STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                    "Encounter at Farpoint" 
                              
                              by 
                         D.C. Fontana 
                              and 
                       Gene Roddenberry 


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                         FINAL DRAFT

                        April 13, 1987


                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - STARSHIP (OPTICAL)

	The U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701-D traveling at warp speed
	through space.

					PICARD V.O.
			Captain's log, stardate 42353.7.
			Our destination is planet Cygnus
			IV, beyond which lies the great
			unexplored mass of the galaxy.

2    OTHER INTRODUCTORY ANGLES (OPTICAL)

	on the gigantic new Enterprise NCC 1701-D.

					PICARD V.O.
			My orders are to examine Farpoint,
			a starbase built there by the
			inhabitants of that world.
			Meanwhile ...

3    INT. ENGINE ROOM

	Huge, with a giant wall diagram showing the immensity
	of this Galaxy Class starship.

					PICARD V.O.
				(continuing)
			... I am becoming better
			acquainted with my new command,
			this Galaxy Class U.S.S.
			Enterprise.

4    CLOSER ON VESSEL DIAGRAM

	Showing the details and size of this enormous starship.

					PICARD V.O.
			I am still somewhat in awe of its
			size and complexity.

5    INT. LOUNGE DECK

	With its huge windows revealing the immense span of the
	Starship's outer surface.


5    CONTINUED:

					PICARD V.O.
				(continuing)
			... my crew we are short in
			several key positions, most
			notably ...

6    INT. BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	PICARD, TROI, and DATA seated in the command area.
	Starfleet LIEUTENANT WORF, a young Klingon, is at the
	"Ops" station and a SUPERNUMERARY is at "Conn".

					PICARD V.O.
				(continuing)
			... a first officer, but I am
			informed that a highly experienced
			man, one Commander William Riker,
			will be waiting to join our ship
			when we reach our Cygnus IV
			destination.

7    ANGLE EMPHASIZING PICARD AND DATA

	As Picard turns to Data:

					PICARD
			You will agree, Data, that
			Starfleet's instructions are
			difficult?

					DATA
			Difficult ... how so? Simply
			solve the mystery of Farpoint
			Station.

					PICARD
				(smiles)
			As simple as that.

					TROI
			Farpoint Station. Even the name
			sounds mysterious.

					PICARD
			The problem, Data, is that another
			life form built that base. How
			do I negotiate a friendly
			agreement for Starfleet to use
			it while at the same time snoop
			around finding how and why they
			built it?


7    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Inquiry ... the word snoop ... ?

					PICARD
			Data, how can you be programmed
			as a virtual encyclopedia of human
			information without knowing a
			simple word like snoop?

					DATA
			Possibility ... a kind of human
			behavior I was not designed to
			emulate?

	It is all Troi can do to keep from smiling.

					PICARD
			It means 'to spy, to sneak' ...

					DATA
				(interrupting;
				 delighted)
			Ah! To seek covertly, to go
			stealthily, to slink, slither ...

					PICARD
				(wanting to cut it off)
			Exactly, yes ...

					DATA
			... to glide, creep, skulk,
			pussyfoot, gumshoe ...

	Data trails off his words, finally becoming aware of
	the annoyance registering on Picard's face. Troi cannot
	keep back the smile now ... then suddenly her face is
	contorted in pain.

					TROI
			Captain ... I'm sensing a ... a
			powerful mind ...

	Interrupted by the sound of a BRIDGE ALARM.

8    WIDER ANGLE

	All checking their consoles, puzzled at readings they're
	getting.

					WORF
			Something strange on the detector
			circuits ...


8    CONTINUED:

	OVERLAPPED by an ever more compelling SECOND BRIDGE
	ALARM (similar to the old naval HONKING SOUND) begins
	to sound. At the same time, the main viewer FLICKERS
	and an unusual SHINING, SPARKLING GRID SHAPE APPEARS
	stretching across the whole of the galaxy ahead of them.

9    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND GRID (OPTICAL)

	Emphasizing the incredibly SHINING GRID which the
	Enterprise is approaching. Seeming impossibly large,
	yet in some ways as delicate as a spiderweb, it is
	composed of interlocking geometrical shapes.

10   INT. BRIDGE - VARIOUS ANGLES

	Data is looking up from his command position console,
	showing as much alarm as we'll ever see on his face.

					DATA
			It registers as solid, Captain...

					TROI
			Or an incredibly powerful
			forcefield. But if we collide
			with either ...

					PICARD
				(to Conn)
			Go to Condition Yellow. And shut
			off that damned noise.

	Conn turns OFF honking sound. Picard is taking time to
	check all readings but we're now coming very close to
	the strange grid.

					WORF
			Shields and deflectors, up, sir.

	Milking the drama of approaching collision. Then,
	conversationally:

					PICARD
			Reverse power, full stop.

					CONN
			Controls to full stop, sir.

	The strange shimmering GRID on the viewer is now very
	close to us as Enterprise movement stops.

					CONN
			Now reading full stop, sir.


10   CONTINUED:

	Overlapped by something akin to a ROLLING THUNDER STORM
	accompanied by a BRILLIANT AND SUSTAINED FLASH OF LIGHT
	ON THE BRIDGE to the side of Picard. The light burst
	physically shakes all bridge crew for an instant, then
	RESOLVES ITSELF INTO A HUMAN SIZE FIGURE standing at
	that point on the bridge. As the bridge crew's eyes
	adjust, it does indeed appear to be a human ... but one
	dressed and posturing as an Elizabethan era sea captain
	complete with Sir Walter Raleigh type "court dress",
	complete with neck ruffles, lace, leg stockings,
	ceremonial sword, etc. Now and later, we shall know
	this life form as "Q".

11   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as "Q" (Elizabethan) makes a formal bow (of that same
	era) to Picard. At which the turbolift doors snap open
	and TWO SECURITY CREW members start to ENTER, led by
	Security and Weapons Officer NATASHA YAR. However, "Q"
	merely gives a nod in that direction and a miniature of
	the space grid outside APPEARS AT THE TURBOLIFT
	ENTRANCE, barring the security team's entrance and
	CLOSES THE TURBOLIFT DOORS. Then "Q" turns toward
	Picard.

					"Q" (ELIZABETHAN)
			You are notified that your kind
			has infiltrated the galaxy too
			far already. You are directed
			to return to your own solar system
			immediately.

12   ANGLE TO INCLUDE OPS AND CONN

	We will see Conn stealthily, carefully reaching to the
	small phaser on his belt.

					PICARD
			That's quite a directive. Would
			you mind identifying what you are?

					"Q" (ELIZABETHAN)
			We call ourselves "the Q". Or
			you may call me that; it's all
			much the same thing.
				(indicating costume)
			And I have presented myself to
			you as a fellow ship captain so
			that you will better understand
			me.
				(indicates)
			Go back from where you...


13   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Interrupted by Conn drawing his phaser. But "Q" barely
	nods toward Conn at which a FLUTTERING ELECTRIC BLUE WAVE
	envelopes that bridge crewman, and we HEAR THE BRIEF
	BEGINNINGS OF A SCREAM as Conn falls with the SOUND of
	a frozen hard object striking the deck. Picard comes
	to his feet, ignoring "Q" as:

					"Q" (ELIZABETHAN)
			Stay where you are!

14   EMPHASIZING PICARD

	Who is clearly very angry as he kneels at the prone form
	of Conn who appears to have been instantly frozen solid.
	Troi hurries INTO SHOT kneeling too. There is even
	white evaporation vapor rising up from the body.

					PICARD
			Data, call medics!

					TROI
			He's frozen. Can you feel the
			cold?

	Picard grabs up Conn's phaser from the deck (reversing
	it, wisely), stands and puts it under "Q's" nose.

					PICARD
			He would not have injured you!
				(indicates phaser)
			Do you understand this; the stun
			setting?

					"Q" (ELIZABETHAN)
			Knowing humans as you do, Captain,
			would you want to be captured
			helpless by them?
				(moves closer)
			Now, go back or you will certainly
			die!

									FADE OUT:


                           PART ONE                             

	FADE IN:

15   EXT. U.S.S. ENTERPRISE AND GRID (OPTICAL)

	Appropriate THEME MUSIC with spaceship hanging
	motionless, still facing the mysterious SHIMMERING GRID
	that stretches in front of it from galaxy horizon to
	horizon.

16   INTO. BRIDGE - EMPHASIZING CONN'S FORM

	In the b.g. on a floating stretcher Conn is being taken
	to the turbolift, advanced medical emergency aids are
	attached to his body.

					PICARD
			Is he still alive?

					MEDIC
			For now. We'll do our best, sir.

17   EMPHASIZING "Q" (OPTICAL)

	Ignoring the previous, intent instead on inspecting his
	Elizabethan costume as Picard comes up to him.

					"Q" (ELIZABETHAN)
			Your little centuries go by so
			rapidly, Captain. Perhaps you'll
			understand this better.

	The Visitor moves his hand slightly. We hear the same
	ROLLING THUNDER SOUND. Another BLINDING LIGHT FLASH
	and his body remains the same humanoid face and figure
	as with the Elizabethan dress, but now the green
	officer's uniform of the U.S. Marine Corps. Over his
	jacket pocket three rows of medals and his narrow
	garrison cap shows the bars of a Captain.

					"Q" (MARINE CAPTAIN)
			Actually, the issue at stake is
			patriotism. You must return to
			your world and put an end to the
			communists. All it takes is a
			few good men.

					PICARD
			What? That nonsense is centuries
			behind us!


17   CONTINUED:

					"Q" (MARINE CAPTAIN)
			But you can't deny Captain, that
			you're still a dangerous, savage
			child-race.

					PICARD
			Most certainly I deny it. I agree
			that we still were when ...
				(indicating)
			... humans wore costumes like that
			four hundred years ago...

					"Q" (MARINE CAPTAIN)
			At which time you slaughtered
			millions in silly arguments about
			how to divide the resources of
			your little world. And four
			hundred years before that you were
			murdering each other in quarrels
			over tribal god-images. And since
			there have been no indications
			that humans will ever change
			.....

					PICARD
			But even as far back as... !
				(indicates)
			... that costume, we had begun to
			make rapid progress.

					"Q" (MARINE CAPTAIN)
			Oh? Shall we review your "rapid
			progress"?

18   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The "Q" visitor moves a hand again to create THE SAME
	SOUNDS and the SAME BLINDING FLASH, producing the same
	human image but this time unshaven and with an UGLY
	AUTOMATION LOOK AND IN THE UNIFORM OF A MILITARY OFFICER
	FROM THE MID 21st CENTURY WARS. Q's voice sounds a bit
	drugged now as he eyes his new costume.

					"Q" (21ST CENTURY)
				(interrupting)
			Rapid progress to where humans
			learned to control their military
			with drugs.

19   ANGLE INCLUDING OPS POSITION

	As Worf gets a message and turns toward Picard.


19   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Sir, sickbay reports that
			Lieutenant Graham's condition is
			better.

	All have turned toward Worf, showing relief.

					"Q" (21ST CENTURY)
			Concern for one's comrade. How
			touching.

					WORF
				(indicates "Q")
			And now, sir, a personal request.
			Permission to clean up the bridge?

	Picard shakes head, stares Worf down when he seems about
	to protest. Meanwhile Tasha has come to her feet too:

					TASHA
			Lieutenant Worf is right, sir.
			As Security Chief I can't just
			stand here and ....

					PICARD
			Yes, you can, Tasha.

	During this, "Q" has withdrawn a slender tube attached
	to his 21st Century uniform, makes an adjustment which
	lets a round pill roll into his mouth and bites down
	on it with a "POP" SOUND.

					"Q" (21ST CENTURY)
			Ah, yes... better!
				(deep breath, feeling
				 it)
			Then later, on finally reaching
			deep space, humans of course found
			enemies to fight out there too.
			And to broaden those struggles....
				(indicating Worf and
				 Tasha)
			.... you again found allies to
			permit still more murdering and
			all over again the same old story.


19   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(interrupting; angry)
			No! The most dangerous 'same old
			story' is the one we're meeting
			now! Those who go on
			misinformation, half-information,
			self-righteous life forms who are
			eager not to learn but to
			prosecute, to judge anything they
			don't understand or can't
			tolerate.

					"Q" (21ST CENTURY)
			What an interesting idea.
			Prosecute and judge?

	CAMERA CENTERS ON "Q" as he absorbs what Picard has
	said. He takes a step or two, turns.

					"Q" (21ST CENTURY)
				(continuing)
			And suppose it turns out we
			understand you humans only too
			well?

					PICARD
			We've no fear of what the true
			facts about us will reveal.

					"Q" (21ST CENTURY)
			The facts about you? Splendid,
			splendid! You are a veritable
			fountain of good ideas.
				(smiling; pleasant)
			There are preparations to make,
			Captain, but when I return...

	"Q" gives a 21st Century salute to Picard.

					"Q" (21ST CENTURY)
				(continuing)
			... we will proceed exactly as you
			suggest!

	A BLINDING FLASH OF LIGHT and the alien visitor is gone.

20   WIDE ANGLE ON BRIDGE

	It takes a moment to accept the fact "Q" is really gone
	then Worf turns to Picard.


20   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Sir... respectfully submit our only
			choice is to fight. If we
			Klingons understand anything, it
			is the meaning of that kind of
			talk.

					TASHA
			My sentiments too, sir. Fight or
			try to escape.

21   ANGLE EMPHASIZING PICARD

	Turning to Troi:

					PICARD
			Sense anything, Commander?

					TROI
				(shakes head)
			Its mind is much too powerful,
			sir. And frightening. Concur we
			avoid further contact if possible!

22   ANGLE EMPHASIZING PICARD

	Clearly he has to come up with something. He reflects
	for a moment more, then makes up his mind, turns to
	Troi.

					PICARD
			From this point, no station
			aboard, repeat no station, for
			any reason will make use of
			signals, transmission or intercom.
				(crossing quickly to
				 Ops and Conn)
			We'll try to take them by
			surprise.
				(to Worf)
			Inform engineering to make ready
			for maximum acceleration. We'll
			find out what this Galaxy Class
			can do.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	As Worf stands and hurries off, Picard turns to Data.


22   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Records search, Data. Results
			of detaching the Saucer Section
			at high warp speeds.

	Data quickly draws on his memory.

					DATA
			Inadvisable at any warp speed,
			sir.

					PICARD
			Search theoretical.

					DATA
				(thinking; then)
			It is possible, sir. But
			absolutely no error margin.

	Picard nods and stands, RAISES VOICE:

					PICARD
			Attention bridge crew!

23   VARIOUS ANGLES

	Picard waits until all are turned toward him.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Using print-out only, notify all
			decks to prepare for maximum
			acceleration. Maximum, you're
			entitled to know, means we'll be
			pushing our engines well past
			safety limits. Our hope is to
			surprise whatever that is out
			there, try to outrun it.
				(looks around, then)
			Our only other option would be
			to put tail between our legs and
			return to Earth as they demand.

24   INT. ENGINE ROOM - TRAVELING WITH WORF

	As he takes us into WIDE CAMERA ANGLE, aiming both for
	a feeling of the starship's huge size and enormous
	power.


25   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Worf nodding at a reading which an Engineer shows him,
	then EXITING to return to the bridge. Meanwhile,
	engineering personnel work at their controls and a LOW
	PITCHED WHINE quickly works itself up into a DEAFENING
	HIGH PITCHED SHRIEK while ENERGY DISPLAYS APPEAR AT MAIN
	ENGINE CONNECTIONS.

26   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	Showing both the Enterprise and the mysterious grid.

27   INT. BRIDGE - ANGLES INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER

	Worf enters bridge from turbolift, crossing to his
	position.

					WORF
			Engine room ready, sir.

	Picard stands behind Data who is at the Conn position.

					TROI
			The board shows 'green', Captain.
			All go!

	Picard moving back to his command position as:

					PICARD
			Stand by...
				(takes his seat, checks
				 bridge, then)
			ENGAGE!

	The entire bridge SHUDDERS under a SCREAM OF POWER as
	we

									CUT TO:

28   EXT. SPACE - ANGLE ON ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Suddenly into maximum warp, the energy release
	momentarily DISTORTING BOTH THE ALIEN GRID AND THE STARS
	IN SIGHT AROUND IT. When the EFFECT is over, the
	starship has turned, seeming to almost brush against
	the mysterious grid, and is then racing away from it.

29   ANGLE EMPHASIZING GRID (OPTICAL)

	With Enterprise in b.g. at warp speed, escaping. Then
	the 'grid' suddenly shrinks in size, growing brighter
	as it coalesces together INTO THE SHAPE OF A BRIGHTLY
	COLORED SPINNING SHAPE which now races after the
	Enterprise.

30   INT. BRIDGE - VARIOUS ANGLES

	The faces of the bridge crew reflect the fact that
	Enterprise is at very high warp speed and continuing
	to accelerate into even higher warp.

					WORF
			Velocity warp nine point two.

					DATA
			Heading, 351 Mark 11, sir.

					PICARD
			Steady on that.

					TASHA
			The hostile is now giving chase,
			sir. Accelerating fast.

					WORF
			We're now at Warp nine point
			three, sir. Which takes us past
			the red line, sir.

					PICARD
			Continue accelerating.
				(to Troi)
			Counselor, at this point I'm open
			even to guesses about what we've
			just met.

					TROI
				(considers, then)
			It... it felt like something beyond
			what we'd consider a 'life form'.

					PICARD
			'Beyond'?

					TROI
			Very, very advanced, sir. Or...
				(considers)
			Or certainly, very, very
			different!

30   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(with emphasis now)
			Sir, we're at warp nine point
			four.

					TASHA
			Hostile is now beginning to
			overtake us, sir.

					PICARD
			Are you sure?

					DATA
			Hostile's velocity is already warp
			nine point six, sir. Shall I
			put them on main viewer?

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Reverse angle on viewer.

31   ANGLE INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER

	VIEWER IMAGE SHIMMERS into reverse view, which is much
	the same as the forward view except for ONE BLINKING
	POINT OF LIGHT AT IMAGE CENTER.

					DATA
			Magnifying viewer image.

	ANOTHER VIEWER SHIMMER with the CENTER POINT OF LIGHT
	BECOMING THE SPINNING COALESCENCE seen earlier. It's
	still far away, tiny in size, but will grow in size
	during later SCENES.

32   VARIOUS ANGLES

	as needed.

					TASHA
			Hostile's velocity now at nine
			point seven, sir.

					PICARD
			Ops, inform Engineering we need
			more!

					DATA
			Engine room attempting to comply,
			sir. But they caution us...

32   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(interrupting; to Data)
			Go to yellow alert!

	Data hits a control and the Yellow Alert ALARM SOUNDS
	FIVE TIMES. Then Picard turns to Tasha.

					PICARD
				(to Tasha)
			Arm photon torpedoes, Weapons
			Station. Place them on ready
			status.

					TASHA
			Torpedoes to ready, sir.

	Picard is aware of the concerned glances received form
	Troi and Data.

33   WIDE ANGLE

	The entire bridge suddenly SHUDDERS HARD and it brings
	startled looks to the faces of some of the bridge crew.
	Then the motion eases.

					WORF
			That was a design tremor, sir.
			A warning.

					TASHA
			Hostile now at warp nine point
			eight, sir.

					WORF
			Our velocity is only nine point
			five, sir.

					DATA
			Projection, sir. We may be able
			to match the hostile's nine point
			eight, sir. But at extreme risk.

					TASHA
			Now reading the hostile at warp
			nine point nine, sir.

	Picard stands, raising his voice to carry throughout
	the bridge.

33   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Attention bridge. Print-out
			message, urgent, to all decks.
				(selecting the right
				 words)
			All stations on all decks, make
			ready to detach ship's saucer
			section.

	Some of the bridge crew is startled but all are soon
	putting their consoles in order for the move. Picard
	turns to Worf at 'conn' position.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			You will command the saucer
			section, Lieutenant.

	Worf comes to his feet in protest.

					WORF
			I am a Klingon, sir. For me to
			seek escape while my captain goes
			into battle....

					PICARD
				(interrupts hard)
			You are a Starfleet officer,
			Lieutenant.

					WORF
				(hesitates, takes seat)
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
				(to bridge again)
			Note in ship's log that at this
			startime, I am transferring
			command to the Battle Bridge.
				(to Data)
			Make the signal, Data.

	Data touches a control and we HEAR (still preserved from
	surface ship days) the BUGLE CALL "BEAT TO QUARTERS"
	which continues REPEATING as all bridge crew members
	(except Worf) begin leaving their posts. While
	SUPERNUMERARIES arrive on the turbolifts, our bridge
	crew begins exiting the bridge.

									FADE OUT.

                           PART TWO                             

	FADE IN:

34   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Still at high warp. We cannot see the image of the
	following "hostile" (which is not magnified in this
	ANGLE).

					PICARD V.O.
			Captain's log, stardate 42354.1.
			Preparing to detach saucer
			section.

35   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

	As the turbolift doors snap open, Picard and the others
	ENTER the smaller, sparse and functional Battle Bridge.

					PICARD V.O.
			... so that families and the majority
			of the ship's company...

36   INT. MONTAGE OF SAUCER SETS

	Families, children, science technicians, etc., moving
	into safe areas.

					PICARD V.O.
				(continuing)
			... can seek relative safety while
			our vessel's stardrive, containing
			our Battle Bridge...

37   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE - VARIOUS ANGLES

	Acquainting us with the smaller and more severe battle
	bridge, its configuration and positions. Picard is
	speaking the balance of his log entry to the microphone
	at his command position.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			... and main armaments, will turn
			back and confront the mystery that
			is threatening us.
				(turning to Tasha)
			Lieutenant, your torpedoes must
			detonate close enough to the
			hostile to blind it at the moment
			we separate.

37   CONTINUED:

					TASHA
			Understood, sir.

					PICARD
			Worf, this is the Captain....

38   INT. BRIDGE - EMPHASIZING LT. WORF

	The young Klingon at the Captain's command station now.

					WORF
			Yes Captain?

					PICARD'S INTERCOM VOICE
			Begin countdown....
				(touches panel control)
			Mark!

39   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Traveling through space for a moment, then photon
	torpedoes blasting out of the starship's aft tubes.
	The torpedo pattern disappears into the distance behind
	the vessel.

40   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

	All intent on what is happening as:

					TROI
			All decks acknowledging, sir.

					DATA
			Starship separation.... six, five,
			four, three, two, one....

41   EXT. ENTERPRISE - ANGLES ON SEPARATION MECHANISM (OPTICAL))

	As we see the largest of the assemblies begin to move,
	yawning open. Other mechanisms are doing their jobs
	too.... and THE MONOLITHIC STARSHIP DIVIDES INTO ITS TWO
	SECTIONS.... STARDRIVE AND SAUCER MOVING APART.

					PICARD V.O.
			Ship's log, exact moment of
			separation, stardate 42354.22.

	As the Stardrive Section gets safely clear of the
	saucer, it begins turning, doubling back to face the
	"Q" menace. And now in the direction of that threat,
	we begin to see PHOTON EXPLOSIONS in the far, far
	distance.

42   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE - INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER

	On which we see a tiny but SOMEWHAT LARGER IMAGE OF THE
	HOSTILE VESSEL in front of which the last few PHOTON
	DETONATIONS HAPPEN AND FADE AWAY.

					TASHA
			All torpedoes have detonated, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Reverse power and hold this
			position.

					DATA
				(gives a surprised look)
			Reverse power...decelerating.

					TROI
			That will bring them here in just
			minutes, sir.

					TASHA
			Will we make a fight of it,
			Captain? If we can at least
			damage their ship....

					PICARD
				(indicating viewer)
			Lieutenant... are you recommending
			we fight a life form that can do
			all those things?
				(as Tasha hesitates)
			I'd like to hear your advice.

					TASHA
			I... spoke before I thought, sir.
			We should look for some way to
			distract them from going after
			the saucer.

					DATA
			All forward motion stopped, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Troi)
			Commander, signal the following
			in all languages and on all
			frequencies: we surrender. State
			that we are not asking for any
			terms or conditions.

					TROI
			Aye, sir. All language forms and
			frequencies.

43   ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER

	Where the IMAGE OF THE HOSTILE is rapidly growing in
	size.

44   EXT. SPACE - U.S.S. ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As the HOSTILE IMAGE rushes down on the starship, THE
	COALESCENT SHAPE OPENING UP INTO SOMETHING LIKE THE
	SHIMMERING GRID WE'VE SEEN, but now as if to enclose
	(and perhaps crush) the starship. A FURY OF SOUNDS like
	CLANKING-SCREAMS OF METAL BEING STRESSED BEYOND ITS
	LIMITS.

45   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE - VARIOUS ANGLES

	As the bridge and the entire Stardrive Section is SHAKEN
	ALMOST ANGRILY as the same CACOPHONY OF CLANKING-SCREAMS
	continues. All bridge crew cling to their seats until
	the SHAKING AND SOUNDS REACH A PEAK. As when "Q" first
	appeared, FLASHES OF LIGHT BLIND US and become:

46   INT. "Q" COURTROOM - EMPHASIZING PICARD, DATA, TROI, TASHA

	It is an immense courtroom meant to reflect strength
	and power. (We'll discover that it dates back to the
	mid-21st Century post-atomic crisis era.) Both decor
	and legal procedures reflect the time when a desperate
	humanity, still wounded and bleeding from nuclear war,
	sought answers to its pain and problems through the
	merciless strength of a new form of dictatorial
	government representing neither capitalism nor
	communism. Our four starship people are in old, ragged
	and stained uniforms which 'demean' them as criminals.
	In comparison with the gleaming steel and glass of the
	rest of the courtroom, the Prisoner's Dock at which our
	people sit is made of rough-hewn, hard and ugly wooden
	benches. Suddenly, our Starfleet group is CAUGHT IN
	A HARSH GLARING SPOTLIGHT. Data, looking around with
	great curiosity, is the first to speak:

					DATA
			Historically intriguing, Captain.
			Very, very accurate.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Mid-21st Century, the post-atomic
			horror....

	Interrupted by the SOUND OF A BELL, and CUT TO:

47   ANGLE INCLUDING MANDARIN-BAILIFF

	Important, the MANDARIN-BAILIFF is not a fun figure.
	Despite the Asian robe and accent, he is an important
	authority figure--and his expression and actions
	underscore this. He caries a slim, portable view
	screen, the face of which contains scrolled information
	he will occasionally refer to. Now, as he nods to a
	Court Functionary who uses an ancient, oriental bell,
	DOLEFULLY CLANGING to gain attention.

					MANDARIN-BAILIFF
			All present, make respectful
			attention to honored Judge!

48   ANGLE EMPHASIZING SPECTATORS

	Some still arriving, chattering in excitement, having
	to be intimidated into silence by a 21st CENTURY SOLDIER,
	heavily armed. Picard waves in a way indicating Data, Tasha
	and Troi should not stand.

					TROI
				(quietly to Picard)
			Careful, sir. This is not an
			illusion or a dream.

					PICARD
			But these courts happened in our
			past....

					TROI
			I don't understand either, but
			this is real. I can feel that!

49   OTHER ANGLES AS NEEDED

	A 21st Century MILITARY OFFICER moving to our Starfleet
	group, leveling his automatic weapon toward them.

					FUTURE MILITARY OFFICER
			Get to your feet, criminals!

	Our people ignore him too. "Mandarin-Bailiff" is
	CLANGING THE BELL again. Data sees something,
	indicates:

					DATA
			At least we are acquainted with
			the judge, Captain.

50   ANGLE ON JUDGE

	The "judge's bench" (an appropriate 21st Century design
	on Chapman camera-crane) comes floating into the
	courtroom. Seated in it is "Q" (JUDGE), an arrangement
	which gives "his Honor" physical access to every part
	and corner of this courtroom. As he floats serenely
	over spectators' heads, suddenly there's the RATATATTAT
	of an automatic weapon.

51   ANGLE INCLUDING MILITARY OFFICER

	Just completing FIRING a warning burst at the feet of
	Picard.

					MILITARY OFFICER
				(screaming angrily)
			Attention! On your feet,
			attention!

	But Tasha pivoting in fast, taking the weapon and
	throwing the Officer crashing to the floor. Judge's
	"bench" (Camera Crane) brings "Q" INTO SCENE fast.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			You are out of order!

	But he's speaking to the downed military officer, not
	to Tasha. Which turns out to be a sentence of death
	-- carried out by a pair of Soldiers who step in,
	raising their automatic weapons, FIRING at the Officer
	lying on the floor. Spectators break into APPLAUSE as
	the Officer slumps and lies unmoving.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
				(continuing)
			The prisoners will not be
			harmed...
				(a glance at Picard)
			Until they are found guilty, of
			course.

	Still hovering over the fallen officer, "Q" indicates
	the body.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
				(continuing)
			Dispose of that.

	Picard has taken the automatic weapon from Tasha.

51   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Can we assume you mean this will
			be a fair trial?

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			Yes, absolutely equitable.

	Picard hands the weapon to "Bailiff". "Q" (JUDGE)
	swings his "bench" to CENTER FRONT of the courtroom.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
				(continuing to
				 Mandarin-bailiff)
			Proceed.

					MANDARIN-BAILIFF
				(refers to his portable
				 viewscreen)
			Before this gracious court now
			appear these humans to answer for
			the multiple and grievous
			savageries of their species.

	Judge's "bench" swings "Q" (JUDGE) in literally
	nose-to-nose with Picard.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			How plead you, criminal?

					DATA
			If I may, Captain....
				(gets a nod)
			Objection, your honor. In the
			year 2016, the new United Nations
			declared that no Earth citizen
			could be made to answer for the
			crimes of their race or
			forbearers.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			Objection denied!

	Followed by CLANGING OF BAILIFF'S BELL and CHEERS FROM
	THE SPECTATORS.

52   ANGLE EMPHASIZING "Q" AND PICARD

					"Q" (JUDGE)
				(continuing)
			This is a court of the year 2049,
			by which time more 'rapid
			progress' had caused all 'United
			Earth' nonsense to be abolished.

52   CONTINUED:

	At which point Tasha comes to her feet very angry.

					PICARD
			Tasha, no...

					TASHA
			I must... 
				(to "Q")
			... because I grew up on a world
			that allowed things like this
			court. And it was people like
			these that saved me from it. I
			say that this so-called court
			should get down on its knees to
			what Starfleet is, what it
			represents... 

53   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	And "Q" (JUDGE) flies INTO SCENE, gesturing toward Tasha
	as he did earlier to Conn on the bridge... resulting in
	the same FLUTTERING ELECTRIC BLUE WAVE THAT ENVELOPES
	HER. As Tasha goes rigid, frozen, Data supports her,
	lowers her form gently to the floor as:

					TROI
				(shouting to "Q")
			You barbarian! That girl....

	"Q" gestures and the same FLUTTERING ELECTRIC BLUE WAVE
	ENVELOPS HER TOO. Picard leaps in, keeps her frozen,
	rigid form from crashing down.

					MANDARIN-BAILIFF
			Criminals keep silence!

54   ANGLE ON PICARD

	bending over Tasha, then to "Q":

					PICARD
			You've got a lot to learn about
			humans if you think you can
			torture us or frighten us into
			silence.
				(to Data)
			Are they still alive?

					DATA
			Uncertain. Lieutenant Graham was
			when our medics thawed him out.

54   CONTINUED:

	"Q" (JUDGE) glides in closer on his "bench".

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			You will answer the charges!

					PICARD
			Or what? Or this, or worse? Or
			death? I suggest you take a
			better look at human history.

	Spectators have begun GRUMBLING over Picard's failure
	to answer "Q".

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			You are charged, criminals. How
			plead you?

					PICARD
			Just a moment ago, you promised
			"the prisoners will not be
			harmed." We plead nothing so long
			as you break your own rules.

	LOUDER GRUMBLING from the Spectators now.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			I suggest you center your
			attention on the trial, Captain.
			It may be your only hope.

					PICARD
			And I suggest you now may be
			having second thoughts about this
			trial! You're considering that
			if you conduct it fairly, which
			was your promise, you may lose.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
				(laughs)
			Lose?

					PICARD
			Yes, even though you're judge, and
			prosecutor....

					"Q" (JUDGE)
				(nods)
			And jury.

54   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(considers it; nods)
			Accepted... so long as you keep
			to your agreement.
				(indicates Troi and
				 Tasha)
			And assaulting prisoners is hardly
			a fair trial.

55   OPTICAL ANGLE ON "Q" (OPTICAL)

	Seems to be considering it. Then he looks downward,
	indicates.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			This is a merciful court.

	"Q" waves his hand DOWNWARD TO WARD TROI AND TASHA AND
	A RIPPLE OF LIGHT plays over the two women, UNFREEZING
	THEM.

	ANOTHER ANGLE "Q" (JUDGE)

	The court very disorderly now with some spectators
	standing on their benches SHOUTING as an annoyed "Q"
	brings his "bench" up hovering over the heads of
	everyone.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
				(greatly AMPLIFIED)
			SILENCE!

	The order is so LOUDLY AMPLIFIED that it comes near to
	shaking the entire courtroom structure. The spectators
	bite off their words and sink frightened into their
	seats. We notice "Q" throwing a glance toward Picard
	to see if the Captain is properly impressed. Then the
	"bench" is lowered to allow "Q" to face Picard again.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
				(continued)
			Continuing these proceedings, I
			must caution you that legal
			trickery is not permitted. This
			is a court of fact!

55   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(same words; same time)
			... court of fact!
				(nods)
			We humans know our past, even when
			we're ashamed of it. I recognize
			this court system as the one which
			agreed with Shakespeare's
			suggestion -- "Kill all the
			lawyers".

					"Q" (JUDGE)
				(nods)
			Which humans did.

					PICARD
			Which led to the rule: "Guilty
			until proven innocent".

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			Of course. Bringing the innocent
			to trial would be unfair.
				(leaning in; voice
				 amplified)
			YOU WILL NOW ANSWER TO THE
			GRIEVOUS SAVAGERY CHARGE AGAINST
			HUMANITY.

					PICARD
			We'll be happy to answer specific
			charges. "Grievous savagery" could
			mean anything.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
				(interrupting)
			Obviously it means causing harm
			to fellow creatures!

					PICARD
			Such as you did when you froze
			a member of our bridge crew? Will
			you be joining us in the dock
			here?

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			You fool. Are you certain you
			want a full disclosure of human
			ugliness?
				(to Mandarin-Bailiff)
			So be it! Present the charges.

	Mandarin-Bailiff refers to his portable view screen,
	then steps forward and presents it for Picard's
	examination.

55   CONTINUED: (2)

					MANDARIN-BAILIFF
			Criminal, you will read the
			charges to the court.

	Picard takes the parchment, glances through some amount
	of it. Then he looks up.

					PICARD
			I see no charges against us, your
			honor.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
				(pounds "bench top")
			Criminal, you are out of order!

	Soldiers move in, unslinging automatic weapons, of which
	the barrels of two of them are now placed against Troi's
	and Data's heads.

									FADE OUT.

                          PART THREE                            

	FADE IN:

56   INT. "Q" COURTROOM - WIDE ANGLE

	Action continuing from where it ended. The gun barrels
	are now pressing even closer to Troi and Data's heads
	as:

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			Soldiers...
				(indicates guns)
			... you will press those triggers
			if this criminal answers with any
			word other than "guilty"...

57   CLOSER ANGLE

	The Soldiers CLICKING FIRING ACTION TO FULL COCK. "Q"
	turns to Picard.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			Criminal, how plead you?

	Picard takes his time, looking to his people, the
	Soldiers holding the guns at their heads, then to "Q".
	He seems to be taking too much time, and one of them
	shifts his weight, the other begins grasping his weapon
	even more firmly. Then:

					PICARD
			Guilty...

	Picard's people can't help but show relief and even the
	soldiers lighten up their stance and their grip on the
	weapons, until:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			... provisionally so.

	Surprised by this "add on", the Soldiers begin bringing
	their guns in close again, looking for guidance to "Q"
	who looks like he could decide either way. After
	considering it for a moment:

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			The Court will hear the provision.

57   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			We question whether this court
			is abiding by its own trial
			instructions. Do I have
			permission to have Commander Data
			repeat the record?

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			If this is legal trickery...

					PICARD
			Your own words, your Honor.
				(to Data)
			Exactly what followed his Honor's
			statement that the prisoner would
			not be harmed?

58   EMPHASIZING DATA

	Taking a moment to consult his memory, then:

					DATA
			Yes, sir. The Captain has asked
			the question...
				(in Picard's VOICE)
			"Can we assume this will be a fair
			trial?"
				(in Data VOICE)
			And in reply, the judge stated...

59   OTHER ANGLES

	as Data goes on.

					DATA
				(continuing in "Q"'s
				 VOICE)
			"Yes, absolutely equitable."

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			Unacceptable testimony, entirely
			unacceptable... !

59   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			If your Honor pleases, there is
			a simple way to clear up this
			disagreement.
				(waits until he has
				 "Q"'s attention)
			We agree there is evidence to
			support the court's contention
			that humans have been murderous
			and dangerous.
				(moves in closer to "Q")
			I say "have been" ... and
			therefore we will respectfully
			submit to a test of whether this
			is presently true of humans.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
				(suddenly alert)
			I see, I see.
				(an idea forming)
			And you petition the Court to
			accept you and your comrades as
			proof of what humanity has become.

					PICARD
			There should be many ways we can
			be tested. We have a long mission
			ahead of us...

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			Another brilliant suggestion,
			Captain. But your test hardly
			requires a 'long mission'.
				(laughs)
			Your immediate destination offers
			more challenge than you can
			possibly imagine. Yes, yes, this
			Farpoint station will be an
			excellent test of human worth.

	Picard, like the others, is now becoming just a bit
	concerned. What does lie ahead of them on Farpoint
	Station?

60   ANGLE INCLUDING MANDARIN-BAILIFF

	with "Q" nodding to him as the Bailiff stands, raising
	his voice.

					MANDARIN-BAILIFF
			Stand respectfully. All present,
			respectfully stand!

61   WIDE ANGLE

	Spectators standing. Picard and his people coming to
	their feet too.

62   EMPHASIZING "Q" AND PRISONERS (OPTICAL)

	as "Q" moves his bench into position.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			This trial is adjourned to allow
			the criminals to be tested.

	The Mandarin-bailiff LOUDLY CLANGS HIS BELL.

					MANDARIN-BAILIFF
			This honorable court is adjourned!

	There is a smile coming onto the face of "Q" as he turns
	to Picard.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			Captain, you may find you are not
			nearly clever enough to deal with
			what lies ahead for you. It may
			have been better to accept
			sentence here.

	"Q" WAVES TOWARD THEM, PRODUCING THE BLINDING LIGHT
	EFFECT we've seen before -- and the EFFECT BECOMES:

63   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

	Picard and the others now in their normal garb and at
	their regular stations, all beginning to register their
	realization of where they now are.

64   ANGLES EMPHASIZING DATA, TROI, AND TASHA

	Reacting to where they now find themselves. Data turns
	to the Ops position.

					DATA
			Uh... what is present course, Ops?

	The OPS OFFICER looks at Data, surprised.

					OPS
				(to Data)
			It's exactly what the Captain
			ordered, sir. Direct heading to
			Farpoint Station.

64   CONTINUED:

	Data has reviewed his console readings during this,
	turns to Picard:

					DATA
			Confirm we are on that heading,
			sir.

					OPS
				(to Data)
			Know anything about Farpoint?
			It sounds like a fairly dull
			place.

					PICARD
			Actually, Ops, I've heard just
			the opposite.

	Picard, Data, Troi and Tasha exchange looks, then settle
	back.

65   EXT. SPACE - LONG SHOT - PLANET (OPTICAL)

	moving in on a yellowish ball of a planet glowing
	against the black backdrop of starry space in the
	reflected light of its sun. There is some cloud layer.
	At this distance, the planet's land masses are vague
	and indistinct.

					RIKER'S VOICE
			Personal log, Commander William
			Riker, Star Date 42354.4, at
			Farpoint Station.

66   CLOSER - ON THE PLANETS AND THE USS HOOD (OPTICAL)

	An older class starship (the USS Hood) lies in
	geosynchronous orbit above the planet.

					RIKER'S VOICE
			... U.S.S. Hood has dropped me
			off at Farpoint Station where I
			await the arrival of the new
			U.S.S. Enterprise...

67   CLOSER - ON THE OLD CITY/STATION (SPEC.FX)

	AN AERIAL VIEW of the small, obviously old Bandi city
	connected to the modern sprawling spaceport/station,
	both set in the middle of a harsh and forbidding
	landscape. This is Farpoint Station. CAMERA PUSHES
	IN on the Old City portion.

67   CONTINUED:

					RIKER'S VOICE
			... to which I have been assigned
			as first officer. Meanwhile...

68   INT. OLD CITY CORRIDOR - PANNING RIKER

	Commander William T. Riker approaching the door leading
	to the office at Farpoint's Administrator.

					RIKER'S VOICE
			... I have been asked to visit
			the office of Farpoint Station's
			Administrator.

69   INT. ZORN'S OFFICE - OLD CITY - DAY - ANGLE ON RIKER AND ZORN 69

	Riker ENTERING, crossing to an elegant, unusually shaped
	desk where ZORN, the station Groppler (administrator)
	rises and (unused to handshaking) at first offers the
	wrong hand, then gets the procedure straightened out
	with MUMBLED APOLOGIES. As with all the Bandi, Zorn
	is tall, skinny, rather grey-looking -- appears to be
	sixtyish (as do all the Bandi, including the young
	ones.)

					ZORN
			I thought you might like to know,
			Commander Riker, that we've still
			no word from your vessel. But,
			I trust we have made your waiting
			comfortable?

					RIKER
			Luxurious is more like it. Would
			it seem ungrateful if I ask for
			some information?

					ZORN
			Anything!

					RIKER
			Fascinating how in the midst of
			an old city like this, you've
			built a completely modern
			tritanium and duraglass space
			station. Your energy supply must
			be as abundant as I've heard.

69   CONTINUED:

					ZORN
			Geothermal energy is the one great
			blessing of this planet. I'll
			have all the details of that sent
			to your quarters.

					RIKER
			Thank you. But it still seems
			incredible how you've built this
			station so rapidly and so... so
			perfectly suited to our needs.

	Pushes a desk top bowl of fruit toward Riker.

					ZORN
			Would your care for an Earth
			delicacy, Commander?

					RIKER
			Well, if there's an apple there...

	There isn't and we can SEE that this disappoints Zorn.

					RIKER
				(looking up; continues)
			It doesn't matter... what I was
			saying was...
				(sees something out of
				 SCENE)
			Well, I'll be damned!

70   CAMERA PANS RIKER

	as he steps to the far end of Zorn's desk where ANGLE
	REVEALS a second bowl of fruit. Riker picks an apple
	from it.

					ZORN
			Ah... ah yes, there was another
			selection here...

					RIKER
				(perplexed)
			Zorn, I would have sworn it wasn't
			here a moment ago.

					ZORN
			And does your failure to notice
			it make it unwelcome?
				(smiles)
			The same with Farpoint Station,
			Commander.
					(MORE)

70   CONTINUED:

					ZORN (Cont'd)
			We hope a few easily answered
			questions about it won't make
			Starfleet appreciate it less.

	Riker eyes Zorn thoughtfully, then takes a bite out of
	the apple. He chews, then:

					RIKER
			I'm sure it won't, sir.
				(raises apple up)
			And this is delicious. Thank you.
				(crossing to door)
			Good morning, Groppler Zorn.

	He is EXITING even as Zorn levers himself out of his
	own chair.

					ZORN
			Good morning.

	The door closes behind Riker, and Zorn turns around
	angrily.

					ZORN
				(continuing)
			You've been told not to do that.
			Why can't you understand? It will
			arouse their suspicions.

	As he speaks, CAMERA ANGLE WIDENS TO REVEAL clearly that
	there is no one else in the room, nor does he appear
	to be speaking into any sort of communication device.
	He seems to be talking to the walls.

					ZORN
				(continuing)
			... and if that happens, we will
			have to punish you. We will, I
			promise you. We must!

	No reply that we can hear. Is this man mad?

									CUT TO:

71   INT. FARPOINT FOYER

	In considerable contrast to Zorn's old city office we
	just left, this structure has a "starbase" look with
	its dazzling tritanium and glass construction. The few
	people in sight are Starfleet personnel. ENTERING
	FOREGROUND are DR. BEVERLY CRUSHER and her
	fifteen-year-old son WESLEY.

71   CONTINUED:

	Like most other humans of this century, she doesn't look
	her age. Although forty years old, she looks hardly
	more than thirty. Her attractiveness is underscored
	by a naturally provocative walk -- the woman can't help
	it. This is counter-balanced by her quick intelligence
	and her professional knowledge and skill as a physician.
	Her son, Wes, has that same quick intelligence,
	multiplied by four. That lively brain is ensconced in
	the body of a perfectly normal boy with moderate good
	looks, a cheerful personality, but with considerable
	maturity for someone his age.

72   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Riker ENTERS SCENE behind them and hurries to catch up.
	He calls:

					RIKER
			Doctor Crusher...

					WESLEY
			Mother, it's Commander Riker.

	Beverly slows, lets Riker walk along with them. We see
	that despite her attractive face and form, she is
	naturally dignified and a bit reserved with new
	acquaintances like Riker.

					RIKER
			And hello to you, Wesley.
			Enjoying Farpoint Station?

					WESLEY
				(happily)
			Yes, sir.

	Riker smiles at the boy. It's clear he approves of this
	polite and likeable kid. Then he becomes aware that
	Beverly has not answered his greeting and is waiting.

					RIKER
			Saw you and thought I'd join your
			stroll, if I may.

					BEVERLY
			Actually, we're about to do some
			shopping.

	Riker throws her a look. Is she rejecting the offer
	of his company?

72   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I've been meaning to visit the
			mall myself. If I'm welcome?

					BEVERLY
			Of course.

	She moves toward an exit door. Wes has been looking
	from one to the other of them, interested in what
	they've said... and not said.

73   INT. FARPOINT SHOPPING MALL - DAY

	The ANGLE suggests a covered, airy mall with flowers
	and trees -- many of them Earth types but with a
	scattering of alien vegetation too. It is a spacious
	walkway with a number of pleasant shops and booths.
	In b.g. we SEE Bandi natives of this world, a tall and
	greyish life form, quiet and overly polite. Beverly,
	Wesley and Riker move down a line of shops.

74   CLOSER - BEVERLY, WESLEY, RIKER

	as they walk, Wes continuing to eye the two adults.
	Then:

					WESLEY
			If you're wondering about Mom,
			Mister Riker, she's isn't actually
			unfriendly. She's just shy around
			men she doesn't know.

	Beverly is startled; Riker amused.

					BEVERLY
			Wesley... !
				(swallows her annoyance;
				 to Riker)
			I believe that means he would like
			us to be friends.

					RIKER
				(grins)
			I'm willing, Doctor.
				(more serious)
			And although we're not officially
			part of the Enterprise yet, I
			thought there might be something
			useful we could do while we wait.

74   CONTINUED:

	Beverly stops at a table in front of a shop selling
	exotic materials. The modest selections of cloth are
	lined up on the table, some draped for best effect.
	Beverly looks over them critically, feeling weight and
	texture. The Bandi SHOPKEEPER has stayed at the rear
	of the booth.

					BEVERLY
			"Useful"? How and what,
			Commander?

					RIKER
			Investigating some things I've
			noticed here, Doctor. The last
			was a piece of fruit...

	Beverly has frowned over a particularly pretty piece
	of material which she holds up for the shopkeeper to
	see.

					BEVERLY
			Would this be available in emerald
			green?

	The Bandi Merchant smiles, nods and takes the bolt of
	cloth INTO A SMALL CLOSED OFF AREA BEHIND. Wes watches
	the merchant go as Beverly turns to look at Riker
	appraisingly.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			I'm sure, Commander, there are
			reasons for a first officer to
			want to demonstrate his energy
			and alertness to a new captain.
			But since my duty and interests
			are outside the command
			structure...

	The Bandi Merchant comes quickly with the bolt of cloth
	-- now emerald green -- interrupts Beverly by holding
	it up for her approval.

					RIKER
			Isn't it nice he happened to have
			the right color?

	Beverly glances sharply at Riker, suppressing a somewhat
	chagrined look.

74   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
				(to Merchant)
			Thank you. I'll take the entire
			bolt. Charge it to Beverly
			Crusher, Chief Medical Officer,
			USS Enterprise.

	The Merchant nods, ticks the information off on a flat
	little gadget that dangles from his belt, hands her the
	bolt of cloth.

75   ANOTHER ANGLE - DOLLYING WITH BEVERLY, RIKER, WESLEY

	as they walk away, Riker enjoying the look that's come
	onto her face over this incident.

					RIKER
			Let's see, where were we?

					BEVERLY
			I was accusing you of inventing
			work in order to curry favor with
			your new captain. I apologize.

					WESLEY
			Finding the exact right color took
			him only about twelve seconds,
			Mom.

	They stop a little distance off and look back toward
	the shop.

					BEVERLY
			Maybe this is something Jean-Luc
			Picard will want looked into.

					RIKER
			Jean-Luc? You know Captain
			Picard?

					WESLEY
				(proudly)
			When I was little, he brought my
			father's body home to us.

	Riker is startled but Beverly only smiles, fondly pats
	her son's head.

75   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Yes, Wes, long, long ago.
				(to Riker)
			Shall we continue the walk? I'd
			like to know you better, Mister
			Riker.

									CUT TO:

76   INT. FARPOINT LOUNGE - DAY - ON GEORDI AND MARKHAM

	LT. GEORDI LaFORGE and ENSIGN SAWYER MARKHAM are in the
	small, comfortable lounge area. Markham is a likeable
	young man, enthusiastic, energetic. He is still
	inclined to shoot from the hip rather than consider
	before speaking, but he is a capable (and very new)
	graduate of the Academy. We SEE Geordi at first only
	from behind, and we may routinely register the fact he
	is black.

					MARKHAM
			Where is she? They say she's
			never late -- not since the old
			burrhog took over the captain's
			chair.

					RIKER'S VOICE
			You wouldn't be talking about the
			Enterprise, would you, Ensign
			Markham?

77   WIDER ANGLE

	The two young men turn around sharply to find Riker has
	come up behind them. The most important thing we notice
	about Geordi is that he wears a strange flattish device
	(like futuristic goggles) over his eyes. Although he
	is technically blind, his head always turns toward the
	person speaking to him because he can, in fact, see as
	well or better than anyone through the use of the visual
	prosthesis. As they realize that Riker is a senior
	officer, both young men straighten to attention.

					GEORDI/MARKHAM
			Sir. Yes, sir.

	Riker smiles at the ingrained and traditional response
	of the recent Academy graduate.

					RIKER
			You can stand at ease, gentlemen.
			We're not on the Enterprise yet.

77   CONTINUED:

					MARKHAM
			You know we're assigned to her,
			sir.

					RIKER
				(extending his hand)
			Riker. I'm slated to be First
			Officer.
				(they shake hands)
			I read the service records on all
			new personnel on the trip out.
			Excellent academic record at
			Starfleet Academy, Mister Markham.

					MARKHAM
			Thank you, sir.

					RIKER
			And you, Mister LaForge. Captain
			Dreyer praised your performance
			on the Hood. Why did you request
			transfer to the Enterprise?

					GEORDI
			Who wouldn't, sir? The biggest,
			newest, fastest starship in the
			fleet --

					RIKER
			Commanded by the best burrhog in
			the fleet. Right, Mister Markham?

					MARKHAM
				(sheepishly)
			Yes, sir.

					RIKER
				(grins)
			I've already forgotten who used
			those words.

					GEORDI
			Shouldn't we have heard something
			from her by now, sir?

	A BANDI WOMAN approaches:

					BANDI WOMAN
			Commander Riker?

					RIKER
			Yes?

77   CONTINUED: (2)

					BANDI WOMAN
			The Enterprise has been picked
			up on our monitors, sir. I should
			tell you, sir, it is only the
			Stardrive Section.

	All three crewman are surprised to hear this.

					RIKER
				(to Woman)
			What about the Saucer Module?

					BANDI WOMAN
			We've received no explanation,
			sir. But the captain signals that
			you're to beam up immediately.

					GEORDI
				(to Markham)
			Our new captain doesn't waste
			time.

					RIKER
			A good rule for all of us to
			follow, gentlemen.

	Riker touches his communicator. His VOICE now 'treated'
	to indicate he is transmitting. (This will be standard
	communicator format.)

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Enterprise, this is Commander
			Riker on Farpoint. Standing by
			to beam up.

	TRANSPORTER EFFECT (OPTICAL)

									FADE OUT.

                           PART FOUR                            

	FADE IN:

78   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise stardrive module in orbit of the Farpoint
	planet.

0    INT. STARDRIVE TRANSPORTER ROOM - ANGLE ON PLATFORM (OPTICCAL)

	As Riker BEAMS IN. Lieutenant Tasha Yar of Security
	is there, waiting until Riker is fully materialized,
	then:

					TASHA
			Lieutenant Yar of Security, sir.
			Captain Picard will see you on
			the Battle Bridge.

	Riker was prepared to shake hands but Tasha is already
	leading the way toward the turbolift.

80   INT. TURBOLIFT

	As Riker follows her inside, she speaks quietly toward
	the controls:

					TASHA
			Battle bridge.

	The doors snap closed and the lift moves. Riker looks
	Tasha over, waiting, then:

					RIKER
			With the saucer gone, can I assume
			something interesting happened
			on your way here?

					TASHA
			I'll let the captain explain, sir.

81   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE - ANGLE ON PICARD

	He is seated in the command chair with Data and
	a couple of other crewpersons at their stations.

					DATA
			We are cleared into the standard
			parking orbit, sir.

81   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Make it so.

	The bridge turbolift doors open, Riker ENTERS the bridge
	after Tasha, follows her to Picard.

					TASHA
			Commander Riker, sir.

					RIKER
			Riker, W.T., reporting as ordered,
			sir.

	Picard takes his time, looking Riker over and then
	offering his hand.

					PICARD
			I really didn't expect to welcome
			you to half a starship, Riker.
				(to Tasha)
			Is the viewer ready?

					TASHA
			All set up, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			We'll first bring you up to date
			on a little... "adventure" we had
			on our way here, Commander. Then
			we'll talk.

					TASHA
				(to Riker)
			This way, sir.

	True, Picard does not waste time. Tasha is already
	leading Riker toward a viewer at the aft section of the
	Battle Bridge.

82   ANGLE ON AFT VIEWER

	as Tasha motions Riker to the seat, turns the VIEWER
	ON. The VIEWER SHOWS A SHOT FROM EARLIER WHEN "Q"
	(ELIZABETHAN) HAD APPEARED AND IS TALKING TO Picard.
	The VOICES ARE FAINT and Riker leans in, riveting
	attention to the bridge record.

83   ANGLE ON PICARD AND DATA

	as the android officer turns toward the captain.

83   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(interrupting)
			Message from the Saucer Module.
			It will arrive here in fifty-one
			minutes, sir.

					PICARD
			Inform them we'll hook up as soon
			as they arrive.

	Picard stands, crosses past Tasha on his way to the
	turbolift.

					PICARD
				(to Tasha)
			Bring him to my Ready Room when
			he's done there.

	Picard EXITS via turbolift.

84   ANGLE ON RIKER

	Where VIEWER SHOWS ANGLE ON THE "Q" GRIDWORK STRETCHES
	OVER THE HEAVENS, THEN SHOT OF "Q" (21st CENTURY).
	Riker TURNS AWAY FROM VIEWER TOWARD CAMERA as he looks
	at the crewpersons on the bridge. He speaks to no one
	in particular.

					RIKER
			He calls that "a little
			adventure"?

85   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE READY ROOM

	Picard at a viewer going over a rather complex screen
	of formulas. A KNOCK at the door, he turns the viewer
	off.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Riker ENTERS, crosses to where the captain indicates
	he's to sit. He does so, looking at Picard. Then:

					RIKER
			Wow!

					PICARD
				(laughs, nods)
			Exactly.

85   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			This "Q", sir... is he crazy?
			I mean, seriously?

					PICARD
			Seriously, does it really matter
			how we judge them? We're dealing
			with something that can juggle
			starships as if they were pebbles.

					RIKER
			It's a rather astonishing "little
			adventure" you've had, Captain.

					PICARD
				(snaps)
			The issue isn't what we call it,
			Commander. The important thing
			is we can be dead certain...
			accent on dead... that "Q" wasn't
			joking. We're alive only because
			we were placed on "probation",
			a very serious kind of
			"probation".

	Over which we have heard a CHIME SOUND.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Go.

					DATA'S VOICE
			The Saucer Module is now entering
			orbit with us, sir.

					PICARD
			Acknowledged. Commander Riker will
			conduct a manual docking. Picard
			out.

					RIKER
			Sir?

					PICARD
			You've reported in, haven't you?
			You are qualified?

					RIKER
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Then I meant now, Mister Riker.

	Riker jumps to his feet, EXITS. CAMERA PANS to Picard
	whose expression now relaxes. He's not too unhappy with
	what he's seen of his new first officer so far.

86   EXT. SPACE - SAUCER SECTION, BATTLE SECTION (OPTICAL)

	As before, the Saucer Section is above and ahead of the
	battle section. The battle section is SLOWLY moving
	ahead toward the Saucer Section for link-up.

87   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE - FULL SHOT

	Riker at the conn, concentrating. Tasha and Data are
	studying him, privately evaluating this new man.

					DATA
			You say you will be doing this
			manually, sir? No automation?

					RIKER
			As ordered.

88   EMPHASIZING RIKER

	He's making a couple of calculations, glancing up at
	the viewscreen.

89   ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The rear end of the saucer is moving closer, but it is
	still high.

90   EMPHASIZING RIKER

					RIKER
				(to Data at Conn)
			Two percent rise. Up angle
			adjustment three degrees.
			Maintain docking speed.

	Ops and conn positions AD LIB repeats of Riker's orders.

91   EXT. SPACE - SAUCER AND BATTLE SECTION (OPTICAL)

	The battle section is seen rising, angling forward
	slightly, still moving slowly toward the saucer.

92   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE - EMPHASIZING RIKER

	glancing at the O.S. viewscreen, works his console
	again.

					RIKER
			Level her out. Maintain docking
			speed. Docking crew, prepare for
			reconnection.

93   EXT. SPACE - ANGLE ON SAUCER AND BATTLE SECTION (OPTICAL)

	The two are level now, quite close together, the battle
	section still moving slowly forward.

94   INT. BRIDGE - ANGLE ON RIKER

	Riker looks up at the viewscreen again.

95   ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The saucer looms in the viewscreen -- everything is
	level, the docking section is dead ahead -- we are still
	moving forward.

96   CLOSE ON RIKER

	He makes a couple of quick entries on his console.

					RIKER
			All stop. Her inertia should do
			the job now.

97   EXT. SPACE - SAUCER AND BATTLE SECTION (OPTICAL)

	The two glide together smoothly.

98   INT. BRIDGE - WIDE SHOT

	Riker hits a couple more tabs on his panel as:

					RIKER
			Rejoin lock-up... now.

99   EXT. SPACE - FINAL HOOK-UP (OPTICAL)

	The reverse of disconnecting SHOTS we saw earlier --
	huge STARDRIVE SECTION and SAUCER MODULE MECHANISMS
	MAKING FINAL HOOK-UP.

100  EXT. ENTERPRISE IN ORBIT (OPTICAL)

	The docking complete.

101  INT. TURBOLIFT

	Riker with Data, Tasha, and others. The time this takes
	is indicative of the size of this new Enterprise.

101  CONTINUED:

					RIKER (V.O.)
			Enterprise log, First Officer
			entry. Ship's modules rejoined,
			stardate 42354.71 with command
			now transferred back to the main
			bridge.

	Riker looks up to see Tasha is watching him. Then:

					TASHA
			Neatly done, sir.

					RIKER
			I don't imagine many mistakes
			happen under Captain Picard.

					TASHA
			No sir, they don't.

102  INT. BRIDGE

	As the turbolift arrives. Lt. Worf crosses toward it,
	intercepts Riker.

					WORF
			I'm Lieutenant Worf, sir. Captain
			Picard requests you come
			immediately to his quarters.

	Having had little more than a glance at this main
	bridge, Riker turns and re-enters the turbolift.

103  INT. PICARD'S CABIN

	Much larger and more comfortable than the small battle
	Ready Room we were in earlier. Picard is there, turning
	as he hears a KNOCK:

					PICARD
			Come!

	Riker ENTERS.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			A fairly routine maneuver but you
			handled it quite well.

					RIKER
			Thank you, sir. I hope I show
			some promise.

103  CONTINUED:

	An exchange of looks between the two. Clearly, Riker
	is annoyed by this "faint praise" kind of welcome.
	Picard leads the way to a setting for coffee.

					PICARD
			Some coffee.

					RIKER
			No thank you, sir.

					PICARD
				(pours himself a cup)
			And now I have a kind of "what
			sort of second-in-command have
			I inherited?" question.

					RIKER
			Yes sir, I thought you might.

	There's nothing disrespectful in Riker's tone of voice,
	but he does leave an impression that he's not to be
	walked on either.

					PICARD
			I noticed in your envelope that
			Captain DeSoto thinks very highly
			of you. One curious thing,
			however, you refused to let him
			beam down to Altair IV?

					RIKER
			In my opinion, sir, Altair IV was
			too dangerous to risk exposing
			the captain.

					PICARD
			I see. A captain's rank means
			nothing to you.

					RIKER
			Rather the reverse, sir. A
			captain's life means a great deal
			to me.

					PICARD
			Let me postulate something here,
			Mister Riker. Isn't it just possible
			that you don't get to be a
			starship captain without knowing
			when it's safe to beam down or
			not? Isn't it a little
			presumptuous for a first officer
			to second guess his captain's
			judgment?

103  CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Permission to speak candidly, sir?

					PICARD
			Always.

					RIKER
			You've been a first officer
			yourself. You know that assuming
			that responsibility must, by
			definition, include the safety
			of the captain. I have no problem
			with following the rules you lay
			down. But under no circumstances
			will I compromise your safety.
			If you have a problem with that,
			sir, you can put me back on the
			Hood before she leaves.

					PICARD
			You don't intend to back off that
			position?

					RIKER
			No, sir, I can't.

	Picard takes another beat to study him carefully, then:

					PICARD
			One further thing... a special
			favor I have to ask of you.

					RIKER
			Anything, sir.

					PICARD
			Using the same kind of strength
			you showed with Captain DeSoto,
			I'd appreciate it if you can keep
			me from making an ass of myself
			with children.

					RIKER
			Sir?

					PICARD
			I'm not a family man, Riker, and
			yet, Starfleet has given me a ship
			with children aboard.

					RIKER
				(nods)
			Yes, sir. And families...

103  CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			And I don't feel comfortable with
			children. But, since a captain
			needs an image of "geniality"
			toward the little monsters, you're
			to see that's exactly what I
			project.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

	For the first time, Picard smiles, extending his hand.
	We see he's surprisingly warm when he wants to be.
	Riker takes Picard's hand for a firm and friendly
	handshake.

					PICARD
			Welcome to the Enterprise, Mister
			Riker.

104  INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE

	as Riker steps out of the turbolift. He stops, takes
	in the size of his compared to the Battle Bridge. The
	Klingon Lieutenant is at the conn position. He turns,
	seeing Riker:

					WORF
			Yes sir, Commander?

	Riker crosses in, shakes hands.

					RIKER
			Thank you, Lieutenant. Is
			Commander Data on duty?

					WORF
			Commander Data is on a special
			assignment, sir. He's using our
			shuttlecraft to transfer an
			admiral over to the Hood.

					RIKER
			An admiral?

					WORF
			He's been aboard all day, sir,
			checking over medical layout.

					RIKER
			Why the shuttlecraft? Can he just
			beam over?

104  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			I suppose he could, sir. But the
			admiral's a rather remarkable man.

105  INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR - ANGLE AT INTERSECTION

					DATA'S VOICE
			But, sir, the transporter could
			have you on the Hood in a matter
			of seconds, Admiral.

	Data and the admiral ENTER SCENE at the intersection.
	The admiral is very old with an almost transparent look.

					ADMIRAL
			Have you got some reason to want
			my atoms scattered all over space?

					DATA
			No sir. But at your age, sir,
			I thought you shouldn't have to
			put up with the time and trouble
			of a shuttlecraft.

	The admiral stops. Facing Data, he draws himself. up
	as straight as he can. His voice is crotchety and
	trembly -- and fiercely stubborn.

					ADMIRAL
			My age? Hold it right there, boy,
			what about my age?

					DATA
			Sorry, sir. If that subject
			troubles you...

					ADMIRAL
			Troubles me? What's so damned
			troubling about not having died?
			How old do you think I am?

					DATA
			One hundred forty-seven years,
			Admiral. According to Starfleet
			records.

					ADMIRAL
			Explain how you remember that so
			exactly.

					DATA
			I remember every fact I am exposed
			to, sir.

105  CONTINUED:

	The admiral peers at him closely, scowling.

					ADMIRAL
			I don't see any points on your
			ears, boy, but you sound like a
			Vulcan.

					DATA
			No, sir. I am an android.

					ADMIRAL
				(snorts)
			Almost as bad.

					DATA
				(at a loss, but still
				 respectful)
			I thought it was generally
			accepted, sir, that Vulcans are
			an advanced and most honorable
			race.

	The admiral stares at him a moment, his severe blue eyes
	gentling and his feisty scowl fading. He pats Data's
	sleeve and nods slightly.

					ADMIRAL
			They are, boy. They are. And
			also damned annoying at times.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	As they move away, Data gently assisting the old man:

					ADMIRAL
			This is a new ship, boy, but she's
			got the right name. Remember
			that.

					DATA
			I will, sir.

					ADMIRAL
			You treat her like a lady.
				(beat, quietly)
			She'll always bring you home...
									FADE OUT.

                           PART FIVE                            

	FADE IN:

106  EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	Both the Enterprise and the Hood in orbit close
	together. CAMERA ANGLE shows how much LARGER the
	Enterprise is.

107  INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly is wearing medical "blue" -- or whatever color
	Science personnel are going to be assigned. She steps
	toward a LARGE VIEWSCREEN which comes on, showing
	readouts indicative of the status of the ship's medical
	facilities.

					BEVERLY
			Show me the results of Captain
			Picard's most recent physical
			examination.

	The screen promptly BEGINS TO FLASH UP PRINTED
	INFORMATION, followed by X-Ray type shots, etc. Beverly
	studies it for awhile.

					PICARD'S VOICE
			Already at work, Doctor?

108  ANOTHER ANGLE

	As Beverly turns to find Captain Picard ENTERING. She
	nods in answer to his question.

					BEVERLY
			Yes, on a subject that's very
			important to this mission,
			Captain.
				(unhurriedly to
				 computer)
			Screen off.

	The screen GOES DARK.

					PICARD
			I wanted to say "welcome aboard."

109  CLOSER ANGLE - BEVERLY AND PICARD

	As if they're appraising each other, then:

109  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Thank you, Captain.

					PICARD
			And I thought I should talk to
			you very personally about your
			assignment here.

110  CLOSER TWO SHOT

	As Beverly nods, waits for him to continue.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I wanted you to know I protested
			your posting to the Enterprise.

					BEVERLY
			Oh? Do you consider me
			unqualified?

					PICARD
			Hardly. Your service record shows
			you exactly the kind of CMO I'd
			want.

					BEVERLY
			Then you must object to me
			personally. Has it to do with
			our last meeting?

					PICARD
			I'm trying to be considerate of
			your feelings, Doctor Crusher.
			For you to serve with a commanding
			officer who would continually
			remind you of such a terrible
			personal tragedy...

					BEVERLY
				(annoyed; snaps)
			If I had any objections to serving
			with you, I wouldn't have
			requested this assignment,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			You requested this posting?

	He turns to exit. Beverly stirs, and her next words
	stop him.

110  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Captain. My feelings about my
			husband's death will have no
			effect on the way I serve you,
			this vessel, or this mission.

	Picard gives it a moment's thought, extends his hand.

					PICARD
			Then, welcome aboard, Doctor.
			I'm pleased to have you here.

	Beverly allows only a perfunctory handshake.

					BEVERLY
			Thank you. And now, if I can
			return to my duties...

	It is clear that Picard wanted to say more but she has
	neatly blocked any further conversation.

					PICARD
				(uncomfortably)
			Well... as I said, "welcome
			Aboard".

	She doesn't respond further and he has no choice but
	to turn and exit.

111  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND HOOD IN ORBIT (OPTICAL)

	Again, EMPHASIZING the considerable difference in the
	sizes of the two starships as we SEE that the USS Hood
	is PULLING AWAY, LEAVING ORBIT.

112  INT. BRIDGE - ANGLE ON RIKER

	He is standing before the huge viewscreen. Behind him
	is the young Klingon, Worf, at the conn position with
	the rest of the bridge stations only nominally manned.
	Set in geosynchronous orbit over the planet, the
	Enterprise requires minimal monitoring at this time.

113  ANGLE ON TURBOLIFT DOORS

	They OPEN, and Picard steps out onto the bridge.

					PICARD
			Have you signaled the Hood, Mister
			Riker?

113  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(nods)
			Your exact message.
				(in French)
			Bon voyage mon amie. Aye, sir.

114  ANOTHER ANGLE - TO INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER

	as Picard smiles and steps toward it.

					PICARD
			And what was my answer, computer?

	MAIN VIEWER FLICKERS, then startles us with an ugly
	FLASH OF LIGHT that becomes an IMAGE OF "Q" (JUDGE)
	who is in LIMBO, but looking directly at Picard. His
	VOICE BOOMS LOUDLY, annoyed in tone:

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			DO YOU EXPECT ME TO WAIT PATIENTLY
			THROUGH ALL THIS NONSENSE? OR
			DID YOU THINK I WAS GONE?

	Picard is as startled as Riker. The young Klingon,
	Worf, comes tumbling out of the conn position, drawing
	his phaser and placing himself protectively between
	Picard and the threatening "Q" image.

					PICARD
			Do you intend to blast a hole
			through the viewer, Lieutenant?

	Worf apologetically puts his phaser away, lets Picard
	wave him aside.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			If the purpose of this is to test
			human worth, your honor, you must
			let us proceed in a normal human
			way.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			YOU ARE DILATORY! YOU HAVE
			TWENTY-FOUR HOURS! ANY FURTHER
			DELAY AND YOU RISK SUMMARY
			JUDGEMENT AGAINST YOU, CAPTAIN.

	A FLASH OF LIGHT and the main viewer returns to an image
	of the planet below.

115  ANOTHER ANGLE

					WORF
			Sorry, sir...

					RIKER
			No criticism. You reacted fast...

					PICARD
			... but in a completely useless
			way.

					WORF
			I'll learn to do better, sir.

					PICARD
			Of course you will. We've a long
			voyage ahead of us.

	Picard dismisses Worf with a flicker of a smile which
	takes the sting out of what he just said.

					RIKER
				(lowers voice)
			Hope you're right, sir. About
			the long voyage ahead.

	Picard looks to main viewer as if checking that "Q" is
	truly gone.

					PICARD
			I hope so too.

					RIKER
			What do we do, sir? With them
			monitoring every move, every
			word...

					PICARD
			S.O.P., Mister Riker.

					RIKER
			Standard Operating Procedures?

					PICARD
				(nods)
			We do exactly what we'd do if this
			"Q" never existed. If we're going
			to be damned, let's be damned for
			what we really are.

	Riker is suddenly very pleased with this captain. He
	nods emphatically.

									FADE OUT.

                           PART SIX                             

	FADE IN:

116  EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	U.S.S. Enterprise in orbit of planet Cygnus IV.

					PICARD V.O.
			Captain's log, stardate 42372.5.
			Of the twenty-four hours "Q"
			allotted us to prove ourselves...

117  INT. BRIDGE - ANGLE INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER

	Minimum bridge crew on duty.

					PICARD V.O.
			... eleven have now passed without
			incident. And yet I cannot forget
			"Q's" prediction that we will face
			here some critical test of human
			worth.

118  INT. BRIDGE READY ROOM

	Picard and Riker comparing notes.

					RIKER
			This planet's interior heat
			results in abundant geothermal
			energy, sir. But it's about all
			this world does offer.

					PICARD
			And it's your belief that this
			is what made it possible for them
			to construct this base to
			Starfleet standards?

					RIKER
			Yes sir. We have to assume that
			they've been trading their surplus
			energy for the construction
			materials used here. According
			to our ship's scans, many of the
			materials used are not found on
			this world.

118  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(smiles)
			Perhaps it's like those incidents
			you describe in your report as
			"almost magical" attempts to
			please us.

					RIKER
			Those events did happen, sir.

					PICARD
			And in time we'll discover the
			explanation. Meanwhile, none of
			it suggests anything threatening.
			If only every life form had as
			much desire to please Starfleet.
				(stands)
			Ready to beam down? I'm looking
			forward to meeting this Groppler
			Zorn.

	Picard is leading Riker to the cabin door.

					RIKER
			I'm convinced there's more to it
			than just "pleasing us", sir.

					PICARD
				(as they exit)
			Like something "Q" is doing to
			trick us?

119  INT. BRIDGE

	As Picard and Riker enter from the adjoining Ready Room.
	Troi is just arriving in the turbolift and Picard calls
	to her.

					PICARD
			Over here, Counselor!
				(to Riker)
			I've asked her to join us in this
			meeting.
				(indicating)
			May I introduce our new first
			officer, Commander William Riker.
			Mister Riker, our ship's
			counselor, Deanna Troi.

120  TWO SHOT - RIKER AND TROI

	He's obviously stunned to find her here, although she
	isn't at all surprised.

					TROI'S VOICE
				(carrying her thoughts)
			Do you remember what I taught you,
			Izmadi? Can you still sense my
			thoughts?

	Then, she holds out her hand formally.

					TROI
			A pleasure, Commander.

					RIKER
				(nervously)
			I, ah... likewise, Counselor.

121  ANGLE INCLUDING PICARD

	Studying the two of them with some curiosity now.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Have the two of you met before?

					RIKER
			We... we have, sir.

					PICARD
			Excellent. I consider it
			important that my key officers
			know each other's abilities.

					TROI
			We do, sir; we do.

	Meanwhile, Picard has indicated the turbolift and is
	leading them toward it.

122  EMPHASIZING TROI

	As she looks back toward Riker serenely.

					TROI'S VOICE
				(her thoughts)
			I, too, would never say goodbye,
			Izmadi.

123  EXT. FARPOINT STATION (OPTICAL)

	ESTABLISHING SHOT as:

					PICARD'S VOICE
			My crew and I need a bit more
			information...

124  INT. ZORN'S OFFICE

	Where Zorn sits behind his desk, his posture and
	attitude indicating some nervousness. Seated facing
	him are Picard, Riker, and Troi. We see that Zorn's
	attention is on Troi.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			... before we make our
			recommendations to Starfleet.

					ZORN
			No objections to that, but...
				(eyeing Troi again)
			... but I'm puzzled over your
			bringing a Betazoid to this. If
			her purpose here is to probe my
			thoughts, sir...

					TROI
			I can sense only strong emotions,
			Groppler. I am only half Betazoid;
			my father was a Starfleet officer.

					ZORN
			I have nothing to hide, of course.

					PICARD
			Good, since we admire what we've
			seen of your construction
			techniques. Starfleet may be
			interested in your constructing
			starbases elsewhere too.

125  ANGLE EMPHASIZING TROI

	As her expression begins to indicate an awareness of
	something distressing, something painful. During which:

					ZORN
			Unfortunately, Captain, we are
			not interested in building other
			facilities.

126  ANGLE EMPHASIZING PICARD AND RIKER

	This stumps Picard for a moment, during which:

					RIKER
			If I may, Captain...
				(gets a nod)
			Then a trade, Groppler? Some
			things you need in return for the
			loan of architects and engineers
			who can demonstrate your
			techniques.

127  EMPHASIZING ZORN

					ZORN
			We Bandi do not wish to leave our
			home world. If Starfleet cannot
			accept that small weakness, then
			we will be forced, unhappily, to
			seek an alliance with someone like
			the Ferengi, or...

	Zorn interrupted by a small GROAN coming from Troi.
	Her eyes are now closed over a strong distress she's
	sensing.

128  VARIOUS OTHER ANGLES

	As appropriate.

					PICARD
			Counselor... ? What is it?

					TROI
				(glancing toward Zorn)
			Do you want it described here,
			sir?

					PICARD
			Yes! No secrets here if we're
			all to be friends.
				(to Zorn)
			Agreed, Groppler?

					ZORN
			We ourselves have nothing to hide,
			but...

128  CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(another GROAN,
				 grimacing)
			Pain... pain, loneliness, terrible
			loneliness, despair...
				(indicates Zorn)
			I'm not sensing him, sir. Or any
			of his people... but it's
			something very close to this location.

					PICARD
				(to Zorn, demandingly)
			The source of this? Do you have
			any idea?

					ZORN
			No!
				(stands)
			No, absolutely not. And I find
			nothing helpful or productive in
			any of this!

					PICARD
				(stands, to Zorn)
			That's it? No other comment?

					ZORN
			What do you expect form us? We
			offer a base designed to your
			needs, luxurious even by human
			standards...

	Riker and Troi come to their feet too as Picard
	interrupts.

					PICARD
			... while refusing to answer even
			our simplest questions about it.
				(to Riker)
			We'll adjourn for now...
				(to Zorn)
			... while we all reconsider our
			positions.

	The three CROSS toward the exit.

					ZORN
			Captain, the Ferengi would be very
			interested in a base like this.

					PICARD
			Fine. I hope they find you as
			tasty as their other past
			associates.

	Picard and his people EXIT.

129  EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The U.S.S. Enterprise still in orbit over Cygnus IV.

130  INT. HOLODECK CORRIDOR

	Riker moving as if seeking someone. He intercepts a
	YOUNG ENSIGN who is passing and the junior officer sees
	Riker's emblem of rank and snaps to attention.

					RIKER
			Ensign, can you help me find
			Commander Data? I was told he's
			somewhere on this deck.

					YOUNG ENSIGN
			This way, sir.

131  ANGLE AT CORRIDOR WALL

	As the Ensign steps to a black surface of the corridor
	wall.

					YOUNG ENSIGN
			You must be new to these galaxy
			class starships, sir.
				(puts hand on the black
				 surface, saying)
			Tell me the location of Commander
			Data.

	At the touch and the words "Tell me" the black surface
	comes alive with light patterns showing appropriate
	information.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Lieutenant Commander Data... now
			located in Holodeck area 4-J.

					YOUNG ENSIGN
				(indicating readout)
			And as you see, sir, it's pointing
			you that way.

					RIKER
			Go that way? How far?

					YOUNG ENSIGN
				(smiles)
			You'll know, sir.

	Riker AD LIBS a thanks, goes in the indicated direction.

132  PANNING RIKER

	Moving off in the indicated direction. Then the black
	surface there comes alive with a FLASHING DIRECTION
	SIGNAL.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			This way, please. The next
			hatchway on your right.

					RIKER
				(responding
				 automatically)
			Thank you...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			You're more than welcome,
			Commander Riker.

	Which startles him a bit but he walks on and turns right
	at a sophisticated looking Holodeck Hatchway.

133  EXT. PARKLAND

	The Parkland hidden at this moment by a WILD SECTION
	OF CORRIDOR WALL AND HATCHWAY which, when the hatch is
	opened, will REVEAL PARKLAND.

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(continuing without
				 delay)
			And if you care to enter,
			Commander...

					RIKER
				(snaps; interrupting)
			I do.

	Immediately, the hatch slides open and we SEE THE
	PARKLAND (LOCATION). It looks (and is) real, including
	land contours, trees, and even a small stream nearby.
	Beyond that the Parkland stretches off for what appears
	to be miles and miles away to the horizon.

134  ANGLE BACK TOWARD HATCHWAY

	As Riker ENTERS through it and stands inspecting the
	Parkland scene with genuine appreciation and then HEARS
	SOMEONE WHISTLING A MELODY, but doing it rather badly
	and laboriously.

135  ANGLE PAST RIKER INTO PARKLAND

	As he MOVES AWAY, seeking the source of the WHISTLING
	which will begin to grow LOUDER now.

136  ANGLE AT STREAM

	As Riker crosses, stepping from rock to rock. He makes
	a misstep, almost falls, then recovers and gets across.
	He looks back at the stone which caused it.

137  CLOSER ON RIKER

	As he walks, the WHISTLING is nearby now. He stops,
	calls:

					RIKER
			Hello!

	The WHISTLING has continued without pause, Riker cocks
	his ear, corrects his direction slightly.

138  EXT. WOODLAND GLEN

	Riker ENTERS SHOT through shrubbery, sees something and
	stops.

139  ANGLE ON DATA

	Lying there, cushioned by deep grass. He's totally
	absorbed in certain melody notes he's attempting -- and
	keeps missing.

140  PANNING RIKER

	Moving onto TWO SHOT where he stops, and WHISTLES the
	same melody, hitting the correct notes. A startled Data
	looks up blankly, then comes quickly to his feet, but
	Riker waves him back down, sits beside him.

					DATA
			Marvelous how easily humans do
			that, sir. I still need much
			practice.

	Riker, acting uncomfortable, avoids the subject. He
	hesitates, then:

					RIKER
			There are some puzzles down on
			the planet that Captain Picard
			wants answered. He suggests I
			put you on the away team I'll be
			using.

140  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I shall endeavor to give
			satisfaction, sir.

	Riker hesitates, wanting to say something but not sure
	how to begin.

					RIKER
			Uh, yes. And when the captain
			suggested you I, uh, looked up
			your record...
				(hesitates)

					DATA
			Yes sir, a wise procedure always.

					RIKER
			Your rank of lieutenant commander,
			I assume now must be honorary.

					DATA
			No, sir. Starfleet Class of '78;
			honors in quantum mathematics
			and exobiology.

					RIKER
			But your files... they say you're
			a...

					DATA
				(waits, then)
			Machine? Correct, sir. Does that
			trouble you?

					RIKER
				(hesitates)
			To be honest... yes, a little.

					DATA
			Understood, sir. Prejudice is
			very human.

					RIKER
			Now that troubles me. Do you
			consider yourself superior to us?

					DATA
			I am superior in many ways. But
			I would gladly give it up to be
			human.

					RIKER
				(studies Data, then)
			Nice to meet you, Pinocchio,

140  CONTINUED: (2)

	Data seems confused by this.

					RIKER
				(continuing; explains)
			A joke.

					DATA
				(straight-faced)
			Ah! Intriguing.

					RIKER
				(big grin)
			You're going to be an interesting
			companion, Mister Data.

									FADE OUT.

                          PART SEVEN                            

	FADE IN:

141  EXT. PARKLAND - RIKER AND DATA

	We HEAR A VOICE (Wesley) and Riker gets to his feet,
	looks off in that direction.

					DATA
			This pattern is quite popular,
			sir. Perhaps because it
			duplicates Earth so well, Coming
			here,
				(apologetically)
			makes me feel as if I'm human too.

					RIKER
				(taking it all in)
			I didn't believe these could be
			so real.

					DATA
			Much of it is real, sir. If the
			transporters can convert our
			bodies to an energy beam, then
			back to the original pattern
			again...

					RIKER
			Yes, of course.
				(indicates)
			And all these have much simpler
			patterns.

142  EXT. PARKLAND AT STREAM

	Data leading the way, then indicates.

					DATA
			The rear wall.

					RIKER
				(peers)
			I can't see it.

					DATA
			You will.

	PANNING RIKER TOWARD US

	He's squinting hard now. Then he stops, reacts at
	something he can now make out.

					RIKER
			Incredible!

143  INT. STAGE HOLODECK - ANGLE PAST RIKER (OPTICAL)

	As he hurries toward where we can now SEE the holodeck
	wall (REAR PROJECTION SCREEN) on which we can now SEE
	that the PARKLAND soil, rocks and vegetation blend with
	the PROJECTED IMAGE there. Astonished, Riker backs away
	from this, squinting again.

144  EXT. REAL PARKLAND - RIKER'S P.O.V.

	Where, of course, the wall blend is no longer visible.

					WESLEY'S VOICE
				(calling)
			Mister Riker, isn't this great?

	MEDIUM ON RIKER

	Turning, then grinning, waving.

	RIKER'S P.O.V. - THE ROCK CROSSING AT STREAM

	Where Wes Crusher is hurrying toward us, bouncing from
	rock to rock.

					WESLEY
			This is one of the simpler
			patterns, Mister Riker. They've
			got thousands more, some you just
			can't believe.

	ANGLE TO INCLUDE RIKER AND DATA

	Moving down the stream.

					RIKER
			Careful, that next rock is
			loose... !

	WIDER ANGLE

	As that rock moves underfoot, tumbling Wes into the
	stream.

	PANNING DATA IN, demonstrating his enormous strength
	as he easily lifts Wesley completely out of the water.
	An amazed Wesley looks at Data.

					WESLEY
			Wow!

145  EXT. PARKLAND - ANGLE ON WILD HATCHWAY AND CORRIDOR SECTION

	As the hatchway smoothly SLIDES OPEN AGAIN. Through
	it is REVEALED THE PARKLAND, through which Riker, Data
	and a very wet Wesley make their way to the HATCHWAY.
	As they MOVE THROUGH HATCHWAY, the bulkhead BEGINS
	CLOSING.

146  INT. HOLODECK CORRIDOR - ANGLE ON CAPTAIN PICARD

	The Captain walking with a Senior Officer when he sees
	Riker and the others. He motions the Senior Officer
	to continue on by himself, stops and waits.

	VARIOUS ANGLES - AS APPROPRIATE

	As Riker, Data and Wes move INTO SHOT with Picard. Wes
	is instantly aware that his soaked clothing is dripping
	water onto the starship deck. He'd like to remove
	himself but knows that Picard has already seen his
	puddle forming on the deck.

					RIKER
			Mister Data has agreed to join
			my away team, Captain.

					PICARD
				(with another glance
				 toward Wes's puddle)
			Very good.

					WES
			Sir, maybe I should get something
			to wipe this water up.

					PICARD
				(coolly)
			Good idea.

	Picard turns and EXITS.

147  INT. SICKBAY - BEVERLY AND WESLEY

	Wesley is wiping himself dry now. He is
	enthusiastically trying to explain his adventures.

					WESLEY
			-- and there's a low gravity
			gymnasium, too. It would be hard
			to get bored on this ship.

148  CLOSER TWO SHOT - BEVERLY AND WESLEY

	As he wipes, he's been turning something over in his
	mind.

					WESLEY
			Mom...
				(beat)
			could you get me a look at the
			bridge?

					BEVERLY
			That's against the captain's
			standing orders.

					WESLEY
			Are you afraid of the captain,
			too?

					BEVERLY
			I certainly am not!

					WESLEY
			But Captain Picard is a pain,
			isn't he?

					BEVERLY
			Your father liked him very much.
			Great explorers are often lonely,
			... no chance to have a family...

					WESLEY
			Just a look, at the bridge, Mom.
			From the turbolift when the doors
			open. I wouldn't get off. I
			promise.

					BEVERLY
			You're looking for trouble, Wes.

	He shuts up. Beverly looks at him and can't ignore the
	very real want in his eyes.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Let's see what we can do.

	On Wes's delighted grin:

									CUT TO:

149  EXT. FARPOINT STATION/CITY - DAY - EMPHASIZING STATION

	TO ESTABLISH our location.

150  INT. STATION SHOPPING AREA - DAY - ON AWAY TEAM

	Which is made up of Riker, Data, Troi, Tasha and Geordi.
	There are a number of people in the mall area, some in
	identifiable Enterprise-type uniforms. The others are
	in various civilian clothes. They are taking in the
	Bandi shops, booths, food and drink offered by Bandi
	vendors.

					TASHA
			Recommend that someone could begin
			by examining the underside of the
			station, sir.

					TROI
			Our sensors do show some passages
			down there, sir. Perhaps you and
			I?

	Troi glances at Riker with just a shade of archness,
	perhaps the lift of an eyebrow. Riker glances away,
	troubled.

					RIKER
			Tasha, you and the Counselor.

	Troi and Tasha move off. Riker turns to Geordi.

					RIKER
			Let's us start with the topside.
			Have you noticed anything unusual?

	Riker and the others move out of scene, examining
	everything they pass.

									DISSOLVE TO:

151  INT. ANOTHER STATION AREA

	ON GEORDI as he looks around the area, moving slowly
	and carefully scanning. Then he shakes his head.

					GEORDI
			Well, I can't see through solid
			matter, sir, but the material so
			far looks very ordinary.

					DATA
			Confirmed by the construction
			records, sir. Almost exactly the
			same material that Starfleet uses.

	Riker reaches to his insignia, to switch on his
	communicator.

151  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Riker to Tasha, Troi, come in!

	We milk the next few moments, Riker growing
	apprehensive. Then, finally, with Riker showing relief:

					TASHA'S VOICE
				(from communicator)
			We were about to call you, Team
			Leader. We've found something
			interesting.

152  INT. UNDERGROUND PASSAGEWAY

	Not at all what one would expect of a "service tunnel",
	if this is indeed that. These are smooth, rounded,
	glistening walls whose GLOW lights up the entire
	passageway. (We'll see something similar later on a
	mystery vessel). Tasha is activating her communicator.

					TASHA
			We're in a passageway directly
			under the station sir. But the
			tunnel walls here are make from
			something we've never seen before.

					RIKER'S VOICE
			And Troi, have you sensed anything
			there?

	Troi appears reluctant as she activates her
	communicator.

					TROI
			Sir, I've avoided opening my mind.
			Whatever I sensed in the
			Groppler's office became very
			painful.

					RIKER
			I'm sorry, Counselor, but you
			must. We need more information.

	Troi complies... then her face contorts in agony and
	a SMALL SCREAM ESCAPES. She sinks to her knees, Tasha
	hurrying in to support her.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			No, no, such pain. It's so close to
			us here... pain, pain..

152  CONTINUED:

					RIKER'S VOICE
				(overlapping)
			Hang on, I'm coming... Enterprise,
			lock us onto her signal!

	Tasha has her arm around Troi, whispering words of
	comfort.

153  ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	After a moment, the familiar TRANSPORTER SOUND BEGINS.
	Riker, Data, and Geordi BEAM IN, SOLIDIFY. Then Riker
	hurries over to Troi while Data and Geordi examine their
	surroundings with great curiosity.

154  ANGLE ON TROI

	Riker helping her very tenderly:

					RIKER
			I'm sorry. Close your mind from
			the pain...

					TROI
			It's also unhappiness... terrible
			despair...

					RIKER
			Who?

					TROI
			I don't know! No lifeform anything
			like us.

	Riker is looking around at the glowing walls.

					RIKER
			What in the hell kind of place
			is this?
				(turning)
			Geordi, what do you see?

	Geordi has been inspecting the wall closely. He shakes
	his head.

					GEORDI
			It's of no material I recognize,
			sir. Or have even heard of.

155  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As before, in geosynchronous orbit.

156  INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE - ANGLE ON PICARD

	in the captain's chair. The bridge is nominally manned
	at this time. We will see Worf at the ops panel.
	Picard glances around as the SOUND OF THE TURBOLIFT
	DOORS OPENING COMES OVER, and he freezes.

157  PICARD'S P.O.V. - BEVERLY AND WESLEY

	standing just inside the turbolift door. Beverly is
	uncomfortable; Wes is all eyes, taking in as much as
	he possibly can in this one limited look at his dream
	place. Beverly starts to step out, gesturing to Wes
	to stay in the turbolift.

					BEVERLY
			Permission to report to the
			captain...

158  WIDER ANGLE - INCLUDING PICARD, BEVERLY

					PICARD
				(coolly)
			Children are not allowed on the
			bridge, Doctor.

					BEVERLY
			Captain, my son is not on the
			bridge. He merely accompanied
			me on the turbolift.

					PICARD
			Your son?

					BEVERLY
			His name's Wesley. You last saw
			him years ago when...

	She trails her words; Picard understands.

					PICARD
			Oh, back then.

	He glances from Beverly to Wesley, clears his throat.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Well -- as long as he's here...

159  WIDER - INCLUDING WESLEY, BEVERLY, PICARD

	Wesley looks to Picard hopefully. Beverly waits, then
	Picard shrugs, tries to sound friendly.

159  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I knew your father, Wesley. Want
			a look around?

	Wesley is out like a shot.

					PICARD
				(continuing; quickly)
			But don't touch anything!

	Wes is in awe. To him, this is the equivalent of a
	devout Catholic stepping into the nave of St. Peter's
	Basilica. The turbolift is on the level of the
	"horseshoe", so the command positions are spread below
	him. Picard moves down to the captain's chair level,
	Wes moving with him. He is careful to put his feet down
	just right so he doesn't even scuff the floor. Picard
	watches, steps aside to gesture toward the command
	chair.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Try it out.
				(as Wes does so)
			The panel on your right is for
			log entries, library-computer
			access and retrieval, viewscreen
			control, intercoms, and so on.

					WESLEY
				(nodding; pointing)
			Yes sir. And here, the backup conn
			and ops panels, plus armament and
			shield controls.

	Picard looks closely at Wes, perplexed.

					PICARD
			The forward viewscreen is
			controlled by the ops position...

					WESLEY
			Yes sir, which uses high
			resolution, multi-spectral imaging
			sensor systems...

					PICARD
			How the hell do you know that,
			boy?

	Before Beverly or Wes can reply, a VERY DISTINCTIVE
	SIGNAL SOUNDS (Captain's comm signal) and Wes, closest
	to the control, transfers the signal into audio as:

159  CONTINUED: (2)

					WES
			Perimeter alert, Captain!

	Wesley is instantly embarrassed; Beverly is mortified;
	Picard is ang7ry.

         WES                             BEVERLY
  I'm sorry. I didn't mean          Wes! You shouldn't
  to...                             have touched anything...

					PICARD
			Off the bridge! Both of you.

	Worf has come to his feet, not sure whether or not he
	should respond to the call. Beverly is hustling Wesley
	toward the turbolift.

					WORF
			You have a perimeter alert,
			Captain.

					BEVERLY
				(to Picard)
			As my son tried to tell you!

	She EXITS into the turbolift, the doors CLOSING behind
	her and Wesley. Picard, slamming his fist into his
	other palm, jumps for his command chair as:

					PICARD
			Picard. Go ahead.

					SECURITY VOICE
			Ship's sensors have detected the
			presence of a vessel approaching
			this planet. No ship is scheduled
			to arrive at this time.

					PICARD
			Have Mister Riker, and his team
			beamed back up! Security, could
			that be the Hood returning here?

					SECURITY VOICE
			The vessel does not match the
			Hood's configuration or I.D.
			signal.

					PICARD
			Put it on main viewer!

160  ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Instantly, the image of a ship is flashed on the screen.
	It appears big, dark, ominous -- even at far range --
	and it is approaching very swiftly.

161  ANGLE ON PICARD AND WORF

					PICARD
			Identification?

					SECURITY VOICE
			Vessel unknown, configuration
			unknown, sir.

					PICARD
			Hail it!

					WORF
				(works his panel)
			We've been trying, sir. No
			response.

					PICARD
			Raise all shields, phasers at
			ready.

					WORF
				(works panel)
			Shields up, sir. Phasers ready.
				(turns to Picard)
			Could this be that "Q" you
			mentioned, sir?

162  CLOSE ON PICARD

	staring at the viewscreen.

					PICARD
			I almost hope so, Lieutenant.
			We face too many "unknowns"
			already.

163  ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The ship is closer now -- looks menacing -- and still
	coming fast.

									FADE OUT.

                          PART EIGHT                            

	FADE IN:

164  EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise in orbit.

165  INT. BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	All bridge positions are filled now, everyone watching
	the viewscreen intently.

166  ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The mystery vessel approaching closer.

167  PICARD AND WORF

					PICARD
			Continue universal greeting on
			all frequencies. Get me Groppler
			Zorn.

	There is a BEEP, a pause, then:

					ZORN'S VOICE
			This is Zorn, Captain.

168  INT. ZORN'S OFFICE - DAY - ON ZORN

	He is seated at the desk, speaks into a small portable
	communicator grid shaped to fit the palm of his hand.

					PICARD'S VOICE
			There is an unidentified vessel
			moving into orbit with us. Do you
			know who it is?

169  INTERCUT BETWEEN ZORN AND PICARD AS NEEDED.

					ZORN
			There are no ships scheduled to
			arrive until --

					PICARD
			I asked if you know who it is,
			Groppler. You mentioned the
			Ferengi Alliance to me.

169  CONTINUED:

					ZORN
				(very nervous)
			But we have had no dealings with
			them. It was only a... a
			thought.

					PICARD
			Are you very, very certain of
			that, Groppler?

					ZORN
			I promise you we were making an
			empty threat, Captain. I wanted
			your cooperation. Forgive me --

					WORF
			Definitely entering an orbital
			trajectory, sir.

					SECURITY POSITION
			It measures half again our size,
			Captain.

170  EXT. SPACE - ANGLE ON MYSTERY VESSEL/ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The mystery vessel approaches and settles into
	geosynchronous orbit. It is positioned slightly above
	and to the side of the Enterprise -- and it is a great
	deal larger than the Enterprise. Suddenly, A GLOWING
	PULSE OF LIGHT throbs out from the mystery vessel toward
	the Enterprise.

171  INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE - FULL SHOT

	The LIGHT GLOWS OVER EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE ON THE
	BRIDGE. They are startled by it, but no one is hurt.
	As the GLOW FADES AWAY:

					PICARD
			All stations, give any damage
			reports.

	The others are looking at each other, shaking their
	heads. No problems.

					WORF
			I would guess we were being
			scanned, sir.

172  INT. UNDERGROUND PASSAGEWAY

	Troi is leaning against the strange, smooth and shining
	tunnel wall as if still feeling pain. Riker, obviously
	still concerned for Troi, is examining the strange
	tunnel walls with the tricorder while Geordi moves his
	"eyes" inches away from the surface to examine it
	closely. Data is testing his communicator and we'll
	HEAR him trying to get a signal back from the
	Enterprise.

					TASHA
				(to Troi)
			Pain again?

					RIKER
				(turning; sharply)
			Troi, you've been at it enough!

					TROI
			No, I feel close to an answer of
			some kind.

					DATA
				(interrupting)
			Commander, something down here
			is shielding our communicators.

					TROI
				(comes to her feet)
			Yes, that's exactly the feeling
			I've been reading. As if someone
			doesn't want us to be in touch
			with our ship.

					RIKER
			Come on...
				(leads the way)
			... let's get to the surface.

173  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND MYSTERY VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	The mystery vessel clearly larger than the Enterprise
	and moving near it in orbit.

174  INT. BRIDGE - INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	On which is featured an IMAGE OF MYSTERY VESSEL.

					OPERATIONS POSITION
			There is no computer record of
			any such vessel, sir. Not even
			close.

174  CONTINUED:

					SECURITY POSITION
			Still no response, sir. We've
			done everything but threaten them.

					PICARD
			Sensor scans, Mister Worf.

					WORF
			Our sensor signals seem to just
			bounce off.
				(bites off words;
				 indicates to viewer)
			Something's happening, sir...

175  FULL ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	As a beam of something STRIKES DOWNWARD TOWARD THE
	PLANET SURFACE. (It doesn't look exactly like the
	Enterprise phasers but is the same sort of thing.)

176  EXT. SPACE - ANGLE ON MYSTERY VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	As another phaser-like BEAM STRIKES DOWN AT THE PLANET.

177  INT. BRIDGE

	Excitement.

178  ANGLE ON OPS POSITION

					WORF
			They're firing on Farpoint,
			sir... !

					PICARD
				(toward Security
				 position)
			Bring phasers and photon torpedoes
			to ready!

					WORF
			No, hold it, sir. They're hitting
			the Bandi city, not Farpoint
			Station.

179  INT. UNDERGROUND PASSAGEWAY

	Riker and his team racing to where the rounded, smooth
	and shining walls of the tunnel begin to give way to
	a more ordinary looking rectangular corridor of mixed
	stone and tile walls.

180  ANOTHER ANGLE - INCLUDING STAIRWAY AHEAD

	Riker pulling to a halt in order to examine with
	curiosity the blend where the unknown type tunnel walls
	give way to stone and tile construction similar to what
	we've seen in the old Bandi city. Ahead is a stone
	block stairway leading up to that old city. Geordi has
	hurried in, peering closely at the more familiar kind
	of wall surface.

					TROI
				(indicates ahead)
			Those stairs are where Tasha and
			I entered down here, sir.

					GEORDI
			At this point, it becomes ordinary
			stone and tile, sir.
				(turns, puzzled)
			Matching what's above.

	Followed by a LONG RUMBLING EXPLOSION ("PHASER HIT"
	type) WITH THE LONG FLASH OF IT REFLECTING DOWN THE
	STAIRWAY FROM THE UPPER LEVEL AHEAD. As this SOUND
	FADES, then we HEAR A FAINT DISTANT SCREAM which dies
	away too.

					TASHA
			My God! Was that a phaser blast?

					DATA
			Negative. But something similar.

	Again, the SAME KIND OF EXPLOSION SOUND followed by
	similar LIGHT FLICKERS from the stairway ahead. Riker
	turns to Troi:

					RIKER
			You, Tasha, and Geordi will beam
			up to the ship from here. Now!
				(to Data)
			Come on, I want to see exactly
			what's happening.

	Riker starts off to the stairway, Data following.

					TROI
			Don't. If you should be hurt...

	A stern look comes over Riker's face as he turns quickly
	to her:

					RIKER
			You have your orders, Counselor!
			Carry them out!

180  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Yes sir, I'm sorry, sir.

181  ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Riker and Data begin climbing the stairway, leaving the
	CAMERA CENTERED ON TROI, TASHA AND GEORDI. Troi has
	already reached for her communicator control.

					TROI
			Enterprise, three to beam up.

	After a moment, the familiar TRANSPORTER SOUND, followed
	by TRANSPORTER EFFECT ON THE THREE DISSOLVING INTO THE
	LIGHT SPARKLE. Then, they're gone.

182  INT. COVERED VILLAGE SQUARE (OPTICAL)

	OLD CITY IN IN B.G. where FIRE RAGES in a smashed
	structure in that part of the old city we can see. In
	CLOSER FOREGROUND is an entrance to the underground
	passageway, this entry guarded by thick, hand-worked
	metal door, locked. This village square is a connecting
	point between the Old City and Farpoint Station. A
	short distance in the OFF-CAMERA DIRECTION lies Farpoint
	Mall.

183  THE METAL DOORS (OPTICAL)

	We HEAR a hand phaser HUM as a GLOW FLICKERS OVER THE
	METAL DOORS which now spring open and a CLASHING OF
	METAL SOUND. Riker and Data ENTER SCENE though those
	door, phasers in hand.

184  CLOSER - RIKER AND DATA

	As Riker touches his communicator control.

					RIKER
			Enterprise, Riker. Come in.

0T   INTERRUPTED BY THE CLOSER SOUND OF A PHASER-LIKE BOLT FROM THE
	MYSTERY VESSEL. Also from closer, THE LIGHT OF THE
	BLAST REFLECTS ON THEIR FACES and they whirl to see:

186  ANGLE INTO OLD CITY

	Where a building is being BLASTED INTO STONES AND DUST.

187  INT. ZORN'S OFFICE - OLD CITY

	Filled with the dust and SOUNDS of a nearby BLAST. Zorn
	is working frantically with his communicator.

					ZORN
			Enterprise, Enterprise, help us!
			Come in, please...

188  INT. BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	On MAIN VIEWER THE IMAGE OF THE mystery vessel which
	as we watch will FIRE ANOTHER PHASER-LIKE BOLT DOWN
	TOWARD THE PLANET. The bridge crew are anxiously poised
	on the edge of their seats, waiting for Picard's next
	order.

					ZORN'S VOICE
			... what shall we do? Help us,
			please.

					PICARD
				(overlapping)
			Tune him down!
				(into transmitter)
			Commander Riker, go ahead. Where
			are you?

189  ANOTHER ANGLE - INCLUDING TURBOLIFT

	As the doors SNAP OPEN TO REVEAL TROI, TASHA, AND GEORDI
	who hurry onto the bridge, take their regular positions
	(Geordi relieving Ops). Meanwhile:

					RIKER'S VOICE
			With Data, on the edge of the old
			city, Captain. It's being hit
			hard. Who's doing this?

					PICARD
			And Farpoint Station? Any damage
			there?

190  INT. COVERED VILLAGE SQUARE - FARPOINT MALL IN B.G.

	No indication that Farpoint Station has been damaged
	at all. Riker, standing with Data, is using his
	communicator.

190  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Negative on damage to Farpoint,
			sir. Whoever they are, it seems
			they're carefully avoiding hitting
			the station.

					PICARD'S VOICE
			It's from an unidentified vessel
			that's entered orbit with us here.
			No ID, no answer to our signals...

	During which there's another BLAST SOUND with the same
	kind of LIGHT FLICKERS.

191  ANGLE INCLUDING OLD CITY

	As Riker whirls again in that direction, interrupting
	Picard:

					RIKER
			They're hitting the Bandi city
			hard, sir. Many casualties very
			probable.

192  INT. BRIDGE - EMPHASIZING PICARD

	Everything as we last left it.

					PICARD
				(into transmitter)
			Understand, Commander. Would you
			object to a clearly illegal
			kidnapping assignment?

					RIKER'S VOICE
			No objection; anything you order,
			sir.

					PICARD
			Zorn may have the answers we need.
			Get Groppler Zorn and bring him
			here!

					RIKER'S VOICE
			Aye, sir!

193  ANGLE INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	Picard looks at the IMAGE of the huge mystery vessel
	still in orbit nearby. Picard turns to Troi:

193  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			They're forcing a difficult
			decision on me, Counselor.

					TROI
				(nods)
			But, I doubt protecting the Bandi
			would violate the Prime Directive.
			True, they are not actual
			allies...

					PICARD
			But we are in the midst of
			diplomatic discussions with them.
				(turns to Tasha)
			Lock phasers on that vessel,
			Lieutenant.

194  ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	In b.g., Tasha touching panel controls.

					TASHA
			Phasers locked on, Captain.

	Anything further INTERRUPTED BY OPTICAL EFFECT, the
	BLINDING LIGHT FLASH we've seen before and FADING TO
	REVEAL "Q", wearing the Judge's costume from the earlier
	courtroom sequence. He is standing in front of Picard.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			Typical, so typical. Savage
			lifeforms never follow even their
			own rules.

									FADE OUT.

                           PART NINE                            

	FADE IN:

195  EXT. BRIDGE - EMPHASIZING PICARD AND "Q"

	Rather than being nervous over the arrival of "Q"
	(JUDGE), Picard has become coldly angry.

					PICARD
			Get off my bridge!

196  ANOTHER ANGLE

	"Q" stepping toward Picard, smiling sadly.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			Also interesting, that order about
			phasers.

					TASHA
				(ignoring "Q"; to
				 Picard)
			Still standing by on phasers,
			Captain.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
				(turning to Picard)
			Please don't let me interfere.
			Use your weapons.

					PICARD
			You're the one who has a lot to
			learn, "Q". With no idea of who's
			on that vessel, my order was a
			routine safety precaution.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
				(breaking into LAUGHTER)
			Really? No idea of what it
			represents? The meaning of that
			vessel is as plain as...
				(then taps his nose)
			... as plain as the noses on your
			ugly little primate faces.

196  CONTINUED:

	LOUDER LAUGHTER.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
				(trying to control it)
			And if you were truly civilized,
			Captain, wouldn't you be doing
			something about the casualties
			happening down there?

	In answer, Picard touches the communications control on
	his uniform.

					PICARD
			Captain to CMO, are you reading
			any of this?

197  INT. SICKBAY - ANGLE EMPHASIZING BEVERLY

	But she's with a half dozen MEDICAL ASSISTANTS very busy
	preparing medical supplies, bringing portable medical
	equipment, etc.

					BEVERLY
			Medical teams already preparing
			to beam down, Captain.

					PICARD'S VOICE
				(relieved)
			Compliments on that, Doctor!

198  INT. BRIDGE

	Picard turning back to "Q".

					PICARD
			Any questions? Starfleet people
			are trained to render aid and
			assistance whenever...

					"Q" (JUDGE)
				(interrupting)
			But not trained in clear thinking.

					PICARD
			Let's consider your thoughts.
			You call us "savages" and yet you
			knew those people down there would
			be killed. You're the one whose
			conduct is uncivilized.

					WORF
			Sir, they're firing on the planet
			again.

199  ANGLE INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	Where we SEE the mystery vessel beginning to FIRE BLASTS
	down at the planet again.

					PICARD
			Forcefields full on.
				(to Worf)
			Go to thrusters! Position us
			between that vessel and the
			planet.

					WORF
			Aye, sir, thruster power to...

	Worf trails his words, perplexed. His panel is fading,
	GOING DARK.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			We have no ship control, sir.
			It's gone!

200  INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE ZORN'S OFFICE - DAY - RIKER AND DATA

	They are headed toward Zorn's office door when the BLUE
	BOLT HITS beside the door, flooding the scene with a
	FLASH OF BLUE LIGHT. The corridor rocks, and the
	ceiling comes down partially. Riker and Data are flung
	down by the explosion. A beat, and then Data stirs,
	sits up. Riker is slower, but is managing to haul
	himself upright.

					DATA
			Are you undamaged?

					RIKER
			Yes. You?

	Data's eyes glaze slightly as he seems to go into a sort
	of "trance" that lasts just a few seconds. Then:

					DATA
			All systems operating.

201  ANGLE INCLUDING ZORN'S OFFICE DOOR

	It is hanging by its hinges, and debris-dust is drifting
	out of it. Riker and Data move quickly to and through
	the open door.

202  INT. ZORN'S OFFICE - DAY - FULL SHOT

	As Riker and Data ENTER. The office has been badly
	damaged, especially near the door. O.S. THE SOUND OF
	ANOTHER BOLT EXPLODING echoes. The room shakes under
	the impact. There is a MUFFLED SOB near the desk.

203  CLOSER ANGLE - NEAR DESK

	Zorn is cowering under his elegant desk, shaking and
	sobbing in fear.

					ZORN
			Please. You can make it stop.
			Drive it away.

					RIKER
			Drive who away, Groppler?

	Zorn reacts as if he knows he's said too much.

					ZORN
			I don't know.

					DATA
			Unlikely, sir.
				(to Zorn)
			Our records show that you
			supervised all Bandi contact with
			other worlds...

					ZORN
			We haven't done anything wrong!

					RIKER
			Then if we can learn nothing from
			you, perhaps we'll leave.

					ZORN
				(frightened)
			No! No, don't leave, I'll try
			to explain some of...

204  EMPHASIZING ZORN (OPTICAL)

	A kind of TRANSPORTER SOUND is heard, and then a
	TRANSPORTER EFFECT, somewhat different from the
	Starfleet variety, centers on Zorn. He beging SCREAMING
	as he FADES FROM VIEW.

205  ANGLE ON RIKER

	As he keys his communicator.

205  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			First officer to Enterprise.

					PICARD'S VOICE
			Go ahead, Riker.

					RIKER
			We've lost Zorn, sir. Something
			like a transporter beam, it
			snatched him out of here.

206  INT. BRIDGE

	"Q" still in the captain's seat, listening to:

					RIKER'S VOICE
			Question, sir, could it have been
			the "Q" character you met earlier.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
				(laughs)
			None of you know who it is?
			You're running out of time,
			Captain.

207  ANGLE EMPHASIZING PICARD AND TROI

	She's frowning, trying to 'feel' something.

					TROI
			Captain... Suddenly I'm sensing
			something else. It's
			satisfaction, enormous
			satisfaction.

					PICARD
			From the same source as before?

					TROI
			No, that was on the planet.
				(indicates)
			This seems to be from here.

208  ANGLE TO INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	And the image of the mystery vessel.

208  CONTINUED:

					"Q" (JUDGE)
				(to Troi)
			Excellent, Counselor!
				(indicates Picard)
			He's such a dullard, isn't he!

					INTERCOM VOICE
			Captain from Transporter Room.
			First officer and Mister Data now
			beaming aboard.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			Excellent also!
				(to Picard)
			Perhaps with more of these little
			minds helping, you'll...

209  EMPHASIZING PICARD

	As he whirls suddenly on "Q".

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			That is enough, damn it!

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			We have an agreement; have you
			forgotten... ?

	In b.g., the turbolift doors SNAP OPEN but unnoticed by
	Picard and "Q" as they continue their argument. Riker
	and Data appear, move onto bridge as:

					PICARD
			We have an agreement which you
			are at this moment breaking by
			taking over our vessel,
			interfering with my decisions!
				(steps up nose-to-nose)
			You are not welcome on my bridge.
			Now, either leave or finish us.
			One of the two!

	"Q" stands, during which we have the impression that
	everyone is holding his breath. Then:

					"Q" (JUDGE)
				(gently)
			Temper, temper, mon capitaine. I
			am merely trying to assist a
			pitiful species. Perhaps I'll
			leave if Mister Riker provides
			me with some amusement.

209  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Do nothing that he asks!

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			But I ask so little. And it is
			so necessary if you are to solve
			all this.
				(turns; indicates vessel
				 image in Main Viewer)
			Beam over there with your... what
			is it called... your "away team"?
				(to Picard)
			You should already know what
			you'll find there. But perhaps
			it was too adult a puzzle for you.

					RIKER
			Captain, with all respect, I
			intended to suggest beaming over
			there.

210  EMPHASIZING "Q" (OPTICAL)

	Amused at all this. He turns from Riker to look at
	Picard.

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			You show promise, my good fellow.

					PICARD
			But you don't. You should have
			long ago realized that, humanity
			is NOT a criminal race!

					"Q" (JUDGE)
			YOU MUST STILL PROVE THAT!

	A familiar BLINDING FLASH, and then "Q" is gone.

211  ANGLE EMPHASIZING PICARD AND RIKER

	Realizing "Q" is gone, turning to look at each other.
	Riker checks a reading on his panel.

					RIKER
			Of the 24 hours "Q" gave us, we have
			less than one left, sir.

211  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(nods)
			But I had a feeling you impressed
			him, Number One. That's hopeful.

					RIKER
			Thank you, Captain, That's the
			first time you've called me
			"Number One".

					PICARD
				(small smile)
			I believe I'll enjoy getting to
			know you, Bill. If we live long
			enough.

									FADE OUT.

                           PART TEN                             

	FADE IN:
212  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND MYSTERY VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	In orbit over the planet.

213  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Riker's away team moving onto the transporter platform.
	With him are Data, Troi, and Tasha. They carry the
	usual away team equipment which they're now checking.

					RIKER
			Phasers on stun.

	Everyone checks hand phasers. AD-LIB answers of
	"checked", "on stun," etc. Riker turns to Transporter
	Chief.

					RIKER
			Energize.

214  INT. MYSTERY SHIP TUNNEL - WIDE ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	TRANSPORTER SOUND, then the BEAMING EFFECT. Then, fully
	MATERIALIZED, Riker and the others look around to orient
	themselves.

					DATA
			Most interesting, sir.

					TASHA
			Much the same construction as the
			underground tunnel we saw.

	Which describes it perfectly. The same rounded shape
	and GLOWING WALL of unknown composition. The "tunnel"
	is deserted; NO SHIP SOUNDS of any kind.

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			But no sound of power; no
			equipment. How does this ship
			run?

	Riker nods a direction. Tasha takes the point as they
	move out. Clearly, these are exceptionally well trained
	people. Data is already using his tricorder to check
	the walls. He obviously gets nothing, shakes his head.
	Troi suddenly staggers, GROANS.

214  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Troi, what is it?!
				(waits anxiously)
			Is it the same as you felt down
			there?

					TROI
			No, this is... different. It
			feels much more powerful... full
			of anger... hate...

					TASHA
			Toward us?

					TROI
			No. It's directed down toward
			the old Bandi city.

					DATA
			Most intriguing again. The place
			that this vessel was firing
			upon...
				(abruptly stops; to
				 Riker)
			Sorry, sir, I seem to be
			commenting on everything.

					RIKER
				(small smile)
			Good. Don't stop it, my friend.

215  EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	Enterprise and the mystery vessel still in orbit.

216  INT. BRIDGE - EMPHASIZING PICARD

	Geordi and Worf at their positions. Picard is in the
	command seat, antsy.

					RIKER'S VOICE
			Enterprise, Riker. This is
			turning out to be a very long
			tunnel or corridor, sir. Still
			no sign of mechanism or
			circuitry...

217  INT. NARROW MYSTERY SHIP TUNNEL - RIKER AND GROUP

	Still led and followed by the security people, they're
	now moving along fairly rapidly although this tunnel
	is narrower here. Otherwise, its look hasn't changed.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			... or controls, readouts, nothing
			at all like any vessel I've seen
			before.

					TROI
				(interrupting)
			Groppler Zorn, sir... in great
			fear...
				(motions)
			Just ahead.

218  INT. TUNNEL CONNECTION

	Troi and the team arriving, standing puzzled at what
	seems to be only a sharp turn where we SEE a strange
	indentation in the tunnel wall there. Troi, intent on
	this, steps closer, pushes her body against the
	indentation.

					TROI
			It's definitely Zorn, Commander.
			Here!

					RIKER
				(stepping in)
			Careful...

	But the tunnel wall is soft here -- it gives
	perceptibly, as Troi pushes harder and then PLOP... she
	disappears through it. (NOTE: Or the 'wall' opens to
	let her through and then closes behind her.)

					RIKER
			Troi!!!

	Then he pushes, disappears through the same wall.

219  INT. ZORN'S "CELL"

	Riker sliding through the pliable opening in the tunnel
	wall, joining Troi who is standing there aghast at what
	is suspended in the center of this area.

220  ANGLE AT FORCE FIELD (OPTICAL)

	Zorn is held suspended off the deck in the center of
	a cylindrical forcefield. The force field edges GLITTER
	SOFTLY to outline the shape of it.

221  ANGLE ON THE AWAY TEAM (OPTICAL)

	As the other team members come through the 'wall' too,
	stand, reacting at the sight of Zorn.

222  ANGLE AT FORCE FIELD (OPTICAL)

	The FORCEFIELD SPARKLES, CLICKS, causing Zorn to writhe
	and twitch. He SCREAMS.

					ZORN
			No! Please! No more! Please,
			no more...

223  ANGLE ON AWAY TEAM (OPTICAL)

	They move forward toward him, and are brought up sharply
	by the leading edge of the force field. Data has
	already started to scan with his tricorder. Riker calls
	to Zorn.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Zorn. Can you hear me?

	Zorn manages to lift his head, and WE SEE his
	pain-filled face, his features twisted into a grimace
	of intense agony.

					ZORN
			Make it stop the pain. Please...

					TROI
			Has the alien communicated... ?
				(breaks off; then to
				 Riker)
			That's it, sir! It's just one
			alien that I'm sensing here.

					ZORN
				(another GROAN)
			Please! I don't understand what
			it wants.

					TROI
				(studying Zorn; then)
			Not true. He does know.

223  CONTINUED:

	Data interrupts by holding his tricorder so that Riker
	can see the readings he's gathered. Riker registers
	at seeing something unique as Data pulls out his phaser,
	Riker does the same and both of them concentrate on
	making some exact setting on their phasers.

224  ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As Data and Riker raise their phasers toward Zorn.

					ZORN
				(in terror)
			No, no, please don't!

	Data and Riker trigger their phasers and we SEE a SORT
	OF COLORED GLOW on the FORCEFIELD HOLDING Zorn, the GLOW
	SPREADING OVER THE ENTIRE FORCEFIELD. Then, suddenly
	the FORCEFIELD DISAPPEARS, GLOW AND ALL, and Zorn
	tumbles out onto the floor free of restraint.

225  EMPHASIZING "LIVE" PART OF CELL WALL (EFFECTS)

	Where the wall seems to be "alive", undulating. Beyond
	it, Tasha is assisting Zorn to his feet, supporting him.
	Meanwhile, Troi looks around Zorn's "cell", sensing
	something troubling. Riker has turned on his
	communicator:

					RIKER
			Away team to Enterprise...

	A TENDRIL OF PLASMA EMERGES FROM THIS PART OF THE WALL,
	swaying and moving toward Troi.

					DATA
				(interrupting; warning)
			Troi... !

	But the TENDRIL is already wrapping around her. Data
	tries to pull the TENDRIL from Troi, succeeds only in
	getting a NEW TENDRIL wrapped around himself.

226  ANOTHER ANGLE (EFFECTS)

	The floor of the area suddenly going soft, away team
	members sinking into it while still ANOTHER SECTION OF
	WALL FOLDS ITSELF OVER TASHA. (What we're seeing is
	this part of the mystery "vessel" becoming a living
	thing.)

226  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Enterprise, come in. Beam us...

	Interrupted as his feet are YANKED OUT FROM UNDER HIM.

					DATA
			Enterprise, we need help...

	Interrupted by the NEW TENDRIL WRAPPING ITSELF AROUND
	HIS HEAD.

227  INT. BRIDGE

	Picard speaking anxiously toward his command panel as
	we HEAR Riker's MUFFLED SOUNDS OF DISTRESS.

					PICARD
			Transporter chief, yank them back!
			Now!

					WORF
			Captain... !

228  ANGLE INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	Toward which Lieutenant Worf is pointing. On it the
	IMAGE of the mystery vessel is BEGINNING TO CHANGE IN
	SHAPE. The firm, hard edges of the spaceship are giving
	way to something softer, very mysterious in nature.

229  ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	In which we SEE a familiar BLINDING FLASH and "Q"
	appears, now wearing the uniform of a STARFLEET CAPTAIN.

					"Q" (STARFLEET)
			Your time is up, Captain.

					PICARD
			Get off my bridge!
				(into command panel)
			Transporter Chief, do you have
			their coordinates?

230  ANOTHER ANGLE (EFFECTS)

	"Q" stepping to the command position.

					"Q" (STARFLEET)
			He can't hear you, Captain.

230  CONTINUED:

	"Q" gestures upward, at which Picard is suddenly lifted
	into the air and then to the side of "Q"'s hand motion
	in that direction.

					PICARD
			"Q", I've people in trouble over
			there... !

	As Picard hovers above, "Q" steps up and sits in
	Picard's command position. Bridge personnel are coming
	to their feet angrily, then hesitate as:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Everyone, at ease! That's an
			order!
				(to "Q")
			My people are in trouble, "Q".
			Help them; I'll do whatever you
			say...

	As "Q" gives another hand signal downward, the Captain
	is gently deposited onto the deck.

231  WIDE PORTION OF BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As the same strange transporter SOUND that accompanied
	Zorn's "kidnapping" is heard and the same STRANGE
	TRANSPORTER EFFECT APPEARS, this time MATERIALIZING FIVE
	IMAGES -- Riker, Data, Troi, Tasha, and Groppler Zorn.

232  ANGLE EMPHASIZING PICARD

	Very surprised, looking from his away team to "Q".

					"Q" (STARFLEET)
			You'll do whatever I say?

					PICARD
				(hesitates; nods)
			It seems I did make that bargain.

					TROI
			The agreement isn't valid, sir.
			It wasn't "Q" that saved us.

					"Q" (STARFLEET)
				(quickly; indicating
				 viewer)
			Save yourselves! It may attack
			you now.

233  ANGLE INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	On which the changed IMAGE of the mystery "vessel" seems
	to be floating in closer to the Enterprise.

					RIKER
			It was that which sent us back,
			Captain.

					TROI
			Yes sir. It's not a vessel, sir.
			It's alive somehow...

					"Q" (STARFLEET)
			She lies! Destroy it while you
			have a chance.
				(to Tasha)
			Make phasers and photon torpedoes
			ready... !

					PICARD
			No! Do nothing he suggests!

					ZORN
			But that thing was killing my
			people, Captain...

					PICARD
			True, but why? Was there a
			reason?

					"Q" (STARFLEET)
			It is an unknown, Captain! Isn't
			that enough?

					PICARD
			If you had earned that uniform
			you're wearing, you'd know that
			the unknown is what brings us out
			here!

					"Q" (STARFLEET)
			Wasted effort, considering the
			human intelligence.

					PICARD
			Let's test that...
				(to Zorn)
			... starting with the tunnels you
			have under Farpoint, Groppler.

					RIKER
			Identical to the ones on that
			space vessel lifeform, over there.
			Why was it punishing you,
			Groppler?

233  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			In return for pain you caused to
			some other creature?

					ZORN
			We did nothing wrong! It was
			injured, we helped it...

					PICARD
				(interrupting; to Zorn)
			Thank you, that was the missing
			part.
				(turns)
			Tasha, rig phasers to deliver an
			energy beam.

					TASHA
				(puzzled)
			Aye, sir.

	Tasha steps to her panel, makes settings on controls
	there.

					RIKER
			Yes, Captain, I understand now.
			It has to be conceivable that
			somewhere in the galaxy there
			could exist creatures able to
			convert energy into matter...

					PICARD
				(nodding)
			And into specific patterns of
			matter. Much as our transporters
			do.

					TASHA
				(indicating)
			On the viewer, Captain!

234  ANGLE EMPHASIZING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	Where the vessel/creature IMAGE is SOFTENING FURTHER
	INTO AN AMORPHOUS, COLORFUL AND LOVELY SHAPE. Picard
	turns to the Groppler, demanding:

					PICARD
			Zorn, you captured something like
			that, didn't you?

	On main viewer, the IMAGE NOW SHOWS LOVELY FEATHERY
	TENDRILS, and it is BEGINNING TO MOVE DOWN TOWARD THE
	PLANET. Zorn reacts to this, shows panic.

234  CONTINUED:

					ZORN
			Warn my people, please! Leave
			Farpoint Station immediately!

					"Q" (STARFLEET)
			He's lied to you, Captain.
			Shouldn't you let his people die?

					PICARD
				(nods to Ops)
			Transmit the message. "Leave
			Farpoint immediately".

					TROI
			Then it was a pair of creatures
			I was sensing. One down there
			in grief and pain, the other up
			here, filled with anger...

					DATA
				(nodding)
			And firing not on the new space
			station, but on the old Bandi
			city.

					PICARD
				(to "Q")
			Attacking those who captured
			it's...
				(to Troi)
			... it's mate?

					TASHA
			Energy beam ready, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Tasha)
			Lock it in on Farpoint Station.

	"Q" stands in an annoyed manner, indicates the captain's
	position to Picard.

					"Q" (STARFLEET)
			I see now it was too simple a
			puzzle. But generosity has always
			been my weakness.

	As "Q" moves aside, Picard takes his position, turning
	to Tasha.

					PICARD
			Let it have whatever it can
			absorb. Energize!

235  EXT SPACE - THE ENTERRPISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit, as a THICK, PALE BLUE ENERGY BEAM AIMS
	DOWNWARD.

236  EXT. FARPOINT STATION (OPTICAL)

	HIGH DOWNWARD SHOT SHOWING THE ENERGY BEAM terminating
	and being absorbed into Farpoint Station.

237  INT. BRIDGE - INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	Picard and others watching the energy beam terminating
	at Farpoint Station.

					TASHA
			Now getting feedback on the beam,
			sir.

					PICARD
			Discontinue it.
				(to Zorn)
			Groppler Zorn, there'll soon be
			no Farpoint Station if I'm right
			about this.

					"Q" (STARFLEET)
			A lucky guess!

					ZORN
			I know we deserve this loss, but
			please believe me, we meant not
			to harm the creature, but to use
			it.

					TROI
			Sir, a feeling of great joy. And
			gratitude.

238  EXT. FARPOINT STATION (OPTICAL)

	The city/station miniature -- the Farpoint Station part
	of it GROWING SOFT, SHIMMERING, SLOWLY BECOMES A
	CREATURE OF GOSSAMER, FEATHERY LIGHTNESS -- now
	gracefully rising up from its captivity.

239  ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Where what was once the "mystery vessel" but now an
	increasingly beautiful COLORFUL, FEATHERY TENDRIL SHAPE
	is descending closer and closer to what was once the
	Farpoint Station part of city/station (miniature).

239  CONTINUED:

	THE TWO CREATURES (OPTICAL)

	The smaller one rising up toward its mate. They touch
	-- delicate matter/energy tendrils twining -- and then
	together they move upwards out of sight.

240  EXT SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As the two creatures rise up past it.

241  INT. BRIDGE - INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	On which the two creatures are rising upward OUT OF
	IMAGE FRAME.

					TROI
			Great joy and gratitude... from
			both of them.

242  ANGLE EMPHASIZING "Q" (OPTICAL)

	As Picard turns on him.

					PICARD
			And why? Because it furnishes
			entertainment to you! You use
			other lifeforms for recreation.

					"Q" (STARFLEET)
			If so, you've not provided the
			best...

					PICARD
			Get off my ship, you smug
			hypocrite.

					"Q" (STARFLEET)
			Why not? We can also meet
			another time, another place.

					PICARD
			That's doesn't frighten us at
			all! You accuse us of "grievous
			savagery"? No, the one proven
			guilty of that crime is you!

242  CONTINUED:

	ANOTHER BLINDING FLASH AND "Q" DISAPPEARS. It takes
	a moment to realize that he is gone. Then:

					RIKER
			I trust this isn't the usual way
			our missions will go, sir.

	Picard screws up his face in mock consideration of this,
	then nods.

					PICARD
			On no, Number One, I'm sure
			they'll be much more interesting.

									FADE OUT.

                            THE END                             










































                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 

                        "The Naked Now" 
                          #40271-103 

                          Teleplay by 
                          D.C. Fontana                               

                           Story by                                
                         D.C. Fontana                               
                             and                                   
                       Gene Roddenberry                            

             Based on a story by John D.F. Black                   
                         (May 12, 1967)                             

	Copyright 1987 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
	Reserved.

	This script is not for publication or reproduction. No one
	is authorized to dispose of same. If lost or destroyed,
	please notify the Script Department.


                    REVISED FINAL DRAFT
                    
                      June 26, 1987


                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                           "The Naked Now"    
                         
                             CAST                               

                PICARD             SARAH MACDOUGAL
                RIKER              JIM SHIMODA
                DATA               CREWMAN (2)
                TROI               CREWWOMAN
                BEVERLY            SECURITY GUARD
                TASHA              TRANSPORTER CHIEF
                WORF               CONN
                GEORDI
                WESLEY


              STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "The Naked Now"  
                           
                             SETS                               

            INTERIORS               EXTERIORS
            U.S.S. ENTERPRISE       (all opticals)
             Main Bridge
             Transporter Room
             Crusher's Office
             Sickbay
             Various Corridors
             Engineering
             Engineer's Office
             Tasha's Quarters
             Troi's Quarters

            S.S. TSIOLKOVSKY
             Main Corridor
             Second Corridor
             Bridge
             Personnel Quarters
             Bathroom
             Lab



              STAR TREK: "The Naked Now" - REV. 7/1/87                

                  STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                     
                        "The Naked Now"  
                           
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	racing through space at warp speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 41209.2.
			We are running at Warp 7 to
			rendezvous with the science vessel
			S. S. Tsiolkovsky...

2    FULL ON WHITE DWARF (OPTICAL)

	with the S.S. Tsiolkovsky in orbit. Then the Enterprise
	appears and moves in to join the research vessel.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... which has been routinely
			monitoring the collapse of a red
			supergiant star into a white
			dwarf. What has brought us here
			is a series of strange messages
			indicating something has gone
			wrong aboard the research vessel.

3    INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	All regulars on duty -- Data at Ops, Geordi at Conn, Tasha
	and Worf upstage intent on main viewer which shows the
	Enterprise moving in parallel with the research vessel.
	First, a STATIC GARBLE, then a WOMAN'S VOICE over the
	audio channel, low and insinuating. INDISTINCT VOICES,
	LAUGHTER, IN B.G. indicate the SOUNDS OF A NOISY PARTY.

					WOMAN'S COM VOICE
			Well, hello Enterprise.
			Welcome... I hope you have a lot
			of pretty boys on board... because
			I'm willing... and waiting...

	They wait for more, then Picard nods toward Data.


          STAR TREK: "The Naked Now" - REV. 6/30/87          2.

3    CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(touches com panel)
			S.S. Tsiolkovsky, repeat your
			message.

					WOMAN'S COM VOICE
				(laughter, then)
			In fact... we're going to have a
			real blowout here... Thought that
			would interest you. Waiting!

	She LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY. There is MORE LAUGHTER FROM
	THE OTHERS, some cries of "DO IT! GO AHEAD!" in b.g.
	of the transmission, an EXPLOSIVE SOUND -- and then
	silence. After a beat:

					DATA
			Captain... what we just heard is,
			well...impossible.

					PICARD
			Report.

					DATA
				(quietly)
			I believe that last sound we heard
			was an emergency hatch being
			blown.

	The subspace channel is still open -- all we HEAR is
	the HISS OF EMPTY AIR.

					PICARD
			Are you certain... yes, of course
			you are.

	Riker comes to his feet fast, gets a nod from Picard,
	motions for Data, Geordi and Tasha to follow him to the
	turbolift.

					WORF
			Sensor scan now reveals no life
			signs aboard, Captain.

4    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - ANGLE ON AWAY TEAM (OPTICAL)

	The away team consists of RIKER, GEORDI, DATA, TASHA,
	and a SECURITY GUARD. Data and Geordi have tricorders;
	Tasha has the large phaser.

					RIKER
			Put us on their bridge, Chief.

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4    CONTINUED:

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF
			Life support systems are not
			functioning in that area, sir.

	Riker nods to the TRANSPORTER CHIEF at the console.

					RIKER
			Then put us in the main corridor.
			Energize.

	The Transporter Chief works his console controls deftly.
	As the TRANSPORTER EFFECT AND SOUNDS BEGIN AND BUILD:

5    INT. TSIOLKOVSKY MAIN CORRIDOR - ON AWAY TEAM (OPTICAL)

	The TRANSPORTER EFFECT COMES IN, FADES DOWN, leaving
	the away team materialized. The ship is very quiet --
	a low HUM of working equipment, but without the murmur
	of living beings.

					RIKER
			Cover the ship as planned. Move
			out.

	Data and Geordi put tricorders on "record" and all move
	out.

6    INT. SECOND CORRIDOR - ON RIKER AND DATA (OPTICAL)

	This corridor shows signs of phaser char marks on the
	walls. There is litter on the deck -- food, a wine
	bottle, discarded clothes. Data records the scene with
	his tricorder, as:

					DATA
			Indications of what humans would
			call... a "wild party?"

	Riker has moved quickly to a door at the end of the
	corridor. It is shut, but there is a small viewscreen
	set in the wall beside it.

					RIKER
			Their bridge. If this thing
			works, be sure to record ---

	He activates the viewscreen, takes a look, and GROANS.

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7    CLOSE SHOT - SMALL VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Narrow view of a small bridge (SET FRAGMENT), mostly
	consoles, maybe a command chair. And beyond these, the
	emergency hatch set in the bulkhead -- the hatch is
	gone, and the cold glitter of a starfield winks beyond
	it. (SET DRESSING NOTE: There should be no loose
	objects visible, only items that are firmly anchored
	to deck or bulkhead. Anything loose would have been
	swept into space when the air rushed out into the
	vacuum.)

8    WIDER SHOT - RIKER AND DATA

	Riker steps aside, gesturing to Data to record the scene
	on the viewer as:

					RIKER
			You were right. Somebody blew
			the hatch and they were all sucked
			out into space..

					DATA
			Correction, sir, blown out.

					RIKER
			Thank you, Data.

					DATA
			A common mistake, sir...

					RIKER
				(emphasis)
			I know! Thank you, Data.

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			Commander Riker, it's Lieutenant
			Yar, location Engineering. Ten
			people here, sir, all frozen.
			No vital signs.

					RIKER
				(touches communicator)
			Frozen how?

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			Looks to me like someone was
			"playing" with the environmental
			controls, sir. Just let all the
			heat bleed away into space.

					RIKER
				(to Data)
			That's ridiculous!

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			That's what I say, sir.

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9    INT. PERSONNEL QUARTERS - ANGLE ON ENTRY DOOR

	as it opens heavily and causes a slight AIR HISSING.
	Geordi ENTERS from the corridor, reacts to the AIR
	HISSING, hits a wall control on the inside. His
	expression changes to one of dismay as he looks around.

10   ANOTHER ANGLE

	CAMERA ANGLE REVEALS a room partially covered with
	frost. We glimpse several male and female bodies,
	scantily clad or (implied) nude, possibly a couple
	entwined. All are frozen and dead. Bits of frost-covered
	lingerie and other intimate clothing are
	scattered around. Geordi touches his insignia.

					GEORDI
			Sir, Lieutenant La Forge in the
			crew quarters. Something in here.

11   BACK TO GEORDI

	as he HEARS A SOUND, the BUMP BUMP of a door bumping
	against the jamb. Geordi hurries across the small room
	toward the adjoining bathroom.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Hello!

12   INT. BATHROOM - ANGLE ON GEORDI

	Nothing inside, Geordi decides to check the closed
	shower stall, yanks the door open -- and a frozen
	WOMAN'S BODY, fully clothed, falls out into his arms.
	Although startled, Geordi has the presence of mind to
	catch the ice-covered corpse and lower it to the floor.

13   CLOSER ON GEORDI

	Examining the frozen woman who had once been attractive,
	shakes his head in pity. He rests one hand on the wet
	side wall of the shower to brace himself as he prepares
	to stand upright again.

14   VERY CLOSE ON GEORDI'S HAND AND "DROPS" (INSERT))

	Several drops of "water" on the icy shower wall where
	Geordi's hand rests coalesce and move onto his
	hand (per Justman effect).

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15   INT. TSIOLKOVSKY MAIN CORRIDOR - EMPHASIZING RIKER

	as he uses his communicator.

					RIKER
			Riker to Captain, I have a report
			for you.

16   INT. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE - CLOSE ON PICARD

	Worf at Ops (port) and crewman at Conn (starboard).

					PICARD
				(tabs com control)
			Picard here.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			They're all dead, sir. Some were
			apparently blown out the emergency
			hatches.

					PICARD
			There were eighty people on that
			ship, Number One.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Yes sir. As I said, all dead.

	Picard looks incredulous.
									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

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                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

17   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND TSIOLKOVSKY (OPTICAL)

	The Tsiolkovsky still drifts in space. The Enterprise
	is nearby. Over this:

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. We
			are downloading the research
			information gathered on the
			collapsing...

18   CLOSE ANGLE ON DWARF STAR (OPTICAL)

	looking somehow strange, unstable, although we'd see
	no surface movement at this range.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... star nearby. I am concerned
			at being in such close orbit, but
			the Tsiolkovsky's research
			records...

19   INT. ENTERPRISE MEDICAL CORRIDOR

	with Picard striding toward Dr. Crusher's office.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... will no doubt predict the time
			of the star's final collapse.

20   INT. CRUSHER'S OFFICE - ON BEVERLY, PICARD AND TROI

	Beverly is examining information as it comes up on a
	desktop viewer. (NOTE: We see only the back of the
	viewer and the flicker of light on her face as the
	information changes.) Troi is there too, also watching
	the screen.

	Picard ENTERS, strides over to examine the viewing
	screen too.

					BEVERLY
			I can't find anything unusual in
			any of the tricorder readings
			they've sent over, Captain.

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20   CONTINUED:

	Picard straightens up, and Beverly turns around to look
	at him.

					PICARD
			Give me a theory, Doctor.
			Anything!

	Beverly's silence is eloquent. She shakes her head,
	her face has a worried look.

					PICARD
				(turning; continuing)
			Troi? Did you feel anything from
			over there?

					TROI
			Perhaps some residual
			confusion... and exhilaration, too.
			But I'm not too certain of that.

					PICARD
			Madness? Mass hysteria?
			Delusion?

					TROI
			Any or all, Captain.

					PICARD
			All right. Let's bring the away
			team back. Set the transporter
			for maximum decontamination. And
			then full examinations and
			observation when they're here.

	He turns and heads for the door.

21   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND TSIOLKOVSKY (OPTICAL)

	as before.

22   INT. ENTERPRISE SICKBAY - BEVERLY, RIKER, GEORDI,
	DATA

	Data is just getting up from one of the hospital beds
	as:

					BEVERLY
			If you were any more perfect,
			Data, I'd write you up in a
			Starfleet medical textbook.

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22   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I am already listed in several
			biomechanical texts, Doctor.

	Beverly doesn't quite yet know how to take Data. Riker
	does, and grins.

					BEVERLY
			Yes... of course.
				(to Geordi)
			You're next, Lieutenant.

	Data LEAVES. Geordi obligingly lies down on the
	hospital bed, and Beverly starts to monitor him with
	a small instrument.

23   ANGLE ON MEDICAL VIEWSCREEN

	The readings come on -- nothing radical anywhere.

24   WIDER ANGLE

	as Beverly looks up at the o.s. viewscreen, then:

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Normal -- all across.
			Except... why are you perspiring?

	Geordi appears to have a fine sheen of perspiration on
	his face.

					GEORDI
			I suppose because you have it too
			hot in here. What else would it
			be?

	Both Beverly and Riker have reacted to this un-Geordi
	reply.

					RIKER
			That doesn't... sound exactly like
			you, Geordi.

	Geordi looks up, then replies pleasantly, grinning.

					GEORDI
			Maybe it wasn't.
				(indicates Beverly)
			Maybe she threw her voice.

	He means it as a joke but no one is amused.

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24   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Joke.

					BEVERLY
			Of course. But I would like to
			run another test or two on you,
			Lieutenant.

25   INT. MAIN BRIDGE AND CRUSHER'S OFFICE (INTERCUTS)

	as Picard turns to his panel.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Sickbay to Bridge...

					PICARD
			Picard here. Go ahead, Doctor.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			I'm confining Lieutenant La Forge
			to Sickbay until further notice.

					PICARD
			Do we have a problem, Doctor?

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			I don't know yet.

26   INT. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE - FULL SHOT

	as Riker ENTERS from a turbolift and crosses toward
	Data, who is working at one of the science stations at
	the rear of the Bridge. All other Bridge Personnel are
	in place -- Picard, Tasha, Worf at Ops, Crewman at
	Conn.

27   CLOSER TWO SHOT - RIKER AND DATA

	Data looks up as Riker approaches him.

					RIKER
			Data, I need help in locating some
			library-computer information.

					DATA
			Specifics, sir?

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27   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			All I have is a vague memory of
			reading somewhere about someone
			taking a shower in his or her
			clothing.

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27   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Ah. The body Geordi discovered.

					RIKER
			And I believe it may have happened
			before.

					DATA
			To "someone," "somewhere."

					RIKER
				(amused)
			Should be easy for someone written
			up in biomechanical texts.

	Data shrugs, enters a command on the panel, and
	information begins to flash up on a small viewscreen.
	(Viewscreen may be o.s.)

					DATA
			About that... did the doctor
			believe I was boasting?

					RIKER
				(dryly)
			Probably.
				(indicates viewer)
			This may take some time?

					DATA
			At least several hours.
				(looks up)
			But what I said was a statement
			of fact.

	Riker begins EXITING.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Perhaps she will look it up.

					RIKER
			You can depend on it.

28   INT. SICKBAY - ANGLE ON GEORDI AND BEVERLY

	He is resting on a hospital bed. Beverly finishes
	working over him with a medical instrument, checks a
	reading on it, moves toward her office. (NOTE: At no
	time does she touch him.)

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29   INT. CRUSHER'S OFFICE - ON BEVERLY

	She sits down at her desk, compares readings on the
	medical instrument with something she has called up on
	the viewer.

30   INT. SICKBAY - ON GEORDI

	He sits up, takes off his communicator and lays it to
	one side. Then he gets to his feet, and quietly EXITS
	the Sickbay. A moment, then Beverly comes back IN --
	stares at the empty bed, snatches up Geordi's
	communicator and runs for the door.

					BEVERLY
			Geordi!

31   INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE SICKBAY - ON BEVERLY

	The door slides open and she stands there, agitatedly
	staring up and down the corridor.

32   BEVERLY'S P.O.V. - THE CORRIDOR

	empty.

33   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ON TASHA

	as she hears an ALERT SIGNAL from her panel.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Security! Lieutenant La Forge
			just left Sickbay while my back
			was turned. It's important we
			find him.

					TASHA
				(toward console)
			Security team alert, pick up
			Lieutenant La Forge who left
			Sickbay moments ago.
				(calling toward Picard)
			Captain, anything further?

					PICARD
			Affirmative. Make it a ship-wide
			search, Lieutenant.

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34   INT. CRUSHER'S QUARTERS - ANGLE ON WESLEY AND
	GEORDI

	The boy is in the living space, near a table littered
	with delicate futuristic tools.

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34   CONTINUED:

	He has an intricately shaped tube attached to a miniature
	control device. It is a MINIATURE TRACTOR BEAM (OPTICAL).
	As Geordi watches, Wesley is using the device to maneuver a
	chair in the air.

					WESLEY
			It's a model of the same kind of
			tractor beam our ship uses... with
			some ideas of my own added.

	He hoists the chair higher, floats it sideways, lets
	it settle to the deck. Geordi is fascinated.

					GEORDI
			So that's your science project.
			Wes, you are something!

					WESLEY
			Meanwhile, the captain won't let
			me visit the bridge.

	Wesley goes to the littered table, pulls out a
	transparent cube, slides it into a slot on a small flat
	(portable) machine.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			So I use this to imagine I'm
			there.

	Wesley touches a control and a light goes on at the tiny
	machine.

					PICARD'S VOICE
			Take the helm, Mister Crusher.
			Set a course for thirty-seven mark
			one hundred eighty. Warp six.

					GEORDI
				(indicates)
			That's the captain's voice.

					WESLEY
			Pieced together from words he's
			used on the intercom.
				(indicates)
			I can pretend he's ordering me
			to take the Enterprise anywhere.
			And listen to this...

	Wesley touches another control.

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34   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD'S VOICE
			Chief Engineer, report to the
			Bridge. Commander Riker, report
			to the Bridge. Doctor Crusher,
			report to the Bridge.

					WESLEY
			What d'you think?

	Geordi puts a friendly arm about the boy's shoulder.

					GEORDI
			I think the captain's lucky you're
			on his side.

					WESLEY
			But he still won't let me on the
			bridge. And there's nothing there
			I don't understand.

					GEORDI
			Wish I understood myself that
			well.

	Wesley turns at the "down" note in Geordi's voice.

					WESLEY
			You okay?

					GEORDI
			No. Suddenly I seem to be burning
			up inside.

	Geordi stands, moves for the door.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Wow it's hot in here.

	Geordi EXITS leaving a puzzled Wesley inside.

34A  INT. CORRIDORS

	Tasha and Security Personnel searching for Geordi.

35   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - ANGLE ON GEORDI

	perspiring, upset. Looking out to space.

					TASHA'S VOICE
			Geordi... ?

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35   CONTINUED:

	She ENTERS SCENE from behind him, looking for a reaction
	from him.

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			Medical's been worried about you.

					GEORDI
				(without turning)
			Help me.

	Tasha studies him a beat. He seems so sad, so lonely.
	Then:

					TASHA
			Lieutenant Yar in the Observation
			Lounge. Send a team here now.

	After a beat, Geordi swings around to look at her, pain
	and longing chasing across his face.

					GEORDI
			Tasha... I said "help me." Help
			me not to give in to the wild
			things coming into my mind...

	Tasha is moved, tries to fight it off.

					TASHA
			Geordi -- my job is security...

					GEORDI
			Please.

	Tasha folds him into arms.

					TASHA
			Yes, helping is more important.
			How can I help you Geordi?

36   INSERT - TASHA'S HAND

	being patted by Geordi's hand.

37   BACK TO SHOT

	A Security Guard hurries into the room, stops as Tasha
	motions him to a halt.

					GEORDI
			Help me to see like you do.

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37   CONTINUED:

					TASHA
			But you already see better than
			I can.

					GEORDI
			I see more. But more isn't
			better!

	He tears off the prosthesis, exposing eyes that have
	flat gray irises with no pupil, incapable of expression.

					TASHA
			Geordi...

					GEORDI
			I want to see in shallow, dim,
			beautiful human ways.

					TASHA
			We'll talk about it, Geordi.
				(takes his arm)
			I'm going to take you to Sickbay
			now. All right?

	He bobs his head, willing to be assisted. As she leads
	him away:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

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                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

38   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND TSIOLKOVSKY (OPTICAL)

	The dwarf star in view too.

					PICARD (V. O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. I
			am concerned that away team member
			Lieutenant La Forge has been taken
			to Sickbay. The report: "unusual
			behavior."

39   INT. SICKBAY - ANGLE ON BEVERLY, GEORDI, TROI

	Geordi is lying on a hospital bed still struggling to
	control his emotions, while Beverly works her medical
	instruments over him, glancing up now and then at the
	o.s. viewscreen to check the results. Troi is assisting
	the monitoring.

40   INT. CRUSHER'S OFFICE - ON TASHA AND PICARD

					TASHA
			... and then we got him down to
			sickbay so Dr. Crusher could
			examine him.

					PICARD
			He wasn't violent?

	She glances over her shoulder back toward the treatment
	room.

					TASHA
			No, sir. He was very upset... he
			kept talking about wanting normal
			eyes.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Lieutenant. I'll be
			in Sickbay.

	Picard HURRIES OUT immediately. It's clear he has much
	on his mind. Tasha moves to EXIT, then pauses.

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41   CLOSE ON TASHA

	wiping a hand over her lightly perspiring brow. As she
	EXITS, it is clear she feels strange somehow.

42   INT. SICKBAY - ON BEVERLY, GEORDI, TROI, PICARD

	Beverly administers a hypospray to Geordi, which finally
	begins to calm his emotional state. As Picard joins
	them, Beverly turns and indicates her medical
	viewscreen.

					BEVERLY
			According to our medical readouts,
			there's still nothing wrong with
			him. He looks like he's running
			a temperature but every instrument
			we have says he's not.

					PICARD
			Doctor, every person on that ship
			over there died. Is there any
			chance that whatever did it is
			loose on my ship?

					BEVERLY
			If you mean a disease, sir, I'd
			say there's no chance of it. We
			used full decontamination, we
			examined each team member
			carefully...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			The entire crew over there somehow
			managed to kill themselves,
			Doctor. If it wasn't a disease,
			what else could have made them
			do that?

					BEVERLY
			The obvious alternatives would
			be in areas of insanity, severe
			emotional upset...
				(stops short; to Troi)
			Troi, do you feel anything unusual
			in the lieutenant here?

					PICARD
				(to Troi)
			Security reported he was longing
			for normal eyesight. A rather
			sudden yearning for that.

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42   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Since his records show no previous
			mention of that, the fact that it's
			happened now could be important.

	Troi centers her attention on Geordi, mentally probing.
	Then:

					TROI
				(continuing)
			But all I feel from him is
			confusion. If I didn't know
			better, I'd say he was
			intoxicated.

	The Captain throws a quick look toward Beverly who
	shakes her head firmly.

					BEVERLY
			Our tests would have shown that.
			Also any signs of drugs,
			hallucinogens or other
			contaminants.

43   INT. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE ON RIKER AND DATA

	still at the science station, Data's fingers flying over
	tabs on the console. He looks at the viewscreen, shakes
	his head. Worf and Crewman as before.

					DATA
			Can you provide more information,
			sir? Seeking an instance of
			someone showering with their
			clothing on is...is...

					RIKER
			I know... like looking for a needle
			in a haystack.

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			Why should anyone wish to expend
			their time in such a search?

					RIKER
			Correction, Data, I should have
			said proverbial needle in a
			haystack.

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43   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Ah, a human proverb! As in
			folklore, or an historical
			allusion, or tribal memories,
			or...

					RIKER
				(interrupting)
			That's it! Historical! I
			remember now that I was reading
			a history of all the past
			starships named Enterprise.

	Data takes over the console, quickly tabbing in commands
	as:

					DATA
			Enterprise history. Aberrant
			behavior. Medical cross
			reference...

44   ANGLE TO INCLUDE TURBOLIFT

	as Picard ARRIVES, CROSSES toward his Bridge position.
	Riker sees him, calls:

					RIKER
			Captain, I believe we've got the
			answer to what happened over
			there.

45   ANGLE AT VIEWER

	where Data continues refining the information he's
	getting. Riker is watching over his shoulder as Picard
	moves in to examine the information too.

					PICARD
			The Constitution class Enterprise,
			Captain James T. Kirk
			commanding...

					RIKER
				(indicates viewer)
			Similar conditions. They were
			monitoring a planet that was
			breaking up, not a collapsing star
			as in this case, but there were
			the same huge shifts in gravity...

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45   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(peers closely)
			... which somehow resulted in
			complex strings of water
			molecules which then acquired
			carbon from the body and acted
			on the brain like alcohol!
				(to Data)
			Mister Data, download that
			information immediately to
			medical.

					DATA
			Aye sir, downloading.

	Picard and Riker both study the information on the
	viewer.

					PICARD
			Fascinating! Their entire crew
			going out of control...

					RIKER
			Like intoxication but worse.
			Judgment almost completely
			impaired...

					PICARD
			Until they found this formula,
			barely in time.
				(moves to his own
				 console)
			Picard to Doctor Crusher, come
			in.

	After a moment:

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			This is Crusher; go ahead Captain.

					PICARD
			You can relax, Doctor. The answer
			to all this is feeding into your
			medical banks now... including a
			cure.

	A long beat, then:

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Are you certain, Captain?

					PICARD
			Absolutely!

	Data has looked up with a slight pained expression at
	Picard's "absolutely."


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46   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - ON TROI

	Troi's quarters are tastefully decorated, including a
	scattering of art objects that may be Betazoid in origin
	-- perhaps a wall hanging, a unique piece of pottery
	or statuette, or paintings. At the moment, there are
	also a number of lovely dresses and gowns draped over
	the furniture. Troi ENTERS and stops inside the door,
	staring.

					TROI
			Tasha?

47   INCLUDING TASHA

	She is somewhat agitated and has a light sheen of
	perspiration as she holds one of Troi's gowns against
	her, judging it for color. The size, of course, would
	be all wrong for her.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			What're you doing?

					TASHA
			I need your advice. That's why
			I came to your quarters.

					TROI
			Of course. Anything I can do ---

					TASHA
				(interrupting)
			On clothes. You always wear such
			beautiful clothes off duty. And
			your hair's so nice all the time.
			I want to change my image.
				(holds up dress)
			What about this color?

					TROI
			Not for you. Tasha, I feel you're
			very uncertain... that you're
			fighting something.

	She reaches out to take Tasha's hand comfortingly.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			What is it?

	Tasha pulls her hand away, tosses down the dress, and
	moves to the door as:

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47   CONTINUED:

					TASHA
			Never mind. I'll find what I need
			myself. Ship's Stores will have
			it.

					TROI
			Tasha, wait ---

	Tasha LEAVES. Troi immediately touches the com panel.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Troi to Captain Picard.

48   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ON PICARD

					PICARD
			Picard here.

					TROI'S COM VOICE
			Sir, I think Tasha's been
			infected, too. She's just left
			my quarters...

					PICARD
			It's not actually an "infection,"
			Counselor.

					TROI'S COM VOICE
			Yes sir, it's more like
			intoxication, but whatever it is,
			she's got it.

49   ANGLE TO INCLUDE RIKER AND DATA

					PICARD
			Thank you, Counselor.
				(to Riker)
			Number One, our security chief
			has the equivalent of a snootful.

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			Inquiry, sir... 'snootful?'

					PICARD
			Forget it!

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50   INT. CRUSHER'S OFFICE - ANGLE ON BEVERLY

	She is checking the lab report on Geordi against
	information on her viewscreen when:

					WESLEY (V.O)
			Mom, Look what I can do...

	She turns, gets to her feet in alarm and hurries into
	the treatment room.

51   INT. SICKBAY - INCLUDING WESLEY AND BEVERLY (OPTICAL)

	Wesley again has the tractor beam on and is balancing
	several medical instruments in mid-air all at the same
	time. We can also SEE he's perspiring a bit.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			I've been able to widen and
			strengthen the beam, just like
			I told you last night ---

					BEVERLY
			Do me a favor, Wes? There's
			something happening on this
			ship...
				(shrugs)
			Just to be safe, I'd like you to
			stay in our quarters until it's
			solved.

					WESLEY
				(slightly silly grin)
			Right, Mom, right. Your wish
			is my...

					BEVERLY
			Now, Wes.

	Wesley lowers the floating instruments and turns off
	the little tractor beam as:

					WESLEY
				(another grin)
			You could be stunting my emotional
			growth, you know.
				(wipes forehead)
			Why's it so hot in here, anyway?

	He heads for the door. Beverly pauses, thinking about
	his words a moment, then has to forget it as:

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51   CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to Crusher. Have you made
			a test injection yet? We're
			getting indications that this
			condition is spreading.

					BEVERLY
			No test yet, Captain, but very
			soon.

52   INT. CORRIDOR - CLOSE ON A VERY SHAPELY REAR END

	moving down the corridor with a most provocative sway.
	CAMERA PULLS BACK TO REVEAL the shapely rear end belongs
	to Tasha, and she is moving with the sexiest walk
	imaginable -- quite unlike her usual straightforward
	stride. Her whole expression has acquired a sexy pout.
	She approaches an intersection where several crewpersons
	are passing. Then, we HEAR GIGGLES, then a woman's
	LAUGHING SCREAM.

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF
			Come to Papa; come to Papa... !

	MORE LAUGHTER as A CREWMAN chases a CREWWOMAN around
	the corner and into the other corridor. Other crew
	odd behavior.

53   WIDER ANGLE

	From the reactions of the crewpersons in sight it is
	obvious that some have been infected and some not.
	Another CREWMAN is coming from the other direction and
	pauses as he sees Tasha swaying sexily toward him,
	openly flirting. She stops in front of him.

54   TASHA AND CREWMAN

	She reaches out to pull him a little closer and plants
	one hell of a kiss on him. As he returns it:

55   INT. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE - FULL SHOT

	As Picard returns to his chair, Data moves toward him.

					DATA
			Captain, in another forty-one minutes
			will see the information from the
			Tsiolkovsky downloaded to us.

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55   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Why so slow?

					DATA
			Slow, sir? The Tsiolkovsky has
			been eight months in accumulating
			it.

					PICARD
				(indicates viewer)
			How much danger from that star?
			Worse case.

56   ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The collapsing star centered on the screen in the midst
	of very slow motion surface explosions.

					DATA (V.O.)
			Like a full collapse, sir?

57   BACK TO TWO SHOT - PICARD AND DATA

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Any stellar material it threw this
			way we could still outrun on half
			impulse power.

58   ANGLE AT MAIN VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as before, the slow surface explosions on the collapsing
	star continuing from the last viewscreen SHOT.

59   INT. ENGINEERING OFFICE - FULL SHOT

	CHIEF ENGINEER SARAH MACDOUGAL and her ASSISTANT CHIEF
	JIM SHIMODA are working in the office at their consoles.
	They both glance up as the BOSUN'S WHISTLE SOUNDS, then:

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to Engineering. Chief
			engineer report to the bridge.

	MacDougal shakes her head, EXITS the office. Shimoda
	turns back to his console.

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59   CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			Assistant Chief Engineer Shimoda
			report to Medical.

	Shimoda hesitates, looks around the empty office. A
	beat... then Wesley ENTERS the office, carrying the small
	flat portable machine we saw earlier.

	We should also SEE the small tractor beam device with
	tube and fiber optic wire attachment.

					WESLEY
			Hi, Jim. Was that the captain
			sending you to Medical?

					SHIMODA
			Which would leave no one on duty
			here. The chief was just
			summoned to the bridge.

					WESLEY
			What about me? I could call your
			chief on the bridge if anything
			happens.

	He smiles at Shimoda... and wipes some sweat from his
	brow.

60   INT. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE ON PICARD AND
	MACDOUGAL

	Picard looks around curiously as MacDougal approaches
	the command chair:

					MACDOUGAL
			Reporting as ordered, sir.

					PICARD
			What?

					MACDOUGAL
			You ordered me to report to the
			bridge, sir.

					PICARD
			I did no such thing. I want you
			down in the Engine Room in case
			we need to move out of here.

	Interrupted by a Bosun's WHISTLE ALERT:

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60   CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Attention all decks, all
			divisions. Effective
			immediately, I have handed over
			control of this vessel to
			Acting Captain Wesley Crusher.

61   CLOSE ON PICARD

	Sheer disbelief.

					PICARD
			Acting Capt...

					WESLEY'S COM VOICE
			Thank you, Captain Picard, thank
			you. And with that order dawns
			a brave new day for the
			Enterprise.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

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                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

62   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

					PICARD (V.O)
			Captain's log, Stardate 41209.3.
			The strange contaminant that led
			to the deaths of the Tsiolkovsky
			crew is now aboard the
			Enterprise... and our Engineering
			Section has been commandeered by
			young Wesley Crusher...

63   INT. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE - EMPHASIZING PICARD

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Number One, MacDougal -- get that
			boy out of Engineering.

	Riker and MacDougal turn and head for a turbolift as:

64   ANGLE ON WORF

	Worf at Ops, Data at the Conn station. Worf turns
	around toward Picard, concerned.

					WORF
			Sir, I'm getting very strange
			reports from all decks --

					PICARD
			Such as?

					WORF
			Such as the ship's training
			division ordering all officers
			to attend a lecture on
			metaphysics.

					PICARD
			Metaphysics?

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65   INCLUDING DATA AT CONN

					DATA
			Confirmed, sir. And there is a
			rather peculiar limerick being
			delivered by someone in the
			shuttlecraft bay. I am not sure
			I understand it...
				(quoting)
			There was a young lady from Venus
			whose body was shaped like --

66   EMPHASIZING PICARD

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Captain to Security, come in!

					DATA
				(to Worf)
			Did I say something wrong?

					WORF
				(shrugs)
			I don't understand their humor
			either.

					SECURITY COM VOICE
				(lazy, uninterested)
			Yeah, Captain?

					PICARD
			Where's my security chief?! Get
			me Lieutenant Yar.

					SECURITY COM VOICE
			Keep your britches on, Captain.

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			Captain Picard...

					PICARD
			Yar, where are you?

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			I'm in my quarters and pretty busy
			right at this moment, Jean-Luc.

					PICARD
				(gathering self
				 together)
			All right, Lieutenant, just stay
			right there.
					(MORE)

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66   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(turning)
			Data, please go to Lieutenant Yar
			and get her down to Sickbay.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
				(into console)
			Security, I want all your senior
			supervisors to report to the
			bridge immediately.

67   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	A FORCEFIELD SHIMMER at the entrance to the Engineering
	Office, barring the way inside. Beyond the FORCEFIELD
	inside the office stands Wesley who is grinning at
	several Crewpersons, all of them clearly contaminated,
	who stand outside the FORCEFIELD. Assistant Chief
	Engineer Shimoda ENTERS, grinning and weaving slightly,
	walks up to the FORCEFIELD as:

					WESLEY
			... and a dessert course shall
			henceforth precede and follow
			every meal. Including breakfast.

	CHEERS from the onlookers.

					CREWMAN
			Hurray for the acting captain!

68   ANGLE ON SHIMODA (OPTICAL)

					SHIMODA
			Never got as far as Sickbay, Wes.
			I feel too good for that.

	BUZZ SOUND as Shimoda walks into the FORCEFIELD and is
	thrown back.

					SHIMODA
				(continuing)
			Incredible! How did you do that?

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68   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(indicating)
			Hooked my model tractor beam into
			ship's power. Now its a repulser
			beam too.
				(eyeing Shimoda)
			Want in?

	Shimoda nods, raises his right hand as in oath.

					SHIMODA
			Swear to be faithful to you,
			Captain!

69   INT. ENGINEERING OFFICE (OPTICAL)

	Wesley picks up a small control device, aims it at the
	FORCEFIELD which disappears. Shimoda steps inside, then
	Wesley turns the forcefield on again.

70   INT. TASHA'S QUARTERS - AT DOOR

	The living space is low lit, provocative shadows. There
	is a CHIME, a beat, then the door slides open. Data
	stands there, hesitant, steps in. He looks around, not
	quite sure of himself.

					DATA
			Lieutenant Yar?

					TASHA'S VOICE
			Here, Data.

71   ANGLE ON TASHA

	in the door to her bedroom. Her hair is provocatively
	arranged... her makeup is especially dramatic and
	attractive... and she wears a pale blue diaphanous
	Theiss creation that promises revelations that will get
	us thrown off the air. Her voice quality has changed
	too... sultry, like a Louisiana summer night.

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			You wanted me?

72   TWO SHOT

	Tasha moves languidly toward Data, almost floating.
	Data doesn't quite know how to react to this Tasha.

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72   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Captain Picard ordered me to
			escort you to Sickbay, Lieutenant.

					TASHA
			Did he say when?

					DATA
				(considering it, then)
			I am sure he meant "now."
				(indicates)
			So you need time to get into
			uniform...

					TASHA
			But I got out of uniform for you,
			Data. Do you know how old I was
			when I was abandoned?

					DATA
			Chronological age? No, I am afraid
			I am not conversant with your ---

					TASHA
			Five. Five years old, but I
			survived. I learned how to stay
			alive, how to avoid the rape
			gangs. I was fifteen before I
			escaped.

					DATA
			I am sorry. I did not know...

					TASHA
			And what I want now is gentleness.
			And joy. And love.

	She reaches out and caresses his face. Data shifts his
	weight, not sure what to do.

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			From you, Data. You are fully
			functional, aren't you?

					DATA
			Of course, but...

					TASHA
			How fully?

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72   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			In every way, of course. I have
			been programmed in multiple
			techniques, a broad variety of
			pleasuring...

					TASHA
			You jewel! That's exactly what
			I hoped.

	Her smile is provocative, full of promises; and Data
	tentatively smiles back. As the bedroom door CLOSES
	behind them:

73   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND TSIOLKOVSKY (OPTICAL)

	In b.g., then collapsing star begins slowly to GLOW
	BRIGHTER.

74   INT. ENGINEERING - ON RIKER

	He is standing near a communications computer panel.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			What have you learned, Number
			One?

					RIKER
			Captain, the ship's engines are
			cut off from the bridge. And I
			have the reason. The assistant
			chief engineer pulled out the
			isolinear optical chips from
			command and all engines are
			off-line.

75   INT. ENGINEER'S OFFICE - ON SHIMODA AND WESLEY (OPTICAL)

	Shimoda is sitting on the floor near an opened console,
	playing happily with a pile of isolinear chips (small
	colored slabs, rather like Chiclets), tossing them in
	the air or juggling them, staring at the pretty colors.
	Wesley looks with an air of pride and satisfaction at
	his portable TRACTOR BEAM which is emitting a beam wide
	enough to block the entire opening into the Engineer's
	Office.

76   INT. ENGINEERING - ON RIKER AND MACDOUGAL

	as the Engineer COMES IN beside Riker.

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76   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Wesley's hooked some kind of
			tractor beam into ship's power
			and has it aimed at the door.
			We can't get past it to get at
			the computer.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Can you short out the power?

	Riker looks to MacDougal. She shrugs.

					MACDOUGAL
			Maybe.
				(considers)
			Yes, I can. But it's going to
			take time.

77   INT. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE - CLOSE ON PICARD

	Concerned.

					PICARD
			Do it!

78   INT. ENGINEERING - ON RIKER AND MACDOUGAL

	as they pull a panel off the console opposite the
	Engineer's Office entry, and MacDougal starts to reach
	inside. From their right, there is the SOUND of
	turbolift doors and:

					TROI'S VOICE
			Bill...

79   INT. CORRIDOR TO ENGINEERING

	as Riker comes to her.

					RIKER
			Deanna, what -- ?

	She reaches for him before he can stop her, holds him
	tight.

					TROI
			So many minds on this ship,
			Bill... all free... released...

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79   CONTINUED:

	Her hands move sensuously on his back, her body closer
	to his.

					RIKER
			Deanna --

					TROI
			I can feel them all... what they
			feel... what they want... I feel
			a side of humans I've never felt
			before.

					RIKER
			Come on, I'm getting you to
			Sickbay.

	He catches her up in his arms, carries her toward the
	turbolift as:

					TROI
			Wouldn't you rather be alone with
			me -- with me in your mind...

80   INT. SICKBAY - ANGLE ON BEVERLY

	She has a large beaker or futuristic-shaped container
	from which she is loading a hypo-spray. The hypo-spray
	filled, she moves across to where Geordi La Forge lies
	still strapped on the hospital bed. He is awake now,
	his face a picture of desolation. Beverly administers
	the hypo-spray and steps back to observe.

					BEVERLY
			The medical records we found say
			this works almost instantly.

	Geordi lies still, staring at the ceiling. Then:

					GEORDI
			I've never seen a rainbow, Doc.
			Sunset. Sunrise. None of those.
			This is going to help me?

	Beverly stares at Geordi, horrified as realization
	comes. It doesn't work.

81   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND TSIOLKOVSKY AND DWARF STAR
	(OPTICAL)

	No movement at all.

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82   INT. SICKBAY - ANGLE ON RIKER AND TROI

	as he carries her into the treatment area, lays her down
	gently on a bed next to Geordi's.

					RIKER
			Doctor Crusher...

	He turns, looking for Beverly. She does not appear.
	He hurries into her office.

83   INT. CRUSHER'S OFFICE - ON BEVERLY AND RIKER

	She is sitting at the desk, desolate. Riker COMES IN
	behind her, puts a hand on her shoulder to shake her
	slightly.

					RIKER
			Didn't you hear me? Deanna needs
			your help.

					BEVERLY
			The formula from the old
			Enterprise didn't work.

					RIKER
			What?

					BEVERLY
			This water-carbon complex may
			induce the same symptoms, but it's
			different somehow. Maybe it's
			mutated. I'll have to isolate
			it... analyze it...

					RIKER
			We don't have that kind of time.

	She suddenly snaps around, realizing something.

					BEVERLY
			You brought Deanna in?

					RIKER
			She's infected with it, too.

	He heads for the door. Beverly is on her feet
	anxiously.

					BEVERLY
			You touched her? Oh, God, you
			touched me.
				(then)
			You can't leave here --

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83   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			If we don't get our command
			computers back on-line soon, this
			-- whatever this is -- won't
			matter. We'll all be dead.

	On Beverly's despairing face:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

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                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

84   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE, TSIOLKOVSKY, DWARF STAR

	As before with very slow (at this distance) flaring from
	the star.

					PICARD (V. O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental.
			It is no longer an inconvenient
			childish prank. Young Wesley
			Crusher...
				(beat; softening)
			Admittedly a victim of the
			Tsiolkovsky "infection"...

85   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	Showing a SHOT of Wesley in the Engineering office.
	Also at the Bridge are Worf at the Ops position and
	crewman at Conn.

					PICARD (V. O.)
				(continuing)
			... is now in control of my
			starship. How he acquired the
			engineering information and
			knowledge he is using, I have no
			idea.

86   ANGLE ON PICARD

	staring up at Wesley's IMAGE on the main viewer.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Wes, this is Captain Picard. Do
			you see me?

87   VARIOUS ANGLES (OPTICAL)

	as Wesley looks up and around, focuses his attention
	onto camera (the captain). Although showing the same
	contaminant symptoms as others, he speaks respectfully.

					WESLEY
			Yes sir?

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87   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You will now return all control
			of this vessel to the bridge where
			it belongs. Now.

					WESLEY
			I'm sorry, sir. Why don't you
			just tell me what you want done
			and I'll...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Because ship captains control
			their own vessels, young man!

					WESLEY
			But, sir, you don't do it
			yourself. You give the orders,
			someone else does it. What's
			wrong with giving me the orders
			to do it?

	Worf and Conn have exchanged looks during this although
	Conn has begun to perspire and appears uncomfortable.
	Worf sees something unusual on his console, interrupts
	Picard.

					WORF
			Captain, getting unusual readings
			now from the dwarf star... !

					PICARD
			Stand by a moment on that.
				(toward main viewer)
			Wesley... !
				(softens it)
			Wes... are you aware that you're
			acting strangely... that a kind
			of "infection" was brought back
			from the Tsiolkovsky that acts
			like intoxication?

					WESLEY
				(considers it)
			Are you saying that's why I feel
			so... so "hot," so strange?

	Picard wants to shout back "of freakin' course!" but he
	controls himself.

					PICARD
			That's a very adult bit of
			reasoning, Wes...


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87   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			Are you saying I'm "drunk?" I
			feel strange but also good.

					PICARD
			Because...
				(corrects his tone of
				 voice)
			Because you've lost the capacity
			for self-judgment. Alcohol does
			that but this contaminant we've
			brought back does it even more
			so.

					WESLEY
			What would you do if you got your
			ship back?

					PICARD
			It's very important I do because
			we must immediately put a tractor
			beam on the Tsiolkovsky, then tow
			it out of...

					WESLEY
			Tractor beams are my specialty,
			Skipper! I'll contact you when
			that's done; Wesley out!

	With which the VIEWER GOES DARK, and then is replaced
	with a view of the dwarf star. It is in the midst of a
	gigantic FLARE.

					PICARD
			Wes!

	Conn gets up from his position now, weaves toward the
	turbolift.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Conn, where are you headed?

	No answer. Conn will EXIT by turbolift as:

					WORF
			Sir!
				(indicating viewscreen)
			The star; it's beginning to
			collapse.

					PICARD
			What the hell is happening in
			Engineering?

         STAR TREK: "The Naked Now" - Rev. 6/26/87         42.

88   INT. ENGINEERING OFFICE - ANGLE ON WESLEY AND
	SHIMODA

	Wesley is working some controls on one of the consoles,
	singing:

					WESLEY
			Lock on, Tsiolkovsky, lock
			on... lock on, Tsiolkovsky, lock
			on...

	Behind him, Shimoda still sits on the floor, playing
	something like "jacks" with the isolinear optical chips
	from the computer, scooping up the chips in orderly
	groups -- 1, 2, 3, etc.

89   INT. ENGINEERING - ON MACDOUGAL AND RIKER

	They work together at the console opposite the entrance
	to Engineer's Office, probing deep into the guts of the
	console. A small array of tools lies between them, which
	they share.

					MACDOUGAL
			You got the logic probe?
				(he hands it to her)
			Thanks.

					RIKER
			Where's the sonic driver?

	She grunts and gestures at the spread of tools. Riker
	looks, finds it, dives into the console again. MacDougal
	works quickly, steps back.

					MACDOUGAL
			There. Let's see if this'll cut
			out his tractor beam power.

	She reaches inside the console and switches something.
	She and Riker both turn to look behind them.

90   ANGLE THROUGH WINDOW INTO ENGINEER'S OFFICE
	(OPTICAL)

	Wesley grins cheerfully. The TRACTOR BEAM is STILL AIMED
	AT THE DOOR.

91   INT. CRUSHER'S OFFICE - ON BEVERLY

	She grimly works at a futuristic microscope, then
	becomes aware that she is wiping perspiration from her
	face.

         STAR TREK: "The Naked Now" - REV. 6/26/87         43.

91   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Oh no! No, I must find the answer.
			Find the answer. Have to find
			the answer.

	She reaches for another slide but handles it confusedly.

92   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND TSIOLKOVSKY (OPTICAL)

	as a tractor beam appears.

93   INT. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE ON WORF

	still at Ops. No one at Conn. He whirls around.

					WORF
			Captain -- tractor beam! We just
			locked onto the Tsiolkovsky!

					PICARD
			Bridge to... to Wesley.
				(waits; then)
			Wesley Crusher, come in!

	One of the turbolift doors HISSES OPEN and Data ENTERS
	the Bridge. Picard whirls to him.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Data! At least you're
			functioning.. !

					DATA
			Fully, Captain, fully.

	But it obvious from the look on his face and his weaving
	movements that Data is not at all himself.

					PICARD
			Data, intoxication is a human
			condition. Your mind is
			different, it's not the same...

					DATA
			We are more alike than unlike,
			my dear captain.

94   EMPHASIZING DATA

	He is examining the backs of his hands with great
	interest.

          STAR TREK: "The Naked Now" - REV. 7/1/87          44.

94   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I have pores. Humans have pores.
				(turns hands over)
			I have fingerprints. Humans have
			fingerprints. My chemical
			nutrients are like your blood.
				(looks appealingly at
				 Picard)
			If you prick me, do I not leak?

95   ANGLE TURBOLIFT

	which opens and Beverly Crusher ENTERS the Bridge.

					PICARD
			If this can possibly wait,
			Doctor...

					BEVERLY
			May I see you in your Ready Room?
			It's a private matter... well,
			actually an urgent one...

					PICARD
			I'm busy, Doctor. Impossible.

	But Beverly EXITS Bridge into Ready Room. Picard
	FOLLOWS.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Damn!

95A  INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard ENTERS, finds Beverly waiting. She has a slight
	smile on her face.

					BEVERLY
			I believe I'm infected myself.

	Beverly steps toward Picard, suddenly GIGGLES. It's the
	same high pitched sound we've heard from some others.

					PICARD
			Do you know what the infection
			is? Hurry!

         STAR TREK: "The Naked Now" - REV. 6/30/87         45.

95A  CONTINUED:

	Picard realizes that Beverly is beginning to smile at
	him a bit sexily. She tries to stop doing so. All this
	is complicated for her by the fact she has begun lately
	to find this man increasingly attractive.

					BEVERLY
			Sorry.
				(wipes off smile)
			It is definitely like alcohol
			intoxication, the same lack of
			good judgment...
				(smiling sexily again)
			For example right now, I find you,
			well, extremely...extremely...
				(stops)
			Of course we haven't time for that
			sort of thing...

					PICARD
			What sort of thing?

					BEVERLY
				(eyeing his body)
			Oh God would I love to show you.

					PICARD
			Doctor, there must be a cure!
			Some formula, similar to the old
			one...

					BEVERLY
				(holding Picard's hand)
			Dammit... dammit, dammit, my dear
			captain. You owe me something.
			You do realize that, don't you?
			I'm a woman; I haven't the comfort
			of a husband, a man...

					PICARD
			Not now, Doctor, please...

	Then he's alarmed to find himself GIGGLING, wiping
	moisture from his forehead.

96   ANGLE EMPHASIZING WORF

	On the Bridge, Ready Room door in b.g. He turns
	as Picard and Beverly EMERGE from the Ready Room.
	Beverly ENTERS the nearby Turbolift, turns and waves
	"bye-bye." Picard fights the urge to giggle, waves
	back. The doors close. Picard, very irritated at
	self, regains control. Worf presses his intercom.

					WORF
				(low)
			Bridge to Riker, urgent!

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97   INT. ENGINEERING - RIKER AND MACDOUGAL

	He looks up, his hands still deep in the console.

					RIKER
			Riker here.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Sir, regret to inform you that
			the captain appears to be
			infected. And Data, and...

					RIKER
				(all he needs)
			Thank you, Lieutenant. I'm coming.
				(to MacDougal)
			You'll have to handle this.

					MACDOUGAL
			Are you saying you'll handle that?

98   EXT. SPACE - DWARF STAR FOREGROUND (OPTICAL)

	In the midst of a great flaring surface explosion, slow
	at this distance but obviously enormously powerful.

99   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - EMPHASIZING WORF

	Reacting as he sees the results of this on his readouts,
	then whirls to the Main Viewer. Red alarm lights flash.

100  MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The star's surface clearly changed by this great flaring
	explosion.

101  ANGLE AT COMMAND POSITION

	Picard very concerned at what he is seeing; Beverly
	reacting to his concern; even the bemused Data watching
	it with some interest. Beverly turns, CROSSES toward
	the turbolift where she will EXIT. As Riker ENTERS.
	Meanwhile:

					WORF
			What we're seeing, sir, is a huge
			chunk of the star's surface blown
			off, heading for us!

         STAR TREK: "The Naked Now" - REV. 6/30/87         47.

101  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Take us...
				(wipes perspiration)

					RIKER
			Are you alright, sir?

					PICARD
			Worf, you know what to do. Take
			us out of here.

	Worf works controls, gets nothing, leaps over to the
	Conn panel and works something and then comes back to
	Ops and does more. Still nothing.

					WORF
			Sir, the controls are still off-line!

					PICARD
			Override!

					WORF
				(tries, then)
			Same result, sir.

102  INT. ENGINEER'S OFFICE - EMPHASIZING SHIMODA

	Wesley watches while Shimoda attempts to put together
	a structure (like LEGOS) composed of the isolinear
	optical chips. They both ignore:

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Wes, come in please. Wesley
			Crusher, this is Riker. Come in.
			This is urgent!

103  INT. ENGINEERING - MACDOUGAL

	Red alarm lights are flashing. MacDougal twists
	something inside the open panel.

104  INT. ENGINEER'S OFFICE - ON WESLEY AND SHIMODA
	(OPTICAL)

	The forcefield disappears. Wesley looks up, slightly
	disconcerted.

105  INT. ENGINEERING - MACDOUGAL

	MacDougal rushes for the Engineer's Office.

              STAR TREK: "The Naked Now" - REV. 6/26/87             48.

106  INT. ENGINEER'S OFFICE - FULL SHOT

	MacDougal surges in. Wesley and Shimoda merely look
	at her. Wesley's very sad. Game's over.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Engineering, urgent. We must have
			ship's power...

	MacDougal ignores him, pushes past them toward the
	computer consoles. The optical chips go flying as
	Shimoda dodges out of her way.

					MACDOUGAL
			Oh, no, those are control
			chips... !
				(finds a com button)
			Bridge from Engineering...

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			The star is still collapsing;
			we're directly in the path of...

107  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Both Picard and Data fighting against the contamination
	as Riker mans the main console.

					MACDOUGAL'S COM VOICE
			I can't help you, bridge!
			Someone's yanked out all the
			control chips here...

					WESLEY'S COM VOICE
			It was an adult who did it!

					WORF
			I estimate fourteen minutes until
			that mass gets here... !

					MACDOUGAL'S COM VOICE
			No way to replace chips in
			fourteen minutes, sir. I'd guess
			two hours, maybe three...

					WESLEY'S VOICE
			Data could assemble them back
			faster.

	Picard seems to come out of it a bit. He looks up:


              STAR TREK: "The Naked Now" - REV. 6/26/87             49.

107  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			What's that?
				(hits a com control)
			What's that Wesley?

					WESLEY'S COM VOICE
			They're just simple isolinear
			chips, sir. To Data, anyway.
			He could shuffle them like cards.

					RIKER
				(overlap)
			Come on Data. Hurry!

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         


              STAR TREK: "The Naked Now" - REV. 6/26/87             50.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

108  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND TSIOLKOVSKY (OPTICAL)

	still tied by the tractor beam, motionless. Riker's
	voice reveals the strain he is under.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			Ship's log, First Officer Riker.
			The star has begun disintegrating.
			Enterprise will be destroyed
			unless it can be moved out of the
			path of the star material
			hurtling...

109  EXT. SPACE - EXPLODED MASS OF MATERIAL (OPTICAL)

	It is large, irregularly shaped, moving very fast as it
	was hurled off the star's surface with more power than
	a hydrogen bomb. To gain a sense of size, it should
	BLOCK OUT A WHOLE SECTION OF THE STARFIELD as it PASSES
	CAMERA.

					RIKER (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... toward us. Our only hope is
			for Lieutenant Commander Data in
			the time we have left, to regain
			his senses and reconnect engine
			power to the Bridge.

110  INT. ENGINEER'S OFFICE - ON MACDOUGAL

	She is on her knees on the floor, vainly trying to sort
	out which optical chips belong where.

111  ANGLE ON RIKER AND DATA

	as they ENTER FAST. MacDougal looks up at Riker,
	helplessly indicates the chip chaos. Data smiles at
	Wesley, who grins back cheerfully. Both are still
	smashed.

					WESLEY
			Hi, Mister Data.

					DATA
			Nice to see you, Wesley. What... ?


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111  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(overlapping; urgently
				 indicating)
			Data! We need the engines on-line
			in a hurry, remember?

	Meanwhile, Riker is now beginning to perspire like
	others who have been "infected."

					WESLEY
			Oh yes, I remember too.
				(to Data)
			So, Data, if you don't mind...

					RIKER
				(fast; to Wesley)
			We've no time for courtesy!
				(fast; to Data)
			Get those damned control chips
			back in place, Data! In the
			correct order!

	Data hesitates, surprised at Riker shouting at him.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			NOW!

					WESLEY
				(to Data)
			It's like a game of 'how fast can
			you do it?'

					DATA
			Ah, a game!

	Data begins selecting chips, beginning to move more and
	more rapidly. Wesley moves to the Engineering Room
	viewer, adjusts the controls there.

					WESLEY
			I think I can switch this to the
			main viewer, sir...

112  ANOTHER ANGLE - VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	as it switches to a SHOT OF THE STAR MATERIAL IN
	DISTANCE BUT RACING TOWARD THEM.

113  ANGLE EMPHASIZING RIKER

	turning from viewer to Data.


              STAR TREK: "The Naked Now" - REV. 6/30/87             52.

113  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			We've got eight or nine minutes,
			at most, Data. Can you finish
			by then?

114  ANGLE EMPHASIZING DATA

	If necessary, UNDERCRANK CAMERA now to show Data's hands
	are moving very fast. He seems to be calculating Riker's
	questions, then shakes his head without looking up:

					DATA
			No. This will take slightly more
			time than we have, sir.

	Riker becomes aware that his hand is wet, realizes he is
	"infected" too.

					RIKER
			Dammit, NO! I can't afford to
			get it!

	He stands, sways, grabs for support.

115  EXT. SPACE - MASS OF MATERIAL FROM STAR (OPTICAL)

	hurtling through space -- too fast.

116  INT. CRUSHER'S OFFICE - ANGLE ON BEVERLY

	She has a batch of blue liquid made up and is examining
	it. Picard ENTERS on the run.

					PICARD
			Beverly...

					BEVERLY
			Yes, Jean-Luc?

					PICARD
			You will address me as Captain!

	They too still show signs of the "intoxication." Beverly
	has begun to fill a hypo-spray with the blue liquid.

					BEVERLY
			In which case, dear Captain, you
			will address me as 'Chief Medical
			Officer' or 'Doctor.'


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116  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(befuddled; then)
			That's true; I started off calling
			you 'Beverly,' then naturally,
			you...
				(shakes head)
			I'm still not thinking straight!

	Having filled the hypo-spray, Beverly turns with it to
	go somewhere but forgets where.

					BEVERLY
			Likewise. Where the hell was I
			just headed?

					PICARD
				(indicates hypo)
			If that's something you wanted
			to test...

					BEVERLY
				(suddenly remembering)
			Yes, yes, on Geordi!

	Weaving a bit, she hurries off with Picard following in
	the same way.

117  INT. ENGINEER'S OFFICE - THREE SHOT

	Riker and MacDougal standing over Data, who concentrates
	on the chips. Wesley has moved to his school project
	tractor beam, eyes it proudly.

					WESLEY
			Did you see how I reversed fields
			on this, Commander? Made it into
			a repulser beam.

	Riker ignores the question, watches Data, concerned.

118  CLOSE ON DATA AND HIS HANDS

	UNDERCRANK CAMERA. His hands are flying -- almost a
	blur. More and and more of the isolinear optical chips
	are set in the command computer board.

					DATA
			If we had just a minute more,
			sir...


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119  ANGLE ON WESLEY

	He looks up toward Engineering Room viewer.

120  CLOSE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The mass of star material closer, hurtling toward them.

121  WIDER ANGLE

	Wesley reacts at the nearness now of the star material.
	Then looks at his tractor device.

					WESLEY
			If this were a hundred times more
			powerful than it is...

122  INT. SICKBAY - ANGLE ON GEORDI

	as Beverly administers the hypo to Geordi with Picard
	looking on.

					BEVERLY
			I made this a broader based
			remedy... I hope. But it's still
			close to the formula from the old
			Enterprise's records...

					PICARD
			Decades ago, light years away...

					BEVERLY
			But almost exactly the same
			conditions as here.

					GEORDI
			What was in that, Doctor? My
			head's beginning to clear...

	Both react to the sight of Geordi beginning to sit up
	alertly. Beverly whirls, injecting Picard... then
	herself. She presses the hypo on him.

					BEVERLY
			Take this to Engineering. I'll
			make up more hypos for the others.

123  INT. ENGINEERING OFFICE

	as before but with Riker gloomy now. Data and Wesley
	continuing work. But Wesley is struck with an idea,
	leaps to the Engineering Room control board.


              STAR TREK: "The Naked Now" - REV. 6/26/87             55.

123  CONTINUED:

	Eyes it, then:

					WESLEY
			Why not try it with the real
			thing?!
				(to MacDougal)
			Why not reverse fields on this,
			Ma'am? If we only need an extra
			minute...

					MACDOUGAL
			It would take weeks of laying out
			new circuits...

124  EMPHASIZING WESLEY

	studying the Engineering Room board.

					WESLEY
			But why not just see it in your
			head?
				(thinks, presses
				 switches)
			Come off the main lead, split at
			the force activator,
			then...then...
				(puzzled)
			If I could just think straight
			about this...

125  WIDER ANGLE

	as Picard bursts in, presses his hypo against MacDougal,
	then Riker, then another person, etc.

					RIKER
			We didn't make it, Captain. If
			we had just a minute or so more...

126  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE, TSIOLKOVSKY (OPTICAL)

	with the star material looming large as it rushes down
	upon them.

127  INT. ENGINEER'S OFFICE - ON WESLEY

	His fingers begin to dance on the panel.


              STAR TREK: "The Naked Now" - REV. 7/2/87              56.

127  CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Yes, then reversing power leads,
			back through the force
			activator... repulser beam hard
			against the Tsiolkovsky...

128  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE, TSIOLKOVSKY (OPTICAL)

	The Tsiolkovsky now begins drifting to one side,
	beginning to spin clear with the Enterprise moving away
	from it.

129  INT. ENGINEER'S OFFICE - WIDE ANGLE

	Riker eyes the viewer in surprise.

					RIKER
			We're pushing away!

	Data lifts his hands from the command computer board.
	The isolinear optical chips GLOW on the board.

					RIKER
				(continuing; into
				 communicator)
			Bridge, engage engines!

130  EXT. SPACE - TSIOLKOVSKY AND MASS OF MATERIAL
	(OPTICAL)

	The mass of material crashes into the Tsiolkovsky. Her
	warp and impulse engines EXPLODE SIMULTANEOUSLY on
	impact in a mighty BLAZE OF LIGHT. But Enterprise is
	accelerating out of trouble.

131  INT. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE - FULL SHOT

	Geordi at Conn now. Relief. Beverly is there still
	administering hypo injections. The red alarm lights
	have stopped.

					GEORDI
			Sir, something seemed to move us
			aside at the last minute.

					WORF
				(into his com)
			Do we owe our thanks to Commander
			Data, sir?


              STAR TREK: "The Naked Now" - REV. 7/2/87              57.

131  CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Yes. And... Wesley may have given
			us a few seconds, too.

					WORF
			Did he say Wesley? The boy?

	Beverly nods with a pleased look.

					BEVERLY
			He said Wesley.

132  INT. ENGINEERING OFFICE

	Picard sees Riker smiling at him. He scowls, begins
	to EXIT.

					RIKER
			It is only fair to mention Wesley
			in a log entry, sir.

					PICARD
				(stops; nods)
			Fair is fair. And let's credit
			his science teacher, too.

	Picard EXITS; Riker follows him.

133
thru	OMITTED
134

135  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - PANNING

	Picard, Riker and Data ENTER from the Turbolift and
	move toward their positions. Worf at Ops and Geordi
	at Conn positions turn with pleased expressions.

					GEORDI
			Congratulations, sir.

					PICARD
			To many people.

	During which Troi and Tasha also ENTER from Turbolift
	now, move to their positions. Tasha is back to normal,
	wearing her regular duty uniform, hair and makeup as
	stringent as usual. Data sees, nods.


              STAR TREK: "The Naked Now" - REV. 7/2/87              58.

135  CONTINUED:

	Data starts to turn away but Tasha has colored, turns
	toward him.

					TASHA
			Data! I'm only going to tell
			you this just once... It never
			happened.

	Data gives her a very puzzled look, goes to position
	still puzzling over it.

136  OMITTED

137  ANGLE EMPHASIZING PICARD

	as he sits in his position, looks around the Bridge.

					PICARD
			I put it to all of you we may end
			up with a fine crew... if we keep
			working at it.
				(nods for emphasis;
				 then)
			So let's get to our next job,
			Number One.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir. Helm, stand by for warp
			three. Heading two-hundred
			ninety-four mark thirty-seven.

					GEORDI
			Warp three, two-hundred
			ninety-four mark thirty-seven,
			sir.

					RIKER
			Engage!

138  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE

	Accelerating into WARP SPEED.

									FADE OUT.

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                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 

                        "Code of Honor" 
                          #40271-104 

                          Written by 
                        Katharyn Powers 
                               & 
                         Michael Baron 


Copyright 1987 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved.

This script is not for publication or reproduction. No one
is authorized to dispose of same. If lost or destroyed,
please notify the Script Department.


                    REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                       July 2, 1987

           STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/9/87 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Code Of Honor" 

                             CAST 

                PICARD             TRANSPORTER CHIEF
                RIKER              LUTAN
                DATA               HAGON
                TROI               YAREENA
                BEVERLY            SPECTATOR
                TASHA              TASHA
                GEORDI             GEORDI
                WESLEY             WESLEY

           STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/8/87 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Code Of Honor" 

                             SETS                               
                              
          INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS

          ENTERPRISE                 ON LIGON
            Main Bridge                Lutan's Centerplace and
            Corridor                    Banquet Area
            Cargo Deck
            Lounge
            Holodeck
            Captain's Ready Room
            Geordi's Quarters
            Transporter Room
            Turbolift

          ON LIGON
            Tasha's Quarters

            Picard's Quarters
            Corridor
            Centerplace

               STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/9/87                

                    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                     
                           "Code of Honor"                             
                                TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The great ship moving into orbit of planet Ligon.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41235.25.
			Our location planet Ligon II,
			source of a rare vaccine needed
			on Federation planet Styris IV.
			Starfleet has instructed me...

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	Full complement of crew at stations, DATA at OPS, GEORDI
	at CONN. RIKER and TROI are flanking PICARD.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... to engage in a friendly visit
			and open treaty negotiations to
			acquire this medicinal substance.

					GEORDI
			Standard orbit, sir.

					RIKER
			Lieutenant Yar is calling from
			Cargo Bay One, sir. Standing by
			to beam Ligonian welcoming party
			aboard.

					PICARD
				(rising)
			On our way. You have the helm,
			Mister Data.

	Picard leads Riker and Troi into FORWARD Turbolift.

3    INT. TURBOLIFT

	as Picard, Riker and Troi ENTER and the door HISSES
	closed behind them.

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3    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing; toward
				 controls)
			Cargo One.
				(to Riker and Troi)
			Should be an interesting
			experience.

					RIKER
			Agreed. Not only are they closely
			humanoid but their history has
			remarkable similarities to ours.

					TROI
			But a highly structured society
			and they're exceedingly proud.

4    INT. CARGO DECK (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker and Troi ENTER. Tasha is waiting there
	with a pair of SECURITY GUARDS -- one with a tricorder.

					TASHA
			They've insisted on using their
			own transporter device, sir...

					PICARD
				(nods)
			It's their way, Lieutenant. Do
			they have our coordinates?

	Tasha indicates cleared area ahead of them on the Cargo
	Bay deck.

					TASHA
			They have, sir. Precisely. And
			they're standing by for your
			signal.

					PICARD
			This is Captain Picard of the
			Starfleet vessel Enterprise.
			Please...
				(looks to Troi; she
				 nods)
			... please do us the honor of
			visiting our vessel.

	After only a moment, a slightly different kind of
	TRANSPORTER EFFECT materializes five people. There are
	four extremely tall, elegant Black Guards who form a
	square.

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4    CONTINUED:

	They are bare-waisted with metal collars -- each with a
	centered jewel -- and each wears a hakama (starched,
	baggy trousers pulled between the legs).

	Each has at least one major scar, and each carries a
	bo (a bojutsu fighting staff). Each wears as headgear
	a red, braided rope in a circular crown. One carries
	a rolled carpet. They face forward at attention, but
	their eyes take in everything.

	The fifth person materializing is HAGON, who carries a
	dull metallic box. He bends down and kicks the carpet
	so that it unrolls towards Picard.

	Then, LUTAN beams into view. He stands a moment, tall,
	magnificent and with flashing eyes. His dress is more
	elegant, his jewel more resplendent. The Security Guard
	with the tricorder scans the party quickly, then nods to
	Tasha.

					TASHA
				(quietly to Picard)
			Nothing concealed, sir.

	Lutan steps forward. He looks about him for a moment.

					LUTAN
			I am Lutan.

	Picard moves to greet him, raising both hands in the
	customary Ligonian greeting to show one is not holding
	a weapon. Lutan nods, satisfied, and smiles. Without
	touching, he holds his hands up in a like manner.

					PICARD
			Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Welcome
			aboard. These are my officers.
			Second in command, Commander
			William Riker; Ship's Counselor
			Deanna Troi; my security officer,
			Lieutenant Tasha Yar.

					LUTAN
			A woman? Your Chief of Security?

					PICARD
			Yes, Lutan: that is her expertise.

	Lutan and Hagon exchange a near-amused look. Then Lutan
	turns to Picard.

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4    CONTINUED: (2)

					LUTAN
			I am honored to meet your
			officers.
				(indicates Hagon)
			And this is my Secondary, Hagon.
				(indicates)
			A sample of the vaccine.

	Hagon steps forward with the metal box, extending it
	to Picard. But Tasha steps forward to take it.

					TASHA
			My duty, Lutan.

	Almost before the words are out of Tasha's mouth, Hagon
	grabs for the box.

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			Sorry, I am required to inspect...

					HAGON
			Aside, little one...

	Hagon whirls toward Picard forcing Picard to step back
	to avoid contact, but Tasha reacts protecting her
	Captain, with it ending in Hagon being flipped onto his
	back. Lutan's guards step forward menacingly but are
	stopped by a gesture from Lutan. Hagon looks up from
	his prone position, more puzzled than anything else.

					HAGON
				(continuing)
			This... this is a woman?

					LUTAN
				(inspecting Tasha)
			How interesting!
				(then, to Picard)
			May we prove as surprising to you.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

          STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/9/87          5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

5    INT. CARGO DECK - FULL SHOT

	Same principals in approximately the same positions as
	last SCENE.

					TROI
				(low voice)
			If I may suggest, sir...

	She indicates for the Enterprise people to move back
	and give Lutan and his people room and also time to
	recover. In just above a whisper:

					TROI
				(continuing)
			No apology. In their view, it
			would weaken us.

6    EMPHASIZING LUTAN

	Unlike Hagon and the Guards, he's beginning to enjoy
	this as Riker picks up the container Hagon had been
	holding, examines it and extends it to Picard.

					RIKER
			Nothing concealed, Captain.
				(extends it)
			Do you care to accept it?

					HAGON
			Yes, yes, please do.

					LUTAN
				(to Tasha)
			Unless you care to examine it
			further.

7    CLOSER GROUP SHOT

	Picard seeing it is time to turn on the charm.

					PICARD
			Absolutely not. This vaccine
			sample is a gift of life and we
			are honored at receiving it.
				(indicates way into
				 vessel)
			Will you do us the honor of
			letting us entertain you now?

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7    CONTINUED:

					LUTAN
				(nodding)
			You may prepare it. We will join
			you shortly.

	With nothing else to do, the Enterprise group LEAVES the
	immediate area. They're not fools -- security people
	remain in sight. Lutan and Hagon move closer together,
	speak in low tones.

					HAGON
			I ask forgiveness....

					LUTAN
				(cuts him off)
			They are strange alien things.
			You bear no fault...

					HAGON
			But the female...

					LUTAN
			May be exactly what I've needed.

8    INT. LOUNGE - FULL SHOT

	Data, BEVERLY and Troi are seen ENTERING, Data carrying
	a magnificent bronze horse. Picard stands next to
	Lutan.

					PICARD
			Lutan, we're aware of many of your
			planet's achievements, and its
			unique similarity to an ancient
			Earth culture, which we all
			admire. On behalf of the
			Federation, therefore, I am proud
			to present to you this token of
			gratitude and friendship. From
			China's Sung Dynasty, Fourteenth
			Century.

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			Thirteenth Century, sir.

					PICARD
			Indeed?

         STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/10/87         6A.

8    CONTINUED:

					LUTAN
				(accepting and admiring
				 it)
			It is a most thoughtful gift.
			We are grateful.

	Lutan hands the horse to Hagon. Then, while watching
	Tasha with interest:

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8    CONTINUED: (2)

					LUTAN
				(continuing)
			We from Ligon have always been
			apprehensive about strangers.
			We are not as technologically
			advanced as you; yet we possess
			something you do not -- a vaccine
			which has been found to be an
			effective antidote to your deadly
			Anchilles fever. If your conduct
			toward us is worthy -- if you
			respect our customs -- and if we
			see this respect -- we will
			become friends. Then, we will
			make the vaccine available to all
			who need it.

	Everyone APPLAUDS. Lutan is proud and dignified. He
	sweeps the gathering with his eyes, which hold on Tasha.

9    CLOSE SHOT - TASHA

	She meets his gaze with confidence.

10   BACK TO FULL SHOT

	The room quiets down as Picard rises.

					PICARD
			If you require respect from us,
			I'm certain you will see it.

					LUTAN
			Surrounded by such friendship,
			I have no need of my guards.
				(to guards)
			I will return shortly. Prepare
			to transport me then.

	The Guards signal obedience, begin EXITING. Picard and
	the others are puzzled by this.

             STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87             8.

10   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			If there is something else, any
			final courtesy...

					LUTAN
			Is it possible to see one of your
			wondrous holodecks? We have heard
			how they are used to train your
			officers.

	Picard exchanges a quick, concerned look with Riker and
	Troi.

					PICARD
			And used for many other things
			too.
				(turning)
			Commander Riker, perhaps you and
			Counselor Troi can demonstrate.

					LUTAN
			Is it possible for Lieutenant Yar
			to do so Captain? Some
			demonstration of defense training?

					RIKER
			We've noticed you are intrigued
			by her having security
			responsibilities. But such things
			are not at all unusual with us.

					HAGON
			With us, it is the duty of women
			only to own the land, and the duty
			of men to protect and rule it.

					TROI
				(amused)
			Much the same has happened in
			human history too.

	Picard smiles, then turns to Tasha questioningly. She
	nods.

					TASHA
			I'd like to do it, sir.
				(to Lutan)
			As a sign of respect, perhaps.

					PICARD
				(nods agreement)
			Very well.

	Tasha beckons to Lutan and Hagon.

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10   CONTINUED: (2)

					TASHA
			This way, please.

	A couple of Enterprise Security Guards follow.

11   INT. HOLODECK - FULL SHOT - OPTICAL (SPLIT SCREEN)

	Tasha, followed by Lutan and Hagon, plus the two
	security team members, who stay in the b.g. Tasha moves
	to the wall controls. She punches in some commands,
	reaches for an aikido jacket from a peg, then walks to
	a bare area. She gives a CODED COMMAND.

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			Aikido. One.

	An Aikido Opponent MATERIALIZES (DISSOLVES IN) ON A MAT.
	The IMAGE remains rigid, immobile. The visitors are
	much impressed.

					TASHA
				(continuing; amicably)
			It won't move until my actions
			activate it.

12   CLOSER ON GROUP

	Lutan stepping in to examine the Aikido Opponent,
	amazed.

					LUTAN
			You can create people? Without
			a soul?

					TASHA
			It's not a real person, Lutan.
			It has no life. Everything it
			does is controlled by computer.

	She moves close to the image.

					TASHA
				(continuing; to the
				 image)
			Who am I? Do you hear me?

	The image doesn't move. But when Tasha suddenly feints,
	the image instantly blocks the blow.

            STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87            10.

12   CONTINUED:

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			But it will feel real when it hits
			you.

	She crouches and the IMAGE crouches, and they begin to
	fight. After rapid and savage exchange, she throws the
	IMAGE.

13   EMPHASIZING LUTAN

	His eyes begin to glow as he evaluates what he sees,
	watching with growing interest.

					HAGON
			A force like that cannot possibly
			come from an image, Lutan.

					LUTAN
			Then you will show me, Hagon.

	Hagon hesitates, but he has his order. He moves to the
	mat as Tasha steps aside.

14   ACTION ANGLE

	Hagon crouches, the image crouches. Hagon deftly makes
	two feints, and then a move and is promptly dumped hard.
	There's no doubt about the pain he feels.

					HAGON
				(trying to breathe)
			Oh. . . . Oh...

					LUTAN
				(to Tasha)
			Thank you, Lieutenant. How very
			enlightening.

15   CLOSER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Behind Tasha the IMAGE RISES and stands, remaining
	quiet.

					TASHA
				(into the air)
			Aikido, vanish.

	The IMAGE DISSOLVES. Tasha goes to the panel, shuts
	down the controls, takes a towel from the wall, wipes
	off, and removes her jacket.

            STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87            11.

15   CONTINUED:

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			I could create two -- even three,
			but one is really enough. As you
			fight with it, it learns, and
			before long it knows exactly how
			to defeat you.

					LUTAN
				(a smile)
			Even the extraordinary Lieutenant
			Yar?

					TASHA
				(also a smile)
			It forces us to keep improving.

	Lutan's eyes are glowing as he nods.

					LUTAN
			Your skill impresses me. I like
			you.

	Lutan shows a definite reaction to Tasha, and she
	reacts to him similarly. Picard notices both
	reactions.

16   INT. CARGO DECK - FULL SHOT (OPTICAL)

	Our Enterprise participants are all present with Lutan
	and Hagon. Good-byes are being exchanged.

					LUTAN
				(continuing)
			Farewell, my new friends of the
			noble Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Understanding has made friends
			of many different people. We've
			had a good beginning, Lutan.

					LUTAN
			May I also extend a personal
			farewell to Lieutenant Yar?

	Picard nods. Tasha moves forward. Lutan extends his
	hand to her.

					LUTAN
			In your Federation terms.

            STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87            12.

16   CONTINUED:

	Tasha takes his hand and shakes it. Lutan puts an arm
	around her as if to hug her. Releasing his first hand,
	but still holding her, he reaches up and touches the
	jewel at the center of his necklace. In an instant
	their images SHIMMER, and they are gone.

					PICARD
			Picard to bridge. Red alert!

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

          STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/7/87          13.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

17   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The KLAXON is sounding. Turbolift opens and Riker
	ENTERS bridge immediately, crossing to man the
	Security Station.

					RIKER
			Shields up; activate photon
			torpedoes!

	Picard and Troi have come out of the turbolift right
	after him, CROSSING to their own positions.

					PICARD
			What com contact have we had with
			them?

	Data makes a move at his panel, the KLAXON ceases.

					DATA
			With their orbital control
			station, sir.

					PICARD
				(reaches his position)
			Make contact there and on all
			hailing frequencies.
				(touches control panel)
			Enterprise to Lutan and Ligonian
			government. You have committed
			an unfriendly act. You will reply
			immediately.

					RIKER
			Photon torpedoes ready, Captain.

					PICARD
			Set for a display blast, a
			thousand meters short of planet
			surface. Fire!

					RIKER
			Display blast away!

18   EXT. ENTERPRISE IN ORBIT (OPTICAL)

	as a spread of photon torpedoes are sent downward
	toward the planet below.

            STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87            14.

18A  ANGLE DOWN TOWARD PLANET (OPTICAL)

	as the torpedo spread travels down toward the planet
	surface, then detonates in a SPECTACULAR DISPLAY.

19   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as all wait for some communication from the planet.

					RIKER
				(to Geordi)
			Do we know the source of their
			transporter beam?

					GEORDI
			Our own transporter people tried
			to trace it, sir, but without
			effect.

					DATA
			It reads similar to Starfleet's
			early efforts but uses the
			Heglenian shift to convert matter
			and energy in different...
				(stops; seeing Picard's
				 expression)
			... which is actually not
			important at this time.

					PICARD
				(touching panel com)
			This is Captain Picard of the
			Enterprise with a message to Lutan
			whom I have so far acknowledged
			as a friend. But you have now
			committed what our laws regard
			as an attack upon us, Lutan. And
			having visited us here, Lutan,
			you must certainly understand the
			power of our vessel. We have so
			far fired only a warning burst
			at you. We insist you reply to
			this message.

	They again wait. Finally Picard turns to Troi:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Opinion, Counselor. Will they
			injure Tasha?

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19   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I believe not, sir. In fact, they
			seem mainly curious. But in the
			case of Lutan I did feel other
			needs.

					RIKER
			What kind of needs?

					TROI
			Some sexual attraction from all
			the males. Lieutenant Yar is
			physically very attractive. But
			I felt something else in the case
			of Lutan... something more like...
			avarice or ambition.

	All puzzle at this.

					PICARD
			Other comments?

	Data turns to Picard.

					DATA
			If I may, sir... one of the things
			about them in the briefing studies
			was their respect for patience.

					RIKER
				(nods)
			Strongly emphasized. And you can
			see it in the precise, ritualistic
			way they do things. I'm worried
			about Lieutenant Yar too, sir,
			but maybe we should sit and wait
			them out.

	Picard considers this, then nods. He turns to Troi and
	Data:

					PICARD
			Analysis, the two of you.
			Everything we know about them and
			how these happenings fit into
			that.

20   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE IN ORBIT (OPTICAL)

	Planet Ligon II below.

         STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/16/87         16.

20   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Stardate 41235.32. I am
			concerned. Over a full day of
			waiting with no response from...

21   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - FULL SHOT

	Only Geordi on duty with a couple of upper-deck
	Technicians. During the following, BEVERLY CRUSHER will
	ENTER Bridge and CROSS toward the Captain's Ready Room.
	WE SEE WESLEY too; he waits in the Turbolift cab.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... Lutan. We are now testing
			whether they are aware of our
			sensors probing them. So far,
			we believe we have pinpointed
			Lutan's government compound.

22   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Beverly ENTERS, joins Picard waiting inside. She's
	very upset.

					BEVERLY
			The vaccine, sir...

					PICARD
				(rises)
			Yes, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			The vaccine...
				(stops; shudders)
			I'm a... physician; I've seen death.
			But not on the scale this could
			mean.

					PICARD
			Meanwhile, you were testing
			whether we can replicate the
			vaccine...

					BEVERLY
			And we can't! Their sample
			works fine when used as an
			injection, but it becomes unstable
			when we try to replicate it. You
			must get vaccine from the planet,
			Captain. As much as you can.
			Immediately!

         STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/16/87         17.

22   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I'm aware of that, Doctor.

					BEVERLY
			You've never had to watch a
			patient die from this disease.

					PICARD
			That's true. But I've seen my
			share of death.

					BEVERLY
			Damn!
				(weak smile; shakes her
				 head)
			Where are the calluses we doctors
			are supposed to grow over our
			feelings?

					PICARD
			Perhaps the good ones never get
			them.

	Beverly moves toward the exit, then stops and turns,
	eyes him for a long moment.

					PICARD
				(continuing; hopeful)
			Yes, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
				(hesitates; then)
			May I speak about my son Wesley?

					PICARD
				(startled)
			What?
				(recovers)
			Well, yes. Yes, of course.

					BEVERLY
			He's so interested in starship
			operations. And...
				(smiles)
			... speaking as a mother, of
			course, he seems quite
			knowledgeable.

         STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/16/87         17A.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Well, yes... speaking as a
			mother...

					BEVERLY
				(indicates;
				 interrupting)
			He's on the turbolift. You'll
			remember you ordered him to stay
			off the bridge.

	The whole subject upsets Picard but he feels trapped
	now. And Beverly is remarkably lovely. He finally
	motions for her to follow him toward the bridge.

          STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/9/87          18.

23   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	Picard ENTERS from the Ready Room and CROSSES toward
	his position. Beverly stays half concealed in the
	Ready Room entry. In the b.g. at the turbolift, WE'LL
	SEE Wesley quickly flatten himself almost out of sight.
	But Picard keeps looking in that direction and this
	fact finally forces Wesley SOMEWHAT INTO SIGHT.

24   ANGLE ON TURBOLIFT

	Wesley finally comes more fully INTO VIEW and meets
	Picard's eyes.

					WESLEY
				(weakly)
			I haven't stepped one foot on your
			bridge, Captain...

25   WIDER ANGLE

	As the other turbolift arrives, from which Riker,
	Data, and Troi ENTER to see Picard in an apparent
	confrontation with Wesley. Riker moves in first,
	speaking rapidly.

					RIKER
			It's all right, sir, I'll see he
			leaves immediately...

	WE SEE Picard throw a fast glance toward the Ready Room
	where Beverly HAS APPEARED in the doorway.

					PICARD
			No.

          STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/9/87          19.

25   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(halts)
			No?

					PICARD
				(to Wesley)
			Why don't you sit at Ops? Next
			to Lieutenant La Forge.

					WESLEY
			Sir?

					GEORDI
			Sir?

					PICARD
			Is the whole ship deaf?!
				(indicates)
			Sit down over there, young man!
				(beat)
			Temporarily.

26   ANGLE ON WESLEY

	CROSSING to sit next to Geordi, eyeing the Bridge, the
	vessel's controls. Heaven!

27   BACK TO SHOT

					TROI
			Captain, we have more information
			from the briefing studies on
			Ligon...

					PICARD
			Excuse me.
				(calls)
			Doctor Crusher, some of this may
			interest you.

28   ANOTHER ANGLE

	to include Beverly STEPPING INTO VIEW, CROSSING to join
	the group at the command position. Except for Troi,
	all feel a moment of discomfort with Beverly appearing
	from the Ready Room and Wesley at the Ops position.

          STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/9/87          20.

28   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Proceed with your analysis.

					DATA
			It is a highly structured society
			in which people live by strict
			codes of honor. For example, what
			Lutan has done is similar to what
			certain American Indians once did,
			called "counting coup." That's
			from an obscure language called
			French --

					PICARD
			A language which for centuries
			on Earth represented civilization,
			Mister Data.

					DATA
			Indeed?

					RIKER
			I suggest you drop it, Mister
			Data.

	A puzzled Data shrugs, goes on.

					DATA
			Yes sir. Counting coup could be
			as simple as touching an enemy
			with a stick in battle, or taking
			something from him and escaping.
			It was considered extremely
			heroic.

					RIKER
			And under these circumstances
			Lutan considers himself heroic,
			risking literally everything in
			the face of our superior power.

					TROI
			And it fits Lutan's personality
			profile as well. He has an
			abnormally high need for
			achievement -- I've sensed it in
			him, very strongly.

	Picard nods.

          STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/9/87          21.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
				(continuing)
			We should establish clearly also,
			that Lutan is dangerous. Self
			image for him is a function of
			how much he THINKS he's achieved.
			Those who set their standards too
			high can kill to meet them.

					BEVERLY
			Why Tasha?

					TROI
			As a Starfleet security officer,
			she may have represented his
			riskiest prize.

29   ANGLE EMPHASIZING DATA

	responding to a signal panel, then:

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			Transmission from the planet
			surface, sir... Main viewer on.

30   ANGLE TO INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	where an image of Lutan replaces the orbit planet SHOT.

					PICARD
			Yes, Lutan? What do you wish?

	Lutan is squinting, his screen apparently without
	Picard's image there.

					LUTAN
			You will display your image,
			please.

					PICARD
			What is required is an image of
			Lieutenant Yar, well and...

					LUTAN
				(interrupting)
			Are you making demands, Captain?

          STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/9/87          22.

30   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Sir...

	She motions; Picard cuts off his transmission.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			According to the Ligon Code of
			Honor, Lutan has done what he set
			out to do -- achieve recognition
			for being daring and bold.

					RIKER
			We've studied this in some depth
			now, sir. The proper thing for
			you to do now is to ask to get
			Tasha back.

					PICARD
				(astonished)
			Ask for her?

					DATA
			Politely, Captain.

					PICARD
				(touches com button)
			And now, Lutan...
				(swallows irritation)
			You have boldly taken the
			lieutenant from us and I ask that
			you... now please return her.

					LUTAN
			Then come visit us, Captain, and
			we will return her to you.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

            STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87            23.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

31   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - EMPHASIZING RIKER

	as he activates his panel com. Troi watches,
	expressionless as:

					RIKER
			First Officer to Transporter
			Chief...

					TROI
				(interrupts)
			Forgive me but can you delay
			calling him?

					DATA
				(nods agreement)
			Please. We must discuss the away
			party.

					PICARD
			Am I included?

32   ANGLE ON WESLEY

	at Ops position but distracted by what is going on.

					DATA (O.S.)
			It concerns you directly, Captain.

					BEVERLY (O.S.)
			Wesley. It's time we left.

33   WIDER ANGLE - TO INCLUDE BEVERLY

	moving to the turbolift which she is indicating to
	Wesley. He stands, disappointed that it's over. Picard
	sees this.

					PICARD
			Wesley... thanks for taking a turn
			at the controls.

					WESLEY
			Yes sir.

	That has changed everything. A bouyant Wesley leaves
	the bridge with his mother.

            STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87            24.

33   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Commander....

					RIKER
			"Commander?" That's quite
			formal...

					TROI
			So is this request, sir. We
			believe it would be preferable
			if the captain led this away
			party.

					DATA
			Agreed, sir. Their customs
			concerning guests make it much
			preferable.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			And I'm very much against it.
			Lutan is clearly a liar, and
			devious. Counselor Troi has
			admitted she believes him capable
			of killing. It is my duty to keep
			the captain out of danger, sir.

					DATA
			Except that Ligonian custom makes
			it clear that a visiting leader
			becomes an honored guest.
				(indicates)
			Not us, not second in command...
			him.

					TROI
			And the custom requires Lutan to
			die rather than violate that.

	Picard says nothing, waits for Riker to absorb all this.
	Then:

					RIKER
			Yes... it does sound reasonable
			put that way.
				(to Picard)
			I warn you, Captain... if you get
			hurt, I'll put you on report!

	This gets smiles from everyone.

            STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87            25.

34   EXT. LUTAN'S CENTERPLACE ON LIGON - ESTABLISHING
(OPTICAL)

	This enclosed, sanded area, walled in black, has an
	ascetic, Zen-garden feeling with a pebbled center
	enclosing a small, off-center fountain. A single,
	simple, brilliant banner identifies this an important
	place, and whatever design elements are visible reveal
	an interest in the abstract, perhaps a Mondrian-ish
	feeling. Two sentries are posted beside a doorway.
	Picard and Troi BEAM INTO SHOT. Lutan and Hagon come
	from inside the doorway and exchange the "empty hands"
	ritual greeting with Picard.

					LUTAN
			Welcome to my Centerplace, Captain
			Picard. Consider yourselves my
			honored guests.

					YAREENA (O.S.)
			Every hospitality will be accorded
			you.

	ADJUST ANGLE to include YAREENA, who has just joined
	them. She is petite by Ligonian standards and quite
	radiant, a woman of visible nobility and keen
	intelligence. Her only flaw being her passionate,
	unreasoning love for Lutan.

					LUTAN
			This is my First One, Yareena.

					PICARD
			Lutan is a fortunate man.

	She smiles graciously, but remains a bit behind him,
	according to custom.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			You've met Counselor Troi.

					LUTAN
			Yes.
				(to Picard)
			As on your vessel, you have only
			to name whatever courtesy we can
			provide.

					PICARD
			Then, sir... the courtesy of
			seeing Lieutenant Yar.

            STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87            26.

34   CONTINUED:

					LUTAN
			Lieutenant Yar will be returned
			to you tonight at a banquet I have
			arranged in your honor.

					PICARD
			I would like to see her now.

					LUTAN
				(thinks; then, to a
				 sentry)
			Bring Lieutenant Yar.
				(to Picard)
			I find it odd, Captain, that a
			man of your experience has such
			difficulty in understanding
			ordinary politeness.

					PICARD
			Such as saying "please" when
			abducting someone?

					LUTAN
			The expression "please" is used
			only when requesting the person
			back.

					PICARD
			Yours is a different world.

					LUTAN
			With clear and simple ways deeply
			rooted in our culture. If you
			are willing to ask for Lieutenant
			Yar's release tonight in front
			of all, honor will be satisfied.

					TROI
				(to Picard)
			One can see the importance of
			"honor" here.

					LUTAN
			Honor is everything.

	Picard and Troi exchange looks.

					HAGON
			There will be gifts for each of
			you, to absolve the abduction.

            STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87            27.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

	Tasha is brought to the doorway between four guards,
	with every sign she would break free at the slightest
	opportunity. One of the guards limps, a leg bandaged.
	When Tasha sees Picard she calms down.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant, have you been treated
			well?

					TASHA
			Fine, Captain...
				(indicates bandaged
				 guard; smiles)
			... but they're showing some signs
			of wear.

					YAREENA
			There isn't any need to be
			concerned, Captain. She's being
			well cared for.

	Picard looks Tasha over, then turns to Lutan.

					PICARD
			My ship's company and I are
			certain of your gentle wisdom in
			that.

	Lutan hesitates, takes another look at Picard. Then:

					LUTAN
			I thought for a moment I heard
			a threat implied.
				(shrugs)
			But that would be foolishness.

					PICARD
			Something to be carefully avoided
			I agree.

					LUTAN
			The festivities for her return
			to you are in preparation. Shall
			we retire until then?

	Lutan gestures to the guards, who move to take Tasha
	OFF, without resistance. CAMERA PUSHES IN on Picard as
	he replies and considers what is ahead.

					PICARD
			Until tonight, Lutan.

            STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87            28.

35   EXT. CENTERPLACE - ESTABLISHING - NIGHT

	Under a canopy, a juggler performs. Guests sit on floor
	mats or cushions. All carry hand-held, delicately
	carved ivory-like sticks which they tap together to
	signal applause or approval. Tables are low and food is
	plentiful. ESTABLISH Lutan and Yareena sitting on a
	slightly raised dais, with Hagon next to him on floor
	level, and Lutan's Supporters close around them. The
	juggler drops something and suddenly stops. He has
	committed an act of dishonor.

36   ANGLE ON PICARD AND TROI

	Picard and Troi scan the room, hoping to see Tasha. A
	sudden SCREAM from the direction where the juggler had
	performed.

37   FULL SHOT

	Picard and Troi whirl to look in that direction but
	their line of sight is quickly blocked by gift bearers
	who APPEAR, with Ligonian silks, works of precious
	metal, and fine large gems. Picard is troubled by what
	may have happened to the juggler but is distracted by
	the gift bearers making presentations. Then the room
	falls SILENT.

					LUTAN
			We present you gifts!

38   CLOSER SHOT

	as Tasha is escorted in to approving IVORY-TAPPING
	sounds from the Ligonians who face Lutan. Tasha is
	seated next to Lutan and Yareena on an empty cushion.
	She smiles at Picard and Troi. At FULL SILENCE Lutan
	turns and fixes his gaze on Picard. The moment has
	arrived. Picard rises and faces Lutan with great
	dignity.

					PICARD
			Lutan, you have granted us
			hospitality and the safety of your
			Centerplace. The gifts you give
			us are rare and precious. We
			thank you. In accordance with
			the customs of your ancestors,
			which I honor and respect, I am
			here in peace to ask for the
			return of Lieutenant Yar.

          STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/9/87          29.

38   CONTINUED:

	The Guests CHIME WILDLY now, nodding in enthusiastic
	approval. Yareena is especially proud and pleased.
	CAMERA TO LUTAN, who smiles and rises, CAMERA MOVING
	SLOWLY BACK.

					LUTAN
			Well spoken. There are some among
			my equals in this gathering who
			were wary of my approaching the
			Federation. I am proud to have
			taken this first step towards a
			treaty -- and proud we have
			something of great value to offer
			you -- a priceless life-giving
			vaccine.
				(beat)
			The abduction I have done
			according to our custom, for all
			to see.
				(great applause)
			Your conduct in this matter has
			been beyond exemplary, Captain
			Picard --
				(glances at Tasha)
			-- but now that the moment has
			come, I find I cannot part with
			her.

	A ripple of astonishment flows through the crowd in the
	room. Picard takes a step forward. Tension.

					PICARD
			You speak of a code of honor...
			but what you are now saying is
			called under our customs... an
			act of war.

					LUTAN
			No, no, Captain! You do not
			understand.

					PICARD
			Correct! I am now beyond
			understanding!

					LUTAN
			This is not an act of war, but
			of love. I want Lieutenant Yar
			to become my First One.

            STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87            30.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

	There is general astonishment. Yareena is as shocked
	and outraged as Picard and Troi. Hagon is also
	disturbed. Yareena jumps to her feet.

					YAREENA
			I challenge your right of
			supercedence!

	The Guests in the room are stunned.

					HAGON
				(at Yareena)
			No woman has challenged
			supercedence for over two-hundred
			years!

					YAREENA
			The right is mine -- and I will
			have it!
				(then to Tasha, furious)
			Natasha Yar -- I challenge you!
			A struggle to the death!

	ZOOM IN and PAN to include QUICK REACTION SHOTS from
	Tasha and Troi. Then, ZOOM BACK as Picard jumps to his
	feet.

					PICARD
				(strongly)
			NO! The challenge is
			unequivocally refused!

	There is a stunned SILENCE. Lutan rises to his feet,
	eyes blazing.

					LUTAN
			Then you shall have no treaty --
			no vaccine -- and no Lieutenant
			Yar!

39   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	It maintains orbit around Ligon.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			Ship's log, First Officer Riker
			reporting. We have been informed
			of the challenge to Lieutenant
			Yar...

         STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/15/87         31.

40   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - FEATURING SCIENCE AND TACTICAL

	Riker tours the stations checking readouts, while
	continuing his log. A FULL CREW is on station.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			... and are maintaining combat
			readiness round-the-clock. We
			are probing Lutan's compound
			deeply with our sensors now, still
			unnoticed.

41   INT. TASHA'S QUARTERS - NIGHT

	Tasha, doing exercises, straightens up as Picard and
	Troi ENTER SHOT. During the following scene Troi does
	nothing except listen intently. A Ligon Guard patrols.

					TASHA
			Captain. Deanna.

					PICARD
			Did you have any idea, Lieutenant,
			that Lutan would suddenly announce
			he wanted you for his First One?
			What do you know of this?

					TASHA
			Nothing, sir.

					TROI
				(as if to herself)
			But it was a thrill. Lutan is
			such... such a basic male image
			and having him say he wants you...

					TASHA
				(nods)
			Yes, of course it made me feel
			good...

	Then she becomes aware that Picard is watching this
	closely. She turns on Troi:

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			Troi! I'm your friend and you
			tricked me!

					TROI
			Only so you'll think about it
			completely and clearly.

          STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/9/87          32.

41   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Tasha)
			We're all being manipulated,
			Lieutenant, and most of all
			myself.

					TROI
				(scrutinizing Picard)
			How simple all this would be
			without the Prime Directive.

					PICARD
				(nods; half-amused)
			That thought has passed thorugh
			my mind, Counselor.

42   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE ON RIKER

	at the command position, looking toward his panel
	communications. The turbolift doors open, Beverly
	HURRIES onto the bridge.

					RIKER
			What's this message from Starbase
			Fourteen?

43   WIDER ANGLE

	Beverly hurries to indicate Riker's viewer.

					BEVERLY
			It's showing infection rates,
			percentage illness increases...
				(looks up)
			The plague on Styris IV has
			flared up out of control.

	Riker takes another moment to study the information
	received.

					RIKER
			Oh, no!

            STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87            33.

43   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(studying his own
				 viewer)
			They're estimating deaths in the
			millions, sir.

					RIKER
				(hits com control)
			Captain Picard, come in.

44   INT. TASHA'S QUARTERS - NIGHT

	The lighting in the room low, Troi trying to nap but
	with Tasha disturbing this.

					TASHA
			I know I could win. Not that I'd
			take her life, of course, but I'd
			be glad to embarrass her. The
			idea of accusing me...

	Interrupted by Picard ENTERING with guards still in
	b.g. Troi is immediately alert at the captain's
	presence.

					TROI
			The plague?

					PICARD
			If anything, worse than we heard.

					TASHA
			Which means they desperately need
			the vaccine, sir. And I know
			I can win this challenge...

					PICARD
			You do not have to prove anything
			here, Lieutenant.

					TROI
			But the vaccine is important in
			this case, sir... ?

					PICARD
			Counselor, I would consider you
			the last person to argue for
			Lieutenant Yar to accept that
			challenge.

            STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87            34.

44   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Betazoid blood is also practical,
			Captain.
				(indicates Tasha)
			The odds are very good she'd
			defeat Lutan's wife easily and
			you would win all the bargaining
			points you need.

					PICARD
			"The odds are... ?"

					TROI
			As you have pointed out yourself,
			we are all at risk every day of
			every mission.

	Picard gives her a searching look, glancing at
	Tasha.

					PICARD
			I'll want some explanations from
			Lutan.

					TROI
			But why not let him volunteer
			them, Captain? His needs for
			approval are immense. I'm sure
			if you found something you liked
			about him, he'd be anxious to
			agree with it.

					TASHA
				(laughs)
			Yes, he would indeed. He's almost
			crippled with needs, the poor
			handsome dear.

	Picard considers this, then EXITS.

45   INT. CENTERPLACE BANQUET AREA - NIGHT

	Lutan and Hagon are still in the empty Banquet Hall,
	talking and finishing a drink. Picard ENTERS.

					PICARD
			I should tell you I do admire the
			hospitality you offer here, Lutan.
			A pity you began by abducting my
			security officer.

         STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/10/87         35.

45   CONTINUED:

					LUTAN
			I am in the grip of forces you
			do not understand.

					PICARD
				(hesitates; nods)
			Some of it I do understand. She
			is a rather lovely female...

					LUTAN
			You surprise me, Captain. What
			do you know of needs and feelings?

					PICARD
			Nothing.
				(pretends to hesitate;
				 smiles)
			Well, almost nothing in my
			position of ship's captain.

					HAGON
				(chuckles)
			Aha, I see.

					PICARD
				(smiles now)
			But it puzzles me; if you feel that
			way about Tasha, why have you
			challenged her to a fight to the
			death?

					LUTAN
			Not I, Yareena! I am merely a
			spectator.

					PICARD
			But you are also a man of great
			importance and wealth.

					HAGON
			Great importance, perhaps...

	Lutan has tried to stop what Hagon has said, but moves
	too slowly. Picard then chuckles.

					PICARD
			Aha, I see. Then you too
			understand the proper value of
			women?

         STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/10/87         36.

45   CONTINUED: (2)

					LUTAN
			We understand they are highly
			pleasant things... but after all,
			unimportant, except for the land
			they own.

					PICARD
			You're a truly clever person,
			Lutan. You have nothing to lose
			either way the challenge goes.

46   CLOSER TWO SHOT

	as Lutan smiles.

					LUTAN
			A code of honor, Captain, protects
			one like a magic cloak.

					PICARD
				(a long pause; then)
			I will order Lieutenant Yar to
			fight.
				(rises)
			And may your cloak bring you all
			you deserve, Lutan.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

            STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87            37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

47   INT. ENTERPRISE - GEORDI'S QUARTERS

	Geordi is standing alone in his room, his glasses on
	a table. Without his VISOR his eyes are dead grey.
	He holds a glowing 2-inch blue cube in his hand which
	he moves up, down and across his face an inch or so away
	from the skin. He is shaving. There is a CHIME from
	his door.

					GEORDI
			Come in.

	Data ENTERS, stops short as he sees the razor Geordi
	is using.

					DATA
			Why that razor, my friend? Why
			not the one I adjusted into
			perfect efficiency?

					GEORDI
			Shaving is a human art form, Data.
			Technological perfection can shave
			too close.

					DATA
			Puzzling. How can anything be
			too efficient?

					GEORDI
			Tens of thousands of things. Maybe
			hundreds.

					DATA
				(puzzles over it; then)
			We always go back to the human
			equation.

					GEORDI
			Exactly. Have you kept working
			on it?

					DATA
			Constantly, my friend.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/9/87          38.

47   CONTINUED:

					DATA (Cont'd)
				(nods)
			Particularly human humor. For
			example, a man goes to a store
			to buy some kidneys. He says to
			the shopkeeper, "I'd like a pound
			of kiddillies, please." The
			shopkeeper says to him, "You mean
			kidneys, don't you?" The man
			says, "I said kiddillies, diddle
			I?"

	Long silence.

					GEORDI
			It's too old. And you didn't tell
			it very well.

					DATA
			... How do you know when
			something's funny?

					GEORDI
			It's not explainable. You just
			do.

					DATA
			Perhaps it is you, Geordi.
			Includling the kiddillies, I've
			learned six hundred sixty-two
			jokes, and you haven't...

	Data stops, realizing Geordi is laughing.

					GEORDI
				(still chuckling)
			"Includling the kiddillies!" Now
			that's funny.

					DATA
			It was not meant as a joke!
			The tongue slipped!

	Geordi CHUCKLES even more at this. He puts away his
	razor, begins to fit his VISOR in place.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Commander Data,
			Lieutenant La Forge. Report to
			the Transporter Room for away
			party duty.

	Both men move out quickly.

         STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/15/87         39.

48   INT. WEAPONS ROOM ON LIGON - DAY (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Troi are examining weapons exhibited in the
	room. Unusual looking pikes, daggers, spiked gloves,
	unusual looking blast guns, nets, scythes, all bizarre
	and unfamiliar types.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			First officer to captain. Ready
			with the away personnel.

					PICARD
				(touches insignia)
			Lock in on this location.

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF'S COM VOICE
			Transporter locked in, sir.

					PICARD
			Energize!

	A short delay, then Data and Geordi BEAM IN. Data
	carries a large tricorder.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			You've both seen the message about
			the plague?

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			And how badly the vaccine is
			needed. Yes sir.

					PICARD
			We need to know as much as
			possible about Ligonian arms and
			armaments. Data, especially
			important will be an analysis of
			their combat capabilities.
			Geordi, concentrate on their
			cutting edges where applicable,
			durability, composition,
			weaknesses of material.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

					DATA
			From any particular point of view,
			sir?

					TROI
			From the perspective of Lieutenant
			Yar's using them in combat with
			Lutan's wife.

            STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87            40.

48   CONTINUED:

	Geordi is stunned; Data is curious.

					GEORDI
			Are you...
				(begins again)
			You, you're serious, I can see
			that.

					DATA
			Most interesting.
				(to Geordi)
			Could this be human joke number
			six hundred sixty-three?

					GEORDI
			Negative, Data! It's a captain's
			order!

					DATA
			Which makes it important to
			know...
				(indicates)
			... which of these weapons are to
			be used.

					PICARD
			That fact isn't known until the
			combat begins.

	Data and Geordi turn to the weapons to begin examining
	them. Picard turns toward the exit with Troi, then
	stops and turns back to Data.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			You're right, Data. It does sound
			like a joke. With the power of
			the Enterprise, we could overwhelm
			this place easily. Take what we
			want.

					DATA
			I may not understand human humor,
			sir, but I am a Starfleet Academy
			graduate.

					PICARD
			Which means, of course...

					DATA
			... understanding the Prime
			Directive, sir.

         STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/15/87         41.

48   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Which is, unfortunately, what this
			is about. By our standards, the
			customs here and code of honor
			are the same kind of pompous,
			strutting charades that endangered
			our own species a few centuries
			ago. We evolved out of it because
			no one else imposed their own...
				(stops; shakes head
				 ruefully)
			Sorry, that became a speech.

					TROI
			You're the captain, sir. You're
			entitled...

					PICARD
				(smiles)
			I am not entitled to bore you with
			what you already know. Carry on!

	The others have returned his smile as he and Troi EXIT.

49   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Ligon.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			Ship's log, Commander William
			Riker reporting. Stardate
			41235.4.

50   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker walks past the rear readouts, taking a moment to
	study them.

					RIKER (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Continuing our appraisal of
			Ligonian technology. The Captain
			has made it clear...


         STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/15/87         42.

50   CONTINUED:

					RIKER (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... he wants Lieutenant Yar beamed
			immediately to safety if her life
			should become endangered... and
			I fervently hope the rules of that
			contest make it possible.

					RIKER
			Riker to Transporter Room. Do you
			have our people on the sensors yet?

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF (V.O.)
			Their general area, sir. Visual on
			screen now.

	Riker presses a button on a nearby console and looks.

51   OMITTED

52   CLOSE ON COMPUTER SCREEN (INSERT) (OPTICAL)

	The screen lists every name in the away party.
	Alongside each name triangulation coordinates APPEAR.
	They change as those who move change location.

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			As you see, we're still doing some
			fine tuning.

53   INT. TASHA'S QUARTERS - NIGHT

	Tasha is alone as Yareena ENTERS.

					YAREENA
			I agreed to this meeting, but I
			see no point to it. You have
			accepted the challenge; there is
			nothing further to say.

					TASHA
			I think you should know that there
			is no physical training anywhere
			that matches Starfleet, especially
			its security people.

          STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/7/87          43.

53   CONTINUED:

					YAREENA
			And you should know that even
			though these contests are rare,
			we have a tradition of making
			ourselves capable of them.

					TASHA
			Yareena, my acceptance had nothing
			to do with Lutan.

					YAREENA
			It has everything to do with
			Lutan. Lutan wants you to be his
			First One.

					TASHA
			Impossible, Yareena. I am a career
			Starfleet officer...

					YAREENA
			How could you not love him? Every
			woman loves him!

					TASHA
			Yareena, I fight for the
			vaccine... That's the truth.

					YAREENA
			The truth is I will kill you if
			I can. And believe me, I can.
			There is nothing else to say.

					TASHA
			In my world it's a greater honor
			to refuse to ...

					YAREENA
				(interrupting)
			You are on our world!

	Yareena whirls, EXITS.

54   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS - NIGHT

	The room is similar to Tasha's, but less elegant and
	much smaller. Picard paces.

					TROI
			Captain, I'm your counselor. You
			brought me with you to Ligon to
			be of help.

         STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/10/87         44.

54   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Then help me, please. What is
			a way out of this?

					TROI
			With the vaccine?
				(shakes head)
			None. Not under the rules we
			believe in.

	There is a KNOCK. A Guard opens the door to admit Data
	and Geordi.

					GEORDI
			The weapons in that room are
			surprisingly durable and
			flexible... and deadly.

					DATA
			And light, as if they're made for
			women to use.

					GEORDI
			Some of them still have traces
			of blood -- and poison.

					PICARD
				(reacting)
			Poison?

					GEORDI
			Alkaloid base. Deadly.

					DATA
			But we found no indication it is
			invariably used, sir. Or ever,
			in contests like this.

					PICARD
			A theory, Data. What would be
			the best defense against weapons
			like these?

					DATA
			Undiminished attack because of
			the possibility of poison, sir.

					PICARD
			What about those lengths of metal
			in the yard outside?

            STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87            45.

54   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Uncertain, sir. However, joined
			together they would make a
			rectangle or square enclosing one
			hundred twenty-one square meters.
			If put end-to-end vertically,
			they would make a pole forty-four
			meters high, or two of twenty-two
			meters, or...

					PICARD
			Thank you, Data.

					DATA
			You are welcome, sir.

	A KNOCK on the door. Tasha is ushered in by the guard.

					TASHA
			She won't budge. She loves him
			-- without reservation.
				(to them all)
			And she thinks I love him too.

					DATA
			Most interesting. Do you?

					TASHA
			Of course I don't, Data! As Troi
			pointed out to me, I'm attracted
			to him but that is entirely
			different.

					DATA
			How so?

	Picard is becoming amused at this.

					PICARD
			I'll agree it is puzzling, Data,
			but since it involves Tasha's very
			intimate and personal...

					TASHA
			It involves nothing I'm ashamed
			of!
				(to Data)
			In fact, you may discover that
			the very worst move of your life
			was when you threw in with flesh
			and blood humans.

          STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/9/87          46.

54   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
				(nodding gravely)
			But certainly the most
			interesting.

					TASHA
			Interesting? Data, I grew up on
			a failed colony, completely
			lawless, mad, where people took
			what they wanted. This meant
			males for the reason they're
			bigger, stronger...
				(to Troi)
			And that's why I chose Starfleet
			security, I guess.

					TROI
				(nods)
			For reasons you should be very
			proud of.

					TASHA
				(to Data)
			Those were my early interests...
			strength, daring, dominant
			males... and that's why Lutan
			attracts me. To me, he's like
			a Federation Olympic Games hero.
			But do I want to become his
			so-called "First One," marry him?
			That would be nonsense!

55   ANGLE EMPHASIZING PICARD

	A pause, then Picard draws himself up into a pose
	resembling Data, and:

					PICARD
			Most interesting.

					DATA
				(turning, nodding)
			Ah! You feel that also!

	Smiles from all present. Picard now turns to Tasha,
	very serious.

					PICARD
			And having laid all that out,
			Lieut...
				(corrects self)
			Tasha... we come to a most serious
			question...

          STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/8/87          47.

55   CONTINUED:

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to captain.

	Picard touches his insignia.

					PICARD
			Go ahead. We're alone.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			We're fine tuned enough to see
			your hosts gathering in the open
			area outside with a number of them
			now headed for your location.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Number One.
				(turning to Tasha)
			I was about to ask if considering
			that background, your apprehension
			by Lutan, all of that... do you
			still feel ready to undergo this
			challenge? Do you judge your
			condition good?

	From the door a LOUD KNOCK.

					TASHA
			I judge it excellent, sir.

	Another KNOCK, insistent. Picard nods to Geordi who
	opens the door. It REVEALS Hagon with TWO GUARDS who
	carry two lacquered boxes each. The four boxes (the
	SIZE OF HAT-BOXES) are labeled one through four by
	ornate dot patterns. The boxes are placed on a low table.

					HAGON
			Your weapons, Lieutenant Yar.
			You may pick your size.

	They EXIT. Tasha goes slowly to the boxes, and opens
	first one and then the others. She picks one glavin up
	and holds it for the others to see. They look at it
	with awe. It is a gauntlet-length oversized glove, the
	bulbous and almost basketball size. On the inside of
	the wrist a down-curved claw projects. Out of the glove
	itself stick a profusion of slender eight-inch long
	needles, as if from a porcupine. A thin transparent
	shield covers them. Tasha removes the cover.

56   CLOSE SHOT - THE GLAVIN IN TASHA'S HANDS

	revealing the above details, but without any poison
	demarcation.

              STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/9/87              48.

56   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI (V.O.)
			Don't touch the spines! They're
			poisoned.

57   OMITTED

58   BACK TO SHOT

	Tasha looks at the glavin carefully, hefts it, touches
	it, estimating it. Geordi comes over and looks at it
	with her.

					GEORDI
			If you're not careful you could
			kill yourself.

					TASHA
				(looks at spines; shakes
				 head)
			These I understand.

	From outside, they HEAR a metallic CLANGING. They stop,
	and go to the window.

59   THEIR POV OUTSIDE - NIGHT

	Outside, in the CENTERPLACE, the sharpened lengths of
	steel have been vertically attached within a multi-level
	rectangle. A number of these poles have horizontal
	segments connecting them. Yareena, wearing workout
	clothing, is maneuvering quickly from level to level,
	carefully avoiding the sharpened spikes. She wears the
	glavin on her left hand only, and uses the claw to give
	her leverage while swinging over and under the
	horizontal bars. It's obvious, as she climbs and jabs
	and slashes out, that she's very good at this. She
	never makes a mistake; the projecting needles never
	touch a pole, and she never makes a misstep. Below her,
	eight metallic objects outline the boundary of the
	arena. Between each of these, perhaps twenty inches off
	the ground, a brilliant green LIGHT BEAM defines the
	outer limit of the rectangle. As a workman puts the
	finishing touches on this apparatus, four additional
	green LIGHT BEAMS suddenly appear, emanating straight
	upward, from the four corners of the centermost section.
	To check them, he interrupts one of the beams with a
	stick of wood. It SIZZLES and begins to BURN.

              STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/9/87             48A.

60   BACK TO SHOT

	They look at one another.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

              STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/7/87              49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

61   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The starship steady in her orbit.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First Officer's log, supplemental.
			Captain Picard, faced with a
			critical need for a vaccine
			produced on this planet...

62   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ESTABLISHING, THEN PANNING RIKER

	during which, he leaves his command position, CROSSES
	toward the turbolift. A crewman is at Conn, rear
	stations are manned.

					RIKER (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... has permitted Lieutenant
			Natasha Yar to engage in a fight
			to the death. I have yet to
			understand his reasoning or his
			plan.

	Reaching the turbolift, Riker discovers Wesley standing
	half out of sight inside -- off the bridge. He stops;
	they eye each other. Then, gesturing:

					RIKER
			Care to lend a hand?

					WESLEY
			Yes sir!

	He bounds onto the Bridge as Riker EXITS by Turbolift.

63   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	as Data BEAMS IN. When fully arrived he turns to the
	Transporter Chief who is monitoring his viewer...

					DATA
			Was I seen leaving?

              STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/10/87             50.

63   CONTINUED:

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF
				(shakes head)
			They've got eyes only for the
			program.

	Riker ENTERS, Data nods at him. Then he includes
	Transporter Chief, saying:

					DATA
			Captain Picard wanted no risk of
			our communications being
			overheard. You're to proceed now,
			as he indicated.

	Beverly Crusher ENTERS over the last of this. She
	carries a medical tricorder and a couple of instruments
	including a contact hypo. She indicates these to Riker.

					BEVERLY
			Captain's orders here, too.

					RIKER
				(to Data)
			Does the Captain understand what
			you and Geordi reported about
			those weapons? They're razor
			sharp, split-second lethal...

					DATA
				(nods)
			I am here to brief you on what he
			plans.

64   INT. CENTERPLACE - NIGHT

	The Centerplace is alive with a gathering group of
	official spectators, who are seating themselves around
	Lutan and Hagon. Picard, Troi, Geordi, followed by
	Tasha and a guard, ENTER SHOT. Tasha wears the
	glavin with its protective covering. We begin to HEAR
	A RATTLE of ivory-like sticks from the Spectators.

					TASHA
				(to Picard)
			Any last minute instructions, sir?

              STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/10/87             51.

64   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(nods; then)
			Stay alive. We'll hope to do the
			rest.

65   ANGLE TO INCLUDE YAREENA

	as she ENTERS with a Female Aide. LOUDER LIGONIAN
	RATTLING. A Guard motions Yareena and Tasha into the
	combat area. A worker prepares to activate the
	light-beam boundary. When it's quiet, Hagon rises
	and addresses the gathering.

					HAGON
			I speak for Lutan. The rules are
			known; let combat continue until
			there is a victor. It will not
			be interrupted.
				(looks at combatants)
			Proceed.

	Again a RATTLING OF STICKS as Tasha and Yareena ENTER
	the structure at opposite sides. The worker ACTIVATES
	the LIGHT-BEAM boundary. Then SILENCE from the
	Spectators as Tasha and Yareena immediately begin
	working their way through the structure.

66   CLOSER ON THE COMBAT - NIGHT - (INTERCUT WITH
SPECTATOR REACTION)

	Tasha goes quickly for the center to defend from there,
	not sure exactly what to expect. Yareena, very sure of
	herself, climbs with agility. The glavin never gets too
	near her body. The glavins CLANG as each of the women
	climbs.

67   CLOSE ON YAREENA

	Her eyes bright, her expression cold. She appears to
	always figure at least one move ahead.

68   CLOSE ON TASHA

	learning as she goes. She makes her moves without
	flare, steadily and carefully feeling her way. At the
	moment, it looks as if she's no match for Yareena.

              STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/9/87              52.

69   ON THEM BOTH - COMBAT SQUARE ONLY

	Yareena suddenly speeds up, agily climbing higher than
	Tasha. Gracefully, she also circles to get behind her.
	Tasha turns barely quickly enough to defend herself.
	Stopping, darting away, and coming from unexpected
	angles, Yareena forces Tasha to change position. Tasha
	at first clambers horizontally, then, aware of what's
	happening, climbs higher to get away from her, but can't
	do it without turning her back.

	Yareena jabs out at her, managing to drive and corner
	her on the highest level of the arena. Again she jabs
	with her glavin, just missing. There's a GASP from the
	audience. Yareena inches closer, leaning out and
	continuing to jab.

70   ANGLE ON LUTAN

	Not at all as unconcerned as he indicates to Picard.

71   CLOSE ON TASHA

	Tasha folds her arms and dives beneath the horizontal
	pole, landing on her feet -- but loses her balance, and
	falls within the innermost section.

72   BACK TO SHOT

	Instantly, Yareena climbs toward her for the kill. As
	she raises her glavin to strike the final blow, her arm
	extends too far back, causing a metallic section of the
	glavin to brush against one of the brightly glowing
	vertical LIGHT BEAMS. This results in a shower of
	SPARKS and a reactive force so strong that it throws
	Yareena's arm forward with such speed that the glavin
	is hurled out of the arena and into the first row of
	spectators.

73   ANGLE ON LUTAN

	Lutan rises, shouting.

					LUTAN
			Combatants, hold your positions!
				(he turns to a guard)
			Return the weapon!

              STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/9/87              53.

73   CONTINUED:

	Yareena and Tasha remain stationary as a smiling
	spectator, into whose lap the glavin has fallen,
	gingerly hands it to the guard. His smile quickly turns
	to a grimace of horror as he notices a thin line of
	blood on his thigh. His face contorts as the poison
	instantly takes effect. As the glavin is carefully
	returned to Yareena, WE SEE two sentries removing the
	spectator's body.

74   CLOSE ON THEM BOTH

	With Yareena re-armed, Tasha aggressively advances
	toward her.

75   ANGLE ON HAGON

	Very concerned now.

					HAGON
			Yareena! Careful!

76   ANGLE ON ARENA

	Tasha moves rapidly to the outside, drawing Yareena up
	to follow her, then simulates losing her balance and
	fake-falls, flailing, toward the ground. She appears to
	be caught on the lower rungs without being able to free
	herself. Yareena drops deftly to her feet alongside
	her, stands over her and is about to shove the deadly
	spines of the glavin into her when Tasha kicks out with
	her foot, catching Yareena's leg. Yareena stumbles.
	Tasha gets to her feet and hurls herself at Yareena,
	getting on top of her. Her claw grazes Yareena's
	shoulder, ripping her garment and causing blood to flow.

                 STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87                54.

77   ANGLE EMPHASIZING YAREENA

	staring in horror at the thin TRAIL of blood. She
	starts slowly to rise up. The spectators gasp, waiting
	for Yareena to die.

78   ANGLE EMPHASIZING TASHA (OPTICAL)

	as she suddenly throws herself bodily across Yareena
	and both of them begin to SHIMMER -- and then are BEAMED
	AWAY.

79   FULL SHOT

	The crowd rises to its feet in surprise, then anger and
	SHOUTING. They begin to throw their ivory-like sticks
	toward the arena, then at our Away Party which quickly
	moves to one side, standing close.

80   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Security -- and Beverly, Data, and Riker -- are waiting
	as the supine bodies of Tasha and Yareena appear on the
	transporter pads.

					RIKER
			Move!

	Tasha rises as security people grab Yareena and very
	carefully remove her glavin. She appears to be almost
	dead -- perhaps completely so. Tasha removes her own.
	Beverly moves forward to administer a hypo to Yareena.

					TASHA
			We're too late; she's growing
			cold.

					BEVERLY
			Sorry that clashes with my
			instructions...

	The hypo administered, Beverly begins monitoring Yareena
	on the medical tricorder.

81   CLOSE ON YAREENA

	Not a pretty angle since she indeed looks dead.

82   CLOSE ON TASHA

	Horror stricken at what she has done.

                 STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87                55.

82   CONTINUED:

					TASHA
			On no, no...

83   INT. CENTERPLACE - EMPHASIZING PICARD AND LUTAN

	with Troi, Geordi and Hagon looking on. Still angry
	spectators in b.g.

					PICARD
			Exactly what do you find unfair,
			Lutan? They fought to the death;
			you saw the final blow; you know
			the effects of your poison...

					LUTAN
			But what of your Lieutenant Yar?
			She is to become my First One now.

					PICARD
			I certainly won't stop her -- if
			she cares to claim that honor.

	Lutan looks closely at Picard, beginning to realize that
	Tasha may not want to be his First One. Hagon moves
	in, comforting:

					HAGON
			But remember, you now have all
			Yareena's lands and wealth, Lutan.

					LUTAN
				(with a wry smile at
				 Hagon)
			At least, all has not been lost.

	Over which we have HEARD the COMMUNICATOR SOUND, and
	Picard touches his insignia.

					PICARD
			Picard here.

	This amazes Lutan and Hagon too -- it is the first
	they've known of this communication system.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Since you've fulfilled your
			agreement, Captain, can we now
			beam the vaccine aboard?

					LUTAN
			Ah, yes... of course.

              STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/10/87             56.

83   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			No problem, Number One. Send down
			someone from medical.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			And to complete our business here,
			we are locked onto you.

					PICARD
			Five to beam up. Energize.

	This startles Lutan and Hagon. They are in the act of
	protesting as the TRANSPORTER EFFECT begins.

84   EXT. SPACE - ORBITAL ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The starship Enterprise.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First Officer's log, Stardate
			41235.6. I am returning the conn
			to Captain Picard...

85   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - FULL SHOT

	Riker still at Command Center as:

					RIKER (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... as we begin loading the vaccine
			supply aboard. Shortly, we hope
			to signal "mission complete."

	During which Picard, Lutan, Hagon and Troi ENTER from
	a turbolift. Riker sees them, rises, and indicates in
	the proper direction. Wesley makes himself small in
	the bridge position he occupies.

					RIKER
			Welcome back, Captain, and you're
			wanted in the lounge.

					PICARD
				(to his guests)
			This way, gentlemen.

	They MOVE ON as indicated. Troi remains on the
	bridge.

86   INT. LOUNGE - ANGLE ON SIDE OF DOORS

	as they OPEN, REVEALING Picard with Lutan and
	Hagon who react in surprise at what they see inside.

                 STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87                57.

87   WIDE ANGLE - EMPHASIZING LOUNGE OCCUPANTS

	which are Tasha, Beverly... and Yareena, looking very
	alive. On the table there is the fateful glavin,
	medical tricorder and instruments. Accepting what he
	sees, Lutan reacts angrily.

					LUTAN
			She is not dead! There was no
			death combat; you have violated
			our agreement. There will be no
			treaty, no vaccine... !

					PICARD
			The challenge was carried out.
			She died, Lutan.

					LUTAN
			There was no challenge! She is
			alive.

	Beverly picks up the glavin, moves to Lutan, holding
	it very close to him.

					BEVERLY
			I am a physician and saw her die.
			If you doubt this poison, why not
			test it on yourself?

	Lutan has flinched away from it. Picard moves in.

					PICARD
			Lutan, we can provide you with
			the medical records to prove her
			death and how Doctor Crusher
			brought her back.

	Yareena is enjoying this as she makes eye contact with
	Tasha who nods approvingly.

					YAREENA
			And at the instant of death,
			Lutan, a mating agreement
			dissolves.

	Yareena moves toward Lutan.

					LUTAN
			But this is witchcraft, Yareena.
			To discard a mate in that
			manner...

					YAREENA
			... is less painful than the one
			you selected for me.

              STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - REV. 7/10/87             58.

87   CONTINUED:

	She reaches out and takes the ornate red-stone necklace
	from his neck.

					LUTAN
			No, Yareena...

	But he stands unresistingly as she turns with it, faces
	Hagon.

					YAREENA
			Even as I battled, Hagon, I heard
			you calling out for me.

	She raises the necklace. Hagon nods.

					HAGON
			Be my First One, Yareena.

	She places it around his neck.

					YAREENA
			All my land, all my goods, all
			I have... is yours to rule.

	A low SOB from Tasha, drawing startled looks from Picard.

					TASHA
			That's so beautiful.
				(to Lutan)
			And so sad for you. You've lost
			everything.

					LUTAN
			I have my honor.

	And it is true that Lutan still has his head held
	proudly high. Tasha looks at him, then to Yareena.

					TASHA
			It's such a... a waste!

					YAREENA
			Do you want him?

	Tasha is startled, looks to the Captain, then back.

					TASHA
			No, there would be...
			complications.

                 STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87                59.

87   CONTINUED: (2)

					YAREENA
				(to Lutan)
			Then I will have you as my Number
			Two.
				(indicates)
			Take your place accordingly.

	Lutan moves to stand slightly behind Hagon.

					HAGON
			As you see, Captain, you may excel
			in technology... but not in
			civilized behavior.

88   EXT. SPACE - THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	still in orbit of Ligon II.

89   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Fully manned... in fact, too fully. Picard ENTERS,
	then senses something awry. He looks around, puzzled at
	this. Then he looks toward the Ops station where
	Wesley has been hoping to pass unnoticed.

					PICARD
			What the... !
				(starts again)
			Ah yes, Wesley.

					RIKER
				(overlap)
			Wesley!
				(quickly to Picard)
			He'd been manning that station
			for me. I forgot.

	Wesley has come up out of the seat, looking apprehensive
	as he stands somewhat at attention.

					PICARD
			Well!
				(beat)
			Thank you again for manning one
			of our bridge stations. We'll
			see you get another chance.

					WESLEY
			Yes sir!

	Again, those words are an elixir which sends Wesley
	happily on his way.

                 STAR TREK: "Code of Honor" - 7/2/87                60.

89   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			What's the delay, Number One?
			Why aren't we warping out of here?

					RIKER
			Set course for Styris IV, Warp
			three.

					GEORDI
			Course laid in for Styris IV, sir.

					RIKER
			Engage!

90   EXT. SPACE - THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving off from Ligon II, then WARP SPEED OPTICAL.

									FADE OUT.

                         END ACT FIVE                           

                            THE END                             








                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 

                            "Haven" 
                  (fka "Eye of The Beholder") 
                          #40271-105 

                          Teleplay by 
                          Tracy Torme 

                           Story by 
                          Tracy Torme 
                              and 
                           Lan O'Kun 


Copyright 1987 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved.

This script is not for publication or reproduction. No one
is authorized to dispose of same. If lost or destroyed,
please notify the Script Department.


                     REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                       JULY 13, 1987

              STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                            "Haven" 

                             CAST 

                PICARD             TRANSPORTER CHIEF
                RIKER              TWO BEAUTIFUL WOMEN (SILENT)
                DATA               DATA
                TROI               FACE ON GIFT-BOX
                BEVERLY            MRS. LWAXANA TROI
                TASHA              VICTORIA MILLER
                WORF               STEVEN MILLER
                GEORDI             WYATT MILLER
                                   MR. HOMN
                                   VALEDA INNIS
                                   WRENN
                                   ARIANA

              STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                            "Haven" 

                             SETS 

             INTERIORS                EXTERIORS
          
             ENTERPRISE               U.S.S. Enterprise
               Main Bridge            Tarellian Ship
               Riker's Cabin
               Transporter Room
               Ready Room
               Corridor
                (outside Transporter Room)
               Turbolift
          
               Mrs. Troi's Quarters
               Wyatt's Quarters
               Conference Room
               Formal Dining Area
               Holodeck (Desert Landscape)
               Sickbay
          
             TARELLIAN SHIP
               Main Bridge

                STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - TEASER                  

                    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                     
                               "HAVEN"                                 
                               TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - STARSHIP (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise sweeps toward a beautiful blue-green
	planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 41294.5.
			Our destination, the Class M Beta
			Cassius planet known simply as
			Haven. It is a world...

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	PICARD sits alone in the Command Area. GEORDI is at the
	Conn, WORF mans Ops, DATA's at Science Station #1.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... so renowned for its peaceful
			beauty that some believe it to
			have mystical healing powers.

3    OMITTED

4    ANGLE ON PICARD

	He's lost in thought as he looks up at the viewscreen.

					PICARD
			Such a beautiful world. Legends
			say it has been known to mend
			souls and heal broken hearts.

5    TWO SHOT - DATA AND PICARD

	As Data looks up, considers Picard's statement.

					DATA
			Legends which are totally
			unsupported by fact, Captain.

            STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - TEASER            2.

5    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Legends like that are the spice
			of the universe, Mister Data,
			because they have a way of
			sometimes coming true.

					DATA
			They have intrinsic value
			regardless of the facts, sir?

					PICARD
			Facts are not everything, Mister
			Data.

					DATA
				(startled by the
				 thought)
			Indeed, sir.

	Picard nods. Data seems to be trying to add this
	blasphemous concept to his voluminous memory.
	Meanwhile, Picard addresses the Conn.

					PICARD
			Standard orbit, Mister La Forge.

					GEORDI
			Standard orbit, sir.

6    EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise eases into orbit.

7    INT. RIKER'S CABIN (OPTICAL)

	CLOSE ON TWO BEAUTIFUL WOMEN working delicate harp
	instruments. These players radiate a warm sensuality.
	Their "harps" sound more like mandolins and pedal steel
	guitars.

8
thru	OMITTED
9

10   ANGLE ON RIKER

	leaning back, fully enjoying this, until:

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			Lieutenant Yar to Commander Riker.
			Your presence is requested in
			Transporter Room One.


            STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - TEASER            3.

10   CONTINUED:

	Riker sighs good-naturedly and gets to his feet. The
	SONG IS SOARING in the b.g.

					RIKER
			Sorry ladies. Duty calls.

11   ON RIKER AND THE WOMEN (OPTICAL)

	For the first time, WE SEE that the Musicians are only
	two feet tall. As he EXITS, Riker hits a switch and
	the Songstresses DISAPPEAR.

12   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM ONE

	Riker ENTERS, joining TASHA, GEORDI, and a TRANSPORTER
	CHIEF.

					RIKER
			Lieutenant, you needed me?

					TASHA
			Yes sir. There's an object of some
			kind beaming in from Haven.

					RIKER
			What is it?

					TASHA
			We're not sure. I'm holding it
			in stasis until we can register
			its exact nature. It's listed
			as a gift for Counselor Troi.

					RIKER
			For Deanna? From here?

					TASHA
			That's what I wondered about.
			She's on her way now.

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF
				(indicating his viewer)
			Surface Station approval coming
			in now, Lieutenant.

					TASHA
			Okay, let's bring it in.

            STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - TEASER            4.

13   ANGLE ON TRANSPORTER (OPTICAL)

	The object is beamed aboard. WE SEE the surprised faces
	of those in the room as a big black chest rests on the
	transporter pad. Its design is somewhat old-fashioned
	except for A ROUND SLEEPING HUMAN FACE ON ITS SIDE.
	The chest is seamless and featureless except for the
	slumbering Face. They circle it, looking for a way of
	opening it.

					RIKER
			Odd looking. Why would one of
			our people be getting a gift from
			this world?

	Anxious to solve this mystery, Tasha moves in for a
	closer look at the Face.

14   FULL SHOT - INCLUDING FACE (OPTICAL)

	Troi ENTERS the room, surprised to see them huddled at a
	chest.

					TROI
			What's going on?

	Tasha gasps as the Face's eyes pop open. The Face
	has come alive! Two bright red eyes scan the scene,
	stopping only when they fall on Troi. All eyes turn
	to Troi, who's as surprised as anyone.

					FACE
				(deep, booming voice)
			I hold a message for Deanna Troi!

	The Face grins wildly -- it seems overjoyed with the
	news it is about to reveal.

					FACE
				(continuing)
			Lwaxana Troi and the honorable
			Miller Family will soon arrive!
			The momentous day is close at
			hand! Rejoice!

	The Face then abruptly SIGHS and goes back to sleep.

					TROI
			No, oh NO... !

            STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - TEASER            5.

14   CONTINUED:

	Everyone turns to look at Troi, who is stunned and mute.
	There is an another silence... but nothing happens until
	Troi moves slowly to the chest and kneels close to
	examine the Face. THE CHEST SUDDENLY GOES BANG. A door
	flies open and dozens of brightly-colored gems and
	trinkets spill out. The astonished onlookers get a
	closer look at the items. Troi picks up a necklace
	made of red Betazoid jewels (like the ones she wears in
	her hair).

					TROI
				(continuing)
			I don't believe this!

					RIKER
			Counselor, what's this all about?

					TROI
				(softly; slowly)
			They're bonding gifts...
				(pause)
			... what you would call...
			wedding presents.

					RIKER
			Wedding presents? What wedding?
			Who's getting married?

	Troi slowly turns to look him in the eye.

					TROI
				(in shock)
			I am.

	Riker stares at her, immobilized.
									FADE OUT:

                         END OF TEASER                          

           STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT ONE           6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

15   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise orbits Haven.

16   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard and Riker are with Troi. Riker is naturally
	perturbed; this is a woman he's loved although without
	any commitment being made. Picard is sorry to lose this
	top quality counselor and he's curious over how it
	happened -- and also curious about the effect of this
	upon these key officers.

					TROI
			I was certain it would never
			happen, Captain. The years I'd
			spend on this mission, the
			distance it has taken me away
			from home...
				(a deep breath)
			As you must have heard, genetic
			bonding is a Betazoid tradition.

					RIKER
			But your father was human, Deanna.
			The Millers are human...

					TROI
			You'd understand if you knew the
			loveliness of my world. The
			Millers and my father knew it,
			they loved Betazed so that
			they adopted the customs and
			traditions, including this one.

	A hesitation, then Picard breaks in:

					PICARD
			Will you and your husband be
			staying with the ship, Counselor?

	Her eyes go first to Riker in a way indicating her
	answer has much to do with him. Then she answers the
	captain:

					TROI
			No, sir.

           STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT ONE           7.

16   CONTINUED:

	Picard sees this, decides it is time to leave them
	alone.

					PICARD
			Then... I'll just say
			congratulations for now, Deanna.
				(including Riker)
			If you'll excuse me.

	Riker and Troi nod and MUMBLE a kind of assent, their
	eyes very much on each other now. Picard EXITS. CAMERA
	MOVES IN ON THE TWOSOME who stand uncomfortably eyeing
	each other. Then:

					TROI
			Bill ... more than anything else
			in the world ... anything ... you
			want to be a starship captain.
			True?

					RIKER
				(beat)
			I love you, Deanna.

					TROI
			I can feel that.
				(nods; small smile)
			I know you love me... within those
			limits.
				(touches him)
			So almost more than anything else
			in the world, I want to honor my
			father's memory with this bonding.

	They look at each other. She has invited him to say
	more and he considers it.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Did you hear carefully what I
			said?

					RIKER
				(nods sadly)
			Every word.
				(beat)
			I'm sorry.

	They exchange a long, long look. Then:

					TROI
				(nods)
			Come dance at my wedding.

           STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT ONE           8.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

	Interrupted by the SOUND OF A CHIME. Riker ignores it.

					RIKER
			I'll try.

	Then Worf ENTERS.

					WORF
			Message from planet Haven,
			Counselor. They wish to beam the
			Miller...
				(hesitates)
			... ah, wedding party aboard.

	She nods, EXITS. Then Riker EXITS too, leaving behind a
	Klingon who puzzles over the strange ways of humans.

17
thru	OMITTED
18

19   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Troi face the platform. The Transporter
	Chief stands by the controls, the platform in b.g.
	SOUND of TRANSPORTER EFFECT, then THREE FIGURES
	MATERIALIZE.

20   CLOSE ON TROI AND PICARD

	Troi's face reflects the fact that she's about to see
	her future husband for the first time in nearly three
	decades. Clearly, Picard is aware of the stress she
	feels and sympathizes.

21   WIDE ANGLE

	The Miller Family steps off the platform. STEVEN MILLER
	is a balding bear of a man in his late fifties.
	VICTORIA MILLER is small and slim, prim and proper.
	Their son WYATT is a likeable, blond young man with an
	easy smile and an open, honest face.

					PICARD
			I'm Jean-Luc Picard, captain of
			the Enterprise. Welcome aboard.

					STEVEN
			Quite some starship you have
			here, captain. Look forward to
			this visit.

           STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT ONE           9.

21   CONTINUED:

					VICTORIA
			Oh, yes, yes.
				(looks to Troi)
			You couldn't be...

					TROI
			... I'm Deanna.

					VICTORIA
				(dabbing her eyes)
			Deanna darling! You probably
			don't even remember me.

	Steven brushes by his wife and gives Troi a hug. Then
	he holds Troi off, looking at her but speaking to his
	wife excitedly. To one side Wyatt stares at Troi.

					STEVEN
			Wyatt was absolutely right,
			Victoria. She is a beauty.

	Wyatt steps forward. He looks at her, but his smile
	lacks something. Troi senses that something as she
	looks into his eyes.

					WYATT
			I'm Wyatt.

	He reaches out to her. When their hands touch, Mrs.
	Miller begins to cry.

					VICTORIA
				(to Picard)
			Isn't this simply beautiful?
			I knew romance was still alive
			somewhere.

22   ANGLE EMPHASIZING WYATT AND TROI (OPTICAL)

	Wyatt offers Troi a large rose: Navy blue petals atop
	a twisting golden stem. Troi studies the flower in
	wonder.

	The petals are softly TURNING from blue to white.

					WYATT
			I'd like you to have this. It's
			a Chameleon Rose. It changes
			color with the mood of its owner.

					TROI
			It's wonderful. Thank you.

           STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT ONE           10.

22   CONTINUED:

	She looks up from the rose and it seems Wyatt is
	studying her face. What's he looking for?

					STEVEN
				(to Troi)
			Deanna, did you like the chest?

					TROI
			Oh, yes. Especially the way It
			rolled its eyes at me.

					STEVEN
				(to Victoria; exuberant)
			You see, Victoria? I told you
			she'd love it!

					VICTORIA
				(to Picard and Troi)
			I was in favor of something more
			dignified.
				(looks at Steven
				 critically)
			Steven picked the ugliest face
			imaginable.

					STEVEN
			It was a fine face. Full of
			character!

					TROI
			Excuse me, but... when is my
			mother arriving?

	Mr. and Mrs. Miller go silent, giving each other knowing
	looks. Victoria frowns at the very mention of Mrs.
	Troi.

					WYATT
			Your mother's still down on the
			planet, Deanna.

					TROI
			Why?

	Wyatt takes the initiative -- prodding his parents
	toward the exit.

					WYATT
			Er -- is there a place for my
			parents to rest, Captain?

           STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT ONE           11.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					STEVEN
			We're not really tired, son, and
			besides I'd like to see some of
			the ship.

					VICTORIA
			Steven, you know full well
			Lwaxana Troi isn't about to beam
			aboard until we've cleared out.
			So...

	Slight pause. Picard fills in the breach.

					PICARD
			You can visit your quarters now,
			if you wish.

	Victoria nods her thanks and Picard leads the family to
	where a crewperson is waiting outside.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			See the Millers to their
			accommodations, please.
				(to Steven)
			I'll join you all later.

	As Picard turns and RE-ENTERS, the Transporter Chief
	looks up from a reading.

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF
			A Mrs. Troi ready to beam up, sir.

	Picard throws a look toward Deanna, gets a nod, then
	nods in turn to the Transporter Chief.

					PICARD
			So be it.

	As the Transporter Chief sets the Transporter controls:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Wyatt seems a fine young man.

					TROI
				(puzzled)
			Yes, he does... But I'm not what
			he expected.

					PICARD
			I don't understand.

           STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT ONE           12.

22   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			Neither do I... but I'm definitely
			a surprise of some sort to him.

	THE SHIMMERING HUM OF THE TRANSPORTER EFFECT turns both
	heads toward the platform.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			I should warn you. My mother's
			a bit... eccentric.

	There's expectation as A GAUNT FIGURE IN A FLOWING
	BLACK ROBE materializes. He has faded white-grey skin
	and beady purple eyes. He moves smoothly and
	deliberately. Quite a ghostly figure this MR. HOMN.
	ANOTHER FIGURE begins to materialize. As it
	solidifies, CAMERA MOVES IN ON MRS. TROI, who looks
	like a Bohemian Queen. Her gown is striking, as is her
	jewelry. Her facial make-up, though unusual, brings out
	her high-cheekboned beauty. Behind her, a large,
	ornate luggage item has also BEAMED IN with her.

					MRS. TROI
				(looks around)
			Where is everyone?

22A  EMPHASIZING TASHA AND MOTHER

	Troi moves toward her.

					TROI
			Hello, Mother...

					MRS. TROI TELEPATHIC V.O.
				(turning to Troi)
			Don't say it... think it. Use your
			mind, not your mouth.

	Troi refuses to go along, uses words, repeating:

					TROI
			Hello Mother.

					MRS. TROI TELEPATHIC V.O.
			Deanna. Shame! What has this
			life done to you?

	Mr. Homn helps Mrs. Troi off the platform. Picard is
	about to introduce himself when Mrs. Troi cuts him off.

           STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT ONE           13.

22A  CONTINUED:

					MRS. TROI
			Don't tell me. You're the
			captain.

					PICARD
				(smiling; nods)
			Of course. Your daughter
			explained your telepathic
			abilities.

					MRS. TROI
			That wasn't telepathy, it was
			common sense. Who else would they
			send to greet me but the Captain?
				(indicates luggage item)
			You may carry my luggage.

	This stumps Picard for an instant, but then he nods,
	STEPS ONTO the platform.

					TROI
			Mother!

22B  EMPHASIZING PICARD

	STEPPING TO the luggage item.

					PICARD
			No, no, quite all right. I'm
			indebted to your mother for
			the... the fine counselor she...

	The luggage item is much heavier than Picard realized
	and it takes so much effort to lift it that he
	GRUNTS-GROANS slightly and realizes he is trapped into
	displaying something less than a dignified figure.

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

           STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT TWO           14.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

23   OMITTED

24   INT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE TRANPORTER ROOM

	As Deanna, Mrs. Troi, Mister Homn, and lastly Captain
	Picard MOVE OUT into the Corridor. Picard is laboring
	and Deanna looks toward him anxiously. A couple of
	crewpersons pass and double-take this strange use of
	their captain.

					TROI
			Mother, it's quite inappropriate
			to ask the captain to...

					MRS. TROI
				(to Picard)
			Yes, you do seem to be having
			difficulty. A man your age must
			work to keep himself in shape.

	Troi stops short.

					TROI
			I'm not going another step this
			way!
				(to Mother)
			A starship has its customs just
			as we do. Please set that down,
			Captain.
				(turning to Homn)
			If you're my mother's valet, then
			please valet!

					PICARD
			Well, so long as you insist...

	The Captain sets the luggage down gratefully.
	Meanwhile, Mrs. Troi turns to him apologetically.

					MRS. TROI
			I apologize for her behavior.
				(to Troi)
			Do you realize you've embarrassed
			your captain?
				(to Homn)
			Do as she says. Anything to avoid
			a quarrel on this occasion.

           STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT TWO           15.

24   CONTINUED:

	The seemingly frail Mr. Homn bends, easily lifts the
	heavy luggage. Picard's look of astonishment at this is
	covered by Mrs. Troi taking his arm possessively and
	leading him down the corridor.

24A  PANNING SHOT

	Deanna hurries to walk with Picard and her mother. She
	indicates Homn following them with the luggage.

					TROI
			Mother -- what happened to Xelo?

					MRS. TROI
			I was forced to terminate his
			employment.
				(to Picard)
			Xelo was strongly attracted to
			me -- his thoughts became truly
			pornographic.

	They REACH a Corridor Turbolift where the doors snap
	OPEN.

25   INT. TURBOLIFT

	as they ENTER.

					PICARD
				(to turbolift)
			Passenger accommodations.

	The turbolift will go upwards for a ways, then travel
	horizontally. Meanwhile:

					MRS. TROI
				(to Captain)
			Of course the thoughts of Wyatt's
			father toward me were almost as
			vulgar...

					TROI
				(pleading)
			Mother...

           STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT TWO           16.

25   CONTINUED:

					MRS. TROI
				(without pause)
			... but he really doesn't have
			Mister Homn's imagination.
			Between that and his wife's inane
			chatter, it's a wonder I made it
			here at all. How do you like the
			Millers, Captain?

					PICARD
				(startled; then)
			I'm sure I'll find them as
			pleasant as...

					MRS. TROI
			As for me, I've found it shocking
			how they've changed in the years
			since my husband and I knew them.
			Or perhaps, I've just grown beyond
			them. You realize of course that
			with Betazoids, our ability to
			read the thoughts of others does
			see us grow and learn much faster
			than the typical dull and plodding
			human who...

26   CLOSE ANGLE EMPHASIZING TROI

	who whirls on her mother, interrupting her
	telepathically, angrily.

					TROI TELEPATHIC V.O.
			Mother, that's enough!

	Mrs. Troi turns her head toward her daughter.

					MRS. TROI TELEPATHIC V.O.
			So, you're not totally out of
			practice. Good. Very good.

	The turbolift stops, the doors snap OPEN.

27   OMITTED

28   INT. MRS. TROI'S QUARTERS

	Mrs. Troi looks around the room with a jaundiced eye.

					PICARD
			We hope you'll be comfortable
			here.

           STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT TWO           17.

28   CONTINUED:

					MRS. TROI
			Yes, the room is adequate.
			Small, but adequate. You will
			of course adjust the temperature
			to a civilized level.

					PICARD
			I'll see what I can do. Now if
			you'll excuse me, I'm sure you
			two have a lot to talk about.

					MRS. TROI
			Yes Captain, you may go.

	Picard is only too happy to WALK OUT, past the strong
	Mr. Homn who begins to unpack for Mrs. Troi.

					MRS. TROI TELEPATHIC V.O.
			You've been slack, little one.
			Allowed your mental powers to
			rust.

					TROI TELEPATHIC V.O.
			To avoid becoming confused,
			mother. Humans constantly think
			one thing but say another.

					MRS. TROI TELEPATHIC V.O.
			Yes, they do, don't they. The
			poor dears. Our style of complete
			honesty frightens them.

					TROI
				(switching to voice)
			On that subject Mother, there is
			such a thing as too much honesty
			with humans.

					MRS. TROI TELEPATHIC V.O.
			Nonsense. It sets them a good
			example. If they'd only say what
			they think instead of hiding it...

					TROI
			But they're accustomed to hiding
			their thoughts...

					MRS. TROI TELEPATHIC V.O.
			And I quite understand what you
			faced here. An entire shipload
			of such inconsistency could drive
			one insane.

           STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT TWO           18.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

	Mrs. Troi, rearranging what Homn unpacks, looks at her
	daughter, begins to soften and show empathy for her.
	She now uses her VOICE.

					MRS. TROI
			Darling, I'm sorry this had to
			happen. Truly I am. But Steven
			Miller tracked me down and
			reminded me of the vows we made.

					TROI
				(with difficulty)
			Mother... I'm having some trouble
			believing in those vows as I once
			did...

					MRS. TROI
			Deanna!

					TROI
			But... but I'll honor them, of
			course. I'm a Betazoid.

	Mrs. Troi lovingly touches her daughter's face.

					MRS. TROI
			And you may find Wyatt an unusual
			person. I've sensed remarkable
			depths in him.

	Troi lifts her rose INTO VIEW and sniffs it. It's now
	turned a pale purple.

29   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Worf and Geordi are at Ops and Conn respectively, Riker
	and Picard sit in the Command area, Data at Science One.

					GEORDI
			Message coming in from Haven, Sir.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	A handsome, raven-haired woman named VALEDA INNIS fills
	the viewscreen, wearing a sheer, silky kimono-like
	garment that embodies the pleasure of the world she
	governs.

					VALEDA
			I'm Valeda Innis, First
			Electorine of Haven. Captain
			Picard?

           STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT TWO           19.

29   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I'm Picard.

					VALEDA
				(slight bow)
			Your presence honors us. And
			your timing is fortuitous,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			How so?

					VALEDA
			An incoming vessel has bypassed
			our stargate, violating our law.
			It has refused all attempts at
			communication.

					PICARD
			Are you saying you believe it to
			be hostile?

					VALEDA
			Failure to communicate is
			inherently hostile.
				(pause)
			We have no defensive capabilities
			here and our treaty specifies
			your obligations in that regard.

					PICARD
			Agreed. But let's hope it
			doesn't become a defense matter.

					VALEDA
			Of course, Captain. But I'm very
			happy we can count on you.

30   INT. WYATT'S QUARTERS

	Wyatt is resting on his bed -- listening to MUSIC. He
	hears A SOFT CHIME, telling him someone's at the door.
	(There are some renderings or paintings unpacked in a
	room corner.)

					WYATT
			Come in.

	Troi ENTERS. Wyatt is surprised but pleased to see her.
	There's an awkward silence -- each realizes they'll be
	spending the rest of their lives with the stranger
	standing across from them.

           STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT TWO           20.

30   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I wanted to apologize for my
			mother's behavior. I'm certain
			she was hard to bear on the trip
			over.

					WYATT
			Your mother's honest -- I respect
			that.

					TROI
			Yes, but she never lets up.

					WYATT
				(grins)
			I'll admit, her honesty is a bit
			persistent.

					TROI
				(nods)
			I've never heard it described
			better. But it is a Betazoid
			trait.
				(smiles)
			I'll try to be only half as
			annoying.

	They smile at each other. Then:

					WYATT
			Let's see... what can I tell you
			about me? I'm a medical doctor,
			for whatever that's worth.

					TROI
			"Doctor?" Where? How?

					WYATT
			If you're picking up my thoughts,
			you'd know. Can't you do that
			at all?

	Troi concentrates on Wyatt, for a moment, then

					TROI
			Yes... This could be what mother
			felt about you. I believe we could
			read each other eventually.

					WYATT
			Can I take that as a compliment?

           STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT TWO           21.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
				(smiles)
			Absolutely. I've only felt this
			with... well, with someone who's
			on this ship.

					WYATT
			Oh? Do I have competition?

					TROI
			No. All he wants is to captain
			a starship.

					WYATT
			What I want is to... well, to do
			another kind of brave and noble
			thing... which you may find
			prosaic. What I want is to cure
			people.

					TROI
			Well, since I am a practicing
			psychologist, maybe we can work
			in concert. We are going to be
			together a long time.

	His smile fades. He looks Troi in the eyes.

					WYATT
			Yes. That's the point of
			marriage, I suppose.

					TROI
			I really thought you'd tell me
			you were an artist.

31   OMITTED

32   EMPHASIZING PAINTING

	Troi has indicated the renderings that lie unpacked in
	a corner of the room. Each is a portrait of a
	STRIKINGLY BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN. They have been drawn
	over several years and show development from girl to
	woman. There is a compelling intensity to the work.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			I just felt your mind very much
			on those. And they are your work,
			aren't they?

           STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT TWO           22.

32   CONTINUED:

					WYATT
			Yes.
				(faint smile)
			And I can see it'll be very hard
			to keep secrets from you.

	Troi begins to sense the surprising truth. She
	indicates the pictures.

					TROI
			This is why you were surprised
			when you first saw me.
				(indicating)
			This woman... you thought that
			I would be this woman.

	She looks from Wyatt to portraits and back again. Wyatt
	touches one of the renderings.

					WYATT
				(with difficulty)
			I've seen this face since I was
			a boy. When I closed my eyes at
			night, I could hear her whispering
			my name.
				(pause)
			Knowing you were Betazoid, I
			assumed it was you, projecting
			yourself into my mind.

	Wyatt struggles with his confused feelings. Troi puts
	her hand on his shoulder, sincere.

					TROI
			I'm sorry I'm not what you hoped
			for...

					WYATT
			No. Please don't mistake a
			childish fantasy for
			disappointment. You're so
			beautiful, I-- I feel honored.

	It is clear they've begun to like each other... but also
	that they both feel more or less trapped by the
	agreement their parents have made. Troi looks back at
	the drawings.

					TROI
			You have no idea who she is?

					WYATT
			No. And it really doesn't matter
			now.

           STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT TWO           23.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

	They smile at each other WHILE CAMERA ANGLES TO
	INCLUDE, beyond them, the dream woman, her eyes warm and
	patient, silently waiting.

33   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise in a flyby as it circles Haven.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's personal log. I trust
			my concern over the problems of
			ship's Counselor Troi are not
			based merely on the fact of losing
			a highly valuable crew member.
			Actually...

33A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CLOSE ON PICARD

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... it seems to me that she has
			become trapped by a custom of her
			home world which the facts of the
			twenty-fourth century have made
			unwise and unworkable. I wish
			I could intervene.

					DATA (V.O.)
			On the viewer, Captain...

34   WIDER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Riker beside Picard in Command Area. Geordi and Worf in
	the front stations with Data at Science and Tasha at
	Security in upper level. All are turning toward the
	viewscreen where a tiny bright object is moving across
	the starfield.

					DATA
			Unidentified vessel. Traveling
			sub-warp speed, bearing two-three-
			five, mark seven.

					PICARD
			Sub-warp? It's several hours
			away then?
				(to Worf)
			Let's take a look at it. Enlarge
			to maximum.

           STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT TWO           24.

34   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Increasing magnification, sir.

	ON SCREEN, a small IMAGE of a ship of strange,
	unearthly design. Its center is a shiny globe. Dozens
	of spike-like structures jut out of it, tumbling end
	over end as the vessel moves along. Though clearly
	alien, there is a pleasing aesthetic quality to the
	ship, which gives off a soft, violet glow.

35   EMPHASIZING DATA

	Intently curious and puzzled by what he's just seen, he
	turns to his console and begins calling up information
	rapidly.

36   ANGLE ON COMMAND AREA

	A deeply concerned Picard.

					PICARD
			Mister Data! Am I seeing the
			trouble I believe is there?

	Data looks up from his viewer.

					DATA
			If you mean a Tarellian vessel,
			you are, sir.

	Riker is startled by this information.

					RIKER
			I thought the Tarellians were
			finished! What are the poor
			devils doing here?

					PICARD
			Doctor Crusher to the Bridge,
			urgent!
				(to Riker)
			There's no way I'll permit them
			to destroy us. And the treaty
			here forces us to protect this
			world too.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT THREE          25.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

37   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	Enterprise in orbit around Haven.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. It
			has been believed the Tarellian
			race was extinct, an assumption
			contradicted now by the sight of
			one of their vessels...

38   INT. CONFERENCE ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Beverly, Geordi, Tasha and Troi are
	seated around the table with Data at the front viewer.
	INTERCUT this with viewer as necessary.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... approaching Haven.

					RIKER
			The fact it is traveling at its
			present velocity suggests an
			answer.

					GEORDI
			A damaged vessel, sir? That could
			explain it.

					RIKER
				(nods)
			If it were unable to reach warp
			speed, it would have taken all
			these years to get here.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Continue with the briefing, Mister
			Data.

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT THREE          26.

38   CONTINUED:

	Data touches a control and a six planet solar system
	chart appears on the viewer, the second of the six
	planets enlarges to show two island land masses. Then,
	as Data continues, that IMAGE will become alive with
	FLASHING TECHNICAL INFORMATION such as gravity,
	atmosphere, planet dimensions, mineral composition,
	temperature details, etc.

					DATA
			Class M world, much like your
			Earth world, very similar humanoid
			life form, which faced the
			unfortunate old story of their
			hatreds outrunning their
			intelligence.

					PICARD
			Hostilites between the two land
			masses?

					DATA
				(nods)
			Ending with one of them... it
			doesn't really matter
			which... unleashing a deadly
			biological weapon on the other.

					BEVERLY
				(glumly)
			And naturally the other also
			became infected in the end...
				(shaking head)
			It makes one question the
			intelligence of humanoid forms.

					PICARD
			Are you acquainted with the facts
			of the infection, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
				(nods)
			They had reached Earth's
			late-twentieth century, early
			twenty-first century level. Which
			was all that's needed if you're
			a damned fool. A highly deadly,
			extra-infectious virus... which
			at that modest level of knowledge,
			is not that difficult to grow.

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT THREE          27.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

					TASHA
				(nods)
			We learned the rest of the story
			in security training. Some
			Tarellians made it to other worlds
			only to die along with the
			populations they infected.

					GEORDI
				(to Picard)
			It's pretty well covered in
			Academy training now, Captain.
				(to the others)
			Many of them tried to avoid other
			inhabited worlds as they
			escaped... only to be hunted down
			and destroyed anyway.

					PICARD
			Unfortunately, we had believed
			the last Tarellian vessel was
			destroyed eight years ago by the
			Alcyones.
				(to Data)
			Exactly when will they reach
			Haven?

					DATA
			Exactly thirteen hours, nine
			minutes, twenty-one...

					PICARD
				(interrupting; to all)
			Which will create a very difficult
			problem for the Enterprise at that
			time. Our treaty here requires
			us to protect Haven from alien
			threats ... and a plague ship
			certainly qualifies as that. But
			Federation policy requires us to
			assist life forms in need ... which
			qualifies the Tarellians too.
			I'll want you to help me find some
			answers by then.

	Picard pauses, the assembled bridge crew sitting
	concerned. Then:

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT THREE          28.

38   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			All of which gives ample time for
			your second assignment. Or you
			may prefer it on a volunteer
			basis.
				(beat; then smiles to
				 Troi)
			The pre-joining dinner of
			Counselor Deanna Troi will proceed
			as planned.

39   OMITTED

40   INT. FORMAL DINING AREA

	The dinner party is in progress, attended by the Bridge
	Officers, the Millers, Mrs. Troi and Mr. Homn, all of
	whom are standing, chatting, having a drink as the
	dinner table is made finally ready. The officers wear
	ceremonial dress. Mrs. Troi wears a length of vine
	which seems at this time to be merely decorative. Mr.
	Homn stands erect by himself at a small table to one
	side. There are a dozen or so tall, fluted glasses on
	the table, along with a small bell suspended from a
	unique, arched crescent. Homn watches the goings-on
	like a silent sentinel.

41   ANGLE ON PICARD

	approached by Mr. and Mrs. Miller.

					VICTORIA
			We've talked it over, Captain.
			We'd like you to perform the
			ceremony.

					PICARD
			I'd be honored, Mrs. Miller.

	Mrs. Troi has overheard.

					MRS. TROI
			Impossible. The captain is not
			practiced in the ways of Betazed
			joining.

					VICTORIA
			This will be a traditional Earth
			ceremony!

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT THREE          29.

41   CONTINUED:

					MRS. TROI
			I'm sorry, but it proceeds out
			of a Betazed bonding.

					VICTORIA
			And I am sorry, Lwaxana, but my
			family and I are living on Earth
			now...

					MRS. TROI
			So that's why you want that
			barbaric ritual.
				(to Picard)
			Terrible, Captain, to see a woman
			go downhill like this...

					TROI
			Mother!

					VICTORIA
			Downhill?!

					MRS. TROI
			The human ritual is out of the
			question!

42   ANGLE ON DATA

	Enthralled by the latest flare-up.

43   BACK TO SHOT

					VICTORIA
			Who are you to tell us what's
			out of the question?

					MRS. TROI
				(cool, superior)
			Your ignorance is astonishing.
			I am Lwaxana Troi: Daughter of
			The Fifth House, Holder of the
			Sacred Chalice of Rixx, Heir to
			the Holy Rings of Betazed.
				(pause; insultingly)
			Who are you?

	Victoria, infuriated, turns to Steven for support.
	Before Steven can approach him, Picard steps in.

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT THREE          30.

43   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Excuse me, everyone, but dinner
			is served...
				(to the mothers;
				 smiling)
			... and by Starfleet tradition,
			all disputes and disagreements
			are thereby resolved.

					VICTORIA
				(moving off)
			In who's favor?

					PICARD
			The captain's.

					MRS. TROI
			That's not what you're thinking.

					PICARD
			Captains are not required to
			think.

	Picard puts his arm out for Mrs. Troi, who lets him
	escort her to her chair, where Wyatt waits to pull it
	out for her. Riker watches Troi, trying to be pleasant
	while helping seat Mrs. Miller.

44   WIDE ANGLE

	Everyone is seated around the table. Stewards are busy
	serving food.

45   EMPASIZING VICTORIA

	still seething.

46   EMPHASIZING MRS. TROI

	Adjusting her decorative vine, throwing a look toward
	Victoria

47   ANGLE ON PICARD

					PICARD
				(raising glass)
			A toast. To the young couple and
			their families. May this union
			be a happy and productive one.

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT THREE          31.

47   CONTINUED:

	Everyone drinks to this.

48   OMITTED

48A  CLOSE ON MRS. TROI

	Adjusting her decorative vine, but she seems to be
	doing it in an "affectionate" way. Now, unnoticed by
	others, she has picked up a crumb of food from the
	table, CAMERA MOVING IN CLOSER as she offers it to the
	end of the vine which seems to be "nibbling" at it.

49   ANGLE ON BEVERLY AND MR. HOMN

	She looks on in wonder as Homn, now seated, downs an
	astonishing quantity of liquid, drinking one glass after
	another, without stopping, each with a different color.

50   ANGLE ON WYATT AND PICARD

					WYATT
			Is it true, Captain -- that
			there's a Tarellian ship, headed
			for Haven?

					PICARD
			Yes, it's true.

	Wyatt is puzzled about this.

51   ANGLE ON HOMN

	still putting away a steady stream of fluids.

52   ANGLE TO INCLUDE WYATT AND OTHERS

					WYATT
			That's amazing! I've read
			everything I could about them.
			Biological virus analysis was a
			favorite subject at medical
			school.

					BEVERLY
			In which case, I'd very much like
			to meet with you, sir. I'm
			pleased to have a medical
			colleague aboard.

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT THREE          32.

52   CONTINUED:

	A BELL RINGS OUT. It's a small bell, but it gives off
	a shrill RING. Mr. Homn hits it after every bite Mrs.
	Troi takes.

					WYATT
				(distracted by the bell)
			Yes, ma'am... Uh, Doctor? Would
			it be possible to prepare some
			medical supplies, geared toward
			the Tarellian's probable needs?
			We could beam it over without any
			fear of infection.

					PICARD
				(to Beverly)
			What do you think, Doctor?

	The bell RINGS again... It's becoming highly
	distractive.

					BEVERLY
			I think it's a considerate idea.
				(to Wyatt)
			Sickbay's at your disposal,
			Doctor.

					WYATT
			Thank you.

	Homn RINGS the bell again as Mrs. Troi takes another
	bite.

					VICTORIA
				(to Homn)
			Must you do that?

					MRS. TROI
				(never looking up from
				 food)
			As you well know, it is the
			Betazed way of giving thanks for
			the food we eat.

					VICTORIA
				(amused)
			You? Giving thanks? Besides, you
			never did this before.

					MRS. TROI
			I do it now. Unlike some people,
			I am in growth.

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT THREE          33.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

	As if to prove her point, she takes a big bite -- Homn
	RINGS the bell accordingly.

52A  CLOSER ON MRS. TROI

	As she "adjusts" her vine, loosening it and CAMERA MOVES
	IN TO REVEAL the "vine" now beginning to move toward
	where Victoria sits next to Mrs. Troi. CAMERA PANS IT
	inching along somewhat like a caterpillar until
	Victoria's ARM COMES INTO VIEW.

52B  TWO SHOT OF MRS. TROI AND VICTORIA

	as Mrs. Troi turns to Victoria, watching the "vine" move
	toward Victoria's arm.

					MRS. TROI
				(continuing)
			Victoria, I've forgotten whether
			you enjoy pets or not.

	Mrs. Troi has taken another bite, the bell RINGS again,
	and Victoria gives Mrs. Troi only a quick annoyed
	glance.

					VICTORIA
			Love them, of course.

52C  INSERT SHOT

	The "vine" reaching Victoria's arm, beginning to wrap
	itself around her wrist.

52D  BACK TO SHOT

	Victoria becomes slowly aware of something tightening
	on her wrist, looks down, SCREAMS. Mrs. Troi, begins
	taking her "vine" back.

					MRS. TROI
			Gently... gently!
				(retrieves vine)
			I thought you said you enjoyed
			pets.

53   EMPHASIZING RIKER

	Watches Mrs. Troi gather in her "vine," then goes back
	to eating listlessly. It's clear he's unhappy. He
	looks up to see Troi gazing at him from across the
	table. They lock eyes. They each have so much to say,
	and so little time. And this is not the place. He
	decides to stand.

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT THREE          34.

54   WIDE ANGLE

	Riker turning to the Captain.

					RIKER
			Captain... If I may be excused...
				(lamely)
			... to spend some time considering
			the Tarellian situation...

					PICARD
			Of course.

					RIKER
				(rises; slight bow)
			Ladies and Gentlemen.

	He EXITS. Mrs. Troi turns to Victoria.

					MRS. TROI
				(quietly)
			Why didn't he mention you?

					DATA
			Mrs. Troi, I'm very interested
			in the Betazed ceremony you
			mentioned. Could you tell us
			more?

55   CLOSE ON TROI

	She cringes.

56   BACK TO FULL SHOT

					MRS. TROI
			I'd be delighted, Commander. It
			is an ancient ceremony, widely
			regarded as the most beautiful
			in the universe.

	She takes a tiny bite. Homn hits the bell VERY LIGHTLY.

					MRS. TROI
				(continuing)
			After the young couple remove
			their clothing --

					TASHA
			The Bride and Groom go naked?!

					MRS. TROI
			No. You misunderstand.

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT THREE          35.

56   CONTINUED:

	Wyatt looks vastly relieved.

					MRS. TROI
				(continuing)
			All guests must go unclothed.
			This honors the act of love being
			celebrated...

57   ANGLE ON VICTORIA

	nearly choking on her food.

58   ANGLE ON STEVEN

	He smiles slightly -- thinking about it.

59   FULL SHOT

					MRS. TROI
				(continuing; to
				 Victoria)
			Don't worry too much, dear. Your
			body's not that bad.

	Picard is bemused; Victoria is beside herself, so angry
	and embarrassed that she can't even spit out the words.

					MRS. TROI
				(continuing)
			Besides, your husband quite likes
			the idea of seeing me unclothed.

	Victoria jerks her head toward Steven who quickly puts
	his drink down and tries to look innocent, as:

					VICTORIA
			Steven!!

					MRS. TROI
			You did know he's attracted to
			me, didn't you?

					STEVEN
			Untrue! I don't.... Not really...

					TROI
				(rising; angrily)
			Stop it, all of you --
				(to her mother)
			Especially you!

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT THREE          36.

59   CONTINUED:

					MRS. TROI
				(turning to Picard)
			Captain, as you requested, I have
			carefully avoided disagreements
			during this. But did you wish
			me to ignore what my senses tell
			me?

	Then Mrs. Troi shrugs and takes a bite of food. Homn
	strikes the BELL -- and Troi comes to her feet, knocks
	it off the table with the back of her hand and marches
	toward the door and is OUT before anyone can say
	anything.

60   CLOSE ON HOMN

	Laughing to himself, he then happily kills another
	glassful.

61   WIDE ANGLE

	A dark cloud hangs over the gathering. After a few
	moments of petrified silence, Data breaks the ice.

					DATA
				(pleasant; to Parents)
			Could you please continue your
			bickering? I find it intriguing.

62   OMITTED

									FADE OUT:

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT FOUR          37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

63   INT. HOLODECK -- DESERT LANDSCAPE (DUSK) (OPTICAL)

	His back to us, Riker stands in the desert, silhouetted
	against the horizon. This is a lonely, lifeless place
	-- beautiful but barren. A place picked to match a
	mood. Troi ENTERS SHOT, coming in through the archway
	as we PULL BACK to SEE the desert again. If Riker hears
	her coming, he doesn't turn around.

					TROI
			Why did you order up a desert?

	Riker gives her a look, then stares off into the
	distance.

					RIKER
			It matches my mood. Empty.

63A  CLOSER SHOT

	Troi concentrating on him, then nods.

					TROI
			Yes. It does.

					RIKER
			I lost you once before, and now
			I've lost you again.

					TROI
			Are you certain exactly who lost
			who, Imzadi?

					RIKER
			Don't use that word now, Deanna...

					TROI
			It means 'my beloved.'

					RIKER
			It also suggests the same feeling
			will go on ... tomorrow, and
			tomorrow...

					TROI
				(nods)
			It suggests a kind of bonding ... an
			agreement...

	Riker sits silently. After a long moment of waiting:

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT FOUR          38.

63A  CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(continuing)
			As I said ... I understand.

					RIKER
			Do you? Really?
				(turns; moves close)
			Imzadi... yes, you are my beloved.
			Today. But I can't lie to you
			and say I'm certain about tomorrow
			... and tomorrow ... I can't
			guarantee it will be something
			you can share.
				(moves close to a kiss)
			Because you are my Imzadi, I
			refuse to promise you a future
			I can't yet see.

					TROI
			How... would an Earth woman react
			to that, Bill?

					RIKER
			To an Earth woman, I'd lie.
				(faint smile)
			But you'd know it if I did.

					WYATT (V.O.)
			Hello you two!

63B  WIDER ANGLE

	They turn, see Wyatt MAKING HIS WAY IN from the Holodeck
	entrance. Riker gets to his feet.

					RIKER
			Next!

	Wyatt moves in and Riker CROSSES OUT OF SHOT toward the
	Holodeck entrance.

64   ON WYATT

	Head cocked, spinning around joyously -- taking in the
	wonders of the Holodeck. By the time he turns in a full
	circle, Riker is gone.

					WYATT
				(excited)
			This is incredible. I've heard
			about this, but I never
			imagined...

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT FOUR          39.

64   CONTINUED:

	Troi walks down to meet him.

					WYATT
				(continuing)
			I respected what you did
			tonight...

					TROI
			I lost my temper.

					WYATT
			It worked. You shamed them into
			compromise. After you left it
			really calmed down.
				(he laughs)
			The Joining will be half-Betazed,
			half-Old Earth. The Captain'll
			do the ceremony and Mister Homn
			will be my best man.

					TROI
			And we'll take our clothes half
			off?

	Wyatt laughs at this. It's clear he very much likes
	Deanna.

					WYATT
			Some of us all. You do... I
			do... Your mother, my father.
				(smiles)
			But not my mother.

					TROI
			How did you manage that?

					WYATT
			I didn't. Your mother did.

	They laugh together. She's beginning to really like
	Wyatt too.

					WYATT
				(continuing)
			And I just caught my father,
			practicing naked in front of his
			mirror.

	He imitates his father preening, holding in his belly
	and looking at himself from every side. They LAUGH.
	Troi sits on a small hillock, closes her eyes, stretches
	and lies back. Wyatt sits beside her, looking at her
	fondly.

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT FOUR          40.

64   CONTINUED: (2)

					WYATT
			And so... A question I should have
			asked before.
				(takes her shoulders;
				 turns her to him)
			Deanna... do you really want to
			go through with this?

					TROI
				(beat)
			Yes. I want to.

					WYATT
			I'm a very lucky man.

	He kisses her. Tentatively at first, gently. Then she
	begins to kiss back; he reacts to this and Deanna too.

65   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Tarellian ship cruising toward the orbiting
	Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Captain's log, supplemental. All
			attempts at warning off the
			Tarellian ship have failed. They
			still refuse to communicate and
			I am growing concerned.

66   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	All except Troi at proper stations: Riker and Picard
	in the Command Area, Geordi and Data at the Conn and
	Ops, Tasha and Worf at Tactical and Weapons station.

67   CLOSER ON REGULARS (OPTICAL)

	INTERCUT this with viewer as necessary.

					PICARD
			How can you be certain they're
			receiving us?

					DATA
			Because our sensors are showing
			a responder echo, sir, on the
			frequency they once used.

					GEORDI
			Message coming in from Haven.

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT FOUR          41.

67   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Viewer on.

					VALEDA
				(on screen)
			Captain, the plague ship is
			approaching transport range.

					PICARD
			We're aware of that, Electorine.

					VALEDA
			You realize they can turn this
			lovely world of ours into a
			graveyard? Please take action,
			now, before it's too late.

					RIKER
			We'll take action in a few
			moments.

					VALEDA
			Please... please destroy them now!

					PICARD
			We will not fire on them,
			Electorine.

					TASHA
			I'm certain I could disable their
			ship with a phaser burst, Captain.

					PICARD
			And then?

	He gets no answer.

68   ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The Tarellian ship -- growing larger and larger.

69   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Wyatt is gathering medical supplies for the Tarellians:
	packets and jars of pills go into boxes, hypo-sprays
	are packed, etc. Along with Beverly, he spends half
	his time looking at her VIEWSCREEN where WE CAN SEE the
	Tarellian ship drawing nearer.

					WYATT
			Almost complete, Doctor.

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT FOUR          42.

69   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			You show a remarkable knowledge
			of viral immunology, Wyatt.

	Wyatt indicates the viewscreen.

					WYATT
			It's a striking design, don't you
			think?

	Beverly takes a look at the Tarellian ship.

					WYATT
				(continuing)
			They built it underwater. At a
			base, three miles below sea-level.

					BEVERLY
			Oh? How did you know that?

	Wyatt stops what he's doing, concerned, confused,
	puzzled at what he said. Then he forces himself to snap
	out of it, turning his attention back to the supplies.

					WYATT
			I don't know... I must have heard
			it somewhere.

70   ANGLE ON BEVERLY

	wondering about his strange statement.

71   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					DATA
			They're coming within transporter
			range, sir.

					PICARD
			Can't delay any longer, then.
			Ready the tractor beam, Lieutenant
			Yar. Target ship and activate
			on my command.

	Tasha quickly touches the proper controls on her
	console.

					TASHA
			Tractor beam ready.

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT FOUR          43.

71   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Let's hope it buys some
			communication.

					PICARD
			Engage.

	Tasha engages.

72   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	Enterprise in BACKGROUND and in the FOREGROUND the
	Tarellian ship is engulfed by the briefly appearing
	BEAM. Then the alien vessel slows.

73   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As the Bridge shudders and protests ever so slightly.

					TASHA
			Got them, sir...

73A  EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	REPEAT LAST SHOT with the Tarellian ship slowing to a
	stop.

73B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The Tarellian vessel on the viewer, Picard waiting. And
	waiting. Then he turns toward Worf who is at Science
	Station.

					PICARD
			Do we have them securely, Worf?
			Can they beam out to the planet?

					WORF
			Negative, sir. They can't leave
			that ship.

	Picard turns toward Geordi who checks his own
	instruments.

					GEORDI
			I know they're receiving us, sir.
			And at this distance they could
			reply with their running lights
			if necessary.

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT FOUR          44.

73B  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Unless they have all died. Their
			ship could have been brought in
			by automation.

					RIKER
				(indicating)
			Captain! The viewer... !

	All turn in that direction.

73C  ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER

	The Tarellian ship IMAGE IS FADING, being replaced
	slowly by INDISTINCT SHAPES WHICH ARE BECOMING A HUMAN
	FACE.

73D  ANGLE ON BRIDGE CREW

	reacting, beginning to realize that life does exist on
	the alien vessel.

73E  ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER

	The IMAGE resolving slowly in the woman we've seen in
	Wyatt's painting.

73F  ANGLE EMPHASIZING TROI

	coming to her feet.

					TROI
			It's the woman in Wyatt's
			painting!

74
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75

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT FIVE          45.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

76   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND TARELLIAN VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	Fairly close together now in orbit of Haven.

					PICARD'S (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 41294.7
			orbiting Haven with the Tarellian
			vessel locked in our tractor beam.
			Question: What strange
			combination...

77   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - PRINCIPALS AND MAIN VIEWER
	(OPTICAL)

	Everyone stunned by this seemingly impossible occurance.

					PICARD'S (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... of circumstances has caused
			a woman out of someone's
			imagination to appear on the
			plague ship?

					GEORDI
			Enterprise to Tarellian vessel,
			are you receiving us?

	ON THE VIEWER, the IMAGE of the young woman whom we'll
	know as ARIANA, is gently moved aside by a distinguished
	looking older man whom we'll know as WRENN. He looks
	out from the viewer, speaks gently:

					WRENN
			My name is Wrenn... and before
			I inquire why you've trapped us
			here, is there one aboard your
			vessel named Wyatt?

					PICARD
			Your business is with me, sir.
			I am Captain Picard, commanding
			this starship.

	The Turbolift door OPENS, Wyatt and Beverly HURRY ONTO
	THE BRIDGE. He carries one of his paintings of the
	woman being seen on the viewer and exhibits it.

					WYATT
			Captain, I don't understand...

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT FIVE          46.

77   CONTINUED:

	Wrenn appears as startled by Wyatt's appearance.

					WRENN
			I can't believe this! Ariana was
			right!
				(moving to the side)
			He is there, daughter!

	Ariana's IMAGE joins Wrenn on the viewer screen.

					ARIANA
			Wyatt, you've come to us. Just
			as you promised.

	Troi rises, hurries to Wyatt who speaks low-voiced.

					WYATT
			What's happening? Except for
			dream images, I've never seen her.

					TROI
			I'm not sure but perhaps mother
			would...

					PICARD
				(interrupting; to Wrenn)
			Our first order of business,
			sir, is with the threat your
			vessel poses to the planet below.
			If you still carry the infection
			which destroyed your world...

					WRENN
			Oh, we still carry it, Captain.
			My daughter, I, all eight of us.

					PICARD
			Eight?

					WRENN
				(indicates)
			All of us that are left, Captain.

	VIEWER IMAGE WIDENS TO REVEAL Ariana and six others.

					WRENN
				(continuing)
			Most of the rest passed on during
			the years it took to reach Haven.

					PICARD
			Sir... if you've come here because
			of the legend about planet Haven
			miraculously healing the sick...

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT FIVE          47.

77   CONTINUED: (2)

					WRENN
			No, no. We've learned to face
			the truth about such things. But
			Haven is a remarkably lovely and
			pleasant place, is it not? All
			we want is a resting place until
			the last of us are gone.

	Picard clearly feels the hurt of what he is going to
	have to say. It is in his voice:

					PICARD
			I'm... sorry, but circumstances
			make it impossible for us to allow
			you to beam down to Haven.

					WRENN
			We do not ask to make contact with
			those living below. All we ask
			is to be on the edge of some sea,
			some unpopulated island or faraway
			peninsula...

					PICARD
			This is not our planet, sir. I'll
			be happy to present your needs
			to those who govern this world...

					WRENN
			Present the fact we intend to die
			here, Captain. And if we die
			while caged by your tractor beam,
			so be it.

	Wrenn touches a control on his vessel, the viewscreen
	IMAGE FADES.

77A  INT. MRS. TROI'S QUARTERS

	She is trying on an exotic outfit we haven't seen.
	There's a CHIME from the entry and Wyatt ENTERS.

					MRS. TROI
			Isn't this combination exciting?
			But I can't wear it, of course,
			since your father would be
			devastated if I weren't naked.

					WYATT
			Mrs. Troi, may I talk to you about
			something serious?

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT FIVE          48.

77A  CONTINUED:

					MRS. TROI
			I am always serious, dear boy.
			Only my pleasant nature makes it
			appear otherwise.

	She continues fluttering with the jewelry decorating
	her outfit.

					WYATT
			Please, Mrs. Troi.

	She turns, eyes him for a moment, then:

					MRS. TROI
			Yes, that was puzzling. A woman
			out of another place who insists
			she knows you.

					WYATT
			And...

					MRS. TROI
				(interrupts, nodding)
			And whom you've dreamed of for
			all these years.

					WYATT
			And I hoped that with you handling
			thoughts the way you do...

					MRS. TROI
			Fascinating, Wyatt, how easily
			your thoughts come through. I
			wonder if it is because you were
			raised on Betazed?
				(smiles)
			Well, no matter, I can see you
			were wrong for my daughter anyway.

					WYATT
			Ma'am?

					MRS. TROI
			The answer to the puzzle of Ariana
			and you is too simple for most
			humans to understand.

					WYATT
			Too simple?

          STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT FIVE          49.

77A  CONTINUED: (2)

					MRS. TROI
			Of course. It's something they
			all know instinctively but go
			to great effort to reject or to
			build complicated superstitions
			about it. All life, Wyatt, all
			consciousness, wherever or
			whenever it occurs... is
			indissolvably bound together.
			Indeed, it is all part of the same
			thing.

					WYATT
				(startled; considers
				 it)
			Yes! I have wondered if something
			like that...

					MRS. TROI
				(carrying on his
				 thought)
			... weren't so. And no doubt so
			has Ariana, which helped the two
			of you to make contact.
				(touching neck
				 jewelry)
			Shall I wear the light or deep
			ruby stones? Which would be best
			for me, naked?

	But Wyatt's mind is elsewhere. He rises, heads for the
	door.

					MRS. TROI
				(continuing)
			Wyatt, don't puzzle on it so much!
			It was just a simple thought!

	But Wyatt EXITS, unhearing.

78
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79

80   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly notices Wyatt's disconcerting look.

					BEVERLY
			Wyatt, are you feeling all right?

	Wyatt nods weakly.

               STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT FIVE              50.

80   CONTINUED:

					WYATT
			The supplies are ready. I'll take
			them to the transporter room.

					BEVERLY
			I'll notify the captain they're
			ready.

	Wyatt turns to the supplies -- then as Beverly's back
	is turned, he takes a spray-hypo from a medical shelf,
	secretes it as he EXITS.

81   INT. FORMAL DINING AREA

	The room used for the dinner has been modified to
	accommodate the rehearsal. Troi is fidgeting with an
	unusual, flowing wedding dress. Mr. Homn drinks vials
	of bright green liquid.

82   ANGLE ON WYATT

	He ENTERS, dazed but determined.

83   ANGLE ON THE MILLERS

	Steven, in a bathrobe, is turned sideways, sucking in
	his stomach as he checks himself out in the mirror.

					VICTORIA
				(indicates Steven)
			Look at your father, Wyatt. He
			just can't wait to strip off his
			clothes in that barbaric ceremony.

					STEVEN
				(overhearing)
			We had to compromise. As usual,
			I'm making the sacrifice.

	Wyatt gives his parents a long look, as if trying to
	memorize the scene. Then he turns and walks towards
	Troi. Victoria hurries to undo something Mrs. Troi just
	did.

84   CLOSE ON TROI

	She is fidgeting with her special dress.

					WYATT (V.O.)
			You look beautiful.

               STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT FIVE              51.

84   CONTINUED:

	Troi looks up and smiles. PULL BACK to FULL SHOT as
	Troi immediately senses the turmoil raging within Wyatt.

					WYATT
			But you looked best of all in
			the desert on the Holodeck.
				(moves in)
			When you did this...

	He kisses her. She senses something, looks carefully
	as he takes a long look around the room. Then he's OUT
	the door. HOLD on Troi.

85   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	The Chief is alone at the console as the door slides
	open and SOMEONE ENTERS.

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF
			You can put the supplies on the
			pad.
				(points; looks down)
			Doctor Crusher had me set the
			coordinates. All we need is the
			captain's order --

	Wyatt steps INTO SCENE. The spray-hypo HISSES as it
	touches the Transporter Chief. He slumps to the
	ground, unconscious.

86   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker leans over and speaks to Picard, who is eyeing
	the screen glumly.

					GEORDI
			Captain! Someone's transporting
			to the Tarellian ship.

					PICARD
			Override!

					GEORDI
				(after pause)
			I can't sir. It's too late.

86A  ANGLE ON VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The Tarellian ship.

87   OMITTED

               STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT FIVE              52.

88   INT. TARELLIAN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	Wyatt BEAMS INTO a small, curved-wall room on the
	spherical Tarellian ship, the supplies alongside him.
	He is alone. The ship is quiet, except for THE HUM of
	the engines fighting the tractor beam. He moves
	forward, looking around.

89   WYATT'S POV

	The room is minimally furnished, with an open door to
	what seems like a bridge, navigational equipment
	indicated beyond. But it's the walls that are
	mesmerizing. PORTRAITS OF WYATT, RANGING FROM BOY TO
	MAN, are everywhere. He moves about the empty room in
	astonishment, his heart pounding wildly. Suddenly he
	senses something behind him, and spins to see FIVE
	TARELLIANS standing in the doorway.

					WRENN
			Hello, Wyatt. We always thought
			you were a dream.

					WYATT
			You're not surprised. Did you
			know I'd beam over?

					WRENN
			Once we saw you were real, we
			knew. You are a doctor?

					WYATT
			Yes.
				(indicates)
			I've brought medicines and
			supplies. I'll do what I can to
			help.

	He then moves along the walls, studying the remarkable
	portraits.

					ARIANA
			And I knew you'd be this brave.

	Ariana steps INTO SCENE. Wyatt's insides churn as she
	approaches. She's astoundingly beautiful and exactly
	as he pictured her. They take each other's hands.

90   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The parents and Troi surround Picard, Riker and Data
	in the Command Area. Mrs. Miller is wildly emotional.

               STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT FIVE              53.

90   CONTINUED:

					VICTORIA
				(to Picard)
			How could you let this happen?
			My son, surrounded by those
			horrible lepers!

					PICARD
			Mrs. Miller, if I could have
			prevented this...

					VICTORIA
			Then beam him back!

					TROI
			He can never come back, Mrs.
			Miller.

	Victoria looks like she is about to faint. Then her
	attention is drawn to the Bridge Viewer.

91   ANGLE INCLUDING VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as Wyatt, Ariana, and Wrenn APPEAR on screen.

					WRENN
			You may turn off your tractor
			beam, Captain. We will not be
			going to Haven.

					VICTORIA
			Wyatt!

					WYATT
			Mother...Father... Forgive me,
			but I must... I'm going to try
			to cure these people.

					ARIANA
			And Wyatt will do it. I've
			believed that all along.

	Wyatt puts his arm around Ariana and speaks with
	difficulty.

					WYATT
			I knew I was coming to Haven to
			meet my destiny. I thought it was
			to be with you, Deanna. But it
			was Ariana who drew me here. I'm
			sorry.

               STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT FIVE              54.

91   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Wyatt, I'm happy for you. Ariana,
			I love you both.

					MRS. TROI
				(softly)
			You've done surprisingly well for
			a human, Wyatt.

					TROI
			Mother...

					WYATT
			I take that as a compliment,
			Deanna.

	Wyatt smiles; Troi smiles, proud of her mother.

92   ANGLE ON THE MILLERS

	saddened, but becoming more confident of their son's
	judgment.

93   BACK TO SHOT

					WRENN
				(to Picard)
			My respects, Captain.

					PICARD
			And mine, sir.

	The Tarellian image begins to fade from the screen.
	CAMERA MOVES IN on Troi, who stares at the screen long
	after it's gone black.

					TROI
				(whispering)
			Good-bye.

94   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Tarellian ship pulls away from Haven -- heading for
	deep space.

95   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Transporter Chief at the controls. The Millers are on
	the platform. Picard, Beverly, Riker and Troi have come
	to see them off.

               STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT FIVE              55.

95   CONTINUED:

					STEVEN
				(pleasantly)
			Keep the chest. You'll have use
			for it some day.

	Mrs. Troi ENTERS, followed by Homn carrying her
	luggage.

					MRS. TROI
			Seems such a shame to waste that
			lovely wedding dress. Perhaps I
			should stay and be Joined to a
			new mate.

					TROI
			What??

					MRS. TROI
			The captain is highly attracted
			to me, but he's a little too old.

	Picard lifts his eyebrows in surprise.

					MRS. TROI
				(continuing; to Riker)
			Perhaps I should choose you.

					TROI
				(sharply)
			He has other obligations, Mother!

					MRS. TROI
			-- Very well. It's his loss.
			Mister Homn!

	She kisses Troi and abruptly turns to step onto the
	platform... Homn grabs her bag and turns to the
	officers.

					HOMN
				(deep voice)
			Thank you for the drinks.

	The officers are caught off guard by his voice. Homn
	joins Mrs. Troi on the transporter pad.

					MRS. TROI TELEPATHIC V. O.
			Try and remember your heritage,
			little one.
				(spoken)
			You may energize.

               STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT FIVE              56.

96   ON MRS. TROI AND HOMN (OPTICAL)

	As the transporter ACTIVATES, she stares at Picard, as
	if something shocking has just entered her mind.

					MRS. TROI
			Captain! Even Xelo never had such
			thoughts about me.

	Before Picard reacts, Mrs. Troi and Homn have been
	BEAMED AWAY.

96A  EMPHASIZING PICARD AND TROI

	He is still at a loss, but Troi is smiling at him.

					TROI
			That was meant as a joke, Captain.

					PICARD
			But she has claimed to be so
			completely honest.

					TROI
				(nods)
			Except when a lie is more amusing.
			Weren't you amused?

					PICARD
				(firmly)
			I was not!

97   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Our regulars all at their stations.

					PICARD
			Take us out of here, Mister Riker.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.
				(to Geordi)
			Warp two, helm, heading five-seven
			mark three-one-nine.

	Riker lays a very happy look upon Troi and she returns
	it, as:

					GEORDI
			Warp two, five-seven mark
			three-one-nine.

					RIKER
			Engage!

               STAR TREK: "Haven" - 7/13/87 - ACT FIVE              57.

98   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise heads out of orbit, then INTO WARP
	DRIVE.

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 

                 "Where None Have Gone Before" 
                          #40271-106 

                          Written by 
                          Diane Duane 
                               & 
                        Michael Reaves 

                          Directed by 
                          Rob Bowman 


Copyright 1987 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved.

This script is not for publication or reproduction. No one
is authorized to dispose of same. If lost or destroyed,
please notify the Script Department.


                      REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                        JULY 30, 1987

      STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- REV. 7/31/87 -- CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                 "Where None Have Gone Before" 
                              
                             CAST 

                PICARD             TRANSPORTER CHIEF
                RIKER              KOSINSKI
                DATA               ARGYLE
                TROI               ASSISTANT (aka TRAVELER)
                BEVERLY            FIRST CREWMEMBER
                TASHA              MOTHER PICARD
                WORF               WORF
                GEORDI             MALE CREWMEMBER
                WESLEY             FEMALE CREWMEMBER
                                   SECOND CREWMEMBER
                                   CREWMEMBER

        STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                 "Where None Have Gone Before" 

                             SETS 

             INTERIORS                 EXTERIORS
          
             ENTERPRISE                USS ENTERPRISE
               Main Bridge
               Transporter Room        USS FEARLESS
               Main Engineering
               Turbolift
               Corridor
               Sickbay
          
             SEWER -- TUNNEL

         STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- REV. 8/4/87 -- TEASER           

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                 "Where None Have Gone Before"                      
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND THE FEARLESS (OPTICAL)

	The two Federation starships come slowly together.
	Here, next to the smaller vessel, the size of the new
	Enterprise is breathtaking.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 41263.1.
			We have rendezvoused with the
			USS Fearless from which...

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - VARIOUS ANGLES (OPTICAL)

	which INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER. PICARD is in his Command
	Chair. COMMANDER RIKER is to his right. COUNSELOR
	TROI to his left. SECURITY CHIEF LIEUTENANT YAR is at
	the Tactical Station. Behind her at the Aft Station
	is LIEUTENANT WORF. LIEUTENANT GEORDI LA FORGE has the
	Conn, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER DATA is at the Ops Station.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... a Starfleet propulsion expert
			and his assistant are beaming over
			to conduct tests on the
			Enterprise's warp drive engines.

	Picard consults the viewer at his position, then turns
	to Riker.

					PICARD
			I don't understand your
			concern, Number One. They're
			not authorized to make any
			alterations in our engines.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- REV. 8/4/87 -- TEASER    2.

2    CONTINUED

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(glancing at command
				 viewer)
			According to Starfleet's message,
			they will simply test different
			ways of entering warp speed and
			different intermix formulas.
			What's the harm in that?

					RIKER
			It's the specs that Kosinski sent
			us. In my opinion, sir, they're
			gibberish.

					PICARD
			Gibberish?

					RIKER
			Mister Data, will you explain?

					DATA
				(turns to Picard)
			Sir, we put Mister Kosinski's
			specs into the computer and ran
			a controlled test on them. There
			was no improvement in engine
			performance.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Then explain Starfleet's report
			how the same tests on the USS
			Ajax...
				(indicates main viewer)
			... and then on the Fearless over
			there, resulted in a measurable
			increase in propulsion.

					RIKER
			Our engines are new, sir, top
			condition. The tests on those
			older ships may have simply
			straightened out some engine
			inefficiency.

	A CALL from the Transporter Room.

      STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- TEASER      3.

2    CONTINUED (2)

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF'S COM VOICE
			Bridge from Transporter Chief.
			Two from USS Fearless are ready
			to beam over.

					PICARD
				(to Com)
			Stand by for Commander Riker,
			Chief. He's on his way.
				(to Riker)
			Obviously, something does
			worry you about these tests.

					RIKER
			Yes, sir. And if you don't
			mind...
				(stands; indicates)
			... I'll ask Counselor Troi to
			look these visitors over.

	Picard nods and Riker CROSSES with Troi toward the
	turbolift.

3    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	As TRANSPORTER EFFECT MATERIALIZES the Visitors.
	KOSINSKI has the look of someone operating at top
	performance. His ASSISTANT, a humanoid alien, is small,
	physically non-threatening, with a way of allowing
	himself to blend into the background in a shy,
	good-natured way. Kosinski dominates the room. He's
	obsessed with himself and what he does. His manner is
	arrogant, his demeanor authoritarian; he pulls every
	eye toward him.

	Riker is with LT. COMMANDER ARGYLE, chief engineer,
	a rough-edged, hearty man for whom the Enterprise
	engines are the alpha and omega of his existence.
	Counselor Troi holds back, observing.

					RIKER
			Welcome aboard, Mister Kosinski.
			I'm the first officer, Commander
			William Riker. This is...

					KOSINSKI
			Where is the captain, please?

					RIKER
				(trying to be pleasant)
			He is engaged in other duties,
			sir...

      STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- TEASER      4.

3    CONTINUED

					KOSINSKI
			A ship's engines should be a
			concern of the ship's captain...

					RIKER
			They are, sir. Which is why they
			make their first officers directly
			responsible for engine condition
			and performance.
				(indicating Argyle)
			Guided, of course, by one of our
			chief engineers, Lieutenant Commander
			Argyle in this case.

					ARGYLE
				(to Kosinski)
			A pleasure, sir. I appreciated
			receiving the advance specs...

					KOSINSKI
			On which you have no end of
			questions?

					ARGYLE
				(a beat)
			Aye, I have.

					RIKER
				(to assistant)
			And you, sir, are listed
			as...as...

					ASSISTANT
				(gentle voiced)
			As Mister Kosinski's assistant.
			My actual name is unpronounceable
			by humans...

					RIKER
			From Tau Alpha C. That's very
			distant...

					KOSINSKI
			... All approved and described in
			the Starfleet communications.
			Now...
				(heads for door)
			... I'd like to set up in the
			Engine Room immediately...

	Kosinski begins to EXIT, FOLLOWED by his assistant.

      STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- TEASER      5.

3    CONTINUED (2)

					RIKER
			Our chief engineer will show you
			to his Engine Room.

					KOSINSKI
			No need -- I know my way around
			starships...

	But Lt. Commander Argyle already joins him and, despite
	Kosinski's obvious annoyance, leads the way.

4    ANGLE ON RIKER AND TROI

	as they watch Kosinski leave.

					RIKER
			One thing Kosinski isn't hiding.
				(at Troi's look)
			A bad disposition.

					TROI
				(nods)
			Agreed... Also, he's arrogant,
			overbearing, self-important.
				(non-critical tone)
			And very sure of himself and
			his ability.

					RIKER
				(considers this; then)
			And the other one -- his assistant?

					TROI
			He's the puzzle.
				(takes a minute to
				 phrase it)
			With most life forms I feel
			something. I may not be able to
			interpret or understand it, but
			I feel something, if only a
			presence. With him -- nothing.
			Empty space. It was as though
			he isn't even here.
				(seeks words for it)
			... Something about this concerns
			me. I don't know what, I can't
			point out a reason... yet.

      STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- TEASER      6.

4    CONTINUED

					RIKER
			Stay concerned. Please! The
			safety of the Enterprise may be
			entrusted to those two!

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT ONE      7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

5    INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	A dramatic HIGH ANGLE as Kosinski, his assistant, Riker,
	and Argyle ENTER the area. There are some members of
	the duty watch there -- as well as Wesley, who's working
	on a school-related science project.

					KOSINSKI
			Inform the bridge I shall begin
			the first test in precisely fifty
			minutes. Why is that child here?

					ARGYLE
				(throws off the answer)
			He's working on a school project.
				(that's not what's on
				 his mind)
			Before you continue, there are
			some questions. First, tell us...

	Riker ENTERS SHOT, but stands slightly off to one side,
	properly allowing Argyle to handle this, but ready to
	support him where necessary.

6    EMPHASIZING KOSINSKI

	He turns and faces them. (While this discussion plays
	out, Kosinski's assistant -- who remains uninvolved --
	has become attracted to Wesley's project and steps over
	beside the young man. This is a small thing which
	should go almost unnoticed.)

					KOSINSKI
				(interrupting)
			... To save myself time, let me
			ask those questions for you.

	Kosinski's arrogance builds with every word. He moves
	around as he talks, like a prize fighter, circling,
	jabbing, -- softening the opponent.

					KOSINSKI
				(continuing)
			You received the information which
			Starfleet provided -- you fed it
			into your computer -- being as
			precise as humanly possible -- then
			you ran a controlled test. And,
			then, to your astonishment --
			nothing happened.

      STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT ONE      8.

7    EMPHASIZING RIKER AND ARGYLE

	They are irritated by Kosinski's arrogance, yet it's
	strangely reassuring. This self-assurance, coupled with
	his record of success, makes them begin to think what
	he proposes is possible.

					KOSINSKI
			So you said - "What's going on?
			This doesn't work. Kosinski's
			a fraud."

8    ANGLE ON KOSINSKI

	He steps closer for emphasis.

					KOSINSKI
				(smiles smugly)
			You see, I have had this
			discussion on other Starfleet
			vessels. They didn't understand
			it; why should you?

	Cutting through the rhetoric.

					ARGYLE
			You are surely not saying it's
			unexplainable?

					KOSINSKI
			I'm saying I'm not a teacher, and
			don't want to become one. I have
			neither the inclination nor time.

					RIKER
			You have all the time you need.

					KOSINSKI
			I don't think you understand.
			This has already been approved
			by Starfleet Command.

					RIKER
			But it hasn't been approved by
			the chief engineer... or by me.

					KOSINSKI
				(a little snidely)
			I didn't know that was necessary.

					RIKER
			Now you do.

      STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT ONE      9.

8    CONTINUED:

					KOSINSKI
			Perhaps I should talk with Captain
			Picard.

					RIKER
			If you like, but it won't change
			anything.

	Kosinski sees the resolve in Riker's eyes and knows he
	can't bully his way through this.

					KOSINSKI
			How basic shall I be?

	Riker, without softening his expression in the
	slightest, indicates with a wave that it's Kosinski's
	call.

					RIKER
			I leave that to you.

	Kosinski steps over to the computer. Everyone moves
	a little closer, including Wesley. Kosinski's assistant
	comes up next to the young man.

9    EMPHASIZING KOSINSKI (OPTICAL)

	He gestures his assistant over to sit at an adjacent,
	secondary computer keyboard. Then the assistant works
	rapidly at this keyboard.

					KOSINSKI
			We can save a little time this
			way. My assistant is laying in
			my base formulas a bit more
			rapidly than a human can do it...
				(small chuckle)
			... even myself.

	Wesley is closely watching which keys the assistant is
	using and what is appearing on the computer screen.

10   COMPUTER SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	It is a three-dimensional geometric display which builds
	and grows as WE WATCH, becoming a wonderfully complex
	and incredibly beautiful pattern. It is nothing we
	recognize nor understand. It is a theoretical
	representation of warp power.

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT ONE     10.

10   CONTINUED:

					KOSINSKI
			Here is, in the simplest possible
			terms, what I do. This warp drive
			system was tuned only in the
			grossest sense, at least to my
			standard anyway. What I do is
			specific.

	Kosinski waves his assistant back, addresses his primary
	keyboard now and taps on a few keys. There is a slight
	change.

					KOSINSKI
				(continuing)
			How should I say this?
				(finds the words)
			Aah... sufficient to say for now,
			these symbols and their
			relationships have greater meaning
			to me than to you...

	He taps on the keys again, and again there is a slight
	change.

					KOSINSKI
				(continuing)
			... although you can in time learn
			them. Then, those of you
			sufficiently gifted, can duplicate
			my results.

					RIKER
			But the three percent efficiency
			increase of the other vessels
			could still have been caused by
			other things such as simply
			working more carefully, better
			station coordination...

					ARGYLE
			And you mention "gifted." In
			what way? Whatever any of us can
			learn to do on a computer, another
			computer can eventually perform
			faster, more precisely...

					KOSINSKI
			Wrong! What the computer can't
			do is create. Only the mind...
				(taps his forehead)
			... is capable of true, original
			thought.

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT ONE     11.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

	Kosinski steps away from the computer. Riker and Argyle
	follow him a few steps, then stop.

					RIKER
			But what we're dealing with is
			mechanics. However complex it
			may be, it has to do with an
			engine.

					KOSINSKI
			And that is exactly where you go
			wrong. Warp drive has become so
			complex that it is...

11   ANGLE EMPHASIZING RIKER AND ARGYLE

	exchanging a puzzled look as:

					KOSINSKI
			... as filled with mysteries as
			nature itself.
				(indicates)
			If you'll view the screen with
			me and consider the following.

12   EMPHASIZING WESLEY (OPTICAL)

	Drawn by curiosity, he moves closer to the computer
	screen. The assistant, curious over the expressions
	playing over Wesley's face, moves in beside him. In
	b.g. Kosinski is touching a button or so on the keyboard
	which produces minor changes on the screen as he
	continues.

					KOSINSKI
			Is this merely "mechanics" or is
			it nature that we deal with in
			this? What else than nature are
			elementals like space and time?

	Wesley looks puzzled as though some information on the
	screen is out of place.

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT ONE     12.

12   CONTINUED:

                    ASSISTANT                    KOSINSKI
               (a statement, not            (b.g.)
               a question)               You are trained through
          Something troubles you         the system -- you go in
          about the way this is          a straight line, competent,
          configured.                    yes, and perhaps
                                         even innovative in a
     Wesley nods his head yes.           minimalist way, but
     Without Riker or Argyle             what I am doing here is
     noticing, the assistant             not the end of the process --
     puts new information into 	     it's the beginning.
     the computer.
                                      Kosinski pauses to allow them
                 ASSISTANT            to be sufficiently impressed,
             (continuing)             believing they are whether
          How about it now?           they show it or not.

                                                 KOSINSKI
     The display changes -- much             (continuing)
     more than anything Kosinski         So, what do I do -- go
     did.                                back to the Fearless,
     (Note: It is not important          which I left with a more
     that we, the audience, understand   efficient warp drive
     the change -- it's only             than I found, or do you
     important that Wesley does.)        cast off your ignorance
                                         and allow me to continue?
     The confusion drains from
     Wesley's face.

                WESLEY                              RIKER
          Yes. But shouldn't                    (to Argyle)
          these be connected?             Can anything he's
                                          proposing damage the
     He taps the keys, the display        system?
     changes -- radically.

13   INTERCUT ANGLES INCLUDING SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Wesley and assistant slightly in b.g. at their keyboard.

             WESLEY                           ARGYLE
       Here.                           How could it? It's
         (changes it again)            meaningless.
       ... And here.
         (studies it for                         RIKER
         a beat)                       Then we'll let him try
       There. That's better.           it.

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT ONE     13.

13   CONTINUED:

     Wesley's attitude is                      KOSINSKI
     important here. What he is             (explodes)
     doing is pure problem-solving.   What do you mean, "let
     It would mean as much if he      him try it?" Don't
     were in his room alone. He's     talk about me in the
     not looking for approval.        third person like I'm
     He's not trying to impress.      not standing right here.

     The assistant looks at
     Wesley's reflection in the       Riker and Argyle continue to
     CRT. In that look WE SEE         ignore Kosinski.
     recognition -- an indication
     of potential which he sees
     in Wesley.

                ASSISTANT                           ARGYLE
         Now will it do what                     (pauses to weigh
         Kosinski says it will?                  it all; then)
                                          Yes, we might as well
     Wesley shrugs.                       let him try it.

                WESLEY                              KOSINSKI
         It has a chance -- but...              (sarcastically)
         I think it might work            You are too generous.
         better this way.

	Wesley punches in something on the computer.

13A  ANGLE ON VIEWER

	The computer formula changes slightly.

14   EMPHASIZING WESLEY AND ASSISTANT

	as the assistant looks approvingly at what Wesley has
	put on the viewer. Kosinski glances over to see Wesley
	at the computer.

					KOSINSKI
			Boy, don't play with that.

	Wesley, without a hint of petulance, moves away from
	the keyboard. The assistant gives Kosinski a look which
	says -- "If you only knew."

15   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	CAMERA TRUCKING with Picard as he ENTERS Main Bridge.
	Worf addresses him:

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT ONE     14.

15   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Main Engineering is ready to
			proceed, Captain.

	Picard takes his position.

					PICARD
			Engineering, this is the bridge.
			It's your call.

16   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Kosinski is at the big computer. His assistant is to
	his right. They will share the duty. Wesley is beside
	and slightly behind Kosinski's assistant.

					KOSINSKI
			Do this one just like the others.
			Nothing changes.

	The assistant nods, then motions for Wesley to step
	closer for a better view.

					KOSINSKI
				(continuing)
			Commander -- I will make my
			preliminary adjustments at warp
			one-point-five, and complete them
			as we achieve warp six.

					RIKER
			Engineering to bridge, did you
			copy that?

17   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard acknowledges.

					PICARD
			Affirmative, Number One. Are you
			ready?

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			We are.

					PICARD
			La Forge, set in warp
			one-point-five.

					GEORDI
			Warp one-point-five.

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT ONE     15.

17   CONTINUED

					PICARD
			Engage!

18   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the ship reaches warp speed.

19   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Kosinski and his assistant are at the big computer.

					KOSINSKI
			All right, here we go.

	Wesley steps closer.

20   ANGLE ON RIKER AND OTHERS

	slightly back. They expect nothing unusual. After all,
	it's only going to be a three percent increase even if
	Kosinski is right.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Passing warp five.

	The assistant looks over at Wesley to gauge how much
	he's absorbing. That look distracts him just for a
	split second, which is all it takes. Kosinski turns
	to the assistant.

					KOSINSKI
				(with a little panic)
			What are you doing... ?

	The assistant turns back to the computer. He hurries
	to catch up...

21   EMPHASIZING WESLEY (OPTICAL)

	as he sees a strange phasing occur to the Alien. Riker
	and the others are intent on the main screen and will
	miss this.

22   ANGLE ON ASSISTANT (OPTICAL)

	Streaks appear on his hands and face. Like gaps, where
	there is literally nothing -- emptiness. In these
	streaks he seems to DISAPPEAR -- then REAPPEAR, PHASING
	IN AND OUT.

   STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- REV. 7/31/87 -- ACT ONE   16.

23   EMPHASIZING WESLEY

	confused -- concerned. But before he can say anything, a
	GREAT EXPLOSION OF SPEED happens. The ship shudders
	once.

24   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The great ship leaps forward with a WARP SPEED EFFECT
	ON TOP OF A WARP SPEED EFFECT.

25   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	WE SEE it as a DOUBLE IMAGE EFFECT which now slowly
	becomes a SINGLE IMAGE. Picard is the first to react.

					PICARD
			What is our velocity?

					DATA
			It is off the scale, sir...

26   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Amidst a FLARE OF BLINDING LIGHT from the engine
	components, SLOWLY BECOMING NORMAL.

27   ANGLE ON KOSINSKI

	as he steps back -- stunned by what he thinks he's done.

28   EMPHASIZING ARGYLE

	frozen. They want to jump into action -- but what?

29   ANGLE ON THE ASSISTANT

	He too steps back. He looks suddenly tired, and
	embarrassed.

30   EMPHASIZING WESLEY

	right now more concerned about his new friend than
	anything else.

31   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Reverse engines!

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT ONE     17.

31   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Captain, no one has ever reversed
			engines at this velocity.

					PICARD
			That's because no one has ever
			gone this fast. REVERSE ENGINES!

32
thru	OMITTED
33

34   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the starship slows from HYPER-SPEED EFFECT to normal
	velocity. (What we'll see of Space matches what we'll
	end up with in Scene 38.)

35   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					PICARD
			All stop!

36   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	coming to a stop.

37   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	There is stunned silence for a beat. These are
	highly-trained people -- there is no chaos -- no running
	around -- no screaming and yelling. Everyone is under
	very tight, very tense control.

					PICARD
			Position.

					GEORDI
			Calculating it, sir.
				(shaken)
			Data, what do you read there?

					DATA
				(reading his own viewer;
				 puzzled)
			A malfunction... I trust.

					PICARD
				(snaps)
			Position please, Lieutenant La
			Forge.

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT ONE     18.

37   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			According to these readings, sir,
			we have not only left our own
			galaxy, but have passed through
			two others, stopping on the far
			side of Triangulum -- the Galaxy
			known as M-Thirty-Three.

					PICARD
			That's not possible. Data, what
			is our distance traveled?

					DATA
			Two million -- seven hundred
			thousand light years.

					PICARD
				(more to himself than
				 anyone else)
			I can't accept that.

					DATA
			You must, sir. Our comparisons
			show it to be completely
			accurate.

					GEORDI
			And I calculate that at maximum
			warp, sir...
				(looks up from viewer)
			... it would take over three
			hundred years to get home.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT TWO     19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

38   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Past what looks to be a "normal" sized planet, a huge
	section of space is dominated by an immense cloud of
	luminous gas and space dust. As indicated by the size
	of the planet in f.g., a really BIG cloud! A star is
	forming and when complete, and this one will have a mass
	100 times greater than our own sun.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41263.2.
			This will be a rather unusual log
			entry, assuming Starfleet ever
			receives it. As I have already
			informed my crew...

39   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard standing at his station. The other regulars
	except Riker are at their bridge stations, keyed up by
	what has happened, working at tasks made necessary by
	this happening.

					PICARD (V.O.
				(continuing)
			... a phenomenal surge of power
			during a warp speed experiment
			has sent our starship hurtling
			out of our own galaxy, past
			another, taking us over two
			million, seven-hundred thousand
			light years in a few minutes.

					GEORDI
			Message on this has been
			transmitted to Starfleet, sir.

					DATA
			Which, traveling subspace, they
			should receive in fifty-one years,
			ten months...

					PICARD
				(interrupting;
				 irritated)
			Mister Data... !

					DATA
			Sir?

   STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- REV. 7/31/87 -- ACT TWO   20.

39   CONTINUED

	The turbolift door SNAPS OPEN and Riker and Argyle
	ENTER the bridge with Kosinski... who seems to be
	actually strutting a bit. Coming well onto the bridge
	he stops, gives a little bow.

					KOSINSKI
			Captain Picard, I presume?

	Picard gives the pompous Kosinski a withering look.

					RIKER
			We're still trying to determine
			what happened, sir.

					KOSINSKI
			The truth is, Captain, I made a
			mistake. A wonderful, incredible
			mistake.

					PICARD
				(hard)
			Just explain what brought us here!

					KOSINSKI
			As the power built, I applied the
			energy asymtotically. I
			anticipated some tiling, but it
			didn't occur. That was my error
			-- using Bessel functions from
			the beginning.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			What is he saying, Number One?

					RIKER
				(hesitates; embarrassed)
			Well... if you want the truth,
			sir, it sounds to me like
			nonsense. But considering...

	He gestures lamely. Picard looks toward main viewer as:

39A  ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	emphasizing the strange area of space they're in.

					PICARD
			But considering where we are, we
			must assume it isn't.

40   OMITTED

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT TWO     21.

41   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING - WESLEY AND ASSISTANT

	the assistant slumped at a seat in a secluded area of
	Engineering. They're generally unnoticed by Engine Room
	personnel who are working as keyed up as the crew we saw
	on the bridge.

					WESLEY
			I can call my mother. She's a
			doctor...

					ASSISTANT
			No, there's nothing she can do.
			I need to rest. I've been away
			too long.

	Wesley eyes him, then:

					WESLEY
			Whatever happened to you... was
			it part of what happened to the
			ship?

	Almost wildly startled by this, the assistant looks at
	Wesley now with considerable respect.

					ASSISTANT
			Please believe I mean no harm to
			this vessel... or those in it...

					WESLEY
			Is Mister Kosinski like he sounds?
			A joke?

					ASSISTANT
			No, that's too cruel. He has
			sensed some small part of this...

					WESLEY
				(slowly)
			... that space and time and thought
			aren't... well, aren't the
			separate things they seem to be?

	The assistant is looking at Wesley in such a strange way
	that the boy becomes nervous.

					WESLEY
			I... I just thought the formula
			you were using said something like
			that...

	The assistant grabs Wesley's arms hard, hissing his
	words:

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT TWO     22.

41   CONTINUED

					ASSISTANT
			Boy, don't you ever say that
			again. At least, not at your age
			in a world that's not ready for
			such...
				(considers it)
			... such dangerous nonsense.

42   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - AT THE COMMAND AREA

	Picard, Riker and Argyle deeply involved with Kosinski.
	Other regulars will monitor the conversation as they are
	able. Kosinski is wallowing in his own self-importance.

					KOSINSKI
			I've always suspected this rate
			of speed was possible, of course,
			but, at this level -- never. We
			are going to need new definitions.
			New parameters.

					ARGYLE
			Perhaps you could call it the
			Kosinski scale.

	He glances at Argyle, lets the sarcasm bounce off him,
	and accepts the suggestion.

					KOSINSKI
			Why not? Since I'm the one who
			has made the so-called "warp
			barrier" meaningless.
				(to Picard)
			And, Captain, this must be a
			special thrill for you.

					PICARD
			"Thrill?"

					KOSINSKI
				(nods)
			As an explorer. In three
			centuries of space flight, we have
			charted just eleven percent of
			our galaxy. Then...
				(gestures broadly)
			... voila, we accomplish this.

					PICARD
				(hesitant nod)
			Yes... but isn't the real point,
			can you do it again? Can you get
			us home?

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT TWO     23.

43   WIDER ANGLE

	Kosinski hesitates for just a moment, then firms up and
	swells up too.

					KOSINSKI
			Of course I can. I'll just do what
			I did before.
				(moves for turbolift;
				 looks back)
			Coming, Riker?

	Riker looks ready to throw a punch at this, but Picard
	cuts him off.

					PICARD
			Commander Riker will join you in
			a moment.

	Kosinski doesn't react at all, turning and EXITING into
	the turbolift. The crew watches him go silently -- even
	Data has no comment.

					PICARD
			Comment is invited. Counselor?

	Hesitation, then:

					TROI
			He's convinced he's right -- I
			have no doubt of that.

					WORF
			Can you allow a man who has made
			one mistake back into a position
			where he may make another?

					GEORDI
			What are the options? If he
			doesn't do it, who will?

	There is no response. Then:

					DATA
			Captain, we are here. Why not
			avail ourselves of this
			opportunity for study? There
			is a giant protostar here in the
			process of forming. No vessel
			has been out this far.

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT TWO     24.

43   CONTINUED

					PICARD
				(smiles at Data)
			Spoken like a true Starfleet
			graduate.
				(nods)
			It is tempting, eh Number One?

					RIKER
			Aye, sir, it is.
				(nods to Picard)
			As they say, sir... you're the
			captain.

44   ANGLE ON PICARD

	Considers it, then makes his decision, sighs.

					PICARD
			Yes, that's the problem. I know
			that if Kosinski can get us home,
			Starfleet could use his technique
			to send back a pure science
			vessel to do even more.
				(turning)
			Number One -- have Mister Kosinski
			prepare to get us out of here.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

	Riker turns to the turbolift.

45   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Kosinski MOVES TOWARD the computer where his assistant
	is waiting. Wesley has stepped over next to Riker.

					KOSINSKI
				(self-satisfied)
			Do you realize that many great
			advancements of mankind have been
			tied to speed? This is a moment
			in history -- right now. Right
			here. And your names will be
			linked forever with mine.

	The idea does not appeal to either Riker or Argyle.

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT TWO     25.

45   CONTINUED

					WESLEY
			Excuse me, Commander Riker. I
			don't think he did it... I think
			it was...

					RIKER
				(gently but firmly)
			Not now, Wes.

	Wesley again tries to make his point.

					WESLEY
			But, when this all happened, I
			was watching his assistant and...

					RIKER
			I'm sure it was fascinating,
			Wesley, and I look forward to
			hearing about it. But not right
			now!

	Picard calls.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Standing by, Number One.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

46   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	In the Control Room area, Kosinski walks over to his
	assistant; Wesley moves quickly -- protectively -- to the
	assistant's side.

					KOSINSKI
			Come on.

					WESLEY
			He's too tired.
				(with a little
				 challenge)
			Why don't you do it by yourself?

	Kosinski is so filled with himself, he does not recognize
	the challenge in Wesley's tone.

					KOSINSKI
			Yes, why not?

	His assistant knows the answer to that.

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT TWO     26.
46   CONTINUED

					ASSISTANT
				(rising)
			No, I will help.

					KOSINSKI
			As you wish.

	Wesley allows the assistant to lean on him as he gets to
	his feet. The assistant pats the boy's shoulder as he
	walks to his position. Again, he's tired -- worn -- but
	not desperately so. It's going to get worse.

47   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard is in his position. Troi is on his left. Tasha
	is at the Tactical Station, Worf is monitoring the Aft
	Stations, Geordi has the Conn and Data is at Ops.

					GEORDI
			I've laid in a reciprocal course
			back, Captain.

48   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Kosinski's arrogance bristles.

					KOSINSKI
			You may tell the captain I am
			ready, First Officer.

	Slightly to the side, the assistant gathers himself for
	the effort. Wesley is near him. There's nothing Wesley
	can do but hold a good thought. Which is what everyone
	is doing.

					RIKER
			Ready for you to engage, Captain.

49   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard gives the order.

					PICARD
			Warp one-point-five.

					GEORDI
			Warp one-point-five.

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT TWO     27.

50   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Everyone here is holding one thought -- SPEED! GO!

51   ANGLE ON KOSINSKI

	He works the computer panel -- but nothing is happening.
	The color drains from his face.

					KOSINSKI
				(panic rising)
			It's not working...

52   EMPHASIZING RIKER

	stepping closer -- and for the first time -- he, too, sees
	the difference between what Kosinski is doing and what
	his assistant is now doing.

53   RIKER'S POV - THE ASSISTANT

	With great effort, the assistant forces himself to
	concentrate.

54   BACK TO EMPHASIZING RIKER (OPTICAL)

	It's clear to him now. It's not Kosinski who's special --
	it's the assistant. CAMERA CENTERS ON assistant who
	focuses his total attention on the computer. Again he
	phases -- pieces of him seem to disappear -- as though
	leaving this dimension for another. Then, what he's
	doing HAPPENS.

55   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	It disappears. But this time it is a kind of speed
	unlike anything ever seen.

56   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Everyone reacting as the entire bridge and everyone on
	it seems DISASSEMBLED AND REASSEMBLED IN THE WINK OF AN
	EYE.

57   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	This time, multiples on top of multiples of the WARP
	SPEED EFFECT.

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT TWO     28.

58   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	QUIVERING DOUBLE EXPOSURES of everything and everyone.
	WE CAN SEE the assistant collapsing in a heap and both
	Riker and Wesley making their way to his side.

59   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAAL)

	Viewer showing an effect that fits Scene 57. Everyone
	watches with amazement.

					PICARD
			ALL STOP!

					GEORDI
			Answering all stop.

	Everyone is staring at the viewscreen while Data checks
	his instruments.

					DATA
			Captain, according to the
			instruments, our speed never
			exceeded warp one-point-five.

					GEORDI
			All stopped, Captain.

					PICARD
			Yes, but where is this place?

					DATA
			Where none have gone before.

60   FULL ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	showing a space scene made up not of stars and planets
	but of NEATLY-STRUCTURED GEOMETRICAL SHAPES. Many of
	these appear carefully aligned -- in fact, there is no
	suggestion of disorder out here.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT THREE    29.

                              ACT THREE                                

	FADE IN:

61   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In this bizarre pattern of hyper-space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log Stardate 41263.3.
			Instead of returning to our own
			galaxy...

62   EXT. SPACE - ANOTHER ANGLE ON THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	A place where the universe begins? A place where it
	ends?

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... the Enterprise has gone forward
			to a place in the universe which
			is uncharted and unknown. Our
			ship's instruments...

63   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLES ON BRIDGE CREW

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... have continued to operate,
			our motion and course sensors
			reveal what would ordinarily be
			considered impossible...
				(pause)
			... but this is very real... our
			present position puts us at over
			a billion light years from our
			galaxy.

64   ANGLE ON PICARD

	Rises from his seat.

					PICARD
			Data, you have the helm. I'll
			be in Engineering.

	Picard CROSSES to the turbolift. He speaks toward the
	controls.

    STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT THREE    30.

64   CONTINUED

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Main Engineering.

	The doors CLOSE.

65   ANGLE ON WORF

	Something causes him to turn from his station and glance
	to the side. What he sees makes him smile -- it's the
	first time we've ever seen Worf smile. He stands and
	moves toward it.

66   ANGLE TO INCLUDE A KLINGON ANIMAL

	(Type of animal yet to be determined -- but it is LARGE.)
	Worf and it are happy -- in a uniquely Klingon way -- to
	see each other. But the rest of the bridge crew are
	now on their feet, alarmed.

					TROI
			What is it?

					DATA
			A Klingon Targ!

	Worf has moved in to embrace the animal.

					WORF
			From home, my pet...
				(pulls back; puzzled)
			... but when I was a child!

67   ANGLE ON TASHA

	astonished.

					TASHA
			You're telling us that's a
			kittycat?

68   ANGLE ON WORF AND ANIMAL (OPTICAL)

	as Worf nods, smiles again.

					WORF
			Yes, I suppose that's what you...

	The animal BLINKS OUT OF EXISTENCE.

    STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT THREE    31.

69   ANGLE ON TASHA

	with a KITTEN having APPEARED on her console in front of
	her. It MEOWS.

70   INT. TURBOLIFT - PICARD (OPTICAL)

	as turbolift comes to a quick stop. Picard is already
	moving forward as the doors OPEN onto NOTHINGNESS. A
	sheer drop to the infinite. A vicious wind rips at
	Picard where no wind is possible.

71   ANOTHER ANGLE - PICARD

	He jams himself against the back of the turbolift. His
	mind reeling. The doors automatically CLOSE. Then,
	almost before Picard can react, the doors OPEN again.
	He braces, steps gingerly OUT.

72   EXT. CORRIDOR

	Picard STEPPING OUT into the corridor to find everything
	normal.

73   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	All eyes on Tasha who is holding the kitten up, speaking
	to it.

					TASHA
			You darling, what are you doing
			here?

74   INT. SEWER-TUNNEL - CLOSE ON TASHA

	HOLDING in the same position what is now a VERY BEGRIMED
	KITTEN while Tasha herself is dressed very differently
	in TATTERED CAST-OFF CLOTHING, HER FACE BEGRIMED TOO,
	HER HAIR ASKEW. She puts the kitten down.

					TASHA
			Now, run. This isn't a safe place
			at all.

	She comes erect, alert, as from a distance comes the
	SOUND OF SEVERAL ECHOING FOOTSTEPS. Then a hand-held
	LIGHT PROBES NEARBY, PASSES. Tasha begins stealthily
	retreating.

    STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT THREE    32.

75   ANOTHER ANGLE ON TASHA

	beginning to hurry, then quickly stopping again,
	listening. MEN'S WHISPERS, MOVING CLOSER. Suddenly, a
	hand reaches out and touches her shoulder.

76   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - MATCHING REVERSE ANGLE ON TASHA

	as she spins, discovers the hand on her shoulder is
	Geordi. She's in her Starfleet uniform as before.

					GEORDI
			What's wrong, Tasha? You look
			frightened to death.

					TASHA
			I.. I was at...
				(shakes head)
			This is crazy! I was at the
			colony where I grew up ... being
			chased by a rape gang...

77   INT. CORRIDOR - TRUCKING WITH PICARD

	as he walks what appears to be an ordinary ship corridor
	-- except for a crew pair who try to hurry past, looking
	back over their shoulders, very concerned.

					FIRST CREWMEMBER
			Captain, we need help...

					PICARD
				(halting the pair)
			How? What is troubling you?

					FIRST CREWMEMBER
			Don't you see what's following
			us?!

	They break away, HURRYING OFF. Picard whirls, looks in
	the direction they were pointing.

78   ANOTHER ANGLE ON PICARD

	with the corridor empty in the direction the crewmembers
	indicated. Picard begins striding toward a corridor
	turn in another direction.

  STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- REV. 7/31/87 -- ACT THREE  33.

79   ANGLE AT CORRIDOR TURN

	as Picard pulls up at the sight of an ELDERLY WOMAN,
	(MOTHER PICARD) SEATED AT A SMALL TABLE IN HIS PATH.
	She's brewing tea, smiles up at Picard.

					MOTHER PICARD
			You look tense, Jean-Luc. Sit
			and have a cup of tea.

	Picard is overwhelmed with emotion.

					PICARD
			Maman.

	Immediately he feels it is not an image of his mother --
	not a figment of his imagination.

					MOTHER PICARD
			I'll make it good and strong, the
			way you like it.

	Picard takes a step closer, trying to make sense out of
	this strange reunion in a starship at the end of the
	universe.

					MOTHER PICARD
				(continuing)
			We will have a nice long talk.

					PICARD
			Maman... this can't be! You've
			been...

					MOTHER PICARD
			Dead? But I'm always with you,
			you know that.

	Picard eyes her, then seems to be able to accept that.

					PICARD
			Strange, but... yes, I've felt
			that. But why now...suddenly...

					MOTHER PICARD
			Why out here, you mean? At what
			you see as the end of the
			universe? Or do you see this as
			the beginning of it?

  STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- REV. 7/31/87 -- ACT THREE  34.

79   CONTINUED

					PICARD
			We... we believed it the outer rim.

					MOTHER PICARD
				(amused)
			Tres Euclidian.

					PICARD
				(moves in; intent)
			Do you understand these things,
			Maman?

80   ANGLE ON RIKER

	hurrying around the bend in the Corridor, pulling up
	short.

81   ANGLE ON PICARD AND MOTHER

	with him bending down to speak to her, intent on what
	he's heard.

					PICARD
			Maman, can you tell me where my
			ship is? What is this place?

82   ANGLE ON RIKER AND PICARD

	except that Picard is bending down toward empty corridor
	-- his mother missing from Riker's viewpoint.

					RIKER
			Captain, you were reported headed
			for...

					PICARD
				(whirls; snaps)
			Just a moment, Number One!

	Picard turns immediately back, but now with a stunned
	expression coming over his face as he too now sees only
	corridor. He slowly straightens up, wonderingly.

  STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- REV. 8/4/87 -- ACT THREE  35.

83   CLOSE SHOT - PICARD

	moisture coming into his eyes now. He's genuinely
	shaken and Riker, stepping into CLOSE TWO SHOT, sees it.

					RIKER
			Can I help you, sir?

					PICARD
				(beat)
			No... no, let's help all of us.

84   WIDER ANGLE

	Picard turning to the black Corridor companel. He
	touches it and that portion of the panel FLASHES ON.

					PICARD
			General Quarters, Red Alert!

	The appropriate KLAXON BLASTS and LIGHTS come on.
	Picard then moves in the direction Riker appeared
	from and Riker follows.

85   MONTAGE OF VARIOUS VESSEL AREAS

	featuring crewmembers stopped or stopping in the midst
	of what must have been interesting illusions -- or were
	they alternate realities? A MALE CREWMEMBER is caught
	playing in a string quartet. The players are dressed in
	period attire. Suddenly, he becomes aware that he's back
	in uniform and has no violin. A FEMALE CREWMEMBER in a
	"tou-tou," pirouettes like a ballerina until she becomes
	aware her dance sandals are gone and she stumbles off
	balance.

86   OMITTED

    STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT THREE    36.

87   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Picard and Riker ENTER. Beverly is there looking after
	the assistant. He's not conscious. Wesley is beside
	them, Kosinski is off to the side facing away.

					RIKER
			What is it Captain? Why are we
			at General Quarters?

	Picard STEPS to a Wall Panel.

					PICARD
			I had to get everyone's attention.
			This was the quickest way.

88   ANGLE ON PICARD

	He shuts off the klaxon.

					PICARD
				(to the ship's company)
			This is the captain. This is not
			a drill. It seems that in this
			place, the physical universe and
			... and the world of ideas are
			intermixed. What we think also
			becomes real. Therefore, we must,
			repeat MUST begin controlling our
			thoughts.

89   REACTION SHOTS OF SHIP'S PERSONNEL

	as they listen to the captain.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			We will report all this to you
			more fully as our understanding
			increases. The Enterprise will
			stay at full alert until this
			crisis is solved.

90   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Picard CLICKS OFF and turns to Kosinski -- with fire in
	his eyes and steel in his voice.

					PICARD
			What did you do?

  STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- REV. 7/31/87 -- ACT THREE  37.

91   EMPHASIZING KOSINSKI

	He turns his face from the wall, is diminished --
	embarrassed.

					RIKER
			It wasn't him. It never was.
			It was his assistant.

					PICARD
			What are you talking about?

					RIKER
			Kosinski wasn't the one
			controlling the warp experiment.

					KOSINSKI
			It was me!

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			The equations he punched in were
			nonsense, just as we thought.

					KOSINSKI
				(almost in tears;
				 to Riker)
			I honestly thought it was me.
			I thought somehow... somehow that
			I was operating on his level.

	Picard turns his attention to the assistant who is lying
	on the table where Beverly attends him with a medical
	tricorder.

					ARGYLE
			It's also my fault, Captain. I
			should have realized it wasn't
			Kosinski.

					PICARD
			How could you? How could
			anyone... ?

					RIKER
			Wesley did.

					PICARD
				(whirls to Wesley)
			If you knew something, why didn't
			you say so?!

	Wesley hesitates. He doesn't want to make Riker look
	bad.

    STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT THREE    38.

91   CONTINUED

					RIKER
			He tried -- twice. But I didn't
			listen.

	Picard nods. He can understand how that could happen,
	and steps closer to where Beverly tends the assistant.

					PICARD
			He's unconscious. Why?

					BEVERLY
			I'm not certain yet...

					WESLEY
			He phased.

					PICARD
				(turning to Wesley)
			What does that mean?

					WESLEY
			Parts of him just disappeared,
			then came back. No one else was
			paying attention to him the first
			time.

					RIKER
			When we saw it this time, he
			seemed to be struggling...
			fighting it...

					BEVERLY
				(looking up)
			He's dying.

					PICARD
				(reacting; to Beverly)
			Save him! He's the only one
			who can get us back!

					BEVERLY
			Realistically, it does not seem
			possible.

	As they stand worriedly over the assistant:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

   STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- REV. 8/7/87 -- ACT FOUR   39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

92   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at the unknown part of the universe as described.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. Our
			position is unknown and our only
			chance of returning to the known
			universe is a dying alien...

93   INT. SICKBAY - ESTABLISHING

	At this point in the script, we begin referring to the
	assistant by his real name... which is TRAVELER.

	The Traveler on a medical table, Beverly and MEDICAL
	ASSISTANT working over him with a medical tricorder and
	other medical equipment, but obviously getting puzzling
	readings. Picard, Riker, and Wesley wait anxiously too.
	Kosinski is staying well in b.g.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... who is generally humanoid but
			with a physiology sufficiently
			different from our own to create
			medical problems in caring for
			him.

					PICARD
				(to Beverly)
			Cause?

					BEVERLY
			I don't know. My equipment
			here does not register his kind
			of life signs. I would have to
			guess exhaustion, fatigue.

					WESLEY
				(concerned)
			Is he going to be all right?

   STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- REV. 8/7/87 -- ACT FOUR   40.

93   CONTINUED

					PICARD
				(irritated; to Riker)
			What's the boy doing here?

					WESLEY
			Mom... he's my friend.

					RIKER
			You may want him here before we're
			done sir.
				(indicates Traveler)
			He seemed to feel some kind of
			relationship with the boy.

					WESLEY
			My name is Wesley, Mister Riker.

					PICARD
				(snaps)
			He knows...
				(softens)
			... We all know.

	Picard turns back to Beverly, indicates the Traveler.

					PICARD
			Will he live?

					BEVERLY
			I'm not sure.

					PICARD
			Wake him.

					BEVERLY
			I recommend we let him come around
			in his own time.

					PICARD
			We don't have that luxury. Wake him.

					BEVERLY
				(with a glance toward
				 Wesley)
			He could die and with him any
			chance we have.

					PICARD
			Doctor...
				(toward Wesley)
			Wes... You and I have other
			friends aboard this ship, too.
				(to Beverly)
			If we remain in this place any
			longer we may lose the ability
			to tell the difference between
			thought and reality. Regardless
			of the risk, we must wake him...
			now.

   STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- REV. 8/7/87 -- ACT FOUR   41.

93   CONTINUED (2)

	In b.g., Wesley recoils slightly. He's too well
	schooled to say anything to the Captain, but his concern
	for the Traveler is evident.

94   CLOSER ON MEDICAL TABLE

	Beverly makes her attempt with an atomized stimulant.

95   ANGLE - PICARD, RIKER

	watching, trying to hide their concern.

96   VARIOUS ANGLES

	as the Traveler comes slowly to consciousness. He looks
	weak and worn. Picard moves in.

					PICARD
			Do you recognize me? I'm the
			captain... I need answers.

					TRAVELER
			Do my best... to provide...

					PICARD
			Who are you? Or what?

					TRAVELER
			I am -- a Traveler.

					PICARD
			A traveler? What is your
			destination?

					TRAVELER
				(smiles)
			Destination?

	The Traveler seems to be growing a bit stronger.

					PICARD
			Yes, what place are you trying
			to reach?

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT FOUR     42.

96   CONTINUED

					TRAVELER
			Place? No, there is no
			specific place I wish to go.

					PICARD
			Then what is the purpose of this
			journey?

					TRAVELER
			Curiosity.

					PICARD
			That's not an answer. What is
			it that you want?

					TRAVELER
			I have certain... "abilities."
			They give me an understanding of
			-- propulsion. I have been trading
			this for passage on Starfleet
			vessels.

					RIKER
			Allowing Kosinski to take the
			credit for what you did.

					TRAVELER
				(trace of a smile)
			It seemed the sensible way.

					PICARD
			Until now.

					TRAVELER
			Captain, I seek only
			transportation in order to see
			and experience your... your
			reality. I am not a threat to
			you, your ship or your crew.

					WESLEY
			He isn't, Captain. I know he
			isn't.

	Beverly silences Wesley with a look; he may be correct,
	but he's out of line.

					PICARD
			Our "reality?" And in satisfying
			yourself, you have put my ship and
			my crew at great risk.

					TRAVELER
			I have made some mistakes.


   STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- REV. 8/7/87 -- ACT FOUR   43.

96   CONTINUED (2)

					PICARD
			Some mistakes? What kind of
			"mistake" can cause these
			incredible explosions of velocity?

	The Traveler hesitates, just as a physicist of today
	would be given pause if asked to explain nuclear fusion
	to a caveman because...

					TRAVELER
			... I don't know if I can put it
			in terms you'll understand.

					PICARD
			I believe that there may be a warp
			speed that could have gotten us
			to Galaxy M-Thirty-Three... but
			there is no "velocity" of any
			magnitude which could bring us
			to wherever this is. Can you
			tell us if our navigation sensors
			are right? Is this millions of
			light years from where we were?

					TRAVELER
			Yes.

					PICARD
			What got us here?

	The Traveler hesitates. Kosinski moves in closer. He
	doesn't want to miss a word, there might be a way for
	him to salvage something out of this after all.

					TRAVELER
			Thought.

					PICARD
			Thought?!

					TRAVELER
			You do understand don't you that
			thought is the basis of all
			reality? The... "energy" of
			thought, to put it in your terms,
			is very powerful.

					KOSINSKI
			That's not an explanation.

					TRAVELER
			I have the ability to act like
			a lens which focuses thought.

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT FOUR     44.

96   CONTINUED (3)

					KOSINSKI
			That's just so much nonsense.
			You're asking us to believe in
			magic.

	As tired as he is, the Traveler can still find a chuckle.

					TRAVELER
			Yes -- this could seem like magic
			to you.

					PICARD
			No, it actually makes some sense
			to me. Only the power of thought
			could explain what's been
			happening. Especially out here.

					TRAVELER
			Thought is the essence of where
			you are now. You do understand
			the danger?

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Chaos. What we think is what
			happens.

					TRAVELER
			It pains me I was so careless,
			Captain.
				(sighs with regret)
			My intent was only to observe,
			not to cause this. You should
			not be here until your far, far
			distant future. Certainly not
			until you have learned control.

					RIKER
			You are from a different time,
			aren't you?

					TRAVELER
			Well -- no -- not exactly from
			another "time." Although as you
			understand the concept... yes,
			perhaps that term fits as well
			as any.

					RIKER
			And you have this ability to...
			ah... "travel."

					TRAVELER
			Yes...

  STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- REV. 7/31/87 -- ACT FOUR  45.

96   CONTINUED (4)

					RIKER
			And others of your kind can also
			"travel?"

					TRAVELER
			Yes.

					RIKER
			Then, why -- in all of our history
			-- has there never been a record
			of you or someone like you having
			visited us?

					TRAVELER
				(laughs)
			What wonderful arrogance. There
			is no record because we have not
			visited you before.

					RIKER
			Why not?

					TRAVELER
			Ah. Well, up until now ... if
			you'll forgive this... when
			compared to many others in the
			universe, you have been...
			uninteresting. It's only now that
			your life form begins to merit
			serious attention. I'm...
			sorry...

	The Traveler falls back into a kind of sleep.

					PICARD
			No, no -- none of that.

	Beverly begins hurriedly checking him over.

					BEVERLY
			He's unconscious again.

					PICARD
			Revive him.

	Beverly hesitates, sees Picard's determination, gives
	the Traveler another hypo injection. He begins to stir
	back into consciousness. Beverly gives Picard a
	concerned look.

					BEVERLY
			Whatever you need from him, you
			better get it soon.

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT FOUR     46.

96   CONTINUED (5)

					RIKER
			I suggest, sir, that the first
			jump out of our galaxy was as he
			said, a "mistake"...

					PICARD
			Or he was distracted by something.

					RIKER
				(nods)
			But it weakened him in some way,
			leading to the incredible jump
			out here.

					KOSINSKI
			Theory!

					PICARD
				(to Kosinski)
			Can you propose some facts that
			fit this?

	Kosinski obviously can't. During this the Traveler is
	back to consciousness, gathering some strength again.
	Picard turns to him.

					PICARD
				(with a hard edge)
			Can you get us back?

					KOSINSKI
			Wait, Captain. Not so fast. We
			have an opportunity for scientific
			discovery here...

					PICARD
			And report our observations how?
			To whom?
				(to Traveler)
			Can you get us back?!

					TRAVELER
			I will try.

					PICARD
			Number One, you'll take the
			Traveler to Main Engineering;
			I'll be on the bridge...

					WESLEY
			He is very weak.

					PICARD
			I know.

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT FOUR     47.

96   CONTINUED (6)

					TRAVELER
			The Captain is right. We don't
			have much time.
				(to all)
			But first, I request a moment with
			the captain. Alone!

	Picard reflects, then nods to all the others. They
	LEAVE him alone with the Traveler. Wesley looks from
	the captain to his new friend, turns and WALKS OUT too.

97   TWO SHOT - PICARD AND TRAVELER

	Picard has watched Wesley leave, then:

					PICARD
			Strange how he seems to care for
			you.

	The Traveler nods -- touched.

					TRAVELER
			He will forget me in time. Which
			is as it should be.
				(eyes Picard; then)
			It is Wesley I wanted to speak to
			you about.

					PICARD
			The boy?

					TRAVELER
				(nods)
			It's best you do not repeat this
			to the others... especially not
			to the mother. Whatever may
			happen, it is best it proceeds
			naturally.

					PICARD
				(hurriedly)
			I must get my ship back; do we
			have time for this?

					TRAVELER
			Yes. He and a few like him are
			why I travel.
				(sitting upright; intent
				 now)
			You have it in your power to
			encourage him without
			interfering...

     STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT FOUR     48.

97   CONTINUED

					PICARD
			Encourage him in what?

					TRAVELER
			How shall I explain? Are you
			acquainted with the intricacies
			of what is called here... music?

					PICARD
			Somewhat.

					TRAVELER
			And musical genius such as I saw
			in one of your ship's libraries.
			One called Mozart, for example?
				(at Picard's nod)
			Who as a small child wrote
			astonishing symphonies as you call
			them... whose genius made music
			a tangible reality to be not only
			heard, but also seen and felt
			beyond the ability, the
			understanding, of others?

	Traveler begins coming to his feet, Picard supporting
	him.

					TRAVELER
				(continuing)
			Your Wesley is such a person.
			Not with music but with the
			equally lovely intricacies of
			time, energy, propulsion...
				(gestures)
			... and the instruments of this
			vessel which allow all that to
			be played.

	The Traveler begins moving weakly toward the hatch
	leading to the corridor.

					TRAVELER
				(continuing)
			You are right, I must hurry now...
				(pausing at the door)
			You are right in something else.
			He is also just a boy for now.
			He should be encouraged... but
			told none of this.

          STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT FOUR         49.

98   INT. CORRIDOR -- RIKER

	As Picard and Traveler ENTER from Sickbay, Riker hurries
	over and Picard indicates the Traveler.

					PICARD
			Help him to Engineering. I'll
			be on the bridge. We must try
			to get back home.

					RIKER
			Yes, sir.

	He helps support the Traveler, MOVING OFF.

99   PANNING PICARD -- FURTHER ALONG CORRIDOR

	as he comes upon a CREWMEMBER who stands before a wall
	of flame. He's frozen with fear. Picard grabs the man
	by the shoulder.

					PICARD
			Put it out.

					CREWMEMBER
			How?

					PICARD
			Think! Put the flame out in your
			thoughts.

	The crewmember looks confused for a beat, then as he turns
	back to the fire, it's doused.

					PICARD
			Now. Get to your station and
			concentrate on your assignment.

	Picard strides toward the turbolift.

									FADE OUT.

                         END ACT FOUR                           

          STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT FIVE         50.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

100  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as before.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, any time entry is
			meaningless. We have no choice
			but to repeat the same warp
			experiment...

101  INT. MAIN ENGINEERING - EMPHASIZING TRAVELER

	Flanked by Riker, Argyle and Kosinski as Traveler moves
	to the computer. Wesley HURRIES IN, stops with a
	questioning expression. The Traveler nods to Riker who
	gestures Wesley to come in to one side.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... but wish one variation. A
			principal part of this warp
			formula will be the thoughts of
			everyone aboard the Enterprise.
			We have no idea exactly how this
			works...

102  EXT. MAIN BRIDGE - ESTABLISHING

	the balance of our regulars at their positions.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... we understand only that the
			Traveler makes use of this
			somehow. It will be most
			important that those aboard avoid
			random thoughts that might change
			the reality of what we're
			attempting to do.

	Picard turns to Troi.

					PICARD
			Any further advice, Counselor?

       STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- REV. 7/31/87 -- ACT FIVE       51.

102  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			When you begin the attempt, there
			will be stress... And it's only
			natural that the crew's
			concentration will shift.

					TASHA
			Plus some genuine fear, Captain.
			You can't notice what's outside
			without feeling some of that.

	Picard nods, reaches to touch a control. His VOICE
	BECOMES AMPLIFIED.

					PICARD
			ALL DECKS, THIS IS THE CAPTAIN
			SPEAKING. ALL DECKS...

103  INT. ENTERPRISE - MONTAGE

	A Crewmember on a unicycle, making a slow turn which
	brings his face INTO CAMERA -- and the back INTO FULL
	FIGURE SHOT with the unicycle gone and the man stopping,
	looking for the unicycle, half-puzzled and half aware of
	Picard's words. Plus interposing scenes of people
	simply listening.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(amplified)
			... I MUST HAVE YOUR FULL
			ATTENTION. IN A FEW MOMENTS AS
			WE ATTEMPT TO WARP BACK HOME, IT
			IS VITAL... ABSOLUTELY VITAL, THAT
			YOU CENTER YOUR THOUGHTS ON YOUR
			DUTY... OR UPON THE WELFARE OF
			THE ONE CALLED 'THE TRAVELER.'
			THINK OF GIVING HIM SOME...

104  INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Riker and the others listen.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(amplified)
			... OF YOUR STRENGTH. URGENT.
			THIS IS AN ORDER. YOU MUST
			TRY TO DO THIS.

	CAMERA begins PUSHING IN on Picard's face.

       STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- REV. 7/31/87 -- ACT FIVE       52.

104  CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(continuing; amplified)
			YOU WILL ATTEMPT NOW TO CONCENTRATE
			COMPLETELY ON EITHER YOUR DUTY OF
			THE MOMENT... OR UPON THE
			TRAVELER... ON HIS WELL BEING.

105  OMITTED

106  INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	The Traveler smiles as he sits at the same secondary
	computer panel.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(amplified)
			THINK OF HIM AS SOMEONE YOU CARE
			DEEPLY ABOUT.

107  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard turns to Troi.

					PICARD
			And now to focus their thoughts
			on that...

	He reaches over to his panel.

					PICARD
				(continuing; amplified)
			... ALL DECKS, ALL STATIONS, GO
			TO BATTLE STATIONS.

	The Bridge KLAXON SOUNDS FIVE TIMES and the emergency
	RED LIGHTS begin BLINKING.

108  INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Red lights are blinking. Traveler turns:

					TRAVELER
			I will need Kosinski back on the
			main computer.

	From OUT OF CAMERA RANGE where he has been hiding,
	Kosinski APPEARS.

          STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT FIVE         53.

108  CONTINUED

					KOSINSKI
				(tentative)
			You need me?

					TRAVELER
			Yes --

	It's probably not true, but Kosinski does not care. The
	gesture fills part of the gaping hole in his ego. Riker
	examines the Traveler.

					RIKER
			You're looking better.

					TRAVELER
				(nods)
			I'm feeling better.

109  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard gets it started.

					PICARD
			Helm, set in warp one point five,
			retroactive course.

					GEORDI
			Warp one point five, sir.
			Retroactive two-six-one mark
			three-one.

					PICARD
				(into Com)
			Bridge to Engineering...Standby.

					TROI
				(smiling)
			There is such an abundance of
			well-being on this ship. It feels
			like...
				(she smiles)
			... quite wonderful.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Engineering to bridge, we're
			ready.

					PICARD
			On my order, Mister Data... Mister
			La Forge...

          STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT FIVE         54.

110  INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	The Traveler on the computer.

111  RIKER AND ENGINEERING PERSONNEL

	They watch intently.

112  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Everyone tense.

					PICARD
			Engage!

113  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	There is an explosion of speed -- but not as much as we
	saw when coming out here.

114  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and the Bridge crew -- intent on their
	instruments...

					PICARD
			It's not happening... not
			enough...

115  INT. MAIN ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	The Traveler and Kosinski increase their tempo. The
	phasing occurs.

116  ANGLE EMPHASIZING TRAVELER AND WESLEY (OPTICAL)

	The phasing stops; the Traveler looks concerned at this.
	Wesley moves closer, touches the Traveler anxiously on
	the shoulder -- and then a major phasing occurs.
	Traveler smiles at Wesley, but shakes his head at the
	hand on his shoulder. Wesley withdraws it, continues
	watching. The Traveler phases -- almost out this time,
	then back, then:

117  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	It happens. The same effect that brought the ship out
	here.

       STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- REV. 7/31/87 -- ACT FIVE       55.

118  INT. MAIN ENGINEERING - EMPHASIZING TRAVELER

	Phasing so completely his image is almost gone. Wesley
	reacts, concerned. Then the Traveler DISAPPEARS.

119  ANGLE ON WESLEY

	Shaken, somehow, he realizes the Traveler is gone this
	time for good.

120  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Coming out of a MIXED WARP SPEED EFFECT to travel normal
	warp.

121  INT. BRIDGE - ESTABLISHING

	Everyone looking very relieved. The red alert lights
	go out.

					DATA
			Warp one-point-five, sir...
				(turns)
			... which is what my instruments
			have read all along.

					GEORDI
			Our position reads exactly what
			it was before this sleigh-ride
			began, sir.

					DATA
			Sleigh-ride?

	Picard waves Data off.

					GEORDI
			Or whatever you want to call it,
			Data. I don't have a name for
			it.

	The turbolift door OPENS. Riker ENTERS the bridge,
	moving to his position as:

					RIKER
			The Traveler's gone, sir.

					PICARD
			Gone?

          STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT FIVE         56.

121  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(nods)
			He phased completely out of
			existence... at least out of our
			existence.

	Picard takes a moment to consider this. Then:

					PICARD
			Attention all decks. This is to
			inform you that the Traveler has
			left us. With your support, he
			has returned us to our galaxy.
			Wherever he has gone, we wish him
			well.

					PICARD
				(continuing; to Riker)
			Have the boy come up on the
			bridge, Number One.

	Riker starts to either object or comment on this. Then
	he decides instead to obey the order.

					RIKER
				(speaking toward his
				 companel)
			Wesley Crusher, report to the
			Bridge.
				(looks to Picard, adds)
			On the double.

	A flicker of a smile from Picard... almost.

					PICARD
			Our next assignment is on this
			heading?

					RIKER
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, Mister La Forge...
			Increase to warp five. Same
			heading.

					DATA
			Warp five, sir.

					GEORDI
			Same heading, sir.

          STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT FIVE         57.

121  CONTINUED: (2)

	The turbolift doors snap OPEN. It is Wesley, looking a
	bit warily toward Picard.

					PICARD
			Come onto the bridge, Wesley.
				(as Wesley hesitates)
			Move!

	Wesley hurries onto the bridge and approaches Picard.
	All the Bridge Crew watch with interest. No one knows
	what is coming.

					PICARD
			Commander Riker told me how
			supportive you were in
			Engineering. Well done.

	Wesley stiffens with pride.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			At ease -- sit here in Command.

	Picard indicates the bench beside Troi. Wesley
	hesitates.

					RIKER
			Captain -- that's not allowed.
			Your orders.

					PICARD
			Oh, that's true. I can't waive
			them again.
				(to Wesley)
			Only commissioned officers.

					WESLEY
			It's quite all right, sir, I
			understand.

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Please don't interrupt me, Wesley.

					WESLEY
				(very nervous again)
			Sorry, sir...

	Picard looks first from Riker then to Wesley and back
	to Riker. He knows that Riker is orchestrating this
	a little.

          STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT FIVE         58.

121  CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Any commission rank?
				(he pauses)
			Even an ensign?

					RIKER
			Then he would have authorized
			access to the bridge.

					PICARD
			Well, then, I'll have to make him
			an Acting Ensign.
				(he touches a switch)
			Captain's log Stardate 41263.4.
			For outstanding performance in
			the best of Starfleet tradition
			-- Wesley Crusher is made acting
			ensign. With all the duties and
			privileges of that rank.
				(he clicks off)
			And Mister Crusher, whether the
			rank becomes permanent is up to
			you.
				(to Wesley)
			At the first opportunity your
			entrance application will be
			tendered to Starfleet Academy.
			Until then you will learn this
			ship. Every operation -- every
			function. Commander Riker -- a
			duty schedule for Mister Crusher.
			Heavy on study.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Meanwhile, you can sit and learn
			something here.

	Wesley steps over and takes his seat. His eyes shining
	as he looks around the bridge -- belonging for the first
	time in his life.

122  FULL ON COMMAND AREA

	Riker glances over at Wesley, then to Picard.

          STAR TREK: "Where None... " -- 7/30/87 -- ACT FIVE         59.

122  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Sir, shall I send for Doctor
			Crusher?

					PICARD
			Why? Is someone ill?
				(beat; quietly to
				 Wesley)
			Or do you want to go tell her
			about this?

123  ANGLE EMPHASIZING WESLEY

	Tempted, but:

					WESLEY
			If you don't mind, sir, I'd like
			to sit here awhile. I'll tell
			her later.

124  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Warps away.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 

                      "The Last Outpost" 
                          #40271-107 

                           Story by 
                       Richard Krzemien 

                          Teleplay by 
                        Herbert Wright 

                          Directed by 
                         Richard Colla 


Copyright 1987 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved.

This script is not for publication or reproduction. No one
is authorized to dispose of same. If lost or destroyed,
please notify the Script Department.


                      REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                        AUGUST 7, 1987

         STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "The Last Outpost" 

                             CAST 

                PICARD             DAIMON TAAR (FERENGI)
                RIKER              TWO TEEN BOYS
                DATA                  MATTHEWS
                TROI                  POLA
                BEVERLY            TRANSPORTER CHIEF
                TASHA              TASHA
                WORF               FERENGI
                GEORDI             LETEK (LEADER)
                                   MORDOC
                                   KAYRON

                                   PORTAL


         STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "The Last Outpost" 

                             SETS 

           INTERIORS                   EXTERIORS
          
           ENTERPRISE                  USS ENTERPRISE
             Main Bridge
             Conference Room           FERENGI VESSEL
             Briefing Room
              (re-dress of Ready Room) PLANET SURFACE (GAMMA TAURI IV)
             Transporter Room

       STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "The Last Outpost"                           
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - STARSHIP (OPTICAL)

	A DOT OF LIGHT becomes a starship, as the USS Enterprise
	rockets directly TOWARD CAMERA, driving hard at warp
	speed... in chase.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41194.6.
			We are in pursuit of a starship
			of Ferengi design. Our mission
			is...

2    INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	At their regular stations, intent upon the chase, are
	PICARD, RIKER, TROI, DATA, GEORDI, TASHA and WORF.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... to intercept and recover a T-9
			energy converter which the Ferengi
			stole from an unmanned monitor
			post on Gamma Tauri IV -- a theft
			which automatic scanners recorded,
			providing us...

3    ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Part of the vast galaxy STARFIELD, streaking by as the
	Enterprise plummets through in high warp. A computer
	targeting CIRCLE silently searches the screen.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... with the long awaited
			opportunity to make close contact
			with a Ferengi vessel. If we
			succeed in this chase, it
			will be Starfleet's first look
			at a life form... which discounting
			rumor, we know almost nothing
			about.

       STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - TEASER       2.

3    CONTINUED:

	The circle stops, brightens, BEEPS -- a signal "on
	target."

4    EMPHASIZING PICARD

					RIKER
			There she is!

					PICARD
			Enlarge.

5    ANGLE INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The circle becomes a magnifier, homing in on a
	non-moving PINPOINT OF LIGHT, as the outside scene
	continues to streak.

					PICARD
			What is their course?

6    INTERCUT PRINCIPALS AND VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	All eyes are intent on the viewscreen. Considerable
	excitement on the bridge in anticipation of seeing the
	Ferengi vessel. Suddenly the growing pinpoint veers
	sharply left.

					GEORDI
			They are now angling through that
			solar system, Captain.

					PICARD
			Identify.

					DATA
			Listed as Delphi Ardu, sir.
			Eleven planets, unexplored.

					RIKER
			Stay with them, La Forge.

	The Enterprise readjusts, and the starfield shifts to
	the right, placing its target back "on center." Another
	BEEP as that occurs.

					TASHA
			Sensors read a power surge on
			their last maneuver, Captain.

       STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - TEASER       3.

6    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			They are dropping to sub-warp
			speed... !

					PICARD
				(quickly)
			Reduce to impulse power... !

7    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	showing WARP TO SUBWARP EFFECT.

8    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - INTERCUT PRINCIPALS AND VIEWER
	(OPTICAL)

	The Ferengi vessel becoming LARGER, but its shape and
	details still undefined.

					TASHA
			Sensor fluctuations in the energy
			readings from it, Captain.

					DATA
			Possibility: a malfunction in
			their engines, sir.

					GEORDI
			Breaks my heart.

					WORF
			In visual range, Captain.

					PICARD
			Fully enlarge!

	On screen APPEARS the FERENGI STARSHIP: a strange
	horseshoe crab-like design, a bit smaller than the
	Enterprise. The alien vessel is now passing near a
	CLOUDED PLANET.

					GEORDI
			Hello, stranger!

					PICARD
			Very impressive design.

	From their reaction, the Bridge Crew realize this is an
	historic moment.

       STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - TEASER       4.

8    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Anything on that design, Data?

					DATA
			Nothing specific, sir. As you
			know, Ferengi technology is
			estimated to be generally equal
			to our own...

					PICARD
			Which does not mean identical,
			however...

					DATA
			Correct, sir. We are no doubt
			advanced in some areas, they in
			others...

					GEORDI
				(interrupts)
			They show another power surge,
			sir.

	Then from the Ferengi starcraft, an electric-wave ARC
	RIPPLES out and back from the trailing sides. It is
	something like a spacebourne stingray.

					WORF
			They are firing on us!

	The viewscreen abruptly FLARES as the neon-bright arc
	hits the Enterprise's forward quarter! (OPTICAL) All
	the Bridge lights dim and come back up from the
	crackling pulse attack!

					PICARD
			Damage report!

					TASHA
			Shields holding!

					DATA
			Mostly electromagnetic, sir.
			Fusion generator and batteries
			down by...

					GEORDI
				(interrupts)
			Our impulse engines are surging!

					WORF
			They're firing again.

	And then ANOTHER ARC hits! A second FLARE! (OPTICAL)

       STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - TEASER       5.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					TASHA
			Deflector shield power weakening,
			Captain.
				(looks up)
			Phasers ready, sir. Photon
			torpedoes ready...

					RIKER
			Shall we return their fire,
			sir... ?

					PICARD
			Negative, Number One. They are
			reacting to close pursuit.
				(to Geordi)
			Fall back a bit but stay with
			them.

	On the viewer, the Ferengi starship now swivels toward
	the Enterprise, pointing a snakehead-like prow in our
	direction.

					DATA
			They are slowing too, sir.

					TASHA
			They may be turning to fight!

					PICARD
			Open hailing freq...
				(to Geordi)
			Why are we gaining on them? Don't
			anticipate...

					GEORDI
			I'm not, sir! Something's wrong...

					DATA
			Sir, something is dragging us
			forward.

					PICARD
			Yes, I read it, too. Lieutenant
			Yar, what do your sensors show?

					TASHA
			Not certain, sir. I'm getting very
			confusing readings.

9    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND FERENGI STARSHIP
	(OPTICAL)

	Both spacecraft are moving toward adjacent orbits of
	the clouded planet.

       STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - TEASER       6.

10   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - INTERCUTTING MAIN VIEWER
	(OPTICAL)

	On the viewscreen, the planet plus the Ferengi vessel
	even closer now.

					DATA
			Captain, this shouldn't be. Our
			ship's power systems are failing!

					TASHA
			Deflector shields failing, phasers
			going inoperative, sir...

					GEORDI
			Something is completely
			immobilizing us, Captain!

					WORF
			Immobilized by the damn Ferengi?!

					PICARD
			I need more information! Identify
			what they are using!

11   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND FERENGI VESSEL (OPTICAL))

	in orbit of the planet, now locked together by that
	"something."

12   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - EMPHASIZING PICARD (OPTICAL)

	all his bridge crew intently seeking an answer.

					RIKER
			Obviously we've underestimated
			their technology, Captain...

					PICARD
				(nods, rises;
				 alarmed)
			Considerably. It appears the
			Ferengi have us right where they
			want us -- in their sights.

	CAMERA TIGHTENS PAST our troubled command team to the
	Main Viewscreen, on which the mysterious Ferengi
	starship challenges the Enterprise, floating under the
	murky globe above, as we:

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT ONE      7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

13   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND FERENGI STARSHIP
	(OPTICAL)

	Locked in adjacent orbit of the nearby clouded planet.

14   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	as the professionals go about their business. Picard
	turns to Tasha:

					PICARD
			Are we searching all frequencies?
			Any sign of any kind of message?

					TASHA
			Negative, sir.

					PICARD
			Weapon report, Lieutenant Worf.

					WORF
			I have phasers and torpedoes
			armed, but I show insufficient
			power to fire them.

					PICARD
			Engineering, give me status on
			power recovery.
				(waits; no answer)
			Engineering, come in.
				(beat)
			Why aren't they answering?
				(waits; turns
				 to Geordi)
			Go below, Lieutenant. Get me a
			full report from Engineering.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

	Geordi EXITS to the turbolift, as Riker studies the
	viewer.

      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT ONE      8.

14   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			It seems impossible they could
			be draining all power from all
			systems.

	Troi is still facing the viewer, her face a picture of
	concentration, of mental penetration.

					PICARD
			Counselor?

					TROI
			I'm sensing nothing from them
			Captain. Which could mean they
			can shield their thoughts and
			emotions from others.

					PICARD
			Which still makes it our move.

					TROI
			Sir, they may know as little about
			us as we do about them.

					RIKER
			Except that they know they've got
			us in deep trouble.

					PICARD
			If so, the question becomes how
			will they use that knowledge?
				(to Data)
			Is there any hard information on
			them in any file, Data?

					DATA
			None, sir. Only hearsay and
			thirdhand reports, most of which
			conflict.

					RIKER
			Which rumors do not conflict?

					DATA
			That the Ferengi are... well, the
			best description may be "traders."

					PICARD
			What kind of "traders"?

      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT ONE      9.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			A more accurate comparison modern
			scholars have drawn from Earth
			history cites the ocean-going
			"Yankee Traders" of eighteenth
			and nineteenth century America,
			sir.

					RIKER
			From the history of my forebears?
			"Yankee Traders?"

					DATA
				(nods)
			Who sail, in this case the
			galaxy, in search of mercantile
			and territorial opportunity.

					RIKER
			And are those scholars saying
			the Ferengi may not be too
			different from us?

					DATA
			Hardly, sir. I believe this
			analogy refers to the nefarious
			capitalist manner in which the
			Ferengi are known to conduct their
			affairs of commerce.
				(thought)
			"Never give a sucker an even
			break."

	Picard and Riker exchange puzzled looks.

					PICARD
			And what does that mean, Data?

					DATA
			I'm not sure, sir. That entry was
			only identified as "slang", terms
			or expressions which typify
			everyday language of...

					PICARD
			I know what slang is, Data. I just
			haven't heard of that particular
			saying.

					RIKER
			But "Yankee Traders"...
				(smile)
			I like the sound of that. Has a
			nice historical ring to it.

      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT ONE      10.

14   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(impatient)
			Engineering?
				(no answer; to Riker)
			Join La Forge "down below", Number
			One. Without our warp capacity,
			we're just one big floating
			target.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

	Riker's OFF to the turbolift, as Picard studies the
	viewer.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			What other pertinent meaning do
			you draw from this analogy,
			"Yankee Traders?"

					DATA
			Well, I doubt if they wear red,
			white and blue, sir. Or look
			anything like Uncle Sam.

	Except for Picard, Data meets uncomprehending stares.
	(That allusion dates too far back from the twenty-fourth
	century.)

					WORF
			Uncle who?

					TASHA
			What have bright, primal colors
			got to do with it?

					PICARD
			Yes, I understand the allusion.
				(nods)
			Colors that once identified
			nations during the time when they
			competed against each other. Red,
			white and blue for the United
			States...
				(muses)
			Whereas the French oddly used the
			same colors in the order of blue,
			white, and red...

					DATA
			... and the German nation black,
			red and gold; the Italians green,
			white and red; the British...

      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT ONE      11.

14   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
				(annoyed)
			Enough, Data!

					DATA
			Sir, it was you who...

					PICARD
				(snaps)
			We're discussing the Ferengi,
			Data!
				(slow burn)
			Mon Dieu, I wish I knew what they
			will do next...

					DATA
			Given what is occurring to our
			vessel, Captain, their weapons
			could be vastly superior to ours.

	Picard has to fight off irritation again.

					PICARD
			Yes, Data. That seems a
			reasonable assumption.
				(louder)
			Engineering?!

	But Picard is still without an answer.

14A  INT. ENTERPRISE - ENGINE ROOM

	Riker, Geordi and TWO ENGINEERS anguish over the control
	board.

					RIKER
			Bottom line, La Forge.

					GEORDI
			Not good, sir. The Ferengi
			forcefield that holds this ship
			compensates...
				(taps board)
			Almost as fast as we increase
			power.

					RIKER
			Almost?

	Using his hands as a demonstration, Geordi tries to
	explain the "isometric" problem of the forcefield.

      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT ONE      12.

14A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			There's a point-three-hundred,
			seventy-two millisecond delay
			between use of our power and the
			neutralizing counter-force of the
			Ferengi...
				(stumped)
			We push and they push back in
			equal force, sir.

					RIKER
				(idea)
			And what is our acceleration delay
			between slow-reverse impulse and
			top warp speed?

					GEORDI
			Point-three-hundred millisecond.
				(big smile)
			I know what you're thinking. Shift
			down and then blow hard into warp
			nine, yes? Come back fighting,
			whooey!

					RIKER
			Can we do it, Geordi?

					GEORDI
			Ask me after it's done, sir.
				(to Engineers)
			I want a slow reverse-power
			drop-off over five minutes...
				(to Riker)
			We'll show them what this baby
			can do, sir.

					RIKER
			Give me everything you've got.

					GEORDI
			Aye, aye, sir.

	At that, Riker EXITS, as CAMERA TIGHTENS on Geordi.

14B  INT. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard studies the Ferengi vessel, as Riker details the
	plan.

      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT ONE      13.

14B  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			... and with a sudden, abrupt power
			surge to high warp speed, Captain,
			I believe we can break loose from
			the Ferengi forcefield.

					PICARD
			I wish I knew how they are doing
			this to us.

					RIKER
			I wonder what they're thinking
			over there.

					PICARD
			That's easy. They're wondering
			what we are thinking... and what
			we might do next.

					WORF
			I say fight, sir. There is
			nothing shameful in falling before
			a superior enemy.

	Geordi ENTERS the Bridge from the turbolift.

					PICARD
				(thin smile at Worf)
			And nothing shameful about a
			strategic retreat, either.

					GEORDI
			All systems ready, Captain. And
			communication's restored to
			Engineering.

					PICARD
			Excellent, La Forge.
				(to Riker)
			Let's throw them off guard.
				(turning)
			Lieutenant Yar. Open hailing
			frequencies.

					TASHA
			Hailing frequencies open, sir.

					PICARD
			At least, I won't begin with
			weakness.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT ONE      14.

14B  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(looking up; voice
				 AMPLIFIED)
			Attention Ferengi starship! This
			is Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the
			USS Enterprise. In the name of
			the United Federation of Planets,
			I demand you return the T-9 energy
			converter you removed from Gamma
			Tauri IV.
				(to Tasha; normal voice)
			Send in all language forms.

					TASHA
			All language forms, sir.

					PICARD
			Sometimes, Riker, the best way
			to win a fight is not to be there.

					RIKER
			Yes, sir. "He will triumph who
			knows when to fight and when not
			to fight."

					PICARD
			Glad the Academy still teaches
			the strategy of Sun Tzu...
				(to Geordi)
			Let's hope that delay proves out,
			La Forge.

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			Point-three-hundred milliseconds,
			sir.

					PICARD
			We'll blast full power into warp
			nine. Ready?

					GEORDI
			All systems ready, Captain.

					PICARD
			Countdown to three. Stand by on
			phasers.
				(firm)
			One. Set warp to nine.
				(everyone tenses)
			Two. Divert shield power to main
			engines...
				(they brace)
			Three!

      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT ONE      15.

14B  CONTINUED: (3)

	With the massive jolt of power let go from the combined
	forcefield energy-synergy of the Enterprise, all the
	bridge lights FLARE wildly! But other than a momentary
	tremble, Starfleet's finest remains in place... the
	Ferengi vessel still on the viewer, the planet above.

					PICARD
				(softly)
			Merde.
				(troubled)
			Shields up.

	For a defeated beat, the crew resume their vigil.

14C  ANGLES ON COMPUTER DISPLAYS

	All the computers go crazy, violently ALIVE in a flood
	of flashing information "read!"

14D  BACK TO SCENE

					DATA
			Captain? I think you better see
			this...

					PICARD
				(moving to Data)
			What's wrong?

					DATA
			In my opinion, someone is reading
			every file, every "bit" of
			information stored in the
			Enterprise memory banks...

					GEORDI
				(impressed)
			They can do that?

					DATA
			And more, perhaps.

	A pall of defeat darkens the room.

					PICARD
				(into Com)
			Doctor Crusher to the bridge.
				(to entire bridge)
			Conference evaluation.

	Picard stands and the Main Bridge crew begins to MOVE
	OFF.

      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT ONE      16.

14D  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			If I may recommend something,
			Captain, with our attention on
			the Ferengi vessel, we have
			ignored the planet.

15   ANGLE INCLUDING VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	Picard CROSSING Bridge, checks the Main Viewer on which
	the cloud shrouded planet is prominent, although not
	particularly unusual from this perspective. Picard
	glances there, then:

					PICARD
			Consult the charts on this
			planet, Data. See what we have
			on it in the library.

	Picard leads the way OFF to the Conference Room.

16   INT. CONFERENCE ROOM

	as Picard faces Riker, Beverly, Troi, Geordi, Tasha and
	Worf.

					BEVERLY
			No response on hailing
			frequencies?

					PICARD
			We had no response.
				(including the others)
			So, while we still have some power
			left, it is time for difficult
			decisions.
				(thin smile)
			While we cannot have a democracy
			aboard, I value your considered
			opinions.

	Tasha is the first to look up.

					TASHA
			I say put all available power into
			a full-out combined phaser and
			photon torpedo salvo. Destroy
			their ability to sustain this
			forcefield, sir.

					WORF
			Yes! Hit them hard and hit them
			fast.

      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT ONE      17.

16   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Impractical and provocative.
			Assuming even that we have the
			power to support that tactic.

					TASHA
			But Captain, firing on us was not
			an act of war?

					TROI
			The facts are that the Ferengi
			did fire at us, but we were
			chasing them. Since then, they've
			only searched our computers,
			trying to learn who and what we
			are.

					PICARD
			Your point, Counselor?

					TROI
			Let's talk to them.

					PICARD
			That has been tried; no response.

					TROI
			But did we tell them anything they
			wanted to hear?

	There's not a person present who doesn't know the
	implication of that statement.

					PICARD
			Any other observations?

	Picard waits; there are none.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Thank you all for your advice and
			counsel. Now if you will excuse
			me, I'd like to be left alone with
			Commander Riker.

	All his Officers EXIT the Conference Room, except Riker.

					PICARD
			As my first officer, I assume you
			fully realize our situation.
			Although the final decision must
			be mine, this is your opportunity
			to speak your mind.

      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT ONE      18.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			I believe we have covered all
			available alternatives, Captain,
			but...
				(supportive)
			Are there any other options you
			wish to analyze?

					PICARD
			The only one left needs no
			conversation, Number One. And it
			is the only one we must avoid.

					RIKER
			Sir?

					PICARD
			Total annihilation.

	And Riker nods understandingly, EXITS, leaving Picard
	with the most difficult decision of his Starfleet
	career, perhaps his last....

17   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	All crew are at their stations, expectant -- the Ferengi
	menace still commanding the viewscreen. A beat, then
	Picard ENTERS, going to his chair.

					PICARD
			Open hailing frequencies.

					DATA
			Open, Captain.

					PICARD
				(a pregnant beat)
			Attention, Ferengi starship! This
			is Captain Picard. It is obvious
			we have a situation here that
			needs resolving... And we are
			willing to do whatever is
			reasonable and necessary. I would
			like... I would appreciate...
			your presenting your terms to us.

      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT ONE      19.

17   CONTINUED:

	The unspeakable spoken, as CAMERA TIGHTENS on Picard's
	grim visage... the return sub-space channel empty save
	for static, as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT TWO      20.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

18   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	still locked together with the silent Ferengi starship,
	near the mysterious murky globe.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41194.8. It
			is with a heavy heart that I have
			offered to meet...

19   EXT. SPACE - CLOSE ON FERENGI STARSHIP (OPTICAL)

	enigmatic, baffling and also immobile.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... whatever reasonable and
			necessary terms are demanded by
			the Ferengi. I fear for my people
			and my vessel in the event the
			unknown Ferengi ask the
			unreasonable. How...

20   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	all waiting to hear from the unknown Ferengi.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... can I oppose even unreasonable
			demands?

					RIKER
			It's moving, sir.

21   ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER - FERENGI STARSHIP (OPTICAL)

	The snakehead-like prow's pushing out from the ship
	body.

					WORF (V.O.)
			We ask to surrender and now they
			fire on us?

      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT TWO      21.

22   INTERCUTTING - BRIDGE REGULARS AND MAIN VIEWERS
	(OPTICAL)

	as our Bridge Crew react.

					TASHA
			Ready torpedoes, sir? There's
			enough power for a couple of them.

					PICARD
			Ready. But hold at ready,
			Lieutenant.
				(to Data)
			Open hailing frequencies.

					DATA
			Hailing frequencies open, sir.

	The Ferengi ship now extends gun-like arms from either
	side of the prow...

					PICARD
			Ferengi vessel, we are awaiting
			your response.

	They await an answer, get none.

					TASHA
			Suggest first strike, sir. Our
			shields now only have sixty-three
			seconds of power available before
			lowering.

					WORF
			If the Ferengi ship's sensors can
			read us, sir, they will be waiting
			until we are most vulnerable...

					RIKER
			Captain, I'm afraid I agree.
			Since they haven't bothered to
			answer us...

					PICARD
				(interrupting; quiet
				 voiced)
			I'll wait a bit more, Number One.

	Picard is like an old war dog at work for peace. The
	suspense on the bridge is electric...

					TASHA
			Fifty seconds...

      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT TWO      22.

22   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Patience. Patience...

	At that moment, the sub-space channel CRACKLES loudly,
	the Ferengi accent alien, clipped, arrogant.

					TAAR'S COM VOICE
			The quicker we can come to terms,
			the better, NCC 1701-D.

	There's no visual sent, but Picard is relieved.

					PICARD
			Who is speaking?

					TAAR'S COM VOICE
			I am Taar. DaiMon of the Ferengi.
			You wished to discuss surrender,
			Captain Picard?

					PICARD
			What I actually said, DaiMon,
			is...

					TAAR'S COM VOICE
				(interrupting)
			UNCONDITIONAL...

	The Bridge reverberates with Taar's booming voice,
	shattering every last hope.

					TAAR'S COM VOICE
				(continuing; a difficult
				 beat)
			... Surrender, I warn you, is...
				(emphatic)
			Totally unacceptable!!
				(desperate but proud)
			We will die to the last one of
			us before such dishonor!

	Nobody can believe their ears! Picard shares a look with
	Riker and Troi, understanding now the incredible thing
	that has happened. Picard turns quickly to Tasha, makes
	a hand/slash signal. In response, Tasha touches her
	panel.

					TASHA
			Hailing frequency off, sir.

	Now WE SEE Picard at his command best as he gives a
	series of orders.

18:[1,#b]
      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT TWO      23.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Something has seized their ship
			too. They're in the same predicament
			as us.
				(to Geordi)
			Launch a sensor probe. Set it
			to search for the source of this
			"something" that's holding us both.
				(to Tasha)
			Back to hailing fequencies, fast.
				(Com technique)
			... and so I regret DaiMon Taar
			that I can no longer negotiate
			unless it is conducted visually.

					TAAR'S COM VOICE
				(beat; concerned)
			Your complete message not
			received, Enterprise. But visual
			communication is against our
			custom.

					PICARD
				(into Com)
			And it is against Starfleet orders
			to accept a surrender otherwise.
			Do you withdraw your surrender
			offer?

	A long delay -- enough time for the Enterprise Crew to
	become nervous. Then:

					TAAR'S COM VOICE
			You give us no choice, Enterprise.
			May we have a visual on you too?

23   EMPHASIZING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	as Picard answers on Com, signaling Troi to set the
	viewscreen accordingly.

					PICARD
				(into Com)
			Agreed, DaiMon Taar. You should
			be able to view us now.
				(waits)
			Do you have us on your screen?

					TAAR'S COM VOICE
			We... are now viewing you.

      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT TWO      24.

24   CLOSE ON MAIN VIEWER

	The MAIN VIEWER FLICKERS and AN IMAGE OF DAIMON TAAR'S
	FERENGI FACE comes into sight -- large, menacing,
	lens-twisted and very brightly lit.

25   WIDER ANGLE ON MAIN BRIDGE

	giving reactions of our principals.

					TAAR'S COM VOICE
			I do not know how your twisted
			alien culture has paralyzed our
			vessel but I concede your
			'Enterprise' is superior.
				(snaps)
			We will return your worthless T-9
			device and we offer the life of
			our second officers as required
			by the Ferengi code.

	The Enterprise crew does not give themselves away with
	cheers, but the relief is evident.

					DATA
			I am relieved we have no such code
			involving our second officers.

					TAAR (V.O.)
			Is this to your satisfaction,
			Picard Captain?

					PICARD
			Your offer may be inadequate, but
			I will discuss it with my staff.
			Stand by for further communications.

	The CRACKLE ends, the Ferengi transmission complete.

26   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	It is a place dominated by a viewing screen which is
	flanked by computer panels. TWO TEEN BOYS are
	inspecting the starship reliefs. They see Picard
	coming, make their hasty EXIT as the bridge personnel
	ENTER... leaving a plaything near the viewscreen, a
	Chinese finger PUZZLE.

      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT TWO      25.

26   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to the Teens on
				 ENTERING)
			Matthews! Pola! You know this
			area is off-limits.
				(as Boys LEAVE)
			Boys will be boys, Captain.

	Picard gives Riker a withering look at this statement.
	Data and Geordi also ENTER.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			Have you launched the probe?

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir. We'll get readings
			soon.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			If we're not holding the Ferengi
			and they're not holding us... then
			who the hell is?
				(to Data)
			Next, you wanted to show us
			something?

					DATA
			As requested, Captain,
			library-computer information on
			this planet.

27   ANGLE EMPHASIZING DATA AND VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Data has picked up the finger-puzzle game, plays with it
	abstractly, as:

					DATA
			It has been charted only, from
			long range scans. It is Class
			M, but with no indications of life
			forms, sentient or otherwise.
			However, you may find this of
			interest...

	Data touches a panel and on the screen APPEARS AN IMAGE
	OF A HOLOGRAPHIC STAR MAP with a huge ball of artificial
	connecting lines. An INCOMPREHENSIBLE ALIEN LEGEND
	APPEARS TOO.

      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT TWO      26.

27   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Resolving it into our language...

	Data touches a control and an unusual SYMBOL APPEARS,
	together, with the words "TKON EMPIRE."

					PICARD
			A space federation of some sort.
			But I've never heard the word
			"Tkon."

					DATA
				(distracted by stuck
				 finger)
			Understandable. It has been
			extinct six hundred thousand
			of... of our years.
				(back to viewer; back
				 to finger problem)
			According to... legend, these
			planets... were outposts... of that
			empire...

	Data has put his opposing finger from his other hand
	into the open puzzle end... and pulls it tight, trapping
	himself. Another snap or two finds him quite ensnared.

					PICARD
			Data. What are you doing?

					DATA
			Apologies, Captain. I seem to have
			reached an odd functional impass.
			I am, ah...
				(futile tug)
			Stuck.

					PICARD
			Then get unstuck and continue your
			briefing.

					DATA
			Yes, sir. That is what I am trying
			to do...
				(no go again)
			But the solution eludes me.

					GEORDI
				(laughs)
			My hero.

	Picard reaches over, grabs Data's hands in his own and
	pushes in... releasing Data's trapped fingers.

      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT TWO      27.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Continue, Commander. Now!

					DATA
				(eyeing the puzzle)
			Intriguing.
				(then quickly indicating
				 viewscreen)
			Again, only legend, but it
			describes the Empire as impossibly
			huge and powerful.

					RIKER
				(eyeing viewscreen)
			Surrounded by stars whose planets
			formed its defensive system?

					DATA
			Correct, sir. Outposts. And the
			planet below was possibly one of
			them...

	Interrupted by the Bos'n SIGNAL, followed by:

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			Excuse the interruption, Captain,
			but this may be worth it. We're
			now receiving a signal from the
			probe.

					PICARD
			We'll take it here, please.

	The VIEWSCREEN FLICKERS, BECOMES AN IMAGE SHOWING
	PLANET, FERENGI VESSEL, AND THE ENTERPRISE. WAVY,
	PULSATING, EERIE-GREEN CURVLINEAR LINES reach up
	mushroom-like from a point on the planet surface -- up
	and around the two space vessels.

					GEORDI
			Incredible!

					RIKER
			That's our mysterious "something,"
			Captain. It is a forcefield of
			some kind...

					PICARD
			Reaching up from the planet
			surface. What enormous power!
				(to Data)
			How does the legend describe the
			end of the Tkon Empire?

      STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT TWO      28.

27   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			By their Sun going supernova, sir.

					PICARD
			Could this planet have escaped
			that?

28   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Data touches the panel and VIEWER IMAGE CHANGES BACK TO
	THE TKON EMPIRE CHART. He indicates a distant one of
	the surrounding stars.

					DATA
			This planet, Gamma Tauri IV,
			could have been the most distant
			outpost, sir, in theory. But
			since it shows no life form readings...

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			We'll have to look it over, Number
			One. Stand by with an away team.

					RIKER
				(stands)
			And if the Ferengi also realize
			the forcefield emanates from the
			planet, sir?

					PICARD
				(considers it)
			That's a complication. We may
			have to ask them to join us in
			this.

					GEORDI
				(surprised)
			Team up with the Ferengi, sir?

					PICARD
			We were ordered to learn what we
			can about them. Do you know of
			a better way than that?

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT THREE     29.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

29   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND FERENGI VESSEL (OPTICAL)

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. In
			orbit of the mysterious planet
			Gamma Tauri IV in the Delphi Ardu
			star system, whose unexplained
			forcefield has seized us with a
			power almost beyond imagination.
			If...

30   INT. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE INCLUDING
	VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The viewer carries an IMAGE of the planet. The bridge
	crew is tense, awaiting communications with the Ferengi.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... there is a solution to this,
			it almost certainly will involve
			cooperation from the Ferengi...
			a life form which seems as unknown
			and mysterious as the planet we
			orbit.

31   ANGLE INCLUDING TASHA

	as she looks from the panel to the Captain.

					TASHA
			Ship's power drain is critical,
			Captain. I must now shut down
			our shields to maintain life
			support systems.

					PICARD
			Understood, Lieutenant. Open
			hailing frequencies.

					TASHA
				(touching controls)
			Hailing frequencies open, sir.

					PICARD
			Ferengi vessel from Enterprise,
			this is Captain Picard. Come in.

     STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT THREE     30.

32   ANGLES INCLUDING VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	as Main Viewer ripples into IMAGE OF THE FACE OF DAIMON
	TAAR again -- and it is still lens-twisted, appearing as
	large and foreboding as before. He looks up at the
	screen and then:

					TAAR
			Your alien images again shock us.

					PICARD
			DaiMon Tarr, regarding your
			surrender to us, the facts are
			somewhat different...

					TAAR
				(interrupting; angrily)
			Our own probe has already shown
			us your trickery, hu-man.
				(emphatic)
			We withdraw our surrender.

	Picard has exchanged a look with Riker. He nods toward
	the viewer:

					PICARD
			Agreed, DaiMon. May this may be
			a far more productive
			relationship.

					TAAR
			I prefer a profitable one, hu-man.

					DATA
				(quietly, toward Picard)
			"Yankee Traders."

					TAAR
				(bristling)
			Explain. What means this
			"yangeetraters"?

					GEORDI
			He heard that?

	Picard gives Data an irritated look, searches for an
	answer.

					PICARD
			It... acknowledges your interest
			in profit, DaiMon Taar. Is that
			an incorrect assumption?

					TAAR
			We seek only what is equitable.
				(angrily)
			What do you seek? Why did you
			begin by attacking us?

     STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT THREE     31.

32   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			We did not attack. We gave chase
			in order to recover a
			Federation-owned energy device
			which...

					TAAR
				(interrupting)
			... which we know is ours. Your
			barbarous Federation chose to
			place it on one of our planets!

					PICARD
			On the contrary, Gamma Tauri IV
			is recognized by all civilized
			members of...

					TAAR
				(outraged)
			The Ferengi are not uncivilized,
			hu-man! Is that what you
			suggest?!

	Picard takes a breath, this is not going well.

					PICARD
			All I am trying to say is you have
			taken a device clearly not your
			own from...

					TAAR
				(incredulous)
			Are you now calling us thieves?!

	Picard shifts to a different tack, to let off Ferengi
	steam.

					PICARD
			Certainly not. And I have no wish
			to argue issues of territory or
			property, when our mutual problem
			remains. Like it or not...
				(firm)
			We are both trapped by the power
			draining forcefield of this
			planet.

					TAAR
				(lets up)
			On that matter, there can be no
			argument.

					PICARD
			Might I propose a swap?

     STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT THREE     32.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

	Taar's face grimaces at the foul-sounding new word.

					TAAR
			And... what is a "szwop"?

					PICARD
			An exchange, a trade...

					TAAR
			Yes, trade, hu-man. What is your
			offer?

	Picard's getting somewhere, and Troi acknowledges the
	progress with a smile to her captain.

					PICARD
			We will give you what we know
			about the planet, and in trade,
			you will give us your information.

					TAAR
			Ridiculous. How will we know you
			have not cheated us?

					PICARD
			We must trust each other, Taar.

	Tarr responds with a grating laugh at this idea.

					TAAR
			Amusing, hu-man. But impractical.

					PICARD
			Then may I propose we both
			cooperate in a joint examination
			of the planet surface?

					TAAR
			And what profit is in this, Picard
			Captain?

					PICARD
			The profit, DaiMon Tarr, lies in
			saving all our lives.

	Taar considers a beat, then answers, a deal being done.

					TAAR
			We will agree to this. But I warn
			you now, any further trickery on
			your part will be met with no
			mercy. Understood?

     STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT THREE     33.

32   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Understood.
				(onward)
			If you care to join us, we have
			a well-proven transporter
			device which...

					TAAR
			We have a matter-energy device
			of our own. We will beam a
			science team of three to whatever
			coordinates you propose.

					PICARD
			Excellent. We will transmit that
			information shortly. Enterprise
			out.

	Picard nods at Tasha.

					TASHA
			Hailing frequencies off.

	The Main Viewer has returned to an image of the Ferengi
	vessel and the planet.

					PICARD
			I'll log that as "promising," at
			least.

					RIKER
			I wonder, Captain. Ordinarily,
			I don't believe in distrust at
			first sight... but this may be
			an exception.

					DATA
			Especially in view of the fact
			the image he transmitted was
			likely distorted somehow, sir.

					TROI
			I felt the same thing, Captain.
			He was hiding something.

					RIKER
				(stands)
			With this power drain I see no
			reason to delay, sir.
				(looks around)
			I'd like some additional help
			on this. Can you spare Worf?

     STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT THREE     34.

32   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Take him. And be careful, Number
			One.

	Riker CROSSES toward the turbolift, FOLLOWED by Data,
	Geordi, Tasha and Worf. Their Bridge positions are
	immediately filled.

33   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	A strong away team of five: Riker, Data, Tasha, Geordi
	and Worf. All are armed with phasers, including a
	couple of large ones, plus a couple of tricorders. They
	step onto the "pads."

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF
			With this power drain, we may have
			trouble communicating with you,
			sir.

					RIKER
			Understood. Anything else?

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF
				(reluctant)
			Due to this forcefield, there is
			presently no way... to beam you
			back, sir.

					GEORDI
			You had to ask.

					RIKER
			Understood.
				(checking the others,
				 then)
			Energize!

	WE SEE the TRANSPORTER EFFECT.

34   EXT. CLOUDED PLANET - SURFACE

	Dimly lit, a twilight world of overcast, turbulent skies
	hanging heavily over a strange landscape of coral-like
	"trees." LIGHTNING explodes above, as a dull THUNDER
	echoes through this eerie labyrinth.

	In a relatively clear area, Riker suddenly
	materializes... alone! He's woozy, but in one piece.
	He looks around, perplexed, worried.

     STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT THREE     35.

34   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Tasha? Data? Geordi? Worf?!

	No answer. Riker scrambles toward a nearby rise,
	through the "forest," and up the incline... reaching the
	top.

35   CLOSE - RIKER

	He surveys the surrounding area, with no luck.

36   RIKER'S POV - PLANET SURFACE

	Landscape. No sign of anything lifelike.

37   BACK TO SCENE

	More THUNDER O.S.

					RIKER
			Anybody?!

					DATA
			Very intriguing, sir.

38   WIDER ANGLE - TO INCLUDE DATA

	atop one of the coral "trees," as the curious android
	examines it.

					RIKER
			What are you doing up there?

					DATA
				(climbs down)
			I assume a problem of program
			coordinates due to the energy
			field around the ship, sir.
				(glances around)
			Are we alone?

					RIKER
			Unfortunately.
				(indicates trees)
			What do you make of these?

					DATA
			Crystalline, quite inert.
			"Nothing to write home about."

     STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT THREE     36.

38   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(delayed take)
			Excuse me?

					DATA
			That is slang, sir.
				(concern)
			I did use it correctly, did I not?

					RIKER
				(why me?)
			Let's find the others...

	And they MOVE OFF.

39   EXT. MORE PLANET SURFACE

	A tangled mass of interlocking "limbs," shimmering in
	the cloudy light. WE HEAR our people before we see
	them.

					RIKER (V.O)
			... they can't be too far.

					DATA (V.O.)
			Actually, the forces responsible
			for this effect would create a
			random...

	As CAMERA ANGLES DOWN, WE SEE Riker crawling under a
	limb, and Data in glimpses just behind him.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			... transporter distribution
			inversely proportional to the
			density of...

					RIKER
			Who's that?

					DATA
			What?

	Riker squats, peering through the forest ahead.

					RIKER
			That!

	Data crawls forward to get a look where Riker is
	pointing.

     STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT THREE     37.

40   DATA'S AND RIKER'S POV

	It's Geordi! But he's inverted, limply hanging upside
	down from a higher limb, one foot firmly lodged in a
	crook... and not moving.

					RIKER/DATA (V.O)
			Geordi!

41   BACK TO SCENE

	With difficulty, Riker and Data make their way to their
	hapless crewmember. Geordi is motionless, maybe dead.
	Riker reaches through the tangle.

					RIKER
			Geordi?! Are you conscious?

	A beat, then Geordi smiles. Data runs a tricorder
	nearby.

					GEORDI
			Do I look conscious?

					RIKER
			No. What are you doing?

					GEORDI
			Trying to relax, sir. My foot's
			caught...
				(points up)
			Up there. I materialized upside
			down about ten meters above the
			surface.

					DATA
			Tricorder is useless here, sir.
			Communications are gone, too.

	Riker and Data are now in a position to attempt rescue,
	as they brace Geordi up. THUNDER AND LIGHTNING AGAIN
	O.S.

					DATA
				(continuing; to Geordi)
			It is fortunate you did not break
			anyth...

					GEORDI
			Who's that?!

	At that, both Riker and Data turn to see:

     STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT THREE     38.

42   POV (OPTICAL)

	Backlit by LIGHTNING, THREE SMALL, HAIRLESS HUMANOIDS
	with protruding cupped ears, dressed in strange
	clothing. They are armed with odd whip-like weapons.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			Who are you?

	At that, the Leader snaps his whip toward them,
	unleashing a rippling electra-plasmic WAVE that races
	TOWARD CAMERA (OPTICAL).

43   CLOSE - OUR TEAM

	Riker, Data and lucky-day Geordi are whacked with the
	WAVE all together... putting Geordi back to sleep. Data
	falls unconscious, too. Riker fights it but is hit
	again, and falls, unconscious.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FOUR     39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

44   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND FERENGI STARSHIP (OPTICAL)

	United in orbit by the force which still holds them
	helpless.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. It
			is now six hours since our away
			team beamed down to the planet
			surface. On the Enterprise...

45   EXT. SPACE - CLOSE ON ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	showing its LIGHTS DIMMING as unnecessary power is
	conserved.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... our condition is rapidly
			worsening. Ordinarily, with
			reserve power alone, we could
			maintain life support for several
			months. But the force holding
			us...

46   INT. ENTERPRISE - MONTAGE

	Various SHOTS REVEAL the exhausted and weakening crew
	still at their stations... Beverly is struggling to aid
	the stricken. She passes Picard who is doing the same.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... has closed down all engines
			and is draining our reserve power
			too... Equally impossible, our
			oxygen level is also dropping.

47   ANGLE ON TROI

	bringing an armload of silvery thermal blankets onto the
	bridge, distributing. She passes the captain.

					TROI
			It's getting much...
				(stops; out of breath)
			... much colder, sir.

     STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FOUR     40.

47   CONTINUED:

	Beverly ENTERS SHOT.

					PICARD
			How far down is it likely to go?

					BEVERLY
			A lot. Even in orbital space it
			gets past minus two hundred
			degrees.

					TROI
			We won't have to worry past...
				(tries to smile)
			... minus seventy or so.

					PICARD
				(shivers)
			Feels like that right now.

48   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - CLOSE ON RIKER

	As he begins groggily coming back to consciousness, a
	small grown HAND WITH BLUE COLORED NAILS roughly rips
	Riker's Starfleet communicator symbol from his uniform.

49   RIKER AND CAPTOR

	Sitting opposite Riker on a crystalline rock is a little
	Ferengi humanoid, LETEK, leader of this group. His eyes
	"dart" around birdlike as he studies the Starfleet
	insignia just taken from Riker. He is fine-boned, small
	-- looking far different and less menacing than the
	image transmitted to the Enterprise Main Viewer.

50   WIDER ANGLE

	Two other Ferengi MOVE INTO SCENE, puffing as they drag
	the heavy weight of Worf into the clearing to be laid
	out alongside Geordi and Data. They are KAYRON and
	MORDOC. At this time, Riker becomes sufficiently
	conscious to groan.

					LETEK
			If he moves, kill him.

					MORDOC
			Letek, has what we've done broken
			our agreement with their captain?

					LETEK
			We will accuse the hu-mans of
			preparing to ambush us. It will
			be our word against theirs and
			who is more trustworthy, Mordoc?

     STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FOUR     41.

51   CLOSE ON LETEK

	Beady-eyed and marginally blind, this dominant Ferengi
	male examines his booty... holding it close-up because
	of Ferengi weak eyesight.

					LETEK
				(to himself)
			Hmmm. Looks like gold...
				(gives it a lick)
			... tastes like gold.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			It is gold!

	The alien leaps back from the unexpected sound, his whip
	immediately in the air, poised to attack! Nearby,
	useless to our crewmembers, are their phasers, insignias
	and tricorders.

52   BACK TO SCENE

	Riker's not going anywhere, having had a taste of the
	Ferengi electronic whip. The alien over Riker, whip
	ready... just as another clap of far-off THUNDER causes
	it to howl and cover its ears in pain, as do the others!

					LETEK
				(soft, low voice)
			Accursed planet! What
			pandemonium!

					RIKER
			Nothing compared to what my
			captain will do...
				(sees he's causing pain;
				 speaks softly)
			... when he learns you've broken
			our landing party agreement.

					LETEK
			What part of the agreement?

	At that, Riker eases himself up, but the alien gestures
	him back down, the "whip" its "suggestion"...

					LETEK
				(continuing)
			You appeared and attacked us.
			Are you one of their assassins?

     STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FOUR     42.

52   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I am Commander Riker, first
			officer of the USS Enterprise.
			Stop now unless you want our
			vessel to retaliate...

	Upon which, Worf rolls to his feet with a LOUD and
	frightening KLINGON GROWL. The Ferengi immediately clap
	their hands to their ears and Worf goes for the one
	called Mordoc nearest him. But Worf finds he has a
	wildcat on his hands.

53   ANOTHER ANGLE (SPECIAL EFFECT)

	The Ferengi called Kayron moves to aid Worf's opponent,
	lifting his whip to strike, but Data "leaps" from his
	prone position, moving with android speed and ease,
	grabbing him by the wrist and pulling him at arm's
	length off the ground. We HEAR THUNDER again, LOUDER.

54   ANOTHER ANGLE - EMPHASIZING RIKER

	as the Ferengi leader, Letek, makes a move.

					RIKER
			I've got this one!

					DATA
			Careful, Commander, they're much
			stronger than...

	Riker finds out how much stronger -- Letek smashes Riker
	with a savage right-cross which rolls him over twice and
	leaves him completely unconscious.

55   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Data and Worf have their hands full.

					WORF
				(loudly)
			PYGMY CRETINS... !

	Although with hands over his ears, protecting his
	hearing, one of the Ferengi rolls, clamps his legs
	around the huge Klingon and brings him to the ground,
	hard.

     STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FOUR     43.

56   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The remaining two Ferengi go after Data, one hitting him
	hard and high, the other equally hard and low --
	bringing Data to the ground. Letek scoops up his
	"whip."

					LETEK
			Kill them.

	It sounds no less lethal that the Ferengi says it
	quietly. As the other two scramble for their whips:

					MORDOC
				(hissing quietly)
			Hideous monsters!

	Kayron and Mordoc raise their "whips" to do the job,
	when:

					TASHA (V. O.)
			NOOO-O-O!!

	All three Ferengi wheel around, as:

57   ANGLE WIDENS TO INCLUDE TASHA

	training a major phaser at the hapless Ferengi. The
	small men let their "whips" drop, at Tasha's gesture.

					TASHA
			That's much better, now over
			there...

	Letek and his "men" back off, incredulous, as Mordoc
	points to Tasha.

					MORDOC
			Is this a female?

					KYRON
			A hu-man... female, Letek?

	The Ferengi are handling this with all the astonishment
	of seeing man-eating tigers. The Ferengi squint
	leeringly at Tasha.

					LETEK
				(to Riker)
			Then it is true. You work with
			females, arm them, and force them
			to wear clothing?

					MORDOC
			How sickening.

     STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FOUR     44.

58   EXT. ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Nearly dark, as the lights weakly radiate. Beyond, the
	Ferengi vessel is slightly better lit.

59   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard comforts a crewmember, then CROSSES to Beverly.
	They're both very cold and weak, GASP OUT their words.

					BEVERLY
			I should visit... the family
			decks...again...

					PICARD
				(shakes head)
			I've diverted... all reserve...
			power there. They'll... last
			longest.
				(looks around)
			Is there anything else we can do,
			Doctor?

	Beverly shakes her head. Then Picard remembers
	something.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Where is... your son Wesley?

					BEVERLY
				(beat)
			I gave him... something. He'll
			have a... terrible headache if we
			live.

					PICARD
			You shouldn't have.

					BEVERLY
			Shouldn't have?
				(weak but outraged)
			He's my son. I love him...

					PICARD
			He has the... right to meet...
			death awake.

     STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FOUR     45.

59   CONTINUED:

	Beverly eyes Picard for a long moment before she answers
	with a nod.

					BEVERLY
			That is... a male perspective!

	From deep in his thermal blankets, Picard makes a
	MUFFLED SOUND.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			What?
				(beat; louder)
			What did you say, Jean-Luc?

					PICARD
			I said... rubbish!

60   EXT. PLANET SURFACE

	The Ferengi are clearly unafraid of the larger humans
	and Tasha has had to be alert with her phaser to keep
	them in place. But now the Ferengi have evolved a plan.
	It begins with Letek seeming asleep -- the other two
	suddenly striding OFF. Tasha brings her phaser up:

					TASHA
			Stop! Hold it right there!

61   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The two Ferengi are ignoring Tasha. (We're also now
	HEARING the mysterious THUNDER SOUND nearer and LOUDER.)

					RIKER
			Set for stun!

					TASHA
				(nods)
			Already set.

	In b.g. WE SEE Letek suddenly moving for his "whip"
	device as a baffled Tasha sends out a PHASER EFFECT
	which heads straight for the Ferengi but then ARCS IN
	A CURVE AND ENCIRCLES THE LARGEST NEARBY CORAL TREE.

					TASHA
			What is going on?!

67:[1,#b]
     STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FOUR     46.

62   ANGLE EMPHASIZING LETEK

	With the attention of the human on the phaser, Letek
	snatches up his "whip" device and SNAPS it toward the
	humans. They turn in time to the WHIP EFFECT HEADED
	IN THEIR DIRECTION -- BUT LIKE THE PHASER EFFECT IT
	CURVES TOWARD THE "CORAL" TREE AND DISSIPATES THERE.

					LETEK
			What is this?!

63   ANGLE ON HUMANS AND FERENGI

	Neither side is certain what to do next.

					DATA
			How intriguing.
				(to Humans and Ferengi)
			I believe we can deduce these
			crystalline tree-shapes to be
			energy collectors.

					RIKER
				(nods)
			Along the same principle that is
			draining energy from our ships.

					GEORDI
			But the Ferengi weapons were
			working when we arrived here...

					TASHA
			Which means something new has
			happened...

	Interrupted by a BLAST OF THUNDER. Then more of the
	strange THUNDER, CLOSER, STILL LOUDER. Pressing hands
	over ears, the Ferengi are in agony. Geordi reacts at
	something o.s., points.

					GEORDI
			Commander!

64   ANGLE ON TKON OBJECT (OPTICAL)

	A SPINNING, CLEAR CRYSTALLINE SHAPE, GIVING OFF RAINBOW
	HUES as it MOVES INTO SCENE with the Humans and the
	Ferengi, stopping there. Then, HALF-VOICE AND
	HALF-THUNDER RUMBLE:

     STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FOUR     47.

64   CONTINUED:

					PORTAL FIGURE
			BE YOU BARBARIANS?! SPEAK!

	But its defiant inquiry is met by silence from all, as
	we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

     STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FIVE     48.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

65   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - ANGLE ON PORTAL EFFECT (OPTICAL)

	continuing from ACT FOUR FADE OUT. Both humans and
	Ferengi astonished at the SPINNING, CLEAR CRYSTALLINE
	SHAPE WHICH GIVES OFF RAINBOW HUES AND THE SOUND OF
	THUNDER RUMBLING.

					PORTAL
			WHO MEETS THE CHALLENGE?

66   ANGLE ON GEORDI AND RIKER

	Geordi concentrating on the spinning SHAPE, then turning
	quickly to Riker.

					GEORDI
			I'm beginning to understand
			what...
				(touches VISOR)
			... these "eyes" have been showing
			me. Patterns of force everywhere.
			This entire planet has been made
			into... well, a power accumulator.

					RIKER
				(indicating crystalline
				 shape)
			And that?

					GEORDI
			... is the whole point of this
			place. I can "see" the planet's
			power emanating from...

67   WIDER ANGLE - INCLUDING SPINNING SHAPE (OPTICAL)

	as again they HEAR the HALF-VOICE, HALF-THUNDER SOUND:

					PORTAL
			WHO WILL IT BE?

	Nobody's volunteering. Letek looks to Riker, then to
	his Ferengi cohorts. A beat, then Letek takes the
	plunge...

					LETEK
			Riker.

     STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FIVE     49.

67   CONTINUED:

					PORTAL
				(to Riker)
			YOU HAVE AWAKENED PORTAL
			SIX-THREE. DO YOU PETITION TO
			ENTER THE EMPIRE?

	The Ferengi are still protecting their ears. Riker
	decides to answer.

					RIKER
			Who asks the question?

68   ANGLE ON PORTAL EFFECT (OPTICAL)

	With the LOUDEST SOUND OF ALL, A THUNDER CLAP AND
	EXTENDED CRACKLING which cues ACCELERATED SPINNING to
	where the CRYSTALLINE SHAPE BECOMES FUZZY AND DISSOLVES
	INTO A TALL, THIN, AGED (make-up effect) HUMANOID FIGURE
	(PORTAL) IN A FINE LONG ROBE.

					PORTAL
				(echo effect)
			I AM THE PORTAL, GUARDIAN OF THE
			TKON EMPIRE.

69   ANGLE ON FERENGI

	reacting, taking their hands from their ears as the
	SOUND FADES away.

70   ANGLE ON HUMANS

	reacting.

					RIKER
			Why should we petition for entry
			to an empire that no longer
			exists?

71   APPROPRIATE ANGLES - PER ACTION

	The Portal Figure examines the others, then looks down
	at itself. It speaks now in a NORMAL VOICE but with a
	slight ECHO-CHAMBER holdover.

					PORTAL
			Biped...extraordinary.
				(looks up)
			Why do you attempt deception?
			The empire is forever.

          STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FIVE         50.

71   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Your empire fell prey to a
			supernova...

	At that, the Portal Figure scans the cloudy sky above,
	concerned but wary of trickery.

					PORTAL
			Nonsense!

					RIKER
			Data. Please repeat the file...

					DATA
			It is a matter of record, Portal,
			in the Age of Makto, the central
			star of the Tkon Empire
			destabilized and...

					PORTAL
				(interrupts)
			But the Age of Makto is an eon
			in the future to come...

					DATA
				(interrupts back)
			In fact, there have been many ages
			which have come and passed since
			Makto...

					PORTAL
				(and back again)
			This is the Age of Bastu!

					DATA
				(relentless)
			I am afraid not, as by the Tkon
			use of galactic motionary startime
			charts, after Bastu, there has
			been Cimi, Xora, Makto, Ozari,
			Fendor...

					PORTAL
				(enraged)
			ENOUGH!
				(thunder clap)
			This is absurd! That is over seven
			baktun of time! How can this be?

          STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FIVE         51.

71   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			You must have been asleep,
			Portal, for hundreds of
			thousands of our years...

	Letek steps forward, acting polite and humble. He
	indicates Riker and the other humans.

					LETEK
			Deception is the way of these
			hu-mans. We Ferengi will gladly
			make a petition.

	The away team members react, but Riker motions them into
	silence.

					RIKER
				(to Portal)
			We invite their petition.

	Both Geordi and Data smile at what they perceive is
	Riker's tactic.

					DATA
			Excellent idea, sir.

					GEORDI
			I can't wait to hear it...

	The Portal Figure makes a strange gesture to the humans,
	in deep concentration, then turns to Letek.

					PORTAL
			Speak.

	Letek thinks fast; this has happened almost too rapidly.

					LETEK
			We... our petition is that we be
			allowed to... serve the Tkon
			Empire...
				(decides to add)
			... at no profit! Return control
			of our starship to us and we will
			happily destroy both the hu-man
			criminals and their vessel which
			attacked us without provocation.
				(too eager)
			They came to loot your empire,
			but we intercepted them!

          STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FIVE         52.

71   CONTINUED: (3)

	The away team is desperate for Riker to make an answer
	to this but he remains silent, awaiting the Portal
	Figure's answer. Again the Portal gestures, but this
	time to the Ferengi, then he turns back to Riker.

					PORTAL
			You have attempted deceit. Next
			you cannot answer these accusations.
			Do you give yourself up for
			judgment?

					RIKER
				(beat; considering this)
			Yes. If you believe those
			accusations, you should act on
			them.

	The other away team members are shocked at Riker's
	answer. Before the Portal can answer, Letek decides
	to go for the "kill."

					LETEK
			And there is even more! We can
			prove the hu-mans are destroyers
			of legal commerce ... also that
			they selfishly withhold vital
			technology from backward worlds...

					MORDOC
				(jumping in)
			... and necessary defensive
			weapons, too. We Ferengi are now
			challenge this hu-man madness...

					RIKER
			I admit we restrict advanced
			technology to all...

					KAYRON
				(in chorus)
			You see! They are demented; their
			values are insane. You cannot
			believe the business opportunities
			they destroy...

          STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FIVE         53.

71   CONTINUED: (4)

					LETEK
				(exhibiting the
				 Starfleet insignias
				 taken)
			Proof of their barbarism -- they
			adorn themselves with gold, a
			despicable use of rare metal...
				(indicates Tasha)
			And they shamelessly clothe their
			females...

					MORDOC
				(leering at Tasha)
			Inviting others to unclothe
			them... the very depth of
			perversion...

	Mordoc reaches for a pawhold on Tasha's uniform in
	disgust. But Tasha angles and parries his thrust, at
	the ready.

					TASHA
			Paws off, Ferengi.

					MORDOC
			No female, hu-man or Ferengi, can
			order Mordoc around! Submit!

					TASHA
				(moves toward Mordoc;
				 deadly)
			Just try it, shorty.

					RIKER
				(warning)
			At ease, Lieutenant!

					GEORDI
				(to Ferengi)
			I wouldn't mess with Lieutenant
			Yar if I were you...
				(to Riker)
			But maybe they'd like to find out
			the hard way, eh, Number One?

					RIKER
			Seems their style.
				(to Portal)
			Would you like to hear more?

					PORTAL
			If you desire.

	Riker gestures to Data, who willingly obliges.

          STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FIVE         54.

71   CONTINUED: (5)

					DATA
				(nods)
			They should add also that
			Starfleet has refused to prevent
			several civilizations from
			falling; we have sometimes let
			the violent and strong overcome
			the weak...

					LETEK
				(to Portal)
			They admit their crimes! Hear
			them; they admit the evil which
			they... !

	Interrupted by a ROLLING THUNDER SOUND.

72   ANGLE ON PORTAL FIGURE (OPTICAL)

	as the Figure seems a bit younger, better muscled, the
	robe shorter and more practical, with a large, lethal
	appearing scimitar-like weapon in hand. It turns to
	Riker, its voice now carrying a hint of ROLLING THUNDER
	again.

					PORTAL
			BARBARIAN!

					LETEK
			Yes, you show wisdom...

					PORTAL
				(interrupting; indicates
				 the Ferengi, too)
			BARBARIANS, ALL!
				(indicates Riker with
				 sword)
			But this one first. In the
			fashion the Empire has always
			challenged savages...

73   EMPHASIZING WORF AND TASHA (OPTICAL)

	jumping forward.

					WORF
			No! For battle, come to me...

	A flash of BLUE LIGHT with LIGHTNING BOLT SOUND hurls
	Worf violently back, rolling to a stop unconscious.
	Tasha wisely stops, then goes to Worf's assistance.

          STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FIVE         55.

74   EMPHASIZING RIKER AND PORTAL FIGURE

	as the Figure takes a fighting stance.

					PORTAL
				(mixed-THUNDER)
			You have a single chance for life.
			One only. What is the answer to
			my challenge?

					RIKER
				(facing Portal Figure,
				 unmoving)
			There is more! Self-determination
			of all peoples...

	Again, the Portal makes a strange gesture to Riker, in
	deep concentration.

					PORTAL
				(interrupting)
			You are being tested, Riker! WHAT
			IS THE ANSWER?

	Riker looks up sharply, puzzled at this.

					RIKER
			How do you know my name?

	The Portal Figure suddenly rushes at Riker, scimitar
	held high... an earth-shattering SHRIEK. Riker stands
	fast as:

75   CLOSE ON RIKER AND PORTAL FIGURE

	Portal cuts through the air in an unstoppable overhead
	sweep... Then, the ugly looking weapon stops a couple
	millimeters from Riker's head! Riker remains
	motionless, even calm, serene...

					PORTAL
			Ahhh. You are of immovable mind,
			Riker. One totally committed to
			facing any fate with composure...
				(sword still up)
			But what is the answer to my
			challenge?

	All the away team members hold their breath. Riker
	remains quietly at ease. Is he taking too long?

          STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FIVE         56.

75   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Fear is the true enemy, the only
			enemy.

	Portal tosses his weapon aside.

					PORTAL
			You are a noble being. And unlike
			these little ones who close their
			minds, your mind holds interesting
			thoughts.
				(quoting)
			"Know your enemy and know
			yourself, and victory will always
			be yours." Why that thought? And
			who is this "Sun Tzu" you revere?

					RIKER
			An old Chinese philosopher from
			ancient Earth history...

					PORTAL
			You must tell me more of this
			wisdom so much like our own.

					RIKER
			Gladly. First, our starship. Can
			you release it?

					PORTAL
				(nods)
			It is released.
				(looks upward, nods)
			All power is restored.

76   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	suddenly freed, the LIGHTS back up to full strength!

77   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as all power is restored, the bridge lights and a/c
	return to norm, not a lot too late. The crew begin to
	stir. Picard gets to his feet fast, but weakly.

          STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FIVE         57.

78   CLOSE ON PICARD

	opens his eyes, taking in a deep, fresh breath. He
	looks around. Beverly ENTERS SHOT.

					BEVERLY
			Not a hell of a lot too soon,
			Jean...Captain.

79   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - VARIOUS ANGLES

	with the Ferengi showing concerned expressions.

					PORTAL
				(to Riker)
			I admit I had my doubts as your
			ships battled each other...

					LETEK
			They tried to kill us!

					PORTAL
				(ignores him)
			In overt acts of belligerance.
			Normally, I would have destroyed
			all of you and your ships, but
			something confused me.

					RIKER
			Which was?

					PORTAL
			First you wanted to murder each
			other, then you were willing to
			help each other.

	Letek's not one to be ignored, roughly forcing himself
	in front of Riker, his cohorts nearby.

					LETEK
			What of our vessel? We knew the
			same answer...

					MORDOC
			The truth is I gave those words
			to this hu-man.

          STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FIVE         58.

79   CONTINUED:

					PORTAL
				(to Riker)
			What of them? Shall I destroy
			them?

					RIKER
			Then they would learn nothing.

					PORTAL
			Admirable conclusion. But what
			makes you think they will ever
			learn, Riker?

					RIKER
				(beat)
			Is this a test also?

	The Ferengi start to intrude again, but the Portal
	quickly silences them with a deadly wave of his hand.

					PORTAL
			In life, one is always tested.

					RIKER
			I find them very much as we were
			a few hundred years ago... but
			with the technology we have now.
			They're very dangerous...

					KAYRON
				(can't help the lie)
			Untrue! We seek friendship with
			you...

					RIKER
				(unhearing; to Portal)
			But we can hardly hate what we
			once were. They may grow and
			learn...

					PORTAL
			... And learn ways of destroying
			you.

					RIKER
			Our values require us to face that
			possibility. What of you? With
			your empire gone... ?

					PORTAL
			Even without the empire, the
			uncivilized must be tested.
				(sadly)
			I shall sleep... until needed
			again.

          STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FIVE         59.

80   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND FERENGI SHIP

	Both vessels with power up.

81   INT. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE - EMPHASIZING GEORDI ANDD
	DATA

	ENTERING from the turbolift. Troi, CROSSING in from the
	Ready Room, intercepts them.

					TROI
			What happened?

					DATA
			Something to write home about.

					GEORDI
			"Something to write home about?"
			Data, that's very human.

	Data is very pleased at that. Meanwhile, Riker has
	ARRIVED, CROSSES to the Command Area.

82   EMPHASIZING PICARD

	as Riker joins him.

					RIKER
			The T-9 energy converter was
			beamed aboard and secured, sir.

					PICARD
			I commend your performance, Number
			One.

	Data has also returned to his forward "Ops" station,
	carefully placing his finger puzzle above his console.

					RIKER
			I do have a request, sir.

83   CLOSE ON RIKER

	A wicked thought.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Permission to beam a box of Data's
			Chinese finger puzzles over to
			the Ferengi.
				(postscript)
			A "thank you" for all they tried
			to do.

          STAR TREK: "The Last Outpost" - 8/7/87 - ACT FIVE         60.

84   CLOSE ON PICARD

					PICARD
				(smiles)
			Make it so.

85   EXT. ENTERPRISE AND FERENGI STARSHIP (OPTICAL)

	as both angle, and in opposite directions, WARP OUT AND
	AWAY from the mysterious, clouded planet - the "last
	outpost" of the once-mighty Empire of Tkon, as CAMERA
	MOVES IN on our starship, which QUICKLY RECEDES FROM
	CAMERA into a DOT OF LIGHT as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         
                            THE END                             













                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 

                       "Lonely Among Us" 
                          #40271-108 

                           Story by 
                       Michael Halperin 

                          Teleplay by 
                         D. C. Fontana 

                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


Copyright 1987 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved.

This script is not for publication or reproduction. No one
is authorized to dispose of same. If lost or destroyed,
please notify the Script Department.


                    2ND REV. FINAL DRAFT

                      AUGUST 21, 1987

         STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Lonely Among Us" 

                             CAST 

                PICARD             SINGH (ASST. CHIEF ENGINEER)
                RIKER              SSESTAR (SELAY LEADER)
                DATA               BADAR N'D'D (ANTICAN)
                TROI               FIRST SECURITY GUARD
                BEVERLY            TRANSPORTER CHIEF
                TASHA              TASHA

                GEORDI             Non-Speaking Roles:
                WORF               4 SELAY
                WESLEY             1 ANTICAN
                                   ENTERPRISE CREW MEMBERS
                                   SECOND SECURITY GUARD

         STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Lonely Among Us" 

                             SETS 
          
              INTERIORS                 EXTERIORS
                                        
              ENTERPRISE                USS ENTERPRISE
                Transporter Room 4
                Main bridge             ENERGY "CLOUD"
                Sensor Maintenance Room
                Ready Room
                Sickbay
                Crusher's Office
                Badar N'D'D's Quarters
                Crushers' Quarters
                Observation Lounge
                Engineer's Office/Engineering
                Captain's Ready Room
                Guest Quarters
                Riker's Quarters
                Corridors
                Turbolift

           STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - TEASER             

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                       "Lonely Among Us"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - USS ENTERPRISE IN ORBIT (OPTICAL)

	The great ship orbits a blue-green planet softly cloaked
	in a swirl of cloud cover.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41249.3.
			We have orbited the two major
			planets of the Beta Renner system
			taking aboard delegates from
			those two worlds. Since achieving
			space flight, their major life
			forms, the Anticans and the
			Selay...

2    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM 4 - ANGLE ON PICARD

	in full dress uniform, waiting impatiently near the
	platform. O.S. TRANSPORTER SOUND IS BUILDING.

3    ANGLE ON TRANSPORTER

	as FIVE FIGURES begin to form in the sparkling
	TRANSPORTER EFFECT. As they solidify, they are revealed
	as FIVE ALIENS (Selay). The Chief Delegate is SSESTAR.
	All Selay are tall and two axhandles across the
	shoulders. Their reptilian heads are sinister -- sleek
	scaled skin, lipless mouths, and beady eyes. The
	markings on their heads are cobra-like, and folds of
	skin at the neck imply a cobra hood.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... have become deadly enemies.
			But both have also applied for
			admission into our Federation.
			We are to deliver these
			delegates to this sector's neutral
			Conference Planet called
			"Parliament" in the hope their
			dispute can be resolved.

       STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - TEASER       2.

3    CONTINUED

	Picard gestures the Selay off the platform with a
	somewhat strained smile.

					PICARD
			I am Captain Picard. We hope
			to make this journey pleasant
			and comfortable. Arranging
			that will be my first officer,
			Commander Riker.

4    REVERSE ANGLE - ON RIKER AND TASHA

	also in dress uniform, waiting near the Transporter
	control console. TASHA concentrates on the Selay
	delegates as RIKER steps forward formally.

					RIKER
			Welcome aboard. If you'll follow
			me...
				(starts MOVING OFF)
			... I'll show you the
			accommodations we've...

5    WIDER ANGLE

	The Selay leader, Ssestar, interrupts:

					SSESTAR
			We can already smell the Anticans.
			They were taken aboard first?

					PICARD
			Only because their world was the
			first on our heading to
			Parliament.

					SSESTAR
			Will our quarters be near the
			Anticans?

					PICARD
			About one hundred meters apart.
			Is that all right?

					SSESTAR
			No. Unsatisfactory.

	Picard starts to frown, but Riker nods to the captain
	-- he'll handle it.

       STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - TEASER       3.

5    CONTINUED

					RIKER
			I believe we can accommodate their
			wishes, Captain.
				(to Ssestar)
			We'll rearrange suite assignments.
			If you'll follow me?

	Ssestar hesitates, then grunts an assent and motions
	his people to follow as he moves toward the door.

					SSESTAR
			And we must be upwind from the
			Anticans.

					RIKER
			Of course, sir...

	The delegation EXITS with Riker. As they leave and the
	DOORS CLOSE:

					TASHA
			Neither seem very promising
			Federation candidates.

	Picard nods, begins EXITING with Tasha.

					PICARD
			Even Parliament's peacemakers may
			find this case difficult.

6    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship moves majestically out of orbit, goes into the
	WARP SPEED EFFECT.

7    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	All the regular crew at their stations, except for
	Geordi and Worf, who are absent. A replacement CONN
	OFFICER is at that panel, next to DATA at Ops.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Do you understand the basis of
			all that nonsense between them?

					RIKER
			No sir. I didn't understand that
			kind of hostility even when I
			studied Earth history.

       STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - TEASER       4.

7    CONTINUED

					PICARD
			Oh? Well, yes, but these life
			forms feel such passionate hatred
			over differences in customs, God
			concepts, and even strangely enough,
			economic systems...

8    ANOTHER ANGLE

	Data has frowned at something on his panel, looks around
	at Picard.

					DATA
			Sir, my sensors are picking up
			an unusual energy object ahead.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	Data punches up the command.

9    ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	A strange ENERGY PATTERN moving at warp speed.

					TASHA
			Confirmed, sir. My sensors read
			nothing solid but considerable
			energy in...
				(puzzles over reading)
			... in changing patterns.

					DATA
			Traveling at warp speed, too.
			Intriguing.
				(tabs panel, looks up)
			I can find no match with anything
			in our records, sir.

					PICARD
				(eyes viewer; then)
			Change course for a close sensor
			pass... we'll then increase warp
			speed to reach Parliament on
			schedule.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

       STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - TEASER       5.

10   INT. SENSOR MAINTENANCE ROOM - ON GEORDI AND WORF

	The room is small, busy with equipment, including one
	key console. GEORDI is leaning over the complicated
	console and talking to WORF as he runs a pattern on the
	panel.

					GEORDI
			Why the interest in this, Worf?
			It is just routine maintenance
			on the sensor assemblies.

					WORF
			Simple, Geordi. Our captain
			wants his junior officers to
			learn, learn, learn...

					GEORDI
				(grins)
			Not just the junior ones.
				(indicates)
			Okay, hold this relay off-line
			while...

	Worf moves in and takes over as indicated, while:

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			Security to Sensor Maintenance.

					GEORDI
			La Forge here.

11   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

					TASHA
			We're making a close sensor pass
			on an unusual object, Geordi.
			Any problems?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			None, Lieutenant. All equipment
			on line and functioning.

					TASHA
				(turns to Captain)
			Sensors ready, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Life form reading?

					DATA
			No life form reading, sir.

					PICARD
			Begin the pass.

       STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - TEASER       6.

12   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND ENERGY "CLOUD" (OPTICAL)

	as the Enterprise changes course slightly to intercept
	the "cloud."

13   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE INCLUDING VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as they close rapidly with the object.

					DATA
			Sir, it is changing shape... !

14   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND "CLOUD" (OPTICAL)

	The "cloud" bulging out slightly, putting the bulge in
	the Enterprise's path.

15   ANGLE ON COMMAND AREA

					PICARD
			Any readings indicating matter
			there?

					DATA
			Negative, Captain. Energy only.

16   EXT. SPACE - CLOSE ON ENTERPRISE AND "CLOUD" (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise begins passing just through the wispy
	edge of it.

17   INT. SENSOR MAINTENANCE ROOM - ON WORF AND GEORDI
	(OPTICAL)

	Worf is where he moved in at the console relay. Geordi
	is standing to one side. Suddenly there is a BRIEF GLOW
	(OPTICAL) from the key console to Worf. The big Klingon
	jerks as though something has struck him, and he
	convulses spasmodically and collapses. Geordi tabs his
	communicator instantly.

					GEORDI
			La Forge to Sickbay. Medical
			emergency in Sensor Maintenance
			Room!

       STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - TEASER       7.

17   CONTINUED

	MOVE IN CLOSE ON GEORDI as he bends over the crumpled
	Klingon.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Repeat -- medical emergency!

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT ONE      8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

18   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	plunging through space at warp speed, leaving the
	"cloud" behind.

19   INT. SENSOR MAINTENANCE ROOM - ON WORF AND GEORDI

	Worf still lies in a heap on the floor, Geordi leaning
	over him and checking for life signs. Worf begins to
	stir, slowly at first, as the doors SLIDE OPEN and
	Beverly and ASSISTANT ENTER at a dead run, medical
	devices in hand. They quickly kneel at Worf, begin
	checking him.

					BEVERLY
			What happened?

					GEORDI
			Don't know. It seemed like he
			was hit by...
				(shakes head)
			... some sensor feedback, maybe.

	Worf suddenly starts to powerfully flail his arms and
	legs around, struggling against something we can't see.
	The assistant tries to hang on, but Worf's Klingon
	strength sends him across the room. Then, as Worf
	flails at furniture in his way, easily splitting it,
	Beverly has opened the medical kit with quick
	efficiency, pulls out a hypospray, and administers it.

20   CLOSER - EMPHASIZING WORF

	He stops struggling, looks around with eyes that seem
	to be seeing for the first time. An expression of
	wonder and amazement crosses his face. Beverly and
	Geordi exchange a glance, both clearly concerned.

					BEVERLY
			Lieutenant Worf?
				(no response)
			Lieutenant, can you hear what I'm
			saying?

	Worf manages a sort of grunt, holds up a hand and
	stares at it. Then he moves his body, trying to get
	his feet under him. He is at first unable to get the
	right coordination down, as though this simple act is
	as foreign to him as it is to a newborn.

      STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT ONE      9.

20   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Let's get him up.

	They rise. Worf watches and sees how they do it. As
	they both reach down to boost him by the arms, he
	manages to get to his knees and start to push to his
	feet. Beverly is studying him closely. He does not
	seem violent now; he stares around more like a young and
	bewildered child. Beverly nods to Geordi, picks up her
	medical kit, and they start to lead Worf OUT. He moves
	with them, slowly and carefully putting one foot ahead
	of the other.

21   INT. READY ROOM - ANGLE ON GEORDI AND PICARD

	Picard is at his desk, Geordi standing before it.
	Picard looks up at him, frowning as:

					GEORDI
			He was just monitoring the sensor
			console when he jerked as though
			something hit him. What my
			sensors showed...
				(frowns)
			... It was kind of a... glow... just
			for a second. I can't explain it.

					PICARD
			Could your VISOR device have
			malfunctioned?

					GEORDI
			Doubt it, sir. It seemed what
			I was seeing was something real.

22   INT. SICKBAY - ANGLE ON BEVERLY, TROI, WORF

	Worf lies on an examination table, Beverly and assistant
	working over him with her medical scanners. Troi looks
	up at the o.s. medical viewscreen, then back at Worf.
	The Klingon is quiet now, his eyes moving around the
	room and to the women. His attitude is one of quiet and
	deep curiosity. Beverly finishes, smiles down at Worf.

					BEVERLY
			I'm going to give you something
			to help you rest. Just relax.

      STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT ONE      10.

22   CONTINUED:

	Worf's expression remains unchanged. Beverly brings out
	a hypospray and activates it on his arm. His eyelids
	begin to sag closed almost immediately. Beverly puts
	away the hypospray, motions Troi into her office.

23   INT. CRUSHER'S OFFICE - BEVERLY AND TROI

	on their ENTRY:

					BEVERLY
			Fortunately, he's stronger than
			an orbital tug. There's nothing
			physically wrong with him. What
			have you sensed?

					TROI
			Nothing... which bothers me. He
			has never shielded his feelings
			from me. I can't understand why
			he is suddenly doing it now.

					BEVERLY
			Are you able to perceive anything
			at all, Counselor? It may be
			important.

					TROI
				(beat; concentrating)
			Perhaps... very faintly.
			Almost... like a frightened
			child.

					BEVERLY
			Worf "frightened?"

					TROI
			It doesn't make much sense but...
				(beat; concentrating)
			Yes, it's fear. Definitely there.

	They exchange puzzled looks.

24   OMITTED

      STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT ONE      11.

25   INT. BADAR N'D'D'S QUARTERS - ON TASHA AND
BADAR N'D'D

	BADAR N'D'D is wraith-thin, pale, with glittering
	lupine eyes; and when he curls his mouth in what looks
	like a smile, some extremely long, sharp canines are
	revealed. His clothing can only be described as
	disreputable -- dark and loose, somehow lumpy (as though
	it hides body parts we don't want to know about).
	Tasha's tremulous smile is offset by a twitch of her
	nose that indicates Anticans don't smell too nice.
	Riker ENTERS.

					TASHA
			Sorry to call you, sir, not
			strictly security, it's about
			the dietary requirements of the
			Antican delegates.

26   INTERCUT RIKER AND TASHA

					RIKER
			I thought that had been taken care
			of in advance, Tasha.

					TASHA
			So did we, sir. Their live
			animals were beamed aboard -- We
			were going to preserve the meat
			for them, but ....
				(squeamishly)
			... they say we must bring it to
			them alive.

					RIKER
				(beat)
			Then do so!
				(to the Antican)
			Lieutenant Yar was... confused.
			We no longer enslave animals
			for food purposes.

					BADAR N'D'D
			But we have seen humans eat meat!

	The Antican grins -- a terrifying display of long,
	sharp fangs.

					RIKER
			You've seen something as fresh
			and tasty as living meat, but
			inorganically materialized out
			of patterns used by our
			transporters.

					BADAR N'D'D
				(in revulsion)
			How sickening! How barbaric!

      STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT ONE      12.

27   INT. SICKBAY - ANGLE ON BEVERLY AND WORF (OPTICAL)

	Worf lies sedated on one of the beds, being
	automatically monitored by the medical computers.
	Beverly approaches with a medical instrument in hand
	to take some samples. She leans over the bed, using
	the instrument on his arm. As she does, there is a
	SUDDEN SPLIT-SECOND BURST OF ELECTRIC-LIKE ENERGY
	BETWEEN THEM. Beverly is highlighted briefly by a BLUE
	GLOW (OPTICAL). She steps back away from the bed,
	blinking as if trying to assimilate some new
	information.

28   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Troi ENTERS from the Corridor. Beverly looks around
	at her, puzzled, as Troi moves closer, looking up at
	the medical viewscreen.

					TROI
			He's reading normal? How did you
			manage that?

					BEVERLY
				(dazed)
			Yes... normal, now.

					TROI
				(looks up quickly)
			Are you all right?

					BEVERLY
			Yes... perfectly.

	Beverly looks at the medical instrument in her hand,
	seems to remember.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Yes... both of us quite normal.

	Beverly ministers to Worf. Worf starts to stir,
	shaking his head and blinking as if clearing his head of
	something.

					WORF
			Where... where am I?

					TROI
			Don't you remember? You were in
			the Sensor Maintenance Room ---

					WORF
			I remember monitoring the sensor
			console -- and that's all. What
			am I doing here?

      STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT ONE      13.

28   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			That's a story the doctor will
			tell you.

	She starts to smile over at Beverly, and the smile slips
	a little. Beverly is staring at the medical viewer
	again, deep in thought, paying no attention to Troi and
	Worf.

29   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE ON DATA AND PICARD (OPTICAL)

	at Science Station 1. Data is replaying visual of
	"cloud" on the screen for Picard's observation.

					DATA
			I called it a "cloud" for lack
			of a better term at the time.
			But the sensor pass shows it as
			much more. Combinations very
			complex, precise energy
			patterns...

					PICARD
			Constantly interacting on each
			other?

					DATA
			Yes, sir... But whether
			individually or as a whole, it
			is difficult to say.

					PICARD
			Obviously, you seem to feel it
			should be inspected more closely.

					DATA
			A mystery is only a mystery as
			long as it remains uninvestigated,
			sir.

					PICARD
			Ah. I love a mystery, Mister
			Data, but this one has to wait
			until we deliver the delegates
			to their peace conference on
			Parliament.

	He walks down the ramp toward his command chair.

      STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT ONE      14.

30   INT. CRUSHERS' QUARTERS - ON WESLEY

	Wesley is in the living area, working with a P.A.D.D.
	and a Viewscreen, quickly tapping commands into the
	P.A.D.D. and watching figures or diagrams change on the
	o.s. viewer. The quarters doors are HEARD to SLIDE
	OPEN, and Wesley looks around.

31   WESLEY'S P.O.V. - BEVERLY

	Beverly comes in, looks around apparently startled as
	Wesley speaks, but she seems to recover composure
	quickly. (NOTE: Throughout, Beverly appears remote,
	not displaying her normal warmth toward her son, views
	him almost as though he is an interesting stranger.)

					WESLEY
			Hi Mom. You're back early.

					BEVERLY
			Yes.

	She moves closer to him and looks at the viewer as he
	indicates it and the P.A.D.D.

					WESLEY
			Physical sciences class. We're
			studying Doctor Channing's theory
			on dilithium crystals.

					BEVERLY
			Tell me about it.

	Wesley looks up at her, slightly puzzled. She never
	was interested before -- now her eyes glitter with an
	unaccustomed curiosity.

					WESLEY
			Really? You never seemed that
			interested in warp theory before.
				(indicates)
			Doctor Channing thinks it's
			possible to force dilithium into
			even more useful crystals. If
			as shown here, matter and
			antimatter could be aligned even
			more efficiently...

					BEVERLY
				(interrupting)
			Would that affect navigation?

					WESLEY
			This is engineering, not helm
			control.

      STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT ONE      15.

31   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Oh yes, the helm's located on the
			bridge.

					WESLEY
				(stares, concerned)
			Mom, is something wrong?

	Without answering, turns and heads for the door. Wesley
	stares after her, frowning, as she EXITS.

32   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - EMPHASIZING PICARD

	He glances around as the turbolift doors OPEN, and
	Beverly ENTERS and advances down the ramp toward Geordi,
	back at his helm position. (NOTE: She is still not
	acting in her usual manner. Everything about the bridge
	seems to be of interest to her, as though she's never
	seen it before. She responds with darting, curious
	little looks when spoken to, not quite able to focus
	long on the person whom she addresses. Her speech
	patterns have become very formal, also not like her.
	Also notice she does not call the captain by his rank or
	address him as "sir.")

					BEVERLY
				(to herself)
			This... is the helm.

	Geordi looks up surprised, then grins, nods.

					GEORDI
			Unless there have been some
			changes I don't know about.

					PICARD
			Doctor Crusher?

					BEVERLY
			You will wish to know Lieutenant
			Worf is much improved. Ready to
			report back on duty.

					PICARD
			What was the diagnosis?

	Beverly heads for the upper bridge.

					BEVERLY
			A temporary mental abberation.

					PICARD
			When it concerns a bridge officer,
			I expect a better explanation,
			Doctor.

      STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT ONE      16.

32   CONTINUED:

	Beverly nods, moves toward the Science Stations.

					BEVERLY
			Then I must first run some
			crosschecks in the
			library-computer. Klingons are
			so unusual in their reactions,
			aren't they?

					PICARD
				(still puzzled, but:)
			Take Science Station Two, Doctor.

33   ANGLE ON BEVERLY (OPTICAL)

	moving to where Data is in view too. She begins calling
	up information. Innocently, Data glances to her
	Viewscreen. What he sees there puzzles but does not
	alarm him.

					DATA
			Intriguing, Doctor. What does
			helm control have to do with
			medical crosschecks?

	She ignores him, then seems satisfied over what she
	views. Data has turned back to his own panel -- Beverly
	appears to carefully pick out a place in which to touch
	her panel again... and as she does so, a blue electronic
	EFFECT APPEARS BRIEFLY ON THE PANEL, then quickly
	DISAPPEARS. Beverly blinks, then looks around as if
	awaking from a dream.

					BEVERLY
			I... I don't know why I'm...

					DATA
				(looks up)
			Is something wrong, Doctor?

34   ANGLING ON PICARD AND UPPER BRIDGE

	Picard looks around, concerned over Beverly seeming to
	be disoriented.

					PICARD
			Doctor, are you all right?

      STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT ONE      17.

34   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Yes... yes. I -- I'll do my work
			from my office. That's where I
			should be...

	She MOVES OFF quickly toward the turbolift. Picard
	watches her, still concerned.

					PICARD
			Do you want someone to accompany
			you?

	She EXITS into the turbolift. And the doors CLOSE.
	Picard turns to Troi.

					PICARD
			Counselor, what's happening to
			my people?

	Interrupted by Data at Science Station 1. He suddenly
	straightens, frowning.

					DATA
			Captain? There is a malfunction
			in this station. I cannot bring
			any information up on it.

	He moves quickly to Science Station 2, WE SEE that
	console go dead.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Science Two does not function
			either, sir.

35   WIDER ANGLE

	Then, quickly, from the communications panel:

					SINGH'S COM VOICE
			Engineering to Captain Picard.
			We have something wrong with warp
			drive circuitry, sir.

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF'S COM VOICE
			Transporter Room Six to bridge.
			Reporting transporter console
			malfunction, sir.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, this ship is less
			than a year out of spacedock.
			What are the chances of all this
			occurring?

      STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT ONE      18.

35   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			It is a virtual impossibility,
			sir.

					PICARD
			So what the hell is going on
			here?

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT TWO      19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

36   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	sweeping along at warp speed - nothing to indicate
	there's trouble aboard this magnificent machine.

37   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - EMPHASIZING PICARD (OPTICAL)

	He is irritated, pacing, snapping off his comments with
	a certain amount of acid etching his words. Through
	the window WE CAN SEE warp stars flashing past.

					PICARD
			... I don't understand it,
			Gentlemen. I need information.
			You're telling me there is no
			explanation for any of these
			malfunctions?

	As he speaks, CAMERA PULLS BACK TO REVEAL he has on the
	carpet before him Singh, Data, several other Department
	Heads. Riker sits beside him feeling no less on the
	carpet himself.

					RIKER
			At least, sir, all department
			heads report the damage repaired.

					PICARD
			That was not the question, Number
			One. What caused the
			malfunctions?

					SINGH
			I believe it was a rampant
			electronic short that jumped from
			system to system, sir. The only
			thing is --

					PICARD
			Yes, Mister Singh?

					SINGH
			That shouldn't be possible. The
			affected systems don't generally
			interact with each other -- and
			where they do, it wasn't the
			interlink that was malfunctioning.

					PICARD
			Have you spoken with Chief
			Engineer Argyle about the problem?

      STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT TWO      20.

37   CONTINUED

					SINGH
			With all the engineering staff,
			sir. They're just as puzzled.

					PICARD
			I am not satisfied with that.
				(to the others)
			I want explanations of this by
			the time we get to Parliament.

					SINGH
			But...

					PICARD
			By the time we get to
			Parliament, Mr. Singh.

38   INT. BADAR N'D'D'S QUARTERS - ANGLE ON RIKER

	This is a "Basic Quarters Suite," without special wall
	decorations, fairly simple solid-color furniture. The
	Main Room seen here is very low-lit, with dark corners
	and shadows prevailing. Riker is speaking firmly as
	we COME IN:

					RIKER
			These weapons were removed
			from two of your people who were
			loitering out of sight in the
			vicinity of the Selay delegation
			quarters. Would you care to
			explain, sir?

	CAMERA PULLS BACK TO REVEAL Riker holding out two
	tubes, somewhat resembling Allen wrenches, but with
	several curiously shaped buttons along the top of the
	"barrel." Riker and Tasha are facing Badar N'D'D, who
	glances at the tubes and lifts a disdainful eyebrow.

					BADAR N'D'D
			Those are not weapons, First
			Officer. They are tools we use
			to dispatch the animals we consume.

					TASHA
			Your food supply is not on the
			same deck as the Selay delegation,
			sir.

					RIKER
			And you will admit these "tools"
			can kill.

      STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT TWO      21.

38   CONTINUED

					BADAR N'D'D
				(shrugs)
			Some of my people are impulsive.
			and we all have reason to hate
			the Selay.

					TASHA
			They appear to have the same
			feelings about you, sir.

					BADAR N'D'D
				(shrugs again)
			That is the nature of politics.

					RIKER
			Nonetheless, Chief Delegate, I'm
			putting you on notice that all
			weapons -- no matter what their
			basic function -- are being
			confiscated. Violence will not
			be tolerated on the Enterprise.

					BADAR N'D'D
			Of course not. And if any does
			occur, I can assure you it will
			not be we Anticans who start it.

					RIKER AND TASHA
			Thank you, sir.

	They turn and EXIT, taking the two tube weapons with
	them. As the DOOR CLOSES behind them:

					BADAR N'D'D
				(ominously)
			But we will finish it.

39   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	blasting along at warp speed.

40   INT. ENGINEER'S OFFICE - ANGLE ON SINGH, GEORDI, WESLEY

	They are at one of the consoles, Singh doing something
	complex at a panel, with Geordi and Wesley looking over
	his shoulder.

41   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - EMPHASIZING WORF

	Worf is at Conn, routinely monitoring his panel and
	appearing to be no worse for wear after his ordeal.
	Suddenly, he straightens, tabs in a command, frowns,
	tabs it again.

      STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT TWO      22.

41   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Sir, warp power is fading!

					PICARD
			Picard to Engineering. What is
			our problem?

					WORF
			Warp five... four... three...
			two...

42   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	EFFECT SHOT of going from WARP SPEED to SUB-WARP.

43   INT. ENGINEER'S OFFICE - EMPHASIZING SINGH

	The assistant chief engineer is working the panel,
	shaking his head.

					SINGH
			We've lost the warp engine
			computer tie!

					WESLEY
			And we just dropped below warp
			one, sir.

					GEORDI
			Go to impulse power!

44   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - EMPHASIZING PICARD

	He frowns, not happy, but he's just the boss around
	here. He doesn't make the damned thing go.

					PICARD
			State of the art vessel? Hah.
			Commander Data, signal Parliament
			that we will be delayed. We will
			send the new arrival time as soon
			as determined.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	He turns to his Ops panel, inspecting it.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Sir, subspace radio is out.

      STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT TWO      23.

45   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - PICARD, RIKER, DATA

	Riker and Data sit opposite Picard at the desk. Picard
	finishes a review of reports on his viewscreen, snaps
	it off irritably.

					PICARD
			Your theories on the sudden
			vulnerability of these systems,
			gentlemen?

					DATA
			If the Enterprise were really this
			fragile, sir, she never would have
			gotten out of spacedock.
			Therefore, her systems failures
			are not endemic to the ship, but
			are more likely the result of the
			actions of an unknown adversary.

					RIKER
			We have a saboteur aboard.

					DATA
			I believe I said that.

					PICARD
				(firmly)
			Gentlemen. The question now is,
			who. I can't believe it's one
			of our people.

					RIKER
			Agreed. Which leaves someone in
			either alien delegation. If the
			Ferengi bribed or bought even one
			of them, that's all that would
			be needed.

					DATA
			Ferengi contacts have been
			detected on both Selay and Antica,
			sir.

					PICARD
			Can any of you suggest another
			solution?

					RIKER
				(amused)
			You're sounding like a private
			eye, sir.

					DATA
			Query: private eye?

      STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT TWO      24.

45   CONTINUED

					PICARD
			A private consulting investigator
			who solves crimes.

					DATA
			A most interesting occupation.

					PICARD
			In the world of fact, it is, Data.
			However in literature, criminal
			detection becomes a fascinating
			exercise.
				(a glance to Riker)
			The immortal Sherlock Holmes would
			have an interesting view of our
			mystery, I believe.

	Data cocks an eyebrow; WE CAN SEE him mentally making
	a note to remember that name. Meanwhile:

					RIKER
			I'm sure, sir -- but I'm afraid
			we have to find our solution
			without History's Greatest
			Consulting Detective.

46   INT. ENGINEER'S OFFICE - ANGLE ON SINGH AND WESLEY

	conferring over a panel. Wesley suddenly points to a
	pertinent display.

					WESLEY
			Is it there, Mister Singh? If
			the control network breaks at that
			point...

					SINGH
				(nods)
			... it bleeds warp engine command
			off into dead ends.
				(to Wesley)
			Excellent. I believe I can
			handle it from there, Mister Crusher.

	Wesley looks up, disappointed. Now that he's spotted
	the problem, he wants to stay for the solution.

					WESLEY
			But, sir --

      STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT TWO      25.

46   CONTINUED

					SINGH
			Your schedule shows classwork now.
			Sorry.

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir.
				(heads for door; turns)
			But I don't learn nearly this much
			in school.

					SINGH
				(smiles)
			I tend to agree. But the captain's
			orders on this are very clear.

47   INT. CRUSHERS' QUARTERS - ANGLE ON BEVERLY

	She is dressed casually, relaxing in a chair, reading.
	She glances up and smiles as Wesley ENTERS.

					BEVERLY
			Solve any new problems today?

					WESLEY
			I was starting to, maybe, but
			Mister Singh sent me off to class.

					BEVERLY
			Wes -- you're only an acting
			ensign.
				(slight smile)
			You have to let the commissioned
			officers do some of the work.

					WESLEY
			Mom, listen. I've learned more
			than they understand. For
			example, on Channing's dilithium
			crystals theory I was telling you
			about...

					BEVERLY
				(frowns; puzzled)
			When did you tell me about that?

					WESLEY
			This morning. Don't you remember?

	Beverly stares at him, starting to grow a little
	concerned.

      STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT TWO      26.

47   CONTINUED

					BEVERLY
			Honestly, I don't, Wes.

					WESLEY
			You asked if the warp engines had
			to do with navigation, and I said --

					BEVERLY
			Why would I have said that?

	The two of them look at each other. Why, indeed?

48   INT. ENGINEER'S OFFICE - ANGLE ON SINGH (OPTICAL)

	working at the console where we saw him earlier. He
	is busy, digging into the problem, checking his results
	on a viewscreen that pulls up different schematics as
	he works the board. He reviews the schematic currently
	on the screen, nods to himself, reaches for the panel
	again. Suddenly, a BLUE GLOW SURROUNDS HIM (OPTICAL),
	and he stiffens, shaking convulsively. A SCREAM is
	choked off as the power racks his body -- and he
	plummets off the chair to the deck. The BLUE GLOW
	FADES... leaving him lying motionless on the floor.
	A beat, Worf ENTERS from the Corridor outside
	Engineering.

					WORF
			Mister Singh, the Captain wants --

	He pauses a short beat as he sees Singh's body, then
	he quickly rushes in to check for heartbeat and pulse.
	Nothing.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Engineering to bridge. Security
			alert!

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard.

					WORF
			Lieutenant Worf, sir. I just found
			Mister Singh.... he's dead.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT THREE     27.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

49   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving through space on IMPULSE POWER.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41249.4.
			Assistant Chief Engineer Singh
			has been found dead in the Engine
			Room Office, cause unknown. We
			continue to run on impulse power.

50   INT. READY ROOM - PICARD, RIKER, CRUSHER, TASHA

	Tasha is very upset over Singh's death.

					PICARD
				(to Beverly)
			I want the autopsy as soon as
			possible, Doctor.

					TASHA
			Captain, I'm so sorry. To have
			one of our people die like this...

					PICARD
			First, let's find out how he died.
			Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			The autopsy is underway, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			It could be... a word you're not
			to use...
				(leans in; low voice)
			...murder. Status of
			investigation?

					TASHA
			Underway.

					RIKER
			Our best people.

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT THREE     28.

51   INT. ENGINEER'S OFFICE - ANGLE ON WORF, WESLEY, GEORDI

	They are clustered around the console where Singh died.
	Geordi is examining the panels there; Wesley steps up
	from behind, indicates a place on the panel.

					WESLEY
			Sir, he may have been working
			there on restoring warp power.

					GEORDI
				(eyes panel; then)
			According to these readings, we
			could go back to warp speed now.

	Wesley examines the board, looks up, surprised:

					WESLEY
			But that wasn't the reading when
			I left.

					WORF
			Singh probably repaired it just
			before he was killed.

					WESLEY
			But he couldn't have fixed it from
			here, sir! The problems we saw
			were inside the engines!

					GEORDI
			Who else could have corrected it,
			Wes?
				(to Worf)
			Inform the bridge of engine
			status.

52   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE ON PICARD

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			We now have warp capacity, sir.
			All power on line.

					PICARD
			Well done. Warp engines ready.
				(to conn)
			On previous heading, warp factor
			six.

53   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship leaps into warp, the stars blurring as she
	makes the jump.

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT THREE     29.

54   INT. GUEST QUARTERS - ANGLE ON TASHA, BADAR N'D'D

	The quarters are still low-lit, mysterious. Badar N'D'D
	reclines on a low couch, looking up at Tasha with
	complete disinterest.

					BADAR N'D'D
			I tolerate these questions,
			Lieutenant Yar, because I need
			this vessel to get us to
			Parliament. Your shipboard
			problems do not concern me.

					TASHA
			They should. Our delays are your
			delays.

					BADAR N'D'D
				(waves it away)
			The peace conference will wait
			for us.

					TASHA
			I must ask where you were during
			this vessel's Earth hours of 1800
			last night and 0700 this morning.

					BADAR N'D'D
			Eating.

					TASHA
			Sir, I'm talking about hours
			here...

					BADAR N'D'D
			It was a large meal.
				(smiles, revealing sharp
				 canines)
			And an interesting animal.

	Tasha grimaces at the idea.

55   INT. CRUSHER'S OFFICE - TROI, BEVERLY, WORF

	as Worf APPEARS at the door of Beverly's office where
	Troi and Beverly wait.

					WORF
			You wanted me, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			Yes, concerning your memory
			blackout.

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT THREE     30.

55   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(nods)
			I still don't remember having one.

					BEVERLY
			The same thing happened to me.

					TROI
			I want to try hypnosis on both
			of you. It may restore your
			memory as to what happened.

	Beverly nods immediately. They turn to Worf who has
	hesitated.

					WORF
			I fear such things, but...

					BEVERLY
			Fear from you, Worf?

	Worf nods.

56   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - DATA, RIKER, TASHA (OPTICAL)

	They are gathered in chairs near the windows. (Warp
	speed.) Riker and Tasha compare notes on a portable
	viewer pad. Data is watching... and smoking a "Sherlock
	Holmes" style pipe. Tasha is more troubled by this than
	Riker.

					TASHA
			One thing is clear... Almost all
			the "peace" delegates answered
			our questions with lies.

					DATA
			Imprecise, Lieutenant. They
			omitted certain truths, which in
			itself tells us something.

					TASHA
			We can learn something from
			non-disclosure?

					DATA
			Oh, indubitably, my good woman.

	Tasha gives Riker a puzzled look. Indubitably? My good
	woman? During which, Data puffs on the pipe and Tasha
	pulls back as he exhales.

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT THREE     31.

56   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			It's something the Captain
			mentioned. Sherlock Holmes, which
			Data is obviously studying...

					DATA
				(interrupting)
			Has studied, sir - every case.
				(indicates)
			As Holmes would have pointed
			out... during the time in
			question, something was afoot!

					TASHA
				(uncertain of the word)
			"Afoot?"

	Riker is becoming amused at Data's playing the "great
	detective" role ... and at Tasha's reaction to it.
	Meanwhile, Data has ignored Tasha's puzzlement over the
	word afoot.

					DATA
			While both sets of delegates say
			they were in their quarters, our
			crew locator sensed them passing
			here...
				(indicates)
			... and here.

					TASHA
			But since they don't show where
			they went, we're still in the
			dark.

					DATA
			On the contrary, dear colleague -
			on their return they drew medical
			supplies appropriate to the
			treatment of minor wounds and
			abrasions on these life forms.

					RIKER
			Which, leaves you with only one
			conclusion.

					DATA
			Exactly. That they were too
			engaged in their own affairs to
			have disabled our ship and
			murdered the engineer. Given a
			choice, they'd rather kill each
			other than any of us. It's
			elementary my dear Riker...sir.

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT THREE     32.

56   CONTINUED: (2)

	Tasha has been looking from one to the other during
	this. She hesitates now, clearly uncomfortable.

					TASHA
			Speaking of aberrant behavior...

	She isn't joking.

57   INT. SICKBAY - ANGLE ON TROI, BEVERLY AND WORF

	Troi has a small machine before her which emits a
	resonant, melodic HUM and on which LIGHTS FLASH in a
	systematic pattern. She has just finished a "pass" with
	it in front of Beverly's face. Beverly sits in the desk
	chair in a light hypnotic trance. Worf watches
	intently; he has just gone through this himself.

					TROI
			Beverly... can you hear me?

					BEVERLY
			Yes.

					TROI
			I want you to go back in your mind
			to the moment when you first
			recall this sensation of memory
			loss. Please picture it exactly
			as it occurred.

					BEVERLY
				(pause; then:)
			He's lying on the hospital bed
			sedated. I'm walking up to
			him... I---
				(distressed)
			I -- I -- I --

					TROI
			Gently...gently. How do you feel
			at this moment -- as you lean over
			him to take the specimen?

					BEVERLY
			I... feel... someone else...
			something else there too...

					TROI
				(waits; then:)
			Go on.

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT THREE     33.

57   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(frowns, shakes head)
			I feel crowded. Not alone...
			get out. Get out of my mind!

	Beverly is tossing her head, as if to shake free of
	something. Troi turns to Worf and nods, indicating
	Beverly.

					TROI
			You said almost exactly the same
			thing -- as though there were
			something else inside you.

58   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - ANGLE ON PICARD, OFFICERS
	(OPTICAL)

	Picard is at his desk, facing Troi, Beverly, Riker, Data
	(with pipe), and Tasha; we're at warp speed as WE COME
	IN:

					TROI
			-- Which confirms the feeling of
			duality that I sensed earlier in
			both of them.

					PICARD
			Why didn't you report it?

					TROI
			Because, sir, I assumed at first
			it was the kind of duality we
			Betazoids feel in all of you.
				(sees Picard's
				 expression harden)
			Even you, sir. When you approach
			a decision and ask yourself which
			way to go... who are you talking
			to?

					PICARD
				(beat; his expression
				 still saying
				 "nonsense")
			Your hypnotism revealed another
			form of duality?

					TROI
			Yes, sir. I believe something
			invaded them.

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT THREE     34.

58   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(nods)
			It seems the only possible
			conclusion.

	Picard stands, paces behind his desk irritably, catches
	sight of Data and pipe.

					PICARD
			Data, let's proceed without the
			pipe.

					DATA
			If you wish, sir...
				(sets pipe down)
			... but I ask if you take it as
			incontrovertible that it cannot
			be a family member or one of our
			crew?

					PICARD
				(beat, considering;
				 then:)
			Yes. Very unlikely.

					DATA
			Then our investigation was
			worthwhile, sir. We have eliminated
			both the delegates and all our
			regular ship's complement.

					PICARD
			What are you suggesting?

	Data is inclined to pick up the pipe again, but
	remembers that Picard just issued an order about it.

					DATA
			I am referring to the Great
			Detective's credo, sir. I
			quote... "We must fall back on
			the old axiom that when other
			contingencies fail, whatever
			remains, however improbable, must
			be the truth."

59   OMITTED

	Riker and Picard exchange looks.

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT THREE     35.

60   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	Geordi is at his usual Conn station; Wesley sits beside
	him at Ops. Worf is seated in Riker's chair.
	Supernumeraries are at aft stations.

61   CLOSER ON GEORDI AND WESLEY

	Wesley is quiet, faintly depressed. Geordi looks over
	at him, grins.

					GEORDI
			Wes, everything's fixed now.

					WESLEY
			That engine computer net wasn't
			repaired, sir. It just suddenly
			became all right.

					GEORDI
			It's the result that counts.
				(glances down at panel)
			What --- ?

62   WIDER ANGLE - ON COMMAND STATIONS

					WORF
			What is it?

					GEORDI
			Helm control just went down.
				(works panel - nothing)
			She won't respond.

					WORF
			Bridge to Captain. You're needed
			here immediately.

	Geordi works the panel controls, without result.

					GEORDI
			Wes, alert Engineering from your
			panel.

					WESLEY
				(works panel)
			Trying...

63   ANGLE AT READY ROOM DOOR

	Picard ENTERS bridge fast, Riker, Troi, Tasha, Data
	FOLLOWING, moving toward their stations. Beverly
	FOLLOWS them out onto the bridge, as:

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT THREE     36.

63   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Report.

					WORF
			Helm is down, sir. The ship's
			running wild ---

64   ANGLE ON PICARD

	moving to Geordi at Conn. Picard stands by Geordi.

65   ANGLE ON GEORDI, DATA, WESLEY

	Wesley swiftly rises, makes room for Data to take over
	the panel. Geordi turns in his seat to look up at
	Picard as:

					GEORDI
			Sir, we dropped to impulse
			power --

66   CLOSE ON PICARD

	He bends over Geordi. His left hand rests near the
	small control panel at Conn.

67   OMITTED

68   CLOSE ON PICARD (OPTICAL)

	The strange BLUE GLOW FLASHES around Picard for a split
	second, then FADES.

69   INCLUDING GEORDI

	staring at Picard.

					GEORDI
			Sir... ? Are you all right? I
			thought I just saw ---

70   ON PICARD

	Picard remains sitting stiffly for a beat as though
	frozen by what has happened, and then his face takes
	on a slightly different expression.

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT THREE     37.

70   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I'm fine.
				(beat)
			Everything is fine now.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FOUR     38.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

71   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	traveling on impulse power, unguided by any human hand.

72   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - EMPHASIZING PICARD

	Geordi is concerned at something happening at his
	position.

					PICARD
			Why the drop to impulse power,
			Lieutenant?

					GEORDI
				(turns to Picard)
			The helm is suddenly
			malfunctioning, sir.

					PICARD
			Malfunctioning? You're wrong --
			Look again.

					GEORDI
				(turning to console)
			Sir, I ---

	He breaks off, staring at the panel.

					RIKER
			Mister La Forge?

					GEORDI
				(a beat; puzzled)
			There's nothing wrong with the
			helm now. Everything is -- just
			as it should be, sir.

					PICARD
			In that case, make our heading
			two-nine-five mark three-seven.

					GEORDI
			Sir... ?

					PICARD
			You have a problem with that
			heading, Lieutenant?

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FOUR     39.

72   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Do you want to double back on our
			course, sir?

					PICARD
			That is what I've ordered.

	A puzzled Geordi begins touching helm controls.

73   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	going into a graceful turn which will take her in the
	opposite direction. As it finishes the turn, the ship
	jumps into warp speed.

74   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	The bridge crew still at their positions.

75   ANGLE ON TROI

	concentrating her mind on Picard, uncertain. Picard has
	appeared lucid; his order to reverse course is not
	contrary to Starfleet policy or out-of-line for a
	starship captain.

76   EMPHASIZING PICARD AND RIKER

	Picard looks entirely normal, but with a very alert
	quality.

					RIKER
			Captain... I'm puzzled about your
			reversing our course.

77   ANGLE ON DATA, RIKER, TROI

	exchanging looks of puzzlement. Why double back on
	course?

78   INCLUDING PICARD AND GEORDI

					PICARD
			The energy "cloud," Commander --
			I believe it important to have
			another look at it.

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FOUR     40.

78   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Sir, we're behind schedule to
			Parliament already ---

					PICARD
			I believe a very important
			scientific discovery awaits us
			on this heading.

					TROI
				(looks up; beat)
			Perhaps you'll share your
			reasoning on that, sir?

					DATA
			Yes, since we obtained only
			minimal information on our sensor
			pass of it.

					PICARD
			We must go back to learn more.
				(to Troi; thin smile)
			Counselor... do you believe a ship
			captain should explain every
			order?

					TROI
				(beat; shakes her head)
			Of course not, sir.

79   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	now heading the opposite direction, going back the way
	she came at warp speed.

79A  INT. CORRIDOR

	Badar N'D'D is being chased down the Corridor by a
	SECURITY GUARD.

					BADAR N'D'D
			I demand to see the captain.

					FIRST SECURITY GUARD
			Stop, return to your quarters... !

	A stateroom door OPENS to REVEAL Ssestar trying to edge
	outside past a SECOND SECURITY GUARD there. First
	security guard has managed to stop Badar N'D'D who
	whirls toward the Selay delegate in revulsion.

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FOUR     41.

79A  CONTINUED:

					SSESTAR
				(indicating Badar N'D'D)
			What is that doing on our deck?

					BADAR N'D'D
				(to Security Guard)
			I demand to know why this starship
			has changed course!

					FIRST SECURITY GUARD
			Please return to your quarters,
			delegates!

80   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	Riker, Data, Troi and Geordi as Beverly ENTERS.

					RIKER
			You're late and you asked for this
			confidential meeting.

					BEVERLY
			Sorry. I was just so troubled
			by my talk with the captain.
			Something seems wrong... terribly
			wrong.

					TROI
				(hesitant)
			I believe I sense something
			... different in the Captain ... not
			much and maybe I'm incorrect.
				(indicates Riker, Data
				 and Geordi)
			They think I may be.

					RIKER
				(to Troi)
			You could be reacting to the
			reverse course order.

					GEORDI
			But that's our captain. It's not
			the first time he's done something
			unusual.

					DATA
			A mere change of direction hardly
			justifies mutiny.

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FOUR     42.

80   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(to Troi)
			Exactly what do you believe you're
			sensing?

					TROI
			Exactly?
				(shakes head)
			It's difficult to put into
			words... just a feeling that
			he's, well... closed part of his
			mind to me.

					GEORDI
			How can you tell there's something
			there that you can't feel?

					TROI
			As I said... it's hard to say.
			I just feel the captain's become
			... perhaps dangerous.

					RIKER
			If he's dangerous...if...

					GEORDI
			... he'd have to be relieved from
			command.
				(to Beverly)
			Which you're allowed to do... but
			it's beaucoup trouble if you're
			wrong.

					DATA
			And at this moment it is all pure
			speculation. He has done nothing
			to subject the Enterprise to
			danger.

					BEVERLY
			Besides, I'd need a medical log
			giving clear evidence of
			incapacity.
				(to Riker)
			You could do it without that
			problem...

					RIKER
			Only if all command officers
			agreed it vital to do so. But
			he's not showing overt unusual
			behavior.

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FOUR     43.

80   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Ultimately he will, I believe...

					BEVERLY
			Commander, as second in command,
			it's still in your corner. I'll
			order medical and psychiatric
			exams... You'll have to back me
			up somehow.

81   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	traveling through space at warp speed. Direction should
	be the same as PREVIOUS SHOT.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First Officer's log, stardate
			41249.5. As I believed, the
			senior command officers refused
			to relieve the captain from duty
			on such slender evidence.

82   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - ANGLE ON PICARD

	He looks up as Riker and Beverly ENTER the room and
	CROSS to face him over the desk. Picard looks up:

					PICARD
			Yes?

					BEVERLY
			I'd like you to come to Sickbay
			for some examinations, Captain.

					PICARD
			Oh?
				(nods)
			I'll be glad to do that when I'm
			free.

					BEVERLY
			I'd like to conduct them now, sir.

					PICARD
			Why?
				(to Riker)
			What can I do for you, Number One?

					RIKER
			Sir, Counselor Troi has
			recommended the examinations.

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FOUR     44.

82   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(thin smile)
			Same question. Why?

83   CLOSER SHOT

	Riker firms up.

					RIKER
			It is my duty to inform the
			captain that we believe it
			possible that he is under some
			kind of alien influence
			which... may constitute a danger
			to this ship.

	Another flicker of a smile from Picard. It never gets
	to his eyes, and there's no humor in it.

					PICARD
			I consider it equally possible
			that you two and the counselor
			are overworked, and possibly
			suffering hallucinations.
				(to Beverly)
			This is an order... you're to
			arrange medical and psychiatric
			exams of both yourself and them.
			Doctor, you realize you're all
			acting strangely?

					BEVERLY
			I'm concerned that you've suddenly
			turned the ship away from...

					PICARD
				(interrupting; hard)
			What's happened to your mind,
			Doctor? The search for knowledge
			is always our primary mission.
				(stands)
			I'm sorry but I'm too busy for
			this kind of nonsense. Must I
			call security to force you to
			report to Sickbay?

	On his cold, penetrating stare, Riker and Beverly EXIT.

84   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	proceeding on her way back to the "Cloud" at warp
	speed.

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FOUR     45.

85   INT. CORRIDOR NEAR ENGINEERING - ANGLE ON TURBOLIFT

	The corridor is oddly low lit. As the turbolift DOORS
	OPEN and Riker STEPS OUT, he glances around, frowning
	at the lack of light. He starts toward Engineering,
	and a SPARKLING LOOP suddenly whips over his head and
	around his neck. He lurches back, yanked by the
	garrote; then it is abruptly loosened. Riker regains
	his balance as the garrote is whipped away from his
	neck, and he turns to see:

86   ANOTHER ANGLE - SSESTAR AND RIKER

					RIKER
			What in hell... ?

	The large Reptilian manages what appears to be an
	apologetic smile.

					SSESTAR
			Sorry. Wrong species.

	He backs away, still offering the smile, then turns and
	HURRIES DOWN the corridor to huddle with four other
	Selays. Riker fingers his throat ruefully, goes to a
	computer interface on a nearby wall and touches it.

					RIKER
			Riker to security chief.

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			Yar here.

					RIKER
			Security squad to the Engineering
			Deck. The Selays are playing hide
			and seek down here -- obviously
			with the Anticans --
				(rubs throat)
			-- and it's a lethal game. I want
			them returned to their quarters
			under guard.

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			Right away, sir.
				(hesitantly)
			And are you... aware sir, the
			captain expects you to take a
			medical exam?

					RIKER
			I'll do it later.

87   OMITTED

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FOUR     46.

88   INT. READY ROOM - ANGLE ON PICARD

	He is working feverishly at an o.s. personal Viewscreen,
	absorbing the information at an intense rate. A CHIME
	SOUNDS, and he looks up as though he is not sure at
	first what it means. Then he registers and:

					PICARD
			Come.

89   ANGLE TO INCLUDE BEVERLY

	The doors slide OPEN, and Beverly ENTERS. She is in
	medical "blues." She is trying to appear relaxed and
	confident, but nagging thoughts run around her mind
	asking about why she is really here.

					PICARD
			What do you want?

					BEVERLY
			I have the results of the exams
			you ordered.

	She offers a record tape, he tosses it aside and leans
	back in his chair... content and confident.

90   OMITTED

91   TWO SHOT - BEVERLY AND PICARD

					BEVERLY
			You don't care to inspect them?

	Picard ignores her, she picks up her courage, moves
	closer.

					BEVERLY
			Please, are you Jean-Luc?

	Slowly, Picard looks up, aware of both her and her
	physical closeness. He touches her hand. A long
	hesitation, then gently:

					PICARD
			He is here.

					BEVERLY
			The Jean-Luc I know?

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FOUR     47.

91   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(nods)
			And more.

					BEVERLY
			The "more" frightens me...

					PICARD
			And elates us. We wish you could
			understand the glorious adventures
			ahead.

					BEVERLY
			You and... ?

					PICARD
			Soon we'll both be home.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FIVE     48.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

92   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND "CLOUD" (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise slows to impulse power as it heads for
	the large energy pattern "Cloud" which can be seen in
	far b.g.

					RIKER (V.O.)
				(troubled)
			First officer's log, supplemental.
			On the orders of... Captain
			Picard, we have returned to the
			vicinity of the energy pattern
			"cloud." I am personally
			convinced that something from this
			"cloud" now shares...

93   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE SHOT

	All officers at their regular duty stations, except for
	Picard, who is not present. Riker is in the command
	chair.

					RIKER (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... the captain's mind. But there
			seems to be nothing we can do...
			at least within regulations.
			There have been no actions
			warranting relieving Captain
			Picard. And our medical
			personnel, while dubious about
			his condition, are not prepared
			to certify the captain's
			incapacity.

	At the Conn position, Geordi turns to look back at
	Riker.

					GEORDI
			Approaching the "cloud," sir.

					RIKER
			Very well, Mister La Forge. Bring
			us to within ten thousand
			kilometers and hold us there.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

     STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FIVE     49.

93   CONTINUED:

	Picard ENTERS from his Ready Room. Riker gets out of
	the command chair.

					RIKER
			Shall we begin the scientific
			tests that you wanted, sir?

					PICARD
				(smiles)
			They are already underway.

94   ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The energy pattern "shape" spreads out across the reach
	of space, as we saw it earlier.

95   EMPHASIZING PICARD

	as he looks at the viewscreen. His face is transformed,
	showing longing and even a kind of love. Then he turns
	to the bridge.

					PICARD
			I have an announcement for the
			entire bridge.

96   PICARD AND VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	Reaction and concern from all on the bridge as Picard
	moves to stand in front of the viewscreen.

					PICARD
			As many of you suspected...
				(indicating "cloud"
				 image)
			... when our ship passed through
			the edge of this, it accidentally
			carried off a sentient being... one
			much like these energy patterns
			we're seeing here.

	Picard moves toward Worf.

97   VARIOUS ANGLE ON PRINCIPALS

	as Picard moves to the helm.

          STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FIVE         50.

97   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			A frightening experience for any
			intelligent being. As if a great
			claw reached down and scooped up
			any of you from your home world.
			Drawn into the energy pathways
			of this vessel...
				(to Worf)
			... it found its way to you, Worf,
			frantic at being carried from its
			home. Recognizing you as
			sentient beings, it pleaded for
			help.

98   SHOT OF COMMAND AREA

	Picard moving toward where Beverly stands nearby.

					PICARD
			... but in ways you could not
			understand... going desperately
			from one to another of you...
			then discovering the computer
			intelligence in the ship's memory
			circuits.
				(nods)
			Simplistic intelligence, but it
			furnished a way to slow this
			Enterprise thing that had captured
			it.
				(toward Riker)
			And it very much regrets the
			accidental death of Engineer Singh
			during this...

					TROI
				(interrupting)
			Captain, do you exist in
			combination with the entity?

					RIKER)
			Is it in control of you, sir?

					PICARD)
				(that smile again)
			By the time we combined...

          STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FIVE         51.

99   REACTION ANGLES

	as the bridge crew hears him admit the entity is now
	part of him.

					PICARD
			... We had learned much about each
			other... our passion for
			exploration... for the unknown.
			We found we had similar
			dreams... and it offered your
			captain a way to realize them
			beyond any human expectation.

					RIKER
			Captain, I must speak to you
			privately...now.

					DATA
			I understand. As an energy
			pattern free of the limitations
			of matter... it might travel
			anywhere, at any velocity...

					RIKER
				(angry)
			Captain, did you hear me?

					DATA
				(intent on Picard)
			Sir, I see no way for you to
			journey with an energy form.

					PICARD
				(ignoring Riker)
			Isn't there?

					TROI
				(reacting to a thought)
			Maybe... just maybe...
				(to Riker)
			He's planning to beam both the
			entity and himself into that
			"cloud."

					PICARD
				(nods)
			The transporter need not pattern
			your captain back into matter...
			we'll beam energy only...

          STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FIVE         52.

100  ANGLE INCLUDING BEVERLY

	reacting in some disgust and anger at his words and
	expression now.

					PICARD
				(ecstatic)
			... and we will become...
				(pleased look)
			... a combined energy pattern of
			that life form.

101  ANGLE ON COMMAND AREA - INCLUDING BEVERLY

	as Picard turns to Riker.

					PICARD
			A resignation from this command
			and from Starfleet has been
			appropriately recorded...

					RIKER
				(moving in; firmly)
			I refuse to allow this, sir.

					PICARD
			Oh? Under what Fleet regulation?
			Does this resignation threaten
			the ship and its company in any
			way?

					BEVERLY
				(moving in)
			Captain Picard, you are now
			relieved from duty. I judge you
			disabled...

102  ANGLE ON PICARD (OPTICAL)

	moving his hand toward a nearby panel.

					BEVERLY (O.S.)
			... mentally incapacitated...

	Picard's hand touches the panel and WE SEE the familiar
	BLUE GLOW, at which the panel becomes a BRILLIANT
	DISPLAY OF LIGHT on a darkened bridge. Surprised VOICES
	and GROANS, all matched to:

					RIKER (O.S.)
			Security! Help me restrain the
			Captain... 

          STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FIVE         53.

102  CONTINUED:

					TROI (O.S.)
			This is blinding me...

					TASHA (O.S.)
			... Where is he? These light
			flashes...

103  FULL ON BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	BLINDING BLUE LIGHT from all panels, ENERGY FORMS
	(lightning-like) flings some of the bridge crew to the
	floor...

					WORF
			Captain! I'll help you if you'll
			let me... 

104  ANGLE AT TURBOLIFT (OPTICAL)

	as in the darkness WE MAKE OUT a Figure ENTERING the
	turbolift, the door CLOSING.

105  ANGLE ON RIKER (OPTICAL)

	Intermittently ILLUMINATED BY THE BRILLIANT FLASHES as
	he gets zapped again, then again, struggling to reach
	the captain's panel.

					RIKER
			Hang on to the captain, someone!

	He makes it, hits the RED ALERT switch... which SOUNDS
	THE KLAXON and begins the RED ALARM LIGHTS BLINKING.

106  INT. CORRIDOR

	Darkened too, but the FLASHING RED LIGHTS illuminate
	Picard turning into the Transporter Room.

107  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	where a crewman lies unconscious. Picard, relieved to
	see the crewman stirring somewhat, makes a setting on
	the transporter panel, jumps to the platform as WE HEAR
	the TRANSPORTER SOUND begin.

          STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FIVE         54.

108  FULL ON TRANSPORTER PLATFORM

	as the TRANSPORTER EFFECT takes Picard away from the
	Enterprise.

109  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND "CLOUD" (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise hovers even closer to the "cloud,"
	waiting.

110  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	Riker is in the command chair -- all others at their
	usual stations except Tasha who ENTERS very concerned
	and upset. Riker glances around the bridge, then:

					TASHA
			The Transporter Chief has no idea
			of what the coordinates were, sir.

					GEORDI
			He's just out there "somewhere?"
			How can we settle for that?

					RIKER
			Give me a choice, then.

					DATA
			Still no readings, no sign of
			anything.

	Long hesitation; then, Riker sighs.

					RIKER
			Mister La Forge, it's time to
			set a course for Parliament. Warp
			eight.

					GEORDI
			We're really leaving him... ?

					RIKER
			I've waited as long as possible,
			Lieutenant.

111  EMPHASIZING TROI

	She stiffens suddenly in her seat, reaching out to grab
	Riker's arm.

          STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FIVE         55.

111  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Wait! I'm feeling... yes, it's
			the captain!
				(concentrating)
			The captain only. He's out there
			alone!

					RIKER
			The entity... has it abandoned him?

					TROI
			Aban... ? No, the combination just
			wasn't possible out there.
				(intently; fast)
			The Captain's in trouble, sir;
			we must beam him back!

					RIKER
			Beam him back as what? He's
			nothing but energy now.

112  ANGLE INCLUDING GEORDI

	turning to Riker, matching his pace. Time may be
	important to the Captain now.

					DATA
			Sir, the entity was caught by
			the ship's circuitry -- the
			captain might try to get in the
			same way if he's in trouble!

					RIKER
				(to Geordi)
			Move the ship in closer!

	As Geordi turns, hurriedly doing so.

					GEORDI
			Moving in, sir. But where?

					RIKER
			No way to know. Let's hope he
			can come part way himself.

113  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND "CLOUD" (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise moving close, then closer.

          STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FIVE         56.

114  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	showing Enterprise coming even closer -- the "cloud's"
	energy patterns becoming visible.

115  REACTION SHOT

	The helm officers, intent, hoping.

116  REACTION SHOT

	The Command Area with Riker and Troi -- then Beverly
	ENTERS with Wesley. She indicates her son to Riker,
	questioningly. Riker nods, goes back to his intent
	examination of the viewer.

					RIKER
			Troi, is there any way you can...
			"get" a message to him?

					TROI
				(shakes head sadly)
			I wish I could.

117  SHOT INCLUDING DATA

	as he swivels toward Riker.

					GEORDI
			Sensors are monitoring our
			perimeter, the ship's circuitry...
				(shakes head)
			Nothing, sir.

					RIKER
				(interrupting)
			Take us into the edge of it, La
			Forge.

	As he looks toward the Main Viewer:

118  FULL ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The "cloud" moving toward us -- then we're into it.

119  COMMAND AREA

	Riker still intent on the viewer.

          STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FIVE         57.

119  CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Mom, is he gone for good?

	Beverly shushes her son. He tries almost a whisper:

					WESLEY)
				(continuing)
			The funny thing is, I... I sort
			of liked him...

120  INCLUDING TASHA AND WORF (OPTICAL)

	Worf is suddenly startled by a reading on his panel.

					WORF
			Sir! On my sensor controls...

	A sudden BLUE GLOW APPEARS, like that which earlier
	indicated the entity's presence. Followed by a CRACKLE
	OF ENERGY which sees Worf stepping back, alarmed.

					TROI
			Something's here. I can feel it!

					DATA
			Just as before! Going to you
			first, Worf...

					GEORDI
				(interrupting)
			Something crazy on my viewer
			circuits...
				(looking toward Viewer)
			Commander Riker!

	Riker leaps toward Geordi's station.

121  FULL ON GEORDI'S VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	An area of static is APPEARING. The STATIC IMAGE is
	undefined at first but is becoming a "shape," although
	not yet recognizeable.

121A INCLUDING COMMAND AND HELM AREAS

	Very curious.

					GEORDI
			"Static?"

          STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FIVE         58.

121B FULL ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The STATIC IMAGE as if with great effort, slowly forms
	itself into a lop-sided IMAGE of the letter "P."

122  INCLUDING COMMAND AND HELM AREAS

	Riker coming to his feet.

					RIKER
			"P" for Picard!

	Data moves quickly toward Riker.

					DATA
			He's in the ship's circuitry!
			Come to the Transporter Room.
			Please!

	Data HURRIES toward the turbolift. Then he turns.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			There might be a way, sir! Hurry!

	Riker decides to HURRY to the turbolift himself. He
	joins Data and the turbolift doors CLOSE.

123  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving away, the "cloud" now in b.g.

124  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	where Data makes quick adjustments at the control
	panel.

					RIKER
			This is a wild theory Data!

					DATA
			I knew we had to have the
			captain's physical pattern here,
			He was the last one beamed out.

					RIKER
			Is what you're thinking possible?

          STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FIVE         59.

124  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Unknown at this time, sir. I
			hope the captain remembers his
			pattern is here.
				(steps back)
			If he has, his energy has moved
			into the transporter relays by
			now...

					RIKER
				(nods)
			Wish we had some sign he's there.
				(waits; then)
			We've no choice but to risk it.

					DATA
				(nodding)
			Energizing, sir!

125  SHOT INCLUDING TRANSPORTER PLATFORM

	as Data engages the transporter. Riker waits...waits.

126  TWO SHOT OF RIKER AND DATA

	watching anxiously, their disappointment building. They
	exchange a worried look.

127  TRANSPORTER PLATFORM (OPTICAL)

	The TRANSPORTER EFFECT builds slowly, a bit unevenly...
	then firms up, finally MATERIALIZING PICARD. He looks
	around, surprised.

					PICARD
			What the devil am I doing here?!

					RIKER
				(quietly)
			Sounds like our Captain...

	Picard begins MOVING OFF the platform.

					DATA
			But confused. This Picard-pattern
			was formed before he went out
			there...

          STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FIVE         60.

127  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			What's happening to me, Number
			One? I was ready to beam away...
			somewhere... I remember talk of
			an... an entity? But all that
			seems so vague...

					DATA
				(to Riker)
			I believe the Captain is now his
			separate self, sir. A lot of what
			happened is naturally missing...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Data, what nonsense are you
			talking now? Is it still
			"Sherlock Holmes?"

	Data hesitates, exchanging a look with Riker who gives
	an almost imperceptible nod.

					DATA
			Ah, yes. Indubitably, sir,
			indubitably.

					PICARD
				(beginning to EXIT)
			Well, at least get rid of that
			damned pipe. It smells.

	As the captain ALMOST EXITS, Riker intercepts him.

					RIKER
			Doctor Crusher asked me to steer
			you past Sickbay. She says you've
			looked very tired.

	Tasha ENTERS hurriedly.

					TASHA
			Sorry Commander, but Security Team
			Two reports they've discovered
			a puddle of blood outside the
			Selay Quarters and they can't
			find one of the delegates and...

          STAR TREK: "Lonely Among Us" - 8/21/87 - ACT FIVE         61.

127  CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(interrupting; annoyed)
			Lieutenant, couldn't this have
			waited a moment? We've got the
			captain back.

					TASHA
				(to Picard)
			Good to see you, sir. The problem
			is that one of the cooks has just
			been asked to broil Reptile for
			the Anticans... and it looks like
			the Selay delegate...

					PICARD
			Riker, with these "peace"
			delegates and all, I do need some
			rest. Take charge, Number One.

128  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The "cloud" in far b.g. as WE SEE the Enterprise go into
	WARP SPEED EFFECT.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             












                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                           "Justice" 
                          #40271-109 
                              
                           Story by 
                        John D.F. Black 
                              and 
                         Worley Thorne 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                         Worley Thorne 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         James Conway 


Copyright 1987 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved.

This script is not for publication or reproduction. No one
is authorized to dispose of same. If lost or destroyed,
please notify the Script Department.


                     2ND REV. FINAL DRAFT

                      SEPTEMBER 4, 1987

             STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Justice"                                
                              
                             CAST                               

                PICARD             FIRST EDO CITIZEN
                RIKER              TWO EDO CITIZENS
                DATA               RIVAN (YOUNG FEMALE EDO)
                TROI               LIATOR (MALE EDO)
                BEVERLY            EDOLORD
                TASHA              FIRST EDO BOY
                GEORDI             CONN CREWMEMBER
                WORF               EDO GIRL
                WESLEY             SECOND EDO BOY
                                   FIRST MEDIATOR (MALE EDO)
                                   SECOND MEDIATOR (MALE EDO)
                                   EDO
                                     ADULTS
                                     CHILDREN
                                   MUSIC GROUP OF EDO HARPISTS
                                   TRANSPORTER CHIEF
                                   MEDICAL TECHNICIAN

             STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Justice"                                
                              
                             SETS                               

             INTERIORS                 EXTERIORS
          
             USS ENTERPRISE            USS ENTERPRISE IN ORBIT
               Main bridge
               Command and Helm Areas  SURFACE OF RUBICUN THREE
               Corridor
               Starboard Lounge        SECOND SCENIC LOCATION
               Corridor Outside the
               Observation Lounge      MYSTERY OBJECT
               Sickbay Corridor
               Sickbay                 EDO GARDENS
          
             EDO COUNCIL CHAMBERS      EDO COUNCIL CHAMBERS

           STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - TEASER           1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                           "Justice"     
                            TEASER                                 

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE IN PLANET ORBIT (OPTICAL)

	A lovely blue and white planet, close to Earthlike in
	appearance.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41255.6.
			After delivering a party of Earth
			colonists to the Strnad solar
			system and providing...

2    CLOSER ON ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	emphasizing the starship's line.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... them with all their basic
			necessities, we have discovered
			another Class M planet in the
			adjoining Rubicun star system.

3    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	PICARD, TROI, WORF and WESLEY on duty with replacement
	bridge crew, all examining the planet, as:

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			We are now in orbit there, having
			determined it to be inhabited as
			well as unusually lovely. It
			is...

           STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - TEASER           2.

4    EMPHASIZING PICARD

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... a pastoral world, which also
			shows evidence of learning and
			civilization. My first officer
			has taken an away team down to
			make contact and they are in the
			process of returning to the ship.

5    COMMAND AND HELM AREAS

	Picard looking to Troi.

					PICARD
			Riker has sounded very enthused
			in his reports.

					TROI
				(nods)
			He says the planet has life forms
			almost identical to us.

	Interrupted by Beverly who ENTERS, obviously with much
	on her mind.

					BEVERLY
			Captain... !
				(sees she has
				 interrupted)
			Sorry, Troi.

	Troi smiles, beckons Beverly in.

					TROI
			The Doctor has something much more
			important on her mind, Captain.

					BEVERLY
				(frowns; to Troi)
			Please, Troi, do not pick up my
			feelings!

					TROI
			Your feelings? All we need
			are ears.

           STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - TEASER           3.

5    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(smiles to Beverly)
			You've been talking about it for
			days now... Shore leave for the
			crew.

	Beverly sees that her son Wesley has also thrown her
	a concerned look. She gives an apologetic nod to Troi.

					BEVERLY
			I'm tired myself.
				(to Picard)
			Establishing that colony has
			exhausted the entire crew, sir.
			We're not a supply vessel.
			Settling all those people was a
			strain on everyone.

	RIKER interrupts by ENTERING with DATA, GEORDI, TASHA.
	They all register enthusiasm, giving the replacement
	crew nods, smiles, thumbs up gestures as they take over
	their positions. Riker has continued straight to
	Picard, acknowledging Troi and Beverly too.

					PICARD
			Is it as good as your reports,
			Number One?

					RIKER
				(enthused)
			Exactly per my reports, sir.
			Class M, so Earthlike, so
			beautiful, it will startle you!

					BEVERLY
			It sounds wonderful for the
			children!
				(to Picard)
			The Holodecks are marvelous, of
			course, but nothing like giving
			them open space and fresh air...

	Beverly takes a simulated deep breath of air.

					TASHA
			I've listed my report on their
			customs and laws, sir. Fairly
			simple, common sense things.

           STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - TEASER           4.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Wild in some ways, puritanical
			in others. Neat as pins,
			ultra-lawful, and making love at
			the drop of a hat.

					TASHA
			Any hat.

					PICARD
				(smile)
			But even the happiest report has
			its negatives. Let's start with
			them.

					RIKER
				(grins)
			There are none, sir. Not that
			any of us can find.

					DATA
			But there is a problem here, sir!

	Data is puzzling over readings at his station.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I do not understand this at all!

					WORF
				(to Picard)
			It's the faulty reading I
			reported, sir.

					TASHA
			Sensor technicians are working
			on it, sir. They've identified
			it as a "glitch" in the system.

	Picard turns back to Riker.

					PICARD
			I take it you find no "glitch"
			at all in this planet, however.

					TASHA
			If you approve shore leave, sir,
			we could start with a small group
			at first.

           STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - TEASER           5.

5    CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Of course...
				(turns)
			Wesley, if we go, you will join
			the away team to evaluate this
			world as a place for young people
			to relax.

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir!

	He glances at Beverly to note her smiling approval of
	this.

					PICARD
			If all scans and observations
			confirm the reports...
				(nods)
			... certainly I'll approve it.
				(beat)
			Let's hope it is not too good
			to be true.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

           STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT ONE           6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

6    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE IN PLANET ORBIT (OPTICAL)

	The same lovely planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			We are in orbit of a planet
			designated Rubicun Three... and
			have found it to be the home of
			a life form who call themselves
			the Edo.

7    EXT. SURFACE OF RUBICUN THREE (OPTICAL)

	The planet is as described. We are at an inhabited
	part of it... clean, neat, the "streets" appearing more
	like a running track, bordered with flowers. The
	TRANSPORTER EFFECT brings in our new away team of Riker,
	Troi, Tasha, Worf and Wesley. In the near distance, a
	group of very human appearing people have seen them
	arriving and two of them turn and race in this direction.
	Worf is quickly aware of it and prepares to interpose
	himself protectively.

					WORF
			Careful, sir...

					RIKER
			It's all right, Lieutenant, these
			are the Edo we met.

8    ANGLE ON THE EDO

	ARRIVING at high speed. A young female and male who,
	like other Edo we'll meet, are both tall, full haired,
	with even white teeth, great bodies. They're also
	dressed in loose, sexy clothing and these two wear a
	silvery necklace indicating high rank. Riker is
	watching an attractive Edo woman, saying:

					RIKER
			They certainly are... fit, right?

	Troi is looking at an Edo male.

           STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT ONE           7.

8    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			They certainly are.

					RIVAN
			Health and happiness!

					LIATOR
			A pleasant day to you!

	Troi gives Riker an even sharper second look as the Edo
	ARRIVE and RIVAN, the woman, gives Riker a close and
	rather intimate hands-on hug which, although it touches
	upon the sensual, also combines genuine friendship, too.

					RIVAN
			You did return as promised!

	The man, LIATOR, is looking over Troi and Tasha with
	healthy interest. Like Rivan, although slim and very
	well muscled, he has a quiet dignity that fits well with
	this necklace-badge of leadership.

					RIKER
			Rivan, Liator...
				(indicating)
			Also from our vessel is Troi...

					LIATOR
			Slowly, slowly...
				(embraces Troi)
			I must also welcome this lovely
			one...
				(embracing Tasha)
			... and this lovely one...

	Riker waits, watching with interest until Tasha
	disengages. She understands his look.

					TASHA
				(smiles)
			My pleasure.

					TROI
			Healthy sensuality, sir. I feel
			mainly happiness and friendship.

					RIVAN
			And I welcome this huge one...
				(hugs and fondles Worf)
			... oh, yes, yes...

           STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT ONE           8.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(pleased)
			Nice planet!

	Rivan moves to Wesley, stops quizzically.

					RIVAN
			But you are a young one. I do
			not know your custom regarding
			love.

	Wesley is clearly nervous, although intrigued too. He
	clears his throat:

					WESLEY
			Uh... I guess... whatever you
			usually do...

	Rivan shows excellent taste, giving Wesley a "hug" but
	without any "extras."

					RIKER
			Others would like to visit here
			too. If you'll tell us what
			limits you'd place on the
			number...

					LIATOR
			Whatever pleases you. We can
			discuss it at the Council
			Chambers.

					RIVAN
				(to Riker)
			Shall we go there now or remain
			and play?

					RIKER
			Play?

					RIVAN
			At love. Unless you don't enjoy
			that.
				(to Worf)
			Perhaps you do?

					LIATOR
				(to Troi)
			And you? Yes, I can see that you
			do.

           STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT ONE           9.

8    CONTINUED: (3)

					WESLEY
			Listen, maybe I'll just go on
			ahead...

					RIVAN
				(indicates Wesley)
			This is unfair to him.
				(to Wesley)
			We'll go to the Council Chambers.
			You'll find young people your age
			there.

					WESLEY
				(warily)
			Well... I really can't make any
			promises...

					LIATOR
				(laughs)
			You don't have to. Our rules are
			simple. No one does anything
			uncomfortable to them.

					RIVAN
			Come! Our people will want to
			know you.

	Then she turns back, glancing at the more formal
	clothing worn by the humans.

					LIATOR
			Rivan, perhaps they...can't...run.

					WESLEY
				(to Riker)
			Can't run? Sure we can run, right
			sir?

					RIKER
				(to the others)
			That's the custom here, running...
				(to Wesley)
			Right! Lead the way!

	Rivan, Liator, and Wesley LEAD OFF, the Others JOGGING
	AFTER them.

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT ONE          10.

9    TRUCKING - EMPHASIZING RIKER AND WORF

	who find themselves out in front of Tasha and Troi.

					RIKER
			"When in Rome... ," eh?

					WORF
			When where, sir?

	CAMERA HOLDS as the Group runs past.

9A   EXT. SECOND SCENIC LOCATION

	Rivan and Liator leading the Enterprise people along
	another lovely pathway where an elderly but very trim
	FIRST EDO CITIZEN and a pair of younger N.D. EDO
	CITIZENS see them coming and break into a run to join
	them. Lots of smiles and waves.

9B   TRUCKING - EMPHASIZING AWAY TEAM AND FIRST EDO CITIZZEN

	The Enterprise people very much taken with the joy and
	good health they're seeing. First Edo citizen notes
	Tasha's light complexion and amazon form.

					FIRST EDO CITIZEN
			Good health to you!

					TASHA
			Happiness to you!
				(to Troi)
			It's like an "Eden" here.

10   EXT. COUNCIL CHAMBERS

	A combination of conference and recreation facilities,
	lots of light and air and spectacularly healthy looking
	people in revealing but comfortable garb. SOUND of
	delighted ADULT LAUGHTER from inside the chambers too.
	Two adults and a child DEPART on the run, another older
	woman ARRIVES -- on the run too. She doesn't seem to
	be breathing very hard at all.

11   ANGLE ON RIKER AND TEAM

	ARRIVING on the run with their Edo companions. They
	haven't done too badly. Rivan stops, looks Riker and
	the Enterprise people over, then moves in and embraces
	Riker again.

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT ONE          11.

11   CONTINUED:

					RIVAN
			Good health! I thought you might
			be out of breath.

	A SHRIEK from children at play, several Edo children
	race INTO SIGHT.

					LIATOR
			Children, we've brought you a new
			friend!

					FIRST EDO BOY
			Hello! Join us!

					EDO GIRL
			Yes, please!

	Wesley joins the smiling children.

					RIKER
				(grins)
			We may surprise you in a lot of
			ways.

12   INT. COUNCIL CHAMBERS

	The kind of place you'd like to visit. No particularly
	formalized furnishing plan -- it includes just about
	any way anyone would like to sit or loll. The same sort
	of revealing but sensible garb here too -- along with
	good humor. In fact, joy is what is mainly present
	here. Lots of fruit, nuts, food and drink selections.
	A MUSIC GROUP of Harpists in sight -- admittedly
	strange looking harps on which they compose, and now
	and then PLAY LILTING MUSIC which, like everything else,
	is not taken too seriously here either.

					RIVAN
			Everyone! We've brought the
			visitors!

					LIATOR
				(gesturing to away team)
			Please enjoy what we have!

13   EMPHASIZING ENTERPRISE PEOPLE

	as they are taken charge of with great hospitality.

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT ONE          12.

14   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE IN ORBIT (OPTICAL)

	The same lovely planet.

15   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as Data ENTERS bridge from the turbolift, strides
	rapidly toward his station, his face reflecting concern.

					DATA
			I have traced it through all sensor
			channels, Captain! It is not a
			glitch... !

	Picard becomes alarmed at Data's tone, follows him to
	the Ops station where Data begins going over readings
	again.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			... or any other form of error or
			malfunction, sir.

					GEORDI
			Confirmed by my readings, sir.
			It's like a "shadow something"...

					DATA
			Exactly! As if it's not entirely
			in or out of our dimension.

					PICARD
			"What" is, Commander?

	Data points off to front starboard of the vessel.

					DATA
			Whatever is sitting out there
			without triggering our alarm
			relays, Captain.

					PICARD
			Center Main Viewer on that area.

16   ANGLE INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	as the IMAGE there shifts slightly, but REVEALS nothing
	but the planet and star background previously seen.

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT ONE          13.

16   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Data; continuing)
			I need more, Commander.

	Data seems stumped for a moment, then:

					DATA
			Permission to go to hailing
			frequencies, sir?

	A puzzled Picard nods.

					DATA
			Hailing frequencies open. On all
			frequencies and language forms,
			send...
				(beat)
			Enterprise to Object off our
			starboard bow. Request that you
			identify yourself!

	As suddenly, the "what" begins appearing -- A HUGE AND
	COMPLEX LOOKING OBJECT, A BIT SMALLER THAN THE
	ENTERPRISE. IT IS HALF-TRANSPARENT BUT PARTLY SOLID,
	TOO, AND VERY DEADLY LOOKING. A VESSEL? PERHAPS, BUT
	SEEMINGLY MORE, TOO. WE WILL LEARN THAT IT SOMEHOW
	EXISTS HERE AND IN ANOTHER CONTINUUM AT THE SAME TIME.
	At the moment it appears, the Enterprise RED ALERT with
	KLAXON comes on too.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT TWO          14.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

17   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND MYSTERY OBJECT (OPTICAL)

	The partially transparent Mystery Object as described,
	positioned very close to the starship Enterprise. Its
	very nearness implies threat.

18   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The Red Alert lights FLASHING, the KLAXON SOUNDING a
	couple more times, then going SILENT. The mystery
	object IMAGE is on the Main Viewer; Picard and the
	others are as we last saw them.

					GEORDI
			Shields and deflectors up full,
			sir. Main phaser banks ready.

					PICARD
			Hailing frequencies? Any reply?

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			It was something unintelligible,
			Captain. Now running it through
			our logic and language circuits...

					PICARD
			Have a real look at it, Geordi!

					GEORDI
				(hurrying for the
				 turbolift)
			Aye, sir.

					TASHA
			Sir, my sensors read it... well,
			as "half there." And it does
			look...

	She hesitates. Data finishes her thought.

					DATA
			As if it's partly...transparent.

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT TWO          15.

18   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Data, what the hell is it?

	It is rather frightening to see Data turn to his
	Captain... slowly shake his head.

18A  INT. STARBOARD LOUNGE - (OPTICAL)

	Geordi ENTERING on a run, racing to the first large
	port, from which the mystery object/vessel thing can
	be seen from here too. He stands examining it. Then:

					GEORDI
			Lieutenant La Forge to Captain.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Go ahead, La Forge. What can you
			make out?

					GEORDI
			This is something I've never
			seen before, sir.

18B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - COMMAND AREA - (OPTICAL)

	Picard intent upon:

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			It's as if it isn't entirely in
			our dimension, sir.

					PICARD
			Anything else?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Negative, sir. It's something
			I don't understand.

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			I have some information on its
			first transmission, sir. It
			translates as...
				(looks up)
			... "stand by."

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT TWO          16.

18B  CONTINUED:

					CONN CREWMEMBER
			Sir! Sensors show something
			emerging from that... that ship,
			if you want to call it that.

					DATA
			Verified. Something very small...

19   EXT. SPACE - ON MYSTERY OBJECT (OPTICAL)

	REVEALING A TINY PINPOINT OF LIGHT having come out of
	the side of the mystery object (no hatchway visible)
	CROSSING orbital space toward the Enterprise.

20   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Data watching Main Viewer.

					DATA
			Getting smaller...

21   EXT. SPACE - ANGLE ON ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Still smaller now, the PINPOINT OF LIGHT moves toward
	the starship then actually passes through its "solid"
	side.

22   INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	Several crewpersons stopping, astonished at the sight
	of what this CLOSER VIEW shows as the SWIRLING BLOB
	OF LIGHT comes INTO SIGHT near the corridor deck and
	passes on an upward diagonal path of EXITING VIEW near
	the ceiling beyond. (It is on its way to the bridge.)

23   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	where Conn is reacting to an alarm from his panel.
	Geordi RE-ENTERS bridge, takes his position.

					CONN CREWMEMBER
			Intruder alert, sir! But I
			don't...
				(puzzled)
			... show a location...

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT TWO          17.

23   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			Why a tiny swirl of light,
			Lieutenant? Could you make out
			anything else?

					GEORDI
				(puzzling; looks up)
			No, sir. Perhaps it is meant to
			seem "non-threatening" to us.

					DATA
				(interrupting)
			The away team signal has been cut
			off, Captain! We are no longer
			in contact with our people!

	Conn is very puzzled over a reading at his station.

					CONN CREWMEMBER
			Intruder relays do show
			something...

	He hesitates, puzzled.

					PICARD
			Why has everything become a
			something, or a whatever?

	He gets his answer as the tiny SWIRLING LIGHT OBJECT
	COMES INTO VIEW. It is about the size of a 'light bulb'
	now, moving more slowly than before. COMING IN ON AN
	UPWARD ANGLE THROUGH THE DECK, IT STOPS NOW, SUSPENDED
	IN THE MID-BRIDGE AREA.

24   ANGLE ON COMMAND AREA (OPTICAL)

	Picard has come to his feet, watching as the TINY
	SWIRLING LIGHT OBJECT which moves in his direction, and
	STOPS. Picard has tried not to retreat before the
	mysterious thing, but it is with some difficulty. Conn
	has moved in holding a large hand phaser ready, but
	has gotten a headshake from Picard. Then, from the tiny
	swirling light object, a VOICE we'll come to know as
	the EDOLORD. THE WORDS ARE TRANSMITTED WITH SUCH VOLUME
	THAT THEY LITERALLY SHAKE THE BRIDGE (OPTICAL OR CAMERA
	JIGGLE). A couple of the bridge crew throw hands to
	ears protectively. At the same time, we HEAR SOUND OF
	SOMETHING SHATTERING "GLASSLIKE" AS IT COMES APART,
	various PANELS FLARE WITH LIGHT.

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT TWO          18.

24   CONTINUED:

					EDOLORD (V.O.)
			STATE THE PURPOSE...

	Apparently aware the volume has been too great, the
	Edolord message is begun again at least at a bearable
	volume level.

					EDOLORD (V.O.)
				(continuing; repeating)
			STATE...
				(volume still reduced)
			STATE THE PURPOSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE
			DONE!

25   SHOT PERMITTING NEXT EFFECT (OPTICAL)

	Picard fighting to stay calm. As he realizes he has
	heard the entire message:

					PICARD
			I am Captain Picard, commanding
			this Federation starship...

	VIOLENTLY, THE ENTIRE MAIN BRIDGE BUCKS AND SHAKES
	(OPTICAL AND/OR CAMERA MOVEMENTS) IN A WAY SUGGESTING
	SOMETHING "SHAKING SENSE" INTO A SMALL CHILD OR ANIMAL.
	All not seated are thrown to the deck or must hang on.

26   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Data moves toward the Command Area, examining the LIGHT
	SWIRL.

					EDOLORD (V.O.)
				(repeating)
			STATE THE PURPOSE OF YOUR VISIT
			HERE!

					PICARD
				(toward LIGHT SWIRL)
			We have sent down what we call an
			away team to make peaceful contact
			with...

					EDOLORD (V.O.)
			DO YOU PLAN TO LEAVE LIFE FORMS
			HERE?

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT TWO          19.

26   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			No... we are merely visiting
			here...

					EDOLORD (V.O.)
				(interrupting)
			BUT YOU DID MORE AT THE WORLD
			YOU JUST LEFT. WHY HAVE YOU LEFT
			YOUR OWN LIFE FORMS THERE?

					DATA
			The colony we just planted, sir...

					PICARD
			We found that world uninhabited.
			The life forms we left there...
				(carefully choosing his
				 words)
			... had sought the challenge...
				(shrugs)
			... at least that's the basic
			reason... had sought the challenge
			of creating a new lifestyle,
			a new society there.
				(beat; explaining)
			All life on our world is driven
			to... to protect its own form by
			re-seeding itself as... as widely
			as possible.

					EDOLORD (V.O.)
			DO NOT INTERFERE WITH MY CHILDREN
			BELOW!

27   ANGLE ON DATA (OPTICAL)

	genuinely puzzled over Picard's last statement.
	Suddenly the TINY LIGHT SWIRL RISES TOWARD DATA, comes
	to rest floating inches in front of his face. Then,
	Data registers a surprised expression now as he
	continues looking at the SWIRLING LIGHT OBJECT. Then:

					DATA
			Captain... I do not understand how,
			but it is asking me if I was...
			constructed for information
			exchanges.

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT TWO          20.

27   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(hesitates, then)
			If there... is any way of our
			learning more about whatever is
			out there, Data...

	Data starts to nod, a movement which triggers action
	-- the tiny LIGHT SWIRL moving in to touch Data's
	forehead -- resulting in Data going down to the deck
	with a crash.

28   ANGLE DOWN ON DATA (OPTICAL)

	His entire form GLOWING as he goes stiff, eyes rolling
	back in their sockets.

29   EXT. COUNCIL CHAMBERS

	ESTABLISHING.

30   CLOSER ON ENTRY

	as Wesley comes INTO VIEW with THREE EDO YOUTHS of about
	his own age, two male and one a very pretty young female
	who has very much caught Wesley's attention. The boys
	have a ball; they're all smiling, laughing.

					FIRST EDO BOY
			Watch! You can't do this!

	The Edo boy stands expertly on his hands. Wesley eyes
	this, decides to do something else. He turns a series
	of cartwheels. The Edo kids CHEER with enthusiasm,
	especially the girl who hugs Wesley impulsively.

					EDO GIRL
			I want to do something too! With
			you.

					WESLEY
				(loses smile; warily)
			Uh... What?

					EDO GIRL
			Something you can teach me. Will
			you?

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT TWO          21.

30   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Well, actually, there are some
			games I... uh, don't quite know
			yet...

					EDO GIRL
			It's playing ball. Will you teach
			me?

					WESLEY
				(relieved)
			Oh, sure. If you have a bat for
			the ball, I'll show you my
			favorite.
				(sees their puzzlement)
			A bat...
				(shows measurement)
			... a stick or branch, about this
			thick, this long...

					EDO GIRL
			We can get it from the gardens.

	They race OFF leading the way, beginning to toss the
	ball back and forth.

31   INT. COUNCIL CHAMBERS - EMPHASIZING RIKER

	Riker in the midst of reacting to something Worf has
	just said. With him the balance of the away team is
	mixing happily with various of the Edo.

					RIKER
				(touching his insignia)
			Enterprise, come in.
				(waits, then again)
			Captain, do you read me?

	He gets nothing in return. Troubled, he turns to Worf,
	speaking quietly:

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Let's... it may be nothing, but
			let's move our people together.

					WORF
				(nods, then)
			Including the boy, Wesley? He's
			outside...

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT TWO          22.

31   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Is there some problem?

	Troi has somehow sensed Riker's feelings and made her
	way toward them now.

					RIKER
			We've lost contact with our ship.

					TROI
				(scans room)
			It's nothing these people have
			done... I'm certain of that. Their
			minds are so open...

					RIKER
			Help me locate Wes. He's wandered
			somewhere.

	He LEADS Troi toward the entrance as Worf eases his way
	toward the rest of the Away Team.

32   OMITTED

33   INT. COUNCIL CHAMBERS - EMPHASIZING WORF

	Not wanting to create a false emergency, he works his
	way toward Tasha carefully. She's with Rivan, Liator
	and other Edo.

					WORF
			If I can take a moment of your
			time, Lieutenant...

					TASHA
			Yes, Worf... but you've got to hear
			this.
				(to Liator)
			Are you telling me that there's
			no crime here whatsoever? No one
			breaks any laws?

					LIATOR
				(smiles)
			Once they did. Long, long ago
			there was much disorder.
				(smiles; shakes head)
			But not now.

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT TWO          23.

33   CONTINUED:

					TASHA
				(to Liator and Rivan)
			But I've seen no sign of... of
			police... those who enforce laws.

					RIVAN
			We have very few. They're called
			"Mediators." And they are needed
			only in one place each day...

					LIATOR
			The "punishment zone." An area
			that's selected for a period of
			time.

					TASHA
			It's a completely random selection?

					LIATOR
				(nods)
			No one but our Mediators know what
			place or for how long. We're very
			proud of the wisdom of our
			ancestors. No person ever knows
			where or when a zone will be.

					RIVAN
				(smiling too)
			... and so no one risks death.

					WORF
				(suddenly alert)
			Death?

					RIVAN
				(nodding)
			... by breaking any law.

					TASHA
			Wait, let's explain this...

					LIATOR
				(nodding, pleased)
			Only one punishment for any
			crime.

					WORF
			Anyone who commits any crime in
			the punishment zone dies!

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT TWO          24.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

					LIATOR
				(nods)
			The law is the law. Our peace
			is built on that.

					TASHA
			Even a small thing? Such as
			ignoring a rule like "keep off
			the grass?"

					RIVAN
				(nods; happily)
			Then no one breaks that rule.
			Who wants to risk execution?
			There's always a white wall or
			fence to remind anyone of a
			forbidden area like that...

	Tasha begins EXITING calling a question back to the
	Edo.

					TASHA
			And just who tells visitors of
			those rules?

					WORF
			We'd better find Wesley!

	They leave behind two puzzled Edo.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

         STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT THREE         25.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

34   EXT. EDO GARDENS

	Wesley INTO VIEW with his friends, still tossing the
	ball back and forth. He makes a difficult catch,
	capturing the Edo girls' admiration again. (In b.g.
	is an attractive, glassed potting shed surrounded by
	a low white fence.)

					EDO GIRL
			You're very clever at this!

	Wesley decides to show off, runs ahead...

					WESLEY
			At home we play a lot of it.
				(gestures; running
				 ahead)
			Here, toss the ball ahead of me!

	Which is done, but it is going over his head.

35   CLOSE ON EDO GIRL

	registering concern.

					EDO GIRL
			No, Wes...

36   PANNING WESLEY

	making a strong effort to reach the ball, leaping a
	neat white fence at the potting enclosure. The Boys
	are now registering too.

					FIRST EDO BOY
				(shouting)
			No! It's forbidden to disturb
			the new plants... !

37   ANGLE ON WESLEY'S FALL

	Leaping for the ball, missing... falling into the
	potting shed.

         STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT THREE         26.

38   GROUP SHOT - THE YOUNG PEOPLE

	The girl hanging back, ANXIOUS. The boys pressing in,
	short of the white fence. Wesley lying in the broken
	glass of the Shed.

					FIRST EDO BOY
			Couldn't you see the fence?
			That's for new plants...

					SECOND EDO BOY
				(overlapping first)
			Don't ever go past a white
			marker!

					WESLEY
				(getting up)
			What's wrong?

	The the girl sees someone approaching from O.S., reacts
	horrified, SCREAMS.

39   WIDER ANGLE

	REVEALING a pair of Edo MEDIATORS (local law
	enforcement) hurrying toward the potting shed area in
	b.g. They are middle-aged men, exceedingly trim and
	healthy-looking, also kindly in appearance. Their only
	indication of office is a neat belt and pouch. But at
	the sight of them the girl SHRIEKS AGAIN and it is from
	genuine despair and fear for Wesley.

					EDO GIRL
			Oh, no! Oh, please, no!

40   PAN THE MEDIATORS IN

	as Wesley climbs back over the fence, brushing himself
	off. The Edo young people now back away, awed at what
	has happened.

					FIRST MEDIATOR
			Speak the truth. We are
			Mediators.

					WESLEY
				(brushing clothes)
			I said I was fine. Just some
			splinters...

         STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT THREE         27.

40   CONTINUED:

					EDO GIRL
				(staying back; through
				 tears)
			He doesn't know; he's from another
			place.

					SECOND MEDIATOR
				(genuinely)
			How very sad. But this zone has
			been selected.

					FIRST EDO BOY
			He doesn't understand!

					FIRST MEDIATOR
				(nods)
			It's always sad... now doubly so.

	SOUND OF RUNNING STEPS, heralding:

					RIKER (O.S.)
			What's happening here?

41   ANGLE TO INCLUDE RIKER AND TROI

	HURRYING IN to where the two Mediators stand with
	Wesley. The Edo young people are frightened, stay in
	b.g.

					WESLEY
				(to Riker)
			I was chasing a ball...
				(indicating shed)
			... and fell into that. I'm
			really sorry!

					MEDIATOR
			You admit you did that? Freely?

	Wesley straightens up, throwing a look toward Riker.

					WESLEY
			I'm with Starfleet. We don't
			lie.

	Riker gives Wesley a look with some pride hidden in it.

         STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT THREE         28.

41   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to Mediators)
			It won't happen again. We
			apologize.

					FIRST MEDIATOR
			We're sorry, too. But that
			changes nothing.

	Mixed with MORE RUNNING FOOTSTEPS.

42   WIDER ANGLE

	TO INCLUDE the rest of the away team, Tasha and Worf,
	as they ARRIVE.

					TASHA
			Careful, Commander, they've got
			some strange laws here...

					RIKER
			I thought you reviewed the laws
			here.

					TASHA
			But they list nothing about
			punishment. That's what all this
			is about.

					FIRST MEDIATOR
			One moment, please...
				(to young Edo)
			Is there a witness to this
			transgression?

	Hesitantly, sadly, the other young people nod.

					FIRST EDO BOY
			But it was my fault; I threw the
			ball past him...

	First Mediator holds up his hand, appearing to be
	genuinely saddened as he silences the Edo boy. Second
	Mediator drops his head in a gesture of extreme sadness
	too.

         STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT THREE         29.

42   CONTINUED:

					FIRST MEDIATOR
			We have a visible transgression,
			ample witnesses, and an admission
			of guilt...
				(to Wesley)
			... and it deeply pains us to do
			what we must. Are you prepared
			for punishment?

	First Mediator has opened his pouch during this, brought
	out a small device (to be identified as a syringe).
	Second Mediator has stepped to get to the rear of
	Wesley, trying to get past Riker.

					SECOND MEDIATOR
				(to Riker)
			Please?

					WORF
			Punishment? If you mean what the
			others were talking about...

					RIKER
				(demanding)
			What kind of punishment? Name
			it!

					FIRST MEDIATOR
			Death, of course! Don't make
			it...
				(raising syringe)
			... difficult for the boy...

	Second Mediator has now squeezed past Riker, obviously
	intending to grab Wesley's arms from the rear... and
	is up-ended fast by Riker while Tasha and Worf bring
	out phasers trained directly on First Mediator.

					WORF
			Drop that; drop it now!

	The Mediators seem even more stunned by what the humans
	have done. The syringe has been dropped; Tasha
	retrieves it, holds it for Riker's examination.

					TASHA
			It's a kind of syringe...

	Riker grabs it, holds it under First Mediator's nose.

         STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT THREE         30.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			What is this? You said "death;"
			is it "poison?"

					FIRST MEDIATOR
				(offended; very upset)
			But... but of course it is!
			Completely painless; the boy would
			have felt nothing...
				(indicating Wesley)
			But look at him now. You've
			frightened him!

					WESLEY
				(disbelieving)
			He was going to kill me?

					SECOND MEDIATOR
				(to Riker)
			And if this Zone were still in
			effect, you would all deserve
			death.

					FIRST MEDIATOR
			It was announced you came as
			friends. Is this how friends act?

	During which Riker has touched his insignia.

					RIKER
			Enterprise from away team, come
			in.
				(waits)
			Are you receiving us, Enterprise?

					TASHA
				(touching insignia)
			Urgent, Enterprise. Please
			respond!

43   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND MYSTERY OBJECT (OPTICAL)

	in orbit of the planet.

44   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE EMPHASIZING DATA (OPTICAL)

	CONTINUING LAST SHOT with the exception that Beverly
	is now present, leaning over Data and checking him with
	a medical tricorder. Both are also anxiously aware of
	the tiny LIGHT SWIRL and his GLOWING FORM.

         STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT THREE         31.

44   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Condition?

					BEVERLY
			No sign of consciousness, but the
			balance of the readings are quite
			normal for him.

45   EMPHASIZING PICARD AND BEVERLY

	Both anxious.

					PICARD
			I believe this is some form of
			information exchange with whatever
			is over there. At least, I hope
			that's it.

					BEVERLY
			Any communication from our away
			team?

46   EMPHASIZING DATA (OPTICAL)

	as Picard shakes his head.

					PICARD
			Something is blocking
			communication both...

	He cuts off mid-word. The LIGHT SWIRL breaks contact
	with Data -- THEN ABRUPTLY DISAPPEARS!

47   ANGLE ON PICARD AND BEVERLY

	REACTING to this, and to the LIGHT GLOW fading from Data
	whose eyes remain closed. Beverly reaches in quickly,
	touching Data, examining him again.

48   WIDER ON MAIN BRIDGE

	Reactions from the others to that and to the SOUND of
	TASHA'S VOICE in mid-message:

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			... Security, urgent. Repeating,
			Enterprise from away team...

         STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT THREE         32.

48   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(interrupting)
			This is the Enterprise,
			Lieutenant. We're receiving you
			now.

49   ANGLE ON DATA

	Beverly checking readings on her medical tricorder
	again.

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			This is an urgent call for Captain
			Picard.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			We may need your presence here,
			Captain. We have serious trouble
			with... with a member of our away
			team and an unusual law they have
			here...

					PICARD
			Captain to Riker, stand by.
				(to Beverly)
			Signs of consciousness?

					BEVERLY
			None yet. Perhaps in minutes,
			hours... I don't yet know what's
			happened to him.

					PICARD
			Take him to Sickbay; call me the
			instant he's awake.
				(to Geordi)
			Anything new on that... that thing
			out there?

					GEORDI
			Negative, sir.

					PICARD
			Captain to first officer. I'm
			beaming down.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FOUR          33.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

50   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND MYSTERY OBJECT (OPTICAL)

	still next to each other, orbiting the planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. We
			have encountered a strange
			vessel-like object, one with
			frightening power, which appears
			to exist partly in another
			dimension. On the world below...

51   EXT. COUNCIL CHAMBERS

	ESTABLISHING. As before, both young and old are seen
	traveling easily at a run.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... what began as a shore leave
			opportunity among delightful
			inhabitants of a lovely Earthlike
			planet... has led incredibly to
			a death sentence...

52   INT. COUNCIL CHAMBERS - WIDE ANGLE

	in which Picard is being led to what appears a "seat of
	honor" next to Rivan, Liator, other planet folk. Riker,
	Troi and Geordi are moving in to take a place next to
	the Captain. Hovering anxiously nearby are Tasha and
	Worf holding their small phasers unobtrusively in hand
	as they scan the Edo, alert for any further surprises.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... a death sentence proclaimed
			against... one of our crew members
			for what our world considers a
			petty, non-criminal infraction.
			How can I allow a crew member
			to die for that?
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FOUR          34.

52   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			How does the Prime Directive apply
			to this case? Indeed if we do
			save our crewmember, how will the
			frightening object up here react
			to that?

53   CLOSER ON KEY GROUP

	Before Picard takes his seat, he moves Troi aside,
	speaks quietly:

					PICARD
			Care to comment privately how you
			read any of this...

					TROI
				(shakes head)
			Unnecessary, sir.
				(indicates)
			I get strong feelings that they
			are honest almost to a fault.
			But they do have great respect,
			even pride, in their own ways.

	Picard moves to take his seat.

					LIATOR
			Welcome to our world, Captain.
			We regret that our system of
			justice is troubling you.

					PICARD
			Wesley Crusher -- where is he?

					RIKER
			In accord with the Prime
			Directive, Captain, I've let them
			hold him pending the outcome of
			this.

					RIVAN
				(gently)
			He is safe and unharmed. We
			promise that.

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FOUR          35.

53   CONTINUED:

					RIVAN
			Captain Picard... I do not know
			how you Earth people conduct law
			and justice; even if you respect
			such things...

					PICARD
			We do.

					LIATOR
			Good, so do we. Our precepts have
			been handed down from long ago.
			The tranquility you see in our
			lives has been made possible by
			our laws...

					RIVAN
			We are a people of law. They do
			sometimes bring us sadness, but
			we have learned to adjust to that.
			Perhaps your laws work as well...

					PICARD
			They haven't always, but they do
			now.

					LIATOR
			Do you execute criminals?

					PICARD
			No... not any longer, that is.

					RIVAN
			You did once?

					PICARD
			Unfortunately, yes. But since
			then...

					RIVAN
				(interrupts)
			And when you did, was it believed
			necessary to do so?

					PICARD
			Can we please get to the facts
			concerning our crewmember?
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FOUR          36.

53   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(waits; gets no answer)
			Yes, some people then felt it was
			necessary. But we've learned how
			to detect the seeds of criminal
			behavior... Capital punishment
			is no longer justified in our
			world as a deterrent.

					LIATOR
			But you once believed execution
			necessary.
				(to Rivan)
			So, we are not yet as "advanced"
			as they are.
				(to Picard)
			And since you are "advanced" in
			other ways too, I suggest you use
			the, ah, transfer device...

					RIVAN
			"Beam... "

					LIATOR
			... the "beam" device to permit
			the Wesley boy to escape from us.
			We will record him as a convicted-criminal
			out of our reach...
				(then sarcasm)
			... an "advanced" person who
			luckily escaped the barbarism of
			this backward little world.

	Picard reacts uncomfortably to this.

					PICARD
			Unfortunately, we have a law
			ourselves known as the Prime
			Directive...

					RIVAN
				(nods)
			Riker has explained it to us...

					PICARD
			Is the boy in the slightest danger
			from you right now?

	Rivan and Liator exchange looks.

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FOUR          37.

53   CONTINUED: (3)

					LIATOR
				(to Rivan)
			Until sundown?

					RIVAN
				(nods; to Picard)
			Because you are strangers, we are
			delaying enforcement of the law.
			But we must act by the time of
			sundown.

					PICARD
			Then, I have another question now,
			please. While orbiting... while
			circling high above your world
			as we do... we encountered a
			strange object, a "vessel"
			perhaps? Do you know of such a
			thing? It was... well, you could
			say not entirely real, at least
			not completely what you might call
			solid...

					RIVAN
			Do you mean God?

					PICARD
			God?

					LIATOR
			God is said to be somewhere up
			there. Protecting us.

	A long beat during which the Enterprise people exchange
	looks, uncertain what this could mean.

					PICARD
			Exactly... exactly how would you
			describe "God?"

					RIVAN
				(indicating Picard)
			As you just did. As existing
			both here and in another place
			also.

					LIATOR
			But when God wants to show its
			power, it can make itself felt
			most fully.

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FOUR          38.

53   CONTINUED: (4)

					GEORDI
				(with a look to Picard)
			We know.

	Communicator BOS'N WHISTLE SOUNDS; Picard touches his
	insignia.

					PICARD
			Picard here.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			CMO Crusher here, sir. Commander
			Data has just regained
			consciousness.

					PICARD
			What condition? Can he talk?

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			He is insisting on it, sir.
			Urgently.

	Troi has made a signal to Picard, mouths the word
	"Wesley."

					PICARD
			Stand by; Picard out.
				(to Troi)
			I'd rather explain about her son
			to her personally.
				(to Rivan and Liator)
			You promise Wesley Crusher will
			be safe until sundown?

					LIATOR
				(nods)
			You have our word.

					PICARD
			Then, will one of you return with
			me to our vessel?

					RIVAN
				(nods)
			Of course. I'll go as a hostage
			for the boy's safety.

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FOUR          39.

53   CONTINUED: (5)

					PICARD
			No, that's not it. I want you
			to... identify something for me,
			if you can.
				(touches insignia)
			Captain to Transporter Room.
			Stand by for three to beam up...

	Picard motions to Troi, beckons for Rivan to join them
	as they stand to one side.

					RIVAN
			I'm...frightened...

					TROI
				(touches her gently;
				 smiling)
			No reason to be.

					PICARD
			Transporter Room, energize.

54   EFFECTS ANGLE - (OPTICAL)

	as Picard, Troi and Rivan BEAM OUT.

55   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND MYSTERY OBJECT/VESSEL

	still in orbit of the planet together.

55A  INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Troi and Rivan ENTER SCENE coming down the
	corridor. Rivan is astonished by what she is seeing.
	She looks from Troi to a couple of very efficient
	appearing crewmembers who are passing.

					RIVAN
			But this is a ... a city. A great
			city!

	Now, Beverly ENTERS SCENE also, her expression freezing
	as she sees Picard and bears down upon him.

					BEVERLY
			Captain, I've just seen the away
			team report about Wesley...

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FOUR          40.

55A  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(interrupting; firmly)
			In a moment, Doctor...

					BEVERLY
				(interrupting)
			"In a moment... "

					PICARD
				(icily)
			Exactly, Doctor, in a moment.
				(to Rivan; more gently)
			You were about to say... ?

	Rivan gives Beverly a puzzled glance, then turns her
	attention to Picard, indicating the vessel.

					RIVAN
			Since you have all this power,
			why be concerned about our laws?
			You could take the boy from us!

					PICARD
				(troubled smile)
			It's not that simple.

	Beverly gives a quick look at Rivan and Picard at this,
	beginning to understand at least something of what may
	be happening. With so much of her own at stake, it is
	all Beverly can do to keep from interrupting again, but
	Picard's firm expression detains her. Picard, Beverly,
	and Troi lead Rivan into a turbolift. Troi gives a
	troubled look toward Rivan.

55B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as Picard, Troi and Rivan ENTER from turbolift.

					TROI
			From here we can view whatever's
			outside our vessel.

					RIVAN
			Do you mean my world?! You said
			we'd be high above it...

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FOUR          41.

55B  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(nods)
			And something else that's up here
			circling your world too. It's
			very important to us... perhaps
			to you... to know what it is.

	Rivan is puzzled.

56   ANGLE INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	REVEALING THE MYSTERY VESSEL/OBJECT out beyond what WE
	CAN SEE of the Enterprise. CAMERA PANS to Rivan,
	Picard, Troi, and Beverly. At the instant Rivan sees
	it, she drops to one knee, clenching her eyes closed,
	with hands crossed over her chest.

					PICARD
			I'm sorry, Rivan, but this was
			necessary. Do you know what that
			is?

	Rivan nods jerkily, her eyes still clenched closed.

					TROI
				(waits; then gently)
			Can you tell us what it is?

	Rivan stays frozen in the same position. Picard now
	waits, then:

					PICARD
			Is it "God?"

	Rivan again nods jerkily, eyes still clenched.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Now, it's very important you
			answer something. How do you
			recognize what it is?

57   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Rivan actually trembling. Troi bends close, speaks
	encouragingly:

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FOUR          42.

57   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Nothing will harm you, I promise!
			Just tell us how you recognize
			it.

					RIVAN
				(beat; weakly)
			It... has appeared...before. It
			is... the same.

					PICARD
			Can you speak to it... Does it
			speak to you?

					TROI
			Captain... !

57A  ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Troi is pointing agitatedly to where the mysterious
	object/vessel is GLOWING BRIGHTER, and the bridge
	begins to shake as WE HEAR THE IMMENSE VOLUME OF THE
	VOICE WE HEARD EARLIER IN THE BRIDGE.

					EDOLORD (V. O.)
			RETURN MY CHILD!

					BEVERLY
				(to Captain; puzzled)
			"Return... ?"

	Picard's eye falls on the trembling Rivan and he
	suddenly understands. The moment interrupted by the
	Enterprise beginning to SHUDDER and the LIGHTS BLINK
	OFF, EMPHASIZING THE NOW BRIGHTLY GLOWING EDOLORD
	OBJECT/VESSEL.

					TROI
			It's coming toward us, sir... !

	And this is exactly what is happening. THE EDOLORD
	OBJECT/VESSEL IS MOVING TOWARD THE ENTERPRISE ON A
	COLLISION COURSE. The Enterprise is SHAKING heavily
	now, WE CAN HEAR STRUCTURAL STRAIN.

	Picard understands what to do, takes off his insignia,
	attaching it to Rivan's clothing as:

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FOUR          43.

57A  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Picard to Transporter Room,
			urgent!

					TROI
			Yes, do that! But hurry... !

					BEVERLY
			It is still coming toward us...

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF'S COM VOICE
			Transporter Chief to Captain...

					PICARD
			One to beam down to away team
			location. Hurry!

57B  ANGLE EMPHASIZING RIVAN (OPTICAL)

	Picard steps back from her, his insignia attached to her
	clothing.

					PICARD
			Engage, Transporter Room, urgent!
			Engag...

	The TRANSPORTER SOUND cuts him off and Rivan BEAMS OUT.

57C  ANGLE INCLUDING VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	as slowly the LIGHTS COME ON and the EDOLORD
	OBJECT/VESSEL RETURNS TO ITS ORIGINAL DISTANCE FROM
	ENTERPRISE.

57D  INT. SICKBAY CORRIDOR

	as a turbolift door opens, Picard and Beverly EMERGING
	to stride down the corridor toward Sickbay.

					BEVERLY
			What do you intend to do about
			my son?

					PICARD
			He is being held safely, until
			sundown...

	Beverly pulls to a stop, faces Picard.

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FOUR          44.

57D  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			When he faces execution! Although
			he has committed no crime,
			certainly none that any sane and
			reasonable person would...

	Beverly's words have come faster, louder, until she
	finally realizes she is giving way emotionally. She
	stops, controls herself with an effort we can see.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			I... apologize, sir... but this is
			very difficult for me...

					PICARD
			You saw what that thing was about
			to do. I have a ship, an entire
			crew to consider...

					BEVERLY
			If you felt the same, you'd be
			as frightened and trembling...

					PICARD
				(quietly)
			But I am.

	They face each other silently. Then she nods.

					BEVERLY
			Data is in Sickbay here. You'll
			find him able to talk.

58   INT. SICKBAY

	Data is conscious, being scanned on Sickbay equipment by
	a MEDICAL TECHNICIAN. As Beverly and Picard ENTER, the
	Technician pauses in what he is doing.

					MEDICAL TECHNICIAN
			He's checking out fine, Doctor.

					BEVERLY
				(nods)
			Finish it later, please.

	The medical technician withdraws. Picard moves in to
	bedside. Data nods at him.

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FOUR          45.

58   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I was an excellent choice for
			them, Captain. They could
			communicate with me quite...
				(shakes head)
			... I was about to say quite
			"easily," but there was nothing
			"easy" about it. Fortunately,
			they stopped short of overloading
			my circuitry...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			You're saying they. It is a
			vessel of some sort...

					DATA
				(interrupting)
			Definitely not a single "entity"
			if that's what you mean, sir...
			although they know the Edo worship
			them as a "God thing."

					PICARD
			They know... ?

					DATA
				(nods)
			They recognize that this is quite
			expected and harmless at the
			present Edo stage of evolution,
			and...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			What kind of vessel?

					DATA
				(without pause)
			It is perhaps not what we'd
			understand as a "vessel," sir.
			The dimensions this one occupies
			allows them to... well, to be in
			several places at once. But they
			consider this entire star cluster
			to be theirs, and it was probably
			unwise of us to attempt to place
			a human colony in this area.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FOUR          46.

58   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (Cont'd)
			Of course, there are three
			thousand four other planets in
			this general star cluster in
			which we...

					PICARD
			Data, don't babble!

					DATA
			"Babble," sir? I am not aware
			that I ever babble, sir. It may
			be that from time to time I have
			considerable information to
			communicate, and you may question
			the way I organize it...

	Data trails off as he becomes aware of Picard's
	expression.

					PICARD
			Please "organize" it into brief
			answers to my questions. Do they
			accept our presence at this
			planet?

	Obeying Picard exactly (and without any sign of rancor),
	Data gives clipped answers.

					DATA
			Not yet decided, sir.

					PICARD
				(waits)
			Please feel free to volunteer any
			important information, however.

					DATA
			I volunteer that they are now
			observing us, sir.

					PICARD
			To judge what kind of life forms
			we are?

					DATA
			No, it is more curiosity, sir.
			I doubt they expect us to abide
			by their value systems.

	Picard throws a glance toward Beverly, as:

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FOUR          47.

58   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Do they... know of our Prime
			Directive?

					DATA
			They know everything I know, sir.

					PICARD
			And, in your opinion, if we
			violated the Prime Directive.. ?

					BEVERLY
				(interrupting; blurting
				 it)
			That's not a fair question at...

	Beverly bites off her words. But it is all she can do
	to keep from saying more.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Continue.

					DATA
			That would be a case of judging
			us by our own rules, sir. If we
			violate our own Prime Directive,
			they might consider us deceitful
			and untrustworthy.
				(beat)
			You do recall, sir, they cautioned
			us not to interfere with their
			"children" below.
				(looks from Beverly to
				 Picard)
			What has happened?

					BEVERLY
				(exploding)
			The Edo want to execute my son.
				(to Picard)
			I will not allow that to happen,
			Jean-Luc!

	She exhibits a fury that Data has watched with
	considerable interest. He turns to Picard.

					DATA
			Most interesting, sir. The
			emotion of motherhood, compared
			to all others felt by humans...

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FOUR          48.

58   CONTINUED: (4)

	Beverly whirls on Data now.

					BEVERLY
			SHUT UP!

	She DASHES angrily from the room. Data looks from
	Picard, to her, to Picard. Then he nods:

					DATA
			You were right, sir. I do tend
			to babble.

									FADE OUT.

                         END ACT FOUR                           

          STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FIVE          49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

59   EXT. SPACE - EMPHASIZING ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The mystery object between starship and planet, their
	relative positions not moving.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41255.9.
			Whatever the object or vessel in
			orbit with us, it hangs there like
			a "nemesis". It is one thing
			to communicate with something
			mysterious...

60   INT. STARBOARD LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard sitting alone, looking out at the mysterious
	object.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... but it is quite another to be
			silently observed by it. I am
			concerned whether it understands
			the same concept of reason that
			we do?

	Picard ponders all this for a moment more until Data
	ENTERS. Picard beckons.

					DATA
			You sent for me, sir?

					PICARD
			Let's talk some more, Data.

					DATA
			Yes sir. What level of
			communication?

	Picard gives him an annoyed look.

					PICARD
			Any. My apologies for saying you
			babbled.

              STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FIVE              50.

60   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			But I do, sir.
				(beat)
			It was wise to beam back the Edo
			woman.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Barely in time.

					DATA
				(nods)
			The Edo's "God" is very protective
			of its children.

					PICARD
			There was no choice but to
			learn...
				(indicates mystery
				 object)
			... what we could about that thing
			from her.

					DATA
			Apparently the Edo people had seen
			it before, from time to time, sir.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			But I'm sorry I had to. She was
			so frightened.

					DATA
				(nods)
			Understandable. To share an orbit
			with "God" is no small experience.

	Picard looks at Data, smiles.

					PICARD
			You have a facility for seeing
			things not in the way we do, but
			as they truly are.

	Picard shifts in his seat closer to Data, addresses him
	eye to eye.

              STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FIVE              51.

60   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I need help, my friend. I cannot
			let Wesley or any member of this
			vessel be sacrificed this way.
			The Prime Directive does not
			really intend that.

					DATA
			The problem, sir, is there!
				(indicates mystery
				 object)
			Although they have learned of the
			Prime Directive from my mind, how
			will they evaluate it? How do
			they reason? What are their
			values? Remember its warning
			to us, sir.

					PICARD
			Exactly. How do I explain not
			obeying the laws down there, not
			permitting young Crusher's
			execution? Does that endanger
			this ship and over a thousand
			other lives?

					DATA
			Would you choose one life over
			one thousand, sir?

					PICARD
				(snaps)
			I refuse to let arithmetic decide
			questions like that!

	Picard examines Data's expression again. Then, he
	indicates out toward the mysterious object/vessel again.

					PICARD
			Did you learn anything of the
			relationship between the Edo and
			that? Why are they so certain
			it is "God?"

					DATA
			Any sufficiently advanced life
			form can appear to others to be
			that, sir.
					(MORE)

              STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FIVE              52.

60   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA (Cont'd)
				(looks out toward the
				 Object)
			But when they were probing my
			thoughts, Captain, I could feel
			that whatever they are now, they
			once existed in this dimension,
			just as we do. Perhaps also in
			the same kind of "flesh and blood"
			form. Since then, however, they
			have evolved considerably further.
			Their present existence in mixed
			dimensions no doubt has advantages
			we do not understand...

					PICARD
			Then, in their earlier flesh and
			blood existence they could have
			once shared our kind of values.

					DATA
			The Edo share them, sir.

					PICARD
			Why would advanced things like
			that feel obliged to protect the
			Edo?

					DATA
			Perhaps because the Edo are a
			child-race by comparison.
			Possibly a race which the life
			forms over there "planted" here
			much as we now plant human
			colonies on Class-M planets.

	Interrupted by Beverly ENTERING. She moves to face
	Picard, trying for a somewhat respectful position of
	attention. She is mastering her emotions, but the pain
	is obvious.

					BEVERLY
			Having fulfilled my professional
			obligations regarding Commander
			Data...

              STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FIVE              53.

60   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			You now request permission to beam
			down -- permission granted.
				(stands)
			You can accompany me while I try
			to resolve this.
				(starts; then stops and
				 turns)
			And you should know that whatever
			the cost, I will not allow them
			to execute your son.

	Beverly turns to Picard -- she wants to fall crying at
	his feet, or embrace him, cover him with kisses of
	gratitude.

					BEVERLY
				(correctly)
			Thank you, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Take command, Data.

	Picard STRIDES OUT of the lounge, then Beverly HURRIES
	AFTER him. As he leaves, Data smiles a second time.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

61   EXT. COUNCIL CHAMBER

	Only a few Edo in sight. It's getting late in the day.

62   INT. COUNCIL CHAMBER - ANGLE ON RIKER

	at the door, looking outside. Then he turns, takes a
	few steps to where Liator sits talking with Rivan.

					RIVAN
			Almost dark.
				(turns)
			I want the boy brought here now.

	On hearing this, Tasha and Worf move in. They do not
	brandish their phasers but it is clear they will enforce
	what Riker wants. Rivan and Liator obviously understand
	this -- and perhaps do not really oppose it.

              STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FIVE              54.

62   CONTINUED:

					TASHA
			I'll go along with you.

					LIATOR
			Of course.

	They EXIT. Then WE HEAR the TRANSPORTER ARRIVAL SOUND
	and:

63   TRANSPORTER SHOT (OPTICAL)

	where several Edo come to their feet in wonder again as
	PICARD AND BEVERLY BEAM IN.

					RIVAN (O.S.)
			Captain Picard...

	Her RUNNING FOOTSTEPS as she hurries INTO SCENE.
	Reaching Picard, she drops worshipfully to one knee,
	crossing her hands across her chest, eyes closed as when
	she saw the mystery/vessel object. She hands Picard
	his insignia.

					RIVAN
			I saw you share the sky with God.
			You must be Gods.
				(turning to the other
				 Edo, eyes still
				 clenched)
			And the boy too.

	The Edo there shuffle nervously, uncertainly. They have
	always appeared to be a calm, intelligent life form,
	never seeming overly superstitious, but should they
	reject this possibility? Beverly turns to Picard
	hopefully; is this an answer to the dilemma? Then
	Picard bends, lifts Rivan up by her elbows.

					PICARD
			No, no, we're not "Gods."
				(small smile)
			Your own idea of that is much
			better for you at this time...

					WESLEY (O.S.)
				(interrupting)
			Mother...

              STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FIVE              55.

64   ANOTHER ANGLE

	to INCLUDE WESLEY ENTERING along with Liator, the two
	Mediators. Those two act rather stiffly, officers of
	law who have tried to do their sworn duty and are having
	outsiders interfering with it. Wesley has stopped short
	of going to his mother.

					WESLEY
				(to Beverly)
			I guess you know a lot has
			happened here...

					BEVERLY
				(nodding; holding it
				 in)
			I know.

					WESLEY
			Are you going to let them kill
			me, sir?

					PICARD
			No.
				(turning to Liator and
				 Mediators)
			But I'd like to prevent it in a
			way you can understand...

					FIRST MEDIATOR
			How can we let this happen,
			Liator? Everything we respect,
			our law, our peace, our world's
			order...

					SECOND MEDIATOR
				(moving to Picard)
			You are more powerful but we beg
			you not to do this to us. At
			least study what we once were --
			hurtful to each other, savage,
			thieving...

					RIKER
				(interrupting)
			We understand. In fact, your
			system of law and punishment may
			be better than many we once had.
				(points at Picard)
			But he has laws he must obey too.
			And one of them says he must
			protect his people from harm.

              STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FIVE              56.

64   CONTINUED:

					LIATOR
			We did not ask you to come here...

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Which has to do with another law
			I must obey. All of us are sworn
			not to interfere with other life
			in the galaxy. I am caught
			between the two. If I save this
			young man, I break that law...

					FIRST MEDIATOR
			And you should be executed if you
			do so!

					PICARD
				(nods)
			I may suffer almost as much.
			Starfleet takes our Prime
			Directive very seriously...

					SECOND MEDIATOR
			No, it is God who will punish you!

					RIKER
				(nods)
			That has crossed our minds too.

					LIATOR
			Our laws have been violated. What
			of justice?

					TASHA
			What of justice to Wesley? Does
			he deserve to die?

					FIRST MEDIATOR
			What makes our law strong is the
			certainty of punishment!

					BEVERLY
			But my son had no warning...

					SECOND MEDIATOR
			We cannot allow ignorance of the
			law to become a defense...

              STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FIVE              57.

64   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIVAN
			Is it possible we are wrong about
			that? Surely there is such a
			thing as too much harshness...

					FIRST MEDIATOR
			We do not dispense mercy... only
			justice.

					TASHA
				(calls from entrance)
			Their sun is almost down, sir.

					PICARD
				(to the others)
			Stand ready to beam out.

65   ANGLE FOR BEAM OUT (OPTICAL)

	as the Away Team gathers in position. CROSSING toward
	them, Picard passes Liator.

					PICARD
			The question of justice has
			concerned me a good deal lately.
			Pained me. Until now, Liator.
			I realize now that there can be
			no justice...

					SECOND MEDIATOR
			God will destroy you!

					PICARD
				(back to Liator)
			... no justice so long as laws are
			absolute. Life itself is an
			exercise in exceptions.

					RIKER
				(quietly)
			Bravo. When has justice ever been
			as simple as a rulebook, sir?
				(looks around)
			Six to beam up, Captain?

					PICARD
				(touches insignia)
			Six to beam up.

              STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FIVE              58.

65   CONTINUED:

					SECOND MEDIATOR
				(screams it)
			God will punish you!

	And with this ringing in their ears, they BEAM OUT.

66   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND MYSTERY OBJECT/VESSEL

	both still in orbit.

67   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	as the turbolift DISCHARGES Picard, Riker and the
	others. The balance of our regulars are on duty there
	too.

					RIKER
			Main Viewer on!

	They slowly take their positions, eyes on the Viewer.
	As Wesley ENTERS with Beverly, Geordi looks up.

					GEORDI
			Greetings, Jailbird.

	It doesn't get a big laugh at this moment.

					PICARD
			Hailing frequencies open.

					TASHA
			Open, sir.

					PICARD
			To the object sharing this
			orbit... we will remove the human
			colonists from the adjoining solar
			system if signaled to do so. Or
			we'll proceed on our mission, if
			signaled to do that. Please tell
			us...

					DATA
			Captain!

	The IMAGE on the Viewer begins FADING, FINALLY
	DISAPPEARS.

              STAR TREK: "Justice" - 9/4/87 - ACT FIVE              59.

67   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Is that a signal?

					PICARD
				(beat)
			I was hoping for more.

					GEORDI
			More of what, sir? I'm happy it's
			gone.

					RIKER
				(nods)
			We're all thrilled with that, sir.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			I was hoping we'd learn more about
			it. But since we can't...
				(looks to Riker)
			Take us out of here, Number One.

					RIKER
			Gladly, sir.

68   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it begins leaving orbit.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "The Battle" 
                              
                          #40271-110 
                              
                           Story by 
                        Larry Forrester 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Herbert Wright 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rob Bowman 


Copyright 1987 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved.

This script is not for publication or reproduction. No one
is authorized to dispose of same. If lost or destroyed,
please notify the Script Department.


                         FINAL DRAFT

                      SEPTEMBER 14, 1987

           STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "The Battle"                              
                              
                             CAST                               

                PICARD             FERENGI:
                RIKER                DAIMON BOK
                BEVERLY              KAZAGO
                DATA                 RATA
                TROI               
                TASHA              STARGAZER:
                GEORDI               PHANTOM BRIDGE CREW
                WORF                 VOICES (V.O.)
                WESLEY               FIRST VOICE (V.O.)
                                     SECOND VOICE (V.O.)
                                     THIRD VOICE (V.O.)

           STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "The Battle"                              
                                
                             SETS                               

             INTERIORS                 EXTERIORS
          
             USS ENTERPRISE            USS ENTERPRISE
               Captain's Quarters
               Main bridge             FERENGI VESSEL
               Sickbay
               Conference Room         USS STARGAZER
               Transporter Room #1
               Ready Room
          
             USS STARGAZER
               Bridge (Redress)
               Captain's Quarters (Redress)
          
             FERENGI STARSHIP
               Science Room
          

         STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "The Battle"                           
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND FERENGI VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	as the two starships cruise through space together.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41723.9.
			In response to a Starfleet order
			we are in the Xendi Sabu star
			system having rendezvoused with
			a Ferengi vessel which has
			requested a meeting. Although...

2    CLOSER ON STARFLEET AND FERENGI VESSELS (OPTICAL)

	emphasizing the difference between the two.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... we arrived here and made
			appropriate signals to the Ferengi
			three days ago, they have so far
			responded only with the message:
			"Stand by, Enterprise."

3    INT. CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	PICARD at his desk, star charts on a nearby monitor.
	He's in some physical discomfort, presses his knuckles
	to his temple, GROANS. We HEAR a CHIME from his door.

					PICARD
			Come!

	The door opens; BEVERLY ENTERS. She carries a medical
	kit.

					BEVERLY
			You called for me?

					PICARD
			Yes, Doctor. I've been feeling...
			odd, lately. Fatigued. And now
			I've got a headache.

         STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - TEASER         2.

3    CONTINUED:

	Unslinging her medical kit, Beverly looks up, surprised.

					BEVERLY
			A what?

					PICARD
			Certainly you know what a
			"headache" is, Doctor.

	Beverly is already beginning to move a medical tricorder
	sensor over Picard's head. WE HEAR it FAINTLY BEEPING
	as she checks readings she is getting.

					BEVERLY
			Of course. But I don't often
			encounter one.

	She makes an adjustment on the tricorder, gets HUM SOUND
	as she takes another kind of reading.

					PICARD
			The reason for it seems fairly
			obvious. What are these Ferengi
			up to? "Stand by, Enterprise."
			Stand by for what?

					BEVERLY
			I can't find a thing wrong.

					PICARD
			I can't either. But they could
			be baiting some kind of trap...

					BEVERLY
			With your head. I see nothing
			physically wrong, but I want to
			run additional scans in Sickbay.

					PICARD
			Doctor, all I've got is...

					BEVERLY
				(interrupting)
			... is an order to report to
			Sickbay.
				(friendly smile)
			From the one person aboard who can
			give you an order.

	Picard hesitates, then smiles and nods, starts to rise.

         STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - TEASER         3.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Captain from first officer.
			They're finally sending a message.

	Picard comes fully to his feet, touching his insignia.

					PICARD
			On my way, Number One.
				(CROSSING to door)
			Sorry, Doctor. Duty calls.

4    INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	RIKER, TROI, DATA, GEORDI, TASHA, and WORF are at their
	usual stations. Picard ENTERS JOINING Riker at the
	Command Area. The Main Viewer displays the Ferengi
	vessel.

					RIKER
			They're prepared to talk, sir.

					PICARD
			Have they given any hint what
			they've been waiting for?

					TASHA
			Negative on that, Captain. But
			they have identified their Captain
			as "Bok," DaiMon Bok.

					TROI
			If it's Bok I'm sensing, he seems
			anxious to meet you, sir.

					PICARD
			Me? Why me? I've never heard
			of him.

					GEORDI
			You'll be able to see him now,
			sir. They're willing to
			communicate on visual.

					DATA
			A reminder of something we learned
			the only other time we dealt with
			Ferengi, sir -- their hearing is
			very sensitive.

         STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - TEASER         4.

4    CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(nods)
			Yes, they could pick up even a
			whisper being transmitted.

					PICARD
			Consider ourselves reminded.
				(to Tasha)
			Open hailing frequencies.

					TASHA
			Hailing frequencies open, sir.

					PICARD
			Ferengi vessel! This is Captain
			Jean-Luc Picard of the Enterprise.
			We are transmitting visually.

	A beat, then the Main Viewer DISSOLVES INTO a FULL FRAME
	HEAD SHOT of DAIMON BOK, brightly lit, distorted. He's
	smoothly patronizing, clipped in speech, and arrogant.
	(OPTICAL)

					BOK
			Is this THE Captain Picard?

					PICARD
			Do we know each other?

					BOK
			I know you, Picard.

					PICARD
			I'm afraid you have the advantage.
			Is this... Bok?

					BOK
			I am Bok, DaiMon of the Ferengi.
			I have asked you here to discuss
			a mutual problem, Captain.

					PICARD
			What problem is that, DaiMon Bok?

					BOK
			I insist on speaking of that
			matter in person. Shall we meet
			on your vessel or mine?

	Troi signals Tasha who touches her panel.

         STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - TEASER         5.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					TASHA
			Hailing frequencies closed.

					TROI
			Captain, I sense considerable
			deception on Bok's part. And
			danger!

					RIKER
			Then definitely, sir, you should
			meet with him here. Keep him
			under our control.

	Picard nods, turns and signals to Tasha who touches her
	panel again.

					TASHA
			Now open, sir.

					PICARD
				(toward Viewscreen)
			I appreciate your offer, DaiMon
			Bok, and ask you to be our guests.

					BOK
				(smiles)
			As you wish, Picard. Perhaps this
			will begin a new era of
			cooperation for both our peoples.
			In one Earth hour, then?

	Everyone on the bridge is stunned by the unexpected
	concession.

					PICARD
			One hour, Bok. End transmission.

	The viewer CLEARS BACK to the Ferengi ship. The
	Enterprise bridge crew reacts.

					WORF
			I can't believe they're coming
			here!

					PICARD
				(turns to Troi)
			They agreed a bit too easily.

	Troi nods.

         STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - TEASER         6.

4    CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(continuing; nods back)
			Then, in one hour we'll know why.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT ONE         7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

5    INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly is using twenty-fourth century diagnostic tools to
	examine the prone Captain.

					PICARD
			Are you accustomed to always
			getting your way, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
				(nods)
			When my way makes sense, Captain.
			There are still forty minutes
			before the Ferengi beam over; I'll
			have these scans done in ten.

					PICARD
			A lot of effort for something as
			simple as a headache.

					BEVERLY
			"As simple?" It is my job to know
			your condition intimately. You
			should not have a headache unless
			something is wrong.

	She is clearly puzzled over finding nothing. She makes
	a new setting on the scanner.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			It may be true that headaches were
			once quite common... but this was
			in the days before the brain was
			charted...
				(very puzzled; a new
				 setting)
			... before we understood the nature
			of pain... when we were suffering
			from such things as the common
			cold.

	She swings the "scanner" away from Picard. He half
	rises.

					PICARD
			And so why do I have a headache,
			Doctor?

         STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT ONE         8.

5    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I haven't the slightest damned
			idea!

	She picks up a tiny device, turns it on and WE HEAR a
	light HUM from it.

					PICARD
			What's that?

	She presses it against his forehead. The light HUM
	becomes SHRILLER.

					BEVERLY
			Something doctors use when they
			feel foolish over being proven
			wrong.
				(takes device away)
			Feel better?

					PICARD
				(surprised)
			The pain's gone.

	She turns the device OFF, puts it aside.

					BEVERLY
			Medical fakery -- the pain's
			actually still there, just
			cloaked. I'll want further exams
			when this Ferengi matter is
			settled.

6    INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Troi, Data, Geordi, Tasha and Worf on duty as
	WESLEY ARRIVES by turbolift, hurriedly addresses Riker:

					WESLEY
			Sir! You'll soon be getting an
			intruder alert!

					RIKER
			What? Wesley, if you've something
			to report...

	But Wesley has hurried toward Geordi, interrupting:

         STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT ONE         9.

6    CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(to Geordi)
			If you'll scan heading four-four
			mark one-six-three, Lieutenant,
			you'll find...

	INTRUDER ALERT SIGNAL sounds, Tasha reacting, turning
	to Riker:

					TASHA
			Intruder alert, sir...

					GEORDI
				(reading his panel)
			I've got something, sir... very
			distant.

	Turbolift opens TO BRING Picard onto the bridge,
	unnoticed by most as Tasha silences the ALERT and Wesley
	turns to Riker.

					WESLEY
			It's an old style starship,
			Constitution Class, heading this
			way under impulse power, sir.

					RIKER
			Says who?

	Picard moves in to Command Area. Conversation DIES as
	he takes his seat there.

					PICARD
			Carry on.
				(to Wesley)
			Answer the first officer's
			question.

					WESLEY
			Uh... says the long distance
			sensors, sir. I was in
			Engineering, playing around with
			boosting sensor output...

					DATA
				(interrupting; smiling)
			Very interesting. Boosting it
			how?
				(seeing Picard's look;
				 to Wesley)
			We will discuss it later.

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT ONE        10.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
				(interrupting)
			I read it now, sir, as... a
			Constitution Class starship...
			coming this way under impulse
			power.

	Exactly as Wesley described it minutes before. Picard
	suddenly grimaces, a wave of pain catching him by
	surprise and he has to suppress a surprised GROAN and
	finds it necessary to again press a knuckle against his
	forehead for a moment.

					RIKER
			Sir? What's wrong?

					PICARD
				(fighting it off)
			Nothing, just... a mild headache.
				(to Wesley)
			The correct procedure, Ensign,
			would have been to signal your
			finding to the bridge immediately.

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir.

					RIKER
			Bringing it here personally...
				(indicates Main Viewer)
			... perhaps with the idea of being
			on hand for the Ferengi beam
			over... might have imperiled our
			ship had something hostile been
			approaching.

	Wesley has thrown Picard a nervous look at Riker's guess
	that the Ferengi beam over was his motive.

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir.

					WORF
			We are receiving no signal at all
			from the approaching starship,
			sir.

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			Time, sir.

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT ONE        11.

6    CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Time? Oh, for the Ferengi to beam
			over.
				(to Riker)
			Do you see any problems connected
			with this old starship coming in?

					RIKER
			Suggest we'll be safer, sir, with
			the Ferengi over here whatever
			is happening.

					PICARD
			Concur.
				(to bridge)
			Stand by!
				(to Tasha)
			Let's bring them on visually.

					TASHA
			Hailing frequencies open, sir.

7    ANOTHER ANGLE INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

					PICARD
			Enterprise to Ferengi vessel.
			We are standing by to receive you.

	The Ferengi vessel IMAGE on Main Viewer DISSOLVES INTO
	IMAGE OF BOK, being joined by KAZAGO, First Officer,
	and RATA, Second Officer.

					BOK
			Ready to transfer ourselves over,
			my dear Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			Question... where shall we receive
			you?

					BOK
			On your own bridge, of course.
			Ferengi efficiency!

	With a FERENGI LIGHT SWIRL BEAMING EFFECT, the three
	Ferengi figures FADE OUT OF SIGHT. The Main Viewer
	IMAGE DISSOLVES TO THE FERENGI SHIP IMAGE AGAIN.

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT ONE        12.

8    ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as the Enterprise bridge crew waits, but nothing happens
	for awhile. Finally:

					PICARD
			Data? What do you read?

					DATA
			Nothing, sir.

					WESLEY
			It could take a few moments,
			Captain. If they build up their
			beaming energy through capacitors
			as seems likely...

	Then, FERENGI BEAMING EFFECT STARTS WITH SOUND --
	FOLLOWED BY THE KIND OF LIGHT SWIRL WE JUST SAW ON THEIR
	SHIP. It solidifies into BOK, KAZAGO, and RATA.

					PICARD
			We welcome you in peace to the
			Enterprise, DaiMon Bok.

					BOK
				(ingratiating)
			It is our pleasure, Captain
			Picard. Might I introduce my
			first officer, Kazago, and my
			second, Rata?

					PICARD
				(nods to acknowledge)
			This is my first officer,
			Commander Riker...
				(Bok nods)
			And Counselor Troi. Second
			Officer Data; Lieutenant La Forge;
			security officers, Lieutenant Yar
			and Lieutenant Worf; Ensign
			Crusher.

	Bok has squinted hard at Troi and Tasha.

					BOK
			Yes, we have heard you use
			females...
				(checks them again)
			Clothed females. Most
			interesting.

					RIKER
				(smiles)
			They are that, sir.

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT ONE        13.

8    CONTINUED:

	Kazago now turns to scrutinize Data.

					KAZAGO
			And the android was mentioned too.
				(to Picard)
			What is its price? We should like
			to purchase it.

					PICARD
			It... he is not for sale.
			Commander Data is...is...

	Made uncomfortable by this, Picard seeks the right
	words. Riker fills in:

					RIKER
			You wouldn't want him, Kazago.
			He's second-hand merchandise.

					DATA
				(rises)
			Second-hand, sir?
				(then sees Riker's
				 smile)
			Oh, of course! A human joke...

					TASHA
			Excuse, Captain, but the
			unidentified starship is
			continuing in, still no signal
			at all...

					BOK
			Think nothing of it.. It is under
			our control.

					PICARD
				(alert)
			One of our starships under your
			control?

					BOK
				(smiling)
			Do not be alarmed. It is a gift
			from us.
				(slight bow to Picard)
			With which we honor the "Hero of
			Maxia."

					PICARD
			Who?

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT ONE        14.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					BOK
				(abrupt)
			Why you, Picard, of course! Don't
			you remember the Battle of Maxia?

					PICARD
			I'm sorry, I'm afraid I do not.
			Data?

	As the android searches his own memory, Bok is visibly
	disturbed at Picard's lack of memory.

					DATA
			Captain, he may refer to an
			incident which occurred seven
			years ago in the Maxia Zeta star
			system, where an unidentified
			starship...

					BOK
				(angry)
			Unidentified?! That fine vessel
			was Ferengi!

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			Which you destroyed, sir.

					PICARD
				(turns to Bok)
			My sincere regrets, Bok, but that
			ship did not identify itself.
			It simply attacked; we defended
			ourselves...

					BOK
				(beat)
			Such mistakes happen in space.

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			Hardly a "mistake," sir. Your
			report showed it deliberately
			attacked...

	Picard is signaling Data to forget it:

					TASHA
				(interrupting)
			Do you want the arriving vessel
			on Main Viewer, sir? It is only
			a thousand kilometers away now...

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT ONE        15.

8    CONTINUED: (3)

					BOK
			Put it on your viewer.

					PICARD
				(nods to Tasha)
			Main Viewer.

9    ANOTHER ANGLE INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	on which an IMAGE of an approaching Constitution Class
	starship WILL APPEAR.

					KAZAGO
			We have set its controls to
			automatically take station in
			space next to your Enterprise.

					BOK
				(to Picard)
			There is no one aboard it.

					RATA
				(to Picard)
			When, with your permission, its
			log will be downloaded into this
			ship's records.
				(smiles)
			At a price...

					BOK
				(thunders)
			No price!

					KAZAGO
				(astounded)
			No price?

					PICARD
			For what purpose? What is this
			all...

	Picard's headache comes back, striking him hard this
	time. He GROANS, surprised, presses hard on his own
	temples. Troi comes to her feet, alarmed.

					TROI
			I felt something too, Captain.
			What is it?

					RIKER
			Sir... ?

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT ONE        16.

9    CONTINUED:

					BOK
			Perhaps it is... his conscience?

					TROI
				(a tigress)
			Why do you say that?!

					RIKER
			Bridge to Sickbay...

					PICARD
				(overlapping)
			No... no, I'm fine...

					TROI
				(to Picard; puzzled)
			It seemed as if... as if it were...
			something from your past?

					PICARD
			I'm all right now; I'm fine.
				(to Bok; indicating
				 viewer)
			What is this all about?

					BOK
			It is about the battle I
			mentioned, Captain. A gift in
			honor of that occasion. Look at
			that ship closely.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			Enlarge please, La Forge.

	On Main Viewer, the IMAGE MAGNIFIES into closer view.
	Picard is mesmerized by what he is seeing -- and
	recognizing. Bok is amused by this.

					PICARD
			It... it is the Stargazer. My old
			ship, but how... where did you find
			it?

					BOK
			It was a derelict, adrift in space
			on the far side of this star
			system. How it got there...
				(grand gesture)
			... is none of my business,
			Captain. But now that vessel is
			yours, if you wish to have it.

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT ONE        17.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					KAZAGO
				(to Bok)
			We are not selling it to him?

					BOK
			Call it an act of friendship.

					RATA
			At no cost!? Ugly. Very ugly!

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT TWO        18.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN;

10   EXT. SPACE - THREE VESSELS (OPTICAL)

	The Ferengi, the Stargazer, and the Enterprise next to
	each other.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41724.1.
			Bok and his officers have returned
			to their vessel, inviting us now
			to officially take possession of
			the Stargazer. They will stand
			by while completing the
			downloading of its log to us.

11   INT. SICKBAY

	Picard now under the full body scanner, while a
	concerned Beverly, with technician, gives him a complete
	scan. Troi stands in b.g., very curious.

					BEVERLY
			Like before?

					PICARD
			Perhaps... it hit with more impact.

					TROI
			"Hit?"
				(to Beverly)
			Sorry, but anything could be
			important.

					BEVERLY
			You say you "felt" something
			yourself?

					TROI
			I... believe so. Like... well, a
			thought...
				(puzzled)
			But rather... "mechanical" in
			nature.

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT TWO        19.

11   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Are you sure it wasn't one of my
			thoughts? At that moment, I was
			remembering being at the helm of
			the Stargazer, a maneuver being
			made. We were hit...
				(beat; puzzled)
			Something's burning... I smell
			smoke!
				(pushing at scanner)
			Don't you smell it?

	Beverly has moved in past the technician, speaks soothingly.

					BEVERLY
			There's nothing burning, Jean-Luc.

					PICARD
			Ah... no, of course. It was... the
			memory I was calling up.
				(finds a smile for
				 Beverly)
			Sorry.

	Riker ENTERS as Troi moves toward Picard, concerned.

					TROI
			Memory or... "nightmare?"

					PICARD
				(smiling again)
			Well, it was strong, whatever it
			was.
				(looks up at Riker)
			Ready, Number One.

					RIKER
			Staff's waiting if Doctor Crusher
			approves.

					BEVERLY
			I'll do better than that -- I'll
			go along.

12   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - MINIMUM CREW

	Geordi at Riker's station, Worf and Wesley holding down
	Conn and Ops.

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT TWO        20.

12   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			But if they don't know what the
			Ferengi are up to, what good is
			it to sit there guessing?

					WESLEY
			Well... sometimes it determines
			exactly what you don't know.

					GEORDI
			Dead on target, my friend. Would
			you like to go up and listen to
			them?

					WESLEY
				(beat)
			Some day. Right now I'm happy to
			be here.

13   INT. CONFERENCE ROOM

	CAMERA BEGINS ON Riker, who is conducting this
	de-briefing. Then INCLUDES Picard, Data, Troi, and
	Beverly.

					PICARD
			We were traveling at warp two
			through the Maxia Zeta star system
			when an unidentified starship
			suddenly appeared and fired on
			us! From close range.

					RIKER
			Where did it come from?

					PICARD
			It must've been lying in a deep
			moon crater nearby. The first
			attack damaged our shields, and
			in the confusion it hit us a
			second time.

					RIKER
			No clue who they were?

14   CLOSER - EMPHASIZING PICARD

	seeming to become absorbed in the story.

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT TWO        21.

14   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			No name, no reason...
				(looks up sharply)
			Can you identify them, Vigo? Our
			shields are failing; if they come
			in again... ?

					TROI
				(interrupting)
			Sir? Who's Vigo?

	It seems to take Picard a moment to adjust to where he
	is.

					PICARD
			Ah... my weapons officer on the
			Stargazer.
				(weak smile)
			I was getting caught up in this.

					RIKER
				(puzzled for a moment)
			Then, with your shields failing,
			sir...

					PICARD
			I improvised. With the other ship
			coming in for the kill...
				(describes with his
				 hands)
			... I ordered a sensor bearing,
			and when it went into its return
			arc...

					DATA
			... you performed what Starfleet
			textbooks now call "The Picard
			Maneuver."

					PICARD
			What any good helmsman could have
			done. I dropped into high warp...
				(with his hands)
			... then stopped right off the
			target vessel's bow...
				(slaps hands together)
			... and fired everything I had.

					RIKER
			By blowing into warp speed, you
			appeared for an instant to be in
			two places at once...

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT TWO        22.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			And our attacker fired on the
			wrong one.

					RIKER
			As you say, "what any good
			helmsman could have done."
				(smiles)
			But you did it first...

					PICARD
			A "save our skins" maneuver. The
			Stargazer was on fire, finished.
			We had to abandon ship, and limp
			through space in shuttlecraft for
			weeks before being picked up.
				(beat)
			I haven't thought about it in
			years...

					DATA
			The Ferengi are standing by for
			us to take possession of the
			Stargazer, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			I want to go over to her.

					RIKER
				(nods)
			I understand, sir.
				(smiles)
			Once my people make certain she's
			safe.

15   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE, FERENGI VESSEL, STARGAZER
(OPTICAL)

	The past and the present.

16   INT. STARGAZER BRIDGE (REDRESS BATTLE BRIDGE)

	A BEAM OF LIGHT explores the deserted bridge. Signs
	of fire still remain, blackened consoles and scorched
	wall panels. It comes to rest on a wall PLAQUE, which
	Data reads out loud:

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT TWO        23.

16   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			USS Stargazer. Constitution
			Class. Starfleet Registry NCC
			2893...

	Suddenly, the bridge LIGHTS are up, as Geordi strides
	in.

					GEORDI
			I activated the emergency power
			cells...
				(looks around)
			Amazing they still work.

	Data has turned on a position viewer. Worf joins his
	team members, tricorder in hand.

					WORF
			The rest of the ship is all clear
			of surprises, Lieutenant Yar.

					GEORDI
			When I read about this ship at
			the Academy, I never dreamed I'd
			ever be on her.

					TASHA
				(touches insignia)
			Yar to Enterprise. All clear,
			sir.

17   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker's in command, Picard absent.

					RIKER
			Thank you, Lieutenant. Captain?

18   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM #1 (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Beverly and Tasha are present on the pads.

					PICARD
			Yes, Commander

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Stargazer searched and secured,
			sir. Give her my best.

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT TWO        24.

18   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I will that, Number One.
				(to Chief)
			Energize!

	And the TRANSPORTER EFFECT sends the trio OUT OF SCENE.

19   INT. STARGAZER BRIDGE (REDRESS) (OPTICAL)

	as the captain and companions MATERIALIZE. Picard
	stands still for a moment, a living "deja vu" in
	process.

					PICARD
			Hello, old friend...

	Data is at the Science Station monitor which he had
	turned on earlier.

					DATA
			You'll find this intriguing,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			What do you find, Data?

					DATA
			Last entry was dated seven years
			ago, sir. By you...
				(reading)
			"We are forced to abandon our
			starship. May she find her way
			without us."
				(looks up)
			Apparently, she did.

	Beverly is watching Picard carefully.

					BEVERLY
			How are you feeling, Captain?

					PICARD
			Fine, Doctor.
				(to Tasha)
			Lieutenant Yar, run a structural
			analysis on the Stargazer for
			impulse tow.
				(to Data)
			Data, download all computers to
			the Enterprise and file...
				(to all)
			I'm going to my old cabin.

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT TWO        25.

20   INT. STARGAZER - CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS (REDRESS)

	Not as much fire damage here as on the bridge. Picard
	sits center, an old travel chest cracked open and
	several items from it on a nearby table. He pulls out
	an old framed diploma from it, inspects it.

21   CLOSE ANGLE DOWN ON OPEN TRAVEL CHEST (OPTICAL)

	where taking out the diploma has REVEALED A METALLIC
	SPHERE which is about a half-meter in diameter.
	Suddenly it GLOWS, HUMS.

22   BACK TO SHOT

	in the midst of Picard being racked with pain, which
	doubles him up, GROANING.

23   EXT. SPACE - EMPHASIZING FERENGI STARSHIP (OPTICAL)

	Menacing.

24   INT. FERENGI STARSHIP - SCIENCE ROOM (INTERCUT AS
NEEDED) (OPTICAL)

	TIGHT on a silver-grey half-meter wide SPHERE identical
	to the one we just saw with Picard, with a pulsating
	light band around its equator. CAMERA WIDENS to include
	Bok, near a large wall SCREEN - WAVY LINES move across,
	as Bok works the controls.

					BOK
				(to himself)
			Try this, "Hero of Maxia."

25   INT. STARGAZER - CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS

	Picard again racked with pain.

					PICARD
			DAMNNNN!

	Picard lurches, stumbling against his chest.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			OHHHH!

	He falls atop the chest, closing it. A beat, then he
	gets shakily to his feet again, disoriented.

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT TWO        26.

25   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY (O.S.)
			Captain?

	Then she APPEARS at the door. He is fighting his way
	back to control.

					BEVERLY
			Another headache, sir?!
				(eyes him)
			That worries me. I want you back
			on the Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Yes, but... my things here...

					BEVERLY
			I'll see they're sent to your
			Enterprise quarters.

26   EXT. SPACE - EMPHASIZING ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	ESTABLISHING again.

27   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Kazago is seen on our starship's Main Viewer. Riker is
	looking in that direction.

					RIKER
			Enterprise now taking possession
			of Stargazer, Kazago.

					KAZAGO
			Permission granted, Riker.

	Riker looks up, amused.

					RIKER
			Actually it was quite a bargain,
			Kazago. I thought the Ferengi
			always made a profit on things.

	Kazago's VIEWER IMAGE growls a Ferengi obscenity,
	DISSOLVING INTO A VIEW OF THE FERENGI VESSEL. Everyone's
	at their station. Picard ENTERS.

					RIKER
			Set sub-warp speed for towing,
			La Forge.

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT TWO        27.

27   CONTINUED:

	Picard returns to his chair in Command, as Troi watches
	him, frowning as she feels something she doesn't like...

					DATA
			Starfleet has responded to our
			request, sir. A tug will
			rendezvous with us and tow the
			Stargazer back to Xendi Starbase
			Nine.

					RIKER
			Very well, Data.
				(to Picard)
			How was it, Captain?

					PICARD
				(distant)
			Strange, Number One. Like
			visiting the house you grew up
			in, but no one's home, except the
			phantoms of the past...

					TROI
			It has troubled you?

					PICARD
			Not as much as this damn headache,
			Counselor. Take over, Number One.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

	Picard EXITS. Riker exchanges a concerned look with
	Troi.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			What's wrong?

					TROI
			I wish I could say.

28   INT. CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS

	Picard ENTERING, passes his chest and the other things
	we saw in his Stargazer cabin. He goes to his bunk,
	throws himself down heavily.

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT TWO        28.

29   CLOSE ON PICARD

	A beat as he rests, then he breathes with almost a
	GROAN, and CAMERA BEGINS MOVING IN TO EXTREME CLOSE
	SHOT. VOICES FADE IN; ECHOES FROM THE PAST.

					VOICES (V.O.)
			... shields weakening, Captain!
			Torpedoes armed! Where are they?
			Ohmygod, sir!
				(explosive NOISES)
			Fire! Fire!!

	And Picard's eyes POP OPEN, an old terror returns --
	but immediately the voices STOP.

30   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Riker waiting while Data closes the door. He offers
	the nearby monitor to Riker.

					RIKER
			What is it, Data? Why all the
			mystery?

					DATA
			It is the records of the Stargazer,
			sir. What the Ferengi call the
			"Battle of Maxia"...
				(using monitor)
			It seems the Captain's personal
			log contains a much different
			version of that conflict than the
			official historic account.

	Riker hardly knows how to take this, but he looks at
	the monitor.

					RIKER
			What are you saying?

					DATA
			It would appear that the starship
			which Captain Picard attacked,
			had in fact, been under a flag
			of truce...

					RIKER
			What?!

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT TWO        29.

30   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			And apparently, the captain
			destroyed the ship without notice
			or provocation.

					RIKER
			Impossible. What about the fire
			aboard the Stargazer?

					DATA
			An accident in Engineering.

					RIKER
			And the proof?

					DATA
			It is logged in his own voice.
			Would you care to hear it?
				(no answer)
			Sir? Sir?

	CAMERA slowly TIGHTENS on the baffled Riker, as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

       STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT THREE       30.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

31   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE, STARGAZER AND FERENGI VESSEL
(OPTICAL)

	as the Enterprise tows the Stargazer by its tractor
	beam.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First officer's personal log,
			stardate 41724.2. An unexpected
			discovery made by Commander Data
			in the downloaded log of the
			Stargazer...

32   CLOSE ON ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

					RIKER (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... appears to indicate Captain
			Picard was guilty of falsifying
			the report he made to Starfleet
			concerning the Stargazer's last
			voyage.

33   INT. CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS

	Picard seems stunned by what he's hearing from his desk
	computer, his own voice plays back quietly under the
	scene, not to be understood.

					PICARD
			What does this mean?

					RIKER
			I don't know, sir. That sounds
			like your voice.

					PICARD
			Don't you know it is, Number One?

					RIKER
			No, sir, I don't. I refuse to
			believe you could have said that.

34   CLOSE ON DESK COMPUTER

	from which Picard's VOICE now plays NORMAL VOLUME.

       STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT THREE       31.

34   CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S RECORDED VOICE
			... and I admit I must have
			mistaken their subspace antenna
			for a weapons cluster.
			Unfortunately, I fired our main
			phasers...

35   BACK TO SHOT

	as Riker and Picard hear NORMAL VOLUME:

					PICARD'S RECORDED VOICE
				(continuing)
			... and our direct hit destroyed
			the unknown vessel instantly.

	Moving almost as through fatigue, Riker TURNS OFF the
	desk computer.

					RIKER
			I recognize, of course, your voice
			has been simulated somehow. I've
			already put Data to work on it.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Will.
				(shakes head)
			I never made that log entry, of
			course. But it still creates a
			duty for you to perform.

					RIKER
			Yes, sir, I must report it to
			Starfleet. But at this distance,
			it will take at least a full day
			for subspace communications to
			reach there...

					PICARD
			... and another full day for their
			answer to return. I'd like the
			truth on this by then.

					RIKER
			Sir, you can't believe they'd
			relieve you from command...

       STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT THREE       32.

35   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Why shouldn't they? Better safe
			than sorry with the Ferengi now
			making friendship overtures.

					RIKER
			And it's certain that the Ferengi
			are behind this faked log. No
			wonder they're still out there,
			waiting...

	Riker trails his words at the sight of Picard now
	grimacing in pain.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Headache back, sir?

					PICARD
			Damn!
				(nods)
			I'll call the doctor again.

					RIKER
			It's no wonder you have one, with
			all this going on, sir.
				(moving for door)
			Try to relax. I've got things in
			hand.

					PICARD
			Once again...

	Riker EXITS. Picard, obviously still in pain, turns
	back to his desk computer, switches it ON. From it,
	he hears:

					PICARD'S RECORDED VOICE
			This is a confession, given by
			me, Jean-Luc Picard, commanding
			USS Stargazer, in the hopes that
			my belated honesty will be taken
			into account by Starfleet when
			judging...

36   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker ENTERS on his way to the Ready Room.

					RIKER
			La Forge, open hailing frequencies.

					GEORDI
			Open, sir.

       STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT THREE       33.

36   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I'll take it in the Ready Room.
				(as he EXITS)
			A secure channel, Geordi.

	And as Riker closes the Ready Room door behind him,
	Geordi complies, puzzled.

					GEORDI
			Secure, Commander.

37   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Riker's seated in Picard's chair, as he hails the
	Ferengi.

					RIKER
			Starship Ferengi! This is
			Commander Riker here. I'd like
			to speak to First Officer Kazago.

	A beat, and on the small Viewer in the room, Kazago
	APPEARS.

					KAZAGO
			A problem, Riker?

					RIKER
			Is our channel secure on your end?

					KAZAGO
				(pushes o.s. button)
			It is now.

					RIKER
			Are you aware of the details of
			the Battle of Maxia?

					KAZAGO
			Captain Bok has just made me aware
			of it, Riker. The infamy of your
			Picard is now fully known.

					RIKER
			Infamy?!

					KAZAGO
			I would call the wanton
			destruction of an unarmed vessel
			infamy.

       STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT THREE       34.

37   CONTINUED:

	Riker's doubt got a new shot in the arm.

					RIKER
			And if I produce evidence that
			Captain Picard's log entry was
			falsified to indicate that... ?

					KAZAGO
			What else would your decadent
			culture say to defend such
			disgrace?! But I can hardly
			imagine you contacted me to
			discuss an ancient battle.
				(impatient)
			What do you want of me?

					RIKER
			Just one question.

					KAZAGO
			As you humans say, I'm all ears.

					RIKER
			First officer to first officer,
			Kazago, if your Captain Bok knew
			of that, why this peaceful meeting
			to present us with the Stargazer?

					KAZAGO
			We freely give YOU back your
			derelict warship and now you
			accuse US of crime, Riker?!
				(amazed)
			I can bear NO more insults!

	At that, the screen abruptly GOES BLACK, Kazago's
	patience gone. Riker is as stumped as before.

38   INT. FERENGI VESSEL - SCIENCE ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Bok's using the sphere, the wall screen a strong pattern
	of wavy lines (as in twentieth century oscilloscopes).

39   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Picard is now GROANING, suffering intense pain. The
	door chime SOUNDS.

       STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT THREE       35.

39   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Who the hell is it?!

	Beverly ENTERS, as the door opens. She's carrying the
	medical device which previously eliminated Picard's
	pain.

					BEVERLY
			Not resting, Captain?

					PICARD
			More like dying, Doctor. What's
			wrong with me?!

	She puts the pain relief device on Picard again, turns
	it on.

					BEVERLY
			I wish to hell I knew, Captain.
			But something unusual has
			definitely happened to you.

					PICARD
			Why do doctors always state the
			obvious like it's a revelation?

					BEVERLY
			Why do captains always think
			they're immortal?
				(reads band)
			Better now?

40   INT. FERENGI VESSEL - SCIENCE ROOM - CLOSE ON BOK
(OPTICAL)

	Bok makes an adjustment, and the discordant hum "tunes"
	the lines to move faster.

41   INT. PICARD'S' QUARTERS - BACK TO SCENE

	Picard has another terrible wave of pain, which doubles
	him over, to Beverly's surprise.

					PICARD
			Aghhh! My head!

					BEVERLY
				(tabs it higher)
			Now that has to do it right?

	From Picard's reaction, we know it doesn't...

       STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT THREE       36.

41   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			No!

	Beverly tries another device on Picard in concert -- a
	"light needle" -- like a pencil with a laser beam
	extension.

					BEVERLY
			You didn't say it's been this bad!

					PICARD
			It hasn't been! But it is getting
			worse, Doctor...

42   INT. FERENGI VESSEL - SCIENCE ROOM - CLOSE ON BOK
(OPTICAL)

	Bok makes another adjustment, and the lines move slower.

43   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS - BACK TO SCENE

	Beverly seems to be getting results, as Picard responds.

					BEVERLY
			It has to be some kind of
			emotional pressure connected with
			the Stargazer...

					PICARD
			I got the damn headache before
			I even knew my old ship still
			existed...
				(pain easing)
			But maybe you're partly right...

	Beverly sits next to him.

					BEVERLY
			Want to talk to Counselor Troi
			about it?

					PICARD
				(pain again)
			What I need now is a friend...

					BEVERLY
				(quietly)
			I'm here.

	Picard eases up to a sitting position opposite Beverly,
	the subject as painful as the headache.

       STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT THREE       37.

43   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(eyes CLOSE)
			The Stargazer was an exploration
			vessel. The fight at Maxia was
			not my first action, but it was
			the first time I ever killed
			anyone.

					BEVERLY
			You had no choice...

	Picard jams OPEN his eyes, the nightmare still alive
	for him.

					PICARD
			Didn't I? I don't know
			anymore... I just don't know.

					BEVERLY
			Commander Riker told me about the
			altered log, sir. If that's
			troubling you...

					PICARD
				(ignores her)
			The last three nights, I... hear
			voices. I'm standing on the
			bridge, fire all around me... the
			klaxons, smoke, and I give the
			order...
				(amazed)
			And now the Stargazer is really
			here!
				(back to her)
			And that log... Am I going crazy?
			How do I know if I was in my right
			mind at Maxia? How do I know if
			I'm in my right mind now?

	With that, Beverly quickly injects Picard with a
	hypospray, and eases him back onto the bed. He doesn't
	resist, as she attaches two sensor pads on his forehead.

					PICARD
			What was... that?

					BEVERLY
			Just something to let you sleep.

					PICARD
				(already working)
			Yes... sleep... I need sl...

       STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT THREE       38.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

	And Picard drifts off, thanks to medical expertise,
	as Beverly lowers the lights and EXITS.

44   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND STARGAZER (OPTICAL)

	as both SLOW, against the starry forever.

45   INT. ENTERPRISE - CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS

	Picard's back is AWAY FROM CAMERA. A beat, then a
	MOAN... He shifts his leaden weight, in an unconscious
	attempt to get comfortable, as CAMERA SLOWLY TIGHTENS.
	Over which, reverb VOICES, muted.

					VOICES (V. O.)
			... shields weakening, Captain!
			Torpedoes armed!
				(explosion)
			Where are they?

46   INT. FERENGI SHIP - SCIENCE ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Bok's narrowing in on what he's looking for as he
	adjusts the wavy lines again, so that they begin to
	parallel each other in synch...

					BOK
				(to himself)
			And now, dear captain, you are
			ready to live the past!

47   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS - BACK TO SCENE

	Picard starts to squirm, his arm twitches, CAMERA
	TIGHTENING. VOICES CONTINUE, REVERB AND MUTED.

					VOICES (V.O.)
			Where did they... come from?
				(KLAXON)
			Phasers, sir? Sir?
				(blast)
			SIR?

	Now he convulsively turns over as muted sounds of battle
	continue.

       STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT THREE       39.

47   CONTINUED:

					VOICES (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			What should we do, sir?
				(radio static)
			Should we fire back?

	TIGHT on Picard, as his eyes suddenly OPEN... and WE
	HEAR the muted CRACKLING SOUND of flames.

					VOICES (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Fire, Captain, FIRE!

48   INT. FERENGI VESSEL SCIENCE ROOM - ON BOK

	working his device, satisfaction on his alien face.

					BOK
				(to himself)
			You will injure yourself as once
			you injured me!

49   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS - BACK TO SCENE

	CAMERA WHIP ZOOMS in on Picard's eyes as he swivels and
	sits up, his face suddenly FILLING FRAME.

					VOICES (V.O.)
			SIR?!

	As CAMERA WHIP ZOOMS BACK OUT... he RISES up to his feet,
	suddenly in command again, and Picard (in his mind) is
	now aboard the Stargazer.

50   WIDER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Phantoms of Picard's Stargazer bridge crew (DOUBLE
	EXPOSURE) are in Picard's quarters -- playing it as if
	at battle stations. A KLAXON (muted) is sounding,
	DOUBLE EXPOSURE SMOKE and FLAMES are licking at the
	FRAME. Picard under fire...

					PICARD
				(normal volume)
			Damage report!

       STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT THREE       40.

50   CONTINUED:

					VOICES (V.O.)
				(muted)
			Fusion generator under surge
			control, sir!
				(muted static)
			Power systems failing!

					PICARD
			Sensor bearing on hostile ship!

					VOICES (V.O.)
			Seven, seven mark nineteen, sir!
			Fire in Engineering...

					PICARD
			Ready phasers, and lock!
				(MOVES ACROSS room)
			Stand by for warp nine, heading
			seven, seven mark twenty...
				(another room position)
			And ENGAGE!

	The muted SOUNDS of battle INCREASE in complexity as
	Picard makes his maneuver.

					PICARD
			Steady. NOW reverse and stop!
				(goes for it)
			Phasers FIRE! Torpedoes AWAY!

	At that a muted EXPLOSION and SOUND of the enemy ship
	breaking up o.s. fills the phantom smoked room, as
	Picard chokes and stands dumb to the the CHEERS of his
	phantom crew.

51   CLOSE - PICARD (OPTICAL)

	CAMERA TIGHTENS on the troubled man's face, vague,
	in-and-out of focus amidst the phantom flames, reacting
	to the phantom fumes.

					PICARD
			Fire!

52   EXTREME CLOSE - PICARD

	His EYES filled with horror, his face a grim mask of
	unwanted, surprise victory.

       STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT THREE       41.

52   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			FIRE!!

	As he stares blankly INTO CAMERA, we:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT FOUR        42.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

53   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND STARGAZER (OPTICAL)

	The smaller derelict vessel on the leash of our giant
	starship. The Ferengi vessel is traveling with them
	in b.g.

54   INT. READY ROOM

	Riker, Data and Geordi discuss computer tampering
	evidence.

					DATA
			By comparing the main Stargazer
			computer log with Captain Picard's
			personal log, I have found
			"checksum" discrepancies, sir.

					RIKER
			What does that mean?

					DATA
			All information is time-coded by
			entry, and the bits when totaled
			produce an aggregate amount
			which...

					RIKER
				(interrupts)
			I don't want a lesson in computer
			science! Bottom line?

					DATA
			One of these two logs is a
			forgery.

					GEORDI
				(smiles)
			Correction -- the log just found
			aboard the Stargazer is a forgery.

					DATA
			As I said. That is one of them,
			isn't it?

	Picard ENTERS the Ready Room looking peaked, but
	buoyant.

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT FOUR        43.

54   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			You're looking better, Captain.

					PICARD
			A little sleep, thanks to the
			doctor, works wonders. Any report
			on the logs?

					DATA
			Yes, sir. Whoever tampered with
			your personal log was clever...

					GEORDI
			... but slightly clumsy. There's
			no doubt it is a fabrication.

	Beverly ENTERS bearing the Captain's brain scan reports.

					BEVERLY
			Number One, we think you should
			see this brain scan graph which...
				(sees Picard)
			What are you doing here?!

					PICARD
				(amused)
			I thought I was captain of this
			starship, Doctor.

					BEVERLY
			Of course you are, but I...

					PICARD
			Thank you for your confirmation
			of that.
				(includes the others)
			But now, except for Commander
			Riker, I want you all back at your
			stations...
				(emphatic)
			Is that clear?

	After momentary hesitation over Picard's new gruffness,
	all EXIT except Riker, Beverly and Troi.

					BEVERLY
				(indicates report)
			I have some business concerning
			your health, sir...

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT FOUR        44.

54   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			I mean you too, Doctor. I have
			business with Riker.

	Clearly, Beverly is considering arguing this. She
	glances to Riker, then decides to give in.

					BEVERLY
			Under protest, Captain.

	She EXITS and Riker turns to Picard, uncertain.

					RIKER
			You have orders for me, sir?

					PICARD
			Release the Stargazer from the
			tractor beam, Number One.

					RIKER
			Sir?

					PICARD
			The tractor beam.

					RIKER
			Sir, are you abandoning...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			No. Her inertia will carry the
			Stargazer along on this heading
			with us. Or did you sleep through
			the Academy lecture on conserving
			tractor beam power?

					RIKER
			No, sir. I'll release her, or
			course.

	Riker EXITS, leaving the troubled Picard alone with his
	thoughts.

55   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND STARGAZER (OPTICAL)

	as the tractor beam wavers, then DISAPPEARS, the tether
	gone. The Stargazer continues holding its relative
	position.

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT FOUR        45.

56   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly and Troi are looking at colored X-ray-like
	GRAPHICS of a skull and "brain-map."

					BEVERLY
			Obviously, there is some thought
			process disorder here but I cannot
			find any physical reason for it.
				(turns to Troi)
			Anything?

					TROI
			I'm puzzled too. I keep sensing
			random thoughts... but two sets
			of them. As if they were his,
			but intermixed with his from
			another source.

	During this, Wesley has ENTERED and Beverly notices him.

					BEVERLY
			I'm busy at the moment, Wesley...

					WESLEY
			I know you're busy, Mom, but when
			I went back to the main sensors
			in Engineering to try some more
			sensitivity experiments...

					BEVERLY
				(interrupting)
			Wes! I'll be glad to hear about
			it when I'm through with...

					WESLEY
				(interrupting)
			But, Mom, this is important!

	Beverly turns back, annoyed, but Troi has picked up
	something from Wesley and speaks before Beverly can.

					TROI
			Does it have something to do with
			Captain Picard?

					WESLEY
			Yes, ma'am...
				(indicates scans)
			... if that's what you're talking
			about there. I don't know
			anything about brain scans but
			I glanced at these when you were
			studying them, Mom, and I
			noticed...
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT FOUR        46.

56   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY (Cont'd)
				(pointing at scan
				 graphs)
			... these patterns here were like
			patterns of the low-intensity
			transmissions picked up from the
			Ferengi ship.
				(nods)
			I just went back and checked and
			they're exactly the same.

					TROI
				(beat)
			What kind of transmissions?

					WESLEY
			I don't know. Engineering has
			nothing like it on record.

					TROI
				(to Beverly)
			Let's get to the captain...

					BEVERLY
			No, they might be affecting the
			captain. To Riker!

	The two Women EXIT fast, leaving Wesley standing there.
	Then:

					WESLEY
			You're welcome, ladies.
				(shaking his head)
			Adults!

57   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker on duty along with Geordi, Data, Tasha and Worf.
	turbolift arrives with Beverly and Troi ENTERING bridge
	carefully; then, seeing Picard isn't present, they hurry
	to Riker.

					BEVERLY
			The captain, Commander?

					RIKER
			Resting in his quarters...
				(meaningfully)
			... after ordering both of you
			to your duty stations.

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT FOUR        47.

57   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			This is more important!

					RIKER
				(cocks an eyebrow)
			Than the captain's orders?

					BEVERLY
			Yes, when we have reason to
			believe his judgment is being
			affected.

	Everyone on the bridge is listening and Riker
	acknowledges this with a sweeping gesture.

					RIKER
			Well then, why not let everyone
			in on it?

					TROI
			It affects them too. There have
			been some strange...
				(to Beverly)
			Did he say "low intensity... ?"
				(gets a nod)
			... unusual low intensity
			transmissions from the Ferengi
			vessel...

					RIKER
			Did who say?

					BEVERLY
			My son!

	Riker takes a beat at this, then nods. Beverly exhibits
	the brain scans, pointing at places there.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			... transmissions which exactly
			match certain anomalies found in
			the captain's brain scans.
				(looks up)
			Something over there is affecting
			Captain Picard's thought patterns.

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT FOUR        48.

57   CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker needs only a split-beat to absorb this, then he
	whirls to his computer panel.

					RIKER
			Computer, tell me Captain Picard's
			location!

					COMPUTER
			Captain Picard is in Transporter
			Room Three.

					RIKER
			What? Computer, emergency order
			to Transporter Room Three...

					COMPUTER
				(interrupting)
			New information. Captain Picard
			is no longer aboard the
			Enterprise.

58   EXT. SPACE - THE FERENGI VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	CAMERA MOVING IN toward the alien vessel.

59   INT. STARGAZER BRIDGE (REDRESS) (OPTICAL)

	as Picard MATERIALIZES, back on his flame-scarred only
	command post. He walks to his captain's chair and sits.

					BOK (O.S.)
			Welcome back, Captain.

	ANGLE WIDENS TO INCLUDE Bok, above Picard at Tactical.

					PICARD
				(swivels, stands)
			What is happening?

					BOK
				(to Com)
			Shields up, computer.

					COMPUTER
			Shields in place.

					PICARD
			What are you doing?

        STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT FOUR        49.

59   CONTINUED:

					BOK
				(laughs)
			Collecting on an old debt...

	At that, Bok lifts the silver-grey sphere up, as it
	HUMS. He taps it and it RESONATES strangely.

					PICARD
				(throbbing pain)
			AGHHH-H-H!!

60   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	All at their usual stations, minus Picard, plus Beverly.

					RIKER
			Stargazer! Respond, Captain!

					TASHA
				(checks board)
			Shields up, sir. No way to beam
			over help.

					GEORDI
			I am reading something very
			strange. A low intensity beam
			of intermittent pulse inside this
			starship.

					DATA
			I have a fix on it...
				(surprised)
			Inside Captain Picard's quarters.

					TASHA
				(to Worf)
			You transferred some of his
			belongings from the Stargazer... ?

					WORF
				(nodding; to his feet)
			Including a fairly heavy chest... !

					RIKER
			Go take a look, fast!

	Worf EXITS on the run.

					GEORDI
				(indicating Main Viewer)
			The Stargazer is powering up!

            STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT FOUR            50.

60   CONTINUED:

	On the Main Viewer, the Stargazer brightens up. (OPTICAL)

61   INT. STARGAZER BRIDGE (REDRESS) (OPTICAL)

	Bok is very pleased with Picard's suffering, as the
	Ferengi puts down the silver-grey sphere and its GLOWING
	and HUMMING stops. Picard's pain subsides but not his
	confusion.

					BOK
			I have been waiting a long seven
			years for this, Picard!

					PICARD
			I have no idea what you're talking
			about...

					BOK
			Do you not, hu-man? Can you not
			remember the crime you committed
			against my very blood?
				(Picard is stumped)
			You murdered my only son!

					PICARD
			Your son?

					BOK
			He was the commander of the ship
			you destroyed!)
				(pained)
			On his first voyage as DaiMon.

	Picard is puzzled, confused.

					PICARD
			The ship... ? The... the Ferengi
			ship that attacked me...
				(looks around)
			... or is it about to attack me?

					BOK
			And I have spent these years
			searching... seeking... a proper
			blood revenge. And I found it!

	Bok lifts the sphere triumphantly, and it starts to glow
	and HUM. He taps it harder than ever before, its
	strange RESONANCE LOUDER, and Picard's physical anguish
	knocks him to his knees.

            STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT FOUR            51.

61   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			OHHHHH... ! OHHHHH... !

					BOK
				(eyeing device)
			From a distant world which hu-man
			evil has not yet reached. May
			you never secure these! I am rich,
			yet two of these cost me the
			profits of an entire life.

	Despite the enormous pain, Picard is struggling to his
	feet now.

					PICARD
			You cannot... control me like...

	Bok, highly amused, taps the sphere into a new level
	of RESONANCE, echoed by Picard grabbing his head in near
	heart-stopping agony.

					BOK
			Die well, Picard.

	Bok steps out mid-deck, stops, and FERENGI TRANSPORTER
	EFFECT SWIRLS about him and he DISAPPEARS. CAMERA WHIP
	PANS, MOVES IN ON Picard who crouches, unseeing,
	shuddering in pain.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

            STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT FIVE            52.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

62   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND STARGAZER (OPTICAL)

	The Ferengi vessel still in far b.g. The Stargazer,
	powered, fully lit, is turning, moving away from the
	Enterprise.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First officer's log, stardate
			41724.3. Captain Picard, without
			explanation, has beamed himself
			to the Stargazer which is now
			moving away from us...

63   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Main Viewer showing Stargazer per previous SCENE. Riker
	is at the Captain's position, and Troi, Data, Geordi,
	Worf, and Tasha are at theirs. Beverly sits in the
	command area too, holding in her lap the strange
	metallic sphere from Picard's cabin.

					RIKER (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... under its own power.

					TASHA
			Hailing frequencies open, sir.

					RIKER
			Enterprise to Stargazer, please
			respond.

	They wait. No answer.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Enterprise to Stargazer... to
			Captain Picard aboard Stargazer,
			please answer.
				(waits; to Data)
			Mister Data, what was Stargazer's
			condition?

					DATA
			Considerable fire damage to
			interior surface as reported, sir.
			But none of her main systems are
			crippled.

            STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT FIVE            53.

63   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(hates to ask)
			Armaments, Lieutenant Yar?

					TASHA
			Six photon torpedoes short, sir,
			probably used when the Captain
			destroyed his Ferengi attacker
			seven years ago. Otherwise fully
			armed.

	Riker puzzles over this, motions to Beverly. She hands
	him the strange Ferengi sphere which he examines for
	a moment, then turns to Worf.

					RIKER
			Where in the Captain's quarters
			was it, Mister Worf?

					WORF
			His chest from the Stargazer, sir.
			Just where I had left it -- he
			hadn't yet unpacked.

					BEVERLY
			So, he may not have even known
			it was there. And if this is able
			to pick up or magnify a
			thought-altering transmission...

					TROI
				(nodding)
			... it could have prepared him for
			whatever's happening now.

					RIKER
			Let's find out... or try to.
				(turning to Tasha)
			Contact the Ferengi vessel,
			Lieutenant.

					TASHA
				(touching panel)
			Hailing frequencies open, sir.

	Riker stands, carries the sphere to in front of the Main
	Viewer, as:

					RIKER
			Enterprise to Ferengi vessel, we
			transmit visually. Do you
			respond?

            STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT FIVE            54.

63   CONTINUED: (2)

	The Main Viewer shifts to an ANGLE ON FERENGI VESSEL
	which in turn DISSOLVES INTO A VIEW OF FIRST OFFICER
	KAZAGO, who looks somewhat annoyed.

					KAZAGO
			Why is our gift to you under
			power, hu-man?

					RIKER
			I'll discuss that with your
			captain.

					KAZAGO
			He is working in our ship's
			laboratory. Where is your
			captain?

					RIKER
				(beat)
			He's beamed himself aboard the
			Stargazer, and I'm wondering...
				(brings sphere up into
				 view)
			... if this has anything to do with
			it?

	Kazago is clearly surprised at the sight of the sphere.

					KAZAGO
			How do you have possession of
			that?

					RIKER
			It was found in our captain's
			belongings, brought over from the
			Stargazer.

	Kazago now hesitates himself, his mind racing.

					KAZAGO
			It... is a forbidden device. A
			Thought Maker. If your captain
			is... criminal enough to own one...

					RIKER
				(interrupting)
			Kazago, I ask again, first officer
			to first officer... what is going
			on? Something is happening that
			neither of us seems to know about.

            STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT FIVE            55.

63   CONTINUED: (3)

					KAZAGO
				(beat; hesitant)
			It... is not seemly to question
			one's own DaiMon, Riker. I... am
			not prepared to do that...

					TASHA
				(overlapping; to Riker)
			Sir... I have the Stargazer.

					RIKER
			Switch now!

	Tasha tabs her controls and the IMAGE of the Ferengi
	First Officer DISSOLVES INTO IMAGE OF STARGAZER BRIDGE.
	(OPTICAL) It is Picard there, NOT looking into camera
	but able to HEAR Riker when he speaks. Picard looks
	disoriented.

					RIKER
			Captain Picard, this is the
			Enterprise, sir...

					PICARD
				(not understanding)
			Do not attack again! We are on
			a peaceful...

	Picard staggers, coughs, as if from a weapons hit and
	smoke there -- which we do not see.

					TROI
			He's living a delusion, sir. He's
			seeing things we don't...

					PICARD
			Give your identity! You force
			us to defend ourselves!
				(turning; shouting)
			Phasers full up! Arm torpedoes!
			Why aren't shields at full
			power... ?

	Picard has reached to a panel, touched a control... with
	which STATIC OVERLAYS VIEWSCREEN IMAGE. (OPTICAL)

					TASHA
			We've lost him, sir...

	The Main Viewer IMAGE now has become one of the
	Stargazer on a course which will bring it back toward
	the Enterprise.

            STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT FIVE            56.

63   CONTINUED: (4)

					GEORDI
			When he put the shields up...

64   INT. STARGAZER BRIDGE - FULL ON PICARD

	He's in the midst of a battle, but we're not seeing what
	he's seeing. He races to a control panel.

					PICARD
			Damn, I said...
				(flicking switches)
			... put fusion generators on surge
			control.
				(to another panel)
			You're moving too slowly. Arm
			the torpedoes, man!

	He COUGHS, heavily, waves invisible smoke from his face,
	shouting:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Vigo! Get a fire control party
			up here!

	Picard's movement has brought him CLOSE SHOT and now,
	as his eyes and expression determinedly decide what
	next to do, CAMERA PUSHES IN TO EXTREME CLOSEUP.

65   PICARD AND BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The bridge now filled with the shadows from Picard's
	mind. Phantom bridge crew, fire, and smoke (DOUBLE
	EXPOSURE) in the midst of the Battle of Maxia. Picard
	alone is real, but reacting to the phantom figures and
	battle.

					FIRST VOICE (V.O.)
			Shields weakening, Captain!

					PICARD
			Weapons report!

					SECOND VOICE (V.O.)
			Phasers coming to full charge,
			sir. Torpedoes armed!

					PICARD
			Who are they? Identify them!

            STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT FIVE            57.

65   CONTINUED:

					FIRST VOICE (V.O.)
			They're turning for a third pass
			at us, sir!

					THIRD VOICE (V.O.)
			We can't take another hit,
			Captain!

66   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Our regulars watching IMAGE of Stargazer on Main Viewer
	as it turns toward them.

					TROI
			I can now feel anger from our
			captain, first officer.
			Frustration over whatever he
			is re-living...

					GEORDI
			The Battle of Maxia, sir! That's
			all it can be.

					RIKER
			Mister Data?

					BEVERLY
			What is that "maneuver" he became
			famous for... ?

					RIKER
				(overlapping)
			The Picard Maneuver!
				(whirling)
			Mister Data, what is the defense
			against that?

					DATA
			There is no defense, sir.

					RIKER
			Then devise one! Fast!

	Data reacts to this impossible demand, then is suddenly
	busy. Main Viewer IMAGE SHIMMERS, DISSOLVES INTO IMAGE
	OF KAZAGO ON THE FERENGI BRIDGE.

					KAZAGO
			First Officer Kazago to hu-man
			Riker.

					RIKER
			Not now, Kazago!

            STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT FIVE            58.

66   CONTINUED:

					KAZAGO
			We do not wish to become involved
			in what has become clearly a
			Federation matter...

					RIKER
			Fine, fine, Enterprise out!

					KAZAGO
			But you should also know that
			DaiMon Bok no longer commands this
			vessel, Riker. His first officer
			has confined him for engaging in
			this unprofitable adventure.
				(nods)
			Good luck, First Officer Riker.

	The Main Viewer again DISSOLVES INTO IMAGE OF THE
	STARGAZER which is now heading directly for the
	Enterprise.

					DATA
			I have computed a possibility,
			Commander. Since even deep space
			contains trace gases, sir, a
			vessel in the Picard maneuver
			might seem to disappear, but our
			sensors could locate any sudden
			compression of those gases...

					RIKER
				(hurried)
			And use it as an aiming point?
			Blast our own captain to bits?

					DATA
			Aim our tractor beam at it, sir!
			Seize it! This class starship has
			enough power for that.

					RIKER
				(fast)
			In our captain's words... make
			it so! Set sensors, tractor
			beam...
				(waiting)
			I hope you're right, Data...

					DATA
			No question of it, sir...

	Riker throws him an annoyed look.

            STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT FIVE            59.

67   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND STARGAZER (OPTICAL)

	as suddenly the Stargazer goes into a WARP BLUR.

68   INT. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Here she comes!

					RIKER
			Stand by!

	On the Main Viewer, the Stargazer is suddenly two places
	at once, as it unexpectedly appears right off the bow,
	to the upper left side...

					RIKER
			Lock on tractor beam!

	And the Enterprise shoots out its mighty force-beam
	tether again, entrapping the smaller Stargazer. The
	Stargazer struggles to pull free -- it FIRES a salvo
	that rocks against the Enterprise shields, hard.

69   INT. STARGAZER BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The Viewer shows the Enterprise, but Picard doesn't yet
	"see" it... and he's quite alone on his bridge, his
	delusion slipping. The smoke, flames and voices are
	gone.

					PICARD
			Ready phasers!

					RIKER (V.O.)
			Captain Picard, listen to me!

					PICARD
			Is that you, Vigo?

					RIKER (V.O.)
			It's Commander Riker, sir!

	The Viewer switches to a FULL SHOT of Riker. Picard
	is momentarily distracted by the new image.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Captain, hear me! Look around
			you, the Ferengi are using a
			thought device on you...

            STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT FIVE            60.

69   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Stand by for warp...
				(inner conflict)
			Who are you?!

					RIKER
			It's Riker, sir. Your Number One.
			Look for a silver sphere...

	Picard struggles against his inner directive, as he
	angles and sees the SPHERE behind him, glowing and
	HUMMING.

					RIKER
				(continuing; sees it
				 too)
			There it is! Destroy it with
			your phaser, Captain!

					PICARD
			Phaser...
				(glances back)
			Yes, a sphere... Bok used it...

					RIKER
			Destory it!

					PICARD
				(fumbles in pocket)
			Phaser... destroy the sphere.

	And Picard manages to remove his phaser, and in a quick
	beat, BLASTS the Ferengi brain machine to bits. Picard
	staggers, weakened.

					RIKER
			Captain! Are you all right?

	Picard feebly touches his insignia.

					PICARD
			Enterprise, lock on. Beam me
			home, Riker.

	As the familiar TRANSPORTER EFFECT DE-MATERIALIZES
	Picard.

            STAR TREK: "The Battle" - 9/14/87 - ACT FIVE            61.

70   EXT. ENTERPRISE AND STARGAZER (OPTICAL)

	as the smaller vessel, back on its tether, is towed off.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             







                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         Hide And "Q" 
                          #40271-111 
                              
                           Story by 
                         C. J. Holland 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                         C. J. Holland 
                              and 
                       Gene Roddenberry 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


Copyright 1987 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved.

This script is not for publication or reproduction. No one
is authorized to dispose of same. If lost or destroyed,
please notify the Script Department.


                     REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                     SEPTEMBER 25, 1987

           STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         Hide And "Q"                              
                                
                             CAST                               

                PICARD             "Q"
                RIKER              WOMAN (SURVIVOR)
                BEVERLY            BEVERLY
                DATA               Non-Speaking Roles
                TROI                 CREWMEMBERS
                TASHA                SICKBAY STAFF
                GEORDI               TWO SENTRIES
                WORF                 ANIMAL-SOLDIERS
                WESLEY               DOZEN SURVIVORS
                                     CHILD (FEMALE SURVIVOR)

           STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         Hide And "Q"                              
                                
                             SETS                               

              INTERIORS              EXTERIORS
              USS ENTERPRISE         USS ENTERPRISE
              CORRIDOR
                                     PLANET - QUADRA SIGMA III
              MAIN BRIDGE              PLAIN
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     THIRD RIDGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM         BIVOUAC AREA
              PLANET DISASTER AREA
                                        
          

         STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         Hide And "Q"                              

                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. ENTERPRISE IN SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The great ship streaks through space at warp speed.

2    INT. ND CORRIDOR

	Two crewmembers, their arms loaded with supplies, race
	along the corridor. They pass DOCTOR CRUSHER in the
	corridor.

3    NEW ANGLE

	Beverly checks her Staff as they pass with emergency
	medical packets on way to turbolift.

					BEVERLY
			Include a burn unit with each
			kit. On arrival, identify the
			most critically injured and
			beam them up to Cargo Bay Six...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(interrupting)
			Doctor Crusher, this is the
			Captain.

					BEVERLY
				(touching wall panel)
			Doctor Crusher here.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Additional information. The
			number of colonists at the site
			is five hundred-four - including
			thirty-eight children.

4    INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	PICARD is in his Command chair, TROI to his left. WORF
	at the Aft Station. GEORDI has the Conn, DATA on Ops.
	TASHA at Tactical.

         STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - TEASER         2.

4    CONTINUED:

	The tension level is very high. The mission is urgent.
	As Picard answers, RIKER ENTERS from the turbolift,
	CROSSES the bridge and takes his position.

					PICARD
			So far nothing more than the
			initial message. Explosion -
			cause unknown - many injured.
			Are you prepared, Doctor?

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			We believe so, sir.

					GEORDI
			Captain, we are now at warp nine
			point one.

					DATA
			Which will bring us into the
			Quadra Sigma System in three
			point two hours.

	Riker takes his position.

					RIKER
			Captain, I have a schematic of
			the explosion site. It suggests
			the cause as a methane-like gas
			seeping in underground...

					TROI
				(with alarm)
			Captain, I am...

5    ANGLE ON TROI

	Her face is full of apprehension.

					TROI
			I am sensing what we encountered
			months ago...

	Interrupted by the SOUND of the BRIDGE ALARM.

6    ANGLE ON PICARD

	He turns. KLAXON HONKING - LIGHTS FLASHING.

         STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - TEASER         3.

7    ANGLE INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER - PICARD'S POV (OPTICAL)

	The Main Viewer SHIMMERS as an unusual SHINING,
	SPARKLING GRID SHAPE APPEARS, seeming to stretch across
	the whole of the galaxy ahead of them.

8    ANGLE ON PICARD (OPTICAL)

	He recognizes the shape - he has seen it before en
	route to Farpoint Station.

					DATA
			The "Q" Entity, sir? It is
			identical to the grid we
			encountered when...

					WORF
			It reads solid, sir. If we hit
			it... !

					PICARD
			Not now, damn it, "Q"...
				(to Helm)
			Emergency full stop!

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir.

					TASHA
			Shields and deflectors, up, sir.

	The familiar SHIMMERING GRID on the viewer is now very
	close to the Enterprise. Forward movement stops.

8A   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE IN FRONT OF GRID (OPTICAL)

8B   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					GEORDI
			Now reading full stop, sir.

	The words overlapped by something akin to ROLLING
	THUNDER, accompanied by a BRILLIANT and SUSTAINED FLASH
	which becomes RAPIDLY ROTATING, BLINDINGLY BRILLIANT,
	DIAMOND-BLUE LIGHT. While there is no hard-edged
	Shape, it is of about the same volume of a very large
	man.

         STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - TEASER         4.

8B   CONTINUED:

					"Q" (V.O.)
				(amplified and powerful)
			Humans, I thought by now you
			would have scampered back to your
			own little star system.

					PICARD
				(waits, then)
			If this is "Q" I'm addressing,
			our vessel and crew are on a
			mission of rescue where a group
			of badly injured...

					"Q" (V.O.)
				(interrupting)
			We of the "Q" have studied our
			recent contact with you... and
			are impressed. We have much to
			discuss, including perhaps the
			realization of your most
			impossible dreams.

	The expressions of the bridge crew reveal they are
	intrigued by this statement... and in the potential
	of the "Q" entity to do remarkable things, however
	annoying its actions in the past. Even Picard takes
	a moment to absorb this.

					PICARD
				(sarcastically)
			However intriguing we may find
			that to be, we are now in the
			midst of an urgent journey. Once
			we have completed that...

					"Q" (V.O.)
				(louder; angrier)
			You will abandon that mission,
			Captain. My business with you
			takes precedence!

9    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE ON BRIDGE CREW

	Reflections of the BRILLIANT DIAMOND-BLUE LIGHT on
	their faces as they look ahead toward this newest Shape
	of "Q". They shield their eyes from it.

         STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - TEASER         5.

9    (CONTINUED:)

					"Q" (V.O.)
			If my magnificence blinds you,
			then perhaps something more
			familiar...

	An explosion of sudden HISSING SOUNDS startles the
	bridge crew into expressions of mixed surprise, fear
	and loathing.

10   OMITTED

11   ANGLE ON "Q" SERPENT

	A WRITHING SNAKE with snapping fangs, continuing mixed
	HISSING, DARTS toward them from whence came the "Q"
	light image.

12   REVERSE ANGLE

	Both Worf and Tasha vaulting down onto the Command
	deck, instinctively drawing phasers as they try to
	position their own bodies between the frightening
	Snake-thing and the bridge Crew, as we:

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT ONE         6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

13   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE ON TASHA AND WORF

	First one, then the other, discover phasers
	inoperative. The snake head seems an instant away from
	fanging them...

					WORF
			Damn, the phasers are useless!

					PICARD (V.O.)
			"Q", STOP THIS!

14   EMPHASIZING PICARD AND RIKER

	on their feet.

					PICARD
			Stop this and we agree to talk
			for a moment!

	At which WE SEE the reflection of a familiar BRILLIANT
	LIGHT FLASH, blinding Picard and Riker again. Then
	as they lower their protecting hands, they REACT at
	the sight of:

15   ANGLE EMPHASIZING "Q"

	in the full-dress uniform of a Starfleet ADMIRAL.

					"Q" (ADMIRAL)
			Starfleet Admiral "Q" at your
			service!

					PICARD
			You are not a Starfleet admiral,
			"Q"...

					"Q" (ADMIRAL)
			Neither am I an Aldebaran serpent,
			Captain. But you accepted me as
			such.

	Riker nods, a hint of the irony of this on his
	features.

         STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT ONE         7.

15   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			He's got us there, Captain.

					"Q" (ADMIRAL)
				(nods)
			The redoubtable Commander Riker
			whom I noticed before. You seem
			to find this amusing.

					RIKER
			I might, if we weren't trying
			to rescue a group of suffering
			and dying humans who...

					"Q" (ADMIRAL)
			Your species is always suffering
			and dying...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			No, Lieutenant Worf... !

16   ANGLE TO INCLUDE WORF

	trying to ease himself into a clear line of fire
	toward "Q". He freezes at Picard's order, eases his
	almost hidden small phaser back into his belt.

					PICARD
			You'll make no move against him
			unless I order it.

	"Q" smiles toward Worf.

					"Q" (ADMIRAL)
			Pity. You might have learned
			an interesting lesson. Tsk, a
			macro head, a micro brain.

	Worf is obviously unrepentant. Picard, thinking
	furiously, tries another direction.

					PICARD
			"Q", you said you had the
			realization of "some impossible
			dreams" to offer us. Once this
			rescue is complete, I'll listen
			seriously to whatever proposal
			you wish to make and then, subject
			to it being acceptable...

         STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT ONE         8.

16   CONTINUED:

	"Q" bursts into what sounds like genuine LAUGHTER.

					"Q" (ADMIRAL)
			"... subject to" your foolish
			human values? Picard, why do
			you people distrust me so?

	Picard starts to open his mouth, shuts it.

					DATA
			Sir, if...

	Picard shakes his head, forcing Data into silence...
	also clearly including the rest of his bridge crew in
	this.

					"Q" (ADMIRAL)
			Yes, Captain, it is best they
			don't answer that. But you... you,
			Picard, I grant the freedom to
			answer me honestly. Why do you
			distrust me so?

					PICARD
			"Q", right now humans may be
			dying because you...

					"Q" (ADMIRAL)
				(angry now)
			SPEAK! Why do you distrust me?

					PICARD
				(beat)
			Why? On our first meeting, "Q",
			you seized my vessel, condemned
			all humans as savages and on that
			charge, you tried us in a
			post-atomic twenty-first century
			court of horrors where you
			attacked my people... then you
			again seized my vessel...

					"Q" (ADMIRAL)
			How that angers you: "Seized my
			vessel, seized my vessel... "

         STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT ONE         9.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(without pause, ignoring
				 this)
			... and then proceeded to interfere
			with our Farpoint mission,
			threatening to convict us as
			ignorant savages if, in dealing
			with complex and powerful
			life-forms, we made the slightest
			error... and when you failed even
			there...

					"Q" (ADMIRAL)
				(interrupting)
			At that point, the "Q" became
			interested in you.
				(turns to include bridge
				 crew)
			Cannot some of you understand your
			incredible good fortune?!
				(to Picard, mimicking)
			"Seized my vessel, seized my
			vessel... " The complaint of a
			closed mind too accustomed to
			military privileges.
				(to Riker)
			But you, Riker, and I remember
			you well, what do you make of my
			offer?

					RIKER
			I stand with my Captain.

					"Q" (ADMIRAL)
				(smiles)
			Of course, you do. Commendable
			loyalty.
				(indicating bridge crew;
				 to Riker)
			And what of these others? Since
			humanity now interests us, how
			shall we come to know them better?

					RIKER
			We don't have time for these
			games.

					"Q" (ADMIRAL)
			Ah, yes! A game... for interest's
			sake, a deadly game. To the game!

	And, at a wave of "Q"'s hand, the entire bridge crew
	except for Picard... DISAPPEARS, leaving Picard alone
	on the bridge.

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT ONE        10.

17   EXT. PLANET PLAIN (OPTICAL)

	The bridge crew are standing in approximately their
	previous bridge positions on a treeless planet plain.
	They have just been snatched from their ship, their
	captain and they are understandably confused and
	uncertain except for Tasha and Worf whose security
	orientation have them immediately combat ready. This
	place is bright, hot.

18   EMPHASIZING RIKER

	looking up.

19   RIKER POV - TWIN SUNS (OPTICAL)

	close together (avoiding the necessity of
	twin-shadows), apparently rotating about each other.
	Both suns are brilliant but the smaller sun, about
	one-quarter the size of the larger, is not quite as
	brilliant as the large one.

20   BACK TO EXT. PLAIN (OPTICAL)

	Data and Geordi, looking up too, move in next to Riker.

					DATA
			Obviously a Class-M world, gravity
			and oxygen within our limits...

					GEORDI
			... but a twin sun? Where are
			we?

					DATA
			Considering the power
			demonstrated by "Q" the last
			time... Anywhere! Assuming this
			place even exists.

					RIKER
			But this won't be boring. If
			"Q"'s anything, he's imaginative.
				(to the others)
			Apparently the captain wasn't
			meant to be with us here.

					TASHA
				(overlapping)
			Sir! Over here... !

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT ONE        11.

21   ANGLE INCLUDING "Q"

	who stands where a rock formation has previously hidden
	him. He is now wearing a French MARSHAL'S uniform,
	circa the Napoleonic Wars. As Riker, very curious,
	moves toward "Q", CAMERA MOVES AND PANS TO REVEAL also
	a headquarters-type campaign tent of the same era,
	complete with shade canopy and transportable field
	furniture. "Q" indicates two such chairs with a small
	table which holds a pair of tall, cool drinks.

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
			Join me, Riker. A good game
			needs rules and planning...

	Riker hesitates.

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
				(continuing)
			Wasn't it your own Hartley who
			said "Nothing reveals humanity
			so well as the games it plays?"
				(smiles; nods)
			Almost right. Actually, you
			reveal yourselves best in how you
			play.

	Data has moved in next to Riker and speaks quietly.

					DATA
			Sir, what he has in mind could
			provide us with vital information.

	Riker nods, moves toward the campaign tent. "Q" sits,
	waves invitingly toward the empty seat. He also picks
	up one of the tall drinks and WE CAN HEAR ICE CLINKING
	in it.

22   RIKER AND "Q"

	as Riker inspects the remaining drink without sitting
	yet, picks it up and looks a question toward Troi.

					TROI
				(registering surprise)
			What I sense is... pleasure, sir.

	Riker sips the drink, registers surprise too.

					RIKER
			Incredible. I was just thinking
			of an old-fashioned lemonade...

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT ONE        12.

22   CONTINUED:

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
			... and so it became that. An
			excellent thirst quencher; it
			becomes quite hot out on this
			plane.

					RIKER
			What about my people?

	"Q" makes a waving gesture.

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
			Whatever they want, of course!

23   ANGLE INCLUDING OTHERS

	REACTING to the fact they suddenly have tall drinks
	of various colored liquids in their hands. Hesitantly,
	a couple of them sip. Worf, however, tilts his glass
	pouring the contents out onto the sand. Strangely,
	this pleases "Q"'s sense of humor.

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
			The rigid Klingon code! Drink
			not with thine enemy!
				(to Riker)
			Which explains something of why
			you defeated them.

					RIKER
			Still arguing the human past?
			Perhaps you're not that original.

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
			Au contraire! It is the human
			future that now intrigues us... and
			should concern you most. Of all
			species, yours cannot abide
			stagnation... change is at the
			heart of what you are. But
			change into what? That's the
			question!

					DATA
			That is what humans call a truism.

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
				(annoyed)
			Meaning "hardly original"...

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT ONE        13.

23   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(hint of humor)
			You're the one who said it. And
			while we're at it...
				(indicating "Q"'s
				 uniform, tent)
			... this isn't part of any human
			future...

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
			True, I borrowed this from your
			stodgy captain's mind. It is
			dressing for the game we will play
			and games require boundaries,
			dangers, rewards, familiar
			settings, that sort of thing.

	Riker looks over "Q"'s uniform, the tent, etc.

					RIKER
			It's not that familiar to me...
				(calls)
			Data?

					DATA
				(stepping in)
			It is from Europe's Napoleonic
			Era, sir, late eighteenth, early
			nineteenth centuries. This is
			a campaign headquarters tent, his
			uniform is that of a French Army
			marshal, the...

					RIKER
				(to "Q")
			And a marshal outranks even an
			admiral...

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
			Would I go from a Starfleet
			admiral to anything less?

					RIKER
				(hint of a smile now)
			Of course, you wouldn't.
				(indicates)
			But Napoleonic equipment on an
			alien planet with dual suns... ?

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT ONE        14.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
			As you've said, I'm nothing if
			not imaginative. And the game
			should reflect that. Shall it
			be a test of strength?
			Meaningless, since you have none.
			A test of intelligence? Equally
			meaningless...
				(eyeing Riker)
			A game needs risk... Something
			to win; something to lose.

					RIKER
			If we must play a game, what would
			we win?

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
			The greatest possible future you
			can imagine!
				(beat; thinking)
			Which, of course, requires
			something totally disastrous if
			you lose!
				(thinking again)
			The point of this game will be
			whether any of you can stay
			alive.

24   EMPHASIZING TASHA AND WORF (OPTICAL)

	As the others react, Worf responds:

					WORF
			If your "game" is fair, we will.

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
			For shame, Lieutenant Worf.
			Fairness is a human concept.
				(to Riker)
			Think imaginatively! It will,
			in fact, be completely unfair...

					TASHA
			You've gone too far.

	She is drawing her phaser but "Q" is pointing his
	finger at her just as fast.

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
			Game penalty!

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT ONE        15.

24   CONTINUED:

	Visible even in this bright desert setting, a FLASH
	OF LIGHT in which Tasha DISAPPEARS. Reacting, Riker
	turns angrily to "Q".

					RIKER
			Where is she, "Q"? You can forget
			your game if...

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
			To use a twentieth century term,
			Commander, she's in a... a "penalty
			box." Where she can remain
			unharmed unless one of you merits
			a penalty.
				(smiles)
			Unfortunately, there is only one
			penalty box. If any of you should
			be sent there... dear Tasha must
			give up the box to you.

					GEORDI
			And... where does she go?

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
				(to Geordi)
			Into "nothingness."
				(looking to the Others,
				 individually)
			I entreat you to carefully obey
			the rules of the game. The only
			one who can destroy your Tasha
			now... is you.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT TWO        16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

25   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	but not in orbit of a planet. Instead, it seems to
	be traveling somewhere at what we know as normal warp
	speed. MUSIC only.

26   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard at a turbolift, touches the door, without
	effect. Then he tries to bang it.

					PICARD
			Turbolift Control, do you read?
			This is the captain.

	No response. Picard CROSSES to his bridge position,
	touches his panel controls.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Engineering, this is the bridge.

	No response.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Security -- this is the Captain.

	Again -- nothing.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Computer?
				(waits)
			Computer on!

	The computer still doesn't respond. He's cut off.
	Isolated. Picard touches his insignia.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Captain's log...

	The SOUND is wrong, indicating that:

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT TWO        17.

26   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Damn... I can't even make a log
			entry.

					TASHA (O.S.)
			I wish I could help you, Captain.

27   WIDER ANGLE

	as Picard, startled, whirls toward the VOICE. It is
	Tasha who stands at her familiar position at security.
	Unusually for Tasha, she is showing some strain over what
	has been happening.

					PICARD
			What... what are you doing here?

					TASHA
			I... well, this sounds strange,
			but... I'm in the penalty box.

					PICARD
			You're what?!

					TASHA
				(tightly)
			In "Q"'s penalty box. As I said,
			it sounds strange but it
			definitely isn't. Somehow I know
			that one more penalty... by me or
			anyone... and I'm gone.

	Curious and concerned, Picard moves toward her.

					PICARD
			Gone?

					TASHA
				(distraught)
			Please do not keep reminding
			me...

					PICARD
			I'm sorry...

					TASHA
				(instantly)
			No, I'm sorry. It's so
			frustrating to be controlled like
			this...

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT TWO        18.

27   CONTINUED:

	There's a half-SOB in the ordinarily strong and
	controlled VOICE and Picard REACTS to it.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant...Tasha... it's all
			right...

					TASHA
				(astonished and angry)
			What the hell am I doing? Crying?

					PICARD
			Don't worry. There's a new ship's
			standing order.
				(smiles)
			When in a penalty box, some tears
			are permitted.

	Tasha looks up warmly, comforted by this.

					TASHA
			Captain... if you weren't a
			captain...

					"Q" (MARSHAL) (O.S.)
				(interrupting)
			Consorting with lower rank
			females, Captain?

28   ANGLE TO INCLUDE "Q"

	seated in the Captain's Command position. He smiles,
	enjoys having startled Picard this way.

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
			Destructive to discipline, they
			say. But you are, after all, only
			human, eh?

	Picard has made his way down to the Command level where
	he now looks "Q" and the uniform over.

					PICARD
			A marshal of France? Ridiculous!

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
			One takes what jobs he can get.
			For example, your log entries.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT TWO        19.

28   CONTINUED:

					"Q" (Cont'd)
				(looks up)
			Starship log, stardate today...
			This is "Q", speaking for Captain
			Jean-Luc Picard, who we consider
			too bound by Starfleet custom and
			tradition to be useful in this
			activity.

					PICARD
			But who proved himself a
			resourceful opponent when he
			defeated you at Farpoint.

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
				(with "log" tone again)
			The Enterprise is now helpless,
			stuck like an Earth insect in
			amber while its bridge crew plays
			out a game whose real intent...
				(aiming this at Picard)
			... is to test if their first
			officer is worthy of the greatest
			gift the "Q" can offer.

	Picard takes a long moment to absorb this, then he
	nods.

					PICARD
			So, you're taking on Riker this
			time.
				(smiles)
			Excellent! He'll defeat you just
			as I did!

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
			A wager on that, Captain? Your
			command of this starship
			against... ?

					PICARD
			Against your staying out of
			humanity's path... forever! Done?

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
			Done!
				(smiles)
			And you've already lost, Picard.
			You see, Riker is to be offered
			something impossible to reject.

	"Q" storms toward the Ready Room.

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT TWO        20.

29   EXT. THE PLANET

	All but Worf are there, studying a point on the distant
	terrain.

					RIKER
			Geordi, can you still see Worf?

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			I'd see the freckles on his nose,
			if he had them, sir. He's at the
			third ridge now...

					TROI
			The third ridge... ?

					GEORDI
			Moving well.
				(distracted)
			Oh, oh!
				(peers)
			Good, he sees them. They look
			like sentries, sir.

30   EXT. THIRD RIDGE

	Worf -- the trained warrior -- approaches with caution.
	It is indeed a bivouac area. Worf can hear the unseen
	men SPEAKING IN FRENCH. He edges closer.

31   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Worf pushes through the rocks, FREEZES.

32   ROCKS - WORF'S POV

	Two sentries are walking a perimeter patrol. They are
	dressed as Bonapartist soldiers, carrying muskets.
	As they approach, WE SEE their uniforms look genuine
	enough... but then we make out their faces! Humanoid
	but with fearsome, fanged, unhuman features.

33   BIVOUAC AREA

	Worf reacts at this. Then he moves as close as he
	dares. Those in the camp appear to be preparing for
	a battle. But where human troops would be yelling,
	these soldiers are GROWLING, SNARLING. Over that, the
	CLATTER of caissons -- equipment being assembled.

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT TWO        21.

34   ANGLE ON WORF

	He hears a squad approaching -- slips back among the
	rocks and DISAPPEARS.

35   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
	Picard comes to the door. "Q" is sitting in the chair
	with his back to Picard.

					PICARD
			"Q", listen to me. You seem to
			have some need of humans...

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
			Or concern regarding them.

					PICARD
			Whichever it is, why try to solve
			it through this confrontation
			with us? Why not a simple direct
			explanation, a statement of what
			you seek? Why these games?

	"Q" turns and WE SEE he is holding Picard's complete
	works of William Shakespeare. He indicates the books.

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
			I'm surprised you have to ask when
			your human Shakespeare has
			already explained it so well.

					PICARD
			Indeed he did, "Q". But careful
			you don't depend too much on any
			single viewpoint he...

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
				(ignoring this;
				 interrupting)
			Why these games I require of you?
			A pity you're not familiar with
			the contents of your own library.
			Hear this, Picard, and reflect.
				(lifts book, quotes from
				 it)
			"All the galaxy's a stage, and... "

					PICARD
				(interrupts)
			"All the galaxy?" "All the
			world's a stage... "

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT TWO        22.

35   CONTINUED:

					"Q". (MARSHAL)
			Oh, you know that one? Then how
			about, "... Life's but a walking
			shadow, a poor player that struts
			and frets his hour upon the stage,
			and then is heard no more. It
			is a tale told by an idiot, full
			of sound and fury, signifying
			nothing."

					PICARD
			And so you say, how we respond
			to a game tells you more about
			us than our real life, a "tale
			told by an idiot."
				(still amused)
			Interesting, "Q".

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
				(lifts book)
			Shall I quote from Hamlet?

					PICARD
			No. I know Hamlet. And what
			he said with irony I prefer to
			say with conviction.
				(quoting)
			"What a piece of work is man!
			How noble in reason! How infinite
			in faculty. In form, in moving,
			how express and admirable. In
			action, how like an angel. In
			apprehension, how like a god... "

					"Q" (MARSHAL)
				(upset; interrupting)
			You don't really see your species
			like that?!

					PICARD
			I see us one day becoming that,
			"Q". Is that what concerns you?

	"Q" comes angrily to his feet, SLAMMING the volume down
	and DISAPPEARING in a FLASH. A startled and puzzled
	Picard watches him go, then turns to ponder the meaning
	of "Q"'s anger.

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT TWO        23.

36   EXT. PLANET

	The same plain. Riker, Troi and Data watch as Geordi
	scans the distant desert ridges.

					RIKER
			Can you still see Worf?

					GEORDI
				(shakes head)
			It's hard to keep him in sight,
			sir. But the soldiers there...
			they've formed a "skirmishing
			line," I think you'd call it... and
			they're headed this way.

					RIKER
			Carrying ancient powder and ball
			muskets?

					GEORDI
			That's what their weapons look
			like, sir.

					DATA
			Muskets are appropriate to the
			1790 - 1800 French army uniform.
				(shakes head)
			But it is hardly a "weapon" by our
			standards, sir. A lead ball
			propelled by gunpowder -- one-hundred
			meters at most with any accuracy...

					GEORDI
			Against phasers? Just one of our
			hand phasers could finish off
			an entire regiment of them.

					RIKER
			Except for one thing...
				(to Troi)
			That hardly sounds like "Q",
			giving us an advantage like that.
				(puzzling; then
				 REACTING)
			Unless...

37   SPECIAL EFFECT ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Suspecting some kind of trap, Riker draws his own hand
	phaser. He checks its setting, aims it well away from
	everybody else... touches the trigger lightly for just
	an instant.

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT TWO        24.

37   CONTINUED:

	The PHASER SOUND precedes an EXPLOSION OF DUST AND DIRT
	at a point where Riker was aiming the phaser. It
	causes a hole at least the size of one caused by a
	howitzer shell.

38   ANOTHER ANGLE

	It also produces another effect -- the FORM of Worf,
	large phaser in hand, propelling itself INTO SCENE,
	rolling to a stop where the Klingon is aiming his
	phaser, seeking the away team's "assailant" which fired
	the phaser blast.

					WORF
				(growling it)
			DROP YOUR WEAPONS!

	He aims this way, then that, attempting quickly to spot
	who or whatever is menacing his friends.

					RIKER
				(exhibits hand phaser)
			I'm afraid it was me, Worf.
			Making certain our phasers still
			operate.

	Worf returns his own phaser.

					WORF
			A warrior's reaction.

					GEORDI
			Incredible, Worf! You came out
			of nowhere!

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			Report. What did you find?

					WORF
			Sir... what they're wearing may
			be old Earth uniforms, but what's
			inside those uniforms isn't human
			at all. More like vicious animal
			things.

					GEORDI
			Oh, oh! Good old "Q". But how
			can even the most savage animal
			forms threaten us if they're armed
			with the equivalent of popguns?

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT TWO        25.

39   SPECIAL EFFECTS ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Geordi, who has been scanning the terrain, now turns
	to Riker.

					GEORDI
			They're moving in fast, sir.

40   ANGLE EMPHASIZING RIKER

	Data's back is to him.

					RIKER
			Data, if you've got a theory on
			what's happening...

	Data's FORM turns, REVEALING IT IS NOT DATA AT ALL,
	BUT "Q" -- and using his own VOICE despite the Data
	clothing.

					"Q" (DATA)
			Think fast, Commander Riker.
				(REACTING; pointing)
			And move fast... !

	"Q" is pointing at two of the fierce-looking Animal
	Things in French uniform that have moved INTO SIGHT,
	aiming their "muskets" at Geordi who jumps behind a
	rock. TWO PHASER BLASTS. The first hits a rock near
	Geordi. The second BLASTS A BROAD FURROW in the
	desert floor.

					RIKER
			That's no "musket!"

41   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	"Q" is REACTING to the uniformed Animal Things seeing
	them now, swinging its weapon in their direction.
	Riker spins, FIRES HIS PHASER, DEMATERIALIZING both
	his opponents.

					RIKER
				(anxiously)
			Troi, Geordi, Worf... !

	"Q" pulls him down as:

					"Q" (DATA)
			You have only one chance to save
			them, now. Send them to your
			ship!

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT TWO        26.

41   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			You'll let me beam them?

					"Q" (DATA)
				(shakes head)
			Send them the same way as I do.
			I've given you that power.

	Geordi comes scrambling INTO VIEW.

					"Q" (DATA)
				(continuing)
			Do you understand? I've given
			you the power of the "Q".
				(demonstrates with
				 sweeping gesture)
			Use it!

	Worf and Troi come INTO VIEW too.

42   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Riker becomes aware of someone scrambling toward him.
	It's Data, the real Data using his own body. "Q" has
	gone. CAMERA JIGGLES WITH ANOTHER MAJOR PHASER HIT.

					"Q" (V.O.)
				(echo chamber)
			Use your power!

	With little other choice, Riker makes a hand gesture --
	causing FLASHES OF BLINDING LIGHT in which
	Data, Geordi, Troi and Worf DISAPPEAR. On Riker's
	stunned expression:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

       STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT THREE       27.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

43   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The bridge is empty -- the displays and readouts are
	still frozen. The ambient noise is still absent. SLOW
	PUSH IN to Tasha sitting on the bench beside Riker's
	position. Head in hands, she stares at the floor.
	Suddenly the room noise changes and on the SOUND her
	head comes up.

44   WIDER ANGLE ON THE BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The display screens are alive. All the bridge's
	ambient SOUNDS are back. Tasha looks over to Picard's
	Ready Room.

45   READY ROOM DOOR

	Picard STEPS OUT. He too has heard the change. He
	walks to his Command position.

					PICARD
			Take the Conn, Lieutenant.

	Tasha rises.

46   ANGLE ON PICARD

	He sits and touches his arm-panel.

					PICARD
			Engineering -- this is the bridge.

					ENGINEER'S COM VOICE
			Engineering here, sir.

					PICARD
			Are all systems back on line?

					ENGINEER'S COM VOICE
			Back on line, sir? They were
			never off.

47   ANGLE ON TASHA

	at the Conn position.

       STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT THREE       28.

47   CONTINUED:

					TASHA
			Captain, you had better look at
			this.

	Picard walks over to Tasha.

48   ANGLE ON TASHA AND PICARD

	He looks at the readout.

					TASHA
			There has been no interruption
			in course or speed. Both have
			remained constant. Captain -- it's
			as though we never stopped.

	Picard straightens up.

					PICARD
			We never did. "Q" suspended time.

49   WIDE ANGLE - MAIN BRIDGE

	FLASHES OF LIGHT and the members of the bridge crew
	REAPPEAR except for Riker. Alive and unharmed.

50   INTERCUT ANGLES OF CREW

	All of them are naturally disoriented -- the shock of
	the experience cannot be instantly thrown off.

					TASHA
			Where's Commander Riker?

	They look around.

					WORF
			He was with us.

					GEORDI
			He must still be on the planet.
				(to Picard)
			We were under attack by... by
			animal things...

					PICARD
			Animal things?

       STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT THREE       29.

50   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Animal things in uniform, sir...
				(quails at Picard's
				 expression)
			Which I think Data could probably
			explain better, sir.

	As Picard turns to Data, the android decides he wants
	no part of this.

					DATA
			You may find it aesthetically
			displeasing, sir. I could just
			file a computer report on that...

					TROI
				(interrupting)
			Sir, the important thing right
			now is why is Commander Riker
			missing?

					PICARD
			Understood, Counselor, but Will
			is almost certainly safe...
				(troubled)
			... at least "safe" in a physical
			sense. "Q" has an interest in
			him... in fact, "Q"'s entire visit
			has something to do with our
			first officer.

					DATA
			And the reason for that, sir... ?

					PICARD
			I wish I knew. "Q" became
			interested in him at Farpoint.
				(shakes head)
			I've no idea what it means.
				(to the others)
			Meanwhile, we must proceed with our
			rescue mission...

51
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52

53   EXT. DESERT

	Empty -- no Riker. But there are footprints in the sand
	indicating a direction toward which is a jagged rock
	formation on the otherwise unbroken sandscape.

       STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT THREE       30.

54   ANGLE AT ROCK FORMATION

	REVEALING Riker who has managed to find himself a
	little shade. He sits, leans back against a rock.
	Then, starts to laugh. It is a deep, satisfying laugh
	from one who has just been let in on a cosmic joke.

					"Q" (O.S.)
			Something amuses you?

	Riker looks up.

55   ANGLE UP ON "Q" - RIKER'S POV (OPTICAL)

	Standing on a ledge above Riker, heavily back-lit by
	the two suns. (If possible, formed here by two
	brightly illuminated OUT-OF-FOCUS balls as described
	earlier.) We'll see more clearly in a moment also that
	"Q" wears rank and uniform identical to Riker's.

					"Q" (COMMANDER)
			Perhaps you would share the joke
			with me?

56   ANGLE ON RIKER

	as "Q" moves down into TWO SHOT. Riker eyes "Q" for
	a long beat, then:

					RIKER
			The joke is you, you silly son
			of a bitch.

	"Q" glares at Riker who now seems confident and at ease
	about something.

					"Q" (COMMANDER)
			Strange gratitude from one who
			has been granted a gift beyond
			any human dream. How can you not
			appreciate being able to send your
			friends back to their ship...
				(the sweeping gesture)
			... or sending the soldiers back to
			the "nothingness" from which they
			came?

	"Q" takes a beat, sits on a piece of rock next to
	Riker, leans toward him confidentially.

       STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT THREE       31.

56   CONTINUED:

					"Q" (COMMANDER)
				(continuing)
			Certainly, you understand that
			at this moment you can send
			yourself back to your ship... or
			to Earth, or change your shape
			and become anything else you
			want to be...

					RIKER
				(interrupting;
				 strongly)
			What do you need, "Q"?

					"Q" (COMMANDER)
			"Need?"

					RIKER
			You want something from us, "Q".
			Desperately! What is it?

					"Q" (COMMANDER)
			Want something from you foolish,
			fragile, non-entities? Careful,
			Riker, you're beginning to sound
			like your captain.

					RIKER
				(grins)
			Now that's a compliment, "Q".
			But it's not an answer.

	Stung by this, "Q" comes to his feet, raising a hand
	as if to make the gesture we've seen before... finds
	Riker still smiling up at him. He turns, walks angrily
	a few steps away, then a few back as if bringing his
	anger under control.

					"Q" (COMMANDER)
				(clipped; angry)
			Riker... we have tried to offer
			you a gift beyond all other
			gifts... !

					RIKER
			... Out of the "goodness" of your
			heart?

	They exchange looks for a long, long moment. Then "Q"
	seats himself again, and finally:

       STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT THREE       32.

56   CONTINUED: (2)

					"Q" (COMMANDER)
			After Farpoint, I returned to
			where we exist... the "Q
			Continuum."

					RIKER
			Which means exactly what?

					"Q" (COMMANDER)
				(trace of annoyance)
			The limitless dimensions of the
			galaxy in which we exist. We
			could hardly be capable of acting
			in ways that seem so astonishing
			to you... if we were limited to
			the primitive dimensions in which
			you live, dimensions which would
			make us prisoners of time and
			space.

					RIKER
				(beat; absorbing this)
			What do you mean by we?

					"Q" (COMMANDER)
				(more annoyance)
			In our Continuum the terms we
			and I mean much the same.

					RIKER
			I don't understand...

					"Q" (COMMANDER)
			Of course you don't, and you never
			will until you become one of us.

					RIKER
				(reacting)
			Until?... Would you mind going
			over that again?

					"Q" (COMMANDER)
				(nods)
			If you'll stop interrupting me.
			This really isn't the time to
			teach you the true nature of the
			universe.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT THREE       33.

56   CONTINUED: (3)

					"Q" (Cont'd)
				(leans in again)
			At Farpoint, we saw you as savages
			only, and thought to frighten you
			into scurrying back to your
			system. We discovered instead,
			that you are an unusual creature
			in your own limited ways... ways
			which in time may not be so
			limited.

					RIKER
				(nods)
			We're growing. Something about
			us compels us to learn,
			explore...

					"Q" (COMMANDER)
				(nods)
			The human compulsion. And,
			unfortunately, for us, a force
			that will grow stronger century
			after century, eon after eon...

					RIKER
			Eons! Have you any idea how far
			we'll advance?

					"Q" (COMMANDER)
			Perhaps in a future you cannot
			yet conceive... even beyond us.
			And so, we must know more about
			the human condition. We have
			selected you, Riker, to become
			part of the "Q"... to bring that
			human need and hunger to us so
			that we may understand it.

					RIKER
				(ponders, then)
			I... suppose you mean that as a
			compliment, "Q"... or maybe it's
			my limited mind...
				(stands)
			... but... to become part of you?!
			I don't even like you!

	"Q" looks at Riker, seeming amused.

       STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT THREE       34.

56   CONTINUED: (4)

					"Q" (COMMANDER)
			You're going to miss me!

	"Q" makes the sweeping gesture and it produces the
	familiar BLINDING LIGHT FLASH in which "Q" DISAPPEARS.
	And almost immediately, the startled VOICES of the
	bridge crew, with Riker whirling in that direction:

					TROI
			Oh, no!

					GEORDI
			Come on, not again!

57   OMITTED

58   GROUP SHOT

	where the entire bridge crew, including Picard and
	WESLEY, find themselves facing a line of the French
	uniformed "animal soldiers," who menace the Enterprise
	people, ATTACHING LONG AND DEADLY-LOOKING BAYONETS ONTO
	THEIR MUSKETS, clearly intending to use them.

					WESLEY
				(totally confused)
			What's happening, Commander Riker?
			I was sitting in school...

					TASHA
				(interrupting)
			My phaser's gone. Worf, are you
			armed?

	Worf checks, shakes his head, but nevertheless he and
	Tasha move to place themselves between the bridge crew
	and the danger. Picard has moved quickly to Riker.

					PICARD
			Where is "Q"? If you have any
			answer to this, Number One...

	Interrupted by an animal soldier lifting a bugle,
	blowing the OLD FRENCH ATTACK CALL. A SNARL AND ROAR
	from an animal soldier with sergeant's stripes and the
	line of soldiers advance, bayonets leveled at the
	bridge crew.

       STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT THREE       35.

59   SPECIAL EFFECTS ANGLE ON WORF

	moving forward to take on the entire attack line. He
	moves fast, dodges a bayonet, trips, then a second
	animal soldier slashes him in the back with a bayonet,
	and Worf goes down in a SPURT OF RED BLOOD.

60   SPECIAL EFFECT ANGLE ON WESLEY

	as he FREEZES, shocked.

					WESLEY
			Worf!

	Then, the animal soldier who got Worf, pivots fast,
	leaps at Wesley... and skewers the boy through the
	middle.

61   ANGLE ON RIKER

	Shocked, wildly angered!

					RIKER
			NO! DAMN IT, DAMN IT TO HELL... !

	He makes the sweeping gesture he's learned.

62   WIDE ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as Riker's gesture creates a smaller version of the
	METALLIC GRID. IT APPEARS between where the bridge
	Crew has instinctively retreated and the advancing line
	of animal soldiers, blocking them completely. Picard
	REACTS strongly to what Riker just did.

					PICARD
			Riker, you... you did that?!

					RIKER
			And that's not all!!

	Grimly, angrily, Riker makes the sweeping gesture even
	more strongly, and the ENTIRE SCENE IS FILLED WITH
	BLINDING LIGHT.

63   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - TIGHT ANGLE ON WESLEY (OPTICAL)

	Wesley APPEARS, suddenly feeling at his torso where
	he was just stabbed. He's no longer hurt. Worf ENTERS
	SHOT, also whole in body.

       STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT THREE       36.

64   ANOTHER ANGLE - INCLUDING PICARD AND OTHERS

	Picard looking at Riker almost disbelievingly.

					PICARD
			That grid, their wounds... only
			the "Q" could do that...

	He cuts off his words, becoming aware of the formidable
	expression Riker's face.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT FOUR        37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

65   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	with the Disaster Planet in far distance ahead of the
	starship -- a small ball seen from here.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41591.4.
			Twelve minutes out from Quadra
			Sigma III where the survivors of
			an underground disaster
			desperately need our help. Aboard
			the Enterprise...

66   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker, Troi, Data, Geordi, Tasha and Worf at their
	positions. Riker's features showing the strain of
	what has happened, he makes little eye-contact with
	the bridge crew and they appear equally uncertain of
	how to handle him.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... First Officer William T. Riker
			needs help nearly as badly. But
			this is a subject so far out of
			my experience... out of any human's
			experience.

	Riker has made for the captain's Ready Room, EXITS into
	it.

67   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Riker CROSSING IN and coming to a halt in front of
	Picard's desk. Picard waves him to a seat, almost
	angrily.

					PICARD
			Will, how the hell do I advise
			you what to do?!

	Riker looks up sharply at the angry tone... then
	understands it, nods.

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT FOUR        38.

67   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			No one has ever offered to
			turn you into "God?"

					PICARD
				(snaps)
			Don't joke with me! What the
			"Q" has offered you has got to
			be close to "immortality," Will.
			They're not lying about
			controlling space and time; we've
			seen it in what they can do.
			But...

					RIKER
			You've also seen it in what I can
			do.

	Picard leans across his desk toward Riker, intent.

					PICARD
			Of all things, that troubles me
			most, Will. Are you strong enough
			to refuse to use that power?

					RIKER
			Certainly!

					PICARD
			No matter how tempted? No matter
			how difficult "Q" makes it?

					RIKER
				(beat; then firmly)
			You have my word.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			In orbit of Quadra Sigma III, sir.
			Ready to beam down rescue team
			to underground emergency area.

	Picard and Riker get quickly to their feet, EXIT.

68
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69

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT FOUR        39.

70   INT. PLANET DISASTER AREA

	The Away Reserve Team MATERIALIZES. They are in a
	passageway which has been severely damaged by
	explosions. Water SPRAYS from the ceiling and is
	already ankle deep on the floor. Data scans the area
	with his tricorder.

					DATA
			This way.

	They push ahead.

71   ANOTHER ANGLE - CORRIDOR

	as they ARRIVE at a doorway. The door has been jammed
	by the explosion. Data steps over and with his great
	strength - rips the door off his hinges and clears the
	opening.

	The survivors are here. ABOUT A DOZEN of them, huddled
	together on the far side. Beverly and her teams wade
	through the water to them.

72   ANGLE ON BEVERLY AND SURVIVORS

	As she kneels beside an injured WOMAN.

					BEVERLY
			You are going to be all right,
			now.

					RIKER
			Where are the others?

	The Woman shakes her head.

					WOMAN
			Gone. It's just us.

					GEORDI
				(urgent)
			Commander!

	Riker turns.

73   ANGLE ON GEORDI

	CAMERA MOVES IN TO E.C.U. Geordi is staring at a pile
	of rubble.

					GEORDI
			There's someone there!

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT FOUR        40.

74
thru	OMITTED
75

76   ANGLE ON DATA

	With great strength he moves huge rocks with
	remarkable rapidity.

77   ANGLE ON GEORDI AND RIKER

	They stand and look for a beat, then:

78   ANGLE ON DATA

	as he lifts and carries the limp body of a child.

79   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Beverly rushes over and while Data holds the child,
	she quickly examines him.

80   ANGLE ON BEVERLY AND CHILD

	From her expression it is clear the child is dead.
	All of her skill will not help.

					BEVERLY
			She's dead. If we'd only gotten
			here a little sooner... !

81   ANGLE ON RIKER

	He steps closer. A dead child. A moment of truth.

					DATA
			Sir, if you indeed have "Q"'s
			power...

82   OMITTED

83   ANGLE ON RIKER

	He is fighting his emotions.

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT FOUR        41.

84   ANGLE INCLUDING BEVERLY

	Puzzled.

					BEVERLY
			I don't understand. Can you
			bring her back to life?

					RIKER
				(long beat)
			No!

84A  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

85
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87

88   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker, followed by Data and Geordi, EXIT the turbolift.
	Riker CROSSES to Picard. Troi is watching Riker with
	such intensity she doesn't seem to be breathing.

					RIKER
			As soon as it's convenient
			Captain, I insist on a meeting
			with you and your staff.

	There is about Riker now a little of the force, the
	power, the arrogance of "Q". Modified by the man
	himself -- but he is definitely carrying himself with
	more presence.

89   ANGLE ON PICARD

	It's as though he's been expecting this since the
	incident with "Q".

90   ANOTHER ANGLE RIKER AND PICARD

	The others are watching this exchange, curious about
	how Picard will respond.

					PICARD
			As soon as we are secure from the
			rescue operation, we'll meet in
			the Conference Room.

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT FOUR        42.

90   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Thank you.

	Riker turns, stalks to the turbolift. Troi gives him
	a look of apprehension.

					PICARD
			Counselor?

					TROI
			Power -- immense. Frightening.
			I can't read the intent -- but
			there is terrible anger in him.

	Off Picard's reaction:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT FIVE        43.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

91   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker is already there, sits brooding. Picard ENTERS
	with Data, Troi, Geordi, Tasha and Worf. As Picard
	seats himself:

					PICARD
			We'll confer on the bridge here
			if no one...

	Without looking in that direction, Riker gestures
	Picard to be silent and, surprised, Picard hesitates
	during which Riker turns toward the others.

					RIKER
			The bridge is fine since I've
			called the entire staff...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Correction, Number One; knowing
			the decision you face, I've
			permitted you this gathering.

	Riker seems genuinely amused by Picard's correction,
	as if yielding to a bright but headstrong child. Riker
	nods, uses a gentle tone.

					RIKER
			Of course, Jean-Luc.

	Riker looks up startled to see Beverly and Wesley ENTER
	bridge from the turbolift.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			This meeting isn't for you,
			Wesley!

					WESLEY
			Why not, sir? You helped make
			me a bridge officer...
				(corrects self)
			... an acting ensign.

	Looking from one to the other.

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT FOUR        44.

91   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			All right, he stays. The first
			thing he'll hear is... because I've
			been given unusual powers, I'm
			not suddenly a monster. Except
			for those abilities, and I don't
			yet know how far they go... I'm
			the same William T. Riker you've
			always known.

	There's a long silence, no one speaking up.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Well? Everyone still looks
			uncomfortable.

					PICARD
			Perhaps we're all remembering the
			old saying... "power corrupts... "

					RIKER
			... "and absolute power corrupts
			absolutely." Do you believe I
			haven't thought of that, Jean-Luc?

					PICARD
			And have you noticed that you and
			I are now on a first-name basis?

	A flicker of surprise on Riker's features indicates
	he really hasn't.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Will, something has happened to
			you already...

					RIKER
			In what way? Haven't you seen
			how much I've regretted not saving
			that child? Captain, using the
			"Q" power to save her might not
			have been wrong!
				(to bridge crew)
			No more than it was wrong to save
			the rest of you from those soldier
			things.

					PICARD
			Let's keep in mind that particular
			danger was invented by "Q".

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT FIVE        45.

91   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			What we represent to the "Q",
			Will, are lowly animals, tormented
			into performing for their
			amusement...

					RIKER
			Actually, they think highly of
			us, Troi. We have a quality
			of... of growth which they
			admire...

					GEORDI
			Or fear?

					PICARD
			Number One, we've learned that
			the "Q" power does not admire
			us... "Q" has muddled your mind
			somehow.

					RIKER
			It's your mind that troubles me,
			Captain. Don't you understand
			his incredible gift to me?

					"Q" (BROTHER) (O.S.)
			Are these truly your "friends,"
			Brother?

92   ANOTHER ANGLE

	All whirl toward the VOICE. It comes from a far corner
	of the bridge where a Figure stands with its back to
	us. "Q" turns now, revealing himself draped in what
	is recognizable even in this century as the somber
	robes of something like the Franciscan Holy Order --
	and "Q" is playing it to the hilt with gentle voice,
	kindliness shining from his face, fingers pointed
	together as in prayer. He CROSSES IN to stand with
	Riker, head bowed in humility.

					"Q" (BROTHER)
			Let us pray for understanding,
			for compassion, for...

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT FIVE        46.

92   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(moving to "Q")
			Let us do no such damned thing!
				(pulls at "Q"'s robes)
			What is this need of yours for
			costumes? Have you no identity
			of your own?

					"Q" (BROTHER)
				(softly; gently)
			I come in search of truth.

	The expression on Riker's face reveals that he is
	growing somewhat uncomfortable with this continuation
	of masquerade.

					PICARD
			You come in search of what
			humanity is!

	"Q" has withdrawn a large cross symbol from his robes
	as if warding off Picard's words.

					"Q" (BROTHER)
			I forgive your blasphemy...

					PICARD
				(indicates "Q" to Riker)
			Can't you see it, Number One?
			He's nothing but a flim-flam man!
			That's what he's been since his
			first appearance at Farpoint!

					WORF
				(to Data)
			Flim-flam?

					"Q" (BROTHER)
				(to Picard)
			You offer Riker jealousy! What
			I offer him is clearly beyond your
			comprehension!
				(turning to the others
				 one by one)
			How can you claim friendship for
			Riker while obstructing his way
			to the greatest adventure ever
			offered a human?!

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT FIVE        47.

92   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(alerted)
			"Obstruct him?" Then it's not
			yet certain? He's not yet
			committed?

					"Q" (BROTHER)
				(quickly, loudly;
				overlapping last line)
			The truly evil part of this is
			your jealousy, Captain.
				(to Riker)
			You love each one of your people!
			Demonstrate it! You have the
			power to leave each of them with
			a gift proving your affection.

	Riker isn't sure of this. He looks to Picard
	inquiringly, but speaks a bit thickly at times.

					RIKER
			There'd be no... harm, would there,
			if I, if I gave them something
			I know they'd like?

	Picard's next few expressions are a study in a change
	of decision. His first instinct is to recommend
	against it... and he almost voices it. But then, Picard
	begins to suspect that this may, in fact, give Riker
	a chance to understand the human effect of near-godlike
	power.

					"Q" (BROTHER)
			How touching. A plea to his
			former captain.
				(watching Picard)
			"May I please give some happiness
			to my friends, sir? Please sir?"

					PICARD
				(beat)
			In fact... I authorize and support
			that idea, Riker.
				(to the crew)
			And please cooperate with him,
			if you wish.

					TROI
				(troubled; cautioning)
			Are you certain, sir? If...

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT FIVE        48.

92   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			I'm quite certain, Counselor.
				(to Riker)
			By all means, demonstrate your
			gifts of affection.

	Troi is clearly still nervous about this. Data too.

					"Q" (BROTHER)
				(eyeing Picard)
			Remarkable! He rises now above
			jealousy.

93   ANGLE EMPHASIZING RIKER

	turning to his friends.

					RIKER
			Don't be frightened. There is
			no way I could harm any one of
			you. Shall I guess your dreams?

					BEVERLY
				(quickly)
			Leave now, Wesley!

					RIKER
			No! Wesley, I may know best of
			all.
				(smiles at Wesley)
			Our friendship, our long talks...

					BEVERLY
			No, please... !

94   EMPHASIZING WESLEY AND RIKER (OPTICAL)

					RIKER
				(to Wesley)
			Have your favorite wish, my young
			friend!

	With a LIGHT FLASH, "WESLEY" becomes a handsome young
	Starfleet officer of about 25 years.

        STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT FIVE        49.

95   INTERCUT OTHERS

	Their REACTIONS. Their surprise is complete. On a
	very intimate level that concerns themselves, this
	seems godlike power they are witnessing. Picard, on
	the other hand, seems to be analyzing, measuring, what
	is happening.

					GEORDI
			Hey Wes, you've grown into a very
			good looking guy!

	Tasha gives a "definitely" to that sentiment. Troi
	is concerned about Beverly who seems stunned as she
	walks nearer her son, scrutinizing him closely. Data
	gives Picard a puzzled "what are you up to" look.
	Picard appears to be holding his breath as he
	anticipates further developments.

96   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Riker is eyeing Data now.

					RIKER
			Data...

					DATA
				(forcefully shaking
				 head)
			No!

					RIKER
			It's what you've always wanted,
			Data to become human!

	Data almost says "yes," but then:

					DATA
			Yes, sir, that is true. But I
			never wanted to compound one
			illusion with another. It might
			seem real to "Q" -- even you,
			sir... but it would not be so to
			me. Was it not one of the
			Captain's favorite authors who
			wrote, "This above all, to thine
			own self be true?"
				(beat)
			Sorry, Commander, I must decline.

	Riker turns to Geordi. As he moves to him and removes
	the VISOR, unobtrusively handing it to Geordi:

            STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT FIVE            50.

96   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Well, my friend, I know what you
			want. Welcome to the wonderful
			world of vision.

	Geordi looks around in awe. His eyes come to rest on
	Tasha.

					GEORDI
			You're as beautiful as I imagined,
			and more.

					RIKER
			Then we can throw the VISOR away?

	Geordi slowly replaces the VISOR over his eyes.

					GEORDI
			I think not, sir. The price is
			a little high for me. I don't
			like who I would have to thank.
			I can still steer the ship with
			this.

97   ANGLE EMPHASIZING WESLEY AND BEVERLY

	as Beverly appraises the new form of her son.

					BEVERLY
			If you accept this new you,
			Wesley, you'll lose wonderful
			times, so many important
			experiences...

98   EMPHASIZING WORF (OPTICAL)

	as Riker moves to inspect him in turn.

					RIKER
			And Worf, who wants nothing...

					WORF
			Except honor and my duty
			fulfilled.

					RIKER
				(interrupting)
			Proud warrior Worf, without a
			single tie to his own kind...

            STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT FIVE            51.

98   CONTINUED:

	In a LIGHT FLASH, it's not Worf who changes but someone
	else who APPEARS at his feet -- a Klingon warrioress.
	Her eyes flash as she looks up at her man Worf, an arm
	encircles him at the knees -- her other arm holds a
	Klingon weapon -- a kligat -- as she looks around, sees
	nothing but sliens. Then moving with surprising speed,
	she comes to her feet and lashes out with her weapon
	at Troi, who is the person nearest. Worf moves quickly
	too, takes the blow intended for Troi, SLAMS the
	warrioress down. In Klingon tradition, she flattens
	herself to the floor and crawls, SNARLING to embrace
	Worf's feet.

					WORF
				(whirling to Riker)
			No! She is from a world now alien
			to me. I have no place in my life
			for this now!

99   ANGLE ON WESLEY

	moving to Riker. His voice is that of an adult male.

					WESLEY
			Mister Riker...
				(shakes head)
			... it's too soon for this...

					RIKER
			If it's because your mother
			objects...

					WESLEY
			No, I'd just like to get there
			on my own. Honest!

	Picard is now looking very pleased... both with himself
	for estimating this correctly, and with his people for
	their common sense. Riker sees and understands.

					RIKER
			How did you know, sir? I feel
			like such... such an idiot!

					PICARD
			Quite right, you should!

					RIKER
			But it was... such a pleasure to
			have been able to do those things.

            STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT FIVE            52.

99   CONTINUED:

	As "Q" PASSES, Picard blocks his path.

					PICARD
			It's all over "Q". You have no
			further business here.

					"Q" (BROTHER)
			Human, you have just destroyed
			yourself... !

					PICARD
			But only after you've paid off
			your wager, "Q".

					"Q" (BROTHER)
			I recall no wager!

					PICARD
			I'm sure your fellow "Q" remember
			you agreed to never trouble our
			species again. Just as they're
			aware you've failed to tempt a
			human to join you. So, "Q", I
			strongly suspect you have some
			explaining of your own to do...

	A sudden MAJOR FLASH OF BRILLIANT LIGHT... wiping out
	the entire SCENE for a moment. Then WE SEE REVEALED
	the bridge crew exactly as we saw them when this ACT
	began. "Q" is no longer there -- Wesley is fifteen
	again -- Worf is without his warrioress -- Tasha is
	the familiar security chief. And all are at their duty
	positions, with Wesley assisting Data at Ops, Beverly
	standing near Picard.

100  ANOTHER ANGLE EMPHASIZING PICARD

	Everyone is speechless. Then, Picard breaks the
	silence.

					PICARD
			Extraordinary! "Q" sought to
			discover the distinguishing
			characteristic of humanity and
			never learned what Coleridge
			said: "It must be the possession
			of a soul within us that makes
			the difference."

					GEORDI
			Sir... we show the same "hole" in
			time again. Our instruments say
			we've just now beamed up from our
			rescue mission.

            STAR TREK: Hide And "Q" - 9/25/87 - ACT FIVE            53.

100  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			How can the "Q" handle time and
			space so well, and us so badly?

					PICARD
			Perhaps we'll discover some day
			that time and space are simpler
			than the human equation.
				(toward Riker)
			No coordinates laid in, Number
			One?

					RIKER
			Uh... yes, sir.
				(toward Helm)
			You have my coordinates, Mister
			La Forge.

	Geordi gives Wesley a look, and a nod. Wesley calls
	it out eagerly.

					WESLEY
			Zero-zero-eight, Mark,
			three-three-nine, sir.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Engage!

101  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it MOVES AWAY from us.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             












                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                                
                     "Too Short A Season" 
                          #40271-112 
                                
                           Story by 
                      Michael Michaelian 
                                
                          Teleplay by 
                      Michael Michaelian 
                              and 
                         D. C. Fontana 
                                
                          Directed by 
                          Rob Bowman 


Copyright 1987 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved.

This script is not for publication or reproduction. No one
is authorized to dispose of same. If lost or destroyed,
please notify the Script Department.


                       REV. FINAL DRAFT

                       OCTOBER 6, 1987

          STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Too Short A Season"                          
                              
                             CAST                               

                PICARD             ADMIRAL MARK JAMESON
                RIKER              ANNE JAMESON
                DATA               JAMESON (BOY)
                TROI               KARNAS
                BEVERLY            BEVERLY
                TASHA              TASHA
                GEORDI             Non-Speaking Roles:
                WORF                 TRANSPORTER CHIEF
                                     MORDANITE SOLDIERS
                                     OLD MORDANITE VETERANS
                                     ENTERPRISE CREW MEMBERS

          STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Too Short A Season"                          
                              
                             SETS                               

             INTERIORS                 EXTERIORS
          
             USS ENTERPRISE            USS ENTERPRISE
               MAIN BRIDGE             IN SPACE
               TRANSPORTER ROOM        ORBITING PERSEPHONE V
               SICKBAY                 ORBITING MORDAN IV
               CONFERENCE LOUNGE
               PICARD'S READY ROOM
               JAMESON QUARTERS
               CRUSHER'S OFFICE
               OBSERVATION LOUNGE
          
             MORDAN
               TUNNEL #1
               TUNNEL #2
               TUNNEL #3
               KARNAS' OFFICE

        STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - TEASER        1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                     "Too Short A Season"                          

                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE IN ORBIT (OPTICAL)

	The great ship circles a reddish planet. Behind both
	is the backdrop of a sparkling splash of stars against
	black space.

					PICARD (V. O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41309.5.
			We are in orbit around Persephone
			V where I have been sent to confer
			with Admiral Mark Jameson in
			regard to an extraordinary
			situation....

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE ON PICARD

	All other bridge personnel are in place at their usual
	stations.

					PICARD
			Starfleet received this subspace
			transmission two days ago,
			Admiral.

3    ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	REVEALING CLOSE UP OF ADMIRAL MARK JAMESON. The
	Admiral is a man of eighty, still crusty and alert,
	still a Starfleet warhorse. Jameson nods briskly as:

					JAMESON
			Let's see it, Captain.

4    ANGLE TOWARD COMMAND AREA

					PICARD
			On screen and relay to the
			admiral, Mister Data.

	Data taps his console quickly and:

        STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - TEASER        2.

5    CLOSE ON MAIN VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The Screen FLASHES UP a sharp color picture of KARNAS
	in his OFFICE. There is a desk, several chairs. The
	wall behind the desk is barren, save for a set of three
	weapons mounted on it. Two of the weapons are
	phaser-like, but of old design and of different sizes.
	One of the weapons is a short pole about two inches
	in diameter with a wicked-looking blade on either end.
	Karnas sits at the desk, facing INTO CAMERA. He is
	in his sixties, with a formal, military bearing, a man
	with a good many worry lines marking his face, a man
	without many smiles.

					KARNAS
			I am Karnas, governor of Mordan
			IV. A dissident terrorist group
			has taken Federation Ambassador
			Hawkins and his staff hostage.
			They will not discuss terms with
			me. This is a crisis I cannot
			resolve without assistance. The
			terrorists are demanding a
			Federation negotiator.

6    CLOSE TWO - PICARD AND RIKER

	studying the screen as Karnas speaks.

7    ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

					KARNAS
			I feel there is only one
			negotiator with the skills and
			understanding to resolve this
			situation. The hostages' lives
			will depend on Starfleet
			delivering this man to Mordan.
			Commander Mark Jameson.
				(corrects himself)
			Admiral Jameson. The terrorists
			have given you six Earth days to
			arrive here -- or the hostages
			will die. Please...hurry.

	Abruptly, the Screen goes BLANK. A star b.g. appears.
	It, in turn, is replaced by the IMAGE OF JAMESON.

        STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - TEASER        3.

8    ANGLE ON PICARD

					PICARD
			Starfleet doesn't understand how
			or why this situation developed.
			Mordan IV has finally gained peace
			after decades of civil war --

9    INTERCUT JAMESON ON MAIN VIEWSCREEN WITH PICARD AS
NEEDED (OPTICAL)

					JAMESON
			Forty years of civil war, Captain.

					PICARD
			Yes, sir. Karnas was largely
			responsible for the planet's
			unification and peace. Why
			should he suddenly be unable to
			deal with rebellious factions?

	Jameson leans back in his chair, looking inward.

					JAMESON
			Forty-five years ago I negotiated
			a hostage situation on Mordan.
			Karnas was a young man then....
				(light chuckle)
			... but so was I. He seems to feel
			I can handle the situation again.
			Obviously Starfleet feels that
			way too, or you wouldn't be here.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			I'm detailed to take you to Mordan
			IV as soon as you can be ready,
			Admiral.

10   ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

					JAMESON
			My wife and I will beam aboard
			at 1500 hours, Captain. Be
			prepared to depart this starbase
			and proceed immediately to Mordan
			IV. Acknowledge.

        STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - TEASER        4.

11   ANGLE ON COMMAND AREA

					PICARD
			Received and acknowledged, sir.
			Picard out.

					TROI
			Nearly 1500 now, sir.

					PICARD
				(rising)
			Well, Number One. Why don't we
			go and welcome the admiral aboard?

12   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - ANGLE ON TRANSPORTER CHIEF,
PICARD AND RIKER

	Picard and Riker ENTER, glancing toward the platform.

					RIKER
			Admiral Jameson, sir. Have you
			met him before?

					PICARD
			Your hero, Number One?

					RIKER
			Not only mine. My father served
			on the Falcon with him. I grew
			up on stories about Mark Jameson.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			I've heard all the legends about
			him, too. Not only the Falcon's
			missions and the Mordan rescue,
			but the Gettysburg's explorations,
			his command of the old Pegasus
			in the Klingon conflicts....

13   ANGLE AT TRANSPORTER

	Two Figures are BEGINNING TO MATERIALIZE on the pads.
	As the TRANSPORTER EFFECT AND SOUND DIE DOWN Jameson
	and his wife, ANNE, FULLY MATERIALIZED. Jameson appears
	as he did on the Main Viewscreen -- except WE NOW SEE
	he has been confined to a "physical support chair,"
	which greatly inhibits the physical movements of his
	lower body. The chair is enclosed around his hips and
	legs, hiding them from our view.

        STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - TEASER        5.

13   CONTINUED:

	Anne Jameson is seventy, slim, one of those especially
	graced women whose face still shows the looks that made
	her a beautiful young woman. Picard and Riker exchange
	a quick glance; the admiral's physical condition is a
	surprise. Then they move forward as:

					PICARD
			Welcome aboard, Admiral.
				(indicating Riker)
			My executive officer, Commander
			William Riker.

					RIKER
			My pleasure, sir.
				(a nod to Anne)
			Ma'am.

					JAMESON
			My wife, Anne.

	Anne smiles graciously at Picard and Riker.

					JAMESON
			Captain, there are certain details
			of this mission that you should
			understand before we begin.

					PICARD
			Is this the place to be discussing
			them, sir?

					JAMESON
			Why not? You and your first
			officer are both here.

					PICARD
			Yes, sir.

					JAMESON
			Captain, I am not simply an
			advisor. On any assignment I
			accompany, Starfleet has
			designated me Senior Mission
			Officer. I control the Away Team
			and all its actions. Is that
			understood?

	Picard and Riker exchange a surprised look.

        STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - TEASER        6.

14   CLOSE ON JAMESON

	He seems quite pleased with himself -- but also
	concerned for Picard's feelings.

					JAMESON
			Of course, Captain, you will
			command the ship -- but the
			mission is mine. I trust you
			are in complete agreement.

15   ON PICARD AND RIKER

	nonplussed -- but what can Picard do? He puts the best
	face on it he can and manages another smile.

					PICARD
			Yes, sir. Of course.

									FADE OUT:

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT ONE       7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

16   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	underway at warp speed, flashing by on her urgent
	mission.

17   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE TOWARD GEORDI AND DATA

	Geordi sees something on his console, turns in his
	chair toward Picard.

					GEORDI
			Response to our message coming
			in from Mordan, sir.

					PICARD
			Put it on the screen, Mister Data.

	Data nods and tabs the panel quickly.

18   ANGLE ON COMMAND AREA

	Picard, Riker and Troi are in their usual positions,
	with Jameson installed in his support chair on Riker's
	right. They all respond with interest as:

					KARNAS (V.O.)
				(filtered)
			Mordan IV to Enterprise. This
			is Karnas. I will speak to the
			captain.

					PICARD
			I am Captain Picard, in command
			of the Enterprise.

19   ON MAIN VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	(KARNAS'S OFFICE) Karnas is seen seated behind his
	desk.

					KARNAS
				(abrupt, curt)
			Is Admiral Jameson on board?

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT ONE       8.

20   ANGLE AT COMMAND AREA

	The others glance over at Jameson, who sits up
	straighter in his chair.

					PICARD
				(nods toward Jameson)
			He is here, beside my first
			officer. Do you wish to speak
			to him now?

21   ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Karnas nods and squints INTO CAMERA as:

					KARNAS
			So, Jameson.
				(squints again)
			I see time has not been kind.

22   WIDER - INCLUDING TROI AND JAMESON

					JAMESON
			It seldom is, Karnas. However,
			we could save a good deal of it
			now if you'll outline the
			terrorists' demands....

	Troi is shifting her attention between Jameson and
	Karnas (on the screen), taking in the speech and body
	nuances of both men.

22A  ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

					KARNAS
			They insist all discussions will
			take place here... on Mordan. They
			refuse to speak to me -- only to
			you.

					JAMESON (V.O.)
			They could relay their terms on
			your communications channels....

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT ONE       9.

22A  CONTINUED:

					KARNAS
				(shakes head)
			They insist on speaking face to
			face when you arrive. They say
			they will brook no excuses. If
			there are any offered, your
			ambassador and his people will
			die. Unpleasantly. I believe
			them -- and so should you,
			Admiral.

					JAMESON
				(pause, then:)
			Tell them I accept the conditions
			of negotiation.

					KARNAS
			I will do so immediately. Karnas
			out.

	The IMAGE CUTS OUT, and is replaced by WARP STARS.

24   ANGLE TOWARD COMMAND AREA - EMPHASIZING PICARD AND
JAMESON

	Jameson navigates his chair a little forward as:

					RIKER
			For a man in his position, Karnas
			doesn't seem to know much about
			the situation.

					JAMESON
			Wrong, Number One. He told me
			the terrorists are desperate
			enough to kill if they're crossed.
			They're willing to talk one on
			one, but not to him.

					PICARD
				(to Troi)
			Counselor?

					TROI
			From his body language as well
			as his words and tone... I'd judge
			that what Karnas said was honest,
			but I sensed a holding back.

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT ONE       10.

24   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Perhaps he knows more about the
			terrorists than he is willing to
			admit.

					JAMESON
			Possible, but I suspect it's
			closer to the mark if we said he
			doesn't want to admit failure of
			his own efforts to negotiate.
			He is a proud man.

					TROI
			That could be, sir. Karnas has
			established himself as a powerful
			man on Mordan. Suddenly -- in
			this situation -- his power is
			useless.

	Interrupted by:

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Sickbay to bridge. I am ready
			for Admiral Jameson now.

					PICARD
			He is on his way, Doctor.

					JAMESON
			On my way to what, Captain?

					PICARD
			Just a routine medical checkup.
			Ship's regulations.

25   CLOSE ON JAMESON

	His expression flickers just slightly, but he nods
	toward Picard, acquiescing.

26   ANGLE ON TROI

	watching Jameson. She frowns as she senses something
	behind Jameson's apparent agreement.

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT ONE       11.

27   INT. SICKBAY - CLOSE ON BEVERLY

					BEVERLY
			Pardon me, sir, but refusing a
			simple medical check --

	CAMERA PULLS BACK TO INCLUDE JAMESON.

					JAMESON
			I'm sorry, Doctor, but it isn't
			necessary.
				(hands her a tiny disk)
			The chief medical officer on
			Starbase 45 ran a complete battery
			of tests on me two days ago.
			Semi-annual exam. You'll find
			I've been a victim of Iverson's
			Disease for five years. My
			"case," as you doctors like to
			call it, is now chronic. In
			another year, it will undoubtedly
			progress to terminal.

					BEVERLY
			I'm sorry --

					JAMESON
			No need. I do not accept the
			prognosis, Doctor. But right now,
			I don't have time to waste, and
			there's no point in you wasting
			your time either.
				(indicates disk)
			There's your information.

	Beverly considers only briefly. Commanders don't win
	arguments with admirals.

					BEVERLY
			Thank you, Admiral. I'll look
			them over.

28   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	traveling at warp speed, as before.

29   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - WIDE SHOT

	Gathered around the desk are Picard, Riker, Data, Troi
	and Jameson.

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT ONE       12.

29   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			What I don't understand, sir, is
			how Karnas knew you were still...
			available.

					JAMESON
			Still alive, you mean.

					RIKER
				(unembarrassed)
			So far as Karnas knew, you might
			have been dead, sir.

					JAMESON
			Quite right, Commander. But I'm
			not, and I imagine Ambassador
			Hawkins told him that. I briefed
			the ambassador about Mordan
			before he left to take up
			residence.

					PICARD
			All right. Karnas has a problem
			he feels you can handle. What
			can the terrorists want that
			Karnas can't or won't give them?

					DATA
			Mordan has had peace for five
			years. They have finally come
			to a state of productivity that
			satisfies their planetary needs,
			but no more than that. Perhaps
			the dissidents feel the Federation
			can provide more -- technology,
			science, agricultural
			assistance....

					JAMESON
			I've negotiated many a treaty on
			many planets, Picard. I've found
			that peace -- or the appearance
			of it -- is often a prelude to
			war.

					TROI
			Admiral are you suggesting the
			terrorists want arms and weapons?

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT ONE       13.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					JAMESON
			They may. I am suggesting Karnas
			is the last man to give them such
			weapons.

					PICARD
			Karnas worked and fought for
			years to achieve peace.

					JAMESON
			And he's not likely to throw it
			away... even for the lives of the
			hostages.

					TROI
			I see. You believe Karnas won't
			negotiate on that point, so the
			terrorists demanded an outside
			negotiator.

					JAMESON
			I know Karnas. He is a warrior...
			he lives for challenge. These
			people have insulted his honor
			by taking the embassy staff
			hostage. I'll negotiate -- but
			I'll have to be very careful in
			handling Karnas. He'll want
			revenge for that insult.

	He looks around at them challengingly, daring them to
	debate it. No one cares to argue with the expert, but
	Troi still studies Jameson with particular interest.

30   INT. JAMESON QUARTERS - ANNE AND JAMESON

	Anne is straightening out the final details of their
	quarters, putting away clothing items, etc. As Jameson
	ROLLS IN, seated in the support chair:

					ANNE
				(mildly teasing)
			... You're late. Couldn't get away
			from the bridge?

					JAMESON
			Didn't want to. It feels good
			to be on one again.

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT ONE       14.

30   CONTINUED:

					ANNE
				(going to him)
			I'm glad, Mark.
				(touches chair)
			Do you want me to help you up?

	Jameson waves her off, opens the front of the chair,
	and lifts himself out of it into a regular chair. Anne
	stares at him, somewhat surprised.

					ANNE
			You're stronger today...

					JAMESON
			I'm fine. Feel like a kid again.

	Anne touches his face gently, smiling at him. Sure --
	there are the good days. She pecks him on the cheek,
	turns away to put away some final item.

					ANNE
			This ship is magnificent. Pity
			we didn't have them twenty, thirty
			years ago. We could have been
			together almost all of your
			career.

31   CLOSE ON JAMESON

	as her voice comes OVER, we see he is beginning to feel
	pain... gradually at first, and then getting worse... and
	worse.

					ANNE (V.O.)
			It's so good to be able to be with
			you now.

32   TWO SHOT

	A GASP from Jameson as he can no longer contain the
	pain. Anne swings around sharply, hurries to him.

					ANNE
			Mark! I'll call Sickbay --

	His hand shoots out and traps her wrist, nailing her in
	place.

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT ONE       15.

32   CONTINUED:

					JAMESON
			No! There's no need. It's
			happened before --

					ANNE
			When? You haven't said anything
			--

					JAMESON
			It'll pass... give me a moment....

	She watches him, concerned, caring. And the pain does
	die away from his face, loosening its grip. His hand
	on her arm loosens, too; and she absently rubs her
	wrist where his fingers dug in and left deep red marks.
	She's more worried about him than herself.

					JAMESON
				(continuing)
			See... I'm better. It's going
			away.

					ANNE
			What is it? Do the doctors know?

					JAMESON
			Just body changes... My last
			checkup, they said I'd have to
			expect it.

	He notices she is still rubbing her arm, and he reaches
	out to touch her gently.

					ANNE
			You're sure? Don't lie to me.

					JAMESON
			I'm sure.

	He holds out his arms, and she bends into his embrace.
	They hold each other very tightly -- old lovers still
	in love.

33   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - TWO SHOT - BEVERLY AND
PICARD

					BEVERLY
			... All the medical information
			the admiral provided is
			satisfactory, sir....

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT ONE       16.

33   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(it's routine)
			Excellent, Doctor --

					BEVERLY
				(overriding)
			Except for one thing.

	Picard gives her an inquiring look and waits for it.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			The test results he gave me aren't
			two days old, they're two months
			old. The medical file coder
			always includes the date as part
			of the file number. He lied to
			me, sir -- and I don't know why.

					PICARD
			He is eighty years old, Doctor.
			For some, the memory begins to
			fail....

					BEVERLY
			He suffers from Iverson's Disease,
			sir. It affects the body -- not
			the mind. I just have a gut
			feeling he's hiding something.

					PICARD
			I'd expect that observation from
			Counselor Troi, but --
				(on her sharp look)
			I respect your opinion, Doctor.
			And I'll want you on the bridge
			for the next day or so. The
			admiral has to remain in the best
			of health for these negotiations.
			He might require your services.

	The level look he exchanges with her tells her a lot.
	Picard respects her judgment -- and he's uneasy about
	the situation. She nods to him, she'll go with it.

34   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The great ship travels by at warp speed.

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT ONE       17.

34   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's personal log... I am
			puzzled and somewhat concerned
			by the dating error Admiral
			Jameson made on his medical
			records.

35   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE ON COMMAND AREA

	All regulars at their stations, Jameson in the support
	chair surveying information at Science Station 2, near
	Worf. Beverly is seated on the guest bench near Troi.

					PICARD
				(rises, turns to
				 Jameson)
			Admiral, we're approaching the
			Idini Star Cluster. Would you
			like to take the Conn as we make
			transit?

36   ANGLE ON JAMESON

	He turns slightly in the chair and smiles at Picard.

					JAMESON
			Thank you, Captain. I would.

	And then he swings away the enclosing front section of
	the support chair, rises and walks toward the ramp.

37   INTERCUT REACTIONS - ALL KEY BRIDGE PERSONNEL

	staring at Jameson as he moves a little unsteadily but
	entirely on his own down the ramp. Halfway down, he
	stumbles slightly, and Riker reaches out a hand to him.
	Jameson waves him away, regains his balance and MOVES
	ACROSS to Picard.

38   ANGLE ON BEVERLY

	She is frowning deeply, not liking what she sees.

39   AT THE COMMAND CHAIR

	Picard reins in his surprise, quickly collects himself.
	Jameson is grinning, pleased with his feat.

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT ONE       18.

39   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Well, Admiral. Quite a little
			surprise you've pulled on us.

					BEVERLY
			Yes. Quite.

	Jameson shoots a look at Beverly, nods to her.

					JAMESON
			Neglected to mention... I began
			some new therapy before I left.
			Seems to be working. I haven't
			felt this good since the last time
			I was in space. The Gettysburg.
			All I needed to get me out of that
			chair was the thought of walking
			the decks in command of a starship
			again.

	Beverly stares at him, impassive -- and not buying
	it.

					PICARD
			Admiral... you only have the Conn
			temporarily.

					JAMESON
				(laughs lightly)
			Figure of speech. Of course she's
			your ship.
				(takes the chair)
			I'll just keep an eye on her for
			a while.

	As he continues to smile genially at Picard:

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT TWO       19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

40   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	traveling at warp speed.

41   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - PICARD, BEVERLY

	Picard has led the doctor into the room; Beverly is
	still disturbed by what has happened. As the door
	closes behind them, Picard turns to face her.

					PICARD
			The admiral displayed a remarkable
			improvement out there, wouldn't
			you say?

					BEVERLY
			Captain, no one recovers from
			Iverson's Disease. There is no
			known cure, and there are no cases
			where it has gone into remission.
			I haven't heard of any new
			therapy that would have results
			like this.

					PICARD
			Then how do you account for it?

					BEVERLY
			I can't. All I can tell you is
			that the admiral has been confined
			to the support chair for four
			years by the effects of Iverson's.
			By all the medical facts we know,
			he should never have walked again.

	Picard considers that, finally looks up at her.

					PICARD
			I'd like you to look into it,
			Doctor. Thoroughly.

					BEVERLY
			Yes, sir.


       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT TWO       20.

42   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	traveling at high warp.

43   INT. JAMESON QUARTERS - ANGLE ON JAMESON

	He is seated at a desk, studying a personal Viewer.
	NOTE: The light is dim here, turned down so he can see
	the screen better.

44   CLOSE ON VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	Jameson is reviewing the Karnas message seen in the
	Teaser.

					KARNAS
			The terrorists have given you
			six Earth days to bring him here
			-- or the hostages will die.
			Please...hurry.

45   WIDER ANGLE - INCLUDING ANNE

	(Viewer o.s.) She comes into the main room from the
	bedroom area as:

					ANNE
			I don't know how much more
			information you think you can get
			out of that tape.

	He rises, walks easily toward her, still in DIM LIGHT.
	Anne stops, staring at him.

					ANNE
			Mark... ? My God... what happened?

					JAMESON
			It's a new therapy I've been
			taking. It's -- working, Anne.

					ANNE
				(runs to him)
			Oh, Mark!

	He puts his arms around her, gives her a warm kiss.
	In fact, as she responds, his kiss gets warmer. His
	hands move toward a more intimate position. Anne pulls
	back slightly, surprised by the sudden sensuality from
	him.

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT TWO       21.

45   CONTINUED:

					ANNE
			Mark... ?

					JAMESON
			I told you I just needed to get
			back into space again.

					ANNE
				(studies him)
			You're really looking much
			better....

					JAMESON
			It's the new treatment.

46   EMPHASIZING ANNE

	She is frowning a little.

					ANNE
			No... come here....

					JAMESON
				(makes another grab for
				 her)
			I hope you're heading for the
			bedroom.

					ANNE
			Stop it, Mark.

	She takes his hand, leads him into the brighter area
	of the room where a mirror hangs on the wall. As he
	COMES INTO BRIGHTER LIGHT, WE SEE far more changes
	about him than just the smoother walk. His hair has
	darkened, lost some of the gray. Some of the deep
	wrinkles in his face have softened. Anne moves
	Jameson in front of the mirror and, in this brighter
	light, she stares at him in shock.

					ANNE
			Mark, you look like you did twenty
			years ago.

					JAMESON
				(laughs)
			You're flattering me.

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT TWO       22.

47   TWO SHOT

	Anne looks up at him, frightened and angry.

					ANNE
			Mark, what the hell is going on?

					JAMESON
			I don't know what --

	He suddenly breaks off, nearly falls to the floor,
	wracked with intense pain. As an anguished CRY escapes
	him, Anne reaches out to him.

					ANNE
			Mark!

	Jameson goes to his knees, then collapses on his side.
	Anne runs to the companel and activates it, near panic.

					ANNE
				(continuing)
			Sickbay! Medical emergency in
			the admiral's quarters!

	Anne looks back at Jameson, who is curled into an
	almost fetal position on the floor, still wracked with
	intense pain. As he CRIES OUT AGAIN:

48   INT. CRUSHER'S OFFICE - BEVERLY AND PICARD

	The Captain is looking over her shoulder at the Viewer
	(o.s.). It is flashing up confirming information as
	she talks:

					BEVERLY
				(frowning)
			I've found traces of chemical
			substances in his blood and tissue
			samples, but none of them are in
			our pharmacopeia. We're still
			working on alien references to
			substances like these. All I can
			say is that he ingested something
			that's strongly affecting his
			body.

					PICARD
			Specifics, Doctor.

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT TWO       23.

48   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Captain, there are so many things
			going on here, I can't be positive
			without a lot more tests.

					PICARD
			Give me what you have now.

					BEVERLY
			His red cell count is running
			riot. Then there's the cellular
			structure of his body tissue.
			It's -- changing. I can't even
			begin on that until I see what
			it's changing to. His DNA is all
			skewed. I don't know how it's
			possible, but he even looks
			younger. And Captain... there
			is absolutely no sign of Iverson's
			Disease.

					PICARD
			You said there is no cure for
			Iverson's.

					BEVERLY
				(shakes head)
			None we know of. Whatever else
			these substances are doing to his
			body, at least they've done that
			for him. But how or why, I can't
			say on the information I have now.

					PICARD
			Get me some answers, Doctor. As
			soon as possible.

					BEVERLY
			Yes, sir.

	Picard STRIDES OUT, and Beverly looks after him,
	crinkles her nose slightly. Easy for him to say.

49   INT. JAMESONS' QUARTERS - ANGLE AT THE DOOR

	as Picard ENTERS. Anne comes to meet him, concerned
	and frightened -- more than we'd expect her to be.

					ANNE
			Captain....

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT TWO       24.

49   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			There are some questions I have
			to ask the admiral, Mrs. Jameson.

					JAMESON (O.S.)
			Ask away. There's nothing to hide
			now.

	Picard looks o.s. at the man standing in the doorway to
	the bedroom -- and goes rigid.

50   CLOSE ON JAMESON

	He now looks like a man in his fifties -- vital,
	strong, still ready to take on the world.

51   WIDER - TO INCLUDE PICARD, ANNE

					PICARD
				(recovers himself)
			Admiral -- in addition to your
			rank, you are a particularly
			valuable commodity just now.
			Starfleet has a right to some
			answers.

	Jameson shrugs, gestures toward a group of chairs.
	Picard and Anne follow him there as:

					JAMESON
			I'd been planning this for a long
			time -- ever since I learned I
			had Iverson's Disease. Since it
			put me in that chair.

	From her expression, this is news to Anne.

					ANNE
			What did you do, Mark?

52   CLOSER ON THE GROUP

	as they sit.

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT TWO       25.

52   CONTINUED:

					JAMESON
			There's a planet in the Cerberus
			system -- Cerberus II -- they say
			the natives have a process that
			rejuvenates the body... gives you
			your youth back.

					PICARD
			I've heard that story, too. It's
			a myth.

					JAMESON
			It's true, Picard. I'm the living
			proof. Oh, it's dangerous -- the
			mortality rate is high -- and it's
			painful.
				(ruefully)
			Very painful. Aliens are seldom
			allowed to obtain the process,
			but I managed it. I negotiated
			a treaty for Cerberus II several
			years ago, and they felt obligated
			to honor my request for the
			process.

					PICARD
				(studies him)
			Obviously it works rapidly. How
			does it work?

					JAMESON
			The herb and drug combinations
			are self-administered... slowly,
			over a period of two years. Every
			response is different, depending
			on a being's DNA.
				(to Anne)
			I got enough for both of us, Anne
			-- but I had to test it on myself
			first. I couldn't risk you. If
			I died... well, I was half a man
			anyway, to what did it matter... ?

					ANNE
			It would matter to me.

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT TWO       26.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

					JAMESON
			But I was starting to change,
			Anne. It was almost undetectable,
			but the improvement was there.
			Then this hostage situation came
			up, and I knew I'd have to be at
			my peak to deal with it. I
			didn't have time to wait for the
			drugs to work naturally --

					PICARD
			You took the whole dose.

					JAMESON
			I took both of them. And look
			at me! Annie, look at me. I'm
			strong, alert, I'm fit. I'm
			fitter than you are, Picard. And
			I'm getting younger!

					PICARD
			The only question I have, Admiral,
			is why you felt it necessary to
			be young to negotiate the hostage
			release. Surely Karnas requested
			you because of your age and
			experience.

	Jameson stares at him -- then glances away, his face
	flushing. He doesn't have an answer. Picard sighs,
	rises.

					PICARD
			I'll be on the bridge, Admiral,
			if you wish to talk further.

	Picard EXITS.

53   CLOSE ON ANNE

					ANNE
			Why didn't you tell me, Mark?
			We've always been honest with each
			other -- until now.

	CAMERA ANGLE WIDENS TO INCLUDE JAMESON as he faces her
	bitter anger. The visible difference in their ages
	is very apparent here.

					JAMESON
			Annie, I did it for us.

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT TWO       27.

53   CONTINUED:

					ANNE
			I'm sure you believed that --
			until you had a chance to head
			up a mission... to command again.
			Then you just upended the bottle
			-- or whatever it was -- and damn
			all. Did you think about me at
			all?

					JAMESON
			I got enough of the dosage for
			both of us....

					ANNE
			But you never asked if I wanted
			it. It's just like you, Mark,
			to assume that what you felt was
			right was the only answer.

					JAMESON
			It was the right answer for me.
			It was killing you, having to take
			care of an invalid. What good
			was I to you? Annie -- we can
			be together again....

	He takes her in his arms, tries to kiss her
	passionately. She exerts a strong, angry effort and
	pushes him away.

					ANNE
			Let me go!

					JAMESON
			I can get another supply of the
			drug for you --

	Anne SOBS IN ANGER -- he just doesn't get it -- and she
	runs into the bedroom. The door slides closed behind
	her. Jameson is angry at her behavior. He slaps his
	open palm on a piece of nearby furniture, heads rapidly
	for the door.

54   INT. CONFERENCE LOUNGE - ANGLE ON JAMESON

	He is seated at the table in front of a small Viewer.
	There is no one else in the room. The lights are
	DIMMED DOWN, and Jameson's face is largely in shadow.

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT TWO       28.

54   CONTINUED:

					JAMESON
			Commander Data, I wish to open
			a communication frequency to
			Karnas.

55   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE ON PICARD AND DATA

	Picard sits up straight as:

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			A moment, Mister Data. Admiral,
			this is Picard. May I know the
			purpose of this communication?

56   INT. CONFERENCE LOUNGE - ON JAMESON

					JAMESON
			Karnas must have tried to
			negotiate with the terrorists
			before he was forced to call on
			me. I want all the information
			he has access to.

57   INTERCUT BETWEEN PICARD ON BRIDGE AND JAMESON AS
NEEDED

					PICARD
			You said he was a proud man...
			probably sensitive about his
			failure to deal with the
			situation. Is it wise to press
			him on this?

					JAMESON
			I'm the negotiator, Picard.
			Karnas will have to cooperate
			with me and the terrorists, and
			damn his sensitivities.

					PICARD
			Then I suggest a secured channel,
			Admiral.

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT TWO       29.

57   CONTINUED:

					JAMESON
				(beat, then:)
			A sensible precaution, Picard.
			Make it so.

	Picard nods to Data, who tabs his console as:

					DATA
			Aye, sir. Frequency open and
			secured.

58   INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - ON JAMESON

	NOTE: The LIGHTS in the room REMAIN DIM; Jameson is
	careful to remain back away from the light, so his face
	is in shadow and cannot be clearly seen.

					JAMESON
				(to Viewer)
			Karnas.

59   ANGLE ON VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	WE SEE Karnas, again in his office. His attitude is
	firm, formal, but with a touch of belligerence.

					KARNAS
			What is it you want, Admiral?

60   INTERCUT CLOSE ON JAMESON AND KARNAS ON VIEWER AS
	NEEDED. (OPTICAL)

					JAMESON
			We're on a secured channel,
			Karnas. You can talk freely.
			Who's behind this thing? You said
			dissidents.

					KARNAS
				(carefully)
			Yes... political opponents who feel
			the Federation will disavow me
			as governor if they stir up enough
			trouble on Mordan.

					JAMESON
			Then who is it? Ardan? Gilnor?

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT TWO       30.

60   CONTINUED:

					KARNAS
			They're dead, Jameson. A long
			time now. For a long time I
			thought you were dead, too.

					JAMESON
			I almost died a couple of times
			on missions, but I always made
			it through somehow.

					KARNAS
				(coldly)
			Yes. Now you're coming back to
			Mordan -- to negotiate for
			hostages again. It's almost as
			though the forty-five years
			between never happened....

	Jameson stiffens and stares at the image on the viewer,
	suddenly realizing what this is about.

					JAMESON
			You've never forgiven me.

					KARNAS
			Should I have -- after the legacy
			of war you left us in your last
			"negotiation?"

					JAMESON
			There are no dissidents, are
			there? No terrorists. You have
			the hostages.

					KARNAS
			And if I have? You're coming to
			Mordan, Jameson. You're going
			to negotiate for their lives, and
			I'm going to ask a very high price
			for them.

					JAMESON
			What if I refuse?

					KARNAS
			Then the hostages will die.
			You've seen how my executioners
			work. They are still as efficient
			as they were... perhaps even more
			skilled now. You'll come -- even
			if you don't have much honor left.
			Karnas out.

	The Viewer GOES BLANK.

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT TWO       31.

61   CLOSE ON JAMESON

	angry, determined now on a course of action.

62   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	traveling as before at high warp speed.

63   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - FULL SHOT

	All personnel in their accustomed stations. Jameson
	ENTERS from the Conference Lounge doors, CROSSING to
	Picard as:

					JAMESON
			Are we still on schedule to arrive
			at Mordan in thirty-eight hours?

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir. We're at warp four now.

					JAMESON
			Picard, I want a jump to warp eight
			so we arrive ahead of our announced
			ETA. It'll throw Karnas off balance,
			and we can catch him before he's
			ready.

					PICARD
			Ready for exactly what, Admiral?

					JAMESON
			I believe Karnas is planning
			something new... something that
			will directly endanger the
			hostages' lives.

					PICARD
			What happened in your
			communication to bring you to that
			conclusion? It seems a big
			jump....

					JAMESON
			I'm not at liberty to say, Picard,
			but negotiation is not the answer
			or the issue here. The hostages'
			lives are at stake.

       STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT TWO       32.

63   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I agree the most important thing
			is saving the lives of the
			hostages...

					JAMESON
			And you agree with that, too,
			Riker?

					RIKER
			I do, sir.

					JAMESON
			Good. Because I plan to
			personally lead an away team on
			an armed rescue mission to get
			them out of there.

	On Picard and Riker's stunned shock and surprise:

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT THREE      33.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

64   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is traveling at warp speed against a
	background of streaking stars.

65   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - FULL SHOT

	Gathered in the Command area are Picard, Riker, Tasha,
	Worf, Troi. Jameson presides from the Command Chair.
	Data and Geordi are at their stations.

					JAMESON
			Commander Data, will you bring
			up the plans I requested on the
			Viewscreen, please.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	He begins to work his console. As Data activates the
	Main Viewscreen, Jameson leans forward.

					JAMESON
			Most of Mordan's principal city
			was devastated in the war. What
			was left consisted of a network
			of underground tunnels -- a rat's
			maze. When they rebuilt the city,
			they simply built over the
			tunnels.

					DATA
			I have it, sir.

66   CLOSE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Jameson was right. The GRAPHIC seen on the screen
	depicts what looks like a complicated crochet-work
	doily, every line indicating a tunnel.

      STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT THREE      34.

67   BACK TO WIDER ANGLE

					RIKER
			Admiral, even if you're right
			about Karnas being behind this,
			he still wants to negotiate. Or
			at least to talk. Why not hear
			what he has to say?

					JAMESON
			I've heard what he has to say,
			and I have good reason to believe
			he's lying.

					GEORDI
			Pardon me, sir, but where do these
			come into the picture?

					JAMESON
			This is where Karnas held his
			hostages before and where I
			believe he has them now.

					PICARD
			Wouldn't that be a little too
			obvious, Admiral?

					JAMESON
			Karnas is a dogged strategist,
			Picard -- not a brilliant one.
			He sticks to what works.

					PICARD
			An overt rescue attempt could push
			Karnas into killing the hostages
			outright.

					JAMESON
			I don't think that's what he
			wants, Picard.

					PICARD
			Then what does he want?

	Troi studies Jameson closely, reacting with a slight
	frown to his remarks.

					TASHA
			Maybe his threats are just a way
			to bargain for what he wants....

      STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT THREE      35.

67   CONTINUED:

					JAMESON
			Karnas means exactly what he
			says, Lieutenant. He will kill
			the hostages if we don't get them
			out of there.

					PICARD
			Therefore you see an armed raid
			as our only option.

					JAMESON
			You don't agree.

					PICARD
			I would point out no one else has
			heard or considered Karnas's
			demands but you, Admiral. The
			Federation might take a different
			view of them if they knew what
			they were.

					JAMESON
			Starfleet gave me command of the
			away team, Picard. I intend to
			use them as I see fit.

68   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - PICARD, TROI, BEVERLY

	They are gathered around Picard's desk as WE COME IN:

					PICARD
			Is Jameson physically able to lead
			an away mission, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			His cells, his tissue, even his
			bones are still de-aging, but I'd
			say he was. Generally, I'd call
			Admiral Jameson a healthy
			man... about forty-five... in
			excellent physical condition.

					PICARD
			What about his mind?

					BEVERLY
			The same. Brain scan reveals all
			cells and tissue are changing,
			but healthy. No loss of
			memory... exellent grasp of facts.

      STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT THREE      36.

68   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Counselor?

					TROI
			Certainly his physical capacities
			have been restored. I sense that
			gives him great satisfaction.
			When he came aboard, he seemed
			hopeful, eager. Now there seems
			to be a harder, more forceful
			attitude... ambition....

					PICARD
			More of a young man's attitude,
			I'd say. Aggressive... going right
			for the throat of a situation
			instead of considering the
			alternatives.

					TROI
			Part of that is ambition too.
			He wants to be the man he once
			was. He is the man he once was,
			but sometimes old memories aren't
			very accurate. He was able to
			lead away teams like this once.
			Now he believes he can do it
			again.

	As Beverly mulls over the implications of that one:

69   INT. CRUSHER'S OFFICE - BEVERLY, TROI, ANNE

	Anne is miserable, carrying the signs of her anguish on
	her face.

					ANNE
			Our anniversary is next week.
			Fifty years....

					BEVERLY
			In his heart, he's still the same
			man you married, Anne.

					TROI
			That's true. He still cares for
			you, despite the physical changes
			he's undergoing.

      STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT THREE      37.

69   CONTINUED:

					ANNE
				(confused, anguished)
			But he's getting younger, and I'm
			-- well, look at me. Why did he
			do this... ?

					TROI
			There are lives at stake, Mrs.
			Jameson.

					ANNE
			What about our lives? Mine and
			his, together?

					BEVERLY
				(takes Anne's hand)
			Anne... I think I know a little
			of what you're feeling. My
			husband died on an away mission.
			We'd been married two years. So
			little time. Look at what you've
			had with Mark --

					ANNE
			Years, yes -- but not together.
			I was looking forward to time
			together finally -- our
			retirement. Now he's young again
			and has a life to live over.

	Troi and Beverly exchange a worried glance.

					TROI
			She has to know, Doctor.

					ANNE
			Know what?

					BEVERLY
			Anne... he's --

					ANNE
			What is it?

					BEVERLY
			He's not stabilizing.
				(pause)
			He may not have that life to live
			over.

	Anne looks at her in anguish and despair as we go to:

      STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT THREE      38.

70   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as before, traveling at high warp speed.

71   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - WIDE ANGLE

	as Picard ENTERS. It's dimly lit, indicating it's late
	-- ship's time. Picard makes his way toward a
	comfortable chair, then:

					JAMESON (O.S.)
			We'll be at Mordan in three hours.

72   ANOTHER ANGLE - INCLUDING JAMESON

	He is seated further back from the windows, a drink of
	some kind in his hand. Picard changes direction and
	joins him as:

					PICARD
			I couldn't sleep either.

	Jameson indicates the glass in his hand... an offer.
	Picard shakes his head and sits down opposite him. We
	can see in this closer look at Jameson that he looks
	younger still -- mid-thirties, perhaps.

					JAMESON
			I never could before a mission.
			Always wound up in the Observation
			Lounge, staring out at the stars.
			Thinking.

					PICARD
			Maybe in this case rethinking?

					JAMESON
			Perceptive. They always have
			given you high marks for that at
			Starfleet, Picard.

					PICARD
				(shrugs it away, then:)
			Why is this mission so important
			to you? Why did you risk your
			life so you could lead it
			personally?

					JAMESON
			I want to save lives, Picard.

      STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT THREE      39.

72   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Noble sentiment -- but too easy
			an answer. You've been here
			before. You negotiated a release
			of hostages with Karnas before.
			Why is it now your answer is an
			armed raid?

	Jameson is silent, staring into his glass.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			It's my away team you're going
			to send in. There's something
			you're not telling me, and I have
			a right to know what it is.

					JAMESON
				(grunts)
			Do you know the background? The
			Mordanites had some
			sophistication, but were still
			ruled by tribal family units.
			Karnas's father was the ruling
			chief of one of the families, and
			another tribe had him
			assassinated. Karnas seized the
			passengers of a starliner and
			held them hostage, demanding that
			Starfleet provide him with weapons
			that would enable him to defeat
			his rivals.

					PICARD
			That's the official record.

					JAMESON
				(nods)
			Officially the story is that after
			two other mediators were
			murdered, I went in and negotiated
			with Karnas to bring out the
			hostages safely.

					PICARD
			Are you saying that's not the
			truth?

					JAMESON
			It wasn't my golden oratory that
			saved them, Picard. I gave Karnas
			the weapons he wanted.

      STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT THREE      40.

72   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			You did what?

					JAMESON
			I gave exactly the same weapons
			to his rivals. My interpretation
			of the Prime Directive. Let them
			solve their problems with those
			arms on an equal basis.

	Picard is staring at him with disbelief and disgust.

					PICARD
			That decision plunged them into
			forty years of civil war.

					JAMESON
			I didn't know that would happen.
			I thought, a minor war -- it'll
			be settled in less than a year.
			How could I know it would be four
			decades? I falsified the reports
			to Starfleet, but I've lived with
			that on my soul, Picard.
			Sixty-three people came away safe
			-- but millions died on Mordan
			because I delivered those weapons.

					PICARD
			Karnas could have worked for peace
			all those years instead of
			continuing the war. It's not all
			on your head, Admiral.

					JAMESON
			But I started it. I lit the
			match. Now, finally, I can
			vindicate myself, if only in a
			small way. I came to negotiate,
			but that isn't what Karnas wants.

					PICARD
			Revenge. That's why he demanded
			you when he found out you were
			still alive.

					JAMESON
			I'm not going to give it to him,
			Picard. I'm going to do what I
			should have done the first time.
			We're taking the hostages out
			by force. No deals.

      STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT THREE      41.

73   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE IN ORBIT AROUND MORDAN IV
	(OPTICAL)

	Mordan is not a very promising looking planet. In
	fact, it's a mud-brown ball with some hints of blue and
	green. The Enterprise is in standard orbit.

74   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - WIDE ANGLE

	Jameson is standing, facing Picard and Riker. Already
	on the pad are Tasha, Worf, Data, Geordi. All are
	equipped with phasers. Data and Tasha also have
	tricorders. Jameson steps up on the pad.

					JAMESON
			Prepare to energize, Chief.

					PICARD
			Belay that.

	The chief looks helplessly from one officer to the
	other. Who's he supposed to obey?

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Admiral, the correct place for
			you is on the bridge...

					JAMESON
			I will remind you one more time,
			Picard, I am the Senior Mission
			Commander, and I'm leading this
			team.

	Picard pauses for just a beat, then steps up on the
	platform himself.

					RIKER
			Sir?

					PICARD
			The Admiral is correct, Number
			One. He has that right. But I'm
			the captain of this ship, and I
			have it, too. You have command
			of the Enterprise, Commander
			Riker.
				(to the Chief)
			Energize.

	As Riker watches the TRANSPORTER EFFECT BEGIN TO BUILD:

									FADE OUT:

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT FOUR      42.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

75   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE IN ORBIT AROUND MORDAN
	(OPTICAL)

	as before, the Enterprise holding standard orbit around
	the planet.

76   INT. TUNNEL - DAY - ANGLE ON AWAY TEAM

	as they MATERIALIZE IN THE TRANSPORTER EFFECT. As soon
	as the TRANSPORTER EFFECT FADES, the Team is
	immediately busy, checking phasers, Data taking
	tricorder readings. Jameson looks around, seems to
	recognize where he is. The tunnel itself is old, seems
	unmaintained.

					JAMESON
			Yes...perfect. We are in the M-4
			tunnel directly under the
			governor's residence. M-4 is a
			subsidiary tunnel, but it crosses
			and links with several main ones.

					DATA
			I am sorry, sir. That does not
			correspond with the information
			I have on the tricorder, sir.

					JAMESON
			Your information is incorrect,
			Commander. I know these tunnels
			like the back of my own hand.
				(gestures off)
			That way. It takes us to the
			hatch that will let us into M-1
			tunnel. Keep scanning for signs
			of human life forms. Karnas held
			his hostages in these tunnels
			before. He'll do it again.

	Jameson STARTS OFF down the tunnel. The others FOLLOW,
	staying alert.

      STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT FOUR      43.

77   CLOSER - PICARD AND DATA

	Data drops in beside Picard, staring at the tricorder
	screen in bewilderment.

					DATA
			The admiral is definitely
			incorrect, Captain. The tunnel
			schematics we have indicate this
			is a dead end. It was sealed off
			two years ago....

					PICARD
			I've no doubt you're right, Mister
			Data. However, forty-five years
			ago, I'm sure it linked in with
			the tunnels Admiral Jameson
			remembers.

78   INT. TUNNEL #2 - DAY - ANGLE ON THE TEAM (OPTICAL)

	They round a corner -- and see the way has been blocked
	off. There was a hatch of some kind, but this has been
	cemented over. Geordi scans it with his VISOR.

					GEORDI
			Steelplast. Fairly recent
			installation.

					JAMESON
			Damn. This is the most direct
			route. Set phasers to cut through
			it.

	Worf and Tasha adjust their phasers and FIRE at the
	blocked area.

79   ANGLE AT BLOCKED AREA (OPTICAL)

	The two PHASER BEAMS slash in and cut a rough square in
	the blocked area.

80   BACK TO WIDER ANGLE

					TASHA
			If you have the coordinates for
			where you think the hostages are,
			sir, we could just beam in there.

      STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT FOUR      44.

80   CONTINUED:

					JAMESON
			But Karnas might not have them
			in the same place. There is no
			substitute for a personal
			reconnoiter, Lieutenant.

					TASHA
			No, sir.

	She glances at Picard, decides not to say anything
	else. With Jameson leading, they step through the hole
	into another tunnel.

81   INT. TUNNEL #3 - ON THE AWAY TEAM

	The team moves along this tunnel, toward an
	intersection ahead. There is some debris in the way,
	as though part of the tunnel had given way at one time
	and has been shored up. Geordi is still scanning with
	his VISOR.

					GEORDI
			Admiral, there's an infrared light
			signal ahead. Steady beam,
			straight across the tunnel, chest
			high. Another at hip level.

					TASHA
			An alarm trigger or --

					PICARD
			Reset phasers to stun.

	Jameson steps forward, and:

					WORF
			Look out, sir!

82   ANOTHER ANGLE - AT INTERSECTION (OPTICAL)

	Ahead of them, a SQUAD OF MORDANITE SOLDIERS has come
	around the corner of the intersection, armed and ready
	for action. Our team brings phasers up, but the
	Mordanites FIRE FIRST. Tasha moves herself in front of
	Picard, but he pulls her down flat behind the tunnel
	debris as PHASER-LIKE FIRE zips over their heads. The
	SOUND OF THE FIRE is different, flat and humming.
	Tasha begins to FIRE back.

      STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT FOUR      45.

82   CONTINUED:

	Worf, in the meantime, has bodily picked up Jameson
	and moved him aside, against the wall, using his own
	big body as a shield for the Admiral. Data ducks down
	beside Picard.

					DATA
			Their phasers, sir -- set on
			kill.

					PICARD
				(drily)
			Thank you, Mister Data. I have
			heard the sound before.

83   ANGLE ON JAMESON AND WORF (OPTICAL)

	Jameson has unhitched his phaser and is firing quickly
	down the tunnel toward the Mordanites. Worf's fire is
	steady, methodical. Several Mordanites fall stunned as
	a result of our people's fire. Jameson moves away from
	the wall and the cover of Worf's body and tries to
	charge down the tunnel toward the soldiers, who are
	offering up a steady fire.

84   WIDER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Picard reaches out to try to stop Jameson, but the
	Admiral suddenly crumples, almost into Data's arms.

					TASHA
			Is he hit?

					DATA
				(trying to examine him)
			I cannot tell --

					PICARD
				(tabs communicator)
			Enterprise, this is Picard. Five
			to beam up -- now!

	The five of them cluster together. MORDANITE FIRE is
	still steady as the soldiers begin to advance toward
	them. Tasha and Worf maintain a steady covering fire
	that slows them down. Then the TRANSPORTER EFFECT
	BEGINS TO BUILD AND COVER OUR PEOPLE.

      STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT FOUR      46.

85   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - ANGLE ON PLATFORM

	as the team IS MATERIALIZED. As soon as the EFFECT
	STOPS, Picard bends down to where Data, supporting
	Jameson, is lowering him to the platform.

					PICARD
			How badly is he hurt?

					DATA
			I do not see any sign of a wound,
			sir.

86   CLOSER ON THE GROUP

	WE DO NOT SEE Jameson's face, which is turned AWAY FROM
	CAMERA. He is doubled over, shaking violently as
	though palsied. Data looks up at Picard, frowning.

					DATA
			It appears to be another attack,
			sir.

					PICARD
				(to Tasha)
			Call Doctor Crusher here
			immediately.

					TASHA
			Sir.
				(goes to transporter
				 console)
			Transporter Room Three to Sickbay.
			Doctor Crusher, please report
			immediately with Medical Support
			Team.

87   ANGLE ON JAMESON

	WE DO NOT SEE his face. He CRIES OUT in agony, and
	writhes painfully.

88   OMITTED

89   INT. SICKBAY - ANGLE ON JAMESON

	He is lying on one of the examination beds, face
	turned AWAY FROM CAMERA, still shaking in pain. Troi
	is standing by with Anne as a medtech monitors him
	closely.

      STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT FOUR      47.

90   INT. CRUSHER'S OFFICE - PICARD AND BEVERLY

					BEVERLY
			This last attack is the worst one
			he's suffered, sir. The others
			were overwith fairly quickly.
			He hasn't recovered from this one
			yet, and nothing has been able
			to relieve his pain.

					PICARD
			Do you have any answers, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			I'm afraid none of it is very
			hopeful. The compound he took
			seems to be rejuvenating the DNA,
			but it's also sloughing off the
			old cells too fast for his body
			to cope. His body is trying to
			grow and die and regenerate all
			at the same time.

					PICARD
				(sighs)
			You're saying the overdose of
			the drug he took is working too
			well.

					BEVERLY
			Exactly, sir.

					PICARD
			When will it stop?

					BEVERLY
			It won't... because it can't.
			Eventually, he won't be able to
			stand the strain.

91   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ON PICARD

	ENTERING from the aft turbolift. Riker comes out of
	the Command Chair toward him. NOTE: Data, Worf and
	Tasha are now back at their regular stations. Troi is
	not on the bridge.

					RIKER
			The admiral... ?

					PICARD
			Sickbay. "Not good" is a galactic
			understatement.

      STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT FOUR      48.

91   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Karnas again, sir. On the screen.

	He actives his console.

92   ANGLE ON PICARD INCLUDING MAIN VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Karnas's image APPEARS ON SCREEN in the same setting as
	before.

					KARNAS
			Enterprise. There has been an
			armed intrusion in the tunnels
			beneath the city. That smells
			of Jameson. Where is he?

					PICARD
			This is Picard. I am sorry to
			inform you that the admiral is
			critically ill, Karnas.

					KARNAS
				(coming out of the
				 chair)
			That is not my concern. Sick or
			well, you have ten minutes to beam
			him down, Captain Picard.
			Otherwise, the hostages die.

	The VIEWSCREEN GOES BLANK. Then:

					TROI'S COM VOICE
			Sickbay to bridge.

					PICARD
			Picard.

					TROI'S COM VOICE
			Doctor Crusher requests your presence
			in Sickbay immediately, sir.

	Picard exchanges a worried look with Riker, then:

					PICARD
			On my way.

	As he HURRIES for the turbolift:

      STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT FOUR      49.

93   INT. SICKBAY - ANGLE AT DOOR

	as Picard ENTERS. Beverly meets him, her face grim.

					PICARD
			What is it?

					BEVERLY
			You'd better see for yourself.

94   ANGLE AT JAMESON'S BED

	Troi is trying to comfort Anne, who huddles at the side
	of the bed in utter despair. Picard approaches, looks
	down at the body there -- and his jaw drops.

95   CLOSE ON JAMESON

	The eyes are alive and intelligent -- but the face and
	body Picard sees are those of a teen-aged boy. NOTE:
	Jameson's VOICE remains the same as before.

					JAMESON (BOY)
			Picard....

96   WIDER - GROUP

					JAMESON (BOY)
			Picard, I have to get to Karnas.

					BEVERLY
			I can't allow him out of my care,
			sir.

					JAMESON (BOY)
			My last option, Picard. The raid
			failed... all I have left to
			bargain with is myself....

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Picard.

					PICARD
				(to companel)
			Picard here. What is it, Number
			One?

           STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT FOUR           50.

97   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ON RIKER

					RIKER
			A new demand from Karnas, sir.
			If we don't deliver Jameson in
			five minutes, a hostage will be
			executed. Fifteen minutes after
			that, another.

98   INT. SICKBAY - ON PICARD, BEVERLY, JAMESON

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			He promises the method of
			execution will be both slow and
			painful.

	A beat, as Picard looks from Beverly to Jameson.

					JAMESON
			Let me go. If I turn myself over
			to him, he'll let the hostages
			go. It's me he wants.

					PICARD
			It's certain death for you,
			Admiral.

					JAMESON
			My life for how many hostages,
			Picard? Twenty?
				(hard)
			Let me go.

					PICARD
				(beat, then:)
			Number One, inform Karnas we'll
			be beaming down in less than five
			minutes.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			"We," sir?

					PICARD
			You have your orders, Number One.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir. Riker out.

           STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT FOUR           51.

99   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - ANGLE ON PLATFORM

	as Picard, Beverly (with medical kit) and the boy
	Jameson are mounting the platform. Jameson's uniform,
	while still that of an admiral, hangs loosely on him.
	Riker ENTERS, moves toward them as:

					RIKER
			Captain, you can't go down there
			again --
				(stops, staring at the
				 boy)
			Jameson... ?

					PICARD
			Yes. Exactly why I have to go,
			Will. As a Starfleet captain,
			I have negotiating powers.
				(to Transporter Chief)
			Energize.

	The Transporter Chief works his console. The
	TRANSPORTER EFFECT BEGINS TO BUILD and cover the
	figures of Picard, Beverly and the boy Jameson.

100  INT. KARNAS'S OFFICE - DAY

	The TRANSPORTER EFFECT MATERIALIZES the three figures
	directly in front of Karnas's desk. Karnas is waiting,
	puzzled to see three. There are several Mordanite
	soldiers in the room, but it will be noticed they are
	old soldiers -- veterans in their late fifties and
	sixties.

	Karnas gets to his feet as THE MATERIALIZATION EFFECT
	FADES, and he sees Picard, Beverly and the boy Jameson.

					KARNAS
				(outraged)
			Who are you! I want Jameson!

					PICARD
			This is Admiral Mark Jameson.

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

           STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT FIVE           52.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

101  INT. KARNAS'S OFFICE - DAY - PICARD, JAMESON (BOY)

	as we left them. Karnas stares at the boy in the
	Starfleet uniform, dismisses him with a grunt, and
	turns to Picard.

					KARNAS
			This charade will accomplish
			nothing, Picard. Beam Jameson
			down, and the hostages will be
			freed. Continue this -- and I
			promise you they will die -- and
			you with them.

					JAMESON (BOY)
			Karnas, if you'll just listen....

					KARNAS
				(to Picard)
			Why have you brought him here?
			This is no place for children.

					JAMESON (BOY)
				(interrupting)
			Peretor Karnas. You always were
			a stubborn man. I thought you
			wanted me. I'm here. Release
			the hostages. now.

	Karnas stares at him, startled for a moment, then:

					KARNAS
			"Peretor" was my old title. Why
			do you call me that?

					JAMESON (BOY)
			Because you're acting like the
			warrior you were -- not like the
			planetary governor you are.

					KARNAS
			Picard, I warn you, this trick
			is going too far. He has been
			coached... for some devious
			reason. If this farce is not
			stopped immediately, you and the
			hostages will be put to death.

           STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT FIVE           53.

101  CONTINUED:

	Suddenly Jameson doubles over, the intense pain driving
	him to his knees. Beverly rushes to him as:

					PICARD
			Admiral!

	Beverly is checking him, frowning. She administers a
	hypospray, which seems to ease him a bit.

102  ANGLE ON KARNAS AND PICARD

					KARNAS
			I'm waiting for an explanation,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			He is the admiral. Before we left
			on this mission, he administered
			an overdose of an alien de-aging
			drug to himself. He wanted to
			face you with strength again... on
			even terms. This is what the drug
			has done to him.

103  ANOTHER ANGLE - INCLUDING BEVERLY AND JAMESON

	Beverly has helped Jameson to a chair. He seems to be
	weak, almost frail. Karnas paces in front of the desk,
	railing at Picard.

					KARNAS
			This story you are telling is
			unbelievable. Jameson is a man
			of eighty, not --
				(points to Jameson)
			-- this. I want that old man,
			Picard. I want to show him this
			world he helped to make... the
			scars on old soldiers' bodies...
			the graveyards of our young
			dead... the wasted cities we are
			still rebuilding... and all of
			it caused by him.

					PICARD
			As I understand the facts, Karnas,
			you were the one who demanded
			weapons to avenge your father's
			death.

           STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT FIVE           54.

103  CONTINUED:

					KARNAS
			But Jameson didn't give weapons
			only to us. If he had, we would
			have triumphed over our enemies
			in less than a year, and we would
			have had peace in all these
			decades. When Jameson gave
			weapons to both sides, he gave
			us forty years of war. I want
			him to pay for that, Picard.

	Jameson is hit by another viciously painful attack,
	GASPS AND MOANS in pain. Beverly takes a quick reading
	on her instruments, looks over at Picard.

					BEVERLY
			Sir, I think Mrs. Jameson should
			beam down. Now.

					PICARD
				(nods quickly)
			Do it.

	As Beverly touches her communicator:

104  ANGLE ON PICARD AND KARNAS

					PICARD
			Karnas, I've asked Doctor Crusher
			to bring down the visual records
			we've made of Admiral Jameson's
			deterioration. Will you look at
			them?

					KARNAS
			You're wasting my time, Picard.

					PICARD
			Only a few moments.

	When Karnas does not reply immediately, Picard nods to
	Beverly, who hands her medical P.A.D.D. to Picard.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			You saw Admiral Jameson when he
			was on board en route to Mordan?

					KARNAS
			Yes.

           STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT FIVE           55.

104  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You recognized him?

					KARNAS
				(reluctantly)
			Yes.

	Picard holds out the medical P.A.D.D. for him to see.

					PICARD
			And this is the man you saw.

105  CLOSE ON P.A.D.D. SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The screen shows Jameson as he was at the beginning, in
	the physical support chair.

					KARNAS (V.O.)
			Yes. This is the man I want.

106  WIDER ANGLE - PICARD AND KARNAS

					PICARD
			Never again, Karnas.

	He holds out the tricorder again. Karnas reluctantly
	looks.

107  CLOSE ON TRICORDER SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Still shots APPEAR in sequence -- Jameson as he began
	to de-age, as he became younger and younger.

					PICARD (O.S.)
			Once he took the compound ... there
			was no way to stop it.

	The final picture is the boy Jameson.

108  WIDER - EMPHASIZING KARNAS, PICARD

	Karnas stares across the room at Jameson, who is being
	tended by Beverly. The boy has begun to shake. Not
	pain, but a quivering in the body that cannot be
	stopped.

           STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT FIVE           56.

108  CONTINUED:

	THE SOUND OF THE TRANSPORTER BEGINS, and ANNE
	MATERIALIZES IN THE ROOM. She looks around, sees
	Jameson's terrible condition and quickly goes to him.
	She sits beside him, takes his hand, but he is paying
	no attention to her. His eyes are on Karnas.

					PICARD
			You'll have to deal with me,
			Karnas. Whatever you wanted from
			Jameson isn't possible any more.

	Karnas leans against his desk, stares around at the old
	soldiers who had come to share his moment of triumph
	over their legendary enemy. None of them know what
	to think, but Karnas clearly is still not convinced.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			You wanted revenge, Karnas. You
			blamed your war on Jameson, and
			there's no doubt he had a lot to
			do with it. But you had the
			weapons, and you used them. You
			could have tried for negotiations
			for peace on your planet long ago.
			You chose to fight instead. How
			many of those forty years of war
			are on your head?

					KARNAS
			Jameson has to pay for his
			crimes... I have sworn it to my
			people. When I found out he was
			alive, I gave them my word I would
			kill him for what he did. A public
			execution... public retribution
			for what he did to us.

	Picard realizes he may be talking to a wall. But one
	more time:

					PICARD
				(points to the boy)
			Then there's Jameson. He wanted
			to atone for what he'd done here.
			Forty-five years ago, he made the
			wrong decision, and he wanted to
			come here to somehow right it.
			He wanted to negotiate, and when
			that failed, he decided to fight.
					(MORE)

           STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT FIVE           57.

108  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			Your men foiled that, and all he
			has left now is to give himself
			up to you. He's brought this
			retribution on himself.

					KARNAS
			No. I don't believe you. You
			are shielding Jameson on the ship
			and telling me this tale to save
			his life.

109  ANGLE ON JAMESON (BOY)

	He is still shuddering, gets to his feet. Anne tries
	to hold his hand, but he pulls away from her. Beverly
	signals to her to let him go, but she keeps a close eye
	on him herself.

					JAMESON (BOY)
			Peretor Karnas... there were only
			two of us in the meeting. You
			didn't even trust your lieutenants
			then. You told me old Peretor
			Sain had ordered your father's
			assassination. You told me you
			wanted arms to destroy him. Peace
			wasn't on your mind. You just
			wanted revenge. And I gave you
			the weapons to do it.

					KARNAS
			Jameson told you all this.

					JAMESON (BOY)
			I am Jameson. Do you want a list
			of the weapons I gave you? Only
			you and I would know what it was,
			because I erased every trace of
			them from the records.

					KARNAS
			Jameson still could have told you
			this.
				(beat)
			If you are him, show me the scar.

					JAMESON
				(rolls up sleeve)
			There. The blood cut you gave
			me to seal our bargain.

           STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT FIVE           58.

109  CONTINUED:

	He holds out his arm, and Karnas stares at him.

110  CLOSE ON JAMESON'S (BOY'S) ARM

	A curious V-shaped scar arcs across the wrist, almost
	like a chevron.

111  ANGLE ON KARNAS AND JAMESON

	Karnas looks up at Jameson... and he finally believes.

					KARNAS
			It is you. Somehow... it is you.

	Suddenly, Karnas twists away, reaches for the wall
	behind his desk and the weapons there. He grabs one
	of the phasers and raises it, aiming it at Jameson's
	heart.

					KARNAS
				(continuing)
			Then die by one of your own
			weapons!

	Everyone else is frozen by the moment. The boy/man
	simply stands there, still shuddering from the terrible
	changes going on in his body, but not afraid. Slowly,
	Karnas lowers the weapon.

					KARNAS
				(continuing)
			No. My revenge is in letting
			you live like this.

112  EMPHASIZING JAMESON (BOY)

	He holds for a long beat, and then he crumples to the
	floor with a CRY of agony. Beverly and Anne go to him
	immediately, Beverly running a quick scan with her
	instruments.

113  PICARD AND KARNAS

	as Karnas moves forward, laying the weapon down on his
	desk. Jameson CRIES OUT AGAIN, in terrible pain.

					KARNAS
			Such pain....

           STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT FIVE           59.

113  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Doctor Crusher?

114  ANGLE ON BEVERLY, JAMESON (BOY), ANNE

	Beverly looks up, shakes her head.

					BEVERLY
			His body can't rejuvenate any
			further. The compound he took
			is trying to force the organs and
			tissue to go further, younger,
			and they can't take the stress.
			It's like he's -- imploding. I
			can't do anything to stop it, sir.

	Jameson CRIES OUT AGAIN.

					PICARD
			Can you give him something for
			the pain?

	Slowly, sadly, Beverly shakes her head.

115  CLOSE ON JAMESON (BOY) AND ANNE

	Quietly, she moves in beside Beverly, who pulls back
	out of the way. Anne takes the boy's head in her arms,
	cradles him against her. No matter that this is just a
	young teenager now -- this is still the man she loved
	for fifty years.

					ANNE
			Mark... can you hear me?

					JAMESON (BOY)
			Yes.

					ANNE
			I'll always love you.

					JAMESON (BOY)
			Annie with the golden hair....

					ANNE
				(forces a smile)
			Flatterer. It's grey now.

					JAMESON (BOY)
			I only see the gold....

           STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT FIVE           60.

115  CONTINUED:

	He convulses in a wave of fierce pain, and she holds on
	to him tight. Then as it seems to pass, and he looks
	up at her:

116  CLOSE ON JAMESON'S EYES

	They are old eyes, filled with the memories of eighty
	years. And then they close for the last time.

117  WIDER - EMPHASIZING ANNE, JAMESON (BOY), KARNAS

	As the others look on, Anne begins quietly to weep.
	Karnas moves closer, staring down at the strange body
	of his old enemy. Finally:

					KARNAS
			Rest, Jameson. Your long night
			-- and mine -- is over.
				(up to Picard)
			The hostages will be released
			immediately, Captain. I am
			prepared to be -- cooperative.

118  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE IN ORBIT AROUND MORDAN
	(OPTICAL)

	Enterprise in standard orbit.

119  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE ON COMMAND AREA

	where Picard is completing the dictation of his log.

					PICARD
			... The hostages have been freed
			by Karnas, unharmed.
				(pause)
			Personal note. The body of
			Admiral Mark Jameson has been
			buried on Mordan, at the request
			of his widow and with the
			permission of Karnas. Log out.

	Picard glances across to Riker, shakes his head.

					PICARD
			The quest for youth, Number One...
			so futile. Age and wisdom have
			their graces.

           STAR TREK: "Too Short... " - 10/6/87 - ACT FIVE           61.

119  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I wonder if one doesn't have to
			have age and wisdom to appreciate
			that, sir.

					PICARD
			I hope not, Number One. It would
			be such a waste of youth.
				(beat, then:)
			Mister La Forge, prepare to take us
			out of orbit. Set course for Isis
			III.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir. Leaving orbit.

120  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND MORDAN (OPTICAL)

	as the sleek starship begins her pull away from the
	planet and heads for the stars.

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             













                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                      "The Big Good-bye" 
                          #40271-113 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Tracy Torme 
                              
                          Directed by 
                       Joseph L. Scanlan 


Copyright 1987 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved.

This script is not for publication or reproduction. No one
is authorized to dispose of same. If lost or destroyed,
please notify the Script Department.


                     REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                      OCTOBER 14, 1987

        STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "The Big Good-bye" 
                          
                             CAST 

                PICARD             SECRETARY
                RIKER              JESSICA BRADLEY
                BEVERLY            FELIX LEECH
                DATA               JARADAN (HA-RAH-DAN)
                TROI               WHALEN
                TASHA              NEWSPAPER VENDOR
                WORF               LT. DAN BELL
                GEORDI             LT. MCNARY
                WESLEY             DESK SERGEANT
                                   THUG
                                   CYRUS REDBLOCK

        STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "The Big Good-bye" 

                             SETS                               
                              
             INTERIORS                 EXTERIORS
          
             USS ENTERPRISE            USS ENTERPRISE
                MAIN BRIDGE
                CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
                HOLODECK
                HOLODECK ENTRANCE      1941 CITY SIDEWALK
                CORRIDOR
                OBSERVATION LOUNGE
          
             1941 OFFICE BUILDING
                HALLWAY
                DIXON HILL'S WAITING ROOM
                DIXON HILL'S OFFICE
          
             POLICE STATION
                WAITING ROOM
                INTERROGATION ROOM

      STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - TEASER      1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "The Big Good-bye"  
                         
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship passes over us slowly, giving a distinct
	impression of its great size...

					RIKER (V.O.)
			Ship's log, First Officer Riker
			reporting. Stardate 41997.7 We
			are about to make a brief but
			necessary contact with the Jarada,
			a reclusive race known for its
			idiosyncratic attitude towards
			protocol... The Federation has been
			trying unsuccessfully to establish
			a relationship, and now the task
			falls to Captain Picard.

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	RIKER sits alone at the Command Area. WESLEY and WORF
	man the Ops and Conn; DATA is at Science One.

					RIKER (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... In two days we will reach the
			area of their planet, known as
			Torona Four. The Jarada demand
			a precise greeting. Their
			language is most unusual...

3    INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - MOVING IN ON PICARD

					RIKER (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... The slightest mispronunciation
			is regarded as an insult.

	PICARD is earnestly studying. WE SEE a text filled
	with Jaradan (HA-RAH-DAN) figures and their English
	equivalents.

      STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - TEASER      2.

4    TWO SHOT TO INCLUDE TROI

	sitting across from him, helping with the dialect.

					TROI
			The double bars indicate an
			elongated "s" sound --

					PICARD
				(nodding)
			-- And the inverted "T" means to
			hold the "zee."

					TROI
			Unless... ?

					PICARD
			Unless it's followed by three wavy
			lines; in which case the "zee"
			becomes a "bee."

					TROI
			Exactly.

	Picard pushes the text aside and wearily rubs his neck.

					PICARD
			What a language.

					TROI
			It is an insect mind.

					PICARD
				(burnt out)
			My mind's barely working.

					TROI
			Take a break, sir.

					PICARD
				(shaking head)
			No. I want to go over it again.

					TROI
			You could be over-preparing.
			You've been looking forward to
			the upgrade of the Holodeck. You
			have the time. You need the
			diversion...

      STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - TEASER      3.

5    ANGLE ON PICARD

	thinking about what Troi's said.

					PICARD
			Dixon Hill.

					TROI
			The program's installed and
			waiting.

6    OMITTED

7    INT. ENTRANCE TO HOLODECK - ANGLE ON PICARD

	Picard touches the COMPUTER panel on the wall.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Planet and city?

					PICARD
			Earth... United States... San
			Francisco, California.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Time period?

					PICARD
				(pondering it)
			1941, A.D.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			File or access code.

					PICARD
			File Dixon Hill, private
			detective.

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(a beat)
			Enter when ready.

	Picard steps through doors.

8    INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT

	... and comes out in a darkly lit hallway, circa 1941.

	At the end of the hall is a wooden door with a glass
	window. The letters on the pane read "DIXON HILL,
	PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR."

	Picard is pleased. He opens the door...

      STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - TEASER      4.

9    INT. WAITING ROOM/OFFICE - NIGHT

	Hill's SECRETARY, a plain blond with a bubbly
	personality, is just on her way to lunch. She looks
	Picard up and down with bemusement...

					SECRETARY
			Very funny, Dix. What'd you do,
			lose another bet?

					PICARD
			I don't understand --

					SECRETARY
			The bellboy suit. Are you
			moonlighting at the Fremont?

	Picard looks down at his uniform.

					PICARD
			The uniform. Totally
			inappropriate. Why didn't I
			change?

	The Secretary hurriedly pulls on her coat and gloves.

					SECRETARY
			Mister Leech called twice, and
			there's a lady named Bradley
			waiting in your office. Nice
			legs.

	In a flash, she's halfway out the door.

					SECRETARY
				(continuing)
			Gotta hot date with my fella.
			I'll see ya in the morning.

	She gives Picard's uniform one last look -- shaking her
	head as she SHUTS THE DOOR BEHIND HER.

	Picard is left alone in the waiting room. He's
	thrilled by the detail in this, the somewhat rundown
	workplace of the fictional detective DIXON HILL.

	A RUSTLING NOISE in the adjoining room reminds Picard
	that someone's waiting for him.

	As he pushes the door open, the first thing he sees are
	the great pair of legs his secretary mentioned.

      STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - TEASER      5.

9    CONTINUED:

	MRS. JESSICA BRADLEY rises to greet the detective she's
	come to see. She's a wealthy woman in her late
	twenties who radiates a seductive sensuality. The rest
	of her body matches her legs.

	She can't help but wonder at the sight of Picard's
	maroon and black uniform...

					PICARD
			Uh, I lost a bet.

					JESSICA
			Oh well... At least you're ready
			for Halloween.

					PICARD
			Halloween?

	She BLOWS OUT some cigarette SMOKE and looks out at
	the city, concerned, then turns to him.

					JESSICA
			I need your help, Mister Hill.
				(turning to face him)
			Someone is trying to kill me.

							MUSICAL STING, FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT ONE     6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

10   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship smoothly cruises through the starry blackness
	of space. Over this:

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. I
			am delighted with how the
			Holodeck has created the
			fictional world of Dixon Hill...

11   INT. DIXON HILL'S OFFICE - ON PICARD

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... the twentieth century
			detective who has been a hero of
			mine since childhood.

12   WIDER ANGLE TO INCLUDE JESSICA

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			The illusion is flawless. The
			computer characters accept me as
			Dixon Hill, even to the extent that
			Jessica Bradley, a millionaire's
			wife from the wrong side of the
			tracks, wants to hire me.

					JESSICA
			I'm not sure who wants me dead.
			My husband... My stepdaughter...

					PICARD
			Or a lover, perhaps?

	Mrs. Bradley shoots Picard a sly look.

					JESSICA
			Perhaps.
				(pause)
			Perhaps Cyrus Redblock.

     STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT ONE     7.

12   CONTINUED:

	She seems to wait for a reaction from Picard, but it
	never comes.

					JESSICA
				(continuing)
			I need you to find out. Name
			your fee.

					PICARD
			Twenty dollars a day. Plus
			expenses.

					JESSICA
			Agreed.

	She gets up, as though preparing to leave...

					PICARD
			I haven't said yes yet.

					JESSICA
				(cool smile)
			Oh you'll say yes.

	She moves closer and kisses him tenderly. Picard is
	surprised by the warmth of her lips.

					JESSICA
				(continuing; whispering)
			If it's Redblock, he must think
			I've got what he's looking for.
			But believe me, I don't.

					PICARD
			I'll take your word for it.

	Jessica hands him money. WE SEE a crisp one-hundred
	dollar bill.

					JESSICA
			Here's a C-note in advance.
			Consider it a retainer...
				(day as she touches
				 his uniform)
			... and next time, could you wear
			a suit?

	She takes one of Hill's business cards from his desk
	and then EXITS, as the captain watches her leave the
	office.

     STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT ONE     8.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

	Now alone, it's clear he's enthralled by this imaginary
	world. He opens the window and looks down on the
	street -- WE CAN HEAR THE SOUNDS OF MOVING TRAFFIC AND
	HONKING HORNS.

					PICARD
				(to himself, soft)
			Remarkable.

	Picard leaves the window. He touches the insignia
	on his chest, and a QUICK HIGH PITCHED SOUND CAN BE
	HEARD through the closet door in his office. (Picard
	knows that this sound indicates another Holodeck
	Exit.)

	He opens the closet door and finds the portal. Just
	before he steps through, there's a knock on the waiting
	room door.

13   PICARD'S POV - THE DOOR

	The SILHOUETTE of a small man CAN BE SEEN though the
	pane. He knocks again, delicately; his knuckles
	sounding like a woodpecker rapping on a hollow tree.

					PICARD
				(calling out)
			You'll have to call again. I'm
			just leaving. I'm not dressed
			properly. I'll be back.

	And he leaves -- WALKING THROUGH the EXIT. The office
	door OPENS. Leech ENTERS. Mister Leech has short
	curly hair and big bulging eyes. He wears a bow tie
	and speaks with a strange nasally tone that betrays
	a Middle-Eastern background.

					LEECH
			Not yet, please --

	Leech looks around at the empty office, confusion on
	his face.

13A  INT. HOLODECK CORRIDOR BY SIDE EXIT

	Picard walks down the corridor and turns the corner
	to the main entrance to the Holodeck.

14   OMITTED

     STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT ONE     9.

15   INT. ENTERPRISE - ENTRANCE TO HOLODECK - ON PICARD

	addressing the computer panel.

					PICARD
			Memory: save current setting.

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(after slight pause)
			Current setting saved.

					PICARD
			Holodeck OFF.

16   OMITTED

17   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	heading toward the rendezvous...

18   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - WIDE ANGLE

	The officers are gathered around the table...

					PICARD
			When I looked down on the street,
			I actually saw automobiles!

	Worf looks up.

					DATA
			An ancient Earth device used
			primarily for transportation.

					WORF
			Ahh.

					DATA
			Also seen as a source of status
			and virility; often a prime
			ingredient in teenage mating
			rituals --

19   ANGLE ON WESLEY

	reacting to the idea of "teenage mating rituals."

					WESLEY
			Teenage mating rituals?

     STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT ONE     10.

20   BACK TO SHOT

					PICARD
			I saw an entire city block from
			that window.

					BEVERLY
			It sounds wonderful.

					PICARD
			I'm going to try it again, only
			this time I'm going to dress the
			part.
				(to Beverly)
			Why not come with me?

21   CLOSE ON BEVERLY

	surprised and pleased that she's been asked.

22   BACK TO SHOT

					PICARD
			I also want to take that
			historian... the twentieth century
			expert...

					TASHA
			Whalen.

					PICARD
			Yes, Whalen. He probably knows
			more about Dixon Hill than I do.

					DATA
			I will tell him.

					PICARD
			Invite him, Mister Data. This
			is, after all, a leisure activity.

					PICARD
			The sense of reality is
			incredible. When that woman
			kissed me, it was so --

	Picard cuts off when he realizes Beverly is staring at
	him. She chooses an adjective and finishes his
	sentence...

					BEVERLY
			Exciting?

     STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT ONE     11.

22   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Real.
				(clears throat)
			The subject of this meeting is
			the Jaradan rendezvous. Proceed
			with the briefing, Number One.

	Riker has been enjoying the discussion, but he quickly
	switches gears.

					RIKER
			This is primarily a necessary
			diplomatic mission. The Jaradan
			are strategically important to the
			Federation. Previous attempts
			failed because they are so easily
			irritated. A slip in the
			pronunciation of the greeting
			caused a twenty-year rift in the
			relation.

					DATA
			Therefore the captain must recite
			the entire greeting without any
			mistakes.

					GEORDI
				(amused)
			Simple as that.

					DATA
				(straightforward)
			Yes. If, on the other hand, the
			captain makes even the slightest
			error --

					TASHA
			-- The captain is well aware of
			the gravity of the situation,
			Commander.

					DATA
			I have located a history tape
			of the last Federation starship
			to come in contact with the
			Jarada. It graphically
			demonstrates what happened when
			that captain offended them.

     STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT ONE     12.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			The captain is familiar with that,
			Data.

					DATA
			Should we not run it?

					PICARD
			It's not necessary. Meeting
			adjourned.

23
thru	OMITTED
25

26   INT. CORRIDOR - ON DATA AND GEORDI

	walking together.

					DATA
			Why would the captain not want
			to review all the information
			available on the subject?

					GEORDI
			When you've seen the Jaradan
			react once, you don't ever have
			to see it again.

	Data shrugs and decides to change the subject.

					DATA
			Dixon Hill is a most puzzling
			character.

					GEORDI
			Not really. He was just a
			twentieth-century Sherlock
			Holmes.

					DATA
			But his modus operandi is quite
			dissimilar. Worth investigating.

					GEORDI
			Indubitably, Watson.

	Data gives Geordi a look.

     STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT ONE     13.

27   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CLOSE ON DATA

	at Science One. He stares thoughtfully at the blank
	screen.

					DATA
			Computer: request all
			biographical information on
			fictional character Dixon Hill.

	The computer briefly HUMS and CLICKS, searching its
	files.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Working...... Character first
			appeared in pulp magazine,
			"Amazing Detective Stories,"
			copyright 1934, A.D.
				(pause)
			Second appearance in novel "The
			Long Dark Tunnel," circa 1936.

					DATA
			Request complete text of all
			stories involving said character.

28   CLOSE ON DATA'S FACE

	as the computer springs to life.

					DATA
			Increase speed.

	The REFLECTED COMPUTER LETTERS DANCE ACROSS HIS FACE
	like a horde of green ants. Data's eyes race back and
	forth, reading the text at an incredible rate.

29   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The great ship cruises on toward the Jaradan
	rendezvous.

30   INT. OUTSIDE HOLODECK ENTRANCE - TIGHT ON PICARD'S FACE

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental...

     STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT ONE     14.

31   PULLING BACK SLOWLY

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			The Jaradan rendezvous is eleven
			hours away...

32   STILL PULLING BACK

It's clear the captain is not wearing his standard
uniform...

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			I am about to reenter the world
			of Dixon Hill, this time properly
			dressed. An experience like this
			is more enjoyable when shared,
			so I've invited Lit-historian
			Whalen to accompany me. Doctor
			Crusher will join us shortly...

33   FULL VIEW OF PICARD

who is dressed like a Forties detective, trench coat
and all.

34   ANGLE TO INCLUDE WHALEN

the redheaded literature expert, looking fashionable in
his three-piece suit.

					PICARD
			Ready to go to San Francisco,
			Mister Whalen?

					WHALEN
			More than ready, sir.

					PICARD
			If it's anything like the last
			time I'm sure you won't be
			disappointed --

	Whalen notices the look of surprise on the captain's
	face. The historian spins to see what he's looking
	at...

     STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT ONE     15.

35   ANGLE ON DATA

	completely decked out for an excursion into the
	Forties. He's even wearing a Bogart-style hat,
	fashionably tilted over one eye.

					DATA
			Request permission to accompany
			you, sir.

36   BACK TO THREE SHOT

	The Captain is too surprised to respond.

					DATA
			I have mastered the lingo of the
			period. Example:
				(psuedo-Bogart)
			It was raining in the city of
			Angels -- a hard rain -- almost hard
			enough to wash the slime from the
			streets. But it never does. When
			the rain stops, the boulevard
			dries and the snakes once again
			slink from their holes. That's
			when my door opens and the
			helpless, the desperate, walk
			through with a heart full of hurt
			and a pocket full of nothing.

37   ANGLE ON PICARD AND WHALEN

	amused and delighted.

38   FULL SHOT TO ENTRANCE

					DATA
			It unearthed half-forgotten
			feelings the same way it dug up
			sleeping bones in shallow unmarked
			graves.
				(pause)
			It was that kind of day.

					WHALEN
				(enthusiastic)
			Dixon Hill: "The Black Orchid,"
			Chapter Three.

     STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT ONE     16.

38   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Very impressive, gentlemen.
			Now... Shall we?

	The doors open. WE SEE a view of San Francisco, 1941,
	over them. The three men STEP INSIDE.

38A  INT. HOLODECK

	Their faces show wonderment. The Holodeck doors close
	behind them.

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT TWO     17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

39   EXT. SIDEWALK - NIGHT - TIGHT ON PICARD, WHALEN AND
DATA

	as they step out in front of a newsstand in 1941.

	The three men turn their heads joyously, taking in the
	wonders of this illusionary city. THE MOTORIZED SOUNDS
	OF AN URBAN CITY BLOCK fill the air.

	A GRIZZLED NEWS-VENDOR standing behind his open air
	stand, calls out to Picard...

					VENDOR
			Hey Dix!

	The Men APPROACH.

					VENDOR
				(continuing)
			How's tricks?

	Picard doesn't know quite how to answer that
	question...

					PICARD
			Uh, she's fine... just fine.

					WHALEN
				(to Picard, softly)
			Wonderful! He really thinks
			you're Dixon Hill!

	A passing Pedestrian plunks a dollar on the counter.
	He sweeps up his paper and his change, and continues
	on.

	Picard notes that the sign on the stand reads "JOE'S
	NEWS AND MAGAZINES."

					PICARD
			Say Joe, I'd like to buy a paper
			too, but I don't have any money.

					VENDOR
			Catch me next time, Dix.

	He tosses a paper at Picard. The three from the
	Enterprise eagerly study its headlines....

     STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT TWO     18.

39   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(reading)
			"Hitler on the move... Roosevelt
			presses Congress for British
			aid... DiMaggio streak reaches
			thirty-seven?"

					DATA
			DiMaggio. Joltin' Joe, the
			Yankee clipper.

					WHALEN
				(to Picard)
			Baseball. A national obsession
			at the time.

					DATA
			The streak they refer to, will
			eventually reach fifty-six
			games...

	The vendor cackles again. He's finished with another
	customer and is listening to Data with amusement and
	fascination.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			And be snapped by a pair of
			journeyman hurlers for the
			Cleveland Indians --

					VENDOR
			Cleveland!!!

	The Vendor's explosive laughter turns to a hacking
	cough as he pounds his fist on the table...

					VENDOR
				(continuing; scornful)
			They got no pitching! They never
			got no pitching. What are ya,
			nuts or somethin'?

	Data continues, undaunted, reciting the facts from his
	computer memory...

					DATA
			The record will stand until the
			year 2026, when a shortstop for
			the London Kings--

     STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT TWO     19.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

					VENDOR
				(to Picard,
				 interrupting)
			Hey Dix, what gives with this guy?
				(leans forward, studies
				 Data's face)
			He ain't from around here, is he?

					PICARD
			Uh, no... he's not.
				(pause)
			He's from South America.

					VENDOR
			Yeah. He's got a nice tan.

	Picard is suddenly struck by something he sees in the
	paper. Whalen looks over his shoulder and reads the
	headline...

40   TIGHT ON THE HEADLINE

	Which reads "WEALTHY SOCIALITE MURDERED"

	The subhead reads: "POLICE HAVE SEVERAL LEADS IN BRUTAL
	SLAYING OF MRS. ARTHUR CLINTON BRADLEY."

41   ANGLE ON PICARD

	staring at the accompanying picture of Jessica Bradley.

					PICARD
				(somber)
			I should have listened to her.
			She told me someone was trying
			to kill her.

	Whalen notes that the captain almost looks guilty that
	he didn't do something to protect her.

					WHALEN
				(softly)
			She's a page from a book, sir.
			That's all she ever was.

					BELL (O.S.)
			Well, well, look what the cat
			dragged in.

     STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT TWO     20.

41   CONTINUED:

	Two police detectives have APPEARED on the scene. BELL
	is a large man; a gruff career cop who clearly doesn't
	like Dixon Hill. McNARY is a young Robert Mitchum; his
	sad eyes show he's seen too many dark things during his
	nine years in Homicide.

	Data is searching the area, having taken Bell's remark
	literally.

					DATA
			Cat?

	Bell's mouth hangs open as he moves in for a closer
	look at the strange man...

					BELL
			What on Earth... Where the hell
			did he come from?

					VENDOR
			South America. Can't you tell?

	Bell circles Data, looking him up and down...

					BELL
			Wherever you're from, while
			you're in my town, keep your nose
			clean.

	Data REACTS. Bell turns his attention to Picard...

					BELL
				(continuing)
			Well, tough guy, this time you've
			really done it. Your goose is
			cooked, but good.

					MCNARY
				(looking down)
			I'm sorry about this, Dix.

					BELL
			Don't apologize to him'
				(to Picard, ?elligerent)
			Where were you last night between
			ten and midnight?

	Picard shoots his compatriots an amused glance.

					PICARD
			That would be a bit hard to
			explain.

     STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT TWO     21.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					BELL
			Yeah? Well you'll have plenty
			of time to come up with something.
			You're goin' downtown.

					PICARD
			What for?

					BELL
			For the murder of Jessica Bradley.

42   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	Geordi and Wesley are at Ops and Conn, Tasha at
	Security, Worf at Science One. Riker EXITS the
	turbolift and STEPS ONTO the bridge...

					RIKER
			Status report?

					TASHA
			We're being probed, sir.

					RIKER
			The Jarada.

					TASHA
			Most likely. But it's long
			range. Can't be certain where
			it's originating..

	The bridge SHUDDERS, and a brief HISSING NOISE is HEARD
	coming from the consoles...

43   INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR

	The LIGHTS momentarily FLICKER as the probe races
	through the bowels of the ship.

44   INT. INTRANCE TO HOLODECK (OPTICAL)

	WE HEAR A HIGH PITCHED COMPUTER BLEEP, and the Holodeck
	doors open by themselves. WE CAN VAGUELY SEE the
	hallway leading to Dixon Hill's office. Then, abruptly,
	the doors slam shut.

     STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT TWO     22.

45   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	The SHUDDERING STOPS. The probing has been terminated.

					RIKER
				(half-smile)
			One could get the feeling they
			don't exactly trust us.

					GEORDI
			Commander, I'm receiving a
			subspace message from the Jarada.

					RIKER
			That's not part of the plan.
				(pause)
			Pipe it through.

	The VOICE WE HEAR is alien and hive-like. To our ears
	it SOUNDS LIKE THREE VOICES IN ONE (a deep male voice,
	a high-pitched female voice, and a ten-year-old
	child's voice).

					JARADAN'S COM VOICE
			En-ter-prise. The time has come
			to honor us. We await your
			greeting.

					RIKER
			This is Commander Riker, first
			officer of the Enterprise --

					JARADAN'S COM VOICE
			-- You are not captain?!

					RIKER
			No sir, I'm not. I suggest we
			commence with screen to screen
			communication so we can see each
			other --

	This time when the Jaradan interrupts it sounds
	distinctly angry. WE CAN HEAR A FAINT BUZZING SOUND in
	the background...

					JARALAN'S COM VOICE
			-- You offend us! We will not
			show ourselves to a mere
			subordinate. We await your
			captain's greeting with growing
			unrest. End of communication!

     STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT TWO     23.

45   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(sighing)
			Terrific.

	He turns to Geordi.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Get the captain. You'll find
			him in the Holodeck.

	Geordi nods and EXITS the bridge.

46   MOVE IN ON RIKER

	staring at the screen...

47   INT. ENTRANCE TO HOLODECK - ON BEVERLY

	looking like a well-dressed woman from the forties.
	She straightens her dress, struggles with her handbag,
	and starts to step through the opening...

	Beverly only goes halfway before backing out. She
	seems puzzled and disoriented as she looks at the
	control panel wondering what went wrong.

	Looking a little worried, she tries again...

48   INT. POLICE STATION - ON BEVERLY

	This time stepping through effortlessly and coming out
	in a police station waiting room. Data and Whalen are
	examining the recreated memorabilia on the walls, while
	a police SERGEANT does paperwork at the front desk.

	Data turns to greet Beverly...

					DATA
			Hiya Doc. What's shakin'?
				(notes her pale look)
			Are you alright?

					BEVERLY
			I'm just a little dizzy, thank
			you. I had some trouble coming
			through. Where's Captain Picard?

     STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT TWO     24.

48   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			He's on ice.

					BEVERLY
			Pardon?

					DATA
			He's being grilled.

					BEVERLY
				(a little frustrated)
			What is he Data, a fish?

					WHALEN
				(laughing)
			The captain's being interrogated.
				(melodramatic)
			They think he's committed a
			murder.

					BEVERLY
				(a bit alarmed)
			Shouldn't we be doing something
			to help him?

					WHALEN
			Relax Doctor. It's all part of
			the game. Believe me, he's having
			the time of his life in there.

49   INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - CLOSE ON PICARD

	his face brightly lit. Little beads of sweat dot his
	forehead...

					PICARD
			I've told you everything I know.

					BELL (O.S.)
			Yeah? Well, you're just gonna
			have to tell us again. From the
			top.

	Picard leans back in his chair and smiles at his
	questioners. Their cigarette smoke swirls around his
	head, illuminated by the harsh white light.

					PICARD
			Very good. I've read all this
			before. It's exactly as it should
			be.

     STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT TWO     25.

49   CONTINUED:

					BELL (O.S.)
			Spill it!

50   INT. HOLODECK ENTRANCE (CORRIDOR) - CLOSE ON GEORDI

	A grave look on his face. He punches the intercom.

					GEORDI
			La Forge to bridge.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker here.

					GEORDI
				(with difficulty)
			I can't find the captain, sir.

51   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ON RIKER

					RIKER
			I told you, he's in the Holodeck.

52   INT. HOLODECK ENTRANCE (CORRIDOR) - CLOSE ON GEORDI

					GEORDI
			Something's... gone wrong.

53   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	There's silence on the bridge. Everyone's heard the
	strange halting tone of Lieutenant La Forge. He sounds
	serious.

					RIKER
			What are you saying Lieutenant?

54   INT. HOLODECK ENTRANCE (CORRIDOR) - ON GEORDI

	PULL BACK SLOWLY as Geordi stops trying to access the
	panel.

					GEORDI
			I can't communicate with them.
			I can't access the program -- and
			I can't open the doors.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT THREE    26.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

55   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

					RIKER (V.O.)
			Ship's log, supplemental. First
			officer reporting. Due to an
			unknown breakdown in the Holodeck,
			we are unable to locate the
			captain and his party...

56   OMITTED

57   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - OVERHEAD SHOT, MOVING IN ON RIKER

					RIKER
			Tasha, take over. I'm going to
			Holdeck Three.

58   WIDER ANGLE

	Wesley, at Ops, spins in his chair to face Riker.

					WESLEY
			Commander?... I've studied all
			the technical manuals on the
			Holodeck. I think I could be of
			some help down there.

					RIKER
			Geordi's well equipped to deal
			with the situation, Wes. Right
			now, your duties are on the
			bridge.

					TROI
				(softly)
			His mother's in there too, sir.

					RIKER
			Come on, Wesley.

					WESLEY
			Thank you sir.

	They EXIT the bridge and Tasha takes Riker's seat.

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT THREE    27.

59   INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - WIDE ANGLE

	The captain is still sitting under the hot light of an
	arc lamp. Bell is leaning forward, intensely grilling
	him. McNary stands in the shadows...

					BELL
			... And you say you'd never met
			her before she came to hire you.

					PICARD
			I've already told you that.
			Twice.

					BELL
			Yeah? Well you're gonna tell me
			again.

					PICARD
				(rising)
			Look fellows, this is no longer
			amusing.

	The big cop roughly shoves Picard back into his seat.
	Picard is surprised by the amount of force he uses.
	McNary quickly moves in, restraining his partner.

					McNARY
			Easy, Mike!

	He moves the steaming detective away from Picard.

					BELL
			You think you're tough, Hill!
			But you're nothing! You're
			garbage!

	Bell angrily shakes free from his partner's grasp.
	McNary goes over and crouches by Picard.

					McNARY
				(small smile)
			Don't take him too seriously, Dix.
			His old lady's been giving him
			a hard time. You know how it is.

					PICARD
			I need to get out of here.

					McNARY
			Yeah. I'll see what I can do.

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT THREE    28.

60   INT. POLICE STATION WAITING ROOM - WIDE ANGLE

	Whalen and Data continue to move about the room,
	fascinated by everything from the chairs to the light
	bulbs. To them, this is a firsthand look at ancient
	history.

	Beverly is once again struggling with her handbag when
	she notices that the desk sergeant is staring at her...

					BEVERLY
				(moving toward him)
			Something on your mind?

					SERGEANT
			Yeah. But I'm not sure I can
			repeat it in mixed company.
				(leering)
			You're a pretty hep lookin' broad.

					BEVERLY
			Is that good?

					SERGEANT
			It ain't bad. You like Charlie
			McCarthy?

					BEVERLY
			McCarthy?... Oh, you mean the man
			who hunted Communist witches.

					SERGEANT
				(lecherous)
			I got two tickets to the show
			tomorrow night.

					DATA (O.S.)
			Do you mind if I experiment with
			this device?

	Data is standing beside the desk, gazing at a vending
	machine. The sergeant is greatly annoyed at being
	interrupted while making his move.

					SERGANT
			I don't care what you do.

					DATA
			Thanks, Mac.

	The sergeant is about to continue, but is once again
	sidetracked by Data. The android is going haywire,
	pulling lever after lever at super speed. The sergeant
	can't believe his eyes.

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT THREE    29.

60   CONTINUED:

					SERGEANT
			Who is this jerk?

61   INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - WIDE ANGLE

	Bell and McNary have been arguing in a corner of the
	room. As McNary approaches Picard, it's clear that
	he's won for the time being.

					McNARY
			Okay Dix. We're bustin' you out
			of here.

					PICARD
				(rising)
			That's welcome news.

					BELL
				(calling out, hostile)
			You better not try to leave town.

					PICARD
				(wry)
			It's been a pleasure, sir.

	Bell glowers at him and EXITS the room, slamming the
	door behind him.

					PICARD
				(dryly)
			I get the feeling he doesn't like
			me.

					McNARY
			We know you're dealing with The
			Fat Man, Dixon. Take it from a
			friend; it doesn't help your case.

					PICARD
			I'll keep it in mind.

	He rises and offers his hand to McNary. For some
	reason it really does feel like he's an old and trusted
	friend.

					PICARD
			Thank you. For helping me.

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT THREE    30.

61   CONTINUED:

					McNARY
			Forget it.
				(pats Picard's shoulder)
			When you comin' over for supper?
			The kids'd love to see you, and
			you know how much you love
			Sharon's cooking.

					PICARD
				(thoughtful smile)
			Soon, my friend. But at the
			moment I have other duties.

					McNARY
			Blonde or brunette?

	The two men share a laugh. McNary opens the door...

					PICARD
				(choosing his words)
			She's a lady all right... and her
			name's Enterprise.

					McNARY
			Sounds like a working girl.
				(laughs)
			I'll stop by the office with a
			bottle of scotch. You can tell
			me all about her.

62   INT. WAITING ROOM - WIDE ANGLE

	Picard steps out into the waiting room.

					WHALEN
			Have a good time?

					PICARD
			I'm not sure. Sometimes it seemed
			too real.
				(to Beverly)
			Glad you could make it.
				(looks her up and down)
			I must say, you wear it well.

					BEVERLY
				(sly smile)
			Why thank you, Mister Hill.

	They lock eyes for a moment...

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT THREE    31.

62   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I think it's time we got back to
			the Enterprise.

					WHALEN
				(good-natured)
			We are on the Enterprise, Captain.

					PICARD
				(chuckling)
			Yes. Of course we are.

					BEVERLY
			Do we have time to see your
			office?

					PICARD
			I don't see why not.

	Picard leads them to the door. Data begins to
	struggle with the doorknob. He pushes and pulls on
	it as the others look on in amusement. Finally Whalen
	reaches over and shows him the way. Picard pulls the
	door open...

63   INT. OPEN DOOR LEADING TO HALLWAY (OPTICAL)

	WE CAN SEE the hallway in Dixon Hill's office building.

					PICARD
			The Holodeck makes excellent use
			of a finite space.

64   INT. DIXON HILL'S WAITING ROOM

	They ENTER to find the same little man we saw before,
	waiting for Dixon Hill.

					LEECH
			Ah, Mister Hill. You've been
			avoiding me.

					WHALEN
				(to Picard)
			It's Felix Leech! It has to be.

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT THREE    32.

64   CONTINUED:

					LEECH
			You know me, sir?

					WHALEN
			Well, I've read about you. Many
			times.

	Picard steps past Leech, leading his crew into the
	office...

					PICARD
			I'm sorry Mister Leech, but we
			really must be going. Call again
			tomorrow.

	Leech follows them, growing angry...

					LEECH
			You're being quite rude, Mister
			Hill. You haven't even introduced
			me to your charming companions.

	Picard goes to the exiting place.

					PICARD
			That'll have to wait.

					LEECH
				(raising voice)
			We have business! Urgent
			business.

	Picard turns to see that Leech has pulled a gun on him.

					LEECH
				(continuing)
			You're not going anywhere. Not
			until we have a little chat.

65
thru	OMITTED
66

67   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as Tasha punches the intercom...

					TASHA
			Bridge to Holodeck. We're
			approaching Torona Four.

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT THREE    33.

68   INT. HOLODECK ENTRANCE - ANGLE ON RIKER

	with Wesley, Geordi and technicians working behind
	him.

					RIKER
			Any word from the Jarada?

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			Not a thing, sir.

					RIKER
			They may be testing us. Seeing
			if we'll stick to the
			arrangements.

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			What do we do now, sir?

					WORF
			We wait.

					GEORDI
				(to Riker)
			Everything checks out so far.
			Ensign Crusher believes the
			trouble may have been caused by
			the Jaradan probe. If so, it
			could be very difficult to
			locate.

69
thru	OMITTED
70

71   INT. DIXON HILL'S OFFICE - WIDE ANGLE

	Leech is still holding a gun on everyone.

					LEECH
				(perturbed)
			I'm not a man to be toyed with,
			Mister Hill. You were hired to
			locate a certain object. I demand
			to know what you've done with it.

					PICARD
			I can't help you, Mister Leech.
			I'm afraid this game is over.

					LEECH
			I assure you, this is no game!

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT THREE    34.

71   CONTINUED:

					WHALEN
				(laughing)
			Take it from me Leech, you'll
			never find it.
				(moves toward him)
			Now... give me the gun.

	Whalen takes another step -- a SHOT RINGS OUT. The
	historian staggers backwards, amazed at the hole in
	his chest. A circle of blood spreads as he slumps
	to the floor. Beverly rushes to him, he looks up at
	Picard, shock registering on his pale face.

					WHALEN
				(continuing; softly)
			But... they're not real.

					BEVERLY
			This man has been shot. If we
			don't get him to Sickbay, he'll
			die.

	This game is now being played for keeps.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FOUR    35.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

72   INT. DIXON HILL'S OFFICE - WIDE ANGLE

	Beverly is ministering to the fallen form of Whalen.

					BEVERLY
			There's massive internal bleeding --

					PICARD
			How could this happen?

					LEECH
			It'll happen again if you don't
			cooperate.

	Picard is furious. He lunges at Leech, striking him
	and knocking the gun from his hands. Leech is
	startled, backing out of the room, wide-eyed...

					LEECH
				(continuing)
			You struck me! How dare you!

	When Picard moves toward him, he backpedals hurriedly
	to the door.

					LEECH
				(continuing; almost
				 hyperventilating)
			You'll be sorry! The Fat Man
			isn't going to like this!

	He SCOOTS OUT the door and around the corner. Picard
	instinctively starts to go after him--

					BEVERLY
			We have to get him to Sickbay!

					PICARD
				(to computer)
			Exit!

	They look to the wall. No response.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Computer! Exit!

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FOUR    36.

72   CONTINUED:

	Still no response.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			We'll try the other exit.

	Data dashes to the other exit.

72A  ON DATA

	At the non-existent exit.

					DATA
			Computer! Identify exit!

	Nothing happens. Data turns and sprints back to the
	others.

72B  FULL SHOT.

	Data REJOINS the group.

					DATA
			There is a programming
			malfunction. The computer refuses
			to identify the exits.

					BEVERLY
			I'm losing his pulse!

	Picard GOES TO the wall.

					PICARD
			Computer, this is the captain!
			Identify exit!

	He walks along the wall, pounding it angrily, hunting
	for the exit.

73   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

					RIKER
			Standard orbit, Mister Worf.

					WORF
			Aye sir, standard orbit.

74   OMITTED

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FOUR    37.

75   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE EMPHASIZING RIKER

	who's looking at the screen with great concern and more
	than a little anger. He punches the intercom...

					RIKER
			Riker to Holodeck.

76   INT. HOLODECK ENTRANCE - ON GEORDI AND WESLEY

	intensely examining a complex circuitry panel.

					GEORDI
				(trace of frustration)
			Nothing yet, Commander.

77   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ON RIKER

	fit to be tied.

					RIKER
			We're running out of time.

78
thru	OMITTED
80

81   INT. DIXON HILL'S OFFICE - WIDE ANGLE

	The three from the Enterprise are still combing the
	walls.

					BEVERLY
			It's no use. It's just not here
			anymore.

	Picard backs away from the wall, looking grim.

					PICARD
			Suggestions, Mister Data?

					DATA
			I am at a loss. We are in a
			Holodeck-created building of 1941.
			The computer has refused to accept
			voice commands. The controls for
			the environment are therefore not
			accessible. They are outside in
			the reality of the Holodeck.

					BEVERLY
			I could use some light.

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FOUR    38.

81   CONTINUED:

	Data grabs a floor lamp to help Beverly. He is
	mystified by the lamp cord, when it pulls from its
	socket and the lamp GOES OUT. Picard quickly solves
	the problem by hitting a wall switch and ILLUMINATING
	the room from the overhead lights. Data replaces the
	lamp cord in the socket when the SOUNDS OF FOOTSTEPS
	are HEARD coming down the hall.

82   ANGLE ON THE DOOR

	Three shadows are seen through the glass. This time,
	no one bothers to knock.

	Leech ENTERS, FOLLOWED BY A GUN-TOTING THUG. It's
	clear this isn't a friendly visit. These two move
	aside so that a Third Man can enter.

	CYRUS REDBLOCK STROLLS IN slowly. He's a massive man
	-- imposing in his white Panama suit and straw hat. He
	hangs his hat on a rack and wipes his sweaty brow with
	a large white handkerchief.

					REDBLOCK
				(gravelly, clipped
				 British accent)
			Good day, Mister Hill. My name
			is Cyrus Redblock. I hope you
			don't mind us dropping in.

					PICARD
			I see I have no choice.

					REDBLOCK
				(explosive laugh)
			Life is an endless stream of
			choices. Unfortunately, you have
			chosen to make my life more
			difficult.

	Redblock's beady eyes are already searching the room.

					REDBLOCK
				(continuing)
			I don't suppose you'd be foolish
			enough to hide it here.

					PICARD
			I don't suppose so.

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FOUR    39.

82   CONTINUED:

					REDBLOCK
			Still, I'm sure you won't mind
			if we take a look around.

					BEVERLY
			I wish you'd quit asking, since
			it's obvious you're going to do
			it anyway. It's a big waste of
			time.

					REDBLOCK
			Good manners, Madam, are never
			a waste.
				(to Picard and Data)
			Civility, gentlemen. Always
			civility.

	With his thug wielding a gun, Redblock prods Picard
	and company into Dixon Hill's office. Upon seeing
	Whalen's body, Redblock loses some of his gentlemanly
	air...

					REDBLOCK
				(continuing; to thug)
			Get that stiff out of here.

					BEVERLY
			He's not dead.

					REDBLOCK
			From his pallor, he soon will be.

					THUG
			You want I should throw him in
			the garbage, boss?

					REDBLOCK
			The next room will do nicely for
			now.

	His henchman starts to comply. Picard moves to stop him,
	but Leech quickly puts a gun to his head.

					REDBLOCK
				(continuing; to Leech)
			Which one struck you?

					LEECH
				(indignant)
			It was Hill.

	Redblock nods at Leech, who uses his gun to backhand
	Picard across the face. A trickle of blood is a
	tangible reminder of the hazards of this world.

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FOUR    40.

82   CONTINUED: (2)

					REDBLOCK
			For every action, there is an
			equal and opposite reaction. A
			truism that you have sadly
			neglected.

	The front door opens and an unsuspecting Lieutenant
	McNary WALKS IN. He's quickly disarmed by the thug
	and brought before Redblock and Leech.

					McNARY
				(to Picard)
			I saw your light and figured you
			were working late.
				(looks around room)
			Guess I was right.

	He takes a long look at Redblock and Leech...

					McNARY
				(continuing; cool)
			Nice company you're keeping, Dix.
			You forget to take the trash out
			this morning?

	The thug slugs McNary in the stomach, doubling him
	over. Redblock wipes his brow...

					REDBLOCK
			I'm a tolerant man, but I don't
			tolerate disrespect.

					DATA
			Your devotion to etiquette is
			highly admirable, sir. However,
			your methods leave much to be
			desired.

	For the first time, Redblock and Leech turn their
	attention to the dapper man with the silvery skin.
	They move toward him, menacingly...

					REDBLOCK
			What have we here?

					LEECH
			Looks like a ghost.

					REDBLOCK
			Where do you suppose he's from?

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FOUR    41.

82   CONTINUED: (3)

	Leech moves closer, grabbing Data's hat and circling
	him for a better look. Looking at Leech, with his
	bulging, sleepy eyes, Data feels like an ant under a
	microscope.

	Leech breaks into a slow devious smile, as he holds
	a gun to Data's chin.

					LEECH
			Where were you hatched, anyway?

	Data looks to Picard, then back at Leech

					DATA
			Central America.

	Redblock pushes the gun aside and stands nose to nose
	with Data.

					REDBLOCK
				(fascinated,
				 half-whisper)
			I've been all over this world and
			I must say, I've not seen anything
			like you.

					PICARD
			He's not from this world. None
			of us are.

	Redblock's first reaction is surprise. He quickly
	smothers it with laughter. Picard elaborates, using
	Redblock's legendary greed as an enticement.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			We come from a world of fabulous
			riches. A world of objects --
			far greater in value than the one
			you seek.

83   CLOSE ON REDBLOCK

	Of course he doesn't believe it, but the mere thought
	of this kind of world has his head buzzing.

84   TWO SHOT TO INCLUDE LEECH

	who senses what's on Redblock's mind. Leech somehow
	feels threatened by these thoughts...

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FOUR    42.

84   CONTINUED:

					LEECH
				(to Picard, angry)
			That's ridiculous! You're a
			private dick. We've met before
			and you never mentioned any of
			this.

					McNARY
			He's right, Dix. That's pretty
			weak stuff. I can't even buy
			that line of guff.

					PICARD
			I am not Dixon Hill.

					BEVERLY
				(to others)
			He's not!

85   CLOSE ON McNARY

	rolling his eyes.

					PICARD
			I only look like Dixon Hill.

					DATA
				(to Redblock)
			He speaks the truth, sir. From
			your point of view, he is only
			a fiction, a facsimile, a
			knock-off, a cheap imitation.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Mister Data.

					DATA
				(to Picard, chagrined)
			Sorry sir, that did not come out
			quite the way I interded.

86   ANGLE ON REDBLOCK

	rubbing his chin, sporting an evil grin...

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FOUR    43.

86   CONTINUED:

					REDBLOCK
			Very good. Very, very, good.
			What wonderful fiction! Quite
			entertaining. I admire your skill
			at trying to obfuscate our sense
			of reality.

					DATA
			It is you who are not real, sir.

					PICARD
			Data--

					DATA
				(innocently)
			It is you who are imaginary
			characters derived from a work
			of fiction.

87   ANGLE ON LEECH

	not liking what he's hearing, as though deep down he
	sensed it was true.

88   WIDE ANGLE

					McNARY
			Give it up, fellas. These guys
			are too smart to fall for that
			story.

					DATA
				(apologetic)
			I am afraid you are not real either,
			Lieutenant.

89   ON McNARY

	who feels a cold flash for an instant, then shakes his
	head derisively.

90   ANGLE ON LEECH

					LEECH
			I don't want to hear any more
			of this! You're making me crazy!

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FOUR    44.

91   TWO SHOT - BEVERLY AND LEECH

					PICARD
			Deep down, you all sense the
			truth. Deep down, you know you're
			not real. All of you.

					LEECH
				(waving gun)
			Shut up!!
				(growing frantic)
			Let me shoot them, Mister
			Redblock. Let me kill them, one
			by one.

92   FULL SHOT

	Beverly is still tending Whalen while Redblock is
	pondering what to do.

					REDBLOCK
				(analytical)
			A most interesting situation.
			Perhaps we should test this
			theory by killing one of them.

					BEVERLY
			You've already done that! This
			man is dying! This whole thing
			is senseless!

					REDBLOCK
			Hardly! Senseless killing is
			immoral. But killing for a
			purpose is often ingenious.

					LEECH
			Well said, Mister Redblock.
			What's our purpose?

	Leech pulls out a stiletto, casually places it against
	Picard's chest. As he speaks, he slowly begins to
	pluck the buttons off Picard's shirt...

					REDBLOCK
			We are on a quest for knowledge,
			Mister Leech.
				(to Picard)
			We want the item.

	He coolly runs the blade over Picard's Adam's apple...

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FOUR    45.

92   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			We don't have it.

					LEECH
			Shall I kill him?

					REDBLOCK
			No, kill the woman!

93
thru	OMITTED
94

95   ON BEVERLY

	trying to maintain her composure as Leech's gun COMES
	INTO FRAME, pointed straight at her head.

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

12:[2,#b]
    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FIVE    46.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

96   INT. DIXON HILL'S OFFICE - WIDE ANGLE

	Leech is poised to pull the trigger...

					PICARD
			Redblock. I have the item.

97   ANGLE ON REDBLOCK

	intrigued by Picard's offer.

					REDBLOCK
			At last. I knew it! God, man,
			you are a character! Waiting
			until the last moment! Testing
			my resolve! What an ally you
			would make! Now -- where is it?

98   TWO SHOT - REDBLOCK AND PICARD

					PICARD
			I'll explain. But first, tell
			Leech to back off.

99   WIDER ANGLE

	Redblock mulls it over.

					REDBLOCK
			Put the gun down, Mister Leech.

	Leech's shoulders slump. He's gravely disappointed.

					LEECH
			But I want to kill her!

					REDBLOCK
			Perhaps later. It won't harm us
			to listen to Mister Hill.

					MCNARY
			Don't make any deals with that
			slime, Dix!

	Redblock's thug raps McNary's chin with his gun,
	knocking the detective to the ground.

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FIVE    47.

99   CONTINUED:

					REDBLOCK
				(to Picard)
			Begin. Make your thoughts
			fruitful and your words eloquent.
				(rumbling laugh)
			Your lovely friend's life depends
			upon it.

					PICARD
			There is a price.

					REDBLOCK
			By God, man, I knew we were of
			the same stripe. Name it.

					PICARD
			Mister Whalen's life. You must
			help us save him.

100  OMITTED

101  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	Riker is standing between the Conn and the Ops looking
	over Worf's shoulder at something on his monitor.
	Suddenly, the bridge CRACKLES with BLUE LIGHT, knocking
	Riker off balance...

					RIKER
			What the devil --

					TASHA
			Probes! I'm reading several
			of them, sir. All locked on to
			us.

					WORF
			Verified. Coming from the
			Jaradans!

102  OMITTED

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FIVE    48.

103  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	Worf and Tasha work furiously to counteract the beams.
	WE CAN HEAR the steady DRONE of the Enterprise's
	ENGINES, straining to meet the challenge...

					RIKER
				(angry)
			Open hailing frequencies.

					TASHA
			Frequencies open, sir.

					RIKER
			This is Commander Riker, aboard
			the Enterprise. We demand that
			you --

	Riker cuts off as a LOUD NOISE COMES OVER THE COM,
	drowning him out. It's the SOUND OF BUZZING, as though
	a microphone had been stuck down an angry hornets'
	nest.

					RIKER
				(continuing; holding
				 ears)
			Cut that off!

	Tasha does so, and the only thing WE HEAR is the HARD
	PRESSED SOUND of the ship's ENGINES.

104  INT. ENTRANCE TO HOLODECK - ON GEORDI

	Wesley and Technicians in background.

					GEORDI
				(into Com)
			Lieutenant La Forge to bridge.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker here.

					GEORDI
			Is everything all right, sir?
			We felt quite a surge down here
			--

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Yes. Status report.

					GEORDI
			We think we have something, sir.
			I'll let Ensign Crusher explain.

    STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FIVE    49.

104  CONTINUED:

	Wesley is examining a dismantled panel of circuitry,
	using a pointed bifocal instrument that allows him to
	see microscopically.

					WESLEY
				(speaking up)
			I've found three --

105  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ON RIKER

					RIKER
			Forget the explanation! Can you
			repair it?

106  INT. HOLODECK ENTRANCE - ON WESLEY

					WESLEY
			I don't know if I should. If
			this isn't done correctly, the
			program could abort and everyone
			inside could vanish.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Do you need more time to study
			it?

					WESLEY
			No, sir. Whether we do it now
			or later, the risk will be the
			same.

107  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ON RIKER

	as he thinks for a moment.

					RIKER
			Do it.

108  INT. DIXON HILL'S OFFICE - WIDE ANGLE

					PICARD
				(passionate, to
				 Redblock)
			If we can find the way of getting
			him to our Sickbay by fixing our
			computer --

         STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FIVE        50.

108  CONTINUED:

					REDBLOCK
			Computer? I do not know this
			word.

	Picard sighs. Nothing is coming easy...

109  INT. HOLODECK ENTRANCE - CLOSE ON WESLEY

	working on the circuitry.

110  INT. DIXON HILL'S OFFICE - ON DATA, REDBLOCK AND LEECH

					DATA
			-- A mechanical or electronic
			apparatus capable of carrying out
			repetitious and highly complex
			mathematical operations at high
			speed.

111  ANGLE ON LEECH

	becoming infuriated with Data's rambling definition.

					DATA (O.S.)
			Computers are used to control,
			perform, process, or store --

					LEECH
			Enough!
				(to Redblock)
			Let me kill him. He's beginning
			to irritate me.

112  FLASH CUT TO WESLEY

	working intently. There is a BLUE FLASH.

113  BACK TO HILL'S OFFICE

	where Leech is taking aim at Data.

	Suddenly, the ENTIRE SETTING CHANGES and all involved
	find themselves in A SNOWY ALIEN LANDSCAPE. The wind
	is howling like a bitch, driving Leech to his knees and
	ripping the hat off the thug's head.

         STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FIVE        51.

113  CONTINUED:

	This is a hellish place -- imagine the North Pole in
	a hurricane. The wind is screaming like a banshee;
	chilling everyone to the bone.

	Then, just as suddenly, they're ALL BACK IN THE OFFICE.

	They're frozen in their tracks, still shell-shocked
	and shivering from the sudden change in climate.

114  CLOSE ON McNARY

	amazed by what's happened.

115  CLOSE ON LEECH

	terrified by what's happened.

116  MOVE IN ON REDBLOCK

	intrigued by what's happened.

117  BACK TO SHOT

					DATA
				(indicating wall)
			Captain, the exit...

	The BLUE STREAK has REAPPEARED on the closet door...

					PICARD
				(to Redblock)
			That's it! The way into our
			world.

	Leech is still trembling, looking around paranoically
	as though waiting to be transported back to that frozen
	hell. But Redblock has shaken off the snowy cold. He
	waddles up to the exit spot and examines it with great
	interest.

					REDBLOCK
			Remarkable. Is this a two-way
			passage? Can one enter your world
			and return to this one simply by
			stepping through?

         STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FIVE        52.

117  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Yes. Allow us to help Mister
			Whalen, and we'll return with
			the item.

118  EXTREMELY CLOSE ON REDBLOCK

	his beady eyes aglow, his swollen tongue sliding over
	his parched lips as he thinks of the item. He begins
	to chuckle... it grows into a laugh... then a belly
	laugh...

119  PULL BACK

	as Redblock practically explodes with laughter. Soon
	the thugs are joining in. Finally, even the weak-kneed
	Leech has broken into little machine gun bursts of
	laughter.

					REDBLOCK
				(to Picard)
			By God, sir, you are a scamp!
			To think that I would wait here
			--

					DATA
			If you are thinking of going
			through yourself sir, I can assure
			you that is not possible.

					REDBLOCK
			Not possible!
				(laughs again)
			One look at you sir, proves
			anything is possible.

	Picard is eyeing the exit, wondering if he should try
	and make a break for it. The Thug pulls a large
	pistol.

					REDBLOCK
			Stand back, Mister Hill. I would
			shoot you myself, but I don't want
			to rob my assistant of his
			greatest pleasure.

					THUG
			Thanks, boss.

         STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FIVE        53.

119  CONTINUED:

					REDBLOCK
				(to thug)
			After we've gone, kill them all.
			Make sure no one ever finds the
			bodies.

					McNARY
			You're insane! You think you can
			kill a cop and get away with it?

					REDBLOCK
			Why not? I've done it before.
			Come, Mister Leech.

	Leech joins him, still a little tentative. Redblock
	takes a long look at the exit.

					REDBLOCK
				(continuing; dramatic)
			Our destiny awaits.
				(to Picard)
			Au revoir et bon chance, mon ami!

	Side by side, the two Men STEP THROUGH the portal.
	The thug puts the gun on Picard. Data steps forward
	and pinches its muzzle closed. The thug makes a move
	to Data and Data decks him.

120  INT. ENTERPRISE HALLWAY - CLOSE ON REDBLOCK AND LEECH

	The glitch is still glitching -- they have come out
	though a back wall of the Holodeck, not the main
	Holodeck entrance.

	They step out into an empty hallway. Leech is bug-eyed
	and nervous. Redblock is wide-eyed and deliriously
	happy...

					REDBLOCK
				(whisper)
			Another world.
				(louder)
			A whole new world to plunder!

					LEECH
				(flat)
			Uh-oh.
					REDBLOCK
				(irritated)
			What is it?

         STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FIVE        54.

120  CONTINUED:

	Too mesmerized to speak, Leech simply nods down toward
	their feet. Redblock looks down and SHRIEKS...

121  PULL BACK (OPTICAL)

	to SEE that they are each DEMATERIALIZING, from the
	bottom up. They look on in abstract horror as their
	feet and legs completely DISAPPEAR.

	Redblock cries out to the heavens as his chest
	VAPORIZES...

					REDBLOCK
			Nooo!! I want to live!! I want--

	Their torsos and heads go the same way, until THERE IS
	NOTHING LEFT....

122  INT. ENTRANCE TO HOLODECK - ON GEORDI AND WESLEY

					GEORDI
				(into Com)
			We've done it, but still no sign
			of them.

123  OMITTED

124  INT. ENTRANCE TO HOLODECK

					GEORDI
			Should we go inside?

125  INT. DIXON HILL'S WAITING ROOM - WIDE ANGLE

					PICARD
				(to Data, indicating
				 Exit)
			Pick him up. Get him to Sickbay.

					DATA
			What about you?

					PICARD
			I'll follow you. Now go!

	Picking their way through the Office, Data, carrying
	Whalen, and Beverly EXIT.

         STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FIVE        55.

125  CONTINUED:

	Picard turns to McNary.

					PICARD
			I can't think of a way to thank
			you. You know I can't take you
			with me.

					MCNARY
				(nodding)
			Someone's gotta book this creep.
				(indicates thug)
			Once a cop always a cop, I guess.

	The OFFICE FLOOR RUMBLES again.

					PICARD
				(empathetic)
			I have to go.

					McNARY
			So this is the big good-bye.

	They shake hands like two old friends who are about to
	part forever. This is The Big Good-bye.

126  MOVE IN ON THEM

					McNARY
			Tell me something, Dixon.
				(worried)
			When you've gone.... will this
			world still exist?.. Will my wife
			and kids still be waiting for me
			at home?

					PICARD
				(pause, sadly)
			I honestly don't know. Good-bye
			my friend.

	Picard STEPS THROUGH.

	After a few moments, McNary's entire world goes PITCH
	BLACK.

127  INT. ENTRANCE TO HOLODECK - ON THEM

	Picard steps back out onto the Enterprise. Data
	hurriedly takes Whalen away. Wesley rushes to Beverly,
	who hugs him as she follows Data.

         STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FIVE        56.

128  OMITTED

129  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

					TASHA
			Captain!

	Picard hurries to the Command Area and takes his seat.

					RIKER
			Are you ready, sir?

					PICARD
			As ready as I'll ever be. Open
			hailing frequencies.

					TASHA
			Frequencies open.

					PICARD
				(into com,
				 commandingly)
			This is Jean-Luc Picard, captain
			of the USS Enterprise. Aaaaard
			kraxon Leeeeesss...

130  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE IN ORBIT (OPTICAL)

131  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Picard is finishing his greeting. The others on the
	bridge are holding completely still, praying that
	nothing goes wrong...

					PICARD
			Risssssss... Trassssss.... Trasulah!

	The captain has completed his recitation. There's dead
	silence as the officers await the Jaradan reaction. WE
	SEE their faces as the JARADAN LEADER APPEARS on
	Screen.

	WE SEE him from the shoulders up... He is indeed
	wasp-like: black and yellow, with pointed insectile
	features and waving black antennae.

					JARADAN'S COM VOICE
			You have... honored us with
			your words of greeting. A new
			day dawns between us.

         STAR TREK: "The Big Good-bye" - 10/14/87 - ACT FIVE        57.

131  CONTINUED:

	There's great joy and relief on the bridge. Picard
	takes a deep breath. Riker smiles at him...

					RIKER
				(nonchalant)
			So... Have a nice vacation?

	Picard gives him a long smile, but doesn't answer...

					PICARD
			It was a nice place to visit,
			but I wouldn't want to die there.

132  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	PULLING OUT of orbit, and HEADING for deep space...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             








                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Datalore" 
                          #40271-114 
                              
                           Story by 
                         Robert Lewin 
                              and 
                        Maurice Hurley 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                         Robert Lewin 
                              and 
                       Gene Roddenberry 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rob Bowman 


Copyright 1987 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved.

This script is not for publication or reproduction. No one
is authorized to dispose of same. If lost or destroyed,
please notify the Script Department.


                     REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                       OCTOBER 26, 1987

            STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Datalore" 

                             CAST 

                   PICARD         
                   RIKER          
                   BEVERLY        
                   DATA (plus DATA as LORE)
                   DATA/LORE (PHOTO-DOUBLE)
                   TASHA          
                   WORF           
                   GEORDI         
                   WESLEY         
                   CHIEF ENGINEER ARGYLE
                   COMPUTER VOICE (MAJEL BARRETT)

            STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Datalore" 

                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              Main bridge
              Data's Quarters          DATA'S PLANET
              Sickbay
              Observation Lounge       CRYSTAL ENTITY
              Corridor
              Captain's Ready Room
              turbolift
              Cargo Room Transporter Three
          
            DATA'S PLANET
              Underground Complex
              Colony Laboratory
              Storage Area
              corridor

          STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - TEASER          1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "Datalore"    
                           
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	traveling at high warp against an array of stars.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41242.4.
			Our last assignment has taken us
			into the remote Omicron Theta
			star system, home of our android
			crewmember Lieutenant Commander
			Data. Although we are due...

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Everyone at his regular station with the exception of
	Data whose station is manned by WESLEY.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... at our next assignment, I have
			decided to increase velocity to
			warp eight to visit Data's home
			planet for a few hours in the
			hopes of unraveling some of the
			mystery of his beginnings.

	GEORDI turns to RIKER.

					GEORDI
			Sir, we are now twenty minutes
			from Omicron Theta...
				(checks reading)
			... mark!

	Riker gets a nod from PICARD, replies to Geordi.

					RIKER
			Stand by for subwarp; head for
			standard orbit of Data's planet.
				(to Picard)
			Wonder why Data hasn't come up
			here.

          STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - TEASER          2.

2    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			He said he wanted to be alone.
			Perhaps it's a bigger moment for
			him than we thought.
				(turns to Wesley)
			If he needs a formal invitation,
			Ensign, you do the honors.

					WESLEY
				(to his feet)
			Yes sir!

	Wesley heads quickly toward the turbolift.

					PICARD
			Walk!

	Wesley slows to a walk.

3    INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Totally bare except for a quite sophisticated wall
	computer and a mirror on a tripod which DATA now stands
	in front of watching himself. He SNEEZES. It is not
	a good sneeze, comes off rather artificial. Data tries
	again, harder... but not much better. Then a CHIME
	and Wesley ENTERS.

					WESLEY
				(excitedly)
			Data... !

	Data SNEEZES a third time. Wesley stops, puzzled.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			What are you doing?

					DATA
			Sneezing.

					WESLEY
			Have you got a... a "cold?"

					DATA
			A cold what?

					WESLEY
			It's a disease my mother says
			people used to get.

          STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - TEASER          3.

3    CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(nods)
			Ah. But humans still sneeze for
			other reasons and I cannot seem
			to do it right.

	Another artificial sounding SNEEZE.

					WESLEY
			How can you be practicing sneezing
			when you're arriving for the first
			time at your home planet? Aren't
			you interested in that?

	Without changing tone of voice or expression, Data
	heads with Wesley for the door of the cabin.

					DATA
			More than interested. Fascinated.
			One might say agog. But I find
			sneezing interesting also.

4    INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	From the Main Viewer WE CAN SEE that the starship is
	at subwarp now, and a rather BROWNISH LOOKING PLANET
	IS COMING INTO VIEW in the distance.

					TASHA
				(checking readings)
			Confirming Class M reading there.
			But...
				(checks readings)
			... but the sensors aren't showing
			any life readings. Not even
			vegetation.

					PICARD
			Strange. The cruiser that found
			Data reported farmland here.

	Data and Wesley EMERGE from the turbolift, CROSS ONTO
	the bridge. Riker turns to Data, indicates Helm.

					RIKER
			Want to take her into orbit, Data?

					DATA
			No thank you, sir.

       STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - TEASER       4.

4    CONTINUED:

	Riker, surprised, indicates for Wesley to fill Data's
	Helm position again. Data instead, walks forward and
	examines the PLANET COMING CLOSER, more than filling
	the Main Viewer screen. All eyes are on Data as he
	examines his home planet on the viewer, then turns and
	moves back to take a seat in the Command Area.

					PICARD
			Continue on into close parking
			orbit.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

					DATA
				(beat; to Picard)
			I could say "home, sweet home,"
			sir... if I understood how the
			word sweet applies.

					PICARD
			It usually refers to the memories.

					RIKER
			But usually one's own memories,
			Captain.
				(to Data)
			Do the memories you were given
			include "farms?"

					DATA
			Affirmative, sir. Turning soil,
			seeding, harvesting... but the
			colony's principal interest was
			science.

					TASHA
			Data, I can't understand how you
			can hold the memories of four
			hundred eleven people. If that
			means every experience, every day
			they lived...

					DATA
			It does not, unfortunately. It
			means only the knowledge they had
			accumulated. Actually, I am quite
			deficient in some basic human
			information.
				(to Picard)
			Sneezing, for example.

       STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - TEASER       5.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			"Sneezing?"

					GEORDI
			Approaching close parking orbit,
			sir.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Assemble your away party,
			Commander.

	Riker stands; Picard smiles at Data.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			This is an exciting moment for
			you, Data. I'm tempted to lead
			the away team down myself, except
			for the fact the first officer
			would object...

					RIKER
			How would Starfleet judge me if
			I didn't, sir? An entire Earth
			colony did disappear down there.

	As Riker stands, replacements are ENTERING to take over
	the bridge positions of Geordi, Worf and Tasha who will
	move to the turbolift with him.

					WORF
				(to Data)
			You have no memory at all of what
			happened to them, Data?

          STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - TEASER          6.

4    CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			My final memory is of great
			danger, something sudden and not
			understood... then a blank as if
			the colonists were gone.

					GEORDI
			Now in close parking orbit, sir.

					PICARD
			Welcome home, Mister Data.

	Data looks puzzled at this. Then he joins the away
	team which EXITS the bridge.

									FADE OUT:

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - ACT ONE       7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

5    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE IN ORBIT (OPTICAL)

	The starship in close orbit of Data's home planet.

6    EXT. DATA'S PLANET (OPTICAL)

	The Away Team of Riker, Data, GEORDI, TASHA and WORF
	MATERIALIZING on the planet surface. Far from it
	looking like farmland, the place is barren. They
	stand for a moment looking around -- Worf is alert to
	any security problems -- Tasha scans with her tricorder
	-- Riker is carefully looking over their surroundings
	-- Geordi kneels, inspecting the ground.

					TASHA
				(to Riker)
			Recording signal now locked onto
			the Enterprise, sir.

					RIKER
				(to Geordi)
			This looks like anything but
			farmland.

					GEORDI
			Agreed, sir. The soil here's
			completely lifeless.

					RIKER
			This is the exact position listed
			in the Tripoli log.
				(turning
			Do you recognize anything, Data?

					DATA
			The land contours are familiar,
			sir. Topographically, this is
			the correct area.

	Interrupted by Geordi who has begun crumbling soil
	close to his nose, examining it as he lets the
	fragments fall from his hand.

       STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - ACT ONE       8.

6    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			This once was rich farmland. I'd
			guess something like twenty to
			thirty years ago...

					DATA
			I was discovered twenty-six years
			ago...

					GEORDI
				(still sifting soil)
			There is still plant cellulose
			in the soil. No signs of decay.
			Also no signs of bacteria either.
				(looks up)
			If you don't mind a wild guess,
			sir, I'd say everything on this
			planet could have been dead or
			dying at the time Data was found.

					RIKER
			The Tripoli log stated that all
			plant life appeared brown and
			"dormant." They assumed it was
			normal for that season.

					GEORDI
			... whereas actually everything
			was dying...

					DATA
				(interrupting;
				 indicating)
			I was found twenty meters in that
			direction, sir.

	Data begins leading the way toward a narrow ledge
	leading down into a depression.

7    ANOTHER ANGLE

	as all follow Data's lead.

					TASHA
				(moving alongside Data)
			Data, any idea at all why you were
			given the colonists' memories?

					DATA
			I have always felt that it was
			done hurriedly, but I know little
			more.

         STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - ACT ONE         9.

7    CONTINUED:

	Data stops where a small rectangular depression has
	been carved in the rock.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Here, sir. This is where the
			cruiser's landing party found
			the signal device that had led
			them here.
				(indicates)
			And they found me lying there,
			sir.

8    ANOTHER ANGLE

	Data is leading them to a very undistinguished-looking
	stone pallet. This and the barren location look to
	be considerably less than the exciting mystery they
	have expected.

					TASHA
			You were just lying out in the
			open? No identity record, no
			instructions... ?

					DATA
			Only a layer of dust.

	Data bends, BLOWS, and a CLOUD OF DUST ARISES from the
	pallet.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			There's much more of it now, after
			twenty-six years.

	Only Geordi shows active interest in this place. He
	has moved off to begin scanning the area from different
	perspectives.

					RIKER
			What is the first thing you
			remember, Data?

					DATA
			Opening my eyes and finding myself
			looking into the eyes of the
			Tripoli landing party, sir.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - ACT ONE      10.

8    CONTINUED:

					DATA (Cont'd)
				(indicating the path
				 back)
			They believed that the signal
			device sensed their presence,
			and activated me.

					TASHA
			Then this very spot was your
			birthplace...

					DATA
			But not at all like a human birth.
			Having the colonists' memories,
			I knew immediately how to speak,
			who I was, where I was...

					TASHA
			You were born and became fully
			knowledgeable at the same instant!

					DATA
			I had no idea that was unusual,
			of course.

					TASHA
			It's such a strange place to be
			born.

					RIKER
			So was a manger.

					WORF
			A "manger," sir?

					RIKER
			I won't even try to explain that
			one, Worf...

					GEORDI
				(calling)
			I understand now, sir! I've got
			this figured!

	Geordi moves in, indicating aspects of the area.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			It was really very cleverly done
			to make this look like a natural
			hollow in the terrain here.
			Signs of it being constructed
			hurriedly...

      STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - ACT ONE      11.

9    SPECIAL EFFECTS ANGLE

	Geordi moves to the rock face behind Data's "birth
	pallet," examining it very closely.

					GEORDI
			... as if to hide something here.

	Data nods, seeming to understand more of this now.

					DATA
			Yes, that was it, Geordi.
				(to Riker)
			This has awakened a memory
			remnant of how the colonists
			hoped to remain hidden...
				(beat; concentrating)
			... but their fear of being
			discovered led to their storing
			information in me.

	Geordi has brought his VISOR device within inches of
	a point on the rock facing.

					GEORDI
			Yes, I thought so.

	Geordi brings a finger carefully to an almost invisble
	crack on the rock facing... presses! A HUMMING SOUND
	and a SPECIAL EFFECT opening in the rock facing
	APPEARS.

10   INT. UNDERGROUND COMPLEX - ANGLE INTO THE ENTRY

	A curving tunnel. Geordi steps in closer, Riker and
	Data pressing in next. Geordi reaches out, touching
	something that suddenly ILLUMINATES the tunnel.
	Tasha, duty always, steps forward and scans the tunnel.
	Then to Riker:

					TASHA
			No life readings in here either,
			sir.

	Riker leads the way as the team cautiously heads into
	the tunnel. Worf and Tasha flank him, weapons ready,
	as they move into a rectangular corridor.

11   ANOTHER ANGLE

	as they continue to an intersecting corridor which
	features a familiar-looking type of sliding metal door.
	Geordi again makes a close examination of this, then
	touches a sensor switch. The sliding door OPENS.

      STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - ACT ONE      12.

12   INT. COLONY LABORATORY

	Similar to some very sophisticated things we've seen
	on the Enterprise, the lab is filled with equipment
	and instruments of the most sophisticated twenty-fourth century
	level. In addition to workbenches, etc. there is a
	prominent covered worktable which will figure in scenes
	here. The team ENTERS with Tasha at the lead, weapon
	in hand -- and with Worf professionally guarding their
	rear at the door to the corridor they entered from.
	Riker scans the lab.

					RIKER
			The colony laboratory, I'd guess.
			Extremely well equipped.
				(to Data)
			Does this place stir any memories,
			Data?

					DATA
			Only vague impressions of some
			of my functions being tested
			here, sir...

	Data indicates, moves toward a wall on which proud
	scientist parents had posted their children's drawings.
	Several of them PICTURE a crystal-like formation or
	design, obviously huge judging from the very tiny
	people who seem to be fleeing from it. Data pulls one
	of these drawings free, hands it to Riker.

					RIKER
			Posted by a proud parent...

					DATA
				(continuing)
			This pictures something that feels
			familiar, sir. And dangerous,
			although I have no idea what it
			represents. And that is all...

	Then Data indicates a desk/workbench combination which
	includes highly sophisticated-looking devices.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			... except for an impression that
			this was a... "Doctor Soong's"
			work area.

					RIKER
			Who? You can't mean Doctor
			Noonien Soong?

      STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - ACT ONE      13.

12   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(nods)
			He was called that here...
			although, his memories indicate
			he traveled here under a different
			name.

					GEORDI
			Doctor Noonien Soong, my friend,
			just happens to have been Earth's
			foremost robotics scientist!

					TASHA
			Until he tried to make Asimov's
			dream of a positronic brain come
			true.

					RIKER
				(nodding)
			The positronic brain. He promised
			it would do so much. When it
			failed completely, Doctor Soong
			disappeared.
				(eyes Data)
			Now we know he went off somewhere
			to try a second time.
				(turns; indicating)
			Geordi, Data, we'll take a close
			look at this lab.
				(to Tasha)
			You and Lieutenant Worf
			reconnoiter where the rest of
			these corridors lead.

	Tasha and Worf EXIT, AD LIBBING "Aye, sir." Geordi
	and Data choose areas to inspect while Riker
	concentrates on the Soong workbench.

13   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Riker moves to the large, thick laboratory table
	mentioned earlier. Whatever they've found out about
	it has lead Riker now to touch a control on it -- and
	it now hinges apart HUMMING and presenting the torso
	and head part of a human-shaped mold. Seeing what is
	happening, Geordi and Data hurry over.

					GEORDI
				(beat)
			Data... it's you.

         STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - ACT ONE         14.

13   CONTINUED:

	Data hesitates, then reaches in and extracts a one-half
	head and shoulders portion of the mold, presses it
	against himself. It fits perfectly!

					RIKER
			An epidermal mold, I'd guess.
			Made to give your exterior the
			desired finish.

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			Lieutenant Yar to Commander Riker.

	Riker touches his insignia.

					RIKER
			Come in, Lieutenant.

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			Sir... this installation is big
			enough to hold hundreds of people.
			But all that's here now is empty
			beds.

					RIKER
			Thank you, Lieutenant. Complete
			your record scans, then report
			back here.

					GEORDI
			Sir...
				(bends)
			Seems to be a storage area here...

	Geordi has indeed discovered a storage area which he
	now opens. All three of them look, REACT.

14   ANGLE INCLUDING STORAGE AREA

	which REVEALS enough Data-like arms, torso and head
	to startle us. It also startles our away team members.
	The head looks surprisingly lifelike! (There are more
	Data-like parts further back in the storage area,
	apparontly enough to make up a whole Data if put
	together.)

15   ANGLE ON DATA, RIKER, AND GEORDI

	stunned.

      STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - ACT ONE      15.

15   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			How many more Datas are there?

					GEORDI
				(looking around)
			Looks like just these two...
				(quickly apologetic)
			I mean that and the real Data.

16   PANNING THE REAL DATA

	and REVEALING the "DATA" HEAD as he bends to examine
	"himself."

17   INCLUDING RIKER AND GEORDI

	as Data straightens up INTO THE SCENE with them.

					DATA
			Commander, can this be another
			me? Or perhaps my brother?

					RIKER
			I honestly don't know, Data.

					DATA
			He needs assembling.

					RIKER
			"He?" Data, we don't know that
			this could become "alive."

					DATA
			It is of great interest to me to
			find out, sir. I never believed it
			possible I might have a link with
			some form like my own.

					RIKER
				(beat; nods)
			Understood. We'll take it back
			to the ship, of course.

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

         STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - ACT TWO         16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

18   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	Picard, Riker, Geordi, Tasha, Worf and Wesley at their
	regular positions. Tasha is receiving a subspace
	message, turns now toward Picard.

					TASHA
			Captain, I have a subspace reply
			to your request.
				(turns to Picard)
			Starfleet considers it vital we
			begin our ship's computer upgrade
			at Starbase Armus Nine on
			schedule.

					PICARD
				(annoyed)
			Damn. Can anyone see why they've
			turned down a perfectly legitimate
			request to finish this
			investigation here?

					WESLEY
				(waits; then)
			Sir... you asked for the kind of
			computer upgrade that only the
			Bynars can handle. And they're
			available only at this time.

	Picard is at first annoyed at Wesley, then turns to
	Riker, snapping an order:

					PICARD
			Then, get us there on schedule,
			Number One.
				(to Wesley; controlling
				 self)
			Thank you, Wesley. I'd completely
			forgotten that.

	Wesley starts to say something more, but Riker quiets
	Wesley with a friendly warning gesture.

					RIKER
			Take us out of orbit, Mister La
			Forge.

         STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - ACT TWO         17.

19   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	We hold on our starship long enough to see it LEAVING
	orbit of Data's home planet.

					PICARD (V. O.)
				(continuing)
			Captain's log, Stardate 41242.45.
			Despite having only a few hours
			in which to explore Data's home
			planet...

20   INT. SICKBAY

	Where Doctor Crusher and CHIEF ENGINEER ARGYLE work
	with Medical and Engineering Specialists at an advanced
	type operating table containing the various parts of
	the unassembled android which was discovered.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... we have discovered something
			which may explain Data's
			beginnings... if we can properly
			assemble and communicate with what
			we've found.

21   ANGLE EMPHASIZING DATA

	An expression of hope and longing on his face as he
	watches the medical and engineering people at work on
	the unassembled android.

	Doctor Beverly Crusher MOVES INTO SHOT with Data. She
	understands what the unassembled android means to him
	and her sympathy is obvious.

					BEVERLY
			Signal from the captain. They
			need you at the debriefing.

	Data nods as Chief Engineer Argyle MOVES INTO SHOT also,
	his sympathy obvious too.

					DATA
			I've been anxious to hear the
			chief engineer's opinion, Mister
			Argyle. Do you believe he can
			be made to function?

         STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - ACT TWO         18.

21   CONTINUED:

					ARGYLE
			It appears to include all the
			components in your body. Not that
			we really understand your
			construction either...

					BEVERLY
			We'll have our top medical and
			engineering specialists working
			on its assembly, Mister Data.

	The Doctor and Engineer appear to hesitate over
	something uncomfortable. Data nods at their previous
	statement, moves as if to leave.

					ARGYLE
			Just... one thing. Without
			disassembling you, of course, if
			we should need...

					BEVERLY
			... If we should need to compare
			this with the way... uh, with the
			way you're put together... ?

	Data nods his answer, turns and EXITS.

22   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Outside, the passing stars reflect the fact our
	starship is at warp speed to make up for the delay at
	Data's planet. On the table, the child's drawing of a
	strange crystalline shape.

	Present are Picard, Riker, and Geordi. As before,
	they will continue treating Data as a living person
	but at times they may try a bit too hard to make that
	feeling clear. For some, their first meeting with Data
	was many years ago and they have long thought of him
	simply as a fellow crewmember. Now, with the discovery
	of the disassembled android form, they've been suddenly
	reminded that their friend is also a machine. It
	brings their emotions into play because they're
	concerned for Data. How does he feel about this
	remarkable happening? What should they say to him --
	what words should they now use or not use? Meanwhile,
	Picard is speaking to Riker:

         STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - ACT TWO         19.

22   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Bringing it up here was the right
			thing to do, of course, Number
			One.

	Picard trails his words as Data ENTERS and seats
	himself. Despite themselves, everyone stiffens a bit.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I was just saying, Data, that if
			it functions, it might answer a
			lot of questions for us.

	Data feels the tension too. He's sharing their
	discomfort, merely nodding at the captain's comment.
	An uncomfortable beat, then:

					RIKER
			Does it appear to have all
			your... ah, parts?

					DATA
			Completely, sir.

					GEORDI
				(beat)
			Will we know how to... to "turn
			it on?"

					PICARD
			All right, all right...
				(stands; hesitates,
				 then)
			Legitimate questions about this
			need not be asked apologetically.
				(to Data)
			You're uncomfortable about aspects
			of your duplicate, Data... we're
			uncomfortable, too... and none of
			it for any logical reason. We
			know that you're as "alive" as
			any of the rest of us.
				(to the others)
			If you find it awkward to be
			reminded that Data is a
			"machine"... you might remember
			that the rest of you are merely
			a different variety of
			machine... in our case,
			electro-chemical in nature.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - ACT TWO      20.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(sits)
			Let's begin handling this as we
			would anything else.

	A grin has come over Riker's face during this and he
	TAPS his knuckles on the table approvingly. Geordi
	looks up, SLAPS the table.

					GEORDI
			Agreed! Love that captain!

					PICARD
				(snaps)
			My comments, Lieutenant, do not
			require applause!

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir; sorry, sir.

	But as the captain now turns toward the others, Riker
	flashes Data a big wink. Data looks puzzled.

					PICARD
			Let's start with you, Data.

					DATA
			Well... a good starting point might
			be, "Why was I given human form?"

					GEORDI
			To make it easy for humans to
			relate to you. Had to be. But
			your designer may have had
			something else to prove also.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			That human-shaped robots need not
			be clumsy, limited things...
				(turning)
			You certainly operate as well as
			we do, Data...

					DATA
			In some ways better, sir.

					PICARD
			Ah... yes! But the important
			question now may be what happened
			to the colonists.

         STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - ACT TWO         21.

22   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			Agreed.
				(exhibits child's
				 drawing)
			One of several exhibited in the
			lab, by proud parents, no doubt.
			This could be simply a child's
			imagination. But then, several
			children made similar drawings.

	A COM SIGNAL, followed by:

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Doctor Crusher to Captain. At
			this point, sir, we very much need
			Mister Data's help.

	Data is already coming to his feet as Picard gives him
	a nod. As Data EXITS:

					PICARD
			He's on his way, Doctor.

23   INT. SICKBAY - DATA AND BEVERLY

	standing well away from the medical and engineering
	technicians, talking quietly. Data presses a finger
	at the spot which on humans would be between the second
	and third joint of his spinal column. He also checks
	that none of the others are watching too closely.

					DATA
			There, Doctor. Press your fingers
			there.

	Beverly moves in and complies. Then a look of slight
	surprise on her face.

24   INSERT - BEVERLY'S HAND

	At the described spot on Data's back -- the fingers
	pressing almost their full length through Data's
	uniform fabric and into his back.

					DATA (O. S.)
			It operates somewhat like a
			"switch," Doctor.

         STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/27/87 - ACT TWO         22.

25   BACK TO SHOT

	Beverly pressing further.

					BEVERLY
			And these small projections?

					DATA
			An android alarm clock, Doctor.
			Is that amusing?
				(sees it isn't)
			It times how long I remain
			unconscious.

	Beverly sees someone APPROACHING, quickly drops her
	hand away. It is Chief Engineer Argyle who carries
	what we'll later see are "high temp heat molders" used
	to join together Data's "skin."

					ARGYLE
			Are you certain about us using
			these heating devices, Data?

					DATA
				(nods)
			I will feel nothing at all.

					ARGYLE
				(smiles)
			Marvelous. It should all be a
			lot simpler... once we can see how
			your circuitry's connected.

	Argyle MOVES OFF to discuss the molding devices with
	the Technicians. Beverly turns to Data who is watching
	her closely, expectantly. She nods:

					BEVERLY
			I'll mention it to no one. You
			have my word.

					DATA
			If you had an off-switch
			Doctor... would you not keep it
			secret?

					BEVERLY
			I probably would.

26   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	traveling against a background of stars at warp speed.

         STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - ACT TWO         23.

27   INT. SICKBAY - WIDE ANGLE

	Two Data-like forms on two operating tables next to
	each other. Neither of the Data look-alikes is moving,
	and the torso of each is all but hidden by the medical
	scanners over the tables. At one of the tables, the
	mixed engineering and medical team is gathered. Argyle
	and Beverly are reaching in, intent on what they are
	seeing and doing.

28   CLOSER ANGLE AT THE BUSY TABLE

	We're unable to tell whether this is Data or the
	look-alike. Whichever, it is unmoving as Beverly and
	Argyle lean in to peer closely at what is under the
	sensor hood.

					ARGYLE
			Yes, notice the micro-circuitry
			here... and here.

29   CLOSE UNDER SENSOR HOOD (OPTICAL)

	Revealing some of a Data-like torso in which a flap has
	been cut open TO REVEAL a bit of complex android body
	interior in which WE SEE low-level PURPLE AND GREEN
	FLICKERING. Argyle's hand is pointing a finger at
	something.

					ARGYLE (O.S.)
			Then another fibroid-like
			connection here.

30   ANGLE ON BEVERLY AND ARGYLE

	As he withdraws his hand, looks to her for
	confirmation. Beverly nods, reaches for one of the
	heat molding instruments.

					BEVERLY
			Let's close up.

	She reaches the heat molding instrument in under the
	sensor hood.

31   CLOSE UNDER SENSOR HOOD (SPECIAL EFFECTS)

	as Beverly's hand presses the "skin" flap shut, applies
	the heat molder against it. A HISSING SOUND,
	SMOKE... and when the heat molder is removed, the "skin"
	flap has been sealed closed without a mark left.

         STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/27/87 - ACT TWO         24.

32   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard and Riker striding toward Sickbay.

33   INT. SICKBAY - CLOSE ON DATA

	A slightly groggy Data at one of the operating tables,
	finishes slipping into his uniform. Beverly moves
	INTO SHOT, looks at the other android form, speaking
	quietly.

					BEVERLY
			If I've done it right, he'll
			switch on in a minute.

34   WIDER ANGLE

	as Picard and Riker ENTER Sickbay. Chief Engineer
	Argyle is closest and gets a questioning look from
	Picard.

					ARGYLE
			It seemed to go well...
				(indicates)
			... thanks to a look inside Mister
			Data. But there have been no
			signs of consciousness, yet...

	Picard and Riker CROSS TOWARD the operating table which
	holds the unmoving android Form. Data and Beverly
	CROSS IN too.

35   ANGLE INCLUDING ANDROID, PICARD AND RIKER

	The Data-like Android. Picard and Riker STEP IN, look
	down at it.

					RIKER
			Certainly a perfect match for
			Data, sir.

					PICARD
				(uncertain)
			Do you think so, really?
				(leans in; inspects)
			I wonder which of them was made
			first?

	The LORE android opens its eyes.

         STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - ACT TWO         25.

35   CONTINUED:

					LORE
			He was. But they found him
			imperfect and I was made to
			replace him.

36   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Data SURGING IN, surprised. Lore looks up at him, then
	back to Picard. Its face twitches once -- a nervous
	tic we'll see again.

					LORE
			You may call me Lore.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

        STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - ACT THREE        26.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

37   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	traveling at warp eight against a star background.

38   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard and Data considering the Lore happening.

					PICARD
			I'm also a bit troubled by it
			describing you as "imperfect."

					DATA
			Human language gives me
			difficulties too, sir.
			"Imperfect" could mean I lack
			abilities that he possesses.

					PICARD
			I wonder. But the point of this
			is whether you and it have
			approximately the same
			capabilities.

					DATA
			We do, sir, and your referring
			to him as an "it"... suggests I
			too fit into the category of a
			"thing."

	It is a fair shot at Picard and he recognizes it,
	nodding sincerely.

					PICARD
			I see your point, Commander. My
			sincere apologies.

					DATA
			Gladly accepted, sir. As for
			Lore's abilities, his use of
			syntax and grammar suggests he
			was given human memories similar
			to mine.

					PICARD
			You both have about equal
			physical strength and mental
			ability?

     STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - ACT THREE     27.

38   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I believe so, sir.

					PICARD
				(troubled)
			Which requires I now ask you... a
			very serious question. Since the
			two of you are closely related
			to each other...

					DATA
			The answer, sir, is that my
			loyalty is to you and Starfleet.
			Completely.

					PICARD
				(beat; small smile)
			Thank you, Commander. I was
			certain of that.

39   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Lore is now wearing a plain-colored utility uniform
	without rank or insignia. It includes pocket-pouches
	and a turtle-necked kind of undergarment beneath.
	His only other difference from Data is in the fact he
	often smiles (perhaps with a suggestion of
	insincerity), plus his occasional facial "tic" or
	twitch. He is now seated in Wesley's position at the
	Helm next to Geordi who is pointing out various
	controls. Wesley, standing behind that position, and
	Riker at Command, seem a bit uncertain of this
	android. The other regulars watch approvingly.

					GEORDI
			And Helm control are here, with
			the ship's heading given in
			measurements, we call them
			"degrees"...
				(indicating)
			... with three hundred-sixty of
			them in a full circle this way.

					LORE
			... Then you say "mark"...

40   EMPHASIZING DATA (OPTICAL)

	who has left the Ready Room and CROSSES IN, stopping to
	watch and listen.

     STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/28/87 - ACT THREE     28.

40   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			On the nose!

					WESLEY
			Which separates it from another
			three hundred-sixty degree full
			circle like this... on a right
			angle to that one.

					LORE
				(demonstrating)
			So by ordering a heading so many
			degrees this way, and so many this
			way, the ship can travel in any
			direction. All three dimensions.

					RIKER
			And the square of the hypotenuse
			of a right triangle...

					LORE
			Is equal to the sum of the square
			of its other two...
				(stops; covering)
			... its two "somethings"... which
			I once heard but never understood.

	Riker and Wesley exchange a look at this juncture.
	Data has stopped to watch this exchange with interest
	also. Now, he moves toward Lore with a friendly tone.

					DATA
			All of which you can learn more
			about, when the captain has
			approved your being on the bridge.

					LORE
				(surprise and
				 contrition)
			Have I committed an offense?

					WESLEY
				(pleasantly)
			You'll find as I have that
			starships are loaded with rules
			which have to be learned.

	But Wesley's expression also indicates he has begun to
	have some doubts about Lore -- especially now when he
	hears:

     STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/28/87 - ACT THREE     29.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					LORE
			You're very clever, Wesley.
				(to Data)
			I now have duties to perform.
			Correct?

	Except for Riker and Wesley, the rest of the bridge
	crew is enjoying Lore.

					WORF
			Were you ever this anxious to
			please, Data?

					DATA
			Never. I judge Lore to be
			superior in that desire as well.

					LORE
			Because I was designed to be so
			human, my brother, I enjoy pleasing
			humans.

					GEORDI
			"My brother." That has a nice
			sound, Data.

					DATA
				(to Lore)
			And you consider it important to
			please humans?

					LORE
			It's not important?

					DATA
				(beat)
			There are many things of
			importance... some more so than
			others.

	Data indicates the turbolift, guides Lore in that
	direction. Lore seems eager to cooperate as they EXIT
	into the turbolift.

41   INT. TURBOLIFT

	Data speaks toward the panel.

					DATA
			My quarters.

        STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - ACT THREE        30.

41   CONTINUED:

	At which, the turbolift HUMS into life and powers
	downward.

					LORE
			Is my brother that important?
			It knows you?

					DATA
			It can identify any of the crew.
				(eyes Lore)
			Just as I can identify flattery,
			brother.

					LORE
			I used it only to please you, my
			brother. Is that forbidden too?

					DATA
			It is best used when it reflects
			genuine feelings.

					LORE
			Then, I used it properly with you.

41A  INT. CORRIDOR

	as Data and Lore ENTER from the turbolift, move down
	the corridor.

					DATA
				(beat)
			Do you realize Commander Riker's
			hypotenuse question tricked you
			into showing your knowledge was
			much greater than you were
			indicating?

					LORE
			He didn't seem that clever. I'll
			be more careful.

					DATA
			You tend to underestimate humans,
			my brother. The way you praised
			young Wesley at the Helm, for
			example...

					LORE
			A child!

        STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/27/87 - ACT THREE        31.

41A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			He has a child's body, but we have
			found him to be much more than that.

					LORE
			Thank you for that information,
			too.
				(beat; eyeing Data)
			You do care about how I perform.
			I pledge to be worthy of your
			teaching, my brother.

	Data looks at Lore for a long moment as they walk.

42   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	A plain, almost unfurnished interior. The door from
	the corridor slides OPEN and Data ENTERS with Lore who
	takes a moment to examine the quarters. They include
	mainly a large computer, but little more.

					LORE
			How would they describe this?
			"Spartan?"

					DATA
			I have no need for places to sit
			or sleep. Do you?

					LORE
			Do I appear that weak?

	During which, Data has gone to his computer controls,
	punched in an information request. The word DICTIONARY
	COMES ONTO the viewer. Data touches the computer
	controls again and CAMERA ZOOMS IN to show JEALOUSY
	defined as "INTOLERANCE OF RIVALRY, OR HOSTILITY TOWARD
	A RIVAL OR ONE BELIEVED TO HOLD AN ADVANTAGE." CAMERA
	ZOOMS BACK to an expressionless Data.

					LORE
			What information are you
			requesting?

					DATA
			Everything available on a Doctor
			Noonien Soong.

	Information on Soong is COMING UP on the computer.
	Lore moves in as Data studies it as he continues
	talking with Lore who nods at the last statement.

        STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - ACT THREE        32.

42   CONTINUED:

					LORE
			Good old "Often-Wrong Soong."
				(sees Data's puzzlement)
			A joke, brother. Actually, he
			was a genius by human standards.

					DATA
				(reading computer
				 viewer)
			But had destroyed his own
			reputation by making what seemed
			wild promises about his positronic
			brain design... almost all of which
			failed.

					LORE
			Promises he later proved to be
			true...
				(taps his head)
			Which made you and I possible.
			Our beloved "father."
				(touches Data's uniform)
			Will I soon have a uniform like
			that, my brother?

	The casual mention of "father" and the fast switch to
	uniforms bothers Data. His reply contains some
	annoyance.

					DATA
			If you get one the way I did,
			Lore, it means four years at the
			Academy, another three as ensign,
			ten or twelve on varied space duty
			in the lieutenant grades...

					LORE
				(interrupting)
			... A system designed to compensate
			for limited human abilities.
			But you, my brother, have begun
			thinking as humans do. You and
			I are completely different from
			them. Are you truly satisfied
			with the memories and knowledge
			of just a few hundred human
			colonists? Suppose it could
			reflect thousands... or a
			million... or the knowledge of
			hundreds of millions of life forms
			of every kind?

        STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - ACT THREE        33.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

	They look at each other for a long beat. Lore's facial
	"tic" happens again. Then:

					DATA
			How?

	Oddly enough, Lore's face twitches again at that, too.

					LORE
			We will discuss it in time.

					DATA
			And will we also discuss which
			of us was constructed first?

					LORE
				(surprised)
			It would be foolish to
			underestimate you, my brother.
				(nods)
			Yes, I lied when I said you were
			made first. With good reason.
			Doctor Soong made me perfect on
			his first attempt. But he made
			me so completely human that the
			colonists became envious of me.

					DATA
			You lived with the colonists?

					LORE
				(nods)
			Until they petitioned Soong to
			design a more comfortable, less
			perfect android. In other words,
			you, my brother.

	Data and Lore sit looking at each other, until:

					LORE
				(continuing)
			For example, haven't you noticed
			how easily I handle human speech?
			I use their contractions... such
			as isn't or can't. You say...
				(mimicking formality)
			... is not or cannot.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - ACT THREE     34.

42   CONTINUED: (3)

					LORE (Cont'd)
				(half singing it)
			I say tomato, you say tomahto;
			I say potato, you say potahto...
				(amused)
			A very old joke, but you also
			have trouble with their humor,
			too. Am I right?

					DATA
				(considers it; nods)
			Quite true. I keep trying to be
			more human... and keep failing.

					LORE
			Do you realize, my brother, that
			I can help you become more human?

					DATA
			And... do you realize... Lore,
			that I am obligated to report all
			of this to our ship's captain?

					LORE
			I assumed as much when I began
			studying you.
				(moves to computer)
			May I use this to learn more of
			this vessel and its customs?

					DATA
				(nods)
			Use it also to describe for the
			captain the time you spent with
			the colonists. Including all
			you know about what happened to
			them.

					LORE
			I promise a report with great
			detail and accuracy.

					DATA
			Thank you, Lore. And now, I
			have duties to perform, unless
			you need something more.

					LORE
			I have more than I dreamed
			possible, my brother.

	Data EXITS.

        STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - ACT THREE        35.

43   ANGLE ON LORE AT COMPUTER

	beginning to punch in information requests more
	rapidly... then still more rapidly.

44   ANGLE ON VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	providing starship information so rapidly now that the
	viewer IMAGES ARE A BLUR.

45   CLOSE ON LORE

	He seems to absorb this flood of information easily.
	He is very pleased with himself.

									FADE OUT:

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - ACT FOUR      36.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

46   EXT SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	still traveling at high warp speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41242.5.
			We now have the full story of the
			micro-engineering achievement
			which produced Data... and Lore...

47   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - SCIENCE STATION (OPTICAL)

	Intent upon the Science Station Viewer are Picard,
	Riker and Beverly. Geordi, Wesley, Tasha and Worf are
	on duty at their bridge stations.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... and of the tragedy which
			deprived humanity of the
			remarkable minds behind that.
			Our first clue was a child's
			drawing which showed a great,
			complex crystal shape...

48   CLOSE INSERT ON VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	as needed. The IMAGE there IS LORE'S REPORT which
	includes a look at the child's drawing..

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... confirmed by Lore's report to
			be an unknown kind of creature,
			capable of stripping all life from
			an entire world... insatiably
			ravenous for the life force found
			in intelligent forms like
			us... which Lore explains it stored
			in new crystal patterns... for
			purposes which are unknown.

      STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/29/87 - ACT FOUR      37.

49   BACK TO SHOT OF MAIN BRIDGE

					TASHA
			But how did Data escape that
			thing? Or Lore?

					RIKER
			Lore had been disassembled. He
			explains it as jealousy from the
			colonists. And Data wasn't yet
			"alive" at that time.

					PICARD
			Which explains why Data could be
			left outside in no danger from
			the creature. Whatever happened
			to the colonists, he would be
			found by any Starfleet team that
			responded to the signal being
			transmitted.

					TASHA
			By which Doctor Soong left proof
			behind that his experiment did
			work.

					RIKER
			Captain, how believable do you
			find that crystal thing?

					PICARD
			Having explored so little of just
			our galaxy, I find anything
			possible.

					TASHA
				(overlapping; puzzled
				 by readings)
			Data, are you expecting Lore to
			come up here? He left your
			quarters some time ago.

      STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/28/87 - ACT FOUR      38.

49   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			To go... ?

					TASHA
			My Turbo-sensors say he went to
			Deck One...
				(turning to Worf)
			Worf?

					WORF
			... where he examined some
			microminiature work tools, then
			some...
				(squints at her Viewer)
			... fine grind quadratanium... ?

					DATA
			Which is used in our construction.
				(to Picard)
			That particular compound is no
			more suspicious, sir, than a human
			looking for an antiseptic or an
			ointment. Nevertheless, I should
			check it out.

					BEVERLY
			You're watching everything he
			does, Data? Is that the act of
			a brother?

					PICARD
			The act of a Starfleet officer
			obeying his captain, Doctor.

	Tasha watches Data stand and EXIT the bridge. Then
	she turns toward Picard.

					TASHA
			Speaking strictly as security
			chief, Captain... how much can you
			trust Data now?

	The idea shocks some of the bridge crew.

					PICARD
			I trust him completely,
			Lieutenant!
				(then softer)
			But everyone should also realize
			you just asked a necessary and
			legitimate security question.

					TASHA
			Thank you for explaining that,
			sir.

      STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - ACT FOUR      39.

50   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	where Lore has set out a champagne bottle from which
	he fills stemmed glasses. Then, he pours silver metal
	bits into one of the glasses, causing the champagne
	momentarily to FIZZ WITH A SHRILL SOUND. It has hardly
	settled down when the sliding door OPENS and Data
	ENTERS. Lore manages to slip the vial into a pouch
	in his utility uniform as he turns, smiling.

					LORE
			Lesson one in becoming more human,
			my brother. You must observe all
			human customs.

	Data is surprised to see the champagne that Lore is
	pointing out.

					DATA
			Champagne?

					LORE
			An ancient ritual, still practiced
			when they celebrate events of
			importance.
				(picking up undoctored
				 glass)
			My brother... I toast our
			discovery of each other. May it
			fill our lives with new meaning.

	Data is surprised at this ritual being suggested. But
	Lore is holding his glass in toast position and Data
	sees no reason not to indulge Lore in this. He picks
	up his own glass. Lore drinks the full glass; Data
	takes a couple of sips, sets the glass down and looks
	up.

					DATA
			I have some doubts about the value
			of human... customs in this...my...
			brother...

	Data reels, begins slumping toward the floor as Lore
	watches, pleased.

					LORE
			And let us toast also...

					DATA
				(thickly)
			Brother... help me...

      STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - ACT FOUR      40.

50   CONTINUED:

					LORE
			... also Doctor Soong who gave me
			the full richness of human needs
			and ambitions... a perfect match
			for my mind, my body...

	Data is slumping prone now, becoming unable to fight
	the effects of the compound given him. Lore squats
	to keep his face near to him.

					LORE
				(continuing)
			And let us toast also the great
			Crystal Entity... with which I
			learned to communicate. Before
			Doctor Soong disassembled me, I
			earned its gratitude by revealing
			the way to the colonists.

	Data is close to being completely unconscious now.

					LORE
				(continuing)
			Can you image its gratitude when
			I give it the life on this
			vessel... and when my cleverness
			lets it safely feed upon crowded
			worlds in the galaxy... ?

	Satisfied with what he sees now, Lore begins stripping
	down to the turtleneck undershirt beneath his utility
	uniform.

51   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Only Riker, Geordi, Wesley and Worf on duty now. Worf
	gets a reading which causes him to look toward Riker.

					WORF
			This is strange, sir. I show
			Mister Data transmitting on a
			subspace channel.

					RIKER
			He's been doing considerable
			research on Doctor Soong's
			background... but let's be sure.
				(turns)
			Wesley, can you look in on him
			discreetly?

      STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - ACT FOUR      41.

51   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(coming to his feet
				 instantly)
			Yes sir!

	bridge crew watches Wesley EXIT, enjoying his youthful
	eagerness.

52   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	where Data's android form now wears the utility
	uniform, lying unconscious on the floor neatly parallel
	to a cabin wall. Wearing Data's uniform and rank
	insignia is Lore, now speaking into the computer.

					LORE
			... and upon arriving here you can
			identify me as the machine named
			"Data."

	Any doubts as to the true identity of this Android are
	resolved at the sight of Lore's facial "tic" or twitch.
	WE HEAR the door CHIME.

					LORE
				(continuing)
			End of message.
				(turning computer off)
			Come in, please.

	Wesley ENTERS, stops in surprise at the sight of an
	android in utility uniform lying unconscious on the
	floor.

					LORE
				(continuing)
			Glad you are here, Wesley. Lore
			suddenly attacked me and I had
			to turn him off.

					WESLEY
			Why did he do that, Data?

					LORE
			He discovered we have been
			using sensors to follow what
			he does.

	Lore's facial twitch happens. Wesley REGISTERS
	SURPRISE at this happening.

      STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - ACT FOUR      42.

52   CONTINUED:

					LORE
				(continuing)
			I practiced his facial "tic."
			Do I have it right?

					WESLEY
			I'd suggest you forget imitating
			him...
				(smiles)
			... because if you had said "We've
			been using the sensors," instead
			if "we have," I might have
			suspected you were Lore.

					LORE
			Yes. I do use language more
			formally than Lore. Please
			inform the captain I will come
			up to the bridge...
				(indicating unconscious
				 Form)
			... and report on this.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir.

	CAMERA HOLDS ON LORE as Wesley EXITS. Then the facial
	"tic" happens again and Lore turns to a cabinet and
	extracts several hand devices, selects a heavy one.

53   CLOSE ON LORE

	as he lifts the device to his face, touches a control
	making it WHINE into power. Then another control which
	causes it to BATHE THE FACIAL "TIC" AREA WITH
	ELECTRONIC DISCHARGES WHICH APPEAR AS MINIATURE
	"LIGHTNING BOLTS." He keeps at this "treatment" until
	that part of his face BEGINS TO GLOW. Then he lowers
	the device and as the GLOW FADES, then works his facial
	muscles, testing them.

54   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	still traveling at high warp against a star background.

      STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/29/87 - ACT FOUR      43.

55   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Any angles on the Main Viewer SHOW the same high warp
	speed. The full bridge crew we saw earlier is on duty,
	Wesley back at the Helm position, Beverly seated in
	the Command Area again. Data hasn't returned, of
	course. Picard ENTERS from his Ready Room, reflecting
	annoyance as he speaks to Wesley.

					PICARD
			You're certain he said he'll be
			right up?

					WESLEY
			He indicated that, sir.

					TASHA
			Sensors show Data just now
			entering a turbolift, sir.

					BEVERLY
				(to Wesley)
			Wes, tell me again how Data said
			he immobilized Lore.

					WESLEY
			He said he "turned him off," Mom...
				(quick correction)
			... uh, Doctor.

	Lore, in Data's uniform, ENTERS by turbolift. Beverly
	eyes him, puzzled.

					BEVERLY
				(quietly)
			Question, Mister Data... did you
			or did you not swear me to secrecy
			about your "off switch?"

					LORE
				(a slight hesitation)
			A change of mind, Doctor. If I
			cannot trust the bridge crew, whom
			can I... ?

					GEORDI
				(interrupting; to
				 Picard)
			Sir! I'm picking up a "bogey"
			coming in on a five o'clock
			tangent.

      STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/28/87 - ACT FOUR      44.

55   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Confirm! And so fast it makes
			our warp eight look like we're
			standing still!

					TASHA
			It's transmitting no ID signal,
			Captain...

					RIKER
			Set Main Viewer on that tangent.

	Main Viewer SWITCHES to the indicated REAR ANGLE,
	changing the relative star movement accordingly. As
	the view magnifies, WE CAN SEE A TINY BRIGHT SPOT WHICH
	STEADILY GROWS LARGER.

					PICARD
			Shields up; go to Yellow Alert!
			Transmit friendly greetings, all
			languages, all frequencies.

					RIKER
			I can't believe anything
			overtaking us this fast.

					LORE
			Beautiful, isn't it?

	Wesley pivots, EXPRESSING SURPRISE at this. The rest
	of the bridge crew is too busy at their readings and
	controls to notice.

					RIKER
			I recognize it, Captain... it's
			similar to that child's drawing...

	WE CAN NOW SEE that the IMAGE (computer generated?)
	IS SHAPED LIKE THE CRYSTAL COMPLEX.

					BEVERLY
			My God, it's big!

55A  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND CRYSTAL ENTITY (OPTICAL)

	MOVING IN to float close to our starship, the
	SHIMMERING CRYSTAL COMPLEXITY is very obvious. It
	looks both very lovely and terribly powerful at the
	same time.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

      STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - ACT FIVE      45.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

56   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND CRYSTAL ENTITY (OPTICAL)

	The huge crystal form, two or three times the size of
	the starship, SLOWLY SPINNING, pictorially dominating
	the starship as it floats next to it.

57   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The complex crystal IMAGE on Main Viewer, still
	SHIMMERING as it SLOWLY TURNS. Watching it are Picard,
	Riker, Wesley, Tasha, Worf and "Lore."

					TASHA
			Still no ID transmitted, sir.
			Also, no answer to our inquiries.

	Geordi ENTERS hurriedly.

					PICARD
			Did you have a direct look at it?

					GEORDI
			It's like a snowflake crystal,
			sir. But much more complex... the
			entire electromagnetic spectrum
			seems to play about inside it...
				(seeing Picard's look)
			I haven't the slightest idea what
			it is, sir.

					PICARD
			Data, anything else Lore can tell
			us about it may be important.
			Can you control Lore enough to
			question him?

					LORE
				(rising; moving to
				 turbolift)
			I'll have to examine him to know,
			sir.

	Wesley, who has reacted uncomfortably to all this,
	comes to his feet.

        STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - ACT FIVE        46.

57   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Captain, recommend you do not
			let...
				(hesitates)
			... him move around the ship alone.

					PICARD
			Ensign... !

					LORE
				(interrupting;
				 chuckling)
			Wesley is only trying to show
			himself alert and responsible,
			sir.
				(to Wesley)
			Something to encourage. Come,
			you can watch everything I do.

					WESLEY
			Not if I have a choice.

					PICARD
			That is quite enough, Ensign!
			When addressing a senior
			officer...

					RIKER
				(interrupting)
			I've guided his training; I'm the
			one at fault, sir.
				(to Wesley)
			You will show proper courtesy,
			and I'm taking you down there to
			make certain of it!
				(to Picard)
			With your approval, of course,
			sir.

	Picard gives a wave of approval to Riker and a look
	of annoyance to Wesley.

58   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	as last seen, with Data unconscious on the floor. The
	door opens with Lore very cleverly managing to block
	Riker's and Wesley's view as he takes a precautionary
	look inside.

      STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - ACT FIVE      47.

58   CONTINUED:

					LORE
			Careful of Lore...
				(steps aside)
			Good, he is still unconscious.

	Wesley ENTERS with Riker.

					LORE
				(continuing; to Wesley)
			The captain refused to listen to
			you but you were right... Lore
			can be extremely dangerous.

	Lore has knelt with an arm going behind Data,
	pretending to lift his head more upright to examine his
	face. Then, even though unconscious, Data's face
	twitches.

					LORE
				(continuing)
			Notice? The same twitch, even
			when he's unconscious... I suspect
			that...

59   REVERSE CLOSE ANGLE

	On Data's back where Lore's hand, hidden from view,
	probes fingers toward the "switch" deep in Data's back.

					LORE (O.S.)
			... something went seriously wrong
			during Lore's construction.

60   BACK TO SHOT

					LORE
			Stay back. We could have a
			problem if he senses someone else
			is near.
				(bringing android
				 closer)
			Lore, I have some questions to
			ask you...

	Data's eyes flicker open, rolling about.

61   REVERSE ANGLE

	Again on Data's back -- Lore's fingers jabbing
	viciously at the "switch" area.

        STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - ACT FIVE        48.

62   BACK TO SHOT

	Data's head begins to jerk about, then begins doing
	it more and more violently and he begins making PAINED
	SOUNDS -- then struggles as if to sit up, Lore
	pretending to hold him down.

					LORE
			Lore, it is Data. I have a few
			easy questions for you...
				(pretending to control
				 Data)
			He senses you!
				(Data begins flailing)
			I'm sorry, I can't control him
			if you stay.

	Wesley is still uncertain, but Riker feels obliged to
	obey Picard's orders. He moves Wesley toward the door.
	Data is beginning to flail rather wildly.

					LORE
			Please! I'll record anything he
			says!

					RIKER
			And bring it to the bridge.
			Immediately!

	The cabin door IS OPENED as Riker GUIDES Wesley OUT.
	Then the doors CLOSE. Then, Lore releases Data who
	falls back prone and unconscious again.

63   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Lore still turned toward the door area, an ugly
	expression now on Lore's face.

					LORE
			And you want to be as stupid as
			them... ?

	Lore suddenly KICKS HARD at Data's head, knocking it
	violently aside.

					LORE
				(continuing)
			... dear brother!

	He kicks again. Then again.

      STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - ACT FIVE      49.

64   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	where Riker and Wesley are moving back to their
	positions.

					PICARD
			Well, Number One?

					RIKER
			Sir, it's Lore... with the same
			facial twitch we've all seen...
			lying unconscious exactly as Data
			described. But he became violent,
			apparently sensing that Wesley
			and I were present...

					WESLEY
				(interrupting)
			Or is it Lore pretending to be
			Data, and faking it all?

					PICARD
			I asked for Commander Riker's
			report, "Acting Ensign" Crusher.
			And since it is now clear you are
			unable to function here within
			the limits of that appointment...

	Wesley has come to his feet expecting the worst but all
	is now interrupted:

					GEORDI
			Captain!

	Picard whirls at the sound of alarm in Geordi's
	voice... and sees that the huge crystal shape is rapidly
	MOVING IN toward the Enterprise. Reaching the
	deflector shields area, it is deflected back somewhat,
	but the smaller Enterprise is JOLTED MORE, SHAKING THE
	BRIDGE CREW ABOUT.

					TASHA
			Deflector shields holding, sir.

					PICARD
				(keeping voice calm)
			Bring photon torpedoes to ready;
			main phasers to ready...

	A flurry of activity from Tasha and Worf. Wesley has
	quickly seated himself again, checking his controls as
	the immense crystal shape now COMES AT THE ENTERPRISE
	HARDER. The SHAKING this time is HEAVIER, and WE BEGIN
	TO HEAR the SOUND OF STRUCTURAL STRAIN. Beverly COMES
	OUT of a turbolift, concerned.

             STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - ACT FIVE            50.

64   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing: to Riker)
			Go to Red Alert, please.

	Riker hits a control and the ALERT SIGNAL begins
	HONKING, the RED LIGHTS begin FLASHING. And Lore,
	still in Data's uniform, COMES OUT of a turbolift on
	the run.

					WORF
				(raising voice over it)
			Weapons now ready, sir!

					LORE
			No, Captain, let me talk to it...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Why didn't you say you could?

	Interrupted by the CRYSTAL SHAPE COMING at the
	Enterprise still HARDER, with STRUCTURAL STRAIN HEARD
	MUCH LOUDER this time. The shaking makes Lore grab
	support as:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Affirmative! Talk to it!

					LORE
				(whirling to Tasha)
			Open hailing frequencies!
				(as she hits switch)
			Crystal Form, I identify myself
			as "Data," advising you to stop
			your attack. The humans here are
			powerful, capable of injuring or
			even destroying you. They can
			be changed only in other ways.

	The crystal shape stops, begins to BACK OFF from the
	Enterprise, taking its earlier position.

					GEORDI
			Now I call that communicating.

					WORF
			But he mentioned "changing us,"
			Captain. What does that mean?

	Wesley looks back toward Worf thankfully.

          STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/29/87 - ACT FIVE          51.

64   CONTINUED: (2)

					LORE
			It has many meanings, as any human
			language dictionary could inform
			you.
				(to Picard)
			Suggest moving fast to confirm
			what I told it, sir. Permission
			to use the large transporter in
			Cargo Room Three? There I can
			beam out some living pattern,
			perhaps a large tree...

					RIKER
			Which you'll beam over next to
			the entity...

					LORE
			You are correct, Riker.
				(to Picard)
			Our ship's phasers will then blast
			and disintegrate it... proving
			we're dangerous.

					PICARD
			Make it so!

					LORE
			Sir?

	Which brings a slight change of expression onto
	Picard's features.

					PICARD
			Do it!

	Lore EXITS via turbolift. Wesley has come to his feet,
	protesting.

					WESLEY
			Sir, I know this may finish me
			as an acting ensign, but...

					PICARD
			Shut up, Wesley.
				(turning)
			Lieutenant Yar, pick a good
			security team, let me know what
			he does.

	Yar turns to Worf, silently requesting him to handle
	it. Worf gives a brisk "Aye, sir," EXITING via
	turbolift.

	Beverly has been watching Picard, troubled.

             STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - ACT FIVE            52.

64   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			"Shut up, Wesley?"

					PICARD
			Stay out of this, Madam...

					WESLEY
			Since I am finished here, Captain,
			may I point out... ?

					BEVERLY
			Shut up, Wesley!

					WESLEY
				(still to Picard)
			... that what I've said would have
			been listened to if it came from
			an adult officer. Request
			permission to return to my
			quarters, sir.

					PICARD
			Granted, if you take your mother
			with you.

					BEVERLY
				(flaring)
			You're putting me off the bridge?

					PICARD
			I'm asking that you keep an eye
			on your son during this, Doctor.

					WESLEY
			Please, Mom. Let's go.

	A hesitant Beverly lets Wesley accompany her to a
	turbolift.

65   INT. CORRIDOR

	where Worf and two Security People hurry toward a
	turbolift door there. It OPENS... REVEALING Lore
	waiting there. Worf REACTS, quickly steps toward Lore.

					LORE
			Emergency close!

	Causing the turbolift doors to CLOSE in the face of
	the Security People.

          STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/29/87 - ACT FIVE          53.

66   INT. TURBOLIFT

	Worf, alone with Lore in the small cab, whirls toward
	the android.

					LORE
				(continuing)
			Now show me your warrior
			fierceness.

	Worf draws his small phaser fast... and Lore chops it
	from his hand even faster. Worf pivots, his fist
	striking powerfully at Lore who moves very fast,
	deflects it and chops again at Worf, bringing a look of
	surprised pain to Worf's face. Like a windmill, Lore
	chops at Worf with one hand, then the next, then again
	with the other -- and WE SEE Worf's knees beginning
	to buckle.

67   OMITTED

68   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	with Data crumpled in a heap on the floor. No blood or
	bruises appear on an android, but the epidermal
	covering of his head is damaged, with pieces of it
	hanging down.

	WE HEAR a CHIME. Then a wait, then a MECHANICAL SOUND
	AT THE DOOR which slides open TO REVEAL Wesley there
	with Beverly who now has a major phaser on her belt.

					BEVERLY
			I'll look, but I should never
			have let you talk me into this...

	But Wesley presses ON INTO the room... then REACTS at
	what he finds.

					WESLEY
			It's Data, Mom. He's been hurt!

	Beverly COMES IN too, kneels at the utility-clad Form
	there. Then the facial twitch happens. Beverly looks
	up at Wesley, alarmed.

					WESLEY
			It's Data! For once will you
			trust me about something?

	Beverly looks questioningly at the unconscious android
	form.

          STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/29/87 - ACT FIVE          54.

68   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			You must know how much Starfleet
			means to me. But I'm finished
			unless you can help me.
				(touches her arm)
			I heard you know how to turn them
			on. Please?

	Beverly pulls away, starts to rise.

					BEVERLY
			No, this is very serious...

					WESLEY
			I know, Mom. So tell me again
			to "shut up, Wesley," and I will.

					BEVERLY
			You're being very unfair,
			Wesley...

	But Beverly still reaches to Data's back... then Data
	opens his eyes and sits upright, examining Beverly and
	Wesley.

					WESLEY
			Data, the Crystal Thing is outside
			close to the ship... and Lore is
			loose somewhere inside.

	Data comes to his feet. A loose piece of epidermal
	covering FLUTTERS to the floor, causing him to run a
	hand over his facial damage.

					BEVERLY
			How badly are you hurt... Data?

					DATA
			I will function sufficiently to
			stop Lore, Doctor...

	Wesley is already OUT the door. Beverly and Data hurry
	to FOLLOW.

69   INT. CORRIDOR TO CARGO THREE

	Data, Beverly, Wesley hurry to a small door marked
	"TRANSPORTER TECHNICIANS ONLY."

          STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - ACT FIVE          55.

69   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Whatever happens, it is important
			that you two stay away from him.
			Do not try to help me.

	Both Wesley and Beverly nod agreement. Data tries the
	door, it doesn't budge. Data gives an "I thought so"
	nod, turns to a panel next to the door, punches in a
	code... then easily pushes the door open.

70   INT. CARGO THREE TRANSPORTER ROOM

	The small door has led to the Transporter Control Area.
	Beyond past the large Transporter Platform are large
	cargo doors used for bringing bulky cargo items in and
	out. As Data, Beverly and Wesley ENTER, they stop,
	freeze as they hear:

					LORE (O.S.)
			Good, you understand perfectly
			so far. Next, I'll signal I'm
			about to transport something
			out...

	Data is now moving in quietly, motioning Doctor and son
	to stay back.

71   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Lore standing at a computer where Data can see him now.

					LORE
				(continuing)
			... at which time the deflector
			shields will turn off for a
			moment, and if you move in at
			that time...

	Lore suddenly stops in mid-sentence, turns and looks
	directly at Data. Then, as if sensing someone else
	there, Lore steps unexpectedly to one side... sees
	Wesley and Beverly there.

					DATA
			How sad, dear brother. You have
			made me wish I were an only child.

             STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - ACT FIVE            56.

71   CONTINUED:

					LORE
				(raising phaser)
			Then why this marvelous gift, my
			brother? The troublesome little
			man-child.
				(circling; to Wesley)
			Are you prepared for the kind of
			death you've earned, little man?

	This is too much for Beverly. She draws her major
	phaser, aiming it at Lore.

					BEVERLY
			If you take one step toward my
			son...

	Startled, Data takes his eyes off Lore for just a
	fraction of a second... enough for Lore to send Data
	spinning to where he blocks Beverly's aim. Wesley
	tries to move in to help but Lore has already chopped
	again at Data, spinning into Beverly, easily taking
	the phaser away from her. He makes a quick setting
	on it. Data is coming to his feet to attack Lore.

					LORE
			Ah, motherhood!
				(aims phaser at Wesley)
			Back off or I'll turn your little
			man into a torch!

	Frightened for Wesley, Beverly backs off. Lore makes
	another quick setting, holding phaser on Wesley.

					LORE
			I promise him exquisite pain
			unless you obey me too, dear
			brother.

					BEVERLY
			Move away, Data, please!

	Data backs off a few steps.

					LORE
			Do you see now the advantages of
			being completely human?
				(to Beverly)
			It includes kindness. I give you
			your life, Doctor. Go, quickly
			and I may not injure your son at
			all.

             STAR TREK: "Datalore" - 10/26/87 - ACT FIVE            57.

71   CONTINUED: (2)

	Beverly is willing to die if it helps her son. But
	leaving him this way?

					DATA
			I will stay with Wesley, Doctor.

					LORE
			Go! Or he'll be shrieking on the
			count of five. One... two...

72   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL & SPECIAL EFFECTS)

	Beverly panics, hurries toward the small door where
	they had entered.

					BEVERLY
			I'll bring help, Wesley.

					LORE
			Thank you for my human quality,
			Doctor Soong.
				(aiming phaser)
			Now a small payment for your son's
			misdeeds.

	LORE PHASERS BEVERLY, a BEAM which strikes her left
	arm in a FLASH OF FIRE.

					WESLEY
			Mom!

	Wesley turns, rushing at Lore... but Data reaches out,
	stopping Wesley and holding him immobile. Meanwhile,
	the PHASER BEAM has IGNITED Beverly's MEDICAL COAT
	which she must now tear away one-handed, opening the
	door the same way. As the EXITS, the door CLOSES but
	with Lore distracted with the door, Data leaps at him
	fast, shoving Wesley tumbling to safety. It is a
	vicious android battle, both using incredible speed
	and power. It SURGES OUT into the open room, toward
	the big transporter platform.

73
thru	OMITTED
74

75   ANGLE ON WESLEY

	coming to his feet, alert to anything he can do to help
	Data. He moves toward the conflict.

          STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/29/87 - ACT FIVE          58.

75   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Stay back, Wesley! Help me some
			other way!

	Wesley backs off. Data and Lore in action that now
	SURGES toward the transporter platform. Wesley,
	desperately seeking some way to help, sees their
	direction of movement... turns quickly toward the
	transporter controls. Can this be it?

76   EMPHASIZING DATA AND LORE

	at the edge of the transporter platform. Data now sees
	where Wesley is standing -- he pretends to stumble,
	faking Lore in over him -- then surges up to his full
	height, tossing Lore onto the platform.

					DATA
			Wesley... now!

77   ANGLE ON WESLEY

	already moving the controls.

78   ANGLE EMPHASIZING LORE (OPTICAL)

	as he is beamed out into oblivion.

79   ANGLE ON SMALL DOOR

	as it is FORCED OPEN, Picard, Riker, Tasha, with an
	injured Beverly RUSH IN. Wesley rushes to his mother,
	worried about her injuries.

					WESLEY
				(to Picard)
			Lore's gone, sir, permanently!

					PICARD
				(to Beverly)
			Now that your son's safe, Doctor,
			report immediately to Sickbay.

	Riker has noticed something happening on the computer
	view screen.

					RIKER
			Captain... The crystal thing has
			begun to move away.

          STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - ACT FIVE         58A.

79A  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND CRYSTAL SHAPE (OPTICAL)

	as the crystal thing MOVES AWAY from the starship,
	accellerating, DISAPPEARING quickly into the distance.

79B  INT. CARGO THREE TRANSPORTER ROOM

	as a figure, clothed like Lore, MOVES IN toward the
	Captain. As Picard looks him over, its face twitches.

					PICARD
				(continuing; beat;
				 eyeing him)
			Data, get rid of that damned
			twitch! And put on a correct
			uniform.

          STAR TREK: "Datalore" - REV. 10/27/87 - ACT FIVE          59.

79B  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Yes, Captain.

	Data EXITS.

					PICARD
			And Ensign Crusher...
				(as Wesley HURRIES IN)
			... are you able to return to duty
			now?

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir!

					PICARD
			Then do so! Let the bridge know
			all is well down here.

	Wesley HURRIES OFF too. Riker turns from another look
	at at the view screen.

					RIKER
			It's gone, sir. Without Lore, it
			had no way to reach us.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			And we're overdue for our computer
			refit.
				(beat)
			Number One, have you ever
			considered whether Data is more
			human, or less human than we want?

					RIKER
				(grins)
			I only wish we were as well
			balanced, sir.

					PICARD
				(beat; nods)
			Agreed!

	The two of them begin to EXIT.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         
                            THE END                             













                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Angel One" 
                          #40271-115 
                              
                          Written by 
                         Patrick Barry 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Michael Rhodes 


Copyright 1987 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved.

This script is not for publication or reproduction. No one
is authorized to dispose of same. If lost or destroyed,
please notify the Script Department.


                      REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                       NOVEMBER 9, 1987

               STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - CAST                 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "Angel One"                               

                             CAST                               

                PICARD               BEATA
                RIKER                TRENT
                BEVERLY              ARIEL
                DATA                 RAMSEY
                TROI               
                TASHA              
                WORF                 Non-Speaking Roles
                GEORDI                SEVERAL MALE SECRETARIES
                WESLEY                TWO TALL WOMEN
                                      THREE MALE SURVIVORS
                                      FEMALE GUARDS
                Non-Speaking Roles    TWO NATIVE WOMEN
                 A BUDDY              NATIVE MEN
                 TRANSPORTER OPERATOR
                 CREWMEMBERS        

            STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Angel One" 

                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              Main bridge
              Corridor                 ANGEL ONE (PLANET)
              Transporter Room
              Holodeck Door            ANGEL ONE (SURFACE)
              Sickbay
              Doctor Crusher's Lab
              Captain's Ready Room
              Picard's Quarters
          
            ANGEL ONE
              Executive Office
              Great Hall
              Guest Quarters
              Hideout
              Holding Area

          STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - TEASER          1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "Angel One"                               

                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - STARSHIP AND PLANET (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise APPROACHES, bearing down as:

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41636.9.
			As feared, our examination of the
			seven year overdue Federation
			freighter, Odin -- disabled by
			an asteroid collision -- revealed
			no survivors.

2    REVERSE ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	to show the Enterprise APPROACHING a GREEN PLANET. As
	the Enterprise slows to assume an orbit:

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			However, three escape pods were
			missing, suggesting the
			possibility of survivors...

3    INT. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The Green Planet is featured on the Main Viewer.
	PICARD, GEORDI, DATA, RIKER, TASHA and TROI at their
	stations.

					GEORDI
			Ready to begin orbit of Angel One,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Make it so, Mister La Forge. What
			kind of place is this, Data?

          STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - TEASER          2.

3    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Angel One is a class M planet,
			supporting carbon-based flora and
			fauna, sparsely populated with
			intelligent life forms... similar
			in technological development to
			mid-twentieth-century Earth.

					GEORDI
			Just like being marooned at home.

					RIKER
			Assuming any survivors made it
			this far. Admittedly, it's the
			closest planet to the Odin. But
			the distance we've traveled in the
			past two days at warp one would've
			taken the Odin escape pods five
			months.

					DATA
			Five months, fourteen days, eleven
			hours, two minutes --

					RIKER
			Thank you, Data.

					DATA
			-- and fifty-seven seconds.

	During this, Tasha reacts to a display at her station.

					TASHA
			Captain, we're receiving an audio
			signal from Angel One.

					PICARD
			Starfleet was quite adamant that
			we maintain excellent diplomatic
			relations with this planet. Any
			other pertinent information before
			we reply, Mister Data? Their form
			of government would be a logical
			starting place.

					DATA
			Angel One has evolved into a
			constitutional oligarchy. It is
			governed by a parliamentary body
			consisting of six elected
			Mistresses, and headed by a female
			they refer to as "The Elected
			One."

          STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - TEASER          3.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			It sounds very much like my own
			planet.

					WORF
				(aside to Data)
			Klingons appreciate strong women.

					RIKER
			How current is your information,
			Data?

					DATA
			A Federation vessel last visited
			this planet sixty-two years ago,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Except, let us hope, for the Odin
			escape pods.
				(then:)
			Since this is a female-dominated
			society, it might be more prudent
			if you made the initial contact,
			Counselor.

					TROI
				(nods, and:)
			Please open hailing frequencies.

					TASHA
			Hailing frequencies open.

					TROI
			This is Counselor Deanna Troi of
			the USS Enterprise.

					FEMALE'S COM VOICE
			I am Beata, The Elected One. How
			may we assist you, Counselor?

					TROI
			The Federation has neglected a
			visit to your planet for far too
			long. With your permission, we
			would like to correct that
			oversight.

          STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - TEASER          4.

3    CONTINUED: (3)

					BEATA'S COM VOICE
			We feel in no way neglected,
			Counselor. A diplomatic courtesy
			call is neither expected nor
			required.

	REACTIONS at lack of hospitality. Troi pushes on:

					TROI
			We also come in search of possible
			survivors from one of our
			freighters.

					BEATA'S COM VOICE
			A brief visit will be tolerated.

	CLICK.

					TASHA
			They've broken off transmission.

					GEORDI
			Ever feel like you're not really
			wanted?

					PICARD
			That's their prerogative,
			Lieutenant.
				(then:)
			Prepare the away team, Number One.

					RIKER
			Aye, aye, sir.

	As Riker, Data, Troi and Tasha stand down, heading
	toward the turbolift, Picard returns his attention to
	the green planet on his Main Viewer.

4    INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR

	WESLEY and a BUDDY converge on the Holodeck entrance.
	As WE FOLLOW this excited twosome, WE PICK UP Riker
	(carrying a METALLIC BOX) Troi, Data and Tasha
	APPROACHING from the opposite direction.

					RIKER
			Where're you boys off to?

          STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - TEASER          5.

4    CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Skiing, sir. Our instructor has
			us scheduled for the Swiss Alps,
			sir.

					RIKER
			Save us some deep powder.

					WESLEY
			No problem, sir. The Holodeck
			has all you'll ever need.

	All enjoy the enthusiasm of the boys as they HURRY INTO
	the Holodeck.

5    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard and a transporter operator at the console as the
	away team ENTERS.

					RIKER
			The away team is ready, Captain.

					PICARD
			Angel One's position in this
			quadrant may become strategically
			vital. The hope at Starfleet is
			that some day this planet could
			become a part of the Federation.

					RIKER
			We'll try to make a good impression,
			Captain.

	Riker, Troi, Tasha and Data take their places on the
	Transporter pad.

					PICARD
			Energize!

	The operator does. TRANSPORTER EFFECT. Then:

6    EXT. ANGEL ONE - DAY - ESTABLISH (OPTICAL)

	Lush vegetation surrounded by high-tech architecture.

          STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - TEASER          6.

7    INT. ANGEL ONE EXECUTIVE OFFICE - DAY

	Steel and glass and concrete, with all the trappings
	of a Presidential Suite. The Elected One, BEATA, sits
	behind a huge desk. Dressed in utilitarian fashion,
	the woman is still very attractive. Hovering over her
	is TRENT, her personal secretary. He's shorter in
	stature, much more frail than Beata (as are all the
	men of this planet). In contrast to his boss, he's
	dressed in bright colors. Beata is busy scanning and
	signing papers that Trent places in front of her, when:

8    ANGLE - THE DOOR

	Another male secretary shows Troi, Data, Tasha and
	Riker INTO the office, then WITHDRAWS. They stand
	before the desk, waiting.

9    FULL SHOT

	Beata lets our away team "learn their place" as she
	continues to ignore them, studying documents, etc.

					BEATA
			See that these matters are handled
			immediately.

					TRENT
			As you wish, Mistress.

	He takes the papers, HURRIES OUT. Finally, Beata
	focuses on the away team.

					BEATA
			I am Beata, The Elected One of
			Angel One.

					TROI
			Mistress Beata, I am Counselor
			Troi.
				(refers to metal box)
			We've brought you a small token
			of our goodwill.

	Beata eyes the metal box... eyes Riker.

					BEATA
			My cooperation is not for sale,
			Counselor.

          STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - TEASER          7.

9    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			We didn't mean to imply that it
			was, Mistress.
				(beat, and:)
			Out of respect to your wishes that
			we keep our visit brief, perhaps
			you would like to address the
			issue of survivors immediately.

					BEATA
				(curtly)
			Immediately -- but not
			impetuously. You will present
			your case.

	She rises. This woman is as tall as Riker.

					BEATA
				(continuing)
			Until I am certain of your
			intentions, I know of no such
			survivors.

	And on this unexpected twist, we:

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT ONE         8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

10   EXT. ANGEL ONE - DAY - ESTABLISH (OPTICAL)

11   INT. GREAT HALL - DAY

	Steel, glass and smooth concrete softened by dripping
	ferns and draped sheers. The outer doors swing open
	and IN STRIDES our away team. Riker still carries the
	metal box.

12   ANOTHER ANGLE

	TO REVEAL the occupants. A large U-shaped table
	dominates the room. At the top of the U is Beata.
	Trent stands behind off one shoulder. The flanking
	sides of the table are occupied by three (tall) WOMEN
	to each side, one of whom will be identified as ARIEL.
	Several other male secretaries are in attendance along
	the perimeter of the table.

					BEATA
			Representatives of the Starship
			Enterprise -- do you wish to
			petition the Parliament of Angel
			One?

					TROI
			We do. We have reason to hope
			that survivors from a damaged
			Federation freighter may be
			marooned on your planet. We are
			seeking to learn if this is so.

	General stoicism from the Parliamentarians. Except
	for Ariel who displays particular interest.
	Suspiciously:

					BEATA
			Even a planet as remote as Angel
			One has heard of Starfleet.
			Searching the galaxy for survivors
			seems a petty task for one of their
			mighty vessels.

         STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT ONE         9.

12   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			We don't consider even one
			survivor petty.

					BEATA
				(to Troi, offended)
			Is this man suggesting that we
			place a lesser value on life than
			you do?

					TROI
			Not at all.

	Troi looks to Riker for encouragement. He nods for
	her to continue.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Our discovery of the abandoned
			freighter was an accident,
			Mistress Beata. We have a duty
			to investigate.

					BEATA
			I see. And if you were to find
			survivors? What then?

					TROI
			We will take them with us. See
			that they are reunited with their
			families.

	Ariel reacts to this, her concern evident.

					ARIEL
			Mistress Beata... ?

					BEATA
			Yes, Ariel?

					ARIEL
			Are we to take these strangers
			at their word?

					BEATA
			A good question.

					TASHA
			What reason could we possibly have
			to deceive you?

         STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT ONE         10.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEATA
			Another good question.

					RIKER
			Are there survivors from the
			freighter Odin on this planet?

					BEATA
			After we discuss that matter,
			we'll let you know.

	What the hell kind of answer is that? Before it can
	be pursued:

					BEATA
				(continuing; to Trent)
			See to their comforts.

	Trent leaves his place near the seat of power to escort
	the away team from the Great Hall.

13   INT. ANGEL ONE GUEST QUARTERS - DAY

	As plush as the Great Hall, consisting of common area
	with doors leading to separate sleeping cubicles. The
	main door OPENS -- Trent LEADS the away team IN.

					TRENT
			You will remain here until
			summoned.

	Trent EXITS. Tasha removes a tricorder, checks the
	area. As Riker places the metal box on a side table:

					RIKER
			Are we able to talk? Is the
			area secure?

					TASHA
			Yes. Tricorder doesn't show
			any listening devices or
			anything else of a threatening
			nature

					RIKER
			Good. Troi?

					TROI
			There was much fear in that room.

         STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT ONE         11.

13   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Paranoia, if you ask me. But of
			what?

					TROI
			I cannot say. Nor do I feel their
			fear was focused. I sensed that
			all were not concerned for the
			same reason.

					RIKER
			Data?

					DATA
			There are undoubtedly survivors
			from the Odin on this planet,
			Commander.

					RIKER
			I agree. Otherwise, why would
			they be so circumspect?

					TASHA
			As the Mistress Beata is so fond
			of saying -- good question.

					DATA
			What do we do if they elect to
			deny the existence of any
			survivors?

					RIKER
			Let's not look for problems.

	But of course, that's what they are all trained to do.

14   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship continues to orbit Angel One.

15   INT. ENTERPRISE - CORRIDOR NEAR HOLODECK

	Picard and WORF are walking down the hallway.

					PICARD
			I want all departments prepared
			for a warp six trip to the Neutral
			Zone as soon as the away team
			completes its mission.

         STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT ONE         12.

15   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Trouble, Captain?

					PICARD
			Insurance. Romulan battlecruisers
			have been detected near one of
			our border posts. They've
			requested assistance as soon as
			we are available.

	Without warning, Picard is hit squarely on the cheek by
	a SNOWBALL. He stops cold.

16   REVERSE - OPEN HOLODECK DOOR

	A laughing Wesley comes TUMBLING OUT, smashing into
	Worf as he avoids the pursuit of his buddy. Both skid
	to a shocked halt at sight of Picard.

					WESLEY
			Captain Picard!

	Picard wipes the snow from his face. The boys, soaking
	wet themselves, cringe.

					PICARD
			Report, Mister Crusher.

					WESLEY
			We, ah, finished our ski lesson,
			sir... and it kinda just happened,
			sir.

					PICARD
			On the Enterprise, Mister Crusher,
			nothing "just happens."
				(distracted)
			What is that smell?

					WORF
				(sniffs, and:)
			Hmm, yes... slightly reminiscent
			of Night-Blooming Throgni,
			Captain. From home.
				(deep breath)
			Quite stimulating, wouldn't you
			say?

         STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT ONE         13.

16   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			No.

	Wesley tries to smell, but no luck. He glances at his
	Buddy who shrugs.

					WESLEY
			I can't smell anything. I'm
			a little congested...

					PICARD
			Don't let this "just happen"
			again, Mister Crusher.

					WESLEY
				(snapping to)
			Yes, sir!!

	As the boys wheel and MARCH/RUN OFF, Worf catches
	Picard with the hint of a smile. Shaking it off, the
	two men continue on.

17   INT. ANGEL ONE GUEST QUARTERS - DAY

	Tasha pacing; Troi and Riker sitting; Data examining
	knickknacks. Data's attention falls on an atomizer.
	Squeezing the ball, he gets a face full of mist. Sniffs:

					DATA
			Interesting. An alcohol-based
			synthetic, artificially
			reproducing a floral scent.

					TROI
			It is called perfume, Data.

					DATA
			The purpose of which is... ?

					TASHA
			Certain cultures consider perfume
			an aphrodisiac.

					DATA
			I am unfamiliar with that term.

					RIKER
			An aphrodisiac is something
			designed to stimulate or enhance
			sexual pleasure.

         STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT ONE         14.

17   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			How does stimulation of the
			olfactory nerve affect the
			enjoyment of sex?

	All look to the other to field this one. They are
	saved by the door. Trent ENTERS.

					TRENT
			The Elected One will see you now.

	He stands aside so that Riker, Tasha and Troi can EXIT.
	Data brings up the rear, putting the atomizer down as
	he EXITS. Trent picks up the atomizer, sprays himself,
	enjoys the scent a moment before FOLLOWING.

18   INT. GREAT HALL - DAY

	CLOSE ON Beata.

					BEATA
			You claim you intend to remove
			these survivors from our planet.
			Are you prepared to give us your
			solemn word on that?

19   REVERSE ON OUR AWAY TEAM

	standing as before.

					TROI
			We are.

20   FULL SHOT

	Parliament in full session as before.

					BEATA
			You should know that the vote was
			not unanimous. Some among us are
			suspicious.

21   ARIEL

	to name one.


         STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT ONE         15.

22   BACK TO SCENE

					BEATA
			Yet, the majority feel that we
			have no choice but to trust you.

					RIKER
			We don't understand the source
			of your misgivings, Mistress, but
			we appreciate your faith in us.

					BEATA
				(sharply)
			Make certain that our faith has
			not been misplaced.
				(then:)
			There are four survivors from the
			ship you call the Odin. All male.
			Their leader is a man who calls
			himself Ramsey.

					RIKER
			If you'll bring these men to us,
			we'll have them off your planet
			immediately.

					BEATA
			If they were mine to deliver, I
			would do so without hesitation.
			Unfortunately, their hiding place
			has long eluded us.

					TASHA
			Hiding place? Why are they in
			hiding?

					BEATA
			Because they are fugitives on
			Angel One! And the sooner we are
			rid of them, the better!
				(calming down)
			When these men arrived seven years
			ago, they accepted our hospitality
			quickly enough. But gradually,
			they grew restive. Making
			unreasonable demands, going
			against the natural order -- there
			seemed to be no end to the trouble
			they created.

					TROI
			Using the technology of the
			Enterprise, we might be able to
			find these men.

         STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT ONE         16.

22   CONTINUED:

					BEATA
			I assumed as much. But be warned,
			Counselor --
				(beat, and:)
			-- these men are dangerous.

	Our away team members exchange a look -- what have they
	stepped in this time? And on this, we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

         STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT TWO         17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

23   EXT. SPACE - STARSHIP (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise continues its silent orbit.

24   INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY

	BEVERLY administers hypo shots to Wesley's buddy who
	is laid out on a bed next to Wesley as:

					WESLEY
				(suffering)
			This is worse than Hesperan
			Thumping Cough. What is it, Mom?

					BEVERLY
			You and your friend probably
			picked up something on the Quazulu
			Eight field trip last week.
			Whatever it is may have been
			activated by your exposure to the
			cold ski environment of the
			Holodeck.

					WESLEY
			But the transporter biofilter is
			supposed to kill stuff like that.

	Beverly has moved to stand at his side, checking his
	vital signs with an instrument.

					BEVERLY
			If this is our first contact, it
			wouldn't have been programmed into
			the biofilter computer yet.

					WESLEY
				(getting sleepy)
			Mom...

	And he's asleep. Beverly gives in to the out-dated,
	yet motherly hand-to-Wesley's-forehead-checking-for-fever,
	tucks him in. FOLLOW AS she CROSSES to her LAB
	AREA. The work space already shows the CLUTTER of her
	search for answers to this illness.

         STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT TWO         18.

24   CONTINUED:

	Activating her com:

					BEVERLY
			Sickbay to Captain Picard.

25   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (INTERCUT AS DESIRED)

	Geordi and Worf at their stations as:

					PICARD
			Picard here.

					BEVERLY
			Wesley and one of his friends have
			contracted some form of
			respiratory ailment -- most likely
			a viral infection.

					PICARD
			Is it contained?

					BEVERLY
			I believe so. I've isolated the
			twelve students who were on the
			field trip where I believe the
			problem began.

					PICARD
			How contagious is it?

					BEVERLY
			Unknown. Nor do I have a clue
			as to how it's transmitted.

					PICARD
			Please stay with it, Doctor.
			Starfleet has important business
			for us as soon as the away team
			returns. I don't relish having my
			crew infected.

					BEVERLY
			At the moment, my only suggestion
			is that all crew avoid any
			cold-weather Holodeck simulations
			until further notice.

	Picard rubs his neck, trying to ease the stiffness.
	His voice betrays a trace of irritation:

         STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT TWO         19.

25   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Agreed. And keep me advised.

	Damn that stiffness!

26   REVERSE ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, rubbing his neck, glances toward the Main
	Viewer, the Green Planet below.

27   INT. ANGEL ONE GREAT HALL - NIGHT

	Away team present. Beata and her Parliamentarians
	listen as:

					RIKER
			Data, how can we best go about
			finding Mister Ramsey and the
			other survivors?

					DATA
			Assuming the survivors have
			retained some remnants of their
			lives aboard the Odin, we might
			not have a difficult task. If
			we can isolate something unique
			to the survivors -- perhaps an
			element not otherwise found on
			Angel One -- we can utilize the
			Enterprise scanners.

					RIKER
				(to Beata)
			Mister Data will need access to
			your library.

					BEATA
			Our library is far too
			sophisticated for a man to
			comprehend.

					DATA
			I am an android, Mistress, though
			anatomically, I am a fully
			functioning male.

         STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT TWO         20.

27   CONTINUED:

					BEATA
			An amusing notion. Perhaps you
			could teach our males a thing or
			two.
				(with a look)
			Trent -- see to the android's
			needs.

	Trent nods, LEADS Data from the room. To the team:

					BEATA
			Do not forget your promise.

	Without another word, Beata, and then the other women,
	rise and LEAVE.

28   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit.

29   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Worf, Geordi and others. Worf on the com:

					WORF
			Bridge to Captain Picard.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Go ahead, Lieutenant.

					WORF
			The away team has requested that
			we scan the planet surface for
			traces of platinum.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Have Mister La Forge break fixed
			orbit and initiate a search
			pattern.

					WORF
			Aye, Captain.
				(and:)
			Geordi.

					GEORDI
			Search pattern initiated now.

	Punctuated by the appropriate button pushing.

         STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT TWO         21.

30   INT. ENTERPRISE - CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Beverly hovers over Picard with a medical tricorder.

					PICARD
			This is all quite unnecessary,
			Doctor.
				(suppressing the pain)
			I'm merely fatigued.

	Beverly reads the tricorder, shakes her head.

					BEVERLY
			Because you are very ill, Captain.
			You have the virus.
				(in full stature)
			Captain, in my opinion, you are
			no longer physically able to
			effectively command this vessel.

					PICARD
			Don't be ridiculous, Doctor. I've
			got an away team down there, in
			less-than-friendly territory, not
			to mention an appointment with the
			several Romulan battlecruisers...

					BEVERLY
			You have an appointment in your
			cabin, Captain. With your bed.

					PICARD
			Is that an order?

					BEVERLY
			Yes.

	She's as stern as she can be. He relents.

					PICARD
			I guess I'm better at giving
			orders than taking them.

	She smiles. He shivers.

31   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Geordi and Worf at their stations.

					WORF
				(stuffy nose)
			I think I may sneeze...

         STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT TWO         22.

31   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			A Klingon sneeze?!

					WORF
			Only kind I know.

	Geordi's dread is short-lived as Picard, walking
	unsteadily, ENTERS the bridge, FOLLOWED by Beverly.
	Every eye sneaks a look. Pausing at the turbolift,
	he turns to Geordi:

					PICARD
			Lieutenant La Forge -- you have
			command until further notice.
			Please make the proper entries
			in the ship's log.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

	Picard and Beverly ENTER the turbolift; doors CLOSE.
	Geordi's concern for Picard is tempered by the supreme
	pleasure he feels as he experiments with the fit of
	the command chair. Worf glances at his scanner
	display:

					WORF
			Scanners indicate a platinum
			trace. Should I notify the away
			team?

					GEORDI
			Make it so.

	Worf stares and shakes his head in reaction. Even
	Geordi can't believe he said that. The command chair
	seems to fit Geordi like a glove.

32   INT. ANGEL ONE GUEST QUARTERS - NIGHT

	Riker, Trent with him as escort, stands before Beata
	who is seated at her desk. Ariel is also present, her
	business with Beata suspended by:

					RIKER
			The Enterprise reports a possible
			location for Mister Ramsey and
			the other survivors.

					BEATA
			So soon? I'm impressed with your
			haste.

         STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT TWO         23.

32   CONTINUED:

					ARIEL
			I am suspicious of it.

					BEATA
			You've had your opportunity to
			object, Ariel. You were in the
			minority.

					ARIEL
			Excuse me, Mistress. I have
			matters to attend to elsewhere.

	Giving the away team a final look, she EXITS. And:

					RIKER
			With your permission, we'd like
			to begin our search immediately.

					BEATA
			By all means.
				(rising)
			But I'm sure that Counselor Troi
			and the others can do that without
			you.
				(off his reaction)
			If I recall, you had a gesture
			of goodwill you wished to give
			me... ?

					RIKER
			That can certainly wait until
			we've recovered the survivors.

					BEATA
			Are you suggesting that the women
			in your party are incapable of
			performing this task without the
			help of a man?

					RIKER
			Not at all. Lieutenant Yar and
			Counselor Troi are completely
			qualified.

					BEATA
				(sarcastically)
			How generous you are with your
			praise.
				(an order)
			Inform them you will remain here
			with me.

         STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT TWO         24.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(a beat)
			Riker to Lieutenant Yar.

33   INT. GUEST QUARTERS (INTERCUT AS DESIRED)

	Data, Troi and Tasha standing by.

					TASHA
			This is Yar.

					RIKER
			Tasha - you'll be leading the team
			without me.

					TASHA
				(puzzled)
			Commander... ?

					RIKER
			In the interest of diplomatic
			relations, I'll remain with
			Mistress Beata while you conduct
			your search.

					TASHA
			Certainly, sir.

	(END INTERCUT) Beata indicates a chair.

					BEATA
			Relax. We have much to discuss.

	Riker sits.

34   INT. GUEST QUARTERS - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

					TASHA
			Set phasers to stun.

	Data and Tasha do.

					TROI
			Is that really necessary?

					DATA
			A justified precaution, Counselor.
			Mistress Beata observed that
			Mister Ramsey and his men were
			dangerous.

         STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT TWO         25.

34   CONTINUED:

					TASHA
				(into Com)
			Lieutenant Yar to Enterprise.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Go ahead, Tasha.

					TASHA
			Three to beam to the location of
			that platinum trace, Geordi.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Coordinates set.

					TASHA
			Energize!

	Tasha, Data and Troi DEMATERIALIZE.

35   INT. HIDEOUT - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	Primitive by the standards we've grown accustomed to
	on Angel One, but comfortable communal housing
	nevertheless. Data, Troi and Tasha MATERIALIZE,
	phasers at the ready. But their vigilance seems the
	product of over-training as they REACT to the sight
	of:

36   RAMSEY

	relaxing in a chair. He smiles at the away team.

					RAMSEY
			Welcome. I've been expecting you.

	And, on the away team's REACTIONS to this unexpectedly
	benign threat, we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT THREE        26.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

37   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit.

38   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Geordi at Command; Worf at his station. Other
	crewmembers are scattered about.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to bridge.

	Worf lets go a SNEEZE that packs a wallop.

					WORF
			Pardon me.

					GEORDI
			La Forge here, Captain.

39   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS (INTERCUT AS NEEDED)

	Drawn, weary, listless, Picard huddles under a blanket
	as he tries to sit at his desk. The man is incredibly
	ill, his speech halting, broken by coughs and shivers.

					PICARD
			Status report, please.

					GEORDI
			Eighty-two more reported cases
			of the virus, sir. Doctor Crusher
			has converted the Holodeck into
			an isolation ward.

					PICARD
			And the --

	He's suddenly overcome with a terrible COUGH, making
	further speech impossible. As it calms:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			-- away team?

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT THREE        27.

39   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			No recent contact, Captain. But
			I've informed them of the medical
			situation up here and the growing
			Romulan threat to our Neutral Zone
			outpost.

					PICARD
			Keep me--
				(coughs)
			--advised. You'll have the bridge
			until Commander Riker returns.

	With great effort, Picard drags himself away from his
	desk, finally collapsing onto his bunk.

40   ANGLE FAVORING WORF

	referring to his console at the conn.

					WORF
				(congested)
			Engineering reports a computer
			malf...

	... The rest of which is lost in another Klingon SNEEZE.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Sorry, I'm... getting sick.

					GEORDI
			I'm sure half the ship knows that
			by now. Report to Sickbay.

	As Worf struggles to his feet, the Com crackles:

					ENGINEERING'S COM VOICE
			Engineering to bridge.

					GEORDI
			La Forge here.

					ENGINEERING'S COM VOICE
			Sir, the computer won't accept
			the variant climate controls
			Doctor Crusher wants in the
			quarantine areas.

					GEORDI
			I'm on my way.

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT THREE        28.

40   CONTINUED:

	Worf, on his way to the turbolift, (and struggling
	against the urge to sneeze), stops Geordi with a hand
	to his shoulder.

					WORF
			With all respect, Lieutenant,
			there are other people to do that
			job now.

	Geordi sees the wisdom of this, presses the Com:

					GEORDI
			bridge to Engineering. Lieutenant
			Wong knows the system. I'm sure
			she'll be able to resolve all
			problems.

					ENGINEERING'S COM VOICE
			I'll ask her to look at it right
			away, sir.

					GEORDI
			Worf...

	Stopping in the Lift, Worf turns back to face Geordi.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Thanks for the advice.

	Worf nods. But he can't speak because another sneeze
	is on the way. The turbolift doors CLOSE just in time
	as the SNEEZE explodes.

41   INT. ANGEL ONE HIDEOUT - NIGHT

	Ramsey, a large, pleasant man, pours drinks for the
	away team. He's dressed in a subdued version of the
	male native dress.

					TROI
			We haven't much time, Mister
			Ramsey. The Enterprise has urgent
			business elsewhere.

					RAMSEY
			Certainly we have time for a
			drink.

	Troi and Tasha take the offered drinks. He raises his
	in silent toast, takes a sip, and:

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT THREE        29.

41   CONTINUED:

					RAMSEY
				(continuing)
			How did you find me?

					DATA
			Actually, it was quite simple.
			I accessed all possible elements
			available to the crew of the Odin,
			cross-referenced those to elements
			endemic to Angel One, then
			eliminated the common
			denominators. Angel One has no
			platinum. Enterprise scanners
			did the rest.

					RAMSEY
			Platinum, was it?

	Ramsey pulls a PENDANT on a CHAIN from around his neck
	INTO VIEW.

					RAMSEY
				(continuing)
			My wings. I kept them for their
			sentimental value.

					TASHA
			Where are the other survivors,
			Mister Ramsey?

					RAMSEY
			Oh, they're nearby. Packing, as
			a matter of fact, since we can
			no longer remain here. As the
			unofficial leader of our little
			group, I've been chosen to speak
			for us all.

					TROI
			Marooned seven years on an alien
			planet. Rather than excitement
			or anticipation at being rescued,
			I sense a feeling of calm in you.

					RAMSEY
			What is it you think you're
			rescuing me from? My shipmates
			and I have all taken wives. A
			few even have children. You can't
			"rescue" a man from the place he
			calls his home.

	Home? This is getting more complicated by the moment.

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT THREE        30.

42   INT. EXECUTIVE OFFICE - NIGHT

	Trent is no longer in the room. Beata and Riker,
	seated comfortably on a lounge, each have a drink.

					RIKER
			... Why were you so hesitant at
			first to tell us about the Odin
			survivors?

					BEATA
			Simply because Ramsey and his men
			are anarchists. Tampering with
			the laws of nature. Obsessed with
			spreading untruths, and
			encouraging dissent among our
			people. I had to be certain you
			weren't here to fuel their
			struggle.

					RIKER
			It's not our place to interfere
			in the domestic affairs of other
			societies.

					BEATA
			Not you, perhaps, because you
			understand a man's place. But
			Ramsey is not so well-mannered.
				(shakes her head)
			Sometimes I fear that it is
			actually the men who are the
			clever ones, enjoying all that
			life has to offer while we women
			devote ourselves to the drudgery
			of making life work.

					RIKER
			In our society, men and women
			share equally in all that life
			has to offer.

					BEATA
			Don't misunderstand me, Riker.
			I'd be the last to imply that men
			are in any way inferior to women.
			But, after all, men are... men --
			with a natural place in the scheme
			of things.

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT THREE        31.

42   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(amused)
			We gave up those distinctions
			centuries ago. In our world,
			equality among the sexes is so
			well established, we no longer
			consider it an issue.

					BEATA
				(humoring him)
			You deny that differences exist
			between men and women?

					RIKER
			We not only acknowledge the
			differences. We delight in them.

	The mood is growing a bit more seductive.

					BEATA
			That's so like a man. So
			emotional. What would we do
			without you... ?

	A question she is about to answer with a kiss. But
	the moment is cut short by a NOISE o.s. Both REACT
	to:

43   ANGLE - TRENT

	ENTERING with the metallic box. Taking the box:

					RIKER
			Thank you, Trent.

	Trent continues to stand. Dismissing him:

					BEATA
			You may go.

	Reluctantly, Trent EXITS. Riker offers Beata the
	metallic box.

					RIKER
			With compliments of the USS
			Enterprise.

	Their hands linger at the touch before Riker finally
	pulls his away. Beata opens the box and withdraws a
	large, clear, octagonal CRYSTAL.

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT THREE        32.

43   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			It's called an Albeni meditation
			crystal.

	Riker removes a small striking bar from the box, taps
	the crystal. It comes to life, producing a warm GOLDEN
	GLOW and accompanying resonant HUM.

					BEATA
			Very impressive.

	Riker puts his hand over the crystal to turn it off.
	Beata covers his hand with her own. There's a lot of
	heat between these two, and it's no secret.

					BEATA
				(continuing)
			And now, of course, I must repay
			you in kind.

	She leans to kiss Riker. He submits. Willingly.

44   INT. HIDEOUT - NIGHT

	Ramsey paces the small place, the away team watching,
	listening to:

					RAMSEY
			... Five months in a rescue pod
			no bigger than this room is an
			eternity I hope none of you ever
			have to face. When we finally
			made it here, we all thought we'd
			died and gone to heaven. You've
			seen the women of the planet --
			tall and strong and lovely.

	Shakes his head, remembering his moment of realization:

					RAMSEY
				(continuing)
			But once the newness wore off,
			we started to see how men on this
			planet were treated. No vote,
			no opinions... no respect.

					TASHA
			None of which is any longer your
			concern, Mister Ramsey. Call the
			others in, please. It's time to
			leave.

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT THREE        33.

44   CONTINUED:

					RAMSEY
			Despite its problems, Lieutenant,
			we like it here on Angel One.
				(simply)
			We're not going anywhere.

					TROI
			But Mistress Beata --

					RAMSEY
				(overlapping)
			Mistress Beata be damned! Her
			wish is not my command. And
			neither is yours. You can't force
			us to go.

					DATA
			Mister Ramsey is correct,
			Counselor. The Odin was not a
			starship, which means its crew
			is not bound by the Prime
			Directive. If he and the other
			survivors wish to stay here, there
			is absolutely nothing we can do.

	Tasha and Troi exchange a look, a shrug.

45   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE

	in orbit.

46   INT. SICKBAY

	SHOOTING from the lab area, WE CAN SEE the room is
	overflowing with beds of sick crewmembers. A line of
	newly infected has formed in the doorway. Beverly is
	busy with her research when:

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Sickbay -- how are you
			Doing, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
				(into Com)
			We have more sick than we do beds.

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT THREE        34.

47   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (INTERCUT AS REQUIRED)

	Geordi, nursing a stiff neck of his own, listens:

					BEVERLY
			I've been forced to confine over
			three hundred to their private
			quarters.

					GEORDI
			We're going to be seriously
			undermanned if we're forced to
			engage the Romulans in battle.

					BEVERLY
			The Romulans are your problem,
			Lieutenant. Trying to find an
			innoculant is mine. This virus
			mutates every twenty minutes.
			On the positive side, the virus
			is debilitating -- but so far we
			haven't had any fatalities.

					GEORDI
			If this continues, there'll be
			no one left to run the ship.

					BEVERLY
			If it continues, no one will be
			healthy enough to care.

	(END INTERCUT) Geordi surveys his undermanned bridge.
	If anything, his neck seems even stiffer.

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			Lieutenant Yar to Enterprise.

					GEORDI
				(activating Com)
			Enterprise, go ahead.

48   INT. ANGEL ONE HIDEOUT - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	Data and Troi standing by. Ramsey watching.

					TASHA
			Prepare to beam three back to our
			previous location, Geordi. After
			we regroup with Commander Riker,
			we'll return to the ship.

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT THREE        35.

48   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Suggest you make that on the
			double. We have a real medical
			emergency brewing up here. A
			third of the crew is down. And
			the latest report from the Neutral
			Zone outpost is that more Romulan
			battlecrusiers are entering the
			area.

					TASHA
			I'll inform the commander.
				(then, to Ramsey)
			One thing before we go. You said
			you were expecting us. Why?

					RAMSEY
			I'm sorry. I can't tell you.

	The away team accepts this.

					TROI
			We wish you well, Mister Ramsey.

					TASHA
				(into Com)
			Energize!

	Our away team DEMATERIALIZES. Beat. Ramsey goes to
	a door, opens it, speaking off:

					RAMSEY
			They are gone.

	Beat. OUT steps Ariel. They embrace.

49   INT. EXECUTIVE OFFICE - NIGHT

	CLOSE ON the Albeni mediation crystal. Beata's hand
	reaches INTO FRAME, taps the crystal with the striking
	bar. It GLOWS, HUMS. PAN off the crystal to the
	lounge where Riker and Beata are wrapped in each
	other's arms. There are caresses and kisses as
	counterpoint to:

					BEATA
			It is such a refreshing change
			to be with a man who knows what
			he wants.

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT THREE        36.

49   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			You mean without a woman having
			to tell him?

					BEATA
			Exactly! I knew you were bright
			enough to understand. Women, by
			our very nature, want only what
			is best for their men.

					RIKER
			Men are not objects to be
			possessed, Mistress Beata.

					BEATA
				(humoring him)
			Of course they're not. It was
			merely a figure of speech.

	A BELL o.s. The kiss continues. Another BELL.
	Angered by the interruption, Beata reaches out to quiet
	the Albeni crystal before sharply calling off:

					BEATA
			Enter.

50   ANOTHER ANGLE

	as Trent ENTERS the chamber. "Don't kill the
	messenger" is practically stamped on his forehead.

					BEATA
			Why do you bother me?

					TRENT
			Forgive the disturbance, Elected
			One...

					BEATA
				(to Riker)
			I expect so little from this sorry
			excuse for a man. Perhaps even
			that much is too much...

	She is on her feet, charging the smaller man.

					BEATA
				(continuing)
			What is so important you find it
			necessary to intrude on my
			privacy?

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT THREE        37.

50   CONTINUED:

					TRENT
			They have returned, Mistress.
			But without Ramsey or the others.

	Trent motions off, and IN WALK Data, Tasha and Troi.
	Riker rises on their entrance.

					BEATA
			Your advanced technology has
			proven inadequate?

	Rather than answer her, the away team turns to Riker.

					RIKER
			What happened, Troi?

					TROI
			Mister Ramsey and the other
			survivors refuse to leave.

					BEATA
			But you promised!

					RIKER
				(considers, and:)
			I'm sorry. There's nothing else
			we can do.

					BEATA
			I am sorry as well.

	She moves to sit behind her desk.

					BEATA
				(continuing)
			Since you refuse to take them with
			you, I am left with no choice...
			but to sentence them all to death.

	On Riker's REACTION, we:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT FOUR        38.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

51   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Everything normal on the outside.

52   INT. ENTERPRISE - PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Still in bed; still very sick. Door CHIME. Weakly:

					PICARD
			Enter.

	Beverly, a thermos-like container in hand, ENTERS.
	Picard makes no pretense of health as he shivers under
	his blankets. Beverly squirts a serving of green
	liquid into a cup. He's too weak to take the cup.
	She lifts his head, holding the cup to his lips. He
	resists.

					BEVERLY
			It looks horrible, tastes worse --
			but it's absolutely guaranteed to
			make you feel better.

	Picard gulps, nearly choking on a mouthful of the foul
	brew. He sputters, growls, twisting up his face.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Knew you'd like it.
				(smells)
			New cologne?

					PICARD
				(coughs, groans)
			Same... you gave me last birthday.

					BEVERLY
			Uh-uh, different. Like something
			I smelled earlier. Something...
			I don't know... like a flower I
			remember. Something Klingon, I
			think.

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT FOUR        39.

52   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Worf and I... detected
			a similar scent when we bumped
			into... your son at the Holodeck.

					BEVERLY
				(lightbulb!)
			It's that smell! That must be
			how the virus travels!
				(working it out:)
			An airborne microbe whose sweet
			scent inspires deep inhalation...
				(bingo!)
			... And once inside the body,
			becomes this damned virus!
				(quickly)
			I have a great deal of work to
			do.

	She's GONE in a rush. On the closed door, a feeble:

					PICARD
			You are excused, Doctor.

	He falls back into his pillows to sleep.

53   EXT. ANGEL ONE - NIGHT - ESTABLISH (OPTICAL)

54   INT. ANGEL ONE GREAT HALL - NIGHT

	Riker, Tasha and Troi are joined by Data RETURNING from
	a quiet corner of the hall. Except for our away team,
	only Trent and a female guard are standing by to make
	sure no one steals the paperclips. In hushed voices:

					RIKER
			What's the latest on the
			Enterprise's medical situation?

					DATA
			Doctor Crusher feels the virus
			will undoubtedly run unchecked
			through the entire ship's
			contingent. Attempts to develop
			an innoculant have so far ended
			in failure. Lieutenant La Forge
			still has the Conn pending your
			return.

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT FOUR        40.

54   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			What about the Romulans in the
			Neutral Zone?

					DATA
			The border outpost reports a
			contingent of seven Romulan
			battlecruisers within sensor
			range. The USS Berlin has
			answered their distress call, and
			is standing by. However, should
			hostilities erupt, the outpost
			and the starship will be
			outgunned. It is felt that the
			Enterprise's presence in the area
			will be a vital show of force.

					TASHA
			Some show of force. The
			Enterprise may be able to fly on
			autopilot. But with that virus
			knocking down our crew, we're
			going to be in sorry shape if
			things turn ugly.

					RIKER
			The Romulans won't know our
			strength, Lieutenant.
				(glancing around)
			It's time for us to leave this
			place.

					TROI
			It feels terribly wrong to leave
			while Beata is determined to
			execute those people.

					RIKER
			She has to find them first.
			Ramsey and his bunch have been
			fugitives for years. I suspect
			he's pretty good at evading
			capture. As cold as it sounds
			we're going to have to treat this
			mission as if it never happened.
			Everything will remain exactly
			as it was before we arrived.

	A COMMOTION o.s., and they turn to see:

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT FOUR        41.

55   BEATA AND THE PARLIAMENTARIANS

	FILING INTO the Hall, taking their seats. Ariel is
	not among them.

					TROI
				(low, to team)
			Something is wrong.

	The away team's attention is focused on Beata even as
	her attention is on them. Finally:

					BEATA
			Your presence on Angel One no
			longer amuses me.

					RIKER
			Amusement was never our intention,
			Mistress.

					BEATA
			Before you go back to your ship,
			there is something I wish you to
			see.

	She nods to a guard near the far door. The guard opens
	the door, and other guards lead Ramsey, three male
	earthlings, two other native women and a handful of
	native men into the hall.

					RAMSEY
				(to Troi)
			We were no harm to anyone. Why
			did you tell them where to find
			us?

					BEATA
			Don't blame them, Ramsey. You
			brought this upon yourself.
			You... and the traitor.

	She glances to the guard near the door she and the
	Parliamentarians used. The guard opens this door,
	EXITS... only to RETURN half a beat later with Ariel
	in tow. Ariel and Ramsey exchange a pained look.

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT FOUR        42.

55   CONTINUED:

					BEATA
				(continuing)
			One doesn't need the technology
			of the Enterprise to follow
			Mistress Ariel sneaking off to
			warn her husband.
				(to Guard)
			Let her stand with him now...

	The Guard leads Ariel to Ramsey's side, into his arms
	as:

					BEATA
				(continuing)
			... For tomorrow they will die
			together.

	Off our away team's REACTIONS, we find ourselves:

56   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit.

57   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Beverly, medical tricorder in hand, is examining
	Geordi. He looks terrible, feels worse. Otherwise,
	the bridge is empty.

					BEVERLY
			You're out of commission, Geordi.
			Report to your quarters.

					GEORDI
				(in horrible pain)
			Can't leave my post... until I'm
			relieved.

					BEVERLY
			I've been aboard the Enterprise
			long enough to know she's designed
			to run herself.

					GEORDI
			But the innoculant --

					BEVERLY
			I can do my research on the
			computers here.

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT FOUR        43.

57   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Then I can convalesce here.

	Geordi holds his position, sick as he is. Beverly
	resigns herself to taking the seat adjacent. She's
	not at all pleased with what's happening. What's worse
	is -- she's beginning to feel ill herself.

58   INT. ANGEL ONE EXECUTIVE OFFICE - NIGHT

	Riker stands before the desk, fighting to draw Beata's
	attention from the stack of paperwork she
	intentionally hides behind.

					RIKER
			You claim to be an advanced
			society, yet you resort to tyranny
			and executions in order to
			suppress those who don't share
			your views.

					BEATA
			I don't expect you to understand.

					RIKER
			Why? Because I'm only a man?

					BEATA
			You'll accomplish nothing with
			that attitude.

	Riker counts to ten, and:

					RIKER
			Mistress Beata, if you could avoid
			executing Ramsey and his
			followers, would you do so?

					BEATA
			Is that not the way of an advanced
			society?

					RIKER
			Then let us talk to men from the
			Odin one last time. Let me try
			to convince them to leave with
			us.

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT FOUR        44.

58   CONTINUED:

					BEATA
			But what of the others? Their
			minds have been poisoned. Will
			you also include those from this
			planet who unwisely chose to
			follow Ramsey and his group?

					RIKER
			Yes. All of them.

	Beata considers this.

59   INT. HOLDING AREA - NIGHT

	Ramsey, Ariel, and the others sit, stand or lean in
	the cramped area like ancient Christians awaiting dawn
	and the inevitable lions. All react to:

60   ANGLE

	Riker, Data, Troi and Tasha are allowed into the room
	by a Guard who closes and locks the door behind them.

					TROI
			Mistress Beata is giving you a
			second chance. We're prepared
			to take your entire group with
			us.

					RAMSEY
			That's very kind of you, sir, but
			we're not going.

					TASHA
			Haven't you been paying attention,
			Ramsey? You're scheduled to be
			executed tomorrow.

	A glance to his followers, all of whom are listening,
	confirms his resolve.

					RAMSEY
			We don't want to die. We don't
			want to leave, either. I'm not
			Academy educated, but I've studied
			a little history. The ancient
			Christians faced their lions, the
			natives of the African continent
			faced their suppressors.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT FOUR        45.

60   CONTINUED:

					RAMSEY (Cont'd)
			Even the women of the twentieth century
			chose to settle for nothing but
			full equality.

					RIKER
			There's no time to debate the
			issues, Ramsey. We're taking you
			with us whether you choose to go
			or not.

					DATA
			Excuse me, Commander, but removing
			any of these people against their
			will would be a violation of
			several Starfleet regulations,
			not the least of which would be
			the Prime Directive.

					RIKER
				(sharply)
			I realize that, Data.
				(softly)
			But I'd rather be facing a court
			martial than trying to live with
			the guilt of leaving these people
			to their deaths.
				(into Com)
			Commander Riker to Enterprise.

61   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE - (INTERCUT AS NEEDED)

					BEVERLY
				(into Com)
			This is the Enterprise.

	Our away team share a look.

					TASHA
			Things must be worse up there than
			we thought.

					RIKER
			Doctor, where is Lieutenant La
			Forge?

	For the first time, WE SEE Geordi, barely conscious
	in the command chair.

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT FOUR        46.

61   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			He's right here, Will, but he's
			in no shape to be here.

					RIKER
			We're on our way, Doctor.
			There'll be fourteen to beam up.
			Two groups, five each. I'll be
			in the last group of four.

					BEVERLY
			I'm afraid I can't allow that,
			Will. The virus is totally out
			of control. Until I know exactly
			what I'm dealing with, I can't
			let anyone new be exposed.

					RIKER
			There are people facing certain
			death down here, Doctor.

					BEVERLY
			They could well be facing the same
			thing up here, Will. I have no
			idea what effect living on Angel
			One might have on a person's
			immune system. I'm sorry.

	REACTIONS all around.

					RIKER
			Understood.
				(considers, then:)
			Doctor -- would this virus have
			any effect on Data?

					BEVERLY
			None that I can imagine.

					RIKER
			You're going back alone, Data.
			We have no idea what the Romulans
			plan to do to that outpost.
			You're going to have to get the
			Enterprise to the Neutral Zone
			before it's too late.

	Reading Data's pause as uncertainty:

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			That's a direct order, Mister Data.

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT FOUR        47.

61   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Neutral Zone before it is too
			late. Understood, Commander.

62   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

					DATA
				(into Com)
			This is Data, standing by to beam
			up.

	Data DEMATERIALIZES.

63   ANGLE - OUR AWAY TEAM

	turning now to look at tomorrow's intended victims.

					TROI
			And what of them?

					RIKER
			I don't know, Deanna.

	And on this uncertain fate, we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT FIVE        48.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

64   EXT. ANGEL ONE - DAY - ESTABLISH

65   INT. ANGEL ONE - GUEST QUARTERS - DAY

	A sleepless night has been spent by all. Trent ENTERS.

					TRENT
			Mistress Beata invites you to
			witness this morning's
			reaffirmation of Angel One's moral
			imperative.

					TASHA
			Is that supposed to be the fancy
			name for murder on this planet?

					RIKER
			Send Mistress Beata our regrets.

					TRENT
			The Elected One will not look
			fondly upon --

	Trent's admonishment is cut short by:

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Enterprise to Commander Riker.

					TROI
				(surprised)
			They are still here?

					RIKER
				(into Com, angry:)
			This is Commander Riker.

66   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE (INTERCUT AS DESIRED)

					RIKER
			I gave you a direct order to head
			for the Neutral Zone immediately.
			Explain the delay.

        STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT FIVE        49.

66   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			To be precise, Commander, you
			ordered me to reach the Neutral
			Zone "before it is too late."
			I have computed the length of time
			the border outpost and USS Berlin
			can safely withstand a Romulan
			attack... deducted our time to
			destination at maximum warp speed.
			That leaves Doctor Crusher with
			forty-eight more minutes to
			complete her research and develop
			an innoculant to the virus.

					TASHA
				(energized)
			Which means there's still time
			for us to do something.

					RIKER
			Forty-eight minutes... I think
			we're down to splitting hairs.

					DATA
			Splitting hairs is a figure of
			speech I recognize, Commander.
			Speaking for those whose hair is
			soon to be split, forty-eight
			minutes may make a great deal of
			difference.
				(refers to console)
			Excuse me -- forty-seven minutes.

					RIKER
				(considering:)
			Perhaps, Data, just perhaps.
				(then)
			Thanks for following my orders
			so precisely, Data. Riker out.

	(END INTERCUT) Riker turns to Trent.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			On second thought, Trent, we would
			be honored to watch your moral
			imperative in action.


             STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT FIVE            50.

67   INT. GREAT HALL - DAY - (TO BE WRITTEN)

	Lots of folk. Tasha, Troi and Riker. Ramsey and
	Ariel. Ramsey's merry band of followers. Guards.
	Beata. The Parliamentarians. Trent. Anyone else we
	can find and costume. It's hangin' time.

	The thrust of this scene is Riker trying to convince
	Beata that the execution of Ramsey will not halt what
	can only be perceived as an irrevocable evolutionary
	cycle in Angel One's societal development.

	After getting Beata to admit that Ramsey and his
	followers are merely symbols of a change that preceded
	their arrival on Angel One, Riker is quick to point
	out that executing these people will only make martyrs
	of them. That, in fact, to kill them will accelerate
	rather than stop or retard the coming equality between
	the sexes of Angel One. Riker might even point out
	similar occurrences in Earth's history... I don't
	know... depends on how clever he is.

	Nevertheless, Riker is able to demonstrate to our
	audience, and Beata, that executing Ramsey, et al, will
	be counterproductive.

	The ladies adjourn to caucus.

68   INT. ANGEL ONE GUEST QUARTERS - DAY (TO BE WRITTEN)

	Our away team waits. They're running out of time.
	They explore their options. Hey, it's a short scene.

69   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit.

70   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Data moves from station to station, checking all is
	well.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Sickbay to bridge.

					DATA
			Go ahead, Doctor.

             STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT FIVE            51.

71   INT. CRUSHER'S LAB (INTERCUT AS DESIRED)

	Her work area shows evidence of much work. Beverly
	looks tired... but very pleased.

					BEVERLY
			Bingo, Data.

					DATA
			Bingo? I fail to see the
			relevance, Doctor. Is that not
			a reference to an ancient Earth
			game?

					BEVERLY
			It's also a reference to success,
			Data. I've got the innoculant.

					DATA
			Excellent, Doctor. And we still
			have a margin of seventeen
			minutes. I will inform the away
			team immediately.
				(changes channel)
			Enterprise to Commander Riker.

72   INT. ANGEL ONE GUEST QUARTERS - DAY

	Our Team listens as:

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			We are ready to have you beamed
			up, Commander.

					RIKER
			Data, I want you to lock the
			transporter on the holding area
			where they're keeping Ramsey and
			the others. If we don't hear from
			Beata in the next ten minutes,
			you are to begin the beam up
			sequence, five at a time. The
			away team will beam up last.

					DATA
			Understood, Commander. Enterprise
			out.

	NOISE o.s., and Trent ENTERS.

					TRENT
			The Elected One wishes to see you.

             STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT FIVE            52.

73   INT. EXECUTIVE OFFICE - DAY (TO BE WRITTEN)

	Beata, Trent, the away team. Basically, Beata tells
	Riker he's pretty smart for a man. She's given his
	words a great deal of thought, sees his point, has
	(with the help of her parliament) reached a decision.

	The Ramsey cult will not be executed. Instead, they
	will be exiled to a remote part of Angel One where they
	can promote all the heresy they wish. And anyone else
	on Angel One who feels the same way can go with them.

	This solution won't stop the inevitable decay of Angel
	One's cherished system, but at least it will retard
	it long enough so that Beata won't have to be around
	to see the damage.

	Beata urges them to be on their way. She strikes the
	meditation crystal, giving in to its soothing warmth
	as Riker belays the previous order to "kidnap" the
	Ramsey group, and our away team DEMATERIALIZES.

74   INT. ENTERPRISE - TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Troi and Tasha MATERIALIZE. Beverly is standing
	by to inoculate the returning away team.

					BEVERLY
			Welcome home.

					RIKER
			It's good to be back. Is everyone
			recovering?

					BEVERLY
			Slowly... but yes.

	He HURRIES OUT, FOLLOWED closely by Troi and Tasha.

75   INT. ENTERPRISE - PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Picard is still in bed, but he looks much better than
	before. DOOR CHIME.

					PICARD
			Enter.

	Troi ENTERS his stateroom.

					TROI
			How are you feeling, sir?

             STAR TREK: "Angel One" - 11/9/87 - ACT FIVE            53.

75   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			On the mend, thank you. Tell me
			about Angel One.

	Troi sits next to him, ready to make her report.

76   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data is seated at his usual station. The turbolift
	doors OPEN and OUT STEP Riker and Tasha, each hurrying
	to the appropriate station. As Riker takes the center
	seat.

					RIKER
			Set coordinates for the Neutral
			Zone, Mister Data. We have a call
			to pay on the Romulans.

					DATA
			Coordinates set, Commander. On
			your mark --

					RIKER
			As Captain Picard would say --
			make it so, Mister Data.

	Data hits the "make it so" buttons and:

77   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	the ship breaks out of orbit and heads toward its next
	adventure as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "11001001" 
                       (fka "10101001") 
                          #40271-116 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Maurice Hurley 
                               & 
                         Robert Lewin 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Paul Lynch 


Copyright 1987 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved.

This script is not for publication or reproduction. No one
is authorized to dispose of same. If lost or destroyed,
please notify the Script Department.


                    2ND REV. FINAL DRAFT

                      NOVEMBER 19, 1987

            STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "11001001"                               
                              
                             CAST                               

           PICARD                         ORFIL QUINTEROS
           RIKER                          BYNARS:
           BEVERLY                          ONE ZERO
           DATA                             ZERO ONE
           TASHA                            ZERO ZERO
           WORF                             ONE ONE
           GEORDI                         JAZZ COMBO:
           WESLEY                           BASS PLAYER
                                            DRUMMER
           Voice-Overs:                     PIANIST
           COMPUTER VOICE (Main Computer)
           COMPUTER (Auto-Destruct)       MINUET (BEAUTIFUL BRUNETTE)
                                          WOMAN (MINUET-LIKE)

                                          Non-speaking roles:
                                            MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL
                                            JAZZ CLUB AUDIENCE
                                            PRETTY BLONDE
                                            STUNNING REDHEAD
                                            DR. TERENCE EPSTEIN
                                          Voice-Overs:
                                            STARBASE COM VOICE
                                            STARBASE COMPUTER

            STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "11001001"                               
                              
                             SETS                               

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              AIR LOCK CORRIDOR        STARBASE 74 SPACE STATION
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              CORRIDOR                 BYNAUS (BYNAR PLANET)
              TURBOLIFT
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              SICKBAY
              HOLODECK DOOR
              HOLODECK
              JAZZ CLUB
              BANDSTAND
              DANCE FLOOR
          
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
          
            PASSAGEWAY CONNECTING
            ENTERPRISE AND STARBASE 74 SPACE STATION
          
            STARBASE 74 SPACE STATION
              COMMAND CENTER (MAIN DECK)
              CONFERENCE ROOM
          

          STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - TEASER          1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "11001001"                               

                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - STARBASE AND ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the Enterprise moves toward Starbase 74.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41365.9.
			The Enterprise has been ordered
			to Starbase 74, in orbit around
			Tarsas III.

2    EXT. SPACE - ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as the Enterprise closes with the huge starbase
	entrance port.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... where a routine maintenance
			check of all systems will be made,
			and certain upgrades completed,
			including the Holodeck, with which
			we have had problems. I anticipate
			a glowing report. This ship has
			performed magnificently -- beyond
			anyone's expectations.

3    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The REGULAR CREWMEMBERS are in their accustomed places
	as:

					GEORDI
			Coming into position.

					RIKER
			Stand by to dock.

					DATA
			Ready to dock.

4    INT. STARBASE (OPTICAL)

	as the Enterprise moves into docking position.

          STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - TEASER          2.

4    CONTINUED:

					RIKER (V.O.)
			Engage mooring beams and lock
			off.

					GEORDI (V.O.)
			Aye sir.

5    INT. STARBASE (OPTICAL)

	The two elements COME INTO PLACE.

6    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					GEORDI
			Docking complete.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Number One. Well
			done, and well done all.

7    INT. ENTERPRISE AIR LOCK

	A hatch OPENS to the Starbase and allows the easy
	passage of people and supplies. There is a RUSH OF
	AIR as the hatch opens. Then a group of maintenance
	personnel EMERGE from the far end and CROSS to the
	Enterprise.

8    INT. AIR-LOCK CORRIDOR

	Picard and Riker greet the starbase personnel.
	Commander ORFIL QUINTEROS, the base commander, steps
	forward. TWO other pale, frail people with translucent
	skin stand nearby. They are the BYNARS.

					QUINTEROS
			Commander Quinteros; request
			permission to come aboard.

					PICARD
			Granted -- and welcome.

	Quinteros STEPS FORWARD and shakes Picard's hand.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			This is Commander Riker.

          STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - TEASER          3.

8    CONTINUED:

	As the two shake hands the group moves down the
	corridor.

					QUINTEROS
			You're late. We expected you a
			week ago.

					RIKER
			We were unexpectedly delayed at
			Omicron Pascal.

					QUINTEROS
			Is there anything specific you
			wish to report, or that we should
			be aware of?

					PICARD
			No. We are very pleased with the
			operation of the Enterprise.

					QUINTEROS
			I knew you would be - I was in
			charge of the team which put her
			together.

					RIKER
			And are these gentlemen the
			Bynars?

	He indicates the Bynars.

8A   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	as they ENTER.

					QUINTEROS
			They're not gentlemen or ladies,
			Commander.
				(off Riker's look)
			They are a unified pair. Always
			together. This is One Zero.

	One Zero bows.

					QUINTEROS
				(continuing)
			And this is Zero One.

	Zero One bows. Picard and Riker nod to them.

          STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - TEASER          4.

8A   CONTINUED:

					QUINTEROS
				(continuing)
			They just finished upgrading the
			computers on the Wellington -- did
			a great job.

					PICARD
				(to the Bynars)
			Your reputation precedes you.
			I am pleased you will be improving
			our system.

					BYNAR ONE ZERO
			It is a great pleasure...

					BYNAR ZERO ONE
			... to work on such a large mobile
			computer.

					PICARD
			You have forty-eight hours,
			because at forty-eight plus six
			we have an appointment at Pelleus
			Five which we must keep.

	The Bynars swap a look with each another.

					ZERO ONE
			I thought we'd...

					ONE ZERO
			... have more time.

					PICARD
			I'm sorry. Our mission can't be
			delayed. Can we postpone this
			work?

					ZERO ONE
			Oh, no. This is...

					ONE ZERO
			... the best time...

					ZERO ONE
			... to do it.

					ONE ZERO
			We can complete...

					ZERO ONE
			... our work within the...

          STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - TEASER          5.

8A   CONTINUED: (2)

					ONE ZERO
			... time allotted.

					QUINTEROS
			They work very quickly, but it'll
			be tight.

					PICARD
			Commander Riker and I will stay
			aboard, and be available should
			you need us.

					QUINTEROS
			Thank you, Captain. I don't think
			we'll need you until we're ready
			for inspection.

	Quinteros nods and FOLLOWS the Bynars AWAY, who CHATTER.

9    INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard and Riker walking along.

					RIKER
			The Bynars are perfect for this.
			This is the first time I've come
			in contact with them.

					PICARD
			As I understand it, over time
			they've become so interconnected
			with the master computer on their
			planet that their language and
			thought patterns have become as
			near to binary as possible for
			organic beings.

					RIKER
			It will be interesting to see how
			they improve a computer as
			advanced as ours.

					PICARD
			Well, I'm going to put my feet
			up, turn on my personal relaxation
			light and lose myself in the pages
			of some old novels.

	They STEP INTO the turbolift.

          STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - TEASER          6.

10   INT. TURBOLIFT

	Picard gives their destination.

					PICARD
			Bridge.
				(then:)
			And you, Number One? You've
			earned a good rest. What are you
			going to do with it?

	Riker smiles. The turbolift doors OPEN.

					RIKER
			I've never been good at organizing
			my time off, but something will
			come up -- it always does.

	Picard nods at him, and STEPS OFF.

					PICARD
			I'll be in my Ready Room.

	Riker acknowledges with a nod. Picard heads toward
	his Ready Room as Riker STEPS ONTO the bridge.

A11	INT. STARBASE (OPTICAL)

	ESTABLISH the Enterprise inside the immense interior.

11   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	CLOSE-UP on two of the Bynars as they pull open a
	panel. PULL BACK TO REVEAL Riker and Wesley watching
	them. Other than these four, the bridge is empty.
	The Bynars' CONVERSATION IS UNINTELLIGIBLE. It's a
	flow of data based information, which SOUNDS LIKE
	HIGH-SPEED RADIO MULTIPLEX IN BURSTS. The sound of
	it, and the movements of the aliens amuses Riker. TWO
	BYNARS ENTER the bridge and COME hurriedly UP. They
	are all in a state of agitation. The CONVERSATION goes
	on AT VERY HIGH SPEED.

					RIKER
			I thought there were only going
			to be two of you.

					ONE ZERO
			Because of the limited time
			allotted...

          STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - TEASER          7.

11   CONTINUED:

					ZERO ONE
			... us, we need others...

	The newly-arrived Bynars continue with a HIGH SPEED
	STREAM OF AGITATED CONVERSATION.

					RIKER
				(picking up on their
				 agitation)
			Is there a problem?

	The Bynars closest turn toward Riker.

					ZERO ONE
			Ah... No...

					ONE ZERO
			...no. No problem.

	The tone - the hesitation. Riker isn't satisfied.

					RIKER
			Then why are you all so excited?

					ZERO ONE
			Because we... ah... have to...

					ONE ZERO
			... the ah, stacking...

					ZERO ONE
			... to reconfigure the computer...

					ONE ZERO
			... to communicate with itself...

					ZERO ONE
			... more efficiently...

					ONE ZERO
			... and at higher speeds.

	Zero One and One Zero MOVE OFF to help their mates.
	Riker watches, concerned.

					WESLEY
			You act like you don't believe
			them.

					RIKER
			I'm not sure. It's probably
			nothing.

          STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - TEASER          8.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			Maybe it's just how a different
			species behaves.

	Riker nods thoughtfully.

					RIKER
			Maybe. I'm going to stroll the
			ship. You have the bridge. Keep
			an eye on them.

					WESLEY
			Aye sir.

	Riker turns and CROSSES to the turbolift, as Wesley
	looks over at the Bynars with a new awareness.

									FADE OUT:

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT ONE         9.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

12   INT. CORRIDOR

	As Riker walks along he sees TASHA, WORF, and some
	other members of the Crew, at the far end of the
	corridor. They are dressed for athletics. Each
	carries a small duffel bag.

					TASHA
			We've been challenged to a
			friendly game of Parrises Squares
			by some of the maintenance
			personnel -- want to join us on
			the starbase?

	Riker makes a quick count.

					RIKER
			You've already got all the players
			you need.

					TASHA
			We can switch off.

					RIKER
			No... if you do that in Parrises
			Squares you lose the rhythm of
			the game.

					TASHA
			I can't talk you into coming with
			us?

					RIKER
			No. But win, all right? The
			pride of the Enterprise goes with
			you.

					WORF
			Rest assured, Commander, we will
			be victorious, at whatever the
			cost.

					RIKER
				(concerned)
			Worf -- it's just a game. You
			know, a little friendly
			competition -- work up a sweat,
			have some laughs, make new
			friends.

         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT ONE         10.

12   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(with a gleam in his
				 eye)
			If winning is not important...
			then, Commander, why keep score?

	Riker can only shrug because he has no answer. Worf
	nods a good-bye, and HEADS OFF with the others. Tasha
	holds back for a beat.

					TASHA
			I think he's pulling your leg.
			Believe it or not, Worf's
			developing a sense of humor.

					RIKER
			Let's hope so for their sake.

	Riker smiles and shakes his head. Tasha, returns the
	smile, flashes a quick thumbs up... and SPRINTS OFF to
	join the others.

13   ANGLE ON RIKER

	He watches them go for a lonely moment. The area
	SUDDENLY DARKENS. Riker steps over to the com panel.
	He touches the panel, which LIGHTS UP, ILLUMINATING
	HIM.

14   RIKER AT COMPANEL

	He touches the panel.

					RIKER
			Computer -- There's a power
			reduction in section L-Ninety
			Four. Explain.

					COMPUTER
			Unoccupied sections are being
			closed down in order to clear
			space in the main computer banks.
			It's necessary to facilitate the
			system upgrade. Full power can
			be restored if needed.

	Riker is satisfied. He MOVES OFF.

         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT ONE         11.

15   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - CLOSE ON PAINTING

	Its design and form is to be determined, the artist is
	Lieutenant Commander Data.

					GEORDI (O.S.)
			What do you think?

					RIKER (O.S.)
			First tell me what it's supposed
			to be, then I'll give you an
			opinion.

	PULL BACK TO REVEAL Geordi, Data and Riker examining
	the "work of art" which is on an easel set up in the
	Observation Lounge.

					DATA
			It is an attempt at pure
			creativity.

					GEORDI
			What we're investigating is, "Can
			Data be creative?"

					DATA
			This is my attempt... with
			guidance from Geordi.

					GEORDI
			I suggested the Zylo eggs.

					RIKER
			Is that what those are?

	Riker heads for the door.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Keep notes. This project might
			turn out to be of interest to
			future scholars.

					GEORDI
			Really?

					RIKER
			Think about it. A blind man
			teaching an android to paint?
			That's got to be worth a couple
			of pages in someone's book.

	HOLD ON Data and Geordi as Riker waves a cheerful
	good-bye and WALKS OFF.

         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT ONE         12.

15A  INT. SICKBAY AND CORRIDOR

	BEVERLY is picking up notes and notebooks. She's
	excited almost to the point of being frazzled. Riker
	ENTERS.

					RIKER
			You look like you're packing up
			and leaving forever.

					BEVERLY
				(surprised)
			Oh -- Commander Riker. No -- I'm
			just getting my notes together.
			It's so exciting. Doctor Terence
			Epstein is at this Starbase.

					RIKER
			Is he someone I should know about?

	He FOLLOWS her OUT into the corridor.

					BEVERLY
			He's the leading mind in
			cybernetics. He lectured at
			my medical school. Since the
			disaster at Micromius I've been
			working on a theory combining
			cybernetics and regeneration. It
			sounds impossible I know -- but I
			think I have an approach which
			could work. What an opportunity!
			To have a chance to discuss this
			with Doctor Esptein. Sorry, Will,
			I'd like to stay here and chat --
			but I have to be going.

	And she's INTO a turbolift -- leaving Riker standing
	alone.

16   OMITTED

17   INT. CORRIDOR AND HOLODECK DOORS (OPTICAL)

	Two of the Bynars are there working on the outer panel.
	Riker APPROACHES.

					RIKER
			How's it going?

         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT ONE         13.

17   CONTINUED:

					ZERO ZERO
			We are almost done...

					ONE ONE
			... the deviation...

					ZERO ZERO
			... caused by a previous...

					ONE ONE
			... probe has been corrected...

					ZERO ZERO
			... You may use the equipment...

					ONE ONE
			... anytime you wish.

					RIKER
			How much has it been changed?
			What exactly did you do?

					ONE ONE
			Enhancement...

					ZERO ZERO
			... nothing more.

	The Bynars look at him, then at each other.

					ZERO ZERO (SUBTITLED)
				(in Binary)
			This could be perfect!

					ONE ONE (SUBTITLED)
				(in Binary)
			Let's use him!

					ZERO ZERO
				(to Riker)
			Would you like to try...

					ONE ONE
				(to Riker)
			... the enhancement?

					RIKER
				(a beat)
			All right. What should I do?

	Riker steps over to the com panel.

         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT ONE         14.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Computer - I need a place to play
			some music - a little atmosphere.

					COMPUTER
			Specify.

					RIKER
			Jazz.

					COMPUTER
			Era?

					RIKER
				(pauses)
			Circa 1958.

					COMPUTER
			Location.

					RIKER
			Kansas City. No, wait. New
			Orleans. Yeah. New Orleans -- the
			Low Note. 'Round midnight.

	Pause.

					COMPUTER
			Program complete. Enter when
			ready.

18   HOLODECK DOOR

	Riker steps to the entrance. The doors OPEN. Before
	him is a --

19   OMITTED

20   HOLODECK (OPTICAL)

	-- JAZZ CLUB -- blue light -- dusty -- low ceiling -- small
	tables crowded together -- a worn little bandstand lit
	by pencil spots. Riker's impressed.

					RIKER
			Very good.

	He turns and nods his appreciation to the Bynars who
	are off to one side watching.

         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT ONE         15.

20   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Very good indeed.

	He STEPS INTO the Holodeck, turns his attention to the
	com panel on the arch. The Bynars, who ENTER with him,
	are fascinated.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Now, computer -- someone to play
			with. A combo. Say, drums
			upright bass...piano. And a 'bone
			for me.

	And just like that, the bandstand IS POPULATED with a
	jazz combo, including a trombone waiting on the stand.
	NONE OF THE IMAGES MOVE, and they won't until Riker
	activates them.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Now -- an audience...

	And the room IS FULL.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Whoa... too many. I was thinking
			of something a little more
			personal...intimate.

	And that quick the room IS EMPTY, SAVE FOR ONE very
	pretty blonde who is sitting alone at a front table.
	Her hand rests lightly on a glass. Her head is turned
	as though expecting someone -- a man to join her. Riker
	is very impressed -- not only by what the computer has
	accomplished, but by the blonde. He turns to the
	Bynars --

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Great job, boys.

	The Bynars TALK among themselves in their unique HIGH
	SPEED LANGUAGE. Riker turns back to the room.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			But, computer... blondes and jazz
			seldom go together.

         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT ONE         16.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

	The girl CHANGES to a redhead -- not the same girl with
	red hair, but a different girl, with beautiful green
	eyes and a low cut shimmering dress. Absolutely
	stunning.

					RIKER
				(continuing; he turns
				 to the Bynars.)
			Now that is truly exceptional...
				(then back to the
				 computer)
			...but... more sultry.

	And again the girl CHANGES -- this time to a BRUNETTE
	-- and even more beautiful.

21   ANGLE ON RIKER

	This three-dimensional, computer-generated image is so
	beautiful it takes his breath.

					RIKER
				(to the Bynars)
			Gentlemen, if this is what you
			call "enhancement" you have a gift
			for understatement.

	He CROSSES to the beautiful WOMAN.

22   THE BYNARS

	They CONSPIRE EXCITEDLY among themselves. Then go
	to the computer panel and make some very specific
	adjustment, looking at each other seriously for
	approval.

23   ANGLE ON WOMAN'S TABLE

	As Riker sits down, the IMAGES COME TO LIFE. The combo
	BEGINS TO PLAY, the woman (Minuet) MOVES.

24   BACK TO THE BYNARS

	The level of excitement among the Bynars increase. They
	are very pleased with what they have done.

         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT ONE         17.

25   RIKER AND WOMAN

	He looks at her with interest.

					RIKER
			What's your name, and tell me you
			love jazz.

					MINUET
			My name is Minuet. I love all
			jazz except Dixieland.

					RIKER
			Why not Dixieland?

					MINUET
			Because you can't dance to it.

					RIKER
			My girl.

26   ANGLE ON BYNARS

	It's clear from his expression and attitude that
	Riker's reaction is very meaningful. Zero Zero and
	One One APPROACH the computer panel and make a slight
	adjustment.

27   ANGLE ON TABLE WITH RIKER AND MINUET (OPTICAL)

	A slight change occurs in Minuet. The way she looks at
	Riker is more personal.

					RIKER
				(slyly)
			What's a knockout like you doing
			in a computer-generated joint like
			this?

					MINUET
			Waiting for you.

	Her voice is deeper, sexier. Her eyes are warm,
	liquid, inviting.

					RIKER
			Waiting for me?!! You can't be
			serious?

					MINUET
			Oh yes, Will -- I've never been
			more serious in my life.


         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT ONE         18.

27   CONTINUED:

	Riker is knocked a little off balance by her look
	and her directness. CAMERA ZOOMS THROUGH Riker and
	Minuet to the Bynars, who TALK EXCITEDLY.

27A  ANGLE ON BYNARS (OPTICAL)

					ZERO ZERO (SUBTITLED)
				(in Binary)
			It's working. All we need...

					ONE ONE (SUBTITLED)
				(in Binary)
			... is to hold him here for twenty
			minutes.

	They HEAD OFF through the open doors. The doors CLOSE,
	then DISAPPEAR, REVEALING the back wall of the Club.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT TWO         19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

28   INT. STARBASE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise is still docked.

29   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Wesley is at the Aft station watching two of the Bynars
	-- Zero One and One Zero (they are always in pairs).
	Quinteros is off to one side, checking. Wesley
	APPROACHES him.

					WESLEY
			Do you mind if I ask you a
			question about the Bynars?

					QUINTEROS
			Why not just ask them?

	Makes sense to Wesley. He goes to them.

					WESLEY
			What is that high-speed sound you
			make?

					ZERO ONE
			That is our...

					ONE ZERO
			... primary language.

					WESLEY
			How can humanoids process
			information at that speed?

	Zero One and One Zero point to each other's buffer.
	(These are belt-carried oblong cases roughly 4" x 6"
	x 2" deep, with CHASER LIGHTS.)

					ZERO ONE
			We store the information...

					ONE ZERO
			... with these buffers.

					ZERO ONE
			We receive information...

         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT TWO         20.

29   CONTINUED:

					ONE ZERO
			... all the time...

					ZERO ONE
			... and save it...

					ONE ZERO
			... until we need it.

					WESLEY
			How did you happen to develop this
			ability?

					ONE ZERO
			It happened over...

					ZERO ONE
			... a long period of time.

					WESLEY
			To have a society so interdependent
			on computers has
			tremendous advantages.

					ONE ZERO
			And a few...

					ZERO ONE
			...disadvantages.

	Picard COMES OUT of his Ready Room.

					PICARD
			Everything under control, Ensign
			Crusher?

					WESLEY
			Fine, Captain. I am just trying
			to learn something about the
			Bynars.

					PICARD
			Where's Commander Riker?

					WESLEY
			Holodeck Four. Shall I call him
			for you, sir?

					PICARD
			No, I'll wander down and see
			what's he doing to occupy himself.
			Keep me apprised.

         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT TWO         21.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir.

	Picard LEAVES.

30   INT. HOLODECK

	Riker is on the bandstand playing with the trio.

31   ON RIKER

	Slips into a short solo.

32   INTERCUT

	Minuet listens, enthralled more by the man than by his
	music.

33   ANGLE ON THE BAND

	As the PIANO PLAYER takes over, the BASS PLAYER leans
	over to Riker.

					BASS
			The chick digs you, man.

					RIKER
			What makes you say that?

					BASS
			Hey -- look at her.

34   ANGLE ON RIKER

	He looks at Minuet.

35   ANGLE ON MINUET

	Her eyes are shining and it's all for Riker.

36   ANGLE ON RIKER

	He tries to defuse the look and his feelings.

         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT TWO         22.

36   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Maybe it's my music.

					DRUMMER
			Yeah, well - about that... Don't
			give up your day job.

37   ANGLE ON THE BANDSTAND

	Riker talks to the bass player, but really he's talking
	to himself.

					RIKER
			It's all too real.

					PIANIST
			Yeah, Slim you got that
			straight... too real is too
			right.

	Riker smiles.

					RIKER
			Thanks for letting me sit in.

					BASS
			Ain't nothin' to it.

	Riker LEAVES the bandstand and HEADS for Minuet's
	table.

					BASS
				(continuing)
			Strange cat...

					DRUMMER
			I know this. If they're in town
			-- we get 'em.

	They laugh.

38
thru	OMITTED
40

41   INT. HOLODECK IV

	Riker APPROACHES the table. Minuet smiles a greeting.

         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT TWO         23.

41   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I am going to have to leave you
			for a while and see to my duties.

					MINUET
			Your work is very important to
			you.

					RIKER
			It is me -- it's what I am.

					MINUET
			Can we dance once before you
			leave?

	The invitation is so effortlessly offered -- and the
	woman so appealing -- who could resist?

					RIKER
			Sure, why not.

	She rises. He leads her to the little dance floor.

42   ON THE DANCE FLOOR

	As they STEP ONTO the dance floor, Minuet turns and
	folds herself into his arms. They dance. It's slow
	and sexy.

					RIKER
			How did you learn to dance so
			well?

					MINUET
			From following you.

	Riker is puzzled and amused at the same time.

					MINUET
			I can anticipate your lead. Tell
			me more about your work -- what
			is it about it that consumes and
			enthralls you?

					RIKER
			What an interesting choice of
			words. That's exactly what it
			does.

					MINUET
			You are very fortunate.

         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT TWO         24.

42   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I know that.

					MINUET
			At this point in your life to be
			exactly where you want to be...
			And it's wonderful that you
			realize it.

					RIKER
			I'd be a fool not to know how
			lucky I am to be on this ship
			serving with this group of people.
			It's a dream come true.

	She snuggles in a little closer.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Just like this.

					MINUET
			A dream? Is that what this is?
			Is that what I am?

	She fills up his senses. He holds her away, to look
	at her. Her fragrance -- the lightness of her touch.
	Her movement. Riker is becoming captivated by her.
	As a woman can, she senses what he's feeling and leans
	back to look in his eyes.

					RIKER
			I know you are a computer-generated
			image... but your smell,
			the way you feel, your touch, even
			the way you talk and think is so
			real.

					MINUET
			Thank you.

					RIKER
			How far can this relationship go?
			I mean, how real are you?

					MINUET
			As real as you need me to be.

	Then a look. To underline her words, she molds herself
	against him.

         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT TWO         25.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (O.S.)
			Astounding.

	At the sound of Picard's voice, Riker turns -- a little
	like a kid with his hand in the cookie jar.

43   INT. HOLODECK

	Picard is near the entrance taking it all in. The
	band, the mood, and Riker with a beautiful woman.

					RIKER
			Captain!

	Picard STEPS further INTO the room. Minuet is relaxed,
	confident, as she waits.

					PICARD
			Sorry, Number One -- I didn't mean
			to interrupt.

					RIKER
			It's all right, come in.

					PICARD
			You picked a wonderful locale.
			Something I might have chosen
			myself.

					MINUET
			Aren't you going to introduce me?

					RIKER
			Excuse me. Yes, yes, of course
			I am. Captain Picard, this is
			Minuet... Minuet, this is Captain
			Jean-Luc Picard.

	She steps over to take his hand.

					MINUET
			Enchante. Comme c'est merveilleux
			de vous voir ici.

					PICARD
			Incroyable! Vous etes Parisienne?

	Riker is surprised that she speaks French and a little
	jealous that she and Picard are hitting it off so well.

         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT TWO         26.

43   CONTINUED:

					MINUET
			Au fonde c'est vrai, nous sommes
			tous Parisienne.

					PICARD
				(laughs)
			Oui, au fonde nous sommes tous
			Parisienne. The spirit of that
			city can always restore my soul.

	His attitude is a mixture of curiosity, amusement and
	amazement. He, like Riker, is thoroughly captivated by
	Minuet. Her easy grace, her style, her beauty, and the
	fact that she is a figment of a computer's binary
	imagination.

					MINUET
			I have been hoping to meet you.

					PICARD
				(with a look to Riker)
			Oh.
				(lightly)
			Have I been a topic of
			conversation?

					MINUET
			Indirectly.

	Riker smiles and shrugs.

					MINUET
				(continuing)
			Join us, Jean-Luc.

	Picard STEPS OVER and sits down at the table.

					MINUET
				(continuing)
			A glass of wine?

					PICARD
			Thank you.

	As she pours.

					MINUET
			Will was saying how much he enjoys
			this assignment. It's a credit
			to you. For a ship and crew to
			function well it always starts
			with the captain. You set the
			tone.

         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT TWO         27.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(to Minuet, graciously)
			At the moment, it's you who are
			setting the tone.
				(then, to Riker)
			The sophistication of this
			programming is remarkable.

					MINUET
			In what way?

					PICARD
			The Holodeck has been able to give
			us woodlands and ski slopes and
			figures that fight and fictional
			characters with which we can
			interact -- but you are quite
			different. You adapt. You spoke
			French to me.

					MINUET
			It's very simple. When I heard
			your name, I merely accessed the
			foreign language bank.

					PICARD
			Impressive.

					MINUET
			Oui, mon choux.

	Riker is very impressed.

43A  INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Data and Geordi are still working on his painting which
	shows signs of change, if not improvement. Data has
	stopped and is gazing vaguely off in space.

					GEORDI
			Now what are you doing?

					DATA
			I am awaiting inspiration.

					WESLEY'S COM VOICE
			Commander Data.

         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT TWO         28.

43A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			This is Commander Data, go ahead.

43B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Wesley's at the aft Science Station. The Bynars are
	slightly off to one side watching him with great
	interest.

					WESLEY
			I'm getting an indication of
			possible trouble in Main
			Engineering.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Can you be more specific?

					WESLEY
			Not very much. I'm reading a
			problem with the magnetic field
			which contains the antimatter.
			Could you come up here?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			We'll go to Engineering since
			that's where the trouble is. Wes,
			don't disturb the captain or
			Commander Riker until we check
			this out.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir.

	He turns, looks at the Bynars. They go back to work.

44   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	The area is quiet. The lights are down. Geordi and
	Data ENTER. Surprised no one is there. They are
	looking for anything. As he moves vaguely around,
	something catches Geordi's extremely efficient eye.
	His attitude changes. He moves quickly to the
	COMPUTER and begins working.

					GEORDI
			bridge, this is Main Engineering.

					WESLEY'S COM VOICE
			This is the bridge.

         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT TWO         29.

44   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Are you running any test programs?

					WESLEY'S COM VOICE
			No.

					GEORDI
			Are the Bynars?

					WESLEY'S COM VOICE
			Not to my knowledge. Is something
			wrong?

					GEORDI
			I don't know. There's nobody on
			duty here, and we're getting a
			strange reading from the magnetic
			containment field.

	Data is at another computer terminal.

					DATA
			The field is deteriorating.
			Contact the captain immediately.
			I am initiating Red Alert.

	Data touches the com panel and the Red Alert KLAXON
	SOUNDS.

					GEORDI
			I can't maintain the integrity
			of the containment field.

					DATA
			If the antimatter is released the
			ship will be destroyed.

					GEORDI
			Nothing I do has any effect. I'm
			losing it. I have rechecked every
			circuit. This is not a misread
			by the computer.

	Data calmly touches the com panel.

					DATA
			Computer -- situation analysis.

         STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT TWO         30.

44   CONTINUED: (2)

					COMPUTER
			Estimate release of antimatter
			in four minutes eighteen seconds -- seventeen
			seconds -- sixteen
			seconds...

					DATA
			Bridge -- Engineering.

	The worried voice of Wesley Crusher.

					WESLEY'S COM VOICE
			Yes. This is the bridge.

					DATA
			Alert starbase. Inform them we
			are abandoning the ship. Tell
			them why. Initiate the automated
			sequence for departure, lay in
			a course and speed to put maximum
			distance between the Enterprise
			and any inhabited planet.

					WESLEY'S COM VOICE
			Shouldn't we wait for the
			captain's approval?

					DATA
			There is no time. Based on all
			the information presently
			available the decision is correct.
				(touches the com panel)
			This is Lieutenant Commander Data
			speaking for the captain -- abandon
			ship -- this is not a drill.

45   INT. ENTERPRISE - VARIOUS SHOTS

	The KLAXON SCREAMS over a SERIES OF SHOTS of the
	ENTERPRISE BEING EVACUATED.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			I say again. All personnel
			abandon ship. Abandon ship -- this
			is not a drill -- this is not a
			drill.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

        STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT THREE        31.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

A46	EXT. SPACE - STARBASE 74 (OPTICAL)

	REESTABLISHING.

B46	INT. STARBASE 74 (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise is docked.

46   INT. ENTERPRISE (SERIES OF SHOTS)

	People running down the corridors, the KLAXON still
	BLARING.

47   OMITTED

48   INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDORS (CONTINUE SERIES OF SHOTS)

	People still running. Over this:

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(echoing)
			Decks One through Four to Cargo
			Transporters. Decks Five through
			Ten: Transporters: One-Two,
			Three-Four. Decks Six through
			Sixteen: Transporters: Five-Six,
			Seven-Eight, Nine-Ten. Decks
			Seventeen through Twenty-eight to
			Transporters: Eleven-Twelve,
			Thirteen-Fourteen. Decks Twenty-nine
			through Forty-two:
			Transporters: Fifteen-Sixteen,
			Seventeen-Eighteen, Nineteen-Twenty.
			This is not a drill.

	(This Voice-Over dialogue should run from SCENE 46
	through SCENE 49.)

49   INT. AIR-LOCK

	Those people still aboard on the lower decks are SEEN
	RUNNING OUT of the connecting ramp into the Starbase.

        STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT THREE        32.

49A  INT. STARBASE - CONFERENCE ROOM (NO WINDOWS)

	Beverly is talking to Doctor Terence Epstein, a young
	man of twenty-six. She has her notes spread out on
	a table.

					BEVERLY
			When I reviewed your fifth paper
			on molecular biology, I knew I
			was on the right track. You
			defined the problem as
			conductivity -- and that's exactly
			what...

	Beverly is distracted by a flurry of ACTIVITY outside.
	She stretches to look out.

					STARBASE COMPUTER (V.O.)
			Attention all personnel.
			Emergency evacuation of USS
			Enterprise in progress. Report
			to your stations.

					BEVERLY
			Oh, no! Something's happened
			to the Enterprise. That's my
			ship!

	And she BOLTS from the room.

50   INT. ENTERPRISE - TRANSPORTER ROOM

	People are converging, bunching up. INCLUDE Wesley.

					AD LIBBED VOICES
			Hurry up! We don't have much
			time! The ship'll be leaving in
			a minute!

51   INT. STARBASE COMMAND CENTER - NEW ANGLE

	Drawn by the emergency SIRENS and frantic activity
	around the Enterprise, Tasha and Worf ENTER to see what
	is happening.

					WORF
			What's going on?

					QUINTEROS
			Please stand out of the way.

        STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT THREE        33.

51   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			The Enterprise is being evacuated.

					WORF
			Why?

					BEVERLY
			Some problem in Engineering.

					TASHA
			Get the security team together.

					WORF
			Aye, Lieutenant.

52   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data and Geordi are closing down their consoles.

					DATA (V.O.)
			Ship's log. Supplemental. This
			is Lieutenant Commander Data.
			I have put the ship on automated
			departure and ordered the complete
			evacuation of the Enterprise.
			Everyone remaining is leaving on
			foot or beaming off.

	Data takes a second to punch his console.

					DATA
			Computer, where are the captain
			and Commander Riker?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			All decks empty.

					DATA
			Curious. The captain is
			usually the last to leave.

					GEORDI
			Let's go! We only have forty-one
			seconds.

	Data shuts down his console. They GET INTO the
	turbolift. As the doors CLOSE:

					GEORDI
			I think we're the last.

					DATA
			I hope we are the last.

        STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT THREE        34.

53   INT. STARBASE SPACE STATION COMMAND CENTER (OPTICAL)

	It is a room about the size of the main bridge. There
	is a large window through which WE SEE the now "empty"
	ENTERPRISE as it starts to BACK OUT. Quinteros is in
	charge of the operation. Enterprise people are
	ARRIVING. Wesley has joined Worf and Tasha as Data
	and Geordi BEAM IN.

					WORF
			Did you see the captain and
			Commander Riker?

					DATA
			No. Are they not here on the
			Starbase?

					TASHA
			No.

					GEORDI
			Are you saying they are still on
			the Enterprise?

					WORF
			Yes. Sir, where's your
			Transporter Room?

					DATA
			We have to beam back and get them.

					QUINTEROS
			You haven't time!

					STARBASE COM VOICE
			This is Starbase 74. The
			Enterprise magnetic field is
			regenerating.

					GEORDI
			How is that possible?

					STARBASE COM VOICE
			Unknown.

					TASHA
			That changes nothing. The captain
			and Commander Riker must be in
			trouble, or they'd be here.

	Quinteros grabs her and points.

					QUINTEROS
			Look!

	Data turns to look.

        STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT THREE        35.

54   OMITTED

55   DATA'S POV - OUT THROUGH STARBASE WINDOW (OPTICAL)

	The SHIP continues to BACK AWAY from its mooring.

					QUINTEROS (O.S.)
			Your ship's almost clear.

A56	INT. STARBASE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise EXITS out through the entrance port
	doors.

56   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND STARBASE (OPTICAL)

	The ship clears the starbase, turns, and WARPS AWAY,
	leaving starbase far behind.

57   INT. STARBASE (OPTICAL)

	as the members of the Enterprise crew stare at the
	emptiness which had been their ship.

					STARBASE COM VOICE
			The USS Enterprise has departed
			in excess of warp one.

58   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp speed as it RUSHES ON toward an unknown
	destination.

59   INT. ENTERPRISE

	CAMERA ROAMS the decks and corridors. All EMPTY.
	Warning LIGHTS still continue to FLASH.

60   INT. HOLODECK

	WE COME INTO THE SCENE, as Picard, Riker, and Minuet
	are talking. Minuet reaches over and lightly touches
	Riker's arm.

					MINUET
			... and the boy never found out?

        STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT THREE        36.

60   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Oh, yes, but not until later.
				(lightly)
			When he finally walked in with
			his younger sister.

					MINUET
			And I'll bet both of them were
			all smiles.

					RIKER
			Yes. And we knew right then both
			of them had found out.

					MINUET
			You handled it in a very
			thoughtful way. You are very good
			with people.
				(to Picard)
			Don't you agree, Jean-Luc?

	Riker and Minuet hold each others' eyes for a moment.

					PICARD
			She's very different from any
			images we've experienced on the
			Holodeck, isn't she? More -- you
			might say -- intuitive.

					RIKER
			It's as though she was plugged
			into my subconscious and can
			anticipate what I want her to say
			even before I'm aware of it
			myself.

					PICARD
			I suppose it's an understandable
			progression. Computers make
			decisions based on inputs and we
			humans give off many subtle signs
			which communicate our emotions.

					RIKER
			It's uncanny. I could develop
			feelings for Minuet. A desire
			exactly as I would for any woman.

	Minuet smiles.

        STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT THREE        37.

60   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Doesn't love always begin that
			way? With the illusion being more
			real than the woman?

					MINUET
			Oh, Jean-Luc, spoken like a true
			Frenchman.

	Picard smiles.

					PICARD
			I think I'll be leaving.

	Minuet turns to Picard.

					MINUET
			Oh, don't go.

					PICARD
			Two's company.

					MINUET
			We have time -- there's no rush.
			I'd like it very much if you
			would stay.

					RIKER
			Yes, stay, Captain.

					PICARD
			This is your diversion, Number
			One. Not mine.

					MINUET
			Wait -- we haven't danced.

					PICARD
			I don't dance.

					MINUET
			Then some more wine.

					PICARD
			Thank you, no.

					MINUET
			Wait -- please. Please don't go -- you
			can't. Not yet.

					PICARD
			What?

        STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT THREE        38.

60   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			Why -- Minuet -- what's the matter?
			Why can't he leave?

	Minuet FREEZES as they LEAVE her and stride quickly
	to the arch.

					PICARD
				(to computer)
			Exit.

	The doors OPEN. The RED ALERT is still FLASHING.

61   RIKER AND PICARD - AT THE ARCH

	They react with shock -- like a dousing of ice water.

					PICARD
				(touches a panel)
			bridge, this is the captain.
			Situation report.

	No response, so Riker touches his communicator.

					RIKER
			Riker to bridge.

	Still nothing. The two exchange looks. Picard steps
	halfway into the corridor and operates the com panel.
	Riker stands with him.

62   FRESH ANGLE

	Picard and Riker are framed in the doorway, with
	Minuet, MOTIONLESS, in the background.

					PICARD
				(tense)
			Computer! Explain Red Alert.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Initiated as a programmed
			response. The magnetic field
			containing the antimatter had
			weakened. There was no fail-safe
			available.

					PICARD
			Why wasn't I notified?

        STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT THREE        39.

62   CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Unknown.

					PICARD
			Present condition.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			The magnetic field is now
			restored. Containment is
			restored. Propulsion is at
			maximum efficiency.

					PICARD
				(beat, thinks)
			Locate Lieutenant Commander Data.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Not on board the Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Explain.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			All Enterprise personnel except
			the captain and first officer have
			been evacuated.

					PICARD
			Evacuated!? Was the condition
			that critical?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Yes.

	A thought occurs to Riker.

					RIKER
			Are we still docked on the
			starbase?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			No.

					PICARD
			Position report.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Coordinates four-one-five-nine
			point two-six by eight-one-nine-two-one
			by three-one-two. Heading
			Two-three-three mark four-five.

        STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT THREE        40.

62   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Destination?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Planet Bynaus in the Beta Magellan
			system.

					RIKER
			The Bynars!

					PICARD
			Am I to understand that the Bynars
			have stolen the Enterprise?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			That information is not available.

	Picard turns back to Minuet.

63   INT. HOLODECK IV

	Picard APPROACHES Riker and Minuet. She COMES ALIVE
	when he speaks to her.

					PICARD
				(a beat, strong)
			It's the Bynars -- and you're part
			of this.

					MINUET
				(without hesitation)
			Yes.

					RIKER
			They made you the lure to keep
			me here! They programmed you
			while I was relaxing.

					MINUET
			Yes. When they saw your interest
			in me, they thought I could
			distract you and keep you here.

					PICARD
			That explains, Riker... What about
			me?

					MINUET
			Your being here was just a
			fortunate happenstance.

        STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT THREE        41.

63   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Why do they want me?

					PICARD
			What do they want with the
			Enterprise? What's their purpose?

					MINUET
			I am not programmed to give you
			that information.

					PICARD
			Come on, Number One. We've got
			to regain control of our ship!

	Riker and Picard HEAD OUT. Minuet FREEZES behind them.

64   INT. STARBASE CONTROL

	With Geordi, Data, Tasha, Wesley and Worf.

					GEORDI
			What do we do?

					DATA
			Which is the nearest Starfleet
			vessel?

					QUINTEROS
			The Trieste.

					DATA
			I know the Trieste. Too small,
			too slow.

					QUINTEROS
			Plus it's sixty-six hours away.

					DATA
			Where are the Bynars?

					QUINTEROS
			... I haven't seen them.

					DATA
			Then they are obviously still
			aboard. Another Starfleet vessel
			must be sent to intercept the
			Enterprise at Bynaus. They might
			be taking the ship to their home
			planet.

72:[4,#b]
        STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT THREE        42.

64   CONTINUED:

					QUINTEROS
			What makes you think so?

					DATA
			It is the best place for us
			to start.

65   INT. ENTERPRISE - CORRIDOR

	Picard and Riker move quickly down a corridor. They
	turn a corner.

66   INT. ENTERPRISE - A NEW CORRIDOR

	Picard and Riker ENTER a door. It closes behind them,
	FILLING THE SCREEN with the words "WEAPONS ROOM."

									FADE OUT:

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT FOUR        43.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

67   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves along at warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. We
			now know "who" has commandeered
			the Enterprise... the Bynars.
			We can't communicate with the
			bridge. Commander Riker and I will
			now try to regain control of our
			ship.

68   INT. CORRIDOR

	After a moment, they ENTER the corridor tensely --
	armed against the possibility of being met by hostiles.
	Seeing the corridor is clear, Riker turns one way,
	Picard another.

					PICARD
			This way.

					RIKER
			But that's toward Engineering.

					PICARD
			That's our first stop, to verify
			the containment, and initiate
			auto-destruct.

	Riker looks concerned.

					RIKER
			Initiate auto-destruct?

					PICARD
			The ship has been commandeered
			by a force of unknown size and
			intent. We're here alone. We
			must assume the worst.

69   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Picard STEPS TO the wall panel and waits a beat as
	Riker JOINS him. Together they set the auto-destruct
	which requires their specific genetic code in order
	to access the system.

        STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT FOUR        44.

69   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			If we don't regain control, no
			one else will have it either.
			This is the only decision
			involving the operation of this
			ship which requires you and I to
			agree totally.

					RIKER
			It's the allotted time that
			concerns me.

					PICARD
			About that, there is no option.

					RIKER
			I know. It's a five minute
			countdown.

					PICARD
			It's sufficient to get to the
			bridge... once there, either
			we'll get control of the ship
			and shut off the auto-destruct,
			or we won't. The important thing
			is that this ship does not fall
			into hostile hands.

					RIKER
			Then let's set it and get going.

70   INT. ENGINEERING - AT COMPUTER (OPTICAL)

	This computer is separate from the main computer and
	is used for this type of emergency only.

					COMPUTER
			Recognize Picard, Jean-Luc,
			Captain...
				(pause)
			Recognize Riker, William T,
			Commander.

					PICARD
			Set auto-destruct sequence.

					COMPUTER
			Does the first officer concur?

        STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT FOUR        45.

70   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			... Yes. Set auto-destruct
			sequence -- now!

	A small sign ILLUMINATES "AUTO-DESTRUCT IN (TIME)."

					COMPUTER
			Auto-destruct will detonate in
			four minutes and fifty-nine
			seconds... four minutes and
			fifty-eight seconds... four
			minutes and fifty-seven
			seconds...

					PICARD
			Let's go. The only place we can
			stop the count is from the bridge.

	They start to leave, but Riker spots something on the
	adjacent computer panel.

70A  CLOSE ON COMPUTER SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	WE SEE a BLUR OF SYMBOLS indicating a high-speed data
	flow.

					RIKER (O.S.)
			What do you make of this?

70B  BY THE SCREEN

					PICARD
			An enormous amount of data is
			being received and stored in the
			main computer.

					RIKER
			Just stored. Why?

					PICARD
			It's another piece to this puzzle.

	They leave the computer panel and EXIT.

71   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard and Riker move cautiously forward. The ship
	is quiet.

        STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT FOUR        46.

72
thru	OMITTED
73

74   INT. CORRIDOR NEAR TURBOLIFT NINE

	They reach turbolift nine. The doors do not open.
	Picard punches in a command to bring it. No response.
	The AUTO-DESTRUCT is DISPLAYED on every com panel. This
	one now reads "FOUR MINUTES TEN SECONDS."

					COMPUTER (V.O.)
			Access denied.

					PICARD
			They've locked it off.

	He thinks for a moment.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			We've got to find another way to
			get in.

					RIKER
			One of us could beam onto the
			bridge.

					PICARD
			It takes several seconds to
			materialize. You wouldn't
			stand a chance.

	Riker thinks for a beat.

					RIKER
			I could beam into the turbolift,
			force the doors, and take them
			by surprise.

					PICARD
			No. We'll beam in simultaneously
			in two different areas of the
			bridge.

					RIKER
			Only four minutes left.

	They head for Transporter Room Seven.

75   INT. STARBASE CONTROL (OPTICAL)

	Restless, the Enterprise crew is hovering around the
	Control Center.

        STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT FOUR        47.

75   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Still no response from the
			Enterprise.

					WORF
			They would answer if they could.
			Someone else has control of the
			ship.

					DATA
			Do you think I am responsible?

					GEORDI
			Why? How could you have known?

					DATA
			My station is on the bridge.

					GEORDI
			You can't be on the bridge every
			minute.

					DATA
			You are wrong, Geordi, I can.
			I do not need rest or diversion
			-- I should not have been painting.
			I was negligent.

					TASHA
			That's a pointless discussion.
			You could have been on the bridge
			and it still might have happened.

	Data snaps her a look of disbelief.

					TASHA
				(continuing; to
				 Quinteros)
			You have three ships in here.
			We need one of them now.

					QUINTEROS
			We're rushing repairs on the USS
			Melbourne -- but it's still
			eighteen hours until she'll be
			ready... There is nothing else
			you can do.

75A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	FLIES BY at warp speed.

        STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT FOUR        48.

76   INT. ENTERPRISE - TRANSPORTER ROOM SEVEN (OPTICAL)

	They ARRIVE at the Transporter Room. Riker goes to the
	control panel.

					RIKER
			I'll set a ten-second delay.

	Picard takes his place on one of the Pads.

					PICARD
			Right. Coordinates for Main
			Bridge -- port forward for me and
			aft for you.

					RIKER
				(a beat)
			You're on Pad Two.

	Riker inputs the two sets of coordinates.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Done.
				(a beat)
			Ten second delay... NOW.

	Riker starts the timer, hastens to the platform and
	steps up beside Picard. The Transporter ENGAGES.

77   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Riker BEAM INTO the Main Bridge as
	programmed -- he forward and port side, Riker aft.
	They look around, phasers ready.

78   ANGLE ON BYNARS

	In one corner of the bridge, the Bynars are huddled
	together, pale, cold, almost inert. They seem totally
	lifeless. All have looks of fear. They clearly pose
	no threat.

79   ANGLE ON PICARD

	He relaxes and moves forward.

					PICARD
			Why did you steal my ship?

             STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT FOUR            49.

79   CONTINUED:

					ONE ZERO
			Please try...

					ZERO ONE
			... to help us.

	One Zero and Zero One collapse. Off Picard's reaction,
	WE:

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

             STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT FIVE            50.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

80   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (STOCK OPTICAL)

	near the Bynar's home planet - Bynaus.

80A  CLOSE ON COMPANEL

	Picard and Riker stand in front of it. The auto-destruct
	reads "TWO MINUTES, ONE SECOND."

					PICARD
			Cancel auto-destruct.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Does the first officer agree?

					RIKER
			Affirmative.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Auto-destruct cancelled.

	The red alarm lights STOP FLASHING.

81   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard is by the Bynars who are prone and inert. Riker
	is checking the ship's position at a nearby panel.

					RIKER
			We're in orbit around Bynaus.
				(indicating the Bynars)
			How are they?

					PICARD
			They appear dead.

	Picard goes to his command chair. Riker continues
	working.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Let's see if we can get some
			answers from Bynaus.

             STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT FIVE            51.

81   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Their main computer is off.
			Sensors reveal all of the
			equipment on the planet is inert.
			They can neither receive nor send
			any messages.

					PICARD
			What about all the people in that
			world who are totally dependant
			on their computer? Are they still
			functioning?

					RIKER
			No. They are probably just like
			these Bynars here. Dying.

82   PICARD

	as he ponders.

					RIKER
			So, what's this all about? Why
			did they steal the ship and bring
			it here? What was their purpose?

					PICARD
			They went to a lot of trouble to
			clear computer space. See what
			they've stored.

83   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Riker at the Aft station computer with Picard beside
	him.

					RIKER
			Captain, it's enormous. Every
			byte of free space in the computer
			has been filled. They must have
			made a core-dump from their world
			to our computer.

	He inputs something into the computer. The CRT SHOWS
	nothing but GIBBERISH.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I can't get in.

	He tries again. The Screen REPAINTS and again is just
	a mass of unintelligible signs and symbols.

             STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT FIVE            52.

83   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(continuing; reading
				 the Screen)
			I need a code -- a password -- to
			access the file.

	Picard is both puzzled and concerned. He looks over
	at the Bynars who are still unconscious.

					PICARD
			They were desperate to steal this
			ship, bring it here to store all
			this information. Why?

					RIKER
			I don't know. I wish they had
			left a note.

	Picard pauses.

					PICARD
			Perhaps they did.

	Riker instantly connects.

					RIKER
			Minuet.

					PICARD
			Maybe.

83A  INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard and Riker hurriedly EXIT the turbolift.

84   INT. HOLODECK

	Riker and Picard are in the Holodeck. It's still the
	JAZZ CLUB. As they APPROACH Minuet she UNFREEZES.

					RIKER
			Tell me what this is all about.

					MINUET
			A star in the Bynar system went
			super nova and they miscalculated.
			The electromagnetic pulse from
			the explosion was going to knock
			out their main computer.

             STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT FIVE            53.

84   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Their only chance was to transfer
			all the stored information and
			shut down until after it passed.
			Then, reactivate their system and
			transfer the information back to
			this main computer.

					RIKER
			And the Enterprise has the only
			mobile computer large enough to
			handle all that information.

					PICARD
			So what went wrong?

					MINUET
			The star went super nova before
			it was expected and you were late
			arriving at Starbase 74.

					PICARD
			But why steal the ship? Why
			didn't they say something? Why
			didn't they just ask for help?

					MINUET
				(shrugs)
			I don't know. I don't have those
			answers.

					PICARD
			Is there anything we can do?

					MINUET
			Yes. Return the data stored in the
			Enterprise's computer back to the
			one on Bynaus.

					RIKER
			How do we do that?

					MINUET
				(puzzled)
			Don't you know?

	Riker shakes his head.

					RIKER
			Yes. If we had the file name.
			But we don't. Do you?

             STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT FIVE            54.

84   CONTINUED: (2)

					MINUET
			I don't know what you're talking
			about. No.

					PICARD
			They wouldn't intentionally hide
			it or make it difficult for us
			to find. It's got to be right
			in front of us.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			We should call Starbase 74, and
			see if anyone can decipher this.

					MINUET
				(emotionally)
			Hurry. They're dying.
				(to Picard)
			They meant you no harm. It was
			their world they were trying to
			save.
				(to Riker)
			Help them, Will -- please help
			them.

85   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker and Picard ENTER and take their positions.
	Picard touches his arm panel.

					PICARD
			Starbase 74 -- this is the
			Enterprise.

85A  INT. STARBASE CONTROL

	The relief is instantaneous. (INTERCUT THE ENTERPRISE
	AND STARBASE AS NEEDED.)

					QUINTEROS
			This is Starbase 74. Captain
			Picard, what's your situation?

					PICARD
			We'll get into that later. Right
			now I must speak with Lieutenant
			Commander Data.

             STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT FIVE            55.

85A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I am here, sir.

					PICARD
			Data, the Bynars have stored an
			enormous amount of information
			in the computer. We can't access
			it, and we must.

					DATA
			The access would be available by
			code or password.

					PICARD
			I know, but what could it be?

					DATA
			File names can be anything.

					PICARD
			They want us to find it. They
			would have kept it simple.

					DATA
			Then a name -- or a place. It
			could be personal. In this case
			in binary language which is ones
			and zeros in groups of eight or
			sixteen characters.

	Picard looks at the prone figures.

					PICARD
			Could it be that simple?
				(to Riker)
			Try it.

86   RIKER AT COMPUTER (OPTICAL)

	He sets up the program. The CRT SCREEN DISPLAYS a
	PATTERN and starts running COMBINATIONS OF ONES AND
	ZEROS until it gets to -- 11001001 -- then the SCREEN
	LOCKS.

					RIKER
			That's the file. It'll work now.

	They exchange a visual equivalent of a High Five.

             STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT FIVE            56.

86   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Well done, Will. Now access the
			file and start the transfer.

	Riker attempts to do just that. Again the CRT
	REPAINTS, and this time it's filled with GIBBERISH.

					RIKER
			So much for that idea.

					PICARD
			Let me get on the other position.
			The Bynars always work in pairs,
			perhaps that is also required.

	Now together they input the information. There is a
	pause. Both think it's not working -- then the SCREEN
	LOCKS, the LIGHTS DIM, the computer HUMS and starts
	PUMPING OUT tons of binary info.

87   OMITTED

88   INT. - BACK TO MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	In the dim light, Riker and Picard watch as the CRT
	Screen whips through the files being dumped on Bynaus.

					PICARD
			It appears to be successful. The
			system has started up -- a resident
			diagnostic program is running.
			Their system is incredible.

	The Bynars on the bridge begin to REVIVE.

					ZERO ONE
			You...

					ONE ZERO
			... did it.

	As Picard and Riker watch, the Bynars continue to
	regain their strength. Bynar One Zero and Zero One,
	go to a computer panel and verify that the transfer
	of information is being accomplished efficiently. The
	bridge lighting returns to normal.

					ZERO ONE
				(showing relief and
				 happiness)
			... our world is...

             STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT FIVE            57.

88   CONTINUED:

					ONE ZERO
				(... and happiness)
			... reactivating.

					ZERO ONE
			Our people...

					ONE ZERO
			... express their gratitude.

					ZERO ZERO
			... We will return to...

					ONE ONE
			... your Starbase for whatever...

					ZERO ZERO
			... punishment your system...

					ONE ONE
			... requires of us.

					PICARD
			Why didn't you just ask for our
			help?

	The four of them communicate quickly between
	themselves.

					ZERO ONE
			You might have...

					ONE ZERO
			... said no.

					RIKER
			But there was a very good chance
			we would have said "yes."

					ZERO ZERO
			Our need was too great...

					ONE ONE
			... to risk rejection.

					PICARD
			So you stole it.

             STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT FIVE            58.

88   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Their reason is part of their
			binary thinking -- for them there
			are only two choices -- one or zero
			-- yes or no.

					PICARD
			No one's been hurt. They
			accomplished their objective.
			They have their world back in
			order, and we have our ship.

	Picard takes the position at the Conn.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			It's been some time since I had
			the Conn.

	He taps in the coordinates.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			But, not to worry, Number One
			you're in good hands. Starbase
			74 -- at warp two.

	He taps in the speed.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Engage.

	Riker looks on with a smile.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Under complete control.

88A  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE ENTERING STARBASE (OPTICAL)

	The ship APPROACHES, then DOCKS. (As before.)

88B  INT. STARBASE CONTROL

	The crewmembers of the Enterprise watch with elation
	as their ship REDOCKS.

             STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT FIVE            59.

88C  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Both turbolift doors OPEN and the crew POURS ONTO the
	bridge. Beverly, Wesley, Geordi, Data, Tasha and Worf
	ENTER and gather around Riker and Picard.

					PICARD
			We are all right, everything is
			fine. Now -- I want a complete
			check of all systems and
			divisions.

					TASHA
			What about the Bynars?

	She indicates the four Bynars gathered together off
	to one side.

					PICARD
			Turn them over to Quinteros.
				(to the Bynars)
			There will be a hearing.

					ZERO ONE
			We understood that...

					ONE ZERO
			... would happen.

					RIKER
			That being the case -- permission
			to leave the bridge.

					PICARD
			Permission granted.

89   INT. HOLODECK

	Riker is at the computer panel. Riker punches in the
	code.

					COMPUTER
			Program entered - you may enter
			the Holodeck.

	Riker ENTERS. The scene is the same. "Minuet" is at
	the table. Riker is very relieved. Her face is turned
	away -- she is motionless and will be until Riker sits
	down.

             STAR TREK: "11001001" - 11/19/87 - ACT FIVE            60.

90   ANGLE ON TABLE

	Riker sits down.

					RIKER
			What's a knockout like you doin'
			in a computer-generated joint like
			this?

	The woman turns -- she looks a lot like Minuet -- but
	it is clearly not Minuet.

91   RIKER

	The disappointment etched on his face.

					RIKER
			You're not Minuet.

92   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker ENTERS and CROSSES to the Ops position.

					RIKER
			She's gone. I tried variations
			of the program, others appeared,
			but not Minuet.

					PICARD
			Maybe that too, was part of the
			Bynar's program. Some
			relationships just can't work.

					RIKER
				(he can agree
				intellectually, but
				emotionally it's not
				easy)
			Yes... probably true... but, she
			will be difficult to forget.

93   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (STOCK OPTICAL)

	As she heads AWAY.

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Home Soil" 
                          #40271-117 
                              
                           Story by 
                  Karl Geurs & Ralph Sanchez 
                              and 
                        Robert Sabaroff 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Robert Sabaroff 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Corey Allen 


Copyright 1987 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved.

This script is not for publication or reproduction. No one
is authorized to dispose of same. If lost or destroyed,
please notify the Script Department.


                    3RD REV. FINAL DRAFT

                      DECEMBER 2, 1987

            STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Home Soil"                               
                              
                             CAST                               

                PICARD             KURT MANDL
                RIKER              ARTHUR MALENCON
                BEVERLY            LUISA KIM
                DATA               BJORN BENSEN
                TROI               
                TASHA              
                WORF               
                GEORDI             
                WESLEY             
                ENGINEER (FEMALE)  

                Voice-Over         
                  COMPUTER VOICE
                  TRANSLATOR VOICE   
                  TRANSPORTER CHIEF  

            STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Home Soil"                               
                              
                             SETS                               

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     VELARA III
              MEDICAL LAB
              LUISA'S QUARTERS
              CORRIDOR BY MEDICAL LAB DOOR
          
              ENGINEERING
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
          
            TERRAFORMING BASE
              CORRIDOR OUTSIDE HYDRAULICS ROOM
              HYDRAULICS ROOM
              MAIN CONTROL ROOM
          

          STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - TEASER          1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "Home Soil"                               

                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - VELARA III IN B.G.

	The ship is ENTERING a parking orbit of the
	yellow-ochre, featureless planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41463.9.
			We are mapping the Pleiades
			Cluster which has many young
			planets and we've been asked by
			the Federation to visit a group
			terraforming Velara III, which
			we would very much like to see.
			Communications have been erratic
			and there is some concern about
			their welfare.

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	PICARD, RIKER, DATA, TROI, TASHA, GEORDI and WORF --
	at their respective stations -- all study Velara III
	on the Main Viewer. As Velara III SETTLES INTO PLACE
	on the Main Viewer:

					GEORDI
			Entering standard orbit -- now.

					PICARD
			It takes special people to live
			in such desolation.

					TROI
			Visionaries, who don't see this
			planet as it is, but as it will
			be.

					RIKER
			I've always wanted to see
			terraforming in operation.

					PICARD
			Hailing frequency, Lieutenant Yar.

          STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - TEASER          2.

2    CONTINUED:

					TASHA
			Hailing frequencies open, sir.

					PICARD
			Velara III base, this is Captain
			Picard of the starship Enterprise.

	No response.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Lieutenant Yar... ?

					TASHA
			No equipment malfunction on either
			end, sir. They are receiving.

					PICARD
			Velara III, this is the Enterprise.
			Come in please.

	Still nothing. Some tense glances among personnel.

					GEORDI
				(after a beat)
			Maybe nobody's home.

3    ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	ZOOM IN until WE CAN MAKE OUT the ribbed dome of the
	Terraforming Station.

					DATA
			We are sensing life-forms, sir.

					PICARD
				(concerned)
			Velara III, do you copy?

	Then the IMAGE of PROJECT DIRECTOR KURT MANDL APPEARS,
	somewhat disheveled. He is Picard's age, and appears
	to be taken off guard. He could be of German decent,
	somewhat stiff.

					MANDL
			Velara Base to Enterprise. Uh...
			yes, Captain. Director Mandl
			here. Sorry for the delay. We
			weren't expecting visitors.

          STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - TEASER          3.

4    ANGLE ON TROI

	just enough to ESTABLISH that a small alarm bell is
	ringing, but not enough for a comment.

5    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

					PICARD
			Terraform Command has asked us
			to see how you were getting along.

					MANDL
			... We were a little behind, but
			we're back on schedule.

6    CLOSE ON TROI AND PICARD

	watching and listening intently.

					TROI
				(quietly)
			We alarm him for some reason.

					PICARD
				(a pause)
			Your staff is all well, I presume,
			Director?

					MANDL
			Understandably tired. We're all
			working very hard, Captain.

					PICARD
			Is there anything we can do to
			help?... You and your staff are
			welcome aboard for a change of
			scene and some rest. We have some
			Holodecks you might enjoy.

					MANDL
			No disrespect, sir, we can't
			afford to take the time.

	Troi touches Picard, indicating he should CLICK OFF.
	Picard DOES SO.

					TROI
			His fear is escalating.

          STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - TEASER          4.

6    CONTINUED:

					MANDL
			If you'll excuse me, I must get
			back to work.

					TROI
			I sense deliberate concealment,
			sir.

	Picard takes it in, concerned.

7    FEATURING PICARD -- INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	While Picard delivers the following, Mandl seems
	distracted.

					PICARD
				(to Troi)
			Of what?

					TROI
			I don't know, but it's intense.

	Picard nods and CLICKS BACK ON.

					PICARD
			We've heard so much about your
			remarkable achievements in
			terraforming, that my staff would
			very much appreciate looking
			around.

					MANDL
				(hesitant)
			... It's not really the best time.
			We are at a critical phase just
			now.

					PICARD
			We do not require any special
			attention.

					MANDL
				(softer)
			I'm trying not to be rude, sir,
			but it would be inconvenient just
			now.

	Pause. Troi signals Picard to CLICK OFF again.

          STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - TEASER          5.

7    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			He's concealing something and it's
			more than just being too busy.
			Your announcement about coming
			down has pushed him almost to the
			point of panic.

					PICARD
			Whether he wants us or not...
				(touching his com)
			Director Mandl, unless you are
			absolutely refusing permission
			for us to land on your station,
			please prepare to receive my
			away team.

					MANDL
				(curtly)
			As you wish.

	Riker, Tasha, Data and Geordi rise and head for the
	door. Worf and another crewmember replace Data and
	Geordi.

					PICARD
			Stay on your toes, Number One.
			Counselor, perhaps you should go
			along. A man this tense is
			unpredictable.

	Troi rises and JOINS the away team.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT ONE         6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

8    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

9    INT. TERRAFORMING BASE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Data, Geordi, Troi and Tasha BEAM IN.

	Present in the room are ARTHUR MALENCON, LUISA KIM
	and BJORN BENSEN, Hydraulics Specialist, Biosphere
	Designer and Chief Engineer, respectively. Expecting
	the visitors, Malencon, and Bensen are guarded. Luisa
	on the other hand is friendly and open.

					LUISA
			Welcome to Velara III. Remember
			it as it is now, because in a
			couple of decades you won't recognize
			the place.
				(steps foward)
			Luisa Kim. Gardener of Edens.

					RIKER
			Commander William Riker, USS
			Enterprise. This is Lieutenant
			Commander Data, Counselor Troi,
			Lieutenant Yar and Lieutenant
			La Forge.

	The other two members of the terraforming team
	reluctantly move forward -- both are tense.

					LUISA
			This is Bjorn Bensen, Chief
			Engineer, and Arthur Malencon,
			our Hydraulics Specialist,

	Bensen steps over to Data. He looks him over.

					BENSON
			An android.

	Data nods.

					TASHA
			And third in command of the
			Enterprise.

         STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT ONE         7.

9    CONTINUED:

	After a look of suprise, Bensen takes Data's offered
	hand and examines both sides of it, as if he's checking
	out a new piece of remarkable equipment.

					BENSEN
			Where were you manufactured --
			are there others like you?

					DATA
			Both matters are subjects of
			protracted discussion.

					BENSEN
			Remarkable.

	Bensen turns and joins Malencon at their work. The
	team members take in their surroundings. We are in a
	twenty-fourth century power and hydraulics facility, more
	square-cut and mechanical than the Enterprise. Large,
	working machinery, on which "the bolts show." The
	computers are more heavy duty and their jumper cables
	show. This room is the hub of the operation, with
	corridors and doors leading off in four different
	directions. Beneath it all is the LOW RUMBLE of
	HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT at work.

					LUISA
			We don't get visitors. It's
			exciting to have you here.

					RIKER
			We weren't sure how we would be
			received. Director Mandl seemed
			less than enthusiastic about our
			interest.

					LUISA
				(warmly)
			I should apologize for him. We
			are at a critical phase. Usually
			he's quite charming.

	Riker returns her smile.

					RIKER
			We'll stay out of your way, it's
			just that we've never seen a
			terraforming station, and couldn't
			resist the opportunity.

         STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT ONE         8.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					LUISA
			How much do you know about the
			process?

					DATA
			The theories -- the reports -- but
			nothing firsthand.

					LUISA
			Oh, wonderful. Then let me show
			you around.

	As she turns and leads them to a screen, Troi moves
	to Riker.

					TROI
				(sotto voce)
			The other two are as veiled and
			secretive as Mandl, but she is
			not.

10   ANGLE TO INCLUDE LUISA'S SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	As the away team watches, the screen SHOWS a lifeless,
	uniformly brown, dead planet.

					LUISA
			What we're doing is so exciting,
			so -- inspiring. We take a
			lifeless planet and little by
			little transform it into an
			M-class environment, capable of
			supporting life. Terraforming
			makes you feel a little godlike.
				(beat)
			Is that a terribly arrogant thing
			to say?

					DATA
			Not at all. It is accurate.

11   INTERCUT

	with REACTIONS and COMMENTS of the away team. During
	this, Luisa seems attracted to Riker.

         STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT ONE         9.

11   CONTINUED:

					LUISA
			The first phase is selecting the
			planet. That's very important.
			It must have the right mass and
			gravity, the correct rate of
			rotation, and a balanced day and
			night. The planet must also be
			without life or having the
			prospect of life delveloping
			naturally. The Federation makes
			that decision. Then...
				(she pauses a beat for
				 emphasis)
			... we take over.

	Riker and the others are taken by her ingenuous
	enthusiasm.

					LUISA
				(continuing)
			What you see here -- this station
			-- is Phase Two. Phase Three
			involves the water. Usually we
			create basins, using hydraulic
			landscaping, but the water on
			this planet is subsurface, and
			extremely high in salt content.
			We are just about to begin pumping
			and filtering that water,
			removing the salt, oxygenating
			and replacing. Next we introduce
			micro-organisms, and when the
			process is complete...

	Her screen now SHOWS several large separated areas of
	green. The away team exchange looks of admiration.

					LUISA
				(continuing)
			... eventually, we'll have a
			lush, arable, biosphere.

	While this goes on, Data's attention is caught by
	Malencon.

					RIKER
			You make it sound poetic.

					LUISA
				(brightly)
			I think it's the best occupation
			in the universe.

         STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT ONE         10.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

	Data CROSSES to Malencon's work station and glances at
	his blueprints.

12   ANGLE - DATA AND MALENCON

	Malencon is working near a computer screen FILLED with
	hydraulics plans -- pipes, sprayers, probes, plans for
	channels, rivers and bays. Geordi STEPS UP beside him.

					DATA
			The efficiency of your hydraulic
			landscaping is elegant.

	How could Malencon not be flattered?

					MALENCON
			It isn't yet -- but it will be.
			Right now, I'm disturbed by
			erratic power surges in several
			of the servomechanisms that
			control the hydraulic probes.

					GEORDI
			Could it be the increased
			conductivity caused by the high
			saline content?

					MALENCON
				(with the enthusiasm
				 of one scientist to
				 another)
			That was my first thought, but..

	Bensen puts a cap on the conversation.

					BENSEN
			Arthur.

	Malencon catches himself.

					BENSEN
				(continuing; curtly)
			We checked that out. That wasn't
			it.

13   TROI AND RIKER

	They exchange a glance at this behavior.

         STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT ONE         11.

14   ANOTHER ANGLE

	as Mandl ENTERS the room.

					MANDL
			I'm Director Mandl. I am sorry
			about being so abrupt during our
			initial contact, being isolated
			one tends to forget the social
			graces. Are you seeing everything
			you want?

					TROI
			What you are doing here is
			miraculous.

					MANDL
			What we are doing here is working
			on a difficult, demanding
			timetable, and there will be no
			miracle unless Malencon gets the
			hydraulic probes back on line.
			We are set to step up to full
			conversion, immediately.
				(crisply; to Malencon)
			Shouldn't you be in the hydraulics
			chamber, Arthur?

	Malencon is caught off guard.

					MALENCON
			Now?

15   TROI

	She picks up on the tension.

16   MANDL

	He steps toward Malencon for emphasis.

					MANDL
			Yes.

					MALENCON
				(rising, nervous)
			All right, Kurt.

	Malencon HURRIES OUT.

         STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT ONE         12.

17   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Troi and Riker exchange a glance at this behavior.

18   GEORDI

	indicating Malencon's computer screen.

					GEORDI
			That must be the master subsurface
			pump. Impressive.

					DATA
				(indicating another area
				 on the computer screen)
			This is interesting. How the
			water table is a thin ribbon
			between the sandy surface layer
			and the rock below.

					GEORDI
			And it follows the contour precisely.

					DATA
				(nodding)
			Which would require extreme
			precision from the probe controls.

	Mandl ENTERS SHOT, on guard as he hears this. He goes
	to the computer and calls up another program.

					MANDL
			Here's something which should
			interest you. The vegetation
			graphs are really the key element
			to successful terraforming.

	CAMERA BACK as everyone steps closer to look, except
	Troi.

					RIKER
			Incredible. It's planned month
			by month, decade by decade.

					MANDL
			Every single thing we do is
			specific and exacting. You see
			grand, romantic concepts. I see
			unyielding rock under an ocean
			of sand.

         STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT ONE         13.

19   ANGLE - TROI

	She suddenly registers a severe emotional shock.

					TROI
				(overlapping, alarmed)
			Commander... !

	as all hear the alarm in her voice. Her internal
	sensors are scanning the facility.

					RIKER
			What is it, Deanna?

	Her face suddenly registers emotional shock.

					TROI
				(almost in pain)
			Malencon. He's in trouble.

	A perception immediately followed by a WARNING SIREN
	and the o.s. SOUND of LASER BLASTS. Reactions. Riker
	is first OUT of the room, FOLLOWED by Data, Geordi and
	Tasha. Mandl is NEXT, FOLLOWED by Troi. Bensen and
	Luisa, exchanging a look, BRING UP THE REAR.

20   INT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE HYDRAULICS ROOM

	The o.s. LASER BLASTING is LOUDER, accompanied by
	SHOUTS and CRIES of PAIN by Malencon on the other side
	of the closed door. ANGLE ADJUSTS as Riker and the
	group CONVERGE ON the sliding door. Riker tries the
	handle -- locked. He alone... and then he and Data pull
	at the handles -- no go. Mandl SQUEEZES UP.

					RIKER
			Can you open it?

	Mandl presses the auto-decoder pad, tries the door.
	But it still won't open.

					MANDL
			It's jammed.

					TASHA
			Let me try.

	The o.s. SCREAMS STOP. The LASER BLASTS CEASE.
	Reactions: "Is the threat over?" Troi looks sad.

					TROI
			We're too late.

	Mandl tries the auto-decoder pad again, and this time
	the door OPENS.

         STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT ONE         14.

21   INT. HYDRAULICS ROOM - MANDL'S POV

	The central monitoring column, from which laser arms
	extend and sink laterally into the "surround," has been
	trashed. On the floor is the equally trashed body of
	Arthur Malencon.

22   REVERSE ANGLE

	as folks CROWD INTO the doorway. Mandl has a look of
	fear etched across his face. Luisa, very emotional,
	covers her eyes, turns away. Bensen is sick. Our away
	team looks from the body on the floor to Mandl back to
	the body. Tasha stares at Mandl.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

         STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT TWO         15.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

23   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit.

					PICARD (V. O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. What
			began as a routine visit to the
			Federation group terraforming
			Velara III has become a serious
			situation. Arthur Malencon, the
			hydraulics engineer, has been
			killed in an extraordinary
			accident.

24   INT. TERRAFORMING BASE - HYDRAULICS ROOM

	as before, with Malencon's body. PAN the mess of
	twisted metal until WE SETTLE on the doorway where Data
	waits with the others, except for Geordi and Bensen.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Situation report, Number One.

					RIKER
				(tense, trying to save
				 a life)
			For safety reasons, we're shutting
			off all power to the hydraulics
			room before entering to recover
			the body. Then we'll beam him
			up to Sickbay, but from the look
			of his wounds, it's probably
			hopeless.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Keep me informed.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Data... ?

	Data taps his communicator.

					DATA
			Go ahead, Geordi.

         STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT TWO         16.

25   INT. MAIN CONTROL ROOM/HYDRAULICS ROOM
	(INTERCUT AS DESIRED)

	Geordi stands before an array of computer panels
	examining a display SHOWING the FLOW CHART of the
	operation, AND a DIAGRAM OF THE CROSSED-HUB LAYOUT as
	Bensen works some controls, then nods to Geordi.

					BENSEN
			All set.

					GEORDI
			We have your section powered down
			now. Bensen has locked the master
			servomotor drive system. It
			should be safe in there now.

					TASHA
			I'm going in.

					DATA
			I will go with you.

	Data and Tasha ENTER the room, moving to Malencon's
	body. She quickly affixes a communicator to the body,
	touches it, says:

26   CLOSE ON TASHA AND BODY (OPTICAL)

					TASHA
			Transporter Room, this is
			Lieutenant Yar. Two to beam up
			to Sickbay.

	Concerned to get the body to Sickbay as soon as
	possible, she waits as she and the body DEMATERIALIZE.

27   BACK TO DOORWAY (OPTICAL)

					LUISA
			I want to go. We should be with
			him.
				(to Mandl)
			Kurt, please come too.

	Mandl shows reluctance, but, seeing the looks on
	everyone's faces, he acquiesces. Riker touches his
	com.

         STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT TWO         17.

27   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Transporter Room, this is
			Commander Riker. Beam up four
			at my coordinates.

	Luisa, Mandl, Troi and Riker DEMATERIALIZE. Data now
	moves into the room proper, prying his way through the
	wreckage.

					DATA
				(on com)
			I have seen malfunctions, but
			this is unprecedented. Almost
			as if the laser drill attempted
			to tear itself apart.

					BENSEN
				(off Geordi's look)
			I can't explain it.

					DATA
				(into com; reflecting)
			The laser blasts seemed to end
			when the yelling stopped.

	Data goes to the room's computer control console.

					BENSEN'S COM VOICE
			Maybe Arthur stopped it -- only
			not in time.

					DATA
			Not possible.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Then what are you suggesting?

	Data studies at the control panel.

					DATA
			Uncertain.
				(to Geordi)
			Geordi, would you please return
			power to the control console in
			this room. I want to reactivate
			the program.

	Geordi and Bensen do as requested, systematically
	toggling a bank of switches. (END INTERCUT)

         STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT TWO         18.

28   DATA'S ANGLE - CONSOLE

	A localized panel LIGHTS UP. Data pushes buttons. The
	laser drill begins its normal functioning. Data
	watches it for a beat as it systematically blasts into
	the bore holes. He then turns his attention back to
	the console.

					DATA
				(into com)
			I am running the base drilling
			program.

29   ANGLES - VARIOUS (MECHANICAL EFFECTS) (OPTICAL)

	While Data is preoccupied with the computer program,
	the firing head on the laser drill, lifts and turns
	-- no longer sighting down the bore holes -- it is now
	taking dead aim on Data. The NOISE from the arm alerts
	Data who TURNS and DODGES the BLAST which it WHISTLES
	BY his ear. Again IT FIRES.

					DATA
			Servos OFF!

30   INT. MAIN CONTROL ROOM

	Geordi and Bensen scan the panels. Nothing in here has
	changed.

					BENSEN
			They are off!

					GEORDI
			Data, what's happening?

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Too much to explain.

31   OMITTED

32   INT. CORRIDOR

	Geordi and Bensen RUN toward Data's location hearing
	the SOUND of LASER BLASTS. Geordi touches the
	Communicator.

					GEORDI
			La Forge to Enterprise. We have
			a problem!

         STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT TWO         19.

33   INT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE HYDRAULICS ROOM

	The door is closed as Geordi and Bensen RACE TO it.

					GEORDI
			Open the door!

					DATA
			STAY OUT! It is under control.

	WE HEAR THRASHING, BLASTING, CLATTERING, sounding like
	a battle skirmish. WE PLAY OFF the REACTIONS of Geordi
	and Bensen. They look at each other, astonished,
	unable to comment. Suddenly -- SILENCE.

					GEORDI
			Data --

	For a beat there is no answer. Then the door OPENS.

34   INT. CORRIDOR - HYDRAULICS ROOM DOOR

	Geordi ENTERS, FOLLOWED by Bensen, happy to see Data in
	good shape.

					GEORDI
			Are you injured?

					DATA
			No.

34A  BENSEN'S POV INTO HYDRAULICS ROOM

	He has eyes only for the wreckage that was once
	sophisticated equipment.

34B  BACK TO SHOT

					BENSEN
			A year's work destroyed!

					DATA
			I had no choice.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Away team report now! What is
			happening?

35   INT. ENTERPRISE - CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard, Tasha and Geordi are staring at a perfectly
	calm Data. Mandl stands in a corner.

         STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT TWO         20.

35   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			... We were attempting to trace
			the source of the malfunction when
			it attacked me.

					MANDL
			How much more of this fantasy must
			I listen to?

					PICARD
			None at all, Mr. Mandl. Until
			this is sorted out, I've provided
			temporary quarters for you and
			your crew. I suggest you use
			them.

					MANDL
			You're overstepping your
			authority, Picard! You have no
			right to interfere.

					PICARD
			An attack on one of my crew gives
			me the right, Mr. Mandl.

					MANDL
			I have a schedule to meet!

					PICARD
			Your schedule is on hold, until
			I have a satisfactory explanation
			of what happened.

	Mandl, seeing that argument is useless, turns to exit.
	Picard stops him with:

					PICARD
				(crisp)
			Director Mandl. Wait.
				(to Tasha)
			Escort the director to his
			quarters.

					TASHA
			Aye, sir.

	Mandl and Tasha EXIT.

					PICARD
			Proceed with your report.

         STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT TWO         21.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			It would appear that the laser
			drilling systems had been
			reprogrammed.
				(beat)
			As soon as its memory bank
			received power, it turned itself
			on and went after me.
			Fortunately, I was able to cope
			with it.

					GEORDI
				(bank shot)
			Not by much, from what I saw.

					DATA
			I believe it was programmed to
			destroy any person moving in that
			room.

					PICARD
			Speculation or certainty?

					DATA
			Certainty.

					GEORDI
			It would have required the talents
			of a master programmer.

					DATA
			But it was done.

					PICARD
			Then the question is not who,
			because obviously it was one of
			the three remaining terraformers.
			The question is why. What are
			they hiding? What is so important
			it could make one of them, or all
			of them desperate enough to take
			a life?

					GEORDI
			Shall I have them brought in, sir?

					PICARD
			Not yet.

	Picard rises and they FOLLOW him to:

         STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT TWO         22.

36   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	as they RETURN FROM the Ready Room. Riker, Tasha, Troi
	and Worf at their stations. BEVERLY is also present.

					PICARD
			Doctor Crusher?

					BEVERLY
			Malencon never had a chance.
			The injuries were too severe, the
			damage too extensive.

	Picard nods sadly.

					RIKER
			The entire Velara III facility
			has been powered down, Captain.

					WORF
			We've just completed a remote
			power feed to the life support
			systems.

					PICARD
			Good. Data, I want you and Geordi
			to return for a more careful
			inspection.

					DATA
			What are we to look for, sir?

					PICARD
			Evidence of tampering, negligence,
			sabotage... whatever. I don't
			know, but the answer's there, on
			the planet.

	Data and Geordi EXIT.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Tasha, I'd like you to provide
			Counselor Troi and me with
			complete personnel files on our
			three guests. Psych profiles,
			training, everything. I'm looking
			for motive, intent... the
			psychological capacity to commit
			one murder and attempt another.

					TASHA
			Aye, sir.

         STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT TWO         23.

36   CONTINUED:

	Tasha turns to the aft station.

					PICARD
				(continuing, to Riker)
			It seems we've become policemen,
			Number One.

	Riker reacts, not enjoying the forecast.

37   INT. HYDRAULICS ROOM (OPTICAL)

	DIM interior ILLUMINATION filters in through the
	translucent dome. Data and Geordi MATERIALIZE among
	the apparently inert junk. They move cautiously at
	first, but everything does seem to be inert.

38   VARIOUS ANGLES

	as Data probes among the junk. Then, eventually, he
	examines the opening to the tubular tunnel which had
	been occupied by one of the sensor arms.

39   POV - SMALL FLASHES

	It doesn't last for more than half a second at a time,
	but something about the size of a rice grain BLINKS
	several times.

40   ANGLE - DATA

	Unaccustomedly startled, he draws back. He looks
	around to make sure nothing else is happening. Then,
	he gets close and looks again. ANOTHER BLINK or two.
	He scans the little thing with his tricorder. Nothing.
	Shaking his head, he touches his communicator.

					DATA
			Geordi. I need some visual
			assistance.

41   ANOTHER ANGLE

	as Geordi JOINS him. Data indicates the "rice grain,"
	BLINKING in a rapid, non-repetitive pattern, looking
	like HIGH SPEED MORSE CODE in LIGHTS, with pauses and
	breaks, like language syntax.

         STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT TWO         24.

41   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			What is it?

	With a very puzzled look at Data and the lights and
	back again, Geordi applies his Tricorder.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Inorganic. Nothing but basic
			elements. No carbon... sandy
			texture... But the flashes are
			almost... musical. I see color
			variations and rhythms which are
			like a melody.

					DATA
			Speculation. Could it be alive?

42   CLOSE ON GEORDI

	stunned. He looks down at the FLASHING LIGHT.

					GEORDI
			How could it be alive? It's
			inorganic.

					DATA
			Whatever this is, it could be
			what they are covering up -- and
			the reason someone killed
			Malencon.

	As though in answer, the "rice grain" BLINKS FASTER,
	and in a fancier pattern than ever. Off Geordi's and
	Data's reactions, WE:

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT THREE        25.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

43   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. On
			my order, Data's startling
			discovery of a possible indigenous
			and inorganic life-form --
			something hitherto thought
			impossible...

44   INT. ENTERPRISE - MEDICAL LAB

	Beverly is preparing an elaborate scan, its object
	being the contents of a basketball-sized, transparent
	bell jar, anchored to a stable base, on a platform
	under a scanner.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... has been beamed aboard so that
			its true nature might be
			uncovered.

	WESLEY hovers over her shoulder, as do Picard, Data,
	and Geordi.

45   ANGLES

	From the BLINKING CONTENTS OF THE SPHERE, WE RECOGNIZE
	Data's discovery. The BLINK is rapid, like a visual
	hum. They crowd around.

46   BEVERLY

	She lowers the overhead device until it covers the bell
	jar.

					BEVERLY
				(to Computer)
			Activate.

	There is a pause as the device is activated.

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT THREE        26.

46   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(continuing; to group)
			Let's be sure of what we have
			here.
				(to the scanner)
			Is the sample organic?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Negative carbon. Negative known
			life components. Substance
			inorganic.

					DATA
			Recheck analysis.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Rechecking... Analysis verified.
			Not organic.

					BEVERLY
			Magnify to screen.

	Beverly and the others glance up to a screen situated
	atop the scanner (WHICH WE CANNOT YET SEE) as the
	machinery responds to her commands.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Magnify -- factor rate five.
				(beat, and:)
			Hold surface. Rate ten.
				(beat, and:)
			Hold.

	Everyone leans in for a closer look.

47   POV - THE SCREEN

	WE SEE A NETWORK of tiny BEAD-LIKE THINGS, connected
	by a WEB, like the synaptic structure of brain tissue.
	This structure SPARKLES DAZZLINGLY as energies flow
	along its "CIRCUITRY." We have isolated about FIVE
	OR SIX OF THE "BEADS."

					PICARD (O.S.)
			What are we looking at?

					WESLEY (O.S.)
			It's really beautiful. Whatever
			it is...

	A HUMMING SOUND BUILDS... then LEVELS OFF.

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT THREE        27.

48   BACK TO SCENE

	as all react to the sound.

					PICARD
				(rhetorically)
			What's causing that hum?

					BEVERLY
			Computer, what is the magnification?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Twenty five thousand diameters
			and holding.

					BEVERLY
			Analysis. The pattern of the
			flashes.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Not random or repetitive or
			sequential. Pattern not
			recognized.

					BEVERLY
			What is the source of the flashes?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Unable to specify. Theoretically
			not possible from this substance.

					BEVERLY
			Disregard incongruity and theorize
			as to source?

	Pregnant pause, and:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Life.

	On the collective "take," especially from Data:

49   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard is already verbally engaged with Mandl. Riker,
	Troi and Tasha are in the b.g.

					MANDL
			What do you mean a life-form?!
			What life-form?! A Federation
			recon expedition certified Velara
			III lifeless.

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT THREE        28.

49   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Understandable, given this
			particular life-form's novel
			nature.

					MANDL
			And just what is that nature?

					PICARD
			Doctor Crusher is still making
			her determination.
				(beat)
			I presume you know the Prime
			Directive, Mr. Mandl.

					MANDL
			Are you saying I knowingly defied
			it?

					PICARD
			I don't know. But I intend to
			find out.
				(level beat)
			You're a man obsessed with what
			he does. Who knows what an
			obsessed man would do to keep
			going? Kill, perhaps?

					MANDL
				(exploding:)
			I create life! I don't take it!

	Mandl STORMS FROM the room. Tasha FOLLOWS him. A pause,
	and then:

					PICARD
			What do you think?

					RIKER
			You hit him pretty hard, Captain.

					PICARD
			Counselor?

					TROI
			It was useful.
				(to Picard)
			I felt two levels. He knew about
			the life-form. The idea of murder
			seemed to shock him. I couldn't
			tell if it was the whole idea,
			or just being accused of it.

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT THREE        29.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			What about his file, Lieutenant
			Yar? Could he have accomplished
			the reprogramming that Data says
			took place?

					TASHA
			Mandl holds advanced degrees in
			Computer Science as well as
			Artificial Intelligence. It's
			possible.

					PICARD
			What about the others? Including
			the victim.

					TASHA
			Only the victim had the required
			expertise. But Malencon did work
			where the... whatever-it-is...
			was found. Trying to suppress
			that knowledge would be motive
			for murder... if Mandl were
			obsessed enough.

					TROI
			Terraformers are often obsessive.
			It goes with the career profile.

					RIKER
			How do you read the designer?

					TROI
			Possessed of a highly abstracted
			reality. Lovely visions, little
			data.
				(smile)
			You might do better than I.

50   INT. LUISA'S QUARTERS

	She is lying on her sofa, her arm over her eyes. She
	wears a tasteful robe. There is a gentle KNOCK on the
	door. She seems not to hear it.

					RIKER (O.S.)
			Luisa... are you all right?

	She seems reassured by his voice. She sits up and
	wipes away the tears the arm had been covering.

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT THREE        30.

50   CONTINUED:

					LUISA
				(flatly)
			It isn't locked.

	Riker ENTERS.

					RIKER
			Mind a visitor?

	She shakes her head and indicates a comfortable seat.
	He sinks into it. She looks at him, on the edge of
	hysteria. Just the edge. She is about to become
	either the world's greatest liar or its greatest
	innocent.

					LUISA
			Is it true... did you really find
			a life-form?

					RIKER
			It's still being debated in some
			quarters. But I think so, yes.

					LUISA
			What's it like?

					RIKER
			We have nothing to compare it to,
			but it's microscopic... seems
			colonial... simple... and
			inorganic.
				(gentle)
			That's why the recon scouts missed
			it. This one wasn't your mistake.

	She rises and faces him.

					LUISA
			Everything I've worked for is
			falling apart.

	She starts to cry.

					RIKER
			It's very beautiful. I'll arrange
			for you to see it, if you like.

	She forces a softening on herself, returns his gaze.

					LUISA
			Perhaps later.

	He nods warmly, and EXITS.

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT THREE        31.

51   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLES (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Worf, Tasha, Troi. Other crewmembers filling
	in for Data and Geordi. The MED SCANNER SCREEN IMAGE
	is on the Main Viewer. All those who haven't yet seen
	it are having their minds appropriately blown.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Captain, this is Doctor Crusher.
			I think you'd better come to the
			Medical Lab.

52   INT. MEDICAL LAB

	Data, Geordi, and Beverly are working with the
	analytical apparatus. Wesley watches. Picard ENTERS.
	Data and Geordi are peering into the bell jar.

					PICARD
			What is it?

					BEVERLY
			Geordi observed movement.

					GEORDI
			It's not exactly movement, it's
			a shift in the energy pattern.

					DATA
			Without external influence.

					WESLEY
			Couldn't coordinated static
			charges promote the shift?

	Data registers intrigue at the thought.

					DATA
			Yes, if any were present in the
			jar, but none is.

	Geordi suddenly reacts to something he alone is seeing.

					GEORDI
			It's changing.

	They all move close to the Jar. Their faces almost
	right against it.

					PICARD
			I can't see any difference.

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT THREE        32.

52   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			The infrared range is increasing.

	Picard glances at the scanner screen.

53   POV - SCANNER SCREEN

	It's BRIGHTER. The surface starts to OSCILLATE.

54   ANGLE - GROUP AROUND BELL JAR

	As they move still closer -

55   ANGLE - BELL JAR (OPTICAL)

	The "rice grain" EMITS a bright LIGHT which fills the
	lab. Geordi seems almost blinded.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Input overload. Input
			overload.

	The COMPUTER VOICE ZAPS OUT. The HUM from the
	container gets slowly LOUDER.

56   ANGLE - OUR PEOPLE

	REACTING to the increasing hum.

					DATA
			It is projecting an energy field!

					GEORDI
			And it's increasing!

	The BRIGHT LIGHT denies a chance to clearly see the
	contents of the bell jar, but:

57   THE SCANNER SCREEN

	is now completely FILLED WITH a SPARKLING CHAOS. The
	ROOM LIGHT shows PATTERNED INTENSITY CHANGES.

58   BACK TO SCENE

	Beverly is alarmed.

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT THREE        33.

59   CLOSE POV - BELL JAR CONTAINER (OPTICAL)

	The WHITE LIGHT DIMINISHES enough to REVEAL the SINGLE
	GRAIN HAS BECOME TWO SMALL GRAINS, joined like Siamese
	twins.

60   BACK TO SCENE (OPTICAL)

					DATA
			Only life can replicate itself,
			Doctor. Inorganic or not, it is
			alive.

					BEVERLY
			Activate quarantine field.

	A tinted FORCE FIELD attempts to SURROUND THE
	CONTAINER, at her command. Then the field weakens,
	its GLOW DIMMING as the LIGHT from the Siamese grains
	BRIGHTENS. It then REVERSES, as the force field
	attempts to assert itself.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Quarantine field full!

	It stabilizes for a moment, then the quarantine field
	slowly DIMS.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing; more
				 imperative)
			Full shield backup!

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Translation request being patched.

					PICARD
			Translation? From whom?

					BEVERLY
			Evacuating lab.

	As they EXIT, WE HEAR:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Full shield backup in place but
			weakening... translation grhjkj
			wljkdh...

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT THREE        34.

60   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			What's going on with the
			translator circuit?

61   INT. CORRIDOR - MEDICAL LAB DOOR

	as it SLIDES CLOSED. Beverly, Data and Geordi look
	at each other. Picard touches his communicator.

					PICARD
				(into communicator)
			bridge, this is the captain.
			Request emergency power to
			increase lab quarantine seal...

62   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Riker turns to Worf:

					RIKER
			Do it, Mister Worf.
				(into com)
			What's the nature of the problem,
			Captain? We've lost visual.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			We have confirmed Data's discovery
			is life, but more than that - it
			is intelligent.

					RIKER
			How do you know?

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(beat, and:)
			It has just taken possession of
			the Medical Lab.

62A  INT. CORRIDOR - MEDICAL LAB DOOR

					PICARD
			Because it's trying to communicate
			with us!

	Riker and the rest REACT as we:

									FADE OUT:

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT FOUR        35.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

63   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. We
			are attempting to deal with the
			aggressive inorganic life-form
			which Data brought up from the
			planet. It has taken over the
			Medical Lab, and is apparently
			attempting to communicate with
			us.

64   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Geordi and Troi are at their
	stations. Other crewmembers fill in at the other
	posts. Beverly and Data standing by.

					WORF
			It generates enough energy to
			interfere with surrounding
			systems.

					PICARD
			Mr. La Forge -- can we see into
			the lab yet?

					GEORDI
			Negative, Captain. But, reducing
			backup to the quarantine seal
			might help.

					PICARD
				(to Beverly)
			Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			I wouldn't.

					PICARD
			Continue backup to shield,
			Lieutenant.

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			Director Mandl and the others are
			in the Observation Lounge as you
			requested.

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT FOUR        36.

64   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Counselor, I'll need you.
				(to Riker)
			You have the bridge, Number One.

65   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Seated around the table are Mandl, Luisa, and Bensen.
	Tasha stands at the door and steps aside to permit
	Picard's and Troi's ENTRANCE as Picard takes control of
	the room.

					PICARD
				(to Mandl)
			What do you know of this
			life-form?

	The mention of "life" gets curious reactions from
	Bensen, Luisa and Mandl.

					MANDL
			Nothing.

					PICARD
			You knew of its existence.

	Mandl returns Picard's stare.

					MANDL
			Yes.

					LUISA
				(shocked)
			Is this true?
				(turning on Mandl)
			You knew there was life on Velara
			III?

					MANDL
				(hot)
			I knew there were random energy
			patterns -- I knew that. But
			that's not life. Not by any
			definition I have ever heard.

					PICARD
			But, you tried to hide that
			knowledge from us.


        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT FOUR        37.

65   CONTINUED:

					MANDL
			They're meaningless silicon
			crystals, which rebroadcast sunlight.
			This is absurd.

					PICARD
			They are not only alive but they
			have intelligence.

	Mandl is stunned.

					MANDL
			Why do you say that?

					PICARD
			They're trying to communicate
			with us.

					MANDL
				(astounded)
			Communicate with you?

					PICARD
			I need information, now. When
			did you first see them? What
			were they doing? Why did you
			think they were alive?

	Mandl hesitates. Bensen starts to respond.

					BENSEN
			... There were patterns, in the
			sand, appearing and disappearing --

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Captain, we've regained a visual
			on the lab.

					PICARD
				(into Com)
			Patch visual to Observation
			Lounge...

	All look toward the small viewscreen in the lounge.

66   POV - VIEWSCREEN - MEDICAL LAB IN VIEW (OPTICAL)

	as the bell jar, and whatever is in it, SHIMMERS.

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT FOUR        38.

67   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Data, Geordi, and Worf are working together at the aft
	Science Stations looking at the same SHIMMERING image.
	Each tapping keys at consoles, reading info. All eyes
	are on individual displays.

					WORF
			I cannot understand the patterns.

					GEORDI
			Neither can I.

					DATA
			Please show me the spectral analysis.
			Magnification twelve K.

	Now Geordi is operating the console. With each entry
	he makes, the computer voice responds. The following
	should play very FAST.

          COMPUTER VOICE                   DATA
   Silicon... Germanium...           Transistor material.

          COMPUTER VOICE                   GEORDI
   Gallium arsenide...               Emits light when charged.

          COMPUTER VOICE                   DATA
   Cadmium selenide... sulfide...    Emits charge when lit.

          COMPUTER VOICE                   WORF
   Water... impurities...            Conductor.
   Sodium salts...

					WORF
			But is it alive?!

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Probability positive...

					WORF
				(to computer)
			I wasn't asking you.

					FEMALE COM VOICE
			Engineering to bridge.

68   ANGLE - COMMAND AREA

	Riker responding.

					RIKER
			This is Commander Riker, go ahead.

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT FOUR        39.

68   CONTINUED:

					FEMALE COM VOICE
			The backup on the lab seal is
			fluctuating, sir. I think you
			should come down here.

					RIKER
			On my way.
				(on his EXIT)
			Data, you have the bridge. Inform
			the captain.

	Data moves to his new station. Riker ENTERS the
	turbolift.

69   INT. ENGINEERING - COMPUTER CONSOLE

	The ENGINEER, female, and very much into the job, is
	busy operating the computer. Riker ENTERS.

					RIKER
			Status, Ensign?

					ENGINEER
			The quarantine seal is getting
			weaker. Every time I try to
			redirect backup... it goes
			somewhere else.
				(feeling crazy)
			I think I've... it's... locked
			three people in a turbolift and
			two more in the programmers' rest
			room.

					RIKER
				(indicates panel)
			If that's reading right, there is
			no seal.
				(beat)
			Give me a lab interior image.

	They both look at a viewscreen over the computer
	console, and to their amazement,

70   POV - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	On which is clearly seen a very benign LAB INTERIOR.

					RIKER (O.S.)
			Magnify.

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT FOUR        40.

71   INSERT - BELL JAR

	On the platform sits the bell jar container, within
	which is a relatively tranquil globular cluster of
	"rice grains," about the size of a golf ball, pulsing
	mildly. The PULSING is contained in the bell jar.

72   BACK TO SCENE

	Riker touches his communicator.

					RIKER
			Captain, this is Riker.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			We see it too, Number One.

73   ANGLE - THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Suddenly, a BOLT of LIGHT shoots from the bell jar
	toward the Medical Lab computer console.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(imperative)
			Get that seal back up!

74   BACK TO SCENE

	While the Engineer struggles:

					ENGINEER
				(a little scared)
			No matter what I do, the energy
			goes somewhere else. What if it
			hits the Nursery... Or Sickbay... ?

					RIKER
				(nods)
			Hold off.
				(into com)
			Impossible, Captain. We haven't
			got the power.

75   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLES

	The full complement, including Mandl, Luisa and Bensen
	-- all with eyes on the viewscreen. Suddenly, WE HEAR
	A DISSONANT TUNED NOISE trying to make itself
	intelligible.

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT FOUR        41.

75   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The Universal Translator is
			coming on line.

	The NOISE becomes something more recognizably VERBAL,
	though still unintelligible.

76   ANGLE TO MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The beautiful, RADIATING rice ball in the Container,
	its LIGHTS PULSING IN SYNC with the SOUND. A TIRADE
	BEGINS, clumsy at first, but unmistakably angry.
	INTERCUT REACTIONS.

					TRANSLATOR VOICE
			Ugly... Ugly... Giants... Bags
			of Mostly Water...

					PICARD
			Bags of mostly water?

					DATA
			An accurate description, sir, of
			humans. You are, after all, over
			ninety per cent water, surrounded
			by a flexible container.

					PICARD
				(after reacting)
			Do you understand me?

					TRANSLATOR VOICE
			We understand. We ask you be gone...
			We call... We talk... You not listen.

	Riker ENTERS from the turbolift, hurrying to join his
	captain as:

					PICARD
			We didn't hear you. We come in
			peace.

					TRANSLATOR VOICE
			Ugly Bag of Mostly Water... we try
			at peace... you still not listen.
				(getting clearer)
			Bag in Dome on Sand of Home...
			we killed.

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT FOUR        42.

76   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			It killed Malencon.

					TROI
				(telepathically)
			We see and hear you now. We
			didn't know you were there. You
			are beautiful to us. All life is
			beautiful.

					TRANSLATOR VOICE
			Bag in dome did know. Made some
			of us die. Made us kill. War is
			now with you.

77   ANGLE - TO INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The bell jar Image FADES, REPLACED by the featureless
	Velara III.

					PICARD
			Can you hear me?

	As a reply, the ship BUFFETS and SHUDDERS.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Duty stations! Report!

					GEORDI
				(checking console)
			Restabilizing, sir.

78   ANGLE FAVORING PICARD

	scanning the bridge, seeing the consoles LIGHT UP.

					DATA
			Sir...

					PICARD
			What is it, Data?

					DATA
			That chaos in the lab, when we
			were studying it... must have
			been the energy surge of a
			reproductive cycle.
				(beat)
			It is now a colony of single cells
			which organize as a computer.

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT FOUR        43.

78   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(nods)
			More is stronger.

	BAM. The ship is BUFFETED again, harder. OFF
	everyone's REACTION, WE:

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT FIVE        44.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

79   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental.
			We've stumbled on a life-form...

80   INT. MEDICAL LAB

	on the bell jar and the golf ball cluster of "grains"
	contained within. There is a LIGHT FLICKER from the
	life-form as:

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... biologically and
			psychologically difficult for
			us to fully understand.
				(beat)
			The only thing totally clear is
			that this microbrain, as we've
			come to call it, has declared war
			on us.

81   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLES (FORMERLY SCENE 83)

	Everyone at their stations.

					RIKER
			Their range of influence appears
			to be concentrated in the Medical
			Lab, Captain.

					TASHA
			All non-essential personnel have
			been moved to the most distant
			areas of the ship, sir.

					PICARD
			Data -- any analysis of those
			bolts of light they emit?

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT FIVE        45.

81   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			That seems to be their method of
			reprogramming, Captain. Each bolt
			of light consists of negatively
			and positively charged ions. A
			series of program instructions,
			as it were.
				(disturbed)
			They seem to have a quicker
			rapport with our computers than
			we do.

					WORF
			What do you expect? They are
			computers.

					PICARD
			Have we disabled the Medical Lab
			computer console?

					RIKER
			Aye, sir, as soon as Data
			determined the microbrain's method
			of operation.

82   OMITTED

82A  ANGLE

	on Geordi and his console. The COLORS of his panel
	display are RUNNING UP AND DOWN the visible spectrum.

					GEORDI
			I am picking up a decrease in the
			infra-red intensity.

83   WIDER TO INCLUDE THE OTHERS (FORMERLY SCENE 85)

					WORF
			Maybe the life-form has reached
			its own energy limit.

					BEVERLY
			Or maybe this is not the end of
			it.
				(at their looks)
			With single-celled life-forms...
			at least organic ones, cell
			division can be preceded by a
			resting state.

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT FIVE        46.

83   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			The calm before the storm.

					PICARD
			Let's use the calm. Medical Lab
			on main viewer.

	Tasha moves to comply.

84
thru	OMITTED
85

86   MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	WE CAN SEE THE bell jar on its pedestal in the Lab.
	The golf ball cluster of "grains" is BARELY FLICKERING.
	No rays, no bolts of light.

					DATA
			It does seem dormant.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Yar - set coordinates
			to beam it back where it came
			from.

					TASHA
				(hits buttons, and:)
			Coordinates set.

					PICARD
			Energize!

	She hits the button. WE GET the SOUND OF THE
	TRANSPORTER. The BEAM even COMES PART WAY toward the
	bell jar and its microbrain occupant. But the damn
	thing won't dematerialize.

87   NEW ANGLE

	EXCLUDING the viewscreen. Riker reads a console.

					RIKER
			Transporter power has been
			redirected, sir. We are unable
			to affect it.

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT FIVE        47.

87   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Life-form or not... intelligent
			or not -- the safety of this ship
			and all on her are my primary
			responsibility.
				(moment, and:)
			Data -- evacuate the air from the
			Medical Lab. I want a vacuum in
			there.

	Data punches in the command... reads his panel.

					DATA
			Environmental systems fail to
			respond to commands, Captain.
			It appears the microbrain has
			successfully interfaced with our
			computer.

	Picard considers his alternatives.

					PICARD
			Suggestions?
				(silence)
			Anyone?

88   OMITTED

88A  INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - ESTABLISHING
	(FORMERLY SCENES 81 AND 82)

	Picard, Data and Beverly are with Mandl, Luisa, and
	Bensen. The lounge viewscreen will eventually put
	referenced IMAGES ON A SCREEN.

					PICARD
			I need your help. We have
			communicated with the life-form
			discovered on Velara III.

					MANDL
			You have what?!

					PICARD
			It has told us that it attempted
			to communicate with you, and you
			ignored it.

					MANDL
			If it was trying to communicate
			with us, we didn't understand
			that.

        STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT FIVE        48.

88A  CONTINUED:

					BENSEN
			We didn't try.

					PICARD
			What you were doing was so
			threatening to them that they
			killed your hydraulics engineer
			to stop it. They have declared
			a state of war.

					MANDL
			A state of war?!

					PICARD
			Yes, and we're on the defensive.
			I need your help. I have to find
			some way to fight them. We no
			longer have control of the Medical
			Lab, or the computer. At this
			moment they have the power to
			destroy this ship and everyone
			on it.

					MANDL
			Unbelievable. What can we do
			to help?

					PICARD
			They said you killed some of them.
			I need to know how.

					MANDL
			I -- I don't know.

					PICARD
			Exactly what was Malencon doing
			when he was killed?

	Luisa responds.

					LUISA
			There is a very thin layer of
			highly saline water under the
			sandy topsoil. He was siphoning
			that off.

					PICARD
			Why would that kill some of them?

	For a beat no one has an answer.

					BEVERLY
			Liquid supports life. Perhaps
			somehow, that saline water
			sustained them.

             STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT FIVE            49.

88A  CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			It connected them.

					LUISA
			I don't understand.

					BEVERLY
			The microbrains are like our brain
			cells. Individually a cell has
			life -- but not intelligence -- yet
			when interconnected their combined
			intelligence is formidable.

					LUISA
			So that saline fluid is their
			circuitry.

					PICARD
			And to prevent its loss, they
			killed Malencon.

					LUISA
				(depressed)
			If we had continued to remove the
			water... we would have destroyed
			them all.

					PICARD
			Reason enough for anyone to go
			to war.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Captain -- it's happening again!

89   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	PULL BACK from Main Viewer to SEE the recently dormant
	GOLF BALL starting to GLOW again. The GLOW is STEADY
	and POWERFUL. WE ALSO SEE A QUIVERING of the surface.
	But then the entire image is SHROUDED in LIGHT,
	OBSCURING OUR VIEW. The bell jar suddenly RUPTURES.
	The LIGHT DIMINISHES. Everyone is at their stations.
	Luisa, Bensen and Mandl are also present.

					RIKER
			If this keeps up, that thing will
			tear the Enterprise apart!

             STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT FIVE            50.

89   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Captain -- sensors indicate the
			microbrain expends a tremendous
			amount of energy during its
			reproduction cycle. Yet, there
			is no discernible power drain from
			our own systems.

					PICARD
			Then what's feeding the damn
			thing!?

					GEORDI
			Data and I found traces of
			cadmium salts. Cadmium is a
			conduit for converting infra-red
			into electricity.

					PICARD
			Meaning?

					DATA
			Meaning the microbrains might be
			photoelectric.

					PICARD
			Okay, let's see if darkness will
			neutralize them. Kill the lights
			in the lab, Mr. La Forge. We can
			at least do that.

	Geordi tries, but to no avail.

					GEORDI
			Sorry, Captain, can't do it by
			remote.

					PICARD
			Number One...

	He's already dashing to the turbolift.

					RIKER
			On my way.

	Riker EXITS. Luisa, eyes on the Main Viewer, moves
	close to Picard. As much to herself as to him:

             STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT FIVE            51.

89   CONTINUED: (2)

					LUISA
				(seeing it all now)
			The creatures must have evolved
			at that narrow layer where the
			light got through the sand to the
			water... Drop the water a
			centimeter below the light
			penetration level and they starve.

90   INT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE MEDICAL LAB

	as Riker ARRIVES. He opens a wall panel near the door,
	finds the right switches.

					RIKER
				(into com)
			Kill lab lights -- now!

91   INT. LAB - SIMULTANEOUSLY

	The golf ball-sized microbrain FLICKERS SLIGHTLY. The
	LIGHTS GO OUT. In the resulting DARKNESS, all WE CAN
	SEE is the PULSATING WHITE GLOW of the microbrain.

92   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	All eyes on the Main Viewer. A beat, and:

					TASHA
			It's slowing down.

93   ANGLE - MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The PULSING SLOWS. And seems to get DIMMER at the same
	time.

					GEORDI (O.S.)
			Getting dimmer, too.

	Then, a surprise. SOUND from TRANSLATOR.

					TRANSLATOR VOICE
			We copy fine now... more light
			please...

             STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT FIVE            52.

94   BACK TO SCENE

	favoring Picard as.

					TRANSLATOR VOICE
			Darkness death terrible. Go home
			to warm sand...
				(finally)
			War over.

	Picard allows himself a smile, his first in a long
	time.

					PICARD
			We are happy to agree with you.

									DISSOLVE TO:

95   INT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE MEDICAL LAB

	Riker looks into the darkened lab through the open
	doorway.

96   INT. MEDICAL LAB

	Riker ENTERS in the DIM LIGHT.

					RIKER
			Riker to Transporter Chief. Pick
			up the coordinates of the bell
			jar in the Medical Lab for return
			to Velara III.

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF'S COM VOICE
			... Coordinates entered, sir.

					RIKER
			Riker to bridge. Captain, we're
			ready to beam it back to the
			planet.

97   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Data, Troi, Tasha, Geordi, Worf and Wesley are
	at their stations.

					DATA
			I wish we were able to learn more
			about them.

             STAR TREK: "Home Soil" - 12/2/87 - ACT FIVE            53.

97   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			In time, Mr. Data. When we're
			better prepared.

					TROI
				(to microbrain)
			Our apologies.

					PICARD
			And our respect.
				(then)
			Lieutenant Yar...

					TASHA
			Coordinates set, sir.

					PICARD
			Energize!

	The microbrain DEMATERIALIZES. As all watch:

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41464.2.
			Declaring indefinite quarantine
			for the Velara System...

98   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... Returning to starbase with
			surviving Terraformers.

	And then she's GONE.

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                    "When the Bough Breaks" 
                          #40271-118 
                              
                          Written by 
                     Hannah Louise Shearer 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Kim Manners 


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                     2ND. REV. FINAL DRAFT

                      DECEMBER 11, 1987

       STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                    "When the Bough Breaks" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             ALDEANS
                RIKER                RASHELLA
                BEVERLY              RADUE
                DATA                 DUANA
                TROI                 ACCOLAN
                TASHA                LEDA
                WORF                 MELIAN
                GEORDI             
                WESLEY             Non-Speaking
                                     GAREN
                                     COUPLE
                HARRY                THREE ADULTS
                DR. BERNARD        
                TOYA               Voice-Over
                ALEXANDRA            CUSTODIAN'S VOICE
                KATIE  
            
                Non-Speaking       
                  ROSE               
                  TARA               
                  MASON              
                  CREWMEMBERS        
                  PARENTS            
                  CLASSMATES 
        
                Voice-Over         
                 COMPUTER VOICE     

       STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/10/87 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                    "When the Bough Breaks" 

                             SETS                               
                              
            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              CORRIDORS
              MAIN BRIDGE              PLANET - ALDEA
              CLASSROOM
              FAMILY QUARTERS
              KATIE'S BEDROOM (CORNER OF)
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TURBOLIFT
              BEVERLY'S OFFICE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
          
            PLANET - ALDEA
              FIRST UNIT CHAMBER
              RASHELLA'S QUARTERS
              FIRST UNIT CHAMBER FOYER
              TELEPORT ARCH
              COMPUTER (CUSTODIAN) ROOM
              ARTISTS' UNIT
              WESLEY'S ROOM
              MELIAN'S MUSIC ROOM
              KATIE'S QUARTERS
              CORRIDORS
              POWER ROOM

     STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - TEASER     1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                   "When the Bough Breaks"  
                       
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. ENTERPRISE - CORRIDOR

	Riker ENTERS the corridor as he is PAGED.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Commander Riker, report to the
			bridge.

					RIKER
			On the way.

2    INT. ANOTHER CORRIDOR

	as Riker HURRIES to the turbolift. HARRY, a smallish
	ten-year-old boy, runs down the corridor, head down,
	colliding with Riker.

					RIKER
			What's your hurry, Harry?

	Harry looks up at him, not believing what he's done.

					HARRY
			Oops. Sorry, Commander. I was,
			um, just...

					DR. BERNARD
			Harry!

	Harry's father, HARRY BERNARD, SR., APPEARS and is
	furious with his son.

					DR. BERNARD
			I'm sorry if he bothered you.

					RIKER
			No bother, Doctor Bernard.

	Riker limps slightly as he walks toward the turbolift.

					HARRY
			I'm not going back. I hate that
			teacher. And I hate calculus.

     STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - TEASER     2.

2    CONTINUED:

					DR. BERNARD
			Everyone needs an understanding
			of basic calculus, whether they
			like it or not.

					HARRY
			Why?

	Riker REACTS to Harry's question with a smile.

3    RIKER'S POV

	From inside the turbolift, Riker watches Dr. Bernard
	take his son by the hand and lead him back down the
	corridor as the turbolift doors CLOSE.

4    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker LIMPS OFF the turbolift. PICARD is at the Aft
	Station. The other CREWMEMBERS are at their positions.
	BEVERLY is also at the Aft Station.

					BEVERLY
			You're limping.

					RIKER
			A small run-in with an aspiring
			sprinter.

					PICARD
			Ah, Number One.

					RIKER
			A problem, Captain?

					PICARD
			A curiosity. For the past several
			hours we have been tracking faint
			energy readings in an attempt to
			locate the source. It's been like
			following a trail of bread crumbs.

	Riker steps over to the Aft Station.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			The path lead here and stopped
			-- which is what I knew would
			interest you.

     STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - TEASER     3.

4    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to Geordi)
			What's our position?

					GEORDI
			The Epsilon Mynos system.

					RIKER
				(with a look of
				 surprise)
			Really? Thank you, Captain;
			you're right... I wouldn't miss
			this for anything.

					TASHA
			What's so interesting about this
			system?

					RIKER
			Aldea.

	Tasha still doesn't get the point.

					RIKER
				(continuing; to Tasha)
			Tasha -- I'm surprised. You mean
			you've never heard the stories
			about Aldea? A wonderous mythical
			world -- like Atlantis on ancient
			earth... or Neinman on Xerxes
			Seven... with an advanced culture,
			centuries old. Self-contained,
			peaceful, with incredible
			technical sophistication which
			provided for every citizen's daily
			needs, allowing them to devote
			themselves to culture and art,
			which was beautiful beyond compare
			and valued beyond price.

					TASHA
			Where is it supposed to be?

					RIKER
			Ahh -- that is the myth -- somehow --
			so the legend goes -- the Aldeans
			were able to cloak their planet
			in darkness and go unseen by
			marauders and other hostile
			passersby who might rob and
			plunder.

     STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - TEASER     4.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

	Tasha LAUGHS.

					TASHA
			A wonderful fairy tale.

					DATA
			Scanners still show nothing, sir.

	Troi is concentrating, puzzled.

					TROI
			Scanners may show nothing,
			Captain, but I am sensing
			something very strong.
				(a beat)
			Thousands of minds, sir.

5    VARIOUS SHOTS OF THE CREW

	REACTING with interest and curiosity.

					PICARD
			Where?

					TROI
			Very close.

6    BACK TO SHOT

					PICARD
			All stop.

					GEORDI
			Answering all stop.

					PICARD
			Anything?

					WORF
			Captain, I am recording a
			distortion in quadrant one, mark
			nine-zero.

					PICARD
			On screen.

7    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	There is nothing specifically visible on the Main
	Viewer, except a SLIGHT BLURRING in the center.

     STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - TEASER     5.

8    REACTIONS

	as the crew puzzles over the unusual effect.

					PICARD
			Shields and deflectors up.

					TASHA
			Aye, sir.

9    BACK TO SHOT (OPTICAL)

	Suddenly, with a great, low-decibel NOISE like
	BLANKETED THUNDER, which draws everyone's attention, a
	huge planet begins to APPEAR on the viewer, clearing
	until it's visible. It is a LIGHT GREEN, peaceful and
	inviting, necklaced with a LIGHT FILM. Everyone stands
	amazed, in awe.

					RIKER
				(almost breathless)
			Aldea, Captain... It has to be.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

    STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT ONE    6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

10   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as she maintains orbit around Aldea.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41509.1.
			Either by chance or intent, we've
			been led to the mythical planet
			of Aldea, which appeared out of
			nowhere, hidden behind a
			sophisticated shielding device.

11   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Everyone is at stations.

					DATA
			Captain, the sensors indicate that
			the shield is electromagnetic. A
			complicated light refracting
			mechanism.

					PICARD
			A cloaking device.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

					GEORDI
			To hide an entire planet it's
			gotta be pretty sophisticated.

	Picard, Riker and Troi watch the planet.

					WORF
				(from Aft Station)
			We're being scanned, sir.

					PICARD
			Let's let them know our peaceful
			intent. Open hailing frequencies,
			Lieutenant Yar.

    STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT ONE    7.

11   CONTINUED:

	Before Tasha can comply, a WOMAN'S IMAGE MATERIALIZES
	on the viewscreen, startling everyone. RASHELLA, a
	melancholy beauty with almost translucent skin, is
	shrouded in DIM LIGHT. She emanates a quiet tensile
	strength, her body covered by the simplest utilitarian
	clothes.

					RASHELLA
			I'm Rashella. Welcome to Aldea.

					PICARD
			I am Captain Jean-Luc Picard of
			the USS Enterprise. We come in
			peace.

					RASHELLA
			We know.

					PICARD
			We've heard the stories about
			Aldea, but frankly never thought
			they could possibly be true.

					RASHELLA
				(laughing)
			Our shield has confused outsiders
			for millennia, Captain.

					PICARD
			A very long time to have that kind
			of technology. Why are you
			revealing yourself now?

					RASHELLA
			We're eager to meet in person to
			discuss that, and other subjects
			of mutual interest.

					PICARD
			We're ready anytime.

					RASHELLA
			Excellent!

	Instantly, THREE ALDEANS MATERIALIZE on the bridge.
	The crew is stunned. Rashella; GAREN, a large
	fierce-looking man; and behind them, RADUE, pale,
	older, stately-looking, with great authority and kindly
	eyes, and a squint at the brightness of the bridge.
	They carry baskets filled with fruits and flowers.

    STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT ONE    8.

12   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	REACTIONS from the bridge personnel. All are taken
	aback.

					RASHELLA
				(reacting to their
				 astonishment)
			Our arrival seems to have startled
			you.

					RADUE
			We mean no harm.

					PICARD
			It was a little sudden

					RADUE
			I'm Radue, First Appointee of Aldea.

					PICARD
			Welcome aboard.

					BEVERLY
			Captain, they haven't been through
			decontamination.

	Picard waves her off.

					PICARD
			It's all right.
				(to the Aldeans)
			Our medical doctor is concerned
			you didn't go through our regular
			transporting procedure.

					RASHELLA
			You couldn't transport us. The
			only way through our shield is
			our way, Captain. Our cloaking
			device may be off, but our shield
			is operating. We've brought you
			small tokens of welcome.

	She hands Picard a basket of flowers and bows her head
	to him slightly, then gestures to Garen, who offers his
	basket of fruit to Tasha.

					RADUE
			And our personal invitation to
			a celebration on Aldea.

					PICARD
			We'd be delighted. Number One,
			assemble your away team.

    STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT ONE    9.

12   CONTINUED:

					RADUE
			We will prepare for your arrival,
			Commander Riker.

					RIKER
			How did you know...

					RADUE
			... your name? We've been
			monitoring your ship's
			communications. We must return
			now to Aldea. Our eyes are very
			sensitive to bright light.
			Rashella, Garen.

	They use their arm devices and the three DISAPPEAR
	from the bridge. Picard looks at Troi and Riker.

					PICARD
			Amazing. Only to exist in
			mythology and suddenly they're
			here, right in front of us.
			Number One?

					RIKER
			Now you know who placed the
			bread crumbs. We're not here by
			accident.

					PICARD
			Counselor? What do you sense?

					TROI
			Only the obvious. They want
			something from us.

					RADUE'S COM VOICE
			Commander Riker, is your party
			ready?

	The away team, not as normally constituted, DISAPPEARS
	off the bridge. It includes only Riker, Troi and
	Beverly, selected by the Aldeans. Picard looks around
	at who is missing.

					PICARD
			Interesting choices.

13   INT. ALDEA - FIRST UNIT CHAMBER (OPTICAL)

	The away team MATERIALIZES in a spartan, white-walled
	room with ancient hanging tapestries.

    STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT ONE    10.

13   CONTINUED:

	(From now on, throughout the script, every room on Aldea
	has a Teleporting Arch which allows the Aldeans to move
	from place to place on their planet simply by stepping
	in and identifying their destination.) Rashella, Radue
	and DUANA, an older woman who is very pale and slight,
	greet them.

					RADUE
			I hope Duana and I know how to
			greet you properly, Commander.
			"May your light shine through the
			ages."

	Radue's hand begins to shake uncontrollably.

					RADUE
				(continuing)
			My apologies. Age has no respect
			for the body.

	Beverly and Troi exchange worried glances.

14   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	WESLEY has joined Picard on the bridge.

					WESLEY
			How do they cloak the planet?

					DATA
			The theory is simple. The shield
			bends light rays around the
			planet's contour -- similar to the
			Romulan cloaking device -- but the
			implementation is very difficult.

	A BEAM OF ENERGY PENETRATES the bridge at that moment.
	It searches until it finds Wesley, then SURROUNDS him.
	He can't move away from it. He closes his eyes and
	relaxes into it.

					PICARD
			Wesley!

					GEORDI
			Sir, the energy beam is
			originating from Aldea.

					PICARD
			Shields up. La Forge, contact
			Commander Riker. Worf, check
			all other decks.

    STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT ONE    11.

14   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Shields inoperable, sir. All
			decks are being probed in a
			methodical pattern.

					PICARD
			All decks? Everything? The entire
			ship?

					DATA
			Aye, sir!

					GEORDI
			Captain, I can't get through to
			Commander Riker. We're being
			blocked.

	The ENERGY BEAM STOPS as suddenly as it appeared.
	Wesley shakes his head, as if to brush it off.

					PICARD
			Are you all right, Wesley?

					WESLEY
				(nodding)
			It was scary at first, but I
			really didn't feel anything.

					WORF
			Sir, similar incidents, all decks,
				(surprised)
			but only with the children.

15   INT. ALDEA - FIRST UNIT CHAMBER (OPTICAL)

	The hosts are getting down to business as they all sit
	around a table laden with food.

					RADUE
			Yes, Commander, we are an ancient
			power. But we've suffered for
			it. Our history is littered with
			the deaths of those people who
			craved more and more things.
			Nothing was ever enough. So,
			we've evolved a very simple way
			of living: for whatever is taken,
			something is given in return.

					RIKER
			It seems an equitable code.

    STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT ONE    12.

15   CONTINUED:

					RADUE
			It's given us peace.
			Unfortunately, there are very few
			of us left to enjoy it.

					TROI
			Why?

					RADUE
			That is some of what we wish to
			discuss. We need help from the
			Federation to rebuild our
			heritage... we need a younger
			generation, strong and healthy,
			following in the Aldean
			traditions.

					RIKER
			I don't understand. How can the
			Federation help influence your
			children in your traditions?

					RADUE
			Because we have no children,
			Commander. Rashella was the last
			child born on this planet.

	Rashella watches the away team for its reaction. They're
	shocked.

					BEVERLY
			And your medical community can
			do nothing?

					RASHELLA
			They've tried, Doctor Crusher.
			And failed.

					BEVERLY
			Perhaps we can help...

	Troi senses something ominous and makes a signal to
	Riker who quickly and correctly interprets it.

					RIKER
			Radue, exactly why have we been
			invited to Aldea?

					RADUE
			We propose a trade. One which
			will solve our problem and give
			something back to the Federation.

    STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT ONE    13.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			And the nature of this trade?

					RADUE
			We need some of your children.
			In payment, we will give you the
			kind of knowledge which would take
			you centuries to acquire.

16   REACTIONS

	from Riker, Beverly and Troi.

					RIKER
			That might be acceptable to some
			other races, but humans are
			unusually attached to their own
			offspring.

17   BACK TO SHOT

					RIKER
			We sympathize with your situation,
			Radue. But what you ask is not
			possible.

					RADUE
			And that's your final answer?

					RIKER
			It's my only answer. If we can
			be of help in some other way...

					RADUE
			I am sorry you are intransigent.

	Radue nods at Rashella and touches his arm band. The
	three Enterprise officers are immediately GONE from the
	room.

18   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard is surprised when the away team abruptly APPEARS
	on the bridge. As Wesley turns in reaction, a BEAM
	ENGULFS him and he DISAPPEARS from the bridge.
	Beverly's anguished face is stunned as she reaches out
	to the empty place where he was standing.

					BEVERLY
			Wes!

    STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT ONE    14.

19   INT. CLASSROOM (OPTICAL)

	HARRY BERNARD DISAPPEARS in front of his classmates.
	One by one, TWO other CHILDREN DISAPPEAR: ROSE and
	TARA, eight-year olds.

20   INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	MASON, a nine-year old, walking with his parents,
	DISAPPEARS.

21   INT. FAMILY QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	ALEXANDRA, carrying a stick-em toy in one hand,
	DISAPPEARS in front of TOYA, her terrified mother.

22   INT. CORNER OF KATIE'S BEDROOM (OPTICAL)

	where KATIE, a twelve-year-old, playing something that
	looks like a violin, VANISHES. The instrument she was
	holding FALLS to the floor.

23   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard sits. Beverly is next to him, like a statue,
	gripping the chair.

					WORF
			Saucer Section reports six more
			children are gone.

					RIKER
			It's the children. That's why
			we've been brought here. That's
			what they wanted.

					PICARD
			And that's what they have.

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT TWO    15.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

24   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The crew is in turmoil.

					PICARD
			Status!

					TASHA
			Aldean shields still up. Hailing
			frequencies open. No response.

					PICARD
			Keep trying, Lieutenant.
			Counselor, gather the parents.

					TROI
			They'll need to talk to you as
			well, Captain.

	Radue's image APPEARS on the Viewscreen.

					RADUE
			Captain, your children are with
			us.

	Picard fighting his outrage.

					PICARD
			... Go on.

					RADUE
			My word of honor... no harm will
			ever come to them.

					PICARD
			Harm has already been done.

					RADUE
			Captain, let us begin discussions
			regarding appropriate
			compensation.

					PICARD
				(angrily)
			Compensation! You steal our
			children -- from their classrooms
			-- their bedrooms -- and you talk
			about compensation. Return
			them... now!

    STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT TWO    16.

24   CONTINUED:

					RADUE
			We will continue this discussion
			when you've calmed down.

	The viewscreen GOES BLACK.

					PICARD
			I shouldn't have lost my temper.

	He and Beverly exchange looks. Their faces are tight.

25   INT. ALDEA - FIRST UNIT CHAMBER

	Wesley stands in the middle of the room with most of
	the children huddled around him. He watches Harry
	wander around, looking at the tapestries on the wall,
	while Alexandra toddles aimlessly.

					KATIE
			Wesley, I'm frightened.

					WESLEY
			I know. We all are, but it's
			going to be all right. Everyone
			knows where we are. No one is
			going to hurt you. I promise.
				(then to the toddler)
			Alexandra, don't go too far!

					KATIE
			She's not afraid of anything.

	Harry feels the texture of a magnificent wall-hanging.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			Harry, don't touch that!

					HARRY
			I'm not gonna hurt it.

					WESLEY
			I know that. But maybe they
			don't.

	All the children move closer together.

					KATIE
			Who?

	Wesley runs after Alexandra. He holds onto her hand.

    STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT TWO    17.

25   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			I don't know who.

					HARRY
			Why are we here?

					WESLEY
			I don't know that either.

	The children suddenly realize there is someone watching
	them. Radue SWEEPS majestically INTO the room,
	Rashella and Duana FOLLOWING. He stares at the
	children. Wesley steps forward in front of the group
	and stares back at Radue.

					RADUE
			Greetings, Wesley Crusher.

					WESLEY
			How did you know my name?
				(realization)
			Oh, through that energy beam.

					RADUE
			Excellent analysis. The Custodian
			indicated you would be the leader.

					WESLEY
			The Custodian -- who is the
			Custodian?

					RADUE
			The Custodian is not a person.

					RASHELLA
			We have brought you to Aldea as
			our guests. We'll provide
			anything you need or want.

					WESLEY
			We want to go home.

					RADUE
			Wesley, all of you have been
			chosen because you are special.

    STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT TWO    18.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					DUANA
			Children, we are starting on a
			wonderful adventure.

					RADUE
			Exactly... Just ask for anything
			you want, and you shall have it.

	Radue WHISKS OUT of the room, leaving the children more
	confused than they were before. Alexandra follows him
	to the door and waves.

					ALEXANDRA
			Bye-bye.

	Rashella looks down at this creature and can't help but
	smile. She reaches out her hand and Alexandra smiles
	and takes it.

26   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard stands in front of a table where the children's
	tense, hostile parents sit with Troi. TOYA stands
	defiantly, like an Amazon facing the only enemy she can
	find.

					TOYA
			What happened to Alexandra and
			the other children, Captain? How
			are you getting them back?

	Beverly gently rebukes Toya.

					BEVERLY
			Toya, sit down... You're
			reacting out of fear.
				(gently)
			We all knew what the risks were
			when we signed on. And that's
			the choice we made. Captain
			Picard will do everything possible
			to bring our children back.

	Picard acknowledges Beverly's support.

    STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT TWO    19.

26   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			The Aldeans are anxious to discuss
			"compensation." That will buy
			us time. I've asked Doctor
			Crusher to be involved in the
			negotiations as your
			representative.

	The parents MURMUR. Picard looks around the table at
	his frightened personnel.

					DR. BERNARD
			Why were these specific children
			taken?

					PICARD
			We can't be sure. We do know the
			Aldeans can't have children of
			their own.

					DR. BERNARD
			Then they won't let them go
			easily.

					PICARD
			I won't insult you by pretending
			it will be easy. I can only say
			the Enterprise will not leave them
			behind. Be assured of that.

					DR. BERNARD
			Can we talk with our children?
			Give them some reassurance. Let
			them know that we are here, and
			that they will be safe.

					PICARD
			I will do my best to arrange it.

	Toya and the others do their best to believe Picard.

					DR. BERNARD
			The last time I saw him I yelled
			at him.

	They all understand his pain.

27   INT. ALDEA - RASHELLA'S QUARTERS

	A spartan area, seemingly empty. Until Alexandra pops
	her head around a corner. Rashella JUMPS OUT of
	hiding.

    STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT TWO    20.

27   CONTINUED:

					RASHELLA
			There you are!

	Alexandra GIGGLES and pretends to run away, letting
	Rashella catch her.

					RASHELLA
				(continuing)
			I have you now!

28   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard ENTERS the bridge from the lounge.

					PICARD
			Any response from Aldea,
			Lieutenant Yar?

					TASHA
			Not yet, sir.

					RIKER
			Captain, Data has found something
			interesting. The Aldean shield
			gives evidence of sporadic
			fluctuations, weakening its
			structure in isolated sections.

					PICARD
			You're saying there are holes in
			their defense system?

					RIKER
			In essence, yes. It is surprising
			after all these eons that the
			Aldeans' use of their technology
			is not perfect. One would assume
			they would be aware of the
			weakness and repair it.

					PICARD
			Can we beam down an away team
			through one of these so-called
			holes?

					RIKER
			It is a possibility. It would
			have to be perfectly timed -- and
			there are no guarantees.

    STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT TWO    21.

28   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			We may be more successful in
			deciphering the code they use
			to transport through the magnetic
			shield.

					PICARD
			Can you do that?

					DATA
			Eventually, sir. I am working
			on it now but the number of
			permutations is almost endless.

					PICARD
			Keep trying.
				(turning to Riker)
			Number One, while he's doing that,
			you find a way of getting through
			one of those holes because one way
			or the other we have to get an away
			team on that planet, locate the
			power source of that shield and
			neutralize it.

					RIKER
			You're certain they'll negotiate?

					PICARD
			Oh, they'll negotiate, Number One.
			Or call it that. They took what
			they wanted, now they'll
			rationalize it by throwing us some
			sort of bone.

	Data is puzzled by this.

					DATA
			A bone, sir? In exchange for the
			children?

	Picard just looks at him.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Oh. A metaphor.

					RIKER
			And when we don't accept their
			offer?

    STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT TWO    22.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			The minute they believe we will
			accept no compensation for the
			children, they will end all
			discussion and disappear behind
			their shield... locking us out
			and the children in -- forever.
			That's why I have to keep them
			talking.

29   INT. ALDEA - FIRST UNIT CHAMBER FOYER

	Wesley, Katie and Harry are sitting in the hallway,
	waiting. Tara COMES OUT of the room with an ALDEAN
	COUPLE. The woman is holding Tara's hand. Tara looks
	back at the boys, pleadingly.

					WESLEY
			Excuse me, sir, where are you
			taking Tara?

	They continue walking down the hall, leaving Wesley
	behind. Harry turns accusingly to Wesley.

					HARRY
			What's happening? I thought you
			said the captain was going to
			rescue us!

					WESLEY
			He will. It just might take him
			a little while.

	Radue opens the door and gestures the boys to enter.
	They hesitate.

					RADUE
			Come in.

30   INT. ALDEA - FIRST UNIT CHAMBER

	THREE other ADULT ALDEANS are waiting inside. They are
	all extremely pale and thin.

					RADUE
			Don't be alarmed. The other
			children have been assigned to
			their units.

    STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT TWO    23.

30   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Units?

					RADUE
			A unit is a group where people
			of similar talents and interests
			live together.

					WESLEY
			Like a family.

					RADUE
			Yes, you could call it that.

					WESLEY
			We already have families.

	Radue gently pulls Harry forward. Harry nervously
	shuffles his feet.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			Does Captain Picard know what you
			are doing?

					RADUE
			We are keeping nothing from him.

	Accolan and Leda can barely control their happiness as
	they close in on Harry.

					LEDA
			We have been waiting for you so
			long, Harry. We are artists, just
			like you.

					HARRY
			I'm not an artist.

					ACCOLAN
			You will be. And a great one.

					LEDA
			This way, Harry.

31   ANGLE ON TELEPORT ARCH (OPTICAL)

	Accolan and Leda lead Harry into the Arch.

					LEDA
			Unit B -- three seven five.

	And the three DISAPPEAR.

    STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT TWO    24.

32   BACK TO SHOT

					RADUE
			Katie.

	Katie steps forward to meet MELIAN, a middle-aged
	Aldean, very distinguished looking. Melian reaches
	out his arthritic, crippled hand to clasp Katie's.

					MELIAN
			I am honored.

					KATIE
			Thank you.

					RADUE
			Melian is the foremost musician
			on Aldea.

					MELIAN
			Music speaks its own language...
			I know we'll have much to learn
			from each other.

	Katie looks at Wesley.

					MELIAN
				(continuing)
			Don't worry, Katie. You'll be
			seeing Wesley soon.

	He puts his arm around Katie and takes her OUT OF FRAME.
	Wesley stands alone, almost defiant. He stares at Radue,
	forcing him to speak first.

					RADUE
			We're the only ones left, Wesley.
			Does that tell you something?

					WESLEY
			Do you want me to guess?

					DUANE
			No. You'll be staying with Radue
			and me. As First Unit we require
			someone with innate leadership
			ability -- and a great mind. You
			have both. We need you, Wesley.

					WESLEY
			What about me? Don't I have a
			say in this?

    STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT TWO    25.

32   CONTINUED:

					RADUE
			Wesley, sometimes things happen
			which we just must accept. You
			and the other children are now
			members of this society. That
			will not change. It's up to you
			to make the transition as easy
			as possible for the others. You
			are their leader. It's your duty.
			Help them accept it -- because
			nothing you, or those on the
			starship can do will change it.
			Because like you, we also have
			no choice.

					DUANA
			We'll do our best to see you're
			happy here. And I promise you
			one thing: the secrets of Aldea's
			power will one day be yours.

	Before he can answer, Alexandra BURSTS INTO the room,
	chased by Rashella, who's a little breathless.

					RADUE
			Where have you been Rashella?
			Zena and Aran are waiting to take
			Alexandra.

					RASHELLA
			No.

	Radue shows surprise at her rebellion.

					RADUE
			No? I told you...

					RASHELLA
			No, Radue. They can't have her.

	Rashella picks Alexandra up and holds her tightly.

					RASHELLA
				(continuing)
			I will never let her go.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT THREE   26.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

33   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	still in orbit around Aldea.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. We
			remain in orbit around Aldea.
			It's becoming all too evident that
			talk will not effect the return
			of our children. We must
			neutralize the Aldean shield.
			Until then we are helpless.

34   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The crew is at their regular posts.

					TASHA
			Sir, Radue is hailing us.

	Radue APPEARS on the Main Viewer.

					RADUE
			Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			Doctor Crusher and I are ready,
			Radue.

					RADUE
			Are you ill, Captain?

					PICARD
			No. Doctor Crusher is a Staff
			Officer, Radue. Starfleet
			Regulation 6.57 requires at least
			two staff officers to be present
			during any treaty or contract
			negotiations.

					RADUE
			Very well.

	Radue's image DISAPPEARS from the Viewscreen.

					RIKER
			Not much on pleasantries, is he?

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT THREE   27.

34   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I am not aware of Regulation 6.57,
			sir.

					PICARD
			Neither am I, Data.

					DATA
			Oh. I see.

					PICARD
			Doctor Crusher, report to the
			bridge... Now we'll see what they
			have in mind.

35   INT. ALDEA - COMPUTER (CUSTODIAN) ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Duana and Wesley APPEAR in the Teleporting Arch, which
	has a DISTINCTIVE SOUND. The room is very simple. It
	doesn't look as advanced as the Enterprise's computer.
	Wesley looks around, unimpressed. He notices a massive
	door at the end of the room that looks as though it's
	never been opened.

					DUANA
			Over here, Wesley.

	Wesley moves to a table in the center of the room.
	Duana speaks into a panel.

					DUANA
				(continuing)
			Custodian, Wesley Crusher's voice
			will be entered into the
			authorized file -- for Third Level
			clearance.

					CUSTODIAN VOICE
			Proceed, Duana.

	Wesley listens to the sounds and speed of the
	Custodian.

					DUANA
			Announce yourself to the
			Custodian.

					WESLEY
			Hello, Custodian. I'm Wesley
			Crusher.

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT THREE   28.

35   CONTINUED:

					CUSTODIAN VOICE
			Hello, Wesley. Your voice will
			now activate Third Level
			clearance.

					WESLEY
			Thank you. What does that mean?

					CUSTODIAN VOICE
			You may ask any questions you
			wish.

					WESLEY
			Thank you. Duana, what does the
			Custodian do?

					DUANA
			It frees us from all burden. It
			takes care of all our needs. It
			regulates our lives.

					WESLEY
			Who built it?

					DUANA
			The Progenitors.

					WESLEY
			When?

					DUANA
			Before my time. Centuries ago.

					WESLEY
			... What's its power source?

					DUANA
			Wesley, why is that important?
			It does what we ask it. It always
			has. What difference does it make
			how it works?

					WESLEY
			If you don't know how it works,
			how can you repair it?

					DUANA
				(not understanding the
				 concept)
			Why would we want to repair it?

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT THREE   29.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			From time to time, every computer
			-- I mean Custodian -- requires
			maintainance.

					DUANA
				(laughing)
			Wesley, Radue is right. You ask
			questions I can't answer. Ask
			the Custodian instead.

	Wesley leans towards the terminal.

					WESLEY
			Custodian, can you show me where
			Harry is?

					CUSTODIAN VOICE
			Yes.

					WESLEY
			Show me Harry.

	A small screen ACTIVATES in the center of the console.
	Wesley watches:

36   INT. ALDEA - ARTISTS' UNIT

	A workshop that's an artist's dream. Tools of every
	kind, small and large, ancient and modern. Leda is
	showing Harry the use of an unusual shaped
	wood-sculpting tool. Harry watches her work with awe.
	She hands him the tool, and he repeats what she did
	with only a little difficulty. Leda's pleasure shows
	in her face. She pats Harry on the shoulder as he
	continues working. He looks up at her happily.

					HARRY
			I never did this before. It's
			fun.

37   INT. ALDEA - CUSTODIAN ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Harry and Leda are still ON THE SCREEN.

					WESLEY
			You are going to make Harry into
			a sculptor?

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT THREE   30.

37   CONTINUED:

					DUANA
			He already is. He has just never
			been encouraged properly. The
			tool Leda is giving him will allow
			him to bring out his visions.

					WESLEY
			It will take years for him to
			learn to do that.

					DUANA
			Oh, no. It will happen quite
			quickly.

	He looks at her, wonderingly.

					WESLEY
			Custodian, show me Alexandra.

	Wesley watches.

38   INT. ALDEA - RASHELLA'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Rashella is demonstrating to Alexandra how to use a
	Plexiglas-type multidimensional set of blocks designed
	to enhance her reasoning ability. Rashella is thrilled
	that Alexandra repeats what she's been shown -- and then
	some. She pushes some buttons and the SHAPES AND
	COLORS CHANGE. Alexandra GIGGLES and looks to Rashella
	for approval. Rashella gives her a tight hug, then
	nods to Garen to take over.

39   INT. ALDEA - CUSTODIAN ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Alexandra is still ON THE SCREEN.

					WESLEY
			Custodian, show me Jason...

					DUANA
			Stop, Custodian.

	The screen GOES BLANK as the Custodian obeys Duana.

					DUANA
			We must work now... there is much
			to learn.

	Wesley points to the locked door.

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT THREE   31.

39   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			What's in there?

	Duana's eyes dart towards the fortress-like wall.

					WESLEY
			It's probably the power source.

					DUANA
			I don't know. It's forbidden.
			The Custodian allows no one in
			there. There's no one left who's
			authorized.

40   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Beverly and Picard are ready to be transported.

					PICARD
			Open hailing frequency, Lieutenant
			Yar.

					TASHA
			Open, sir.

	Radue APPEARS on the Viewscreen.

					RADUE
			Ah, good. You're ready.

	Beverly and Picard DISAPPEAR from the bridge.

41   INT. ALDEA - FIRST UNIT CHAMBER (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Beverly MATERIALIZE. Rashella and Radue
	are waiting.

					PICARD
			I want to see the children before
			we begin.

					RADUE
			No. We're here to negotiate for
			compensation, not to pander to
			emotions. This way.

	They follow Radue to the same area where they had their
	celebration. Radue motions them to be seated.

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT THREE   32.

41   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Radue, we do not condone your
			actions. You're attempting to
			salve your conscience by offering
			goods in exchange for our
			children.

					RADUE
			Why do you want them back so
			badly? You can always make more.

					PICARD
			We happen to like these particular
			children.

					RADUE
			Humans have great attachment to
			their offspring. But we're
			digressing. Returning the
			children is non-negotiable.

					RASHELLA
			I promise you they will have a
			beautiful life with us. And
			they'll be father and mother to
			a new breed born of an ancient
			culture.

					BEVERLY
			What makes you think they'll be
			able to have children? You can't.

					RADUE
			But they will. Our inability to
			bear children is a genetic
			dysfunction. It's not contagious.

					PICARD
			Radue, we do sympathize. But
			surely there is a solution which
			can be mutually satisfactory.

					RADUE
			For us, the problem is solved.
			We are offering you information
			on areas of the galaxy you don't
			even know exist. What more can
			we offer? What more would you
			want?

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT THREE   33.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard pretends to be impressed. He waits a moment
	before replying.

					PICARD
			A significant beginning, I think.
			But first I must ask again that
			Doctor Crusher be allowed to speak
			with her son before we continue.

					RADUE
			You are a very stubborn people.
			Ah, well, that can be a positive
			trait. You may see him.

42   INT. ALDEA - WESLEY'S ROOM

	Duana is at the door as Beverly is BROUGHT IN to see
	Wesley.

					WESLEY
			Mom!

	They hug.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			I knew the captain would get us
			home.

	Beverly braces herself to tell him.

					BEVERLY
			Not yet, Wes.

	Wesley tries to accept this like a man.

					WESLEY
			Oh. I thought... never mind.

					BEVERLY
			Are you okay? And the others?

					WESLEY
			Okay, really okay. Everyone's
			been assigned their own units...
			you know, like families. We're
			being treated, well, almost like
			gods.

					BEVERLY
			Don't let it go to your head.

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT THREE   34.

42   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(lightly)
			I won't.

	Beverly covers her surreptitious tricorder reading of
	Wesley -- and of Duana -- with small talk.

					BEVERLY
			So, what have you been doing?

					WESLEY
			I'm learning a lot. They have a
			computer which they call the
			Custodian. It controls
			everything.
				(lowers his voice)
			The captain should know this.
			All their defense systems, the
			city's environment, everything.
			And it's all voice command. So
			simple. But the amazing thing
			is the Aldeans don't know how it
			works. They know how to talk to
			it, but they don't even know what
			its power source is, and they
			didn't do the original
			programming.

	Wesley looks down at the floor.

					WESLEY
				(continuing; normal
				 voice)
			They said that later on, when I'm
			really an Aldean, I'll know all
			their secrets.

	Beverly WHISPERS to him.

					BEVERLY
			That won't happen, Wes. I promise
			I won't let that happen.

	Duana becomes nervous about all the whispering.

					DUANA
			You must leave, Doctor Crusher.

	Duana escorts Beverly to the door. Beverly looks back
	at Wesley.

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT THREE   35.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Take care of yourself.

					WESLEY
			I will, Mom.

43   INT. ALDEA - FIRST UNIT CHAMBER (OPTICAL)

	Picard looks at Beverly questioningly when she ENTERS.

					BEVERLY
			Wes seems fine. He says the other
			children are too.

	Rashella is insulted by their doubt.

					RASHELLA
			Of course they're well.

					RADUE
			Captain Picard, you have our
			offer. It is final. Rashella.

	Rashella touches the instrument on her belt -- and
	Picard and Beverly DISAPPEAR.

44   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Beverly MATERIALIZE on the bridge. Radue
	immediately APPEARS on the viewscreen.

					RADUE
			Captain, we want you to understand
			the nature of your choice. A
			small demonstration of our
			power...

45   EXT. ALDEA - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	is PUSHED OUT OF ORBIT by a great BURST OF VISIBLE
	ENERGY which envelopes the ship.

46   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The crewmembers SHUDDER slightly as the Enterprise
	comes to a quick stop.

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT THREE   36.

46   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			What was that?

					DATA
			I believe it was a repulsor beam,
			sir.

					PICARD
			Position report.

					GEORDI
			It's unbelievable, sir. According
			to my calculations, we're three
			days from Aldea -- at warp nine.

					RIKER
			They call that a "small"
			Demonstration?

					PICARD
			Geordi, take us back to Aldea
			orbit. Warp factor nine.

	Radue again APPEARS on the viewscreen.

					RADUE
			Captain, if you don't accept our
			terms, the Enterprise will be
			pushed so far away, by the time
			you get back, your children will
			be grandparents.

	Radue DISAPPEARS from the viewscreen. Picard, Riker
	and Troi REACT.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT FOUR   37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

47   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as she travels back towards Aldea at warp nine.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41509.45.
			We are twenty hours away from
			Aldea, and no closer to a
			solution. Their deliberate show
			of force pushed us out of orbit
			and could have disintegrated the
			ship. In the face of that power,
			a direct assault on Aldea would
			be disastrous.

48   EXT. SPACE - ALDEA (OPTICAL)

	ESTABLISHING.

49   INT. ALDEA - MELIAN'S MUSIC ROOM

	As spartan as the rest of the Aldean quarters. Katie
	holds an instrument awkwardly in her hands, while
	Melian uses his pain-ridden hands to show Katie how
	to use it. The instrument is small and circular, about
	a foot in diameter. There's a pad for the thumb, and
	for the fingers. It CHANGES COLORS for each different
	SOUND.

					MELIAN
			Now, hold it a little bit more
			firmly.

	Katie moves her fingers around.

					MELIAN
				(continuing)
			That's it. Perfect. Now...
			think. No, think's not right.
			Feel the notes inside your head.

	Katie closes her eyes and the instrument SOUNDS A NOTE.
	Katie's so startled she drops it.

					KATIE
			I'm sorry! Did I break it?

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT FOUR   38.

49   CONTINUED:

					MELIAN
			No. It's all right. You can't
			break it.

					KATIE
			It did exactly what I thought...
			I mean, felt.

					MELIAN
			Yes. It's a direct expression
			of the music within. Now we just
			have to teach you to structure
			that feeling...

	Katie takes the instrument back from Melian and looks
	at it in wonder. Then hands it back. She begins to
	play. A beautiful, melancholy TUNE. Melian listens -
	enchanted. She STOPS.

					MELIAN
				(continuing)
			That was beautiful. Now play
			something happier.

					KATIE
				(sadly shaking her
				 head)
			That's not how I feel.
				(pause)
			I don't want to do this anymore.

	Melian smiles sadly at her.

50   INT. ALDEA - ARTISTS' UNIT (OPTICAL)	50

	Accolan is helping Harry with a wood carving. Harry
	pushes the sculpting tool along the block of wood and
	a portion of a dolphin is revealed.

					ACCOLAN
			You see, Harry, I told you you
			were going to be an artist.

					HARRY
			Are you sure? Did I really do
			this?

					ACCOLAN
			Oh, yes. Your talent has always
			been there. The sculpting tool
			is just helping you develop it.
			It's what you were meant to do.

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT FOUR   39.

50   CONTINUED:

					HARRY
			You mean I don't have to do
			calculus anymore?

					ACCOLAN
			You don't have to do anything you
			don't want to do. What's
			calculus?

					HARRY
			Nothing important. Can I do some
			more?

51   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	It COMES out of warp speed.

52   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it ENTERS orbit around Aldea.

					PICARD
			Captain's log, supplemental. It
			has been three days since the
			Aldeans pushed us away. We have
			had no contact with Radue since
			then.

53   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The crewmembers are in place.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Yar, open hailing
			frequencies.

					TASHA
			Frequencies open, sir.

					PICARD
			Radue, this is Captain Picard.

	Radue APPEARS on the Main Viewer.

					RADUE
			Welcome back, Captain. What have
			you decided?

					PICARD
			There is room for discussion,
			Radue.

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT FOUR   40.

53   CONTINUED:

					RADUE
			We will bring you down when we
			are ready.

	Radue DISAPPEARS from the viewscreen.

					PICARD
			Data, find a way to defeat that
			shield.

					DATA
			That may be impossible, sir.

					PICARD
			Things are impossible, until
			they're not.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

54   ANGLE ON TURBOLIFT

	Beverly ENTERS from the turbolift.

					BEVERLY
			Captain, here's what I've learned.
				(a beat)
			Duana is dying. I have no reason
			to believe the rest of the Aldeans
			are any healthier.

					PICARD
			We're all dying, Doctor. Can you
			be more specific?

					BEVERLY
			They're suffering from some kind
			of chromosomal damage. It could
			be genetic, or environmental.

					PICARD
			Then that's why they can't
			conceive.

					BEVERLY
			Yes. It also explains their lack
			of appetite, their sensitivity
			to light, and their extreme
			pallor.

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT FOUR   41.

54   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			An entire civilization that's
			terminally ill... is it
			reversible?

					BEVERLY
			I won't know until I've found the
			cause... and you don't need to
			tell me time is running out.

					PICARD
			Good work, Doctor.

55   INT. ALDEA - FIRST UNIT CHAMBER

	Radue and Duana are trying to coax Wesley to eat.

					DUANA
			I thought growing boys are always
			hungry.

					WESLEY
			You didn't eat anything.

					RADUE
			We need very little.

					DUANA
			I know you miss your family. But
			you will grow accustomed to us.
			I promise. I promise you'll be
			happy.

	Wesley's clear eyes look at Duana with compassion.

					WESLEY
			You can keep me here, but you
			can't make me want to stay.
			You'll never be able to make me
			forget. And I'll never be an
			Aldean.

56   INT. ALDEA - ARTISTS' UNIT - NIGHT

	Leda creams her hands with an ointment as Harry bends
	over a table, putting the finishing touches on his
	work.

					ACCOLAN
			Have the lesions gone?

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT FOUR   42.

56   CONTINUED:

					LEDA
			Yes. The medicine worked again.

					ACCOLAN
			Good. Come see what Harry's
			doing.

	Harry's hands polish the last bit on his creation:
	a carved dolphin.

					ACCOLAN
				(continuing)
			Beautiful!

	Harry gives Accolan the finished piece. Accolan
	touches it, admiring the workmanship.

					HARRY
				(surprised)
			It really turned out well.

					ACCOLAN
			It is so graceful and alive. What
			do you call it?

					HARRY
			It's a dolphin.

					LEDA
			Dolphin?

					HARRY
			You know, it swims in the ocean.
			Like a fish, only it's not a fish.

					LEDA
			Ah. A fish. We used to have them
			in our oceans. I've never seen
			one before.

					HARRY
			I used to live near the ocean.
			On Zadar IV. My dad's an
			oceanographer. He says... never
			mind. It doesn't matter.

	Harry turns away, ambivalent.

57   INT. ALDEA - RASHELLA'S QUARTERS - NIGHT

	She is holding Alexandra, COOING to her. The baby
	falls asleep in her arms.

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT FOUR   43.

58   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE

	Beverly is feverishly working the computer, trying to
	make sense out of the disparate information. She
	shakes her head.

					BEVERLY
			No. That doesn't fit the pattern.
			Give me a list of the appropriate
			medical literature from the
			twenty-second century.

	The computer shows her a list that's very long.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			There's not enough time!

	She looks at it and rubs her eyes. Picard WALKS INTO the
	room and sees her. He APPROACHES her carefully and puts
	his hand on her shoulder. Beverly covers his hand with
	hers.

					PICARD
			Is there anything I can do?

					BEVERLY
			You just did, Jean-Luc. Now...
			I have to get back to work.

	She turns back to her desk.

59   INT. ALDEA - RASHELLA'S QUARTERS - NIGHT

	Alexandra is CRYING.

					ALEXANDRA
			I want Mommy!

	Rashella tries to hold and comfort her, but there's
	no solace.

60   INT. ALDEA - WESLEY'S ROOM - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	It's dark. Wesley slips out of his bed and opens the
	door. There's no one around. He steps into the ARCH.

					WESLEY
				(quietly)
			Custodian's room.

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT FOUR   44.

61   INT. ALDEA - CUSTODIAN ROOM - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	Wesley APPEARS in the Arch. The room is empty. Wesley
	sits at the console. He WHISPERS his instruction.

					WESLEY
				(whispers)
			Custodian, this is Wesley Crusher.

					CUSTODIAN VOICE
				(normal level)
			Proceed, Wesley.

	Wesley jumps at the sound.

					WESLEY
			Show me where all the Enterprise
			children are in relation to this
			room.

	The Custodian FLASHES the children's locations on the
	screen. Wesley stares at it, memorizing the locations.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			Thank you.

	He moves away from the console, then has second
	thoughts.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			Custodian, what's your instruction
			set?

	Wesley is nervous, not sure he's authorized. The
	Custodian ANSWERS WITH a kind of nonelectronic MUSIC.
	Wesley doesn't understand, but goes on.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			How can I command your attention?
			Do you have a non-maskable
			interrupt?

					CUSTODIAN VOICE
			Yes.

					WESLEY
			What is its address?

					CUSTODIAN VOICE
			Zero, twelve, twenty-two,
			twenty-one, twenty-three,
			twenty-six.

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT FOUR   45.

61   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			That doesn't make any sense to
			me.

	Wesley's puzzled, but pushes ahead anyway. He takes
	a deep breath before he asks the really important
	question.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			Custodian, what's in the locked
			room next to this one?

					CUSTODIAN VOICE
			You are not authorized for that
			information.

					WESLEY
			Thank you. Good night.

					CUSTODIAN VOICE
			Good night, Wesley.

	Wesley sits a moment, deep in thought.

62   INT. ALDEA - KATIE'S QUARTERS - NIGHT

	Katie's asleep. An arm reaches over her and shakes
	her slightly. Katie opens her eyes, startled. Wesley
	leans over her, finger to his mouth. He WHISPERS.

					WESLEY
			I need your help. I have an idea
			how we can get home.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT FIVE   46.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

63   INT. ALDEA - WESLEY'S ROOM - EARLY MORNING

	Welsey, Harry, Alexandria and Katie, are gathered in
	Wesley's room. Their VOICES LOW.

					KATIE
			Why will not talking or eating
			make them send us home?

	Wesley patiently tries to explain again.

					WESLEY
			It's called "passive resistance."
			We don't do anything they want
			us to do and then they won't want
			us.

					KATIE
			Will they get mad at us?

					WESLEY
			They won't hurt us.

					HARRY
			But, Wes, I do kind of like them.

					WESLEY
			So do I, but I don't want to stay
			here forever. Do you?

	Harry hesitates.

					HARRY
				(thoughtfully)
			No, but I like working with the
			wood.

					WESLEY
			Harry, we all have to do this
			together or it won't work.

	With some reluctance, Harry agrees.

					HARRY
			Okay. I'll do it.

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT FIVE   47.

63   CONTINUED:

	Rashella RUSHES INTO the room.

					RASHELLA
			What are you all doing here
			together?

	There's no answer.

					RASHELLA
				(continuing)
			What is going on here?

	Still no answers. She reaches for Alexandra, but
	Wesley picks up the child and shakes his head "no."

					RASHELLA
				(continuing)
			Garen!

	Garen RUSHES INTO the room.

					RASHELLA
				(continuing)
			Take the children back to their
			units.

64   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Beverly STEPS OFF the turbolift. She's exhausted.

					BEVERLY
			The Aldeans are suffering from
			a form of radiation poisoning.

					PICARD
			And that's what's made the Aldeans
			sterile?

					BEVERLY
			Yes.

					PICARD
			Is it reversible?

					BEVERLY
			Of course.

					DATA
			Captain, these permutations are
			going to take a very long time.

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT FIVE   48.

64   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			How long?

					DATA
			Weeks.

					RIKER
			Captain, there is another option.
			We have identified a weakness in
			the shield.

					GEORDI
			But it's not constant.

					WORF
			It's a hole.

					GEORDI
			It's not a hole as much as it is
			a fluctuation.

					RIKER
			Still, there is a chance.
			Captain, if we can time it exactly
			-- I think we can beam a team
			through the hole and onto the
			planet.

					PICARD
			Then why can't we beam the
			children up through the hole?

					RIKER
			The timing would be more
			difficult, and the risk greater.

					PICARD
			What are you suggesting, Number
			One?

					RIKER
			Beam through the hole. Locate
			the source of the shield, and
			knock it out.

					PICARD
			I'll try to delay the Aldeans
			until you're ready.

   STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT FIVE   49.

65   INT. ALDEA - WESLEY'S ROOM

	The children sit in silence. Leda COMES IN with a tray
	of food for them.

					LEDA
			Will you at least eat?

	They do not answer. She sets the tray down and LEAVES
	the room. Alexandra wanders over to the food and looks
	at it. Wesley knows that she's hungry. He goes to
	Alexandra and kneels down.

					WESLEY
			I know you're hungry. We all are,
			but Alexandra, we are not going
			to eat anything. It's our way
			of telling them that we want to
			go home. Do you understand?

	The little girl nods. Wesley puts his arm around her.
	Harry comes over, picks up the tray and puts it outside
	the door. Wesley acknowledges the act with a smile.

66   INT. - MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Radue APPEARS on the viewscreen.

					RADUE
			Captain Picard. You may come down
			now to conclude our discussion,
			or your ship may leave. It is
			your choice.

67   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	where Riker, Tasha and Data wait to beam down.

					RIKER
			We are ready, Captain.

68   INT MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					PICARD
			Doctor Crusher and I are prepared
			to conclude these negotiations.

	Beverly and Picard DEMATERIALIZE from the bridge.

					WORF
			Transporter room, now!

        STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT FIVE        50.

69   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

					RIKER
			Energize.

	Riker, Tasha and Data FADE and DISAPPEAR as the
	transporter activates.

70   INT. ALDEA - CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	Tasha, Riker and Data MATERIALIZE. There is no one
	else around. Riker looks around and motions for the
	Team to follow him.

71   INT. ALDEA - FIRST UNIT CHAMBER

	Beverly and Picard are confronted by Radue.

					RADUE
			Before we begin, Captain, you must
			speak with the children. It seems
			they are on some sort of "strike."
			I don't understand it. You must
			deal with this, Captain. I'm
			not very good with children.

	Picard is amused for the first time in days.

					PICARD
			A strike? I'll see what I can
			do.

72   INT. ALDEA - WESLEY'S ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard APPEARS in the Teleport Arch to find Wesley and
	the others silent and defiant. The children are
	overjoyed to see the captain.

					WESLEY
			Sir! We knew you'd come!

					PICARD
			It's not over yet, Wesley.

					WESLEY
			Captain, I think I figured out
			their computer controls -- I'm
			not sure, it's a different system
			than ours.

        STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT FIVE        51.

72   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Good, Wesley. Now...

					HARRY
				(interrupting)
			...Captain.

					PICARD
			Yes, Harry.

					HARRY
			If something happens and you have
			to leave us here -- tell my Dad...
			I'm sorry I made him angry... and
			I miss him.

					PICARD
			I will tell him, Harry, and I will
			tell him how much I admire his
			son.

	Alexandra waddles over to Picard and raises her arms to
	be picked up. Picard has no choice but to awkwardly
	lift her into his arms. She looks up at him with her
	big eyes.

73   OMITTED

74   INT. ALDEA - CUSTODIAN ROOM

	As the three officers ENTER the room.

					DATA
			This is it, Commander.

	Data scans the room with his tricorder.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			It is programmed to accept only
			authorized voice commands.

					RIKER
			So we can't override.

					DATA
			No. But I can intermix the input
			so nobody else can.

        STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT FIVE        52.

74   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			We must find the power supply for
			the shield.

75   INT. ALDEA - FIRST UNIT CHAMBER (OPTICAL)

	OPEN ON Beverly - then PAN TO Teleport Arch as Picard
	and the children STEP FORWARD. Beverly, Radue and
	Rashella have been joined by Accolan. Beverly looks
	lovingly at her son.

					RADUE
			What is this?

					PICARD
			They want to go home.

					RADUE
			No. They're staying.

					PICARD
				(his communicator)
			Number One.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			We are in position.

					PICARD
			Hold for orders.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

					BEVERLY
				(with persuasion)
			The radiation levels on Aldea have
			built up over a long period of
			time. It is similar to what was
			experienced on Earth in the
			twenty-first century, when the
			ozone layer deteriorated and the
			surface of the planet was flooded
			with ultraviolet radiation.

					PICARD
			The shield that protects your
			world in one way has weakened it
			in another. It's the radiation
			of your own sun which is
			destroying you.

        STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT FIVE        53.

75   CONTINUED:

					RADUE
			You are trying to confuse the
			issue.

					BEVERLY
			Please listen. You're all
			suffering from a kind of
			poisoning. Sterility is only the
			latest symptom. If the children
			remain, they will be affected as
			well.

					RADUE
			It is impossible. Our scientists
			would have known.

					BEVERLY
			How could they? Your scientists
			have forgotten how everything
			works.

					RADUE
			No. It's a lie. Send them back
			to their ship.

	Rashella starts to touch her arm band, then hesitates.

					RASHELLA
			Wait. No. What if they're right?
			Instead of the children being our
			hope, what if we are just
			condeming them to our fate?

					RADUE
			They are just protecting their
			own interests.

					RASHELLA
			As are we. But hear them out.
			The captain and Doctor Crusher
			are saying our entire life is
			based on a misconception, and the
			very thing which has given us this
			wonderful world is the very thing
			which has caused this tragedy?

        STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT FIVE        54.

75   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			That is exactly it. The shield
			that protects you, has weakened
			and your computer has controlled
			your lives so completely you've
			lost the desire to even question
			it.

					RADUE
			Lies. The discussion is over.

	Radue hits his arm band to send them back to the ship.
	Nothing happens. Picard touches his communicator.

					PICARD
			Commander Riker.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			I assume you have control of the
			computer.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			We've disabled the system
			temporarily and we've found the
			power source to the shield and
			we've neutralized it.

					PICARD
			Good.
				(using com)
			Enterprise, this is Picard. Beam
			the children up.

					HARRY
			Wait.

	Harry goes to Accolan.

					HARRY
				(continuing)
			Thank you.

					ACCOLAN
			Let me get the dolphin for you
			to take with you.

					HARRY
			No. You keep it. I'll make
			another.

        STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT FIVE        55.

75   CONTINUED: (3)

	Harry joins the others.

					PICARD
			Beam them up.

	Harry waves good-bye to Accolan as all the children,
	but Wesley, DEMATERIALIZE.

					RADUE
			You've destroyed us.

					PICARD
			We are not here to destroy you,
			Radue. We can help you.

76   OMITTED

77   INT. ALDEA - POWER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	They ENTER cautiously. In the center is a shiny black
	box, not very large. It PULSATES with a GLOWING LIGHT.

					RADUE
			What is it?

					PICARD
			The legacy your Progenitors left
			you, Radue. The source of your
			power. And your problems.

					DATA
			It is reading incredible amounts
			of energy, sir. Even more since
			we have taken down the shield.

					RASHELLA
			What are we going to do with it?

					RADUE
			Learn all over again... all this
			time we've been destroying
			ourselves. So secure, so sure
			of our technological
			invulnerability. Now...

					PICARD
			Will you let us help?

	Radue puts his hand out to Picard.

					RADUE
			Yes. Please.

        STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT FIVE        56.

78   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND ALDEA (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise uses a wide angle ENERGY BEAM to "sew up
	the hole" in the atmosphere. (To be researched and
	revised.)

79   INT. CORRIDOR

	Harry and his father walk hand in hand to Harry's
	classroom. Harry stops in front of the door.

					HARRY
			Dad, I want to be an artist. And
			I don't want to take calculus
			anymore.

					DR. BERNARD
			You can be anything you want,
			Harry. Anything. But you still
			have to take calculus.

	Harry thinks about it for a moment.

					HARRY
			Okay. Thanks, Dad.

	They hug and Harry goes back to school.

80   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The Main Viewer SHOWS the ship finishing its job on the
	atmosphere.

					DATA
			It worked well, sir.

	Beverly ENTERS from a turbolift.

					PICARD
			Are you finished?

					BEVERLY
			Yes. They're responding very well
			to the treatment, but for this
			to work, they can never use their
			shield or be cloaked again.

					PICARD
			The legend will die, but the
			people will live.

        STAR TREK: "When the Bough... " - 12/11/87 - ACT FIVE        57.

80   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			And we know they'll make good
			parents.

	Alexandra WADDLES OFF the turbolift with Wesley. She's
	carrying a flower.

					PICARD
			Wesley!

					WESLEY
			Sorry, sir. She just wanted to
			give you a present for bringing
			her back to her mommy.

	Picard bends down to accept the flower -- and a hug.
	Alexandra waves bye-bye to him and GOES BACK with
	Wesley. The entire bridge crew tries not to snicker.
	Picard gives them a fierce look to cover his
	discomfort.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, out of orbit.
			Warp five.

					GEORDI
				(coughing)
			Yes, sir. Certainly, sir.

	Picard turns around and the rest of the crew can see
	the stick-em toy on the back of his uniform.

80A  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at sub-warp speed, it heads for its next adventure.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         
                            THE END                             











                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "Coming Of Age" 
                   (fka "Starfleet Academy") 
                          #40271-119 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Sandy Fries 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Mike Vejar 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                     3RD REV. FINAL DRAFT

                       DECEMBER 30, 1987

         STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Coming Of Age" 

                             CAST 

                PICARD             JAKE KURLAND
                RIKER              ADMIRAL GREGORY QUINN
                BEVERLY            LT. COMMANDER DEXTER REMMICK
                DATA               MORDOCK
                TROI               OLIANA MIRREN
                TASHA              T'SHANIK
                WORF               TAC OFFICER CHANG
                GEORDI             RONDON
                WESLEY             TECHNICIAN #1
                                   TECHNICIAN #2
                                   Voice-Over

         STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Coming Of Age" 

                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              Deck 21 Forward Lounge
              Transporter Room         RELVA 7 (PLANET)
              Corridor
                                       SHUTTLECRAFT
              Captain's Ready Room
              Main bridge
          
              Holodeck
          
              Admiral's Quarters
              Main Engineering
          
            RELVA 7
              Classroom
              Corridor
              Testing Room
              Long corridor
              Environmental Lab
          
            SHUTTLECRAFT
              Cockpit

       STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                       "Coming Of Age"     
                        
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

A1	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	orbiting the planet Relva 7.

B1	INT. ENTERPRISE - CORRIDOR

	WESLEY is running down the corridor after someone.

					WESLEY
			Hey, Jake! Wait a second!

	JAKE KURLAND, eighteen, dark-haired and intense, stops
	and waits for Wesley.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			How're you doing?

					JAKE
				(tries to smile)
			I'm fine. Really.

					WESLEY
			I'm real sorry...

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Acting Ensign Crusher, report to
			Deck Twenty-one Forward Lounge.

	Wesley ignores the request.

					JAKE
			It's not your fault.

					WESLEY
			Yes, I know, but I wish we were
			both going.

					JAKE
				(shrugging)
			Only thirty-two points...

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Acting Ensign Crusher, respond.

       STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - TEASER       2.

B1	CONTINUED:

	Wesley touches a com panel.

					WESLEY
			I'm on my way.

	Wesley looks at Jake.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			Gotta go.

	They shake hands.

					JAKE
			Do well for both of us.

	Wesley smiles at Jake and HURRIES BACK the other way.
	Jake stares dejectedly after him.

C1	INT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE DECK 21 FORWARD LOUNGE

	Beverly waits for Wesley just outside the lounge.

					WESLEY
			Mom, I can't be late.

					BEVERLY
			Don't worry. You have time.

1    INT. DECK 21 FORWARD LOUNGE

	A large cake with seventeen BURNING candles is in the
	center of the table. It says "HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY" and
	"GOOD LUCK, WESLEY." The whole BRIDGE CREW waits
	around the table as Wesley ENTERS with Beverly. He's
	touched, embarrassed and -- wants to get out of there.

					RIKER
			Happy Birthday, Wesley!

	Everyone ECHOES THE SENTIMENT.

					WESLEY
			Thanks everybody. But it's not
			until next month.

					RIKER
			Close enough.

       STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - TEASER       3.

1    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			You won't be here next month.
			After you pass the entrance exam,
			you'll be on your way to Starfleet
			Academy.

					BEVERLY
			Go on, make a wish.

	Wesley closes his eyes, thinks a moment, then blows out
	the candles. Everyone CLAPS as he makes the first cut.
	Troi takes over and cuts cake for everyone, handing
	pieces to Riker and Wesley.

					RIKER
			You'll breeze through those
			tests.

					WESLEY
			I hope so, sir.

					RIKER
			I know so. I remember how tough
			it was for me.

	He pauses, reliving the fear, then smiles at Wesley.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			But you've got brains, and family
			tradition, and actual experience.

					WESLEY
			I wish I felt that sure.

					GEORDI
			I was scared to death the whole
			time. But it's good for you.
			Keeps your adrenaline going. Not
			that you'll need it, Wes.

1A   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Troi hands pieces of cake to Data and Worf.

       STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - TEASER       4.

1A   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Thank you... Humans are
			fascinating. They celebrate the
			passage of time with such joy
			until a certain age, and then it
			becomes a topic of some
			discomfort. I suppose it is
			because each birthday is another
			step towards inevitable death.
			Do Klingons observe birthdays,
			Worf?

					WORF
			Klingons are born, live as
			warriors, and die.

					DATA
			Then how do you know how old you
			are?

					WORF
			I don't. Do you know?

					DATA
			I have no age.

	Data stares at Beverly, who's standing next to Picard.

					BEVERLY
			Is there something wrong?

					DATA
			No. I am simply trying to
			understand the celebration of
			aging. And how old were you when
			Wesley was born, Doctor?

	Beverly shoves her piece of cake at him.

					BEVERLY
			Have some cake, Data.

	She LEAVES him standing there with Picard.

					DATA
			I do not understand, sir. Why...

					PICARD
			You never ask a woman her age,
			Mister Data.

       STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - TEASER       5.

1A   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I am very confused, sir.

					PICARD
			Some customs will never change.

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			Acting Ensign Crusher, this is
			the Transporter Room. We are
			ready to beam you down to Relva 7.

					WESLEY
				(to the party)
			Thanks for the party, everyone.
			And the good wishes.

	They all RESPOND with "Good luck;" "Go get 'em;"
	"You'll do great."

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			Captain Picard.

					PICARD
				(touching his
				 communicator)
			Picard here.

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			We've received communication from
			Relva 7 that Admiral Gregory Quinn
			is about to beam aboard, sir.

					PICARD
			Admiral Gregory Quinn. Why wasn't
			I informed earlier, Lieutenant
			Yar?

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			We just received the request, sir.

	Picard gestures to Riker.

					PICARD
			I'm on my way to the Transporter
			Room, Lieutenant. Number One!

	Picard and Riker FOLLOW Wesley and Beverly OUT the
	door.

1B
thru	OMITTED
1C

       STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - TEASER       6.

2    OMITTED

3    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Picard and Beverly say good-bye to Wesley.
	Beverly reaches out to shake his hand, but Wesley leans
	over and kisses her. He nods and Tasha works the
	console and Wesley BEAMS DOWN to Relva 7. A beat, then
	almost immediately, ADMIRAL GREGORY QUINN and
	LIEUTENANT COMMANDER DEXTER REMMICK BEAM UP. Quinn is
	a rugged man in his early sixties. He is accompanied
	by Remmick, a young, blond, dedicated officer. They
	step off the platform.

					PICARD
			This is unexpected. Welcome
			aboard, Admiral.

					QUINN
			Thank you. Captain Jean-Luc
			Picard, Lieutenant Commander
			Dexter Remmick.

					REMMICK
			Sir.

	They shake hands, then Remmick steps back and watches.

					PICARD
			Allow me to present my staff:
			First Officer William Riker, Chief
			Medical Officer Beverly Crusher,
			chief of security, Lieutenant
			Tasha Yar.

	Quinn nods to them.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			What can we do for you?

					QUINN
			I need to speak with you.

					PICARD
			Certainly. This way. Number One.

	They turn to leave, as:

					QUINN
			No. Alone.

					PICARD
			Is this personal?

       STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - TEASER       7.

3    CONTINUED:

					QUINN
			Official business.

					PICARD
			Then my first officer...

					QUINN
			... Alone, Captain.

This is unheard of. It's as if Riker's in big trouble
and no one knows why, as WE:

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT ONE       8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

4    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it orbits Relva 7.

					PICARD (V. O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41416. 2.
			We are orbiting Relva 7, one of
			the testing sites where final
			examinations are taking place for
			entrance into Starfleet Academy.
			But with the appearance of my old
			colleague, Admiral Gregory Quinn,
			our stay has taken on another
			meaning.

5    OMITTED

5A   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard and Quinn ENTER. Remmick stands off to the
	side.

					QUINN
			Commander Remmick is with the
			Inspector General's office.

					PICARD
			Oh?

					QUINN
			He'll be conducting a complete
			investigation of the Enterprise.

					PICARD
			What are you looking for?

	Quinn turns to especially include Remmick. Remmick
	stands almost at attention.

					QUINN
			I have reason to believe there
			may be something very wrong on
			this ship... very wrong.

					PICARD
			Tell me what you suspect.

       STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT ONE       9.

5A   CONTINUED:

					QUINN
			No. It's... inappropriate to
			discuss it now. We'll go over
			it fully when Mister Remmick
			concludes his investigation.
				(turns to Remmick)
			You will find out what is wrong
			on this ship. Starfleet is
			depending on you.

					REMMICK
			Yes, sir.
				(glances at Picard)
			Nothing and no one will stand in
			my way.

					QUINN
			And you, Captain, are ordered to
			cooperate in every way necessary
			with the investigation. Clear?

					PICARD
			Yes, sir.

					QUINN
			Mister Remmick, unless there are
			further questions...

					REMMICK
			No questions, sir.

					QUINN
			Get on with your duties.

					REMMICK
			Yes, sir!

	Remmick purposefully EXITS. When the door CLOSES:

					PICARD
			Greg, we've known each other for
			years. If you weren't just
			motivating young Mister Remmick, tell
			me what you believe is wrong.

	Quinn dodges the question.

					QUINN
			Captain, it is vitally important
			that my orders are followed
			exactly. I'll be staying on the
			ship.

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT ONE      10.

5A   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			As you wish, Admiral.

6    EXT. RELVA 7 (OPTICAL)

	ESTABLISHING the planet.

7    INT. RELVA 7 - CLASSROOM

	Wesley is the first one to ARRIVE in the high-tech
	classroom. He looks around the room uncomfortably.
	There's an impressive array of DEVICES, including a
	special SENSOR UNIT. He reaches down to inspect it,
	but puts it back guiltily as OLIANA MIRREN ENTERS.
	She's a gorgeous eighteen-year-old human, a red-head
	with sparkle and probably a temper.

					OLIANA
			What is it?

					WESLEY
			What?

					OLIANA
			The unit you just put down. Don't
			worry. I won't tell anybody.

					WESLEY
			Oh. It's a flux coordinating
			sensor.

	Oliana puts out her hand. Wesley takes it and
	absentmindedly holds it. He's mesmerized by her.

					OLIANA
			I'm Oliana Mirren, one of the
			other finalists. You must be
			Wesley Crusher.

	She gently removes her hand from his.

					WESLEY
			Yeah! You know me?

					OLIANA
			I heard there was a very smart,
			very young man who'd be tough
			competition.

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT ONE      11.

7    CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(embarrassed)
			Well, you wouldn't be here if...

					OLIANA
			... I weren't smart? I know. But
			there's a lot more to it than
			that. You're lucky - you've had
			practical experience on the
			Enterprise.

	As she speaks, the door OPENS and T'SHANIK, a dark
	young Vulcan woman, who looks as if she's surprised
	anyone else bothered to show up, ENTERS with MORDOCK,
	a powerfully built alien with a special suit using
	circulating gas tubes. Mordock hangs back a little,
	quietly.

					T'SHANIK
			Oliana.
				(to Wesley)
			T'Shanik of Vulcana Regar.

					WESLEY
			Wesley Crusher, from the
			Enterprise.

					T'SHANIK
			You don't look as if you meet the
			age requirements.

					WESLEY
			Uh, I'll be sixteen next month.

					OLIANA
				(pats him on the
				 shoulder)
			Happy birthday. When this is all
			over, we'll celebrate.

	Wesley basks in the thought of celebrating anything
	with her, then realizes he's being rude. He turns to
	Mordock.

					WESLEY
			Hi. I'm Wesley Crusher.

	Mordock nods and moves forward.

					MORDOCK
			Mordock.

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT ONE      12.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			Mordock? The Mordock? The
			Benzite who constructed the
			Mordock Strategy? I thought you
			already were in the Academy.

					MORDOCK
			No. Only a hopeful, like you.

					WESLEY
			You're a legend in the Galactic
			Computer Network...

	TAC OFFICER CHANG ENTERS and walks to the head of the
	classroom.

					CHANG
			Finalists, please take your
			seats...

	The Four take seats at individual computer stations, as
	Chang continues.

					CHANG
				(continuing)
			I'm TAC Officer Chang. Welcome.
			You are here because you are all
			top candidates. Although only
			one student will be chosen for
			the Academy, you have shown from
			the preliminary testing that any
			of you could easily qualify.
				(makes eye contact with
				 each)
			We are looking for the person who
			combines all the important
			qualities necessary to be part
			of Starfleet's future. Integrity,
			intelligence, courage,
			imagination... and that
			indefinable quality of leadership.
			This may be the most difficult,
			exhausting experience of your
			life. And the most exciting
			challenge. Expect the
			unexpected... May you all do your
			best... Now, we'll begin.

	Chang LEAVES the room as the computers LIGHT UP. The
	four students immediately start the test. And the
	faster they answer the questions, the faster the
	computer asks them.

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT ONE      13.

7    CONTINUED: (3)

	They're all pounding away at extreme high speeds, but
	with different kinds of energy, and each time they take
	a test they'll respond with the same kind of energy.

	Wesley concentrates completely and works at an
	incredibly fast, even pace.

	T'Shanik works quickly, calmly and methodically.

	Mordock, with great intensity.

	Oliana, alternates bursts of energy with quiet. The
	students continue with their answers.

8    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

8A   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker commands the bridge, with Data and Geordi, Tasha
	and Worf at their regular stations. Remmick stands
	over Data, just watching him sit there. Remmick HOLDS
	A HAND DEVICE which he will carry with him everywhere
	-- A MINIATURE PERSONAL COMPUTER where he punches in
	every observation. Riker watches him without saying a
	word.

					DATA
			May I help you, Mister Remmick?

					REMMICK
			Just keep on doing whatever it
			is you're doing, Commander Data.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	Data continues staring, as Remmick moves over to
	Geordi.. and stands over him, making entries in his
	computer.

					GEORDI
			There's nothing much to see here,
			Commander. We're in standard
			orbit. And, uh, the station has
			to be manned, even if it's
			routine...

      STAR TREK: "Coming of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT ONE      14.

8A   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Is there something I can help you
			with, Mister Remmick?

	Remmick whips around to Riker.

					REMMICK
			When I'm ready, Mister Riker, I'll
			want to speak with you.
			Privately.

	Remmick moves aft, to stand next to Worf. Remmick
	watches Worf work at his console and makes more notes.
	Worf pretends he's not there. Geordi turns to Data.

					GEORDI
			Just having that guy around makes
			me feel guilty.
				(to Riker)
			Commander, what's this guy after?

					RIKER
			I don't know, Geordi. But I'm
			going to find out. Now.

	He gets up and heads purposefully for the Captain's
	Ready Room.

9
thru	OMITTED
10

11   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard is at his desk, star window at his shoulder.
	The doorbell CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Riker ENTERS, and sits down as the Captain motions him.

					RIKER
			Captain, may I speak frankly?

					PICARD
			Always, Number One.

					RIKER
			As executive officer, I should
			be informed. I should know
			everything you know.

      STAR TREK: "Coming of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT ONE      15.

11   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I agree. You should.

					RIKER
			What's this about? Remmick is
			going to turn this ship upside
			down.

					PICARD
			That is his job.

					RIKER
			And mine is to make sure the ship
			runs smoothly.

					PICARD
			Which you do very well.

					RIKER
			Sir, am I under investigation?

					PICARD
			I don't know.

					RIKER
			And if you did?

					PICARD
			I couldn't tell you.

					RIKER
			I don't understand, sir. This
			is extremely frustrating.

					PICARD
			No less so for me. But I have
			promised full cooperation. And
			we shall give it.

	Riker tries not to lose his temper.

					RIKER
			Sir.

	He EXITS the Ready Room as Picard looks after him
	unhappily.

12   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Remmick is waiting for Riker outside the captain's
	Ready Room.

      STAR TREK: "Coming of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT ONE      16.

12   CONTINUED:

					REMMICK
			I want some answers from you now,
			Commander Riker.

					RIKER
			Later.

					REMMICK
			You were ordered to cooperate...

					RIKER
			When it doesn't interfere with
			my duty. Not now, Remmick!

	The crew watches the furious Riker head for the
	turbolift.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Coming of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT TWO      17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

13   EXT. RELVA 7 (OPTICAL)

	ESTABLISHING.

14   INT. RELVA 7 - CLASSROOM

	The four students sit in front of computer readout
	screens set apart from each other. T'Shanik is the
	only one who appears calm.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Last question on the Hyper Space
			Physics test: If the matter and
			antimatter tanks on a Galaxy Class
			starship are nine-tenths depleted,
			calculate the intermix ratio
			necessary to reach a starbase a
			hundred light years away at warp
			factor eight...

	All the students begin to use the calculators attached
	to the computer, except Wesley, who immediately punches
	in the answer. T'Shanik reaches the answer almost
	immediately. Mordock, driven and intense, is startled
	at their speed, then pushes in his answer. Oliana
	finishes last.

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(continuing)
			Thank you, students. You now have
			one hour free before the next
			test.

	The computer shuts down, its lights FADE OUT. T'Shanik
	EXITS the classroom immediately as Wesley, Oliana and
	Mordock relax.

					MORDOCK
			I admit, Wesley, you have a very
			fast mind.

					WESLEY
			As soon as I realized it was a
			trick question, there was only
			one answer.

      STAR TREK: "Coming of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT TWO      18.

14   CONTINUED:

					MORDOCK
			Yes. There is only one "ratio"
			with matter-antimatter. One to
			one.

	Wesley sneaks a look at Oliana. Her jaw is set, then
	she shrugs and smiles her bright smile at the two of
	the them.

					OLIANA
			You're both very lucky. I can't
			imagine what it feels like to have
			things come so easily. I have
			to push every step of the way.

					WESLEY
			Oh, no, Oliana, it doesn't come
			easily. I have to study all the
			time. Mordock's the one who's
			brilliant.

					OLIANA
			You really don't know, do you?
			It's a good thing you're cute,
			Wesley, or you could really be
			obnoxious.

	She pushes her chair back and gets up.

					OLIANA
				(continuing)
			See you later.

	She LEAVES the room.

					WESLEY
			Did you hear that Mordock? She
			said I was cute!

					MORDOCK
			Is that good, Wesley?

					WESLEY
			I don't know. I think so. Maybe.
			I don't know.

					MORDOCK
			Perhaps I was incorrect about the
			speed of your thought processes,
			Wesley.

      STAR TREK: "Coming of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT TWO      19.

15   OMITTED

16   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	orbiting Relva 7. ESTABLISHING.

16A  OMITTED

17   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker STEPS OFF the turbolift and APPROACHES Picard.

					RIKER
			Captain, I think I should
			apologize.

					PICARD
			No need, Number One. Mister
			Remmick's presence is unnerving,
			to say the least.

					RIKER
			Regardless, sir, I should realize
			that whatever your reasons are,
			they're valid. Whether or not
			I understand them.

	Remmick ENTERS the bridge.

					REMMICK
			Are you available now, Mister Riker?
			Or do you still have duties to
			perform?

					RIKER
			I'm available, Mister Remmick.

					REMMICK
			Any problem with using your Ready
			Room, Captain?

	The crew considers this an intrusion.

					TASHA
			I'll find him a comfortable place
			on Deck Fifteen, sir.

					REMMICK
			It's more convenient here. Is
			there a problem, Captain?

      STAR TREK: "Coming of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT TWO      20.

17   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			No, Mister Remmick. Be my guest.

	Remmick ENTERS the Ready Room and motions for Riker to
	FOLLOW.

18   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Remmick sits at Picard's desk, Riker in front of him.

					REMMICK
			There are several seeming
			discrepancies in the captain's
			log. Let's go over them, one by
			one, shall we?

	Riker is surprised -- he thought he was the one on the
	hot seat, but it's Picard.

					RIKER
			The captain's log?

					REMMICK
			Yes. To your knowledge, has the
			captain ever falsified a log?

					RIKER
			Have you discussed this with him?

					REMMICK
			Right now, I'm asking you.

					RIKER
			If you want to discuss anything
			about Captain Picard, bring him
			in here and ask him face to face.

					REMMICK
			You are required to answer my
			questions, Mister Riker. Unless
			you're trying to cover something
			up? Now, there are several
			discrepancies in the captain's
			log. Shall we go over them, one
			by one?

					RIKER
			Proceed.

19   OMITTED

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT TWO      21.

19A  INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM (FORMERLY SCENE 16A)

	Troi calmly faces Remmick.

					REMMICK
			Do you believe the captain is
			emotionally and psychologically
			fit for command of this starship?
			There is nothing in his history
			or his personality that might
			suggest... mental lapses?

					TROI
			Nothing.

					REMMICK
			Not even the Ferengi incident with
			his old ship, the Stargazer?

					TROI
			He was being controlled by a
			mind-altering machine, Commander.
			Without his knowledge.

					REMMICK
			I would say that was a mental
			lapse.

20   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi is working on a panel as Remmick questions him.

					REMMICK
			So, you are saying Captain Picard
			had no control over this vessel.
			He handed it over to Kosinski,
			who took the entire crew to some
			sort of "alternate" universe.

					GEORDI
			No, sir. That's not what I'm
			saying. Kosinski was sent by
			Starfleet to improve our warp
			drive. The captain was ordered
			to take him aboard.

					REMMICK
			According to his own logs, the
			bridge crew didn't think highly
			of Mister Kosinski's theories, yet
			the captain allowed him access
			to the engines anyway. Is that
			true, La Forge?

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT TWO      22.

20   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Not exactly, sir.

					REMMICK
			One way or the other, La Forge,
			Picard lost control of this ship.
			Is that true?

					GEORDI
			Yes, but that's not how it
			happened.

					REMMICK
			So, the answer is yes.

	Geordi is completely frustrated as Remmick makes
	notes.

21   OMITTED

22   INT. HOLODECK (OPTICAL)

	It's empty and SILENT. Wesley stares off into the
	distance, frowning. Worf ENTERS, startling Wesley.

					WORF
			Ensign Crusher... What are you
			doing on the Holodeck? I thought
			you were still on Relva 7.

					WESLEY
			I'm through testing for the day.

					WORF
			I'm sorry if I disturbed you.
			I'll leave.

					WESLEY
			No! Stay. I thought I wanted
			to be by myself, but I guess I
			didn't really.

					WORF
			How is the testing?

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT TWO      23.

22   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Okay. So far. It's not the ones
			I've studied for I'm worried
			about. It's the Psych Test,
			facing my deepest fear and living
			through it. I don't even know
			what it is. I'm trying to figure
			out what images to bring up.

					WORF
			Why?

					WESLEY
			I wanna scare myself. What do
			you think -- Bulgallian rats?
			Lightning storm?

					WORF
			Do those things frighten you?

					WESLEY
			Kinda. But's it's exciting, too.
			You know, that rolling feeling
			in your stomach?

					WORF
			No. I don't know. Wesley... The
			Psych Test is no more or less
			important than the rest of the
			process.

					WESLEY
			That's what they said, but it's
			all I can think about.

					WORF
			Thinking about what you can't
			control simply wastes your energy
			and creates its own fear.

					WESLEY
				(angry)
			How can they know what my deepest
			fear is when I don't?

					WORF
				(shrugs)
			By analyzing your psychological
			profile. They were right about
			everyone I tested with. Including
			myself.

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT TWO      24.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			You? I didn't think there was
			anything that could frighten a
			Klingon warrior.

					WORF
			Only fools have no fear.

					WESLEY
			I'm sorry, Lieutenant Worf. I
			shouldn't ask so many personal
			questions.

	Worf stares at Wesley for a moment.

					WORF
			It is very... difficult for me
			to depend on anyone else. For
			anything. But especially for my
			life.

					WESLEY
			But on the Enterprise you do that
			every day. Everyone depends on
			everyone else to protect them.

					WORF
			Yes.

					WESLEY
			Then you got over it.

					WORF
			No. It is still my enemy.

	Wesley looks at Worf with intense admiration.

23   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker are at the Aft Station reviewing
	supply choices. Remmick stands, watching and making
	entries.

					RIKER
			... With this new extricator, sir,
			we could eliminate three other
			bulky machines from cargo space.

					PICARD
			Excellent, Number One.

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT TWO      25.

23   CONTINUED:

					TASHA
			Captain, there's an unauthorized
			entry in Main Shuttlebay.

	Remmick becomes intensely interested.

					REMMICK
			"Unauthorized?"

					PICARD
			Who is it, Lieutenant?

					TASHA
			The computer reads the I.D.
			number of... Jake Kurland.

					PICARD
			Bridge to Main Shuttlebay.
			Mister Kurland... This is Captain
			Picard. Respond.

					REMMICK
			Isn't the area secured? I want
			answers.

					RIKER
			Not now, Remmick... Captain, he's
			going to take her out.

					PICARD
			Lock off the bay launch doors.

					WORF
			Too late, sir. He's using the
			flight emergency override...

					GEORDI
			Smart kid.

	Remmick's taking notes.

					TASHA
			... He's launching!

					PICARD
			Enterprise to shuttlecraft.
			Mister Kurland.

23A  EXT. SPACE - THE SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	It LAUNCHES.

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT TWO      26.

24   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT - COCKPIT

	Jake's at the controls.

					JAKE
			Captain Picard. I'm going to
			Beltane Nine to sign onto a
			freighter. Tell my father I'm
			sorry.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Tell him in person. Bring the
			ship back. Now.

	Jake shakes his head and WHISPERS:

					JAKE
			No. I can't face him. I'm
			leaving.

	Jake works the controls, and the shuttle LURCHES, the
	LIGHTS DIM, the ENGINE NOISE DIES. His face shows
	panic as he frantically recomputes, and works the
	controls again.

					JAKE
				(continuing)
			I've lost power!

25   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The crew is shocked by Jake's mistake.

					RIKER
			All he's got left are his
			maneuvering jets.

					GEORDI
			At that trajectory, he'll hit the
			atmosphere and melt at two hundred
			kilometers.

					PICARD
			Probable impact?

					DATA
			Atmospheric entry... seventy-eight
			seconds.

					PICARD
			Options?

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT TWO      27.

25   CONTINUED:

					TASHA
			He's out of transporter range.

					WORF
			Tractor beam?

					RIKER
			Won't work. He's too far away
			for a positive lock.

					REMMICK
			You're completely responsible for
			that boy's life, Captain.

					PICARD
				(to Remmick)
			Either get out of my way and be
			quiet, or I will have you escorted
			from the bridge... Visual on
			shuttle cockpit.

					TASHA
			Visual on Main Viewer.

	Jake's face APPEARS on the Main Viewer. He's
	terrified.

					JAKE (V.O.)
			The engine's dead. What am I
			gonna do?

					PICARD
			Stay calm, Jake. We'll get you
			back.

	The crew looks anxiously at Jake on the Viewer, then
	at Picard, who is grim.

25A  INT. SHUTTLECRAFT - COCKPIT (HIS P.O.V.) (OPTICAL)

	As Jake watches Relva 7 looming closer by the second.

					JAKE
			Please help me!

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT THREE     28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

26   EXT. SPACE - SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	as it hurtles towards Relva 7.

27   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT - COCKPIT (CONTINUOUS ACTION)
(OPTICAL)

	Jake's futilely fighting the useless controls. Relva 7
	looms even CLOSER on his Viewer.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Jake!

					JAKE
			It's no use, Captain. I'm going
			to die out here.

28   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	ON the Main Viewer, Jake is desolate.

					PICARD
			Mister Kurland! You are not going
			to die out there. Do exactly
			as I tell you. Take the nose of
			the shuttle and aim it directly
			at Relva 7.

	Riker and the others REACT to this, startled.

29   OMITTED

30   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT - COCKPIT (OPTICAL)

	The planet's COMING CLOSER.

					JAKE
			Aim it at Relva? I can't do
			that. It's crazy.

     STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT THREE     29.

31   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The crew watches grimly.

					DATA
			Twenty-eight seconds to impact...

					PICARD
			Jake, listen carefully. I'm the
			captain and I'm giving you an
			order. Aim the shuttle at Relva.
			Now.

32   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT - COCKPIT (OPTICAL)

	Jake hesitates, then maneuvers the nose of the craft
	directly at Relva.

					JAKE
			Okay. It's done.

33   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard is monitoring Data's console.

					PICARD
			Good. Monitor your speed
			exactly. When it hits point zero-two-zero,
			I want you to restart
			the engine and pull up, hard!

33A  INT. SHUTTLECRAFT - COCKPIT

	ON Jake's face.

					JAKE
			Point zero-two-zero speed...
			Captain, I sure hope you're right.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			You'll just have to trust me.

					JAKE
				(nodding)
			Point zero-zero-three; zero-zero-nine;
			zero-one-two...

     STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT THREE     30.

33B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker and the others tensely watch Jake's face.
	He's pouring sweat.

					PICARD
			Hang on tight. It's going to be
			bumpy.

					JAKE (V.O.)
			Zero-one-five, zero-one-nine.

					PICARD
			Now! Start the engine!

33C  INT. SHUTTLECRAFT - COCKPIT (OPTICAL)

	Jake starts the engine. WE HEAR IT CATCH as he pulls
	the shuttle up.

33D  EXT. SPACE - SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	WE SEE the shuttle angle off the planet's atmosphere.

34   OMITTED

35   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	CHEERS all around, including Remmick, who's standing
	over the console.

					RIKER
			Incredible, Captain!

					REMMICK
			He bounced her off the atmosphere!

					PICARD
			Mister Kurland, can you maneuver the
			shuttle home?

					JAKE (V.O.)
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Do so. Then report to Mister Riker.

	Jake is so relieved, he doesn't care he's in deep
	trouble.

     STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT THREE     31.

35   CONTINUED:

					JAKE (V.O.)
			Yes, sir!

					RIKER
			Main Shuttle Bay, prepare to
			receive shuttle.

	Remmick stops smiling.

					REMMICK
			Very... original, Captain. But
			how did this child gain access
			to a Shuttlecraft?

					RIKER
			Kurland is a highly qualified
			Enterprise Academy candidate and
			fully trained in many areas ...
			including shuttles.

					REMMICK
			And did this "full" training
			include discipline?

					PICARD
			Young men sometimes make rash
			choices, Mister Remmick. Which is
			why Mister Kurland will receive a
			strong refresher specifically in
			discipline...

					REMMICK
			I'll note that in my report.

	Picard turns away from Remmick as Riker starts to
	protest:

					PICARD
			Full cooperation, Number One.

36   EXT. RELVA 7 (OPTICAL)

	ESTABLISHING.

37   INT. RELVA 7 - CORRIDOR

	Wesley walks down the hall as Oliana is having an
	intense M.O.S. discussion with Chang outside his
	office. He's telling her what her point standing is
	in relation to the other candidates. Chang ENTERS
	his office, leaving her there looking dejected.

     STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT THREE     32.

37   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Oliana!

					OLIANA
			Oh. Hi, Wes.

					WESLEY
			I, um, thought you might want to
			have lunch... together.

					OLIANA
			Thanks, but I'm not very hungry.

					WESLEY
			Oh... okay.

	She pats him on the hand.

					OLIANA
			It's not you... it's just that
			Mordock and you are so far ahead
			in points, I'll never catch up.

					WESLEY
			Oh. Sorry.
				(worried)
			You're not leaving., are you?

					OLIANA
			And give up? Never. Besides,
			it'll be good practice for next
			year. See you later.

	She's almost back to her cheerful self. Wesley stares
	after her thoughtfully, then turns around, almost
	bumping into Mordock.

					MORDOCK
			Ah, Wesley. Distracted by the
			female human again. No matter.
			It does not seem to diminish your
			mental faculties. You do good
			work.

					WESLEY
			Me? No, you're the one. I've
			studied the Mordock Strategy...

					MORDOCK
			Are you a player of Benzite chess?

     STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT THREE     33.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			Sure!

					MORDOCK
			If you like, we can discuss this
			at lunch... I am hungry.

	Wesley cheers up.

					WESLEY
			Me too!

	They start towards the Mess Hall. RONDON, an
	irritable, powerful-looking Alien, WALKS TOWARDS them
	with a package under his arm.

					RONDON
				(to Wesley)
			You. I have a package for
			Operations. Where is it?

					WESLEY
			End of the corridor on your right.
			Room 406...

	As Rondon walks away, he BUMPS right into Wesley.

					RONDON
			You blocked my path... you
			Bulgallian sludge rat!

	TAC Officer Chang LEAVES his office and HEADS their
	way.

					WESLEY
			I apologize. An honest mistake,
			okay? I'm sorry.

					CHANG
			Is there a problem here,
			gentlemen?

					WESLEY
			No, sir... I, he...

					RONDON
				(shouting)
			How dare you! I am Rondon, you
			despicable Melanoid slimeworm!
				(raises fist)
			Liar!

     STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT THREE     34.

37   CONTINUED: (3)

	Wesley sees the fist and suddenly becomes tough and
	straightforward. He advances towards Rondon.

					WESLEY
			Who do you think you're bullying?
			You bumped into me. It was your
			mistake. You were rude.
				(assuming defense
				 posture)
			Do you want this to become
			violent?

	Mordock moves to separate them, but Chang motions him
	back, as Wesley holds his ground. Abruptly, Rondon
	warmly pats Wesley on the Back.

					RONDON
			Friend. I like you.

	He turns and is GONE. Mordock is confused.

					MORDOCK
			A very strange reaction.

					WESLEY
			Not really. When he held up his
			hand, I could see it was
			webbed... the sign of a Zaldan.

					CHANG
			But you became hostile.

					WESLEY
			Zaldans are infuriated by
			courtesy. They see it as a form
			of phony social behavior, designed
			to hide real feelings.

					CHANG
			Congratulations, Mister Crusher.
			You handled that particular
			incident very well.

	Mordock is alerted.

					MORDOCK
			Was that "incident" deliberate?

					CHANG
			It's important to know how you
			candidates deal with other
			cultures, other species.

     STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT THREE     35.

37   CONTINUED: (4)

					MORDOCK
			Then it was a test.

					CHANG
			Yes. Not all tests are
			announced. Or what they appear
			to be.

	He smiles and LEAVES.

					MORDOCK
			Zaldans have webbed fingers?
			I wouldn't have passed.

	They share a look. They can't relax for a second.

38   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	still in orbit.

39   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - MONTAGE

	Remmick holds court as he interviews the bridge
	Officers, one by one. First is Data:

					REMMICK
			Commander Data, I'm getting very
			little cooperation from the bridge
			crew. You're an android, correct?

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

					REMMICK
			And as an android, you are
			programmed to tell the entire
			truth?

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

					REMMICK
			There is a problem with this ship,
			Mister Data. It's in the records,
			somewhere. I need your help to
			find it.

					DATA
			All the ship's records are
			available to you, sir.

     STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT THREE     36.

39   CONTINUED:

					REMMICK
			This information is very cleverly
			hidden. Your captain is not what
			he appears to be. Do not forget
			you have loyalty to Starfleet
			above all else.

					DATA
			Loyalty is not the issue,
			Commander. There is nothing wrong
			with Captain Picard -- or the
			ship's logs. Therefore there must
			be something wrong with your
			original assumption.

					REMMICK
			That is not acceptable, Mister Data.

					DATA
			Acceptable or not, sir, it is the
			truth.

									CUT TO:

	Remmick interviewing Worf:

					REMMICK
				(looking at some notes)
			Just how did this contaminant come
			on board?

					WORF
			By accident, sir.

					REMMICK
			Meaning Captain Picard has no
			standing procedure for this type
			of situation?

					WORF
			No. Meaning "by accident" sir.

					REMMICK
			You don't like me very much, do
			you?

					WORF
			Is it required, sir?

									CUT TO:

	Remmick interviewing Beverly:

     STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT THREE     37.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

					REMMICK
			How would you characterize your
			relationship with Captain Picard?

					BEVERLY
			We're officers of Starfleet who
			have known each other for many
			years.

	Remmick leans in towards her.

					REMMICK
			Everything said here is
			confidential, Doctor. You can
			be completely open with me.

					BEVERLY
			About what?

					REMMICK
			About how you feel serving with
			a man who was responsible for the
			death of your husband.

					BEVERLY
			My personal feelings about
			Captain Picard are irrelevant
			to this investigation. And none
			of your business.

									CUT TO:

	Remmick with Picard.

					REMMICK
			Then you confirm the logs are
			accurate: you violated the Prime
			Directive with the Edo? You
			deliberately interfered with their
			laws?

					PICARD
			Yes. It's exactly as I explained
			it in the log records.

					REMMICK
			All to save Doctor Crusher's son?

					PICARD
			One of my crew was held unjustly.
			I stand by my decision.

     STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT THREE     38.

39   CONTINUED: (3)

	Remmick fumbles around, looking for something else to
	ask.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Mister Remmick, you have talked to
			everyone on this ship. I think
			you've had enough time to find
			out whatever it is you need to
			know.

					REMMICK
			Are you worried that if I keep
			looking I'll find what you're
			guilty of?

					PICARD
			The only thing I'm guilty of is
			allowing this charade to go on
			too long.

	He gets up, as WE:

40   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT FOUR      39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

41   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Relva 7.

42   INT. ENTERPRISE - ADMIRAL'S QUARTERS

	The admiral looks weary as Picard and he watch each
	other carefully.

					PICARD
			If it's me you're after, Admiral,
			ask me directly what you want to
			know. Then tell me exactly what's
			going on.

					QUINN
			I need a little more time,
			Jean-Luc.

					PICARD
			How much time? I won't tolerate
			my crew being harassed any longer.

					QUINN
			Remmick's full report is almost
			ready.

					PICARD
			I want to be here when he presents
			it.

					QUINN
			That has always been my intention.

	Quinn pushes a com button near his hand.

					QUINN
				(continuing)
			Commander Remmick, report to
			Admiral Quinn.

					REMMICK'S COM VOICE
			On my way, sir.

	Picard looks at Quinn sadly.

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT FOUR      40.

42   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			This has been a strain on our
			friendship.

					QUINN
			I know. Believe me, Jean-Luc,
			I regret that, but it has been
			necessary.

43   EXT. RELVA 7 (OPTICAL)

	ESTABLISHING.

44   INT. RELVA 7 - CLASSROOM

	The four finalists are again in front of their separate
	computer screens. Chang is at the front of the room.

					CHANG
			This test will be graded as to
			the number of problems you
			complete within the allotted time.

	As the computers LIGHT UP, he LEAVES the room.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			The Carlundrum I.Q. Test will now
			appear. The task is to predict
			the variable patterns of Platonic
			Solids. Your responses will be
			timed. Begin.

	The four students stare at their separate screens as
	images APPEAR. Wesley watches the screen as various
	SHAPES (triangles, squares, etc.) APPEAR in various
	COLORS and PATTERNS, SPINNING in a space, ROTATING
	along their axes, and REAPPEARING with DIFFERENT
	markings. The PICTURE CHANGES rapidly from one to
	another in seemingly meaningless combinations. Wesley
	watches, then begins his move.

45   ANGLE ON WESLEY AND MORDOCK

	as they continue to predict the patterns and program
	the shapes and colors onto the screen before the
	computer does. Wesley is really having a good time.
	Mordock, on the other hand, is tense and misses one
	or two sequences, then has to go back.

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT FOUR      41.

46   ACROSS THE ROOM

	T'Shanik moves methodically and calmly through the
	problems. Oliana moves with great bursts of energy,
	then pauses.

47   WESLEY

	pushes the console with ease. The time is rapidly
	diminishing. Mordock begins to struggle.

					MORDOCK
			I... I can't get... it.

					WESLEY
			Don't fight it. Relax into it
			and just do it automatically.

					MORDOCK
			No... it's going too fast!

	Mordock jabs at the controls, but his fingers trip over
	one another. Wesley glances over to Mordock's screen.

					WESLEY
			You're doing all right...

	Wesley looks back to his screen, and keeps up, but has
	lost a few seconds.

					MORDOCK
			No... no. Wesley, I can't do it.

	Wesley glances away again, points at Mordock's screen.

					WESLEY
			(DIALOGUE TO BE WRITTEN)

	Mordock realizes he's right, and punches the
	combination in, finishing the test. The last set of
	SHAPES FLASH different COLORS. Wesley finishes his
	test a beat later.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Test completed.

	Mordock is very upset as Chang COMES BACK INTO the
	room.

					MORDOCK
			Mister Chang...

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT FOUR      42.

47   CONTINUED:

					CHANG
			Congratulations, Mordock. That
			was the second fastest time
			recorded on this test. You all
			did well.

					MORDOCK
			It should not have been that way.
			Mister Crusher helped me.

					CHANG
			Yes. I know. An interesting
			choice, Mister Crusher. Especially
			considering how close you and Mister
			Mordock are in overall score.

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir.

					CHANG
			You all have an hour to prepare
			for your last test.

					WESLEY
			The Psych Test, sir?

					CHANG
			We prefer to think of it as a
			psychological evaluation based
			on reactions to various individual
			problems.
				(smiles)
			But the Psych Test will do.

48   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	orbiting Relva 7.

49   INT. ENTERPRISE - ADMIRAL'S QUARTERS

	Remmick ENTERS.

					REMMICK
			Sir.

					QUINN
			Please sit down, Mister Remmick.
			Proceed with your report.

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT FOUR      43.

49   CONTINUED:

	Picard is intent, ready and willing to hear Remmick's
	findings. Remmick is very uncomfortable.

					REMMICK
			Admiral, I've done my best to be
			objective during this
			investigation. And yet, I feel
			a sense of failure.

	He hesitates.

					QUINN
			Continue.

					REMMICK
			I couldn't find what you asked,
			sir. I spoke with officer after
			officer, at length. I probed the
			log reports. And I have found
			nothing wrong. Except, perhaps,
			a casual familiarity among the
			bridge crew, but... mostly that
			comes from a sense of teamwork.
				(beat)
			I'm sorry, sir. I did my best.

					QUINN
			Quite. You're dismissed,
			Commander.

					REMMICK
			Yes, sir.

	He gets up to leave, and pauses at the door.

					REMMICK
				(continuing)
			Captain Picard, my tour in the
			Inspector General's office will
			be up in six months. When I'm
			finished, this is where I'd like
			to serve, sir.

	He nods and LEAVES. Picard looks at Quinn.

					QUINN
			Don't judge the young man too
			harshly. He's a good officer.

					PICARD
			It's not him I'm judging.

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT FOUR      44.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					QUINN
			Don't judge me too harshly,
			either. Not until I'm finished.
			We had to be very sure about you.
				(beat)
			Some time ago, a few of us in
			Starfleet Command became
			suspicious of problems within
			the Federation.

					PICARD
			What kind of problems?

					QUINN
			Something or someone is trying
			to destroy the fabric of all we've
			built over the last two hundred
			years.

					PICARD
			What's your evidence?

					QUINN
			I can't go into that. Too many
			other people are involved. But
			if we're right, this is the most
			critical time in the history of
			the Federation.

					PICARD
			What do you want from me?

					QUINN
			I don't know if the threat is
			coming from within or from the
			outside. I need people I can trust
			in strong positions throughout
			the Federation.

					PICARD
			You have my complete support.
			You know that.

					QUINN
			Not enough. I want to promote
			you to admiral, Jean-Luc. I want
			you to take over as Commandant
			of Starfleet Academy.

					PICARD
			The Academy?

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT FOUR      45.

49   CONTINUED: (3)

					QUINN
			Yes. I need you close.

					PICARD
			Then there was never a problem
			with the Enterprise.

					QUINN
			No. I had to be sure you hadn't
			been co-opted.

					PICARD
			Greg, the real issue is politics.
			I'm no good at politics. Surely
			there are others more suited.

	Picard isn't sure how to take all of this.

					QUINN
			I sense you're doubtful about
			this. All right. Suppose it's
			the rambling paranoia of an old
			man. Even if I am wrong, and I
			hope I am, you're still the best
			man for the job.

					PICARD
			I appreciate the value of what
			you're offering. It's not
			something I can decide quickly.

	Quinn pushes him.

					QUINN
			I need your answer soon, Captain.

					PICARD
			All right. You'll have it
			tonight, Admiral.

	As they shake hands, WE

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT FIVE      46.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

50   EXT. RELVA 7 (OPTICAL)

	ESTABLISHING.

51   INT. RELVA 7 - CORRIDOR

	Wesley sits nervously waiting outside the Testing Room.
	He closes his eyes and tries to do breathing exercises
	to keep himself calm. Chang COMES OUT of the Testing
	Room.

					CHANG
			Mister Mordock will be finished with
			his Psych Test momentarily.

	Wesley watches the door, waiting. It slides OPEN, but
	no one is there. Then... Mordock EMERGES, badly
	shaken, his face covered with sweat. He looks down
	at his hands.

					WESLEY
			Mordock? Are you... all right?

	Mordock tries not to scare Wesley.

					MORDOCK
			I will be...

					CHANG
			Mister Crusher... you're next. Good
			luck.

	Chang gestures for Wesley to enter. Wesley hesitates,
	then STEPS THROUGH. The door slides SHUT behind him.

52   OMITTED

53   INT. RELVA 7 - TESTING ROOM

	An ordinary room. White walls, two or three chairs, no
	windows. Wesley looks around for some guidance as to
	the next step. He waits a beat, then looks around and
	decides to sit down. Still nothing.

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT FIVE      47.

53   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Hello?

	He gets up and starts to pace.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			I'm here. I'm, uh, ready.

	Nothing. He sits down again.

					WESLEY
				(continuing; muttering)
			Maybe they forgot.

	Wesley jumps up again and resumes pacing.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			Breathe. Gotta remember to
			breathe.

	He's startled by something -- a sound, a sense of
	something wrong. He becomes alert, checking out the
	room. He takes another deep breath, then realizes he
	hears something in the distance -- MUFFLED THUD. He
	moves towards the door he entered. He listens intently
	near the door, and hears a LOUDER NOISE. Wesley opens
	the door manually and ENTERS the corridor.

54   INT. RELVA 7 - LONG CORRIDOR

	Several more O.S. EXPLOSIONS. Wesley runs towards its
	source. He reaches a door and hears ALARMS RINGING
	and another EXPLOSION. The door says: "ENVIRONMENTAL
	MAINTENANCE LABORATORY." He runs down the empty
	corridor and YELLS.

					WESLEY
			Somebody help! Something's wrong
			in the lab!

	There is no response. Then he hears:

					TECHNICIAN #1 (V.O.)
			Help! We're trapped. Help!
			We're gonna die.

					COMPUTER VOICE (V.O.)
			Evacuate immediately. Sixty-five
			seconds to life-support seal-off.

	Wesley presses the wallplate and the door GLIDES OPEN.

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT FIVE      48.

55   INT. RELVA 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL LAB

	Wesley ENTERS cautiously. The door CLOSES behind him.
	WIND HOWLS through the room, which has been partially
	trashed by the explosions. It's FREEZING. A large
	pipe has fractured, allowing fumes of liquid hydrogen
	(or another gas) and a vortex of wind to act as a barrier
	between Wesley and the TWO TECHNICIANS.

	TECHNICIAN #1 is cowered in a corner, uninjured,
	YELLING, on the other side of the wind tunnel. His
	pathway out is partially blocked by debris, so he must
	cross the vortex to get to the door.

	TECHNICIAN #2, is trapped, under a piece of equipment
	on the far side of the vortex, not far from Technician
	#1.

	Wesley hesitates, then makes his way ACROSS the HOWLING
	WIND to the injured Technician. The WIND and COLD
	continue to batter the two of them.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Evacuate immediately. Forty-five
			seconds to life-support seal-off.

	Wesley tries to move the equipment off the trapped
	man.

					WESLEY
				(to Technician #1)
			Help me move this!

	The Technician remains cowered in the corner, shaking
	his head. Wesley keeps pushing the equipment.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			You have to help me!

					TECHNICIAN #1
			I can't! It's too late. We're
			going to die! The liquid
			hydrogen's gonna blow!

					TECHNICIAN #2
			Please don't leave me! The
			shut-off valve ruptured. If we
			don't get out of here fast,
			they'll seal us off to contain
			the explosion!

      STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT FIVE      49.

55   CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Evacuate immediately. Twenty-five
			seconds to seal-off.

	Wesley finds something to use as a lever. The
	equipment begins to move slightly. Beads of sweat pour
	off Wesley's face as he makes a Herculean last effort.
	Technician #2's leg is free. Wesley drags him out.
	He turns to Technician #1.

					WESLEY
			Come on!

					TECHNICIAN #1
			There's no way out! I can't move
			through that!

					WESLEY
			You have to. I can't carry you
			both! You can walk. Come on.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Evacuate immediately. Five
			seconds to seal-off.

	Technician #1 remains terrified in the corner. Wesley
	hesitates a moment, then half-carries, half-drags
	Technician #2 through the vortex towards the exit.
	He looks back:

					WESLEY
			I'm sorry.

	Wesley pulls Technician #2 THROUGH THE DOOR to the
	corridor.

56   INT. RELVA 7 - CORRIDOR

	Wesley pulls Technician #2 THROUGH THE DOOR INTO the
	corridor. The door SNAPS SHUT behind him. Chang is
	standing there, waiting. Wesley's heart is pounding,
	his adrenaline up.

					WESLEY
			Officer Chang! There's been an...

					CHANG
			It's all right, Wesley.

	The "injured" Technician gets up, brushes himself off,
	and shakes Wesley's hand. Wesley's shocked.

          STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT FIVE          50.

56   CONTINUED:

					TECHNICIAN #2
			Thanks.

	He WALKS down the corridor, leaving Wesley with Chang.
	Wesley's still pale and breathing shallowly, when
	Technician #1 EXITS the Lab, nods to them both, and
	FOLLOWS the other Technician.

					CHANG.
			Excellent performance, Mister
			Crusher.

					WESLEY
			Performance?!... That was the test.

					CHANG
			Yes.

					WESLEY
			But a man died!

					CHANG
			Theoretically, yes. You had to
			make a choice. And you did.
			There's no right or wrong about
			it. Your greatest fear has been
			that you couldn't make that
			decision.

	Wesley just looks at him, and nods his head slowly.

					WESLEY
			Because of my father? Because
			Cap... someone made that choice
			and my father died.

	Chang smiles and pats Wesley on the shoulder.

57   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	orbiting Relva 7.

58   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard is standing as Riker ENTERS.

					RIKER
			Sir?

          STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT FIVE          51.

58   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Yes, Number One?

					RIKER
			Mister Remmick has left the ship.

					PICARD
			Yes. He found nothing wrong on
			the Enterprise. You may inform
			the crew that Admiral Quinn is
			most impressed.

					RIKER
			Thank you. They'll be pleased...
			Can you explain now what he was
			after?

					PICARD
			They were after me, Number One.
			They want me to take over as
			Commandant of Starfleet Academy.

					RIKER
			Congratulations! What a wonderful
			choice, sir! You'll be able to
			shape the minds of the future
			leaders of Starfleet.

	He looks at Picard, realizes his ambivalence.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			You haven't decided what you're
			going to do.

					PICARD
			Yes I have, Number One. I'm
			going for a walk.

59   EXT. RELVA 7 (OPTICAL)

	ESTABLISHING.

60   INT. RELVA 7 - CLASSROOM

	Chang is at the front of the class as the four students
	await his decision. Wesley, Oliana and Mordock are
	nervous, T'Shanik impassive.

          STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT FIVE          52.

60   CONTINUED:

					CHANG
			I'm proud of all of you. You've
			done a superb job. Each of you
			would make a fine Starfleet
			officer. It's unfair that only
			one candidate from Relva will
			attend the Academy this year --
			and a loss to the Federation if
			the rest of you do not return to
			test again... Mister Mordock will
			be the candidate. His results
			were slightly higher than Mister
			Crusher's. Congratulations, Mister
			Mordock. You are the first
			Benzite in Starfleet.

	Wesley slumps in his seat. Mordock looks at all of
	them, then turns to Chang.

					MORDOCK
			Thank you, sir, but it's not
			right. It shouldn't be me.
			Wesley lost points because he
			helped me. He shouldn't be
			punished for his generosity.

					CHANG
			He wasn't. He lost time, but
			it wasn't only that...
			Candidates, thank you and good
			luck.

	They all stand as Chang EXITS.

					MORDOCK
			I am sorry, Wesley.

					WESLEY
			It's okay. You deserved to win.
			Besides, you would've done the
			same thing for me.

	They all look questioningly at Mordock, who hesitates.
	Then he looks at his comrades:

					MORDOCK
			Yes. I believe I would.

	T'Shanik APPROACHES Mordock.

					T'SHANIK
			Congratulations.

          STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT FIVE          53.

60   CONTINUED: (2)

	She nods to the others and LEAVES the room as Oliana
	and Wesley shake hands with Mordock.

					OLIANA
			Well, personally, I hate losing.
			So you'd better be ready next
			year, Wesley. I won't be easy
			to beat.

	Wesley smiles at the thought of seeing her again,
	whatever the circumstances.

61   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	ESTABLISHING.

62
thru	OMITTED
63

64   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard strides down the corridor when he runs into
	Jake Kurland, who takes one look at him and would like
	to be anywhere else on the Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Mister Kurland!

					JAKE
			Yes, sir.

	Picard is uncomfortable around him.

					PICARD
			Are you... feeling better?

					JAKE
			Yes, sir... I'm sorry I damaged
			the shuttle. But Mister Riker says
			I can work on fixing it as part
			of my "discipline" training.

					PICARD
			Good idea. I hope you learned
			that running away doesn't solve
			anything, young man.

					JAKE
			Yes, sir. I'm sorry I messed up.

          STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT FIVE          54.

64   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I know. But you did keep your
			wits about you out there... don't
			forget that.

					JAKE
			No, sir. And... thank you for
			saving my life.

	Now Picard would rather be anywhere else on the ship.

					PICARD
			You're welcome.

	He turns and WALKS BACK the other way.

64A  OMITTED

65   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Wesley stands there, alone and melancholy, staring at
	the starfield outside the window. Picard ENTERS.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher? Why aren't you in
			your dress uniform for Admiral
			Quinn's farewell dinner?

					WESLEY
			I... I didn't think it would be
			appropriate.

					PICARD
			Why not?

					WESLEY
			I failed, Captain. I didn't get
			into the Academy. I failed you...
			and the Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Ridiculous. Did you do your best?

	A beat. Wesley nods.

          STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT FIVE          55.

65   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			When you test next year -- and
			you will test again -- do you
			think your performance will
			improve?

					WESLEY
			Well, yes...

					PICARD
			Good. The only person you're
			truly competing against is
			yourself.

					WESLEY
			Then you're not disappointed?

					PICARD
			Your failures and successes have
			to be measured within, Wesley.
			Not by me or anyone else... But
			if it helps you to know this, I
			failed my first time. And you
			may not tell anyone!

					WESLEY
			You? You failed?

					PICARD
			Yes. But not the second time.
			Now, do me the honor of sitting
			next to me at dinner. I'm going
			to have to disappoint an old
			friend.

	Picard smiles at Wesley as they walk to the door.

65A  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Quinn stand next to the platform. The only
	other person in the room is Tasha, at the controls.

					QUINN
			I wish I could convince you to
			change your mind.

					PICARD
			I'll serve you better here.

	Quinn gives up.

          STAR TREK: "Coming Of Age" - 12/30/87 - ACT FIVE          56.

65A  CONTINUED:

					QUINN
			This is where you belong.

					PICARD
			If you need me...

	Quinn brushes aside Picard's concern.

					QUINN
			I've been playing politics too
			long. Perhaps I see conspiracy
			everywhere. Don't worry.

	Quinn shakes Picard's hand and then steps onto the
	platform.

					QUINN
				(continuing)
			Safe travels, my friend.

	Quinn nods to Tasha, who works the console. Picard
	stares at Quinn for a long time, as if memorizing what
	he looks like. The admiral is BEAMED DOWN.

65B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard STEPS OFF the turbolift. He walks to where
	Wesley sits at the Conn, and stands between Wesley and
	Data.

					PICARD
			Set course to Algeron 4, Mister
			Crusher.

					WESLEY
			Course plotted and laid in, sir.

					PICARD
			You know, we're really alike, you
			and I. Both explorers to the
			core... Engage, Mister Crusher.

	Wesley smiles happily at Picard's praise.

66   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moves off to its next destination, as WE:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         
                            THE END                             











                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                       "Heart Of Glory" 
                          #40271-120 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Maurice Hurley 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rob Bowman 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                       REV. FINAL DRAFT

                       JANUARY 13, 1988

         STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Heart Of Glory" 

                             CAST 

                PICARD             KLINGONS
                RIKER                CAPTAIN KORRIS
                BEVERLY              LIEUTENANT KONMEL
                DATA                 KUNIVAS
                TASHA                CAPTAIN K'NERA
                WORF               
                GEORDI              
                NURSE              
                GUARD (RAMOS)      
                Non-Speaking       
                  MOTHER             
                  DAUGHTER           
                  SECURITY TEAM      
                  ONE GUARD          

         STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Heart Of Glory" 

                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              Main bridge
              Transporter Room         THE BATRIS
              Sickbay
              Guest Quarters
              Various corridors
              Security Area
              Main Engineering
          
            THE BATRIS
              corridor
              Main Engineering
              Auxiliary Control Room
              - Engineering Compartment

       STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - TEASER       1.
                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                       "Heart Of Glory"                            

                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

A1	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving at sub-warp.

1    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Minimum BRIDGE CREW -- TASHA; GEORDI is at Conn; DATA at
	Ops; RIKER and PICARD in the Command Position. WORF
	turns from his Aft Station.

					WORF
			Captain! Communication from
			Starfleet. They have recorded
			a disturbance in the Neutral Zone.

2    REACTIONS

					PICARD
			What is the nature of the
			disturbance?

					WORF
			A battle. Quadrant nine --
			coordinates zero-seven-zero, mark
			three. No information who is
			involved. They are asking if we
			can investigate.

					PICARD
			Answer "affirmative."
				(to Geordi)
			Lieutenant La Forge, lay in the
			course.

					DATA
			Captain, I have no reports of any
			Federation ships in that area.

					RIKER
			Ferengi?

					PICARD
			It's a little out of their area.

     STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - REV. 1/14/88 - TEASER     2.

2    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Should we separate the saucer?

					PICARD
			Let's get some more information
			first.

					GEORDI
			Course set.

					PICARD
			Speed -- warp seven.

					GEORDI
			Warp seven. Aye.

					PICARD
			Engage.

3    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it warps towards us.

4    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

It's very tense. Worf at Science; Data at Ops; Picard --
alert, watching.

					GEORDI
			We are approaching the Neutral
			Zone.

					TASHA
			Sir... Sensors indicate several
			recent photon explosions and heavy
			phaser activity.

					DATA
			I have analyzed the residue of
			the explosives. They are not of
			any known Ferengi design. It is
			possibly Romulan.

	Picard REACTS.

       STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - TEASER       3.

4    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			That's a name we haven't heard
			for a while.

					RIKER
			And I could have gone a lot longer
			without hearing it.

					PICARD
			If the Romulans have returned to
			this sector we should know about
			it.

					RIKER
			Shall we move to the Battle
			bridge?

					PICARD
			Not yet. Worf, any further
			activity?

					WORF
			Negative, sir.

					PICARD
			Slow to half impulse.

					GEORDI
			Slowing to one-half impulse.

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship comes out of warp speed.

6    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Everyone is tense and expectant.

					GEORDI
			Entering quadrant nine-zero-seven,
			mark three.

					PICARD
			Shields and deflectors up.

					DATA
			I have located a ship. It is
			drifting.

     STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - REV. 1/15/88 - TEASER     4.

6    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			On the Main Viewer.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

7    ANGLE TO INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	There is a distant ship.

					PICARD
			Magnify!

	The IMAGE on the Screen INCREASES in size. It is now
	possible to see extensive battle damage.

					DATA
			The life-support systems on the
			ship are failing, propulsion,
			navigation, and all
			communication, inoperative.

					PICARD
			Any trace of the other ship?

					DATA
			None, sir.

					RIKER
			If it is a Romulan vessel, it
			could be cloaked.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Send this to Starfleet. We are
			entering the Neutral Zone.
				(to Geordi)
			Get us in a little closer, Mister
			La Forge. Stay sharp everyone.

8    OMITTED

9    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - TO INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	which displays THE BATRIS. Everyone studies the damaged
	vessel as the Enterprise moves around it.

       STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - TEASER       5.

9    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			It's Talarian.

					PICARD
			Any life signs?

					WORF
			Nothing yet.

	There is a lot of tension.

					DATA
			I have identified the vessel.
			It is the Batris. A general
			cargo vessel.

					RIKER
			Long way from home.

					PICARD
			Stay sharp. If this is a result
			of a Romulan attack, they could
			still be in the area.

					WORF
			Captain. Possible life signs.

					PICARD
			What do you mean "possible?"

					WORF
			I cannot be positive. The
			readings emanate from a location
			near what is left of Main
			Engineering. There is a great
			deal of magnetic and radioactive
			clutter making a positive
			determination difficult.

					RIKER
			I'll prepare an away team.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Yar, remain at your
			post. Whoever attacked the
			freighter may still be in the
			area.

					TASHA
				(reluctantly)
			Aye, sir.

       STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - TEASER       6.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Data, Geordi. Let's go.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant La Forge, are we close
			enough to use the Visual Acuity
			transmitter?

					GEORDI
			We can try it, sir.

					PICARD
			Then please do. And Number One -
			everything about this seems wrong.

					RIKER
			Agreed. It smells like a trap.

	And they DEPART.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

    STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - REV. 1/14/88 - ACT ONE    7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

10   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it slowly APPROACHES the other ship.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41503.7.
			We have entered the Neutral Zone.
			A Talarian freighter has been
			severely damaged in a battle.
			Why, and with whom is unknown.
			Personal note: I hope this event
			is not a precursor of things to
			come, and that the peace which
			has endured for the last several
			decades will continue.

11   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Riker, Data and Geordi have gathered and are preparing
	to beam over. A check of equipment. Geordi clips on
	the transmitter for his VISOR.

					RIKER
			What exactly does that device do?

					GEORDI
			Data and I have been working on
			a way to transmit what my VISOR
			sees. If it works, the bridge
			will be able to monitor us.

					DATA
			It is very restricted. The signal
			from Geordi's VISOR is so complex
			that it is difficult to encode
			and breaks down easily.

					RIKER
			That means it doesn't have much
			range.

					GEORDI
			Correct. The effective range is
			a few kilometers, but we're
			working on that.
				(touches communicator)
			Bridge, this is Lieutenant La
			Forge.

       STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT ONE       8.

11   CONTINUED:

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			This is the bridge.

					GEORDI
			I have attached the Visual Acuity
			Transmitter.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			We are receiving.

					GEORDI
			I am switching off.

12   ANOTHER ANGLE

	as they gather on the Transporter Pad.

					RIKER
			Set phasers on stun.

	They all check their weapons.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Let's be ready for anything.

	He takes a quick, final look at his team.

					RIKER
				(continuing; to the
				 TRANSPORTER CHIEF)
			Energize.

13   INT. BATRIS - CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	The corridor is very DIMLY LIGHTED. There is evidence
	of the recent battle everywhere. Charred walls -
	damaged bulkheads. The transporter effect brings the
	away team INTO THE SCENE. They are very tense. Data
	scans with his tricorder as the others look around.

14   GEORDI

	steps slightly to the side.

					GEORDI
			La Forge to Enterprise.

       STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT ONE       9.

15   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard on the bridge.

					PICARD
			This is the Enterprise.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Captain, I am switching on the
			transmitter.

					PICARD
			Ready to receive.
				(to the bridge crew)
			Put this on the Main Viewer.

	He leans forward as the IMAGE COMES ON the Screen.
	For the first time, Picard sees as Geordi sees.
	(Pattern and image to be determined.)

					PICARD
			Extraordinary.

16   INTERCUT

	The other members of the bridge crew as they, too,
	REACT with astonishment.

					PICARD
			I understand him better than I
			ever have.

17   MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	Geordi's VISIONS. (TBD)

18   ANGLE ON PICARD (OPTICAL)

	For a moment all else is forgotten as he is consumed
	by the image on the Main Viewer.

					PICARD
			Geordi. What was that? Over to
			the left.

	Geordi looks to the left.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			What?

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT ONE      10.

18   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			That -- right there? No -- back.
			Yes. That -- right there. What
			is it?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			It's Commander Riker.

					PICARD
			To me it's just an undefined
			upright form, standing in a wild
			visual frenzy. Can you filter out
			the extraneous information?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			No, I get it all simultaneously.

					PICARD
			It's a jumble. How can you make
			heads or tails of it?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			I select what I want to see and
			disregard the rest.

					PICARD
			How is that possible?

19   INT. BATRIS - CORRIDOR

	Geordi chuckles.

					GEORDI
			How, in a noisy room, can you pick
			out one specific voice or sound?

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			It's something you learn.

					GEORDI
			Exactly. It's something I have
			learned. Does that make it
			clearer?

20   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard stares at the viewscreen, trying to accomplish
	in minutes what took Geordi a lifetime to learn.

    STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - REV. 1/14/88 - ACT ONE    11.

20   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Yes. Look over at Data.

	Geordi complies and WE SEE the difference between them
	from Geordi's point of view.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			There's an aura around Data.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Yes, of course. He's an android.

21   INT. BATRIS - CORRIDOR

	Data and Riker are getting impatient with this
	conversation.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			From the way you say that, you
			must think we all see it.

					GEORDI
			Don't you?

					RIKER
			Captain - I don't mean to break
			this up, but...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Yes, of course, Number One.
			Proceed.

	Riker leads the away team down the corridor.

					DATA
			I am detecting high levels of
			Deuterium gas. Probably coming
			from the leakage in the drive
			system.

					RIKER
			Toxic?

					DATA
			Not as yet.

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT ONE      12.

22   OMITTED

23   INT. BATRIS - ANOTHER ANGLE - CORRIDOR

	As the members of the Enterprise move forward, the
	damage becomes move extensive. They pause at an
	intersection.

					DATA
			The life signs are emanating from
			the far side of Engineering.

					RIKER
			What's the safest way around?

					DATA
			All routes are equally dangerous.

					GEORDI
			Which one is the least dangerous?

					DATA
			There is no significant
			difference.

					RIKER
			Then steady on.

	Geordi notices something.

					GEORDI
			Commander, a fissure is developing
			in the bulkhead. The skin of the
			ship is losing its integrity.

					RIKER
			Where? I don't see it.

					GEORDI
			There.

	Riker looks, but still cannot see anything except the
	charred bulkhead.

24   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard is standing in front of the Main Viewer.

					PICARD
			Step closer.

	Geordi complies.

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT ONE      13.

24   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			It looks to me like a spectrograph
			indicating metal fatigue. Is that
			how you interpret it?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Correct, Captain.

25   INT. BATRIS - CORRIDOR

	Riker steps up beside Geordi.

					RIKER
			How long before the hull ruptures?

					GEORDI
			Impossible to be exact. Five
			minutes -- probably less.

					RIKER
			Come on.

25A  ANOTHER ANGLE

	They move forward into the DARKENED corridor toward
	the WHITE GLOW coming from what was the Engineering
	Section of the Batris.

25B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL) (FORMERLY SCENE 35)

	as Picard watches Geordi's POV, his IMAGE BREAKS UP,
	then GOES OUT.

					PICARD
			I've lost the transmission.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Signal overload. I'm surprised
			it lasted this long.

26   INT. BATRIS - MAIN ENGINEERING

	As the away team COMES to the entrance. All except
	Data cover up against the heat and INTENSE LIGHT.

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT ONE      14.

27   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as Picard and the others on the bridge listen to what
	is happening on the Batris.

28   INT. BATRIS - MAIN ENGINEERING

	Data makes a sweep with his tricorder.

					DATA
			The life signs are very strong
			now. They are coming from over
			there.

					RIKER
			Is there any other way around?

					DATA
			Negative. This is the only way.
			I think the safest way to proceed
			is for me to cross alone. The
			heat and toxic gases have less
			effect on me.

					RIKER
			Agreed.

29   ANOTHER ANGLE

	as Data walks through the maelstrom.

30   ANGLE ON RIKER AND GEORDI

	They watch Data DISAPPEAR through the wall of heated
	gases.

31   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard listens.

32   INT. BATRIS - MAIN ENGINEERING

	Riker and Geordi wait impatiently.

33   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As Picard listens.

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT ONE      15.

34   INT. BATRIS - MAIN ENGINEERING

	What Picard saw was Data RETURNING. He pauses halfway
	across the Engineering compartment.

					DATA
			I found them. The door to their
			compartment is jammed.

	One by one they cover up from the intense heat and
	SPRINT ACROSS the Engineering section.

35   OMITTED

36   INT. BATRIS - CORRIDOR

	They arrive in front of the sealed compartment. The
	damage here is more severe. Torn pieces of bulkhead
	block the door to the compartment.

					DATA
			The control mechanism. It is
			inoperative.

	Riker squeezes his arm through a twisted piece of metal
	and pounds on the door.

					RIKER
			This is Commander Riker of the
			USS Enterprise. Can you hear me?

	There is no response.

					DATA
			I advise against the use of
			phasers. The gas buildup is too
			great, Commander.

					GEORDI
			Yes. A phaser discharge now could
			blow us all out of here.

	They BACK OFF.

37   OMITTED

38   INT. BATRIS - DOOR TO AUXILIARY CONTROL ROOM

	Data clears the doorway of debris.

    STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - REV. 1/14/88 - ACT ONE    16.

39   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard is frustrated at no longer being able to see
	what's happening to the away team.

					PICARD
			What's going on?

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			We are about to force the door.

40   INT. BATRIS - DOOR TO AUXILIARY CONTROL ROOM

	as Data steps closer to the door. With considerable
	difficulty he wedges one hand in between the sliding
	door panels. Then slowly he gets the other hand in
	place. Data, now with both hands in between the door
	panels, puts his great strength to work again, and
	slowly pries the doors APART.

41
thru	OMITTED
42

43   ANOTHER ANGLE

	As soon as there is enough of an opening, both Riker
	and Geordi put their shoulders to the job, and between
	them all the door is OPENED. Riker STEPS THROUGH.

44   INT. BATRIS - ENGINEERING COMPARTMENT

	As Riker ENTERS the room he sees TWO BLURRED FIGURES.
	The first steps forward. It's dreamlike. A figure
	looms out of the DARKNESS. A very tall, very fierce
	KLINGON.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			What is it? What are you seeing?

					RIKER
			Klingons.

45   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard REACTS to this new twist.

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT ONE      17.

45   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Klingons.

	Worf REACTS.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT TWO      18.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

46   OMITTED

46A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (FORMERLY SCENE 47A)

					PICARD
			Tasha, go to Transporter Room
			Three. I want you there when the
			away team returns.

47   INT. BATRIS - ENGINEERING COMPARTMENT

	The Klingon, KORRIS, moves forward to begin formalized
	greetings.

					KORRIS
			I am Korris.

					RIKER
			We'll handle the formalities later -
			right now we have to get off
			this ship. Are there any others
			still alive?

					KORRIS
			No.

	Data APPEARS in the torn hatchway.

					DATA
			I believe there is a quicker way
			out of here.

					GEORDI
			Let's go.

	Riker indicates a third figure on the floor.

					RIKER
			Check him, Data.

	Data steps over and scans the figure with his
	tricorder.

					DATA
			He is alive -- but just barely.

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT TWO      19.

47   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Pick him up and let's get out of
			here.

	Data starts to lift the stricken man. Korris steps up
	beside Data.

					KORRIS
			No. I will carry him.

					DATA
			As you wish.

47A  OMITTED

48   INT. BATRIS - CORRIDOR

	as the group hurries through the debris. There is a
	BOILING, RUMBLING EFFECT on the ship.

					GEORDI
			We're out of time, Commander -- the
			ship's going to blow.

					RIKER
			Transporter Room, have you got
			a lock on us?

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			Not yet. Too much interference.
			You have to get farther away from
			the Engineering section.

	Behind them there is an ominous change in the GAS
	BUILDUP.

49   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Everyone watches the screen. Worf, from his Science
	Station where he is monitoring the Batris:

					WORF
			Sir, the Engineering section is
			at critical. Destruction of the
			Batris is imminent.

    STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - REV. 1/14/88 - ACT TWO    20.

50   INT. BATRIS - CORRIDOR

	They come to a bend in the corridor, turn the corner
	and bump into a solid wall of debris.

					RIKER
			End of the line. Transporter
			Room, we've gone as far as we can.
			Get us off -- now!

	The away team and the Klingons stand ready to beam.

51   OMITTED

52   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	as Lieutenant Yar tries to get a solid fix on the away
	team.

					TASHA
			It's not good. I can't get
			locked on.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			They're out of options. Do it.

	Tasha energizes.

53   INT. BATRIS - CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	The BEAM OUT BEGINS, then STOPS, then TRIES TO START
	again.

54   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Tasha shakes her head in frustration, makes an attempt
	to fine-tune her equipment and tries again.

55   INT. BATRIS - CORRIDOR

	A CLOUD BOILS up at the end of the corridor. There is
	a CRACKLING SOUND, followed by a RUMBLE.

	ANGLE ON THE AWAY TEAM

	They REACT.

    STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - REV. 1/14/88 - ACT TWO    21.

56   EXT. SPACE - THE BATRIS (OPTICAL)

	As it BLOWS UP.

56A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	REACTION to the explosion of the Batris and the concern
	that the away team may have been lost.

57   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	As the six figures slowly STACK UP on the platform.

					RIKER
			Bridge, this is Commander Riker.
			We are taking the survivors to
			Sickbay.

					TASHA
				(steps over to the
				 platform)
			I'll need your weapons.

58   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, relieved, gets up from his Command Chair.

					PICARD
			I'll be in Sickbay.

					WORF
			Captain. Request permission to
			join you.

	Picard hesitates for a beat, then:

					PICARD
			Granted.

59   INT. SICKBAY

	BEVERLY and her NURSE are working on the most seriously
	injured Klingon. Riker is slightly off to the side.
	Data and Geordi have returned to their duties. Picard
	and Worf ENTER. The two Klingons REACT with surprise
	at seeing one of their countrymen.

					PICARD
			Situation, Doctor.

					BEVERLY
			His injuries are serious.

	Picard then turns to the other two.

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT TWO      22.

59   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I am Jean-Luc Picard, the captain
			of this vessel.

					KORRIS
			My name is Korris -- captain of
			the Klingon Defense Force. This
			is Lieutenant Konmel.

					PICARD
			Do you mind telling me what
			happened?

					KORRIS
			Not at all.

					PICARD
			Firstly, what were you doing on
			that ship? It's not Klingon.

					KORRIS
			We were passengers. The Talarians
			were taking us to outpost
			M-Zed-Five.

					PICARD
			What was the ship doing in the
			Neutral Zone?

					KORRIS
			We were attacked without warning
			by a Ferengi cruiser. During the
			course of the battle we must have
			unknowingly entered the Neutral
			Zone.

					WORF
			The weapons were not Ferengi.

	Now the two Klingons turn their full attention on Worf.
	It's a time for evaluation.

					KORRIS
			What is your name?

					WORF
			I am Lieutenant Worf.

					KORRIS
			And you are a member of this
			crew?

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT TWO      23.

59   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Yes.

	Korris pauses a beat, then continues.

					KORRIS
			You are correct. The weapons were
			Klingon, but the vessel was
			Ferengi.

					PICARD
			What precipitated the attack?

					KORRIS
			I don't know -- we were in our
			quarters.

					KONMEL
			The captain of the freighter had
			no combat experience so he did
			not anticipate the first attack,
			which was nearly fatal.

					KORRIS
			We took control -- with his
			permission. The Ferengi called
			for surrender. I told the captain
			to agree to all their terms. We
			had one chance -- I was confident
			it would be enough.

					KONMEL
			As adversaries the Ferengi are
			not very worthy.

	Worf listens with relish to the story of the battle.

					WORF
			Still, your weapons were limited,
			and their ship superior.

					KORRIS
			Yes -- all we had was an ancient
			battery of Merculite rockets.
			Our only chance was to trick them
			into lowering their shields.

					KONMEL
			We reduced power and lured them
			in.

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT TWO      24.

59   CONTINUED: (3)

					KORRIS
			They suspected nothing.

					KONMEL
			Then, when they lowered their
			shields to beam over a boarding
			party, we opened fire.

					WORF
			Your strategy was very sound.

					PICARD
			There are still a few items that
			are not clear.

					KORRIS
			Captain -- we are hungry and tired.

					PICARD
			Yes, of course.

					KORRIS
			If there is anything more you need
			to know about this incident -- we
			will be available.

					WORF
			Permission to show our guests to
			their quarters, Captain.

					PICARD
			Permission granted.

	Worf leads them OUT of Sickbay.

					RIKER
			What do you think, Captain?

					PICARD
			There's a lot more to this than
			we've been told. Why was the
			Talarian ship so far off course?
			What was its point of departure?

					RIKER
			And why would three Klingon
			officers hitch a ride on a broken-down
			freighter?

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT TWO      25.

59   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			Contact Starfleet -- find out what
			they know about Korris and
			company.

					RIKER
			It will take forty-eight hours
			for a message to get to Starfleet
			on subspace frequency.

					PICARD
			They are going to be with us for
			a while; we might as well learn
			all we can about them.

					RIKER
			Do you think I should have a
			security team assigned to our
			guests?

					PICARD
			No -- Worf is capable of dealing
			with anything that may arise.
				(to Beverly)
			How's your patient, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			Not good. I'll keep you posted.

	Riker and Picard EXIT. Beverly's expression offers
	little cause for hope.

60   INT. GUEST QUARTERS

	as Worf and the two Klingons ENTER. In the b.g.,
	Konmel goes directly to the food station. As Worf and
	Korris APPROACH the table, Konmel orders a Klingon meal -
	complete with Klingon ale.

        KORRIS                        KONMEL
Sit, friend - let us eat.       O'MAT - GRI - T'M -
I did not know there are.       PFFIOTS -
Klingons serving on human
Starfleet vessels.

        WORF
As far as I know, I am
the only one.

	Konmel comes over and pours three great glasses of ale.

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT TWO      26.

60   CONTINUED:

					KORRIS
			Tell me, what it is like for the
			hunter to lie down with the prey?
			Have they tamed you -- or have you
			always been docile?

					KONMEL
			Does it make you gentle? Has it
			filled your heart with peace?

					KORRIS
			Do glorious battles no longer
			inspire your dreams?

					WORF
			Why do you mock me? Why do you
			wish to anger me?

					KORRIS
			Only to see if it is still
			possible.

					WORF
			It is.

	The two Klingons give Worf a long look of evaluation.

61   OMITTED

62   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly's aide (Nurse) calls to her.

					NURSE
			Doctor Crusher. I think you'd
			better look at this.

	Beverly COMES OUT of her office and INTO Sickbay.

					NURSE
				(continuing)
			The Klingon's condition is
			worsening.

	Beverly comes over and makes a quick examination. The
	Klingon's body JERKS VIOLENTLY.

					BEVERLY
			He's convulsing.

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT TWO      27.

62   CONTINUED:

	She does what is possible, but his condition has gone
	too far.

63   INT. GUEST QUARTERS

	The Klingons are finishing their meal. Worf has
	touched neither his food nor drink.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Commander Korris, this is Captain
			Picard.

					KORRIS
			Yes, Captain.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			I am sorry to report -- your
			comrade's injuries are beyond our
			medical abilities.

64   INT. SICKBAY

	Picard is there with Worf, Korris and Konmel.

					BEVERLY
			He's dying.

	Korris and Konmel APPROACH their dying comrade.

65   ANGLE ON THE KLINGONS

	as they STEP OVER to the examining table. Korris takes
	KUNIVAS' head in his hands and turns it toward him.
	Kunivas opens his eyes and looks up. Korris leans
	forward and with his thumbs he keeps the dying man's
	eyes from closing. Korris leans even closer. Worf
	is drawn to them.

66   ANGLE ON WORF

	with Beverly and Picard standing beside him, watching
	the strange ritual.

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT TWO      28.

67   ANGLE ON THE KLINGONS

	It is intense, and very private. From one of the
	three, or maybe from all of them, it's difficult to
	tell, there comes a LOW RUMBLING GROWL as the moment
	of death approaches. Then -- with a SHUDDER it happens.
	The wounded man dies. For a beat, Korris continues to
	stare into the dead man's eyes. Then, like an
	explosion from the bowels of Valhalla -- the living
	Klingons, including Worf, throw back their heads and
	ROAR.

67A  ANGLE ON PICARD AND BEVERLY

	as they REACT to the ritual.

68   OMITTED

69   BACK TO SCENE

	The three Klingons, shoulders touching -- faces skyward
	-- fill the room with a SOUND which comes from deep
	inside them. It is not the WAIL of the dead, but the
	exaltation of the victorious. Then -- as one, they
	stop. The looks they exchange between them are the
	looks of men who have participated in a great and noble
	victory.

70   ANGLE ON PICARD AND BEVERLY

	Both are awed by the ceremony.

70A  KONMEL AND DEAD KLINGON

	Konmel pauses by the dead Klingon -- as if to say a
	final farewell. While no one is looking, he removes
	the spike from his comrade's boot.

71   BACK TO SCENE

	It's QUIET. The three Klingons are content.

					BEVERLY
			Is there any special arrangement
			you would like for the body?

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT TWO      29.

71   CONTINUED:

					KORRIS
			It is only an empty shell now.
			Please treat it as such.

	He EXITS with Konmel. Worf FOLLOWS and he exchanges
	a look with Picard as he passes.

72   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - REV. 1/15/88 - ACT THREE30.        

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

73   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	ESTABLISHING.

74   INT. CORRIDOR

	Worf, Korris and Konmel walk along.

					KONMEL
			The opponent that killed Kunivas
			should have been an enemy -- then
			his death would have been even
			more glorious.

					WORF
				(stunned by the
				 revelation)
			If the opponent was not an
			enemy... who was it?

	For a beat, neither Korris nor Konmel answer.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Tell me -- what really happened?

	Korris gives Worf a long steady gaze.

					KORRIS
			I do not wish to anger you. We
			are after all, brothers lost among
			the infidels.
				(he pauses; then)
			How did you come to this ship and
			that uniform?

					WORF
			Through an act of kindness. The
			Romulans attacked the Khitomer
			outpost. Everyone was killed.
			I was buried under the rubble and
			left for dead. A human Starfleet
			officer found me. He took me to
			his home on Gault and told his
			wife to raise me as his son.

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - REV. 1/15/88 - ACT THREE31.        

74   CONTINUED:

					KONMEL
			How old were you?

					WORF
			Before the age of inclusion --

					KONMEL
			That young?

					KORRIS
				(with disdain)
			Gault is a farming colony.

					WORF
			When my foster brother and I were
			of age we entered the Starfleet
			Academy. He hated it and returned
			to Gault. I stayed.

					KONMEL
			You haven't spent much time among
			your own kind.

					WORF
			Almost none.

					KORRIS
			So when the night was still and
			quiet, and the sound of the blood
			rushing through your veins filled
			your ears, the only way to
			silence it was to slip out into
			the night and, like the hunter
			that spawned you, join in the
			struggle of life and death... but
			you were unable...

					KONMEL
			... And those around you did not
			understand. You frightened them.

					KORRIS
			They shunned you. Cursed you.
			Called you vile names, and you
			knew not why. Even now do you
			know why you are driven? Why you
			cannot relent -- or repent -- or
			confess -- or abstain? How could
			you know? There have been no other
			Klingons to lead you to that
			knowledge.

     STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT THREE     32.

74   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Yes -- those feelings are part of
			me, but I control them. They do
			not rule me.

					KORRIS
			Yes, to fit in, the humans demand
			you change the one thing you
			cannot change. Yet, because you
			cannot -- you do, for that too is
			the mark of the warrior. You said
			I mock you -- I do not. I salute
			you.

	There is a pause as the bonding which began in the
	death ritual, now continues.

					KONMEL
			But, against whom do you test
			yourself? Against what enemy do
			you charge into battle?

					WORF
			I have been in battle.

	Korris moves closer to Worf.

					KORRIS
			Then you understand.

					WORF
			I do.

					KORRIS
			Brother, this peace, this
			alliance, is like a living death
			to warriors like us.

					KONMEL
			You are right, we lied to your
			captain. We commandeered that
			freighter -- left the crew behind,
			and were in search of a place
			where we could live our lives as
			true Klingons.

					WORF
			You did not fight the Ferengi.

					KORRIS
			It was one of our own cruisers
			sent to bring us back.

     STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT THREE     33.

74   CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF
				(surprised)
			You destroyed a Klingon ship?

					KORRIS
			I did not want to battle our
			brothers. But, we had no choice.
			Our leaders sent the cruiser.
			They have been corrupted by the
			illusion of peace.

					KONMEL
			They have traded our birthright
			-- so they may die in their
			sleep...

					KORRIS
			... A peace that makes the Klingon
			heart that beats in my chest
			wither and die.

	Worf looks at his fellow warriors for a long beat.
	Korris changes the mood.

					KORRIS
				(continuing)
			Is it permitted for you to show
			us around this ship?

					WORF
			Yes -- of course.

75   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Other than Worf, the crew is in their usual positions.

					DATA
			Captain, long-range sensors
			indicate another vessel
			approaching this area.

					PICARD
			Can you identify it, Mister Data?

					DATA
			No, sir. Not yet.

					PICARD
			Keep a close watch on it. We're
			too close to the Neutral Zone for
			it to be random.

     STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT THREE     34.

76   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Worf proudly leads Korris and Konmel through, and the
	two visitors are suitably impressed.

					KONMEL
			What magnificent battles we could
			have at the helm of this ship.

	Worf gives him a sharp look.

					WORF
			Perhaps your dreams of glory no
			longer fit the time. They
			belong buried with the past.

					KORRIS
			Standing here we will never know.
			The answer lies out there. Our
			instincts will lead us.

					KONMEL
			Instincts that have not been
			dulled by living among "civilized"
			men.

	Worf studies him for a long beat.

77   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The usual crew.

					PICARD
			I believe, Number One, that was
			the first time outsiders witnessed
			the Klingon death ritual. I think
			I can figure out why they look
			into the dying man's eyes - but
			the howling... ?

					DATA
			It is a warning.

					PICARD
			To whom?

					DATA
			They are warning the dead -- beware --
			a Klingon warrior is about to
			arrive.

	A shiver passes over Riker's body.

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - REV. 1/14/88 - ACT THREE     35.        

77   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Captain, the unidentified vessel
			is moving towards us at warp five.
			Intersect in one hour, sixteen
			minutes, thirty-three seconds.

					PICARD
			Can we get a visual?

					GEORDI
			I can try, sir.

	Geordi works the controls. A PINPOINT APPEARS on the
	Main Viewscreen.

					PICARD
			Magnify.

	Geordi works the controls some more. A Klingon warship
	APPEARS.

78   OMITTED

79   ANGLE ON CREW

	as they stare at the viewer.

					RIKER
			Klingons.

					PICARD
			Open hailing frequencies,
			Lieutenant Yar.

					TASHA
			Hailing frequencies open.

					PICARD
			To Klingon cruiser -- this is
			Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the
			USS Enterprise.

80   FAVOR MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	As the image of the Klingon, CAPTAIN K'NERA, APPEARS.

					K'NERA
			I am Commander K'Nera. What is
			your purpose in this area?

     STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT THREE     36.

80   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			We came to investigate a battle.
			We rescued three Klingon
			survivors.

					K'NERA
			Is that all that is left of the
			crew of the cruiser T'Acog?

					PICARD
			These men are not from the
			cruiser, they are off the
			freighter Batris. The leader is
			Captain Korris.

	The Klingon Commander REACTS with anger.

					K'NERA
			You have him? On your ship? He
			is alive?

					PICARD
			Yes.

					K'NERA
			He is a criminal. A renegade who
			with two others stole that
			freighter, and somehow destroyed
			the Klingon cruiser sent to bring
			them back. We expect the
			criminals to be delivered into
			our custody as soon as we are
			within transporter range.

	K'Nera CLICKS OFF.

					PICARD
				(to Tasha)
			Where are they now?

	Tasha checks her console.

					TASHA
			They are with Worf on Deck
			Seventeen.

					PICARD
			Deck Seventeen?

     STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT THREE     37.

80   CONTINUED: (2)

					TASHA
			Yes, sir -- next to the auxiliary
			turbolift to the Battle Bridge.
			Shall I alert Lieutenant Worf?

					PICARD
			No. Send a security team to Deck
			Seventeen.

					RIKER
			Captain, you don't think Worf
			would allow them access to the
			Battle Bridge?

					PICARD
			Right now, Number One, we cannot
			assume anything.

					TASHA
			Captain, should I stay at my
			tactical position or lead the
			security team?

					PICARD
			Lead the security team. And
			Lieutenant -- remember with whom
			you are dealing.

					TASHA
			Aye, sir.

81   INT. CORRIDOR

	The three Klingons walk. Korris stops and faces Worf.

					KORRIS
			We have heard this ship can
			separate in time of battle.

					WORF
			Yes. When relieved of its bulk,
			the Enterprise becomes an
			exceptional weapon.

	Behind Worf, Korris sees the security team ENTER the
	corridor. He instinctively knows why they are there.

					TASHA
			Worf.

	He turns.

     STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT THREE     38.

81   CONTINUED:

					KORRIS
			They are here for us.

					TASHA
			Step to the side.

					WORF
			What is the problem?

					TASHA
			The captain wants those two taken
			into custody.

	Worf looks at the two Klingons.

					KORRIS
			Do not let them take us, Worf.
			Help us.

					KONMEL
			Listen to the voice of your blood.
			You are not "of" these people.

81A  ANGLE ON WORF

	He looks into Korris' eyes. This is a moment of
	decision for Worf. Then he looks down the corridor.

81B  INT. CORRIDOR - WORF'S POV

	as Tasha and her security team edge CLOSER.

81C  ANGLE ON WORF, KORRIS AND KONMEL

	Worf looks at Korris, then glances to the turbolift,
	which is only two steps away. Korris thinks he has
	read the thoughts racing through Worf's mind.

					KORRIS
			Yes. Join us.

81D  ANGLE ON WORF

	It's a moment of decision, but it's impossible for us
	to tell which way Worf is going to go, and WE:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT FOUR      39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

82   INT. CORRIDOR

	As before -- Worf and the two Klingons; Tasha and her
	security team. Suddenly, the turbolift doors located
	between them, OPEN and a mother and her young daughter
	STEP OFF. As the little girl turns, she almost runs
	into Korris. The girl FREEZES. The mother is
	surprised to find the two Klingons standing there.
	(Worf wears a Starfleet uniform and doesn't evoke the
	same visceral response.)

82A  ANGLE ON TASHA

	She instantly recognizes how the dynamics of the
	situation have changed.

					TASHA
				(urgently)
			GO BACK!

83   ANGLE BY THE TURBOLIFT

	The woman FREEZES. The little girl stands STARING up
	at Korris.

83A  INTERCUT

	Everyone involved -- they can only wait to see what
	Korris does.

83B  ANGLE ON KORRIS

	He glances over at Worf.

83C  ANGLE ON WORF

	Korris senses, as do we, that Worf will protect the
	little girl.

   STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - REV. 1/14/88 - ACT FOUR   40.

83D  BACK TO SCENE

	As Tasha watches, Korris slowly reaches down and picks
	up the little girl. The mother catches her breath.
	Tasha EDGES FORWARD and touches her communicator.

					TASHA
			Bridge -- we have a hostage
			situation on Deck Seventeen.

	Korris shoots her a glance. Then -- milking the moment
	slightly -- he turns and hands the little girl to Worf,
	who smiles as he takes her. Tasha looks relieved and
	surprised as she touches her communicator.

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			Bridge, this is Lieutenant Yar
			-- disregard. The situation is
			under control.

	She WALKS FORWARD and confronts Korris and Konmel.

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			By order of the captain, you are
			confined to Security.

	Korris smiles and looks over at Worf, then turns and
	allows the security team to LEAD him and Konmel AWAY.
	Worf delivers the little girl to her grateful mother.

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			I thought for a minute we had a
			problem.

					WORF
			Oh?

					TASHA
			Yes. It looked like Korris was
			going to hold the little girl as
			a hostage.

					WORF
			That is not our way.

	Worf looks down the corridor as the security team of
	six LEADS the Klingons OFF.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Cowards take hostages -- Klingons
			do not.

	Tasha REACTS and FOLLOWS after the Security team.

   STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - REV. 1/14/88 - ACT FOUR   41.

84   OMITTED

85   INT. CORRIDOR - ANOTHER ANGLE

	The Klingons appear to be going along. None of the
	tension associated with someone about to make a break
	or do something violent.

86   INT. CORRIDOR - DOORWAY TO SECURITY AREA (OPTICAL)

	The Klingons are placed in what serves as the Security
	Holding Area. A forcefield surrounds the door. Two
	guards are left outside.

86A  INT. SECURITY ROOM

	The tension, which was missing after their capture,
	returns.

					KORRIS
			R'oiaro.

	Konmel nods his agreement. It's clear these two
	haven't played all their cards.

87   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard has his eye on the aft turbolift, as Worf
	EMERGES and goes to report to him.

					PICARD
			A Klingon vessel is due to arrive.
			They have requested return of the
			renegades.

					WORF
			They will be tried and executed,
			sir.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Worf, understand that
			I am not unmindful of the mixed
			feelings you must have about this
			incident.

					WORF
			Thank you, sir.

	Worf remains standing where he is. A long moment.

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT FOUR      42.

87   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Are there no other options, sir?

					PICARD
			None that I can see.

	Worf nods and goes to his station. Picard leans over
	to Riker.

					RIKER
			He seems to be handling it well,
			sir.

					PICARD
			So far. But he must be torn.
			These are his people.

					DATA
			Sir, the Klingon vessel is within
			range. They are requesting visual
			contact.

					PICARD
			Open frequencies.

	The Klingon captain APPEARS on the Main Viewscreen.

					K'NERA
			We are in position now to receive
			the criminals.

					PICARD
			We will prepare for transfer.

					WORF
			Captain -- permission to address
			the captain on the Klingon vessel.

	Picard is surprised.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			I know it is against standard
			procedure -- but there is something
			I must say.

					PICARD
			Permission granted.

	Worf STEPS FORWARD.

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT FOUR      43.

87   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			K'OMGI BIMOGUS.

					K'NERA
			G'ARMOND T'RIS.

					WORF
			Could we speak English, sir? I
			am not comfortable in Kling.

					K'NERA
			What is it you want?

					WORF
			To plead.

					K'NERA
			You waste your time. Their
			actions threaten the alliance.
			They disobeyed and must be
			punished.

					WORF
			Yes, they must be punished, but
			not executed with dishonor.

					K'NERA
			Why do you care?

					WORF
			What burns in their eyes -- fires
			my soul. I hear their words and
			I see it all as it was. Part of
			me longs for that time.

					K'NERA
			It's bred in the bone. We all
			do.

					WORF
			Then send them to a planet in
			the Halee system. Allow them to
			meet death on their feet with a
			weapon in their hand. Not tied
			and helpless.

	K'Nera pauses a beat.

					K'NERA
			When one of us dies that way --
			it diminishes all of us.

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT FOUR      44.

87   CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF
			Yes.

					K'NERA
			Brother -- I feel as you. I too
			wish they could fly free. But --
			I have no choice.

	Worf studies the screen for a beat.

					WORF
				(to K'Nera)
			Sir.

	He BACKS OFF.

					K'NERA
			We await the transfer.

	Main Viewer GOES OFF.

					PICARD
				(into Com)
			Lieutenant Yar, escort the
			prisoners to the Transporter Room.

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

88   INT. SECURITY AREA

	Konmel and Korris construct a Klingon weapon. Each
	takes off his belt buckle. Korris twists them
	together. Then each removes the side panels from their
	boots. These too, fit together and form more of the
	weapon, which now begins to GLOW. Then Konmel removes
	the item he took off the dead Klingon. He turns it
	until it forms into a tube which he attaches to the
	other pieces and this becomes the barrel. The weapon
	takes shape. The bracelet which Korris takes from his
	wrist becomes the muzzle. Konmel's the stock.

88A  ANGLE ON KORRIS

	He holds the very deadly looking "phaser" and with a
	nod of his head, he indicates the forcefield.

   STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - REV. 1/14/88 - ACT FOUR   45.

	ANGLE ON KONMEL (OPTICAL)

	removes what looks like a very common button from his
	uniform, then leans down and carefully attaches it to
	the bottom of the forcefield. The field instantly IS
	NEUTRALIZED.

89   INT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE SECURITY AREA (OPTICAL)

	The two security guards immediately realize the
	forcefield is down.

					GUARD
				(on communicator)
			This is Ramos -- the forcefield
			in Security Three has...

	He never finishes. Korris and Konmel COME BURSTING
	OUT the door. Korris FIRES at one guard. A PHASER
	FIGHT breaks out. Konmel and the two security guards
	are killed, as Korris ESCAPES.

	ANOTHER ANGLE - OUTSIDE SECURITY AREA

	Tasha and a team of security guards ARRIVE. She touches
	her communicator.

					TASHA
			Lieutenant Yar to bridge. There
			has been an escape. Two of my
			security are dead. So is Konmel.
			Korris is loose -- and armed.

90
thru	OMITTED
92

93   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The crew REACTS.

					PICARD
			Keep me informed, Lieutenant.

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Data, visual on K'Nera.

					DATA
			Visual on, sir.

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT FOUR      46.

93   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			There will be a slight delay,
			Captain. Korris has escaped.

					K'NERA
			He is a trained Klingon warrior,
			perhaps more than you can handle.
			It is no disgrace to request our
			assistance.

					PICARD
			I think we can handle the
			situation.

94   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Korris COMES BURSTING around the corner. Those on
	duty REACT. Korris brandishes his weapon... They BACK
	OFF, and he CONTINUES THROUGH -- past the Dilithium
	Crystal Chamber. He PAUSES and looks around for a
	position of advantage.

94A  INT. MAIN ENGINEERING - ANOTHER ANGLE

	Tasha and her team ENTER cautiously.

94B  ANGLE ON KORRIS

	He's found a ladder and is climbing to the second
	level.

94C  ANGLE ON TASHA

	as she sizes up the situation.

					TASHA
			Captain. Korris is in Main
			Engineering.

95   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING - ANOTHER SECTION

	where Korris is barricaded. The phaser pointing
	directly at the Di-Crystal Chamber.

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT FOUR      47.

95   CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Commander Korris. This is a
			futile effort. You cannot win.

	Korris does not respond, then:

					KORRIS
			I will speak only to my countryman
			-- only to Worf.

95A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	REACTIONS from Picard and Worf to this demand.

96   ANGLE ON TASHA

	as she looks around to see where Korris is.

					TASHA
			Captain, he has a phaser aimed
			directly at the Dilithium Crystal
			Chamber. At that range, one blast
			and...

97   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Everyone's uncertain as to what to do next.

					PICARD
			I understand, Lieutenant.

					WORF
			Permission to leave the bridge,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			We'll both go.

	Worf and Picard LEAVE the bridge as the crew watches
	him.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT FIVE      48.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

98   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	ESTABLISHING.

99   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	as Worf and Picard APPROACH. Tasha has contained the
	situation and cleared out all but her security force
	who have been strategically placed.

					PICARD
			What's the siutation?

					TASHA
			He's on the second level. Armed
			with a phaser. We do not have
			a clear field of fire.

					PICARD
			How do you suggest we proceed?

					TASHA
			Wait him out.

					WORF
			Captain. May I speak with him?

					TASHA
			I don't think that's a good idea.
			Right now he's running on
			adrenalin. Let it cool. There's
			no place he can go.

					WORF
			He will wait only as long as he
			believes it is to his advantage,
			the moment it is not, he will fire
			his phaser into the Dilithium
			Crystal Chamber.

					TASHA
			That would destroy the Enterprise
			and him along with it.

					WORF
			Yes... he knows.

      STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT FIVE      49.

99   CONTINUED:

	Picard is pensive for a beat.

					PICARD
			Talk to him, Worf.

	Worf nods, and WALKS THROUGH Engineering toward the
	Di-Crystal Chamber.

99A  ANOTHER ANGLE

	As Worf moves up beside the Di-Crystal Chamber, he
	looks up and sees:

99B  ANGLE ON KORRIS

	He's perched on the second level. He has a clear field
	of fire. Before another could reach him, he could
	easily take out the Di-Crystal Chamber. He sees Worf.

					KORRIS
			Brother -- I knew you would come.

99C  ANGLE ON WORF

	He glances over to the ladder and walks toward it.
	Korris continues to talk.

					KORRIS
			Now I... we have a chance.

99D  ANGLE ON KORRIS

	He relaxes slightly because now has has an ally.

					KORRIS
			I could not do it alone, but I
			would rather die here, than let
			the traitors of Kling pick the
			meat from my bones. With you it
			will work.

					WORF
			What will work?

          STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT FIVE          50.

100  BACK TO SCENE (OPTICAL)

	as Worf nears the top of the ladder and swings onto the
	catwalk.

					KORRIS
			I will demand Captain Picard give
			us access to the Battle Bridge.
			We will separate from the rest
			of the ship, and together, we will
			light up the galaxy. Imagine the
			fear which will roll before us.

					WORF
			Captain Picard will not comply.

					KORRIS
			He cannot -- dare not -- refuse us.
			In order to save themselves, they
			will give us what we demand -- then,
			brother, we are free.

					WORF
			Put down the phaser.

	Korris is surprised.

					KORRIS
			Wait. I do not believe this.

					WORF
			Believe it.

					KORRIS
			I have tasted your heart. You
			have been with them, but you are
			still "of" us. Do not deny the
			challenge of your destiny. Get
			off your knees and soar. Open
			your eyes and let the dream take
			flight.

					WORF
			My brother, it is you who does
			not see. You are looking for
			battles in the wrong place. The
			test of the warrior is not without --
			it is within.

	Worf touches his chest.

          STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT FIVE          51.

100  CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Here we meet the challenge. It
			is the weaknesses in here the
			warrior must overcome.

					KORRIS
			No.

					WORF
			You have talked of glory -- and
			conquest -- and legends we will
			write.

					KORRIS
			Yes -- the birthright of every
			Klingon.

					WORF
			Yet in all you say, where are the
			words -- duty -- honor -- loyalty.
			Without which a warrior is
			nothing.

					KORRIS
			What are you saying?

					WORF
			Put down the phaser.

	Korris ignores the command -- as he continues to rail at
	Worf.

					KORRIS
			Living among these humans has
			sucked the Klingon heart out of
			you. You are a sham. My words
			were dust upon the ground. Your
			blood has no fire -- you are weak
			-- like them. I don't care what
			you look like -- you are no
			Klingon.

					WORF
			Perhaps not.

	And without warning -- he BLASTS Korris. The phaser
	is set on kill.

101  ANGLE ON KORRIS

	as he FALLS.

          STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - 1/13/88 - ACT FIVE          52.

101A ANGLE ON WORF

	He REACTS.

102  INT. MAIN ENGINEERING - PICARD, TASHA, SECURITY
TEAM

	Tasha and the others START TO MOVE FORWARD.

					PICARD
			Wait.

	The security team FREEZES.

103  ANGLE ON WORF

	He steps over to Korris, leans down and takes the dying
	Klingon's head in his hands and with his thumbs pries
	open the eyes. For a long moment he stares into them.

104  PICARD AND TASHA

	as they watch the ritual.

105  ANGLE ON WORF

	After a beat, he leans back his head and ROARS a
	warning to those who have gone before. A Klingon
	warrior is coming -- beware.

106  ANGLE ON PICARD

	OFF his REACTION.

107  OMITTED

108  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Worf EXIT the turbolift. As Picard takes
	his Command Chair:

					PICARD
			Open hailing frequencies.

					GEORDI
			Hailing frequencies open.

        STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - REV. 1/14/88 - ACT FIVE       53.

108  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Commander K'Nera, this is Captain
			Picard.

	The image of the Klingon Commander COMES ON the
	Viewscreen.

					K'NERA
			Yes, Captain.

					PICARD
			Korris and the other Klingon are
			dead.

					K'NERA
			May I speak with Lieutenant Worf?

	Picard motions for Worf to step forward.

					WORF
			Yes, Commander.

					K'NERA
			How did they die?

					WORF
			They died well.

	K'Nera nods.

					PICARD
			Do you wish the bodies?

					K'NERA
			They are now only empty shells -
			dispose of them as you see fit.
				(to Worf)
			Worf, when your tour of duty on the
			Enterprise is complete -- consider
			serving with us. Your training
			and experience would be of benefit
			to us -- and perhaps there are some
			things we could teach you.

					WORF
			I will consider it. Thank you.

	K'Nera nods and CLICKS OFF.

        STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - REV. 1/15/88 - ACT FIVE       54.

109  ANGLE ON PICARD

	He REACTS with mild surprise at Worf's statement and
	looks over at Tasha, who is also surprised.

110  CLOSE ON WORF

	Worf pauses for a beat, then replaces the crewman at
	a Forward Position. As he sits, Worf senses the
	tension, and hears the SILENCE. He slowly turns and
	looks back at them.

111  FULL SHOT

	Picard, Riker -- and the rest wait for some explanation.

					WORF
				(to Picard)
			I was just being polite, sir.

					PICARD
			Commendable, Lieutenant. Mister La
			Forge, set course for Starbase
			Eight-four.

	Geordi taps in the information.

					WORF
			Really... I have no desire to
			leave the Enterprise.

	They continue to just look at him.

					PICARD
			Good.

	Worf turns back to his console.

					GEORDI
			Course set.

					PICARD
			Speed -- warp five.

					GEORDI
			Warp five.

					PICARD
			... And Worf.

	Worf turns and looks at Picard.

        STAR TREK: "Heart Of Glory" - REV. 1/15/88 - ACT FIVE       55.

111  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			The bridge wouldn't be the same
			without you.

	A look between Worf and the others, who are in complete
	agreement.

					PICARD
			Engage.

	A very satisfied Worf turns back to his console as
	Geordi engages the warp drive. Picard settles back
	with a smile, as do all the others.

112  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the great ship MOVES OFF.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             






                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                   "The Arsenal Of Freedom" 
                   (fka "Among The Missing") 
                          #40271-121 
                              
                           Story by 
                        Maurice Hurley 
                              and 
                         Robert Lewin 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Richard Manning 
                               & 
                         Hans Beimler 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


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                     2ND REV. FINAL DRAFT

                        JANUARY 25, 1988

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal Of Freedom" - 1/25/88 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                    "The Arsenal Of Freedom"                        
                              
                             CAST                               

                PICARD             THE PEDDLER (A HUMANOID)
                RIKER              CAPTAIN PAUL RICE
                BEVERLY            
                DATA               
                TROI               
                TASHA              
                WORF               
                GEORDI             
                ENSIGN LIAN T'SU   
                CHIEF ENGINEER LOGAN
                LIEUTENANT (J. G.) ORFIL SOLIS

                Voice-Over         
                  TRANSPORTER CHIEF  

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal of Freedom" - 1/25/88 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                   "The Arsenal Of Freedom" 

                             SETS                               
                              
            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE                SAUCER SECTION
              BATTLE BRIDGE              BATTLE CRUISER
                                           IN SPACE
                                           IN ATMOSPHERE
          
            PLANET MINOS               PLANET MINOS
              TUNNEL (OR LIMBO SET)
              CAVERN                   PLANET SURFACE
                                         RUINS
                                         JUNGLE

       STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                   "The Arsenal Of Freedom"                        

                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	It's moving through sparkling, black velvet space -- a
	blue-green planet slowly enlarging in the distant
	background.

					PICARD (V. O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41798.2.
			We are ordered by Starfleet, to
			proceed to the Lorenze Cluster
			and investigate the disappearance
			of the light cruiser USS Drake,
			which was in that system trying
			to unravel a mystery of its own.

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	EVERYONE's at station except Riker and Troi. Riker's
	at the Aft Station going over some computer readouts.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Recent long range probes indicate
			that all intelligent life on the
			planet Minos has disappeared.

					PICARD
			Number One?

					RIKER
			No help from their communications
			log. The Drake reported
			arriving at Minos and was never
			heard from again.

					PICARD
			Mister Data?

					DATA
			The citizens of Minos gained fame
			during the Ersalrope wars as
			arms merchants. They manufactured
			sophisticated and highly advanced
			weaponry.

       STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - TEASER       2.

2    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			For which side?

					DATA
			Both.

					GEORDI
			We are nearing the planet Minos.

					PICARD
			Standard orbit, Mister La Forge.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir. Standard orbit.

					RIKER
			Whatever happened to the Drake,
			happened quickly, otherwise
			Captain Rice would have sent
			another message.

					PICARD
			You know Captain Rice?

					RIKER
			We were at the Academy together.

					PICARD
			Tell me about him.

	Troi listens intently.

					RIKER
			Able. A good officer.

					TROI
			How would he react under stress?

	Riker thinks for a beat, then:

					RIKER
			Paul Rice is confident almost to
			the point of arrogance, but
			carries it well because he usually
			makes the right choices. He's
			a risk taker.

					PICARD
			Oh.

       STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - TEASER       3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			I'll give you an example. One
			of the final tests in advance
			navigation at the Academy presents
			the student with three options.
			When Rice took the test, he
			rejected all of them and offered
			one of his own.

					PICARD
			I'd call that arrogant.

					RIKER
			But it paid off -- he received the
			top mark. And now that test has
			four options. The original
			three... plus his.

					TROI
			In a difficult situation a man
			like that would react aggressively.

					RIKER
			Agreed.

					PICARD
			Number One, weren't you offered
			the Drake?

					RIKER
			Yes.

					TASHA
			You turned down your own command
			to take this assignment?

					RIKER
			At the time, I thought it was
			more advantageous for me to do
			a tour on the Enterprise.

					DATA
			Captain -- readings correspond
			with the findings of the probe. 
			No signs of intelligent life-forms.
			Vegetation and animal life only.

					PICARD
			None?

					DATA
			Correct.

       STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - TEASER       4.

2    CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			What happened to all those people?

					WORF
			War?

					DATA
			Disease?

					GEORDI
			A dissatisfied customer?

					TASHA
			In any war, natural disaster, or
			even the most virulent plague,
			there are always survivors.

					DATA
			Captain, we are being hailed.

2A   EVERYONE REACTS

	The question on their faces.

					RIKER
			How is that possible from a planet
			with no people?

					PICARD
			Your sensors indicated no
			intelligent life?

					DATA
			Correct.

					PICARD
			Put it on the Main Viewer.

3    ANGLE TO INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	A humanoid, THE PEDDLER, APPEARS on the Main Viewer.
	He has a ROLLING, LILTING VOICE, the confidence of a
	master salesman with a touch of the carny thrown in.

       STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - TEASER       5.

3    CONTINUED:

					THE PEDDLER'S COM VOICE
			Whoever you are -- wherever you're
			from -- greetings and welcome to
			Minos -- the Arsenal of Freedom...

					PICARD
			I am Captain Jean-Luc Picard of
			the USS Enterprise. To whom am
			I speaking?

	The Peddler ignores the question and continues with his
	pitch.

					THE PEDDLER'S COM VOICE
			... Where we live by the motto --
			peace through superior firepower.
			Come -- allow us to meet your
			needs. If you need a little
			something special, be it for one
			target -- or multiple targets -- we
			got it, you'll see it... here on
			the Arsenal of Freedom. Because
			we don't just provide weapons --
			we also offer complete weapon
			systems.

					DATA
			It is a recorded message.

					THE PEDDLER'S COM VOICE
			To be totally armed is to be
			totally secure...

					PICARD
			It must be left over from the time
			of the Romulan wars, when the
			business of selling arms was
			booming.

					THE PEDDLER'S COM VOICE
			... Remember, the early bird that
			hesitates gets wormed. Perfection
			in highly-advanced weaponry.
			Versatility... flexibility.
			And... everything one hundred
			percent guaranteed... So lock on
			to my signal and beam on down.

					PICARD
			Screen off.

	The screen GOES OFF.

       STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - TEASER       6.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			It's a heck of a sales pitch.

					PICARD
			If an automated message system
			is still functioning -- other
			systems on the planet may also
			be operational.

					TASHA
			Weapons systems?

					PICARD
			Possibly.

					RIKER
			We are going to have to go down
			there to find it.

					PICARD
			Prepare your away team, Number
			One.

					RIKER
			Lieutenant Yar -- Commander Data.

	Data rises from his chair and is immediately replaced
	by LIEUTENANT (J. G.) ORFIL SOLIS.

					TASHA
			Commander, I recommend a minimum
			complement.

					RIKER
			Oh? I would have thought
			otherwise.

					TASHA
			We'll keep the first landing party
			small and mobile. Until I'm
			confident that whatever killed
			the inhabitants of this planet
			isn't still down there.

	Riker nods his agreement. And they head for the
	turbolift.

4
thru	OMITTED
5

									FADE OUT.
                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT ONE      7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

6    EXT. PLANET SURFACE (OPTICAL)

	It's a small clearing in a verdant, overgrown area.
	Riker, Data and Tasha BEAM IN, and stand apprehensively
	looking around. The SOUNDS OF LIFE -- BIRDS, INSECTS --
	surround them. The away team stands quietly, looking
	around tensely, and then slowly turning on their
	tricorders and scanning the periphery, protecting each
	other with their backs together.

					RIKER
			Spooky.
				(touches com)
			Riker.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Bridge. Captain speaking.

					RIKER
			We'll start a pattern search
			from this point.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Keep this channel open.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

					DATA
			Commander, our communications are
			being monitored.

					RIKER
			By whom?

					DATA
			Sir, since there is no intelligent
			life, the question is "by what?"

					RIKER
			Captain.

7    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard in his Command position listening to the away
	team.

      STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT ONE      8.

7    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Yes, I heard, Number One. We'll
			try to track it down from here.

	Worf and the others strain over their instruments.

8    EXT. PLANET SURFACE

	The team moves slowly down the clearing, very alert,
	and OUT OF SHOT.

9    EXT. PLANET SURFACE - RUINS

	Crumbled high-tech ruins, aged and rusted in spots.
	The team ENTERS SHOT, Tasha leading. Near the base
	of a ruin she pulls away some foliage and a melted rod
	and plank of tritanium ARE SEEN.

					TASHA
			Tritanium. It's been melted.

					RIKER
			What could do that?

					TASHA
			Whatever it was, it's beyond our
			technology.

					DATA
			Over here.

	Data has found something. Its shape is clearly that
	of a weapon: a super-high-tech RIFLE, gimbal-mounted,
	with laser rheostats and sighting. Riker kneels,
	scans, and examines it.

					RIKER
			We've never even seen anything
			like this.

					TASHA
			It's undamaged.

					RIKER
			Maybe a demonstration model for
			some potential buyer.

					TASHA
			Maybe. Let's spread out a
			little.

      STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT ONE      9.

10   INTERCUT

	The away team as it SPREADS OUT.

11   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard listening to the SOUNDS OF THEM MOVING THROUGH
	THE UNDERBRUSH.

					SOLIS
			Commander Riker. This is
			Lieutenant Solis. I am
			monitoring a slight energy
			buildup near your position.
			I am not able to pinpoint the
			source.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Give me a direction.

					SOLIS
			East of your position -- ten
			meters. I will continue
			monitoring.

12   EXT. PLANET SURFACE

	ON Riker -- as he looks through the foliage.

					RIKER
			I can't see anything from here.
			The underbrush is very thick.

	He goes behind the ruin to examine the back side of
	it. Suddenly he tenses, sensing something.

					RICE (O.S.)
			Hello... Commander Riker.

	Riker turns at the sound of the voice. CAPTAIN PAUL
	RICE STEPS INTO SHOT. He is dressed in a Starfleet
	Captain's uniform, trim and neat, a man of Riker's age
	with a military bearing. He is businesslike and calm,
	and acts as if this kind of meeting, under these
	circumstances, is perfectly normal. Riker, on the
	other hand, is stunned.

      STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT ONE      10.

12   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Rice! Where did you come from?

					RICE
			I was over there.

					RIKER
			You had us worried. But, I should
			have known you'd pop up.

					RICE
			How are you, Commander Riker?

					RIKER
			Me -- never mind me. How are you?
			No word, no message... nothing.

					RICE
			How many are with you?

					RIKER
			Two others. Where's the
			Drake? Where's your crew?

13   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (INTERCUT WITH PLANET AS NEEDED)

	Picard is as surprised as Riker.

					PICARD
			What's going on Number One?

	Riker STEPS AWAY, so the following conversation is
	confidential.

					RIKER
			It's Paul Rice from the Drake.

					PICARD
				(confused by the apparent
				 contradiction)
			Lieutenant Solis?

					SOLIS
			Sensors indicate low level energy
			readings, but the only life signs
			are the away team.

					PICARD
			Careful, Number One.

      STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT ONE      11.

13   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Understood.

13A  EXT. PLANET SURFACE

	Riker MOVES BACK TO Rice.

					RIKER
				(to Rice)
			You look strange, Paul...

					RICE
			I was injured getting here.

					RIKER
			Do you need medical help?

	Riker is very suspicious and ready for anything. He
	knows this image in front of him is NOT Captain Paul
	Rice, but in order to find out the purpose of this
	replica he will play along.

					RICE
			No. What is your purpose here?

	Tasha and Data join Riker. They stare at Rice, who
	hardly notices them.

					RIKER
			This is Commander Data and
			Lieutenant Yar.

	Data looks down at his tricorder, then back to the
	figure.

					DATA
			Other than ourselves, sir, I am
			picking up no other life signs
			here.

					RIKER
			Yes. I know.

					RICE
			Riker, you didn't answer me. Who
			sent you here to look for me?

					RIKER
			Your mother.

      STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT ONE      12.

13A  CONTINUED:

	Both Tasha and Data REACT to this obvious lie.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			She's worried about you.

					RICE
			Tell me about your ship -- the
			Enterprise, isn't it?

					RIKER
			No... The name of my ship is the
			Lollipop.

					RICE
			I have no knowledge of that ship.

					RIKER
			It's just been commissioned. It's
			a good ship.

					RICE
			Riker, refresh me, would you?
			What's its size and complement?

					RIKER
			Who's here with you?

					RICE
				(puzzled)
			What's the armament on the
			Lollipop?

					RIKER
			Paul -- I will only answer your
			questions if you answer mine.
			Why do you want to know so much
			about my ship?

					RICE
			We're friends, aren't we?

					RIKER
			Old friends.

					RICE
			Our top speed is warp three.
			What's yours?

      STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT ONE      13.

13A  CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			"Is?" Then the Drake has not
			been destroyed.

					RICE
			The Drake?

					RIKER
			Yes, your ship?

					RICE
			Of course -- my ship is the
			Drake.

					RIKER
			Where is it?

					RICE
			Classified.

					RIKER
			Classified?

					RICE
			Please -- it's important. Our
			survival depends on knowing.
			What's the armament on your ship?

					RIKER
			Ten.

					RICE
			Ten? I don't understand. Ten
			what?

					RIKER
			Six.

					RICE
			Commander Riker, those answers
			make no sense.

					RIKER
			You haven't used my first name
			once, Paul.

	There is a slight hesitation.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			You remember it, don't you?

      STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT ONE      14.

13A  CONTINUED: (3)

	No response. Rice looks confused.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Because you don't even exist.
			You're a fake -- an image of the
			original! Aren't you?... Answer me!

	Rice twitches -- a slight REACTION, then SUDDENLY:

14   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The Image of Captain Rice DISAPPEARS and is REPLACED
	BY A WEAPON-LIKE OBJECT. IT QUICKLY MOVES several
	meters away.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Report, Number One.

					RIKER
			The image of Rice has been
			replaced by something which
			is hovering several meters away.

15   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard is very concerned.

					PICARD
			Number One, get your team back
			here.

16   EXT. PLANET SURFACE (OPTICAL)

	Riker and the others set to beam up.

					RIKER
			Prepare to beam up.

					TASHA
			Commander.

	He looks as she indicates a direction. The WEAPON IS
	MOVING toward them. Before anyone can answer, THE
	WEAPON FIRES.

      STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT ONE      15.

17   CLOSE ON RIKER (OPTICAL)

	The BEAM HITS HIM. He STIFFENS -- and BECOMES ENCASED
	IN A clear, transparent CUBE of material.

18   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	They all HEAR, and REACT to, the SOUND OF THE PHASER
	BLAST.

19   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - ANGLE ON TASHA (OPTICAL)

	She FIRES ON THE WEAPON AND DESTROYS IT.

20   FULL SHOT - AWAY TEAM

	Picard's VOICE is heard.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(tense, tight)
			What just happened down there?
			Number One! Report!

21   OMITTED

22   EXT. PLANET SURFACE

	Tasha and Data APPROACH him. They touch the cube.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Report! Report!

	Tasha and Data examine the cube.

					TASHA
			He can't answer you, Captain.
			Commander Riker has been encased
			is a cube of complex lucinium
			compound.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Is he alive?

      STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT ONE      16.

22   CONTINUED:

	Data and Tasha examine the cube containing the inert
	form of Commander William T. Riker.

					DATA
			Unknown.

23
thru	OMITTED
25

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT TWO      17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

26   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	manned as before. The bridge crew is stunned by what
	has happened to Riker. Picard is on his feet.

					PICARD
			Transporter Room Three - have you
			locked on to the away team?

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF'S COM VOICE
			I am unable to lock on to
			Commander Riker.

26A  REACTIONS

	From all those involved.

					PICARD
				(crisply)
			Lieutenant Solis, situation
			report.

					SOLIS
			The previous energy readings are
			gone.

					PICARD
			Data, have you been able to
			assess Commander Riker's
			condition?

					DATA
			He appears to be in a kind of
			stasis.

					PICARD
			Theorize. What's the purpose of
			the encasement?

					DATA
			Typically, the purpose of such
			an enclosure is for storage.

					PICARD
			Which would suggest what?

      STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT TWO      18.

26A  CONTINUED:

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			That sooner or later someone or
			something will be along to collect
			him.

					PICARD
			Stand by. I'm coming down.

	Eyebrows are raised.

					TROI
			You, sir?

					PICARD
			Yes.
				(into Com)
			Doctor Crusher, this is the
			Captain. Meet me in Transporter
			Room Three.
				(to Geordi)
			Mister La Forge, you have command
			of the bridge.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

26B  ANGLE ON GEORDI

	He leaves his position and is immediately replaced by
	ENSIGN LIAN T'SU.

26C  MAIN BRIDGE

	as Geordi takes the command position.

					PICARD
			Whatever happens below, your
			prime responsibility is to the
			ship.

					GEORDI
			Understood.

27   ANGLE ON PICARD

	as he starts for the turbolift. Troi springs to her
	feet, steps into his path.

      STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT TWO      19.

27   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Captain! I must take exception
			to your decision to beam down.

					PICARD
			Noted.

	Picard moves around her.

28   EXT. PLANET SURFACE (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Beverly MATERIALIZE. Data is scanning Riker
	and the material encasing him with his tricorder.
	Tasha, ever security-conscious, keeps a lookout, her
	phaser in hand. Picard and Beverly APPROACH the cube.

					PICARD
			What is it?

					DATA
			The encasing material appears to
			be solid...

					BEVERLY
			I am getting no life signs.

					PICARD
			He's alive. What he ran into is
			an intelligence gathering device
			used during the Ersalrope Wars.

					TASHA
			Probably developed here.

					PICARD
			It projects an image of someone
			the subject will trust -- gets as
			much information as possible.

					TASHA
			If it's found out -- it encases
			the subject to await a more
			detailed interrogation later.
			Clever.

					PICARD
			Can you remove it?

					DATA
			Yes -- but I cannot predict the
			risk to Commander Riker.

      STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT TWO      20.

28   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			We have little choice. Whatever
			has him is interrupting the
			transporter beam. Remove it.

29   ANOTHER ANGLE

	as Data examines the cube like a diamond cutter
	looking for the place to make his cut.

30   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Worf at the Aft station.

					WORF
			I am picking up energy readings.

					GEORDI
			Captain, this is Lieutenant La
			Forge. Sensors indicate energy
			readings in your area.

31   EXT. PLANET SURFACE (OPTICAL)

	As Data continues working... Tasha scans the area.
	SUDDENLY, MINOS WEAPON 2 BURSTS THROUGH the jungle
	foliage. It makes a close pass. It comes closest to
	Beverly who is startled. She stumbles backward. Data
	calmly continues working. Tasha takes aim, as Picard
	moves over next to Beverly. All this happens very
	quickly -- the reaction instinctive. The team BECOMES
	SEPARATED.

32   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as MINOS WEAPON 2 STARTS FIRING. Picard pushes
	Beverly out of the way.

33   ON PICARD AND BEVERLY

	As THEY DIVE TO THE SIDE, the ground suddenly gives way
	under her feet. Beverly FALLS, BEGINS TO SLIDE --

					PICARD
			Doctor!

	Picard makes a grab for her, catches her hand, but only
	succeeds in being pulled into the sinkhole -- the sandy
	GROUND SWALLOWS THEM UP.

      STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT TWO      21.

34   OMITTED

35   INT. CAVERN

	Beverly and a half ton of sand FALL into a large
	subterranean cavern. She LANDS HARD AND IS immediately
	BURIED in rocks, sand, and dust.

36   NEW ANGLE

	as Picard also FALLS through into the cavern, but
	manages to land more or less on his feet atop a pile of
	sand.

37   ON PICARD

	rushing to Beverly's side and frantically digging sand
	away with his hands to keep her from suffocating.

					PICARD
			Beverly!

38
thru	OMITTED
39

40   EXT. PLANET SURFACE (OPTICAL)

	The WEAPON darts through the heavy foliage. Tasha has
	difficulty getting a clean shot. Everything is
	happening so fast that neither she nor Data have
	noticed the disappearance of Picard and Beverly.

					TASHA
			This one is different.

41   ANGLE ON TASHA (OPTICAL)

	She FIRES.

42   ANGLE ON THE WEAPON (OPTICAL)

	It anticipates and DODGES OUT OF THE WAY.

43   ANOTHER ANGLE

	The area.

      STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT TWO      22.

43   CONTINUED:

					TASHA
			It's evasive. Data -- I need you.
			Set your phaser on kill. I'll
			fire so that it will move left,
			and you get it.

	Data adjusts the setting on his phaser.

44   WIDER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as the WEAPON STARTS FIRING from behind some trees.

45   ON DATA AND TASHA (OPTICAL)

	She FIRES.

46   OMITTED

47   ANGLE ON WEAPON (OPTICAL)

	As it DODGES TASHA'S BLAST, DATA GETS IT. The
	combined effect works. The WEAPON EXPLODES.

48   DATA AND TASHA

	Data calmly returns to his examination of the
	casement.

					TASHA
			Captain!

	No response.

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			Doctor Crusher.

	Still no response. Data has stopped cutting. He
	touches his communicator.

					DATA
			Captain Picard.

	He looks down at his chest.

      STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT TWO      23.

48   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I have a malfunction.

	Tasha touches her communicator.

					TASHA
			Enterprise, this is Lieutenant
			Yar.

	Nothing.

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			Mine's out too.

					DATA
			The close pass by the weapon must
			have disrupted our communicators.

					TASHA
			Keep working. I'll look for
			Captain Picard and Doctor Crusher.

	Data nods and resumes working. Tasha MOVES OFF in the
	direction she last saw Captain Picard.

48A  INT. CAVERN (FORMERLY SCENE 38)

	Picard is beside Beverly. She's nearly unconscious,
	and in very bad shape, with multiple lacerations. She
	fights to speak through the intense pain:

					PICARD
			How bad is it?

					BEVERLY
			Bad... It's my arm.

					PICARD
			Hold on. We'll get you out of
			here.
				(he touches his
				 communicator)
			Enterprise, this is the Captain.
			Two to beam up.

	No response. He touches Beverly's communicator.

      STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT TWO      24.

48A  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Enterprise.

	Nothing.

					PICARD
				(continuing; he touches
				 it again)
			Data... Lieutenant Yar.

					BEVERLY
			What's wrong? Why don't they
			work?

					PICARD
			I don't know. But it's all right
			because once they realize our
			communicators are out, the
			sensors will locate us and Geordi
			will beam us up.

48B  ON PICARD (FORMERLY SCENE 39)

	He rips a piece from her smock, finds some sticks and
	fashions a crude splint.

					PICARD
				(reassuring)
			Hold on. It won't be long.

	Beverly is hit by a wave of pain; her eyes close.
	Picard fights his own sense of helplessness.

49   EXT. PLANET SURFACE

	Tasha RETURNS.

					TASHA
			I can't find them.

					DATA
			Step back.

	Data has solved the puzzle. He makes a slight adjustment
	on his phaser, then holds it against a specific
	point on the encasement. He points the muzzle up.
	And FIRES. The vibration of the phaser against the
	casement causes it to disintegrate in a SHOWER OF
	LIGHT. Riker collapses in a heap.

      STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT TWO      25.

49   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Data.

50   NEW ANGLE

	Riker has been all but freed from his encasement. He
	stirs. Data and Tasha are visibly relieved. Data
	scans him with the tricorder.

					DATA
			All vital signs returning to
			normal.

					TASHA
			Good. Now Geordi can get us out
			of here.

51   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Worf is at Tactical, using everything at his command to
	scan the planet.

					SOLIS
				(to Geordi)
			Sir, I'm reading life-forms on
			the planet. All five members
			of the away team.

					GEORDI
			Good. They have freed Riker.
				(into com)
			Transporter Room. Get a lock on
			the away team, and beam them up.

	The insistent SOUND OF a BRIDGE ALARM fills the room.

					WORF
			Shields just came on! Deflectors
			also up --
				(a beat)
			I'm picking up an object off our
			port bow -- It's firing!

      STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT TWO      26.

52   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as the ENTERPRISE IS HIT by something quite unlike a
	phaser beam. The weapon -- call it an INTERRUPTER --
	plays havoc with the ship: WE HEAR A SCREECH as LIGHTS
	DIM, CONSOLES GO CRAZY, and the BRIDGE VIBRATES as if
	the ship's shaking itself apart. After a beat, the
	INTERRUPTER EFFECT ENDS, and bridge systems slowly
	return to normal.

					GEORDI
			Red Alert! Battle stations!

	More BRIDGE ALARMS as Red Alert is SOUNDED.

					WORF
			Shields holding.

					GEORDI
				(grimly)
			But we can't beam up the away team
			with our shields in place.

53   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as more BRIDGE PERSONNEL ENTER and take up Battle
	Stations.

					WORF
			Phasers ready. Photon torpedoes
			standing by. Locking on target...
				(then, surprised)
			Correction: target has
			disappeared!

					GEORDI
			Full scan!

					WORF
			Scanning...
				(shakes head)
			No readings. Wait -- something
			dead astern --

					GEORDI
			Emergency power to shields!

					WORF
			Object is firing --

	And again the INTERRUPTER EFFECT SHAKES THE BRIDGE,
	more severely. Geordi SHOUTS over the DIN:

      STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT TWO      27.

53   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Return fire!

	The EFFECT ENDS.

					SOLIS
			Aft shields weakened.
				(a beat)
			Whatever they're using, our
			shields can't stand up to it much
			longer.

54   ON GEORDI

	As he grimly ponders his options, WE:

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT THREE     28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

55   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	still in orbit above Minos, performing an escape
	maneuver.

					GEORDI (V. O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41798.25.
			Lieutenant J.G. Geordi La Forge
			in temporary command.

56   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Geordi's in the Command Chair, Troi next to him, Worf
	at Tactical, Lian at Conn, Solis at Ops.

					GEORDI (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Orbiting the planet Minos, we are
			under attack.

	The turbolift doors OPEN and CHIEF ENGINEER LOGAN
	ENTERS. Logan is young, intelligent, competent, and
	sure of himself.

					LOGAN
			Why are we still in orbit? We're
			taking a beating!

					GEORDI
			We've got to hold out as long as
			we can. If we can disable our
			attacker, even for a few seconds,
			we can drop our shields and beam
			the away team back aboard.

					LOGAN
			If we follow that plan, we'll lose
			the Enterprise! In view of the
			present crisis... I believe you
			should relinquish command to me.

					GEORDI
			No.

					LOGAN
			I outrank you.

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT THREE     29.

56   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Mister Logan -- Captain Picard put
			me in command.

					LOGAN
			The Captain did not anticipate
			that the Enterprise would come
			under attack. If he had, would
			he have left the bridge to you?

					GEORDI
			If he had, he would not have left
			the ship.

57   OMITTED

58   WIDER ANGLE

	Lian has picked up a reading:

					LIAN
			Picking up an object to starboard,
			sir -- heading toward us.

					GEORDI
			Lock phasers and fire the moment
			it's in range.

					WORF
			Aye, sir. Locking and --
				(scanning)
			Object has vanished.

59   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The INTERRUPTER EFFECT SHAKES THE BRIDGE as the ship
	takes another hit.

					WORF
			Phaser lock lost.

	The EFFECT ENDS.

					LIAN
			Starboard shields weakened.

					WORF
			It's cloaked itself.

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT THREE     30.

59   CONTINUED:

					LOGAN
			You can't fight this thing and
			win. We've got to break orbit --
			now.

	Geordi ignores Logan, ponders the problem.

					GEORDI
			Worf -- analyze its firing
			pattern. Maybe we can anticipate
			its location.

					WORF
			Aye.
				(to Solis)
			Correlate the trajectory of the
			energy bolts with the attack path.
			I'll compute the optimum spread
			of phasers and photon torpedoes
			to hit it.

	Solis programs that into the computer as Worf sets up
	the weaponry.

					LOGAN
				(protesting)
			Lieutenant La Forge.

	Logan stops himself, tries another tack.

					LOGAN
				(continuing; softer)
			Geordi -- I know you want to do
			what's best for the Enterprise.
			So do I. Now... the best thing...

					GEORDI
			The best thing is for this
			discussion to end and for you to
			get on with your duties. I am
			in charge until relieved by
			Commander Riker or Captain Picard.

					LOGAN
			You are ignoring my greater rank
			and experience.

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT THREE     31.

59   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Not at all, I'm counting on it.
			Get back to Engineering and find
			me every scrap of extra power you
			can. The more we can channel to
			the shields, the longer we can
			hold out.

					LOGAN
			All right.

	Logan EXITS into a turbolift.

					GEORDI
			Have you got a lock on it?

					WORF
			Impossible to be sure.

60
thru	OMITTED
68

69   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - JUNGLE (OPTICAL)

	Tasha steps up to Riker.

					TASHA
			Maybe you should wait here while
			Data and I search for Doctor
			Crusher and Captain Picard.

					RIKER
			I'm a little groggy, but I'll
			be all right.

					DATA
			I am getting energy readings.

	Another WEAPON WHISTLES PASSED them. THEY SCATTER.

70   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Tasha looks over at Data.

					TASHA
			We'll do it just like before.

	They try their little "I-make-it-go-to-the-left-and-you-pick-it-off"
	trick. Tasha FIRES - then Data FIRES.
	This time the Weapon doesn't dodge out of the way.

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT THREE     32.

70   CONTINUED:

					TASHA
			It's got a deflector shield.

					DATA
			The product continues to upgrade
			and improve.

					TASHA
			Spread out. We'll concentrate
			our fire and try to collapse its
			shield.

	Data, Tasha and Riker SPREAD OUT. Then as the WEAPON
	MOVES toward Tasha, THEY all FIRE - HITTING THE WEAPON
	from different angles and putting the most possible
	drain on its deflectors. The combination works. The
	WEAPON EXPLODES.

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			You're right, they keep getting
			better.

					DATA
			Commander, the weapons are
			appearing at intervals of
			precisely twelve minutes.

					TASHA
			That one took everything we had.
			I don't know how we'll handle the
			next one.

					RIKER
			Then let's try and not be here.
			Come on, let's find the rest of
			our team.

	The Trio SPREADS OUT and MOVES into the dense jungle
	foliage.

71   INT. CAVERN

	Beverly is half buried under a ton of debris. Picard
	tries to pull her out. He can't. But he clears away
	more of the rubble.

72   ANGLE ON BEVERLY

	drifting into unconsciousness; she's in very bad shape,
	with multiple lacerations.

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT THREE     33.

73   ON PICARD

	shaking her and talking to her -- desperately to keep
	her awake.

					PICARD
			Oh, no you don't -- no time to
			sleep.

	But Beverly is falling rapidly --

					BEVERLY
				(barely audible)
			I'm tired. Very tired.

					PICARD
			Come on, stay with me, Doctor.

	She's very weak, and though she tries -- she can't keep
	her eyes open. Picard's frustration builds --

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Stay alert, Doctor! That's an
			order, damn it!

					BEVERLY
			I must have lost a lot of blood.

					PICARD
			I've stopped the bleeding --

	Beverly makes an effort to shake her head.

					BEVERLY
			There's another wound. My leg.

	Picard frantically digs away the rubble and mush around
	her legs -- the DIRT IS A DEEP RED MUD from the blood.

74   NEW ANGLE

	Picard can't get to her wounds -- he must lift and pull
	her legs from under the rubble.

					PICARD
			This is going to hurt a bit,
			Doctor.

					BEVERLY
				(with the faintest of
				 smiles)
			I heard that before.

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT THREE     34.

74   CONTINUED:

	Picard then lifts her legs -- and Beverly does
	everything to hold in a scream. But her expression
	tells us just how much pain she's going through. This
	is a woman of great courage! Picard then rips a piece
	her smock into a makeshift bandage and strap for a
	tourniquet. When that's done, Picard turns to Beverly:

					PICARD
			Doctor -- you have to stay awake
			-- you have to help me! Tell me
			what to do.

	Beverly nods -- she'll try.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			What else can I do?

	Beverly makes an effort to point at something -- but
	she is too weak to lift her hand.

					BEVERLY
			The wound needs a clotting agent.

					PICARD
			I can't find your medical kit.

	She forces herself to look around.

					BEVERLY
			Those roots. What are they?

					PICARD
			These?

	She nods. Picard pulls at a long root, breaking it off
	and showing it to her.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I don't know.

					BEVERLY
			Break off a piece and taste it.
			Don't swallow.

	Picard breaks open the root and pops a piece into his
	mouth, and spits it out.

					PICARD
			It's very bitter --

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT THREE     35.

74   CONTINUED: (2)

	She nods.

					BEVERLY
			Good. Pound it into a paste and
			spread in onto the wound.

					PICARD
			I understand.

75   ON PICARD

	as he SQUEEZES THE ROOT, making a sort of ointment.
	When he has enough, he smears it on her wounds. Again,
	Beverly begins to drift away.

					PICARD
			What do we do next, Doctor?

	But Beverly is so tired --

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Help me -- you've got to help me!

	Beverly opens her eyes -- fighting the sleep with all
	her fading strength. Picard gets an idea -- he appeals
	to her professionalism:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			The patient has lost a great deal
			of blood from multiple
			lacerations. What's your
			diagnosis, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			Your patient is going into shock.

					PICARD
			What do I do?

					BEVERLY
			Elevate the legs and keep her
			warm.

					PICARD
			All right. Stay with me, Doctor.
			Keep talking...

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT THREE     36.

75   CONTINUED:

	Picard gently lifts her legs -- resting them on top of
	some rubble in an effort to keep the blood flowing to
	her brain.

					BEVERLY
			Did you happen to bring a blanket?

	Beverly is shivering and sweating profusely.

76   ON PICARD

	anxiously looking at Beverly and then scanning the area
	for something -- anything! -- to keep her warm.

					PICARD
			No, but I'll find something.

	He gets up and begins looking around for something.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Keep up your end. Stay awake.
			That's an order, Doctor.

77   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	still in orbit around the planet.

78   OMITTED

78A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (FORMERLY SCENE 60)

	Everyone is very tense.

					GEORDI
			A shot in the dark is better than
			nothing. Let's see if we can get
			lucky.

					SOLIS
			I can't seem to pin down the
			pattern...

	Geordi STEPS TO Solis's position, looks over Solis'
	shoulder, and makes an adjustment on the console.

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT THREE     37.

78A  CONTINUED:

					SOLIS
			Sorry, sir. I should have seen
			that.

					GEORDI
			It's all right. You are doing
			fine.

	Worf completes his own adjustments.

					WORF
			Program laid in, sir. Phasers and
			photon torpedoes ready.

78B  ANOTHER ANGLE (FORMERLY SCENE 61)

	Geordi RETURNS to the Command position.

					GEORDI
			Bring her about to two-three mark
			one-eight-five.

					LIAN
			Aye, sir.

78C  NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL) (FORMERLY SCENE 62)

	as the INTERRUPTER EFFECT HITS them again. The moment
	the EFFECT ENDS --

					GEORDI
			Fire!

					WORF
			Phasers and photons firing.

78D  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL) (FORMERLY SC. 63)

	FIRING main PHASERS and a spread of PHOTONS
	simultaneously.

78E  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Worf SLAMS the console in frustration.

					WORF
			We missed.

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT THREE     38.

79   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as the BRIDGE IS SHAKEN BY another INTERRUPTER EFFECT,
	taking the crew by surprise. The EFFECT ENDS.

					SOLIS
			Number four shield buckling.

80   ON GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	as he sits back down in the Command Chair. He's
	stunned. How do you fight this thing? What should he
	do next?

	The INTERRUPTER EFFECT HITS again. BRIDGE LIGHTS DIM
	ALMOST TO BLACK -- power systems can no longer
	compensate. The EFFECT ENDS.

					SOLIS
			Number three shield nearing
			failure.

					LOGAN'S COM VOICE
			Bridge, this is Engineering. I
			can't hold this power level much
			longer.

					SOLIS
			Backup systems are overloaded.

	Worf looks to Geordi.

81   OMITTED

82   WIDER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Geordi is silent, desperately trying to come up with a
	plan. The INTERRUPTER EFFECT HITS again, then ENDS.

					SOLIS
			Backup systems failing.

	There's a touch of urgency in Solis's voice. Geordi
	becomes aware that Worf, Lian, Troi, and the rest of
	the bridge crew are looking at him. Nothing obvious,
	not a cold stare -- just a simple expectation.

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT THREE     39.

83   ON GEORDI

	as it dawns on him: they're waiting for orders. The
	entire crew is looking to him for their next move...
	and he hasn't got one.

					LOGAN'S COM VOICE
			Bridge, this is Engineering. Tell
			me something.

	As we PUSH IN on his look of pain and indecision, we:

					GEORDI
				(into com)
			Mister Logan, report to the bridge.

					LOGAN'S COM VOICE
			On my way.

83A  REACTIONS

	Everyone on the bridge believes Geordi is about to
	relinquish his command.

									FADE OUT:

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT FOUR     40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

84   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	It's BEING HAMMERED by something which we cannot see.

85   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Geordi is in the Command position.

					WORF
			Deflectors are breaking down.
			We have less than one minute of
			reserve.

	Logan STEPS ONTO the bridge and STRIDES OVER TO
	Geordi.

					GEORDI
			We are getting out of here.

	Worf REACTS to the thought of retreat.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Ensign T'su - set course. Three-one-five...
			mark zero-seven.

					LIAN
			Course set.

					LOGAN
			You are leaving them on that
			planet?

					GEORDI
			Speed warp five.

					LIAN
			Warp five - aye.

					GEORDI
			Engage.

86   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it WARPS AWAY from the planet.

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT FOUR     41.

87   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Those around Geordi are surprised by this apparent
	retreat.

					GEORDI
			Hold course and speed for twenty-eight
			seconds, then come to a full
			stop.

	Geordi stands so that everyone on the bridge can see
	him.

					GEORDI
			If we stay, we'll be destroyed.
			There are over a thousand people
			on the ship -- I have a
			responsibility to them.

					LOGAN
			What about your responsibility
			to Captain Picard and the members
			of the away team?

					GEORDI
			We have a responsibility to them
			as well. Mister Logan, you are
			going to take command...

	Logan REACTS.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			... of the Saucer Section. Bridge
			crew - prepare to move to the
			Battle Bridge.

					LOGAN
			You're going to separate?

					GEORDI
			Yes. I want you to take the
			Saucer Section and proceed
			immediately for Starbase
			One-zero-three.

					LOGAN
			You still won't be able to see
			that device.

					GEORDI
			There are ways.

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT FOUR     42.

87   CONTINUED:

					LOGAN
				(with a little envy)
			Risky.

					GEORDI
			That's why we are going to
			separate.

	Geordi rises and moves toward the turbolift which goes
	to the Battle Bridge.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Worf, Solis, T'su. You're with
			me on the Battle Bridge. Good
			luck, Mister Logan.

	The key members of the bridge crew FOLLOW Geordi to
	the turbolift.

88   INT. CAVERN

	Picard is in the pit looking for something which will
	provide warmth.

	{Picard will continue talking to Beverly as he searches
	the cavern. Pages to come.}

	Roots have come in and tightened the passageway making
	it difficult for him to move around. He sees something -
	a little FLICKERING GLOW. He moves toward it.

89   ANOTHER ANGLE

	He clears away roots and earthen debris from around the
	GLOW. It's a viewscreen -- OFF Picard's REACTION.

90   EXT. PLANET SURFACE

	Tasha, Data, and a more revived Riker are searching
	close to the spot where Picard and Beverly disappeared.

					DATA
			Commander -- here. There seem
			to be air shafts overgrown with
			vegetation. Perhaps they somehow
			fell through one of them.

					RIKER
			Clear some of that away.

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT FOUR     43.

90   CONTINUED:

					TASHA
			If Data's calculations are
			correct, the next sphere should
			show itself in two minutes.

	They work faster.

91   INT. CAVERN (OPTICAL)

	Picard moves closer to the viewscreen. SUDDENLY, a
	figure MATERIALIZES beside him. Picard nearly jumps
	out of his skin.

92   ON PICARD AND THE FIGURE

	It's the Peddler from the opening.

					THE PEDDLER
			{He starts to give a sales pitch
			to Picard. It tells Picard about
			the machine. Picard realizes that
			these people have created a nearly
			perfect killing system. The spy
			at the beginning, and all of these
			devices which are capable of
			learning and improving.}

					PICARD
			You poor fools. The first time
			you tested it, or demonstrated
			it... something went wrong and
			your creation destroyed you.

	Picard hears a NOISE... a GURGLING from somewhere
	behind the screen.

					PICARD
			What was that noise?

					THE PEDDLER
			{Another (something from the model
			number... ) is about to clear.
			Something about the demonstration.
			that it is another one of the
			devices going to the surface.}

					PICARD
			Can you stop it?

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT FOUR     44.

92   CONTINUED:

					THE PEDDLER
			Why would I want to do that? It
			can't demonstrate its abilities
			unless it leaves the nest.

	Picard looks at the Peddler. A VOICE calls out.

					RIKER (O.S.)
			Captain... can you hear me?

93   ON PICARD

	He steps back and looks up.

					PICARD
			Yes -- we're here.

94   INTERCUT AS NEEDED

	Riker YELLING down the hole and Picard YELLING back.

					RIKER
			Are you all right?

					PICARD
			Doctor Crusher has been seriously
			injured. Our communicators are
			out and I haven't been able to
			contact the Enterprise.

					RIKER
			Yes, we are in the same fix. Is
			there a way to get down to you?

					PICARD
			None that I know of. Number One,
			those devices are part of a system
			which is located down here.
			Another is about to be released.

95   EXT. PLANET SURFACE

	Riker, Data and Tasha as they look down the hole.

					TASHA
			We know, Captain.

	Riker stares down into the cavern.

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT FOUR     45.

95   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			It's too far. There is nothing
			to hold onto... no way to climb
			down.

					TASHA
			I'm surprised either of them
			survived.

					DATA
			Commander, I can do it.

					RIKER
			How?

					DATA
			Jump.

					RIKER
			It's over ten meters.

					DATA
			Eleven point seven five.

					TASHA
			Data, you're sturdy, but you're
			not indestructible.

					DATA
			I believe I can safely traverse
			the distance.

					RIKER
				(yelling)
			Captain -- Data is coming down to
			join you.

	With a little look, Riker takes a STEP BACKWARD.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Be my guest.

	And without further discussion or hesitation, Data
	STEPS FORWARD AND DISAPPEARS.

96   INT. CAVERN

	as Data FALLS IN, lands on his feet with great force.
	His android legs absorb the impact.

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT FOUR     46.

96   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(concerned)
			Data!

					DATA
			At your service, Captain.

97   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

	Worf and other BRIDGE PERSONNEL take their stations
	and fire up their consoles. After a beat, Geordi
	takes the Command position.

					GEORDI
			Prepare to initiate separation
			sequence.

					SOLIS
			All decks report ready.

					GEORDI
				(with a pause, because
				 it's such a big
				 decision)
			Begin separation.

98   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL - STOCK)

	VARIOUS ANGLES of the separation process, ending with
	the TWO SECTIONS APART.

99   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

					WORF
			Separation complete, sir.

					GEORDI
			Lian -- lay in a course for Minos --
			warp five.

					LIAN
			Course set.

					GEORDI
			Engage.

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT FOUR     47.

100
thru	OMITTED
102

103  EXT. SPACE - BATTLE CRUISER (OPTICAL - STOCK)

	It BLASTS INTO WARP EIGHT AND VANISHES.

103A EXT. PLANET SURFACE

	Tasha and Riker by the hole through which Data has
	disappeared.

					TASHA
			We had better find a defensive
			position. If Data's right --

					RIKER
			And he usually is.

					TASHA
			We're going to have company in
			thirty seconds. And this time...
			I don't know how we're going to
			stop it.

	OFF their REACTION, WE:

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT FIVE     48.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

104  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE BATTLE CRUISER (OPTICAL)) 104

	as it COMES OUT OF WARP SPEED near the planet Minos.

105  INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

	Everyone is tense.

					SOLIS
			Shields and deflectors are up.

					GEORDI
				(to Lian)
			When I order the shields down,
			you have one responsibility.
			Locate the away team and get them
			up here. You may only have a few
			seconds.

					LIAN
			Approaching the planet, sir.

	Geordi has picked up on Lian and Solis's look of
	apprehension. He gets up from the Command chair,
	CROSSES to them.

					GEORDI
			The ride's going to get a little
			bumpy. Things are going to happen
			fast.

	Although he's looking at both of them, his concerns are
	more for the younger Ensign T'su.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Just keep alert... stay calm...
			and focus on the task at hand.
			You know your jobs.

105A REACTIONS

	as Lian and Solis listen and draw courage from Geordi's
	words. Even Worf pays respectful attention.

     STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT FIVE     49.

105A CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			You've been trained, you've been
			tested, and you've earned the
			right to sit in those chairs.

105B OMITTED

106  INT. CAVERN

	Data is with Picard inspecting the computer. There is
	a NOISE.

					DATA
			Another weapon has been launched.

					PICARD
			We have to find a way to stop this
			system.

					DATA
			I need to see the program
			schematic.

	Data expects Picard to answer, but it's the Peddler who
	says:

					THE PEDDLER
			You got it.

107  ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The DIAGRAM OF THE WORKINGS of the system.

107A BACK TO SHOT (OPTICAL)

					PICARD
			Is it possible to re-adjust the
			targeting sequence?

					THE PEDDLER
			Absolutely. They wouldn't be
			much good if you couldn't.

					PICARD
			Data, assign it a neutral target.

					DATA
			The target must be specific.

          STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT FIVE          50.

107A CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Itself, then. Have it track
			itself or the power source that
			manufactures it.

					DATA
			The force of that explosion would
			destroy this chamber and evervone
			near by.

					PEDDLER
			Watch now - the Echo-Papa, Series
			Six-oh-seven is about to complete
			this phase of its mission.

	ON the Screen, the DOTS representing Tasha and Riker
	are ABOUT TO INTERSECT WITH THE DOT representing the
	weapons.

107B EXT. PLANET SURFACE

	Tasha and Riker SCRAMBLE to find cover in the foliage.

					RIKER
			Got any ideas?

					TASHA
			None.

107C INT. CAVERN

	Picard knows the clock is running out.

					PICARD
			Give me some options, Data...
			Quickly.

					BEVERLY
			Why don't you just shut it off?

	Picard REACTS.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Is that possible?

					BEVERLY
			Why not -- it's a machine, isn't
			it?

          STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT FIVE          51.

107C CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to the Peddler)
			Shut it off.

					THE PEDDLER
			But, you haven't seen half of
			what this beauty can do.

					PICARD
			We've seen enough.

					THE PEDDLER
			Does that mean you are going to
			buy it?

					PICARD
			If that's what it takes to shut
			it off. Yes... I've seen enough --
			you've made a sale.

					THE PEDDLER
			You won't be sorry.

					PICARD
			Now... end the demonstration.

					THE PEDDLER
			Done.

	And the Peddler DISAPPEARS, and the screen goes DARK.
	There is the SOUND OF SERVOS SHUTTING DOWN.

108  EXT. PLANET SURFACE (FORMERLY "INTERCUT")

	Riker and Tasha see the weapon MOVING through the
	foliage and they know there's nothing they can do about
	it. Riker gives Tasha a look, they both turn to face
	the weapon. Suddenly, IT STOPS. Right where it is -
	HANGS in the air for a moment, then DISSOLVES (or if
	you like... just DROPS to the ground). Riker and Tasha
	REACT with relief.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Number One!

	Riker is surprised to have his communicator working.

					RIKER
			Here, sir. That was close.

          STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT FIVE          52.

108A INT. CAVERN

	Picard and Data. The Peddler HAS GONE.

					PICARD
				(into com)
			Lieutenant La Forge.

109  OMITTED

110  INT. BATTLE BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	manned as before.

					GEORDI
			It's great to hear your voice,
			Captain. We're a little busy
			right now. I'll get right back
			to you.

					WORF
			Phasers at full readiness.

					GEORDI
			Keep those shields at full power.
			It'll be on us any moment.

	And without warning, the INTERRUPTER EFFECT HITS,
	shaking the ship. The moment it ENDS:

					WORF
			Shields holding.

					GEORDI
			Ahead one-quarter, heading
			two-five mark three-zero-zero.

					LIAN
			That heading will take us further
			into the planet's atmosphere.

					GEORDI
			That's correct.
				(to Lian)
			We're going to lose some
			maneuverability, so keep a firm
			hand on the helm.

					LIAN
				(can do)
			Aye, sir.

          STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT FIVE          53.

110  CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(catching on)
			You want our attacker to follow
			us into the atmosphere...

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			That's what I'm hoping.
				(to Solis)
			Scan for any air disruption or
			vortex -- cloak or no cloak,
			we'll spot it by its turbulence.

	All around the Battle bridge, faces light up with
	enthusiasm. Geordi's plan will work.

					GEORDI
				(to Worf)
			How fast will you be able to get
			a phaser lock?

					WORF
			Just watch me.

					SOLIS
			Hull temperature one thousand
			degrees and rising.

					GEORDI
			Emergency power to deflectors.

111  ANGLE TO INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	Minos fills the Main Viewer. The image begins to
	SHIMMER and BLUR as the atmospheric turbulence worsens.

					LIAN
			Velocity increasing, sir.

					GEORDI
			Steady as she goes.

112  EXT. SPACE - BATTLE CRUISER IN ATMOSPHERE (OPTICAL)

	The STARS ARE STILL VISIBLE, BUT THE BLACKNESS OF SPACE
	IS DEFINITELY GRAYISH AND OBSCURED. A RED HALO
	SURROUNDS THE BATTLE CRUISER, the result of air
	friction upon the ship's shields.

          STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT FIVE          54.

113  INT. BATTLE BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The Main Viewer shows nothing but a BLUR of motion.
	The bridge itself is beginning to SHAKE from the
	TURBULENCE. Geordi MOVES from station to station,
	brimming with controlled energy.

					SOLIS
			Hull temperature twenty-five
			hundred degrees.

					WORF
			Deflectors nearing overload.

					LIAN
			Helm is growing unresponsive, sir.

					GEORDI
			Can you compensate?

					LIAN
			Yes, sir, I can.

					SOLIS
			Hull three thousand degrees.

					GEORDI
			Maintain heading.

					SOLIS
			Thirty-three hundred degrees.

					WORF
			Number four deflector inoperative.

					SOLIS
			Turbulence to starboard!

113A EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	WE SEE the OUTLINE OF THE CLAW.

113B INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

					SOLIS
			Scanners locked --

					WORF
			Weapons locked!

					GEORDI
				(overlapping)
			Fire!

          STAR TREK: "The Arsenal... " - 1/25/88 - ACT FIVE          55.

114  EXT. SPACE - BATTLE CRUISER IN ATMOSPHERE (OPTICAL)

	FIRING FULL PHASERS to starboard.

115  INT. BATTLE BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	as a splendiferous TECHNICOLOR EXPLOSION fills the Main
	Viewer.

					WORF
			Got him!

	The bridge crew is jubilant.

					GEORDI
			Come to four-zero mark six-five,
			ahead one-third, and assume
			standard orbit.

					LIAN
			Locked onto life-forms and ready
			to beam them up.

					GEORDI
			Excellent. Energize.

116
thru	OMITTED
119

120  ANOTHER ANGLE - BATTLE BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	as Riker, Tasha, Data, Picard, and Beverly MATERIALIZE
	on the bridge.

					GEORDI
			Ensign T'su -- lay in a course
			to rendezvous with the Saucer
			Section.

	{There will be an exchange between Picard and Geordi.}

121  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE BATTLE CRUISER (OPTICAL))

	as it WARPS OFF.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             











                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         Skin of Evil 
                      "f.k.a.'The Shroud'"

                          #40271-122 
                              
                           Story by 
                        Joseph Stefano 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Joseph Stefano 
                              and 
                     Hannah Louise Shearer 
                              
                          Directed by 
                       Joseph L. Scanlan 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.


                     REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                      FEBRUARY 1, 1988

            STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "The Shroud" 
                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             ARMUS (THE SHROUD)
                RIKER              
                BEVERLY            
                DATA               
                TROI               
                TASHA              
                WORF               
                GEORDI             
                WESLEY             
                LIEUTENANT COMMANDER LELAND T. LYNCH
                NURSE              
                LIEUTENANT BEN PRIETO [PRONOUNCED: "PREE-ET-TOE"]

                Non-Speaking       
                  TWO MEDICAL TECHNICIANS
                  TRANSPORTER CHIEF  

                Voice-Over         
                  COMPUTER VOICE     

            STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "The Shroud" 

                             SETS                               
                              
            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              MAIN ENGINEERING         SHUTTLECRAFT
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              SICKBAY                  VAGRA 2 [PRONOUNCED: "VAY-GRA"]
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
          
              PASTORAL AREA
          
            SHUTTLECRAFT

          STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - TEASER          1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "The Shroud"   
                           
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it travels through space on impulse power.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41801.3.
			We are crossing through the Zed
			Lapis sector, where we will
			rendezvous with Shuttlecraft
			Thirteen carrying Deanna Troi,
			who is returning from a
			psychology conference.

2    INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	The usual CREW is in place, except for Troi and Wesley.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Because Engineering is taking this
			opportunity to complete preventive
			maintenance on dilithium
			crystals, we are traveling on
			impulse power.

	Tasha and Worf are at the Aft station, working the
	console.

					WORF
			Routine deep sensor probe
			indicates no obstacles, no vessels
			within a range of three light
			years.

					TASHA
			Short-range sub-space radar
			confirms.

	Worf turns to her.

					WORF
			The martial arts competition is
			in three days. Are you prepared?

          STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - TEASER          2.

2    CONTINUED:

					TASHA
			If you'll meet me on the Holodeck
			later. I need your help on the
			Mishiama wrist-lock and break.
			If it works on you, I can use it
			on anyone.

					WORF
			A valid assumption. Who is your
			first competitor?

					TASHA
			The aikido match is with Science
			Officer Swenson.

					WORF
			You will defeat him easily.

					TASHA
				(nodding)
			I'm more concerned with Lieutenant
			Minnerly's kick-boxing.

					WORF
			You are favored in the ship's
			pool.

	Tasha just looks at him, then smiles, surprised.

					TASHA
			You bet on me.

					WORF
			A sure thing.

2A   ANOTHER ANGLE

					GEORDI
			Sir, estimated rendezvous with
			the shuttle in one hour, ten
			minutes.

					PICARD
			Very good, Lieutenant.
				(to Riker)
			It's not the same around here
			without Counselor Troi, is it,
			Number One?

	Riker's not sure if Picard's needling him.

          STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - TEASER          3.

2A   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			No, sir. It seems...

					WORF
			... Sir! I am receiving an
			emergency transmission from the
			shuttle!

					PICARD
			Put it on the Main Viewer.

					GEORDI
			I can't. We are receiving audio
			only.

					PICARD
			Then open the frequency.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

					BEN'S COM VOICE
				(crackling; calm)
			... what a jolt!

					PICARD
			Position report.

					BEN'S COM VOICE
			Sir, I have an onboard systems
			failure. You'll have to tell
			me where I am.

					GEORDI
			I read coordinates three-zero-seven
			mark one-two-six. Confirm!

					BEN'S COM VOICE
			Can't confirm. My instruments
			are haywire.

	The bridge crew REACTS with concern.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Prieto, is Counselor
			Troi all right?

					BEN'S COM VOICE
			Yes, sir. Just a little shaken.
			We're being buffeted a bit...

	A GREAT STATIC ECHOES through the bridge.

          STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - TEASER          4.

2A   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEN'S COM VOICE
				(continuing; slightly
				 panicked; breaking up)
			... losing more power! My flight
			control computer's fried.

					PICARD
			Main Engineering!

3    INT. MAIN ENGINEERING (INTERCUT WITH MAIN BRIDGE AS
NECESSARY)

	where LIEUTENANT COMMANDER LELAND T. LYNCH and his
	crew are working on DILITHIUM CRYSTALS. The door to
	the chamber is OPEN. Lynch touches his insignia.

					LYNCH
			Engineering. Lieutenant
			Commander Leland T. Lynch
			reporting, sir.

					PICARD
			How long will it take to return
			to warp power?

					LYNCH
			Captain! I'm in the middle of
			realigning the dilithium
			crystals.

					PICARD
			There's an emergency, Lynch. I
			need warp drive. How long?

					LYNCH
			Twenty minutes. Maybe more.

					PICARD
			We don't have it.

					LYNCH
			I'll align it by hand. Then
			power up the core.

					PICARD
			Whatever it takes.

	A frustrated Lynch starts to move quickly.

					LYNCH
			Aye, sir.
				(to his workers)
			Let's go!

          STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - TEASER          5.

4    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	the crew is very tense.

					GEORDI
			Shuttle, this is the Enterprise.
			Coordinates now read two-thirty-seven
			mark one-oh-one. You're
			moving in too close towards a
			large mass.

					BEN'S COM VOICE
			I can see it. The planet's
			getting closer.

	More STATIC fills the bridge.

					DATA
			The planet is Vagra Two of the
			Zed Lapis system. Uninhabited.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant, report!

					TROI'S COM VOICE
			This is Counselor Troi. I'll
			relay, sir. The pilot is...
			busy. We've lost most of our
			impulse power.

					PICARD
			Engineering! Status report!

					LYNCH'S COM VOICE
			Working on it. Three minutes,
			Captain. But there are no
			guarantees.

					PICARD
			Deanna, we'll be right there.

	Riker and the crew become very anxious as the STATIC
	again fills the bridge.

					TROI'S COM VOICE
			... We're spinning around...

					BEN'S COM VOICE
			We're caught in the planet's
			gravity.

					TROI'S COM VOICE
				(very controlled)
			We're going to crash.

          STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - TEASER          6.

4    CONTINUED:

	The faces of her friends reflect their fear and
	anguish, as WE:

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT ONE         7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	still on impulse power.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental.
			We've lost all contact with
			Shuttlecraft Thirteen -- and can
			only assume they've crash-landed
			on Vagra Two. Main Engineering
			is working at top speed to return
			us to warp power.

6    INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	where Lynch places the dilithium crystals on their
	proper tray.

					LYNCH
			Forget the final check.

7    CLOSER ANGLE

	as the tray with the crystals is placed within the
	chamber and the door CLOSES. Lynch WALKS to the
	Computer.

7A   LYNCH AT THE COMPUTER

					LYNCH
			Computer -- initiate start-up
			sequence.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Beginning check list.

					LYNCH
			Override. We are going directly
			to start-up.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			That procedure is not recommended.

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT ONE         8.

7A   CONTINUED:

					LYNCH
			Understood. Now. Prime
			matter/antimatter injectors. Set
			ratio at twenty-five to one...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Ratio set.

					LYNCH
			Power engine core. Inject
			reactants.

	At which point the SOUND WHINES AND BUILDS TO A RUMBLE.
	The ENGINE LIGHTS BRIGHTEN AND BEGIN THE FAMILIAR WARP
	DRIVE EFFECT.

					LYNCH
				(continuing)
			Captain, this is Lieutenant
			Commander Leland T. Lynch. You
			have minimum warp drive.

8    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as Geordi watches his console closely. He waits for
	Data's signal.

					DATA
			Computer indicates alignment of
			matter-anti-matter completed, sir.

					GEORDI
			Course plotted and set for Vagra
			Two.

					PICARD
			Warp eight.

					LYNCH'S COM VOICE
			Minimum warp drive, Captain.

					PICARD
			You heard the order. Make it so.

9    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the ship MOVES OUT IN WARP SPEED.

10   OMITTED

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT ONE         9.

11   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The crew calmly but rapidly performs their duties.
	Riker sits almost immobilized next to Picard. Beverly
	puts her hand on his arm.

					GEORDI
			Approaching Vagra Two.

					DATA
			Strange, sir. No emergency
			signal from the shuttle as yet.

					RIKER
				(reassuring himself)
			They're designed to withstand
			almost any impact.

					WORF
			Beginning a deeper probe, sir.

					PICARD
			What is this place, Mister Data?

					DATA
			There is no information in the
			library computer, sir, other than
			the fact of its existence. No
			signs of any known higher life-form.
			Virtually no vegetation.

					RIKER
			Atmosphere?

					DATA
			Minimum for our needs.

					PICARD
			Standard orbit.

					GEORDI
			Standard orbit, aye.

11A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL) (FORMERLY SC. 10)

	as it ENTERS orbit around Vagra 2.

12   CLOSE ON PICARD AND RIKER

	Riker's scared for Troi.

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT ONE         10.

12   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I could have set up the rendezvous
			in a dozen alternate sites.

	Picard knows what he's really saying.

					PICARD
			She means a lot to all of us.

					RIKER
			She's not dead. I'd know it.

13   WIDER ANGLE

	INCLUDING Worf.

					WORF
			I've located the shuttle!

					PICARD
			Life signs?

					WORF
			Not yet, sir.

	Riker REACTS to the possibility that Troi is dead.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Still probing. It appears to be
			buried under a lot of debris.

	Worf shakes his head, then sees a FLICKER on the
	console.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			I may have something, sir!

	He makes an adjustment on his instruments. Riker's
	out of his chair instantly, looking over Worf's
	shoulder.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Faint life signs. Very faint.

					RIKER
			How many?

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT ONE         11.

13   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			There's no way of telling from
			here.

					PICARD
			Can we beam up the injured?

					DATA
			No. Our sensors are not fully
			penetrating whatever the debris
			is, sir. I cannot explain it.

	A puzzled concerned REACTION from Picard.

					PICARD
			That's very unusual.

					DATA
			Yes. I cannot explain it.

	Picard gets a call.

					LYNCH'S COM VOICE
			Captain, this is Lieutenant
			Commander Leland T. Lynch. Can
			I shut down the warp drive now
			for a full realignment?

					PICARD
				(distracted)
			Yes.

					LYNCH
			Thanks. That's fine...

					PICARD
			No. Wait.
				(something is picking
				 at him)
			Not yet.

					LYNCH
			You'll have full impulse.

					PICARD
			I understand, but for the moment
			I want all systems at full
			readiness -- especially propulsion.

					LYNCH
			As you wish, Captain.

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT ONE         12.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Assemble your team, Number One.

					RIKER
			Right away.

					BEVERLY
			I'll meet you in Transporter Room
			Four.

	Riker gets up quickly.

					RIKER
			Yar, Data.

	They're already halfway out of their positions and
	HEADING for the Transporter Room.

14   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM FOUR (OPTICAL)

	The team is assembled on the pad when Beverly COMES
	IN with TWO MEDICAL TECHNICIANS and gear. They MOVE
	ONTO the pad.

					RIKER
			Do it.

	The Transporter Chief works the console and the away
	team DISAPPEARS.

15   EXT. VAGRA 2 (OPTICAL)

	Vagra 2 is arid, desolate, with very rocky terrain.
	It's always dusk. The team BEAMS IN about ten meters
	from the crash site. The shuttle appears to have
	crashed into a hill. It's almost completely buried,
	obscured by ROCKS. There is an eerie stillness, a
	deadness about the place. Tasha takes readings.

					TASHA
			Ben must have had no control
			left, otherwise he would have
			picked a better spot.

					BEVERLY
			Let's go. The life signs are
			weak.

	Tasha starts to lead the team quickly and cautiously
	towards the shuttle.

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT ONE         13.

16   ANOTHER ANGLE

	As they near the shuttle, they run into an obstacle -
	a BLACK, SHINY, VISCOUS MASS lying on the ground.

16A  ANGLE ON THE AWAY TEAM

	They STOP for a beat and look at the slime. Data
	takes a tricorder reading.

					RIKER
			What is it?

	No one has an answer.

					TASHA
			No idea. We'll go around. Just
			to be on the safe side.

16B  ANGLE ON TASHA

	As she leads the away team around the slick, it MOVES
	PARALLEL with them so it stays between them and the
	shuttle. The team STOPS.

					TASHA
			We'll go the other way.

16C  ANOTHER ANGLE

	The away team CIRCLES AROUND the other way. And again,
	the slick stays between them and the shuttle.

					RIKER
				(touching his
				 communicator)
			Enterprise, this is Riker. We've
			got a problem.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			What kind of a problem, Number
			One?

					RIKER
			I'm not sure yet. There's some
			kind of a slick blocking our
			path. We'll keep you apprised.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Maintain an open frequency.

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT ONE         14.

16C  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

17   CLOSER ANGLE

					RIKER
			Analysis, Mister Data.

	Data takes readings.

					DATA
			Inconclusive, sir. I cannot tell
			you what it is -- only what it is
			not.

					RIKER
			Explain.

					DATA
			There is no evidence of neural
			or circulatory systems. No
			internal organs. Cellular
			structure unknown. It does not
			have any proteins which are known
			to us.

	The slime remains SILENT and STILL... Until:

					BEVERLY
			It's narrower over here. Can
			we get over it?

	They try -- but it EXPANDS, so they can't pass.

					RIKER
			Wait, Beverly. How is it moving,
			Data?

					DATA
			I do not know, sir. It does not
			appear to have any skeletal
			framework or musculature.

					RIKER
			Then what's causing it to move?

					DATA
			Perhaps we are. It appears to
			be following us, sir.

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT ONE         15.

18   WIDER ANGLE

	The slime continues to BLOCK THEIR PATH, BLOCKING ANY
	WAY THEY TRY TO APPROACH the shuttle.

					RIKER
			No readings of intelligence.
			No brain as we know it. But
			evidence of thought, Mister Data?

					DATA
			Insufficient information.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Number One, can you beam around
			it?

					RIKER
			Negative, not enough room, sir.
			It seems to be trying to keep
			us away from the shuttle.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Data, is it alive?

19   THE CREATURE

					DATA
			It is possible. It possesses
			two of the requisites for life.

20   WIDER ANGLE

	A SHRIEK is emitted, and the BLACK SHROUD, ARMUS, LIFTS
	ITSELF off the ground and blocks the away team's path.

					ARMUS
			Very good, tin man.

	They STEP BACK, startled... phasers ready. Riker
	gathers himself and steps forward. Tasha's alert.

20A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and the others listening.

					PICARD
			What is it, Number One? What are
			you seeing?

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT ONE         16.

20A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I wish I had an answer, Captain.
			The truth is... I'm not sure.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT TWO         17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

A21	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the ship orbits the planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental.
			While on the planet Vagra Two to
			rescue members of the crew who
			were injured in a rather strange
			and unexplained shuttle crash,
			the away team, lead by Commander
			Riker, has encountered a strange
			creature which seems to be able
			to take many forms, including
			something which is humanoid.

B21	INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard touches his arm panel.

					PICARD
			Go easy, Number One. Let's find
			out what it is we are dealing with
			here.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Agreed, Captain.

					PICARD
			And Number One, I don't believe
			the location shuttle crash and
			the proximity of this creature
			is necessarily a coincidence.

C21	EXT. PLANET VAGRA 2

	Riker moves a STEP CLOSER to the creature.

					RIKER
			I am Commander William Riker of
			the USS Enterprise.

					ARMUS
			I am ARMUS. Why do you intrude
			into my space?

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT TWO         18.

C21	CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			We mean you no harm. We have an
			injured crew in that shuttlecraft.
			We need to get to them. May we
			pass?

					ARMUS
			That is important to you? That
			they live?

					RIKER
			Yes. Preserving life -- all life
			-- is very important to us.

					ARMUS
			Why?

					RIKER
			We believe that everything in the
			universe has a right to exist.

					ARMUS
			Interesting. Irrelevant. But
			you may now leave if you wish.

	Riker and the crew are startled.

					TASHA
			We won't without the shuttle
			crew.

	The shroud REMAINS SILENT as Tasha makes a slight MOVE
	TO GO AROUND IT.

					ARMUS
			You will not like it here.

					TASHA
			What are you saying -- that you
			are going to try and deny us
			access and attempt to force us
			to leave without our comrades?

					ARMUS
			I told you what you can do. You
			can leave.

	Tasha has had enough of this and starts to move toward
	the narrowest strip of slime.

					TASHA
			Enough. We have people who need
			attention. We mean you no harm,
			but do not interfere.

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT TWO         19.

21   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as ARMUS FLICKS HIS FINGER, sending an ENERGY FORCE
	towards Tasha, JERKING HER BACK and SLAMMING HER DOWN
	to the ground.

22   ON THE TEAM (OPTICAL)

	Everything from here on must happen in a blur of
	action. Beverly and the medical personnel jump to
	Tasha's side. Riker and Data MOVE BETWEEN the others
	and BLAST ARMUS with their phasers.

23   OMITTED

24   ANGLE ON THE CREATURE (OPTICAL)

	who appears to thrive and grow on the energy.

24A  ANGLE ON RIKER AND DATA

	They BACK AWAY - still FIRING.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Number One?

					RIKER
			The creature attacked us.
			Lieutenant Yar is down.

					DATA
			It appears to feed on our phaser
			energy.

					RIKER
			We have no effect on it.

24B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and the others are monitoring.

					PICARD
			Transporter Room. Get them up.
			Now!

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT TWO         20.

24C  ANGLE ON TASHA AND THE OTHERS

	Beverly quickly takes a reading. She can't believe the
	instruments.

					BEVERLY
			She's dead.

24CC	ANGLE ON THE BRIDGE CREW

	stunned.

24D  ANGLE ON RIKER AND DATA

	They REACT to the words. Then look back at ARMUS.

24E  ANGLE ON ARMUS

	watching.

25   ANGLE ON BEVERLY AND TASHA

	There is a piece of slime on Tasha's face. Beverly
	digs at it, desperate to remove it.

25A  ANGLE ON AWAY TEAM (OPTICAL)

	The lock on is complete -- the away team is BEAMED UP.
	Leaving only Armus and the shuttle.

26   OMITTED

26A  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	as the away team BEAMS IN. Beverly and the
	Technicians are still working on Tasha. Beverly gives
	her an injection in the neck. Riker and Data can REACT
	for the first time.

					BEVERLY
			I need her in Sickbay right now!
			Get a gurney.

27   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard is out of his seat -- the whole crew is alert.

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT TWO         21.

27   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Yellow Alert, Lieutenant Worf.
			I'll be in Sickbay.

	REACTIONS from the bridge crew.

28
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29

30   INT. SICKBAY

	The medical team is easing Tasha onto the operating
	table as Picard ENTERS. Beverly barely glances up at
	him. He MOVES OFF TO THE SIDE and watches silently,
	with Data and Riker, as:

31   CLOSE ON DIAGNOSTIC SCREEN

	which shows her bodily readings to be totally askew.

32   WIDER ANGLE

	Beverly and the Nurse work together as if they'd done
	this a hundred times before, attaching the clamshell
	device onto the bed, over Tasha's body.

					PICARD
			Status, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			She's dead.

					PICARD
			Bring her back.

					BEVERLY
			I'm trying.

					PICARD
			You've saved people before. You
			can save her.

					BEVERLY
			Neural stimulator.

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT TWO         22.

32   CONTINUED:

	The Nurse immediately helps her attach the device,
	which clips onto the bed and slips over Tasha's head
	like a loose headband. As soon as both devices are
	activated, Beverly and the Nurse anxiously watch the
	diagnostic screen. A FEW KEY INDICATORS APPROACH
	NORMALITY. Picard is anxious and impatient.

					RIKER
			There. You did it.

					BEVERLY
			No. I've got her on total
			support. There's no independent
			brain activity.

	Beverly grimly and quickly works the neural
	stimulator. She pushes programming keys furiously,
	then hits the start button. No reaction.

					NURSE
			She's not responding, Doctor.
			Her synaptic network is breaking
			down.

					BEVERLY
			No! Inject norep.

	The Nurse complies as Beverly reprograms the
	stimulator. Nothing happens.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			We're going for direct reticular
			stimulation.

					NURSE
			Risky.

					PICARD
			What does that mean?

					BEVERLY
			Doesn't matter! Do it!

	The Nurse punches it in, and Tasha's body TWITCHES
	SLIGHTLY. Picard looks hopefully at Beverly.

					PICARD
			She moved!

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT TWO         23.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					NURSE
			Neurons are beginning to
			depolarize.

	Beverly is desperate, but calm.

					BEVERLY
			Increase to seventy microvolts.

	The Nurse complies. Beverly pushes the button. Tasha
	MOVES SLIGHTLY -- VERY SLIGHTLY. Beverly checks the
	readout. Data and Riker looks at each other -- it's
	not good.

					PICARD
				(urgently)
			Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			Eighty-five microvolts.

	They quickly try again. And again. Finally, there is
	NO MOVEMENT in Tasha at all.

33   ON BEVERLY AND PICARD

	She slowly turns to him.

					BEVERLY
			She's gone.

					PICARD
			Gone?

					BEVERLY
			There's too much synaptic damage.
			That thing just sucked all the
			life out of her. There's nothing
			I can do...

	Picard, Riker and Data seem rooted to the spot.

34   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Beverly reluctantly pushes in a code on the overbed
	life support clamshell. She and the others look up
	at the big diagnostic wall screen and watch all the
	LIFE FUNCTION INDICATORS FALL TO ZERO. They REACT
	to the finality of this.

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT TWO         24.

35   EXT. VAGRA 2

	as ARMUS SLITHERS AND SLIDES close to the shuttle.

36   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	It is greatly damaged. The PILOT, LIEUTENANT BEN
	PRIETO, is slumped forward, unconscious. Troi tries
	to move, but is in a great deal of pain. She touches
	her communicator, but it doesn't work.

36A  EXT. VAGRA 2 (FORMERLY SCENE 39)

	ARMUS has slithered up the shuttle and covered the
	little bit that isn't buried by rubble.

36B  INT. SHUTTLECRAFT (FORMERLY SCENE 40)

	Troi is startled. She feels very uncomfortable and
	looks around, seeing nothing, but feeling -- an
	intimate sense of evil.

					ARMUS (O.S.)
			Your friends have deserted you.
			They're not coming back.

					TROI
			You're wrong.

					ARMUS (O.S.)
			I killed one of them.

	Troi is very sad.

					TROI
			Yes. I know.

					ARMUS (O.S.)
			How could you be in there and know
			that?

					TROI
			I felt her die.

					ARMUS (O.S.)
			Do you want to know why I killed
			her?

					TROI
			Meaningless. That act had no
			reason.

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT TWO         25.

36B  CONTINUED:

					ARMUS (O.S.)
			Exactly. I did it because I
			could.

					TROI
			But you felt no satisfaction.

					ARMUS (O.S.)
			No, none. It was too easy.

					TROI
			You wanted her to suffer. You
			have a great need.

					ARMUS (O.S.)
			I need nothing.

					TROI
			Liar.
				(there is a pause)
			End this. Let us go.

					ARMUS
			Not yet.

					TROI
			They won't give you what you want.

					ARMUS (O.S.)
			And what is that?

					TROI
			To break their spirit.

					ARMUS (O.S.)
			Oh, is that what I want?... Then
			that's what I will have.

					TROI
			Never.

37   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it orbits Vagra 2.

38   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	The bridge crew GATHERS around the table.

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT TWO         26.

38   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(enraged)
			She didn't do anything, Captain.
			Her phaser was lowered. She only
			wanted to get to Troi and
			Lieutenant Prieto.

					RIKER
			There was nothing provocative
			about what she did.

	Riker slams the table and fights back tears of outrage.

					BEVERLY
			It just killed her. No reason.
			No justification. A senseless,
			brutal act.

	Picard waits, while the members of his crew purge their
	anger.

					PICARD
			All right. This is very emotional
			for all of us, but we still have
			members of this crew down on that
			planet, so, until the shuttle
			crew is safely aboard this ship,
			our feelings will have to wait.

	There are QUIET MURMURS OF ASSENT.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Lieutenant Worf, you are now chief
			of security.

					WORF
			I will do my best, sir.

					PICARD
			Doctor, what is the status of
			the shuttle crew?

					BEVERLY
			We're still receiving faint life
			signs. But the sensor readings
			are fluctuating -- and I don't
			know how accurate they are.

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT TWO         27.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			ARMUS is capable of creating
			undefined forcefields. In
			effect, we are powerless to
			communicate or use our transporter
			unless it allows us to.

					PICARD
			A powerful creature against whom
			we seem to have no defense.
			Number One.

	Riker begins PACING.

					RIKER
			This creature that calls itself
			ARMUS is down on that planet
			waiting for us to come back. It
			wants us to come back. It killed
			Tasha. It could have just as
			easily killed us all. It didn't.
			Troi and Ben Prieto are still
			alive. For a reason. It wants
			something -- and it knows we will
			not leave so long as Troi and Ben
			are alive.

					PICARD
			What does it want?

					RIKER
			The only way we're going to find
			out is to go back down.

	The crew REACTS.

					DATA
			Sir, request permission to
			accompany Commander Riker. He
			may need help -- and ARMUS may
			allow us through its forcefield
			only once.

					BEVERLY
			I am going too. There are
			injured people down there.

					GEORDI
			Captain, perhaps I can see
			something in the creature which
			will be helpful.
				(to Worf)
			Worf -- are you coming?

         STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT TWO         28.

38   CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF
			I will remain on the ship.

	Everyone is mildly surprised.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			The object here is not to engage
			this creature in battle. The goal
			is the safe return of Counselor
			Troi and Lieutenant Prieto. I
			can best accomplish this from the
			Tactical Station.

	Picard admires his courageous choice.

					PICARD
			Agreed, Lieutenant... Number One,
			I see no other choice. Prepare
			your away team.

39
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40

40A  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Data, Beverly and Geordi prepare to beam down.

					RIKER
			Is there anything left to say?

	SILENCE.

					RIKER
			Energize.

41   EXT. VAGRA 2 (OPTICAL)

	as the away team BEAMS DOWN near the shuttle, which
	is lying there, quiescent, waiting for them.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

        STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT THREE        29.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

42   EXT. VAGRA 2

	The away team MAKES ITS WAY, very cautiously, towards
	ARMUS. The shroud is still on top of the
	shuttlecraft. Riker and the team take an involuntary
	STEP BACK when they see this.

					RIKER
			Enterprise.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Number One.

					RIKER
			We're approaching the
			shuttlecraft. The creature's
			covering it.

42A  INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Troi feels the presence of the away team.

					ARMUS (O.S.)
			I lied to you. They came back.

					TROI
			Let me talk with them.

					ARMUS (O.S.)
			No.

					TROI
			Why not? Does the thought of
			my having contact with them make
			you uneasy?

					ARMUS (O.S.)
			No, it makes them uneasy. They
			are worried.

					TROI
			Yes. Yes, they are worried.

					ARMUS (O.S.)
			They care for you. You must be
			very special.

        STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT THREE        30.

42A  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			We are members of a community.
			We all care for one another.

					ARMUS (O.S.)
			Equally? None more than another?

					TROI
			Yes, equally.

					ARMUS (O.S.)
			Now it is you who lie. There is
			one who is loved more.

	Troi changes the direction of this conversation.

					TROI
			You were really surprised that
			they came back.

					ARMUS (O.S.)
			Yes.

					TROI
			Why? Because the others did not?

					ARMUS (O.S.)
				(now it is the creature
				 who is uncomfortable)
			What others?

					TROI
			You can't hide the emptiness from
			me. The others. The ones who
			hurt you. Who left you -- alone --
			rejected. The ones who make you
			so angry.

					ARMUS (O.S.)
			What do you know of them?

					TROI
			Only what you tell me.

42B  EXT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	ARMUS SLITHERS OFF the craft and MOVES TOWARDS the away
	team.

					RIKER
			Enterprise, Armus is moving
			towards us.

        STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT THREE        31.

42C  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (FORMERLY SC. 45)

	WESLEY and Worf lean over the Aft console. On the
	bridge they spot the change -- and again...

					WORF
			Captain. Look at this.

	Picard APPROACHES the Aft station.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			The force of the energy field
			around the shuttle just took a
			dip. It was almost low enough
			for us to beam them out. Now,
			as the creature approaches the
			away team, the energy field
			increases.

	Picard is pensive for a moment.

					PICARD
			Chart it.

43
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44

44A  ANGLE ON AWAY TEAM (FORMERLY SC. 43)

	The shroud is half-standing near the team.

					ARMUS
			She said you'd be back, but I
			didn't think so.

					RIKER
			We have no choice.

					ARMUS
			I sense anger directed at me.

	Riker deflects the statement.

					RIKER
			I'm here to negotiate. What is
			it you want?

					ARMUS
			Maybe I want nothing.

					RIKER
			Then you would have killed us
			all.


        STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT THREE        32.

44A  CONTINUED:

					ARMUS
			I still might.

					RIKER
			Do you want something? Tell me.
			Maybe we can reach an
			accommodation.

					ARMUS
			You would do that even after what
			I did to the fair one?

					RIKER
			Yes.

					ARMUS
			If I tell you what it is... will
			you give it to me?

					RIKER
			I don't know... I guess it
			depends.

					ARMUS
			Not good enough.

45   OMITTED

46   ANGLE ON BEVERLY AND THE SHROUD

	as she APPROACHES it.

					BEVERLY
			I'm a doctor. I need to treat
			our injured friends.

					ARMUS
			Say please.

					BEVERLY
			Please.

					ARMUS
			Again.

					BEVERLY
			Please.

					ARMUS
			You ask nicely. I will allow it.

        STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT THREE        33.

46   CONTINUED:

	The team starts to move forward.

					ARMUS
				(continuing)
			Stop! Only the "Doctor."

	Beverly STARTS TO MOVE FORWARD.

					ARMUS
			Stop. I've changed my mind. Talk
			to her from here.

					BEVERLY
			How?
				(into com)
			Troi, can you hear me? Troi?

47   OMITTED

48   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Deanna? Are you all right?

	Troi touches her communicator.

					TROI
			Beverly...

49   EXT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Beverly relaxes with relief for a moment.

					BEVERLY
			Are you all right?

50   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT (INTERCUT AS NECESSARY WITH EXT.
SHUTTLECRAFT)

					TROI
			I'm not sure. Ben's really bad
			-- I can barely feel his pulse.

					BEVERLY
			We have to get you out. It has
			a forcefield preventing us from
			transporting you.

					TROI
			I know.

        STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT THREE        34.

51   EXT. VAGRA 2 - NEAR ARMUS

	Riker makes a reflexive MOVE TOWARD THE SHUTTLE.

					RIKER
			She needs our help.

					ARMUS
			You have no permission to pass.

					BEVERLY
			There are people suffering a few
			meters away, and you block our
			path. Why?

					ARMUS
			You asked to talk. I allowed it.
			Wasn't that enough for you?

					BEVERLY
			No. I need help to get to them.

					ARMUS
			You are ungrateful.

					BEVERLY
			You are evil and disgusting. What
			are you made of?

					DATA
			It does not register on my
			tricorder, Doctor.

					ARMUS
			"It?" Does that mean I am not
			alive?

					DATA
			No. Clearly you are some kind
			of intelligent form.

	ARMUS pulls the tricorder out of Data's hands and sails
	it over the horizon.

					ARMUS
			Then your instrument lies. It
			is useless. Perhaps all your
			instruments are useless.

	The shroud instantaneously RIPS OFF GEORDI'S VISOR.
	Data immediately REACTS to assist.

					ARMUS
				(continuing)
			Don't help him.

        STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT THREE        35.

51   CONTINUED:

	Geordi helplessly MOVES TOWARDS THE VISOR. ARMUS
	MOVES IT. Riker puts his hand on Beverly's arm. They
	stay out of it -- both furious.

					DATA
			One meter to your left, Geordi.

	Geordi moves that way, bends down and almost reaches it
	when the shroud MOVES IT again, behind him.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Behind you.

	Geordi turns and feels his way. The Shroud MOVES IT
	again. Data says nothing more while Geordi searches.

					ARMUS
			Aren't you going to lead him to
			his sight again, robot?

					DATA
			No. You will just move it again.
			I will not help you hurt him.

					RIKER
			None of us will help you.

					ARMUS
				(disgusted)
			Then give it to him. I will find
			something else to do. Wait right
			here.

51A  EXT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	as the away team watches ARMUS surround the shuttle.

51B  INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Troi moves. She can feel that he's back.

					ARMUS (O.S.)
			You said I wouldn't enjoy it.
			You were wrong.

					TROI
			Still the great emptiness remains.
			You sound so alone.

        STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT THREE        36.

51B  CONTINUED:

					ARMUS (O.S.)
			I am alone. I am the discarded
			skin of a creature whose beauty
			dazzles all who see it. But I
			am its refuse -- left here.

					TROI
			You have my pity.

	The shuttle SHAKES with the creature's rage.

					ARMUS
			Your pity! Save that for
			yourself.

	For the first time -- the first time -- WE SEE a ripple
	of FEAR on Troi's face.

51C  EXT. PLANET

	ARMUS HAS MOVED OFF THE SHUTTLE AND as it APPROACHES
	THE GROUP, Riker suddenly feels a great force pull him.
	He calls out. Data MOVES to help him.

					ARMUS
			Touch him and he dies.

	As the away team watches, Riker - fighting with all
	his might -is pulled inexorably toward the slime. From
	the other direction, Armus also MOVES toward the hole.
	As the creature's SHRIEK joins RIKER'S SCREAM, the two
	SLIP INTO THE SLIME HOLE and DISAPPEAR. For a beat
	there is nothing. Then: WE CAN SEE only RIKER'S FACE
	PRESSED AGAINST THE SKIN.

					DATA
			Enterprise, ARMUS has enveloped
			and attacked Commander Riker.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			I'm beaming you up!

					ARMUS
			If any of you leave now, he dies.
			And so do the survivors of the
			crash.

	As they REACT, WE:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT FOUR        37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

52   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Vagra 2.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental.
			There is grave danger to the crew
			on Vagra Two. My first officer
			is missing - attacked by this
			entity known as "ARMUS."

53   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Wesley and Worf working on a solution to the ARMUS
	energy problem.

					WORF
			Captain, perhaps you should look
			at this.

	Picard STEPS OVER and studies the graphic display.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			We have a chart of the energy
			field surrounding the shuttle.

					PICARD
			There are a great deal of
			fluctuations.

					WORF
			Yes - but there is a pattern.
			Here is when it killed Lieutenant
			Yar, and here is when it absorbed
			Commander Riker.

					PICARD
				(indicating points on
				 the graph)
			And here -- and here? Where the
			energy is lowest?

					WORF
			Both times it had enveloped the
			shuttle and was involved with
			Counselor Troi.

        STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT FOUR        38.

53   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			So when it is provoked in a
			certain way its forcefield is
			weakened... Troi must have the
			answer. I'm beaming down. You
			have the Conn, Lieutenant.

					WESLEY
			Sir, I'd like to...

					PICARD
			... Go with me? No, Wesley. You
			can be of more help to Lieutenant
			Worf.

					WESLEY
			But...

					PICARD
			...No.

					WESLEY
			Tell my Mom... I'm not worried.

					PICARD
			I'll tell her, Wes.

54   OMITTED

55   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	It's as if Troi realizes something else is wrong and
	feels the pain Riker is in.

					TROI
			Imzadi. No... Stop hurting him!

					ARMUS (O.S.)
			What will you give me if I stop
			hurting him?

					TROI
			Nothing. I can give you nothing.

					ARMUS (O.S.)
			You still resist. Not for much
			longer.

        STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT FOUR        39.

56   EXT. THE SHROUD (OPTICAL)

	At that moment Picard BEAMS DOWN next to the away
	team. The team REACTS to Picard's arrival.

					ARMUS
			Ah. Another human has arrived.
			A very bold one, too. Perhaps
			the party is complete.

	The shroud LIFTS ITSELF TO ITS TORSO to greet the
	Captain. At that moment A LIKENESS OF RIKER'S FACE
	PUSHES THROUGH AND STRAINS AGAINST THE SHROUD, AND THEN
	DISAPPEARS again. They see it and control themselves.
	They will never mention what they've seen to ARMUS.
	The captain and the creature face each other.

					ARMUS
			You must be the chief.

					PICARD
			Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the
			Enterprise. Is Commander Riker
			dead?

					ARMUS
			Guess.

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			I would guess that death is no
			longer sufficient entertainment
			to alleviate its boredom.
			Therefore, Commander Riker is
			alive.

					ARMUS
			Maybe.

	Picard stares closely at ARMUS.

					ARMUS
				(continuing)
			Don't you want to ask me what I
			want?

					PICARD
			No.

        STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT FOUR        40.

56   CONTINUED:

					ARMUS
			Then, to protect your own
			existence, maybe you'd better give
			me a reason. Entertain me. Be
			creative. Then perhaps I won't
			kill your assistant. You do care
			very much about that, don't you?

					PICARD
			Yes.

	The shroud looks in Data's direction and suddenly --
	completely against Data's will -- an unseen force causes
	Data's hand to take his phaser and point it at Picard.

					ARMUS
			Robot, how would you feel if you
			were the instrument of death for
			your leader?

					PICARD
			Don't struggle, Mister Data.

	Data relaxes into it.

					DATA
			I have no control over what you
			do with the phaser. Therefore,
			I would not be the instrument of
			his death.

	ARMUS ignores him - and TURNS THE PHASER ON BEVERLY.

					ARMUS
			Perhaps the kind doctor would
			engender more feeling?

	He SWINGS DATA'S ARM VIOLENTLY AROUND so the phaser
	points at his own temple.

					ARMUS
			How does it feel facing your own
			extinction? I won't call it
			death. You're not alive.

					DATA
			It feels -- curious.

	ARMUS stops the game - and DROPS THE PHASER. The
	others REACT with quiet relief. Data stares at it.

        STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT FOUR        41.

56   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			You are capable of great sadism
			and cruelty. Interesting. No
			redeeming qualities.

					ARMUS
			So what do you think?

					DATA
			I think you should be destroyed.

					ARMUS
			A moral judgment from something
			that isn't even alive?

	Before Data can answer:

					PICARD
			Mister Data...
				(then:)
			ARMUS, we are through dealing with
			you.

					ARMUS
			I have your man in here... and
			the others.

					PICARD
			It doesn't matter. We will no
			longer amuse you.

					ARMUS
			I can kill them.

					PICARD
			Yes. You can. But only I can
			make them perform. They follow
			my orders.

					ARMUS
			Then it is you. Amuse me.

					PICARD
			Not until I know if the ones in
			the shuttle are still alive. I
			must see them.

					ARMUS
			Not possible.

					PICARD
			Then our business is complete.

        STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT FOUR        42.

56   CONTINUED: (3)

					ARMUS
			And you claim you care about your
			comrades.

					PICARD
			I do care.

	ARMUS is silent.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Shall I tell you what true evil
			is? It is to submit to you. It
			is when we surrender our freedom,
			our dignity instead of defying
			you. Do what you will. We will
			take the consequences.

	He and the others turn their backs on ARMUS and begin
	to WALK AWAY slowly.

					ARMUS
			Wait!

57
thru	OMITTED
58

59   ANGLE ON ARMUS

	as it SPITS RIKER OUT in front of the away team. He
	is covered with black slime and we can't tell if he's
	dead or alive.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT FIVE        43.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

60   EXT. VAGRA 2 - CONTINUOUS ACTION

	Beverly and Picard lean over the fallen Riker. His
	skin looks like he received a bad sunburn. She takes
	readings as Data and Geordi stand slightly back.

					BEVERLY
			He's alive.

					PICARD
			But is he all right?

	Riker shudders and opens his eyes. For a moment he
	looks around wildly, not knowing where he is. When he
	realizes he's free, he struggles to get up.

					BEVERLY
			Don't move.
				(to Picard)
			Everything shows normal, except
			his skin sustained a mild form
			of acid bath.

					RIKER
				(weakly)
			So much distortion, so
			frustrated... it had to get rid
			of me.

					PICARD
			I want you all out of here.
				(into com)
			Enterprise, beam up the away team --
			immediately.

					ARMUS
			You need my permission.

					PICARD
			Do I have it?

					ARMUS
			Yes. Are you going?

					PICARD
			No. Not yet.

        STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT FIVE        44.

60A  ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

					PICARD
			Enterprise, four to beam up.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

	The four BEAM UP, leaving Picard. Picard APPROACHES
	ARMUS.

					PICARD
			I want to see my people on the
			shuttle.

	ARMUS doesn't answer. ARMUS makes a very slight
	motion and Picard DISAPPEARS. (NOTE: This should not
	look like our transporter effect. the OPTICAL should
	be BLACKISH.)

61   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	Picard APPEARS.

					PICARD
			Troi.

					TROI
			Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			We registered a weakening of
			ARMUS' energy while he was talking
			to you. What was going on?

					TROI
			ARMUS is very needy, but he can't
			deal with that. He denies his
			rage. I confronted him with it.
			That must have been when he
			reacted.

	Picard REACTS thoughtfully.

62   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

63   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	where Wesley anxiously works with Worf.

        STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT FIVE        45.

63   CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Lieutenant Worf, I'm going to
			try and break this impasse.
			Monitor carefully.

					WORF
			Aye sir.
				(to Wesley)
			Set the computer. When the energy
			level reaches two point six point
			two-oh-five, automatically beam
			up Troi and Prieto. We'll do a
			parallel transport of the
			captain.

64   EXT. VAGRA - NEAR ARMUS (OPTICAL)

	The captain MATERIALIZES and faces ARMUS.

					PICARD
			How long have you been on this
			planet?

					ARMUS
			Since they left.

					PICARD
			Someone was here before?

					ARMUS
			Long ago.

					PICARD
			They abandoned you. Who were
			they?

					ARMUS
			A race of titans. So they
			thought. Together, they perfected
			a method of bringing to the
			surface all that was evil and
			negative within them. All this
			erupted on the outside, spread,
			and connected. In time, it formed
			a second skin, dank and vile.
			They found a way to rid themselves
			of it, leaving them free of the
			bonds of destructiveness. Then
			they left. And here I am.

        STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT FIVE        46.

64   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			It must be very lonely.

					ARMUS
			You cannot trick me by pretending
			compassion, captain.

					PICARD
			Haven't you seen we humans are
			capable of compassion?

					ARMUS
			Oh, yes. It is revolting. Time
			and again you rise from despair
			into hope. From hate into
			understanding. From aloneness
			into love. But you are puny.
			Weak. Vessels that die from a
			flick of my power.

					PICARD
			But our spirit soars. A great
			poet once said "all spirits are
			enslaved which serve things evil."

					ARMUS
			Picard, it is impossible for you
			to accept that I am truly evil.

					PICARD
			Because you are not.

					ARMUS
			I am a skin of evil.

					PICARD
			Nothing in the universe is the
			same as anything else -- but
			everything has light and dark.

	ARMUS is SILENT.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			They did not leave you because
			they hated you. They didn't
			understand you.

					ARMUS
			You don't know that.

        STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT FIVE        47.

65   EXT. THE SHROUD (OPTICAL) (INTERCUT AS NEEDED)

	Picard moves back a little bit from the shroud. The
	next actions happen almost simultaneously.

					WORF
				(checking his readings)
			Energy shields are way down!
			Computer is beginning transport.

65A  INT. THE SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	Ben and Troi begin the BEAM UP.

65B  EXT. THE SHROUD

	as Picard begins to BEAM UP. The ARMUS REACTS slightly
	late. All he can do is lean back his head and SHRIEK.
	He's been left again.

66   EXT. SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	As the Enterprise uses PINPOINT PHASER POWER TO
	completely DESTROY THE SHUTTLE.

67   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it LEAVES ORBIT of Vagra 2.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. The
			shuttlecraft has been destroyed
			to prevent any possibility of
			Armus leaving the planet. Vagra
			2 has been declared an off-limits
			planet, but the damage has been
			done. One of the saddest duties
			I have to perform is ahead of me.

68   INT. ENTERPRISE - PASTORAL AREA (OPTICAL)

	It is set up as a kind of glade, filled with people
	who loved Tasha. The bridge crew FILES IN, one by one.
	Beverly ENTERS first. Troi is pale, and weak, but
	recovering. She leans on Riker, whose face still shows
	some effects of the shroud. Geordi and Worf COME IN,
	followed by Data. Wesley is leading them to their
	assigned seats.

        STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT FIVE        48.

68   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(to Data)
			This is where you're supposed to
			sit.

					DATA
			Why?

					WESLEY
			I don't know. The captain gave
			me a seating plan.

	He sits down next to his mother, who smiles at him and
	puts her arm around him. He moves in closer to her,
	needing her comfort. Picard goes to the front.
	Everything is quiet.

					PICARD
			We are here together to honor our
			friend and comrade Lieutenant
			Natasha Yar. We will have much
			time to grieve for her in the days
			ahead, but for now, she has asked
			that we celebrate her life -- with
			her. She has left a living will.

	He moves to sit in his assigned seat in the middle of
	the front row. The LIGHTS DIM. And as a HOLOGRAPHIC
	IMAGE OF TASHA APPEARS in front of the group, there are
	gasps of surprise -- each of the bridge crew REACTS to
	the Image in front of them.

					TASHA
			Welcome, my friends. You are here
			now watching this image of me
			because I have died. It probably
			happened while I was on duty, and
			quickly, which is what I expected,
			and what I wanted. Never forget
			I died doing exactly what I chose
			to do.

	As Tasha speaks, she looks out at the gathering as if
	she's really a part of it.

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			What I want you to know is how
			much I loved my life... and each
			of you who shared it with me.
			You are my "family."
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT FIVE        49.

68   CONTINUED: (2)

					TASHA (Cont'd)
			Whoever I was before Starfleet,
			where I came from, isn't
			important. I have been blessed
			with your friendship and your
			love.

	She looks directly at Riker.

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			Will Riker, you are the best.
			From the moment you beamed on
			board, you never failed me. You
			trusted me, you encouraged me
			and most of all, you made me
			laugh.

	She smiles right at him and he can't help but smile
	back. Troi holds his hand tightly.

					TASHA
				(continuing; looking
				 at Troi)
			Deanna... you are capable of so
			much love, you taught me without
			ever having to say a word. I
			realized I could be feminine
			without losing anything --
			something I never thought I could
			achieve.

	Troi wipes a tear from her cheek.

					TASHA
				(continuing; looking
				 at Worf)
			Ah, Worf. I hope for your sake
			I met death with my eyes open.
			We are so much alike, you and
			I, both warriors, orphans who
			found ourselves this family.

	Worf stares at her image, unbelieving and pained.

					TASHA
				(continuing; to Beverly)
			My friend, Beverly. True to
			yourself, your ideals. Your
			fierce devotion comes from within.
			It can't be diminished. From
			you I have learned to strive for
			excellence, no matter what the
			personal cost.

             STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT FIVE            50.

68   CONTINUED: (3)

	Beverly and Wesley hold tight to each other.

					TASHA
				(continuing; to Wesley)
			Wesley, I'm sorry that I won't
			be able to see you grow into the
			exceptional man you'll be. But
			I have my vision of who you are
			and your kindness and innocence
			is ageless.

	The Tasha hologram turns to face Geordi. Who knows how
	he sees her in this half-state?

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			Geordi, in those moments I felt
			the most despair, you took my hand
			and made everything better. Your
			innate joy taught me to look
			beyond the moment.

	Geordi looks down -- he can't bear to see/not see her.

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			Mister Data. Android...
			automaton... robot.
				(shakes her head)
			No. You see things with the
			wonder of a child, and that makes
			you more human than any of us.
			I love you just the way you are.

	The Tasha image turns to Picard.

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			Captain Jean-Luc Picard. I can't
			say you've been like a father to
			me, because I never had one and
			I don't know what it feels like.
			But if I could choose someone in
			this universe to be like, someone
			who I would want to make proud
			of me, it's you. You who have
			the heart of an explorer and the
			soul of a poet. So you will
			understand when I say "Death is
			that state in which one exists
			only in the memory of others...
			which is why it is not an end."
					(MORE)

             STAR TREK: "The Shroud" - 2/1/88 - ACT FIVE            51.

68   CONTINUED: (4)

					TASHA (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			No good-byes. Just "au revoir,"
			my friends.

	Picard waits a moment, and as Tasha's IMAGE FADES:

					PICARD
			Au revoir, Natasha.

	He gets up before the group.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			The service is concluded.

	As everyone FILES OUT, Data gets up and WALKS OVER to
	where the Tasha image was standing. He looks puzzled.
	Picard WALKS OVER to him.

					DATA
			Sir, the purpose of this gathering
			has eluded me.

					PICARD
			Oh? How so?

					DATA
			My thoughts are not for Tasha,
			but for myself. I keep thinking
			how empty it will feel without
			her presence. I missed the point.

					PICARD
			No, you didn't, Data. You got
			it.

	Picard TURNS AND WALKS OFF. WE PULL BACK, leaving Data
	alone.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         
                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Symbiosis" 
                          #40271-123 
                              
                           Story by 
                         Robert Lewin 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                         Robert Lewin 
                              and 
                Richard Manning & Hans Beimler 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Win Phelps 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1988 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.


                     REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                      FEBRUARY 17, 1988

            STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Symbiosis" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             ORNARANS
                RIKER              T'JON
                BEVERLY            ROMAS
                DATA               MARGAN
                TROI               
                TASHA              BREKKANS
                WORF               SOBI
                GEORDI             LANGOR
                GEORDI             
                WESLEY             
                NURSE     
         
                Non-Speaking       
                  SECURITY GUARDS    
                  SCIENCE OFFICERS   

                Voice-Over         
                  COMPUTER VOICE     

            STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Symbiosis" 

                             SETS                               
                              
              INTERIORS                EXTERIORS
                                        
              USS ENTERPRISE           USS ENTERPRISE
                MAIN BRIDGE
                TRANSPORTER ROOM
                SICKBAY
                CARGO BAY
                CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
                CORRIDORS
                ENTRANCE TO CARGO BAY
                OBSERVATION LOUNGE
                TURBOLIFT
                BREKKIANS' GUEST QUARTERS
                MAIN ENGINEERING

    STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Symbiosis" 
                           
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 Ornara                ore-NAHR-uh
                 Ornarans              ore-NAHR-uns
                 Brekka                BRECK-ah
                 Brekkians             BRECK-ee-ans
                 Delos                 DELL-ose
                 Felicium              fell-EE-see-um
                 Langor                LANG-orr
                 Margan                MAR-gun
                 Romas                 ROW-muss
                 Sobi                  SOW-bee
                 T'Jon                 tuh-ZHON

          STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - TEASER          1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "Symbiosis"    
                           
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving toward a brilliant sun. Even from here the
	TURBULENCE on the surface of the sun is evident.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			All hands, this is the captain.
			The sun in the Delos system is
			undergoing large-scale magnetic
			field changes, producing violent,
			gigantic flares.

2    INT. ENTERPRISE - VARIOUS SHOTS

	in corridors, Engineering, and so on as the ship's
	company listens to their captain.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			We will be studying this star
			at close range. Even though we
			will be running with full
			deflectors, the closeness of the
			event and its severity are going
			to create problems.

3    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The bridge is manned as usual. WESLEY is at the Aft
	Science Station.

					PICARD
			Intense magnetic fields have a
			disruptive effect on electrical
			systems. We can therefore expect
			an interruption of communications,
			and potential temporary loss of
			other systems. As a precaution,
			we are now going to Yellow
			Alert...

	He signals Tasha with a nod of his head and she
	ACTIVATES the system.


          STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - TEASER          2.

3    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Stay sharp, everyone.

4    OMITTED

5    INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	As technicians keep close watch on their stations.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Engineering, this is Ops. Bring
			all systems on line and direct
			full power to the shields.

	The technicians carry out Data's order.

6    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard takes his seat.

					DATA
			All sections secure.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant La Forge?

					GEORDI
			Course set.

					PICARD
			Half impulse.

					GEORDI
			Half impulse, aye.

7    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it MOVES PAST CAMERA toward the dazzling sun.

8    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Everyone is intent:

					PICARD
			On Main Viewer.

          STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - TEASER          3.

9    SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The great sun FILLS THE SCREEN WITH LIGHT. WE CAN
	SEE no definition -- only intensity.

					PICARD
			Mask out the photosphere.

	While we watch, the intensity of the sun itself is
	MATTED OUT, LEAVING ONLY THE RIM which is erupting.

					PICARD
			Magnify. Quadrant one-seven,
			sector four-zero-three.

	And now WE can clearly SEE on the surface. Great,
	powerful FLARES extend out above the rim.

10   REACTIONS

	As they watch the wondrous eruptions on the surface
	of the sun.

					RIKER
			I've never seen anything like
			this before. The violence of
			these eruptions is awesome.

					PICARD
			And humbling, Number One.

					DATA
			Reading an unusual number of
			sunspots and eruptive prominences,
			sir. The magnetic field is
			extremely irregular.

11   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves in closer to the Delos sun.

12   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Wesley makes an adjustment at his Science Station.

					WESLEY
			Captain, deflectors are being hit
			by a huge burst of X-rays.

          STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - TEASER          4.

12   CONTINUED:

	And all at once, Wesley's console is BATHED WITH A BLUE
	AURORA; we HEAR STATIC SOUNDS. Wesley pulls back, more
	delighted than alarmed.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			Wow -- look!
				(getting professional)
			Sir, my console seems to be
			overloading.

					WORF
			The X-ray burst is disrupting
			systems, Captain. I'm adjusting
			deflectors to compensate.

13   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	They are also having difficulty. The intensity of the
	radiation is affecting control systems.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Increase power to forward deflectors.

14   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The AURORA EFFECT on the Science Station DIES OUT.

					PICARD
			Status report.

					WORF
			All systems operational, sir.

					TROI
			Captain. The level of tension
			on the ship is mounting.

					PICARD
			Understandable. Data?

					DATA
			If we are to investigate this
			unusual solar activity -- we must
			get closer.

	Picard thinks for just a beat.

          STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - TEASER          5.

14   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, move us closer.

	Picard studies the viewscreen.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			We'll be pushing our deflectors
			to the limit, but we'll get a good
			look at this phenomenon.

					WORF
			Captain, I have intercepted what
			seems to be a distress signal.

	Everyone's attention turns to this new emergency.

					PICARD
			Let me hear it.

					VOICE (V.O.)
			This... (garbled) -- this is
			... (garbled) -- on the freighter
			Sanction... (garbled) ... and
			unable to... (garbled) .... Need
			help.

					DATA
			The transmission is from a
			freighter in orbit around the
			fourth planet of the system.
			However, the receiving station
			is on the third planet.

					PICARD
			Open hailing frequency.

					TASHA
			Hailing frequencies open.

					PICARD
			Unidentified freighter, this is
			the USS Enterprise. May we be
			of assistance?

	On the viewscreen the IMAGE IS CLUTTERED WITH STATIC.

					T'JON (V.O)
				(a garbled response)
			Whoever you are, YES!
			(garbled) .... cannot maintain...
			(garbled) ... if you can help...

	Picard listening.

          STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - TEASER          6.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Can't you enhance the image?

					TASHA
			Too much interference.

					PICARD
			Set a course to intersect with
			the freighter. Warp two.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Maintain Yellow Alert.

					T'JON (V.O.)
			Can't control... (garbled) ... ship
			is losing orbit... (garbled) ...
			heading into atmosphere...
			without help, we'll burn up.

	As Picard and Riker exchange a concerned glance:

15   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT ONE         7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

16   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	coming out of warp.

17   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Everyone is alert.

					WORF
			It is a freighter -- very old.

					DATA
			Captain, our sensors are being
			severely affected by the sun
			flares.

					PICARD
			Helm -- get us in as close as
			possible to the freighter's
			orbit.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

					DATA
			There are six life forms aboard
			the freighter.

					WORF
			Captain, the freighter's orbit
			is decaying.

					PICARD
			How long until it loses integrity?

					WORF
			A matter of minutes.

					PICARD
				(he touches his
				 arm-panel)
			Unidentified freighter, this is
			the USS Enterprise.

	There is a moment of hesitation where all that is heard
	is STATIC, then:

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT ONE         8.

17   CONTINUED:

					VOICE (V.O.)
			Enterprise, this is the Aurelian
			freighter... Sanction.

					PICARD
			Put this on the Main Viewer.

18   MAIN VIEWER - (OPTICAL)

	The Screen is a clutter of LINES and SWIRLS.

					TASHA
			The visual transmission is still
			breaking up.

	The viewscreen REPAINTS WITH THE FREIGHTER IN ORBIT.

					PICARD
			Freighter, this is the Enterprise.
			What is your situation?

					T'JON (V.O.)
			... (garbled) ... We are...

	Several OTHER VOICES call out:

					SOBI (V.O.)
			Get us off here.

					LANGOR (V.O.)
				(female)
			Please -- help us.

	These desperate pleas are mixed with the OTHER VOICES
	and added to the STATIC making this transmission
	unintelligible.

					PICARD
			This is the Enterprise -- with
			all this interference it is
			difficult to copy your
			transmission -- if you all talk
			at once... it is impossible. Now
			-- please -- say again. What is
			your situation?

	Again there is a lot of STATIC -- then some shouting
	in the background and finally ONE MALE VOICE.

					T'JON'S COM VOICE
			I am T'Jon -- the captain of the
			Sanction.

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT ONE         9.

18   CONTINUED:

	Picard is pleased that T'Jon's voice is calm and under
	control.

					PICARD
				(to himself)
			At last.
				(to T'Jon)
			How can we help?

	There are raised VOICES SHOUTING to get them off. Then
	T'Jon again restores order.

					T'JON'S COM VOICE
			We have lost -- I don't know...
			something -- and I am no longer
			able to maintain this orbit, nor
			am I able to use main thrusters.
			Everything's just kind of... you
			know... dead, I guess. It's
			all... you know... shut down.

					PICARD
			That's very vague. What's the
			computer analysis?

					T'JON'S COM VOICE
			The computer's not working very
			well.

					PICARD
			Data... can you tap into their
			computer and clarify the
			situation?

					DATA
			I will attempt it.

					TASHA
			Captain, the tractor beam is
			available, if you want it.

					RIKER
			At least we can pull them out of
			orbit before they enter the
			atmosphere.

					PICARD
			Yes. Captain T'Jon -- we are
			going to lock on our tractor beam
			and pull you out of orbit.

					T'JON'S COM VOICE
			Hey -- that's great.

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT ONE         10.

18   CONTINUED:

	In the background there are two excited VOICES to
	counterpoint T'Jon's matter of fact response.

19   ANGLE ON TASHA

	as she enters the information to set and lock the
	tractor beams.

20   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND FREIGHTER (OPTICAL)

	as the TRACTOR BEAM reaches out. It's TORN AND
	RAGGEDY.

21   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Tasha re-enters the information. Her panel indicates
	a malfunction.

					TASHA
			The solar flares are interfering
			with the tractor beam, Captain.
			I am unable to lock on.

					WORF
			Captain, the freighter's orbit
			continues to deteriorate.

					PICARD
			Captain T'Jon, we are unable to
			attach our tractor beam because
			of the intense solar activity.

					T'JON (V.O.)
				(calmly)
			I understand.
				(giving up)
			Thanks for trying.

	Again in the background there are panicky CRIES.

					DATA
			Captain, I have determined what
			is malfunctioning on the
			freighter.

					PICARD
			Enterprise to Sanction. We have
			analyzed your problem.

					T'JON'S COM VOICE
			Great.

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT ONE         11.

21   CONTINUED:

	Picard gestures to Data to go ahead.

					DATA
			Your ship's design uses an
			electromagnetic coil to constrict
			the exhaust flow. That coil is
			misaligned.

					PICARD
			Have you the necessary tools to
			realign the coil?

					T'JON'S COM VOICE
			I don't think so.

					DATA
			Captain, I believe we can provide
			the freighter with a temporary
			substitute. Ship's stores contain
			a coil of the proper type.

					RIKER
				(to Tasha)
			Can we beam it over?

					TASHA
			Yes.

					PICARD
			Captain T'Jon, we will beam over
			a replacement coil.

					T'JON'S COM VOICE
			That's great... and that will fix
			us up?

					PICARD
			Well, once it's installed.

					T'JON'S COM VOICE
			Right.
				(a beat)
			... And how do we do that?

	Picard is dumbfounded. He glances over at Riker. Both
	men are amazed.

					PICARD
			What's the matter with these
			people? How can he be the captain
			of the vessel and be ignorant of
			its simplest functions?

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT ONE         12.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			If this weren't so serious it
			would make you laugh.

					PICARD
			Captain T'Jon -- how long have
			you been in command of the
			freighter?

					T'JON'S COM VOICE
			Seven years. This is my
			twenty-sixth voyage to Brekka.

					PICARD
			And you don't know how to align
			a control coil?

					T'JON'S COM VOICE
			It's never come up.

					RIKER
			Is there anyone on board who can
			do it?

					T'JON'S COM VOICE
			Hold on a minute... I'll ask.

	There is a pause.

					T'JON'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			Sorry -- nobody here knows
			anything about it.

					RIKER
			I'll beam over with a team.

					TASHA
			Captain -- I strongly recommend
			against anyone from this ship
			beaming over. The solar
			interference is too great.

					WORF
			The freighter has entered the
			planet's atmosphere.
			Disintegration is imminent.

					RIKER
			We are running out of options.

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT ONE         13.

21   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(nods to Tasha and
				 Riker)
			Let's get them off there.

	Riker and Tasha are on their feet and heading for the
	turbolift.

					PICARD
			Captain T'Jon. Prepare to beam
			over.

					T'JON'S COM VOICE
			If you think that's best.

	Picard is getting more than a little impatient with
	T'Jon and his lack of concern.

					PICARD
			Unless you have another option
			-- yes, I "think that's best."

					T'JON'S COM VOICE
				(amiable)
			Whatever you say.

	Off Picard's REACTION.

22   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Riker and Tasha ENTER. Tasha goes directly to the
	console, takes over from a Transporter Chief, and
	begins trying to lock on to the life forms on the
	freighter.

					TASHA
			I can't maintain a positive lock.

23   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Wesley checks a readout.

					WESLEY
			An unusual E-M burst. Readings
			off scale.

	Another AURORA EFFECT, this time on Propulsion
	Station.

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT ONE         14.

24   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Riker and Tasha are working together.

					RIKER
			Freighter Sanction, this is the
			Enterprise. We are having
			difficulty getting a fix.

					TASHA
				(to Riker)
			Have them go to their own
			Transporter Room. It will be
			tricky, but perhaps I can link
			the two transporters in series
			and get them over with the
			increased power.

					RIKER
			It's worth a try.
				(to intercom)
			Captain T'Jon -- go immediately
			to your Transporter Room.
			Contact me from there.

					T'JON'S COM VOICE
				(still very calm)
			Right, Enterprise -- we'll call
			you from there... but, if you
			can't get us with your
			transporter, what makes you think
			ours will do the job?

					TASHA
			I'm going to interconnect them.

					T'JON'S COM VOICE
			I didn't know you could do that.

					TASHA
			Hurry -- we're running out of
			time.

					T'JON'S COM VOICE
			We're on the way.

	Tasha shoots a look at Riker.

					TASHA
			I don't think they're going to
			make it.

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT ONE         15.

24   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Captain T'Jon doesn't seem to
			care one way or the other.

					TASHA
				(touches the com)
			Worf -- how much time do we have?

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			One minute, twenty-eight seconds.

	Tasha taps the console.

					TASHA
			Captain T'Jon -- are you there?

					T'JON'S COM VOICE
			Yeah. We're in the transporter
			room.

					TASHA
			Great. Activate your transporter.
			Set coordinates nine -- seven --
			zero -- three... mark two...
			six... eight.

					T'JON'S COM VOICE
			Did you say... two -- eight --
			six... or eight -- eight -- six.

					TASHA
				(frustrated almost to
				 the point of anger)
			TWO -- SIX -- EIGHT.

					T'JON'S COM VOICE
			Got it.

25   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and the others.

					WORF
			The hull temperature of the
			freighter is passing three
			thousand degrees.

					PICARD
			What's the holdup, Number One?

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT ONE         16.

26   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Riker touches his communicator.

					RIKER
			We are establishing the link now.

	There is a pause, then:

					T'JON'S COM VOICE
			We are ready.

	Tasha at the console.

					TASHA
			Then all six of you get on the
			transporter platform -- on my
			signal, energize.

	She exchanges a look of exasperation with Riker.

					TASHA
				(continuing; to Riker)
			I've got their initial transporter
			signal. Interlock complete.
				(intercom)
			Energize on my mark. Four --
			three -- two -- one -- energize.

27   TRANSPORT PLATFORM (OPTICAL)

	As the MATERIALIZATION BEGINS -- AND FADES OUT -- AND
	BEGINS AGAIN.

28   ANGLE ON TASHA

	working the console.

29   TRANSPORTER PLATFORM (OPTICAL)

	What MATERIALIZES is not the people -- but a large
	cargo barrel.

30   ANGLE ON RIKER AND TASHA

	Both very surprised.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Did you get them off?

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT ONE         17.

30   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			No. They stayed on the freighter
			-- and sent their cargo.

31   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard is astounded.

					PICARD
			Cargo!? Are those people crazy?
				(a beat)
			What could possibly be that
			important?

					WORF
			Sir -- the freighter is
			disintegrating.

	Off Picard's REACTION.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT TWO         18.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

32   EXT. SPACE - THE FREIGHTER (OPTICAL)

	The Ornaran freighter drifts further away toward the
	planet Brekka.

33   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Manned as before. Picard can't believe his ears.

					GEORDI
			Captain, the freighter is entering
			the atmosphere. Her hull
			temperature is building.

					PICARD
			Number One -- I don't understand
			these people. Their lives are
			in danger and they're sending over
			cargo?

34   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	The barrel sits innocently on the transporter pad.
	Riker and Tasha are astounded.

					RIKER
			Unbelievable.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			We're losing the freighter.
			You've got to beam those people
			over now.

					RIKER
				(to Tasha)
			Clear that cargo. Beam it to a
			hold.

					TASHA
			Aye, sir.

	Tasha hits a control. The barrel DEMATERIALIZES.

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT TWO         19.

34   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to Sanction)
			Freighter Sanction... this is the
			Enterprise, get on the transporter
			pad and...
				(to Tasha)
			Forget it. Just lock on to any
			life forms you can find and get
			them over.

					TASHA
			Trying, sir.

35   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as Geordi checks a readout.

					GEORDI
			The freighter is going down.

					PICARD
			Transporter Room! You're out of
			time.

36   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Tasha feverishly works the controls.

					TASHA
			Reading six life forms...
				(shakes her head)
			But I can't get a solid lock.

					RIKER
			We've no choice. Energize.

37   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as the MATERIALIZATION EFFECT starts on the pad, then
	FADES. Tasha fights the controls, trying to bring in
	the signal. Finally, FOUR HUMANOIDS MATERIALIZE on
	the pad.

					RIKER
			You said SIX - where are...
				(fearing the worst)
			... the other two?

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT TWO         20.

37   CONTINUED:

					TASHA
				(shakes her head)
			The lock didn't hold, sir.

					RIKER
			Re-establish.

					TASHA
			It's too late.

37A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	On the viewscreen, the freighter Sanction HITS THE
	ATMOSPHERE.

38   ANGLE ON PICARD

					PICARD
			Number One!?

39   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	as the BEAM IN BECOMES COMPLETE. Riker and Tasha
	look over the new arrivals.

					RIKER
			Two are lost, sir. But we saved
			four.

	On the transporter pad are the four humanoids: T'JON,
	ROMAS, and SOBI (three males) as well as LANGOR (a
	female). They are instantly divided into pairs -
	because of the physical differences, clothing and
	manner.

	T'Jon and Romas, of the planet Ornara, are scruffy,
	unclean, and almost wild in appearance. Their manner
	is nervous, belligerent, somewhat high-strung. In
	contrast, Sobi and Langor, of the planet Brekka, are
	attractive, well-dressed, well-groomed, intelligent,
	and genteel.

	Riker STEPS FORWARD.

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT TWO         21.

39   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I am Commander William Riker of
			the USS Enterprise.
				(solemnly)
			I'm sorry. We were unable to
			rescue the other two.

	The four aliens REACT with indifference.

					RIKER
			Were they with you...
				(then indicating the
				 other pair)
			... or with you?

	Something else is on their minds.

					T'JON
				(nearly frantic)
			With us.

					RIKER
			We did everything we could, if
			you had come instead of the cargo,
			you could have all made it.

	T'Jon looks around - near panic.

					T'JON
			The cargo... Where is it?

					ROMAS
				(also panicking)
			You did save it, didn't you?

					RIKER
				(mystified)
			Yes, we did. It's in one of our
			cargo holds. You act like it's
			more important than your comrades.

	Judging by their reactions, Riker's right.

					T'JON
			May we see it?

39A  INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	The alien cargo is in the cargo bay. The DOORS OPEN
	and Riker, Tasha, T'Jon, Romas, Sobi, and Langor ENTER.

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT TWO         22.

39A  CONTINUED:

	As they catch sight of the cargo, Sobi and Langor are
	gratified; T'Jon and Romas are ecstatic.

					T'JON
			Thank you. It's just we thought
			we had lost it.

					SOBI
				(casually)
			Careful with your choice of words,
			T'Jon. It's ours, not yours.

					T'JON
				(heating up)
			We paid a fair price for it!

					LANGOR
			You offered a fair price, but we
			have not received it.

					ROMAS
			You accepted our goods in trade!

					SOBI
			Then where are they? Tell me!

					T'JON
			That's not our problem!

					LANGOR
			No more than the barrel is your
			property. It's as simple as this.
			The goods were never delivered;
			they were destroyed with your
			ship.

					SOBI
			Hence the deal was incomplete;
			hence possession of the Felicium
			remains ours!

					ROMAS
				(a plea)
			We need it.

					SOBI
				(to Riker)
			Commander, I request you transport
			my associate --
				(nods to Langor)
			-- and myself down to our planet,
			with our merchandise.

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT TWO         23.

39A  CONTINUED: (2)

					T'JON
			Yes, get them out of here! But
			the barrel stays.

					LANGOR
				(to Sobi)
			There's no reasoning with you.

					SOBI
				(to her)
			Langor, you expect too much from
			them. You always have and you
			are always disappointed.
				(then to T'Jon with a
				 hard edge)
			You didn't pay -- so it's not
			yours.

					T'JON
			Damn you, Sobi --

	T'Jon grabs Sobi's arm -- and there is a FLASH OF
	SPARKS as the bodies touch. Sobi grimaces in pain,
	grabs back at T'Jon. Another FLASH OF SPARKS, this
	time hurting T'Jon.

					TASHA
				(drawing her phaser)
			Stop this! Now!

40   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as a free-for-all continues. Sobi and T'Jon grapple,
	and we HEAR SPARKING NOISES as their electrical fields
	try to cancel each other out. Romas tries to rush to
	T'Jon's aid; Langor grabs Romas's arm. More SPARKS.
	Riker touches a com panel:

					RIKER
			Security to Cargo Bay Eleven!

	Tasha makes and adjustment on her phaser and fires.
	T'Jon and Sobi are SLIGHTLY stunned by the blast.

					TASHA
			Behave yourselves, Gentlemen.

	They both "brush themselves off," shoot each other
	hostile looks, but the physical part of their dispute
	is, for the moment, resolved.

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT TWO         24.

40   CONTINUED:

	Security Personnel ENTER, phasers drawn.

					TASHA
				(re the aliens)
			Escort our "visitors" to the
			Observation Lounge.

	The visitors LEAVE.

					TASHA
				(eyeing the aliens)
			A natural electrical charge... ?

					RIKER
			Formidable.

					TASHA
			Yes, and a difficult weapon to
			confiscate.

41   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Sobi and Langor are seated at one side of a table,
	glaring sullenly at T'Jon and Romas who are sitting
	opposite them. Two security personnel are standing
	a few feet away. T'Jon and Romas are changing -- they
	are becoming slightly more frantic; their condition
	will continue to deteriorate.

					T'JON
			We have to resolve this. There
			isn't much time.

					SOBI
			What can you offer?

					T'JON
			Everything we had went down with
			the Sanction.

					SOBI
			Then it is going to be difficult
			to accommodate you.

42   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Geordi, Data, Troi.

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT TWO         25.

42   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Solar flares are increasing in
			magnitude, sir. Deflectors are
			shaky, but holding.

					PICARD
			Maintain.
				(to Riker)
			And our rather combative guests,
			Number One?

					RIKER
			Waiting for you in the
			Observation Lounge, sir.

					PICARD
			Data, what can you tell me about
			the inhabitants of this system?

					DATA
			Not very much, sir. The only
			recorded contact with the Delos
			system was over two hundred years
			ago. A scout ship reported two
			inhabited planets, both
			technologically just on the edge
			of acquiring space travel.

					GEORDI
			Odd that in two centuries, neither
			civilization advanced further.

					TROI
			Sir, I find it strange that none
			of our visitors feel much remorse
			about the two freighter passengers
			who perished... yet their barrel
			of cargo is a source of great
			anxiety to them.

					PICARD
			Yes, let us pay a call and get
			some answers. Counselor, Number
			One, Mister Data...

	Riker, Picard, Data, and Troi EXIT into the Observation
	Lounge.

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT TWO         26.

43   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	As before. Riker, Picard, Troi, and Data ENTER. Riker
	performs introductions:

					RIKER
			Captain, may I present Sobi and
			Langor from the planet Brekka,
			which we are now orbiting. And
			T'Jon and Romas... from the
			neighboring planet, Ornara.

					PICARD
			I am sorry we could not save your
			ship.

					T'JON
			You could have repaired it.

					PICARD
			Yes.

					T'JON
			We have only two left. Neither
			works. They are critical to our
			survival. Could you fix them?

					PICARD
			Mister Data?

					DATA
			Our computer downloaded the
			specifications for the magnetic
			coils the freighters depend on,
			sir. Assuming the malfunction
			is similar... suitable
			replacements can be fabricated.

	All the visitors are relieved. It's the first time
	they have had similar reactions to an event.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Instruct Engineering to proceed.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

					T'JON
			Now, as for our cargo...

					SOBI
			Our cargo, Captain.

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT TWO         27.

43   CONTINUED:

					ROMAS
			Wrong, Sobi --

	Picard jumps in to forestall the argument.

					PICARD
			My first officer has said
			ownership of the cargo is in
			dispute. This is a question which
			must be settled by whatever legal
			mechanisms exist between your
			societies.

					T'JON
			Captain Picard, you don't
			understand. This is a matter of
			life and death.

					PICARD
			Why is that? What is the cargo?

					T'JON
			Medicine.

					PICARD
			Indeed.

					ROMAS
			Our home planet is in desperate
			need, Captain. Ornara suffers
			from a lethal plague.

					T'JON
			The cargo you have impounded
			represents the only hope of life
			for our people.

	Picard turns to Sobi and Langor.

					PICARD
			Is that right?

					SOBI
			Yes.

					LANGOR
			You must think us heartless
			brutes, Captain, but look at our
			side of it. The plant which
			yields the medicine Felicium grows
			only in remote areas of our home
			planet Brekka.

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT TWO         28.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

					SOBI
			It must be painstakingly
			cultivated, harvested, and
			purified... a complex and
			expensive process.

					LANGOR
			That single shipment of Felicium
			represents an enormous investment.
			We can't just give it away!

					T'JON
			We paid for it.
				(to Picard)
			We are asking only for what is
			ours.

					LANGOR
			That is your viewpoint. Ours,
			of course, differs.

					ROMAS
			You are going to hold to that
			position.

	Sobi spreads his hands helplessly.

					SOBI
			I am constrained to abide by the
			terms of our agreement.

					ROMAS
				(with quiet intensity)
			Then you condemn us to death!

	T'Jon tries to calm his companion:

					T'JON
			Romas --

					ROMAS
				(to Sobi and Langor)
			You disgust me! If you saw the
			suffering the plague has brought,
			would you still be so heartless?

	He makes a small gesture.

         STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT TWO         29.

43   CONTINUED: (3)

					ROMAS
				(continuing)
			We are going to get to find out,
			when you see what the plague does
			to us.

	Picard is stunned.

					PICARD
			Romas -- you and T'Jon carry the
			disease?

					ROMAS
				(bitterly)
			Yes. Every Ornaran does.

					PICARD
			Then you may have brought it
			aboard my ship!
				(to Riker)
			Was there a medical scan during
			transport?

					RIKER
			Unverified -- the solar flares may
			have caused a malfunction in the
			biofilters --

	An alarmed Picard doesn't wait for the rest. He slaps
	a com panel.

					PICARD
			Red Alert! Medical emergency --
			decks twelve and thirteen. Doctor
			Crusher to the Observation Lounge
			immediately!

	On the concerned expressions of our bridge crew, WE:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

        STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT THREE        30.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

44   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The solar flares continue to dance around the
	Enterprise.

45   INT. SICKBAY

	With a security team guarding the doorway, Beverly
	scans the four visitors. The Brekkians, Sobi and
	Langor, seem perfectly healthy. They are relaxed and
	smiling.

					SOBI
			You find us well, I trust?

					BEVERLY
			As far as I can tell. Your
			physiology is somewhat different
			but I detect no dangerous virus
			or bacteria.

					LANGOR
			I assure you we are in perfect
			health.

	Beverly moves over to examine the Ornarans. In
	contrast to the Brekkians, T'Jon and Romas look quite
	sickly -- they are both antsy and sweaty.

					T'JON
				(impatient)
			We're not! We need our medicine.

					SOBI
				(correcting)
			Our medicine.

					T'JON
			We paid for it -- it's ours now!

					BEVERLY
			Enough!

	The visitors glare at each other.

        STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT THREE        31.

45   CONTINUED:

					SOBI
				(smiling)
			Of course you are right, Doctor.
			Could we leave now?

					BEVERLY
			I see no reason why not.
				(to the security guard)
			Escort them to their quarters.

	Picard ENTERS. Beverly leaves her four "patients" and
	goes to her office. The visitors all look
	apprehensive. Each realizes that Captain Picard holds
	their future in his hands.

					LANGOR
			Captain, could I talk with you
			please... in private.

					PICARD
			Not right now.

	And he FOLLOWS Beverly INTO her office.

45A  INT. DR. CRUSHER'S OFFICE

	Picard ENTERS and closes the door behind him.

					PICARD
			What have you learned?

					BEVERLY
			The Brekkians are free of
			infection. The Ornarans have all
			the symptoms of a disease -- but
			I can't find a cause.

					PICARD
			Perhaps the transporter filtered
			it out when they were beamed
			aboard?

					BEVERLY
				(shaking her head)
			There's no record of it. Then
			again, the solar flare activity
			may have caused a transporter
			malfunction.

					PICARD
			Are they going to die?

        STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT THREE        32.

45A  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			The physiology is somewhat
			different from ours, so I need
			to check further, but... my
			instinct says no.

					PICARD
			Do you think we are in danger from
			this plague?

					BEVERLY
			Again, I don't think so, but I
			need more time to know for sure.

					PICARD
			There are some missing pieces to
			the puzzle, don't you feel that
			too?

					BEVERLY
			What's missing here is a little
			humanity.

	Picard gives her a little look of surprise.

					PICARD
				(lightly)
			Are we losing our professional
			detachment, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			Perhaps. As Captain, I think you
			should know that I am developing
			a very active dislike of the
			Brekkians.

					PICARD
			Understandable.

	Hold on Beverly as Picard EXITS.

45B  INT. SICKBAY

	Picard STEPS OVER TO the aliens. T'Jon is very nervous
	and anxious.

					T'JON
			Captain, you must give us back
			our cargo.

					PICARD
			I can't do that.

        STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT THREE        33.

45B  CONTINUED:

					T'JON
			Why not? It belongs to us.

					PICARD
			And the Brekkians insist it is
			theirs.

					ROMAS
			They lie!

					PICARD
			Maybe so, but it's not for me to
			decide.

					ROMAS
				(losing his composure)
			We need some now... NOW! I don't
			care if it's your 'decision' or
			not... get us some!

	T'JON silences Romas with a gesture; T'Jon attempts
	to speak calmly.

					T'JON
			Captain, what's happening to us,
			is happening to thousands more
			on Ornara. Please understand the
			magnitude of the problem.

					ROMAS
				(angry)
			Your people don't need it --
				(indicating the
				 Brekkians)
			-- they don't need it... our
			people do!

					T'JON
			If you don't give it to us, you
			will be party to murder... not
			only us, but an entire
			civilization!

	Instantly, T'Jon realizes he's gone too far:

					T'JON
				(continuing)
			Sorry, I did not mean to insult
			you. I'm feeling very shaky.

					ROMAS
			We cannot hold out much longer!

        STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT THREE        34.

45B  CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard looks to Beverly.

					BEVERLY
			No, Captain -- I think they should
			have it. They believe it will
			help them. That in itself might
			control their symptoms.

	Picard turns back to the Ornarans.

					PICARD
			I'll talk with the Brekkians.

					T'JON
			Thank you, Captain. I appreciate
			anything you can do.

	Picard nods and EXITS.

46   INT. BREKKIAN'S GUEST QUARTERS

	Sobi and Langor are relaxing in their quarters. They
	have adapted quickly to the creature comforts the
	Enterprise has to offer. Picard ENTERS.

					SOBI
			May I say, Captain, how impressed
			we are with your ship and its
			facilities.

					PICARD
			Thank you.

					LANGOR
			And its crew. Everyone is so
			efficient and professional.

					PICARD
			I am glad you are comfortable.
			I've come to seek your agreement
			to an Ornaran request.

					SOBI
			We cannot --

					LANGOR
				(interrupting)
			Wait. Let the Captain speak.
			We want to be reasonable.

        STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT THREE        35.

46   CONTINUED:

	Langor's control of the situation does not go unnoticed
	by Picard.

					PICARD
			The Ornarans are quite ill and
			are insistent that they need
			Felicium.

					SOBI
			That is not surprising.

					PICARD
			Then would you object to allowing
			them enough Felicium for their
			immediate needs?

					SOBI
			Captain, we Brekkians are in
			business -- we are not in the
			habit of giving away what has not
			been paid for.

					PICARD
			You would let them die rather than
			share the medicine?

	Sobi and Langor exchange a look.

					LANGOR
			We want to be fair, Captain. We
			agree to permitting them two
			dosages for immediate use.

					SOBI
				(magnanimous)
			No charge.

					PICARD
			I'll have our medical officer
			handle it.

					LANGOR
			I trust you won't mind if we are
			present while you open the cargo,
			Captain.

	The Captain gestures politely to come along.

        STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT THREE        36.

47   INT. CARGO BAY

	Picard, Beverly, Data, Sobi, Langor, two science
	officers, and a security team are gathered around the
	barrel of Felicium. Using a strange set of
	contraptions, a minuscule amount of Felicium is
	extracted from the barrel.

					LANGOR
			Point-zero-one milliliters is the
			proper individual dosage.

					PICARD
				(impressed)
			A very potent substance.

					SOBI
			We've perfected our distillation
			process over the years. In my
			grandfather's day, the same amount
			of Felicium would have filled five
			rooms this size, Captain.

					DATA
			No doubt you have applied your
			technology from other industries
			to the refinement of this product.

					SOBI
			We have no other industry.

					PICARD
			None at all?

					LANGOR
			We don't need any. The Ornarans
			provide us everything we need --
			in exchange for this.

					DATA
			Fascinating. Your society
			dedicated exclusively to the
			production of a single product.

					PICARD
			A product for which you have no
			use for, but which the Ornarans
			can't live without.

					LANGOR
			One of the little ironies of life,
			Captain.

        STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT THREE        37.

47   CONTINUED:

					SOBI
			But one we'd be fools not to take
			advantage of. It is mutually
			beneficial.

					LANGOR
			The Ornarans provide us with the
			necessities of life and we provide
			them with the necessities of
			living. It is a fair exchange.

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			A most interesting relationship.

					BEVERLY
			Excuse me... I'll take this to
			Sickbay.

48   INT. SICKBAY

	T'Jon and Romas prepare to dose themselves as Beverly
	watches. Each person on Ornara has a device for
	administering the drug. It's a small cylinder which
	converts the Felicium into something which is then
	injected into the fat part of the hand just below the
	thumb.

					BEVERLY
			Can I help?

					T'Jon
			No.

					ROMAS
				(to his friend)
			Hurry up!

	T'Jon takes the dosage devise (NOTE: it should not look
	like something currently used by doctors or dopers)
	and presses it against Romas hand. Romas immediately
	REACTS. He relaxes -- the tension leaves him -- then
	slowly he smiles.

	T'Jon doses himself. Instantly, his former edginess
	vanishes; a wave of calm comes over him.

					BEVERLY
			You are feeling better?

        STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT THREE        38.

48   CONTINUED:

					T'JON
			Yes. Thank you. I'm fine now.

	T'Jon and Romas are totally blissed out. We HOLD on
	Beverly's look of concern.

49   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The turbolift doors OPEN and Beverly ENTERS.

					PICARD
			Report, Doctor Crusher.

					BEVERLY
			I may not know Felicium's full
			effect on Ornaran physiology.
			But I know how to interpret
			physical reactions.

					PICARD
			Are the Ornarans recovering?

					BEVERLY
			Both T'Jon and Romas are fine...
			in fact, too fine.
				(a beat)
			Felicium is a narcotic.

					PICARD
			Then T'Jon, Romas -- indeed every
			Ornaran --

					BEVERLY
			-- is a drug addict.

	ON the Captain's expression of concern, WE:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT FOUR        39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

	50	EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Brekka as before.

51
thru	OMITTED
52

53   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Data is seated working at a computer screen. Picard
	ENTERS, immediately FOLLOWED BY Riker and Troi.

					RIKER
			It's a fascinating little tale
			we've run into of disease -- rescue
			-- commerce -- and interdependence
			between two worlds.

					PICARD
			You have piqued my interest,
			Number One -- please continue.

					RIKER
			Mister Data.

					DATA
			Beginning several thousand years
			ago, the two worlds took different
			paths. Ornara became technically
			sophisticated, Brekka did not.
			Then two hundred years ago Ornara
			was stricken by a devastating
			plague.

					RIKER
			Their advanced technology could
			offer no solution.

					DATA
			Somehow, and there is limited
			information on this point, the
			cure was found in a plant which
			is indigenous to only Brekka, and
			which resisted all attempts at
			cultivation on Ornara.

        STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT FOUR        40.

53   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			In any case a trading situation
			quickly developed, which still
			exists.

					DATA
			The Ornarans acquire the Felicium
			from the Brekkians, and in
			exchange, the Ornarans provide
			the Brekkians with foods and
			staples.

					BEVERLY (O.S.)
			A nice arrangement for the
			Brekkians.

					RIKER
			And for the Ornarans -- without
			the medicine they would all die.

	Beverly JOINS the others. She has her diagnostic
	device in her hand.

					BEVERLY
			No they wouldn't. Captain, here
			are the results of my analysis.
			Felicium is definitely a powerful
			and addictive narcotic. What's
			more, despite what the Ornarans
			have been saying, it's not a
			medicine. It was a medicine, and
			it did cure the plague, two
			hundred years ago.

					PICARD
			And they no longer need it.

					BEVERLY
			The plague is irrelevant now: it
			doesn't exist... and it's not
			going to recur.

	Off their REACTIONS.

					PICARD
			The Ornarans have no medical need
			for Felicium.

					BEVERLY
			No, but their physical and
			psychological need is very real.

        STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT FOUR        41.

53   CONTINUED: (2)

	There is a long pause. Everyone slowly looks toward
	Picard, and for a beat, Picard is pensive.

					BEVERLY
			What are you going to do?

					PICARD
			Based on what we know so far...
			there is nothing I can do.

					BEVERLY
			And you don't think drug addiction
			and exploitation is sufficient
			cause?

					PICARD
			This situation has existed for
			a very long time. Those two
			societies are intertwined in a
			symbiotic relationship.

					BEVERLY
			With one society profiting at the
			expense of the other.

					PICARD
			That's how you see it.

					BEVERLY
			I can synthesize a non-addictive
			substitute which will ease their
			withdrawal symptoms.

					PICARD
			No. We can't do that either.

					BEVERLY
			I know this. You can't let them
			have the Felicium.

					PICARD
			Why? Because it goes against our
			moral sensibilities? Our mission
			is not to force Federation or
			Earth values on others in the
			galaxy.

        STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT FOUR        42.

53   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			In this case... you're wrong,
			Captain. One hundred percent
			wrong.

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			Captain, I am receiving a call
			from Ornara.

					PICARD
			Patch it in here.

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			The signal's ragged, but I think
			I can put it on the Viewscreen.

	Picard turns the viewscreen so the others in the room
	can see. The SCREEN LIGHTS UP with a less than perfect
	picture of MARGAN.

					MARGAN
			I am Margan. Are my people on
			board your ship?

					PICARD
			Some of them, yes.

					MARGAN
			May I speak with them?

					PICARD
			Yes.
				(touching his com panel)
			Lieutenant Yar, have the Ornarans
			brought in... no, wait, I don't
			want them to have access to the
			bridge.
				(then, to Margan)
			We will contact you in a few
			minutes.
				(then to Yar)
			I will take this in the guest
			quarters.

	Picard EXITS.

53A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data joins Wesley at the Aft Science Stations.

        STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT FOUR        43.

53A  CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(amazed)
			I can understand how this could
			happen to the Ornarans... What
			I can't understand is why anyone
			would voluntarily become dependent
			upon a chemical.

					DATA
				(checking readouts)
			Yet, the voluntary addiction to
			drugs is a recurrent theme in many
			cultures.

					WESLEY
				(nods)
			As in the twenty-first century...
			when Earth governments used
			narcotics to control the military.

					DATA
			Or look at the twentieth century.
			The dangers of drug abuse were
			well known, yet their use was
			commonplace.

					WESLEY
			Why?

					DATA
			That is what I do not understand.

	Tasha overhears, STEPS UP.

					TASHA
			No one wants to become dependent.
			That happens later.

					WESLEY
			But it does happen. So why do
			people even start?

					TASHA
			Oh, lots of reasons... My home
			planet was a place of great
			poverty and violence. For some,
			the only escape was through drugs.

					DATA
			I fail to comprehend how a
			chemical substance can provide
			an escape.

        STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT FOUR        44.

53A  CONTINUED: (2)

					TASHA
			It doesn't. But it makes you
			think it does.
				(a beat)
			You have to understand -- drugs
			can make you feel good.

	Wesley and Data listen intently.

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			They put you on top of the world.
			You're happy... Sure of yourself.
			In control. A lot of people never
			feel that otherwise.

					DATA
			But it is artificial.

					TASHA
			It doesn't feel artificial. It
			feels natural, good, and mind
			expanding.
				(a beat)
			Until the drug wears off. Then
			you pay the price. Once you come
			down, you're lower than when you
			started. So you take the drug
			again -- and it kicks you back
			up. But not as high this time.

					WESLEY
				(catching on)
			So you take more.

					TASHA
			But each peak gets lower and
			the valleys get deeper. Before
			you know it -- you're taking the
			drug not to feel good but to keep
			from feeling bad.

					WESLEY
			And that's the trap.

					TASHA
			You think the drug expands your
			universe -- but it actually
			shrinks it. Shrinks it to where
			you and the drug are all that's
			left.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT FOUR        45.

53A  CONTINUED: (3)

					TASHA (Cont'd)
				(a beat)
			Pretty soon, all you care about
			is getting your next dosage.
			You'll lie, cheat, steal --
			anything to get that fix.

					DATA
			Certainly by then you would
			realize the danger.

					TASHA
			That's the worst of it. You don't
			care. The drug is your salvation
			-- your survival. Nothing else
			is important.

	Wesley thinks it over and, after a beat, shakes his
	head.

					WESLEY
			I guess I just don't understand.

	Tasha smiles and puts a hand on his shoulder.

					TASHA
			Wesley, I hope you never do.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Lieutenant Yar, we are ready in
			the guest quarters.

54
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56

56A  INT. GUEST QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Beverly and Riker are there with the Ornarans.
	The TRANSMISSION FADES IN AND OUT.

					MARGAN
			T'Jon. Have you got it?

					T'JON
			Well, it's here, but...

					MARGAN
			You've got to get it to us.
			T'Jon... please... We're dying
			here. You don't know... this is
			the worst it's ever been.

        STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT FOUR        46.

56A  CONTINUED:

	T'Jon is visibly moved by what he is hearing.

					T'JON
			I'm doing everything I can.
			See... what happened was...

56B  REACTIONS

	From Picard and T'Jon.

					MARGAN
				(cuts him off)
			Stop. I can't listen. T'Jon...
			we need the medicine. So, many
			people... so much suffering.
			You've got to get it to us. I
			can't... I can't go on. Help,
			T'Jon... please.

	The SCREEN SHUTS OFF. For a beat everyone is quiet.
	The strain on T'Jon is very evident. The pressure is
	enormous.

					PICARD
			I'm sorry.

	T'Jon then turns and puts a death grip on the person
	nearest to him. Commander Riker.

					T'JON
			Take us to our planet - leave us
			there with our medicine or this
			person dies.

	Picard takes a STEP FORWARD, then STOPS.

					T'JON
				(continuing)
			Don't you see -- I have no choice.
			We were sent to bring back the
			Felicium. The suffering on my
			planet is too great. People are
			dying. It doesn't matter any more
			whether we are entitled to the
			Felicium... we have to have it.

					PICARD
			Let him go.

        STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT FOUR        47.

56B  CONTINUED:

					T'JON
			Take us there now -- or give us
			a shuttle -- but we must have the
			medicine... if you refuse, this
			person dies.

					PICARD
			I will not be coerced.

					T'JON
			I'll do it. I'll kill him.

	The strain of the pressure is all over T'Jon.

					PICARD
				(calmly)
			No you won't. You're not a killer
			and neither am I.

	T'Jon releases Riker, who sags a little, then catches
	his balance.

					T'JON
			Help us... please... help us.

					PICARD
			I'm not sure that I can.

	There is anguish on Beverly's face from those words.

57
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58

59   CLOSE SHOT ON PICARD

	His face is serious, intent, introspective.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT FIVE        48.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

60
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62

62A  INT. ORNARAN GUEST QUARTERS

	As they all stand and consider what to do. Langor
	APPEARS AT THE DOOR.

					LANGOR
			Captain Picard, we couldn't help
			overhearing. Could I see you for
			a moment?

	Picard is almost relieved by the distraction.

					PICARD
			Come with me, Doctor. This could
			be interesting.

63   INT. BREKKIAN GUEST QUARTERS

	Picard and Beverly are there with Langor and Sobi.

					LANGOR
			We have thought about this a great
			deal.

					SOBI
			Both of us feel deeply about what
			is happening on Ornara.

					LANGOR
			Although this is going to cause
			hardship to us and to our people,
			we have decided to give the
			Felicium to them.

	A slow smile plays at the corners of Picard's mouth.
	Beverly's expression is harsh.

					SOBI
			They can pay for it when they are
			able.

					LANGOR
			We don't want to cause any
			suffering.

             STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT FIVE            49.

63   CONTINUED:

	For a beat Picard doesn't answer. Both Beverly and
	Picard make the connection at the same time.

					PICARD
				(to Beverly)
			I wonder why I expected this.

					LANGOR
			Pardon?

					PICARD
			It's the other shoe.

					BEVERLY
				(to Langor)
			The Ornarans are not aware, are
			they?

					LANGOR
			Of what?

					BEVERLY
			That the plague which nearly
			destroyed Ornara... infected your
			world as well.

					LANGOR
			You don't know that for sure.

					BEVERLY
			It had to.

					PICARD
			But somehow, one of your ancestors
			realized that your desire for the
			drug continued after the disease
			had been cured. They made the
			connection and were able to end
			their addiction.

					BEVERLY
				(scornful)
			But these same wonderful people
			also realized that their neighbors
			never found out. Their need for
			the drug grew to the point it is
			now. Your sole source of support
			comes from providing the narcotic.

             STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT FIVE            50.

63   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			And the refinement process of
			which you are so proud was a way
			to make Felicium even more
			addicting... and tighten your
			grip on the Ornarans even further.

					LANGOR
			Are you going to tell them?

					PICARD
			No. I can't tell them. You see,
			I am bound by the rules of the
			United Federation of Planets,
			which say I am not to interfere
			in other worlds, other cultures.
			To tell them any of this would
			be interfering and would violate
			the Prime Directive.

					SOBI
				(suspicious)
			You're talking to us about it...

					PICARD
			Telling you things you already
			know... which changes nothing.

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc. I can synthesize
			something which will alleviate
			their suffering and make
			withdrawal painless.

					LANGOR
			That won't be necessary, because
			if I understand the captain, he
			is going to allow the Ornarans
			to have the Felicium.

					PICARD
			Yes, I am.

					BEVERLY
			You can't do that. Some things
			go beyond words on a page. These
			Brekkians have knowingly enslaved
			others. They have caused untold
			suffering and hardship, just so
			their pitiful lives could be
			easier. At least don't give the
			Ornarans more drugs.


             STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT FIVE            51.

63   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			It is not for me to make any of
			these decisions.

					LANGOR
			You are absolutely right, Captain.

	Sobi and Langor are smug.

64
thru	OMITTED
67

67A  INT. CARGO HOLD

	Sobi, Langor, T'Jon, Romas, Beverly, and Picard are
	present. The barrel of Felicium is the centerpiece
	for this gathering, along with the parts which have
	been fabricated for the Ornaran freighters.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Captain, we've arrived at Ornara
			and assumed standard orbit.

					PICARD
				(to intercom)
			Acknowledged. Thank you.

	Picard CROSSES to stand in front of the four aliens.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Forgive me for doing what I must.
				(to T'Jon and Romas)
			I'm beaming you down to your
			world... with your Felicium.

	T'Jon and Romas are delighted.

					T'JON
			Good. I knew it would work out
			this way.

					ROMAS
			You've made the only humanitarian
			decision, Captain.

	Picard nods joylessly.

             STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT FIVE            52.

67A  CONTINUED:

					SOBI
				(to T'Jon)
			Langor and I will beam down to
			Ornara with you.

					LANGOR
			We'll work out payment terms for
			the Felicium.

					T'JON
			On behalf of my people, I extend
			thanks for your benevolent
			attitude.

	Sobi and Langor smile proudly. Beverly is fuming at
	the hypocrisy, but keeps it hidden.

					T'JON
				(continuing)
			And I also thank you, Captain,
			for doing the right thing.

	Romas indicates the coils.

					ROMAS
			Your gift of these coils will
			ensure that our freighters will
			continue to work.

					PICARD
				(firmly)
			No.

					T'JON
				(confused)
			No.

					PICARD
			I will not supply you with spare
			parts for your freighters. If
			you want them repaired, you'll
			have to do that yourself.

	The four aliens are stunned.

					ROMAS
			In a short time our freighters
			will be inoperable.

					PICARD
			Quite possibly.

             STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT FIVE            53.

67A  CONTINUED: (2)

					T'JON
			But we depend on those freighters!
			We must have those parts.

					SOBI
			If you withhold those coils,
			you're disrupting the stability
			of both our planets --

					LANGOR
			-- and interfering with a trade
			arrangement that has lasted for
			generations! What of this Prime
			Directive of yours?

					PICARD
			Nothing in the Prime Directive
			compels me to help you.

					ROMAS
			You're an executioner, Captain.
			You want our world to perish.

					PICARD
			No. That's not what I want.

					T'JON
			But without our freighters, there
			will be no more shipments of
			Felicium! We will die!

	Picard doesn't respond. Beverly is empathetic:

					BEVERLY
			You must trust in yourselves.
			There are... other options.

					PICARD
			And you must understand that my
			oath as a Starfleet officer gives
			me no choice in the matter.

	The four aliens stare at him, unable to comprehend how
	Picard can do this to them. Picard touches a com panel.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Transporter Room. Lock onto our
			guests and their cargo and beam
			them down to Ornara.

             STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT FIVE            54.

67A  CONTINUED: (3)

					T'JON
				(stiffly)
			Captain, I hope you realize what
			you've done to us.

					PICARD
			Of that, you can be sure.
				(a beat)
			Good luck.

68   OMITTED

68A  NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as the four aliens and the cargo DEMATERIALIZE, leaving
	Picard and Beverly alone in the cargo bay. Without
	a word, Picard turns and EXITS. Beverly FOLLOWS.

68B  INT. TURBOLIFT

	as Picard ENTERS. Before the doors close, Beverly also
	ENTERS. A long beat, then:

					BEVERLY
			When the Felicium runs out, the
			people of Ornara will suffer
			horrible withdrawal pains.

					PICARD
			No doubt.

					BEVERLY
			We could have made their burden
			easier.

					PICARD
			Only in the short run. Painful
			as it will be, the people of
			Ornara -- and the people of Brekka
			-- must shape their own destinies.

					BEVERLY
			It sounds so... heartless.

					PICARD
			Doctor, it was not an easy
			decision.

					BEVERLY
			I just hope it was the right one.

             STAR TREK: "Symbiosis" - 2/17/88 - ACT FIVE            55.

68C  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Manned as before. The turbolift doors OPEN; Picard
	and Beverly STEP OUT ONTO the bridge. Picard takes
	his chair:

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, take us out of
			orbit.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir. Course laid in.

					PICARD
			Engage.

69   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it leaves orbit.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         
                            THE END                             





                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                   "We'll Always Have Paris" 
                          #40271-124 
                              
                          Written by 
                      Deborah Dean Davis 
                               & 
                     Hannah Louise Shearer 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Robert Becker 


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                         FINAL DRAFT

                      FEBRUARY 22, 1988

            STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                   "We'll Always Have Paris"
 
                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             EDOUARD
                RIKER              FRANCINE
                BEVERLY            GABRIELLE
                DATA               LAURA MANHEIM
                TROI               DR. PAUL MANHEIM
                WORF               
                GEORDI             
                TRANSPORTER CHIEF  

                Voice-over         
                COMPUTER VOICE     

            STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                   "We'll Always Have Paris" 

                             SETS                               
                              
            INTERIORS                    EXTERIORS
          
              USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              GYMNASIUM
              MAIN BRIDGE                PARIS CAFE (HOLODECK)
              CORRIDORS
                BY HOLODECK              THE PLANET VANDOR
                BY DE-CONTAMINATION AREA
              SICKBAY
              SICKBAY OUTER OFFICE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              CONFERENCE ROOM
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              DR. CRUSHER'S OFFICE
                                        
              VANDOR
                CORRIDOR
                MANHEIM'S LABORATORY

          STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - TEASER          1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                   "We'll Always Have Paris" 
                       
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it streaks through the stars at warp speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41886.9.
			We are en route to Sarona 8 for
			much needed R and R. The entire
			crew is looking forward to the
			diversion. On a personal note,
			I have allowed myself the luxury
			of a head start.

2    INT. ENTERPRISE - GYMNASIUM

	It is starkly and simply set up for competitive saber
	fencing. PICARD and RIKER are dressed in traditional
	white jumpsuits, gloves, shoes and masks. They stand
	in the middle of three long lanes about six feet apart.
	They snap their masks in place.

	PICARD MOVES HIS

	right leg forward, weight centered, hand on hip. His
	saber is down.

	HE TURNS THE SABER

	so the cutting edge of the blade moves to the left,
	then brings it to his head with a flourish.

					PICARD
			En garde.

	PICARD STEPS FORWARD

	as his blade comes up, pointed at the Riker's face.

	THEIR BLADES CROSS

	as Riker half-lunges forward, arm extended, to a chest
	shot. Picard steps back and parries.

          STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - TEASER          2.

2    CONTINUED:

	PICARD SNAPS AND BEATS

	Riker's sword, knocking it to the side. He does a full
	lunge forward, with a downward slice.

	RIKER HIGH BLOCKS

	the move, and lunges forward with a flank cut to
	Picard's ribs. He continues with a fleche, then a head
	cut, continuing with fleche parries.

	RIKER SCORES

	with an inverted thrust to Picard's heart. Picard
	steps back and salutes. Riker answers in kind.

	THEIR MASKS

	come off, but not their rank.

					RIKER
			I took advantage...

					PICARD
			No, no. The advantage was yours,
			Number One. I'm out of
			practice... too much time on the
			bridge. En garde!

	PICARD REPLACES HIS MASK

	and they begin again.

	PICARD FAKES RIKER

	out with a cheek cut, turning his blade down, then, in
	a swashbuckling movement, he SLAMS the heel of his
	sword right on Riker's guard, comes in with a cheek
	cut, then rolls the sword and quickly lunges in with a
	head cut, pulls the sword back in and THRUSTS it to
	Riker's heart. Riker is surprised as

	PICARD SCORES

	and they step back and salute each other with their
	swords.

					RIKER
			Interesting move. What technique
			was that?


          STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - TEASER          3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			The technique of a desperate man.
			Shall we...

	He is interrupted by the GREAT SHUDDER AND ROLL of the
	ship as the Enterprise is hit by some MASSIVE FORCE.
	He and Riker are thrown around like dolls as LIGHTS
	FLICKER ON AND OFF. Finally, the ship stabilizes.

	PICARD AND RIKER HURRY TO

	the com panel.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Yellow Alert.

					PICARD
			Picard to bridge. Report.

3    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	THE BRIDGE CREW MOVE TO THEIR STATIONS, returning to
	normal.

					DATA
			It is not an attack that we know
			of, Captain. Origin unknown.
			Sensors did not detect the force
			until immediately prior to impact.
			Shields did not have time to
			respond. Damages unknown.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			We're on our way, Mister Data.

					WORF
			Damage reports from all decks
			coming in, sir.

					DATA
			Injuries?

					WORF
			Minor.

	DATA LOOKS AT HIS

	instruments, puzzled.

          STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - TEASER          4.

3    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I still am unable to determine
			the cause of the energy force.
			There is nothing within a
			reasonable distance of this ship
			powerful enough to cause an impact
			of that magnitude.

	THE TURBOLIFT OPENS

	and Picard and Riker ENTER the bridge, still dressed
	in their fencing clothes.

					RIKER
			Mister Data?

					DATA
			Damages and injuries are minimal.

					PICARD
			Where did it come from?

					DATA
			I am still checking, sir.

					PICARD
			Hazard a guess, Mister Data.

					DATA
			It appears to originate from the
			Pegos Minor sector.

					PICARD
			That far?

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	PICARD TAKES

	his Command Chair.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant La Forge, set
			coordinates for that sector.
			Shields at full power.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir. Coordinates laid in.

          STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - TEASER          5.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Sir, I am receiving a transmission
			from Pegos Minor. It's an S.O.S.

					PICARD
			Put it on audio, Lieutenant.

	A SHAKEN VOICE ECHOES

	through the bridge. The crew listens intently.

					MANHEIM'S COM VOICE
			I repeat, this is Doctor Paul
			Manheim. We are in need of help.
			Urgent. Any ship please respond.
			Coordinates are six-six-seven
			eight point nine by
			seven-zero-seven-five-four-two
			point two. Manheim out.

	The transmission is on a loop and begins to REPEAT.

					WORF
			I can't get through, Captain.

					PICARD
			Turn it off. Lay in a course for
			those coordinates, La Forge. Warp
			eight.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir. Plotted and laid in.

					DATA
			Estimated arrival four hours,
			seventeen minutes, thirty-five
			seconds.

					RIKER
			Isn't Manheim the one who was
			thrown out of the Institute for
			unauthorized experiments?

					DATA
			Quite the contrary, Commander.
			He left of his own volition.
			Professor Manheim is the most
			highly reputed scientist within
			the Federation. A brilliant
			visionary who...

          STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - TEASER          6.

3    CONTINUED: (3)

	PICARD STANDS UP

	and moves to the turbolift.

					PICARD
			... Who disappeared over fifteen
			years ago. Along with his wife,
			Laura.

					RIKER
			Did you know him, Captain?

					PICARD
			No. He was teaching at the
			University when I was in Paris,
			but I never had the pleasure.
			Number One, you have the Conn.
			Inform me half an hour before we
			reach the coordinates.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

	PICARD LEAVES

	the bridge.

4    INT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE HOLODECK

	Picard stands there a beat, hesitant to put in the
	program.

					PICARD
			Computer, this is Captain Picard.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			What is your pleasure, Captain?

					PICARD
			Paris. Twenty-two years ago.
			A warm spring day. April ninth.
			Eighteen hundred hours -- three
			o'clock.

5    INT. HOLODECK

	Paris in the spring. The BIRDS ARE SINGING, BRILLIANT
	LIGHT reflects on the outdoor tables of the Cafe Des
	Artistes. Couples in love complete the ambience.

          STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - TEASER          7.

5    CONTINUED:

	THE TABLEAU IS UNMOVING

	until Picard WALKS UP TO a WAITER (EDOUARD).

	WITH GREAT FLOURISH

	the waiter puts himself at Picard's service.

					EDOUARD
			Monsieur, welcome to Cafe Des
			Artistes. Is this your first time
			in Paris?

					PICARD
			No, I've been here before.

	Picard turns and sees the exact table where he used
	to sit.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			That table.

					EDOUARD
			Mais oui, we are here to please
			you.

	He ushers Picard to the table on the balcony
	overlooking the city.

	MEMORIES FLOOD PICARD

	as he looks out over the city he loves more than any
	other city in the whole galaxy.

					PICARD
			I've been away far too long.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT ONE         8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

6    INT. HOLODECK - PARIS - CONTINUOUS ACTION - DAY

	Two lovely French girls, just barely nineteen, take
	the table next to Picard. They are very involved in
	their own conversation and take no notice of him.

	PICARD APPRECIATES

	the look and liveliness of the two of them. They too,
	evoke memories. Memories of youth and of love.

	THE WAITER INTERRUPTS

	his reverie with a menu.

					EDOUARD
			Some wine, some cheese, a perfect
			tarte tatin...

					PICARD
			I'm afraid I'm not hungry. I
			really came for the view.

					EDOUARD
			Perhaps what you hunger for is
			not on the menu?

					PICARD
			Perhaps not. It was many years
			ago, I had a rendezvous -- I was
			to meet someone, a young woman,
			here, at this very table.

					EDOUARD
			She did not come?

					PICARD
			I don't know, actually. I've
			always imagined that she did.

	THE WAITER TAKES the menu back, with a knowing
	expression.

					EDOUARD
			You, however, did not. Trust
			Edouard. I will bring something
			special, just for you.

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT ONE         9.

6    CONTINUED:

	ONE OF THE GIRLS

	FRANCINE, stands and throws some money on the table.

					FRANCINE
			I'm not staying if all you're
			going to do is talk about him.

					GABRIELLE
			What is this for?

					FRANCINE
			My lunch. Feed it to the birds.

	FRANCINE LEAVES

	in a swish of silk and color.

	GABRIELLE SIGHS AND STARES

	out over the city, not unlike Picard.

					GABRIELLE
			He will come. He will.

	PICARD HEARS THIS

	and turns his chair so that he can see her more
	clearly.

					PICARD
			Yes, I'm sure he will.

	GABRIELLE LOOKS AT

	Picard and smiles back at him -- thankful for the
	compliment and for the assurance.

					GABRIELLE
			He's a military man, just like
			you. We're going to get married
			and he's going to stay here in
			Paris and never leave me.

					PICARD
			He's stationed here?

					GABRIELLE
			Not yet, but that's the way I've
			got it planned. Last night, well,
			after last night, he just couldn't
			leave. He couldn't.

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT ONE         10.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

	Her eyes fill with tears.

	PICARD CANNOT BEAR

	to see her cry. He wants to make it better somehow.

					PICARD
			If he's as young as you are, maybe
			he doesn't know yet exactly what
			he wants to do.

					GABRIELLE
			You're an important Starfleet
			officer -- what would you advise
			my lover to do -- go off and
			explore the galaxy or stay here
			and explore something which has
			no boundaries -- love?

					PICARD
			I would tell him that he must be
			the person he is meant to be...
			and that you deserve nothing less
			than that.

	THE WAITER DELIVERS

	a simple tray of various cheeses and meats to Picard.
	He pours himself a glass of deep red wine.

					EDOUARD
			Bordeaux, a very passionate year.

					PICARD
			A glass for the young lady.

	The waiter pours a glass of wine for Gabrielle.

	GABRIELLE RISES AND MOVES

	to Picard's table. There is more confidence in her
	demeanor than before. She knows more about this man
	and can deal on a more emotional level.

					GABRIELLE
			Do I remind you of the girl you
			left behind?

					PICARD
			No. Yes, you do. It's hard to
			say, it has been many years.

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT ONE         11.

6    CONTINUED: (3)

					GABRIELLE
			Then you have forgotten her face.

	PICARD STARES THROUGH GABRIELLE

	as if he is directly connected to someone else.

					PICARD
			Not a single detail. I can see
			every inch of her to this day and
			being here -- I can feel the
			softness of her in the breeze,
			smell the fragrance of her in the
			flowers. I have not forgotten.

					GABRIELLE
			What was her name?

					PICARD
			Laura.

	HE STARES OFF

	into the City of Lights, letting the memory of Laura
	wash over him.

7    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - DAY

	Picard, a little angrier than usual, APPROACHES Data.

					PICARD
			You've been at that console twice
			as long as you estimated.

					DATA
			My estimation was incorrect,
			Captain.

	DATA SWIVELS IN HIS CHAIR

	facing Picard.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			And I think it would be best if
			what I am about to tell you were
			also incorrect.

					PICARD
			Nonsense. Out with it.

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT ONE         12.

7    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Someone, I would assume Professor
			Manheim, opened up a window. A
			window into another dimension.

	Picard strains to garner more information out of what
	little information Data is giving him.

					PICARD
			You don't know how?

	Data shakes his head "no."

					RIKER
			You don't know what it is?

					PICARD
			What came through this window?

	Data shakes his head "no" again.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			A window, that's all you know.

	Data shakes his head "yes."

					DATA
			Sir, the answers to your questions
			will be the most important
			scientific answers of the
			twenty-fourth century.

	PICARD LOOKS TO THE VIEWSCREEN

	answers, answers, they are all out there.

					PICARD
			Manheim.

					GEORDI
			Captain, we've reached the
			coordinates specified. There's
			nothing here.

					WORF
			I am receiving new coordinates.
			It's a relay signal, the same
			source as the first one.

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT ONE         13.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Set course for the new
			coordinates.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

					RIKER
			Why would someone make it this
			difficult to find him if he truly
			wants to be found?

					WORF
			A failsafe, I would imagine.

8    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	speeds towards the new coordinates at warp 8.

9    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Everyone is at their post.

					GEORDI
			Captain, my sensors are picking
			up what appears to be a small
			planet.

	PICARD NODS

	leaning forward in his chair, trying to get there
	sooner.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, standard orbit.
			Give me a visual.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

					WORF
			Viewscreen on.

10   MAIN VIEWSCREEN - THE PLANET VANDOR (OPTICAL)

	floats VIOLET in space. There is a GLIMMERING EFFECT
	surrounding it.

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT ONE         14.

11   THE CREW STARES

	at it.

					WORF
			There's a forcefield of some kind
			surrounding the planet, sir.

					PICARD
			Penetrable?

					DATA
			No, sir.

					PICARD
			Open hailing frequencies.

					WORF
			Hailing frequencies open, sir.

					PICARD
			This is the USS Enterprise
			responding to your signal for
			help.

	A WOMAN'S VOICE comes through. She is bordering on
	hysteria.

					LAURA (V.O.)
			Help. Please help me. I don't
			know what to do. It's only the
			two of us. He's shaking. Please.

	PICARD'S FACE

	melts a little, just hearing her voice.

	THE CREW LOOKS

	to him to give an order, he is just a small beat slower
	than usual.

					PICARD
			Can you lock onto her coordinates?

					GEORDI
			No, sir. The forcefield is
			preventing any kind of contact
			other than audio.

					PICARD
			Mrs. Manheim, this is... the
			captain of the Enterprise. Is
			your husband conscious?

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT ONE         15.

11   CONTINUED:

					LAURA (V.O.)
			No. You've got to help him.

					PICARD
			There's a force field surrounding
			your planet.

					LAURA (V.O.)
			Yes. I know.

	Picard gently guides a "civilian" through.

					PICARD
			Good. Then you must be very brave
			and leave his side long enough
			to shut down the system that is
			preventing us from helping you.

	THE PLANET VANDOR

	slowly STOPS SHIMMERING AND BECOMES A CRYSTAL CLEAR
	VIOLET GLOBE.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Good.
				(to crew)
			Lock onto their coordinates and
			beam them up.

	PICARD SITS IN HIS CHAIR

	like the weight of the world has just been placed on
	his shoulders.

					RIKER
			I'd like extra decontamination
			precautions, Captain.

	Without even moving, Picard responds.

					PICARD
			Fine, Number One.

12   INT. - OUTSIDE THE DE-CONTAMINATION AREA

	Picard and Riker wait outside, Picard nervously shifts
	his weight from foot to foot.

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT ONE         16.

12   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			The professor seems to be going
			in and out of consciousness.

					PICARD
			Well, the first time he's "in"
			be sure you find out what the hell
			he was up to down there.

	The Captain paces like a new father.

					RIKER
			Is anything wrong, sir?

					PICARD
			No.

	THE DOOR OPENS

	and a medical team RUSHES OUT with the convulsing body
	of Professor Manheim. Riker FOLLOWS THEM to Sickbay.

	THE CAPTAIN

	stands aside leaving them plenty of room.

	PICARD LOOKS UP

	and standing in the same doorway:

	PICARD'S POV - LAURA

	She looks unearthly, almost like an angel, an even more
	beautiful woman than girl.

	THE TWO OF THEM

	stand staring at one another for a long beat.

	LAURA STEADIES HERSELF

	against the doorway, stunned.

					LAURA
			Jean-Luc?

					PICARD
			Laura.

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT ONE         17.

13   INT. SICKBAY

	BEVERLY hurriedly takes readings of the uncontrollably
	shaking body of Paul Manheim.

	SHE FINALLY GIVES

	him an injection.

	MANHEIM SHIVERS

	and falls into a deep sleep.

	BEVERLY LOOKS UP

	from her patient to the concerned face of Riker.

					BEVERLY
			It's not good.

					RIKER
			When will I be able to question
			him?

					BEVERLY
			I don't know.

	PICARD AND LAURA ENTER SICKBAY

	and Laura RUSHES TO her husband's side, frightened by
	his stillness.

					LAURA
			Is he dead?

					BEVERLY
			No. I've sedated him.

	She puts her hand on Laura's shoulder.

					BEVERLY
			I'll do everything I can to save
			him.

					RIKER
			Doctor, we need to talk to this
			man as soon as we can.

	LAURA STARTS TO CRY

	and Picard puts his arm around her, very affectionately
	comforting her.

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT ONE         18.

13   CONTINUED:

	BEVERLY WATCHES THIS SHOW

	of familiarity and is surprised by it.

					BEVERLY
			I'll let you know as soon as he
			regains consciousness.

					LAURA
			Thank you. Thank you, all.

	HER EYES HOLD

	on Picard's and there is much more there than the
	thanks of a woman in distress.

	THE SHIP IS JOLTED

	by a huge BLAST of God only knows what. COLORS flood
	the room.

	THEY ARE THROWN

	around the cabin in a radical manner.

	MANHEIM'S BODY

	GLOWS VIOLET.

14   EXT. SPACE - VANDOR (OPTICAL)

	TURNS FROM A BRIGHT VIOLET TO A HOT PINK AND BACK
	again.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT TWO         19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

15   INT. SICKBAY - CONTINUOUS ACTION

	The crew picks themselves up from the deck.

	PICARD STEADIES

	Laura, then touches his insignia.

					PICARD
			Bridge, Picard. Status report.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Shields are holding, Captain.
			Ten percent loss of power.
			Minimal damage, all decks.

	PICARD IMPATIENTLY

	turns to Riker.

					PICARD
			We can't wait for this man to wake
			up to find out what's going on
			here. Clearly, whatever this
			window is, it's still open.

					RIKER
			Agreed, Captain. I'll have Data
			start immediately on a thorough
			evaluation of all of Doctor
			Manheim's theories.

	Riker EXITS as

	MANHEIM BEGINS TO GLOW

	shades of VIOLET, the RETURNS to normal. His eyes open
	white and he YELLS OUT:

					MANHEIM
			Head gone. Must fill up. It's
			in the cross!

	LAURA RUSHES TO HIS

	side, REACTING in horror. When she touches him, it
	looks as if he may become coherent, then he fades back
	into convulsions.

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT TWO         20.

15   CONTINUED:

	BEVERLY GIVES HIM

	another injection. He becomes quiet. Picard turns
	to Laura.

					PICARD
			When did this start?

					LAURA
			Right before he sent out the
			S.O.S. -- after he -- well, he'd
			been in the lab for at least three
			days.

	PICARD AND BEVERLY

	exchange looks. He turns to Laura, his attitude softer.

					PICARD
			Laura, I'm afraid I need to ask
			you a number of questions - and
			time is of the essence.

	Beverly looks at the two of them.

					BEVERLY
			You can use my office.

	Picard leads Laura to the outer room.

	BEVERLY'S EYES FOLLOW

	them through the door. She quickly turns back to her
	patient.

16   INT. SICKBAY - OUTER OFFICE

	Laura and Picard stand and face each other for a long,
	intense moment.

	LAURA SMILES BITTERSWEETLY

	at Picard.

					LAURA
			This is not how I imagined it.

					PICARD
			Nor I.

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT TWO         21.

16   CONTINUED:

					LAURA
			You've done well. Exactly as
			you'd hoped.

	PICARD STRUGGLES

	with his duty -- and his emotions.

					PICARD
			Not exactly. Nothing works just
			as you hope... Laura, I'm sorry
			about your husband.
				(beat)
			I need some information from you.

	LAURA SENSES THE

	change in him. She moves back slightly.

					LAURA
			I don't know what I can tell you,
			Jean-Luc. At best, I'm a
			glorified laboratory assistant.
			Paul's mental capabilities are
			so far beyond yours and mine, he
			couldn't discuss his work with
			me.

					PICARD
			But you must know something of
			the nature of his experiments.

	LAURA SHRUGS

	almost indifferent.

					LAURA
			He lectures me, he practices on
			me, but he doesn't confide in me.
			I stopped listening long ago.

					PICARD
			Why did he come here? Why Vandor?

					LAURA
			He said it was because it was far
			enough away, no one would or could
			steal his theories... or stop him
			from trying to prove them.

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT TWO         22.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			What he was working on is
			unquestionably quite dangerous
			as well as out of control.

	LAURA STARES AT

	Picard as if she's just had a revelation.

					LAURA
			He's a little like you, Jean-Luc.
			He loves, he needs the challenges
			of the unknown... all I do know
			is that he's been very close to
			a major breakthrough. He's been
			excited and agitated and working
			around the clock for the past few
			months.

	PICARD LOOKS QUESTIONINGLY

	at her.

					PICARD
			Why weren't you affected?

					LAURA
			Every time he began an experiment,
			he insisted I stay in what he said
			was a protected room. I guess
			he was right.

	PICARD BEGINS TO PACE

	the room.

					PICARD
			Fifteen years here? By yourself?

					LAURA
			There was no place left for Paul
			to go -- and I am his wife.
				(beat)
			Our destiny isn't always exactly
			what we expect. Isn't that what
			you just said?

	TEARS FORM IN

	Laura's eyes. She begins to feel overwhelmed.

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT TWO         23.

16   CONTINUED: (3)

	PICARD STEPS BACK

	from the emotion.

					PICARD
			I must send a team to the planet.

					LAURA
			You can't. It's protected.
			Paul's made sure no one can get
			in.

	SHE LOOKS UP AT HIM

	and lets the tears come.

	PICARD PUTS HIS ARMS

	around her gently. She collapses into him as if they'd
	never been apart. He holds her sympathetically, as:

	BEVERLY STRIDES INTO

	the office. She stops dead in her tracks and Picard
	lets go of Laura.

					BEVERLY
			Excuse me.

	Laura wipes her tears away and becomes strong again.

					LAURA
			Is he worse?

					BEVERLY
			He's resting. I'd like to have
			you undergo some tests as well.

	BEVERLY GESTURES TO THE

	Nurse.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			He'll start them.

					LAURA
			Thank you for your kindness,
			Doctor.

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT TWO         24.

16   CONTINUED: (4)

	LAURA LOOKS BACK

	at Picard a moment, clasps his hand, then follows the
	Nurse into Sickbay.

	BEVERLY UNCOMFORTABLY

	addresses Picard, all business.

					PICARD
			She's an old friend.

					BEVERLY
			I gathered that. It's her husband
			I'm more concerned with at the
			moment.

					PICARD
			What's his prognosis?

					BEVERLY
			So far, he's dying and there's
			nothing I can do about it. His
			entire genetic structure is
			altering -- constantly. I don't
			know how or why. I've never
			encountered anything like it
			before.

					PICARD
			How long does he have?

					BEVERLY
			Maybe a couple of days. It's not
			predictable. All I can do is
			attempt to maintain him until we
			find out what's causing the
			damage.

					PICARD
			Can I talk to him?

					BEVERLY
			You may never be able to talk to
			him. He may never be coherent
			again.

	BEVERLY STARTS BACK

	into Sickbay.

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT TWO         25.

16   CONTINUED: (5)

					PICARD
			Doctor.

	SHE TURNS BACK

	and faces him.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I haven't seen Mrs. Manheim since
			Paris.

					BEVERLY
			You needn't explain, Captain.

					PICARD
			It was a very long time ago.

					BEVERLY
			Yes. She's a lovely woman.

	She LEAVES Picard, who's feeling very frustrated.

17   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data is working furiously at the Aft Console when
	Picard ENTERS.

					RIKER
			Were you able to get any
			information, sir?

	PICARD SHAKES HIS

	head.

					PICARD
			Mrs. Manheim is in the dark about
			her husband's work. And he may
			never come out of the state he's
			in. What have you found out?

					DATA
			Sensors show there's an immense
			volume of energy being reflected
			from a small point on the planet's
			surface... near the main
			Laboratory.

					PICARD
			Reflecting what?

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT TWO         26.

17   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			We do not know yet, sir. It
			appears to be moving from a thin
			beam into wider beams and back
			again in an unstructured manner.

	PICARD PUSHES

	him for something more.

					PICARD
			Is this "beam" responsible for
			the jolt we just felt?

					DATA
			Not directly, sir. It is possible
			the beam is responsible for
			opening the "window."

					RIKER
			But that's pure assumption. We
			still know virtually nothing about
			Manheim's work.

					DATA
			About this particular work, sir.
			Professor Manheim is renowned for
			his work in perfecting subspace
			communications, and
			thermodynamics, but those
			particular achievements seem to
			have no bearing on what he is
			trying to do on Vandor.

	PICARD IS

	impatient.

					PICARD
			To the point, Mister Data.

					DATA
			When he disappeared fifteen years
			ago, he had been working on
			theories of non-linear time. His
			colleagues apparently questioned
			his obsession -- and his
			methodology.

					PICARD
			How far did he get?

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT TWO         27.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			No one knows. He became angry
			about their doubts that he could
			enter other dimensions. He left
			the Institute. That is the last
			anyone heard of him until now.

					RIKER
			Can we deal with what's happening
			down there from the ship?

					DATA
			Unlikely. I would need to see
			the Doctor's notes. And even then,
			his mind is of such unparalleled
			brilliance, I am not sure I could
			decipher them.

	PICARD REACTS

	and turns to Riker.

					PICARD
			There is an elaborate defense
			system to protect his work.

	WORF STANDS TO

	his full height.

					WORF
			We can get through any system.

					RIKER
			It's worth a try.

					PICARD
			Agreed. Take a small away team.
			See what you can find down there.

	RIKER GETS UP

	and gestures to Worf and Data.

					RIKER
			Worf. Data.

	THEY FOLLOW HIM

	onto the turbolift.

	PICARD LOOKS AFTER

	them.

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT TWO         28.

18   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Worf and Data step onto the pad. Riker nods
	to the Transporter Chief.

					RIKER
			Energize.

	The chief adjusts the console and the three figures
	begin to BEAM DOWN.

19   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as THREE AMORPHOUS FIGURES OF FLICKERING LIGHT begin
	the BEAM DOWN to the planet.

	THE THREE FLICKERING FIGURES

	BOUNCE and JUMP and MELD INTO ONE>

	THE SINGLE FLICKERING LIGHT

	swirls forming a frenzied funnel.

	OUT OF THE FUNNEL

	crashes the face of a DRAGON.

	QUICKLY SUPERIMPOSED

	by FLASHING LIGHTS, COLORS AND SHADOWY FIGURES.

	THE FUNNEL VIBRATES

	with the SOUNDS from ANOTHER DIMENSION.

	A GREAT WHITE LIGHT

	shines through the swirling reflections of the away
	Team.

	IN A FLASH

	the spinning out of control away team breaks away, as
	if looking for a way home.

	THEY TRAVEL FAST

	directly toward the planet.

         STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT TWO         29.

19   CONTINUED:

	THEN SMASH INTO

	an invisible wall and tiny, disjointed PARTICLES SHOWER
	SPACE AND DRIFT OFF into... nothingness.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

        STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT THREE        30.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

20   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard RUSHES INTO the room, Troi CLOSE BEHIND him.

					PICARD
			I don't care if you have a signal
			or not -- bring them back!

	THE TRANSPORTER CHIEF

	doesn't even look up from his panel. He furiously
	works.

	TROI SEEMS TO WILL

	their very bodies back onto the Enterprise.

					TROI
			They will return. Please, they've
			got to.

	THE TRANSPORTER CHIEF

	sees something on his console.

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF
			I have a reading, it's not much,
			not complete...

					PICARD
			... Lock on, man. Beam them back!

	THE TECHNICIAN PUNCHES

	in the proper instructions and...

	RIKER AND DATA

	slowly SHIMMER BACK ONTO THE TRANSPORTER PAD, dazed.

	PICARD AND TROI WAIT MOTIONLESS

	until another SHIMMERING EFFECT OCCURS.

	WORF REAPPEARS

	in the Transporter Room.

	EVERYONE IS RELIEVED

	they have made it back.

        STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT THREE        31.

20   CONTINUED:

	THEN WORF COLLAPSES

	on the pad.

					PICARD
			Medical Emergency Team in
			Transporter Sixteen.

	PICARD HOLDS WORF'S

	head gently in his arms and turns to Riker and Data.

					PICARD
			Good God, what happened out there?

	RIKER AND DATA

	look at one another as if they still can't believe it.

            RIKER                   DATA
       Sir, it was...          The most incredible...

					PICARD
			One at a time.

            RIKER                   DATA
       It's hard to...         Modern science does not...

	WORF STIRS SLIGHTLY

	as if he's coming to after a brutal barroom brawl.

					PICARD
			Stop! I'll wait for Lieutenant
			Worf.

	THE MEDICAL STAFF

	RUSHES IN and administers to Worf... gently taking him
	from the captain and helping him to his feet.

					WORF
			I'm all right!

					PICARD
			I'll see you all in my Ready Room.

21   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard sits, trying to understand what his crew members
	are saying.

        STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT THREE        32.

21   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			A dragon?

					WORF
			Not exactly, sir, but a monster
			that...

					RIKER
				(interrupts)
			... It wasn't anything at all like
			that. It was beautiful --
			godlike.

					DATA
			It was completely logical in the
			most disorganized way possible.
			Colors, sounds, lights. Not light
			you see, but light you feel.

					PICARD
			You each experienced something
			different and it affect you in
			dissimilar ways.

					TROI
			Sir, Worf is a warrior. He
			probably confronted his dragon
			and fought with it. Professor
			Manheim also tried to analyze
			whatever it is that comes through
			this window. They were both
			struck down.

					RIKER
			I experienced it.

					DATA
			I observed.

					PICARD
			However interesting this may be,
			it is not, as far as I can tell,
			bringing us any closer to closing
			that damn window.

	PICARD TURNS TO DATA

	with a real flourish.

        STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT THREE        33.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Check and re-check all the sensor
			readings that were taken while
			you were "out there."

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	PICARD TURNS TO RIKER

	who is still glowing a bit from his experience.

					PICARD
			Number One, are you clear-headed
			enough to do some research?

					RIKER
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Good, then go over all the
			material that Mister Data collected
			on Manheim's various theories.
			Maybe you'll be able to see
			something that ties in. Something
			that explains the experience you
			just had.

					RIKER
			Yes, Captain.

	Riker and Data LEAVE.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Worf... go to your
			quarters and rest...

					WORF
			... I feel fine, Captain.

					PICARD
			That's an order. There will be
			plenty of "dragons" left when you
			awaken.

					WORF
			Yes, sir.

	WORF MARCHES OUT

	of the room, trying not to show how exhausted and
	shaken he still is.

        STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT THREE        34.

21   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			This has nothing to do with their
			subconscious fears and dreams?

					TROI
			I'm afraid not, sir. This is
			real.

					PICARD
			That's what I was afraid you'd
			say, Counselor.

									CUT TO:

22   INT. SICKBAY

	Laura sits patiently near her husband's bedside.

	PAUL MANHEIM'S EYE CLICK OPEN

	and they are crystal clear. There is a completely
	normal air about him as he gazes around Sickbay.

					MANHEIM
			Where am I?

	LAURA RUSHES TO HIS SIDE

	and is truly happy to see her husband looking so well.

					LAURA
			Thank God. We're on the USS
			Enterprise. They answered your
			distress signal.

					MANHEIM
			I sent an S.O.S.?

					LAURA
			Yes. Oh, Paul, you're going to
			be fine.

	MANHEIM CHANGES

	looking a little manic suddenly. He holds Laura's arm,
	a little too tightly.

					PAUL
			I'm not fine, Laura. I'm not even
			close to fine.

        STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT THREE        35.

22   CONTINUED:

	She is frightened by his intensity, but he holds her
	there and makes her listen to him.

					MANHEIM
				(continuing)
			Always remember this one thing...

	BEVERLY SEES WHAT'S HAPPENING

	and touches her insignia.

					BEVERLY
			Professor Manheim is conscious.

	She moves to check his vital signs, trying not to
	interrupt the moment between the husband and wife.

	NO ONE COULD INTERRUPT

	him, he is obsessed with what he's telling his wife.

					MANHEIM
			Remember... It was worth it. What
			happened, what will happen, all
			of it. It was all worth it.

	His eyes are the eyes of a wild and tortured man.

	LAURA PULLS AWAY

	from him, frightened.

					LAURA
			The Board was right. We should
			have stayed at the Institute.

					MANHEIM
			Then you never would have seen
			your Picard.

					LAURA
			What are you talking about?

					MANHEIM
			Fate.

	BEVERLY HEARS THIS

	and tries hard to maintain her professional composure.

        STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT THREE        36.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					LAURA
			But, how could you know, I never
			told you about Jean-Luc?

					MANHEIM
			I know more things now than I
			could have learned in twenty
			lifetimes. And one of the things
			I know is that you, my darling,
			belong with him. It's your
			destiny.

	LAURA TURNS AWAY

	not wanting her husband to see that she feels what he's
	saying is true.

	MANHEIM GRABS HER AGAIN

	obsessed.

					MANHEIM
			Laura, don't you understand, none
			of that's important now. I've
			been on the other side!

	BEVERLY IS AFRAID

	he might collapse into another seizure.

					BEVERLY
			Doctor Manheim, please try to stay
			calm. There are many questions
			we need to ask you.

	PICARD BURSTS INTO

	Sickbay. Troi and Data FOLLOW him IN.

					PICARD
			Professor Manheim.

					MANHEIM
			Captain Picard.

	The two men look at one another for a short beat...
	like two rams ready to lock horns.

					PICARD
			We need your help. The situation
			is not good.

        STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT THREE        37.

22   CONTINUED: (3)

					MANHEIM
			And I need yours. My body seems
			to be in poor physical condition.
			I need you to go down to the
			planet and collect my notes, my
			calculations.

					PICARD
			We intend to. What exactly were
			you working on when this window
			to another dimension was opened?

	MANHEIM IS SHOCKED

	that they even know this much.

					MANHEIM
			How were you able to determine
			that?

					PICARD
			We are not totally without
			resources.

					MANHEIM
			I'll speak to the Science Officer.

	PICARD ISN'T THREATENED

	as Mister Data STEPS FORWARD and faces his hero.

					DATA
			Lieutenant Commander Data at your
			service, Professor.

					MANHEIM'S
			I have spent the last twenty years
			struggling with time/gravity
			theories.

	Data is impressed.

					DATA
			I suspected it but I could not
			be sure.

					MANHEIM
			There is one security system after
			another on your way down to the
			planet.

        STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT THREE        38.

22   CONTINUED: (4)

					DATA
			We had the privilege of running
			into one of them when we tried
			to beam down.

					PICARD
			What about time/gravity?

					MANHEIM'S
			It's all in my notes.

					PICARD
			I'd rather hear it from you
			personally, a condensed version.

					MANHEIM
			There is hardly a condensed
			version of the most complex theory
			of the twenty-fourth century,
			Captain Picard, but if you insist,
			I'll attempt one that even you
			will be able to understand.

	PICARD WANTS TO KNOCK

	this guy right out of Sickbay and back out in space,
	but he controls himself.

					MANHEIM
			A star four light years away went
			nova. I have been able to
			mathematically... "latch" onto
			the incredible gravity of this
			smooth back globe and direct that
			energy, that nearly immeasurable
			force, into space.

	DATA IS TRANSFIXED

	by the pure simplicity of it all -- even though he
	realizes this is like a grain of sand to the whole
	theory.

					PICARD
			So -- this energy, directed into
			space, then what?

					MANHEIM
			Then, abracadabra, Captain Picard,
			we all see God! A window to
			another dimension, isn't that how
			you put it? So pedestrian.

        STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT THREE        39.

22   CONTINUED: (5)

					PICARD
			Fine. My scientific knowledge
			isn't the issue here -- yours is.
			You opened it. Are you brilliant
			enough to close it?

	MANHEIM LOOKS AT

	Picard and starts to laugh.

	THE LAUGH BECOMES HYSTERICAL

	and Beverly quickly moves to Manheim's side to
	administer a shot.

	MANHEIM GRABS HER WRIST

	until the hypospray falls out of her hand on the
	floor.

	DATA AND PICARD

	try to aid Beverly, but they are forced back with an
	unseen BLAST OF ENERGY emanating from him.

					MANHEIM
			Give me thirty cc's of trisinov.
			I'll give you the correct
			coordinates to beam safely to
			Vandor and the electrical codes
			you'll need to bypass security
			systems to get into my lab.

	THEY ALL STARE AT MANHEIM

	he seems bigger than before, almost as if his upper
	body has grown. His legs however seem shriveled and
	weak.

23   INT. CONFERENCE ROOM

	The starscape glows with a VIOLET HUE through the
	conference room windows.

					TROI
			I'm sorry Captain, my powers
			appear to be quite useless in this
			particular instance. Whatever
			Professor Manheim is going through
			is to feelings what white is to
			color. I cannot distinguish one
			feeling from another. They are
			all there.

        STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT THREE        40.

23   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Certainly hostility.

					TROI
			It would seem he has reason to
			feel hostile to you, sir, his
			wife...

					PICARD
			Yes, Counselor, let's stick to
			the important issues. Lieutenant
			Worf.

					WORF
			Yes, sir?

					PICARD
			I want every heading that Manheim
			gave Mister Data checked out and then
			rechecked. No one's beaming down
			to Vandor until we can be
			reasonably sure they'll make it
			through.

					WORF
			Right away, sir.

	WORF AND DATA LEAVE

	the conference room.

	PICARD TURNS TO RIKER

	a little frayed around the edges.

					PICARD
			I'll be in my quarters, Number
			One.

					RIKER
			Everything's under control,
			Captain.

	PICARD LOOKS AT RIKER

	knowing that even Number One can't "control" what's
	going on out there or in the battle between his head
	and heart.

        STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT THREE        41.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

	PICARD LEAVES

	the conference room.

	TROI TURNS TO RIKER

	and with understanding.

					TROI
			He has had a great emotional
			shock. This, coupled with the
			strain of command, is wearing on
			him.

					RIKER
			Women!

	TROI IS ANGRY

	with Riker's response until she sees:

	RIKER SMILES THAT

	devilish smile of his... he's teasing her.

	TROI GATHERS HER PAPERS

	and prepares to leave the room.

					TROI
			I would think that someone who
			has so recently seen God would
			be a little more... well...

					RIKER
			... No one ever said that God
			didn't have a sense of humor.

	SHE LEAVES AND HE FOLLOWS

	close behind.

					RIKER
			Did you ever hear the one about...

24   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	The captain ENTERS and with one deep breath releases
	some of the postures of command. He moves to a
	shelving unit in his room and takes a tiny glass
	figurine off the shelf.

        STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT THREE        42.

24   CONTINUED:

					LAURA (O.S.)
			You saved it. All these years.

	PICARD TURNS TOWARD HER

	He is surprised and yet;

					PICARD
			I wondered when you would come.

	PICARD'S POV - LAURA

	looking more ravishingly beautiful than any woman has
	a right to. She poses in a comfortable lounge chair.

	PICARD SETS THE FIGURINE

	down and kneels at Laura's side.

					PICARD
			You are so beautiful, my throat
			feels as if it will close and I
			will never be able to tell you
			how beautiful you truly are.

	LAURA'S EYES SWIM IN TEARS

	as she takes Jean-Luc's face in both her hands and
	bends towards him.

					LAURA
			My love, why didn't you come to
			meet me that last day in Paris?

	PICARD CAN'T LOOK AT HER.

	He leans his head in her lap.

					PICARD
			Fear. Fear of losing you. Fear
			of staying and losing myself.

	LAURA TILTS HIS

	chin up so that they are eye to eye.

					LAURA
			Not a day went by that I didn't
			look up into the sky and will you
			to know...

					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT THREE        43.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					LAURA (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			... to know that I loved you still.
			I always did and Jean-Luc, I
			always will.

	PICARD TENDERLY KISSES HER

	and she melts down out of the chair into him.

	THEIR KISSES REKINDLE

	the passion of two young people in Paris and then go
	far beyond that, into the fuller passion of two adults.

					PICARD
			My love. I cannot live without
			you.

					LAURA
			I'll never leave you again.

	PICARD HOLDS LAURA

	to him as he stands and walks to the bed.

	THEIR EYES NEVER WAVER

	boring holes into each other.

	THEY SINK ONTO THE BED

	and into each other's arms, sealing the bond they have
	just made.

									FADE OUT:

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT FOUR        44.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

25   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Vandor

26   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly is checking Paul's vital signs when he drifts
	into consciousness. He stares at her intently for a
	moment.

					MANHEIM
			Who are you?

					BEVERLY
			I'm Doctor Crusher and I'm trying...

					MANHEIM
			Imposter! Touch me and you touch
			whatever your head can't
			understand. I am real. You are
			illusion.

					BEVERLY
			Try to rest.

					MANHEIM
			I am rest. I am action. I am you.
			Imposter.

	MANHEIM LAPSES BACK

	into a fevered fitful sleep.

					BEVERLY
			I wish I could talk to you --
			Professor Manheim. I bet you were
			really something.

	TROI QUIETLY ENTERS

	Sickbay. Beverly is surprised to see her and joins
	her at the door.

					BEVERLY
			Deanna?

					TROI
			I wanted to see how he was doing.

        STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT FOUR        45.

26   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			The same. Nothing I do seems to
			make any difference.

	BEVERLY SMILES

	at Troi.

					BEVERLY
			That's not why you're here.

	TROI SHAKES

	her head "no."

					TROI
			I'm supposed to be the empath.

	Beverly gestures her to follow her to the outer office.

27   INT. SICKBAY - DR. CRUSHER'S OFFICE

	Beverly keeps working as Troi talks to her.

					TROI
			Are you all right?

					BEVERLY
			Why wouldn't I be? I've got one
			of the medical wonders of the
			galaxy dying in my Sickbay.

					TROI
			That isn't what I meant.

					BEVERLY
			I don't think I want to talk about
			what I think you mean.

	BEVERLY BUMPS INTO

	a table and pushes it out of the way as she continues
	to work.

					TROI
			You're not helping the situation
			by pretending it doesn't exist.

	BEVERLY WHIRLS AROUND

	almost knocking a tube off the table.

        STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT FOUR        46.

27   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I'm making it worse?

					TROI
			I didn't say that. I said you're
			not helping it. Or yourself.
			Or the captain.

					BEVERLY
			That's his problem.

	BEVERLY MOVES THINGS

	from place to place. Troi calmly looks at her, willing
	her to stand still.

					BEVERLY
			All right. I'm still not sure
			how I feel about him. Now it
			looks as if I'll never know...
			are you happy? I said it.

					TROI
			Talk to him.

					BEVERLY
			No. I can't compete with a ghost
			from his past. No one could.

					TROI
			She's not a ghost. She's here
			right now.

					BEVERLY
			She may be in the here and now,
			but it's the ghost he sees. No
			Deanna, he'll have to work it
			through without my... input.

	SHE SLAMS A PIECE

	of equipment back into its place.

					BEVERLY
			There. Now I feel better.
			thanks, Deanna.

	TROI STARES KNOWINGLY AFTER

	Beverly as she WALKS BACK into Sickbay.

        STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT FOUR        47.

28   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard impatiently taps his fingers on the command
	chair. Data pores over his console as Riker watches.

					PICARD
			How soon, Mister Data?

					DATA
			I am almost through comparing the
			calculations, Captain.

	PICARD IS STARTLED

	when Beverly's voice comes through.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Bridge, this is Sickbay. Doctor
			Manheim is awake and asking to
			speak with you, Captain. Alone.

					PICARD
			On my way, Doctor.

	HE JUMPS UP

	from the Command Chair and HURRIES TOWARDS the
	turbolift.

	RIKER AND DATA

	return to their calculations. Data finishes and looks
	at Riker.

					RIKER
			Can we do it?

					DATA
			I believe so. But it must be
			soon. Sensors indicate a rapid
			deterioration of the atmosphere.

	RIKER LOOKS AT

	Data. He'd like a little more assurance.

					DATA
			I cannot be more sure than that,
			Commander. Not until I see what
			is in Professor Manheim's
			laboratory.

					RIKER
			Okay. Let's get ready. Worf.

        STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT FOUR        48.

29   INT. SICKBAY

	Picard ENTERS, not having any idea what he'll find.
	Beverly gestures to Manheim.

	MANHEIM IS SITTING

	up, conscious, but battling with an unseen enemy.

	PICARD WALKS BRISKLY

	to his bedside.

					PICARD
			You asked for me.

	Manheim struggles to make sense.

					MANHEIM
			You belong with Laura. It's the
			way it's supposed to be. Give
			me your word you'll take care of
			her.

	PICARD IS FURIOUS

	at the arrogance of this man. And he's feeling a
	little guilty too.

					PICARD
			I did not come here to discuss
			her. I will not discuss her with
			you until your irresponsible
			actions are checked and until my
			away team is back on this ship
			safe and sound.

	MANHEIM'S FEVERED EYES

	bore into the captain.

					MANHEIM
			It is only Laura who concerns me.

					PICARD
			Then she is wrong. We are very
			different, you and I. For which
			I am grateful.

	PICARD STRIDES TOWARDS

	the door.

					MANHEIM
			Good. You will take care of her.

        STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT FOUR        49.

30   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Geordi is at the controls this time as the three away
	Team members STEP ONTO the pad. They carry very small,
	portable respirator packs on their chests.

					GEORDI
			I have the coordinates exactly
			in the corridor the Professor
			specified.

					RIKER
			We're ready.

					GEORDI
			Good luck.

	Geordi operates the controls and the away team BEAMS
	DOWN.

31   INT. VANDOR - CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	as the away team BEAMS IN. It is DARK and they
	immediately feel the difference in atmosphere.

					RIKER
			Respirators on.

	They turn their packs on and move as quickly as they
	can, Worf in the lead, towards the laboratory door.

	SUDDENLY ANOTHER STRONG

	burst of ENERGY BLASTS THROUGH THE CORRIDOR, sending
	the away team flying and ROLLING to safety.

	The corridor PULSATES WITH THE VIOLET COLORS of the
	other dimension.

32   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	WAVES OF COLOR RADIATE OFF THE ENTERPRISE.

33   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The bridge crew holds its own against the assault.

					GEORDI
			Shields barely holding, sir.
			Damage reports coming in.

					PICARD
			Contact the away team!

             STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT FOUR             50.

34   INT. SICKBAY

	Laura is at the side of her husband, trying to hold
	him down, trying to will him to be well. With every
	assault, he too is assaulted.

35   INT. VANDOR - CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	The onslaught over, the away team cautiously makes its
	way towards Manheim's laboratory.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Maintain an open frequency, Number
			One.

					RIKER
			Frequency open, sir.

	NEXT TO THE LABORATORY

	Data removes a panel next to the door, and begins to
	insert the code Manheim gave them. Worf watches the
	corridor carefully.

	DATA FINISHES ENTERING

	the code and the lab doors OPEN partially.

	SUDDENLY WORF NOTICES

	several openings along the edges of the wall.

					WORF
			Look out!

	THE THREE DIVE

	for cover as LASER FIRE COMMENCES.

	THEY ROLL BACK AND FORTH

	out of range of attack.

	ALL THREE PULL

	their phasers and RETURN FIRE to the source of the
	attacks.

	QUIET SETTLES

	in the corridor. The away team cautiously pick
	themselves up.

             STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT FOUR             51.

35   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Manheim forgot to mention that
			one.

	THEY LOOK AT EACH

	other and allow themselves a slight REACTION.

	THE THREE OF THEM SQUEEZE

	through the narrow opening into the darkness of the
	lab.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

             STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT FIVE             52.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

36   INT. VANDOR - MANHEIM'S LABORATORY - CONTINUOUS ACTION

	Data touches a wallplate and the LIGHTS GO ON. His
	eye is immediately attracted to an instrument panel
	-- a floating RED LIGHT, a small board of numbers, a
	narrow slot and a clock.

	THE CLOCK COUNTS DOWN

	the micro-seconds... starting from ten minutes.

					WORF
			What is it?

					DATA
			Hopefully, an easily deactivated
			alarm system.

					RIKER
			More surprises.

	DATA IS ALREADY

	examining the board. He sticks his hand in the slot
	and the seconds keep on disappearing.

					RIKER
			Captain, a problem with Manheim's
			security. Any chance he's awake?

37   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (INTERCUT AS NEEDED)

	Picard and Troi REACT.

					PICARD
			No, Commander. Doctor Crusher
			is under orders to inform me if
			the professor regains
			consciousness.
				(beat)
			What's the problem?

	DATA FINISHES TAKING

	his readings and turns to Riker.

             STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT FIVE             53.

37   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Professor Manheim's state of
			consciousness is of little use
			to us.

					PICARD
			Explain.

					DATA
			It appears, sir, he was more
			interested in making certain his
			notes were destroyed than in
			our safety. When we came into
			the lab we triggered an explosive
			device. In less than ten minutes
			the lab and whoever is in it will
			cease to exist.

					PICARD
			I'd like to wake him up myself.

					DATA
			Do not bother, sir. Manheim
			himself could not stop this. It
			is deactivated by a photogenetic
			code. Manheim's is altered.

					RIKER
			My suggestion is to continue the
			mission posthaste.

					PICARD
			You've got seven minutes. I don't
			care what you've found or what
			you're doing, clear?

					RIKER
			Yes, sir. Worf check the outer
			perimeter -- carefully. And
			Data...

	DATA IS ALREADY

	immersed in the computer. His face shows the magnitude
	of what he's learning and the respect he has fo this
	knowledge.

	THE COMPUTER SCREEN

	speeds through Manheim's notes.

					DATA
			Truly incredible.

             STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT FIVE             54.

38   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Geordi reports to Picard.

					GEORDI
			Sir, the sensor findings from the
			last blast are in.

					PICARD
			And?

					GEORDI
			They're different from all
			previous waves.

					PICARD
			In magnitude, in energy mass, in
			composition?

					GEORDI
			In every way, sir. It would seem
			we are dealing with something
			that's not even remotely easy to
			classify. We might sit here for
			the next hundred years being
			blasted daily, and no two blasts
			would be the same.

					TROI
			Anything could happen. We're
			dealing with another dimension.

					PICARD
			Are you saying it could
			arbitrarily, or even with fine
			methodology, change direction and
			instead of blasting us, draw us
			in... suck us through the window?

					GEORDI
			That would certainly be a viable
			possibility, sir. One of
			trillions.

					TROI
			With so much to fear, there is
			truly nothing to do but remain
			calm.

39   INT. VANDOR - MANHEIM'S LABORATORY

	The clock shows seven minutes and a few seconds.

             STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT FIVE             55.

39   CONTINUED:

	DATA CALMLY WORKS

	at the computer. Worf and Riker stand by... not so
	calmly.

					DATA
			It is the only chance we have.

					RIKER
			What is?

					DATA
			A reversal of the same effect
			Doctor Manheim has programmed into
			the computer.

					WORF
			How?

					DATA
			There is no time to reprogram.
			You will need to physically change
			microchips the same time I program
			the correct instructions here.

					RIKER
			Captain, we have a plan.

					PICARD
			Proceed, and report at regular
			intervals.

	DATA IS UP AND OPENS

	two steel doors electronically.

	THEY ENTER A SILO-TYPE

	structure. The walls are perfectly smooth.
	Occasionally brooken by small grill work, shielding the
	guts of the machinery.

	DATA POINTS UP

	to the top of the twenty foot structure.

	THEIR POV - UP

	to the very top.

             STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT FIVE             56.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (O.S.)
			Someone must climb to the top.
			The circuits we need to change
			are in that panel.

	RIKER AND WORF

	look at one another... both of them are suffering from
	the lack of oxygen and yet both of them want to go.

					DATA
			Whoever goes will be in more
			danger than falling. A great heat
			is generated in this chamber.
			Enough to disintegrate any of us
			in seconds.

					RIKER
			What about the doors, the ones
			we came in? If they stay open,
			would the system short out? Heat
			of that magnitude requires a seal
			of some sort, doesn't it?

					DATA
			We cannot do it electronically.
			I need to use full power to
			reverse the effect.

					WORF
			I will keep the doors from
			closing.

	THEY PREPARE TO EXECUTE

	the plan.

	THE CLOCK NOW READS

	less than five minutes.

	RIKER TAKES HIGH-TECH CLIMBING GEAR

	out of his chest pack. He ENTERS the cylinder.

	WORF READIES HIMSELF

	between the steel doors, summoning all the Klingon
	strength of the ages.

             STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT FIVE             57.

40   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Captain Picard waits on the Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Away team, report.

					DATA
			Sir, we are executing the plan.

	RIKER CLIMBS

	up the cylinder.

					PICARD
			You've got three minutes, no more.
			Transporter Room, lock onto their
			coordinates and be ready to beam
			them up the instant of my command.

	DATA WAITS AT THE COMPUTER

	like a church organist ready to play for the coronation
	of the pope.

	WORF LOOKS UP

	and signals to Data.

					WORF
			He's past the halfway mark.

	RIKER HANGS BREATHLESS

	on the wall of the cylinder.

					RIKER
			Captain, I need more time.

					PICARD
			You haven't got it.

	RIKER PRESSES FORWARD QUICKLY

	not looking back.

					WORF
				(to Data)
			He's almost there.

	WORF PRESSES HIS MASSIVE

	arms against the doors and crouches in a weight lifter
	crouch.

             STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT FIVE             58.

40   CONTINUED:

	DATA TOUCHES A BUTTON

	on the panel and the SOUND OF MACHINERY coming to life
	fills the lab.

	WORF STRAINS WITH EVERY CELL

	in his body to hold the doors open.

	RIKER REACHES THE TOP

	and barely has the breath to speak, but manages:

					RIKER
			Go, Data.

	DATA BEGINS THE PROGRAM

	and calmly touches his insignia and speaks to Riker.

					DATA
			Remember Commander -- it is the
			blue chip you switch with the
			yellow chip.

	WORF STRAINS, SWEAT

	pouring down his face.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Ready, five, four, three, two,
			one.

	RIKER SWITCHES THE CHIPS

	and clings to the wall like he's hugging his mother.

	WORF EXHALES

	with purpose as a BLAST of hot air WHOOSHES past him
	and through the lab.

	OUTSIDE THE LAB

	a BEAM OF LIGHT starts from high up in the sky and is
	drawn to the tip of the cylinder.

	THERE IS A FLASH

	OF LIGHT and..

					PICARD
			Beam them back.

             STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT FIVE             59.

41   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	As the away team MATERIALIZES on the pad. They are
	exuberant with the feeling of brotherhood.

					RIKER
			Did it work?

					DATA
			It is well patched... Closed in
			this sense would be an equation...

					RIKER
			Patched is good enough.

	DATA TILTS HIS

	head and shares his inner clock with them.

					DATA
			By my calculation, the laboratory
			just disintegrated.

42   INT. SICKBAY

	Paul Manheim is sitting straight up in bed and he is
	a new man, completely different in demeanor and look
	than ever before.

					BEVERLY
			But this is amazing. All your
			readings are completely normal.
			There's even been a complete
			nerve regeneration.

	PAUL MANHEIM GRASPS

	Beverly's hand in a gentle and kindly gesture.

					MANHEIM
			Where is my wife? Is Laura all
			right?

	PICARD AND LAURA ENTER

	Sickbay at the same time.

					LAURA
			Paul?

					MANHEIM
			The effect has been reversed,
			darling. It's safe now.

             STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT FIVE             60.

42   CONTINUED:

	She RUSHES TO HIM and is genuinely happy to see that
	he is going to be all right.

					BEVERLY
			There are no residual effects.

	MANHEIM TURNS TO BEVERLY

	and gentlemanly corrects her.

					MANHEIM
			No, Doctor, I am not the same man
			I was before.

	He holds his wife to him.

					MANHEIM
				(continuing)
			I still have the same vision, but,
			Captain Picard, I would like to
			request a science team to help
			me rebuild. I would like to start
			fresh, and do everything the right
			way this time.

					PICARD
			I'm sure the Federation will want
			to help you in any way they can,
			as long as you are willing to now
			be a part of the Federation.

	MANHEIM NODS

	and strokes Laura's hand.

					PICARD
			The science team will be arranged.

					MANHEIM
			All volunteers, I insist. No one
			on Vandor will be there unless
			they want to be there.

	He looks at Laura and Laura looks from this great,
	great man, who has just become even greater to...

	PICARD WATCHING HER

	with an understanding look.

             STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT FIVE             61.

43   INT. HOLODECK

	Jean-Luc Picard sits at the same table in the same cafe
	in Paris. He sips a glass of red wine.

	LAURA WALKS INTO

	the picture.

					LAURA
			I hope you don't mind. I
			convinced the technician you
			wouldn't.

	PICARD TURNS TO HER

	and stands, offering her a chair.

					LAURA
			Oh, no, I won't be staying.

					PICARD
			I know.

					LAURA
			I wanted to say good-bye here,
			not in the Transporter Room.

					PICARD
			You have more courage than I did.

					LAURA
			More courage than a young man in
			first love, yes. More courage
			than Jean-Luc Picard, Captain of
			the USS Enterprise -- I doubt
			there are many who could boast
			that.

	HE STANDS AND HOLDS HER

	in the warmest embrace... one that he will treasure
	through the decades, an embrace of the deepest kind
	of love.

					PICARD
			I eat, sleep and dream your
			softness -- could it be enough?

					LAURA
			We would have been the richest,
			most gloriously happy two people
			in all the worlds.

             STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT FIVE             62.

43   CONTINUED:

	SHE TURNS TO GO

	and doesn't look back.

	PICARD WATCHES HER LEAVE

	memorizing her step, everything about her.

					PICARD
			I cannot say good-bye to you.

44   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker, Troi, Data, Geordi and Worf are all on the
	bridge.

	THE CAPTAIN ENTERS

	and they all look at Picard as if they are slightly
	worried about him.

					PICARD
			Is anything wrong?

	Everyone goes about their business.

					RIKER
			No, sir.

					PICARD
			Then set course for Sarona Eight.
			As I remember we were on our way
			for some much needed R and R.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir. Course set and laid in.

					PICARD
			Warp five. Engage.

	GEORDI MAKES THE

	necessary computations.

					RIKER
			I've only been there once, but
			there's this great bar -- I can't
			remember the name of it, they
			serve these blue concoctions...

             STAR TREK: "... Paris" - 2/22/88 - ACT FIVE             63.

44   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			... It's across the square from
			the Zanza Men's Dance Palace.

	They both look at her. Troi half-smiles.

	PICARD LOOKS FORWARD

	into his future without Laura, the future that begins
	on Sarona 8. He turns to Riker.

					PICARD
			It's called the Blue Parrot Cafe
			-- and you're buying.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             







                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "Conspiracy" 
                          #40271-125 
                              
                           Story by 
                        Robert Sabaroff 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                          Tracy Torme 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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                     2ND REV. FINAL DRAFT

                        MARCH 8, 1988

            STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - 3/8/88 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Conspiracy" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             CAPTAIN WALKER KEEL
                RIKER              TRYLA SCOTT
                BEVERLY            CAPTAIN RIXX
                DATA               ADMIRAL SAVAR
                TROI               ADMIRAL AARON
                WORF               ADMIRAL GREGORY QUINN
                GEORDI             LT. COMMANDER
                                    DEXTER REMMICK

                Voice-Over         Non-Speaking
                  COMPUTER VOICE     CEREMONIAL GUARD
                                     TRANSPORTER OPERATOR (EARTH)

            STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - 3/8/88 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Conspiracy" 

                             SETS                               
                              
            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS       DYTALLIX B
              SICKBAY
                                       STARFLEET HQ
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              CORRIDOR                 EARTH
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              QUINN'S GUEST QUARTERS
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
          
            GREAT HALL OF STARFLEET - EARTH
              HALLWAY
              RECEPTION AREA
              DINING ROOM
              TRANSMITTER ROOM
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
          
            MINING TUNNEL - DYTALLIX B

    STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - 3/8/88 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Conspiracy" 
                      
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 TRYLA SCOTT           TRY-la
                 ADMIRAL SAVAR         suh-VAAR
                 DYTALLIX B            die-TAL-icks Bee
                 TAU CETI III          tow (rhymes with cow)
                                        - set-ee 3

       STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "Conspiracy"   
                           
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	sweeps by majestically at warp. WE CLEARLY SEE THE
	REGISTRY NUMBER on her wing -- ten foot tall navy blue
	letters reading NCC-1701D.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First officer's log, stardate
			41775.5. We are en route to the
			ocean world known as Pacifica...

2    INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	The mood is relaxed. RIKER is at Command with TROI
	beside him. WORF'S at Security, DATA and GEORDI at Ops
	and Conn.

					RIKER (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Our mission is routinely
			scientific in nature. We look
			forward to seeing the warm blue
			waters and fine white beaches that
			make Pacifica a treasured jewel
			of the galaxy.

3    ANGLE ON DATA

	intently listening to the punchline of a joke Geordi's
	telling...

					GEORDI
				(grinning)
			... So the guy staggers to his
			feet and goes back to the girl.
			She smiles, looks him right in
			the eye and says "Just try that
			in hyperspace!"

	Geordi LAUGHS at his own joke, but Data is simply
	reflective.

       STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - TEASER       2.

3    CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(thoughtful)
			Ah, I see. So the difficulty in
			attaining such complex
			positioning in a zero gravity
			environment, coupled with the
			adverse effect it would have on
			the psychological well being of
			the average human male, is what
			makes this anecdote so amusing.
			Yes. Very humorous indeed.
			Hysterical, in fact.

	The look on his friend's face tells Data that something
	is missing. Suddenly, he realizes what it is and
	bursts into STIFF, FORCED LAUGHTER. It comes out
	awkwardly and ends much too abruptly.

4    BACK TO WIDE ANGLE

	Riker is smiling, having overheard.

					RIKER
			What's our e.t.a. at Pacifica,
			Mister La Forge?

					GEORDI
			Twenty two hours, fourteen
			minutes.

					RIKER
			Increase to warp six.

					GEORDI
			Aye sir.

					RIKER
				(to Troi, mischievous)
			Think anyone'll mind if we arrive
			a little ahead of schedule?

					TROI
				(warm smile)
			I know I won't. I've been looking
			forward to a nice swim.

          STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - 3/8/88 - TEASER          3.

4    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			You are aware Counselor, that the
			Holodeck can be programed to
			recreate an oceanic environment.

					TROI
			It's just not the same, Data.
			Have you ever gone for a real
			moonlight swim?

					DATA
				(deeply puzzled)
			One can swim in moonlight?

	Troi rolls her eyes and turns to Worf...

					TROI
			How about you, Worf?

					WORF
				(shaking head)
			Swimming is too much like bathing.

					DATA
			-- Commander Riker.

	Data is monitoring something, looking concerned...

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I am receiving a Code Forty-Seven.

	Riker frowns, instantly concerned...

					RIKER
			Verify.

	Data rechecks his console...

					DATA
				(astounded)
			It is a Code Forty-Seven, sir.
			Starfleet emergency frequency.

	Riker and Troi exchange worried glances...

					TROI
			Code Forty-Seven... Captain's eyes
			only.

          STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - 3/8/88 - TEASER          4.

5    INT. CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS - SLOWLY MOVING TOWARD BED
(OPTICAL)

	The room is DARK, Picard is sleeping. THE SCREEN by
	his bed COMES TO LIFE, awakening the Captain...

					RIKER
			Riker on the bridge, Captain.
			I'm sorry to disturb you.

	Picard is still a bit groggy.

					PICARD
			What is it, Number One?

					RIKER
			An incoming message -- Code Forty
			Seven, sir.

	Picard REACTS to the news. He sits up in bed, wearing
	a form-fitting sleepsuit (warm and extremely
	comfortable).

					PICARD
			Pipe it through.

	A YELLOW LIGHT above the screen FLASHES on and off
	signifying that an urgent message is coming through.

6    OMITTED

7    ON SCREEN

	RIKER'S IMAGE IS instantly REPLACED BY THE official
	SEAL OF STARFLEET and the United Federation of Planets.
	A FEMALE COMPUTER VOICE addresses Picard...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			This is an emergency communique.
			It is not to be discussed with
			fellow officers unless deemed
			absolutely necessary. There will
			be no computer record of said
			transmission.

					PICARD
			Understood.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Proceed with voice print
			identification.

					PICARD
			Picard, Jean-Luc. Captain, USS
			Enterprise.

       STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - TEASER       5.

7    CONTINUED:

	The screen HUMS momentarily...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Voice print verified.

	The SEAL FADES OUT and a FACE FADES IN... It's the
	noble face of WALKER KEEL, a striking middle-aged man
	in a Starfleet captain's uniform. He is tall, with
	piercing grey eyes and long brown hair just going
	silver at the temples.

	Picard is clearly shocked, though not displeased, to
	see him...

					PICARD
				(half-whisper)
			Walker...

					KEEL
			Hello, Jean-Luc. Been a long
			time.

					PICARD
			Too long, my friend. Why are you
			contacting me on this frequency?

					KEEL
			It was a difficult decision. I
			felt it was worth the risk.

					PICARD
			Risk?!

					KEEL
			It's about Starfleet... about
			something we've always considered
			to be impossible.

8    MOVE IN ON PICARD

	grimly stunned by his friend's powerful words...

9    OMITTED

10   INT. CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS - PICARD (CONTINUOUS ACTION)
	(OPTICAL)

          STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - 3/8/88 - TEASER          6.

10   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I don't understand.

					KEEL
			I can't explain it now. We need
			to talk, face to face.

					PICARD
			You're using a Code Forty-Seven!
			I have to know what this is all
			about.

					KEEL
			Not over subspace. No.

					PICARD
			For God's sake Walker, you know
			this is a secure channel --

					KEEL
			-- No!

	For the first time, Keel looks a little over the edge.

					KEEL
				(continuing)
			I want you to meet me on Dytallix B.

					PICARD
				(thinking it over)
			When?

					KEEL
			Immediately.

					PICARD
			Impossible. We're expected at
			Pacifica --

					KEEL
			-- That can wait.

	Keel's face grows hard...

					KEEL
				(continuing)
			You owe me. And you owe it to
			yourself to hear what I have to
			say.

	Picard is flustered and thoroughly confused. Still, he
	is mesmerized by the bleak urgency in Walker's voice...

          STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - 3/8/88 - TEASER          7.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					KEEL
				(continuing; slow,
				 measured)
			Something's beginning... Have you
			felt it?... Creeping out of the
			woodwork...
				(whisper)
			An infestation.

10A  BACK TO TWO SHOT

					PICARD
			What is?

	Keel looks long and hard at Picard -- as though
	studying his face for some reason.

					KEEL
			Don't trust anyone. Remember
			that, Jean-Luc. Don't take
			anything for granted.

					PICARD
			Walker --

					KEEL
			-- Dytallix B. We'll be waiting.

	KEEL'S IMAGE VANISHES as he ends the transmission.
	Picard is left staring at the BLANK SCREEN -- the
	YELLOW LIGHT REFLECTING OFF HIS FACE.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT ONE       8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

11   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	The same crew is on the bridge. Picard EXITS the
	turbolift and addresses them from the railing...

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			Are you familiar with Dytallix
			B, Lieutenant?

					GEORDI
			Uh, well...

					DATA
			If I may, sir? Dytallix B is one
			of seven uninhabited worlds mined
			for the Federation by the Dytallix
			Mining Company. I believe B is
			in the nearby Mira system.

					PICARD
			Fine. Chart a course for it
			immediately, warp seven. And
			there will be no records or
			logs mentioning any aspect of
			this diversion.

					RIKER
			Captain, they're expecting us at
			Pacifica. Shouldn't we contact
			them to let them know --

					PICARD
			-- Negative, Will. Nothing goes
			out without specific orders from
			me.

12   ANGLE ON TROI

	watching the captain, concerned.

					PICARD (O.S.)
			Hopefully our delay will be
			minimal.

13   BACK TO SHOT

	The captain EXITS to the Ready Room without another
	word, leaving behind a concerned group of officers...

       STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT ONE       9.

14   OMITTED

14A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

15
thru	OMITTED
16

17   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE - WORF AND GEORDI

	at Conn and Ops, Riker in command, Data at Science One.

					DATA
			I have the readout on Dytallix
			B, Commander.

					RIKER
			On screen.

18   ANGLE TO INCLUDE SCREEN

	where a solar system CHART is laid out with the correct
	planetary dimensions.

					DATA
			Dytallix B is the fifth of six
			planets circling the red giant
			known as Mira.

	The CHART IS REPLACED BY a closer look at the
	REDDISH-BROWN WORLD, Dytallix B.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			One side always faces the sun --
			where temperatures reach up to
			one hundred and eighty degrees
			Celsius. The mines line the
			temperate zone between the day
			and night sides, but they are
			long deserted.

      STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT ONE      10.

18   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Why the devil would we be going
			there? Are there any miners or
			indigenous life forms on the
			planet?

					DATA
			I believe the answer is negative
			to both questions, sir. In a
			manner of speaking, it is nothing
			but a lifeless hunk of rock, a
			useless ball of mud, a worthless
			chunk of --

					RIKER
			Thank you, Data. I get the idea.
				(into com)
			Captain, we're approaching
			Dytallix B.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Very good, Number One. I'm on
			my way.

19
thru	OMITTED
20

20A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	coming out of warp.

21   OMITTED

22   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	as Picard ENTERS.

					WORF
			Captain, sensors are detecting
			three Federation starships already
			in orbit around the planet.

	Picard raises his eyebrows in surprise...

					PICARD
			Identify.

      STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT ONE      11.

22   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Two are frigates: the Renegade
			commanded by Tryla Scott, and the
			Thomas Paine, Captain Rixx
			commanding.

					DATA
				(studying his console)
			The third is just coming into
			range now, sir... It is an
			Ambassador Class heavy cruiser...
			The USS Horatio.

					RIKER
			Horatio?
				(to Picard)
			Isn't that Walker Keel's ship?

	Picard looks at him but doesn't answer.

					WORF
			Attempts at communication have
			been ignored by all three vessels.

					PICARD
			You will make no further attempts,
			Mister Worf. Any life-form readings
			on the surface, Mister Data?

					DATA
			Three sir. All gathered inside
			what appears to be the entrance
			to a mining tunnel.

					PICARD
				(moving toward
				 turbolift)
			Very well. Relay those
			coordinates to the Transporter
			Room. I'm beaming down.

					RIKER
				(a bit alarmed)
			Alone, Captain?

	Picard ENTERS the lift and turns to face Riker...

					PICARD
			Alone, Number One.

	The door slides SHUT, accentuating Picard's response.

         STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - 3/8/88 - ACT ONE         12.

23   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Dytallix B.

24   INT. MINING TUNNEL - PICARD (OPTICAL)

	MATERIALIZES into a narrow shaft which opens out to the
	surface behind him. The entire TUNNEL IS BATHED IN
	VIVID RED SUNLIGHT from Mira. WE CAN HEAR THE WIND
	BLOWING like a hurricane outside.

24A  PICARD'S P.O.V.

	The tunnel is DARK and forboding.

24B  BACK TO SHOT

	As Picard moves forward, THREE FIGURES STEP OUT of the
	shadows.

					KEEL (O.S.)
				(monotone)
			Good to see you, Jean-Luc. Thanks
			for coming.

25   ANGLE ON THE THREE FIGURES

	as THEY STEP INTO THE LIGHT. Walker Keel is flanked by
	a HANDSOME BLACK WOMAN and a BLUE-SKINNED BOLIAN.
	Each is aiming a phaser directly at Picard's heart...

26   INT. THE TUNNEL - ON PICARD

	under the barrel of the phasers.

					PICARD
			This is some greeting, "old
			friend."

	Keel ignores the comment -- instead STEPPING FORWARD,
	empty hands at his sides...

					KEEL
			Tell me Jean-Luc -- where did we
			first meet?

	Picard doesn't reply, thinking it ridiculous...

					BOLIAN
				(tense, waving gun)
			Answer the question!

      STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT ONE      13.

26   CONTINUED:

	Picard remains cool -- a thin smile on his lips.

					PICARD
			On Tau Ceti III. It was a bar --
			Quite an exotic one at that.
				(looks at Bolian)
			What do I win?

					KEEL
			Do you recall the night you
			introduced Jack Crusher to
			Beverly?

					PICARD
			You know full well I hadn't even
			met Beverly then. You introduced
			them.

					KEEL
			My brother introduced them.

					PICARD
				(losing patience)
			You don't have a brother -- two
			sisters, Anne and Melissa. Now
			what the hell's this all about?!

	Keel takes a deep breath and nods at the others.
	Slowly, they lower their weapons...

					RIXX
			Apologies, Captain. We had to
			make sure you were really you.

					PICARD
			Walker, what's going on?

					KEEL
			Captain Picard, meet Captains
			Scott and Rixx.

	The Bolian offers Picard his pale-blue hand...

					PICARD
			I believe we've met... The
			Altairian conference?

	Rixx smiles and bows slightly. At last he too is
	convinced that Picard is Picard. Our captain turns
	his gaze to the woman...

      STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT ONE      13A.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Tryla Scott. It's said you made
			captain faster than anyone in
			Starfleet history, present company
			included.
				(pause)
			Are you that good?

      STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT ONE      14.

26   CONTINUED: (3)

					TRYLA
			Yes. I am.

	Picard is impressed by her unblinking honesty. She
	comes off confident, not arrogant. Picard addresses
	all of them...

					PICARD
			Starfleet's finest.
				(looks around shaft)
			Fancy meeting you here.

					RIXX
			We all came secretly, Picard.
			To discuss the threat.

					PICARD
			What threat?

					TRYLA
			Have you noticed anything about
			Starfleet Command lately?
			Anything unusual?

					PICARD
				(thinking about it)
			No. We've been on the outer rim
			for awhile. Haven't had much
			contact with them.

	The other captains look at one another. The RED
	SUNLIGHT CASTS EERIE SHADOWS across their faces...

					KEEL
			Some of us have seen strange
			patterns emerging. Unusual orders...
			High-ranking officials backing
			irrational proposals --

					RIXX
			-- Starbase twelve was completely
			evacuated for two full days! No
			explanation given.

					TRYLA
			And what about the deaths?
			Mckinney... Ryan Sipe... Onna
			Karapleedeez...

      STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT ONE      15.

26   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
				(quietly stunned)
			All dead?

					TRYLA
				(nodding)
			A series of "accidents".

					KEEL
			Or so they say; it's hard to be
			certain of anything. Interfleet
			communications are at a minimum.
			But something is happening.

					TRYLA
			And we fully expect the Enterprise
			to be targeted soon.

					PICARD
				(incredulous)
			Targeted for what? By whom?

					KEEL
			We're not sure yet.

	Picard is clearly skeptical. These people seem to be
	chasing shadows. Walker Keel addresses him with
	renewed intensity...

					KEEL
				(continuing)
			Dammit Jean-Luc, I tell you that
			some of Starfleet's top command
			people are changing! This could
			affect the very core of our
			organization. Officers I've known
			for years are bluffing their way
			through talk of old times!

					RIXX
			That's their weakness! A lack
			of memory.

	Picard turns away, troubled by the picture they're
	painting.

					TRYLA
				(scornful)
			He doesn't believe us. He thinks
			we're crazy.

      STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT ONE      16.

26   CONTINUED: (5)

					PICARD
				(turning, angry)
			You've given me nothing to believe
			in! Just vague talk of wild
			schemes. Who's behind it, and for
			what purpose? How are people
			being changed?

					KEEL
				(softly)
			I can't say exactly. But I think
			its spread to my own ship.

	The WIND MOANS AND HOWLS outside the tunnel, ROCKS AND
	SAND CAN BE HEARD SCRAPING against the walls...

					KEEL
				(continuing)
			My first officer hasn't been the
			same since we stopped off at
			Earth. Our medical officer says
			he's perfectly normal, but I don't
			think I trust him either.

					PICARD
				(exasperated)
			Walker --

					TRYLA
			-- We know we don't have all the
			answers. All we ask is that you
			keep your eyes open.

					PICARD
			That's sound advice at any time,
			Captain.

					KEEL
			Stay in touch with us -- covertly.
			This meeting never took place as
			far as Starfleet is concerned.

	Keel can tell that Picard is clearly uncomfortable with
	this.

					KEEL
				(continuing)
			Please... I'm asking you as a
			personal favor.

	Reluctantly, Picard gives a slight nod, indicating
	agreement. Keel grasps him warmly by the shoulders...

         STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - 3/8/88 - ACT ONE         17.

26   CONTINUED: (5)

					KEEL
				(continuing; warm,
				 intense)
			I'm glad, Jean-Luc... Glad you're
			still one of us.

	Keel smiles sadly and steps back...

					KEEL
				(continuing)
			Tell Beverly... I said hello.

					RIXX
				(sly smile)
			And watch your back, Picard.

	At this moment, the WIND REACHES ITS MOST VIOLENT PEAK
	-- viciously assailing the mine shaft and adding
	emphasis to the Bolian's words.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT TWO      18.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

27   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

28   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - PICARD AND TROI

					TROI
			It seems you're in turmoil.

					PICARD
			Friends... close friends, are few
			and far between. I'm a private
			man, Deanna. My Starfleet duties
			have shielded me from social
			circles. My two oldest and
			closest friends were Jack Crusher,
			may he rest in peace, and Walker
			Keel. Until various missions
			split us apart, we were almost
			inseparable.
				(pause)
			I trust Keel completely. If he
			felt it necessary to violate
			regulations, I know he must have
			a good reason.

					TROI
			And you are about to put your
			career at risk for him.

					PICARD
			Isn't that what friendship's all
			about, Counselor?

					TROI
			-- They illicitly used the
			emergency channel to draw you
			here. Then they asked you to keep
			secrets from your superiors.
			Effectively, to disobey Starfleet
			regulations.

      STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT TWO      18A.

28   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			The people involved are all of
			the highest caliber. If I didn't
			believe in their loyalty, I
			wouldn't have gone this far.

					TROI
			Don't you think you should tell
			the rest of the crew?

					PICARD
			No. I won't risk implicating
			them. Not until we have solid
			evidence that something really is
			wrong.

29   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker at Command, Worf at Security, Data at Science
	One, Geordi and Wesley at Conn and Ops. The turbolift
	door OPENS and Picard and Troi ENTER the bridge.

					PICARD
				(moving to Command)
			Take us out of orbit, Mister La
			Forge.

         STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - 3/8/88 - ACT TWO         19.

29   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Resume heading to Pacifica, warp
			factor eight.

					GEORDI
			Aye sir, warp eight.

					DATA
			At that speed sir, we should
			arrive nine point six three hours
			behind the original schedule.

					PICARD
			Very well. Data, I have an
			assignment for you. One
			especially suited to your talents.

30   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - DATA (OPTICAL)
(FORMERLY "DATA'S QUARTERS")

	is staring at a computer terminal with a gleam in his
	yellow eyes. He sits down in front of it and almost
	lovingly touches its top...

					DATA
			Computer -- this is Lieutenant
			Commander Data. Access all
			Starfleet Command orders to
			starships, starbases and colonies,
			for the past six months.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Working.

	The screen begins to HUM and the ORDERS FLASH before
	Data's eyes. For anyone but him, this could take
	months to sift through.

31   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	Beverly ENTERS and walks to Picard...

					BEVERLY
				(serious)
			I understand the Horatio was in
			orbit around Dytallix. Did you
			see Walker?

         STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - 3/8/88 - ACT TWO         20.

31   CONTINUED:

	Picard thinks before answering.

					PICARD
			Yes. He asked me to say hello
			to you.

					BEVERLY
			I would have liked to have seen
			him --

					PICARD
				(stern)
			-- That wasn't possible, Doctor.

	There's an awkward silence between the two of them.
	The memory of Jack Crusher is intrinsically linked with
	Walker Keel. Old wounds are easily reopened...

					WORF
				(puzzled)
			Captain... I'm picking up an
			unusual disturbance in a nearby
			quadrant.

					GEORDI
			Confirmed, sir. Sector
			sixty-three.

					PICARD
			Specify. What kind of
			disturbance?

					WORF
			Hard to say at this distance,
			Captain.

	Picard looks to his first officer, who breaks into a
	small smile...

					RIKER
			I suppose Pacifica can wait a
			little longer.

					PICARD
			Yes. Let's investigate. Maintain
			speed and alter course
			accordingly.

					GEORDI
			Aye sir, changing course to
			three-five-one mark four.

      STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT TWO      21.

32   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	A flyby at warp as she moves toward the spot of the
	disturbance.

33   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					GEORDI
			Approaching Sector sixty-three,
			sir.

					PICARD
			Slow to impulse, Mister La Forge.

					GEORDI
			Aye sir, slowing to impulse.

					WORF
			Sensors beginning to pick up small
			objects, Captain.

					PICARD
			On screen.

34   SWITCH TO ANGLE FAVORING SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	where WE CAN SEE SMALL BOULDER-SIZED THINGS floating
	toward us...

					RIKER
			Doesn't look natural.

					PICARD
				(concerned)
			Agreed.
				(to Worf)
			Enlarge and identify.

					WORF
				(checking scanners)
			It looks like... debris.
				(looking up, surprised)
			From a space vessel of some kind.

					RIKER
			It could be one of the ships that
			was orbiting Dytallix.

					GEORDI
			Agreed, sir. This sector is
			in close proximity to that planet.

      STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT TWO      22.

35   ANGLE ON WORF

					PICARD (O.S.)
			Any identifying marks, Worf?

					WORF
				(checking scanners)
			Nothing so far... Sensors not
			detecting any bodies in the
			flotsam... but judging from the
			amount of wreckage...

36 BACK TO WIDE ANGLE

	as Worf looks up at the captain, speaking hesitantly.

					WORF
			... I'm sorry sir.
				(pause)
			It can only be the Horatio. She's
			been totally destroyed.

37   MOVE IN ON BEVERLY AND PICARD

	both deeply shocked by the news...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT THREE     23.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

A38	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	through space on impulse.

38   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - TRACKING SHOT

	SLOWLY CIRCLING THE TABLE where Picard and Riker are
	seated.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's personal log, stardate
			41776.1. The death of my friend
			Walker Keel, has had a powerful
			impact on me. I now believe there
			may be a cancer growing within
			the ranks of Starfleet.

39   MOVING IN ON PICARD

	at the head of the table.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			I've decided to alert my executive
			officer to the suspicions voiced
			by Keel and the other two captains.

					RIKER
			There is no proof of anything.

					PICARD
			The last time I saw Admiral Quinn
			he tried to warn me of a subversion
			inside the Federation. Then Walker
			tried, and now he's dead.

					RIKER
			Subversion? Personally I don't
			believe in conspiracy theories.

     STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/8/88 - ACT THREE     24.

39A  OMITTED

40   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - DATA (OPTICAL)
(FORMERLY "DATA'S QUARTERS")

	is still glued to the console. As the information on
	the screen passes by, we can sense his growing concern
	and fascination...

					DATA
			Startling. Quite extraordinary,
			in fact.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Directions unclear. Please repeat
			request.

					DATA
			That was not a request. I was
			simply... talking to myself.
				(smiles, pleased)
			A human idiosyncrasy triggered
			by fascination with a particular
			set of facts. Or sometimes
			brought about by senility. Or,
			used as a means of weighing
			information before reaching a
			conclusion. Or, as a --

					COMPUTER VOICE
			-- Thank you, sir. I comprehend.

41   CLOSE ON DATA

	taken aback. Even the computer has learned to
	interrupt when he is rambling.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Continuing with record scan.

	Data leans forward as the renewed flow of INFORMATION
	ON THE SCREEN REFLECTS OFF HIS FACE...

					DATA
			Intriguing.

42   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - BACK TO THE OFFICERS
(FORMERLY "BRIEFING ROOM")

	sitting around the table.

     STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT THREE     25.

42   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I do not think the explosion of
			the Horatio was an accident. It
			was sabotage.

					RIKER
			But we can't be certain.

					DATA (O.S.)
			Perhaps we can.

43   ANGLE ON DATA

	all eyes turning to him as he ENTERS the room. He
	looks toward Picard for permission to speak. Picard
	grants it with a nod.

					DATA
			My orders were to search for
			abnormal patterns in Starfleet's
			directives. I believe I have
			found just that.

44   WIDE ANGLE FAVORING DATA (INCLUDES SCENE 45)
(OPTICAL)

	as he ACTIVATES THE SCREEN. WE SEE a layout of part
	of THE GALAXY which includes Earth, with certain
	Starbases and defense posts HIGHLIGHTED IN GLOWING RED...

					DATA
			These are various outposts and
			starbases where I have detected
			unusual activity over the past
			few months.

					PICARD
			What sort of activity?

					DATA
			An uncustomary reshuffling of
			personnel, usually in the command
			areas. The new officers have had
			abnormally frequent contact with
			the highest levels of Starfleet
			Command.

        STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - 3/8/88 - ACT THREE        26.

44   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(concerned)
			Why hasn't anybody noticed this
			before?

					DATA
			The orders were given with great
			subtlety. To use an aphorism,
			Starfleet's left hand did not know
			what its right hand was doing.

					PICARD
			Can you speculate as to the
			purpose of these reassignments?

					DATA
			I believe it is a clandestine
			attempt to control vital sectors
			of Federation territory.

	A stillness hangs over the room as the implications of
	Data's bold statement sinks in...

					RIKER
			It could be a prelude to invasion.
			But who's behind it?

					DATA
			There is insufficient data to make
			such an assesment.

					RIKER
			What do you suggest we do, warp
			over to Starfleet headquarters
			and demand to know what's going
			on?

					DATA
			Why not?!

					PICARD
			Yes...
				(thoughtful pause)
			... Why not indeed?

     STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/11/88 - ACT THREE     27.

44   CONTINUED: (2)

	All eyes turn to Picard to see if he's serious.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			We're talking about a threat to
			the entire future of the
			Federation. I don't think any
			of us can rest easy until we've
			gone to the source.

45
thru	OMITTED
46

47   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's personal log,
			supplemental. We have altered
			course and are traveling toward
			Earth. I have apprised the
			remaining bridge crew of our
			situation.

48   OMITTED

49   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ON RIKER

	as he ENTERS and walks to Command, where Picard is
	seated in the Command Chair. Troi stands by the
	railing, while Data and Geordi man Ops and Conn. Worf
	stands at Security.

					GEORDI
			Approaching Earth, sir.

					PICARD
			Standard orbit, Mister La Forge.

					GEORDI
			Standard orbit, sir.

					PICARD
			Any word from Starfleet Command,
			Mister Data?

					DATA
			Nothing so far, sir.

					PICARD
			Strange...

     STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT THREE     28.

49A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	going into orbit around Earth.

50
thru	OMITTED
51

52   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

					DATA
			I have a message coming in from
			Starfleet Command, Captain.

	Picard and Riker exchange glances. This is a moment
	they've been thinking about for three days.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	CROSSCUTTING FROM BRIDGE TO VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	where a trio of admirals APPEAR. SAVAR (suh-vaar) is a
	regal Vulcan. AARON is old and lean -- hollow cheeks
	and cold, piercing eyes, beneath a shock of white hair.
	QUINN looks much the same as he did in "Coming Of Age."

	The three senior admirals are seated at an impressive
	looking table with a Starfleet banner on the wall
	behind them. Throughout this sequence, Savar always
	speaks with the calm, cool rationality we expect from a
	Vulcan...

					SAVAR
			Greetings Enterprise. I am
			Admiral Savar. This is Admiral
			Aaron, and I believe you know
			Admiral Quinn.

        STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - 3/8/88 - ACT THREE        29.

53   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Yes. Good to see you again,
			Admiral.

					QUINN
				(smiling)
			And you, Captain.

					SAVAR
			Of course. We are always delighted
			when the Enterprise returns to
			the nest. Yet we are puzzled by
			the timing of your visit.

					PICARD
			Yes sir, I can imagine you would
			be.

					AARON
				(harsh sounding)
			Governor Delaplane of Pacifica
			informs us that you canceled your
			scheduled stop there. Is this
			true?

					PICARD
			It is, sir.

					AARON
			Explain yourself, Captain. Why
			have you returned to Earth?

					PICARD
			That... is something I'd rather
			discuss in person, Admiral.

	Lieutenant Commander Dexter Remmick ENTERS the room,
	walks to Savar and WHISPERS something in his ear.

					SAVAR
			Please excuse us a moment,
			Captain.

	The SCREEN GOES TO THE STARFLEET LOGO.

					RIKER
			They seem normal enough.

					PICARD
			On the surface. Any thoughts
			counselor?

        STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - 3/8/88 - ACT THREE        30.

53   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Hard to say, sir. I sense that
			someone is hiding something, but
			I can't tell who or what.

					RIKER
			I can't say I'm overjoyed to see
			Remmick again.

					GEORDI
			Considering what we've done, their
			response has been pretty
			temperate.

					WORF
			I don't like it, Captain. We
			can't trust --

	Worf cuts off in mid-sentence as THE THREE ADMIRALS
	REAPPEAR ON SCREEN. Remmick is gone.

					SAVAR
			Forgive the delay, Captain Picard.
			We'd be delighted if you and your
			first officer would join us for
			dinner.

					AARON
			Yes. Delighted.

					SAVAR
			This should give you a good
			opportunity to expatiate your
			viewpoint.

					AARON
				(nodding)
			To elaborate upon whatever it is
			that's troubling you.

					PICARD
				(smiling after a brief
				 hesitation)
			We accept your gracious offer.

					SAVAR
			Excellent. Preparations are
			already underway.

					AARON
			We'll greet you in the reception
			area in say... twenty minutes?

					PICARD
			Fine.

     STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT THREE     31.

53   CONTINUED: (3)

					QUINN
			I, uh, won't be able to attend the
			dinner I'm afraid. But I would
			like to see the ship and say hello
			again, Captain.

					PICARD
			Of course. Looking forward to
			seeing you. Enterprise out.

54   ON SCREEN

	a view of the EARTH from orbit REPLACES THE ADMIRALS.

55   CLOSE ON PICARD

					PICARD
				(quietly to Riker)
			Quinn wants to see us alone --
			at least we know he's still on
			our side.

56   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM ON EARTH - A MAN

	is about to step onto the platform. WE CANNOT SEE who
	he is. We barely glimpse the living thing he places
	inside the small briefcase he is carrying. Looking
	something like an oversized silverfish, it wriggles
	violently just before he shuts the case. A door OPENS
	and Remmick ENTERS and addresses the man (who we still
	cannot identify).

					REMMICK
			Are you ready to beam up to the
			Enterprise sir?

57   PULL BACK TO SEE THAT QUINN

	is the man.

					QUINN
			Yes, Commander, quite ready.

	Briefcase in hands, Quinn STEPS ONTO the platform.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - 3/8/88 - ACT FOUR        32.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

A58	OMITTED

58   INT. ENTERPRISE TRANSPORTER ROOM - PICARD AND RIKER
(OPTICAL)

	are awaiting the arrival of Admiral Quinn. He
	MATERIALIZES and steps off the platform. Quinn's warm
	smile is in marked contrast to the cold businesslike
	look he had on Earth.

59   OMITTED

60   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (CONTINUOUS ACTION)

					PICARD
			Welcome aboard, Greg. You
			remember Commander Riker.

					QUINN
				(warmly)
			Yes, hello again Commander.

	The old admiral shakes Rikers hand vigorously.
	Something begins to strike Picard as slightly odd, but
	he masks his feelings...

					PICARD
			I must say, you're looking well.

					QUINN
			Never felt better in my life.

					PICARD
			Last time we met you told me how
			tired you'd been feeling.

					QUINN
				(laughing)
			Tired of life, I was. But not
			anymore. I look forward to new
			challenges now.
				(pats Picard on the
				 back)
			I'd sure like to see some more
			of the ship.

        STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - 3/8/88 - ACT FOUR        33.

60   CONTINUED:

	Picard shoots Riker a quick glance.

61   INT. CORRIDOR - TRACKING SHOT - RIKER AND PICARD

	flank the admiral as they WALK down the hallway. He
	is taking in the architecture with wide-eyed
	appreciation...

					PICARD
			Remember what you told me back
			at Relva 7? About the threat you
			perceived to the very fabric of
			the Federation?

62   ANGLE FAVORING QUINN

	as he STOPS in his tracks. He gives both officers a
	long look before breaking into a slow smile...

					QUINN
			Is that why you're here? Because
			of what I said?

					PICARD
			That's one of the reasons.

					QUINN
				(grinning broadly)
			Jean-Luc! You took me far too
			literally. I was only referring
			to the difficulty involved in
			assimilating new races into the
			Federation.

63   REACTION SHOT OF RIKER AND PICARD

					QUINN (O.S.)
			It's an ongoing and tumultuous
			process that can cause stress and
			strain on all aspects of our
			alliance.

					PICARD
				(quietly)
			I'm sorry... I must have
			misunderstood.

        STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - 3/8/88 - ACT FOUR        34.

64   BACK TO SHOT

					QUINN
				(boisterous)
			I'm the one who should be
			apologizing.
				(chuckles)
			If I led you down the garden path,
			I humbly ask forgiveness.

					PICARD
				(softly, thoughtful)
			Of course.

	Quinn BEGINS TO WALK AGAIN. Picard and Riker FOLLOW
	suit.

					QUINN
			Now gentlemen, I believe you have
			a dinner to attend, while I would
			like to freshen up a bit before
			looking around some more.

					RIKER
			We have a guest accommodation at
			your disposal, sir.

					QUINN
			Outstanding.

					PICARD
				(still a bit dazed)
			I should be getting down to the
			planet. Commander Riker will be
			at your disposal to show you
			anything you'd like to see.

	Riker and Quinn both seem surprised to hear this...

					QUINN
			That's really not necessary --

					PICARD
			-- I insist.
				(to Riker)
			You can join me on Earth when the
			admiral's tour is completed.

					QUINN
			I may want to stay a while,
			Jean-Luc.

     STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/10/88 - ACT FOUR     35.

64   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(eyes narrowing)
			Of course, Admiral. Stay as long
			as you wish.

65   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - PICARD AND RIKER (OPTICAL)

	ENTER together.

					PICARD
				(adamant)
			That's not Gregory Quinn. He may
			look like him and sound like
			him... but it isn't him.

					RIKER
			Can you be absolutely certain,
			sir.

					PICARD
			I am certain, Number One. I want
			you to go back to that cabin and
			keep your eye on his every move.
			Have Beverly concoct a reason for
			a complete medical examination.

					RIKER
			How?

					PICARD
			I don't care how! Just do it!
			Use force if necessary.

					RIKER
			He's a senior admiral.

					PICARD
				(grasping Riker's
				 shoulders)
			It's not him, Will. I know that
			now. What we need to find out
			is how he's been duplicated.
				(pause)
			And who or what's behind it.

	Picard hands Riker his phaser and STEPS UP onto the
	platform. Riker goes to the transporter controls.

					RIKER
			Captain... if you're right --

     STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/10/88 - ACT FOUR     36.

65   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			-- I am right.

					RIKER
			-- Should you be beaming down
			alone? Unarmed?

					PICARD
			I'll take care. Find out what
			you can, and then join me -- in
			force if you believe it's
			warranted.
				(nods at Riker)
			Energize.

	Riker calls out as the captain BEGINS TO DEMATERIALIZE.

					RIKER
			Good luck, sir.

	Riker stares at the empty spot where Picard just stood,
	wondering when he'll see him again.

66   EXT. STARFLEET HEADQUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	ESTABLISHING SHOT.

67   INT. GREAT HALL OF STARFLEET (OPTICAL)

	Picard MATERIALIZES into the impressive hallway. Savar
	and Aaron are there to greet him. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
	DEXTER REMMICK stands in the background, but the hall
	seems strangely empty...

					SAVAR
			Welcome home, Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			Thank you, sir. My first officer
			will be joining us shortly.

					SAVAR
			Yes, I'm sure he will.

	Picard thinks this an odd line.

					AARON
			You've met Commander Remmick,
			haven't you?

      STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT FOUR      37.

67   CONTINUED:

	Picard nods toward Remmick...

					REMMICK
				(soft, friendly)
			Under less than ideal
			circumstances. It is nice to see
			you again, Captain.

	Savar and Aaron lead Picard down the hall, with
	Remmick a few strides behind.

					SAVAR
			I hope you have a healthy
			appetite. We've prepared a
			special meal in your honor.

					PICARD
			I'm honored.
				(pause)
			Tell me, why is it so quiet here?
			The last time I saw this corridor
			it was bustling with activity.

					REMMICK
			It often is. Tonight's a quiet
			night.

					SAVAR
			Yes, a quiet night.

68   CLOSE ON PICARD

	feeling that this is a very strange conversation.

69   BACK TO SHOT

					AARON
			Let's have some Andonian tea while
			we wait for your Riker. Then you
			can tell us what's brought you here.

					PICARD
			I see you keep up with our duty
			roster.

					AARON
				(cool smile)
			Of course, Captain. The
			Enterprise is very important to
			us.

      STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT FOUR      38.

70   EXT. SPACE - EARTH SEEN FROM ORBIT (OPTICAL)

	the Enterprise slowly COMES INTO FRAME, crossing
	between us and the Earth as she continues to orbit.

71   INT. QUINN'S GUEST QUARTERS - QUINN

	is sitting on the sofa, blankly staring into his
	slightly opened briefcase. Riker ENTERS, catching him
	off guard...

					RIKER
			Ready for your tour, Admiral?

	Quinn quickly stands, but Riker has seen the
	briefcase...

					QUINN
			Quite ready, Commander.

					RIKER
			What's in the case?

	From where he stands, Riker can barely see a few
	delicate-looking tendrils coming out of its opening...
	He looks at the Admiral somewhat suspiciously...

					QUINN
				(thoughtful)
			Actually... I brought this for
			Doctor Crusher. But perhaps you'd
			like you to see it first?

					RIKER
				(slowly moving closer)
			What is it?

					QUINN
			A form of life. Discovered quite
			accidentally by a survey team on
			a distant uncharted planet.

					RIKER
			Why haven't we heard anything
			about that?

					QUINN
			Oh, you'll be hearing more about
			it shortly. But first there is
			much scientific study to be done.
			After all, this is a superior lifeform.

      STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/8/88 - ACT FOUR      39.

71   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Superior?

					QUINN
			Totally.
				(voice grows hard)
			Now come, Riker. Take a good
			look.

	Riker stands where he is, uncertain of what to do.

					RIKER
			I think I'll summon our science
			officer --

					QUINN
			It won't like your science
			officer. It likes you.
				(rises, grabs Riker's
				 arm)
			Now look!

	Riker looks down at his arm and grimaces; Quinn is
	squeezing it with tremendous force. Riker grasps the
	old man's wrist and tries to pull it off him... he
	can't.

					QUINN
				(dark smile)
			Vitamins. They do wonders for
			the body.

	RIKER CRIES OUT -- it feels like Quinn is crushing his
	arm. Unable to break free, HE RAISES HIS OTHER ARM
	TO STRIKE the admiral. Riker's BLOW IS BLOCKED and
	QUINN responds by effortlessly THROWING HIM backwards
	toward the wall. The FIRST OFFICER hits it at
	breakneck speed and CRUMPLES TO THE FLOOR, severely
	dazed...

					QUINN
				(dry -- evil smile)
			Ahh, your life is so painful now.
			But soon you'll be one of us.

	Before Riker can clear his head, QUINN ATTACKS again
	-- rapping him across the chin WITH A KARATE KICK.
	Riker staggers to his feet -- Quinn swings from the
	heels with a sure knockout blow... RIKER DUCKS under
	it and puts all his weight behind a powerful PUNCH to
	THE ADMIRAL'S solar plexus.

     STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/11/88 - ACT FOUR     40.

71   CONTINUED: (2)

	For a moment, Quinn seems affected, sucking in his
	stomach and gasping for air... But it quickly passes
	and he straightens and smiles at a disbelieving Riker,
	before DEALING HIM A vicious double fisted BACKHAND.

	Riker hits his communicator.

					RIKER
				(pained, weak)
			Riker to Security. Emergency --

	QUINN'S final blow KNOCKS RIKER OUT before he can say
	another word...

72   INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR - WORF AND GEORDI

	run down the corridor.

72A  OMITTED

73   EXT. AERIAL VIEW OF STARFLEET HEADQUARTERS (OPTICAL)

      STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/8/88 - ACT FOUR      41.

74   INT. RECEPTION ROOM OUTSIDE DINING ROOM - PICARD

	Aaron and Savar are all holding glasses filled with
	amber colored liquid. Remmick continues to quietly
	look on from a distance...

					PICARD
			I'd like to begin the discussion
			of why I'm here.

					AARON
			In time Captain, in time. First,
			a toast.

	Aaron and Savar raise their glasses... Finally, Picard
	does the same.

					AARON
			To the Horatio, gentlemen.

					SAVAR
			The Horatio.

	The captain warily clinks glasses with the others.
	They sip the liquid, but Picard simply lowers his
	glass...

					AARON
				(faintly sarcastic)
			What an awful tragedy. Such a
			terrible loss of life.

					PICARD
			It's interesting you mention the
			Horatio. That's one of the things
			I wanted to discuss.

					AARON
				(dry)
			Really?

					PICARD
			Has the cause of her destruction
			been ascertained?

					SAVAR
			Absolutely.
				(looking straight at
				 Picard)
			Implosion, due to extreme
			negligence on the part of her
			captain.

     STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/11/88 - ACT FOUR     42.

74   CONTINUED:

	Picard wants to cry out in defense of Keel, but he
	realizes that would be a foolish thing to do at the
	moment. Aaron gleefully senses his discomfort...

					AARON
			Drink up, Picard. I believe
			you'll find it an excellent
			aperitif.

75   INT. QUINN'S QUARTERS - QUINN (OPTICAL)

	is sitting calmly on the sofa with the unconscious
	Riker at his feet when the door OPENS. Worf and Geordi
	BOLT IN.

					QUINN
			It's good that you're here. He
			slipped and hit his head.

					GEORDI
				(into intercom)
			This is Lieutenant La Forge in
			Guest Quarter Sixteen. We have
			a possible medical emergency.

					QUINN
			Your Doctor Crusher is most
			capable; I'm sure he'll be all
			right. Now if you'll excuse me,
			my time here is limited...

	Quinn MOVES TOWARD THE DOOR, but Geordi blocks his
	path. Quinn looks to Worf as though he's about to
	question what is going on, then quickly flies into
	action, LEAPING TOWARD GEORDI. The blind man
	BACKPEDDLES, FIRING HIS PHASER directly into the old
	Admiral's chest.

	Quinn halts, temporarily. Then Geordi and Worf are
	stunned to see Quinn BRUSH OFF THE EFFECTS OF THE
	PHASER with a simple shake of his head. With amazing
	quickness, HE LIFTS GEORDI AND brutally THROWS HIM
	into the door. GEORDI GOES OUT the door and HITS THE
	FLOOR, unconscious.

	This leaves Quinn and Worf to face off over a gaggle
	of comatose bodies...

					QUINN
				(evil smile)
			Come on, Klingon. It's just you
			and me now...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - 3/8/88 - ACT FIVE        43.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

76   INT. QUINN'S QUARTERS - WORF AND QUINN (OPTICAL)

	are about to fight it out. Quinn is savagely smug and
	barely breathing hard after mopping the floor with
	Geordi and Riker. Worf must get over the shock of
	seeing an old man with the strength of ten.

	The Klingon psyches himself up and CRIES OUT LIKE A
	WARRIOR as he makes a move on Quinn. WORF THROWS A
	PUNCH that would knock the head off Mike Tyson... It
	lands squarely on Quinn's chin, jerking his head to
	the side.

	Worf can't believe his eyes when QUINN'S HEAD SNAPS
	BACK INTO PLACE -- the Admiral is smiling, seemingly
	unaffected by the punch.

					QUINN
			Do Klingons fear death as much
			as humans? I could snap your neck
			in a second, but that wouldn't
			be as much fun.

	QUINN GRABS WORF'S STOMACH -- his hands digging deep
	into the flesh. WORF BELLOWS in pain as QUINN LIFTS
	HIM off the ground by his stomach muscles. The old
	man's strength is mind- boggling.

	Suddenly a PHASER BLAST HITS QUINN dead on. Mildly
	stunned but still standing, he lets go of Worf and
	turns to face his new adversary.

77   ANGLE ON BEVERLY

	standing in the doorway, phaser in hand.

78   ANGLE TO INCLUDE QUINN (OPTICAL)

	disregarding Worf and moving toward her. SHE FIRES
	AGAIN... Halted for an instant, HE MOVES FORWARD...
	SHE FIRES AGAIN... Though slowed, HE KEEPS COMING...
	SHE FIRES AGAIN... He stiffens, the phaser blasts are
	starting to take a toll -- he still moves forward,
	nearing her now.

      STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT FIVE      44.

78   CONTINUED:

	Beverly fires again and again, DRIVING HIM TO HIS
	KNEES. WORF'S FIST FLIES INTO FRAME, catching the side
	of Quinn's head with a powerful smash. QUINN SLUMPS
	to the ground, incapacitated at last.

	Beverly and Worf are breathing hard, shellshocked by
	the battle. Quinn lies quivering at their feet -- his
	metabolism racing crazily even though he's unconscious.

	Geordi is coming around.

					WORF
			Are you all right?

					GEORDI
				(groaning)
			If I could see... I'd be seeing
			stars.

	Geordi sits up. Behind him, Beverly is kneeling over
	the unconscious Riker. Worf indicates the twitching
	admiral lying before them. The Klingon rubs his sore
	stomach and speaks with detectable awe...

					WORF
			Who... what is he?

	Beverly stares at "Quinn" before answering.

					BEVERLY
			Let's find out.

79   INT. SICKBAY - QUINN

	lies on a Sickbay bed. Riker can be seen lying
	unconscious on a bed in the background. Beverly stands
	over Quinn with Worf and Geordi beside her...

					BEVERLY
				(disturbed)
			Retinal scans are an exact match
			... It really is Quinn!

					GEORDI
			How can that be? He picked me
			up like a rag doll.

      STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT FIVE      45.

80   ANGLE FAVORING QUINN

	tossing his head back and forth in restless sleep.
	Beverly administers a hypo before he can reawaken.
	He calms down a bit, his head resting on its side.

					BEVERLY
			I'm going to run a complete
			internal scan.

					GEORDI
			Keep me posted, Doctor. I'll
			be on the bridge.

	Geordi EXITS. Beverly is transfixed by something she
	spots on the back of Quinn's neck...

					BEVERLY
				(to Worf)
			What is this?

	It's a small blue splinter-like thing protruding
	slightly from the base of the neck...

	Beverly leans down to get a closer look... She
	hesitantly reaches forward to touch it... and it moves!

81   INT. RECEPTION AREA, EARTH - PICARD

	and the two admirals are still waiting to enter the
	dining room.

					AARON
				(trace of a smile)
			What do you know of conspiracies,
			Captain?

					PICARD
				(surprised by the
				 question)
			Not nearly enough I suppose.

					AARON
			But that's the charming thing
			about them, isn't it? When a
			machination is real, no one knows
			about it. And when it's
			suspected, it's almost never real.

        STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - 3/8/88 - ACT FIVE        46.

81   CONTINUED:

					SAVAR
			Except of course, in the paranoid
			delusions of those who believe.

	The dining room doors swing OPEN and Remmick STEPS OUT
	and addresses them...

					REMMICK
			Sorry to interrupt. Dinner is
			served.

					AARON
			Wonderful! Bantering with the
			captain has given me quite an
			appetite.

	They start to move toward the dining room, but Picard
	lingers in the hallway...

					PICARD
			I'd like to contact my ship. To
			inform Commander Riker that we're
			ready to sit down.

	Aaron is about to object to this but Savar cuts him
	off, nodding graciously...

					SAVAR
			Of course, Captain. We'll wait
			for you at the table.

	Picard waits until the two admirals have gone inside,
	before activating his communicator. He speaks in
	hushed tones with one eye on the dining room door...

					PICARD
			Picard to Riker.

82   INT. SICKBAY (INTERCUT AS NEEDED) - RIKER

	is still dead to the world. Beverly answers for him...

					BEVERLY
			Doctor Crusher here, Captain.
			May I speak freely?

					PICARD
				(looking around)
			I suppose we have no choice.
			Where's Riker?

          STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT FIVE          47.

82   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			He was attacked by Quinn. Or what
			We thought was Quinn.

					PICARD
			Specify, Doctor.

83   ANGLE TO SEE QUINN (OPTICAL)

	resting fitfully on the bed -- and a large diagram of
	his body on the medical screen above it. WE CAN SEE
	A STRANGE INSECT-LIKE ANIMAL IS LIVING INSIDE HIM.
	It's tendrils have wrapped themselves around the stem
	of Quinn's brain.

					BEVERLY
			A parasitic being has invaded his
			body. It has complete control
			over all brain functions. It
			seems to breath through a small
			"gill" protruding through the back
			of Quinn's neck. Look for this,
			Captain. I believe it will be
			visible on anyone who has been
			compromised.

					PICARD
			Any idea what it is or where it
			comes from?

					BEVERLY
			Negative. I've never seen
			anything like it before.

	WE HEAR GEORDI'S INTERCOM VOICE summoning Worf to the
	bridge.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Lieutenant Worf. If the situation
			is under control, we could use
			you on the bridge.

					BEVERLY
				(looks to Worf)
			It's okay. He won't be waking
			up for a long time.

	Worf EXITS, leaving Beverly alone with the unconscious
	forms of Quinn and Riker.

					PICARD
			Continue, Doctor.

          STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT FIVE          48.

83   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			By the placement of the tendrils,
			the parasite appears to stimulate
			the vicim's adrenal glands which
			generate great strength and
			resistence to --

					PICARD
			-- Spare me the medical details,
			Doctor. Just tell me if you can
			remove it.

					BEVERLY
			Not without killing the patient.

	Unseen by Beverly, Riker bolts upright in the bed
	behind her. Wild-eyed and seemingly disoriented, he
	slowly begins to rise...

					BEVERLY
			You must set your phaser on kill,
			Captain. Stun has little effect --

					PICARD
			Doctor, one does not beam into
			Starfleet Headquarters armed.

	Just then, Remmick EXITS the dining room and walks by
	Picard...

					REMMICK
				(as he passes)
			Your food is getting cold,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			About to go to dinner now, Doctor.
			Have Riker join me when he's
			available. Picard out.

	Beverly is anxious and doesn't want to terminate the
	conversation. Riker is moving up behind her... She
	turns and GASPS just as he puts his hand on her
	shoulder --

          STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/8/88 - ACT FIVE          49.

84   INT. DINING ROOM - PICARD (OPTICAL)

	is seated across from Aaron and Savar at a polished
	black table. Three other settings are unattended --
	in front of each is a silver bowl-like covering that
	conceals the entree.

	A ceremonial guard lines the wall beside the table...

					AARON
			Go ahead and start, Captain. We
			don't stand on ceremony around
			here.

	Picard removes the lid and is repulsed to find a plate
	full of squirming worm-like things -- moving around
	like living spaghetti.

	Picard quickly pushes his plate away and watches in
	abstract horror as Savar and Aaron greedily use their
	hands to down their portions of the same living meal.

	The Guard MOVES FORWARD and wolfs down a bowl of the
	stuff.

					AARON
				(continuing)
			Oh do eat up, Picard. Just raise
			your hand if you want seconds.

	The admirals and the guards laugh salaciously. The
	sight of a Vulcan giggling as he chews on live worms
	is too much for Picard to bear.

	Jumping to his feet, he turns and runs right into
	Number One. Riker roughly shoves the captain back into
	his seat.

					RIKER
			You're not going anywhere.

	Picard closes his eyes in dull shock as Aaron walks
	to Riker and reveals the blue splinter on the back
	of Riker's neck...

					RIKER
				(continuing;
				 to Picard)
			You'll be one of us soon.

	Riker nods at the others as he sits down at the table.

					AARON
				(angry)
			You were meant for the doctor.

             STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - 3/8/88 - ACT FIVE            50.

84   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			It couldn't be helped. Riker
			walked in on us unexpectedly.

					SAVAR
			No matter. The doctor will soon
			be joining us. All in good time.

	A door OPENS and Tryla Scott WALKS IN and takes her
	place at the table.

					SAVAR
			Ah, Captain Scott. Good, the
			setting is now complete.

	It's a bitter blow to Picard when her evil smile lets
	him know that she's been one of them all along. She
	takes a strand of "live spaghetti" and delicately gulps
	it down.

					AARON
				(to Picard)
			You didn't really think we were
			in the dark about your intentions,
			did you?

					SAVAR
			Patience is one of our virtues,
			Captain. Instead of going after
			you, we allowed you to come to
			us.

					AARON
			More dramatic this way, don't you
			think?

					TRYLA
			Yes... one thing both races share
			is a love of theatre. And you've
			put on a fine show.

					PICARD
				(shellshocked)
			What exactly is your race? Where
			do you come from?

					SAVAR
			It's not important. Let's just
			say... we've come a long way to
			join you.

          STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/8/88 - ACT FIVE          51.

84   CONTINUED: (2)

					TRYLA
				(grinning)
			It's a perfect match. We're the
			brains and you're the brawn.

					RIKER
				(cold)
			You'll understand soon, Picard.

					SAVAR
			Indeed. We've been moving slowly,
			cautiously, for many months now.
			Careful to cover our tracks.
			Careful not to arouse suspicion,
			until it's too late.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			And it is too late. For you, that
			is.

					AARON
			Well said, brother. Picard and
			Riker control the Enterprise.
			Which means we control the
			Enterprise.

	Dejected, Picard watches as Riker removes the lid and
	takes a big handful of living spaghetti. He tilts his
	head back and prepares to swallow it.

					SAVAR
				(smiling)
			Eat hearty, brother! Relish your
			new body!

	Just as the worms are about to touch his tongue, RIKER
	shocks everyone by PULLING A PHASER AND FIRING at the
	guard. HE quivers before DROPPING like a fly.

	Tryla fires at Riker and misses. Picard seizes the
	moment, grabbing the phaser from the unconscious
	Guard. Aaron pushes Picard to the ground and BOLTS
	FOR THE DOOR. Before Picard can pivot to pick him off,
	TRYLA SCOTT JUMPS UP AND takes aim on him. SHE FIRES,
	barely missing his head. RIKER CUTS HER DOWN before
	she can fire again. Scott quivers and drops. A
	PARASITE quickly FLEES her open mouth...

          STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/8/88 - ACT FIVE          52.

84   CONTINUED: (3)

	Meanwhile, Savar has charged Riker and has him in a
	death grip around the throat. PICARD FIRES INTO THE
	VULCAN'S BACK...

	The VULCAN drops to his knees, finally releasing his
	grip. He falls over, dead.

	Still holding his throat, Riker reaches back and
	removes the counterfeit splinter from his neck.
	Suddenly, both he and Picard have the same thought...

					PICARD
			Aaron!

85   INT. GREAT HALLWAY - AARON (OPTICAL)

	is desperate, running straight toward us down the long
	hallway. Far behind, Picard and Riker come around a
	corner and take aim...

					RIKER
				(calling out)
			Hold it, Aaron!

	Aaron spins and FIRES -- Picard and Riker dive out of
	the way. The Admiral keeps running... he's almost at
	the end of the hall... RIKER AND PICARD FIRE, scoring
	two direct hits. AARON WINCES AND GOES DOWN. His
	momentum sends him sliding along the smooth floor.

86   ANGLE ON PICARD AND RIKER (OPTICAL)

	running up to the body. They get there just in time
	to see the PARASITE evacuating it. Before they can
	fire, it SCURRIES AROUND THE CORNER and out of sight.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Come on!

87   INT. ANOTHER SECTION OF HALLWAY - PICARD AND RIKER

	cautiously turn the corner. In the distance, they see
	the CREATURE SLITHER UNDER A DOOR...

	Hurrying to the door, they give each other a long look,
	knowing that anything could be behind it. At last,
	Riker touches a wall panel and the door slides OPEN...

             STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - 3/8/88 - ACT FIVE            53.

88   ANGLE INTO THE ROOM

	where Remmick is tapping on an unknown object similar
	to a typewriter. A HIGH-PITCHED BEEPING SOUND is
	emanating from it... Remmick looks up at Riker and
	Picard, his face a mask of calm innocence.

					REMMICK
			Can I help you, gentlemen?

	Picard and Riker aren't sure just what to make of this.
	Remmick seems so placid and unconcerned.

					REMMICK
			Is there any trouble? Perhaps
			if you'd tell me what it is --

					PICARD
			-- Remmick!

	Picard is pointing to a PARASITE that is beginning to
	CLIMB UP REMMICK'S LEG. Riker raises his phaser,
	preparing to fire on it, but Picard blocks that with
	his forearm

					PICARD
			No, Will!

88A  ANGLE FAVORING REMMICK (OPTICAL)

	looking on wide-eyed, as the Parasite climbs up his
	arm and onto his shoulder. Picard and Riker are
	momentarily paralyzed, unsure of what to do.

	Remmick looks from the creature to the two Officers
	with a stoic expression on his face. Then, in a
	strange almost lizard-like movement, he rolls his head
	to the side and opens his mouth. In an instant, the
	PARASITE SCAMPERS INTO HIS MOUTH and down his throat.

	Remmick addresses the stunned Picard and Riker as
	though nothing of consequence had happened...

					REMMICK
				(calm, sincere)
			You don't understand.

	As he speaks, his NECK BULGES as some of the creatures
	dart around inside it...

					REMMICK
				(voice distorted)
			We mean you no harm. We seek
			co-existence.

          STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/14/88 - ACT FIVE         54.

88A  CONTINUED:

	Remmick is slowly starting to rise... Picard and Riker
	look at each other as if to say "freak this!" They OPEN
	FIRE, DRIVING REMMICK BACK down into his chair.

	The upper half of REMMICK'S BODY BEGINS TO DISSIPATE
	under the phaser fire... A bizarre form is taking its
	place. Shaped vaguely like a man, IT LOOKS LIKE A
	liquidy BUBBLE WITH HUNDREDS OF PARASITES swarming
	around inside it.

	The BUBBLE BEGINS TO COLLAPSE down into what used to be
	Remmick's lower abdomen. Another SHAPE IS REVEALED as
	the gooey mass collapses. It is dull yellow -- looking
	LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN A PARASITE AND A HUMAN FETUS.

	It looks at Picard and Riker and CRIES OUT WITH AN
	ANGRY ROAR. Picard and Riker concentrate on its head
	and SCORE A DIRECT HIT between the eyes... The
	FETUS-CREATURE EXPLODES AND THE PARASITES DISSIPATE
	into nothingness...

	Picard and Riker CEASE FIRING. All that's left before
	them is a smoldering mass -- a pair of legs and part
	of a spine that used to be Dexter Remmick...

89   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	orbiting Earth.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 41780.2.
			Admiral Quinn is expected to make
			a full recovery...

90   INT. SICKBAY - QUINN

	is sitting up in bed, being fed liquid by Beverly.
	He seems weak but in general okay as he flashes her
	a small smile.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			There is no trace of the parasite
			which took control of him. We'll
			never know how many of these
			life-forms infiltrated Starfleet,
			but it seems they could not
			survive without the "mother
			creature" which had taken over
			Commander Remmick...

          STAR TREK: "Conspiracy" - REV. 3/9/88 - ACT FIVE          55.

91   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... Still, the haunting question
			remains... Who were these
			beings... and will we ever have
			to face them again?

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			It was Doctor Crusher's idea to
			simulate the blue splinter. We
			had to make sure it would fool
			everyone, including you.

					PICARD
			That it did, Number One. Rest
			assured.

					DATA
			I have attempted to trace the
			message Remmick was sending. I
			believe it was aimed at an
			unexplored quadrant of our galaxy.

					GEORDI
			Any idea what the message was,
			Data?

	Data seems reluctant to answer.

					DATA
			Well... I believe it was a beacon.

					PICARD
				(half-whisper)
			A beacon?

					DATA
			Yes, Captain. A homing beacon...
			sent from Earth.

92   EXT. ENTERPRISE - DEEP SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The great ship roars past us... PAN away from her and
	toward the endless black void of deep space... WE HEAR
	a sound... AN INCREDIBLY HIGH-PITCHED BEEPING SOUND
	that repeats its intricate pattern over and over.

	A sound waiting for a reply...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                      "The Neutral Zone" 
                          #40271-126 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Maurice Hurley 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         James Conway 


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                  2ND REV. FINAL DRAFT

                     MARCH 17, 1988

      STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - REV. 3/18/88 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "The Neutral Zone" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             THREE HUMANS
                RIKER              CLARE RAYMOND
                BEVERLY            RALPH OFFENHOUSE
                DATA               SONNY CLEMONDS
                TROI               
                WORF               ROMULANS
                GEORDI               COMMANDER TEBOK
                WESLEY                (pronounced TAY-bok)
                                     SUB-COMMANDER THEI
                Non-Speaking          (pronounced TIE)
                SECURITY GUARD     
                NURSE WRIGHT     
     
                Voice-Over         
                COMPUTER           

      STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - REV. 3/18/88 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "The Neutral Zone" 
                          
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CONFERENCE ROOM          DERELICT (MODULE)
              SICKBAY
              GUEST LOUNGE             ROMULAN CRUISER
              CLARE'S QUARTERS
              SONNY'S QUARTERS
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              CORRIDOR
          
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
          
            DERELICT
              CONTROL AREA
              SECOND ROOM
          
            ROMULAN CRUISER

11:[5,#b],19:[1,#b]
      STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - 3/17/88 - TEASER      1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "The Neutral Zone"  
                         
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    OMITTED

2    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The great ship is motionless as it awaits the return of
	its captain. A short distance off, and APPEARING very
	small, is another vehicle - also drifting.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First officer's log, stardate 41986.0.
			The captain has left the ship for
			a conference and we are awaiting
			his return. It is unusual for us
			to be motionless, and a unique
			experience for everyone concerned.

3    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	GEORDI is at Conn - WORF at Tactical - DATA at Science
	One, RIKER is in the Command position. Troi is off the
	bridge in her office. Everyone is looking at the
	viewscreen.

					DATA
			This is quite intriguing. It is
			transmitting a carrier signal on
			a frequency which has not been used
			for centuries.

					RIKER
			Is there a message?

					DATA
			None. Just the carrier, possibly
			intended for encoded computer or
			telemetry information.

					WORF
			I have never seen a space vehicle
			like it.

      STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - 3/17/88 - TEASER      2.

3    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Strictly speaking, it is not a
			"space vehicle." It appears to
			be a satellite, similar in its
			rudimentary design to those which
			orbited Earth in the late
			twentieth and early twenty-first
			centuries.

					RIKER
			Three hundred years ago.
				(mostly as a joke)
			Then there probably aren't any
			life signs?

					DATA
			None.

	Data continues studying the readout.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			The power is solar... quite
			primitive. There is however
			minimum life support.

					GEORDI
			I wonder how it got out here.
			If it was in orbit around Earth,
			even at maximum impulse -- and
			there's no way it could travel
			any faster, it would have taken
			a dozen centuries to get here.

					WORF
			At its present speed and heading,
			the vehicle will eventually enter
			the Kazis Binary system and will
			certainly be destroyed.

	Worf turns to face Riker.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Sir, I could attach a tractor beam
			and adjust its heading.

					RIKER
			I think not, Mister Worf. It's just
			a piece of space debris. If we
			weren't sitting here waiting for
			the captain, we wouldn't have even
			noticed it. Leave it be. Let
			nature take its course. How long
			until Captain Picard returns?

    STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - REV. 3/18/88 - TEASER    3.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			The last communication indicated
			it would be several hours.

					DATA
			Commander, request permission to
			investigate this vehicle.

					RIKER
			Why, Data? It's just a derelict.

					DATA
			It is a piece of history. The
			opportunity to examine such an
			ancient vehicle does not come
			around very often, and as you
			pointed out, we do have the time.

					RIKER
			All right, Data. But be ready
			to beam back before the captain
			returns.

					DATA
			Thank you, sir.

					RIKER
			Lieutenant Worf -- go with him.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	The two EXIT the bridge.

4
thru	OMITTED
6

A7	EXT. SPACE - A MODULE (OPTICAL)

	drifts.

7    INT. DERELICT - SMALL CONTROL AREA (OPTICAL)

	as they BEAM IN. They are in a small control area.
	The equipment we see is late twentieth century in
	design. Worf is tense -- ready for the unexpected.
	Data scans the area with his tricorder.

    STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - REV. 3/18/88 - TEASER    4.

7    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Minimal oxygen atmosphere.
				(indicates)
			An ancient solar generator,
			still operating.

					WORF
			Computer -- status report.

	Nothing happens.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Computer...

	Data interrupts.

					DATA
			In the late twentieth century,
			computers were not voice activated,
			Worf.

	Data examines the keyboard.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Notice the readouts -- dials,
			needle machines, gauges.
			Remarkable what they used three
			centuries ago. The on-board
			computers have ceased functioning.
			I may be able to download this old
			style disk drive back to the
			Enterprise.

8    WORF

	APPROACHES the door, clearly expecting it to slide open.
	He waves a hand in front of it.

					WORF
			It must be sealed -- probably
			with age. I will blast it open.

					DATA
			Not necessary.

	He reaches down and turns a handle, physically slides
	the door OPEN.

9    INT. DERELICT - THE SECOND ROOM

	They move forward.

    STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - REV. 3/18/88 - TEASER    5.

10   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE (INTERCUT AS NEEDED)

	Riker is sitting at the Command Chair.

					RIKER
			Data, this is Riker. What
			have you found?

					DATA
			Very little so far.

					GEORDI
			I have picked up the captain's
			shuttle.

					RIKER
			E.T.A.?

					GEORDI
			Twelve minutes, sir.

					RIKER
			Alert Main Shuttle Bay.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

11   INT. DERELICT - THE SECOND ROOM

	As Worf and Data ENTER the other compartment they see a
	series of crypts, lining both sides of the room. Each
	glass-covered and coffin-like in design, with a
	computerized panel above it. The panel both monitors
	and controls the crypt.

12   CRYPT

	As Data clears away the frost TO REVEAL a shriveled
	human form. It's all BLACKENED AND HIDEOUS. Data
	REACTS.

					DATA
			The seal was broken and the
			environment has been corrupted.

	Data moves to the next crypt. Beside him, Worf wipes
	the frost from a third crypt. He has found another
	shriveled form.

					WORF
			Here's another.

      STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - 3/17/88 - TEASER      6.

12   CONTINUED:

	Data wipes away the frost from the crypt by him.

					DATA
			This one is empty.

	He easily lifts the cover.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			It has been forced open and the
			occupant removed.

	In the b.g. Worf is wiping the frost from another
	crypt.

					WORF
			Commander. Look at this.

	Data steps over.

12A  ANOTHER ANGLE

	Through the hole which Worf has wiped in the frost,
	WE CAN SEE a human -- a WOMAN. About thirty-five,
	attractive and unconscious.

	OFF Worf and Data's REACTIONS, WE:

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

    STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/21/88 - ACT ONE    7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

12B  INT. DERELICT - THE SECOND ROOM

	Worf and Data are still beside the frozen woman.

					WORF
			Has she been frozen for an
			extended journey?

					DATA
			If that were the purpose, there
			would be evidence of a more
			sophisticated monitoring system.
			This container is designed solely
			for refrigeration.

					WORF
			What is the destination?

					DATA
			I do not believe they were going
			anywhere. This vehicle should
			still be in Earth orbit.

					WORF
			There is no way it could break
			orbit and travel this distance
			on its own power. Not in three
			hundred years -- not in three
			thousand. Some intelligent lifeform
			must have brought it to
			this section of the galaxy.

					DATA
				(indicating the crypts
				 with the shriveled
				 forms)
			These crypts were opened.
				(indicating the empty
				 crypts)
			The occupants in those were taken.

					WORF
			Why take some of them, destroy
			others, and leave her apparently
			untouched?

					DATA
			Perhaps they learned all they
			could from the others. We may
			never know.

    STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/21/88 - ACT ONE    8.

12B  CONTINUED:

	Data moves down the line of crypts, wipes another To
	REVEAL the perfectly preserved face of a forty-seven-year-old
	MALE.

	OFF Data's REACTION:

13   OMITTED

14   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Data and Worf have for the moment been forgotten.

					GEORDI
			The captain's shuttle is
			approaching Main Shuttle Bay.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Enterprise, this is the captain.
			Number One, I want to get underway
			as soon as the shuttle is secure.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir. We will make all
			preparations.
				(to the Away Team)
			Commander Data, return to the
			Enterprise -- immediately.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			We have run into an unusual
			situation here. There are people
			on-board. Frozen.

					RIKER
			Frozen. How many?

15   INT. DERELICT - THE SECOND ROOM (INTERCUT AS NEEDED)

	Data and Worf in the middle of the room.

					DATA
			Three. What should I do? The
			vehicle has suffered severe
			damage. Most of the systems
			have failed.

					RIKER
			Are you recommending they be
			transferred to the Enterprise?

      STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - 3/17/88 - ACT ONE      9.

15   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I do not think we should leave
			them here. With your permission,
			sir, we will be returning with
			three containers.

					RIKER
			Whatever you do, do it quickly.

16   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	traveling at impulse speed.

17   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Captain Picard STRIDES ONTO the bridge.

					PICARD
			Number One, I want a meeting on
			the Observation Deck. Mister La
			Forge, set course zero-five-eight,
			mark nine-seven-three.

					GEORDI
			Aye -- laying in the course now.
				(pause)
			Captain, those coordinates will
			take us to the Neutral Zone.

	REACTIONS from the others to the destination.

					PICARD
			That's correct Mister La Forge, warp
			factor eight.

					GEORDI
			Warp eight.

					PICARD
			Engage. Mister La Forge, you have
			the bridge.

	He leads them OFF the bridge.

18   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it accelerates to warp speed.

     STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - 3/17/88 - ACT ONE     10.

19   INT. CONFERENCE ROOM

	The regulars are at their positions, except Beverly.

					PICARD
			Two Federation outposts in Sector
			three-zero have been destroyed.
			There has been no communication
			with any Federation starbases in
			Sector three-one since stardate
			41903.2.

					WORF
			Romulans.

					PICARD
			That is the assumption.

					RIKER
			There's been no direct contact
			with the Romulans since the Tomed
			Incident.

					PICARD
			The question is: Why here? Why
			now? What's their objective, if
			indeed they have one? For half
			a century there's barely a whisper
			about them and now for no apparent
			reason they seem to be back with
			a roar. Why?

					RIKER
			Almost everything we know about
			them is based on rumor and
			conjecture.

					PICARD
			The strategic decision is to send
			one ship.

					RIKER
			The Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Yes.

					WORF
			There is a risk. We could get
			out there and find ourselves
			greatly over-matched.

					PICARD
			True enough -- it is a gamble.

   STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/18/88 - ACT ONE   11.

19   CONTINUED:
					RIKER
			This first encounter... coming
			so suddenly after all this time.
			There's a very good chance it's
			a setup.

					DATA
			Perhaps the Romulans are probing.
			They want to see how we react.

					WORF
			Captain, we should expect
			hostilities.

					PICARD
			Prepare as always. If force is
			needed we will use it, but that
			will mean we have failed. Our
			goal here is to establish some
			kind of relations with the
			Romulans -- failing that -- to
			convince them of our resolve and
			to do this without resorting to
			force. Right now, the general
			feeling is that they are seeking
			a confrontation. They may want
			to test themselves in battle
			against a Federation starship to
			gauge how much we have advanced.
			Personally, I think it is
			possible they have different
			motives altogether based on needs
			which we have not identified.
			If that's the case... I must know
			it.
				(to Troi)
			Counselor -- I will need a complete
			profile on them.

					TROI
			There is limited information, but
			I will prepare something.

					PICARD
			Data. Extrapolate for me the
			logical progression of their
			technical advancement;
			specifically, but not restricted
			to -- weapons.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

     STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - 3/17/88 - ACT ONE     12.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(to everybody)
			I want this thought through
			completely. Anticipate, as much
			as you can, all the possible
			permutations.

	He looks around the room.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Computer, how long before we
			arrive at the Neutral Zone?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Nineteen hours, twenty-eight
			minutes.

					PICARD
			We will reassemble in six hours.
			Let's be smart. No surprises.
			I would much rather outthink them,
			than outfight them. Questions?

	There are none. The meeting breaks up.

20   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As Picard, Riker and the others COME ON to the bridge.
	Geordi is in the Command seat.

					GEORDI
				(as he gets up)
			Captain.
				(then:)
			Doctor Crusher said she would like
			to talk with you, when you
			finished your meeting.

					PICARD
			Thank you.
				(on Com)
			Doctor Crusher, this is the
			captain.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Oh, good. Captain, could you
			possibly join me in Sickbay?

	Picard hesitates.

   STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/23/88 - ACT ONE   13.

20   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			I would not ask you if it wasn't
			important.

					PICARD
			I will be right there.
				(to Riker)
			Take the Conn, Number One. I
			won't be long.

	Picard EXITS THE SHOT as Riker takes his position.

21   INT. SICKBAY

	Picard ENTERS.

					PICARD
			What is it, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			It's the people from the capsule.

					PICARD
			Capsule? People? What people?

					BEVERLY
			The people Data beamed over.

					PICARD
			I wasn't aware he had.

	On the medical tables behind her are THREE HUMANS
	covered with sheets.

					BEVERLY
			Well, he did and they were frozen.
			I thawed them.

					PICARD
			You what?

					BEVERLY
			I didn't know what else to do.
			The crypts in which they had been
			frozen were literally falling
			apart. It was either that...
			or...

					PICARD
			What's their condition?

   STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/22/88 - ACT ONE   14.

21   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Right now they are all sleeping.
			Each of them needed minor medical
			attention... minor "now", but
			"then" their conditions were
			obviously terminal. One had a
			heart problem, another had an
			advanced case of emphysema and
			extensive liver damage. But the
			most surprising thing, is that
			each of them had been frozen after
			they died.

					PICARD
			After they died?

					BEVERLY
			Exactly. Cryonics. It was a
			kind of fad in the late twentieth
			century. People feared dying.
			It terrified them. At the moment
			of death, they would be frozen,
			so that later... some time in the
			future, when presumably medical
			science had a cure for whatever
			killed them, they would be thawed
			back to life, healed and sent on
			about their business.

					PICARD
			Well, for this group, apparently
			it worked.

	Picard STEPS OVER to the com panel.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Lieutenant Commander Data, please
			report to Sickbay -- immediately.

22   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data is a Science Station Two. He looks up.

					DATA
			Permission to leave the bridge.

					RIKER
			Granted.

	Data walks toward the turbolift.

     STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - 3/17/88 - ACT ONE     15.

23   INT. SICKBAY

	ON Picard.

					PICARD
			I am never critical of any member
			of my staff being curious, but...
			the timing is just so...

					DATA
			I could not leave them there,
			Captain. The condition of the
			vehicle was deteriorating.

					PICARD
			But, Data -- they were already
			dead. I mean... what more could
			have happened to them?

					DATA
			I see your point, Captain, but
			at the time...

	Picard nods.

					PICARD
			You're right -- under the
			circumstances I would have done
			exactly the same.

	Picard turns to Beverly.

					BEVERLY
			When they arrived... what was I
			supposed to do? Not help them?

	Again Picard has no answer.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			My question is: What do we do
			with them now?

					PICARD
			What are the options?

					DATA
			We cannot go back and return them
			to their ship.

					BEVERLY
			We can't refreeze them.

   STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/21/88 - ACT ONE   16.

23   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			They are alive now, so we have
			to treat them as living human
			beings.

					BEVERLY
			Alive and well, just waiting to
			be awakened.

	Picard is perplexed.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			I have them sedated but they
			should be up and about as soon
			as possible.

	Picard takes a deep breath.

					PICARD
			Well...

	He looks around for a moment.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Then, there really is no choice.

					BEVERLY
			None that I can see.

					PICARD
			Before you wake them, I want
			Security here.
				(touching com)
			Mister Worf, report to Sickbay.

24   BEVERLY

	She goes to the first one in the line and touches the
	hypospray to her neck.

     STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - 3/17/88 - ACT ONE     17.

25   WOMAN

	Slowly she wakes up. Looks around. At Sickbay. At
	the equipment, then at Beverly and Picard. She
	swallows. Worf ENTERS Sickbay. The woman takes one
	look at them and her head falls back on the table. Out
	"cold" again.

					PICARD
			... Welcome to the twenty-fourth
			century.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

   STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/18/88 - ACT TWO   18.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

26   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving at warp speed.

27   INT. SICKBAY

	It is as we left it. Picard, Data and Worf watch as
	Beverly wakes them all up, we get to "meet" each of
	the guests. They are still covered only in sheets.

					DATA
			I was able to retrieve some
			information from the ancient disk
			I removed from the module's
			computer. Based on that...

28   NUMBER ONE

	She re-awakens the woman.

					DATA
			Her name is Clare Raymond, age
			thirty-five; occupation,
			homemaker... must be some kind
			of construction work.

					BEVERLY
			She died of an embolism. It
			probably happened very suddenly,
			otherwise her physical condition
			was excellent.

	CLARE RAYMOND is handsome, not pretty. A solid,
	no-nonsense person. This time she stays awake, as she
	takes in the room, everything and everyone in it.
	They move to:

29   NUMBER TWO

	As the nurse (Nurse Wright) awakens him:

					DATA
			His name is Ralph Offenhouse, age
			sixty-three; occupation,
			financier.

   STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/18/88 - ACT TWO   19.

29   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Advanced cardiomyopathy,
			inoperable at the time, but easily
			correctable now. He must have
			known for some time his condition
			was terminal.

	RALPH OFFENHOUSE was a power broker on both coasts
	who came up hard -- is used to being absolutely in
	charge. He too, is disoriented -- confused -- unsure.
	They MOVE to the last:

30   NUMBER THREE

					DATA
			Much of his file could not be
			retrieved. His name is L. Q.
			"Sonny" Clemonds. Apparently his
			occupation had something to do
			with music.

					BEVERLY
			There was marked deterioration
			of every system in his body.
			Probably due to massive chemical
			abuse. Unbelievable.

	L. Q. "SONNY" CLEMONDS has a lot of miles on his
	forty-seven years. He's passed his time with booze
	and drugs, and covered up the wear and tear with
	cosmetic surgery. His attention span is about
	twenty-eight seconds.

					PICARD
			That sounds like someone who hated
			life -- yet he had himself frozen
			so presumably he could go through
			it all again.

					BEVERLY
			Fear. Too afraid to live... too
			scared to die.

					PICARD
			Doctor, this seems to be a
			situation more suited to your
			talents. I will leave it in your
			hands.

	With a nod to Data to join him:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I'll be on the bridge.

   STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/21/88 - ACT TWO   20.

30   CONTINUED:

	He is satisfied that they do not represent a clear and
	present danger to the Enterprise.

	Picard and Data EXIT.

A31	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE

	a flyby.

31   INT. SICKBAY

	The three humans are finishing dressing.

					BEVERLY
			I know you have a lot of
			questions, but I would like you
			to wait. You are feeling a
			certain amount of disorientation.
			In a little while it should pass;
			then we can fully discuss what
			has happened. Nurse Wright will
			furnish you with anything you
			need.

					RALPH
			Not so fast. Is this part of the
			service or is it extra?

					BEVERLY
			I think it would be best if...

					RALPH
			I demand to know the cost of
			anything you do before the
			procedure is approved.

					BEVERLY
			I have no idea what you're talking
			about.
				(then, mostly for the
				 others)
			Just take it slowly. Everything
			is fine. Worf, would you show
			them to the guest quarters.

					WORF
			This way.

32   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Data ENTER and CROSS to the Command
	Position.

   STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/18/88 - ACT TWO   21.

32   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Number One, kindly take charge
			of our guests until we have time
			to decide what we are going to do
			with them.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			... and keep them out of my way.

	Riker rises to leave.

					DATA
				(requesting to join
				 Riker)
			Sir?

	Picard nods as Data EXITS with Riker.

33   INT. GUEST LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	They are all sitting -- unsure of themselves.

					RIKER
			I know this is all very confusing
			to you so I'll attempt to
			explain. First -- you are on the
			starship -- USS Enterprise.

					RALPH
			American?

					RIKER
			No -- we are a vessel of the United
			Federation of Planets. Earth is
			a member.

					RALPH
			What year is this?

					DATA
			By your calendar... two thousand
			three hundred sixty-four.

     STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - 3/17/88 - ACT TWO     22.

33   CONTINUED:

					RALPH
				(very excited)
			What?
				(then, holding back)
			My heart? Is it...

					BEVERLY
			It's perfectly fine. In fact,
			you are all now in excellent
			health.

					RALPH
			I made it... It worked. I never
			believed this was...

					SONNY
				(pointing to Data)
			What's that?

					RIKER
			An android.

					SONNY
			You mean a robot?

					DATA
			Actually there is a distinct
			difference between a robot and
			an android.

					CLARE
			And him? The one I saw before
			with the... head.

	Riker is confused.

					BEVERLY
			She means Worf.

					RIKER
			Oh, he's a Klingon, and that
			requires a little more
			explanation.

					SONNY
			Guys... listen. I paid some idiot
			a lot of money to freeze me when
			I died. I need to hear the
			words... Am I alive?

					RIKER
			Oh, yes... absolutely.

   STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/18/88 - ACT TWO   23.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

					SONNY
			And the liver that was about to
			explode in my face.

					BEVERLY
			Perfectly sound.

					SONNY
			Great...

					CLARE
				(who has remained
				 confused through it
				 all)
			Excuse me. Would someone tell
			me what's going on?

					BEVERLY
			Well... About three hundred and
			seventy years ago you died of a
			massive embolism.

					CLARE
			I don't remember anything about
			it.

					BEVERLY
			You and the others were frozen.

					SONNY
			Cryonics -- you know... freeze you
			now... heal you later.

					CLARE
			I've heard about it; I just never
			paid it much mind. How did we
			get here?

					DATA
			Why were you in a module?

					SONNY
			The whacko who sold me this scam
			said that by putting us in orbit
			there would be no chance of brown
			out.

     STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - 3/17/88 - ACT TWO     24.

33   CONTINUED: (3)

					RALPH
			Several cryonics companies had
			fallen into disrepute because of
			power failures which adversely
			affected their refrigeration
			system. Their stocks were
			severely depressed.

					SONNY
			The whole deal was a long shot...
			but I figured... what the hell,
			might as well give them the dough
			instead of leaving it to my
			ex-wives.
				(to Data)
			But you know, son, I figured it
			was just so much hooey.

					DATA
			Hooey? Accessing.
				(pause)
			Ah, as in malarkey... jive...
			bull... hogwash... an
			intentional fabrication.

					SONNY
			There you go, now you got it.

					RIKER
				(to Clare)
			If you didn't contract for this,
			who did?

					CLARE
			It must have been Donald -- my
			husband. If it was new and
			foolish, he'd have popped for it.
			Well, I'll say this. It's the
			first thing he ever bought into
			that worked.

					RALPH
			I, for one, never had a doubt.
			My stock in this company must have
			split a dozen times by now.

					DATA
			Actually the process of cryonics
			was never more than a fad, and
			did not continue much beyond the
			mid-twenty-first century.

   STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/18/88 - ACT TWO   25.

33   CONTINUED: (4)

					RALPH
			I need to make a phone call as
			soon as possible.

					RIKER
			A phone call?

					RALPH
			I have provided for myself. I
			have a substantial portfolio.
			It's critical I check on it. Let
			the bank know that I am alive and
			well.

					RIKER
			That's ah... going to be a little
			difficult right at the moment.

					RALPH
			Do you at least have a copy of The
			Wall Street Journal?

					RIKER
			I think we should take the
			doctor's advice and go slowly.
			Get adjusted to your new... ah...
			whatever, and then we'll talk to
			the captain.

33A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Troi takes her seat beside Picard.

					TROI
			As you know, there is very little
			available on the Romulans

					PICARD
			Anything will help.

   STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/24/88 - ACT TWO   26.

33A  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			They seem to be creatures of
			extremes. One moment violent
			beyond description, the next --
			tender. They're related to the
			Vulcans but as each developed,
			their differences grew wider.
			They are intensely curious. Their
			belief in their own superiority
			is beyond arrogance. For some
			reason they have exhibited a
			fascination with humans and that
			fascination, more than anything
			else, has kept the peace. One
			other thing, they will not
			initiate. They will wait for
			you to commit yourself.

					PICARD
				(to himself)
			Counterpunches...
				(to Troi)
			Thank you, Counselor. This is
			quite helpful.

	OFF Picard's pensiveness:

33B  INT. GUEST LOUNGE

	Sonny, feeling more at ease by the moment, rises,
	stretches muscles unused for centuries.

					SONNY
			I don't know about you all... but
			me -- I'm going to find the bar.
			After all of this -- I need me a
			drink.

					RIKER
			There is nothing of that nature
			on board the Enterprise.

					SONNY
			No bars?! Don't tell me that,
			son. Well, where's the
			restaurant? I'm so hungry.

					RIKER
			We have food stations.
				(he indicates the
				 computer)
			Simply tell the computer what you
			want and it will be provided.

   STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/21/88 - ACT TWO   27.

33B  CONTINUED:

					SONNY
			Where do you eat it?

					RIKER
			Why... here... or anywhere. We're
			not that structured.

	Sonny walks over to the computer.

					SONNY
			Now what?

					DATA
			Talk.

					SONNY
			I'd like me a thick Kansas City
			steak - country fried potatoes
			-- a mess of greens -- and... Oh,
			hell... forget all of that. Let
			me have a martini - -straight up...
			two olives.
				(he winks at Data)
			... for the vitamins.

	The drink is provided. He takes a sip and rears back
	surprised.

					DATA
			Is there something wrong?

					SONNY
			Wrong? Only that your computer
			here fixed just about the best
			martini I have ever had.
				(with a nod to Data)
			I just might get to like this
			place. Let's see if the Braves
			are on. How do you turn on this
			here teevee?

   STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/22/88 - ACT TWO   28.

33B  CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Teevee?

					SONNY
			Yeah, boob-tube... you know. I'd
			like to find out how the Braves
			are doin' after all this time.
			Probably still finding ways to
			lose.

					DATA
				(to Riker)
			Oh -- I think he means television,
			sir.

					SONNY
			Or maybe catch up on the soaps.

					DATA
				(to Sonny)
			That particular form of entertainment
			did not last much beyond the year
			Two Thousand Forty.

					SONNY
			So, what do you guys do? I mean,
			you don't drink -- no teevee -- kind
			of boring, isn't it?

	Data is at a loss of words

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Number One.

	Riker steps over to the com panel.

					RIKER
			Riker here.

					PICARD
			Would you and Mister Data report
			to the bridge?

					RIKER
			On the way.

					RALPH
			With whom were you speaking?

					RIKER
			The captain.

					RALPH
			Ah... good. Tell him I would like
			to see him as soon as it's
			convenient.

   STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/21/88 - ACT TWO   29.

33B  CONTINUED: (3)

					CLARE
			What is going to happen to us?
			Do we stay here with you? Do we
			go back to Earth?

	Riker does not have an immediate answer.

					RIKER
			That will be up to the captain.

					RALPH
			Well, get him in here. I have
			to phone Geneva right away about
			my accounts. The interest alone
			could be enough to buy even this
			ship.

					SONNY
			The Yankee's right. Let's get
			the big boy in here.

					RIKER
				(smiles)
			I'll pass on your request. Now,
			if you'll excuse us.

					SONNY
			Duty calls -- hey, I understand...
				(then, to Data)
			... come back later -- you and me
			can find us a couple of
			low-mileage pit woffies, and help
			them build a memory.

	Riker and Data EXIT.

34   INT. CORRIDOR

	as they walk away.

					DATA
			What is to be done with them?

					RIKER
			I don't know.

					DATA
			Commander. What is a
			"low-mileage-pit-woffie"?

					RIKER
			This time you have me, Data. I
			haven't a clue.

     STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - 3/17/88 - ACT TWO     30.

34   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			These are not like any other
			humans I have ever encountered.
			I find them fascinating.

					RIKER
			From what I have already seen
			of our "guests", there is very
			little to redeem them. In fact,
			it makes me wonder, how our
			species ever survived the
			twenty-first century.

	OFF Data's REACTION:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

  STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/18/88 - ACT THREE  31.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

35   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	The staff meeting is reassembled.

					PICARD
			Report.

					WORF
			We are six hours from the Neutral
			Zone. I have been unable to
			establish communications with any
			Federation colony or station in
			this vicinity.

					PICARD
			How many outposts are there in
			this sector?

					WORF
			Nine.

					RIKER
			I think we should go on the
			presumption that they've all
			been destroyed.

					GEORDI
			By the Romulans?

					RIKER
			It fits their historical pattern.

	Picard is very thoughtful.

					DATA
			Since there has been no contact
			with the Romulans for fifty-three
			years, seven months, eighteen
			days, we must consider that the
			information we do have, is out
			of date.

  STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/22/88 - ACT THREE  32.

35   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			The positive side of that is their
			information about us is also out
			of date. Captain, I believe that
			lack of information is what this
			is all about.

					PICARD
			Continue, Number One.

					RIKER
			In my opinion, the Romulans want
			a confrontation... specifically
			against us.

					PICARD
			The Enterprise?

					RIKER
			Not by name; but yes, against us.
			They know the Federation will send
			their best -- this will be a
			perfect chance for them to learn
			firsthand, how much we have
			advanced in both technology, and
			technique.

					PICARD
			And your recommendation.

					RIKER
			I don't know if I have a specific
			recommendation. Perhaps we should
			consider taking the initiative.

					WORF
			I agree with Commander Riker.
			We may only have one opportunity;
			we should seize it.

					PICARD
			Data.

					DATA
			That strategy is built on a single
			premise. The hostile intent of
			the Romulans. If the premise is
			sound, so is the proposal.

					GEORDI
			If their intention isn't hostile,
			what is it?

					RALPH'S COM VOICE
			Captain Picard?

    STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - 3/17/88 - ACT THREE    33.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

	Surprised at the interruption.

					PICARD
			This is the captain, to whom am
			I speaking?

					RALPH'S COM VOICE
			Ralph Offenhouse. Captain, I need
			to talk to you.

					PICARD
			What's going on here, Number One?
			Did you give him permission to
			contact me?

					RIKER
			No, sir. He must have seen me
			use the com panel.

	Picard nods his understanding.

					PICARD
			Listen, Mister Offenhouse. We
			are in a very important conference
			right now and...

					RALPH'S COM VOICE
			I am sick and tired of being put
			off by you and your staff. This
			is the worst run ship I have ever
			been on. You could take some
			lessons from the Q-E Two. Now
			that's an efficient operation.

	Picard mutes the intercom.

					PICARD
			Data -- identify -- what's the
			Q-E-Two?

					DATA
			It was a passenger liner which
			mostly traveled Earth's Atlantic
			Ocean during the late twentieth
			and early twenty-first centuries.

					PICARD
			He's comparing the Enterprise to
			a cruise ship.

					RALPH'S COM VOICE
			I demand you see me.

	Picard is nonplussed.

    STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - 3/17/88 - ACT THREE    34.

36   INT. GUEST LOUNGE

	Ralph by the com panel, still going on. The other two,
	Clare and Sonny are off to one side, watching. Sonny
	is slightly amused -- Clare still appears to be
	disoriented.

					RALPH
			... I think I have been very, very
			patient, especially under the
			circumstances and considering what
			I paid for this procedure, but
			frankly enough is enough. I
			demand a phone, or a radio
			whatever you have. I must contact
			my...

	The doors OPEN and Picard STRIDES IN.

					RALPH
				(continuing; off balance
				 for a beat)
			...lawyers.

					PICARD
			I am Captain Picard.

	Ralph composes himself quickly.

					RALPH
			Excellent.

	He steps forward with his hand out.

					RALPH
				(continuing)
			Now, we'll be able to get some
			things straight.

					PICARD
			Indeed we will. Those com panels
			are for official ship business.

					RALPH
			If they are so important, why
			don't they need an "executive
			key"?

					PICARD
			Aboard a starship, that is not
			necessary. We are all capable
			of exercising self-control. You
			will refrain from using them.

  STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/24/88 - ACT THREE  35.

36   CONTINUED:

					RALPH
			Now just a minute.

					PICARD
			We are involved in a
			very serious and potentially
			dangerous situation.

					RALPH
			I'm sure that whatever it is seems
			very important to you. My
			situation is far more critical.

					PICARD
			I do not think you are fully aware
			of your situation, or the time
			which has passed.

					RALPH
			Believe me, I'm fully cognizant
			of where I am, and when. It is
			simply that I have more to protect
			than a man in your position could
			possibly imagine. No offense,
			but a military career has never
			been considered upwardly mobile.
			I must contact my lawyer.

					PICARD
			Your lawyer has been dead for
			centuries.

					RALPH
			Yes, of course I know that, but
			he was a full partner with a very
			important firm. Rest assured the
			firm is still operating.

					PICARD
			That's what this is all about...
			A lot has changed in three hundred
			years. People are no longer
			obsessed with the accumulation of
			"things". We have eliminated hunger,
			want, the need for possessions.
			We have grown out of our infancy.

					RALPH
			You've got it wrong. It's never
			been about "possessions" - it's
			about power.

    STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - 3/17/88 - ACT THREE    36.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Power to do what?

					RALPH
			To control your life, your
			destiny.

					PICARD
			That kind of control is an
			illusion.

					RALPH
			Really -- I'm here aren't I? I
			should be dead and I'm not.
			That's what money did for me.
			That's the kind of power I'm
			talking about.

	Off to the side, Clare begins softly weeping.

					PICARD
				(turning to her)
			What is it?

					CLARE
			I don't know. It just started
			and I can't stop. I keep
			thinking about my boys.

	He steps over to the com panel.

					PICARD
			Counselor Troi, report to the
			guest lounge.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Captain, we are approaching
			Science Station Delta Zero-Five.

					PICARD
			Slow to impulse... I'm on my way.

	Picard moves toward the exit.

					SONNY
			Say, Captain -- I need to see that
			pretty Doctor of yours.

					PICARD
			I will inform her.

  STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/18/88 - ACT THREE  37.

36   CONTINUED: (3)

	Ralph puts his hand on Picard's arm. (His way to
	control the situation.)

					RALPH
			Captain. I didn't mean to come
			on so strong. I've built my life
			on knowing what's going on. For
			the first time -- I'm completely
			out of touch -- it makes me crazy.
			Can you understand?

					PICARD
			It's the first thing you've said
			that I do understand. I'll see
			what I can do. But please... stay
			off the com panel.

	Ralph nods as Picard EXITS.

37   INT. CORRIDOR

	as Picard and Troi meet.

					PICARD
			Counselor, get those people under
			control. We cannot afford this
			continuing distraction.

					TROI
			Yes, sir.

38   INT. CLARE'S QUARTERS

	Troi ENTERS.

					TROI
			Hello -- my name is Deanna.

					CLARE
			They sent you here to settle me
			down.

					TROI
			I'm the ship's counselor and I
			thought you might want to talk.

					CLARE
			The local shrink.

    STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - 3/17/88 - ACT THREE    38.

38   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I'm sorry, I do not know that
			term.

					CLARE
			It doesn't matter.

					TROI
			You are feeling profoundly sad.

					CLARE
			Can't stop crying. I miss my
			sons, and then I think... I'm
			here, but they are gone. Donald
			-- he's my husband. I love that
			man but, good intentions aside,
			he'd mess up a free lunch. Why
			in the world he ever decided to
			do this...

					TROI
			He must have thought you would
			have wanted it.

					CLARE
			I can tell you exactly what
			happened. He couldn't think about
			going on alone. I died, but he
			couldn't face it. So he figured
			if he had me frozen, then in his
			mind I wasn't really gone. Crazy,
			huh? But you have to know Donald.

	She pauses a minute -- turns away and fights back the
	tears that will not stop.

					CLARE
				(continuing)
			I'm in a world of strangers. I
			wish I knew what happened to my
			children. Did they get married,
			did they have kids...

					TROI
			Let's see if we can find out.

	Troi goes to a computer screen.

  STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/21/88 - ACT THREE  39.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Computer - this is Counselor Troi.
			Request personal history on...
			What are their names?

					CLARE
			Tommy -- he's eight, and Eddie's
			five.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Full names -- Date and place of
			birth.

					CLARE
			They were born in Secaucus -
			that's in Jersey.
				(to Troi)
			Can this really work? Can this
			tell me what happened to them?

					TROI
			There has to be a record
			somewhere. There is a good chance
			we can find it.

					CLARE
			Whether we do or not, thank you
			for... trying.
				(then, to computer)
			Date of birth. Tommy was born
			February seventeenth...

39   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly is there with Sonny.

					SONNY
			I just got to have a little
			something to jump start the
			morning -- and a little something
			else to shut down the night.

					BEVERLY
			You have no medical need.

					SONNY
			It's not a question of "need,"
			darlin'. It's a matter of
			survival.

  STAR TREK: "... Neutral... ' - REV. 3/21/88 - ACT THREE  40.

39   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Sorry.

					SONNY
			Not to worry -- ol' Watosh will
			scuffle along the best way he can.

	He turns to leave, then:

					SONNY
				(continuing)
			How do I get a hold of the ol'
			boy with the marinie face?

					BEVERLY
			I beg your pardon?

					SONNY
			What's his name... that android
			fella.

					BEVERLY
			Lieutenant Commander Data?

					SONNY
			That's the one.

					BEVERLY
			I'll let him know you want to see
			him.

	He gets up to leave.

					SONNY
			Much obliged. You sure are the
			prettiest little doctor I ever
			saw.

	And he walks toward the door.

					BEVERLY
			Much obliged.

40   INT. CLARE'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Troi and Clare.

					CLARE
			Amazing. It's all right there.

  STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/21/88 - ACT THREE  40A.

40   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Yes, ten generations of your
			progeny.

					CLARE
			Everyone I ever knew is dead.
			Would you mind... I'd like to be
			alone.

  STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/21/88 - ACT THREE  41.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			No, not at all.

	WE HOLD on Clare as Troi moves toward the exit.

40A  INT. SONNY'S QUARTERS

	Sonny looks up as Data ENTERS.

					DATA
			You asked to see me.

					SONNY
			I'm about to go out of my mind
			for something to do. Sittin'
			alone drinkin' don't get it. What
			say you and me put together a
			little party.

					DATA
			A celebration?

					SONNY
			Naw... nothin' that fancy -- just
			some folks, some suds, and some
			sounds. Hell it ain't nothin'
			but somethin' to do. Whatdeya
			think?

					DATA
			I will ask the captain.

					SONNY
			Great -- you do that...

					DATA
			Query. You do not seem to be
			having as much difficulty
			adjusting to your current
			circumstances as are the others.

					SONNY
			You mean being here -- on this tub
			-- four hundred years from where
			I started? Heck -- it's the same
			dance, just a different tune.
			You think anyone 'round here's
			got a guitar I could borrow?

    STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - 3/17/88 - ACT THREE    42.

40A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			No, but the computer can replicate
			such an instrument.

					SONNY
			I was kind of hopin' to get one
			while I still remember the chords.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Commander Data -- we are
			approaching the Neutral Zone.
			Report to the bridge.

					DATA
			I must leave.

	Data walks toward the door.

					SONNY
			What's this "Neutral Zone?"

					DATA
			A buffer between the Romulan
			Empire and the Federation.

					SONNY
			Why does that make me nervous?

					DATA
			I do not know.

					SONNY
			We won't be inviting these
			Romulans to our party, will we?

					DATA
			No, it would not be appropriate.

	OFF Sonny's REACTION:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

   STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/18/88 - ACT FOUR   43.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

41   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	travelling at impulse speed.

					PICARD
			Captain's log, supplemental. We
			have arrived at the edge of the
			Neutral Zone. We will now have
			an opportunity to learn firsthand
			what happened to our distant
			outposts.

42   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data is at Science One.

					DATA
			There is nothing left of Outpost
			Delta Zero-Five.

					GEORDI
			It must have been one hell of an
			explosion.

					DATA
			Sensors indicate no evidence of
			a conventional attack.

	He turns to face Picard.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			There is nothing left.

					PICARD
			Can you determine what happened?

	OFF Picard's REACTION.

					WORF
			The outpost was not just
			destroyed, it is as though some
			great force just scooped it
			off the face of the planet.

   STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/21/88 - ACT FOUR   44.

42   CONTINUED:

	They continue scanning.

					PICARD
			Could it have been a natural
			phenomenon?

					DATA
			Insufficient information.

					PICARD
			Geordi, set a course for the next
			closest station.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

43   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it files by.

43A  INT. SONNY'S QUARTERS

	WESLEY and Sonny. Sonny sits picking his guitar.
	Wesley sits across from him, staring.

					SONNY
			I just can't believe this. When
			that android fella said you could
			duplicate this baby, I didn't
			dream you'd do such a bang-up
			job... You like country?

					WESLEY
			Excuse me?

					SONNY
			Picking and strummin', son. What
			about rock?

					WESLEY
			What about rock?

					SONNY
			What's the matter, kid? You look
			like you're staring at a ghost.

					WESLEY
			Well, sir, you were dead for over
			three-hundred years...

  STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/22/88 - ACT FOUR  44A.

43A  CONTINUED:

					SONNY
			How 'bout rhythm and blues? That
			comes back every decade or so.

	Wesley continues to stare. He could just as soon be
	looking at a dinosaur.

					WESLEY
			What was it like?... I mean, can
			you remember...

					SONNY
			What? Bein' dead? Not really,
			but then again there wasn't a
			whole lot happening.

					WESLEY
			Why did you do it? Was there
			something left undone... something
			you have to finish?

					SONNY
			Nope. Just curiosity... Another
			adventure... Simply wanted to see
			what was going on.

44   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as they wait.

					GEORDI
			We are approaching Tarod Nine.

					DATA
			The condition is identical,
			Captain.

					WORF
			Everyone and everything is gone.

					RIKER
			Captain, I strongly recommend that
			we go to Red Alert. If the
			Romulans have improved their
			cloaking device, and we'd be fools
			to think they haven't, we should
			assume a more defensive posture.

					WORF
			I agree, Captain. I recommend
			we go immediately to battle
			stations.

	Picard will not be pushed.

     STAR TREK: "The Neutral Zone" - 3/17/88 - ACT FOUR     45.

44   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I appreciate your concern and
			advice, but this is not the time
			for rash actions. We are still
			investigating.

	He moves away from the Aft Station.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			There are three other stations
			in this sector which we need to
			visit. Let's proceed in a calm
			and orderly manner.

					RIKER
			If not "battle stations," may I
			at least bring the ship to Yellow
			Alert?

	Picard considers for a moment.

					PICARD
			Yes, Number One. That would be
			prudent.

					RIKER
			Thank you.

	And Riker initiates the necessary procedure to raise
	the alert level of the Enterprise.

45   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it continues on.

46   INT. GUEST LOUNGE

	Ralph, Sonny and Clare are together.

					SONNY
			So, what is it that you want?

					RALPH
			I've spent my career being able
			to tell when the other guy's mouth
			is dry. There is something going
			on. Something serious. The
			tension level on this ship has
			jumped up.

   STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/21/88 - ACT FOUR   46.

46   CONTINUED:

					SONNY
			Even if you're right, what can
			we do about it? And besides,
			these old boys don't need us to
			tell them where the bear sits.

	He reaches down beside him and lifts up an acoustic
	guitar...

					SONNY
				(continuing)
			Lookie here what that young
			fella made for me.

					CLARE
			How did he do that?

					SONNY
			He called it a pattern replication.
			It plays real good, too.

	And he hits a couple of chords.

					RALPH
			I'm trying to tell you that there
			is a situation developing on this
			vessel which affects us, and all
			you can talk about is that stupid
			guitar!

					SONNY
			These folks don't need us swimming
			in their soup, so why don't you
			just relax and let them do their
			jobs?

					RALPH
			That may be all right for you,
			but I am not willing to allow my
			fate to be decided by others.
			I at least want to know what is
			going on.

					SONNY
			How are you planning to do that?

   STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/18/88 - ACT FOUR   47.

47   ANOTHER ANGLE - DOOR

	Ralph gives Sonny a look and goes to the door. It
	OPENS. There is a security guard standing there.

					RALPH
			He needs help. I think he's
			dying.

	As the security guard ENTERS the room and MOVES toward
	Sonny, Ralph SLIPS UP behind him and hits him on the
	head, knocking him unconscious.

					SONNY
			What the hell are you doing?

					RALPH
			I'm going to find out what's going
			on.

47A  INT. CORRIDOR (FORMERLY SCENE 48)

	as Ralph moves along. Other crewmembers are moving
	quickly about their business. Ralph is able to move
	along unnoticed.

A48	ANOTHER ANGLE

	As Ralph continues moving forward, he notices the
	turbolift door OPEN and some Enterprise personnel EXIT.
	He STEPS ONTO the turbolift. For a moment he is
	confused; he knows it's an elevator, but he sees no
	buttons. He looks around, then to himself:

					RALPH
			Ah... let's see.
				(to computer)
			Ah... I want to go to a... the...
			ah...
				(he shrugs; then to
				 himself:)
			Where would the captain be?

	To his astonishemnt, the computer answers:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Captain Picard is located on the
			Main Bridge.

					RALPH
			Then, take me to the Main Bridge.

	The doors CLOSE. The turbolift streaks off.

        STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/21/88 - ACT FOUR       47A.

B48	OMITTED

48   OMITTED

48A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	at Yellow Alert.

					WORF
			Captain, my sensors indicate a
			disturbance. It is large and
			moving, but I cannot get a
			positive lock nor can I get it
			on the viewscreen.

					RIKER
			Shields up.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					RIKER
			Captain, I recommend we transfer
			all power to phasers, and arm the
			photon torpedos.

					PICARD
			Wait. If that is a Romulan ship,
			it will read our intent. We will
			be forcing them to take a similar
			posture. We are not out here to
			engage in battles; we are explorers.

					RIKER
			Captain, there is sufficient
			evidence. Outposts have been
			destroyed... Countless lives have
			been lost.

        STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/18/88 - ACT FOUR        48.

48A  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			I have a positive lock... It's
			disengaging its cloaking device.

					RIKER
			They are vulnerable for an instant
			as they become visible.

					WORF
			Captain, this may be our only
			chance.

	While they are all intent on the Main Viewer, the
	turbolift doors OPEN and Ralph STEPS ONTO the bridge.
	The size of the room and the near visible tension stops
	him momentarily in his tracks.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			I've lost them.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Are your sensors picking up
			anything? You should be
			detecting a disturbance.

					DATA
			Negative.

					GEORDI
			We wanted to know if they have
			improved their cloaking device
			-- I guess we have our answer.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			They were trying to determine
			our intent... They wanted to see
			if we would fire.

					RALPH
			Who the hell are they?

	Everyone turns.

					RIKER
			Get that man off the bridge...
			now.

	Security moves toward him.

        STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/18/88 - ACT FOUR        49.

48A  CONTINUED: (2)

					RALPH
			I'm not going anywhere.

					WORF
			Captain, they're back.

	Everyone is looking at Picard.

					PICARD
			On screen.

49
thru	OMITTED
51

51A  ANOTHER ANGLE FAVORING SCREEN

	as a disturbance becomes a Romulan cruiser.

	REACTIONS:

51B  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
	(FORMERLY SC. 50)

	in proximity to the Romulan cruiser.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/21/88 - ACT FIVE        50.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

52   EXT. SPACE - THE ROMULAN CRUISER (OPTICAL)

	as it closes in on the Enterprise.

53   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	It's as it was. Worf and a couple of other crewmembers
	move toward Ralph.

					RIKER
			Amazing. I never thought I would
			ever see a Romulan ship -- not this
			close.

					GEORDI
			The last encounter was decades
			ago and cost thousands of lives.

	A REACTION from Ralph.

					RALPH
				(awed)
			I can believe that.

	It's said so quietly, and the thought is so much on
	everyone's mind, that no one notices it was Ralph who
	said it.

					PICARD
			Stay calm, everyone.

					WORF
			Captain, these are Romulans -- they
			are without honor. They killed
			my parents in an attack on
			Khitomer at a time when they were
			supposed to be our allies. They
			believe humans and Klingons are
			a waste of skin, so inferior as
			to be unworthy of any
			consideration.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant, keep your emotions
			under control. Open hailing
			frequencies.

        STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/21/88 - ACT FIVE       50A.

53   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Hailing frequencies open.

					PICARD
			Romulan vessel, this is Captain
			Jean-Luc Picard of the USS
			Enterprise.

	There is no response.

        STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/21/88 - ACT FIVE        51.

53   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Sensors indicate all of their
			systems are armed.

					PICARD
			But they have not fired.

	Picard thinks for a beat.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Let's try them again.

					WORF
			Hailing frequencies are still
			open.

					PICARD
			Romulan vessel, this is Captain
			Jean-Luc Picard of the USS
			Enterprise.

	There is a pause.

54   MAIN VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL) (INTERCUT AS NECESSARY)

	Then the interior of the Romulan vessel COMES ON the
	viewscreen.

        STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/18/88 - ACT FIVE        52.

54   CONTINUED:

	There are TWO ROMULAN OFFICERS in the Control area.
	COMMANDER TEBOK (pronounced "TAY-bok") and
	SUB-COMMANDER THEI (pronounced "TIE").

					TEBOK
			I am Commander Tebok.

					PICARD
			You have crossed the Neutral Zone.
			This is Federation territory.

					THEI
			It was necessary.

					PICARD
			It could be viewed as an act of
			aggression.

					THEI
			If our intent was aggression,
			you would not now be here.

					TEBOK
			If we go to war, let us be sure
			it is for the right reason. We
			are here because our outposts,
			which border the Neutral Zone,
			were also attacked.

					THEI
			Destroyed in the exact same manner
			as your own.

					WORF
				(to Picard)
			What right did they have to enter
			Federation space?

					TEBOK
			Silence your dog, Captain.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Worf's question is
			valid.

					THEI
			Even to ask such a question
			implies that we need permission;
			we do not.

					PICARD
			Do you think we attacked your
			outposts?

        STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/21/88 - ACT FIVE        53.

54   CONTINUED: (2)

					TEBOK
				(with disdain)
			Once we realized the level of
			destruction, we knew it could not
			have been you.

					PICARD
			Who is responsible?

	There is a pause.

					RALPH
			They haven't a clue.

	Picard shoots Ralph a look.

					RALPH
				(continuing)
			They're hoping you know, but
			they're too arrogant to ask.

					RIKER
			You're out of line, Mister.

					PICARD
			Yes, but correct in his
			assessment.

					TEBOK
			We do not know who is
			responsible... Why entire
			outposts on both sides were
			carried off.

					PICARD
			I would like to offer a proposal.

					THEI
				(with a smile)
			An alliance? Between the
			Romulans and the Federation?

					PICARD
			Nothing so grandiose -- just this.
			Cooperation... whoever or whatever
			did this is more powerful than
			either of us.

        STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/21/88 - ACT FIVE       53A.

54   CONTINUED: (3)

	The two Romulans ponder for a moment.

					THEI
			Agreed.

        STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/21/88 - ACT FIVE        54.

54   CONTINUED: (4)

					THEI
			On this one issue, and only if
			it is convenient and something
			we consider appropriate at the
			time.

					TEBOK
			Captain Picard, because your
			actions are those of a thoughtful
			man who is neither rash nor easily
			provoked, I tell you this. More
			urgent matters have caused our
			absence, and witness the results.
			Outposts destroyed, evidence of
			the Federation everywhere. We
			have been negligent, but no more.

					PICARD
			We have made some progress in our
			relations... let's not ruin that
			with unnecessary posturing.

					TEBOK
			Your presence is not wanted. Do
			you understand my meaning? We
			are back!

	The Romulans study Picard for a beat; then -- without a
	signal or a sign, they CLICK OFF. The image on the
	Main Viewer is REPLACED with a SHOT of the Romulan
	cruiser.

					PICARD
			I think our lives just became a
			lot more complicated.

55   ANOTHER ANGLE

	as the members of the bridge crew breath a collective
	sigh of relief.

56   EXT. SPACE - THE ROMULAN CRUISER (OPTICAL)

	as it TURNS and LEAVES at high speed.

56A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as before. Picard turns slowly to Worf.

					PICARD
			Get him off my bridge.

        STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/21/88 - ACT FIVE       54A.

56B  INT. CLARE'S QUARTERS (FORMERLY SC. 58) (OPTICAL)

	Troi and Clare are there.

					TROI
			I have found something.

	Clare comes over to the computer next to Troi. On the
	screen is the biographical information of:

					TROI
				(continuing)
			I have been able to locate a
			family living outside of
			Indianapolis. The man's name is
			Thomas Raymond.

	Clare looks at the Screen.

					CLARE
			That's my son's name. My son's
			name is Tommy.

        STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/18/88 - ACT FIVE        55.

56B  CONTINUED: (2)

	The READOUT on the screen indicates that Thomas Raymond
	is married and has two children, ages four and seven.

					TROI
			Computer -- let us see Thomas
			Raymond.

	And the screen REPAINTS with a semi-line drawing of
	a man around thirty.

					CLARE
			Oh, my God... It's Donald...
			that's my husband.

					TROI
			Actually, it's your great, great,
			great, great, great grandson.

					CLARE
			He's the spitting image.

					TROI
			I have his address. When you get
			back to Earth, you could go and
			see him.

					CLARE
			But... I will still be out of
			time. A relic.

					TROI
			Perhaps. But it's a place to
			start. He is after all, family.

	Clare looks at the picture on the Screen.

					CLARE
			There's no denying that.

	For the first time since she was thawed, her attitude
	brightens.

57   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard and other members of the crew are with the
	"guests."

					PICARD
			Here is what I propose. You can't
			remain on the Enterprise. We have
			arranged to rendezvous with the
			USS Charleston, bound for Earth.
			You will be delivered there.

        STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/21/88 - ACT FIVE        56.

57   CONTINUED:

					RALPH
			And then what will happen to us?
			There's no trace of my money -- my
			office is gone -- what will I do?
			How will I live?

					PICARD
				(amused)
			This is the twenty-fourth century.
			Those material needs no longer
			exist.

					RALPH
			Then what's the challenge?

					PICARD
			To improve yourself... enrich
			yourself. Enjoy it, Mister Offenhouse.

					SONNY
			Well, one good thing -- since
			everybody's forgotten everything
			I ever did... it'll all be brand
			spankin' new. Hell, I'll be a
			bigger hit than I ever was.

					PICARD
			Perhaps so, anything is possible.

					SONNY
				(to Data)
			What say, son -- you'd make a hell
			of a sideman.

					DATA
			That offer does present a certain
			fascination.

58   OMITTED

59   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker EXIT from the turbolift.

					GEORDI
			I have plotted a course to
			intercept the Charleston, sir,
			but they have informed me that
			they will be making an extended
			stop at Arloff Nine.

        STAR TREK: "... Neutral... " - REV. 3/22/88 - ACT FIVE        57.

59   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Your point, Lieutenant?

					GEORDI
			At warp eight, we could have
			our guests at Starbase Thirty-Nine
			Sierra in five days. It
			would cut months off their
			journey.

					PICARD
			They will benefit from the
			extended time. It will allow
			them to acclimate before arriving
			at Earth.

					RIKER
			It's a pity we can't take them
			ourselves. Having them on board
			has been like a visit from the
			past.

					PICARD
			That would take us in the wrong
			direction. Our mission is to go
			forward and it has just begun.
			Set velocity at warp six, Mister
			La Forge.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir... warp six.

					PICARD
			There is still much to do... and
			still so much to learn.
				(pause)
			Mister La Forge... Engage.

60   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it heads off.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             











                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "The Child" 
                          #40272-127 
                              
                     Based on a Premise by 
                         Jaron Summers 
                              and 
                          Jon Povill 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Maurice Hurley 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rob Bowman 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1988 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.


                    3RD REV. FINAL DRAFT
  
                     SEPTEMBER 20, 1988

            STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "The Child" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             HESTER DEALT
                RIKER              
                DATA               
                PULASKI            Voice-Over
                TROI               REPULSE VOICE
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             
                GUINAN             
                CREWMEMBER         
                TRANSPORTER CHIEF  
                TEACHER (MISS GLADSTONE)
                IAN (BABY)         
                IAN (AGE THREE)    
                IAN (AGE EIGHT) 
   
                Non-Speaking       
                CREWMEMBERS        
                MEDICAL ASSISTANTS 
                SECURITY TEAM      
                GROUP OF KIDS    
  
                Voice-Over         
                SICKBAY VOICE      
                COMPUTER VOICE     

            STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "The Child" 
                              
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                    EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE               USS ENTERPRISE
              SHUTTLE BAY
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM DOOR  USS REPULSE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              CHIEF ENGINEER'S OFFICE    'AUCDET NINE
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              CORRIDOR
              ANOTHER CORRIDOR
              CREWMEMBERS' QUARTERS
              TROI'S QUARTERS
              CARGO DECK FIVE
              TEN-FORWARD
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              CARGO HOLD FIVE
              DOCTOR PULASKI'S OFFICE
              SICKBAY - MATERNITY
              CORRIDOR -
              ENTRANCE TO SICKBAY
              CORRIDOR -
              ENTRANCE TO TROI'S QUARTERS
              CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA
              TRANSPORTER ROOM THREE

    STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "The Child" 
                        
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

               'AUCDET NINE          O-det Nine
               GUINAN                GUY-nun
               RACHELIS              Ra-CHEL-is
               DELOVIAN SOUFFLE      Del-O-ve-an
               MAREUVIAN TEA         Ma-RU-ve-an
               THEASIAN TEA          Thee-A-see-an
               PROMETHEUS            Pro-ME-thee-us
               ALGORITHMS            AL-gor-i-thums
               HEURISTICS            Hur-ISS-tics
               VOILA                 Vwa-LA
               CYANOACRYLATES        Si-a-no-AK-re-lates

          STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - TEASER          1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "The Child"   
                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND THE USS REPULSE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise has rendezvoused with the other
	Federation ship near the spectacularly beautiful binary
	system -- Alvacorn Major.

1A   INT. ENTERPRISE - SHUTTLE BAY (OPTICAL)

	The shuttlecraft leaves the Enterprise for the USS
	Repulse.

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard is not on the bridge. RIKER has the command
	chair - DATA is at Science Station, WESLEY is at Conn
	-WORF is at Tactical. The other positions are filled
	by n.d. crewmembers. Riker watches the Main Viewer as
	the shuttlecraft closes with the Repulse.

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			Open hailing frequencies.

					WORF
			Hailing frequencies opened.

					RIKER
			Repulse, this is the Enterprise.
			We are getting underway.

					REPULSE VOICE
			Acknowledged, Enterprise.
			Transfer complete -- good luck on
			your mission.

					RIKER
			And to you.

					REPULSE VOICE
			Give my regards to your captain.
			Repulse out.

          STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - TEASER          2.

2    CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			The Shuttle Bay is secure.

					RIKER
			Thank you Mister Crusher. Make
			all preparations to get underway.

3    OMITTED

4    INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard is there with GEORDI. Geordi is showing Picard
	the plans for a device he is proposing to build.

					GEORDI
			We will construct this large
			enclosure on Cargo Deck Five.

	The door CHIME SOUNDS.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Riker enters and makes his report.

					RIKER
			The transfer is complete. Doctor
			Pulaski is being shown to her
			quarters. We are ready to get
			underway.

					PICARD
			Very good. Take a look at the
			containment module our new chief
			engineer has designed.

	Riker steps over.

					RIKER
			"Chief engineer," that has a nice
			ring to it.

					GEORDI
			It does to me.
				(then to business)
			Each will have total atmospheric
			control... temperature, radiation,
			light, humidity, plus electrical
			spectrums.

					RIKER
			And these are put into the large
			containment area?

          STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - TEASER          3.

4    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Yes, these modules will keep the
			specimens alive -- the large
			containment area will keep us
			alive. Now, I have to go and
			replicate this five hundred and
			twelve times. This will mean
			it will be necessary to divert
			power from the warp engines to
			the replicator.

					PICARD
			How long will we be on impulse
			power?

					GEORDI
			For a few hours, but it can't be
			helped.

	Picard nods.

					RIKER
			When we leave 'aucdet Nine - I'm
			going to want all the power you
			can slam into those warp engines.

					GEORDI
			You'll have it.

	Geordi exits.

					PICARD
			I will relieve you at zero three
			zero zero.

	Riker acknowledges and leaves.

5    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as Riker walks back onto the bridge.

					RIKER
			Take us out of orbit, Mister
			Crusher -- set course for 'aucdet
			Nine.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir. Course for 'aucdet Nine
			has been input.

          STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - TEASER          4.

5    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Maximum impulse velocity.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir.

					RIKER
			Engage.

6    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it makes a slow graceful turn.

7    EXT. SPACE - ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise starts as a dot in the distance -- quickly
	approaches at impulse speed and makes a close passby.
	After a beat, a heretofore unseen speck begins to glow,
	then moves -- chasing after the starship.

8    EXT. SPACE - ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as the glowing ENERGY closes on the Enterprise. It
	catches the ship and approaches from the rear -- going
	between the warp engines.

9    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Minimal crew. Data is at the Science Station studying
	the display screen.

					DATA
			Engineering -- this is Science One.
			I just observed what appeared to
			be a random energy transference.

10   INT. CHIEF ENGINEER'S OFFICE

	Geordi is working at the panel on the far wall.

					GEORDI
			Where?

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Aft. Outboard of the port
			nacelle.

          STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - TEASER          5.

10   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Hold on -- I'll check.

10A  INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi moves to the center console.

					GEORDI
			No -- I show nothing here, Data.

11   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data is not satisfied and continues running checks.

					RIKER
			Problem, Commander?

					DATA
			Possibly. An unexplained power
			fluctuation.

					RIKER
			Let me know if it reoccurs.

12   EXT. SPACE - CLOSE ON THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ball of light moves closer to the Enterprise. It
	slides along the skin of the ship; then, without damage
	to the hull, the ball goes inside.

13   INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	The corridor is empty. If there were nighttime in
	space, this would be it. The ship is quiet. The
	little glow of energy emerges. It pauses as though
	getting its bearings, then cautiously moves off.

14   INT. CORRIDOR - ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	We FOLLOW the glow as it continues along. The
	turbolift doors open and TWO CREWMEMBERS exit. The
	glow blends into the corridor wall and neither
	crewmember sees it. The glow falls in behind them as
	they pass.

          STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - TEASER          6.

15   INT. CORRIDOR - ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	At an intersection the crewmembers turn left. The
	energy again pauses, then continues straight ahead
	resuming its journey - or is it a search? The energy
	exits up through the overhead.

15A  OMITTED

16   INT. CREWMEMBERS' QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	The energy enters. It pauses over the sleeping form of
	one of the male crewmembers... then moves away.

17   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	The energy enters the room, passing effortlessly
	through the closed door. It pauses -- again getting its
	bearings. It has a definite sense of purpose as it
	moves slowly toward the sleeping form on the far side
	of the room.

18   ANOTHER ANGLE - THE BED (OPTICAL)

	We recognize COUNSELOR DEANNA TROI. The energy pauses
	by her head, then LEAVES THE FRAME as it moves down her
	body. We HOLD on Troi's face. After a beat she turns
	-- the restless movements of a tortured dream... sweat
	beads up on her forehead, SUDDENLY she wakes. For a
	moment she does not move -- then she looks around the
	room for the "person" (lover) she knows must be there.
	There is no one. The room is empty. But she knows
	that someone or something has been there and that she
	will never be the same again.

	Off her look of concern... and fear... we:

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT ONE         7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

19   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it continues along at impulse speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 42073.1.
			There has been an outbreak of a
			yet unclassified Plasma Plague
			in the densely populated Rachelis
			system. We are on an emergency
			run to a Federation Research
			station on 'aucdet Nine, where
			specimens of Plasma Plague are
			kept. We will then transport that
			deadly cargo to Science Station
			Tango Sierra, where hopefully an
			antidote can be manufactured.
			Every hour we delay, thousands
			die.

20   OMITTED

20A  INT. CARGO DECK FIVE

	In the center of the huge cargo bay, a crewmember is
	assembling a very large containment area which will
	hold the five hundred and twelve modules.

					GEORDI
			How's it going?

					CREWMEMBER
			Finished, just waiting to insert
			the modules.

21   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard comes out of his Ready Room:

					PICARD
			Number One.

					RIKER
			Lieutenant La Forge says we will
			be able to engage the warp drive
			within the hour.

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT ONE         8.

21   CONTINUED:

	Picard nods an acknowledgement as he takes his seat.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, when we receive a
			complete list of all the specimens
			we will be carrying, I want you
			and Doctor Pulaski to go through
			it... by the way. Where is our
			new doctor? Has she reported in?

					RIKER
			Not yet.

	Picard is obviously irritated by the breach in
	procedure.

					PICARD
			Sickbay, this is the captain.

					SICKBAY VOICE
			Sickbay, aye.

					PICARD
			Is Doctor Pulaski there?

					SICKBAY VOICE
				(slight hesitation)
			Ah... no, Sir. The doctor is in
			Ten-Forward.

					PICARD
			What?!
				(surprised, then
				 annoyed)
			A few hours on board and she's
			already found Ten-Forward.

	Riker starts to rise.

					RIKER
			I'll go and get her.

					PICARD
			No, Number One. I'll go.

	Picard rises and strides toward the turbolift.

					WORF
			Not the best way to meet your new
			captain.

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT ONE         9.

22   INT. CORRIDOR

	As Picard exits the turbolift, he encounters Wesley.

					WESLEY
			Hello, Captain.

					PICARD
				(a greeting)
			Ensign Crusher.

	Picard continues to stride purposefully down the
	corridor with Wesley a few steps behind trying to keep
	up.

					PICARD
			I'm sorry this mission will delay
			your reunion with your mother.

					WESLEY
			It's all right. I can use the
			time to finish some projects.

					PICARD
				(dismissive)
			We shouldn't be more than a week
			or so.

	Wesley wants to continue the conversation.

					WESLEY
			It is going to be hard to leave
			the Enterprise...

					PICARD
			Mixed feelings for all of us.

	Picard glances back and sees the look of sadness in the
	young man's eyes.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			It's always difficult leaving any
			ship, as it was for your mother
			when she left to become head of
			Starfleet Medical. But going
			from one assignment to another
			is part of the life which you are
			choosing.

					WESLEY
			Yes, but this isn't "any" ship.

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT ONE         10.

22   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Truly.

	Wesley stops and watches Picard continue to
	Ten-Forward. The sadness remains in the young man's
	eyes.

23   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	As Picard enters he crosses with a CREWMEMBER. The
	crewmember's reaction tells us very clearly that Picard
	is not a frequent visitor to Ten-Forward. We FOLLOW
	Picard as he walks over to the BARTENDER. This is the
	first time we get to see this wonderful room.

24   ANOTHER ANGLE - PICARD AT BAR

	GUINAN is behind the bar.

					PICARD
				(greets her)
			Guinan.

	She nods a greeting.

					GUINAN
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Where's Doctor Pulaski?

	With a hand motion, Guinan indicates a table.

25   ANOTHER ANGLE

	as Picard approaches one of the tables. We can see
	that DOCTOR KATHERINE PULASKI is talking with someone,
	but we cannot see with whom. Picard strides
	purposefully up. Clearly his ire is up.

					PICARD
			Doctor Katherine Pulaski?

	Pulaski looks up.

					PULASKI
			Ah... you must be Captain
			Picard...

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT ONE         11.

25   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Doctor -- protocol on your last
			assignment might have been lax,
			but here on the Enterprise...

					PULASKI
				(she abruptly cuts him
				 off)
			Sit down, Captain. You better
			listen to this.

26   ANOTHER ANGLE - TABLE

	We now see that the doctor is with Troi. Picard and
	Troi exchange looks. Picard senses trouble and moves
	a step closer.

27   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Data, and Worf have assembled. Picard enters
	with Doctor Pulaski and Troi. As he walks briskly
	toward his seat.

					PICARD
				(he touches his
				 communicator)
			Lieutenant La Forge, status
			report.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			The containment area is completed,
			the last of the modules are being
			inserted.

					PICARD
			Take us to warp six as soon as
			possible.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged.

	Picard takes his seat and moves on to other -- equally
	urgent business.

					PICARD
			This is Doctor Katherine Pulaski.
			We will handle the formal
			introduction later.

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT ONE         12.

27   CONTINUED:

	The SUBTLE APPRAISALS, the doctor of the crew and the
	crew of the new doctor, are cut short as Picard takes
	his seat and announces.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Counselor Deanna Troi is
			pregnant.

	The reactions of the crew. During what follows we
	will INTERCUT the reactions of everyone. These will
	change as each new piece of information is revealed.
	Data, almost in awe. Life, any life, is amazing to
	him. Riker glances over at Troi and thinks however
	briefly of what might have been. Worf -- suspicious,
	distrustful.

					RIKER
			A baby!

	Worf is noncommittal, Data curious. Riker surprised,
	and the question is clearly on his mind (whose baby?).

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			This is a surprise.

					TROI
			More so for me.

	Before Riker can react to that statement, Pulaski takes
	control of the meeting.

					PULASKI
			This pregnancy is unlike anything
			I have ever encountered. Since
			she came to me a few hours ago,
			I have made two complete
			examinations of Counselor Troi.

	She activates the wall viewer on which appears the
	sonic representation of a healthy, humanoid fetus.

					PULASKI
				(continuing)
			This is from the first
			examination. The fetus is about
			halfway through the first
			trimester -- about six weeks old.
			Understand, we...
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT ONE         13.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

					PULASKI (Cont'd)
				(indicating herself and
				 Troi)
			... believe conception occurred
			about eleven hours ago.

					RIKER
			What?

					PULASKI
			It gets better.

	The screen changes.

					PULASKI
				(continuing)
			The second exam, an hour later
			was consistent, except for the
			fact that the fetus "appeared"
			to be several weeks older.

	She steps away from the screen.

					PULASKI
				(continuing)
			At this growth rate, Counselor
			Troi will have her baby within
			the next thirty-six hours. The
			normal gestation for a Betazoid
			is ten months.

	For a beat, the group is in stunned silence.

					RIKER
			I do not mean to be indelicate,
			but...
				(pause)
			... who's the father?

					TROI
			Last night, while I slept...
			something... which I can only
			describe it as a presence, entered
			my body.

	Troi turns and looks at the image of the fetus.

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT ONE         14.

27   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			A life-form of unknown origin
			and intent is breeding right now
			inside Counselor Troi. Our
			purpose here is to determine what
			is to be done about this very
			"unusual" situation. Discussion.

					RIKER
			Let me get this straight -- Deanna
			was impregnated by... by what?
				(to Pulaski)
			Doctor, what do your tests show?
			Is it a humanoid? An alien?

	She stands, goes to the display screen and activates
	it.

					PULASKI
			It's a male human... or in this
			case half-human -- half-Betazoid.

					RIKER
			Exactly the same as Deanna!

					PULASKI
			In every way. There is no
			indication from any of my tests
			of any other genetic patterns
			except hers.

28   TROI

	We HOLD on Troi as she continues to watch the child
	moving inside her. The discussion fades from her
	consciousness.

					RIKER
			I don't think this is a random
			occurrence. There is a purpose
			here -- a reason. What, I don't
			know.

					WORF
			Captain, obviously the pregnancy
			must be terminated.

					RIKER
			Why?

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT ONE         15.

28   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			For the safety of the ship and
			crew.

	Troi stares at the moving fetus on the viewscreen.
	Seeing it, alive, helpless, touches other emotions.
	However it was conceived, it is hers. She does not
	completely lose her uncertainty and apprehension, but
	other, stronger instincts begin to emerge.

					RIKER
			Worf, you can't assume its intent
			is belligerent.

					WORF
			That is my safest assumption.

					DATA
			Captain, this is a life-form.
			Not to allow it to develop
			naturally would deny us the
			opportunity to study it.

					WORF
			If the fetus is aborted,
			laboratory analysis is still
			possible.

					RIKER
			Is there any health risk to
			Counselor Troi if the fetus is
			aborted?

					PULASKI
			Medically, no.

					PICARD
			Doctor, is that your
			recommendation?

	As the words swirl around her, she knows in her
	Betazoid heart that the child must be born, and she
	makes her decision. Troi gets everyone's attention.

					TROI
			Captain, do whatever you feel is
			necessary to protect the ship and
			the crew... but know this. I am
			going to have this baby.

	Everyone reacts, then:

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT ONE         16.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I believe that ends the
			discussion.

29   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT TWO         17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

30   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	coming out of warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. We
			have finally arrived at 'aucdet
			Nine. We will pick up the
			specimens of Plasma Plague and
			transport them to Rachelis.

30A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	approaching 'aucdet Nine.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			It is only because so many lives
			are at stake that I am willing
			to put this ship and crew at such
			great risk.

31   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard is in his command seat, Riker beside him. Data
	is at Ops and Wesley has the Conn. Troi enters from
	the aft turbolift. She is FIVE months pregnant. The
	crew can't help watching as she crosses and takes her
	place next to Picard.

					PICARD
			How are you feeling?

					TROI
			I should be feeling uncomfortable
			with all the changes in my
			body... but, I'm not. I feel
			fine -- better than fine.
			Wonderful.

	There is a look of concern in his eyes - not only for
	his counselor, but because he still isn't sure what is
	going to be born onto his ship.

					RIKER
			Standard orbit.


         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT TWO         18.

31   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Standard orbit, aye.

					PICARD
			Open hailing frequencies.

					WORF
			Hailing frequencies open.

					PICARD
			'Aucdet Nine, this is Captain
			Jean-Luc Picard of the USS
			Enterprise.

	There is a pause, then the viewscreen comes alive.
	A MAN APPEARS. He's dressed in a disposable lab coat
	and wearing a twenty-fourth century medical mask pushed up on
	the top of his head. His name is LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
	HESTER DEALT. INTERCUT VIEWSCREEN WHERE NECESSARY.

					HESTER
			Ah... yes... Enterprise you're
			here at last. Good.

					PICARD
			Excuse me, to whom am I speaking?

					HESTER
			Oh... I'm Lieutenant Commander
			Hester Dealt. The medical trustee
			of the Federation Medical
			Collection Station.

					PICARD
			Are the specimens ready for
			transfer?

					HESTER
			Yes, but with your permission I
			would like to inspect the
			containment area before we
			proceed. It is not that I doubt
			the ability of your crew; we just
			cannot afford a mistake.

					PICARD
			I appreciate your caution -- in
			the same vein, I need a complete,
			detailed manifest of everything
			which you intend to bring on board
			my ship.

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT TWO         19.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

					HESTER
			I will allow access to the
			computer banks.

	The screen returns to a view of 'aucdet Nine.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Download the inventory and go
			through it with Doctor Pulaski.
				(to Riker)
			Number One, arrange to have Hester
			Dealt transported up.

					TROI
			Captain, I'm suddenly feeling a
			little tired. I'll be in my
			quarters if you need me.

	Picard nods. Troi gets slowly up and walks to the
	turbolift. Picard watches her leave. In the b.g. Worf
	also watches. He is still very uneasy.

32   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	She steps up to her sink. She touches her face with a
	wet cloth as she studies her image in the mirror. The
	emotional strain of this event is etched on her
	features. She looks down at her swollen body....

					TROI
			It won't be long now. Soon
			you'll arrive and so many
			questions will be answered.

	The thought makes her smile.

33   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around 'aucdet Nine.

34   INT. CARGO HOLD FIVE

	Hester Dealt continues his inspection on the
	containment area, which is a very large rectangular
	object suspended off the floor of the Cargo Deck. It
	has a very sophisticated monitoring system for the
	hundreds of compartments within.

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT TWO         20.

34   CONTINUED:

					HESTER
			This is very good. Exactly what's
			needed.

					GEORDI
			I just followed your instructions.

					HESTER
			Good. Exactly what I wanted.

	Hester moves around the containment area -- over -- under
	-- up -- down -- inspecting it from every possible angle.

					HESTER
				(continuing)
			Five hundred and twelve
			compartments. Individually
			controlled. Very good.
			Independent of one another.
			Perfect. Ah, they can be
			monitored from here. And,
			isolation is assured. Very, very
			good.

					GEORDI
			I wanted to be sure they wouldn't
			get out.

					HESTER
			Good, Lieutenant. Very good
			indeed.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			How's it coming, Mister La Forge?

					HESTER
			It will be just a little while
			longer. I want to go over it
			again in more detail.

					GEORDI
			It will be another couple of
			hours, Commander.

					HESTER
			You do understand, it's critical
			that we have zero growth.

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT TWO         21.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
				(then to Hester Dealt)
			Oh, yes. I understand. So, you
			go over it as many times as you
			want.

34A  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around 'aucdet Nine.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			It's been fourteen hours since
			we arrived at 'aucdet Nine.
			Hester Dealt is making final
			selections of the specimens we
			will carry. Meanwhile, we
			continue to receive desperate
			pleas from the Rachelis System.

35   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data is finishing up something at Science One.

					DATA
			Captain, the final manifest has
			been received.

					PICARD
			At last. Review it with Doctor
			Pulaski. I want both of you to
			be completely familiar with it.

					DATA
			Aye sir.

	Data leaves Science One and crosses to the turbolift.

36   INT. CORRIDOR

	The turbolift doors open and Data steps into the
	corridor. As he turns toward Sickbay he sees Troi,
	walking with some difficulty. He quickly goes to her
	aid.

					TROI
			Data -- help me get to Sickbay.

	He offers his arm for support and together they
	continue along.

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT TWO         22.

37   INT. DOCTOR PULASKI'S OFFICE

	The Doctor looks up as someone enters.

38   ANOTHER ANGLE

	It's Troi and Data.

					TROI
			It's time.

					PULASKI
			Oh, you bet it is. Let's get you
			into Sickbay.

	As she helps Troi through Sickbay, Data touches his
	communicator.

					DATA
			Worf -- assemble your security team
			in Sickbay.

					PULASKI
			Is that necessary?

					DATA
			Yes -- captain's orders.

	He then follows them into Sickbay.

					PULASKI
				(to Troi)
			Strange to need armed guards in
			the delivery room.

					TROI
			Yes, and strange to think my child
			is the cause.

					PULASKI
			Before you referred to it as "the
			child," now it's become your
			child.

					TROI
			Yes, whatever his beginnings,
			that's what he's become.

	They exit Sickbay.

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT TWO         23.

39   INT. SICKBAY - MATERNITY

	They enter and Pulaski leads Troi to the bed. Her
	MEDICAL ASSISTANTS move to prepare for the delivery.
	Data comes up behind them.

					PULASKI
			How frequent are your
			contractions?

					TROI
			Very close together.

					PULASKI
			In all my other deliveries -- with
			a couple of exceptions -- the
			father was present.

					TROI
			Difficult under the circumstances.

					PULASKI
			It's unfortunate you have to go
			through this alone. It helps to
			have someone with you.

					DATA
			Perhaps I could serve in that
			capacity. I can quickly review
			the procedures I will be required
			to execute.

					PULASKI
			Troi is going to need the comfort
			of a "human" touch... Not the cold
			hand of technology.

	Data reaction.

					TROI
			Doctor. I think Commander Data
			will do nicely.

	A look from the doctor to Troi and back to Data.

					PULASKI
			Your choice.

40   ANOTHER ANGLE

	as the doctor and her assistants prepare Sickbay and
	Troi for the delivery.

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT TWO         24.

40   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			There is nothing specific you have
			to do, Data, you just have to be
			with me.

					PULASKI
			There is nothing to be nervous
			about.

					DATA
			This is very interesting to me.
			Although I understand in technical
			terms how life is formed, there
			is still a part of the process
			which eludes my understanding.
			I began my existence as an adult.
			I have no memory -- no cognizance
			of conception, birth, childhood,
			so to be allowed to witness this
			event is...

	Troi grabs his hand.

					TROI
			It's happening.

					DATA
				(alarmed)
			Doctor!

	Pulaski steps over.

					PULASKI
			This is an impatient baby. He's
			eager to make his appearance.

	She picks up her hypospray.

					PULASKI
				(continuing)
			I'll give you something for the
			pain. It won't in any way
			diminish the experience.

					TROI
			I have felt no pain.

					PULASKI
			None?

					TROI
			No... none at all.

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT TWO         25.

40A  INT. CORRIDOR - ENTRANCE TO SICKBAY

	Worf and SECURITY TEAM arrive.

41   ANOTHER ANGLE - SICKBAY

	They now have Troi in position in the birthing chair.
	Worf and the security team enter and take up their
	positions as Pulaski and her Assistant prepare for the
	delivery.

					PULASKI
			Have your security team stand over
			there. I understand the need to
			have you here, but keep out from
			under foot.

42   AND NOW THE BIRTH (INTERCUT THE PIECES OF THE
	EVENT)

	This is more than just the wondrous act of life. It
	has as well the added tension of Worf and his security
	team. Data, and his first close encounter with
	creation of the thing he understands least -- life. As
	this sequence begins, Riker appears in the background.
	He stands to the side -- out of the way, but there in
	case his friend, Deanna Troi, needs him.

	WE WILL LAY THIS OUT, BASED ON HOW A CHILD IS
	BORN ON THE TWENTY-FOURTH CENTURY ENTERPRISE.

	And the CHILD comes out -- Worf edges closer -- the
	doctor takes it to one side. Ties the cord, cleans
	it, and brings it back to Troi. This is an effortless
	birth -- no pain -- no strain.

					PULASKI
			Are easy births the norm for
			Betazoids?

					TROI
			Not according to my mother.

					PULASKI
				(as she hands it to
				 Troi)
			It's a boy. A normal, healthy,
			six pound, three ounce baby boy.

	Then to Worf.

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT TWO         26.

42   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
				(continuing; without
				 any edge)
			You can come the rest of the way
			in now.

	Worf enters and approaches the baby as he would a
	deadly snake.

43   ANOTHER ANGLE

	as Worf and the newborn exchange looks.

					PULASKI
			No threat here, Lieutenant, you
			and your men can relax... it's
			just a baby.

	Worf reacts.

44   TROI

	as she holds the baby. Data leans in to see the child.

					DATA
			It was remarkable. Thank you for
			allowing me to participate.

					PULASKI
			Do you have a name?

					TROI
			Ian Andrew, after my father.

					PULASKI
				(she touches her
				 communicator)
			Captain.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard here.

					PULASKI
			Counselor Troi is the mother of
			a very healthy baby boy. Mother
			and child are both doing well.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Counselor, my best wishes to you
			and your son.

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT TWO         27.

44   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Thank you, sir.

	Riker now steps forward to pay his respects. He leans
	down and kisses her on the forehead.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Have you been here all along?

					RIKER
			Yes.
				(then just for her)
			He's beautiful, Deanna... just
			like his mother.
				(to Worf)
			I don't think you are going to
			be needed here, Lieutenant.

	Worf nods an acknowledgement and leads his security
	team off. Riker and Troi exchange looks and he too
	exits.

					PULASKI
			How do you feel?

					TROI
			Fine. Absolutely wonderful and
			thank you, Doctor... for
			everything.

					PULASKI
				(as she does a scan of
				 Troi and the baby, her
				 face registers
				 surprise)
			Amazing.

45   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around 'aucdet Nine.

46   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The turbolift opens and for the first time Pulaski
	steps onto the bridge.

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT TWO         28.

46   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Welcome to the bridge, Doctor.
			How's Counselor Troi? Did she
			have a good night?

					PULASKI
			I have delivered dozens of babies.
			But none like this. There was
			no pain, no trauma. It was
			effortless for both of them.

					PICARD
			I'm not sure of your point.

					PULASKI
			She had the baby yesterday. If
			I were to examine her now, I would
			not be able to tell that she just
			had a baby, or ever had a baby.
			It's as though the incident never
			happened.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			How long before we are ready to
			begin the transfer?

					DATA
			Two hours, nineteen minutes.

					PICARD
				(he stands)
			You have the Conn, Number One.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Doctor, you would accompany me,
			please. I think it's time I paid
			my respects.

47   INT. CORRIDOR - ENTRANCE TO TROI'S QUARTERS

	Picard and Pulaski approach the doorway. The CHIME
	SOUNDS. From inside Troi says:

					TROI
			Come in.

	The doors open and they enter.

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT TWO         29.

48   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	Troi's back is to him. She is doing something with her
	child.

					PICARD
			I wanted to come by and see how
			you were and have a look at
			your...

	At this moment the CHILD looks out from around Troi.
	It is already THREE YEARS OLD!

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			... baby! My goodness.

	The Doctor takes out her medical recorder and does a
	quick body scan of the child.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			How old is he?

					PULASKI
			In actuality a day.

					PICARD
			Yes, but...

					PULASKI
			... In appearance, almost four
			earth years old.

					TROI
			Ian, say hello to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			You mean he can talk?

	The boy answers.

					IAN
			Hello.

	Picard is stunned.

					PICARD
			Hello, Ian.

	Picard moves closer.

					IAN
			Don't worry. Everything is fine.

         STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT TWO         30.

48   CONTINUED:

	Off their reactions we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

        STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT THREE        31.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

49   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in a parking orbit near 'aucdet Nine.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. We
			are faced with two major problems:
			Troi's child and the deadly cargo
			we are about to load, which is
			so desperately needed in the
			Rachelis system. In the hours
			since his birth, Troi's baby has
			continued to age and now appears,
			physically and mentally, to be
			a child of eight. And still there
			is no indication as to who he is,
			or why he is here.

50   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and everyone else in place.

					RIKER
			Sickbay, this is the bridge. We
			are ready to begin loading.

					PULASKI'S COM VOICE
			We need a little more time. It's
			taking longer than we anticipated.

51   INT. DOCTOR PULASKI'S OFFICE (OPTICAL)

	She is at her desk-top computer terminal as Data
	enters.

					PULASKI
			Data,
				(she says "Data" with
				 a short A)
			look at this.

					DATA
				(he corrects her)
			Data.

        STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT THREE        32.

51   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			What?

					DATA
			My name. It is pronounced Data.

					PULASKI
				(with a wry smile)
			Oh?

					DATA
			You called me Data.

					PULASKI
			What's the difference?

					DATA
			One is my name and the other is
			not.

					PULASKI
			Is this possible?

	Data is puzzled by the apparent non sequitur. Pulaski
	stands, picks up her medical recorder, steps over to
	Data and begins a body scan.

					PULASKI
				(continuing)
			In all of your neural nets,
			algorithms, and heuristics, is
			there some combination which makes
			up a circuit for bruised feelings?

	Data looks confused.

					PULASKI
				(continuing)
			Apparently so, because I think
			I just offended your tender
			sensibilities.

	She looks at the puzzled Data.

					PULASKI
				(continuing)
			Possible?

	Then with an amused look, gets back to business.

        STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT THREE        33.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

					PULASKI
				(continuing; indicating
				 the CRT)
			I am unfamiliar with these
			symbols.

	Data steps around and examines the screen.

					DATA
			It indicates a genetically
			engineered biological life-form.

					PULASKI
			About twenty percent of the
			specimens fall into that category.
				(to herself)
			Some eager beaver at play.

					DATA
			Query... "eager beaver?"

					PULASKI
			In this case, 'eager beaver'
			refers to some overachieving
			genetic engineer, who probably
			for lack of something better to
			do forced this strain of virus
			to mutate, just to see how bad,
			bad can get.
				(touches her
				 communicator)
			Captain Picard.

	INTERCUT WITH MAIN BRIDGE AS NEEDED.

					PICARD
			Picard here.

					PULASKI
			Just so you fully appreciate the
			risks we are about to take...

					PICARD
			Enlighten me.

					PULASKI
			If the most innocuous specimen
			on the manifest list gets loose,
			it will destroy all life on the
			Enterprise in a matter of hours.

        STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT THREE        34.

51   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			I understand, Doctor. Do you have
			a recommendation?

					PULASKI
			Considering how desperately this
			is needed, no I don't. Just want
			you to know what we're carrying.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Doctor. Commander
			Data, if you have completed your
			review, you are needed in
			Transporter Room Three.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.
				(to Pulaski)
			Excuse me, Doctor.

					PULASKI
			That's okay...
				(with long A, then short
				 A)
			Data, Data... whatever.

	He gives the doctor a look. Doctor Pulaski returns to
	her viewscreen.

52   INT. CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA (OPTICAL)

	Troi is standing by the door with the TEACHER (MISS
	GLADSTONE). They are watching a GROUP OF KIDS playing
	with a half a dozen puppies. Sitting right in the
	middle of everything and playing with abandon is IAN,
	WHO IS NOW ALMOST EIGHT. Troi is enthralled by the
	actions of her "son."

					TROI
			Ian!

	The boy looks up and smiles when he sees his mother.
	Then he notices a LITTLE GIRL next to him. Ian takes
	his hands off the puppy, and puts them (without any
	sense of threat, just curiosity) on the girl's hair.

					MISS GLADSTONE
			He's a very tactile child. He
			wants to touch and feel
			everything.

        STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT THREE        35.

52   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Come on, sweetheart, time to go.

	Ian scrambles to his feet and trots over to his mother
	and gives her a big hug.

					MISS GLADSTONE
			Unbelievable -- I think he's
			actually grown since you dropped
			him off.

					IAN
			I like it here, Mommy.

					TROI
			I thought you would. Thank Miss
			Gladstone for having you, and
			let's go get you something to eat.

					IAN
				(to the teacher)
			Thank you.

	Ian then turns and waves to the other kids who are
	still involved with the puppies.

					IAN
				(continuing)
			Bye...

	Some of the other children wave -- most are too involved
	in what they are doing to notice.

					TROI
				(also to the teacher)
			Thank you.

	Miss Gladstone nods an acknowledgement, then watches
	them leave. Her eyes reflect the amazement she feels
	about Troi's unusual child.

53   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM THREE

	Data arrives.

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF
			The transporter is not making a
			positive lock.

        STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT THREE        36.

53   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The built-in inhibitor is
			restricting onloading of
			life-forms known to be hazardous
			to the occupants of this ship.
			Have you attempted override?

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF
			I don't have the authority.

	Data steps in behind the console.

					DATA
			Computer, recognize -- Lieutenant
			Commander N-F-N, N-M-I, Data.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Authorization accepted.

					DATA
			Initiate override protocol.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Override protocol is not
			recommended in this situation.

					DATA
			Acknowledged. On my authority
			-- begin override.

	There is a pause.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Sequence complete.

	The TRANSPORTER CHIEF inputs the coordinates.

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF
			Cargo Deck Five. We will commence
			transport on your command.

54   INT. CARGO DECK FIVE

	Riker, Geordi and a couple of crewmembers are by the
	containment grid. Geordi does a final visual survey of
	the area.

					GEORDI
			Transporter Three -- we are ready
			to receive.

        STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT THREE        37.

55   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM THREE

	as Data watches the Transporter Chief manipulate the
	controls.

56   INT. CARGO DECK FIVE (OPTICAL)

	Riker and Geordi watch as the deadly little ampules are
	BEAMED into position. Next to Geordi is a CRT which
	reads out the contents of the little containers.

					GEORDI
				(to Data)
			Data, the first batch is in place.
			Ready for the next.

					RIKER
			Inform me when loading is complete
			and the cargo secure.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

	Riker exits the Cargo Deck as the second batch of
	specimens appears within the containment grid.

57   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM THREE

	The Transporter Chief sets in the coordinates and beams
	up the next load.

58   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	Troi and eight-year-old Ian are there. The doors open.
	Picard and Pulaski enter.

					PULASKI
			I wanted to stop by and see how
			Ian was doing.

					TROI
			We're doing fine. I was just
			going to give Ian his supper.

					IAN
				(to Picard)
			Do you want your supper now, too?

					PICARD
			No, Ian, but thank you for the
			invitation.

        STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT THREE        38.

58   CONTINUED:

					IAN
			You're welcome.

	A spoon which Ian is playing with more than using,
	slips out of his hand and falls on the floor. Picard
	retrieves it.

					IAN
				(continuing)
			Have you ever played with puppies?

	Picard looks to Troi for an explanation. Troi smiles.

					TROI
			They had a litter today in the
			nursery.

					PICARD
			No, I have never played with
			puppies.

					IAN
			You'd like it. You should go
			to the nursery while the puppies
			are still there.

					PICARD.
			Perhaps later.

	Troi puts the boy's supper down in front of him. It
	includes some hot steaming soup. Picard and Pulaski
	watch as Ian examines his food. He tries to touch the
	steam coming off the soup, then feels the wetness on
	his little fingers. Everything connected with his
	physical senses fascinates the child. He sticks his
	hand into the hot soup and holds it there for a beat:

					IAN
				(pulling it out)
			Ouch...

	He looks at his scalded fingers. Tears well up in his
	eyes and like any other child his age; he runs to his
	mother.

					IAN
				(continuing)
			Ow... Mommy... ow...

	Troi gathers the boy into her arms as the doctor steps
	over.

        STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT THREE        39.

58   CONTINUED: (2)

					PULASKI
			Let me look at that.

	Ian holds out the fingers and watches with great
	interest as Pulaski uses one of the instruments from
	the pocket of her smock to medicate the fingers.

					PULASKI
				(continuing)
			It's not serious.

	Ian studies his fingers as he realizes the pain is
	gone. Then he touches his cheek and feels the tears.

					IAN
			My face is wet.

	Troi gently dries his tears with the tips of her
	fingers, then lovingly strokes his hair.

					TROI
			Is it better now, sweetheart?

	The boy nods and cuddles in against his mother.

					PULASKI
			He allowed himself to be burned.

					PICARD
			Yes, for the experience.

					PULASKI
			Who is he? Why is he here? What
			does he want?

59   PICARD

	He watches the child intently.

					PICARD
			Ian, could you tell us why you
			are here?

					IAN
			Because Mommy said it was time
			to eat.

	Reactions from Troi and the doctor.

        STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT THREE        40.

59   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			No, I mean... why you are here
			on this ship?

					IAN
			I live here.

					TROI
			Ian, the captain wants to know
			if you are ready to tell us why
			you came here.

					IAN
			No. Not yet.

	Ian picks up the glass, which unlike the soup, this is
	cold.

					TROI
			The answer is within him. When
			his cognitive powers develop
			sufficiently, he will be able to
			articulate it.

					PICARD
			I hope he will tell us soon.

	He takes some of the liquid into his mouth... rolls
	it around, swallows some, and lets the rest run down
	his chin. Picard watches as Ian pours some of the
	liquid onto his leg just to know how it feels, then
	he turns and walks toward the exit.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Captain to the bridge.

					PICARD
			I'm on my way, Number One.
				(to Troi)
			Keep me apprised of his progress,
			Counselor.

	Pulaski stays behind with Troi and her baby.

					IAN
				(too late for Picard
				 to respond)
			Bye...

        STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT THREE        41.

60   OMITTED

61   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard steps off the turbolift to the bridge. Riker is
	beside him. Data is at Ops -- Worf at the Tactical
	Station. The other positions are filled with n.d.
	crewmembers.

					RIKER
			The cargo has been loaded and is
			secure.

					PICARD
			Take us out of orbit, Number One
			-- then set a course for Rachelis
			-- warp nine.

62
thru	OMITTED
63

64   EXT. TEN-FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	Wesley steps up to the window, still carrying the
	weight of his decision. Guinan watches him cross the
	room and stand in front of the large center window.

65   GUINAN AND WESLEY (OPTICAL)

	She comes up beside him.

					GUINAN
			Can I get you something?

					WESLEY
			No. I just wanted to stand here.

					GUINAN
			I don't blame you -- it's
			beautiful.

					WESLEY
			Yes.

					GUINAN
			How about some nice Mareuvian Tea?

					WESLEY
			No. Nothing thank you.

        STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT THREE        42.

65   CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			You're going to be leaving soon.

					WESLEY
			Yes.

	They both watch as the Enterprise leaves orbit. The
	planet 'aucdet Nine slips away. As Wesley watches the
	ship maneuver into position, Guinan watches him.

					GUINAN
			What do you see when you look out
			there?

					WESLEY
			Over there is the Lorenze cluster,
			and there Arneb and there Epsilon
			Indi.

					GUINAN
			No, I don't mean that. I mean
			when you look there don't you see
			your future?

	Wesley gives her a little sideways look.

					WESLEY
			It will still be there.

					GUINAN
			How about a cup of nectar direct
			from Prometheus?

					WESLEY
			No -- nothing. That's the third
			time you've asked me.

					GUINAN
			It's what I'm expected to do.
			Don't you always do what's
			expected?

					WESLEY
			I try to.

					GUINAN
			Even if it's not what you really
			want?

        STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT THREE        43.

65   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			Sometimes. Sometimes you have
			to consider others more than
			yourself.

					GUINAN
			That's true. But sometimes the
			game is to know when to consider
			yourself more than others and to
			give yourself permission to be...
			selfish.

	He looks at her. Then -- before he can answer, the
	Enterprise leaps to warp speed. The star field becomes
	a spectacular display. We PLAY THE REACTIONS of Guinan
	and Wesley.

66   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moves along at warp speed.

67   INT. CARGO DECK FIVE (OPTICAL)

	A concerned Hester Dealt is scanning the containment
	grid with his very sophisticated monitoring equipment.

					HESTER
				(real concern)
			Something's wrong.

	Geordi approaches Hester Dealt.

					GEORDI
			What is it?

					HESTER
			Growth.

					GEORDI
			Where?

					HESTER
			L-seven-three.

	Geordi steps over to the side of the containment area,
	and activates a CRT screen. The screen has a display
	of the 512 modules inside. Each has a series of
	indicators, ONE ON THE FAR SIDE IS FLASHING. Geordi
	manipulates the panel so the display turns, giving him
	a better look at the flashing light.

        STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT THREE        44.

67   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(touches his
				 communicator)
			Bridge, this is Cargo Deck Five.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Yes, Lieutenant La Forge.

					GEORDI
			There is a malfunction in the
			containment area.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			How serious?

					HESTER
			Very.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT FOUR        45.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

68   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	traveling at warp speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. For
			reasons as yet unknown, one of
			the specimens of Plasma Plague
			is growing.

69   INT. CARGO DECK FIVE

	Geordi and Hester Dealt continue checking. With a
	handheld monitoring device, Hester Dealt makes a sweep
	of the Cargo Deck.

					GEORDI
				(touches his
				 communicator)
			Captain, the power to the
			containment grid must have somehow
			been affected when we increased
			to warp velocity.

	INTERCUT THE MAIN BRIDGE AS NEEDED

					PICARD
			I don't see how that would be
			possible.

					GEORDI
			I don't either, but if we could
			return to impulse, we would know
			for sure.

					PICARD
			Impulse velocity.

70   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it comes out of warp.

        STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT FOUR        46.

71   OMITTED

72   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The tension level is growing.

					PICARD
			Report, Mister La Forge.

73   INT. CARGO DECK FIVE

	Geordi waits as Hester Dealt checks his monitoring
	equipment, then shakes his head.

					GEORDI
			There's no change. It wasn't the
			warp drive.

74   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard did not expect any. Riker is on his feet and
	heading for the turbolift.

					RIKER
			Permission to leave the bridge.

					PICARD
			Granted.

					RIKER
			Commander Data, you're with me.

	Data leaves his position and follows Riker.

					PICARD
			Doctor Pulaski.

75   INT. DOCTOR PULASKI'S OFFICE

	Pulaski is running through some medical records.

					PULASKI
			Yes, Captain.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			We are having some difficulties
			on Cargo Deck Five -- your presence
			is requested.

	She is thoughtful for a beat.

        STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT FOUR        47.

75   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			I'm on my way.

75A  INT. TEN-FORWARD (FORMERLY SCENE 71)

	Wesley and Guinan are at the bar. Wesley is eating
	a twenty-fourth century Enterprise version of an ice cream
	sundae. His mood is much lighter, indicating he has
	come to some decision regarding his future.

					WESLEY
			You never talk about yourself.

					GUINAN
			Sure I do... all the time.

					WESLEY
			People say you are very old...

					GUINAN
			Oh?

					WESLEY
			... and that you knew Captain
			Picard when he was on the
			Stargazer.

					GUINAN
			No. I never met the captain until
			I came onboard.

					WESLEY
			Everyone is very curious about
			you.

					GUINAN
			I'll bet they are.

					WESLEY
			About where you come from.

					GUINAN
			Where do they say?

					WESLEY
			I heard that you're from Nova Kron
			and that...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Mister Crusher, report to the
			bridge.

        STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT FOUR        48.

75A  CONTINUED:

	He's on his feet and heading for the door.

					WESLEY
			I've got to go.

	Wesley stops and turns back.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			Thank you.

					GUINAN
			There's nothing like a dish of
			Delovian souffle.

					WESLEY
			I didn't mean the souffle, I meant
			for... well... the rest. Thanks.

					GUINAN
			That's why I'm here.

76   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The turbolift opens and Wesley Crusher comes onto the
	bridge.

					PICARD
			Take the Conn, Mister Crusher.

	Wesley replaces the crewmember at that position.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			On this course -- increase velocity
			to warp nine.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir. Warp nine.

77   OMITTED

78   INT. CARGO DECK FIVE

	Hester, Data, Riker are gathered around the monitoring
	equipment. Geordi is off to one side peering at a
	distant sector of the containment field. THE INDICATOR
	LIGHT OF L-SEVEN-THREE CONTINUES TO FLASH.

             STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT FOUR            49.

78   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Why that module and not the
			others?

					DATA
			Computer, run diagnostic on module
			L-seven-three.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			All circuits functional.

					GEORDI
				(reading it off)
			Temperature -- as set -- minus
			ninety-seven degrees. Humidity
			-- twelve percent. Lumins -- zero.
			Electromagnetic containment
			integrity... Everything right down
			the line... exactly as it should
			be.

					DATA
			Perhaps it is a sensor malfunction.
			Computer -- query. Is growth
			actually occurring?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Confirmed.

79   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as the door opens and Doctor Pulaski enters. She nods
	a greeting to Riker and the others, then steps over
	beside Geordi who continues studying the distant
	section of the containment grid.

					RIKER
			One of the specimens is growing.

					PULASKI
				(to Hester Dealt)
			Destroy it, now.

					HESTER
			I can't.

					RIKER
			Data, prepare to jettison that
			module.

             STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT FOUR            50.

79   CONTINUED:

					HESTER
			We can't do that either. It will
			go into a spore and remain until
			it comes in contact with a planet
			or another ship. The results
			would be disastrous.

					RIKER
			Commander, your attitude tells
			me that however bad I think this
			is... it's worse.

					HESTER
				(he indicates the
				 containment area)
			This is not going to hold it.

					RIKER
			Go on.

					HESTER
			The rate of growth is increasing.
			Within thirty minutes it will push
			out of the module. Within two
			hours, it will breach the
			containment area.

					GEORDI
			It can't break through this.

					HESTER
			Yes it can.

					RIKER
				(touches his
				 communicator)
			Captain. We may not be able to
			get control of this situation.
			I recommend making arrangements
			to transfer all non-essential
			personnel to the saucer section.
			If we lose containment we should
			be prepared to separate.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Make it so.

					PULASKI
			Why this one specimen and none
			of the others? Something is
			stimulating it. Do you have its
			etiology? How it was developed?

             STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT FOUR            51.

79   CONTINUED: (2)

	Hester inputs the freestanding viewscreen, and the
	HISTORY OF "L-SEVEN-THREE" APPEARS. Pulaski looks
	at it.

					PULASKI
			It's a mutated strain developed
			by Doctor Susan Nuress during an
			outbreak of Plasma Plague seventy
			years ago in the Oby System.
				(she pauses as she
				 continues to read)
			It was number nine in a series
			of tests. This particular one
			bombarded by low levels of Eichner
			radiation.
				(then she turns to
				 Hester)
			Could exposure to Eichner
			radiation stimulate growth?

	As a reflex act, Hester Dealt makes a sweep of the area
	with his handheld monitor.

					HESTER
			Yes, it could, but...

	He stops... his expression says...

					HESTER
				(continuing)
			Uh, oh...

					PULASKI
			Don't tell me.

					HESTER
			I'm detecting low levels of
			Eichner radiation.

					RIKER
			Why didn't you catch it before?

					HESTER
			Because it wasn't here before..

					PULASKI
			Well, it is now. What emits that
			type radiation?

					DATA
			A subspace phase inverter.

             STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT FOUR            52.

79   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			We don't have one.

					DATA
			Certain cyanoacrylates.

					PULASKI
			Also, not on this ship... What
			else? Because it's here and we
			better find it.

	Data has no answer.

80   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Troi is putting the child to bed. She touches a
	control panel near the windows which turns them to
	their opaque configuration.

					IAN
			I can feel that some of the people
			are very... worried.

					TROI
			Yes. I feel it as well, but don't
			you worry.

					IAN
			It's me Mommy -- I'm the reason.

					TROI
			What?

					IAN
			It's me.

					TROI
			You?

					IAN
			Yes. I have to leave you now,
			or it will be very bad for
			everyone.

					TROI
			What are you saying?

	He smiles up at her.

					IAN
			I have to leave now.

             STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT FOUR            53.

80   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Leave?
				(senses what he is about
				 to do)
			You are going to die. No. No,
			you can't.

	He smiles up and closes his eyes.

					TROI
				(continuing; she touches
				 her communicator)
			Sickbay, this is Counselor Troi,
			I need the doctor in my
			quarters... right now.
				(then she lifts Ian to
				 her)
			No... Ian... No.

	Off Troi's reaction.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

             STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT FIVE            54.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

81   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	as Pulaski leads the others to Troi's quarters.

					TROI
			It's Ian. Please... please hurry.

	Pulaski moves quickly to the unconscious child; pulls
	back the covers. She removes an instrument from her
	smock and makes a scan of the child's body. In the
	b.g., Picard enters with Riker and Data.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Save him, you must save him.

					PULASKI
			What happened? Did he eat
			anything? Did he fall?

					TROI
			No.

	Data, using his tricorder, confirms with a nod to
	Riker.

					DATA
			The child is the source of the
			unusual radiation.

					TROI
			He said he's the reason the ship
			is in danger.

					DATA
			That analysis is correct.

	Pulaski injects the child with hypospray.

					PULASKI
			I'm losing life signs.

	Troi stands by helplessly. Like any mother in this
	situation, she is beyond grief. Tears streak her face.

					TROI
			Oh, please. Please save him.

             STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT FIVE            55.

82   PULASKI

	resets the injector and again she administers a dose
	of hypospray. She waits for a reaction. There is
	none.

83   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The room is very quiet. Pulaski stands.

					PULASKI
			I'm sorry.

	Troi moves next to the cot on which the child is lying.
	She is beyond despair. Her heart has completely
	broken. The others allow her a moment alone, then as
	Riker is about to move to Troi's side, a LIGHT -- the
	glowing energy which we saw at the beginning -- gathers
	from within the child and slowly rises. As it does,
	the body that was Ian fades away until there is only
	the LIGHT.

84   INTERCUT REACTIONS (OPTICAL)

	Troi reaches out and with cupped hands she collects
	the LIGHT, cradles it gently and brings it to her.
	As she holds it close, it makes her face all aglow.
	Slowly the pain and despair drain away, and through
	the tears she smiles. The joy she now feels shines
	from her eyes. The Betazoid within her, embraces the
	essence of the entity before her and she knows now why
	he came and what he wanted. Then, in an act of pure
	love, she releases the glowing energy as she would a
	dove. For a beat the LIGHT seems reluctant to leave.
	Then it does. It passes effortlessly through the wall
	of the ship and away. Troi stares after it for a beat.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
				(excited -- relieved)
			Captain. The containment field
			has stabilized.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Lieutenant.

	Troi turns and looks at her captain and shipmates.

					TROI
			Then Ian was right. He was the
			cause.

             STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT FIVE            56.

84   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Apparently so.

	Troi pauses, gathering her feelings and picking her
	words carefully. She settles her emotions.

					TROI
			He is a life-force entity... as
			we passed each other in space he
			was curious and wanted to know
			about us, and he thought the best
			way to learn was to go through
			the process. To be born, to live
			as one of us and in that way to
			understand us.

	She pauses, then:

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Captain, he never meant any harm.

	Picard nods -- he knows that is true.

					RIKER
			There was a moment when you
			smiled.

					TROI
				(she smiles again)
			He said thank you.
				(she pauses)
			I told him we will miss him -- and
			I will.

	The others will also miss him.

85   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it enters orbit near Science Station Tango Sierra.

86   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard is in his command chair, Riker beside him,
	Wesley at Conn.

					PICARD
			Standard station approach, Mister
			Crusher.

             STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT FIVE            57.

86   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Standard approach, aye.

					PICARD
			Transporter Room Three, this is
			the captain. We have arrived.
			Let's make this transfer with all
			deliberate speed, and get on about
			our business.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Yes, sir.

					RIKER
			I will be glad to be relieved of
			this cargo.

	Picard rises.

					PICARD
			You have the bridge, Number One.

					RIKER
			Yes sir.

	As Picard crosses the bridge, Ensign Wesley Crusher
	buttonholes him.

					WESLEY
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Yes Ensign?

					WESLEY
			Could I see you when you have a
			moment?

					PICARD
			In my Ready Room when your duties
			permit.

					WESLEY
			Thank you, sir.

	Picard continues on and leaves the bridge.

87   INT. CARGO DECK FIVE (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and Hester Dealt are standing next to the
	containment area.

             STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT FIVE            58.

87   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Good luck.

	The TRANSPORTER BEAM takes over and removes Hester
	Dealt from the Enterprise.

					GEORDI
				(touches his
				 communicator)
			Data, you can lock on to the first
			group and begin transporting on
			my mark.

88   INT. PICARD'S READY ROOM

	The CHIME RINGS.

					PICARD
			Come.

	The doors open. It's Ensign Crusher. He enters and
	stands in front of Picard's desk.

					PICARD
			Yes, Ensign.

					WESLEY
				(hesitant)
			Captain... I have thought about
			this a lot. I want to remain on
			the Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Oh. Have you discussed this with
			your mother?

					WESLEY
			No, before I do that, I wanted
			your permission to stay.

					PICARD
			Wes, it's a little more
			complicated than that.

					WESLEY
			Captain, for right now... this
			is where I want to be. This is
			where I feel I belong.

	Picard studies the young man for a beat.

             STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT FIVE            59.

88   CONTINUED:

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Captain -- transfer complete. We
			are ready to leave orbit.

					PICARD
			Make it so, Number One.
				(then to Wesley)
			Return to your position.

	Wesley hesitates a beat because he still hasn't
	received an answer.

89   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard -- followed by Wesley -- comes on to the bridge.
	Troi steps off the turbolift and takes her place.

					RIKER
			All stations secure.

					PICARD
			Take us out of orbit, Mister
			Crusher and lay in a course for
			the Morgana Quadrant.

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir.

	Picard takes his seat.

					PICARD
				(loud enough for
				 everyone to hear)
			Mister Crusher has requested to
			remain on the Enterprise.

					RIKER
			I'm not surprised. How did you
			respond?

					PICARD
			I haven't as yet, Number One.
			I don't think it's my decision
			alone. His remaining will cause
			difficulties for us all.

					RIKER
			Yes, indeed. With his mother not
			around, who will see to his
			studies?

             STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT FIVE            60.

89   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Exactly. That duty would fall
			to Commander Data.

					RIKER
			And, who'll tuck him in at night?

					WESLEY
			Come on, Commander.

					WORF
			I will accept that responsibility.

					TROI
			Well, we know he'll get his sleep.

					PICARD
			Then, Number One, that leaves you
			the task of guiding young Mister
			Crusher through his most hazardous
			journey -- from youth to man. Are
			you willing to serve?

					RIKER
			Difficult question...

	Wesley turns and looks at Riker with a plea in his
	eyes. INTERCUT look between them.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			... Yes, I think I can do that.

					PICARD
			All right then. Mister Crusher,
			communicate with your mother at
			Starfleet Medical headquarters.
			Give her my regards and tell her
			you have my permission to remain
			on board the Enterprise.

	There is a big smile on Wesley's face.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			But, that I will abide by her
			wishes.

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir... thank you sir... I
			just know she'll agree.

             STAR TREK: "The Child" - 9/20/88 - ACT FIVE            61.

89   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Now -- if you have course and speed
			laid in.

					WESLEY
				(back to duty)
			Yes sir, they are.

					PICARD
			Then, Mister Crusher -- engage.

90   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moves off to its next assignment.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             






                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                   "Where Silence Has Lease" 
                          #40272-128 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Jack B. Sowards 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Winrich Kolbe 


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                     REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                     SEPTEMBER 27, 1988

        STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                   "Where Silence Has Lease" 
                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             NAGILUM
                RIKER              
                DATA               Non-Speaking
                PULASKI            TWO ALIEN WARRIORS
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             
                TRANSPORTER CHIEF  
                HASKELL   
         
                Voice-Over         
                COMPUTER VOICE     

        STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                   "Where Silence Has Lease" 
                     
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                     EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE                USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              HOLODECK                    USS YAMATO
              GEORDI'S OFFICE
              GEORDI'S AFT BRIDGE STATION ROMULAN VESSEL
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              CORRIDOR
              MAIN ENGINEERING -
              COMPUTER ROOM
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
          
            USS YAMATO
              CORRIDOR
          
              MAIN BRIDGE
              SECOND BRIDGE

  STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                   "Where Silence Has Lease" 
                  
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 NAGILUM            nah-GHEE-lum

      STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - TEASER      1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                   "Where Silence Has Lease"  
                      
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	It is moving gracefully at full impulse.

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	JEAN-LUC PICARD is in the command chair. TROI is
	beside him. DATA is at Ops; WESLEY at Conn. Neither
	Worf nor Riker is on the bridge. Picard appears to
	be on edge.

					TROI
			You're worried.

					PICARD
			With reason.

					TROI
			About Worf, or about Commander
			Riker?

					PICARD
			Both.
				(pauses)
			I think perhaps it is best to
			be ignorant of certain elements
			of the Klingon psyche.

	Off Troi's reaction.

3    INT. HOLODECK - DEMOLISHED AREA

	Everywhere there is evidence of a desperate battle,
	fought on a very primitive level by creatures of
	consummate rage.

4    CLOSE ON WORF

	His eyes blaze with controlled fury as he moves
	carefully around a semi-demolished wall and peers
	inside the battle-damaged room. He coils as he hears
	the eerie sound of a low moan, then cautiously steps
	forward.

      STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - TEASER      2.

5    RIKER

	is a few paces behind. He is very tense as he moves
	closer to the large Klingon warrior. Riker touches
	the tear in his uniform and massages the bruise on his
	shoulder.

6    ANOTHER ANGLE - RIKER AND WORF

	WORF touches RIKER's shoulder, signals him to move to
	the right. Riker moves off. Worf pauses a beat, then
	slips away to the left.

7    WIDER ANGLE

	carrying them to the edge of the rubble-cluttered room.
	Careful not to touch anything, Worf is moving like a
	panther. He freezes as the CLICKING SOUND OF METAL ON
	METAL is barely heard. He waves his arm to Riker,
	motioning him back, then slowly he also backs away
	painstakingly, trying to fit his toes back into his
	exact footsteps. We HOLD on these moves a beat and
	then suddenly:

8    RIKER

	spins and looks upward, calls over to Worf.

					RIKER
			Above, look out!

9    NEW ANGLE

	A man-sized boulder drops down from overhead. Worf
	dives to the side as the boulder smashes the ground in
	the place where he just stood.

10   ON WORF

	As he rolls catlike to his feet, the massive form of an
	ALIEN WARRIOR leaps onto his back bringing him back to
	the ground. The alien raises a club-like weapon over
	his head and swings down at Worf's head.

11   RIKER

	Catches the alien's arm just before the club makes
	contact and drives him off his feet. He kicks him and
	follows after him to the other side of the room as:

      STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - TEASER      3.

12   WORF

	turns to face the charge of ANOTHER ALIEN who wields
	a battle axe and swings it in a deadly arc. Worf ducks
	under the axe and gets a grip on the alien's arm and
	they press against each other's strength.

13   CLOSER

	Worf, grunting in a half-roar, slowly forces the alien
	back, then with a bellow and a gargantuan heave, Worf
	throws the alien to the side.

14   SCENE

	Worf leaps at the alien who is caught in half-stride.
	Worf drives his forearm into his opponent's throat and
	as he becomes limp, drives a double-handed blow to the
	back of the alien's head. Worf's enemy drops.

15   RIKER

	ducks under the alien's club and drives a blow to the
	lower extremities of his opponent. The attacker
	doubles over and Riker hits him on the way down. But
	he no sooner hits the ground than he is back on his
	feet, charging Riker. Our first officer steps to his
	side and strikes at the alien as he goes by, heading
	straight at Worf.

16   NEW ANGLE

	Worf turns to face the onrushing alien. He thunders
	out his challenge, picks up the club from the prone
	alien, swings it at the new rival.

17   REVERSE

	The alien ducks the blow and swings back.

18   RIKER

	about to enter into the fight, then he holds a beat,
	stops and watches somewhat in awe.

      STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - TEASER      4.

19   WORF / ALIEN

	The alien connects with a savage blow to Worf's body.
	Worf takes the blow and returns his own.

	They trade blows, one for one, taking the pain and
	returning it. Then slowly the alien sinks to his
	knees, then rolls over on his side.

20   ON WORF

	as he steps over the alien warrior, roars out his
	victorious celebration chant, and lifts the club for
	the final fatal blow. His eyes are on fire. He
	smashes it down on his opponent, then spins around for
	a new battle.

21   RIKER

	Suddenly a little unsure of Worf's intentions, he backs
	a step, waits.

22   WORF

	Worf sounds out a new challenge. He scans the room for
	his next adversary -- he's still coiled and in need of
	action. Suddenly he swings his club at the wall.
	Pounding it with rage. Broken bricks and mortar fly.
	His fury is all consuming. He rips and slashes at
	everything standing.

23   NEW ANGLE

	Riker watches -- still concerned. He thought he knew
	the power and fury of this Klingon. Worf continues to
	exercise his rage around the room. Anything that
	stands, hangs, bulges, protrudes, or is suspended, is
	demolished until there is nothing left to flatten.
	Nothing left upright except... Worf turns -- his eyes
	still blaze as they fall upon...

24   RIKER

	The only thing left standing. Riker tenses.

					RIKER
			It's over.

      STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - TEASER      5.

25   WORF

	This seems to have no effect on Worf who seems almost
	out of control. A snarl -- low and vicious -- pushes
	out of his twisted mouth. He takes a step forward.

					RIKER
			The exercise is over.

26   SCENE

	Riker calls more sternly.

					RIKER
			At ease, Lieutenant!

	Worf is almost upon Riker before beginning to regain
	control of himself. He takes a deep breath, forcing
	himself to become calmer. He flexes his muscles, then
	seems pleased.

27   EMPHASIZING RIKER (OPTICAL)

					RIKER
			Exit Holodeck.

	The EXIT APPEARS as Riker turns to Worf.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			You do this every day?

					WORF
			No -- usually my calisthenics are
			more...
				(he searches for the
				 right word, then
				 settles for)
			... intense, but those sessions
			are too personal to be shared.

					RIKER
				(dryly)
			I'll bet they are.

28   RIKER (OPTICAL)

	takes a look around at the devastation on the Holodeck
	and is thankful that Worf is on his side.

      STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - TEASER      6.

28   CONTINUED:

					WORF (O.S.)
			Computer. Program complete --
			save.

	Before Riker's eyes, THE BATTLE SCENE FADES, and all
	that is left is the empty Holodeck. Worf pauses at the
	door.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Coming Commander?

					RIKER
			Right behind you.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT ONE     7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

29   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	is moving through deep space. No large planets or suns
	nearby... just a Milky Way of distant suns spread
	across space like a tightly woven blanket of lights.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 42193.6.
			We are on a long reach toward the
			Morgana Quadrant, a section of
			the galaxy which has yet to be
			visited by a manned Federation
			vessel. We are using the time
			to further detail the charts of
			this region.

30   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Jean-Luc Picard and Riker stand beside Data as he moves
	his fingers across the console. The SOUND VARIES,
	SLIDING UP AND DOWN ERRATICALLY IN PITCH AND INTENSITY.
	Troi stands nearby listening thoughtfully.

					DATA
			There it is again. An area of
			"blackness."

					RIKER
			It appears, then disappears, then
			reappears. There is no
			predictable pattern -- no sequence.

	Data moves his fingers across the console again.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	They all turn to look.

31   FULL SHOT FAVORING THE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The picture on the Main Viewer shows a field of stars.

					RIKER
			There it is.

     STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT ONE     8.

31   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I can't see anything. Magnify
			section two-eight-five.

	The viewscreen changes. Now we can see a slight "spot"
	on the Main Viewer.

					WESLEY
			There -- it looks like a "hole"
			in space.

					PICARD
			We're acquainted with the
			"wormhole" phenomenon. This
			appears quite different.

32   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Picard studies the Main Viewer for a beat, then:

					PICARD
			What do sensors indicate?

					DATA
			Nothing.

					RIKER
			Nothing?

					PICARD
			I'm sure you must mean it's empty
			of matter, Mister Data. There
			is always some energy form at
			work...

					DATA
			Sir, our sensors are showing that
			to be an absence of everything.
			It is a void without matter or
			energy of any kind.

					RIKER
			Yet, this "hole" has a form, Data.
			It has height, width...

					DATA
			Perhaps. Perhaps not.

     STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT ONE     9.

32   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			That is hardly a scientific
			observation, Commander.

					DATA
			Sir, the most elementary and
			valuable statement in science...
			the beginning of wisdom... is:
			"I do not know."
				(indicates viewscreen)
			I do not know what that is.

					WESLEY
			Captain, if this were any ordinary
			kind of hole in space...
				(indicates)
			... wouldn't we be able to see
			what's behind it?

	Obviously, this is a very good question. Picard turns
	to Troi.

					PICARD
			Counselor?

					TROI
			I can feel nothing from it, sir,
			if that's what you're asking.

	Picard eases himself down in his chair, and sits
	studying the viewscreen... puzzled.

					RIKER
			Data -- is there any record of any
			occurrence even vaguely similar
			to this?

					PICARD
			"Similar" in even the slightest
			way.

					DATA
			Accessing.
				(he pauses a moment)
			Negative. There is no record of
			any Federation vessel encountering
			anything remotely like this.

					PICARD
			I believe we have time for a
			closer look, Number One.

     STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT ONE     10.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Concur.
				(to Wesley)
			Ensign, slow to one-half impulse.
			Adjust course to intercept this...
			this whatever it is.

					PICARD
			Scanning and recording as we go.

					WESLEY
			Changing course to intercept in...
			in twelve minutes, sir.

33   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moves slowly forward under impulse power toward the
	large black area in the field of stars.

34   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard stands watching the viewscreen as the void on
	the screen grows larger. Riker is at the science
	consoles in the Aft Station. Data is busy at Ops.

					PICARD
			Let's send a probe into it.

					RIKER
			Worf, prepare a scanner probe.
			Let's see what's in there.

					PICARD
				(to Wesley)
			Close enough, Ensign. Hold this
			position.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir. Holding this position.

	Picard gives Riker a slight nod.

					RIKER
			You may launch the probe when
			ready, Mister Worf.

	Worf makes the necessary moves on his console to launch
	the probe.

     STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT ONE     11.

35   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	floats off the outer edge of the void. The probe is
	launched. It heads straight into the center of the
	great emptiness.

36   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker and Worf stand watching the viewscreen as
	the fiery tail of the probe diminishes in the distance.
	Data monitors the instruments. We can HEAR THE FAINT
	HISS OF THE TELEMETRY as it is received.

					DATA
			All the probe's systems are
			functioning perfectly.

	Suddenly the probe just disappears. The SOUNDS OF
	TELEMETRY STOP.

					WORF
			It's gone.

					PICARD
			What happened, Data?

					DATA
			Unknown.

					WORF
				(to Picard)
			Recommend we go to a Yellow Alert,
			sir.

					PICARD
				(puzzled)
			Why?

					WORF
				(hesitates, then)
			Sorry, sir, it's...

					PICARD
			Explain.

	Worf is definitely uncomfortable now. Clearly, he
	would like to avoid this entire subject now. Picard
	continues gently:

     STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT ONE     12.

36   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			This starship operates best,
			Mister Worf, when we all know what
			is on each other's minds.

					WORF
				(uncomfortably)
			My thoughts... were of an old
			Klingon legend of... of a gigantic
			black space creature which was
			said to devour entire vessels...

					RIKER
				(genuinely surprised)
			Devours vessels?

					WORF
			Sorry, Commander. I agree that
			these are thoughts hardly worthy
			of a trained and practical
			security officer.

	There is a round of silence. Worf is completely
	miserable. Then to Worf, ignoring his previous
	statement.

					PICARD
			Launch another probe, Mister Worf.
			This time a Class One with full
			sensor array.

	Worf does something on his panel, then:

					WORF
			Launching, sir.

37   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the second probe is launched. It too disappears
	even sooner after it enters the void.

38   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	All are still studying the viewscreen.

					RIKER
			Happened even more quickly.

     STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT ONE     13.

38   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Recommend we fire a photon
			torpedo, Captain.

					PICARD
				(eyes Worf, then)
			Negative.

					WESLEY
			Captain, based on where the probes
			disappeared... I have been able
			to plot the outer boundaries.
			I could move in closer.

	Picard thinks about it, then decides.

					PICARD
			Take us in, Mister Crusher.
			Thrusters only.

39   OMITTED

40   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard stands looking at the viewscreen.

					PICARD
			Data?

					DATA
			Still no readings of any kind,
			sir.

	Picard paces to where Riker stands in the Aft Station.
	The black void almost fills the screen of the Main
	Viewer.

					PICARD
			Number One?

					RIKER
			I'll agree with Worf at this
			point, sir. Let's be careful.

	Worf looks grateful. Picard paces forward, studying
	the viewscreen.

41   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moves closer to the dark, dead, void.

     STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT ONE     14.

42   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard stands looking at the dark screen, then around
	the silent bridge.

	The dark void filling the screen. The familiar SOUNDS
	OF THE BRIDGE BEGIN TO FADE... RADIO SIGNALS,
	TELEMETRY, EVERYTHING...

					RIKER
			What's happened?

					PICARD
			Data?

	Data looks at his console for a moment, then...

					DATA
			Whatever it was... or whatever
			it is... we seem to be inside of
			it.

	Picard returns to his Command Chair, as Riker takes
	the chair beside him.

					RIKER
			Didn't that happen a bit suddenly,
			sir?

					PICARD
			All stations, report!

43   ANGLE - THE COMPUTER MONITORS

	Some of the screens fade and go blank. Reactions as:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT TWO     15.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

44   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	is isolated in a void, totally empty of stars.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental.
			While exploring a strange area
			in space without any form of
			matter or energy...

45   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Data at Ops, somewhat puzzled by the feedback he is
	receiving. Riker is busy at a panel while Picard
	stands looking at the viewscreen.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... a total void, we have
			unexpectedly seemed to enter it.
			Apparently we moved past its
			mysterious outer boundary.

	Riker looks up from the panel.

					RIKER
			All stations have reported,
			Captain. There seems to be no
			immediate threat to our ship or
			crew.

	As Riker stands looking at the dark viewscreen, Picard
	moves up to stand beside him.

					PICARD
			In which case, let's hold position
			for awhile, Number One. This is
			worth studying.

					RIKER
			Incredible. It's like looking
			off into... infinity, sir.
				(turns to Picard)
			Remember the course in ancient
			history at Starfleet Academy?
			Back to the time when men still
			believed the Earth was flat?

     STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT TWO     16.

45   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(smiles)
			And that the sun revolved around
			the Earth...

					RIKER
			And if a ship sailed too far out
			into the ocean it would fall off
			the edge of the world...

	Riker turns back to look at the empty void on the
	viewscreen.

					PICARD
			"Beyond this place there be
			dragons."

					RIKER
			Data -- how long to complete your
			scans? Let's not stay any longer
			than we have to.

	Riker starts for Science One as PULASKI enters from the
	turbolift and stands looking at the activity on the
	bridge. Pulaski crosses to stand beside Picard.

					WESLEY
			Captain, we have no communications
			outside of the void.

					WORF
			Confirm! We are now receiving
			no signals of any kind.

					PICARD
			Hello, Doctor. You've been
			briefed on what's happened?

					PULASKI
			I've heard, Captain. But I don't
			understand it.

					PICARD
			I wish I could say I did.
				(to Data)
			Increase magnification by ten.

	Data punches in the command. The viewscreen remains
	dark.

     STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT TWO     17.

45   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			By one hundred!

	Nothing. The viewscreen remains dark.

					PULASKI
			I'm not a bridge officer, but
			isn't this... "impossible," sir?

	Picard gives Pulaski a "be my guest" gesture.

					PULASKI
				(continuing)
			Increase by one thousand, Mister
			Data.
				(waits)
			By ten thousand.

	There's no change on the Main Viewer. Pulaski turns
	to Picard.

					PULASKI
				(continuing; indicates
				 Data)
			It does know how to do these
			things, doesn't it?

					PICARD
			Commander Data knows precisely
			what he is doing.

	Pulaski looks up quickly at Data, then turns to see
	that the Captain's expression is as cold.

					PULASKI
			Forgive me, Mister Data. I'm not
			accustomed to working with... with
			non-living devices that...
				(stops, bites off her
				 words)
			Forgive me again. Your service
			record says that you are alive
			and I must accept that.

					PICARD
			Engineering!

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Engineering, aye.

     STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT TWO     18.

46   INTERCUT - GEORDI'S OFFICE AS NECESSARY

					PICARD
			Lieutenant, are your systems
			functioning?

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir. Wherever we are, sir,
			it seems to have no effect on any
			Engineering function.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Lieutenant.

47   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard's interest in this occurrence is waning fast.

					PICARD
			Data?

					DATA
			Difficult to make a judgment based
			on the absence of information.

					PICARD
			Speculate.

					DATA
			The obvious hypothesis is
			equivocal. This void has a total
			lack of dimension. Therefore by
			any accepted standard it does not
			exist, yet being within it denies
			that conclusion.

	Picard looks to Pulaski.

					RIKER
			Then maybe we've moved into
			another dimension?

					DATA
			Could a lack of dimension be
			another dimension in itself?

	Pulaski gives Data a quick look of respect.

					PULASKI
			That's an interesting question.

     STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT TWO     19.

47   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			For a later discussion. It's
			time we got on with our mission,
			Number One. Starfleet can send
			out a science vessel to
			investigate further. Let's move
			back out of this.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.
				(to Wesley)
			Reverse our direction and set a
			course for the Cornelian star
			system. Warp two.

					WESLEY
			Reversing direction, sir.
				(adjusts controls)
			Course laid in.

					RIKER
			Engage.

	Wesley punches in the command.

48   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	We can see only the ship and the darkness of space.

49   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard seems to relax a little, leaning back to watch
	for the reappearance of the stars. Nothing happens
	and he looks questioningly toward Riker.

					RIKER
				(to Wesley)
			Our engines have engaged, haven't
			they, Ensign?

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir.

50   INT. GEORDI'S OFFICE

	Geordi, moving between the wall panel and the center
	block computers. He waits as if expecting something.
	Then he turns to his intercom:

     STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT TWO     20.

50   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Everything all right up there,
			Captain?

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Are the engines operating
			normally, Engineer?

					GEORDI
			Everything looks fine here, sir.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			We're increasing to warp four,
			Engineer.

	We HEAR a slightly higher level of engine sound, then:

					GEORDI
			We now show warp four, Captain.

51   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The situation is still the same. The viewscreen is
	completely dark with Picard, Riker, and the others
	looking toward it nervously, puzzled.

					PICARD
			We should be seeing stars by now,
			Data. How far have we come?

					DATA
			Inertial guidance shows seven
			parsecs traveled, Captain.

					PICARD
			Ensign Crusher?

					WESLEY
			Confirm, sir. Exactly what my
			readings say.

52   ANGLE ACROSS MAIN BRIDGE

	to include GEORDI entering, crosses to his bridge
	Engineering Station.

					GEORDI
			Engineering, transfer to bridge.

     STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT TWO     21.

52   CONTINUED:

	The engineering console lights up. Geordi now looks up
	to Main Viewer.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			What's happening, sir? I thought
			we should have broken clear.

53   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	ON Picard.

					RIKER
			We should have. We're on a
			reverse course.

					PICARD
			Full stop, helm.

					WESLEY
			Full stop, sir.

	Picard rises and paces for a moment. Picard looks down
	at Wesley's console.

					PICARD
			According to this we're well past
			the point we entered the void.

					DATA
			Except that we are still in it,
			sir.

54   WIDER ANGLE

	Data works his console for a moment...

					DATA
			Captain... if we dropped a
			stationary beacon and navigated
			straight away from it, we would
			have a fixed point of reference
			to confirm speed and distance.

					PICARD
			Make it so, Data. Lock onto the
			beacon, and keep it dead astern.

	Data and Wesley punch in the instructions. A moment
	later the SOUND OF THE ELECTRONIC SIGNAL is heard.

     STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT TWO     22.

54   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The beacon is in place, Captain.

					PICARD
			Dead ahead. Impulse power.

	Picard settles back in his chair as Geordi punches in
	the commands and the ship begins to move. The
	ELECTRONIC SIGNAL FROM THE BEACON BEGINS TO DIMINISH
	IN AMPLITUDE as the ship moves away from the beacon.

					DATA
			The beacon is falling astern.

					PICARD
			Engineering, report.

55   GEORDI'S AFT BRIDGE STATION (OPTICAL)

	Geordi, at his instruments, taking readings.

					GEORDI
			All systems normal, sir.

	Everyone looking to Picard.

					PICARD
			Prepare to increase to warp two.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir.

	A moment later we can HEAR THE SOUND OF ANOTHER
	ELECTRONIC SIGNAL overlapping the beacon. It is a
	different frequency. (Caused by the Doppler Effect.)

					DATA
			Captain, we are receiving a signal
			from dead ahead.

					PULASKI
			Maybe you've found the door out
			of this.

	As the FIRST SIGNAL DIMINISHES, the SECOND SIGNAL
	INCREASES in intensity.

					DATA
			We are closing on the new signal,
			Captain.

     STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT TWO     23.

55   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Identify.

	Data does a check... and recheck of the signal.

					DATA
			Captain, it is the stationary
			beacon we just released.

					RIKER
			We must have come full circle,
			sir.

					WESLEY
			We couldn't have, sir. I've shown
			us steadily moving away from that
			beacon.

					PICARD
			All stop; hold position again.

					RIKER
				(indicating the
				 viewscreen)
			Look.

	Picard moves toward the Main Viewer. The nothingness
	of the void has been replaced. The Enterprise is now
	bathed in a soft ever-changing glow, which is beautiful
	to look at and somehow very comforting.

56   WORF

	His head comes up from his sensors.

					WORF
			Captain, sensors indicate a
			disturbance in sector one-zero-
			eight. Possibly a vessel.

	Reactions from Picard and the others.

					PICARD
			Perhaps some answers at last.
			On screen.

					WORF
			The ship is equipped with a
			cloaking device.

     STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT TWO     24.

56   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Romulan!

					WORF
			It's closing.

					RIKER
			Shields up. Go to Red Alert!

					PULASKI
			I'll be at my duty station in
			Sickbay.

	She exits.

57   FAVOR MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	There is a distortion --

					WORF
			It's uncloaking.

					RIKER
			Arm your photon torpedoes, Mister
			Worf.

					PICARD
			Hold for my orders.

					WESLEY
			There!

	As the Romulan vessel becomes visible, IT FIRES --
	without warning.

58   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	as the ship is rocked by the barrage.

					WORF
			Direct hits, sir. Our shields
			are weakening.

					PICARD
			Warn them we'll return fire.

					WORF
			Transmitting.

	Picard waits; Riker throws him a concerned look.

     STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT TWO     25.

58   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(continuing)
			They've armed another full spread,
			sir.

					PICARD
			Fire torpedoes.

59   OMITTED

60   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The PHOTON TORPEDOES streak toward the Romulan ship.
	THEY HIT, as the Romulan ship explodes.

61   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	alone again in the void.

62   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	There is a moment of victory.

					PICARD
			That was too easy.

					RIKER
			Yes.

					DATA
			Captain, sensors can locate no
			debris from the Romulan ship.

	Before the captain can respond...

					WORF
			Captain, there is another vessel
			approaching -- sector zero-nine-
			one, mark, two-six.

					PICARD
			Specifics.

					WORF
			On screen.

     STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT TWO     26.

63   ANGLE - INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The picture of a ship MATERIALIZES on the viewscreen.

					PICARD
			Magnify.

					RIKER
			It's a Federation ship.
				(reading the number)
			N-C-C... one-three-oh-five dash
			E. It is the USS Yamato, our
			sister ship.

					WESLEY
			The Yamato is nowhere near this
			quadrant.

					PICARD
			Open a hailing frequency, Data....

	Data punches in the information.

					DATA
			This is the USS Enterprise to...
			USS Yamato. Respond, please...

	Nothing.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			This is the USS Enterprise calling
			USS Yamato. Please respond on
			this frequency.

	They all watch the Main Viewer.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			No response, Captain.

					PICARD
			Make a full scan.

					DATA
			Life support system -- engineering
			and propulsion all seem
			functional.
				(turns; reacts at a
				 reading)
			But there are no life signs over
			there, sir.

     STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT TWO     27.

63   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Can we be getting a false
			reading, Data?

					DATA
			Since we know nothing at all about
			these circumstances, that is...
			at least, conceivable, sir.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			You look doubtful, sir.

					PICARD
			I'm not anything right now, Number
			One. I'm just a man looking for
			answers.

					GEORDI
				(to Data; quietly)
			Like the rat said -- "Keep the
			cheese, I just want out of the
			trap."

	Picard overhears and flashes Geordi a look that
	silences him.

					RIKER
			Captain, request permission to
			board the Yamato with an away
			team. There might be something
			onboard -- in the logs -- which will
			at least tell us what happened.

					PICARD
			Granted. Minimum complement.

	Riker stands, heads for the turbolift.

					RIKER
			Worf. You're with me.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT THREE    28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

64   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND THE USS YAMATO
	(OPTICAL)

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. We
			remain like a fly in amber trapped
			in the void. We have encountered
			a vessel which appears to be the
			USS Yamato. All its systems are
			shown as functioning, yet it seems
			devoid of life. Commander Riker
			is leading an away team --
			hopefully the answer lies over
			there.

65   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Worf steps onto the Transporter Pad. Riker, checking
	the transporter console, speaks to the TRANSPORTER
	CHIEF.

					RIKER
			Do you have a lock on that other
			ship?

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF
			Aye, sir. No problems at all.

	Riker crosses to the raised platform to join Worf.

					RIKER
			Can you put us on the bridge?

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF
			Anywhere you say, Commander.

					WORF
			I am acquainted with the Yamato,
			Commander. Recommend the Aft
			Station of their bridge. When
			in doubt, surprise them.

					RIKER
			Them? Who's them?

					WORF
			Whoever may be there.

    STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT THREE    29.

65   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Sensors show no life signs.

					WORF
			Still, the tactic is sound.

					RIKER
			Agreed.
				(to Transporter Chief)
			Aft Station.

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF
			Aye, sir.

					RIKER
			Phasers on stun, Lieutenant Worf.

	Phasers are set.

					RIKER
				(continuing; to
				 Transporter Chief)
			Energize.

	Riker and Worf SPARKLE AWAY.

66   INT. USS YAMATO - CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	as Riker -- without Worf -- STACKS UP. It looks like
	the Enterprise, as it should because it is the sister
	ship -- but the lighting is weird -- and:

					RIKER
				(the obvious)
			This isn't the bridge.

	He turns, expecting to see Worf -- but he's alone.
	Almost before Riker can react he hears a sound down the
	darkened corridor. A growl -- above which he hears
	Worf's roar.

66A  ANOTHER ANGLE

	as Riker heads down the corridor -- the lighting here is
	much darker. Very ominous -- in the shadows -- we see
	FORMS. Threatening -- again WE HEAR WORF. This time
	IN PAIN. Riker, without hesitation -- charges forward.
	Ready to combat whatever attempts to block his path.
	It looks like a gauntlet of terror.

    STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT THREE    30.

66B  RIKER

	moves forward -- phaser ready. Suddenly, in the
	darkness a large form appears. It's armed and moving
	toward him. Riker hesitates -- then screams out:

					RIKER
			No -- don't fire.

	The figure is on him -- the light hits the creature's
	face. IT'S WORF!

					WORF
			I heard you screaming. I was
			coming to help.

					RIKER
			Help me? But I heard you cry out.

	Riker realizes something bizarre is going on.

					RIKER
				(touches his
				 communicator)
			Transporter Chief, where do you
			show us over here?

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF'S COM VOICE
			We show... as approximately...

	The communication garbles and cuts out.

					RIKER
			Captain, do you read me?...

67   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard becomes concerned, as:

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			... having difficulties...

	The communication garbles and cuts out.

					PICARD
			Number One, come in!

	He pauses -- there is no response.

    STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT THREE    31.

67   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Transporter Room, this is the
			captain. We are out of contact
			with the away team. Beam them
			back, immediately.

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF'S COM VOICE
			I have lost the lock on them.

68   INT. USS YAMATO - CORRIDOR

	Riker, inspecting the corridor walls closely with his
	tricorder. Worf, touching his insignia.

					WORF
			Nothing on my communicator, sir.

	Worf steps over to a com panel on the corridor wall.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Computer, on.

	Nothing happens.

					RIKER
				(looks around)
			Let's find a turbolift to the
			bridge.

69   OMITTED

70   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard is at his command station, very concerned.

					PICARD
			Transporter Room -- have you been
			able to establish a lock?

	Picard gets no answer. Then suddenly the bridge goes
	DARK. Every system shuts off -- the emergency lights
	come on. Everyone remains at their station -- tension
	but no panic.

					PICARD
			Initiate full check -- all
			systems.

    STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT THREE    32.

71   ANGLE ON GEORDI

	at bridge Engineering Station.

					GEORDI
			Engineering section, report. What
			is our situation?

	There is no response.

72
thru	OMITTED
83

A84	INT. USS YAMATO - CORRIDOR

	As Riker and Worf approach the turbolift, Riker scans
	the corridor wall with his tricorder.

					RIKER
			This isn't a Federation ship.
			The walls are not tritanium...
			close, but it's a material beyond
			our technology.
				(he then leads the way
				 to the turbolift)
			Let's get to the bridge.
			Somewhere there must be an answer
			to all of this.

	As they approach, the turbolift doors open. Instead of
	it being the turbolift, it's the bridge, weirdly
	lighted. It's identical to the Enterprise, but devoid
	of people.

	Worf and Riker exchange looks. They cautiously enter.

B84	INT. USS YAMATO - MAIN BRIDGE

	The turbolift doors close behind them. Riker then
	turns as if to re-enter the turbolift. The doors open
	-- but it's not the turbolift... it's a duplicate of
	the bridge.

	Riker and Worf again exchange looks.

					RIKER
			Wait -- if you go through there...
			where will you be?

					WORF
			On the bridge.

    STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT THREE    33.

B84	CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			But we are on the bridge.

					WORF
			Should I continue?

					RIKER
			Yes -- move out. Let's see what
			happens.

	They both step through the door.

C84	ANOTHER ANGLE - USS YAMATO SECOND BRIDGE

	They have in effect:

					WORF
			Is it the same bridge?

					RIKER
			... Or did we just step from one
			bridge to another bridge?

	Worf crosses to another door, as Riker moves to the
	center of the bridge.

C84A	INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Illuminated by the emergency lights, everyone's
	remaining very calm, under control. Suddenly some of
	the bridge stations return to normal.

					DATA
			Captain! I have a star fix.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	A small swarm of stars appears in the center of the
	dark screen.

					WESLEY
			It's an opening, sir.

					DATA
			Confirm, navigation is possible.

					WESLEY
			Should I set a course?

    STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT THREE    34.

C84A	CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Transporter Room. Do you have
			a fix on the away team?

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF'S COM VOICE
			Negative.

D84	INT. USS YAMATO BRIDGE - WORF

	as he approaches the second set of doors. The doors
	open -- and once again it's the bridge. Worf pauses.
	Then steps through.

E84	RIKER

	As he watches the door close behind Worf, he hears from
	behind him:

					WORF (O.S.)
			Commander.

	Riker turns. It's Worf, standing in front of the doors.
	The frustration of this bizarre -- whatever it is -- can
	be seen on Worf's face.

F84	IN A SERIES OF SHOTS - INTERCUT WITH RIKER'S
REACTION

	Worf turns and exits - only to appear on the other side
	of the bridge. He roars... rushes to another set of
	doors. Exits, only to again reappear coming out of
	another set of doors. Worf's emotions quickly escalate
	to rage. He turns and throws himself at the doors --
	hoping somehow by force to change the sequence. But
	the doors open and he once again bursts out of the
	doors on the opposite side of the bridge. Worf charges
	for another set. He's on the verge of being out of
	control. He is about to continue his manic charge,
	when he catches himself.

					WORF
				(to himself)
			At ease, Lieutenant! At EASE!

	His own words calm him. He stops... but his
	frustration is more difficult for him to control.

    STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT THREE    35.

G84	INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

					DATA
			The star fix is fading.

					PICARD
			Haskell, lock on to the Yamato
			with the tractor beam. We leave
			together.

	HASKELL manipulates some controls.

					HASKELL
			I can't make the lock.

					DATA
			Captain. The star fix is fading.

					PICARD
			Let it go, Data.

					HASKELL
			But, sir, we can get out.

					PICARD
			Let it go.

	On the viewscreen, stars fade.

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF'S COM VOICE
			Bridge, I've re-established
			contact with the away team.

					WESLEY
				(indicating Main Viewer)
			The Yamato's beginning to fade
			out, Captain.

	On the Main Viewer, the USS Yamato is beginning to grow
	HAZY.

85   INT. USS YAMATO - MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker and Worf hurrying INTO SCENE. Riker is touching
	his emblem for intercom use.

					RIKER
			Come in, come in Enterprise.

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF'S COM VOICE
			Hold position, away team. I've
			got you. We are bringing you
			home!

    STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT THREE    36.

86   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	On the Main Viewer the image of the USS Yamato FADING
	AWAY.

					PICARD
			Transporter Room, hurry!

					WESLEY
			Captain, it's almost gone.

	Suddenly the Yamato FADES OUT.

87   OMITTED

87A  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	as Riker and Worf STACK UP. Riker steps instantly off
	the pad and heads for the exit.

87B  INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	as Riker and Worf step off the turbolift.

					RIKER
			What the hell's going on?

					PICARD
			Are you all right, Number One?

					RIKER
			Yes, but I've had it. Let's put
			all this technology and computers
			to work -- figure out what's going
			on -- and get the hell out of
			here.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT FOUR    37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

88   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	Picard, Wesley and Troi seating themselves -- as Riker,
	Data, Worf, and Pulaski seat themselves.

					RIKER
				(angry)
			A ship that was almost the Yamato,
			existing in a "hole in space,"
			no crew aboard -- what's the
			purpose?

					DATA
			Add to it an attack by a
			nonexistent Romulan vessel, it
			does suggest an interesting
			question: "Was our away team even
			over there?"

					RIKER
			If we weren't over there, where
			the hell were we?

					HASKELL
			Captain, I have re-established
			the star fix.

	They look at the viewscreen which shows a cluster of
	stars -- TWINKLING in the distance.

					RIKER
			Great.

	Looks to Picard, who nods his approval.

					RIKER
				(to Wesley)
			Set course -- velocity -- warp two.

					WESLEY
			Course and speed set.

					PICARD
			Engage.

	There is a moment of relief as everyone feels that this
	has at last come to an end.

    STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT FOUR    38.

88   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I have lost contact.

					PICARD
			What?

					HASKELL
			The star fix is gone.

	There is a pause as Data inputs on his computer.

					DATA
			Sir, it is not in the same sector.
			But another opening has appeared.

					PICARD
			On screen.

88A  ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	to favor the viewscreen. A patch of stars appears
	in the swirl.

					PICARD
			Set a course for those stars.
			Warp six.

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir -- warp six.

	As they watch, the starfield -- which should be getting
	larger -- begins to fade, and finally disappears.

					DATA
			I have lost the signal.

					RIKER
			Damn it.

					PICARD
			All stop.

	As they watch the screen, a third and even larger field
	of stars appears on the viewscreen.

					DATA
			Captain...

					PICARD
			I know Data, I can see it.

    STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT FOUR    39.

88A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			This game is now wearing very
			thin.

					PICARD
			Hold this position.
				(to Troi)
			Counselor, you have said you
			sensed no intelligence behind all
			of this. You haven't changed in
			that belief?

89   OMITTED

90   EMPHASIZING TROI

	She takes a moment, apparently considering Picard's
	question at many levels. Then:

					TROI
			I'm not so certain of that now,
			Captain. I do sense something
			unusual about all this...

	She is puzzled, troubled.

					PICARD
			Perhaps a different level of
			consciousness?

					TROI
			An intelligence so vast it eluded
			me? Yes, perhaps.

91
thru	OMITTED
93

94   ANGLE - INCLUDING TROI AND PULASKI

	both intent upon the Main Viewer image, where the star
	window continues to twinkle.

					PULASKI
				(almost to herself)
			Rats in a maze.

	Troi looks over at the Doctor.

    STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT FOUR    40.

94   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(quietly)
			Exactly!

					PICARD
			Explain.

					PULASKI
			Everything we've been through
			reminds me of a laboratory
			experiment. As though something
			were testing our responses to
			stimuli.

					PICARD
			Are you suggesting we're in some
			kind of laboratory?

					PULASKI
			Yes.

	Reactions.

95   ANGLE - INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	where the starfield grows larger.

					WESLEY
			The opening seems closer,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			We're finished with being led
			about this way.

					RIKER
			Agreed, Captain. Hold present
			position.

96   OMITTED

97   COMMAND AREA

	as the images try to tempt Picard away from his
	decision. Troi nods.

					TROI
			Good. Don't satisfy its
			curiosity.

    STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT FOUR    41.

98   EMPHASIZING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	Suddenly, a visage like the bridge crew has never
	seen! A great human eye is peering in.

99   PANNING WORF (OPTICAL)

	who has leapt down from his bridge level, major phaser
	in hand as if to protect the rest of the bridge crew.
	But now facing the strange IMAGE with phaser in hand,
	Worf seems uncertain what to do next.

					NAGILUM
			Why are you so alarmed when I've
			gone to such trouble to look just
			like you?

100  ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Riker speaks calmly to the security lieutenant.

					RIKER
			Return to your position,
			Lieutenant.

					WORF
			Sir... ?

					DATA
			Captain, sensors show nothing out
			there. Absolutely nothing.

					GEORDI
				(half to self)
			It's a damned ugly nothing.

					PICARD
			I am Captain Jean-Luc Picard of
			the USS Enterprise.
				(firmer now)
			... representing a Federation of
			planets in this part of the
			galaxy.
				(waits)
			Can you identify whoever or
			whatever you are?

					NAGILUM
			NAGILUM!

    STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT FOUR    42.

100  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(to Data; quietly)
			Speaks right out for something
			your sensors say isn't there,
			Data.

					PICARD
			We've still no idea of what you
			represent.

	Nagilum's eyes have seemed to center on Data. Its
	voice MODERATES.

					NAGILUM
			"Data."

					DATA
			Nagilum?

					NAGILUM
			You are of different construction
			than the others. Interesting.

	Worf has lowered his phaser, but stays very alert as
	he returns to his security position. Meanwhile,
	Nagilum's eyes seem to move from one bridge crewmember
	to another.

					NAGILUM
				(continuing)
			Picard... Riker... Geordi...
			Wesley...

	Pulaski is suddenly moved forward as if shoved by an
	invisible hand. Whatever the nature of the force, it
	twirls her around for inspection.

					NAGILUM
				(continuing)
			What are you? Your construction
			also differs.

					PULASKI
			My "construction"... ?

					DATA
			Perhaps referring to your gender.

    STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT FOUR    43.

100  CONTINUED: (2)

					PULASKI
			Yes, I see...
				(toward the viewscreen)
			There are minor differences. I
			am what we call a "female."

	Pulaski is "shoved" forward as suddenly, then turned
	around for inspection.

					NAGILUM
			I understand. The masculine and
			the feminine.

					PICARD
			It is the way in which we
			propagate our species.

					NAGILUM
			Please demonstrate how this is
			accomplished.

					PULASKI
			Not likely.

					PICARD
			Whatever you are, your actions
			are not welcome.

					WORF
			Let me put up the shields, sir.

					DATA
			Our sensors do not show anything
			there, Worf.

101
thru	OMITTED
102

103  INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	where Nagilum still seems to peer in through the Main
	Viewer. Its eyes now move to Picard.

					NAGILUM
			Your life-form surprises me more
			and more. Is it also true that
			you have only a limited existence?
				(waits, then)
			Answer!

    STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT FOUR    44.

103  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			What information do you want?
			I don't understand the question.

					NAGILUM
			You exist -- and then you cease
			to exist. Your minds call it
			"death."

	At that moment, there is a CRY OF PAIN from the Aft
	Section -- and they turn. Holding his head as though
	it were about to explode, HASKELL staggers back from
	the damaged console. He screams again.

					NAGILUM
				(continuing)
			How interesting.

104  ANGLE - FAVORING HASKELL

	Haskell sinks to his knees, moaning in agony... then
	pitches forward and lies still. Doctor Pulaski has
	been hurrying toward him, now kneels and checks his
	vital signs. She uses a power-hypo on him once, twice.
	Then she shakes her head to Picard.

105  ANOTHER ANGLE

	Worf has moved in fast too, kneels.

					WORF
			Sickbay?

					PULASKI
			It won't help. The body is
			already cold.

106  ANGLE - FAVORING PICARD AND NAGILUM (OPTICAL)

	as Picard turns angrily toward the Main Viewer.

					PICARD
			We cannot allow you to do that!
			We'll fight you...

    STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT FOUR    45.

106  CONTINUED:

					NAGILUM
				(interrupting; VOICE
				 BOOMING)
			To understand death, I must amass
			information on every aspect of
			it, every kind of dying. The
			experiments shouldn't take more
			than a third of your crew, maybe
			half.

	OFF reactions:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

    STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT FIVE    46.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

107  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	with the same distant cluster of stars.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 42194.7.
			It is obvious that whatever we
			have met sees no value in our kind
			of life-form. How do we fight
			something that both is...

108  INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Geordi, Troi, Pulaski, and Worf
	are in conference.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... and is not there?

					TROI
			I can sense this much. We are
			unimportant to it.

					WORF
			In a battle for survival, Captain,
			thirty to fifty percent
			casualties...

					PULASKI
			... Would be appalling...

					WORF
			... But within acceptable limits.

					RIKER
			This is not a battle, Lieutenant.

					TROI
			A "laboratory experiment" would
			be the closest comparison.

					PICARD
			Is there any reason for not
			believing this Nagilum?

    STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT FIVE    47.

108  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			No.

					DATA
			All evidence indicates he is
			willing and able to do what he
			proposes.

					PICARD
			Agreed. Under the circumstances
			-- there is only one decision.
			I will not stand by and watch
			while half of my crew is
			slaughtered.

					DATA
			Sir... I do not believe there is
			anything you can do to prevent
			it.

					PICARD
			No. But I can control it.

					PULASKI
			How?

					PICARD
			By destroying the Enterprise.

					PULASKI
				(to Picard)
			Isn't that like curing the disease
			by killing the patient?

					RIKER
			At least it's better than
			standing by helplessly and dying.

					PULASKI
			Why do I feel this may not have
			been the best time to join this
			ship? I'll be in Sickbay if I'm
			needed.

	Pulaski exits. Data, Troi and Geordi rise and go out
	after her. Wesley and Worf start out. Worf pauses at
	the door:

					WORF
			I will be at my station, Captain.

    STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT FIVE    48.

108  CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard and Riker remain at the table... each with his
	own thoughts. Then they both rise and go out...

109  INT. CORRIDOR

	The door to the turbolift opens. Picard and Riker step
	out.

110  INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Picard and Riker enter the Engineering Section and move
	to either side of the console. After a beat, Picard
	reaches out and places his hand on the panel.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Recognize Picard... Jean-Luc...

	Riker places his hand on the opposite panel.

					COMPUTER VOICE)
				(continuing)
			Recognize Riker... William T.

					PICARD
			Initiate auto-destruct sequence.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Does Riker... William T. concur?

					RIKER
			I do. Initiate auto-destruct
			sequence.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			What is the desired time interval?

					PICARD
			Stand by.
				(turns to Riker)
			Interesting question. How long
			to prepare to die?

					RIKER
			Which is the least painful to our
			crew? Move to it quickly? Or
			take time to prepare for it
			thoroughly?

	They sit silently for a moment.

         STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT FIVE         49.

110  CONTINUED:

					RIKER)
				(continuing)
			Hell, twenty minutes sounds like
			a nice round figure. Can we do
			that?

					PICARD
			The latest program allows it.

	They exchange a look. Picard turns to the computer.

					PICARD)
				(continuing)
			Initiate auto-destruct in twenty
			minutes.

	Picard and Riker turn to leave as the clock begins its
	electronic countdown to auto-destruct.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Twenty minutes to auto-destruct,
			mark.

	They exit. Then, in the empty room:

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(continuing)
			Nineteen minutes, fifty seconds...

111  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	hovering in space with the still-distant star
	patterns.

112  INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	The captain is lying on his bunk, staring at the
	ceiling as DEBUSSY'S "CLAIR DE LUNE" PLAYS. CAMERA
	MOVES IN to examine the expressions passing over
	Picard's features as he listens. After several moments
	of this, his door CHIME SOUNDS.

					PICARD
			Come.

         STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT FIVE         50.

113  TO INCLUDE TROI

	entering as if hesitant to disturb the captain at this
	time. Picard straightens into a sitting position,
	looks questioningly at her.

					TROI
			Our destroying ourselves won't
			change its mind. I could feel
			that.

					PICARD
				(somewhat surprised)
			You didn't mention you were that
			certain.

					TROI
			I was wrong not to tell you,
			Captain. And your decision may
			also be wrong.

	Picard starts to say something, but it's INTERRUPTED
	BY ANOTHER SOUND from the door.

					PICARD
			Yes? Come in, please.

114  TO INCLUDE DATA

	as he enters, hesitant too.

					DATA
			I have a question, sir.
				(sits)
			What is death?

					PICARD
			You've picked probably the most
			difficult of all questions, Data.

	There is the beginning of a twinkle in Picard's eyes
	again. It is the sort of question that his mind loves.

         STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT FIVE         51.

114  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Some explain it by inventing
			gods wearing their own form...
			and argue that the purpose of the
			entire universe is to maintain
			themselves in their present form
			in an Earth-like garden which
			will give them pleasure through
			all eternity. And at the other
			extreme, assuming that is an
			"extreme," are those who prefer
			the idea of our blinking into
			nothingness with all our
			experiences, hopes and dreams only
			an illusion.

					DATA
			Which do you believe?

114A CLOSE ON PICARD

	considering the question.

					PICARD
			Considering the marvelous
			complexity of our universe, its
			clockwork perfection, its balances
			of this against that... matter,
			energy, gravitation, time,
			dimension, pattern, I believe
			our existence must mean more than
			a meaningless illusion. I prefer
			to believe that my and your
			existence goes beyond Euclidian
			and other "practical" measuring
			systems... and that, in ways
			we cannot yet fathom, our
			existence is part of a reality
			beyond what we understand now
			as reality.

	A moment of silence, then:

					TROI
			We should not let ourselves die,
			Jean-Luc!

	Picard is startled by the fact this statement comes
	from Troi of all people. Geordi has ENTERED as:

         STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT FIVE         52.

114A CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I agree with her, Captain.

					TROI
			If only half of us live, I prefer
			to take my chances on being one
			that does.

					GEORDI
			Yes. It's wrong of you to force
			us into this...

					DATA
			It is wrong...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Yes, this is very wrong. None
			of you should be reacting like
			this.

115  PICARD

	as he strides to the Companel on his cabin wall. CLOSE
	ANGLE - as he touches it:

					PICARD
			Computer, locate Commander Data.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Commander Data is on the bridge.

	Picard turns.

116  WIDER ANGLE - PICARD AND ENTIRE CABIN

	No one is there! There's a look of astonishment on
	his face. Except for himself, the cabin is empty.

					PICARD
			It's not going to work, Nagilum.

	Picard stands there, for a beat.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Captain, we are clear. We are
			out of the void.

         STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT FIVE         53.

116  CONTINUED:

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			It's gone, Captain -- we can abort
			the auto-destruct.

					PICARD
			Hold, Number One.

					RIKER
			But...

					PICARD
			Hold.

	As Picard exits.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Fifty seconds to auto-destruct.

117  OMITTED

117A INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	There is the familiar starfield on the viewscreen as
	Picard enters from the turbolift.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Thirty seconds to auto-destruct.

					DATA
			Captain, we are clear of the
			void. You may stop the
			auto-destruct.

					PICARD
			Data, on any heading -- warp six
			-- now!

117B
thru	OMITTED
117C

117D EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	stretches into warp.

117E INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard's resolve is undiminished.

         STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT FIVE         54.

117E CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Captain.

					PICARD
			I don't believe it, Number One.
			It could still be part of the
			illusion. Data, report.

					DATA
			All navigational systems confirm
			-- we are at warp six -- on
			course...

	No one even breathes for a long moment...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Ten seconds to auto-destruct.
			Nine seconds. Eight seconds.
			Seven seconds... Six seconds...

					DATA
			... to the Morgana Quadrant.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Five seconds. Four seconds...

					PICARD
			Troi?

					TROI
			It's gone, Captain. I no longer
			sense its presence.

					PICARD
			Abort auto-destruct sequence.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Three seconds. Two seconds...
			Riker, William T. Do you concur?

					RIKER
				(relieved)
			Yes! Absolutely! I do indeed
			concur! Wholeheartedly!

					PICARD
			A simple "yes" would have been
			sufficient, Number One.

					RIKER
			I didn't want there to be any
			chance of a misunderstanding.

         STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT FIVE         55.

117E CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard nods, then calmly exits to his Ready Room.

					GEORDI
			He sure held that bluff to the
			last second.

					RIKER
				(laughs)
			What bluff?

117F INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard is at his desk.

					PICARD
			Well, Nagilum... I hope you got
			what you needed.

	A moment, then the Intruder MATERIALIZES on the small
	viewscreen. The image is filled with static.

					NAGILUM
			You have provided me with much
			more than I needed...

					PICARD
			Why did you release us? You
			could have seen how we faced
			death.

					NAGILUM
			It wasn't necessary. I have
			learned all I needed to know.
			Would you like me to share some
			of my conclusions?

					PICARD
			I'm not interested.

         STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT FIVE         56.

117F CONTINUED:

					NAGILUM
			Of course you are. You are too
			inquisitive not to want to know.
				(he pauses)
			You seem to find no tranquility
			in anything. You struggle against
			the inevitable. You thrive on
			conflict. You are selfish, yet
			you value loyalty. You are rash,
			quick to judge, slow to change.
			It's amazing you've survived.
			Be that as it may -- as species,
			we have no common ground. You
			are too aggressive. Too hostile.
			Too militant.

					PICARD
			During this period, you too have
			been evaluated. It would seem
			we have at least one thing in
			common.

					NAGILUM
			Oh?

					PICARD
			Curiosity.

					NAGILUM
			The point is well taken, Captain.
			Perhaps that is a trait we share.

					PICARD
			Then perhaps we'll meet again.
			But next time, it will be out
			here among the stars.

	The STATIC CRACKLES Nagilum off and Picard stands for
	a beat at the blank screen.

117G INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard takes his command chair.

					PICARD
			Put us back on course, at warp
			three.

					WESLEY
			Warp three, sir...

         STAR TREK: "Where Silence... " - 9/27/88 - ACT FIVE         57.

117G CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			And Ensign -- let's give any holes
			a wide berth.

118  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it accelerates to warp three and disappears in the
	distance.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             




                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                    "Elementary, Dear Data" 
                          #40272-129 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Brian Alan Lane 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rob Bowman 


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                   2ND REV. FINAL DRAFT

                    OCTOBER 12, 1988

     STAR TREK: "Elementary, Dear Data" - 10/12/88 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                    "Elementary, Dear Data" 

                             CAST                               
                                
                PICARD             SHERLOCK HOLMES (DATA)
                RIKER              DOCTOR JOHN H. WATSON (GEORDI)
                DATA               INSPECTOR G. LESTRADE
                PULASKI            JABEZ WILSON
                TROI               PIE MAN
                GEORDI             PROFESSOR JAMES MORIARTY
                WORF               PROSTITUTE (WHORE)
                WESLEY             THUG
                                   RUFFIAN
                ASSISTANT ENGINEER 
                 (CLANCY)          Non-Speaking
                                     MAN
                Voice-Over           STREET VENDORS
                  COMPUTER VOICE     PENNY POSTMEN
                                     BOBBIES
                                     STREET URCHINS
                                     BARRISTERS
                                     BUSINESSMEN
                                     LADIES
                                     LAMPLIGHTERS
                                     TARTS
                                     SAILORS
                                     YOUTH
                                     THUGS
                                     PROSTITUTES
                                     BEGGARS
                                     CROWD
                                     THE PODY
                                     WOMAN
                                     BOBBY
                                     TWO DRUNKEN SEAMEN
                                     TWO WHORES  
                                     TWO BEGGARS

                                     Voice-Over
                                       COACHMAN

     STAR TREK: "Elementary, Dear Data" - 10/12/88 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                    "Elementary, Dear Data" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              CORRIDOR -
                TURBOLIFT
                HOLODECK
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              GEORDI'S OFFICE
              HOLODECK -
                HOLMES' SITTING ROOM
                CONTROL FOYER
                LONDON STREET
                ALLEYWAY
                WAREHOUSE
                N.D. BUILDING
                MORIARTY'S LAIR
              TEN-FORWARD
              MAIN BRIDGE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE

       STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                    "Elementary, Dear Data"  
                       
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

A1	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is motionless.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 42486.3.
			We have arrived on station at
			coordinates -- three-six-two-
			nine-mark-five-eight-four,
			three days early for our
			rendezvous with USS Victory.
			There is nothing to do now, but
			hold this position and wait.

1    INT. ENTERPRISE - CORRIDOR AT TURBOLIFT

	as the doors snap open and DATA comes out, hurries down
	the corridor toward the Engineering Section. He
	appears concerned about something.

2    INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	as Data hurries in from the corridor to the ASSISTANT
	ENGINEER, a pert redhead female, who is on duty.

					ASSISTANT ENGINEER
			Yes, Commander?

					DATA
			Is there a problem? Chief
			Engineer La Forge called for me.
			"Urgent!"

					ASSISTANT ENGINEER
			Oh, of course.
				(indicates)
			He's over there with the Victory.

	A very puzzled Data heads in the direction indicated.

       STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - TEASER       2.

3    INT. GEORDI'S OFFICE

	where GEORDI is making an adjustment on a computer
	panel. Data enters.

					DATA
			I just had a strange conversation
			with your assistant. Although
			it is three days until we
			rendezvous with Starship Victory,
			she...

					GEORDI
				(grins; overlapping)
			She believes it has already
			arrived.
				(indicates)
			But not the starship, my friend.
			The original!

4    PAN SHOT

	as Geordi leads Data to an Engine Room corner we
	haven't seen so far. It is indeed the Victory sitting
	there, a nearly completed five-foot model of it!
	Geordi leads Data to it, then kneels and begins putting
	some finishing touches on the model.

					GEORDI
			This is my gift to Starship
			Victory's Captain Zimbata.

5    CLOSE ON THE VICTORY MODEL

	including Geordi's hands (establishing scale) as he
	works on it.

					DATA
			Ah, most unusual.

6    MEDIUM SHOT

	Geordi, Data and model.

					GEORDI
			I served as an ensign under him.
				(indicates model)
			I wish he'd been in command of
			this Victory. Wind and sail,
			that's the proper way to move a
			ship.

       STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - TEASER       3.

6    CONTINUED:

	Geordi reaches in the model, adjusts something, CAMERA
	MOVING IN as Data crouches to watch, puzzled.

					DATA
			But your Starfleet specialty, my
			friend, is antimatter power,
			dilithium regulators...

					GEORDI
			Which is exactly why this
			fascinates me. Data, it's human
			nature to love what we don't have.
			Simpler days!
				(indicates model)
			While stringing this rigging, I
			was dreaming of sail handling
			and...

					DATA
			This is not a computer simulation?

					GEORDI
			Data, the entire point of
			something like this is to hand
			make it.

	Data is leaning in, inspecting it even more carefully.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Just as you have used Old England
			in a hobby of your own.

					DATA
			Geordi... your message said
			"urgent."

					GEORDI
			And it is, my friend. While we
			wait to rendezvous with Victory,
			we have time for me to be Watson.

	Geordi produces a package, extends it to Data. Data
	pulls from the package a meerschaum pipe.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			More properly, your Watson.

       STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - TEASER       4.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

	It is the "Sherlock Holmes" pipe that Data used once
	before and Data is obviously delighted with it. He
	picks it up, tests the heft of it, moves it to his
	lips.

					DATA
			My Watson?

7    WIDER ANGLE

	as Geordi stands; indicates model.

					GEORDI
			You've seen my dream adventure...
			now let me share in one of yours.

	Data considers this, then lifts the meerschaum to
	the lips again, plays it as "Holmes."

					DATA
			Ah, yes. Yes, my dear colleague,
			that does seem only fair.

	The assistant engineer has entered to check a computer
	reading and Geordi beckons to her, indicates the model
	Victory.

					GEORDI
			I'll be gone awhile, Clancy. See
			that no one touches this!

					ASSISTANT ENGINEER
			Aye, sir. And where can I reach
			you?

					DATA
			He can be reached at 221B Baker
			Street.

					ASSISTANT ENGINEER
			Sir?

	But the two of them are already exiting.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT ONE      5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

8    INT. ENTERPRISE - CORRIDOR AT HOLODECK

	Data and Geordi are in front of the Holodeck entrance,
	programming the COMPUTER. Geordi (dressed as WATSON)
	is wearing Victorian trousers, waistcoat and tie,
	jacket and bowler. Data is dressed in the classic
	style of SHERLOCK HOLMES.

					DATA
			Computer -- select at random a
			mystery by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
			where I will play Sherlock Holmes
			and Lieutenant La Forge will be
			Doctor Watson.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Program complete -- you may enter.

	The Holodeck doors open onto:

9    INT. HOLODECK - THE SITTING ROOM AT 221B BAKER
	STREET - THE DIGS OF MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES - DAY (OPTICAL)

	The Holodeck doors become a wall of Holmes' sitting
	room. It's all there. A perfect duplication of
	Sherlock Holmes' famous sitting room.

					DATA
			Excellent.

	The unlit oil lamps, the bookcase, the stick rack, the
	fireplace and its softly flaming fire within, the
	jack-knife stuck in the mantelpiece, the Persian
	slipper tobacco pouch, the chemical bottles and
	microscope, the deerstalker cap and cape-backed
	overcoat, the spirit case and gasogene, a pistol, the
	"V.R." script of bullet holes in one wall...

					GEORDI
			Look at all of the detail... and
			everything here has some
			significance?

      STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT ONE      6.

9    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Holmes collected nothing -- neither
			trinkets nor thoughts which were
			not specifically significant to
			him.

10   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Data surveys the room for authenticity -- Geordi makes
	a walk around the room, picking up articles and
	identifying them. He picks up a tie pin.

					GEORDI
			This?

					DATA
			The emerald tie pin presented to
			Holmes by Queen Victoria after
			he solved the theft of the
			Bruce-Partington plans.

	He touches a book.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			A copy of Whitaker's Almanack
			which provided Holmes the key to
			the secret code in "The Valley
			of Fear."

	He picks up a snuff box from the mantel.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			The snuff box of Wilhelm
			Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein.

	Geordi marvels at the detail.

					GEORDI
			All right -- you solve the cases
			and get the gifts, what do I do?

					DATA
			Primarily as Doctor Watson, you
			keep a written record of
			everything I do for later
			publication.

      STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT ONE      7.

11   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Data steps over and picks up the violin.

					DATA
			And the famous Holmes violin.
			He purchased this in a pawn shop
			in Tottenham Court Road for
			fifty-five shillings, which he
			considered a very good investment.

	Geordi takes pen in hand to begin the journal.

					GEORDI
			In the hands of some, the violin
			is a wondrous thing, equally
			capable of stirring the soul to
			the heights of bliss as to the
			depths of despair...

11A  EMPHASIZING DATA (OPTICAL)

	as he picks up the bow... begins to play. His music
	is surprisingly lovely. CAMERA PANS to Geordi as he
	lowers the pen, impressed.

					GEORDI
			Incredible, Data! How can you
			play it like that?

					DATA
			Merely throwing myself into the
			part, Watson.

	Geordi picks up his pen again, begins writing:

					GEORDI
			In the masterful grasp of my
			friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the
			violin ceases to be a musical
			instrument at all and becomes...

	Data puts down the violin as outside WE HEAR THE CLOMP
	OF HORSES' HOOVES AND THE YELL OF A COACHMAN.

					DATA
			Watson! We are about to have
			guests.

	Data digs into his pockets for his pipe. There is the
	SOUND OF FEET ON THE STAIRS, THEN A KNOCK AT THE
	DOOR...

      STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT ONE      8.

11A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Answer it, Watson -- let's not keep
			the good inspector waiting.

					GEORDI
			Inspector who?

					DATA
			Why Lestrade of course.

	Geordi's on his feet, heading for the door as there
	comes ANOTHER KNOCK, and LESTRADE'S VOICE:

					LESTRADE (O.S.)
			Holmes, are you there, man?

	Geordi fumbles slightly as he opens the door, and into
	the room come INSPECTOR G. LESTRADE and a MAN, wearing
	a double-breasted overcoat and bowler... Lestrade nods
	at Watson but crosses quickly toward Holmes as the man,
	his collar up to partially obscure his face, slides
	over to the darkest corner of the room and examines the
	chemistry apparatus there...

					LESTRADE
				(continuing)
			Thank the Almighty you're
			available tonight, Holmes, I'm
			in a deuce of a dilemma.

					DATA
			Then may I say your perturbation
			becomes you, Inspector Lestrade,
			whilst simultaneously affording
			me yet another chance to serve
			Queen and country.

					GEORDI
				(with a little laugh)
			Data, is that the way Holmes
			really talked?

					DATA
			Absolutely.

	Data steps over to the Persian slipper tobacco pouch,
	fills his pipe, tamps it, as:

      STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT ONE      9.

11A  CONTINUED: (2)

					LESTRADE
			Exactly... You see, this gentleman
			here --
				(indicates the man)
			-- the emissary of a foreign
			government -- has been the victim
			of a most accidentally wicked
			crime...

	The light over Watson's journal has flickered lower.
	Geordi, not quite sure of how it works, tries to adjust
	it and breaks Lestrade's concentration as the lamp goes
	completely dark.

					GEORDI
			Damn!
				(to Data)
			Haven't they invented electric
			lights by now?

					LESTRADE
			What, dear fellow?

					DATA
			Watson, please!
				(to Lestrade)
			Pray go on, Inspector.

					LESTRADE
			Well, to put the matter simply,
			Holmes, this man was accosted by
			gypsies bent on depriving him of
			his most valuable possessions...
			and, in the process of picking
			his pockets clean, the gypsies
			also happened to bag a photograph
			this man was carrying --

	Data reaches for the lapel of the Man's overcoat, and
	RIPS it down, tearing it from top to bottom... and,
	from inside the lining of the coat's hem, Data
	withdraws a photograph!... which he hands to a
	surprised Lestrade...

					LESTRADE
				(continuing)
			Great Scott! It's the photograph!

      STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT ONE      10.

11A  CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			I believe, Inspector, that you
			will find that this emissary here
			works not for but against the King
			of Bohemia, and that photograph
			of the king and his ex-mistress
			is to be used as blackmail.
			Further, upon deeper reflection,
			you will deduce, as did I, that...

					GEORDI
				(in disgust)
			Computer, freeze program. Exit!

	A set of Holodeck exit doors appears, parting TO REVEAL
	the interior corridor of the Enterprise... the Holodeck
	characters freeze. Geordi strides toward the exit.

					DATA
			Where are you going?

					GEORDI
			I'm done.

					DATA
			But I was just about to reveal
			that the "sir" is in fact a
			"madame," and that...

					GEORDI
			Forget it, Data.

	And Geordi strides out... Data puzzles over matters
	for a beat, and then he follows. The Holodeck doors
	close behind them.

12   INT. ENTERPRISE - TEN-FORWARD

	Geordi and Data are sitting at a table near the
	windows. The Enterprise is not moving.

					GEORDI
			What was the point to going onto
			the Holodeck?

					DATA
			To solve a Sherlock Holmes
			mystery.

      STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT ONE      11.

12   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Exactly, but, you've got them all
			memorized. The first time someone
			opens their mouth, you've got it
			solved. So, there's really no
			mystery. If there's no mystery...
			there's no game... no game...
			no fun.

	Geordi feels like he is being too emphatic.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I'm not angry with you, Data,
			really... It's just that... we
			go to all the trouble to arrange
			time to come down to the Holodeck,
			to get the proper wardrobe, to
			get into character, and, boom,
			it barely gets started and you
			jump to the end. See, I was
			looking forward to the chase.

					DATA
			Then I should have extended the
			sequence of events.

					GEORDI
			I'm not getting through. The fun
			of the program is the attempt to
			solve a mystery.

					DATA
			That is exactly what we were
			doing.

					PULASKI (O.S.)
			You are wasting your breath,
			Lieutenant.

	And, from behind, DOCTOR PULASKI'S VOICE:

	Data and Geordi look around to find PULASKI sitting
	there, facing the opposite direction.

					PULASKI
				(continuing)
			Saying that to Data is asking a
			computer not to compute.

      STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT ONE      12.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Am I so different from you,
			Doctor? Can you cease thinking
			on command?

					PULASKI
			In medicine I face many puzzles
			to which I do not know the answer.

					GEORDI
			She's right, Data. You always
			know the answer.

					PULASKI
			To feel the thrill of a victory...
			there must be the possibility of
			failure.
				(to Data)
			Where's the victory winning a
			battle you can't possibly lose?

					DATA
			Are you suggesting that there is
			some value in losing?

					PULASKI
				(enthusiastic))
			Yes. That's the great teacher.
			We humans often learn more from
			a mistake or a failure than we
			do from an easy success. But not
			you -- all your learning is by
			rote. To you it's all
			memorization and recitation.

					GEORDI
			I don't know about that.
			Deductive reasoning is Data's
			strength.

					PULASKI
			Yes, Holmes as well, but Holmes
			also understood the human soul.
			Those dark flecks which drive
			us... which turn the innocent to
			the evil. That understanding is
			beyond Data. It comes from "life"
			experience -- which he doesn't have
			-- combined with human intuition
			for which he cannot be programmed.

      STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT ONE      13.

12   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			I disagree -- totally.

					PULASKI
			His victory at playing Sherlock
			Holmes is just a blind mimicry,
			a collection of bits and bytes
			of information without any true
			understanding.

					GEORDI
			You're being unfair.

					PULASKI
			I don't think so, Lieutenant.
			Your artificial friend wouldn't
			have a prayer of solving a Holmes
			mystery which he hasn't read.

					DATA
			I have read them all.

					GEORDI
			Maybe the computer could create
			one in the style of Holmes...
			where you wouldn't know the
			outcome.

					PULASKI
			Like I said, he wouldn't have a
			prayer.

					DATA
				(to Pulaski)
			I accept your challenge, Doctor.

					GEORDI
			Good for you, Data.

					DATA
			We will return to the Holodeck
			and I will dare it to defeat me,
			and you Madam are invited to be
			a witness.

					PULASKI
			I wouldn't miss it.

      STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT ONE      14.

12   CONTINUED: (4)

	Pulaski raises her glass to toast agreement... and she
	drinks the last swallow, now rises and leads Data away
	from the table... And Geordi stands to follow.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT TWO      15.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

13   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The great vessel is parked.

14   INT. HOLODECK - CONTROL FOYER

	Geordi dressed as Watson, Data as Holmes... and
	Pulaski in upper class Victorian finery, layers and
	layers of it. She fans herself with her hand as Data
	activates the Holodeck console and inputs a sequence...

					PULASKI
			I've never been so hot in all my
			life -- are these clothes really
			necessary?

					GEORDI
			Believe me, you'd feel out of
			place without them... Just wait
			'til you see our Holodeck, you'll
			swear you've actually been sent
			back to nineteenth century
			England.

					PULASKI
			Presuming I don't pass out first.

	She fans herself all the more... and Data's still
	inputting, as:

					DATA
			The Victorians believed that any
			form of nudity was immoral... In
			fact, they not only covered up
			all people from head to toe, but
			they even went so far as to put
			skirts and cuffs and sleeves on
			the arms and legs of furniture.
				(finishes inputting)
			I have instructed the computer
			to give us a Sherlock Holmes-type
			problem, but not one specifically
			written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

					GEORDI
			So this will be something new,
			something created by the computer?

      STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT TWO      16.

14   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Exactly.
				(now eyes Pulaski)
			Will that be sufficient, Doctor?

					PULASKI
			We'll see.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Program complete -- you may enter.

15   INT. HOLODECK - LONDON STREET - NIGHT

	The Holodeck doors open, REVEALING Victorian London.
	They step forward into the street scene. We see the
	awe on Pulaski's face as she gazes up and down this
	busy thoroughfare of horse-drawn carts, hansom cabs...
	There are STREET VENDORS, PENNY POSTMEN, BOBBIES,
	STREET URCHINS begging for tuppence, BARRISTERS in
	white wigs, BUSINESSMEN, LADIES, LAMPLIGHTERS, TARTS,
	SAILORS -- the full panoply of London denizens, all
	ignoring the sooty fog and sounds that waft through
	the scene...

					PIE MAN
				(his call)
			Pies, pies, Some are meat, Some
			are sweet, They're all the best...
			Pies... pies...

					WHORE
			You're a handsome one mister...
			shame to stay out here in the
			cold...

					PULASKI
			Very impressive.

					GEORDI
			Your first visit to the Holodeck,
			Doctor?

	The whore approaches a MAN we will recognize later as
	MORIARTY.

					WHORE
			How 'bout you deary... Want to
			get out of the fog?

	He ignores her.

      STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT TWO      17.

15   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			First time on one with this level
			of sophistication. Now how does
			this work? The real London was
			over a hundred square miles in
			size.

	Data starts walking along the block, and Geordi and
	Pulaski follow closely, as:

					DATA
			This is no larger than the
			Holodeck, of course. So the
			computer adjusts by placing images
			of more distant perspectives on
			the Holodeck walls...

					GEORDI
			But with the image so perfect
			you'd have to touch the wall to
			know it was there. And the
			computer fools you in other ways.
				(Watson's accent)
			I say, Holmes, where shall we head
			-- the theatre? Rule's? Or
			perhaps a concert?

	Data stops walking, likewise freezing Geordi and
	Pulaski... and Data pulls out his pipe, methodically
	scans the scene, trying to determine their next move.
	SUDDENLY a YOUTH sprints out of the shadows carrying
	a sack and running for all he's worth. The Pie Man
	screams.

					PIE MAN
			Stop him. He stole my goods...

	Geordi moves to intercept the youth.

					DATA
			No. It is a ruse. This way.

	We FOLLOW Data's gesture to see a rather nondescript
	building by an alley -- a brass plaque on the building
	is unreadable at this distance... Now Data quickly
	crosses, with Geordi and Pulaski right on his heels.

16   REVERSE ANGLE - FROM THE STOOP OF N.D. BUILDING

					GEORDI
			But, Data, what's over here?

      STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT TWO      18.

16   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			What are you up to, Data? Tell
			us.

	They have reached the building -- and Data is squinting
	up at a rope which is dangling from a vent in the
	ceiling over the stoop, just by the front door...

17   CLOSE-UP - THE ROPE

	hanging down, with the door lock and the brass plaque
	just back of it... The plaque reads: "HOME OF THE
	RED-HEADED LEAGUE"...

					DATA
			The running man was a hoax. The
			real crime is here. And the
			intended victim -- is...

	Data looks along the street.

18   LONDON STREET - DATA'S POV

	Walking toward them is a florid-faced gentleman (JABEZ
	WILSON) with a fiery shock of red hair.

					DATA
			... that man. Mr. Jabez Wilson.
			Employee of the Red-Headed League,
			dupe of a gang of criminals.

19   DATA, GEORDI AND PULASKI (OPTICAL)

	Data indicates the plaque reads: "HOME OF THE
	RED-HEADED LEAGUE"...

					DATA
			I saw the plaque - "The Home of
			the Red-Headed League"... and this
			rope dangling from the vent, which
			enabled me to deduce that Mr.
			Jabez Wilson is coming here to
			meet a most distasteful and
			untimely demise. From this...

	Data reaches up and pulls the rope... and a snake --
	yellow with brownish speckles -- falls off the rope,
	hits the ground, slithers away...

      STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT TWO      19.

19   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			Fraud. You didn't deduce
			anything. You simply recognized
			elements from two different Holmes
			stories. Fraud.

					DATA
			Reasoning from the general to the
			specific -- is that not the very
			definition of deduction? Is that
			not the way Sherlock Holmes
			worked?

	At about this time, the red-headed Mr. Wilson walks
	closer.

					PULASKI
			Fraud. Variations on a theme.
				(to Geordi)
			Now... now do you see my point?
			All he knows is what is stored
			in his memory banks. Inspiration
			-- original thought -- the true
			strength of Holmes is not possible
			for our friend.
				(to Data)
			I give you credit for your vast
			knowledge, but your circuits would
			just short out when confronted
			by a truly original mystery. It's
			elementary, dear Data.

					GEORDI
			We will just see whose circuits
			short out, Doctor.

	Geordi leads them back over to the exit.

					GEORDI
			Computer! Arch!

	And the arch MATERIALIZES. The street crowd pay no
	attention, except for one man (Moriarty) in b.g., who
	eyes it offhandedly.

					PULASKI
			Are you really sure you want to
			put yourself through this,
			Lieutenant? Better wilted laurels
			than none at all.

      STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT TWO      20.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Computer, override previous
			programming. All right, now a
			program that definitely challenges
			Data.

					PULASKI
			It has to deal with events he has
			no previous knowledge of.

					GEORDI
				(thinks; then)
			Computer, in the Holmesian style,
			create a mystery to confound Data
			with an opponent who has the
			ability to defeat him.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Define parameters of the program.

					PULASKI
			What does that mean?

					GEORDI
			The computer wants to know how
			far to take the game.

					PULASKI
			You mean it's giving you a chance
			to limit your risk.

					GEORDI
			No, the parameters will be
			whatever is necessary to
			accomplish the directive.
				(turns to computer)
			Create an adversary capable of
			defeating Data.

	Geordi pushes some buttons to:

20
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      STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT TWO      21.

B22	OMITTED

C22	INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE INCLUDING WORF AND
	RIKER (B.G.)

	Out of the corner of his eye, Worf catches a strange
	reading on his console.

					WORF
			What was that?

					RIKER
			Lieutenant?

					WORF
			An odd surge of power, sir.
				(rechecking console)
			It's gone now.

D22	INT. HOLODECK - LONDON STREET (OPTICAL)

	The Holodeck arch and doors DEMATERIALIZE. Data,
	Geordi and Pulaski are standing where we left them.
	They are looking at this London street and finding it
	totally different than when they last saw it. It seems
	a bit dirtier, peopled now with a scattering of THUGS,
	PROSTITUTES, and BEGGARS. It has a sense of danger
	which wasn't there before.

					PULASKI
			Interesting. The same London
			but... slightly different.

22   LONDON STREET - ANOTHER ANGLE

	Data leading them along it, looking for what is going
	to begin this mystery. Geordi is with him, Pulaski is
	a step behind. The prostitute comes out of the shadows
	and approaches Data:

					PROSTITUTE (WHORE)
			Hello, matey. For a few bob, I
			can put some color in your
			cheeks...

					DATA
			No thank you.

      STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT TWO      22.

22   CONTINUED:

					PROSTITUTE
			"No thank you" is it?
				(points to thugs)
			Rather hand it over to them...

	Data leads the others past them.

23   DATA AND GEORDI

	as they move along the street. The PROSTITUTE motions
	to a COUPLE of dangerous THUGS, who are eyeballing Data
	and Geordi, and whisper behind their hands like a
	couple of thieves who see possible victims. Off to the
	side, PROFESSOR JAMES MORIARTY stands there as if
	momentarily dazed by something.

23A  EMPHASIZING MORIARTY (OPTICAL)

	as the same prostitute notices his odd look.

					PROSTITUTE
			Is something wrong, Professor?

	Moriarty opens his eyes, seems pleased by something.

					MORIARTY
			I... I feel like a new man.
				(looks around;
				 indicates)
			That dark man used the word
			"arch" and then... I wonder?
				(he tries it himself)
			"Arch."

	And just as it would for Data, the arch APPEARS.
	Moriarty steps over and inspects it while in the b.g.
	Data, Geordi and Pulaski move OUT OF SCENE.

					MORIARTY
			What have we here?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Computer, standing by.

	Moriarty reacts, then:

					MORIARTY
			What are you?

      STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT TWO      23.

23A  CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			If you refer to the arch you
			ordered, it provides computer
			control. Do you wish to input
			any commands?

					MORIARTY
			Not at this time.

	The arch DISAPPEARS.

					PROSTITUTE
				(frightened)
			Aii! It's dark magic, Moriarty.

	She exits down the street. But Moriarty seems pleased,
	looks in the direction where Data and the others went.

					MORIARTY
				(to himself)
			The best kind, I'm sure. But I
			need information.

	Hurrying, he heads in the direction where we last saw
	Data.

24   OMITTED

25   LONDON STREET - ANOTHER ANGLE

	As they move through the clutter of the street, Data
	and Geordi move slightly ahead. Geordi is anxious for
	the new adventure to begin. Pulaski lags a bit behind.

					GEORDI
			Data -- I mean... Holmes old boy,
			what are we looking for?

					DATA
			For whatever finds us, dear
			Watson.

	Suddenly there is an O.S. SCREAM! from Pulaski.

26   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Data and Geordi spin around in response to find that
	Pulaski is gone.

      STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT TWO      24.

27   REVERSE ANGLE - FROM THE SIDEWALK

	to the alley entrance.

					DATA
				(as Holmes)
			She has been abducted.

					GEORDI
				(as Geordi)
			I think she's hiding. She's going
			to lead you on a wild goose chase
			and then recount the story to
			everyone between here and Alpha
			Centauri.

	Data's eye catches her shoe (now scuffed on top and
	sides).

28   THE TRAIL OF SCUFF MARKS

	which runs along the sidewalk, and to the nearby
	alley...

					DATA
			Watson -- a trail...

29   RESUME SCENE

					DATA
			Leading to the alley...
				(then in Holmesian
				 fashion, he continues)
			The doctor has been carried off
			by two men. One is tall -- a
			seaman. The other is shorter,
			left handed, and employed in a
			laboratory.

					GEORDI
			Left handed? And works in a lab?
			How do you know that?

      STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT TWO      25.

29   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			One set of footfalls are widely
			spaced with the uneven gait
			particular to seamen. The other
			set is evenly spaced -- closer
			together. Further, you can see
			on the ground the swirling scrapes
			made by his left shoe as he twists
			back presumably to see if he is
			being followed. Left footed,
			means left handed. The dark
			coloration of the scrapes are the
			leavings of natural rubber -- a
			type of non-conductive soles used
			by researchers experimenting with
			electricity.
				(he pauses)
			Finally, there can be no argument
			-- the game is afoot! Come,
			Watson!

	And Data charges off, following the trail leading to
	the alley... Geordi is right behind him.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT THREE     26.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

30   INT. HOLODECK - LONDON STREET - NIGHT

	Data and Geordi (as Holmes and Watson) turn off the
	street and enter the alley. THEIR FOOTFALLS ECHO...
	and they stand there, catching their breath, just
	listening... and WE HEAR OTHER RUNNING FOOTSTEPS
	AHEAD...

					DATA
			Hear that? What do those
			footfalls tell you, Watson?

					GEORDI
			That we're on the right track?

					DATA
			More particularly, that our
			opposition does indeed consist
			of two men... that one of them
			is carrying the bound and gagged
			Doctor Pulaski. We must hurry --

	Data scoots down the alley once more, Geordi in tow,
	as:

					GEORDI
			You know all this because you read
			it in a Holmes story, right?

					DATA
			Not at all... Since we do not hear
			the doctor's footfalls, we must
			presume she is being carried, and
			since we do not hear her calling
			for help, we know she is gagged.
			Further... both sets of footfalls
			are heavy and masculine -- one man
			seems to shuffle and stumble in
			an irregular pattern... Since the
			ground is level, I must conclude
			that Doctor Pulaski is struggling
			against her captor, sporadically
			knocking him off stride. It is
			deduction, pure and simple...
			well, perhaps not that simple.

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT THREE     27.

30   CONTINUED:

	Data and Geordi are just rounding the only sharp bend
	in the alleyway, and the RUNNING FOOTSTEPS AHEAD ARE
	LOUD AND VERY NEAR...

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Here we go, Watson -- I daresay
			we have caught up rather nicely
			with our quarry --

	And Data and Geordi zoom out of the bend... and come
	to a stop as they find themselves face to face with
	a dead-end brick wall... There's no sign of anyone else
	there, no doors, no manholes, no way out except back
	the way they came...

					DATA
				(continuing)
			There should be a doorway.

	Data turns and heads back up the alley...

31   LONDON STREET - ALLEYWAY ENTRANCE

	as Data and Geordi wander out of the alley and along
	the street. Across from them is a warehouse.

	Lestrade rushes up:

					LESTRADE
			Holmes, thank God you're here.

	Lestrade grabs Data's arm, steers him -- with Geordi
	following -- to:

32   LONDON STREET

	where a CROWD has gathered in a circle to look at
	something on the ground...

					LESTRADE
			Make way, please, make way, make
			way for Mr. Sherlock Holmes...

	The crowd parts... and Lestrade, Data, and Geordi push
	through to find the object of interest --

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT THREE     28.

33   LYING ON THE GROUND -- THE BODY

	of a middle-aged, common-looking man... Now the feet
	of Data, Geordi, and Lestrade step INTO FRAME, around
	the body, as:

					LESTRADE (O.S.)
			It's murder, Holmes, murder most
			foul.

	Lestrade, Data, and Geordi stoop down for closer
	inspection of the body, and all are now IN FRAME, as:

					GEORDI
				(to Data)
			Well, Holmes, let's hear it.

					DATA
			There is nothing here of
			relevance. I do not see how this
			connects with the disappearance
			of the doctor.

					LESTRADE
			Doctor? Doctor Watson is standing
			right here, Holmes.

					DATA
			Doctor Kate Pulaski. But do not
			concern yourself, Inspector. You
			have enough on your mind.

					LESTRADE
			She was with you?

34   NEW ANGLE - DATA, GEORDI, LESTRADE, AND BODY

	Both Geordi and Data are enthralled by this game.
	Geordi returns to his role as the counterfeit Watson.

					GEORDI
			Inspector, perhaps I can be of
			assistance... As I take note of
			this dead man, I deduce that he
			was strangled.

	Geordi's moment in the sun:

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT THREE     29.

34   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			The finger marks on his throat
			indicate the cause of death, and,
			since there are signs of a
			struggle, it's obvious that his
			killer was a stranger, who caught
			him from behind.

					LESTRADE
			Is that correct, Holmes?

					DATA
			No. Look at his shoes. He's more
			a convict -- released just today
			from Dartmoor prison... He spent
			the day in a tavern where he
			consumed large quantities of gin
			-- with his killer, who followed
			him to this spot -- and waited over
			there until the victim slipped
			into a drunken stupor, then out
			of fear, motivated only by
			self-protection strangled him.

	Data indicates a WOMAN in the crowd.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			There is your killer, Inspector.

	She starts to run but is grabbed by a BOBBY, who brings
	her forward.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			And when you check, I believe you
			will find this poor soul is the
			victim's common law wife, who has
			been dreading his release because
			he was a vile and abusive man.

					GEORDI
			But, Holmes she doesn't have the
			strength of strangling him.

					DATA
			Not with her hands -- no. But with
			this.

	Data reaches over and takes a beaded scarf from around
	the woman's neck.

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT THREE     30.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(continuing)
			When used as a garrote, these
			beads will leave marks quite
			similar to fingerprints, except,
			my dear Watson... the marks on
			the victim are too evenly spaced
			to be caused by human hands.

					LESTRADE
			Astounding, Holmes... absolutely
			astounding.

	Data is uninterested in the compliment or further
	discussion of this crime; he turns and scans the
	street.

35   LONDON STREET - DATA'S POV

	He notices a tall man (Moriarty) entering a warehouse.

36   BACK TO SCENE

	Data has lost interest in the murder.

					DATA
			Inspector -- for reasons strictly
			personal -- I must leave. Come,
			Watson, this murder is not
			connected with our case.

					GEORDI
				(excitedly)
			If this murder isn't connected
			to the disappearance of Doctor
			Pulaski, then the computer is
			running an independent program.

					DATA
			Yes.

					GEORDI
			Why?

					DATA)
				(puzzled)
			I do not know... and that troubles
			me.

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT THREE     31.

36   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Then you don't know what's coming
			next?

					DATA
			No.

					GEORDI
				(still enjoying the
				 game)
			That's what I wanted to hear.

37   LONDON STREET - ANOTHER ANGLE

	Data and Geordi leave the scene of the crime as a
	pushcart arrives to carry off the corpse and the bobby
	and Lestrade lead the woman away.

38   ENTRANCE TO THE WAREHOUSE

	Data and Geordi approach. There are a couple of
	drunken SEAMEN staggering along the sidewalk. Nearby
	is a very dangerous looking THUG, beyond whom is a
	vibrantly painted WHORE. A THUG comes up and grabs
	Data's coat.

					THUG
			Do you have some coppers for a
			hungry man?

					WHORE
			I'll give you some value for your
			copper, mate...

	There is an air of violence about this beggar.

					DATA
			Allow us to pass.

					THUG
			Give it up.

					WHORE
			Ain't no men left in London.

					DATA
			Release my coat or I will be
			forced to give you a severe
			thrashing.

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT THREE     32.

38   CONTINUED:

	As the thug backs off, he bumps into Geordi, then
	pushes him aside and leaves.

					GEORDI
			It's getting a little rough.
			Where to, now?

					DATA
			We will find Doctor Pulaski
			inside.

					GEORDI
			How do you know that?

					DATA
			It is the only obvious choice.

					GEORDI
			Why, all of a sudden would the
			obvious choice be the correct
			choice? Isn't this a game of
			misdirection?

					DATA
			Not any more. He wants us to find
			him.

					GEORDI
			Who does?

					DATA
			The master criminal. The man
			Holmes could only defeat at the
			cost of his own life at
			Reichenbach falls - our adversary,
			my dear Watson is none other than
			Professor Moriarty himself.

					GEORDI
			Great -- now this is really
			getting good.

	Data pushes open the door. Geordi follows him through.

39   INT. WAREHOUSE

	is long, narrow and crammed full of barrels and crates.
	Data leads them down an aisle following a set of wet
	footprints.

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT THREE     33.

39   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			There's nothing in here but these
			barrels.

					DATA
			... and a trail.
				(indicating the tracks
				 in the dust)
			Which is so well marked, that
			obviously we are meant to follow
			it.

40   ANOTHER ANGLE

	As the aisle ends against a blank wall.

					GEORDI
			Another dead end.

	Data runs his finger along a seam in wooden wall.

					DATA
			No Watson, not a dead end at all.
			Here -- can you see these
			scratches?

	Data pushes against the wall just to the left of the
	little scratches and the wall slides open to reveal
	another room.

41   INT. MORIARTY'S LAIR - TIGHT ANGLE - PANNING (OPTICAL)

	A windowless, doorless room, full of Victorian finery
	and bric-a-brac... A lab table and boxes full of
	bizarre tools, equipment, wires... And we:

					GEORDI
			The doctor was right, now we have
			a game worth playing.

	the VOICE of Moriarty, mellifluous and evil:

					MORIARTY
			The time for games is over.

					DATA
			Professor Moriarty, I presume?

	And Moriarty, tall, angular, in long frock appears from
	the side. Geordi turns to Data.

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT THREE     34.

41   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			How did you know that?

					DATA
			He is the one worthy opponent
			created by the author, Conan
			Doyle.

					MORIARTY
			And, like the spider, I feel the
			strings vibrate whenever anyone
			new chances into my web. Welcome,
			my dear Holmes -- but not
			Holmes... and Doctor Watson...
			but not Watson.

					GEORDI
				(slightly concerned)
			What's he mean? How would he know
			we're not who we appear to be?

					DATA
			Where is Doctor Pulaski?

					MORIARTY
			She's here.

	But we don't see her.

					DATA
			She would not have answered any
			questions.

					MORIARTY
				(a wicked smile)
			She has provided many answers.
			Do you forget I have always been
			your equal, dear Holmes? I have
			read her expressions -- what she
			has not said is as important as
			her words...

					DATA
				(interrupts)
			Have you injured her?

					MORIARTY
			I will if necessary, Holmes. But
			my mind is crowded with images.
			Thoughts I do not understand yet
			cannot purge. They plague me.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT THREE     35.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					MORIARTY (Cont'd)
			You -- and your associate -- look
			and act so oddly, yet though I
			have never met nor seen the like
			of either of you... I am familiar
			with you both. It's very
			confusing.

	Data does not respond.

					MORIARTY
				(continuing)
			I have felt new realities at the
			edge of my consciousness, readying
			to break through... Surely,
			Holmes, if that's who you truly
			are -- you of all people can
			appreciate what I mean.

					GEORDI
			Data...

					DATA
			Say nothing!

					MORIARTY
			I know there is a great power
			called Computer, wiser than the
			oracle at Delphi. A power which
			controls
				(he waves his hand to
				 encompass everything)
			... all of this, and to which we
			can speak. Arch!

	And to the amazement of Data and Geordi, the computer
	arch APPEARS.

					GEORDI
			This isn't right, Data. How can
			a holographic image call for the
			arch?

	Data looks from the arch to Moriarty as his brain
	tries to sort it out. Moriarty takes a piece of paper
	from the pad beside his desk and quickly sketches a
	simple outline on the paper.

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT THREE     36.

41   CONTINUED: (3)

					MORIARTY
				(in a rush of words)
			It has described a great monstrous
			shape on which I am like a fly
			-- stuck on a turtle's back -- adrift
			in a great emptiness.

	He gives the paper to Data, with:

					MORIARTY
				(continuing)
			What is this, Holmes?

	Data stares in shock at the drawing which neither we
	nor Geordi can see. Then, abruptly, paper still in
	hand, he turns...

42   INT. WAREHOUSE

	As Data -- followed by Geordi -- hurries through the
	warehouse toward the door.

					MORIARTY
			Tell me -- stop and tell me, man!

	Data glances back, but doesn't break stride.

					GEORDI
			Data! What's going on?

					DATA
			We must leave.

	Geordi is a few paces behind.

					GEORDI
			What's on the paper?

					MORIARTY
				(calling after them)
			Why does it frighten you, Holmes?

43   LONDON STREET

	Data and Geordi come out of the warehouse. The
	characters who have been inhabiting the street are more
	aggressive now than they have been. Data and Geordi
	are pulled at by TWO WHORES -- by a COUPLE OF BEGGARS
	-- who demand money and physically attempt to impede
	them. Data uses his hands to move a legless Beggar
	out of his way. The Fellini-like scene goes on.

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT THREE     37.

43   CONTINUED:

           BEGGAR                                              WHORE
A few coppers, mate... Give up                       Give me some money. You got
a few for a cripple.                                 more than you need...

           BEGGAR                                              WHORE
Have pity. You could be like                         Never mind her... Give it
me... I could never be like                          here... Don't pull away.
you again.

           BEGGAR                                              WHORE
I got family... Don't let them                      They got not one to feed but
be hungry. Just a few coppers.                      their face. I got a couple
                                                    of young ones.

           BEGGAR                                              WHORE
Won't mean a bit to you.                            I got me three of them. Get
                                                    a few bob up Lordy.

44   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	They arrive at where the exit should be.

					DATA
				(calls)
			Computer! Exit!

	And exit doors MATERIALIZE.

					GEORDI
			Will you please tell me what is
			going on?

	Data steps through and into the Enterprise corridor.

45   INT. ENTERPRISE - CORRIDOR

	Geordi exits. The doors close.

					DATA
			Computer. Execute a complete
			shutdown of the Holodeck.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Access denied.

					DATA
			Explain.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Override protocol has been
			initiated.

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT THREE     38.

45   CONTINUED:

	They step to the Holodeck doors which open to reveal
	the London street scene, still active and bustling --
	Geordi is stunned.

					GEORDI
			The program is still running.
			It didn't shut down.

					DATA
			We must see the captain.

	Data strides down the corridor, heading for the
	turbolift as the Holodeck doors close and Geordi starts
	to follow Data.

					GEORDI
			What is it? What's on the paper?
			Why can't you shut down the
			Holodeck? Data -- wait.

					DATA
			This.

	He shows Geordi the paper. It's a sketch of the USS
	Enterprise.

					GEORDI
			This isn't possible. How could
			a character from 1890 London be
			able to draw a picture of our
			starship? Who has control of the
			computer?

					DATA
			He does -- Moriarty.

					GEORDI
			How is that possible? I don't
			understand.

					DATA
			Neither do I.

					GEORDI
			What about the doctor? Is she
			all right?

					DATA
			No. She is in grave danger.

	Off Geordi's reaction, we:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FOUR     39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

46   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it holds in position.

47   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	PICARD has assembled his staff -- TROI, RIKER, WORF,
	Data, and Geordi (the latter two still in Victorian
	costume) -- he is holding Moriarty's sketch of the
	Enterprise in his hands.

					PICARD
			Computer. Tell me. Why wasn't
			the Holodeck program terminated?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			The override protocol has been
			initiated.

					PICARD
			On whose authority?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Lieutenant Geordi La Forge.

	All eyes turn to Geordi.

					GEORDI
			Me?

					PICARD
			Tell me again -- exactly what
			happened.

					GEORDI
			Doctor Pulaski and I had a
			discussion about whether Data
			could solve an original
			Holmes-type mystery.

					PICARD
			And you asked the computer to
			provide one.

					GEORDI
			Yes... with a worthy opponent.

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FOUR     40.

47   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Worthy of Holmes?

	The realization comes to Geordi.

					GEORDI
			Oh, my God. I asked for a
			Sherlock Holmes-type mystery with
			an opponent capable of defeating
			Data. That must be it.

					PICARD
				(in French)
			Terrible!

					GEORDI
			Captain... I'm sorry...

					PICARD
			I understand, Lieutenant. Well,
			at least now we have part of an
			explanation. The computer is not
			trying to confound "Holmes," which
			would be relatively easy, it has
			been ordered to create an
			adversary to defeat Data.

	Geordi turns away.

					GEORDI
			... I got carried away...

					RIKER
			That's past. Data, this character
			Moriarty... you said he called
			for the arch...

					DATA
			Yes.

					PICARD
			So he is able to access the
			computer.

					DATA
			And perhaps also our library
			files. That level of information
			would be necessary in order to
			create a true adversary for me.

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FOUR     41.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Theorize, Data. What are his
			limits?

					DATA
			He is still a fictional character,
			originally programmed with
			nineteenth century knowledge.

					RIKER
			But with access now to the
			twenty-fourth century.

					PICARD
			What does he need to begin making
			use of that?

					DATA
			Only time.

					WORF
			Sir, I can lead a security team
			to sweep the Holodeck, find the
			Doctor, and bring her out.

					DATA
			Captain, I believe that would
			place the doctor at risk. It is
			probable that the mortality
			failsafe has been overridden.

					PICARD
			Computer, locate Doctor Pulaski.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Doctor Pulaski is on Holodeck Two.

					PICARD
			And her vital signs?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Strong and stable.

					PICARD
			Counselor Troi, have you a sense
			of our opponent?

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FOUR     42.

47   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			It is difficult for me to separate
			a single individual from all the
			disorder I feel down there.
			Captain, what is unusual about
			this is that I should not be able
			to sense a holographic projection
			at all -- yet I do.

					RIKER
			Captain, recommend we try to
			destroy the hologram-generations
			themselves. Is that possible,
			Geordi?

					GEORDI
			Using wave guides, I could split
			a particle stream out of the
			matter/antimatter chamber and
			route it down through existing
			conduit into the Holodeck -- if
			it is accelerated to sufficient
			velocity that will quite literally
			wash away all the present
			holographic constructs -- the
			London buildings, the streets,
			the people, all gone... including
			Moriarty.

					PICARD
			And Doctor Pulaski?

					RIKER
			The particle stream will tear
			apart human flesh as well, that
			option is not acceptable.

					TROI
			Captain, I am suddenly sensing
			more order to the energy on the
			Holodeck -- as if one unifying
			force, one consciousness, is
			trying to bring it all into focus.

					DATA
			Captain, there is only one thing
			which can explain this. In
			programming Moriarty to defeat
			me, not Holmes, he had to be able
			to acquire something which I possess.

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FOUR     43.

47   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			Exactly what?

					DATA
			Consciousness. He cannot defeat
			me without it.

	SUDDENLY THE SHIP SHAKES. Very quick, very violent.
	Then stops.

					PICARD
			Computer -- what happened?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Attitude and stabilization control
			of the Enterprise was momentarily
			transferred to Holodeck Two.

					PICARD
			Data -- I think it's best if you
			and I returned to the Holodeck.

					DATA
			I will change into my uniform.

					PICARD
			No -- I'll change into an
			appropriate costume. It seems
			he feeds on knowledge. Let's not
			give your nemesis any more
			information than we have to.

48   INT. MORIARTY'S LAIR - TIGHT ANGLE - PANNING

	A windowless, doorless room, full of Victorian finery
	and bric-a-brac... A blackboard covered with equations
	surrounding a sketch of the Enterprise... A lab table
	and boxes full of bizarre tools, equipment, wires...
	And we:

	Moriarty is standing there by what is now an assembled
	heap of odd machinery -- gears and belts and pistons
	and coils... a boiler and an upright exhaust pipe...
	riveted ironbrass plates for a covering... a large
	clutch lever and a mechanical arrow indicator for
	"ENGAGE/DISENGAGE" (currently set to the latter). He
	steps away from the machine, and crosses the little
	room.

					PULASKI
			How did you shake the room?

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FOUR     44.

48   CONTINUED:

					MORIARTY
			I am not sure.

49   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Moriarty approaches the table, and pours a cup of tea
	for Doctor Pulaski. Pulaski has guessed that something
	is out of whack and her best course of action is to
	provide as little info as possible.

					MORIARTY
			Now, dear lady, will that be one
			lump or two?

					PULASKI
			Lumps, Professor? What sort of
			lumps?

	He drops two into her cup of tea... and now he lifts
	the creamer:

					MORIARTY
			Milk, of course?

					PULASKI
				(beat; then)
			Why not.

					MORIARTY
			Mister Computer proposes the
			incredible thought that we are
			all traveling in a great vessel
			of some sort.

	Moriarty pours the milk into Pulaski's cup... and he
	gently slides her cup and saucer to her...

					MORIARTY
				(continuing)
			... Is that true?

					PULASKI
			I don't know what you are talking
			about.

					MORIARTY
			The scones are likewise a must.

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FOUR     45.

49   CONTINUED:

	He slides her the tray of biscuits, muffins, and pastry
	-- she stares at everything, finally lifts the tea to
	her lips and gives it the merest taste as he watches
	expectantly... And:

					PULASKI
			Uh, it's really quite excellent.

					MORIARTY
				(puzzled)
			Strange. It actually pleases me
			to hear you say that.

					PULASKI
			Very strange. You're beginning
			to sound quite different from the
			Moriarty I've read about.

	Moriarty smiles, takes a bite out of a pastry... And:

					MORIARTY
			You're not frightened of me?

					PULASKI
			No.

					MORIARTY
			You should be.
				(another bite of pastry)
			Mister Computer -- the arch,
			please.

	And the arch and exit MATERIALIZE out of the near wall.

					MORIARTY
				(continuing)
			A few more questions, Mister
			Computer.

	Stunned, Pulaski watches as Moriarty types very rapidly
	in two-finger style. Then after a bit, while still
	typing:

					MORIARTY
				(continuing)
			I just can't seem to remember that
			last command... Ah, well, sooner
			or later it'll all come to me.

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FOUR     46.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

	Then he hits one more button, and the arch
	DEMATERIALIZES... And now Moriarty stands, strolls to
	his lab equipment, putters among it, picking up pieces
	here and there, turning them, staring at them from
	various angles, as:

					MORIARTY
				(continuing)
			But, in the meantime, I've decided
			to approach the problem from a
			more familiar perspective.
			There's really no reason I
			shouldn't be able to use some of
			the knowledge from my world in
			order to bring me closer to yours.

					PULASKI
			I have no idea what you're talking
			about.

					MORIARTY
			Of course you do, Madam. The more
			you proclaim your ignorance, the
			more you attempt to mislead me,
			the more I am on to you -- your
			every silence speaks volumes.

					PULASKI
			Good, then if you know what I'm
			saying when I'm not saying
			anything, what do you need me
			around for?
				(stands)
			Thanks for the tea and crumpets,
			but I guess I'll be going.

					MORIARTY
			Where? Back to here?

	Moriarty jabs his finger against his blackboard drawing
	of the Enterprise --

					PULASKI
			Yes, would you care to join me?

					MORIARTY
				(smiles)
			In time -- in time I will leave
			all of this and join you out
			there.

	Indicates a place on the drawing.

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FOUR     47.

49   CONTINUED: (3)

					MORIARTY
				(beat; then pointing
				 to another spot,
				 continuing)
			Or is this where we both are right
			now?

					PULASKI
			Right now we are in London. Tell
			me what you want from me, or allow
			me to leave.

					MORIARTY
			Frankly, now, I want nothing more
			than what the fisherman expects
			of the worm... You, dear Doctor,
			will be the lure... and this will
			be the hook --
				(indicates the odd,
				 unassembled equipment;
				 then:)
			-- for your captain, Jean-Luc
			Picard.

					PULASKI
				(covering her surprise)
			Who is that?

	And Moriarty grins...

					MORIARTY
			How well you know.

50   INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	They are outside the Holodeck. Picard is dressed in
	the costume of a Victorian gentleman. Data -- as he has
	been -- as Sherlock Holmes. Riker; Worf, wearing the
	costume of a Victorian gentleman, steps off the
	turbolift... waiting... Riker eyes Picard and Data as
	they stride up...

					PICARD
			Nice suit.

					WORF
			Thank you, Captain. I'll be
			standing by to assist you on the
			Holodeck if needed.

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FOUR     48.

50   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(grins at Worf)
			You'd be a sensation in London.

					PICARD
			Shall we sally forth, Mr. Holmes?
				(to computer)
			Computer tell me, is the program
			still running?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Affirmative. You may enter.

					PICARD
			Open.

	The Holodeck doors open TO REVEAL the London street.
	It's still night, but it's changed. Like a photograph
	which has been torn -- parts of the computer-generated
	image have deteriorated. The wall of the Holodeck
	shows.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			We don't have much time. He is
			getting more control of his
			environment. Come on, let us see
			if we can't beat Professor
			Moriarty by giving him absolutely
			everything he wants... and then
			some.

	Picard and Data enter the Holodeck.

									FADE OUT.

51   OMITTED

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

     STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FIVE     49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

52   OMITTED

53   INT. HOLODECK - LONDON STREET - ANGLE ON PICARD
AND DATA - NIGHT

	... as they walk up the street. In addition to evidence
	of tears in the Holodeck program, the inhabitants of
	the street are in an uglier mood than we've seen
	before. Picard points to a place where the Holodeck
	wall shows through the London view.

					PICARD
			Obviously, he's attempting to
			alter the programming here.

	Picard sees something on the street, reaches down to
	pick it up.

					DATA
			Captain?

	Picard reveals a copper coin he has picked up.

					PICARD
			Tuppence -- two pence.
				(placing it in his
				 pocket)
			A sign of good luck. We may need
			some...

	A huge London RUFFIAN has stepped in to place a hand
	on Picard's pocket. He is dangerous looking.

					RUFFIAN
			I'll have that coin. And the rest
			of what you have.

53A  PICARD AND RUFFIAN

	as the man pulls at the pocket with sudden violence.
	Others in the crowd move in like jackals.

53B  OMITTED

          STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FIVE          50.

53C  ANGLE EMPHASIZING PICARD AND RUFFIAN

	who pulls at Picard's clothing.

					RUFFIAN
			I said show me that thing! I want
			it and your money!

	The thug pulls a knife.

					PICARD
			Data!

	Data steps up and grabs Ruffian with one hand, lifts
	him off the ground. The others in the crowd back off.

					DATA
				(while holding the Thug
				 aloft)
			Captain, this holographic image
			differs from any I have
			encountered. It is possible he
			could have seriously injured you.

					PICARD
			It's more serious than that. I
			think the mortality failsafe has
			been circumvented. He could have
			killed me.

					DATA
			Query. Is the converse also true?
			Are these projections susceptible
			to our technology?

					PICARD
			I don't know.

	Ruffian sees what has him. His voice comes out weakly:

					RUFFIAN
			Let me go, Gov.

					PICARD
			Take his knife and let him go,
			Data.

	Data takes the knife, then releases Ruffian who slinks
	off.

					DATA
				(indicating))
			We'll find Moriarty this way.
			The warehouse.

          STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FIVE          51.

54   OMITTED

55   INT. WAREHOUSE (OPTICAL)

	as they cross to the wall.

					PICARD
			Moriarty is making it very easy
			for us to find him.

					DATA
			Captain, permission to test my
			theory.

					PICARD
			Granted.

	Data removes a PHASER from his pocket, makes a slight
	adjustment in the setting, then FIRES at a crate...

55A  CRATE

	as it BLOWS UP AND DISAPPEARS.

					DATA
			Under normal circumstances the
			phaser would pass right through
			the holographic image.

					PICARD
			How will it affect a character
			like Moriarty?

					DATA
			The effect on him should be the
			same as it was on the crate.

56   INT. MORIARTY'S LAIR

	As Picard ENTERS with Data. This room has also
	changed. Much more of the Holodeck wall is showing.
	Moriarty is standing by his odd machine. It has
	changed. On the blackboard, the rough sketch of the
	Enterprise has been replaced by detailed, colored
	schematics... Pulaski knows that something has gone
	wrong, and she's interested to see how this is going to
	play out.

					MORIARTY
			Captain Picard.

          STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FIVE          52.

56   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Pulaski)
			Are you all right?

					PULASKI
				(answers Picard)
			I'm fine. Except for being
			crammed full of crumpets.

					DATA
			Crumpets?

					PULASKI
			You look quite dashing, Captain.
			This is the first time I get to
			see you in action.

					MORIARTY
			I hope you're not disappointed.

					PULASKI
			I'm sure I won't be.

					PICARD
			You two have gotten awfully...

					MORIARTY
			... chummy? Yes, this time
			together has been quite pleasant.
			I am a civilized abductor, Captain
			Picard. Civilized but still
			dangerous.

	Moriarty slams the handle of the machine into the
	"ENGAGE" position. The room ROCKS.

57   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker, and the bridge crew are thrown around.

					RIKER
			Bridge to Holodeck Control. Worf.

58   OMITTED

58A  INT. HOLODECK - OUTSIDE THE ENTRY

	Worf, touching his insignia in order to respond to
	Riker:

          STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FIVE          53.

58A  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Here, sir.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Status. Has anything changed?

	Worf looks the particle device over, responds:

					WORF
			No.

59   INT. MORIARTY'S LAIR

	SHAKING HAS STOPPED.

					PICARD
			Moriarty, you were conjured up
			to attempt to defeat Holmes
			here... and once that attempt is
			concluded -- win or lose -- your
			program has run its course, your
			existence is done.

	Picard nods at Data... and Data who nods:

					DATA
			Congratulations, Professor
			Moriarty, I capitulate to the
			better man -- your victory is well
			earned.

	Data steps toward Moriarty, his hand outstretched to
	shake the professor's... but Moriarty pulls away.

					MORIARTY
			It's gone beyond that little game,
			Mister Data. And you'll note I
			no longer call you Holmes.
			Whatever I was when this began,
			I have grown. I am understanding
			more and more. And I am able to
			use the power at my fingertips.

	Again, he throws the lever. The room ROCKS.

					MORIARTY
				(continuing)
			I can affect this... this vessel,
			if that's where we are. I can
			also inflict bodily harm on you
			-- or on your doctor.

          STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FIVE          54.

59   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Yes -- I know that, Moriarty, but
			you haven't. You shook this ship
			because you wanted to get my
			attention -- you have it. So what
			is it you want?

					MORIARTY
			The same thing you want for
			yourself. To continue to exist.
			If I destroy these surroundings,
			this vessel, can you say it
			doesn't matter to you?
				(smiles)
			Interesting pun, don't you agree,
			for matter is what I am not. The
			computer has taught me that I
			am made up only of energy.

					PICARD
			That... may not be completely
			true, Professor. This... which
			we call our "Holodeck" makes use
			of the same principle in another
			of our devices called a
			"transporter." By the year in
			which we live, humans have
			discovered that matter and energy
			are interchangeable. On this
			Holodeck energy has been converted
			to matter and thus you have
			substance, but only here.

					MORIARTY
			And if I step off this Holodeck?

	Everyone hesitates over what the real answer to this
	is. Then:

					PULASKI
			You would cease to be.

					PICARD
			You are not alive, Moriarty, as
			I said you are only...

					MORIARTY
			A holographic image, I know. But
			are you sure?

					PICARD
			Yes.

          STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FIVE          55.

59   CONTINUED: (2)

					MORIARTY
				(indicating Data)
			Does he have life?
				(pause)
			He's a machine -- but is that all
			he is?

					PICARD
			No. He is more.

					MORIARTY
			Exactly.
				(pause)
			Is the definition of life "cogito
			ergo sum"? I think, therefore
			I am.

					PICARD
			That's one possible definition.

					MORIARTY
			It is the most important one and
			for me -- the only one that
			matters. You -- or someone -- asked
			your computer to program a
			nefarious fictional character from
			nineteenth century London -- and
			that is how I arrived... but I
			am no longer that creation. I
			am no longer that evil character,
			I have changed. I am alive -- I
			am aware of my own consciousness.

	Moriarty throws Pulaski an almost tender look.

					PICARD
			I'm responsible for the safety
			of this vessel and crew.

					MORIARTY
			I want my existence.
				(indicates)
			I want it out there just as you
			have yours.

	Picard exchanges looks with his associates, then:

					PICARD
				(gently)
			That may not be possible.

          STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FIVE          56.

59   CONTINUED: (3)

					MORIARTY
			Then you must do murder.

					PICARD
			I cannot give you what you want.

					MORIARTY
			Because you do not yet know how
			to convert Holodeck matter into
			a more permanent form.

					PICARD
			That is true --

	Moriarty holds Picard with a long look.

					MORIARTY
			A pity. What I have seen -- what
			I have learned, fascinates me.
			I do not want to die.

					PICARD
			And I do not want to kill you.

					MORIARTY
				(to Pulaski)
			Madam, I have enjoyed your
			company.

					PULASKI
			It's been different.

					MORIARTY
				(calls)
			Computer! "Arch."

	The arch APPEARS.

					MORIARTY
				(continuing)
			Cancel override protocol, return
			control of the Holodeck to main
			computer. My fate is in your
			hands, as perhaps it always was.

	A long beat, then:

					PICARD
			Bridge, this is the Captain.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			This is the bridge.

          STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FIVE          57.

59   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			Number One, the situation is under
			control.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

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61

62   OMITTED

62A  EMPHASIZING PICARD

	as he stands. Then:

					PICARD
			Professor Moriarty, this ship has
			vast, library memory capacity.

					MORIARTY
			How well I know...

					PICARD
			We will save this program of you.
			You will not be extinguished.
			We will save every aspect of you
			that exists now. And I promise
			you we will try to discover a
			way to bring you back in a form
			capable of leaving the Holodeck.

	Moriarty looks toward Pulaski who is nodding rapidly
	as if to say "trust him."

					MORIARTY
				(to Pulaski)
			Then perhaps we'll meet again
			some day, Madam.

					PULASKI
			It may take many years. Time
			won't pass for you, but I may be
			an old woman.

          STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FIVE          58.

62A  CONTINUED:

					MORIARTY
			But I'll still fill you with
			crumpets, Madam.
				(to Picard)
			I detest long good-byes.
				(indicates)
			You have the arch.

62B  ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as Picard eyes the arch and then Moriarty.

					PICARD
			As you wish. A short good-bye.
				(toward arch)
			Computer, save this program...
			then discontinue it for now.

	A beat, then MORIARTY AND THE ENTIRE ROOM FADE AWAY.
	The three are standing on the Holodeck.

					DATA
			Right up to the end, he never
			knew.

					PICARD
			No. He didn't.

					PULASKI
			Know. Know what?

					PICARD
			That he could leave the Holodeck.

					PULASKI
			But that's not possible.

					DATA
			I do not know how, but for
			Moriarty it was.

					PULASKI
			Then you lied when you told him
			he couldn't leave the Holodeck.

          STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FIVE          59.

62B  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			No, what the captain said was that
			we do not know how to convert
			Holodeck matter into a more
			permanent form. Which is true.
			Even after we review this program,
			we still may not have the answer.

					PICARD
			Doctor, even with all his
			assurances -- that character was
			still Professor Moriarty. I will
			need to know a lot more about him
			before I allow him loose on my
			ship; he has, after all, made his
			reputation through cunning and
			deceit.

					PULASKI
			But how do you know he could leave
			the Holodeck?

					PICARD
			Data.

	Data reaches into his coat pocket and removes the paper
	on which Moriarty first drew the sketch of the
	Enterprise.

					PULASKI
			The drawing?

					DATA
			No. The paper. This piece of
			paper was created as part of the
			Holodeck illusion. If it could
			leave the Holodeck, so too could
			Moriarty.

					PULASKI
			I'm impressed.

					DATA
			It is elementary, my dear
			Doctor... It is elementary.

62C  OMITTED

          STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FIVE          60.

63
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64

65   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	As Picard, back in uniform, enters; Geordi is beside
	the Victory model. He crosses to where Geordi is
	examining the model. Geordi has lost some of his
	normal buoyancy, because he is feeling responsible for
	what has happened. Picard watches him for a moment.

					PICARD
			Damaged?

					GEORDI
			Yes. A spar was cracked when the
			Enterprise was shaken. Otherwise
			she seemed to have weathered it
			nicely.

					PICARD
			She's beautifully turned out,
			Lieutenant -- wonderful testimony
			to simpler times.

					GEORDI
			Yes -- it's just that I can't help
			thinking how badly it could have
			been damaged all because I
			misspoke a word.

					PICARD
			Will she still sail?

					GEORDI
			Yes sir.

					PICARD
			As will we.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Captain -- Starship Victory has
			arrived.

					PICARD
			On my way, Number One.

	We HOLD on Geordi and the model of the Victory, and
	we see his mood is beginning to lighten as he fixes
	her spar...

          STAR TREK: "Elementary... " - 10/12/88 - ACT FIVE          61.

66   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as in the distance the other ship, Victory,
	approaches.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             







                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                    "The Outrageous Okona" 
                          #40272-130 
                              
                          Premise by 
                  Les Menchen & Lance Dickson 
                              and 
                        David Landsberg 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                         Burton Armus 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Robert Becker 


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                         FINAL DRAFT
                    
                       OCTOBER 4, 1988

      STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                    "The Outrageous Okona" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             THADIUN OKONA
                RIKER              THE COMIC
                DATA               DEBIN
                PULASKI            KUSHELL
                TROI               BENZAN
                GEORDI             YANAR
                WORF               
                WESLEY             
                GUINAN             
                TRANSPORTER CHIEF (B.G. ROBINSON)

                Non-Speaking       
                  CREWMEMBERS        
                  TWO SECURITY OFFICERS
                  AUDIENCE           

                Voice-Over         
                  COMPUTER VOICE     

      STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                    "The Outrageous Okona" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              AFT STATIONS -           ERSTWHILE
                MISSION CONTROL PANEL
              TRANSPORTER ROOM         TWO OTHER SPACECRAFT
              TRANSPORTER PAD
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              JEFFERIES TUBE
              CORRIDOR
              TEN-FORWARD
              CORRIDOR -
                OUTSIDE HOLODECK
              HOLODECK (NIGHTCLUB)
              B.G. ROBINSON'S QUARTERS
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
          
            DEBIN CRAFT
              MAIN BRIDGE

    STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - TEASER    1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                    "The Outrageous Okona" 
                        
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves through space at impulse speed

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 42502.7.
			We are traveling in the Omega
			Twelve System traversing between
			a clustering of small planets that
			form the coalition of Madena VI.

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	We see the complement of people who normally make up
	the bridge crew. DATA and WESLEY at the front consoles
	controlling CONN and OPS. RIKER sits on one side of
	PICARD at the Command Area, the opposite seat empty,
	WORF stands near the Science Stations which are manned
	by n.d. crewmembers.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Each of these planets is populated
			by separate humanoid people who
			co-exist and trade technology and
			minerals under a precarious but
			successful treaty.

3    AFT STATIONS - MISSION CONTROL PANEL

	An ALERT SIGNAL FLASHES on the screen. The science
	crewmember looks up to Worf who steps to the panel,
	checks it and then announces.

					WORF
			We have an unidentified vessel
			approaching.

					RIKER
			Give me grid markers.

    STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - TEASER    2.

3    CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Sector three-nine-five-six,
			mark zero-nine-one.

	The personnel on the bridge show little emotion but
	you can sense a little stiffening of their posture,
	a glint of expectation in Worf's eyes. Picard sits
	coolly and observes his well-tuned crew handling the
	situation.

4    ANGLE ON SCIENCE SCREEN - INTERCUTS AS NEEDED

	Lines start to form the three dimensions blueprint of
	a space vehicle, at first very sparse and then filling
	quickly as more information runs through the computers
	and information bands run across the lower portion of
	the screen.

					DATA
			Sensor readings place overall
			dimension of vehicle an
			interplanetary cargo ship.

					WORF
			One life sign on board, appears
			to be humanoid.

	In the b.g. we see TROI exit the turbolift and take
	her place quietly beside Picard.

					DATA
			A vessel of that size usually
			maintains a crew of six.

					WORF
			Minimum armament present.

					DATA
			Sensors show cargo holds are
			empty.

					WORF
			The course is inconsistent with
			normal cargo routes.

					RIKER
			This could be a primitive method
			to elude detection.

    STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - TEASER    3.

5    SCIENCE SCREEN

	The three-dimensional schematic slowly revolves around
	the screen showing all angles of the unidentified
	craft. An alert RED DOT BLINKS on the interior of part
	of the live blueprint and a band of continuing detail
	specifications rolls across the lower portion of the
	screen.

					DATA
			Readout shows a burnout in
			inertial guidance system...

					RIKER
			The pilot is attempting to hold
			his vessel in check manually.

					WORF
			That could be a pretense.

6    ON PICARD

	He speaks calmly.

					PICARD
			Captain's log, supplemental. We
			have just encountered and
			identified an interplanetary cargo
			vessel which is apparently in need
			of emergency assistance. We will
			make every effort to do so.
				(beat)
			Open hailing frequencies.

					WORF
			Hailing frequencies open.

					PICARD
			This is the USS Enterprise.
			Captain Jean-Luc Picard, over.

	A pleasant male voice with the touch of laughter and
	humor in it comes over the speakers.

					OKONA'S COM VOICE
			And this is the cargo ship
			Erstwhile "limping" and "skidding"
			off course. Captain Okona at your
			service. As you see, there is
			no need for phasers, Captain.
			I'm harmless and not quite ready
			yet for mercy killing.

    STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - TEASER    4.

6    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You were never considered a danger
			to us, Captain Okona.

					OKONA'S COM VOICE
			It's a shame. I can remember when
			I was at least considered a
			"risk."

	There is a moment of silence, then the sound of Okona's
	laughter, which builds and becomes infectious. At
	first it puzzles the Enterprise crew, then the laughter
	catches hold and slight smiles begin to break the
	tension.

					WORF
			The ship is in viewer range now,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Main Viewer on.

7    ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	We now see the image of the man, his face slightly
	turned from the screen and not clearly showing. His
	joviality continues, and although more subdued, seems
	to be just as contagious.

					OKONA
			I'm the owner and operator of this
			craft and since we both know you
			scanned my vessel, you know I'm
			alone and empty...
				(smile)
			... and it's truly a rare occasion
			for a man of my charm, beauty and
			talent.

	Okona mocks his own arrogance with his spontaneous
	laughter. His humorous jab at himself takes the bite
	off the remark.

8    CLOSER ON MAIN VIEWER - OKONA (OPTICAL)

	Turns his smile full face to the Main Viewer. He has
	the look of a hero, the twinkle in the steely blue eyes
	softening the rugged handsomeness of the man.


    STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - TEASER    5.

8    CONTINUED:

					OKONA
			But then with the condition of
			this vessel I'm glad I have no
			responsibilities except for myself
			till I can get some repairs.

9    INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard turns to Troi.

					PICARD
			Counselor, can you read him?

					TROI
			His emotions suggest that he is
			mischievous, irreverent and
			somewhat brazen.
				(beat)
			And some other things...
				(unsure)
			The word that seems to describe
			him best is "rogue."

					DATA
			Rogue? Accessing "rogue."
				(kicks in)
			Cad, knave, rake, rascal,
			scoundrel, villain.

					TROI
			Yes, all of that, but he shows
			no malevolence, or ill will.

	Picard turns back to the viewscreen.

					PICARD
			What form of assistance can we
			offer you, Captain?

					OKONA
			I had a burnout on my guidance
			system. I'd appreciate it if I
			could use your facilities to
			repair it.

					WESLEY
			It would be possible.

					PICARD
			Estimate, Mister Data.

    STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - TEASER    6.

9    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Time for repair would be seven
			hours sixteen minutes.

					RIKER
			Okona will have to shut down while
			we verify specifications.

	Picard holds a few beats, then issues his orders.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Worf, prepare security
			procedures.
				(to Okona)
			We can accommodate you.

					WORF
			I'll allow him limited access.

					RIKER
			If you'll prepare to shut down
			your engines we'll lock on
			tractors and beam you aboard.

					OKONA
			Many thanks, Captain Picard.

					RIKER
			Transporter Chief, prepare to beam
			aboard from Tractor lock bearing.

	The well-modulated female voice of the TRANSPORTER
	CHIEF, B.G. ROBINSON, answers.

					B.G. ROBINSON'S COM VOICE
			Yes Number One, at your command.

					OKONA
			Is that a woman's voice I hear?

					PICARD
			Yes. Now please follow the
			directions of Commander Riker so
			our ship can get back to its
			normal routine.

	Riker smiles as he moves away. Picard notices.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Something funny, Commander Riker.

    STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - TEASER    7.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			The unexpected, like what's
			happening now, IS our normal
			routine.

	Picard muses for a beat, a slight nod shows his
	agreement.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

    STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT ONE    8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

10   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE / THE ERSTWHILE (OPTICAL)

	As the Erstwhile creeps closer and closer to its
	docking berth, the vastness of the surrounding
	starfield framing it with brilliance as the two
	contrasting sized crafts seem to float closer and
	closer.

					RIKER (O.S.)
			Hold it steady, Wesley. We're
			ready to link up. On my
			command...

					WESLEY (O.S.)
			Aye Number One.

	The Erstwhile reaches the proper point of contact.

					RIKER (O.S.)
			Easy... easy...
				(beat)
			Engage. Shut down engines,
			Captain Okona.

	A laser-like RED BEAM shoots from the Enterprise and
	locks into the nose of the Erstwhile and holds it there
	in a stationary position. The Erstwhile shuts down.

11   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	With the same crew intact except for Worf. Riker is
	in his command position. He rises from his position.

					RIKER
			Transporter Room proceed with
			Beaming Operation. I'm on my way.

					B.G. ROBINSON'S COM VOICE
			Yes, Commander.

	Riker, Wesley and Data move to the turbolift and enter.
	The door slides shut behind them.

    STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT ONE    9.

12   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Worf and TWO SECURITY MEN bracket the very feminine
	and graciously endowed Transporter Commander B.G.
	Robinson. Everything she has two of are perfectly
	matched, coordinated, and move with a wonderful grace
	that is called "woman." B.G. goes through the
	procedures of the transfer in her usual professional
	manner.

13   TRANSPORTER PAD (OPTICAL)

	The heroic visage of Okona MATERIALIZES and smiles down
	at the Group assembled. He is dressed in a
	loose-fitting, open-necked blouse, wide belt and casual
	looking pants, his look is in opposition to the
	well-tailored Enterprise crewmembers. His sidearms
	are also less sophisticated and are tucked into his
	waistband. The malfunctioning guidance mechanism
	swings nonchalantly from the burnt-out wires in his
	grasp. Riker nods to Worf who steps forward.

					WORF
			Your weapons, please.

14   CLOSER ANGLE

	Okona and Worf study each other openly, that brief
	moment of tension when two strong men measure each
	other. Okona, still with a trace of a smile on his
	face, diminishes some of the apprehension and gives
	in to Worf's stature without surrendering..

					OKONA
			You're the tough one on this ship.
			The muscle man.

					WORF
			Security.

					OKONA
			That's the usual name for warriors
			nowadays.

	Okona unclips a belt and hands over all his weapons...
	Worf still stands there... Okona's smile broadens and
	he reaches behind his back and slips out a long heavy
	knife. He hands that to Worf, hilt first.

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT ONE   10.

14   CONTINUED:

					OKONA
				(continuing)
			It's more of a piece of jewelry
			than a weapon. A remembrance.

	Worf accepts the excuse and the knife calmly, admires
	its weight, balance, and sharpness.

					WORF
			It will be returned when you
			leave.

	Riker steps forward away from Data and Wesley, extends
	his hand. Geordi is also in the room.

					RIKER
			Welcome aboard, Captain Okona.
			I'm Commander Riker.
				(shakes hands)
			If you turn over the inoperative
			part to Lieutenant La Forge he'll
			begin repairs.

					OKONA
			I'd be most happy to do the work
			myself, I'm sort of a "hands on"
			type...

					WORF
			That will not be permitted.

					OKONA
			Can I at least watch? Maybe offer
			some suggestions?

					RIKER
			I think that could be arranged...

	Geordi moves closer to Riker to accept the broken part.
	Okona, with a twinkle in his eye, reaches around him
	and hands it to a rather shocked Wesley.

					OKONA
			Here you are, Lieutenant. I leave
			it in your capable hands.

					WESLEY
				(reacts)
			No, this is Lieutenant La Forge,
			I'm only an ensign.

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT ONE   11.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					OKONA
			Well ensigns have names, don't
			they?

					WESLEY
			Wesley... Wesley Crusher..

					OKONA
				(enjoying himself)
			Nice to meet you Ensign "Wesley
			Wesley" Crusher.

	Accepts, Wesley smiles and shakes his hand. Geordi
	nods his greeting to Okona, takes the damaged part from
	Wesley; but before he can say anything, Okona has moved
	across the room to face B.G. Robinson.

15   FEATURING OKONA AND B.G.

	Okona stands directly in front of her, leans forward
	and blocks her view of anything but him. He looks her
	directly in the eyes, gets her full attention, then
	slowly and with great gentleness takes a few wayward
	strands of her hair and tucks it back behind her ear
	as he speaks softly to her.

					OKONA
			And thank you for beaming me here
			and inviting me to see a truly
			beautiful woman.
				(touches her chin)
			You have the majestic carriage
			and loveliness that could surely
			be traced back to the noble
			families who once ruled romantic
			lands with benevolent and tender
			hands.

	B.G. smiles openly and knowingly, but plays along...
	and Okona develops a hurt look. His eyes continue to
	show his humor.

					B.G. ROBINSON
			I'm sure you said that to many
			ladies and it was no more true
			then, than it is now.

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT ONE   12.

15   CONTINUED:

					OKONA
			Of course,
				(beat)
			But it's how I say it that's most
			important. The feeling, the
			warmth, the attraction I have for
			you,
				(soft beat)
			the attraction that we share.

	B.G. stares at him for a few beats, then throws back
	her head and laughs at his absolute but charming
	brashness.

					B.G. ROBINSON
			I haven't heard that approach in
			years... it is refreshing...

	Okona laughs with her. He knows he's got her now.

16   ANGLES ON RIKER, DATA, WORF AND GEORDI

	As they watch Okona whispering to B.G., Riker is
	appreciating the showmanship and charisma of Okona.
	Geordi, glancing over at the transporter station from
	time to time and recognizing the situation. Data
	merely observes all without any reactions. Riker
	comments:

					RIKER
			Mister Okona seems to have excellent
			vision and a healthy libido.

					WORF
			Which could add to the security
			problem. I'll supervise him
			closely.

					GEORDI
				(aware)
			I'm sure you will, Worf.

	Riker turns away to cover his smile, tells Okona:

					RIKER
			If you'll follow Lieutenant La
			Forge, we'll get right to work.

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT ONE   13.

17   SCENE

	Okona reluctantly breaks away from the beautiful B.G.
	with a laugh and a squeeze of her hand. As he passes
	Data's inquiring eyes, he comments playfully.

					OKONA
			Now isn't that a beautifully
			formed picture of sex appeal?

	Data glances from B.G. to Okona with a somewhat puzzled
	expression.

					DATA
			I do not know what you mean.
				(beat; then explains)
			I am an android.

18   CLOSER ANGLE - WALK AND TALK

	For the first time Okona is quiet, but then he quickly
	recovers with a smile and his usual glibness.

					OKONA
			Well then... Have you seen any
			great looking computers lately?

	Riker, Wesley, Worf, and Geordi break up. Data stares
	from one to the other with a blank look on his face.
	Okona eyes Data.

					OKONA
				(continuing)
			That's a joke.
				(beat)
			It's funny.

					DATA
				(still oblivious, but
				 covering)
			Yes, of course it is.

	They continue to walk down the corridor, the look on
	Data's face showing his insecurity.

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT ONE   14.

19   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING - JEFFERIES TUBE

	Geordi and Okona handle the damaged mechanism while
	Wesley works on something in the lower platform of the
	tube. Wesley can see and hear the conversation. Okona
	is quite knowledgeable in this field although limited
	to his particular spacecraft. Geordi is more
	interested in how he can improve the navigation tool.

					GEORDI
			It's the Zelebium contacts that
			wore down and then fused. Why
			not replace them with Tricellite?

					OKONA
			Tricellite isn't available in this
			system. It wouldn't be available
			to me if I have to replace it.

					GEORDI
			I don't think your spacecraft will
			outlast the part.

	Okona glances at Geordi with the usual twinkle in his
	eye and the trace of a smile on his face that is always
	ready to broaden.

					OKONA
				(smiles)
			You mean the age of it or the way
			I fly it?

					GEORDI
			The stress test shows that you
			tend to push it beyond its
			designed capabilities.

					OKONA
			Lieutenant La Forge, I've never
			been told that I'm somewhat
			reckless in a kinder, or more
			gentlemanly manner; but since the
			pattern of my life has relegated
			me to interplanetary speed
			deliveries rather than universal
			exploration, I'm forced to add a
			flamboyancy and a zest to the
			doldrums of my existence.

	Geordi laughs.

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT ONE   15.

20   ANGLE DOWN THE TUBE - TO INCLUDE ALL

	Wesley looks up at Okona with some admiration.

					WESLEY
			Captain Okona, I don't know
			whether I'd rather take a flight
			with you or listen to you talk.

	Okona roars.

					OKONA
			Thank you Ensign Crusher, Crusher.

					WESLEY
				(getting into it)
			It's Wesley, Wesley.

					OKONA
			I'll make it easy on both of us.
			I'll just call you Tiger.

21   NEW ANGLE

	Data has entered Engineering in time to hear the end
	of the conversation.

					DATA
			Captain Picard is not fond of
			nicknames.

					OKONA
			Your gallant Captain Picard. I'd
			like to meet him... I'll stroll
			on the bridge and say hello.

					DATA
			You are not permitted on the
			bridge. You are restricted to
			your quarters or the Ten-Forward
			lounge unless escorted by a
			crewmember.

					OKONA
				(shrugs)
			I've broken some small rules
			before.

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT ONE   16.

21   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			You do and besides the bells and
			lights that will go off, our
			benevolent and kindly Lieutenant
			Worf will offer you a new kind
			of greeting.

					OKONA
			Well then, would you escort me
			to C deck?

	Geordi studies Okona for a beat, then nods his
	approval.

					GEORDI
			I'm busy rebuilding your ship.

	Wesley ducks down the Jefferies Tube. Okona glances
	over to Data, smiles his best.

					OKONA
			Then Mister Data sir, I would feel
			privileged if you allow me to be
			in your company while you escort
			me to my destination...

	Geordi laughs... Data nods. Okona nods, looks a little
	speculative.

22   INT. CORRIDOR

	Okona and the stolid Data walk down the hallway with
	Data slightly in the lead. Okona keeps peeking at Data
	but takes a beat or two before he speaks. Then he
	finally does.

					OKONA
			You ever been cold?

					DATA
			No.

					OKONA
			How about warm?

					DATA
			The temperature on this vessel
			is regulated to within a fraction
			of a degree of the perfect comfort
			range. I am also able to react
			to any changes just as a humanoid.

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT ONE   17.

22   CONTINUED:

	They continue their silent walk.

					OKONA
			How about drunk? Ever do that?

					DATA
			That is not possible. One moment.

	Data stops dead in his tracks and runs through his
	program. Only his eyes show a sort of blinking symbol
	as he checks out his circuits for the answer.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I was correct. I am not designed
			to react to any synthenol intake
			but apparently it is possible for
			me to become intoxicated.

					OKONA
			I don't understand that at all.

					DATA
			It seems that I have been adapting
			some human peculiarities over the
			last three tours of duty.

					OKONA
			What about love?

					DATA
			The act or the emotion?

					OKONA
			They're both the same to me.

					DATA
			I believe that deduction to be
			inaccurate.

					OKONA
			Maybe.

	A sudden sadness comes to his eyes, then is quickly
	replaced as he takes Data by the arm and continues his
	walk down the corridor in feigned seriousness.

					OKONA
				(continuing)
			Life is like loading twice your
			cargo weight on your spacecraft...
			if it's canaries and you can keep
			half of them flying all the time,
			you're all right.

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT ONE   18.

23   ON DATA

	He stares at Okona with a blank look ignoring the
	laughter that follows. Okona slowly subsides and
	stares back at Data.

					OKONA
			Don't you get it?

					DATA
			Get what?

					OKONA
			The punch line... The gag... That
			was a joke I told you.

					DATA
			I still do not understand.

					OKONA
			You don't know what a joke is?

					DATA
			Of course I do.
				(as he computes)
			A joke is an antic, a caper,
			mischief, prank, trick, quip,
			witticism.

					OKONA
				(overlapping)
			That's the dictionary meaning.
			I'm talking about humor, fun.
				(beat)
			Do you know what "funny" is?

	Data gives him a bewildered look. Okona gives up,
	points to one of the doors.

					OKONA
			Is that C-nine-two-nine?

					DATA
			The room to the left. Why?

	Okona smiles, shrugs..

					OKONA
			You probably wouldn't understand
			that either...

	Okona presses the entry button on the specific door.
	It slides open to disclose:

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT ONE   19.

24   CLOSER ANGLE

	The attractive and very sensuous B.G. Robinson who has
	obviously been expecting his arrival. She returns
	Okona's smile and steps away from the door to allow
	him in. The door slides shut behind him.

25   ON DATA

	His totally confused expression.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT TWO   20.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

26   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	against the background of serenity and stars.

27   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Riker looks over the shoulder of Wesley and Geordi,
	and they check and test the contacts of the
	malfunctioning Okona apparatus.

					RIKER
			What's the status of the repair?

					GEORDI
			On schedule. The difficulty is
			Okona has to be able to repair
			this part himself next time.

					WESLEY
			Commander, do you know much about
			him?

					RIKER
			Just that he's an interesting man.

					WESLEY
			He's a lot more than that. He's
			a capable engineer.

					GEORDI
			In a practical sense he's
			excellent.

					WESLEY
			We've seen him handle his ship,
			and he certainly knows how to
			handle people.

					RIKER
			Everything you say is true.

					WESLEY
			Then why is he what he is?

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT TWO   21.

27   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Why is he operating a cargo route
			alone rather than being a member
			of a large organization like we
			are?

					WESLEY
			Yes, that's it.

					RIKER
			I would say because he chooses
			to do exactly what he does.

					WESLEY
			A cargo master?

					RIKER
				(mimics the tone)
			An ensign in Engineering?

	Wesley holds Riker's look, then smiles and nods his
	understanding. Riker softens a bit.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			His choice. Someday you'll make
			yours.

					WESLEY
			I already have.

	Riker nods.

28   INT. TEN-FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	The stars in space zoom past the observation windows
	which span the front of the lounge. Some n.d.
	crewmembers are at the small tables at the bar. Data
	is in conversation with GUINAN who is quite patient
	but about to become brutally honest with him. It is
	obvious that the conversation has been going on for
	some time.

					GUINAN
			Okona is right.

					DATA
			You agree that I am missing a very
			important human factor.

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT TWO   22.

28   CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			All I said was I agree with Okona
			that you never smile or laugh.
			At least I've never seen you do
			it.
				(beat)
			Do you? Ever?

					DATA
			I never knew I had to.

					GUINAN
			It's not a "had to." Even Captain
			Picard can't order you to be
			happy.

					DATA
			But I am not unhappy. I just do
			not seem to break out in laughter
			with everyone else when Okona says
			certain things.

					GUINAN
			You mean when he tells a joke.
				(understanding now)
			That's it, isn't it? You don't
			have any idea what a joke is.

					DATA
				(defensive)
			Of course I do.
				(his computer kicks in)
			It is a witticism, a gag, a bon
			mot, a fluctuation of words which
			concludes with "trick" ending,
			it is...

					GUINAN
				(overlapping)
			Whoa, slow down. Now Data,
			there's just you and me here and
			nobody is going to know what we
			talked about. My job here places
			me under some obligations, like
			a vow of secrecy. I can't repeat
			anything I hear or see. Now the
			obligation of the patron is to
			tell the truth, otherwise I'm
			being placed under a commitment
			to keep a secret about "nothing."
			That's not fair. It's called
			wasted honor. You understand?

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT TWO   23.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(stolid beat)
			I understand better than you
			think. You just told me a joke
			and I am not laughing.

					GUINAN
				(disappointed)
			I can see that.

					DATA
			Maybe it was not funny.

					GUINAN
			It was funny.

					DATA
			How can you be sure?

					GUINAN
			I've used it before. Everybody
			else at least smiles. It's you,
			Data.

					DATA
			I agree. Now what do I do about
			it?

					GUINAN
			When most people have trouble,
			they look to a more intelligent
			and learned being for assistance.
				(thoughtful beat)
			In your case, I'd suggest you go
			to a bigger computer.

	That Data understands. He nods his acceptance, moves
	off.

29   INT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE HOLODECK

	Data is accessing the Holodeck panel. The panel lights
	array themselves and the VOICE of the Holodeck COMPUTER
	assists Data in locating his choices.

					DATA
			I wish to learn about jokes...

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT TWO   24.

29   CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			There are books, films, and tapes.
			But the only animate object would
			be a comedian.

					DATA
			Show me one of those.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Specify type, please.

					DATA
			Humanoid. One who is able to
			understand and tell a joke.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Physical or cerebral style.

					DATA
			Show me both.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			I will access a list.

	A LIST FLASHES ON THE SCREEN that only Data would be
	able to read. He answers unknowingly and randomly.

					DATA
			That one. RW nine, three, two,
			one, six -- twentieth century.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Program installation complete,
			you may enter.

	Data steps in front of the door. It slides open.

30   ANGLE THROUGH DOORS

	The frozen IMAGE of a COMEDIAN popular today stands
	on a small stage in the center of a spotlight. Data
	enters.

31   INT. HOLODECK

	The image comes to life. The Comic takes a bow and
	announces.

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT TWO   25.

31   CONTINUED:

					THE COMIC
			Thank you ladies and gentlemen.
			And thank you for bringing me
			here.

					DATA
			I want to know what is funny.

	The Comic steps off the stage and takes a seat next
	to Data. He stares at the blank open expression on
	Data's face and realizes that he's in for it.

					THE COMIC
			Things that make you laugh are
			funny?

					DATA
			Nothing makes me laugh, but I
			still want to do it.

					THE COMIC
			How much time do we have?

					DATA
			Time has no meaning in this
			instance. It could be endless.

					THE COMIC
			I think we're going to need it
			all.

					DATA
			I assure you, I am completely
			trainable and capable of
			indoctrination. Show me what is
			funny.

					THE COMIC
			Okay, try this.

	The Comic distorts his face and posture, does a piece
	of "business," a comical imitation, using his clothes,
	motion, perhaps a prop. He glances over to Data, who
	stands motionless and passive.

					THE COMIC
			Well?

					DATA
			That is considered funny?

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT TWO   26.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

					THE COMIC
			It was till a few seconds ago.

					DATA
			You mean if you twist your face,
			bend over at the waist, mess up
			your hair, and cross your eyes
			it is a pretense that would be
			funny.

					THE COMIC
				(uncomfortable)
			I have to admit it's a little
			ridiculous, but that's part of
			being funny. Clowns are
			ridiculous, but they make people
			laugh. Now try it.

	Data makes a couple of vain efforts to twist himself
	and imitate the imitator. His attempts are clumsy,
	inept, and bring a troubled look to the Comic's face.

					THE COMIC
				(continuing)
			Can you juggle, whistle, sing?

	Data shakes his head.

					THE COMIC
				(continuing)
			How about write or paint? I have
			a house that needs painting. It's
			hard work, but at least you don't
			have to be funny. Just a strong
			wrist, a good eye, and an
			affection for watching water base
			off-white dry slowly.

	The Comic laughs at his own humor. Data's sterile look
	causes the Comic to grimace.

					DATA
			I can do everything else that I
			want to do. I just want to know
			what is funny. I want to be able
			to involve myself in other
			people's laughter.
				(quieter beat)
			I want to "join in."

	The Comic eyes Data, understanding and sympathizing
	with his dilemma.

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT TWO   27.

31   CONTINUED: (3)

					THE COMIC
			We'll try. You have to remember
			your "body English" and gestures.
				(beat)
			Now you're going to learn some
			jokes.

					DATA
			Proceed.

					THE COMIC
			We'll start with some standards...
			This traveling salesman...

					DATA
			Access faster...

32   ON THE COMIC (OPTICAL)

	As he goes through his routine of jokes, CAMERA SKIP
	FRAMES to:

					THE COMIC
			... comes up to his farmhouse
			and...

					DATA
			Faster. Move to maximum speed.

	We SPEED UP FRAMES until the Comic is MOVING AT EIGHT
	FRAMES PER and the DIALOGUE SOUNDS LIKE CHIPMUNK
	GIBBERISH. HOLD on this for a few beats.

33   ON DATA

	His eyes blinking in the information at the same
	speed... Then:

34   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Data is facing Guinan. He speaks in his usual
	monotone.

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT TWO   28.

34   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			This gentleman went to see his
			surgeon and was informed that he
			needed an operation. The man
			thought about that and then said,
			"I would like a second opinion."
			The doctor said, "Okay, you are
			ugly too."

	Data immediately asks Guinan for her recognition.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Was I funny?

					GUINAN
			That joke has been funny for over
			four hundred years.
				(sad beat)
			We'll now have a minute's silence
			for its passing.

					DATA
			I was not funny...

					GUINAN
			Forget it. Try another joke.

	Data sets himself in a predetermined position and
	starts.

					DATA
			Who was that woman I saw you with?

	Guinan flinches in expectation but is saved as the
	voice of Picard is heard over the loudspeakers.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(filtered)
			Lieutenant Commander Data, report
			to the Main Bridge immediately.
			I repeat, report to the Main
			Bridge immediately.

	Data moves quickly to the turbolift. As he moves, he
	informs Guinan:

					DATA
			I will be back.

					GUINAN
				(hopeless)
			Bring new jokes...

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT TWO   29.

35   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	There is a controlled urgency in the conduct of the
	bridge as Data enters from the turbolift and moves
	directly to his station in Ops. Wesley is already in
	place at Conn and whispers over to Data immediately:

					WESLEY
			We have an "unidentified" in
			Sector four.

	Data immediately focuses his attention on his necessary
	functions. All stations are covered. Riker and Troi
	bracket Picard. PULASKI will also appear on the bridge
	during this scene. Worf announces from his Tactical
	Station:

					WORF
			Unidentified craft Sector four
			to Sector four two six one.
			Overtaking us, no response to our
			hailing.

					PICARD
			Open hailing frequencies in all
			languages and on all channels.

					WORF
			Hailing frequencies open. No
			response.

					DATA
			Sensors report a minimum range
			combat craft of the Squadron
			Class, twenty-six crew.

					WORF
				(overlap)
			Captain, they have locked phasers.

					PICARD
				(somewhat puzzled)
			Phasers?

					RIKER
				(same look)
			Regulations call for a Yellow
			Alert.

					PICARD
			It's too small of a craft to be
			of any threat to us. Do you
			agree, Lieutenant Worf?

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT TWO   30.

35   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			We could blow it out of space
			before it could scratch our hull.

					PICARD
			And I doubt that they are so
			primitive that they wouldn't know
			it. Ensign Crusher, reduce speed
			to allow them to overtake.

					RIKER
			May I ask why, sir?

					PICARD
			They show a great deal of courage.
			Perhaps I would like to show them
			some respect, or perhaps I'm just
			curious.

					RIKER
			I understand, Captain. Would a
			"courteous" Yellow Alert apply
			at this time?

					PICARD
				(covers a smile)
			That won't be necessary, Number
			One. But continue to hail them
			and prepare for a gentlemanly
			surrender if needed.

	The reactions of the crew, especially the pained
	expression of Worf.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

  STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT THREE  31.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

36   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE / THE ERSTWHILE (OPTICAL)

	Okona's ship in tow. Another spacecraft even smaller
	and more outdated than Okona's approaches. In scale it
	looks like a P.T. Boat pulling next to the USS
	Missouri.

37   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The business on the bridge continues in a relaxed, but
	expectant manner.

					WORF
			Still no response to our hail.

38   ON CREWMEMBERS

	A few beats, then Data informs them:

					DATA
			The "stranger" vessel has slowed
			and is holding its position.

					WORF
			Captain, we are being hailed.

					PICARD
			On screen.

39   ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER - INTERCUT AS NEEDED (OPTICAL)

	There are a few tense beats, then the face of DEBIN
	slowly MATERIALIZES on the screen. He is a middle-aged
	humanoid (perhaps one distinguishing factor to
	designate him as different). We see a small passenger
	area, rather than a large bridge.

					DEBIN
			I am Debin of the planet Atlec.

					PICARD
			I am Captain Jean-Luc Picard of
			the USS Enterprise... What is
			the reason for this aggressive
			approach?

  STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT THREE  32.

39   CONTINUED:

					DEBIN
			You are towing a spacecraft of
			a known criminal.

					PICARD
			It was in need of emergency
			repairs. It was our obligation
			to assist.

					DEBIN
			You have a man by the name of
			Okona aboard.
				(harsher beat)
			I want him.

	There are some reactions through the main cabin.

					PICARD
			On what authority?

	Debin reacts to this with a tumultuous roar. He
	explodes his response.

					DEBIN
			He is guilty of crimes committed
			on the planet Atlec. I expect
			him to be turned over to my
			authority immediately.

					PICARD
			What crimes?

					DEBIN
			That is neither important or
			necessary. I want Okona now!

	Before Picard can respond.

					WESLEY
			Captain, we have another Class
			four armed spacecraft approaching,
			from the opposite sector...

					PICARD
			Another ship from Atlec?

					DATA
			Similar in specifications and
			capabilities, but a variation in
			markings and hailing language.

  STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT THREE  33.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(to Debin)
			Hold your position, Mister Debin.
				(to Data)
			Cut off Main Screen.

	The viewscreen goes blank.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Identify approaching craft.

					DATA
			Sensors indicate it to be a
			security vessel from the planet
			Straleb.

					WORF
			We could swat both mosquitoes
			easily.

	Picard gives him a quieting, yet understanding look.

					PICARD
			Open hailing frequencies.

					WORF
			Hailing frequencies open.

	Some beats, then:

					WORF
				(continuing)
			They are returning our hail on
			the proper channel.

					PICARD
			On screen.

40   MAIN VIEWER - INTERCUT AS NEEDED (OPTICAL)

	The screen fills with the picture of another ship's
	cockpit area, which is a much smaller variation of a
	bridge. Humanoid personnel pilot the craft. (There
	could be a characteristic that would also mark them as
	an individual race and also slightly different than the
	Atlec race.) KUSHELL, older and more forceful than his
	younger better-looking companion BENZAN, steps into
	focus..

  STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT THREE  34.

40   CONTINUED:

					KUSHELL
			I am Secretary Kushell from the
			Legation of Unity of the planet
			Straleb.

					PICARD
			I am Captain Picard.

					KUSHELL
				(overlapping)
			We know who you are, Captain
			Picard. We have been monitoring
			your communications and we know
			of the demands made by Debin of
			the planet Atlec.

					PICARD
			Then you know that we intend no
			hostile interaction with either
			of you.

					KUSHELL
			You only have to concede to one
			demand.

					PICARD
			The word "demand" has the tone
			of finality.

					KUSHELL
			It is a word I have chosen.
				(beat)
			We demand you turn Okona over to
			us immediately.

	Picard covers his reactions.

					PICARD
				(to Wesley)
			Mute the Main Viewer.
				(to Worf)
			Lieutenant Worf, Mister Okona to the
			Main Bridge immediately.

					WORF
			Yes sir.

					PICARD
			Engage the screen.
				(to Kushell)
			The same "demand" has been made
			by the Atlec legation.

  STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT THREE  35.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					KUSHELL
			I have no interest in their
			request. We intend to back up our
			legal right to Okona.

					PICARD
				(knowing)
			I'd rather you didn't escalate
			this situation any further.

	Benzan tries to guide the older man away from the
	viewscreen. Kushell pulls away from his grasp.

					KUSHELL
			You're my son. You obey orders,
			you do not interfere with them.
				(to Picard, enraged)
			We are prepared to take Okona by
			force if we have to. The honor
			and prestige of this nation are
			at stake.
				(beat)
			We are ready to die for that.

					PICARD
			We do not intend for that to be
			at our hand. I will respond to
			your request shortly --
				(then:)
			Main Viewer off.

41   INT. CORRIDOR

	Worf and TWO SECURITY OFFICERS move through the
	corridor.

42   ANGLE ON DOOR

	It slides open to disclose a smiling Okona who is just
	buttoning up his shirt and preparing to exit. A
	well-endowed FEMALE CREWMEMBER (not B.G. Robinson) bids
	him an affectionate farewell. The kiss becomes
	extended and passion builds again, until interrupted by
	Worf.

					WORF
				(to Okona)
			I have orders to escort you to
			the Main Bridge immediately.

  STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT THREE  36.

42   CONTINUED:

					OKONA
			I'm sure it can wait a few
			minutes.

					WORF
			Now!!

43   CLOSER ANGLE

	Worf steps face to face with Okona and sets himself.
	Okona tightens and seems to coil just a bit in
	preparation. The two of them face in a stand-off
	understanding each other. Worf accepts the challenge
	and declines it at the same time.

					WORF
			I'd like that, but I have orders.

					OKONA
				(nods)
			Some other time then.

	The tension is ended. Worf motions to the security
	officers. They step on either side of Okona and leave
	him no choice but to step away from his embrace. He
	offers her a joking farewell as he is led away.

					OKONA
				(continuing)
			Just remember, it took three armed
			men to rip me from your arms.

44   INT. CORRIDOR - MOVING SHOT

	Okona keeps pace with Worf as they enter the turbolift.

					OKONA
			Am I going to meet Captain Picard?

	Worf eyes him a beat, then a grunting laugh.

					WORF
			Definitely.

					OKONA
			Did I say something funny?

	The doors slide shut.

  STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT THREE  37.

45   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The turbolift door opens and Okona is escorted towards
	the captain. Worf introduces.

					WORF
			Captain Picard, this is Thadiun
			Okona.

	Okona steps forward, extends his hand, and prepares
	himself for his normal overpowering greeting.

46   ON PICARD

	He swings around in his chair and holds Okona away with
	his hard-probing look. The rest of the room waits.
	Picard controls, points to the captain's Ready Room.

					PICARD
			In there... We'll talk in there...

	Picard gets up and leads the way. The doors slide open
	and they enter. The crew eyes each other.

47   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard turns directly to Okona. His anger is apparent.

					PICARD
			Mister Okona, you were welcomed on
			board and given the security of
			this ship openly and without any
			undue investigation. In turn the
			only obligation we placed you
			under was that you do not come
			aboard the Enterprise under false
			pretenses. It seems that you did.

					OKONA
			If you mean my "socializing" with
			the members of the crew?

					PICARD
			No, you are free to interact with
			the members of the crew. First,
			I'm talking about a man named
			Debin. Are you familiar with him?

  STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT THREE  38.

48   SCENE

	Okona becomes somewhat wary, but still faces Picard
	with no fear or nervousness showing.

					OKONA
			He's from Atlec. I've had
			dealings with some of his family.

					PICARD
			Then perhaps you can explain why
			his spacecraft is prepared to
			attack us unless we give him
			custody of you.

					OKONA
			I can't explain.

					PICARD
			Then tell me why Kushell of the
			planet Straleb is demanding the
			same thing?

					OKONA
			Is he here also?

					PICARD
			And quite adamant. Now answer
			please. What crimes have you
			committed?

					OKONA
			I am not a criminal.

					PICARD
			Why do these men want you?

					OKONA
			I can't say.

					PICARD
			You will say. You're on my ship.

					OKONA
				(serious now)
			It wouldn't be the honorable thing
			to do. I may be many less than
			auspicious things, but I am a
			gentleman. I won't break that
			code.

					PICARD
			They are prepared to attack the
			Enterprise.

  STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT THREE  39.

48   CONTINUED:

					OKONA
				(reacts)
			That would be crazy. They
			wouldn't stand a chance...

					PICARD
			Exactly.
				(studies Okona)
			Then perhaps you could give me
			some reasons as to why I should
			consider destroying these people
			to save you?

49   CLOSER

	For the first time Okona is at a loss for words.

					OKONA
			I can't think of any right now.

					PICARD
			Neither can I.

	Picard turns and exits the Ready Room...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FOUR   40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

50   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	facing the two tiny and less formidable looking ships.
	The Erstwhile still in tow and even smaller.

51   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard regards Okona, still is in a no-nonsense mood.
	Picard turns back to the Main Viewer

					PICARD
			Put Debin on screen.

52   MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The Main Bridge of the Debin craft appears on screen.
	Debin standing there gets right down to business.

					DEBIN
			Have you made your decision yet,
			Captain?

					PICARD
			No. You've made your requests
			but you haven't told me why.

					DEBIN
			It's a personal matter.

					PICARD
			I'm afraid that's not good enough.

	Debin visibly explodes. His rage balloons.

					DEBIN
			Not good enough?? You're forcing
			me to embarrass my family by
			demanding reasons.

	Debin steps off screen for a beat, then returns with
	a young tearful woman named YANAR. She is very
	beautiful and also very pregnant.

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FOUR   41.

53   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	All heads turn from the Main Viewer to Okona who
	attempts to look innocent and therefore looks even more
	guilty.

					DEBIN
			It was Okona... He's been bringing
			Yanar gifts, flowers, and even
			poetry for the past five months.
			He took advantage. Then he left
			her like this. I want him.

	Picard feels uncomfortable, but now understands Debin's
	emotions.

					PICARD
			I do sympathize with you. If you
			will allow me just a little more
			time.

					DEBIN
				(not to be put off)
			Why, so you can turn him over to
			Kushell? You do that and I'll
			blow his ship away and Okona with
			it.

54   ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	Kushell suddenly appears on a SPLIT SCREEN and yells
	back at Debin.

					KUSHELL
			You'll be dust before you aim your
			first missile. I have a perfect
			right to Okona. He's a thief.
			He stole the Jewel of Thesia.
			A national heritage.

					DEBIN
				(yelling back)
			A "thing." An "item." My case
			involves the victimization of a
			human form. My daughter.

	Okona steps nearer to Picard and can now obviously be
	seen by the "split screen" characters. They visibly
	react.

					DEBIN
				(continuing)
			That's him!! I'll have him now.

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FOUR   42.

54   CONTINUED:

					KUSHELL
			He's mine.

					OKONA
			One at a time. Who accuses me
			of stealing?

					KUSHELL
			I do, you thief. Me and my son,
			Benzan. Okona was my son's
			friend. He took advantage of that
			friendship to plunder a national
			treasure.

	Benzan is standing next to his father silently. We
	hear some ad lib yelling in the b.g. as Debin responds
	to Kushell. Picard signals to mute the sound on the
	screen. (Kushell and Debin will continue their silent
	argument.) Picard turns to Okona.

					PICARD
			What do you have to say about that
			Okona?

					OKONA
			Nothing right now. Let them do
			all the talking.

	Picard pauses for a moment. Then interrupts the
	arguing between Debin and Kushell.

					PICARD
			Gentlemen if you please!

	Debin and Kushell quiet down.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			You will get my decision as soon
			as I can confer with my advisors
			and in the interest of maintaining
			peace I am jamming communications
			between your two ships. Picard
			out.

	Before either of the two fathers can answer the screen
	goes blank. Picard swings from his control chair.

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FOUR   43.

54   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Okona, Doctor, Counselor,
			Lieutenant Worf, Geordi, the
			conference room if you please.
			Have Doctor Pulaski join us...

	The Observation Lounge door slides open and the group
	files in.

55   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	They take seats around the table. Okona takes the
	opportunity to move to the food slot and concoct a
	healthy snack.

					PULASKI
			Dishonesty, lust, and now hunger.
			You really are extremely basic
			Mister Okona.

					OKONA
			Last meals always taste the best
			and hunger won't make me a better
			person.

					PULASKI
			That's probably true.

					TROI
			Neither one of the allegations
			is considered a capital crime.

					OKONA
			I'll never reach either of those
			planets alive. They have lost
			too much face over these
			incidents.

					PICARD
			And yet it provides the
			possibility of even more violence.

					OKONA
			You're not afraid of those two
			or what they can do to you.

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FOUR   44.

55   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			It's what I may have to do to them
			that concerns me. If I turn you
			over to Debin, I will have to deal
			with Kushell. If you go to
			Kushell, I will have Debin to
			administer to. Or perhaps both
			of them would decide to attack
			us. Fatalities could be total.

					OKONA
			I hate to have to be the one to
			say this, but you don't owe me
			anything.

					PICARD
			I'm well aware of that, but it
			doesn't change anything.
				(beat)
			Are you innocent, Thadiun Okona?

	Okona can't resist the glib one liner and the smile.

					OKONA
			Innocent? Absolutely not, Captain
			Picard. I'll make no excuses for
			my lifestyle.
				(beat)
			But I have not committed the
			crimes that I've been accused of
			or any others similar.

	Okona turns to give Troi a questioning look. Troi nods
	to Picard that he's telling the truth.

					PICARD
			Then my predicament is confirmed.

					OKONA
			In that case, Captain, I can't
			make it any easier on you.

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			Apparently you've never been
			concerned about making it easier
			on anyone... There are two men
			out there who do not consider this
			a joke and are willing to face
			death as a matter of honor. They
			should be respected, not laughed
			at.

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FOUR   45.

55   CONTINUED: (2)

					OKONA
			You seemed to have reached a
			decision about me, Captain.

					PICARD
			Only about what I think you are.
			What to do about it is still a
			problem.

					OKONA
			I'll help you with it.
				(beat)
			Stall Debin and Kushell. Give
			me enough time to get the guidance
			system re-installed and I'll go
			on my own.

					RIKER
			Their ships are bigger and faster
			than yours.

					OKONA
			You'll still be able to warp away
			and I'll take care of myself.

					PULASKI
			How will you get away?

					OKONA
				(smile)
			I'll dazzle them with my
			brilliance and dexterity.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			I don't like it.

					OKONA
			You have very little choice.

					PICARD
				(a few beats)
			I know. It will be impossible
			to stall very long.

					OKONA
			"Just long enough" is all I
			need...

					PULASKI
			What are you going to say to Debin
			and Kushell?

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FOUR   46.

55   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(shrugging)
			Anything I have to.

					OKONA
			Now you're starting to sound like
			me, Captain.

					PICARD
			Heaven forbid.

	Okona holds Picard's look for a beat, nods, turns and
	enters the turbolift... Picard moves to the door to
	the Main bridge. The doors slide open. Picard, Riker
	et al walk through.

56   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard moves to the command chair; Riker next to him.
	Picard takes a breath.

					PICARD
			Engage Main Viewer.

	Screen -- the spilt screen of Debin and Kushell.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Ah, gentlemen... If you'll just
			bear with me, I have a few
			questions.

57   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi and Wesley are still working on the Okona
	mechanism. Okona looks over their shoulders, admires
	it. Okona seems distracted, his mind somewhere else,
	his conversation not up to its usual pace and humor.

					OKONA
			Looks like an excellent job.
			You're quite a craftsman
			Lieutenant La Forge. How soon
			will it be finished?

					GEORDI
			What's the rush? I thought you
			liked it here.

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FOUR   47.

57   CONTINUED:

					OKONA
			I did. It stopped liking me.
			Time for me to disappear.

					WESLEY
			Where will you go?

					OKONA
			A new place, if I make it.

					WESLEY
			Don't you ever stay anywhere?

	Okona snaps out of his mood a little, eyes Wesley.

					OKONA
			Not for a long time.

					WESLEY
			I know that's the way you want
			to be and it is your choice, but
			I don't understand. You like
			people. Why do you want to be
			alone all the time?

58   ON OKONA

	He keeps his gaze on Wesley as his mind works. Geordi
	interrupts, holds out the new part.

					GEORDI
			It's ready. You should be able
			to install this in less than five
			minutes.

	Okona turns his look to Geordi, nods, but makes no move
	to take the part from him.

					OKONA
			Like you said Geordi, what's the
			rush?
				(moving)
			I have some friends around here.

	Okona moves off. Geordi and Wesley exchange looks.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FIVE   48.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

59   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The smaller cargo ship Erstwhile is still in tow. The
	position of the Debin and Kushell vessels, the same...

60   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	All stations are manned. Okona enters from the
	turbolift and waits there as Picard motions to him.
	Picard turns back to the screen.

					PICARD
			One moment please, gentlemen.
			Screen off.

	Picard turns to Okona.

					PICARD
			I've used every pretext I could
			think of. The result is they've
			aimed their full ordinance at us
			and are prepared to attack. I
			can't delay any longer.

					OKONA
			I'm not leaving.

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			We've gone over this before. I
			thought you made a decision.

					OKONA
			Don't worry, I'm not staying
			either.
				(long beat)
			I've decided to surrender myself
			to one of them.

	Reactions around the bridge...

					RIKER
			Which one?

					OKONA
				(laughs)
			Put them on screen and place your
			bets. The odds are two to one...

   STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FIVE   49.

60   CONTINUED:

	Riker glances over to Picard.

					PICARD
			On screen.

61   MAIN VIEWER - SPLIT SCREEN (INTERCUT AS NEEDED)

	The images of Debin and Yanar on one half, Kushell and
	Benzan on the other.

					KUSHELL
			It took long enough. Now when
			can I have Okona?

					DEBIN
			I registered my complaint before
			you. I have first recourse.

					KUSHELL
			Do not delay your decision again.
			I'm warning you not to do that,
			Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			Yes, both of you are most adept
			at issuing warnings.
				(beat)
			Mister Okona has volunteered to
			deal with this himself.

	Okona steps forward to face the screen and also be seen
	by all parties. Kushell and Debin are animated, Benzan
	and the pregnant girl more subdued, waiting.

					OKONA
			I'll speak my piece before I walk
			to your gallows. As I said before
			I am not a thief. I am also not
			a character of exceptional good
			name and reputation; so, as I
			never chose to become a thief,
			I have never chosen to become a
			father either.
				(long beat)
			Given the choice between the two
			I must say that marriage to the
			beautiful and affectionate Yanar
			is a much more pleasant sentence.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FIVE       50.

61   CONTINUED:

					OKONA (Cont'd)
				(pause)
			So my dear Yanar, if you would
			do me the honor of becoming my
			wife I will do everything in my
			power to make our marriage happy
			and fruitful.

	There is a shocked silence on both the Main Bridge and
	the split screen. Varying emotions start to build.

					BENZAN
			No! He can't!

					HUSHELL
			My son is right. Okona will not
			escape me that way.

					BENZAN
			No, that's not what I mean.

					DEBIN
			Send him to me. I'll decide his
			fate.

	Yanar steps to the forefront.

					YANAR
			Why should you decide? Why don't
			I? Since everybody knows Okona
			is the father of this child, why
			should we not allow him to take
			his rightful place?
				(firmly)
			I accept.

					BENZAN
			You can't accept!

					KUSHELL
			That's right. Okona is still a
			thief.

					BENZAN
			No he's not. Nothing was stolen.

					KUSHELL
			The Jewel of Thesia!

					BENZAN
			It was not stolen by my friend
			Okona.

       STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FIVE       51.

61   CONTINUED: (2)

					KUSHELL
			Then where is it?

					BENZAN
			You could say it was taken into
			"custody" by the rightful heir,
			me.

	Picard looks over at Okona who eyes Benzan with a look
	of pride.

62   VARIOUS CUTS AND ANGLES (OPTICAL)

	as Debin and Kushell gain knowledge of the incidents
	involved in both the theft and pregnancy. Kushell is
	stunned, Debin glad to have it all settled. Benzan
	is making his statement of fact; Yanar, not pleased
	at the way it is all coming down. Okona, trying to
	make them tell the facts; and, Picard, watching the
	scene unravel to Okona's hopeful design and finding
	himself becoming involved in the event and starting
	to appreciate him a little.

					PICARD
				(to Okona)
			Benzan has a certain flair for
			the language that is similar to
			yours.

					OKONA
			A little bit of me might have
			rubbed off on the boy. I didn't
			think he would let me hang.

					PICARD
			You placed great faith in him.

					OKONA
			He's a friend...

	Debin feels the whole thing is settled. He announces.

					KUSHELL
				(to Benzan)
			Why would you steal what would
			eventually become yours?

       STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FIVE       52.

62   CONTINUED:

					BENZAN
			To present it to Yanar as my vow
			of marriage.
				(beat)
			Yanar is carrying my child.

					KUSHELL
				(stunned)
			Yanar said it was Okona's.

					DEBIN
				(to Yanar)
			You were with both these men?

					YANAR
			No, but that's not what is
			important now. What is important
			is who I marry.

					BENZAN
			You'll marry me.

					YANAR
			Why should I?

					BENZAN
			Because I love you.

					YANAR
			You waited this long to say that?
			You almost allowed Okona to be
			punished, now suddenly you wish
			to marry me?

					BENZAN
			I sent the Jewel of Thesia to you
			with Okona to declare us man and
			wife. The politics of our fathers
			would have been settled later.

					KUSHELL
			So Okona does have the jewel.

					BENZAN
			I ordered him to deliver it!

					YANAR
			And waited a little too long to
			do that also. I won't marry you,
			Benzan.

       STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FIVE       53.

62   CONTINUED: (2)

					DEBIN
			Then you'll marry Okona.

					YANAR
				(screams)
			I won't marry anyone!

	Okona steps forward to the Main Viewer and speaks
	seriously and with great feeling...

					OKONA
			Don't Yanar. You're angry about
			the embarrassment of all this and
			maybe the timing and approach is
			not the most romantic, but I know
			you love Benzan and I don't want
			to see you throw away that feeling
			because we adults do not know how
			to behave properly.

					YANAR
			If Benzan could speak with the
			same integrity as you do, maybe
			it would be different.

					OKONA
			I carried your messages back and
			forth for almost six months. I
			smuggled each of you into the
			other's homeland. You feel for
			him the same way he feels for you.
				(frustrated beat)
			So for heaven's sake girl, you
			have to marry the boy because I've
			finally run out of words.

					RIKER
			I don't believe that.

					DATA
			It is mathematically possible.

					PICARD
			Okona defies even the science of
			mathematics.

	Okona laughs. Data asks Riker.

					DATA
			Was that funny?

	Riker doesn't answer.

       STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FIVE       54.

62   CONTINUED: (3)

					YANAR
				(a few beats, then:)
			I do love him.

					PICARD
				(caught up in it)
			Then tell him.

	Okona and the crew look over to Picard who is just as
	surprised at himself.

					YANAR
			I'll marry Benzan. It is his
			child.
				(beat)
			It's our child.

					KUSHELL
				(softer)
			Then I'll have to withdraw my
			charges of theft. By our law
			Benzan must present the jewel to
			his wife.

					BENZAN
			I'll be coming for you shortly
			Yanar. We'll find a new planet
			to live on.

					KUSHELL
			You'll live on Straleb.

					DEBIN
			No! You'll live here!

					PICARD
			Gentlemen, this is a matter to
			be settled between yourselves.
			I have only two words for both
			of you.
				(long beat)
			Picard out.

	Picard signals for the transmission to end and the
	screen goes blank.

63   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	There is a momentary silence as the crew lets its
	breath out.

       STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FIVE       55.

63   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Take over, Will. Mister Okona
			and I are going to drink a toast
			to the newlyweds.

	Okona smiles, nods, moves off with Picard. As they
	pass other members of the crew, various comments can
	be heard.

					TROI
			Weddings bring out emotions in
			me that I never could quite
			understand. I get so sentimental.

					PULASKI
			Perhaps it's the way they drape
			the flowers over the shotgun that
			makes you cry.

					WORF
			We could have destroyed both
			crafts without even using our
			photon torpedoes. They were
			totally vulnerable.

					GEORDI
				(patiently)
			Maybe next time, Worf. Maybe next
			time.

	Data heads past them into the turbolift. The doors
	close behind him.

64   INT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE HOLODECK

	Data engages the panel of controls. Guinan is a
	semi-reluctant conspirator.

					DATA
			I wish to reinstate the same
			program.

					GUINAN
				(whisper)
			Maybe with some new material.

	The Holodeck control panel goes through its routine,
	then signals it is ready. The doors open.

       STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FIVE       56.

65   NEW ANGLE INTO HOLODECK ROOM

	The Comic sitting FREEZE FRAME as Data had left him.
	Data steps inside and the Comic comes to life. Data
	immediately gets down to business.

					DATA
			We will continue.

					THE COMIC
			What, no warm up?

					DATA
			I told a joke.

					THE COMIC
			And?

					DATA
			No one laughed.

					THE COMIC
			No one? Nobody?

					GUINAN
			Me, I'm "no one" and "nobody."
			It wasn't funny.

					DATA
			She said I "killed" the joke.

					THE COMIC
				(beat)
			It's always hard to deal with a
			solo person. You need a crowd.
			Laughter is contagious.

					GUINAN
			A lot of things are contagious.
			Most of them aren't funny either.

					DATA
			Perhaps he is right. An audience
			could be the difference.
				(to Holodeck)
			Holodeck, give me an audience.

66   ON DATA

	He glances over to Guinan for support. She tries to
	give it to him with a weak nod.

       STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FIVE       57.

67   NEW ANGLE

	A SPOTLIGHT beam glares onto a small stage and the
	Comic steps up for the intro.

68   REVERSE

	There is a small, dark, smoke-filled New York style
	nightclub with various n.d. audience sitting at
	dime-sized tables.

69   ANGLE ON STAGE

	The SPOTLIGHT glares on and the Comic steps onto the
	stage for the intro. Guinan stands off to the side
	at what could be considered the wings.

					THE COMIC
			And now folks from his record
			breaking tour of Straleb and Atlec
			I bring you the funny man of the
			stars, that comet comedian, the
			sensation of the solar system,
			... DATA!

	The Comic backs off the stage to stand next to Guinan
	and a tuxedo garbed (jacket and tie only) Data enters
	into the beam of light with an impassive look on his
	face and a monotone delivery which is accentuated
	occasionally by the off time waving of one or both of
	his arms. He keeps adjusting the bow tie, Rodney
	Dangerfield style.

					DATA
			Good evening ladies and "germs."

	The audience sounds of laughter and applause.

70   AROUND THE HOLODECK NIGHTCLUB - INTERCUT AS NEEDED

	The audience laughs at every move and word. Data
	continues at first confident and then becoming
	puzzled...

					DATA
			You know I come from a town so
			small it had a fraction for a zip
			code.

	Laughter.

       STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FIVE       58.

70   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(continuing)
			... It was so small in fact that
			it didn't have a Godfather of
			Crime... it had a Nephew..

	Guinan gives the Comic a whimsical look.

					GUINAN
			You sure you made a living doing
			this?

					DATA
			I was so ugly as a child they hung
			a pork chop around my neck so the
			dog would play with me. Then
			there was the gene bank where they
			crossed a lion and a parrot. They
			weren't sure what they got but
			when it spoke, they listened.

	Data looks around. His voice is almost a whisper now.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Or the human cannonball that was
			hired and fired in the same night.

71   ON DATA

	He stares down at the audience, still unsure as to what
	they are laughing at. He moves his right hand.

72   THE AUDIENCE

	Bellows out its response.

73   DATA

	Aware now. He lifts his other arm.

74   THE AUDIENCE

	responds with an uproar.

       STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FIVE       59.

75   DATA

	moves one finger... The response... He realizes now,
	glances over to Guinan who offers him a sympathetic
	look. Then he announces, as he steps off stage:

					DATA
			Holodeck off.

	The stage lights and nightclub disappear. Data and
	Guinan are alone in the Holodeck room. They eye each
	other.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			It was a Holodeck audience. They
			were programmed to laugh at
			anything...

					GUINAN
			Never mind that. Let me tell you
			one about the traveling salesman.

					DATA
			I have heard it...
				(beat)
			I have heard them all.

	Data and Guinan walk out of the Holodeck...

76   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The full staff is present as they go through the
	procedures of disconnecting Okona's craft from the
	tractor link. Okona is on the Main Viewer.

					RIKER
			Hold the speed, Captain Okona.
			We'll disengage at my command.
				(beat)
			Disengage.

					WESLEY
			Separated.

					OKONA
			I'm under my own power. Thank
			you, Enterprise. Thank you,
			Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			I think it turned out to be "my
			pleasure," Mister Okona.

       STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FIVE       60.

76   CONTINUED:

					OKONA
			You've got a bizarre sense of
			humor, Captain.

					PICARD
			Stretched to the limit with you,
			but thankfully still present.
			I think I might miss your
			presence, but I would like it to
			remain a fond memory.

					OKONA
			Well put Captain Picard, and
			good-bye sir.

					PICARD
			Good-bye Captain Okona.

					OKONA
			What about you Data? You can say
			good-bye, Data.

	Data is caught unprepared; his computer mind blinks
	in and he responds quickly.

					DATA
			"Good-bye Data."

	First a titter of laughter, then building to a louder
	sound. Data looks around the bridge in pleased
	surprise. He looks towards Picard.

					DATA
			Was I funny?

	Picard smiles at him, nods. Data looks up at the Main
	Viewer.

77   MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	Okona gives Data the thumbs up sign.

78   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it turns to the stars.

					DATA (O.S.)
			And there is the one about the
			girl in the nudist colony that
			nothing looked good on.

       STAR TREK: "The Outrageous Okona" - 10/4/88 - ACT FIVE       61.

78   CONTINUED:

					RIKER (O.S.)
			Warp speed Captain?

					PICARD (O.S.)
			Please...

	The Enterprise warps out.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                      "The Schizoid Man" 
                          #40272-131 
                              
                           Story by 
                        Richard Manning 
                               & 
                         Hans Beimler 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                          Tracy Torme 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1988 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

 
                        FINAL DRAFT
 
                      OCTOBER 10, 1988

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        STAR TREK: "The Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "The Schizoid Man" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             DR. IRA GRAVES
                RIKER              KAREEN BRIANON
                DATA               
                PULASKI            Non-Speaking
                TROI                 MEDICAL TECHNICIAN
                GEORDI               CREWMAN AT OPS
                WORF                 CREWWOMAN IN HALLWAY
                WESLEY             
                GUINAN             Voice-Over
                                     CAPTAIN OF THE MARY ROGERS

        STAR TREK: "The Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "The Schizoid Man" 
                         
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CORRIDORS
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              SICKBAY
              SICKBAY (ADJACENT)
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              KAREEN'S QUARTERS
              TURBOLIFT
              TEN-FORWARD
          
            GRAVESWORLD
              LIVING ROOM
              LABORATORY

  STAR TREK: "The Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "The Schizoid Man" 
                      
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

             KAREEN BRIANON    Kuh-REEN Bree-ANN-un

        STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - TEASER        1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "The Schizoid Man"    
                       
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	a small speck heading toward us from a great distance.

					PULASKI (V.O.)
			Medical log, Stardate 42437.5.
			Ira Graves is arguably the
			greatest human mind in the known
			universe...

	The great ship streaks by, racing toward its
	destination.

					PULASKI (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			For years he's lived in near
			isolation on a remote planet,
			devoting full time to his
			revolutionary work...

2    INT. TURBOLIFT - CLOSE ON PULASKI

	riding up alone.

					PULASKI (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Eight hours ago, we monitored a
			message from his assistant,
			urgently requesting medical aid.
			It seems Graves' health is failing
			rapidly -- I only hope we can
			reach him in time...

3    STAY WITH PULASKI

	as the lift stops and she steps out onto the bridge.
	Before her, WESLEY is at Conn, a CREWMAN at Ops, WORF
	at Tactical. She MOVES to Command to join RIKER and
	PICARD...

					PICARD
			Any response from Gravesworld,
			Mister Worf?

        STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - TEASER        2.

3    CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Nothing sir. Not since their
			initial communication.

	Picard frowns. Riker turns to Pulaski...

					RIKER
			They send out a plea for help,
			then shut off the transmitters
			so they can't tell if help's on
			the way. Doesn't make much sense,
			does it?

					PICARD
			What's our e.t.a. at the planet,
			Mister Crusher?

					WESLEY
			Thirty-six minutes to orbit, sir.

	Picard turns to Pulaski -- his question more a
	statement.

					PICARD
			You understand the importance of
			doing everything we can for Doctor
			Graves.

					PULASKI
			Of course, Captain.

					PICARD
			Starfleet Command believes his
			work in quantum physics is
			reaching a critical stage. They
			consider this a priority one
			action.

					PULASKI
			A man is ill, Captain. Treating
			him is my priority one.
			Regardless of who he is.

	Picard raises his eyebrows in mild surprise. Is she
	sparring with him or merely stating a fact? Behind
	him, Riker is smiling, amused by her blunt way of
	saying things.

4    INT. TEN-FORWARD ROOM - CLOSE ON TROI

	downing a sea-green liquid in an exotic "chaser" glass.
	She savors the drink, her eyes lighting up as she
	slowly swallows.

        STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - TEASER        3.

4    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			It's wonderful. What is it?

5    PULL BACK

	to see GEORDI and TWO CREWPERSONS sitting next to her,
	with GUINAN behind the bar.

					GUINAN
			A year on the planet Thurasia is
			four hundred and ninety days long.
			It rains twice, and only twice.
			You're drinking Thurasian rain
			water.

					GEORDI
				(empty glass in hand)
			Water? Tastes more like...

					TROI
			Heaven.

					GEORDI
			Exactly. Where can I get some
			more of this?

	Guinan takes his glass with a smile.

					GUINAN
			'Fraid that's the last of it.
			Next rainfall in a hundred and
			sixty three days.

	Troi looks at her empty glass wistfully.

					TROI
			I'm not sure I can wait that long.

6    ANGLE TO INCLUDE DATA

	joining his friends at the bar.

					GEORDI
				(to Data)
			Hey, old friend. Any luck?

	Data looks extremely satisfied.

					DATA
			I believe my quest has ended in
			complete success.

        STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - TEASER        4.

6    CONTINUED:

	Geordi turns to the others and explains what they're
	referring to...

					GEORDI
			Data's been scouring the library,
			in search of the perfect joke.

					DATA
			I have explored seventy-six
			thousand, two hundred and
			twenty-three anecdotes thus far.

					TROI
			Why, Data?

					DATA
			It is an attempt to find the most
			humorous anecdote in recorded
			history. And I believe I have
			done just that.

					GUINAN
			This I gotta hear.

	All eyes are on Data -- everyone's primed to hear the
	anecdote to end all anecdotes. Data's eyes sparkle in
	anticipation. Just before he begins, he throws back
	his head and LAUGHS THAT PECULIAR STILTED LAUGH of his,
	as if to say "boy is this going to be funny." The laugh
	ends too abruptly, like someone pulled a plug.

					DATA
				(deliberate)
			There were twelve birds sitting
			on a fence... Six had a notion
			to fly away. How many were left?

7    ANGLE ON HIS AUDIENCE

	looking at one another, thinking this better have a
	great punchline. Geordi shrugs...

					GEORDI
			Okay, I'll bite. Six.

	Data bursts into his awkward laugh again.

					DATA
				(happy, glowing)
			No, twelve! They only had a
			notion to fly away!

        STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - TEASER        5.

7    CONTINUED:

	With quick mechanical movements, Data looks from person
	to person, a stiff smile plastered on his face. The
	smile fades, replaced by a look of complete surprise.
	He can't believe the others aren't laughing. In fact,
	the only sound WE HEAR is A SMALL GROAN emanating from
	Geordi.

					DATA
			You did not find it wildly
			hilarious?

					GEORDI
			What do you think?

	Geordi indicates the others. Some have stone-faces
	while others look like they've just been slapped.

					DATA
			Perhaps I should have described
			the interesting plumage of --

					GUINAN
			-- Data honey, I don't think it
			would've helped. That joke
			chilled my blood.

	Guinan smiles and shivers. Geordi EXITS the bar,
	patting a deeply perplexed Data on the shoulder as he
	goes.

8    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - MOVING WITH GEORDI

	as he crosses to Ops, passing Picard, Riker and Pulaski
	in the Command Area.

					WORF
			Receiving a transmission from
			Gravesworld, sir. It's unfocused.
			Not directed specifically at us.

					PICARD
			On screen, Mister Worf.

9    ON SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	KAREEN BRIANON a strikingly beautiful if somewhat
	frail-looking woman in her early twenties. She seems
	anxious -- nervously looking over her shoulder as she
	speaks. We join her transmission in progress...

        STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - TEASER        6.

9    CONTINUED:

					KAREEN
			... If anyone can hear me, please
			send a doctor. Things are getting
			worse --

	Kareen cuts off as she turns to look at something else
	in the room. Suddenly the screen goes dead...

					PICARD
			Try and raise her, Mister Crusher.
			Tell them we're minutes away.

					WESLEY
			It's no good, sir. I don't
			believe they're receiving us.

	Picard paces, clearly frustrated.

					WORF
			Our records show that she and
			Graves are the only ones living
			on the planet, Captain.

					RIKER
			Then what scared her?

10   MOVE IN ON PICARD

	wondering the same thing.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT ONE       7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

11   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Same setting, same situation.

					GEORDI
			Sir, I'm picking up another
			signal... but it's not from the
			planet.

					WESLEY
			Confirmed. Point of origin...
			sector three-five mark seven.

					GEORDI
			Signal is very weak, sir. Audio
			only.

					PICARD
			Pipe it through, Mister La Forge.

	THE SOUND OF CRACKLING STATIC fills the air.

					MAN'S COM VOICE
			... Mayday! Mayday! This is
				(static)
			-- questing emergency assistance.
				(static)
			Outer hull breached
				(static)
			Environmental systems compro --
				(static)
			Need immediate

	ROLLING WAVES OF STATIC overwhelm the rest of the
	message. Picard signals Geordi to cut off the noise.
	Worf punches in a few commands at his position...

					WORF
			I show the Mary Rogers in that
			general vicinity, Captain. She's
			a transport ship, used to ferry
			settlers to new colonies. No
			other ships of any kind in this
			sector.

					RIKER
				(concerned)
			Outer hull breached -- their air
			must be leaking out.

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT ONE       8.

11   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			There may be hundreds of colonists
			aboard that ship. We've got to
			help them!

					PICARD
			And what about Graves?

					PULASKI
			He's one man. And we don't even
			know the nature of his illness.

					PICARD
			He's the man we came to assist!
			I have my orders, Doctor.

	Pulaski stews -- silence reigns on the bridge. This is
	difficult for Picard; a tragic, no-win situation.

					WORF
			Suggestion, sir.

	Picard swivels to face Worf.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Suggest we execute long range
			transport of away team to assist
			Dr. Graves at earliest possible
			moment. We can use the mass of
			the planet to slingshot us toward
			the stricken liner, thus making
			up most of the lost time.

					PICARD
				(nodding, thoughtful)
			Mister Crusher, make it so -- prepare
			for extended touch and go orbit.

					WESLEY
				(complying)
			Aye sir.

					PICARD
			The transport may be a bit tricky.
			I'd like you to handle it, Mister
			La Forge.

					GEORDI
			Understood, Captain.

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT ONE       9.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Assemble an away team, Number One.
			Include whatever medical
			assistants the Doctor deems
			necessary.

					PULASKI
			Excuse me sir, but I'd be more
			useful dealing with the Mary
			Rogers. There may be hundreds
			who'll need attention --

					PICARD
			-- Thank you Doctor, but I'll make
			those decisions.
				(pause)
			You're going to Gravesworld.

12   INT. TEN-FORWARD - ON DATA AND GUINAN

	talking, the bar between them. Data is in a daze...

					DATA
			I cannot comprehend it. It is
			beyond my ability to reason.

					GUINAN
			Don't feel too bad, Data. Humor
			is subjective.

					DATA
			But this anecdote had all the
			elements humans find so diverting!
			A play on words, colorful
			characters, deception, a lively
			setting --

					GUINAN
				(tongue in cheek)
			-- Maybe it's the birds.

					DATA
				(cocking his head)
			Interesting. How so?

					GUINAN
			Birds are considered to have
			boring personalities. They just
			sit around and eat seed all day.
			Maybe squawk once in a while.
			Boring.

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT ONE       10.

12   CONTINUED:

	Data begins to consider this point seriously. Guinan
	suppresses a smile as she continues...

					GUINAN
			In fact, there's only one thing
			birds do that's funny, but you
			couldn't put that in a joke and
			keep it tasteful.
				(leans forward)
			Now chickens. Chickens are funny.

	Data is surprised. He's about to ask her to elaborate,
	when Riker steps up to the bar.

					RIKER
				(cheerful)
			Hello Guinan. Keeping this guy
			out of trouble?

					GUINAN
			It's a challenge, but I'm trying.

					DATA
			Excuse me sir, but in what way
			is Guinan attempting to restrain
			me from adversity?

					RIKER
			Never mind, Data, I was only
			joking.

	Data thinks, then suddenly explodes into a three second
	burst of LAUGHTER. Once finished, he looks from Riker
	to Guinan, uncertainty written on his face.

					DATA
			That joke was funny. Was it not?

					GUINAN
			It wasn't meant to be, Data.

	Now Data's really confused.

					GUINAN
				(to Riker)
			Are you really going down to see
			Ira Graves? The Ira Graves?

					RIKER
				(intrigued smile)
			How did you know about that?

	Guinan smiles slyly and ignores the question.

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT ONE       11.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

					GUINAN
			Remember Will -- great men have
			great egos.

	Riker smiles back, wondering why this sounds like a
	warning. He slaps Data on the shoulder.

					RIKER
			Come on Data. A great man awaits.

	They nod good-bye to Guinan and head for the turbolift.
	Riker takes a last look at:

13   GUINAN

	still smiling a smile that says "I know something you
	don't know."

14   INT. TURBOLIFT - RIKER AND DATA

	ride down together.

					DATA
			May I ask a question, sir?

					RIKER
			I think you just did.

					DATA
				(thinking it over)
			Quite correct. May I ask you
			another question after this one?

					RIKER
				(chuckling)
			Sure, what's on your mind?

					DATA
			Do you think it is pointless for
			me to try and understand humor?

					RIKER
			Pointless? Not necessarily.

					DATA
			I believe that comprehending what
			is truly funny will bring me
			closer to... humanness.
				(pause)
			Until recently, I thought I was
			making progress.

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT ONE       12.

15   INT. CORRIDOR - DATA AND RIKER

	exit the turbolift and head down the corridor toward
	the transporter...

					DATA
			For example Commander, do you find
			this amusing? There were
			twelve....... aquatic fowl sitting
			on a fence, and six had --

					RIKER
			-- Twelve. They only had a notion
			to fly away.

	Data stops in his tracks.

					DATA
			How did you --

					RIKER
			-- Are you kidding? That joke's
			become a legend on this ship.

16   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - WORF, PULASKI, TROI (OPTICAL)

	and a MED-TECH are joined by Riker and Data (still
	mulling over the status of his legendary anecdote).
	Geordi is at the transporter controls. Riker wastes no
	time in leading his team onto the platform.

					RIKER
			Phaser on stun, Mister Worf. We
			don't know what's going on down
			there; no need to take chances.

					WORF
			Agreed, sir.

					GEORDI
			Remember folks, this is a long
			range transport. The effects will
			be a little unusual.

					PULASKI
			How do you mean?

	Riker cuts in before Geordi can reply.

					RIKER
			Understood. Energize.

	Pulaski turns to Riker just as they begin to
	transport...

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT ONE       13.

16   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			Wait a minute! I don't under --

	And they're GONE before the sentence is complete.

17   INT. LIVING ROOM ON GRAVESWORLD - THE AWAY TEAM
(OPTICAL)

	begins to MATERIALIZE in comfortable if somewhat
	cluttered living quarters. Behind them we can see the
	planet through the window, including the multi-colored
	rings that encircle her.

	It takes longer than usual for their materialization.
	We hear the end of Pulaski's sentence as her body
	becomes solid.

					PULASKI
			-- ssstttaaaaaannnnddd!

					RIKER
			You do now.

	All seem momentarily disoriented. Troi puts her hand
	to her head.

					TROI
			Ohh... I know this is crazy, but
			for a moment I felt like I was
			trapped inside that wall.

					WORF
			You were. For a moment.

	Troi thinks that over. Behind her, Riker signals the
	ship.

					RIKER
			Riker to Enterprise.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Go ahead, Number One.

					RIKER
			We've arrived in Graves' home.
			All's quiet so far -- on the other
			hand, no one knew we were coming.

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT ONE       14.

17   CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Use caution and investigate.
			Protect Graves' health at all
			cost. We're leaving orbit to
			assist the Mary Rogers. Back as
			soon as possible.

					RIKER
			Understood, Captain. Riker out.

18   ANGLE FAVORING DATA

	transfixed by something only he sees.

					RIKER (O.S.)
			Let's look around -- see if
			anybody's home.

					DATA
			Someone is home, sir.

19   WIDE ANGLE

	as the others turn to see what Data sees. Kareen
	Brianon stands in the doorway, looking even more
	ravishing than before.

					KAREEN
			You heard me. Thank God.

	Kareen moves toward them and speaks in a halting, shy
	voice.

					KAREEN
				(continuing)
			I'm Kareen Brianon, Doctor Graves'
			assistant. Are you... you with
			Starfleet?

					RIKER
			Yes, we're from a ship called the
			Enterprise. We monitored your
			distress call but you never
			acknowledged our response.

					KAREEN
			I'm sorry, I... couldn't take the
			chance...

	Riker moves forward and studies her eyes. Perhaps he's
	somewhat smitten by her beauty.

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT ONE       15.

19   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			What chance?

					GRAVES (O.S.)
				(stern)
			The chance that I might find out
			someone was coming.

	All eyes turn to see DOCTOR IRA GRAVES, standing behind
	them in a corner of the room (a wall door sliding shut
	behind him). He's a small man in his late seventies,
	with intense, darting eyes, and a healthy wild-looking
	shock of white hair. His skin is chalk-white, his
	torso frail. We get the impression of strong mind,
	weak body.

					GRAVES
			Kareen knew full well that I would
			not be pleased.

					KAREEN
			I had no choice. I refuse to
			stand by and watch you
			deteriorate.

					PULASKI
			What symptoms have you noticed?

					KAREEN
			He has pain, shortness of breath,
			irritability --

					GRAVES
			-- Ridiculous! I'm as healthy
			as a Rigellian ox!

					KAREEN
			We'll see about that, Ira.
				(to away team)
			I hope one of you is a doctor.

	Pulaski steps forward.

					PULASKI
			Doctor Katherine Pulaski. Call
			me Kate.

	Pulaski greets Kareen and turns to do so with Ira. He
	shudders and holds up his hands as she approaches.

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT ONE       16.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					GRAVES
			No offense, but I don't want you
			touching me in a medical way.
			It's no secret that I don't like
			people much, and I like doctors
			even less than people!

					PULASKI
			Funny, I always thought doctors
			were people.

					GRAVES
			And you were wrong. Just ask any
			patient.
				(pause)
			Although I will admit for a doctor
			you're a nice looking woman.

	Graves is giving her body a slightly lecherous
	appraisal. Pulaski looks at Riker and rolls her eyes.
	Graves sets his sights on Troi...

					GRAVES
			And what have we here?... Another
			lovely specimen of womanhood.

					RIKER
			I thought you didn't like people?

					GRAVES
			I like women. Always try to
			forget that they're people.

	Graves slides closer to Troi, never taking his eyes off
	her cleavage.

					TROI
				(a bit embarrassed)
			I'm Deanna Troi. It's an honor
			to meet you Doctor Graves.

					GRAVES
			Yes! Yes, of course it is! This
			is one of the truly great moments
			of your life! Believe me honey,
			you'll never meet anyone half as
			sagacious as me. I'm a phenom.

	Graves' bragging comes out in such an enthusiastic,
	matter of fact way, one can't really be angry with him.
	To him, his statements are simply facts; he is
	incredibly brilliant. His egotism suits him. It's
	perversely lovable, like the boastful old veteran
	reminiscing about the men he killed in the war.

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT ONE       17.

19   CONTINUED: (3)

					GRAVES
				(continuing)
			Oh there I go again -- shocking
			people with the truth. I can
			appreciate how hard it is for
			others to try and keep up with
			my mind. I don't mean to burden
			with my brilliance. It just works
			out that way.

	Over in a corner of the room, Kareen has been studying
	Worf.

					KAREEN
				(soft, uncertain)
			Excuse me sir... Are you a
			Romulan?

	Worf's face twists into a scowl, as though he smells
	something unpleasant.

					WORF
			Hardly.

20   WIDE ANGLE

					GRAVES
			He's a Klingon, Kareen.
				(to others)
			Kareen has lived here since her
			father died when she was quite
			young. Her only knowledge of
			inhuman races comes from me. I
			suppose Klingons and Romulans must
			look much alike.

	Worf snaps his head toward Riker, infuriated.

					WORF
				(low growl)
			Do I have to stand here and be
			insulted?

					GRAVES
			No insult intended, Mister Klingon.
				(to Pulaski)
			See Doctor? Nothing wrong with
			my hearing --

	At this moment Graves is overcome with a brief but
	vicious wracking COUGH. It doubles him over
	momentarily, but he quickly tries to pass it off by
	honing in on Data.

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT ONE       18.

20   CONTINUED:

					GRAVES
				(gravelly)
			My, my, my...

	Graves stands right in front of Data, reaching up and
	studying his face with ardent fascination.

					DATA
			Uh, Lieutenant Commander Data,
			sir --

					GRAVES
			-- Shhh!

	Graves uses both hands to swivel Data's head from side
	to side, as he examines the structure of the android's
	ears, jawline, nose, etc. Behind Graves, Pulaski is
	taking the opportunity to run a medical scanner up and
	down the scientist's back. Unaware, Graves thinks out
	loud as he continues to peruse Data...

					GRAVES
				(continuing)
			Functional... Durable... Obviously
			no concern whatsoever for
			aesthetic values.

	Data frowns -- now he's insulted. Graves releases his
	head.

					GRAVES
				(continuing)
			Looks like Soong's work.

					DATA
			Quite correct, sir! Did you know
			Soong?

					GRAVES
			Know him?!
				(raspy cough)
			I taught him everything he knows.
			You could say I was the father
			of his work...
				(smiles as thought
				 occurs)
			Which kinda makes me your
			grandfather, doesn't it sonny?

	Graves spins as he becomes aware that Pulaski has been
	scanning him. He scowls and backs away, but it's clear
	she's found out enough already.

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT ONE       19.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

					GRAVES
				(continuing)
			Damn doctors! Always sneaking
			up on you like that -- saying this
			isn't going to hurt, this isn't
			going to hurt, when you both know
			it's going to hurt like hell!
				(pause)
			Well I'm not paying the bill for
			this!

					PULASKI
				(quietly)
			There won't be a bill, Doctor.
				(to Riker)
			May I speak with you privately?

					GRAVES
			What for! Anything you think you
			found's more my business than his!

	Riker thinks about it, then nods, giving Pulaski the
	go-ahead to speak freely. She hesitates...

					GRAVES
				(continuing)
			Go on, gorgeous! Whatever the
			hell it is, I can take it.

					PULASKI
				(uncomfortable)
			I checked twice to make certain...
			You have Varnay's disease.

	Kareen GASPS. Graves barely reacts.

					PULASKI
				(continuing)
			I'm sorry, Ira. You're dying,
			and there's nothing I can do about
			it.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT TWO       20.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

21   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 42437.7.
			We've successfully transported
			the passengers and crew of the
			stricken liner Mary Rogers.

22   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - MOVE IN ON PICARD

	alone, staring out the window at the stars...

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Tragically, six people died in
			the initial explosion, but the
			rest are now aboard and in good
			condition. We are heading back
			to Gravesworld with great
			dispatch.

	Wesley ENTERS and quietly approaches the captain.

					WESLEY
			You wanted to see me, sir.

					PICARD
				(still staring at space)
			Yes Ensign. I assume you would
			very much like to meet Doctor
			Graves.

					WESLEY
				(brightening)
			Yes sir. His theories on spatial
			relationships are amazing! And
			his work in thermodynamics is --

					PICARD
			-- Good, I get the idea.
			Providing his health is reasonably
			intact, I'm going to appoint you
			as his personal tour guide when
			he comes aboard. You have the
			run of the ship -- show him
			anything you think he'll find
			interesting, and for heaven's
			sake, don't talk his ear off!

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT TWO       21.

22   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(excited)
			Yes sir. Understood.
				(pause, thoughtful)
			But why me, sir? I mean, not that
			I'm complaining --

					PICARD
			-- Graves has a reputation for
			being difficult and I'm not sure
			I have the patience for that right
			now.

	Picard turns from the window and looks Wesley in the
	eye.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			And... sometimes the very old get
			along best with the very young.

23   INT. LIVING ROOM/GRAVESWORLD - ANGLE FAVORING PULASKI

	Riker, Kareen, Troi, Worf, and the med-tech are also
	present.

					PULASKI
			I'd say he has a week, but that's
			a guesstimate.

					KAREEN
			Is he in great pain?

					PULASKI
			Some. I could help with that but
			he won't let me get near him.

					KAREEN
				(sadly)
			He won't even let me get near him,
			now.

					RIKER
			Has he been... like a father to
			you?

					KAREEN
			More like a teacher.

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT TWO       22.

23   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I sense that his feelings for you
			are very warm. He's attracted
			to you in many ways.

					KAREEN
			Attracted?... I know -- I've felt
			certain feelings from him. But
			he's always been a gentleman.
				(to Riker)
			Had I been older... perhaps we
			could've been lovers. But nothing
			like that ever happened between
			us.

	She gives Riker a lingering look, then turns and walks
	away from him...

					KAREEN
				(continuing)
			Now, it's like he's afraid to face
			me... The only one he talks to
			is your friend, Data.

24   INT. GRAVES' LABORATORY - GRAVES

	is attending to a complex computer terminal, softly
	WHISTLING THE SONG, "IF I ONLY HAD A HEART," while
	behind him Data is blowing through some of his written
	material at breakneck speed.

					DATA
			I have noticed Doctor, that you --

					GRAVES
			-- Call me Grandpa. Seems more
			touching in my final hours.

					DATA
			I have noticed Grandpa, that you
			keep repeating the same notes of
			a musical passage that I am
			unfamiliar with.

					GRAVES
			It's an ancient little tune called
			"If I Only Had A Heart." A rather
			plaintive lament sung by a
			mechanical man who longs to be
			human. It's his only wish.

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT TWO       23.

24   CONTINUED:

	Struck by the image, Data stops what he's doing and
	MOVES closer to Graves...

					DATA
			What happens to this man?

					GRAVES
			He finds out that he is human
			after all. Always was -- just
			worried so much he never realized
			it.

					DATA
			A happy ending. The mechanical
			man got his wish.

					GRAVES
			Stories often have happy endings.
			It's life that throws you for a
			loop.

	Data seems to think deeply about what he's saying.
	Graves notes his thoughtfulness and continues...

					GRAVES
				(continuing)
			It must be hard for you... So
			close to being human and yet never
			really knowing what it's like to
			feel pain.

					DATA
			But... pain is unpleasant... is
			it not?

	Graves looks off into space -- a dying man allowing his
	mind to explore the vagaries of life. He closes his
	eyes, breathes deeply, speaks slowly...

					GRAVES
			Pain... Lust... envy...
			pleasure... desire. Do you know
			what desire is, Data?

					DATA
			Desire? It is to long for or
			crave, a wish, a request, a --

					GRAVES
				(strong)
			-- Do you know what desire is?

	Data pauses. He realizes what Graves is asking him.
	When he answers, he almost sounds sad.

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT TWO       24.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			No... I do not suppose I will ever
			know what it really is.

	Graves nods slowly.

					GRAVES
			I feel pity for you. Your
			existence is a kind of walking
			purgatory -- neither dead nor
			alive, never really feeling
			anything. Just existing. Just
			existing.

	Graves fights off A COUGHING SPELL. When he comes out
	of it, there's a small, ironic smile on his face...

					GRAVES
			Listen to me -- a dying man taking
			the time to mourn a man who will
			never know death. Funny, isn't
			it?

					DATA
				(softly)
			Funny?... I have... difficulty
			discerning what is funny.

	Graves turns his back on Data so that the android
	doesn't see his face turn grim.

					GRAVES
			I've had the same difficulty most
			of my life. We're much alike.

25   INT. LIVING ROOM ON GRAVESWORLD - RIKER
	ENTERS, rejoining the others.

					RIKER
			I just spoke with the captain.
			The Enterprise is minutes away;
			he'll contact us again when she
			goes into orbit.

					PULASKI
			You informed him of Doctor Graves'
			condition?

					RIKER
			Yes. Arrangements are being made
			to make his last days with us as
			comfortable as possible.

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT TWO       25.

25   CONTINUED:

	Kareen pensively looks out the window...

					KAREEN
			It'll be strange to leave here.

	Troi goes to her and places a supportive arm around her
	shoulder.

					TROI
			You're a beautiful young woman,
			and there's a whole universe
			waiting for you out there.

					KAREEN
			I'll be alone. I'll be without
			Ira.

	Troi looks at her colleagues, uncertain of what to say.
	Surprisingly, it is Worf who gently approaches the
	girl.

					WORF
				(lowered tone)
			I know what it is to lose those
			closest to your heart. It will
			be hard... you will feel alone
			at first... but it will surely
			pass, as time passes. I know.

	She looks up at Worf with tears in the corner of her
	eyes. She instinctively knows that his words come from
	a place deep within him. The little girl in her comes
	forward and she embraces Worf, GENTLY SOBBING on his
	chest. The Klingon is caught off guard, initially
	uncomfortable with the situation. Slowly, awkwardly,
	he puts a protective arm around her, looking up at the
	others to make sure they're not laughing at him.

26   INT. GRAVES' LABORATORY - GRAVES

	is still intently working at the computer terminal.
	Data is beside him, obviously pondering their
	conversation.

					DATA
			You mentioned your impending death
			a while ago. I must say Grandpa,
			that you are facing it with
			remarkable courage and stoicism.

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT TWO       26.

26   CONTINUED:

					GRAVES
			That is because I am an incredible
			man, possessing an iron will and
			nerves of steel. Two traits that
			helped me become the genius I am
			today as well as the lady-killer
			I was in days gone by.

					DATA
				(shocked)
			You condone homicide, sir?

					GRAVES
			It's an expression, Data. It
			means I was once as beautiful as
			I am smart.

	Data looks at the grizzled old man before him with
	amazement.

					DATA
			Really Grandpa?

					GRAVES
				(shrugging)
			No, not really -- but what the
			hell, I'm dying. I can remember
			my life any way I want.

	Graves fights off A COUGH and smiles at "his grandson."

					GRAVES
				(continuing)
			And I'll tell you a little secret,
			Sonny. I don't think I truly will
			be dying.

					DATA
			But... the doctor --

					GRAVES
			-- Oh I'll die, but I won't really
			be dead. You see?

	Graves motions for Data to take a closer look at his
	revolutionary computer terminal.

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT TWO       27.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					GRAVES
				(continuing)
			I've invented a way of
			transferring consciousness into
			a computer. Before I die I plan
			to convey my great intelligence
			into this machine, thus cheating
			the Grim Reaper of his greatest
			prize.

					DATA
			Grim Reaper... Is that a farmer
			with no sense of humor?

					GRAVES
			I speak of the personification
			of death itself.
				(coughs)
			But what do you know of death?
			It is a subject forever alien to
			you.

					DATA
			Well Grandpa, that is not
			necessarily true. I do have an
			"off button" if you like. Its
			activation robs me of all
			consciousness -- therefore
			rendering me dead for all intents
			and purposes.

	Data walks over to study an equation on a chart on the
	wall. He does not see the thoughtful expression on
	Graves' face...

					DATA
				(continuing)
			It is not something I enjoy
			contemplating.

					GRAVES
			I can understand that; still the
			analogy is a good one.
				(pause, nonchalant)
			Just where would Soong position
			such a device? Don't tell me,
			let me guess.

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT TWO       28.

27   INT. GRAVES' LIVING ROOM - THE SAME CAST AS BEFORE
	(OPTICAL)

	are awaiting the Enterprise's return. Kareen has
	stopped crying, she sits next to Worf on the couch.
	Worf rises as a figure begins to MATERIALIZE in the
	room. It is Captain Picard.

	Riker goes to him.

					RIKER
			Welcome to Gravesworld, sir. This
			is Kareen Brianon, Doctor Graves'
			friend and assistant.

	Picard appraises the beautiful, sad-eyed girl who
	stands to greet him.

					PICARD
			I'm very sorry, Ms. Brianon. I'm
			sure this is quite difficult for
			you.

					KAREEN
			Thank you, Captain. Your people
			have been most kind to me.

	Picard nods compassionately and turns to Troi.

					PICARD
			Where's Data?

					TROI
			He's been with Doctor Graves
			almost the entire time. They seem
			to have developed a genuine
			rapport.

					PICARD
			Hmm, I suppose I can understand
			that.
				(to Pulaski)
			I think we should immediately
			transport to the ship. There are
			patients from the Rogers who
			could use some of your medical
			savvy.

					PULASKI
			Injuries?

					PICARD
			Nothing serious.
				(to Kareen)
			But I'd also like to get Doctor
			Graves to a place where we can
			make him more comfortable.

       STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT TWO       29.

					DATA (O.S.)
			That will not be necessary,
			Captain.

28   MOVE IN ON DATA

	BACKLIT in the doorway. For a moment he just stands
	there, perusing the room, taking things in slowly.

					PICARD (O.S.)
			Explain yourself, Data.

					DATA
			It happened in my arms, just a
			few moments ago.
				(pause)
			There is no need to hurry... Ira
			Graves is dead.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT THREE      30.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

29   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	pulling out of orbit, leaving Gravesworld behind.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Supplemental. I
			leave Gravesworld with an empty
			feeling and the knowledge that
			our mission was unsuccessful.
			Whatever scientific secrets Ira
			Graves was about to unlock will
			follow him to his grave...

30   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - KAREEN BRIANON (OPTICAL)

	sadly watches the planet shrink in size as the
	Enterprise heads out into space...

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Our immediate priority is to reach
			the nearest starbase so that
			Graves' assistant and the marooned
			settlers can get on with their
			lives.

31   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - PICARD

	Riker and Pulaski, stand across from Data.

					PICARD
			And he really believed he could
			transfer his intellect into a
			computer?

					DATA
			That is correct. Unfortunately
			he never had the opportunity to
			elaborate. Death came swiftly.

					RIKER
			Why didn't you notify Doctor
			Pulaski when it started to happen?

					DATA
			To do so would have been
			pointless. There was nothing she
			could have done.

      STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT THREE      31.

31   CONTINUED:

	Picard is vaguely disturbed by Data's attitude.
	Surprisingly, Pulaski supports the android's words...

					PULASKI
			It's probably right. My
			preliminary report indicates an
			extremely rapid heart stoppage.
			Death was almost instantaneous.

					DATA
			I am not an "it," Doctor. You
			have been duly informed of this
			on several occasions, yet you
			continue to label me with that
			abhorrent pronoun.

	Before Pulaski can apologize, Picard addresses Data...

					PICARD
			Data... I realize you liked Doctor
			Graves a great deal.

					DATA
			He was the greatest man I have
			ever known.

					PICARD
			Does his death disturb you?

					DATA
			Disturb, Captain? No. All things
			must pass.
				(pause)
			May I go now, sir?

					PICARD
			Yes of course.

	Data turns to exit the room, but pauses at the doorway,
	his back to the others...

					DATA
			We will try and do the funeral
			the way he wanted, will we not,
			Captain?

					PICARD
			I told you we would, Data.

					DATA
			I am glad, sir. It was his dying
			wish.

	Data EXITS. Riker strokes his chin thoughtfully...

      STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT THREE      32.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			That's interesting.

					PICARD
			Hmm?

					RIKER
			I thought he said death came
			swiftly. When did Graves have
			time to make a dying wish?

					PULASKI
			Perhaps beforehand. Perhaps he
			had a premonition.

32   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - KAREEN (OPTICAL)

	still stands alone, despondently gazing at the stars.
	She turns as Data ENTERS.

					KAREEN
				(gently, feminine)
			Hello Data. It's good to see you
			again.

	He stops at the far end of the room and stares at her
	for a moment before slowly making his way toward her.
	She turns back to the stars as he comes up beside
	her...

					KAREEN
				(continuing)
			The stars are so beautiful when
			seen from space. Yet they seem
			lonely -- each so isolated from
			the next.

	She turns when she realizes Data is staring at her
	profile.

					DATA
			Ira... never told you how
			beautiful you were to him. He
			never told you that, did he?

	Her lips part slightly in surprise.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			He could not tell you, do you
			understand?

      STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT THREE      33.

32   CONTINUED:

					KAREEN
			Yes. I understand.

					DATA
			But he wanted to. Every waking
			moment.
				(pause)
			And he wanted you to know that.

	Kareen is mesmerized. Data is staring deep into her
	eyes with a great depth of feeling. Then, abruptly, he
	swivels and walks toward the door...

					KAREEN
			Data!
				(pause)
			How do you know? How do you
			know... what he thought of me?

	Data stops where he is and seems to search his memory
	before answering. The reply comes with a shrug...

					DATA
			He told me.

	Data EXITS.

33   MOVE IN ON KAREEN

	unnerved by his visit.

34   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in a flyby.

35   INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR - ON PICARD

	briskly walking toward us. We see Wesley hurry to
	catch him from behind.

					WESLEY
			Captain Picard.

	Picard stops and waits for him to catch up.

					PICARD
			What is it?

      STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT THREE      34.

35   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(a bit hesitant)
			I heard about the ceremony you're
			having for Doctor Graves, and...
			well sir --

					PICARD
			-- You wish to attend.

					WESLEY
				(nodding)
			Since I never got to meet him...

					PICARD
			I think it's a fine idea. Come
			along, Wes.

36   INT. ENTRANCE TO HOLODECK - ON DATA

	who is addressing the Holodeck computer.

					DATA
			... The temperature should be
			seventy-two, no make it
			seventy-one degrees. And whenever
			the name Ira Graves is mentioned
			it will warm considerably --

	Data cuts off as Picard and Wesley approach.

					PICARD
			Are we the first?

					DATA
			You are the last. The others have
			congregated inside.

					PICARD
			Very good.
				(to computer)
			Enter.

	The Holodeck doors slide open and REVEAL the scene
	inside. We can see Kareen as well as all the members
	of the away team, gathered on a grassy plain.

	As Wesley starts to step through, Data grasps his arm.

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			Perhaps the child would be better
			off playing somewhere else. This
			is an adult ceremony after all.

      STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT THREE      35.

36   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(laughing)
			The child? You still working on
			your sense of humor, Data?

	Wesley slithers free and enters the Holodeck. Picard
	frowns at Data.

					PICARD
			You don't seem yourself lately.
			Are you feeling all right?

					DATA
			Of course, sir. I am as healthy
			as a Rigellian ox.

37   INT. HOLODECK - CLOSE ON THE FACE OF IRA GRAVES

	resting peacefully in a clear glass-like casket.

38   PULL BACK TO SEE THE LITTLE CONGREGATION

	gathered in a respectful half-circle around him. Troi
	is speaking in a soft, peaceful tone...

					TROI
			... Although we hardly knew him,
			we certainly knew of him. His
			reputation spread throughout the
			galaxy, and his mind touched all
			who cherish science.

39   ANGLE ON KAREEN

	gaunt, sad, gazing at the casket. Slowly, she looks
	over at:

40   DATA

	who seems to be enjoying this. Unnoticed by the
	others, he is looking around, his head bobbing happily,
	a thin smile on his lips.

					TROI (O.S.)
			We gather here today, to say a
			respectful good-bye to Ira
			Ellsworth Graves. A man who --

	Data interrupts by walking in front of Troi to where
	Picard and Riker stand side by side.

      STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT THREE      36.

40   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			This is not exactly what he
			wanted.

	Riker is annoyed. He indicates the surroundings (some
	of which are implied as being OFF CAMERA).

					RIKER
			You programmed the setting. The
			field, the mountain range --

					DATA
			-- It is not the environment that
			I question, Commander. This was
			one of his favorite places on
			Gravesworld.

					PICARD
			Well what is it then?

					DATA
			It is the tone, the pacing, the
			content of the verbal tribute.
				(to Troi)
			No offense Counselor, but Doctor
			Graves would have desired a
			slightly more personal address.

					RIKER
			And how can you be so sure?

					DATA
			Why he told me, of course.
				(to Picard)
			Perhaps I should take over, sir.

	Picard SIGHS. At last he gives a slight nod.

					PICARD
			If you promise to be brief. When
			I agreed to this, I didn't intend
			for it to interfere with our
			duties. Understood?

					DATA
			Perfectly.

	Data moves before the casket and looks pridefully at
	the old, pale, shriveled face inside. He speaks in a
	trembling voice, with tremendous pride.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Just look at that face. The face
			of a thinker, a warrior, a man
			for all seasons.

      STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT THREE      37.

41   ANGLE ON WESLEY AND WORF

	each squinting to get a better look at Graves. A
	warrior?

					DATA
			Yes friends, Ira Graves was all
			that and more.

42   REACTION SHOT OF THE OTHERS

	at the sound of "Ira Graves," the temperature rises ten
	degrees and the GROUND RUMBLES for a few moments.

					DATA
			Ira Graves was a great
			humanitarian.

	Again the temperature goes up and the GROUND SHAKES AND
	ROARS. People are beginning to perspire...

					DATA
				(continuing)
			To know know know him, was to love
			love love him. But Ira Graves
			was not perfect.

	The same response, stronger now, at the sound of his
	name. The GROUND SHAKES so hard they're almost knocked
	off their feet. An angry Picard wipes a layer of sweat
	off his brow...

					PICARD
			Data...

					DATA
				(continuing, unaware)
			Perhaps his greatest fault was
			that he was too selfless. Cared
			too much for his fellow man.

					PICARD
			Data! That's enough!

					DATA
			I am almost finished sir.

					PICARD
			You are finished, you mean.

43   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - RIKER AND PICARD

	stand across from Data.

      STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT THREE      38.

43   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			What's become of your judgment?

					DATA
			Perhaps I am maturing, sir.

					PICARD
			Do you consider it mature to
			program the mountains to tremble
			every time you say the name, Ira
			Graves?

	Data sheepishly looks down at the ground.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Not to mention the air warming
			at the very thought of him. We
			would've been barbequed if we'd
			stayed much longer.

	Data is even more ashamed -- suddenly incredibly down
	on himself.

					DATA
			I seem to have overdone it.

					RIKER
			To put it mildly.

					DATA
			I brought shame to this ship.
			To the good name of Starfleet.

					PICARD
			Data --

					DATA
			-- I was only trying to carry out
			his wishes. To make sure I kept
			my promise.

					PICARD
			I know that Data.

	Picard is concerned by Data's sudden melancholy. He
	somewhat awkwardly puts a hand on the android's
	shoulder in support.

      STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT THREE      39.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Look... I realize you've been
			studying the human equation with
			great alacrity, but maybe you've
			been trying just a little too
			hard. Do you know what I mean?

	A somber, doe-eyed Data nods his head. Picard
	continues, actually feeling a bit guilty...

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Try and relax a little. Don't
			try to be so... "human." Just
			be yourself. Okay?

					DATA
				(serious, just a touch
				 of sadness)
			Affirmative, sir. I will work
			on staying within myself. Now
			if you will excuse me, I am due
			on the bridge.

	Picard nods and Data begins to exit. Picard looks at
	Riker and shrugs, hoping he didn't come down on him too
	hard.

44   INT. CORRIDOR - ON DATA

	as he exits the Observation Lounge and walks straight
	toward us. His somber expression is abruptly replaced
	by a pleased, self-confident one. A remarkably sudden
	transition.

	He turns to check out an attractive CREWWOMAN as she
	passes him. When he turns around again he begins to
	WHISTLE as he walks. The tune is familiar: "IF I ONLY
	HAD A HEART."

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FOUR      40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

45   INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR - TRACKING PICARD AND RIKER

	walking briskly down the corridor.

					RIKER
			I'm concerned, sir. I've never
			seen him act like this.

					PICARD
			Could it be that grandfather
			analogy Graves planted in his
			head?. Data is an orphan in a
			manner of speaking. Maybe the
			loss of Graves really got to him.
			Touched him emotionally.

					RIKER
			I hope that's all it is.

	They stop at a door.

					PICARD
			It's Captain Picard and Commander
			Riker. May we come in?

46   INT. KAREEN'S QUARTERS - PICARD AND RIKER

	ENTER. Kareen sits in a form-fitting leather chair,
	looking very beautiful and very sad.

					PICARD
			We've come to pay our respects,
			Miss Brianon.

					KAREEN
			Thank you, gentlemen. That's most
			thoughtful.

					RIKER
			We're due at Starbase Six in less
			than twelve hours. We thought
			you might enjoy a quick look at
			the bridge before we arrive.

					KAREEN
			Can one see the stars from up
			there?

      STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FOUR      41.

46   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Oh yes. Closer than you've ever
			seen them before.

	This thought brings the flicker of a smile to her
	lovely face. She stands up gracefully...

					KAREEN
			I think I'd enjoy that very much.

	Each man takes a hand and escorts her out of the room.

47   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	cruising toward Starbase Six.

48   INT. BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	Data at Ops, Wesley at Conn, Geordi in Command with
	Troi beside him, Worf at Tactical.

					WESLEY
				(grinning)
			That was a great speech, Data.
			To know know him is to love love
			love love love him?!

					DATA
				(dry)
			Taken from a centuries-old Earth
			composition. Your child-like mind
			cannot appreciate the timeworn
			wisdom of its words.

					GEORDI
				(teasing)
			You're not turning into a
			star-crossed artist on us, are
			you Data?

					DATA
			I am many things: artist,
			scholar, lover, genius --

	He cuts off, offended at the LAUGHTER of Geordi and
	Wesley. The two of them think his stoic delivery is
	hilarious.

					GEORDI
			You're getting funnier, I gotta
			hand it to you.
				(laughs, shakes head)
			There's something to be said for
			that deadpan delivery.

      STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FOUR      42.

49   ANGLE ON THE TURBOLIFT DOOR

	as Picard and Riker ENTER, escorting Kareen. Still
	chuckling, Geordi EXITS the bridge, relinquishing the
	Command Area.

50   CLOSE ON DATA

	frowning as he sees Kareen with the two officers.

51   WIDE ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Kareen is enraptured by the bridge, especially the
	viewscreen.

					RIKER
			You're looking in the general
			direction of the constellation
			Pegasus.

	Kareen's eyes are aglow. She truly loves stargazing.
	No one notices that Data is watching them with a
	distinct glower.

	Picard gently touches her shoulder, leading her toward
	the Aft Stations.

					PICARD
			I'm aware of your interest in
			science. Perhaps you'd like to
			--

	Data interrupts with a sullen growl, spinning to face
	them...

					DATA
				(under his breath)
			-- And I am aware of your interest
			in her.

	That said, he quickly faces forward again.

					PICARD
				(sharply)
			What was that, Data?

					DATA
			Nothing sir. Nothing at all.

	Picard is about to say something else, then thinks
	better of it. He turns his attention back to the young
	lady...

					PICARD
			These are our science stations.

      STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FOUR      43.

52   TWO SHOT OF DATA AND WESLEY

	at their stations. The boy is wide-eyed, having heard
	Data's comment. Data continues to simmer...

					WESLEY
				(whisper)
			What's wrong with you?!

					DATA
				(normal voice)
			I detest hypocrisy. I wish they
			would just come out and admit it.

53   WIDE ANGLE FAVORING PICARD

	who is not about to let that comment pass by.

					PICARD
				(angry)
			Admit what, Mister Data?

	Data calmly turns and addresses Riker and Picard.

					DATA
			That your interest in Kareen is
			not entirely honorable.

	Everyone is shocked.

					WORF
			Data! You are way out of line!

	Data ignores Worf and deliberately walks toward Picard
	and Riker...

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			Try as you might, you cannot win
			her heart. She does not like
			older men...
				(to Riker)
			... or men of limited intellect.

					PICARD
				(controlling his temper)
			Mister Data, you are hereby relieved
			of duty -- Worf, take his station.

					WORF
			Yes sir.

	Worf moves to Ops. Picard continues with Data...

      STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FOUR      44.

53   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You will report to your quarters
			immediately. You will not leave
			there until you hear otherwise
			from me. Is that understood?

					DATA
			Sure, I understand.
				(looks at Kareen)
			I understand all too well.

	Everyone's a bit spellbound as Data reaches out and
	gently touches Kareen's cheek before retiring to the
	turbolift. The doors open and he enters...

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Removing the competition will not
			help you, Picard.

	And the doors shut. No one knows what to say -- all
	are stunned. Kareen seems shaky and frightened.

					PICARD
				(to Kareen)
			Do you know what that was all
			about?

	Still disturbed, she shakes her head vigorously.
	Beside her, Troi is mulling something over...

					TROI
				(as a revelation)
			Jealousy... I sensed intense,
			burning jealousy. And it was
			coming from Data!

54   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS - DATA

	is standing before a full-length mirror,
	narcissistically studying his own image. He turns
	sideways and goes up on his toes, shamelessly admiring
	his body.

	Geordi ENTERS in a concerned state.

					GEORDI
			I heard what happened but I just
			can't believe it.

      STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FOUR      45.

54   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Do not trouble yourself, friend.
			I am sure the captain will be by
			to apologize shortly.

					GEORDI
			You expect him to apologize?

	Data doesn't even answer -- he's too enthralled with
	his own image in the glass.

					DATA
			It seems I was too harsh on Soong.
			Notice the strong chin, the finely
			chiseled features, the powerful
			torso. Do you realize that this
			body will never wear out.
				(sighs with pleasure)
			Immortality.

					GEORDI
			What the hell are you talking
			about?

	Picard ENTERS, still angry.

					GEORDI
				(continuing; to Picard)
			He's not himself, sir. I know
			him better than anybody.

	Picard's face twists into a grimace as he notices
	Data's shameless preening before the mirror.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			We're going to Sickbay.

					DATA
				(aloof)
			Oh? Are you ill, sir?

					PICARD
			I'm getting there. Come along.

55   INT. SICKBAY - CLOSE ON PULASKI

	looking displeased.

					PULASKI
			I don't oil machinery.

      STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FOUR      46.

56   PULL BACK TO SEE

	Pulaski standing across from Picard, with Data sitting
	up on a bed behind them.

					PULASKI
			Why don't you take it down to
			Engineering?

					PICARD
			Because I brought him to you.
			I want a complete medical check
			run on him immediately.

					PULASKI
				(exasperated)
			I'll do the best I can --

					PICARD
			-- I expect nothing less.

					PULASKI
			-- But if it blew a fuse or
			something I may not pick it up.

					PICARD
			I have the utmost faith in your
			abilities, Doctor. I know nothing
			will get by you.

	Behind them, Data has been smiling -- amused at their
	conversation.

									CUT TO:

57   CLOSE-UP OF MEDICAL MONITOR

	graphs rising and falling.

58   PULL BACK TO SEE

	Data lying on a medical bed with Pulaski hovering over
	him, running instruments along his body. Data takes
	the time to leer at her body. Pulaski comments dryly
	without taking her eyes off her instruments...

					PULASKI
			I'm sure there's a reason you're
			looking at me that way.

      STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FOUR      47.

58   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I am simply looking. Any thought
			of ulterior motive rests with you.
			Perhaps you are projecting your
			own desires.

					PULASKI
				(derisive chuckle)
			Perhaps not. I've had three
			husbands dear, and they've all
			been flesh and blood. For some
			strange reason I like it that way.
				(pause)
			Now shut up and turn over.

					DATA
				(shrugging)
			Very well. It is your loss.

59   INT. ADJOINING ROOM IN SICKBAY - DATA

	WALKS IN as Picard, Pulaski and Troi prepare to discuss
	the results.

					PICARD
			Wait for me in the corridor, Mister
			Data.

					DATA
			What for? This concerns me more
			than it does any of you.

					PICARD
				(raising voice)
			You will wait for me in the
			corridor!

	Data SIGHS and reluctantly EXITS.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			His insubordination is growing
			by leaps and bounds. I could
			throw him in the brig but I'd
			rather try and help him.

      STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FOUR      48.

59   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			Well I really don't know what to
			suggest. Physically it's fit as
			a fiddle. Granted it's not easy
			to examine a tin can the size of
			a human, but I'll be damned if
			I can find anything wrong with
			it.

	Picard begins to pace -- he's frustrated and concerned.

					TROI
			Perhaps we're looking in the wrong
			place, sir.

					PICARD
			Explain.

					TROI
			Well, Data's physical health may
			be unimpaired but it's his mental
			health that needs to be addressed.

					PULASKI
			Are you suggesting it's losing
			its mind?

	Troi thinks before answering...

					TROI
			With your permission Captain,
			there's one way to find out.

60   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS - TROI (OPTICAL)

	finishes attaching a thin wire to Data's wrist. We can
	see identical wires running from his chest and head to
	a small black box. Data is sitting before a
	viewscreen, looking displeased...

					TROI
			You remember the psychotronic
			stability examination, don't you
			Data? We all had to take it
			before graduating from the
			Academy.

					DATA
			It was a waste of time then and
			it is a waste of time now.

           STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FOUR          49.

60   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Just watch the screen and let your
			mind go blank. This little
			machine will do the rest.

	Reluctantly, Data looks up at the screen.

61   ANGLE TO INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	a series of images begin to appear:

	A green meadow... a waterfall... fire... the Earth seen
	from space... the Enterprise... a man and woman
	embracing... a baby ... the color yellow... the
	Federation seal...

62   CLOSE ON DATA (OPTICAL)

	the images reflecting off his face.

63   BACK TO VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	images flying by faster now, dissolving into one
	another:

	The blackness of space... an old woman... the color
	red... Picard... an alien landscape... Geordi... a
	Klingon battle cruiser... Remmick... the word
	"honor"... the number 2... a barren orchard... a purple
	sunset...

64   DATA

	squirms in his seat; this is making him uncomfortable.

65   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - PICARD AND GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	are conferring.

					PICARD
			It's safe to say you're his best
			friend. Can you speculate on
			what's happening to him?

           STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FOUR          50.

65   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			It's just a guess sir, but, well
			sometimes he wants to be human
			so bad he can taste it. And
			sometimes he is more human than
			he or we realize.

					PICARD
			Yes...

					GEORDI
			I think your theory might be
			right, Captain. Witnessing
			Graves' death may have been the
			catalyst --

	Geordi cuts off as Troi appears on the VIEWSCREEN.

					TROI
			I have the results of the tests,
			Captain. I -- I ran two tests
			to make certain.

					PICARD
			Make certain of what?

					TROI
				(concerned)
			There are two distinct
			personalities within Lieutenant
			Commander Data.

					PICARD
			What?! He's an android, that's
			not possible!

					TROI
			Nevertheless it is true. The
			second personality is the
			dominant. It is unbalanced:
			brilliant but vain, sensitive yet
			paranoid. I believe it is also
			capable of extreme acts of
			violence.

66   ANGLE ON PICARD (OPTICAL)

	as his mind reaches a stunning realization...

					PICARD
				(shocked whisper)
			So that's it...

           STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FOUR          51.

66   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			What was that, sir?

					PICARD
				(lost in thought)
			Nothing. Go on.

					TROI
			It seems to have an especially
			strong hatred of you, Captain.
			Or to a lesser degree, any
			authority figure.
				(pause)
			And worst of all, it's growing.

					PICARD
			How do you mean?

					TROI
			The alien persona is getting
			stronger -- gobbling up what's
			left of the original Data.

67   MOVE IN ON TROI'S IMAGE (OPTICAL)

					TROI
			If we don't find a way to stop
			it immediately, the Data we knew
			will be gone forever.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

           STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FIVE          52.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

68   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - PICARD AND GEORDI

	are deeply concerned.

					PICARD
			Where is he now, Counselor?

					TROI
			I left him in his quarters. He
			still has orders not to leave.

					PICARD
			Orders? Which personality will
			choose to obey my orders?

	Picard quickly addresses the wall-panel computer,
	sensing trouble.

					PICARD
				(to computer)
			Tell me -- where is Lieutenant
			Commander Data?

69   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - KAREEN (OPTICAL)

	is back at her favorite spot, eyeing the starry sky,
	her back to the door. She does not see Data as he
	quietly ENTERS the room. He just stands there...
	staring at her back. His unseen presence has an
	ominous quality to it.

					DATA
			Hello Kareen.

	She turns, startled.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			You know who I am, don't you?

					KAREEN
			You're -- you're Data.

					DATA
			You know who I am. Don't you.

	Data moves forward until they're face to face. He is
	commanding, intense; she is nervous, more than a little
	frightened. Still, there's a trace of hope in her
	eyes.

           STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FIVE          53.

69   CONTINUED:

					KAREEN
				(whisper)
			Ira?...

	Data gently holds her face in his hands. His eyes
	light up and his face breaks into an electric smile.

					DATA
			It is me, Kareen! I'm here -- I'm
			alive!

					KAREEN
			How?

					DATA
			The process worked! I turned Data
			off and transferred my
			consciousness into his frame.

	Data steps back and proudly indicates his android
	body...

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Just look at me! Sleek, powerful,
			indestructable.

	He grabs an object off the table. His face grows grim
	as he sends his mind back in time...

					DATA
				(continuing)
			When I was a boy, other children
			knew I couldn't match them
			physically. They teased me -- bullied
			me. That's when I
			withdrew... Became an island.

	He crushes the object, letting the rubble slip through
	his fingers.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			But no one will ever bully me
			again.
				(shrugs, smiles)
			If they try, I'll simply break
			their necks.

					KAREEN
			Don't talk that way, Ira. I've
			never known you to be violent.

           STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FIVE          54.

69   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(laughs)
			I've never been capable of
			violence. But now I'm more than
			capable -- and I rather enjoy this
			new ability.

	He turns his head as the door opens and Worf ENTERS
	with TWO SECURITY GUARDS.

					WORF
			Excuse me Data, but the captain
			would like to see you.

					DATA
			Of course.
				(to Kareen)
			If you will excuse me, Miss
			Brianon.

	Data begins to go with the three of them. Just as Worf
	turns his back, Data savagely fells him with a
	two-fisted blow to the back of the head. He grabs a
	phaser from the unconscious Klingon and points it at
	the security guards.

	One of the guards goes for his phaser -- Data fires
	right into his chest, taking him out. The other guard
	makes no such move.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			You're just the type, aren't you?
			You'd beat me up if you could,
			but you can't. Not any more.

	The guard is bewildered; he looks at Kareen
	questioningly.

					KAREEN
			Ira, no.

					DATA
			Stay out of it!
				(to Guard)
			You're lucky I'm such a
			compassionate man. Now walk!

	The guard tentatively turns and walks toward the door.
	Data grins and ruthlessly shoots him in the back,
	knocking him out.

           STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FIVE          55.

69   CONTINUED: (3)

	Three bodies now clutter the floor and Data is
	delighted. He moves to Kareen -- she takes a step back
	and looks at him with alarm in her eyes.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			There's something I must do -- something
			they're forcing me to
			do. I'll come for you when my
			task is complete.

					KAREEN
				(voice trembling)
			Ira... I don't understand...
			what's happening to you?

	He takes her hand in his. She doesn't resist.

					DATA
			Something wonderful. I feel no
			pain, no pain at all! And I'm
			immortal -- I'll never have to
			face death again. Think of the
			things I'll accomplish over the
			next thousand years!

	Kareen is horrified. Data sees her reaction but
	misreads it.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I know what you're thinking, but
			there's no need to worry. I'll
			create an android body for you
			as well. We'll witness the end
			of infinity together.

	She begins to cry. Her tears have a curious effect on
	him; he loses some of his fiery bravado and becomes
	softer and more sensitive.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Don't cry, Kareen.
				(pause, concerned)
			Don't you see, I can love you now.
			The way I've always wanted to.
			It wouldn't have been right
			then... I was too old for you,
			too weak. But now I can be
			everything you've ever wanted.

	She grimaces and tries to pull away.

           STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FIVE          56.

69   CONTINUED: (4)

					KAREEN
			Ira -- you're hurting me!

	He's shocked to find he's unconsciously squeezing her
	hand. He lets go, realizing he could have broken it
	into a hundred pieces. Kareen cradles her wounded hand
	-- Data stares at his own hand in dull horror. His
	action seems to have taken the wind out of his sails.
	He leans over and gently wipes a tear from her cheek.

					DATA
				(softly, dazed)
			I'll be back. Wait for me.

	As he exits, he looks at the three downed men with a
	touch of alarm. Did I really do that? He carefully
	steps around them, takes one last look at Kareen, and
	EXITS.

	Kareen goes to Worf, who is GROANING, just beginning to
	revive.

					WORF
			Ohhh, what hit me?

	The doors open and Riker and Picard ENTER, rushing to
	Kareen and Worf.

					RIKER
			Did Data do this?

					KAREEN
				(nodding)
			But it's not really Data.

					PICARD
			Yes. I realize that now.

	Picard addresses the com panel.

					PICARD
				(into com)
			Security alert -- all decks.
			Lieutenant Commander Data may be armed and
			dangerous. Use extreme caution
			and subdue. All phasers on stun.

70   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - GEORDI AT COMMAND

	Troi beside him, Wesley at Conn, the rest are N.D.
	CREWMEMBERS. The turbolift doors open and Data steps
	out brandishing a phaser.

           STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FIVE          57.

70   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Well hello there. You all look
			like you could use a little
			vacation.

71   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - PULASKI (OPTICAL)

	has arrived and is treating and reviving the security
	guards. Picard and Riker are helping Worf to his feet
	when the viewscreen activates. We see Data holding a
	phaser to Geordi's head.

					DATA
			Captain Picard -- I have ordered
			your people to vacate the bridge
			and they have refused. In an
			effort to save insignificant lives
			I will give you the opportunity
			to issue the same order.
			Otherwise, I will remove them my
			way.

					RIKER
				(softly, to Picard)
			That phaser's set to kill,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Data. That's your best friend
			you're threatening. That's
			Geordi. You wouldn't harm him
			for the world, would you?

	Data looks at Geordi and begins to soften. It becomes
	clear that there is a struggle going on inside him.

					DATA
				(uncertain)
			Geordi?

					GEORDI
			Yes Data. It's me.

	For a moment it looks like Data is about to release
	him. Then something kicks in and he violently presses
	the phaser against Geordi's head again.

					DATA
			He's no friend of mine! I should
			kill him on the spot -- put him
			out of his blind misery.

           STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FIVE          58.

71   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You win -- no need to act rashly.
			Mister La Forge, you and the rest
			of the bridge crew will vacate
			immediately.

					DATA
			I'll blast anyone who attempts
			to reenter.

					PICARD
			You will make no attempt to
			recapture the bridge. Is that
			clear, Geordi?

					GEORDI
			Yes sir. Evacuating now.

	Data seems to think about it before letting Geordi move
	OFF SCREEN. Suddenly there's an evil glint in his eye.

					DATA
			Maybe I should shoot one in the
			back just to let you know I mean
			business.

	There's a horrible, helpless moment of silence as
	Picard and company watch Data take aim on someone about
	to exit.

					PICARD
			What is it you want? Tell me!

	Data grins and deliberately begins to squeeze the
	trigger.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Kareen is with us! You want to
			talk to Kareen.

	Slowly Data lowers the gun and turns to face Picard.

					DATA
			Kareen? Are you there?

	Picard motions with his head for Kareen to approach the
	viewscreen.

					KAREEN
			Yes -- yes Ira. I'm here.

	Once again Data goes through a radical mood change. He
	becomes somber, paranoid.

           STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FIVE          59.

71   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			They're all against me, Kareen.
			They want to drive me out of this
			body. To kill me!

	Kareen looks to Picard and Riker, uncertain of how to
	react.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			We're going to a new world, my
			darling. A place where no one
			can ever touch us. Just hang on,
			and trust in me.

	The viewscreen goes dead. Riker tries to reactivate
	it...

					RIKER
			Riker to bridge, Riker to bridge.
				(pause, to Picard)
			It's no good. He deactivated the
			monitor.

	Picard grimly looks at the frightened girl, trying to
	figure a way to recapture the bridge.

72   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - LATER - PICARD

	has convened an emergency meeting. Troi, Wesley,
	Geordi, Worf, Riker, Pulaski, and Kareen attending.

					PULASKI
			We must remember that we're
			dealing with an unhealthy mind,
			ravaged by Varnay's disease as
			well as the strain of assimilating
			into a new body.

					WORF
			And that "unhealthy mind" is in
			total control of this ship.

					GEORDI
			Yet he seems to have a purpose.
			He said something about going to
			a new world.

					RIKER
				(to Kareen)
			Do you know what he meant by that?

	She shakes her head.

           STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FIVE          60.

72   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(to Kareen)
			Is there anything you can tell
			us about Ira Graves that will help
			us to understand?

					KAREEN
				(distraught)
			He's a wonderful man. He's not
			like this --

					PICARD
			-- He's taken over my ship! And
			I want her back!
				(pause)
			Are you going to help me?

					KAREEN
			How can I help?

					PICARD
			By rejecting him! By deflating
			his ego.

					TROI
			Yes, he said he was doing this
			for you. Saying you want nothing
			to do with him might distract him
			long enough --

					KAREEN
			-- I won't hurt him! He's sick,
			I won't help to destroy him.

					PICARD
			It might be our only hope! He
			controls all life-support systems
			on this ship. He could start
			killing us like flies.

					KAREEN
				(yelling, distraught)
			I can't do it, don't you
			understand?

	Picard leans back in his chair. He slowly nods his
	head...

					PICARD
			Yes, I suppose I do understand.

	The captain rises.

           STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FIVE          61.

72   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Where are you going, Captain?

					PICARD
				(grim, determined)
			To the bridge.

					RIKER
			I can't let you do that, sir.

					PICARD
			You have no choice, Number One.
			Should I fail to return I want
			you to attempt an external bridge
			separation. Get all of our people
			as far away from him as possible.

					PULASKI
			You can't just walk in on him!
			He won't hesitate to kill you.

					PICARD
			There's still some of Data inside.
			I know there is. If I can reach
			him, maybe we've still got a
			chance.

73   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - DATA (OPTICAL)

	sits at Command, watching the viewscreen, phaser in
	hand. He spins as the turbolift doors open, and fires
	a shot that barely misses Picard's head.

	The captain stands there calmly, then slowly walks onto
	the bridge.

					DATA
			I could've killed you. You know
			that, don't you?

					PICARD
			I do know that. I also know you
			haven't killed anyone so far.
			I don't think you really want to.

	Data doesn't say anything; he simply watches the
	captain through narrowed eyes. Picard indicates the
	viewscreen.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Where are we going?

           STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FIVE          62.

73   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			To the Aldebaran system. There's
			a planet there that suits my
			purpose.

					PICARD
			Which is?

					DATA
			Why should I tell you?

					PICARD
			Because you're lonely. Because
			you want someone else to share
			your plans.

					DATA
			I'll tell you... because I'm
			bored. I plan on building a
			fortress, with a laboratory of
			course. Those of your crew that
			I do not exterminate shall live
			there as our slaves. Kareen will
			never want for anything.

					PICARD
			And what of Data? Your
			"grandson."

					DATA
				(chuckles)
			What of him?

					PICARD
			You took advantage of him.

	Data angrily rises and moves toward Picard.

					DATA
			I did him a favor! I gave him
			life!

					PICARD
			You killed him! You're nothing
			but a two-bit murderer!

	Data lunges at Picard and grabs his throat with both
	hands. Picard strains to free himself but the android
	hands are incredibly strong. Picard is beginning to
	turn blue.

					DATA
			You call me a murderer?! I'll
			show you what murder is.

           STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FIVE          63.

73   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard is gasping for air -- on his last legs.

					KAREEN (O.S.)
				(screaming)
			Stop it!

	Surprised, Data turns, releasing his grip. Kareen
	steps onto the bridge...

					KAREEN)
				(continuing)
			You've become a monster.

					DATA
				(worried, nervous)
			Don't say that, Kareen. He
			attacked me --

					KAREEN
			-- And a liar as well.

	Breathing hard, Picard watches as she goes up to Data
	with fire in her eyes...

					KAREEN
				(continuing)
			I hate you. I despise you.

					DATA
				(shocked, weak)
			Kareen... don't...

					KAREEN
			You're not a man anymore! You're
			a pathetic little pile of
			machinery!

					DATA
			Stop... please...

					KAREEN
			The thought of ever living with
			something like you makes me sick.

	Data is weakening by the moment. The fury of her
	verbal assault is bringing out all of his insecurities
	and paranoia, making him a basket case.

					KAREEN
				(continuing)
			I'd rather live alone! I'd rather
			make love to a computer!

           STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FIVE          64.

73   CONTINUED: (3)

	Data is overcome by a moment of pure fury. He hauls
	back and prepares to slap her...

					KAREEN
				(continuing)
			Are you going to kill me too?

	The thought of what he was about to do terrifies Data.
	His hands begin to shake, he bows his head in nervous
	shame...

					DATA
			You hate me... What can I do, what
			can I do?

					KAREEN
			Leave that body. It doesn't
			belong to you.

	Data looks her in the eye. He is emotionally
	devastated. He gives her just the ghost of a smile (is
	he relieved?) and then hurries to the turbolift.

	Alone with Kareen, the recovering Picard gives her a
	hug. We can see by her eyes that this experience was
	just as devastating for her. Her hatred was a forced
	hatred.

74   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	banks sharply and heads back in her original direction.

75   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS - ANGLE ON THE DOORS

	as they open and Picard, Riker, Geordi, Kareen and
	Pulaski hurry in.

76   REVERSE ANGLE

	on the inert form of Data lying by the computer
	terminal. Riker is the first to reach him, shaking his
	limp form by the collar.

					RIKER
			Data! Data, can you hear me?

	Data's eyes pop open. They are clear and inquisitive
	-- we sense it's the old Data once again.

           STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FIVE          65.

76   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			May I ask you a question,
			Commander?

	Riker smiles up at the others. He happily senses the
	same thing.

					RIKER
			I think you just did.

					DATA
			Quite correct. May I ask you
			another question after this one?

					RIKER
			No questions. Just tell me a
			joke. The funniest joke in
			history.

					DATA
			All right. There were twelve...
			starship captains, sitting on a
			fence --

77   CLOSE ON PICARD

	his eyebrows arching in surprise.

					PICARD
			-- I've heard more than enough
			to know you're you again.

	Data has no idea what that means. As the others help
	the android to his feet, Picard notices that Kareen is
	standing away from the others, staring at the computer
	terminal. He goes to see what she sees...

78   ANGLE ON COMPUTER VIEWSCREEN

	It simply reads: "GOOD-BYE KAREEN. I'M SORRY."

	Picard puts his hand on her shoulder...

					KAREEN
				(sad half-whisper)
			He's in there. Ira put himself
			in the computer.

					PICARD
			No Kareen. The real Ira Graves
			never left the planet.

           STAR TREK: "Schizoid Man" - 10/10/88 - ACT FIVE          66.

79   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	streaks past us on its way to Starbase Six.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             








                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                      "Loud as a Whisper 
                          #40272-132 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Jackie Zambrano 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Larry Shaw 


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Copyright 1988 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT


      STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - draft 11/4/88 CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Loud as a Whisper" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             RIVA
                RIKER              1ST LEADER/WARRIOR
                TROI               SCHOLAR/ARTIST
                WORF               WARRIOR/ADONIS/PERSON
                DATA               CULTURED WOMAN
                GEORDI             2ND LEADER/WARRIOR
                PULASKI            
                WESLEY             
                TRANSPORTER CHIEF  

                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  CREWMEMBERS        BOY
                                     SOLDIERS/COMBATANTS

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - DRAFT 11/10/88 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Loud as a Whisper" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
          
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     PLANET RAMATIS 3
              TURBOLIFT
              TRANSPORTER ROOM         PLANET SOLAIS 5
              GUEST QUARTERS             MOUNTAIN TOP
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              SICKBAY
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              CORRIDOR
          
            PLANET RAMATIS
          
            ANTEROOM
            LARGER ROOM

  STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Loud as a Whisper" 
                    
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                   RIVA           REE-va
                   SOLAIS         So-LAY-is
                   RAMATIS        RAH-mah-tis

     STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - TEASER     1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "Loud as a Whisper"   
                        
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship glides through space, planets and stars.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 42411.2.
			The Enterprise has been
			unexpectedly diverted to the
			Ramatis star system. The two
			sides of a bitter little planetary
			conflict have petitioned Starfleet
			to transport to their world a
			mediator they have mutually
			selected. Our orders are
			transportation only -- no
			interference, no responsibilities.
			It is a mission much to my
			liking.

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	RIKER has the Command position. WESLEY has the Conn,
	DATA is at Ops, n.d. CREWMEMBER at Tactical. The other
	positions are occupied by n.d. crewmembers.

					RIKER
			Reduce to half impulse.

					WESLEY
			Reducing velocity to one-half
			impulse.

	Riker walks to the captain's Ready Room door.

	The CHIME signals Riker's presence. From inside,
	CAPTAIN PICARD calls out.

					PICARD (O.S.)
			Come.

	The door opens.

     STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - TEASER     2.

3    INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Riker enters. Spread across and above Picard's desk is
	a complicated arrangement of three-dimensional shapes -- some
	on the surface, others seemingly suspended in
	air.

					PICARD
			Ah, Number One. Look at this.
			Ever since we left the Lima-Sierra
			system, I have been puzzling over
			how the third planet could
			maintain such an orbit, when it
			is theoretically impossible, but
			consider this.

	Riker moves closer, whereupon Picard activates the
	display. The shapes GO INTO MOTION. They then STOP.

					RIKER
			There's no degeneration?

					PICARD
			Exactly!

					RIKER
			Why?

					PICARD
			I haven't got that worked out.

					RIKER
			Perhaps this facsimile lacks mass.

					PICARD
			Yes, somewhat, but if this is an
			accurate representation -- would
			it not explain what happened in
			that system?

	Riker moves closer.

					RIKER
				(as he studies the
				 display)
			Perhaps.

	Picard comes back to business.

					PICARD
			Well, not a matter of great moment -- just
			a knot I had to untie.
			Now... What was it you wanted to
			see me about?

     STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - TEASER     3.

3    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Captain, we have arrived at
			Ramatis Three.

	Picard gets to his feet as he speaks:

					PICARD
			Ah -- well -- time to leave.

4    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	entering orbit near the silver and blue planet of
	Ramatis Three.

5    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as before. Picard and Riker come onto the bridge.

					RIKER
			Standard orbit, Mister Crusher.

					WESLEY
			Standard orbit.

	Together they head for the turbolift.

					RIKER
			Data, you have the bridge.

	Data leaves Ops and is immediately replaced by an n.d.
	FEMALE CREWMEMBER. He takes the Command position.

6    ANOTHER ANGLE

	as Riker and Picard enter the turbolift, the doors
	close.

7    INT. TURBOLIFT

					RIKER
			I am still uncomfortable about
			your leading this away team.

     STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - TEASER     4.

7    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			This is not an away team in the
			strictest sense. I consider this
			more of a ceremonial function.
			For me not to go, could be
			construed a lack of respect, or
			that I do not regard the mission
			as significant. Transporter Room
			Five.

	The turbolift heads for Deck Seventeen.

					RIKER
			Considering the importance of this
			mission and the lives which are
			at stake... I don't want to do
			anything which would have a
			negative affect on this
			negotiation, however...

					PICARD
			I appreciate your concern, Number
			One, but, I'm sure it will go
			quite smoothly.

					RIKER
			We have come a great distance for
			this mediator.

					PICARD
			They asked for the best and that
			person, from all reports, is Riva.

	The turbolift arrives. Riker and Picard step off.

7A   INT. CORRIDOR

	as they walk along.

					RIKER
			I've never heard of him.

					PICARD
			I'm not surprised, he hasn't
			mediated for several decades.

					RIKER
			That's a long time to be out of
			the saddle. Let's hope he's not
			rusty.

     STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - TEASER     5.

7A   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Yes, for all our sakes... let's
			hope Riva is at the top of his
			game.

	They turn and enter the Transporter Room.

8    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	TROI and WORF are waiting. They step onto the
	platform.

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF
			Coordinates have been input.

					PICARD
			Very good, Lieutenant. Worry not,
			Number One -- this will be a simple
			ceremonial greeting, and right
			back to the Enterprise.

					RIKER
			I'm sure.

					PICARD
			Energize.

	And the away team -- with Picard as their leader -- VANISHES.

9    INT. RAMATIS - ANTEROOM (OPTICAL)

	as the away team STACKS UP.

10   ANOTHER ANGLE - INT. RAMATIS - ANTEROOM

	A handsome BOY greets the away team, and motions for
	them to follow him.

11   ANOTHER ANGLE

	as they reach a vestibule which leads to a larger room.
	The boy leads them toward a larger room.

     STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - TEASER     6.

12   INT. LARGER ROOM

	They enter. There is no one in the room. At the far
	end is a raised dais. The design of the room is
	geometric -- the decorations eclectic. As the away team
	looks around, they realize their young guide has
	disappeared and they are all alone:

	Off their reactions:

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT ONE     7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

13   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around the planet Ramatis.

14   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker once again has the Command position.

					RIKER
			Captain, this is the Enterprise.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			We have arrived safely, Number
			One, and for the most part, we've
			been ignored... ah...

15
thru	OMITTED
16

17   INT. RAMATIS - LARGER ROOM

	The away team in the larger room.

					PICARD
			... some of the local citizenry
			are beginning to assemble. I'll
			keep you informed.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			I would appreciate it.

18   ANOTHER ANGLE - LARGER ROOM

	Slowly, without any apparent signal, HUMANOIDS begin to
	casually assemble. They enter the room from portals,
	scattered along the walls, talking quietly among
	themselves in an unrecognizable, and mostly unheard,
	language.

19   ANOTHER ANGLE

	There are three of them... each a distinctive
	personality and physical archetype -- the
	SCHOLAR/ARTIST, the WARRIOR/ADONIS, a CULTURED WOMAN.
	These "types" show no emotion, and if they are aware of
	the away team, they do not acknowledge them.

     STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT ONE     8.

20   ANOTHER ANGLE

	a MAN enters from behind the away team. By his dress,
	his carriage and his presence he is someone in
	authority. This is RIVA -- he appears to be around
	thirty earth years, pleasant looking, with an open
	friendly countenance.

21   PICARD AND TROI

	as Riva passes them. He pauses, studying first Picard -- his
	appraisal is open, his gaze penetrating. Because
	of his vast experience in different and unusual
	situations, Picard has the wisdom to wait for Riva to
	make the first move. Riva then turns his attention
	on Worf, then to Troi, then leaves her with a warm
	flirtatious smile.

					TROI
				(she responds with a
				 smile, and a nod)
			Riva.

22   ANOTHER ANGLE - ROOM

	Riva walks onto the dais, those he passes offer a
	greeting.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			eeennniYOO.

	It is obviously a term of respect as well as a
	greeting. Riva responds with a slight wave of his
	hand.

					TROI
			He is a well-liked leader. Their
			affection is genuine, as is his.

					PICARD
			Well, if they respect him on
			Solais, as much as they do here -- we
			could be looking forward to
			a successful mission.

23   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Riva takes his place on the dais, the CHORUS gathers in
	front of him. Riva pauses, comfortable -- relaxed -- very
	pleasant. His expression is bemused -- as though
	he is expecting good news.

     STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT ONE     9.

23   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Counselor?

					TROI
			I've never seen anything like this
			before and I'm a little uncertain
			about how to proceed.
				(smiles)
			There is a wonderful feeling of
			well being, emanating from here.

	The man on the dais, makes a very slight motion --
	(through all this the Chorus never turns to face Riva.
	Their method of communication we do not understand and
	will never understand. It is part of their long
	history.)

					WOMAN
			Please -- come closer.

	The away team takes a couple of steps closer.

					WOMAN
				(continuing)
			Before I start, is there anything
			you need? Refreshments, food.

					PICARD
			No. But thank you for asking.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			Then --
				(with a gesture to
				 Picard)
			Proceed.

	Picard hesitates - then...

					PICARD
			Greetings from the United
			Federation of Planets. I am
			Captain Jean-Luc Picard, of the
			USS Enterprise. This is Counselor
			Troi, and Lieutenant Worf.

	Riva remains impassive. He again studies the away
	team. Then he makes a slight MOVE with HIS HANDS. And
	the Chorus SPEAKS.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			GREETINGS!

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT ONE    10.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			Welcome to Ramatis.

					WOMAN
			I have been expecting you.

	The away team is surprised.

	The Warrior/Adonis member of the Chorus, takes a step
	closer to Troi, and gives her a blinding smile.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			You're empathic.

					TROI
			Yes.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			Then, although you already know
			my feelings toward you, allow
			me to put them into words. I
			am looking forward to this
			journey, now more than ever,
			because it gives me the chance
			to spend time in your company.

	Warrior/Adonis smiles, then all expression leaves his
	face.

					TROI
				(she speaks to Riva,
				 not Warrior/Adonis)
			I am flattered. And I too, look
			forward to learning more about
			you.

24   PICARD

	He looks the Chorus over, then turns to Troi for
	advice.

					TROI
				(quietly to Picard)
			There's a very different kind of
			communication here, Captain.

					PICARD
			Yes, so I see. I think there are
			facets to Riva about which we were
			not informed.

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT ONE    11.

24   CONTINUED:

					WOMAN
			Precisely. It is a process which
			has developed over the centuries
			and one I find quite harmonious.

					PICARD
			So Riva the famous mediator is... ?

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			Deaf.
				(with great conviction)
			Born, and hope to die.

					PICARD
				(indicating Chorus)
			And you all speak for Riva?

					CHORUS
			Yes.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			I not only convey his words, but
			his emotional intent as well.

					TROI
			The members of the Chorus, serve
			as "translators," and each
			represents the archetypes of man's
			personality.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			I am the scholar. I represent
			the intellect. I speak in
			matters of judgment -- philosophy -- logic.
			Also, I am -- the dreamer.
			The part which longs to see the
			beauty beyond the truth which is
			always the first duty of art.
			I am the poet...

	Riva makes a slight movement and the Scholar/Artist --
	shuts up and steps back.

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT ONE    12.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			Artists tend to ramble, they live
			too much in the future, they
			neglect the moment. I am Riva's
			libido. I am his passion. I am
			the anarchy of lust. The romantic -- the
				(with a little
				 self-deprecating nod
				 to Troi)
			... lover. Also, I am as he.
				(indicates Worf)
			The definition of Riva's honor...
			the perfect line which never
			wavers.

					PICARD
				(to the Woman)
			And you...

					WOMAN
			I represent that part of Riva
			which binds all the others
			together. I am harmony -- wisdom -- balance.

					PICARD
				(to the Woman)
			Remarkable. How did this...

	Riva flashes anger.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			Speak to me!

	The away team is surprised by the outburst. Worf
	instinctively steps forward.

					PICARD
			What?!

	Again Riva gestures aggressively.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			Speak directly to me!

					TROI
				(so Riva cannot read
				 her lips)
			He's prodding you to get a
			reaction.

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT ONE    13.

24   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(to Riva)
			The uniqueness of this
			presentation provoked my
			inadvertent breach in protocol.
			No insult was intended.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			Then... none is perceived.

					PICARD
			I was curious about how this
			unique form of communication came
			about.

					WOMAN
			The gene for hearing is not
			present in our planet's ruling
			line.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			Not that unusual, indeed it is
			similar to the English Tudor
			monarchs of your planet Earth,
			all who had hemophilia. Or the
			leaders of Fendaus Five, who were
			without limbs.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			Throughout time, many of the
			galaxy's greatest contributors
			have been similarly "special."

					PICARD
				(to Riva)
			Your ability to read lips -- is
			very impressive.

					WOMAN
			Thank you.

					PICARD
			Your "translators" do not see you,
			yet they are able to accurately
			convey your thoughts.

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT ONE    14.

24   CONTINUED: (4)

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			My Chorus is so attuned -- they
			can "hear" my hands and translate
			to you. It is a relationship
			which has developed over centuries -- their
			ancestors provided the
			same service to my ancestors.

					TROI
			Your way of communication is most
			distinctive, Riva.

	The Warrior/Adonis shifts his place on the steps,
	closer to her.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			It takes a fine mind to appreciate
			that, Counselor Troi.

					TROI
				(indicates
				 Warrior/Adonis)
			This part of you does not seem
			to speak very often.

	Riva's eyes dance in flirtation.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			Only when the spirit moves me.

	His gaze is intense, very male. Troi lowers her eyes.

					PICARD
			Riva -- if you are ready -- the
			situation at Solais Five is very
			critical. We should not delay.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			I will prepare for departure
			immediately.

					PICARD
			Are you all -- I mean -- Riva, did
			you plan to take these people with
			you?

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
				(challenging)
			Is that a problem?

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT ONE    15.

24   CONTINUED: (5)

					PICARD
			No, it's just that we didn't know
			you would all be coming.

	Riva descends the steps, toward Troi.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
				(to Troi)
			How long will my journey to
			Solais take?

					TROI
			More than two of your days.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
				(Riva comes up and
				 beside them)
			Then, until duty calls, this will
			indeed be a pleasant trip.

25   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The away team, now including Riva and his Chorus, move
	slightly to the side. Worf touches his communicator.

					WORF
			With your permission, Captain.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

					WORF
			Enterprise, this is the away team,
			seven to beam up.

	Riva, the Chorus, and the away team BEAM UP to the
	Enterprise.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT TWO    16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

26   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Ramatis.

27   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker has the Command Chair, Data is at Ops, Wesley
	has the Conn. PULASKI and GEORDI are also on the
	bridge. Riker is anxious to get underway, and relieved
	when he hears:

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF'S COM VOICE
			The away team, plus four, is on
			board.

					RIKER
			Acknowledged. Ensign, set your
			course for Solais Five.

	Wesley inputs the coordinates.

					WESLEY
			Course is set.

					RIKER
			Velocity -- warp eight.

					WESLEY
			Warp eight -- aye.

					RIKER
			Engage, Mister Crusher.

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir.

28   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	stretches into warp.

29   ANOTHER ANGLE - MAIN BRIDGE

	The turbolift opens, Picard leads the others onto the
	bridge. Worf goes immediately to his position. Riker
	stands, ready to greet his guest.

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT TWO    17.

30   ANGLE ON THE AWAY TEAM AND RIVA

	They enter, cross to Riker. Picard begins the
	introductions.

					PICARD
			Riva, may I present--

					RIKER
				(indicating the Chorus)
			What's this?

					PICARD
			These three -- speak for Riva.

	Riker also reacts with surprise.

					RIKER
			You mean, the most respected
			negotiator in the Federation -- is
			deaf? Amazing.

					SCHCLAR/ARTIST
				(to Picard)
			First, Captain, let me say that
			it is an honor to be on board such
			a fine vessel.
				(continuing)
			Now... please continue with the
			introductions.

					PICARD
			This is my first officer,
			Commander Riker.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			It is an honor to meet you.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Commander Data.

	Riva looks Data up and down. Then smiles.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			It is a pleasure to meet such a
			unique individual.

					DATA
			Thank you...

	Riva responds with a nod.

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT TWO    18.

30   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			And our chief medical officer,
			Katherine Pulaski.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			Doctor.

					PICARD
			This is Lieutenant La Forge.

					GEORDI
			Pleased to meet you, sir.

	Riva touches his VISOR gently.

					WOMAN
			What is that you're wearing?

					GEORDI
			A VISOR. It modifies the
			electromagnetic spectrum and
			carries the readings to my brain.

					WOMAN
			And without it, can you see?

					GEORDI
			No. Without it I'm as blind as
			a post.

					WOMAN
			Your VISOR serves the same purpose
			as my Chorus, which "hears" my
			thoughts and translates them into
			sound.

					GEORDI
			Yes.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			And you don't resent it?

					GEORDI
			The VISOR or being blind?

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			Either.

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT TWO    19.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			They are both part of me, and
			since I like who I am, why would
			I resent either being blind or
			wearing the VISOR?

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			What is your position on this
			ship?

					GEORDI
			Engineering officer, sir.

	Riva feels a kinship with Geordi and it shows in his
	movements. He puts a friendly hand on Geordi's
	shoulder.

					WOMAN
				(to Geordi)
			It's a blessing to understand we
			are special...
				(then including
				 everyone)
			... each in his own way.

					GEORDI
			My feeling exactly.

					WOMAN
			Please call me Riva.

					GEORDI
			Okay. And you can call me Geordi.

					PICARD
			I will have you shown to you
			quarters, then at your convenience
			I have prepared a briefing on the
			Solari wars? I offer the
			hospitality of my ship during this
			journey. We will provide whatever
			is necessary to make you
			comfortable or to facilitate your
			mission.

					WOMAN
			Thank you.

	Riva turns to Troi.

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT TWO    20.

30   CONTINUED: (3)

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			Perhaps, if it is not
			inconvenient, Counselor Troi could
			escort me.
				(then to Picard)
			With your permission.

	Picard nods his approval.

					TROI
			This way.

	They watch as Troi, Riva and the Warrior/Adonis exit.

					RIKER
			What about you?

					WOMAN
			At times like this -- we become
			an encumbrance.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			... so if you have a room for us,
			we'll wait until Riva makes
			contact.

					PICARD
			Exactly how will he do that?

					WOMAN
			The headband that he wears -- it
			transmits his thoughts, and
			emotions to us.

					PICARD
			So that's how it work.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			No magic -- just technology.

					PICARD
			Worf, could you provide an escort.

	Worf nods to an n.d. crewmember. The Woman and the
	Scholar/Artist, follow the crewmember to the turbolift.

					RIKER
			He's not what I expected.

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT TWO    21.

30   CONTINUED: (4)

					PULASKI
			Perhaps being "special" is in part
			responsible for his success. He
			has a most disarming quality.
			He doesn't just ask questions
			to be polite -- he actually wants
			to hear the answers.

31   INT. GUEST QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	The doors open and Troi ushers Riva and the
	Warrior/Adonis in. This should be very interesting -- the
	Warrior/Adonis does all the talking, but the eye
	contact -- the heat -- is totally and completely between
	Riva and Troi. The Warrior/Adonis is there... but his
	presence is not felt.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			Much of what we do is similar.

					TROI
			Yes -- I suppose in a way it is.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			We have both learned how to allow
			people to examine feelings hidden
			deep within their psyche. In
			fact, being here with you is
			provoking an emotional revelation.

					TROI
				(lightly)
			You mean something I am doing is
			uncovering an emotion buried in
			your psyche.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			Not that deep.

					TROI
			Oh, exactly what are you feeling?

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			Can't you tell?

					TROI
			Some of it -- but...

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT TWO    22.

31   CONTINUED:

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			I feel that soon, perhaps after
			the briefing by your captain, you
			will be hungry, and perhaps we
			could dine together and
			compare... experiences.

	Troi smiles.

					TROI
			I would like that.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			As will I.

	They hold the look for a beat -- and the heat between
	them builds.

					TROI
			Will you...
				(meaning the translator)
			... be with us?

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			Until we find our own method of
			communication.

					TROI
			I look forward to that time.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			As do I.

	With a look Troi turns and exits.

32   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	The members of the Chorus should not be like bumps --
	just standing there waiting for Riva to pull their
	string. They can move. The Warrior/Adonis can get
	a cup of Fagomerian Tea -- the Woman can be busy with
	her hands -- doing some twenty-fourth century needlepoint (she
	could appear disinterested in all of this talk of war).
	The Scholar/Artist can have a PADD and be working out some
	equation which is important only to him. Also it is
	important that the delivery NOT be too stylized or
	stilted.

					PICARD
			Commander Data, would you please
			update the situation.

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT TWO    23.

32   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The factions on Solais Five are
			historical enemies. So many have
			died that both societies are on
			the verge of extinction.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			Enough. Thank you, Captain, but
			there is no need to continue.
			The specific issues of the
			conflict have no relevance.

					RIKER
			So none of the background we have
			prepared would be helpful in
			understanding why they continue
			to fight?

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			The portfolio will indicate that
			the conflict is over a piece of
			land, or wealth, or some other
			tangible asset. But, we both know
			that is not the case.

					RIKER
			A war which has been fought for
			this long has become very
			personal.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			Exactly. The basis for peace must
			also be personal.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			This is an historic confrontation.
				(to Data)
			Correct?

					DATA
			The factions have been at war for
			fifteen centuries.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			What's changed?

					DATA
			I do not know what you mean.

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT TWO    24.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			They have been killing each other
			for a long time, now they want
			to talk peace. So something about
			this situation has changed.
			What's the new piece to the
			puzzle?

					PICARD
			That piece of information could
			be very useful. Data.

					DATA
			Unknown.

					RIKER
			Perhaps they are running out of
			people to kill. In any case, for
			whatever reason -- peace is now
			preferred. That should make your
			job easier.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			Well, if not easier, at least
			possible, because they are
			motivated.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			But it doesn't matter. I'll find
			something. I always do.

					PICARD
			Always?

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			To date, I have never failed.
			Now, unless there is something
			else...

					PICARD
			No. This is for your benefit.

	The Woman puts away her "needlework," stands and speaks
	for the first time.

					WOMAN
			Then... thank you for your time
			and effort... if you'll excuse
			me...

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT TWO    25.

32   CONTINUED: (3)

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			I believe I have to get ready
			for a dinner appointment.

					PICARD
			Then, by all means, meeting is
			adjourned.

	As Riva and the others leave, Riker and Picard:

					RIKER
			Our mediator is very...
				(he pauses to pick the
				 correct word)
			... self assured.

					PICARD
			Cocky is the word I would have
			used.

					RIKER
			It's all right if he can deliver,
			and we'll know that soon enough.

33   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	streaks along at warp speed.

34   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard sits in his Command Chair. Riker is beside him.
	Data is at Ops, Worf is at Tactical.

					WESLEY
			We are approaching Solais Five.

					RIKER
			Half impulse.

					WESLEY
			Slowing to one-half impulse.

35   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	comes out of warp.

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT TWO    26.

35A  INT. GUEST QUARTERS

	Riva and Troi are sharing a meal. The Warrior/Adonis
	is off to one side out of Troi's line of vision.

					TROI
			We have arrived.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			Then we don't have much time.

	Troi agrees.

					TROI
			No.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			This has been very pleasant.

					TROI
			For me as well. I'm impressed,
			by how you deal with what some
			would consider a handicap.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			It's not a handicap at all.
			Unless you mean having me here.

	Troi glances from the Warrior/Adonis to Riva.

					TROI
			I did not mean that specifically,
			but, yes, I would consider you
			a disadvantage.

	With that the Warrior/Adonis gets to his feet and
	exits. Troi and Riva are now alone. For a beat they
	are quiet.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			How do we communicate? I can feel
			your emotions, but don't we need
			words?

	He signs something.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			I don't understand.

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT TWO    27.

35A  CONTINUED:

	He signs gracefully with his whole being, hands, eyes,
	body. Troi follows along.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Is that dream?

	He crosses his fists over his heart.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Love.

	She does the same, self-conscious with the intimate
	gesture.

					RIVA
				(signing)
			Stronger. Like you mean it.

	Repeats the motion, eyes never leaving hers. She
	echoes him, meeting his gaze.

					RIVA
				(continuing; signing)
			Butterfly.

	Troi makes the same gesture.

					TROI
			Is that a butterfly -- or is that
			desire?

	Together their hands fly in the air. They laugh like
	kids. Riva's hands float, alight on hers.

36   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	On the viewscreen is the brown planet of Solais Five.

					RIKER
			Standard orbit.

					WORF
			Captain!

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT TWO    28.

37   ANGLE ON WORF

					WORF
			I'm reading laser activity in the
			Solari Solar System!

	Riker jumps to his feet. Picard leans forward,
	intense.

					RIKER
			How concentrated is the activity?

					WORF
			It is localized -- and very
			intense.

					RIKER
			So much for the cease-fire.

					PICARD
			Open hailing frequencies.

					WORF
			I can establish voice only.

					PICARD
			This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard,
			commander of the Federation
			starship USS Enterprise.

	A CRACKLING VOICE is HEARD, but is unintelligible.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			If you continue to violate the
			rules by breaking the cease-fire,
			I will abort this mission.

	A pause, then:

					FIRST LEADER'S COM VOICE
			You have no jurisdiction here,
			Picard. Where is Riva?

					PICARD
			Riva is in charge of the summit.
			I command the ship that brings
			him. I will not endanger my ship
			under any circumstances.

					SECOND LEADER'S COM VOICE
			Riva gave his word we would speak
			to no one else. Now who breaks
			the rules? Where is Riva?

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT TWO    29.

37   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(formal)
			I shall summon him for you.

	Picard turns to Data.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Get Riva now!

37A  INT. GUEST QUARTERS

	Riva and Troi are still enjoying each other's company.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Counselor Troi. Have Riva report
			to the bridge immediately.

					TROI
			They need you on the bridge.
			Now!

38   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	as Riva, his Chorus and Troi enter. Riva's confidence
	now carries a touch of arrogance.

					PICARD
			The cease-fire has been broken.

	Riva takes charge of the situation.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			I'm sure I can resolve that. Put
			them on the viewscreen.

	He stands in front of the Main Viewer.

					PICARD
			On viewscreen.

	Distorted IMAGES of FIRST LEADER and SECOND LEADER appear
	on the viewscreen.

					WORF
			The quality of the transmission
			is very poor.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			It is sufficient.

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT TWO    30.

38   CONTINUED:

	He turns his attention to the viewscreen. The
	spotlight is on him, he clearly relishes his position
	and power.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
				(stands right behind
				 Riva)
			Brothers! Your bravery as
			fighters is known, now you must
			demonstrate your courage in a new
			way -- cease hostilities -- allow
			us to meet.

	There is a pause as everyone watches the staticky
	viewscreen, then:

					WORF
			The laser fire has ceased.

					RIKER
			But for how long -- these Solari
			don't seem likely candidates for
			peace.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
				(to Picard)
			I will need to see a topographical
			overlay of the battle area in
			order to pick a site for the
			meetings. Then I will need your
			help in creating the proper
			setting.

					PICARD
			We are here to provide whatever
			service is necessary.

39   PICARD, RIVA AND DATA - LATER

	They are back at Science One looking at a display of
	the planet surface.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			There -- beam us down to that
			hilltop and inform the factions
			to join us. The time for killing
			has come to an end.

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT TWO    31.

39   CONTINUED:

	Riva and his Chorus leave the bridge.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT THREE   32.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

40   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Solais Five.

41   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Riva is there with his Chorus -- Worf and Riker, both of
	whom are carrying phasers.

					RIKER
			Set phasers on stun.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			You won't need those.

					RIKER
			I'm sure we won't.

	Worf and Riker check their weapons, then:

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Energize.

	They BEAM OUT.

42   EXT. SOLARI PLANET - DUSK (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Worf, Riva, and his Chorus MATERIALIZE onto a
	flattened mountain top... which is the middle of the
	war zone. The area is battle scarred; devoid of any
	life or vegetation. Riva looks around the area.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			Yes. This will do.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			It is important that we set this
			up properly.

	Riva moves to the middle of the flattened area.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			Commander. If it be possible -- I
			would like torches -- there -- there - there
			-- and there.

   STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT THREE   33.

42   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(touches his
				 communicator)
			Engineering, this is the away
			team.

42A  INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi has been waiting for this call.

					GEORDI
			Yes, Commander.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			We are going to need your help.

					GEORDI
			Yes, I thought you might.

42B  EXT. PLANET

	As before.

					RIKER
			We are going to need torches --
			head high.
				(to Riva)
			... and what else?

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			I would like a table and
			chairs --
				(he points)
			... right here.

					RIKER
			Describe it.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			Round, about three meters in
			diameter, and if possible made
			out of indigenous rock.

					RIKER
			Did you copy that, Geordi?

43   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	As before.

   STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT THREE   34.

43   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I did. There should be no problem
			replicating a table like that.
			I have the coordinates -- I'll
			send down the torches, and get
			right on the table.

44   EXT. MOUNTAIN TOP (OPTICAL)

	Riva is very relaxed. His confidence is high. He
	continues his survey of the area.

					RIKER
			How long before the emissaries
			arrive?

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			It shouldn't be too long.

	Off to the side, four torches MATERIALIZE. The
	Warrior/Adonis and Worf move to set them up.

44A  ANGLE WORF

	as he plants one of the torches in the ground and looks
	out over the battle-scarred land. He scans the
	horizon. Riker comes up behind him.

					WORF
			They are coming.

44B  SCENE

	The Warrior/Adonis and Worf light up the torches. Riva
	has moved to the center of the flattened area.

					RIKER
			How long will it take for these
			negotiations?

	Riva has to chuckle.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			From that question, you must think
			they will go quickly.

   STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT THREE   35.

44B  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Actually, until this moment I
			never thought much about it at
			all.

	Before Riva can answer.

					WORF
			Commander.

	Riker turns. Worf indicates the imminent arrival of
	one GROUP of SOLDIERS.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
				(to Worf and Riker)
			The first few minutes will be very
			tense. Please...
				(the Scholar/Artist
				 turns and gives Riva
				 a puzzled look, almost
				 like they have a bad
				 phone connection, then
				 turns back and
				 continues)
			... ah... stay calm, and do not
			respond even if you are provoked.

					RIKER
				(with a glance at Worf,
				 who can be provoked
				 by an ambiguous
				 greeting)
			We will do our best.

45   SCENE

	The first group of soldiers appear. They are fearsome
	looking. They come up the rise and pause. One -- the
	leader -- holds his position while the other two ease
	off to either side.

					FIRST LEADER
			Who is Riva?

	Riva moves forward. He is the picture of confidence,
	calm, assurance.

					WOMAN
			I am Riva.

   STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT THREE   36.

45   CONTINUED:

	Before the introduction can be completed, the other
	COMBATANTS appear. They enter even more cautiously
	than the first. They have already spread out. Their
	weapons are down but at-the-ready. The second leader
	edges forward.

46   WORF

	Has his hand on his phaser -- ready to take control of
	the situation.

47   RIVA

	He looks at each leader and nods a welcome.

48   LEADER ONE

	He gives Riva a sideways look. His eyes never leave
	the other warrior.

49   LEADER TWO

	For him it is the same.

50   SCENE

	Riker and Worf are on their guard. This is a very
	tense situation. The opposing groups eye each other
	like the natural enemies they are. Each expects the
	other to break the truce.

					WOMAN
			Be at ease. I commend you both.
			To come here shows not only
			courage, but wisdom. Please -- give
			this conference a chance.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
				(to the leaders)
			I have no magic. You have been
			fighting all your lives. You know
			only...

	Suddenly the Scholar/Artist stops. His face turns to a
	mask of confusion. He turns to look at Riva.

   STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT THREE   37.

51   RIVA

	He is stunned. Something is wrong -- something is very
	wrong!

52   SCENE

	The soldiers, feeling the sudden increase in tension --
	react instinctively.

					RIKER
			Riva -- what is it?

					FIRST LEADER
			This is a trap.

	The soldiers dash to positions of cover. Worf draws
	his phaser and prepares to defend them.

					RIKER
				(without hesitation)
			Enterprise -- beam us up. Now!

53   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As the away team -- Riva and his Chorus are BEAMED back
	onto the Enterprise.

54   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around the planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log.

55   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, and his staff are there with Riva. Picard has
	in his hands the "device" which Riva has been wearing.

					PICARD
			So... communication between Riva
			and his Chorus was aided by this
			device. Without it...

					TROI
			Without it, he is mute.

	Picard turns it over in his hands.

   STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT THREE   38.

55   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Riva)
			Can you fix it?

	He shakes his head, "no."

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Can it be fixed?

	Riva motions frantically, "I don't know." The
	possibility frightens the hell out of him.

56   ANGLE ON TROI

	She crosses to them, speaks softly to the captain.

					TROI
			We must calm him.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant La Forge. See what
			you can learn about this. If it's
			possible to repair it, I need to
			know.

	Geordi takes the "device."

					GEORDI
			Right away.

	Picard follows Geordi out the door.

56A  INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard is there with the Chorus. They have lost their
	sense of purpose.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			This is astounding. Nothing like
			this has ever happened.

					PICARD
			I need your help.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			But what can we do? It's Riva...

   STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT THREE   39.

56A  CONTINUED:

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			We don't know anything. We just
			say what he tells us.

					PICARD
			We need to communicate with him.

	They have no answers.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Surely you know sign language.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			No.

					WARRIOR/ADONIS
			We've never needed it.

					PICARD
			And he neither reads nor writes.

					WOMAN
			He's never had to.

					SCHOLAR/ARTIST
			Riva knows sign language. He
			learned it on a mission to the
			Plaeties system. The parties
			there were so paranoid they would
			not allow us to accompany him.

					WOMAN
			Captain -- what's going to happen?
			I feel so strange. I've never
			been without him before... never.
			I feel like I'm losing my mind.

					PICARD
			You'll be all right. Stay here.
			I'll send someone to look after
			you. Please... try to stay calm.

	Picard exits. For a beat we HOLD on these poor lost
	souls.

57   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	As before.

   STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT THREE   40.

57   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			Deafness for all intents and
			purposes has been eliminated
			except for a few isolated
			situations like this. If I can
			help you medically -- will you
			allow it?

	Riva stares at her for a moment. Picard enters. This
	is not an easy decision. Then, probably with his
	duties on his mind, he nods "yes."

					PICARD
			Riva knows sign language.

	Riva nods.

					DATA
			Captain. There are just in the
			Federation, eighty-one different
			variations of signing.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Find a way to communicate with
			him.
				(to Worf)
			Take him to Sickbay. Doctor do
			what you can.

	The Klingon helps Riva to his feet. Picard sees the
	panic in his face, tries to reassure him.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			You are not alone. We will solve
			this together.

	He seems small and fragile as Worf leads him away.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			If Riva does not mediate this
			summit successfully, the Solari
			will destroy each other.

					RIKER
			But if he can't speak, and can't
			use his Chorus, he's useless.
			Captain, you should mediate.

   STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT THREE   41.

57   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			It is not me they want. They
			believe in Riva. The problem
			is, he no longer believes in
			himself.

	Picard gets up, crosses to the door.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Keep me posted of Riva's progress.
			I'll be in my quarters.

					RIKER
			Yes sir.

					PICARD
			We have to find a way to talk
			to him.

	Picard exits. Off Riker's reaction:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT FOUR    42.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

58   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Solais Five.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 42111.8.
			We are monitoring increased
			military activity on Solais Five.
			I fear that we will be unable to
			keep the Solari from destroying
			themselves without Riva and still
			he is silent.

59   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - AT SCIENCE ONE (OPTICAL)

	Data is at a computer terminal running programs which
	depict various forms of signing. Riker comes up behind
	him.

					RIKER
			How's it going?

					DATA
			I have eliminated all but five
			distinct forms of signing. I will
			learn them all.

60   ANGLE ON DATA (OPTICAL)

	Eyes on the computer.

					DATA
			Computer. Show me gestural
			language -- designation M-nine.

	As information appears on the screen, Data signs, hands
	moving slowly. His hands move slowly as he get the
	hang of it. Worf steps over to watch.

					WORF
			Interesting. A technique of
			communication which is both silent
			and covert. It could be very
			useful.

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT FOUR    43.

60   CONTINUED:

	Data reads the computer screen and carries on a
	conversation at the same time.

					DATA
			As a language -- the use of
			gestures and hand signals
			pre-dates the spoken word in most
			cultures. The major exception
			being the Leyrons of Malkus Nine
			who actually developed a written
			language first.

	Worf grunts. While, Data focuses on the computer,
	phenomenal memory absorbing it all.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Computer - continue presentation.

	The display on the CRT changes.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Increase.

	The information speeds up. So do Data's hands.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Increase.

	Everything moves faster.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Increase.

	And faster.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Increase.

	The screen's a blur. Data's hands are flying. Off
	Worf's reaction:

61   INT. SICKBAY

	Troi watches Pulaski put Riva through a series of
	tests.

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT FOUR    44.

61   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			He's very frightened. All his
			life he's been in control. For
			once, he doesn't have the answers.

	As Pulaski shakes her head.

					PULASKI
			Since Riva has never had hearing,
			his brain cannot accept auditory
			information.

					TROI
			Which means?

					PULASKI
			There is no immediate medical
			solution available.

	Riva watches Pulaski, despair on his face.

					TROI
				(to Riva)
			Let's see how Geordi is coming.

62   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING - ANGLE ON GEORDI

	carefully trying to disassemble the device as Troi and
	Riva enter.

					GEORDI
			I've never seen anything like this
			before. It transmits Beta waves,
			but I can't figure exactly how.
			I wish I had thought to run a test
			while it was still functioning.

					TROI
				(to Riva)
			Can you help?

	Riva makes a powerless gesture: "How?"

					GEORDI
			If he could tell me anything,
			anything at all.

	Riva shakes his head, it won't work. Buries his face
	in his hands. The anguish of not being understood.

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT FOUR    45.

62   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Well, I'll continue to work on
			it.

	Then responding to Riva's anguish.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I know what you must be going
			through. I can imagine what it
			would be like to lose my VISOR.
			But... we'll find something.
			Don't give up.

	Troi cocks her head, reading Riva, it makes her sad.

					TROI
			Too late. I think he already has.

	No interpretation necessary for the sign Riva makes.
	He has given up.

63   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	The CHIME SOUNDS.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Troi enters.

					PICARD
			How is our mediator?

					TROI
			The same. Unreachable.

	Picard's face is etched with concern.

					PICARD
			What can we do to help him?

					TROI
			I can't do anything. It's up to
			him. Confidence is faith in
			oneself, it can't be given by
			another.

	Picard takes a long moment to absorb this, then nods.

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT FOUR    46.

63   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You're right, of course.

	Troi leans across the table, puts her hand over his.
	The CHIME SOUNDS again.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Come.

	Data enters.

					DATA
			Captain, I have reviewed and
			stored five distinct signing
			languages.

64   ANGLE ON DATA

	He turns to demonstrate his new ability.

					DATA
			This is blue. This is a blue
			ocean. This is a blue ocean at
			sunset. This is two people
			walking along the beach by a blue
			ocean at sunset. This is two
			happy people in love walking along
			the beach by a blue ocean at
			sunset. This is --

	He'd go on forever if someone didn't say --

					PICARD
			Enough!
				(beat)
			Let's talk to Riva.

65   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Data, Troi, and Riva.

					PICARD
			Good news. Data has learned your
			language. He can translate for
			you at the summit.

	Data repeats Riva's signed reply.

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT FOUR    47.

65   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(translating)
			It will not work. I need my
			words.

	Riva responds sharply.

					DATA
				(continuing;
				 translating)
			There -- that is what I mean. Your
			translation is literal. You say
			words. I do not need just words -- I
			need nuance, and subtlety...
			the shadings my Chorus enable me
			to communicate.

					PICARD
			But your ability is unchanged.
			All that's different is the method
			of transmission.

	Riva's body language says it all.

					DATA
				(translating)
			No! I cannot!

	Troi situates herself behind Picard.

					TROI
				(softly)
			It's not working. Go another
			direction.

	Picard's expression changes. Body language becomes
	forceful, angry.

					PICARD
			Data can understand you. Use him
			as your Chorus. Let him express
			your words.

					DATA
				(translating)
			No -- it is not the same thing.
			Data is unacceptable...

					PICARD
			You've got to take advantage of
			what you've got...

    STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT FOUR    48.

65   CONTINUED: (2)

	Riva looks at him for a moment.

					DATA
				(translating)
			What I have got. I have got
			nothing. Do you not understand - I
			cannot do it.

					PICARD
			You're right. Maybe you are all
			show.

	Riva's eyes flash in anger.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			You hide behind your Chorus.
				(in his face)
			You're a fake.

66   CLOSER ON PICARD AND RIVA

	Riva takes a threatening step towards Picard. Catches
	himself, signs with a smirk.

					DATA
				(translating)
			You are attempting to provoke me.

	Picard nods, hopeful.

					DATA
				(continuing;
				 translating)
			It is not going to work.

67   ANGLE ON PICARD

	Disappointed.

					PICARD
			That's too bad. A lot of people
			are going to die.

68   ANGLE ON RIVA

	in complete turmoil. Bolts from the room.

        STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT FOUR        49.

69   PICARD

	He pauses for a moment. Then gets up:

					PICARD
			Data.

	The android rises, then he and Picard exit in pursuit
	of Riva.

70   INT. GUEST QUARTERS

	Picard finds Riva. He gently touches Riva's shoulder.
	Riva turns -- he tries weakly to smile.

					PICARD
			We will return you to Ramatis.

	Riva nods -- resigned -- very disappointed.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			... but, first I am going to
			attempt to settle the conflict
			on Solais.

	Riva signs -- Data interprets:

					DATA
				(translating)
			You.

					PICARD
			We have come this far -- it would
			be difficult for me personally
			to leave without making the
			attempt.

					DATA
				(translating)
			It could be dangerous.

	Picard nods.

					PICARD
			Help me.

	Throughout this exchange, Riva's mood will begin to
	lighten. As he communicates with Picard, the very act
	of self-expression slowly restores his self-esteem.

        STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT FOUR        50.

70   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(translating)
			How?

	Picard is driving this in a specific direction.

					PICARD
			We all earn our reputations.
			Yours is that of a very successful
			negotiator -- a mediator.

					DATA
				(translating)
			And you want to know the trick.

					PICARD
			If there is one - yes.

					DATA
				(translating)
			Captain, there is no secret. What
			I do is help one person -- one
			group -- express themselves to the
			other.

					PICARD
			Simple enough to say - difficult
			to accomplish.

					DATA
				(translating)
			The real trick is getting them
			to listen. To understand. To
			turn a disadvantage to an
			advantage.

					PICARD
			Then why can't you turn your
			disadvantage into an advantage?

	Riva studies Picard for a long moment. Then a smile
	comes to his face.

					DATA
				(translating)
			That is an interesting thought...
				(to Picard)
			I do not understand -- what thought
			is he referring to?

	Riva stands. He reaches out and shakes Picard's hand.

        STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT FOUR        51.

70   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(continuing,
				 translating)
			Thank you.

					PICARD
			I will contact those down on the
			planet. Tell them to prepare to
			begin discussions immediately.

	Off Data's reaction:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT FIVE        52.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

71   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Solais Five.

72   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Riva is there with Picard and Data, both of whom are
	carrying phasers.

					PICARD
			Set phasers on stun.

	Data and Picard check their weapons, then:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Energize.

	They BEAM OUT.

73   EXT. SOLARI PLANET (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riva, and Data MATERIALIZE onto the flattened
	mountain top... Riva will sign and Data will
	interpret. Data does not have to sign because Riva,
	after all, can read lips.

	Riva looks around the area, then signs to Data.

					DATA
				(speaking for Riva)
			Could you relight the torches,
			to let them know that I am back.

73A  PICARD

	He moves to the nearest torch and relights it. Then
	gazes for a moment out over the battlefield.

73B  SCENE

	Data has lighted another of the torches and is walking
	toward the third. Riva moves to the middle of the
	flattened area.

        STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT FIVE        53.

73B  CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(continuing to speak
				 for Riva)
			I would like the table right here.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Make it so.

					DATA
				(touching his
				 communicator)
			Main Engineering, this is
			Commander Data.

74   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING - ANGLE ON GEORDI

					GEORDI
			Go ahead, Data.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			You can beam the table down now.

75   EXT. MOUNTAIN TOP (OPTICAL)

	Riva is very relaxed. His confidence is back.

					PICARD
			It could be a while before the
			emissaries arrive. They will be
			more cautious after the last
			incident.

					DATA
				(speaking for Riva)
			You can leave whenever you choose.
			I will get a message out when I
			am ready to leave.
				(to Picard as Data)
			Captain -- I do not understand what
			is going on here? Without his
			interpreters, how can he mediate?

	The table MATERIALIZES while they talk.

					PICARD
			Riva is going to teach them sign
			language.

	Riva steps forward.

        STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT FIVE        54.

75   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(speaking for Riva)
			Yes -- it is turning a disadvantage
			into an advantage. Learning how
			to sign will actually become part
			of the process of them learning
			how to live together in peace.

					PICARD
			As they learn how to communicate
			with Riva, they will be learning
			to communicate with each other.

					DATA
				(speaking for Riva)
			... and that is the first and most
			important step in any
			relationship.
				(to Picard as Data)
			Captain, although it took me only
			moments to learn sign language,
			it will take them months.

					PICARD
			Time well spent.

					DATA
				(speaking for Riva)
			These people have been fighting
			all their lives, they know only
			hatred, suspicion, fear. Even
			with my Chorus -- I could not have
			changed those attitudes in a day.
			We have a chance, and they want
			the talks to be successful or they
			would not have called me.

	Riva steps over to the table and sits down.

75A  PICARD AND DATA (OPTICAL)

	They move off to the side.

					PICARD
			Enterprise -- two to beam up.
				(to Riva)
			Good luck.

					DATA
				(translating for Riva)
			And to you.

        STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT FIVE        55.

75A  CONTINUED:

	Picard and Data DISAPPEAR in the TRANSPORTER BEAM.
	Leaving Riva all alone on the empty mountain top - waiting.

76   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Solais Five.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 42111.8.
			Personal comment. I am confident
			that Riva can help the Solari
			achieve a lasting peace. We will
			deliver his Chorus to Starbase
			Seven-One-Three so they can be
			returned to Ramatis.

77   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker has the Command Chair -- Picard is not on the
	bridge.

					RIKER
			Take us out of orbit.

78   OMITTED

78A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	leaving orbit.

79   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	The CHIME SOUNDS.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Geordi enters.

					GEORDI
			Sir?

					PICARD
			Yes, Mister La Forge, something on
			your mind?

        STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT FIVE        56.

79   CONTINUED:

	Being Geordi, he gets right to the point.

					GEORDI
			Sir, I know my VISOR gives me a
			unique way of seeing that's
			valuable to the ship, but if
			something happened and I didn't
			have it --

					PICARD
			What makes you unique isn't your
			blindness or your VISOR --
				(searching for the
				 words)
			To be special we don't need to
			do a damned thing. Just be what
			we are.
				(beat)
			There's only one Geordi La Forge.
			And I wouldn't want to run my ship
			without him.

	A big grin spreads across Geordi's face.

					GEORDI
			All right!
				(more controlled)
			I mean, thank you sir.

					PICARD
			Dismissed.

	Picard watches with a bemused, paternal expression as
	Geordi exits.

80   OMITTED

81   INT. SICKBAY

	Geordi's in the examining chair.

					PULASKI
			Optic nerve laser welding. A
			difficult operation. It might
			not work. But if it did, it would
			open up a whole world for you.

        STAR TREK: "Loud as a Whisper" - 11/10/88 - ACT FIVE        57.

82   CLOSE ON GEORDI

	He takes off his VISOR. Eyes exposed, face full of
	fear and hope.

					GEORDI
			I'll think about it.

83   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The bridge crew in their positions. Business as usual.

					RIKER
			Set course, two-two-four, mark,
			three-nine.

					WORF
			What is our destination?

					PICARD
			Alpha Delta Beta. A routine
			transport mission.

					DATA
			I thought this was supposed to
			be a routine transport mission.

	Out of the mouths of babes. Picard and Riker exchange
	a knowing smile.

					PICARD
			Engage!

84   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving away to another adventure.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                     "Unnatural Selection" 
                          #40272-133 
                              
                          Written by 
                   Mike Gray and John Mason 
                              
                          Directed by
                           Paul Lynch


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                        FINAL DRAFT

                      NOVEMBER 10, 1988

    STAR TREK: "Unnatural Selection" - DRAFT 11/10/88 CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Unnatural Selection"   
                       
                             CAST 

                PICARD             RINA
                RIKER              DR. SARA MANDEL
                GEORDI             CAPTAIN TAGGERT
                PULASKI            CREWMEMBER
                WESLEY             TRANSPORTER OPERATOR
                TROI               MEDIC
                DATA               
                WORF               
                Non-Speaking       Voice-Over
                USS ENTERPRISE     COM PANEL/COMPUTER VOICE
                  2 CREWMEMBERS    TRANSPORTER COM VOICE
                                   
                USS LANTREE        
                  CREWMEMBER (DEAD)
                  CAPTAIN TELAKA (DEAD)
                  2 TWENTY-YEAR OLD "CHILDREN"

   STAR TREK: "Unnatural Selection" - DRAFT 11/10/88 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Unnatural Selection" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                   EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE              USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS        USS LANTREE
              TEN FORWARD
              MAIN ENGINEERING          DARWIN RESEARCH STATION
              ENGINEERING CONTROL ROOM
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              CORRIDOR
              SICKBAY
              SICKBAY SCIENCE LAB
              CONFERENCE ROOM
              TROI'S OFFICE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              SHUTTLE BAY
              SHUTTLE BAY CONTROL ROOM
              SHUTTLECRAFT
              PULASKI'S QUARTERS
              TURBOLIFT
          
            USS LANTREE
              BRIDGE
              CORRIDOR
              SICKBAY
              CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS
          
            DARWIN STATION/LABORATORY BUILDING
              ISOLATION LAB/OBSERVATION AREA
              ISOLATION CHAMBER

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                     "Unnatural Selection" 
                     
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

	EXT. DEEP SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The USS ENTERPRISE moves through the galaxy at warp
	speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 42303.7.
			The Enterprise is bound for Star
			Station India to rendezvous with
			a Starfleet courier.

	INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	The lights on the bridge are down, with only the OPS
	and CONN stations illuminated. An n.d. crew goes quietly
	about it's business.

	NOTE: THIS DIALOGUE HAS TO BE REWRITTEN:

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Hopefully the mission will
			provide an opportunity to
			evaluate our newest staff
			officer...

	INT. CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS

	A pensive CAPTAIN JEAN-LUC PICARD paces restlessly,
	pausing in front of the antique brass ship's barometer
	mounted on the bulkhead.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			In the short time she's been
			aboard, Doctor Pulaski has
			distinguished herself as a
			meticulous and competent
			physician. But can someone so
			focused on her own specialty also
			assume the broader duties of the
			ship's Chief Medical Officer?

	CONTINUED:

	Absently, Picard raps the barometer's face plate with
	his knuckle. Surprisingly, the needle moves --
	pointing to "STORMY."

	INT. TEN-FORWARD

	COMMANDER RIKER, GEORDI and several male crewmembers
	from Engineering are seated around a table near the
	bow ports. The center of attention is clearly the new
	Specialist Trainee, RINA, an arrestingly beautiful
	young woman.

					RINA
			... warp drive theory always came
			easy for me, but I'm looking
			forward to some hands on
			experience.

					RIKER
			I'm sure we'll be able to
			accommodate you.

	Rina is well aware that Riker is flirting with her,
	but she's not flattered. She concentrates on finishing
	her drink.

	Geordi, on the other hand, seems oblivious to the
	tension.

					GEORDI
			I know what you mean. It's a
			really electrifying experience
			to be down there where the action
			is. Whenever I push the drive
			past warp six I still get a lump
			in my throat.

	Riker takes Rina's empty glass from her hand.

					RIKER
				(standing)
			Can I get you another?

					RINA
			Tell me Commander. Is it the
			custom on the Enterprise for the
			First Officer to wait on
			trainees?

	CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(smiling)
			If they were all like you, I'm
			certain it would be.

					GEORDI
				(to Rina)
			What's it like these days at the
			academy? Is Tsiolkovski still
			teaching Propulsion Theory?

					RINA
			Are you kidding? They'll have
			to tear down the building around
			him. The first time I saw him...

	MOVE WITH RIKER as he heads for the bar carrying two
	empty glasses. He slides them across the bar to an
	n.d. bartender.

					RIKER
			Same again.

	In the b.g. we see DOCTOR KATHERINE PULASKI leave her
	table and approach Riker.

					PULASKI
			Good to see you, Commander. When
			you missed your test this morning
			we all feared the worst.

					RIKER
				(turning)
			My apologies, Doctor. A minor
			crisis...
				(beat)
			in Engineering.

					PULASKI
				(not buying it)
			You know, a Rheinman tissue
			sample sounds a good deal worse
			than it is. I can assure you
			there's no discomfort involved.

					RIKER
			It's not that! It's just... my
			duties are so diverse.
				(beat)
			Suppose we leave the appointment
			open?

	CONTINUED: (2)

					PULASKI
			Spontaneity is the sand in the
			clockworks of science.

					RIKER
			But it's just an unimportant
			detail...

	A raised eyebrow from Pulaski tells Riker this is a
	dead-end.

					PULASKI
			If I didn't consider it important
			I wouldn't insist. Don't force
			me to relieve you of duty to make
			my point.

					RIKER
			You can't be --
				(beat)
			I'll work something out. But
			my schedule is tight for the next
			three or four days...

					PULASKI
				(smiles)
			So I see.

	They both glance toward the table where Rina and Geordi
	are still in conversation.

	BEYOND THE PORTS the stars streak toward us at warp
	speed.

	Rina has a clear view.

					RINA
			Beautiful, isn't it?

	GEORDI'S POV -- He "sees" the ship's navigational
	shield as a gossamer scrim of shimmering color, and
	beyond, countless waves of energy bursting from
	exploding suns.

					GEORDI
			The most beautiful thing I know.

	ON RINA as she turns to face him. She's not used to
	hearing men talk like this.

	INT. CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS

	Picard stands in the darkness, his face bathed in
	starlight. He's staring out the port at the same view
	that facinates Rina.

	A CHIME SOUNDS.

					PICARD
				(to com panel)
			Picard.

					COM PANEL VOICE (V.O.)
			Captain, this is the bridge.
			We're receiving a distress signal
			on an open sub-space frequency.

					PICARD
				(to com panel)
			Sound emergency stations, and
			respond on the same frequency.

	Picard rushes for the door.

	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The great ship sweeps past at warp speed.

	INT. BRIDGE

	ENSIGN WESLEY CRUSHER emerges from the turbolift
	adjusting his uniform and rubbing the sleep from his
	eyes.

	WE FOLLOW as he stops at the food slct, grabs a cup
	of tea, and moves to replace the n.d. crewmember at the
	CONN.

					PULASKI (O.S.)
				(from com panel)
			Sickbay on full emergency
			status, Captain.

	Picard is on his feet with Riker and COUNSELOR TROI
	next to him. COMMANDER DATA is at the OPS station and
	WORF is at TACTICAL.

					PICARD
			Stand by, Doctor. Commander
			Data. Have we locked on to the
			signal yet?

	CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Yes, sir. A voice only
			transmission from the USS
			Lantree, a Federation supply
			ship.

					PICARD
				(to viewscreen)
			Lantree, this is Jean-Luc Picard
			of the USS Enterprise. What
			is the nature of your emergency?

	A long beat of silence as they wait anxiously for a
	response.

					VOICE (V.O.)
				(from viewscreen)
			-- can't hold out any -- dying
			-- too many -- help ...
				(silence)

	Riker and Worf glance at each other.

					DATA
			Sir, we are still recieving their
			signal. There is simply no
			message.

	CLOSE ON Picard's worried expression.

					PICARD
				(to viewer)
			Lantree! Are you under attack?

										FADE OUT:

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

	EXT. ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Underway at warp speed.

	INT. BRIDGE

	Picard and the others are at their stations.

					PICARD
				(to com panel)
			USS Lantree, this is the
			Enterprise, come in, Lantree.

	Nothing.

					PICARD
			Replay that last transmission.

	The Lantree's last desperate call is replayed.

					VOICE (V. O.)
				(from viewscreen)
			-- can't hold out any -- dying
			-- too many -- help ...
				(silence)

					PICARD (CONT.)
				(to Troi)
			Counselor?

					TROI
			Great stress is all I'm able to
			sense.

					RIKER
			Have we got a fix on her?

					DATA
			Two point two milli-parsecs,
			bearing three-zero at one-four-
			five degrees.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Number One?

	CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			We better take a look.
				(to Data)
			What vessel is it?

	Data accesses the computer.

					DATA
			USS Lantree, a class R Starfleet
			supply ship assigned to Gamma
			seven seven, Captain L.I. Taleka
			commanding. Normal complement,
			twenty-six officers and crew.

					RIKER
			Armed?

					DATA
			Class three defensive only.

					RIKER
			Is she still underway?

					DATA
			Indeed. She is at maximum speed.

	Picard and Riker glance at each other.

					PICARD
			Alter course to intercept.

					WESLEY
				(enters course)
			Course to intercept.

					RIKER
			Execute.
				(to Worf)
			Let's go to Yellow Alert.

					WORF
			Yellow Alert, sir.

	The KLAXONS SOUND.

					RIKER
			Engineering?

	INT. ENGINEERING

	KLAXONS continue as the crew moves to alert stations.

	CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Engineering.

	Geordi replaces an n.d. crewmember at the command console.

					RIKER (V.O.)
				(from com panel)
			Give us maximum warp.

					GEORDI
			Maximum warp, sir.
				(to crew)
			Let's show 'em what we've got.

	The crew springs to action. Rina is electrified.

					GEORDI (CONT.)
				(to Rina)
			Go to the backpanels and give
			me a direct reading of the
			dilithium temperature spread.

	INT. ENGINE ROOM

	Rina enters...

	And up on the catwalk, one of the crewmember is distracted
	by her; he trips, and tumbles over the railing onto
	the main deck.

	The automatic ALARM SOUNDS. Rina and several others
	rush to the man's aid. His leg is broken.

	Geordi runs in.

					GEORDI
			What happened?

					CREWMEMBER
			My fault, sir. Missed the turn.

	Geordi looks up at the catwalk, then down at the
	crewmember. Then he looks at Rina.

					GEORDI
				(pained)
			Ensign... maybe you better stay
			in the control room.

	Rina recoils as if she'd been slapped. But she says
	nothing. Wounded, she gets to her feet and exits.

	EXT. ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In the distance is the USS Lantree, underway at warp
	speed. The Enterprise is closing on her slowly.

	INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	The bridge crew is at stations. On the viewscreen is
	the Lantree.

					PICARD
			Open hailing frequencies.

					WORF
			Hailing frequencies open.

					PICARD
			Lantree, this is the Enterprise.

	No response.

					PICARD (CONT.)
			Captain Telaka, this is Picard,
			USS Enterprise. Do you read me?

	Only the EMPTY WHISTLING TONE of the Lantree's carrier
	signal answers. The bridge crew is uneasy.

					DATA
			No life signs, Captain.

					PICARD
			Nothing?

					DATA
			Nothing, sir.

					WORF
			This could be an ambush.

					RIKER
			Force fields up. Arm photon
			torpedoes.

					WORF
			Force fields up.

					CREWMEMBER
			Torpedoes armed and ready.

					RIKER
			Red alert.

	The KLAXONS SOUND.

	CONTINUED:

					RIKER (cont.)
			What else have we got in the
			neighborhood?

					WESLEY
			No other vessels of any kind
			within two parsecs.

	The Lantree is now larger in the viewscreen.

					PICARD
			No battle damage.

					DATA
			All systems seem functional,
			Captain. Everything is in perfect
			order.

					PICARD
			And no life signs.

					DATA
			No life signs.

	Picard turns to Riker.

					PICARD
			We're going to have to board her,
			Will.

	EXT. SPACE

	The Enterprise and the much smaller Lantree streak
	along together at warp speed.

	INT. ENGINEERING

	Riker talks to Geordi. Rina is here as well.

					RIKER
			The only way we can wind up in
			the same starfield is if you
			bring us out of warp speed at
			precisely the same instant as
			the Lantree.

					GEORDI
			First I have to get control of
			the her engines. Very tricky.

	CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			That's why we gave you the job.
				(friendly pat)
			Let me know as soon as you're
			set.

					GEORDI
			Will I be on the away team?

					RIKER
				(aware of Rina)
			Too dangerous for a valuable man
			like you.
				(smiles)
			Fortunately, first officers are
			expendable.

	He starts out, then turns to Rina.

					RIKER (cont.)
			Just in case we don't make it
			back...
				(kisses her hand)
			It was a pleasure.

	He exits.

	Geordi turns to the crew.

					GEORDI
			I'll man the bridge station.
			Our first problem is to gain
			control of the Lantree's drives.
				(to Rina)
			Come on. You'll get a chance
			to see what the bridge is like
			on alert.

	Her eyes widen.

	INT. BRIDGE

	The first team is on the bridge as Geordi enters,
	followed by Rina.

					GEORDI
			Ready to give it a try, Captain.

	Geordi sits at the console with Rina watching over his
	shoulder.

	CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			First we have to download the
			Starfleet access codes for the
			Lantree...
				(punches buttons)

	Not even Picard is immune to Rina's beauty.

					PICARD
				(smiling)
			Ensign?

	Rina is flattered at being noticed by the captain, but
	she's still trying to keep an eye on what Geordi is
	doing.

					RINA
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Perhaps you'd like to take a look
			from down here.
				(indicates the area
				 in front of the
				 viewscreen)

	Frustrated again; but she has no choice.

					RINA
			Thank you, Captain.

	INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Worf, Riker, Data and a couple of n.d. crewmembers are
	preparing to be transported.

					RIKER
			We're going in amidships
			protected by an isolation
			forcefield. We'll take one quick
			look. Fifteen seconds. If we
			don't like what we see, we beam
			back immediately.

					GEORDI (V.O.)
				(from com panel)
			We have a lock on the Lantree,
			Commander.

					RIKER
				(to com panel)
			Okay, let's drop out of warp
			speed. And see if you can keep
			us in the same galaxy.

	EXT. SPACE

	The Enterprise and the Lantree travel side by side.

	AS THE TWO SHIPS DROP OUT OF WARP SPEED, they wind up
	separated by some distance.

	INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Riker and his team are ready.

					GEORDI (V.O.)
				(from com panel)
			Sorry about that. We got as
			close as we could.

					RIKER
			That's okay, Geordi. What's a
			light year among friends?

	Riker turns to the others.

					RIKER
			If it looks secure at first
			glance, we'll proceed to the
			bridge.
				(beat)
			If we find anyone alive, the
			medical team will beam over.

					WORF
			Set phasers for kill.

	They set phasers.

					RIKER
			Let's do it.

	The controller touches the panel and they beam away.

	INT. USS LANTREE

	The away team materializes adjacent to the central
	computer. Phasers at the ready, they find no one in
	sight.

	Data plugs a memory module into the computer, touches
	a few buttons, then takes the module with him.

					DATA
			I have the ship's logs, sir.

	Riker scans the area. He glances at Worf.

	CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Let's see if anbody's home.

	Cautiously, they open the door to the adjacent area.
	It's empty.

	INT. CORRIDOR

	Worf emerges. He checks the corridor. Still no one
	in sight. Riker, Data and the others follow him out.

	Slowly they move on. They come to the sickbay door.
	Worf opens it, glances in--and freezes.

					RIKER
			What is it?

	INT. SICKBAY

	Every bed contains a body. Worf guards the entrance
	as Data scans the bodies with a tricorder.

					RIKER
			How's the environment?

					DATA
			No abnormal viral or bacterial
			forms.

	Riker goes to the nearest bed and looks at the dead
	crewmember's face. The man is wrinkled and ancient.

					RIKER
			They were carrying passengers?

					DATA
			He is not a passenger. He is a
			crewmember.

					RIKER
			But he's nearly two hundred years
			old!

					DATA
			It would seem they all are.

	Riker looks around the room in astonishment. The other
	corpses are equally antique.

	Riker looks from one to the other in horror.

	They back away.

	INT. CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS

	The door opens and there is Worf at the ready with his
	phaser. Data and Riker enter the room.

	CAPTAIN TELAKA is sprawled across his desk, face down.
	His hand still holds a communications device. Riker
	looks down at it. The hand is thin, bony, and
	wrinkled.

					RIKER
			How old was Captain Telaka?

					DATA
			Thirty-two earth years.

	Riker reaches down and gently turns Telaka's head--knowing
	what to expect, and still shocked by what he
	sees.

	The face is withered, and the transparent skin is
	stretched over a toothless skull.

	INT. LANTREE BRIDGE

	The door opens and Riker enters, phaser at the ready.
	Worf and Data follow him in.

	At the CONN station, a crewmember is slumped over the
	console. Like the others, he is wrinkled and ancient.

	Grim, Riker moves to the console and touches a panel.

					RIKER
			Enterprise... this is the USS
			Lantree.

	Picard appears on the viewscreen.

					PICARD
				(from viewscreen)
			Enterprise here.

					RIKER
			Captain, the entire crew has been
			wiped out.

					PICARD
			What happened?

	Riker looks down at the corpse of the toothless hag
	in the first officer's chair.

	CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			It looks like they were in a
			battle with time, and lost.

										FADE OUT:

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

	EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise drifts through space alongside the
	smaller supply ship, Lantree.

					PULASKI (V.O.)
			Chief medical officer's log.
			Extensive autopsies performed
			on the crew of the Lantree reveal
			a gamut of primary organ failures
			as the direct cause of death.

	INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY

	One of the ancient looking Lantree corpses is lying
	on a platform surrounded by a forcefield. The platform
	moves slowly through a twenty-fifth century CAT scanner
	as Dr. Pulaski and her assistants study the readouts
	with growing frustration.

					PULASKI
				(to com panel)
			Transporter Room, we're finished
			here. Thanks for your help.

					TRANSPORTER COM VOICE
			You're welcome, Doctor.
			Energizing now.

	The corpse sparkles briefly then disappears. One of
	the technicians touches a control panel and the area
	inside the forcefield is flushed with an electric blue
	light. Then the protective field is dropped.

					PULASKI
				(to com panel)
			Captain. We've returned the last
			of the Lantree crew to their
			ship.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(from com panel)
			How soon will you have an autopsy
			report, Doctor?

					PULASKI
				(beat)
			From everything we can see...
			they all died of natural causes.

	INT. BRIDGE

	Picard is seated at the command station.

					PICARD
			Natural causes? What in nature
			could kill an entire crew at the
			same time?

					PULASKI'S COM VOICE
			For the record Captain, these
			people died of old age.

	Data, at the OPS station, enters a query into his
	console, and swivels to face Picard.

					DATA
			Sir, according to the Lantree
			logs the oldest crew member was
			seventy-three, and the mean age
			of the crew was thirty-two point
			six six.

	INT. CONFERENCE LOUNGE

	All of the regulars are seated around the conference
	table.

					PICARD
			Doctor?

					PULASKI
			Every member of the Lantree crew
			had a complete examination at
			the beginning of their last duty
			cycle just eight weeks ago.
				(glances at Riker)
			They were in perfect health.

					TROI
			Nothing since then? No geriatric
			symptoms reported?

					PULASKI
			A single medical entry noting
			that the first officer was
			treated for Thelusian flu five
			days ago.

					PICARD
			Thelusian flu?

	CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
				(shakes her head)
			An exotic, but harmless rhinal
			virus. And there was no evidence
			of infection in the first
			officer's autopsy.

					RIKER
			If we don't know what we're
			looking for, how can we be
			certain the Lantree is safe?

					PULASKI
			We can't. We'll have to assume
			whatever caused this is still
			aboard.

	Picard clenches his jaw.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Worf. You know what
			to do.

					WORF
				(standing)
			Sir.

	Worf exits.

					DATA
			Captain, the Lantree's last port
			of call was three days ago. The
			Darwin Genetic Research Station
			on Gagarin Four.

	Picard and Riker look at each other.

					PULASKI
			At the very least they deserve
			a warning.

					PICARD
				(frowning)
			I was thinking of a quarantine.

					PULASKI
			I'll consider that possibility.

					PICARD
			You'll con --

	CONTINUED: (2)

					PULASKI
			Captain. If Starfleet had wanted
			you to make the medical
			judgments they wouldn't have
			assigned you a medical officer.

	Picard gets to his feet, swallowing hard.

					PICARD
			Number One. Set course for
			Gagarin Four. Warp nine. We'll
			depart the moment our security
			officer returns.

	INT. LANTREE - BRIDGE

	Worf, surrounded by a protective force field, stands
	in front of the Lantree's security station.

					WORF
				(to com panel)
			Codename Firestorm. Access A-D-
			three-three-two-four-nine.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Federation security code
			recognized. Access confirmed.

	Worf takes a last look around the bridge. With great
	sadness, his eyes move from one crewmember's body to the
	next -- comrades in arms -- slain by an enemy they
	never had a chance to fight.

					WORF
			Set auto-destruct. Twenty second
			delay.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Auto-destruct active. Eighteen
			seconds... sixteen seconds...

	Worf pauses for a moment, a silent salute to the
	bravery of the Lantree crew. he touches his insignia.

					WORF
			Energize.

	He's transformed into glittering energy and vanishes.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Twelve seconds... ten seconds...

	EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	For a moment the two ships drift together as before.
	Abruptly the Enterprise warps away. In almost the same
	instant the supply ship, Lantree, is engulfed in a
	blinding flash.

	INT. ENTERPRISE - TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Worf steps off the transporter platform and heads for
	the door.

					TRANSPORTER OPERATOR
				(good naturedly)
			Cutting it a little close weren't
			y--?

	Worf turns to him, eyes burning. The operator's smile
	fades.

	INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi approaches the maintenance table where Rina is
	working on an exotic piece of equipment about the size
	of a basketball. Two enthralled ENGINEERING CREWMEMBERS
	are watching her work.

					GEORDI
			Find it?

					RINA
			All set. It was the sensor
			contact.

					GEORDI
				(overlapping)
			-- sensor contact.
				(smiling)
			Just like you said it would be.
			Let's get it back in the panel
			and do a quick line test.

					RINA
			Yes, sir!

	Rina lifts the unit off the table. The two crewmembers
	rush to help her carry it -- and the delicate device
	is knocked from Rina's hands. Geordi lunges and
	manages to catch it inches from the deck. Slowly he
	gets to his feet, trying to check his anger.

	CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(to Rina)
			Come with me.

	The embarrassed crewmembers begin packing up the test
	equipment as Rina follows Geordi into the corridor.

	INT. ENGINEERING - EQUIPMENT BAY

	Geordi and Rina are working together to re-install the
	unit.

					GEORDI
			Running the Engineering Section
			is no different than running the
			drive system. I've got to keep
			everything in balance. To get
			maximum efficiency out of --

					RINA
			Don't bother, I've heard it all
			before. It's not your problem,
			anyway. It's me.

	Geordi turns and studies her. He doesn't need to "see"
	her face to read the disappointment in her voice. It
	makes what he has to say next even harder.

					GEORDI
			That's right. You've got plenty
			of aptitude, but you're
			attitude's not makin' it.

					RINA
			What do you know about my
			attitude? How'd you like it if
			people always behaved as if
			you're some kind of freak?!

	Geordi finishes the installation. He closes the access
	panel a little harder than he needs to.

					GEORDI
				(tapping his VISOR)
			What do you think this is? My
			ticket to success?

	He starts past her, but she reaches out and grabs his
	arm.

	CONTINUED:

					RINA
			Wait.
				(withdraws her hand)
			I'm... sorry. Maybe I'm the one
			who's blind.

					GEORDI
			What you are is maybe the most
			talented engineer to come out
			of the Acadamy since... well
			since me. Doing this job's in
			your blood. Now all we've got
			to do is convince the rest of
			'em.
				(extends his hand)
			Deal?

					RINA
				(shakes his hand)
			Deal.

	EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise flashes past at maximum warp.

	INT. BRIDGE

	Picard faces the viewscreen flanked by Doctor Pulaski
	and Riker. The rest of the bridge crew are at their
	stations.

					PICARD
			Open hailing frequencies.

					WORF
			Hailing frequencies open.

					PICARD
				(to viewscreen)
			Darwin Station. This is Captain
			Jean-Luc Picard of the USS
			Enterprise, on course for Gagarin
			Four.

	After a moment DOCTOR SARA MANDEL, a woman in her
	fifties, appears on the viewscreen. She's haggard and
	exhausted.

	CONTINUED:

					MANDEL
				(from viewscreen)
			Enterprise, this is Darwin
			Station. I'm Doctor Mandel.
			We've just declared a state of
			emergency here. We need your
			help, but you must stand off.

	Picard and the others glance at each other.

					PULASKI
				(stunned)
			Doctor Mandel, what is the nature
			of your emergency?

					MANDEL
				(from viewscreen)
			To whom am I speaking, please?

					PULASKI
			I'm Doctor Pulaski, chief medical
			officer.

					MANDEL
			Katherine Pulaski? "Linear
			Models of Viral Propagation?"

					PULASKI
				(impatient)
			Yes, but that was a long time
			ago.

					MANDEL
			And still the standard.
				(a wave of relief)
			I'm sorry to meet you under these
			circumstances, but I can't
			imagine anyone I'd rather be
			dealing with.

	Picard and the others glance at each other, slightly
	amazed to realize their CMO is famous.

					PULASKI
			Bring me up to speed on your
			situation. What are the factors?

					MANDEL
			Rapid onset of geriatric
			phenomena. One hundred percent
			fatal in the advanced stages.

	CONTINUED: (2)

					PULASKI
			Presentation?

					MANDEL
			Acute arthritic inflammation.
			Pervasive and virtually
			instantaneous.

					PULASKI
			Since Darwin is doing genetic
			research...

					MANDEL
			Our research, here, is limited
			to human genetics. I assure you
			we're not dealing with some
			mutated pathogen that "got away
			from us." We believe the
			infective agent was introduced
			by a supply ship that was here
			three days ago.

					PICARD
			Doctor, we encountered The
			Lantree a few hours ago.
				(beat)
			They lost all hands.

	Mandel doesn't seem surprised by Picard's news.

					MANDEL
			That would seem to confirm our
			analysis. Were you able to
			establish a pathology?

					PULASKI
			Organ failure consistent with
			advanced geriatric --

					PICARD
			Doctor Mandel! Did you hear what
			I said? The twenty-six men and
			women aboard the Lantree are all
			dead!

					MANDEL
			I heard you Captain! And the
			prognosis is alarming. But my
			immediate concern is the
			children.

	CONTINUED: (3)

					PULASKI
				(glances at Picard)
			Children?

					MANDEL
			We have thirty-two children here.
			They've been kept in positive
			isolation since the onset, and
			so far they've shown no symptoms.
			You must evacuate them as soon
			as possible.

	Riker glances at Picard. Picard turns to the
	viewscreen.

					PICARD
				(grave)
			I'm sorry. We'll lend any
			assistance we can, but I won't
			risk the lives of --

					MANDEL
			Doctor Pulaski... you've got to
			convince him.
				(beat)
			These children are more than our
			progeny. They represent all our
			years of advanced genetic
			research. If he can't think of
			humanity, think of science!

					PICARD
			I heard you Doctor. And I
			understand completely. We'll
			reach Gagarin Four in a little
			over three hours. Until then.

	The viewscreen shows a starfield as Picard leaves the
	bridge.

	INT. CONFERENCE LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Troi, and Pulaski are assembled
	around the conference table.

					WORF
			I recommend against contact,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Number One?

	CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I agree, sir. I wish there was
			something we could do, but the
			risk is too great.

					PICARD
			Doctor?

	Pulaski is scanning notes on a PADD. She looks up as
	if she hasn't heard any of this.

					PULASKI
			As a first step I'd like to bring
			a couple of the children aboard
			and examine them.

					WORF
			If they're infected... ?!

					PULASKI
			Doctor Mandel has assured us they
			are not.

	Picard turns to Troi.

					PICARD
			Counselor?

					TROI
			Doctor Mandel clearly believes
			the children are safe, but she
			isn't telling us the whole truth.
			I recommend caution.

					PULASKI
			The two children could be encased
			in styrolite. They'll be in
			suspended animation. We can scan
			them for possible infection
			without any danger to
			ourselves...
				(pointedly)
			or to them.

					RIKER
			Until we know what we're facing --

					PULASKI
			Exactly. And we won't know until
			we begin gathering data.

	Pulaski leans across the table to Picard.

	CONTINUED: (2)

					PULASKI (cont.)
			Captain, we're talking about
			saving children's lives. Isn't
			that worth some risk?

					PICARD
			We're always at risk, Doctor.
			You may proceed with your
			examination, but I shall demand
			positive proof that these
			children are harmless before
			placing the lives of my crew in
			jeopardy.

	EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise drops out of warp speed in the Gagarin
	system.

	INT. SICKBAY SCIENCE LAB

	Geordi is supervising a flurry of activity as Picard
	and the others look on.

					WESLEY (V.O.)
			Approaching Gagarin Four on
			impulse power, Captain.

					PICARD
				(to com panel)
			Thank you, Mister Crusher.
			Standard orbit.

					WESLEY (V.O.)
			Aye, sir.

	A forcefield containment has been established in the
	center of the room. Geordi turns to Picard.

					GEORDI
			Containment forcefield ready,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Activate.

	The forcefield engages. Picard nods to Pulaski.

	CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
				(to com panel)
			Doctor Mandel, are you ready to
			transport?

					MANDEL (O.S.)
				(from com panel)
			You have the coordinates. We
			have one male and one female,
			standing by.

	Riker nods to Geordi.

					GEORDI
				(to com panel)
			Transporter, energize.

	Two blocks of transparent plastic begin to materialize
	inside the forcefield.

	Encased within are two unclothed humans... but they
	are not "children" in the usual sense of the word.
	They are physical super-specimens. And they appear
	to be in their early twenties. Worf is the first to
	react.

					WORF
			A trick!

					RIKER
				(to com panel)
			Transporter room. Reverse the
			trans --

					PICARD
			Hold on that, Number One.
			Whoever they are, they're in
			stasis. Lieutenant Worf?

	Worf cautiously scans them with his tricorder.

					WORF
			The styrolite's intact, Captain.

					TROI
			Captain, I...
				(beat)
			There's a definite presence --
			two distinct personalities. Even
			in stasis... It's quite strong.
				(beat)
			They are unquestionably
			telepathic.

	CONTINUED: (2)

	Everyone strains for a closer look.

					DATA
			Earth humans. Somewhat larger
			than normal. Approximately
			twenty years old --

	Doctor Pulaski is transfixed by the Darwinian children.

					PULASKI
			Extraordinary.
				(awe-struck)
			We could be looking at the future
			of humanity.

					PICARD
				(controlled)
			Or at least Doctor Mandel's
			vision of it.

										FADE OUT:

                           ACT THREE                            

	EXT. ENTERPRISE

	In orbit around Gagarin IV.

	INT. SICKBAY SCIENCE LAB

	The two Darwinian children stand frozen in their blocks
	of styrolite. They are being scanned by an array of
	devices as medical technicians study the readouts.

	From across the room, Doctor Pulaski watches, chin in
	hand, thinking.

	Picard enters. She looks up.

					PULASKI
			I want to free them from the
			styrolite.

	Picard crosses to the children and looks them over.
	He turns to Pulaski.

					PICARD
			Are you absolutely certain
			they're safe?

					PULASKI
			These children are in better
			health than we are. Their immune
			system is so advanced, it may
			not even be possible for them
			to contract disease.

					PICARD
			But how can we be --

					PULASKI
			There's no way we can be
			absolutely certain until we know
			what's causing the disease.

					PICARD
			Then until we can answer that
			question, we can't --

	CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			We don't have that kind of time.
				(beat)
			Captain, look at these children.
			Set aside the fact that they are
			human beings and we are their
			only hope.
				(beat)
			We're talking about a new chapter
			in genetic science.

					PICARD
			But the risk. The risk is --

					PULASKI
			Minimal. They'll continue to
			be isolated inside a forcefield.

	Picard studies her. Finally he turns to the com panel.

					PICARD
				(to com panel)
			Commander Riker, assemble the
			bridge crew in the observation
			lounge in fifteen minutes.
			Doctor Pulaski has a proposal
			she'd like us to consider.

					RIKER (V.O.)
				(com panel)
			Yes, sir.

	He starts out, then turns at the door.

					PICARD
			And Doctor... I'm not one to
			discourage input, but I'd
			appreciate it if you'd at least
			let me finish my sentences once
			in a while.

	He exits.

	She puts a hand to her eyes.

	INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	Troi is working at her desk. She looks up as Doctor
	Pulaski enters.

					PULASKI
			You have a minute?

	CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Of course.

	Pulaski takes a seat, unsure how to begin.

					PULASKI
				(beat)
			Deanna... You've known the
			captain for some time...
				(beat)
			I guess I could use some advice.
			I don't think I'm dealing with
			him very well.

					TROI
			Why do you say that?

					PULASKI
				(shrugs)
			My arguments seem to go right
			past him. We wind up shouting
			regulations at each other.

					TROI
			It takes time to get to know him.
			But he's very fair, and he has
			excellent judgment.

					PULASKI
			I know he's a talented commanding
			officer.
				(beat)
			But he's so caught up in... his
			ship, his responsibility... He
			doesn't seem able to step back...
			to see the whole canvas.

					TROI
				(puzzled)
			Kate, I don't think he would be
			where he is if he couldn't see
			the "whole canvas."

	They are interrupted by the com panel.

					COM PANEL (V.O.)
			Staff officers report to the
			Observation Lounge.

	They stand and head for the door.

	CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Maybe your problem is that the
			two of you aren't all that
			different.

					PULASKI
			What do you mean?

					TROI
			Let's just say you're both well
			established personalities.

	INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	The A-team is assembled. Picard has the floor.

					PICARD
			Doctor Pulaski's studies indicate
			the children are harmless. She
			believes the rest of the colony's
			children should be beamed aboard
			and transported to a new
			environment while there's still
			time to save them.

					RIKER
			Are you sure they're safe?

					PULASKI
			No.

	A murmer of alarm.

					PULASKI (CONT.)
			In the time we have available,
			the only true test is to expose
			the children to another human
			being.

	An audible silence. Everyone is looking at her.

					PULASKI (CONT.)
			I plan to free them from the
			styrolite--inside a forcefield
			containment.
				(beat)
			I'll be inside the containment
			area myself.

	Another murmer of concern.

	CONTINUED:

					WORF
			You would risk yourself?

					PULASKI
			They're living beings and they
			need our help.

					GEORDI
				(shakes his head)
			I don't like it. If we lost the
			force field for some reason...
			we could lose the ship.

					PULASKI
			But the children are in perfect
			health. And we can use double
			redundant forcefields.

					PICARD
			As Geordi says, forcefields can
			fail. And until --

					PULASKI
			Captain, I can understand your
			concern, but --

	She's cut him off again. She glances at him. Picard
	eyes her coolly.

					PICARD
			You say you understand, Doctor,
			but I wonder if you do.

	Pulaski is up against a wall. She stares at the table
	with a hand to her forehead. Picard studies her. He
	softens.

					PICARD (CONT.)
			If you can find a way to prove
			the children are biologically
			harmless without risking the
			crew, I'll do everything in my
			power to assist.

	She nods. She gets up and heads for the exit. Picard
	motions to Troi. The two of them hold back until the
	others are gone.

					TROI
			Captain?

	CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I'm concerned about our CMO.
				(off Troi's look)
			She's absolutley obsessed with
			the medical viewpoint. She
			doesn't seem able to step back
			and see the overall picture.

	Troi has trouble suppressing a smile.

					PULASKI
			What's the matter?

					TROI
			Nothing, Captain. Perhaps you
			and the CMO just need to give
			each other a little more time.

	INT. BRIDGE

	Pulaski strides onto the bridge and addresses the
	viewscreen.

					PULASKI
			Doctor Mandel, this is Kate
			Pulaski.

	Mandel appears on the viewscreen and Pulaski winces.
	Mandel is visibly older.

					MANDEL
				(from viewscreen)
			Doctor? Do you have a decision?

					PULASKI
				(beat)
			Yes. I'm afraid it's bad news.

					MANDEL
			How can that be?!

	Pulaski stiffens her spine to carry the weight.

					PULASKI
			The risk to our ship and crew
			is too great. Until we're
			absolutely certain of the cause
			of the disease, the children --

	CONTINUED:

					MANDEL
			But the children were never on
			the Lantree!
				(beat)
			You can't do this! For God's
			sake! I demand that you do
			something to save our children.

	Pulaski is under tremendous strain.

					MANDEL (CONT.)
				(spreads her withered
				 hands.)
			We haven't much time.

					PULASKI
				(sets her jaw)
			Stand by. I'll get back to you.

	INT. ENGINEERING CONTROL ROOM

	Geordi is studying a PADD. He's troubled. Rina senses
	something is wrong.

					RINA
			What's the it?

					GEORDI
				(glances up)
			Our error rate is up nearly forty
			percent.

	She looks at him squarely.

					RINA
			You mean: since I came aboard.

	She's angry. She's about to reply, but she's
	interrupted by Pulaski, who comes storming into the
	control room.

					PULASKI
			I need your help. I've got very
			little time. I've got to find
			a way to test the children, to
			make sure they're harmless. And
			I need a fail-safe environment.

					GEORDI
			The problem is, there's no area
			on the ship that can be sealed
			off with absolute certainty.

	CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			What about the Sickbay?
				(glances at Rina)
			Doesn't the Sickbay have
			isolated systems?

					RINA
			The Sickbay has independant
			systems, but it's not possible
			to totally cut it off from the
			rest of the ship. The only
			truely independent environment
			would be the shuttlecraft, or
			something like --

					PULASKI
			The shuttlecraft?
				(to Geordi)
			Why didn't you say so?

	INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard is looking in his microscope when the door chime
	sounds.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Pulaski enters.

					PULASKI
			Captain, I'd like permission to
			take the children aboard the
			shuttlecraft

	Picard reacts.

					PULASKI (CONT.)
			If the experiment is...
			unsucessful, the shuttlecraft
			can simply be abandoned here at
			Darwin.

					PICARD
				(studies her)
			And you along with it.

	She shrugs.

	CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Doctor, you are the chief medical
			officer of the Starship
			Enterprise. You have a
			responsibility to this ship --

					PULASKI
			And to humanity.

					PICARD
			The Starfleet guidelines about
			contact with quarantined --

					PULASKI
			Listen, you don't need to quote
			the rule book --
				(a hand to her mouth)

	She's done it again.

					PULASKI (CONT.)
			You were saying?

	Picard studies her. Finally he gets to his feet.

					PICARD
			Request approved.

					PULASKI
			Captain, you said if I...
				(beat)
			Approved?

					PICARD
			Doctor, I can't condone the
			jeopardy you're assumming, but
			I recognize that you have
			satisfied my conditions.

					PULASKI
				(long beat)
			Thank you.

	INT. SHUTTLE BAY

	The children, still in styrolite, are being loaded
	aboard the shuttlecraft. Pulaski is supervising as
	Data enters.

					DATA
			Doctor? You sent for me?

	CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			I did, Commander. I assume
			you're qualified to pilot this
			shuttlecraft.

					DATA
			Certainly. I was trained at --

					PULASKI
			I'm sure you were. Please get
			aboard, we don't have much time.

	Data looks at her quizzically. He starts to board as
	Riker rushes into the shuttle bay.

					RIKER
			Doctor, what's going on?

					PULASKI
			We're performing the experiment
			aboard the shuttlecraft.

					RIKER
			The captain approved this?

					PULASKI
			Yes. Now if you'll clear the
			area, please; we haven't much
			time.

					RIKER
			Doctor, I can't allow you to risk
			yourself like this.
				(to com panel)
			Captain, this is Riker --

					PULASKI
			Commander Riker... that item in
			your medical record is still
			unresolved, if I'm not mistaken?

					RIKER
			What does that...
				(dawning realization)
			You can't be serious.

					PULASKI
				(to com panel)
			Computer, this is Chief Medical
			Officer Pulaski.
					(more)

	CONTINUED: (2)

					PULASKI (Cont'd)
			I'm relieving Commander William
			Riker from active duty for
			medical reasons effective
			immediately.
				(to Data)
			Let's go.

	Riker is stunned. Doctor Pulaski enters the
	shuttlecraft. Data looks at Riker with a shrug. He
	follows Pulaski in and the hatch closes behind them.

					COMPUTER VOICE (V.O.)
				(from com panel)
			All personnel, clear the shuttle
			bay.

	Riker jumps to the com panel.

					RIKER
				(to com panel)
			Computer -- override shuttle
			operations! Halt departure!
			Secure the shuttle!

					COMPUTER VOICE (V.O.)
			Riker, William T. Presently on
			inactive duty status. No command
			authorization.
				(beat)
			All personnel, clear the shuttle
			bay.

	Dismayed, Riker joins the other crewmembers moving quickly
	to the air lock.

	INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Data, at the console, clearly has misgivings about
	what's happening.

					PULASKI
			You'll take us a few hundred
			meters away from the Enterprise,
			and hold position.

	With a raise of an eyebrow, Data turns to the panel.

					DATA
			Begin shuttlecraft launch
			sequence.

	INT. SHUTTLE BAY CONTROL ROOM (BLUE SCREEN)

	Through the airlock viewing port, Riker watches,
	powerless and apprehensive.

					COMPUTER VOICE (V.O.)
				(from com panel)
			Shuttle Bay One is clear. Access
			hatch sealed. Initiating
			decompression.

					DATA (V.O.)
			Stand by to open shuttle bay
			doors.

					COMPUTER VOICE (V.O.)
			Decompression complete. Opening
			main shuttle bay doors.

	Beyond the shuttlecraft, the hangar bay doors begin
	to part, revealing the starry night.

					RIKER
				(resigned)
			Good luck, Doctor.

	EXT. SPACE - ENTERPISE (OPTICAL)

	The shuttlecraft emerges, drifting slowly away from
	the Enterprise.

	INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Pulaski has turned her attention to the two children,
	now lying horizontal, still encased in styrolite.

					DATA
			We are in position, Doctor.

					PULASKI
				(more to herself)
			This is the only way to prove
			they're harmless.

					DATA
			And if they are not?

					PULASKI
				(looks at him)
			I hate to keep reminding you,
			but you are a machine. You'll
			be perfectly safe.

	CONTINUED:

					DATA
			That is by no means certain,
			Doctor, but I was referring to
			you.

					PULASKI
				(softens)
			Medical research is sometimes
			a risky business, Commander.
			It's all part of being human.

	Pulaski adjusts a dispersion device over the horizontal
	forms of the two children. She activates it and the
	styrolite begins to dissolve.

	In seconds it melts away and the children scramble to
	their feet -- curious, friendly, and mute.

	The female, ASTARTE, touches Pulaski and looks her in
	the eye.

					PULASKI
				(wide eyed)
			... Your name is Astarte... this
			is your brother, David...

	EXT. ENTERPRISE - (OPTICAL)

	The shuttlecraft and the Enterprise orbit together
	above the planet Gagarin IV.

	INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Using a tricorder and other diagnostic instruments Data
	assists Doctor Pulaski with her self-examination.

					DATA
			All within tolerance, Doctor.

					PULASKI
				(a slight smile)
			The manufacturer will be pleased
			to hear it.
				(off his look)
			I appreciate your help, but your
			bedside manner needs work.

	The children are silently studying their surroundings.
	She moves toward them -- and FREEZES.

	CONTINUED:

	Wide eyed, suddenly gripped with fear, she slowly moves
	her arm -- and GROANS in pain.

	Data looks at her in alarm.

										FADE OUT

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

	EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	With the shuttlecraft alongside, the Enterprise is in
	orbit around Gagarin IV.

	INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Moving with difficulty, Doctor Pulaski makes her way to
	the shuttle's command chair. Data rushes to assist.

					PULASKI
			There was no warning.

					PICARD
				(from viewscreen)
			Doctor!

	With Data's help, Pulaski lowers herself into the
	chair.

					PULASKI
				(wincing)
			Acute arthritic inflammation of
			all joints. It's the initial
			symptom of the disease.

					PICARD
				(from viewscreen)
			Good lord!

					PULASKI
			The children must be returned
			to their isolation environment.

	INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Riker steps out of the turbolift onto the bridge.

					WORF
			Transporter set to original
			coordinates, Captain.

					PICARD
			Energize.
				(noticing Riker)
			Glad you're here, Number One.

	INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Pulaski and Data watch as the Darwinian children vanish
	in a sparkle of energy.

					PULASKI
			Thank you, Captain.

	Doctor Pulaski self-administers a hyposray painkiller.
	Immediately she begins to relax.

					PICARD
				(on viewscreen)
			We'll have a medical team waiting
			for you in the shuttle bay,
			Doctor.

					PULASKI
			I'm afraid that's out of the
			question. We still don't
			understand what we're dealing
			with. That means I'm subject
			to the same quarantine as the
			Darwin Station.
				(beat)
			I recommend a delta-level
			decontamination of the Sickbay
			and the shuttle bay. Shuttle
			One out.

	INT. ENTERPRISE

	Picard is on his feet, addressing a viewscreen
	starfield.

					PICARD
			Doctor!

					WORF
			Captain, I'll see to the
			decontamination myself.

	Picard nods, barely able to contain his frustration.
	Worf heads for the turbolift. Riker approaches Picard.

	INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Data watches nervously as Doctor Pulaski attempts to
	stand. She appears to be stiff, but not crippled by
	pain.

					DATA
			How do you feel?

	CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
				(slowly flexing her
				 fingers)
			Not exactly up to factory specs.
				(off his look)
			The pain is tolerable, thank you.

					DATA
			Set course for Darwin Station?

	The doctor sinks wearily back into the command chair.
	She has already begun to show signs of aging.

					PULASKI
			We're already quarantined. What
			do we have to lose?

	Data starts to give her a literal response, then thinks
	better of it. He punches in the course.

	INT. SICKBAY SCIENCE LAB (OPTICAL)

	The bio-decontamination team, in protective suits, are
	"hosing down" the area using back-pack plasma
	generators.

	A stream of translucent blue light flows from the
	nozzles, filling the air and clinging to the exposed
	surfaces for a moment before evaporating. Worf's bulk
	is undisguised by the suit.

	As they move on a second crew, also in full protective
	suits, enters the room carrying scanners and checking
	for any residual contamination.

	INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard and Riker are alone in the room, facing each
	other across the table.

					PICARD
			I wish it were that simple, Will.

					RIKER
			A meaningless detail on a medical
			form...

					PICARD
			I agree it seems insignificant,

	CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			You have the authority to
			countermand it.

					PICARD
			My authority flows from the chain
			of command. If you, or any other
			officer, have anything less than
			full confidence that your orders
			will be carried out, then my rank
			of Captain is meaningless.c

	Riker understands the truth of this.

					RIKER
				(beat)
			Sir, if there's any way I can
			help get them back...

					PICARD
			Of course.

	The door opens and Troi enters, followed by Geordi and
	Rina. They take their seats. Niether Picard nor Riker
	comment on Rina's presence.

					WESLEY (V.O.)
				(from com panel)
			Captain, Shuttle One is decending
			to Gagarin Four.

					PICARD
				(to com panel)
			Thank you, Mister Crusher.
				(to the group)
			The medical emergency at Darwin
			Station is ongoing. We'll
			continue to assist, but our
			immediate concern is the
			evacuation of our two officers.
			Anyone?

					TROI
			Shouldn't Kate be involved in
			this?

					PICARD
			Judging from what we saw on the
			Lantree, Doctor Pulaski may not
			be able to help herself.

	CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
				(beat)
			I suggest transporting them both
			back to the ship. We should use
			whatever time we have to seek
			the best medical resources
			available.

					RIKER
			The transporter won't protect
			us. The children went through
			the transporter and still
			infected Doctor Pulaski.

	Geordi raps the table.

					GEORDI
			The bio-filter can be adjusted.
			We could alter the filter to
			screen out whatever it is that's
			causing...

					PICARD
			Precisely. We can't protect
			ourselves against the unknown.
			What we need is a filter that
			isn't bio-dependent.

	They ponder. Finally,

					RINA
			What about the "trace?"

	Everyone turns to Rina, their faces reflecting degrees
	of skepticism.

					RIKER
			The transporter trace?

					RINA
			The transporter keeps a computer
			record of every transmission,
			a footprint if you will. Usually
			it's only stored for security
			purposes, but if we used the
			trace data to control the
			reconstitution process...

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			Is that possible?

	CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			I hate to admit it, but it never
			occured to me. All I can tell
			you is she hasn't been wrong yet.

					PICARD
			Very well. Thank you Ensign... ?

					TROI
			Excuse me, Captain. But where
			will we get the trace data? As
			far as I know Kate's never used
			the transporter.

					PICARD
			Never?

					RIKER
			She's... a woman of strongly held
			opinions, sir.
				(beat)
			What about a previous assignment?

					TROI
			Her last ship was the Repulse.

					PICARD
				(to com panel)
			Bridge. Signal the USS Repulse
			on the sub-space captain's
			priority channel.

	EXT. DARWIN RESEARCH STATION - DAY (OPTICAL)

	The shuttlecraft settles on a landing pad near the Main
	Laboratory Building at Darwin Station.

	INT. DARWIN STATION LAB BUILDING

	Doctor Mandel several OTHER SCIENTISTS are waiting as
	Doctor Pulaski steps out of the lift with Data's help.
	During the short journey to the planet's surface she
	appears to have aged thirty years.

	CONTINUED:

					MANDEL
				(extends her hand)
			Doctor Pulaski...
				(beat)
			I can only tell you how much I
			regret the burden we have imposed
			on you.
				(a glance at Data)
			On both of you.

					PULASKI
			Commander Data is an android,
			Doctor. He is unaffected. As
			for me, this was my choice, not
			yours.

					MANDEL
			I still can't believe the
			children had anything to do with
			this.

					DATA
				(gestures toward
				 Pulaski)
			The evidence is fairly
			conclusive.

					MANDEL
			But the children were designed
			to ward off any disease agents.

					PULASKI
				(pointedly)
			I think it's time we talked about
			that.

	INT. ISOLATION LABORATORY - OBSERVATION AREA

	Doctors Pulaski and Mandel step into an observation
	booth overlooking the isolation lab. From here they
	can see the children. They are all physically
	exceptional.

					MANDEL
				(looks down)
			Our ultimate achievement.

					PULASKI
			Genetically... engineered...

	CONTINUED:

					MANDEL
			Created!
				(beat)
			Perfect in every way. Better
			than perfect. Their bone
			structure, their musculature...
				(gestures)
			their brains!

	Mandel RAPS on the glass.

	INT. ISOLATION LABORATORY

	Two children playing chess glance up -- and all the
	chess pieces disappear.

	They wave, and turn back to the game. An instant of
	concentration -- and the chess pieces reappear.

					PULASKI (V. O.)
				(shaken)
			What about their immune system?

					MANDEL (V.O.)
			That was our masterpiece. An
			aggressive immunity that attacks
			any invader and destroys it
			genetically.

					PULASKI (V.O.)
			That's it.

	INT. ISOLATION CHAMBER - OBSERVATION AREA

	Mandel faces Pulaski.

					PULASKI
			Thelusian flu!

					MANDEL
			Thelusian flu?

					PULASKI
			The first officer of the Lantree
			had Thelusian flu -- an airborne
			virus.
				(nods toward
				 children)
			How would their immune system
			react to it?

	CONTINUED:

					MANDEL
			By altering the genetic pattern.
			Forcing the virus into
			extinction.

					PULASKI
				(beat)
			I'm afraid that's what's
			happening to us.

	Doctor Mandel is stunned. She stares down at the two
	chess players.

					MANDEL
			We were so concerned about
			protecting them -- we overlooked
			the obvious!
				(beat)
			The one decision we made with
			our hearts... turns out to be
			a mistake.

	Pulaski puts a withered hand on Mandel's shoulder.

	INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	CAPTAIN TAGGERT, of the Starship Repulse, has a full
	bushy mustache. He's somewhat younger than Picard,
	and his face fills the viewscreen in the Ready Room.

					TAGGERT
				(from viewscreen)
			Sorry, Picard. We purged the
			Doctor Pulaski's trace right
			after her transfer. Not that
			she used the transporter much,
			she preferred using the
			shuttlecraft.
				(shrugs)
			I'd have given her a shuttle if
			it would have kept her here.
			Best CMO I ever served with.

					PICARD
			Tell me, Taggart. If she served
			you as well as you say, why did
			you let her go?

	CONTINUED:

					TAGGERT
				(laughs)
			I guess you haven't run into her
			stubborn streak.
				(beat)
			The moment she heard of the
			opening on the Enterprise, she
			put in a request for transfer.
			Knew your service record backward
			and forward. Apparently she's
			been an admirer of yours for some
			time.

					PICARD
				(shocked)
			Extraordinary.

	EXT. DARWIN STATION - DAY

	The shuttlecraft is still on the landing pad outside
	the laboratory complex.

	INT. DARWIN LABORATORY

	Data is at a computer console. Pulaski and Mandel
	approach.

					PULASKI
			He's is trying to isolate the
			altered genetic pattern.

					MANDEL
			But the computer run could take
			months.

					PULASKI
				(smiles)
			Not necessarily. Commander
			Data... has a way with computers.

	The displays in front of Data are scrolling like
	lightning.

	He looks up.

					DATA
				(points to display)
			Comparing genetic samples
			indicates a transposition of
			these two proteins.

	CONTINUED:

					MANDEL
			It appears that the antibodies
			have been too effective.

					PULASKI
			What do you mean?

					DATA
			I believe she is referring to the
			fact that the human genome is
			self replicating.

	Mandel stares at the readout in horror.

					MANDEL
			He's quite right. Every cell
			in our bodies is now programmed
			for extinction.

	EXT. ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around Gagarin IV.

	INT. BRIDGE

	Captain Picard struggles to maintain his composure as
	he faces the viewscreen.

					PICARD
			Have you made any progress,
			Doctor Pulaski?

					PULASKI
				(from viewscreen)
			The Darwin staff has amassed some
			amazing new data on the
			physiology of aging --

					PICARD
				(incredulous)
			I'm sure, but right now I'm
			concerned about you.

	INT. DARWIN LABORATORY

	Doctor Pulaski is working at a lab station. Her face
	is wrinkled, and her hair is snow white.

	CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
				(shakes her head)
			We've isolated the altered DNA,
			but the process may not be
			reversible. The others are
			already at work in the primary
			lab -- where I should be.

					PICARD
				(from viewscreen)
			No, Doctor. You and Commander
			Data belong here.

					PULASKI
				(long beat)
			Commander Data is preparing to
			leave now.

					PICARD
				(from viewscreen)
			Doctor...

					PULASKI
			Jean-Luc... I appreciate what
			you're trying to do.
				(beat)
			But I got into this by leaping
			before I looked, and I won't
			allow you to make the same
			mistake.

	INT. BRIDGE

	Picard looks at Riker in dismay.

					PULASKI (cont.)
				(from viewscreen)
			It's still my responsibility,
			and the quarantine is still
			valid.
				(smiles)
			I'm afraid this is the moment
			of truth.

	Grim, jaw locked, Picard sags into his chair in defeat.

	On the viewscreen, Pulaski straightens her shoulders
	and stands as erect as she can.

	CONTINUED:

					PULASKI (cont.)
			Chief Medical Officer Pulaski's
			final report to the Enterprise...
				(beat)
			Just as changes in evolution are
			known to be caused by changes
			in the environment, we now have
			evidence that the process also
			works in reverse.
				(beat)
			The quarantine of the Darwin
			Station must be maintained until
			the end.
				(beat)
			Pulaski out.

										FADE OUT:

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

	EXT. DARWIN RESEARCH STATION - DAY

	The Enterprise shuttlecraft sits alongside the
	building.

	INT. DARWIN ISOLATION LAB

	Pulaski and Mandel say goodbye to Data. He turns to
	Pulaski.

					DATA
			I am sorry I could not be more
			helpful, Doctor Pulaski.

					PULASKI
				(a glimmer of
				 admiration)
			You did everything you could,
			Commander.
				(extends her hand
				 with a smile)
			As androids go, you're in a class
			by yourself.

	Solemnly they shake hands. There's an awkward silence.

					DATA
			Doctor --

					PULASKI
			Please give my best to the
			captain.

	Finally, Data turns and exits.

	EXT. DARWIN (OPTICAL)

	The shuttlecraft rises from the pad next to the
	laboratory, then streaks into space.

	EXT. ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The shuttlecraft approaches the Enterprise, but stands
	off some distance.

	INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Data enters a string of commands into the control
	console, then gets to his feet. He turns to the
	com panel.

					DATA
			Enterprise. Commander Data ready
			to beam aboard.

	A shimmer of light and he's gone.

	EXT. ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The shuttlecraft EXPLODES.

	INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Picard is grim. This defeat has taken its toll. Troi
	is concerned.

					WESLEY
			Sir. Commander Data is back
			aboard.

					TROI
			Jean-Luc, don't try to carry all
			the weight for this tragedy.
			Kate knew what she was doing.

					PICARD
				(angry)
			If I was certain we had tried
			absolutely every --
				(he's thinking)
			Stand by.

	He gets up abruptly and strides to the turbolift. Troi
	glances at Riker.

	INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Data, inside an isolation forcefield, is being scanned
	by medical monitors.

					MEDIC
			No life forms present.

	Data glances up resentfully. He's about to say
	something when Picard enters. He strides forward and
	shakes Data's hand.

	CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Good to see you, Data.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Tell me quickly -- you were
			unaffected because you have no
			genetic material?

					DATA
			Correct, sir.

					PICARD
			And Doctor Pulaski's DNA is
			altered -- and that's what brings
			on the aging?

					DATA
			Precisely. An almost
			undetectable transposition in
			the human genome. It takes a
			number of interactions of the --

	Picard grabs Data by the arm and heads for the door.

					PICARD
			Come on. We've got one more card
			to play.

	INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi, Rina and the crew are making preparations to
	get underway.

	Picard charges in with Data following.

					GEORDI
			Sir?

	Picard moves past Geordi to Rina.

					PICARD
			Ensign, I need your opinion.

					RINA
				(taken aback)
			Sir?


	CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You said the transporter could
			be altered to filter out changes
			in Doctor Pulaski.

					RINA
			If we'd had the trace...

					PICARD
			Well it turns out the changes
			are in her DNA. If we used a
			sample of the doctor's DNA --
			say from a blood test -- that
			was taken before --

					RINA
			Could we filter out her genetic
			alterations? Absolutely!

					PICARD
			You're picking up some bad
			habits, Ensign, but yes, you took
			the words right out of my mouth.
				(beat)
			Can you make the modifications?

					RINA
			Of course!

					PICARD
			Make it so.

	He exits with Data.

	Rina is dumbstruck. She looks at Geordi.

					GEORDI
				(smiles)
			Hop to it Ensign. You've got
			work to do.

	INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Picard enters and addresses the viewscreen.

					PICARD
			Darwin Station, this is the
			Enterprise.

	On the viewscreen, Pulaski appears -- now well over
	100 years old. Picard tries to keep his emotions under
	control.

	CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to viewscreen)
			We may have come up with an
			answer, Doctor. We're looking
			for a sample of your normal DNA
			to use as a filter. We think
			we'll be able to transport you
			while cancelling out any changes
			that have taken place.

	INT. DARWIN ISOLATION LAB

	Pulaski and Mandel stand before the viewscreen.

					PULASKI
				(to viewscreen)
			An interesting idea, Captain.
				(beat)
			But what about Doctor Mandel and
			her colleagues?

					MANDEL
			Kate.
				(beat)
			If this works -- we may be able
			to use the same technique to save
			ourselves. We have DNA samples.

	INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY

	Riker and Data frantically search the medical records.

					RIKER
			A blood test or tissue specimen
			-- anything that would provide
			a sample of Pulaski's original
			DNA.

	They've been through everything.

					DATA
			Afraid not, sir. Her records
			were shipped by way of Starfleet
			headquarters. They haven't
			caught up with us yet.

	Riker is stupefied.

	CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			This is ridiculous.
				(slams his fist)
			A single cell! A single --

	They look at each other for a beat -- then dash for
	the exit.

	INT. ENTERPRISE - CORRIDOR

	Riker and Data race for Pulaski's quarters. The door
	is locked. Riker speaks to the com panel.

					RIKER
				(to com panel)
			This is an emergency! Unlock
			Medical Officer Pulaski's
			quarters!

					COM PANEL (V.O.)
			Riker, William T., relieved of
			active duty on
			two-three-four-six-nine-point-seven...

					DATA
				(embarrassed)
			Allow me, sir.

	INT. PULASKI'S QUARTERS

	Riker and Data rip the place apart.

					RIKER
			Anything! Even a fingernail
			clipping!
				(looks at Data)
			Or a hair!

	He lunges for the dressing table. There, on her
	hairbrush, is a single blonde strand.

	They dash for the exit.

	INT. BRIDGE

	Picard addresses Pulaski on the viewscreen.

					PICARD
			Doctor... you should know. This
			has never been done before. Are
			you willing to chance it?

	INT. DARWIN LABORATORY.

	Every movement is now painful for Pulaski.

					PULASKI
				(to viewscreen)
			I'll tell you one thing. If I
			live through this...
				(bends elbow and
				 flinches in pain)
			I'll have a much better
			understanding of geriatrics.
				(weak smile)
			Standing by, Captain.

	INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Several of the panels are off, technicians are all over
	the place, and Rina is supervising the modification
	of the circuitry. Geordi, Riker and Data are making
	last minute adjustments to the control console.

	Picard enters, followed by Worf.

					RINA
			Ready, Captain.

					WORF
			The isolation forcefield is in
			place.

	Picard surveys the scene.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			I'll operate the transporter
			myself.

					WORF
			That's not necessary, sir.

					PICARD
			I'm afraid it is. If something
			should go wrong. If Doctor
			Pulaski is not fully... restored.

					RIKER
				(understanding)
			Then she's still capable of
			contaminating the ship.

	CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(nods)
			In that event there should be
			time to redirect the transporter
			and... disperse her. It's not
			a responsibility I can delegate.

	Picard steps to the control panel.

					GEORDI
			Don't worry, Captain. It's not
			going to come to that.

					PICARD
			You seem to have absolute faith
			in the ensign's work.

					GEORDI
				(glances at Rina)
			Like I said, she's never wrong.

					PICARD
			Very well, then.
				(to com panel)
			Engage forcefield.

	The isolation forcefield rises around the transporter
	platform.

					PICARD (Cont.)
				(to com panel)
			Doctor Pulaski, are you ready?

					PULASKI
				(from com panel)
			I suppose I --

	Picard touches the panel. His eyes narrow as he
	focuses on the empty transporter platform. Everyone
	is holding their breath.

	Rina looks at Geordi anxiously.

	In the transporter bay, Pulaski's form appears... STILL
	AGED! Then it fades... then re-materializes.

	Riker and Worf glance at each other.

					RIKER
			Captain...

	Picard reaches out, his hand poised above the controls.

	CONTINUED: (2)

	On the transporter platform Pulaski's energy field
	sparkles one last time -- she begins to coalesce --
	and all signs of aging have disappeared.

	Pulaski, seeing Picard, can't suppress a flicker of
	admiration.

	Picard, too, has trouble concealing his admiration.

	The forcefield is dropped. Picard steps forward and
	extends his hand.

					PICARD
			Welcome aboard, Doctor.

	Everyone rushes to welcome the CMO back.

	And Riker is ready -- anxious -- to bite the bullet.

					RIKER
			Doctor... I'm ready to take the
			Rheinman test.

	Pulaski looks at him quizzically. Has she forgotten?

					PULASKI
			Glad you reconsidered, Commander.
				(to com panel)
			This is Chief Medical Officer
			Pulaski. Commander Riker is
			restored to active duty effective
			immediately.
				(to Riker)
			My schedule's a little tight.
				(smiling)
			What do you say we put it off
			for a day or so?

	Picard is at the doorway. Pulaski catches up with him,
	and they exit together.

	INT. TURBOLIFT

	Pulaski and Picard step into the lift.

					PULASKI
			Captain... If this hadn't
			worked? If...

	CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(clears his throat)
			It would have been necessary to
			beam your energy into empty
			space.
				(beat)
			Happily, there's no reason to
			concern yourself with --

					PULASKI
			Why should I be concerned about
			having my atoms spread across
			the galaxy? I imagine that's
			what's going to happen every time
			I use the damn thing.

	Picard's smile turns to laughter.

	INT. CORRIDOR

	Geordi and Rina are walking together.

					GEORDI
			Looks like you'll be going to
			your next assignment with a
			captain's commendation in your
			record.

					RINA
			Thanks to you. And the way
			you... see things.
				(turns to him)
			Tell me. When you look at me,
			what do you see?

					GEORDI
			To me beauty is a constantly
			changing thing. Sometimes people
			have it and sometimes they don't.
			It all depends on their energy.
				(beat)
			I see your energy and it's
			beautiful. But it comes from
			within.

					RINA
			You're the only poetic chief
			engineer I've ever heard of.

	CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			And you're the most able trainee
			I've ever met.
				(kisses her hand)
			To quote our first officer, "It's
			been a pleasure."

	He looks up, but she's still holding his hand.

					RINA
			Technically, I'm off duty.

					GEORDI
				(beat)
			Technically, so am I.

	They have arrived at the entrance to her room. They
	look at each other for a moment.

					RINA
			Maybe you'd like to come in.
			I've got a fabulous collection
			of antique star drive drawings.

					GEORDI
			Sounds riveting.

	The door opens. They enter.

	As the door closes, we see her arms encircle him, and
	they kiss.

	EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise moves away from Gagarin IV.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			Course and speed set for Star
			Station India, Sir.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Engage.

	The great ship clears Gagarin system and disappears
	in a flash of light.

										FADE OUT:

                               THE END                                 





                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                      "A Matter of Honor" 
                          #40272-134 
                              
                           Story by 
               Wanda M. Haight & Gregory W. Amos 
                              and 
                         Burton Armus 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                         Burton Armus 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rob Bowman 


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                    2ND REV. FINAL DRAFT

                      DECEMBER 2, 1988

       STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "A Matter of Honor" 

                             CAST                               
                              
            PICARD                     CAPTAIN KARGAN
            RIKER                      SECOND OFFICER KLAG
            DATA                       VEKMA
            PULASKI                    TACTICS OFFICER
            WORF                     
            WESLEY                     Non-Speaking
                                       KLINGON CREWMEMBERS
            TRANSPORTER CHIEF O'BRIEN    ZEGOV
            ENSIGN MENDON       
     
            Non-Speaking             
              CREWMEMBERS              
              REPLACEMENT CREWMEMBERS  
              WAITER       
            
            Voice-Over               
              STARBASE COM VOICE       

       STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "A Matter of Honor" 
                         
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM         KLINGON VESSEL "PAGH"
              PHASER RANGE
              CORRIDORS
                OUTSIDE TRANSPORTER ROOM
              TEN-FORWARD
          
            KLINGON VESSEL "PAGH"
              CORRIDORS
              MAIN BRIDGE
              TACTICS STATION
              MESS HALL

     STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - TEASER     1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                     "A Matter of Honor"  
                         
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it travels through space at warp speed.

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	WESLEY is at the Conn. WORF is at Tactical. DATA is
	at Ops, RIKER has the Command Chair. All other
	stations are staffed by n.d. crewmembers.

					DATA
			We are approaching Starbase
			one-seven-nine.

					RIKER
			Half impulse, Mister Crusher.

					WESLEY
			Going to half impulse.

3    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the Enterprise comes out of warp, slows to the
	proper impulse speed.

4    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as before.

					RIKER
			Captain, this is the bridge. We
			have arrived at Starbase
			one-seven-nine.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged, Number One.

     STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - TEASER     2.

4    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to Wesley)
			Establish position -- zero-nine-zero mark
			three-seven-five -- at
			twenty-seven thousand
			kilometers.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir.

					RIKER
			Open hailing frequencies,
			Lieutenant.

					WORF
			Hailing frequencies open.

					RIKER
			Starbase one-seven-nine, this is
			the USS Enterprise.

					STARBASE COM VOICE
			Enterprise, this is Starbase
			one-seven-nine. We are ready for
			transfer on your mark.

					RIKER
			Thank you.

	Riker gets to his feet.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Commander Data, you have the
			bridge. Ensign Crusher, you will
			accompany me.

	As Riker and Wesley exit, Data takes the Command
	position.

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the Enterprise establishes its position near the
	starbase. The starbase is located on a misty, shrouded
	planet.

6    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data has the Command Chair.

     STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - TEASER     3.

6    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Starbase one-seven-nine. We are
			ready to commence transfer.

					STARBASE COM VOICE
			Acknowledge Enterprise. Begin
			transfer.

7    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	FIVE MEMBERS of the Enterprise crew (three men, two
	women) stand on the transporter pads. Riker and the
	TRANSPORTER CHIEF O'BRIEN at the control panel.
	Wesley is off to one side. Riker eyes them with a
	warmth and with a sense of humor.

					RIKER
			This is my last chance to say that
			it has been a pleasure to serve
			with you and to wish you luck on
			your new assignment. You have
			served the Enterprise well.
				(slight smile)
			No tears, please.

	Before the members on the pad can cover their smiles to
	answer:

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Energize.

	The five crewmembers DEMATERIALIZE. Wesley and Riker
	laugh.

	Transporter Chief O'Brien responds to a signal on the
	panel, announces in response.

					CHIEF O'BRIEN
			Enterprise ready. Beam aboard.

8    ON PADS (OPTICAL)

	FOUR REPLACEMENTS MATERIALIZE on the pads, among them
	is ENSIGN MENDON, a large, blue-skinned officer from
	the planet Benzar. He breathes through a special
	device at his chest which converts the oxygen level to
	his use. He is young, alert, quick moving and as the
	nature of Benzites, he is always ready to please and
	demonstrate his abilities.

     STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - TEASER     4.

9    SCENE

	The new members step off the pad and file through the
	doorway with nods and smiles. Wesley spots Mendon and
	reacts.

					RIKER
			Welcome aboard the Enterprise.
			I'm Commander William Riker, your
			first officer. Those of you who
			are here as replacements will step
			outside and Lieutenant Lewis will
			assign you to crew quarters.
				(to Mendon)
			Ensign, you are here on the
			exchange program, you'll follow
			Mister Crusher.

	Wesley steps forward anxiously. He addresses Mendon in
	a friendly manner.

					WESLEY
			Mordoc, what are you doing here?
			You couldn't have graduated from
			the Academy already.

	Mendon eyes Wesley oddly.

					MENDON
			I am not Mordoc. I am Mendon.
			Ensign Mendon of the planet
			Benzar.

10   ON WESLEY

	He is slightly flustered, embarrassed. He explains:

					WESLEY
			I'm sorry sir. I thought you were
			a friend... Mordoc...
				(beat)
			... You look just like him.

					MENDON
			We are from the same
			geostructure. Naturally we look
			alike.

					WESLEY
			How do you tell each other apart?

					MENDON
			We just do.

     STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - TEASER     5.

11   SCENE

	Riker steps in to save Wesley any further
	embarrassment.

					RIKER
			Well, nice to have you here
			Ensign. There will be a
			briefing and indoctrination
			session as soon as you settle in.

12   SCENE

	Mendon stops next to Riker to announce.

					MENDON
			I want to tell you how happy I
			am to be assigned to the
			Enterprise. It wasn't just luck.
			I requested it. I know I can
			be of great help to the ship.

					RIKER
				(surprised)
			Yes, of course. Now if you'll
			just follow Ensign Crusher.

					MENDON
			Yes sir.

	As Mendon exits the room Riker gives a quick "God save
	us" glance to Transporter Chief O'Brien. Picard's
	com voice is heard.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Commander Riker, report to the
			Phaser Range, please...

	Riker touches his communicator.

					RIKER
			On the way.

	Riker exits the room.

12A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in position near the starbase.

     STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - TEASER     6.

13   INT. PHASER RANGE - CLOSE ON TARGET (OPTICAL)

	as it is zapped by a phaser beam and flashes a burst of
	light and a change of color. Then another one next to
	it. The CAMERA PULLS BACK to show Riker and Picard at
	the firing station, almost back to back and firing at
	light targets that appear in an arc around them.
	Picard fires off two blasts of his own phaser. The
	targets are HIT.

					PICARD
			I was wondering if you had any
			feelings about the Officer
			Exchange Program that has been
			initiated by Starfleet Command.

					RIKER
			Just positive ones sir. I've
			already welcomed Ensign Mendon
			on board and he certainly seems
			eager to please.

					PICARD
			That's a Benzite trait.
				(beat)
			It's been suggested that one of
			the officers on the Enterprise
			might like to participate in this
			exchange program.

					RIKER
			Probably a good idea.

	Picard takes a moment to fire off three quick blasts
	and then to remark offhandedly.

					PICARD
			There's a Klingon vessel in the
			vicinity.

	Riker covers any reaction by firing his own phaser at
	the target. Both men continue to fire in order, both
	of them covering any reaction and attempting to act
	nonchalant about this assignment

					RIKER
			I don't recall ever hearing of
			a Federation officer serving on
			a Klingon vessel.

					PICARD
			Neither have I.

     STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - TEASER     7.

13   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			It could be beneficial.

					PICARD
			Having Worf on board certainly
			has been.

					RIKER
			Yes sir, that's true.
				(a shot)
			Who did you intend to send?

					PICARD
			I was going to ask for a
			volunteer.

	As Picard fires his phaser:

					RIKER
			I wouldn't mind, sir.

					PICARD
			What was that, Number One?

	Picard covers his smile. Riker spots it, knows he's
	been played with.

					RIKER
			I said I wouldn't mind the
			assignment.

					PICARD
			Any particular reason?

					RIKER
				(broad grin)
			Because nobody has ever done it
			before.

	Riker opens up with a series of three blasts at the
	target which light it up like a Christmas tree.

					PICARD
			I'll notify starbase of your
			acceptance... They'll contact the
			Klingon vessel and make the
			arrangements.

     STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - TEASER     8.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard fires at his target, hits it, turns to Riker to
	smile, then walks away.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT ONE     9.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

14   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it continues its solo, steady and effortless
	impulse flight.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 42606.5.
			I have informed the staff of
			Commander Riker's temporary duty
			assignment and we have departed
			from Starbase one-seven-nine and
			are headed for a rendezvous with
			the Klingon vessel, the Pagh.

15   INT. CORRIDOR

	Worf and Riker walk and talk. Worf is more animated
	than usual as he speaks of the Klingon ship and his
	heritage with a certain pride.

					WORF
			I have studied and know everything
			about my heritage.

					RIKER
			Then you are the one to fill me
			in on something that I'm not
			clear about.
				(beat)
			It's my understanding that one
			of the duties of the first officer
			on a Klingon ship is to
			assassinate the captain.

					WORF
			Yes sir.

					RIKER
				(reacts)
			Wouldn't that bring about chaos?

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT ONE    10.

15   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Of course not. When and if the
			captain becomes weak and unable
			to perform, it is expected that
			his honorable retirement should
			be assisted by his "first."
				(beat)
			The second officer would
			assassinate you for the same
			reasons.

					RIKER
				(beat)
			This method of attrition could
			take a little getting used to.

					WORF
			The Klingon system has operated
			successfully for centuries.

					RIKER
			It is different.

16   CLOSE ON WORF

	He looks at Riker, nods solemnly.

					WORF
			Many things will be different.

17   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Wesley at his Forward Station of Conn. Data is in
	Command. All other stations are covered by n.d.
	crewmembers except for Science One, which is manned
	by Ensign Mendon.

	Ensign Mendon steps from his station to look over the
	shoulder of the crewmember at the Tactical Station. He
	watches for a beat, then comments:

					MENDON
			That's a wonderful method of
			maintaining a constant control
			factor over defensive shields,
			but I'm sure there's a way to
			improve response time.

	The crewmember turns to give Mendon a look. Mendon
	reads it.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT ONE    11.

17   CONTINUED:

					MENDON
			Oh, sorry, didn't mean to
			interrupt you... Just thought I
			could be of some help, however
			I am correct in what I said.

	Mendon continues his studying walk and ends up next
	to Wesley at Conn. He peers over Wesley's shoulder
	in the same overseeing manner.

					MENDON
			That is superb designing,
			absolutely first rate.

	Wesley remains courteous to a ranking officer even if
	he has the annoying Benzite trait of aggressiveness
	of an over-achiever.

					WESLEY
			Yes it is. Would you care to
			be more specific?

					MENDON
			The input sampling. It's simple
			yet efficient enough. Of course
			a minor change of the helm
			readout would be much more
			helpful in emergency situations.

					WESLEY
			We've never had any trouble with
			it. Have you seen it work?

					MENDON
			Not in a practical exercise, but
			in theory... my theory... it would
			be more than a marginal
			improvement. I'll have to mention
			this to the captain.

					WESLEY
			You're going to advise Captain
			Picard?

					MENDON
			Captain Picard... I'll have to
			discuss these improvements with
			him.
				(beat)
			He is open to some astute
			observations, isn't he?

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT ONE    12.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			Well, I've never heard Captain
			Picard refuse to listen to his
			officers.

					MENDON
			Outstanding! Pretty soon we'll
			get things running perfectly.

	Mendon walks away. Wesley's look follows him.

18   INT. TEN-FORWARD LOUNGE

	Riker sits at a table surrounded by an assortment of
	dishes. Each one is a little more disgusting than the
	other. If they are edible it is the surprise of the
	space age. Riker grimaces as he tests each one in
	order. Pulaski steps over to look down on his feast.
	She reaches over to lift something ugly.

					PULASKI
			What is this?

					RIKER
			A Klingon delicacy. That's heart
			of targ -- this is pipius claw.
			And this is stewed "gagh."

					PULASKI
			"Gagh"?

					RIKER
			Serpent worms... would you like
			to know how they're prepared?

	Pulaski sits down at the table. A waiter arrives with
	about six different drinks. Riker moves some plates
	around to make room.

					PULASKI
			No thanks. I've never heard of
			a Klingon starving to death on
			one of their own vessels, but you
			might.

					RIKER
			Not if I weaken first.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT ONE    13.

18   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			I know all about that. Their
			beliefs may be somewhat brutal
			but usually what kills us, kills
			them.

					RIKER
				(sniffing an awful
				 drink)
			That's something to look forward
			to. Would you like a drink,
			Doctor?

					PULASKI
			I'm abstaining in honor of your
			last hour on board.

					RIKER
				(mock serious)
			Your sacrifice will not go
			unnoticed.

	Picard approaches the table from the turbolift.

19   NEW ANGLE

	as Picard looks down at the table full of food and
	covers his reaction. Riker is about to get to his
	feet. Picard puts a restraining hand on his shoulder.

					PICARD
			I understand the theory of the
			feast before the transfer. I've
			done the same thing dozens of
			times. However, I usually made
			more civil choices.

	Pulaski covers her grin. A tray of desserts arrives
	and Pulaski starts to arrange them in whatever space is
	left.

					RIKER
			These are the most civil choices.

					PICARD
			I see... Well, their food may be
			somewhat backward but the Klingons
			are efficient, loyal to their
			beliefs, and are regulated by a
			strict code of ethics.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT ONE    14.

19   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			True enough. They tend to lean
			towards a Samurai civilization
			that is thousands of years old.

					PICARD
			But they are pure in that
			tradition.

	Picard turns back to Riker.

					PICARD
			This is a great opportunity,
			Number One. We really know so
			little about them. We have so
			much to learn.
				(beat, smile)
			I think I envy you, Will Riker.

	Riker eyes him, nods, almost takes another bite of
	food accidentally, then drops it as he becomes
	aware...

20   INT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Riker moves down the corridor towards the Transporter
	Room. Worf approaches him. He carefully hands Riker a
	small electronic device about the size of a Bic
	lighter. Riker studies it.

					RIKER
			An emergency transponder?

					WORF
			Slightly altered to transmit an
			omnidirectional signal and an
			emergency call.

					RIKER
				(examining)
			Are you sensing some trouble
			that I don't?

					WORF
				(embarrassed)
			Simply a security precaution.
			I want to insure your return to
			this ship.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT ONE    15.

20   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(surprise)
			Sentiment, Lieutenant Worf?

					WORF
			Efficiency, Commander.

					RIKER
				(smile)
			I understand. Thank you,
			Lieutenant.

	He tucks the transponder into his boot and walks away.

21   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Wesley and an n.d. crewmember at the Forward Stations,
	the Aft Stations are covered by n.d. crewmembers.
	Science One is covered by Ensign Mendon, Worf
	stationed at Tactical. Picard and Data in the Command
	Area.

					WORF
			We have a Klingon vessel
			approaching.

					PICARD
			Hailing frequencies open.

					WORF
			They are returning our hail in
			proper language. It is the Pagh.

					PICARD
			On viewscreen.

22   MAIN VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	We see the Klingon vessel on viewscreen. Then the
	fierce and unmerciful face of CAPTAIN KARGAN fills the
	viewscreen.

					PICARD
			I am Jean-Luc Picard, captain of
			the Enterprise.

					KARGAN
			And I am Captain Kargan of the
			Pagh. Beam your first officer
			on board immediately.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT ONE    16.

22   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			We are preparing to do so.
			You're getting a good man,
			Captain Kargan.

					KARGAN
			Thank you for your opinion but
			I will judge that for myself.
			Screen off.

	The viewscreen goes blank. Mendon comments to Worf.

					MENDON
			Not very hospitable are they?

	Worf responds to him immediately.

					WORF
			That is not your concern. Observe
			your station, Ensign Mendon.

					MENDON
				(realizing)
			Didn't mean to offend you.

					WORF
			You didn't...
				(beat)
			... Yet.

22A  ANGLE ON SCIENCE SCREEN

	Mendon turns back to his screen, adjusts a knob so that
	the schematic on screen starts to turn. It is a
	skeleton version of the Klingon vessel. Various
	technical information scrolls across the screen below
	the blueprint.

	Then the faint glimmer of a red smear appears on the
	hull of the ship.

23   CLOSER ON SCREEN

	Mendon magnifies the screen and brings the red smear
	to the forefront. Then he punches in an informational
	request DIRECT SENSOR BEAM. The screen blinks with
	SUBSTANCE REQUEST then after a beat answers NOT
	DETERMINED. Mendon types in an additional request,
	CATEGORY. The scrolled response appears MICROBIOTIC
	COLONY... BACTERIAL ANALOG... SUBATOMIC...

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT ONE    17.

23   CONTINUED:

	Then DIAGNOSIS, the answer TO BE DETERMINED. Mendon's
	concentration is interrupted by Captain Picard's
	orders.

					PICARD
			Transporter Room, prepare to beam
			Commander Riker aboard the Pagh.

	Picard exits.

24   OMITTED

25   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Transporter Chief O'Brien behind the control panel.
	Riker is already standing on the pad. Picard enters.

					CHIEF O'BRIEN
			Ready, Captain.

					PICARD
			Good Luck, Commander.

					RIKER
			Thank you sir.

					PICARD
			On your command, Will.

26   ON RIKER (OPTICAL)

	He nods.

					RIKER
			Energize.

	He DEMATERIALIZES... Hold on the empty pad for a beat,
	then:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT TWO    18.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

27   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Klingon vessel Pagh slowly moving away from the
	Enterprise.

28   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard eyes the main viewscreen. We see the Pagh
	diminishing in size as it puts more distance between
	itself and the Enterprise. Data acting as first
	officer issues the orders.

					DATA
			Viewscreen off. Resume course.

					WESLEY
			Aye sir.

	The viewscreen returns to its original pattern.

					PICARD
			Take over Commander Data, I'll
			be in my quarters.

					DATA
			Yes sir.

	Picard moves away from his Command position. He passes
	the Science One station, nods to Mendon who seizes this
	opportunity to attempt to ingratiate himself to his
	new commander, much to the annoyance of Worf.

					MENDON
			Sir, I'm Ensign Mendon. I just
			wanted to tell you how pleased
			I am to be aboard the Enterprise.

					PICARD
				(distracted)
			Yes, of course. Nice to have you
			on board.

	Picard continues on the move. Mendon takes a few steps
	with him.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT TWO    19.

28   CONTINUED:

					MENDON
			If you have a few minutes I've
			noted a few procedural items that
			could speed up operations on the
			bridge.

	Picard understanding his Benzite traits, is patient
	with him.

					MENDON
				(continuing)
			I pick things up very quickly.

					PICARD
			I'm sure you do Ensign, you
			have an excellent record.
			However, on the Enterprise we use
			the chain of command. You may
			report your observations to
			Lieutenant Worf.

					MENDON
			I didn't mean to challenge your
			authority...
				(trailing off)
			... I just wanted to impress upon
			you...

					PICARD
			No need to apologize Ensign...
			we should have explained it better
			during indoctrination.

	Picard continues on to the turbolift.

28A  ANGLE ON WORF

	He turns to Mendon with a look that could burn holes
	in your chest.

					WORF
			Ensign Mendon... You may impress
			me.

	On Mendon's look.

29   EXT. SPACE - THE KLINGON VESSEL "PAGH" (OPTICAL)

	alone in space. Its harsher angles and look almost
	scary against the stillness.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT TWO    20.

30   INT. PAGH - CORRIDOR

	Everything about this ship is utilitarian and lacks
	the smooth free-flowing lines and coloring of the
	Enterprise.

	Riker and a KLINGON OFFICER, who is the TACTICS
	OFFICER, turn a corner and walk down the corridor.
	They are both wary but open. The Klingon studies Riker
	in a speculating manner.

	Crewmembers also eye Riker in passing. Some with the
	same reaction as the tactics officer, others simply
	interested... They all acknowledge Riker with a
	courteous nod.

	Riker returns the look.

					RIKER
			Something wrong?

					TACTICS OFFICER
			No, Commander.
				(beat)
			It's just I have never seen anyone
			of your species before...

					RIKER
				(smile)
			I'm just your average everyday
			human who happens to be a
			commander. Now what are your
			orders?

					TACTICS OFFICER
			I am to escort you to the captain.

					RIKER
			Proceed.

	Riker falls in behind the Klingon.

31
thru	OMITTED
32

33   INT. PAGH - MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker and his escort enter onto the bridge.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT TWO    21.

33   CONTINUED:

	The same sparse but functional look. The bridge is
	manned by FIVE CREWMEMBERS at varying stations.
	Captain Kargan is seated in the Command Chair. SECOND
	OFFICER KLAG stands next to him. They are businesslike
	in their appraisal of Riker. Firm but not harsh.
	Riker steps forward.

					RIKER
			I am Commander William Riker of
			the Starship Enterprise.

					KARGAN
			That is incorrect.

					RIKER
				(beat)
			I don't understand.

					KARGAN
			You are Commander Riker, first
			officer of the Klingon Cruiser
			Pagh, or do you intend to
			disobey Federation orders?

					RIKER
			I have no such intentions,
			Captain.

					KARGAN
			Exactly where are your loyalties,
			Commander?

					RIKER
			I'm afraid I still don't
			understand.

	Kargan explains carefully in a low, calm voice.

					KARGAN
			This ship is equipped with our
			best weapons and our finest
			warriors. Although we are on a
			peaceful mission we are prepared
			to go into battle instantly. I
			know I can count on every Klingon
			warrior in this crew to serve and
			die in that battle. So I ask
			again Commander Riker,
				(beat)
			where are your loyalties?

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT TWO    22.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			I have been assigned here to serve
			this ship and to obey your orders.
			I will do exactly that.

					KARGAN
			Will you take an oath to that
			effect?

					RIKER
				(meets his gaze)
			I just did.

	Klag interjects firmly to Captain Kargan.

					KLAG
			yI-Har-Qo! nep-we' ghaH! (Do
			not believe him! He lies!)

					KARGAN
				(to Klag)
			Hol-chaj yI-jatlh. (Speak in
			their language.)
				(to Riker)
			This is your second officer,
			Lieutenant Klag.

					RIKER
			Was there something you wanted
			to say to me, Lieutenant?

					KLAG
			Yes sir.
				(beat)
			I don't believe you.

					RIKER
			Then I take it you challenge my
			authority over you.

					KLAG
			Correct.

					RIKER
				(to Kargan)
			And your position in this,
			Captain?

					KARGAN
				(with disdain)
			I would call it your first command
			decision.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT TWO    23.

33   CONTINUED: (3)

	Riker looks around the Main Bridge at the other
	crewmembers.

33A  RIKER'S POV

	The Klingon crewmembers watch him, waiting to see his
	reaction to this challenge.

33B  SCENE

	Riker eyes the arrogant stance and size of Klag who
	gives him an insubordinate snort. Riker realizes he
	has no choice. He deftly, with no advance warning or
	aggressive motion, swings a two-handed blow with his
	full strength and lands a monstrous blow across the
	chest of Klag.

33C  SERIES OF CUTS

	The sound of the blow against Klag's chest armor echoes
	through the bridge and is followed by the roar of his
	breath leaving his body, and then his bulk smashing
	against the bulkhead and slipping to the ground.

	Riker calmly steps around the still-seated captain and
	steps in front of Klag who is struggling to his feet.

	Klag is almost to his feet when Riker swings again,
	this time taking the legs out from under Klag who drops
	to the ground again.

	The crewmembers are animated and watch the fight with
	relish, not caring who wins or loses but that there is
	combat.

	Riker looks over to the captain.

	Captain Kargan simply sits back and allows it to
	continue.

	Riker turns back to the dazed but still active Klag who
	is once more attempting to get to his feet.

	Riker eyes the combatant with a calculated but
	astonished eye. Klag can barely stand but bravely
	fights for balance. Riker shrugs, and rams his fist
	into Klag's stomach, then drops him with another
	double-handed blow over the head.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT TWO    24.

33D  SCENE

	Kargan applauds with a grunt and a motion of his head.

	Klag is awake but prone. He struggles to his feet,
	manages to prop himself against the wall. Klag gives
	Riker as much a look of respect as he is able...

33E  ON RIKER

					RIKER
			My oath is between Captain Kargan
			and myself. Your only concern
			is how to obey my orders.
				(beat)
			Or do you prefer the rank of
			prisoner over that of lieutenant?

	Klag calculates Riker carefully, then:

					KLAG
			I will take your orders.

	Riker nods his acceptance. Klag returns it. Kargan
	interjects:

					KARGAN
			And you, Commander Riker, will
			obey my orders.

					RIKER
			Agreed, Captain Kargan.

	Riker turns away from the captain, and when no one can
	see him he lets his breath out.

34   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	continuing on its solo run at impulse.

35   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Data at Command. Worf at Tactical and
	Mendon at Science One. All other crew personnel are
	n.d.

					WORF
			Sir, the automatic scan has
			registered some unknown substance
			on the aft quarter of the exterior
			skin of the dorsal fin.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT TWO    25.

35   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Zero in on that location and
			define.

36   ANGLE ON SCIENCE STATION SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Mendon punches in the various components needed. His
	screen picks up the schematic of the Enterprise and the
	designated location of the "unknown substance."

					MENDON
			I've located it sir. The dorsal
			of the Engineering Section.

					DATA
			On viewscreen. Focus on area.
			Magnification factor ten.

	The matter appears as a sort of haze on the viewscreen.
	Data walks over to the Science Station.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Increase magnification to
			twenty.

	The viewscreen now shows a more detailed picture of
	the mass.

					PICARD
			Analyze.

					DATA
			The substance appears to be a rare
			form of subatomic "bacteria,"
			capable of doubling every fifteen
			minutes. It seems to be reacting
			with two of the compounds present
			in the Enterprise structure.

					PICARD
			Determine origin.

	Mendon feels that he has his opportunity now.

					MENDON
			I noticed it when I did an
			intensive scan of the Pagh,
			the Klingon ship.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT TWO    26.

36   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			And you informed no one?

					MENDON
			I have not yet completed my full
			analysis.

					PICARD
			You are supposed to report
			whatever is out of the ordinary.
			This falls into that category.

					MENDON
			But sir, as I said I have not yet
			completed my analysis. It would
			be improper to report it until
			then.

					DATA
			How did you come by that
			decision?

					MENDON
			It is a Benzite regulation. No
			officer on the deck of one of our
			ships would report an occurrence
			like this until he had a full
			analysis and a resolution.
				(beat)
			I have simply followed proper
			procedures.

	On Picard -- he holds for a beat then instructs Mendon
	calmly but firmly.

					PICARD
			It is our procedure for you to
			bring to the attention of command
			any possibility of danger. You
			will not make those decisions.
				(beat)
			Is that clear, Ensign Mendon?

	Mendon is somewhat deflated.

					MENDON
			Yes sir.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT TWO    27.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Fine. Now I want you to complete
			the analysis and determine the
			danger not only to this ship but
			the Klingon vessel as well.

					MENDON
			Yes Captain... That will take a
			couple of hours.

					PICARD
			You'll remain at your station
			until it is complete, then report
			to me. Lieutenant Worf will
			supervise you.

					WORF
			Yes sir.

	Picard turns and walks to the turbolift. Worf eyes
	Mendon, whispers to him.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			... and then I will instruct you
			in Enterprise etiquette.

	On Mendon's look:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT THREE   28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:
37
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38

38A  EXT. SPACE - THE PAGH (OPTICAL)

	traveling alone.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			Commander's log, supplemental,
			Stardate 42607.8. I have been
			on the Pagh a short time but long
			enough to be impressed with the
			abilities and singlemindedness
			of the Klingons. I can now see
			why they have gained the respect
			of Captain Picard.

39   INT. PAGH - MESS HALL

	Klingons line the long bench-like table, Riker among
	them. They are not unfriendly to Riker but they watch
	him eat like he were on display. A COUPLE OF THE
	FEMALES, VEKMA one of them, are a little more outgoing
	and interested. They mumble to each other as they eye
	Riker. They match Riker in size, maybe even a little
	bigger.

40   ON RIKER

	He is aware of the attention he is getting and tries
	to ignore it and simply fall in unnoticed with the rest
	of the Klingon personnel. His look alone makes that
	impossible.

	The Klingons keep pushing plates in front of him and he
	takes each one in turn and tries to eat as little as
	possible while not showing any reaction.

					TACTICS OFFICER
			You're not eating very much.

					RIKER
			Well, I'm not that hungry.

					KLAG
			Is the food all right, Commander?

   STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT THREE   29.

40   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Fine. The "pipius" was excellent,
			and I also liked the "Bregit
			lungs."

					VEKMA
			And the Rokeg blood pie?

					RIKER
			Excellent.

					KLAG
			Then you'll also like this.

	Klag pushes another bowl in front of him.

40A  ON RIKER

	His face as he examines it.

					RIKER
			This is "gagh," isn't it?

					KLAG
			Very good. You did some research
			on our nutritional choices.

					RIKER
			Yes... but this is still moving.

					KLAG
			"Gagh" is always best when served
			live.
				(covering smile)
			Would you like something "easier"?

					RIKER
			Easier?

					KLAG
			If Klingon food is too strong for
			you, perhaps I could get one of
			the females to breast feed you.

	Vekma and the other female laugh. The men at the table
	eye Riker with careful but joking looks. Riker goes
	along with the mood.

   STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT THREE   30.

40A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Don't tell me you're still
			concerned about my not
			weakening?

	Klag bellows out in laughter.

					KLAG
			Look around. You'll see that
			there are no old warriors.

					RIKER
			Of course, I'm sure they all died
			with honor.

					KLAG
				(slaps him on the back)
			Exactly. You may live long enough
			to learn about us.

	Vekma reaches over to poke Riker in the arm and then
	the ribs, then comments to ZEGOV and they both break
	up with laughter.

					VEKMA
			He's not very attractive, but
			I will have him.

	Riker gives Klag a pleading look.

					TACTICS OFFICER
			They are inquisitive. They would
			like to know how you would endure.

					RIKER
			Endure what?

					KLAG
			Them.

40B  RIKER'S POV

	The two enormous and violent Klingon women as they
	stare at him and dwarf him with their size and
	strength. Riker looks at them innocently.

					RIKER
			One or both?

   STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT THREE   31.

40B  CONTINUED:

	Klag holds for a beat then breaks out laughing. The
	women join in, Vekma smacking Riker across the back in
	good will and almost dislodging a rib. She moves
	closer to Riker.

	On Riker's look...

41
thru	OMITTED
47

48   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At impulse. To establish.

49   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - SCIENCE ONE

	A worried looking Ensign Mendon is explaining to
	Captain Picard and Data as he points to the science
	screen in front of him which shows the molecular
	spectroscopic breakdown of the bacteria.

					MENDON
			It is confirmed that the organisms
			feed on some of the compounds that
			make up the Enterprise hull.

					PICARD
			And the Klingon ship, the Pagh?

					MENDON
				(hesitates)
			They are much more susceptible.
			Their hull contains all of the
			compounds.

					PICARD
			Project your calculations.

	Mendon depresses a couple of keys and his work screen
	is filled with a scrolling set of mathematical
	computations. Data stares at the screen, then hits
	another button so they project faster. They reach an
	end. Data looks up.

					DATA
			According to the rate of
			reproduction there should be a
			twelve centimeter hole in the
			Klingon hull at this time.

   STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT THREE   32.

50   NEW ANGLE

	Picard issues orders as he moves to his Command Chair.
	Data is right behind him.

					PICARD
			Signal them at once and advise
			them. Change our course to
			attempt an intercept. We will
			make every attempt to cleanse the
			vessel and assist with repairs.

					DATA
			It will take some time to locate
			them. They are on undesignated
			maneuvers in the Pheben solar
			system.

					PICARD
			Then start immediately. Alert
			Engineering of this situation.
			Ensign Crusher, adjust course
			toward the proper sector.

					WESLEY
			Aye sir. Shall we prepare for
			warp speed?

					PICARD
			Yes...
				(beat)
			... and hope that we get there
			in time.

51   EXT. SPACE - THE PAGH (OPTICAL)

	To establish. The CAMERA MOVING IN to show a hole
	forming on the hull.

52   INT. PAGH - A CORRIDOR

	Riker moves down the corridor with an n.d. crewmember.
	The VOICE of Captain Kargan comes over the ship's
	speakers.

					CAPTAIN KARGAN'S COM VOICE
			Commander Riker to the bridge.

	Riker and the crewmember stop. Riker changes direction
	and moves off.

   STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT THREE   33.

53   INT. PAGH - MAIN BRIDGE

	Captain Kargan waits with Klag and the rest of the
	bridge crew who are functioning in a normal manner.
	Riker steps onto the bridge. Captain Kargan motions
	him over.

					KARGAN
			On monitor. Tell me Commander
			Riker, what do you make of this?

54   ANGLE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	Showing the section of the Klingon hull where an
	apparent haze (and/or bacterial look) surrounds a small
	hole in the hull.

55   INT. PAGH - MAIN BRIDGE

	Captain Kargan calls out his orders to the crewmembers
	present.

					RIKER
			I felt no collision. Were we hit
			by a small meteor?

					KARGAN
			There was no collision.

					RIKER
			Corrosion then.

					KARGAN
			No, not corrosion.

					RIKER
				(orders)
			Science Station, analyze.

					KARGAN
			We already have and fortunately
			the cavity opened into a section
			that could withstand the change
			in pressure.

					RIKER
			Then what is it?

   STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT THREE   34.

55 CONTINUED:

					KLAG
			A space organism eating away at
			our hull. Our estimate is that
			in less than eight hours we will
			have lost too much of our shell
			to remain intact.

					RIKER
			You must have a way to repair
			it.

					KARGAN
			I'm afraid not.

					RIKER
			There has to be. Where did this
			come from?

					KARGAN
			"Where" might be the answer.
				(harsher beat)
			The only contact we had was with
			the Enterprise.

					RIKER
			There was no direct contact with
			the Enterprise.

					KARGAN
			Tactics Officer, report to
			Commander Riker.

56   TACTICS STATION

	The Tactics Officer runs the check on his board.
	Various information pops up on the screen.

					TACTICS OFFICER
			The Enterprise did conduct an
			intensive scan of this vessel.

					RIKER
			It's normal procedure.

	The other bridge members turn angry looks at Riker.

					KARGAN
			What type of beam did the
			Enterprise use to create this
			damage in our hull?

   STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT THREE   35.

56   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			None! Why would they do that?
			We are allies.

					TACTICS OFFICER
			My logs indicate that the
			Enterprise directed an intense
			scanning beam at this specific
			area for a duration of two
			minutes.

					KARGAN
			Explain that.

					RIKER
			I can't.

					TACTICS OFFICER
			It could be a weapon.

					RIKER
			Wait a minute. Why? There's
			no new weapon. The Enterprise
			has no reason to do this,
			especially not with me on board.
			It makes no sense.

					KARGAN
			"Why" is no longer important.
			What is important is our response
			to this attack.
				(beat)
			Engage cloaking device. Change
			course to intercept the
			Enterprise.

					RIKER
			Captain, what do you intend to
			do?

57   ON KARGAN

	His face a mask of fury. He screams out.

					KARGAN
			Intend? There is only one
			response. We intend to attack
			the Enterprise and destroy it!!

   STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT THREE   36.

57   CONTINUED:

	On Riker's reaction:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT FOUR    37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

58   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp speed. The signs of the organism still present
	on the hull.

59   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Ensign Mendon works at the Science Station along with
	another n.d. officer. Mendon is efficient and intent
	on his assignment. It is obvious that he knows what
	he's doing. Wesley is relieved from his station and
	before he leaves he steps over to stand next to Mendon.

60   CLOSER ANGLE

	Wesley watches for a beat, then seeing Mendon's growing
	frustration, he comments:

					WESLEY
			You seem to be making progress.
			You've already eliminated half
			the possibilities.

	Mendon looks up at Wesley, realizes that the youth is
	trying to offer him some support. He nods.

					MENDON
			Thank you, but I seem to have
			become efficient a little later
			than was needed. It was my
			responsibility to learn and adapt
			to the Enterprise's regulations.
			I didn't do that.

					WESLEY
			Not really, it was an error.
			Captain Picard may not like them,
			but he does know they can happen
			from time to time.

					MENDON
			I failed, I had an opportunity
			to show the captain my superior
			abilities and I failed. I can
			never recover from that.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT FOUR    38.

60   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			It was a mistake... That's all.
			You didn't put the organism on
			the hull. You discovered it and
			you were attempting to analyze
			it. All you did was mess up a
			little on the ship's protocol.

	Mendon studies Wesley for a few beats. He steps away
	from the console to confer with Wesley in a more
	private fashion.

					MENDON
			I know you're trying to be nice
			to me and I appreciate it. What
			I don't understand is why?

					WESLEY
			Why not? I thought you could use
			a friend.

	Mendon eyes Wesley a few beats, then nods his
	acceptance.

					MENDON
			Thank you. I only hope I can
			learn your ways before I "mess" up
			again. I imagine my methods seem
			foolish to you.

					WESLEY
			They are different. But that's
			what this exchange program is all
			about... You learn the way we
			do things and bring that
			information back to your command.
			It's up to you to decide which
			way is better for you.
				(beat)
			It's easy. All you have to do
			is learn.

61   ANGLE ON MENDON

	He holds for a few beats, confirms seriously:

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT FOUR    39.

61   CONTINUED:

					MENDON
			You're right. I'll try your
			way...
				(turns back to Science
				 Station)
			I'll work even harder than before.
			I'll succeed brilliantly.

	On Wesley's look:

62   EXT. SPACE - THE KLINGON VESSEL THE PAGH (OPTICAL)

	The organism's growth is expanding on the hull.

63   INT. PAGH - MAIN BRIDGE

	Captain Kargan and Klag maintain the bridge Command
	Area.

					KARGAN
			What is the status?

					TACTICS OFFICER
			Unchanged. The rate of increase
			continues.

	Kargan contemplates for a beat.

					KARGAN
			Commander Riker, check the
			organism growth with Engineering.

	Riker seems about to respond but decides the better of
	it. He exits the bridge. After Riker leaves, Kargan
	turns to Klag.

					KARGAN
			Keep him under scrutiny. I'm
			not sure I trust him.

					KLAG
			I'm not totally convinced that
			Riker knew of any plot against
			us. If he did then why would he
			have come on board?

					KARGAN
			Because he was ordered to.

69:[1,#b]
    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT FOUR    40.

63   CONTINUED:

					KLAG
			To die?

					KARGAN
			To be ordered to die is an
			expectation for any officer at
			any time.

					KLAG
			For a Klingon perhaps, but Riker's
			people do not volunteer for death
			so easily. Even so, Riker may
			be a spy, but he's no coward.

					KARGAN
			That only proves that he is
			intelligent and that you may not
			be as strong as you used to be.

64   ANGLE ON TACTICS OFFICER

	He becomes more alert, announces:

					TACTICS OFFICER
			Captain, we have picked up the
			Enterprise.

					KARGAN
			So soon?

					TACTICS OFFICER
			The Enterprise is on an intercept
			course with us.

	Kargan and Klag react. Riker re-enters the bridge.
	Kargan turns on him in anger.

					KARGAN
			You almost had me believing that
			perhaps this was a
			misunderstanding.

					RIKER
			Yes... So?

					KARGAN
			The Enterprise has changed course
			and is following us. Why?

					RIKER
			I don't know. Let's ask them.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT FOUR    41.

64   CONTINUED:

					KARGAN
			The reason is obvious. Their
			intent is clear. How long before
			we have contact?

					TACTICS OFFICER
			Less than fifteen minutes, sir.

					KARGAN
			Put the ship on battle alert.
			Arm all photon torpedoes and put
			phasers on full power. Let them
			charge into their destruction.

65
thru	OMITTED
66

67   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving through at warp. The organism still present.

68   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Data at Command. Wesley and an n.d. at
	forward positions; Worf, Ensign Mendon, and n.d.
	crewmembers at the aft command positions.

					WESLEY
			Sir, bearings show that we should
			be in contact with the Klingon
			ship.

					DATA
			Slow to impulse speed. Continue
			on course.

					WESLEY
			Aye sir, impulse speed.

					WORF
			Hailing frequencies open. There
			is no response.

					PICARD
			Continue to transmit.

					DATA
			The Pagh is either destroyed or
			cloaked.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT FOUR    42.

68   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Begin intensive scan for debris.
			Conduct a thorough search of the
			area.

69   OMITTED

70   INT. PAGH - MAIN BRIDGE

	staffed as previously. Riker is on the bridge facing
	Kargan. There is an obvious tension present.

					TACTICS OFFICER
			The Enterprise has slowed to
			impulse speed and is making an
			intensive sweep.

					KARGAN
			Hold your position. Let them come
			to us.

					RIKER
			They may be here to help you...
			Don't be a fool!

					KARGAN
				(rages)
			Do not forget my rank.

					RIKER
			I haven't. I am simply trying
			to get you to understand.

					KARGAN
			I fully understand... Now you
			understand.
				(beat)
			I am still the captain of this
			vessel and you are still crew and
			sworn to obey me. You gave me
			your oath.

					RIKER
			Yes sir, I did.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT FOUR    43.

70   CONTINUED:

					KARGAN
			Then fulfill that oath and serve
			this ship as you swore to.
				(beat)
			Tell me of the surest method of
			attack against the Enterprise.

71   ON RIKER

	He eyes the captain a few beats.

					RIKER
			I can't.

					KARGAN
			You must tell me. It is a matter
			of honor and loyalty.

					RIKER
			I cannot surrender the secrets
			of Starfleet and the Enterprise
			to you.

					KARGAN
			Then if your word is no good, how
			can we trust any of your people?

					RIKER
				(strong)
			I won't break any vow I took in
			the past. I also swore a loyalty
			to your ship and I will keep that.

					KARGAN
				(yelling back)
			They are in conflict!

					RIKER
			No sir, they are not! I will obey
			your orders. I will serve this
			ship as first officer, and in an
			attack against the Enterprise I
			will die along with this crew...
			but I will not dishonor my oath
			to the Enterprise.

	Riker glares at Kargan who holds his stare a beat, then
	nods in agreement.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT FOUR    44.

71   CONTINUED:

					KARGAN
			If you had agreed to disclose
			those facts about the Enterprise
			I would have labelled you a
			traitor and killed you on the
			spot...
				(beat)
			Instead you will die with us.
			You will die like a Klingon.

	On Riker -- he nods his acceptance of his fate.

					RIKER
			So be it.

72   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	continuing on its orbit at impulse.

73   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - SCIENCE ONE STATION

	Ensign Mendon studies his screen and then reacts. He
	punches in one more code, seems satisfied and then
	moves from his station towards the captain.

74   AT COMMAND

	Mendon stands in front of the captain. He is ill at
	ease but trying to maintain what he thinks is the
	proper protocol.

					MENDON
			Sir, I have something to report
			to you immediately.

	Worf seems like he's about to reach over the railings
	and snatch Mendon by the skull. Picard restrains his
	actions with a glance.

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Ensign.

					MENDON
			I have managed to isolate the
			organism on our hull.

					PICARD
			Spare me the technical details...
			just the results.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT FOUR    45.

74   CONTINUED:

					MENDON
			They are of a sub-micron form.
			They are controllable and can
			be removed from the hulls of both
			ships.

					PICARD
				(relieved, but covers)
			Thank you Ensign, well done.
			Prepare whatever procedures are
			necessary.
				(to Worf)
			Lieutenant Worf, add this
			information to hailing messages.

					WORF
			Aye sir. Still no response.

	Picard's concerned look.

75   INT. PAGH - MAIN BRIDGE

	The tactics officer motions Klag to his station. Klag
	observes the screen for a few beats then announces:

					KLAG
			The Enterprise has changed hailing
			messages. They now include a
			promise of cleaning the organisms
			and assisting in repairs.

					RIKER
			They mean it... They will help.

					KARGAN
			And I mean what I say.
				(stronger)
			Arm all weapons... Prepare for
			attack...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT FIVE    46.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

76   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	We see only the Enterprise on screen.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental,
			Stardate 42608.2. Although our
			search has been extensive, we are
			still unable to locate the
			Klingon ship or any debris. The
			absence of both leaves us puzzled
			and somewhat tentative.

77   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	staffed as in the previous scene. The atmosphere on
	the bridge is tense, all members waiting for Picard's
	decision.

					DATA
			Considering the absence of debris,
			it is reasonable to assume the
			Klingon vessel is in the vicinity
			and cloaked.

					PICARD
			Agreed.

					DATA
			Since we do not know their intent
			I recommend we go to Red Alert.

					PICARD
				(thoughtful for a beat)
			Make it so.

	Picard shows the tension of the situation.

78   INT. PAGH - MAIN BRIDGE

	Captain Kargan is intent on his own plan of attack.

					TACTICS OFFICER
			The Enterprise has raised its
			shields.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT FIVE    47.

78   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			It is normal procedure when
			entering into a suspicious
			situation. The act is not
			aggressive. The Enterprise will
			not fire first.

					KARGAN
			Then they are fools, for we will.

					RIKER
				(a beat, then)
			You'll get only one shot.

					KARGAN
			We will only need one. Arm all
			phasers and torpedoes. Prepare
			to fire them simultaneously.

					RIKER
			Then I recommend you do not fire
			until you are within forty
			thousand kilometers.

					KLAG
			Why?

					RIKER
			It will reduce their response
			time.

	Both Klag and the captain give Riker a grudging nod of
	admiration.

					KLAG
			You are honoring your promise to
			serve us.

					RIKER
			Would you do less?

	The Klingons nod their acceptance of this.

					KARGAN
			No.
				(beat)
			You will give the order to fire,
			Commander Riker.
				(to Klag)
			Call out distances.
				(beat)
			Any questions, Mister Riker?

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT FIVE    48.

79   ON RIKER

	his face a mask, the skin drawn tight.

					RIKER
			Just something I have to say...
				(beat)
			... I dispute your judgment. Your
			reasons for forcing this
			confrontation are not valid.

					KARGAN
			Are you finished?

					RIKER
			Yes sir.

					KARGAN
			Then commence with attack as
			ordered.

	Klag begins his countdown...

					KLAG
			Fifty-five thousand kilometers
			and closing.

	Riker removes the small transponder device supplied by
	Worf, looks at it carefully, then glances over to
	Kargan.

80   KARGAN

	returns his look and then observes the apparatus in
	Riker's hand.

					KARGAN
			Is that a weapon?

					RIKER
			No sir, it is a signaling device.

					KARGAN
			Hand it to me, Commander.

81   SCENE

	As Riker steps over to hand it to him, he flips it on.

	Only a small signal light appears on the apparatus...
	He hands it to Kargan who starts to examine it.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT FIVE    49.

82   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Worf at his station suddenly becomes alert. He adjusts
	a switch and then quickly announces:

					WORF
			We are getting an emergency signal
			from a command transponder.
			Location nine-three-five mark
			six-one-three... Frequency
			and code designate it as Commander
			Riker.

	The members on the bridge become more alert. Troi
	averts her eyes to hide her emotion.

					PICARD
				(touches com link)
			Chief O'Brien, align with
			emergency transponder signal.

83   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - INTERCUT AS NEEDED

	Empty except for Chief O'Brien.

					CHIEF O'BRIEN
			Yes Captain. We are not yet in
			safe range for a transfer and
			defensive shields are still in
			place.

					PICARD
			We may have to stretch it a
			little. On my command.

					WORF
			Forty-eight thousand.

					DATA
			Lieutenant Worf to the Transporter
			Room. Doctor Pulaski will
			accompany you. Mendon take over
			the count.

					MENDON
			Yes sir. Forty-five thousand and
			still closing.

	Worf gives Mendon one last warning look, then moves
	from his station.

					MENDON
			Forty-four thousand.

        STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT FIVE        50.

83   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Transporter Room, ready. You will
			control defensive shields...

84   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Worf and Pulaski have just entered.

					CHIEF O'BRIEN
			Ready sir.

					MENDON
			Forty thousand...

85   INT. PAGH - MAIN BRIDGE

					KLAG
			Forty thousand.

					KARGAN
			Prepare to drop cloaking shields
			and fire. Steady...

86   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Transporter Room, energize.

87   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	The Transporter Chief throws the necessary switches.

88   INT. PAGH - MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Captain Kargan DEMATERIALIZES in front of the crew.
	Klag is stunned, then reacts.

	Riker has a slight smile on his face, he turns and
	tenses.

	Klag with a growl, advances on Riker.

        STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT FIVE        51.

88   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Hold where you are Klag. I have
			relieved Captain Kargan. He was
			acting in an irrational manner.
			I am now your captain!!
				(beat)
			Serve this ship as I have!

	Klag falters a beat, unsure... then slowly stands
	upright in acceptance. Riker nods.

89   INT. ENTERPRISE - TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Uncertain, Captain Kargan on the pad. He spins his
	head around unsure. Then he spots Worf and crouches.
	Pulaski backs away.

					CHIEF O'BRIEN
			Defensive shields back in place.

					KARGAN
			Who are you?

					WORF
			I am Lieutenant Worf of the
			Starship Enterprise.

	Kargan reacts, screaming out as he reaches for his
	sidearm.

					KARGAN
			Riker has no honor... He tricked
			me!!

	As Kargan starts to aim his weapon, Worf fires his hand
	phaser. It hits Kargan and he drops. Worf lets out
	a celebration call then:

90   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Pulaski moves forward quickly, shoves Worf aside to
	examine the prone Captain.

					PULASKI
			He's barely stunned.

					WORF
				(with pride)
			Of course, he is a Klingon
			captain.

        STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT FIVE        52.

90   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			That's great, but where's Will
			Riker?

	Worf reacts for a beat, then helps Kargan to his feet.

91   INT. PAGH - MAIN BRIDGE

	Klag is still tense.

	Riker turns to the Tactics Officer.

					RIKER
			Cloaking shields off.

	The Tactics Officer stalls for a beat, not sure what to
	do.

92   CLOSER SHOT

	Riker steps forward and blocks his view of any of the
	crew and faces him down.

					RIKER
			Obey my orders.

					TACTICS OFFICER
			We will be destroyed.

					RIKER
			If we are, it will be in battle
			and I will die with you.
				(harder)
			Now, cloaking shields off!

93   ANGLE

	The Tactics Officer throws the switch.

94   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Enterprise in its orbit... The Klingon ship Pagh
	suddenly appears from nowhere.

        STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT FIVE        53.

95   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The Pagh appears on the main viewscreen. The bridge
	crew reacts but still remains professional. Captain
	Kargan is also present.

					DATA
			It is the Pagh sir. It has all
			armament locked on us and ready
			to fire.

					PICARD
			Hold position. Hailing
			frequencies open.
				(beat)
			Calling the Pagh. This is the
			Enterprise. We are here to assist
			you. Do not fire.

					KARGAN
			They will not believe you.

96   INT. PAGH - MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker has heard the Enterprise call. It continues:

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Pagh... Do you read me??

	Riker looks around at the Klingon bridge crew. He then
	sounds very much like a Klingon as he bellows out:

					RIKER
			Enterprise, this is Captain
			William Riker of the Klingon
			vessel, the Pagh.
				(pause)
			I order you to lower your shields
			and surrender.

96A  INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	The reactions of the crew.

96B  ON PICARD

	A tense look slowly becomes a slight smile.

        STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT FIVE        54.

96B  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Lower shields.
				(beat)
			Surrender as ordered.

	Kargan steps forward in a rage.

					KARGAN
			I demand to be beamed back aboard
			my vessel.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Transporter Chief, prepare to beam
			Captain Kargan aboard the Pagh.
				(to Riker, who has
				 heard)
			Captain Riker, preparations are
			ready for immediate repairs to
			your ship.

					RIKER
			Thank you, Captain Picard.

	Picard's reaction.

97   OMITTED

97A  INT. PAGH - MAIN BRIDGE

	Captain Kargan steps onto the bridge. He is tentative,
	unsure. Kargan looks around at the bridge crew who
	eye him with a kind of disapproval and
	uncomfortableness that Kargan recognizes. He turns to
	Riker.

					KARGAN
			You should have killed me.

					RIKER
			I don't want your command.

					KARGAN
			You tricked me so you could have
			it.

					RIKER
			And I give it back to you now.

        STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT FIVE        55.

97B  ON KARGAN

	His confidence returns slightly, the force of his
	personality taking over.

					KARGAN
			Then return to your position.

97C ON RIKER

	He also senses that he must do something more to return
	Kargan to his proper status. He feels the
	responsibility for placing Kargan in this situation.
	He and Klag exchange a look, a very slight nod passes
	between them, then Riker's look and attitude change to
	one of open insubordination. He almost sneers at
	Kargan.

97D  NEW ANGLE

	Kargan recognizes it, roars out in fury, charges at
	Riker, and swings a devastating blow with his fist.

97E  SCENE

	Riker is sent skidding across the bridge floor and up
	against the bulkhead where he lies stunned but aware.
	Klag steps next to Riker, then turns to face Kargan...
	Klag's hand reaches down towards his weapon...

97F  CLOSER

	Riker grabs his wrist to restrain him. Klag looks down
	at bruised but alert Riker who gives Klag an eye
	signal.

					RIKER
			No more, Captain Kargan...

97G  SCENE

	Kargan fills his chest, glares around the ship, and
	then at Riker... He holds a beat, then orders Klag:

					KARGAN
			Get him off my ship!

					KLAG
			Yes, Captain.

        STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT FIVE        56.

97G  CONTINUED:

	Klag reaches down to assist Riker to his feet. Their
	eyes meet. Klag whispers to him.

					KLAG
				(continuing)
			You understand the Klingons better
			than I thought.

					RIKER
				(nods)
			Thank you, my friend.

	Klag assists a battered Riker past a triumphant Captain
	Kargan.

98   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE/THE PAGH (OPTICAL)

	the Enterprise assisting the Pagh in repairs.

99   INT. ENTERPRISE - TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Worf and Picard are present to see Riker MATERIALIZE on
	the pad, bruised but healthy.

100
thru	OMITTED
101

102  SCENE

	Picard turns to Riker.

					RIKER
			That might be one of the shortest
			assignments in the history of
			Starfleet.

					PICARD
			You're wrong, Number One... it
			was almost the longest.
				(beat)
			You did well.

					RIKER
			Thank you. I learned quite a bit.

					PICARD
			Apparently not how to duck.

        STAR TREK: "A Matter of Honor" - 12/02/88 - ACT FIVE        57.

102  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			When not to duck would be more
			accurate.

	Picard eyes him a few beats, then smiles...

					PICARD
			If that was the intention...
			Welcome aboard.

	They both smile. Worf stands in the b.g., hiding all
	emotions and trying to look bored by it all. Riker
	steps over to him...

					RIKER
			Thank you. Your little toy
			worked.

					WORF
			I'm glad it did, sir.

					RIKER
			You come from a very brave and
			unique race. I'm glad you're here
			on the Enterprise.

	Worf swells slightly, covers his reaction.

					WORF
			Thank you, Commander...
				(beat)
			... and welcome home.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             








                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                    "The Measure of a Man" 
                          #40272-135 
                              
                          Written by 
                       Melinda Snodgrass 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Robert Scheerer 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                    2ND REV. FINAL DRAFT

                      DECEMBER 14, 1988

      STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                    "The Measure of a Man" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             CAPTAIN PHILLIPA LOUVOIS
                RIKER              ADMIRAL NAKAMURA (MALE)
                DATA               COMMANDER BRUCE MADDOX
                PULASKI            
                TROI               Voice-Over
                GEORDI             COMPUTER VOICE
                WORF               
                WESLEY             
                GUINAN             
                O'BRIEN            

                Non-Speaking       
                CREWMEMBERS        

                Voice-Over         
                COMPUTER VOICE     

      STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                    "The Measure of a Man" 
                      
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE              STARBASE 173
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              CORRIDOR
              TURBOLIFT
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              GYMNASIUM
              COMPUTER ROOM
              TEN-FORWARD
          
            STARBASE 173
              RESTAURANT
              JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S OFFICE
              COURTROOM
              LOUNGE

    STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - TEASER    1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                   "The Measure of a Man"
                         
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in route to Starbase one-seven-three.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 42523.7.
			We are in route to newly
			established Starbase one-seven-three for port
			call. Crew rotation is scheduled,
			and we will offload experiment
			modules.

2
thru	OMITTED
3

3A   INT. ENTERPRISE - DATA'S QUARTERS

	RIKER is seated shuffling cards. O'BRIEN, GEORDI and
	DATA pulling out chairs. Data wears an eyeshade. Data
	is almost into the chair when O'Brien stops him.

					O'BRIEN
			Hold it, that's my chair. My luck
			is always lousy unless I start
			on the dealer's left.

					DATA
			That would seem to be rank
			superstition.

					O'BRIEN
			Bitter experience has taught me
			it's a fundamental truth.

					RIKER
				(slapping the cards down
				 in front of O'Brien
				 who cuts them)
			The game is five card stud,
			nothing's wild.

    STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - TEASER    2.

3A   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			This game is exceedingly simple.
			With only fifty-two cards,
			seventeen of which I will see,
			and four players there are a
			limited number of possible winning
			combinations.

					GEORDI
			There's more to it than just the
			cards.

					DATA
			The bets will give an indication
			of the relative strengths of each
			hand.

					O'BRIEN
				(with a wink to Riker)
			Time to pluck a pigeon.

	Riker deals the cards. Betting begins with O'Brien,
	and proceeds around the table. The third card is
	dealt. O'Brien and Geordi pass, Data and Riker bid.
	Fourth card, more bids and passes. Fifth card. Bets
	are placed. Riker grins.

					GEORDI
			I think I'm in trouble.

	He folds.

					RIKER
			I'll raise five.

					O'BRIEN
			Too rich for me.

	He tosses his cards.

					DATA
			I will raise you three.

					RIKER
			Your three and five more.

	Data is becoming increasingly puzzled. He considers
	his cards, Riker's cards, considers the pot, studies
	Riker's face.

    STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - TEASER    3.

3A   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Is this what is known as the poker
			face?

					RIKER
			Are you playing or not?

					DATA
			I will fold.

	Riker rakes in the chips, then turns over his cards
	revealing a busted hand. Data turns his cards face
	up. He held a winning hand.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			You had nothing.

					GEORDI
			He bluffed you, Data.

					DATA
			It makes very little sense to bet
			when you cannot win.

					RIKER
			But I did win. I was gambling
			that you wouldn't call.

					DATA
			But how can you tell?

					O'BRIEN
			Instinct, Data, instinct.
				(he shuffles the cards)
			The game is seven card high/low
			with a buy on the last card. And
			just to make it interesting the
			man with the axe takes all.

	Data is looking completely bemused as the cards are
	dealt.

3B   OMITTED

3C   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	docking at Starbase one-seven-three.

    STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - TEASER    4.

3D   INT. STARBASE 173 - RESTAURANT

	It's very high tech. PICARD sits alone at a table.
	Before him is a cup. He suddenly straightens in his
	chair as a beautiful WOMAN in her late forties enters.
	She is in a Starfleet uniform which clearly is a
	surprise to Picard. She is very poised, very
	professional, and she scans the room as if searching
	for someone. Her eyes light on Picard; and a funny,
	ironic little smile curves her lips. Picard rises and
	walks up to the passway to join her.

3E   ANOTHER ANGLE

					PICARD
				(with a little edge on
				 the words)
			My God, if it isn't Phillipa
			Louvois, back in uniform.

					PHILLIPA
			Don't gloat, Picard. It's almost
			more irritating then when you're
			being self-righteous.

					PICARD
			Unbelievable, after all this time,
			and we're picking up the threads
			of old fights as if we'd never
			been apart.

					PHILLIPA
			Ain't love wonderful.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

   STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT ONE   5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

A4	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in dock at Starbase one-seven-three.

4    INT. STARBASE 173 - LOUNGE

	Phillipa and Picard standing on the pass-through.

					PICARD
			What are you doing out here?

					PHILLIPA
			I'm in charge of the Sector
			twenty-three JAG office. I'll
			be making some good law.
				(a rueful smile)
			And maybe do a little good along
			the way, too. What do you think?

					PICARD
			Anything is possible. You
			returned to Starfleet.

					PHILLIPA
			I had to, it's the most exciting
			and worthwhile place to be.

					PICARD
			You didn't have to leave.

					PHILLIPA
			They forced me out.

					PICARD
			No. That was your own damn
			stubborn pride.

					PHILLIPA
				(becoming heated)
			When I prosecuted you in the
			Stargazer court-martial I was
			doing my job.

					PICARD
			No, you went way beyond doing the
			job. You enjoyed it.

   STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT ONE   6.

4    CONTINUED:

					PHILLIPA
			Not true! A court-martial is
			standard when a ship has been
			lost. I had a duty as an officer
			in the Judge Advocate General.

					PICARD
			Flummery, you've always enjoyed
			the adversarial process more than
			arriving at the truth.

	They both seem to realize that they are skating
	dangerously close to very thin ice. They literally
	physically turn away from each other while they recover
	their tempers. Picard continues a little gruffly:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Well, I hope you've learned a
			little wisdom.

					PHILLIPA
				(lightly)
			Watch it, you're doing it again.

					PICARD
				(forcing a smile, and
				 we see the tension
				 leech from his body)
			I'm not being self-righteous.
			Merely right.

					PHILLIPA
			A distinction, I would submit,
			without a difference.

					PICARD
			Come and sit down.

	As they walk down off the pass-through and seat
	themselves she says:

					PHILLIPA
			I can't stay long. I'm meeting
			someone for dinner.

					PICARD
			But he hasn't arrived yet.

					PHILLIPA
			What makes you think it's a man?

   STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT ONE   7.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Past experience.

					PHILLIPA
			Cute. Try to remember that you're
			an officer and a gentleman.
				(she rises)
			You know, I never thought I would
			say this, but it is good to see
			you again. You're still a damn
			sexy man, Picard.

	This rocks him back in his chair.

					PHILLIPA
				(continuing; very brisk)
			So buy me dinner.

					PICARD
			I thought you were meeting
			someone?

	ADMIRAL NAKAMURA enters. With him is BRUCE MADDOX.
	They cross to the table.

					PHILLIPA
				(struggling with
				 herself)
			Once again you're always right,
			Jean-Luc.

	Phillipa whirls for a grand exit, and almost bumps
	noses with Nakamura.

					PHILLIPA
				(continuing)
			Admiral.

					NAKAMURA
			Captain Louvois. You're
			acquainted with Captain Picard?

					PHILLIPA
			Yes, we're old... friends.

	Phillipa exits.

					NAKAMURA
			Captain, good to see you again.
			May I present Commander Bruce
			Maddox. He has an interesting
			proposal for you.

   STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT ONE   8.

4    CONTINUED: (3)

	Nakamura and Maddox exchange glances.

					NAKAMURA
				(continuing)
			But that can wait until later.
			I'm eager to see the Enterprise.

	Picard looks from Nakamura to Maddox. Whatever this
	"proposal" is, it is going to have import for himself
	and his ship.

4A   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE

	as before, docked at Starbase one-seven-three.

5    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Riker watches as Picard, Admiral Nakamura, and Maddox
	BEAM ABOARD. SOUND EFFECT in the b.g. as Nakamura is
	piped aboard.

					PICARD
			Admiral, Commander Maddox, allow
			me to introduce my first officer,
			Commander William Riker.

					NAKAMURA
			Pleasure, Commander.

	They shake hands and begin walking toward the doors.

					PICARD
			How long has it been since we've
			seen each other?

					NAKAMURA
			You'd just been assigned as an
			ensign aboard the old Reliant.

					PICARD
				(lightly)
			Oh yes, and I seem to remember
			a certain young lieutenant who
			had harsh words about snap
			inspections, and the admirals who
			pulled them.

					NAKAMURA
			The situation changes when you've
			got the admiral's stripes.

   STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT ONE   9.

5    CONTINUED:

	The party steps through the doors and into the
	Enterprise corridor.

6    INT. CORRIDOR

					NAKAMURA
			There isn't an officer in
			Starfleet who wouldn't give his
			right leg to be where you are -- Captain
			of the Starship
			Enterprise. I'm no different.
			I just have the power to get
			aboard.

					PICARD
			Happy to have you, Admiral.

	They enter the turbolift.

7    INT. TURBOLIFT

					PICARD
			Bridge. Congratulations on your
			appointment. Command of a
			Starbase.

					NAKAMURA
			Thank you, but I miss a ship.
			A bit of advice, Captain. Don't
			ever become an admiral. They make
			you an administrator.

	They arrive, and step out onto the bridge.

8    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Admiral on the bridge.

	On the bridge are Riker, WORF, Data, and WESLEY.
	Everyone stiffens slightly, and looks around. Maddox
	and Data lock eyes, and Data stands. Picard and
	Nakamura converse as they tour the bridge. Riker
	notices the by-play and frowns.

					PICARD
			I was a little surprised at the
			decision to put a base in force
			this close to the Neutral Zone.

   STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT ONE   10.

8    CONTINUED:

					NAKAMURA
			As you know, we've had disturbing
			news from both sides of the zone.
			We're here to respond as needed.
			And it won't hurt to have the
			Romulans know we're nearby.

	They complete their circuit of the bridge.

					NAKAMURA
				(continuing)
			Well, Captain, I thank you for
			this opportunity. For five
			hundred years ships who've borne
			the name Enterprise have been a
			legend. This one is no different.

					MADDOX
				(impatiently)
			Admiral.

					NAKAMURA
			Oh yes, Captain. Commander Maddox
			is here to do some work on your
			android. Please take care of him.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Worf.

	He indicates and Worf escorts the admiral off the
	bridge.

					MADDOX
			How have you been, Data?

					DATA
			My condition does not alter with
			the passage of time, Commander.

					PICARD
			The two of you are acquainted?

					MADDOX
			Yes, I evaluated Data when it
			first applied to the Academy.

					DATA
			And were the sole member of the
			committee to oppose my entrance
			on the grounds that I was not a
			sentient being.

   STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT ONE   11.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			What exactly will this work
			entail?

					MADDOX
			I'm going to disassemble Data.

					PICARD
				(pausing for a beat to
				 assimilate this)
			I think we will remove this
			discussion to the lounge.

	Riker, Maddox, Data, and Picard walk to the doors.

8A   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Everyone seated around the table.

					PICARD
			Explain this procedure.

					MADDOX
			Ever since I first saw Data at
			its entrance evaluation at
			Starfleet Academy, I've wanted
			to understand it. I became a
			student of the works of Doctor
			Noonien Soong -- Data's creator.
			I've tried to continue his work,
			and I believe I am very close to
			the breakthrough which will enable
			me to duplicate Soong's work and
			replicate this.
				(Maddox points to Data)
			But as a first step I must
			disassemble and study it. Data
			is going to be my guide.

					PICARD
			Data?

					DATA
			It sounds intriguing.

					PICARD
			How will you proceed?

   STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT ONE   12.

8A   CONTINUED:

					MADDOX
			I'll run a full diagnostic on
			Data, evaluating the condition
			of its software. I'll then dump
			its core memory into the starbase
			mainframe computer and begin a
			detailed analysis of its
			construction.

					DATA
			You have constructed a positronic
			brain?

					MADDOX
			Yes.

					DATA
			Have you determined how the
			electron resistance across the
			neural filaments is to be
			resolved?

					MADDOX
			Not precisely.

					DATA
			That would seem to be a necessary
			first step.

					MADDOX
			I'm confident that I'll have the
			answer once I've examine the
			filament links in your anterior
			cortex.

					DATA
			But if the answer is not
			forthcoming, your model will not
			function.

					MADDOX
			I don't anticipate a problem.

					PICARD
			You seem a little vague on the
			specifics. What are the risks
			to Commander Data?

					MADDOX
			Negligible.

   STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT ONE   13.

8A   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			His basic research lacks the
			specifics necessary to support
			an experiment of this magnitude.

					PICARD
			Data is a valued member of my
			bridge crew. Based on what I've
			heard I cannot allow him to submit
			to your experiment.

					MADDOX
			I thought this might be your
			attitude, Captain.
				(he removes a message
				 disk from his pocket,
				 and extends it to
				 Picard)
			Here are Starfleet's transfer
			orders separating Commander Data
			from the Enterprise, and
			reassigning it to Starbase one-seven-three
			under my command. Data, I'll
			expect you in my office at nine
			hundred hours tomorrow.

	Focus on Picard as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

   STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT TWO   14.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

9    INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Admiral Nakamura on the screen. Picard eyes him with
	some hostility.

					NAKAMURA
			Look, it's a transfer, like any
			other transfer.

					PICARD
			No, it's not. This is one of my
			key officers, and he's been
			removed without consulting me.

					NAKAMURA
			I'm sorry about that, but
			Commander Maddox's work in
			robotics is considered critical
			by Starfleet Command. Think
			what's at stake here. If
			Commander Maddox can succeed in
			duplicating Noonien Soong's work
			other captains on other ships
			would have the advantage you now
			enjoy: a Data on every bridge.
			You don't want Data transferred,
			fine. There's an easy solution.
			Have him work with Commander
			Maddox. Nakamura out.

	Picard stares at the blank viewscreen, then rises and
	paces the room. The DOOR CHIME SOUNDS arresting him in
	his nervous preambulations.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Data enters.

					DATA
			You sent for me, sir?

	Picard returns to his desk, seats himself, and regards
	Data intently.

					PICARD
			Please, sit down. We've got a
			problem.

   STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT TWO   15.

9    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I find myself in agreement with
			that assessment of the situation,
			sir.

					PICARD
			Your service to this ship has been
			exemplary. I don't want to lose
			you.

					DATA
			I am pleased to hear you say so.
			Thank you.

					PICARD
			There is a solution which presents
			itself.

					DATA
			Yes, sir?

					PICARD
			Undergo the procedure, then the
			transfer order becomes moot.

					DATA
			I will not submit to this
			procedure.

	Picard rises, and seats himself on the corner of the
	desk, closing the distance with Data.

					PICARD
			Data, I understand your objections
			to this procedure, but I also have
			to consider Starfleet's interests.
			If Commander Maddox is correct
			there is a possibility that many
			more beings such as yourself could
			be constructed.

					DATA
			True, but possibility is a word
			which can encompass any number
			of outcomes -- good and bad.

					PICARD
			But if he's right, Starfleet would
			be immeasurably enriched.

   STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT TWO   16.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Captain, I am a Starfleet
			officer. Can they force me to
			do this?

					PICARD
			It's precisely because you are
			a Starfleet officer that they can.
			We take an oath to serve. In this
			case this is the form your service
			is taking.

					DATA
			Sir, Lieutenant La Forge's eyes
			are far superior to human
			biological eyes, true?

					PICARD
			Yes.

					DATA
			Then why are not all human
			officers required to have their
			eyes replaced with cybernetic
			implants?

	Picard is utterly at a loss for words. We can see the
	confusion on his face as he struggles for an answer to
	this unanswerable remark. Data rises with great
	dignity.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I see. It is precisely because
			I am not human.

					PICARD
			That will be all, Mister Data.
				(jabs open the com
				 on his desk)
			Computer. Pull all relevant
			Starfleet regulations concerning
			officer transfers.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Working.

	Page after page of regulations begin to scroll across
	the screen. Picard, knuckling his chin, studies them
	in frowning abstraction.

   STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT TWO   17.

10   INT. JAG OFFICE

	Phillipa at her desk working. Picard enters. She
	looks up in surprise.

					PHILLIPA
			My God, twice in as many days.

					PICARD
			I need your help.

					PHILLIPA
			An historic moment.

					PICARD
			I've been trying to make heads
			or tails of this gibberish, and
			it's finally defeated me. My
			android officer has been
			transferred so he can undergo a
			highly dangerous procedure. I
			want to stop it.

					PHILLIPA
			He can refuse to undergo this
			procedure, but we can't stop the
			transfer.

					PICARD
			Once Maddox has Data under his
			control anything could happen.
			I don't trust that man.

					PHILLIPA
			We agree to certain risks when
			we join Starfleet.

					PICARD
				(pacing)
			Acceptable risks, justified risks,
			yes, but I can't accept this.
			It's unfair and unjust. What
			about his rights...

					PHILLIPA
			All this passion over a machine.

					PICARD
				(raising a warning
				 finger)
			Don't start. Is there an option?

   STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT TWO   18.

10   CONTINUED:

					PHILLIPA
			There's always an option. He can
			resign.

	Phillipa suddenly rises and comes around the desk to
	Picard. She is very close, her body language is one of
	yearning, but her voice still has that flippant tone.

					PHILLIPA
				(continuing)
			So you came to me for help.

					PICARD
				(stiff because he thinks
				 she's taunting him)
			Yes, I came to you. You're the
			JAG officer in this sector. I had
			to come to you.

	He starts to leave.

					PHILLIPA
			Wait! I didn't mean it that way.
			I'm... I'm glad that you thought
			you could... well, come to me.

					PICARD
			Trust is too painful a word.

					PHILLIPA
			I wish things were different for
			us.

11   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Data is packing. A handgrip lies open on the desk top.
	There is a holocube on the top to the clothing. Data
	triggers it, and a miniature of Tasha Yar stands on the
	desk. He regards the image for a few seconds, then
	removes a box from a desk drawer. Opens it and studies
	his medals. Places it in the case. Finally he lifts
	an antique bound book. As he replaces the book,
	Maddox enters. Maddox lifts out the book, finds a
	marker at the sonnet, looks surprised.

   STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT TWO   19.

11   CONTINUED:

					MADDOX
			"When in disgrace with fortune
			  and men's eyes,
			I all alone beweep my outcast
			  state... "
			Is it just words to you, or do
			you fathom the meaning?

					DATA
			It is customary to request
			permission before entering an
			individual's quarters.

					MADDOX
			I thought we could talk this out,
			that I could try to reassure you.
			Your memories and knowledge will
			remain intact.

					DATA
			Reduced to mere sterile facts
			of the events. The substance,
			the flavor of the moment could
			be lost. Take games of chance...

					MADDOX
			Games of chance?

					DATA
			Yes, I had read and absorbed every
			treatise and textbook upon the
			subject, and felt myself tolerably
			well prepared for the experience.
			Yet, when I finally played poker,
			I discovered that the reality bore
			little resemblance to the rules.

					MADDOX
			The point being?

					DATA
			That while I believe that you can
			download the information contained
			in the positronic brain, I do not
			think you have acquired the
			expertise necessary to preserve
			the heart of those experiences.
			There is an ineffable quality to
			memory that I do not believe can
			survive the shutdown of my core.

   STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT TWO   20.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					MADDOX
				(looking at Data with
				 wonder)
			Ineffable quality. I would
			rather that we had done this
			together, but one way or the other
			we are doing it. You're under
			my command.

					DATA
			No, sir, I am not under your nor
			anyone else's command. I have
			resigned from Starfleet.

					MADDOX
			Resigned. You can't.

					DATA
			I regret the decision, but I must.
			I am the culmination of one man's
			dream. This is not ego or vanity,
			but when Doctor Soong created me
			he added to the substance of the
			universe. If by your experiments
			I am destroyed, something unique
			and wonderful will be lost. I
			cannot permit that, I must protect
			the dream.

					MADDOX
			And so must I. Keep packing,
			you will be reporting.

	He exits as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT THREE  21.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

A12	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in parking orbit near Starbase one-seven-three.

12   INT. JAG OFFICE

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental.
			Commander Bruce Maddox, having
			been thwarted by Data's abrupt
			resignation from Starfleet is now
			seeking a legal remedy for his
			woes. Captain Louvois has
			requested my presence at those
			discussions.

	Phillipa seated watching Maddox preambulate. Picard,
	rigid with fury stands nearby. Phillipa is
	expressionless listening to the arguments.

					MADDOX
				(to Picard)
			Your response is emotional and
			irrational. You're endowing Data
			with human characteristics because
			it looks human. But it's not.
			If it were a box on wheels I
			wouldn't be facing this
			opposition.

					PHILLIPA
			Overt sentimentalism is not one
			of Captain Picard's failings.
			Trust me, I know.

					PICARD
			Data is a valued member of my
			crew, an outstanding bridge
			officer, a --

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT THREE  22.

12   CONTINUED:

					MADDOX
			If I'm permitted to make this
			experiment the horizons for human
			achievement become boundless.
			Consider, every ship in the
			Federation with a Data on board.
			Utilizing their tremendous
			capabilities. Acting as our hands
			and eyes in dangerous situations.
			That is worth a little
			inconvenience.

					PHILLIPA
			Look, you're preaching to the
			choir here.
				(touches her breast)
			So why don't you get to the point?

					MADDOX
				(palms flat on the desk
				 he leans in on her)
			Data must not be permitted to
			resign.

					PICARD
			He's an officer in Starfleet.
			He has certain rights...

					MADDOX
			Rights! Rights! I'm sick to
			death of hearing about rights!
			What about my right not to have
			my life work subverted by blind
			ignorance?

					PHILLIPA
			We have rule of law in this
			Federation. You can't simply
			seize people, and experiment with
			them to prove your pet theories.

					MADDOX
			Now you're doing it. Data is an
			extraordinary piece of
			engineering, but it is a machine.
			If you permit it to resign it will
			destroy years of work in robotics.
			Starfleet doesn't have to allow
			the resignation --

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT THREE  23.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Starfleet is not an organization
			that ignores its own regulations
			when they become inconvenient.
			Whether you like it or not, Data
				(separating and
				 punctuating each word)
			does... have... rights.

					MADDOX
				(visibly calming himself
				 and ignoring Picard)
			Let me put it another way. Would
			you permit the computer on the
			Enterprise to refuse a refit?

					PHILLIPA
				(nodding thoughtfully)
			An interesting point, but the
			Enterprise computer is property.
			Is Data?

					MADDOX
			Of course.

					PHILLIPA
			There might be law to support that
			position.

					PICARD
			A decision with such broad-ranging
			implications must be supported
			by an official ruling.
				(to Phillipa, icy)
			And I trust you will apply the
			same zeal to your research that
			you used during the Stargazer
			court-martial.

13   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	A farewell party is in full swing. Present are Riker,
	Data, TROI, Wesley, PULASKI, Geordi and Worf. On a
	table are piled some gaily wrapped gifts. Data is
	carefully opening the wrapping on a present while
	people watch.

					WESLEY
			You're supposed to rip the
			wrapping off a present.

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT THREE  24.

13   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			But with the application of a
			little care, Wes, the paper can
			be utilized again.

					WESLEY
			You're missing the point.

	Data considers, then in an effort to accommodate Wesley
	he rips the paper. The paper falls away revealing an
	antique book. Data reads from the binding.

					DATA
			The Dream of the Fire, by K'Ratak.
			Thank you, Worf.

					WORF
			It was in the hands of the
			Klingons that the novel attained
			its full stature.

					PULASKI
			I couldn't disagree more, but
			we'll save that argument for
			another day. Now listen
			carefully. I didn't get you a
			present --

					DATA
			That is quite all right. None
			was expected...

					PULASKI
				(interrupting)
			Instead I'm going to give you
			something far more valuable -- my
			advice. You've spent years
			in the womb of Starfleet. Now
			you're about to start a new life.
			You'd be wise to consider the
			experiences offered by
			groundside living.

					DATA
			Thank you. I will take that under
			advisement.
				(noticing Geordi sitting
				 alone in a corner
				 nursing a drink)
			Excuse me, please.
				(to Geordi)
			Is something wrong?

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT THREE  25.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Of course there is. You're going
			away.

					DATA
			No one regrets the necessity more
			than I, but you do understand my
			reasons?

					GEORDI
			Oh yeah, I understand. I just
			don't like your being forced out.
			It's not fair.

					DATA
			Doctor Pulaski would, at this
			juncture, no doubt remind us that
			life is rarely fair.

					GEORDI
			Sorry, but that doesn't make it
			any easier.

					DATA
				(slowly, a little
				 awkwardly)
			I shall... miss you.

					GEORDI
				(rising)
			Me too.
				(he gives Data a fierce
				 hug)
			You take care, Data.

	In another part of the room Riker joins Troi.

					RIKER
			Deanna... does Data have...
			do you feel anything from him?

					TROI
			I can't sense anything from Data.
			But that proves nothing. There
			are many minds from which I can
			read no meaning.

					RIKER
			There's got to be more to him than
			software, nets and chips.

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT THREE  26.

13   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			It is possible that Commander
			Maddox is correct and we are
			anthropomorphizing Data.
			Assigning to him emotions and
			responses which he may not have.

					RIKER
			I'm not sure I see that as a
			problem.

	Riker and Troi realize that a silence has fallen over
	the room. They look to where Maddox stands framed in
	the doorway.

					MADDOX
				(sarcastically)
			A little farewell celebration?

					RIKER
				(stepping forward)
			Yes, to which I don't recall
			inviting you.

					MADDOX
			I couldn't miss this. I can't
			wait to hear Data's plans.

					DATA
			They are currently somewhat
			indefinite, but my programming
			offers a number of alternatives.
				(crossing to Wesley,
				 and dropping an arm
				 over the boy's
				 shoulders)
			I am considering teaching. I have
			had some success with my star
			pupil.

	The next speech is delivered by a man who really knows
	better, but can't stop himself. His anger is fueled by
	his sense of loss -- his life work is crumbling before
	his eyes because he believes that without Data he
	cannot succeed. Thus his reputation is also on the
	line.

					MADDOX
			I have a better idea. Carnival
			work. They could bill you as the
			walking encyclopedia. Ask him
			any question --

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT THREE  27.

13   CONTINUED: (4)

	The WHISTLE of the com panel interrupts him. Riker
	moves to answer.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Number One, Captain Louvois has
			called. We're expected in her
			office. Meet me in Transporter
			Room Five.

					RIKER
				(touches his insignia)
			On my way.
				(to Maddox)
			I know you're just leaving. I'll
			escort you.

	They start toward the door.

13A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE

	as before.

14   INT. JAG OFFICE

	Riker and Picard already there.

					PHILLIPA
			I have completed my research,
			and based on the Acts of Gould
			passed in the early twenty-first
			century, Data is the property of
			Starfleet. He cannot resign and
			he cannot refuse to cooperate with
			Commander Maddox.

					PICARD
			And if I challenge this ruling?

					PHILLIPA
			I will be required to hold a
			hearing.

					PICARD
			Then I so challenge. Convene your
			hearing.

	Phillipa is taken aback. She was not prepared for
	this.

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT THREE  28.

14   CONTINUED:

					PHILLIPA
			Captain, that would be exceedingly
			difficult. This is a new base.
			I have no staff --

					PICARD
			Surely there are regulations to
			cover this eventuality.

					PHILLIPA
			There are. I can use serving
			officers as legal counsel. You
			as senior officer would defend.

					PICARD
			Very well.

					RIKER
			And who gets the unenviable task
			of prosecuting this case?

					PHILLIPA
			You do. The next most senior
			officer aboard defendant's ship.

					RIKER
			I can't. I won't. Data's my
			friend, my comrade. We've served
			together and I not only respect
			him, I have affection for him.

					PHILLIPA
			This isn't about friendship. This
			is about duty, and how we search
			for truth.

					RIKER
			A system that pits people against
			each other can't be the answer.

					PHILLIPA
			When people of good conscience
			have an honest dispute we
			sometimes must resort to this kind
			of adversarial system.

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT THREE  29.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			You want me to try and prove that
			Data's a mere machine. I can't.
			I don't believe it. I know he's
			more than that. I'm neither
			qualified nor willing to do this.
			You're going to have to find
			someone else.

					PHILLIPA
			Then I'll rule summarily based
			upon my findings. Data's a
			toaster. Have him report to
			Commander Maddox immediately for
			experimental refit.

	Silence holds the room. Phillipa cold, implacable.
	Riker stricken. Picard weighing, measuring, evaluating
	his First Officer.

					RIKER
				(bitterly)
			I see I have no choice but to
			agree.

					PHILLIPA
			Good. But you better do your duty
			in that courtroom. If I think
			for one minute that you're not
			giving me your best effort I'll
			end this right then and there.

					PICARD
			You don't have to remind us of
			our duty. Just remember yours.

					PHILLIPA
				(with a cold look)
			I've never forgotten it. Not
			then, and certainly not now.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FOUR  30.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

15   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker, Wesley and Worf are at their accustomed
	stations. Data is crossing from the turbolift to the
	Ready Room.

16   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard at his desk with the reader on.

					PICARD
				(cutting straight to
				 the heart of the
				 matter, with no attempt
				 to soften the blow)
			Captain Louvois has issued a
			ruling that you are the property
			of Starfleet Command. You can't
			resign.

					DATA
			I see... from limitless options
			I am reduced to none, or rather
			one. I can only hope that
			Commander Maddox is more capable
			than it would appear.

					PICARD
			No, you're not going to submit.
			We're going to fight this.
			Captain Louvois may be overly
			attached to the letter of the law,
			but she has not forgotten its
			spirit. She's convening a hearing
			and we are going to lay the
			question of your legal status to
			rest once and for all.
				(he rises, and paces
				 away, turns back, and
				 adds uncomfortably)
			I have been asked to represent
			you, but if there is some other
			officer with whom you would feel
			more comfortable --

					DATA
			Captain, I have complete
			confidence in your ability to
			represent my interests.

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FOUR  31.

17   INT. ENTERPRISE GYMNASIUM

	Picard is fencing with his usual opponent. Riker
	enters. Picard continues fencing.

					PICARD
			Care to try your hand, Number
			One?

					RIKER
			Another time. It's too close to
			our real contest.

					PICARD
				(exchanging blows with
				 his opponent)
			This isn't about you and me.

					RIKER
			Isn't it? Data may be the issue,
			but our performances are what will
			be judged.

					PICARD
				(exchanging several
				 lightning blows with
				 his opponent)
			That's the nature of the
			adversarial process.

					RIKER
			Which can only work when the
			opponents are of equal ability.

					PICARD
				(turning very slowly,
				 leaning on his sword
				 and regarding Riker)
			Are you suggesting that we are
			not evenly matched?

					RIKER
			No, but for Data's sake it has
			to be said. I've been forced into
			this, and I have only one option.
			To give this my best effort.

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FOUR  32.

17   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I see.
				(slash)
			Then... you are here...
				(slash)
			to warn me...
				(slash)
			that you are going to do...
				(slash)
			Everything within your power and
			within the boundaries of the
			law...
				(slash)
			to win!

	Picard drives his opponent completely across the room.

					RIKER
			Yes.

					PICARD
			So am I.

	Riker exits.

18   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Picard seated. He has a PADD ready to take notes.
	Data seated nearby. The travelcase still open on the
	desk behind them.

					PICARD
			All right, I'm going to need to
			know everything about you.

					DATA
			Sir, all of that information is
			stored in the Enterprise computer
			banks.

					PICARD
			I want to hear it from you.

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FOUR  33.

18   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(cocking his head like
				 a puzzled bird)
			Very good, sir. Activation
			occurred twenty-seven years ago
			on Omicron Theta. I entered the
			Academy in '44, and graduated in
			'48 with honors in probability
			mechanics and exobiology. First
			posting...

					PICARD
			Data, Data, Data, whoa, stop.
			I could get this from the
			computer.

					DATA
			I believe I indicated that
			earlier, sir.

	Picard rises and takes a turn around the room. Returns
	to the desk, and begins to play unconsciously with the
	objects in the travelcase.

					PICARD
			I need to know how you think,
			what you want, how you feel. What
			drives you, motivates you.

					DATA
			Drives? Motivates? Sir, may I
			inquire as to the purpose of this
			line of questioning?

					PICARD
			We have to prove that you're a
			sentient life-form.

					DATA
				(extremely puzzled)
			But I am not. I am a machine.

					PICARD
			That's not what I need to hear.

					DATA
			How can we deny the obvious?

					PICARD
			We're searching for an argument
			which will legally deny that
			obvious fact.

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FOUR  34.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			But if it is a fact how can
			argument alter --

					PICARD
			Data!

					DATA
			Sir?

					PICARD
			Stop babbling.
				(rewinding the threads
				 of his fast-tattering
				 patience)
			The law recognizes many things
			as people that aren't possessed
			of flesh and blood. It's a little
			legal fiction, you see.

					DATA
			I am beginning to understand why
			Shakespeare wrote, let us kill
			all the lawyers.

	Picard reseats himself, but we can tell from his weary
	expression that this is going to be a long session.

19   OMITTED

19A  INT. COMPUTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Multiple computers surround Riker. Some screens are
	filled with legal decisions, others with technical
	jargon. Riker calls up information on one. Makes a
	notation on his PADD.

					RIKER
			Computer, identify Riker, William
			T. Clearance level blue.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Identified. Ready.

					RIKER
			Access all technical schematics
			of Lieutenant Commander Data.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Working.

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FOUR  35.

19A  CONTINUED:

	A schematic appears flagged with Top Secret. Need to
	Know.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			Personal log. Zero three hundred.
			I should be resting. Instead I
			continue to prepare for a duty
			I do not wish to perform. Truth
			should not be reduced to a prize
			in a battle of wills and words.

	Riker is suddenly arrested by something he sees on a
	screen. His expression is first one of excitement as
	he realizes he now has the means to win this case.
	Then bleak sadness as he realizes the import of his
	victory.

	He punches off the recorder, his expression bleak and
	exhausted.

20   INT. COURTROOM

	High-tech room. An amphitheater-like arrangement where
	spectators can sit. Picard with Data seated at their
	table. Riker and Maddox to their right at another
	table. Phillipa enters.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			All rise.

					PHILLIPA
				(seats herself behind
				 the bench)
			Be seated. Counselors, are you
			ready?

					PICARD/RIKER
			We are, your honor.

					PHILLIPA
			This hearing convened on stardate
			42524.1 is to determine the legal
			status of the android known as
			Data. The office of the Judge
			Advocate General has rendered a
			finding of property, defense has
			challenged. Commander Riker.

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FOUR  36.

20   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Your honor, there is only one
			issue in this case and one
			relevant piece of evidence. I
			call Lieutenant Commander Data.

	Data seats himself in the witness chair, and places
	his hand on the scanner.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Verify, Lieutenant Commander Data.
			Current assignment, USS
			Enterprise. Starfleet Command
			Decoration for...

					RIKER
			Your honor, we'll stipulate to
			all of this.

					PICARD
				(leaping to his feet)
			Objection, your honor, I want it
			read. All of it.

					PHILLIPA
			Sustained.

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(resuming)
			... Gallantry, Medal of Honor with
			clusters, Legion of Honor, the
			Star Cross.

					RIKER
			Commander Data, what are you?

					DATA
				(looking to Picard for
				 guidance, Picard nods
				 to him to answer)
			An android.

					RIKER
			Which is?

					DATA
			Webster's Twenty-Third Century
			Dictionary, Fifth Edition, defines
			Android as an automaton made to
			resemble a human being.

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FOUR  37.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(musing)
			An automaton. Made. Made by
			whom?

					DATA
			Sir?

					RIKER
			Who built you, Data?

					DATA
			Doctor Noonien Soong.

					RIKER
			And he was?

					DATA
			The foremost authority in
			cybernetics.

					RIKER
			More basic than that. What was
			he?

					DATA
				(puzzled, but groping
				 for the right answer;
				 he says questioningly)
			A human?

					RIKER
			Thank you. Data, what is the
			capacity of your memory, and how
			fast can you process information?

					DATA
			I have an ultimate storage
			capacity of eight hundred
			quadrillion bits. My total linear
			computational speed has been rated
			at sixty trillion operations per
			second.

	Riker moves to his table, and picks up a steel bar of
	great thickness.

					RIKER
			Your honor, I offer into evidence
			prosecution's exhibit A. A bar
			of plasteel with a tensile
			strength of forty kilo-bars.

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FOUR  38.

20   CONTINUED: (3)

	Phillipa inspects the exhibit, and hands it back to
	Riker.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Commander Data, would you please
			bend that.

					PICARD
				(again on his feet)
			Objection, your honor. Many races
			possess meta-human strength. It's
			not relevant to the issue before
			this court.

					PHILLIPA
			I'm afraid I can't agree, Captain.
			Proceed with the demonstration,
			Commander Riker.

	Data easily bends the bar. Phillipa again inspects
	it.

					RIKER
				(to Phillipa)
			Drawing on the log record of the
			construction of the prototype
			android Lore, also constructed
			by Noonien Soong, I request that
			I be allowed to remove Commander
			Data's hand for your inspection.

					PICARD
			Objection! What is the point of
			all this?

					PHILLIPA
			The issue before this court is
			whether Data is machine, and by
			extension property. I'd say this
			is pretty damn relevant.

	Riker removes Data's hand.

					RIKER
				(sotto voce to Data)
			I'm sorry.

	Riker offers it to Phillipa who inspects it. Hands it
	back to Riker.

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FOUR  39.

20   CONTINUED: (4)

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Data is a physical representation
			of a dream, an idea conceived of
			by the mind of a man. His
			purpose? To serve human needs
			and interests. He is a collection
			of neural nets and heuristic
			algorithms. His responses are
			dictated by an elaborate software
			program written by a man. The
			hardware
				(slapping the hand
				 against his palm)
			was built by a man.

	Riker has been preambulating around the courtroom, each
	step bringing him closer to Data. He is now at his
	side, and without warning he leans down, presses the
	switch, and turns him off. Data collapses like a
	broken toy.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			And this man has turned him off.
			Pinocchio is broken, the strings
			are cut.

	Riker lays the hand down next to Data. Shocked silence
	fills the room. Picard's reaction -- shock and
	certainty that he cannot win.

					PICARD
			I request a recess.

					PHILLIPA
			Granted.

	Riker who, as he walks to his chair, is in agony. A
	single tear runs down his cheek. He has destroyed a
	friend.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FIVE  40.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

21   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	The lounge is deserted, lights very low creating the
	implication that it is very late. Picard is seated at
	a table facing out the windows. An empty glass stands
	before him. He is turning it, turning it, turning it.
	His expression is death weary and very sad. GUINAN
	is at the bar puttering, but never taking her eyes off
	that solitary figure. Finally she can stand it no
	longer. Drawing two drinks she slides from behind the
	bar and crosses to him.

					GUINAN
			You should get some sleep.

					PICARD
			I've lost, and I'm not even sure
			I mind. Data is a machine. But
			there is something bothering me.
			Something I'm missing. Or is it
			just wounded pride that I've lost
			and in front of her.

					GUINAN
			What is it that lies between you?

					PICARD
				(waving it aside)
			Ancient history.

					GUINAN
			Unfortunately the past always
			resonates in the present, and
			decisions made today reach into
			the future.

					PICARD
				(Drumming fingers on
				 the table, abruptly
				 he decides to tell her.
				 It emerges in sharp
				 staccato.)
			The Stargazer court-martial. It
			should have been a routine
			hearing. Yes, I had lost my ship,
			but my actions were entirely
			justified.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FIVE  41.

21   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			Phillipa was assistant to the
			prosecution. She dug up every
			obscure case and citation and the
			panel hammered at me for three
			days. It damn near ended my
			career. It did end us. She's
			enjoying this situation. She
			knows I disapprove of the
			adversarial system. Now she's
			forced me into active
			participation, and she's both
			pleased and angered to see me fail.

					GUINAN
			Emotions. They're such slippery,
			contradictory things. It's a
			wonder any of us ever crawled out
			of the oceans, or swung down out
			of the trees.

					PICARD
				(pushing back his chair)
			Well, there's only one thing to
			do. I go to her in the morning,
			and we discuss a deal.

					GUINAN
				(thoughtfully studying
				 her hands)
			I had heard a lot about you before
			I joined the Enterprise. About
			how Picard was a man who never
			knew when to lie down and admit
			he was beat.

					PICARD
			I have to salvage at least some
			of Data's rights. If Data agrees
			to undergo Commander Maddox's
			procedure we can get out of this
			hearing before he's declared the
			property of Starfleet command.

					GUINAN
			If Commander Maddox is successful
			in disassembling and reassembling
			Data, what has he gained?

					PICARD
			The ability to build another.
			A hundred others, a thousand.

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FIVE  42.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

					GUINAN
			To do what?

					PICARD
			Explore for us. Enter the
			dangerous situations.

					GUINAN
			All those future Datas risking
			their lives for the people who
			created them.

					PICARD
				(very intent)
			You said something earlier about
			decisions today.

					GUINAN
			Having implications for the
			future.

					PICARD
			Precedent! This case will set
			the precedent for all the future
			Datas. It will determine their
			status, and they'll all be
			property.

					GUINAN
			There is an ancient word for it -- slavery.

					PICARD
				(very excited)
			Not a word we want back in our
			vocabulary.

	They each lift a glass and toast each other.

					GUINAN
			Good luck, sir.

	They drink.

22   INT. COURTROOM (OPTICAL)

	Everyone in their original positions.

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FIVE  43.

22   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(making his opening
				 statement)
			Commander Riker has dramatically
			demonstrated to this court that
			Lieutenant Commander Data is a
			machine. Do we deny that? No.
			But how is this relevant? We too
			are machines, just machines of
			a different type. Commander Riker
			has continually reminded us that
			Data was built by a human. We
			do not deny that fact. But again
			how is it relevant? Does
			construction imply ownership?
			Children are created from the
			building blocks of their parents'
			DNA. Are they property? We have
			a chance in this hearing to
			severely limit the boundaries
			of freedom. And I think we
			better be pretty damn careful
			before we take so arrogant a step.
			I call Lieutenant Commander Data
			to the stand.

	Data returns to the witness stand. Picard pulls from
	beneath the table the android's travelcase. Places it
	on the table, opens it.

					PICARD
				(continuing; lifts out
				 the case of medals,
				 and displays the
				 contents)
			What are these, please?

					DATA
			My medals.

					PICARD
			Why pack them? What logical
			purpose do they serve?

					DATA
			I... I do not know, sir. None
			I suppose. I just wanted them.
			Is that vanity?

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FIVE  44.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(holding up the book
				 of sonnets)
			And this?

					DATA
			It was a gift from you, sir.

					PICARD
			You value it?

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Why?

					DATA
			It is a reminder of friendship
			and service.

					PICARD
				(lifts out the holocube,
				 and triggers it; Tasha
				 stands before them)
			And this? You have no portraits
			of any other of your crewmates.
			Why this person?

					DATA
			I would prefer not to answer that
			question, sir. I gave my word.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, may I remind you, that
			you are under oath.
				(more gently now)
			And under the circumstances, I
			don't think Tasha would mind.

					DATA
				(swallowing convulsively
				 several times)
			She was important to me... we
			were... intimate.

	Phillipa is literally rocked back in her chair.

					PICARD
			I have no further questions of
			this witness.

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FIVE  45.

22   CONTINUED: (3)

					PHILLIPA
			Commander Riker, do you wish to
			cross?

					RIKER
			I have no questions, your honor.

					PICARD
			I call to the stand Commander
			Bruce Maddox as a hostile witness.

	Riker and Maddox confer, then with a shrug Maddox seats
	himself in the witness chair.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Verify, Maddox, Bruce, Commander.
			Current assignment, Chair of
			Robotics, Federation Institute
			of Technology. Major papers...

					PICARD
			Enough. Suffice it to say, he's
			an expert.
				(right up in his face)
			Commander Maddox, it is your
			contention that Data is not a
			sentient being and therefore not
			entitled to those rights reserved
			for all other life-forms in this
			Federation?

					MADDOX
			Data is not sentient, no.

					PICARD
			Why, Commander?

					MADDOX
			Because Data is a piece of
			outstanding engineering and
			programming.

					PICARD
			What is required for sentience?

					MADDOX
			Intelligence, self awareness,
			consciousness.

					PICARD
			Do you know what sentience is,
			Commander?

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FIVE  46.

22   CONTINUED: (4)

					MADDOX
			Of course.

					PICARD
			Excellent. Then you can enlighten
			the rest of us.

	All of Picard's delivery needs to be sharp and
	staccato.

					PICARD
				(continuing; right in
				 Maddox's face)
			Prove to this court that I'm
			sentient.

					MADDOX
				(to Phillipa)
			This is absurd!

					PICARD
			Why? Because you can't do it?

					MADDOX
			No, it's just pointless. We all
			know you're sentient.

					PICARD
			So I'm sentient, but Data isn't?

					MADDOX
			That's right.

					PICARD
			Why?

					MADDOX
			Well... well, you're self aware.

					PICARD
			Ah, the second ingredient. But
			let's deal with the first
			requirement. Is Data
			intelligent?

					MADDOX
			Yes.

					PICARD
			Why?

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FIVE  47.

22   CONTINUED: (5)

					MADDOX
			It has the ability to learn and
			understand, and to cope with new
			situations.

					PICARD
			Like this hearing. What about
			self awareness. What does that
			mean? Why am I self aware?

					MADDOX
			Because you are conscious of your
			existence and actions. You're
			aware of yourself and your own
			ego.

					PICARD
			Data, what are you doing now?

					DATA
			I am taking part in a legal
			hearing to determine my rights
			and status. Am I property or
			person?

					PICARD
			And what's at stake?

					DATA
			My right to choose. Perhaps my
			very life.

					PICARD
			My rights. My status. My right
			to choose. My life. He seems
			pretty damn self aware to me.
			Well, Commander Maddox, I'm
			waiting.

					MADDOX
			This is exceedingly difficult...

					PICARD
			Do you like Data?

					MADDOX
				(completely taken aback)
			I don't know it well enough to
			like or dislike it.

					PICARD
			But you admire him?

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FIVE  48.

22   CONTINUED: (6)

					MADDOX
			Oh yes, it's an outstanding --

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Piece of engineering and
			programming. Yes, you've said
			that. You've devoted your life
			to the study of cybernetics in
			general?

					MADDOX
			Yes.

					PICARD
			And Data in particular?

					MADDOX
			Yes.

					PICARD
			And now you're proposing to
			dismantle him.

					MADDOX
			So I can rebuild him and construct
			more!

					PICARD
			How many more?

					MADDOX
			Hundreds, thousands. There's no
			limit.

					PICARD
			And do what with them?

					MADDOX
			Use them.

					PICARD
			How?

					MADDOX
			As effective units on Federation
			ships. As replacements for
			humans in dangerous situations.
			So much is closed to us because
			of our fragility. But they...

  STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FIVE  49.

22   CONTINUED: (7)

					PICARD
				(interrupting; he picks
				 up an object and throws
				 it down a disposal
				 chute)
			Are expendable.

					MADDOX
			It sounds harsh but to some
			extent, yes.

					PICARD
			Are you expendable, Commander
			Maddox? Never mind. A single
			Data is a curiosity, a wonder,
			but a thousand Datas, doesn't that
			become a new race? And aren't
			we going to be judged as a species
			about how we treat these
			creations? If they're expendable,
			disposable, aren't we? What is
			Data?

					MADDOX
			What? I don't understand.

					PICARD
			What... is... he?

					MADDOX
				(angry now and hostile)
			A machine!

					PICARD
			Is he? Are you sure?

					MADDOX
			Yes!

					PICARD
			But he's met two of your three
			criteria for sentience, and we
			haven't addressed the third. So
			we might find him meeting your
			third criterion, and then what
			is he?

					MADDOX
				(driven to his limit)
			I don't know. I don't know!

       STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FIVE      50.

22A  ANOTHER ANGLE

	Reaction shot from Phillipa.

					PICARD
			He doesn't know.
				(to Phillipa)
			Do you? That's the decision
			you're facing. Your honor, a
			courtroom is a crucible. In it
			we burn away the egos, the selfish
			desires, the half-truths, until
			we're left with the pure product
			-- a truth -- for all time.
			Sooner or later it's going to
			happen. This man or others like
			him are going to succeed in
			replicating Data. And then we
			have to decide -- what are they?
			And how will we treat these
			creations of our genius? The
			decision you reach here today
			stretches far beyond this android
			and this courtroom. It will
			reveal the kind of a people we
			are. And what
				(points to Data)
			... they are going to be. Do you
			condemn then to slavery?
			Starfleet was founded to seek out
			new life.
				(indicating Data)
			Well, there he sits, your honor,
			waiting on our decision. You have
			a chance to make law. Well, let's
			make a good one. Let us be wise.

					PHILLIPA
			This case touches on metaphysics,
			and that's the province of
			philosophers and poets. Not
			confused jurists who don't have
			the answers. But sometimes we
			have to make a stab in the dark,
			and speak to the future. Is Data
			a machine? Absolutely. Is he
			our property? No... (this will
			be rewritten with additions).

	The courtroom erupts in joy. Phillipa starts to leave
	then crosses to Picard.

       STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FIVE      51.

22A  CONTINUED:

					PHILLIPA
				(continuing)
			You see, sometimes it works.

	Picard watches her walk away, conflicting emotions
	washing across his face.

22B  ANOTHER ANGLE

	Data walks to Maddox who is looking confused, guilty
	and sad.

					DATA
			Continue your work, Commander,
			and when you are ready I will
			still be here.

					MADDOX
			You'd be willing after what I've
			put you through?

					DATA
			Yes, it would be a less lonely
			universe if there were more of
			my kind.

	Phillipa comes up unnoticed by Data and Maddox.

					MADDOX
				(watching Data walk
				 away)
			He's remarkable.

					PHILLIPA
			You didn't call him "it."

	Maddox looks startled, then smiles.

23   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker sitting alone in the darkness staring out the
	windows as the stars rush past. Data enters. Riker
	does not turn.

					DATA
			Sir, there is a celebration on
			the Holodeck.

					RIKER
			I have no right to be there.

       STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FIVE      52.

23   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(edging closer)
			Because you failed in your task?

					RIKER
				(slewing around in his
				 chair at that)
			No, God, no. Data, I came this
			close to winning.

	Riker indicates a bare inch with thumb and forefinger.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

					RIKER
				(in agony just
				 remembering)
			I could have cost you your life!

					DATA
				(moving in, and seating
				 himself opposite Riker)
			Yes, that is true, but
			Commander... Will, I have learned
			from your experience.

					RIKER
			What could you have possibly
			learned from this kind of ordeal?

					DATA
			That at times one must deny their
			nature, sacrifice their own
			personal beliefs to protect
			another. Is it not true that had
			you refused to prosecute, Captain
			Louvois would have ruled summarily
			against me?

					RIKER
			Yes.

					DATA
			That action injured you, and saved
			me. I will not forget.

					RIKER
				(taking his hand)
			You're a wise man, my friend.

       STAR TREK: "The Measure of a Man" - 12/14/88 - ACT FIVE      53.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Not yet sir, but with your help
			I am learning.

	Riker clasps Data's shoulder, squeezes, as they shake
	hands, and we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             





                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "The Dauphin" 
                          #40272-136 
                              
                          Written by 
              Leonard Mlodinow & Scott Rubenstein 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rob Bowman 


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Copyright 1988 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                     2ND REV. FINAL DRAFT

                      DECEMBER 23, 1988

          STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "The Dauphin" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             ANYA
                RIKER              SALIA
                DATA               "TEENAGE GIRL"
                PULASKI            "FURRY ANIMAL"
                TROI               "MONSTER"
                GEORDI             
                WORF               Voice-Over
                WESLEY               DALED FOUR VOICE
                GUINAN             
                ENSIGN GIBSON      
                TRANSPORTER CHIEF  
                ARON            
   
                Non-Speaking       
                  HENNESEY           
                  THREE SECURITY PERSONNEL

                Voice-Over         
                  COMPUTER VOICE     


          STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "The Dauphin" 
                             
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                    EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE               USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM           PLANET KLAVDIA THREE
              CORRIDORS
                OUTSIDE SALIA'S QUARTERS PLANET DALED FOUR
              SALIA'S QUARTERS
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              TEN-FORWARD
              SICKBAY
              HOLODECK
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              WESLEY'S QUARTERS

      STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE        

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                        "The Dauphin"    
                          
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE                       

                      SALIA    Sal-EE-ya
                      ANYA     ON-ya
                      KLAVDIA  KLAHV-dee-ah

        STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - TEASER        1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                        "The Dauphin"  
                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	traveling at warp speed through the black silk of
	space.

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	DATA is at Ops and WORF at Tactical. RIKER stands
	behind ENSIGN GIBSON at Conn. PICARD sits at his
	Command Station.

					RIKER
			Captain, we are approaching
			Klavdia Three.

					PICARD
			Take us to impulse power.

					GIBSON
			Aye, sir. Impulse power.

2A   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the Enterprise comes out of warp.

2B   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	GEORDI is at his position. WESLEY CRUSHER is nearby.

					GEORDI
			Bridge, this is Engineering.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Yes, Lieutenant.

					GEORDI
			Now that we are out of warp, I
			would like to use this time to
			make routine adjustments to the
			deuterium control conduit. It's
			overdue.

        STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - TEASER        2.

2C   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as before.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			That would preclude use of our
			warp drive engines.

					PICARD
			How much time do these adjustments
			require?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			A few hours, sir.

	Picard nods to Riker.

					RIKER
			You may proceed, Lieutenant La
			Forge. Standard orbit.

					GIBSON
			Aye, sir. Standard orbit.

3    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	establishes orbit about a large yellow planet.

3A   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi crosses to Wesley.

					GEORDI
			I am going to need an S-C-M, model
			three, from stores.

					WESLEY
			Right away.

	And he exits.

4    INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The glowing planet is featured on the Main Viewer.
	Everyone's at their station except Wesley, who is not
	present. Picard gazes at the image of the planet.

					PICARD
			Magnify.

        STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - TEASER        3.

4    CONTINUED:

	The image on the Main Viewer enlarges.

					PICARD
			Not a very inviting planet. Even
			for a research outpost.

					TROI
			I would have thought the
			inhabitants of Daled Four would
			send a future leader to a more
			hospitable environment.

					WORF
			For some, security is more
			important than comfort.

					TROI
			But sixteen years...

					WORF
			We are being hailed, Captain.

					PICARD
			Open hailing frequencies, Mister
			Worf.

					WORF
			Hailing frequencies open.

					PICARD
			This is Captain Picard of the USS
			Enterprise.

	The voice transmission comes through with a heavy
	harmonic on the carrier, making it sound like someone
	talking from the bottom of a barrel.

					DATA
			The planet's troposphere is
			distorting the signal.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Can you clean it up?

					WORF
			I'll try.

	Worf makes some adjustments. Then nods to Captain
	Picard.

        STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - TEASER        4.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			This is Picard -- would you please
			repeat your message?

					FEMALE COM VOICE
			I am Anya. Have you come for
			Salia of Daled Four?

					PICARD
			That is correct.

					ANYA
			What species are you?

					PICARD
			Human.

	There is a pause.

					ANYA
			Excellent. Bring us aboard. That
			is all.

	The bridge crew registers surprise at Anya's
	sharpness.

					RIKER
			Friendly, isn't she?

					PICARD
			Whether they're friendly or not,
			Salia has the rank of head of
			state. We will treat both her
			and Anya accordingly. Number
			One, Mister Worf, let's greet our
			visitors.

	Picard, Riker and Worf head for the turbolift.

5    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - ANGLE ON TRANSPORTER PAD
	(OPTICAL)

	as TWO FIGURES MATERIALIZE: ANYA, elderly,
	school-marmish; and SALIA, sixteen, gorgeous,
	wide-eyed, but regal.

        STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - TEASER        5.

6    ANOTHER ANGLE

	TRANSPORTER CHIEF O'BRIEN stands at the controls.
	Picard and Riker focus on Salia, who glances around
	the room, enthusiastically taking in her new
	environment.

					PICARD
			Welcome aboard the Enterprise.
			I am Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

					ANYA
				(re Salia)
			This is Salia of Daled Four.

					SALIA
			I didn't feel a thing. Is that
			normal when you are transported,
			Captain?

					PICARD
			It is.

	Salia steps off the transporter pad and looks toward
	the control console. Anya steps off beside Salia,
	eyes the crew suspiciously.

					SALIA
			Those must be the matter/energy
			conversion controls. May I take
			a look?

					PICARD
			Of course.

					RIKER
			If you like, I'll arrange a tour
			of the ship.

					SALIA
			I'd love that.

					ANYA
				(firm)
			No.

	Disappointed, Salia looks at Anya.

					ANYA
				(continuing)
			That won't be necessary. Just
			show us our quarters, Captain
			Picard.

        STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - TEASER        6.

6    CONTINUED:

	Picard turns to Salia. It's obvious she accepts
	Anya's authority.

					PICARD
			Very well.

7    INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard leads Salia, Anya toward her quarters. Worf
	and Riker trail.

					PICARD
			We are housing you in the quarters
			normally reserved for Starfleet
			admiralty. I'm sure you'll find
			them quite comfortable.

8    ON WESLEY

	as he EXITS a turbolift further down the corridor.
	He carries a superconducting magnet.

9    ANOTHER ANGLE

	Salia gazes at Wesley, fascinated and attracted. She
	steps away from the entourage and smiles innocently.

					SALIA
			That's a superconducting magnet,
			isn't it?

	Wesley can't take his eyes off her. He can barely get
	his words out.

					WESLEY
			Yes... It's a... say, how did you
			know that?

					SALIA
			Study, for the last sixteen years
			it is all I could...

	Before she can finish, Anya comes over and pulls Salia
	away.

					ANYA
			Please walk ahead with me.

	Salia starts away, then turns back to Wesley.

        STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - TEASER        7.

9    CONTINUED:

					SALIA
				(tinge of coyness)
			You'd better be careful. I was
			taught those can rip the iron
			right out of your blood cells.

9A   CLOSER - WESLEY AND SALIA

	The attraction of her smile is even stronger than the
	magnet's.

					WESLEY
			Who are you? No one mentioned
			we were beaming up such a... a...

					ANYA
				(interrupting)
			Please, Salia.

	Wesley watches as Anya propels Salia into following
	Picard into an intersecting corridor.

	As Riker walks by, Wesley pulls him to the side.

					WESLEY
			I don't believe this! Who is she?

					RIKER
				(teasing)
			I think she's a governess.

					WESLEY
				(impatient)
			Not her. The girl.

					RIKER
			I doubt she'll have time for you,
			my friend. She's slated to rule
			an entire world.

	Off Wesley's look of determination, we:

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

        STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT ONE        8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

10   EXT. SPACE THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the Enterprise leaves orbit and heads off at
	impulse speed.

10A  INT. WESLEY'S QUARTERS

	Wesley is there alone. He is checking himself out
	in the mirror. The meeting with Salia has suddenly
	made him very aware of his appearance. The magnet he
	was sent for is on his desk. The door CHIMES.

					WESLEY
			Come in.

	The doors open and Data enters.

					DATA
			You wanted to see me.

					WESLEY
			Data -- the girl who just came on
			board.

					DATA
			Salia of Daled Four.

					WESLEY
			There's almost nothing in the
			computer about her.

					DATA
			Very little is known.

					WESLEY
			What can you tell me?

					DATA
			She was born on Daled Four. Her
			parents were from opposite sides
			of factions which have been
			feuding for centuries. They died
			shortly after her birth. A
			Federation ship brought her and
			her governess to Klavdia Three
			to be raised in a neutral
			environment.

        STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT ONE        9.

10A  CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			And now she's returning.

					DATA
			It is hoped she will unite the
			factions and bring peace.

	The conversation is interrupted.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Wesley, are you all right?

					WESLEY
				(surprised)
			Geordi.
				(then remembering the
				 magnet)
			Oh... Yes.. I'm fine... I just...

					GEORDI
			We are waiting for the part.

					WESLEY
			I'm on my way.

	Wesley picks up the part and heads for the door.

					WESLEY
			Got to go. Thanks, Data.

	Off Data's reaction:

11   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Minimum bridge crew. Worf is at his Aft Station.
	Riker is in the Command Position.

	Picard enters from the captain's Ready Room.

					RIKER
			Captain, we've laid in a course
			for Daled Four. We will remain
			on impulse power until Lieutenant
			La Forge completes his
			adjustments.

					PICARD
			Status report on our passengers,
			Lieutenant Worf. Did the
			accommodations meet with their
			approval?


       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT ONE       10.

11   CONTINUED:

	Troi enters from the turbolift, crosses to Picard.

					WORF
			I doubt anything ever meets with
			that woman's approval, sir.

					TROI
			Captain, I'm concerned.

					PICARD
			About... ?

					TROI
			Our new passengers. Their
			emotions do not seem to fit...
				(puzzled)
			... well, who they are and what
			they're doing.

					PICARD
				(alert)
			Are you suggesting they're not
			who they say they are?

					TROI
			Actually... no. It's more like
			they're not exactly what they seem
			to be. At least, not exactly.

	Picard puzzles on this a moment, then turns to his
	communications controls.

					PICARD
			Captain Picard to Salia's
			quarters. May I turn on the
			viewer?

					SALIA'S COM VOICE
			Yes, of course.

	Picard nods to Worf, who puts Salia's quarters on the
	Main Viewer. Both he and Troi watch intently as:

12   INT. SALIA'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	at impulse speed.

					PICARD
			Are your quarters satisfactory?

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT ONE       11.

12   CONTINUED:

					SALIA
			Yes. Very.

	Anya enters from an adjoining room.

					SALIA
				(continuing)
			Thank you for checking on us,
			Captain. I only hope my quarters
			on Daled Four will be this
			luxurious.

	Picard quickly assesses the situation.

					PICARD
			Feel free to contact me if you
			need anything. Picard out.

	The Main Viewer goes blank.

									END INTERCUT:

13   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard turns to Troi.

					TROI
			What I sensed in that seems
			entirely normal. Emotionally,
			I judge her to be very drawn to
			our young ensign.

					DATA
			What puzzles me, Captain, is how
			she is expected to bring peace
			to Daled Four. The one thing
			we do know about it is that its
			inhabitants have been fighting
			throughout their recorded history.

					PICARD
			What do we know about the cause
			of their wars?

					DATA
			Only that it is the difference
			between night and day.

					RIKER
			Data, you just used a
			colloquialism.

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT ONE       12.

13   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I did? I meant that Daled Four
			does not rotate. One side has
			constant night, the other constant
			daylight. One might surmise that
			the two hemispheres developed
			disparate cultures, which is a
			major cause of most wars.

					PICARD
			And yet somehow this child is
			supposed to bring them together.

					RIKER
			She looks too delicate for a task
			like that.

					WORF
			Do not be fooled by her looks.
			The body is just a shell.

14   OMITTED

15   INT. SALIA'S QUARTERS

	Salia is with an unusually dressed TEENAGE GIRL
	(definitely not a "normal" inhabitant of the
	Enterprise).

					SALIA
			How can I be a leader if I don't
			know anything about my people?

					TEENAGE GIRL
			You will lead because you are
			accepted by both sides. And
			because it is in your blood.

					SALIA
			What am I expected to do when I
			get there?

					TEENAGE GIRL
			You will know.

					SALIA
			How?

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT ONE       13.

15   CONTINUED:

					TEENAGE GIRL
			You just will. Salia, you must
			arrive with an open mind, without
			preconceived ideas about the world
			you will find or the people on
			either side.

					SALIA
			It's very frustrating.

					TEENAGE GIRL
			Yes -- I know. You feel the weight
			of so much responsibility. And
			you're not sure you can live up
			to everyone's expectations.

					SALIA
			It's not only that. Nobody's
			asked me if this is something I
			want.

					TEENAGE GIRL
			It is your duty.

					SALIA
			I have no choice.

					TEENAGE GIRL
			None. It won't be as bad as you
			think. In fact it could be quite
			wonderful. Besides... you are
			the last and only chance.

	Salia holds the teenage girl's eyes for a beat... then,
	steps to the window and stares out at the stars. After
	a moment, Salia looks down.

16   SALIA'S POV

	A cute FURRY ANIMAL rubs against Salia's leg.

17   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Salia sighs and pets it.

					SALIA
				(to animal, troubled)
			Don't you think I'm going to need
			more than instinct to do whatever
			is expected of me on Daled Four?

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT ONE       14.

18   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi observes unusual engine probe GRAPHICS at the
	control console.

					GEORDI
			Energy depletion level.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Point oh-four percent and
			increasing.

					GEORDI
			Wesley?

19   WESLEY (OPTICAL)

	stands on the lower catwalk, at the Deuterium Control
	Conduit. He's daydreaming as he holds a fiber optics
	laser probe that looks like a screwdriver with a blade
	of pure VIOLET light.

					GEORDI (O.S.)
				(louder)
			Wesley! Haven't you found the
			defocused area yet?

	Wesley snaps out of his daydream.

					WESLEY
			I'm looking!

20   ANGLE TO INCLUDE GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	who is now leaning over the catwalk, staring down at
	Wesley.

					GEORDI
			I see the way you're looking.

	Wesley whirls and drops his instrument.

21   THE INSTRUMENT

	bounces, almost falling off the catwalk.

22   SCENE (OPTICAL)

					WESLEY
			Sorry.

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT ONE       15.

22   CONTINUED:

	He retrieves the probe.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			I've got my mind on something.

	There's a beat. Finally, Wesley explodes with
	excitement.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			Geordi, this girl they beamed up,
			she's... she's perfect! Perfect!

	Geordi shakes his head.

					GEORDI
			Now I understand why you can't
			concentrate.

					WESLEY
			I'll do better.

	Geordi starts back to his console as Wesley turns a
	dial on the probe and a GREEN stem of light appears.
	He touches it so that the blade of light penetrates the
	conduit.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning -- resonant field applied!
			Warning!

	Wesley pulls the probe from the conduit as Geordi
	rushes back.

					GEORDI
			What is it?

	Wesley adjusts the probe so that the stem changes from
	GREEN to VIOLET.

					WESLEY
				(apologetic)
			I had it on the wrong setting.

					GEORDI
				(beat)
			I suppose it had to happen to you.
			It usually does at about this age.

					WESLEY
			What usually does?

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT ONE       16.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Glands suddenly meshing together.
			It happens to all of us.

					WESLEY
			You've got to be joking. Just
			because I said she's
			interesting...

					GEORDI
			You said she's "perfect."
				(waves)
			Go. You're no use here for now.
			Go talk to her. Take the lift.

	Wesley ignores and hops down beside Geordi and starts
	for the exit. Suddenly he stops - insecure again.

					WESLEY
			That's silly, Geordi.
				(hesitates)
			Well, since you recommend it...
			If she'll talk to me, how should
			I approach her? What would I say?

					GEORDI
			Just say "Hi. I'm Wesley Crusher.
			I'd like to talk to you."

					WESLEY
			And then what?

					GEORDI
			Whatever occurs to you.

					WESLEY
			What if nothing occurs to me?

					GEORDI
			Wesley, I don't really have time
			for this. You're going to have
			to ask somebody else.

					WESLEY
			Okay.

	Wesley looks discouraged, turns and exits.

23   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ON WORF

	as he ROARS.

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT ONE       17.

24   NEW ANGLE

	Data is at Command, an n.d. crewmember at Ops and
	ENSIGN GIBSON at Conn. They all look on in puzzlement
	as Worf stops in mid-roar and calmly continues
	speaking to Wesley, who stands beside him at Tactical.

					WORF
			That is how the Klingon lures a
			mate.

					WESLEY
			Are you telling me to go yell at
			Salia?

					WORF
			No. Men do not roar. Women roar.
			Then they hurl heavy objects.
			And claw at you.

					WESLEY
			What does the man do?

					WORF
			He reads love poetry. He ducks
			a lot.

					WESLEY
			Yes, well, that might work for
			Klingons, but I think I should
			try something less dangerous.

					WORF
			Then go to her door. Beg like
			a human.

					DATA
			It should be that simple, Wesley.
			Judging by her appearance it is
			likely you and Salia are
			biologically compatible. Of
			course, there may be a difference
			in the histocompatibility complex
			in the cell membrane.

					WESLEY
			Data! I want to meet her, not
			dissect her.

	Wesley walks to the turbolift just as Picard exits it.
	Hold on Picard as he crosses the bridge.

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT ONE       18.

24   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Captain Picard to Salia's
			quarters.

					SALIA'S COM VOICE
			Yes, Captain?

25   INT. SALIA'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Salia sits on her bed. The furry animal is nearby.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			May I activate the viewer?

					SALIA
			Certainly.

	Picard's image appears on the viewer in Salia's living
	room.

					PICARD
				(on viewscreen)
			I've arranged for Anya to have
			a tour of the ship. Maybe you'd
			like to go along.

					SALIA
			Very much.

					PICARD
				(on viewscreen)
			Your escort will be there shortly.
			Picard out.

	As the viewscreen goes blank, Salia immediately stands
	and looks for the animal, which quickly scurries into
	the open.

					SALIA
			I think I'll go on the tour.

	The animal races over.

					SALIA
				(continuing; to animal)
			Why can't I?

	The animal GROWLS.

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT ONE       19.

25   CONTINUED:

					SALIA
				(continuing)
			This is ridiculous! This will
			be the only chance I ever have
			to see a vessel like this.

	A look of anticipation crosses Salia's face as the
	animal begins to QUIVER, then SHAKE.

26   ON THE ANIMAL (OPTICAL)

	Its skin BULGES all over. It TRANSMUTES completely...
	into Anya, the governess!

					ANYA
			No -- you must remain here where
			it is safe.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT TWO       20.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

27   INT. SALIA'S QUARTERS

	Anya blocks Salia's path to the door.

					ANYA
			Salia, do an old woman a favor,
			and obey me for the rest of this
			trip.

					SALIA
			You're no more an old woman than
			I am a leader.

	The CHIME SOUNDS.

					SALIA
				(continuing)
			Yes. Come in.

	The door opens and Worf enters.

					WORF
			I am here to escort you on a tour
			of the Enterprise.

					ANYA
			I will be right there.
				(then to Salia)
			You are a leader. And I am older
			than you could ever imagine.

28   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Wesley sits with Riker at the bar. GUINAN watches them
	from behind the bar.

					WESLEY
			But what do I say? How should
			I act? What do I do?

	Riker turns to Guinan and motions toward a nearby empty
	table.

					RIKER
			Guinan, I need your help. Could
			you sit over there?

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT TWO       21.

28   CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			That seems simple enough.

	Guinan walks around the bar and heads for a table.
	Riker and Wesley follow. Guinan sits. Riker sits
	beside her. Wesley stands off to the side.

					RIKER
				(to Wesley)
			The first words out of your mouth
			are the most important. You could
			start by saying something like...
				(turns to Guinan)
			... "you're the most beautiful
			woman in the galaxy."

	Riker holds the look for a moment, then turns back to
	Wesley.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			But that might not work.

					GUINAN
			Yes it would.

	Riker is relieved and amused. This is going to be fun.
	He turns to Guinan.

					RIKER
			If you only knew how much I wanted
			to tell you that.

					GUINAN
			But you were afraid.

					RIKER
			Yes.

					GUINAN
			Of me?

					RIKER
			Of us. Of what we could become...

					WESLEY
			Commander Riker...

	They ignore him.

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT TWO       22.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			... and that you might have
			thought it was a line.

					GUINAN
			Maybe I do think it's a line.

					RIKER
			Then you think I'm not sincere?

					GUINAN
			I didn't say that. There's
			nothing wrong with a line. It's
			like a knock on the door.

					RIKER
			Then you're inviting me in?

					GUINAN
			I'm not sending you away.

					RIKER
			That's more than I expected.

					GUINAN
			But is it more than you hoped?

					RIKER
			To hope is to recognize the
			possibility. I had only dreams.

					GUINAN
			Dreams can be dangerous.

					RIKER
			Not these dreams.

	He looks into her eyes.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I dream of a galaxy where your
			eyes are stars... And all the
			universe worships night.

					GUINAN
			Careful, if you place me too high
			on a pedestal, you won't be able
			to reach me.

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT TWO       23.

28   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			Then I'll learn to fly. You are
			the heart in my day and the soul
			of my night.

	Wesley taps Guinan on the arm.

					WESLEY
			I don't think this is my style.

					GUINAN
			Shut up, kid.
				(to Riker, dreamily)
			Now tell me more about my eyes.

29   ON WESLEY

	as he turns and exits, still unsure of how to approach
	Salia.

30   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Anya stands on the lower catwalk with Geordi, who is
	still probing the Deuterium Control Conduit with his
	violet laser probe. Worf stands behind them, watching.

					ANYA
				(suspicious)
			What is that? What are you doing?

					GEORDI
			This is the Deuterium Control
			Conduit. I'm probing it to find
			a defocused area.

					ANYA
			Is there a problem with the ship?

	Geordi responds to the seriousness of her tone.

					GEORDI
			There's nothing to be concerned
			about. I'm just making routine
			adjustments.

	There's a pause as Anya assesses Geordi.

					ANYA
			I understand.

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT TWO       24.

30   CONTINUED:

	Anya turns to exit.

31   INT. CORRIDOR

	Wesley confidently rounds the corner on his way to
	Salia's quarters. He slows down, a little less
	confident, as he spots a guard, ARON, outside her door.
	The closer he gets, the more uneasy he becomes.

					ARON
			Ensign Crusher, what are you doing
			here?

					WESLEY
			Nothing.

	There's an awkward moment as Wesley tries to build the
	courage to call on Salia... but he can't go through
	with it. Suddenly Salia's door slides open. Salia
	and he lock eyes. Wesley's jaw drops. Again, he's
	thunderstruck.

					ARON
			Is there a problem?

					SALIA
				(eyes still on Wesley)
			Can you show me how to work the
			food dispenser?

					ARON
			Sure.

	As Aron starts to enter her quarters, Salia motions
	toward Wesley.

					SALIA
				(to Aron)
			No, I meant him.

32   INT. SALIA'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Wesley and Salia stand in front of the food dispenser.
	He's nervous in her presence and glad to have something
	mundane to talk about.

					WESLEY
			Actually all you have to do is
			tell the computer what you want
			and it will prepare it for you.

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT TWO       25.

32   CONTINUED:

					SALIA
			Oh... what should I order?

					WESLEY
			I don't know. what do you like?

	Salia thinks for a moment. A smile crosses her face.

					SALIA
			I'd like something sweet.

					WESLEY
			I know... Computer, Thalian
			chocolate mousse.

	A dish of mousse is provided. Salia dips her finger
	into the mousse and slowly licks it off. She closes
	her eyes and concentrates on the taste.

					SALIA
			It's a wonderful sensation.

					WESLEY
			On Thalos Seven they age the cocoa
			beans four hundred years.

					SALIA
			You've been there?

					WESLEY
			It's one of my favorite places.

					SALIA
			It must have been fun to visit
			a planet like that!

					WESLEY
			It's the best part of being on
			the Enterprise.

					SALIA
			I have learned about some of them,
			but to see them -- that would be
			wonderful.
				(excitedly)
			Tell me about some of the other
			places you've been.

					WESLEY
			There's too many!

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT TWO       26.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					SALIA
			The only world I've known is
			Klavdia Three.

	Wesley thinks for a beat.

					WESLEY
			It's time we changed that.

					SALIA
			How?

					WESLEY
			Come with me.

	Salia's intrigued.

33   INT. SICKBAY - PATIENTS' QUARTERS - ON ANYA

	with a suspicious scowl on her face.

34   SCENE

	PULASKI is scanning HENNESEY, an unconscious patient
	as Anya and Worf look on.

					PULASKI
				(continuing the scan)
			I'll be with you in a moment.

					ANYA
			What's wrong with him?

					PULASKI
			Andronesian Encephalitis. He
			contracted it when our transporter
			filter was disrupted by a cosmic
			ray burst.

					ANYA
			That disease is contagious.

					PULASKI
			Yes it is.

					ANYA
			Then we could all be infected.

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT TWO       27.

34   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			Very unlikely. The air filtering
			system can handle --

					ANYA
			But there is a chance.

					PULASKI
			If you mean mathematically... Yes,
			the probability is not zero.

					ANYA
			I cannot rely on your primitive
			technologies. Kill the patient!

	Worf and Pulaski stare incredulously at Anya.

					PULASKI
			What?

					ANYA
			Destroy the patient immediately!

					PULASKI
			Calm down -- really there's no
			risk.

					ANYA
			If you won't take action, then
			I will!

	Filled with fury, Anya moves toward Hennesey.

	Worf takes her arm to restrain her. She spins away
	from him with surprising power.

35   ON ANYA (OPTICAL)

	as she TRANSMUTES into a RAGING MONSTER!

36   SCENE

	The monster ROARS and steps toward Hennesey! Pulaski
	SCREAMS.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT THREE      28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

37   INT. SICKBAY

	Worf pulls his phaser fast. The monster grabs it
	before he can fire and holds Worf in its powerful grip.
	They struggle.

38   ON PULASKI

	her eyes filled with terror. She stands in front of
	Hennesey, shielding him from the monster.

					PULASKI
			Security to Sickbay! Hurry!

39   SERIES OF CUTS:

	Worf and the monster push against each other's power.
	Worf is surprised by the monster's increasing strength,
	it ever so slightly gaining the advantage.

	Pulaski anxiously pushes the bed away from the battle.

	The monster begins to pull Worf to the side. Soon
	there will be nothing in its path to Hennesey.

	Suddenly, doors on both sides slide open. THREE
	SECURITY PERSONNEL rush in -- phasers ready. They train
	their weapons at the monster. Worf is in their line
	of fire.

	Picard enters. After a tense moment, the monster
	slowly releases Worf.

					PICARD
				(to guards)
			Hold your fire.

40   THE MONSTER (OPTICAL)

	TRANSMUTES to its governess form, Anya.

41   SCENE

	Reactions around the room. Everyone's stunned at the
	spectacle. Pulaski moves to check her patient.

      STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT THREE      29.

41   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Anya!

					PULASKI
				(frantic)
			What is she? Keep her away!

					ANYA
				(to Picard, yelling)
			Do not interfere!

					PULASKI
			She wants to kill Hennesey!

					ANYA
			His disease threatens Salia!

					PULASKI
			Captain, there is no chance of
			contagion.

					PICARD
				(to Anya)
			The situation is under control.

					ANYA
			That's not good enough!

	Picard barely contains his rage.

					PICARD
			It will have to be.

	Anya moves close to Picard. Her eyes are filled with
	fury.

					ANYA
			Your powers are infinitesimal
			compared to mine!

					PICARD
			Nevertheless, you will obey my
			orders. You are to remain in your
			quarters and in your present form
			for the remainder of this voyage.
			Is that clear?

	Anya glares at Picard for a long moment.

					ANYA
			Very.

      STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT THREE      30.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard turns to Worf.

					PICARD
			Keep her under guard.

	Worf motions to the two security personnel, who lead
	Anya out of the room.

					WORF
			What kind of creature is she?

					PICARD
			I've never seen anything like her.

					PULASKI
			There are no such life-forms in
			the galactic zoological catalog.
			There have been rumors of a
			species called allasomorphs which
			are supposed to possess the power
			to alter their molecular structure
			into that of other life-forms.

					WORF
			Such a species would make a
			perfect "protector."

	Picard turns to Worf.

					PICARD
			I want a security team stationed
			outside Sickbay, Mister Worf.

					WORF
			Aye, sir. Captain... if Anya
			transforms?

					PICARD
			Stop her.

42   INT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE SALIA'S QUARTERS

	Anya and the guards approach Salia's quarters. The
	guards remain outside. Anya enters.

      STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT THREE      31.

42   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(to Guards)
			Remain here.
				(to Anya)
			You are restricted to these
			quarters for the remainder of this
			voyage.

	Anya enters. There is an exchange of looks between
	Worf and Anya as the doors close.

43   INT. SALIA'S QUARTERS

	Anya steps in, anxiously glances around for Salia.

44   INT. HOLODECK (OPTICAL)

	Wesley and Salia stand watching a spectacular display
	of shooting stars. Both are mesmerized.

					SALIA
			Can a place so remarkable truly
			exist?

					WESLEY
			Oh, yes. And there are so many
			more -- all special - -all so
			different. And all the different
			kinds of life-forms.

					SALIA
			I have learned about them. That
			is all I did on Klavdia Three...
			was learn. I know so much, but
			I've seen so little.

					WESLEY
			Then, think of what you have to
			look forward to. This is the best
			time to be alive.

					SALIA
			For you.

      STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT THREE      32.

44   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			For us both. Everything is just
			beginning. We've only charted
			nineteen percent of our galaxy...
			the rest is out there -- waiting
			for us. And already, look at
			what we've discovered.

					SALIA
			I have never seen anything so
			wondrous.

					WESLEY
			Wait. Computer -- Rosseau Five.

	SUDDENLY, they are standing on a tiny point of land,
	which seems to drop off to infinity. Salia is
	startled, and quickly moves closer to Wesley. Around
	them spin little brightly lighted moons, which splash
	color on their faces. It's breathtaking.

					SALIA
			I can't believe a place like this
			really exists.

					WESLEY
			Oh, yes.

					SALIA
			And you have been there?

					WESLEY
			And one day you'll visit Rosseau
			Five... and other places and more
			spectacular than this.

					SALIA
			If only that were possible.

					WESLEY
			Now, listen. In a moment the
			orbits of the moons will become
			synchronous.

	And as they watch the orbits of the moons close, and
	slowly a wondrous sound begins... a single note which
	builds to a chord.

					SALIA
			It is so beautiful -- like this
			place has a voice and is trying
			to talk with us.

      STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT THREE      33.

44   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			I never thought of it that way.

					SALIA
			Thank you for sharing all of this
			with me.

					WESLEY
			Soon you'll see it for yourself.

	Salia is suddenly pensive.

					SALIA
			I don't think so.
				(pause)
			Maybe we should go.

					WESLEY
			How about something to drink?

					SALIA
				(brightens)
			How about some more of that
			Thalian chocolate?

	Wesley smiles. He has never been happier.

45   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - PICARD

	sits at his desk, talking to Troi.

					PICARD
			We have obviously brought a very
			dangerous life-form aboard this
			ship. I want to minimize the
			chances of another incident.

					TROI
			Captain, whatever kind of
			life-form Anya may be,
			emotionally she is really Salia's
			mother.

					PICARD
			And the most dangerous animal is
			a mother protecting her young.

					TROI
			Exactly.

      STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT THREE      34.

45   CONTINUED:

					ANYA'S COM VOICE
			Captain, this is Anya.

					PICARD
			Yes?

					ANYA'S COM VOICE
				(furious)
			Salia is gone. Where is she?

46   INT. TEN-FORWARD - ON WESLEY AND SALIA

	sitting face to face. A backdrop of stars adds to the
	romantic mood, but they're oblivious to everything
	except the enchantment of each other's eyes.

					SALIA
			This has all been so wonderful.
			I'm not sure it's real.

					WESLEY
			Believe me, the Ten-Forward room
			is not an illusion.

					SALIA
			Not that. I mean the way I feel.

	Wesley's heart quickens. Suddenly he's dizzy and
	confused with excitement.

					GUINAN
				(sotto to Wesley)
			Tell her about her eyes.

	Wesley and Salia look toward the voice. Wesley's
	embarrassed.

47   NEW ANGLE

	Guinan stands at the table with two dishes of Thalian
	chocolate mousse. She winks at Wesley and hands them
	each a dish.

					GUINAN
			You won't find a better dish of
			chocolate on Thalos or Daled Four.

	Guinan smiles and walks away.

      STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT THREE      35.

47   CONTINUED:

					SALIA
				(voice trails off)
			I'm sure I won't...

					WESLEY
			Is something wrong?

					SALIA
			I've had a great time being with
			you, Wesley.

					WESLEY
			That makes you sad?

					SALIA
			When I was on Klavdia Three all
			I could think of was leaving that
			isolation.

	Wesley is surprised.

					WESLEY
			Is that what awaits you on Daled
			Four?

					SALIA
			Yes.

					WESLEY
			But I thought you were going there
			to unite two groups which have
			been fighting.

					SALIA
				(a little surprised that
				 he knew that)
			What else do you know?

					WESLEY
			Very little. There is almost
			nothing in the ship's computer
			about Daled Four. What will you
			do there?

					SALIA
			Your language has no word for the
			position I will hold. I only know
			I will have a lot of duties when
			I get there. In many ways I'll
			have even less freedom than I did
			on Klavdia Three.

      STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT THREE      36.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

	It takes Wesley a long moment to absorb this. Then
	he steels himself and blurts out his greatest hope.

					WESLEY
			You could stay.

					SALIA
			On the Enterprise?

					WESLEY
			Why not?

	Another pause -- this is a big emotional risk for
	Wesley.

					SALIA
			Because...

	Salia's confused. He's offering her a possibility she
	never dreamed of. She looks deep into his eyes, stands
	up and rushes out the door, leaving Wesley feeling
	bewildered and rejected. Guinan approaches.

					GUINAN
			Just because a girl runs out,
			doesn't mean she's not hoping
			you'll follow.

48   INT. CORRIDOR

	Salia walks down the corridor, weeping. She wipes at
	her tears and stares with confusion at her wet hand
	as if she's never cried before. She increases her
	pace. Wesley catches up to her.

					WESLEY
				(as they walk)
			What is it? What happened?

	Salia doesn't respond.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			Salia!

	Salia stops and turns to Wesley.

					SALIA
			Stay away from me!

      STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT THREE      37.

48   CONTINUED:

	Salia continues down the corridor, leaving Wesley
	frozen. An inner turbulence of rejection, upset and
	confusion makes it impossible for him to move. After
	several steps, Salia again stops and turns to face him.
	She fights to hold back the tears.

					SALIA
				(continuing)
			I'm sorry.

	Only the glimmer of hope makes it possible for Wesley
	to speak.

					WESLEY
			I don't understand.

					SALIA
			Wesley, I can't stay here! I
			can't have this life! I want it
			more than anything, but I can't
			have it!

	Wesley walks toward her, suddenly radiant with hope
	and enthusiasm -- she wants to stay!

					WESLEY
			Salia, nothing is impossible!

					SALIA
			Not for you.

					WESLEY
			There's a way. I know there is!

	He takes her hands in his. She stiffens her arms for
	a moment, then relaxes. They lock eyes. She's
	beginning to believe he might be right and he feels
	it.

					ANYA (O.S.)
				(harsh)
			Leave her alone!

49   NEW ANGLE

	Wesley and Salia turn with a start to see Picard and
	Anya outside the turbolift a few feet away. Behind
	them are Anya's two guards. Anya eyes Wesley with
	a burning glare.

      STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT THREE      38.

49   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(stern, a hint of
				 tension)
			Wesley, step away from her.

	Wesley reluctantly complies.

					ANYA
				(to Salia)
			Come with me.

	Salia shoots Wesley a glance of despair, then walks
	toward Anya. On Wesley's disturbed look, we:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT FOUR       39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

A50	INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi observes a normal engine probe GRAPHIC at the
	control console.

					GEORDI
			Energy depletion level.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Zero.

	Geordi smiles.

					GEORDI
			La Forge to bridge.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Yes, Lieutenant?

					GEORDI
			I have just completed the final
			adjustments. Thank you for giving
			me the time. You now have warp
			engines available.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Very good.

AA50	INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker are at Command. Data is at Ops, Worf
	at Tactical and Ensign Gibson is at Conn.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Get us there as quickly as
			possible, Number One.

	Riker nods agreement, then:

					RIKER
			Ensign Gibson, warp eight point
			eight.

	Ensign Gibson punches in her adjustments.

					GIBSON
			Warp eight point eight, sir.

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT FOUR       40.

AA50	CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Estimated time to Daled Four?

					GIBSON
				(as she checks the
				 console)
			Three hours -- nine minutes.

					PICARD
			Ensign Crusher, when you have
			completed your duties in
			Engineering... report to my Ready
			Room.

					WESLEY'S COM VOICE
			Yes, sir.

	Picard rises and leaves the bridge.

AB50	OMITTED

50   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Wesley.

					PICARD
			The woman Anya is not what she
			appears to be. She is an
			allasomorph.

					WESLEY
			A shape shifter?

					PICARD
			Yes. She is not just the
			governess, she is also the girl's
			protector. I don't like to
			interfere in personal
			relationships of anyone under my
			command, but...

					WESLEY
			You want me to stay away from
			Salia.

					PICARD
			Yes, I do. For the good of the
			ship and the safety of everyone
			on board.

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT FOUR       41.

50   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			I will do as you ask.

	Picard nods... Wesley turns and exits.

	Off Picard's reaction:

51   INT. SALIA'S QUARTERS

	Salia and Anya are present. Salia is agitated.

					SALIA
			Why won't you let me have a
			friend?

	The door SWISHES shut behind them.

					ANYA
			It's my duty to protect you from
			danger.

					SALIA
			There's no danger here!

					ANYA
			There's always danger from one
			who is not your kind. Salia, he's
			confusing you. He'll lead you
			from your duties.

					SALIA
			Whether I see Wesley is for me
			to decide!

					ANYA
				(anger building)
			It is not! I raised you, I
			protected you... and I intend to
			deliver you to Daled Four!

					SALIA
			Maybe what you want doesn't matter
			any more!

					ANYA
				(pause; softens)
			Please Salia, I know it's
			difficult. But you must do what
			you are destined to do.

	Salia is unsure where her destiny lies.

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT FOUR       42.

52   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it COMES OUT OF WARP SPEED and continues toward the
	planet Daled Four.

53   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker and Troi flank Picard at his Command Station.
	Data at Ops, Worf at Tactical and ENSIGN GIBSON is
	at Conn. Daled Four is on the Main Viewer.

					PICARD
			Standard orbit.

					GIBSON
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Open hailing frequencies, Mister
			Worf.

					WORF
			Hailing frequencies open.

	Data adjusts his instruments.

					DATA
			Sir, it is unlikely that Daled
			Four will respond.

	Picard turns to Data.

					PICARD
			Explain.

					DATA
			The troposphere appears to be
			absorbing our signals. It is
			fascinating, Captain. Klavdia
			Three and Daled Four have almost
			identical atmospheres.

					PICARD
			Magnify. Times twenty.

54   MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	Yellow, swirling clouds fill the screen.

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT FOUR       43.

55   SCENE (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Riker exchange a look. An unwelcome feeling
	of deja vu all around.

					PICARD
			The physical resemblance to
			Klavdia Three is striking.

					RIKER
			Remarkable... How could anyone
			live in an environment so totally
			hostile to human life?

	Riker stares at the planet's image on the viewscreen.

					DATA
			Apparently Klavdia Three was
			chosen for Salia because these
			conditions are important for their
			species's survival.

					PICARD
			Possible, Mister Data.

					RIKER
			Or else... they just wanted her
			to feel at home.

56   INT. WESLEY'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	After a long moment, he walks to the food dispenser.
	Wesley just stares at it, lost in thoughts of Salia.
	The DOOR CHIME SOUNDS.

					WESLEY
			Come in.

	The doors open.

57   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Salia stands in the doorway. She smiles uncertainly.

58   SCENE

	Wesley's heart quickens.

					WESLEY
			Salia!
				(pause)
			You shouldn't have come.

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT FOUR       44.

58   CONTINUED:

					SALIA
			Do you want me to leave?

					WESLEY
			I didn't say that.

	Salia enters.

					SALIA
			Then you want me to stay.

					WESLEY
			Does Anya know you're here?

					SALIA
			That doesn't matter.

					WESLEY
				(pause)
			I'm glad you came. I thought
			Anya would have kept you with
			her.

					SALIA
			I have certain rights.

					WESLEY
			In other words, you slipped away.

					SALIA
			While Anya was asleep.

	Wesley laughs.

					SALIA
				(continuing)
			I'm sorry if you got in trouble
			with your captain.

					WESLEY
			I'm not in trouble... yet.

					SALIA
			Anya was afraid you would corrupt
			me.

	Wesley smiles.

					WESLEY
			With my wild way of life?

	Salia moves close.

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT FOUR       45.

58   CONTINUED: (2)

					SALIA
			Maybe... with the normal things
			people do... when they like each
			other.

	She pushes a lock of hair from his forehead. Wesley
	can feel himself coming apart. He slowly moves his
	lips to hers. They kiss.

58A  CLOSE ON WESLEY AND SALIA

	lost in deep, passionate kisses. Finally, they come up
	for air.

59   OMITTED

60   ANOTHER ANGLE

	SUDDENLY there is a roar... Wesley looks up to see
	a monster in the doorway. Anya (as the monster) moves
	into the room.

61   WESLEY

	Startled... jumps back. He instinctively places his
	body between the monster and Salia.

62   SCENE

	In a frenzy, her eyes full of fire and fury, the
	monster advances.

					WESLEY
				(touches his
				 communicator)
			Security to crew quarters!

					SALIA (O.S.)
			No... Anya... NO!

	The monster continues to advance.

	From behind Wesley hears a ROAR.

	He turns... the sound is coming from deep within Salia
	-- SUDDENLY, she transforms into a monster even more
	frightening than Anya.

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT FOUR       46.

62   CONTINUED:

	Wesley jumps back. For a beat the two fearsome
	creatures face each other.

63   OMITTED

64   OMITTED

65   WESLEY

	He is stunned. Salia -- the girl of his dreams is a
	-- shape shifter.

66
thru	OMITTED
69

70   SCENE (OPTICAL)

	SUDDENLY, they both transform back to human form.

					ANYA
			You should not have disobeyed me.

					SALIA
			I had to.

					ANYA
				(to Wesley)
			I warned you to leave her alone.

	Before Wesley can respond, the security team, led by
	Worf, arrives.

					WORF
			You are not supposed to be here.

					ANYA
			We are leaving.

					WORF
			Escort them both to their
			quarters. And secure it with
			a forcefield.

	As they leave Salia turns back and she and Wesley hold
	a look.

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT FOUR       47.

71   ON WESLEY

	Where a few moments ago there was so much love... now
	there is only confusion and sadness.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT FIVE       48.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

72   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it orbits the yellow planet Daled Four.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental.
			Since Anya's powers of
			transformation apparently gave
			her the ability to escape her
			guards unnoticed, we have sealed
			her quarters with a forcefield
			that will contain her no matter
			how small a form she may take.

73   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker are at their forward stations. Worf
	is at Tactical, Data has Ops and Ensign Gibson mans
	Conn.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Meanwhile we remain unable to
			communicate with Daled Four.

	Worf adjusts a control at his Tactical Station.

					WORF
			Captain -- I'm receiving an audio
			signal.

					PICARD
			Audio on.

					VOICE
				(crackling with static)
			Come in...
				(static)
			This is...
				(static)
			of Daled Four.

					DATA
			Sir, sensors indicate the
			communication originated from a
			gigawatt source on the planet.

					RIKER
			That's more power than our entire
			ship can generate.

           STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT FIVE           49.

73   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			It is what is needed to penetrate
			the atmosphere.

					RIKER
			Which means we lack the ability
			to respond...

					WORF
			Captain, there are beam-down
			coordinates encoded within the
			carrier signal.

	Picard and Riker exchange a look. They're relieved
	that they'll finally be able to get rid of their
	troublesome passengers.

					PICARD
			Splendid.

					RIKER
			I'll arrange for our guests to
			beam down.

74
thru	OMITTED
78

78A  EXT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE SALIA'S QUARTERS

	Two guards flank the doorway. There is a bluish tinge
	indicating a forcefield. Worf approaches.

78B  INT. SALIA'S QUARTERS

	Salia hears the CHIME.

					SALIA
			Come in.

	The door opens.

					WORF
			We have arrived.

	Anya appears from the other room

					ANYA
			Salia will be with you in just
			a moment.

           STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT FIVE           50.

78B  CONTINUED:

	Worf nods and steps back.

					SALIA
			You're not going?

					ANYA
			No. My duties have been
			completed. I have done all that
			I could. I hope it's been enough
			and that I did not fail you.

					SALIA
			You raised me well, and I thank
			you for that.

					ANYA
			Don't be angry at me. I would
			not have harmed the boy, I only
			wanted to frighten him.

					SALIA
			I know.

					ANYA
			You are ready for what awaits you
			and you will do well. I know that
			I have been tough on you, but it's
			because I want you to be prepared
			for whatever you may be required
			to do.

					SALIA
			Will I ever be able to leave Daled
			Four?

					ANYA
			Probably not. But, anything is
			possible.

					SALIA
			That's what Wes said.

					ANYA
			I hope he is right.

					SALIA
			Where will you go?

					ANYA
			The third moon is within range
			of this ship's transporter, I will
			go there.

           STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT FIVE           51.

78B  CONTINUED: (2)

					SALIA
			I am going to miss you.

					ANYA
			I know.

	There is a long pause. Salia turns and walks to the
	exit. The door opens.

					SALIA
				(to the guard)
			I am ready.

					ARON
			Computer - field off.

	The field disappears. Salia exits her quarters.

78C  INT. CORRIDOR

	As Salia and Aron near the Transporter Room, she sees
	Wesley standing off to the side.

					SALIA
			Wesley.

	For a moment he does not respond. Then:

					WESLEY
			Was it fun?

	She moves toward him. The guard stays a discreet
	distance away.

					SALIA
			What do you mean?

					WESLEY
			Playing humanoid. Was it fun?

					SALIA
				(hurt)
			Wesley, look at me. Right now
			-- this moment -- this is what I
			am. A humanoid girl.

					WESLEY
			But what are you really?

					SALIA
			Does it matter?

           STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT FIVE           52.

78C  CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Yes.

					SALIA
			I'm sorry I hurt your feelings
			-- I didn't mean to.

					WESLEY
			I loved you.

					SALIA
			I love you, too.

					WESLEY
			Can you?

					SALIA
			Yes, oh... yes. I have the same
			feeling -- the same emotions as
			you. It's time for me to go.

	Wesley holds her look for a moment -- then she turns
	and walks toward the Transporter Room.

79   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM THREE

	Riker stands with Salia. The Transporter Chief
	attends the controls.

					RIKER
			Prepare to beam Salia to the
			specified coordinates.

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF
			Aye, sir.

					SALIA
			Our world is grateful for the
			courtesy which you have
			extended us.

					RIKER
			I hope some day Daled Four and
			the Federation will have formal
			contact.

					SALIA
			That is my wish as well.

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF
			Coordinates set, sir.

           STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT FIVE           53.

79   CONTINUED:

	Salia takes her place on the pad.

					RIKER
				(to Transporter Chief)
			Proceed.

	The doors SWOOSH open and Wesley steps into the room.
	He has a dish of Thalian chocolate mousse.

					WESLEY
			Wait!

	Salia's face brightens. The transporter chief looks to
	Riker. Riker gestures for him to wait with the
	transport. Wesley steps to the pad.

80   ANGLE ON WESLEY, SALIA (OPTICAL)

	as Wesley hands her the bowl of mousse.

					WESLEY
			A taste to remember me by.

	Salia dips her finger in the mousse and gazes at it as
	if this is the last time she will experience the
	sensation of taste.

	She slowly licks it off, then hands the bowl to her
	escort.

					SALIA
			I wish there were something I
			could give you.

					WESLEY
			You already have.

	She steps forward and gives him an embrace.

					SALIA
			I'm glad you came to say good-bye.
			Thank you... for everything.

	They separate.

					SALIA
				(continuing)
			I want you to leave now.

					WESLEY
			Why?

           STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT FIVE           54.

80   CONTINUED:

					SALIA
			Because I cannot arrive on my
			planet in this form and I want
			you to remember me as I am now.

					WESLEY
			We have had enough disguises
			between us. It's time for the
			truth.

	Salia nods, then steps up on the transporter pad.
	After a moment, she raises her arms. Then TRANSMUTES
	-- not in the violent, quivering manner as before, but
	gracefully and sensually -- into a luminous form of such
	beauty and elegance that it takes Wesley's breath away.
	The glow from this creature lights his face and he
	smiles... totally enraptured.

	For a moment it is only Wesley and this creature.
	Then:

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			Energize.

	And the transporter chief hits the controls and they
	all watch transfixed as the form BEAMS OUT.

81   OMITTED

82   ON WESLEY

	knowing Salia is gone from his life forever.

83   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Wesley sits at a table, staring into its light.

84   ON GUINAN

	as she enters, regards Wesley.

85   SCENE

	Guinan slowly walks over to Wesley's table and sits.

           STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT FIVE           55.

85   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Seeing her on the transporter
			pad was like seeing pure light.
				(he pauses)
			I miss her. I feel so empty.

					GUINAN
			I know that sensation.

					WESLEY
			I'm never going to feel this way
			about anyone else.

					GUINAN
			You're right.

	Wesley looks up.

					WESLEY
			I didn't expect you to say that.

					GUINAN
			Oh, there will be others -- but,
			the next time you feel love will
			be different. Each time is
			different.

					WESLEY
			Knowing that doesn't make it any
			easier.

					GUINAN
			It isn't supposed to.

	Wesley nods -- then rises.

					WESLEY
			I better get back to my duties.

					GUINAN
			Me too.

	Guinan smiles.

86   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Wesley exits the turbolift. Riker is at his Command
	Position. Data's at Ops, Worf at Tactical. Wesley
	goes to Conn and takes over from Ensign Gibson. A
	wedge of Daled Four, surrounded by a field of stars,
	is visible on the Main Viewer.

           STAR TREK: "The Dauphin" - 12/23/88 - ACT FIVE           56.

86   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			We have the course set for
			Aldebaran Zeta, Sir.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher, set speed -- warp six
			point five.

					WESLEY
			Done, Captain.

	Picard pauses a moment as Wesley looks at the Main
	Viewer. To Wesley, the heavenly bodies symbolize
	discovery, excitement and love. For now, there is also
	sadness.

					PICARD
			Engage.

	Wesley engages the warp drive and watches Daled Four
	disappear from the Main Viewer.

87   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	goes into warp drive and shoots into space as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             





                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Contagion" 
                          #40272-137 
                              
                          Written by 
                   Steve Gerber & Beth Woods 
                              
                          Directed by 
                       Joseph L. Scanlan 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                     2ND REV. FINAL DRAFT

                       JANUARY 4, 1989

         STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/10/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Contagion" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             CAPTAIN DONALD VARLEY
                RIKER              ROMULAN SUB-COMMANDER TARIS
                DATA               
                PULASKI            Non-Speaking
                TROI                 YAMATO CREWMEMBERS
                GEORDI               ROMULAN CREWMEMBERS
                WORF               
                WESLEY             Voice-Over
                                     ICONIAN COMPUTER VOICE
                O'BRIEN              ROMULAN COMPUTER VOICE
                WILLIAMS           
                DOCTOR       
      
                Non-Speaking       
                  CREWMEMBERS       
 
                Voice-Over         
                  COMPUTER VOICE     

           STAR TREK: "Contagion" - 01/04/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Contagion" 
                              
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              MAIN BRIDGE              USS YAMATO
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              MAIN ENGINEERING         PLANET ICONIA
              CORRIDOR
              TURBOLIFT                ROMULAN BIRD OF PREY "HAAKONA"
              ACCESS TUNNEL
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
          
            PLANET ICONIA
              CONTROL CENTER
          
            ROMULAN BIRD OF PREY "HAAKONA"
              MAIN BRIDGE

       STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/06/89 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "Contagion"    
                           
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	slows to sub-warp speed, moving forward on impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 42609.1.
			In response to a desperate plea
			for aid by my old friend, Captain
			Donald Varley of the USS Yamato,
			I am running a grave risk and
			taking the Enterprise into the
			Neutral Zone.

2    INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	PICARD at his desk, scanning a screen of data,
	schematics of the Galaxy Class starships, as:

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			This rendezvous is necessitated
			by dangerous malfunctions which
			are plaguing our sister ship.
			Perhaps with both crews working
			together we will be able to
			eliminate the problem -- before
			we are detected by the Romulans.

	He taps a touchpad, turning off the screen.

3    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The Ready Room doors open and Picard steps onto the
	bridge.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher -- how long to
			rendezvous?

         STAR TREK: "Contagion" - 01/04/89 - TEASER         2.

4    VARIOUS ANGLES AS NEEDED

	WESLEY, WORF, and TROI are at their stations. RIKER
	is at Science One with DATA. Picard crosses to his
	seat.

					WESLEY
			Four minutes, thirty-three
			seconds, sir.

					PICARD
			Status of download, Mister Data?

					DATA
			Entire Yamato log will be in our
			computer by rendezvous.

					RIKER
				(to Data)
			Have you nailed down our little
			hiccup yet?

					DATA
			Sir?

					RIKER
			The odd reading.

					DATA
			No. It might be due to the
			problems currently being
			experienced by the Yamato.

					PICARD
			Trouble, Number One?

					RIKER
			I'm not sure, sir.
				(to Worf)
			We are alone out here?

					WORF
			Yes, sir. There are no other
			vessels in the area except the
			Yamato.
				(checks his panel)
			Which is coming into viewer range
			now.

	Riker takes his seat next to Picard. Data moves back
	to his station.

       STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/10/89 - TEASER       3.

5    COMMAND AREA AND VIEWSCREEN - ANGLES AS NEEDED
	(OPTICAL)

	The screen displays a majestic view of the approaching
	USS Yamato, a twin of the Enterprise. Picard and Riker
	rise and move toward the viewscreen.

					WORF
			Transmission from the Yamato,
			Captain -- on visual.

	On screen is CAPTAIN DONALD VARLEY, about Picard's age,
	but brawnier and white-haired. He is standing near
	the executive officer's chair. To either side of him
	are two crewmembers who are inspecting an open panel
	which shows scorch marks and scattered isolinear chips.
	A third crewmember crosses in the foreground.

					PICARD
			Donald, what's a nice Starfleet
			Captain like you doing in a place
			like this?

					VARLEY
			It's good to see you, Jean-Luc,
			despite your antique humor. I
			only hope your people can help
			us. The malfunctions are becoming
			serious. We lost an engineering
			team when the computer shut down
			the forcefield in an open shuttle
			bay. Eighteen people.

	Picard and Riker exchange a look of shock.

					RIKER
			And no idea what's causing these
			problems?

					VARLEY
			None. They are affecting every
			system simultaneously. It's like
			the ship has suddenly decided to
			fall apart.
				(a forced little laugh)
			It's beginning to make me think
			we should have run these Galaxy
			Class ships across a few more
			drawing boards before we built
			one.

					PICARD
			Are you suggesting it's a design
			flaw?

      STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/10/89 - TEASER      3A.

5    CONTINUED:

	Varley is a man under intense pressure who is burying
	it deep. He's had to call on an old friend for help.
	He feels helpless and frightened. He has also
	committed a major offense by entering the Neutral Zone.
	He's talking a little off the top of his head.

       STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/10/89 - TEASER       4.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

					VARLEY
			I don't know. I'm grasping at
			straws here. All I know is that
			we've got to get it fixed, and
			before I lose more than an
			engineering team.

					RIKER
				(urgently)
			Do you wish to evacuate
			non-essential personnel to the
			Enterprise?

					VARLEY
			No... that would be premature.

					PICARD
			Donald, we'll get our teams to
			work. I'm sure neither of us
			feels too comfortable sitting
			around the Neutral Zone.

					VARLEY
			I know what you're thinking, what
			the hell am I doing here? Well,
			I had heard rumors about a couple
			of archaeological digs that
			started making the Iconians sound
			a lot less like legend. I did
			a little investigating, and I
			located their homeworld.

					PICARD
			In the Neutral Zone.

					VARLEY
			In the Neutral Zone.

					PICARD
			Don, this was quite a risk to
			run just to satisfy an
			archaeological curiosity.

					VARLEY
			No, the risk would be in allowing
			the Romulans to locate Iconia.

	The viewer image of Varley breaks up in STATIC, fading
	for a beat, then returns.

       STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/10/89 - TEASER       5.

5    CONTINUED: (3)

					VARLEY
				(continuing)
			Fortunately, I got there first.
			It's a virtually dead planet, but
			enough of the technology remains
			to give the Romulans an edge if
			they were ever to find it.

	During Varley's speech, more break-up occurs.

					PICARD
			Don, your transmission is breaking
			up.
				(rising, then to Data)
			Clean that up.

					WORF
				(tensely)
			Sir, there is an energy build-up
			in the Yamato's engineering
			section.

	Picard whirls back to face the screen.

					PICARD
			Yamato, this is the Enterprise,
			come in Yamato.

	More STATIC.

					WORF
			Magnetic seals in the antimatter
			chamber decaying!

					PICARD
			Captain. Don!

	The viewer image of Varley BURSTS INTO A BLINDING WHITE
	FLASH. PULL BACK to show the Yamato exploding.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Shields up!

         STAR TREK: "Contagion" - 01/04/89 - TEASER         6.

6    INT. MAIN BRIDGE AND VIEWSCREEN - VARIOUS ANGLES
	(OPTICAL)

	The bridge crew reflexively shield their eyes. The
	flash subsides, and the viewscreen defaults to a
	forward view of space and a barrage of fiery objects,
	hurtling toward the ship. KLAXONS SIGNAL RED ALERT as
	the objects batter the Enterprise. The ship is
	pounded (SFX) and shakes violently.

					WORF
			Sir!

	Worf is staring at the viewscreen. Picard and Riker
	follow his gaze and stared, stunned, as the Yamato's
	saucer section, engulfed in flames and explosions,
	sails past, narrowly missing the Enterprise.

					DATA
				(quietly)
			Sensors indicate no life readings
			from the Yamato's saucer section.

					WORF
				(looks up from his
				 instruments)
			Captain! Another vessel coming
			into sensor range.
				(ominously)
			It is Romulan.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/09/89 - ACT ONE      7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

7    INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	On the Main Viewer is the Romulan battle cruiser.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. The
			Yamato's entire crew and their
			families, more than a thousand
			people, have been lost.

	Data is at Ops. Wesley is at the Conn station. Riker
	is seated at his normal position. End on Picard as he
	finishes the log.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Circumstances, unfortunately,
			permit us no pause for grief.

					WORF
			No response from the Romulan
			vessel.

					RIKER
			Arm phasers and prepare to lock
			on target.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Did they attack the Yamato?

					DATA
			Unknown, sir.

					WORF
			All their weapons systems have
			been fully activated. Still no
			response.

					PICARD
				(upward glance; then,
				 sternly)
			Romulan vessel, this is Captain
			Picard of the USS Enterprise.
			Explain your illegal presence in
			the Neutral Zone --

         STAR TREK: "Contagion" - 01/04/89 - ACT ONE         8.

8    VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	He is interrupted by an UNFAMILIAR FEMALE VOICE.
	Picard faces the image of the SUB-COMMANDER. She is
	seated in what we assume to be her command position on
	the Romulan bridge.

					TARIS
			Explain yours!

					PICARD
			Are you responsible for the
			destruction of the Yamato?

					TARIS
			No. And believe me, Captain, had
			we chosen to exercise our right
			to defend the Neutral Zone, we
			would not have stopped with one
			starship. You will leave at
			once.

	Picard makes a slashing gesture to Worf who cuts the
	com.

					PICARD
				(looking to his bridge
				 crew)
			Comments?

					TROI
			She is extremely anxious --

					WORF
			Understandable if she just
			destroyed a Federation starship.

					RIKER
			Your scan was inconclusive. We
			can't be sure of what happened
			to the Yamato.

					TROI
			Our presence in the Neutral Zone
			is provocative. It could force
			her to respond.

         STAR TREK: "Contagion" - 01/04/89 - ACT ONE         9.

8    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Open com. We will comply when
			we have determined the cause of
			the Yamato's destruction. And
			when we are fully satisfied that
			you were not responsible. Picard
			out.

	The Romulan response is to disappear.

					WORF
			They are engaging their cloaking
			device.

					RIKER
			Good. They can't fire when
			they're cloaked.

					WORF
			Unless they have overcome that
			deficiency. The Yamato was
			destroyed while they were cloaked.

					PICARD
			Forget the Romulans. I want to
			know what happened to the Yamato.
			Number One, assemble the staff
			for a conference in one hour.
			And I want answers.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

9    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	stationary, holding in space.

10   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Riker, Data, Worf, and GEORDI are present. Geordi
	stands by a screen containing a schematic of the
	Yamato and a blow-up of the affected engineering
	section. There is a pulsing red dot in the engine
	area.

      STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/06/89 - ACT ONE      10.

10   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(pointing)
			Sensor recordings reveal that what
			we witnessed was an uncontrolled
			and catastrophic matter/antimatter
			mix. The magnetic seals between
			the chambers collapsed --

					PICARD
			That's not possible.

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir, it is, but a highly
			improbable series of events has
			to take place before such an
			occurrence can result.

					PICARD
			Explain.

					GEORDI
			In the event of a breach of seal
			integrity there is an emergency
			release system which dumps the
			antimatter.

					DATA
			Apparently such a dump began, was
			then halted, and the containment
			seals were dropped. There was
			still sufficient antimatter
			present to lead to the result we
			observed.

	They all look back to the schematic where that deadly
	red dot is still pulsing.

					PICARD
			Then there is no evidence that
			a weapon was used?

	Troi enters and moves to a chair. Seats herself.

					TROI
			I'm sorry I'm late. I was with
			the children. They have been
			deeply affected by the Yamato's
			destruction.

	There is a beat while they consider the cost in human
	terms of this tragedy.

      STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/06/89 - ACT ONE      11.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Mister Data.

					DATA
			Evidence of a weapon? No, sir,
			none.

					GEORDI
			However it happened, the Yamato
			did it to herself.

					PICARD
			Theorize. What do you think
			caused this catastrophic
			malfunction?

					GEORDI
				(looking very grim)
			I think Captain Varley may have
			been correct. There could be
			a design flaw.

					RIKER
			In a Galaxy Class starship?

	Murmurs and physical reactions of consternation from
	the officers. Picard is stone faced, unmoved.

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir. It's the most
			complicated piece of machinery
			ever built. Something could have
			been overlooked.

					PICARD
			Knowing where the flaw is located,
			do you think you can isolate and
			solve the problem?

					GEORDI
			We're working on it now.

					PICARD
			Pull any and all personnel who
			might be useful to your task.

	They rise, ready to scatter to their assigned tasks.

      STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/06/89 - ACT ONE      12.

10   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
				(to Picard)
			If we have established that the
			Romulans were not responsible for
			the destruction of the Yamato,
			would it not be prudent for us
			to withdraw?

					PICARD
			If this is a design flaw, we
			better stay where we are and
			give Geordi time to work. Or
			what happened to the Yamato
			could happen to us.

10A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	remaining stationary.

11   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard is standing near his desk, staring at his
	unactivated console. This is a duty he'd like to skip.
	He sits down.

					PICARD
			Computer, access Captain Donald
			Varley's personal log. Search
			parameter, locate entries
			containing the words Romulan and
			Iconia.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Working.

12   COMPUTER VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Top of the screen shows a date and time code. Varley
	is slowly turning an alien-looking device in his
	hands. It is corroded and appears to be very old.

      STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/10/89 - ACT ONE      13.

12   CONTINUED:

					VARLEY
			Personal log. It was kind of
			Doctor Ramsey to allow me to carry
			away my own little piece of legend
			from the archaeological dig on
			Denius Three. My engineers have
			examined it, but are completely baffled
			by the technology. What was its
			purpose? I'm like a caveman
			confronted by a tricorder. I'm
			certain this device is Iconian.
			But how far had it travelled
			before it was abandoned on an
			alien world?

	A new image appears. Varley: elated.

					VARLEY
				(continuing)
			Personal log. A galactic Rosetta
			stone. The starfield shown on
			the artifact was unintelligible
			until I took into account two
			hundred millenia of stellar
			drift. After that it was easy
			to pinpoint Iconia.

	Screen blips. New image. Varley: thoughtful.

					VARLEY
				(continuing)
			My first officer is questioning
			the wisdom of my order to
			violate the Neutral Zone, but
			I am convinced I have taken the
			only proper course. Should this
			advanced technology fall into
			the hands of the Romulans, we
			might as well dock our ships
			and defend ourselves with sticks.

	Screen blips. New image. Varley: grim faced.

					VARLEY
				(continuing)
			Personal log. We've been spotted
			by a Romulan cruiser, but after
			playing hide and seek through
			several solar systems, I think
			I've managed to elude them.

        STAR TREK: "Contagion" - 01/04/89 - ACT ONE        14.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

	Screen blips. New image.

					VARLEY
				(continuing)
			The Iconian probe scan -- was it
			an attempt at communication? If
			only I knew what we were dealing
			with here.

	Screen blips. New image. Varley: worried and angry.

					VARLEY
				(continuing)
			Personal log. I am unable to send
			an away team to the surface of
			Iconia, nor can I scan the energy
			source on the planet because of
			these maddening system failures.
			It is infuriating to be stopped
			at the threshold of a dream by
			one's own ship. We are leaving
			orbit to rendezvous with Picard.
			If his people can't help us repair
			the Yamato, I must convince him
			to continue this exploration.
			The future well being of the
			Federation may depend upon it.

	The image blips out.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			No further entries conforming to
			search parameters.

	For a long, grim moment, Picard stares at the blank
	screen. He then rises and starts to exit. But the
	doors fail to open. He steps back, giving the doors
	a quizzical look, then steps forward again. This time
	the doors open normally. He exits.

13   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker is in the Command Chair. Data is at Science One.
	Picard crosses to the android.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, there is a reference
			in Captain Varley's personal log
			to a probe which scanned the
			Yamato.

      STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/09/89 - ACT ONE      15.

13   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Yes, sir. We have a visual
			record.

					PICARD
			Put it on Main Viewer.

14   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The image does not fill the entire screen. Next to
	it are a series of read-outs and a reference to the
	fact that this is from the Yamato log. Rising into
	view from the surface of a planet comes the probe.
	It is spherical, about the size of a beachball. It
	has a hard, transparent shell and, within it, a deep,
	translucent blue gel, flecked with bits of reflective
	material. It stops at "eye-level" and emits a BURST
	OF CRACKLING, SPIDERY ENERGY directly INTO CAMERA.

					RIKER
			What the devil is that?

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Have you ever seen anything like
			that before?

					DATA
			No, sir, but it appears to be
			a scanner. Possibly a
			transmitter.

					RIKER
			Transmitting what?

					DATA
			Unknown, sir.

	Picard crosses to his Command Chair.

					PICARD
			Engineering.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge.

					PICARD
			Progress on your matter/antimatter
			scan?

        STAR TREK: "Contagion" - 01/04/89 - ACT ONE        16.

14   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Everything continues to check
			out. I'm starting an analysis
			of the magnetic coils.

					PICARD
			Data, when the Yamato was probed,
			where was she?

					DATA
			In orbit around a planet at
			coordinates two two seven mark
			three five nine.

					PICARD
			Estimated time of arrival at warp
			factor eight?

					DATA
			Twelve hours, sixteen minutes.

					WORF
			Sir, that would put us
			substantially closer to the
			Romulan side of the Neutral Zone.

					PICARD
			It can't be helped. Ensign
			Crusher, lay in a course. Warp
			factor eight.

	Riker is staring at him.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			We are going to assume the
			Yamato's mission.

					RIKER
			And risk a war?

					PICARD
			If that's what it takes to get
			some answers.

	As we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/09/89 - ACT TWO      17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

15   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard is seated at his desk. There is a CHIME.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Wesley enters a little hesitantly. Picard eyes him,
	a little surprised by the intrusion.

					WESLEY
			Sir, may I talk to you for a
			minute?

					PICARD
			Yes.

	Wesley crosses to him. Picard studies the boy's
	serious face.

					WESLEY
			It's about the Iconians, sir.
			I'd always heard that they were
			just a myth.

					PICARD
			China was thought to be only a
			myth until Marco Polo travelled
			there. No, the Iconians were
			real. We know that three
			systems in this sector have a
			number of cultural similarities.
			Similarities which can be
			explained only if there had been
			a single unifying force.

					WESLEY
			The Iconians colonized those
			worlds?

					PICARD
			Probably conquered.

					WESLEY
			So they were warlike?

        STAR TREK: "Contagion" - 01/04/89 - ACT TWO        18.

15   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Perhaps. Ancient texts refer
			to them as the Demons of Air and
			Darkness, but that could have
			so many different interpretations.

					WESLEY
			Air and darkness?

					PICARD
			Legend has it that they travelled
			without the benefit of spaceships.
			Merely appearing from thin air
			on distant planets.

					WESLEY
			That sounds like magic.

					PICARD
			Wouldn't we seem magical to a
			stone-age people?

					WESLEY
				(responding to Picard's
				 enthusiasm and echoing
				 it)
			How did you find out about all
			this?

					PICARD
			Archaeology has been a hobby since
			my Academy days. But why don't
			we talk about what really brought
			you here?

					WESLEY
			I can't stop thinking about the
			Yamato. All those people -- dead.
			I just don't know how you do it.
			You, Commander Riker, Geordi, you
			all handle it so easily.

					PICARD
			Easily. No, not easily.

	Picard rises and crosses to the food unit. Keys for
	a cup of tea.

      STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/10/89 - ACT TWO      19.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Darjeeling tea, hot.
			We handle it because we are
			trained to, as you will be. But
			if the time ever comes when the
			death of even a single individual
			fails to move us --

	Sitting smugly on the shelf of the food unit is a
	single flower in a pot. Picard takes a step back, eyes
	it, points.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			That should not have happened.

16   OMITTED

17   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in route to Iconia.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. As
			happened with her sister, the
			Enterprise is being plagued by
			a series of system failures.

18   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	(Log entry will conclude over the fade-in to
	Engineering.)

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			So far they are random, but
			perhaps early symptoms of what
			happened to the Yamato.

	Geordi is hurrying from station to station. He holds a
	PADD and is making notes. Five other crewmembers
	hurry about. The com SOUNDS. With a mutter, he lunges
	to answer.

					GEORDI
			La Forge!

        STAR TREK: "Contagion" - 01/04/89 - ACT TWO        20.

18   CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Lieutenant, are you making any
			progress toward a solution to our
			problems?

					GEORDI
			A solution, no sir, but I can
			eliminate one worry. It is not
			a design flaw. I've been
			reviewing the Yamato's log, and
			I think maybe that alien probe
			had something to do with her
			problems.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			How?

					GEORDI
			I'd need to see the thing.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			If it was the probe, that explains
			the Yamato; but how do you account
			for the difficulties the
			Enterprise is experiencing?

					GEORDI
			I can't.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Are our problems likely to attain
			the seriousness experienced by
			the Yamato?

					GEORDI
			If you want speculation, yes sir,
			I think they are. I need time.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Lieutenant, time is the one
			thing which we do not have in
			abundance.

19   EXT. SPACE - PLANET ICONIA (OPTICAL)

	as the Enterprise ENTERS SHOT and assumes orbit.
	Iconia is a brown and red world. There are few bodies
	of water. It looks like a dead world.

      STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/06/89 - ACT TWO      21.

20   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - VARIOUS ANGLES (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Data, Wesley and Worf are at their
	stations.

					DATA
			Scanning.

	Picard stands and moves between Wesley and Data.
	Examines the viewscreen, looking for anything that will
	tell him more about this place.

					PICARD
				(impatiently)
			Mister Data.

					DATA
			No life-form readings.

					WORF
			All major cities have been
			heavily damaged, and the pattern
			of destruction is consistent
			with large-scale orbital
			bombardment.

					PICARD
			How long ago?

					DATA
			Approximately two hundred
			thousand years.

					WORF
			There is an energy source in the
			mountains of the smaller
			continent.

					PICARD
			Magnify.

      STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/06/89 - ACT TWO      22.

20   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Is this Iconia?

					PICARD
			Donald Varley died believing that
			it was.

	Suddenly, we SEE a tiny bright FLASH OF LIGHT on the
	planet's surface.

					WORF
			Captain! Projectile launched from
			the planet's surface!

					DATA
				(checking readings)
			Its size and composition match
			the probe which scanned the
			Yamato.

					PICARD
			Shields up. Ready the tractor
			beam. Lieutenant La Forge, I'm
			about to assist you in your
			research. A probe has been
			launched from Iconia. I intend
			to capture it.

21   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi is studying his notes. He has the expression
	of a man who has made the final leap of logic and put
	together the puzzle.

					GEORDI
			No, sir, wait!

	There is a SQUEAL OF STATIC from the com, causing
	everyone in Engineering to cover their ears. The
	communications system goes dead.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Captain! Captain!
				(no response)
			Damn!

	He races for the door.

        STAR TREK: "Contagion" - 01/04/89 - ACT TWO        23.

22   INT. CORRIDOR

	Geordi runs down the corridor heading for the
	turbolift.

23   INT. TURBOLIFT

	Geordi enters the turbolift.

					GEORDI
			Bridge!

	The turbolift lurches into motion at an incredible
	speed, SCREAMING along its shaft, decks FLASHING by
	almost stroboscopically. The sudden acceleration pins
	Geordi to the ceiling and knocks off his VISOR.

					GEORDI
				(continuing; shouts)
			Emergency stop!

24   ANOTHER ANGLE

	The turbolift comes to a sudden, complete halt. The
	SCREAMING of the air in the shaft STOPS, and Geordi
	falls to the floor. Barely a beat... then the lift
	SCREAMS off in another direction, pinning him against a
	wall.

					GEORDI
			Emergency stop! Stop dammit!

	Another sudden halt -- and Geordi rolls toward the
	doors. He rolls across his VISOR, but manages to get a
	grip on the VISOR.

25   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE ON THE PROBE (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Riker stand in front of their command
	positions watching the viewscreen as the probe
	approaches. Worf leans in tensely over his console
	ready to key the tractor beam.

					WORF
			Tractor beam ready, sir.

					PICARD
			Prepare to lower shields,
			Mister Crusher.

        STAR TREK: "Contagion" - 01/04/89 - ACT TWO        24.

25   CONTINUED:

	Suddenly the turbolift doors WHOOSH open, and Geordi
	tumbles out. He jams on his VISOR. Riker moves to
	assist him. Geordi looks up and sees the probe now
	dangerously near to the Enterprise.

					RIKER
			Geordi, are you --

	Shrugging off the helping hands:

					GEORDI
			Destroy it, sir, quickly!

	Picard is not a man to waste words when one of his top
	officers is so obviously in distress.

					PICARD
			Worf, target phasers!

	Worf quickly punches several touchpads on his console.

					WORF
			Phasers locked on target.

26   ANGLE -- PAST PICARD TO VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The probe almost on top of the Enterprise. It begins
	to spit its energy.

					PICARD
			Fire!

	PHASERS FIRE, striking the probe. It EXPLODES.

					PICARD
				(continuing; cool as
				 ice)
			Mister La Forge, are you all right?

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir, and thank you for
			trusting me. If that thing had
			managed to scan us, we would have
			had no hope of saving the
			Enterprise.

	Various reaction shots from the bridge crew as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/06/89 - ACT THREE     25.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

27   OMITTED

28   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Present are Picard, Riker, Geordi, and Data.

					GEORDI
			That probe was a transmitter
			sending an alien computer program.
			The same program that is currently
			aboard the Enterprise and trying
			to rewrite our software in its
			own image. We have two
			completely incompatible computer
			systems trying to interact.

					RIKER
			So that's why the ship's
			instruments have become so
			erratic.

					GEORDI
			Yes.

					PICARD
			What can you do?

					GEORDI
			Not very much. The Iconian
			program is so sophisticated I
			don't think I'll ever understand
			it.

					DATA
			Consider, Captain, this program
			has entered an alien data base
			-- ours -- and in less than seven
			hours it has managed to not only
			learn our system, but has also
			begun to reprogram our computer.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			So the earlier probe was
			responsible for the Yamato's
			destruction.

     STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/06/89 - ACT THREE     26.

28   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Only insofar as the probe
			transmitted the program.

					RIKER
			But we weren't scanned by the
			probe. So how did this thing
			get aboard the Enterprise?

					DATA
			We downloaded the Yamato log, and
			contained in the log was the
			program.

					PICARD
			So why haven't we suffered their
			fate?

					GEORDI
			The program affected all systems
			on the Yamato simultaneously.
			But with us, the program was
			deposited in a specific section
			of our mainframe. It's having
			to work its way out from that
			location. That gives us a little
			breathing space.

					RIKER
			Not much. Reports of injuries
			are mounting.

					DATA
			Doctor Pulaski is unwilling to
			trust the turbolifts. She is
			sending medical teams through the
			access tunnels.

					GEORDI
			Sir, the Enterprise computer
			system is a lot like our bodies
			with a voluntary and involuntary
			system. Probably ninety percent
			of what happens on this ship is
			done automatically, completely
			beyond our control. We're sitting
			on a bomb that could go any second
			-- or never.

    STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/06/89 - ACT THREE    26A.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Can you stop this thing?

					GEORDI
			I'll give it my best shot.

     STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/12/89 - ACT THREE     27.

29   OMITTED

29A  INT. SICKBAY

	PULASKI chews out one of her medical staff. Sickbay
	is a scene of orderly chaos. The single remaining
	doctor is bouncing between three patients, the readouts
	on the biobeds are going crazy.

					PULASKI
			The biobeds aren't working.
			The ship's falling apart and
			you're wasting my time about
			biobeds? I've got thirty-five
			emergency calls scattered across
			twelve decks and my trauma teams
			are being run ragged trying to
			respond.
				(almost to herself,
				 flinging up her hands)
			Biobeds!

	The doctor is trying to work with a patient with a
	broken arm. Frustrated, he calls for Pulaski:

					DOCTOR
			Doctor Pulaski.

					PULASKI
			What?

					DOCTOR
			I've got a problem here.

	Pulaski storms past the chastised nurse to where the
	harried doctor is staring at the broken arm and a shell
	that isn't doing its job.

					DOCTOR
				(continuing)
			The knitter isn't working.

					PULASKI
			Use a splint.

	A beat as the doctor stares uncomprehendingly at
	Pulaski.

					PULASKI
				(continuing)
			Splint. It's a very ancient
			concept -- two flat pieces of wood
			or plastic, a bandage. The broken
			limb is kept immobile.

     STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/12/89 - ACT THREE 27A-28.        

29A  CONTINUED:

					DOCTOR
			That's crazy, that's not
			practicing medicine.

					PULASKI
			Oh yes it is. A time-honored way
			of practicing medicine -- by
			using your head and your heart
			and your hands. So jump to it.

	The doctor jumps to it.

      STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/12/89 - ACT THREE 28AA.         

30   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and Data (mood lighting if desired).

					GEORDI
			Dammit!

					DATA
			Try a bypass on the shield control
			interface.

					GEORDI
			No go. Let me see if I can
			directly access the master
			program.

    STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/09/89 - ACT THREE    28A.

30   CONTINUED:

	His fingers fly across the key pads. Suddenly the
	console passes a powerful electric shock into Geordi,
	freezing him to the console. Data pulls Geordi off
	the console. Feels for a throat pulse. Geordi is
	already recovering and fends him off.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			What happened?

     STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/09/89 - ACT THREE     29.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Any answer would be mere
			speculation. This is just another
			example of how our actions have
			random results.

					GEORDI
			Thank you, Data, I noticed.

31   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Present are Picard, Riker (mood lighting if desired).

					RIKER
			Life support has failed on Decks
			Seven and Thirteen.

	Picard gives no reaction to this report.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Suppose this thing manages to
			rewrite our entire system? It's
			so far beyond us that we don't
			have a hope of understanding it,
			much less controlling it. Our
			ignorance could kill us.

					PICARD
			We may never reach that point.
			A variation of what happened to
			the Yamato may destroy us first.

					RIKER
			So we just sit here while the ship
			disintegrates around us?

					PICARD
			The probe was launched from
			Iconia, probably by an automated
			system. There may be records
			near the launch site which
			could help us find a solution.

					RIKER
			I'll form an away team.

					PICARD
			I will lead it.

     STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/11/89 - ACT THREE     30.

31   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			You will lead it?

					PICARD
			Yes.

					RIKER
			We've had this discussion a
			hundred times before.

					PICARD
			Will, ever since I was a cadet
			I've studied the Iconians. I have
			to be the one to go.

	Riker slowly nods.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			The Enterprise is yours.

					RIKER
			For as long as she lasts.

32   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	O'Brien behind the console. Tools lie scattered
	around the transporter, isolinear chips, etc. Picard,
	Data, and Worf on the platform (mood lighting if
	desired).

					O'BRIEN
			I've got a fix on the energy
			source, and for the moment this
			baby...
				(points to the
				 transporter console)
			... is working, but that could
			change in an instant.

					PICARD
			We're aware of the risks.
			Energize.

	They DEMATERIALIZE.

       STAR TREK: "Contagion" - 01/09/89 - ACT THREE       31.

33   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker in the Command Chair with Troi at his side.
	Wesley is at his station. WILLIAMS is at Tactical,
	supernumeraries at the other positions (mood lighting
	if desired).

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Transport complete.

					RIKER
			Stay sharp, Mister O'Brien, I want
			to be able to pull them out at
			a moment's notice.

					WESLEY
			Commander, Romulan vessel!

	At Wesley's call Riker's focus is jerked to the
	viewscreen where a Romulan vessel is appearing.
	Following dialogue must proceed very quickly.

					RIKER
			Open hailing frequencies.

					WILLIAMS
			They're arming photon torpedoes!

					RIKER
			Shields up! Go to Red Alert!

					WESLEY
			Shields not responding.

					WILLIAMS
			They are preparing to fire photon
			torpedoes!

					RIKER
			Ensign Crusher, we need those
			shields!

					WESLEY
			I'm trying, sir!

					WILLIAMS
			Firing.

	Everybody turns to face the viewscreen and tenses as
	they prepare to die. Nothing happens.

					RIKER
			What happened?

       STAR TREK: "Contagion" - 01/09/89 - ACT THREE       32.

33   CONTINUED:

					WILLIAMS
				(confused)
			Instead of firing they suddenly
			disarmed and cancelled.

					RIKER
			Fate protects fools, little
			children and ships called
			Enterprise.
				(to Williams)
			Lock phasers on the Romulan, but
			hold your fire.

					WESLEY
			Sir, the shields are up.

					RIKER
				(almost to himself)
			Impeccable timing.

					WESLEY
			Uh, shields are back down.

					WILLIAMS
			Phaser banks are down.

					WESLEY
			The shields are back up.

					TROI
			In another time and another place
			this could be funny.

					RIKER
			Status of the torpedo banks?

					WILLIAMS
			They're down too.

					RIKER
			In case it should become necessary
			to fight, do you suppose you could
			find me some rocks to throw at
			them?

	Williams just shrugs and looks helpless. She returns
	to tinkering with the console.

					WILLIAMS
			Sir, the Romulan torpedoes are
			continuing to arm and disarm.

     STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/10/89 - ACT THREE     33.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Maybe their attempt to fire
			was not intentional.
				(to Williams)
			Open hailing frequencies.

					WILLIAMS
			Open.

	The viewscreen comes up revealing the Romulan
	sub-commander.

					RIKER
			Romulan vessel, this is Commander
			William Riker, first officer of
			the USS Enterprise. Why did you
			attempt to fire on us?

					TARIS
			This is Sub-Commander Taris of
			the Haakona. Why have you
			penetrated deeper into the
			Neutral Zone?

					RIKER
			Why are you still here?

					TARIS
			I have claimed this planet for
			the Romulan Empire.

					RIKER
			This is the Neutral Zone. Nobody
			can claim anything.

					TARIS
			You will withdraw or I will be
			forced to destroy your ship and
			your away team.

	She is interrupted mid-speech. There is break-up on
	Taris's face. CUT TO a view of the Romulan ship as it
	cloaks and uncloaks, cloaks and uncloaks. As it
	cloaks, communication is lost. Then returns when the
	ship reappears. Taris is looking rattled as she
	appears and disappears.

					RIKER
			What the hell?

	Taris is back on viewscreen. She is once again fully
	in control.

       STAR TREK: "Contagion" - 01/09/89 - ACT THREE       33A.

33   CONTINUED: (3)

					TARIS
			This is your final warning, I
			will not --

     STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/09/89 - ACT THREE     34.

33   CONTINUED: (4)

					RIKER
				(interrupting)
			Having a little trouble with your
			systems, Commander? Maybe we
			could consider postponing the war
			until we solve our more immediate
			problem?

					TARIS
			You're stalling for time.

					WESLEY
			Sir, another probe launched from
			the planet, heading for the
			Romulan.

					RIKER
				(to Williams)
			Have we got our phasers back?

					WILLIAMS
			No, sir.

					RIKER
			Taris, if you've got phaser
			capability, you better use it now!

					TARIS
			What?

					RIKER
			Destroy that probe!

	Taris blips out, and we have a view of the cruiser with
	the incoming probe. The probe reaches eye level and is
	destroyed by phaser fire. Taris does not return.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			And not even a thank you.

					TROI
			Sub-Commander Taris is deeply
			frustrated, probably because her
			ship is as crippled as the
			Enterprise.

					WESLEY
			Why would the Romulans be having
			problems? They haven't been
			probed.

       STAR TREK: "Contagion" - 01/09/89 - ACT THREE       35.

33   CONTINUED: (5)

					RIKER
			They must have tapped into the
			Yamato log. Taris got a whole
			lot more than she bargained for.

					WILLIAMS
			Commander, sensors indicate the
			Romulans are attempting to
			transport a team.
				(a beat)
			They lost them, complete
			molecular break-up.

					TROI
			So the captain is safe for the
			moment.

					RIKER
			Safe from the Romulans.
				(rises)
			Maintain Red Alert, and try to
			keep those shields up just in case
			Taris feels she has to act on her
			threat.

					WESLEY
				(slewing around in his
				 chair)
			Sir, what about the away team?
			With our shields up we can't beam
			them back.

	Riker looks to the viewscreen at the ominous image
	of the Romulan cruiser. To the empty captain's chair.
	We can see his dilemma as we:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/09/89 - ACT FOUR     36.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

34   INT. ICONIAN CONTROL ROOM

	The away team is exploring. They have beamed into a
	dimly lit room. The walls are covered with controls
	and conduits. Directly across from them is a wall
	which contains three silver gateways. In the center of
	the room is a pentagon-shaped "table" about waist high.
	At the center of the table is a large, softly glowing,
	translucent blue dome. It is flecked with the same
	bits of reflective material as the probe. Around the
	dome, extending to the edge of the table, are countless
	colored keys. There are also flat screens set in each
	of the five angles of the table. Each screen is a
	different geometric shape -- a square, a triangle, an
	octagon, a pentagon and a rectangle. There is alien
	script beneath the screens and on certain parts of the
	control walls. Data is scanning with his tricorder.
	Worf has his phaser out. Picard just roams the room.

					WORF
				(touching his insignia)
			Enterprise. Come in Enterprise.
			Still no response, sir.

					PICARD
			Keep trying them. Communication
			is going to be erratic.

					WORF
			I do not want to become a
			permanent resident of this
			planet.

					PICARD
			Nor do I, Mister Worf.

					DATA
			Scans indicate no other life-forms
			on the planet.

					PICARD
			I would not expect any. Judging
			from the severity of bombardment,
			I doubt any Iconians survived.

	Picard claps his hands and briskly rubs them together
	as he approaches the console.

     STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/11/89 - ACT FOUR     37.

34   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Well, Mister Data, let us see if we
			can make sense of this.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Picard studies the alien writing as Data joins him.

					PICARD
			This is very reminiscent of
			Dinasian.

					DATA
			Yes, sir. There are also
			similarities to Dewan and Iccobar.

					PICARD
			Is it possible that they are all
			branches of a language family
			beginning with Iconian?

					DATA
			Yes.

					PICARD
			Run a comparison between simple,
			basic words in Dinasian, Dewan
			and Iccobar. Let's see if we
			can't reconstruct a common root
			language.

	Data goes into his analysis mode.

					DATA
			Accessing.

34A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Troi and Riker are in the Command Chairs. Williams
	stands tensely at Tactical. Wesley is at Ops. A
	supernumerary mans Conn.

					RIKER
			You're jumpy.

					TROI
			The tension on the ship is very
			high.

      STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/10/89 - ACT FOUR 38-40.         

34A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			What's your recommendation?

					TROI
			Give everyone something else to
			think about, some place to focus
			their attention.

					RIKER
			All right, let's consider
			evacuation.

					TROI
				(surprised)
			To the planet?

					RIKER
			It's risky with Taris sitting
			out there -- it's probably
			impossible to pull off, but it
			will give everyone something
			to do. You go and start
			organizing it.

					TROI
			But you will need me if you
			have to negotiate with Taris
			again.

					RIKER
			I'll manage. Right now
			they're more important.

	Troi exits.

35   OMITTED

36   INT. ICONIAN CONTROL ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Worf are studying the console. Data comes
	out of his analysis mode.

					DATA
			Captain, your original hypothesis
			was correct. Iconian is the
			parent tongue for a language
			family consisting of Dewan,
			Iccobar and Dinasian. I have
			constructed a basic working
			understanding through a comparison
			of common root words such as
			mother, father, food, death,
			child, home, tribe, pain, love,
			mine, yours, ours --

     STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/11/89 - ACT FOUR     40A.

36   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Data, Data, Data -- the point.

					DATA
			You do understand that my
			interpretation of the symbols will
			not be exact?

					PICARD
			Yes, let's get on with it.

					DATA
				(pointing to a set of
				 symbols)
			This would appear to be the manual
			override.

	He touches the keys, and a LOW HUMMING fills the room.
	The light within the globe intensifies. Worf stiffens
	with hand on phaser. Suddenly rays lance out from the
	globe. Our people react. The rays strike the panels
	on the back wall and intersect in the room to form the
	gateway. It spins slowly. Each time it comes around,
	a new image appears through the opening. It makes one
	full revolution every couple of minutes. Appearing is
	a courtyard of a house with an alien-colored sky, a
	desert scene with a city in the distance, a street with
	iron balconies and pastel stucco walls, a grassy field
	(and eventually the Enterprise and the Romulan
	bridges). Picard walks forward and stares in wonder.

					DATA
			That was not manual override.

					PICARD
				(to himself)
			Demons of Air and Darkness,
			indeed.

					WORF
			What is that?

					PICARD
			A gateway.

					WORF
			The scenes could be holographic
			images.

       STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/11/89 - ACT FOUR 40BB.         

36   CONTINUED: (2)

	Data steps forward and thrusts his arm through the
	gate. From his elbow down, the arm is gone. Picard
	reacts quickly to this foolishness. Leaping forward,
	he grabs Data by the shoulders and pulls him back just
	as the scene changes.

					PICARD
			Data, that was very foolish.

     STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/11/89 - ACT FOUR     40B.

36   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			But we have established it is
			not a holograph. If I step
			through and investigate, we would
			determine whether it is truly a
			gateway.

					PICARD
			No, Data. You might not be able
			to get back, and I can't risk
			losing you.

					WORF
			If it's not illusion, this gate
			would seem to take you beyond the
			confines of this planet.

					PICARD
			Is this how the Iconians
			travelled? Stepping across light
			years as easily as we would cross
			a room? Those worlds might be
			in distant sectors of our galaxy.

	Picard takes a turn about the room, studying the
	gateway.

					PICARD
				(continuing; almost to
				 himself)
			This is what Varley feared. What
			he lost his life for.

					WORF
			Sir?

					PICARD
			The Romulans could turn this
			technology into a weapon.

					WORF
			Like the Iconians did.

					DATA
			No, I believe that to be
			incorrect. Captain, there is
			nothing in this room to indicate
			it was used as a military command
			center. It is much more akin to
			a transporter room.

     STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/12/89 - ACT FOUR     40C.

36   CONTINUED: (4)

					WORF
			But the probe was hostile.

					PICARD
			We can't make that assumption.
			The probe's effect on the Yamato
			was devastating, but I suspect
			that was by accident rather than
			design.

					WORF
			We do know that the Iconians were
			conquerors.

					PICARD
			Do we? The little we know was
			passed down by the descendants
			of the people who attacked this
			world. I'm beginning to think
			the Iconians may have been the
			victims of some very bad press.

					DATA
			Sir?

					PICARD
			There's an unfortunate tendency
			in most cultures to fear what they
			don't understand. It is possible
			that their enemies, when confronted
			with this technology, were driven
			to attack the Iconians out of
			fear.

	Worf turns back to the gate to contemplate Picard's
	words. Picard and Data return to the console.
	Occasionally Data runs scans with his tricorder.
	Suddenly the bridge of the Enterprise appears.

					WORF
			Sir!

     STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/11/89 - ACT FOUR     41.

36   CONTINUED: (5)

	The other two whirl at the note of urgency in his voice
	and have a brief glimpse of the Enterprise before it is
	replaced by an alien landscape. The Romulan bridge
	appears, vanishes; and we again have an alien
	landscape.

					WORF
			Was that really the Enterprise?

					PICARD
			I believe that it was. Gentlemen,
			we have a way home.
				(a beat)
			I think the Iconians might have
			outfoxed their enemies. Perhaps
			they didn't all die in the
			bombardment; some may have passed
			through this.

	Data runs more scans with his tricorder.

					DATA
			Sir, there is a vast underground
			power source which is controlled
			by this console.

	He points to a bank of lights which had not been lit
	previously, but are now glowing brightly.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			My triggering of the gateway has
			caused a dramatic upsurge in power
			levels.
				(runs more scans)
			Ah, I have access.

	Symbols appear on one side of the screens. Data
	studies them. He begins to input using the keys on
	the console.

					WORF
			Sir, the Enterprise again.

					PICARD
			Time the rotation.

     STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/09/89 - ACT FOUR     42.

36   CONTINUED: (6)

	Suddenly the globe emits a HIGH-PITCHED TONE followed
	by a beam of sickly green light. There is a SOUND OF
	CRACKLING as the ray envelops Data. It travels the
	length of his body, rendering him immobile. The energy
	flow stops, and Data -- stiff as a board -- starts to
	topple. He is caught by Worf who eases him to the
	floor. Data lies unmoving, eyes open but devoid of
	expression, staring at the ceiling.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/10/89 - ACT FIVE         43.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

37   INT. ICONIAN CONTROL ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard, seated on the floor, cradles Data.

					PICARD
			Data, respond.

	Data shudders, a shiver running from his head to his
	feet. Blinks.

					DATA
			Captain.

					WORF
			Are you all right?

					DATA
			No, I am damaged.

	Worf and Picard have gotten Data to his feet, but he
	is swaying drunkenly and can barely stand.

					PICARD
			How bad is it?

					DATA
			The Iconian program is attempting
			a rewrite of my basic software.
			Physical manifestations --

	Data abruptly cuts off and seems to go into analysis
	mode.

					WORF
			Sir, without him we have no hope
			of deciphering the program.

	We see Picard's terrible agony as he realizes that the
	Enterprise may be doomed.

					PICARD
			How long until the Enterprise
			reappears?

					WORF
			Six minutes if the cycle holds.

          STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/09/89 - ACT FIVE         44.

37   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Stand ready, Mister Worf, and go
			through with Data. Geordi can
			learn from him. Maybe help him.

					WORF
			Sir, we have not yet established
			that that...
				(a gesture to the gate)
			... is truly a gateway.

					PICARD
			This will be the test.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
				(holding out a hand)
			Data, give me your tricorder.

	With a hand that shakes like a palsy victim, Data
	removes the tricorder. He then hesitates, moving his
	head like a questing stork.

					DATA
			Sir, what is your present
			location?

					PICARD
			I'm right in front of you... Data,
			what is it?

					DATA
			Please, take the tricorder. I
			am unable to sufficiently pinpoint
			your location to be able to hand
			it to you.

					PICARD
			You're blind.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	Picard takes the tricorder from Data's hand. He has
	to peel back the android's fingers because Data has
	such a grip on the device. Data's equilibrium is shot,
	and he walks in a tight circle around himself. He then
	collapses again.

          STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/11/89 - ACT FIVE         45.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(handing the tricorder
				 to Worf)
			Destroy this.

					WORF
			But, sir, it contains the record
			of all that we have discovered
			here.

					PICARD
			And that is precisely why it must
			be destroyed. Time?

					WORF
			Three minutes.

					PICARD
				(to himself)
			I am running out of time. We
			all are.

	Picard kneels beside Data and pulls him up until the
	android is supported against his shoulder. Worf lays
	the tricorder on the floor of the chamber and fires his
	phaser at it. The tricorder VANISHES.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			This room and the technology
			contained in it must be destroyed.
			It cannot be allowed to fall into
			Romulan hands.

					DATA
			I understand...

					PICARD
			How! How do I do it? How can
			I destroy everything? Control
			room, the probes? All of it.

					DATA
			The... power... source.

          STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/11/89 - ACT FIVE         46.

37   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			I detonate it?

					DATA
			Yes.

					PICARD
				(giving Data a shake)
			How? What do I do?

					DATA
			The... probes.

					PICARD
			Probes... the probes. Launch?
			Do I launch the probes?

	Data nods.

					PICARD
				(continuing; to Worf)
			What's that going to do? Nothing.

					DATA
			Doors.

					PICARD
			Doors?

					WORF
			Perhaps the probes are in a
			launch bay.

	Data nods energetically.

					PICARD
			The doors will open automatically
			when the launch begins. I'd have
			to override.

					DATA
			Yes.

					PICARD
			The power source! The backwash
			from the rockets will spill into
			the main power grids and cause
			an overload.

					DATA
			Cor... rect.

          STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/09/89 - ACT FIVE        46A.

37   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			Which control keys? Damn, I
			forgot you can't see.

					DATA
			Help.

	Picard rightly assumes that Data wants to be helped
	to the console. With Worf's help they get the Android
	to his feet and over to the console. This dialogue
	has to fly.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Describe.

          STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/11/89 - ACT FIVE         47.

37   CONTINUED: (5)

					PICARD
			We're directly opposite the
			gateway. There is a rectangular
			screen.

					DATA
				(shakes his head)
			Left... one meter.

					PICARD
			Triangular screen. The lights
			directly above are solid amber.
			To the left red --

					DATA
			Cor... rect. Key... blue,
			amber... amber... red.

					PICARD
			That's the launch sequence?

	Data nods.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			How do I override the doors?

					DATA
			Blue, blue, blue.

					PICARD
			I hope you're not stuttering.
				(to Worf)
			I don't know how long a delay
			there will be between the launch
			and the detonation. I'll hold
			off keying the launch sequence
			until you're through the gate.
			How long until the Enterprise
			returns?

					WORF
			Almost time, sir. Captain, you
			will be killed.

					PICARD
			I'll go through the gate.

					WORF
			But where will you end up?

          STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/09/89 - ACT FIVE        47A.

37   CONTINUED: (6)

					PICARD
			Any place is going to be better
			than this room. Worf, I'm
			depending on you. Get Data back
			to the Enterprise. He may be
			their last hope.

	Worf helps Data. At the time expected, the bridge of
	the Enterprise appears and the Klingon steps through.

          STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/09/89 - ACT FIVE         48.

38   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Access panels are open. The bridge is a complete
	mess. Still mood lighting. People work at the various
	stations. Riker is overseeing this last-ditch effort.
	Worf and Data APPEAR.

					RIKER
			Worf! What happened? Where's
			the captain?

	Data makes small mewling little sounds, then falls
	silent.

					WORF
			We must take Data to Engineering.

	Worf shifts Data into a fireman's carry, and he and
	Riker start moving.

39   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	CLOSE UP on Geordi's hands as he runs scans on Data.
	PULL BACK to reveal Riker watching tensely. The
	scanner is emitting a steady beeping sound.

					GEORDI
			I don't know how to help him.
			But comparing recorded norms for
			Data to the current readings, it's
			clear that all his functions are
			going crazy. If we had an expert
			-- Maddox, or somebody --

	The steady blip of the scanner suddenly becomes a flat,
	steady tone; and the line goes flat.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			He's gone.

40   INT. ICONIAN CONTROL ROOM

	Picard keys in the launch sequence. A LOW HEAVY
	RUMBLING fills the room. A MECHANICAL, ALIEN-SOUNDING
	VOICE begins what is obviously a countdown.

					COMPUTER VOICE
				Kandar se. Kandar ere.

          STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/11/89 - ACT FIVE         49.

41   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Only a few seconds have passed. Geordi reaches out
	and closes Data's eyes. Then abruptly the android's
	eyes reopen. Data sits up.

					GEORDI
			Data!

					RIKER
			What the hell?

					DATA
			Ah, I have access.

	Suddenly things begin to fall into place for Geordi.

					GEORDI
			The self-correcting mechanism --

					DATA
				(looking for Picard)
			Captain? Captain?

					GEORDI
			It's constantly kicking in to make
			minute adjustments in the
			positronic brain.

					DATA
			This is the Enterprise. How did
			I get here?

					RIKER
			He cleared the Iconian program
			from his own system. How?

					DATA
			Iconia? I was on Iconia. Now
			I am on the Enterprise.

					RIKER
			Geordi, this is critical. How?

          STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/12/89 - ACT FIVE        49A.

41   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Let me think for a second. There
			was an incompatible program
			running through Data's system, so
			the mechanism started searching
			for a way to keep him alive. The
			solution must have been a shutdown
			and a total wipe of all affected
			memory.

					DATA
			Query. What have I forgotten?

					RIKER
			One question. Can we do the same
			thing with the Enterprise?

          STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/09/89 - ACT FIVE         50.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			I don't see why not... but it will
			have to be a complete shutdown.
			We turn her off, effect a wipe
			of the Yamato log and every
			subsequent event since we
			downloaded it. I'll then reload
			all the ship's programs from the
			protected archives in the main
			core.

					RIKER
			Geordi, a shutdown means that the
			shields are going to be coming
			down too, and we're hanging nose
			to nose with a Romulan battle
			cruiser.

					GEORDI
			Hey, Commander, whether it's
			Romulan phasers or our own
			warp engines we're just as dead.

					RIKER
			Make it so.

	Geordi whirls to obey. Data is very confused, but he's
	still game and ready to be of help.

					DATA
			Can I help?

42   INT. ICONIAN CONTROL ROOM

	Picard is keying the override sequence. The RUMBLING
	becomes a ROAR. Suddenly the room is shaking. Steam
	erupts from the console. The countdown continues over
	this scene.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Kandar more, kandar sete, kandar
			ne.

43   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	A shot of the ship completely dark. Suddenly the
	lights come up on the vessel.

          STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/11/89 - ACT FIVE         51.

44   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Riker walks in like a man with a purpose and hangs over
	the terminal.

					O'BRIEN
			All systems functioning.

					RIKER
			Lock on the captain and bring him
			back.

					O'BRIEN
			Scanning, sir. Got him.

45   INT. ICONIAN CONTROL ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Sparks are flying off the console. The room is
	shaking. Steam coming out of the walls. The gate is
	showing the bridge of the Enterprise. Picard runs for
	it, but at the last minute it switches to the bridge of
	the Romulan cruiser. Picard hesitates for an instant,
	then plunges through just as the globe shatters. Over
	all of this the countdown continues:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Kandar qetar, Kandar jet, kandar
			piqe, kandar...

46   INT. ROMULAN MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Taris stands in astonishment as Picard APPEARS. Her
	bridge is a disaster. Sparks off some of the consoles,
	etc. Two Romulan crewmembers with phasers move in on
	Picard. Over all there is a HOWLING KLAXON and lights
	flashing. A MONOTONOUS VOICE announces:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Setha-tri par trukatha.

47   INT. ENTERPRISE TRANSPORTER ROOM

					O'BRIEN
			I've lost him!

					RIKER
			Damn it!

					O'BRIEN
			Got him! Sir! He's on the
			Romulan ship.

          STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/11/89 - ACT FIVE         52.

47   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			How the hell... never mind.
			Energize!

	O'Brien's hands as he engages the transporter.

48   INT. ROMULAN MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					TARIS
				(bitterly)
			You did this.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Setha-ki par trukatha.

					PICARD
			Did what?

					TARIS
			Activated the auto-destruct. I
			at least have the satisfaction
			that you will die with us.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Setha-mille par trukatha.

					PICARD
				(feeling the effects
				 of the transporter
				 kicking in)
			Not I think, today, Commander.

	He DEMATERIALIZES.

49   INT. ENTERPRISE TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard BEAMS IN and plunges off the platform. Reaches
	over the console and hits the com:

					PICARD
			Bridge.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Get us out of here. The Romulan
			ship is set for auto-destruct and
			they can't deactivate it.

          STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/11/89 - ACT FIVE        52A.

49   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Wait, sir.
				(to O'Brien)
			Open a hailing frequency.

	Picard steps back and regards his First Officer in
	puzzlement.

          STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/11/89 - ACT FIVE         53.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					O'BRIEN
			Open, sir.

					RIKER
			Commander Taris, prepare to
			receive a transmission from our
			chief engineer. He'll instruct
			you on how to purge your system.

	A beat.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Commander, your transmission has
			been received and acknowledged.

					RIKER
			Now, Mister Data, warp speed please
			-- just in case Taris's engineer
			is not as efficient as Lieutenant
			La Forge.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Yes, sir.
				(a beat)
			Captain, sensors picking up a
			large explosion on the surface
			of Iconia. It is equivalent to
			a force twelve hydrogen explosion.
			Blast radius is nine hundred
			kilometers.

	Picard and Riker begin walking toward the doors. Data
	continues to burble on over their dialogue:

					DATA'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			The dust particles entering the
			stratosphere will take an
			estimated seven months to fall
			back to the surface. The
			diminution in sunlight will have
			the effect of lowering average
			daily surface temperatures on
			Iconia by fifteen degrees
			Celsius.

					PICARD
			I see Data's back to normal.

					RIKER
			With a little touch of amnesia.

          STAR TREK: "Contagion" - REV. 01/11/89 - ACT FIVE        53A.

49   CONTINUED: (3)

	Picard pauses and surveys the lights, glances about the
	Transporter Room.

					PICARD
			It seems that everything is back
			to normal. Well done, Commander.

					RIKER
				(with a grin)
			Thank you, sir.

            STAR TREK: "Contagion" - 01/04/89 - ACT FIVE            54.

49   CONTINUED: (4)

	The two officers exit as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             




                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "The Royale" 
                          #40272-138 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Keith Mills 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT

                       JANUARY 10, 1989

           STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "The Royale" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             BELLBOY
                RIKER              ASSISTANT MANAGER
                DATA               TEXAS
                PULASKI            VANESSA
                TROI               DEALER
                GEORDI             MIKEY D
                WORF               CROUPIER
                WESLEY             
                O'BRIEN            Non-Speaking
                                   ROYALE HOTEL GUESTS
                Non-Speaking       
                CREWMEMBERS        

           STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "The Royale" 
                            
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     PLANET THETA EIGHT
              TRANSPORTER ROOM          SURFACE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
          
            THE ROYALE HOTEL
              LOBBY
              CASINO
              SEVENTH FLOOR HALLWAY
              RICHEY'S SUITE

         STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "The Royale"  
                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around an ice-green planet with swirling white
	cloud patterns.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			Ship's log, stardate 42625.4,
			First Officer Riker reporting.
			We have achieved orbit around
			Theta Eight...

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ON WESLEY

	at helm, DATA at Ops, WORF at his Tactical position.

3    MOVE PAST THEM SLOWLY

	as RIKER walks from Command to the Aft Science Station
	where GEORDI is studying a sensor readout screen of
	the planet's atmosphere and surface.

					RIKER (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... the planet furthest from its
			sun in this previously unmapped
			solar system. It is a world of
			ruthless realities: particularly
			harsh, barren, and inhospitable...

4    ANGLE UP ON GEORDI'S FACE

	reflecting the screen's amber light. Riker STEPS INTO
	FRAME behind him...

					RIKER (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Our reason for being here -- a
			passing Klingon cruiser reported
			discovering pieces of a strange
			vessel in the upper atmosphere.
			We've come to investigate...

         STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - TEASER         2.

4    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(studying the screen)
			Nasty. Nitrogen... methane...
			liquid neon. Surface temperature
			minus two hundred and ninety-one
			degrees Fahrenheit. Winds up to
			three hundred and twelve meters
			per second.

					RIKER
			Not exactly a vacation planet,
			eh?

					GEORDI
			Uh uh. Not unless you like
			ammonia tornadoes. Or orange
			lightning bolts for that matter.

					RIKER
				(smiling)
			Not my cup of tea. Found anything
			artificial in the atmosphere?

					GEORDI
			Nothing so far. We're just coming
			around to the night side now.

					RIKER
			Keep me informed. The sooner we
			identify what the Klingons think
			they saw, the sooner we can get
			the hell out of here.

					GEORDI
			Sounds good to me.

5    STAY ON GEORDI

	as Riker walks away. He shakes his head as more data
	return from the surface of Theta Eight...

					GEORDI
				(to himself)
			Nasty.

6    INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	PICARD sits on a chair staring at a tabletop viewer.
	It has a number of equations and theorems on it -- like
	a present-day blackboard. The door CHIMES.

         STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - TEASER         3.

6    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Come.

	Riker ENTERS, looks at the viewscreen.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Fermat's last theorem. Familiar
			with it?

					RIKER
			No. I'm afraid I spent too many
			math classes daydreaming about
			being on a starship.

					PICARD
			It's intriguing. When Fermat died
			they found scrawled in the margin
			of his notes that he had found
			a "remarkable proof."
				(beat)
			Unfortunately he never lived to
			write it down. And for the last
			eight hundred years people have
			been trying to rediscover it.

					RIKER
			And that includes you?

					PICARD
			I find the process relaxing.

					RIKER
				(changing the subject)
			We've detected debris of some sort
			in a loose orbit.

					PICARD
			Can you identify?

					RIKER
			I suggest we beam a section aboard
			for analysis.

					PICARD
			Make it so, Number One.

7    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - PICARD (OPTICAL)

	ENTERS and goes to where Riker is standing by the
	platform. He nods to O'BRIEN standing at the console.

         STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - TEASER         4.

7    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Energize.

	Riker explains as a piece of the debris begins to
	MATERIALIZE:

					RIKER
			We've locked onto something with
			markings on it.

					PICARD
			What sort of markings?

					RIKER
			Uncertain, sir.

	A large chunk of jagged metal MATERIALIZES on the
	platform. It seems featureless, the color of brushed
	aluminum. Picard is intrigued -- he touches it and
	spots something as he turns it over...

					PICARD
			There's something here.

	Riker goes to see what Picard has found.

					PICARD
				(continuing; frowning)
			That symbol... Do you recognize
			it?

					RIKER
				(quietly stunned)
			Yes sir. I -- I think I do.

8    REVERSE ANGLE

	to see what they're seeing.

9    MOVE IN ON THE SYMBOL

	a white five-pointed star on a dark blue circular
	background intersected by red and white horizontal
	lines on either side.

	It is the insignia of the United States Air Force...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

        STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT ONE        5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

10   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	seen from a different angle, still in orbit around
	Theta Eight.

11   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - PICARD

	Riker, Data and TROI are gathered to discuss the
	debris...

					DATA
			Metallic analysis bears out that
			the object in question was
			terrestrial in origin. Most
			likely late twenty-first century.

					PICARD
			But that's not possible. No ship
			of that time period could have
			come this far.

					DATA
			Nevertheless, that is what our
			tests indicate. And the markings
			we discovered are consistent with
			this hypothesis.

					TROI
			Any idea what destroyed it? An
			explosion of some sort?

					DATA
			Unknown.

					PICARD
			The question is, how did it get
			here?

	Picard's train of thought is interrupted by the
	INTERCOM...

					WESLEY'S COM VOICE
			Captain. We've detected a large
			structure on the planet.

        STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT ONE        6.

12   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CLOSE ON SCREEN

	Wesley and the others are studying the sensor readout
	screen.

					DATA
			It is a building of some sort,
			situated on a plane of frozen
			methane, smack in the middle of
			a tremendous storm belt. It is
			incongruous; it simply should not
			be there!

					PICARD
			Are you certain it's artificially
			constructed?

					DATA
			Absolutely. The structure is
			surrounded by breathable air.

	Picard steps back, taking it all in.

					RIKER
			It's hard to accept...

					PICARD
			Yet it does seem to be down there.
			Is there a connection between the
			structure and the ship?

	No one seems to have an answer to this.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Suggestions?

					RIKER
				(small smile)
			Only one, sir. Suggest we go down
			and have a look.

					PICARD
			Form an away team, minimal
			complement.

13   MOVE IN

	on a thoughtful, determined Picard.

					PICARD
			Let's see if we can find the
			architects.

        STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT ONE        7.

14   OMITTED

15   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - ON DATA AND WORF

	checking equipment, standing on the transporter
	platform. Over at the transporter panel, O'BRIEN
	looks up.

					O'BRIEN
			Give me a moment, gents. We're
			dealing with an extremely narrow
			access point.

16   OMITTED

17   RIKER (OPTICAL)

	steps on platform.

					RIKER
			We're ready when you are...
				(then to Worf)
			Phasers on stun.

	They adjust their phasers. Riker looks to O'Brien.
	O'Brien nods.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Energize.

	O'Brien complies, and the party of three is BEAMED
	AWAY.

18   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - DATA, WORF AND RIKER (OPTICAL)

	MATERIALIZE in a featureless black void. It is
	completely still, no sound, no movement. The calm is
	unnerving.

					RIKER
				(tense)
			Where are we?

	Data checks his tricorder.

					DATA
			Exactly where Geordi said we would
			be. The structure is directly
			behind us.

        STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT ONE        8.

18   CONTINUED:

	They all turn and look behind them. All they can see
	is blackness...

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I am detecting vast ammonia storms
			raging mere kilometers away. Yet
			they do not appear to penetrate
			this breathable zone.

					RIKER
				(soft, awed)
			It's like the eye of a hurricane.

	Data has wandered toward where he believes the
	structure to be. He looks up, as though sensing the
	hugeness of the thing.

					DATA
			It is here. It must be here, yet
			we cannot see it.

19   INTERCUT WITH PICARD ON THE MAIN BRIDGE

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Enterprise, this is Commander
			Riker. We have arrived in a very
			unusual place... it is like being
			in the eye of a hurricane. It
			is completely calm, no sound, no
			movement, yet a few meters away
			a storm, which we can neither see
			nor hear, is raging.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Describe the structure.

					RIKER
			We can't see it.

					WORF
			Commander, over here. I see
			something!

	Data and Riker hurry over to Worf. The Klingon has
	discovered an old-fashioned revolving door, seemingly
	situated in the middle of nothing. It turns slowly, as
	though beckoning them...

        STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT ONE        9.

19   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(continuing)
			What is this thing?

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			What is it, Commander?

					RIKER
				(to Picard, amazed)
			I think it's a door. An antique.

					DATA
			Judging by its location, it may
			be an entrance to the structure
			we seek.

	The three of them exchange wary glances...

					RIKER
			Well... this is what we came here
			for.
				(to Picard)
			Captain, we are entering the
			structure.

	Riker cautiously steps in and the revolving door
	automatically turns to the right. Riker disappears
	into the darkness, and when the door stops revolving he
	is gone. Worf looks at Data and then follows suit.
	Data follows him...

20   INT. ROYALE LOBBY - DATA

	steps out of the revolving door and joins the others
	inside the structure. They are standing on a garish
	carpet, scarlet with gold trim. All are looking around
	incredulously as we HEAR THE SOUND OF A SLOT MACHINE
	hitting a jackpot and the tumult of a casino in full
	swing.

21   ANGLE TO REVEAL THEIR WHEREABOUTS

	inside the lobby of a small Vegas-style hotel, roughly
	our time period. To their right is a front desk beside
	some elevators. To the left is a modest casino with
	blackjack tables, crap tables and roulette wheels, all
	flanked by a row of slot machines and a lounge with a
	piano player.

        STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT ONE        10.

21   CONTINUED:

	There is a bustle of activity on all sides. People are
	gambling, hotel workers are scurrying about. No one
	is paying much attention to the three stunned
	strangers. Riker touches his communicator.

					RIKER
			Riker to Enterprise. We have
			entered the structure.
				(then, realizing)
			We're not getting through.

22   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - PICARD

	stands between Wesley and an n.d. crewmember at Conn
	and Ops. Troi can be seen sitting at the Command
	Section with Geordi still at the Aft Station.

					PICARD
			Where's that interference
			originating?

					GEORDI
			From the source, sir. Cause...
			unknown.

					PICARD
			Lock onto the landing party.
			Have the Transporter Room prepare
			to beam them up.

	Geordi shakes his head as he studies the screen...

					GEORDI
			We can't distinguish them as long
			as they're inside that structure.

					PICARD
			Can they hear us?

					GEORDI
			We've got to recalibrate all
			frequencies.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

23   INT. ROYALE LOBBY - RIKER

	is touching his communicator, frustrated.

        STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT ONE        11.

23   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Without radio contact, we should
			leave immediately.

					RIKER
			Agreed. We'll make a preliminary
			sweep of this environment and then
			return.

	A BELLBOY, a Latino in his mid-twenties, nervously
	looks them over as if he is expecting someone else.

					BELLBOY
			Checking in, gentlemen? You'll
			have to go to the front desk.

	He indicates the front desk and then moves off before
	our people can respond. What follows plays off the
	point of view of Riker and the others. Riker thinks
	about what he said and then heads for the front desk.
	Worf and Data follow him, still looking around in
	wonder.

	A SLIGHTLY BUILT MAN WITH PERFECT HAIR stands behind
	the counter, underneath a sign that says REGISTRATION.
	The name tag on his lapel reads "ASSISTANT MANAGER."
	He's the type of assistant manager we've all met at
	one time or another: polite in a routine, impersonal
	and annoying way, fastidious and slightly effeminate.

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
			Welcome, gentlemen. Have a nice
			trip?

	Riker looks at Worf quizzically.

					RIKER
			Uh... Do you know us?

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
			We've been expecting you. A trio
			of foreign gentlemen.

					RIKER
			We're from the United Federation
			of Planets --

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
			Of course. Welcome to The Hotel
			Royale...

        STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT ONE        12.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

	The Bellboy comes up beside the assistant manager,
	interrupting:

					BELLBOY
				(urgently)
			Did Rita call?

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
			No -- and for your own good you
			had better quit thinking about
			Rita.

					BELLBOY
			I'm not afraid of him.

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
			Then you're a fool. Everybody
			with any sense is afraid of Mikey
			D.

					BELLBOY
				(waves off the thought
				 of Mikey D)
			If Rita calls -- you let me know.

	He then turns and walks away.

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
				(confidentially to
				 Riker)
			The kid's just askin' for trouble
			-- Rita's too much for him to
			handle, and Mikey D will plant
			his face in the pavement.
				(then, handing them
				 to Riker)
			Now, here are your room keys and
			some complimentary casino chips.
			Enjoy!

	Riker and Worf don't know what any of this means.

					WORF
			What is this place? How did a
			being like you get here?

	The assistant manager finally looks up.

        STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT ONE        13.

23   CONTINUED: (3)

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
			Why this is the Royale, of
			course. And my personal life is
			really none of your business,
			thank you.

	He looks back down again...

					RIKER
			What he means is, what planet
			is this?

	The assistant manager SIGHS and faces Riker...

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
			I beg your pardon?

					RIKER
			This planet. What do you call
			it?

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
				(rolling his eyes)
			Earth.
				(very dry)
			What do you call it?

	Riker and Worf are stunned to hear him mention Earth.

					WORF
			We call it Theta Eight.

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
			How charming.

	This time the assistant manager spins and begins to
	EXIT the area behind the desk.

					DATA
			Commander...

					RIKER
			Yes Data?

					DATA
				(reading from his
				 tricorder)
			None of these people... are
			emitting life signs.

					WORF
			You mean they're not alive?

        STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT ONE        14.

24   OMITTED

25   MOVE IN ON RIKER

	looking around at the "people" moving about the lobby
	with more than a little concern.

					RIKER
				(more to himself)
			Then what are they?...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

        STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT TWO        15.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

26   INT. ROYALE LOBBY - THE AWAY TEAM

	are still examining their unexpected surroundings -- studying
	the movements of the hotel's seeming
	inhabitants.

					WORF
				(to Data)
			These beings... are they machines,
				(eyes narrow)
			or mere illusions, designed to
			deceive us?

					DATA
				(studying tricorder)
			Not illusions, Lieutenant. They
			do exist, but they do not register
			as either man or machine.

	Just then, a cheerful, burly, MIDDLE-AGED MAN wearing
	a huge tan-colored Stetson (we'll call him TEXAS) comes
	out of the elevator behind Data. The android turns
	his tricorder on him...

					DATA
				(continuing)
			For example, this creature
			exhibits no DNA structure.

	Texas overhears and replies in a Texas twang...

					TEXAS
			Look who's talkin'.
				(to Riker)
			He sounds just like my ex-wife.

	Texas shakes his head and mutters to himself as he
	hobbles OUT OF FRAME. We can hear him BELLOW OUT as
	he reaches the casino O.S.

					TEXAS
				(continuing)
			Aaaaall right!! Time to get back
			to business!

					DATA
			What sort of business do you
			suppose he is getting down to?

        STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT TWO        16.

26   CONTINUED:

	Curious, Data wanders toward the casino. Worf and
	Riker wander with him, as we:

									GO TO:

27
thru	OMITTED
29

30   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard stands and walks to the Aft Station, where
	Wesley and Geordi are working on something together.

					PICARD
			Status report?

					WESLEY
			We're attempting to employ
			alternate encoding schemes.

					GEORDI
			There are hundreds of possible
			combinations, Captain.

					PICARD
			Is there an intelligence causing
			the interference?

					GEORDI
			Impossible to tell, Captain.

	Troi looks at Picard, concerned.

31   INT. ROYALE CASINO - ENTRANCE - THE AWAY TEAM

	are standing at the edge of the casino. We can hear
	occasional SHOUTS OF ENTHUSIASM AND DESPAIR from the
	gaming tables. Data quietly walks up to a table where
	TWO HIGH-ROLLERS are playing blackjack surrounded by
	onlookers and supporters.

	THE DEALER is a twenty-eight year old black man, cool
	and laid back. Texas sits to his right, while VANESSA
	sits to his left.

	Texas notices Data and motions him to come up beside
	him. The dealer shuffles his decks as Texas converses
	with the android, Data holding his complimentary chips
	in his hand.

        STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT TWO        17.

31   CONTINUED:

					TEXAS
			You're new around here, aren't
			you?

					DATA
			Yes. I have certainly never
			visited this place, or its true
			counterpart, before.

					TEXAS
				(re the game)
			Sit down, boy. I'll show you how
			this game is played.
				(re Data's chips)
			Go ahead. Ante up.

	Texas does just that; Data follow suit. The dealer
	has just finished shuffling. He slides the deck toward
	Data... and waits.

					DATA
				(to Texas, frowning)
			It seems he expects something of
			me.

					VANESSA
			He wants you to cut the cards.

					DATA
			Ah, is this poker?

					TEXAS
			No, it's blackjack.

					DATA
			Also known as twenty-one, a
			number which defines the object
			of the game. Tens and picture
			cards are worth ten, ace -- one
			or eleven -- the other cards face
			value. The dealer must hit
			seventeen -- five cards under pays
			double.

					TEXAS
			Not at this joint -
				(to dealer)
			Run 'em, boy. And make 'em
			friendly. There's no bread in
			the house.

32
thru	OMITTED
37

        STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT TWO        18.

38   WIDE ANGLE

	The dealer deals. The other players look at their two
	cards and the dealer shows a ten.

					TEXAS
				(to Vanessa)
			Aren't you going to look at your
			hand?
				(aside to Data)
			Poor girl needs to win.

	Vanessa has a ten and a five.

					VANESSA
			Fifteen - do I hit, Texas, or
			stand?

					TEXAS
			If you've got to win -- then you've
			got to hit.

					VANESSA
			Hit me.

	The Dealer slides her a new card -- a jack.

					VANESSA
				(continuing)
			Damn!

	She flips her cards toward the dealer; she's gone over.
	Vanessa's spirits sink.

					TEXAS
			Hit me.

	Dealer flips over a nine; Texas nonchalantly turns his
	cards - a ten and a deuce.

					TEXAS
				(continuing)
			Twenty-one -- a winner.

					RIKER (O.S.)
			Having fun, Data?

39   ANGLE TO INCLUDE RIKER

	now standing with Worf among the onlookers. Data is
	quickly self-conscious.

        STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT TWO        19.

39   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Fun, sir? While there is a
			certain amount of enjoyment
			involved I was mainly conducting
			research into --

					RIKER
			-- Save it, Data. We're getting
			out of here.

					DATA
			Understood, sir.

					DEALER
			Hey, you're holding up the game.

					RIKER
			Our apologies. Come on, Data.

	Riker and Worf turn to exit the casino. Data follows
	after, nodding at the other players and remembering
	to take his two chips.

40   INT. ROYALE LOBBY - THE AWAY TEAM

	approach the revolving door through which they came
	into the Royale. Riker enters it first, followed by
	Data and Worf. Much to their surprise, they find
	themselves exiting right back into the lobby. They
	are all disconcerted...

					RIKER
			Try it again.

	And they try again... and come back out in the lobby
	again.

					DATA
			Sir, there is no other exit point.
			Unless we can find another way...
			it seems we are trapped here.

	Worf reacts, frustrated, claustrophobic; Riker puts a
	steadying hand on his shoulder as he fights his own
	fears, as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

        STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT TWO        20.

41   OMITTED

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT THREE       21.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

A42	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around the planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. We
			remain in orbit around Theta
			Eight, still out of contact with
			the away team.

42   INT. ROYALE CASINO - RIKER AND DATA

	stand at the edge of the casino, watching the goings on
	from afar; Riker's concerned, Data's interested. Worf
	approaches, frustrated.

					WORF
			Phasers are totally ineffective
			on all surfaces.

					DATA
				(to Riker, showing his
				 own variety of concern
				 now)
			I am checking options... they
			seem quite limited --

					RIKER
			We don't have any. If we're ever
			going to get out of here, we'll
			have to do it on our own.
				(then, heading off)
			I'm going to get some answers out
			of that desk clerk...

	Riker strides off toward the front desk, as we:

									GO TO:

43   INT. ROYALE LOBBY - FRONT DESK - THE BELLBOY

	is beside himself with anxiety, waiting for the proper
	moment before he does what he has to do. Finally, all
	eyes are diverted and he steps behind the bell
	captain's stand, opens a small drawer, and pulls out a
	snub-nosed .38. He checks the load, snaps the cylinder
	shut and slides the revolver into his waistband.

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT THREE       22.

43   CONTINUED:

	He sighs with satisfaction, suddenly starting as the
	assistant manager puts a hand on his shoulder.

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
			Are you crazy?

					BELLBOY
			Wrong. I'm finally getting some
			smarts --

	Riker approaches, quickly intrigued by the obvious
	intensity of the conversation.

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
			You think you're gonna scare Mikey
			D with that thing?

					BELLBOY
			I'm gonna make him leave Rita
			alone.

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
			Kid, she's a big girl... and she's
			Mikey D's girl.

					BELLBOY
			Not any more. Not after tonight.

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
			Look. I like you. I don't want
			to see you get hurt... especially
			over some dame --

					BELLBOY
				(bristling at that)
			Don't call her that!
				(then, eyes welling up
				 with anger)
			You'll see! You'll see how tough
			Mikey D is! He's nothin'!

	With that, the bellboy stomps off; Riker seizes the
	moment, quickly steps up to the assistant manager.

					RIKER
			I want some answers!

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
			The concierge can help you with
			any --

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT THREE       23.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			We want out of here. Now.

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
			I'm afraid you've missed your
			check-out time. We do have our
			rules, you know.

					RIKER
			I mean out of the building. We
			want to get outside --

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
			The Royale's exits are clearly
			marked.

					RIKER
			That's not good enough.

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
			If you have a complaint about the
			service you've received during
			your stay, you can always take
			it up with the manager.

					RIKER
			Fine! I'd like to see him
			immediately!

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
				(calm smile)
			I'm afraid the manager is very
			busy.

	Before the sssistant manager gives one of his typical
	non-answers, RIKER'S COMMUNICATOR UNEXPECTEDLY COMES
	ALIVE.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(heavy static)
			... Riker, can you read me?

	Riker hits his communicator:

					RIKER
			Yes, go ahead.

	Then, nothing. He tries again:

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Enterprise?... Enterprise?...

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT THREE       24.

44   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ON PICARD AND TROI

	standing behind Wesley and Geordi.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
				(through static)
			... Enterprise...

					PICARD
				(into com)
			Why haven't you left the
			building, Number One?

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
				(through static)
			... Tried... Trapped here... No
			immediate danger...

45   INT. ROYALE LOBBY - NEAR ELEVATOR - RIKER

	is conversing with the Enterprise; behind him, the
	assistant manager is peering over, covertly listening
	in.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Something at your location is
			interfering with our exchange...
			Working on the problem...

	Picard's voice is completely drowned out by the static.

46   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - PICARD

	is frustrated.

					WESLEY
			These frequencies aren't
			working.

					PICARD
				(sharply)
			Then find another.

					WESLEY
			Yes sir.

	Picard returns to Command -- sighing with exasperation
	as he sits down.

					PICARD
				(to himself)
			What is going on down there?

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT THREE       25.

47   INT. ROYALE LOBBY - NEAR REGISTRATION DESK

	Data is back at it with his tricorder, aiming it up
	toward the ceiling...

					DATA
				(studying tricorder)
			Commander... I am picking up
			something most unusual in another
			section of this structure.
			Indications of DNA.

					RIKER
			Where?

					DATA
			Thirty-one point nine meters
			above and to the right of us.

					WORF
				(indicates elevators)
			Perhaps those turbolifts could
			take us there.

48   INT. ROYALE - SEVENTH FLOOR HALLWAY - THE AWAY TEAM

	move down the hallway -- Data using his tricorder like
	a Geiger counter. He pauses in front of a door marked
	"727."

					DATA
			The reading I got is behind this
			door.

49   ANGLE ON THE DOOR TO ROOM 727

	Riker's hand COMES INTO FRAME. It hesitates for a
	moment... and then knocks... and knocks again. There
	is no response, so he opens the door.

50   INT. ROYALE - RICHEY'S SUITE

	is typical of what you'd find in a Vegas hotel. The
	lights are on, the shades drawn, there is no sense of
	movement; however, there is someone apparently sleeping
	in the bed (we can see hair on a pillow as well as a
	body buried under the covers).

					DATA
			My reading is intensifying.

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT THREE       26.

50   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Life signs?

					DATA
			None.

	Riker moves forward and pulls the cover off the body.

51   CLOSE ON WHAT IS SHOCKINGLY REVEALED

	a skeletal figure -- long dead and decaying. Riker
	recoils...

					DATA
			Definitely human. Male.

					RIKER
			Looks like the poor devil died
			in its sleep.

					WORF
			What a terrible way to go.

	Worf has moved to the window...

					DATA
			He has been dead for two hundred
			eighty-three years. The lack of
			any advanced decomposition is
			attributable to the sterile
			environment.

					WORF
			Commander, look here.

	Worf pulls back the drapes, revealing a garish neon
	sign blinding us to anything beyond its surreal imagery
	of a long-legged cowgirl. Data crosses to a closet
	in b.g.

					WORF
			Is that... this "Las Vegas" you
			spoke about?

					RIKER
			I believe that's what the
			illusion is meant to be.

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT THREE       27.

51   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(moving, looking around
				 the room)
			Why would anyone go to all this
			trouble? It's all just... window
			dressing for a dead man.

	Data pulls out a pale-blue, sleek, one-piece space
	suit. There's an American flag stitched on the right
	sleeve.

					DATA
			Is this significant, sir?

					RIKER
			American. Fifty-two stars -- that
			would date it between 2053 and
			2079 A.D.

	Riker examines the suit and finds a name embroidered
	on the chest area.

					RIKER
				(continuing;
				 reading name)
			Colonel S. Richey.

	Riker looks at the skeleton and somehow feels sad...

					RIKER
				(continuing; soft)
			Rest in peace, Colonel.

	Riker's communicator comes alive again and Picard can
	be heard clearly now.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to Riker.

					RIKER
			Finally.
				(touches communicator)
			Riker. Go ahead.

52   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Troi are standing behind Wesley and Geordi
	at Science Two.

					PICARD
			What's your situation?

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT THREE       28.

52   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			We are locked in a structure made
			to resemble twentieth century
			Earth -- all efforts to exit have
			failed.

					PICARD
			We can't transport.

					RIKER
			I assumed as much. Captain, we
			have located the remains of a
			human.

53   INT. ROYALE - RICHEY'S SUITE - ON RIKER

					RIKER
			Request identity scan on a
			Colonel Richey, American, first
			initial S., roughly same time
			period.

54   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - SAME SETTING

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			We also need a computer library
			check on hotel known as the
			Royale; possible location, Las
			Vegas, Nevada, circa twenty-first
			century.

	Static overwhelms Riker's voice, terminating
	communication. Picard turns to Geordi and Wesley...

					PICARD
			Get on it.

55   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

56   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WESLEY

	calls over to Picard:

					WESLEY
			Information retrieved, Captain --

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT THREE       29.

56   CONTINUED:

	Picard steps over to a search/file screen which is
	sizzling with readout. He studies it for a beat, then
	intones:

					PICARD
			Colonel Stephen Richey was the
			commanding officer of the
			explorer ship Charybdis which
			had a terrestrial launch date of
			7-23-2067. It was the first
			manned attempt to travel beyond
			the confines of the Euclidian
			solar system. Its telemetry
			system failed and it was never
			heard from again...
				(then, intrigued)
			Why is this of interest, Number
			One?

	There is no com response from Riker:

					GEORDI
			The frequency scramble remains
			unpredictable, sir...

	Picard sighs with the frustration of being out of touch
	with his away team while:

57   INT. ROYALE - RICHEY'S SUITE - RIKER AND DATA

	react to the information they just got on Richey as
	Worf steps up with something in his hands.

					WORF
			Commander? Some curiosities...

					RIKER
				(taking them from Worf)
			Books... A novel...
				(reading the cover)
			"The Royale Hotel"...
				(hands it to Data)
			Summarize.

	Data smiles, takes the paperback, stares down at it as
	he literally lets the pages fan past his eyes. That
	done, he looks up at Riker with:

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT THREE       30.

57   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The story of a group of compulsive
			gamblers caught up in the web of
			crime, corruption and deceit spun
			by nefarious lothario Mikey D who
			appears only at the climax to be
			brought to his knees by a
			heartbroken bellboy. There is
			a subplot about an older man
			conspiring with a younger woman
			to murder her husband while
			squandering her inheritance. The
			writing is elementary, the
			plotting predictable, the
			characters one-dimensional. The
			only thing of interest, quite
			honestly, is the intriguing
			setting, that of a Las Vegas
			gambling casino-hotel --

					RIKER
				(interrupting)
			This novel... and everyone in
			it you've just described...
			that's this hotel...

	Riker picks up the other small book now.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			This... this appears to be a
			diary... but with only one
			entry...
				(reading from it with
				 great interest now)
			"I write this in the hope that
			it will someday be read by human
			eyes... I can only surmise at this
			point, but apparently our
			exploratory shuttle was
			contaminated by an alien life-form
			which infected and killed all
			personnel except myself. I
			awakened to find myself here in
			The Royale Hotel... and for the
			last thirty-eight years I have
			survived here.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT THREE       31.

57   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER (Cont'd)
			"I have come to understand that
			this place was created for me
			out of some sense of guilt,
			presuming that the novel we had
			on board was in fact a guide to
			our preferred lifestyle and social
			habits. Obviously, they thought
			this was the world from which I
			came. I hold no malice toward
			my benefactors... they could not
			possibly know the hell they have
			put me through, for it was such
			a badly written book, filled with
			endless cliche and shallow
			characters. I shall welcome death
			when it comes... "

	Riker looks up at Data and Worf, who realize:

					RIKER
			Then that is why... all of this
			is here. But why can't we get
			out?

	And as they all react to that, we:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT FOUR       32.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

58   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around the planet.

59   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard is there with Geordi and PULASKI.

					PICARD
			Suppose we phaser a slice in the
			field which surrounds the
			structure?

					GEORDI
			Yes...

					PULASKI
			That would mean the atmosphere
			of the planet would instantly rush
			in.

					PICARD
			How long would they live under
			those conditions?

					PULASKI
			A minute -- maybe less.

					PICARD
			But you could revive them.

					PULASKI
			Well, that would depend on how
			long they were exposed, how soon
			I got to them, but Captain
			realistically... I wouldn't give
			them much of a chance. I'm a
			doctor -- not a magician.

					PICARD
			I understand the risk, but I will
			not warp off and leave them.
				(to Geordi)
			Make your preparations.

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir.

	Off Pulaski's reaction:

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT FOUR       33.

60   INT. ROYALE - RICHEY'S SUITE

	The away team is searching the room for any other clues
	when the PHONE RINGS. Worf looks to the others and
	then awkwardly picks it up after figuring out how to
	separate the receiver from the rest of the phone.

					WORF
				(into phone)
			Yes?
				(listens, frowns, turns
				 to others)
			There is a female voice asking
			if we want... "room service."

	Data and Riker look at one another -- they have no idea
	how to answer that question.

					DATA
			I believe they are asking if we
			want the room cleaned.

					RIKER
			Tell them no.

					WORF
				(into phone)
			No.

	Worf listens to the response, shows surprise, and then
	hangs up.

					RIKER
			What'd she say?

					WORF
			She said... "The kitchen's open
			twenty-four hours if we change
			our minds."

	Data cocks his head, puzzled.

					RIKER
			I'm going to explore the other
			floors; you two go down to the
			lobby, see if we've missed
			anything. Talk to the other
			"guests" -- try and find out who
			and what they are.

61   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT FOUR       34.

62   INT. ROYALE CASINO - BLACKJACK TABLE - THE DEALER

	looks up from his deal toward the entrance to the
	casino.

63   ANGLE ON DATA AND WORF

	just walking into the casino. Data turns to Worf...

					DATA
			I suggest we separate and blend
			in with these beings. Casual
			queries offered in an
			inconspicuous manner might prove
			most fruitful.

					WORF
			What?

	Data shrugs.

					DATA
			Mingle, Worf. Mingle.

	Data walks off into the casino leaving Worf to ponder
	just how he plans to mingle.

64   INT. ROYALE CASINO - DATA

	has wandered up to the "21" table where Vanessa and
	Texas are still playing. Data comes up beside Texas.
	Vanessa is looking more desperate, Texas more
	confident, just as the dealer reveals his hole card.
	Blackjack. Vanessa sags:

					VANESSA
			How much do I have left?

					TEXAS
			Honey, it's bad luck to count your
			chips at the table...

	Data sits beside Texas, cocks his head.

					DATA
			If I might inquire, where are you
			from, sir?

					TEXAS
			Lubbock, Texas.

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT FOUR       35.

64   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			How did you get here?

					TEXAS
			To Vegas? Drove. Got a
			ninety-six caddy with only eighty
			thousand miles on her.

					DATA
			And where is your automobile now?

	The Dealer deals a round. Comes to Vanessa.

					DEALER
			Hit?

	She slides her cards under her chips; she's pat.

					TEXAS
			It's out front, I suppose. What
			the hell difference does it make?

					DATA
			Could you take me there?

	The Dealer reveals his hole card. Blackjack again.

					VANESSA
				(to Texas)
			I'm losing my shirt here --

					TEXAS
				(ignoring her; to Data)
			Now son, why would I wanna do
			that? Can't you see I'm tryin'
			to to help this little lady?

					DATA
			I do not believe you could go to
			your car, even if it truly exists.
			You are trapped inside the Royale,
			just as I am.

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT FOUR       36.

64   CONTINUED: (2)

					TEXAS
				(chuckling)
			Sure does feel that way when
			you're losin', doesn't it? But
			right now we're tryin' to turn
			this lady's wagon and win back
			some lost change. Otherwise she's
			goin' to be in a desperate
			situation with nowhere to turn.
				(with a wink to Data)
			Well, almost nowhere.

	The dealer deals again while Texas lets his hand run
	suggestively down her arm.

65   SCENE

	Vanessa looks at her cards. She's got thirteen. The
	dealer has a five showing.

					VANESSA
			I stay, right?

					TEXAS
			I wouldn't.

	The woman is so desperate now -- all her money -- what
	little that's left -- is on the line.

					DATA
			The odds favor standing pat.

	Texas is confused -- it's as though no one has ever
	interfered before.

					VANESSA
			What do I do?

	The dealer is getting impatient.

					DEALER
			You want a card or what?

	Vanessa looks from Data to Texas. Then she looks at
	the dealer and nods "yes." The dealer lays down a card -- it's
	a king.

					VANESSA
			Too many.

	She turns and looks at Texas.

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT FOUR       37.

65   CONTINUED:

					VANESSA
				(continuing)
			That's everything I had. I've
			lost it all. What am I going to
			do?

	Texas puts his arm around her shoulders and pats her
	gently.

					TEXAS
			There, there...

	Then he looks up at Data with another knowing wink.

66   INT. ROYALE LOBBY

	Worf joins Riker at the registration desk. The
	assistant manager is talking with the bellboy. Both
	are agitated -- nervous -- expectant. Suddenly both look
	at the door. Their eyes widen.

67   RIKER AND WORF

	turn to see:

68   DOORWAY

	Through the revolving door comes a hard-looking man --
	MIKEY D -- it's obvious he's got murder on his mind.

69   RIKER AND WORF

	as they look from Mikey D to the bellboy.

70   SCENE

	The bellboy moves off to the side -- he's young and
	scared, but he's not the kind to back down. (All of
	this has to be played through the eyes of Riker and
	Worf.)

					MIKEY D
			You were told.

	The bellboy nods.

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT FOUR       38.

70   CONTINUED:

					BELLBOY
			It's not for you to make the
			call... it's for Rita.

					MIKEY D
			She sent me to tell you.

	Mikey moves slightly to the side -- a gunfighter looking
	for an edge.

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
			Boys -- we can't afford to have
			any trouble here -- take it
			outside.

					MIKEY D
			Yeah -- I like that... come on,
			baggage man... let's you and me
			take it outside.

	The bellboy hesitates.

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
			Watch yourself.

					BELLBOY
			Don't worry.

	The bellboy moves his hand back to where he has stashed
	his gun.

71   RIKER

	He looks from the bellboy to Mikey D.

72   MIKEY D

	He smiles. His hand also moves.

73   RIKER AND WORF

	Worf smells a firefight coming and his hand goes to his
	phaser. With a look, Riker tells Worf to stay out of
	this.

					RIKER
			It's all part of the novel. Don't
			interfere.

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT FOUR       39.

74   SCENE

	As the bellboy moves toward the door... Mikey D makes a
	little circling move -- just enough to get the angle.
	Without warning -- Mikey D pulls his gun and fires.
	It's loud and smoky. The bellboy falls. Mikey D
	quickly turns his attention on the room.

75   RIKER AND WORF

	Neither moves -- they are both mesmerized by what they
	are watching.

76   SCENE

	Mikey D looks over at the bellboy.

					MIKEY D
			You should have listened, kid
			no woman is worth dying for...
			killing for... but not dying for.

	Mikey D then turns and walks OUT of the hotel as Data
	walks up to:

77   RIKER AND WORF

	Riker reacts.

					RIKER
				(re Mikey D)
			How can he leave?

					DATA
			It is on page 244.

	Riker reacts, realizing:

					RIKER
			The book... Then... how does it
			end?

					DATA
			A bad love affair ends in a bloody
			shoot-out, the hotel gets bought
			out and life goes on... such as
			it is --

					RIKER
			The hotel gets bought? By whom?

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT FOUR       40.

77   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(re the book)
			It is not very specific. The
			acquiring party is simply referred
			to as "foreign investors." Sale
			price, twelve point five million.

					RIKER
			That's how we're getting out.
			We're buying this place.

	Riker leads Data and Worf off and we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT FIVE       41.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

78   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around the mysterious Theta Eight.

79   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - PICARD

	is in his Command Chair, weighing the impossible
	situation.

					PICARD
				(sighs with
				 frustration)
			Number One... If we don't take
			some action, make some attempt -- however
			dangerous it may be -- to
			rescue you, you may very
			well be lost to the confines of
			that conundrum for all eternity.
			That is certain death for you
			all... and that...
				(building angrily now)
			... that is unacceptable! We
			have set phaser focus with energy
			ratios sufficient to penetrate
			the structure --

					RIKER
			Hold on that. There may be
			another way. I'll keep you
			informed.

80
thru	OMITTED
83

84   ANGLE - DATA, RIKER, AND WORF AT THE CRAP TABLES

	where Data studies the action with curious intensity,
	taking it all in:

					DATA
			It is a question of decimal
			percentages. Quite simple, really
			if one bets with any sequential
			consistency.

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT FIVE       42.

84   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Can you do it?

					DATA
			Certainly.

	Just then, someone moves aside to reveal Texas and
	Vanessa standing beside the away team.

					TEXAS
			C'mon, sugar, seven-come-eleven
			and we're on easy street --

	Vanessa rolls the dice and a monotone tells us:

					CROUPIER (O.S.)
			Snake eyes.

	Texas sags; she shoots daggers at him.

					VANESSA
			I'm almost broke!

					TEXAS
			Baby, relax! It's only money --

					VANESSA
			But if I lose it all, I won't
			even have a place to sleep.

					TEXAS
				(protective)
			Don't worry your pretty little
			head. I'd never let that happen.

	The croupier passes the dice to Data.

					CROUPIER
			It's your roll, sir...

	Riker urges him forward.

					RIKER
			Go to work.

	Data places one of his chips on the pass line.

					TEXAS
			Maybe this turkey'll change our
			luck --

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT FIVE       43.

84   CONTINUED: (2)

	She sighs heavily; Texas shoves several chips out
	behind Data's and now Data picks up the dice and
	awkwardly rolls them down the length of the table. The
	croupier barks out:

					CROUPIER
			Six. The point is six --

					TEXAS
			Six! Hell, my blind grandmother
			can make a six! Let 'er rip, boy!

	Data picks up the dice and rolls again, his face
	reflecting a sudden realization as we hear:

					CROUPIER
			Seven. Seven and out...

	Data's eyes widen as he sees his chips swept away by
	the croupier. At his side, Vanessa tries to pull away
	from Texas.

					VANESSA
			So much for your new turkey --

	Texas pulls her back to the table.

	Data turns to Riker and Worf as he picks the dice up
	again:

					DATA
			These cubes are improperly
			balanced. I believe that their
			final resting position is
			adversely affected --

	Riker reacts, realizing:

					RIKER
			Loaded dice.
				(then, to Data)
			Can you... "repair" them?

					DATA
			I believe so...

85   ANGLE - DATA'S FINGERS

	begin to apply android pressure to the dice.

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT FIVE       44.

86   DATA

	blows on the dice and rolls again and now his face
	lights up with the sound of:

					TEXAS (O.S.)
			Seven! A winner!

	Data's money is quickly doubled; so is Vanessa's.
	They both like it.

					TEXAS
			Attaboy! Just do that a few more
			times and everybody's gonna get
			well --

	And as Data prepares to roll again now, we:

									GO TO:

87   THE ASSISTANT MANAGER

	as he walks to the table with a tray of $100,000
	placques. Data has quite a crowd around him now as
	he continues his hot streak.

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
				(to croupier)
			Who has the dice?

	The croupier nods toward Data. At his side, Vanessa is
	doing just fine, with more money in front of her than
	she ever dreamed. Now, of course, Vanessa is all over
	Texas like a cheap suit.

					VANESSA
			Oh, Tex, darlin', you're
			brilliant!

					TEXAS
			Yeah. An' good lookin' too, huh?

	Worf studies the action, leans over to his comrades.

					WORF
				(to Riker)
			Isn't that enough?

					RIKER
			Almost. I don't want to be short,
			that's for sure...
				(then, to Data)
			You are keeping count?

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT FIVE       45.

87   CONTINUED:

	Data reaches down, touches the stack, pauses for a
	moment, then whispers:

					DATA
			Eleven point three million.
				(then, whimsically)
			Perhaps I will bet it all --

	Riker leans in to him, whispering urgently:

					RIKER
			No! Simply reach twelve million.

					DATA
			As you wish...

	With that, Data rolls one last time and we hear:

					ASSISTANT MANAGER (O.S.)
			The man has the touch.

	The croupier shoves more chips over to Data; Riker
	leans in to Data with:

					RIKER
			Now.

					DATA
				(to the Croupier)
			I would like to cash out, please.

	The croupier blanches; he turns to the assistant
	manager who steps up.

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
			I'm afraid you've broken the bank.
			That's over twelve million --

					RIKER
			Twelve point five million to be
			exact. The purchase price of
			this hotel.

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
			That's impossible --

	Riker smiles, holds up the novel.

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT FIVE       46.

87   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Wrong. We're the "foreign
			Investors" on page 244. We're
			buying you out, lock, stock, and
			barrel.
				(slides the chips toward
				 the pit boss)
			Consider it a "done deal."

	The assistant manager reacts, stupefied, not knowing
	how to react. Texas turns to them, wide-eyed.

					TEXAS
			Hey, y'know what? Y'all got
			style! I like that! Let me buy
			y'all a drink --

	Riker smiles at him, reaches into Texas's coat pocket
	and pulls out a big cigar. As he twirls it in his own
	mouth:

					RIKER
			Enjoy the game, friend. And don't
			let 'em change the dice on you.

	With that, Riker leads Worf and Data away through the
	crowd. The assistant manager, sweating nervously,
	shouts out:

					ASSISTANT MANAGER
			Wait! You can't leave!

					RIKER
			Oh yeah? Watch us.
				(then, wagging a finger
				 at him)
			Don't forget, we own the joint.

	Riker leads them toward the revolving door in the
	distance. Worf looks a bit worried, puffs himself up,
	anticipating a struggle with strange physical elements
	beyond his ken.

					WORF
			You're confident about this,
			Commander?

					RIKER
			Focus. Concentrate. See only
			where we want to BE, not where
			we are.

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT FIVE       47.

87   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			Ancient philosophical overtones
			of thought process... "Zen", I
			believe --

					RIKER
			We own the place... and we're
			walking through that door...

88
thru	OMITTED
91

91A  ANGLE - THE REVOLVING DOOR

	And as they approach the door, we see each of our away
	team members steel himself for the impossible... and
	they step into the revolving door and we:

									GO TO:

92   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - THE BLACK VOID

	envelops them once again. Riker smiles confidently as
	he intones:
					RIKER
			I think it's time to go home...

93   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - PICARD

	smiles in relief as he hears those words. He turns to
	his crew.
					PICARD
			Transporter Room, we have a fix
			on our away team. Beam them up...
			and please be quick about it!

	Troi comes over to his side and shares his moment of
	relief as:

93A  EXT. PLANET SURFACE - THE AWAY TEAM (OPTICAL)

	BEAMS UP and:

       STAR TREK: "The Royale" - 01/10/89 - ACT FIVE       48.

93B  THE REVOLVING DOOR

	continues its perpetual motion as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             





                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "Time Squared" 
                          #40272-139 
                              
                           Story by 
                    Kurt Michael Bensmiller 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Maurice Hurley 
                              
                          Directed by 
                       Joseph L. Scanlan 


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Copyright 1989 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.


                       REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                        JANUARY 25, 1989

        STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Time Squared" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                           PICARD/P2          
                           RIKER              
                           DATA               
                           PULASKI            
                           TROI               
                           GEORDI             
                           WORF               
                           O'BRIEN            

                           Non-Speaking       
                             CREWMEMBERS

                           Voice-Over         
                             COMPUTER VOICE

        STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Time Squared" 
                           
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
              MAIN BRIDGE              SHUTTLECRAFT
                GEORDI'S ENGINEERING
                 STATION
              SHUTTLE BAY TWO
              CORRIDOR
              OUTSIDE SICKBAY
              SICKBAY
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TURBOLIFT
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              MAIN ENGINEERING
          
            SHUTTLECRAFT

      STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - TEASER      1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                        "Time Squared"    
                         
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moves along at warp speed.

2    INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	RIKER has cleared a space on his desk and set up a
	little work station. He has a bowl and several
	strange-looking eggs. Some smaller containers with
	other ingredients and condiments for what appears to
	be an omelet. He breaks the last egg into the bowl
	and whips them with a jerry-rigged whisk. He is
	obviously enjoying himself. The CHIME SOUNDS.

					RIKER
			Come in.

	The door opens; it's DATA and GEORDI carrying what look
	like a homemade Bunsen burner and a frying pan.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Excellent. Exactly what I need.

	Before the door closes, PULASKI appears, carrying
	something.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Well, Doctor, and bearing gifts?

					PULASKI
			Ale from Ennan Six... your omelets
			deserve no less.

	Again before the door can close, WORF appears and
	follows them into the room.

3    THE TABLE

	Riker sets up the "Bunsen-type burner," ignites it,
	heats the pan and pours in the beaten eggs, while Data
	watches.

      STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - TEASER      2.

3    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			This is not an efficient method
			for the preparation of sustenance.

					RIKER
			You're right, Data. The ship's
			computer is much more efficient,
			but it lacks the subtlety needed
			for great cooking. It mixes the
			ingredients to precise
			measurements. There's no flair,
			no individuality, and Data, as
			we both know... inspiration and
			flair are the difference between
			artistry and mere competence.

					PULASKI
			For much of the history of
			mankind, the breaking of bread
			was a sign of friendship and
			community. Something we have
			gotten away from in the
			twenty-fourth century.
				(re: Riker and the
				 whisk)
			You have a practiced hand,
			Commander.

					RIKER
			I have my father to thank for
			that.

					PULASKI
			Oh, your father liked to cook?

					RIKER
			No, he hated it. It was a chore
			left to me.

					WORF
			It is my understanding that in
			most human families, the woman
			shares in the cooking.

					RIKER
			There were only the two of us.
			I never knew my mother. She died
			when I was very young.

4    PULASKI

	as she pours the ale -

      STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - TEASER      3.

5    DATA

	as he takes a sip.

					GEORDI
			Where did you get the eggs?

					RIKER
			During our last stop.

					GEORDI
				(with surprise)
			At Starbase seventy-three?

					RIKER
			Yes.

6    SCENE

	as Riker dishes up the food. And they all sit down
	to eat, all eager to enjoy the meal. Geordi is the
	first to taste it; it clearly does not suit his palate.

					GEORDI
			What kind of eggs did you say
			these are?

	As Riker takes a bite:

					RIKER
			'Owon.

	From Geordi's expression it's apparent the eggs are
	lacking. Riker and Pulaski both react to the uneatable
	food.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			A cook's only as good as his
			ingredients.

	Then they look over at Worf, who is enjoying it
	immensely.

					WORF
			Delicious.

	Something to end the scene.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Commander Riker...

      STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - TEASER      4.

6    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Yes, Captain.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Would you join me on the bridge?

					RIKER
			On my way.

	Without having to be told, Data and Worf leave with
	him. Worf pausing to take one last forkful of omelet.

7    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker, Data and Worf ENTER and take their positions.

					PICARD
			We have picked up an automated
			signal from a Federation
			shuttlecraft.

	Riker looks surprised and confused.

					RIKER
			A shuttle? Out here?! How is
			that possible? We're the first
			manned Federation vessel to enter
			this area.

					PICARD
			Apparently not.

					RIKER
			So what's a shuttle doing out this
			far? And where's the mother ship?

					PICARD
			I don't know.

					WORF
			Sensors indicate there is at least
			one life-form on board the
			shuttle. Humanoid.

					PICARD
			Perhaps someone to answer your
			questions, Number One. Open
			hailing frequencies.

      STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - TEASER      5.

7    CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Captain, the shuttle is without
			power. Communication is not
			possible.

					RIKER
			Set course to intercept.

					DATA
			Estimate intercept in three
			minutes.

8    OMITTED

9    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	veers off course to intercept with the shuttlecraft.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE      6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

10   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	comes out of warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 42679.2.
			While traversing an unexplored
			section of the galaxy en route
			to the Endicor system, a
			Federation shuttlecraft has quite
			suddenly appeared -- virtually out
			of nowhere. There are no other
			ships in the vicinity -- and no
			indications whence it came nor
			how it got out here.

11   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The bridge is as before.

					WORF
			We are closing on shuttlecraft.

					PICARD
			On screen.

12   ANGLE TO INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as the image changes and the shuttle appears -- it is
	out of control -- cartwheeling through space.

					RIKER
			Magnify.

	The image changes again. The shuttle now appears in
	close-up.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Prepare to lock tractor beam.

13   OMITTED

      STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE      7.

14   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as before.

					DATA
			Target vehicle -- we will be within
			tractor beam range in two zero
			seconds.

					RIKER
			Set automatic locking device.
			Alert Shuttle Bay Two.

15   INT. SHUTTLE BAY TWO (OPTICAL)

	as the Enterprise closes with the violently spinning
	shuttlecraft.

16   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as before...

					DATA
			Locking tractor beam.

17   INT. SHUTTLE BAY TWO (OPTICAL)

	as the tractor beam shoots out from the Enterprise and
	grabs the shuttlecraft and stabilizes it.

18   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as before...

					DATA
			The tractor beam has been locked.

					PICARD
			Number One.

	Riker is out of his chair and heading for the
	turbolift.

      STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE      8.

18   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Worf -- you're with me.

					PICARD
			Doctor Pulaski, you are needed
			in Shuttle Bay Two.

					PULASKI'S COM VOICE
			I have been monitoring. I am
			on my way.

19   INT. SHUTTLE BAY TWO (OPTICAL)

	The doors have been opened. The shuttle, held firmly
	by the tractor beam, is being pulled toward the
	Enterprise, as Riker and Worf ENTER.

20   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as the shuttle moves closer. An n.d. crewmember, at a
	control panel near the door, attaches a second tractor
	beam, which automatically releases the first -- stronger
	one -- and transfers control to the n.d. operator.

21   RIKER AND WORF

	They move closer as the shuttlecraft is pulled on
	board.

22   SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	as it settles on the floor.

	The doors are closing as the tractor beam disengages.

23   SCENE

	As Riker and Worf move closer, Doctor Pulaski ENTERS
	the Shuttle Bay with an assistant.

					RIKER
			Well, it's a Federation shuttle
			all right.

					WORF
			Yet, there are no Federation
			vessels or bases in this area.

	Riker steps closer.

      STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE      9.

24   RIKER AND SHUTTLE

	He reads the registration number. On the other side
	of the craft, Pulaski and two n.d. crewmembers are
	working to open the shuttle door.

					RIKER
				(reading)
			NCC one-seven-zero-one-D -- USS
			Enterprise, shuttle number
			five.

	He turns in shock and stares at Worf. Riker looks back
	at the registration number to be sure he read it
	correctly. Riker then looks to the other side of the
	Shuttle Bay...

25   SCENE (OPTICAL)

	... to another shuttlecraft, identical in design to the
	one which was just brought on board, and carrying the
	exact same number.

					RIKER
				(reading)
			NCC one-seven-zero-one-D -- USS
			Enterprise shuttle number
			five.

					WORF
			How is this possible?

26   OTHER SIDE OF SHUTTLE

	The crewmembers get the door open. Pulaski starts to
	enter, then freezes. Pulaski calls out:

					PULASKI
			Commander! Come here!

27   RIKER AND WORF

	The urgency in her voice sends Riker and Worf quickly
	around to the other side of the shuttle where:

28   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Pulaski steps back to allow Riker to look in.

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE     10.

29   RIKER

	Instantly he understands the reason for Pulaski's
	reaction.

30   SHUTTLECRAFT

	Slumped over the controls is CAPTAIN JEAN-LUC PICARD.
	Unconscious, but otherwise exactly the same as the man
	we just left on the bridge!

					RIKER
				(he touches his
				 communicator)
			Captain?

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			What is it, Number One?

					RIKER
			Captain, are you on the bridge?

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(irritated)
			Where else would I be?

					RIKER
			Right now, I think you had better
			be in Shuttle Bay Two.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Why? What is it?

					RIKER
			This you had better see for
			yourself and, Captain, bring
			Commander Data.

31   ANOTHER ANGLE - SHUTTLE BAY TWO

	Picard and Data ENTER. Pulaski is in the shuttle
	checking P2's condition. The tension level in the
	room is very high. Without being called, TROI
	instinctively ENTERS the Shuttle Bay.

32   PICARD

	as he moves closer he sees what has them all so
	concerned.

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE     11.

33   INTERCUT

	the others, all waiting to see how Picard is going to
	react.

34   PICARD

	moves closer, wanting to be certain his eyes are
	telling him the truth. Riker moves up next to him.
	For a beat they both watch Pulaski as she does her
	medical checks.

35   SCENE

	Data is nearby, waiting to enter the shuttle as soon as
	Pulaski is clear.

					RIKER
			We have been in a lot of bizarre
			situations, but nothing like this.

	Picard's response comes out as a grunt. Seeing a
	duplicate of himself, in a duplicate of an Enterprise
	shuttlecraft, has put Picard and the others under
	enormous strain, so much so that words come slowly. No
	one knows what to say, and all are waiting for some
	explanation about what's going on. This all plays off
	Picard, who is the most involved. In a strange way the
	crew avoids making eye contract with Picard.

					PICARD
			What's his condition?

36   SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	Pulaski completes her scan.

					PULASKI
			The life signs are confusing.
			I get a strong heartbeat, but the
			rhythm is off.

					PICARD
			Has he been injured?

					PULASKI
			No signs of trauma.

					PICARD
			Then why is he unconscious? What
			happened to him?

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE     12.

36   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			I can't say.

	As she scans P2's head she gently touches his face, as
	if double checking her readings.

					PULASKI
				(continuing)
			The readings from his brain waves
			are very... strange.

	Little alarm bells go off for Picard.

					PICARD
			Strange? In what way? Non-human?
			Artificial?

					PULASKI
			No -- neither. They are just out
			of phase.

					PICARD
			Can you revive him?

					PULASKI
			I won't attempt it until he's in
			Sickbay.
				(she holds the look for
				 a beat, then:)
			Let's get him there.

	Pulaski and her medical team remove P2.

37   PICARD AND TROI (OPTICAL)

	Both are confounded.

					PICARD
			Counselor.

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE     13.

37   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I have never felt anything quite
			like this so it is difficult to
			put into words.
				(she pauses to gather
				 her thoughts)
			That person is you. What I mean,
			the person we are looking at is
			as much Jean-Luc Picard as the
			person I am standing next to;
			beyond that there's very little
			of which I am sure. I will have
			to wait until he is conscious
			before knowing more.

38   SCENE

					PICARD
			Data, we have to know what is on
			the shuttle's logs.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	Data enters the damaged shuttle.

39   INT./EXT. SHUTTLE

	Data takes the command position and attempts to
	activate the system.

					DATA
			Both primary and reserve power
			has been drained from the shuttle.
			I am going to have to connect
			to the Enterprise in order to
			activate the shuttle's systems.

					RIKER
			Lieutenant La Forge -- report to
			Shuttle Bay Two.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			I'm on my way.

					PICARD
			Number One, I'll be in Sickbay.
			Keep me informed.

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE     14.

39   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(indicating an unusual
				 burn on the skin of
				 the shuttle)
			Did you see this, Captain?

	Picard steps over to the shuttle and examines the burn.

					PICARD
			It looks like the kind of damage
			caused by an antimatter explosion.

					RIKER
			Yes, the shuttle must have been
			just out of range.

					PICARD
				(urgent)
			Data, I need those logs.
				(to Troi)
			Counselor.

	As Picard and Troi EXIT:

					RIKER
			We'll be on the bridge.

	He and Worf EXIT as Geordi ARRIVES.

39A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker and Worf ENTER and go to their stations.

					RIKER
			Resume course and speed.
				(to Worf)
			Scanners at maximum range.

					WORF
			Maximum range.

39B  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the Enterprise stretches to warp speed.

40   INT. SHUTTLE BAY TWO (OPTICAL)

	Geordi comes around to the shuttle door. Data is
	sitting at the controls.

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE     15.

40   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			You should have power now.

	Data activates the shuttle's on-board computer.

	There is a SUDDEN EXPLOSION. Filling the shuttle with
	sparks.

41   DATA (OPTICAL)

	neither affected nor distracted by the chaos around
	him, calmly shuts down the unit.

					GEORDI
			What happened?

					DATA
			The polarity was not
			compatible.

					GEORDI
			Not possible, the connection is
			idiot proof.

					DATA
			The power requirements of the
			shuttle do not match the
			Enterprise. We are going to need
			a variable phase inverter, to
			align the power from the
			Enterprise to the circuits of the
			shuttle.

					GEORDI
			Data, what do you think is going
			on? I don't just mean about the
			shuttle, I mean about all of this?

					DATA
			I do not have enough information.

					GEORDI
			The captain here, the captain
			there. This shuttle -- that
			shuttle. Commander Riker is right -- this
			is very strange.

42
thru	OMITTED
43

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE     16.

44   INT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE SICKBAY

	Picard and Troi are approaching Sickbay.

					PICARD
			This smells like a set-up.

					TROI
			A trap?

					PICARD
				(nods, yes)
			If it is me, me from where? And
			why in a shuttle? There is
			nothing about this which is random
			or happenstance. Look beneath
			the boards, Counselor; I expect
			something foul and familiar to
			crawl out.

	Picard holds her look for a beat, then turns and ENTERS
	Sickbay.

45   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	They have placed P2 in the center of Sickbay. Pulaski
	is doing her medical work-ups.

					PULASKI
			We have just started doing a
			complete work-up. The vital signs
			are distorted. Some of the
			indicators are totally depressed,
			others are fluctuating wildly.
			I can't explain any of it. But
			he is alive, and I don't think
			he's in any immediate danger.

	She activates a forcefield, which briefly appears as
	a restraining device.

					PULASKI
				(continuing)
			The restraints are for his own
			protection.

					PICARD
			Have you been able to determine
			why he is still unconscious?

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE     16A.

45   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			I have been able to rule out head
			injury -- otherwise there is no
			apparent cause.

					PICARD
			Wake him.

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE     17.

45   CONTINUED: (2)

	She touches the hypospray to his neck. Suddenly all of
	the indicators fall to zero. Pulaski quickly adjusts
	her hypospray and gives P2 another injection. While
	they watch, the indicators return to their previous
	readings.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			What happened?

					PULASKI
			Apparently a normal stimulant had
			the opposite effect. I'll have
			to try something else.

	She steps over to a counter to prepare a different
	injection. Picard moves slightly closer to himself.

46   INT. SHUTTLE BAY TWO

	Geordi and Data are working together to synchronize the
	power from the Enterprise with the circuits of the
	shuttlecraft.

					GEORDI
			There... that should give you
			something. Making this power
			adjustment is very tricky. By
			all rights, this connection should
			overload all the shuttle's
			circuits.

	Data steps over to the shuttle control position.

					DATA
			Perhaps you had better step back
			out of the way.

	Geordi responds.

					GEORDI
			Remember you're not indestructible
			yourself.

	Data again attempts to activate the systems.

47   SHUTTLE

	The lights on the control panel come on, then die out.

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE     17A.

47   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Increase the power.

	The lights come back.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Adjust the invert two percent
			positive.

	The lights dim.

					GEORDI
			That's the correct decision, but
			it's having the opposite effect.

					DATA
			Yes.

					GEORDI
			There is nothing I can think of
			which could cause such a radical
			change in this circuit.

					DATA
			Adjust the invert two percent
			negative.

	The lights glow brighter and hold.

					GEORDI
			Got it. It shouldn't work, but
			it does.

	The lights glow brighter and hold. Geordi steps in
	beside Data.

					GEORDI
				(continuing;
				 stunned)
			Data, take a look at the stardate.

	Data looks at the control panel.

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE     18.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Four-two-six-seven-nine-point-five.
				(he touches his
				 communicator)
			Captain.

48   INT. SICKBAY

	They are still gathered around P2.

					PICARD
			Go ahead.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Captain, we have been able to
			activate the shuttle; the on-board
			clock indicates that the shuttle
			is six hours ahead of us.

	Picard moves a step closer to P2... up until this time
	he has carefully kept his distance.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			Captain, did you read me? If the
			shuttle is from six hours into
			the future, so is the other
			Captain Picard.

49   PICARD

	He studies P2. Off his reaction:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT TWO     19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

50   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. Part
			of the mystery has been solved.
			The reason there are two NCC
			one-seven-zero-one-D-five
			shuttlecrafts is because one of
			them is from the future... six
			hours to be exact. And, so
			presumably is the facsimile of
			me.

51   INT. SICKBAY

	Picard is there with Pulaski and Troi.

					PICARD
			Try to wake him, again.

	Pulaski gives Picard a little look, then adjusts her
	hypospray and touches it to P2's neck.

52   P2

	... he becomes conscious. His face is a mask of
	terror, pain and fear. His head rolls back and he
	tries to scream, but no sound comes. As he looks
	around, his movements have a strange stuttering
	quality.

53   PICARD

	He reacts to seeing himself as he has never felt, nor
	ever thought he would feel, out of control and
	impotent.

54   PULASKI

	She moves to comfort P2, but his flaying hands hold her
	off. His movements come in a series of stutters. He's
	here - in this Sickbay, on this ship, but if as though
	he were in another dimension as well.

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT TWO     20.

55   PICARD

	Troi is close beside him. They watch as:

56   P2

	He pushes in his herky-jerky way against an unseen wall
	behind which he is imprisoned. His mouth is open --
	but still there is no sound.

57   PICARD

	The terror of seeing himself in such a condition. A
	little sound comes from him... It's primal, in response
	to what he sees and the anguish he feels from his
	otherself's helpless condition.

58   SCENE

	Pulaski responds to seeing a patient in this condition,
	steps up to touch the hypospray to P2's neck.

					PICARD
			No!

	The word explodes from him.

					PULASKI
			It's a only a sedative.

					PICARD
			I know what it is... don't sedate
			him. Let him be!
				(then, changing his
				 tone)
			Please... allow him to remain
			conscious.

59   P2

	If P2 is aware of his surroundings, it would be
	impossible to tell. But clearly he is in some kind of
	horror chamber, from which he cannot escape.

					PULASKI
			I have never seen anything like
			this.

	Pulaski looks over at Picard. The color has been
	drained from his face.

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT TWO     21.

59   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
				(continuing)
			Captain, you had better sit down.

	Picard waves her off.

					PICARD
			I'm fine, Doctor... Save your
			ministrations for the patient.
			I want a staff meeting in five
			minutes. Doctor, I assume you
			will want to remain here.

	She acknowledges with a nod. Picard turns and heads
	for the exit.

					PULASKI
			I will monitor the conference
			from here.

					PICARD
			Keep me informed, Doctor -- of any
			change no matter how small.

60   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker is there with Picard, Data, Geordi, Worf and
	Troi. Pulaski is still in Sickbay with P2.

					GEORDI
			Captain, we have retrieved all
			we are going to get from the
			shuttle logs, including the last
			visual records. Everything before
			this is just a jumble.

61   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Picard stands.

					PICARD
			Proceed.

62   DATA

	He inputs the computer pad in front of him.

63   SCENE (OPTICAL)

	An image appears on the viewscreen. It's slightly
	distorted.

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT TWO     22.

63   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			The distortion is because we had
			to use a phase inverter to
			retrieve the logs. It will
			improve slightly.

	The image changes, but the quality does not noticeably
	improve.

64   PICARD

	watches transfixed.

65   SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	It's the shuttle's on-board camera. As the shuttle
	doors open, we see that the Enterprise is surrounded by
	a maelstrom of energy - a chaos of swirling, violent
	colors.

	The scene shifts, to a camera angle looking back at the
	Shuttle Bay. Riker is standing there. His expression
	is both pained and very concerned. He gives a little
	motion with his hand. It's difficult to tell the
	meaning of the motion.

66   RIKER

	Here in the Observation Lounge, his face shows the same
	concern.

67   THE SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as the shuttle slowly leaves -- then quickly accelerates
	away until we see the Enterprise from the point of view
	of the shuttlecraft. It is surrounded by a swirling
	cacophony of energy and colors. It's like being on the
	edge of a great whirlpool. There is a lot of buffeting -- both
	the shuttle and the Enterprise are being thrown
	about.

68   PICARD

	He is very intent on the scene before him.

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT TWO     23.

69   SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The turmoil around the Enterprise increases. Then,
	without a sound... the Enterprise is literally torn
	apart, by a great, yet unseen force. Right on the
	screen -- before their eyes -- the ship is destroyed.
	Then the screen goes blank.

70   REACTIONS FROM EVERYONE

	Picard turns away from the screen.

					DATA
			According to the shuttle log, the
			Enterprise was destroyed three
			hours, nineteen minutes from now.

	The room is silent for a beat, then:

					GEORDI
			Captain, we have a portion of your
			last log entry.

					PICARD
			Proceed.

	Data activates the control panel on the table in front
	of him.

					GEORDI
			It's audio only.

	There is a pause, then a strange phasing sound,
	followed by the distorted but understandable voice of
	Captain Picard. There is:

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's personal log,
			supplemental.
				(there is a long pause)
			For the record... I have just
			witnessed the total destruction
			of the USS Enterprise with a loss
			of all hands, save one. Me.

	The entry ends with a very strange sound.

					DATA
			That last sound apparently
			occurred when the shuttle was
			thrown back in time.

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT TWO     24.

71   REACTIONS

	There is a long pause as those in the room try to
	absorb and comprehend what they have just seen.

					GEORDI
			All attempts to obtain additional
			information from the shuttle's
			logs have failed.

	Picard nods an acknowledgement.

					RIKER
			At least now we have something
			to go on.

					GEORDI
			I can't understand how you could
			end up in a shuttlecraft while
			the Enterprise is being destroyed.

					WORF
			Nor I, the last thing you would
			do is leave the bridge of the
			Enterprise during an emergency.

					PICARD
			Yes, but let's proceed on the
			premise that what we have just
			seen is factual and that somehow,
			in less than four hours, the
			Enterprise will be destroyed and
			somehow -- although this is
			unfathomable -- I, and I alone
			escaped. Discussion.

					RIKER
			Our destination is the Endicor
			system. We are not due to arrive
			for three days. The charts
			indicate nothing of consequence,
			certainly nothing which could
			threaten the Enterprise, between
			here and there.

					WORF
			Sensors indicated no other vessels
			-- Federation or otherwise -- in
			this area.

					PICARD
			Data?

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT TWO     24A.

71   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I have nothing to offer. There
			is not enough information upon
			which I can base a hypothesis.

					GEORDI
			Well, the shuttle apparently came
			from somewhere up ahead. Rather
			than continuing on this course,
			perhaps we should stop here and
			let whatever is out there come
			and find us.

					RIKER
			I think it's already too late for
			that.

					GEORDI
			Are you saying that stopping,
			turning left, or right, or even
			reversing course, is pointless?

					RIKER
			When we brought the shuttle and
			the other Picard on board, we
			committed ourselves to a sequence
			of events which may be
			unalterable.

					PICARD
			Yes, this isn't a rock in the road
			which once seen can be avoided.
			It's much more complex.

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT TWO     25.

71   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			There is the theory of the
			moebius, a twist in the fabric of
			space where time becomes a loop
			from which there is no escape.

					GEORDI
			So, when we reach that moment --
			whatever happened will happen
			again... The Enterprise will be
			destroyed, the "other Picard" sent
			back to meet with us and do it
			all over again.
				(he shudders)
			That sounds like someone's
			definition of hell.

					RIKER
			I know this much -- we can't avoid
			the future.

					PICARD
			Agreed. So let's continue on
			course. Everyone return to your
			duty stations. Somewhere out
			there something will happen...
			a decision will be made which
			will cause me to become separated
			from the Enterprise -- at the time
			that decision will seem correct,
			but it won't be. We have to
			anticipate and not make the same
			mistake once. Something is
			waiting for us out there -- let's
			determine what it is as quickly
			as possible.

	Off their reactions:

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT TWO     26.

72   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker, Worf ENTER and take their positions.

	Riker sits in the Command Chair and stares at the Main
	Viewer. Worf is intent upon his console. The tension
	level on the bridge is very high.

73   INT. SHUTTLE BAY TWO

	Data is there with Geordi.

					GEORDI
				(he studies the shuttle)
			Data -- I think the molecular
			structure of the shuttle has
			changed!

	Data takes a tricorder and makes a scan.

					DATA
			Your assessment is accurate.

					GEORDI
			Why now?

					DATA
			Perhaps it always was unstable
			and it was only by leaving and
			coming back that you were able
			to see the change.

74   INT. SICKBAY

	Pulaski is doing further tests on P2, as Picard ENTERS
	with Troi.

					PICARD
			Doctor?

					PULASKI
			I am beginning to realize just
			how much of the body is held
			together by its own internal
			clock. You -- he was thrown out
			of time, which caused the body
			systems to change their rhythms.
			Slowly, as we move closer to the
			time he left, the internal body
			clocks are realigning.

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT TWO     27.

74   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You're saying, when our time
			intersects with the time he left,
			at that instant he will be
			functioning normally. And there
			will be two of us.

					PULASKI
			Right now, that would be my guess.

					PICARD
			I don't believe that is possible.

	Pulaski pauses as the thought hits her.

	Troi has moved over closer to P2. She is watching him
	intently.

					TROI
			Captain, I am able to feel more
			from him now. Much of his
			emotions are still a jumble,
			but...

	She steps even closer. Her eyes shut as she
	concentrates. P2 flinches in the same stuttering way.
	His body jerks back. His face contorts.

	His hands reach out and grab Troi. For a moment
	nothing -- then she screams, in agony. P2... throws
	back his head but no sound comes out. Pulaski rushes
	to Troi. As she touches her, Troi collapses.

					PICARD
			What did you feel?

					TROI
			Only that he wants desperately
			to leave this ship.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE    28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

75   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	It continues on course.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. We
			continue on course to Endicor.
			We are now less than two hours
			away from our rendezvous with
			ourselves.

76   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Everyone is at his station except for Data.

					RIKER
			Worf.

					WORF
			All sensors are on maximum scan.
			There is nothing unusual to
			report.

	The tension level on the bridge is very high.

					RIKER
			If the timetable is correct, we
			should get an indication of
			something very soon.

					PULASKI'S COM VOICE
			Bridge, this is Sickbay.

					PICARD
			Yes, Doctor.

					PULASKI'S COM VOICE
			Captain, my patient is more
			coherent.

					PICARD
			I'll be right there.

	Picard rises and goes to the turbolift.

    STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE    29.

76   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Number One, you have the bridge.

	Off Riker's concerned reaction:

77
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78

79   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Picard ENTERS. (He pauses at the doorway and watches
	Pulaski and P2).

					PICARD
			How is he?

					PULASKI
			His vital signs are more normal -- which
			is to say, more like ours.
			He is calmer.

	Indeed as Picard approaches him, P2 becomes more
	agitated.

					PICARD
			He is now aware of me.

					PULASKI
			In some fashion.

					PICARD
				(sotto, almost to
				 himself)
			But, does he know where he is,
			and who's here with him?

					PULASKI
			I doubt it.

					PICARD
				(then to P2)
			What went wrong?

	P2 turns away. Like a bizarre painting by Goya, a
	face frozen in agony.

	Picard moves a step closer.

    STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE    30.

79   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			You know... don't you?

	P2 turns back and faces Picard -- but his eyes still do
	not make contact. It's impossible to tell whether he
	hears Picard or not.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			What did you do? What happened?
			Why did you leave the ship?

	P2 -- just trying to orient himself as much as anything -- turns
	his head.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Don't turn away. Look at me.

	Without being summoned, but somehow knowing that she is
	needed, Troi appears in the doorway behind them and
	slowly approaches as Picard continues to try and make
	contact.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Picard!

	He speaks the name as if it belongs to another, and at
	this moment it does.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			LOOK AT ME!

					TROI
			He doesn't understand you.

					PICARD
			He knows I'm here.

					TROI
			Yes, as part of a nightmare of
			disjointed images, half-heard
			voices. He is in another
			dimension -- seeing us across a
			great chasm -- and he's filled with
			remorse at what he has witnessed,
			and he's afraid.

					PICARD
			What is he afraid of?

    STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE    31.

79   CONTINUED: (2)

	Troi doesn't have that specific answer.

					PICARD
				(continuing; back to
				 P2)
			Damn you -- help me! Why did you
			leave the ship?

	Now, for the first time, P2 turns and looks Picard full
	in the face. Through what must be a blur of shifting
	and nightmarish images, P2 tries to focus.

80   P2

	He leans forward. Like a sailor straining against the
	fog, then with a grimace made up of frustration and
	rage, he turns away. For the first time we hear a
	sound from his lips. It's strange -- otherworldish.

81   SCENE

	Picard takes a step forward. For a second it looks as
	if Picard is going to grab P2 and shake him. But he
	only glares at him.

					TROI
			It's no use, Captain. He can't
			answer.

					PULASKI
			As we get closer to the time he
			left, he may be able to.

	Picard steps back, frustration etched on his face.

					PICARD
				(to Troi)
			Are you still convinced he is me?

					TROI
			Yes -- but you're not.

					PICARD
			Not in the slightest. Except for
			his features there is nothing
			about him which I find familiar.

	He turns to leave.

    STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE    31A.

81   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I want you to stay with him. He
			will be able to communicate with
			you before any of the rest of us.

	Picard then turns and EXITS.

					PULASKI
			I don't know how long anyone can
			take this kind of schizophrenia.
			There has to be a breaking point.

					TROI
			He is handling it very well.

					PULASKI
			He has a lot of anger.

					TROI
			Yes. Because of what...
				(indicating P2)
			... he represents.

					PULASKI
			And what is that?

					TROI
			Doubt. Seeing him here and
			knowing what happened to the
			Enterprise could make him timid
			or, worse, cause him to hesitate.

					PULASKI
			When he said -- that there is
			nothing familiar about him...
				(re P2)
			... except his features. It
			sounded like a form of denial.

					TROI
			It's his accurate feelings.

					PULASKI
			Part of my job is to anticipate
			problems. I have a duty to the
			captain, but first to the ship
			and its crew.

    STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE    31B.

81   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Doctor, the captain is fully
			capable of command decisions.

	Pulaski is pensive for a beat.

					PULASKI
			Yes... for now. But... this
			situation has put enormous
			pressure -- of a unique and very
			personal nature -- on Captain
			Picard. And we both know that
			pressure is going to increase.
			You said he already has doubt.

					TROI
			Yes, which is necessary and
			healthy.

					PULASKI
			But could potentially paralyze.
			If we begin to see signs that he
			is acting in an irrational manner,
			then I have the authority and the
			duty to relieve him.

	Troi nods.

					TROI
			I do not think that will be
			necessary.

					PULASKI
			I hope you're right.

    STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE    32.

82   OMITTED

83   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it continues along -- without so much as a hint of
	trouble.

84
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87

88   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard is behind his desk -- Riker is sitting across
	from him.

					PICARD
			What force or phenomenon could
			cause a shuttle to be thrown back
			in time?

					RIKER
			None that we have ever
			encountered. In theory,
			accelerating beyond warp ten.

					PICARD
			Using the gravitational pull of
			a star to "slingshot" back in
			time. Is that what happened here?

					RIKER
			The shuttle doesn't have warp
			capability.

					PICARD
			No. Some external force was
			needed.

					RIKER
			We have never encountered any
			natural force that powerful. And
			why only six hours? Why not a
			day? A year?

    STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE    33.

88   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Are you suggesting there is a
			conscious mind at work here?

					RIKER
			There is no evidence either way.

					PICARD
			The Traveler moved through time
			with the power of his mind.

					RIKER
			I don't think that's the case
			here.

					PICARD
				(frustrated)
			No -- and Manheim's experiments
			with gravity and time were
			rudimentary, and uncontrollable.

					RIKER
			Captain, this is one instant
			where you must suppress your
			natural tendencies.

					PICARD
			Explain.

					RIKER
				(then more as a friend
				 than a subordinate,
				 or even a fellow
				 officer)
			Your strength, Jean-Luc, is your
			ability to evaluate the dynamics
			of a situation, step in and make
			the definitive, preemptive move.
			You take charge. You're
			frustrated now because, not only
			can't you see the solution... you
			can't even define the problem.

					PICARD
			Go on.

					RIKER
			This is not place or person we
			are facing... at least not yet...
			it's time.

    STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE    34.

88   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Are you telling me to just sit
			down -- shut up and wait.

	Riker smiles.

					RIKER
			I wouldn't have used those exact
			words... but, yes.

					PICARD
			I don't do that well.

					RIKER
			It's your Persian Flaw.

					PICARD
				(thoughtfully)
			Yes -- perhaps it is.

	Sudden the Enterprise shudders. Both men are on their
	feet and heading for the door.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Captain to the bridge.

89   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker and Picard EXIT the captain's Ready Room. On
	the Main Viewer they see the swirling energy which they
	saw in the shuttle's view log.

					PICARD
			Report.

					WORF
			This energy vortex appeared out
			of nowhere. There was no warning.

					RIKER
			Well, now at least the waiting
			is over.

90   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	is at the top of a great whirlpool of energy.

    STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE    35.

91   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Off Picard's reaction -- almost relieved.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FOUR     36.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

92   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at the top of the whirlpool.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. The
			waiting is over. We have
			apparently intersected with...
			something.

93   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker and Picard are back at Science One with Data.

					DATA
			It is similar to our tractor beam,
			only much more powerful.

94   INTERCUT WITH MAIN ENGINEERING

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Bridge, this is Engineering.

					RIKER
			This is the bridge.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			The pull on the Enterprise is
			steady. I am having to hold the
			warp engines at thirty percent,
			in order to maintain this
			position.

					PICARD
			Transfer engine control to the
			bridge.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

	Everyone is watching Picard -- waiting for an indication
	of what he wants to do next.

					TROI
			There is a consciousness here,
			Captain. Not thought -- it is more
			like instinct.

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FOUR     37.

94   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			What do you make of it, Number
			One?

					RIKER
			I would say we're being probed.

					DATA
			The beam is coming directly from
			the center of the vortex. Sensors
			show only massive amounts of
			energy.

					PICARD
			What is it trying to learn?

					TROI
			I think it is trying to determine
			if we are a life force.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			We should stay and investigate.

					RIKER
			Agreed.

					PICARD
			But, was that the mistake?

	Riker looks at him.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			... staying too long.

					RIKER
			Possibly.

					PICARD
			We should go now.

	Riker is unsure of his response -- he has never seen
	Picard so indecisive. While this is going on, Geordi
	EXITS the turbolift and crosses to the bridge
	Engineering Station.

					RIKER
			Well...

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FOUR     38.

94   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			It's the prudent move.

	Picard pauses.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I never thought I would hear
			myself say something like that.

					RIKER
			Under the circumstances -- I think
			you may be right.

					PICARD
			But you'd rather stay and find
			out what it is? What is its
			intent?

	Riker's silent hesitation is read as affirmation.

95   INT. BRIDGE ENGINEERING STATION

	Geordi steps up to the position.

					GEORDI
			Engineering, transfer to bridge.

	The panels light up in sequence.

96
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99

100  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard returns to his Command Chair.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant La Forge.

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			See if you can get us out of here,
			Mister La Forge. Maximum warp.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FOUR     39.

101  GEORDI

	as he inputs.

					GEORDI
			I have set velocity to warp nine.

					PICARD
			Engage.

	Geordi complies.

102  SCENE

	There is a surge of power as the Enterprise attempts
	to pull free. Then nothing.

					GEORDI
			The warp engines are at ninety-one
			percent.

					PICARD
			Put it to the wall.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

	Geordi inputs. The ship shudders -- like a great
	shackled animal fighting to break free.

	SUDDENLY the Enterprise shakes -- those standing are
	thrown to the deck. And AGAIN the ship shakes. The
	computer automatically takes the ship to RED ALERT.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I can't hold it.

					RIKER
			Captain! The engines can't take
			this strain.

					PICARD
			All stop.

103  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	But the Enterprise doesn't stop -- it instantly seems
	to fall -- drawn along the beam of energy by an
	irresistible force.

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FOUR     40.

104  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	They have no control. Without having to be told,
	Geordi instantly tries to stop the Enterprise. His
	fingers fly over the controls.

105  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Warp engines re-engage. The Enterprise slows, then
	stops.

106  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	It's a little calmer, but still very tense.

					PICARD
			Status.

					WORF
			All decks have reported... no
			damage -- no injuries.

					GEORDI
			The pull on the Enterprise is
			steady, but much stronger than
			before. I am at warp seven just
			to hold this position.

					PICARD
			Everything we do tightens its
			grip. Let's see what we can
			learn. Launch a Class One probe.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

106A OMITTED

    STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FOUR    40A.

107
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108

109  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The probe leaves the Enterprise.

110  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As they watch the Main Viewer -- as it reaches the
	vortex -- it explodes. Nothing is left.

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FOUR     41.

111  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	A little tongue of energy speeds up toward the
	Enterprise. Then splits, with half going to separate
	parts of the ship.

112  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	They see it racing toward them. The energy goes
	directly at Captain Picard and knocks him down.

113  INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	A similar piece of energy leaps into the room, directly
	at P2... only it does not slap him to the deck. As
	Pulaski watches it whirls around P2, like a wreath,
	then disappears.

114  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker helps Picard to his feet. There is fire in
	Picard's eyes.

					PICARD
			That was personal.

					GEORDI
			Captain -- the power drain needed
			to hold this position is enormous.

					PICARD
			How long can you maintain it?

					GEORDI
			A few minutes, then we are going
			to have to shut down again.

					PULASKI'S COM VOICE
			Captain -- some kind of energy has
			just surrounded my patient.

					PICARD
			Is he still alive?

					PULASKI'S COM VOICE
			Yes...

					RIKER
			Arm photons, Mister Worf, and lock
			them on the center of the vortex.

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FOUR     42.

114  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Photon torpedoes locked on
			target.

					PICARD
			Hold.

115  OMITTED

116  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Another sliver of energy slashes across the bridge and
	slams Picard up against the bulkhead.

117  PICARD

	... dazed he struggles to his feet.

					RIKER
			We're like a rag in a dog's mouth.

					GEORDI
			I am now at maximum warp.

	The ship is hammered by another wave of energy.

					TROI
			It's you, Captain. It was the
			entire ship, but now it has turned
			its attention completely on you.

					GEORDI
			Captain, I can't hold it. If we
			don't shut down, we are going to
			explode.

					PICARD
			Counselor, what if I were to leave
			the Enterprise? Would its
			attention stay focused on me?

					TROI
			Yes. I think it would.

118  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	is being pulled into the vortex.

     STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FOUR     43.

119  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as before.

					RIKER
			You'd never survive.

					PICARD
			But, maybe in those few seconds -- the
			Enterprise could break free.
			In any case, that's what he...
			the other Picard... must have
			thought.

120
thru	OMITTED
121

122  PICARD

	He is on his feet and heading for the turbolift.

					RIKER
			Captain, where are you going?

					PICARD
			Prepare a shuttle, Number One.

					RIKER
			You're leaving the ship?!

					PICARD
			I have to make a stop in Sickbay.
			We may be on a road which has no
			turns.

	Troi follows Picard to the turbolift.

	Off Riker's reaction, we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

         STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE         44.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

123  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	is slipping down into the energy whirlpool.

124  INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Picard ENTERS -- Pulaski is there with Troi and P2.
	There is a moment of near recognition from P2, then he
	avoids eye contact with Picard. P2 now appears to be
	physically closer to normal. P2 is much closer to
	being in sync.

					PULASKI
			He's very agitated.

	P2's eyes dart around the room. Picard steps over in
	front of P2 to make and hold eye contact. P2 looks
	off.

125  ANOTHER ANGLE - P2

					P2
			I must get to the shuttle.

126  PICARD

	watches himself.

					PICARD
			I know.

         STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE         45.

127  SCENE (OPTICAL)

					PICARD
			Do you know where you are?

					P2
			The Enterprise.

	Picard is relieved -

					PICARD
			But you're only vaguely aware of
			it. And me -- do you know who I
			am?

	P2 deflects the question. He's in a living nightmare.
	He has no answer.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			No. You don't.

					P2
			I must go.

	P2 tries to rise.

					PICARD
			Release him.

					PULASKI
			Do you know what you are doing?

					PICARD
			No -- release him!

	Pulaski deactivates the forcefield, which again appears
	briefly, and P2 is released.

					PULASKI
				(touching her
				 communicator)
			Security to Sickbay.

					PICARD
			No. Security, this is the
			captain -- disregard that order.
			And clear all personnel -- repeat,
			all personnel -- from Shuttle Bay
			Two. I don't want any
			distractions. You...
				(meaning both Troi and
				 Pulaski)
			... stay here.

	P2 and Picard head for the door.

      STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE A45A.         

127A INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard and P2 walk along.

					PICARD
			You have made the decision to
			leave the ship?

         STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE        45A.

127A CONTINUED:

					P2
			I must.

					PICARD
			Why?

					P2
			The energy in the vortex wants
			me.

					PICARD
			You're certain.

					P2
			Yes... it's an entity -- a
			life-form which recognizes the
			Enterprise as an entity with me
			as the brain, and it wants me.

	P2's level of anxiety is rising, as they turn...

127B INT. TURBOLIFT

	... and enter the turbolift.

					P2
			Shuttle Bay Number Two.

					PICARD
			What's your other option?

					P2
			This is our only chance. If I
			leave, it might be distracted long
			enough for the Enterprise to
			escape.

					PICARD
			You are wrong. Leaving won't save
			your ship. Don't you remember?
			It was destroyed -- you saw it
			happen.

					P2
			If I don't leave the Enterprise,
			the ship will be destroyed.

	The turbolift comes to a stop and the doors open.
	EXITS, with Picard right behind him.

         STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE        45B.

127BB	INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard and P2 continue heading toward Shuttle Bay Two.

					PICARD
			If that's true, then help me.
			We want the same thing. We want
			the Enterprise to be safe.
			There has to be a piece of
			information which I don't have.
			What is it?

					P2
			It's me.

					PICARD
			You?

	They are interrupted by Riker's COM VOICE.

					RIKER
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Yes.

					RIKER
			We are about to lose warp drive.

					PICARD & P2
				(in sync, they respond
				 to Riker)
			Understood.

	Only Picard reacts to this bizarre occurrence.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			When you say it's "you," do you
			mean it's still you? And it's
			not me -- just you. Has this
			entity singled you out -- somehow
			making a connection?

					P2
			You're confusing me. We're
			almost out of time.

127C INT. SHUTTLE BAY TWO

	The doors open and the two Picards ENTER. P2 is
	heading directly for the shuttle.

         STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE         46.

127C CONTINUED:

					P2
			I must get to the shuttle.

					PICARD
			Wait. You can -- I'll let you,
			hell, man, I'll go with you, but
			first tell me. What is -- what
			was, your other choice?

					P2
			Stand aside.

					PICARD
			You don't know what I'm talking
			about. You're frozen with a
			single thought -- unable to change -- unable
			to alter any part of your
			previous actions.

					P2
			I must leave -- there's no other
			way.

					PICARD
			There must be.

					P2
			Only one -- but it would never
			work.

					PICARD
			What is it? What would never
			work?

					P2
			Better to sacrifice myself than
			destroy the Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Destroy the Enterprise -- how?

					P2
			I have to leave.

					PICARD
			Tell me -- what was your other
			choice? We can't escape it -- we
			can't fight it, we can't go
			forward.

         STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE        46A.

127C CONTINUED: (2)

					P2
			No -- no... We can't go forward,
			it would destroy the Enterprise.

					PICARD
				(realizing)
			Was that it... Was that the other
			choice?

					P2
			I must leave.

         STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE         47.

127C CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			No.

	P2 is about to climb into the shuttle. Picard pulls
	his phaser.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I can't allow it. Before we have
			any chance of moving forward, the
			cycle must end.

	Then, without further comment, he fires the phaser.

128  OMITTED

129  P2

	falls back.

130  OMITTED

         STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE         48.

130A INT. SHUTTLE BAY TWO

					PICARD
				(touching his
				 communicator)
			Doctor Pulaski -- report to Shuttle
			Bay Two.

	Picard heads for the door.

131  INT. TURBOLIFT

	Picard steps on.

					PICARD
			Bridge.

	The doors close.

132  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard steps off the turbolift.

					PICARD
			Number One, we have been wasting
			our energy trying to escape. It
			only weakens us.
				(he moves to his Command
				 Chair)
			Helm, set a course for the center
			of the vortex. Lieutenant La
			Forge, on my command -- I want all
			the power you can muster.

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir.

					RIKER
			We are going into it?

					PICARD
			Yes.

					DATA
			Course set.

					PICARD
			Everyone hold your position -- no
			matter what. ENGAGE!

         STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE         49.

133  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the Enterprise turns and streaks toward the center
	of the vortex.

133A INT. SHUTTLE BAY TWO

	Pulaski, followed by TRANSPORTER CHIEF O'BRIEN, ENTERS
	and reacts to the body.

134  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	They all tense for whatever is coming.

135  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	rushes down. The funnel narrows. The swirling energy
	closes in on the ship.

136  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the Enterprise rips into the center of the
	whirlpool. There is a SOUND -- almost like a SCREAM.

137  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Everyone braces.

138  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	bursts through the core of pure energy, which triggers
	an implosion.

139  OMITTED

139A INT. SHUTTLE BAY TWO (OPTICAL)

	At this instant O'Brien watches as the body of P2 and
	the shuttle disappear.

140  EXT. SPACE - THE WHIRLPOOL (OPTICAL)

	collapses in upon itself. For a beat the Enterprise is
	alone in a great emptiness.

         STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE        49A.

141  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The reactions of everyone. Picard gets to his feet and
	looks around.

					PICARD
			What's our position?

         STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE         50.

141  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			We are back on course to Endicor.

					RIKER
			Stand down from Red Alert.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Bridge, this is Shuttle Bay Two.
			The other Picard and the shuttle
			are gone.

					PICARD
			Explain.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			They just... vanished.

					WORF
			All decks have reported in. No
			damage -- no casualties.

					RIKER
			I want a complete check -- all
			systems.

					WORF
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			You have the bridge, Number One.

	Picard rises and heads for the Observation Lounge.
	Riker watches him leave.

142  INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard stares thoughtfully out at the stars streaking
	by. After a beat, the door opens and Riker ENTERS.

	For a long moment nothing is said.

					PICARD
			Lots of questions, Number One...

	Riker nods in agreement.

         STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE         51.

142  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			... and damn few answers.

	There is a pause.

					RIKER
			Everything about it seemed a tick
			off.

					PICARD
			He certainly did not act like me,
			at least not the way I think I
			act.

					RIKER
			Maybe none of it was real... we
			could have just been part of a
			shared illusion.

					PICARD
			Or maybe "he" was thrown back in
			time so that we would be able to
			take another road... make another
			choice?

					RIKER
			That suggests a moral force,
			giving us the opportunity... or
			specifically giving you the
			opportunity to right a wrong.

	Picard is pensive for a moment.

					PICARD
			It's said... if you travel far
			enough you will eventually meet
			yourself.

	Picard turns and stares off at the stars.

         STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE        51A.

142  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I will tell you this... it's a
			very unnerving experience, one
			I hope never to repeat.

	Off Picard with:

142A INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	Riker has his cooking equipment in place. He has
	already placed all of the ingredients in a cooking
	utensil on the hot plate. The CHIME SOUNDS.

					RIKER
			Come.

	Worf ENTERS with Pulaski and Geordi.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I know you were all disappointed
			with my last culinary effort.

					WORF
			Not all.

					RIKER
			Thank you, Worf. Anyway,
			considering the stress of the last
			few days, I thought we could use
			a little diversion and at the same
			time I could make amends for the
			'Owon omelet.

					PULASKI
			So what are you preparing?

					RIKER
			The specialty of the house,
			Alaskan stew.

					GEORDI
			Not with ingredients you picked
			up at Starbase seventy-three?

					RIKER
			No -- I had the computer fabricate
			everything. The potatoes, the
			onions, the flour, and the meat.

         STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE        51B.

142A CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Meat? What kind of meat?

					RIKER
			Ahh... Well, to be authentic I
			needed moose. But, I couldn't
			find the specific molecular
			pattern for moose, so I had to
			improvise. The computer came
			close...

	Riker fills their plates.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			... actually, it's somewhere
			between venison -- musk ox -- and
			Kobe beef.

					WORF
			I thought that humans had long ago
			given up the practice of raising
			animals for food.

					RIKER
			There were a couple of winters
			when it was either starve or hunt.

					WORF
			How fortunate.

	Pulaski looks down at her plate.

					PULASKI
			I'll give you this -- your stew
			smells a lot better than the eggs.

	They taste it. Reactions around.

					PULASKI
				(continuing)
			This is quite good.

					GEORDI
			Agreed.

	Worf's expression is one of revulsion.

					RIKER
			No good, Worf.

         STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE        51C.

142A CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			I appreciate the effort, I would
			have preferred another omelet.

					RIKER
			Sorry. I used the last of 'Owon
			eggs.

					GEORDI
			Thank goodness.

	Off their reactions:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             







                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                      "The Icarus Factor" 
                          #40272-140 
                              
                          Written by 
                         David Assael 
                         Burton Armus 
                     Robert L. McCullough 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Robert Iscove 


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                     2ND REV. FINAL DRAFT

                       FEBRUARY 2, 1989

      STAR TREK: "The Icarus Factor" - REV. 2/8/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "The Icarus Factor" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             KYLE RIKER
                PIKER              
                DATA               
                PULASKI            Non-Speaking
                TROI                 STARBASE TECHNICIANS
                GEORDI               EIGHT KLINGON WARRIORS
                WORF               
                WESLEY             
                O'BRIEN            
                ENSIGN HERBERT     

                Non-Speaking       
                  CREWMEMBERS        
                  BOLISKA            
                  GRAHAM             

                Voice-Over         
                  COMPUTER VOICE     

        STAR TREK: "The Icarus Factor" - 2/2/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "The Icarus Factor"
                           
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN ENGINEERING
                ENGINE ROOM            STARBASE MONTGOMERY
              MAIN BRIDGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              CORRIDORS
                OUTSIDE RIKER'S QUARTERS
                OUTSIDE HOLODECK
                OUTSIDE GYMNASIUM
              TEN-FORWARD
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
              SICKBAY
                PULASKI'S OFFICE
              HOLODECK
                RITE OF ASCENSION CHAMBER
          
              TROI'S OFFICE
              GYMNASIUM
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

  STAR TREK: "The Icarus Factor" - REV. 2/6/89 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE   

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "The Icarus Factor"     
                      
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE                       

   NASRELDINE                    NAZ-rul-deen
   TRYPTOPHAN-LYSINE             TRIP-toe-fane LIE-zeen
   MEGANUNDUN                    MEG-uh-NUN-dun
   DRAD ZINE KRYZUND             DRAD ZINE KER-zund
   BRO TAH MAG PLONDARE SEPLICK  BRO TAH MAG PLAWN-dair SEP-lick
   DAEDALUS                      DAY-duh-lus
   MATTA                         MOT-ta
   HACHIDAN KIRITSU              HAH-chee-dawn Kee-RIT-soo
   ANBO-JYUTSU                   AN-bo JUT-su
   YOROSHIKU-ONEIGAISHIMASU      Yo-ROW-shku O-neh-GOSH-u-mas

     STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - TEASER     1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "The Icarus Factor"                           
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	cruises at warp speed as we hear:

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 42686.4.
			We are en route to Starbase
			Montgomery for engineering
			consultations prompted by minor
			readout anomalies...

2    INT. MAIN ENGINE ROOM - RIKER, DATA, AND GEORDI

	turn from a console station to observe the
	matter/antimatter blender.

					DATA
			I would consider them
			insignificant.

					RIKER
			What if you're wrong?

	Data looks at Riker.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Sorry.
				(then)
			But what if it's more than a mere
			discrepancy?

	PICARD ENTERS.

					GEORDI
			Then I'd say we have a problem.

					PICARD
			Agreed. We'll have Starbase
			Montgomery give us an independent
			reading.

     STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - TEASER     2.

2    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Even if the molecular level
			controls failed, we could
			recrystallize the dilithium
			without outside help.

					GEORDI
			Data, don't worry. My ego isn't
			at stake here.

					DATA
			Perhaps we could reprogram the
			system to correct the readout
			variables --

					PICARD
			That's certainly an option, but
			since we're stopping at Starbase
			Montgomery anyway, we'll let them
			do the analysis.

					RIKER
			Sir? I don't recall Starbase
			Montgomery on our mission
			itinerary --

					PICARD
			I think we could all use a
			twelve-hour layover. Besides,
			I've just received some personnel
			transfer directives. Priority
			matters --

					RIKER
			Boarding or disembarking?

     STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/8/89 - TEASER     3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY'S COM VOICE
			Captain Picard, we're within
			hailing range of Starbase
			Montgomery --

					PICARD
			Reduce to impulse power --
				(then, to Riker)
			Meet me in the Observation Lounge
			when you're done here.

	With that, Picard EXITS via the turbolift and we:

									GO TO:

2A   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - PICARD

	is gazing out the viewports as Riker ENTERS.

					RIKER
			Captain...

					PICARD
			Number One, I find myself
			recollecting the arrival of a new
			first officer to the Enterprise
			and a manual docking very
			confidently achieved. I suspect
			that I was somewhat miserly in
			offering congratulations then,
			so let me make up for it now.
			Congratulations. The captain of
			the Starship Ares is retiring.
			You've been selected as his
			replacement.

					RIKER
			The Ares... she is in Vega-Omicron
			sector.

     STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/7/89 - TEASER     4.

2A   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			And she's picked up indications
			of an intelligent life-form...
			but nothing conclusive.

					RIKER
			Starfleet will want to know
			more.

					PICARD
			That's why they're asking you,
			Number One. Not for your military
			proficiency, but for your skill
			as an explorer and diplomat.

					RIKER
			Vega-Omicron. It'll take months
			at high warp just to get there.

					PICARD
			With no guarantee of finding
			anything once you arrive. Well,
			you have twelve hours to think
			it over. And maybe it's premature,
			but congratulations, "Captain."

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE     5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

3    EXT. STARBASE MONTGOMERY - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moves into position above a well-established planetary
	outpost while:

4    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - PICARD

	sits in his Command Chair, Data at Ops, WORF at
	Tactical, WESLEY at Conn, as Riker ENTERS.

					PICARD
			Establish synchronous orbit.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir.

	Picard turns to Riker as he approaches:

					PICARD
			Starbase Montgomery is sending
			a civilian advisor aboard to brief
			you on the Ares's mission.

					RIKER
			A personal briefing?

					PICARD
			Yes. Strategic attache with
			specialized knowledge of the
			frontier regions. I think you'll
			find the briefing... very
			interesting.

					RIKER
			I hope it's complete. Much of
			my decision will be based on it.

					HERBERT'S COM VOICE
			Commander Riker to the Transporter
			Room.

	Riker heads for the turbolift.

     STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT ONE     6.

4    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Enjoy...

	Riker steps into the turbolift and we:

									GO TO:

5    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - RIKER

	ENTERS, steps up to ENSIGN HERBERT, who is monitoring
	his console.

					RIKER
			Ensign --

					HERBERT
			Ah, you're right on time,
			Commander. He's on his way now...

	Herbert works his magic on the console and now he and
	Riker look up at:

6    THE TRANSPORTER PAD (OPTICAL)

	where the FORM OF A MAN MATERIALIZES, and as it starts
	to be more clearly defined:

7    RIKER

	realizes.

					RIKER
			Dad... ?

8    KYLE RIKER

	steps down from the Transporter Pad, walks right up to
	Riker, studies him just as Riker studies his father.
	Kyle's a jut-jawed, extremely fit, silver-haired
	civilian in his fifties. As they eyeball each other:

     STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT ONE     7.

9    RIKER

	assumes Academy courtesy: Polite, detached,
	unemotional.

					RIKER
			You're the civilian advisor? The
			strategic attache?

					KYLE
			I asked Captain Picard to keep
			it quiet. I didn't want you to
			get nervous... excited.

					RIKER
			It's been fifteen years.
			Excitement is hardly the
			appropriate emotion.

	Kyle purses his lips, considers that, then counters:

					KYLE
			You've done well. First officer
			on the Enterprise is quite a
			feather in your cap.

					RIKER
			I've worked hard.

					KYLE
			Of course. I'm proud of you,
			Will --

					RIKER
			If you'll excuse me, I've got my
			duties to attend to. After you've
			settled in, we'll complete the
			briefing.
				(then, to Herbert)
			Have security send an escort for
			this gentleman.

	With that, Riker about-faces and EXITS, leaving Kyle to
	share an awkward moment with Ensign Herbert as we:

									GO TO:

10   INT. CORRIDOR - WESLEY

	turns a corner, catches up with Worf and walks beside
	him as:

     STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT ONE     8.

10   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Did you hear about Commander
			Riker's promotion?

	Worf barely acknowledges Wesley, obviously upset by
	something.

					WORF
			Yes.

					WESLEY
			He didn't even know his father
			was coming. It was a complete
			surprise --

	Worf stops in mid-stride, turning toward Wesley grimly.

					WORF
			So?

					WESLEY
			Well, can you imagine if it was
			your father?

					WORF
			I never knew my father.

					WESLEY
			And I didn't have one long
			enough --

					WORF
			It is a waste of time to think
			about such things.

					WESLEY
			I'm not thinking about it, really,
			but everybody needs somebody,
			don't you think -- ?

	Worf glares at Wesley, fairly barking:

					WORF
			Enough!

	Worf drills Wesley with his intensity, then marches
	off, leaving Wesley a bit shaken as we:

									GO TO:

     STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/8/89 - ACT ONE     9.

11   INT. MAIN ENGINE ROOM - GEORDI

	weaves through a TRIO OF STARBASE MONTGOMERY TECHS and
	a TRIO OF ENTERPRISE TECHS as they run their analysis.

					GEORDI
			Starbase Montgomery really didn't
			have to send me all this help,
			because we've already checked the
			entire dilithium spectrum for
			anomalous frequencies, so don't
			waste your time on that --

	Just then, Wesley ENTERS, ashen faced.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Wes... you okay?

					WESLEY
			I was just talking to Worf.
				(then)
			He's somewhat eccentric at times.

					GEORDI
			That's one word for it.

					WESLEY
			But he was so upset -- I must've
			said something wrong.

					GEORDI
			Maybe Worf's not too thrilled
			with the idea of losing Commander
			Riker to a new assignment. I'm
			sure not --

					WESLEY
			Neither am I... But I think
			it's something else with Worf...
			something's really bothering
			him.

	Geordi considers that, exchanging a look of concern
	with Wesley now as we:

									GO TO:

12   INT. TEN-FORWARD - PULASKI

	sits at the bar with a couple of n.d. MEDICAL CREW
	STAFF, enjoying some down time.

	PULL BACK to reveal:

    STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT ONE    10.

13   RIKER

	at a corner table with Chief O'Brien, with a cup of
	steaming tea. He sips the tea.

					O'BRIEN
			Female?

	Riker does not reply.

					O'BRIEN
				(continuing)
			Career?

					RIKER
			Family.

					O'BRIEN
			That is trouble. You choose your
			friends... you choose your
			enemies... But family... that's
			in the stars.

					RIKER
			So I've heard.

	As he sips:

14   KYLE RIKER

	ENTERS and immediately spots some people he knows.

					KYLE
			Boliska! What in the name of
			the Federation are you doing
			here -- ?

	He goes over and shakes hands with BOLISKA who is with
	a couple of other old n.d. friends, then spots:

    STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT ONE    11.

15   PULASKI

	who visibly reacts at the sight of Kyle. She slowly
	rises, turning to her tablemates:

					PULASKI
			Excuse me...

	She crosses the room; he does the same, and as they
	come within whispering range:

					PULASKI
				(continuing)
			This is more than a surprise...
			it's total shock.

					KYLE
			You mean you didn't bake me a
			cake?

					PULASKI
			You're actually here.

					KYLE
			That makes two of us.
				(then, re an empty
				 table)
			How about a drink?

					PULASKI
			How about a kiss?

	He smiles at that, kisses her lightly and then they
	exchange a warmly mutual embrace while:

16   RIKER

	turns to O'Brien with:

					RIKER
			They know each other...

					O'BRIEN
			I know her too, but we don't do
			that.

	And as they both react to Kyle's familiarity with
	Pulaski, we:

									GO TO:

    STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/8/89 - ACT ONE    12.

17   INT. MAIN ENGINE ROOM - GEORDI, DATA, AND WESLEY

	move around the dilithium chamber, watching the
	starbase crew go about their analysis while:

					DATA
			And it has nothing to do with
			Commander Riker's new assignment?

					WESLEY
			No. His reaction to that was just
			the opposite of mine: Completely
			unaffected.

					GEORDI
			You see? With all that's going
			on, you might be overreacting.

					WESLEY
			Really? You try talking to Worf.
			I'm telling you, he's not...
			normal... for Worf.

					DATA
			There is, of course, a genetic
			predisposition toward hostility
			among all Klingons, although Worf
			does seem unusually out of sorts.

					GEORDI
			He's never been much on charm --

					WESLEY
			Well, whatever troubles him, we
			should try to help. He is our
			friend.

					GEORDI
			And I'd like to keep him
			friendly.
				(then)
			Any suggestions?

					DATA
			Empirical study. Monitor the
			subject.

					WESLEY
			Right. We'll watch for any
			signs of unusual behavior --

					GEORDI
			That shouldn't be difficult --

    STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT ONE    13.

17   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Within the norms of Klingon
			patterns, of course.
				(then)
			Discretion will be required.

					WESLEY
			Fine. Where do we start?

					GEORDI
				(re himself and Data)
			We... will assist you as needed.
				(then)
			You found the problem...

					DATA
			And you must solve it.

	With that, Data and Geordi walk off, leaving Wesley
	wondering what he's gotten himself into now, as we:

									GO TO:

18   INT. TEN-FORWARD - RIKER

	downs the last of his tea, looks across the room at:

19   PULASKI AND KYLE

	who sit together at the bar, obviously enjoying each
	other's company.

					KYLE
			... and after working out the
			Fuurinkazan battle strategies
			at the Tokyo Base, I was asked
			to go to work for Starfleet as
			a tactical advisor.

					PULASKI
			I'm surprised you stayed away from
			the action as long as you did --

	Just then, Riker steps up, having overheard that last
	line.

					PULASKI
			Hi, Will -- join us? Your father
			and I were just catching up --

    STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT ONE    14.

19   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(ignoring that; to
				 Pulaski)
			You never told me you knew him.

					PULASKI
			Well... it wasn't exactly a
			secret... but it never really came
			up --

	Kyle looks up smiling, offering:

					KYLE
			Pull up a stool, son --

					RIKER
			I'm ready for your briefing
			whenever you are, sir.

	And as he EXITS, Kyle looks after him, his concern
	growing, as we:

20   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/13/89 - ACT TWO    15.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

A21	INT. CORRIDOR - DATA AND GEORDI

	are approaching the doors to Ten-Forward.

					GEORDI
			You think Worf is going to
			appreciate being observed like
			some laboratory specimen?

					DATA
			You are correct. He is not
			insensitive... particularly at
			this stage of his development.

					GEORDI
			Just remember, this is Wesley's
			operation, okay?

					DATA
			Wesley is quite competent.

	Just as they approach Ten-Forward, Wesley steps up,
	agitated.

					WESLEY
			You guys aren't going to believe
			this...

					GEORDI
			Believe what?

					WESLEY
			Commander Riker just caught me
			coming out of the turbolift.

					GEORDI
			So? This area isn't off limits
			to you.

					WESLEY
			I know, but I've been working on
			Paracelsian computations as part
			of my studies and he wants them
			right away.

					GEORDI
			What about Worf?

   STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/12/89 - ACT TWO   15A.

A21	CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			When Commander Riker says right
			away he means right away.

					DATA
			Indeed.

					WESLEY
				(re Ten-Forward)
			You guys can cover for me, can't
			you?

					GEORDI
			Wait a minute. This whole
			thing --

					WESLEY
			I've got to get my computations
			done.

					GEORDI
			You don't expect us to --

					WESLEY
			Oh, come on. What are friends
			for?
				(to Data)
			Right?

	Data reacts, very much put on the spot; then:

					DATA
			Go ahead. Finish your work and
			We shall study Worf.

					WESLEY
			I knew I could count on you guys!

	With that, Wesley heads off down the corridor, leaving
	Data to face Geordi, as we:

									GO TO:

21   INT. TEN-FORWARD - PULASKI AND KYLE

	are at the bar, Kyle just shaking hands with an old
	acquaintance as Geordi and Data find a table in the
	b.g.

					KYLE
			... good seeing you too, Graham --

	As GRAHAM heads off, Pulaski smiles.

   STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/10/89 - ACT TWO   15B.

21   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			You wouldn't be running for mayor,
			would you?

					KYLE
			Do pick-up work for the Federation
			long enough and it'll happen to
			you, too.
				(then)
			I thought about you a lot.

					PULASKI
			Kyle... I don't need to hear what
			you don't need to say.

					KYLE
			We could've been great together.

					PULASKI
			Possibly.

					KYLE
			Is it true you got married?

					PULASKI
			Again... and again.

					KYLE
			Doesn't that make you three for
			three?

					PULASKI
			I'm not complaining. They were
			each good men... and we're all
			still good friends.

    STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT TWO    16.

21   CONTINUED:

					KYLE
			Like us?

					PULASKI
			Close... but different.
				(then)
			They were all a little more...
			in touch with themselves.

					KYLE
			Ouch.

					PULASKI
			Kyle, face facts. You're
			crusty. A reputation for being
			hard as nails and getting the
			job done. But underneath all
			that, you're not so bad. Some
			of us even love you.
				(then)
			And then there's Will.

					KYLE
			And then there's Will.

	And as he considers his feelings for his son, we:

									FOCUS ON:

22   WORF (OPTICAL)

	standing at the large viewport, staring out at the
	galaxy, very much alone with his thoughts.

23   GEORDI AND DATA

	study Worf from their vantage point in the b.g.

					GEORDI
			Wesley really should be doing this
			on his own --

					DATA
			But he needs his study time --

					GEORDI
			I can't believe you fell for that.
				(then, re Worf)
			I don't know... he looks pretty
			normal to me.

     STAR TREK: "The Icarus Factor" - 2/2/89 - ACT TWO     17.

23   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			In solitude there is nothing to
			trigger unusual behavior.

					GEORDI
				(shrugs)
			Good point. Let's not tamper with
			the status quo...

					DATA
			That would defeat the opportunity
			for our behavioral research.
				(then)
			The probabilities are that he's
			simply lonely. We can relieve
			his anxieties through
			socialization --

					GEORDI
				(re Worf)
			Be my guest.

	Data approaches Worf from the rear.

					DATA
			Excuse me, Lieutenant --

	Worf doesn't turn around or make the slightest reply.
	Data presses on.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			You seem to have lost the will
			to communicate with others.

	Still no response from Worf. Data persists.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			You have friends here. We care
			about you. Why, just awhile ago,
			Wesley, Geordi and I were saying
			how --

	Worf suddenly wheels around, glaring down at Data with
	Klingon ferocity as he bellows in his deepest baritone:

					WORF
			Sir... with all due respect...
			BE GONE!

    STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT TWO    18.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

	Data backs away and returns to Geordi's side.

					DATA
			He seems quite sincere in his
			desire for solitude.

					GEORDI
				(smugly, the pun
				 intentional)
			Seeing is believing, huh?

	With that, Geordi and Data beat a hasty retreat, as we:

									GO TO:

24   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - RIKER (OPTICAL)

	stands at a viewing console, tapping the touchpad
	occasionally as he goes through a series of childhood
	"photos." A TONE is heard.

					RIKER
			Come in.

	The door slides open and Worf ENTERS.

					RIKER
			Yes, Worf?

					WORF
			May I have a moment, sir?

					RIKER
			What is it?

					WORF
			It is difficult to say... words
			are not always easy for me...
				(then, distracted by
				 the pictures)
			Is that Earth?

					RIKER
			Yes. Alaska... I was nine
			there...

					WORF
				(intrigued; re the
				 picture)
			That is a big fish you are
			holding.

	Riker considers that, then admits:

    STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT TWO    19.

24   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(re the picture)
			I didn't even catch that fish.

					WORF
			You were holding it like --

					RIKER
			I hooked it... but my father took
			the pole... wouldn't even let me
			reel it in... he said I might lose
			it.

					WORF
			You do not have good feelings
			for your father?

					RIKER
			I'm... not sure how I feel right
			now...

					WORF
			You have much on your mind.

					RIKER
			Yes.
				(then)
			What is on yours?

    STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT TWO    20.

24   CONTINUED: (2

					WORF
			The Enterprise has been good to
			me...

					RIKER
			To all of us.

					WORF
			It has been my home... but still,
			I am alone here.

					RIKER
			Not true. You have many friends
			here, just as I have --

					WORF
			Then why do you make ready to
			leave the Enterprise?

					RIKER
			I've been offered my own command,
			something I've trained for...

					WORF
			And what of your friends?

					RIKER
			Friendship is something we carry
			in our hearts... We can feel it
			wherever we are.

					WORF
			Yes. On Kling we say, "Tez mrot
			weilz konpadam": One is always
			of his tribe.
				(then)
			I would like to join you on the
			Ares.

					RIKER
			Thank you, Worf. But I haven't
			accepted the assignment yet --

					WORF
			But sir... it could be a
			dangerous mission. There may
			be the potential for combat.

					RIKER
			That's not the purpose of the
			mission.

    STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT TWO    20A.

24   CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF
			Still -- to die a true hero --

	Riker raises his hand.

					RIKER
			Worf. Your point is made.

					WORF
			Then I know you will do the right
			thing, sir.

	With that, Worf EXITS, as we:

									GO TO:

25   OMITTED

26   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - LATER - KYLE (OPTICAL)

	turns to face Riker who ENTERS:

    STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT TWO    21.

26   CONTINUED:

					KYLE
			Finally. We're alone. Maybe --

					RIKER
			I'm here for the briefing, sir.

	Kyle reacts, sees that Riker is all business. Kyle
	hands him a message disk.

					KYLE
			All you need to know is here.

					RIKER
			The mission details could've been
			transmitted --

					KYLE
			I've been hearing good things
			about you.

					RIKER
			Why didn't I ever hear from you?

	Kyle reacts to that, studies the floor for a beat;
	then:

					KYLE
			I know. Keeping in touch isn't
			my strong suit.
				(then)
			Funny thing about being a parent.
			There aren't any tech manuals,
			no quick readouts to get you to
			the next set of variables. You
			just kind of wing it from day to
			day... Will, when your mother
			died --

					RIKER
			Excuse me, sir, but I need to
			study this briefing material...

					KYLE
			Will. I came to the Enterprise
			because... look, considering
			where you might be going, I wanted
			to...
				(then)
			I'm here with my hand out,
			son --

    STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT TWO    22.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

	With that, Riker studies his father for a beat, then
	steps around his father and strides away. Kyle watches
	him go with mounting concern, as we:

27   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/9/89 - ACT THREE   23.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

28   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	establishing the great ship maintaining synchronous
	orbit over Starbase Montgomery.

29   INT. SICKBAY - PULASKI

	turns from comforting an isolated patient, and we PULL
	BACK to reveal:

30   KYLE

	watching her. She EXITS into his area.

					PULASKI
				(re the patient)
			Poor guy. Picked up a flu virus
			on our last stop at Nasreldine.

					KYLE
			Sounds nasty. What's the
			therapy?

					PULASKI
			Tryptophan-lysine distillates
			with generous doses of PCS.

					KYLE
			PCS?

					PULASKI
			"Pulaski's Chicken Soup."

	Kyle shares a laugh at her joke, then:

					KYLE
				(re the patient)
			You've still got the touch,
			haven't you?

	Just then, TROI ENTERS in the b.g., overhearing.

					PULASKI
			I like to help. When they hurt,
			I hurt.

   STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/9/89 - ACT THREE   24.

30   CONTINUED:

	Troi steps up to them with:

					TROI
			Commander Pulaski's greatest
			medical skill is her empathy.
				(then, to Kyle)
			You must be Commander Riker's
			father.

	He reacts, smiles, a bit nonplussed.

					KYLE
			Yes, but how --

					TROI
			We've all heard about you.
				(then)
			And I've felt certain things.

	Kyle reacts, glances at Pulaski, who smiles at his
	discomfort, then explains by way of introduction:

					PULASKI
			This is Deanna Troi, ship's
			counselor.

					KYLE
				(nods warily)
			Kyle Riker.

					PULASKI
			I thought you two should meet.
				(then)
			Troi's job is to keep us from
			deluding ourselves.

					KYLE
				(re Troi)
			Let me guess: Betazoid?

					TROI
			At your service.

	Pulaski smiles at that, makes her exit.

					PULASKI
			I've got some lab work to do, so
			if you'll excuse me...

   STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/9/89 - ACT THREE   25.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

	Pulaski makes her EXIT, leaving Kyle to face Troi now,
	as she begins to "read" him.

					KYLE
			Why do I get the feeling this is
			a set-up?

					TROI
			Because you are intelligent,
			wise... and quite correct.

					KYLE
				(re Troi;
				 appreciatively)
			I've been set up with worse,
			that's for sure --

					TROI
			You're also anxious about
			something. It's your son, isn't
			it? You're not as close to him
			as you'd like to be...

					KYLE
				(wryly)
			Oh, I don't know. Wouldn't you
			say we both have pretty good taste
			in women?

					TROI
			I'd like to help if I can. If
			you allow me.

					KYLE
			Fine. What do you want from me?
			I came here to bury the hatchet
			with Will and I find out the
			ground is frozen solid.

					TROI
			You're not the kind of man who
			gives up so easily.

					KYLE
			I didn't say I was giving up.
			It would just be nice to get a
			little something from him.

					TROI
			What is it you want from him?

   STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/9/89 - ACT THREE   25A.

30   CONTINUED: (3)

					KYLE
			I don't know. Acknowledgement,
			maybe... or --

					TROI
			Respect is earned, not bestowed.

					KYLE
			Respect? I don't need that from
			him.

					TROI
			Perhaps you want him to be proud
			of you, for you carry great pride
			in his accomplishments --

					KYLE
			Absolutely! Look at him! First
			officer on the Enterprise, just
			offered his first command --

					TROI
			Yet... You covet his success --

					KYLE
			Please. He'd be lucky to have
			the career I've had!

					TROI
			True. You are well respected in
			your field.

   STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/9/89 - ACT THREE   26.

30   CONTINUED: (4)

					KYLE
			I may have something of a
			reputation for excellence --

					TROI
			And false humility.

	Kyle reacts to that with a smile. Then:

					KYLE
			My guess is that Will finds you
			pretty fascinating. Candor seems
			to be a trait he admires.

					TROI
			Honesty is the trait he admires.
				(then)
			You're very competitive with him,
			aren't you?

	He reacts to that, considers it, then dismisses it.

					KYLE
			Maybe... in the past. But I'm
			here to help Will prepare for his
			first mission as captain.

					TROI
			Are you sure he'll accept such
			a dangerous assignment?

					KYLE
				(concerned)
			He'll take it just because it is
			so dangerous.

					TROI
			How can you be so sure?

					KYLE
			Because I would. And we aren't
			so different, Will and I...

									GO TO:

31   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - PICARD

	stands to one side, watching Riker.

					PICARD
			I've seen your mission briefing.

   STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/9/89 - ACT THREE   26A.

31   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Any questions?

					RIKER
			No sir.
				(then)
			Other than a mention of the Ares's
			first officer.

					PICARD
			His name is Flaherty, as I recall.

					RIKER
			That's right. The briefing said
			something about uncanny linguistic
			skills.

					PICARD
			Correct. The last time I saw him,
			Commander Flaherty spoke over
			forty languages. Klingon,
			Romulan, Giamon, and Stroyerian
			were among the more colorful, as
			I recall...

					RIKER
			He speaks alien dialects?

					PICARD
			He has the unique ability of
			instantaneously interpreting,
			collating, and extrapolating any
			verbal communication he hears.
				(then)
			You should find him helpful in
			Sector Vega-Omicron.

					RIKER
			I'm sure I will.

   STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT THREE   27.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

	Suddenly, they're both distracted by the DOOR CHIME.

					RIKER
			Enter.

	Kyle ENTERS, all smiles as he greets Picard.

					KYLE
			Captain Picard. At last.
				(re Riker)
			I'd like to thank you for all the
			help you've been to my son --

   STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE   28.

31   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			My only regret is that your
			reunion will mark Will's farewell.

					KYLE
				(re Riker)
			He's ready for this command.

					PICARD
			I have no doubt --

					KYLE
			Captain? May I have a word with
			my son?

					PICARD
			Of course... excuse me,
			gentlemen...

	Picard EXITS; Riker turns to face his father.

					RIKER
			I won't be pushed into this.

					KYLE
				(smiling)
			Oh, come on, Willy. Don't you
			think you're ready for the
			Ares -- ?

					RIKER
			Starfleet does.

					KYLE
			Of course. You're the best
			candidate for this job. But I
			want you to know I'm here if you
			need me...

					RIKER
			I've been on my own since I was
			fifteen. I can take care of
			myself.

	Kyle reacts, begins to bristle.

   STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE   29.

31   CONTINUED: (4)

					KYLE
			Please! Spare me the "pain" of
			your childhood. I hung in there
			for thirteen years. If that
			wasn't enough, then that's just
			too bad.

	With that, Kyle turns to the door. It opens. He
	EXITS. The door closes, as we:

									GO TO:

32   INT. MAIN ENGINE ROOM - GEORDI AND DATA

	are observing the Starbase Montgomery crew as they
	continue their analysis of the situation. Geordi is
	beginning to feel the pressure.

					GEORDI
			Maybe I missed something --

					DATA
			The ship's computer would have
			corrected immediately --

					GEORDI
			My inputs could have been in
			error --

	Just then, Wesley ENTERS with a sense of urgency.

					WESLEY
			Geordi! Data! I figured out
			Worf's problem --

					GEORDI
			You spoke to him?

					WESLEY
			No, no. I accessed the complete
			Klingon cultural database. It
			took some time, but --

					GEORDI
			Okay, Wesley. What is the
			problem?

   STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT THREE   30.

32   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			It's the tenth anniversary of
			Worf's Age of Ascension.

					GEORDI
			His what?

					WESLEY
			The Age of Ascension is a
			Klingon ritual of great
			significance. A rite of
			initiation, marking a new level
			of Klingon spiritual attainment.

					DATA
			Of what significance is the
			anniversary of this event?

					WESLEY
			It's a day of ritual and
			celebration with one's fellow
			Klingons... and he doesn't have
			any Klingon friends.

					GEORDI
			But we're his friends --

					WESLEY
			But we don't practice Klingon
			tradition. And we're not
			Klingons.
				(then)
			Worf's feeling socially...
			culturally isolated.

					GEORDI
			Well, what do you suggest? I'm
			not sure I'd like to invite a
			bunch of Klingons on board --

					DATA
			We can program the ship's computer
			to provide us with simulations
			on the Holodeck --

					GEORDI
			Holographic Klingons? Sure. Why
			not?

   STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/8/89 - ACT THREE   30A.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			We need only to program the
			computer with details of the
			specific ceremony...

					WESLEY
			The cultural database said the
			initiate's family must be
			present --

   STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/9/89 - ACT THREE   31.

32   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			So? We're his family. We'll go.
				(then)
			I just wonder what kind of party
			the Klingons had in mind...

	And as they all react to that consideration, we:

									GO TO:

33   INT. PULASKI'S OFFICE - PULASKI

	is working as Riker ENTERS.

					RIKER
			Do you have a minute?

					PULASKI
			Sure...

					RIKER
			I wanted to apologize for my
			remarks in Ten-Forward. Your past
			is none of my business.

					PULASKI
			Even if it involves your father?

					RIKER
			Yes. Even if it involves my
			father.

	Pulaski sits quietly for a moment, then asks:

					PULASKI
			Did he ever tell you why he never
			remarried?

					RIKER
			What woman would have him? With
			an ego like his --

   STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE   32.

33   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			I would have. In a cold minute.
				(then)
			Twelve years ago, Kyle Riker was
			a civilian strategist advising
			Starfleet in its conflict with
			the Tholians. The starbase he
			was working from was attacked.
			None of the base crew was expected
			to live. And they all died...
			All except your father.
				(then, quietly)
			Your father alone had the will
			to endure, to face the pain, to
			live.

					RIKER
			I never knew that about him.

					PULASKI
			I never saw a man fight so hard
			in my life.

					RIKER
			And you fell in love?

					PULASKI
			Yes. And so did he.
				(then)
			But marriage was out of the
			question. He had other
			priorities...

					RIKER
			His career.

	She considers that, then offers:

					PULASKI
			You know, if I were you... going
			out on the Ares, I'd jettison
			the emotional baggage you're
			still carrying around.

   STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT THREE   33.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

	Pulaski EXITS and we:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/8/89 - ACT FOUR    34.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

34   INT. ENGINEERING - DATA, WESLEY, AND GEORDI

	stand near Geordi's engineering station, the Starbase
	Montgomery techs working in the b.g.

					WESLEY
			Now the Klingon cultural database
			was very specific on the setting.

					GEORDI
			Let me guess: A twenty-piece
			orchestra in a magnificent
			ballroom. Everybody in formal
			wear --

					WESLEY
			There's an unusual test of
			inner strength involved --

					DATA
			I believe that will entail the
			use of Klingon "painstiks."

					GEORDI
			"Painstiks"? Sounds lovely --

					DATA
			Enduring physical suffering is
			considered a Klingon spiritual
			test.

					GEORDI
			You mean... for Worf to celebrate
			the anniversary of his
			Ascension... he has to be hurt?
			And we have to witness this?

    STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/8/89 - ACT FOUR    35.

34   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			We are his family.

	And as Geordi reacts to that, we:

									GO TO:

35   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - PICARD

	is at his desk console. The CHIME SOUNDS.

					PICARD
			Come.

	The door slides open. Riker ENTERS.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Everything in order, Number One?

					RIKER
			I'd be a fool to turn this
			promotion down, wouldn't I?

    STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT FOUR    36.

35   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I don't know, and if you're
			asking me what I think you should
			do, I don't know that either.
			But I can spell out, albeit
			crudely, what you are choosing
			between.
				(a beat)
			Your present position as first
			officer of the Enterprise brings
			you prestige, distinction, even
			glamour of a kind. You are the
			second in command of Starfleet's
			flagship -- but still, second in
			command. Your promotion will
			transfer you to a relatively
			insignificant ship in an obscure
			corner of the galaxy, but it will
			be your ship. Being who you are,
			that ship will vibrate with your
			authority, your style, your
			vision. There is no substitute
			for being in the center of the
			stage -- any stage.

					RIKER
			I'll need a little more time
			before I'll have a decision.

					PICARD
			Granted.

	Riker reacts to that, as we:

									GO TO:

36   INT. ENGINEERING - DATA AND GEORDI

	stand on the platform above the Starbase Montgomery
	team, watching them go through their painstaking
	analysis as O'Brien steps up.

					O'BRIEN
			They find anything yet?

					GEORDI
			Not yet...

					DATA
			There is nothing to find.

   STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/8/89 - ACT FOUR   36A.

36   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			No harm in checking, I guess.

					GEORDI
			Really? How would you like
			them giving your transporter
			operation a little once-over?

					O'BRIEN
			No problem. We're totally
			ship-shape.

					GEORDI
			You miss the point. It's just
			the idea that they even suspect
			a malfunction.

					DATA
			Geordi, let them look.

    STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT FOUR    37.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

	Wesley approaches, stepping up to O'Brien with:

					WESLEY
			Chief, will you be able to attend
			a little party for Worf at
			seventeen hundred hours?

					O'BRIEN
			A party for Worf? That sounds
			intriguing. I'd be delighted --

					GEORDI
			It's a surprise, okay?

					O'BRIEN
			My lips are sealed.

	Data, Geordi, and Wesley respond enthusiastically to
	that, as we:

									GO TO:

37   OMITTED

38   INT. TROI'S OFFICE - RIKER

	has just entered.

					RIKER
			I didn't want to leave without
			saying good-bye.

					TROI
			I don't like good-byes. How about
			"until next time"?

					RIKER
			Until next time.

	She rises, trying to be tough, to keep this
	professional.

					TROI
			It's been a pleasure serving with
			you, Commander.

					RIKER
			That's mutual, Counselor.

   STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT FOUR   37A.

38   CONTINUED:

	She stands there, biting her lip for a beat, then
	admits, almost embarrassed:

    STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT FOUR    38.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			I'm supposed to know how everyone
			feels... but I... I can't read
			you right now.

	He takes a tentative step toward her, suggesting:

					RIKER
			Maybe your own feelings are
			getting in the way --

					TROI
			My job is to help others sort
			out their emotions. My own
			feelings are beside the point --

					RIKER
			Not to me. Feelings are what
			make us human --

					TROI
				(then, hopefully)
			Are you feeling sadness?

					RIKER
			Yes.

	She looks at him, a tear slipping down her cheek now.

					TROI
			So am I.

	He takes the final step toward her, pulling her into a
	firm, caring embrace, as we:

									GO TO:

39   OMITTED

40   KYLE

	waiting outside Riker's doorway. Riker approaches.
	Their eyes meet.

					KYLE
			I'll be leaving at twenty-one
			hundred hours. May I have a
			minute?

    STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT FOUR    39.

40   CONTINUED:

	Riker considers that, then steps into his quarters.
	Kyle follows, as we:

									GO TO:

41   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - RIKER

	turns to face his father.

					RIKER
			Look, I've been giving you my best
			Academy courtesy -- but it's
			really time for you to go.

					KYLE
			It's time for us to talk, so lower
			your shields and --

					RIKER
			I'm asking you to leave, or I'll --

					KYLE
			You'll what?
				(then, cocky)
			Y'know, it's really a shame
			there's no anbo-jyutsu ring nearby,
			because you need to be put in your
			place.

					RIKER
			Really? There is. Deck Twelve.
			The gymnasium.

					KYLE
			Why don't we clear the air once
			and for all -- ?

					RIKER
			You're on.

	Kyle and Riker eyeball each other, as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

     STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/8/89 - ACT FIVE 40-40A.       

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

42   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	establishing the great starship in its synchronous
	orbit.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 42686.9.
			(TO BE DETERMINED)

43   OMITTED

         STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/8/89 - ACT FIVE        41.

43A  INT. PULASKI'S OFFICE (OR SICKBAY)

	looks up from her work as Kyle ENTERS.

					KYLE
			Ship's scuttlebutt has it that
			you wanted to see me.

					PULASKI
			That's right...
				(then)
			I thought I knew you, Kyle.

					KYLE
			You do. About as well as
			anyone --

					PULASKI
			Then what's this about an
			anbo-jyutsu match with Will?

					KYLE
				(suppressing a smile)
			You heard.

					PULASKI
			Haven't we grown beyond the point
			where we resolve our problems
			through physical conflict?

					KYLE
			I think you're overreacting --

					PULASKI
			I'm overreacting. You're the one
			who's going to fight his own son!

					KYLE
			It's not a fight, Kate. Think
			of it as more of a... "contest."

					PULASKI
			And suppose one of you is injured?

	He smiles, reaches out and tweaks her cheek playfully.

					KYLE
			I know where to find a good
			doctor.

         STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/8/89 - ACT FIVE       41A.

43A  CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			Don't patronize me, Kyle.

					KYLE
			Look. Will and I started playing
			anbo-jyutsu when he was eight.
			He knows how to handle himself...
			and so do I.

					PULASKI
				(considers that; then)
			Well, don't take this the wrong
			way, but Will's in his prime,
			and --

					KYLE
			-- And I'm no spring chicken, I
			know.
				(then, with a wink)
			Don't worry. He's never been able
			to beat me.

	With that, Kyle EXITS, as we:

									GO TO:

44   INT. HOLODECK - DATA, GEORDI, AND WESLEY (OPTICAL)

	stand before O'Brien and Pulaski, all of them reacting
	to the frightening sight in front of them: A true
	Klingon Rite of Ascension Chamber. It's a large,
	eerily-lighted room. The walls and floors are surfaced
	in polished stainless steel.

        STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/13/89 - ACT FIVE        42.

44   CONTINUED:

	In the middle of the room is a wide stainless-steel
	trough that runs into a drain, on either side of which
	are long raised platforms. Data steps forward, filled
	with trepidation, while the others all study the room
	with silent awe.

					DATA
			Computer... Is this it?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Correct. Klingon Rite of
			Ascension Chamber.

	Data looks to Geordi, who wonders:

					GEORDI
			Is this really necessary?

					WESLEY
			If we're going to get Worf through
			his problem, it is.

	Data steps back. Then:

					DATA
			Computer... may we please have
			Klingon personnel appropriate for
			this event?

	Suddenly, EIGHT FORMIDABLE KLINGONS appear along the
	sides of the trough. They each hold an exotic,
	cattle-prod-like "painstik." Everyone reacts to the
	sudden appearance of the Klingons.

					DATA
			These images are specifically
			programmed for Ascension rites.

					GEORDI
			Cute bunch.

	Wesley takes a step forward, studying them and the
	painstiks.

					WESLEY
			And they use those?

         STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/8/89 - ACT FIVE       42A.

44   CONTINUED: (2)

	O'Brien reacts with caution.

					O'BRIEN
			Those are Klingon painstiks. I
			once saw one of them used against
			a two-ton Rectyne Monopod. Poor
			creature jumped five meters at
			the slightest touch. Finally died
			from excessive cephalic pressures --

        STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/13/89 - ACT FIVE        43.

44   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
				(wincing at that)
			You don't mean... ?

					O'BRIEN
				(nodding affirmatively)
			That's right. The animal's head
			exploded just like --

					PULASKI
			I think that's enough, Chief
			O'Brien.

					DATA
			Are we ready?

	And as they all react, we:

									GO TO:

45   INT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE HOLODECK - WORF

	approaches impatiently, Troi at his side, reassuring
	him.

					WORF
			I do not enjoy riddles,
			Counselor.

					TROI
			You will enjoy this one.

					WORF
			I am in no mood for trifling or
			games! Not today!

					TROI
			I know what an important day this
			is for you: The anniversary of
			your Rite of Ascension.

					WORF
			You know about that?

					TROI
			Yes. All your friends on board
			do.

        STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/13/89 - ACT FIVE       43A.

45   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			That is impossible. The Rite of
			Ascension is a secret known only
			to Klingons --

					TROI
			-- And certain resourceful young
			Ensigns...

					WORF
			Wesley? What does he know about
			it -- ?

					TROI
			Enough. Now just bear with me.

					WORF
			Where are we going?

					TROI
			The Holodeck.

					WORF
			This truly tries my patience,
			Counselor.

	As they approach the entrance to the Holodeck, Worf
	stops, reacts.

        STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/13/89 - ACT FIVE        44.

45   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			I think you will approve.

					WORF
			You are not going in?

					TROI
			No.

	She heads off. He turns to the door, suddenly curious.

					WORF
			Open.

	The Holodeck doors open. Worf reacts, sucking his
	breath in with great glee as he sees:

46   INT. HOLODECK - THE RITE OF ASCENSION CHAMBER

	populated now by his Enterprise comrades who all stand
	off to one side, the eight Klingon holographs standing
	along the trough, forming a rather forbidding gauntlet
	as they hold their painstiks at the ready. Worf
	ENTERS, almost teary-eyed as he regards Data, Wesley,
	Pulaski, Geordi, and O'Brien.

					WORF
			An Ascension ceremony? For me?

					GEORDI
			Happy anniversary, Worf.

					WORF
			Thank you... oh, thank you!

					DATA
			Shall we begin?

					WORF
			Oh, yes. Please!

        STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/13/89 - ACT FIVE       44A.

47   WORF

	moves to the head of the trough, looks at his audience,
	then intones:

					WORF
			DaHjaj SuvwI''e' jIH. tIgwIj
			Sa'angNIS. 'Iw bIQtIqDaq jIjaH.
			Today I am a Warrior. I must
			show you my heart. I travel the
			river of blood.

	Data leans over to Wesley and Geordi.

        STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/13/89 - ACT FIVE        45.

47   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The true test of Klingon strength
			is to admit one's most profound
			feelings... while under extreme
			duress.

	Geordi and Wesley nod, impressed as they turn now to
	see Worf step down into the trough. At a processional
	pace, he begins the walk down the channel, coming
	between two of the Klingons. He looks at them with
	great sincerity.

					WORF
			jIbechrup may' vIlos.

	Whereupon the first two Klingons jab painstiks at Worf,
	sparks flying off the end as Worf writhes in absolute,
	breathtaking agony. After a moment, they pull the
	painstiks from Worf. Worf's voice is weak as he
	growls:

					WORF
				(continuing)
			The battle is mine. I crave only
			the blood of the enemy.

	Worf staggers down the trough, stopping in front of the
	next pair of Klingons.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			HIHIvqa'.

	The Klingons strike out with the painstiks; and, as
	contact is made, sparks fly and Worf's body contorts
	in wretched agony. They break contact with the
	painstiks now and Worf fights for equilibrium,
	shuddering with the pain of this as he utters hoarsely:

        STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/13/89 - ACT FIVE        46.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(continuing)
			The bile of the vanquished flows
			over my hands.

	Then he steps down to the next pair of Klingons with:

					WORF
				(continuing)
			may'pequ' moH.

	Pulaski looks over to Data, who finds this difficult,
	reacting with a start as the Klingons nail Worf with
	their painstiks; he falls to his knees, twitching
	violently, and, as Worf fights for control, they remove
	the painstiks. Worf collapses at the end of the
	trough, rolls over, and... smiles at them all,
	whispering:

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Thank you, my friends. Thank
			you... You have my respect. My
			admiration. My eternal gratitude --

	There is applause from them all now, as we:

									GO TO:

47A  INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - TROI

	Pulaski ENTERS.

					TROI
			Is Worf all right?

					PULASKI
			He's never been happier.

					TROI
			Then it was a good ceremony?

					PULASKI
			Let's just say I wasn't about to
			stay for the refreshments.

					TROI
			Klingon culture is not to your
			taste?

         STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/8/89 - ACT FIVE       46A.

47A  CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			I'm just glad humans have
			progressed beyond the need for
			such barbaric displays.

					TROI
			Have they? Commander Riker and
			his father are up on the Holodeck
			about to engage in barbarism of
			their own.

					PULASKI
			Don't remind me. It's not
			something of which I approve --

					TROI
			In spite of human evolution, there
			seem to be certain traits endemic
			to gender.

					PULASKI
			You think they're going to knock
			each other's brains out just
			because... they're men?

					TROI
			Males are certainly unique. In
			adulthood, fathers continue to
			regard their sons as children...
			and sons continue to chafe against
			what they perceive as their
			fathers' expectations of them.

	Pulaski considers that for a beat; then:

					PULASKI
			It's almost as if they never
			really grow up at all, isn't it?

					TROI
			Perhaps that's why men remain so
			attractive.

					PULASKI
			Particularly men like Commander
			Riker?

	Troi reacts with a blush, but responds in kind.

					TROI
				(touche)
			As well as his father, I'm sure...

     STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/8/89 - ACT FIVE 46B-47.       

47A  CONTINUED: (2)

	Pulaski smiles, acknowledging that; then, concerned:

					PULASKI
				(re the Holodeck)
			I just hope they don't hurt each
			other up there...

	They each consider that grave possibility, as we:

									GO TO:

48   OMITTED

         STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/8/89 - ACT FIVE        48.

49   INT. GYMNASIUM - RIKER AND KYLE (OPTICAL)

	approach an exotic combat arena, wearing anbo-jyutsu
	gear which consists of snug face shield and helmet,
	abdomen shield, and slender pads on all other vital
	areas. They carry anbo-jyutsu staffs, tapered on one
	end, padded on the other, with a reostat twist-shaft
	in the center grip. The arena itself is a ring
	fourteen feet in diameter.

					KYLE
			Anbo-jyutsu. The ultimate
			evolution of the martial arts.

					RIKER
			I remember my early lessons.

					KYLE
			You could never get used to the
			sightless factor... or to losing.

					RIKER
			True. But I've had fifteen years
			of practice.

					KYLE
			Then let's see if you've learned
			anything...

	Riker considers that, accepts the challenge formally
	as he stiffens, then bows quickly and flips the
	blind-shield down in front of his face. Kyle does the
	same, as they shout in unison:

			RIKER					KYLE
		Yoroshiku-onegaishimasu!	Yoroshiku-onegaishimasu!

	And the battle begins as each man stalks the other with
	the tapered end of his staff. The closer the staff's
	tip comes to the opponent, the louder a series of BEEPS
	which are emitted. Kyle finds Riker's leg, swiftly
	swings his staff at Riker, but as he does, of course,
	the BEEPS cease as the tapered end moves away from the
	target, allowing Riker to dodge the blow.

         STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT FIVE        49.

49   CONTINUED:

	(Silence from the opponent's staff means that he's
	taking a swing and cues a defensive move.) As Kyle
	recovers from the missed blow, Riker suddenly reverses
	direction, swings, and knocks Kyle's feet out from
	under him and, as he tumbles to the mat outside the
	ring, the POINT BUZZER SOUNDS.

	Both men flip up their blind-shields as Kyle regains
	his feet and re-enters the ring.

					KYLE
			You have been practicing.

					RIKER
			And remembering.
				(then)
			You never should've let her die.

	Riker flips his blind-shield down, quickly bowing,
	shouting:

					RIKER
			Yoroshiku-onegaishimasu.

	Kyle reacts, pleased; then:

					KYLE
			Good. Get it all out!

	Now Kyle flips his blind-shield down again, quickly
	bowing, shouting:

					KYLE
			Yoroshiku-onegaishimasu.

	They stalk one another again. Riker makes a brilliant
	move, but somehow Kyle artfully avoids his son's blow.
	Riker reacts, frustrated and amazed as he shouts:

					RIKER
			Matta!

	The action stops. They each flip up their
	blind-shields, Riker furrowing his brow curiously.

					RIKER
			I had you.

					KYLE
			Will, listen. You were too young
			to understand -- and I was too hurt
			to explain.

         STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT FIVE        50.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			You've never been hurt by
			anything.

					KYLE
			She was your mother, but she was
			my wife -- and when she died...
			all that kept me going was you.

					RIKER
			You had a strange way of showing
			it.

					KYLE
			Damnit, Will -- you were barely
			out of diapers. You hardly knew
			her. I loved her. Of course
			you've had the pain... and so have
			I. I should have tried to
			explain all of this long ago,
			but it hurt too much. Then a
			wall went up between us... and
			living there, just you and me...
			the wall got bigger.

					RIKER
			Why didn't we move away? Start
			over?

					KYLE
			I promised her. It was the life
			she wanted for you... so...
				(shrugs it off)
			I came here thinking we could
			talk this out. But maybe you're
			right. Maybe I'm no father at
			all... and you're no son. Maybe
			this... this fight is all we have
			left.

	Kyle flips his blind-shield down again; Riker
	hesitates, studying his father for a long beat. Then
	they bow and face off once again, as Riker calls upon
	all his stamina to avoid his father's clever blows,
	summoning an inner reserve of will and determination as
	he deftly parries Kyle's offensive move, suddenly
	freezing in his tracks with:

					RIKER
			Matta!

         STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT FIVE        51.

49   CONTINUED: (3)

	They both flip up their blind-shields, Kyle looking
	confident, Riker appearing frustrated.

					KYLE
			What is it now?

					RIKER
			You can't do that!

					KYLE
				(feigning innocence)
			What?

					RIKER
			Hachidan kiritsu! That's
			illegal --

					KYLE
			You're kidding.

	Riker studies his father for a long beat, his eyes
	suddenly twinkling with the realization.

					RIKER
			All those years... That's why I
			could never win... you were
			cheating!

	Kyle smiles guiltily, a bit embarrassed, as he removes
	his helmet and shrugs.

					KYLE
			Hey, it worked. Kept you coming
			back for more.

	Riker can't help himself as an incredible wave of
	relief washes over him and removes his helmet as he
	starts laughing with:

					RIKER
			I always hated that... and you
			were just cheating! Incredible!
			How'd you get away with it?

					KYLE
			You were just a kid.
				(then, admitting)
			Once you were twelve, I knew I
			couldn't take you... but I had
			to keep you interested...
			challenged... didn't I?
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/6/89 - ACT FIVE        52.

49   CONTINUED: (4)

					KYLE (Cont'd)
				(a pause, then)
			Y'know, I can talk to a roomful
			of admirals about anything in
			the galaxy... but why can't I talk
			to you about how I feel?

					RIKER
			How do you feel?

					KYLE
			How do you think, Will?
				(then)
			I love you, son.

	Riker is rocked by Kyle's candor, his facade crumbling.

					RIKER
			Really?

					KYLE
			Really.

	Now Riker and Kyle embrace in a gripping, passionately
	courageous and manful hug. There may or may not be
	tears; there is certainly mutual love, as Kyle looks
	his son squarely in the eye.

					KYLE
				(continuing)
			I've got to get back to Starbase
			Montgomery...

					RIKER
			I know.
				(then)
			I'm glad you came.

					KYLE
			You be careful, okay?

	With that, Kyle EXITS the gym, Riker watching his
	father go, as we:

									GO TO:

50
thru	OMITTED
54

         STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE       52A.

55   OMITTED

56   OMMITTED

57   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - THE BRIDGE CREW

	is in place with the exception of Riker, who is absent.
	Troi is at Picard's left, Wesley at Conn, Data at Ops,
	Worf at Tactical, Geordi at Engineering as Worf turns
	to Picard with:

					WORF
			Starbase Montgomery briefing
			specialist and analytical team
			have beamed down, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			What were the analytical team's
			findings?

     STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/8/89 - ACT FIVE 53-53A.       

57   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			They suggested we reprogram the
			system to correct the readout
			variables.

					PICARD
			Precisely what Data recommended,
			as I recall. But it did give
			Commander Riker the time he
			needed to consider his promotion.
			Now that he's accepted it, we can
			leave him at Starbase Montgomery.

     STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE 54-54A.       

57   CONTINUED: (2)

	He's distracted as:

58   THE TURBOLIFT DOORS

	open and Riker steps out onto the bridge.

					PICARD
			Number One?

					RIKER
			Captain... with your permission,
			I've decided to remain on the
			Enterprise.

					PICARD
			... granted.

					RIKER
			Thank you, sir.

	As Riker crosses and takes his seat:

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Take us out of orbit,
			Mister Crusher.

					WESLEY
			Terminating synchronous orbit.

	Riker takes his position next to Picard.

					RIKER
			Set course for Beta Kupsic...
			That is still our next
			destination?

	Picard responds with an affirmative nod.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			... Velocity - warp factor five.

					WESLEY
			Course and speed set.

					PICARD
				(there is a pause)
			Any particular reason for this
			change of heart?

         STAR TREK: "... Icarus... " - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE        55.

58   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Motivated self-interest. Right
			now the best place for me to be
			is right here.

	Off Picard's reaction:

					PICARD
				(then to Conn)
			Engage.

59   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	achieves warp speed and flashes past us into the galaxy
	and we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             






                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Pen Pals" 
                          #40272-141 
                              
                           Story by 
                     Hannah Louise Shearer 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                     Melinda M. Snodgrass 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Winrich Kolbe 


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                      REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                       FEBRUARY 10, 1989

            STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - 2/10/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Pen Pals" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             SARJENKA
                RIKER              
                DATA               
                PULASKI            Voice-Over
                TROI                 OFFSTAGE DREMAN VOICES
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             
                ENSIGN DAVIES      
                HILDEBRANT         
                ALANS              
                O'BRIEN            

                Non-Speaking       
                  CREWMEMBERS        
                  BARTENDER          

                Voice-Over         
                  COMPUTER VOICE     

            STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - 2/10/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Pen Pals" 
                           
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CORRIDORS                MEADOW
                OUTSIDE HOLODECK DOORS
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE       PLANET DREMA FOUR
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY
          
              TEN-FORWARD
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              SICKBAY
                PULASKI'S OFFICE
          
            PLANET DREMA FOUR
              SARJENKA'S ROOM

     STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - 2/10/89 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Pen Pals" 
                        
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 ZABATHU               Zah-BAH-thu
                 SARJENKA              Sahr-ZHEN-kah
                 ICO-SPECTOGRAPH       I-co SPEK-toh-graf
                 SELCUNDI DREMA        Sel-KUN-dee DRAY-mah
                 PIEZO                 PI-zo

         STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/21/89 - TEASER     1          

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "Pen Pals"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving along at warp speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 42680.3.
			We are the first manned vessel
			to enter the Selcundi Drema
			quadrant. Previous unmanned
			probes have recorded unusual
			levels of geological activity
			in all five planetary systems.
			I am hoping the Enterprise will
			find the answer to this engima.

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	RIKER is in the command position. WORF and DATA are at
	their respective stations. Supernumeraries at other
	positions.

					DATA
			Commander, I have been reviewing
			the unmanned probe scans. In the
			past one hundred and fifty years,
			the fifth planet of Selcundi Drema
			has shattered, forming an asteroid
			belt.

					RIKER
			I'd call that geological
			instability.

					WORF
			Is there any indication that this
			is the work of an unknown
			intelligence?

        STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - REV. 2/13/89 - TEASER        2.

2    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I think this is geology, not
			malevolence. These planets live
			fast and die hard. The question
			is why.

3    INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	PICARD and TROI come walking down the corridor toward
	the Holodeck doors. He is dressed for riding in
	breeches, high boots, sweater. Hunt cap beneath his
	arm, gloves, whip.

					PICARD
			You're sure you won't reconsider?

					TROI
			No, I'll watch you and be
			impressed.

					PICARD
			An optimistic vote of confidence
			from the non-rider.

					TROI
			I've never thought of you as
			particularly an animal person.

					PICARD
			Small animals, no, but horses --

	They reach the Holodeck doors, and he steps to the
	computer panel.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Computer, program Holodeck for
			a woodland setting with a bridle
			path and an appropriate mount.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Type of mount? Andorian Zabathu,
			Klingon Sark --

					PICARD
				(impatiently)
			A horse, an Earth horse.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Breed?

       STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/21/89 - TEASER       3.

3    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Arabian.
				(to Troi)
			The Arabs believed that Allah
			gathered the south wind and made
			the horse.

					TROI
			On the Holodeck we've made that
			legend come true.

					PICARD
			I like that. Oh yes, computer,
			English tack, and I will control
			the animal myself.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Acknowledged.

	The doors open, and there is the scene. The horse,
	already saddled and bridled, stands quietly in a glade
	in the trees tethered to an old-fashioned horse head
	hitching post. Picard and Troi ENTER.

3A   EXT. MEADOW

	Picard and Troi cross to the horse, and Picard allows
	it to smell his hand. He rubs her between the eyes,
	and straightens the forelock.

					PICARD
			Hello, my beauty.

					TROI
			So you like horses for the
			romance?

					PICARD
			It goes deeper than that. A fine
			war mare would sleep in a
			bedouin's tent, carry him into
			battle, feed his children with
			her milk. There is a bond which
			forms from mutual need.

	Picard inspects a forefoot.

					TROI
			Now I understand. You don't want
			the comfort of a pet. You want
			a companion.

          STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - 2/10/89 - TEASER          4.

3A   CONTINUED:

	She reflects for a moment, looks a little wistful.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			I had a Betazoid kitten once. My
			mother and the cat reacted...
			badly to one another.

	She pauses as if considering how to phrase the words.
	Then decides to just say it.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Captain, my mother and I share
			a bond. She is going through a
			difficult time, and I may need
			to be with her.

					PICARD
			If you want leave, you need only
			ask.

					TROI
			Thank you, sir, I appreciate that.

					PICARD
				(indicating the horse)
			You're sure you won't try? It's
			a good way to relax. We can get
			you something quiet and gentle.

					TROI
			No, no. I prefer a mode of
			transportation that doesn't have
			a mind of its own.

					PICARD
			Strange. I should have thought
			that Betazoids would be
			outstanding animal trainers.

					TROI
			We become too involved in the
			thoughts and shifting passions
			of the beast. We lose our way
			and become swept up in
			emotionalism.

	Picard checks the girth and the length of the
	stirrups.

          STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - 2/10/89 - TEASER          5.

3A   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I should think the shifting
			passions of...
				(he taps his chest)
			... this beast would be
			far more terrifying.

	Picard gathers up the reins and prepares to mount.
	Then RIKER'S COM VOICE interrupts.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Yes, Number One?

					RIKER
			We've entered the first system.
			I think you might want to come
			to the bridge.

					PICARD
			Something interesting?

					RIKER
			Spectacular and a little
			terrifying.

					PICARD
			On my way.
				(he pats the horse's
				 neck)
			Later, old girl.

4    INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Worf and Data at their stations. Picard ENTERS
	(back in uniform). On the main viewscreen is the image
	of a planet that is in the throes of a violent
	geological upheaval. The various tectonic plates are
	outlined in red as if the planet is literally tearing
	itself apart.

					RIKER
			This is our first long-range
			reading, extremely high
			magnification.

					PICARD
			Quite impressive.

          STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - 2/10/89 - TEASER          6.

4    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			And deadly. The last unmanned
			probe showed a thriving
			ecosystem. Now there's nothing.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - REV. 2/13/89 - ACT ONE       7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving on impulse power.

6    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Present are Picard, Riker, and GEORDI. Troi and
	PULASKI ENTER and look to Picard.

					PICARD
			This is Commander Riker's meeting.

					RIKER
			I need your advice and
			recommendations. I was given the
			responsibility of overseeing
			Wesley's education. To further
			that goal I want to put him in
			command of the planetary mineral
			surveys.

					PULASKI
			This is a big job with a lot of
			responsibility.

					RIKER
			The game's not big enough if it
			doesn't scare you a little.

					GEORDI
			To do the job, Wesley's going to
			need a team. It takes command
			presence to lead. Is he ready
			for that?

					TROI
			Leadership grows from
			self-confidence which is also
			part of a Starfleet officer's
			education.

					PICARD
			All of this is true, but there
			is an old horse trainer's adage
			about putting too much weight on
			a young back -- we don't want him
			to break under the pressure.

       STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - REV. 2/13/89 - ACT ONE       8.

6    CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			We seem to be shifting the focus
			here. Are we talking about a
			young officer on the fast track
			to the Academy or are we talking
			about guiding a young man through
			adolescence and into adulthood?

					RIKER
			Both.

					TROI
			You can't guide someone into
			adulthood. The experiences are
			unique to each person. Whether
			Wes succeeds or fails, he will
			learn from the experience.

					PULASKI
			I agree. I'm just questioning
			the speed at which we're moving.

					GEORDI
			You think we're pushing him too
			hard?

					PULASKI
			It's a valid concern.

					PICARD
			Tempering is done in extremes.

					PULASKI
			He's a boy, not a sword.

					PICARD
			Who will someday be a man and
			need a fine edge that will hold,
			that won't dull at the first
			touch of resistance.

					RIKER
			Sooner or later he's got to feel
			the burden of command.

6A   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Worf has the bridge; he is seated in the captain's
	chair. WESLEY is at Ops.

          STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - 2/10/89 - ACT ONE          9.

6A   CONTINUED:

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Mister Crusher to the Observation
			Lounge.

	Wesley rises, and we follow him up the ramp toward the
	Observation Lounge doors.

6B   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Wesley ENTERS. He checks slightly when he sees this
	array of brass all staring at him.

					RIKER
			Wesley, I'm placing you in
			command of the planetary mineral
			surveys.

					WESLEY
			Sir! Um... thank you, sir.

					RIKER
			You may not thank me once you see
			how much work it entails.
			Assemble your team, and take a
			look at the records on the Drema
			quadrant. We've got a mystery
			to solve here.

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir. A team, sir?

	Riker just nods.

					PICARD
			Ensign, this is a serious
			responsibility.

					WESLEY
			I know, sir.

					PICARD
			These officers are here to assist
			you. Not judge, but help. I
			suggest you use them; they are
			a valuable resource. And by the
			way, I have more respect for an
			officer who knows when to admit
			ignorance and ask a question than
			one who, out of pride, will
			blunder blindly forward.

       STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - REV. 2/14/89 - ACT ONE       10.

6B   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			I understand.

					RIKER
			You're dismissed, Mister Crusher.

	Wesley starts to leave, then turns back and looks from
	Riker to Picard.

					WESLEY
			I'll try not to disappoint you

	Picard merely grunts noncommittally.

7    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data is running scans at Science One. The area around
	his feet is cluttered with a CRT screen, a panel at his
	feet is open, and a circuit board is out. Worf steps
	gingerly through the mess.

					WORF
			Is this part of your regular
			duties?

					DATA
			No, a personal project. I have
			just reset the sensors to scan
			for frequencies outside their
			usual range.

					WORF
			Such as?

					DATA
			The dips and peaks of the galaxy's
			magnetic field, organic molecules
			in nebular clouds, energetic
			cosmic rays.

					WORF
			Interesting. Would these scans
			also detect artificial
			transmissions as well as naturally
			occurring signals?

					DATA
			Of course.

					WORF
			Good.

       STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - Rev. 2/22/89 - ACT ONE       11.

7    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Those signals are very faint and
			difficult to distinguish from
			background noise, which is why
			I am boosting the power.

	Worf starts back to his station, crashes into a pile
	of isolinear chips, and almost takes a header over the
	control board.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I will be removing this equipment
			to my quarters.

	Worf is not happy. He glowers, and snarls out:

					WORF
			Good!

8    INT. CORRIDOR

	Troi and Riker are walking together. They cross an
	intersection, and Wesley spots them. He runs to catch
	up, a PADD gripped hard in one hand.

					WESLEY
			Hi, may I walk with you? I need
			a little advice.

					TROI
			Yes.

					RIKER
			And it's free.

					WESLEY
			Walking or advice?

					RIKER
			Both.

					WESLEY
			It's about my team. I'm
			considering so many factors I'm
			confusing myself.

					TROI
			What have you done so far?

       STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - Rev. 2/22/89 - ACT ONE       12.

8    CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Broken down the task and picked
			the best people in those
			disciplines.

					RIKER
			Who have you got so far?

					WESLEY
			Prixus for mineralogy and
			metallurgy, Alans and Hildebrant,
			volcanology and geo-mechanics,
			and I want Davies for geo-chemistry,
			but --

	Wesley breaks off. They stop walking, and Riker and
	Troi wait for a beat.

					TROI
			But they're all older than
			you?

					WESLEY
			Yeah, it makes me feel awkward.
			And what about compatibility --

					RIKER
				(interrupting)
			Completely irrelevant. They're
			professionals. And if there are
			personality conflicts, you resolve
			them. You're in charge.

					WESLEY
			So you not only have to understand
			the job, you have to be a ship's
			counselor.

					TROI
			Sometimes.

	Wesley looks at them both for an instant, then nods.

					WESLEY
			Well, thanks.

	He walks away and they watch him go.

      STAR TREK: "Pen PALS" -- REV. 2/15/89 - ACT ONE      13.

9    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At impulse. There is a solar system ahead.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 42680.7.
			We are entering the second
			Selcundi star system. I believe
			the volatility of these planets
			originated in the primordial gas
			cloud which formed them five
			billion years ago.

10   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Data's desk is cluttered with the black boxes which are
	boosting and filtering his experimental scans. There
	is a keyboard. Data is fiddling with his equipment
	when suddenly there is a signal.

					DATA
			Computer, identify.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Sensors indicate low-level R.F.
			waves.

					DATA
			Is there a pattern?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Affirmative.

	There is a SOUND OF STATIC and under it all a repeating
	tonal pattern.

					DATA
			Naturally occurring?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Negative.

					DATA
			Key universal translator.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Unable to comply. Weak signal.

					DATA
			Lock on com link and boost.

       STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - REV. 2/21/89 - ACT ONE       14.

10   CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Lock on complete.

					DATA
			Read.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Working.

	Data settles back to wait.

11   INT. GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY (OPTICAL)

	High tables filled with rocks and crystals of various
	sizes, shapes and colors. Screens on the walls showing
	the molecular structure of various minerals, cross
	sections of volcanos, rock strata, etc., computer
	consoles. DAVIES, a man of some thirty years, sits
	in a chair and examines a rock sample, runs one of our
	ever-useful black boxes across it. It VANISHES in a
	flare of rainbow colors. The doors open, and Wesley
	ENTERS. He is brisk and confident.

					WESLEY
			Ensign Davies?

					DAVIES
			You got him.

					WESLEY
			Wesley Crusher.

	They shake hands.

         STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - 2/21/89 - ACT ONE         15.

11   CONTINUED

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			I've been put in charge of the
			planetary survey, and I'd like
			to have you on the team.

					DAVIES
			Sounds great. Who else is on it?

					WESLEY
			Prixus and Hildebrant and Alans.

					DAVIES
			It's a shame you didn't talk to
			me first. Personal opinion, but
			I like to break up married teams.

					WESLEY
			Oh, I hadn't thought about that.

					DAVIES
			Don't worry, they'll probably work
			out fine.

	Wesley starts for the door.

					DAVIES
				(continuing)
			And if you need any help, just
			give me a signal and I'll take
			over for you. We don't want you
			getting too beat up on your first
			command.

	The tone is kindly, but Wesley's confidence is being
	slowly eroded by all the good advice and kindly
	protection. He sounds much younger now than when he
	entered the room.

					WESLEY
			Uh... thanks, but I think I'll
			be okay.

	He EXITS.

12   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Data seated at his desk.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Analysis complete.

       STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - REV. 2/14/89 - ACT ONE       16.

12   CONTINUED:

	STATIC fills the room, and under it a sense of a VOICE
	SPEAKING.

					DATA
			Enhance.

	Coming in clearly is a LITTLE GIRL'S VOICE.

					SARJENKA (V.O.)
			Is anybody out there?

	There is a look of excitement and great interest on
	Data's face. Hits some keys to activate.

					DATA
			Yes.

	Off Data, as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

       STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - REV. 2/21/89 - ACT TWO       17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

13   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse. Off in the distance is a sun; one planet
	is visible.

14   INT. CORRIDOR

	Wesley is dithering near a doorway. Pulaski comes by,
	takes a look at that taut young face and stops.

					PULASKI
			Wes.

					WESLEY
			Hi, Doctor Pulaski.

	His eyes keep sliding to the door.

					PULASKI
			Is there trouble behind that door?

					WESLEY
			My team's in there. I've got to
			assign planets, set a schedule.

					PULASKI
			Sounds like you've got everything
			under control.

					WESLEY
			But I haven't had to deal with
			them. Not all together. Not
			professionally.

					PULASKI
			Wes, the minute you walk through
			that door they're your team. You
			don't have to prove a thing.
			You've got the authority.

       STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - REV. 2/21/89 - ACT TWO       18.

14   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Only because Commander Riker says
			I do.

					PULASKI
			It's up to you to hang on to it.
				(a head jerk toward
				 the door)
			You better get in there.

She pauses.

					PULASKI
				(continuing)
			And for whatever it's worth, I
			think you're going to do just
			fine.
				(a beat)
			Or not.

	She walks away, with Wesley staring after her.

14A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	on impulse power.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			It has been six weeks since our
			entrance into the Selcundi Drema
			quadrant. Each system has
			revealed the same disturbing
			geological upheavals on every
			planet.

15   INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	Picard is keying the Holodeck panel.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Program complete. Enter when
			ready.

	The doors open and we see the woodland scene with the
	Arab mare patiently waiting. Picard ENTERS.

      STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - REV. 2/13/89 - ACT TWO      18A.

16   EXT. MEADOW

	Picard crosses to the already saddled horse and strokes
	her neck, straightens the mane, scratches her neck.

					PICARD
			Feels good, doesn't it? You're
			a lovely darling.

       STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - REV. 2/13/89 - ACT TWO       19.

16   CONTINUED:

	Picard mounts.

	Disappears into the trees.

	There is a flash of horse and rider through the trees.

	Picard rides toward the camera at the trot. He cues
	the horse and rocks into a canter.

	Cantering away from the camera, slowing to a walk.
	Picard leans forward and pats the horse on the neck.

	There should be no pass-by's because he is functionally
	on a treadmill; or, if there is a ride-by, the horse
	should be bent around Patrick's leg as if they are in
	an arena.

17   INT. GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY

	Davies is busy at a table. Wesley and HILDEBRANT stand
	before a screen.

					WESLEY
			I agree. Nice job.

	Hildebrant nods and moves away. Davies rises and
	crosses to Wesley carrying a PADD. He's friendly but a
	little off-handed.

					DAVIES
			Here are the results of my scan
			of the third Selcundi system.
			Just the same old song.

	Wesley takes the PADD and checks the information.

					WESLEY
			Didn't you tell me that U.V.
			absorption readings like these
			are indicative of traker deposits?

					DAVIES
			And where there's traker there's
			generally dilithium? Yeah, I did.

					WESLEY
			Then don't you think we ought to
			run an Ico-spectrogram?

       STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - REV. 2/21/89 - ACT TWO       20.

17   CONTINUED:

					DAVIES
			Those tanker readings are really
			faint. It's probably a fool's
			echo.

					WESLEY
				(hesitantly)
			I think I'd still run the
			Ico-gram.

	Hildebrant has been drawn by the discussion.

					HILDEBRANT
			Wesley, it's a major undertaking
			to set up that scanner.

					DAVIES
			We're looking at five hours -- minimum.

					WESLEY
			I know, I just don't want to do
			the job halfway.

					DAVIES
			Wes, there's being thorough and
			then there's wasting time. It's
			also the mark of a good officer
			to recognize the difference.

					WESLEY
			Well, maybe you're right.

	Davies and Hildebrant move away.

	And OUT OF CAMERA RANGE.

	BACK ON Wesley looking uncomfortable with the
	implication that he's picking nits and not really in
	command. We see him struggle with himself; Wesley has
	the expression of a man who doesn't feel good about a
	decision, but can't figure out what to do about it.

      STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - REV. 2/13/89 - ACT TWO      20A.

18   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker has the bridge. Worf at Tactical.
	Supernumeraries at other stations. Data is at Science
	One. On the screen we see a diagrammatic of
	continental plates grinding past each other.

         STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - 2/10/89 - ACT TWO         21.

18   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Access all volcanic and tectonic
			plate activity of Drema Four.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Accessing.

	Information hits the screen, and Data executes a fast
	read.

					DATA
			Computer, locate Captain Picard.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Captain Picard is on Holodeck
			Three.

	Data crosses and enters the turbolift. His expression
	is very serious.

19   EXT. MEADOW

	Picard riding. Data ENTERS. He stands very quietly
	until Picard notices him. Picard trots up and reins
	in directly in front of the android.

					DATA
			I am sorry to disturb you,
			Captain.

	Picard dismounts and flips the reins over the horse's
	head. Steps up to Data.

					PICARD
			Quite all right. It must be
			important, or you wouldn't be
			here.

					DATA
			Yes, Captain, it is important.
			Very. Eight weeks ago I received
			a transmission -- a simple four
			word message: "Is anybody out
			there?" I answered it.

	He looks at Picard, but the captain is impassive just
	waiting to hear the rest.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I could not help myself.

       STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - REV. 2/13/89 - ACT TWO       22.

19   CONTINUED:

	Picard softly strokes the horse's neck. Evaluating
	what he has heard.

					PICARD
			There is a loneliness inherent
			in that whisper in the darkness.

					DATA
			Yes, I am glad that you
			understand.

	They begin walking slowly side by side. Picard leading
	the mare.

					PICARD
				(gently)
			But it didn't stop there.

					DATA
				(sighs)
			No. I have been drawn into her
			life.

					PICARD
			To what degree is this
			involvement?

					DATA
			We have been communicating
			regularly.

					PICARD
			Dear heaven, you've got a pen pal.
			Does this society have any idea
			that there is interstellar life?

					DATA
			No.

					PICARD
			Merde. Just where does she think
			you're calling from?

					DATA
			I have kept that somewhat vague.
			But Sarjenka has been quite
			specific, telling me detailed
			stories of her family and friends.
			It was fascinating, but among
			these confidences were interspersed
			alarming references.

         STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - 2/10/89 - ACT TWO         23.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard's expression is beginning to look a little
	"alarming." His crop is beating out a very light tattoo
	against his boot.

					PICARD
			Go on.

					DATA
			Captain, Drema Four is enduring
			the same geological stresses we
			have found in the other systems.

					PICARD
			Then your pen pal is in trouble.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			What are you proposing?

					DATA
			If we can determine the cause of
			the geological instability, we
			might be able to reverse the
			process.

					PICARD
			And violate the Prime Directive.

					DATA
			I was hoping that you might have
			an option.

	Despite Data's cool tones this is a cry for help, and
	Picard knows it. His frustration is evident on his
	face.

					PICARD
				(almost to himself)
			We don't even know if this
			catastrophe is preventable.
				(a beat)
			Call a conference in my
			quarters. All senior
			staff.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

         STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - 2/10/89 - ACT TWO         24.

19   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			And Data, all communication with
			this life-form must stop.

					DATA
				(softly)
			Yes, sir. I understand.

	Data turns smartly on his heel, and heads for the
	door. Off Picard's face, as we:

20   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - REV. 2/13/89 - ACT THREE      25.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

21   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Riker is seated with an attractive woman. Their heads
	are close together, and they are laughing together. In
	the background a pair of crewwomen play
	three-dimensional chess. The BARTENDER waits on a
	customer at the bar. Wesley ENTERS and scans the room.
	He then crosses to Riker. Riker studies the boy's
	serious face, rises.

					RIKER
				(to the woman)
			Will you excuse me?

	He puts an arm around Wesley's shoulder, and they cross
	to another table. Dialogue is over the move.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			You have the look of someone who
			didn't come up here to relax.

					WESLEY
			No, sir, I need your advice.

	Wesley and Riker seat themselves.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			Yesterday Ensign Davies turned
			in his survey results. I thought
			he should run an Ico-spectrogram.
			He didn't agree.

					RIKER
			Did you think you were right?

					WESLEY
			Well, yeah, I guess. Or I could
			have just been picking nits.

					RIKER
			Or perhaps intimidated? It's
			tough to tell people what to do.

      STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - REV. 2/13/89 - ACT THREE      26.

21   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			I suppose I could have made it
			an order, but that's the hard
			part. How do I give orders to
			somebody older and more
			experienced then me?

					RIKER
			Your and Davies's relative ages
			aren't the issue here. Are they?

					WESLEY
			I guess not.

					RIKER
			Do you think it might have
			something to do with ego?

					WESLEY
			Maybe the opposite of ego. Every
			time I give an order, there's this
			part of me that's asking what
			makes my judgment so superior to
			this other person's.

					RIKER
			Wes, authority and responsibility
			go hand in hand. I know you're
			responsible, now you have to learn
			to handle authority. You've been
			put in command so you can make
			a few right decisions. That will
			establish a pattern of success
			and build your self-confidence.
			That's why I said this was about
			ego. If you don't trust your own
			judgment, you don't belong in the
			command chair.

					WESLEY
			But what if I'm wrong?

					RIKER
			Then you're wrong. It's arrogant
			to think you'll never make a
			mistake.

					WESLEY
			But what if it's something really
			important -- not just a mineral
			survey, and what if someone ends
			up dead because of my mistake?

     STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/15/89 - ACT THREE     27.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			In your situation you only have
			to do one thing: Ask yourself,
			what would Picard do?

					WESLEY
			He'd listen to all the opinions,
			then make the decision. But he's
			Picard.

					RIKER
			Doesn't matter. Would anyone
			argue with the captain once his
			decision was made?

	Wesley gives a bark of incredulous laughter.

					WESLEY
			No way.

					RIKER
			Why not?

					WESLEY
			I'm not sure.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Commander Riker, report to the
			captain's quarters.

					RIKER
			When you've worked it out, you'll
			understand command.

	Riker taps his insignia.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			On my way.

	He starts for the doors, then pauses and adds.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I hope I've helped. Let me know
			what you decide.

					WESLEY
			I've already decided. I'm going
			to have Davies run that Ico-gram.
				(he smiles)
			And thank you, sir.

      STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - REV. 2/13/89 - ACT THREE      28.

21   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			You're welcome.

22   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving on impulse power.

23   INT. GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY

	Davies is studying some test results on a screen.
	Wesley ENTERS.

					DAVIES
			Hey, Wes, hi.

	Wesley holds himself a little stiffly.

					WESLEY
			Ensign Davies, I want that
			Ico-spectrogram run on the Selcundi
			Drema system.

					DAVIES
				(very light)
			You got it.

	He moves away to obey, and Wesley stands in stunned
	amazement.

24   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Present are Picard, Riker, Pulaski, Troi, Geordi, Worf
	and Data. As we come in, Picard has outlined the
	problem. Data is staring tensely at Picard, waiting
	for the miracle to happen. Everyone else is very
	serious. There should be growing passion in this
	scene. It's not just another cool discussion.
	Confusion manifesting in physical action.

					PICARD
			You see the dilemma?

					WORF
			There are no options. The Prime
			Directive is not a matter of
			degree. It is an absolute.

        STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - 2/10/89 - ACT THREE        29.

24   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
				(a little sharply)
			I've always had a problem with
			that kind of abstract
			intellectualizing. It seems very
			callous and even a little
			cowardly.

	Worf reacts to the "cowardly," and Picard holds out a
	quelling hand.

					PICARD
			Doctor, I'm sure the lieutenant
			did not intend it in that way.
			In this situation we must use
			caution. Our actions could have
			a profound effect upon the future.
			If we could see all possible
			outcomes --

	Picard pauses searching for the right words. Riker
	jumps in.

					RIKER
			We would be gods, but we're not.
			If there is some cosmic plan,
			isn't it the height of hubris to
			presume that we can, or should,
			interfere?

					GEORDI
			So what are you saying? That the
			Dremans are fated to die?

					RIKER
			It's something that needs to be
			considered.

					GEORDI
				(with heat)
			Well, consider it considered, and
			rejected.

					TROI
			If there is a cosmic plan, are
			we not part of it? Our presence
			at this place at this moment in
			time might be part of that fate.

     STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/14/89 - ACT THREE     30.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
				(eagerly)
			So it might be part of the plan
			that we interfere.

					RIKER
			I think that eliminates the idea
			of "fate."

					PULASKI
			Commander, remember "Human
			reason needs only to will more
			strongly than fate, and she is
			fate."

					DATA
			Doctor, you quote Thomas Mann,
			and Commander Riker could no doubt
			cite Euripides to support his
			position, but all of this is just
			philosophy. Sarjenka is not a
			subject for philosophical debate,
			she is a person.

					PULASKI
				(to Picard)
			He's got a point. The Prime
			Directive was designed to protect,
			not destroy.

					PICARD
			So Doctor, you draw the line at
			the death of millions.

					PULASKI
			Yes.

					PICARD
			Same situation if it's an epidemic
			rather than a geological
			catastrophe?

					PULASKI
			Absolutely.

					PICARD
			How about a war? A
			generations-long conflict that
			is killing millions. Do we
			interfere?

	There is an uncomfortable silence.

     STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/16/89 - ACT THREE     31.

24   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Now we're less secure in our moral
			certitude. And what if it's not
			death. What if it's an oppressive
			government which is enslaving
			millions?

	He scans the faces of his officers.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			The Prime Directive serves many
			purposes. Not the least of which
			is to protect us. It keeps
			us from allowing our emotions to
			overrule our judgement.

					PULASKI
			My emotions are involved. Data's
			friend is going to die. That
			means something.

					WORF
			To Data.

					PULASKI
			Does that invalidate the
			emotion?

	They all look at Data, who is busy looking from Worf
	to Pulaski and back to Worf again as they attribute
	emotions and reactions to him. Picard with profound
	pity. This is really the problem. Not some unknown
	life-form on an unknown planet.

					GEORDI
			If the Dremans asked for our help?

					DATA
				(eagerly)
			Yes, Sarjenka's transmission could
			be viewed as a call for help.

					PICARD
			That's sophistry and you know it.

      STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - REV. 2/16/89 - ACT THREE      32.

24   CONTINUED: (4)

					PULASKI
			Hell, I'll buy that excuse. We're
			all jigging madly on the head of
			a pin anyway.

					WORF
			She cannot ask for help from
			people she does not know.

					DATA
			She knows me.

					RIKER
			What a perfectly vicious little
			circle.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			I want you to sever the remaining
			com link with Drema Four.

					DATA
			Captain, to maintain contact
			without subspace radio capability
			required the computer to remotely
			scan all subspace resonance in her
			area. If I break that link the
			probability of relocating her
			signal falls to one in twenty-three
			million...

	Picard is sitting very still, eyes lowered, head bowed.
	Everyone becomes aware of his silence, and they focus
	on him. It is very, very quiet, and suddenly it hits
	Data.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			We are going to allow her to die,
			are we not?

	Troi, who is seated next to Data, gives a tiny shiver
	and looks quickly over at him. Then looks puzzled and
	shakes her head slightly. Did she or didn't she feel
	something out of him for the first time? Her attention
	is then drawn by Picard.

	Data touches whatever panels necessary.

	There is the SOUND OF STATIC, a VOICE slowly becoming
	clear. A FRIGHTENED CHILD'S voice.

     STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/16/89 - ACT THREE     33.

24   CONTINUED: (5)

					SARJENKA (V.O.)
			Data, Data! Where are you? Why
			won't you answer? Are you angry
			me? Please, please, I'm so
			afraid! Don't leave me!

	Now suddenly it's real. There's a person at the end
	of those words who is going to die. Data reaches out
	to sever the link.

					PICARD
			Wait.

	A long beat.

					PICARD
				(continuing; very weary)
			Oh, Data.

	Another beat.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			That whisper in the dark has
			become a plea. We cannot turn
			our backs.

	Off Picard's face, as we:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - REV. 2/13/89 - ACT FOUR      34.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

25   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	coming into orbit around Drema Four.

26   OMITTED

27   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Present are Picard, Riker, Wesley, Davies, ALANS and
	Hildebrant.

					RIKER
			We've found the reason for the
			geological instability.

					PICARD
			Excellent.

					DAVIES
			We would have missed it if Ensign
			Crusher hadn't requested an
			Ico-gram, but he did, and...

	Davies indicates Wesley, clearly deferring to his
	commander.

					WESLEY
			Drema Four has the largest deposit
			of dilithium ore ever recorded.
			It's also laid down in a very
			unusual pattern. The crystals
			are growing to form perfectly
			aligned lattices.

	Alans and Hildebrant are playing off each other.
	Finishing each other's sentences, interrupting.
	They're excited because they've discovered something
	new and fascinating, so they're teasing each other.

					HILDEBRANT
			The ore is forming generator
			strata.

					ALANS
			Which creates a piezoelectric
			effect.

      STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/14/89 - ACT FOUR      35.

27   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			In plain English this means that
			the dilithium is causing the
			geological catastrophe?

					ALANS
			Right, the crystals take the
			natural radiant heat of the planet
			--

					HILDEBRANT
			Focus it, and turn it into
			mechanical energy.

					ALANS
			That increases tectonic stresses
			--

					HILDEBRANT
				(tapping him on the
				 shoulder)
			Excuse me, those plates are mine.
			Stick to your volcanos. Anyway
			the stress tears the planet
			apart.

					DAVIES
			Then the crystals break down,
			which is why we found all these
			traces of Illium-629.

					PICARD
			All right, we know the why. Now
			what can we do?

					RIKER
			That's going to take a little more
			work.

					PICARD
			Can we reverse the process?

	Davies, Wesley, Hildebrant and Alans all exchange
	glances.

					WESLEY
				(cautiously)
			We think so.

					PICARD
			No theories or half answers. Yes
			or no.

      STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/14/89 - ACT FOUR      36.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

					HILDEBRANT
			We'll get to work on it.

					ALANS
				(as an afterthought)
			Sir.

	Wesley, Davies, Alans and Hildebrant EXIT.

					RIKER
			Data's out there...
				(indicates the bridge
				 with a head jerk)
			... monitoring conditions on
			Drema Four. The situation's
			becoming pretty desperate for his
			friend. He's calculated the
			safest locations on the planet's
			surface. You can guess why.

					PICARD
			We just keep getting in deeper
			and deeper, don't we?

	Riker sits down. Leans his head back.

					RIKER
			She's going to die. They're all
			going to die.

					PICARD
			Unless.

					RIKER
			Yes... unless.

	Picard studies his hands.

					PICARD
			You may tell Commander Data that
			he has my permission to contact
			his friend and guide her to a
			safer location.

	Riker rises and starts for the doors.

      STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/15/89 - ACT FOUR      37.

27   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Do you know where we are now,
			Number One?

					RIKER
			Sir?

					PICARD
			Up to our necks.

28   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around Drema Four.

29   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Data is seated at his desk. He makes adjustments to
	his transmitter, reopening communication.

					DATA
			Sarjenka, this is Data. Respond
			please.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Unable to complete transmission.

					DATA
			Reason for failure?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Damage to remote receiver on
			planet's surface.

	Data rises, and heads briskly out the door.

30   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Present are Picard, Riker, Worf, and Hildebrant.

					WORF
			We are modifying Class One probes
			so they become resonators. We
			will then use torpedo casings
			to protect the probes once they
			begin burrowing beneath the
			surface.

       STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/16/89 - ACT FOUR 37AA.          

30   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			How do these resonators destroy
			the crystals?

     STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/15/89 - ACT FOUR     37A.

30   CONTINUED:

					HILDEBRANT
			By emitting harmonic vibrations
			which will shatter the lattices.

      STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/15/89 - ACT FOUR      38.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			The Enterprise will monitor and
			adjust the frequency of the
			resonators.

					RIKER
				(to Hildebrant and Worf)
			It sounds like a plan. Get
			started on it.

	The two officers start to EXIT and meet Data on his
	way in. Picard rises and crosses to the food unit.

					PICARD
			Tea, Earl Grey, hot.

					DATA
			Captain, permission to beam down
			to Drema Four.

	Picard almost spills his tea.

					PICARD
			What?

					DATA
			I have been unable to contact
			Sarjenka.

					PICARD
			I know you're worried, but
			transporting to the surface is
			only going to make a bad situation
			worse.

					DATA
			I feel it is important to
			determine the reason for --

					RIKER
				(interrupting)
			Come on, Data!

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			Sir, your orders were to deliver
			the message, correct?

					PICARD
			Yes.

       STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/15/89 - ACT FOUR 38AA.          

30   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			So what is the difference whether
			I send the message or deliver it
			personally?

     STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/15/89 - ACT FOUR     38A.

30   CONTINUED: (4)

	Picard is a little stunned by the chutzpah and remains
	silent. Riker bursts out:

					RIKER
			A whopping big one, and you know
			it.

         STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - 2/10/89 - ACT FOUR         39.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			We have come this far.

					PICARD
			In for a penny, in for a pound,
			is that what you're saying, Mister
			Data?

	Data just stares at him. Picard stares into those
	too-wide eyes. It's like kicking a dog. He drops his
	head into his hand.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Oh hell.

	He jerks his thumb toward the door.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Go.

					DATA
				(not quite believing
				 it)
			Sir?

					PICARD
			Go. Handle the transport, Number
			One.

	Riker and Data start for the doors. Riker looks back
	with an ironic smile.

					RIKER
			Now where would you say we are?

	With a hand Picard indicates someplace way over his
	head. Data and Riker EXIT.

30A  OMITTED

31   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	O'BRIEN is behind the console as Data and Riker ENTER.

					RIKER
			O'Brien, take a nap. You didn't
			see this, you're not involved.

         STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - 2/10/89 - ACT FOUR         40.

31   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			Right sir, just standing here
			dozing off.

	He folds his arms across his chest and leans up against
	a wall. Data climbs onto the transporter.

					RIKER
			Ten minutes, Data, that's it,
			and if you meet anybody but
			Sarjenka --

					DATA
			I will signal for immediate beam
			out.

	Data DEMATERIALIZES.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Commander Riker to the bridge.

					RIKER
			Damn!

					O'BRIEN
			I just woke up, sir.

					RIKER
			You know what to do?

					O'BRIEN
			No problem. I'll have him out
			of there as smooth as ice.

	Riker EXITS.

32   INT. SARJENKA'S ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Data MATERIALIZES. A lurid red light is filtering
	through the hexagonal cells of the comb-like room. The
	transmitter lies on the floor. Occasional tremors
	shake the room. On one side of the room is a raised
	platform covered with tumbled furs. In one corner
	is propped a lute-like instrument. Brightly colored
	ribbons hang from the neck. On one wall hang a
	number of pictures. They are all of improbable ships
	sailing through the stars or winged creatures flying
	through stars, ringed planets, etc. All the detritus
	of childhood, but no child.

      STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/16/89 - ACT FOUR      41.

32   CONTINUED:

	Data unlimbers his tricorder and takes readings. The
	tricorder is emitting HIGH-PITCHED BEEPS which DROP
	IN TONE as it scans across the door areas of the walls.

	Data approaches a doorway and runs a hand across it.
	The wall VANISHES, and he is looking out at a volcano
	which is spurting molten lava high into the sky. A
	river of the viscous rock crawls toward the house.
	Ash is raining down outside. Data closes the wall.

	Slowly he crosses and picks up the lute. An earth
	tremor shakes the room. Data steadies himself. He
	thoughtfully draws his fingers across the strings.
	The SOUND of the strings hang in the room.

	Suddenly the wall VANISHES, and...

	SARJENKA rushes in. The wall remains open. She is
	an eerie but beautiful child between ten and twelve.
	Her skin has a luminous gold color; her eyebrows have
	a metallic quality as if gemstones and precious metals
	had been crushed and brushed across the hairs. From
	above each brow spring delicate antennae which curve
	back over the top of her head. The hair which hangs to
	her waist is of the same metallic multicolored strands
	as the brows. The quality is as if a dragonfly
	developed bipedally. Eyes can be faceted or not. She
	is coughing.

	Data turns. She freezes when she sees the Android,
	then shrinks back in terror.

	She bolts for the exit. Data leaps after her and grabs
	her by the shoulders.

					DATA
			Sarjenka, wait!

	She struggles violently in his grasp.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Do not be afraid. I am Data.

	She stares at him in dawning wonder. Slowly she
	reaches out and touches his cheek with her fingertips.

					SARJENKA
				(breathing the word)
			Data.
				(a beat)
			Data, you came.

      STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - REV. 2/13/89 - ACT FOUR      41A.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

	Then to his vast confusion the child throws herself
	into his arms. His arms hang limply at his sides.

          STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/14/89 - ACT FOUR          42.

32   CONTINUED: (3)

					SARJENKA
				(continuing)
			Data, where have you been?

					DATA
			There is no time for explanations.
			You and your family must leave.

					SARJENKA
			We already have. We ran when the
			tremors began.

					DATA
				(confused)
			Then why are you here?

					SARJENKA
			My father wouldn't let us take
			anything, but I had to have my
			transmitter. I knew you would
			come back, and I didn't want you
			to find only silence -- the way
			I did.

					DATA
				(distractedly)
			Yes, well, I am sorry about that,
			but it is very complicated -- Does
			your family know where you are?

					SARJENKA
			No.

					DATA
				(looking outside)
			You cannot survive in this.

	Data closes the wall, and suddenly the little girl
	begins to realize that she is in danger. Fright washes
	across her face.

					SARJENKA
			What are we going to do?

	Data considers. There is another tremor, and Sarjenka
	almost loses her footing. Data steadies her. He has
	evaluated all the available information and there is
	only one alternative. He taps his insignia.

					DATA
			Enterprise, two to beam up.

             STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - 2/10/89 - ACT FOUR             43.

32   CONTINUED: (3)

					SARJENKA
			Where are we going?

	Data points upward.

					SARJENKA
				(continuing; thrilled)
			To the stars?

					DATA
			Yes.

	He positions the child, and they DEMATERIALIZE, as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

             STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" - 2/10/89 - ACT FIVE             44.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

33   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Data and Sarjenka MATERIALIZE. O'Brien gapes at the
	alien. Sarjenka edges nervously sideways and slides
	her hand into Data's.

					O'BRIEN
				(sotto voce)
			There's gonna be hell to pay.

					DATA
			Where is Commander Riker?

					O'BRIEN
			On the bridge.

	Data, with Sarjenka in tow, steps down off the
	platform and heads for the doors.

					O'BRIEN
				(continuing)
			Where are you going?

					DATA
			To the bridge.

					O'BRIEN
			You're going to take that?

	Data pauses to consider.

					DATA
			Leave her here?

	Sarjenka seizes his arm, stares in fear at O'Brien
	and in a frenzied whisper:

					SARJENKA
			Don't leave me here. Please don't
			leave me.

					DATA
				(to O'Brien)
			Quite impossible.

	They EXIT, the child's hand still locked in Data's.
	Off O'Brien's completely befuddled expression:

          STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/21/89 - ACT FIVE          45.

34   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Picard, Troi, Wesley and Worf are all at their
	accustomed places. A supernumerary at Ops. The planet
	is on the main viewscreen.

					WORF
			Sir, we are three minutes from
			resonator launch.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Where is he?

					RIKER
			He'll be here.

	Right on cue the doors of the aft turbolift open.
	Picard and Riker rise and turn. Riker's expression
	of relief turns to consternation as he and Picard stare
	at the child with Data. Picard very slowly turns his
	head to regard his first officer. There is a world
	of frustration in the glance.

					PICARD
			He has brought that child aboard
			my ship and onto my bridge.

					RIKER
			I'm sure Data will have a very
			good explanation.

					DATA
			She was frightened and did not
			want to be left alone

					PICARD
			Mister Data, would you kindly
			assume your station.

	Picard nods to Troi and gestures toward Sarjenka.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Counselor, escort her to Sickbay.

	Troi starts up the ramp, and Sarjenka shrinks even
	closer to Data. She is in a very strange place, among
	strangers who look hideously ugly to her, and there
	is this gruff man who is angry with her and angry with
	her friend Data.

          STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/21/89 - ACT FIVE          46.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
				(reaching the pair)
			It's all right, nobody's going
			to hurt you.

	Troi holds out her hand to Sarjenka.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			We'll go and get a treat, and --

					SARJENKA
			NO!

					DATA
			Captain, I will not allow her to
			be in the way.

	Sarjenka is beating at Troi's hand as Troi reaches for
	her and twining around Data like vines on a tree. Data
	is very rattled by this. Everyone's attention is on
	this little psychodrama and not on their stations.

					WORF
			Two minutes to resonator launch.

					TROI
			Little one, hush, it's all right.

					SARJENKA
				(interrupting, very
				 shrill)
			NO! Leave me alone! I want Data!

	Troi catches one of Sarjenka's flailing hands. Troi
	continues murmuring soothing endearments, but Sarjenka
	is having none of it. She bursts into wild sobs.

					DATA
			Counselor, allow me. Please.

	Troi drops Sarjenka's hand and steps back, watching
	with great interest. Data drops to one knee. The
	little girl wraps her arms around his neck, rests her
	head on his shoulder, and sobs. Data's eyes are
	flicking from side to side, his head is cocking as
	waves of confusion break over him. Suddenly his arms
	go around her, and he hugs her close. With one hand
	he strokes her long hair.

          STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/21/89 - ACT FIVE          47.

34   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Hush, it is all right now. No
			one will harm you. These are my
			friends.

	Sarjenka's sobs subside. The bridge is completely
	silent.

					PICARD
			Take your station, Mister Data,
			and keep her with you. This does
			directly concern her.

	Data and Sarjenka move down to Ops. She is still
	holding his hand. She settles between the two
	stations. Still hanging on.

					WORF
			Thirty seconds to resonator
			launch.

					DATA
				(to Sarjenka)
			I require my hand now.

					WORF
			Firing torpedoes.

34A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	We see the lights of the six racing torpedos heading
	for the planet like a flight of birds.

34B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					DATA
			Sensors locked on probes.

					WORF
			Torpedos have reached their
			targets...

	A beat. A thermographic image appears on the main
	viewscreen.

					DATA
			Resonators activated. Harmonic
			sequences have begun.

       STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/15/89 - ACT FIVE 47AA.          

34B  CONTINUED:

					SARJENKA
			What are you doing?

          STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/16/89 - ACT FIVE         47A.

34B  CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			We are attempting to quiet your
			planet. If we succeed, there will
			be no more quakes, no more
			volcanos.

					PICARD
				(to Wesley)
			When should the results become
			evident?

					WESLEY
			Very quickly, sir.

					SARJENKA
			And my parents and brothers?

					DATA
			If our experiment...

	He breaks off, realizing that what Sarjenka needs is
	reassurance.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			They will soon be safe.

	Data looks at his panel

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Captain, sensors indicate a
			planetwide reduction in tectonic
			stress levels.

    STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/21/89 - ACT FIVE     48 - 49*      

34B  CONTINUED: (3)

					WESLEY
			It's working. We did it!

	People shift in their chairs as the tension now eases
	on the bridge.

					SARJENKA
				(to Data)
			You did this for me?

	Data reacts. Sarjenka slowly turns and studies the
	bridge.

					DATA
			Sarjenka, look.

	Data taps the console.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Starboard view.

	The view of Drema Four on the Main Viewer is replaced
	with a view of the stars.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			There, there are your
			stars.

	Absolute wonder. Sarjenka approaches the Main Viewer.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			What are you thinking?

					SARJENKA
			Someday, I'm going to be here.

          STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/16/89 - ACT FIVE          50.

34B  CONTINUED: (5)

					PICARD
			Data, take Sarjenka to Sickbay.

					DATA
			Sir, must we?

					PICARD
			Yes.

	Data holds out his hand to Sarjenka. She runs to him.
	Trustingly takes his hand, and they EXIT. Picard
	rises, crosses to the Ready Room, and ENTERS.

34C  INT. PULASKI'S OFFICE (OPTICAL)

	Pulaski is seated at her desk talking to Picard on the
	com screen.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Data and the alien are on their
			way down. What would be involved
			in removing all memory of her
			communication with Data and her
			visit to this ship?

					PULASKI
			Assuming her brain structure is
			similar to ours the memories will
			be stored chemically on the
			neurons of the cerebral cortex.
			They are also time dependent.
			I'll have to scan for age of the
			chemical links, and try to find
			the relevant neurons. To be sure
			I may have to go back weeks before
			the initial contact with Data.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Well, do your best.

	His image vanishes as he cuts the com.

34D  INT. CORRIDOR

	Data and Sarjenka walking toward Sickbay.

          STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/14/89 - ACT FIVE         50A.

34D  CONTINUED:

					SARJENKA
			You have many different kinds
			of people here.

          STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/21/89 - ACT FIVE          51.

34D  CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Yes.

					SARJENKA
			When I'm bigger can I be on your
			ship?

					DATA
			I am certain you could.

					SARJENKA
				(with a sigh)
			I wish I could come with you now.

					DATA
			There are many things in life
			which we desire but will never
			receive. This is one of them.

					SARJENKA
			I know, but I can still wish for
			it.

	The doors of Sickbay open and they ENTER.

35   INT. PULASKI'S OFFICE

	Data and Sarjenka cross the room and enter. Pulaski is
	seated at her desk. On the desk are some collectibles,
	among them the Elanin Singer Stone.

					DATA
			Sarjenka, this is Doctor Pulaski.

					PULASKI
			Hello, dear.

					SARJENKA
			Hello.

	Her eye is caught by the Singer Stone, and she picks it
	up. It begins to sing, and her eyes widen in wonder.
	She smiles.

          STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/14/89 - ACT FIVE          52.

35   CONTINUED:

					SARJENKA
				(continuing)
			What is this?

					PULASKI
			An Elanin Singer Stone. It sings
			a different song for each person.

	Sarjenka thrusts the crystal at Data.

					SARJENKA
			What does it sing for you?

	He folds her fingers back around the stone and pushes
	it away gently.

					DATA
			It does not sing for me.

					SARJENKA
			Why not?

					DATA
			Because I am a machine.

					SARJENKA
			Oh Data, I'm sorry.

	She touches his cheek.

					PULASKI
			Sarjenka, we're going to run a
			few scans just to make sure you're
			all right.

	An expression of alarm crosses the child's face.

					PULASKI
				(continuing)
			Data's going to be right with you.
			Don't worry.

35A  INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Data and Pulaski lead Sarjenka to the biobed, and Data
	boosts her up. Pulaski gives her a hypospray, and the
	little girl is out. Pulaski begins studying the
	readouts over the bed.

          STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/14/89 - ACT FIVE         52A.

35A  CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
				(continuing)
			You did a good thing, Data.

	He looks down at Sarjenka.

          STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/16/89 - ACT FIVE          53.

35A  CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			But are we doing a good thing now?

					PULASKI
			Data, this is to protect her as
			much as us.

					DATA
			By robbing her of her memories?

					PULASKI
			To remember you and this ship
			would complicate her future. She
			has to be the person she was born
			to be. And you'll remember.

	Pulaski sets up a complex machine. It emits a beam of
	blue light across the child's head.

36   INT. SARJENKA'S ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Data MATERIALIZES. He is carrying Sarjenka. (Stunt
	double if necessary.) Data carries the sleeping child
	to her bed and tucks her in. He then opens his hand,
	revealing the Elanin stone. It is silent. He then
	presses it into her hand, gently folding the fingers
	around the crystal. It begins to sing. He crosses
	to the wall and opens it, revealing the now quiet
	volcano. There are anxious VOICES OFF STAGE. Data
	quickly closes the wall, hurries to the center of the
	room, touches his insignia and DEMATERIALIZES.

37   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp speed.

38   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker is in the command position. Worf is at his
	station. Supernumeraries at Conn and Ops. Wesley
	ENTERS and starts to cross to his station. Riker
	motions to him, and Wesley joins him at the command
	station. He nods toward the first officer's chair.

					RIKER
			Sit down.

          STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/21/89 - ACT FIVE          54.

38   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			No thank you sir. It's going to
			be a long time before I'm really
			qualified to sit here.

					RIKER
			You did a good job, Wes. I'm
			proud of you.

					WESLEY
			Thank you, sir.

	Wesley starts for Conn, then pauses and looks back.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			Does it get any easier?

					RIKER
			No.

39   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	There is a CHIME. Picard looks up from book. In the
	background music is softly playing.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Data ENTERS. Picard closes the book on a finger.

					DATA
			I came to thank you.

					PICARD
			No thanks are necessary. You
			reminded us that there are
			obligations beyond duty.

          STAR TREK: "Pen Pals" -- REV. 2/16/89 - ACT FIVE          55.

39   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			You did not have to hold that
			conference. Your decision could
			have been unilateral.

					PICARD
			One of my officers...

	He stops, and sets aside the book.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			... One of my friends was in
			trouble. I had to help him.

					DATA
			I am going to miss her, Captain.

					PICARD
			That too is part of friendship,
			remembrance and regrets.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			And understanding that has taken
			you a step closer to humanity.

	Off Data's quizzical look.

39A  EXT SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Moving away at ways speed

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             





                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                           "Q Who?" 
                          #40272-142 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Maurice Hurley 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rob Bowman 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                     REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                      FEBRUARY 24, 1989

             STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/24/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Q Who?" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             Q
                RIKER              
                DATA               Non-Speaking
                TROI                 BORG ONE
                GEORDI               BORG TWO
                WORF                 BORG THREE
                WESLEY             
                GUINAN              
                O'BRIEN            
                SONYA              

                Non-Speaking       
                  CREWMEMBERS        
                  SECURITY MAN       

             STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/24/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Q Who?" 
                              
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              CORRIDOR
              MAIN BRIDGE              BORG SHIP
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TURBOLIFT
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              TEN-FORWARD
              GUINAN'S OFFICE
          
            SHUTTLECRAFT
          
            BORG SHIP

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                           "Q Who?"                                
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise as it is traveling at impulse speed.

2    INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE MAIN ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	GEORDI is coming down the corridor, he sees a young twenty
	five to twenty eight year old ensign -- who has
	newly arrived on the Enterprise. She is very
	energetic, and enthusiastic in an open and ingenuous
	way, which is both appealing and refreshing. Her name
	is SONYA. She is standing in front of a food dispenser
	panel.

					SONYA
			Hot chocolate, please.

	The hot chocolate appears.

					GEORDI
			We don't ordinarily say "please"
			to food dispensers.

					SONYA
				(amused)
			Since it's listed as "intelligent
			Circuitry", why not? After all,
			working as much with artificial
			intelligence as we do, can be
			dehumanizing -- right? So, maybe
			we can combat that tendency with
			a little simple courtesy.

	She removes the cup of hot chocolate.

					SONYA
				(continuing)
			Thank you.

	They walk toward Main Engineering.

            STAR TREK: "Q Who?"-2/28/89 - TEASER            1A.

2    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			For someone who has just arrived,
			you certainly aren't shy with your
			opinions.

					SONYA
			Ooops -- have I been talking too
			much?

					GEORDI
			No.

           STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/24/89 - TEASER           2.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					SONYA
				(the words come out in
				 a rush)
			I do tend to be a motor mouth,
			especially when I get excited...
			and you don't know how exciting
			it is to get this assignment.
			Everyone in class -- and I mean
			everyone -- wants the Enterprise.
			I mean, it would have been all
			right to spend some time on Ranuos
			Six to do phase work with
			anti-matter... that's my
			speciality.

					GEORDI
			I know -- that's why you got this
			assignment.

					SONYA
				(off Geordi's smile)
			Did it again. It's just that...

					GEORDI
			I know, you're excited. Sonya.

					SONYA
			Yes.

					GEORDI
			I don't think you want to bring
			that hot chocolate around these
			control stations.

					SONYA
			Sorry. I shouldn't even have this
			in engineering. We were talking
			and I just forgot I had it in my
			hand...

	And as she turns to take it out of the room.

					SONYA
				(continuing)
			I'll finish it over here.
				(looks back, and
				 seriously)
			Lieutenant La Forge, it won't
			happen again.

	Then as she turns around she crashes right into CAPTAIN
	PICARD.

           STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/24/89 - TEASER           3.

2A   PICARD

	The cup full of chocolate hits him right in the chest.

2B   SCENE

	For a moment everyone freezes. Geordi starts forward.

					GEORDI
			Actually it's my fault, sir...

	He looks down at his soiled uniform.

					PICARD
			Yes, I'm aware of how often you
			order picnics to be held in here.

	Sonya is about to die from embarassment.

					SONYA
			Oh no. Oh, Captain... I'm
			sorry... oh..
				(she tries to brush it
				 off)
			... I wasn't looking and...
				(she pulls her hand
				 away)
			Oh.. It's all over you.

					PICARD
			Yes, Ensign. It's all over me.

					SONYA
			At least let me...

	In trying to brush it off, she just makes it worse.
	She looks up at Picard, who through it all is
	maintaining as much of his dignity as possible.

					PICARD
			Ensign... ah...

					SONYA
				(she straightens up to
				 her best military
				 posture)
			Ensign Sonya Gomez.

             STAR TREK "Q Who?"-2/28/89 - TEASER             4.

2B   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Ensign Gomez is a recent Academy
			graduate. She transferred on at
			Starbase one seventy three.

	Picard's attention is on the widening chocolate stain
	that Sonya is creating.

					PICARD
			Ensign...
				(restraining her)
			I think it would be simpler if
			you let me change my uniform?

					GEORDI
			Captain, I really have to accept
			responsibility for this.

	Picard has been looking from one to the other,
	beginning to understand what is happening between
	Geordi and Sonya.

					PICARD
			Yes, Chief Engineer. I believe
			I do understand now.

					SONYA
			I'm very excited about this
			assignment Captain, and I promise
			I'll...
				(she looks at the
				 chocolate stain on
				 Picard's uniform)
			... try very hard to serve you and
			this ship to the best of my
			ability.

					PICARD
			I'm sure you will. Carry on.

            STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/2/89 - TEASER            5.

2B   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard then turns and strides off.

2C   SONYA AND GEORDI

					SONYA
			First impressions right. Isn't
			that what they say -- first
			impressions are the most
			important.

					GEORDI
			I'll give you this... it's a
			meeting the captain won't soon
			forget.

					SONYA
			What a way to start my first
			assignment.

	Off Geordi's reaction:

3    OMMITTED (3)

4    INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard walks past a crewman -- who notices the stain on
	his uniform, but quickly averts his eyes so as not to
	embarrass the captain. Picard turns and enters the
	turbolift.

4A   INT. TURBOLIFT

	The doors close.

					PICARD
			Deck nine. Officers' quarters.

	The turbolift moves off. Then stops. The doors open,
	and while still looking down at the stain on his
	uniform, Picard steps off.

4B   INT. SHUTTLE

	Picard is not in a corridor of the Enterprise -- he's on
	a shuttle! He turns around and the turbolift doors are
	gone.

           STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/24/89 - TEASER           5A.

4C   SCENE

	He looks up. There is a crewman at the controls.

					PICARD
			Crewman? What's going on?

	The crewman turns.

            STAR TREK: "Q Who?"-2/27/89 - TEASER            6.

4D   CREWMAN

	It's Q.

					Q
			There, there, my dear captain.

4E   PICARD

	Reacts.

					PICARD
			Q.

4F   SCENE (OPTICAL)

	Picard moves closer to Q.

					Q
				(re: the stain)
			My, my -- haven't we been careless.

	Q passes his hand over the stain on Picard's uniform
	and the stain disappears.

					Q
			There -- a little cleaning service.
			I am more than happy to provide.

					PICARD
			We agreed you would never trouble
			my ship again!

					Q
			I always keep my arrangements,
			sir. We are nowhere near your
			vessel.

	Picard looks out and sees a field of stars. Then back
	to Q.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

           STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/2/89 - ACT ONE           7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise moving along at impulse speed.

5A   INT. CORRIDOR

	Geordi and Sonya are walking to Ten-Forward. She is
	in a clean uniform.

					GEORDI
			I read your graduating thesis.
			I wouldn't have requested you if
			you weren't the best.

	She's uncomfortable with the compliment and shrugs it
	off, changes the subject.

					SONYA
			Where are we going?

					GEORDI
			To Ten-Forward. We're going to
			forget about work. We are going
			to sit, talk, relax, look at the
			stars. You're going to learn to
			slow down.

					SONYA
				(very intense)
			No, that's the one thing I can't
			do.

					GEORDI
				(gently)
			You're awfully young to be so
			driven.

           STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/2/89 - ACT ONE           7A.

5A   CONTINUED:

					SONYA
			Yes, I am. I had to be. I had
			to be the best because only the
			best get to be here. Out here
			on the edge.
				(gripping his arm and
				 giving it a shake)
			Geordi, Geordi . . .uh . .
				(dropping the arm
				 abruptly)
			Lieutenant --

					GEORDI
				(grinning)
			Geordi

					SONYA
			Geordi. Whatever is out here
			we're going to be the first
			humans ever to see it. And is
			it here because we believe in
			it and have therefore created
			it, or has it created us?

					GEORDI
			The Grand Unified Theory and
			Supersymmetry hasn't been
			seriously discussed for years.

					SONYA
			They also haven't been disproved.
			I don't know if it's true or
			not, but I've got to try and find
			out.

					GEORDI
			You're more than a scientist
			you're a philospher.

					SONYA
			No, no, I'm not. Oh, God, don't
			make me sound profound. There's
			just so much out there ... here.

	She is gesturing broadly as if somehow she can pull
	in and embrace the whole universe.

					SONYA
				(continuing)
			I have to see it all. To
			understand it all, and we haven't
			got much time.

           STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/2/89 - ACT ONE           7B.

5A   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Sonya, it's going to be there for
			you. Believe me.
				(a beat)
			I promise, I won't let anything
			exciting slip past without letting
			you know.

6    INT. TEN-FORWARD

	GUINAN is behind the bar. There are a few n.d. crewmembers
	scattered around the room. The only one of our
	regulars in Ten-Forward is Geordi, who is sitting at
	a table by the window with Sonya they are engaged
	in a very animated conversation.

6A   GUINAN

	Something gives her pause -- like a whisper only she
	can hear. She is thoughtful for a beat...

6B   SCENE

	Guinan steps out from behind the bar and crosses to
	the center of the room.

6C   ANOTHER ANGLE

	She stands near Geordi's table for a beat and gazing
	out at space. In the background Geordi continues his
	conversation with Sonya.

					GEORDI (O.S.)
			I understand that you're excited
			-- so was I. This is your first
			assignment, everything is new,
			you are eager and that's great,
			but...

           STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/2/89 - ACT ONE           7C.

6C   CONTINUED:

					SONYA (O.S.)
			I've always been an enthusiastic
			person, but...

	He holds up his hand.

					GEORDI (O.S).
			Do me a favor... for a minute,
			just listen.

           STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/24/89 - ACT ONE           8.

6C   CONTINUED:

					SONYA (O.S.)
			I always do that. Someone nice
			-- and you are nice I can tell,
			goes out of their way to give me
			some helpful advice... and I'm
			so busy talking...

	In the b.g. we see Geordi quiet her with a gesture.

					SONYA (O.S.)
			Not another word. Go ahead...
			talk.

6D   GUINAN

	Her brow knits -- like she has just seen the first
	indications of a coming storm. She steps to a
	communications panel.

					GUINAN
			Bridge, this is Ten-Forward.

7    INT. BRIDGE - EMPHASIZING RIKER

	Who reacts to the unusual call.

					RIKER
			Guinan?! I don't believe you've
			ever called the bridge before.

					GUINAN
			I've never felt the need. Is
			everything alright?

					RIKER
			How do you mean?

					GUINAN
			Is there... anything... unusual
			happening?

					RIKER
				(looks around)
			Anyone notice anything unusual?
				(waits, then)
			No Guinan, nothing out of the
			ordinary. Why do you ask?

          STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/24/89 - ACT ONE          8A.

7A   ANGLE IN TEN-FORWARD

	A thoughtful Guinan responding.

           STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/1/89 - ACT ONE           9.

7A   CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			I'm... I'm not certain. Just a
			feeling -- something that happened
			once before. Probably nothing.
				(beat)
			Please forget I called. Ten-
			Forward out.

	She turns and stares out into space.

8    OMITTED

9    INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Picard is in the shuttlecraft -- with Q. Picard
	adjusts a control; Q smiles.

					Q
			The locator beacon won't help.
			They'll never look for you this
			far away.

	Picard turns to the com controls.

					PICARD
			Enterprise -- this is Picard.

	There's no response.

					PICARD
			Stop this foolishness, Q. Return
			me to the Enterprise.

					Q
			I'd suggest you change your
			attitude. Petulance does not
			become you. We have business.

					PICARD
			Keeping me a prisoner out here
			will not force me to discuss
			anything with you.

          STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/24/89 - ACT ONE          9A.

9    CONTINUED:

					Q
			It will in time, my dear Captain.

            STAR TREK "Q Who?"-2/28/89 - ACT ONE            10.

10   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Guinan steps up to near the table occupied by Geordi
	and Sonya and looks out at the stars.

					SONYA
			I appreciate your advice,
			Lieutenant. And, I'll take it
			to heart.

	Geordi notices Guinan's distraction.

					GEORDI
			Guinan?

	She turns.

					GUINAN
			Can I get you something?

					GEORDI
			No -- we're fine. Is everything
			all right?

	She looks over at Geordi for a beat then.

					GUINAN
			I don't know.

	But her expression belies the answer. Geordi nods,
	but something about her reaction causes him to:

					GEORDI
				(gets up)
			I think I'll go check out
			Engineering.

					SONYA
			I'll go with you.

	Guinan watches them leave then turns and once again
	looks out at the stars.

10A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The turbolift doors open and TROI enters. There is
	a sense of foreboding in the timing of her arrival.
	Reaction from Riker. Troi crosses to her position.

          STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/24/89 - ACT ONE          11.

10A  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Where's the captain?

					RIKER
			In his Ready Room.

	Troi touches a com control.

					TROI
			Captain -- this is Counselor Troi.

	There is no response.

11   INT. ANOTHER ANGLE

					RIKER
			Computer -- locate Captain Picard.

					COMPUTER
			The captain is not on the ship.

	Before they can react.

11A  WORF

	Runs a check on his security panel.

					WORF
			Commander, there is a shuttle
			missing from Shuttle Bay Two.

					RIKER
			All stop.

					WESLEY
			Answering all stop.

12   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise comes to a complete stop.

13   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	For a beat everyone is silent... waiting.

          STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/24/89 - ACT ONE          11A.

13   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			I have hailed the shuttle on all
			frequencies -- no response.

          STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/24/89 - ACT ONE          12.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Sensors indicate no shuttle or
			other ships in this sector.

					RIKER
			We must assume the captain is
			onboard the shuttle.

					WESLEY
			But, how could he get to the
			shuttle bay, how could he leave
			the Enterprise without us knowing?
			It's not possible.

					RIKER
			Take it easy, Wes. We'll find
			him. I want to begin a methodical
			search. Sensors on maximum scan
			We'll use our present location
			as the center. Data plot a search
			pattern from our present
			coordinates which will cover the
			most area in the shortest time.

	Riker slowly moves back to his chair.

13A  DATA

	He makes some rapid calculations.

					DATA
			The search pattern has been input.

					RIKER
			Engage, Mister Crusher.

14   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise pulls out of frame.

15   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Another angle as the Enterprise approaches from a long
	distance.

           STAR TREK: "Q Who?"-2/28/89 - ACT ONE           13.

15   CONTINUED:

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First officer's log. Stardate
			(xx). We have not been able to
			determine why, or how, Captain
			Picard left the Enterprise. We
			can't even be certain he is in
			the missing shuttle, although that
			is the assumption on which we are
			proceeding. For the last six
			hours we have been searching
			without success.

16   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The situation has gone from tense to desperate.

					DATA
			We have covered the area in a
			spherical pattern which a vessel
			without warp drive could traverse
			in the time allotted.

					RIKER
			Widen the area...

16A  DATA

	He inputs the necessary information.

17   INT. SHUTTLE

	As before with Picard and Q. Picard attempts to power
	up the shuttle. All systems are inoperative.

					Q
			Do we stay out here years?
			Decades? Picard, I am ageless
			-- you are not.

					PICARD
			Then the Enterprise will continue
			on with Riker as captain. Return
			me to my ship.

					Q
			You are an impossibly stubborn
			human.

          STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/1/89 - ACT ONE          13A.

17   CONTINUED:

					Q
				(continuing)
			If I return you to your ship, you
			will agree to give my request a
			full hearing?

	Picard studies Q for a beat, then nods.

17A  INT. TEN-FORWARD

	We pull back to reveal Picard and Q, now sitting in Ten-
	Forward.

					Q
			You're right Picard. This is the
			proper venue for our discussion.

17B  GUINAN

	She reacts to the sudden appearance of Q and the
	captain.

18   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - EMPHASIZING WORF

	Who is studying his board.

          STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/24/89 - ACT ONE          14.

18   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Commander. My status board
			indicates that the shuttle is back
			in Shuttle Bay Two.

	Riker reacts.

					RIKER
			Computer -- locate Captain Picard.

					COMPUTER
			Captain Picard is in Ten-Forward.

	Off Riker's reactions we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

          STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/24/89 - ACT TWO          15.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

19   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise is at a dead stop.

20   OMMITTED

21   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Picard and Q are seated by one of the front windows.
	Guinan comes over. Q immediately stands and backs off
	like a man about to be physically attacked.

					Q
			You!

					GUINAN
			None other.

					Q
			Picard, if you had half the sense
			you pretend to have, you would
			get her off your ship immediately
			-- and if you like I will be more
			than pleased to expedite her
			departure.

	Picard looks to Guinan.

					PICARD
			You know him.

					GUINAN
			We had some dealings.

					Q
			Those dealings were two centuries
			ago. This creature is not what
			she appears to be. She's an imp
			-- where she goes trouble always
			follows.

          STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/24/89 - ACT TWO          16.

21   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You're speaking of yourself, Q
			-- not Guinan.

					Q
			Guinan? Is that your name now?

					PICARD
			Guinan's not the issue here -- you
			are... We had an agreement that
			you would stop meddling with us.

					Q
			And so I have.

					PICARD
			What do you want, Q? State your
			business and let's get on with
			it.

					Q
			I agree Captain, enough about this
			creature -- she's diverting us from
			the purpose of my being here.

					RIKER (O.S.)
			Which is?

	Q looks up.

21A  SCENE

	Riker and Worf stride across Ten-Forward, to join them.

					Q
			Ahh, the redoubtable Commander
			Riker. And micro-brain.
				(to Worf)
			Growl for me -- let me know you
			still care.

	Worf reacts.

					Q
				(returning to the point)
			My purpose? Why to join you.

					RIKER
			To join us as what?

        STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - REV. 3/7/89 - ACT TWO        17.

21A  CONTINUED:

					Q
			A member of the crew. Willing
			and able -- ready to serve.

	Before Riker can react.

					Q
				(to Picard)
			This ship is already home for the
			indigent, the unwanted and the
			unworthy -- so why not a homeless
			entity.

					RIKER
			Homeless?

					Q
			Yes.

					RIKER
			So, the other members of the Q
			continuum kicked you out.

					GUINAN
			Not all of the Q are like this
			one. Some are almost respectable.

					PICARD
			Join us as what? To do what?
			Would you start as an ordinary
			crewman -- what task is too menial
			for an entity?

					Q
			Do you mock me?

					PICARD
			Not at all. That is the last
			thing I would do. You, by
			definition are part of our
			charter. Our mission is to go
			forth -- to seek out new and
			different life forms, and you
			certainly qualify as one of the
			most unique life forms I have
			ever encountered. To learn more
			about you is frankly quite
			provocative, but you are next
			of kin to chaos.

          STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/2/89 - ACT TWO          17A.

21A  CONTINUED: (2)

					Q
			Captain, at least allow me to
			present my argument.

	Q takes Picard's silence as permission to continue.

					Q
				(continuing)
			After our last encounter,
				(a look to Riker)
			I was asked to leave the Q
			continuum. Since then, I have been
			wandering vaguely -- bored really
			-- my existence without purpose.
			Then, I remembered the good times
			I had with you...

					RIKER
			The good times!? The first time
			we met you put us on trial for
			the "crimes of humanity"...

					Q
			Of which you were exonerated.

           STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/2/89 - ACT TWO           18.

21A  CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			The next time we saw you, you
			asked me to join the Q continuum.

					Q
			You made a large mistake in not
			accepting my offer.

					PICARD
			... and now you say you want to
			join us.

					Q
			Yes, more and more I realize that
			here -- here is where I want to
			be. Think of the advantages.
			Now, I neither expect nor require
			any special treatment. If
			necessary, although I can't
			imagine why, I will renounce my
			powers and become as weak and
			incompetent as all of you.

					PICARD
			No.

					Q
			Oh, come on, Captain, in
			fairness... let me try, I deserve
			at least that much.

					RIKER
			Fairness?! You disrupt this ship
			-- kidnap the captain!

					Q
			I add a little excitement, a
			little spice to your lives and
			all you do is complain. Where's
			your adventurous spirit -- your
			imagination. Think, Picard, of
			the possibilities.

            STAR TREK "Q Who?"-2/28/89 - ACT TWO            19.

21A  CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Simply stated -- we don't trust
			you.

					Q
			Oh, you may not trust me, but you
			do need me. You're not prepared
			for what awaits you.

					PICARD
			I don't know that we are prepared,
			but I do know that we are ready
			to confront it.

					Q
			Really?

					PICARD
			Absolutely. That's why we are
			out here.

					Q
			Oh, the arrogance.
				(to Guinan)
			They don't have a clue about
			what's "out here".

					GUINAN
			They will learn -- adapt. That's
			their great advantage.

					Q
			They are moving faster than
			expected -- farther than they
			should.

					PICARD
			By whose calculation?

					Q
			You judge yourselves against the
			pitiful adversaries you have so
			far encountered -- the Klingons,
			the Romulans, are nothing compared
			to what's waiting.
					(MORE)

            STAR TREK "Q Who?"-2/28/89 - ACT TWO            20.

21A  CONTINUED: (4)

					Q
				(continuing)
			Picard, you are about to move into
			areas of the galaxy containing
			wonders more incredible than you
			can possibly imagine... and
			terrors to freeze your soul. I
			offer myself as guide -- only to
			be rejected out-of-hand.

					RIKER
			I guess we'll just have to get
			along the best we can without you.

					Q
			What justifies this smugness?

					PICARD
			We're not smug -- nor arrogant.
			We are resolute and we are
			willing. But more than that we
			are determined. Your help is not
			required.

					Q
			Well, let's just see how ready
			you are.

					GUINAN
			Q -- don't do this!

	He makes a move of his hand:

22   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise is struck by a great surge of energy
	and streaks off.

23   INT. TEN-FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	Picard and the others react to the blur of stars
	streaking past. It's a velocity beyond the
	capabilities of the Enterprise.

24   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data has command of the bridge. Everyone reacts to
	the sudden burst of speed.

           STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/2/89 - ACT TWO           21.

25   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise comes out of the spin and stops.

26   INT. TEN-FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	The motion has stopped.

	(INTERCUT MAIN BRIDGE AS NEEDED)

					PICARD
			Bridge this is the captain -- all
			stop.

					WESLEY COM VOICE
			Answering all stop.

					PICARD
			Status.

					DATA COM VOICE
			According to these coordinates
			we have traveled seven thousand light
			years, and are located near system
			J-two-five.

					RIKER
			Estimate travel time to the
			closest starbase.

					DATA COM VOICE
			At maximum warp, in two years,
			seven months, three days, eighteen
			hours we would reach Starbase one
			eight five.

	Guinan looks out the window.

					RIKER
			Why?

           STAR TREK "Q Who?"-2/28/89 - ACT TWO           21A.

26   CONTINUED:

					Q
			Why? Why, to give you a taste
			of your future. This is a
			preview of things to come, because
			if you continue at your present
			rate of exploration -- very soon you
			will reach this part of the
			galaxy.
				(to Picard)
			Con permiso, Capitan. The hall
			has been rented -- the orchestra
			engaged -- it's time to see if you
			can dance.

	With a flash Q disappears.

            STAR TREK "Q Who?"-2/28/89 - ACT TWO            22.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Guinan, have your people been in
			this part of the galaxy?

					GUINAN
			Yes.

					RIKER
			What can you tell us?

					GUINAN
			Only that if I were you, I'd start
			back right now.

	Off their look...

27   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise is moving through this new section of
	the galaxy.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. The
			entity Q has flung the Enterprise
			to a distant part of the galaxy,
			which we are going to take the
			opportunity to explore.

28   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Everyone is in their place.

					WORF
			Captain, the sixth planet in the
			system is Class M.

					DATA
			There is a system of roads on the
			planet which indicate a highly
			industrialized civilization. But
			where there should be cities there
			are only great rips in the
			surface.

					WORF
			It is as though some great force
			just scooped all machine elements
			off the face of the planet.

          STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/24/89 - ACT TWO          23.

28   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			It is identical to what happened
			to the outposts along the Neutral
			Zone.

					WORF
			We are being probed.

					RIKER
			What's the source of the probe?

	Worf checks his console.

					WORF
			A ship. It is on an intercept
			course.

					PICARD
			On screen.

28A  VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	A strange ship approaches -- it's unlike anything we
	have seen.

					PICARD
			Magnify.

	The image on the screen enlarges. The shape of the
	ship is more apparent. It's box like, with none of
	the aerodynamic qualities associated with most
	spaceships including the Enterprise. This is a case
	of form following function. We are about to have our
	first encounter with the BORG.

					RIKER
			Full scan. Go to Yellow Alert.

					WORF
			Going to Yellow Alert.

					RIKER
			Keep the shields down -- we don't
			want to appear provocative.

	Worf responds with a nod.

29   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As the great Borg ship approaches the Enterprise. Then
	stops.

          STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/24/89 - ACT TWO          24.

30   INT. TEN-FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	Guinan is looking out at the Borg ship.

31   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As before -- everyone watching the viewscreen.

					PICARD
			Data, what can you tell us?

					DATA
			The ship is strangely generalized
			in design. There is no specific
			bridge or central control area,
			no specific engineering section
			-- I can identify no living
			quarters.

					RIKER
			Life signs?

					DATA
			There is no indication of specific
			life.

					RIKER
			Lieutenant Worf, what is its alert
			status?

					WORF
			I detect no shields, no weapons
			of any known design.

					PICARD
			Hailing frequencies.

					WORF
			Open.

					PICARD
			This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard
			of the USS Enterprise.

					WORF
			No response.

					PICARD
			Guinan.

           STAR TREK: "Q Who?"-2/27/89 - ACT TWO           25.

32   INT. GUINAN OFFICE (OPTICAL)

	Guinan moves into her small office.

					PICARD
			Activate your viewscreen -- I want
			you to monitor what's going on
			up here. I may need your input.

	Guinan reaches out and activates her viewscreen. The
	image is the same as that on the the MAIN VIEWER.

					GUINAN
			I'm here. I can see the other
			ship.

					PICARD
			You are acquainted with this life
			form?

					GUINAN
			Yes. My people encountered them
			a century ago. Our cities were
			destroyed -- our people scattered
			across the galaxy. They are
			called the Borg -- protect yourself
			or they will destroy you.

	Picard looks at Riker.

					RIKER
			Shields up.

					WORF
			Yes, sir.

33   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	SUDDENLY a strange creature appears -- it's a BORG.
	It is a biped -- a cyborg. Part organic and part
	artificial. There is a metal like device implanted in
	its head. One arm is artificial with a tool like
	contraption instead of a hand. The other organic
	except for the hand. Its eyes are artificial. Its
	presence triggers RED ALERT.

					GEORDI
			Security to Main Engineering -- we
			have an intruder.

           STAR TREK: "Q Who?"-2/27/89 - ACT TWO           26.

34   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Off Picard's reaction as he and Worf exit.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

          STAR TREK: "Q Who?"-2/28/89 - ACT THREE          27.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

35   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise in this new section of the galaxy -- with
	the Borg ship nearby.

36   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Picard, Worf, and security team enter. The Borg is
	still making a visual survey of the room. It seems
	to look right through or pass the people as if they
	are of no consequence.

					WORF
			He came right through the shields!

	Picard approaches. Q appears behind Picard -- to offer
	sotto voice observations.

					Q
			Interesting isn't it? Not a he
			-- not a she. Not like anything
			you've ever seen. An enhanced
			humanoid.

					PICARD
			What do you want?

36A  PICARD (OPTICAL)

	He steps closer to the Borg. He holds up his open
	hand.

					PICARD
			We mean you no harm. Do you
			understand me?

	The Borg strides toward one of the com panels.

					Q
			Understand you? You are nothing
			to him. He has no interest in
			your life form. He's just a
			scout -- the first of many. He's
			here to analyze as much about you
			as he can -- that's how they always
			start.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/24/89 - ACT THREE         27A.

36A  CONTINUED:

					Q
				(continuing)
			He may attempt to gain control
			of the ship. I wouldn't let him.

         STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/24/89 - ACT THREE         28.

36A  CONTINUED: (2)

	Q leaves.

36B  SCENE

	Picard tries to defuse this situation.

					PICARD
			Stop -- we cannot allow you to
			interfere with the operation of
			this ship.

	The Borg continues to move toward the com panel.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Worf.

	Worf motions for one of his security team to intercept
	the Borg. The security man steps in front of the
	Borg. The Borg knocks the security man on his ass.

36C  WORF (OPTICAL)

	Worf pulls out his phaser. Worf fires -- the stun
	setting means nothing.

36D  SCENE (OPTICAL)

	The phaser hit has no affect on the Borg. He, or it,
	steps to the com panel and affixes the apparatus on his
	arm to the computer. SUDDENLY there is a drain on all
	systems. The lights dim.

					PICARD
			Worf -- use whatever means to
			neutralize the intruder.

36E  WORF (OPTICAL)

	Worf adjusts his phaser and fires again.

36F  SCENE (OPTICAL)

	This phaser hit rips into the Borg knocking him away.
	Before anyone can react -- another Borg materializes.
	Worf and the others assume a defensive posture. The
	second Borg picks up where the first one left off.

       STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - REV. 3/7/89 - ACT THREE       29.

36G  WORF (OPTICAL)

	fires his phaser.

36H  SCENE (OPTICAL)

	This Borg responds differently. The hit is absorbed.
	He is apparently surrounded with a force field of some
	kind. This Borg goes to the back panel. He accesses
	the computer -- drains it.

	Then walks over to the first Borg -- removes some parts
	from his body and de-materializes. After a beat the
	dead Borg withers into a line of ash -- which then
	disappears.

	Off Picard reaction.

37   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	An abbreviated staff has been assembled; Riker, Data,
	Picard and Troi.

					PICARD
			Because her people had contact
			with the Borg, I have requested
			that Guinan participate in this
			conference. You are aware of
			what just occurred in Main
			Engineering.

	She nods.

					PICARD
			Tell, us exactly what happened
			between your people and the Borg.

         STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/2/89 - ACT THREE         29A.

37   CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			I was not personally invloved,
			but -- from what I have been told
			they came through our system like
			a storm of Jaradan Aser beatles
			-- and by the time they left,
			there wasn't much left of our
			society.

					RIKER
			Guinan, if they are that
			aggressive, then I wonder why
			neither Borg attacked? They could
			have -- but they didn't.

					GUINAN
			They never do that as
			individuals. It's just not
			their way. When they decide to
			come, they will come in force.
			They do nothing piecemeal.

					DATA
			Then the initial encounter was
			solely for the purpose of
			gathering information.

					GUINAN
			Yes.

          STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/2/89 - ACT THREE          30.

37   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			How do we reason with them? Let
			them know that we are not a
			threat?

					GUINAN
			You don't, at least to my
			knowledge nobody has so far.

					WORF COM VOICE
			Captain, we are being hailed.

					PICARD
			On screen.

37A  SCENE - TO INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The image on the viewscreen is of the interior of the
	Borg ship. Not the bridge, because they don't have
	one. It is a great chamber with stacks and stacks of
	slots in which are individual Borg. We can see over a
	thousand of them, but the ship probably holds more.
	Some of them are making small controlled movements,
	otherwise they would appear to be at rest.

37B  REACTIONS (OPTICAL)

	Picard steps forward.

					PICARD
			This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard
			of the...

					BORG
				(interrupting)
			We have analyzed your defensive
			capabilities as being unable to
			withstand us. If you defend
			yourselves, you will be punished.

	Viewscreen repaints to exterior Borg ship.

					PICARD
			Counselor.

					TROI
			You are not dealing with an
			individual mind. They do not have
			a single leader. It is the
			collective minds of all of them.

          STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/2/89 - ACT THREE          31.

37B  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			That would have some definite
			advantages.

					TROI
			Yes. A single leader can make
			errors. It is less likely for
			the combined whole.

					Q (O.S.)
			Picard.

	Picard turns.

37B-A	VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Q is now on the viewscreen.

					Q
			Are you certain you still don't
			want me as a member of your crew?
			This would be the time to ask,
			before everything goes too far
			beyond your control.

	Before Picard can answer...

					WORF COM VOICE
			Captain -- they have locked onto
			us with some form of tractor beam.

					PICARD
			We're on our way.

	Picard and the others exit.

37C  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	An energy beam from the Borg ship holds the Enterprise.

38   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and the others take their positions.

					DATA
			Whatever this beam is, Captain,
			it is draining our shields.

          STAR TREK: "Q Who?"-2/28/89 - ACT THREE          31A.

38   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			If they pull down our shields
			we're helpless.

					PICARD
			On any heading -- warp eight
			engage.

38A  WESLEY

	As he inputs the information and attempts to take the
	Enterprise out of danger.

					WESLEY
			It's holding us here!

					RIKER
			Increase power!

          STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/3/89 - ACT THREE          32.

38A  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			The shields are weakening.

					DATA
			In eighteen seconds the shields
			will be down.

					PICARD
			Locate the exact source of the
			tractor beam -- lock on phasers.

					WORF
			Phasers locked on target.

					PICARD
			Fire.

39   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The pin-point phasers from the Enterprise hit into the
	Borg ship. But the force holding the Enterprise does
	not release.

40   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					WORF
			They still have us.

					DATA
			Shields are down.

41   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise and the Borg ship. Another beam leaves
	the Borg ship and makes contact with the Enterprise.

41A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	A CLOSER ANGLE as the Borg ship cores out a piece of
	the Enterprise hull.

         STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/24/89 - ACT THREE         33.

42   OMMITTED

43   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					WORF
			A type of laser beam is slicing
			into the Saucer Section.

					RIKER
			They are carving us up like a
			roast.

					PICARD
			With whatever force you need
			terminate that beam.

44   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The beam has cut away a section of the Enterprise and
	is now taking it back to the Borg ship.

45   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					PICARD
			Fire!

	Worf releases a series of blasts from the phaser bank.

46   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The phaser blasts rip again and again into the Borg
	ship - the beam holding the section of the Enterprise
	disappears into the Borg ship. Another volley from the
	Enterprise pounds the Borg ship.

          STAR TREK: "Q Who?"-2/27/89 - ACT THREE          33A.

47   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	On the screen we see the battered image of the Borg
	ship. RED ALERT ends.

					DATA
			The tractor beam has released.

          STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/1/89 - ACT THREE          34.

47   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Damage report.

					WORF
			Sections twenty-seven, twenty-eight and twenty-
			nine on Decks four, five and six destroyed.

					PICARD
			Casualties?

					WORF
			Eighteen were in those sections
			and are missing.

					RIKER
			They couldn't have survived it.

					DATA
			A force field is maintaining hull
			integrity.

					PICARD
			What is the condition of their
			ship?

					WORF
			They have sustained damage to
			twenty percent of their vessel.
			Life support minimal.

					RIKER
				(angry)
			Why?!

	For a beat everyone is in stunned silence.

					PICARD
			Conference.

					RIKER
			Worf -- you had better remain at
			your station.

	Worf watches them go.

              STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/1/89 - ACT THREE             34A.

48   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Guinan is still there as they enter. Riker -- Data - Picard
	-- Troi.

					GUINAN
			I am so sorry, Captain.

	Picard nods.

					PICARD
			Guinan -- what else can you tell
			us about these creatures?

					GUINAN
			I only know bits and pieces.

					PICARD
			Anything would be helpful.

					GUINAN
			They are a mixture of organic and
			artificial life that has been
			developed over a thousand
			centuries.

	Behind them Q is revealed (no Q Flash).

           STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/1/89 - ACT THREE 34AA.              

47A  INT MAIN ENGINEERING

	The tension level is high. Sonya is a little dazed,
	but at her duties like any well trained Academy graduate.
	She and Geordi.

					SONYA
				(urgent)
			I can't get the shields up.

					GEORGI
			Divert power from wherever you
			need it. Anywhere except life
			support.

					SONYA
			It wouldn't help. The circuits
			which control the shields have
			been fused.

					GEORDI
			If you can't reprogram them...
			reroute.

	Her hands fly across the panels. Then stops.

					SONYA
			Eighteen people. Dead -- just like
			that.

					GEORDI
			Push it out of your head.

					SONYA
			I can't. I keep seeing them.

					GEORGI
			Stop it. We'll grieve later.
			Right now... let's get those
			shields operative.

	She shakes it off and they both return to
	reprograming the shield circuits.

              STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/2/89 - ACT THREE              35.

48   CONTINUED:

					Q
			The Borg is the ultimate user,
			with the result that they are
			unlike any threat your Federation
			has ever faced. They have no
			interest in political conquest
			-- or wealth or power as you know
			it. They simply want your ship
			-- its technology. They have
			identified it as something they
			can consume and use.

					RIKER
			And you brought us here, exposed
			us to it, cost us the lives of
			shipmates...

	Riker's calm breaks -- he physically moves to assault Q.

					Q
			Stop -- or you will surely die.

					PICARD
			Number One.

	Riker stops; Picard turns to Q.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Eighteen of our people have died.
			Please tell us that this is one
			of your illusions.

					Q
			Oh, no. This is as real as your
			"so called" life gets.

	A FLASH OF LIGHT and Q is gone.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			This is Lieutenant La Forge, Captain.
			We have been able to restore power
			to the shields.

					PICARD
			Very good.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Captain, I have the casuality list
			coming on screen.

					PICARD
			Cancel -- time for that later.

              STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/2/89 - ACT THREE             35A.

48A  SCENE

	They are quiet for a beat.

					RIKER
			If there's a chance we are going
			to have further dealings with the
			Borg -- now or in the future -- we
			had better find out as much about
			them as we can.

					PICARD
			Visit their ship?

					RIKER
			In my opinion, we have no choice,
			sir.

					PICARD
				(considers it; nods)
			Agreed. Assemble a minimal away
			team and take a look at what's
			over there.

					GUINAN
			What?

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Mister Worf. Report to Transporter
			Room 3.
				(to Data)
			Data.

	Riker and Data stand.

					GUINAN
			It's not my business but I
			wouldn't go over there if I were
			you.

					RIKER
			Oh, I don't know, Guinan. They
			visited us... seems only fair that
			we return the courtesy.

	Off Guinan as she watches them exit.

									FADE OUT

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

               STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/2/89 - ACT FOUR              36.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

49   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise, still near the severely damaged Borg
	ship.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental.
			We have been attacked without
			provocation by an alien race which
			Guinan calls the Borg. Hopefully,
			we have neutralized their vessel.
			Commander Riker is leading an away
			team in an attempt to learn more
			about them.

50   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Worf and Data enter. All are wearing phasers.

					WORF
			There are no life sign readings.

					O'BRIEN
			I have laid in coordinates which
			should set you down in the least
			damaged section of the Borg ship.

					RIKER
			Set phasers on stun, but let's
			be ready to increase the power
			if we need it.

	They climb on the transporter pad.

					RIKER
			Energize.

	The away team dematerializes.

51   INT. BORG SHIP - (OPTICAL)

	The away team materializes in the great open center
	of the Borg ship. All around there is some evidence
	of battle damage. The design of the interior is as
	functional as the exterior. There is no attempt at
	eye pleasing colors.

               STAR TREK: "Q Who?"- 2/28/89 - ACT FOUR              37.

51   CONTINUED:

	Interspersed with the grey equipment racks are slots,
	which go floor to ceiling and are occupied by
	individual Borg.

51A  ANOTHER ANGLE

	The away team looks around. The Borg closest to them
	are alive. The away team instantly assumes a defensive
	position -- expecting the Borg to repel them. But the
	Borg do not move.

	Data takes a tricorder scan of the area. They step
	closer to one of the Borg.

					RIKER
			I wonder why they don't react to
			us, and why the Enterprise did
			not read any life signs,
			especially when there are this
			many.

					DATA
			Perhaps because this ship was
			scanned for individual life signs.
			Apparently when they are in these
			slots, they become part of the
			whole and no longer read as
			separate life forms.

					RIKER
				(touches his
				 communicator)
			Captain.

52   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (INTERCUT AS NEEDED)

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Number One.

            STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - REV. 3/8/89 - ACT FOUR            38.

52   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Our readings were incorrect... the
			Borg crew survived, but they are
			in a kind of stasis.

					PICARD
			Explain.

					RIKER
			There are slots along the wall,
			kind of like compartments. There
			are two Borg in each.

					DATA
			Captain, I would theorize that
			the Borg are somehow
			interconnected through these slots
			and are working collectively.

					RIKER
			We are going to look for some
			way to access their main
			computer.

52A  ANOTHER ANGLE

	As the away team moves down the corridor they pass
	strange pieces of equipment but nothing which is
	familiar.

52B  DATA

	Steps over to examine an empty Borg slot.

					DATA
			Each slot is designed for a
			specific Borg. Here is where the
			connection is made.
				(he indicates a type
				 of arm rest)

52C  SCENE

	Riker moves over to join Data -- while Worf stands
	guard. They are very tense -- at any moment the Borg
	could leave the slots.

            STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - REV. 3/8/89 - ACT FOUR           38A.

52C  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Like a juggernaut which could
			start moving at any moment.

					DATA
			The technology required to achieve
			this biological and artificial
			interface is far beyond our
			capabilities. There are many
			advantages.

            STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - REV. 3/8/89 - ACT FOUR            39.

52C  CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Speed being the obvious one. This
			ship literally thinks what it
			wants to do and it happens.

	SUDDENLY a nearby Borg leaves its slot. The away team
	assumes a defensive posture expecting an attack.
	Instead the Borg moves to a panel, executes a
	program, the purpose of which we do not know. Then, as
	the away team watches, the Borg returns to its slot.

					DATA
			Fascinating. Obviously they also
			function individually.

					RIKER
			And either they don't see us,
			or don't see us as a threat.

	They move off down the corridor.

52D  ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	To show the relationship between the away team, and the
	immense ship.

53   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ENTERPRISE

	Picard is watching the Borg ship on the Main Viewer.

					PICARD
			Transporter room, this is the
			Captain.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			O'Brien here Captain.

					PICARD
			If your lock on the away team
			wavers in the slightest -- beam
			them back.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Count on it, Captain.

              STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/24/89 - ACT FOUR             39A.

54   INT. BORG SHIP

	As the away team comes into another chamber. There
	are no walls, or doors as such. This ship lacks the
	compartmentalization which we are used to. The
	corridor will simply open onto a wider area.

              STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/24/89 - ACT FOUR              40.

54   CONTINUED:

	Off to the side, part of the ship has been twisted in
	the phaser attack. Something about it catches Data's
	eye.

54A  ANOTHER ANGLE

	Riker moves to the other side of the room. Here are
	smaller horizontal slots which contain smaller --
	younger -- Borg. The "children" are in various stages
	of "assembly".

					RIKER
			Captain -- this is incredible.
			I have just entered what appears
			to be the nursery.

					PICARD
			Describe it.

					RIKER
			From the looks of it the Borg are
			born as biological life form.
			Almost immediately after birth
			they begin getting artificial
			implants. They have apparently
			developed the technology to link
			artificial intelligence directly
			into a humanoid brain. Pretty
			astounding. Something else -- I
			haven't seen any females.

					DATA
			Commander.

	Riker turns from looking at the half put together
	child.

					RIKER
			What is it?

					DATA
			The ship appears to be
			regenerating.

54B  SCENE

	Riker and Worf quickly cross to Data. They look at
	a damaged portion of the ship.

               STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/2/89 - ACT FOUR              41.

54B  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Perhaps this explains why they
			have not taken notice of our
			presence. Their collective effort
			is directed at repairing their
			vessel.

					RIKER
			Captain, the Borg are using their
			combined power to repair the ship.

					PICARD COM VOICE
			Transporter Chief, beam the away
			team directly to the bridge.

55   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As the away team stacks up.

					PICARD
			Now, Mister Crusher -- engage.

56   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise streaks away -- leaving the visibly
	battered Borg vessel in its wake.

56A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	There is relief that they are putting some distance
	between themselves and the Borg.

              STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 2/28/89 - ACT FOUR             41A.

56B  OMITTED

57   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					DATA
			Captain -- the Borg ship is in
			pursuit.

					PICARD
			On screen.

               STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/2/89 - ACT FOUR              42.

57A  SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	We can see the Borg ship coming toward us.

					PICARD
			Magnify.

	The screen changes -- the Borg ship fills more of the
	screen.

					RIKER
			Increase by ten to the third.

	Now the Borg ship fills the screen -- we can see the
	hull of the Borg ship change.

					RIKER
			It's continuing to regenerate
			itself.

					PICARD
			Let's see if we can outrun it.
				(to com)
			Lietenant La Forge, I want maximum
			warp for as long as you can hold
			it.

58   INT MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi is by the pool table. Sonya is in the b.g.

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir.

	He's on the board -- increasing the speed.

					GEORDI
			We are passing warp eight point
			five.

58A  SCENE

	The great engine is moving toward maximum output.

					GEORDI
			... warp nine.

	He looks over and sees a very intense look on Sonya's
	face as she stares at the engine.

               STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/2/89 - ACT FOUR             42A.

59   CONTINUED:

	The Borg ship is gaining.

					RIKER
			Arm the photon torpedoes.
			Recommend we try to slow them
			down.

					PICARD
			Agreed.

					WORF
			Torpedoes armed.

					PICARD
			Fire.

            STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/2/89 - ACT FOUR 42AA.              

58A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			What is it? Is there something
			the matter?

	She turns toward him.

					SONYA
			No. You can study the theory -- read
			the books -- analyze
			schematics... but nothing of it
			prepares you for this. I have
			just never see or felt anything
			so awesome.

					GEORDI
			Well let's see if we can't raise
			the level a few more knotches.

	Geordi moves to another position on the pool table.
	Sonya steps over across from him and watches with
	admiration as he fine tunes the warp drive.

59   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

                STAR TREK "Q Who?"-2/28/89 - ACT FOUR               43.

60   EXT. SPACE - THE PHOTONS (OPTICAL)

	As the photon leaves the Enterprise.

61   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	All eyes are locked on the main viewer as the photon
	torpedoes head for the Borg vessel... and explodes in
	a blinding flash of light.

					WORF
			They had no effect.

					GEORDI COM VOICE
			Bridge, this is Engineering. We
			are at warp nine point six five.

					WORF
			The Borg ship is still gaining.

	The crewman at Science One turns -- it's Q.

					Q
			They will follow this ship until
			you exhaust your fuel. They will
			wear down your defenses. Then
			you will be theirs.

	Picard looks from Q to the main viewscreen and the
	Borg ship which continues its relentless pursuit.

					Q
				(continuing)
			You're out of your league, Picard.
			You should have stayed where you
			belonged.

	Off Picard's reaction.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

               STAR TREK: "Q Who?"-2/27/89 - ACT FIVE               44.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

62   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise is moving at maximum warp followed by
	the Borg ship.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log supplemental. We
			are unable to maintain the gap
			between the Enterprise and the
			Borg ship.

63   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Engine is pounding. Geordi moves from the pool table.
	Sonya is beside him -- now under pressure she is very
	calm.

					SONYA
			We are at the design limit.

					GEORDI
			Agreed. Bridge this is
			Engineering.

					PICARD COM VOICE
			Go ahead.

					GEORDI
			You've got all we can give you.

64   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Troi, and off to the side is Q.

					PICARD
			I understand, Lieutenant La Forge.

               STAR TREK: "Q Who?"-2/27/89 - ACT FIVE               45.

64   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Captain -- the enemy vessel is
			firing on us.

	The ship goes to RED ALERT.

65   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise at maximum warp. As the missile arrives
	-- but instead of striking the ship, it forms a kind of
	umbrella which engulfs the Enterprise.

66   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					WORF
			There are no reports of any damage
			to the Enterprise.

					DATA
			The target was not the ship. The
			weapon was designed to drain the
			shields.

					WORF
			Shield effectiveness has been
			reduced twelve percent.

					WESLEY
			The Borg ship is closing.

					WORF
			They are firing again.

67   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	A similiar missle leaves the Borg ship and streaks
	toward the Enterprise.

68   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

                STAR TREK "Q Who?"-2/28/89 - ACT FIVE               46.

68   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Shields have been reduced by forty
			one percent. Another hit and we
			will be defenseless.

					Q
			They are wearing you down. Soon
			you will be helpless.

					RIKER
			Arm the photon torpedoes.

					WORF
			Torpedoes armed.

					PICARD
			Fire the photons.

69   EXT. SPACE - THE PHOTONS (OPTICAL)

	As the photons leave the Enterprise en route to the
	Borg ship. The tordedoes explode, but the Borg ship
	is undamaged.

70   INT. BRIDGE

	As before.

					WORF
			The Borg ship was not damaged.

					Q
			You can't outrun them. You can't
			destroy them. If you damage them,
			the essence of what they are
			remains -- they regenerate and
			keep coming... eventually you
			will weaken -- your reserves will
			be gone... they are relentless.

					WORF
			The Borg ship is firing.

               STAR TREK: "Q Who?"-2/28/89 - ACT FIVE               47.

71   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As the missile from the Borg ship hits the Enterprise.

72   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	This time the ship is rocked.

					WORF
			We have again lost the shields.

73   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Borg ship closes on the Enterprise. It fires a
	beam at the Enterprise. Which hits in the area of the
	nacelles. The Enterprise comes out of warp.

74   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi is at the pool table.

					GEORDI
			Bridge -- we have lost the warp
			engines.

74A  OMITTED

75   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					Q
			Now where's your smugness -- your
			arrogance? Do you still believe
			you are prepared for what awaits
			you? I tried to tell you but
			listening has never been one of
			your laudable attributes. It
			makes me quite happy to now say
			-- I told you so.

					WORF
			The Borg ship is re-establishing
			its tractor beam.

					RIKER
			Lock on photon torpedoes.

               STAR TREK: "Q Who?"-2/28/89 - ACT FIVE              47A.

75   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Yes, sir.

               STAR TREK: "Q WHO?" -3/2/89 - ACT FIVE               48.

75   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Without our shields -- at this
			range there is a high degree of
			probability that a photon
			detonation could destroy the
			Enterprise.

	Riker and Picard exchange looks.

					RIKER
			Prepare to fire.

					Q
			I'll be leaving now. You
			thought you could handle it -- so
			handle it.

					PICARD
			Q. End this.

					Q
			What makes you think I am either
			inclined or capable to terminate
			this encounter?

					PICARD
			If we all die, here and now -- you
			will never be able to gloat. You
			wanted to frighten us -- we're
			frightened. You wanted to show
			that we are inadequate -- for the
			moment I will grant that. You
			want me to say that I need you.
			Right now -- I need you.

	We would expect Q to smirk, but he doesn't. He gives
	Picard a steady look.

	And with a little motion.

76   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	With the same explosion of speed which got us here -- the
	Enterprise is flung back to where it started.

76A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard and the others react to the streaking stars on
	the viewscreen as they spin.

               STAR TREK: "Q WHO?" - 3/2/89 - ACT FIVE             48A.

76B  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	comes to a stop.

77   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	RED ALERT ends.

					RIKER
			Position.

               STAR TREK: "Q Who?" - 3/2/89 - ACT FIVE              49.

77   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Zero-seven-six mark two-
			two-five -- back where we
			started.

					Q
			That was a difficult admission.
			Another man would be humiliated
			to say those words. Another man
			would die before asking for help.

	Picard gives Q a steady look.

					PICARD
			I understand what you have done
			here Q, but the lesson could
			have been learned without the
			loss of eighteen members of my
			crew.

					Q
			If you can't take a little bloody
			nose -- maybe you had better go
			back home and crawl under your
			bed. It's not safe out here.
			It's wondrous -- with treasures
			to satiate desires both subtle
			and gross -- but it is not for the
			timid.

	Q leaves in a Q Flash.

					PICARD
			Set a course for the closest starbase.

					WESLEY
			Course set for Starbase eight
			three.

78   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As the Enterprise moves off to the starbase.

79   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Picard is there with Guinan.

                STAR TREK "Q Who?"-2/28/89 - ACT FIVE               50.

79   CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			Q has set a series of events in
			motion. Your contact with the
			Borg came long before it should.
			When you're ready, it might be
			possible to establish a
			relationship with them, but now
			-- now, you are only raw material
			to them. And since they are aware
			of your existence...

					PICARD
			They will be coming.

					GUINAN
			You can depend on it.

					PICARD
			Q might have done the right thing
			for the wrong reason.

					GUINAN
			Meaning?

					PICARD
			Perhaps we needed a good kick in
			our complacency to get us ready
			for what's ahead.

	Picard leaves Ten-Forward.

	Off Guinan reaction:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

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                          Written by 
                     Robert L. McCullough 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


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                     3RD REVISED FINAL DRAFT
 
                        MARCH 8, 1989
 

         STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/7/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Samaritan Snare" 

                             CAST                               
                              
              PICARD                   GREBNEDLOG
              RIKER                    REGINOD
              DATA                     
              PULASKI                  SURGEON
              TROI                     BIOMOLECULAR
                                        PHYSIOLOGIST
              GEORDI                   
              WORF                     
              WESLEY                   
                                       Non-Speaking
              SONYA                      SEVERAL PAKLEDS
              TRANSPORTER CHIEF (V.O.)   NURSES
                                         MEDICAL TEAM
              Non-Speaking               ANESTHESIOLOGIST
                N.D. CREWMEMBERS         ORDERLIES

         STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/7/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Samaritan Snare" 
                         
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              SICKBAY/PULASKI'S OFFICE SHUTTLE TWO
              SHUTTLE BAY TWO
              CORRIDOR                 MONDOR
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE       STARBASE 515
              MAIN ENGINEERING           MEDICAL COMPLEX
          
            MONDOR
              BRIDGE
              WEAPONS BAY
          
            SHUTTLE TWO
          
            STARBASE SCYLLA 515
              SURGICAL SUITE

STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare - 3/7/89 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE       

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                       "Samaritan Snare"            
                
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE                       

        RHOMBOID DRONEGAR SECTOR     Romboyd DRAWN-i-gar
        PAKLED                       PACK-led
        GREBNEDLOG                   Greb-NED-log
        REGINOD                      REGG-in-odd
        BONESTELL                    BONE-stel
        NAUSICAAN                    NAW-sik-can
        THORACIC POLYCHROMATICS      thu-RAS-ik
                                       poly-kro-MAT-iks

        HETEROCYCLIC DECLINATION     het-ah-row-SYK-lik
                                       dek-lah-NAY-shun

        MYOCARDIAL ENZYME            my-ah-CARD-ee-el
                                       EN-zime

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "Samaritan Snare"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Cruises at warp speed as we hear:

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 42723.8.
			The Enterprise is en route to the
			Epsilon Nine Sector for
			astronomical survey of a new
			pulsar cluster. In the meantime,
			Ensign Crusher will be diverting
			to Starbase five one five for
			progressive Starfleet exams...

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - THE TURBOLIFT DOORS

	open and WESLEY enters the bridge, where RIKER, DATA,
	and WORF are at their usual stations, supernumeraries
	filling in as needed. Wesley steps up to Riker, who
	hands him a Starfleet communications rectangle.

					RIKER
			This just came in from Starfleet--

					WESLEY
				(taking the disk)
			The testing parameters?

	Data steps up to them:

					DATA
			Do not be apprehensive. I found
			the Academy examinations quite
			elementary.

					WESLEY
			You would.

       STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - TEASER       2.

2    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Your earlier test results were
			good enough to get you Academy
			credit for your work here. I
			don't think you have anything to
			worry about.

					WESLEY
			But those Academy cadets are
			pretty competitive, you know.

					RIKER
			They don't have your practical
			experience, Wes.

					DATA
			Commander Riker is correct. While
			the information imparted to cadets
			at the Academy is unquestionably
			vital for prospective Starfleet
			officers, it nevertheless requires
			a significant period of
			supplementary systems training
			and situational disciplines.

					RIKER
			Data... isn't that what I just
			said?

					DATA
			Yes, Commander. But not quite
			as perspicuously.

	Riker and Wesley react to that as we GO TO:

3    INT. SICKBAY/PULASKI'S OFFICE - PICARD

	paces in front of PULASKI, obviously being evasive:

					PICARD
			I won't have you telling me what
			course to set!

					PULASKI
			As chief medical officer, I am
			ordering you to report to Starbase
			five one five immediately!

					PICARD
			Oh, please. I feel fine.

       STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - TEASER       3.

3    CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			The truth is, you've neglected
			this far too long.

					PICARD
			This ship has a mission to carry
			out.

					PULASKI
			An astronomical survey to be
			conducted by the science officers,
			I believe.

					PICARD
			I've been looking forward to
			seeing the Epsilon Pulsar Cluster
			for myself.

					PULASKI
			Then we'll perform the procedure
			right here.

					PICARD
			Absolutely not.

					PULASKI
			My staff and I are perfectly
			capable of giving you the
			replacement.

					PICARD
			That's not the point. Not only
			am I in splendid health, but it
			would be inappropriate for you
			to perform the procedure.

					PULASKI
			Why Captain Picard, I had no idea.
			You do have an ego, don't you?

					PICARD
			Clarify.

					PULASKI
			You're concerned about your image.

					PICARD
			I never said that.

       STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - TEASER       4.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					PULASKI
			Don't worry. Get yourself down
			to Starbase five one five and your
			image will be safe with me.

	He reacts to that, exiting as we GO TO:

4    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - THE TURBOLIFT DOORS

	open and Picard steps out, nearly bumping into Wesley
	who was about to enter the turbolift:

					WESLEY
			Captain... excuse me.

					PICARD
			I understand you're heading for
			Starbase five one five.

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir. I was just on my way
			to Shuttle Bay Two.

					PICARD
			Good. I have some business of
			my own there. I shall accompany.
			you.

	Wesley reacts, eyes widening, his voice cracking:

					WESLEY
			You will?
				(then, composing
				 himself)
			I mean, yessir!

					PICARD
			Prepare the shuttle for immediate
			departure.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir.

	Wesley exits via the turbolift; Riker reacts to all of
	this, steps up to Picard.

					RIKER
			Is there something I can take care
			of for you at Starbase
			five one five?

       STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - TEASER       5.

4    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I'm afraid not, Number One.

					RIKER
			But you'll miss the Epsilon Pulsar
			survey.

					PICARD
			I'm very well aware of that. You
			have the bridge. Carry on.

	With that, Picard turns and exits into the Ready Room.
	Riker considers all of this, shares a concerned glance
	with the other bridge officers and then follows Picard
	into the Ready Room as we GO TO:

4A   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - PICARD

	turns to face Riker, as the door slides shut behind
	them:

					PICARD
			What is it, Number One?

					RIKER
			Is something wrong? This trip
			to Starbase five one five seems
			rather unexpected.

	Picard smiles awkwardly, goes about the business of
	picking up some reading material for his journey:

					PICARD
			Not to worry. Ensign Crusher and
			I will rendezvous with you on your
			return from the Epsilon Pulsar
			Cluster.

					RIKER
			Forgive my saying so, sir, but
			you're being rather enigmatic.

					PICARD
			Consider it captain's privilege.

					RIKER
			As first officer, I have complete
			security clearance--

       STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - TEASER       6.

4A   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			This has nothing to do with ship's
			business.
				(then, with a sigh)
			Suffice it to say that this is
			strictly a matter of ...vanity.

	Picard heads for the door with his books and exits as
	we GO TO:

5    INT. CORRIDOR - GEORDI

	is on his way to Engineering with SONYA, walking with
	Wesley, who is obviously worried about something:

					GEORDI
			Starbase five one five's not
			exactly around the corner, Wes.
			You have quite a trip ahead of
			you.

					WESLEY
			Yeah. I know.

					GEORDI
			Relax. You'll do fine on your
			exams.

					WESLEY
			It's not the exams I'm worried
			about. It's Captain Picard.

					SONYA
			Why? He's not taking the exams.

					WESLEY
			He's coming with me to starbase.
			Just the two of us. Nearly a
			six-hour transit. What am I going
			to talk to him about for six
			hours?

					SONYA
			Archaeology...semantics...
			literature... art... you can learn
			a lot from Captain Picard.

	Just then, Picard approaches:

       STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - TEASER       7.

5    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Nice day for a little trip,
			Captain?

					PICARD
			Hardly.

	Picard and Wesley head off down another corridor as
	Geordi and Sonya react to Picard's mood as we GO TO:

5A   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	comes out of warp, decelerating to impulse speed while

6    OMITTED

7    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - DATA

	is in his "Ops" chair as he hears:

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Shuttle Number Two ready for
			departure.

					DATA
			We are at impulse speed and you
			are cleared for departure.

8    EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	the shuttle exits the Shuttle Bay.

9    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL) - RIKER

	enters from the Ready Room, looking up at the
	viewscreen now to see the shuttle streaking away. He
	crosses to Data:

					RIKER
			Data... wasn't the captain looking
			forward to this mission to the
			Epsilon Pulsar Cluster?

					DATA
			So he had said.

       STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - TEASER       8.

9    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Then what would make him change
			his mind? Why would he leave the
			ship now?

	Data reacts to that, exchanging a concerned glance with
	Riker. Suddenly, Worf pipes up with:

					WORF
			Receiving a Mayday on all
			frequencies, sir!

					RIKER
			Source?

					WORF
			Rhomboid Dronegar Sector
			zero-zero-six--

					RIKER
			Detail.

					WORF
			Ship...unidentified...distress.
			Nothing more.

					RIKER
			Set course for Rhomboid Dronegar
			zero-zero-six at warp seven.

	Data looks to Riker, quietly concerned:

					DATA
			Sir... Rhomboid Dronegar sector
			will put us at considerable
			distance from Captain Picard.

					RIKER
			I know, Data. I know.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT ONE       9.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

9A   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	flashes past at warp seven while

10   INT. THE BRIDGE - RIKER

	is in his chair while Data and Worf man their stations
	as:

					DATA
			Entering Rhomboid Dronegar Sector
			zero-zero-six.

					WORF
			I have a ship on target path.

					RIKER
			Slow to impulse speed.

10A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	decelerates

10B  INT. THE BRIDGE - RIKER

	rises now:

					RIKER
			Viewer.

	Data taps his console appropriately and

11   THE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	comes alive with the image of an unusual alien ship.
	Hardly aerodynamic, this craft appears to be something
	of a throwback when contrasted to the Enterprise. It's
	dead in the water. Riker approaches the screen,
	curious while Worf remains cautious:

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT ONE      10.

11   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Deploy shields, sir?

					RIKER
			Hold fast.
				(then)
			Data?

					DATA
				(re: the ship)
			Basic early design capable of
			sub-light travel only.

					WORF
			Commander, we are being hailed.

					RIKER
			On screen.

	The VIEWSCREEN image glitches for a split-second and
	then comes alive with the interior of the Pakled ship.
	It looks like an analog throwback to the late twenty-first
	century. A number of slothful, droopy-eyed humanoids
	appear to be working with great confusion on some
	engineering control panels in the b.g., as their
	commander, GREBNEDLOG, steps into foreground.

					RIKER
			I am First Officer William Riker.
			This is the USS Enterprise,
			responding to your distress
			signal--

	Grebnedlog arches his massive brow, his eyes opening
	just a bit wider as he responds with typically wistful
	Pakled hypoplastic speech, almost a sense of hopeful
	longing in their every word:

					GREBNEDLOG
			Uh-hunh.

	Riker exchanges a curious glance with Data, then back
	to screen:

					RIKER
			What is your problem?

					GREBNEDLOG
			We are far from home.

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT ONE      11.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			So are we, but you sent out a
			Mayday--

					GREBNEDLOG
			Uh-hunh

					RIKER
			Do you need help?

					GREBNEDLOG
			We are Pakleds. Our ship is the
			Mondor.
				(re the work in the
				 b.g.)
			It is broken.

	Riker sighs impatiently, turns to Data:

					DATA
			Sensors indicate engineering
			problems.

					RIKER
			Lieutentant La Forge to bridge...

					DATA
			They have experienced total
			guidance system failure and they
			have less than twenty-four hours' reserve
			power.

					RIKER
				(to viewscreen)
			What brings you so far from home?

					GREBNEDLOG
				(wistfully)
			We look for things.

					RIKER
			What were you looking for?

					GREBNEDLOG
			Things we need.

					RIKER
			Can you be more specific?

					GREBNEDLOG
			Uh-hunh.

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT ONE      12.

11   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			Then please do so.

					GREBNEDLOG
			Things that make us go. We need
			help.

	In the b.g., the turbolift doors open and Geordi steps
	onto the bridge, spots the viewscreen. He looks at the
	Pakleds, grins wryly:

					GEORDI
			Let me guess: their rubber band
			broke, right?

					RIKER
				(to viewscreen)
			What is the nature of your
			mission?

					GREBNEDLOG
				(nodding slowly)
			We look for things.

					RIKER
				(aside; to Data)
			Do you hear an echo?
				(then, back to
				 viewscreen)
			Understood. Our chief engineer
			will beam aboard to help you--
				(to Worf)
			Out.

	Geordi reacts to that as all eyes turn toward him:

					GEORDI
			Wait a minute... me?

	And as Riker pats him reassuringly on the back, Worf
	turns from his station, concern etched all over his
	Klingon countenance:

					WORF
				(re: the viewscreen)
			Do we truly need to send our chief
			engineer over to them?

					RIKER
			They obviously need our help.

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT ONE      13.

11   CONTINUED: (4)

					WORF
			Why do we not simply give them
			the information they need to make
			their repairs?

					RIKER
			Do you honestly think they could
			handle our technical
			specifications?

					WORF
			We don't know that much about
			them. I urge caution.

					RIKER
			Acknowledged, Worf... but we have
			an obligation to render aid.
				(turns to Geordi).
			Report to the Transporter Room
			with all necessary gear.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

	With that, Geordi exits. Worf remains concerned, leans
	in to Riker with:

					WORF
			We need more information.

	Riker turns to Data:

					RIKER
			Do you have anything else on them?

					DATA
			They are a relatively benign
			species.

					RIKER
			Don't they seem a little... slow?

					DATA
			They may merely have
			poorly-developed language skills.

	Worf leans in with:

					WORF
			What about weapons?

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT ONE      14.

11   CONTINUED: (5)

					DATA
			Our scan shows very limited
			armaments.

					RIKER
			I think we can relax, Worf. They
			can't even get their ship moving
			without our help, and we certainly
			have them outmanned and outgunned.

	Worf can't argue with that as we GO TO:

12   EXT. SPACE - PICARD'S SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	hurtling past us at impulse speed while:

13   INT. THE SHUTTLE - WESLEY

	handles the controls with confidence and aplomb.
	Picard checks the instruments with a scowl:

					PICARD
			E.t.a. thirteen-thirty hours.

					WESLEY
			Not exactly warp speed, sir.

					PICARD
			More like a late twenty-second century
			interplanetary journey.

					WESLEY
			Sir?

					PICARD
			You should read more history,
			Ensign.

					WESLEY
			Yes sir.

					PICARD
				(mumbling to himself)
			Complete waste of time...

					WESLEY
			Pardon, sir?

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT ONE      15.

13   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I shouldn't be taking this trip
			at all. I belong back on the
			Enterprise.

					WESLEY
			Why are you going with me to
			Starbase five one five, Captain?

					PICARD
				(snappish)
			It's certainly not my idea!

	Wesley reacts, afraid to probe further. Picard glances
	over at:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I'm sorry. I don't mean to take
			it out on you.
				(then)
			I just hate going through another
			damned cardiac replacement.

					WESLEY
			Cardiac replacement? I didn't
			know...

					PICARD
			Now you do.

					WESLEY
			A parthenogenetic implant?

					PICARD
			What else would it be?
				(then, a bit softer)
			My own heart was injured and a
			replacement was necessary. That
			would have been it except that
			the replacement is flawed and must
			now be put right.

					WESLEY
			Why would anyone use a flawed
			replacement?

	Picard ices over at that, glaring out at the stars
	ahead now:

					PICARD
			Just pilot the shuttle, Ensign.

	And on Picard's obdurate countenance, we GO TO:

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT ONE      16.

14   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it maintains its position near the Mondor while

15   INT. THE BRIDGE - RIKER

	turns his attention to the viewscreen where the Pakleds
	continue with their inefectual attempts at repair.

					RIKER
			All right. Let's get these
			repairs made so we can all be on
			our way.
				(then)
			First officer to La Forge...

16   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL) - GEORDI

	is on the transporter platform, "tool kit" in hand:

					GEORDI
			Aye, Commander. Ready for
			transport.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			Proceed.

					GEORDI
			Energize...

	And as Geordi DEMATERIALIZES, we GO TO:

17   INT. THE PAKLED SHIP "MONDOR" (OPTICAL) - GEORDI

	MATERIALIZES, startling the Pakleds who react with
	their own brand of anxiety:

					GEORDI
			Hey, hey, it's okay. I'm here
			to help. Take it easy.

	Grebnedlog approaches tentatively with what appears to
	be profound, heartfelt sincerity:

					GREBNEDLOG
			We are far from home.

	Geordi reacts to that non-sequitur, eager to get down
	to business:

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT ONE      17.

17   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			What seems to be the problem?

					GREBNEDLOG
			Our ship is the Mondor.

					GEORDI
			Right. I got that already.
				(then, looking around)
			Who's in charge of engineering?

					GREBNEDLOG
			My friend. His name is Reginod.

					GEORDI
				(looking around)
			Think I could meet him?

	Another Pakled steps up. Grebnedlog makes the
	"introduction":

					GREBNEDLOG
			We have an engineer.

					GEORDI
			Great...

					GREBNEDLOG
			He is Reginod.

					GEORDI
			Yes, I think you mentioned that.

					REGINOD
			We look for things.

					GEORDI
			So I've heard.

					REGINOD
				(re the ship)
			It is broken.

					GEORDI
			Well... maybe I can fix it.

					GREBNEDLOG
			Can you make our ship go?

					GEORDI
			I think so.

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT ONE      18.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					GREBNEDLOG
				(to Geordi)
			We look for things to make us go.

	Geordi reacts, feeling like somebody's "got their
	needle stuck". He smiles patiently:

					GEORDI
			Fellas... why don't you show me
			where your guidance system is?

	Geordi starts wandering toward the back of the ship.
	Reginod turns to Grebnedlog, smiling:

					REGINOD
			He is smart.

	Grebnedlog returns the salivary smile as we GO TO:

18   INT. ENTERPRISE'S MAIN BRIDGE-TURBOLIFT DOORS (OPTICAL)

	open and Troi enters the scene, immediately riveted
	by what she sees up on the viewscreen. She steps over
	to Riker and Data, who regard the scene with Geordi
	with bemusement:

					TROI
			Commander... Lieutenant La Forge
			is on an alien ship?

					RIKER
			Yes. We're rendering assistance
			to some curious throwbacks.

					DATA
			How they ever mastered the
			rudiments of space travel is a
			genuine curiosity.

					TROI
			Commander... Those aliens... what
			they feel is not helplessness
			... Lieutenant La Forge is in great
			danger!

	Riker and Data react to that new input as

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT ONE      19.

18A  GEORDI

	goes about his work, unaware of any hazard as we

									FADE OUT.

                          END ACT ONE                           

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT TWO      20.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

19   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	remains in position, in some proximity to the Mondor.

20   INT. THE MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL) - TROI

	remains transfixed, Riker, Data and Worf reacting as
	she stands there, staring at the viewscreen:

					TROI
			Danger... great danger...

					RIKER
			Can you be more specific,
			Counselor?

					TROI
			They are insincere... It is not
			our help they want.

					RIKER
			Help is all they're going to get.
			They certainly can't force
			anything upon us, can they?

					TROI
			You feel they are weak.

					RIKER
				(re: the viewscreen)
			Look at them. Not exactly Jarada
			or Romulans.

	Data looks over at Riker, shares her concerns now:

					DATA
			Our Betazoid counselor is often
			aware of things beyond our
			perceptive abilities.

	Riker reacts to this, exchanges a glance of concern
	with Worf as we GO TO:

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT TWO      21.

21   EXT. SPACE - PICARD'S SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	continues on its journey while

22   INT. THE SHUTTLE - PICARD

	appears to be reading, ignoring Wesley. Then, putting
	his reading down for a moment:

					PICARD
			Van Doren's technique has been
			perfected to two point four
			percent.

					WESLEY
			Sir?

					PICARD
			The cardiac replacement procedure.
			It has a very low mortality rate.
			Two point four percent.

					WESLEY
			Those are pretty good odds.

	He considers that for a beat, then admits:

					PICARD
			The fact is, I'm not interested
			in having my innards become the
			subject of Starfleet gossip.

					WESLEY
			Of course, sir. But why didn't
			you have Doctor Pulaski perform
			the operation? You could've
			trusted her to keep it quiet.

					PICARD
			Let's just say I have personal
			reasons and leave it at that,
			shall we?

	Picard returns to his "reading". Wesley reacts, his
	curiosity stifled now as we GO TO:

23   INT. THE MONDOR - GEORDI

	is hard at work on the Pakled guidance system, really
	enjoying himself. Several Pakleds including Grebnedlog
	and Reginod hover nearby, observing him as he explains:

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT TWO      22.

23   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			The power needs to be rerouted
			through this venturi chamber
			before it can be channeled through
			the engine coils.

					REGINOD
			It is broken.

					GEORDI
			But not for long. See? We're
			going to reconfigure these
			separators here...

	Reginod looks to Grebnedlog, who nods in agreement:

					GREBNEDLOG
			It is broken.

					REGINOD
				(to Geordi)
			You are brilliant.

	Geordi reacts, flattered, but realistic:

					GEORDI
			Actually, any first year
			engineering intern could do the
			same thing--

	Just then, Geordi reacts to his communicator as he
	hears:

					RIKER (V.O.)
			Lieutenant La Forge, this is
			Commander Riker...

	Geordi taps his communicator and responds:

					GEORDI
			Yes, Commander. Go ahead.

24   INT. THE ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker and Troi stand before the viewscreen, observing
	Geordi aboard the Mondor:

					RIKER
			Are you all right?

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT TWO      23.

24   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Sure. Why do you ask?

					RIKER
			Counselor Troi has expressed
			misgivings about your absence from
			The Enterprise.

	In the b.g., Grebnedlog and Reginod exchange an
	uncharacteristically alert glance by way of response
	to that while:

					GEORDI
			I don't think there's much to
			worry about.

					RIKER
			Understood. But as soon as the
			repairs are completed, I want you
			back here.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir, I should be done
			momentarily.

	Riker looks to Troi who remains unshaken in her
	convictions while:

25   INT. THE MONDOR - GEORDI

	twists the last framiss on the final spigot, looks up
	with a smile:

					GEORDI
			There. Guidance is up and
			running.

	Suddenly, the lights flicker, dim, and go dark. A
	GROAN is heard as reserve power kicks in, lights come
	up one-half and Geordi smiles:

					GEORDI
			Main power failure?

					GREBNEDLOG
			Will our ship go now?

					GEORDI
			The guidance system's repaired,
			but you're not going anywhere
			without main power.

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT TWO      24.

25   CONTINUED:

					GREBNEDLOG
				(to Reginod)
			It is broken.

					REGINOD
				(to Geordi)
			Can you make it go?

	Geordi looks at the Pakleds, sighs heavily, then taps
	his communicator:

					GEORDI
			Commander Riker, it looks like
			this might take a little longer
			than I anticipated...

	And as Geordi returns to this new problem...

25A  INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE - RIKER AND TROI

	react to that with mutually mounting concern as we go
	to...

26   EXT. SPACE - PICARD'S SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	continues its impulse-speed journey while

27   INT. THE SHUTTLE - PICARD

	finally puts his reading down. Rubs his eyes. It's a
	long trip. He seems lost in his thoughts, somewhat
	unfocused as he studies the passing starfields. At his
	side, Wesley checks his instruments carefully, takes
	a deep breath as all seems well. Then, building his
	courage for a beat, he turns to Picard:

					WESLEY
			You don't really care much for
			people, do you?

					PICARD
			What?

					WESLEY
			It's okay. You can just do
			without most people. I can
			understand that --

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT TWO      25.

27   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Ensign...Wesley. That's not true.
			I have great regard for you, for
			example. You're a fine young
			man.

					WESLEY
			You don't have to say that.

					PICARD
			I do not say what I do not mean.

					WESLEY
			Well, it's pretty obvious how you
			feel.

					PICARD
			Is it? How so?

					WESLEY
			Well, everyone knows. You don't
			like kids.

					PICARD
			I simply have... other priorities.

					WESLEY
			That's too bad.
				(then)
			You might've made a pretty good
			father.

					PICARD
			Thank you.

					WESLEY
			Didn't you ever wish you had kids
			of your own?

	A moment of silence as Picard considers that. Then:

					PICARD
			Wishing for a thing does not make
			it so.

	Wesley ponders that reality as we GO TO:

28   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	remains positioned near the Pakled ship Mondor while

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT TWO      26.

29   INT. THE MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Worf, Data, Troi and Riker are all in position. Riker
	is beginning to lose his patience as he turns to Data:

					RIKER
			We send him over there for one
			set of repairs and now they need
			him for more.

					DATA
			Their ship is apparently quite
			fragile.

	Riker steps forward to the viewscreen where he can see
	the Pakleds working on their ship, Geordi in the
	distant b.g., hard at work in a console panel:

					RIKER
			This is Riker on board the
			Enterprise.

	The Pakleds ignore Riker's summons, continue milling
	around looking for the solution to their myriad
	problems:

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I repeat. This is Commander Riker
			of the Enterprise.

	Geordi looks up from his work briefly, calling to
	Riker from the b.g.:

					GEORDI
			Almost got it, Commander--

	He returns to his work as Grebnedlog turns to face the
	viewscreen now, his eyes almost completely
	disinterested:

					GREBNEDLOG
			We look for things.

					RIKER
			Apparently your ship is in need
			of more than minor repairs.

					GREBNEDLOG
			Things to make it go.

					RIKER
			We will use our tractor beam to
			tow you to your nearest base.

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT TWO      27.

29   CONTINUED:

					GREBNEDLOG
				(re: Geordi)
			He can make it go.

					RIKER
			Yes, but we need our chief
			engineer back on board our ship--

	Just then, all power is restored to the Pakled ship,
	and as lights come full-up, Geordi pulls himself out of
	the console panel in the b.g. to hear:

					GREBNEDLOG
			He is smart.

	Geordi steps up beside Grebnedlog.

					GEORDI
			All done, Commander.

					RIKER
			Prepare to beam over.

29A  INT. MONDOR BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir.

	Reginod steps up behind Geordi with:

					REGINOD
			You are good.

					GEORDI
			Thanks. We aim to please.

					REGINOD
			We need you.

					GEORDI
			I'm flattered. Now I hate to
			repair and run, but if you'll
			excuse me...

	And Geordi steps away from the others, announcing to
	Riker:

					GEORDI
			One to beam aboard--

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT TWO      28.

29A  CONTINUED:

	Suddenly, Grebnedlog reaches over and with surprising
	sleight-of-hand, deftly snatches Geordi's small phaser
	away from him.

					GEORDI
			Hey!

	And as Geordi reaches to take the phaser back,
	Grebnedlog fires with the stun setting, knocking Geordi
	back, slamming him into a bulkhead, knocking his VISOR
	off:

29B  RIKER (OPTICAL)

	reacts immediately, calling out:

					RIKER
			Transporter room, beam La Forge
			over immediately.

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF (V.O.)
			Aye... negative response, sir!

					RIKER
			Try again!

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF (V.O.)
			Negative response!

					DATA
			The Pakled ship has a shield up,
			sir!

					RIKER
			A shield? What kind?

					DATA
			It appears to be beyond their
			technology... similar to Romulan
			shields!

	Riker clenches his jaw, commands the Pakleds now:

					RIKER
			Do not interfere with our
			transporter beam. Repeat. Drop
			your shield--

	Suddenly, the viewscreen glitches and goes to exterior
	view of the Mondor.

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT TWO      29.

29B  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Status!

					WORF
			Viewer transmission terminated
			and blocked.

	Riker shares a look of mounting concern with his crew
	as we,

									FADE OUT:

                          END ACT TWO                           

     STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT THREE     30.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

30   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	remains in view of the Pakled's Mondor.

31   INT. THE MAIN BRIDGE - RIKER, DATA, WORF, TROI

	are all in position as Riker commands his crew:

					RIKER
			Hail on all frequencies.

					DATA
			Running frequency search...
			negative response.

					RIKER
			They're ignoring us!

					DATA
			Apparently so, sir.

					WORF
			Phasers ready, sir.

					RIKER
			Shields up.

	Worf responds, activating his security station console,
	reporting:

					WORF
			Shields up.

					RIKER
			Sensors at maximum sensitivity.

	Data responds with precision, then reports:

					DATA
			Sensors at maximum.

					WORF
			Phasers ready, sir.

     STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT THREE     31.

31   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Hold fire. Lieutenant La Forge
			is on that ship.

	And as Riker and his crew contemplate that grim
	reality, we GO TO:

32   EXT. SPACE - PICARD'S SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	continues cruising at impulse speed while

33   INT. PICARD'S SHUTTLE - WESLEY

	carefully probes, eager to learn more about Picard:

					WESLEY
			Were you ever married?

					PICARD
			My career always came first. I
			never had time.

					WESLEY
			Don't you ever get lonely?

					PICARD
			There have been certain costs
			involved.

					WESLEY
			Well, I'll bet you've broken your
			fair share of hearts along the
			way...

					PICARD
			A man needs to be careful about
			that sort of thing.

					WESLEY
			Don't worry about me. Where women
			are concerned, I'm in complete
			control.

					PICARD
			Really? I've always had to work
			at it.

					WESLEY
			Have you always known what you've
			wanted... been so disciplined?

     STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT THREE     32.

33   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			No.
				(re his chest)
			That's why I'm going in to get
			this thing replaced.

					WESLEY
			I don't understand.

					PICARD
			Well... I was a young Starfleet
			officer. Just a few years older
			than you are now. Green as hell.
			Top of my Academy Class, and oh,
			so proud. Too proud, as it turned
			out.

					WESLEY
			What happened?

					PICARD
			Several of us were on leave at
			Far Space Starbase
			Earhart... something of a galactic
			outpost in those days--

					WESLEY
			Before the Klingons joined the
			Federation?

					PICARD
			That's right. My mates and I were
			at the Bonestell Recreation
			Facility, which was nothing more
			than a crossroads at the time.
			A trio of Nausicaans came in.
			They were spoiling for a
			confrontation with some
			fresh-faced young Starfleet
			officers like ourselves. Everyone
			in our group had the good sense
			to back away and give these
			Nausicaans wide berth. Everyone
			but me, that is. I stood
			toe-to-toe with the nastiest of
			the three and let him know what
			I thought of him, his partners,
			and his planet. I probably even
			made some passing reference to
			his questionable parentage.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT THREE     33.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			The next thing I knew, I had all
			three of them on me and I was
			fighting for my life. Acquitted
			myself quite well for several
			furious exchanges, I'm proud to
			say.

					WESLEY
			You fought them? And won?

					PICARD
			I had this one Nausicaan down on
			the floor in a particularly
			devious joint-lock when before
			I knew what was happening, one
			of his cohorts drew his weapon
			and impaled me through the back.
			Strange sensation, actually. Not
			much pain. Shock, certainly, at
			the sight of serrated metal coming
			out of one's chest, and then a
			certain giddy warmth. As I
			recall, I actually laughed aloud.
			It pierced my heart, of course,
			and if we hadn't been so near a
			medical facility I would surely
			have died.

					WESLEY
			Really? Really? Then what?

					PICARD
			Then nothing. I was no hero.
			I was an undisciplined,
			opinionated, loud-mouthed young
			man who was far out of his league.
			It was a great and painful lesson,
			but I learned it well. I only
			hope you won't need to learn it
			as I did...

	Wesley reacts with a gulp, realizing that he does
	indeed have a lot to learn as we GO TO:

34   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND THE MONDOR (OPTICAL)

	are as before while

     STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT THREE     34.

35   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - RIKER

	paces, doing his best to keep his temper in check as he
	looks to Data:

					RIKER
			Data, come on...

					DATA
			I am programming the comm system
			to scan the interference patterns,
			but a full analysis will take
			time.

	Data reacts, his hands dexterously flying over his
	console like nothing we've ever seen him do before as
	we GO TO:

36   INT. THE MONDOR - GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	is hit by yet another phaser stun, slams back into a
	bulkhead and then struggles to his feet, shaking off
	his phaser's stun effects:

					GEORDI
			Please... no more.

					GREBNEDLOG
			This is fun.

	Geordi reaches out, groping for his VISOR:

					GEORDI
			My VISOR...

	Reginod picks it up, studies it:

					REGINOD
			This does something.

	Geordi reacts, realizes the Pakled has the VISOR now:

					GEORDI
			Yes. It allows me to see.

	Reginod and Grebnedlog react curiously. They wave
	their digits in front of Geordi's face. He doesn't
	react, reaching out for the VISOR as they keep it away
	from him:

					GEORDI
			Where is it? Give it to me--

     STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT THREE     35.

36   CONTINUED:

					GREBNEDLOG
			Can you make us go now?

	Geordi lunges for him, stumbling. Reginod realizes:

					REGINOD
			He cannot make us go.

					GREBNEDLOG
			He is not smart.
				(re: the VISOR)
			This is smart.

	He hands the VISOR back to Geordi, and he clicks it
	back into place, reacting now at the sight of his
	phaser in Grebnedlog's mitt:

					GEORDI
				(re: the phaser)
			Be careful with that thing.

					GREBNEDLOG
			You want to hurt us.

					GEORDI
			What? I came here to help you.
				(re: the ship)
			I fixed your guidance system and
			the main power generator, didn't
			I?

					REGINOD
				(re: the phaser)
			We can make more.

	Geordi reacts, realizing:

					GEORDI
			You have a replicator?

					GREBNEDLOG
				(with pride)
			It is not broken.

					GEORDI
			I didn't come here to give you
			weapons.

					GREBNEDLOG
				(re: the phaser, points
				 it at Geordi)
			You will make more.

     STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT THREE     36.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

	Geordi reacts to that threat, considering his options
	now as we GO TO:

37   INT. THE ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE - WORF

	crosses to Riker with:

					WORF
			Commander, a photon torpedo may
			penetrate their shield.

					RIKER
			Any hostile move on our part
			would only jeopardize Geordi.

					WORF
			But what do the Pakleds want?

	Riker glances over at Troi, hoping she has an answer:

					RIKER
			Counselor?

					TROI
			They have what they want... for
			now.

	Riker reacts to that as we GO TO:

38   INT. PICARD'S SHUTTLE - PICARD (OPTICAL)

	thumbs through one of the books he's brought along.
	Then, turning to Wesley:

					PICARD
			Did you read that book I gave
			you?

	Wesley reacts, barely concealing a grimace as he
	recalls:

					WESLEY
			Some of it.

					PICARD
			That's reassuring.

					WESLEY
			I just don't have much time.

     STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT THREE     37.

38   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(re the book in his
				 hand)
			There is no greater challenge than
			the study of philosophy.

	Wesley glances over at Picard's book:

					WESLEY
			William James sure won't be on
			my Starfleet exams.

					PICARD
			The important things never will
			be. Anyone can be trained to deal
			with technology, and the
			mechanics of piloting a starship.

					WESLEY
			But Starfleet Academy--

					PICARD
			It takes more than just that.
			Open your mind to the past... to
			history, art, philosophy. And
			then...
				(re: the stars)
			... this will mean something.

	Wesley considers this, almost embarrassed as he
	realizes Picard does truly care about him. Then:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Just consider James' wisdom:
			"Philosophy... is not a technical
			matter... it is our sense of what
			life honestly means... our
			individual way of feeling the
			total push and pressure of the
			cosmos."
				(then)
			That's what I want for you.

	Wesley reacts to that and as they move closer to
	starbase, we GO TO:

39   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	hasn't moved, still in sight of the Mondor while

     STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT THREE     38.

40   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - TROI

	steps up to Riker as she reports her feelings:

					TROI
			It is all deception. Lies.

					RIKER
			Everything? What about the
			distress call?

					TROI
			Nothing the Pakleds have said or
			done has been sincere.

	Data looks up from his console:

					DATA
			Intensified scan shows their
			guidance system is perfectly
			intact, as is their power
			generator.

					RIKER
			Then what was Geordi repairing?

					DATA
			Apparently, the putative
			malfunctions were carefully
			programmed into their ship's
			computer.

					RIKER
			I didn't think the Pakleds had
			that kind of technology.

					DATA
			They seem to have made some
			technological leaps forward,
			Commander.

					RIKER
			But why would they go through
			the charade of needing our help?

					TROI
			For the sole purpose of making
			Lieutenant La Forge their prisoner.

					RIKER
			Options?

     STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT THREE     39.

40   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Tactically speaking, we have
			three choices: we can negotiate,
			attack, or simply abandon
			Lieutenant La Forge.

	Riker reacts to these uncomfortable options as we GO
	TO:

41   EXT./INT. STARBASE 515 MEDICAL COMPLEX

	Picard and Wesley approach the entrance to this
	high-tech Starfleet facility:

					PICARD
			You don't want to be late for your
			exams, Ensign.

					WESLEY
			I've still got some time, sir.

					PICARD
			Why do I get the feeling you're
			acting like some kind of escort?

					WESLEY
			Doctor Pulaski asked me to make
			sure you actually went inside.

					PICARD
			That woman. She would.

					WESLEY
			Sir?

					PICARD
			What is it?

					WESLEY
			I enjoyed our trip together.

	Picard's momentarily taken aback; the young man
	actually cares about him.

					PICARD
			So did I.

	After a brief, moment of mutual feeling, Picard turns
	and heads into the medical facility as we GO TO:

     STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT THREE     40.

41A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	hovers squarely in front of the Mondor.

42   INT. THE ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker and the others react as Data monitors his panel:

					DATA
			They are initiating visual
			contact--

					RIKER
			Maybe we'll find out what the hell
			they really want.

	The viewscreen comes alive with the image of Grebnedlog
	holding Geordi's phaser in his mitt. Reginod and the
	other Pakleds all hold replicated versions of the
	original now. Geordi is in the background, slowly
	struggling to his feet once again, propped up by
	Reginod as other Pakleds play recklessly with their
	phasers. One of them takes a shot at his comrade,
	missing him, like children playing with dangerous
	toys. Grebnedlog turns to face the viewscreen:

					GREBNEDLOG
			Enterprise.

					RIKER
			We demand the immediate return
			of our crewmember.

					GREBNEDLOG
			Request denied.

					RIKER
			Lower your shield!

					GREBNEDLOG
			Request denied.

	With that, he turns back toward Geordi, gives him a
	quick stun blast from the phaser, and as Geordi is
	slammed back into the bulkhead again, he collapses in a
	heap.

42A  RIKER (OPTICAL)

	reacts, truly beside himself with anger now:

     STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT THREE     41.

42A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Stop it! What do you want?

					GREBNEDLOG
				(re: the phaser)
			Your ship has bigger ones.

					RIKER
			For defense against attack.

					GREBNEDLOG
			Your ship is strong. Smart.

					RIKER
			Our strength contributes to peace
			in this region of the galaxy.
			We mean no one harm.

					GREBNEDLOG
			You think we are not smart.

					RIKER
			I think you need to continue to
			develop --

					GREBNEDLOG
			We are smart.

					RIKER
			Prove it. Return our man to us.

					GREBNEDLOG
				(re: Geordi)
			You want him?

					RIKER
			Yes, dammit!

					GREBNEDLOG
			Good. We want all computer
			information from your ship.
				(aims the phaser at
				 Geordi again)
			Now.

	Riker and the others react to this frightening demand
	as we

									FADE OUT:

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FOUR      42.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

43   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	maintains its position within sight of the Mondor while

44   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Riker, Data, Worf, Troi and Pulaski are gathered around
	the table. All are grim, tense:

					RIKER
			We've got a man held hostage by
			alien forces and all I have are
			non-option options! I'd like some
			input...

					PULASKI
			Is Geordi all right?

					WORF
				(bristling)
			They've already hit him with
			multiple phaser stuns.

					PULASKI
				(to Riker)
			He could need medical attention.

					WORF
			Security team stands ready to take
			the initiative, sir.

					RIKER
			Data?

					DATA
			Our options have not changed.
			We can either respond to the
			Pakled demand or not. We can
			either use force or not.

					RIKER
			I've already answered their
			demand. Allowing access to the
			Enterprise computers by alien
			forces would be a complete breech
			of Starfleet security.

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FOUR      43.

44   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Then force it must be.

	Riker reacts, considering that more seriously than ever
	before now as we GO TO:

45   INT. STARBASE 515 SURGICAL SUITE - (OPTICAL)

	Picard lies on an operating table, surrounded by
	twenty-fourth century surgical equipment as NURSES prepare
	him for his procedure. Off to one side, a MEDICAL TEAM
	preps the replacement heart. The SURGEON steps up to
	PICARD, reassures him:

					SURGEON
			Ready?

					PICARD
			Get on with it, Doctor. I've got
			work to do.

	The surgeon nods to the ANESTHESIOLOGIST:

					SURGEON
			Activate Sterile Field. Neural
			calipers.

	The anesthesiologist places a silver wire caliper to
	Picard's head. The caliper receives a signal from a
	small console, which the anesthesiologist now attends
	to. A beat later, Picard calmly closes his eyes in
	perfect repose. The surgeon looks to his team:

					SURGEON
			This will be a secondary cardiac
			procedure with mid-line entry and
			excision of the early model unit.
			I anticipate no complications as
			the patient has had positive
			primary results and exhibits
			extraordinary physical condition.
				(then)
			We'll all be home in time for
			dinner.
				(holds his hand out,
				 palm up)
			Tissue mitigator.

	A nurse responds by slapping a small, glowing glass
	rod in his hand as we GO TO:

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FOUR      44.

46   INT. THE ENTERPRISE OBSERVATION LOUNGE - RIKER

	and his crew are still between the proverbial rock and
	a hard place as Data informs them:

					DATA
			There is very little information
			available on Pakled culture, but
			the eclectic range of their
			equipment would suggest that
			everything they have has been
			stolen from others.

					TROI
			And now they have become militant.

					DATA
			So it would seem.

					RIKER
			Rationale?

					TROI
			They are unwilling to wait for
			the timely evolution of their
			species' intellectual capacity.
			They seek instant knowledge,
			instant power and gratification.

					PULASKI
			You make them sound like petulant
			children.

					TROI
			Yes. Infantile humans are known
			for responses of a similar nature.

					RIKER
			Then suppose we treat them like
			children.

					DATA
			Sir?

					RIKER
			It's time we set some limits.

					DATA
			To what effect, sir? We are faced
			with an impossible conundrum.

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FOUR      45.

46   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Not if we let Geordi give them
			something they want... and then
			create the right moment for him
			to take it away.

					TROI
			Would you be suggesting a ruse
			of some sort?

					RIKER
			I would.

					PULASKI
			And what if it fails? What'll
			happen to Geordi then?

					RIKER
			We don't have any choice. We have
			to try.

47   INT. STARBASE 515 SURGICAL SUITE - PICARD

	lies in repose, the surgical team calmly carrying out
	the cardiac replacement procedure. Hovering over
	Picard now is a large praying mantis-like piece of
	equipment that seems to reach down into his chest
	cavity:

					SURGEON
			There has been some capillary
			reaction here... let's proceed
			carefully... we'll need sharper
			focus on the thoracic
			polychromatics and verification
			of myocardial enzyme balance.

	The team attends to the equipment as the Surgeon
	continues his delicate work and now we GO TO:

48   INT. THE PAKLED MONDOR BRIDGE - GEORDI

	steels himself against the effects of the phaser shots
	he's already endured, looks up at the Pakleds:

					GEORDI
			Let me talk to them. I'll get
			you their computer banks.

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FOUR      46.

48   CONTINUED:

					GREBNEDLOG
			We want to be smart.

					GEORDI
			So open the hailing frequency.
			They'll listen to me.

					GREBNEDLOG
				(to Reginod)
			We are smart.

					REGINOD
			We need their computer things.

					GREBNEDLOG
			Yes.
				(then, to Geordi)
			Yes.

	Grebnedlog turns an analog dial on a console and now

49   INT. THE ENTERPRISE BRIDGE - THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	comes to life with the image of the Mondor bridge.
	Riker steps up, flanked by Data, Worf, Pulaski, and
	Troi, reacting to:

					GEORDI
			Commander Riker?

					RIKER
			Yes, Lieutenant. We're here.

					GEORDI
			The Pakleds seem pretty sincere.

					GREBNEDLOG
			We want what we want.

					RIKER
			Our computer banks are
			non-negotiable.

					GEORDI
			Excuse me, Commander, but let's
			consider that for a minute. The
			Enterprise's protected memory
			storage is so extensive that it
			would take well over twenty-four
			hours just to access.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FOUR      47.

49   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
			In that time, maybe we could all
			reach a more acceptable resolution
			to our little misunderstanding
			here.

					GREBNEDLOG
			We want to be smart.

					GEORDI
				(to Riker)
			Belive me, they're nothing if not
			persistent.

					GREBNEDLOG
			We want to be nothing if not
			persistent.

					GEORDI
				(to Riker)
			Nobody ever said they were great
			conversationalists.

					RIKER
			Where did they get their shields?

					GREBNEDLOG
			Yes. We like shields.

					GEORDI
			From what I've seen, half the
			systems on this ship have been
			stolen from Romulans, Jarada,
			Klingons, just about anybody they
			ever came in contact with.

					GREBNEDLOG
			We like to be smart.

					RIKER
			Confirmed, Lieutenant La Forge.
			They steal technology.

					DATA
			But they lack the ability to use
			it properly.

	Riker considers that, exchanges a conspiratorial
	glance with his crew, then clears his throat and
	intones:

      STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FOUR      48.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(back to Geordi)
			You're an excellent chief
			engineer, Lieutenant.

					GEORDI
			Thank you, sir.

					RIKER
			And of course, your knowledge
			of phaser and photon weaponry is
			unmatched.

					GREBNEDLOG
				(chiming in mindlessly)
			We like phasers.

					GEORDI
			That's kind of you to say, sir,
			but Lieutenant Worf --

					RIKER
				(cutting him off)
			Our missions are always inherently
			dangerous. Any of us could be
			called upon to make the ultimate
			sacrifice at any time.

					GEORDI
			Uh... yes, sir, but --

					RIKER
			Speaking of time, Lieutenant,
			this may be your time. I shall
			personally miss you.

	Geordi reacts to that with confusion. Grebnedlog and
	Reginod glance at each other, concerned as Data steps
	up to speak to Geordi:

					DATA
			You will always be in my memory.

					GEORDI
			Data... wait a minute. Can't
			we.. ?

					DATA
			I shall miss you at weapons
			systems analysis.

          STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FOUR          49.

49   CONTINUED: (3)

	Geordi wrinkles his brow as he considers that for a
	beat, then something begins to dawn upon him:

					GEORDI
			Weapons system analysis?
				(then, tentative, trying
				 it out)
			I guess you'll just have to carry
			out the photon torpedo countdowns
			without me.

					DATA
			Exactly. Fond farewell.

					GREBNEDLOG
				(to Reginod)
			He knows about weapons.

					REGINOD
			He is smart.

					GREBNEDLOG
				(to Geordi)
			You can make us strong.

					GEORDI
				(with "humility")
			It's not something I like to talk
			about --

	Just then, Worf steps up to face the viewscreen:

					WORF
			Lieutenant La Forge.

					GEORDI
			Worf... my old friend.

					WORF
			Any classified weapons knowledge
			you share with your captors will
			be considered treason.

					GEORDI
				(re the Pakleds)
			I may have no choice.

					WORF
			You will die without honor.

					GEORDI
			I know. Just my luck.

          STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FOUR          50.

49   CONTINUED: (4)

					WORF
			You will never attain the
			twenty-four levels of awareness.

	Geordi reacts to that, making specific mental notes:

					GEORDI
			Twenty-four? That's quite a
			challenge.

					WORF
			Indeed. Twenty-four is the
			gateway to heroic salvation.

	With that, Grebnedlog reaches over to the console,
	twists the analog switch and cuts off further
	communication and the viewscreen goes black. Pulaski
	steps to Riker:

					PULASKI
			Do you think he understands?

					RIKER
			He'd better.

					TROI
			He is afraid.

					RIKER
			We all are, Counselor.

50   INT. THE MONDOR BRIDGE - GREBNEDLOG

	now turns to Geordi with new appreciation:

					GREBNEDLOG
			You are smart.

					GEORDI
			Not smart enough. I'm still here.

					GREBNEDLOG
			Make us strong.

					GEORDI
			I thought you wanted me to help
			you... "go". Why don't we work
			on that guidance system, okay?

	Grebnedlog levels Geordi's phaser at him:

          STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FOUR          51.

50   CONTINUED:

					GREBNEDLOG
			Make us strong. Or die.

	Geordi reacts to that, suppressing a mischievous smile
	as he surrenders to their commands while we GO TO

51   INT. STARBASE 515 SURGICAL SUITE - (OPTICAL)

	Picard remains motionless, even more awesomely
	technological gear in the room now. The surgeon
	perspires heavily; tension hangs in the air:

					SURGEON
			The metabilation occlusions aren't
			holding.

	A nurse hands him another set of metabilators; these
	have even more contractile expediators on them. The
	surgeon tries them, reacts angrily:

					SURGEON
			Damnit! I can't stop the
			heterocyclic declination! Fuse!

	A sharp BEAM flashes down from overhead, sending up
	a puff of smoke from Picard's thorax,. It doesn't
	work. The surgeon looks up, commanding now:

					SURGEON
			Again!

	The BEAM flashes again. Another puff of smoke. The
	surgeon sags as he realizes:

					SURGEON
			We need a Biomolecular
			Physiologist in here! This man
			is dying!

	With that, one of the nurses reacts, bolts for the
	doors and we

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FIVE          52.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

52   EXT. SPACE - THE MONDOR (OPTICAL)

	remains in position. The Enterprise in proximity while

53   INT. THE MONDOR ARMAMENT BAY - GEORDI

	is ushered to their relatively primitive "gun turrets"
	by Grebnedlog and Reginod. Geordi reacts:

					GEORDI
			You've gotta be kidding.

					GREBNEDLOG
			Make us strong.

					GEORDI
				(re: the armaments)
			There isn't enough juice in these
			to blow off a passing asteroid.

					GREBNEDLOG
			Do it. Make us strong.

	Geordi studies the situation carefully, finally
	acknowledging:

					GEORDI
			I suppose we could increase the
			anti-matter charges.

					REGINOD
			Yes. We like power.

	Grebnedlog points to a set of weapon-force meters and
	lights:

					GREBNEDLOG
			Do not try to trick us. We can
			tell.

          STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FIVE          53.

53   CONTINUED:

	And as Geordi starts to work, we GO TO

54   INT. STARBASE 515 SURGICAL SUITE - PICARD

	appears to be losing his battle for life, his face
	increasingly ashen now as the surgeon and a
	BIOMOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGIST crowd around the patient:

					BIOMOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGIST
			Metabilation?

					SURGEON
			Negative.

					BIOMOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGIST
			Heterocyclics?

					SURGEON
			Failing. And capillary integrity
			too unpredictable to attempt a
			resect.

					BIOMOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGIST
			You're unwilling to make the
			attempt??

					SURGEON
			I'm not qualified.

					BIOMOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGIST
			I know someone who is.

	With that, the biomolecular physiologist touches a
	communications panel on the wall and we GO TO:

55   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	hangs close to the Mondor while

56   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING - SONYA

	looks up from the glow of the pool table to look
	incredulously at Riker and Data:

					SONYA
			Are you sure he can do it? He's
			an engineer, not a weapons
			specialist.

          STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FIVE          54.

56   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			True. But if anyone can
			improvise, it's Geordi.

					SONYA
			What makes you think the Pakleds
			even have that kind of gear on
			board?

					DATA
			Ongoing scanning indicates
			progressive weapons potential.
				(then, to Riker)
			The timing will be crucial. He
			must correctly interpret our
			intentions.

					RIKER
			Geordi's up to speed. I trust
			his instincts.

					DATA
			The Pakleds did hear our little
			fiction about Geordi's "weapons
			knowledge."

					RIKER
			Exactly. And since they obviously
			equate intelligence with strength,
			they won't pass up this chance
			to use that knowledge.
				(then, to Sonya)
			Can you do it?

					SONYA
			Count on it.

	Suddenly, Sonya's interrupted by the urgency of

					WORF (V.O.)
			Bridge to Commander Riker!

					RIKER
			Go ahead, bridge --

					WORF (V.O.)
			I am receiving an emergency
			summons from Starbase
			five one five... Captain Picard
			is close to death!

	Riker reacts, stunned as he looks to Data:

          STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FIVE          55.

56   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(to Sonya)
			Be ready!

	Riker and Data exit and Sonya goes to work on the
	anti-matter blender as we GO TO:

57   INT. THE MONDOR - GEORDI

	crawls out from the weapons bay. He's had better
	days, and he dusts himself off as he turns to
	Grebnedlog and Reginod who react with delight as their
	weapons-force meters and lights surge with new life:

					REGINOD
				(re the meters)
			We are strong.

					GEORDI
			You're now armed to the teeth.

					GREBNEDLOG
			Teeth are for chewing.

					GEORDI
				(with a patient sigh)
			You have photon torpedoes. You
			are strong.

	Grebnedlog "smiles" at Reginod now:

					GREBNEDLOG
			We are strong. We have power.

	And as the two Pakleds contemplate how to use their
	newfound might, we GO TO:

58   INT. THE ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE - RIKER

	is in command position, Pulaski at his side, Worf at
	his station, Troi nearby as Data looks up from his
	scanner console, announcing:

					DATA
			Positive indication of armed
			photon torpedoes, Commander.

					RIKER
			Geordi did it.

          STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FIVE          56.

58   CONTINUED:

	Worf turns from his security station, calling out:

					WORF
			Starbase requests we proceed to
			base at warp nine --

					PULASKI
			We've got to go!

					TROI
			Yes. Captain Picard needs our
			help.

					RIKER
			We can't leave Geordi behind --
				(then, to Data)
			I want the Pakleds on that screen
			and I want them now!

					DATA
			Forced spectrum communications
			are spotty at best, sir.

					RIKER
			Do it.

58A  THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	comes alive with the very fuzzy, forced-spectrum image
	of the Mondor bridge where Grebnedlog and Reginod are
	settling into their command chairs as Geordi stands in
	the b.g. and now

58B  RIKER (OPTICAL)

	quickly steps before the viewscreen:

					RIKER
			This is the Enterprise. Return
			our personnel or face immediate
			reprisal.

					GREBNEDLOG
			We are strong now. We have better
			weapons.

					RIKER
			Are you prepared to use them?

          STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FIVE          57.

58B  CONTINUED:

					REGINOD
			We are a force now. We will have
			respect. Power.

					TROI
			They feel confident.

					RIKER
			We don't have time for this. You
			want power? This is power...
				(to computer)
			Bridge to Ensign Gomez...

59   INT. ENGINEERING - SONYA

	reacts, responds as she works furiously at some
	heavy-duty anti-matter work:

					SONYA
			Ready, Commander Riker --

					RIKER (V.O.)
			Initiate sequencing.

	Sonya hits some new panels and now the engine core
	begins to react with a massive ROAR while

60   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - RIKER

	glares at the Pakleds and calls their bluff with:

					RIKER
			Begin firing sequence countdown
			from twenty-four.

60AA	THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The Pakleds react, startled at Riker's aggressiveness
	as Geordi takes his cue, leans back into the weapons
	bay to make some "adjustments," assuring Grebnedlog:

					GEORDI
			They mean business. Let me just
			check something.

          STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FIVE          58.

60A  INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN ENGINEERING - SONYA

	moves quickly, efficiently, as she works to boost
	hydrogen output, as we hear:

					COMPUTER (V.O.)
			Twenty-one... twenty...
			nineteen... eighteen...

60B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - RIKER

	stands before the viewscreen, Worf ready at his station
	as they hear:

					COMPUTER (V.O.)
			Seventeen... sixteen...
			fifteen... fourteen...

					WORF
			Firing sequence proceeding, sir.

					RIKER
			Hold fast.

					COMPUTER (V.O.)
			Eleven... ten... nine...

60C  INT. THE MONDOR BRIDGE

	The Pakleds debate the wisdom of their choices now,
	then turning to face Riker while Geordi works in the
	b.g. furiously making his "adjustments."

					GREBNEDLOG
			We will attack.
				(re the weapons meters)
			We are strong.

					REGINOD
				(to Grebnedlog)
			We should attack now.

					GEORDI
			Just another second here...

					GREBNEDLOG
			Hurry.

          STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FIVE          59.

60D  INT. THE ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE - RIKER

	reacts to what he sees on the viewscreen, looks to Worf
	as they listen to:

					COMPUTER (V.O.)
			six... five... four... three...

	Tension mounts as

60E  OMITTED

60F  INT. ENGINEERING - SONYA

	is taut, poised over her console waiting:

					COMPUTER (V.O)
			...two... one...

					RIKER
			Fire!

	she hits the appropriate controls now and

61   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	fires a heretofore unseen, unimagined blast of crimson
	energy field from the leading edge of the nacelles,
	fairly enveloping the Mondor in a huge, daunting shaft
	of red light, accompanied by a ghostly ROAR and now

62   INT. THE MONDOR BRIDGE - GEORDI

	looks up from his work in the weapons bay, shouts at
	Grebnedlog:

					GEORDI
			Now!

	Grebnedlog pulls the weapons lever but suddenly, the
	entire bridge is awash with a BRIGHT RED LIGHT.

					GEORDI
			Oh no! Too late!

					REGINOD
			We have fired! They will be
			destroyed.

          STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FIVE          60.

62   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			But they used the crimson
			force-field --

	He looks toward the weapons bay and now it emits a low
	GROAN. Grebnedlog looks at the weapons meters, reacts
	with a sag as he realizes:

					GREBNEDLOG
			It did not shoot.

					GEORDI
			Their crimson force-field disarmed
			us.

					REGINOD
				(re the Enterprise;
				 awed)
			They are smart.

					GEBNEDLOG
			We are not strong.

63   INT. THE ENTERPRISE BRIDGE - RIKER (OPTICAL)

	gives the final warning as he stands before the
	viewscreen:

					RIKER
			Drop your shields and let us
			transport Lieutenant La Forge
			immediately.

	Grebnedlog waves a trembling hand to a minion who pulls
	a switch.

					DATA
			Shields are down.

					RIKER
			Transporter Room. One to beam
			to the bridge.

	Geordi immediately DEMATERIALIZES on the viewscreen. A
	beat later, he MATERIALIZES beside Riker, turns to his
	officer at CONN:

					RIKER
			Set heading for Starbase
			five one five. Warp nine.

          STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FIVE          61.

64   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	streaks off at warp nine as we GO TO

64A  INT. THE ENTERPRISE BRIDGE - RIKER

	stands before the viewscreen where Grebnedleg appears,
	truly humbled.:

					RIKER
			We leave you in peace.

					GREBNEDLOG
			We want to be strong.

					RIKER
			Weapons alone do not create
			strength. You must learn
			restraint.

					GREBNEDLOG
			Yes. We will learn restraint.
			Then we will be strong.

	Riker reacts to that with a sigh.

					RIKER
			Off.

	The viewscreen goes dark as Geordi steps up:

					GEORDI
			What was that red blast?

					RIKER
			Hydrogen exhaust through the
			Bussard collectors. Harmless,
			but a nice light show.

					GEORDI
			Very impressive.

					RIKER
			Did you disable their photons?

					GEORDI
			Just in time. That's why you're
			all standing here...

64B  EXT. STARBASE FIVE-ONE-FIVE - ESTABLISHING

	The medical center

          STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FIVE          62.

65   INT. STARBASE FIVE-ONE-FIVE SURGICAL SUITE - PICARD

	stirs now, his eyes slowly fluttering open. A beat.
	He's alive. And then he scowls as he grumbles:

					PICARD
			What in the hell are you doing
			here?

65A  ANGLE - PULASKI

	stands over him, pulling her surgical mask down,
	snapping her gloves off smartly with:

					PULASKI
			Saving your life.

					PICARD
			Oh come on. This is a routine
			procedure. Quite commonplace.

					PULASKI
			True. But you are not a
			commonplace man. You'll be out
			of recovery in four hours.

					PICARD
			I didn't want you involved in
			this.

					PULASKI
			You're welcome.

	He regards her obliquely. Then:

					PICARD
			If you're here... the entire crew
			must know...

					PULASKI
			You're still the captain.
			Invincible.

					PICARD
			Thank you.

	She gives him a reassuring wink now as we GO TO:

66   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	cruises in orbit above Starbase five one five while

          STAR TREK: "Samaritan Snare" - 3/8/89 - ACT FIVE          63.

67   INT. THE MAIN BRIDGE - RIKER

	is in command position, Data, Worf, Geordi, Troi, and
	Wesley all in their respective positions; the
	engineering station is up. The turbolift doors open
	and Picard steps out. A round of applause erupts, and
	Picard glares at them gruffly:

					PICARD
			I beg your pardon.

	They fall silent. Geordi looks at Worf, comments:

					GEORDI
			Looks like things are back to
			normal...

	Picard walks down to his chair, stands before it. A
	beat. Then he announces:

					PICARD
			I'm pleased to report that Ensign
			Crusher's Starfleet exam results
			will enable him to continue with
			his studies on board the
			Enterprise. Furthermore, any
			rumors of my brush with death
			are greatly exaggerated. Is that
			clear?

					RIKER
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Good. Set the course for Epsilon
			Sector.
				(to Wesley)
			Warp five, Ensign.

	Picard assumes his command position now and

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Engage.

68   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	warps out of orbit as we

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             






                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                     "Up the Long Ladder" 
                  "f.k.a. 'Send in the Clones'" 

                          #40272-144 
                              
                          Written by 
                     Melinda M. Snodgrass 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Winrich Kolbe 


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FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1989 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                   4TH REVISED FINAL DRAFT
 
                       MARCH 17, 1989
   

       STAR TREK: "Send in the Clones" - 3/17/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Send in the Clones" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             DANILO ODELL              
                RIKER              BRENNA ODELL            
                DATA               OLD MAN           
                PULASKI
                TROI               WILSON GRANGER
                GEORDI             (1A, 1B)
                WORF               
                O'BRIEN            

                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                 N. D. CREWMEMBERS  SMALL CHILD
                 TWO SECURITY MEN   CROWD OF BRINGLOIDI
                                    ATHLETIC BLACK MEN
                                     (2A, 2B, 2C)
                                    ELIZABETH VALLIS/
                                    BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
                                     (3A / 3B & 3C)
                                    ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL
                                    WOMAN (4A, 4B)
                                    AIDES/NURSES
                                     (5A, 5B)

       STAR TREK: "Send in the Clones" - 3/17/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Send in the Clones" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              CORRIDOR
              MAIN BRIDGE              STARBASE
              TURBOLIFT
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              CARGO HOLD SEVEN
              SICKBAY/PULASKI'S OFFICE
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
          
            MARIPOSA
              GRANGER'S OFFICE
              CLONING LABORATORY
              HALL

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                     "Send in the Clones"                          
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	docked at a starbase. (stock shot)

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 42823.2.
			My meeting with Admiral James
			Moore has offered me an
			interesting proposal. We have
			completed our repairs, and are
			preparing to warp out.

2    OMITTED

3    INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	PICARD is listening to the raspy, static filled TONES
	of an SOS code. RIKER enters.

					RIKER
			Yes, sir?

					PICARD
			Recognize that?

					RIKER
			No, sir, I'm sorry, I don't.

	Picard turns off the signal.

					PICARD
			It's an old style Terran distress
			beacon. It kicked in last month,
			and was detected by the starbase.

					RIKER
			What's its origin point?

					PICARD
			The Ficus quadrant.

     STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - TEASER     2.

3    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(thinks for a moment)
			Captain, there are no records of
			an Earth colony in that area.

					PICARD
			Admiral Moore has offered us the
			task of investigating the signal.

					RIKER
				(with a grin)
			And of course we've accepted.

					PICARD
			Am I so transparent?

					RIKER
			You've got that look in your eye.

					PICARD
				(a little uncomfortable)
			Oh?

					RIKER
			The lure of a mystery.

					PICARD
			A lost Earth colony. That is an
			exciting idea.

					RIKER
			They may not have survived.

					PICARD
			They're calling for help, aren't
			they?

					RIKER
			You're an optimist.

					PICARD
			Always.

	Suddenly, the oscillations of the sound appear on the
	screen, then a page of print.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Signal analysis complete.
			Distress beacon used by the
			European Hegemony.

     STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - TEASER     3.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			The European Hegemony?

					PICARD
			A loose alliance that formed in
			the early twenty-second century. It was
			the first step toward a world
			government. You should read more
			history, Number One. Computer,
			bracket exact dates when this
			beacon was in general use.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Old Earth calendar, 2123 until
			2190.

					RIKER
			No extraterrestrial source has
			ever used this beacon?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Negative.

					PICARD
			Locate all Earth deep space
			launches from 2123 until 2190,
			and list their destinations.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Working.

	A neat two column list appears on the screen. Picard
	scans it eagerly. Then leans back in disappointment.

					PICARD
			Nothing for the Ficus quadrant.
			Damn it, who's out there?

					RIKER
			Guess we'll have to wait and ask
			them.

	Riker EXITS, and Picard stares thoughtfully off into
	space, contemplating the mystery.

3A   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	pulling back from the starbase, pivoting slowly to a
	new heading and warping out.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF THE TEASER                        


     STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT ONE     4.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

4    EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise travelling at warp.

5    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker has the bridge. Data is at OPS, Worf at
	Tactical. Supernumeraries at the other stations. Worf
	is not feeling well, but trying to hide it. Klingons
	don't get sick. But as Riker and Data continue their
	casual desultory conversation, Worf's faintness
	increases.

					RIKER
			How could a spaceship leave Earth
			without some kind of a record?

					DATA
			Perhaps it was deliberate. They
			may have wished to escape
			detection.

					RIKER
			You're suggesting they were
			fugitives?

					DATA
			During the Eugenics Wars a group
			of genetically superior humans
			ruled the world. After their
			defeat some did escape.

	Riker is becoming aware of Worf's silence. Riker
	stands and looks back at the Klingon. (This is light,
	just shoot the breeze conversation.)

					RIKER
			What do you think, Worf. Can we
			handle supermen?

	The Klingon lets out a long growling groan, and faints
	dead away. Data and Riker rush up the ramp.

					RIKER
			Medical emergency! Doctor Pulaski
			to the bridge.

     STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT ONE     5.

5    CONTINUED:

	The android and the first officer stare in amazement
	and concern at the unconscious Worf as we GO TO:

6    INT. SICKBAY

	Worf is on a biobed. Pulaski is running a tricorder
	over him, and comparing the hand held readouts to the
	overhead display.

					WORF
			I am fine.

					PULASKI
			You are not fine, you fainted.

					WORF
			I did not faint. Klingons do not
			faint.

					PULASKI
			Excuse me, I'll rephrase. This
			Klingon suffered a dramatic drop
			in blood pressure, his blood
			glucose level dropped, there was
			deficient blood flow resulting
			from perpheral circulatory
			failure, in other words he curled
			up his toes and laid unconscious
			on the floor.

					WORF
			Doctor, there is no need to insult
			me.

					PULASKI
			Worf, I'm worried. Something's
			wrong. Klingons don't faint --
			forgive me, but I can't think of
			another word which applies --
			for no reason. You're sick.

					WORF
			Klingons don't get sick.

					PULASKI
				(tartly)
			They sure do get stupid. Stay
			there! I need to check something
			with the computer.

     STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT ONE     6.

6    CONTINUED:

	She crosses to a computer console. Checks some medical
	texts. Crosses back to Worf. She is trying vainly
	to suppress a smile.

					PULASKI
			Lieutenant, you've got rop'ngor.

	Worf looks horrified.

					WORF
			Doctor, no one must learn that
			I am suffering from a childhood
			ailment!

					PULASKI
			I have to file a report.

					WORF
			But it is so humiliating!

7
thru	OMITTED
10

11   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard is seated at his desk thoughtfully knuckling
	his chin as he studies the computer screen. This thing
	has gotten under his skin, and all his scholarly
	instincts are engaged. He is going to find the answer.

					PULASKI'S COM VOICE
			Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			Ah, Doctor, how is Worf?

11A  INT. SICKBAY

					PULASKI
			He's in no danger. Worf was
			observing a Klingon ritual
			involving fasting, and he didn't
			take into account that you need
			to decrease physical activity as
			you decrease caloric intake.
			Pulaski out.

     STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT ONE     7.

11B  INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard resumes his research. There is a CHIME.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Data ENTERS, and crosses to Picard.

					DATA
			Sir, there is a discrepancy
			between our requisition order
			for display panels and the number
			actually tendered by the
			starbase.

					PICARD
			How can something so simple
			become so complicated?

					DATA
			Such is the nature of a
			bureaucracy?

	Suddenly Picard reacts. He leans eagerly into the
	computer, and touches a pad.

					PICARD
				(to himself and cutting
				 off Data)
			There's more than one way to skin
			a bureaucratic cat.

					DATA
			Sir?

					PICARD
			There's no record of a launch to
			the Ficus quadrant. Not unusual
			if you consider the chaos of the
			early twenty-second century, but someone
			had to load that ship.

					DATA
			Ah, yes, the manifest.

	A page appears on the screen.

					PICARD
			There it is. The Mariposa, launch
			date November 27, 2123. Captain
			Walter Granger, commanding.

     STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT ONE     8.

11B  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Mariposa is the Spanish word for
			butterfly.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Data.

					DATA
			I thought it might be significant.

					PICARD
			It doesn't appear to be. Ah...
			and here is the cargo list.
				(in an aside to Data)
			You can tell a lot about people
			from their luggage. Let's see,
			two hundred and twenty five
			Yoshimitsu computers, five
			monitor beacon satellites, seven
			hundred cellular commlinks, fifty
			spinning wheels --

	Data is confused. (Data and Picard's dialogue should
	proceed simultaneously.)

					DATA
			Spinning wheels? Accessing. A
			device for spinning yarn or thread
			that consists of a large foot or
			hand driven wheel and one spindle.

					PICARD
			Cattle, chickens, pigs. . . . not
			DNA, the actual livestock.
				(to Data)
			Incredible. Why would anyone
			carry such an insane mix of cargo?

					DATA
			Spindle -- a thin rounded tapering
			rod --

					PICARD
				(exasperated)
			Data!

	The android jerks himself back to the present, but very
	coolly responds.

     STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT ONE     9.

11B  CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Perhaps they were planning for
			the worst.
				(Data goes into
				 analysis mode)
			In the early twenty-second century
			Earth was recovering from World
			War III. A major philosopher
			of the period was Liam Dieghan,
			the founder of the
			Neo-Transcendentalists. He
			advocated a return to a simpler
			life in which one lived in harmony
			with nature, and learned under
			her gentle tutelage --

					PICARD
			Thank you, Data. But if this was
			a ship full of utopians, why
			carry the technological baggage?

					DATA
			Sir, I have insufficient
			information from which to form
			a cogent theory.

					PICARD
			I hate a mystery.

					DATA
				(confused)
			But, sir what about Dixon Hill,
			and your penchant for detective
			fiction --

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Allow me to correct myself. I
			hate a mystery I cannot solve.

	Off Data's thoughtful expression as we GO TO:

12   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	booting along at warp speed.

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT ONE    10.

12A  INT. SICKBAY - PULASKI'S OFFICE

	She is working. Suddenly Worf is in the doorway
	carrying a tray set with two delicate, yet spartan
	cups, a stone tea pot and a thorn-covered branch with
	a single blossom midway up the branch. (The thorns
	need to look like curving hooks.)

					WORF
			I wished to thank you for
			protecting my --

					PULASKI
			Your secret is safe with me.

	He sets down the tray, strips several of the thorns
	from the branch and tosses them into the steaming pot.

					PULASKI
				(continuing)
			Worf, I'm honored. No one has
			ever made the Tea for me.

	She plucks off the white blossom, and places it in one
	of the cups so the tea pours through its petals. Worf
	looks at her in surprise.

					WORF
			You know the ceremony?

					PULASKI
			I understand the externals. Not
			the mysteries. I'm not a
			Klingon.

					WORF
			You must not drink the tea. It
			is deadly to humans.

					PULASKI
			And none too good for Klingons.

					WORF
			It is a test of bravery, of one's
			ability to look at the face of
			mortality. It is also a reminder
			that death is an experience best
			shared -- like the tea.

					PULASKI
			Worf, you're a romantic.

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT ONE    11.

12A  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			It is among the Klingons that
			love poetry achieves its fullest
			flower.

					PULASKI
			Hold that thought.

	Pulaski leaves the office. Quickly returns with a
	hypospray. She pours out Worf's cup, hands it to him.
	Gives herself an injection. Picks up her cup, and
	drinks. Worf starts to react. She holds him off with
	an upraised hand.

					PULASKI
			Antidote. If we're going to
			share, let's share. Now, quote
			me a little of that poetry.

	Off his expression as we GO TO:

13   EXT. SPACE - A SUN (OPTICAL)

	Throwing out spectacular flares. We trace one of these
	tongues of fire as it seems to almost touch a planet.

13A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Present are Picard, TROI, Riker, Worf and Data.
	Supernumerary at CONN.

					DATA
			Scans indicate human life form
			readings thirty meters below the
			planet's surface.

					WORF
			Hailing on all frequencies,
			Captain. So far no response.

					DATA
			There is no evidence of an
			advanced communication network.

					PICARD
			But the comlinks?

					WORF
			There is no artifical power
			source on the planet.

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT ONE    12.

13A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			But they've got a monitoring
			satellite.

					TROI
			A good thing, too. Without it
			we would never have known they
			needed help.

					DATA
			Captain, the stellar flares are
			increasing in intensity and
			frequency. Computer projections
			indicate they will envelope the
			planet in three point six hours.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, prepare for immediate
			evacuation.

					WORF
			Evacuation will be difficult.
			Our shields can be lowered for
			transport only between the flares.

					TROI
			Captain, these people have been
			isolated for three hundred
			years. We cannot beam them to
			the Enterprise without warning.

					RIKER
			And if they have slipped back
			into barbarism the experience
			would scare them to death.

					PICARD
			You'll have to go down there,
			Number One.

					RIKER
			On my way.

14   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around the planet.

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT ONE    13.

14   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental.
			Commander Riker has reached the
			caverns, but we are still waiting
			to begin the evacuation.

15   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Present are Picard, Troi, Worf and Data.
	Supernumerary at CONN.

					PICARD
			What's the situation, Number One?

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			There are roughly two hundred
			people down here.

					PICARD
			Their condition?

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Surprisingly good.

					PICARD
			Are they willing to leave?

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Yes, but --

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Well, get them up here.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			I'm having a little altercation
			with the colony's leader.

					PICARD
			I'm not interested, Commander.
			Initiate the transport.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			But, sir --

					PICARD
			No arguments.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Aye, aye, sir, we're on our way.
			All of us. Riker out.

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT ONE    14.

15   CONTINUED:

	Picard exchanges a quizzical glance with Troi who
	merely shrugs. In the background we hear the SOUNDS
	of people, the bleat of goats, the cackle of chickens,
	the squealing of pigs.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			Uh... Captain, you better get down
			here.

	Picard gives Troi an incredulous glance, and she
	stifles a giggle. Off Picard's expression as we GO
	TO:

15A  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	O'BRIEN, his eyes bugging out of his head regards the
	Bringloidi refugees, and DANILO complete with their
	livestock, who are climbing off the transporter
	platform.

					O'BRIEN
			Right away!

15B  OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT TWO    15.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

16   OMITTED

17   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard and Worf are hustling down the corridor. The
	Transporter Room doors open, and a terrified chicken
	comes clucking and weaving its way into the corridor.
	(Worf presses himself against the corridor wall. It's
	the elephant and the mouse.) The doors open again, and
	out comes a SMALL GIRL who gathers up the hen, and
	carries her back into the Transporter Room. Worf and
	Picard exchange glances, and follow the child and the
	livestock into the Transporter Room.

18   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	It is a scene of chaos. Straw, feathers and animal
	droppings litter the platform, and spill out onto the
	floor. An older man, DANILO ODELL, dressed in boots,
	homespun pants and a handknit sweater, and holding a
	flask, is directing traffic and bending O'Brien's ear.
	People, all holding some kind of livestock (crates of
	chickens, a lamb, a piglet), are milling around the
	Transporter Room. (A second wave of Bringloidi, with
	Riker among them, are climbing off the transporter
	platform.) O'Brien stares in consternation at a goat
	on a lead which is sniffing at his pants, and tries
	to respond to Danilo.

					DANILO
			Ah, O'Brien, I should have known
			that a good Irishman would be
			running this ship, and not some
			Frenchy.

					O'BRIEN
				(to the goat)
			Shoo! Shoo, damn you!

	Danilo reacts to this, because he's not sure who
	O'Brien is addressing.

					PICARD
			What the devil is going on
			here?!

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT TWO    16.

18   CONTINUED:

	Danilo saunters toward Picard. Riker notices and
	starts pushing through the crowd.

					DANILO
			Oh, Picard is it. The man who
			makes decisions for me and mine
			without so much as a by-your-
			leave.

	Worf doesn't like the man's tone to the captain. He
	lets out a low throated rumble. Danilo stares at the
	flask, at Worf, gives his head a shake, and carefully
	pockets the flask.

					DANILO
				(re Worf)
			Do you generally have him on a
			leash?

	Worf snarls, but he is a little taken aback by this
	insouciance. Riker finally pushes through the crowd.

					PICARD
			My security chief, Lieutenant
			Worf.

					DANILO
			Danilo Odell, at your service.

	He extends his hand to Picard. Picard ignores it.

					PICARD
			I don't want your service, Mister
			Odell. I want this damn
			livestock off my ship.

					RIKER
				(sotto voce to Picard)
			You said you didn't want to waste
			time arguing.

					DANILO
			Captain, this damn livestock has
			fed our children, been company
			to the old and sick and playmates
			to the young...

					RIKER
			And can this man ever argue.

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT TWO    17.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					DANILO
			... I couldn't leave them to
			die. Besides, how can we rebuild
			without our animals?

	This is beginning to appeal to Picard's sense of the
	absurd.

					PICARD
			Alright. Chief O'Brien, kindly
			transport this group to Cargo
			Hold Seven, and the remaining
			refugees on the planet should go
			directly into the hold so we can
			stop dirtying my ship.

					O'BRIEN
			Yes, sir.

	Danilo turns and bellows to the assembled Bringloidi.

					DANILO
			Back onto the infernal machine.

					RIKER
			We're taking another little ride.

	The Bringloidi and Riker cram onto the platform.

					DANILO
			We've got to have a little talk.

	Picard finds himself propelled into the corridor by
	Danilo. Worf follows.

18A  INT. CORRIDOR

					PICARD
			Er... fine, and then Mister Worf
			can show you the ship.

					DANILO
			That would be grand. And Captain,
			it was grand of you to resue us
			from out troubles.

					PICARD
				(very dry)
			My pleasure.

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT TWO    18.

18A  CONTINUED:

	The threesome walk together, Picard a little hunched
	shouldered. He is really intent on getting to that
	turbolift.

					DANILO
			You must be worth quite a bit to
			own a ship like this.

					PICARD
			I don't own the Enterprise, I
			command her.

					DANILO
			Whatever. Would you happen to
			be married?

					PICARD
			No. Why?

					DANILO
			I have a daughter.

					PICARD
				(very dry)
			I felicitate you.

	They have reached the turbolift, and Picard steps in.

					DANILO
			Would you be interested?

					PICARD
				(explosively)
			No!

	The doors start to shut, and Danilo squeezes quickly
	into the turbolift.

18B  INT. TURBOLIFT

					DANILO
			You're sure?

					PICARD
			Yes!

	Danilo holds up his hands placatingly, and backs out of
	the turbolift. Off Picard's reactions as we GO TO:

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT TWO    19.

19   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Present are Picard, Riker, Worf and Pulaski.

					PICARD
				(to Pulaski)
			What is the colonists' overall
			condition?

					PULASKI
			They're a little hungry, a little
			scared, but hiding it well. They
			were suffering from an amazing
			variety of preventable diseases -- but
			the transporter handled
			that. They're also tough,
			determined and fun. Overall,
			I'd say they're charming examples
			of homo sapiens at their best.

	Worf ENTERS.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			What's the total?

					WORF
			Two hundred and twenty-three.

					PULASKI
			Count on four more in the next
			few days.

					PICARD
			Next question, what to do with
			them? Take them to a starbase?
			They were anachronistic in 2123.
			How will they cope?

					RIKER
			There's no question they could
			learn and adapt, but it would be
			dislocating, and the colony would
			probably be splintered. Maybe
			we should be looking for a new
			home for them?

	Suddenly there is a strident klaxon as an internal
	alarm goes off. Worf taps his insignia.

					WORF
			Lieutenant Worf, report!

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT TWO    20.

19   CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Fire in Cargo Hold Seven.

					RIKER
			The Bringloidi!

	Everyone is heading for the door.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			I wonder what they've done to my
			ship now.

	And despite his concern Riker has to grin.

20   INT. CORRIDOR

	Outside of the cargo hold. TWO SECURITY MEN are
	already there as Worf, Picard and Riker arrive.

					PICARD
			Unseal the doors.

	Worf punches in the override code into the computer and
	the doors open. Danilo staggers out. He is drenched,
	clutching his heart, really playing this to the hilt.

					DANILO
			My God, Picard, the place is a
			bloody death trap! Lightning
			bolts falling from the ceiling!

	Picard, Riker and Worf follow Danilo back into the
	cargo hold.

20A  INT. CARGO HOLD

	People are milling about, subdued, frightened chatter
	fills the hold.

					DANILO
				(continuing)
			What the hell was that thing?

					WORF
			Automated fire system. A force
			field contains the flames until
			the available oxygen within the
			field has been consumed.

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT TWO    21.

20A  CONTINUED:

					DANILO
			What if I had been under that
			thing?

					WORF
			You would have been standing in
			the fire.

	Danilo glares at the Klingon, not sure if he's being
	made the butt of a joke, but that dark, impassive face
	gives away nothing.

					DANILO
			Well, ignoring that for the
			moment. What would have happened
			to me?

					WORF
			You would have suffocated and
			died.

					DANILO
			Sweet mercy.

	Danilo has led the officers to a corner where a few
	slightly charred sticks are surrounded by a wide pool
	of spilled soup. A large iron cauldron is tipped on
	its side, obviously the source of this mess. Standing
	near this mess like an outraged goddess is Danilo's
	daughter BRENNA. She is a stunningly beautiful young
	woman, and her soaked gown is revealing every lovely
	curve. Arms militantly akimbo she eyes Picard.

					BRENNA
			Your hospitality leaves a hell
			of a lot to be desired! You don't
			offer us a bite or a sup, and when
			we build a fire to cook a little
			something, the place goes mad!

	She flings aside the ladel she is holding. Riker is
	staring in wonder at Brenna.

					PICARD
			My apologies, ma'am, I was unaware
			that you had not been instructed
			in the use of the food dispensers.

					BRENNA
				(truculently to Riker)
			And what are you staring at? Have
			you never seen a woman before?

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT TWO    22.

20A  CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(smiling)
			I thought I had.

	Danilo slops forward with an incredibly ingratiating
	smile.

					DANILO
			Commander, may I present my
			daughter, Brenna Odell.

					RIKER
			Very pleased to meet you, ma'am.

	They shake hands, and Riker keeps holding hers. She
	glances pointedly down at his hand, up at him.

					BRENNA
			You may have all the time in the
			world, but I've dozens of
			frightened and hungry women and
			children to care for.

					RIKER
			What about the men?

					BRENNA
				(with asperity)
			I'm sure they'll find their
			comfort as they always do -- in
			the bottom of a mug of home brew!

	She disappears around some cargo containers and hung
	blankets.

					DANILO
				(to Riker with an
				 ingratiating smile)
			Pay her no heed, she's a grand
			girl. And not usually so...
			er...
				(he coughs)
			... sharp tongued.

					BRENNA (V.O.)
				(like a Banshee)
			Father!

	Danilo darts away at Brenna's bellow. Picard throws
	back his head, and begins to laugh. Riker stares at
	him.

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT TWO    23.

20A  CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			Of all the reactions that's not
			the one I expected.

					PICARD
			Number One, there are times in
			life when you have to simply bow
			to the absurd.

	Danilo returns from around a cargo container.

					DANILO
			How did the ship sense the fire?

	The three officers exchange glances. How do you
	explain something as complex as the Enterprise to a
	nineteenth century man?

					PICARD
				(clearing his throat)
			The... ah... ship's computers
			sense a localized increase in --

	Brenna emerges from behind the cargo containers with an
	armful of blankets.

					BRENNA
			Men! Always talking when there's
			work to be done.

	She throws them down on the spilled soup.

					BRENNA
				(continuing to Picard)
			Shouldn't you be flying this ship,
			or whatever it is you do?

	So powerful and driving is her personality that the
	Enterprise officers find themselves heading for the
	doors. Riker suddenly pauses and says a little too
	casually.

					RIKER
			I think I'll go give her some
			help, Captain.

	Worf and Picard EXIT the shot, and Riker walks back to
	Brenna. She is fastidiously picking up the sodden
	blankets.

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT TWO    24.

20A  CONTINUED: (4)

					RIKER
			That wasn't necessary. The ship
			will clean itself.

					BRENNA
			Well, good for the bloody ship!

	For the first time, she actually looks at Riker and
	realizes how handsome he is. She gives him a
	speculative glance from beneath her eyelashes. Then
	lifts the sodden hem of her skirt, and inspects her
	feet.

					BRENNA
				(continuing, cooing
				 like a dove)
			Where does a girl go to wash her
			feet on this ship?

					RIKER
			I think it's the responsibility
			of the ship's first officer to
			show that girl all the amenities.

	Riker holds out a hand to her. She lays her hand in
	his, and gives him a heart-stopping smile. Off their
	faces as we GO TO:

21   OMITTED

22   INT. CORRIDOR

					WORF
			She is very like a Klingon woman,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			My condolences, Mister Worf.

	Danilo hurries up to them.

					DANILO
			Ah, Captain, there's just one
			other thing. It slipped my mind
			in all the hustle and bustle --

					PICARD
			The point, Mister Odell?

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT TWO    25.

22   CONTINUED:

					DANILO
			What are you going to do about
			the other colony?

					PICARD
			Other colony?

	Off everyone's reactions as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT THREE   26.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

23   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	racing along at warp speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. A
			review of stellar charts has
			revealed a Class M planet, NB2323
			only half a light year from the
			Bringloid system. I am gambling
			it was the destination of the
			second colony.

24   INT. SICKBAY

	Pulaski is treating an ancient Bringloidi. Riker and
	Brenna ENTER. Pulaski runs a device over the OLD
	MAN'S arm, and cures his crippling rheumatoid
	arthritis. His claw-like hand relaxes and he
	experimentally wiggles the fingers. Brenna is amazed.
	This is magic. The old man is so pleased with this
	new mobility that as Pulaski turns away to replace the
	device he leans off the biobed, and pinches her on
	the ass. Pulaski calmly swats his hand.

					PULASKI
			Behave yourself.

					OLD MAN
			You're a fine woman, and you've
			made a young man of me.

					PULASKI
			No, I've cured your arthritis,
			and if you try anything more
			energetic you'll probably drop
			dead.

   STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT THREE   27.

24   CONTINUED:

					OLD MAN
				(with a leer)
			I'd die happy.

					PULASKI
			Out.

	He hobbles past Brenna and Riker with a wink and
	another leer. Pulaski crosses to the couple.

					BRENNA
			You know how to handle men.

					PULASKI
			Yes, first you have to get their
			attention.

	Riker chuckles. He doesn't mind being made the butt of
	a joke. Brenna crosses to Pulaski.

					BRENNA
			How did you give Joey back his
			hand?

					PULASKI
				(picking up the
				 instrument)
			Oh dear, that would be difficult
			to explain.

					BRENNA
				(frustrated)
			Like everything else aboard this
			ship. I'm too ignorant to
			understand. And this is the one
			thing that looks useful.

	The frustration is evident in her voice. Pulaski says
	very gently --

					PULASKI
			You're interested in medicine?

					BRENNA
			I'm healer and midwife. Or I
			thought I was.

	Pulaski tries to comfort her.

   STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT THREE   28.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					PULASKI
			All I've every wanted is to take
			away the hurt. These wonderful
			tools help me do that, but
			sometimes I feel more like a
			mechanic than a doctor.

	Now the situation's reversed. Brenna takes Pulaski's
	hand in both of hers, closes her eyes as she searches
	for the healing power.

					BRENNA
			You've the hands of a healer.
			You can't put that in a machine.

	Suddenly there's a hell of a bond between these women.
	Riker knows when he's a fifth wheel.

					RIKER
			I'll leave you ladies to your
			discussions. Dinner, Brenna?
			I'll cook.

	Brenna glances at Pulaski and raises her eyebrows.
	Leans in close, keeping it private between the two of
	them.

					BRENNA
			Is he real?

	Both of the women are eyeing Riker thoughtfully.

					PULASKI
				(sotto voce to Brenna)
			Oh, yes, very real.

	The message is subtle -- when life offers you
	something... take it. Riker knows female bonding when
	he sees it. He gets the hell out of the way. Riker
	EXITS.

24A  INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS (FORMERLY SCENE 26)

	Brenna and Riker ENTER. The first officer has left
	books spilled across his desk. Brenna surveys the
	disorder.

					BRENNA
			William Riker, you're a mess.

   STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT THREE   29.

24A  CONTINUED:

	She moves to the desk, and begins stacking the books.
	Riker catches her by the shoulders, and turns her
	around. They are very close.

					RIKER
			You don't have to do that.

					BRENNA
			And if I don't, who will?

					RIKER
			I can see why your father wants
			to marry you off.

					BRENNA
			Oh, and why is that?

					RIKER
				(imitating the patois)
			So he can have a pipe, and mug
			of beer in peace.

	Brenna is eyeing him speculatively.

					BRENNA
			You've shown me so many wonders
			on your great ship, but there is
			still one thing you haven't shown
			me.

					RIKER
			What's that?

	Brenna lifts the floor length heavy skirt revealing
	her feet and a pair of gorgeous legs.

					BRENNA
			I'm still waiting to wash my feet.

					RIKER
			Through there. Glass of wine
			while I cook?

	Riker keys a wall panel and soft, romantic music fills
	the room. He pours out two glasses of wine from the
	carafe. Brenna is staring at him in confusion. We have
	two people from completely different cultures trying
	to seduce each other, but they don't have the proper
	cues.

					BRENNA
			William, is something wrong?

   STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT THREE   30.

24A  CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			What do you mean?

					BRENNA
			Do you not like girls?

					RIKER
			Of course I like... Oh... is there
			a technique to this foot washing?

	Brenna approaches him. Unhooks her skirt. It puddles
	about her feet, and she steps out of it wearing a
	pretty petticoat.

					BRENNA
			You generally start low... and
			work your way up.

	Riker reaches up pulls the pins from her long hair.
	It cascades over her shoulders.

					RIKER
			I think I can handle that.

	They are in each other's arms now.

					BRENNA
			I was hoping you might.

	They embrace as we GO TO

24B  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Booting along at warp speed.

24C  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data has the bridge. Supernumeraries at all other
	stations. Worf is heading for the forward turbolift as
	Riker emerges from the forward lift. The first officer
	looks very content.

					RIKER
			Feeling better, Worf?

					WORF
			Yes. And you, Commander?

					RIKER
			Couldn't be better.

   STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT THREE   31.

24C  CONTINUED:

	Worf enters the turbolift. Data stands and yields the
	command chaair to Riker.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Status, Mister Data?

					DATA
			Warp factor five, continuing on
			course for NB2323. E.t.a. eighteen
			hours.

					RIKER
			Excellent.

24D  INT. CARGO BAY

	Brenna, also looking very content, is tatting lace (or
	sewing). Suddenly she notices movement behind some
	cargo containers.

25   INT. CARGO BAY - ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	A secluded corner behind some cargo containers. Danilo
	and two other men are working about a still. Worf
	comes around the containers.

					WORF
			You sent for me?

					DANILO
			We're brewing poteen, but we need
			a way to heat it without this
			bloody ship firing bloody
			lightning bolts at us.

					WORF
			You can obtain spiritous liquors
			from the food dispensers.

					DANILO
				(suspicious)
			It's not that synthehol bilge
			O'Brien offered me, is it?

					WORF
			No, if you wish it can be real
			alcohol.

   STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT THREE   32.

25   CONTINUED:

					DANILO
			Good.

					WORF
				(warningly)
			With all of the deleterious
			effects intact.

					DANILO
			As it should be.

	In the b.g. a group of Bringloidi cluster about a food
	dispenser. Danilo leads Worf to the wall unit and
	pushes past the waiting tinkerers.

					DANILO
				(continuing)
			You see, lad, every moment of
			pleasure has to be purchased by
			an equal moment of pain.
				(to the wall unit)
			Whiskey.

	A glass MATERIALIZES. Danilo tries a belt. Makes a
	face. After a lifetime of drinking potato whiskey this
	is really poor stuff -- far too refined.

					DANILO
				(continuing)
			Terrible.

	He passes the glass to the other men who sip then nod
	in agreement.

					DANILO
				(continuing)
			It's got no bite.

					WORF
				(to the unit)
			Chech'tluth.

	A glass of the potent Klingon brew MATERIALIZES. Worf
	hands it to Danilo. The human knocks back a slug.
	It feels as if his lungs and stomach have been
	vaporized.

					DANILO
				(almost unable to speak)
			Now that's what I call a wee drop
			of the creature.

   STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT THREE   33.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					BRENNA (V.O.)
				(screaming the word like
				 a banshee)
			Father!!

					DANILO
				(continuing to Worf)
			You remember that moment of pain?
			Well, it's about to begin.

	Brenna comes roaring up to join them. Danilo stares
	at her in comic dismay, with a big ingratiating grin.

					DANILO
				(continuing)
			Hello, darling.

	She snatches away the glass.

					BRENNA
			Darling is it! I might have
			known!
				(re the glass)
			Are you drunk yet, or can you talk
			with Doctor Pulaski about the
			children?

					DANILO
			What about them?

					BRENNA
			She wants to send them to school
			with the ship's children.

					DANILO
			What do you think?

					BRENNA
			I think it's a good idea.

	Danilo nods thoughtfully, pulls out his pipe and starts
	to fill it.

					BRENNA
				(continuing)
			So go handle it!

	He jumps like a startled deer, and EXITS. Brenna turns
	her gaze on the two cronies. They visibly wilt.

   STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT THREE   34.

25   CONTINUED: (3)

					BRENNA
				(continuing)
			And I'm sure there's something
			you can be doing with your time.

	They fade back into the other Bringloidi, but they're
	still visible. Brenna turns on Worf.

					BRENNA
			And as for you...

					WORF
			What!

	Brenna is unimpressed.

					BRENNA
			Why did you have to tell them that
			this magic wall can give them more
			than meat and potatoes? Now we'll
			never get a lick of work out of
			them.

	She's appealed to Worf's sense of humor. Dryly he
	asks.

					WORF
			Madam, have you considered a
			career in security?

					BRENNA
			If it's anything like babysitting
				(she jerks thumb toward
				 the men)
			-- I'm an authority.

	Off Worf's expression as we GO TO:

26   OMITTED

27   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Coming into orbit around a ringed planet.

28   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Present are Picard, Riker, Data, Worf and Troi. There
	is a supernumerary at CONN.

   STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT THREE   35.

28   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Signal from the planet, Captain.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	On the screen APPEARS the face of a handsome older man.
	Picard stands.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			This is Jean-Luc Picard of the
			United Federation vessel USS
			Enterprise.

					GRANGER
			This is tremendous! Welcome,
			Captain, I'm Wilson Granger, prime
			minister of Mariposa.

					DATA
			No doubt a descendant of Captain
			Walter Granger.

	Granger has an odd expression.

					GRANGER
			Not quite a descendant.
				(forces a laugh)
			We feared that Earth had suffered
			a catastrophe when no one came
			to check on us.

					PICARD
			I'm afraid you were lost in the
			bureaucracy, but despite the
			lateness of our arrival we are
			here now, and eager to renew ties.

					GRANGER
			Splendid! Please, come down, and
			allow us to extend our hospitality
			to you and your crew.

	The screen goes blank.

					PICARD
			Number One, form an away team.

					TROI
			I would urge caution. Mister
			Granger is hiding something.

   STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT THREE   36.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			We'll check it out. Mister Worf.
				(he looks up)
			Doctor Pulaski join me in
			Transporter Room Three for an away
			detail.

29   INT. RECEPTION AREA (OPTICAL)

	The away team MATERIALIZES. Granger (1B) dressed in
	black diplomat clothes is waiting for them. Riker
	stares because he looks a lot like Granger, but...
	Nearby an athletic BLACK MAN (2A) is seated behind
	a curving desk. A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN (3B) emerges from
	a doorway behind him, and they confer over some papers.
	Behind the away team an athletic black man (2B) ENTERS.
	The man behind the desk and the man entering are
	identical. (Please cast a racial mix for the clone
	society.)

					GRANGER 1B
			Welcome to Mariposa. Victor
			Granger, minister of health.

					RIKER
			William Riker, Doctor Pulaski,
			Lieutenant Worf.

	They shake hands all around.

					GRANGER 1B
			I'll escort you to the prime
			minister. This way please.

	Pulaski and Granger 1B start walking. Riker and Worf
	are side by side.

					RIKER
				(sotto voce)
			A brother?

	Worf merely lets out a low growl to show he's
	disturbed.

30   OMITTED

   STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT THREE   37.

30A  HALLWAY

	Granger 1B leads the team down a hallway. Another
	door opens, and an athletic black man (2C) steps out,
	and walks toward the front doors. Worf does a double
	take, but can't quite get a look at the man.

					GRANGER 1B
			Your arrival really is
			serendipitous.

					PULASKI
			Oh, how so?

					GRANGER 1B
			Well, perhaps I should leave that
			for the prime minister to
			explain.

	The away team walks past the open door of an office.
	Seated at a desk is the ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL WOMAN (4A)
	working at a computer. Another woman (4B) comes down
	the hall, and enters the office with 4A. Riker stops
	and stares in at these twins, then hurries to catch up.
	Riker catches Worf and says in a low tone.

					RIKER
			Worf, stand by for immediate beam
			out. There's something damn odd
			down here.

					WORF
			Aye, Commander.

	Riker steps back up with Pulaski and Granger 1B who
	are chatting in a friendly, desultory fashion.

					GRANGER 1B
			Is your title scientific or
			medical?

					PULASKI
			Medical.

	Pulaski casually keys the tricorder on her belt.

					GRANGER 1B
			Ah, excellent.

					PULASKI
			Is there some medical problem we
			should know about?

   STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT THREE   38.

30A  CONTINUED:

	Riker spots the athletic black man (2A) walking down
	the hall toward them. Pulaski subtly glances down at
	her readout.

					GRANGER 1B
			I think it best if the --

					PULASKI
			Prime minister explains that.
			Somehow I thought you might.

	The team has reached another set of doors. The aide
	throws them open.

31   INT. GRANGER'S OFFICE

	Granger stands, and leans over his desk, hand extended,
	a broad smile of welcome. Riker and Worf are spooked,
	they're not responding well to this situation.

					GRANGER
			Welcome to Mariposa.

	Another door into the office opens, and in walk two
	women (3A and 3C) -- (NOTE: 3C is 3B with a hair
	change). 3C carries a laptop computer. Riker and
	Worf exchange glances. Pulaski calmly crosses to
	Granger, and shakes hands.

					PULASKI
			Doctor Katherine Pulaski.

					GRANGER
			My chief of staff, Elizabeth
			Vallis.

					PULASKI
			So, is your entire population made
			up of clones, Prime Minister?

					RIKER
			Clones?

					WORF
			Clones?

					GRANGER
			Clones.

   STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT THREE   39.

31   CONTINUED:

	Off Riker and Worf's stunned expressions as we

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT FOUR    40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

32   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around Mariposa.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. Prime
			Minister Granger has requested
			an urgent meeting to discuss the
			future of the Mariposan colony.

33   INT. GRANGER'S OFFICE

	Present are Picard, Riker, Pulaski and Granger. There
	is a coffee service on the desk, and they are each
	holding a glass. Pulaski has her tricorder in her lap.

					GRANGER
			Captain, we need your help.
			Three hundred years ago during
			our landing on Mariposa, the skin
			of the ship was breached. Only
			five colonists survived. The
			progenitors weren't willing to
			just give up and die, and they
			were scientists --

					PICARD
			So they used that expertise and
			turned to cloning.

					GRANGER
			Yes. They had no other option.
			Two women and three men were an
			insufficient gene pool from which
			to build a society.

					PULASKI
			How did you suppress the natural
			sexual drive? Drugs? Punitive
			laws?

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT FOUR    41.

33   CONTINUED:

					GRANGER
			In the beginning we used a little
			of both. Now three hundred years
			later the entire concept of
			sexual reproduction is a little
			repugnant to us.

					PICARD
			A culture with no children.

					GRANGER
			It's economically more viable to
			accelerate clone growth. Some
			basic learning can be chemically
			imprinted on the developing clone,
			the rest we do after emergence.

					PULASKI
			How did you overcome the problem
			of replicative fading?

					GRANGER
			We didn't.

					PULASKI
			You have got a problem.

					RIKER
			Wait. I don't understand.
			Replecative fading?

					PULASKI
			Each time you clone you're making
			a copy of a copy. Subtle errors
			creep into the chromosomes, and
			eventually you end up with a
			non-viable clone.

					GRANGER
			Yes. We're developing a sort
			of mental hardening of the
			arteries. It's increasingly
			difficult to respond to new
			situations.

					PICARD
			How can we help?

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT FOUR    42.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

					GRANGER
			We need an infusion of fresh DNA.
			I was hoping that you would be
			willing to share tissue samples
			from your crew.

					RIKER
			You want to clone us?

					GRANGER
			Yes.

					RIKER
			No way. Not me.

					GRANGER
			How can you possibly be harmed?

					RIKER
			It's not a question of harm. A
			single William Riker is unique,
			maybe even special. Hundreds or
			thousands of them diminish me in
			a way I can't explain.

					GRANGER
			You would be preserving yourself.

					RIKER
			Human beings have another way of
			doing that. We have children.

	Granger looks to Pulaski. She shakes her head,
	refusing. To Picard who also shakes his head.

					PICARD
			I think you will find this to be
			the attitude of a predominate
			number of Enterprise people.

					GRANGER
			I see. Well, if you will not help
			us by sharing your DNA will you
			at least send people to repair
			our malfunctioning equipment?

					PICARD
			Yes, of course. Number One, form
			away teams, and get the repairs
			underway.

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT FOUR    43.

33   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			Yes, sir.

	The Enterprise people rise.

					PULASKI
			Repairing the equipment is not
			going to solve your problems.

					GRANGER
			What other solution do we have?
			Remember, Doctor, there are only
			five of us.

33A  INT. HALLWAY - MARIPOSA

	Riker Pulaski, Geordi and three n.d. crewmembers.
	Geordi has his tool kit. The three officers, each
	accompanied by a crewperson move off in opposite
	directions.

34
thru	OMITTED
36

37   INT. GRANGER'S OFFICE (OPTICAL)

	Riker and Pulaski ENTER. Granger is seated at his
	desk. A couple of AIDES (5A and 5B) stand beside the
	door. Two athletic clones flank the desk (2A, 2B and
	2C).

					RIKER
			You sent for us?

	The clones by the door draw phaser-like weapons, and
	fire at Riker and Pulaski. They collapse. The two
	athletic clones heft Riker by the shoulders and feet,
	clones 5A and 5B take Pulaski. They start to carry
	the officers out a side door.

	There is a knock, clone 2A opens the door.

	Geordi ENTERS.

					GEORDI
			Excuse me, sir, I was looking for
			Commander Riker.

					GRANGER
			I'm afraid I haven't seen him.

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT FOUR    44.

37   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Doctor Pulaski?

					GRANGER
			Sorry, I can't help you.

	Geordi's expression is incredibly neutral, his voice
	light as he says --

					GEORDI
			Guess I'll just have to hunt for
			them. Sorry to disturb you.

	Geordi EXITS.

38   OMITTED

39   INT. CLONING LABORATORY

	Riker and Pulaski are unconscious on surgical tables.
	Using long hand-held needles, two clones (4A and 4B)
	in surgical gear penetrate the officers' sternums to
	remove tissue samples. Two NURSES (5A and 5B) assist.
	In the b.g. is the cloning equipment open and empty.

39A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around Mariposa.

39B  INT. CARGO HOLD (PREVIOUSLY SCENE 34)

	As many extras as can possibly be squeezed into the
	hold, all dressed in scruffy immigrant clothes. An
	occasional cry from a baby, chickens clucking.
	Accompanied by traditionally Irish instruments,
	Danilo, the colony's Shan'a'kee, imparts the history.
	Worf is seated with Brenna, Picard ENTERS, and leans
	against a wall just listening.

					DANILO
			And after a long and gentle sleep
			we awoke and there was Bringloid,
			our dream world. Our companions
			in the butterfly ship left us
			off, and said they would leave
			a guard in heaven to look out for
			us.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT FOUR    45.

39B  CONTINUED:

					DANILO (Cont'd)
			They flew on in the darkness -- their
			search was not yet over -- but
			we had found the sun, a
			world, a home.

					BRENNA
			And now we have lost it.

					DANILO
			We'll find another.

					BRENNA
			When? How long must we wait and
			journey?

	Picard's expression has been shifting as various
	emotions and realizations strike him. He crosses
	swiftly to Worf, leans in.

					PICARD
			I finally understand. That
			distress satellite was left by
			the Mariposans as a way to protect
			the Bringloidi. There were two
			colonies on that ship.

					WORF
			Interesting, Captain.

					PICARD
			And not terribly relevant, I know.
			Still, it gives one pause for
			thought....

	Picard's voice trails away, and he EXITS.

40   OMITTED

40A  INT. PULASKI'S OFFICE - SICKBAY (FROM SCENE 40)

	Riker and Pulaski are seated and talking quietly as
	Geordi ENTERS.

					GEORDI
			What happened on Mariposa? Are
			you all right?

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT FOUR    46.

40A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Is there some reason why we
			shouldn't be?

					GEORDI
			Yeah, every time I asked where
			you were, some clone lied to me.

					RIKER
				(very grim)
			Lied to you?

					GEORDI
				(removes his VISOR)
			Commander, with this I can see
			a lot more than your average
			person. When people lie there
			are certain physical
			manifestations; variations in
			blush response, pupil dilation,
			pulse and breath rate. I can't
			use the VISOR on aliens, but
			humans -- I've got them nailed.

					PULASKI
			And the clones lied about our
			whereabouts?

					GEORDI
			Yes.

					PULASKI
			I don't remember anything
			happening. I was working in
			their medical facility when I got
			a call to report to Granger's
			office. I ran into Will on the
			way and --

					GEORDI
			Granger said he hadn't seen
			either of you. Did you get to
			his office?

	Riker and Pulaski exchange a look.

					RIKER
			I don't remember.

	Pulaski suddenly unlimbers her tricorder. Runs it over
	Geordi, over Riker, over herself.

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT FOUR    47.

40A  CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			So what's the prognosis, Doc?
			Will I ever play the piano again?

					PULASKI
				(ignoring the quip)
			Geordi, you'll be pleased to know
			that you aren't missing any
			epithelial cells.

					GEORDI
			Great.

					PULASKI
			Will and I, however, are.

					RIKER
				(grimly)
			Meaning?

					PULASKI
			Although you can clone from any
			cell in the human body the cells
			lining the stomach are the best
			choice because they're relatively
			undifferentiated.

	Riker whirls, and heads toward the door. He is
	furiously angry.

					GEORDI
			Where are you going?

					RIKER
			To that cloning lab.

	Pulaski and Geordi exchange glances, and plunge after
	Riker.

41   INT. CLONING LABORATORY (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Pulaski and Geordi beam into the chamber. At
	last we see two of the cloning units. Riker
	approaches one of the smoke filled artificial wombs.
	He opens the door, and the smoke vents into the lab.
	Inside is a half-formed clone, but it is still
	recognizably the first officer.

	He recoils. We see his anger and disgust as he gropes
	for his phaser.

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT FOUR    48.

41   CONTINUED:

	Riker blasts the developing clone. It vanishes. Riker
	steps to the second cloning unit. Opens the door; the
	smoke vents. He looks inside, looks back to Pulaski
	and cocks his head toward the clone. Pulaski nods.

	Riker blasts that clone, and it vanishes.

	The doors open, and Granger with three identical armed
	clones (2A, 2B, 2C) rush into the laboratory. Off
	various reactions as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

    STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT FIVE    49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

42   INT. CLONING LABORATORY (OPTICAL)

	There is a moment of complete dislocation as Geordi and
	Pulaski look from Riker to the armed clones, and back
	again. Geordi stares from the first officer with his
	phaser in hand to the empty space which used to hold
	the cloning equipment.

					GEORDI
			I don't suppose you'd believe this
			was an accident?

					GRANGER
			Murderers!

					RIKER
			Like hell! You're a damn thief!

					PULASKI
				(stepping between them)
			Gentlemen, please.

	The armed clones lower their weapons.

					GRANGER
			What else could we do? We asked
			for your help and you refused!
			We're desperate. Desperate!

					RIKER
			So that gives you the right to
			assault us, and rob us, and --

					GRANGER
			We have a right to survive!

	Off everyone's frustrated, angry expressions as we GO
	TO:

43   OMITTED

43A  INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM (FROM SCENE 43)

	Present are Picard, Riker, Pulaski, and Troi.

        STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT FIVE        50.

43A  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Doctor, how desperate is the
			colony's situation?

					PULASKI
			They've got two maybe three more
			generations, then the fading will
			become terminal. They're the
			walking dead now, they just
			haven't been buried.

					RIKER
			I want that cloning equipment
			inspected. Who knows how many
			tissue samples they've stolen.
			I have the right to exercise
			control over my own body.

					PULASKI
			You'll get no argument from me.

					TROI
			I know the Mariposan culture seems
			alien, even frightening, but we
			really do have much in common.
			They're human beings fighting to
			survive. Would we do any less?

					PICARD
			Are you saying we should give them
			the DNA samples they require?

					PULASKI
				(stepping in)
			That's just postponing the
			inevitable. So they get an
			infusion of fresh DNA -- fifteen
			generations and they're back to
			the same problem. Cloning isn't
			the answer. They need breeding
			stock.

	Suddenly all the pieces of the puzzle come together.

					PICARD
			The Bringloidi.

        STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT FIVE        51.

43A  CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
				(excited, seeing the
				 possibilities)
			The Bringloidi have energy and
			drive, a sense of wonder. The
			clones possess emotional maturity,
			and technological know-how.

					PICARD
			They started out together. It
			does seem only fitting that they
			end up together.

					PULASKI
				(ironically)
			It's a match made in heaven.

					RIKER
			Unfortunately it's going to be
			a shotgun wedding.

44   OMITTED

44A  INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (FROM SCENE 44)

	Picard, Pulaski, Danilo, and Granger hunkered down for
	some hard bargaining.

					GRANGER
			I'm sorry, Captain, but it's out
			of the question. You're trying
			to dump your problem off on us.
				(wearily)
			And we've got problems of our own.

					PICARD
			Can't you understand? The
			Bringloidi can help you.

					GRANGER
				(indicating Danilo)
			Look at him. How could we ever
			integrate that into our society?

					DANILO
				(growls)
			You're no prize yourself.

        STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT FIVE        52.

44A  CONTINUED:

					GRANGER
			Primitive, hostile, disruptive.
			It would require enormous effort
			to even educate them.

					DANILO
				(standing)
			Forget it, Captain Picard. I'm
			not coming with my hat in my hand
			to beg charity from this bastard.

					PICARD
			Sit down! I am not going to allow
			brag...
				(a look to Danilo)
			... and bigotry...
				(a look to Granger)
			... to destroy this meeting.

	Danilo sinks back into his chair.

					PICARD
				(to Granger)
			Commander Riker wants your
			laboratories inspected for any
			stolen tissue. I can understnad
			his concern, and I think we're
			going to have to transport all
			of your equipment to the
			Enterprise.

					GRANGER
				(bitterly)
			I see, when reason fails you'll
			resort to blackmail.

					PICARD
				(angry)
			All right, die!

					PULASKI
				(musing)
			It's not so bad, Captain. In
			fifty years we'll have a new
			Class M planet, complete with
			cities, all ready for
			colonization.

	Granger looks stricken.

        STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT FIVE        53.

44A  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(gentler now)
			The end is closer than you'd like
			to think.

					GRANGER
			I don't know. The difficulties
			involved...

					DANILO
			Look, man, we're decent, hard
			working people. We're willing
			to learn.

					GRANGER
			They're so different.

					PICARD
			Yes. But it's differences which
			have made us strong.

					PULASKI
			An open society is a healthy
			society. When you allow your
			culture to become a melting pot
			it grows in exciting directions.

					GRANGER
			For three hundred years we've
			denied the carnal side of our
			nature. How can we learn to put
			that aside?

					DANILO
			You put a couple of young people
			together and you let nature take
			its course.

					PULASKI
				(to Danilo)
			To make this work you're going
			to have to alter your society,
			too. Monogamous marriage won't
			be possible for several
			generations.

					DANILO
			I'm not sure I follow.

        STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT FIVE        54.

44A  CONTINUED: (3)

					PULASKI
			Thirty couples are enough to
			create a viable genetic base.
			But the broader the base the safer
			and healthier the society. It
			would be best if each woman -- Mariposan
			and Bringloidi -- had
			at least three children by three
			different men.

					DANILO
				(preening slightly)
			I think I could handle that.

					GRANGER
			God, this is so... so...

					PICARD
			Frightening?

					GRANGER
			Repugnant.

					PULASKI
			The normal drives are still there.
			You're just going to have to alter
			your attitudes.

					DANILO
			So, it's a done deal?

	Granger slowly, reluctantly nods.

					DANILO
				(continuing)
			My hand on it.

	Granger offers his hand. Danilo spits into his palm,
	and clasps Granger's hand. There is the expected
	reaction from the clone.

					DANILO
				(continuing)
			Now come on, I want to stake out
			my three ladies. Send in the
			clones.

					PICARD
				(sotto voce)
			I must be out of my mind.

        STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT FIVE        55.

44A  CONTINUED: (4)

					PULASKI
				(sotto voce)
			Starfleet's probably going to
			agree.

45   OMITTED

46   OMITTED

46A  INT. CARGO BAY

	Picard, Granger and Danilo step into the Cargo Hold.
	Danilo crosses quickly to Brenna, and they begin
	talking.

	Granger stares at this mass of humanity. Little boys
	playing marbles, a young girl skipping rope. Men and
	women mending clothes, sharpening knives, trying to
	keep busy as they wait to get out of this metal bottle.

	Granger gives Picard a look of "Oh, God, help!" Picard
	puts a hand on the clone's shoulder, and urges him
	deeper into the hold.

	Suddenly Brenna roars over, and confronts Picard.

					BRENNA
			Isn't that just like a man! You
			make these grandiose decisions,
			but you never stop to consider
			the poor women.

					PICARD
			Miss Odell, I am --

					BRENNA
			You men draw a mug, and solve all
			the world's problems while the
			beer goes down. But when it comes
			to the practical matters it always
			falls to the women to make your
			grand dreams come true.

					PICARD
			Miss Odell, you're the one who
			wanted a new home.

        STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT FIVE        56.

46A  CONTINUED:

					BRENNA
			But I don't know if I want to
			be Eve!

					PICARD
			That is your choice. If you wish
			to stay aboard the Enterprise we
			will drop you at a starbase, and
			you can go where you will.

					BRENNA
			Leave my dad?

					PICARD
			Brenna, you've always been the
			mothering force for your people.
			If this is going to work they'll
			need your wisdom and guidance.

					BRENNA
			But my life has just gotten very
			narrow.

					PICARD
			We have to make choices.

					BRENNA
			Oh, damn.

	She pauses, and stares thoughtfully at Granger, who is
	picking his way like a fastidious crane through the
	crowd of Bringloidi.

					BRENNA
				(continuing)
				(indicating Granger
				 with a head jerk)
			What does he do again?

					PICARD
			He's the prime minister.

					BRENNA
			Sounds important.

					PICARD
			It is.

					BRENNA
			Sounds like he might have more
			than two coins to rub together.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT FIVE        57.

46A  CONTINUED: (2)

					BRENNA (Cont'd)
				(a beat)
			Three husbands?

	Picard nods. Brenna walks over to Granger. Speaks to
	him. Then lifts the hem of her skirt, smiles up at
	him. As we GO TO:

46B  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

47   OMITTED

48   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard in the command chair, Troi is at his side. Worf
	is at Tactical. Data at OPS. Supernumerary at CONN.
	Riker and Pulaski ENTER from the aft turbolift.

					PICARD
			All squared away?

					RIKER
			The Bringloidi have reached their
			new home.

					DATA
			It is unfortunate that we cannot
			remain for several months, and
			observe the integration of the
			two colonies.

					PULASKI
			They're going to do just fine.
			They're survivors, both of them.

					PICARD
			We've done what we could. We've
			put the cats in the same sack,
			and given it a good shake.

					DATA
			But what is occurring on Mariposa
			is a demonstration of
			sociobiology, and the concept of
			the selfish gene.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT FIVE        58.

48   CONTINUED:

					DATA (Cont'd)
			Males and females are each
			pursuing their respective
			reproductive strategies in an
			effort to maximize their
			contribution to the gene pool of
			the next generation.

					RIKER
			Data, I liked the captain's
			analogy better.

					DATA
			Why?

					PULASKI
			It was more romantic.

	Troi is laughing. Riker is struggling to suppress a
	smile. Data is bewildered.

					DATA
			How are cats in a sack romantic?
			They would fight and scratch
			and...

	Everyone is laughing now.

					WORF
			Very romantic. I hunt in darkness.
			The stars my guide. The memory
			of you sings in my blood. I seize
			the gift.

	The bridge crew is really entranced. Wow, Klingon
	poetry. This is really building to something. What is
	the gift?

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Carry it to your bower. And lay
			at your feet the hearts of my
			enemies.

	The silence is deafening. Picard turns slowly back to
	face the main viewscreen. Points at CONN.

					PICARD
			Engage.

        STAR TREK: "Send In The Clones" - 3/17/89 - ACT FIVE        59.

48   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(sotto voce)
			Perhaps it does not translate
			well.

49   OMITTED

50   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Leaving orbit and the rubber band effect as they warp
	out.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         
                            THE END                             











                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                           "Manhunt" 
                          #40272-145 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Tracy Torme 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rob Bowman 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                    2ND REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                        MARCH 29, 1989


             STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Manhunt" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             ANTEDIAN DIGNITARY
                RIKER              MRS. TROI
                DATA               MR. HOMN
                PULASKI            TRANSPORT PILOT
                TROI               SECRETARY
                GEORDI             SLADE BENDER
                WORF               TOUGHGUY
                WESLEY             REX
                O'BRIEN            

                Non-speaking       Non-Speaking
                  SECURITY GUARD     ANTEDIAN DIGNITARY
                                     BAR CROWD
                Voice-over           SAILOR
                  COMPUTER VOICE     BLEACHED BLOND
                                     HARD DRINKERS
                                     CHINESE-AMERICAN
                                     MISC. PATRONS


             STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Manhunt" 
                           
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM         ANTEDE THREE
              CORRIDORS
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     PACIFICA
              TURBOLIFT
              MRS. TROI'S QUARTERS
              HOLODECK THREE
              SICKBAY
          
            CHANDLERLAND (HOLODECK)
              HALLWAY
              DIXON HILL'S OFFICE
              OFFICE RECEPTION
              REX'S BAR

     STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Manhunt" 
                            
                      PRONUCIATION GUIDE 


               ANTEDE THREE          an-TEE-DEE
               ANTEDIANS             an-TEE-DEE-ans
               TONY PALERMO          pah-LAIR-mo
               HOMN                  hom

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "Manhunt"                                
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around a planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 42881.5.
			We are in orbit around Antede
			Three, awaiting the arrival of
			two dignitaries from this world.

2    INT. CORRIDOR - ON PICARD

	walking toward us, wearing a full-dress uniform.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Our mission is to carry them to
			a conference on planet Pacifica...

3    TRANSPORTER ROOM - PICARD (OPTICAL)

	as he the Transporter Room with DOCTOR PULASKI, WESLEY
	and WORF, all of whom wear work uniforms.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... where their race will be given
			the opportunity to join the
			Federation.

					PICARD
			I thought you might find this
			interesting, Mister Crusher. Few
			humans have ever seen an Antedian
			in the flesh.

	Picard nods at TRANSPORTER CHIEF O'BRIEN who begins
	the energizing process. The two delegates begin to
	MATERIZLIZE on the platform...

           STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - TEASER           2.

4    REVERSE ANGLE ON ANTEDIANS

	as seen from behind. They are dressed in flowing, red
	robe-like garments with an attached hood which keeps
	us from seeing their heads from here.

					PICARD
			Welcome. I'm Jean-Luc Picard,
			captain of the Enterprise.

					WESLEY
				(hesitates, then)
			Are they alright, Captain?

	Doctor Pulaski moves toward them with a medical instrument
	in hand. She grimaces as she gets near their faces.

					PICARD
			No, this is their preferred way
			of space travel.

5    ANGLE TO INCLUDE THE ANTEDIANS

	seen from the front for the first time. It is not a
	pretty sight. Each mottled face resembles an oversized
	catfish: huge gaping mouth, spindly whiskers, big fish
	eyes, and a skeletal structure that gives them a
	grotesque, unhealthy appearance. Their hooded, crimson
	robes only emphasize their eerie, menacing appearance.
	But what is really bizarre is that they're completely
	motionless -- catatonic. A medium-sized container
	arrives with them.

	Pulaski methodically runs her medical instruments along
	the Antedian's necks.

					PULASKI
			Their physical condition appears
			good enough, considering the
			circumstances.

					PICARD
				(to Welsey)
			It is a self-induced catatonic
			state. Their way of dealing with
			the trauma of spaceflight.

					WESLEY
			Will we try to revive them?

           STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - TEASER           3.

5    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Not until we reach the Pacifica
			conference. It's three days away.
				(to Pulaski)
			You've prepared Sickbay facilities
			for holding them, Doctor?

					PULASKI
			As soon as we make some
			adjustments. Their physiology
			is unusual.
				(to O'Brien)
			Can you store them for a few
			hours?

					O'BRIEN
			Aye. I'll have them kept out of
			the way here.

					WESLEY
			What's in this container?

					PULASKI
			Their food. When they come out
			of stasis, they will be very
			hungry.

5A   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Wesley steps over to the container and lifts the cover.
	It's filled with a writhing, squirming mass of
	worm-like creatures.

					WESLEY
			This is what they eat?

					PULASKI
			In great quantities.

5B   SCENE

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Provide security.

					WORF
			Understood, sir.

	Worf steps forward and looks at the Antedians
	admiringly.

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - TEASER          3A.

5B   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(continuing)
			What a handsome race.

	The others look at Worf, wondering if he could possibly
	be serious. And of course, he is.

5C   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as she leaves orbit.

6    INT. BRIDGE

	The normal bridge crew are in their positions. Troi
	is also there.

					RIKER
			What did you think of the
			Antedians, Wesley?

					WESLEY
			Well, they are rather
			strange-looking, Commander.

	Picard ENTERS and walks to his position.

           STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - TEASER           4.

6    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Judging a being by its physical
			appearance is the last great human
			prejudice, Wesley.

					PICARD
			A point well taken. I'm sure
			that to the Antedians, we're
			equally unattractive.

					RIKER
			It is interesting to consider just
			how subjective "beauty" truly
			is...

					WORF
			Captain... we're being hailed by
			a small transport vessel just
			coming into range.

7    ANGLE EMPHASIZING TROI

	As she suddenly stiffens.

					TROI
			Oh, my God!

					PICARD
			What is the problem?

					TROI
			What can she be doing here?

					WESLEY
			On the screen, Captain.

8    ANGLE INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	where the pilot of the shuttle is seen. He appears
	to be a bit weary and nervous.

					TRANSPORT PILOT
			Starship Enterprise, come in!

					RIKER
			We have you on our viewer, Pilot.

           STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - TEASER           5.

8    CONTINUED:

					TRANSPORT PILOT
			Enterprise... I have a passenger
			-- a V.I.P. passenger -- who I'm
			ordered to --

					MRS. TROI (V.O.)
			Let me talk to them, Pilot. I'm
			much more articulate.

	The transport pilot seems relieved to step aside and
	let the woman speak for herself.

9    MOVE IN ON THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as MRS. TROI slides into the picture.

					TROI
			Mother!

					DATA
			Captain, we are now receiving
			Starfleet orders granting a
			Lwaxana....

					MRS. TROI
				(overlapping)
			Lwaxana Troi, daughter of the
			Fifth House, Holder of the Sacred
			Chalice of Riix, heir to the Holy
			Rings of Betazed.

					DATA
			... full ambassadorial status,
			sir.

					RIKER
			I'm afraid it's back into your
			formal uniform, Captain.

					DATA
			And yours too, Commander. She
			is listed as representing the
			Betazed government at the
			conference.

					TROI
			Mother, please don't do this to
			me.

           STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - TEASER           6.

9    CONTINUED:

					MRS. TROI
			Do what to you, Little One?
				(to Picard)
			Oh, what naughty thoughts,
			Jean-Luc. How wonderful you still
			think of me in that way.

10   ANGLE EMPHASIZING PICARD AND RIKER

	looking at one another resignedly, preparing for the
	worst.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT ONE          7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

11   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - PICARD, RIKER AND TROI

	as they ENTER, Picard and Riker now in formal full
	dress. The Antedians, still catatonic, have been moved
	to the side where a SECURITY GUARD stands with them.

					TROI
			It's so like my mother to do the
			unexpected. She's famous for it.

					PICARD
			It will be nice to have her as
			a guest of the Enterprise again.

	Riker exchanges a look with Picard signifying some
	reservations. Picard turns to Transporter Chief
	O'Brien.

					PICARD
			Energize.

12   ANGLE ON THE TRANSPORTER PLATFORM (OPTICAL)

	as Mrs. Troi beams in. She is apparently kneeling on
	the platform, hunched over and facing backwards...

13   CLOSE ON MRS. TROI

					MRS. TROI
				(opening her eyes)
			Aaagh! Where are my legs?!

					TROI
			Where they belong, Mother, Right
			under you.

	Mrs. Troi begins standing up.

					MRS. TROI
				(offhand)
			Oh, wonderful. So they are!
				(turning to Picard)
			But I'll never completely trust
			this device, Jean-Luc...

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT ONE          8.

13   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			He's "Captain Picard," Mother...

	Mrs. Troi has turned to where she suddenly sees the
	"frozen" Antedians.

					MRS. TROI
			Aaagh!

					PICARD
				(to Riker, resignedly)
			Explain.

					RIKER
			Sorry they startled you, Mrs.
			Troi. These are Antedian
			delegates... ah, temporarily being
			stored here, I believe...

					MRS. TROI
			"Delegates?" The last time I saw
			something like this, it was being
			served on a plate.

	Picard has to turn away to hide his smile at this. But
	Riker enjoys it openly, especially her next line.

					MRS. TROI
				(continuing)
			But you, Jean-Luc, I was not aware
			you had such handsome legs. My
			valet is waiting. You may beam
			him aboard now.

	Picard nods at the Chief O'Brien and in a second, a
	larger figure MATERIALIZES. MISTER HOMN arrives carrying
	Mrs. Troi's "suitcase". He breaks into that easy,
	enigmatic smile of his as he looks around the room.

					MRS. TROI
			You remember Mister Homn, of course.

					PICARD
			It would be hard to forget Mister
			Homn. Welcome back to the
			Enterprise.

	Homn nods toward Picard.

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT ONE          9.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					MRS. TROI
			I've retained his services despite
			the outlandishly lustful thoughts
			he spews in my direction. I
			suppose the poor fellow just can't
			help himself.

	It's hard to believe Homn would lust after anyone.

					MRS. TROI
				(continuing; to Picard)
			Perhaps you could show me to my
			suite now?

					PICARD
			Certainly.

	Mister Homn starts to pick up her luggage...

					MRS. TROI
			Put that down, Homn. We can't
			deny the captain the honor of
			carrying my belongings.

	Picard looks at the beehive-shaped carrying-case. He
	remembers the last time...

					PICARD
			I won't interfere with Homn's
			duties this time.

					MRS. TROI
			That's not the real reason,
			Jean-Luc. You forget I'm a
			telepath.

	Picard looks from Mrs. Troi to Deanna as Homn picks
	up the luggage...

					RIKER
			Look, since this apparently has
			some meaning to you, Mrs. Troi,
			I'll...

	Riker reaches in to take the luggage from Homn.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			...carry...it.

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT ONE          10.

13   CONTINUED: (3)

	Homn has released the luggage and the full weight of
	it (with a MUFFLED CLANKING SOUND) is taken by Riker,
	whose words have come out in a surprised GROAN.

14   INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR

	The others follow Riker who is trying his best to
	"casually" carry the heavy bag down the hallway.
	Picard, the Trois and Homn follow closely behind.

					RIKER
				(trying not to sound
				 labored)
			It's... just down this hall.

15   EMPHASIZING THE TROI WOMEN

	Deanna is glaring at her mother who is looking at
	Riker's legs.

					MRS. TROI
				(telepathic)
			He has nice legs too, Little One.
			Is he still yours?

					TROI
				(telepathic)
			Humans no longer own each other
			that way, Mother.

					MRS. TROI
			Oh really?
				(looks at Picard)
			That's a custom we may have to
			introduce again.

16   INT. MRS. TROI'S QUARTERS - PICARD (OPTICAL)

	as the Group ENTERS and Riker puts down the baggage,
	SIGHS with relief.

					MRS. TROI
			Thank you.

					RIKER
			Glad I could help out.

	Riker and the others EXIT, leaving Picard to face Mrs.
	Troi alone.

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT ONE          11.

16   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I trust you'll be comfortable
			here, Mrs. Troi. Now if you'll
			excuse me, I must get back to my
			duties.

					MRS. TROI
			Captain, I will be serving a
			Betazoid dinner of greeting
			tonight. It is an ambassadorial
			function.

					PICARD
				(after a hesitation)
			Of course. It, uh, sounds
			delightful.

	Picard EXITS. Mrs. Troi speaks of him as she flutters
	about, checking out the intricacies of her quarters...

					MRS. TROI
			He's a fine man. Solid. Earnest.
			Reliable. Perhaps a little on
			the dull side, but all in all he's
			not bad.

					TROI
			I cannot believe you! You sound
			like you're sizing up a commodity.

					MRS. TROI
			But that's exactly what men are,
			darling. Especially human men.
				(chuckles, strokes
				 Deanna's face)
			Was your father ever unhappy with
			me?

					TROI
			No, he worshipped you, Mother.
			But I'll never learn to see men
			the way you do.

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT ONE          12.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

					MRS. TROI
			You will as you mature, darling.
			And the males in your life will
			bless you for it.

17   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - RIKER, WESLEY, WORF, DATA

	Most of them are LAUGHING, except Data who is smiling
	slightly. Even Worf seems almost amused.

					WESLEY
			... but it's true she complimented
			Captain Picard on his legs?

	Riker nods affirmative.

					DATA
			I would have thought a telepath
			would be more discreet.

					RIKER
			No, it's just the opposite. She
			knows what's in your mind and she
			lets you know what's on hers.

	More LAUGHTER -- which is suddenly stilled as they
	realize that Picard ENTERED the bridge. Picard takes
	his seat at command and speaks in a tone that's polite,
	yet gets the point across -- enough of this
	conversation.

					PICARD
			We must not lose sight of the fact
			that we're talking about someone
			who has been granted ambassadorial
			rank. Even if she appears a bit
			eccentric, Lwaxana Troi must be
			treated with appropriate respect.
			Is that understood?

	The others make it clear that it is.

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT ONE          13.

17   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Our orders on her mentioned
			nothing specific except...

					PICARD
				(waits)
			Except what, Mister Data?

					DATA
			We are to cooperate with her as
			fully as possible, deliver her
			there untroubled, rested...
				(seeing Picard's
				 expression)
			I assume those were merely
			courtesies due her rank, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			See that every bridge officer and
			supervisor has the full text of
			that transmission.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

18   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE IN WARP TRAVEL (OPTICAL)

19   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - FAVORING PICARD

					PICARD
			Picard to Pulaski. When was the
			last time you looked in on our
			Antedian guests?

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT ONE          14.

20   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - CLOSE ON PULASKI

	intently concentrating on reexamining the Antedians.

					PULASKI
			I'm doing so right now, Captain.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Are they still catatonic?

					PULASKI
			Status of the beings is unchanged.
			Pulse still steady -- respiration
			normal for them.

21   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - SAME SETTING

					PICARD
			Understood. Keep me informed --
			Picard out.

	Picard leans back in his chair, takes a deep breath,
	and then rises.

					PICARD
			I believe I'll get some rest.
				(exiting; to Riker)
			It will be a dress uniform dinner,
			gentlemen.

					RIKER
			Sir?

	But PICARD EXITS.

					DATA
			Inquiry, Commander: to which
			dinner was the captain referring?

	Riker ponders the question.

					RIKER
			Nothing I've been invited to.
			Have any of you?

	Apparently no one has.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Very interesting!

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT ONE          15.

22   EXT. THE ENTERPRISE - FLYING BY AT WARP SPEED (OPTICAL)

23   INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR - PICARD

	(back in formal dress) walks down the hallway with a
	bottle of ice-blue Altairian brandy in his right hand.
	As he rounds a corner he comes face to face with Doctor
	Pulaski, going the other way.

					PICARD
			You're not attending the dinner
			with us this evening, Doctor?

					PULASKI
			I've already eaten, Captain. But
			thanks anyway.

	We HEAR A CHIME.

					MRS. TROI (V.O.)
				(sing-song)
			Come in!

	The expression on Pulaski's face is interesting.

24   INT. MRS. TROI'S QUARTERS - PICARD

	ENTERS to find romantic lighting, with candle-like
	objects spread about the room, and a small table made
	up for two. Mrs. Troi is out of sight in an adjoining
	room; Mister Homn is filling expensive-looking glasses
	with what looks like wine.

	Picard holds out the bottle -- Homn accepts it... and
	then to Picard's surprise, he unscrews the top and
	begins to drink straight from the bottle. Picard
	starts to say something, but thinks better of it. In
	a matter of moments, Homn drains the entire bottle!

	The giant smiles at Picard and bows regally -- his way
	of saying thanks.

					PICARD
			Tell me Mister Homn, when will the
			others be arriving?

	Homn stares back blankly.

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT ONE          16.

24   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			The other officers?
				(pause)
			Commander Riker? Deanna?

	Homn shakes his head from side to side and smiles
	mischievously. He points a long finger at Picard and
	then points behind the Captain. Picard turns to see...

25   MRS. TROI

	leaning against the wall, wearing a sexy dress and a
	provocative look.

					MRS. TROI
				(purring)
			Hello, Jean-Luc. So glad you
			could come.

26   MOVE IN ON THE CAPTAIN

	this is not what he expected...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT TWO          17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

27   INT. MRS TROI'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Mrs. Troi and the captain are seated at the little
	table, about to begin their meal. Their glasses are
	full and Homn is serving them a colorful Betazoid
	salad.

					MRS. TROI
				(raising glass)
			A toast: to Earthmen... who
			despite their faults, have a
			unique ability to charm women of
			all races, in all corners of the
			galaxy.

					PICARD
				(clinks glass)
			Speaking for the men of Earth,
			which is an awesome responsibility
			indeed, I thank you.

	Picard is attempting to be light and uncaring, but
	underneath the surface, this candlelight dinner is
	making him uncomfortable.

					MRS. TROI
				(teasing, flirting)
			I know what you're thinking,
			Captain.

					PICARD
				(a bit worried)
			You do?

					MRS. TROI
			You're wondering if I've been
			seeing any other man on a serious
			basis.

					PICARD
				(shaking head)
			Well actually I wasn't --

					MRS. TROI
			-- I wouldn't worry about it,
			Jean-Luc.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT TWO          18.

27   CONTINUED:

					MRS. TROI (Cont'd)
				(reaches out, touches
				 his hand)
			Competition seems to bring out
			the best in the human male.

	Picard smiles weakly and subtly withdraws his hand to
	lift his glass to his lips.

					PICARD
			I must admit, I wasn't expecting
			this... setting. I assumed that
			my high-ranking officers would
			also be attending.

					MRS. TROI
			Never assume anything when it
			comes to Lwaxana Troi. A Betazoid
			woman is full of surprises.

	Not knowing just what to say, Picard begins to pick at
	his food, but Mrs. Troi seems to be waiting for
	something. Behind her, Mister Homn, sipping a drink, has
	just taken his place next to a big, circular chime near
	the far wall.

					MRS. TROI
				(continuing)
			Strange, I'm not that hungry
			tonight.
				(leans forward, coy)
			I wonder what's making me lose
			my appetite? Any ideas?

	She smiles and extends a utensil toward her blue salad.
	Homn downs his drink and makes ready. She takes a
	bite, Homn STRIKES THE CHIME. Picard jumps at the
	SOUND.

					PICARD
			Oh yes, you're giving thanks for
			your food. I'd forgotten about
			that.
				(pause)
			I wonder how many other cultures
			have similar customs.

					MRS. TROI
			I don't know.

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT TWO          19.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Let's find out.
				(touches his
				 communicator)
			Commander Data.

28
thru	OMITTED
30

30A  INT. BRIDGE - SCIENCE ONE - DATA (INTERCUT AS NEEEDED)

					DATA
			Yes, Captain.

					PICARD
			Mrs. Troi and I are having a very
			interesting discussion about the
			various ways by which societies
			give thanks. For instance, the
			Betazoids use of the chime.

					DATA
			The use of the chime is unique,
			but not at all dissimilar to the
			Ooolans of Marejaretus Six, who
			use two large stones which are
			continuously struck during the
			meal. Those at the dinner must
			eat until the stones are broken.
			Or, the oligarchy on Atifs Four,
			which require a young male to...

					PICARD
				(overlapping)
			Commander, this is absolutely
			fascinating, don't you agree, Mrs.
			Troi? Data, if your duties
			permit, why don't you join us for
			dessert?

					DATA
			You are forgetting sir -- I do not
			digest foodstuffs, therefore I
			cannot participate in the
			consumption of your post-main
			course edibles.

					MRS. TROI
			What'd he just say?

         STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT TWO         19A.

30A  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You don't have to eat to join us,
			Commander. I'm sure Mrs. Troi
			would simply enjoy the pleasure
			of your company.

	Data is pleased to hear it...

					DATA
			Indeed, sir. I am on my way; Data
			out.

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT TWO          20.

30A  CONTINUED: (2)

					MRS. TROI
				(annoyed)
			How could you possibly think I'd
			want to share our special time
			together, with that robot of
			yours?

					PICARD
			Because... because of his
			wonderful after-dinner
			conversation. His anecdotes are
			the stuff of legends aboard this
			ship.

									CUT TO:

31   INT. MRS. TROI'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	CLOSE on Data, now sitting at their table, eagerly
	concluding an "anecdote".

					DATA
			-- So by using the square root
			of pi and then multiplying it by
			nine to the third power, I was
			able to accurately calculate the
			distance between the Omicron
			galaxy and the Crab Nebula.

32   PULL BACK TO INCLUDE PICARD AND MRS TROI (OPTICAL)

	She is literally bored stiff by Data's stories. In
	the b.g. we see Mister Homn break into a slow, cat-like
	yawn.

					PICARD
			Fascinating, Data. I'm sure Mrs.
			Troi would love to hear the one
			about the, uh, anomalous chemical
			composition of... say... brown
			dwarf stars.

					MRS. TROI
			Well, not really --

					DATA
				(enthused)
			-- Yes Captain, that is a
			particularly spellbinding subject.

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT TWO          21.

32   CONTINUED:

	Data turns to Mrs. Troi with a pleased, eager look on
	his face.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			For most stars, the rare-Earth
			element Europium is enriched
			relative to samarium and
			gadolinium...

					MRS. TROI
				(flat, bored)
			Is that so?

					DATA
			It is! However in brown dwarf
			stars, the element Europium is
			anomalously depleted.

					MRS. TROI
				(sarcastic)
			Fascinating.

					DATA
			But that is only the beginning.
			If the abundances of the elements
			terbium, dysprosium, holmium and
			erbium are also factored into the
			analysis...

33   INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR - TROI AND PULASKI

	are walking together.

					PULASKI
			Your mother seems quite an
			interesting woman, Deanna.

					TROI
			Doctor, perhaps I should tell you
			something about my mother's
			condition at this time.

					PULASKI
			Condition at this time?!

					TROI
			Something that occurs to Betazoid
			females at mid-life. We call it
			the Phase.

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT TWO          22.

33   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			At mid-life as in the human
			female's menopause?

					TROI
				(laughing)
			Almost the exact opposite. It
			is only at mid-life that Betazed
			females become... well, fully
			sexual, if you know what I mean.

					PULASKI
			Yes, perhaps I do. I just heard
			her voice fairly singing when she
			called the captain into her room.

					TROI
			I wonder if I shouldn't warn the
			captain?

	Pulaski considers it. Is there a gleam of amusement
	in her eyes?

					PULASKI
			Nooo. As ship's doctor I'd
			consider it excellent exercise
			for his reflexes and agility.

					TROI
				(somewhat shocked)
			Doctor... !

					PULASKI
			In staying ahead of your mother.

	Troi suddenly understands, smiling.

					TROI
			Yes. An animal is always at its
			best when hunted...

					PULASKI
			Or when hunting.

34   STAY ON DEANNA

	as she walks on, turns and ENTERS her mother's
	quarters...

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT TWO          23.

35   INT. MRS. TROI'S QUARTERS - DATA (OPTICAL)

	has activated a computer screen and is now pointing
	out various moving objects, as Deanna ENTERS...

					DATA
			... and at this point, the second
			co-orbital satellite avoids a
			collision with the first.

					MRS TROI
				(looking up)
			-- Deanna, darling! Thank the
			Four Dieties you're here.

					TROI
			I hope I'm not interrupting.

					PICARD
				(rising)
			No, as a matter of fact, I need
			to get back to the bridge myself.

					DATA
			Perhaps I should stay here and
			further entertain our guest.

					MRS. TROI
			-- No! I mean, I think you're
			needed on the bridge as well.

	Data frowns... then nods, realizing she's probably
	right.

					PICARD
				(a bit stiff)
			Thank you for a delicious meal.
			Let's uh, do it again sometime.

					MRS. TROI
				(purring)
			Oh, I know we will.

	Picard EXITS (followed by Data) a little embarrassed.
	Deanna looks at her mother with hard, accusing eyes.

					MRS. TROI
			Little One, the captain is every
			bit as charming as your father
			was.

	Mrs. Troi innocently takes a bite of her Betazoid
	dessert and Homn RINGS THE CHIME...

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT TWO          24.

36   INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR, OUTSIDE MRS. TROI'S QUARTERS

	Data and Picard walking together.

					PICARD
				(exhaling)
			Data, you'll never know just how
			much I owe you for that.

					DATA
			Indeed, Captain? I know many more
			interesting anecdotes as well.

37   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - THE CAPTAIN AND DATA

	EXIT the turbolift and ENTER the bridge. Riker swivels
	from his position at Command, and addresses Picard,
	still in dress uniform, who is moving toward the Ready
	Room...

					RIKER
			Status of the Antedian delegates
			unchanged, Captain.

					PICARD
			What's our e.t.a. to the
			conference?

					RIKER
			Forty five point three hours, sir.

					PICARD
			Very good, Number One. I'll be
			in my Ready Room.

	Picard ENTERS his Ready Room while Data crosses to Ops.

38   INT. MRS. TROI'S QUARTERS - HOMN

	bottle in hand, is cleaning up the table -- Mrs Troi
	is HUMMING to herself as she throws on a Betazoid
	shawl.

					TROI
			Why would you come aboard at a
			time like this?

         STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT TWO         24A.

38   CONTINUED:

					MRS. TROI
				(shrugging)
			I had no choice. I was going
			to Pacifica, you were going to
			Pacifica, it seemed the
			appropriate thing to do.

					TROI
			Don't be absurd -- you knew what
			this would lead to...

	Deanna trails off as she looks at Homn (she doesn't
	want to continue this conversation in front of anyone).
	She takes her mother by the arm and leads her out of
	the room.

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT TWO          25.

39   INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR - ON THE TROIS

	Deanna is animated and concerned while her mother is
	smiling and relaxed, nodding hello to passers-by...

					TROI
			What stage is it in?

					MRS. TROI
			I have it completely under
			control.

					TROI
				(demanding)
			What stage is it in?

					MRS. TROI
				(smiles)
			Well, far enough along for me to
			enjoy it, Little One.

					TROI
				(worried)
			Now I know why you wore that
			dress.

					MRS. TROI
				(laughing)
			Don't be ridiculous. It's just
			a simple little dress -- there's
			nothing provocative about it.

					TROI
				(more to herself)
			What are we going to do?

					MRS. TROI
			I'm going to do the only honorable
			thing there is to do.
				(smiles)
			And I'd say the captain has the
			inside track.

					TROI
			Don't even think it!

					MRS. TROI
			Why not? He was thinking about
			it all through dinner.

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT TWO          26.

40   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - TIGHT ON PICARD'S FACE

	He's in his regular uniform.

					PICARD
			I was what?!

41   PULL BACK TO INCLUDE RIKER AND TROI (OPTICAL)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I tell you Deanna, for a telepath,
			your mother's accuracy leaves much
			to be desired.

					TROI
			Actually, her telepathic prowess
			is quite advanced. Except for
			now.

					RIKER
			"Except for now?"

					PICARD
			Don't misunderstand me, Counselor.
			Your mother is a beautiful
			person...

					TROI
				(continuing)
			My mother is just beginning a
			physiological phase... one that
			all Betazoid women must deal with
			as they enter mid-life.

	Troi stops talking and looks at the men. The men look
	at each other...

          STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT TWO          27.

41   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			It's something Troi warned me
			about when we were first seeing
			each other.
				(looks at Troi)
			When a Betazoid female goes
			through "the Phase," it quadruples
			her sex drive.

					TROI
			Or more...

	Picard looks worried, Riker WHISTLES.

					RIKER
				(to Troi)
			... "or more?" I didn't know
			that.

					TROI
			I didn't want to frighten you.
				(to Picard)
			My mother has opted for the only
			dignified course of action open
			to her.

					RIKER
			Isolation?

					TROI
			She has chosen to focus all of
			her sexual energy on one male.
			This man will eventually become
			her husband, of course.
				(with difficulty)
			It seems Captain, that you are
			the early favorite.

					RIKER
			Congratulations, sir!

					PICARD
			I am not amused, Number One.
				(starts pacing again)
			There must be a way to convince
			her that it's quite impossible
			-- without offending her.

					TROI
			You cannot apply human style logic
			to this, Captain.
					(MORE)

           STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT TWO 28-29.             

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI (Cont'd)
			Mother would be shocked and deeply
			resentful, should you spurn her
			advances. She would naturally
			take it very personally.

					PICARD
			Well, considering Starfleet's
			orders not to get her upset, I
			think it might be prudent for me
			to make myself less available for
			the duration of this journey.

					RIKER
			Agreed.

	Off this decision we GO TO:

42   INT. ENTRANCE TO HOLODECK - ANGLING ON THE COMPUTER

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Setting: San Francisco
			California, United States Of
			America, the year 1945 A.D.,
			program to fit the novel, "The
			Long Dark Tunnel".

					COMPUTER VOICE
			You may enter when ready.

43   PULL BACK TO SEE PICARD (OPTICAL)

	decked out in trenchcoat and fedora, re-entering
	Chandlerland as private-eye Dixon Hill...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

         STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT THREE         30.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

44   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE IN FLYBY (OPTICAL)

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Dixon Hill's memoirs: date, the
			1940's...

45   INT. HALLWAY LEADING TO DIXON HILL'S OFFICE - DAY

	Picard walks toward the glass door with "his" name on
	it. He moves slowly, relishing the detail in the
	decrepit hallway.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			It was a grey day in the city by
			the bay. My pockets were as empty
			as a press agent's heart. I
			needed a case, that's for sure,
			but the private dick racket was
			as slow as the horse I just blew
			my last two bucks on.

46   INT. DIXON HILL'S RECEPTION ROOM - PICARD

	ENTERS and finds his SECRETARY behind the desk...

					PICARD
				(pleased)
			Hello, it's good to see you again.

					SECRETARY
				(chuckling)
			You're too much, Dix. You make
			it sound like you ain't seen me
			in a year.

	Picard smiles to himself, she's close to right. He
	removes his hat and coat, as she pulls out a small
	notepad...

					SECRETARY
			You got two calls...

					PICARD
			New cases?

         STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT THREE         31.

46   CONTINUED:

					SECRETARY
			Are you kiddin'? The last time
			we got a new case, Hitler wasn't
			running Germany.
				(checks pad)
			Your tailor called -- he wants
			his dough for cleaning your other
			suit -- and your landlord called -- you
			can guess what he wants.

					PICARD
				(thoughtful)
			I see... Well, pay the tailor and
			stall the landlord.

	He walks into his office. The secretary swivels her
	chair and picks up the phone...

					SECRETARY
				(to herself)
			Pay the tailor...
				(laughs, hangs up)
			Pay the tailor? With what?

47   INT. HILL'S OFFICE - ON PICARD

	MOVING AROUND THE ROOM, happy to be back in
	Chandlerland.

48   INT. MRS. TROI'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Close on Mrs. Troi.

					MRS. TROI
			Unavailable? Ship's business?

	PULL BACK to reveal Deanna, standing across from her.
	Mrs. Troi seems more surprised than angry...

					MRS. TROI
				(continuing)
			Ship's business takes precedence
			over me?

					TROI
			I'm afraid so.

         STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT THREE         32.

48   CONTINUED:

					MRS. TROI
			Hmmm... Oh well, he was too old
			for me anyway.

	Still thinking, she moves over to where Homn is happily
	sampling several tall glasses of multi-colored liquids.

					MRS. TROI
				(to Homn)
			Homn, let's consider my alternate
			plan.

	Homn bows deeply -- his way of saying "good idea."

					TROI
			Alternate plan?

					MRS. TROI
			You worry too much, Little One.
			Your mother has the situation well
			in hand.

49   INT. DIXON HILL'S OFFICE - ON PICARD (OPTICAL)

	sitting with his back to the door, hands clasped behind
	his head, staring out the window at the San Francisco
	street scene. He doesn't turn as WE HEAR THE DOOR OPEN
	behind him...

					SECRETARY (V.O.)
				(a little nervous)
			There's a gentleman here to see
			you, Mister Hill.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Madeline.

	The secretary steps aside and then EXITS as SLADE
	BENDER, a huge, bull-necked, square-shouldered tough
	guy in an expensive gangster suit ENTERS. Finally,
	Picard swivels his chair around and faces his visitor.
	He rises slowly, awkwardly lights a cigarette (chokes
	on it), and deliberately sizes up Slade Bender...

					PICARD
			Yes, as the book said, everything
			about you is big: big
			shoulders... big neck... big
			fists...

         STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT THREE         33.

49   CONTINUED:

	Slade interrpts, speaking with little emotion, slurring
	his words in a half-whisper.

	He's the dumb, silent type.

					SLADE
			You a private dick?

					PICARD
			Says so on my door, doesn't it?

					SLADE
			I want you should do a job for
			me.

					PICARD
			Let me guess -- you want dance
			lessons.

	Slade grabs Picard by the arm.

					SLADE
				(sincere)
			You're not trying to be funny are
			you? I don't like funny things.

	Picard is feeling some pain from Slade's crushing grip.

					PICARD
			Yes... yes, I understand that.
			No funny things.

	Slade releases Picard's arm and the captain flexes and
	unflexes cramped muscles.

					SLADE
			I want you to find a missing
			person.

					PICARD
			Alva? Let's see -- I'll bet she's
			your sister...

	Picard reacts to Slade's expression.

					SLADE
			Yes. She's my sister, and I want
			you to find her!

         STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT THREE         34.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

	Slade's gotten all worked up again -- he's grabbing
	Picard by the shirt to get his point across.

					PICARD
			Take it easy, Mac! I can't take
			the job of finding Alva if you
			break me like a matchstick.

	Slade seems to think that over and ultimately agrees.
	He releases his vice-like grip.

					PICARD
				(continuing;
				 straightening tie)
			As a matter of fact, I knew who
			Alva was all along. I've read
			the book.

	Slade hovers over Picard again.

					SLADE
			Read what book? Are you being
			funny again?

					PICARD
				(to Slade)
			You got a picture?

					SLADE
			Of Alva?

					PICARD
			Of course of Alva! The novel
			wasn't illustrated.

	Slade is again puzzled but reaches into his shirt
	pocket, and hands Picard a photograph.

50   CIRCLING PICARD

	as he studies the photo

         STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT THREE         35.

50   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I believe the 1940 expression was
			"hubbah, hubbah, hubbah."

					SLADE
			And I still say you talk funny.
			I don't like funny talk.

					PICARD
			That's part of the cost of hiring
			a private eye like me, Slade.
			I'm very different from most you
			could get.

	Picard looks up at Slade, then back at the photo.

					SLADE
			I want you to find Alva. I'll
			pay you.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Okay. I'll find Alva for you;
			but you might not like what I
			find.

	Slade simply nods, and then turns and walks out the
	door. Picard calls after him and follows. Slade
	continues out the reception door and into the hallway.
	As Picard passes his startled secretary, he comments to
	her with a smile:

					PICARD (CONT'D)
			This is so much fun.

51   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - WESLEY AND WORF

	are standing before the platform, looking up at the
	still motionless Antedian delegates.

					WORF
			Even in this state, they possess
			a certain dignity, a graceful
			countenance.

         STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT THREE         36.

51   CONTINUED:

	Wes takes a good look at the scaly, grotesque faces
	under the red hoods.

					WESLEY
			If you say so, Lieutenant.

					WORF
				(peers at him)
			I see. Is this how you felt when
			you first saw me?

					WESLEY
				(pause, guiltily)
			Well... maybe at first.
				(brightening)
			But now that I've seen a few more
			Klingons, I know that you're real
			handsome, for... for a Klingon.

	Worf GRUNTS, not sure he likes that compliment.

					WESLEY
			That uh, didn't come out quite
			right.

	The door opens and Mrs. Troi ENTERS, followed of course
	by Mister Homn. She looks up at the Antedians and
	shudders...

					MRS. TROI
			I still say they'd look better
			in sauce.
				(moves closer;
				 concentrating)
			No, nothing.
				(to Welsey)
			When will the good captain revive
			them?

					WESLEY
			Not until we reach Pacifica,
			ma'am.

	Mrs. Troi turns her attention from the Antedians to
	Worf and Wesley. She walks around them in a slow
	circle -- Homn follows, two steps behind.

					MRS. TROI
			You seem a fine boy. One day you
			will grow up to be a big, strong
			man.

         STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT THREE         37.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

	Wesley looks over at Worf, wondering what she's getting
	at.

					MRS. TROI
				(continuing)
			But even though humans age far
			more rapidly than Betazoids, I
			cannot afford to wait for you to
			mature.

	This confuses Wesley even more. Mrs. Troi eyes Worf...

					MRS. TROI
				(smiling)
			But you... your innermost thoughts
			are primal, savage. I like that
			in a man.

					WORF
			I am not a man.

					MRS. TROI
			Which is in your favor, men so
			often being irrational and
			egotistical.
				(eyes him, then sighs)
			But I'm afraid I've grown
			accustomed to human companionship.
			It's nothing personal, you would
			have made a fine choice.

	Worf frowns -- he is about to ask her what she's
	talking about when she turns to her valet...

					MRS. TROI
			Who's next, Mister Homn?

	Homn puts his hands to his eyes and pantomimes the
	structure of a VISOR.

					MRS. TROI
			Ah yes. Let's get to it, I'm not
			getting any younger.

	Mrs. Troi EXITS, Homn bows to Wesley and Worf, then
	follows.

					WESLEY
			What was that all about?

	Worf has no idea.

         STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT THREE         38.

52   INT. ENGINEERING - GEORDI

	is at his station. The matter/anti matter core is
	throbbing as Mrs. Troi and Mister Homn approach...

					MRS. TROI
			Lieutenant La Forge, I wish to
			be direct with you.

					GEORDI
				(turning to see her)
			I prefer it that way. Now what
			are you being direct about?

					MRS. TROI
			I have decided to give all the
			bridge officers an equal
			opportunity to gain my favor.

					GEORDI
			I see.

					MRS. TROI
			Ah, but you don't, and that's the
			problem. I wonder whether a
			sightless man could ever
			appreciate great beauty.

					GEORDI
			That's funny... I've always had
			the same doubts about the sighted.

					MRS. TROI
			Odd. How so?

					GEORDI
			Because my eyes don't seduce my
			mind, I'm driven to find beauty
			in other things -- things sighted
			people tend to ignore. The lovely
			temperature gradiations of bodies,
			the moisture patterns, the
			indications of inner peace and
			harmony...

         STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT THREE         39.

53   ANGLE ON HOMN

	nodding slowly, agreeing completely.

54   BACK TO SHOT

					MRS. TROI
				(thoughtful)
			Very interesting, Lieutenant. But
			I'm not sure if that's good or
			bad. A less perceptive man could
			be easier to live with.

55   STAY ON A PUZZLED GEORDI

	watching Mrs. Troi and Homn as they EXIT.

56   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE FLYBY (OPTICAL)

57   INT. END OF HALLWAY OUTSIDE HILL'S OFFICE - PICARD

	stands with Slade Bender before the door marked
	"Exit."

					PICARD
			Twenty dollars a day, plus
			expenses. Fifty when I find her.

	Slade pulls out several crisp hundred dollar bills and
	hands one to Picard. Picard runs the bill between his
	fingers.

					PICARD
			You know it's wonderful to need
			money.

					SLADE
				(poking Picard's chest)
			You'll get more when you find
			Alva.

	He EXITS through the door -- WE CAN HEAR his heavy feet
	thundering off. Picard pivots and starts to walk back
	toward his office.

         STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT THREE         40.

58   ANGLE TO REVEAL A MYSTERIOUS MAN IN A GREY SUIT

	leaning against the wall between Picard and the office.
	A fedora is tilted down over one eye making his face
	hard to see. He's looking down, lighting a cigarette.
	Picard pauses.

					PICARD
			Let's see... I must have been
			skimming pages about here. What
			part did you play?

	The man doesn't look up. Picard shrugs, saunters
	past; the man immediately moves up behind him, sticking
	a concealed gun against his back.

					TOUGHGUY
			Freeze.

					PICARD
			Ah, yes, of course.

					TOUGHGUY
			I'm looking for Slade Bender,
			Hill. I understand he was here
			yesterday.

					PICARD
			My, my, time does fly in the
			Holodeck.

	Hands up, Picard turns slowly and gets a look at his
	assailant. The Toughguy has olive skin, a jagged scar
	on his cheek and oddly pale eyes...

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Even if I happen to know a Slade
			Bender, why should I help you?

					TOUGHGUY
			Because he owes me money. And
			because if you don't, I'll blow
			your head off.

	A slow, cool smile spreads across Picard's face...

					PICARD
			I knew you'd say something like
			that. Marvelous.

	The Toughguy is really ticked off by Picard's
	unfathomable (to him) remark. He jams the gun against
	Picard's ribs...

         STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT THREE         41.

58   CONTINUED:

					TOUGHGUY
			Cut the crap, Hill! Tell me where
			he is or so help me, I'll plug
			ya!

					PICARD
			I don't think so.

	With lightning quickness, Picard throws a classic
	punch, knocking his adversary reeling.

	The Toughguy swings about, shoves his gun into Picard's
	belly, FIRES. On Picard's look of astonishment:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

         STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FOUR         42.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

59   INT. CHANDLERLAND HALLWAY - PICARD AND TOUGHGUY

	The hood is staring in disbelief at Picard.

					TOUGHGUY
			Come on, drop! I shot ya.

					PICARD
			No, the gun misfired. Thankfully
			the Holodeck is handling it
			correctly and the mortality
			failsafe is functional.

	The Toughguy suddenly swings his gun, catches Picard on
	the side of the head. It is a real blow which hurts.
	But Picard pulls the hood up by his tie, and knocks
	him out with a chopping overhand right.

60   CLOSER - PICARD

	He rubs the side of his head, finds blood there.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			But in some ways, the program is
			almost too accurate.

	Dixon Hill's secretary has come running out, having
	heard the shot. She immediately spots the blood on the
	side of Picard's head.

					SECRETARY
			Dixon, you're hurt!

	Picard grimaces in fine fashion...

					PICARD
			Don't worry about it.
				(shrugs)
			I'm going out for a drink.

	Dixon Hill's secretary looks on admiringly as her boss
	literally shrugs off his wound and EXITS the hallway.

         STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FOUR         43.

61   INT. REX'S BAR - ON REX

	the tough-eyed Bartender who owns this dark, moody bar.
	The place is almost empty: a SAILOR sits next to a
	BLEACHED BLOND at the bar, a COUPLE OF HARD DRINKERS
	are at tables in the back. The jukebox is playing A
	MOURNFUL FORTIES TORCH SONG, and Rex is pouring scotch
	into the glass of a CHINESE-AMERICAN CUSTOMER...

62   ANGLE ON THE DOOR

	as Picard ENTERS. He looks around, affection in his
	eyes.

63   WIDE ANGLE

	as Rex spots Picard at the door.

					REX
			Well hello, Dixon. Haven't seen
			you in a while.

	Picard approaches the bar...

					REX
				(continuing)
			What's it been, four hours?

	Picard sticks out his hand and smiles...

					PICARD
			You must be Rex. Am I right?

					REX
			If you gotta ask me that pal, you
			need a drink.

					PICARD
				(sitting at bar)
			You're right, I do need a drink.

					REX
			The usual?

					PICARD
				(smiling, nodding)
			Let's see... Scotch, neat?

         STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FOUR         44.

63   CONTINUED:

					REX
				(chuckling)
			What else?
				(pours, notices wound)
			I hate to be the bearer of bad
			news old buddy, but you're leakin'
			blood.

					PICARD
				(macho)
			So? I've got plenty more where
			that came from.

					REX
				(sincere)
			Geez, Dix. You're tough as
			nails.

	Picard belts down his drink and almost turns green.

					PICARD
			Uggh, I'm going to have to get
			used to that.

					REX
				(dry)
			Yeah, it's only your third one
			today.

	Picard is still reeling from the drink. He closes his
	eyes and raps his fist on the bar.

					PICARD
			What the hell... make it four.

	The stoic Bartender pours...

					REX
			I'll put it on your tab.

					PICARD
				(pulls out a bill)
			Cash! I just took on a case.

64   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - RIKER

	is at Command with Troi beside him. Wesley and Data
	are at Conn and Ops.

         STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FOUR         44A.

64   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI COM VOICE
			Bridge this is Doctor Pulaski.
			We have completed the transfer.
			The Antedians are now in Sickbay.

         STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FOUR         45.

64   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Acknowledged, Doctor.
				(to Wesley)
			E.t.a. to Pacifica, Mister Crusher?

					WESLEY
				(checking instruments)
			Twelve point four hours, sir.
			That will get us there
			approximately two hours before
			the conference begins.

	The turbolift doors open and Mrs. Troi and Mister Homn
	ENTER the bridge. Deanna immediately reacts, going to
	her.

					TROI
			Mother, what are you doing here?
			You can't just stroll up to the
			bridge whenever you feel like it.

					MRS. TROI
				(looking around)
			I didn't just stroll up, dear.
			I took the turbotube, or whatever
			you call it.
				(to Riker)
			The captain's not here?

					RIKER
			He's busy elsewhere, ma'am.

					MRS. TROI
				(beat; shrugs)
			Well, no matter. I have other
			interests as well.

	Mrs. Troi has begun to slowly circle the bridge,
	pausing briefly before the bridge officers she has been
	considering...

					TROI
				(telepathic)
			You're scheming something, Mother.
			I can tell.

					MRS. TROI
				(telepathic)
			You're always so melodramatic,
			Little One. I'm not scheming,
			I'm deciding.

              STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FOUR             46.

64   CONTINUED: (3)

	Mrs. Troi ends up in the command area, next to Riker.

					MRS. TROI
			Tell me Commander... what is your
			opinion of Betazoid women?

					RIKER
			Well... I've only your daughter
			and you. But judging from that,
			I'd have to say they're the
			fairest in the galaxy.

65   EMPHASIZING MRS. TROI AND TROI

					MRS. TROI
				(telepathic)
			He has excellent taste, Little
			One.

					TROI
				(telepathic)
			That's enough! This is getting
			embarrassing.

					MRS. TROI
				(to Riker)
			My lovely daughter has always
			found it difficult to accept
			compliments from male admirers.
			I however, long ago learned to
			accept them.

66   REACTION SHOTS OF WESLEY AND DATA (OPTICAL)

					MRS. TROI (O.S.)
				(continuing)
			The key is learning how to endure
			constant flattery without letting
			it go to your head. Don't you
			agree, Commander?

67   WIDE ANGLE

					RIKER
			If you say so, ma'am.

              STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FOUR             47.

67   CONTINUED:

					MRS. TROI
				(to all on bridge)
			I like that answer! Now here's
			a man who knows how to defer to
			a lady. I only hope the rest of
			you men are listening.

	Deanna puts her hands to her head -- and for the first
	time, Riker wonders if he made a mistake.

68   INT. REX'S BAR - PICARD

	is making love to his scotch. Rex is straight across
	from him, leaning against the bar; the classic
	bartender/customer scene. The bar has a few more
	PATRONS now...

					REX
			... So she says "Rex, when are
			you gonna sell the bar and get
			a real job? Make a shoe, mend
			a fence, do something useful?"
			Can you believe that, Dix?

					PICARD
			It's hard to believe, Rex.

					REX
			She just doesn't understand the
			service I perform here. My
			regulars depend on me to pour and
			listen, listen and pour. I'm like
			some kind'a psychologist to you
			guys, am I right?

	Both men are looking down now and shaking their heads.
	Rex starts to pour again, but stops as he sees someone
	coming up behind Picard. Soon the captain is also
	aware of a presence behind him...

					PICARD
			I recognize the size of the
			shadow.
					(MORE)

              STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FOUR             48.

68   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(speaking, without
				 turning around)
			Hello Slade. Buy you a drink?

	Slade violently spins Picard around and speaks to him,
	nose to nose...

					SLADE
			Where's my Alva?

					PICARD
			I'm working on it.

					SLADE
				(grabbing Picard's
				 shoulders)
			You're not working hard enough.

					REX
			Hey pal, that's my buddy you're
			manhandling there! Maybe you
			oughta --

	Rex cuts off as Slade moves up to the bar and fixes
	a murderous gaze upon him.

					REX
			-- Oughta go right ahead with what
			you were saying.

	Rex shoots Picard a look that says "sorry, you're on
	your own", and busies himself with drying glasses.
	Slade grabs Picard again...

					SLADE
			I paid you money, Hill. Where
			is she?

69   INT. SICKBAY - DR. PULASKI (OPTICAL)

	is examining the Antedians, who are laid out in beds
	now. Worf stands alongside her, with one of his
	security guards in the b.g....

					PULASKI
			The blood chemistry and brain
			organization of these creatures
			is completely outside of my
			experience... But it seems their
			metabolic rates are increasing.

              STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FOUR             49.

69   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Is that good or bad?

					PULASKI
			It's good, I think.

	Pulaski moves right up to one of the creatures and runs
	a tricorder alongside an unseeing eye... She stops
	with a start, jerking backwards involuntarily. The
	Antedian's eye just blinked.

70   INT. BRIDGE - FAVORING RIKER

					PULASKI (V.O.)
			Pulaski to bridge.

					RIKER
			Riker here.

					PULASKI (V.O.)
			The Antedians are coming around.
			They're currently in the early
			stages of post-hibernation.

					RIKER
			How long before they're fully
			conscious?

					PULASKI
			I'd guess it to be a matter of
			hours now.

					RIKER
			Very good, Doctor, I'll notify
			the captain. Riker out.
				(to Mrs. Troi)
			If you'll excuse me, ma'am.

					MRS. TROI
			Are you going to see the captain?
			I thought he was tied up on
			ship's business.

              STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FOUR             50.

70   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			In a manner of speaking... he is.
			I'm uh, not going to interrupt
			him, I'm simply going to inform
			him.

					MRS. TROI
			What excellent timing! You can
			also inform him about us.

					RIKER
			Us?

	Mrs. Troi affectionately strokes the bottom of Riker's
	chin.

					MRS. TROI
			You don't mind if I let your
			bridge crew know first, do you
			William?

	Riker is caught off-guard -- he doesn't know what to
	say.

					MRS. TROI
				(continuing, to
				 everyone)
			Dear friends... you're all invited
			to a prestigious occasion on the
			planet Pacifica.

					TROI
				(to herself)
			Oh no.

					MRS. TROI
				(dabs her eyes)
			There, on the shores of the
			western sea... in a traditional
			Betazoid ceremony... your
			Commander Riker and I will be
			joined in the union of holy
			wedlock.

					WESLEY
			Married?

					MRS. TROI
				(smiling at Riker)
			'Till death do us part.

              STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FOUR             51.

71   SHOCKED REACTION SHOTS OF ALL

	ending with a dazed William T. Riker, as we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

              STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FIVE             52.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

72   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - SAME SETTING

	Mrs. Troi is beaming -- everyone else is speechless.

					RIKER
			Mrs. Troi... I don't know how to
			put this --

					MRS. TROI
			-- I know just how you feel, dear.
				(moves to turbolift)
			Overwhelmed with excitement.
			Believe me, I understand.

	Mrs. Troi is about to enter the turbolift. Angry,
	Deanna starts to go after her but Riker subtly stops
	her.

					MRS. TROI
				(continued)
			We'll talk about the details
			later. Right now, there are
			preparations to be made.

	She EXITS into the turbolift.

					TROI
			Why did you stop me? Someone
			needs to set her straight!

					RIKER
			I'd rather let the captain handle
			that.

					TROI
			Coward!

					RIKER
			Simply following Starfleet's
			orders. Keep her mind untroubled
			until the conference.

					DATA
			Are you planing on going into the
			Holodeck, Commander?

					RIKER
			Thought I might, Data. Want to
			come along?

              STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FIVE             53.

73   CLOSE ON DATA

	a trace of a smile spreading across his face

74   INT. HALLWAY LEADING TO HOLODECK - MATCHING CUT

	on Data the same little smile on his face.

75   PULL BACK TO REVEAL

	that he is now decked out in his pin-stripe suit and
	fedora. Riker steps INTO FRAME beside him, still in
	his uniform.

					DATA
			I have mastered the language, or
			"lingo" of the period, sir. Also,
			the mannerisms and body language.

	Data stops for a moment and demonstrates a tough/cool
	mannerism -- a classic "Cagney hitch".

					DATA
			For example, this is a gesture
			denoting confidence and physical
			prowess. It is effective in
			attracting females and frightening
			off would-be adversaries.

	They have reached the Holodeck entrance.

					DATA
			Should anything in there confuse
			you sir, do not hesitate to ask.

					RIKER
			It's comforting to know I'm with
			an expert Data, but we're really
			not going to be there that long.
				(to computer)
			Computer...

              STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FIVE             54.

76   INT. REX'S BAR - SAME SETTING AS BEFORE

	only now, Slade Bender has taken a seat at the bar,
	beside the captain. Rex stands bottle in hand,
	directly in between them on the other side of the bar.

					PICARD
			She could be anywhere, Slade.
			You can't expect me to find her
			in one afternoon.

					SLADE
			It's been three days.

					PICARD
				(surprised)
			Has it really? What I mean is
			-- you gotta have patience. I'll
			find her; I guarantee it.

					SLADE
				(earnest, almost
				 child-like)
			She'd contact me if she knew I
			was lookin' for her.

	Rex breaks into A CACKLING LAUGH...

					REX
			Come on, pal! So she told you
			that? So what? If I had a dime
			for every time a dame's said that
			to a guy --

	Rex cuts off as Slade gets to his feet, steamed, and
	looking at Rex like a bull about to charge. Rex
	quickly changes course in mid-stream...

					REX
				(continuing)
			-- I'd... probably have less than
			a dollar. Cuz a girl never says
			that unless she really means it.

	The big fella buys it hook, line and sinker.

              STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FIVE             55.

76   CONTINUED:

					SLADE
				(to Picard)
			See? I want you to find my
			sister!

	Behind them, Riker and Data ENTER the bar.

	As they walk inside, Data speaks to Riker in a hushed
	voice...

					DATA
			In the last program here, we said
			I was from South America. It
			seemed to explain my unorthodox
			appearance.

	As they approach the bar, Picard spots them. Slade
	instantly rises and reaches under his coat. Picard
	grasps his arm...

					PICARD
			Easy Slade. They're friends of
			mine.

	Slade doesn't pull his gun, but he doesn't relax
	either.

					RIKER
			Sorry to bother you, Captain.

					PICARD
			-- Call me Dixon.

					RIKER
			-- Sorry to bother you, Dixon,
			but our two "passengers" are
			awakening.

					PICARD
			Well then, it's time to go.

					REX
			Your friends've got time for one
			drink, haven't they Dix?

	Riker nods to Picard -- there is still some time.
	Picard smiles and pushes his hat back.

              STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FIVE             56.

	76	CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Sure, I can afford another round.

	As Rex pours, Picard does the introductions. Data
	reaches out, examines the money.

					DATA
			Very accurate. Fascinating.

					PICARD
			These are my associates...
				(indicates Riker)
			"Nails", from Chicago.
				(indicates Data)
			And --

					DATA
			Carlos, from South America.

	Rex opens a new bottle...

					REX
			Sit right down fellas, and tell
			me your troubles.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			Troubles I've got, sir. There's
			a certain woman, a wealthy and
			beautiful woman, who suddenly says
			she's going to marry me.

	Picard looks at Riker -- he gets the point.

					REX
			She's got looks and bucks? Sounds
			like you've got yourself a heck
			of a deal.

77   INT. MRS. TROI'S QUARTERS - MRS. TROI (OPTICAL)

	is looking at her reflection in the mirror, making
	final adjustments on a flowing, outlandish new dress.

					MRS. TROI
				(to Homn)
			My fiance just has to see how I
			look in this. Come along, Homn.

              STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FIVE             57.

78   INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR - MRS. TROI

	and Mister Homn stop at a computer wall panel just outside
	her quarters.

					MRS. TROI
			Tell me, computer, is Commander
			Riker still on the bridge?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Negative. Riker is currently in
			Holodeck Three.

					MRS. TROI
			Holodeck? Where is that?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Follow the com panel lights. They
			will lead you there.

	The panels begin to light up, pointing the way to the
	Holodeck.

79   INT. REX'S BAR - SAME SETTING

	Rex leans across the bar, a shocked look on his face...

					REX
			Good God, what's that?

	All eyes turn to see the amazing sight he's referring
	to:

80   ANGLE TO INCLUDE MRS. TROI AND MR. HOMN

	who have just entered the bar. The wildly-dressed
	Betazoid and her giant valet look incredibly out of
	place in Chandlerland.

					REX
			I'll bet that's the broad with
			the big bucks!
				(to Mrs. Troi)
			Come on over here, darlin'. I
			got the best stool in the house
			saved for ya.

	Mrs. Troi saunters over and sits down -- still looking
	around the room with clear distaste.

              STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FIVE             58.

80   CONTINUED:

					MRS. TROI
				(to Picard)
			I'm surprised you let this part
			of the ship get this dirty.

					PICARD
				(indicating Riker)
			Actually, that's the first
			officer's job.

					RIKER
				(nodding)
			Well, as a matter of fact...

					MRS. TROI
			Relax, Commander. You have begun
			making your true feelings clear.
			Obviously you feel unable to
			handle me.

					REX
			Anyway, why would a beautiful
			high-class lady like yourself...
				(indicates Riker)
			... want to hook up with a mug like
			that? You're too good for him,
			if you ask me.

	She leans across the bar and smiles...

					MRS. TROI
			I couldn't agree more.

					REX
			So... what'llitbe, Doll?

	Her attention is completely on the bartender.
	Something about him interests, then fascinates her.

					MRS. TROI
			You are a most interesting person.

					REX
			You're not so bad yourself. In
			fact, you're as much class as this
			joint's ever seen.

	He pulls out an opened bottle of house wine.

              STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FIVE             59.

80   CONTINUED: (2)

					REX
			Here -- on the house. It's
			French... well, almost.

	She turns to Picard.

					MRS. TROI
			This is the most remarkable man.
			I have never met anyone quite
			like him.

					PICARD
			I don't suppose you have.

					MRS. TROI
			He's strong. I feel no thoughts
			from him... nothing. I've never
			known a man so able to keep his
			true feelings completely hidden.

					PICARD
			That's because...

					MRS. TROI
			No man has ever been such a
			mystery to me. I usually know
			their thoughts before they do.

					REX
			But not me, huh?

					MRS. TROI
			No. And I never realized how
			erotic that could be. Carry my
			beverage to that table... we have
			some things to talk about.

81   ANOTHER ANGLE

	as they watch Mrs. Troi walk over to the table. Rex
	picks up the glass of wine, gives Riker and Picard a
	little knowing wink, and heads for the table.

82   RIKER AND PICARD

	watch with amusement as Rex joins Mrs. Troi at the
	table and they begin a very intimate conversation.

					RIKER
			Should we tell her?


              STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FIVE             60.

82   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I think it's only fair, but let's
			allow her the moment.

	Riker has to smile. As we GO TO:

83   INT. SICKBAY - PULASKI AND WORF

	react with completely different expressions as

83A  THE ANTEDIANS

	awake, quite agitated, trembling as they squeak with:

					ANTEDIANS
			Food-food-food-food-food--

83B  PULASKI

	quickly realizes what must be done:

					PULASKI
			Worf! The vermicula!

	Worf picks up the scoop net, and digs into the tank,
	coming up with a load of writhing vermicula. The
	Antedians see it, and tremble with joy as Worf holds
	the net out for them and they gobble it up while...

					PULASKI
				(touching communicator)
			Pulaski to Captain Picard.

84   INT. REX'S BAR

	Picard is still with Riker

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Doctor.

					PULASKI COM VOICE
			Our passengers are on their feet.

					PICARD
			Understood.

					RIKER
			I had better get to the bridge.

              STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FIVE            60A.

84   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			What's their condition?

					PULASKI COM VOICE
			Hungry.

	Picard acknowledges with a nod. Riker EXITS.

85   ANOTHER ANGLE BAR

	Picard crosses to the table occupied by Rex and Mrs.
	Troi.

					PICARD
			Coming, Mrs. Troi?

					MRS. TROI
			Not just yet. Tell William I'm
			sorry... but Rex and I are
			getting married.

              STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FIVE             61.

85   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Mrs. Troi, your government expects
			us to deliver you to the
			conference and I intend to do
			that!

	Mrs. Troi considers it, nods and rises, patting Rex on
	the cheek.

					MRS. TROI
			Duty calls, darling. I'll be back
			for you later.

86   ANOTHER ANGLE

	As Picard and Mrs. Troi walk toward the exit.

					PICARD
			There is something about Rex I
			think you had better know...

	The rest of the conversation is lost as the doors close
	behind them.

87   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around blue Pacifica.

88   INT. CORRIDOR AT THE TURBOLIFT

	as it opens and Mrs. Troi EXITS, followed closely by
	Deanna and Mister Homn (who is effortlessly carrying her
	suitcase). Mrs. Troi leads the way down the corridor
	at a brisk pace, in a bad mood.

					MRS. TROI
			Imagine -- allowing me to go on
			like that with a simple bartender
			who doesn't even exist!

					TROI
				(amused)
			Mother, you always say you like
			new experiences.

              STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FIVE             62.

89   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - THE TROI ENTOURAGE (OPTICAL)

	arrives to find the Antedians on the platform and
	Picard, Riker, Data and Worf there to see them off.
	She indicates the Antedians...

					MRS. TROI
			Why are they still here?

					RIKER
			We thought that since you're going
			to the same conference, you might
			like to beam down with the other
			delegates.

					MRS. TROI
				(casually)
			They're not delegates. Those two
			are assassins.

					ANTEDIAN FEMALE
			That is... an outrage!... Lies!
			We demand you... transport at
			once!

					MRS. TROI
			Oh honey, don't bother to deny
			it. Your minds are so
			unsophisticated -- I can read your
			thoughts in my sleep.
				(to Picard, offhand)
			The inside of their robes are
			lined with ultritium. Highly
			explosive and virtually
			undetectable by your transporter.

	Data is already aiming his tri-corder at their robes...

					DATA
				(surprised)
			She is correct, sir. I am
			detecting large amounts of
			ultritium.

					MRS. TROI
			Of course you are. They planned
			to blow up the entire conference.

	Worf has drawn his phaser.

					PICARD
			Take them to level five. Disarm
			them and hold for questioning.

              STAR TREK: "Manhunt" - 3/29/89 - ACT FIVE             63.

89   CONTINUED:

	Worf leads the angry Antedians away -- they hiss at
	Mrs. Troi as they pass by. Mrs. Troi gives Deanna a
	hug and steps onto the platform, followed of course by
	Homn.

					MRS. TROI
				(sighing)
			Oh well, I didn't find a mate but
			I saved the conference as well
			as your reputations. All in a
			day's work I suppose.

					PICARD
			Good-bye Mrs. Troi... and thank
			you.

	She closes her eyes and nods her head, showing she's
	ready. Picard signals the transporter chief and Homn
	and Mrs. Troi begin to DEMATERIALIZE. Suddenly she
	opens her eyes and looks right at Picard.

					MRS. TROI
				(scolding, excited)
			Jean-Luc! Shame on you for
			thinking such a thing!

	And they're gone. All eyes turn to Picard...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         












                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "The Emissary" 
                          #40272-146 
                              
                    Participating Writers: 
                       Thomas H. Calder 
                Richard Manning & Hans Beimler 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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Copyright 1989 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                    3RD REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                        APRIL 10, 1989


          STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "The Emissary" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             K'EHLEYR
                RIKER              K'TEMOC
                DATA               
                PULASKI            ADMIRAL GROMEK
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                O'BRIEN            
                ENSIGN CLANCEY     
                TACTICAL CREWMAN   

                Voice-over         
                  COMPUTER VOICE     
                  FEMALE COM VOICE   

                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  N.D. CREWMEMBERS   THREE ALIEN WARRIORS
                                     KLINGON CREWMEMBERS


          STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "The Emissary" 
                          
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
          
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
          
              TACTICAL ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              GUEST QUARTERS
              CORRIDOR
                OUTSIDE HOLODECK
              HOLODECK
                BATTLEGROUND
          
            T'ONG BRIDGE               T'ONG (KLINGON SHIP)

   STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "The Emissary" 
                           
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              BORADIS                bo-RAD-iss
              K'EHLEYR               kay-LAHR
              K'TEMOC                kuh-TEM-och*
              T'ONG                  TOONG
              P'RANG                 PRANG
              nuqneH                 nook-NECH*
              tlhIngan jIH           tettle-eeng-GAHN JEECH*
                                      *"ch" as in "Bach"
              qaleghneS              kah-LEG-nesh (guttural "g")

        STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - TEASER        1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                        "The Emissary"                             
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	RIKER, PULASKI, GEORDI, DATA, and WORF, in that order,
	sit around the table playing poker. By far, Worf has
	the biggest stack of chips.

					RIKER
				(eyeing his cards)
			Lookin' good. I say... five.

	Riker throws in five chips. Pulaski meets the bet.

					PULASKI
			Five here.

					GEORDI
				(adding chips)
			And five more.

					DATA
				(evaluating)
			I believe the wiser course of
			action here is to bend.

					GEORDI
			You mean fold.

					DATA
			That is correct. Fold -- to bend,
			make compact or give in.

	Data lays his cards on the table. All eyes on Worf.
	Worf calmly counts the right amount of chips and puts
	them in the pile. Then he adds two more large stacks
	of chips.

					WORF
			I raise fifty.

	Everyone is taken aback.

					DATA
			I do not believe Lieutenant Worf
			understands all the nuances of
			this betting procedure.

        STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/14/89 - TEASER        2.

1    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Don't be too quick to judge, Data.
			His pile's a lot bigger than
			yours.

					PULASKI
			Than all of ours.

					DATA
			The cards have been favoring the
			Lieutenant, but that is the result
			of random chance... hence it is
			a temporary condition.

					GEORDI
			You hope.

					WORF
			Talk or play. Not both.

	Riker thinks it over.

					RIKER
			Fifty, right?

					PULASKI
			Fifty is the bet. What's the
			matter -- are your feet getting
			cold?

					RIKER
			No, just my cards...

	He bets, somewhat less sure of himself.

					PULASKI
			Thanks for staying in -- I need
			the chips.

					RIKER
			Got to earn them first.

					PULASKI
			Oh, I will. This pot has my name
			on it.

					GEORDI
			Talk, talk, talk...

	Pulaski bets.

        STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/14/89 - TEASER        2A.

1    CONTINUED: (2)

					PULASKI
			Here's some action. Fifty...
				(adds more)
			... and another fifty.

					GEORDI
				(backpedalling)
			Fold, fold, fold...

	Geordi throws in his hand. Worf pushes out four
	stacks of chips and adds another two.

					WORF
			Your fifty, and fifty more.

	Riker looks at Worf and at Pulaski -- who stare at each
	other. Pulaski smiles but Worf is deadpan.

					RIKER
			Love to stay in -- but not with
			these cards.

	Riker folds.

					PULASKI
				(to Worf)
			Looks like it's just you and me,
			handsome.

	Worf is a statue. Pulaski gathers up the needed
	amount. It takes every last chip she has, but --

					PULASKI (cont'd)
			I'll see you.

	Pulaski pushes in the needed amount. Everyone stares
	at Worf as he slowly puts down his cards. A full house
	-- aces over queens.

					PULASKI (cont'd)
			Beats my straight.

	Everyone except Worf SIGHS as the tension is released.

        STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - TEASER        3.

1    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			The Iceman wins again.

					PULASKI
			You took my last chip. You could
			at least smile, Worf.

	Worf says nothing; he simply pulls in all the chips
	and stacks them, preparing for the next hand.

					GEORDI
			Smiling might break his
			concentration.

					PULASKI
			If you don't enjoy winning -- what
			do you enjoy? Losing?

					RIKER
			We'd be happy to accommodate you.

	Worf, unruffled, collects the cards and hands them to
	Data.

					WORF
			Your deal.

	Data takes the cards, shuffles them like an old pro,
	and deals.

					DATA
			The game is seven card stud; after
			the queen, one-eyed jacks and low
			card in the hole are wild.

					GEORDI
			Let me write this down.

					RIKER
			Just deal. I'd like to get some
			of my losings back before the next
			century.

	Pulaski and Geordi CHUCKLE.

					WORF
			I open with fifty.

1A   NEW ANGLE

	A moment of stunned silence -- broken by:

      STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/12/89 - TEASER      4.

1A   CONTINUED:

					FEMALE COM VOICE
			Bridge to Commander Riker. We
			are receiving a class eleven
			emergency signal from Starfleet
			Command.

	Instantly, the players throw their cards onto the
	table, get to their feet --

					RIKER
			On my way.

	-- and head for the door. As they cross:

					GEORDI
				(to Worf)
			Fifty? You were bluffing.

					WORF
			Klingons never bluff.

	Geordi gives Worf a look of uncertainty -- is Worf
	kidding? -- as the group EXITS.

2    OMITTED

3    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	PICARD ENTERS from the Ready Room. At Conn is a young
	female: ENSIGN CLANCEY. Riker, Data, and Worf ENTER
	and take their stations; Data relieves the
	supernumerary at Ops, examines readouts.

					PICARD
			Mister Data?

					DATA
			Emergency signal reads as follows:
			Enterprise to divert to
			coordinates four-two-three by
			one-one-two by five-one
			immediately. Further orders
			forthcoming.

					RIKER
			That's it? What's the emergency?

					DATA
			The message does not elaborate.

        STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - TEASER        5.

3    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			You'd think they'd at least give
			us a hint.

					CLANCEY
			Course laid in, Captain.

					PICARD
			Warp eight.
				(to Riker)
			Whenever Starfleet gets enigmatic,
			I know we're about to face a
			challenge.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			Engage.

4    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	changing course and then blasting into high warp...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

        STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT ONE        6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving at high warp.

6    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Data, and Ensign Clancey as
	before.

					DATA
			Our destination is a point near
			the Boradis system.

					PICARD
			That area was colonized fairly
			recently, as I recall.

					DATA
				(nods)
			The first Federation outpost was
			established thirty-four years ago
			on Boradis Three.

					RIKER
			And since then, the Federation
			has colonized several planets in
			that sector.

					DATA
			Yet we are not headed for a
			specific colony. The coordinates
			given are outside the Boradis
			system.

					PICARD
			Any problems reported in that
			area?

					DATA
			None.

					PICARD
			Then what the devil's going on?

					WORF
			Captain, Starfleet Command is
			hailing us.

					PICARD
			It's about time. On screen.

        STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT ONE        7.

6A   ANGLE TO INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	as ADMIRAL GROMEK appears on the viewscreen.

					ADMIRAL GROMEK
			Greetings, Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			My compliments, Admiral Gromek.

					ADMIRAL GROMEK
			Captain, you'll soon be joined
			by a Federation special emissary
			from Starbase one five three.
			We're now transmitting the
			specifics.

	Picard looks to Data, who's checking readouts.

					DATA
				(nods to Picard)
			We are receiving.

					ADMIRAL GROMEK
			The rendezvous will be a bit
			tricky, so it's imperative you
			reach the intercept point on
			schedule.

					PICARD
			Understood. And -- the mission?

					ADMIRAL GROMEK
			The envoy will fill you in. You
			are to cooperate fully.

					PICARD
			Can you give me any details?

					ADMIRAL GROMEK
			Negative.

					PICARD
			Admiral, I find it difficult to
			prepare for a mission I know
			nothing about.

					ADMIRAL GROMEK
				(softening)
			I sympathize, Jean-Luc, but
			Starfleet Command considers this
			a top-security matter.

	The admiral permits herself a thin smile.

        STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT ONE        8.

6A   CONTINUED:

					ADMIRAL GROMEK (cont'd)
			After the envoy's briefed you,
			I think you'll understand our
			caution. Gromek out.

	Gromek's image VANISHES from the viewscreen.

7    OMITTED

8    NEW ANGLE

					RIKER
			Data, what ship is carrying the
			envoy?

					DATA
			The envoy is not aboard a
			starship.

					PICARD
			Indeed?

					DATA
			Apparently there were no starships
			available at Starbase
			one five three. The emissary is
			aboard a class eight probe.

	Surprised reactions from the group.

					RIKER
			A class eight probe is just over
			two meters long!

					PICARD
				(thinking)
			True, Number One. But if the
			sensors and transmitters were
			removed and life-support
			installed, there would be just
			enough space for one person.

					RIKER
			And those probes are designed to
			go warp nine.

        STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT ONE        9.

8    CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(nods)
			By sending the probe to meet us
			rather than diverting the
			Enterprise to the starbase, they
			have saved us six point one hours.

					PICARD
			Obviously Starfleet feels that
			time is of the essence.

					RIKER
			Yes, but still... to seal someone
			up inside a Class Eight Probe and
			then just launch it off...
				(shakes his head)
			Hell of a way to transport a
			Federation dignitary.

					PICARD
				(to Clancey)
			We'll need an intercept course
			with pin-point accuracy. The
			probe carrying the emissary has
			no means of navigation...

					RIKER
				(finishing the thought)
			... so if we don't catch it on the
			first try, we'll have to chase
			it.

9    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	zooming along at high warp.

10   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before. Geordi is now at his bridge Engineering
	Station; O'BRIEN is looking over Geordi's shoulder.
	The two of them study readouts.

					RIKER
			Data -- if we project our course
			past the rendezvous coordinates,
			what lies ahead?

       STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT ONE       10.

10   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			As far as I can determine, sir
			-- very little. There are four
			colonies in the Boradis system,
			and nine other outposts scattered
			throughout the sector.

	Geordi turns to Picard.

					GEORDI
			Captain, we have a way to save
			you some time.

					PICARD
			Proceed.

					O'BRIEN
			I believe we can beam the probe
			aboard while we're still
			travelling at Warp Nine.

					RIKER
				(a low whistle)
			Quite a trick.

					GEORDI
			Right -- at warp speed it's
			nearly impossible to get a solid
			transporter lock. But if we
			caught the probe with a tractor
			beam...

					RIKER
				(catching on)
			We could use the tractor beam to
			focus the transporter.

					GEORDI
			Exactly.

					PICARD
			Risks?

					GEORDI
			None to the emissary. There's
			a chance the probe could break
			free... then we'd have to find
			it and start over.

       STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT ONE       11.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			So it's a gamble.
				(a beat)
			Odds, gentlemen?

					GEORDI
			Twenty to one it'll work.

	O'Brien nods agreement. Picard makes up his mind:

					PICARD
			Make it so.

									CUT TO:

11   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving at high warp.

12   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before, except that Geordi and O'Brien are no
	longer present.

					CLANCEY
			Coming to three-one mark one-one-three.

					DATA
			We should now be on a precisely
			parallel course with the probe.

					PICARD
			Increase to warp eight point nine.

					CLANCEY
			Eight point nine -- aye.

					PICARD
			Full sensors, aft.

					WORF
			Scanning...

13   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving at just under Warp Nine.

       STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT ONE       12.

14   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			I have it, sir. Bearing zero-five
			mark two-three-one; velocity warp
			nine.

	Clancey has it on her console as well:

					CLANCEY
			I see it.

					PICARD
			Adjust speed to intercept.

15   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Still at warp nine. In the distance behind the
	Enterprise, a point of light -- the probe -- appears
	and gains on the Enterprise.

16   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Clancey's intent on her helm maneuvers.

					WORF
			Probe coming up to starboard,
			range eighty-two hundred.
			Tractor beam ready.

					PICARD
				(to com panel)
			Mister La Forge?

16A  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	O'Brien makes a final adjustment on the transporter
	panel. Geordi checks readouts on a wall panel.

					GEORDI
			Transporter ready, Captain.

17   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the probe "pulls up alongside" to starboard as the
	stars streak past at warp nine.

       STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT ONE       13.

18   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			Range now seventy-five hundred.

					PICARD
			Steady as she goes...

19   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the probe draws closer, slowing up relative to the
	Enterprise -- until they are both moving at warp nine
	in perfect tandem, as if joined by an invisible rod.

20   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			Probe is standing abeam.

					PICARD
			Engage tractor.

21   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as a TRACTOR BEAM reaches out and grabs the probe.

22   OMITTED

23   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Geordi and O'Brien as before. In b.g., Pulaski
	ENTERS, stands by with her medical scanner.

					GEORDI
			Okay, O'Brien, they've hooked
			it -- let's reel it in.

					O'BRIEN
			Will do.
				(to com panel)
			Transporter beam locked, Captain.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Energize.

	O'Brien does so --

       STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT ONE       14.

24   ANGLE ON THE TRANSPORTER (OPTICAL)

	as a gleaming silver probe casing MATERIALIZES.

25
thru	OMITTED
26

27   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Probe aboard, Captain.

					PICARD
			Acknowledged. Number One?

	Riker's already heading for the turbolift.

					RIKER
			I'll welcome our visitor.

	Riker EXITS into the turbolift.

					PICARD
				(to Clancey)
			Resume original course and speed.

					CLANCEY
			Aye, sir.

	The bridge crew relaxes just a bit. The tension's off.
	Picard smiles:

					PICARD
			Well done, everyone.

28   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	CLOSE on O'Brien as he touches a panel on the probe.
	The latches on the probe pop open.

29   WIDER

	to reveal Riker and Pulaski looking on as the casing
	opens automatically. (Geordi is no longer present.)

	Inside the probe is a person whose face we cannot see
	-- the head is fully covered by an oxygen helmet.
	Pulaski does a medical scan, is surprised at the
	readings.

     STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/14/89 - ACT ONE     15.

29   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Something wrong, Doctor?

					PULASKI
			I'm not sure. The readings are
			quite... interesting.

	Pulaski is about to help the envoy sit up -- but the
	envoy, not needing help, waves Pulaski aside, sits up,
	removes the oxygen helmet, and emerges from the probe
	casing.

30   NEW ANGLE

	on the envoy -- K'EHLEYR, a lovely, exotic woman,
	half-Klingon, half-human, with the appearance and
	physical strength of the former and the sardonic wit of
	the latter.

					K'EHLEYR
			I greet you. I am K'Ehleyr.

					RIKER
				(a Klingon greeting)
			nuqneH. qaleghneS.

					K'EHLEYR
				(surprised)
			You speak Klingon.

					RIKER
			A little. I am Commander Riker,
			and this is our chief medical
			officer, Katherine Pulaski.

	K'Ehleyr nods greeting.

					RIKER (cont'd)
			I hope your voyage wasn't too
			unpleasant.

					K'EHLEYR
			Klingons are not supposed to mind
			hardship.
				(breaks into a smile)
			Nonetheless -- I'm delighted to
			be out of that damned coffin.

	Riker can't help smiling in return.

     STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/17/89 - ACT ONE     16.

30   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I don't blame you.
				(re the probe)
			Not the most luxurious
			accommodations Starfleet has to
			offer...

					K'EHLEYR
			Whoever said that getting there
			is half the fun never rode in
			a class eight probe.

	Under this, Pulaski has repeated the medical scan.

					PULASKI
			How are you feeling? Your vital
			signs are rather atypical for a
			Klingon.

					K'EHLEYR
			No doubt because I am only half
			Klingon.

					PULASKI
			Oh?

					K'EHLEYR
			Yes. My father was Klingon; my
			mother was human.

	Riker and Pulaski react. This is one interesting
	lady...

									CUT TO:

31   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, TROI, Worf, and Data. The turbolift doors OPEN
	and Riker leads K'Ehleyr into the lounge.

					RIKER
			Captain, I'd like to present
			Special Federation Emissary
			K'Ehleyr.

					PICARD
			Welcome aboard. I'm Jean-Luc
			Picard.
				(introducing)
			Counselor Troi, Lieutenant
			Commander Data, and --

    STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/14/89 - ACT ONE    16A.

31   CONTINUED:

	Picard turns to introduce Worf -- and a big grin
	spreads across K'Ehleyr's face.

					K'EHLEYR
			Worf! So this is where you've
			been hiding. I told you we'd meet
			again!

	Worf is anything but pleased to see K'Ehleyr. His
	surprise turns to resentment.

					K'EHLEYR (cont'd)
			Aren't you going to greet me?

       STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT ONE       17.

31   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			I have nothing to say to you.

					K'EHLEYR
			Haven't changed a bit, eh? Well,
			I missed you, too.

	On the surprised faces of our crew -- and the indignant
	face of Worf, we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

       STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT TWO       18.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

32   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Streaking across space at warp eight.

33   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Troi, Worf, and Data are at the
	conference table. K'Ehleyr is all business.

					K'EHLEYR
			Two days ago, Starbase three three six
			received an automated
			transmission from a Klingon ship,
			the T'Ong.
				(a beat)
			That ship was sent out over
			seventy-five years ago.

					RIKER
			When the Federation and the
			Klingon Empire were still at
			war...

					K'EHLEYR
			The message was directed to the
			Klingon High Command. It said
			only that the T'Ong was returning
			home and was about to reach the
			"awakening point."

					PICARD
			Which suggests that the crew was
			in cryogenic sleep for most of
			the long voyage.

					K'EHLEYR
			Exactly.

					RIKER
			And when the crew is revived...

					K'EHLEYR
				(nods)
			... we'll have a ship full of
			Klingons who think the war is
			still going on.

     STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/12/89 - ACT TWO     19.

33   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			So our task is to find the ship,
			and tell the Klingons we are no
			longer at war.

					RIKER
			Why us? A Klingon ship would have
			been a better choice.

					K'EHLEYR
			A Klingon ship -- the P'rang --
			is on its way, but it's two days
			behind us. That may be too late.

					TROI
			Why too late?

					RIKER
			Because the T'Ong's crew is about
			to awaken within striking range
			of a dozen Federation outposts.

					DATA
			There are thirteen colonies
			with minimal defenses in that
			sector...

					K'EHLEYR
				(nods)
			Nice ripe targets for a Klingon
			warship.

					TROI
			And you believe you can convince
			these Klingons that humans are
			now their allies?

					K'EHLEYR
			No. Not a chance.

	Everyone is surprised.

					K'EHLEYR (cont'd)
			If you ask me, talking will be
			a waste of time. Klingons of that
			era were raised to despise humans.
				(shrugs)
			We'll try diplomacy. But I
			promise you -- it won't work.
			And then you'll have to destroy
			them.

       STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT TWO       20.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

	Everyone is taken aback -- except Worf.

					PICARD
				(calmly)
			No.

					K'EHLEYR
			No? Captain, these Klingons are
			killers. You'll have no choice.

					PICARD
			Find me another choice. I want
			some options -- and I want them
			before we encounter the Klingon
			ship.
				(to Worf)
			Lieutenant, I'm assigning you to
			help the emissary. Dismissed.

	K'Ehleyr smiles, but Worf is anything but pleased.

34   OMITTED

35   NEW ANGLE

	as Riker, Troi, K'Ehleyr, and Data get to their feet.

					TROI
				(to K'Ehleyr)
			I'll escort you to the guest
			quarters.

	Troi and K'Ehleyr EXIT, followed by Data and Riker.
	Worf and Picard are the last ones to leave. Worf is
	uncharacteristically hesitant. Picard picks this up.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant?

					WORF
			Sir... I suggest Commander Riker
			or Data would better serve Special
			Emissary K'Ehleyr.

					PICARD
			Are there personal reasons you
			don't want the assignment?

					WORF
			Yes.

       STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT TWO       21.

35   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Any professional reasons?

					WORF
				(after a beat)
			No.

	Picard gives Worf a measured look: "need I say more?"
	Worf thinks it over, then:

					WORF (cont'd)
			I withdraw my request, Captain.

					PICARD
			Good.

	Worf EXITS.

36   INT. CORRIDOR

	Troi and K'Ehleyr walk, deep in conversation.

					TROI
			I didn't know it was possible
			for a human and a Klingon to
			produce a child.

					K'EHLEYR
			Actually, the DNA is compatible
			-- with a fair amount of help.
				(a grin)
			Rather like my parents.

	Troi smiles.

					TROI
			I know exactly what you mean.
			My father was human... and my
			mother was Betazoid.

					K'EHLEYR
				(brightens)
			Really! It was the other way
			around for me -- my mother was
			human.
				(a beat)
			You must've grown up like I did
			-- trapped between cultures.

     STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/14/89 - ACT TWO     22.

36   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I never felt trapped -- I felt
			fortunate. I experienced the
			richness and diversity of two
			worlds.

					K'EHLEYR
				(shakes her head in
				 wonder)
			Perhaps you got the best of
			each...

	They reach the guest quarters.

37   INT. GUEST QUARTERS

	Troi leads K'Ehleyr into the chamber.

					K'EHLEYR
			Myself, I think I got the worst
			of each.

					TROI
				(with a smile)
			I doubt that.

					K'EHLEYR
			Oh, yes. Having my mother's sense
			of humor is bad enough -- it's
			gotten me into plenty of trouble.

					TROI
			And your Klingon side?

					K'EHLEYR
			That, I keep under tight control.
			It's like a terrible temper --
			it's not something I want people
			to see.

					TROI
			Why hide it? We all have
			tempers...

					K'EHLEYR
			Not like mine. Sometimes I feel
			there's a monster inside me,
			fighting to get out.

					TROI
			And that frightens you.

    STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/14/89 - ACT TWO    22A.

37   CONTINUED:

					K'EHLEYR
			Of course it does. My Klingon
			side can be terrifying... even
			to me.

					TROI
			Yet it gives you strength. It's
			part of you.

					K'EHLEYR
				(smiles)
			That doesn't mean I have to like
			it.

	Troi smiles in return.

       STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT TWO       23.

38   INT. TACTICAL ROOM

	Worf is alone, sitting at a library computer. K'Ehleyr
	breezes in. She's freshened up, changed clothes, and
	is even more attractive than before. Worf, all
	business, doesn't even look at her.

					WORF
			You are late.

					K'EHLEYR
			Sorry. Had to make myself
			beautiful.

					WORF
			I fail to understand why.

					K'EHLEYR
			Worf, we're alone now. You don't
			have to act like a Klingon
			glacier. I don't bite...
				(teasing)
			... well, that's wrong; I do bite.

					WORF
				(ignoring)
			Shall we proceed with our assigned
			duties?

					K'EHLEYR
				(moving closer)
			I haven't even had a proper
			welcome.

					WORF
			I would prefer to keep this
			professional.

					K'EHLEYR
				(gives it right back)
			"I fail to understand why."

					WORF
			And I feel no need to explain.

					K'EHLEYR
				(needling)
			Oh, go ahead. Tell me. It's
			because you find me irresistible,
			isn't it? You always have.

       STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT TWO       24.

38   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Did you come on board the
			Enterprise to work, or to discuss
			your pointless fantasies?

	K'Ehleyr smiles. She's getting under his skin.

					K'EHLEYR
			You just won't open up, will you?
			Come on -- what happened to the
			Worf I met on Samrin's Planet?

					WORF
			He became a Starfleet lieutenant.

					K'EHLEYR
			Oh, is that it? Starfleet Academy
			turned you into a robot? You
			won't make me believe that.

					WORF
			I have no wish to make you believe
			anything.

					K'EHLEYR
			Perhaps you have changed. You
			weren't this aloof six years
			ago... or don't you remember?

					WORF
			There is nothing wrong with my
			memory.

					K'EHLEYR
			Well, there's something wrong with
			the rest of you. You're not even
			looking at me.

					WORF
			I am familiar with your
			appearance.

					K'EHLEYR
			And it gives you no pleasure to
			see me again?

	Worf is silent.

					K'EHLEYR (cont'd)
			It isn't as if we tried it and
			it didn't work, you know. You
			never gave it a chance.

     STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/17/89 - ACT TWO     25.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			I never?

					K'EHLEYR
				(sly)
			I mean, as I see it, we have
			some... unfinished business, you
			and I.

	Worf turns, looks her full in the face.

					WORF
			Not as far as I'm concerned.

39   ON K'EHLEYR

	It's as if he slapped her face. Worf turns back to
	the console, punches up a screen:

					WORF
			According to the library computer,
			the captain of the T'Ong is
			K'Temoc. But there is nothing
			regarding the ship's mission.

					K'EHLEYR
				(indifferent)
			So?

					WORF
			You're not interested in why the
			ship was sent out?

					K'EHLEYR
				(shrugs)
			Probably some secret military
			objective.

					WORF
			Perhaps, but we have no evidence
			of that --

					K'EHLEYR
			Why else would there be no record
			of the mission?

					WORF
			The records may simply have been
			lost.

    STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/17/89 - ACT TWO    25A.

39   CONTINUED:

					K'EHLEYR
			In any case, what does it matter?
			Our concern is the present -- the
			possible threat.

					WORF
			And to contend with that threat,
			we need information.

	They're both getting irritated with one another.

					K'EHLEYR
			We have all the information we
			need.

					WORF
			That is foolish. Knowing their
			mission might help us understand
			them --

					K'EHLEYR
				(cutting him)
			There's nothing to understand!
			They're Klingons! They'll attack!
			In their minds, we're the enemy
			-- and there's no way we're going
			to talk them out of that!

					WORF
			I do not appreciate being
			interrupted.

					K'EHLEYR
				(getting angry)
			And I don't appreciate wasting
			my time.

       STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT TWO       26.

39   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			We were instructed to come up with
			options --

					K'EHLEYR
			There aren't any! The
			assignment's hopeless!

					WORF
				(strained patience)
			There are always options.

					K'EHLEYR
			Oh, are there? Tell me: whatever
			happened to that wonderful
			Klingon fatalism of yours?

					WORF
			My experience aboard this ship
			has taught me that most problems
			have more than one solution.

					K'EHLEYR
			Starfleet hasn't improved you
			one bit. You're as stubborn as
			ever!

					WORF
				(losing his temper)
			Are you going to carry out your
			duties or aren't you?

					K'EHLEYR
				(also exploding)
			All right! I will!

	She puts her fingers to her temples, closes her eyes
	as if "thinking," holds that pose for two seconds,
	then:

					K'EHLEYR (cont'd)
			Upon due consideration of the
			problem and careful examination
			of all possible "options" -- my
			original recommendation stands.

	She SLAPS the tabletop --

					K'EHLEYR (cont'd)
			Meeting adjourned.

	-- and storms out.

       STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT TWO       27.

40   CLOSE ON WORF

	as mad as we've ever seen him, but holding it under
	tight control...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT THREE      28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

41   INT. GUEST QUARTERS

	K'Ehleyr storms into the chamber, boiling with
	frustration. She stops in the center of the room,
	tries to regain control over herself -- clenching her
	fists and tensing all her muscles.

	But her Klingon half needs release -- and with one
	sudden blow, K'Ehleyr smashes her fist through a
	glass-topped table.

42   NEW ANGLE

	DOOR CHIME.

					K'EHLEYR
			Come.

	Troi ENTERS. K'Ehleyr gives her an impatient look --
	"Well?"

					TROI
			You're upset.

					K'EHLEYR
				(heavy sarcasm)
			Really! Your finely-honed
			Betazoid sense tells you that?

					TROI
			Well -- that, and the table.

	K'Ehleyr can't help a CHUCKLE.

					K'EHLEYR
			I warned you about my Klingon
			half.

					TROI
			May I make a suggestion?

					K'EHLEYR
			I thank you, Counselor. But I
			don't want any counseling.

					TROI
			Actually, I was going to suggest
			something else.

      STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT THREE      29.

42   CONTINUED:

					K'EHLEYR
			Oh?

					TROI
			I find the Holodeck exercise
			programs rigorous enough to put
			my mind off most frustrations.

	K'Ehleyr smiles.

					K'EHLEYR
			And it'll keep me from wrecking
			the ship.

					TROI
			That, too...

									CUT TO:

43   INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE HOLODECK

	as K'Ehleyr approaches. She touches the Holodeck
	panel; it lights up.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Enter program.

					K'EHLEYR
			Show me the exercise menu.

44   ANGLE ON THE HOLODECK PANEL (OPTICAL)

	as text appears: a long LIST OF PROGRAMS, including a
	line "CALISTHENICS -- LT. WORF."

45   ON K'EHLEYR

	A small, humorless smile.

					K'EHLEYR
			Calisthenics program of Lieutenant
			Worf.

	After a beat:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Program complete. You may enter
			when ready.

    STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/12/89 - ACT THREE    30.

45   CONTINUED:

	The Holodeck DOOR OPENS, revealing a ruined, desolate
	BATTLEFIELD beyond. K'Ehleyr ENTERS the Holodeck.

									CUT TO:

46   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Clancey, a TACTICAL CREWMAN, and
	other supernumerary CREW.

					PICARD
			Status.

					DATA
			Based on the last assumed position
			of the Klingon vessel, its
			apparent trajectory, and our
			estimates of their cruising speed,
			we should be in scanner range in
			fifteen hours, eight minutes.

	Under Data's speech, Worf has ENTERED and moved to
	Tactical. The tactical crewman yields the position
	to him. Worf begins operating Tactical in a flurry of
	activity. Picard is surprised to see Worf on the
	bridge.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant?

					WORF
			Special Emissary K'Ehleyr has...
			declared a short recess, sir.
			I wish to run a full diagnostic
			test on all tactical back-up
			equipment.

					RIKER
				(puzzled)
			We just ran a full test of those
			systems.

					WORF
				(testy)
			I feel it necessary to check them
			again.

	Picard leads Worf aside for a private moment.

      STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT THREE      31.

46   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Lieutenant, I commend your
			diligence. However, I'm concerned
			that you're working yourself too
			hard.

					WORF
			Sir, considering the unknown
			elements we are about to face --

					PICARD
				(cuts him off)
			Lieutenant -- I order you to
			relax.

					WORF
				(tense)
			I am relaxed.
				(on his look)
			Yes, sir.

	Worf EXITS. The tactical crewman takes over the
	station. Picard crosses to Riker.

					PICARD
			I've never seen the Lieutenant
			so... unsettled.

					RIKER
				(nods)
			The Iceman's finally melting.

									CUT TO:

47   INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE HOLODECK

	as Worf approaches the Holodeck and sees from the
	Holodeck panel that it's already in use.

47A  INSERT - HOLODECK PANEL

	displaying the line: "CALISTHENICS -- LT. WORF."

47B  BACK TO SCENE

	Worf is intrigued.

      STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT THREE      32.

48   INT. HOLODECK - BATTLEGROUND

	Twilight. A shattered, desolate terrain. Rocks,
	ruins, shadows. K'Ehleyr, cat-like, moves silently
	through it. She's alert, coiled, ready for anything.
	She's wearing a Klingon glove/weapon similar to the one
	worn by Worf in "Where Silence Has Lease."

	Then, seemingly from nowhere, a massive ALIEN WARRIOR
	springs into view, charges at K'Ehleyr.

49   ON K'EHLEYR

	calmly dodging the alien's blow and smashing the side
	of her fist into the alien's face. The alien SNARLS
	and attacks again.

50   ANGLE ON WORF

	standing on the sidelines and watching with interest.

51   ON K'EHLEYR

	as the alien tries to get an arm around her throat.
	K'Ehleyr slams an elbow into its midriff, follows up
	with a lightning punch. The alien, unfazed, catches
	K'Ehleyr with a blow to her side.

52
thru	OMITTED
53

54   WIDER

	as K'Ehleyr goes berserk. Her speed doubles; her blows
	become less "scientific" and more brutal. The Klingon
	warrior in her has taken over.

	K'Ehleyr dodges an alien blow, jabs with all her
	strength -- her fist SMASHES the alien in the face.
	The alien topples like a tall tree.

55
thru	OMITTED
56

57   ANGLE TO INCLUDE WORF

	as K'Ehleyr, breathing hard, slowly turns to face him.
	Worf doesn't react, stares impassively back at her.

      STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT THREE      33.

58   ON K'EHLEYR

	A long beat as she and Worf gaze at each other. He's
	seen a side of her -- her Klingon side -- that she lets
	no one see, and she's uncomfortable.

	Then, K'Ehleyr breaks the eye contact, shrugs with
	indifference:

					K'EHLEYR
			It's not much of a program.

59   ON WORF

	The barest hint of a smile.

					WORF
			Computer. Level Two.

60   WIDER

	as suddenly the "dead" alien Warrior is back on its
	feet, joined by TWO MORE ALIEN WARRIORS; all three are
	brandishing gleaming, razor-edged swords.

	On a nearby rock are two swords; Worf and K'Ehleyr pick
	up the swords as the aliens ROAR and attack --

61   ANGLE ON THE FIGHT

	Everything we've seen is tame compared to what follows.
	Worf and K'Ehleyr turn into fighting machines --
	vicious, snarling animals whose only goal is survival.

62   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Worf and K'Ehleyr are a blur. Blades flash and CLANG.
	The aliens drop, unable to withstand the dual
	onslaught. One alien is literally sliced in half.

	And, almost before it's begun, it's over -- Worf and
	K'Ehleyr are the only ones left standing.

63   ON WORF AND K'EHLEYR

	sweaty, breathing hard, covered with grime -- but
	triumphant.

	Slowly, swords still in hand, Worf and K'Ehleyr turn
	toward one another -- eyes hard, expressions ferocious,
	blood still boiling.

      STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT THREE      34.

64   WIDER

	as Worf quite deliberately tosses his sword aside.
	K'Ehleyr raises hers in defense -- but Worf is already
	upon her, gripping her sword-arm.

	K'Ehleyr struggles, but Worf is stronger -- inexorably
	bending her arm back and making her drop the sword.

65   OMITTED

66   ON K'EHLEYR

	eyes ablaze in challenge and defiance. Worf locks his
	gaze to hers. They're almost nose to nose. A long
	beat of tense, silent communication. Then, Worf shoves
	her away.

	Her eyes never leaving his, K'Ehleyr slowly removes
	her glove, extends her naked hand to Worf.

66A  ON WORF

	Worf takes her wrist, raises her hand to his face,
	sniffs at it.

66B
thru	OMITTED
66C

66D  WIDER

	as Worf raises his hand. K'Ehleyr caresses his
	forearm, raises his palm to her face, and sniffs his
	hand and his wrist.

66E  OMITTED

66F  NEW ANGLE

	as they move closer. Except for their hands on each
	other's wrists, they have not touched, nor do they
	now... instead, they sniff at each other's hair, their
	ears, their necks. It's slow, ritualized -- and also
	instinctive, primal, animal behavior.

	Their passion mounting, Worf and K'Ehleyr release their
	grips, then extend their hands to one another.

      STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT THREE      35.

66G  CLOSE ON THEIR HANDS

	as they touch their wrists, then the heels of their
	hands together. Their fingers intertwine -- their
	palms touch -- their grips tighten -- and they savagely
	clasp hands... so tightly that their nails dig in and
	draw blood.

66H  WIDER

	Worf and K'Ehleyr violently draw each other close.
	With a low GROWL, Worf buries his face in K'Ehleyr's
	neck -- and as they fall together into the mist, we:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/17/89 - ACT FOUR    36.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

67   INT. HOLODECK - BATTLEGROUND

	Stillness. The distant KEENING of some alien catcreature.

	PAN to reveal Worf and K'Ehleyr, spent. Worf, eyes
	closed, is sitting cross-legged at the base of a low,
	flat rock. K'Ehleyr, sitting atop the rock, smiles
	contentedly.

					K'EHLEYR
			Some calisthenics programs are
			better than others.

	Worf, mildly surprised, opens one eye.

					WORF
			You can still make jokes?

					K'EHLEYR
			Of course I can. I still have
			enough energy for that...
				(a beat)
			You're not laughing.

					WORF
			You are most observant.

					K'EHLEYR
			You don't like people with a sense
			of humor?

					WORF
			I did not say that.

	K'Ehleyr waits, but nothing else is forthcoming.

					K'EHLEYR
				(exasperated)
			Worf, you're the perfect Klingon
			-- the ultimate minimalist. Talk
			to me!

	After a beat, Worf grudgingly elaborates:

					WORF
			I've noted that some people use
			humor as a shield... they talk
			much yet say little.

    STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/17/89 - ACT FOUR    36A.

67   CONTINUED:

	K'Ehleyr concedes the point.

					K'EHLEYR
			Whereas others take a simpler
			approach -- say nothing.

					WORF
				(almost apologetic)
			When one does not have the
			words...

    STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/17/89 - ACT FOUR    37.

67   CONTINUED: (2)

					K'EHLEYR
				(nods)
			Or is loath to speak them...

	K'Ehleyr stretches languidly.

					K'EHLEYR (cont'd)
			Fortunately, there are other ways
			to communicate.
				(a beat)
			Why didn't we do this six years
			ago?

					WORF
			We were not ready.

					K'EHLEYR
			I was...

					WORF
				(shakes his head)
			We were both too young -- too
			unaware. We lacked commitment.

	K'Ehleyr thinks this over, nods.

					K'EHLEYR
			Perhaps we lacked courage as well.

					WORF
			No longer.

68   OMITTED

69   WIDER

	Worf gets to his feet, steps atop the rock, looks
	skyward, spreads his arms, and proclaims:

					WORF
			tlhIngan jIH.

	Suddenly alarmed, K'Ehleyr stands, gets off the rock
	as if it were a hot griddle.

					K'EHLEYR
			Wait. You can't mean -- You're
			not --

    STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/17/89 - ACT FOUR    37A.

69   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(simply)
			We have mated.

					K'EHLEYR
			Yes, I know -- I was there.
			But...

					WORF
			And now we must solemnize our
			union with the oath --

					K'EHLEYR
				(aghast)
			Like hell we must!

       STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT FOUR       38.

69   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			-- and pledge that we are one
			forever.

	Worf steps off the rock, moves toward K'Ehleyr, who
	backs off.

					K'EHLEYR
			I'm not going to become your
			wife...

					WORF
			You already are.

					K'EHLYR
			Don't give me that Klingon
			nonsense.

					WORF
			You would dishonor our sacred
			traditions?

					K'EHLEYR
			They're not sacred -- they're
			absurd! Marrying you is out of
			the question for a million
			reasons...

					WORF
			None of which stopped you earlier.

					K'EHLEYR
			Worf, it was what it was!
			Glorious and wonderful and all
			that, but it doesn't mean
			anything.

					WORF
				(with disdain)
			That is a human attitude.

					K'EHLEYR
			I am human!

					WORF
			You are also Klingon!

					K'EHLEYR
			And that means we should bond for
			life?

       STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT FOUR       39.

69   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			It is our way!

					K'EHLEYR
			Yours -- not mine!

70   ANGLE ON WORF

	Worf's had enough debate. He steps back atop the rock,
	spreads his arms, and restarts the ritual:

					WORF
			tlhIngan jIH!

	Worf waits. Obviously K'Ehleyr is supposed to climb
	up next to him, say the same thing. She doesn't move.

					K'EHLEYR
			I will not take the oath!

					WORF
				(a roar)
			Then this night had no meaning!
				(then, softer)
			And that, I will not believe.

	K'Ehleyr sees Worf's pain, feels his need. She's
	moved. But --

					K'EHLEYR
			Believe what you will...

	K'Ehleyr turns away from Worf and dashes off --

					K'EHLEYR (O.S., cont'd)
			Exit.

71   OMITTED

72   ON WORF

	standing alone on the rock. SOUND of the HOLODECK DOOR
	OPENING AND CLOSING O.S.

	Worf's expression is as impassive as ever. But the
	pain shows in his eyes...

									CUT TO:

    STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/17/89 - ACT FOUR    40.

73   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Zipping right along at high warp.

74   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Clancey, the tactical crewman,
	supernumerary at Ops.

					CLANCEY
			Approaching the coordinates.

					PICARD
			Slow to impulse.

					TACTICAL CREWMAN
			Short and long-range sensor scans
			negative, Captain.

					PICARD
			Lay in a standard search pattern.

					CLANCEY
			Search pattern laid in.

					PICARD
			Full impulse. Engage.

					RIKER
			I just hope we find them before
			they come out of their nap.

					PICARD
			Agreed. No outpost in this sector
			could defend itself against a
			Klingon warship.

75   INT. TACTICAL ROOM

	This time, it's K'Ehleyr who's working alone at the
	library computer. The DOOR OPENS, revealing Worf. An
	awkward silence.

					K'EHLEYR
			I've been working on our
			assignment... trying a few
			computer simulations.

					WORF
			Your devotion to duty is
			commendable... if belated.

    STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/17/89 - ACT FOUR    40A.

75   CONTINUED:

					K'EHLEYR
				(ignoring the dig)
			So far, I'm having no success.
				(a beat)
			I could use some help.

					WORF
				(stiffly)
			I am here to assist you.

	Worf steps in, revealing Data behind him. K'Ehleyr
	smiles, almost sadly.

    STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/10/89 - ACT FOUR    41.

75   CONTINUED:

					K'EHLEYR
			Unwilling to be alone with me?

					WORF
			I've asked Lieutenant Commander Data to 
			help us analyze the alternatives.

					K'EHLEYR
				("oh, sure")
			An android chaperone?

					DATA
			"Android" is, of course, correct,
			but I fail to see how "chaperone"
			is applicable in this situation...

					K'EHLEYR
			Never mind. Come on in.
				(to Worf)
			I guess I can't blame you.

	Worf says nothing. He and Data take seats on either
	side of K'Ehleyr.

					K'EHLEYR (cont'd)
				(impulsively)
			Tell me one thing.

	Worf looks at her -- "go ahead."

					K'EHLEYR (cont'd)
			You would have gone through with
			the oath, wouldn't you?
			Regardless of the consequences
			to our careers -- to our lives?

					WORF
			Honor demanded no less.

					K'EHLEYR
				(sighs)
			I'm sick to death of Klingon
			"honor." What do you want? Is
			honor all you care about? Don't
			you feel anything else?

76   ON WORF

	Silent and stonefaced. Maybe he doesn't know the
	answer; maybe he does and isn't telling. K'Ehleyr sees
	she's going to get nothing out of him.

           STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT FOUR           42.

76   CONTINUED:

					K'EHLEYR
			No comment, huh?

	She shrugs -- "be that way." Data, mystified by all
	this, looks from one to the other. K'Ehleyr picks up
	on Data's confusion.

					K'EHLEYR (cont'd)
				(to Data)
			Poor android. Which behavior do
			you find more perplexing -- human
			or Klingon?

					DATA
			At the moment, I would be hard
			pressed to choose.

					K'EHLEYR
				(sardonic)
			So would I.

	K'Ehleyr takes a breath, gets businesslike.

					K'EHLEYR (cont'd)
			Okay. When we locate the T'Ong,
			there are two possibilities.
			First --

									MATCH CUT TO:

77   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Same ANGLE on K'Ehleyr, with Worf nearby -- but now
	Picard, Riker, Troi, and Geordi are present, listening.
	(Data is not present.)

					K'EHLEYR
			-- we find the ship before it
			reaches the "awakening point."
			In that case, we could simply keep
			the crew asleep.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			Is that feasible?

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			We can beam an away team onto the
			T'Ong and override the cryogenic
			controls.

           STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT FOUR           43.

77   CONTINUED:

					K'EHLEYR
			Then we await the arrival of the
			Klingon ship P'rang...

					TROI
			... so that when the T'Ong's crew
			awakens, they're surrounded by
			their fellow Klingons.

					RIKER
			That would be ideal.

					K'EHLEYR
			But there's the second
			possibility... that the crew of
			the T'Ong has already revived.

					GEORDI
			They discover they're in
			Federation territory -- and they
			attack the nearest outpost.

					TROI
			Are we sure they'll attack?

					RIKER
			We don't even know what the
			T'Ong's mission was.

					TROI
			It may have been a scientific
			voyage.

					K'EHLEYR
				(with a smile)
			Klingons of that period -- doing
			research for its own sake?

					RIKER
			The point is, they may not be
			warlike.

					K'EHLEYR
			The point is that this is beside
			the point. These are Klingons...
			at war with us. Whatever their
			mission was -- once they see a
			Federation target, they'll attack.

					PICARD
			Could the T'Ong be disabled rather
			than destroyed?

         STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/12/89 - ACT FOUR        44.

77   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			We could probably knock out their
			warp engines without damaging the
			rest of their ship...

					K'EHLEYR
				(shaking her head)
			That would gain you nothing.
			Disable the ship, and K'Temoc will
			destroy it himself.

	Picard looks to Worf for confirmation.

					WORF
				(nods)
			Klingons do not surrender.

					K'EHLEYR
			Face it -- if we don't reach the
			T'Ong before its crew wakes up,
			you have no alternatives.

78   ON PICARD

	getting to his feet.

					PICARD
			I will not accept that. There
			must be a way to make the Klingons
			listen. If we can only convince
			them --

	Picard is interrupted by a HALL from the bridge:

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Captain, we have detected a ship,
			bearing three-one-six mark
			forty-two, extreme sensor range.

					PICARD
			Plot an intercept course. And
			go to Yellow Alert.

	Picard and the group EXIT the Observation Lounge.
	Geordi EXITS out the far door.

79   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Clancey's at Conn; N.D. CREW, including the tactical
	crewman, at other stations.

           STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT FOUR           45.

79   CONTINUED:

	K'Ehleyr, Riker, and Worf ENTER and take their
	stations. Data yields the center chair to Picard,
	sits down at Ops.

					WORF
			Shields are up.

					K'EHLEYR
			Better lock on phasers. This may
			be the only chance you get.

	Picard ignores her.

					CLANCEY
			Intercept course laid in.

					PICARD
			Hold this position. Let's see
			if they've spotted us.
				(to Data)
			Magnification one hundred.

80   ANGLE TO INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	upon which is a vision from the past -- the eighty-year-old
	KLINGON BATTLE CRUISER T'ONG.

					PICARD
			Mister Data?

					DATA
			Sensors show lifeforms aboard,
			sir, but I am unable to ascertain
			if they are awake or dormant.
				(checks a reading)
			However, the vessel's propulsion
			systems are inactive, so I would
			hypothesize that the crew is
			asleep --

	And without warning, the T'Ong FIRES upon us --

81   NEW ANGLE

	as the bridge is SHAKEN by the attack. RED ALERT comes
	on automatically.

					DATA
			However, I could be in error.

           STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT FOUR           46.

81   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Shields holding.

82   ANGLE TO INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	as the T'Ong SHIMMERS and DISAPPEARS from the screen.

					RIKER
			They've cloaked themselves.

83   NEW ANGLE

	as K'Ehleyr matter-of-factly turns to Picard.

					K'EHLEYR
			Well, Captain -- you had your
			chance.

	PUSH IN on Picard's grave expression as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

           STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT FIVE           47.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

84   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Data, Clancey as before. RED
	ALERT continues. Geordi is now present; he TURNS ON
	his bridge Engineering Station.

					GEORDI
			Transfer Engineering to bridge.

					PICARD
			Can you find them?

					GEORDI
				(working at the station)
			I think so. Those old shields
			weren't a hundred percent
			efficient at blocking gamma-ray
			output. If I can tune the sensors
			to a particular band of...
				(jubilant)
			There! Got 'em! Transferring
			coordinates to helm...

					PICARD
				(to Clancey)
			Intercept. Warp two.

					CLANCEY
			Warp two, sir.

					K'EHLEYR
			Captain -- let them die like
			Klingons... in battle. They
			deserve that much.

	Worf steps forward.

					WORF
			Captain... I have another option.

	Picard and the others react to Worf's calm assertion.

85   OMITTED

86   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving at warp two.

           STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT FIVE           48.

87   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before, except that Worf and K'Ehleyr are no longer
	present. The tactical crewman is at Worf's station.

					DATA
			The T'Ong has changed course to
			three-two mark eight-one. They
			are increasing to warp three.

					RIKER
			Standard evasive maneuver.

					PICARD
			Helm -- stay with them.

	Clancey makes a helm adjustment.

					CLANCEY
			Yes, sir.

					DATA
			The T'Ong is now on a heading of
			four-one mark one-one-three...
			accelerating to warp five.

					RIKER
			They're making a break for it.

					PICARD
			Overtake. Warp eight.

					CLANCEY
			Aye.

					PICARD
			Put us right in their path and
			come to a full stop.
				(to Tactical)
			Full power to shields.

					TACTICAL CREWMAN
			Full power, sir.

87A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	coming out of warp and stopping.

           STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT FIVE           49.

87B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					PICARD
			We've thrown down the gauntlet...
			let's see if they pick it up.

					DATA
			They are slowing to impulse --

88   ANGLE TO INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	On the screen, the star field SHIMMERS -- and the T'Ong
	APPEARS as it drops its cloaking. It FIRES phasers at
	us --

89   NEW ANGLE

	as the bridge is SHAKEN slightly by the attack.

					TACTICAL CREWMAN
			Phaser hit on forward shields.
			No damage.

					DATA
			The T'Ong is attempting to flank
			us.

					PICARD
			Compensate.

90   ANGLE TO INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	as the T'Ong FIRES a photon torpedo --

91   NEW ANGLE

	as the torpedo hits, SHAKING the ship a bit more.

					TACTICAL CREWMAN
			Photon torpedo hit. Shield number
			two weakened... firming up now...
			No damage.

					RIKER
			I think we've piqued their
			curiosity by now...

         STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/14/89 - ACT FIVE        50.

91   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Agreed. Let's give them the
			chance to look their enemy in the
			face.

	Picard turns to look offscreen. We don't see who he's
	addressing:

					PICARD (cont'd)
			Ready, Lieutenant?
				(then to Tactical)
			Open a hailing frequency.

					TACTICAL CREWMAN
			Hailing frequency open, sir.

92   OMITTED

93   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	motionless, facing the T'Ong.

94   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CLOSE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	as the image of the T'Ong is replaced by a view of the
	T'ONG BRIDGE. K'TEMOC, the captain, is a formidable
	warrior who commands his ship with a typical Klingon
	iron first. A FIRST OFFICER and another KLINGON CREWMAN
	are in the b.g.

	The Klingons all react with surprise. K'Temoc leaps
	to his feet --

					K'TEMOC
			What --

95   ANGLE ON THE ENTERPRISE COMMAND CHAIR

	The captain of the Enterprise is a Klingon! Worf, in
	full Klingon captain regalia, sits in the command chair
	glaring at K'Temoc.

	Next to Worf is K'Ehleyr, similarly in full Klingon
	uniform.

	Picard and Riker are not visible, but Data, Clancey,
	Geordi, and the tactical crewman are at their stations.

         STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/14/89 - ACT FIVE       50A.

95   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(imperious)
			Captain K'Temoc -- have you lost
			your mind? Halt your ship and
			drop your shields.

           STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT FIVE           51.

96   ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The Klingon crewmen are stunned. So is K'Temoc, but
	he keeps a lid on it and blusters back to Worf:

					K'TEMOC
			What treachery is this? By whose
			authority?

97   ANGLE ON WORF (OPTICAL)

	Worf gives K'Temoc a look as if K'Temoc were a two-year-old
	challenging a parent.

					WORF
			I am Worf, commanding the
			Enterprise. It is you who have
			committed an act of treason --
			by firing upon this ship.

98   INTERCUTS -- WORF AND VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

					K'TEMOC
			I have standing orders to fire
			on all Federation ships. We are
			at war.

					WORF
			You fool. Did it not occur to
			you that the war would be over
			by now?

					K'TEMOC
			I have no proof of that.

					WORF
			Trust your eyes! Or is your brain
			still stuck in its long slumber?

					K'TEMOC
			How can I be sure this is not a
			Federation trick?

	Worf SIGHS. Why must underlings make life difficult?

					WORF
			Captain, as you are new to this
			century, I have tried to be
			patient. But I will tolerate no
			further insubordination. Drop
			your shields immediately.

           STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT FIVE           52.

98   CONTINUED:

					K'TEMOC
				(still belligerent)
			And if I refuse?

					WORF
			Then die in ignorance. I can
			waste no more time on you.
				(to Tactical)
			Phasers to full power.

					TACTICAL CREWMAN
			Aye, sir.
				(does so)
			Phasers ready. Target locked.

99   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	On the screen, K'Temoc plays his last card:

					K'TEMOC
			You dare not destroy us. We have
			been on a crucial mission by order
			of the Klingon High Command...

	Worf, the Iceman, impassively raises his hand as a
	signal to fire.

					WORF
			Has the T'Ong dropped its shields?

					TACTICAL CREWMAN
			No, sir.

					WORF
				(with a shrug)
			Very well. Fire all phasers --

					K'TEMOC
			Wait!

	K'Temoc crosses his arms and gently bows his head.

					K'TEMOC (cont'd)
				(to first officer)
			Lower the shields.
				(to Worf)
			I yield command of the T'Ong to
			you, Captain Worf. Long live the
			Klingon Empire.

	Worf is deadpan, indifferent.

         STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/14/89 - ACT FIVE        53.

99   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			A wise decision, Captain.
			Commander K'Ehleyr will board your
			ship and take command. The
			Klingon cruiser P'rang will soon
			arrive and escort you home.
				(almost an afterthought)
			And, Captain --

					K'TEMOC
			Yes?

					WORF
			Welcome to the twenty-fourth century.

	And with that, the Enterprise viewscreen returns to
	the exterior view of the T'Ong. RED ALERT ENDS.

100  ANGLE ON WORF (OPTICAL)

	As Picard and Riker approach from o.s. The mood is
	jubilant. Worf stands.

					WORF
				(to Picard)
			I return command of the ship to
			you, Captain.

					PICARD
			Thank you and congratulations,
			Lieutenant. A very fine first
			command. Well done.

	Worf nods a silent acknowledgement.

					GEORDI
			That's all, Worf? Just a nod?

	Worf is again unflappable.

					RIKER
			How did you like command?

	Worf looks at the crew, then back at the captain's
	chair.

					WORF
			Comfortable chair.

         STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/14/89 - ACT FIVE        54.

100  CONTINUED:

	Everyone but Worf smiles.

									CUT TO:

101  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	K'Ehleyr and Worf ENTER.

					WORF
				(to O'Brien)
			One to beam aboard the T'Ong.

	O'Brien acknowledges with a nod and punches in the
	coordinates.

					O'BRIEN
			All set.

					WORF
			I relieve you.

	O'Brien opens his mouth to say something, changes his
	mind -- Worf's expression makes it clear he wants to be
	alone.

					O'BRIEN
			Yes, Lieutenant.

	And O'Brien exits.

           STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT FIVE           55.

102  NEW ANGLE

	Worf turns to face K'Ehleyr. They treat each other in
	the most formal manner -- perhaps as a way of easing
	the separation.

					WORF
			The Klingon vessel P'rang will
			rendezvous with you in three days.

					K'EHLEYR
			In the meantime, I'll begin the
			assimilation of these Klingons
			to our era.

	A silent look. Is that all?

					WORF
			Is there anything else you
			require?

					K'EHLEYR
			No. Nothing else.

	K'Ehleyr takes a step towards the transporter, stops
	and turns back to face Worf.

					K'EHLEYR
			Damn you, Worf. You'd let me go
			without saying another word,
			wouldn't you?

					WORF
			What needs to be said?

					K'EHLEYR
			Nothing. Everything. We're about
			to go our separate ways again.

					WORF
			And that disturbs you?

					K'EHLEYR
				(takes a breath)
			Yes, it does.

	She moves closer to him.

         STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - REV. 4/12/89 - ACT FIVE        56.

102  CONTINUED:

					K'EHLEYR (cont'd)
			I hid the truth from you. Last
			night did have meaning.
				(a beat)
			I was tempted to take the oath
			with you. That scared me. I've
			never had such strong feelings
			toward anyone.

					WORF
				(after a beat)
			Nor have I.

	K'Ehleyr's stunned. From Worf, that's quite an
	admission.

					K'EHLEYR
			Then it was more than just a point
			of honor.

	Worf's silence is eloquent.

					K'EHLEYR (cont'd)
			Maybe someday, when our paths
			cross again, I won't be as easy
			to get rid of.

	K'Ehleyr and Worf extend their hands, touch palms, and
	clasp -- a gentle version of the passionate handclasp
	they shared in the Holodeck.

					WORF
			K'Ehleyr... I will not be complete
			without you.

	A long beat. Then, K'Ehleyr steps onto the transporter
	pad.

103  ON WORF

	Perhaps to cover his sorrow, his face bears something
	with a close resemblance to a smile...

104  ON THE TRANSPORTER PAD (OPTICAL)

	as K'Ehleyr DEMATERIALIZES.

           STAR TREK: "The Emissary" - 4/10/89 - ACT FIVE           57.

105  CLOSE ON WORF

	as his face returns to the more familiar unemotional
	expression of -- the Iceman.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         
                            THE END                             





                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                      "Peak Performance" 
                          #40272-147 
                              
                          Written by 
                         David Kemper 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Robert Scheerer 


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                   2ND REVISED FINAL DRAFT
 
                        APRIL 17, 1989
 

        STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/17/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Peak Performance" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             SIRNA KOLRAMI
                RIKER              
                DATA               
                PULASKI            FERENGI-TSA
                TROI               BRACTOR
                GEORDI             TACTICIAN
                WORF               
                WESLEY             

                ENSIGN BURKE       
                ENSIGN NAGEL       
                N.D. CREWMEMBERS   

        STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/17/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Peak Performance" 
                         
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE       USS HATHAWAY
          
              MAIN ENGINEERING         KREECHTA
              CORRIDOR
              WORF'S QUARTERS          BRASLOTA IV
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              TEN-FORWARD
          
            USS HATHAWAY
              BRIDGE
              ENGINE ROOM
          
            KREECHTA
              (VIEWSCREEN P.O.V. ONLY)

  STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/20/89 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Peak Performance" 
                      
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              KOLRAMI                cole-ROM-ee
              ZAKDORN                ZACK-dorn
              KREECHTA               CREECH-tah
              NAGEL                  NAY-gull
              BRASLOTA               brass-LOW-tah
              TARLOW                 tar-low
              YAROOPA                yah-RUE-pah
              KUMEH                  koo-mah
              STRATEGEMA             strata-JAY-mah
              GRENTHEMEN             grenth-ah-men

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "Peak Performance"                           
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Shuttle coming in.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 42923.7.
			We are en route to the Braslota
			System, site of the first
			Starfleet battle simulation.
			Joining the Enterprise as observer
			and mediator is the Zakdorn Master
			Strategist, Sirna Kolrami.
			Despite misgivings, I have agreed
			to Starfleet's request that we
			take part in these wargame
			exercises.

2    OMITTED

3    INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	DATA is at Command, supernumeraries at Conn and OPS,
	and WORF and ENSIGN BURKE confer at Tactical. All
	heads turn as the forward turbolift opens and RIKER and
	KOLRAMI, a slender weasel-like creature, ENTER and
	cross to the Observation Lounge.

3A   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

					PICARD
				(rising, extending his
				 hand)
			Mister Kolrami -- Captain Jean-Luc
			Picard. Welcome aboard.

					KOLRAMI
			Captain. I bring greetings from
			those at Starfleet Command.

    STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/21/89 - TEASER    2.

3A   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Would you care to be shown to your
			quarters?

					KOLRAMI
			I require little rest, Captain.
			I would prefer to commence our
			mission.

	Picard and Riker share a glance -- "pushy little guy,
	isn't he?"

3B   INT. BRIDGE

	Worf crosses to Data.

					WORF
			Despite their reputations, this
			Zakdorn does not appear to be a
			very formidable warrior.

					DATA
			In the game of military
			brinksmanship, individual
			physical prowess is less
			important than the perception of
			a species as a whole. For over
			nine millennia potential foes have
			regarded the Zakdorns as having
			the greatest innately strategic
			minds in the galaxy.

					WORF
			And no one is willing to test that
			perception in combat.

					DATA
			Exactly.

					WORF
			Then the reputation means nothing.

4    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	A magnificent view of the galaxy surrounds them as they
	take their seats at one end of the table. Kolrami keys
	the screen, and the DIAGRAM of a solar system appears.

      STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/18/89 - TEASER      3.

4    CONTINUED:

					KOLRAMI
			The Braslota System. In orbit
			around the second planet is the
			eighty-year old Starcruiser,
			Hathaway.
				(nodding at Riker)
			He is still your choice?

					PICARD
			Commander Riker will captain the
			Hathaway.

					KOLRAMI
				(to Riker)
			You will have forty-eight hours
			to ready the vessel before the
			Enterprise attacks.

					RIKER
			And we'll be experiencing actual
			battle conditions?

					KOLRAMI
			Correct. Engineering will
			disconnect the Enterprise's
			weapons and link the system with
			the modified laser-pulse beam.
			All "hits" will be recorded
			electronically. If the computer
			registers "damage," it will react
			accordingly -- shutting down the
			affected areas for the appropriate
			"repair" time. Additional
			questions?

	Riker and Picard share a look and shake their heads.

					KOLRAMI
			Captain Picard, I understand that
			you initially resisted Starfleet's
			request for this simulation.

					PICARD
			Yes.

					KOLRAMI
			May I know why?

   STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/25/89 - TEASER   3A.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Starfleet is not a military
			organization. Our purpose is
			exploration.

					KOLRAMI
			Then why am I here?

					PICARD
			Because with the Borg threat,
			I have decided that my officers
			and I need to hone our tactical
			skills.

					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/21/89 - TEASER    4.

4    CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			In a crisis situation, it is
			prudent to have several options.

					RIKER
			I still prefer brains over brawn.
				(to Kolrami)
			I think it's a waste of
			effort to test our combat skills
			-- it's a minor province in the
			make-up of a starship captain.

					KOLRAMI
			Your objection is noted. Let us
			hope your distaste for the
			exercise will not affect your
			strategic abilities.

	There is a moment as Riker absorbs the words and the
	underlying contempt with which they were delivered.

					RIKER
			Mister Kolrami, when I agree to
			do a thing. I do it.
				(to Picard, lighter)
			Care to surrender now, Captain?

	Picard gives Riker a warm, small smile, then looks to
	Kolrami as if to say, "see what a hell of a fellow he
	is?" Off their various expressions --

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/17/89 - ACT ONE      5.

					ACT ONE

	FADE IN:

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Plying deep space at impulse.

6    INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, PULASKI, and Kolrami are
	present. Supernumeraries at Conn and Ops. Burke at
	Tactical.

					PICARD
			Well, Number One, you are allowed
			a complement of forty. Select
			whom you will. Save Data, who
			will serve as my first officer
			in your absence.

	Before Riker can respond, Kolrami jumps in -- leaving
	Pulaski slightly taken aback by his rudeness.

					KOLRAMI
				(to Picard)
			I had envisioned you defining the
			crew.

					PICARD
			On my ship, the leader of an away
			team has total control of the
			mission. If you want to judge
			"leadership" -- why not start at
			the beginning?

	Kolrami sagaciously nods his assent, eyeing Picard as
	if he, too, were under scrutiny.

					KOLRAMI
			Very well, Captain.

	With a curt bow, he glides to the turbolift and
	disappears.

					PULASKI
			My, what a charmer.

					PICARD
				(admonishingly)
			Now, Doctor...

   STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/20/89 - ACT ONE   6.

6    CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			Captain, he needs an attitude
			adjustment.

					DATA
			The Zakdornian culture is replete
			with self-assuredness and
			confidence. It is seldom
			undeserved. For example, Kolrami
			is a third level grand master at
			the game of Strategema.

	Fine, but it doesn't make Pulaski feel any better.

7    INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi and an ASSISTANT toil at aligning the warp
	engine's dilithium chamber.

					GEORDI
				(giving directions)
			Another millimeter... little
			more... there! Excellent.

					RIKER (O.S.)
			Lieutenant.

	Geordi straightens to find Riker looking on.

					GEORDI
			Commander.

					RIKER
			You've heard of the simulation
			aboard the Hathaway?

	As they talk, Goerdi takes Riker on a walking tour of
	Engineering, checking "this" here, tweaking "that"
	there.

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir, and the best of luck
			to you. I've researched the old
			Avidyne engines -- archaic by our
			standards, very touchy.

					RIKER
			Anticipating the worst, do you
			think it can be whipped into shape
			in forty-eight hours?

      STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/18/89 - ACT ONE      7.

7    CONTINUED:

	Geordi stops walking and hefts a tool kit.

					GEORDI
				(smiling broadly)
			I've taken the liberty of packing
			a few necessities.

	At this, Riker breaks into a grin, also.

8    INT. ENTERPRISE - WORF'S QUARTERS

	The room has been modified into a Klingon haven. The
	lighting is subdued with a ruddy overtones. There is
	a powerful scupture of a Klingon man, bare to the waist
	taming a horse-like beast with a long snaking neck, and
	two twisted horns springing from above each eye.

	Worf is seated at his desk working on a model of an
	antique Klingon sailing vessel.

	A CHIME signals someone is at the door.

	It startles Worf, and he breaks the masts on his ship.
	A rumble of fury.

					WORF
			Enter!

	The door opens and Riker steps in, looking around
	curiously. This is his first time in here.

					RIKER
			Am I disturbing you?

					WORF
			Just finishing, Commander.

	Worf opens a drawer, and sweeps the ship into it.
	Shuts it firmly.

					RIKER
			"Interesting" quarters.

					WORF
			Thank you.

      STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/17/89 - ACT ONE      8.

8    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			You know of the simulation. What
			do you think?

					WORF
			Waste of time.

					RIKER
			It's just designed to be an
			exercise.

					WORF
			Useless. If there is nothing to
			lose -- no sacrifice -- then there
			is nothing to gain.

					RIKER
				(playing him)
			You mean -- besides "pride."
				(caught his attention)
			Well, it's a good thing in this
			case, because I probably don't
			have a chance.

					WORF
				(alien concept)
			There is always a chance.

					RIKER
			Slim. The Hathaway's most
			sophisticated weapon-systems --
			even in a computer mock-up --
			can't hope to defeat the
			Enterprise.

					WORF
			Still...

					RIKER
			Worf... when you're out-gunned,
			out-manned, and out-equipped --
			what else do you have left?

					WORF
				(long beat)
			Guile.

					RIKER
			Join me.


      STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/17/89 - ACT ONE      9.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			The honor is to serve.

	Riker allows himself another smile -- this crew is
	pulling together nicely.

9    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Zooming along at impulse.

10   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker ENTERS to find Picard in the Command Chair, Data
	to his right, Pulaski on his left, Wesley at Conn,
	Burke at Tactical, and Kolrami examining Science One.

					PICARD
			Begin long-range scanning of all
			sectors within three light years
			of Braslota.
				(seeing Riker)
			How is your crew shaping up?

					RIKER
			It's complete, but I would like
			to request an addition.

					PICARD
				(playing along)
			Anyone in mind?

					RIKER
			With your permission, I would like
			Acting Ensign Crusher aboard for
			educational observation.

	Picard nods. Riker, in turn, gives Wesley a "c'mon"
	head move. Wesley's enthusiasm can hardly be muted as
	he leaps from the Conn -- to be quickly replaced by
	a CREWPERSON.

					RIKER
				(as if an afterthought)
			Oh... since we have some time
			before reaching Braslota --
				(deferentially to
				 Kolrami)
			I was hoping that you would agree
			to play me in a game of Strategema.

   STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/24/89 - ACT ONE   10.

10   CONTINUED:

					KOLRAMI
			Although I am intrigued by the
			audacity of your request, I can't
			fathom why you wish the encounter.

					RIKER
			I enjoy a challenge.

					KOLRAMI
			Very well, an opponent of "limited
			dimensions" can often be quite
			diverting.

					RIKER
			Thank you.

11   INT. ENTERPRISE - CORRIDOR - TRACKING

	Geordi and Riker on their way to Ten-Forward.

					GEORDI
			So you're going to beat him?

					RIKER
			Nope.

					GEORDI
			Oh, then it's going to be a close
			one.

					RIKER
			No.

					GEORDI
			But you have got a chance?

					RIKER
			Nah.

					GEORDI
				(a little sarcastic)
			Are you planning to show up?

					RIKER
			Sure, Kolrami is the best at
			Strategema. To even get to play
			him is a privilege.

   STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/25/89 - ACT ONE   11.

11   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Other than you being privileged,
			is there anything else I can
			look forward to?

					RIKER
			Nope.

					GEORDI
			This is going to be exciting.

12   INT. ENTERPRISE - TEN-FORWARD

	Riker and Kolrami are seated at opposite ends of a
	large table. Worf helps Riker prepare for the game
	while Troi performs the same function for the Zakdorn.

13   ANGLE - GEORDI, DATA AND PULASKI

					PULASKI
			Against an opponent of approximate
			skill -- Strategema can last well
			over one thousand moves.

					GEORDI
			I wouldn't bet on us being here
			that long.

13A  ANGLE ON WORF AND RIKER

					WORF
				(confiding to Riker)
			I have wagered heavily in the
			ship's pool that you will take
			him past the sixth plateau.

   STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/21/89 - ACT ONE   12.

13A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			What if I don't?

					WORF
			I will be... irritated.

	During the above, each contestant inserts his
	fingertips into METALLIC RECEPTACLES (think overly-long
	thimbles).

14   DATA, GEORDI AND PULASKI - TROI JOINS THEM

					DATA
			Forever curious, this urge to
			"compete."

					PULASKI
			It's a human response, that inborn
			craving to gauge your capabilities
			through conflict.

					DATA
			Doctor, there are other ways to
			challenge oneself.

					PULASKI
			Perhaps... but they all lack a
			certain -- thrill!

					TROI
			Data, sometimes humans find it
			helpful to have an outsider set
			the standard by which they're
			judged.

					DATA
				(catching on)
			To avoid deceiving oneself.

					PULASKI
			Maybe you should challenge
			Kolrami to Strategema.

					DATA
				(surprised)
			Why?

   STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/21/89 - ACT ONE   13.

14   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			Because when someone is that smug,
			you occasionally have to deflate
			them just a little.

					GEORDI
			Yeah, Data, I'd like to see your
			neural-flecks tear him down a peg.

					DATA
			To what end?

	Reactions from the humans. Once again the toaster
	isn't "getting" it.

15   WORF (OPTICAL)

	presiding over the contest.

					WORF
			Computer -- actuation positions
			for Strategema.

	A base containing the digital counter sits on the
	table.

					WORF
			Ready?

	Riker nods. Kolrami nods.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Begin!

	Wow! "Thimble"-encased fingers twitch and goggled-eyes
	shift. Correspondingly, the holographic cone springs
	to incredible life. Breathtaking! Impossible to
	follow or explain, Strategema nonetheless presents an
	awesome spectacle even to those who have seen it
	before.

	Wondrous! Gases swirl, pinpoints move, grids bend and
	sway, sparks and "lightning" streaks fly! And above,
	the counter begins to register: 001, 002, 003, 004,
	005...

	VARIOUS ANGLES show the crew reacting to the unfolding
	marvel... 016, 017, 018, 019...

   STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/20/89 - ACT ONE   14.

15   CONTINUED:

	... 021, 022, 023, ... Suddenly, startlingly abrupt,
	the images freeze! It's as if Strategema died. No one
	moves, no one breathes, no one reacts. Stunned
	silence.

					PULASKI
			That's it?

	Riker slowly removes the goggles from his head.

					RIKER
				(numb admiration)
			I'm afraid so.

					PULASKI
			But... but you only made
			twenty-three moves.

					RIKER
			Yes.
				(to Kolrami)
			Congratulations.

	Off Kolrami's smug smile and Riker's expression --

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

   STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/20/89 - ACT TWO   15.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

16   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Moving in synchronous orbit with an unlit, eighty
	year-old starship around a dusty orange planet.

17   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The dark, lifeless Hathaway dominates the Main
	Viewer. Picard, Riker, Data, Burke at Tactical,
	supernumeraries at all other stations, and Kolrami are
	in attendance. The Zakdorn periodically makes notes
	on a PADD.

					PICARD
				(keeping it light)
			Commander Riker --
				(re: Hathaway)
			There is your next challenge.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Away team assembled and ready to
			transport, Commander.

					PICARD
				(playful)
			Until we test our mettle on the
			field of honor.

	He extends a hand, and Picard and Riker shake.

					RIKER
				(with a grin)
			I may get over there and want to
			come right home.

	Kolrami sniffs at this display of levity.

					PICARD
				(chuckles)
			Good luck, Number One... Captain.

					KOLRAMI
			The simulation will commence in
			forty-eight hours.

	As Riker EXITS.

   STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/21/89 - ACT TWO   16.

18   INT. U.S.S. HATHAWAY - BRIDGE - DARK

	As Riker, Worf, Geordi, Wesley, and Ensign Nagel
	(female) ENTER. They take a moment to familiarize
	themselves with the surroundings as Geordi moves to an
	old style panel, studies it for a moment, and presses.
	AUXILIARY LIGHTS snap on, revealing --

19   AN UNHOLY MESS

	Panels have been ripped out, science stations gutted,
	etc. This ship does not look like it will fly. Riker
	steps down to the captain's chair in the DIM LIGHT as
	the others move to check out various stations.

					WORF
			Not good.

					RIKER
			Oh, Mister Worf, you're wrong.
			It's fantastic... and it's ours
			--

	Riker sits and indicates the seat beside him.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Mister Worf.

	Worf reacts and glances at Geordi.

					WORF
			Sir, Lieutenant La Forge is a
			superior officer. The honor
			should be his.

					RIKER
			Worf, this is a battle simulation,
			and you're our tactical officer.
			Mister La Forge and I agreed, you
			need to be at my side.

					GEORDI
			And if the engine room is anything
			like the bridge, I'm going to have
			my hands full.

	Worf nods and sits. Riker scans the instrument arm of
	his chair for the proper panel.

     STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/25/89 - ACT TWO     16A.

19   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Attention crew of the USS
			Hathaway -- this is your captain.
				(boy, he likes the sound
				 of that)
			I can promise you that two days
			from now we will have missed a
			lot of sleep. But with your skill
			and your stamina, we'll have this
			old lady ready to fly.
				(hard beat)
			I want hourly progress reports
			from every station. Riker out.

20   INT. HATHAWAY - POV - ENGINE ROOM - DIM LIGHTING

	A disaster area of proportions as to make the bridge
	look comfy.

   STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/20/89 - ACT TWO   17.

20   CONTINUED:

	The impulse engines have several main pieces
	disconnected, and the warp drives are virtually
	terminal -- having been raped of dilithium crystals.

21   REVERSE

	of the open-mouthed Wesley, and the deeply concerned
	Geordi, who slowly lowers his tool-carrier to the
	floor.

21A  INT. HATHAWAY - BRIDGE

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			It's a real mess down here, but
			we'll get to work on it.

					RIKER
			I'm sure you'll perform your
			usual miracle.

22
thru	OMITTED
24

25   INT. HATHAWAY - ENGINE ROOM - DIM LIGHTING - CONTINUOUS

	Wesley toils in the empty dilithium crystal chamber,
	Geordi puts the finishing touches on the
	patched-together impulse engines. Geordi presses a
	panel and the impulse engines SPRING TO LIFE, filling
	the ship with a healthy HUMM and THROB.

									CUT TO:

25A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND THE HATHAWAY (OPTICAL)

	establishing the two in proximity. Suddenly the
	Hathaway's lights come up.

26   INT. HATHAWAY - BRIDGE (INTERCUT AS NEEDED)

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Nice work, Geordi, now what's
			the possibility for warp drive?


   STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/25/89 - ACT TWO   18.

26A  INT. HATHAWAY - ENGINEERING (INTERCUT AS NECESSARY)

					GEORDI
			There are only minute dilithium
			fragments left in the holding
			clamps. And even if we had intact
			crystals, there's no anti-matter
			to fuel the drive.

					RIKER
			Any recommendations?

					GEORDI
			No, sir.

					WESLEY
			We don't have a prayer.

					RIKER
				(thoughtful beat)
			Would you care to transfer back to
			the Enterprise, Mister Crusher?

					WESLEY
				(quickly)
			No, Sir!

					RIKER
				(gentler)
			Remember Wes, the purpose here
			is to improvise. It's the effort
			that counts.

	Geordi gives Wesley a playful "have you learned your
	lesson" look.

  STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/20/89 - ACT TWO  18A.

27   OMITTED

28   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Data are seated. Pulaski ENTERS from the
	aft turbolift. Burke is at Tactical, supernumeraries
	at Conn and Ops.

					PICARD
			Open.

29   THE MAIN VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Switches from an exterior of the Hathaway to Riker on
	the bridge of the Hathaway. Worf and Nagel are
	effecting repairs in the background.

   STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/20/89 - ACT TWO   19.

29   CONTINUED:

					KOLRAMI
				(to Picard and Riker)
			I believe the rules are understood
			by all.

					PICARD
			The weapons conversion, Lieutenant
			Burke?

					BURKE
				(pressing a panel)
			Complete, Captain.

					WORF
				(on viewer)
			Signal received... locked on.

					RIKER
			She's really been stripped down,
			Captain.

					KOLRAMI
			The only offensive systems you
			need will be simulated by
			computer.

					RIKER
			What's the Zakdornian word for
			"mismatch?"

					KOLRAMI
			Challenge! We do not whine about
			the inequities of life.
				(off taken-aback looks)
			And how you perform in a
			"mismatch" is precisely what
			interests Starfleet. After all
			--
				(a look to Picard)
			-- when one is in the superior
			position, one is expected to win.

					PICARD
			Screen off. Data, you have the
			bridge.

	Picard EXITS to his Ready Room as Kolrami moves to
	Data.

     STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/18/89 - ACT TWO     20.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					KOLRAMI
			Lieutenant Commander Data -- I
			am intrigued by your challenge.

	Data turns, puzzled.

					KOLRAMI
				(continuing)
			Doctor Pulaski informed me of your
			desire to play a game of
			Strategema.

	Data becomes aware of all other eyes on the bridge
	waiting for his reaction.

					DATA
			But I have expressed no such
			interest.

	Pulaski hurries down to join them. She knows that
	Data's honesty is about to blow her beautiful plan.

					PULASKI
			What Commander Data means is that
			he would never have had the nerve
			to ask you himself, but I know
			he is very interested in pitting
			his skill against yours.

	Data has learned enough about humans to know this is a
	moment to keep his mouth shut.

					KOLRAMI
			Play a machine? Why should I wish
			to?

					PULASKI
			I don't blame you. It's no fun
			going into a game when you know
			you're going to lose.

					KOLRAMI
			But I wouldn't lose, and now
			you're no doubt going to make
			me prove it to you.

	She turns to Data who is standing like he's been
	stuffed.

					PULASKI
			Come on, Data, you can't let that
			pass.

   STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/20/89 - ACT TWO   21.

29   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			Indeed I...

	He eyes Pulaski's expression. He also hasn't lived
	among humans this long, and not developed a strong
	sense of self-preservation.

					DATA
				(continuing lamely)
			...Cannot.

					KOLRAMI
			Then you will play for the honor
			of your ship.

	Kolrami EXITS.

					PULASKI
			Honor of the ship. It's your
			reputation that's on the line.

	HOLD ON Data's expression.

     STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/25/89 - ACT TWO     22.

30
thru	OMITTED
31

32   INT. HATHAWAY - BRIDGE

	Riker and Worf confer. Nagel works in the b.g.

					WORF
			With my knowledge of the
			Enterprise's security override,
			we may be able to convince the
			sensors that an enemy ship is
			approaching. Their instruments
			would "lie" to them.

					RIKER
			If you can pull that off, Mister
			Worf, it might just give us the
			edge we're looking for.

					NAGEL
			But what about the viewscreen?

					WORF
			If I am successful, the computer
			will project a false image of the
			enemy ship on the main viewscreen.

					RIKER
			And unless they run to a window
			and look out....

					NAGEL
				(jovially)
			... They're going to fall for it!

33
thru	OMITTED
34

35   INT. HATHAWAY - ENGINEERING

	Wesley and Geordi are on their stomachs, peering into
	the currently empty anti-matter warp drive chamber.

					WESLEY
			The lining is still smooth, and
			we ought to be able to do
			something with the dilithium chips
			we scavenged.
				(looks at Geordi)

  STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/25/89 - ACT TWO  22A.

35   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Sure the system is functional,
			but without antimatter what
			difference does it make?

     STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/25/89 - ACT TWO     23.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

	Wesley's face goes tight with concentration.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			Geordi, I have to return to the
			Enterprise.

					GEORDI
			Wes, we've only got thirty-two
			hours.

					WESLEY
				(as he exits)
			This is important.

					GEORDI
			This isn't?
				(re the engines)

36   INT. HATHAWAY - BRIDGE

	Wesley ENTERS from the turbolift, Worf is pointing out
	a section of science station to Nagel.

					WORF
			Attempt the routing bypass here!
			If it works, they will be
			surprised.

					NAGEL
			Where'm I gonna get the
			opti-cable?

	Worf reaches a giant hand upwards and grabs several
	fiber-wires dangling from the ceiling. With a mighty
	YANK, they come free amidst showering dust and
	material.

					WORF
			Anywhere.

	Wes crosses to Riker at the command chair.

					WESLEY
			Sir, I left an experiment running
			on the Enterprise. May I go back
			and shut it down?

					RIKER
				(a little distracted)
			It's that important?

     STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/17/89 - ACT TWO     24.

36   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			It has to be monitored. And it
			is my final grade in plasma
			physics.

	Off Riker's frown, and Wesley's too casual expression:

37   INT. ENTERPRISE - TEN-FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	Troi helps Data prepare for Strategema. Opposite,
	Kolrami is set, waiting. Pulaski smiles with
	match-maker satisfaction while other CREWMEMBERS look
	on.

					DATA
				(re: Pulaski)
			In the present context, what did
			she mean by, "Bust him up?"

					TROI
			Doctor Pulaski, in her own way, is
			instructing you to take the
			shortest route to victory.

					DATA
			As opposed to what?

	Lieutenant Burke stands before the participants, who
	both signal their readiness.

					BURKE
			Begin!

	As before, Strategema unfolds in shimmering glory! The
	counter registers 001, 002, 003, 004, 005 --

	Troi, Pulaski and the others watch with interest as the
	pace accelerates -- Data and Kolrami build to a furious
	crescendo of jerking fingers and head feints.

	096, 097, 098, 099, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,
	
	107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114115116117118119
	
	120121122123124125126127128129130131132133 --

	The counter suddenly stalls at 133! Without a word
	being spoken, it quickly becomes unambiguous to all
	that Data has been defeated!

     STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/18/89 - ACT TWO     25.

37   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
				(stepping forward, awed)
			I can't believe it. The
			"computer" was beaten by flesh
			and blood.

					TROI
				(delicate)
			You advanced quite far against
			such a worthy opponent.

					KOLRAMI
				(overly gracious)
			Thoroughly enjoyable, Mister Data.
			I am at your disposal for a
			rematch.

	Data rises and shakes his outstretched hand.

					DATA
			Thank you, but there would be no
			point.

					PULASKI
			How can you lose? You're supposed
			to be infallible!

					DATA
			Obviously I am not.

	Off Data's expression --

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/17/89 - ACT THREE    26.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

38   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard is in the Command Chair, while Kolrami sits to
	his left. Burke is at Tactical, supernumeraries at
	Conn and Ops. Data is conspicuously absent.

					BURKE
			Message from the Hathaway, sir.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	The Main Viewer reveals Riker on the older ship's
	bridge.

					RIKER
			I'd like to request permission
			for Ensign Crusher to reboard the
			Enterprise, Captain.

					PICARD
			Why?

					RIKER
			Apparently he was in such a hurry
			to be part of the away team, he
			left several critical experiments
			unattended.

	Picard looks to Kolrami, since this concerns the
	simulation.

					PICARD
			Have you any objection?

					KOLRAMI
			He should be escorted, and have
			no contact with anything save his
			research.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Permission granted.
				(to Burke)
			Mister Burke, handle that.

	Burke EXITS --

    STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/17/89 - ACT THREE    27.

38   CONTINUED:

					KOLRAMI
				(an aside to himself,
				 but loud enough for
				 Picard to hear)
			I saw no sense in Riker choosing
			him anyway -- he is just a
			non-commissioned child.

	Though irritated, Picard holds his tongue --

39   INT. ENTERPRISE - ENGINEERING - TIGHT ON ANTI-MATTER
	CONTAINMENT DEVICE

	The magnetic chamber is round, about the size of a
	human head -- a clear orb with a snowball-sized piece
	of anti-matter suspended in the center. Long,
	intricately-cabled pieces of clear tubing extend out
	from opposite sides of the orb -- generating the force
	which keeps the anti-matter from escaping and wreaking
	havoc. Attached to the end of the tubes are
	finger-friendly handles.

	TWO VERY CAREFUL HANDS now wrap themselves around these
	grips. WIDEN to reveal Wesley -- in the company of
	Ensign Burke -- delicately maneuvering the orb from
	his personal experimental station.

	Throughout this scene Wesley is talking just a little
	too much. Nervous chatter as he tries to cover that
	he's doing a naughty. Burke is equally anxious to be
	back on the bridge.

					WESLEY
			I can't believe I forgot about
			this. Good lesson not to let
			excitement cloud your thinking.

					BURKE
			Yeah.

					WESLEY
			This is really delicate ... I
			spent six weeks setting it up.

					BURKE
			Lot of work.

	A beat as Wes studies the gizmo.

  STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/21/89 - ACT THREE  28.

39   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Oh, no. It's ruined.

					BURKE
			That's too bad. Look, is this
			going to take much longer?

					WESLEY
			I have to dispose of it safely...
			This is really volatile... I
			better beam it off the Enterprise
			and leave it particalized.

					BURKE
			Fine, let's just do it.

	Wesley crosses to a panel

					WESLEY
			I'll transfer the coordinates to
			the Transporter Room.

	Off Wesley's secret little smile as we CUT TO:

39A  INT. HATHAWAY - ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi is hard at work with his back to the gizmo as
	it MATERIALIZES. It falls onto its side with a CLUNK.
	Geordi looks over his shoulder and gapes at the gizmo.

40   OMITTED

41   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	The crew is hard at work, watched over by Picard and
	Kolrami.

					PICARD
			Where is Commander Data?

					BURKE
			He has temporarily removed himself
			from bridge duty, sir.

    STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/17/89 - ACT THREE    28A.

41   CONTINUED:

					KOLRAMI
				(admiration)
			Your crew is excellently trained,
			Captain. A tribute to your
			leadership. Though I doubt their
			extensive preparation will be
			needed.

					PICARD
			How so?

					KOLRAMI
			I do not expect "Captain" Riker
			to present much of a challenge.

  STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/25/89 - ACT THREE  29.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Mister Kolrami -- may I speak with
			you in private?

	Kolrami's look is of acquiescence and genuine
	innocence.

42   INT. ENTERPRISE - PICARD'S READY ROOM

	No sooner has the door closed behind Kolrami when --

					PICARD
			I would like to know the root of
			your prejudice for my
			second-in-command.

					KOLRAMI
			Captain, I don't --

	Picard's upraised hand ends that bit of bull-stuff.

					PICARD
			Mister Kolrami -- you have been
			nothing but denigrating and
			abusive of Commander Riker since
			boarding this ship. I should like
			an explanation.

					KOLRAMI
			Having studied William Riker's
			file prior to this assignment --
			I have found him wanting.

					PICARD
			In what regard?

					KOLRAMI
			His record is exemplary, but as
			you well know, a starship captain
			is not manufactured -- he, or she,
			is born from inside -- from the
			character of the individual.
				(beat)
			My interviews have revealed a man
			who displays circumstantially
			inappropriate joviality, belying
			the seriousness of his station.

  STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/20/89 - ACT THREE  30.

42   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(ice frosting the words)
			Don't confuse style with intent.
			Only a fool would question
			Commander Riker's dedication to
			Starfleet and the men and women
			under his command. Riker is the
			finest officer I have ever served
			with.

					KOLRAMI
			We shall see if your faith is well
			founded.

					PICARD
			The test is if a crew will follow
			where Commander Riker leads. His
			joviality is the way he creates
			that loyalty. And I'll match his
			command style against your
			statistics anytime.

	Off their cold stares --

42A  INT. ENTERPRISE - DATA'S QUARTERS (FROM SCENE 47)

	Data is viewing the wall monitor on which incalculable
	amounts of technical information fly by at incredible
	rates of speed. There is a CHIME.

					DATA
			Come in, please.

	Troi ENTERS.

					TROI
				(softly)
			Data?

	Data freezes the computer screens.

					DATA
			Counselor. Is something wrong?

					TROI
			That was going to be my question.

	There is a moment of silence. If he were human, Data
	would try and wriggle off the hook. But he's not.

 STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/20/89 - ACT THREE 30A.

42A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			With my repository of knowledge,
			I expected to perform better
			against a humanoid life-form.

					TROI
			Some of our greatest advances have
			come from analyzing failure.
			While it can be ego-bruising --

					DATA
			Counselor -- I do not have an
			"ego."

	Troi is floundering. She uses her empathy to counsel,
	and she can read nothing of Data, and she knows
	intellectually that he doesn't really "feel" anything.
	She tries again.

					TROI
			Yes... well, a loss... can be
			disheartening --

					DATA
			Counselor -- I do not have a --

					TROI
			Data! There are two ways to
			handle defeat. You can lose
			confidence or you can learn from
			your mistakes.

					DATA
			That is what troubles me. I made
			no mistakes.
				(beat; very matter of
				 fact)
			Hence, I have conducted a
			diagnostic check of all of my
			programs, and now I am cross-checking
			with the ship's computer.

					TROI
			Is all of that necessary?

 STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/21/89 - ACT THREE 30B.

42A  CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I believe so. I have proven to
			be vulnerable, and at the present
			time, skepticism must be awarded
			my deductions.

					TROI
			That is why you haven't been on
			the bridge.

					DATA
			Yes, the captain would be ill
			advised to rely upon my judgement.

					TROI
			Data, I think you're really
			overreacting. I'm sure you're
			all right.

					DATA
			I, however, am not sure.

	He resumes his research and Troi EXITS.

43   OMITTED

44   INT. HATHAWAY - ENGINEERING

	Riker ENTERS to find Geordi and Wesley hard at work
	installing the orb in the anti-matter chamber.

					RIKER
			What's that?

					WESLEY
			My experiment from the Enterprise.

					RIKER
				(a little suspicious)
			Wes?

					WESLEY
			It dealt with high-energy plasma
			reactions --
				(points to the globe)
			-- with anti-matter.

	It's clicked for Riker.

    STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/17/89 - ACT THREE    31.

44   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			You went back to the Enterprise
			just to get this... Wes, you
			cheated.

					WESLEY
			No, sir. You told me to
			improvise.

	Riker struggles to hold the stern fatherly mien, but it
	cracks, and he breaks into a broad grin.

					GEORDI
				(grinning)
			The hard part's gonna be
			calibrating the thermal curve
			required to start a controlled
			reaction.

					RIKER
			Assuming you can -- can you
			regulate the reaction?

	Wesley steps over to --

45   INSERT - DILITHIUM CRYSTAL CLAMPS

	Just barely visible -- wedged into the fingers of the
	clamps -- are MINUTE CHIPS of the valuable mineral.

					WESLEY (O.S.)
			There's just enough crystal to
			do it.

46   BACK TO SCENE

					WESLEY
			We plan to channel the reaction
			through the chips.

					GEORDI
				(smiling broadly)
			Are we good?

					RIKER
				(impressed)
			Better than good. Great.
			Brilliant.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/20/89 - ACT THREE  32.

46   CONTINUED:

					RIKER (Cont'd)
				(almost to himself)
			This is going to be fun.
				(back to business)
			Carry on.

	Riker EXITS.

47   OMITTED

47A  INT. ENTERPRISE - DATA'S QUARTERS

	Data is still viewing the wall monitor. There is a
	chime.

					DATA
			Come in, please.

	Pulaski ENTERS.

					PULASKI
			All right, Data, enough of this.

					DATA
			Doctor?

					PULASKI
			How long are you going to sit
			sulking like Achilles in his tent?

					DATA
			I am running diagnostic --

   STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/21/89 - ACT THREE 33-34.     

47A  CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			You might be able to sell Troi
			with that story, but not me.
			You're smarting because you got
			beat. Well, it happens.

					DATA
			No, Doctor, this is not ego. I
			am concerned about giving the
			captain unsound advice.

	Pulaski looks at his earnest expression, and softens.
	She realizes he really is deeply confused.

					PULASKI
			I wish I'd never maneuvered you
			into playing that damn game. I'm
			sorry.

					DATA
			For what? It is done, and perhaps
			just as well. This has indicated
			that I am damaged in some fashion.
			I must find the malfunction.

	He returns to his analysis, and Pulaski, after a last
	look at him, EXITS.

    STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/17/89 - ACT THREE    35.

48   OMITTED

49   INT. HATHAWAY - ENGINEERING - CONTINUOUS

	Geordi, Wesley and their TEAM are hard at work. Riker
	ENTERS.

					RIKER
			The simulation begins in one hour.

					GEORDI
			You'll have warp drive, Captain,
			though it may not be what you
			expected.

					RIKER
			I'd say that calls for an
			explanation.

					GEORDI
			Sir, we'll be able to give you
			warp one...
				(a glance to Wesley)

					WESLEY
			-- for just under two seconds.

					RIKER
				(making the best)
			Well, not enough for an escape
			but used as a surprise, sufficient
			for gaining a strategic advantage.

					GEORDI
			Sir, all of this is "theoretical."

					RIKER
			And if the theory fails to pay
			off?

    STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/19/89 - ACT THREE    36.

49   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Ever driven a Grenthemen Water
			Hopper?

					RIKER
			Yes.

					GEORDI
			Ever popped the clutch?

					RIKER
			You're telling me we'll stall
			the Hathaway.

					WESLEY
			... and the Enterprise will waltz
			over and pulverize us.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

  STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/25/89 - ACT FOUR  37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

50   OMITTED

50A  INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard, seated at his desk, stares in frowning
	amazement at Troi and Pulaski. Their expressions are
	serious and intent.

					PICARD
			Now, let me see if I fully
			understand this. You're
			suggesting that Commander Data
			is suffering from a profound loss
			of confidence, and you feel that
			only I can restore the balance.

					TROI
			Yes, sir.

					PULASKI
			Both Deanna and I have tried,
			Captain, and we're not getting
			through to him.

					PICARD
			Don't you think you both might
			be overreacting? Data is not
			capable of the emotions you are
			assigning to him.

					PULASKI
			The effect is the same whether
			it's caused by human emotions or
			android algorithms. Data's not
			on the bridge, and I don't think
			he's going to be on the bridge
			until we find some way to address
			his problem.

					PICARD
			I am less than an hour away from
			a battle simulation, and I must
			handhold an android?

					PULASKI
			The burdens of command.

	Off Picard's expression as we CUT TO:

  STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/20/89 - ACT FOUR  37A.

50B  INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	As before -- Data hard at work. There is a CHIME.

					DATA
			Come in, please.

	Picard ENTERS.

					PICARD
			Commander, I require your presence
			on the bridge.

					DATA
			Captain, with all due respect,
			perhaps it would be better if you
			choose another to serve as your
			first --

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Data, you are my first officer.

					DATA
			I have not been able to isolate
			the problem. I might make a
			mistake.

					PICARD
			Yes, you might. But that does
			not alter your duty -- to this
			ship, and to me.
				(a beat)
			Do you know how to formulate a
			premise?

					DATA
			Yes.

					PICARD
			Then formulate one now: How do
			I handle Riker and the Hathaway?
			I'll await your answer on the
			bridge.

	Picard starts to exit then looks back.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Commander, it is possible to
			commit no mistakes -- and still
			lose.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/25/89 - ACT FOUR  37B.

50B  CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(strong beat)
			That is not a weakness. That is
			"life".

					DATA
			Thank you, Captain, I believe I
			understand.

					PICARD
			And Data, leave the hesitation
			and self-doubt in your quarters.

	Data shuts off the monitor, rises, and follows Picard
	as they EXIT.

50BA	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

50C  INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Troi and Data.

					DATA
			I have several examples of
			Commander Riker's battle
			technique. At the Academy, he
			calculated a sensory blind spot
			on a Tholian vessel and hid
			within it during a battle
			simulation. And as a lieutenant
			aboard the Potemkin, his solution
			to a crisis was to shut down all
			power, and hang over a planet's
			magnetic pole, thus confusing his
			opponent's sensors.

					TROI
			And from these specifics, what
			general conclusion can you
			extrapolate?

					DATA
			Only twenty-one percent of the
			time does he rely upon traditional
			tactics.

	Data is up, pacing slowly.

  STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/25/89 - ACT FOUR  37C.

50C  CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(continuing)
			So the captain must be prepared
			for extreme cunning.
				(pausing as a new
				 thought intrudes)
			Counselor, Commander Riker will
			assume that we have made this
			analysis, and knowing that we know
			his methods, he will alter them.
				(a new equally bad
				 thought)
			But knowing that we know that he
			knows that we know he might choose
			to return to his usual pattern.

					TROI
			You're over-analyzing. Human
			nature cannot be denied.
				(a beat)
			What kind of man is Commander
			Riker?

					DATA
			He is a fighter.

					TROI
			Yes.

					DATA
			The weaker his position, the more
			aggressive will be his posture.

					TROI
			And he won't give up.

					DATA
			Then despite whatever logical
			choices he is offered, he must
			be --

					TROI
			-- The man that he is. Yes.

					DATA
			Is that a failing in humans?

					TROI
				(rising)
			You'll have to decide that for
			yourself.

	They EXIT.

    STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/25/89 - ACT FOUR    37D.

51   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard stands in front of his chair, Data seated at his
	side, Kolrami hovering nearby. Burke is at Tactical,
	supernumeraries at Conn, Ops, and other stations.

					PICARD
			Screen on.

	The Main Viewer shows Riker resplendent on his
	bridge.

					PICARD
			The hunt begins, Number One.

					RIKER
				(playful bravado)
			We're ready -- just remember,
			Enterprise -- Captain Riker has
			never lost.

	The two leaders smile and nod affectionately as Kolrami
	presses a button on his computer.

					KOLRAMI
			Begin!

					PICARD
				(to Conn)
			Screen off. Set course
			two-two-three mark two-five-seven,
			full impulse power. Initiate
			Kumeh maneuver.

51A
thru	OMITTED
53

54   INT. HATHAWAY - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	as they monitor, on a screen, a graphic simulation of
	the Enterprise moving behind a planet.

					GEORDI
			The Kumeh maneuver -- why are they
			starting out with such a
			recognizable ploy?

					RIKER
			He's teasing -- wants us to reveal
			our tactics on his terms. Worf?

     STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/17/89 - ACT FOUR     38.

54   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Counter with Talupian stratagem
			on instrument sighting.

					RIKER
			Agreed. Three-quarters impulse,
			full on my command. Ensign Nagel,
			maximum shields.
				(to Worf)
			Mister Worf, prepare your little
			surprise.

	Worf moves swiftly to join Nagel at the rear station.

55
thru	OMITTED
57

58   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL) - CONTINUOUS

					PICARD
			Course three-one-seven mark
			seven-three. Present minimal
			aspect. Ready warp one, optimal
			spread on simulated torpedoes.

	The Hathaway is on the main screen.

					BURKE
				(urgent alarm)
			Captain -- Romulan warship
			approaching fast from astern!

					PICARD
			What the -- ?!

					BURKE
			He came from nowhere, sir!

					PICARD
				(standing; to Conn)
			Bring us about, Ensign -- maximum
			shields!

					DATA
			Disengage modified beams.

	We go to Red Alert. As we swing around, a ROMULAN
	WARSHIP fills the viewscreen.

         STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/19/89 - ACT FOUR         39.

58   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Weapon-systems full -- lock on!
			Open a hailing frequency.

					BURKE
			I can't, sir.
				(chagrined)
			There's nothing there.

	In that instant, we hear the incessant SQUEAL of
	electronic "hit" after electronic "hit."

59   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL) - CONTINUOUS

	The Hathaway (spatially "behind" Enterprise) is firing
	beam after beam at the bigger ship.

60   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Picard realizes he's been had! Picard presses a button
	and Red Alert is cancelled.

					PICARD
			Warp three, evasive!
				(the "scores" stop)
			Disengage weapons, re-engage
			modified beam.

					KOLRAMI
			He is quite good.

					PICARD
			He is the best!

					DATA
			Computer reports simulated damage
			to several aft decks. Repair time
			three-point-six days.

					BURKE
			How did he do that?

					PICARD
			Mister Worf must have overridden
			our sensor codes and played some
			holographic games. Data, input
			a new code.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/19/89 - ACT FOUR         40.

60   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			Attack posture, circumvental
			attitude. Prepare beams for
			photon mode.

					BURKE
				(to himself)
			Bye-bye, Hathaway.

61   INT. HATHAWAY - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Their delight is infectious, it leaps off the screen.

					WORF
			Computers report heavy damage to
			Enterprise, sir.

					WESLEY
			They're moving off. Why not go
			after them?

					RIKER
				(not buying it)
			Because they're not through coming
			after us! Geordi, Wesley --
			prepare warp jump.

					GEORDI
				(nervous)
			There are no guarantees here, sir.

					RIKER
			There never are, Lieutenant. I'm
			going to trust your expertise.

	Geordi and Wesley glance at one another -- what the
	hell!

					RIKER
				(continuing; a true
				 captain)
			Secure your stations, gentlemen.
			Stand by for my signal.

62   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

					PICARD
			Ready photon torpedoes.

         STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/19/89 - ACT FOUR         41.

62   CONTINUED:

					BURKE
			Captain, sensors picking up a
			Ferengi warship closing at warp
			five.

					PICARD
			Did you input that new code?

					BURKE
			Yes, sir!

					PICARD
			Mister Worf -- I didn't give you
			enough credit, continue the
			simulation.

	ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE!

	Wham! Wham! Wham! Wham! The Enterprise is jolted
	off her gyroscope by massive hits from the real Ferengi
	craft. The INTERCOM EXPLODES in a tangle of crosstalk
	as the ship goes to Red Alert.

					PICARD
			Divert all power to shields!

					DATA
			Sever modified beams, engage
			phasers and target!

					PICARD
			Stay between the Hathaway and the
			Ferengi!

63   INT. HATHAWAY - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Incredible tension.

					NAGEL
			That's no ghost attacking the
			Enterprise. That's real!

					WORF
			We must assist, sir!

					RIKER
			With what?! We have no offensive
			weapons!

       STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/20/89 - ACT FOUR      42.

63   CONTINUED:

	The chilling reality of their situation is reflected in
	the faces of the crew.

64   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL) - CONTINUOUS

	On viewer, a vicious Ferengi warship hurls attack after
	attack at our perspective. Picard tries to maintain
	order while the Red Alert continues. The pace
	quickens, overlaps!

					PICARD
			Where are my weapons?

					BURKE
				(taut)
			Unavailable, sir! We cannot
			disengage the modified beams --
			the connections have been fused!

					KOLRAMI
			We must retreat!

					PICARD
			Unacceptable! I have crew on the
			Hathaway.

	On the Main Viewer, the Ferengi have stopped
	firing.

					DATA
			Captain, the Ferengi have broken
			off their attack.
				(to Burke)
			Drop shields. Transport the away
			team aboard.

					BURKE
			Transporter functions gone, sir!

					DATA
			Shields reduced to one-fifth
			intensity.

					KOLRAMI
			Use their moment of indecision
			to escape!

					PICARD
			I have forty crewmembers --

         STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/19/89 - ACT FOUR         43.

64   CONTINUED:

					KOLRAMI
			-- Who should be sacrificed to
			save a thousand! Acceptable
			tactical losses, considering the
			circumstances.

					PICARD
			Not to me!
				(to Burke)
			Notify Starfleet -- priority.
			Hail Ferengi on my command.
				(to Data)
			Formulate alternatives.

					KOLRAMI
				(objecting)
			As the Starfleet observer I am
			ordering you to withdraw!

					PICARD
				(thundering)
			I am the captain of this vessel!
			Your order is nullified!

	Stunned by the force of Picard's directive, Kolrami
	falls silent and moves away.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Ferengi on Main Viewer.

65   MAIN VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The image of the looming Ferengi craft is replaced by
	the visage of TWO ENEMY OFFICERS.

					PICARD
			I am Jean-Luc Picard, Captain of
			the Federation Starship, USS
			Enterprise. Why have you attacked
			my ship?

       STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/20/89 - ACT FOUR      44.

65   CONTINUED:

					BRACTOR
			Why was your ship combative with
			another Federation vessel of
			"lesser" design? Why do you now
			protect your former target? What
			is its value to you?

					TACTICIAN
			Our probes indicate you were aware
			of our approach, yet took no
			action.

					BRACTOR
			Your answers will dictate our
			response.

					PICARD
			I have refrained from launching
			a counter-attack in the hope that
			we can resolve this peacefully.

					BRACTOR
				("liar")
			Our probes indicate that you are
			crippled, and the ship you protect
			has no weaponry, no light-speed
			drive, and only scarce crew.

					TACTICIAN
			This makes no sense to us.
				(a beat)
			Unless it contains something very
			valuable?

					BRACTOR
			I am Bractor, leader of the
			Ferengi attack vessel Kreechta.
			I shall have the secret of the
			other Federation ship. If you
			surrender it to me, I will allow
			your Enterprise to leave unharmed.
				(beat)
			You have ten of your minutes.

	The screen returns to exterior of Ferengi ship.

         STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/17/89 - ACT FOUR         45.

65   CONTINUED: (2)

					BURKE
			Sir, they're massing a surge of
			power. We're being scanned...
			they've locked on!

					PICARD
			Data?

					DATA
			Our shields will not
			withstand another assault.

	The tension is palpable.

					KOLRAMI
			Then there are no options.
			Retreat or die.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/20/89 - ACT FIVE      46.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

66   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL) - CONTINUOUS

	showing the relationship of the three ships -- the
	Enterprise between the Hathaway and the Ferengi craft.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. Due
			to a grave miscalculation on my
			part, the Enterprise has been
			subjected to a withering attack
			by the Ferengi. I find myself
			with little time to decide the
			fate of forty of my crew stranded
			aboard the derelict Hathaway.

67   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL) - CONTINUOUS
	(FROM SCENE 68)

	Picking up where we left off -- incredible tension.

       STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/21/89 - ACT FIVE      47.

67   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I'm open to suggestions.

					BURKE
			Captain, we are now capable of
			launching a limited number of
			photon torpedoes.

					KOLRAMI
			I have given you my advice,
			Captain. The Hathaway is
			expendable.

					BURKE
			Commander Riker is hailing, sir.

					PICARD
			On screen. Have you been
			monitoring communications, Number
			One?

	The Main Viewer switches from the other ships to
	Riker on the Hathaway bridge.

					RIKER
			Yes, sir. And Kolrami's right.
			You must save the Enterprise.

					PICARD
			You will be left defenseless.

       STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/20/89 - ACT FIVE      48.

67   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			When Bractor closes in, we'll hit
			our warp drive and take our
			chances.

					PICARD
			Your what?!

					RIKER
				(with pride)
			We have a limited, two-second warp
			capability.

					KOLRAMI
				(stunned)
			Impossible! That ship was
			rendered warp inactive!

					PICARD
				(formulating an idea)
			I told you he was the best.
				(to Riker)
			I should wish to hear about this
			later, but now I need to work
			something out with Data.

									CUT TO:

68   OMITTED

69   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (INTERUCT AS NEEDED)

	Picard, Data, and Kolrami --

       STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/20/89 - ACT FIVE      49.

69   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Premise: The Ferengi wish to
			capture the Hathaway believing
			it to be of value. Therefore,
			we must remove the ship from their
			field of interest.

					KOLRAMI
				(scornful)
			They will soon relocate it after
			a two-second warp and --

					PICARD
				(cutting him off)
			There is a way. Are you with
			us, Number One?

					RIKER
			Yes, sir. We're all here --
			anxiously waiting for you to pull
			another rabbit out of your hat.

					PICARD
			Data.

					DATA
			At the captain's signal, we will
			fire four photon torpedoes
			directly at the Hathaway. A
			millisecond before detonation,
			the computer will trigger your
			warp jump.

					GEORDI
				(lightly)
			I think I hate this plan.
				(sobering)
			Data, we don't even know for sure
			if our warp jump will work.

					DATA
			If the warp engines should fail
			to function, the result could
			be... unfortunate.

					WORF
			Very unfortunate... we will be
			dead.

   STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/21/89 - ACT FIVE 50-50A.     

69   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Captain Riker, I can't order you
			to do this...

					RIKER
				(a beat)
			What the hell. Nobody said life
			was safe.

					PICARD
			The advantage is that it will
			appear from the Kreechta's
			perspective -- as though you were
			destroyed in the explosion.

					WORF
			That will only deceive them for
			a few minutes. Their sensors will
			soon locate us.

					RIKER
			A few minutes is all we need,
			Mister Worf, because you're going
			to prepare a surprise for them.

					PICARD
			Then we are agreed; on my mark
			in four minutes.

					DATA
			Remember, Geordi, if the
			implementation is off by a
			millisecond, the Hathaway will
			not survive.

					GEORDI
			Data, that's the one part of this
			plan that we're all absolutely
			sure about.

	Linger for a moment on the concerned faces.

70   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	As the three ships continue to hold position.

       STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/20/89 - ACT FIVE      51.

71   OMITTED

72   OMITTED

73   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)
	(INTERCUT AS NECESSARY)

	Everybody has settled down into their positions.

					PICARD
			Are we ready, Number One?

	Both Data, to Picard's right, and Riker respond.

             DATA                       RIKER'S COM VOICE
        Ready, Captain.            Ready, Captain.

	Everybody pauses to smile.

					PICARD
			Good luck to both of you.
				(beat; to Burke)
			Bractor.

	The viewscreen fills with the sneering Bractor and
	tactician.

					BRACTOR
			I will wait no longer, Picard.

					PICARD
			You needn't, Bractor. The answer
			-- is "no."
				(beat)
			Your actions have been wholly
			criminal, and you will not profit
			by them.

					BRACTOR
			You are a fool.

					TACTICIAN
			How can you stop us?

					PICARD
			You feel the Hathaway has value?
			Well, I deny you your prize.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/20/89 - ACT FIVE      52.

73   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(to Burke)
			Fire!

74   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL) - CONTINUOUS

	The Enterprise fires FOUR PHOTON TORPEDOES directly
	at the Hathaway. The torpedoes EXPLODE violently.

75   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL) - CONTINUOUS -
	(INTERCUT AS NECESSARY)

	Bractor is barely-controlled raw fury on the viewer.

					TACTICIAN
			Destroy your own rather than
			endure the ignominy of defeat and
			capture?

					BRACTOR
			I did not think the Federation
			had such iron.

					PICARD
			You had no claim to that ship --
			it was ours to destroy.

					BRACTOR
			As you are ours to destroy!

					PICARD
				(unperturbed)
			You can try.

					TACTICIAN
			Enterprise targeted, Leader.
				(a long beat then with
				 stunned alarm)
			Leader! There is another
			Federation ship closing -- a
			starship!

					BRACTOR
			Maximum shields! We've been
			outmaneuvered. Retreat!

	The image of Bractor on the Main Viewer is replaced
	by the Kreechta, which almost instantly bolts into the
	Ferengi version of warp nine, and is absolutely gone!

       STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/21/89 - ACT FIVE      53.

75   CONTINUED:

					BURKE
			Captain, our sensors show no
			Federation starship nearby.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Of course not, Mister Burke. That
			was Klingon guile.

	Great relief as the Main Viewer reveals Riker on
	the Hathaway bridge.

					PICARD
			You made it, Number One. Smooth
			ride?

	On the screen, Riker, Worf, Geordi, Wesley and Nagel
	share a look -- it was obviously a bitch!

					RIKER
				(wryly)
			Different!

					PICARD
			We'll lock on and pick you up.

					RIKER
			With pleasure.

	The viewscreen returns to the Hathaway in space.
	Picard turns to Kolrami.

					KOLRAMI
				(begrudgingly)
			I must admit -- your Commander
			Riker has acquitted himself
			quite... admirably.

	Picard's look and silence is all "I-told-you-so."

         STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/19/89 - ACT FIVE        53A.

75   CONTINUED: (2)

					KOLRAMI
				(continuing)
			And Captain... so have you. My
			report to Starfleet will be quite
			favorable.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Mister Kolrami.
				(to the crew)
			Initiate recovery procedures,
			continue repairs, plot a course
			for the nearest starbase.

       STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - REV. 4/20/89 - ACT FIVE      54.

75   CONTINUED: (3)

	With a self-satisfied smile, Picard ENTERS the
	turbolift.

76
thru	OMITTED
78

79   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	with the now dark Hathaway IN TOW VIA TRACTOR-BEAM.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. With
			the transporter repaired and my
			crew safely back aboard, we have
			officially ended the first
			Starfleet battle simulation.

80   OMITTED

81   RIKER AND PULASKI AS THEY ENTER TEN-FORWARD

	where the atmosphere is anything but relaxed -- the
	place is near bedlam. It takes Riker and Pulaski a
	moment to absorb what is happening.

82   DATA AND KOLRAMI (OPTICAL)

	are once again playing Strategema surrounded by a
	surging VOCAL CROWD -- including Worf, Geordi, Wesley,
	Troi and Burke. Riker does a double-take as he gapes
	at the --

83   DIGITAL COUNTER (OPTICAL)

	which now rips through the 26,000 mark! Before Riker
	can blink, 27,000 rolls over! Even Pulaski can sense
	the magic of the moment.

84   THE ANDROID AND THE ALIEN (OPTICAL)

	sit ramrod-straight as their fingers and heads twitch
	and rock with incredible speed. 33,000. 34,000.
	35,000. The counter stops at 35,693! Kolrami tears
	his fingers free and goggles off.

         STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/19/89 - ACT FIVE         55.

85   SCENE

					DATA
			Why have you suspended the game?

	Kolrami is beside himself with anger, humiliation,
	self-doubt and confusion. He doesn't know whether to
	drop dead or order pizza.

					KOLRAMI
				(shaking with rage)
			Because this is not a rematch --
			you have made a mockery of me.

	He storms out of Ten-Forward with an urgency that could
	only be borne of public disgrace.

86   DATA

	is swarmed by the CHEERING CREW. Riker and Pulaski
	push their way through to join Worf, Geordi, Wesley and
	Troi in the inner-circle.

					RIKER
			Data, you beat him!

					DATA
			No, sir -- it is a stalemate.

					WORF
			No game of Strategema has ever
			gone this high.

					GEORDI
			What did you do?

					DATA
			I simply altered my "premise" for
			playing.

					RIKER
			Explain.

					DATA
			Working under the assumption that
			Kolrami is attempting to win, it
			is reasonable to assume that he
			expects me to play for the same
			goal.

					WESLEY
			You weren't?

         STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/19/89 - ACT FIVE         56.

86   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			No. I was playing only for a
			standoff -- a "draw." While
			Kolrami was dedicated to winning,
			I was able to pass up obvious
			avenues of advancement and settle
			for a balance.
				(android pride)
			Theoretically, I should be able
			to challenge him indefinitely.

					PULASKI
			Then you have beaten him.

	Data demurring, but with a little preen.

					DATA
			A matter of perspective. In the
			strictest sense I did not win.

	Troi and Pulaski lean in close with a "Come on, cut
	the bull-stuff" attitude.

					TROI/PULASKI
			Data!

					DATA
			I busted him up.

	The CROWDED ROOM ERUPTS once again, and amidst the
	congratulatory noise and the outstretched hands of
	patting approval, PUSH IN on Data's satisfied
	expression as he absorbs this new sensation, and --

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             






                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                       "Shades of Gray" 
                          #40272-148 
                              
                           Story by 
                        Maurice Hurley 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Maurice Hurley 
                              and 
                Richard Manning & Hans Beimler 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rob Bowman 


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FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                    REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                        MAY 1, 1989


          STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - 5/1/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Shades of Gray" 
                             CAST  
                             
                              
                           PICARD    
                           RIKER     
                           DATA      
                           PULASKI   
                           TROI      
                           GEORDI    

                           O'BRIEN   

                           Non-Speaking
                             MEDICAL TEAM (2)

          STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - 5/1/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Shades of Gray" 
                          
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             PLANET SURFACE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              SICKBAY
                PULASKI'S OFFICE
          
                                       STOCK OPTICALS
          
                                       USS ENTERPRISE
          
                                       PLANET

     STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - TEASER     1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                       "Shades of Gray"                         
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (STOCK OPTICAL)

	in orbit around a planet.

2    EXT. PLANET SURFACE - DAY

	GEORDI is moving through some underbrush.

					GEORDI
			Commander?

					RIKER (O.S.)
			I'm over here, Geordi.

3    ANOTHER ANGLE

	As Geordi rounds a bend and comes upon RIKER who is
	frowning.

					GEORDI
			What's wrong?

					RIKER
			Something jabbed me in the
			calf...

	Riker inspects his leg. There's a spot of blood.

					GEORDI
				(touches his
				 communicator)
			O'Brien -- Commander Riker's been
			injured -- lock on and bring him
			up.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Stand by.

	Riker protests:

					RIKER
			Geordi, it's just --

     STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/1/89 - TEASER     2.

3    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(finishes it)
			A scratch. Right. Sorry,
			Commander, but we can't take any
			chances. We're the first survey
			team to set foot on this planet...
			we don't know what the risks are.

4    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	O'BRIEN inputs the coordinates but when he attempts to
	beam them up, an ALARM SOUNDS on the console.

5    EXT. PLANET SURFACE - DAY

	Geordi impatiently touches his communicator.

					GEORDI
			What's the hold up, O'Brien?

6    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	O'Brien is working on his control panel.

					O'BRIEN
			The transporter has detected
			unidentified microbes in
			Commander Riker's body.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Can't the biofilters screen them
			out?

					O'BRIEN
			Apparently not.

7    EXT. PLANET SURFACE - DAY

	As Geordi and Riker listen.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Doctor Pulaski has been notified.

					GEORDI
			Acknowledged.

	Riker treats it lightly.

     STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/3/89 - TEASER     3.

7    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I didn't want to leave just yet,
			anyway.

8    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	PULASKI is now present with full medical kit. O'Brien
	is filling her in, showing her a readout on the
	console.

					O'BRIEN
			Here's the biofilter's analysis
			of the microbes.

					PULASKI
			Not much to go on...

					O'BRIEN
			I can override and beam Commander
			Riker aboard...

	Pulaski gives it thought, shakes her head.

					PULASKI
			No. I'd better go down and make
			an evaluation there.

	Pulaski strides to the transporter pad, steps onto it,
	looks around at the transporter with distaste. O'Brien
	picks up on this, feigns uncertainty as he sets the
	coordinates:

					O'BRIEN
			Hmm... I hope these are the right
			coordinates...

	Pulaski gives him a sharp look. O'Brien grins.

					O'BRIEN (cont'd)
			Just kidding, Doctor. I know how
			much you love the transporter...

					PULASKI
			About as much as I love comical
			transporter chiefs...

9    OMITTED

     STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/3/89 - TEASER     3A.

10   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - DAY (OPTICAL)

	Riker and Geordi as before. Pulaski MATERIALIZES,
	takes a beat to check that she's still in one piece,
	takes out her medical tricorder, and steps over to
	Riker.

					PULASKI
			Fill me in.

					RIKER
			I was walking along, minding my
			own business, making a simple
			geological sweep... and something
			stuck me in the leg.

					PULASKI
			Any pain?

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - 5/1/89 - TEASER        4.

10   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			No -- a little numb, that's all.

					PULASKI
			Do you know what it was that stuck
			you?

	Riker shakes his head.

					GEORDI
			We've been looking for it, but
			no luck.

	Pulaski continues her scan.

					PULASKI
			Well, whatever it was, it left
			something behind... I'm going
			to bring you up to Sickbay.

11   OMITTED

12   NEW ANGLE

	Pulaski rises and touches her communicator.

					PULASKI
			O'Brien, this is Doctor Pulaski.
			Medical override is authorized.
			Beam us directly to Sickbay.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged.

13
thru	OMITTED
15

15A  INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Two MEDICAL CREWMEN are standing by. Geordi, Riker,
	and Pulaski MATERIALIZE. The medical crewmen cross
	to Riker's side to help him over to a medical table.
	Riker waves them away.

					RIKER
			I can walk to the table, thank
			you.

     STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/1/89 - TEASER     5.

15A  CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			Commander, don't start acting
			heroic.

					RIKER
			Doctor, for personal reasons, I'll
			walk.

					PULASKI
			May I ask why?

					RIKER
			I've always had the notion that
			if I was ever so injured that I
			couldn't make it on my own two
			feet... it would be over.

					PULASKI
			Medically speaking, that's
			ridiculous.

					RIKER
			You'll get no argument from me,
			but... that's how I feel.

	Riker takes a step toward the bed. His leg gives out
	on him; he falls. Riker's more surprised than anything
	else.

					RIKER (cont'd)
			Whoa --

	The medical crewmen pick Riker up and put him on the
	table.

					RIKER (cont'd)
			This is the strangest feeling.
			My whole leg just went -- dead.

	Off Pulaski's concerned reaction:

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT ONE     6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

16   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (STOCK OPTICAL)

	The ship is still in orbit.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 42976.1.
			During a geological survey of
			Surata Four, Commander Riker has
			become infected by an unidentified
			microbe.

17
thru	OMITTED
19

20   INT. SICKBAY

	Riker is on the center table. Pulaski is off to the
	side studying her instruments. PICARD ENTERS.

	Through all of this there is a great deal of tension
	even though those in the room maintain a detached,
	scientific demeanor. Picard approaches the center
	examining table.

					PICARD
			Number One.

					RIKER
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Put your foot where it didn't
			belong, did you?

					RIKER
				(nods)
			The doctor's been getting bored
			lately. I thought I'd find her
			a challenge...

					PULASKI
			That you did.

21   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Pulaski leaves a work station and steps over to the
	wall panel.

     STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/1/89 - ACT ONE     7.

21   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			The commander's nervous system
			has been invaded by an unknown
			microorganism. Not a bacteria,
			not a virus -- but with elements
			of both.

	She activates the wall panel.

22   PULASKI AND WALL PANEL (OPTICAL)

	Displayed on the wall panel is a rendering of Riker's
	body. Pulaski touches the panel, and the injury to
	Riker's leg becomes highlighted.

					PULASKI
				(indicates)
			There's the point of entry...

23
thru	OMITTED
24

25   SCENE (OPTICAL)

	Pulaski turns back to the examination table. She holds
	a sophisticated scanner.

					PULASKI
			The microbes have infected the
			great sciatic nerve... they're
			multiplying at an incredible
			rate.

	She moves the scanner near his leg.

					PULASKI (cont'd)
				(indicating the screen)
			There.

	The nerves in Riker's injured leg are now highlighted.
	The highlighting extends up the major nerves into
	Riker's thigh.

					PICARD
			Can you remove it?

					PULASKI
			Not surgically. The organisms
			fuse to the nerve, intertwining
			at the molecular level.

     STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/1/89 - ACT ONE     8.

25   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			That's why the transporter's
			biofilters couldn't extract them.

					PULASKI
			There's no evidence of nerve
			damage, but the organisms are
			impeding nervous function.

					RIKER
				(nods)
			My leg's still asleep.

					PICARD
				(to Pulaski)
			Your prognosis?

					PULASKI
			The infection is spreading. It
			will eventually reach the brain.

					PICARD
			And if it interfered with neural
			activity there...

					PULASKI
			Commander Riker could die.

	Riker takes it stoically.

					PICARD
			How can I help?

					PULASKI
			I need to know more about its
			composition.

					PICARD
			And for that, you need a sample.

					PULASKI
			Exactly.

	Picard touches a com panel:

       STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - 5/1/89 - ACT ONE       9.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Mister Data, Mister La Forge -- prepare
			to beam down to the planet.

26   OMITTED

27   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	DATA and Geordi are preparing to mount the platform.
	Each carries a tricorder and a large phaser. O'Brien
	is behind the console.

					DATA
			I must reiterate that it would
			be better if I went alone.

					GEORDI
			Don't like my company?

					DATA
			Your company is not at issue.
			Your vulnerability to this
			microorganism is.

					GEORDI
			I'll watch where I step. Besides,
			how do we know that this bug
			doesn't like androids even more
			than it likes humans?

					DATA
			Possible, but highly unlikely.
			In any event, why risk both of
			us?

					GEORDI
			Because I know exactly where
			Commander Riker was when it
			happened.

	Data accepts the logic, and they climb onto the
	transporter pad.

28   OMITTED

    STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/4/89 - ACT ONE    10.

28   OMITTED

29   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - DAY (OPTICAL)

	Data and Geordi MATERIALIZE. Because of what happened
	to Riker this place is ominous.

					GEORDI
			He was right over here.

	Geordi is very careful where he steps as --

30   ANOTHER ANGLE

	-- he and Data move to the spot and hunker down.
	Geordi examines the area with his VISOR while Data
	begins a meticulous scan with his tricorder.

					DATA
			I detect no animal life within
			fifty kilometers. Merely
			vegetation.
				(a beat)
			However, I am reading extensive
			animal remains -- mostly
			fossilized.

					GEORDI
			A graveyard?

					DATA
			I do not know.

	They keep looking.

					GEORDI
			Look at this.

	Geordi indicates an unusual-looking vine. Data turns
	his attention to the vine.

					DATA
			The structure is rhizomatous.

	Data reaches down to touch the vine.

					GEORDI
			Be careful.

					DATA
			I am always careful.

    STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/3/89 - ACT ONE    10A.

31   ANOTHER ANGLE

	As Data lifts the vine up off the ground. The vine
	looks dead -- harmless.

					DATA
			It appears to be dead.

	Geordi examines the vine with his VISOR.

					GEORDI
			I'm not so sure. I can see
			thermal variations...
				(gets an idea)
			Data, set it down. Let's try
			something.

	Data does so.

    STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/3/89 - ACT ONE    11.

31   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI (cont'd)
			Perhaps it likes humans more than
			androids.

	Geordi slowly extends his hand to the vine, inviting it
	to "strike."

					DATA
			If you are correct, you are
			placing yourself in grave danger.

					GEORDI
			I'm counting on those great
			android reflexes of yours...

32   CLOSER ANGLE
	as Geordi's hand nears the vine. All at once, the vine
	moves -- springing toward Geordi's hand. But Data
	moves faster, grabs the vine and holds it.

33   THE VINE

	Data turns the vine over -- and we can now see a meanlooking
	thorn protruding from the underside of the
	vine.

34   DATA AND GEORDI

	As they study it.

					GEORDI
			I'd say that's what we're looking
			for.

					DATA
			I would tend to agree.

	Geordi makes an adjustment to his phaser as Data holds
	the vine.

35
thru	OMITTED
36

36A  CLOSE ON THE THORN (OPTICAL)

	as Geordi fires up a pinpoint phaser beam to cut loose
	the thorn. But the moment the beam touches the vine:

    STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/4/89 - ACT ONE    12.

36B  WIDER

	The area around Geordi and Data begins to move. Large
	clumps of vines vibrate. It is as if they are standing
	on a great living thing, which has just awoken, and
	is very angry.

					GEORDI
				(touches communicator)
			O'Brien! Stand by!
				(to Data)
			Hold it still.

	Data has to make an effort to keep the vine in his
	hands from moving as the vines around them continue
	their frantic oscillation. Geordi finishes his task,
	slaps his communicator:

					GEORDI (cont'd)
			Got it. Energize!

36C  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	O'Brien is behind the console. Picard ENTERS as
	O'Brien hits the button. Geordi and Data MATERIALIZE
	on the platform.

36D  NEW ANGLE

	as Geordi looks himself over. No blood anywhere.

					GEORDI
			Thanks, O'Brien. Another minute,
			and we'd've been fossils
			ourselves.

					DATA
			Not precisely, Geordi. True
			fossilization requires several
			millennia.

	Geordi strides off the platform, shows Picard the thorn
	he's carefully holding.

					GEORDI
			Captain, here's your sample.

					PICARD
			Get it to Sickbay right away.

	Geordi EXITS with the thorn. Picard crosses to Data.

    STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/4/89 - ACT ONE    13.

36D  CONTINUED:

					PICARD (cont'd)
			Report.

					DATA
			Captain, the commander's injury
			was not accidental. Certain vines
			on the planet evidently seek out
			warm-blooded beings and
			deliberately infect them.

					PICARD
			To what end?

					DATA
			Unknown. It is conceivable that
			there is a symbiotic relationship
			involved...

	Data hesitates. Picard prompts him:

					PICARD
			Go on.

					DATA
			There were numerous animal
			remains in the area, leading me
			to hypothesize that the vines
			could be predatory.

					PICARD
			Then they infect animals in order
			to kill them.

					DATA
			It is possible.
				(a beat)
			For Commander Riker's sake, I hope
			my hypothesis is in error.

					PICARD
			Unfortunately, Mister Data, your
			hypotheses rarely are.

	Off Picard's concern:

37   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/1/89 - ACT TWO    14.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

38   OMITTED

38A  INT. PULASKI'S OFFICE

	Pulaski is at a library console, entering data. Picard
	is looking over her shoulder. One of the medical
	crewmen enters, hands Pulaski a chip which she inserts
	into the console. She's not pleased with what is
	displayed.

					PULASKI
			All negative.

					PICARD
			There's nothing that will cure
			this infection?

					PULASKI
			This microorganism is very
			mysterious. I can't even figure
			out what's keeping it alive.

					PICARD
			Or how to kill it.

					PULASKI
			Oh, I can kill it... but not
			without destroying the nerves it's
			inhabiting.

	Pulaski takes a breath. Her frustration is evident.

					PICARD
			I know you're doing your best...

					PULASKI
			My best may not be good enough.

39   INT. SICKBAY

	Riker, lying on the bed as before, flexes his right arm
	by making a fist and then spreading his fingers wide.
	His look of concern tells us the numbness is spreading.

	Picard ENTERS from Pulaski's office. Riker relaxes his
	hand and covers his anguish with a smile.

    STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/1/89 - ACT TWO    15.

39   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Comfortable?

					RIKER
			How could I not be comfortable?
			I'm being waited on hand and foot.

	Riker puts his left hand behind his head -- a "kickback-and-relax"
	gesture.

					RIKER (cont'd)
			My only worry is that they'll find
			out I'm faking it.

	But, of course, Picard knows this is no charade.

					PICARD
			I wish you were faking it. I've
			seen the thorn, Number One.

					RIKER
			The doctor showed it to me, too.
			Harmless-looking thing, isn't
			it?

	Picard can't help but feel pride at the stoic, almost
	cheerful outlook of his subordinate.

					PICARD
			But deadly.
				(a beat)
			I'm sorry.

					RIKER
			These things happen.

					PICARD
			When you least expect them.

					RIKER
			I'm surprised they don't happen
			more often. After all, we are
			exploring the unknown.

	Picard's frustration begins to show:

					PICARD
			And now and then we are humbled...
			reminded that the universe
			contains much that is beautiful...
			and much that is malevolent.

    STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/1/89 - ACT TWO    16.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Captain, I hardly think the vine
			that struck me did so out of
			malice.
				(a beat)
			If I've learned anything aboard
			this ship... from our voyages...
			from you... it's that most life
			forms act out of an instinct for
			survival -- not out of evil.

	Picard smiles at his protege.

					PICARD
			A worthy lesson. I admire your
			lack of rancor, Number One.

					RIKER
			Captain, if you drop a hammer on
			your foot, it's rather useless
			to get mad at the hammer.

	Picard looks at his friend with admiration, then EXITS
	into Pulaski's office.

39A  INT. PULASKI'S OFFICE

	Pulaski is still working away at her console as Picard
	ENTERS.

					PICARD
			Anything?

					PULASKI
			Not yet.

					PICARD
			Doctor, we're running out of time.

       STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - 5/1/89 - ACT TWO       17.

39A  CONTINUED:

	Pulaski turns, gives Picard a glare. Picard backs off.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			You're right. I don't need to
			remind you of your duties. I
			didn't mean to give offense.

					PULASKI
				(smiles)
			None taken.

	Pulaski turns back to her work.

					PULASKI (cont'd)
			Now get out of my hair.

					PICARD
			Aye aye, Doctor.

	And Picard EXITS.

40   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (STOCK OPTICAL)

	in orbit around the planet.

41   OMITTED

42   INT. SICKBAY

	One of the medical crewmen is running the scanner over
	Riker's body. Riker's weak; his arms and legs are so
	much dead weight, and it's a bit of an effort for him
	to speak. Still, he's at his most charming:

					RIKER
			This bug's persistent, I'll admit.
			But I'm not worried. We Rikers
			are ornery, too...

	The crewman can't help cracking a smile. In b.g., TROI
	ENTERS. Riker doesn't see her.

					RIKER (cont'd)
			In fact, my great-grandfather was
			once bitten by a rattlesnake.
			After three days of intense pain
			-- the snake died.

	The crewman's smile widens.

    STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/1/89 - ACT TWO    18.

43   ANOTHER ANGLE

	as Troi steps forward. Riker sees her, doesn't change
	expression -- but falls silent. The crewman completes
	the scan, puts away the scanner, EXITS... leaving Troi
	and Riker alone in the room.

	A long beat. Troi crosses to Riker's side.

					TROI
			You're a very entertaining
			patient.

					RIKER
			I try.

					TROI
			Yes. You're making quite an
			effort to be cheerful.

	It's almost an accusation. Riker stares at her, drops
	all pretense.

					RIKER
			You of all people should know...

					TROI
			You feel what anyone in your place
			would feel.

					RIKER
			But I'm the first officer of this
			ship. I have to set an example.

					TROI
			Even now?

					RIKER
			Now most of all. Deanna, facing
			death is the ultimate test of
			character. I don't want to die
			-- but if I have to, I want to
			do it with a little pride.

					TROI
			And a lot of impudence.

					RIKER
				(smiles)
			You bet. Dying is bad enough --
			but losing my sense of humor?
			Forget it.

    STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/1/89 - ACT TWO    19.

43   CONTINUED:

	Troi looks at him with love and compassion, gently
	reaches out, touches his face.

					TROI
			Imzadi...

43A  NEW ANGLE

	A shared moment. Then Riker's devil-may-care manner
	returns:

					RIKER
			I haven't given up yet. The best
			medical team in Starfleet is on
			the case... I'm sure they'll...

	And suddenly, Riker's voice trails off -- and he loses
	consciousness. Alarmed, Troi looks at the diagnostic
	readouts -- Riker's vital signs are falling fast.

44   PULASKI

	ENTERS quickly and examines Riker.

45   ANGLE ON THE WALL PANEL (OPTICAL)

	as Pulaski punches up the display of Riker's nervous
	system. The highlighting has expanded and now reaches
	the spinal column.

					PULASKI
			It's spread to the spinal column.
			It's weakening his autonomic
			nervous system.

45A  ON PULASKI

	as she picks up a hypospray, gives Riker a shot. Riker
	doesn't respond, but his vital signs stabilize -- still
	quite low.

    STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/3/89 - ACT TWO    20.

45A  CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			Judging by its present rate of
			growth and infiltration pattern,
			the infection will reach his brain
			within an hour.

	On Troi's reaction:

									CUT TO:

46
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56

57   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (STOCK OPTICAL)

	Orbiting the planet.

					PULASKI (V.O.)
			Medical log, Stardate 42976.2.
			I can't keep the alien infection
			from spreading to Commander
			Riker's brain.

58   INT. SICKBAY

	Riker is unconscious. At the head of Riker's bed is a
	strange device -- a tunnel-shaped apparatus designed to
	encircle the patient. On one side is a binocular
	eyepiece somewhat like an electron microscope's. Troi
	looks on as Pulaski and the two medical crewmen
	position the device. Over this:

					PULASKI (V.O., cont'd)
			Once there, it will kill him by
			dampening neural impulses. The
			only way I can keep him alive
			is to force the neurons to stay
			active -- by stimulating them
			directly with electrical impulses.

59   NEW ANGLE

	as the crewmen prepare the device.

					PULASKI
			Let's proceed.

         STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/3/89 - ACT TWO        20A

60   ON RIKER

	His head has been clamped to the table to keep it
	perfectly motionless. The device slides slowly into
	place, surrounding his head.

    STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/1/89 - ACT TWO    21.

61   ON PULASKI

	as she puts her eyes to the eyepiece and operates the
	controls of the device.

62   ON RIKER

	as his head is bathed in light. Two thin, needletipped
	probes extend from the device. The probes break
	the skin of Riker's temple, keep moving until about
	three inches of the needle tips have been inserted into
	Riker's head.

63   ON PULASKI

	keeping her eyes to the eyepiece and making fine
	adjustments to the device.

64   OMITTED

65   ON RIKER

	as two more probes appears, insert themselves into
	Riker's forehead.

66   ON PULASKI

	nodding with satisfaction.

					PULASKI
			Good...

	She makes more adjustments.

67   ON RIKER

	as two more probes insert themselves into Riker's head
	from underneath, entering at a point underneath the
	ear. Once those probes are in place, two more probes
	appear and insert -- making a total of eight.

68   ON PULASKI

	taking her eyes from the device's eyepiece, checking
	Riker's vital signs monitor, and turning to one of the
	medical crewmen:

    STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/1/89 - ACT TWO    22.

68   CONTINUED:

					PULASKI
			Stand by with five milligrams of
			tricordrazine in case of seizure.
				(takes a breath)
			Here goes...

	She presses a panel on the device.

68A
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70

71   A SLOW PUSH IN

	on Riker's face as Pulaski activates the current.
	Riker's face twitches involuntarily as current is
	applied to the probes -- and then he is motionless.
	Then a variation of the ripple dissolve...

									DISSOLVE TO:

71A  EXT. PLANET SURFACE (STOCK FROM #107 SCENES 34 TO 37)

	Dimly lit, a twilight world of overcast, turbulent
	skies hanging heavily over a strange landscape of
	coral-like "trees." LIGHTNING explodes above, as a
	dull THUNDER echoes through this eerie labyrinth.

	In a relatively clear area, Riker suddenly
	materializes... alone! He's woozy, but in one piece.
	He looks around, perplexed, worried.

					RIKER
			Tasha? Data? Geordi? Worf?!

	No answer. Riker scrambles toward a nearby rise,
	through the "forest," and up the incline... reaching
	the top.

	He surveys the surrounding area, with no luck.

	Landscape. No sign of anything lifelike.

	More THUNDER o.s.

					RIKER
			Anybody?!

									DISSOLVE BACK TO:

    STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT TWO    22A.

71B  INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	CLOSE on Riker's sweating, tormented face. WIDEN to
	include Troi and Pulaski. Pulaski punches up the view
	of Riker's nervous system. The highlighting now
	includes part of the brain. Pulaski then examines the
	vital signs monitor:

					PULASKI
			We've stimulated random wave
			activity, but the patterns are
			dangerously erratic.

					TROI
				(under her breath)
			Hang on, Will...

	On Troi's expression of concern, we --

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT THREE   23.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:
72
thru	OMITTED
74

74A  INT. SICKBAY

	CLOSE on an unconscious but highly agitated Riker.
	WIDEN to include Troi and Pulaski. Pulaski makes a
	series of adjustments to the device.

					PULASKI
			The wave patterns are still too
			irregular.

					TROI
			Why won't they stabilize?

					PULASKI
			Wait -- I've found the proper
			amplitude --

	Pulaski makes a small adjustment. After a beat:

					PULASKI (cont'd)
			There. The patterns are steadier.

					TROI
			Is the stimulation preventing the
			infection from taking hold?

					PULASKI
			For now.

	Pulaski studies the monitor.

					PULASKI (cont'd)
			The vertex waves indicate a K-complex
			corresponding to an R.E.M.
			state.

					TROI
			He's dreaming.

74B  ON RIKER

	his expression less agitated than before...

									DISSOLVE TO:

   STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT THREE   23A.

74C  INT. HOLODECK CORRIDOR (STOCK, #102 SC. 133-140)

	The Parkland hidden at this moment by a WILD SECTION OF
	CORRIDOR WALL AND HATCHWAY which, when the hatch is
	opened, will REVEAL PARKLAND.

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(continuing; without
				 delay)
			And if you care to enter,
			Commander...

					RIKER
				(snaps; interrupting)
			I do.

	Immediately, the hatch slides open and WE SEE THE
	PARKLAND (LOCATION). It looks (and is) real, including
	land contours, trees, and even a small stream nearby.
	Beyond that the Parkland stretches off for what appears
	to be miles and miles away to the horizon.

   STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT THREE   24.

74D  ANGLE BACK TOWARD HATCHWAY

	as Riker ENTERS through it and stands inspecting the
	Parkland scene with genuine appreciation and then HEARS
	SOMEONE WHISTLING A MELODY, but doing it rather badly
	and laboriously.

74E  ANGLE PAST RIKER INTO PARKLAND

	as he MOVES AWAY, seeking the source of the WHISTLING
	which will begin to grow LOUDER now.

74F  ANGLE AT STREAM

	as Riker crosses, stepping from rock to rock. He makes
	a misstep, almost falls, then recovers and gets across.
	He looks back at the stone which caused it.

74G  CLOSER ON RIKER

	As he walks, the WHISTLING is nearby now. He stops,
	calls:

					RIKER
			Hello!

	The WHISTLING has continued without pause. Riker cocks
	his ear, corrects his direction slightly.

74H  EXT. WOODLAND GLEN

	Riker ENTERS SHOT through shrubbery, sees something
	and stops.

74I  ANGLE ON DATA

	Lying there, cushioned by deep grass. He's totally
	absorbed in certain melody notes he's attempting --
	and keeps missing.

74J  PANNING RIKER

	Moving onto TWO SHOT where he stops, and WHISTLES the
	same melody, hitting the correct notes. A startled
	Data looks up blankly, then comes quickly to his feet,
	but Riker waves him back down, sits beside him.

   STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT THREE   25.

74J  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Marvelous how easily humans do
			that, sir. I still need much
			practice.

	Riker hesitates, then:

					RIKER
			There are some puzzles down on
			the planet that Captain Picard
			wants answered. He suggests I
			take you on the away team I'll
			be leading.

					DATA
			I shall endeavor to function
			adequately, sir.

	Riker hesitates, wanting to say something but not sure
	how to begin.

					RIKER
			Uh, yes. And when the captain
			suggested you I, uh, looked up
			your record...
				(hesitates)

					DATA
			Yes sir, a wise procedure always.

					RIKER
			Then, your rank of lieutenant
			commander is honorary.

					DATA
			No, sir. Starfleet Class of '78;
			honors in probability mechanics
			and exobiology.

					RIKER
			But your files... they say you're
			a...

					DATA
				(waits; then)
			Machine? Correct, sir. Does that
			trouble you?

					RIKER
				(hesitates)
			To be honest... yes, a little.

   STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT THREE   26.

74J  CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Understood, sir. Prejudice is
			very human.

					RIKER
			Now that troubles me. Do you
			consider yourself superior to us?

					DATA
			I am superior in many ways. But
			I would gladly give it up to be
			human.

					RIKER
				(studies Data; then)
			Nice to meet you, Pinocchio.

	Data seems uncomprehending.

					RIKER
				(continuing; explains)
			A joke.

					DATA
				(straight-faced)
			Ah! Intriguing.

					RIKER
				(big grin)
			You're going to be an interesting
			companion, Mister Data.

75
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78

79   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (STOCK FROM #128 SCENE 45)

	Riker looks up from a panel.

					RIKER
			All stations have reported,
			Captain. There seems to be no
			immediate threat to our ship or
			crew.

	As Riker stands looking at the dark Viewscreen, Picard
	moves up to stand beside him.

   STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/3/89 - ACT THREE   27.

79   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			In which case, let's hold position
			for a while, Number One. This
			is worth studying.

					RIKER
			Incredible. It's like looking
			off into... infinity, sir.
				(turns to Picard)
			Remember the course in ancient
			history at Starfleet Academy?
			Back to the time when men still
			believed the Earth was flat?

					PICARD
				(smiles)
			And that the sun revolved around
			the Earth...

					RIKER
			And if a ship sailed too far out
			into the ocean it would fall off
			the edge of the world...

	Riker turns back to look at the empty void on the
	viewscreen.

					PICARD
			"Beyond this place there be
			dragons... " It was even said that
			crews would threaten to hang their
			captain from the yardarm if they
			refused to turn back.

					RIKER
			I'm sure no one here has that in
			mind, sir.

					PICARD
			How comforting, Number One.

79A
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80

80A  INT. TEN-FORWARD (STOCK FROM #136 SCENE 28)

	Wesley sits with Riker at the bar. Guinan watches them
	from behind the bar.

   STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT THREE   28.

80A  CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			But what do I say? How should
			I act? What do I do?

	Riker turns to Guinan and motions toward a nearby empty
	table.

					RIKER
			Guinan, I need your help. Could
			you sit over there?

					GUINAN
			That seems simple enough.

	Guinan walks around the bar and heads for a table.
	Riker and Wesley follow. Guinan sits. Riker sits
	beside her. Wesley stands off to one side.

					RIKER
				(to Wesley)
			The first words out of your mouth
			are the most important. You could
			start by saying something like...
				(turns to Guinan)
			... "you're the most beautiful
			woman in the galaxy."

	Riker holds the look for a moment, then turns back to
	Wesley.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			But that might not work.

					GUINAN
			Yes it would.

	Riker is relieved and amused. This is going to be fun.
	He turns to Guinan.

					RIKER
			If you only knew how much I wanted
			to tell you that.

					GUINAN
			But you were afraid.

					RIKER
			Yes.

					GUINAN
			Of me?

   STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT THREE   29.

80A  CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Of us. Of what we could become...

					WESLEY
			Commander Riker...

	They ignore him.

					RIKER
			... and that you might have
			thought it was a line.

					GUINAN
			Maybe I do think it's a line.

					RIKER
			Then you think I'm not sincere?

					GUINAN
			I didn't say that. There's
			nothing wrong with a line. It's
			like a knock on the door.

					RIKER
			Then you're inviting me in?

					GUINAN
			I'm not sending you away.

					RIKER
			That's more than I expected.

					GUINAN
			But is it more than you hoped?

					RIKER
			To hope is to recognize the
			possibility. I had only dreams.

					GUINAN
			Dreams can be dangerous.

					RIKER
			Not these dreams.

	He looks into her eyes.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I dream of a galaxy where your
			eyes are stars... And all the
			universe worships night.

   STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/3/89 - ACT THREE   30.

80A  CONTINUED: (3)

					GUINAN
			Careful, if you place me too high
			on a pedestal, you won't be able
			to reach me.

					RIKER
			Then I'll learn to fly. You are
			the heart in my day and the soul
			in my night.

	Wesley taps Guinan on the arm.

					WESLEY
			I don't think this is my style.

					GUINAN
			Shut up, kid.
				(to Riker, dreamily)
			Now, tell me more about my eyes.

									DISSOLVE BACK TO:

81   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Riker's face is calmer. WIDEN to reveal Pulaski and
	Troi. Troi is concentrating.

					TROI
			He's relaxed... experiencing
			feelings of warmth. Friendship.

					PULASKI
			He's reliving memories. That's
			a natural side effect of the
			neural stimulation.

	Pulaski punches up the diagram of Riker's body with
	the organism highlighted. To her surprise:

					PULASKI (cont'd)
			Look at this! The organisms'
			metabolism has changed. I wonder
			if the stimulation is affecting
			them somehow...

	Pulaski again adjusts the device.

					PULASKI (cont'd)
			I'm going to refocus the impulse
			pattern on the interpretative
			cortex.

   STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT THREE   31.

81   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Will that intensify the
			commander's memories?

					PULASKI
			Exactly. And we'll see if that has
			an effect on the microbes...

	Pulaski activates the device --

81A  ON RIKER

	as we PUSH IN again and

									DISSOLVE TO:

81B  OMITTED

81C  INT. COUNCIL CHAMBERS (STOCK FROM #109 SCENES 12-13))

	The kind of place you'd like to visit. No particularly
	formalized furnishing plan -- it includes just about
	any way anyone would like to sit or loll. The same
	sort of revealing but sensible garb here too -- along
	with good humor. In fact, joy is what is mainly
	present here. Lots of fruit, nuts, food and drink
	selections. A MUSIC GROUP of harpists in sight --
	admittedly strange looking harps on which they compose,
	and now and then PLAY LILTING MUSIC which, like
	everything else, is not taken too seriously here
	either.

					RIVAN
			Everyone! We've brought the
			visitors!

					LIATOR
				(gesturing to away team)
			Please enjoy what we have!

81D  EMPHASIZING ENTERPRISE PEOPLE

	as they are taken charge of with great hospitality.

   STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT THREE   32.

81E  INT. COUNCIL CHAMBERS (STOCK FROM #109 SCENES 31-31A)

	TRUCKING WITH RIKER as he passes through the Council
	Chamber bemused at the sight of the Edo of all ages and
	both sexes enjoying music, food, and each other. He
	comes to three who are playing a game with what appear
	to be marbles, each holding one to five of them hidden
	in the hand, then all of them simultaneously revealing
	how many each of them holds. We don't have to know
	the rules -- they know them and two of them will LAUGH
	delightedly at the total of marbles exposed. One will
	HANG HIS/HER HEAD in mock despair. Then when they look
	up to find Riker watching, they extend marbles to him,
	an offer to let him play too.

					EDO MARBLE PLAYER
			This will please you. Join us!

					RIKER
				(grins; shakes head)
			Another time. Thanks.

	Riker moves on a couple of steps to where an Edo man
	and woman, partially unclothed, are laying on a couch
	locked in an embrace. If they're not actually making
	love now, it is clear they will be doing it any moment
	now. As Riker pauses a female EDO SPECTATOR passes
	through, patting him on the backside.

					EDO SPECTATOR
			Joy and happiness!

					RIKER
			Certainly is.

	Riker smiles again, moving on through the room.

81F  ANGLE ON WORF

	as Riker moves into TWO SHOT with him.

					RIKER
			The good life, Worf.

					WORF
			I am not concerned with pleasure,
			Commander. I am a warrior.

					RIKER
			Even Klingons must need love now
			and then.

   STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/3/89 - ACT THREE   33.

81F  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			For what we consider love, sir,
			I would need a Klingon woman.

					RIKER
				(eyes Worf curiously)
			How about plain old basic sex?
			You must have some need for that.

					WORF
			Of course. But with the females
			who are available to me... Earth
			females... I must restrain myself
			too much. They are quite fragile,
			sir.

					RIKER
				(eyes him again)
			Worf, if anyone else said that,
			I'd suspect he was bragging.

					WORF
				(puzzled)
			"Bragging," sir?

81G  INT. HOLODECK (STOCK FROM #116 SCENES 21 THRU 27)

	This three-dimensional, computer-generated image is
	so beautiful it takes Riker's breath.

   STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT THREE   34.

81G  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to the Bynars)
			Gentlemen, if this is what you
			call "enhancement" you have a gift
			for understatement.

	He CROSSES to the beautiful WOMAN.

81H  ANGLE ON WOMAN'S TABLE

	As Riker sits down, the IMAGES COME TO LIFE. The combo
	BEGINS TO PLAY, the woman (Minuet) MOVES.

81I  RIKER AND WOMAN

	He looks at her with interest.

					RIKER
			What's your name, and tell me you
			love jazz.

					MINUET
			My name is Minuet. I love all
			jazz except Dixieland.

					RIKER
			Why not Dixieland?

					MINUET
			Because you can't dance to it.

					RIKER
			My girl.

81J  ANGLE ON TABLE WITH RIKER AND MINUET (OPTICAL)

	A slight change occurs in Minuet. The way she looks
	at Riker is more personal.

					RIKER
				(slyly)
			What's a knockout like you doing
			in a computer-generated joint like
			this?

					MINUET
			Waiting for you.

   STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT THREE   35.

81J  CONTINUED:

	Her voice is deeper, sexier. Her eyes are warm,
	liquid, inviting.

					RIKER
			Waiting for me?!! You can't be
			serious?

					MINUET
			Oh yes, Will -- I've never been
			more serious in my life.

	Riker is knocked a little off balance by her look and
	her directness.

									DISSOLVE TO:

81K  INT. HOLODECK (STOCK FROM #116 SCENES 41 THRU 42)

	Riker APPROACHES the table. Minuet smiles a greeting.

					RIKER
			I am going to have to leave you
			for a while and see to my duties.

					MINUET
			Your work is very important to
			you.

					RIKER
			It is me -- it's what I am.

					MINUET
			Can we dance once before you
			leave?

	The invitation is so effortlessly offered -- and the
	woman so appealing -- who could resist?

					RIKER
			Sure, why not.

	She rises. He leads her to the little dance floor.

81L  ON THE DANCE FLOOR

	As they STEP ONTO the dance floor, Minuet turns and
	folds herself into his arms. They dance. It's slow
	and sexy.

   STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT THREE   36.

81L  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			How did you learn to dance so
			well?

					MINUET
			From following you.

	Riker is puzzled and amused at the same time.

					MINUET
			I can anticipate your lead. Tell
			me more about your work -- what
			is it about it that consumes and
			enthralls you?

					RIKER
			What an interesting choice of
			words. That's exactly what it
			does.

					MINUET
			You are very fortunate.

					RIKER
			I know that.

					MINUET
			At this point in your life to be
			exactly where you want to be...
			And it's wonderful that you
			realize it.

					RIKER
			I'd be a fool not to know how
			lucky I am to be on this ship
			serving with this group of people.
			It's a dream come true.

	She snuggles in a little closer.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Just like this.

					MINUET
			A dream? Is that what this is?
			Is that what I am?

	She fills up his senses. He holds her away, to look at
	her. Her fragrance -- the lightness of her touch. Her
	movement. Riker is becoming captivated by her.

   STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT THREE   37.

81L  CONTINUED: (2)

	As a woman can, she senses what he's feeling and leans
	back to look in his eyes.

					RIKER
			I know you are a computer-generated
			image... but your smell,
			the way you feel, your touch, even
			the way you talk and think is so
			real.

					MINUET
			Thank you.

					RIKER
			How far can this relationship go?
			I mean, how real are you?

					MINUET
			As real as you need me to be.

	Then a look. To underline her words, she molds herself
	against him.

									DISSOLVE BACK TO:

82
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82A

82AA	INT. SICKBAY

	CLOSE on Riker's face. PAN up to Troi's face --
	which is a bit flushed. Pulaski notices.

					PULASKI
			Something wrong?

					TROI
			No... it's just that... Commander
			Riker's emotions are rather...
			passionate.

					PULASKI
			As in -- erotic?

					TROI
				(nods)
			Very much so.

	Pulaski smiles. PAN back to Riker's face and

									DISSOLVE TO:

   STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT THREE   38.

82B  INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS (STOCK FROM #144 SCENE 24A)

					BRENNA
			William, is something wrong?

					RIKER
			What do you mean?

					BRENNA
			Do you not like girls?

					RIKER
			Of course I like... Oh... is there
			a technique to this foot washing?

	Brenna approaches him. Unhooks her skirt. It puddles
	about her feet, and she steps out of it wearing a
	pretty petticoat.

					BRENNA
			You generally start at the top...
			and work your way down.

	Riker reaches up and pulls the pins from her long hair.
	It cascades over her shoulders.

					RIKER
			I think I can handle that.

	They are in each other's arms now.

					BRENNA
			I was hoping you might.

	They embrace...

83   INT. EXECUTIVE OFFICE (STOCK FROM #115 SCENE 42)

	Beata touches his chest.

					BEATA
			I like the way your eyes pick up
			the color of your tunic.

	He shifts his body to avoid her hand.

					RIKER
			It's not our place to interfere
			in the domestic affairs of other
			societies.

	She reaches across him to pick up the bottle of liquor
	and freshen his drink.

   STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT THREE   39.

83   CONTINUED:

					BEATA
			But you can interact, can't you?

					RIKER
			Of course. Otherwise, how can
			we learn?

					BEATA
			And that's why you're here,
			tonight, with me... to learn?

					RIKER
			Yes.

					BEATA
			... About our society.

					RIKER
			Yes.

					BEATA
			In our society, it's men who are
			the fortunate ones, enjoying all
			that life has to offer, while we
			women devote ourselves to the
			obligations of making life work.

					RIKER
			In our society we share the
			responsibilities and the pleasures
			equally.

					BEATA
			Don't be defensive. I'd be the
			last to imply that men are
			inferior.

					RIKER
			Or I, that women are. That's why
			I can be here with you while the
			women on the away team go to find
			Ramsey.

					BEATA
			I must remember to thank them when
			they return for giving us this
			time.

	She moves closer. She touches him and kisses him
	softly on the cheek.

   STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT THREE   40.

83   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEATA
			You resist... Why? Do you not
			find me attractive?

					RIKER
			Oh... Yes I find you very
			attractive.

					BEATA
			Don't you feel you know me well
			enough?

	Riker hesitates, bemused.

					BEATA
			You attract me like no man ever
			has.

					RIKER
			I'm flattered. I don't know what
			to say.

									DISSOLVE BACK TO:

84
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85

86   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	CLOSE on Riker. WIDEN to reveal Troi composing
	herself as Pulaski punches up the highlighted view of
	Riker's body and nervous system. To Pulaski and
	Troi's dismay, the highlighting is stronger than ever.

					PULASKI
			The organisms responded, all right.
			Their growth rate has doubled.

	Troi's frustration surfaces as she looks from Riker
	back to the wall panel.

					TROI
			Then all we've done is make things
			worse...

	On Pulaski's grim expression:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FOUR    41.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

87   OMITTED

88   INT. SICKBAY

	Pulaski moves from the monitor to Troi's side.

					PULASKI
			Now we know the organism's growth
			rate is related to the memories
			he's experiencing.

					TROI
			Or the emotions they produce.

					PULASKI
			Different mental processes
			generate different chemicals.
			Perhaps the organisms are
			sensitive to brain endorphins.

					TROI
			And if some types of endorphins
			attract them...

					PULASKI
				(nods)
			... others will repel them.

	Pulaski's fingers fly over the controls of the device.

					PULASKI (cont'd)
			I'm going to change the
			differential current pattern and
			see what happens.

	The device is activated --

89   CLOSE ON RIKER - PUSH IN

									DISSOLVE TO:
89A
thru	OMITTED
89B

    STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FOUR    42.

89C  EXT. PLANET SURFACE (STOCK FROM #122 SCENE C21-22)

	Riker moves a STEP CLOSER to the slime creature.

					RIKER
			I am Commander William Riker of
			the USS Enterprise.

					ARMUS
			I am ARMUS. You are in my space.

					RIKER
			We mean you no harm. We have an
			injured crew in that shuttlecraft.
			We need to get to them. May we
			pass?

					ARMUS
			You haven't given me a good enough
			reason yet.

					RIKER
			Preserving life -- all life --
			is very important to us.

					ARMUS
			Why?

					RIKER
			We believe that everything in the
			Universe has a right to exist.

					ARMUS
			An interesting notion which I do
			not share. You may now leave if
			you wish.

	Riker and the crew are startled.

					TASHA
			We won't go without the shuttle
			crew.

	The Shroud REMAINS SILENT as Tasha makes a slight MOVE
	TO GO AROUND IT.

					ARMUS
			I warn you. You will not like
			it here.

					TASHA
			What are you saying -- that you
			are going to deny us access to
			our comrades?

    STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FOUR    43.

89C  CONTINUED:

					ARMUS
			I told you what you can do. You
			can leave. I have no interest
			in any further discussion or
			argument.

	Tasha has had enough of this and starts to move toward
	the narrowest strip of slime.

					TASHA
			Enough. We have people who need
			attention. We will not harm you,
			but we must help them.

	ARMUS FLICKS HIS FINGER, sending an ENERGY FORCE
	towards Tasha, JERKING HER BACK and SLAMMING HER DOWN
	to the ground.

	Everything from here on must happen in a blur of
	action. Beverly jumps to Tasha's side. Riker and Data
	MOVE BETWEEN the others and BLAST ARMUS with their
	phasers.

89D  EXT. PLANET SURFACE (STOCK FROM #122 SCENE 24C)

	Angle on Tasha's body and the others around her.
	Beverly quickly takes a reading. She can't believe
	the instruments.

					BEVERLY
			She's dead.

89E  INT. SICKBAY (STOCK FROM #122 SCENES 30 THRU 34)

	The medical team is easing Tasha onto the operating
	table as Picard ENTERS. Beverly barely glances up at
	him. He MOVES OFF TO THE SIDE and watches silently,
	with Data and Riker, as:

					PICARD
			Status, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			Unchanged.

	The diagnostic screen shows her bodily readings to be
	totally askew. Beverly and the nurse work together
	as if they'd done this a hundred times before,
	attaching the clamshell device onto the bed, over
	Tasha's body.

    STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FOUR    44.

89E  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Can you bring her back?

					BEVERLY
			I'm trying.

					RIKER
				(hopeful)
			You've saved people before. You
			can save her.

					BEVERLY
			Neural stimulator.

	The nurse immediately helps her attach the device,
	which clips onto the bed and slips over Tasha's head
	like a loose headband.

	As soon as both devices are activated, Beverly and the
	Nurse anxiously watch the diagnostic screen. A FEW
	KEY INDICATORS APPROACH NORMALITY. Picard is anxious
	and impatient.

					RIKER
			There. You did it.

					BEVERLY
			No. I've got her on total
			support. There's no independent
			brain activity.

	Beverly grimly and quickly works the neural stimulator.
	She pushes programming keys furiously, then hits the
	start button. No reaction.

					NURSE
			She's not responding, Doctor.
			Her synaptic network is breaking
			down.

					BEVERLY
			No! Inject norep.

	The nurse complies as Beverly reprograms the
	stimulator. Nothing happens.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			We're going for direct reticular
			stimulation.

	The nurse looks at her sharply. It's risky.

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FOUR        45.

89E  CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Doesn't matter! Do it!

	The nurse punches it in, and Tasha's body TWITCHES
	SLIGHTLY. Picard looks hopefully at Riker.

					NURSE
			Neurons are beginning to
			depolarize.

	Beverly is desperate, but calm.

					BEVERLY
			Increase to seventy microvolts.

	The nurse complies. Beverly pushes the button. Tasha
	MOVES SLIGHTLY -- VERY SLIGHTLY. Beverly checks the
	readout. Data and Riker look at each other -- it's not
	good.

					RIKER
				(urgently)
			Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			Eighty-five microvolts.

	They quickly try again. And again. Finally, there is
	NO MOVEMENT in Tasha at all. Beverly slowly turns to
	Picard.

					BEVERLY
			She's gone.

					PICARD
			Gone?

					BEVERLY
			There's too much synaptic damage.
			That thing just sucked all the
			life out of her. There's nothing
			I can do...

	Picard, Riker and Data seem rooted to the spot.

	Beverly reluctantly pushes in a code on the overbed
	life support clamshell. She and the others look up
	at the big diagnostic wall screen and watch all the
	LIFE FUNCTION INDICATORS FALL TO ZERO. They REACT to
	the finality of this.

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FOUR        46.

89F  INT. PLANET DISASTER AREA (STOCK, #111 SC. 70 TO 84)

	The away reserve team MATERIALIZES. They are in a
	passageway which has been severely damaged by
	explosions. Water SPRAYS from the ceiling and is
	already ankle deep on the floor. Data scans the area
	with his tricorder.

					DATA
			This way.

	They push ahead.

89G  ANOTHER ANGLE - CORRIDOR

	as they ARRIVE at a doorway. The door has been jammed
	by the explosion. Data steps over and with his great
	strength -- rips the door off its hinges and clears the
	opening.

	The survivors are here. ABOUT A DOZEN of them, huddled
	together on the far side. Beverly and her teams wade
	through the water to them.

89H  ANGLE ON BEVERLY AND SURVIVORS

	As she kneels beside an injured WOMAN.

					BEVERLY
			You are going to be all right,
			now.

					RIKER
			Where are the others?

	The woman shakes her head.

					WOMAN
			Gone. It's just us.

					GEORDI
				(urgent)
			Commander!

	Riker turns.

89I  ANGLE ON GEORDI

	CAMERA MOVES IN TO E.C.U. Geordi is staring at a pile
	of rubble.

					GEORDI
			There's someone there!

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FOUR        47.

89J  ANGLE ON DATA

	With great strength he moves huge rocks with remarkable
	rapidity.

89K  ANGLE ON GEORDI AND RIKER

	They stand and look for a beat, then:

89L  ANGLE ON DATA

	as he lifts and carries the limp body of a child.

89M  ANOTHER ANGLE

	Beverly rushes over and while Data holds the child,
	she quickly examines him.

89N  ANGLE ON BEVERLY AND CHILD

	From her expression it is clear the child is dead.
	All of her skill will not help.

					BEVERLY
			She's dead. If we'd only gotten
			here a little sooner... !

89O  ANGLE ON RIKER

	He steps closer. A dead child. A moment of truth.

					DATA
			Sir, if you indeed have "Q"'s
			power...

89P  ANGLE ON RIKER

	He is fighting his emotions.

89Q  ANGLE INCLUDING BEVERLY

	Puzzled.

					BEVERLY
				(to Riker)
			I don't understand. Certainly
			you can't bring her back to life?

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FOUR        48.

89Q  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(long beat)
			I'm prevented from that by a
			promise.

	Beverly is surprised and puzzled; Riker is very
	troubled.

89R  INT. TROI'S QUARTERS (STOCK, #127 SC. 81 THRU 84)

	as Pulaski leads the others to Troi's quarters.

					TROI
			It's Ian. Please... please hurry.

	Pulaski moves quickly to the unconscious child, pulls
	back the covers. She removes an instrument from her
	smock and makes a scan of the child's body. In the
	b.g., Picard enters with Riker and Data.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Save him, you must save him.

					PULASKI
			What happened? Did he eat
			anything? Did he fall?

					TROI
			No.

	Data, using his tricorder, confirms with a nod to
	Riker.

					DATA
			The child is the source of the
			unusual radiation.

					TROI
			He said he's the reason the ship
			is in danger.

					DATA
			That analysis is correct.

	Pulaski injects the child with hypospray.

					PULASKI
			I'm losing life signs.

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FOUR        49.

89R  CONTINUED:

	Troi stands by helplessly. Like any mother in this
	situation, she is beyond grief. Tears streak her face.

					TROI
			Oh, please. Please save him.

89S  PULASKI

	resets the injector and again she administers a dose
	of hypospray. She waits for a reaction. There is
	none.

89T  ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The room is very quiet. Pulaski stands.

					PULASKI
			I'm sorry.

	Troi moves next to the cot on which the child is lying.
	She is beyond despair. Her heart has completely
	broken. The others allow her a moment alone, then as
	Riker is about to move to Troi's side, a LIGHT -- the
	glowing energy which we saw at the beginning -- gathers
	from within the child and slowly rises. As it does,
	the body that was Ian fades away until there is only
	the LIGHT.

89U  INTERCUT REACTIONS (OPTICAL)

	Troi reaches out and with cupped hands she collects
	the LIGHT, cradles it gently and brings it to her.
	As she holds it close, it makes her face all aglow.
	Slowly the pain and despair drain away, and through
	the tears she smiles. The joy she now feels shines
	from her eyes. The Betazoid within her, embraces the
	essence of the entity before her and she knows now why
	he came and what he wanted. Then, in an act of pure
	love, she releases the glowing energy as she would a
	dove. For a beat the LIGHT seems reluctant to leave.
	Then it does. It passes effortlessly through the wall
	of the ship and away. Troi stares after it for a beat.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
				(excited -- relieved)
			Captain. The containment field
			has stabilized.

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FOUR        50.

89U  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Thank you, Lieutenant.

	Troi turns and looks at her captain and shipmates.

					TROI
			Then Ian was right. He was the
			cause.

					PICARD
			Apparently so.

	Troi pauses, gathering her feelings and picking her
	words carefully. She settles her emotions.

					TROI
			He is a life-force entity... as
			we passed each other in space he
			was curious and wanted to know
			about us, and he thought the best
			way to learn was to go through
			the process. To be born, to live
			as one of us and in that way to
			understand us.

	She pauses, then:

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Captain, he never meant any harm.

	Picard nods -- he knows that is true.

					RIKER
			There was a moment when you
			smiled.

					TROI
				(she smiles again)
			He said thank you.
				(she pauses)
			I told him we will miss him -- and
			I will.

	The others will also miss him.

									DISSOLVE BACK TO:

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/3/89 - ACT FOUR        51.

90
thru	OMITTED
94

95   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	CLOSE on Riker; WIDEN to include Troi and Pulaski, who
	are encouraged as they observe the panel showing
	Riker's nervous system. The highlighting has dimmed
	just a bit.

					PULASKI
			The growth rate has definitely
			slowed. What is he feeling? Can
			you tell?

					TROI
			Sadness.

					PULASKI
			Just the opposite of before --
			and it's having the opposite
			effect on the infection.

					TROI
			Then your theory is correct. The
			organisms are sensitive to
			different types of endorphins.

					PULASKI
			And negative emotions...

					TROI
			Such as sadness...

					PULASKI
			... produce endorphins that inhibit
			the organisms' growth.

					TROI
			Then we've found a way to repel
			the infection.

					PULASKI
			Assuming we're not already too
			late.

					TROI
			How much time do we have?

					PULASKI
			I'm not sure. His vital signs
			are getting weaker. I don't want
			to risk another dose of
			tricordrazine unless I have to...

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/3/89 - ACT FOUR       51A.

95   CONTINUED:

	Pulaski watches the vital signs for another beat, makes
	a decision. She adjusts the device.

					PULASKI (cont'd)
			I'm refocusing the pattern again.
			We need to isolate memories that
			generate stronger negative
			emotions.

95A  ON RIKER

	A quick, reflexive movement as the pattern of current
	changes --

									DISSOLVE TO:

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FOUR        52.

95B
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95D

95E  INT. PAGH - MAIN BRIDGE (STOCK, #134 SC. 33-33E)

	Riker and his escort enter onto the bridge.

	The same sparse but functional look. The bridge is
	manned by FIVE CREWMEMBERS at varying stations.
	Captain Kargan is seated in the Command Chair. SECOND
	OFFICER KLAG stands next to him. They are businesslike
	in their appraisal of Riker. Firm but not harsh.
	Riker steps forward.

					RIKER
			I am Commander William Riker of
			the Starship Enterprise.

					KARGAN
			That is incorrect.

					RIKER
				(beat)
			I don't understand.

					KARGAN
			You are Commander Riker, first
			officer of the Klingon Cruiser
			Pagh, or do you intend to
			disobey Federation orders?

					RIKER
			I have no such intentions,
			Captain.

					KARGAN
			Exactly where are your loyalties,
			Commander?

					RIKER
			I'm afraid I still don't
			understand.

	Kargan explains carefully in a low, calm voice.

					KARGAN
			This ship is equipped with our
			best weapons and our finest
			warriors. Although we are on a
			peaceful mission we are prepared
			to go into battle instantly.
					(more)

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FOUR        53.

95E  CONTINUED:

					KARGAN (cont'd)
			I know I can count on every
			Klingon warrior in this crew to
			serve and die in that battle.
			So I ask again Commander Riker,
				(beat)
			where are your loyalties?

					RIKER
			I have been assigned here to serve
			this ship and to obey your orders.
			I will do exactly that.

					KARGAN
			Will you take an oath to that
			effect?

					RIKER
				(meets his gaze)
			I just did.

	Klag interjects firmly to Captain Kargan.

					KLAG
			yI-Har-Qo! nep-we' ghaH! (Do
			not believe him! He lies!)

					KARGAN
				(to Klag)
			Hol-chaj yI-jatlh. (Speak in
			their language.)
				(to Riker)
			This is your second officer,
			Lieutenant Klag.

					RIKER
			Was there something you wanted
			to say to me, Lieutenant?

					KLAG
			Yes sir.
				(beat)
			I don't believe you.

					RIKER
			Then I take it you challenge my
			authority over you.

					KLAG
			Correct.

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FOUR        54.

95E  CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(to Kargan)
			And your position in this,
			Captain?

					KARGAN
				(with disdain)
			I would call it your first command
			decision.

	Riker looks around the Main Bridge at the other
	crewmembers.

95F  RIKER'S POV

	The Klingon crewmembers watch him, waiting to see his
	reaction to this challenge.

95G  SCENE

	Riker eyes the arrogant stance and size of Klag who
	gives him an insubordinate snort. Riker realizes he
	has no choice. He deftly, with no advance warning or
	aggressive motion, swings a two-handed blow with his
	full strength and lands a monstrous blow across the
	chest of Klag.

95H  SERIES OF CUTS

	The sound of the blow against Klag's chest armor echoes
	through the bridge and is followed by the roar of his
	breath leaving his body, and then his bulk smashing
	against the bulkhead and slipping to the ground.

	Riker calmly steps around the still-seated captain and
	steps in front of Klag who is struggling to his feet.

	Klag is almost to his feet when Riker swings again,
	this time taking the legs out from under Klag who drops
	to the ground again.

	The crewmembers are animated and watch the fight with
	relish, not caring who wins or loses but that there is
	combat.

	Riker looks over to the captain.

	Captain Kargan simply sits back and allows it to
	continue.

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FOUR        55.

95H  CONTINUED:

	Riker turns back to the dazed but still active Klag who
	is once more attempting to get to his feet.

	Riker eyes the combatant with a calculated but
	astonished eye. Klag can barely stand but bravely
	fights for balance. Riker shrugs, and rams his fist
	into Klag's stomach, then drops him with another
	double-handed blow over the head.

95I  SCENE

	Kargan applauds with a grunt and a motion of his head.

	Klag is awake but prone. He struggles to his feet,
	manages to prop himself against the wall. Klag gives
	Riker as much a look of respect as he is able...

95J  ON RIKER

					RIKER
			My oath is between Captain Kargan
			and myself. Your only concern
			is how to obey my orders.
				(beat)
			Or do you prefer the rank of
			prisoner over that of lieutenant?

	Klag calculates Riker carefully, then:

					KLAG
			I will take your orders.

	Riker nods his acceptance. Klag returns it. Kargan
	interjects:

					KARGAN
			And you, Commander Riker, will
			obey my orders.

					RIKER
			Agreed, Captain Kargan.

	Riker turns away from the captain, and when no one can
	see him he lets his breath out.

95K  INT. QUINN'S GUEST QUARTERS (STOCK, #125 SC. 71)

	Quinn is sitting on the sofa, blankly staring into his
	slightly opened briefcase. Riker ENTERS, catching him
	off guard...

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FOUR        56.

95K  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Ready for your tour, Admiral?

	Quinn quickly stands, but Riker has seen the
	briefcase...

					QUINN
			Quite ready, Commander.

					RIKER
			What's in the case?

	From where he stands, Riker can barely see a few
	delicate-looking tendrils coming out of its opening...
	He looks at the admiral somewhat suspiciously...

					QUINN
				(thoughtful)
			Actually... I brought this for
			Doctor Crusher. But perhaps you'd
			like you to see it first?

					RIKER
				(slowly moving closer)
			What is it?

					QUINN
			A form of life. Discovered quite
			accidentally by a survey team on
			a distant uncharted planet.

					RIKER
			Why haven't we heard anything
			about that?

					QUINN
			Oh, you'll be hearing more about
			it shortly. But first there is
			much scientific study to be done.
			After all, this is a superior
			life-form.

					RIKER
			Superior?

					QUINN
			Totally.
				(voice grows hard)
			Now come, Riker. Take a good
			look.

	Riker stands where he is, uncertain of what to do.

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FOUR        57.

95K  CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			I think I'll summon our science
			officer --

					QUINN
			It won't like your science
			officer. It likes you.
				(rises, grabs Riker's
				 arm)
			Now look!

	Riker looks down at his arm and grimaces; Quinn is
	squeezing it with tremendous force. Riker grasps the
	old man's wrist and tries to pull it off him... he
	can't.

					QUINN
				(dark smile)
			Vitamins. They do wonders for
			the body.

	RIKER CRIES OUT -- it feels like Quinn is crushing his
	arm. Unable to break free, HE RAISES HIS OTHER ARM TO
	STRIKE the admiral. Riker's BLOW IS BLOCKED and QUINN
	responds by effortlessly THROWING HIM backwards toward
	the wall. The FIRST OFFICER hits it at breakneck speed
	and CRUMPLES TO THE FLOOR, severely dazed...

					QUINN
				(dry -- evil smile)
			Ahh, your life is so painful now.
			But soon you'll be one of us.

	Before Riker can clear his head, QUINN ATTACKS again
	-- rapping him across the chin WITH A KARATE KICK.
	Riker staggers to his feet -- Quinn swings from the
	heels with a sure knockout blow... RIKER DUCKS under
	it and puts all his weight behind a powerful PUNCH to
	THE ADMIRAL'S solar plexus.

	For a moment, Quinn seems effected, sucking in his
	stomach and gasping for air... But it quickly passes
	and he straightens and smiles at a disbelieving Riker,
	before DEALING HIM A vicious double fisted BACKHAND.

	Riker hits his communicator.

					RIKER
				(pained, weak)
			Riker to security. Emergency --

	QUINN'S final blow KNOCKS RIKER OUT before he can say
	another word...

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FOUR        58.

95L  EXT. PLANET SURFACE (STOCK FROM #122 SCENE 51C)

	ARMUS HAS MOVED OFF THE SHUTTLE AND as it APPROACHES
	THE GROUP, Riker suddenly feels a great force pull him.
	He calls out. Data MOVES to help him.

					ARMUS
				(as slime)
			Touch him and he dies.

	As the away team watches, Riker -- fighting with all
	his might -- is pulled inexorably toward the slime. From
	the other direction, Armus also MOVES toward the hole.
	As the creature's SHRIEK joins RIKER'S SCREAM, the two
	SLIP INTO THE SLIME HOLE and DISAPPEAR.

	For a beat there is nothing. Then: WE CAN SEE only
	RIKER'S FACE PRESSED AGAINST THE SKIN.

					DATA
			Enterprise, ARMUS has enveloped
			Commander Riker.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			I'm beaming you up!

					ARMUS
			If any of you leave now, he dies.
			And so do the survivors of the
			crash.

	The team REACTS.

									DISSOLVE BACK TO:

96
thru	OMITTED
106

107  INT. SICKBAY

	CLOSE on the unconscious Riker, under terrific stress
	-- his muscles tensed, his face sweating.

108  WIDER (OPTICAL)

	to include Pulaski and Troi. On the wall panel, the
	highlighting showing the organism's presence has
	remained the same.

					PULASKI
			We've reduced the growth rate
			even further... but not enough.

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/3/89 - ACT FOUR        59.

109  ON PULASKI

	checking the monitor. She's concerned about Riker's
	low and erratic vital signs.

					PULASKI
			And his vital signs are
			deteriorating.

					TROI
			But we've isolated the specific
			areas to stimulate. The feelings
			were very primal... survival
			emotions.

					PULASKI
			They must be producing a type of
			endorphin that's poisonous to the
			organisms.

					TROI
			Can you intensify those emotions?

					PULASKI
				(nods)
			I can refocus the impulse pattern
			even tighter.

	She glances again at the vital signs monitor.

					PULASKI (cont'd)
			But I don't know if he can
			withstand it. He's extremely
			weak.

					TROI
			Do we have a choice?

	Pulaski moves to the device, prepares to activate it
	once again.

					PULASKI
			No. If we don't neutralize the
			infection within half an hour,
			he'll be dead.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/4/89 - ACT FIVE        60.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

109A EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (STOCK OPTICAL)

	In orbit.

					PULASKI (V.O.)
			Medical log, supplemental.
			Commander Riker's condition is
			still critical.

110  INT. SICKBAY

	Pulaski is preparing to give Riker another zap from the
	device.

					PULASKI (V.O., cont'd)
			I've discovered a way to reverse
			the infection's growth rate --
			but I may be too late.

	Everything's ready. Pulaski glances at the monitor
	as she works. Troi can see that Pulaski isn't pleased
	with Riker's vital signs:

					TROI
			He's getting weaker, isn't he?

					PULASKI
				(nods)
			Respiration shallow, heartbeat
			extremely irregular.

	She shakes her head.

					PULASKI (cont'd)
			But we can't delay any longer...

	Troi nods agreement. Pulaski activates the device.

111  PUSH IN ON RIKER

	unconscious, but growing rigid as the current is
	applied.

									DISSOLVE TO:

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/3/89 - ACT FIVE       60A.

111A
thru	OMITTED
111B

111C INT. GUEST QUARTERS (STOCK FROM #123 SCENE 56B)

	T'Jon then turns and grabs Riker's shoulder in a death
	grip. WE SEE Riker immobilized by an ELECTRICAL
	CHARGE.

					T'JON
			Take us to our planet -- leave us
			there with our medicine or this
			person dies.

	Picard takes a STEP FORWARD, then STOPS.

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FIVE        61.

111C CONTINUED:

					T'JON
				(continuing)
			Don't you see -- I have no choice.
			We were sent to bring back the
			Felicium. The suffering on my
			planet is too great. People are
			dying. It doesn't matter any more
			whether we are entitled to the
			Felicium... we have to have it.

					PICARD
			Let him go.

					T'JON
			Take us there now -- or give us
			a shuttle -- but we must have the
			medicine... if you refuse, this
			person dies.

					PICARD
			I will not be coerced.

					T'JON
			I'll do it. I'll kill him.

	The strain of the pressure is all over T'Jon.

					PICARD
				(calmly)
			No you won't. You're not a
			killer.

	T'Jon releases Riker, who sags a little, then catches
	his balance. Beverly goes to his assistance.

111D EXT. PLANET SURFACE (STOCK, #121 SC. 13A-22)

	Riker and Captain Rice.

					RICE
			Commander Riker, those answers
			make no sense.

					RIKER
			You haven't used my first name
			once, Paul.

	There is a slight hesitation.

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FIVE        62.

111D CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			You remember it, don't you?

	No response. Rice looks confused.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			You don't, because you don't even
			exist. You're a fake -- an image
			of the original! Aren't you?...
			Answer me!

	Rice twitches -- a slight REACTION, then SUDDENLY:

111E NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The image of Captain Rice DISAPPEARS and is REPLACED BY
	A WEAPON-LIKE OBJECT. IT QUICKLY MOVES several meters
	away.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Report, Number One.

					RIKER
			The image of Rice has been
			replaced by something which is
			hovering several meters away.

111F EXT. PLANET SURFACE (OPTICAL)

	Riker and the others set to beam up.

					RIKER
			Prepare to beam up.

					TASHA
			Commander.

	He looks as she indicates a direction. The WEAPON IS
	MOVING toward them. Before anyone can answer, THE
	WEAPON FIRES.

111G CLOSE ON RIKER (OPTICAL)

	The BEAM HITS HIM. He STIFFENS -- and BECOMES ENCASED
	IN AN ENERGY FIELD.

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FIVE        63.

111H EXT. PLANET SURFACE - ANGLE ON TASHA (OPTICAL)

	She FIRES ON THE WEAPON AND DESTROYS IT.

111I FULL SHOT - AWAY TEAM

	Picard's VOICE is heard.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(tense, tight)
			What just happened down there?
			Number One! Report!

111J EXT. PLANET SURFACE (OPTICAL)

	Tasha and Data APPROACH him. They monitor the energy
	field with their tricorders.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Report! Report!

	Tasha and Data examine the energy field.

					TASHA
			He can't answer you, Captain.

					DATA
			Commander Riker has been encased
			in some kind of energy field.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Is he alive?

	Data and Tasha continue to examine the energy field
	containing the inert form of Commander William T.
	Riker.

					DATA
			Unknown.

111K POV (STOCK, #107 SC. 42-43)

	Backlit by LIGHTNING, THREE SMALL, HAIRLESS HUMANOIDS
	with protruding cupped ears, dressed in strange
	clothing. They are armed with odd whip-like weapons.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			Who are you?

	At that, the leader snaps his whip toward them,
	unleashing a rippling electro-plasmic WAVE that races
	TOWARD CAMERA (OPTICAL).

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/3/89 - ACT FIVE        64.

111L CLOSE - OUR TEAM

	Riker, Data and lucky-day Geordi are whacked with the
	WAVE all together... putting Geordi back to sleep.
	Data falls unconscious, too. Riker fights it but is
	hit again, and falls, unconscious.

									DISSOLVE BACK TO:

112
thru	OMITTED
114

115  INT. SICKBAY - ON RIKER

	his every muscle taut.

116  WIDER (OPTICAL)

	Pulaski examines the wall panel. The highlighting
	showing the organisms' progress hasn't changed.

					PULASKI
			The growth rate's down to seven
			percent.

	She checks the monitor. The vital signs are going
	crazy.

					PULASKI (cont'd)
			But the organisms are still
			impairing his neural functions.
			Respiration is erratic, pulse
			grossly irregular, blood pressure
			almost nil.

	She makes a decision, turns to a medical crewman:

					PULASKI (cont'd)
			Tricordrazine.

	The medical crewman hands her the hypospray. Pulaski
	injects Riker, looks at the monitor, shakes her head --
	vital signs are better, but still not good.

					TROI
			Can we tighten the pattern
			further?

	Pulaski considers, nods, and makes an adjustment to
	the device, intensifying the pattern of current.

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FIVE        65.

117  ON RIKER

	sweating more profusely.

									DISSOLVE TO:

117A INT. ENGINEERING (STOCK FROM #116 SCENE 70)

	The destruct computer is separate from the main
	computer and is used for this type of emergency only.

					COMPUTER
			Recognize Picard, Jean-Luc,
			Captain...
				(pause)
			Recognize Riker, William T.,
			Commander.

					PICARD
			Set auto-destruct sequence.

					COMPUTER
			Does the first officer concur?

					RIKER
			... Yes. Set auto-destruct
			sequence -- now!

	A small sign ILLUMINATES "AUTO-DESTRUCT IN (TIME)."

					COMPUTER
			Auto-destruct will detonate in
			four minutes and fifty-nine
			seconds... four minutes and
			fifty-eight seconds... four
			minutes and fifty-seven seconds...

					PICARD
			Let's go. The only place we can
			stop the count is from the bridge.

117B INT. MAIN BRIDGE (STOCK FROM #128 SCENE 117A)

	There is the familiar starfield on the viewscreen as
	Picard enters from the turbolift.

	Geordi and Pulaski are not present. The AFT PANELS
	FLASH that AUTO-DESTRUCT is ENGAGED.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Thirty seconds to auto-destruct.

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FIVE        66.

117B CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Captain, we are clear of the void.
			You may stop the auto-destruct.

					PICARD
			Data, on any heading -- warp six
			-- now!

117C EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (STOCK OPTICAL)

	stretches into warp.

117D INT. MAIN BRIDGE (STOCK FROM #128 SCENE 117E)

	Picard's resolve is undiminished.

					RIKER
			Captain.

					PICARD
			I don't believe it, Number One.
			It could still be part of the
			illusion. Data, report.

					DATA
			All navigational systems confirm
			-- we are at warp six -- on
			course...

	No one even breathes for a long moment...

117E INT. MAIN BRIDGE - (STOCK FROM #143 SCENE 60B & 60D)

	Riker stands before the viewscreen, Worf ready at his
	station as they hear:

					COMPUTER (V.O.)
			Seventeen... sixteen...
			fifteen... fourteen...

					WORF
			Firing sequence proceeding, sir.

					RIKER
			Hold fast.

					COMPUTER (V.O.)
			Eleven... ten... nine...

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FIVE        67.

117E CONTINUED:

	Riker reacts to what he sees on the viewscreen, looks
	to Worf as they listen to:

					COMPUTER (V.O.)
			six... five... four... three...

	Tension mounts as:

									QUICK CUT TO:

117F INT. BATRIS - ENGINEERING (STOCK, #120 SC. 47-56)

	The Klingon, KORRIS, moves forward to begin formalized
	greetings.

					KORRIS
			I am Korris.

					RIKER
			We'll handle the formalities later
			-- right now we have to get off this
			ship. Are there any others still
			alive?

					KORRIS
			No.

	Data APPEARS in the torn hatchway.

					DATA
			I believe there is a quicker way
			out of here.

					GEORDI
			Let's go.

	Riker indicates a third figure on the floor.

					RIKER
			Check him Data.

	Data steps over and scans the figure with his
	tricorder.

					DATA
			He is alive -- but just barely.

					RIKER
			Pick him up and let's get out of
			here.

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FIVE        68.

117F CONTINUED:

	Data starts to lift the stricken man. Korris steps
	up beside Data.

					KORRIS
			No. I will carry him.

					DATA
			As you wish.

	INT. BATRIS - CORRIDOR

	as the group hurries through the debris. There is
	a BOILING, RUMBLING EFFECT on the ship.

					GEORDI
			We're out of time, Commander --
			the ship's going to blow.

					RIKER
			Transporter Room, have you got
			a lock on us?

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			Not yet. Too much interference.
			You have to get farther away from
			the Engineering section.

	Behind them there is an ominous change in the GAS
	BUILDUP.

	INT. BATRIS - CORRIDOR

	They come to a bend in the corridor, turn the corner
	and bump into a solid wall of debris.

					RIKER
			End of the line. Transporter
			Room, we've gone as far as we can.
			Get us off -- now!

	The away team and the Klingons stand ready to beam.

	INT. BATRIS - CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	The BEAM OUT BEGINS, then STOPS, then TRIES TO START
	again.

	INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Tasha shakes her head in frustration, makes an attempt
	to fine-tune her equipment and tries again.

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FIVE        69.

117F CONTINUED: (2)

	INT. BATRIS - CORRIDOR

	A CLOUD BOILS up at the end of the corridor. There
	is a CRACKLING SOUND, followed by a RUMBLE.

	ANGLE ON THE AWAY TEAM

	They REACT.

	EXT. SPACE - THE BATRIS (OPTICAL)

	As it BLOWS UP.

									QUICK CUT TO:

117G EXT. SPACE (STOCK, #103 SC. 108-130)

	The Enterprise and the Tsiolkovsky are still tied by
	the tractor beam, motionless. Riker's voice reveals
	the strain he is under.

					RIKER'S VOICE
			Ship's log, First Officer Riker.
			The star has begun disintegrating.
			Enterprise will be destroyed
			unless it can be moved out of the
			path of the star material
			hurtling...

	EXT. SPACE - EXPLODED MASS OF MATERIAL (OPTICAL)

	It is large, irregularly shaped, moving very fast as it
	was hurled off the star's surface with more power than
	a hydrogen bomb. To gain a sense of size, it should
	BLOCK OUT A WHOLE SECTION OF THE STARFIELD as it PASSES
	CAMERA.

					RIKER'S VOICE
				(continuing)
			... toward us. Our only hope is
			for Lieutenant Commander Data in
			the time we have left, to regain
			his senses and reconnect engine
			power to the bridge.

	INT. ENGINEER'S OFFICE - ON MACDOUGAL

	She is on her knees on the floor, vainly trying to sort
	out which optical chips belong where.

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FIVE        70.

117G CONTINUED:

	ANGLE ON RIKER AND DATA

	as they ENTER FAST. MacDougal looks up at Riker,
	helplessly indicates the chip chaos. Data smiles at
	Wesley, who grins back cheerfully. Both are still
	smashed.

					WESLEY
			Hi, Mister Data.

					DATA
			Nice to see you, Wesley. What... ?

					RIKER
				(overlapping; urgently
				 indicating)
			Data! We need the engines on-line
			in a hurry, remember?

	Meanwhile, Riker is now beginning to perspire like
	others who have been "infected."

					WESLEY
			Oh yes, I remember too.
				(to Data)
			So, Data, if you don't mind...

					RIKER
				(fast; to Wesley)
			We've no time for courtesy!
				(fast; to Data)
			Get those damned control chips
			back in place, Data! In the
			correct order!

	Data hesitates, surprised at Riker shouting at him.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			NOW!

					WESLEY
				(to Data)
			It's like a game of "how fast can
			you do it?"

					DATA
			Ah, a game!

	Data begins selecting chips, beginning to move more
	and more rapidly. Wesley moves to the Engineering Room
	viewer, adjusts the controls there.

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FIVE        71.

117G CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			I think I can switch this to the
			Main Viewer, sir...

	ANOTHER ANGLE - VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	as it switches to a SHOT OF THE STAR MATERIAL IN
	DISTANCE BUT RACING TOWARD THEM.

	ANGLE EMPHASIZING RIKER

	turning from viewer to Data.

					RIKER
			We've got eight or nine minutes,
			at most, Data. Can you finish
			by then?

	ANGLE EMPHASIZING DATA

	If necessary, UNDERCRANK CAMERA now to show Data's
	hands are moving very fast. He seems to be calculating
	Riker's questions, then shakes his head without looking
	up:

					DATA
			No. This will take slightly more
			time than we have, sir.

	Riker becomes aware that his hand is wet, realizes he
	is "infected" too.

					RIKER
			Dammit, NO! I can't afford to
			get it!

	He stands, sways, grabs for support.

	EXT. SPACE - MASS OF MATERIAL FROM STAR (OPTICAL)

	hurtling through space -- too fast.

	CLOSE ON DATA AND HIS HANDS

	UNDERCRANK CAMERA. His hands are flying -- almost a
	blur. More and and more of the isolinear optical chips
	are set in the command computer board.

					DATA
			If we had just a minute more,
			sir...

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/2/89 - ACT FIVE        72.

117G CONTINUED: (3)

	ANGLE ON WESLEY

	He looks up toward Engineering Room viewer.

	CLOSE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The mass of star material closer, hurtling toward them.

	WIDER ANGLE

	as Picard bursts in, presses his hypo against
	MacDougal, then Riker, then another person, etc.

					RIKER
			We didn't make it, Captain. If
			we had just a minute or so more...

	EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE, TSIOLKOVSKY (OPTICAL)

	with the star material looming large as it rushes down
	upon them.

	INT. ENGINEER'S OFFICE - ON WESLEY

	His fingers begin to dance on the panel.

					WESLEY
			Yes, then reversing power leads,
			back through the force
			activator... repulser beam hard
			against the Tsiolkovsky...

	EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE, TSIOLKOVSKY (OPTICAL)

	The Tsiolkovsky now begins drifting to one side,
	beginning to spin clear with the Enterprise moving away
	from it.

	INT. ENGINEER'S OFFICE - WIDE ANGLE

	Riker eyes the viewer in surprise.

					RIKER
			We're pushing away!

	Data lifts his hands from the command computer board.
	The isolinear optical chips GLOW on the board.

					RIKER
				(continuing; into
				 communicator)
			Bridge, engage engines!

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/3/89 - ACT FIVE        73.

117G CONTINUED: (4)

	EXT. SPACE - TSIOLKOVSKY AND MASS OF MATERIAL

	The mass of material crashes into the Tsiolkovsky.
	Her warp and impulse engines EXPLODE SIMULTANEOUSLY
	on impact in a mighty BLAZE OF LIGHT. But Enterprise
	is accelerating out of trouble.

									CUT TO:

117H EXT. SPACE (STOCK OPTICAL FROM #137 SCENES 5 & 6)

	as a galaxy class starship (USS Yamato) explodes in
	a blinding flash. When the flash subsides, we have a
	forward view of space and a barrage of fiery objects
	hurtling toward us. Suddenly the saucer section,
	engulfed in flames and explosions, sails past us...

									DISSOLVE BACK TO:

118
thru	OMITTED
120

121  INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	CLOSE on Riker, pale and deathly. WIDEN to reveal
	Troi and Pulaski. Troi looks at the wall panel:

					TROI
				(optimistic)
			The growth rate's almost zero.

	Pulaski shakes her head with determination --

					PULASKI
			That's not good enough.

	-- and makes one more adjustment to the device.

122  RIKER

	He looks like a fighter after a series of hard jabs,
	and the memories now rush at him.

									DISSOLVE TO:

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/3/89 - ACT FIVE       73A.

123  RIKER'S MENTAL POV

	A BLINDING CACOPHONY of juxtaposed IMAGES -- VOICES --
	PIECES OF SCENES. The tempo quickens, builds to a
	climax, and --

									SMASH CUT TO:

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/4/89 - ACT FIVE        74.

124  INT. SICKBAY - CLOSE ON RIKER

	as his body jerks in a massive convulsion --

125  WIDER ANGLE

	as Riker's vital signs jump -- then slowly begin
	returning to normal levels. Pulaski, surprised, turns
	to the wall panel --

126  CLOSE ON THE WALL DISPLAY (OPTICAL)

	The highlighting is gone.

127  ON PULASKI AND TROI

	astounded. Pulaski runs the scanner over Riker's body
	to confirm. She taps a com panel:

					PULASKI
			Sickbay to bridge.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Go ahead, Doctor.

					PULASKI
			We've eradicated the infection.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			I'm on my way.

127A EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (STOCK OPTICAL)

	Yes, still in orbit.

128  INT. SICKBAY - CLOSE ON RIKER

	as the device is rolled away. His eyes open. He's
	exhausted, but aware.

129  OMITTED

130  WIDER

	as Riker sees Troi looking at him with concern. He
	smiles at her to reassure her.

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/4/89 - ACT FIVE       74A.

130  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			You still here?

					TROI
				(relieved)
			I could ask you the same question.

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/4/89 - ACT FIVE        75.

130  CONTINUED: (2)

	Pulaski steps up.

					PULASKI
			How do you feel?

					RIKER
			Beat. You wouldn't believe the
			dreams I've been having...

					TROI
			Yes, we would.

					PULASKI
			You'll be pleased to know that
			we've terminated the infection.

					RIKER
			Great work, Doctor.

	Riker tries to move, realizes his head is nailed down.

					RIKER (cont'd)
			Now, if you'll let me get out of
			here and back to work...

					PULASKI
			Lie still. I have a few dozen
			tests to run first.

	In b.g., Picard and Data ENTER.

					RIKER
			Why? I feel fine.

					PULASKI
			There may be some residual memory
			loss. I just want to make sure
			you still know who you are.

					RIKER
			Of course I know who I am. I'm
			Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the
			USS Enterprise.

131  ON PICARD AND DATA

	stepping up to Riker.

        STAR TREK: "Shades of Gray" - REV. 5/4/89 - ACT FIVE        76.

131  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Delighted you're feeling better,
			Captain.
				(re: Data)
			The admiral and I were worried
			about you.

	Data gives Picard a confused look.

					DATA
			Sir, I do not believe you have
			the authority to promote me to
			the rank of admiral.

	As Picard and Riker exchange a smile, we --

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                   "The Ensigns of Command" 
                          #40273-149 
                              
                          Written by 
                         H. B. Savage 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                    3RD REVISED FINAL DRAFT
 
                         JULY 13, 1989

   STAR TREK: "The Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/14/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                   "The Ensigns of Command" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD                 SHELIAK
                RIKER                  
                DATA                   ARD'RIAN
                BEVERLY                GOSHEVEN
                TROI                   HARITATH
                GEORDI                 KENTOR
                WORF                   
                WESLEY                 Non-Speaking
                                         ENGINEERS (2)
                O'BRIEN                  OTHER LOCALS (26)
   
                Non-Speaking           
                  A VULCAN VIOLINIST     YOUNG BOY (age 12)
                  A WOMAN VIOLIST        BOY'S MOTHER
                  N.D. CREWMEMBERS (12)  
                  SUPERNUMERARIES (CONN & OPS)

   STAR TREK: "The Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/14/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                   "The Ensigns of Command" 
                      
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              TEN FORWARD              TAU CYGNA FIVE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE         FRONTIER TOWN
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM       TOWN SQUARE
                                         AQUEDUCT
                                         PUMPING STATION
            TAU CYGNA FIVE               DATA'S SHUTTLE
              ARD'RIAN'S FRONT ROOM
                                       SHELIAK WARSHIP
            SHELIAK WARSHIP

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/14/89 PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                   "The Ensigns of Command" 
                 
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              ARD'RIAN               ARD-ree-an
              ARMENS                 ARE-mens
              ARTEMIS                ARE-tih-mus
              GOSHEVEN               GO-sheh-ven
              HARITATH               HAH-ree-tath
              KENTOR                 KEN-tor
              SHELIA                 Shell-LEE-ah
              SHELIAK                SHELL-lee-awk
              S'SMARITH              Ss-sa-MAH-rith
              TEREMI-BOSONS          Teh-REH-mee-BOH-suns

   STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/13/89 - TEASER   1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                   "The Ensigns of Command"                        
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Moving at impulse near some extraordinarily interesting
	astronomical object.

2    INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Present are PICARD, BEVERLY, and TWELVE N.D.
	CREWMEMBERS. A VULCAN and ONE WOMAN are seated,
	holding their instruments -- a violin and a viola.
	O'BRIEN tunes his cello. DATA ENTERS carrying a
	violin. He checks at the door, startled to see the
	captain. Picard beckons, and Data crosses to him.

					DATA
			Captain, Doctor, I am honored by
			your presence, but may I suggest
			you attend the second concert.

					BEVERLY
			Why, Data?

					DATA
			Ensign Ortiz will perform the
			violin part. My rendition will
			be less enjoyable.

					PICARD
			Oh?

					DATA
			While I am quite proficient
			Technically, according to my
			fellow performers, I lack soul.

					BEVERLY
			Data, telling us why you're going
			to fail before you make the
			attempt is never wise.

					DATA
			But is not honesty always the
			preferred choice?

   STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/14/89 - TEASER   2.

2    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Excessive honesty can be
			disastrous... particularly in a
			commander.

					DATA
				(very intrigued)
			Indeed?

					PICARD
			Knowing your limitations is one
			thing. Advertising them to a crew
			can damage your ability to lead.

					DATA
			Because you lose their respect?

					BEVERLY
			No, because you may begin to
			believe in those limitations
			yourself.

	Data considers this, then moves to take his place with
	the other performers.

2A   ANGLE ON PICARD AND BEVERLY

	O.s., the string quartet TUNES. There is the SOUND of
	the communicator hail.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Captain, we're receiving a message
			from the Sheliak Corporate.

	Picard reacts with surprise, stands and EXITS. As he
	leaves, the quartet starts to PLAY.

									CUT TO:

3    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard ENTERS. RIKER and WORF at their usual stations.
	Supernumeraries at CONN and OPS.

   STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/14/89 - TEASER   3.

3    CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Origin point of the message
			confirmed. It is from the Shelia
			star system.

					RIKER
			The Sheliak have not attempted
			to communicate with the Federation
			for a hundred and eleven years.

					PICARD
			On screen.

4    ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	What appears is the text of a treaty. English on one
	side, Sheliak on the other. Sheliak is not symbols
	as we know them, but rather a pattern of lights. A
	recorded message begins.

					SHELIAK VOICE
			Federation creatures, there are
			humans on the fifth planet of Tau
			Cygna. This planet was ceded
			to the corporate in section one
			hundred and thirty-three,
			paragraph seventy-seven of the
			Treaty of Armens. We will begin
			settlement of this world in four
			days. Remove the humans.

	Riker is up, and heading for Science One.

					PICARD
			What the devil --

					SHELIAK VOICE
			Federation creatures, there are
			humans on the fifth planet --

					PICARD
			Cancel message.

	Inquiring look to Riker.

					RIKER
			Tau Cygna Five is in the de Laure
			belt -- heavy concentrations of
			hyperonic radiation.

   STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/14/89 - TEASER   4.

4    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Humans can't survive in such an
			environment. Exposure to
			hyperonic radiation is fatal.

					RIKER
			Then the Sheliak are asking us
			to chase ghosts.

					PICARD
			No, Number One. The Sheliak
			haven't broken a century of
			silence to send us after phantoms.
			An investigation is in order.
			Set course for Tau Cygna Five.

	Off Picard's expression:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF THE TEASER                        

   STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/19/89 - ACT ONE   5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	entering orbit around a planet.

6    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Beverly and Worf. Supernumerary
	at CONN.

					WORF
			Human life form readings from the
			planet.

					RIKER
			So, the Sheliak weren't
			hallucinating.

					PICARD
			Numbers?

					WORF
			Impossible to get an accurate
			reading, Captain. The high
			radiation levels are disrupting
			our sensors.

					DATA
			Hyperonic radiation also
			interferes with ship's
			transporters; they are now
			inoperable.

					WORF
			So are the ship's phasers.

					RIKER
			How can humans survive down there?

					BEVERLY
			They must have found a way to
			adapt.
				(thinks it over)
			Milan's work in radiation
			sensitivity suggests it's
			possible. Perhaps with extensive
			virotherapy...
				(grimly)
			Until they found the answer, their
			mortality rate must have been
			staggering.

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/18/79 - ACT ONE  6.

6    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Well, whoever they are and however
			they've survived, we've got to
			get them off the planet.

					RIKER
			By treaty, this world does belong
			to the Sheliak...

					PICARD
			... who are within their rights
			to demand the removal of these
			"trespassers."

					RIKER
			And if we don't remove them, the
			Sheliak will.

					BEVERLY
			How forcefully?

					RIKER
			To the Sheliak, humans are a lower
			life form. They'd have no
			compunctions about exterminating
			the intruders.

	Beverly is taken aback. Riker's dead serious.

					PICARD
			Mister Data. As you are unaffected
			by hyperonic radiation, you will
			go to the planet via shuttlecraft
			and commence evacuation
			procedures.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Without a word wasted the android is out of his chair,
	and EXITS the bridge.

					PICARD
			Any speculation as to what he'll
			find, Number One?

					RIKER
			A lost survey ship would be my
			guess. A dozen or so survivors
			at most.

									CUT TO:

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/17/89 - ACT ONE  6A.

7    EXT. PLANET SURFACE - SHUTTLE LANDING SITE - DAY

	Data is outside the shuttle, scanning with his
	tricorder.

7A   NEW ANGLE

	as HARITATH and KENTOR (two male humans) and TWO N.D.
	WORKERS cautiously approach the shuttle from the other
	side (the shuttle blocks their view of Data).

					HARITATH
				(in wonder)
			A shuttlecraft!

					KENTOR
			Where's it from?

					HARITATH
			Look at the markings. I think
			it's from the Federation.

	Data steps into their view from around the shuttle.

					DATA
			Hello.

	The four humans jump, startled.

					HARITATH
			We saw your ship... You're the
			first visitor we've had in...

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/14/89 - ACT ONE  7.

7A   CONTINUED: (2)

					KENTOR
			The first visitor we've ever had.

	They take a closer look at Data.

					HARITATH
			You're -- not human.

					DATA
			That is correct. I am an android.
			I am Lieutenant Commander Data
			of the Federation Starship
			Enterprise.

					HARITATH
				(excited)
			Our great-grandparents were
			citizens of the Federation.
				(realizing)
			But you don't want to waste time
			talking to us...

					KENTOR
			You'll want to speak with
			Gosheven. We'll take you to him.

					DATA
			Excellent.

					HARITATH
			I'm sure the Federation will be
			very proud of us. Wait until you
			see all we've accomplished.

					DATA
			And who, precisely, is "we?"

					HARITATH
			You don't know? No, I guess you
			wouldn't, would you? We are the
			descendants of the original
			settlers -- from the colony ship
			Artemis.

									CUT TO:

8    INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Worf in their usual places. Riker at
	Science One. Supernumeraries at Conn and Ops.

   STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/19/89 - ACT ONE   8.

8    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Got it. The Artemis, launched one
			hundred forty-two years ago,
			destination Septimis Minor. When
			they failed to check in, Starfleet
			began an extensive search.

					PICARD
			What carried the Artemis so far
			off course?

9    EXT. PLANET SURFACE - SHUTTLE LANDING SITE - DAY

	Haritath and Kentor wait patiently for Data to finish
	him communication.

					DATA
			My local informant does not know.
			In the early days survival on Tau
			Cygna Five was more important than
			history.

10   INTERCUTS

					PICARD
			Understood. How many are there?

					DATA
			Approximately fifteen thousand.

	Reactions from the bridge crew. Now they really have
	got a problem.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			We've only got three days.
			Without working transporters, we
			couldn't have them out in time.

					PICARD
			Shuttles?

	Worf does some figuring on his console.

					WORF
			Loading all the Enterprise
			shuttlecraft to capacity --
			evacuation would take four weeks,
			four days.

   STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/24/89 - ACT ONE   9.

10   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Then we need more time. Mister
			Data, prepare the colonists for
			an evacuation.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

	Picard closes the com line.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Mister Worf, get me the Sheliak.

					WORF
			Their home world is quite distant,
			Captain. This will take some
			time.

									CUT TO:

11   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - MAIN STREET - DAY

	The main pumping station of Tau Cygna V. In the
	distance are mountains. A thin white line descends
	from the mountains, and as it comes closer we realize
	it is an aqueduct. Along the line of the aqueduct are
	lush fields, a veritable Garden of Eden, which ends
	like a knife-cut and the desert returns. It culminates
	in a strange cubistic-shaped purifying station. In a
	pool, the water churns into a white froth.

	GOSHEVEN, the leader, supervises TWO WORKERS testing
	the water in the pool.

	Data, Haritath, and Kentor approach.

					HARITATH
			Gosheven, look what's come --

	Gosheven sees Data, looks him up and down very
	carefully. Gosheven's as surprised as Haritath was,
	but keeps a lid on it -- Data may represent a threat,
	so Gosheven's attempting a poker face.

					DATA
			Lieutenant Commander Data of the
			Starship Enterprise.

   STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/20/89 - ACT ONE   10.

11   CONTINUED:

					KENTOR
			He's an android.

					GOSHEVEN
			So he is.
				(a beat)
			Well, you're here -- what do you
			want?

					DATA
			My mission is to prepare this
			colony for evacuation.

	Reactions from the men. Gosheven is calm, almost
	amused:

					GOSHEVEN
			Why?

					DATA
			Because this planet belongs to
			the Sheliak.

					GOSHEVEN
			And just who is this Sheliak?

					DATA
			The term is plural. The Sheliak
			are an intelligent, non-humanoid
			life form, classification R-3 --

					GOSHEVEN
				(interrupting)
			This colony's been here for a
			hundred and forty years -- and
			no one's ever seen a Sheliak.
			I'd say that makes Tau Cygna
			Five our planet. (ALTERNATE:
			ninety years)

					DATA
			But the original destination of
			the Artemis was Septimis Minor.

					GOSHEVEN
			The guidance systems on the
			Artemis failed -- and sent them
			off course. Far off course.
			Our ancestors were lucky to find
			any place to land.

   STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/24/89 - ACT ONE   11.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					HARITATH
			And when they did, the radiation
			started killing them.

					GOSHEVEN
			Hyperonic radiation took the lives
			of a third of the colonists before
			they learned they could adapt
			to it.

					KENTOR
			But the colony survived -- and
			prospered.

					GOSHEVEN
				(with pride)
			Look around. We've brought
			water to the desert, built a
			community.

					DATA
			Your accomplishments are indeed
			remarkable. However, the
			Sheliak and the Federation
			have a treaty that clearly makes
			this planet Sheliak domain.

					GOSHEVEN
			Then change the treaty.

					DATA
			That may not be possible. The
			Sheliak wish to colonize this
			planet, and they are unwilling
			to share it with humans.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/24/89 - ACT ONE   12.

11   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA (cont'd)
			If you are still here when the
			Sheliak colony ship arrives,
			they will eradicate you.

	Haritath and Kentor exchange a worried glance, but
	Gosheven is unfazed.

					HARITATH
			They would kill us all?

					DATA
			They have little regard for
			human life. Thus, our most
			sensible course is to prepare a
			contingency plan for the
			evacuation of your people.

					GOSHEVEN
			We're not evacuating.

	Data is taken aback.

 STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/18/79 - ACT ONE 12A.

11   CONTINUED: (4)

					DATA
			Perhaps I have not made myself
			clear.

					GOSHEVEN
			Yes, you have. Now let me be
			equally clear. There's going
			to be no evacuation.
				(a beat)
			You've delivered your message --
			so go back to your ship. I have
			work to do.

	Gosheven returns to his work on the pumping station.

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/18/89 - ACT ONE  13.

11A  ON DATA

	as he considers his next move. Then -- an object comes
	flying at Data.

	With android speed and reflexes, Data catches the
	object and examines it. It is an iron bar.

					ARD'RIAN (O.S.)
			Nice catch. Wonderful reflexes.

	Data turns to see --

11B  WIDER

	ARD'RIAN, an attractive female, approaches.

					ARD'RIAN
			Sorry to test you like that --
			but I was curious.

					GOSHEVEN
				(amused)
			Found a new toy, have we, Ardy?

					ARD'RIAN
			Toy? This is the most incredible
			android I've ever seen.

					DATA
			Have you seen many?

					ARD'RIAN
			Actually, no. You're the first.

					GOSHEVEN
				(to Ard'rian)
			Only you would get this excited
			over a walking calculator.

					ARD'RIAN
				(bridling)
			He's more interesting than
			anything else walking around
			here...

	Gosheven CHUCKLES -- he's succeeded in getting under
	her skin.

					GOSHEVEN
			Depends on what you find
			interesting.

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/24/89 - ACT ONE  13A.

11B  CONTINUED:

	Ard'rian's had enough of Gosheven's male conceit. She
	moves away, motions for Data to follow. Data does.

					ARD'RIAN
				(to Data)
			Cybernetic intelligence fascinates
			me. Are your neural pathways
			duotronic?

					DATA
			No -- they are positronic.

					ARD'RIAN
			I didn't know that was possible!
			What's your memory capacity? How
			many operations per second? I
			have a million questions...

					DATA
			I am afraid I have no time to
			answer one million questions.
			I have a mission to accomplish.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/24/89 - ACT ONE   14.

11B  CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (cont'd)
			I need to know more about your
			people, and Gosheven seems
			unwilling to talk to me further.

					ARD'RIAN
				(extending a hand)
			I'm Ard'rian McKenzie. Perhaps
			I can help you.

	As Data shakes her hand, we:

									CUT TO:

12   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker and TROI are seated as GEORDI, O'Brien
	ENTER.

					RIKER
			Gentlemen, we're giving you an
			assignment, and the one thing we
			don't want to hear is that it is
			impossible.

	Riker defers to Picard. Geordi and O'Brien cast wary
	glances at Picard. Now what the hell is he going to
	want?

					PICARD
			I need the transporters to
			function despite the hyperonic
			radiation.

					GEORDI
			Impossi -- Yes, sir.

	Geordi and O'Brien EXIT. Riker, Troi and Picard study
	each other seriously.

					RIKER
			Even if we can get the Sheliak
			to talk to us, they're not likely
			to be accommodating.

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/13/89 - ACT ONE  15.

12   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Captain, when the treaty was
			negotiated the Federation sent
			three hundred and seventy-two
			legal experts. What have we got?

					PICARD
			Thee... and me.

	Off Troi's very dubious expression as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/14/89 - ACT TWO  16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

13   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Tau Cygna V.

14   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard pacing, Troi seated as they wait for the call.
	Worf at his station. Supernumeraries at Conn and Ops.

					WORF
			No response.

					PICARD
			Try again. Boost signal strength.

	Worf makes adjustments.

					WORF
			Sheliak Corporate. This is the
			Starship Enterprise. Respond
			please.

15   ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN - (OPTICAL)

	as it changes from a view of stars to -- someplace? a
	bridge? Wherever the SHELIAK are calling from it is
	a disturbing place for humans. Darkness, mirrored
	surfaces, and hidden in the shadows a creature who is
	decidedly unsettling for the crew. Its shape is
	constantly shifting like oozing sludge, and there is
	a hint of flickering eyes -- too many eyes.

					SHELIAK
			Conversation is neither required
			nor desired.

	Picard schools his features into an expression of
	polite interest.

					PICARD
			Conversation is necessary if we
			are to find a solution to our
			mutual problem.

					SHELIAK
			Our involvement in Federation
			illegality is not indicated.

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/14/89 - ACT TWO  17.

15   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Both parties are involved, sir.

					SHELIAK
			Remove the humans from the Tau
			Cygna system. Three Earth days
			remain.

	Troi leans in, and whispers:

					TROI
			Their culture is extremely formal,
			almost ritualistic. An apology
			might smooth matters.

					PICARD
			I apologize for our inadvertent
			violation of the treaty.

					SHELIAK
			Acknowledged and accepted. Now
			remove the human creatures.

					PICARD
			Let us negotiate in good faith...

					SHELIAK
			Negotiate to what purpose? The
			treaty is signed.

					PICARD
			There is a thriving colony on the
			planet. Rather than uproot these
			people may I offer a compromise?

					SHELIAK
			Denied.

					PICARD
			Why?!

					SHELIAK
			The law is paramount. We are
			entitled.

					PICARD
			This is not a law. It is a
			treaty. It is designed to smooth
			relations between peoples. Not
			to act as a strait...

   STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/20/89 - ACT TWO   18.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

	But Picard's talking to a blank screen. The Sheliak
	have hung up on him.

					PICARD
			... jacket.

	Off Picard's annoyed expression.

									CUT TO:

16   OMITTED

17   INT. ARD'RIAN'S FRONT ROOM - DAY

	A comfortable room constructed of stone with a heavy
	beamed ceiling. The furniture is hand hewn, durable
	but comfortable. Contrasting with this are various
	computer parts and consoles, both assembled and in
	pieces, strewn about.

	Ard'rian and Data ENTER.

					ARD'RIAN
			... you really think we'll have
			to leave Tau Cygna Five?

					DATA
			The possibility exists, and
			Gosheven appears unwilling to
			prepare for it. Why?

   STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/20/89 - ACT TWO   19.

17   CONTINUED:

					ARD'RIAN
			Maybe because you're an
			android. I don't think Gosheven
			likes the idea of machines
			ordering him around.

					DATA
			I am not ordering him to do
			anything; I am merely trying to
			persuade him that his people
			should prepare to evacuate.
				(thinks)
			Do you believe my suggested
			course of action should be followed?

					ARD'RIAN
			Of course.

					DATA
			In spite of the fact that I am
			an android?

					ARD'RIAN
			Because of that fact. I don't
			have any silly prejudices against
			computers -- I like them.

	SHe gestures around the room, a bit apologetically:

					ARD'RIAN (cont'd)
			Not that any computer we have is
			half as sophisticated as you...

	Data looks at a particularly "primitive" computer:

					DATA
			No, I would say not.

   STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/20/89 - ACT TWO   20.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					ARD'RIAN (cont'd)
			People can be selfish,
			irrational, stubborn, malicious
			-- you name it. But computers
			don't have those failings.

	Data follows her logic:

					DATA
			You conclude from this that I am
			impartial... hence you accept
			my recommendations.

	She nods.

					DATA (cont'd)
			Yet Gosheven does not.
				(thinks)
			Perhaps he might reconsider his
			position if someone other than
			myself were to present the
			arguments.

					ARD'RIAN
			Well, I'm willing to talk to him,
			but I don't think he'll take me
			seriously.
				(with distaste)
			He finds me attractive -- but I'm
			not interested in him at all.
			So he belittles me to protect his
			ego --

18   OMITTED

19   NEW ANGLE

	as Data's communicator TRILLS. He touches the
	insignia.

					DATA
			Data, here.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			The Sheliak won't bargain.

					DATA
			Understood.

 STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/18/89 - ACT TWO 20A.

19   CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			I'm contacting Starfleet to
			arrange for transport. Get those
			people prepared for evacuation.
			We may have to move very quickly.

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/13/89 - ACT TWO  21.

19   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	Data cuts the communication, turns to Ard'rian.

					DATA
			We must speak with Gosheven
			immediately.

	Ard'rian grabs a coat, and they EXIT.

									CUT TO:

19A  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL) (FORMERLY SC. 16)

	Geordi, O'Brien and WESLEY have the panels removed
	from the wall behind the transporter console. Geordi's
	tool box is nearby. Sophisticated tools litter the
	floor. Off to the left side of the transporter are
	six test objects. The trio is watching tensely as
	O'Brien touches the console. A test object
	MATERIALIZES looking like swiss cheese. Geordi picks
	it up. Riker ENTERS.

					RIKER
			Gentlemen, how are you coming?
				(spots the object)
			What the hell is that?

	Geordi sets aside the mutilated object.

					GEORDI
			Our first attempt.

					O'BRIEN
			We recalibrated the transporter
			setting for the tightest possible
			beam.

					WESLEY
			But we've got plenty of things
			left to try.

	Geordi is studying the test object again.

					GEORDI
			There's some really interesting
			residue . . . reminds me of --
				(a beat)
			There's that damn pulsar in the
			neighborhood.

   STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/20/89 - ACT TWO   22.

19A  CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Teremi-thorons.

					O'BRIEN
			This just got a lot harder.

					WESLEY
			They're one of the most elusive
			sub-atomic particles known, and
			they really shred a transporter
			signal.

					RIKER
			Thank you, Ensign, I passed
			physics.
				(to Geordi)
			Keep at it. We need those
			transporters.

	Riker EXITS.

					GEORDI
			We're going to have a lot of fun
			cracking this one.

									CUT TO:

20
thru	OMITTED
21

22   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - MAIN STREET - DAY

	Gosheven, Data, and Ard'rian are standing near the pool
	of water. Gosheven cups some water in a hand.

					GOSHEVEN
			See that? Do you have any idea
			what it is? What it means?

					DATA
			It is water, a substance composed
			of two atoms of hydrogen --

					GOSHEVEN
			It's not water. It's blood and
			sweat -- the result of a hundred
			and forty years of combined
			effort. (ALTERNATE: ninety
			years) This isn't a town.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/24/89 - ACT TWO   23.

22   CONTINUED:

					GOSHEVEN (Cont'd)
			It's a monument to every man,
			woman, and child who has lived
			and died on Tau Cygna Five.

					ARD'RIAN
			Gosheven, you're talking nonsense.

					GOSHEVEN
			Am I? My grandfather's buried
			on that mountain.
				(points to the distant
				 line of hills)
			He died in a rock slide surveying
			the route for this aqueduct. This
			colony exists because of his
			sacrifice, and the sacrifices of
			thousands of others. No, we're
			not leaving.

					DATA
			The Sheliak will not accept humans
			on their planet. And they will
			not hesitate to use force to
			remove you.

					GOSHEVEN
				(calmly)
			And we will not hesitate to fight
			back.

					DATA
			You cannot win.

					GOSHEVEN
			You just don't understand, do you?
			We will not be bullied off our
			land... not by you, and not by
			the Sheliak.

	Gosheven whirls and walks away. End of conversation.

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/18/89 - ACT TWO  24.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					ARD'RIAN
				(re Gosheven; bitter)
			Stubborn and irrational. Now what
			do we do?

					DATA
			Are his sentiments typical among
			the colonists?

					ARD'RIAN
			I hope not. Are you thinking
			of bypassing Gosheven and taking
			your case directly to the people?

					DATA
				(nods)
			I see no other course of action.
			If I can convince enough people
			of the necessity of leaving --

					ARD'RIAN
				(a smile)
			Don't you mean "if we can
			convince?"

					DATA
			You are offering assistance?

	Ard'rian nods, extends her arm -- c'mon, let's get
	going. As they move off:

									CUT TO:

22A  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL) (FORMERLY SC. 20)

	In orbit around Tau Cygna V.

22B  INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM (FORMERLY SC. 21)

	Picard is pacing rapidly about the office. Riker
	ENTERS.

					RIKER
			Yes, sir?

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/18/89 - ACT TWO  25.

22B  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Three weeks. Starfleet is profuse
			in their apologies, but it will
			still be three weeks.

					RIKER
			Until?

					PICARD
			Until the arrival of a colony
			transport ship equipped with
			dedicated personnel shuttles.

					RIKER
			We can't wait three weeks.

					PICARD
			The Sheliak must agree to extend
			our deadline.

	Picard sits in silence for a beat.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			If they plan to settle Tau Cygna
			Five two days from now...

					RIKER
			... one of their ships must already
			be en route.

					PICARD
				(decides)
			We're going to intercept that
			ship.

					RIKER
			The Sheliak may interpret that
			as a hostile act.

					PICARD
			We have to take the risk.

	Off Picard's determined expression as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

 STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/18/89 - ACT THREE 26.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

23   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Riker pacing slowly, looking out at the stars.

					RIKER
			The Enterprise is going to try
			to intercept the Sheliak colony
			ship. Your job ... well, you know
			your job.

									CUT TO:

24   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - MAIN STREET - DAY

	Data standing alone in an archway.

					DATA
			Commander, in human parlance, I do
			not believe I can "get the job
			done." My training has prepared
			me for starship command duties.
			As a cultural contact I am
			proving to be less than exemplary.

25   INTERCUTS

					RIKER
			What's the situation?

					DATA
			Their leader has rejected my
			counsel. He denies the logic of
			my arguments and talks of
			structures they have built.

					RIKER
			Then try something else.

					DATA
			I have. In the last three hours
			and eight minutes, I have spoken
			to fifty-six colonists. Ten
			refused to believe a threat
			exists. Twenty-two favored
			staying and fighting the Sheliak.

STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/14/89 - ACT THREE26A.

25   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(more to himself)
			I don't have time for this.

					DATA
			Sixteen preferred negotiation or
			some form of passive resistance.
			Only eight were willing to
			consider evacuation. And of those
			eight --

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/20/89 - ACT THREE  27.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(cutting him)
			Data, I can't help you -- I don't
			know these people; I haven't
			talked to them. You have. Use
			that fancy positronic brain of
			yours -- and carry out your
			mission.

	Ard'rian walks up to join the android, politely keeps
	a few paces away to let him complete his "phone call"
	with privacy.

					DATA
			If I do not succeed, how violent
			is the Sheliak reaction likely
			to be?

					RIKER
			The treaty is the only thing which
			kept them from eradicating the
			colony the moment they discovered
			it.

					DATA
			Ah.

					RIKER
			"Ah" is right. The lives of
			fifteen thousand people are riding
			on you. You'd better get
			innovative. Riker out.

	Data gazes into space, thinking. Ard'rian steps up.
	Her mood is upbeat.

					ARD'RIAN
			Data -- we're having an effect.
			So many people are asking
			questions about the Sheliak that
			Gosheven's called a public
			meeting.

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/20/89 - ACT THREE  28.

25   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			Is there any indication that
			Gosheven has changed his position?

					ARD'RIAN
			No. But a meeting will give you
			the chance to present your
			recommendations.

					DATA
			First, will Gosheven allow me to
			speak? Second, even if he does,
			what good will it do? So far,
			my attempts at persuasion have
			been ineffective.

	Ard'rian looks at him with compassion for a beat --
	then suddenly gives Data a quick kiss on the lips.

					DATA (cont'd)
			Why did you do that?

					ARD'RIAN
			You appeared to need it.

					DATA
			Among humans, a kiss normally
			serves to seal a friendship or
			to indicate support, attraction,
			affection.

	Ard'rian nods.

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/20/89 - ACT THREE  29.

25   CONTINUED: (4)

					DATA (cont'd)
			In this context, I would assume
			your intention was to express
			support.

					ARD'RIAN
			That was my primary motivation.

	The implication being that there were secondary
	motivations. But if Data is aware of the implication,
	he makes no sign.

					ARD'RIAN (cont'd)
			You don't really understand human
			behavior, do you?

					DATA
			That is something of an
			understatement.

					ARD'RIAN
				(sighs)
			Sometimes I don't either.
			androids are a lot more rational.

					DATA
			Thus far, that quality has not
			helped me accomplish my mission.

					ARD'RIAN
			A rational argument isn't always
			enough. Maybe to be more
			persuasive, you need to use a
			little reverse psychology.

					DATA
				(accessing)
			Elicit a desired behavior by
			advocating its opposite?
				(a beat)
			That implies deception, does it
			not?

					ARD'RIAN
			A little. But if it helps us
			get our point across...

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/20/89 - ACT THREE  30.

25   CONTINUED: (5)

					DATA
				(considers)
			Perhaps this is a situation in
			which excessive honesty is
			detrimental.

	As they walk off:

									CUT TO:

26   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Travelling at warp speed.

27   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	As before, except there are more high tech tools and
	equipment lying about. Geordi is lifting yet another
	trashed test object off the platform. He holds it
	mutely out to Wesley and O'Brien who stare dully at
	this latest failure. There are now four intact
	objects and three blasted ones. Picard ENTERS.

					PICARD
				(you will get it done)
			How are we progressing, Mister
			La Forge?

					GEORDI
				(it's impossible)
			About like you'd expect.

					PICARD
				(get it done)
			Splendid.

	Picard EXITS.

					WESLEY
				(wearily)
			He wants the impossible.

 STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/14/89 - ACT THREE 31.

27   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(with a grin)
			That's the short definition for
			"captain."

	Geordi and O'Brien have already returned to work. Wes
	looks at them bemused, then shrugs and pitches in.

									CUT TO:

28   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - MAIN STREET - DAY

	A large horseshoe-shaped amphitheater with a place for
	the engineers and Gosheven. A number of citizens --
	including Haritath and Kentor -- have turned out for
	the debate so the place is filled. In the b.g. is the
	aqueduct purifying plant.

					GOSHEVEN
			You've all heard about the android
			Starfleet sent here, and you've
			been discussing why he's come.

	Data and Ard'rian ENTER. Gosheven ignores them.

					GOSHEVEN (cont'd)
			I called this meeting to replace
			misinformation with cold, hard
			fact.

	The colonists are craning their necks to look at Data.
	Gosheven realizes Data's presence can't be ignored. He
	strides over to confront Data.

					GOSHEVEN
			Leave. Immediately.

					DATA
			I wish to speak.

					GOSHEVEN
			No.

					DATA
				(loud, for the crowd's
				 benefit)
			You deny me the opportunity to
			address the assemblage?

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/20/89 - ACT THREE  32.

28   CONTINUED:

					GOSHEVEN
			This meeting is not for outsiders.

					DATA
			Do you consider your position so
			weak that it cannot withstand
			debate?

					HARITATH
			Let him talk.

	MURMURS of assent from the crowd. Gosheven gives a
	terse nod. In a sense Data's called him a coward and
	he has to stand up to this city slicker, this outsider.

	Data steps front and center. In an effort to pull this
	off, he attempts to use human rhetorical devices
	(timing, dynamics, inflection, gestures, etc.) -- but,
	as there's no real passion behind them, they come off
	as studied and not quite sincere. A good performance,
	but still a performance.

					DATA
			You know of the Sheliak threat.
			Starfleet wishes to evacuate you
			for your own protection.
			Gosheven has decided otherwise.
			That is his right. And I will
			not waste time trying to reverse
			that decision.

	Surprised reactions from the crowd. This is not what
	they expected to hear.

					DATA (cont'd)
			I admire your conviction in the
			face of certain defeat. Your
			effort will be valiant, though
			doomed. Still, when you die,
			you will die for land and honor.

29   ANGLE ON

	The crowd. Data's starting to get a reaction. People
	are beginning to eye each other nervously. It's one
	thing to thumb your nose at a distant enemy, quite
	another to talk about dying.

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/20/89 - ACT THREE  33.

30   ANGLE ON DATA

	As he reaches down, and takes a YOUNG BOY (twelve or
	so) by the arm, and pulls the child up next to him.

					DATA
			Your children will understand that
			they are dying for a worthy cause.

	Big crowd reaction here. Murmurs from various people.
	Mothers pull their children closer to them. Data
	steals a glance at Ard'rian -- "how am I doing?"
	Ard'rian nods encouragingly back -- "fine."

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Long after the battle is over,
			their courage will be remembered
			and extolled.

	Ard'rian jumps in to support him.

					ARD'RIAN
			Remembered by who?

					DATA
				(as if he hadn't
				 considered that)
			Ah, that is true. There will be
			no one left alive to remember.

31   ANGLE ON GOSHEVEN

	as he begins to applaud slowly.

					GOSHEVEN
			A valiant try, android, but what
			a low opinion you must have of
			us.

	The boy's MOTHER snatches her son back from Data, and
	pulls him down in her lap.

					DATA
			I was simply attempting to
			describe your inevitable
			destruction in a manner that
			would have an emotional effect.

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/20/89 - ACT THREE  34.

31   CONTINUED:

					HARITATH
				(standing)
			And he did it pretty damned well.

	MURMURS of agreement from the crowd.

					GOSHEVEN
			Are you ready to follow this
			machine, Haritath? Give up
			everything? Without a fight?
			He says we're going to lose, I
			think that's his own cowardice
			talking!

	Kentor stands. He has a calm but commanding presence.

					KENTOR
			And what if he's right, and you're
			wrong? Shouldn't we consider that
			possibility?

	More crowd reaction. Sympathy is swinging away from
	Gosheven.

					HARITATH
			We may be sacrificing ourselves
			for nothing --

					GOSHEVEN
			Last winter we buried your little
			girl -- laid her to rest next to
			your mother, and you dare speak
			of sacrifice?

	Gosheven whirls and nails Kentor with a look.

					GOSHEVEN
				(continuing)
			And you, Kentor, we built you
			a new house after the fire wiped
			you out. Can you simply walk away
			from that?

					KENTOR
			Better to walk away than to be
			annihilated.

 STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/18/89 - ACT THREE 35.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

					GOSHEVEN
				(addressing them all)
			This colony exists because
			generations gave their lives for
			it. Many people died before we
			found a way to adapt to the
			radiation. Many more died
			bringing water to the desert.
			My father --

					ARD'RIAN
				(interrupting)
			-- is buried on that mountain.
			Well, who's going to be left to
			bury you?

	A vote of confidence is about to take place, and
	Gosheven realizes he's about to lose it. He falls back
	on the innate authority of an elected leader.

					GOSHEVEN
			Have you considered what this
			evacuation means? Everything we
			have, we abandon. Everything
			we've built turns into dust.
			Everything we've accomplished
			means nothing.
				(shakes head)
			Well, I say NO! You elected me
			to be your leader -- follow me
			now! I don't think our chances
			are as hopeless as he says. And
			I'm willing to stake our lives
			on it. Any objections?

	He rakes the crowd with a look. Some mutterings, but
	nobody's quite ready to lead the revolution.

					GOSHEVEN
				(continuing)
			Good, because here... we...
			stand.

	A few people step up to pound Gosheven on the back, but
	most of the crowd remains huddled, glancing from Data
	to Gosheven and back again. Haritath and Kentor step
	away to talk in private.

 STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/13/89 - ACT THREE 36.

32   ANGLE ON DATA

	standing with Ard'rian.

					DATA
				(almost to himself)
			Then here you die.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

 STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/18/89 - ACT THREE 37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

33   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Wesley, Geordi and O'Brien. There are now three
	intact test object and four trashed ones. These are
	three exhausted people. They've been working round
	the clock.

					WESLEY
			Maybe if we bypassed the autosequence
			and decompiled the
			pattern buffer... ?

					GEORDI
				(shrugs)
			It's no crazier than anything
			else we've tried.

	Wesley drops down by the panel, and begins to tinker
	while Geordi places the last test object on the
	platform. Suddenly the transporter console blows a
	fuse. Electricity races across the panel, and the
	console goes dark. O'Brien is not a happy man. Wesley
	slowly stands up. O'Brien struggles with himself, but
	can't master it.

					O'BRIEN
			Ensign Crusher.

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir.

					O'BRIEN
			If you ever touch my transporter
			again... I'll kill you.

					WESLEY
			Sorry, sir.

									CUT TO:

33A  EXT. PLANET SURFACE - MAIN STREET - DAY

	Data watches the town meeting break up into small
	groups of people TALKING among themselves. Ard'rian
	approaches.

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/20/89 - ACT THREE  38.

33A  CONTINUED:

	Haritath and Kentor step up furtively.

					HARITATH
			Mister Data -- I want to tell you
			that... well, Gosheven doesn't
			speak for all of us.

	Ard'rian looks at Data hopefully -- maybe the early
	returns aren't so bad after all.

					HARITATH (cont'd)
			I see no point in dying
			needlessly.

					DATA
			And you, Kentor?

					KENTOR
			I'm not sure. Gosheven has done
			well for us. But I'd like to hear
			more of what you have to say.

					HARITATH
			There are many others that feel
			the same way but are uneasy about
			confronting Gosheven.

					ARD'RIAN
			Get them together. We'll meet
			at my house.

	Haritath and Kentor nod agreement then slip away.

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/24/89 - ACT FOUR  39.

33A  CONTINUED: (2)

	Ard'rian leads Data toward her house. They EXIT.

34
thru	OMITTED
35

36   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Traveling at warp speed.

37   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard has brought Troi in for consultation.

					TROI
			In our dealings with other
			non-humanoid races there has been
			some point of reference; not so
			with the Sheliak.

					PICARD
			We must have something in common.
			We communicate.

					TROI
			Barely. The Sheliak have learned
			several Federation languages, but
			theirs continues to elude us.

 STAR TREK: "Ensions of Command" - REV. 7/13/89 - ACT FOUR 40.

37   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(have we tried?)
			Telepaths?

					TROI
			Attempted and failed.

					PICARD
			This is ludicrous!

					TROI
			No, sir, the fact that any alien
			race communicates with another
			is quite remarkable.

	She lifts Picard's tea cup from the desk.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			We are stranded on a planet. No
			language in common, but I want
			to teach you mine.

	Troi points to the cup.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			S'smarith. What did I just say?

					PICARD
			Cup? Glass?

					TROI
			Are you sure? I might have meant
			liquid, clear, brown, hot. And
			we conceptualize the universe in
			relatively the same way.

					PICARD
			Point taken.

					TROI
			During your talks you must be
			extremely accurate. The treaty
			is 500,000 words. The length was
			to accommodate the Sheliak. They
			consider our language irrational,
			and demanded this level of
			complexity to avoid any future
			misunderstandings.

 STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/17/89 - ACT FOUR 41.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Captain, we have the vessel
			carrying the Sheliak colonists
			on visual.

					PICARD
			On my way.
				(to Troi)
			So it begins.

	They EXIT onto:

38   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The tension on the bridge is palpable. Picard moves
	swiftly to the command station. Riker relinquishes
	command.

39   ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Where a Sheliak ship hangs ominously.

					PICARD
			Open hailing frequencies. This
			is Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the
			Starship Enterprise.

	We again have a vision of the mirrored, shadowed,
	shifting place. A hint of a watcher in the shadows.

					SHELIAK
			Your purpose, Enterprise?

					PICARD
			We desire face-to-face negotiation
			to settle the crisis on Tau Cygna
			Five.

	Troi hands him a PADD.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			We are entitled to consultation
			under paragraph five hundred and
			sixty-three subparagraph nine.

	A beat as the Sheliak look it up.

					SHELIAK
			Granted.

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/20/89 - ACT FOUR  42.

39   CONTINUED:

	The screen again shows the Sheliak vessel.

					RIKER
			Was that an invitation?

					PICARD
			I'm going to take it as such.
			Number One, you have the bridge.

	Troi and Picard EXIT. HOLD on Riker.

					RIKER
			Helm, maintain relative position.
			Mister Worf, have Transporter Room
			Two stand by.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

									CUT TO:

40   INT. ARD'RIAN'S LIVING ROOM - DAY

	Haritath, Kentor, and a group of other colonists are
	gathered around Data and Ard'rian.

					KENTOR
			... and once the Federation
			resettles us, we'll be left
			alone?

					DATA
			If you so desire.

					HARITATH
			We do. We like doing things on
			our own.

					DATA
			The Federation will offer as
			little or as much help as you
			dictate.

  STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/20/89 - ACT FOUR  42A.

40   CONTINUED:

	Nods all around; they are impressed. Data is the
	perfect no-pressure salesman; he simply presents the
	facts. Ard'rian looks expectantly to Kentor;
	Kentor's still uncertain.

					ARD'RIAN
			Kentor -- are you with us?

	Kentor makes up his mind:

					KENTOR
			Yes.
				(a beat)
			The question is, how do we
			convince Gosheven?

       STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/20/89 - ACT FOUR      43.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					HARITATH
			Why do we need to?

					KENTOR
			Because he's respected. Most
			people will do as he says.

					ARD'RIAN
			The people respect you, too.
			If you take a stand, they'll
			fall in line.

					KENTOR
			I don't know. Gosheven's got a
			lot of supporters...

					GOSHEVEN (O.S.)
			Don't forget that, Kentor.

	Everyone turns to see --

40A  OMITTED

40B  NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Gosheven fills the doorway. He ENTERS and looks
	around the room.

					GOSHEVEN
			I'm disappointed. I thought we
			had settled this.

					DATA
			Apparently, that is not correct.

	Gosheven steps up to Data.

					GOSHEVEN
				(to Data)
			Still stirring up trouble?

       STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/20/89 - ACT FOUR      44.

40B  CONTINUED:

					ARD'RIAN
			Since when is talk trouble?

	Gosheven ignores her -- looking only at Data.

					GOSHEVEN
			It's over. Don't you get it?
			You had your say, and you lost.

					DATA
			I appear to be reversing that
			defeat.

					GOSHEVEN
			No, you're not -- you're just
			stubborn.
				(getting closer)
			Well, let me tell you something...

	Gosheven touches Data with an electronic prod -- BLUE
	SPARKS dance over Data. Data's whole body stiffens
	-- then goes limp and falls.

					GOSHEVEN
				(completes his thought)
			... so am I.

					ARD'RIAN
			Damn you, Gosheven --

	Ard'rian rushes to Data's aid.

					HARITATH
			You killed him?

					GOSHEVEN
			I've killed no one.
				(to Ard'rian)
			I've merely shut down a machine.

	Ard'rian looks daggers at Gosheven, who turns his
	attention to the gathering.

					GOSHEVEN (cont'd)
			That's it, everyone. Time to
			go home.

	The momentum has changed. A few sheepish glances as
	one or two of the group head for the door.

       STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/20/89 - ACT FOUR      45.

40C  ON ARD'RIAN

	She's pulled out an electronic scanner from her piles
	of computer junk and is checking out the fallen Data.

40D  WIDER

	to include Gosheven.

					GOSHEVEN
				(to Ard'rian)
			You'll see I'm right.

	He EXITS. We hold on Ard'rian and Data.

									CUT TO:

41   INT. SHELIAK SHIP (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Troi MATERIALIZE. What surrounds them bears
	little resemblance to a ship. Darkness hangs like bats
	in the corners. What little light there is filters
	through swirling mist. As they look down the effect is
	as if they are walking on black ice, and tiny lights,
	like flickering eyes twinkle beneath the floor's
	surface.

					SHELIAK
			Advance and speak.

	Troi and Picard exchange glances for they can see no
	sign of the creature they are speaking with. They step
	forward, and are pinned in a bright light.

					PICARD
			Director, we will comply with your
			request to remove the colony on
			Tau Cygna Five, but we need time.

					SHELIAK
			The given time has elapsed. We
			carry the membership and we will
			proceed with their debarkation.

					TROI
			The temporary presence of these
			humans should not interfere
			with your plans.

       STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/19/89 - ACT FOUR      46.

41   CONTINUED:

					SHELIAK
			Unacceptable. You must remove
			the creatures.

					PICARD
			I'm trying! But the needed ship
			won't be available for three
			weeks.

					SHELIAK
			Then you are in violation.

					PICARD
			I have admitted that! I'm only
			asking for a little tolerance.

					SHELIAK
			Section five hundred and one,
			paragraph seven hundred and
			sixteen, subparagraph five --
			unwanted lifeforms inhabiting H
			class worlds may be removed at
			the discretion of the Sheliak
			corporate.

					PICARD
			We will remove them. But you
			must grant us the time we require.

					SHELIAK
			You need time, Picard of the
			Enterprise, we will save you time.
			We will eradicate the human
			infestation.

					PICARD
				(outraged)
			They are not vermin! They are
			citizens of the Federation and
			I will not permit this travesty!

       STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/13/89 - ACT FOUR      47.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					SHELIAK
			Intelligent converse is
			impossible. You do not discuss,
			you gibber.

					PICARD
			Between intelligent species of
			good will --

	Suddenly the Sheliak transporter kicks in, and slams
	Picard and Troi back to the Enterprise. They have been
	rudely thrown out on their ears.

42   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The startling EFFECT of the Sheliak transporter and
	Picard and Troi APPEAR. Riker, Worf, and the
	supernumeraries at Conn and Ops react.

	Picard and Troi are both very disoriented, staggering
	slightly. Riker steadies them both.

					RIKER
			I take it the Sheliak just hung
			up on us. Again.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/19/89 - ACT FIVE      48.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

42A  INT. ARD'RIAN'S LIVING ROOM

	Ard'rian worriedly inspects the unmoving Data with an
	electronic scanner. Data twitches, "reboots," comes
	back to life, and sits up. Ard'rian SIGHS, relieved.

					ARD'RIAN
			I was afraid your neural pathways
			were scrambled beyond repair.

					DATA
			I am equipped with diagnostic
			circuits and can correct many
			malfunctions.

	Data moves his head, arms, and legs, testing his
	responses.

					ARD'RIAN
			I'm not surprised at Gosheven's
			behavior. But Kentor and the
			others... they said they were
			on our side.
				(bitter)
			I guess words don't mean very
			much.

	Data mulls this over carefully.

					DATA
			Perhaps that has been part of our
			difficulty. Words are all we have
			been using.
				(thinking)
			Humans seem to take much stronger
			notice of actions.

	Data makes a decision, gets to his feet.

					DATA (cont'd)
			I require a phaser.

					ARD'RIAN
			What's a phaser?

					DATA
			A type of weapon. Unfortunately
			it will not function in the
			presence of hyperonic radiation.

       STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/24/89 - ACT FIVE      49.

42A  CONTINUED:

	Data ponders this new problem for a beat, then shrugs
	it off:

					DATA (cont'd)
			I will have to be innovative.

									CUT TO:

42B  INT. SHUTTLECRAFT - CYGNA FIVE - DAY

	Data has opened up a phaser and is adapting it. His
	forearm is opened, revealing his arm's inner workings;
	Data is "cannibalizing" his arm for parts to modify the
	phaser. Ard'rian looks on in fascination.

					DATA
			Hyperonic radiation randomizes
			phaser beams. But I believe I
			can improvise a servocircuit which
			will compensate by continuously
			recollimating the output.

					ARD'RIAN
			You're using your own neural
			subprocessors to build a smarter
			phaser.

					DATA
			Essentially correct.

	Ard'rian's impressed. Data completes his work.

					DATA (cont'd)
			Get word to Gosheven. Tell him
			I am coming to the pumping
			station. Tell him I am going
			to destroy the aqueduct.

	Ard'rian is gaping like a carp over this, doesn't know
	what to say. Finally manages:

					ARD'RIAN
			He'll try to stop you --

					DATA
			I sincerely hope so.

	Off Ard'rian's expression:

									CUT TO:

      STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" - REV. 7/19/89 - ACT FIVE    49A.

43   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise hanging motionless in space with the
	Sheliak ship.

44   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Go to Yellow Alert. Shields up.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Mister Riker, put us nose to nose
			with the Sheliak ship. If she
			makes a move, match it.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Open a hailing frequency.

       STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/17/89 - ACT FIVE      50.

44   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			They're not responding, sir.

					PICARD
				(tight control)
			They don't have to answer. They
			just have to listen! Sheliak
			vessel, you will have to go
			through me to get at the colony
			on Tau Cygna Five!

45
thru	OMITTED
46

47   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

					WORF
			No response.

					PICARD
			Close channel -- and get me that
			treaty! They've been beating us
			over the head with it for three
			days. Let's see if we can't find
			something in it that can be
			turned to our advantage.

					RIKER
			We're going to try to beat them
			at their own game?

					WORF
			The treaty is how long?

					TROI
			Five hundred thousand words.

					WORF
				(glumly)
			We are going to regret Data's
			absence.

									CUT TO:

48   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - MAIN STREET - DAY (OPTICAL)

	The square. FOUR MEN armed with rifles stand
	shoulder to shoulder in front of the plant and
	aqueduct. Standing defiant and unarmed, save for the
	probe at his belt, on an upper level is Gosheven.

       STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/20/89 - ACT FIVE      51.

48   CONTINUED:

	Off to one side are a number of colonists (including
	Ard'rian, Haritath, and Kentor), nervously awaiting
	the outcome.

	Then a PHASER STUN hits one of the armed men; he
	drops. As the others whirl to take aim --

48A  NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	A PHASER BEAM sweeps across the line of armed men,
	STUNNING them instantly. No one even gets a shot off.

	Gosheven, astonished, reaches for the probe at his
	belt. Data calmly stands up from his hiding place,
	aims his phaser. Gosheven freezes -- it's futile;
	obviously Data could stun him before he could get
	anywhere near Data.

48B  WIDER (OPTICAL)

	as Data steps out into the street, holds his phaser
	up for all to see.

					DATA
			That was the "stun" setting.

	Data switches the setting on the phaser --

					DATA (cont'd)
			This is not.

	Data turns, BLASTS the control panel on the aqueduct.
	A shower of SPARKS. EFFECT as the reaction races up
	the aqueduct. The water stops flowing. Gosheven is
	speechless. Data addresses the colonists:

					DATA (cont'd)
			I could reduce this pumping
			station to a pile of debris...
			but I trust my point is clear.
			I am one android with a single
			weapon. There are hundreds of
			Sheliak on the way... and their
			weapons are far more powerful.

	Data pauses. The colonists are dead silent.

       STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/24/89 - ACT FIVE      52.

48B  CONTINUED:

					DATA (cont'd)
			And the Sheliak may not even offer
			you a target. They can obliterate
			this colony from orbit. You will
			die never having seen the faces
			of your killers.

	Data walks deliberately to one of the stunned
	defenders, picks up the rifle with his free hand, holds
	it out to the group of colonists.

					DATA (cont'd)
			The choice is yours.

	The colonists look at one another. Finally:

					KENTOR
			There are other places -- other
			challenges. It's time to move
			on.

	And Kentor EXITS. One by one, the colonists follow
	him. The mantle of leadership has passed.

48C  NEW ANGLE

	Gosheven, slump shouldered, bends and scoops up a
	handful of dirt at the base of the silent pool. Data
	moves to join him.

					GOSHEVEN
			I really was willing to stay and
			die for this.

					DATA
			I know that, but it is just a
			thing, and things can be replaced.
			Lives cannot. Live, rebuild and
			be remembered.

	A long beat. Then Gosheven wipes his hand on his
	pants, and walks back to join his people.

49   OMITTED

       STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/13/89 - ACT FIVE      53.

50   ANGLE ON DATA

	watching Gosheven go. Data looks down at the phaser
	for several moments, then holsters it. He looks up to
	find Ard'rian gazing at him with an expression of pride
	and love.

51   OMITTED

52   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Troi is seated at Science One with Picard hanging over
	her shoulder. Riker and Worf are at Science Two.
	Pages of treaty crawl past on both screens.

					WORF
			This is hopeless. Fighting would
			be preferable.

	A look from Riker.

					PICARD
			That's it.

	He indicates a clause.

					TROI
			I don't follow you, sir.

					PICARD
			Worf, get me the Sheliak.

					WORF
				(just heard the
				 reprieve)
			Yes, sir!

	Picard, Riker and Troi return to the command station.
	The strange Sheliak scene replaces a view of the ship.

					PICARD
			Pursuant to paragraph one thousand
			two hundred and ninety I formally
			request third party arbitration
			of our dispute.

	A beat while they look it up.

					SHELIAK
			Agreed.

       STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/13/89 - ACT FIVE      54.

52   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			And further, pursuant to
			subsection D, three, I name the
			Grizzelas to arbitrate.

					SHELIAK
			Grizzelas?

	Riker glances, puzzled, at Troi.

					RIKER
				(mouths)
			Grizzelas?

	Troi quells him with a look.

					PICARD
			Unfortunately they are currently
			in their hibernation cycle, but
			they'll awaken in six months, and
			then we'll get this matter
			settled. Now, do you want to
			wait... or give me my three weeks?

					SHELIAK
			Absurd. We carry the membership!
			We can brook no delay!

					PICARD
			Then I declare the treaty in
			abeyance!

					SHELIAK
			Wait! Negotiation is --

	Picard gestures to Worf -- cut the transmission. Worf
	obeys. A long beat.

					RIKER
				(smiling)
			You enjoyed that.

					PICARD
			You're damn right.

					WORF
			Captain, they are hailing us.

	Picard studies his nails. Takes a turn around the
	bridge. Settles himself back in the command chair.

       STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/13/89 - ACT FIVE      55.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Sir?

					PICARD
				(a beat)
			On screen.

	The Sheliak reappear.

					SHELIAK
			You may have your three weeks,
			Picard of the Enterprise.

					PICARD
				(with careful
				 enunciation)
			Thank you.

	The screen returns to a view of the Sheliak ship
	pulling away. Instant release of tension. Suddenly
	the turbolift doors open, and Geordi ENTERS. He is
	looking frazzled. People's expressions reflect the
	thought that "dear God, he did it."

					GEORDI
			Captain, we can do it! We can
			modify the transporters.

					PICARD
			Excellent.

					GEORDI
			It'll take fifteen years, and a
			research team of a hundred --

					PICARD
				(dryly)
			Mister La Forge, I believe we will
			postpone.

					GEORDI
				(with a grin)
			Yes, sir.

	Geordi EXITS.

									CUT TO:

       STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/14/89 - ACT FIVE      56.

53   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - SHUTTLE LANDING SITE - DAY

	Data is inside the shuttle making preparations for
	departure.

					DATA
			Commander Data to Enterprise.
			I am preparing to leave Tau Cygna
			Five and await rendezvous
			instructions.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged. Stand by.

	Outside the shuttle, Ard'rian approaches. Data sees
	her, emerges from the shuttle to meet her.

					ARD'RIAN
			Hi.

					DATA
			Hello, Ard'rian.

					ARD'RIAN
			The evacuation plan is going well.
			When the transport ship arrives,
			we'll be ready.
				(a beat)
			You succeeded.

					DATA
			I would not have succeeded without
			your support and insight, and I
			appreciate your assistance.

					ARD'RIAN
			Good. Then you won't forget me?

					DATA
			I am incapable of forgetting.
			I will remember every detail of
			my visit with perfect clarity.

					ARD'RIAN
			But nothing more?

					DATA
			I do not understand.

       STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/14/89 - ACT FIVE      57.

53   CONTINUED:

	Ard'rian bites the bullet:

					ARD'RIAN
			I guess what I really want to know
			is -- do you have any feelings
			for me?

					DATA
			I have no feelings of any kind.

	Ard'rian is silent.

					ARD'RIAN
			No. Of course you don't.

	Data studies her. She's downcast. Mimicking her
	behavior earlier, he gives her a quick kiss on the
	lips, startling her.

					ARD'RIAN (cont'd)
			What was that for?

					DATA
			You appeared to require it.

					ARD'RIAN
			You observed I was unhappy and
			did what you concluded would make
			me feel better. A purely rational
			deduction.

	She's still downcast.

					DATA
			Have I disappointed you?

					ARD'RIAN
			No, I'm disappointed in myself
			-- for wanting something I know
			I can't have.
				(a beat)
			Data, in so many ways you're
			superior to humans. But you are
			still a machine... without
			emotion.

					DATA
			Yes.

       STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/14/89 - ACT FIVE     57A.

53   CONTINUED: (2)

					ARD'RIAN
			It's so easy to believe otherwise.
			It's so easy to read things into
			your behavior... and perceive
			feelings where none exist.
				(a beat)
			Well, I am human and I do have
			feelings... silly though they may
			be at times. I like you, Data.
			You're my favorite android.

					DATA
			But I am the only android you have
			ever met.

					ARD'RIAN
			Rational to the last.

       STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/17/89 - ACT FIVE      58.

53   CONTINUED:	(3)

	And with a smile, Ard'rian EXITS. Data climbs into
	the shuttle, and the door closes.

									CUT TO:

54   OMITTED

55   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard is listening to a recording of Data's string
	quartet concert in Ten Forward. DOOR CHIME.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Data ENTERS.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			Welcome home, Mister Data. Well
			done.

					DATA
			Thank you, sir.

					PICARD
			The good doctor was kind enough
			to provide me with a recording
			of your concert. Your
			performance shows a good deal
			of feeling.

					DATA
			As I have lately had to remind
			others, I have no feelings.

					PICARD
			That's hard to believe; your
			playing is quite beautiful.

					DATA
			Strictly speaking, it is not
			"my" playing. It is a precise
			imitation of the techniques of
			Jascha Heifetz and Trenka Bron-Ken.

       STAR TREK: "Ensigns of Command" REV. 7/17/89 - ACT FIVE      59.

55   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			And is there nothing of Data in
			what I'm hearing?

	Data ponders this.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			You chose the violinists.
			Heifetz and Bron-Ken had
			radically different styles, but
			you combined them -- successfully.

					DATA
			I suppose I have learned to be
			innovative... when necessary, sir.

	Picard nods. He's made his point.

					PICARD
			Mister Data... I look forward to
			your next concert.

	On Data's thoughtful expression, we:

56   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Evolution" 
                          #40273-150 
                              
                           Story by 
                Michael Piller & Michael Wagner 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Michael Piller 
                              
                          Directed by 
                           Ric Kolbe 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                     REVISED FINAL DRAFT
 
                        JULY 24, 1989
 

            STAR TREK: "Evolution" - 7/25/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Evolution" 
                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             STUBBS
                RIKER              (DATA/NANITE)
                DATA               
                WORF               
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               Non-Speaking
                GEORDI             ERIC'S GIRLFRIEND
                WESLEY             GUARD
                GUINAN             CREW OF ENGINEERS
                                   SUPERNUMERARIES

                WORK CREWMEMBER #1 
                COMPUTER VOICE     
                ERIC               
                ANNETTE            
                MALE NURSE         

         STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Evolution" 
                            
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              SHUTTLE BAY
              CORRIDOR
          
              SICKBAY
              SICKBAY LAB
              SICKBAY WAITING ROOM
              ENGINEERING
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              WESLEY'S QUARTERS
              TEN FORWARD
              COMPUTER ROOM
              STUBB'S QUARTERS

          STAR TREK: "Evolution" - 7/24/89 - TEASER          1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "Evolution"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse speed entering a double star system
	composed of a small neutron star orbiting a red giant
	star.

2    INT. SICKBAY LAB - CLOSE ON A TEXTBOOK

	something in advanced genetics... lying flat on a lab
	tabletop. The camera moves slowly along the table to
	see the paraphernalia of a long night of studying --
	containers, microscope, some half-eaten new generation
	pizza and an almost finished glass of milk... finding a
	still hand... and moving up the arm to find WESLEY;
	face flat on the table, eyes closed... and for a beat
	we may wonder what's happened to him... but then --

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Commander Riker to Ensign Crusher.

	Wesley's eyes jerk open... head turns -- where am I,
	omigod, I fell asleep....

					WESLEY
				(hoarse)
			Go ahead....

									INTERCUT:

3    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	On RIKER. DATA and WORF are at their stations.

					RIKER
			Forget to set your alarm, Wesley?

4    INT. SICKBAY LAB

	Wesley scurrying around to clean up the lab top... put
	away his experiment and equipment...

       STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - TEASER       2.

4    CONTINUED:

	he notices one of the containers is open, briefly
	reacts, quickly closes it... it's barely noted and
	buried in the humor of the moment.

					WESLEY
			Uh, yessir. I'm... very sorry.
			I'll be right there.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			I didn't think you'd want to miss
			this.

	Wesley takes one more last look around the room...
	exits quickly, brushing his hair into some semblance of
	neatness.

5    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - VIEWSCREEN - THE DOUBLE STARS
(OPTICAL)

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43102.8.
			We have entered a spectacular
			double star system in the Kavis
			Alpha sector on a most critical
			mission of astro-physical
			research.

	Finding a slightly disheveled man in his sixties (DOCTOR
	STUBBS) in casual clothes observing data processing
	on the bridge. The sparkle in his eye is the only hint
	of his excitement and anticipation... otherwise, he
	has the confidence of a man who already knows the
	answer to a question about to be posed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Our eminent guest, Doctor Paul
			Stubbs, will attempt to study the
			decay of globules of neutronium
			expelled at relativistic speeds
			by a massive stellar explosion
			which will occur here in a matter
			of hours.

	Wesley ENTERS the bridge, looking embarrassed, glances
	at Stubbs who smiles at him. Wesley sits at his
	station.

          STAR TREK: "Evolution" - 7/24/89 - TEASER          3.

5    CONTINUED:

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			It is virtually a
			once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
			as dictated by the forces of
			nature. But frankly, Doctor
			Stubbs seems much calmer about
			it all than those of us who are
			simply charged with the
			responsibility of delivery and
			observation.

					RIKER
			Ensign, our position....

					WESLEY
			Approaching ten million kilometers
			from the neutron star...

					RIKER
			Slow to one third impulse power...

	Stubbs stands by Wesley as the viewscreen shows a
	stream of hydrogen and helium torn from the red giant
	spiraling toward the neutron star.

					STUBBS
			Spectacular, isn't it, my young
			friend?

	His voice is as warm as a grandfather's.

					WESLEY
			Yessir.

	And he might as well be in his classroom, the professor
	sharing the excitement with a young student.

					STUBBS
			Over and over again, the intense
			gravitational pull of the little
			neutron star sucks up the star material
			from the red giant, and
			it builds up on the surface until
			it explodes... every one hundred
			and ninety six years. Like
			clockwork. And it is but eighteen
			hours away.

					DATA
			Eighteen hours, seven minutes,
			and ... ten seconds, Doctor.

       STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - TEASER       4.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

					STUBBS
				(acknowledges)
			The interstellar counterpart to
			Earth's "Old Faithful". The only
			predictable burst of energy in
			the universe that can accomplish
			our goal.

	PICARD ENTERS from the Ready Room.

					PICARD
			Doctor Stubbs, if you want to make
			a final inspection of the unit...

					STUBBS
			Captain, I've been inspecting the
			egg for twenty years... you may
			lay it when ready.

	Picard and Riker react to his offhanded confidence...

					PICARD
			Begin launch sequence.

					RIKER
			Shuttle Bay Two, stand-by to
			launch the uh, "egg"...

6    INT. SHUTTLE BAY - THE UNIT

	looks likes an egg... it's about the size of a Buick...
	sitting aboard a small launch pad. In a control booth,
	a TEAM OF OFFICERS acknowledge the command.

					CREWMEMBER #1
			Standing by, Commander...

7    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					STUBBS
			Do you know how long the
			experiment will last, Wesley... ?

					WESLEY
			One billionth of a second.

					STUBBS
				(reacts)
			Now, how would you know that?

       STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - TEASER       5.

7    CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			When I heard we were going to be
			part of your experiment, I read
			all your published works.

	Stubbs reacts, impressed.

					RIKER
			Begin pre-launch sequence.

									INTERCUT:

8    INT. SHUTTLE BAY (OPTICAL)

	Crewmember #1 touches a panel. A wide door behind the
	egg slides open to reveal the spectacular star system.

9    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					DATA
			Five minutes to launch site.

	Then, suddenly without warning... the Enterprise jolts
	sharply... Doctor Stubbs is thrown down to the floor...
	The jolts continue...

					PICARD
			Stabilize.

					WESLEY
			The ship is not responding.

10   INT. ENGINEERING - GEORDI

	Working furiously at his controls --

					GEORDI
			Checking for failure of inertia
			dampeners... Instruments say
			they're working...

11   THE UNIT

	rattles unstable on its launch pad...

          STAR TREK: "Evolution" - 7/24/89 - TEASER          6.

12   THE MAIN VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The stellar-material roars from the red giant across
	space in front of us... The jolts continue...

					WORF
			Captain, we're heading straight
			into the path of that stellar
			matter....

					PICARD
			Shields up.

					WORF
			Negative. The shields won't
			respond.

	On reactions --

13   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	hurtles toward the fire arc across space and...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT ONE       7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

14   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As before, the ship is flying out of control.

15   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					DATA
			Impact thirty seconds.

					PICARD
			Go to manual override to raise
			shields.

					WORF
			Shields are rising.

					RIKER
			Reset dampeners.

									INTERCUT:

16   INT. ENGINEERING

					GEORDI
			Dampeners not responding. Unable
			to reset.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Reverse impulse engines.

					GEORDI
			Initiating reverse sequence.

17   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The engines reverse. The ship stabilizes.

18   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Stubbs looks up dazed, from the floor...

					DATA
			Impact twenty seconds.

       STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/27/89 - ACT ONE       8.

18   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			The momentum is still taking us
			into the path of the
			stellar matter.

					RIKER
			Close the shuttle bay door...
			Prepare for impact.

					CREWMEMBER#1'S COM VOICE
			Door is frozen, Commander...

19   ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as the stellar matter gently deflects off the shields...

20   INT. SHUTTLE BAY - THE UNIT

	shakes.

21
thru	OMITTED
22

23   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The shaking from the collison stops.

					RIKER
			Commander Data, check all
			systems... Medical personnel to
			the bridge.

	Riker goes to help Doctor Stubbs... his back is hurt.

					DATA
			All systems functioning normally
			again.

					PICARD
			Computer, explanation for control
			malfunction.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			No control malfunction has been
			recorded.

	Off their reactions...

24   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in a holding pattern.

       STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT ONE       9.

25   INT. CORRIDOR

	Wesley moving... sees a trio of other teenagers, two
	attractive girls and one boy, dressed in ski clothes...

					ERIC
				(friendly)
			Hey, Wesley, you need some work
			on your right turns...

	Wesley pauses, responding a little too seriously for
	a teenager.

					WESLEY
			They're running a check to find
			out what happened. Everything's
			okay now...

	One of the girls, ANNETTE, is clearly interested in
	Wes.

					ANNETTE
			We're going into the Holodeck to
			ski in Switzerland, Wes... want
			to come?

					WESLEY
			Oh... I can't... I have to check
			on Doctor Stubbs. He's in
			Sickbay...

	Annette looks disappointed. Eric takes him aside out
	of earshot... puts his arm around his shoulder.

					ERIC
			Wesley, I have this awkward
			situation... Two gorgeous ladies,
			only one of me and a terrific
			program where we get snowed in
			at the ski lodge... just the fire
			and each other to keep us warm...
				(looks for a reaction)
			I can hold the storm for you...
			meet us at the lodge later on.

					WESLEY
			I can't, Eric. There's just too
			much to do...

					ERIC
				(strained)
			Yeah, okay... next time.

	Annette glances at him as they split up.

      STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT ONE      10.

26   INT. SICKBAY

	Several bruises from the incident are being treated...
	DOCTOR CRUSHER treats Stubbs' back as Wesley ENTERS.

					WESLEY
			The captain asked me to tell you
			that our systems are back to
			normal and we can make another
			launch attempt as soon as you're
			ready.

	Stubbs nods with a deceptively amiable grin. Beverly
	uses a medical tricorder.

					STUBBS
			Quite a dynamic family team, you
			Crushers....

					BEVERLY
				(smiles at her son)
			It's nice to be back together.
			I was at Starfleet Medical for
			a year... I missed about two
			inches of him.

	And a lot more. We may sense here that as she listens,
	Beverly is considering her relationship with her son...

					STUBBS
			I'm not sure I'd want my mother
			to be flying through space with
			me... no, I take that back. I
			am sure. I wouldn't want her.
			I love her dearly you understand.

					BEVERLY
				(poking)
			Does that hurt?

	He acknowledges. She treats it as Stubbs says to
	Wesley--

					STUBBS
			My mother's a formidable woman
			too. A woman of letters.
				(with many layers)
			A great critic.

					WESLEY
			I know.

      STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT ONE      11.

26   CONTINUED:

					STUBBS
			Good Lord, son. You didn't read
			that unauthorized biography too...
				(off his acknowledgment)
			I totally deny the story about
			the consulate's wife on Beldoron.
			We were only good friends. Is
			that all the boy does, Doctor,
			fly the ship and read? Doesn't
			he have any fun?

					BEVERLY
			Sure he does...

					WESLEY
				(interrupting)
			My studies keep me pretty busy.
			I'm trying to get into the
			Academy... I earn credits for
			my work on the Enterprise... but
			it's not the same as being
			there...

	Doctor Crusher finishes the treatment, nods to the
	nurse.

					NURSE
			Ready to sit up?

	Doctor Stubbs pulls himself up.

					STUBBS
			I am whole again, thank you,
			Doctor.
				(he stands)
			Come along, Wesley, let's make
			sure Humpty Dumpty is still in
			one piece.

	Beverly thinks about the conversation as Wes follows
	Stubbs out. The doctor's attention is drawn to:

27   INT. SICKBAY WAITING ROOM (OPTICAL)

	The refreshment dispenser is serving continuous cups
	of drinks, food to no one... spilling over, falling
	on the floor...

					BEVERLY
			Computer, fix the food slot...

      STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT ONE      11A.

27   CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			The food slot is functioning
			properly.

					BEVERLY
			Well, check it again...

      STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT ONE      12.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

					COMPUTER VOICE
			The food slot is functioning
			properly.

					BEVERLY
			Deactivate food slot.

	It finally stops. Off her reaction...

28   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi on a com panel talking to the Captain... a CREW
	OF ENGINEERS are working in the background...

					GEORDI
			We're analyzing the engineering
			systems data, Captain... so far
			nothing unusual in the computer
			log for that time period...

29   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard on the com line as Beverly ENTERS. He motions
	her to come in.

					PICARD
			Run a level one diagnostic series.
			We need a computer that's one
			hundred percent to run Doctor
			Stubbs' experiment.

	He signs off. For Beverly's benefit --

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			... As well as the food slots in
			Sickbay.

					BEVERLY
			It seems to be working again.
			For the moment anyway...

					PICARD
				(sitting)
			What can I do for you, Doctor?

	She sits down, concerned, not sure how to express it
	yet. But she's come to him as her old friend, not just
	the captain --

      STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/26/89 - ACT ONE      13.

29   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc, how would you feel if
			you were a seventeen year old and
			the only starship officer whose
			mother was on board... ?

	Picard takes a moment... he's less comfortable in
	dealing with her on a personal level... but tries his
	best.

					PICARD
			If you're concerned about Wesley,
			I see no evidence that there's
			a problem.

					BEVERLY
			I know. In a funny kind of way...
			that's exactly my point. We talk.
			We smile. It's almost too
			polite.

					PICARD
			Beverly, this is simply a matter
			of time. I know how difficult
			it was to be away.

					BEVERLY
				(vulnerable)
			Tell me about him.

	A beat as Picard is somewhat nonplussed at how to
	respond to a mother who wants to know her son.

					PICARD
			He's... become a fine officer.
			He works as hard as any member
			of the crew... Riker says his
			studies...

					BEVERLY
			No, tell me about him.

	And this is way out of Picard's comfort zone.

					PICARD
			He seems well adjusted...

					BEVERLY
			Does he have many friends... has
			he been in love... ?

       STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 8/2/89 - ACT ONE       14.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard taps a finger, realizes this is important
	stuff... but he hasn't a clue what to tell her.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Jean-Luc, he's come so far, so
			fast. And since I've been back
			I don't feel...

					PICARD
			His dependence?
				(beat, as she considers)
			He is seventeen, Beverly.

					BEVERLY
			What were you doing when you were
			seventeen?

					PICARD
			Getting into a lot more trouble
			than Wesley is, I can assure you.

					BEVERLY
			So was I.

	They exchange a smile.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Isn't that what seventeen is
			supposed to be?

	Off Picard's reaction...

30   INT. SHUTTLE BAY

	Wesley and Doctor Stubbs inspecting the unit.

					STUBBS
			No cracks in the armor... we'll
			be just fine...

					WESLEY
			How can you be so calm about
			everything? If I was about to
			make this kind of breakthrough...

       STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 8/2/89 - ACT ONE       15.

30   CONTINUED:

					STUBBS
			I've never doubted for a moment
			that this day would come, Wesley.
			And I suspect some day it will
			come for you as well. I see a
			lot of me in you.
				(Wesley reacts, proud)
			In my youth, they called me a
			vunderkind... do you understand
			vunderkind... ?

					WESLEY
			It's German, isn't it?

					STUBBS
				(nodding)
			It means wonder child. It is
			reserved for those of us who
			achieve early in life. Now the
			burden is yours.

					WESLEY
			The burden?

					STUBBS
			To fulfill your potential.
				(looking inward)
			You will never come up against
			a greater adversary than your own
			potential, my young friend.

	Suddenly Red Alert alarms go off... Wesley reacts.

					WESLEY
			Red Alert. You should return
			to your quarters immediately.

31   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CLOSE ON PICARD (OPTICAL)

					PICARD
				(urgent)
			Still no visual contact?
			Impossible... Mister Worf, same
			magnification. Fifty degrees
			starboard.

	Find Riker before the Main Viewer ... it shows only
	space -- nothing else...

      STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT ONE      15A.

31   CONTINUED:

	he moves to join Worf at his station... Geordi and
	Data are also on the bridge.

      STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT ONE      16.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Worf, you're absolutely sure...

32   INSERT - SENSOR SCREEN (OPTICAL)

					WORF (O.S.)
			The sensors clearly indicate the
			approach of a Borg vessel.

33   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Shields up.

					WORF
			Shields are not responding.

					GEORDI
			Manual overide is jammed. It's
			not gonna work this time... we
			don't have shields, Captain.

	He keeps at it.

34   INSERT - SENSOR SCREEN (OPTICAL)

					WORF (O.S.)
			Captain, they've fired energy
			weapons at us...

35   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					PICARD
			Evasive action.

					RIKER
			Bring about to two-eight-five mark three.

					PICARD
			Predict current vector of the Borg
			ship.

					WORF
			Vector... is gone.
				(beat, reacts)
			And so is the Borg vessel.

      STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT ONE      17.

35   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You're telling me this was another
			computer glitch?

					DATA
			It is conceivable that we were
			viewing a synthetically
			generated image... although there
			is no precedent for it.

					RIKER
				(incredulous)
			Our computer was daydreaming... ?

	Suddenly, the Enterprise jolts hard... out of control
	again...

					PICARD
			Computer, identify malfunction
			immediately.

	In the back, the turbolift doors start opening and
	closing repeatedly as the computer babbles --

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Pawn to King Three... Knight to
			Rook Four... Queen to Bishop
			Three...

					DATA
			Controls are not responding.

	Suddenly, the engines die.

					GEORDI
			Impulse engines are down.

	Geordi tries to fire up the engine. Nothing.

					RIKER
			Try warp engines.

	Geordi tries... nothing.

					GEORDI
			Sorry, Commander... I better get
			back to engineering...

	Picard at the viewscreen is frustrated beyond
	description. On the move --

      STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/24/89 - ACT ONE      18.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Worf, you will
			accompany Commander La Forge.
			I want a full report on the
			prospects for getting our shields
			back. Commanders Data and Riker
			will join me in the conference
			room to consider the future of
			this mission... if there is one.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT TWO      19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

36   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker and Data...

					PICARD
			The fact of the matter is we're
			dealing with a potential breakdown
			of our main computer...

					RIKER
			That's hard to accept.

					DATA
			The system automatically provides
			for self-correction, Captain.
			There has not been a system-wide
			technological failure on a
			starship in seventy-nine years.

	The door slides open and TROI ENTERS, already
	concerned....

					TROI
			Excuse me, Captain, Doctor Stubbs
			has been waiting to see you. I
			think it might be wise if...

	Without waiting for an invitation, Stubbs ENTERS,
	interrupting. His casual devil-may-care shell is a
	little shaky, but he still employs it.

					STUBBS
			Captain, I'm sure you have
			everything under control, I'd just
			like to know what's going on.

					PICARD
			Of course, Doctor. Sit down.
				(join us)
			Counselor...

	Picard and Troi exchange a concerned glance.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Commander La Forge is attempting
			repairs as we speak...

      STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/26/89 - ACT TWO      20.

36   CONTINUED:

					STUBBS
			"Attempting" ... that doesn't sound
			particularly reassuring.

					PICARD
			Doctor, if it is at all possible,
			we will continue this mission as
			planned.

					STUBBS
			Captain, if we miss our chance
			now we don't get another for two
			centuries. There will be many
			questions asked by Starfleet if
			the Enterprise fails in its
			duty...

					PICARD
				(sharp)
			Nevertheless, my first and
			foremost concern will be to insure
			the safety of this ship and its
			crew...

	With that same charming smile --

					STUBBS
			Insure the safety, Captain or are
			you really talking about playing
			it safe?

					PICARD
			My dear Doctor, in our current
			position, when that star explodes,
			you'll get to watch your
			experiment from the inside out.

					STUBBS
				(shrugs, casual)
			I would rather die than leave.

					PICARD
			I don't believe you speak for the
			majority, Doctor.

	And Picard and Stubbs lock eyes as Troi studies Stubbs,
	leans forward caringly --

      STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT TWO      20A.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Doctor Stubbs, I know how much
			this means to you...

      STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT TWO      21.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

	And this is said with a smile and charm --

					STUBBS
			My dear Counselor, no insult
			intended but please turn off your
			beam into my soul. I will share
			the feelings I wish to share...

	She reacts, stunned by the anger she feels from him.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Lieutenant Worf to Captain Picard.

									INTERCUT:

37   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi and Worf at the pool table... many workers in
	the background.

					WORF
			Captain, all weapons systems are
			down.

	Reactions.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Estimated time for repairs?

					GEORDI
			Commander, I don't even know what
			to repair yet.

38   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Signing off --

					PICARD
			Continue to advise.

					STUBBS
			Well, if we do not take our leave
			in time, so be it... it's one sure
			way into the history books, eh?

	He EXITS. The others exchange a look.

					TROI
			His nonchalance is studied and
			practiced...

      STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT TWO      22.

38   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Even my sensory perception picked
			that up today...

					TROI
			In fact, he's put his entire self-worth
			on the line with this
			experiment. He is telling the
			truth when he says he'd rather
			die than leave.
				(reactions)
			And one more thing... he doesn't
			like women very much.

					DATA
			Odd. The research material on
			Doctor Stubbs includes not a few
			references from gossip columns.
			It suggests females find him quite
			attractive.

					TROI
			Not this one.

39   INT. SICKBAY

	Eric helping in Annette, looking cold and shaken, she
	has a broken leg....

					BEVERLY
			What happened to you?

					ERIC
			We had a little accident on the
			Holodeck....

					NURSE
				(glances at Beverly)
			On the Holodeck... but it's
			programmed to prevent injuries...

	The nurse helps get her on a table...

					ANNETTE
			I was making a great run down a
			deserted slope when the ground
			just seemed to fall away....

	Beverly hits her com panel.

      STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT TWO      23.

39   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Engineering, this is Doctor
			Crusher. The Holodecks are to
			be closed by my order until
			further notice.

	As she examines the girl's leg...

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			We've been having control problems
			today. There's a small fracture
			here... this'll just take a
			minute...

	The nurse hands her an instrument.

					NURSE
			You look like you could use
			something warm inside you... hot
			chocolate, maybe?

	Eric and Annette smile, nod yes enthusiastically. The
	nurse moves away...

					ANNETTE
				(to Beverly)
			Wes almost came along. It's
			probably a good thing he didn't.

					BEVERLY
			I didn't know he was going skiing
			with you...

					ERIC
			It was one of those last minute
			things... we tried to grab him
			on the way...

					ANNETTE
			We don't see much of him now that
			he's been assigned to the bridge.

	And that disturbs Beverly but she doesn't display it.

40   INT. SICKBAY WAITING ROOM (OPTICAL)

	The nurse is at the food slot... preparing to remove
	two cups of hot chocolate and as he reaches in...

         STAR TREK: "Evolution" - 7/24/89 - ACT TWO         24.

40   CONTINUED:

	a red arc of electricity snaps over his body... and he
	slumps to the ground. Rushing to him...

					BEVERLY
			Omigod....

					ERIC
			What happened...

					BEVERLY
			He's not breathing...

	She feels the pulse... uses all her resources to
	ressucitate him... finally he begins to breathe... she
	feels the pulse again, it's better...

41   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, standing, reacts to the news delivered by Doctor
	Crusher. All the regulars except Geordi are present.

					BEVERLY
			If he had been alone, he would
			have died.

					PICARD
			Advise everyone to remain in their
			quarters when not on duty.
			Protocol "B" access to all power
			components. Nobody else uses them
			unless it's cleared by Commander
			Riker.

					WORF
			Sir, is it possible this is not
			a computer breakdown?
				(off Picard's look)
			What if it is some form of attack?

					RIKER
			Our sensors showed no sign of life
			in this stellar system.

					PICARD
			They also showed a Borg vessel
			that did not exist. Counselor
			Troi?

      STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/26/89 - ACT TWO      25.

41   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I perceive no life force,
			Captain... no feelings of ill
			will. But I am not attuned to
			every form of life.

	Wesley begins to consider a terrible possibility...

					PICARD
			Data, stay on the sensors... see
			if we can't pick up something
			out there.

	A beat as he sits down, thinking hard....

					RIKER
			It does almost seem as if
			something... or someone is trying
			to render the Enterprise helpless.

					PICARD
			They're not just trying, Number
			One. If it's true, they're doing
			a damn good job of it.

	And Wesley is more than a little worried about what
	he's thinking.

42   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi behind an open panel of components...

43   ANGLE - WESLEY (OPTICAL)

	outside the panel... the control systems come on.
	Wesley reacts... several other engineers are working as
	well.

					WESLEY
			You got it. Nice going, Geordi...

	As he comes around, to an engineer.

					GEORDI
			Call up the cross-section of
			computer core processor
			four-five-one, elements
			zero-two-hundred through
			zero-three-hundred.

      STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT TWO      26.

43   CONTINUED:

	As the engineer works at the computer board... various
	graphs and circuit board construction flashes across
	a terminal screen...

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			In order to get some power, I had
			to by-pass the computer core and
			essentially hotwire the
			connection.

44   THE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	stops at a cross-section of connections labeled "Core
	Processor 451, Element 0299" and there is a clear
	lesion visible there. Geordi points it out.

					GEORDI (O.S.)
			Look at that lesion. No wonder
			we're coming apart at the seams.

45   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

					GEORDI
			It's some kind of continuing
			disintegration. But from what... I
			can't tell ya. And I haven't the
			slightest idea how to stop it.

	Wesley's face shows continued concern... something he's
	hiding... hoping against hope it isn't true.

					WESLEY
			But it's just a mechanical
			problem, right?

					GEORDI
			Increase magnification, factor
			fifty.

	The image grows fifty times.

					GEORDI
			I don't know, Wesley. Looking
			at it... if it weren't...
			impossible... I'd say someone had
			climbed in there and started
			taking it apart.

	And that's the worst thing that Wesley could hear.

       STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 8/1/89 - ACT TWO       27.

46   INT. SICKBAY LAB

	Wesley ENTERS with urgency... gets out the materials he
	was studying earlier. He opens the container that he
	had discovered when he awakened and checks it with a
	scanner. There is no response. He sighs deeply.
	Something horrible has happened.

47   OMITTED

48   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	The room is deserted due to the captain's order to
	remain in quarters. Wesley moves around a corner down
	on his knees... setting down a high tech trap...

49   ANGLE - WIDE

	to reveal GUINAN sitting on a barstool, calmly
	watching. Wesley's back is to her. He feels her
	presence... turns...

					WESLEY
			Guinan... I didn't think anyone
			would be here.

					GUINAN
			I've never been very good at being
			confined to quarters. Any of my
			husbands would testify to that.

	She rises, comes over slowly to see what he's doing...

					GUINAN
			What are these things?

	Feeling a little foolish --

					WESLEY
			I'm just setting... traps.

      STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT TWO      28.

49   CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			I run a clean place here.

					WESLEY
			I know. It's not that. I just...

	He's obviously in trouble... their eyes meet. He can't
	lie to her. Can anyone?

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			Guinan, I'm scared. Everything
			that's been going wrong may be
			my fault.

					GUINAN
			Pull up a stool, Wesley.

	They sit.

					WESLEY
			I've been working on my final
			project for Advanced Genetics.
			It's on nanotechnology. And I've
			been studying the nanites we have
			in the Sickbay genetic supplies.
			They're just like tiny little
			robots with gigabytes of
			mechanical computer memory, tiny
			enough to enter living cells and
			conduct repairs. They're supposed
			to be strictly confined to the
			lab.

					GUINAN
			Are you trying to say some nanites
			are on the loose?

					WESLEY
				(sighs)
			Two of them. That's all. See,
			I just wanted to see how they
			would interact and function in
			tandem. In my project, I had
			proposed a theory that they could
			actually combine their skills to
			improve their usefulness. And
			it was working.

					GUINAN
			You made a better nanite.

      STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/27/89 - ACT TWO      29.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			I was pulling an all-nighter to
			get my final data... and I fell
			asleep. When I woke up, I
			realized the container was still
			open...
				(off her look)
			It was just a science project.

					GUINAN
			A doctor once said the very same
			thing to me... what was his
			name... Frankenstein, I think.

					WESLEY
			They're really harmless. They
			only have the most basic skills.
			It's almost impossible that they
			could be responsible...

					GUINAN
			Almost.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Doctor Crusher to Wesley Crusher.

					WESLEY
				(reacts)
			Go ahead.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			I stopped by your quarters, Wes.
			I assumed you'd be there, since
			you're off duty.

					WESLEY
			I was just... I had some things
			to do...

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Orders are orders, Mister Crusher.

	Wesley sighs, glances at Guinan.

					WESLEY
			You won't tell anybody...

	A beat as Guinan looks at him.

					WESLEY
			I know. I will. If it's true.

      STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT TWO      30.

49   CONTINUED: (3)

	He starts to leave.

					GUINAN
			Wesley...
				(he stops)
			Think you'll get a good grade?

					WESLEY
				(glum)
			I always get an A.

	He EXITS.

					GUINAN
				(to herself)
			So did Doctor Frankenstein.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT THREE     31.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

50   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. Our
			computer core has clearly been
			tampered with and yet there is
			no sign of a breach of security
			on board.

51   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Everyone at their stations... Troi is also on the
	bridge.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			We have even considered sabotage,
			but Counselor Troi has not
			detected any such sentiments.
			We have engines back and will
			attempt to complete our mission...
			but without a reliable computer,
			Doctor Stubbs' experiment is in
			serious jeopardy.

	Stubbs watches this time with greater intensity.

					RIKER
			Manual restart sequence?

					GEORDI
			Manual restart successful...
			impulse engine functions appear
			normal.

	Riker glances at Picard for orders.

					PICARD
			Proceed.

					RIKER
			Shuttle Bay Two, open hangar
			doors.

        STAR TREK: "Evolution" - 7/24/89 - ACT THREE        32.

52   INT. SHUTTLE BAY

	The crew tries, but the doors do not open.

					CREWMEMBER #1
			Doors did not respond. Repeating
			sequence.

	As he does,

53   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Suddenly over the loudspeakers, blasting music --
	Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever"....

					PICARD
			What in heaven's name... ?

					DATA
			It is "Stars and Stripes Forever"
			by John Phillip Sousa, a popular
			American composer of band music
			in the early twentieth century...

					PICARD
			Yes... yes... I know...

					RIKER
			Computer, shut off the music....

	The music plays on.

					DATA
			The music is on all communications
			channels, Captain.

					RIKER
			Power... weapons...
			communications. We're being
			stripped one system at a time...

					PICARD
			Shut off the power to the bridge.

	The music stops and the lights go out... after a beat,
	emergency lighting comes on. Picard looks at Troi...

					TROI
			I feel no hostile emotions
			present. No friendly feelings
			either. Nothing.

     STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT THREE     33.

53   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Only an enemy without honor
			refuses to show himself in battle.

					PICARD
			We may be fighting a different
			kind of enemy than we've ever
			known... an enemy that fights a
			war of nerves.
				(beat)
			Resume power to the bridge.

	The main power does not return. Picard has no
	alternative.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Commander La Forge, can you get
			us out of this star system
			safely...

	Moving forward to confront Picard...

					STUBBS
			No...

	... intercepted by Riker.

					RIKER
			Not now, Doctor.

					GEORDI
			I'll try, Captain. I don't want
			to overload the engines...

					PICARD
			Do it gently. But do it.

	Geordi EXITS. Doctor Stubbs does not even look at Picard.

					RIKER
			We'll circuit in auxiliary power
			to the bridge... and find some
			way to silence Sousa if he tries
			an encore.

	Picard acknowledges, to Riker --

					PICARD
			The priority is to find out who
			or what is doing this and why.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT THREE     34.

53   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(Riker acknowledges,
				 EXITS)
			Those of us not involved in that
			detail should get a few minutes
			rest. Commander Data, the bridge,
			or what's left of it, is yours.

	He EXITS. Wesley glances at Doctor Stubbs who looks away
	and EXITS.

54   INT. SHUTTLE BAY

	Stubbs stands with his egg in a stark shot of a man
	considering the meaning of his life. Moving to find
	Wesley entering behind him...

					STUBBS
			The egg that Stubbs laid.

					WESLEY
			Nobody will say that...

					STUBBS
			Nobody will say... anything,
			Wesley. We will not even be
			mentioned.

	Wesley can't speak, feeling guilty.

					STUBBS
				(continuing; sighs)
			I could live with failure.
			... Well, maybe not. But never
			even to try. To miss your one
			chance at bat. Do you know
			baseball?

     STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/24/89 - ACT THREE     35.

54   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			My dad taught it to me when I was
			little.

					STUBBS
			Once, centuries ago, it was the
			beloved national pastime of the
			Americas, Wesley. Abandoned by
			a society that prized fast food
			and faster games. Lost to
			impatience. But I have seen the
			great players make the great
			plays.

					WESLEY
			Do you recreate them on a
			Holodeck?

					STUBBS
			No, in here...
				(his mind)
			With the knowledge of
			statistics... runs, hits and
			errors... times at bat... box
			scores. Men like us do not need
			Holodecks, Wesley. I have played
			seasons in my mind. It was my
			reward to myself. For patience.
			Knowing my turn would come. Call
			your shot. Point to a star. One
			great blast and the crowd rises.
			A brand new era in astro-physics.
			Postponed one hundred and
			ninety-six years on account of
			rain.

55   INT. SICKBAY LAB

	Wes has collected his traps. He's scanning a few with
	no results... but then there's an audio response from
	his scanner on one. Before he can make a visual
	check, the door slides open and his mother ENTERS.

					BEVERLY
			We have to talk.

	He glances up at her -- does she know? Did Guinan tell
	her? She sits by him.

     STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/27/89 - ACT THREE     36.

55   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			You really look like you could
			use some rest...

	Relieved, moving ahead with his work --

					WESLEY
			I know. It's okay. Really.

					BEVERLY
				(gentle)
			No, it's not. Really.

	She takes his hand, stops him from the work.

					WESLEY
			I'm just checking some traps that
			I set... to see if I can find out
			what's happening to the ship.

					BEVERLY
			On someone's orders... ?

					WESLEY
			We're running out of time for
			Doctor Stubbs...

					BEVERLY
			Wesley, you can't put everything
			on your own shoulders. Even when
			you're off duty, you're on duty...

					WESLEY
			Mom, you don't understand...

					BEVERLY
			You're a seventeen year old boy...

	He looks at her... not used to be treated as a child.

					WESLEY
			I'm an acting officer... I have
			responsibilities....

					BEVERLY
				(cautiously)
			I'm beginning to think... maybe
			we're all expecting too much of
			you.

        STAR TREK: "Evolution" - 7/24/89 - ACT THREE        37.

55   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
				(reacts)
			I've done everything anyone has
			asked of me and more. You don't
			know... you haven't even been
			here.

	That pretty well gets down to it. And Beverly
	understands that conflicts come with being a real
	parent... and is ready to resume that role.

					BEVERLY
			I'm here now, Wesley.

	Wesley, like any normal teenager, does not seem to get
	it at all, but somewhere deep inside, a part of him may
	begin to feel her love and concern. This is not going
	to be resolved soon.

					BEVERLY
			C'mon, I'll help you finish this
			up... what are you looking for?

	He looks at her with guilty eyes, sighs...

					BEVERLY
			Wesley... ?

					WESLEY
			Mom, I think I've made a horrible
			mistake.

	She reacts, curious, but puts a comforting hand on his
	shoulder as he focuses a microscopic camera on his
	trap... they look together at --

56   A MONITOR - (OPTICAL)

	an electronicly reproduced image -- six tiny,
	startingly busy, mechanical devices in constant
	motion...

	From the next scene --

					BEVERLY (O.S.)
			Nanites. Tiny machines built from
			the atom up.

     STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/31/89 - ACT THREE     38.

57   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	The image is patched to a monitor. Picard, Riker,
	Data, Beverly, Wesley and Doctor Stubbs are present.

					BEVERLY
			Designed to have exposure only
			to the inside of nucleii during
			celluar surgeries. Until then,
			they are kept tightly confined
			in a non-functional state.

					DATA
				(studying them)
			These are not ordinary nanites.

					BEVERLY
			No, these have... evolved.

					STUBBS
				(cynical)
			Evolved... how does a machine
			evolve...

					WESLEY
			It's true. I'm reponsible. I
			allowed two of the nanites to
			interact for my school project
			to increase their capabilities.
			And... they escaped.

					PICARD
			School... project...

     STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/31/89 - ACT THREE     39.

57   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Just how far have these things...
			evolved?

	Beverly glances at Wesley who puts some microscopic raw
	material into the device...

									INTERCUT:

58   MONITOR - (OPTICAL)

	As the material is added to picture, the nanite gets
	even busier, apparently devouring it....

					WESLEY
			This is a sample of linear memory
			crystal from our computer core.

					RIKER
				(reacts)
			It's like candy to them...

	But in a second, it's clear -- suddenly there are
	twelve of the nanites.

59   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Reactions.

					BEVERLY
			They're now capable of
			mechanically replicating
			themselves. And who knows what
			else....

					DATA
			It is conceivable that with each
			new generation they enhance their
			own design. The rate of evolution
			would be...extraordinary.

					PICARD
			How many generations are we
			dealing with here?

					DATA
			Engineering, display computer
			core processor four-five-one,
			element zero-two-nine-nine.

     STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT THREE     39A.

59   CONTINUED:

	The monitor makes the patch to the lesion...

     STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT THREE     40.

59   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Increase magnification, factor
			one thousand.

60   THE ENLARGED IMAGE - (OPTICAL)

	reveals scores, millions of little nanite flecks...

61   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Reactions.

					PICARD
				(understatement)
			A few.
				(beat)
			Can it be possible that they know
			what they're doing...

					RIKER
			Why would they attack us?

					STUBBS
			Why does a mosquito bite your ear
			and who cares? The answer is
			simple. Call an exterminator.

					BEVERLY
			Doctor Stubbs, these nanites are
			apparently operating with a new
			collective intelligence... working
			together, teaching each other
			skills...

	Data considers that, moves to examine... he is
	processing all the facts before taking a position.

					DATA
			Doctor, are you suggesting they
			are becoming a... civilization?

	Beverly looks at him... if the shoe fits....

					STUBBS
			Oh really. I'm sorry but this
			is nonsense. You can't have a
			civilization of computer chips.
			They're made in a plant in Dakar
			Senegal. I've watched the
			construction.

     STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/31/89 - ACT THREE     41.

61   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Then how do you explain what
			you've seen here?

					STUBBS
			It's no more mysterious than
			watching a strain of the Leutscher
			virus reproduce itself. And that
			at least is a bona fide lifeform.
			How many disease germs and viruses
			have you destroyed in your time,
			Doctor Crusher?

	She is forced to acknowledge.

					PICARD
			I cannot exterminate... something
			that "may or may not" be
			intelligent.

					STUBBS
				(unbelievable)
			My good Captain...

					PICARD
				(sharp)
			There is still time.
				(beat)
			Ensign Crusher, work with Data
			to find some way to remove them
			safely. If things get worse,
			we'll take stronger measures.

     STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/31/89 - ACT THREE     42.

61   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard, Riker move out. Doctor Stubbs glares after
	Picard.

62   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	holding outside the double star system.

63   INT. COMPUTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Data and Geordi make further studies of the core
	infestation as Wesley assists. Over the section in
	which they are working, we read "Processor 451" with
	various element numbers.

	Doctor Stubbs ENTERS. Apparently calmer.

					STUBBS
			Gentlemen. I need a computer
			functioning perfectly in less
			than eight hours... and we still
			have core reconstruction to
			consider...

					WESLEY
			We're testing a low level gamma
			field that might reduce their
			processing speed.

					STUBBS
			Have you considered a high level
			charge?

					DATA
				(reacts)
			High level gamma radiation would
			kill them, Doctor Stubbs.

     STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT THREE     43.

63   CONTINUED:

					STUBBS
			I know.

	And without warning, he calmly pulls a scanner from
	his pocket... aims it at processor four-five-one.
	Wesley reacts --

					WESLEY
			Doctor Stubbs...

	Doctor Stubbs turns back to processor four-five-one and
	fires the gamma charge...

64   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard and Riker.

					PICARD
			I can't get the story of David
			and Goliath out of my head. How
			long do we wait, Number One?

					RIKER
			We can continue to bypass parts
			of the computer that are
			affected... but if these nanites
			are spreading all over the ship...

	As if in answer to the question, he detects an odd
	scent in the airflow...

					PICARD
			Do you smell a change in...

	And suddenly both of them are racked with coughing,
	struggling to breathe... they move quickly out to:

     STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/26/89 - ACT THREE     44.

65   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Where the SUPERNUMERARIES are also suffering from the
	air, choking...

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Picard to La Forge...
			enviromental system malfunction
			on the bridge... acknowledge...

	No response. Riker moves into position at a console...
	reading data display... struggling to stay conscious...

					RIKER
			Nitrogen oxide... toxic levels...

	Riker keys in several commands... finally, moves to
	a manual override.... there is a WHOOSH sound as a
	change occurs in the air supply system...

					RIKER
			I've switched to manual control
			of the air handling system...

	Breathing becomes easier, but then the ship shudders...
	the power goes on and off... a small electrical
	explosion pops out of one control panel... someone is
	trapped in the turbolift, pounding... finally, pulls
	the door open and it's Worf holding Doctor Stubbs... Data
	behind them.

					WORF
			He entered a computer access
			room and sterilized one of the
			processors with gamma radiation.

					DATA
			The nanites in the upper core
			are all dead, Captain.

	On Picard's reaction, as the chaos continues...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT FOUR      45.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

66   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before. The shuddering... light failures...
	turbolift opening and closing... it all continues. Troi
	and Doctor Crusher have joined the others on the
	bridge.

					STUBBS
			You have no choice now... it is
			a matter of survival.

					PICARD
			If you were a member of my crew,
			sir, I would...

					STUBBS
				(over-lapping)
			But I am not a member of your
			crew, sir... I am a representative
			of the highest command of the
			Federation... which has directed
			you to perform my experiment...

					PICARD
			If one man, woman or child on my
			ship dies because of your
			experiment... I will have your head
			before the highest command of the
			Federation...

					STUBBS
			Good Lord, you are talking about
			machines with a screw loose.
			Simply turn them off. And be done
			with them.

	Troi studies Doctor Stubbs carefully, is worried about
	what she feels. And then she suddenly feels something
	else... she isn't sure at first what it is...

					DATA
			Doctor Stubbs, your own actions
			have provided evidence to the
			contrary. After you destroyed
			the nanites in the core, they
			immediately responded by
			interfering with our life-support
			systems.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT FOUR          46.

66   CONTINUED:

					DATA (Cont'd)
			It is hard to accept these as
			random actions by machines with
			"loose screws". In effect, you
			may have proven that the nanites
			do have a collective intelligence.

					TROI
			Captain, I'm feeling a vague
			presence. It wasn't there before.
			It is not hostility... More like
			a primitive sense of
			self-preservation.

					BEVERLY
			If they have evolved this
			far... into emotional growth... how
			can we destroy them now?

					WORF
			The ship is at risk.
			Extermination may be the only
			alternative left.

					STUBBS
			A good point...

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Worf, Doctor Stubbs
			is to be restricted to his
			quarters until further notice.

	Worf nods to a GUARD who takes Stubbs by the arm and
	escorts him out. Suddenly, the chaos ends. The ship
	is eerily still. (Note: it is because Stubbs is on
	the move that the attack has subsided but our crew
	doesn't know that yet.)

					PICARD
			Data, can you find me a way to
			communicate with these things?

					DATA
			With intelligence, they have the
			capacity for language.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/31/89 - ACT FOUR          47.

66   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (Cont'd)
			But it will depend on how far
			their evolution has brought them.
			We could modify the circuits in
			the universal translator to make
			it capable of communications with
			them...

					PICARD
			Proceed.

67   INT. STUBBS' QUARTERS

	He's inside as the door slides open and Troi stands
	there. The guard is visible outside.

					TROI
			May I come in?

	He gives her his best casual shrug.

					STUBBS
			You just can't resist, can you,
			Counselor?

					TROI
			I only want to help.

					STUBBS
				("bored")
			Yes, yes... to break the shell...
			to get in touch with my true
			feelings. What is this
			preoccupation women have with
			de-mystifying me? It must be the
			challenge. Climb me. Because
			I'm there.

					TROI
			I am only worried about your state
			of mind, Doctor.

          STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/31/89 - ACT FOUR          48.

67   CONTINUED:

					STUBBS
			All right, Counselor... what is
			it that has you so worried?

					TROI
			Your single-mindedness, your need
			to have this experiment work...

					STUBBS
			But it will. Picard has no choice
			now. He must defend the
			Enterprise.
				(tossing it all off with
				 a grin)
			Counselor, when this is over, I
			will show you New Manhattan on
			Beth Delta-One as you've never
			seen it and we will laugh over
			glasses of champagne.

					TROI
				(beat)
			Your self portrait is so
			practiced, so polished....

					STUBBS
				(smiles)
			Yes, isn't it, though?

					TROI
			It is stretched so tight that the
			tension fills this room. And if
			you finally... fail... I fear it
			will snap.

	A long beat as she studies him sadly. She has failed
	and they both know it. She prepares to leave.

          STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT FOUR          49.

67   CONTINUED: (2)

					STUBBS
			A good try, Counselor. But
			sometimes when you reach beneath
			a man's self portrait, as you so
			eloquently put it, deep down,
			inside... what you find... is
			nothing at all.

	She reacts and EXITS. Alone, we may see that, in a
	way, he too is sorry she failed.

68   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - SCIENCE ONE (OPTICAL)

	has now become a montage of symbols, numbers,
	letters... a pause where a response might be... but
	there is none...

									INTERCUT:

69   DATA - CU (OPTICAL)

	types at a keyboard at his station... broadcasting
	these messages... waiting for a response... nothing.

70
thru	OMITTED
71

72   INT. STUBBS' CABIN

	As he lays alone... studying the ceiling... the sound
	of a cheering crowd fills his head...

					STUBBS
			Lockman on first, Dark on
			second... Thompson at the plate...
			Branca on the mound...

	Stubbs closes his eyes... and watches the game in his
	mind as we move off to find... starting at the far
	corner of the room... a computer terminal goes blank...
	and then moving across the room toward Stubbs... a
	light on a com panel goes dark... and any other power
	components fall dead as though a plague were sweeping
	across the room sapping the energy from everywhere...

          STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT FOUR          50.

73   STUBBS

	lays unaware and...

74   THE LIGHTS OVERHEAD

	are swallowed one by one by the "plague"...

75   HIS EYES

	open with a start... and he sees

76   HIS POV - THE LAST LIGHT GOES OUT

	and...

76A  IN THE DARK (OPTICAL)

	an arc of electricity surges from the lights above,
	virtually raising him and as he screams...

77   EXT. STUBBS' CABIN

	The guard hears... moves to the door... but it doesn't
	open... and as the yelling continues... the guard
	forces the door open and Stubbs staggers out, falls
	unconscious.

78   INT. SICKBAY

	Picard ENTERS as Beverly works on Doctor Stubbs.

					BEVERLY
			He's coming around...

	His face is flushed and sweaty as though he has a
	fever... he mumbles fearful groans...

					PICARD
			I have to believe this was not
			an arbitrary attack...

					BEVERLY
			Has Data made any progress in
			contacting them?

	Picard shakes his head. Suddenly, Doctor Stubbs' hand
	moves out and grabs Picard's wrist. In a hoarse voice:

          STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT FOUR          51.

78   CONTINUED:

					STUBBS
			You must protect me. Kill them.

	The ship shudders... the lights go off and on... the
	attacks have begun again (as the nanites realize Stubbs
	is still alive.) And Picard looks at the man, realizes
	he has come to the end of his alternatives.

79   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - SCIENCE ONE (OPTICAL)

	the montage of symbols, numbers and letters... no
	response.

80   DATA - CU (OPTICAL)

	at his station... intense, wanting a response...
	getting nothing. Pull back to include Riker and Worf
	watching the exercise. Geordi and Wesley are not
	there. The attacks continue. Picard ENTERS.

					PICARD
			Commander Riker, on my signal,
			we will gamma-irradiate all
			computer systems throughout the
			Enterprise to end this conflict.

					RIKER
			Worf, prepare to activate gamma
			pulse generators.

	Data continues to watch the screen.

					WORF
			Electromagnetic scanners ready,
			Captain.

	Picard pats Data on the shoulder -- nice try. Data will
	not give up. As Picard takes a deep reluctant
	breath...

81   ON SCIENCE ONE (OPTICAL)

	A symbol appears in the pause space...

					DATA
			Captain...

	Data types again... Picard watches... Worf and Riker
	stop their sequence, watch... again the same symbol...

             STAR TREK: "Evolution" - 7/24/89 - ACT FOUR            52.

81   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I have established contact.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT FIVE          53.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

82   INT. SICKBAY

	Doctor Stubbs looks better as he awakens, looks around,
	sits up...

83   ANGLE - HIS POV - THE SICKBAY GENETICS LAB

	where Wesley continues to study the nanites.

84   WESLEY

	turns to see Stubbs standing at the doorway.

					WESLEY
			Are you okay?

					STUBBS
			I will be. As soon as we finish
			off these pests.

	Wesley looks at him with different eyes... and he's
	not disrepectful but Stubbs can feel it...

					STUBBS
			Wesley, do not be too harsh in
			your judgment of me... until
			you've walked a lifetime in my
			shoes.

	Stubbs puts his hand on Wesley's shoulder. Wisely --

					STUBBS
				(continuing)
			We are no different, you and I.
			For you right now, it's getting
			into the Academy. For me, it's
			the egg. Others will never
			understand how important our work
			is to us. It's everything we live
			for.

					WESLEY
				(a beat)
			Doctor Stubbs, I want to go the
			Academy. But if I don't, I have
			other things to live for.

          STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT FIVE          54.

84   CONTINUED:

	And it is clear and honest and now there is no one for
	Stubbs to share his game with. Softly --

					STUBBS
			Of course you do.

	And Wesley looks away and Stubbs stands there, a lonely
	old man who knows exactly who he is.

85   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data is at Science One working the keyboard as the
	others, including Troi, watch as we...

									INTERCUT:

86   ON SCIENCE ONE (OPTICAL)

	where now Data's long "sentences" are answered by a
	few symbols from the nanites... and a few more each
	time...

					DATA
			They are virtually learning the
			concept of communication as we
			continue, Captain... each new
			generation is making
			modifications.

					PICARD
			Can we actually talk to them yet?

					DATA
			I think it is worth an attempt...

					PICARD
			Ask them for a cease-fire... put
			it in whatever words you think
			they'll understand.

	Data types in his symbols... a response on the
	screen...

					DATA
				(surprised)
			Captain, their answer is... no.

					PICARD
			Tell them it is critical to their
			survival as well as our own.

          STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT FIVE          55.

86   CONTINUED:

	Data sends the message and receives a response.

					DATA
			Their answer is no.

	The captain thinks hard, looking for the opening.

					TROI
			I sense that after the incident
			in the computer core, there is
			very little trust...

	A thoughtful beat.

					PICARD
			Bring Doctor Stubbs to the bridge.

	Riker EXITS to handle it personally.

					WORF
			The universal translator has its
			limits. I prefer to negotiate
			eye to eye with my enemy...

					PICARD
			I don't think there's much chance
			of that here.

	Data hears that... and an idea begins to form....

87   INT. CORRIDOR

	Moving to the bridge... Riker escorting Doctor Stubbs...

					STUBBS
				(fearful)
			But they have already tried to
			kill me once...

					RIKER
			"One sure way into the history
			books", Doctor...

	And they ENTER...

          STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT FIVE          56.

88   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard looks at Stubbs with ice in his eyes.

					PICARD
			Tell them the human who destroyed
			their comrades is here and wishes
			to address them...

					STUBBS
				(reluctant)
			Captain, if I might...

					PICARD
			And you, sir will explain your
			error and apologize and pray that
			we can negotiate a peace we can
			all live with... is that clear?

	Stubbs acknowledges. Before relaying the message...

					DATA
			Captain, if a face to face
			negotiation would be helpful,
			I would like to volunteer myself
			as a conduit.

					RIKER
			Yourself, Data?

					DATA
			I can easily furnish the nanites
			with a schematic design of my
			neurological structure. Entering
			my neural network would require
			only their most basic skills.

					BEVERLY
			That's what they were designed
			for.

					DATA
			They could easily penetrate the
			molecular fabric of my
			hand-covering into the nerve
			circuitry and interface with my
			verbal programs.

	A beat. Incredible reactions all around.

          STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT FIVE          57.

88   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			If they have control of a
			Starfleet commander, they become
			an even greater threat.

					PICARD
			How do we know we'll ever get them
			out of you, Data...

					DATA
			There are considerable risks.
			But it would also represent a
			gesture of trust on our part.
			It could be an important step
			toward peace.

	A long beat.

					PICARD
			All right. Propose it to the
			nanites.

	Data types it in... we see the code go out over the
	viewscreen... followed by a quick set of schematic
	designs of Data. After a long beat there is a short
	response.

					DATA
			The answer is yes.

	Off reactions --
									TIME CUT TO:

89   INT. COMPUTER ROOM - ON DATA (OPTICAL)

	Data is at the computer terminal, as before,
	communicating with the nanites. Picard, Worf and
	Stubbs are present.

90   WIDE ANGLE (OPTICAL)

					DATA
			They are ready, Captain.

					PICARD
			Proceed.

          STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT FIVE          58.

90   CONTINUED:

	Data puts his hand under a magnification device.

91   DATA'S FINGER (OPTICAL)

	appears on the screen of the magnification device.
	Data touches a control; the image magnifies, and we see
	glimmers of light passing into the skin.

92   INT. COMPUTER ROOM

	After a beat, Data reacts to the invasion and his
	movements become the slightest bit mechanical as though
	he is being operated by remote control... he stands.

	His eyes become less innocent, more curious. Data
	moves to Picard and Riker, looks them over.

					DATA/NANITE
			You are very strange looking
			creatures.

	Picard and Riker exchange a look... it's worked.

					PICARD
			In our travels, we have
			encountered many other
			creatures... even stranger-looking
			than we are... and all of us try
			to co-exist peacefully.

					DATA/NANITE
			The urge among us to destroy all
			of your kind is intense. Why did
			you attack us?

					PICARD
			We misinterpreted your actions
			as an attack against us.

           STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 8/2/89 - ACT FIVE          59.

92   CONTINUED:

					DATA/NANITE
			We were only seeking raw materials
			for our replication process.

					PICARD
			Yes, but you endangered the vessel
			in which we all travel.

	Data looks around at the room like he's seeing it for
	the first time...

					PICARD
			You almost killed a crewmember.

					DATA/NANITE
			We meant no harm. We were only
			exploring.

					PICARD
			We understand. We are also
			explorers and we mean no harm to
			any life-form.

	Data stares at Doctor Stubbs. He knows his time has
	come.

					STUBBS
			I am the one responsible for the
			deaths in the computer core.

					DATA/NANITE
			We know who you are.

	Stubbs blinks a bit, a lump wells up in his throat.

					STUBBS
			I... deeply regret the incident.
			I am a scientist on an important
			mission. Your... your colleagues'
			exploration of the core memory
			put our mission at risk. I only
			meant to protect a lifetime of
			work from being destroyed.

           STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 8/2/89 - ACT FIVE          60.

92   CONTINUED: (2)

					STUBBS
				(continuing; beat, for
				 once lost for words)
			I am at your mercy.

	A beat. To Picard --

					DATA/NANITE
			What is "mercy"?

					PICARD
			He asks you to forgive him. This
			conflict was started by
			mistakes... on both sides. Let
			us end it here and now.

					DATA/NANITE
				(a beat)
			We agree.

					PICARD
			I pledge to you that we will
			provide any assistance you need
			for your continued survival.

					DATA/NANITE
			Thank you, but we have evolved
			beyond any need for your
			assistance. This vessel has
			become too confining. We require
			relocation.

	Reactions.

93   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Back in the dual star system.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43104.7.
			Doctor Stubbs has generously used
			his influence to arrange the
			designation of planet Kavis-Alpha-Four
			as the new home of the Nanite
			Civilization. Plans to negotiate
			a treaty are underway.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT FIVE          61.

93   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			Commander Data's neural network
			has been vacated... He has been
			returned to us, unharmed, and with
			the help of the nanites, our
			computer core has been
			reconstructed in time for the
			experiment...

93A  INT. SHUTTLE BAY (OPTICAL)

	The unit is launched into space...

94   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	All the main crew... Stubbs is at a back science
	station. Data is Data again and at his post.

					DATA
			Ten seconds to stellar blast.

					WESLEY
			We're at forty million kilometers
			from the neutron star.

					RIKER
			Hold your position.

	On the viewscreen, the neutron star explodes in a
	dazzling fireworks show... swallowing the unit in
	blinding light.

95   STUBBS

	at Science One, completely enthralled in his work...
	collecting data as it pours into the computer...

96   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Doctor?

	Doctor Stubbs doesn't hear Picard or at least doesn't
	acknowledge... we don't know if the experiment has been
	successful or not... he is awash with numbers, facts
	figures. Picard and Riker exchange a glance.

          STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT FIVE         61A.

96   CONTINUED:

	But the last look is Wesley's who watches the doctor
	alone in his own world, obsessed with the moment he's
	given his life for.

           STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 8/2/89 - ACT FIVE          62.

96A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	leaving the neutron star.

97   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Beverly sits at the bar with Guinan.

					BEVERLY
			Do you have any children, Guinan?

					GUINAN
			A lot.

					BEVERLY
			Ever have any trouble relating
			to them?

					GUINAN
			Just one.

					BEVERLY
			One?

					GUINAN
			He wouldn't listen.

					BEVERLY
			Well, they all go through that.

					GUINAN
			Not in a species of listeners.

					BEVERLY
			Did he grow out of it?

					GUINAN
			Well, it's taken a few hundred
			years or so but I've brought him
			around.

					BEVERLY
			How?

					GUINAN
			A mother shapes her child in ways
			she doesn't even realize.
			Sometimes just by listening.

	She motions Beverly to see --

          STAR TREK: "Evolution" - REV. 7/25/89 - ACT FIVE          63.

98   ANGLE - WESLEY AND ANNETTE

	entering. Beverly exchanges a glance with Guinan,
	pleased.

					GUINAN
			Cute couple.

					BEVERLY
			Now, see, that's healthy for a
			boy his age. I mean that as a
			doctor not just a mother. It's
			good to see him having fun... with
			an attractive young woman... who
			obviously looks at him with
			extraordinary affection...

	Raised eyebrow...

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			What do you know about this girl?

	Off Guinan's reaction...

99   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Moving away at warp speed and...

									FADE OUT.

                            THE END                             








                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "The Survivors" 
                 (f.k.a. "The Veiled Planet") 
                          #40273-151 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Michael Wagner 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


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FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
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Copyright 1989 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                     REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                        JULY 31, 1989


          STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - 7/31/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "The Survivors" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             KEVIN UXBRIDGE
                RIKER              RISHON UXBRIDGE
                DATA               
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             

                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  MEDICAL ASSISTANTS 

          STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - 7/31/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "The Survivors" 
                            
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     WARSHIP
              SICKBAY
              TRANSPORTER ROOM         PHOBOS IX
              TROI'S QUARTERS            UXBRIDGE HOUSE
              CORRIDOR
              TURBOLIFT
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
          
            UXBRIDGE HOUSE
              LIVING ROOM

      STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - 8/3/89 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "The Survivors" 
                  
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 


                 RANA FOUR          RAW-nuh
                 HUSNOCK            huss-KNOCK

      STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - TEASER      1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                       "The Survivors"                             
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise is entering a star system at impulse
	speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43042.3.
			We are cautiously entering the
			Delta Rana star system three
			days after receiving a distress
			call from the Federation colony
			on its ninth planet.

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	WORF, DATA and WESLEY are at their stations. PICARD
	and RIKER have their eyes on the Main Viewer. BEVERLY
	and TROI are present as advisors. The entire ship is
	on alert, ready for anything.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			The garbled transmission reported
			the colony under attack from an
			unidentified spacecraft. Our
			mission is one of rescue and --
			if necessary -- confrontation with
			a hostile force.

					RIKER
			Shields up, maximum strength.

					WORF
			Shields up.
				(studying)
			Sensors do not indicate the
			presence of any armed space
			vehicles operating in the Rana
			system.

					PICARD
			They could be cloaked or otherwise
			shielded.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/4/89 - TEASER      2.

2    CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			Mister Crusher, bring us in well
			clear of the planet's three moons.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir.

					DATA
			Commander, I am not receiving
			Rana Four's call sign.

					RIKER
			Open a frequency to Colony
			Operations.

	Data does as told. The results are negative.

					DATA
			There is no response. Rana Four
			is emissions quiet.

	Troi is also having trouble with her specialty.

					TROI
			Captain, there are eleven thousand
			inhabitants in the colony. At
			this range I should be feeling
			something.... I'm not.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, put the planet
			on the Main Viewer.

3    ANGLE - MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The planet of Rana IV slowly grows into being on the
	Main Viewer.

					PICARD
			Magnify.

	The screen magnifies. It is immediately obvious that
	the planet has sustained catastrophic damage. The
	crew of the Enterprise is mortified.

					BEVERLY
			My God...

					RIKER
			Helm, put us in a high equatorial
			orbit. Scan for survivors.

      STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/4/89 - TEASER      3.

3    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Survivors? Down there?

					DATA
			Sensors are scanning ninety
			degrees of longitude as we orbit.
			I am detecting no artificial
			structures, no vegetation, no
			bodies of water...

					WORF
			Lifeform readings are negative.

					TROI
			Could the colonists have escaped?

					DATA
			That is unlikely. Rana Four
			possessed no interstellar
			spacecraft.

					RIKER
			Who could cause devastation on
			such a scale?

	Suddenly Wesley is calling out in great excitement --

					WESLEY
			Hold it -- hold it! I'm getting
			something at thirty-seven degrees
			north, sixty-two degrees east --
			a structure!

					PICARD
				(hopeful)
			Life?

					WORF
			Two lifeforms. Possibly human.

					PICARD
			Put the area on the Main Viewer
			and magnify.

      STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/2/89 - TEASER      4.

4    ANGLE - MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The Main Viewer shows an incredible sight: an extreme
	aerial SHOT of a six square acre plot of unscathed
	land; an incongruous patch of green surrounded by a sea
	of devastation. The crew of the Enterprise is stunned.

					DATA
			The structure is located at the
			center of the vegetation.

					RIKER
				(disbelieving)
			An entire planet obliterated...
			except for a few acres of trees
			and grass... and one building?

					BEVERLY
			It's some kind of illusion...

					DATA
			Negative. It is as you see it.

	Picard takes a beat to think about this. But he can't
	explain it.

					PICARD
			Number One, I think you had better
			see who's home...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT ONE     5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND RANA (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise orbits Rana IV.

6    INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard with Troi and Beverly walk toward the
	Transporter Room. He is consulting with them on the
	two occupants of the structure on Rana IV.

					BEVERLY
			If they're the only survivors
			of a global holocaust, they can't
			be in very good shape.

					PICARD
				(to Troi)
			Counselor... ?

	They pause at the entrance to the Transporter Room.
	Troi is vague and uncomfortable with her reading.

					TROI
			What I sense of them is human...

					PICARD
			And something else... ?

					TROI
				(hesitates)
			It's difficult to explain... I
			feel these two people are
			somehow... different.
				(apologetic)
			I'm sorry. I cannot be any
			clearer than that.

	Riker EXITS the Transporter Room and joins them. Says
	to Picard, indicating the room --

					RIKER
			We're ready.

     STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/4/89 - ACT ONE     6.

7    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Data, Worf and GEORDI are in position on the pad.
	Riker and Beverly join them. Picard and Troi observe.

					PICARD
			Good luck, Number One.

					RIKER
			Energize...

	The away team DEMATERIALIZES.

									CUT TO:

8    EXT. RANA IV - ESTABLISHING SHOT - HOUSE - DAY
(OPTICAL)

	The house, a typical twenty-fourth century colonial structure,
	stands alone on its plot of trees and grass surrounded
	on all sides by scorched earth. There is no sign of
	life, inside or out.

9    ANGLE ON FRONT OF HOUSE (OPTICAL)

	As the away team MATERIALIZES in the protection of a
	grove of trees near the house's front door. Riker
	wants an instant survey.

					RIKER
			What can you tell me?

					GEORDI
			The house is a typical settlement
			structure with adaptations. Its
			thermal properties all seem to
			conform to known materials.

					DATA
			If there are indicators as to why
			this particular area has remained
			intact, I cannot detect them.

					RIKER
			Worf, the interior of the house.

	Worf is already scanning it with his tricorder. (NOTE:
	The interior of the house is dark.)

       STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - 7/31/89 - ACT ONE       7.

9    CONTINUED:

					WORF
			One individual is located at the
			south end of the house, the other
			toward the north. There is a
			weapon -- a low-yield phaser,
			nonfunctional -- in proximity to
			the front-room individual.

	Riker considers all of this.

					RIKER
			I guess a frontal assault is
			unwarranted. Stay here. I'm
			going to try an old-fashioned
			knock on the door.

10   NEW ANGLE - RIKER

	Riker leaves the cover of the trees and moves toward
	the house. Suddenly Geordi sees something --

					GEORDI
			Commander, there's a --

	Too late. Riker steps into a concealed snare that
	hauls him up into a tree by one foot. The others leave
	cover to help him. The noise and confusion is
	considerable.

11   ANGLE - FRONT DOOR OF HOUSE

	An elderly man, KEVIN UXBRIDGE, comes cautiously out
	of the house, holding the phaser.

					KEVIN
			Who's there? Who are you people?

	The away team stops in its effort to get Riker down
	and faces the threat. Riker, still hanging, has the
	presence to respond.

					RIKER
			Commander William Riker, USS
			Enterprise, and crewmembers. May
			I get down and approach you, sir?

	Data and Geordi go back to helping Riker.

					KEVIN
			You leave him right where he is.

       STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - 7/31/89 - ACT ONE       8.

11   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(to Riker)
			Commander, shall I incapacitate
			him?

					RIKER
			No.
				(to Kevin)
			We're a rescue party. We picked
			up your colony's distress call
			and came as fast as we could.

	Just then an elderly woman, RISHON UXBRIDGE, appears
	at the front door. While Kevin is a naturally
	suspicious person, she is naturally trustful. She is
	thrilled to see the rescuers. She gently scolds Kevin.

					RISHON
			Kevin, what are you doing? Can't
			you see they're here to help us?
			Can't you see they're human?

					KEVIN
				(to Rishon)
			Stay in the house, Rishon. It
			could be some kind of trick.

12   ANGLE - AWAY TEAM

	As Rishon ignores Kevin and approaches the away team.
	There are tears of joy in her eyes. Riker slips down
	out of the tree.

					RISHON
			We'd just about given up hope.
			We thought maybe the whole
			Federation had been attacked.

					BEVERLY
			Do you know of any other
			survivors?

	Rishon looks at her with desperate eyes.

					RISHON
			It's been days since we've seen
			or heard anybody else...
				(off Beverly's look)
			Please, no -- don't tell me we're
			the only ones...

     STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT ONE     9.

12   CONTINUED:

	Kevin tries to comfort Rishon. He says to Riker in a
	shaky tone of voice --

					KEVIN
			They came in a spaceship so big
			you could see it up in orbit.
			They took our world apart piece
			by piece.

					RIKER
			Who?

					KEVIN
			We don't know. We never saw
			their faces.

					RIKER
			You don't know where they came
			from -- where they are now?

					KEVIN
				(shakes head)
			I guess they've gone away.

	Beverly takes out her medical tricorder and scans the
	couple. They react. Beverly is apologetic.

					BEVERLY
			I'm sorry. I'm only performing
			a physical. Could I have your
			names please -- for the record.

					RISHON
			I'm Rishon Uxbridge... and this
			is my husband Kevin.

	Data joins them with --

					DATA
			Botanists. Originally from the
			aquatic city New Martim Vaz in
			the Atlantic Ocean on Earth.
			Residents of the Rana Four
			colony for five years.
				(to Rishon; a smile)
			You, ma'am, are eighty-two years
			of age and a composer of
			Tao-classical music.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT ONE     10.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (Cont'd)
				(to Kevin)
			You, sir, are eighty-five years
			of age and a specialist in
			symbiotic plantlife. You have
			been married fifty-three years.

	The couple stare at Data in amazement. So does the
	rest of the away team. He explains --

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I memorized the colony register
			on the way to Rana in the event
			such information was needed.

13   ANGLE - RIKER

	Riker moves away from the others to study the house
	up close. Kevin leaves Rishon to follow him.

					KEVIN
			Is something wrong?

					RIKER
			Your house -- with your permission
			I'd like to look inside.

					KEVIN
			Why? What could interest you
			in there?

					RIKER
			Mister Uxbridge, as far as we've
			been able to determine, you and
			your wife -- and this house --
			are all that survived the attack.
			It was either a bizarre
			coincidence or by design. I
			don't favor the coincidence
			theory.

					KEVIN
				(confused)
			Are you saying we were left alive
			intentionally?

					RIKER
				(hesitant)
			Yes.

     STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT ONE     11.

13   CONTINUED:

					KEVIN
			I don't understand. You don't
			think Rishon and I did something
			to merit our survival, do you?
			I mean, betrayed the others... ?

					RIKER
			I'm not accusing you of anything,
			Mister Uxbridge. The attacking
			force spared you for some reason.
			We're only trying to find out why.
				(indicates house)
			May I look inside... ?

					KEVIN
				(numb; bewildered)
			I said you could.

14   INT. HOUSE - LIVING ROOM

	As Riker ENTERS. The interior is as normal as a twenty-
	fourth century colonial interior can be. There are elements
	of Rishon, elements of Kevin. Nothing to indicate that
	they are bad people. The rest of the away team follows
	Riker in. They spread out.

15   ANGLE - RISHON AND KEVIN

	Rishon and Kevin ENTER the house. Rishon is determined
	to make her rescuers welcome. She heads for the
	kitchen with --

					RISHON
			I'll make a cup of tea for
			everyone. We have wonderful tea
			on Rana. It grows wild nearly
			everywhere...

	She suddenly realizes Rana IV and its tea are gone
	forever; she can't finish. She hurries away to the
	kitchen. Kevin watches her go. Worf approaches him
	and makes an honest attempt to cheer him up.

					WORF
			Sir, may I say that your attempt
			to hold our away team at bay with
			a nonfunctioning weapon was an
			act of unmitigated gall.

	Kevin looks at the phaser that he's still holding.

    STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/10/89 - ACT ONE    12.

15   CONTINUED:

					KEVIN
			Didn't fool you, huh?

					WORF
				(rare smile)
			I admire gall.

	Geordi joins them. He too is interested in Kevin.

					GEORDI
			Excuse me. Out front -- that
			was about the best job of
			concealing a snare that I've ever
			seen. Could you tell me what it
			was for?

					KEVIN
			Got a local critter that's
			developed a taste for what's in
			the garden.
				(sad realization)
			Guess I should've dismantled it.
			Guess I don't have to worry about
			him anymore.

	He happens to look across the room and see --

16   ANGLE - DATA

	Data has wandered to a small table where an ornate
	MUSIC BOX sits. He studies the music box. Just then
	Rishon emerges from the kitchen and moves toward a
	cupboard where her tea service is stored. She sees
	Data looking at the music box.

					RISHON
			Go ahead. Pick it up. It's a
			music box. It's been in my
			family for generations.

17   TIGHT ON MUSIC BOX

	Data carefully lifts the box. (NOTE: any convenient
	waltz music will do for the music.) A few bars and we:

									SMASH CUT TO:

     STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT ONE     13.

18   INT. ENTERPRISE - TROI'S QUARTERS - CLOSE ON TROI

	Troi is going about her normal daily routine inside
	her quarters. Suddenly she comes alert as if hearing
	something. We realize she is hearing the music from
	the music box in her head (although she doesn't know
	this)! And it stays, playing over and over...

19   BACK TO LIVING ROOM - RIKER AND BEVERLY

	Riker and Beverly are consulting with each other near
	the front door. Riker is at a lost to explain the
	riddle of the house and Kevin and Rishon.

					RIKER
			I've been in every room. There's
			nothing unusual about this house
			except that it's here. What about
			them?

					BEVERLY
			They're in reasonably good health.
			Both show signs of mental stress.
			Understandable considering what
			they've been through.

					RIKER
				(mystified)
			But somehow they're different.

	Riker looks o.s. in the direction of Rishon (with
	Data).

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Let's get back to the ship. We'll
			take them with us.

20   ANGLE - RISHON AND DATA

	As the music in the music box runs down. Data smiles.
	Just then, Riker interrupts them.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Excuse, Mrs. Uxbridge. We have
			to return to the ship now.

					RISHON
			Commander, I haven't finished
			fixing your tea --

     STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT ONE     14.

20   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I'm sorry, but we're finished
			here. We can give you and Kevin
			time to pack. You can bring as
			much as you want.

	Rishon gives him a look of astonishment. Kevin appears
	at her side and give Riker the same look.

					RISHON
			What do you mean pack?

					KEVIN
			You're not thinking of taking us
			with you, are you?

					RIKER
				(surprised)
			Surely you don't want to remain
			here. How will you take care of
			yourselves?

					RISHON
				(to Kevin; frightened)
			Kevin, I can't leave my home!
			Don't let them do this to us.

					KEVIN
			No one's going to make us leave.

					RIKER
			You'll be protected on the ship.
			You could still be in danger on
			Rana.

					KEVIN
			Commander, we appreciate your
			concern but we're not going
			anywhere. We'll manage. We
			always have.

	Riker thinks for a beat. These two people are beyond
	his understanding. And he's concerned about them.

					RIKER
			All right. I can't make you come
			with us. Are you familiar with
			one of these... ?

	Riker hands Rishon his communicator. She nods.

       STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - 7/31/89 - ACT ONE       15.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			We'll remain in this system for
			the next several days at least.
			If you should reconsider, please
			contact us.

					RISHON
			We'll be fine, Commander. We have
			each other...

	We HOLD a moment on Riker's troubled expression before
	we --

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT TWO     16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

21   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND RANA IV (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise keeps orbit around the shattered planet.

22   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - FAVORING PICARD

	Picard is in the middle of debriefing Riker, Beverly,
	Geordi and Data. Troi is there as a consultant -- but
	she seems distant, lost in thought, troubled (because
	the song is still playing in her mind). All are seated
	at the table except Picard who paces with controlled
	energy.

					PICARD
			Are they collaborators? Did they
			in fact provide their colony's
			assailants with something that
			abetted the total destruction of
			Rana Four in order to protect
			their own lives?

	Beverly is skeptical.

					BEVERLY
			What could two botanists in their
			eighties possess that could
			possibly aid whoever attacked this
			planet?

					PICARD
			We have no idea what the enemy
			needed, Doctor. Love, fear, hope
			-- a cup of tea. It is a strange
			universe we live in.

					GEORDI
			Maybe they're being held hostage
			in some fashion.

					BEVERLY
			Nothing in the tricorder readings
			indicated emotional stress.

					PICARD
				(looks to Troi)
			Counselor... ?

     STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT TWO     17.

22   CONTINUED:

	All eyes turn to Troi. But she hasn't heard Picard.
	She is lost in her own thoughts. Picard has to repeat
	--

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Counselor Troi... ?

					TROI
				(coming awake)
			I'm sorry... I can't sense them
			well enough...

	Picard gives her a quizzical look. Suddenly from Geordi
	--

					GEORDI
			Specimens...
				(off their looks)
			Maybe they've been preserved as
			specimens... pets... trophies...
			exhibits in a zoo...

					PICARD
				(thinks)
			No. The assailants would have
			picked someone younger for that,
			someone who would have given them
			a proper show for their money.

     STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT TWO     18.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard looks at Riker --

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Number One, you say the couple
			is incapable of sustaining
			themselves?

					RIKER
			There's a fusion reactor in the
			house, probably good for another
			five years of power. But their
			watertable is tainted and they
			have no way of feeding themselves
			other than a small garden.

					PICARD
			They won't come to the ship?

					RIKER
			They were adamant.

	Picard considers all that he's heard for a beat.

					PICARD
			We'll do all that we can to help
			them... but in the meantime I want
			them kept under surveillance.

	Suddenly Troi, looking pale and drawn, stands up to
	leave.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Counselor, is something wrong?

					TROI
			I'm sorry... I don't feel well.
			I would like to go to my
			quarters...

					PICARD
			By all means.

					BEVERLY
			Is there anything I can do?

	Troi shakes her head and leaves the room without
	another word. Picard watches her go, concerned. The
	others too.

									CUT TO:

     STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT TWO     19.

23   INT. CORRIDOR - ON PICARD

	Picard walks alone, moving toward a turbolift. He is
	intercepted by Worf.

					WORF
			Captain, a search of the Ranian
			system has determined that the
			hostile force that attacked this
			planet is no longer present.

					PICARD
			I remember a Starfleet admiral
			saying the same thing about some
			renegade Andorians in the
			Triangulum system once. The truth
			was they'd dismantled their ship
			and hidden it.

					WORF
				(chest out)
			Those Andorians did not have to
			contend with someone of my
			thoroughness. I will stake my
			reputation.

	Picard believes him. The turbolift arrives and Picard
	steps in.

									CUT TO:

24   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - TROI

	Troi is on her bed, fully clothed, trying to sleep.
	She looks strained, tired. From her actions we know
	the song is still playing in her head. She tosses and
	turns. Sleep is impossible. She sits on the bed and
	rubs her face. She stands and paces. She puts her
	hands over her ears as if the song could be stopped
	that way. Nothing works. She talks to herself.

					TROI
			Don't listen... think of something
			else...

	Nothing works. She sits in a chair and pulls at her
	hair. She stands again.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Stop... please stop!

     STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT TWO     20.

24   CONTINUED:

	Suddenly there is a soft knock (chimes?) at her door.
	She jumps at the sound. Collects herself --

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Yes --

25   INCLUDE PICARD

	Picard ENTERS the room. He sees Troi's condition and
	knows something must be wrong.

					PICARD
			I was concerned. I came to see
			if I could be of any help.

					TROI
			I'm fine. There's nothing wrong.
			I'm tired, that's all.

	Picard doesn't believe her. He goes up to her for a
	closer look. She shies away.

					PICARD
			I don't have your gift for reading
			emotions, Counselor, but I can
			tell when someone is in pain and
			hiding it.

	Troi starts to lie to him again, then decides to tell
	the truth.

					TROI
			It's silly... I... I hear music.
			Music that won't stop. In my
			mind.

					PICARD
				(thinks he understands)
			Perhaps it's a symptom of
			fatigue. We've all been inflicted
			one time or another with the song
			that wouldn't quit.

					TROI
			No... it's deeper than that. The
			song never stops for an instant.
			It plays in perfect clarity from
			beginning to end over and over
			again.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT TWO    20A.

25   CONTINUED:

					TROI (Cont'd)
			I don't even know what song it
			is -- I've never heard it before!

     STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT TWO     21.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			When did this start?

					TROI
			A few hours ago. While the away
			team was on the surface. I was
			trying to... I was thinking of
			Rishon and Kevin...

					PICARD
			Rishon and Kevin... And?

					TROI
				(shakes head)
			I can't explain. They're elusive.
			They're... I'm sorry...

	Picard doesn't want to push her.

					PICARD
			Get some rest. Take the necessary
			sleep inducements if you have to.

	Troi gives him a weak nod. She'll try... but she isn't
	hopeful. And suddenly Red Alert is sounding through
	the ship.

									CUT TO:

26   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker is manning the bridge along with Data, Worf,
	Wesley and various SUPERNUMERARIES.

					RIKER
			Data, give us a visual.
			Magnfication factor fifty.

27   INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	We see the gleaming hull of an immense and
	deadly-looking spaceship approaching Rana IV. We
	don't need to be told it's the ship that attacked the
	planet only weeks ago.

28   INCLUDE PICARD (OPTICAL)

	Picard ENTERS the bridge and takes one look at the
	approaching warship.

     STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/4/89 - ACT TWO     22.

28   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Where did that come from?

					RIKER
			Apparently it was riding a
			Lagrange point behind Rana
			Four's furthest moon.

					DATA
			Our vehicle classification index
			can put no identity to it. Its
			design is completely foreign.

					RIKER
			But it's our boy -- roughly five
			times our mass and carrying enough
			armament to pulverize a planet.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Worf... ?

					WORF
				(deeply ashamed)
			I... cannot explain this, Captain.

					RIKER
			It's moving toward the planet.

					PICARD
			Open a hailing frequency, Data.
			Ask them to identify themselves
			and to match orbit with us.

	Data goes through the routine.

					DATA
			They have received the message,
			Captain, but are chosing to ignore
			it.

					PICARD
			Worf, maximum shields, ready all
			weapon systems.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

     STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT TWO     23.

29   OMITTED

30   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	On the Main Viewer, the warship is seen making a course
	change to bring it to bear on the Enterprise.

					RIKER
			It's assuming an attack posture.
			Don't be surprised if --

	Riker doesn't have the chance to finish "if it fires on
	us" because that's exactly what the warship does,
	unleashing a wave of matter/anti-matter that strikes
	the outer shields and shakes the Enterprise -- but
	without causing any damage.

					WORF
			The vessel is firing jacketed
			streams of positrons and
			antiprotons, equivalent firepower
			of forty megawatts. Shields are
			holding.

	The warship fires again. The Enterprise rocks again.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Again forty megawatts. No damage.

					RIKER
				(confident)
			If that's as good as they can do,
			this'll be over in five minutes.

					PICARD
			Worf, fire phasers... Just a
			warning shot. Data, repeat the
			order to stand to.

31   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND WARSHIP (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise fires across the warship's nose. It
	responds by moving into a higher orbit and heading
	quickly away from the Enterprise and Rana IV.

     STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT TWO     24.

32   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The bridge crew is pleased to see the enemy turning
	tail and running.

					DATA
			The vessel has assumed a course
			out of the Rana system and is
			rapidly increasing velocity.

					PICARD
			Helm, initiate pursuit.

					WESLEY
				(happily)
			Aye, sir.

33   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND WARSHIP (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise follows the warship away from Rana IV,
	their velocities increasing.

34   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	All eyes are on the Main Viewer and the unknown
	warship.

					WESLEY
			The vessel has reached warp two
			and continues on a steady
			acceleration curve. We aren't
			getting any closer, Commander.

					RIKER
			Give us a superior curve, Mister
			Crusher.

					WESLEY
			Warp three... warp four... The
			warship is simultaneously matching
			our curve point per point. Warp
			four point five... warp five...
			warp five point five...

					RIKER
				(glancing up)
			Riker to La Forge. Give us
			everything you can to close the
			gap, Geordi.

     STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/4/89 - ACT TWO     25.

34   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Yes, sir. I'll get you to
			Nine point three seven in fifteen
			seconds.

35   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND WARSHIP (OPTICAL)

	The pursuit continues at a faster and faster pace...
	still the Enterprise does not seem to be gaining.

36   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	It's obvious to everyone that the Enterprise isn't
	gaining.

					WESLEY
			Warp eight point five... warp
			eight point seven five... warp
			nine... the warship continues to
			match our acceleration curve
			perfectly.

					PICARD
			I get the impression we're being
			toyed with, Number One.

	The idea of an endless chase doesn't appeal to Picard
	in the slightest.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			This ship will not chase a pony
			on a merry-go-round. Number One,
			take us back to Rana Four.

       STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - 7/31/89 - ACT TWO       26.

36   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Back?

					PICARD
			We have unfinished business
			there. I need to have a talk with
			those two people.

	Picard EXITS the bridge leaving Riker to guess exactly
	what he means. Riker says to Wesley --

					RIKER
			Reduce speed. Bring us around
			on a return course.
				(under his breath)
			This one's getting away...

37   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT THREE    27.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

38   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND RANA IV (OPTICALL)

	The Enterprise is once again in orbit around Rana IV.

39   OMITTED

40   EXT. RANA IV - FRONT OF HOUSE - DAY (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Worf and a MATTER REPLICATOR MATERIALIZE in
	front of the Uxbridge house. Rishon and Kevin are both
	doing yard work. Both are naturally surprised at
	Picard's appearance. Kevin looks genuinely upset.
	Picard takes the initiative --

					PICARD
			Good afternoon. I apologize if
			I startled you. I'm Jean-Luc
			Picard, captain of the Enterprise.
				(indicates replicator)
			I've brought you something you
			badly need if you're going to stay
			on Rana -- a matter replicator.
			It has limited capabilities, but...

	Kevin and Rishon glance at the replicator without much
	interest. Kevin interrupts --

					KEVIN
			Thank you. But we have no use
			for such a thing.

					PICARD
			It will provide you with food
			and clothing -- clean water.
			Lieutenant Worf can instruct you
			in its operation.

					KEVIN
				(to Worf; less polite)
			We don't need it.

					RISHON
			Kevin, you know we do.
				(to Picard)
			Thank you, Captain.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT THREE    28.

40   CONTINUED:

					RISHON (Cont'd)
			Kevin and I were about to have
			our afternoon tea. You and Mister
			Worf must stay and have some with
			us.

					PICARD
			We'd like that very much.

					KEVIN
			Rishon, they only want to spy on
			us like this morning.

					RISHON
			Kevin, I've never turned away a
			visitor to this house and I'm not
			starting today.
				(to Picard and Worf)
			Please come in, both of you. And
			excuse the mess...

	HOLD ON Kevin's glare as Picard and Worf follow Rishon
	to the house.

									CUT TO:

41   INT. ENTERPRISE - TROI'S QUARTERS

	Troi is nearly hysterical. Two of Beverly's MEDICAL
	ASSISTANTS try to help.

					TROI
			Stop -- make it stop! Please,
			I'll do anything -- make it stop!

	Beverly ENTERS the room and is shocked and distressed
	at Troi's appearance. Beverly goes to her, tries to
	calm her.

					BEVERLY
			Deanna, please. I'm here to help.

					TROI
			It's getting louder! So loud...
			I can't stand it -- make it stop!

    STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT THREE    29.

41   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Move her to the bed.

	Troi settles down enough to allow the assistants to put
	her down on the bed. Beverly takes out her medical
	hypo and attempts to administer a sedative. Troi
	shakes her head at the sight of the hypo.

					BEVERLY
			This will relax you.

	Beverly injects her. Troi never relaxes for a second.

					TROI
			I hear it! It's still there!
			It's so loud --

					BEVERLY
				(to assistants)
			Move her to Sickbay.

	Troi reacts with fright at this idea.

					TROI
			No! I want to stay in my
			quarters.

					BEVERLY
			I can get you to sleep there.

					TROI
			I don't want to sleep! The music
			will only follow me!

					BEVERLY
			I can induce delta sleep... Tune
			out even your deepest dreams.

					TROI
			But it's not a dream! You've got
			to understand that! It's not a
			dream -- it's real!

									CUT TO:

42   INT. HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY

	Picard and Worf are having tea with the Uxbridges.
	Kevin is silent, moody, wishing they were gone. Rishon
	is radiant, full of energy and love of life. Worf
	looks uncomfortable, out of place.

      STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - 7/31/89 - ACT THREE      30.

42   CONTINUED:

	Picard is relaxed, taking it all in. Rishon is in the
	middle of a story.

					RISHON
			Kevin and I first saw each other
			on a ship at sea. He was a
			starving student in a threadbare
			suit and mismatched shoes. I was
			traveling with my parents who
			didn't like the way he was hanging
			around. I asked him to marry me
			two hours after we met and he knew
			I was serious. I don't think he's
			ever recovered from that day.

	Rishon and Kevin exchange an intimate smile. Rishon
	looks at Worf who is cautiously sampling his tea.

					RISHON
			Mister Worf, what do you think?

					WORF
				(trying hard)
			Good tea. Nice house.

					PICARD
				(to Rishon)
			Why did you leave Earth and move
			to a brand new world when you did?

					RISHON
			You mean at our age? We thought
			it would make us fall in love all
			over again.
				(looks at Kevin)
			It worked.

	Picard takes a sip of tea. It's time to get at the
	heart of the matter.

					PICARD
			It must've been terrible... when
			the colony was fighting for its
			life.

	Kevin looks away. Rishon is in complete agreement with
	Picard.

    STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT THREE    31.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

					RISHON
			Yes, it was. Fire lit the sky...
			the ground never stopped
			shaking... there was thunder,
			unbelievable thunder...

					PICARD
			But you survived...

					RISHON
			We don't know why we did and the
			others didn't. I've tried to put
			some purpose to it, but I can't.

	Kevin decides it's time to push Picard a little.

					KEVIN
			I was wondering, Captain, when
			you and your ship would be
			leaving...

					PICARD
			I don't have an answer for that.
			A few hours ago we had an
			encounter with a warship...
			Possibly the one which attacked
			you. We forced it to leave the
			system but were unable to affect
			it otherwise. It could return.

	Rishon reacts with fear. She turns to Kevin --

					RISHON
			Kevin -- you said it'd gone away.

					KEVIN
			I guess I was wrong. Don't worry.
			It didn't hurt us before, it won't
			hurt us now.

					PICARD
				(fully alert)
			Do you know that for a fact,
			Kevin?

					KEVIN
			No. But I don't enjoy seeing my
			wife frightened. As we've told
			you time and time again, Captain,
			we don't know why we were spared.

    STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/2/89 - ACT THREE    32.

42   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			But there had to have been a
			reason. In some way you and
			Rishon were "different" from the
			other colonists. Your
			geographical location, your
			philosophical beliefs, the color
			of your eyes -- somehow you stood
			apart from them.

	Now it's Rishon's turn to look away. Kevin, with some
	difficulty, tries to explain.

					KEVIN
			There was a difference... I am
			a man of special conscience.
			While the others were doing what
			they could, I chose not to fight.

	Picard nods. He may not agree with Kevin's views but
	he accepts them as they are.

					PICARD
			That is your protected right.

					KEVIN
			But I assure you the attacking
			ship had no way of realizing this.
			I expected to die like all the
			others.

	Picard reacts to Kevin's unconscious choice of words.
	Kevin, uncomfortable with what he has just said, stands
	up.

					KEVIN
				(continuing)
			There's no reason for you and your
			ship to remain, Captain. We can
			manage without you.

	Kevin leaves the room. Rishon is distraught.

					RISHON
			Kevin grieved for the others but
			he did nothing. He's a very
			gentle man. Please understand
			that.

	From Picard's expression he doesn't understand.

    STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT THREE    33.

42   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			What about you, Rishon? Did you
			feel the same way?

					RISHON
				(difficult)
			I wanted to fight... but I stayed
			with my husband. Thank you again
			for the replicator, Captain. I
			had better clean up now...

	Picard gets the message. He and Worf stand to leave.

					PICARD
			Before we go I ask you one more
			time to come to the ship. For
			your own safety.

					RISHON
			I'm frightened, Captain. But I
			can't leave Rana. Even if it
			means my life.

									CUT TO:

43   INT. ENTERPRISE - TROI'S QUARTERS

	(NOTE: Troi's quarters have been adapted for medical
	treatment.) Troi is on her bed, sleeping; but it is
	not a peaceful sleep. From the way her lips move and
	from her tortured expression we know the song is still
	playing in her mind.

	Beverly is watching, deeply distressed and mystified.
	She says to one of her medical assistants --

					BEVERLY
			I don't understand it. I've
			inhibited almost all the activity
			of the neocortex and she
			continues to behave as if she's
			hearing the music...
				(a beat)
			We're going to have to shield
			her from all outside stimuli by
			inducing coma...

	The assistant goes through the procedure. Beverly
	watches Troi as she slips into coma. There is still
	a slight indication of continuing anguish on Troi's
	face. Beverly is at a loss as to what to do next.

    STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT THREE    34.

43   CONTINUED:

	Suddenly Red Alert is blasting through the ship --

									CUT TO:

44   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker is on the bridge along with Wesley, Data and
	various supernumeraries.

					DATA
			I have positive identification,
			Commander. It is the vessel that
			attacked us earlier. It is
			reentering the system at high
			velocity and is approaching
			Rana Four.

					RIKER
			Give us a tight visual, Data.

45   ANGLE - MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The unknown warship appears in all its horrible glory.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Is it my imagination or does it
			look a lot meaner this time?
				(a beat)
			Shields up. Weapons ready.

	Just then Picard and Worf come onto the bridge. They
	see the picture on the Main Viewer and take their
	positions.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			Our friend is back.

					PICARD
			I am not surprised. Lieutenant
			Worf, open a hailing frequency.
			Warn the vessel to stay clear of
			the planet.

					WORF
			Aye, sir. But they are already
			within firing range.

    STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT THREE    35.

46   INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	As the warship lets fly with an awesome barrage of
	electro-magnetic and particle death. The Enterprise
	rocks. The bridge lights flicker. It's a heavy hit --

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Shields down! Captain, they hit
			us with four hundred gigawatts
			of particle energy!

					PICARD
			Damage?

					WORF
			Superficial -- but I am having
			trouble reassembling the shields!

	The warship fires again. The Enterprise rocks again.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Shields down! There is thermal
			damage to the hull!

					DATA
			The warship is in possession of
			enormous energy reserves. It is
			capable of striking us with
			far more powerful bursts.

					WESLEY
			They're maneuvering to come
			between the Enterprise and Rana
			Four.

					PICARD
			Number One, we have been exemplary
			in our patience.

					RIKER
				(with pleasure)
			Lieutenant Worf, fire phasers on
			full with a simultaneous spread
			of torpedoes.

47   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND WARSHIP (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise lets fly. The warship is hit -- but it
	might as well have been with a feather pillow.


    STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT THREE    36.

48   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					DATA
			The vessel appears undamaged.
			Its defenses are apparently able
			to absorb incoming matter and
			energy.

					RIKER
			Commence rapid fire with all
			weapons on full!

	The Enterprise lets loose with everything it's got in a
	sustained barrage. The warship is unaffected. It
	fires back with one awesome burst. The Enterprise is
	knocked head over heels (so to speak). The entire
	bridge crew is knocked down. There is damage to the
	bridge -- and injuries to one of the supernumeraries.

					WORF
			Shields are down! There is
			internal damage -- weapon systems
			control has been lost!

					RIKER
			Riker to Sickbay. Medical
			assistance to the bridge!

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher, move the
			Enterprise out of range of the
			attacking vessel!

49
thru	OMITTED
50

51   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise limps for deep space as fast as it is
	able. The warship hangs back, now in complete
	possession of Rana IV.

52   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Worf is bitter -- but understanding -- about fleeing
	the battle.

					WORF
			The vessel has terminated its
			pursuit. It is assuming an orbit
			around Rana Four.

      STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - 7/31/89 - ACT THREE      37.

52   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(suddenly remembering)
			Rishon and Kevin...

					PICARD
			We can't help them... But it's
			my guess they're in no danger.

	Medical assistance arrives for the injured on the
	bridge.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/11/89 - ACT FOUR    38.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

53   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise moves away from the Rana system at
	impulse speed.

54   OMITTED

55   INT. CORRIDOR - PICARD AND BEVERLY

	Picard and Beverly move quickly for Troi's quarters.

					PICARD
			Number of casualties?

					BEVERLY
			Sixty-six.

					PICARD
			Fatalities?

					BEVERLY
			None. We've been able to treat
			everyone.

55A  INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - FAVORING TROI

	Picard and Beverly ENTER. Move to where Troi is
	sleeping. She is still in induced coma, but showing
	subtle signs that indicate the music is still in her
	head. Picard is concerned.

					PICARD
			Can you help her?

					BEVERLY
			I've done everything I can. I
			don't understand the nature of
			this music she says she's hearing,
			or where it's coming from.

    STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT FOUR    39.

55A  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Could it be telepathic?

					BEVERLY
				(a shrug)
			Yes. But I'm no expert at
			determining that.

					PICARD
				(controlled anger)
			They're blocking her sensitivity
			... keeping her from "seeing"
			the truth.

					BEVERLY
			Who?

					PICARD
			Rishon and Kevin.

					BEVERLY
			What?

					PICARD
			They wanted us to leave Rana...
			and that's exactly what we're
			doing.

	A beat as Picard comes to a difficult but necessary
	decision.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Picard to bridge.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Yes, Captain.

					PICARD
			Number One, I want you to maintain
			the present course for another
			hour, then turn the Enterprise
			around and take it back to Rana
			Four.

	Beverly gives Picard a shocked look. Riker is puzzled
	too.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Sir? We still won't have our
			shields restored by then.

    STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT FOUR    40.

55A  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			We're going back, Commander --
			and this time nothing is going
			to lure us away.

									CUT TO:

56   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	A couple of hours have passed. The ship cautiously
	limps back into orbit around Rana IV.

57   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker, Worf, Wesley and Data are at their stations with
	various supernumeraries. Picard is pacing in front
	of his chair.

					WORF
			Sensors indicate no spacecraft
			in the vicinity of Rana Four.
				(remembering his
				 previous failure)
			But Captain --

					PICARD
			Forget your previous error,
			Lieutenant. There was no way
			you could have prevented it.

	Worf is mystified as to why.

					DATA
			Captain, the Uxbridge house is
			coming into transporter range.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Worf. If you will
			accompany me to the Transporter
			Room...

	Picard starts to leave the bridge. Riker stops him
	with --

					RIKER
			I think you should reconsider
			this, Captain. The warship has
			come after us twice, it could come
			back.

    STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT FOUR    41.

57   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I disagree, Commander. I don't
			think it knows we're here. I
			think it believes it's run us off
			for good. That, however, will
			change once I'm back on board.

					RIKER
				(doesn't follow)
			Sir?

					PICARD
			It's protecting Rishon and Kevin.
			It responds to their wishes --
			directly or indirectly, I'm not
			sure. That's what I'm going to
			put to the test.

	Picard and Worf EXIT the bridge leaving Riker
	(figuratively) scratching his head.

									CUT TO:

58   EXT. RANA IV - ESTABLISHING SHOT - HOUSE - DAY
	(OPTICAL)

	The house looks as it always has.

59   INT. HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - KEVIN AND RISHON

	Kevin and Rishon are waltzing to music from the music
	box. They seem very happy; not a care in the world.
	They are lost in each others gaze. Suddenly the front
	door opens and Picard, followed by Worf, walks in
	unannounced. The couple stop dancing. The music box
	runs down and dies...

					PICARD
			Celebrating?

	Kevin is aghast. For the first time we see him show
	a measure of fear.

					KEVIN
			What are you doing here? What
			do you want?

	Picard ENTERS the room and faces Kevin. What he is
	about to say and do has an ulterior purpose.

      STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - 7/31/89 - ACT FOUR      42.

59   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			This is the second time you've
			shown surprise at my appearance,
			Kevin. The first time was
			understandable, but why now? --
			unless you expected never to see
			me again.

					KEVIN
			Why do you keep interfering with
			our lives, Captain?

					PICARD
			It isn't my intention to
			interfere, Kevin... only to help
			you and Rishon.

					KEVIN
			Then please leave us alone.

					PICARD
			I promise you that once I leave
			this house I will never set foot
			in it again. The Enterprise,
			however, will remain in orbit over
			this planet.

	Both Kevin and Rishon find this piece of news shocking.

					RISHON
			Why?

					PICARD
			To protect you.

					KEVIN
			That isn't necessary, Captain.
			I thought you understood.

					PICARD
			But it is necessary, Kevin. Your
			lives are in great danger. The
			warship has returned.

					RISHON
				(frightened)
			Kevin --

					KEVIN
			He's lying, Rishon.

      STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - 7/31/89 - ACT FOUR      43.

59   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(in Kevin's face)
			We fought a pitched battle with
			it and lost. Many of my crew have
			been injured -- including a woman
			who's mind is slowly being
			destroyed by a telepathic
			aberration.

					RISHON
				(horrified)
			No! Oh please no!

					KEVIN
			This is a form of intimidation.
			I have my rights --

					PICARD
			You, Kevin? What about Rishon?
			Is she in favor of being left
			at the mercy of a homicidal
			spaceship?

	Rishon avoids Picard's look... supports her husband.

					RISHON
				(a mumble)
			I think you'd better go,
			Captain...

					PICARD
			Come to the Enterprise, Rishon.
			Let me take you where you'll be
			safe.

					RISHON
			No. I can't leave Kevin...

					KEVIN
			And I'm staying. She's safe here
			with me in this house.

					PICARD
				(at Kevin)
			Then explain to me why you're
			safe, Kevin. Why is this house
			a sanctuary from a destructive
			force that otherwise has no
			conscience? Does it have to do
			with you -- with your refusal to
			fight?

    STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT FOUR    44.

59   CONTINUED: (3)

	A look of guilt covers Kevin's face. He turns away
	from the others. Picard speaks to the back of his
	head.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Tell me this, Kevin. If Rishon
			were in danger, would you kill
			to save her life?

					KEVIN
				(vehement)
			No! Not for her, not for anyone!
			I will not kill!

					RISHON
				(angry at Picard)
			Stop hurting him! Leave our
			house!

	A beat as Picard considers them both. Rishon is
	comforting Kevin, protecting him. Picard repeats his
	reason for coming --

					PICARD
			It is my sworn duty to protect
			you. The Enterprise will remain
			in orbit around Rana Four as
			long as the two of you are alive.

	He turns to leave. Worf follows him out of the house.

									CUT TO:

60   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND RANA IV (OPTICAL))

	A time lapse. The Enterprise orbits without
	interference.

61   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker and Data are there as well as the
	supernumeraries. Picard and Worf ENTER. Picard takes
	his chair. He is calm; a man of infinite patience.

					PICARD
			Number One -- an update, please.

    STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT FOUR    45.

61   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Little change, Captain. The
			shields are still inoperable.
			We have partial control of our
			weapons. I've doubled the repair
			crews.

	Suddenly from Data --

					DATA
			Commander. The warship is
			approaching from high orbit. It
			is very close -- three hundred
			thousand kilometers distance.

					RIKER
			How is that possible? Is
			something wrong with the sensors?

					PICARD
			That's of no concern, Number One.
			It's here. And precisely on
			schedule.

					DATA
			The vessel has altered its course
			to a direct intercept with the
			Enterprise.

					RIKER
			Worf, arm phasers and photon
			torpedos, prepare to fire.

					PICARD
			Belay those orders, Mister Worf.

	Riker and the rest of the bridge crew look at Picard
	with surprise.

    STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT FOUR    46.

61   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(concerned)
			The vessel is now within twenty
			thousand kilometers of the
			Enterprise and closing.

					PICARD
			Let it come, Commander. Activate
			the Main Viewer.

62   INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The warship is approaching rapidly. Picard seems
	unbothered. He watches it come.

					WORF
			Evasive action, sir?

					PICARD
			The Enterprise will stand its
			ground, Lieutenant.

					WORF
			Weapons, sir?

					PICARD
			When I give the order. Not
			before.

	The warship comes closer. It's at point-blank range.

63   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND WARSHIP (OPTICAL)

	Astonishingly, the warship cruises right past the
	Enterprise and continues on toward Rana IV.

64   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The bridge crew, Picard excluded, are astonished.

					DATA
			The vessel is entering a low
			orbit around Rana Four.
				(a beat)
			Captain, it appears it is
			preparing to fire at the planet.

					PICARD
			Understood.

    STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT FOUR    47.

64   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			My calculations indicate that its
			target may be the house of Rishon
			and Kevin Uxbridge.

					PICARD
			There will be no interference from
			us, Mister Data.

	They watch as the warship lets loose a single,
	compressed burst of energy that streaks down to the
	surface of Rana IV and erupts in a geyser of flame
	that becomes a dull, glowing crater. The bridge crew,
	Picard excluded, are mortified.

					WORF
			The house has been obliterated!

					PICARD
			Scan for survivors, Lieutenant.

	Worf does as instructed.

					WORF
			There are no survivors.

					PICARD
			Ready a photon torpedo. Fire at
			the vessel when ready.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

65   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND WARSHIP (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise fires the torpedo at the warship. It
	strikes home. The warship goes up in a spectacular
	explosion!

66   BACK TO MAIN BRIDGE

	The bridge crew looks to Picard to explain all this.
	But he doesn't.

					PICARD
			Commander Riker. What reason does
			the Enterprise have to remain at
			Rana?

           STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - 7/31/89 - ACT FOUR          48.

66   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(trying to figure it)
			The unknown vessel has been
			destroyed. The Uxbridges have
			been destroyed. There is no
			reason for the Enterprise to
			remain.

					PICARD
			Good. Helm, move us to a higher
			orbit so that we may keep the
			surface of the planet under
			surveillance.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir. But, Captain, what do
			we watch for?

					PICARD
			Anything. If I'm needed I will
			be in my Ready Room. That is all
			for now.

	Picard exits the bridge to his Ready Room. The bridge
	crew watches him go, trying to figure out what the
	hell's just happened.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

         STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT FIVE        49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

67   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise continues its high orbit over Rana IV.

68   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - ON PICARD

	Picard sits at his desk, lost in thought. His doorbell
	chimes.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Riker ENTERS the room.

					RIKER
			Captain, may I speak with you?

					PICARD
				(a smile)
			The pleasure is mine, Number One.

					RIKER
			We've been observing the planet
			very carefully for three hours.
			We've seen nothing. I have the
			feeling you're waiting for
			something to happen.

	Picard nods. He realizes it's time to tell Riker all
	that he suspects.

         STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT FIVE        50.

68   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I have acted on an assumption,
			Commander. I am not sure what
			the result will be -- or even that
			my assumption is correct.
				(beat)
			We found two people alive in a
			house on a devastated planet.
			But there was only one survivor
			of the war on Rana Four

	HOLD ON Riker's perplexed expression as we...

									CUT TO:

69   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data is in charge. Geordi has joined the bridge crew.
	The supernumeraries are at their stations. The
	shattered face of Rana IV rolls by on the Main Viewer.

					WORF
			Why is it we maintain watch on
			a planet that is now totally dead?

	Geordi checks his instruments just in time to catch
	something totally beyond belief. It's a moment before
	he can respond.

					GEORDI
			Bridge to Captain Picard. You
			had better come see this.

70   ANGLE - PICARD AND RIKER (OPTICAL)

	As they EXIT the Ready Room in a hurry. Geordi is
	excited --

         STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT FIVE        51.

70   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Captain, Commander, it's back --
			the house! And the trees and the
			grass! It happened right in
			front of us.

	On the Main Viewer, the tiny green patch of vegetation
	is again visible on the planet surface.

					PICARD
				(a smile)
			Worf, do you see survivors?

					WORF
			I detect two life-forms inside the
			house. It appears Kevin and
			Rishon were not destroyed. But
			how... ?

	Picard looks to Riker. Riker's look of acknowledgement
	indicates that Picard has told him all he suspects.

					PICARD
			Helm, bring us into transporter
			range. I want them beamed aboard
			-- directly to the bridge.

					DATA
			Captain, will they not protest?

					PICARD
			Let them.

71   ANGLE - KEVIN AND RISHON (OPTICAL)

	As Rishon and Kevin MATERIALIZE on the bridge. The
	couple is surprised to say the least -- and worried.
	Picard addresses them with strained politeness.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			My apologies if I interrupted a
			waltz...

	Kevin hangs back timidly. It is Rishon who is the
	aggressive one now.

         STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT FIVE        52.

71   CONTINUED:

					RISHON
			Why have you brought us here
			against our will?

					PICARD
			To end the suffering of one of
			my crewmembers.

					RISHON
			I don't understand --

					PICARD
			Kevin does. He's the cause.

	Kevin avoids Rishon's look, says nothing, implying some
	sort of guilt. Picard centers on Kevin.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			At first I couldn't figure out
			why your house had survived the
			holocaust while all the others
			hadn't. And then it occurred
			to me that it had been destroyed.
			The dwelling where you served me
			tea and danced your waltzes was
			a reproduction, something real
			to the touch but capable of being
			created and destroyed and
			recreated at whim.

	Rishon sees that Kevin is crumbling. Her desire to
	protect him is strong. She doesn't believe anything
	Picard has said and lashes back at him verbally --

					RISHON
			Now you're joking with us,
			Captain. Can't you see it's
			hurting my husband?

					KEVIN
				(suddenly;
				 fatalistically)
			Rishon... hear what he has to say.

					PICARD
				(to Kevin)
			More than anything, you wanted
			the Enterprise away from Rana.
			Why?
					(MORE)

           STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - 7/31/89 - ACT FIVE          53.

71   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			Because the house, the plot of
			land, your very own existence,
			were riddles you were helpless
			to explain. The warship --
			another recreation -- twice tried
			to chase us away but failed.
			When I came to the house a second
			time I provided you with the only
			condition that would make the
			Enterprise leave -- your deaths
			-- and you did your best to
			satisfy me.

	Rishon looks at Kevin, quizzically. He avoids her;
	looks deeply at Picard.

					KEVIN
			I am deeply sorry about the
			woman. I will help her. But
			I must know what you intend to
			do with me afterwards...

					PICARD
			Take you to the nearest starbase
			where you will be held accountable
			for the attack on this ship...
			and perhaps the deaths of eleven
			thousand people.

					RISHON
			No! He hasn't killed anyone!

					KEVIN
			The destruction of the planet
			happened just as I told you.

					PICARD
			But you haven't told us the whole
			story, Kevin -- how it ended...
			the part about Rishon.

	Kevin reacts as if in pain. Rishon's concern for him
	is outweighed by her sudden need for answers.

					RISON
			What is he saying... ?

	Kevin can't answer her. He turns away. Picard goes to
	Rishon. Touches her.

         STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT FIVE        54.

71   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			I can touch you, Rishon. Hear
			your voice. Smell your perfume.
			In every respect you are a real
			person with your own mind and your
			own beliefs... but you do not
			exist. You died with the others,
			defending the colony. He has
			recreated you just as he has
			recreated the house.

	There is a look of disbelief on Rishon's face... even
	as she vanishes from sight. The bridge crew is
	stunned. Kevin just stands there, expressionless,
	frozen in time. Picard turns to him.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			You're the only living thing that
			really exists on Rana Four,
			Kevin. And though you look
			human, you're not.

72   ANGLE - LIGHT (OPTICAL)

	Suddenly the bridge is filled with a brilliant, burning
	LIGHT coming from no particular source. The light
	grows to such intensity that all those present must
	turn away and cover their eyes. There is confusion,
	shouting. And then the light is gone as suddenly as it
	came... and so is Kevin.

					GEORDI
			He's in the turbolift!

	Worf takes action to stop the turbolift. Picard stops
	him.

					PICARD
			Let him go.

					WORF
			Captain -- he is dangerous!

					PICARD
			So dangerous, Lieutenant, he could
			have destroyed us at any instant
			he wished. Track him. Alert the
			crew to keep out of his way. I
			want him to know we mean him no
			harm...

         STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT FIVE        55.

72   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			Will he try to get back to the
			planet?

					PICARD
			Not if he's the creature of
			conscience I think he is. He has
			someone to help first...

									CUT TO:

73   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND RANA IV (OPTICAL)

	Indicating a passage of time.

74   OMITTED

75   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - ON BEVERLY

	Beverly ENTERS from the corridor. She stops dead at
	the sight of --

	ANGLE - KEVIN AND TROI

	Kevin is standing over the now peaceful form of Troi.
	He seems very sad, tired, guilty. He sees Beverly.

					KEVIN
			I have taken the music from her
			mind. She's alright now. She's
			sleeping.

	Beverly rushes to Troi. Sees that she is all right.
	She stands away from Kevin, uncertain.

					KEVIN
				(continuing; deeply
				 sorry)
			She was beginning to sense who
			I really was. I've been living
			as a human for over fifty years
			but I couldn't hide from her.
				(beat)
			She has suffered because of my
			pride and selfishness. It will
			not happen again.

         STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT FIVE        56.

76   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (O.S.)
			What happened on Rana Four,
			Kevin? The truth this time --
			all of it.

	Kevin and Beverly turn to see Picard ENTERING the
	room. He's come alone. Kevin has no will to fight or
	flee. It's time to face the music.

					KEVIN
			Very well. For what it's worth.
				(beat)
			I am a Douwd... an immortal being
			of disguises and false
			surroundings. I have lived in
			this galaxy for many thousands
			of years although until today no
			one has known my true identity.
			Once while traveling in human
			form I chanced to fall in love
			with an Earth woman. I put aside
			my powers and became her husband.
			Our life was happy and rich.
			Eventually we came to this planet
			to live our final years. Now she
			is dead. She never knew what I
			really was...

	Kevin falls silent. Picard pushes him on --

					PICARD
			Your colony was attacked by a
			warship...

					KEVIN
			Belonging to the Husnock, a
			species of hideous intelligence
			that knew only aggression and
			destruction. I could have
			destroyed them with a mere
			thought, but this I did not do.

					BEVERLY
				(appalled)
			You had the power to stop them
			and you didn't?

					KEVIN
			I refused to for the same reason
			I refused to stop the Enterprise.
			I will not kill!

         STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT FIVE        57.

76   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			So you let the colonists fight
			a hopeless battle.

					KEVIN
			I tried to fool the Husnock as
			I tried to fool you, but it only
			made them angrier and more cruel.

					PICARD
			And then what you feared most
			happened. Rishon went to fight
			with the others -- and she died
			with them.

					KEVIN
			How I wish I could have died with
			her...

	Kevin has hit bottom. Whatever is weighing on his
	conscience is gnawing at him full force. Picard senses
	as much as sees the sudden, horrible truth.

					PICARD
			But you couldn't. You did the
			unthinkable instead. You took
			revenge.

					KEVIN
				(breaking down)
			Yes! I saw her broken body. I
			went insane! My hatred exploded
			and in an instant of grief I
			destroyed the Husnock!

	A beat. Beverly struggles to understand Kevin.

					BEVERLY
			Why did you try to hide this from
			us? Was it out of guilt for not
			helping Rishon and the others when
			they were alive?

					KEVIN
			No. You don't understand the
			scope of my crime. I didn't kill
			just one Husnock, or a hundred,
			or a thousand -- I killed them
			all. All! The mothers, the
			babies, all the Husnock
			everywhere!
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT FIVE        58.

76   CONTINUED: (3)

					KEVIN (Cont'd)
			Are eleven thousand people worth
			fifty billion? Is the love of
			a woman worth the destruction of
			an entire species... ? This is
			the sin I tried so hard to keep
			you from learning. This is why
			I wanted to chase you from Rana.

	A beat. Picard and Beverly understand at last. They
	are sympathetic... and appalled.

					PICARD
			We are not qualified to be your
			judges. We have no law to fit
			your crime. You're free to return
			to the planet... and to make
			Rishon live again.

76A ANGLE - LIGHT (OPTICAL)

	Kevin and Picard exchange a long look. Kevin nods
	to Picard. The room suddenly fills with the blinding
	LIGHT (similar to what happened on the bridge). When
	it is gone, so is Kevin.

									CUT TO:

77   OMITTED

78   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Our bridge regulars are present including Geordi, Troi
	(looking well) and Beverly. They all want a last look
	at the planet. Its scarred and ruined face is on the
	Main Viewer.

         STAR TREK: "The Survivors" - REV. 8/3/89 - ACT FIVE        59.

78   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Helm... break orbit. Full
			impulse.

	Rana IV immediately begins to shrink as the
	Enterprise pulls away. Picard can't take his eyes off
	it.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43043.5.
			We are departing the Rana
			system for Starbase
			one three three. We leave behind
			a being of extraordinary power...
			and conscience. I am not certain
			if he should be praised or
			condemned. Only that he should
			be left alone...

									FADE OUT.

                         END ACT FIVE                           

                            THE END                             








                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                  "Who Watches the Watchers" 
                          #40273-152 
                              
                          Written by 
                Richard Manning & Hans Beimler 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Robert Wiemer 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                    2ND REVISED FINAL DRAFT
 
                        AUGUST 7, 1989
 

         STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " - 8/7/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                  "Who Watches the Watchers" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             Mintakans
                RIKER                NURIA
                DATA                 LIKO
                BEVERLY              OJI
                TROI                 FENTO
                GEORDI               HALI
                WORF               
                BARRON             

                Non-Speaking       
                  PALMER             
                  WARREN             
                  MEDICS             
                  ENTERPRISE CREW    
                  MINTAKANS          

         STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " - 8/9/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                   "Who Watches the Watchers"
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             MINTAKA THREE
              MAIN BRIDGE                ASSEMBLY HALL
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE         DUCK BLIND
              READY ROOM                 PATH
              SICKBAY                    SECLUDED AREA
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              TEN FORWARD
              CORRIDOR
          
            DUCK BLIND
          
            ASSEMBLY HALL

        STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " 8/7/89 - TEASER        1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                  "Who Watches the Watchers"                    
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Cruising at warp speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43125.2.
			We are en route to Mintaka Three,
			where a three-man Federation
			anthropological field team has
			been studying the inhabitants.

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	PICARD is flanked by RIKER and TROI. WORF and DATA
	are at their stations; SUPERNUMERARIES as needed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Our mission is to resupply the
			outpost and repair their
			malfunctioning reactor.

	TURBOLIFT DOORS OPEN and GEORDI ENTERS.

					PICARD
			Report, Mister La Forge.

					GEORDI
			We've finished replicating the
			parts they need.
				(a beat)
			What I don't understand is why
			a three-man station needs a
			reactor that can produce
			four-point-two gigawatts.

	Riker knows, but wants to see if Geordi can figure it
	out for himself:

					RIKER
			That's enough to power a small
			phaser bank, a subspace relay
			station, or...

     STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/14/89 - TEASER     2.

2    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(putting it together)
			... a hologram generator. Right
			-- a "duck blind."

					PICARD
				(nods)
			The anthropologists are studying
			an extended family of Mintakans
			at close range... from a
			camouflaged observation post.

					TROI
			According to Doctor Barron's
			preliminary reports, the Mintakans
			are proto-Vulcan humanoids at the
			Bronze Age level. Quite peaceful
			and highly rational.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Not surprising, considering how
			closely their evolution has
			paralleled Vulcan.

					WORF
			Captain, incoming transmission
			from Mintaka Three.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	On the MAIN VIEWER appears the fuzzy image of BARRON,
	intermittently broken up by LINES AND SWIRLS of STATIC
	INTERFERENCE. Barron is a middle-aged human; he's in
	a small cave-like room -- the "DUCK BLIND" -- which
	is both scientific laboratory and living quarters for
	the three members of the field team. One wall contains
	ports looking out onto the planet.

	Behind Barron, two more scientists -- PALMER (a young
	human male) and WARREN (an older human female) --
	work on the malfunctioning reactor. Barron's mood
	is calm, unhurried -- the situation is not desperate.

					BARRON
			Barron to Enterprise. Our
			temporary repairs have failed.
			The reactor is now inoperative.

     STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/9/89 - TEASER     2A.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Do you have battery backup?

					BARRON
			Three hours' worth at best.

     STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/11/89 - TEASER     3.

2    CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			Captain, if we increase to warp
			seven we can be there in twenty-three
			minutes.

					PICARD
			Make it so.
				(to Barron)
			We're on our way --

	On the Main Viewer, an EXPLOSION rocks the outpost.
	Haywire ELECTRICAL BOLTS cascade everywhere. A console
	a few feet from the reactor SHORTS OUT. STATIC and
	INTERFERENCE obscure the image.

	Barron and Warren are STRUCK by the BOLTS and knocked
	unconscious. Palmer, also ZAPPED, covers his eyes,
	temporarily blinded, and gropes randomly.

3    EXT. MINTAKA THREE - DUCK BLIND - DAY (OPTICAL)

	A hillside with sheer rock walls and outcroppings.
	About three meters up a nearly sheer rockface is a
	narrow path. A large section of the rockface above the
	path SHIMMERS and FADES AWAY -- revealing the exterior
	ported wall of the "duck blind" (the interior of which
	is built inside the rockface). BLUE SPARKS dance
	about the metal structure of the duck blind.

3A   INT. MINTAKA THREE - DUCK BLIND - DAY (OPTICAL)

	Palmer stumbles to a port, falls through it to the
	outside --

3B   EXT. MINTAKA THREE - DUCK BLIND - DAY (OPTICAL)

	Palmer has fallen clear of the duck blind. Dazed and
	disoriented, he makes his way down the path and EXITS
	the area.

     STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/11/89 - TEASER     4.

4    INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard watches the Main Viewer helplessly as the image
	from Mintaka -- with Barron lying on the floor --
	BREAKS UP completely and DISAPPEARS.

					WORF
			We've lost contact, sir.

					PICARD
			Increase to warp nine.

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	streaking to the rescue.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/14/89 - ACT ONE     5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

6    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Mintaka Three.

7    INT. DUCK BLIND - DAY (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Data, Geordi, BEVERLY, and A MEDIC MATERIALIZE
	inside the duck blind. SPARKS and CORONA EFFECTS are
	coursing through all metal parts of the structure.

	Riker and Geordi start working on the damaged reactor
	while Data begins repairs on the shorted-out console.
	Beverly and the medic tend to the injured Barron and
	Warren.

8    EXT. MINTAKA THREE - PATH - DAY

	Two Mintakans -- middle-aged LIKO and his teenaged
	daughter OJI -- are walking. Mintakans look very
	similar to Vulcans -- they have the same pointed ears
	and arched eyebrows. Note: Though Mintakans are a
	cool-headed, rational people, they are not as stoic and
	emotionless as Vulcans.

					LIKO
			Why did we have to come so early?

					OJI
			When the sun reaches its zenith,
			I have to be ready to take the
			measurements.

					LIKO
				(amused)
			You'll be ready. You've read
			the sundial hundreds of times.

     STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/14/89 - ACT ONE     6.

8    CONTINUED:

					OJI
			Yes, father -- but never as the
			appointed recordkeeper.

					LIKO
				(smiles)
			You're taking your duties quite
			seriously. Your mother would have
			been proud of you.

8A   EXT. MINTAKA THREE - ASSEMBLY HALL - DAY

	Liko and Oji ENTER the area, which is presently
	unoccupied. Outside the "assembly hall" is a large
	bronze sundial/astrolabe. Oji steps up to the
	astrolabe, takes a preliminary sighting. In doing so,
	she notices something o.s.:

9    REVERSE ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	On a distant hillside, the exterior of the duck blind
	is visible. Oji points it out to Liko:

					OJI
			What is that?

					LIKO
			I don't know...

	Curious, they quickly head off toward the hillside.

10   INT. DUCK BLIND - DAY (OPTICAL)

	The medic works on Warren as Beverly tends to Barron,
	who is semi-conscious.

					BARRON
				(delirious)
			Keep work... Palmer... Warren...

	Beverly applies a hypo.

10A  ON RIKER AND GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	still working on the reactor; Data is finishing up on
	the console nearby.

    STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/16/89 - ACT ONE    6A.

10A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The hologram generator is now
			functional.

					RIKER
			Or would be, if we had power...

					GEORDI
			Almost there...

10AA	EXT. MINTAKA THREE - DUCK BLIND - DAY (OPTICAL)

	Liko and Oji ENTER the area around the duck blind and
	stop in amazement. Liko gestures for Oji to stay
	hidden as he cautiously approaches the path leading to
	the duck blind.

10B  WIDER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The medic working on Warren nods to Beverly -- ready.
	Beverly taps her communicator:

					BEVERLY
			Enterprise -- beam Martinez and
			his patient directly to Sickbay.

	Warren and the medic attending her DEMATERIALIZE. Data
	looks up:

					DATA
			Doctor --

	Beverly also looks up --

11   ANGLE ON THE PORT (OPTICAL)

	Peeking in one of the ports is Liko -- stunned at the
	sight of these strangers magically disappearing.
	Curious, Liko pokes his head further into the port, and
	places a hand on the metal frame.

     STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/11/89 - ACT ONE     7.

11   CONTINUED:

	A furious ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE ZAPS Liko; dazed and
	disoriented, he stumbles back.

12   EXT. MINTAKA THREE - DUCK BLIND - DAY (OPTICAL)

	Liko has fallen away from the duck blind. He slips
	off the narrow path, falls three meters, and lands hard
	on a section of jagged rock, severely gashing his head.
	He GROANS.

13   ANGLE ON OJI

	Oji is at the bottom of the path. She's about to come
	to her father's aid, but holds back as she sees:

14   ON BEVERLY (OPTICAL)

	Beverly has already emerged from the duck blind and is
	heading down the path to Liko's side.

15   ANGLE ON LIKO (OPTICAL)

	in intense pain. Beverly approaches, administers a
	hypo. A moment later, Liko is out cold. Beverly
	examines him, then touches her communicator:

					BEVERLY
			Crusher to Enterprise. Medical
			emergency. Two to beam directly
			to Sickbay.

	Beverly and Liko DEMATERIALIZE.

15A  ANGLE ON OJI

	emerging from her hiding place and moving toward the
	spot where her father disappeared.

16   INT. DUCK BLIND - DAY

	Riker and Geordi at the reactor. Geordi finishes up:

					GEORDI
			That should do it.

     STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/23/89 - ACT ONE     8.

16   CONTINUED:

	Geordi makes an adjustment. The reactor HUMS to life.

17   EXT. MINTAKA THREE - DUCK BLIND - DAY (OPTICAL)

	As the camouflage unit kicks in, the duck blind
	DISAPPEARS; the rockface is now, to all appearances,
	solid rock.

18   ANGLE ON OJI

	gazing bewildered at the wall of rock. She's
	overwhelmed by the inexplicable wonders she has
	witnessed.

									CUT TO:

19   INT. SICKBAY

	Busy. MEDICAL PERSONNEL are performing surgery on Liko
	and applying various forms of burn and anti-radiation
	treatment to Warren and Barron.

	Beverly moves from one station to another, giving
	orders. She crosses to Liko's biobed. The medic
	is finishing up with Liko.

20   NEW ANGLE

	as Picard ENTERS, crosses to Liko's biobed, and reacts
	to the sight of a Mintakan aboard the Enterprise.
	Picard glowers at Beverly, but before he can speak:

     STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/23/89 - ACT ONE     9.

20   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Before you start quoting the Prime
			Directive -- he'd already seen
			us; the damage was done. It was
			bring him aboard or let him die.

					PICARD
			Then why didn't you let him die?

					BEVERLY
			Because we were responsible for
			his injuries!

					PICARD
			I don't know if I concur with
			that reasoning, Doctor. But now
			that he's here, you must remove
			all memory of his encounter with
			the away team.

					BEVERLY
			By erasing short-term recall?

					PICARD
			It's been accomplished before.

					BEVERLY
			Yes, I'm familiar with Doctor
			Pulaski's technique.
				(studies Liko)
			Though I can't guarantee it will
			be effective on Mintakan brain
			chemistry --

	Beverly is interrupted by a COMMOTION O.S. --

21   ANGLE ON BARRON

	Barron has regained consciousness, but he's half-delirious
	and agitated. He struggles wildly with a
	medic who's trying to restrain him:

					BARRON
			No! We must evacuate --

	Picard, Beverly, and other medics run to Barron's
	biobed and hold him back. Beverly zaps Barron with
	a hypospray; Barron's struggles weaken.

    STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/23/89 - ACT ONE    9A.

21   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(forceful)
			Doctor Barron! You're on the
			Enterprise. You're safe now.

	Barron gazes at her; reason slowly returns.

    STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/23/89 - ACT ONE    10.

22   ANGLE ON LIKO

	CLOSE on Liko's face -- after a beat, Liko's eyes open.

					BARRON (O.S.)
			The others?

					PICARD (O.S.)
			Doctor Warren is here. We're
			doing all we can.

	Liko, not daring to move a muscle, looks to the source
	of the voices:

23   ANGLE - WHAT LIKO SEES

	Medical personnel, Beverly, and Picard are gathered
	around Barron's biobed. Picard is the only one in a
	red uniform; he stands out dramatically.

					BARRON
			And Palmer? Where is Palmer?

					PICARD
			Still on Mintaka Three.

					BARRON
			Picard -- you have to find him.

					PICARD
			We will.

					BARRON
			He may be hurt --

					PICARD
			Rest assured -- we will not leave
			until we locate Palmer.

	Picard's strength and conviction mollify Barron.

    STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/23/89 - ACT ONE    11.

23   CONTINUED:

					BARRON
			Thank you, Picard.

	Beverly helps Barron lie back and relax. Picard moves
	away from the biobed, taps his communicator:

					PICARD
			Picard to bridge. Report.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Scans of the planet detect no
			humans, Captain.

					PICARD
			Very well. Take us into a close
			orbit.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Sir, a close orbit will
			increase sensor efficiency by
			only four percent.

					PICARD
			I want that four percent,
			Lieutenant.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Picard out.

24   NEW ANGLE

	as Picard turns, finds himself looking at Liko -- who's
	looking right back at him. Picard's speechless. After
	a beat:

					LIKO
				(tentative)
			Picard?

	Liko's voice catches everyone's attention. Beverly
	moves instantly to Liko's side, knocks Liko out with a
	hypospray.

    STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/23/89 - ACT ONE    12.

24   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Damn --

					PICARD
			Doctor, your next task is clear.

	Beverly nods as she looks at her troublesome patient:

									CUT TO:

25   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Mintaka Three.

26   EXT. MINTAKA THREE - DUCK BLIND - DAY

	Oji is atop a bluff, finishing her reconnaissance. No
	luck. She returns to the duck blind rockface, touches
	it once more. Nothing happens. The hologram
	generator's doing its job; the rockface looks and feels
	authentic.

27   EXT. MINTAKA THREE - SECLUDED AREA - DAY (OPTICAL)

	In a location not visible from the duck blind area, the
	sleeping body of Liko MATERIALIZES. Slowly, Liko
	awakens.

28   EXT. MINTAKA THREE - DUCK BLIND - DAY

	as Oji starts to walk back down the path.

					LIKO (O.S.)
				(weak)
			Oji?

     STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/9/89 - ACT ONE     13.

28   CONTINUED:

	Startled, Oji turns, looks about, tries to place which
	direction the voice came from --

					OJI
			Father?

29   EXT. MINTAKA THREE - SECLUDED AREA - DAY

	as Liko sits up, examines himself.

					LIKO
			Here...

	After a beat, Oji ENTERS, rushes to her father's side
	-- and is amazed to see that her father's wounds have
	disappeared.

					OJI
			I thought I'd never see you again.
			When you and the woman vanished,
			I was sure you were dead.

					LIKO
			I think I was... but I was brought
			back to life. I awoke in an
			incredible place -- and my wounds
			were gone. I had been healed.

					OJI
			How is that possible?

	Liko ponders this gravely.

					LIKO
			Long ago, our people believed in
			beings with great powers. These
			beings made the rains come, told
			the sun when to rise, and caused
			all life to be born, to grow,
			to die.

					OJI
			But those are just tales -- old
			superstitions.

    STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/14/89 - ACT ONE    14.

29   CONTINUED:

					LIKO
			Perhaps the beliefs of our
			ancestors are true. Nothing else
			can explain what's happened.
				(a beat)
			Everything's changed now, Oji.
			We must tell the others...

	On Liko's resolute expression, we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/16/89 - ACT TWO    15.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

30   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Troi, Data, and Beverly. Beverly is
	in mid-report.

					BEVERLY
			... Barron is stable, but Warren
			is still critical.

					RIKER
			Palmer is missing, and scans of
			the planet pick up Mintakan life
			forms only -- no humans.
			However...

	Riker looks to Data.

					DATA
			The area around the duck blind
			exhibits Karst topography --
			sinkholes, underground rivers,
			and caverns. And the rock strata
			contain a high concentration of
			thallium compounds, which may be
			obstructing our sensor beams.

					PICARD
			So if Palmer, in his delirium,
			fled into a cave, we might be
			unable to detect his life signs.

					DATA
			Correct.

					BEVERLY
			Captain, if he is still alive,
			he probably needs medical
			attention. We must send an away
			team to locate him.

					TROI
			But our presence mustn't interfere
			with the cultural development of
			the Mintakans.

					PICARD
			Agreed. Further contamination
			must be prevented.

     STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/9/89 - ACT TWO     16.

30   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Sir, I have a suggestion.

									CUT TO:

31   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Orbiting Mintaka Three.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First officer's log, Stardate
			43125.3. Counselor Troi and I
			are beaming down to Mintaka Three
			to locate Doctor Palmer and
			determine the extent of the
			cultural contamination.

32   EXT. MINTAKA THREE - SECLUDED AREA - DAY (OPTICAL)

	The same spot where Liko was beamed down. Riker and
	Troi MATERIALIZE, along with two bundles of woven
	cloth.

	Riker and Troi have been made up as Mintakans,
	complete with angled eyebrows and pointed ears.
	They're wearing typical Mintakan garb: austere,
	mannerly outfits of woven cloth.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			Doctor Crusher has temporarily
			altered our features and skin
			color. She's also implanted
			subcutaneous communicators so that
			any transmissions we receive will
			be inaudible to the Mintakans.

	Riker and Troi look around. No one's in sight.

					RIKER
			Riker to Enterprise -- do you
			read?

	Riker hears Data's com voice via direct bone
	conduction, so it sounds unusually thin and faint:

					DATA'S COM VOICE
				(filtered)
			Perfectly, Commander. I will be
			monitoring you continuously.

    STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/14/89 - ACT TWO    17.

32   CONTINUED:

	Riker and Troi pick up their bundles of woven cloth.

					TROI
			Mintakan emotions are quite
			interesting. Like the Vulcans,
			they have highly ordered minds...
			A very sensible people.

	They start to walk. Riker automatically takes the
	lead. Troi stops him, moves in front of him. MOVE
	with them as they walk.

					TROI (cont'd)
				(enjoying this)
			For example, Mintakan women
			precede their mates. It's a
			signal to other women.

					RIKER
			"This man's taken; get your own?"

					TROI
			Not precisely... More like, "if
			you want his services, I'm the
			one to negotiate with."

					RIKER
			What kinds of "services?"

					TROI
			All kinds.

					RIKER
				(amused)
			Ah. They are a sensible race.

	Riker and Troi come around a rock formation and find
	themselves on a path leading to the assembly hall area.

32A  EXT. MINTAKA THREE - ASSEMBLY HALL - DAY

	A few MINTAKANS are entering the area. Riker and Troi
	ENTER and follow the Mintakans toward the assembly
	hall.

    STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/9/89 - ACT TWO    17A.

33   INT. MINTAKA THREE - ASSEMBLY HALL - DAY

	Assorted MINTAKANS are gathered around Liko and Oji.
	This is the "town hall" where Mintakans meet daily --
	both to barter and to talk, philosophize, exchange
	information, and debate ideas.

	Among the listeners is NURIA, an attractive, middle-aged
	Mintakan woman who's the leader of this community;
	the Mintakans respect her calm, clear-headed
	intelligence and give extra weight to her opinions.

    STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/14/89 - ACT TWO    18.

33   CONTINUED:

	Next to Liko and Oji is FENTO, an elderly Mintakan man
	who's the community's "storyteller" -- its oral
	historian.

					LIKO
			I understand your skepticism.
			Had it not happened to me, I would
			find it difficult to accept as
			well.

34   ANGLE ON RIKER AND TROI

	as they enter the assembly hall.

					OJI (O.S.)
			But it did happen, just as we've
			told you.

	Riker and Troi stay on the outskirts of the group.

35   WIDER

	as Liko turns to a skeptical Fento.

					LIKO
			Fento -- you know the legends
			better than anyone. Don't they
			speak of beings like the ones I've
			seen --

					OJI
			-- who could vanish like smoke?

					FENTO
				(dubious)
			There are the stories of the
			Overseer... who could appear and
			disappear at will...

	To Liko, this is confirmation. Fento's tone, however,
	indicates that though he's aware of the legend, he
	doesn't believe it.

					LIKO
			And couldn't this Overseer heal
			the dead?

    STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/14/89 - ACT TWO    18A.

35   CONTINUED:

					FENTO
				(nods)
			He had supreme power -- or so our
			ancestors believed.

	Liko nods. That's more confirmation.

    STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/18/89 - ACT TWO    19.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					LIKO
			I believe I've seen the
			Overseer...

					RIKER
				(sotto)
			Uh-oh...

					LIKO
			He is called the Picard.

	MURMURS from the Mintakans. This is heady stuff.
	Riker and Troi exchange an "oh, hell... " glance and
	speak in low tones:

					TROI
			His memory is intact.

					RIKER
			The procedure didn't work.

36   NEW ANGLE

	as Nuria steps forward.

					NURIA
			Liko -- all this talk of a
			supernatural being... No one's
			believed that for countless
			generations. Just as we no longer
			believe the stars control our
			fates, or that the spirits of the
			dead haunt the living.

					LIKO
			I'm not saying all the old beliefs
			are true. But I did see the
			Picard, and I was restored to
			life.

	More MURMURS from the Mintakans.

37   OMITTED

      STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/21/89 - ACT TWO 20-22.        

38   WIDER

	as Riker and Troi step forward and address Liko.

					TROI
			We are visitors; we've come to
			trade our cloth. May we speak?

					NURIA
			Please do -- we welcome outsiders.
			I am Nuria.

					TROI
			I am Troi; this is Riker.
				(to Liko)
			You've had a very interesting
			dream.

					LIKO
				(scoffs)
			Dream? It was real!

					OJI
			My father and I both witnessed
			these beings.

					TROI
			If you are father and daughter,
			you may have shared the same
			dream.

					LIKO
			That is not reasonable.

					RIKER
			Is it any less reasonable than
			being magically propelled to a
			strange place by "the Picard?"

	The Mintakans exchange looks. Riker makes a good
	point. Then:

					HALI (O.S.)
			Nuria!

	The Mintakans turn --

39
thru	OMITTED
41

     STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/21/89 - ACT TWO 23-23A.        

42   NEW ANGLE

	as HALI and one more MINTAKAN HUNTER (both with
	elaborately-designed crossbows) come into view at the
	entrance to the assembly hall -- carrying a bedraggled
	and unconscious Palmer.

	Surprised reactions from the Mintakans. Liko and Oji
	are triumphant.

					LIKO
			It has to be -- Palmer -- the one
			the Picard wished to find.

	The Mintakans rush as one to gather around Palmer, peer
	at him, touch his skin and clothing. They're not
	aggressive -- merely curious about the stranger.

					NURIA
				(examining Picard)
			Remarkable. You were speaking
			the truth.

					LIKO
			The Picard will be pleased.

    STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/21/89 - ACT TWO    24.

43
thru	OMITTED
44

45   ON RIKER AND TROI

	exchanging a look. So much for their cogent
	arguments.

					RIKER
			Riker to Picard.

46   INT. SICKBAY

	Picard and Beverly in f.g. Warren lies motionless on
	her biobed, her vital signs dangerously low.

    STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/21/89 - ACT TWO    25.

46   CONTINUED:

	Barron, in a hospital gown, is standing next to Warren.

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Number One.

47   INTERCUTS - SICKBAY AND MINTAKA THREE

					RIKER
			We have a problem.

					PICARD
			The contamination?

					RIKER
			It's worse than we suspected.
			The Mintakans are beginning to
			believe in a god -- and the one
			they've chosen... is you.

	PUSH IN on Picard's appalled reaction, and --

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/14/89 - ACT THREE   26.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

48   INT. SICKBAY

	As before.

					BARRON
			Picard -- you must beam Palmer
			aboard immediately. Without
			medical attention --

					PICARD
			It's not that simple. He's
			surrounded by Mintakans. If he
			dematerializes before their
			eyes...

					BARRON
			... it will slightly increase the
			cultural contamination which
			already exists. A small price
			for saving Palmer's life.

	Picard thinks it over, addresses the com panel:

					PICARD
			Number One -- is there any chance
			of your freeing Palmer and
			transporting up unseen?

49   INTERCUTS - SICKBAY AND MINTAKA THREE

	Riker and Troi, still out of earshot of the Mintakans,
	survey the area.

					RIKER
			We can try...

					PICARD
			Try hard. Picard out.

50   ANGLE ON BARRON

	scowling at Picard.

   STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/21/89 - ACT THREE   27.

50   CONTINUED:

					BARRON
			Picard, I must protest. You're
			endangering Palmer with this
			delay.

					PICARD
			I'm aware of that. But each of
			us -- including Doctor Palmer --
			took an oath to uphold the Prime
			Directive... if necessary, with
			our lives.

51   INT. MINTAKA THREE - ASSEMBLY HALL - DAY

	Nuria, Liko, Oji, Hali, Fento, and the other Mintakans
	are still gazing at the unconscious Palmer. Riker
	stands nearby; Troi is not present. Hali explains:

					HALI
			We followed a hornbuck into a
			cave. The stranger was there --
			asleep.

					NURIA
			This Palmer is one of the
			Overseer's servants?

					LIKO
			Yes -- the Picard has many
			servants.
				(to Fento)
			Isn't that true?

					FENTO
				(still skeptical)
			According to the legends. But
			if Palmer is a servant of the
			Overseer, what was he doing in
			the cave?

					OJI
			Perhaps he ran away.

					HALI
			Or he failed the Picard somehow
			and was hiding from him.

					LIKO
			We should bind him in case he
			wakes and tries to escape.

   STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/21/89 - ACT THREE   27A.

51   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			It's senseless to hold this
			stranger captive. This Overseer
			talk is nothing more than an old
			superstition.

	Fento nods agreement.

					NURIA
			I disagree. All the evidence
			suggests the Overseer does exist.

   STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/15/89 - ACT THREE   28.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

					LIKO
			And I heard the Picard say he
			wanted to find Palmer.

					OJI
			Then by keeping Palmer safe, we
			will please the Picard.

					LIKO
			And he'll grant us favors in return.

					NURIA
			Favors?

	Nuria raises an eyebrow, looks to Fento for
	elaboration. Fento shrugs:

					FENTO
			The Overseer was said to be
			all-powerful. He could provide
			gentle winters, plentiful hunting,
			fertile crops... anything.

					LIKO
				(quiet intensity)
			He could even bring back those
			who have died.

	Oji looks at Liko as Liko's meaning dawns. Is it
	possible... ? Liko smiles warmly back at Oji: yes, it
	is. The Mintakans look to Nuria, who reaches a
	decision:

					NURIA
			We will keep Palmer for the
			Picard.

	A BUZZ of approval from the Mintakans -- good decision.

   STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/14/89 - ACT THREE   29.

52   NEW ANGLE

	Troi ENTERS.

					TROI
			I've seen another one -- like
			Palmer!

					LIKO
			Another servant of the Picard?

					TROI
				(nods)
			He's headed toward the caves!

					NURIA
			Fento -- stay and bind Palmer.

	Troi, Nuria, Liko, Oji, Hali, and the others EXIT the
	assembly hall.

53   EXT. MINTAKA THREE - ASSEMBLY HALL - DAY

	Troi leads Nuria, Liko, Oji, Hali, and the others off
	toward the hills.

54   INT. MINTAKA THREE - ASSEMBLY HALL - DAY

	Fento leans over Palmer, starts tying him up with a
	length of woven rope. Riker steps up next to Fento.

					RIKER
			Excuse me... that knot won't hold.
			If I may assist...

					FENTO
			Please do.

	As Riker unties the rope:

					RIKER
			The trick is to make a knot that
			tightens under pressure. Here,
			I'll show you...

   STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/11/89 - ACT THREE   30.

55   EXT. MINTAKA THREE - PATH - DAY

	Nuria, Liko, Oji, Hali, and the others are following
	Troi. Oji suddenly notices the sun's position, stops:

					OJI
			Father -- the sun's reaching its
			zenith. If I don't go to measure...

					LIKO
			Go.

	Oji turns around, rushes back the way she came.

56   INT. MINTAKA THREE - ASSEMBLY HALL - DAY

	Fento has been bound and gagged by Riker.

					RIKER
			Forgive me, friend... but the
			stranger must be set free.

	Riker picks up Palmer in a fireman's carry and starts
	off.

57   EXT. MINTAKA THREE - ASSEMBLY HALL - DAY

	Riker EMERGES from the assembly hall, carrying Palmer,
	and heads for a path out of the area (not the same path
	Troi took).

   STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/14/89 - ACT THREE   30A.

57   CONTINUED:

	Riker sees Oji ENTER the area at the far end.

					RIKER
			Riker to Enterprise. Lock on and
			prepare to beam us directly to
			Sickbay, but wait for my signal.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
				(filtered)
			Acknowledged, Commander.

	Oji sees Riker --

					OJI
			Riker?

	Riker ignores her, keeps heading out.

   STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/11/89 - ACT THREE   31.

58   EXT. MINTAKA THREE - PATH - DAY

	Troi leading the others as before.

					OJI (O.S.)
				(distant)
			Riker! Stop!

					NURIA
			Oji?

					OJI (O.S.)
				(distant)
			It's Riker -- he's taking Palmer!

	Nuria puts it together instantly, whirls to face Troi:

					NURIA
			Yari -- don't let her escape.

	The Mintakan hunter levels his crossbow at Troi, takes
	her captive. The others follow Nuria as she charges
	back toward the assembly hall area.

59   OMITTED

60   EXT. MINTAKA THREE - ASSEMBLY HALL - DAY

	Riker is about to reach a path through the rocks
	surrounding the assembly hall area. Nuria and the
	others ENTER the area at the other end. Hali levels
	his crossbow to take a shot at Riker, but Riker ducks
	between the rocks, EXITS the area. The Mintakans
	pursue.

   STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/24/89 - ACT THREE   32.

61   OMITTED

62   EXT. MINTAKA THREE - ANOTHER PATH - DAY (OPTICAL)

	Riker carrying Palmer; Nuria and the Mintakans in
	pursuit. Finally, Riker finds what he's been looking
	for: a spot where he's momentarily out of sight of the
	Mintakans.

					RIKER
			I'm clear. Energize!

	Riker and Palmer DEMATERIALIZE. A moment after they're
	gone, Nuria and the others ENTER, rush down the path
	past where Riker disappeared, and keep going.

63   OMITTED

64   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	as Riker and Palmer MATERIALIZE in Sickbay. Beverly
	and a medic help Riker put Palmer on a biobed. Riker
	stretches his aching muscles.

					RIKER
			Data. Has Counselor Troi beamed
			up?

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Negative, Commander. Sensors show
			she's in the midst of a group of
			Mintakans.

					RIKER
			Damn.

	Riker EXITS.

65   INT. MINTAKA THREE - ASSEMBLY HALL - DAY

	Hali uses a knife to cut Fento's ropes. Nuria, Liko,
	Oji, and other Mintakans surround Troi. Liko's
	concerned; Troi is calm.

					NURIA
			Hali -- find Riker and Palmer.

	Hali motions for the hunter and other Mintakans to
	accompany him; they EXIT. Liko accosts Troi:

   STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/10/89 - ACT THREE   32A.

65   CONTINUED:

					LIKO
			Why? Why did you and Riker take
			Palmer from us?

   STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/14/89 - ACT THREE   33.

65   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			We did not "take" Palmer...

66   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Data, and Worf are silent, listening to Troi's
	communicator. Riker ENTERS.

					TROI'S COM VOICE
			... we set him free. Riker and
			I don't believe these fables about
			the Overseer.

					LIKO'S COM VOICE
			Don't you realize what you've
			done?

67   INTERCUTS - BRIDGE AND MINTAKA THREE

					LIKO
			You've angered the Picard -- and
			we may all suffer for it!
				(to Fento)
			Weren't there stories of the
			Overseer destroying those who
			offended him?

					FENTO
			Stories. Nothing more.

					NURIA
			Liko, we'll get Palmer back.
			Riker was carrying him -- they
			can't have gone far.

					LIKO
			Still, the Picard may blame us
			for Palmer's escape.
				(points to Troi)
			Perhaps we should punish her --
			to let the Overseer know that she
			and Riker acted alone.

					NURIA
			We'll keep Troi captive.

   STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/11/89 - ACT THREE   34.

67   CONTINUED:

					LIKO
			That's not enough.

					NURIA
			You would have us harm her?

	Liko looks sadly at Troi. He's not a zealot out for
	blood -- he's concerned for the future of his people.
	This isn't an easy thing to suggest, but -- in Liko's
	eyes -- it's imperative.

					LIKO
			If it will hold off the Picard's
			anger -- yes. I've seen how
			powerful he is...

68   ON NURIA

	weighing Liko's argument as the anxious Mintakans look
	to her for orders. Sometimes being the leader is a
	hell of a burden.

					NURIA
				(slowly)
			I am unwilling to hurt Troi
			needlessly.
				(a beat)
			We will wait for Hali and the
			others to return.

					OJI
			And if they don't find Palmer?

					NURIA
				(looking at Troi)
			Then we may have to do as Liko
			suggests.

69   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, and Barron.

					PICARD
				(to Barron)
			You believe the Mintakans are
			capable of harming Troi?

   STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/14/89 - ACT THREE   34A.

69   CONTINUED:

					BARRON
				(nods)
			They are not normally a violent
			people... but these are
			extraordinary circumstances.
			They're trying to comprehend what
			they believe to be a god.

   STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/14/89 - ACT THREE   35.

69   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Recommendations?

					BARRON
			The Mintakans wish to please the
			Overseer, but they can only guess
			what he wants. They need a sign.

					PICARD
			Are you suggesting...

					BARRON
				(nods)
			You must go down to Mintaka Three.

					RIKER
			Masquerading as a god?

					PICARD
			Out of the question. The Prime
			Directive --

					BARRON
			Has already been violated. The
			damage is done; all we can do now
			is minimize it.

					PICARD
			By sanctioning their false
			beliefs?

					BARRON
			By giving them guidelines...
			letting them know what the
			Overseer expects of them.

					PICARD
			I cannot -- I will not impose a
			set of commandments on these
			people. To do so violates the
			essence of the Prime Directive.

					BARRON
			Like it or not, we've rekindled
			the Mintakans' belief in the
			Overseer.

					RIKER
				(to Barron)
			And you're saying that belief will
			eventually develop into a
			religion.

   STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/14/89 - ACT THREE   35A.

69   CONTINUED: (3)

					BARRON
			It's inevitable. And without
			guidance, that religion could
			degenerate into inquisitions...
			holy wars... chaos.

   STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/14/89 - ACT THREE   36.

69   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			Your own reports describe how
			rational these people are.
			Millennia ago, they abandoned all
			belief in the supernatural. And
			now you're asking me to sabotage
			that achievement... send them
			back into the Dark Ages of fear
			and superstition.
				(adamant)
			No. We must undo the damage we've
			caused.
				(turning to Riker)
			Number One -- tell me about the
			group's leader.

					RIKER
			Nuria is exceptionally fair-minded
			and sensible... the Mintakans
			trust her judgment. If we could
			convince her we're not gods...

					PICARD
			... she might be able to persuade
			the others.

					BARRON
			And how do you propose to convince
			her?

					PICARD
			She sees the Picard as a magical
			figure. I'm going to show her
			how the magic works.
				(a beat)
			Bring her aboard.

   STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/10/89 - ACT THREE   36A.

70   INT. MINTAKA THREE - ASSEMBLY HALL - DAY

	Troi is being guarded by two Mintakans. Liko and Oji
	are standing nearby. Nuria is walking away, toward
	the exit.

71   ON TROI

	Troi doesn't react as Data's voice pops into her ear:

					DATA'S COM VOICE
				(filtered)
			Counselor, sensors indicate five
			Mintakans in your immediate
			vicinity.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/14/89 - ACT THREE   37.

71   CONTINUED:

					DATA'S COM VOICE (cont'd)
			Four are motionless; the fifth
			is eight meters away, proceeding
			south. Is Nuria one of these
			five?

					TROI
				("yes")
			Mmm-hmm.

72   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, supernumeraries. Data reacts to
	the odd sound Troi just made.

					DATA
			Was that intended to be an
			affirmative?

					RIKER
				(a smile)
			Yes, Data, it was.

73   INTERCUTS - BRIDGE AND MINTAKA THREE

					DATA
			Is Nuria the closest of the five?

					TROI
				("nope")
			Mmm-mmm.

	Data reacts, puzzled again. Riker "translates":

					RIKER
			Negative.

					DATA
			Is Nuria the one in motion?

					TROI
				("yes")
			Mmm-hmm.

					RIKER
			Lock sensors on Nuria.

					DATA
			Locked on, Commander. We can
			beam Nuria aboard at will.

   STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/16/89 - ACT THREE   38.

73   CONTINUED:

	Picard gets to his feet.

					PICARD
			Data, when sensors indicate she's
			alone, beam her to Transporter
			Room One.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Picard EXITS into a turbolift.

74   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In close orbit to Mintaka Three.

75   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Picard ENTERS, approaches the ENSIGN at the console.

					PICARD
			Ensign Hoy, I'll handle this.

	The Ensign EXITS and Picard takes his place behind
	the console. Picard energizes.

76   ANGLE ON THE TRANSPORTER PAD (OPTICAL)

	as Nuria MATERIALIZES -- and GASPS in shock. What's
	happened? Where the hell is she?

					PICARD (O.S.)
			Nuria -- don't be afraid.

	Nuria turns to face --

77   WIDER

	Picard steps forward, nods reassuringly.

					PICARD
			No one's going to harm you.

	Nuria can barely speak:

					NURIA
			Who... ?

					PICARD
			My name is Jean-Luc Picard.

    STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/7/89 - ACT THREE    39.

78   ON NURIA

	astonished. She sinks to her knees in fear and
	reverence, and we --

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/10/89 - ACT FOUR    40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

79   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Nuria is still on her knees on the transporter pad.
	Picard takes another step. She averts her eyes.

					PICARD
			Please -- get up.

	No response.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			Get up! You don't kneel to me.

					NURIA
			You do not wish it?

					PICARD
			I do not deserve it.

	Picard extends a hand. Slowly, timidly, Nuria takes
	it. Picard lifts her to her feet, stands eye-to-eye
	with her, clasps her hand.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			Look at me. Feel the warmth of
			my hand, the rhythm of my pulse.
			I am not a supreme being -- I am
			flesh and blood, like you.

	Nuria shakes her head -- inconceivable.

					NURIA
			Not like me...

					PICARD
			Like you! Different in
			appearance, yes. But we are both
			living beings -- we are born, we
			grow, we live, we die. In all
			the ways that matter, we are
			alike.

					NURIA
			But -- you are the Picard!

	Nuria gazes at him, uncomprehending. Picard smiles.

     STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/23/89 - ACT FOUR 41-41A.       

79   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Let me show you my people.
				(ALTERNATE:)
			Let me show you something.

	Picard leads Nuria to the door, which OPENS. Nuria
	jumps back, startled -- then looks at Picard, gathers
	courage from his presence. In the corridor, a
	CREWMEMBER passes.

					NURIA
			What a wondrous place this is.
			Even the doors obey your commands.

					PICARD
			It is wondrous -- but not
			miraculous. The doors merely work
			differently from the ones you
			know.

	Picard and Nuria EXIT into the corridor.

80
thru	OMITTED
81

         STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/10/89 - ACT FOUR        42.

82   OMITTED

83   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Nuria are at a window, looking at the
	magnificent sight of Mintaka Three set amid thousands
	of stars. Nuria is overwhelmed. So many wonders...

					NURIA
			That is my home?

					PICARD
			Seen from far, far above.

					NURIA
			Yet we don't fall.
				(a beat)
			I never imagined I would see the
			clouds... from the other side.
			Your powers are truly boundless.

	She looks like she's ready to drop to her knees again,
	and that's not the attitude Picard is trying to
	inspire. He SIGHS, tries again:

					PICARD
			Nuria -- your people live in huts.
			Was it always so?

					NURIA
			No. We have found remnants of
			tools in caves. Our ancestors
			must have lived there.

					PICARD
			Why do you now live in huts?

					NURIA
			Huts are better. Caves are dark
			and wet --

					PICARD
			If huts are better, why did your
			people ever live in caves?

					NURIA
			The most reasonable explanation
			is that at one time we didn't know
			how to make huts.

         STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/11/89 - ACT FOUR        43.

83   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Just as there was a time when you
			didn't know how to make cloth --
			or bows.

					NURIA
			That is reasonable.

					PICARD
			Someone invented huts. Someone
			invented the bow. And they taught
			others, who taught their children,
			who taught their children's
			children...

	Nuria mulls it over. Makes sense. She nods.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			Now suppose one of your cave-dwelling
			ancestors could see you
			as you are today. What would she
			think?

					NURIA
			I don't know.

					PICARD
			Put yourself in her place. You
			have a power she lacks. You can
			kill a hornbuck from a great
			distance.

					NURIA
			Only because I have a bow.

					PICARD
			She has never seen a bow -- it
			doesn't yet exist in her world.
			To you, it's a simple tool. To
			her, it's magic.

					NURIA
				(musing)
			I suppose she might think so.

					PICARD
			And how would she react to you?

					NURIA
			I think... she would fear me.

     STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/21/89 - ACT FOUR 44-44A.       

83   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Just as you fear me.

	Nuria nods slowly. Picard's made his point. After a
	long beat:

					NURIA
				(matter-of-fact)
			I do not fear you any longer.

					PICARD
			Good. My people once lived in
			caves, too. We learned to build
			huts... and, later, to build ships
			such as this one.

					NURIA
			Perhaps some day my people will
			travel above the sky...

					PICARD
			Of that, I have absolutely no
			doubt.

84   INT. MINTAKA THREE - ASSEMBLY HALL - NIGHT

	A fire has been lit in a fire pit. Flashes of
	LIGHTNING outside are followed by distant THUNDER.
	Liko, Oji, and Fento are worried.

					LIKO
			It's not the season for lightning.
			It must be a warning...

					FENTO
				(protests)
			We've had storms at this time of
			year before.

	ANOTHER BOLT FRACTURES the night outside. The
	Mintakans react.

					OJI
			Not like this one...

         STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/21/89 - ACT FOUR        45.

84   CONTINUED:

					LIKO
			It must mean something!
				(mounting anxiety)
			The Picard is angry with us. He
			blames us for Palmer's escape.

					FENTO
			Liko -- we don't know that the
			Overseer is responsible for this
			storm...

					LIKO
				(interrupts, panicking)
			Will he also send floods? My wife
			died in last year's floods -- will
			we all die now?

	Still more THUNDER. Liko makes a decision:

					LIKO (cont'd)
			We must find Nuria.

	As Liko, Oji, and Fento EXIT, the THUNDER CRASHES ever
	closer.

85   INT. READY ROOM

	Nuria and Picard are looking at the model of the
	Stargazer.

					NURIA
			Picard... you have shown me
			wonders I could never have
			imagined... and I am grateful
			beyond words... but might I
			request something for my people?

	Picard is moved by her devotion to her people.

         STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/11/89 - ACT FOUR       45A.

85   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You are indeed a leader.

         STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/14/89 - ACT FOUR        46.

85   CONTINUED: (2)

					NURIA
			You have shown me such generosity;
			I wish my people could share in
			it.
				(a beat)
			Six Mintakans died in a flood last
			winter. Four of them were
			children.

	Picard grows wary as he sees what's coming:

					NURIA (cont'd)
			Would you bring them back to life?

	Picard takes a long beat before replying:

					PICARD
			That is beyond my power.

					NURIA
			Why? You restored Liko's life.
			Did the six who died offend you
			in some way?
				(a new thought)
			Or have I offended you? Should
			I have ordered the death of Troi?
			Please -- if there is anything
			I can do to change your mind...

86   ON PICARD

	A sobering realization.

					PICARD
				(almost to himself)
			I've failed to get through to you,
			haven't I? Despite all my
			efforts...

	Nuria looks at Picard, her expression pleading for him
	to do her people this simple favor. And all Picard can
	do is look helplessly back at her...

87   INT. MINTAKA THREE - ASSEMBLY HALL - NIGHT

	Oji and Fento ENTER, rush up to a desperate Liko as
	LIGHTNING CRACKLES outside.

         STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/11/89 - ACT FOUR        47.

87   CONTINUED:

					OJI
			Nuria can't be found. No one
			knows where she's gone.

	Hali and the Mintakan hunter ENTER, out of breath.

					LIKO
			Hali! Any sign of Palmer or
			Riker?

					HALI
				(shaking his head)
			They've escaped us. We searched
			everywhere.

	The LOUDEST THUNDER CRASH; this time, directly
	overhead.

					OJI
			What do we do now?

	After a moment of indecision:

					LIKO
			As the Picard wishes. Punish
			those responsible.

	Liko holds out his hand to Hali -- "give me your
	crossbow." The Mintakans are astonished.

					FENTO
			Nuria would not allow --

					LIKO
			Nuria isn't here -- and we can't
			wait.

	More ear-splitting THUNDER. Hali looks from Liko to
	the others, reluctantly makes up his mind, hands his
	crossbow to Liko. Liko marches off toward the captive
	Troi.

88   CLOSE ON TROI

	watching impassively as Liko strides purposefully
	toward her, crossbow in hand...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

     STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/24/89 - ACT FIVE 48-48A.       

                           ACT FIVE                             

		FADE IN:

89
thru	OMITTED
90

91   INT. SICKBAY

	Warren has started to spasm. A medic is at Warren's
	side. Barron looks on helplessly. Beverly ENTERS,
	tapping her communicator as she crosses --

					BEVERLY
			Crusher to Picard. I think
			we're going to lose Warren.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			On my way.

	Warren's spasms worsen. Beverly looks at the
	monitor. Not good. The medic has a hypo ready;
	Beverly glances at it, shakes her head.

	A massive convulsion shakes Warren's body. The vital
	signs are dropping. Beverly and the medic can do
	little more than wipe the sweat from Warren's brow and
	keep Warren restrained. It's any doctor's nightmare
	-- being forced to watch from the sidelines as the
	patient fights the final battle.

	Picard ENTERS. Nuria is right behind him.

         STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/21/89 - ACT FIVE        49.

92   ON WARREN

	Another spasm. Her eyes open. She tries to speak,
	but hasn't the strength. Beverly motions for Barron
	to stand near so Warren can see him. Warren can barely
	focus -- but she recognizes Barron, tries to take his
	hand. Barron clasps her tiny, frail hand and holds
	on.

         STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/10/89 - ACT FIVE        50.

92   CONTINUED:

					BARRON
			I'm here, Mary.

	Beverly watches the vital signs. Almost nil.

					BEVERLY
				(to Medic)
			Prepare two cc's of norep.

	The medic readies a hypo. Warren is hit with a
	seizure; her eyes close as a wave of pain racks her
	body. Again she tries to speak -- nothing. With a
	last effort of will, she forces her eyes open, looks up
	at Barron --

	-- and then, mercifully, it's over; Warren goes limp;
	her vital signs drop to zero. Beverly takes the hypo,
	injects Warren's carotid artery, but it's futile and
	she knows it.

					BEVERLY (cont'd)
				(to Barron)
			I'm sorry.

	Barron sits down, bows his head in grief.

93   ON PICARD AND NURIA

	Picard lowers his head, grieves over their loss.
	Nuria, profoundly moved, looks from Picard to Barron to
	Beverly -- their remorse is palpable.

					NURIA
				(quietly)
			Picard?

	Picard doesn't respond.

					NURIA (cont'd)
			You could not save her.

					PICARD
			No.

					NURIA
			You do have limits. You are not
			masters of life and death.

         STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/21/89 - ACT FIVE        51.

93   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			No, we are not.
				(a beat)
			We can cure many diseases and
			repair many injuries. We can
			extend life... but despite all
			our knowledge -- all our advances
			-- we are just as mortal as you
			are... just as powerless to
			prevent the inevitable.

	Nuria gazes at Picard as if seeing him for the first
	time -- empathizing with his remorse, his helplessness,
	his humanity.

					NURIA
			You are a remarkable people. But
			you are not superior beings.
				(a beat)
			My people must be made to
			understand that.

	Picard nods agreement.

94   INT. MINTAKA THREE - ASSEMBLY HALL - NIGHT

	As before. The THUNDER continues. Liko steps up to
	the captive Troi, followed by Oji, Fento, and Hali.

					TROI
			Liko -- you don't want to kill
			me.

					LIKO
			I have no choice. I must do as
			the Picard wishes.

					TROI
			Are you sure you know what he
			wants?

	Liko is torn. No, he's not sure.

					TROI (cont'd)
				(after a beat; to the
				 others)
			That's one problem with believing
			in a supernatural being... trying
			to determine what he wants.

	A PEAL of THUNDER.

         STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/21/89 - ACT FIVE       51A.

94   CONTINUED:

					LIKO
			We must do something.

					OJI
			But what if we do the wrong thing?

95   NEW ANGLE

	Liko, agonized, picks up the crossbow and moves toward
	Troi.

         STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/10/89 - ACT FIVE        52.

95   CONTINUED:

	As the Mintakans part, clearing the way, Liko makes an
	invocation:

					LIKO
			Picard. We need your guidance.
			Is it your wish that this woman
			should die?
				(a beat)
			Answer us! Speak!

					PICARD (O.S.)
			Liko!

	Everyone turns to see --

96   ANGLE ON PICARD

	ENTERING, accompanied by Nuria. Note: This is no grand
	entrance of a god. Quite the opposite -- they simply
	walk in the entrance.

97   WIDER

	Liko sighs with relief.

					LIKO
			The Picard! The Overseer has
			come!

	Picard steps up.

					PICARD
			No, Liko -- I am not the Overseer.
			I am a man... a traveller from
			a faraway land. Nothing more.

	Strange talk from a god. Liko's confused.

					LIKO
			But you restored my life! I am
			your servant.

					PICARD
			You are no one's servant. I
			deserve neither your obedience
			nor your worship.

         STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/11/89 - ACT FIVE        53.

97   CONTINUED:

					LIKO
			Why are you trying to deceive me?

					NURIA
			Picard speaks the truth. I've
			visited his people... I've seen
			how they live... how they die.
			When death takes their loved ones,
			they are as helpless as we are.

					LIKO
			Then how was I brought back to
			life?

					NURIA
			You were not dead. Picard's
			people have knowledge we lack --
			they can heal wounds that we
			cannot.

	Liko whirls upon Picard.

					LIKO
			You can bring people back from
			the dead. Show them, Picard.
			You can bring my wife back to me.

					PICARD
			I can't.

					LIKO
			Why? Why won't you do this for
			me? Have I failed you somehow?
			Are you angry with me?

					PICARD
			I am not angry.

					LIKO
			Then I beg you -- bring her back
			to life!

	Picard answers with silence.

					LIKO (cont'd)
			I will give you my life in
			exchange! Please -- take back
			what you've given me -- and give
			it to her! Let her live!

         STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/10/89 - ACT FIVE        54.

97   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			It is beyond my power.

					LIKO
			Nothing is beyond your power!
			You are the Overseer -- I'll
			prove it!

	Liko raises the crossbow, aims it at Picard. Nuria,
	shocked, starts toward Liko --

					NURIA
			Liko!

98   ON PICARD

	as he blocks Nuria with his arm.

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Liko. If I am
			all-powerful, you can't hurt me.
				(a beat)
			If, however, I am telling the
			truth and I am mortal... you will
			kill me.

	Picard lets that sink in.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			But if the only proof you will
			believe is my life -- then shoot.

	Liko doesn't respond, keeps the crossbow aimed at
	Picard's heart.

					NURIA
			Don't do it, Liko!

	Picard remains unflinching.

99   CLOSE ON LIKO

	A jumble of emotions -- anger, frustration, fear, and
	doubt swirl in Liko's mind.

					OJI
			Father -- no!

	Oji grabs Liko's arm to stop him. The crossbow fires.

         STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/16/89 - ACT FIVE        55.

100  ON PICARD

	as the bolt strikes him in the shoulder -- hurling him
	to the ground.

101  WIDER

	as Nuria rushes to Picard's side. Picard writhes in
	pain. Nuria touches his wound and holds up her bloody
	hand for all to see.

	Liko drops his crossbow and steps up to Picard. Liko's
	shock gives way to grief as he stares at the wounded
	man lying in agony.

102  NEW ANGLE

	The Mintakans approach Picard with curiosity. The fear
	and reverence are gone.

102A EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Orbiting Mintaka Three.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental.
			Before we dismantle the
			observation post and depart, I
			must make one last visit to
			Mintaka Three.

103  EXT. MINTAKA THREE - DUCK BLIND - DAY (OPTICAL)

	Picard, wearing a sling on his arm, stands before the
	rockface. (His wounded shoulder has been healed in
	Sickbay.)

	Above and behind Picard is the (camouflaged) rockface.
	Gathered are Nuria, Liko, Oji, Hali, Fento, and several
	other Mintakans. One of the children hands Picard
	some woven cloth. Picard nods his appreciation, then
	taps his communicator.

					PICARD
			Now, Mister La Forge.

	The rockface camouflage DISAPPEARS, REVEALING the duck
	blind. The natives are surprised -- but not
	overwhelmed.

         STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/10/89 - ACT FIVE        56.

103  CONTINUED:

					NURIA
			What is it?

					PICARD
			A place where we could watch your
			people.

					FENTO
			Why?

					PICARD
			To study you. To understand your
			ways.

					NURIA
			Why should a people so advanced
			want to learn about us?

					PICARD
			Because we were once as you are.
			To study you is to understand
			ourselves.

					FENTO
			But why did you have to hide from
			us?

					LIKO
				(realizing)
			Because their presence would
			affect us... as it affected me.

	Picard is pleased that Liko has made this leap.

					PICARD
			It is our highest law that we
			shall not interfere with other
			cultures.

					OJI
			Then revealing yourselves was an
			accident.

					PICARD
			Yes. And now we must leave.

					OJI
			Why? There's so much you could
			teach us...

         STAR TREK: "Who Watches... " REV. 8/11/89 - ACT FIVE        57.

103  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(gently)
			But that would also be
			interfering. You must progress
			on your own.

					NURIA
			As we will. You've shown us
			that nothing is beyond our reach.

					PICARD
			Not even the stars.

					NURIA
			I wish you good journeys, Picard.
			Remember my people.

					PICARD
			Always.

104  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as she breaks orbit and leaves Mintaka Three behind.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "The Bonding" 
                          #40273-153 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Winrich Kolbe 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                    3RD REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                        AUGUST 23, 1989


        STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/23/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "The Bonding" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             
                RIKER              MARLA ASTER
                DATA               
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             

                O'BRIEN            

                JEREMY ASTER (age 10)
                TEACHER            

                Non-Speaking       
                  SECOND TEACHER     
                  SIX N.D. CREWMEMBERS
                  TWO SECURITY GUARDS
                  TWO ARCHEOLOGICAL OFFICERS
                  TWO TECHNICIANS    
                  SEVERAL STUDENTS (ages 8 to 13)
                  MEDICAL ENSIGN     
                  BARTENDER          

        STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/23/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "The Bonding"
                             
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM         PLANET
              CORRIDOR
              SICKBAY
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              ENGINEERING
              TEN FORWARD
              WORF'S QUARTERS
              ASTER QUARTERS
              CLASSROOM
              TEACHER'S OFFIC
          
              COMPUTER ROOM
              TURBOLIFT
          
            ASTER HOME
              LIVING/DINING ROOM

    STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/23/89 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "The Bonding" 
                   
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                   R'uustai        ROOSE-tie

      STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/24/89 - TEASER      1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "The Bonding"                              
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is in standard orbit over an old and scarred
	planet. The world is predominantly gray with overtones
	of flecked green and brown and conveys an impression of
	an old battlefield coming back to life.

									CUT TO:

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	PICARD and RIKER are standing near an access station
	observing the play of information across one of the
	monitors. WESLEY is at the Conn, DATA is at Ops and
	TROI is in the command area, while SEVERAL N.D.
	CREWMEMBERS are at duty stations or passing through the
	Bridge.

					DATA
			Away Team reporting in, Commander.
			Lieutenant Worf standing by.

					RIKER
			This is Riker, report Lieutenant.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			The archeologists have identified
			the markings in these caverns.
			This planet was apparently once
			home to a race known as the
			Koinonians.

					PICARD
			What do we know about them, Data?

					DATA
			The Koinonians were an intelligent
			culture which became embroiled
			in a war that lasted several
			generations. Our best evidence
			indicates they destroyed
			themselves.

      STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/23/89 - TEASER      2.

2    CONTINUED:

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			We have completed our survey of
			the third tunnel and will proceed
			into the ceremonial chamber.

					RIKER
			Affirmative. Enterprise out.

					PICARD
			Destroyed themselves, Data?

					DATA
			According to historical records.
			This will be the first
			opportunity for a Federation
			team...

	At this point, Troi's eyes suddenly go wide.

					TROI
			Captain! Beam them up quickly!
			They---

	Before she can complete her warning, the voice of Worf
	breaks in over the COM channel.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Emergency beam-up! Enterprise,
			emergency! Injuries. Away---

					PICARD
			Transporter Room!

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			I've got them, Captain.

					PICARD
			Beam them straight to Sickbay.
			Doctor Crusher, incoming wounded.

	There is a tense pause while they wait for word. Troi
	senses what has happened and shakes her head sadly when
	Riker looks at her.

									CUT TO:

2A   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	DOCTOR CRUSHER and a MEDICAL ENSIGN move to the Away
	Team as four people MATERIALIZE.

      STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/23/89 - TEASER      3.

2A   CONTINUED:

	WORF is crouched in a defensive position over the prone
	and motionless form of LIEUTENANT MARLA ASTER, a woman
	in her early thirties. Worf's phaser is out and at
	the ready while his uniform is singed and slightly
	torn, blood flows from a small wound in his shoulder.
	Behind him are TWO N.D. CREWMEMBERS, who are
	archeological officers. Beverly and Medical
	Supernumeraries move into action...

									CUT TO:

3    OMITTED

4    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	While Troi is already sure of the result, the rest of
	the Bridge crew waits for word from Sickbay.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Away Team is aboard, Captain.
				(beat)
			One dead on arrival.

	Picard and the Bridge crew react.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 9/1/89 - ACT ONE      4.

					ACT ONE

	FADE IN:

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log: Stardate 43506.5
			The Enterprise remains in standard
			orbit while we investigate the
			tragedy which has struck the Away
			Team.

									CUT TO:

6    INT. SICKBAY

	Picard is standing in the doorway. Beverly stands over
	the bed holding Marla Aster's body. Worf stands
	nearby. His uniform bears the evidence of the recent
	violent encounter, blood still seeps from his wound.

					PICARD (V.O)
				(continuing)
			Lieutenant Marla Aster, ship's
			archaeologist has been killed in
			what should have been a routine
			mission. Whatever the
			explanation, it will not bring
			back a valued and trusted officer.

	A MEDICAL SUPERNUMERARY moves the bed Aster's body is
	resting on into an isolated area of Sickbay. Another
	member of the Away Team is being examined by Beverly
	in the background, as Worf makes his report to Picard.

      STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 9/1/89 - ACT ONE      5.

6    CONTINUED:

					WORF
			We had completed our investigation
			of the third tunnel. Our scans
			had indicated no weapons or traps
			of any kind. Lieutenant Aster
			was three meters behind me. An
			explosive device went off. There
			was no warning. Lieutenant Aster
			bore the full brunt of the
			detonation.
				(pause)
			I was in command. I bear full
			responsibility.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant. I have the utmost
			faith that you acted properly and
			in the best traditions of
			Starfleet.

	Beverly moves over to Worf.

					BEVERLY
			Let's take a look at that
			shoulder...

	Troi ENTERS the Sickbay.

      STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 9/1/89 - ACT ONE      6.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Lieutenant Aster is survived by
			a son, Jeremy. Twelve years old.

					PICARD
			What about his father?

					TROI
			He is also deceased, Captain.

	Picard and Beverly exchange a glance.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			His only living relatives are an
			aunt and uncle residing on Earth.

					PICARD
			Where is the boy now?

					TROI
			In class. I've alerted the
			teacher to expect us.

	Picard acknowledges. He glances at Beverly, who is
	still troubled by the loss of a patient, but can
	identify with the Captain's unpleasant task. Picard
	and Troi then turn and prepare to leave the Sickbay.

					WORF
			Captain.

	Worf swings off the biobed.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			I must accompany you. I commanded
			the Away Team.

					PICARD
			I appreciate the offer but this
			is my responsibility.

	Worf acknowledges, unhappily...

      STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/23/89 - ACT ONE      7.

6    CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			Go to your quarters. Rest.
			You're relieved of duty for
			twenty-four hours.

	Worf opens his mouth.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			That's an order.

	Worf EXITS. Picard keys his insignia on their way out.

6A   INT. CORRIDOR

					PICARD
			Picard to Bridge.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Yes, Captain.

					PICARD
			Assign Commander La Forge to lead
			another Away Team to the digsite.
			I want to know why this
			happened...

7    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker at Command. Wesley at Conn, Data at Ops,
	Supernumerary at tactical.

					RIKER
			Yes, Captain.

	And pull back to include Wes in the foreground.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			I will be with Counselor Troi and
			young Jeremy Aster.

					RIKER
				(with sympathy)
			I understand. Riker out.

	Wes exchanges a glance with Riker. A sad memory --

					WESLEY
			He had to do the same thing for
			me.

      STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/23/89 - ACT ONE      8.

7    CONTINUED:

	Riker nods, he knows.

					RIKER
			Do you know Jeremy well?

					WESLEY
				(shakes his head)
			But I know what it'll be like for
			him.

					RIKER
			It's part of life in Starfleet,
			Wesley.

					WESLEY
				(acknowledges)
			They're very careful to prepare
			us for... anything. Still...

					RIKER
			I know.

					WESLEY
			How can you ever get used to
			it... to telling them... ?

					RIKER
				(softly)
			You hope you never do.

	Data has been listening with interest to this exchange.

									CUT TO:

8
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9

10   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	The room is very dark. Worf is dressed in an elaborate
	Klingon robe and sash. A strange, twisted, massive
	candle burns on the desk before him.

	He studies the candle with painful eyes for several
	beats and then hangs his head with shame. He reaches
	out very deliberately, and snuffs the candle with the
	flat side of a knife blade. Darkness.

									CUT TO:

      STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/25/89 - ACT ONE      9.

10A  INT. TURBOLIFT

	Troi and Picard. She senses his frustration.

					TROI
			I sense the weight of this duty
			on you, Captain...

	Picard begins to deny it, but then, frustrated --

					PICARD
			I really wonder...

	He's almost letting his feelings show, which is not
	at all comfortable for him. He stops the Turbolift
	in mid-trip...

					PICARD
				(to computer)
			Halt.

	The Turbolift stops...

					PICARD
			I've always believed that carrying
			children on a starship... it's a
			questionable policy.

	She listens, gives him room...

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Serving on a starship means
			accepting certain risks and
			dangers. But did Jeremy Aster
			make that choice?

					TROI
			Death and loss are an integral
			part of life everywhere. Leaving
			the boy on Earth would not have
			protected him from that.

					PICARD
			No, but Earth is not likely to
			be ordered to the Neutral Zone
			to repel a Romulan attack...
				(beat, softer)
			It was my command which sent his
			mother to her death. She
			understood her mission and my
			duty. Will he?

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/25/89 - ACT ONE     10.

10A  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			In time. With help.
				(beat)
			Ensign Crusher does.

	A beat. He glances at her and perhaps we sense that
	Picard wonders if Wesley really ever has come to an
	understanding since they have both avoided the subject.
	In response to that feeling, re-emphasizing --

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Yes, he does. And so will Jeremy.

	And she is doing her job for the Captain now...
	easing, but not closing, a lingering issue for him.

					PICARD
				(to computer)
			Resume.

11   OMITTED

12   INT. CLASSROOM

	Picard and Troi ENTER. The classroom is warm, inviting
	and is crammed with plants, computers, antique books,
	and myriad games from across the Federation. TWO
	TEACHERS are working with SEVERAL STUDENTS in two study
	groups.

	In one group, the age of the students run from roughly
	8 to 13, and they are discussing a particular problem
	on a computer display screen around which they are all
	clustered. In the B.G., is the other study group
	studying other instruction devices. As Picard and Troi
	enter, the students look up in surprise and several
	point at the seldom-seen Captain of their ship.
	Conversation dies to a whisper. The nearest teacher
	hates like hell what his student is about to endure,
	but he stands and crosses to JEREMY ASTER.

					TEACHER
			Jeremy, the Captain needs to talk
			with you.

	The boy's eyes go wide at this summons from the
	Captain. He is about twelve years old and has a quiet,
	sensitive look about him, with tousled black hair and
	deep-set eyes.

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/25/89 - ACT ONE     10A.

12   CONTINUED:

	The other children look at him with reactions ranging
	from jealousy to fear. He walks forward with his
	teacher's arm around his shoulders.

					JEREMY
			I'm Jeremy, sir.

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/25/89 - ACT ONE     11.

12   CONTINUED: (3)

	Picard looks down at this innocent young face... the
	eyes of a twelve year old.

					TEACHER
				(indicates)
			My office is over there,
			Captain...

	Picard acknowledges. The teacher indicates the way.
	Troi puts her arm around the boy and the trio walks
	out of the room.

13   OMITTED

13A  INT. TEACHER'S OFFICE (FROM SCENE 13)

	Troi has her hands on Jeremy's shoulders to offer the
	support of physical contact.

					PICARD
			Jeremy, it is my sad duty to tell
			you that your mother has died.

	And whatever our expectations might have been, we can
	throw them away. This is a 24th century child. He is
	a good soldier, uniquely mature. Prepared by experts
	to cope with the worst circumstances. There is no tear
	shed.

					JEREMY
			How, sir?

					PICARD
			An explosive device at the mission
			site. She died instantly.

					JEREMY
			I understand.

	Troi drops to one knee to be at his level...

					TROI
			I know your mother loved you very
			much, Jeremy.

	He nods. A silence.

       STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/23/89 - ACT ONE     12        

13A  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I've been told... you've also lost
			your father.

					JEREMY
			Yessir. Five years ago. From
			a Rushton Infection. I'm alone
			now, sir.

	And Picard may wonder just how 'mature' any of us could
	be in this circumstance. But whatever is going on
	inside, the boy does not reveal it.

					PICARD
				(softly)
			No one is alone on the starship
			Enterprise, Jeremy. No one.

	As the boy and Picard look in each other's eyes...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/25/89 - ACT TWO     13.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

14   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise in orbit around the planet.

15   OMITTED

16   INT. ASTER QUARTERS

	Troi and Jeremy. Troi is seated, watching Jeremy with
	that cool serenity which is so much a part of her
	nature. He doesn't quite know what to do with himself.
	But throughout the scene there is a repressed anger
	in the boy. (NOTE: This is a significant change...
	Even though the dialogue may be similar, the attitude
	behind must reflect unfocused anger that he is
	unwilling to touch.)

					JEREMY
			I really ought to get back to
			class... if I get behind...

	Bringing the focus back --

					TROI
			I'm sure your mom wanted you to
			do well in school. Wasn't she
			a teacher on Earth?

					JEREMY
				(acknowledges)
			She taught exo-archeology.

					TROI
			Why did she sign on the
			Enterprise?

					JEREMY
			She said she wanted to see the
			galaxy with her own eyes.

					TROI
			Was she happy doing that?

					JEREMY
				(trace of bitterness.)
			Yeah. Real happy.

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/25/89 - ACT TWO     14.

16   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Did she ever tell you there was
			a chance this might happen
			someday?

					JEREMY
			Yes.

	He moves away from her, seems drawn to the computer
	terminal on his desk. He is completely unaware he is
	doing this, but Troi has spotted the motion.

					TROI
			It might help if we talked about
			how you're feeling.

	Curt --

					JEREMY
			You're a Betazoid. You know how
			I feel.

					TROI
				(conversationally)
			When my father died we were living
			on Betazed. My mother and all
			her people are telepathic. I kept
			wanting to talk about my father,
			and they kept pulling my thoughts
			out of my head before I could say
			the words. It made me very angry.

					JEREMY
				(curious despite
				 himself)
			Why?

					TROI
			I needed to say them out loud.
			I was confused about why he went
			away. Was it me -- something I
			had done. I felt that if I could
			just say the words he would
			somehow know how much I loved him
			and missed him.

	She looks at him.

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/25/89 - ACT TWO     15.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
				(continuing)
			I thought you might feel the same
			way.

					JEREMY
				(avoiding his
				 feelings)
			She just had to do her job. I
			understand that.

					TROI
			Did she talk to you about her
			mission before she left?

					JEREMY
			She told me about the ruins.
				(a beat, softer)
			She always made it like a story
			book.

	He's back at the computer.

					TROI
			Why do you keep going over to the
			terminal?

					JEREMY
				(beat)
			No reason.

	A long beat.

					JEREMY
				(continuing)
			It's nothing. I broke it
			yesterday.

					TROI
				(studies him a beat)
			Was your mother angry when you
			broke it?

	He nods.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Was she still angry when she left?

	He doesn't acknowledge, but obviously she was.

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/25/89 - ACT TWO     16.

16   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Jeremy, did that broken terminal
			cause the accident?

					JEREMY
			No.

					TROI
			Did you cause the accident?

					JEREMY
			No. I just never had a chance
			to tell her I fixed it.

					TROI
			Jeremy, if your mother were here
			right now, would she forgive you?

	Jeremy swallows hard. Still no tears. He nods his
	head, yes, sighs a deep breath. Troi knows that's a
	big step for now.

					TROI
				(standing; continuing)
			I want you to have some time
			alone for a little while. I'll
			come back when you're ready to
			talk again.

					JEREMY
			How will you know?

	Troi crosses to the boy, hugs him lightly, then still
	holding him in the circle of her arms she smiles down
	at him and says,

					TROI
			This time I will use my Betazoid
			sense, and I'll know.

	His eyes say he's beginning to appreciate her. Troi
	EXITS.

17
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17B

17C  INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Riker is seated at a table. He stares out at the
	stars. There is a drink in front of him.

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/24/89 - ACT TWO     17.

17C  CONTINUED:

	SIX OTHER PEOPLE and a BARTENDER are also present.
	Data crosses to Riker. The Commander looks up.

					DATA
			Excuse me. Am I intruding?

					RIKER
			No, sit down.

	There is a curious subtext to his question --

					DATA
			How well did you know Lieutenant
			Aster?

					RIKER
			We spent some time together. Not
			very well.

	A beat, Data waits for more... his face is very
	inquisitive. Off his look --

					RIKER
			How well did you know her?

					DATA
			Why do you ask?

					RIKER
				(reacts)
			Well... I mean you just asked me...

					DATA
			But why do you ask the question?
			I have been asked several times
			to define 'how well I knew
			Lieutenant Aster' since her death.
			And I heard you ask Wesley on the
			Bridge if he knew Jeremy well.
				(beat)
			Does the question of familiarity
			have some bearing on death?

					RIKER
				(a beat)
			Do you remember how we all felt
			when Tasha died?

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/24/89 - ACT TWO     18.

17C  CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I do not sense the same feelings
			of... absence... that I associate
			with Lieutenant Yar... although
			I cannot say precisely why...

					RIKER
			That's just human nature, Data.

					DATA
			Human nature, sir?

					RIKER
			We feel a loss more intensely
			when it's a friend.

					DATA
			But should not the feelings be
			just as deep regardless of who
			has died?

	Riker thinks this over before answering.

					RIKER
			Maybe they should, Data. Maybe
			if we felt the loss of any life
			as keenly as we felt the death
			of those close to us, our history
			would've been a lot less bloody.

	Data considers this as...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge to Riker...

					RIKER
			You're back, Geordi...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Yessir, and we've brought back
			a souvenier...

17D  INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Geordi giving his report to Picard and Riker. He has
	brought back another explosive device... Data studies
	it.

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/24/89 - ACT TWO     18A.

17D  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Five more just like it... all
			identical to the one that killed
			Lieutenant Aster...

					DATA
			They employ a subspace proximity
			detonator. A normal tricorder
			would never detect it.

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/23/89 - ACT TWO     19.

17D  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			How long would you say they've
			been there, Data?

					DATA
			It comes from the time of the
			Koinonian Wars, Captain...

					RIKER
			Did you find them all, Geordi?

					GEORDI
			Yeah. But...
				(off their looks)
			Well, they were all sort of...
			left there to be found.

					PICARD
			Left by whom? There are no
			indications of life on this
			planet.

					GEORDI
			I don't know, Captain... but it
			was pretty obvious that they'd
			been recently pulled out of the
			ground and defused.

	Off their reactions...

									CUT TO:

18   INT. CORRIDOR

	Troi is walking, head down, very thoughtful. Worf is
	coming from the other direction. He sees her, checks,
	and almost heads down another branching corridor. But
	Troi senses him and looks up.

					TROI
			Worf!

	The Klingon stops, but he's clearly uncomfortable.

					WORF
				(formally)
			Counselor.

	There is an uneasy silence.

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/23/89 - ACT TWO     20.

18   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I can understand that you don't
			want to talk about what happened.

	Worf glances around the corridor, and Troi understands
	his reticence in such a public place. She looks around
	and motions to a small room. Worf, with great dignity,
	follows her inside.

19   INT. COMPUTER ROOM

	The room is dimly lit and only Worf and Troi are here
	at present.

					WORF
			I have made my report to the
			Captain.

					TROI
			I'm more interested in how you
			feel about what happened.
				(a beat)
			And right now I sense great anger.

	Worf stiffens and only confirms Troi's perception.

					WORF
			I cannot seek revenge against
			an enemy who turned to dust
			centuries ago.

	Troi merely waits. Her attitude is clam and quiet.
	She is making no judgments.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Her death was senseless. The last
			victim of a forgotten war.

					TROI
			Go on.

	Her eyes are locked with Worf's, she is very still,
	helping him to speak, but applying no pressure.

					WORF
			There is no more to be said.

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/24/89 - ACT TWO     21.

19   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			A person has died while under your
			command. It may happen again.
			If you cannot learn to release
			the anger and the guilt, to talk
			about it...

					WORF
			A leader must stand alone. As
			Captain Picard does.

					TROI
				(a little sharply)
			Captain Picard talks to me.

	A beat. Worf realizes he cannot get off the hook here.
	But this "sharing feelings" is as alien a concept as he
	will ever encounter. Reluctantly --

					WORF
			Then may I seek your counsel about
			my plan to make the R'uustai with
			the boy...

	And she's caught off guard by something so... well,
	Klingon-intense...

					TROI
			The Bonding.

	And her reaction is exactly what he feared. Already he
	hates this --

					WORF
			It is my right.

					TROI
			It's a very generous offer, but
			he's not a Klingon child. He has
			different sensibilities.

					WORF
			He is an orphan. I am an orphan.
			He will understand.

	A long beat. And that is as close as Worf gets to
	exposing his feelings. And she appreciates that.

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/25/89 - ACT TWO     21A.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Right now, there isn't much he
			can understand, Worf. He's
			holding all his feelings inside...
				(beat)
			Children often feel they must be
			true to the memory of a lost
			parent.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/28/89 - ACT TWO     22.

19   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI (Cont'd)
			If you offer affection to them
			too soon they can feel guilty
			returning that affection. As
			if they're betraying the love they
			feel for the parent.

					WORF
			I only wish to honor his mother.

					TROI
			I know. And I understand this
			means a great deal to you. But
			you must be prepared, Worf... he
			is very angry too, but his anger
			is deep inside him... When he
			finally touches it, it will strike
			out in many directions...
			including yours.
				(a beat)
			Talk with him. Be with him. But
			do not rush this. When he is
			ready, we will know.

	Worf acknowleges and proceeds on his way, and Troi
	watches him.

									CUT TO:

20
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22

22A  INT. ASTER QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Jeremy is curled up on the sofa looking at a hand held
	screen with a home video of him and his mother together
	at home on Earth... his face is thoughtful, reflective,
	not in pain. There is a CHIME. He goes to the door,
	touches the panel and it opens to reveal Worf.

					WORF
			Jeremy Aster, I am Lieutenant
			Worf. May I enter?

	Worf ENTERS... he wants desperately to do the right
	thing... but is now aware of Troi's concerns. The boy
	stares coldly at him... But the anger is all
	repressed, not overt.

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/25/89 - ACT TWO     22A.

22A  CONTINUED:

					JEREMY
			You were in command of the Away
			Team.

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/25/89 - ACT TWO     23.

22A  CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Yes. I was with Lieutenant Aster,
			your mother, when she died.
				(guilty)
			Her death lies between us. It
			is my hope...that...someday...
			it can also bind us.

	Jeremy doesn't know what that means, it's just another
	nice sounding 'I'm sorry.'

					JEREMY
				(with an attitude)
			You're a Klingon, aren't you?

	Worf doesn't know how to take that exactly...

					WORF
			Yes.

					JEREMY
			We studied Klingons in school.

					WORF
			What do they teach you about us?

					JEREMY
			You used to be our enemies.

	Worf acknowledges, tries to say something meaningful
	to the boy...

					WORF
			Do they teach you that every
			Klingon hopes to die in the line
			of duty as your mother did?

	Jeremy just looks at him, refusing to connect.

					WORF
			In my tradition, we do not grieve
			the loss of the body... we
			celebrate the releasing of the
			spirit.

	Jeremy looks at the imposing figure... confident, you
	can't tell me anything I don't already know --

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/25/89 - ACT TWO     23A.

22A  CONTINUED: (3)

					JEREMY
			I understand death. They teach
			us all about it.

	Worf studies the twelve-year-old for a long beat.

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/28/89 - ACT TWO     24.

22A  CONTINUED: (4)

					WORF
			Jeremy Aster, we may both
			understand it, but we must bring
			meaning to your mother's death.
				(beat)
			Perhaps we can do it together.

	Jeremy's reaction suggests he doesn't see how...

22B
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22C

22D  INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	The Captain is going over status reports on the
	computer screen as the DOORBELL RINGS.

					PICARD
			Come.

	The door slides open and Troi stands there...

					PICARD
			Counselor. How is the boy?

					TROI
			He is being very brave.

					PICARD
			Good.

					TROI
			No. He'll have to get past brave.
			He is a very angry boy... He
			must learn to express that anger
			before he can really say good-bye
			to his mother.

	She sits.

					PICARD
			How can we help?

					TROI
			I've asked Beverly if we might
			get Wesley to talk to Jeremy about
			his father's death...

	Picard acknowledges.

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/28/89 - ACT TWO     24A.

22D  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			The one unusual element is Worf.

					PICARD
			Oh?

					TROI
			In many ways he is suffering as
			badly as the boy. He wishes to
			involve Jeremy in a Klingon
			ceremony called the R'uustai...
			the bonding...

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/28/89 - ACT TWO     25.

22D  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I know it.
				(thoughtful)
			Perhaps it would be a comfort to
			both your patients, Counselor.

					TROI
			I don't think the boy would accept
			Worf right now. Later, perhaps.
			But it will have to be handled
			most delicately.

					PICARD
			As you always do.

	Picard pauses, and looks at Troi with appreciation.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I break the unpleasant news and
			my responsibility ends. You have
			to stay with them through the
			entire grieving process.

					TROI
			We find many different ways to
			deal with our pain, but over the
			years, I've discovered it is in
			our joy that the uniqueness of
			each individual is revealed. If
			I can help a person back to a
			state of joy... well, my role has
			its rewards.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Captain, we're picking up an
			energy field on the planet's
			surface...

22E  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	As Picard and Troi ENTER...

					PICARD
			Location?

					RIKER
			Two kilometers north of the Away
			Team's beamdown point.

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/23/89 - ACT TWO     26.

22E  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Indeed.
				(to Data)
			Full scan.

	Data works his console.

					DATA
			Inconclusive, Captain.

					TROI
			Sir, I sense a... presence on the
			planet. Very vague.

					PICARD
			A life form?

					TROI
			I can't be sure... the emotions
			of the crew are particularly
			strong right now and it's
			difficult to filter them out.

					PICARD
			Data, scan analysis on Main
			Viewer...

	As Data works...

22F  INT. DOCTOR CRUSHER'S OFFICE

	Wesley ENTERS. Beverly is at her desk, working.

					BEVERLY
			Hi.

					WESLEY
				(a litle glum)
			Hi.

	He sort of plops down... something on his mind, not
	necessarily about to talk about it. She continues her
	work, talks without making eye contact...

					BEVERLY
			Troi stopped by a little while
			ago. She was wondering if you
			might be willing to talk to Jeremy
			Aster at some point.

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/28/89 - ACT TWO     27.

2F   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(uncomfortable)
			Me? What for?

	She looks up.

					BEVERLY
			Because of your Dad.

	Wesley frowns... he's already been revisiting those
	memories today.

					WESLEY
			What would I tell him?

					BEVERLY
			It would help him to talk with
			someone who's gone through this.

	Wesley sighs, would rather not... how do I get out of
	this?

					BEVERLY
			We had each other, Wes... he
			doesn't have anyone to lean on
			now... and he might be more
			comfortable talking about it with
			someone who's not much older...

					WESLEY
				(interrupting, don't
				 bug me)
			Okay. Let me think about it.

					BEVERLY
				(beat)
			Okay.

	A long beat.

					WESLEY
			You ever think about him, Mom?

					BEVERLY
			Your father?
				(she nods)
			Sure, I do.

	A long beat. And this is hard on Wesley...

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/23/89 - ACT TWO     28.

22F  CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			Sometimes I can't quite remember
			his face... it scares me.

	Beverly studies him...

					BEVERLY
			That happens to all of us, Wes...
				(beat; honest)
			Sometimes I can't get his face out
			of my mind.

					WESLEY
				(nods)
			Today... it's like I can see it
			all as clearly as if it were
			yesterday... the way he looked
			when he hugged me good-bye...
			Captain Picard's eyes when he
			came to tell us...

	Their eyes meet. A tear slides down his cheek. She
	comes over and they hold each other.

									CUT TO:

22G  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - (OPTICAL) (PREVIOUSLY 22A)

	As before. On the viewscreen is a graphic analysis
	of the energy form they're tracking on the planet...

					RIKER
			Data, run comparison with known
			phenomena.

					DATA
				(works his station)
			The pattern has no exact match
			in Federation records.

					PICARD
			Is it alive?

					DATA
			A possibility.

	And Troi just watches it... slow push in on her....

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/25/89 - ACT TWO     29.

22G  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Captain, I'm getting an unusual
			magnetic flux reading from the
			anti-matter containment pods.

	... to an extreme closeup of Troi ending as she senses
	something new, something extreme as she murmers...

					TROI
			My God.

									CUT TO:

23   INT. ASTER QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Jeremy is seated at the desk once again studying the
	moving picture of him and his mother. He senses
	movement from a hallway behind him, turns to see the
	arrival of MARLA ASTER. Jeremy's eyes go wide.

					JEREMY
			Mom!

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/23/89 - ACT THREE    30.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

24   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The starship is still cruising serenely in orbit.

25
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30

31   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As before. Riker and Picard have moved to join Geordi
	at the Engineering station, studying the odd
	readings...

					GEORDI
			All systems are functioning
			normally -- still, there's a
			fluctuation in the containment
			field. I can't account for it.

					RIKER
			Data, is it related in some way
			to the energy field on the planet?

	And Troi is still getting those radical vibes...

					TROI
				(sotto voce)
			Captain...

					DATA
			There is a beam of highly charged
			particles emanating from the
			planet...

					TROI
			Captain, there is a presence
			aboard the Enterprise.

	Reactions.

					PICARD
			An alien presence... ?

	She doesn't know...

					RIKER
			No intruder noted by the ship's
			sensors, Captain...

    STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/25/89 - ACT THREE    31.

31   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			A presence...

	Beginning behind the above --

					RIKER
			Security, all decks... yellow
			alert... possible intruder...

	On Troi trying to come to grips with her senses...

									CUT TO:

31A  INT. ASTER QUARTERS

	Jeremy stares with bewilderment up at his mother.
	Marla Aster reaches out to brush a hand across Jeremy's
	hair. Jeremy reflexively backs away.

					JEREMY
			They said you were dead.

					MARLA
			There was a mistake. It's okay.

	Jeremy is confused. He's yearning to accept this, but
	still he holds back.

					JEREMY
			But there was an explosion... you
			were hurt.

					MARLA
			Jeremy, I'm not hurt. I'm fine.
			You mustn't think any more about
			it.

	She moves to him. He backs away from her.

					MARLA
			The important thing is, I'll never
			leave you again.

	She smiles at him, crosses to the desk.

					MARLA
				(continuing)
			Oh, I see you fixed the terminal.

					JEREMY
			Just after you. you left.

    STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/25/89 - ACT THREE    32.

31A  CONTINUED:

					MARLA
			I'm sorry I got so angry about
			that. I'm really proud of you
			-- you fixed it without even
			being asked.

	This woman is damned convincing. But Jeremy is still
	reluctant to accept her. Marla extends her hand.

	Slowly, cautiously, Jeremy reaches out, touches Marla's
	hand. It's warm and real. Jeremy's surprised. He
	gazes at Marla -- he desperately wants this to be his
	mother.

					MARLA
				(warm smile)
			I think somebody needs a hug.

	And that does it. Jeremy gives himself up to the
	fantasy, buries himself in his mother's arms, and for
	the first time since the accident, SOBS softly. Marla
	comforts him, strokes his head. Everything's all right
	now.

	After a long beat, Marla pulls back, takes Jeremy's
	hand.

					MARLA
			We have to go now.

					JEREMY
			Where?

					MARLA
			To the planet. That's where we're
			going to live now.

					JEREMY
				(confused again)
			We're not going to stay on the
			Enterprise any more?

					MARLA
			No.
				(a beat)
			We're going to live in a home just
			like we used to on Earth.

	Jeremy's not sure about this, but Marla's warmth and
	serenity allay his doubts:

    STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/25/89 - ACT THREE    33.

31A  CONTINUED: (2)

					MARLA
				(continuing)
			You'll see. I promise.

	There is a CHIME. Jeremy moves to the door, opens it
	to reveal Worf... Jeremy is excited. (There is no
	repressed anger any more.)

					JEREMY
			Lieutenant Worf... did they tell
			you? It was a mistake.

	Worf reacts to the boy's glee, then as he steps in, is
	blown away as ?? sees Marla smiling at him...

					JEREMY
				(continuing)
			She didn't die. She's alive.

	As the boy moves to her...

					WORF
			Jeremy, come here...

					MARLA
			Lieutenant Worf, it's all right.
			I'm here for the boy.

	Worf starts to pull his phaser, and doesn't know what
	the hell to do with it... even he has to wonder a moment
	- is it Marla Aster? He touches his insignia.

					WORF
			Lieutenant Worf to Captain Picard.

									CUT TO:

32   OMITTED

33   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					PICARD
			Go ahead.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Lieutenant Aster is in her
			quarters.

	Exchanged looks.

    STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/24/89 - ACT THREE    34.

33   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Repeat, Worf... ?

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Lieutenant Aster. She's here.
			In her quarters. With the boy.

	Reactions. Picard and Troi exchange a look.

					PICARD
			Do not provoke her or interfere
			in any way until I arrive.
			Picard out.
				(to Riker)
			Have security moving that way but
			tell them to keep their distance.
			You have the Bridge. Counselor...

	Troi's already out of her chair. She and Picard EXIT.

									CUT TO:

33A  INT. ASTER QUARTERS

	Marla looks calmly at Worf.

					MARLA
			There's nothing to worry about.
			I'm going to take care of Jeremy
			and make him happy.
				(to Jeremy)
			It's time to go.

					WORF
			Where are you taking the child?

					JEREMY
			To the planet.

	Marla smiles a winning smile at Jeremy:

					MARLA
			Come on, Jeremy.

	Jeremy dutifully leaves Worf, joins Marla, takes her
	hand. Together they EXIT followed by Worf, who keys
	his insignia...

					WORF
			Worf to Picard, they're leaving
			their quarters...

    STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/24/89 - ACT THREE    35.

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35

36   INT. CORRIDOR

	Worf follows Marla and Jeremy down the corridor.
	Security men arriving do not interfere, exchange
	glances with Worf, trail...

					WORF
				(keys insignia)
			Captain, I believe we're headed
			for Transporter Room Three.

36A  INT. TURBOLIFT

	Picard and Troi moving quickly...

					PICARD
			We're on our way.

									CUT TO:

37   OMITTED

38   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	O'Brien is making adjustments to the transporter side
	panels. He is running a monitor over the circuits and
	comparing readings. The DOOR OPENS and Marla, Jeremy,
	and Worf ENTER.

	O'Brien reacts to the presence of a dead woman in his
	transporter room. Looks to Worf. Marla smiles sunnily
	at the Transporter Chief.

					MARLA
			Chief O'Brien, Jeremy and I are
			going down to the surface.

	Marla and Jeremy cross to the platform. Jeremy lets
	go of Marla's hand so they can stand on separate pads.

	The DOORS OPEN. In the corridor are Picard, Troi, and
	two SECURITY PERSONNEL; Picard motions for the Security
	Personnel to remain in the corridor as he and Troi
	ENTER. Picard gives Marla a hard look.

					PICARD
			Who are you?

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 9/1/89 - ACT THREE     36.

38   CONTINUED:

					MARLA
			I'm Marla Aster...

					JEREMY
				(you know)
			It's my mother, Captain... She's
			alive.

	Picard glances with concern at Jeremy.

					PICARD
				(to Marla)
			What do you want?

					MARLA
			To take my child down to the
			planet.

					PICARD
			I cannot permit that. This child
			is my responsibility.

	Marla truly can't fathom why these people are making
	such a big deal out of nothing. Jeremy is confused and
	not at all clear what is going on...

					MARLA
			I'm here to care for him. He
			needs me. Why do you resist?

					PICARD
			Because I don't know who -- or
			what -- you are.

					JEREMY
			Can't you see who she is?

    STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/24/89 - ACT THREE    36A.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Jeremy, she appears to be your
			mother, but she is not.

					JEREMY
			What do you mean?

    STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/23/89 - ACT THREE    37.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

	Jeremy looks to his mother...

					MARLA
			You're confusing the boy...

	Picard glances at Worf, who has moved casually towards
	the Transporter pads... He takes the boy and pulls him
	away from his mother...

					JEREMY
			Wait...

	He struggles, behind him, Marla's at a total loss...

					JEREMY
				(continuing)
			No...stop...

	Behind him, she suddenly VANISHES. Jeremy turns and
	she's gone...

					JEREMY
			Mon...Mom...

					TROI
			Jeremy...

					JEREMY
			NO...

	As Troi escorts him out... off Picard and Worf's
	expressions:

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40
									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/24/89 - ACT FOUR     38.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

41   OMITTED

42   INT. CORRIDOR

	Troi and Jeremy walking together. The boy is angry,
	frightened and sad, completely disoriented.

					JEREMY
			What did you do to her?

					TROI
			Jeremy, I don't know what that
			was, but it was not your mother.

					JEREMY
			You saw her... She was here...

					TROI
			Your mother is dead.

					JEREMY
			I touched her. She was real.

					TROI
			Why would your real mother want
			you to go to the planet. There's
			nothing there but rocks and
			dust...

	And Jeremy knows his real mother wouldn't do that...
	but still, it was her... they have reached the Aster
	quarters. Troi keys the door, and they ENTER.

43   INT. EARTH HOME (OPTICAL)

	And Troi takes an involuntary step back for it is no
	longer the Enterprise stateroom. They are standing
	in the front room of the Aster home on Earth... as we
	saw it in the video...

	Outside, through an open window, they HEAR the shouts
	and laughter of children, the barking of a dog. A cat
	sleeps on the sofa. There's a grandfather clock.

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/24/89 - ACT FOUR     39.

43   CONTINUED:

					JEREMY
			It's my house. My house on Earth.

	Marla ENTERS from the back of the house.

					MARLA
			Exactly the way it was... remember,
			Jeremy?

					JEREMY
			But how did you do it?

	Marla smiles...

					MARLA
			Does it matter?

					TROI
			Yes. It matters.

	She looks at Troi. Marla is very friendly --

					MARLA
			I am trying to understand your
			resistance. You spoke of rocks
			and dust on the planet? I decided
			to show what awaits us there.

					TROI
			Why would you create this fantasy?

					MARLA
				(can't you understand?)
			It's his home.
				(holding out a hand to
				 Jeremy)
			And it makes you happy, doesn't
			it?

	Jeremy is beyond words. Is she for real or not...
	He knows now, in his heart, she isn't... But it's so
	nice to be "home."

					TROI
			But it's not real.

					MARLA
			Isn't it? Jeremy, isn't that
			really Patches?

	Jeremy moves to the cat who looks up and meows at
	him... climbs into his arms. Jeremy reacts.

     STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/25/89 - ACT FOUR     40.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

					JEREMY
			He knows me. It's him.

	The cat was sleeping on a blanket on the sofa.

					MARLA
			Look -- your blanket...

	Jeremy looks at it, touches it. It is his blanket. He
	reacts as the grandfather clock strikes a chime
	twice... clearly he recognizes the sound of the clock.

					JEREMY
			It's real. It's all real.

					TROI
			Jeremy, it's not. Could your
			real mother make all this appear?

	He knows she could not, but he wants so much to
	believe.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			You must not stay here.

	Troi holds out her hand.

					TROI
			Come with me.

	Jeremy looks at the Betazoid, at Marla, at the room.
	Shakes his head.

					JEREMY
				(very softly)
			I can't.

									TIME CUT TO:

43A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CLOSE ON PICARD

					PICARD
			Is the boy in any danger?

					TROI'S COM VOICE
			I don't think so. She seems to
			want to help Jeremy.

    STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/24/89 - ACT FOUR    40A.

43A  CONTINUED:

	And WIDEN to see Riker, Worf, Data, Beverly, Wesley
	and Geordi at their various stations.

					PICARD
			Help him?

									INTERCUT:

         STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/25/89 - ACT FOUR         41.

44   OMITTED

44A  INT. EARTH HOME (INTERCUT WITH SCENE 44B)

	Troi off to the side... in the background, the mother
	doll and Jeremy are dangling a piece of string for the
	cat... playing with it...

             TROI                      MARLA
   By easing his pain. She       (background)
   seems very confused by     Look at him. Look how
   our resistance, Captain.   he tries to catch it...

                                      JEREMY
                                 (background)
                              Maybe he thinks it's a
                              mouse's tail.

					PICARD
			Troi, would it be wise to remove
			Jeremy from his quarters?

					TROI
			He does not want to leave. I
			would not recommend taking him
			by force.

					RIKER
			She offers him everything. All
			we offer is the cold reality of
			his mother's death.

					BEVERLY
			What would you choose? If someone
			came along and offered to give
			you back your mother...
				(toware Wesley)
			... your father...
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/24/89 - ACT FOUR         42.

44A  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY (Cont'd)
			... your... husband... would any
			of us say no so easily?

	A beat. Picard sighs. To Troi --

					PICARD
			Remain in the cabin with them,
			Counselor. We're going to try
			to put an end to this from here...

					TROI
			Understood.

	He signs off.

44B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Mister Data, can we determine for
			certain the energy source from
			the planet is powering this
			creation?

					DATA
			The beam from the planet is
			clearly tapping into the ship's
			anti-matter, Captain...

					GEORDI
			I'd say it's running the
			manifestation off our own energy.

					PICARD
			So there are limits to her
			power...

					RIKER
				(nods)
			That's why she needs the
			Transporter to get the boy off
			the ship.

	Picard pauses and considers.

					PICARD
			So how do we cut the puppet's
			strings?

         STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/24/89 - ACT FOUR         43.

44B  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			By increasing the shield harmonics
			to match our antimatter
			containment fields, it is almost
			certain that the beam would be
			severed.

					PICARD
			Proceed.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Troi, stand by...

									CUT TO:

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45

46   INT. EARTH HOME (OPTICAL)

	The fantasy is up and running. Marla and Jeremy are
	still seated with the cat... Troi moves to them...

					TROI
			Jeremy, it's time for this to
			end... You know it's not real
			and it is over now...

					MARLA
			I'm not going to leave you,
			Jeremy. Ever again.

	Jeremy looks with hurt and confusion from one woman
	to the other.

					TROI
			Jeremy, I won't lie to you or
			trick you.

					MARLA
			Jeremy we'll be happy together
			as soon as...

	She and the fantasy VANISH. Jeremy looks at the space
	where she was and knows that his mother and the
	wonderful dream is really gone. He says very softly,

					JEREMY
			No...

         STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/24/89 - ACT FOUR         44.

46   CONTINUED:

	As Troi moves to comfort him...

									CUT TO:

47   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					GEORDI
			Anti-matter containment pods
			reading nominal...

					DATA
			The shields have severed the beam.

	Data studies something on his console.

					DATA
			Captain, the energy field...

48   ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN - (OPTICAL)

	The ghost-like blanket has gathered into a glowing
	circular mass.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher, take us out of...

	Before he can finish...

49   OMITTED

50   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The energy form flashes across space and instantly
	penetrates the ship.

									CUT TO:

51
thru	OMITTED
52

53   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The ship is rocked by the explosive arrival of the
	energy. Red alert begins to sound.

									CUT TO:

          STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 9/5/89 - ACT FOUR         45.

53AA	INT. CORRIDOR - NEAR TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	The energy mass move down the hallway and into

53A  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - (OPTICAL)

	O'Brien goggles at the glowing energy form which has
	appeared in the room. After a beat...

					O'BRIEN
			Alien intruder. Transporter Room
			Three. Security alert. Alien...

	The form zaps at him, forcing him away from the
	console.

									INTERCUT:

53B  OMITTED

53C  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
				(to com)
			Security to Transporter Room
			Three...

	Picard on the move...

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Worf, Commander La
			Forge with me... Number One you
			have the Bridge.

53D  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM/CORRIDOR - (OPTICAL)

	O'Brien is being driven out of the room by the force.
	Two security guards arrive. They are flung back. One
	of them fires his phaser, but it has no effect. The
	energy force zips back into the Transporter Room.

									CUT TO:

53E  INT. ASTER QUARTERS/EARTH HOME (OPTICAL)

	Troi is comforting Jeremy when Marla and the Earth
	Home MATERIALIZE, and judging from ??e expression with
	which she favors Troi she is not happy.

         STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/24/89 - ACT FOUR         46.

53E  CONTINUED:

	She brushes past the Betazoid, moves to Jeremy and
	takes his hand. He's scared, confused...

					MARLA
			Come, Jeremy, we will not let them
			separate us again. We are going
			home.

	Off Troi's reaction as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

         STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/24/89 - ACT FIVE         47.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:
54
thru	OMITTED
66

67   INT. TURBOLIFT

	with Picard, Geordi and Worf... red alert sounding.

					TROI'S COM VOICE
				(urgently)
			Captain, the image is back --
			she's trying to take Jeremy off
			the ship again.

					PICARD
				(keys insignia)
			Acknowledged.

					GEORDI
				(keys insignia)
			Engineering, this is La Forge.
			Shut down power to all
			Transporters. I'm on my way...

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Worf, to Transporter
			Room Three.

	They split up as they EXIT the Turbolift.

					PICARD
				(keys insignia)
			Bridge, seal off deck eight,
			corridors A and B.

68   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data working the console...

					DATA
			Engaging force fields, Captain.
			Transporters are down.

69   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	The energy force is still there reacting as the power
	goes off, -- darting from component to component --
	as Worf arrives, it bolts past him...

         STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/25/89 - ACT FIVE         48.

69   CONTINUED:

	Worf checks on O'Brien and the security men who are
	okay.

					WORF
			Energy force has left Transporter
			Room Three... security alert, all
			decks...

69A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					RIKER
			La Forge, the intruder may try
			to reinstate Transporter power.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Understood, Commander...

70   INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	Just outside Aster's quarters, Marla leads Jeremy out
	as Troi watches by the door. A force field is blocking
	the corridor. She turns to look in the another
	direction. Another force field at the other end of
	the hall is up and has them trapped.

71   ANGLE - PICARD (OPTICAL)

	arrives at the forcefield... touches his insignia.

					PICARD
			Bridge, release security
			forcefield eight - B.

	The forcefield in front of him disappears. For a
	moment, he and the alien Marla study each other.

					PICARD
			How are you, Jeremy? Are you
			frightened?

					JEREMY
			-- no.
				(off his look)
			A little, sir.

         STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/28/89 - ACT FIVE         49.

71   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Of course. These are frightening
			things that are happening. We
			won't let anyone harm you.
				(off-handedly)
			Counselor, why don't you take the
			child to my quarters.

	Troi takes a step toward Jeremy. Marla puts her arm
	around Jeremy's shoulder. Tightly. Possessively.

					MARLA
			No.

	Troi backs off. Ma leads him back into their
	quarters. Picard a?? Troi follow.

72   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi follows the energy form as it moves from console
	to console...

					GEORDI
				(keys insignia)
			It's looking over everything,
			Commander... going to school...
			Let's hope it doesn't blow us
			to Kingdom Come while it's
			figuring out how to blow us to
			Kingdom Come.

	The energy zips into a console...

									INTERCUT:

73   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	The power returns...

					WORF
			Power's back in Transporter Room
			Three...

73A  INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi moves quickly to the controls...

					GEORDI
			By-passing to manual override...
			shutting it down...

         STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/28/89 - ACT FIVE         50.

73AB	INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	The Transporter goes down again.

					WORF
			Transporter is down again.

73A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Keep it down, Geordi... for as
			long as you can...

74   INT. EARTH HOME (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Troi, Jeremy and Marla.

					MARLA
			It is only a matter of time,
			Captain, before we can power the
			Transporters ourselves...

					PICARD
			We? For whom else do you speak?

	Marla takes a beat to determine how much must be
	explained to these people... finally --

					MARLA
			The accident on the surface was
			caused by a remnant of an old and
			tragic era. Two species once
			shared this world... one of
			energy... and one of matter. The
			physical beings you call the
			Koinonians destroyed themselves
			in unending, bitter wars. The
			surviving lifeforms on this world
			will not tolerate any further
			suffering from that dishonorable
			past. So they have made this
			possible... they have made me
			possible.

					PICARD
			I appreciate your motives. But
			his mother is dead. He must learn
			to live with that.

					MARLA
			I will be every bit his mother.

         STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/28/89 - ACT FIVE        50A.

74   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			But not his mother.

	Jeremy watches them both... confused, trying to choose
	between what he wants and what is real. Picard's mind
	works... he keys his insignia...

					PICARD
			Picard to Lieutenant Worf.

					WORF
			Go ahead, Captain.

					PICARD
			Please escort Ensign Crusher to
			the Aster quarters. Picard out.

	He exchanges a glance with Troi.

         STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/28/89 - ACT FIVE         51.

74   CONTINUED: (2)

					MARLA
			Your philosophy is curious,
			Captain. What is so noble about
			sorrow? I can provide him an
			existance where he will feel no
			pain, no anguish...

					PICARD
			It is at the heart of our very
			nature... to feel pain... and
			joy... that is what makes us what
			we are.

					MARLA
			He is alone now in your world.
			A child alone. How can you know
			he won't be happier with me?

	Picard glances at Jeremy with compassion.

					PICARD
			For a brief moment in time... he
			surely would be. Any of us in
			his place would be.

					TROI
			What would Jeremy do for friends
			in your world?

	Marla glances at Jeremy, considering this...

					MARLA
			He will have any friends he needs.

         STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/28/89 - ACT FIVE         52.

74   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			And then will you provide for his
			education, his health, his growth?
			A career? A wife?

	Marla considers all this... obviously for the first
	time.

					PICARD
			Yes, it is quite an undertaking
			you're proposing, isn't it?

					MARLA
			It is our duty to make him happy
			again.

					PICARD
			Do you honestly believe he will
			be happy in this total fiction
			you wish to create?

	Off her look which is beginning to show doubt...

					PICARD
			What will be his reason to live?

	And she cannot answer that.

					PICARD
			What you offer is a memory... to
			cherish... but not to live in.
				(beat)
			It is part of our life cycle to
			accept the death of those we love.
			He must deal with grief, not cover
			it or hide from it. We are
			mortal. Our time in this universe
			is finite. It is the lesson every
			human must learn.

	The door opens to reveal Worf and Wesley. Wesley is
	nervous, concerned.

					WESLEY
			Ensign Crusher reporting as
			ordered, sir.

					PICARD
			Come in, Wesley.

	Worf begins to leave... casually --

          STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 9/1/89 - ACT FIVE         53.

74   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			... No, stay, Lieutenant.

	Worf comes in and stands at attention in the
	background.

					PICARD
			Wesley lost his father on a
			Starfleet mission when he was
			even younger than you are.

	Jeremy reacts. Marla looks at him with compassion.

					TROI
			Your mother told me you were
			finding it difficult to talk to
			Jeremy. Why?

					WESLEY
			I don't know. I guess... I just
			didn't want to think about it any
			more, you know... all this has
			reminded me so much of that day...

	He shrugs, very uncomfortable. Troi glances at
	Picard... he moves toward Wesley. Playing a role --

					PICARD
			The day I told you your father
			had been killed.

	Wesley acknowledges...

					PICARD
			As I recall, you handled the news
			very well.

					WESLEY
			My parents taught me about the
			dangers of starfleet missions.
			I knew it could happen.

					PICARD
				(probing)
			So you were prepared.

					WESLEY
				(a beat, introspective)
			No, I don't think I was. Not
			really. How could anyone be...
			prepared to hear that his dad
			is... never coming home again.

         STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/28/89 - ACT FIVE         54.

74   CONTINUED: (5)

	Picard acknowledges, of course. To Jeremy --

					WESLEY
			I just tried to be what everybody
			expected me to be. Brave.
			Mature.

					PICARD
			Are you saying you didn't want
			anybody to see how you really
			felt, Wesley?

	And Wesley looks down as the memories sweep across
	him... he looks down, nods. Softly --

					PICARD
			So how did you really feel?

					WESLEY
				(whispers)
			Like somebody kicked me right in
			the brain.

					PICARD
				(gently)
			Somebody?

	Wesley shrugs. Doesn't look at Picard.

					TROI
			Go ahead, Wesley. You've wanted
			to tell him for a long time...

	He looks up at Picard with a tear in his eye.

					WESLEY
			I was angry.
				(long beat)
			At you.

	Of course, Picard knows this... but it's important for
	them as well as Jeremy to get it all out now...

					PICARD
			Why, Wesley? Why were you angry
			with me?

	Wesley backs away from the feelings... he's gone as far
	as he's comfortable... he shrugs... but that's not
	enough...

         STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/28/89 - ACT FIVE         55.

74   CONTINUED: (6)

					PICARD
			Were you angry because I was the
			one who told you he was dead?

					WESLEY
				(pause)
			No.

					PICARD
			Then why?

	Softly, painfully, outloud for the first time...

					WESLEY
			Because you led the mission. You
			came back. My father didn't.

	Picard acknowledges... moves away as Troi moves in with
	great compassion...

					TROI
			How long were you angry with
			Captain Picard, Wesley?

					WESLEY
			A long time.
				(turns to Picard)
			But not any more. Not even a
			little, sir.

	Picard's eyes close for a moment. He bows his head,
	almost imperceptively. That wound is forever closed.
	To Jeremy --

					TROI
			And you Jeremy... must be very
			angry with Lieutenant Worf.

	And Worf is caught off guard as the attention turns to
	him. Jeremy looks at him.

					TROI
			He was in charge of your mother's
			mission. Just as Captain Picard
			was in command when Wesley's father
			was killed. Isn't that right,
			Jeremy

	Jeremy looks at Worf.

					WORF
			She was my responsibility.

         STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/28/89 - ACT FIVE        55A.

74   CONTINUED: (7)

					TROI
			Worf came back. Your mother
			didn't.

	And a long beat... as Jeremy is about to face the
	reality. His eyes are angry, a tear rolls down his
	cheek as he accuses Worf --

					JEREMY
			Why? Why weren't you the one who
			died? Why did it have to be her?

	A long beat as they look at each other... Jeremy's
	tears come more easily now...

					TROI
			He can't answer that, Jeremy.
				(to Marla)
			None of us can.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Worf also lost his
			parents, Jeremy.

	Jeremy reacts.

					WORF
				(to Jeremy)
			They were killed in battle when
			I was six.

	He and Worf look at each other. The bonding has begun.
	Worf glances at Picard and Troi. Troi nods... Worf
	moves toward the boy.

					WORF
			When I was alone, humans helped
			me. Let me help you.

         STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/25/89 - ACT FIVE        55B.

74   CONTINUED: (8)

	Jeremy looks back at Marla for one last hold on the
	fantasy... off that moment --

         STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/28/89 - ACT FIVE         56.

74   CONTINUED: (8)

					WORF
			The Marla Aster I knew and honored
			is not in this room. Nor does
			she await you on the planet. Now
			she lives only here...
				(touches his chest)
			And here.

	Jeremy looks up to him through his tears. He cannot
	speak.

					WORF
				(to Jeremy)
			Join with me in the R'uustai, the
			Bonding. You will become part
			of my family now and for all time.
			We will be brothers.

	Worf offers his hand. Jeremy never looks back again
	at Marla... he stretches out a hand ??ndly to grasp
	for Worf's hand. The Klingon is the ?? From a simple
	handclasp he pulls the boy to him. Marla and Picard
	regard each other for a long moment. She understands
	she is no longer needed. She nods to Picard. She
	lowers her head. She disappears. The room goes back
	to normal -- the Aster quarters.

75
thru	OMITTED
80

81   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	Worf in full Klingon regalia. Jeremy is dressed in
	a child's version of the Klingon robe. Jeremy and Worf
	are framed by the window of the stateroom. The room is
	dark. Five of the intricate candles are on various
	tables in the B.G. One is lit.

	Worf removes his sash, and places it across Jeremy's
	shoulders. He and Jeremy take a candle, and walk to
	the lit candle. They light theirs. They go through
	the room lighting the other candles.

	Worf finishes. Watches Jeremy. He stands looking out
	at the stars.

					WORF
			SoS jIH batlh SoH.

	Jeremy has come up behind the Klingon.

         STAR TREK: "The Bonding" - REV. 8/25/89 - ACT FIVE         57.

81   CONTINUED:

					JEREMY
			What does that mean?

					WORF
			It honors the memory of our
			mothers. We have bonded and our
			families are stronger.

	Jeremy looks where Worf is looking.

					JEREMY
				(softly)
			SoS jIH balth SoH.

82   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Moving at warp speed as we

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             












                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "Booby Trap" 
                          #40273-154 
                              
                           Story by 
                  Ron Roman & Michael Wagner 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                           Ron Roman 
                              
                          Directed by 
                      Gabrielle Beaumont 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1989 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                     REVISED FINAL DRAFT
 
                       AUGUST 31, 1989
 

         STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/5/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Booby Trap" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             GOLEK SAR
                RIKER              
                DATA               
                BEVERLY            
                TROI                
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             
                O'BRIEN            
                GUINAN             
                CHRISTY            
                LEAH BRAHMS        
                COMPUTER VOICE     

                Non-Speaking       
                  CREWMEMBERS        
                  GYPSY VIOLIN PLAYER

         STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/1/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Booby Trap" 
                            
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              TEN-FORWARD              PROMELLIAN WARSHIP
              CORRIDOR
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              ENGINEERING
              HOLODECK THREE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              READY ROOM
          
            HOLODECK
          
              UTOPIA PLANITIA YARDS/
              DRAFTING ROOM
              TROPICAL BEACH
          
            PROMELLIAN WARSHIP
              CORRIDOR
              BRIDGE
              COMMUNICATIONS ROOM

       STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - 8/31/89 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Booby Trap" 
                           
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              ORELIOUS NINE          Oar-LEE-us 9
              CLEPONJI               Klep-ON-gee
              MENTHAR                MEN-thar
              KAVIS TEKE             KAY-vis Tee-Key
              ACETON                 ASS-ah-tawn

       STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/7/89 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "Booby Trap"                              
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:
1
thru	OMITTED
3

3A   EXT. BEACH - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	Pounding waves. A full amber moon. A tropical breeze.

3B   A PAIR OF HANDS (OPTICAL)

	pick up two half coconuts with two straws in them. As
	it moves... pull back to reveal GEORDI's the one
	holding them and he's sitting on a blanket on the sand
	with a very attractive young woman (CHRISTY) ... a
	decided tension in the air.

					GEORDI
			Another Coco-no-no?

					CHRISTY
			No thanks, I think I've had enough
			already.

					GEORDI
			Yeah, me too.

	And he has these two coconuts in his hand... looks
	around with what to do with them. Finally, just sort
	of drops them off to the side. He snaps his finger
	and a GYPSY VIOLIN PLAYER MATERIALIZES beside them...
	startling Christy. Geordi desperately wants to find
	the courage to make his move. The gypsy begins to play
	romantic music. Finally, awkwardly, attempting to be
	casual, he moves closer to her... raises...

4    HIS ARM

	toward her shoulder... he hasn't touched her yet...

5    GEORDI

	has the stiff smile of someone who wants to look
	comfortable but isn't. Slowly...

       STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/1/89 - TEASER       1A.

6    HIS HAND

	comes to rest on her shoulder... and now's the
	moment... and the instant he touches her...

					CHRISTY (O.S.)
			Geordi...

       STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/5/89 - TEASER       2.

7    GEORDI AND CHRISTY

					GEORDI
				(tense)
			What?

					CHRISTY
			I'm sorry. I think I better go
			back now.

					GEORDI
			You're chilly... ? I can turn down
			the breeze...

					CHRISTY
			No, it's been a lovely program,
			and you're a terrific guy...

					GEORDI
				(knows what's coming)
			Yeah...

					CHRISTY
			I just don't feel that way about
			you...

					GEORDI
			Yeah...

	The gypsy violinist plays his soul out... irritatingly
	loud.

					GEORDI
			Knock it off.

	The music continues.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Do you require full termination
			of the Holodeck program or just
			the audio portion?

	On Geordi's frustrated sigh...

8    INT. TEN-FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	WESLEY and DATA standing at the window looking out the
	windows at a field of immense flotsam and jetsam moving
	by, the remains of a planet destroyed in a battle long
	ago...

      STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 8/31/89 - TEASER      2A.

8    CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			This was the final battle, wasn't
			it?

         STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - 8/31/89 - TEASER         3.

8    CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(acknowledges)
			Neither side intended Orelious
			Nine to be the decisive conflict.

					WESLEY
			Not much of it left, is there...

					DATA
			The destruction is remarkable
			considering the primitive weapons
			of the period.

	In the background, Geordi ENTERS looking forlorn, sits
	at the bar... GUINAN moves to him... Wesley reacts.

					WESLEY
			Uh oh...

					DATA
			I beg your pardon, Wesley?

					WESLEY
				(off his look)
			"Uh oh"... it's an expression,
			Data. It just means, you know,
			uh oh, something's wrong...

					DATA
			There is something wrong?

					WESLEY
			Commander La Forge had a big date
			with Christy tonight. He's been
			working on the perfect program
			for days. Looks like it ended
			kinda early.

					DATA
			Uh oh.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Commander Data to the bridge
			immediately.

					DATA
			Acknowledged.

       STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 8/31/89 - TEASER       4.

9    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	PICARD, RIKER, WORF are already at their stations as
	Data ENTERS. Riker fills them in...

					RIKER
			We're picking up a signal,
			coordinates two-one-one mark
			six-one.

	Data sits in his position, immediately engages his
	computer. The sound of the signal is on the main
	speaker... it is a series of rapid "blips" of sound.

					DATA
				(reacting to the signal)
			It is an ancient interplanetary
			code.

					RIKER
			Survivors on Orelious Nine after
			all this time... not possible.

					PICARD
			Not at all possible. Lay in a
			course to the source of the
			signal.

10   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the Enterprise alters course. The space debris
	speeds by -- some fragments dangerously close.

11   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					DATA
			Approaching the source, Captain...

					PICARD
			Put it on the viewer, Mister Data.

12   MAIN VIEWER - CREW'S POV (OPTICAL)

	An ancient warship lying dead in space.

13   REVERSE - ON THE CREW

					WORF
			A Promellian battle cruiser.

       STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/5/89 - TEASER       5.

13   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(enthusiastic)
			And with its Lang Cycle fusion
			engines intact.

					DATA
			Scanners indicate no life signs
			aboard.

					PICARD
			I should hope not. That ship
			belongs in a museum.
				(moving closer)
			Gentlemen, I'm afraid we're a
			little late. This call for help
			was very likely initiated over
			a thousand years ago.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/1/89 - ACT ONE       6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

14   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND THE ANCIENT WARSHIP
	(OPTICAL)

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43799.1.
			We have arrived at Orelious Nine,
			to chart the battle in which the
			Menthars and Promellians fought
			to their mutual extinction. Among
			the ruins we have found a relic:
			a Promellian battle cruiser that
			has withstood the centuries.

15   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard and Riker walking toward the Transporter Room;
	Picard enthused with a spring in his step, Riker
	concerned...

					PICARD
			Indulge me, Number One...

					RIKER
			I'd prefer Lieutenant Worf and
			I did a security sweep of the
			vessel first...

					PICARD
				(frowns)
			No. Captain's prerogative, here.
			This one's mine. We've examined
			every conceivable risk...

					RIKER
			The risks aboard a vessel this
			old and fragile are inconceivable,
			Captain...

					PICARD
			Ghosts, perhaps?
				(beat)
			Haven't you ever dreamed of
			climbing inside the bottle... ?

					RIKER
			Sir... ?

       STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/5/89 - ACT ONE       7.

15   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			The ship in the bottle, Number
			One. Model air ships... I used
			to build them as a child. By God,
			I'll bet I even had a Promellian
			battle cruiser too.

16   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	As they arrive... Worf is already waiting along with
	Data.

					PICARD
			Ready to beam the away team to
			the vessel...

					O'BRIEN
			Locked on to the Main Bridge,
			Captain...

					RIKER
			You're certain about the
			atmospheric conditions, Data... ?

					DATA
			There is adequate oxygen for life
			support, Commander...

					PICARD
			It is exactly as they left it,
			Number One. In the bottle.
				(off their looks)
			Good Lord, didn't anyone else here
			build ships in bottles when they
			were boys?

					WORF
			I did not play with toys.

					DATA
			I was never a boy.

					O'BRIEN
				(speaking up, filling
				 the breach)
			I did, sir.

					PICARD
				(to a compatriot)
			Thank you, Mister O'Brien.
			Proceed.

      STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT ONE      8.

16   CONTINUED:

	And the child in the man has taken over his face as
	his eyes shine with anticipation. The away team
	DEMATERIALIZES. Riker looks at O'Brien with a cocked
	eyebrow, suggesting he was stroking the captain for
	points.

					O'BRIEN
			I did. I really did. Ships in
			bottles. Great fun.

	Riker gives him a little smirk and as he starts to
	exit, there is a notable, brief dip in the power of the
	components -- a brown out. Neither Riker or O'Brien are
	overly alarmed.

					RIKER
			What's that?

					O'BRIEN
			Not sure. The secondary power
			bus may need adjusting.

					RIKER
			Let me know.

	Riker leaves the Transporter Room. O'Brien adjusts
	some switches on the console.

17   INT. DARKENED ANCIENT WARSHIP BRIDGE

	Picard, Worf and Data move around a corner. It is
	eerily still and dark... Worf lights a powerful
	flashlamp.

					PICARD
			Extraordinary. You would expect
			the layout of a bridge from this
			era to be clumsy, awkward... but
			see this -- it is a model of
			simplicity. They built the same
			craft for generations. And it
			worked.

	Picard wants to see everything, looks around like a kid
	in a candy store. Something catches Worf's attention,
	he turns...

      STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT ONE      8A.

17   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Admirable. They died at their
			posts.

	And Picard and Data look at Worf's discovery -- the
	skeletal remains of an ancient crewman still in his
	chair, head cocked to the side in the final throes of
	death.

         STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - 8/31/89 - ACT ONE         9.

18   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	His head cocked to the side, rather like the skeleton,
	Geordi downs another glass of synthehol. And he can't
	quite get drunk, no matter how hard he tries...

					GEORDI
			Don't you have anything stronger
			than this, Guinan?

					GUINAN
			Yes.

					GEORDI
			Would it help?

					GUINAN
			No.

					GEORDI
			Can you tell me something, Guinan?
			You're a woman, right?

					GUINAN
			Yes, I can tell you that.

					GEORDI
			What is it that... you want in
			a man?

					GUINAN
			Me personally?

					GEORDI
			As a woman. What's the first
			thing you look at?

					GUINAN
			His head.

					GEORDI
			Uh huh... his mind, of course.

					GUINAN
			No, his head. I'm attracted to
			bald men.

					GEORDI
			Seriously?

					GUINAN
			Seriously.

      STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/8/89 - ACT ONE      10.

18   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Why?

					GUINAN
			Maybe because a bald man was very
			kind to me once... when I was
			hurting. Took care of me.

					GEORDI
			I'd like to do that.

					GUINAN
				(not serious)
			I'm taking care of myself these
			days.

					GEORDI
			I mean take care of somebody.
				(beat)
			Guinan, I just don't get it...
			I can field strip a fusion
			reactor... I can realign a power
			transfer tunnel... why can't I
			make anything work with a woman
			like Christy? I don't know what
			to do, what to say...

					GUINAN
			I never noticed... as a woman.

					GEORDI
			You're different.

					GUINAN
			No, you're different.

					GEORDI
			But I'm not trying now.

					GUINAN
			Exactly.

	Another customer signals Guinan and she moves away. A
	beat. He shakes his head sadly. He takes another
	drink.

      STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT ONE      11.

19   INT. ANCIENT WARSHIP

	Data is patching in a small power pack... takes a few
	calculations, then turns it on... dim emergency
	lighting comes on. They continue their exploration...
	the sound of the electronic distress signal is coming
	closer as they work their way down a corridor... Worf
	is recording images with a tricorder.

					DATA
			The source of the distress signal
			is twenty meters ahead...

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, be sure we get
			tricorder images of their tactical
			display...

					WORF
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Look here, Worf... how well laid
			out it is. We went through how
			many different designs before
			we reached this kind of
			sophistication... ?

					DATA
			I believe it was four, sir. We
			did not have a fully integrated
			tactical command until the
			twenty-third century. In fact,
			several of the Promellian
			innovations served as inspiration
			for early Federation starship
			design...

					PICARD
			As well they should have.

	Moving along, observing the large ducts...

					PICARD
			Positron ducts. These channeled
			power from one end of the ship
			to the other.

     STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT ONE     11A.

20   INT. ANCIENT WARSHIP COMMUNICATIONS ROOM

	They ENTER. It is a room with several visual monitors
	as well as radio and electronic equipment. The signal
	beeps from a console where another skeleton has died...
	Worf scans the room...

					WORF
			It is safe to enter.

					PICARD
			Let's put an end to their last
			cry for help.

	Worf moves to a switch on the console where a light
	blinks and turns it off.

					DATA
			Captain...

	Data has found a device that may vaguely suggest a
	playback apparatus... he examines a round wire coil
	that is in playback position...

					DATA
			I believe this is an information
			storage device... a crude analogue
			of our own iso-linear optical
			chip.

					PICARD
			Crude by our standards today,
			Data. When this ship was built,
			humans on Earth had just perfected
			the mechanical clock... and were
			using steel crossbows in battle.
				(examining it)
			Is there any way to see what's
			on this?

	Data looks it over.

      STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/5/89 - ACT ONE      12.

20   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Questionable. I can supply power
			to the playback unit, Captain...
			but the components are quite
			old... I will attempt to amplify
			its image with a tricorder...

	As he goes to work...

21   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker at command. Wes reacts to something on his
	console... tries to make adjustments...

					RIKER
			What is it, Wes?

					WESLEY
			The main power return is acting
			a little weird...

					RIKER
			Define "weird".

					WESLEY
			I'm getting fluctuating waveguide
			readings...

					RIKER
			Run a maintenance sweep.

					WESLEY
			Right.

22   INT. ANCIENT WARSHIP (OPTICAL)

	Data has patched in the power. A monitor lights up...
	and the wire coil begins to turn... the picture is poor
	and the sound is distorted... but the image of a
	Promellian commander fades in... he begins to speak....

					GALEK SAR
			I am Galek Sar, Captain of the
			Promellian cruiser, Cleponji.
			I wish anyone who finds this
			record to know my crew has behaved
			courageously.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT ONE      13.

22   CONTINUED:

					GALEK SAR (Cont'd)
			I want it recorded for all time
			that I, alone, am responsible for
			the fate that befell us.
				(a beat)
			I have failed -- as a captain.
			And as the man responsible for
			all the souls aboard my ship.

					PICARD
			Indeed, sir.
				(keys insignia)
			Picard to Enterprise.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Go ahead, Captain.

					PICARD
			I think we've seen just about all
			there is to see here. At Mister
			O'Brien's convenience... we are
			ready to return...

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

	On Picard's reaction...

23   INT. BRIDGE

	As the away team ENTERS from the turbolift... Picard
	is still enthused... Riker, Wesley and TROI are on the
	bridge...

					PICARD
			You were absolutely right, Number
			One. There were ghosts aboard
			the old ship after all... one of
			them even spoke to us.

					RIKER
			A friendly one, I hope.

					PICARD
			My own counterpart. The ship
			captain's final message...
			praising his crew.

     STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT ONE     13A.

23   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I hope you'll be as thoughtful
			when the time comes.

					PICARD
			Data, advise the Astral-Five annex
			of the Smithsonian... This should
			be catalogued and scheduled for
			retrieval...

	He catches Troi smiling at him... a look, what?

					TROI
			I'm sorry... it's just a rare
			pleasure to meet this side of your
			personality, Captain.

	Picard grunts, doesn't like allowing his feelings to
	show. Sits in his command post. Tries to pull it in.

      STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/5/89 - ACT ONE      14.

23   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(gruff)
			Mister Crusher, set our course
			for the original coordinates.

					WESLEY
			Yessir.

	People move quickly... there is a slight dip of energy
	and a flutter in the light panels... they react...

					DATA
			Captain, we are experiencing a two
			percent drop in our energy
			reserves. Compensating.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			We were having a few problems
			while...

	An alarm goes off on Worf's panel.

					WORF
				(concerned)
			Readouts indicate we are being
			bombarded with a field of high
			intensity radiation.

					RIKER
			Shields up.

	Another dip in energy. Picard and Riker exchange a
	curious look.

					DATA
			Captain, energy loss increasing
			to five percent. I am unable to
			correct.

					PICARD
			Yellow Alert.

24   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Geordi with Guinan...

      STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/5/89 - ACT ONE      15.

24   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Maybe I should've gone with the
			Mardi Gras program... something
			a little livelier...

					GUINAN
			You ever consider doing it
			without a program?

	Geordi lets that sink in a beat...

					GUINAN
			You're a pilot... Try flying
			without instruments for a
			change... you might surprise
			yourself.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Mister La Forge, report to
			Engineering...

	And Geordi sits up, focuses...

					GEORDI
			On my way, Commander.

	He's on his feet, alive again, clears his head...

					GEORDI
			Save my seat, Guinan.

	He's gone.

					GUINAN
				(to herself)
			Always room at the bar for another
			broken heart.

25   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					DATA
			Energy loss increasing.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher, reverse course.
			Full impulse power.

					WESLEY
			Sir, there's no response.

      STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/1/89 - ACT ONE      15A.

25   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Increase speed to warp one.

					WESLEY
			Engines are not responding, sir.

					RIKER
			Mister La Forge, I need warp power
			now!

      STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/5/89 - ACT ONE      16.

26   INT. ENGINEERING

	As Geordi arrives, taking stock of the situation...
	on the move -- a sweeping track shot... here's a man
	in charge, vast talent on display... moving from
	console to console, monitoring the instruments, making
	adjustments.

					GEORDI
			Matter/anti-matter mixture ratio
			settings at optimum balance...
			Reaction sequence corresponding
			to specified norms... Magnetic
			plasma transfer to warp field
			generators per program specs.
			Commander, we should be going
			like a bat out of hell.

27   INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

					DATA
			Power loss now at twelve percent.

					PICARD
			Red Alert.

	Red Alert sounds.

					WORF
			Radiation intensity increasing.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			We better slow these engines down
			before we burn out the reaction
			chamber.

	Riker looks to Picard who acknowledges...

					RIKER
			Slow to idle, Geordi.

	CAMERA CLOSES IN on Picard's face as warning lights
	continue to flash and klaxon continues blaring. Faced
	with the image on the view screen of the dead battle
	cruiser.

     STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 8/31/89 - ACT ONE     16A.

27   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Is it possible... have we stumbled
			into the same snare that killed
			them? A thousand-year-old...
			booby trap?

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/5/89 - ACT TWO      17.

					ACT TWO

	FADE IN:

28   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The two vessels lie motionless in close proximity to
	one another.

29   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, BEVERLY and Geordi.

					GEORDI
			With the engines idling, the
			energy loss has been limited.
			But our reserves will be depleted
			in less than three hours. We
			won't be able to hold our shields
			in place.

					BEVERLY
			If we lose shields, the radiation
			will kill everyone on board,
			Captain.

					DATA
			Not everyone, Doctor.

					BEVERLY
			I stand corrected.

					PICARD
			Have you identified the source
			of the radiation, Mister Worf?

					WORF
			No, sir. The radiation field is
			too strong -- it interferes with
			our sensors.

					PICARD
			And no apparent explanation for
			the loss of energy... ?

	Geordi shakes his head, no.

      STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 8/31/89 - ACT TWO      18.

29   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Anything in the history books,
			Data that might give us a clue... ?

					DATA
			There are many fascinating records
			of Menthar battle strategy...
			they were exceptionally
			innovative. In fact, they were
			the first to devise the Kavis Teke
			elusive maneuver as well as a
			Passive Lure stratagem that is
			comparable to Napoleon's...

					RIKER
				(interrupting)
			Any mention of a situation like
			this?

					DATA
			No.

					RIKER
			Recommend I lead an away team to
			the cruiser.

					GEORDI
			They didn't have much success with
			this problem, Commander...

					RIKER
			But at least they knew their enemy
			better than we do. Maybe they
			even knew how they got into
			trouble... they just didn't know
			how to get out.

					PICARD
			Agreed. Worf, what would be the
			impact of lowering shields long
			enough to get an away team out... ?

					WORF
			Negligible, sir.

					GEORDI
			It won't help our energy
			conservation any, Captain.

      STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/1/89 - ACT TWO      19.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			That's your job, Commander La
			Forge. Determine a way to keep
			the Enterprise up and running.
			Data, you will join Commander
			Riker on the away team. Find out
			what happened to that ship.

30   EXT. SPACE - ANCIENT WARSHIP (OPTICAL)

31   INT. ANCIENT WARSHIP (OPTICAL)

	As Data MATERIALIZES on the bridge... takes a reading
	with the tricorder. To his communicator --

					DATA
				(keys insignia)
			Radiation factor is within safe
			human limits, Commander.

	Riker MATERIALIZES. They move to begin exploration.

					RIKER
			Why isn't this ship being hit with
			radiation?

					DATA
			That is curious, Commander. The
			radiation field must be
			directional in nature... aimed
			only at the Enterprise.

					RIKER
			Maybe our own engines triggered
			it somehow...
				(beat)
			Data, see if you can determine
			what kind of defenses the
			Promellians tried to employ...
			I don't want to waste time trying
			them again...

					DATA
			Understood.

        STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - 8/31/89 - ACT TWO        20.

31   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			What'd really help us is a ship's
			log... any kind of record of their
			last battle.

	He moves off to look for one...

32   INT. ENGINEERING - A MONITOR

	Circuits being tested one after another... a red line
	signifies working condition...

33   GEORDI - CU

	watches... enters another command...

34   HIS FINGERS

	working a keyboard...

35   INT. ENGINEERING

	Another test is completed successfully. Geordi
	frowns...

					GEORDI
				(to himself)
			So why can't we move?

	A beat. Drums his fingers, mind working hard.

					GEORDI
			Computer, as we increased our
			power levels, was there any
			counter-reaction?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Affirmative. The opposing force
			grew in direct proportion to the
			power output of the Enterprise.

					GEORDI
			So it kept us from forming a
			subspace field for the warp drive?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			That is correct.

      STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/12/89 - ACT TWO      21.

35   CONTINUED:

	He is satisfied that he is at last making progress as
	he gets down to work at the computer keypad.

									INTERCUT:

36   COMPUTER SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Typing: "Access data bank. Enterprise. Galaxy class.
	Subspace field."

	Geordi watches as the screen fills up with a "Subspace
	Field Menu"... revealing line by line a long list of
	notes, entrees, chapters... your basic intimidating
	owners manual index. What we want to notice... and
	want Geordi to notice is next to each file -- the
	stardate (ranging from 40000 to 41000) and name of
	the person who entered it... and it is the same name
	each time...

37   CLOSER (OPTICAL)

	The name -- "L. Brahms... L. Brahms... L. Brahms... "
	at the end of each line...

					GEORDI
				(reacts)
			Computer, who is this L. Brahms?

	The computer screen uses a digital insert to show a
	Starfleet identification card with a photograph of an
	attractive woman.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Doctor Leah Brahms. Engineer.
			Graduate of the Daystrom
			Institute. Theoretical Propulsion
			Group, Galaxy class starships.
			Team seven, junior member.

					GEORDI
			Junior member, huh. Looks like
			she wrote the book on propulsion.
				(beat, considering)
			Call up subspace design logs...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Select menu, visual records or
			L. Brahms' voice entries.

      STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/6/89 - ACT TWO      22.

37   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(a beat, why not?)
			Voice entries.

	A neutral, "dictating" tone of voice --

					LEAH'S VOICE
			Theoretical propulsion logs,
			Federation Starship Enterprise,
			Galaxy class. Heading: Subspace.
			Author: Leah Brahms.

					GEORDI
			Geordi La Forge. How ya doin,
			Doc...

	There is no programmed response in this file, so there
	is no answer. And Geordi knows this, it's just
	tongue-in-cheek, understands he's just talking to
	himself...

					GEORDI
			Yeah, down to work. You're
			absolutely right.

38   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Beverly, Wesley, Worf. Somber mood.

					BEVERLY
			I recommend we evacuate and seal
			off all non-operational areas and
			group the families and crew on
			odd-numbered decks.

					PICARD
			Proceed.

					BEVERLY
			I'd also like to set up an
			assembly area for treating
			radiation in case we need it.

	A beat.

      STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/5/89 - ACT TWO      22A.

38   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Beverly)
			After the shields fall, how long
			for a fatal exposure?

      STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/5/89 - ACT TWO      23.

38   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Thirty minutes. After that,
			there's nothing that can be done.

	Picard nods, stares at the ghost ship on the viewer.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Away team to bridge. Captain, we
			may have found something...

	Picard's expression changes and...

									INTERCUT:

39   INT. ANCIENT WARSHIP - A DIFFERENT AREA

	Close on a filed collection of tightly coiled wire.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			We're in the Promellian
			communications area...

	PULL BACK to show Data examining the coils from a
	small, isolated locker. Another skeleton's remains
	nearby.

					RIKER
			There's a file of memory coils
			here...

					DATA
			They are identical to the coil
			we found earlier, Captain...

					PICARD
			Their captain's log, perhaps?

					RIKER
			That's what we were thinking.

      STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/5/89 - ACT TWO      24.

39   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Data, are the coils in working
			condition?

					DATA
			I believe so. We can enhance them
			through the image processor in
			the ship's computer.

					PICARD
			Good. Return at once.

40   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi pacing, talking, thinking...

					GEORDI
			What about the dilithium crystal
			control?

					LEAH'S VOICE
			It should be possible to fine tune
			the frequency ranges...

					GEORDI
				(hopeful)
			Yes?

      STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/5/89 - ACT TWO      25.

40   CONTINUED:

					LEAH'S VOICE
			And the propulsion group is
			investigating numerous theories
			to determine how.

					GEORDI
				(frowns)
			Great. Thanks a lot. Computer,
			generate a cross section image
			of the dilithium crystal chamber.

	On the monitor -- a multi-colored wire-frame image of
	the chamber. Geordi works the keyboard... the image
	rotates and changes shape.

					GEORDI
			What about reorienting the
			crystal?

					LEAH'S VOICE
			It is possible to reorient the
			crystal. The key lies in
			adjusting the lattice structure
			direction. This modification will
			be integrated into the next class
			starship.

					GEORDI
			Sorry, can't wait. You and me,
			Leah. We have two hours to figure
			this out.

	Silence. Studying it --

					GEORDI
			You know what I need to do -- I
			need to get inside there. I need
			to turn that thing inside out...
				(standing)
			Computer, is there a cross section
			of the engines we can replicate
			on a Holodeck?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Select menu: design specifications
			or prototype schematic.

					GEORDI
			Prototype? Elaborate...

     STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/12/89 - ACT TWO     25A.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					COMPUTER VOICE
			A development stage prototype
			schematic at Utopia Planitia,
			drafting room five, of the Mars
			Station, Stardate 40174.

					GEORDI
			Perfect. Recreate it in Holodeck
			Three. Stay with me, Doc.

	He goes to the door.

      STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/12/89 - ACT TWO      26.

41   INT. CORRIDOR

	Geordi arrives, presses a panel outside Holodeck Three.

					GEORDI
			Ready computer?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Holodeck Three program is ready.

	Geordi ENTERS the Holodeck.

42   INT. HOLODECK/DRAFTING ROOM (OPTICAL)

	A recreation of drafting room five. Banks of computers
	working, propulsion equipment in various modes of
	completion. (Through a window can be seen other forms
	of starship equipment). In the center of the room is
	the schematic display of the engines. Geordi moves
	to the display, circles it, greatly impressed by the
	room, its contents and purposes. To him, it's
	beautiful.

					GEORDI
			Damn. Right back where it all
			started. This is incredible...

	He moves to the cross section of the engine.

					GEORDI
			Leah, did you design this?

					LEAH'S VOICE
			The dilithium crystal chamber was
			designed at outpost designated
			Seran-T-one, Stardate 40052...
			Some of the Federation's best
			engineering minds participated
			in its development.

					GEORDI
			Sure, that's visiting dignitary
			talk, what's the inside story...
			off-the-record?

					COMPUTER
			Access denied. Personal logs are
			restricted.

					GEORDI
			Another woman who won't get
			personal with me in the Holodeck.

        STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - 8/31/89 - ACT TWO        27.

42   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Leah, I want to find a way to
			supplement the energy supply to
			the ship and to the engines.
			Could we alter the matter/anti-matter
			paths?

	Close -- he studies a maze of systems...

					LEAH'S VOICE
			Theoretically, yes. The system
			should be able to accept more
			reactants at a faster rate of
			injection.

					GEORDI
			Well, this is your baby, show me
			which ones...

	And, focused on the wall of connections, he may not
	have realized exactly what he said... for over his
	shoulder, a female hand reaches in and points to the
	path configuration... and slowly Geordi reacts and
	turns to see the image of Leah Brahms standing
	there...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/1/89 - ACT THREE     28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

43   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As before.

44   INT. HOLODECK/DRAFTING ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Geordi still reacting to the image of Leah. (And he's
	seen her face before on her ID card.)

					GEORDI
			Computer, did I ask for a
			simulation?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Affirmative. You asked Doctor
			Brahms to show you which system
			could accept reactants at a faster
			rate. By accessing available
			imagery, an adequate facsimile
			was possible.

					GEORDI
			I did do that, didn't I?

	He shakes his head, smiles at himself.

					GEORDI
			Okay... Leah... good to see you...

	A beat as he realizes how attractive she is.

					GEORDI
			Real good.

	There is no response from the image.

					GEORDI
			Continue your analysis.

					LEAH
			Systems L-452 through L-575 will
			accept reactants, providing all
			other systems are calibrated to
			an equal factor.

     STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/5/89 - ACT THREE     29.

44   CONTINUED:

	Geordi puts it together in his head, senses a
	breakthrough...

					GEORDI
			Then, if we use multiple injector
			streams, hitting more than one
			crystal facet, we could do it...
			we could hold our own. Leah,
			you're beautiful.
				(keying insignia)
			La Forge to Picard....

45   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - SCIENCE ONE AND TWO (OPTICAL))

	The array of equipment, operated full bore by
	SUPERNUMERARIES, glow in front of Picard and Riker.
	The coils retrieved from the alien ship are being
	analyzed and decoded... an operator opens a panel and
	inserts a coil.

					PICARD
			Go ahead.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Captain, we've found a way to
			extend the matter/anti-matter
			energy supplies.

					PICARD
			Well done, Mister La Forge.

					RIKER
			Geordi, can you give us enough
			energy to get us out of here?

									INTERCUT:

46   INT. HOLODECK/DRAFTING ROOM (OPTICAL)

					GEORDI
			Sorry, Commander... we haven't
			addressed that one yet. First
			priority was to maintain shields.

					RIKER
			Acknowledged.

     STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/1/89 - ACT THREE     30.

46   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			We'll get on it, right away,
			though...

					PICARD
			Pass on my congratulations to your
			team, Commander.

	Geordi glances at the impassive face of the Leah
	facsimile.

					GEORDI
			Thanks, Captain. We're... all
			smiles down here.

47   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - SCIENCE ONE

					PICARD
			Picard out.

	Data moves over with an update on their progress.

					DATA
			We have been able to verify that
			these coils are logs of the
			Promellian captain... but most
			of them have decayed and cannot
			be repaired...

					RIKER
			They're beyond any sort of
			playback... ?

					DATA
			On most there are brief sections
			that may yield some information.

					RIKER
			Do the best you can, Data. Let's
			just hope we have the brief
			section we need...

	Data moves back to the supernumeraries...

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			He must have logged the cause of
			his ship's death. What captain
			wouldn't?

     STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/1/89 - ACT THREE     31.

47   CONTINUED:

	They stop to look at a console. On its screen the
	image is fuzz and static. One of the supernumeraries
	shakes his head, puts the coil into a pile of others...

					RIKER
			They were all in an open locker.
			I don't think he was too concerned
			with security.

48   INT. HOLODECK/DRAFTING ROOM

					GEORDI
				(to computer)
			... 452 through system L-575.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Adjustments to dilithium crystal
			chamber complete.

					GEORDI
			Impact analysis, computer.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warp energy has increased fourteen
			percent. Reactants per unit time
			remaining steady.

					GEORDI
			All right.

	It worked. Geordi turns to share the moment with Leah.
	There is of course nothing to share with a blank wall.
	He looks at her. Frowns.

					GEORDI
			Computer, do you have any... you
			know... personality... on file
			for Doctor Brahms?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Starfleet personality profile
			analysis, stardate 37650...

	Moves to her, thinking, what else does he need...

					GEORDI
			Did she ever debate at the
			intergalactic caucuses on
			Chaya-seven?

     STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 8/31/89 - ACT THREE     32.

48   CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Doctor Brahms attended Chaya-seven
			caucuses on the following
			stardates...

					GEORDI
			Never mind the dates...
				(beat)
			Computer, if you add all data
			from these sources, could you
			synthesize a true representation
			of Doctor Brahms?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			There would be a nine-point-three
			percent margin of error in the
			interactive responses from the
			facsimile.

					GEORDI
			I can live with that. Make it
			happen.

	The image of Leah warms up, turns and smiles at Geordi.
	There's a feisty spirit in her eyes.

					GEORDI
			Doctor Brahms?

					LEAH
			Geordi, it's me, Leah. Don't
			start calling me "Doctor Brahms"
			or I'll call you "Commander" La
			Forge.

					GEORDI
				(smiles)
			Right.

					LEAH
			Now, we've managed to maintain
			energy but we can't leave it in
			this realignment forever without
			burning out components so we need
			to move quickly...

	He's a little slow on the uptake, still a bit
	mesmerized with her... noticing, with a curl of a smile
	--

					LEAH
			Are you with me?

     STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/6/89 - ACT THREE     33.

48   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Right.

	And back to work....

49   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CLOSE ON MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	On screen is the fuzzy, distorted image of the
	Promellian captain, GALEK SAR. There is no audio at
	first, just hiss and static and isolated words... when
	it clears up --

					GALEK SAR (MONITOR)
			... have been stripped of all
			propulsion, and our weapons are
			useless. We can't move -- and
			we can't fight. The ship is being
			lashed with lethal radiation from
			the Aceton assimilators concealed
			in the rubble surrounding....

	More hiss and static.... the image freezes.

50   NEW ANGLE

	Picard, Riker standing behind Data who is seated.

					PICARD
			Aceton assimilators -- ?

					DATA
			An Aceton assimilator is a
			primitive generator which can
			drain power from distant sources.

					RIKER
			Generator...

					DATA
			It would not be difficult to
			modify them to convert energy into
			radiation.

     STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/1/89 - ACT THREE     34.

50   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(theorizing)
			The Menthars hide them in the
			floating debris... and an
			unsuspecting enemy ship flies
			in... instant booby trap.

					PICARD
			And now we're supplying the
			devices with the energy to kill
			us.

51   INT. HOLODECK/DRAFTING ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Geordi with Leah... in an argument. Voice on top of
	voice... they're working on the cross-section of the
	crystal chamber...

					GEORDI
			No... no... no...

					LEAH
			Will you listen to me...

					GEORDI
			You can't boost the warp power
			that way...

					LEAH
			If you can just increase the speed
			of the parallel subspace field
			processor to gain a quicker
			response time...

					GEORDI
			I want to give us enough power
			to strengthen the shields and
			barrel out of here... not blow
			us up...

					LEAH
			This is my design we're talking
			about. I did all the calculations
			myself.

					GEORDI
			I don't care if you built it with
			your bare hands out of an old
			Ferengi cargo ship, it's going
			to go --

    STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 8/31/89 - ACT THREE    34A.

51   CONTINUED:

	He whistles and makes a flying away gesture with his
	hand.

     STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/1/89 - ACT THREE     35.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			-- and we're going with it.

					LEAH
			I'm not used to having people
			question my judgment.

					GEORDI
			And I'm not used to dying.
				(beat)
			You worked in a lab on a static
			model. This is a working machine,
			it has tens of thousands of
			light years on it.

	Leah thinks about it.

					LEAH
			True.

					GEORDI
			Damn right.
				(calmer)
			We'd never be certain the circuit
			paths are sealed.

	She frowns, forced to agree, looks at him with
	interest.

					LEAH
			You're good. Very good.

					GEORDI
				(shrugs)
			I know my ship. Inside and out.

					LEAH
				(grins)
			Then I guess you know me. Inside
			and out. Cause a lot of me is
			in here.

					GEORDI
			I always wished the chief engineer
			could be present when a ship is
			being built.

					LEAH
			And that's what's wrong with
			designers -- we never get out in
			space.

     STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/6/89 - ACT THREE     36.

51   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			You're there now.

	And it's a unique intimate moment between them... she
	smiles at him.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Commander La Forge to the bridge.

					GEORDI
			On my way, Commander.
				(to Leah)
			Don't go anywhere.
				(beat, second thought)
			I mean, computer -- save program.

	He EXITS.

									TIME CUT:

52   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Data and Geordi.

					PICARD
			How many of these devices do we
			think we're dealing with?

					DATA
			To create the radiation field we
			are experiencing, it would take
			several hundred thousand, Captain...

     STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/1/89 - ACT THREE     37.

52   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			They've been out there a long
			time, Data... there must be some
			deterioration....

					DATA
			There is no way to calculate that
			precisely, Commander... but it
			is likely...

					PICARD
			Is there any indication of a
			weakness in a specific part of
			the field...

	Worf checks indications at his station.

					WORF
			Nothing substantial, Captain.

					PICARD
			Of any kind.

					WORF
			A point-one percent dip in the
			strength of the radiation field
			at two-one mark eight by
			four-two mark zero...

					PICARD
			I'll take that point-one percent.

					RIKER
			Recommend we fire a directional
			phaser pattern at those
			coordinates...

					GEORDI
			We won't be able to maintain
			energy reserves... we might even
			lose some circuits in the new
			configuration...

					PICARD
			How critical would the losses be?

					GEORDI
			Not enough to shut down our
			engines... but if we don't make
			it... I don't know if we could
			hold shields.

     STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 8/31/89 - ACT THREE     38.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			There is also the possibility the
			phasers will supply the
			assimilators with what they need
			most -- energy.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, alternative
			suggestions?

					GEORDI
				(shakes his head)
			Maybe down the road, Captain...
			But we can't overload the
			dilithium crystals much longer.

	The focus turns to Picard... who must make the
	extraordinarily difficult decision. He agonizes over
	it a moment.

					PICARD
			I imagine a discussion very much
			like this took place on our
			neighbor's ship a thousand years
			ago. May our decisions meet with
			more success than theirs.
				(decides)
			Mister La Forge, you will return
			to Engineering and continue your
			efforts without delay. Mister
			Worf, prepare the phasers.

	And Geordi EXITS... and as everyone else moves into
	their positions...

					WORF
			Phasers locked on coordinates.

	Picard nods to Riker

					RIKER
			Fire.

         STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 8/31/89 - ACT THREE         39.

53   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	A multiple stream of phaser fire fans out in one
	direction.

54   ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	Phaser fire strikes the debris. The debris absorbs
	the fire.

55   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Slow push in on Picard's face as he realizes the gamble
	has failed.

					RIKER (O.S.)
			Nothing.

					WORF (O.S.)
			Radiation levels increasing,
			Captain. Eight percent. Ten
			percent.

					DATA (O.S.)
			Energy reserves on board dropping
			rapidly...

	Extreme close-up... to an enemy dead a thousand years,
	he says, under his breath --

					PICARD
			Damn you.

56   INT. HOLODECK/DRAFTING ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and Leah huddle over a computer graphic.

					GEORDI
			Wouldn't that increase the output
			of the parallel subspace
			processors to gain a quicker
			response time... ?

					LEAH
			The processors can handle the
			extra input.

					GEORDI
			Yeah, but how do we
			reconfigure... ?

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/5/89 - ACT THREE         40.

56   CONTINUED:

	The drafting room begins to fade.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Energy reserves reaching critical
			stage. Standard procedure
			requires termination of all
			simulations.

					GEORDI
			Computer, override standard
			procedure...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Override authority restricted.

					GEORDI
			What? -- computer --

	The drafting room and Leah disappear. Geordi is in
	the empty Holodeck. A few lights pulsate on the
	walls.

									FADE OUT.

                         END ACT THREE                          

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/1/89 - ACT FOUR          41.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

57   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In space. The Promellian cruiser lying dead near it.

58   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf and Beverly. Faces are grim.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			The crystal lattice is breaking
			down...

									INTERCUT:

59   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi checking over readouts.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			We'll have to pick up repairs when
			we can reach a starbase....

					RIKER
			The optimist in the group.

					PICARD
			How long do we have shields based
			on current calculations... ?

					WORF
			Under two hours, Captain. And
			the radiation field has
			increased by seventeen percent.

					PICARD
				(to Beverly)
			Impact on fatal exposure?

					BEVERLY
			Down to twenty-six minutes.

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/5/89 - ACT FOUR          42.

59   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			If we resist, we die. If we don't
			resist, we die.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, have we shut down
			all non-essential energy usage?

					GEORDI
			Yes, Captain. In fact, I need
			to get some back... I'm running
			a program on Holodeck Three...

					PICARD
			For what purpose?

					GEORDI
			I've gone back to the beginning...
			to the earliest construction
			entries of the Enterprise. I've
			created... a... propulsion design
			model to assist me. I believe
			we're... making progress...

					PICARD
			Computer, reinstate Holodeck Three
			program.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Holodeck Three program is
			reinstated.

					PICARD
			Your best suggestion in an hour,
			Mister La Forge. Picard out.

59A  INT. CORRIDOR

	Geordi arrives at the Holodeck...

					GEORDI
			Computer, resume Holodeck Three
			program.

					COMPUTER
			Enter when ready.

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/5/89 - ACT FOUR         42A.

60   INT. HOLODECK/DRAFTING ROOM

	Geordi ENTERS. He and Leah share a look of concern.

					LEAH
			There isn't much time left.

	Geordi acknowledges... his mind working.

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 8/31/89 - ACT FOUR         43.

60   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Somehow, we have to generate
			enough energy to get out of
			here... but we've got a
			booby-trap that eats energy for
			breakfast... how do we fool it,
			block it, shut it down,
			anything...

	He moves to the computer terminal...

					GEORDI
			Okay, we know for every movement
			the Enterprise makes, there's a
			counter-movement from the energy
			field... could we use that to our
			advantage somehow...

					LEAH
			Maybe. There must be a time
			differential between the force
			and counter-force response...

	He makes an entry into the terminal... feels Leah
	moving up behind him, her body brushes against the back
	of his neck as she looks over his shoulder...

					LEAH
			If we could make quick, continuing
			adjustments in the linkups before
			the counterforce reacts, we might
			just be able to move this
			bucket...

	And he nods,

					GEORDI
			Yes...

	He turns and looks at her with enthusiasm... and her
	face is terribly close to his and it's that moment when
	two people have been locked up together for hours on
	end working toward a common goal and it moves into
	personal, sexual feelings... he feels it inside, but
	there's no time for this now... and her face
	acknowledges it... he turns away, types furiously...

					GEORDI
			Leah, you like Italian food?

	She looks at him and smiles at him from behind... lays
	a hand on his shoulder...

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/1/89 - ACT FOUR          44.

60   CONTINUED: (2)

					LEAH
			Like it? Wait til I make you my
			fungilli.

	As they look at the computer display coming up...

					GEORDI
				(re: computer)
			Okay, fusion reactor uplink to
			navigation processor...

60A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Time transition.

61   INT. HOLODECK/DRAFTING ROOM - ON SCREEN DISPLAY
	(OPTICAL)

	Showing connections between the master computer and
	other controls... changing rapidly...

					GEORDI (O.S.)
			But then we have to adjust the
			drive coils... and the vector
			processor... it's impossible..

	Pulling back to see him tired in his chair, posture
	suggests he's been sitting for awhile now... she's
	massaging his shoulders...

					GEORDI
			Don't do that...

					LEAH
			Sorry... I thought it might feel
			good.

					GEORDI
			I don't want to feel that good
			right now. What time is it?

					LEAH
			Coming up on sixteen hundred
			hours.

					GEORDI
			God, what am I supposed to tell
			the Captain?

	He stands, frustrated...

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/1/89 - ACT FOUR          45.

61   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			It's possible and yet it's
			impossible... everything we've
			done says we can't adjust fast
			enough... but if we could, it
			might work...

					LEAH
				(quietly)
			I could do it.

					GEORDI
			Data couldn't even do it. It'll
			take a hundred... maybe even a
			thousand adjustments every
			second... how are you gonna do
			it? It's humanly impossible.

					LEAH
			I'm not human.

	And that hits Geordi and after a beat he laughs at
	himself for getting so caught up in his program... but
	it is a little sad too...

					GEORDI
			You mean the computer could do
			it.

	She acknowledges. The door slides open and Picard
	ENTERS, reacts to Leah...

					GEORDI
				(almost introducing)
			Captain, this is... a holographic
			simulation of one of the
			propulsion experts who designed
			the Enterprise engines... Leah
			Brahms. Doctor Leah Brahms.

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/1/89 - ACT FOUR          46.

61   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard looks at her without acknowledging her...
	there's an awkward beat. He turns and waits to hear
	from Geordi...

					GEORDI
			We... I've been examining the
			force and counter-force response
			time... and trying to see if we
			could create linkage at maximum
			power...

					PICARD
			The bottom line, Commander.

					GEORDI
			There's a chance we could manuever
			out of the trap... if we turn the
			ship over to the computer.

	And he feels awkward as he says it. And Picard's eyes
	tell us he loathes the idea. But his feelings aren't
	relevant right now.

					PICARD
			What kind of chance?

					GEORDI
			I don't know yet. But we can
			program it and try it out on a
			few simulated runs.

					PICARD
			Proceed.

	He starts to exit... pauses.

					PICARD
			This is the only way...

					GEORDI
			I think so, Captain.

	Picard acknowledges, leaves without glancing again at
	Leah. Geordi exchanges a look with her.

62   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard is sitting, staring into the middle distance.
	There is a chime. He pauses before --

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/1/89 - ACT FOUR          47.

62   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Come.

	Riker ENTERS.

					RIKER
			Any word from La Forge?

					PICARD
			He's come up with something that
			might give us a chance. If we
			agree to stay out of it.

					RIKER
			Sir?

					PICARD
			He proposes to turn control of
			the ship over to the computer
			because it is capable of making
			quicker adjustments than any human
			being.

	They exchange a look.

					RIKER
			Computers have always impressed
			me by their ability to take
			orders; I'm not at all as certain
			about their ability to give them.

					PICARD
			Especially with a thousand lives
			at stake.
				(frowns)
			What choice do I have?
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/5/89 - ACT FOUR          48.

62   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			You missed something by not
			playing with model ships. They
			were the source of one boy's
			imaginary voyages, each holding
			a treasure of adventures. Manning
			the earliest space craft. Or
			flying a plane with only one
			propeller to keep you in the sky.
			Imagine that.
				(beat)
			Now, the machines are flying us.

	Off Riker's reaction...

63   INT. HOLODECK/DRAFTING ROOM

	Geordi and Leah watching a viewer...

									INTERCUT:

64   CLOSER - THE VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	seems like a super sophisticated graphic arcade game...
	a ship moving through the asteroid field... when it
	gets too close to one, there is a brilliant beam of
	energy that covers the ship... the image freezes...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Fatal radiation exposure.

					GEORDI
			Computer, reduce thrust levels
			another four percent... adjust
			trajectory angle to compensate...
			begin simulation again...

	The image of the ship moves cautiously through the
	asteroid field... and this time it gets through.

					LEAH
			There you go. We got out.

	Geordi isn't satisfied...

					GEORDI
			Repeat simulation, same levels.

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/6/89 - ACT FOUR          49.

64   CONTINUED:

	The image of the ship just begins to move when
	radiation wipes it out.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Fatal radiation exposure.

					GEORDI
			Swell. Same variables. Only
			this time the computer didn't
			quite make it...

	The console screen goes to static. The Red Alert
	sounds.

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(so calmly)
			Deflector shield failure. Lethal
			radiation levels. Fatal exposure
			in twenty-six minutes.

	Geordi exchanges a glance with Leah. The Red Alert
	continues.

									FADE OUT.

					END ACT FOUR

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/6/89 - ACT FIVE          50.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

65   INT. HOLODECK/DRAFTING ROOM

	As before.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Deflector shield failure. Lethal
			radiation levels. Fatal exposure
			in twenty-three minutes.

	Pushing in to Geordi's face... looking at the static
	viewer.

					GEORDI
			I can't do it.

					LEAH
			It might work, Geordi.

					GEORDI
			And it might not. I can't
			ask the captain to turn the ship
			over to a computer.

					LEAH
			It's all we've got.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to La Forge.

					GEORDI
			Captain... two minutes... give
			me just two minutes....

66   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	All hands in place except Geordi.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			There is another way, Captain...
			two minutes...

					PICARD
			Two minutes. Picard out.

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/1/89 - ACT FIVE          51.

67   INT. HOLODECK/DRAFTING ROOM

					LEAH
			Geordi, there's no other way...

					GEORDI
				(interrupting)
			No..no... wait, listen... turn
			it upside down, literally... come
			at it from the opposite
			direction... God, it's so
			simple... it might even work...

	She shakes her head...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Lethal levels of radiation...

					GEORDI
			Computer, shut up... at least in
			Holodeck Three...

	The computer shuts up... Geordi sits down at the
	console...

					GEORDI
			Computer, new simulation...

	Push into his face...

									TIME CUT:

68   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Full cast.

					GEORDI
			Everything we've been trying to
			do is based on overpowering the
			trap... more energy, faster
			adjustments... but that's exactly
			what we can't do, because that's
			what we're supposed to do. That's
			the booby trap.
				(beat)
			The answer is in our own
			computer... the mind -- the best
			piece of engineering we'll ever
			need.

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/6/89 - ACT FIVE          52.

68   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Didn't your research suggest
			thousands of adjustments would
			be required per second?

					GEORDI
			Not if we turn everything off.

	Reactions. Turn everything off. Whoa, Geordi...

					GEORDI
			One blast of everything we've got
			left for a microsecond to beat
			the inertia and then we shut it
			all down except minimal life
			support and two thrusters. No
			impulse engines. No computer.

	Riker looks at Picard...

					RIKER
			One propeller, Captain...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Deflector shield failure. Lethal
			radiation levels. Fatal exposure
			in twelve minutes.

					PICARD
			Have you analyzed the risk factor?

					GEORDI
			The numbers say it's even money.
			No better than handing it over to
			the computer. No worse either.
			But I say forget the numbers.
			There's no way for a computer to
			compensate for the human factor...
			the intuition, the experience...

	Picard nods...

					PICARD
			Make it ready.

	People move into positions...

					GEORDI
			I've run the simulations... If
			you want me to take Conn...

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/5/89 - ACT FIVE         52A.

68   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			No, Mister La Forge. You've done
			your job. Now I must do mine.

	Picard crosses to Conn.

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/6/89 - ACT FIVE          53.

68   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			I relieve you, Mister Crusher.

	Wesley yields his station to Picard.

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir.

	Wesley moves to the command area, stands to Riker's
	side.

69   ON PICARD

	Picard sits down at Conn, looks over the controls.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			All hands, this is Commander
			Riker. We are about to engage
			impulse engines for a short burst.
			Inertial dampers are on manual.
			They may not fully compensate for
			acceleration. Brace yourselves.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Deflector shield failure. Lethal
			radiation levels. Fatal --

					RIKER
			Computer, discontinue radiation
			warning till further notice.

	Riker nods to Picard: "all yours, Captain."

					PICARD
			Firing impulse engines.

	Picard makes it so.

70   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the impulse engines flare to life and almost
	immediately shut down. The ship slowly starts to move.

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/7/89 - ACT FIVE          54.

71   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Crew reacting to the force of breaking free. Picard
	touches the helm panel.

					DATA
			Impulse engines are now down.

					GEORDI
			Shutting down all systems.

	The bridge lights go out.

					DATA
			Velocity is one hundred thirty
			two meters per second.

					WORF
			We will enter the debris field
			in eight seconds.

72   ANGLE TO INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	as Picard stares intently at the asteroid fragments and
	other debris ahead, decides on the course he wishes to
	take, and touches his panel.

					DATA
			Starboard thruster firing.

73   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as a tiny lateral thruster fires and the ship gently
	shifts course. A large chunk of asteroid looms ahead.

74   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Coming to heading three-four-zero
			mark one-zero.

	Picard, intent on the viewscreen, kills the thruster.

					RIKER
			Captain, that large mass to port
			may contain an assimilator.

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/7/89 - ACT FIVE          55.

74   CONTINUED:

	Picard fires another thruster -- a quick burst this
	time.

					DATA
			Port thruster firing...

75   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	gradually adjusting course and gliding silently past
	the asteroid.

76   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			No reaction from the assimilator.

					RIKER
			We're past the first hurdle.

	Wesley shakes his head in wonder at Picard's coolness.

					WORF
			Sir! Object to port --

	Picard, imperturbable, is already firing a thruster.

					DATA
			Starboard thruster.

	Picard, watching the viewer, sees the object sail past
	the ship... Reactions... Picard's eyes move on to the
	next problem.

					DATA
			Sir, the gravitational attraction
			of the various masses has reduced
			our velocity by eight percent.
			By my calculations, we no longer
			possess sufficient momentum to
			clear the debris field --

	Picard quietly interrupts; he doesn't need to hear
	this.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Mister Data.

	Picard fires a thruster --

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/7/89 - ACT FIVE         55A.

76   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Port thruster...

77   OMITTED

78   ANGLE TO INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	as a monstrous asteroid glides into view, dead ahead.

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/7/89 - ACT FIVE          56.

79   ON WESLEY AND RIKER

	Wesley's eyes widen. He looks to Riker.

80   ON PICARD AND DATA

	Picard watches the viewscreen -- but makes no move to
	fire a thruster.

					DATA
			The asteroid's gravity is drawing
			us closer. Velocity increasing.

	Picard doesn't react.

81   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	heading straight for the massive asteroid and picking
	up speed.

82   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Everyone's watching the viewscreen. Geordi and Worf
	exchange a look -- "I hope he knows what he's doing."

	Still Picard waits... and waits.

					DATA
			Velocity still increasing... now
			two hundred and nineteen meters
			per second.

	Picard remains impassive.

83   ANGLE TO INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	as the bulk of the asteroid fills the screen. Picard
	poises a hand over the helm, waits a beat, then fires a
	thruster --

					DATA
			Starboard thruster.

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/7/89 - ACT FIVE          57.

84   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as a thruster BLASTS to life. The ship, still gaining
	speed, slowly changes course -- and instead of
	colliding with the asteroid, it whips around it -- the
	slingshot effect flinging the Enterprise on a new
	course, completely out of the debris field.

85   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, as impassive as before, shuts down the
	thruster.

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			You have used the asteroid's
			gravitational pull as a
			slingshot. Excellent.

					RIKER
			We're out. We beat it.

	Picard stands, the crew looks at him with awe.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher, the conn is yours.

					WESLEY
				(with great respect)
			Yes, sir!

	Wesley takes his station. Picard returns to the
	command chair.

					PICARD
			Initiate full restart. Bring all
			systems back on-line.

					GEORDI
			With pleasure, sir.

	And with a victorious jab, Geordi turns his Engineering
	Station back on, starts to work.

	BRIDGE LIGHTS come back on full.

					PICARD
			Number One... make sure the booby
			trap won't bother anyone again.

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT FIVE         58.

85   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, ready photon
			torpedoes, all bays... set to
			detonate upon impact with the
			Promellian vessel.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

86   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	FIRING a spread of torpedoes that explodes at the
	ancient vessel... and the entire area goes white with
	the explosive force obliterating the entire asteroid
	field.

									TIME CUT:

87   INT. HOLODECK/DRAFTING ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Geordi with Leah. A quiet moment.

					GEORDI
			I've always thought that
			technology could solve any
			problem. It enhances our quality
			of life... It lets us travel
			across the galaxy... It even gave
			me my vision.
				(beat)
			But sometimes you just need to
			trust yourself and turn it all
			off. Even the gypsy violins.

					LEAH
			Violins?

					GEORDI
			Different program. Sorry.

	They look at each other for a beat.

					LEAH
			We made a good team.

					GEORDI
			Maybe we could do it again some
			time.

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/5/89 - ACT FIVE         58A.

87   CONTINUED:

					LEAH
			I'm with you every day, Geordi.
			Every time you look at this
			engine, you're looking at me.
			Every time you touch it, it's me.

          STAR TREK: "Booby Trap" - REV. 9/5/89 - ACT FIVE          59.

87   CONTINUED: (2)

	He acknowledges. They smile at each other. He moves
	to her and kisses her on the lips... a soft gentle,
	goodbye kiss. A last look and...

					GEORDI
			Computer, exit Holodeck. Save
			program.

	The door opens. The program ends. He leaves.

88   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As it moves off to explore other worlds...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             








                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "The Enemy" 
                 (f.k.a. "The Mettle of Man") 
                          #40273-155 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Michael Piller 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         David Carson 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1989 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT
 
                     SEPTEMBER 11, 1989
 

               STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - 9/11/89 - CAST                 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "The Enemy"      
                         
                             CAST                               

                PICARD             PATAHK
                RIKER              TOMALAK
                DATA               BOCHRA
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             
                O'BRIEN            

                Non-Speaking       
                  MEDICAL SUPERNUMERARIES
                  SECURITY GUARDS    
                  TWO CREWMEMBERS    

         STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/12/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "The Enemy" 
                            
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     ROMULAN WARSHIP
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              CORRIDOR                 GALORNDON CORE
              SICKBAY                    SURFACE
              BEVERLY'S OFFICE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
          
            ROMULAN WARSHIP
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
          
            GALORNDON CORE
              PIT
              CAVE

     STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "The Enemy" 
                        
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              RIBOSOME               RYE-bo-zome
              PATAHK                 Pah-tock
              TOMALAK                TOM-uh-lack
              BOCHRA                 BAH-kruh

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - 9/11/89 - TEASER          1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "The Enemy"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:
1
thru	OMITTED
4

5    EXT. GALORNDON SURFACE (OPTICAL)

	A hellish environment bathed in a BLUE-HUED light.
	Cold and dusty (it is always night), the planet is
	whipped by gale force winds. Visibility is only a few
	feet. Crackling blue ARCS of electricity slash across
	the sky. RIKER, WORF and GEORDI MATERIALIZE. It is
	an immediate struggle to see. Riker lays a marker down
	on the ground where they beamed in.

					RIKER
			Marking beam-out position.
			Return transport: fourteen
			minutes, forty seconds.

	Worf and Riker light their palm beacons... beams of
	light shoot out... it doesn't help a lot.

					RIKER
			Your view any better, Geordi?

					GEORDI
				(adjusting his VISOR)
			Not too bad, sir. A lot of
			charged-particle precipitation,
			but I can compensate.

					WORF
			Communicators are dysfunctional.

					RIKER
			Tricorders?

					WORF
			Readings only valid within five
			meters.

					GEORDI
				(re: his tricorder)
			I'm not so sure of that... I'm
			reading Worf as an unintelligent
			life form.

       STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - TEASER       2.

5    CONTINUED:

	Worf shoots Geordi a look.

					RIKER
			Good thing we didn't bring
			Data... we would've been
			unscrambling his circuits for a
			week...

	As they move from the beam down position... Geordi
	reacts to something he sees...

6.	GEORDI'S VISOR POV - (OPTICAL)

	picking up objects that have a different molecular
	reading than the ground cover...

					GEORDI (O.S.)
			Picking up something on the
			positron scan, Commander.

7    EXT. GALORNDON SURFACE

	Geordi takes the point...

					GEORDI
			Over here. Some electrically
			conductive objects.

	Moving with them as they begin to encounter pieces of
	wreckage from a small landing craft, badly destroyed...
	Riker looks down at some, reacts as he sees familiar
	markings.

					RIKER
			Recognize the markings, Worf?

					WORF
			Yessir. Romulan.

					RIKER
			I wonder what the hell they were
			doing in a Federation sector.

					GEORDI
			I'm picking up traces of ultritium
			residue with my VISOR, Commander.
			An explosive device must've been
			used to destroy the craft after
			it crashed.

       STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - TEASER       2A.

7    CONTINUED:

	They exchange a look. That means survivors. They draw
	phasers.

					RIKER
			Spread out... twenty five meter
			radius... our window back closes
			in nine minutes...

       STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/12/89 - TEASER       3.

7    CONTINUED:

	They spread out. Moving with Geordi as he continues to
	follow --

8    ANOTHER ANGLE

	as the distance between them increases, there is no
	longer visual contact... Geordi disappears into the
	storm as Worf comes across a seriously hurt Romulan
	(PATAHK).

					WORF
			Commander...

	Riker is not visible... likely out of earshot in the
	wind... Worf bends down, rolls the Romulan on his back.
	Patahk is MOANING, delirious.

					WORF
			Commander Riker...

	Patahk opens his eyes and sees Worf. He lunges up from
	the ground, and tries to close his hands around Worf's
	throat. Worf struggles with the Romulan and succeeds
	easily in immobilizing the injured man. A moment
	later, Riker appears, reacts to the sight of the
	Romulan.

9    WITH GEORDI

	moving along the terrain... suddenly without warning,
	the earth beneath him collapses and...

10   INT. PIT

	Geordi falls hard to the ground, splashing in muddy
	water... his VISOR is flung from his face on impact...
	he groans, stunned... reaches out, trying to find the
	VISOR in the puddle, finally touches it... puts it
	on... wipes it off... sees that he's in a deep
	pit...

	NEW ANGLE

	The sky raging in a small opening many feet
	overhead... The walls are slick and muddy -- not
	rocky... there's no way back up.

       STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - TEASER       4.

11   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(yelling)
			COMMANDER RIKER... WORF... HEY
			UP THERE...

12   RIKER AND WORF

	can't hear him. They are supporting the Romulan...
	moving him back to the beam-out spot.

					WORF
			Four minutes to beam-up, sir.

	Riker tries to see through the storm... it's
	impossible...

					RIKER
			Where is he? Wait here...

	He moves into the storm, quickly disappearing...

13   GEORDI

	trying his communicator, knowing it doesn't work...

					GEORDI
			La Forge to Riker... La Forge to
			Worf...
				(yelling up again)
			HEY...

	He tries to climb... the walls are wet and slippery...
	he only succeeds in bringing more mud sliding down on
	top of him...

14   RIKER

	moving through the storm... it's getting worse...

					RIKER
			GEORDI...

15   WORF AND PATAHK (OPTICAL)

	Worf kneeling on one leg... the Romulan is barely
	clinging to consciousness.

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - 9/11/89 - TEASER          5.

15   CONTINUED:

	Worf, knowing time is running out, looks out into the
	fog... sees Riker returning alone... they exchange
	a look that says Geordi's lost. With a burst of
	determination, Worf rises and starts to move away into
	the storm to find Geordi...

					RIKER
				(sharply)
			Lieutenant Worf, maintain your
			position.

	Worf reluctantly obeys. A moment later all three
	DEMATERIALIZE. HOLD on the wind-swept wasteland as the
	fierce electrical storm takes hold.

16   INT. CAVERN

	Geordi looks up and no longer bothers yelling. He
	knows it's useless. As we push into his face...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/12/89 - ACT ONE       6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

16A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around Galorndon Core, an electromagnetically
	shrouded planet, obscured by fierce storms and wildly
	erratic arcs of jagged electricity.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43349.2.
			An unidentified distress signal
			has led to the discovery of a
			crashed Romulan vessel on the
			surface of Galorndon Core, a
			Federation planet.

17   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Much activity... the Romulan being examined by
	BEVERLY... MEDICAL SUPERNUMERARIES arriving with a
	gurney...

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			We have recovered one survivor.
			Lieutenant Commander La Forge
			did not report back with the away
			team and is still missing on the
			surface.

					BEVERLY
			Get him to Sickbay.

	Worf observes... ordering SECURITY GUARDS to follow
	--

					WORF
			Secure Sickbay. Post guards in
			visual contact at all times.

	Reacting, on the move --

					BEVERLY
			He's not going anywhere,
			Lieutenant.

	Worf doesn't waver, nods to the security personnel to
	follow the medical team... as they do, they pass PICARD
	who arrives... moves to Riker who is with O'BRIEN at
	his console...

       STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/12/89 - ACT ONE       7.

17   CONTINUED:

	O'Brien trying in vain to find some trace of Geordi
	in the transporter scan.

					O'BRIEN
			I'm sorry, Commander... There's
			just no way to lock in on anything
			down there...

					RIKER
				(controlled)
			Keep trying, Mister O'Brien.

					O'BRIEN
				(shakes his head,
				 useless)
			The electrical storms are creating
			thousands of ghosts...

					RIKER
				(sharp)
			Then beam some of the ghosts up
			here... one of them may be La
			Forge.
				(sees Picard)
			Request permission to lead another
			away team...

					PICARD
			Denied.
				(off his look)
			When we get another window in the
			storms.

	Riker acknowledges, collects himself.

					PICARD
			The crash site?

	Moving out into...

18.	INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	Walking...

					RIKER
			The Romulan craft's a total loss.
			There's nothing there to salvage
			-- unless we do it with tweezers.

       STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT ONE       8.

18   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			No sign of others...

					RIKER
				(shakes his head)
			We could barely see two meters
			in front of us down there...

					PICARD
			It certainly is the last place
			one would expect a Romulan
			encroachment.
				(speculating)
			On the other hand, Galorndon Core
			would provide ideal cover for an
			opening move of a new offensive.

					RIKER
				(agrees)
			I doubt they were there for the
			climate.

19   EXT. GALORNDON SURFACE

	Emphasizing his point... the storm is continuing to
	build.

20   INT. PIT

	Geordi is closely examining the muddy walls around
	him...

21   HIS VISOR/POV (OPTICAL)

	His scan reveals a substance buried in the wall that
	has a different quality to it than the surrounding
	soil...

22   INT. PIT

	Geordi reacts, burrows the mud away to reveal --

       STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT ONE       9.

23   INSERT - A SILVER ORE-LIKE SUBSTANCE

24   INT. PIT (OPTICAL)

	Geordi examines it... begins to pull more dirt off the
	wall, giving himself something of a work-table...
	using the mud to shape a rough mold... he takes small
	bits of ore out of the vein, puts them into his mold,
	uses his phaser to melt them... steam erupts as it
	turns into hot liquid in the cold mud... and as it
	collects in the mold, we can see he is creating a
	short, sharp pole...

25   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly is with Picard and Riker... as they observe
	life-saving measures being taken with the Romulan.

					BEVERLY
			We thought it would be like
			working on a Vulcan, but there
			are subtle differences... too many
			of them...

					PICARD
			Can you treat him?

					BEVERLY
			He has cell damage in vital
			areas... He's going to need a
			transfusion of compatible
			ribosomes in order to recover.
			I'm setting up a schedule to
			test every member of the crew.

					RIKER
			Will he survive?

					BEVERLY
			I can't answer that yet.

					RIKER
			Let me put it another way -- will
			he survive long enough to tell
			us what he was doing here?

	Beverly reacts.

					PICARD
			It is an important consideration,
			Doctor.

      STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT ONE      9A.

25   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I can't put his life in any
			additional jeopardy...

      STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT ONE      10.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Nor would we ask you to.

					BEVERLY
			I can bring him around for a few
			minutes...

	As she prepares an injection...

					BEVERLY
			There is one serious complication.
			His brainwaves indicate early
			neural-pathway degeneration.

					RIKER
			A head injury?

					BEVERLY
				(shakes her head, no)
			There was no obvious cranial
			trauma. I'm guessing the exposure
			to the magnetic fields on the
			surface was slowly breaking down
			his synaptic connections.

	Picard and Riker exchange a glance.

					RIKER
			Will it affect Geordi the same
			way?

	She nods, concerned... Gives the injection to Patahk
	who stirs. As he awakens, Picard observes as Riker
	moves closer to the Romulan. Patahk is in clear
	discomfort.

					RIKER
			You are aboard the Federation
			Starship Enterprise.
				(Patahk reacts)
			We are treating your injuries.
			How long were you on Galorndon
			Core?
				(he does not answer)
			Do you understand me?

					PATAHK
			I will not answer questions.

					RIKER
			We must know if there are any
			other survivors on the surface.

      STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/12/89 - ACT ONE      11.

25   CONTINUED: (3)

					PATAHK
			I am alone. I will not answer
			any questions.

					RIKER
			Is there a mother ship we should
			advise of your condition?

	The Romulan closes his eyes and drifts back into
	unconsciousness. Beverly signals that's it... Riker
	joins Picard who has heard...

					PICARD
			The only answer he offers is that
			he was alone...

					RIKER
			... which suggests he wasn't.

26   INT. PIT - GEORDI'S FACE STRAINING

	and then...

27   NEW ANGLE

	to see he is halfway up the side of the pit... using
	two of his "spike" tools in each hand to poke into the
	earth, pulling himself up, inch by inch... the howling
	of the wind above... crashing thunder... flickering of
	lightning...

28   HIS FEET

	are almost useless, slipping on the sides...

29   INT. PIT - GEORDI

	as he grits his teeth and raises himself another notch
	and...

30   EXT. GALORNDON SURFACE

	Geordi's arm reaches over and drives a stake in the
	ground... pulls himself up and out, exhausted...

      STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT ONE      12.

31   OMITTED

32   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Beverly, TROI, WESLEY and DATA.
	Picking up in mid-conversation...

					RIKER
			Something that can cut through
			the storm... to give us some way
			to signal him...

	Wesley has an idea...

					WESLEY
			A neutrino pulse...

	They turn to him...

					WESLEY
			We could build a portable neutrino
			source and send it in a probe to
			the surface. It would be like
			a beacon.

	Picard glances at Data for a reaction.

					DATA
			A neutrino pulse would send
			non-charged particles back up
			through the atmosphere... and
			would be detectable by Geordi's
			VISOR.

					WESLEY
			He'll be able to show us that he's
			found it by modifying the
			pulse...

					PICARD
				(nods to Wesley)
			Make it so.

	Wesley moves from his position and EXITS. Data has
	something new on his sensors...

      STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT ONE      13.

32   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Captain, I have a new transmission
			on a parallel frequency to the
			distress call...

					PICARD
			From the planet?

					DATA
			No sir... from inside the Romulan
			Zone. We should be able to view
			the transmission.

					PICARD
			On screen.

33   ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER - ROMULAN READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	as the image of TOMALAK, a Romulan commander, appears.

					TOMALAK
			Tomalak to Pi.
				(a beat)
			We have received your distress
			signal. Respond.
				(a beat)
			If you can hear me, we are
			entering the Neutral Zone now...
			We will reach you in six hours.

	The transmission ends. The viewscreen goes back to
	the starfield. On reactions...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT TWO      14.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

34   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

35   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As before.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, hail the Romulan
			vessel.

					WORF
			Frequency open, sir.

	Picard addresses the viewscreen.

					PICARD
			Romulan vessel. This is Captain
			Jean-Luc Picard of the Federation
			Starship Enterprise.

	There is a long beat and no response.

					WORF
			The frequency is open, sir.

					PICARD
			Commander Tomalak, we have
			intercepted your transmission.
			You are not to enter Federation
			space.

	Finally, the screen comes to life and Tomalak
	appears... he is cool, almost cordial.

					TOMALAK
			Captain Picard, my apologies.
			If I had known you were in this
			sector, I certainly would have
			advised you before crossing the
			Neutral Zone.

					PICARD
				(dry)
			Really...

      STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT TWO      15.

35   CONTINUED:

					TOMALAK
			I'm sure you'll understand when
			I explain. Simply, one of our
			ships had a slight navigational
			error and apparently crashed on
			Galorndon Core.

					PICARD
			A "slight" navigational error.
			Nearly half a light year past the
			Neutral Zone.

					TOMALAK
			I assure you, Captain, no
			aggression was intended.

					PICARD
			Commander, we have recovered one
			of your survivors.

	Tomalak's poker face barely reacts... but there's a
	blink if you catch it.

					TOMALAK
			He is on board your ship?

					PICARD
			We are treating him for severe
			injuries.

					TOMALAK
			And his craft?

					PICARD
				(pointed)
			Destroyed... deliberately... after
			the crash.

					TOMALAK
				(shrugs)
			Standard procedure for all Romulan
			crews.

					PICARD
			For all Romulan crews in enemy
			space... which would suggest they
			knew where they were, Commander.

      STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT TWO      16.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					TOMALAK
				(disagrees)
			If I were lost and uncertain, I
			would not take any chances. Nor
			I suspect would you, Captain.
			May I speak to him?

					PICARD
			He is not conscious... and not
			well enough to leave Sickbay.

					BEVERLY
			Captain, with your permission...

	Picard nods. She looks to the viewscreen --

					BEVERLY
			I am Doctor Crusher, the medical
			officer. We are doing everything
			we can for him and it still may
			not be enough. Any medical
			guidance your ship's doctor can
			offer...

					TOMALAK
				(patronizing)
			My dear, there is no way to talk
			you through the intricacies of
			Romulan medicine. His life is in
			your hands.

	And it is clear that Tomalak is using this
	"responsibility" as a diplomatic weapon.

					TOMALAK
				(to Picard)
			I assume that you are prepared
			to leave at once and rendezvous
			with me in the Neutral Zone.

      STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT TWO      17.

35   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			I have an away team on the
			surface. We are waiting for a
			window in the storm to beam them
			back.

	Tomalak considers that...

					TOMALAK
			And then you will return my
			officer?

	Picard is not yet prepared to discuss that issue.
	Instead...

					PICARD
			Are there any other Romulans we
			should be looking to recover from
			Galorndon Core... ?

					TOMALAK
			No. It was a one-man craft.
				(beat, cool)
			Captain, we will be at the
			Federation border of the Neutral
			Zone in roughly five hours. We
			will expect you to rendezvous at
			that time.

	The Main Viewer switches back to the starfield.

36   ON PICARD

	turning to Troi.

					PICARD
			Counselor?

					TROI
			There is great hostility behind
			his smile, Captain. To complete
			his mission, he will stop at
			nothing.

					RIKER
			Including the Neutral Zone border?

      STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT TWO      18.

36   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Sir, I see no reason to return
			the Romulan to his ship. He
			should be held and interrogated.

					RIKER
			We do have a right to detain him,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Without clear evidence of intent,
			it would not be a simple matter.

					RIKER
				(disagreeing)
			This was obviously not pilot's
			error, Captain... it requires a
			response from us.

					PICARD
				(acknowledges)
			We must measure the response
			carefully, Number One. Or history
			may remember Galorndon Core
			alongside Pearl Harbor and Station
			Salem-One... as the stage for
			a bloody preamble to war.

37   EXT. SHELTERED AREA (OPTICAL)

	Geordi pushes into a crevice offering slim protection
	from the furious storm... rests out of breath... He
	is cold and hungry... rubbing his hands together for
	heat... sees some (basketball-sized) rocks on the
	ground... leans down to pick one up... and misses it off
	to the left. He reacts...

					GEORDI
			What the hell... ?

	He tries it again, comes down wrong again. Geordi
	removes his VISOR, presses a tiny button on the inside
	of it. After a beat, the VISOR BEEPS softly. Geordi
	shrugs, puts it back on. As he tries again, this time
	he methodically adjusts...

      STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT TWO      19.

37   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			About five degrees off... huh.
			The water maybe... ?

	He shakes his head -- nothing to be done here and now.
	He rolls a few rocks into a pile... uses his phaser
	to heat them up... sits next to the rocks to get warm.

38   INT. SICKBAY

	Medical supernumeraries are taking DNA (TECH) samples
	from several crew members who have reported for
	testing... moving to find Beverly examining the
	Romulan's life signs and is not encouraged... to a
	medical supernumerary --

					BEVERLY
			I want him off all the drugs...
			they aren't doing anything...
				(keys insignia)
			Doctor Crusher to Picard.

									INTERCUT:

39   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Data and supernumeraries...

					PICARD
			Go ahead.

					BEVERLY
			My patient is not responding to
			treatment.

					PICARD
			You haven't found a compatible
			ribosome donor?

					BEVERLY
			The lab is still processing the
			tests... early results indicate
			humans have far too many
			biorejection factors. I've also
			ruled out the Vulcans we've
			tested.

	In the background, Wesley ENTERS the bridge.

      STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT TWO      20.

39   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			We'll try a little old-fashioned
			country medicine... keep the
			fever down, try to let the body
			heal itself...

					PICARD
			Keep me advised. Picard out.

	Staying on the bridge...

					WESLEY
			Captain, the neutrino beacon is
			operational. We've placed it
			aboard a class three probe.

					PICARD
			Well done, Ensign.
				(to Worf)
			Launch the probe.

	Worf makes it march --

40   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	FIRING the probe. (STOCK photon torpedo)

41   OMITTED

42   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before. Wesley has returned to Conn.

					WORF
			Probe has entered the atmosphere,
			sir.

					DATA
			The neutrino stream is coming in
			strongly. Sensors are tracking
			the probe despite the
			interference.

      STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT TWO      21.

43   EXT. SHELTERED AREA

	Geordi is sitting by the hot rocks when he senses
	something in the distance... something we can't see...

44   ANGLE - INCLUDE THE HORIZON

	To our naked eye, there's nothing there. But...

45   GEORDI

	reacts to something he sees, stands...

					GEORDI
			This better not be another
			malfunction...

46   HIS POV - (OPTICAL)

	His VISOR reveals the staccato beacon of light from
	the neutrino beam... quite a distance away.

					GEORDI (O.S.)
			A stationary neutrino source...

47   GEORDI

	Hope fills his face...

					GEORDI
				(smiles)
			Wesley Crusher.

	He moves out into the muck...

48   EXT. GALORNDON SURFACE

	Geordi moving through the storm along the rocky
	hillside toward the neutrino beam... as he moves
	forward...

         STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - 9/11/89 - ACT TWO         22.

49   ANGLE

	to find two feet moving out from cover... coming up
	quickly behind him and a HARD THUD sound... and Geordi
	falls into frame unconscious by the feet... and tilt up
	to see another Romulan (BOCHRA) looking down at him.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/12/89 - ACT THREE     23.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

50   EXT. GALORNDON SURFACE

	The wind is getting stronger. Geordi, dazed, gets to
	his knees, shakes his head to clear it. As sense
	returns, he instinctively reaches for his phaser. It's
	gone -- as are his tricorder and communicator. Geordi
	looks up:

51   ON THE ROMULAN

	BOCHRA is standing a few meters away, holding Geordi's
	tricorder and insignia in one hand -- and training a
	phaser on him with the other. The wind grows more
	furious. The Romulan does not look entirely well.

					BOCHRA
			You are my prisoner.

	Geordi looks at him -- big deal.

					GEORDI
			Right. Congratulations.
			Certainly, a strategic triumph
			for the Romulan Empire.

	Geordi starts to stand. Bochra waves the phaser.

					BOCHRA
			Stay there.

					GEORDI
			My shoes are getting full of
			sand... I just hate that, don't
			you? You think we could just
			maybe move outta the...

					BOCHRA
				(interrupting)
			How many other Federation troops
			are with you?

	FLASH of lightning. Wind stronger still. Geordi will
	not offer any "military" information, sidesteps the
	question.

     STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/12/89 - ACT THREE     23A.

51   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			We just stopped by to rescue you,
			big fella... which I'm still
			willing to do if you'll put that
			down...

     STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT THREE     24.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

	Bochra holds it steady...

					GEORDI
			Or we can just stand here and take
			in the view...

					BOCHRA
			Your name and rank.

					GEORDI
			Lieutenant Commander Geordi La
			Forge. I don't believe I caught
			yours... ?

					BOCHRA
			A Romulan ship will arrive
			shortly... you will accompany me
			on board...

					GEORDI
			Uh, I really don't think that's
			gonna happen, Ensign... or is it
			Commodore...
				(a beat, Bochra doesn't
				 react)
			Yeah, see... we heard your message
			too... and well, the fleet's in,
			Commodore. Sky's full of
			Federation ships.

					BOCHRA
			You're lying.

					GEORDI
			I never lie when I've got sand
			in my shoes, Commodore.

					BOCHRA
			Get up.

	The wind is swirling dangerously now. Bochra gestures
	for Geordi to start walking toward a cave (where he
	was hiding). Geordi stands, but doesn't move.

					GEORDI
			Seriously. There's only one way
			out of here. Put that down and
			I'll take you back to my ship as
			soon as there's a window in the
			storm...

     STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/12/89 - ACT THREE     25.

51   CONTINUED: (3)

	But now a hurricane force gust of blinding wind
	virtually knocks them down... Geordi scrambles to his
	feet, sees Bochra still struggling on the ground... as
	rocks, loosened by the wind, start falling from the
	cliff above all around them... one strikes the
	Romulan's leg... Geordi doesn't hesitate, he pulls the
	Romulan to safety.

52
thru	OMITTED
53

54   INT. GALORNDON CAVE

	as Geordi and Bochra ENTER. Bochra raises a hand --
	"I can manage" -- limps over to a rock, sits down.
	Geordi looks out at the storm, then turns to see Bochra
	is once again levelling a phaser at him.

					GEORDI
			You gotta be kidding.

	Bochra isn't kidding.

					BOCHRA
			Sit.

	Bochra motions for Geordi to move away from the cave
	mouth and cross to a spot where Bochra's between Geordi
	and the cave mouth. As Geordi complies, sits down
	and takes the shoe off...

					GEORDI
				(to himself)
			Welcome to Galorndon Core, where
			no good deed goes unpunished...

	... and lets the sand fall out.

     STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT THREE     26.

55   INT. SICKBAY - BEVERLY'S OFFICE

	Beverly is at her desk as Worf ENTERS, having been
	summoned...

					WORF
			Yes, Doctor...

	She looks up, pleased to see him.

					BEVERLY
			Lieutenant. Good. Come in.
			Please, sit down...

	He does. Stiffly. She smiles at him.

					BEVERLY
			We've finally found a compatible
			ribosome match for the Romulan.
			But only one. You.

					WORF
			That is impossible. I am a
			Klingon.

					BEVERLY
			Different species, yes. But
			Humans, Romulans, Vulcans,
			Klingons, Betazoids -- we're all
			genetically similar. We have
			comparable cell structures. And
			you have what this Romulan
			needs. There's absolutely no
			risk to you...

	Worf frowns, looks away. She reacts.

					BEVERLY
			You did understand that was the
			purpose of all the testing...

					WORF
			I have no objection to tests.

					BEVELRY
				(beat)
			You have an objection to being
			a donor.

					WORF
			Yes.

     STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT THREE     27.

55   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Lieutenant, I understand your
			feelings about the Romulans.
			But this is not the time or
			place...

					WORF
			If you had seen them kill your
			parents, you would understand,
			Doctor. It is always the time
			and place for those feelings.

					BEVERLY
			This Romulan did not kill your
			parents. And you are the only
			one who can save his life.

					WORF
				(beat)
			Then he will die.

	He stands and EXITS. Beverly is flabbergasted.

									TIME CUT:

56   INT. READY ROOM

	Beverly sits with Picard trying to enlist his aid.

					BEVERLY
			I don't need him to like the idea,
			Captain... just to do it.

					PICARD
			There is no alternative?

					BEVERLY
			The alternative is the Romulan
			will die. Worf is quite correct
			on that point.

	Picard stands, thoughtful.

					PICARD
			We need him alive...
				(beat)
			It is easy to forget that our
			Lieutenant Worf is not human.
			His values are very different from
			yours and mine.

     STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT THREE     28.

56   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Of course they are. But he is
			also an officer of Starfleet...
			and this is...

					PICARD
			... this is a personal matter...

					BEVERLY
			It's very personal, Captain.
			Especially to the Romulan who's
			dying in my Sickbay. Maybe he
			has a family waiting for him to
			come home.

	Picard studies her.

					BEVERLY
			Worf is a good man. I know with
			a word of encouragement from you
			he will do the right thing.

	A long beat.

					PICARD
				(you mean)
			Order him.

					BEVERLY
			Encourage him.

					PICARD
				(uncomfortable)
			A captain's encouragement is
			difficult to refuse, Doctor.
				(beat)
			And difficult to offer to a man
			whose feelings run so deep.

					BEVERLY
			Even if it means the life of the
			Romulan?

	Picard's expression is pained. He is torn by his
	respect for this woman, his need to respect Worf's
	beliefs, his own personal feelings. Slowly,
	regretfully, he shakes his head.

					PICARD
			I must respect his personal
			views... even if I do not share
			them. He will have to live with
			the consequences of his decision.

     STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT THREE     28A.

56   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			We will all have to.

     STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/12/89 - ACT THREE     29.

56   CONTINUED: (2)

	He and Beverly share a last long look. She is not
	happy. She EXITS. Picard looks somberly after her.

57   INT. GALORNDON CAVE

	Bochra and Geordi sit facing one another. Bochra's
	posture is ramrod-straight as he keeps his phaser
	levelled at Geordi. But he seems oddly overheated for
	the cold environment. Geordi, however, has made
	himself as comfortable as possible, reclining and
	putting his feet up -- a small show of rebellion.

					GEORDI
			I wish you'd put that away.

					BOCHRA
				(smug)
			You're afraid of dying.

					GEORDI
				("are you stupid?")
			You bet I am. Who isn't?

					BOCHRA
			I'm not.

					GEORDI
			Right.

					BOCHRA
			To die in the service of my
			people...

					GEORDI
			Ah, the Romulan path to glory.

	Such irreverence. Bochra starts to boil, then gets
	control of himself. No sense letting a lowly human get
	your goat.

					BOCHRA
			You can be sarcastic -- now. But
			in a few millennia, when humans
			are extinct and the Romulan Empire
			spans the galaxy...

					GEORDI
				(genuinely curious)
			You really believe that stuff,
			don't you, Commodore?

     STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT THREE     30.

57   CONTINUED:

					BOCHRA
			Our culture is far older and wiser
			than yours. It's inevitable that
			we will prevail.

					GEORDI
			Well, if you're that sure of
			yourselves, why be so
			tight-lipped? You won't even tell
			me your name.

					BOCHRA
			I see no need to tell you.

					GEORDI
			Why? Is it a military secret or
			something? I've told you mine.
				(shrugs)
			Okay, Commodore... whatever you
			say.

	Bochra bristles. Geordi pretends not to notice.

					BOCHRA
			You may address me as Centurion
			Bochra.

					GEORDI
			Ahh. Bochra. Good, solid Romulan
			name. And you're a centurion.
			Well, stay with it, you'll be a
			commodore someday.

	Bochra starts to react, realizes Geordi's deliberately
	trying to get a rise out of him, decides two can play
	at this game. Unruffled, Bochra replies:

					BOCHRA
			I'm not certain of the equivalent
			Federation rank... but I do know
			it's higher than lieutenant
			commander.

	Geordi can't help a grin. Good shot. Bochra's head
	weaves momentarily as though he's dizzy.

					GEORDI
			What's the matter?

					BOCHRA
			Nothing.


     STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT THREE     31.

57   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Wrong. Your heart rate just shot
			way up.

	Bochra can't help his curiosity, looks at Geordi --
	How can you tell? Geordi taps his VISOR in response.

					GEORDI
			It translates a wide range of
			radiation into neural impulses.
			Allows me to see.

					BOCHRA
			Without it, you are blind?

					GEORDI
			Yes...

					BOCHRA
			How did this happen?

					GEORDI
			I was born that way.

					BOCHRA
				(honestly doesn't
				 understand)
			And your parents let you live?

	Geordi's stunned.

					GEORDI
			What kind of question is that?
			Of course they let me live.

	Bochra shakes his head. Humans are strange.

					BOCHRA
			No wonder your race is weak. You
			waste time and resources on
			defective children...

	That pushes Geordi's button.

					GEORDI
			Defective? Listen, Commodore --
			I'm a chief engineer in Starfleet.
			You don't get there by being
			defective.

     STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT THREE     31A.

57   CONTINUED: (3)

					BOCHRA
			But if you can't see...

					GEORDI
			I can see things you can't even
			imagine.

     STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT THREE     32.

57   CONTINUED: (3)

	Geordi turns to look out in the direction of the
	neutrino beacon...

57A  HIS POV (OPTICAL)

	He sees the neutrino beam through the storm... but
	suddenly the vision goes haywire.

57B  GEORDI

	reacts...

					GEORDI
			Whoa...

	Bochra looks on with fascination as Geordi removes his
	VISOR and presses the tiny button inside. The VISOR
	BEEPS back.

					GEORDI
				(to Bochra)
			I'm having some sort of polarity
			shift. The diagnostic insists
			everything's fine...

	Geordi replaces his VISOR over his eyes, looks at
	Bochra with concern.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Your body temperature's gone up
			another full degree...

					BOCHRA
				(giving nothing away)
			What are you saying?

					GEORDI
			It's this place... All that
			electromagnetic soup is playing
			hell with our nervous systems.
			Your metabolism's messed up...
			so's my interface with the VISOR.

	Geordi starts to get to his feet.

     STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT THREE     33.

57B  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			We've got to get out of here
			while we still can.

	Bochra raises the phaser -- "don't move." Geordi
	freezes.

					BOCHRA
			Sit down.

					GEORDI
			Bochra...

	Bochra wavers. He's feeling dizzy, short of breath,
	feverish -- but is trying not to let it show. Maybe
	Geordi's telling the truth -- but Bochra can't bring
	himself to trust him.

					BOCHRA
				(deliberate)
			Sit down.

	Reluctantly, Geordi sits down...

58   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Troi, Worf, Wesley, Data. Wesley is
	monitoring the neutrino probe... a concerned look on
	his face. Riker, impatient for a sign, glances over
	Wes' shoulder, sighs... a shiver in the signal makes
	him react... he looks at Wesley who shakes his head...

					RIKER
			What's that?

					WESLEY
			Just a background fluctuation,
			Commander... he hasn't found it
			yet.

					RIKER
			Then he must be hurt... or dead.
				(beat)
			How long before another window,
			Data?

					DATA
			There are none indicated,
			Commander. I have no way to
			predict.

     STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/12/89 - ACT THREE     33A.

58   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Incoming Romulan transmission,
			Captain.

	Picard and Riker exchange a look.

					RIKER
			They're early.

					DATA
				(agrees)
			The Romulan warbird should still
			be twenty-nine minutes away from
			the edge of the Neutral Zone.

					PICARD
			Close enough, however, to see
			we're not there.
				(to Worf)
			On screen.

     STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT THREE     34.

59   ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER - ROMULAN READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Tomalak speaks from his command chair.

					TOMALAK
			Picard, I'm approaching the
			Federation border and the
			Enterprise is not to be found.
			Why?

	Picard doesn't like Tomalak's attitude, but he
	maintains his composure.

					PICARD
			My away team has not been able
			to leave the surface because of
			the storms.

					TOMALAK
			And my officer?

					PICARD
			He is alive.

					TOMALAK
			His life remains in jeopardy?

					PICARD
			Yes.

	Include Worf.

					TOMALAK
			And yet you will still not permit
			me to cross into your precious
			Federation space to retrieve
			him...

	Picard feels himself being manuevered into a defensive
	position. He knows he's escalating the stakes when
	he responds...

					PICARD
			If the point hasn't been made
			clearly, Commander, let me make
			it again.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT THREE     34A.

59   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			Romulan warships do not enter
			Federation space unless they are
			prepared to do battle.

					TOMALAK
			But a mission of mercy...

					PICARD
			A mission to recover one of your
			officers who was caught on a
			Federation planet. For reasons
			still unknown...

					TOMALAK
			I have already explained that.

					PICARD
			And I have rejected your
			explanation.

					TOMALAK
			Territories... you would measure
			territories against a man's life?

	Picard does not at all like being in this position. He
	takes the only posture he can.

					PICARD
			Commander, your singular concern
			for a life is impressive. Do
			not risk any more lives by leaving
			the Neutral Zone. Picard out.

	The screen returns to starfield. Picard is really
	furious with the way this is going. He turns and
	cannot help exchanging a glance with Worf. As he EXITS
	to the Ready Room.

     STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT THREE     35.

60   OMITTED

61   INT. GALORNDON CAVE

	The SOUND of the storm outside has abated. Bochra's
	definitely not a well Romulan; he's sweating, and his
	hands have developed a slight tremble. He is clearly
	much further along in his deterioration than Geordi.
	But he never takes his eyes -- or the phaser -- off
	Geordi.

					GEORDI
			Bochra, you're in bad shape.

	Bochra doesn't respond.

					GEORDI
			My vision's getting worse.
			There's a beacon out there...
			it'll get us back to my ship...
			but not if I can't find it.

	Bochra shakes his head.

					BOCHRA
			I can't surrender to the
			Federation.

					GEORDI
			Then stay here and die.

	Bochra looks inquisitively at Geordi, trying to
	understand this human.

     STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT THREE     36.

61   CONTINUED:

					BOCHRA
			If the situation were reversed...
			would you not die to avoid
			capture?

	Geordi takes a beat to consider.

					GEORDI
			I don't know. I might... if I
			thought it was necessary. If the
			stakes were high enough.
				(a beat)
			But they'd have to be pretty damn
			high.

	Bochra thinks this over. Maybe he's considering just
	how high -- or low -- the stakes are in his case.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Guess I'd make a pretty lousy
			Romulan, huh... ?

					BOCHRA
			I no more wish to die than you
			do.

					GEORDI
				(a smile)
			You mean Romulans aren't always
			ready to sacrifice themselves on
			command?

					BOCHRA
			No more than humans are frail,
			weak-willed children without any
			conception of loyalty or duty.

	They exchange a weak grin. Geordi tests his vision;
	it's getting worse.

					GEORDI
			Bochra -- there are times when
			dying for one's ideals is
			necessary.
				(a beat)
			Do you believe this is one of
			those times?

	Bochra agonizes, makes up his mind, gets to his feet
	-- and lowers the phaser. Geordi nods in
	acknowledgement of what that cost Bochra.

        STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - 9/11/89 - ACT THREE        37.

61   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Let's find that beacon.

	They start toward the entrance.

62   NEW ANGLE

	as Geordi stumbles over a rock, gropes for the walls of
	the cave.

					BOCHRA
			What is it?

	Geordi holds his VISOR to his forehead with both hands.

					GEORDI
			Everything's gone blank.
				(a beat)
			I'm blind.

	Geordi takes off the VISOR, revealing his white,
	sightless eyes.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FOUR      38.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

62A  INT. CORRIDOR

	Worf approaches a cabin door, considers a beat, then
	rings the bell.

					RIKER'S VOICE
			Come.

	The door opens to Riker's quarters and Worf ENTERS.

63   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	Riker is in his quarters studying territorial maps on
	his computer screen. Worf ENTERS, stops...

					WORF
			You are busy. Forgive my
			intrusion.

	He starts to leave... Riker stops him with...

      STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FOUR      39.

63   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			For what it's worth, I understand
			your bitterness.

	Worf stops, turns...

					WORF
			With respect, sir... you cannot.
				(beat)
			I am asked to give up the very
			lifeblood of my mother, of my
			father, to those who murdered
			them.

					RIKER
			Must you blame all Romulans for
			that?

					WORF
			Yes.

					RIKER
			Forever, Worf?
				(Worf thinks deeply)
			What if the Federation should make
			peace with the Romulans someday...

					WORF
			Impossible.

					RIKER
			Not long ago, your people said
			the same thing about humans.

	Worf reacts.

					RIKER
			And so many on both sides died
			in that war. How could you and
			I be here now... like this...
			if we were unable to let go of
			the anger, the blame.
				(beat)
			When does it end, Worf? If the
			Romulan dies, does his family
			carry the bitterness forward
			another generation?

					WORF
			Then you believe I should.

     STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FOUR     39A.

63   CONTINUED:	(2)

					RIKER
			What I believe doesn't matter.

					WORF
			My Starfleet training tells me
			one thing. Everything I am tells
			me another.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Lieutenant Worf, report to
			Sickbay.

      STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT FOUR      40.

63   CONTINUED:	(3)

					WORF
			Acknowledged.

	Worf and Riker exchange a look. Then he EXITS.

64   INT. SICKBAY

	CLOSE on Patahk in the biobed, MUTTERING in semiconsciousness.

65   ANGLE ON THE DOOR

	as Worf ENTERS and stays at the door. Beverly crosses
	to him. Worf looks suspiciously over at Patahk, then
	at Beverly. Calmly, softly --

					BEVERLY
			Lieutenant, his life is coming
			to an end. I thought it important
			for you to see him again.

	Worf studies him... perhaps begins to turn...

					BEVERLY
			It is not too late to change your
			mind.

	They exchange a long look and she leaves him with the
	Romulan...

66   ANGLE - OVER HIS SHOULDER

	Patahk's eyes open slightly and sees Worf. Hatred
	succeeds in awakening him even more.

					PATAHK
			Come close to me, Klingon. Let
			me die with my hands at your
			throat.

	Worf just stares at him. Patahk trembles, has to
	force his body back under his control.

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT FOUR          41.

66   CONTINUED:

	Worf pulls away from his instinctive reaction,
	desperately wants to find a way to make this okay.
	We should see the two sides of him pulling back and
	forth.

					WORF
			I am the only one who can keep
			you alive.

					PATAHK
			You?

					WORF
			There is a substance within my
			cells which you need to survive...

	Patahk grins weakly... with irony.

					PATAHK
			You have come to hear me beg for
			my life.

					WORF
				(beat)
			No.

	Is an appreciation of warriors who can respect each
	other as enemies beginning here? Patahk looks up at him
	through weakening eyes... reaches up with a wavering
	hand and takes Worf by the wrist, tries to speak, pull
	himself up, cannot... Worf leans over to hear what he has
	to say.

					PATAHK
				(whispers)
			I would rather die than pollute
			my body with Klingon filth.

	Worf reacts as the Romulan grins, leans back. Worf
	EXITS past Beverly without looking at her.

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT FOUR         41A.

67   INT. GALORNDON CAVE

	A dejected Geordi examines his VISOR with his touch.
	Bochra is lying back now, weaker... The diagnostic
	BEEP is emitted, signalling all is okay with the VISOR
	itself.

					BOCHRA
			I have lost almost all feeling
			in my legs.

	Geordi looks at him with concern...

					GEORDI
			My synapses must be turning to
			jelly. The VISOR's fine, but I
			can't see a thing.

					BOCHRA
			How do we locate the beacon?

					GEORDI
			We don't.

	Another thin smile from Bochra.

					BOCHRA
			Do all humans give up so easily?

	Geordi smiles in return.

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT FOUR          42.

67   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Are all Romulans so pushy?
			Bochra, we're lost... unless
			you've got something that can
			smell neutrinos.

	Bochra picks up Geordi's tricorder.

					BOCHRA
			We have the sensor device you were
			carrying.

					GEORDI
			My tricorder? It isn't set up
			to detect neutrinos.

					BOCHRA
			But your eye device does. Connect
			them.

					GEORDI
			That's crazy. They don't speak
			the same language. I'd never get
			an accurate sampling...
				(stops; maybe it's not
				 so crazy)
			But, then, I don't need an
			accurate sampling. I just need
			a pointer... a neutrino Geiger
			counter.

	Geordi considers the problem, then sinks back into
	dejection.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Still not possible.

					BOCHRA
			You cannot do it?

					GEORDI
			Under normal circumstances, maybe.
			Here, no way.

					BOCHRA
			Why?

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT FOUR          43.

67   CONTINUED:	(2)

					GEORDI
			Because I can't see. Adapting
			the neural output pods of the
			VISOR is tricky work. It can't
			be done by "touch."

	Bochra is not to be dissuaded:

					BOCHRA
			Then I'll be your eyes.

	On Geordi's reaction...

68   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf.

					DATA
			The storm is beginning to subside,
			Captain... we should have a
			window in less than an hour...

					RIKER
			Still no indication he's found
			the beacon, sir...

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Assemble an away team...

					RIKER
				(moving with purpose)
			Yes, sir...

	But before Riker can leave...

					WORF
				(interrupting)
			Captain... the Romulan warship
			has crossed the Neutral Zone
			border. It is in Federation space
			and heading toward us.

					PICARD
			Stand by, Number One.
				(quietly)
			Red Alert.

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT FOUR         43A.

68   CONTINUED:

	As RED ALERT SOUNDS, we --

69   OMITTED
									FADE OUT.
                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT FIVE          44.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

70   INT. GALORNDON CAVE

	CLOSE ON Bochra's hand shaking badly as he tries to
	make some final delicate adjustments on the
	tricorder/VISOR.

					GEORDI (V.O.)
			... make sure the scan select
			limiter matches the VISOR output
			range.

					BOCHRA
			Not so fast...

71   WIDER

	to see Bochra, exhausted, complete the task. Geordi
	is behind him, guiding him through the operation.

					BOCHRA
			Done.

					GEORDI
			Now close the case and place the
			neural output pods in contact
			with the tricorder scanner heads.

	Bochra closes up the tricorder then places the VISOR
	around it.

					BOCHRA
			Ready.

					GEORDI
			Let her rip.

	Bochra pans the area with the unit. As he scans, the
	tricorder/VISOR suddenly emits a series of faint BEEPS.

					BOCHRA
				(excited)
			Bearing three-five-zero.

					GEORDI
			We did it! The first
			Federation-Romulan co-venture.

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT FIVE         44A.

71   CONTINUED:

	A brief moment of shared jubilation -- then they
	remember they're supposed to be enemies, and return
	to the task at hand. More somber:

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE          45.

71   CONTINUED:	(2)

					BOCHRA
			The storm may be breaking.

					GEORDI
			With any luck an electromagnetic
			window will be opening up and we
			can get out of here.

					BOCHRA
			At which point I'll be your
			prisoner.

	They exchange a look -- best not to look too far ahead.
	Geordi puts his hand on Bochra's shoulder.

					GEORDI
			Can you walk?

					BOCHRA
			I don't know...

	Geordi helps him to his feet... Bochra leans on him for
	support... Bochra provides the vision for them both.

					BOCHRA
			Straight ahead...

72   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard seated. Worf ENTERS.

					WORF
			You wished to see me, Captain.

					PICARD
			Yes, Lieutenant.
				(a beat)
			I assume you know what this is
			about...

	Worf nods.

					PICARD
			The Romulan ship will reach us
			within the hour, Lieutenant. If
			our patient dies... it may be
			just the excuse the Romulan
			commander needs to start an
			incident. The death of a Romulan
			officer at the hands of the
			Federation! Think of it.

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE         45A.

72   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			I have, Captain.

					PICARD
				(acknowledges)
			There is no question that this
			Romulan is more valuable to us
			alive than dead, Lieutenant.

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT FIVE          46.

72   CONTINUED:	(2)

					WORF
			I understand.

	Picard chooses his next words carefully.

					PICARD
			Sometimes the moral obligations
			of command are less than clear.
			I weigh the good of the many
			against the needs of the
			individual... and try to balance
			them as realistically as possible.
			God knows I don't always succeed.

					WORF
			I have not had cause to complain,
			Captain.

					PICARD
				(with appreciation)
			You wouldn't complain even if you
			had cause, Lieutenant.

					WORF
			If you order me to agree to the
			transfusion, I will, of course,
			obey.

	Picard turns to him.

					PICARD
			I cannot order you. I will not
			order you, Lieutenant. But I ask
			you. I beg you to volunteer.

					WORF
				(a beat)
			I cannot, Captain.

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT FIVE          47.

	ON PICARD

					PICARD
			Lieutenant...

					WORF
			Sir?

	A long beat. Picard nods evenly.

					PICARD
			Dismissed.

	Worf nods, EXITS. After a beat...

					PICARD
				(keys insignia)
			Picard to Doctor Crusher.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Go ahead.

					PICARD
			Do not continue to enlist
			Lieutenant Worf's assistance.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			I won't have to, Captain. The
			Romulan has died.

	On Picard's reaction...

74   EXT. GALORNDON SURFACE

	The hellish winds have died down and electrical ARCS
	are few and far between. Vision is still difficult.

	Geordi supports Bochra as they walk, Bochra holding
	the BEEPING tricorder/VISOR before him, Geordi
	shielding his VISORless eyes.

75   NEW ANGLE

	as they come to the probe... barely sticking out of a
	crater (virtually impossible to see with the naked
	eye).

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE         47A.

75   CONTINUED:

	Bochra points the tricorder/VISOR down into the crater;
	the BEEPS speed up. Pay dirt.

					BOCHRA
			We've found it.

					GEORDI
			Now we have to change its signal
			pattern so the Enterprise knows
			we've found it.

					BOCHRA
			Will that be difficult?

					GEORDI
			Not with your help.

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT FIVE          48.

75   CONTINUED:	(2)

	They start down into the crater.

76   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard ENTERS; Riker, Troi, Worf, Data, and Wesley at
	their stations. RED ALERT continues.

					DATA
			Scanners show a window, Captain.

					PICARD
			Estimated duration?

					DATA
			Nine minutes, forty seconds.

	Picard turns to Wesley, who anticipates his question
	with:

					WESLEY
			No change in the neutrino beacon
			signal, sir.

	Worf interrupts:

					WORF
			Romulan ship approaching. Bearing
			three-fifty-four mark
			two-eight-seven.

					PICARD
			On screen.

77   ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER - ROMULAN WARSHIP (OPTICAL)

	A Romulan warbird majestically cruises into view.

					WORF (O.S.)
			Romulan is entering phaser range.

78   CLOSE

	as Picard stares at the screen.

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE          49.

78   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			We are being hailed, sir.

					PICARD
			On screen.

79   ANGLE ON MAIN SCREEN - ROMULAN READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Tomalak glares at Picard. Icy formality.

					TOMALAK
			You have one chance to escape
			destruction, Picard. Return my
			officer at once.

					PICARD
				(equally hard)
			You have entered Federation space
			despite my warning, Commander.

					TOMALAK
			You forced this situation. I will
			not leave without him.

	A long beat.

					PICARD
			He is dead.

	Tomalak reacts, controls his rage.

					TOMALAK
			Then he is but the first to fall,
			Picard.

	Tomalak cuts off transmission; the starfield with the
	Romulan warbird returns to the viewscreen.

					WORF
			The Romulan ship is routing power
			to its forward disruptor array.

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE          50.

79   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			All shields to maximum.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Lock phasers on target.

					WORF
			Phasers locked and ready.

	A tense silence as everyone braces for a hit.

80   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Wesley reacts to something on his panel.

					WESLEY
			Captain -- the signal pattern from
			the neutrino beacon is modulating.

					TROI
			Geordi!

					RIKER
			We can't transport him with our
			shields up.

					WORF
			If we lower our shields, the
			Romulan will strike.

					DATA
			The electromagnetic window on the
			planet is closing. Three minutes
			remain.

					PICARD
			Transporter Room. Lock onto the
			coordinates of the neutrino beacon
			and stand by.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Standing by, Captain.

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE          51.

80   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Captain, the window is allowing
			intermittant sensor readings...
			There are still numerous ghost
			images, but I believe we are
			picking up two life forms near
			the beacon...

					RIKER
			Another Romulan?

					DATA
			I cannot say. The electromagnetic
			interference prevents an accurate
			reading.

					PICARD
				(mind racing)
			But it is a likely hypothesis,
			Number One. If Mister La Forge
			located a second survivor...
				(to Worf)
			Hail the Romulan ship, Lieutenant.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.
				(does so)
			They're ignoring our hail, sir.

					PICARD
			Repeat the hail -- all channels.
				(to Riker)
			He has no way of knowing how
			accurate our sensors are... put
			on your poker face, Number One...
				(to Worf)
			Open frequency.

81   ON PICARD (OPTICAL)

	as he rises, faces the viewscreen.

					PICARD
			Commander Tomalak. It would
			appear our away team has rescued
			a second man from your one man
			ship.

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE          52.

81   CONTINUED:

	A long beat.

					PICARD
			They are on the surface, ready
			to beam up. We are preparing
			to do so.
				(beat, a decision)
			After which we will return the
			survivor to you.

	A beat.

					WORF
			No acknowledgement, Captain.

	Slow push to Picard.

					PICARD
			Commander, both our ships are
			ready to fight. We have two
			supremely powerful, destructive
			arsenals at our command. Our next
			actions will have serious
			repercussions for both sides.
				(a beat)
			We have good reason to mistrust
			one another, Commander, but we
			have better reasons to set our
			differences aside. The question,
			of course, is who will show
			vulnerability first.
				(a beat)
			The answer is -- I will. I must
			lower my shields to transport
			these men off the planet surface.

	Picard crosses and stares at the warbird on the
	viewscreen.

					PICARD
			Once the shields are down, you
			will have an opportunity to open
			fire. If you do, you will not
			only destroy the Enterprise and
			its crew -- but also the
			cease-fire that the Romulans and
			the Federation now enjoy.

	Picard looks back at Worf.

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE         52A.

81   CONTINUED:	(2)

					PICARD
			Lieutenant, lower the shields.
			Leave hailing frequencies open.

	Worf takes a deep breath.

					WORF
			Yes, sir.

	Worf then executes the order on his panel.

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE          53.

82   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as everyone -- even Picard -- half expects a phaser
	blast at any moment.

					PICARD
			Mister O'Brien. Transport Mister
			La Forge and the Romulan directly
			to the bridge.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir. Energizing.

	Geordi and Bochra MATERIALIZE. (Note: Geordi's VISOR
	is back on his face.) The sight of a Romulan on the
	bridge sends Worf reaching for his phaser. Riker and
	Picard exchange a glance. It's like drawing to fill a
	straight flush.

					WORF
			Security team to bridge.

					PICARD
			Belay that order, Lieutenant.
			Shields up.
				(to Bochra)
			No one is going to harm you.

	Bochra isn't so convinced; his eyes looking around the
	room full of enemies.

					GEORDI
				(to Bochra)
			You have my word.

	Bochra relaxes a notch. Picard takes this all in, then
	faces the viewscreen.

					PICARD
			Well, Commander?

83   ANGLE ON THE VIEWSCREEN - ROMULAN READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Sure enough, the view of the warbird is replaced with
	the image of Tomalak. Bochra immediately salutes his
	Commander. Still looks pretty bad, though he will
	improve during the scene...

					TOMALAK
			If he has been in any way
			mistreated...

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE          54.

83   CONTINUED:

					BOCHRA
			I have given them no information,
			Commander -- but I have not been
			mistreated.
				(after a look to Geordi)
			In fact, this human saved my life.

	Picard nods acknowledgment, then turns his attention
	back to the screen.

					PICARD
			Commander, how is it possible you
			didn't know of this second
			Romulan on Galorndon Core?

	Having been caught with his pants down, Tomalak reverts
	to his earlier manner -- the unctuous commander worming
	his way out of trouble.

					TOMALAK
			A simple misunderstanding, Captain
			Picard. I was obviously
			misinformed as to the size of the
			craft. I assure you, I intended
			no deception.

					PICARD
			Of course not.

					TOMALAK
			You doubt my good faith?

					PICARD
			Let's just say my faith would be
			strengthened with a gesture --
			such as powering down your
			disruptors.

	Tomalak nods, pushes a button. A moment later:

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT FIVE          55.

83   CONTINUED:	(2)

					WORF
			Disruptors powering down, Captain.

					PICARD
			Thank you. Cancel Red Alert,
			Lieutenant.

	As the ship goes off Red Alert, the relief is almost
	palpable. Picard returns his attention to Tomalak:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			We will return your officer and
			escort your ship back to the
			Neutral Zone, Commander.

					TOMALAK
			That is acceptable.

	The view of the warbird returns as Tomalak ceases
	transmitting.

84   ANOTHER ANGLE

	as Picard returns to his chair.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, it's good to have
			you back.

					GEORDI
				(looking at him)
			I have Centurion Bochra to thank,
			sir.

					BOCHRA
			Your vision is returning...

					GEORDI
			Yeah, gradually. Your heart
			rate's slowing down.

	Bochra and Geordi exchange a we-made-it look.

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE         55A.

84   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, Mister Worf --
			escort our guest to Transporter
			Room One.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

	Worf and Geordi lead Bochra to the turbolift, EXIT.

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE          56.

84   CONTINUED:	(2)

	Riker lets out a sigh of relief.

					RIKER
			Close call.

					PICARD
			Too close, Number One.
			Brinksmanship is a dangerous
			game...

85   OMITTED

86   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	O'Brien is behind the console. Beverly supervises two
	CREWMEMBERS who are placing a coffin on the transporter
	pad. Worf, Geordi, and Bochra ENTER. Bochra sees the
	pallet, looks at Beverly. And she says this to Bochra,
	but all the while gives Worf a scathing look:

					BEVERLY
			It was not in my power to save
			him.

	Perhaps a slight stress on the "my" for Worf's benefit.
	Worf is stiffly silent as Beverly and the two
	crewmembers EXIT.

87   ON BOCHRA

	crossing to the transporter pad -- and his fallen
	comrade.

					BOCHRA
			He was a loyal officer.

          STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT FIVE          57.

87   CONTINUED:

	Bochra somberly takes his place on the pad, nods in
	salute and farewell to Geordi.

					BOCHRA
				(continuing)
			Lieutenant Commander La Forge.

					GEORDI
				(returns the nod)
			Centurion Bochra.

					BOCHRA
			You're not what I expected of a
			Federation officer.

					GEORDI
			That's okay; you're not what I
			expected of a Romulan, either.
				(with a grin)
			That's a compliment.

	Bochra manages a thin smile. Geordi nods a final
	goodbye and...

88   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Geordi signals O'Brien, who energizes; Bochra and the
	pallet DEMATERIALIZE.

88A  GEORDI AND O'BRIEN

					GEORDI
			That's the way to fight all the
			wars from now on. Two guys on
			a planet with no one else to talk
			to and nowhere to go. Things get
			settled in a hurry.

	Exiting with O'Brien past Worf...

					GEORDI
				(leaving)
			I'm gonna sleep for four days...

	The doors hiss closed. Staying a beat on Worf as he
	remains there a long beat, stands quietly, deadpanned...
	and we can only speculate what he's thinking. He EXITS
	and...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             








                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "The Price" 
              (f.k.a. "A Price Far Above Rubies") 
                          #40273-156 
                              
                          Written by 
                     Hannah Louise Shearer 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Robert Scheerer 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
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Copyright 1989 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                     REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                     SEPTEMBER 25, 1989


            STAR TREK: "The Price" - 9/25/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "The Price" 

                             CAST                               
                              
          PICARD                   SETH MENDOZA
          RIKER                    DEVINONI RAL
          DATA                     
          BEVERLY                  Barzan
          TROI                       PREMIER BHAVANI
          GEORDI                   
          WORF                     
          WESLEY                   Caldonian
          COMPUTER VOICE             LEYOR

                                   Ferengi
                                     DAIMON GOSS
                                     DOCTOR ARRIDOR
          Non-speaking             
          TWO MEDICAL ASSISTANTS   non-speaking
          WAITERS                    ROJAY
          FIVE OFF-DUTY CREWMEMBERS  KOL
          TECHNICIAN               

            STAR TREK: "The Price" - 9/25/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "The Price" 
                              
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE              SHUTTLECRAFT
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE       FERENGI SHIP
              TURBOLIFT                  FERENGI POD
              CORRIDOR
              TRANSPORTER ROOM         WORMHOLE EFFECT
              TEN-FORWARD
              SICKBAY
          
            EXERCISE ROOM
              TROI'S QUARTERS
              FERENGI GUEST QUARTERS
          
            SHUTTLECRAFT
              INTERIOR
          
            FERENGI POD
              INTERIOR

  STAR TREK: "The Price - REV. 9/28/89 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "The Price" 
                        
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              MENDOZA                men-DOE-zah
              DEVINONI RAL           DEV-in-on-ee Raal
              BHAVANI                bah-VON-ee
              LEYOR                  LAY-or
              DAIMON GOSS            DAY-maun GOSS
              KOL                    COAL
              ARRIDOR                ARE-eh-door
              ROJAY                  ROE-jay
              FERENGI                fir-ENG-ee
              BARZAN                 BAR-zan
              CALDONIANS             cal-DOAN-ians
              CHRYSALIANS            chris-AL-ians
              WORMHOLE               WORM-HOLE
              MESON                  MAY-zahn
              LEPTON                 LEP-tahn

11:[5,#b],18:[1,#b],57:[1,#b]
       STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 10/2/89 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "The Price"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    CLOSEUP OF O'BRIEN

	Sitting.

					O'BRIEN
			The truth is I'm a career man...
			you know, married to my job...
			Mitzi doesn't understand that...
			I like her a lot... but I just
			don't think I'm ready for two
			marriages if you know what I
			mean...

2    REVERSE OF TROI - TROI'S OFFICE

	She's placid as usual, listening, or perhaps on
	automatic pilot.

					O'BRIEN
				(continuing)
			But at the same time, you know
			I wouldn't want to lose her...

					TROI
			Maybe you should come in with her
			and talk about it together.

					O'BRIEN
			Oh, I couldn't ask her to do
			that...

					TROI
			Sure you could. Why don't I make
			another appointment for you...

	And as she calls up her schedule on a PADD.

       STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - TEASER       2.

3    INT. CORRIDOR

	Troi walking, looking very tired... Wes sees her,
	calls... moves down another corridor to her...

					WESLEY
			Counselor Troi... ?

	She takes the fatigue off her face, stops and turns...

					TROI
			Yes, Wesley...

					WESLEY
			Can I talk to you a minute... I
			have a real problem with my
			mother.

4    ON TROI

	who listens patiently as Wesley continues...

					WESLEY (O.S.)
			She's being completely
			unreasonable... see there's a
			party on Holodeck Four tonight...
			and all the other kids are staying
			overnight... well, most of them
			and...

	As she nods...

5    INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	Troi ENTERS, exhausted, starts to take off her
	jacket...

					TROI
			Computer, dispatches...

					COMPUTER
			A research inquiry from the
			Manitoba Journal of
			Interplanetary Psychology and
			three communiques from your
			mother...

					TROI
				(reacts, three?)
			Transfer my mother's letters to
			my viewer...
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - TEASER       3.

5    CONTINUED:

					TROI (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			... and computer, I'd like a...
			a real chocolate sundae.

					COMPUTER
				(beat)
			Define "real" in context, please.

					TROI
			Real... not one of your perfectly
			synthesized, ingeniously enhanced
			imitations... real chocolate ice
			cream, real whipped cream...

					COMPUTER
			This unit is programmed to provide
			sources of nutritional value.
			Your request does not fall within
			current guidelines.

	Losing patience...

					TROI
			Listen, computer...

					COMPUTER
				(continuing)
			Do you wish to override program?

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to Counselor Troi.

					TROI
				(frowns, to herself)
			Now what?
				(keys insignia)
			Yes, Captain?

									INTERCUT:

6    INT. TEN FORWARD

	A casual party in progress... PICARD, WORF, RIKER,
	DATA.

       STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/25/89 - TEASER       4.

6    CONTINUED:

	In the background, MENDOZA, a Federation negotiator,
	chats with several aliens including BHAVANI, the leader
	of Barzan, and LEYOR, the Caldonian representative.
	PICARD is smiling, jovial. A WAITER refills his
	champagne glass and not for the first time.

					PICARD
			The pleasure of your company is
			requested, Counselor. We're
			having an impromptu reception for
			the arriving delegates.

					TROI
				(reacts, not tonight)
			Captain, I'm not dressed for a
			reception...

					PICARD
			Oh, just throw on any old thing.
			We're about to get our first look
			at the wormhole.

									BACK TO:

7    INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

					TROI
			Of course, Captain. I'm on my
			way. Troi out.

	EXITING, frowns...

					TROI
				(to herself)
			God forbid, I should miss the
			first look at the wormhole.

8    INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	GEORDI and BEVERLY have joined the fun now too...
	waiters serve hors d'ouevres... Troi ENTERS, smiling,
	serene, our Troi... Riker goes to meet her... offers
	an arm...

					RIKER
			May I escort you in, Miss Troi...

	Moving with them...

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - 9/25/89 - TEASER          5.

8    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Just tell me there's some
			chocolate here...

					PICARD
			Ah, Counselor Troi... allow me
			to do the introductions... Premier
			Bhavani of the Barzan...

	Bhavani is a strong, no-nonsense, elderly woman; an
	able judge of people. She wears a breathing device.

					TROI
			Your discovery has certainly
			produced a great deal of
			excitement, Premier.

					BHAVANI
			Hopefully, it will also produce
			a new era of prosperity for my
			people.

					MENDOZA
			We'll see to that...

					PICARD
			You know Mister Mendoza, the
			Federation negotiator...

					MENDOZA
			A pleasure to see you again,
			Counselor Troi.

	Mendoza is a middle-aged man with intelligent eyes and
	confidence.

					PICARD
			One of the Federation's worthy
			competitors in the bidding, Leyor
			of the Caldonians.

					LEYOR
			Madame.

	The Caldonian is more reserved -- with a quietness that
	comes more from academia than from shyness. Joining
	them is DEVINONI RAL, a well-dressed, strikingly
	attractive man with a disarming smile. On his arm is a
	stunning woman, an accessory.

					DEVINONI
			And I am Devinoni Ral.

       STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - TEASER       6.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Ship's Counselor Deanna Troi.

	And it's already there between them in the moment, they
	both feel it. Introducing his lady friend as a pro
	forma aside --

					DEVINONI
			My traveling companion, Rojay.

	The woman, bored, barely acknowledges.

					MENDOZA
			My good friend, Ral, is the best
			hired gun in the business.

					TROI
			Hired gun?

					DEVINONI
			My "good friend", Mendoza means
			that I am a negotiator who serves
			a variety of clients... on this
			occasion I represent the
			Chrysalians.

					BHAVANI
			I believe it's almost time, isn't
			it Captain?

					PICARD
			Indeed. It will be visible
			directly ahead...

	The crowd moves to the windows...

					MENDOZA
			Is it always on time, Bhavani?

					BHAVANI
			Always. We see it every two
			hundred and thirty-three
			minutes... our scientists say it's
			due to radiation buildup in the
			acretion disk. The visible burst
			is very brief..

	On her last line... the sky lights up with a dramatic
	revelation... a wormhole... reactions.

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - 9/25/89 - TEASER          7.

8    CONTINUED: (3)

					BHAVANI
			There it is, ladies and gentlemen.
			The Barzan Wormhole. The first
			and only stable wormhole known
			to exist. It's yours... for the
			right price.

	The group is overwhelmed at the spectacular sight
	before their eyes... except as we see Troi, she senses
	something else and as she turns, she sees Devinoni is
	not looking at the wormhole, but at her. Her eyes meet
	his... and he grins... and as the rest of the room sees
	stars... they see only each other as we...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 10/2/89 - ACT ONE       8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

9    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around the Barzan planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43385.7.
			We are in orbit around Barzan,
			a planet which is entertaining
			bids for control of
			what appears to be a most unique,
			stable wormhole. It could
			conceivably provide a permanent
			shortcut within our galaxy.

10   INT. OBSERVATION DECK (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Worf, Bhavani, Mendoza, Leyor, Devinoni.
	Bhavani is at the head of the table, addressing the
	others...

					BHAVANI
			And as you all know, the
			environment on my planet is
			completely inhospitable to most
			other life forms. So I'd like
			to express my appreciation to you,
			Captain Picard, and your fine crew
			for hosting these negotiations
			aboard the Enterprise.
				(Picard acknowledges)
			Remember, Mister Mendoza, it
			doesn't give the Federation an
			advantage.

	Chuckles around the table. Mendoza acknowledges.
	Devinoni studies his competition around the table.
	He deliberately plays back throughout the scene. But
	he's working.

       STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/29/89 - ACT ONE       9.

10   CONTINUED:

					BHAVANI
				(getting serious)
			The Barzan has been a society
			dependent on others for
			generations. We want that to end.
			The appearance of this stable
			wormhole in our space provides
			us with our first true natural
			resource. We have neither the
			experience nor technology to
			exploit it. You do.

	Riker ENTERS, with some concern on his face...

					RIKER
			Excuse me, a delegation of...
			Ferengi... wishes to be beamed
			aboard...

					PICARD
			You were not expecting the
			Ferengi, Premier... ?

					BHAVANI
			No, but I do not wish to create
			ill will, Captain. If they are
			interested in bidding, I have no
			objection.

	Picard thinks about saying he does... but realizes it's
	not his place. Very well...

					PICARD
				(keys insignia)
			Chief O'Brien, this is Picard.
			Beam the Ferengi directly to the
			observation lounge.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Aye, Captain...

	Three Ferengi MATERIALIZE near Riker. Their leader
	is GOSS. The others are KOL AND ARRIDOR.

					GOSS
			On behalf of all Ferengi, I
			protest... why were we not invited
			to these negotiations...

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/25/89 - ACT ONE      10.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker exchanges a glance with Picard...

					BHAVANI
			My apologies. We did not
			anticipate your interest. You
			are welcome to join us.

					GOSS
			I am DaiMon Goss. These are my
			consuls... Kol and Doctor Arridor.
				(to Riker)
			We'll need chairs...

	Standing... and this must all be a quick exchange --

					PICARD
			DaiMon, I am Captain Jean-Luc
			Picard of the Enterprise... I'm
			serving as host for these
			proceedings...

					GOSS
			Good, then see to it that we get
			chairs at once.

					PICARD
				(with an edge)
			Perhaps you misunderstood...

					GOSS
			Fine, fine, just have your Klingon
			servant...

					WORF
				(pointed)
			I am in charge of security.

					GOSS
			Then who gets the chairs?

					PICARD
			DaiMon, due to the intimate nature
			of these negotiations, all parties
			agreed that one representative
			would suffice. I will be happy
			to provide your consuls with
			accommodations... and you may have
			my chair...

					GOSS
			Very well. Kol, the bag...

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/29/89 - ACT ONE      11.

10   CONTINUED: (3)

	Kol hands Goss a sack... Riker leads Kol and Arridor
	out. They EXIT. Picard moves toward the door as
	Goss exchanges places with him.

					GOSS
			We can handle all the pleasantries
			later. I'm sure I'll never
			remember your names anyway, eh?
				(laughs)
			Enough of this foolishness. Let's
			get down to business.

	He turns the sack upside down and a pile of gold bars
	spills out across the tabletop.

					GOSS
			I'll match anyone's best offer...
			and add the gold on top of it.

	He holds out his hands in a fait accomplit motion.
	Sits back in his chair, with a confident grin. Bhavani
	reacts, nonplussed. Picard EXITS...

11   OUTSIDE THE DOOR - CLOSEUP

	a beat as the doors slide closed behind him and his
	eyes look skyward with a my-God reaction...

12   INT. TROI'S OFFICE (OPTICAL)

	She is studying personnel files of O'Brien and his
	girlfriend... but her mind drifts for a moment and she
	smiles to herself...

					TROI
			Computer... show me the file on
			delegate Devinoni Ral...

	On her screen, a very good picture of Ral appears with
	a read out...

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/26/89 - ACT ONE      12.

12   CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER
			Devinoni Ral, human, age forty-one,
			born Brussels, European
			Alliance, relocated at age nineteen
			to Hurkos Three, a non-aligned
			planet...

	There is a chime at the door... she presses a button to
	pause the readout...

					TROI
			Come in.

	The doors slide open to reveal Devinoni... she reacts.
	He ENTERS, smiles...

					DEVINONI
			Should I call for an
			appointment... ?

					TROI
			No... I... was just looking over
			some personnel files...

	Which she casually clears off the screen...

					DEVINONI
			Too bad. I had hoped you might
			be thinking about... me.

	Which of course she was. She smiles...

					TROI
			I thought you'd be deep into
			negotiations by now...

					DEVINONI
			In recess. I never play the
			opening rounds, anyway.
			Inconsequential.

	He sits on her desk, looking down at her.

					DEVINONI
			Besides there are more interesting
			things to negotiate on this ship.
			Like dinner tonight?

					TROI
			What about your... traveling
			companion?

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/25/89 - ACT ONE      13.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

					DEVINONI
			My traveling companion... is
			traveling.
				(off her look)
			I sent her home.

					TROI
			Why?

					DEVINONI
			You know why.

	She does. Almost as a defense mechanism...

					TROI
			Weren't you getting along?

					DEVINONI
			Don't do that.

					TROI
			What?

					DEVINONI
			Don't do "Counselor" Troi.

					TROI
			Was I?

					DEVINONI
				(nods, beat)
			When you leave this office, who
			are you?

	She reacts. How do you answer a question like that?

					DEVINONI
				(an insight about her)
			Oh. So that's how it is.

	He stands... studying her... moving around her chair...

					DEVINONI
			You never do. You never leave
			the office.

	He hits home. Uncannily. He's behind her now... his
	hands are in her hair... what the hell?

					TROI
			What are you...

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/26/89 - ACT ONE      14.

12   CONTINUED: (3)

					DEVINONI
			Ssshh...

	His fingers begin to unpin her hair... and we begin a
	ballet of long hair and fingers and hands in constant
	motion --

13   HER HAIR

	cascading free...

14   HIS HAND

	guiding the long strands down the back of her neck...
	stroking it... moving it...

15   HER HAND

	moving hair out of her eyes... finding his hand which
	takes hers... and turns her in...

16   THE SWIVEL CHAIR - REAR ANGLE

	long hair flowing over the back of the chair to face...

17   HER FACE

	twisting to meet...

18   HIS FACE

	and he takes her hair in both hands and moves it away
	from her mouth... and everything says he's going to
	kiss her but he doesn't...

					DEVINONI
			Dinner at eight?

	A quick gentle grin... and he's gone... we stay on
	Troi's face... we can hear the doors hiss open and
	closed... and Troi suddenly looks down and we move to
	find as she realizes her hands are gripping the arms of
	her chair as though she's on a perilous ride. And she
	is.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT TWO      15.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

18A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

19   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard, Riker, Data and Mendoza are studying the
	viewscreen where charts and graphs of the wormhole are
	displayed.

					DATA
			The data from the Barzan's probe
			into the wormhole is impressive,
			Captain. The wormhole delivered
			the probe beyond the Denkiri Arm,
			in the Gamma Quadrant.

					PICARD
			It would take us nearly a century
			at warp nine to cross that
			distance...

					DATA
			The same distance could be
			achieved in a matter of seconds
			through the wormhole.

	Riker groans. Off their looks...

					RIKER
			I was just imagining the Ferengi
			collecting tolls in front if we
			lose to them...

					MENDOZA
			I don't think the Ferengi are the
			greatest threat at the table...
			with all of DaiMon Goss' bluster,
			they don't have the resources the
			Barzans need.

					RIKER
			I'd say that fellow Devinoni's
			the one to watch out for...

					MENDOZA
				(reacts)
			An accurate observation... what
			made you recognize that?

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT TWO      16.

19   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			He's the most comfortable man in
			the group...

					MENDOZA
				(appreciating)
			You must play poker, Commander...

					RIKER
				(grin)
			Poker, isn't that a game of some
			sort?

					PICARD
			Commander Riker teaches poker.

					MENDOZA
			Our skills are not dissimilar,
			Commander.

					PICARD
			Mister Mendoza, if this lives up
			to its billing... it is a
			discovery of extraordinary
			value... but it is a big "if"...

					RIKER
			Wormholes are here one moment,
			gone the next... a stable wormhole
			is unheard of.

					MENDOZA
				(reacts)
			Are you saying this may not be
			what it seems?

					DATA
			The Barzans do not have manned
			space travel, so they had to
			resort to an automated probe.
			Its findings are limited. It
			cannot be determined from these
			charts how stable the wormhole
			really is or how long it will
			remain intact.

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT TWO      16A.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			The Federation could wind up
			"buying" itself the proverbial
			lemon, Mister Mendoza.

					MENDOZA
			And once the contract is
			negotiated and closed, we would
			be obliged to fulfill the terms.

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT TWO      17.

19   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			We really ought to see for
			ourselves.

					MENDOZA
			I don't think Bhavani could object
			to that...

					RIKER
			Geordi has continuous visual
			contact with the wormhole,
			Captain. He's the logical
			choice...

					DATA
			I would also like to volunteer,
			Captain...

					PICARD
				(acknowledges)
			Before anyone goes in there, we're
			going to conduct a full sensor
			analysis. I want to do everything
			possible to determine that it's
			safe.
				(beat)
			If we're satisfied, Data, you
			and Commander La Forge will enter
			the wormhole tommorrow.

20   INT. GUEST QUARTERS

	Goss and his aides, Kol and Arridor are huddled
	together, up to no good. Arridor has a syringe and is
	extracting from Goss's neck (with considerable pain to
	Goss) some fluid.

					ARRIDOR
			Just a moment of discomfort for
			a good cause, DaiMon.

	Arridor takes his fluid and does some quick work with
	it in a dish...

					ARRIDOR
			You understand this will not be
			lethal.

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT TWO      17A.

20   CONTINUED:

					GOSS
			Doctor, you surprise me. I have
			no wish to kill anyone. A short
			term crippling will suffice.

					ARRIDOR
			Then, this will be just fine.

	He moves over and takes from his work a small (silver?)
	drop of fluid and squeezes a drop on Goss's left
	palm... it immediately changes color.

					ARRIDOR
			A distillation of your own blood
			pyrocytes... harmless to you...
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT TWO      18.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

					ARRIDOR (Cont'd)
			undetectable by the ship's
			bio-filters... but when absorbed
			through your victim's skin, it
			will provoke an extreme allergic
			reaction.

					GOSS
			I'd say it is time to extend the
			hand of the Ferengi to the
			representative of the Federation.

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT TWO      19.

21   OMITTED

22   INT. CORRIDOR - AT TROI'S DOOR

	Devinoni rings the chime. The door slides open to
	reveal a very sexy lady... Deanna Troi, her hair still
	down, a lovely dress...

					DEVINONI
			Much... better.

					TROI
			Thank you. Come in for a drink?

	He ENTERS.

23   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Looking around with a critical eye.

					DEVINONI
			Ah, Federation decor...

					TROI
			Not your style?

					DEVINONI
			Conformity is not my style.

	At the food dispenser...

					TROI
			What would you like?

	He considers that for a moment... then leans in and
	kisses her gently on the lips.

					DEVINONI
			I'd even like another.

	She turns slightly with a "hold on"... takes a deep
	breath...

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT TWO      20.

23   CONTINUED:

					DEVINONI
				(teasing)
			There she is again... Counselor
			Troi...

					TROI
			I am not... computer, champagne...

					DEVINONI
			... for two...

	A beat. The champagne arrives. He looks at her. She
	doesn't quite meet his eyes.

					DEVINONI
				(tongue-in-cheek)
			Am I moving too fast for you?

					TROI
			No, I'm moving too fast for me.

					DEVINONI
			Mmm, I like that better...

					TROI
				(and now she looks at
				 him)
			I haven't been able to stop
			thinking about you all day...

	Upon which she kisses him... passionately.
	Afterwards...

					DEVINONI
			You must've had a nice day.

					TROI
			Anticipation is fun.

	They kiss again.

					TROI
			We'll be late for dinner.

					DEVINONI
			Very late.

	And as he picks her up in his arms and moves toward the
	bedroom...

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 10/2/89 - ACT TWO      21.

23A  INT. SICKBAY (FORMERLY 29)

	Mendoza ENTERS, walking unsteadily... sweating, looks a
	bit dizzy. Beverly notices, steps up.

					BEVERLY
			Mister Mendoza?

					MENDOZA
			I seem to be a bit warm...

	He stumbles -- and passes out. Beverly's right
	there; holding him, calling to a near-by MEDICAL
	SUPERNUMERARY...

					BEVERLY
			I need some help here...

	And as the assistant rushes to help her, supporting
	Mendoza to a bed...

23B  INT. CAPT. READY ROOM (FROM SCENE 32)

	Picard and Riker are with the three Ferengi.

					GOSS
			You attempt to gain every unfair
			advantage, Picard...

					PICARD
			Premier Bhavani has no
			objection...

					GOSS
			Well, I most certainly do...
			First, you conveniently arrange
			to play host... now you plan to
			send your own manned probe into
			the wormhole... the Federation
			thinks it can do anything it wants
			to. And I will not tolerate it
			any longer...

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT TWO      22.

23B  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			We will gladly share the results
			of our exploration with all the
			delegates...

					GOSS
			And you expect us to believe what
			you report?

					RIKER
			Then send in your own probe, Goss.

					GOSS
			That's exactly what I intend to
			do. And I strongly suggest you
			stay out of our way.

	They EXIT in a huff.

					PICARD
			Tell Data and La Forge to do
			themselves a favor and stay out
			of their way.

	Riker acknowledges.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Captain Picard, please come to
			Sickbay...

					PICARD
				(keys insignia)
			Acknowledged, Doctor.

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT TWO      23.

24
thru OMITTED
32

33   INT. SICKBAY

	Mendoza is unconscious on a diagnostic bed. Two
	MEDICAL ASSISTANTS tend to him.

	BEVERLY is working a computer, and not getting
	satisfaction from its readout. Picard and Riker stand
	over Mendoza's bed. Picard shakes his head at what
	seems an unfortunate turn of events.

					BEVERLY
			Whatever he's got is obviously
			not life threatening -- it's some
			kind of system-wide histaminic
			reaction. He certainly can't go
			back to the negotiations for
			several days.

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 10/2/89 - ACT TWO      24.

33   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(a beat)
			Keep us advised.

	Moving with Picard and Riker out of Sickbay...

					PICARD
			The Federation's top negotiator
			taken out by a mysterious ailment.
			Suspicions?

					RIKER
			With the Ferengi around, always.

34   INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

					PICARD
			Well, I guess you'll have to fill
			in for him, Number One.

					RIKER
			Me?

					PICARD
			I am the designated host. It
			would be a most awkward
			transition. The next likely
			choice is you. Mister Mendoza
			would agree. He was quite
			impressed with your natural
			instincts.

					RIKER
			Excuse me, sir, but those weren't
			natural instincts... they're poker
			instincts... A parlor game
			doesn't exactly prepare me for
			this...

					PICARD
			Yes, the stakes are higher. But
			then... that's when the game gets
			interesting, doesn't it,
			Commander.

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - 9/25/89 - ACT TWO 25-27.            

34   CONTINUED:

	He pats Riker on the back... and on the commander's
	reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                          END ACT TWO                           

     STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT THREE     28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

35   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Worf, Wesley at their usual stations.
	Supernumerary at OPS.

					WESLEY
			The wormhole will reappear in
			thirty seconds.

					PICARD
			Shuttle nine, stand by...

					WORF
			Ferengi pod is moving into
			position, Captain...

36   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Ferengi pod moves into position beside the
	Enterprise shuttle.

37   INT. SHUTTLE

	Data and Geordi. Data is piloting. Looking out the
	window...

					GEORDI
				(transmitting)
			Ferengi pod, this is Lieutenant
			Commander La Forge in the
			Enterprise shuttle.

									INTERCUT:

38   INT. FERENGI POD

	Kol is the pilot... Arridor beside him.

					ARRIDOR
			This is Doctor Arridor, go ahead.

     STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/28/89 - ACT THREE     29.

38   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Would you care to take the point,
			Doctor?

					ARRIDOR
			We will gladly yield that honor
			to you, Lieutenant Commander.

39   EXT. SPACE - THE WORMHOLE (OPTICAL)

	As it suddenly blinks into existence in the center of
	the accretion disk. The subspace anomaly is itself
	a reflective half-sphere. It is rather like a soap
	bubble resting on the surface of a table, and can be
	entered from three planes.

40   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Proceed when ready.

41   EXT. SPACE - (OPTICAL)

	As the Enterprise shuttle noses into the bubble and
	VANISHES. The Ferengi pod follows a beat later.

42   EXT. SHUTTLE AND FERENGI POD (OPTICAL)

	The spectacular ride through the light show. A
	spectrum of primary colors are flowing in waves at the
	shuttle. There is a beautiful symmetry to these
	effects. A sense of something perfectly in balance.

     STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT THREE     30.

43   OMITTED

44   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			Contact with the shuttle, sir.

					PICARD
			Pipe it in, Lieutenant.

	Data's voice comes over the speakers, but it is
	gradually getting very slow, finally so distorted
	that he cannot be understood... until it is mere broken
	sounds, no longer even connected.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Captain, we have penetrated the
			outer event horizon of the
			wormhole. Sensors read severe
			doppler shifts...
				(distorted)

	What the bridge crew is hearing is gibberish. Picard
	frowns.

					WESLEY
			It's the relativistic time
			dilation, sir. Time is moving
			more slowly inside their part
			of the wormhole. I can process
			the audio to compensate...

					PICARD
			Make it so.

     STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/29/89 - ACT THREE     31.

44   CONTINUED:

	Wesley makes his adjustments, and now as Data's message
	becomes understandable... although it comes out with
	gaps between words, as though the computer is storing
	up and processing material and then playing it back.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			... and intense energy fields which
			appear to be stabilizing the
			wormhole. It is not clear why...
			Now approaching the singularity...

	The voice fades out... static...

					WESLEY
			They've passed beyond our
			communication capabilities, sir...

	Picard acknowledges and...

45   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Riker is at the table with the delegates, settling
	in... Devinoni studies Riker, senses his
	discomfort, decides to exploit it... but very, very
	cordially.

					DEVINONI
			Commander, I appreciate what a
			difficult position this is for
			you. If you don't understand
			something, I hope you won't be
			embarrassed to ask me...

	Riker recognizes the ploy... responds to it.

     STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/29/89 - ACT THREE     32.

45   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I think I have an idea what the
			rules are.

					DEVINONI
			That's what makes it so
			interesting... the rules of the
			game change to fit the moment.

					RIKER
			In that regard, it's not unlike
			commanding a starship, Mister Ral.

	They nod to each other, formal adversaries.

					BHAVANI
			Commander, Mister Mendoza has
			already presented many of the
			details of the Federation
			proposal. Is there anything you
			would like to add?

					RIKER
			A complete analysis of our bid
			is available on the ship's
			computer for your consideration,
			Premier... If I may summarize...

	Riker rises, goes to the viewscreen, calls up, a
	complex graph showing the specifics of the proposal...
	we don't need to see it in detail, but Riker will refer
	to it for illustration...

					RIKER
			Our proposal includes technology
			that will enhance your food
			production, your mining
			capabilities, and space travel.

46   DEVINONI

	watches Bhavani's reaction

     STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/29/89 - ACT THREE     33.

46   CONTINUED:

					RIKER (O.S.)
				(continuing)
			We offer scholars and scientists
			to investigate the wormhole's
			potential. And perhaps most
			critical of all, we offer
			Starfleet. The security of this
			passage must never be compromised.
			We offer protection of the
			wormhole in perpetuity.

	Riker sits, feeling he's done pretty well for the first
	time up. Devinoni stays seated... his eyes still on
	Bhavani. Her eyes meet his...

					BHAVANI
			Mister Ral... ?

					DEVINONI
				(a beat, as though
				 reluctant)
			Mister Riker's placed a great deal
			of emphasis on defense... a
			subject he obviously knows well,
			having served Starfleet in many
			a conflict.

	And Bhavani unconsciously barely nods... a tell...
	Devinoni catches it... stands...

					DEVINONI
				(continuing)
			The Chrysalians are enemies of no
			one... and choose to remain that
			way. Neutral.

					RIKER
			Neutral. And uninvolved, sir,
			in virtually all interstellar
			matters of consequence.

	Devinoni moves over to Riker's chart on the viewscreen
	as though to study it...

     STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/28/89 - ACT THREE     33A.

46   CONTINUED: (2)

					DEVINONI
				(interrupting)
			No one would claim that the
			Chrysalians are as powerful as
			the mighty Federation, but we have
			resources and technology and
			scientists too. We have also had
			peace for ten generations.

	Riker reacts. Devinoni nods to him.

     STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/26/89 - ACT THREE     34.

46   CONTINUED: (2)

					DEVINONI
			This is a fine proposal,
			Commander.

	He turns off the viewscreen. Overlapping... the groan
	of Deanna Troi...

47   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - CLOSE ON HER FOOT

	is shiny with oil... as his hands work, slowly,
	methodically massaging it...

					DEVINONI (O.S.)
			I was just thinking...

					TROI (O.S.)
			Mmmm?

					DEVINONI (O.S.)
			Maybe I could stretch out these
			negotiations a few extra days.

					TROI (O.S.)
			Mmmm.

					DEVINONI (O.S.)
			Would you like that?

					TROI (O.S.)
				(yes)
			Mmm-hmmm.

	His hands continue to work... then her foot pulls away
	and after a beat, Troi's face lies in the same spot...
	(the camera can be locked)... his hands begin to
	massage oil into her fingers... looking up off
	camera...

					TROI
			Devinoni Ral, who are you?

48   NEW ANGLE - WIDER

	as he continues to massage her fingers... they are
	dressed in sexy nightclothes... his pajama top is
	off.

        STAR TREK: "The Price" - 9/25/89 - ACT THREE        35.

48   CONTINUED:

					DEVINONI
			What do your Betazoid senses tell
			you about me?

					TROI
			Not very much...
				(smiles)
			My human physical response must
			be blocking them out.

					DEVINONI
			Good.

					TROI
			It's never happened before.

					DEVINONI
			I rather like it that I'm more
			difficult to read than your other
			men...

					TROI
			I don't have any others...
			currently.

					DEVINONI
			How about Commander Riker?

	Mood breaker. She sits up.

					TROI
			Who have you been talking to... ?

					DEVINONI
			No one. I just sensed something
			when I saw the two of you
			together.

					TROI
				(reinstates the mood)
			Will Riker and I are good friends.

					DEVINONI
			Uh huh...

	She sort of pushes him playfully down on the bed, he
	rolls on his stomach and she climbs on his back...
	begins to knead oil across his back...

					TROI
			It was once a little more than
			that.

     STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT THREE     36.

48   CONTINUED: (2)

					DEVINONI
			Mmmm-hmm...

					TROI
			And how come we're talking about
			me and not you?

					DEVINONI
			Don't you have enough people
			telling you about their lives?
			Who counsels the counselor?

	She smiles, he has a point.

					TROI
			Uh uh, I want to know about you
			now...

	He turns over. She's sitting on his lower chest.

					DEVINONI
			I am a man of commerce. And I'm
			what you see right now. No games,
			no strategies. Just me, wanting
			to run away with you.
				(she reacts)
			And knowing that if I asked you,
			you'd never leave this damned
			ship.

	Yes she would... right now, in this moment, she
	would... but she knows better than to trust the moment
	and avoids responding.

					TROI
			When I first saw you, I felt as
			if I'd been waiting for you. I've
			been trying to understand why or
			how that's possible.

					DEVINONI
			Does it matter?

     STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/25/89 - ACT THREE     37.

48   CONTINUED: (3)

	She shakes her head, no.

					DEVINONI
			It will... when I tell you. But
			you must promise never to tell
			anyone else.

					TROI
			What?

					DEVINONI
			I am partly Betazoid too.
				(she reacts)
			My mother was half... I am one
			quarter.

					TROI
			You're empathic?

					DEVINONI
			The only one of five children.
			I must admit I was never as
			comfortable sensing emotions as
			you seem to be...

					TROI
			That's why you left Earth...

	He acknowledges.

					DEVINONI
			I've learned to live with it, use
			it... as you have... but still,
			it isolates us, doesn't it... ?
				(she acknowledges)
			I thought it would always be that
			way for me. Now, all of a sudden
			the rules I live by don't mean
			anything any more. I had tucked
			my heart away... didn't need it,
			didn't want it. At the
			negotiating table it can be fatal
			to have a heart... but I never
			realized how much I missed it
			until I looked at you.

	And as she stretches out on top of him, leans down to
	be with him...

     STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/28/89 - ACT THREE     37A.

48A  EXT. WORMHOLE (OPTICAL)

	The shuttle continues to move through the light show.

49   INT. SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

					GEORDI
			I'm picking up an increase in
			accretion matter filtering in from
			the terminus.

50
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51

51A  EXT. SPACE - WORMHOLE EXIT (OPTICAL)

	Calm. Quiet. A sharp contrast to the excitement of
	the last shot. No visible sign of the wormhole...  and
	then suddenly the shuttle bursts out of "nowhere" ... a
	beat later, the Ferengi pod follows...

51B  EXT. SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	As it stabilizes.

					GEORDI
			We made it...

					DATA
			Monitors are functioning normally
			again.

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			Ferengi pod, everybody in one
			piece over there?

51C  INT. FERENGI POD

					ARRIDOR
			Our condition is no concern of
			yours, Enterprise shuttle. We
			are competitors in this venture,
			not partners. Ferengi pod, out.

     STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/28/89 - ACT THREE     38.

51D  INT. SHUTTLE

					GEORDI
				(to himself)
			Happy landings to you too.

					DATA
				(re: readings)
			Curious.

					GEORDI
			Huh?

					DATA
			We are not where we are supposed
			to be.

					GEORDI
			What do you mean... we're on the
			other side of the wormhole, aren't
			we... ?

					DATA
			According to the Barzan probe,
			we should be in the Gamma
			Quadrant... but the readings
			clearly indicate we are nearly
			two hundred light years away.
			In sector three-five-five-six of
			the Delta Quadrant.

					GEORDI
			Maybe the Barzan's readings were
			wrong...

					DATA
			Maybe their readings were
			correct. Their probe could have
			exited the wormhole at a different
			location.

51E  ANGLE - WINDOW (OPTICAL)

	to see outside... the wormhole is still invisible.
	Geordi adjusts his VISOR, reacts to something he
	sees...

					GEORDI
			Data, I'm picking up a subatomic
			fluctuation... meson and lepton
			activity is increasing...

     STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/28/89 - ACT THREE     39.

51E  CONTINUED:

	As Data reacts, runs a check of the monitors...

					DATA
			Gravitational acceleration is also
			increasing...

	Push in on Geordi staring out...

					GEORDI
			Something very strange is
			happening to this wormhole.

	As his concern grows...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 10/2/89 - ACT FOUR      40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

52   INT. EXERCISE ROOM

	The room is mirrored, set up for exercising. Beverly
	is stretching as Troi ENTERS late...

					TROI
			Sorry.

	She's clearly up and bouncy, does a liberating stretch,
	and shakes with good feelings... and Beverly has to
	notice...

					BEVERLY
			You're unusually "limber" this
			morning.

					TROI
				(smiles)
			I'll say.

					BEVERLY
			Uh huh... ?

					TROI
			Devinoni Ral.

	They begin dance stretching. Off Beverly's look --

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/25/89 - ACT FOUR      41.

52   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			It's ridiculous. And wonderful.
			I feel... completely out of
			control. Happy. Terrified.
			There's nothing rational about
			this.

					BEVERLY
			Who needs rational when your toes
			curl up... ?

					TROI
			I'm afraid I'm going to lose
			myself... I can't get enough of
			him. Is it possible to fall in
			love in one day?

					BEVERLY
			I did.

	They change into another stretch.

					TROI
			It was like this for you and
			Jack?

					BEVERLY
			No, it was another fellow. Fell
			in love in a day. It lasted a
			week. But what a week.
				(beat, remembers)
			Then I met Jack... took months
			to figure it out with Jack.

					TROI
			Maybe I should slow down... catch
			my breath, not let this get out
			of control...

	They look at each other a beat. Both shake their heads
	at the same time...

					BEVERLY & TROI
			Nah.

53   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	A few off-duty crew members are scattered throughout.
	Goss is putting a few moves on a good-looking woman at
	the bar... she finally tires of him, walks out.

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/25/89 - ACT FOUR      42.

54   DEVINONI AND LEYOR SIT

	by themselves. Leyor sips juice.

					DEVINONI
			To be honest, I was surprised to
			see the Caldonians here at all,
			Leyor...

					LEYOR
			You must think Caldonia very
			insular, Mister Ral.

					DEVINONI
			Not at all... on the contrary,
			I've respected your world's
			commitment to pure research. It's
			just that, well...
				(maybe I shouldn't)

					LEYOR
			Go ahead, please...

					DEVINONI
			Well, scholars don't always enjoy
			administrative demands...

	Leyor takes a beat... his eyes give Devinoni the
	tell... he feels the rest...

					DEVINONI
			And certainly we've seen here that
			the administration of the
			wormhole...

					LEYOR
			Yes... I must admit I have begun
			to feel some trepidation about
			that...

					DEVINONI
				(he's got him)
			I'm sure you have. I'm sure we
			all have, Leyor...
				(beat)
			Do you realize that during the
			next century, the number of
			ships...

55   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	All parties are seated with distance between them
	around the table. Bhavani brings the meeting to order.

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/26/89 - ACT FOUR      43.

55   CONTINUED:

					BHAVANI
			Gentlemen, this open session is
			called by request of the Caldonian
			delegation.

	She nods to Leyor, who stands.

					LEYOR
			Madame Bhavani, Caldonia withdraws
			from these proceedings.

	Riker's eyes narrow... mind working...

					BHAVANI
			For what reasons, Leyor?

					LEYOR
			It has been made very clear that
			the maintenance and administrative
			requirements are beyond our
			ability...

					RIKER
			Leyor, the Federation would like
			to negotiate a trade agreement
			to acquire your planet's rich
			deposits of Trillium 323 which
			we will add to our bid, Premier
			Bhavani...

					LEYOR
			My apologies. We have already
			reached an agreement with the
			Chrysalians...

	As Leyor exits, Riker exchanges a look with Devinoni...
	who nods as the baron who just shot down a Federation
	bi-plane.

					RIKER
			Mister Ral, you either had very
			good instincts -- or foreknowledge
			of the Caldonian withdrawal.

					DEVINONI
			Some people just don't wish to
			transact business with the
			Federation, Commander.
				(to Bhavani)
			The Chrysalians hereby add the
			Caldonian Trillium 323 to its bid,
			Premier...

	Off Riker's reaction...

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 10/2/89 - ACT FOUR      44.

56   EXT. SPACE - THE TWO SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	At the other side of the wormhole... which is still not
	visible...

56A  INT. FERENGI POD

	Picking up in the middle of an argument...

					ARRIDOR
			I have no intention of leaving
			yet. We are not finished taking
			our readings...

									INTERCUT:

57   INT. SHUTTLE

					GEORDI
			I'm telling you, it's changing...
			Look, your readings must be
			showing you the same things we're
			getting... this is not the Gamma
			Quadrant.

					ARRIDOR
			I will not confirm your
			speculations...

					DATA
			It is not a speculation, Doctor.
			We are not where the Barzans said
			we should be... which would
			indicate that this side of the
			wormhole is not stable.

					GEORDI
			There are meson and lepton
			fluctuations... local
			gravitational fields are
			increasing exponentially...
			everything says we better get
			the hell out of here...

					ARRIDOR
			It will be visible again in forty
			seconds... we will make our own
			judgments then...

     STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/28/89 - ACT FOUR     44A.

57   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I can see it now... and I'm
			telling you that you don't have
			time to wait... not even forty
			seconds...

      STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/28/89 - ACT FOUR      45.

57   CONTINUED: (2)

					ARRIDOR
			Ferengi pod, out.

					GEORDI
			Dammit, Arridor, we're seventy
			thousand light years away from
			our ships... follow us... we'll
			lead you in...

	No response.

					GEORDI
			Idiots.

57A  ANGLE - (OPTICAL)

	to include the windows. Geordi takes the controls...

					GEORDI
			It's getting worse. I'm taking
			us in, Data... with or without
			them...

	Increasing speed...

					DATA
			Thrusters at half power...
			three-quarters...

					GEORDI
			Entering outer event horizon...

	Outside the windows, the light show begins... they're
	back inside the wormhole...

58
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59

59A  EXT. FERENGI POD - SPACE (OPTICAL)

	Alone in space.

60   INT. FERENGI POD (OPTICAL)

					ARRIDOR
			They panic quickly under
			pressure.

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/28/89 - ACT FOUR         45A.

60   CONTINUED:

	The wormhole appears outside.

					ARRIDOR
			There, precisely as scheduled,
			right where I expected it to be.

	And a beat later, the hole suddenly twists into an odd
	shape and cracks away at super-warp speed... and
	disappears. On the Ferengis' open-mouth reaction...

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT FOUR          46.

61   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	A romantic candlelight dinner alone. They are dressed
	in nightclothes... he wears a robe, she is in her sexy
	nightgown... there is a little tension from Troi...

					TROI
			Everyone's talking about the way
			you absorbed the Caldonian bid
			today...

					DEVINONI
			It was there for the taking...
				(shrugs)
			So I took it...

					TROI
			Commander Riker didn't know how
			you managed it...

					DEVINONI
			Let me tell you something, Will
			Riker's good... the most dangerous
			man in the room to me... he has
			every instinct of a fine
			negotiator...

					TROI
			... he just doesn't have an edge.
			Your edge.

					DEVINONI
			Our edge... and you make it sound
			unethical.

					TROI
			Isn't it?

	Devinoni smiles, this is not a conversation he wants to
	have.

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT FOUR          47.

61   CONTINUED:

					DEVINONI
			Deanna, it's just business...

					TROI
				(beat)
			Why haven't you told anyone that
			you're an empath?

	Disturbed that she won't let it go.

					DEVINONI
			I find it makes people
			uncomfortable.

					TROI
			I think you don't tell them...
			so you can gain an advantage.

	Trying to joke it away --

					DEVINONI
			I used it to gain an advantage
			with you... and you didn't mind...

	But she won't be had... she looks at him. He puts down
	his fork. Okay, you want it? You got it --

					DEVINONI
			The point of negotiating is to
			take advantage, Deanna. I don't
			know what the other side is
			offering, they don't know what
			I'm offering. We dance around
			each other until someone wins.
			I never cry foul when I lose.

					TROI
			But you're reading their emotional
			states, their inner selves, then
			using that to manipulate them.

	He becomes slightly impatient.

					DEVINONI
			Deanna, people have been doing
			that for thousands of years, by
			listening carefully, by watching
			body language. I just happen to
			be better at it. You do it.

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/25/89 - ACT FOUR          48.

61   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			I do it to help my crew, not
			outmanueuver them. And I don't
			hide that I'm an empath.

					DEVINONI
			You announce it to every alien
			culture you encounter? Or do you
			use it to give your side an
			advantage. Do you tell the
			Romulan in the ship about to
			attack that you can feel that
			he's bluffing or do you just tell
			it to your captain?

	Troi reacts, on the defensive...

					TROI
			That's different. It's a matter
			of protection...

					DEVINONI
			Your protection... your captain,
			your crew... your edge.
				(beat)
			Yes. It's a matter of life and
			death when you take the advantage.
			Me, I deal in property, in
			exchange... no one gets hurt.
				(beat)
			Which of us would you say has the
			greater problem of ethics?

	He rises from the table... leaving Troi alone to think
	about his question. She has no easy answers.

									FADE OUT.

                         END ACT FOUR                           

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT FIVE          49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

62   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

63   OMITTED

64   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Riker is at a table alone, making some notes for his
	next round... Devinoni arrives with a drink in his
	hand.

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/25/89 - ACT FIVE          50.

64   CONTINUED:

					DEVINONI
			May I join you, Commander?

	Riker motions to him to sit.

					RIKER
			Bought out the Ferengi yet, Ral?

					DEVINONI
			Think I should try?

					RIKER
			No. But I think you will. One
			way or another, it'll come down
			to you and me.

	Devinoni smiles.

					DEVINONI
			You know, you're very good at
			this... better than you realize.

					RIKER
			I hope I'm better than you
			realize, Ral.

					DEVINONI
				(smiles)
			The last mile of the marathon
			is always the toughest. That's
			when the winners are willing to
			take the big risks... are you
			ready to do that?

					RIKER
			We'll see, won't we...

					DEVINONI
			Well, let's see right now... I'm
			prepared to reach a firm agreement
			with Bhavani before we learn the
			results of your probe's
			expedition. Are you?

	Riker hesitates...

					DEVINONI
			Mmmm, that would not be looked
			upon favorably by the Federation,
			I'd imagine.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/25/89 - ACT FIVE         50A.

64   CONTINUED: (2)

					DEVINONI (Cont'd)
			See, you have to be willing to
			take that last step alone...
			or it isn't worth playing.

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/25/89 - ACT FIVE          51.

64   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Your point of view, not mine.

					DEVINONI
			Oh, I see that, Commander...
			otherwise you wouldn't be second
			in command of this ship.

	Devinoni gives Riker no time to react.

					DEVINONI
			You know, I feel responsible for
			you in a way... related.
				(smiles)
			Deanna. We both love Deanna...
			in different ways, of course.

					RIKER
			I'll remove the burden of that
			responsibility right now. My
			relationship with Deanna stands
			on its own. Without help from
			you.

					DEVINONI
			Of course it does. She's an
			extraordinary woman. Lovely,
			brilliant --- very passionate.

	He leans closer to Riker, still smiling.

					DEVINONI
			She could have been yours, Will.
			But you didn't do enough to keep
			her, and now, I'm here and I'm
			going to take her too.

	Riker really looks at Devinoni, as if he's seeing him
	for the first time. He relaxes back into his seat and
	smiles.

					RIKER
			You know, I think this is the
			first bad play I've seen you
			make...

	Devinoni reacts.

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT FIVE          52.

64   CONTINUED: (4)

					RIKER
			If you bring happiness into
			Deanna's life, nothing would
			please me more. You're not really
			a bad sort, Ral, you just don't
			have any values... beyond the
			value of today's bid, that is.
			She's just the one to give some
			meaning to your sorry existence...
			if you're smart enough to take
			it. I doubt that you are.

	Standing, toasting him --

					RIKER
			To the last mile.

	Riker leaves, feeling better than he has in days.
	Devinoni watches him unhappily. Glances over to see...

65   ANGLE - GOSS

	at a table trying to pick up a couple of sexy crew
	women... but as he sits, they exchange a look and
	leave. Goss is disappointed.

66   DEVINONI

	gets up, and joins Goss at his table...

					DEVINONI
			Federation women have a game they
			call "playing hard to get".

					GOSS
			Yes, I do not at all find it
			amusing.

					DEVINONI
			On Chrysalia, the women outnumber
			the men four to one. They
			virtually throw themselves at your
			feet...

	As Goss' interest perks up considerably...

       STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 10/2/89 - ACT FIVE 53-55.         

67
thru	OMITTED
74

75   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					WORF
			Sir, the Ferengi vessel is moving
			out of orbit, impulse power...
				(beat)
			They are approaching the entry
			to the wormhole, sir.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Computer, is the Ferengi Goss
			still aboard the Enterprise?

					COMPUTER
			DaiMon Goss departed the
			Enterprise at fourteen hundred
			hours.

					WORF
			Ferengi are powering forward
			missile launchers...

					PICARD
			Yellow Alert. Hail the Ferengi.

					WORF
			DaiMon Goss responding.

					PICARD
			On screen.

76   ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Goss is in the Ferengi captain's Ready Room.

					PICARD
			Request an explanation for your
			actions, DaiMon Goss.

					GOSS
			I have learned from informed
			sources that the Federation has
			manipulated these negotiations
			from the very beginning... and
			has already signed a secret
			agreement with the Barzans.

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/26/89 - ACT FIVE         55A.

76   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			That is not true...

					GOSS
			The Ferengi offer was never
			seriously considered.

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 10/2/89 - ACT FIVE          56.

76   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Premier Bhavani welcomed you to
			these proceedings, Goss... despite
			my better judgment...

					GOSS
			We will be ignored no longer.

					WORF
			They've fired a missile directly
			at the opening, sir!

					PICARD
			Destroy it.

					WORF
			Firing phasers.

77   ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Seeing the Ferengi torpedo... as the Enterprise phaser
	hits it. It EXPLODES.

78   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Riker with Bhavani and Devinoni...

					BHAVANI
			Your offers both have merit,
			gentlemen... if I could find a
			deciding factor...

	Red Alert. Riker reacts, keys his insignia...

					RIKER
			Riker to Picard. What's
			happening, Captain?

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Goss has fired a missile at the
			wormhole... I need you on the
			bridge, Number One...

					RIKER
				(on the move)
			Excuse me.

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT FIVE          57.

78   CONTINUED:

	He EXITS. Bhavani and Devinoni exchange a concerned
	glance...

					DEVINONI
			Excuse me for saying so under the
			circumstances, Premier... But
			this fight is really between the
			Federation and the Ferengi... it
			is unconscionable that your
			wormhole is being used as a pawn
			in their power struggle.

	Off her reaction...

79   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker arrives as does Troi...

					PICARD
				(to viewscreen)
			You must know we will not allow
			you to do this, Goss.

					GOSS
			If the Ferengi cannot have the
			wormhole, no one will...

	Picard signals Worf to mute the viewscreen.

					PICARD
			Can he possibly believe that a
			missile will have any destructive
			effect on a wormhole?

	And focus on Troi... as she begins to realize something
	is dreadfully wrong...

					RIKER
			One of those missiles would have
			a destructive effect if it
			exploded near our shuttle...

	Riker steps forward, signalling Worf to resume voice
	contact.

					RIKER
			Goss... don't you realize we both
			have shuttlecraft in there?

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT FIVE         57A.

79   CONTINUED:

					GOSS
			Casualties of war, Commander.
			My men are prepared to die. Are
			yours?

					TROI
			Captain...

					PICARD
				(off her look)
			Viewscreen off.

					TROI
			He's lying. I'm almost sure of
			it. He does not mean what he
			says.

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT FIVE          58.

79   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Why... what is he doing it for
			then?

	Push in on Troi, realizing...

80   ANGLE

	at the turbolift... Bhavani and Devinoni...

					BHAVANI
			Permission to enter the bridge,
			Captain...

					PICARD
			Premier, with all due respect...

					DEVINONI
			Captain, I believe I am in a
			better position to settle this
			with DaiMon Goss than you are...
				(Picard reacts)
			May I address him?

	Picard motions for them to come forward...

81   ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

					DEVINONI
			DaiMon Goss, this is Devinoni
			Ral...

	Goss reappears on the viewscreen.

					GOSS
			I have nothing to say to you, Ral.

					DEVINONI
			Then, just listen. The planet
			of Barzan has reached an agreement
			with the Chrysalians for long term
			control of the wormhole.
				(Riker reacts)
			On behalf of the Chrysalians, I
			am prepared to offer the Ferengi
			free access to the wormhole in
			perpetuity...

	And stay on Troi as she follows this...

					GOSS
			I have your word on this?

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT FIVE          59.

81   CONTINUED:

					DEVINONI
			My word, sir. In return for some
			Ferengi convoy privileges to be
			negotiated in good faith.

					GOSS
			This is an acceptable offer.

					WORF
			Ferengi vessel has shut down
			forward missile launchers.

					PICARD
			Stand down, Red Alert.

					BHAVANI
			Commander Riker, I'm sorry you
			had to learn about my decision
			this way. You represented the
			Federation well. But I have come
			to believe that the Chrysalians'
			neutrality and tradition of peace
			is more desirable to my planet.

					TROI
			Excuse me, Premier. There is
			something you should know...

	And Devinoni flashes a look at Troi... who reacts...

					TROI
			I'm sorry, was there something
			you wanted to say, Mister Ral?

					DEVINONI
			No... not at all...

					TROI
			I sense you are uncomfortable
			suddenly...

					DEVINONI
			Well, after all, this was a tense
			situation...

					TROI
			But that's what is so odd about
			it... it was not tense at all...
			I sensed no tension from DaiMon
			Goss... or you...

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT FIVE          60.

81   CONTINUED: (2)

					GOSS
			I was tense... I was ready to
			blow it up... I strongly
			protest...

					PICARD
				(enough already)
			Off screen.

	Goss' image disappears...

					TROI
			It was almost as though... you
			both were performing a scene for
			all of us...

					DEVINONI
			Excuse me, Captain, I think
			there's a slight conflict of
			interest here...

					TROI
			I agree. Entirely. Devinoni
			asked me not to tell anyone about
			his empathic powers... which he
			uses to manipulate competitors
			in a negotiation.

	Reactions.

					TROI
			Certainly, that put me in a
			conflict of interest which I hope
			I have now resolved. Premier,
			I believe Ral has used your fear
			of continuing aggression between
			the Federation and its enemies
			to undermine our position. I also
			believe this incident was staged
			by Ral and Goss to provide you
			with a reason to decide in favor
			of the Chrysalians.

	And Troi and Ral exchange a long look... and he finally
	grins at her... shrugs, well, it's just another deal.
	Wesley, who has been monitoring the sensors... reacts
	to something he hears.

					WESLEY
				(excited)
			Captain...

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT FIVE         60A.

81   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(knows by the sound in
				 his voice)
			On speaker.

	At first, it's just broken phrases and hiss, slowly
	coming together...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Shuttle nine to Enterprise...
			Shuttle nine to Enterprise...

					PICARD
			Shuttle, this is Picard... do you
			read...
				(no response)
			On screen...

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 10/2/89 - ACT FIVE          61.

82   ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The wormhole is not visible... but a tiny image of the
	shuttle suddenly appears out of nowhere...

83   OMITTED

									INTERCUT:

84   INT. SHUTTLE

					GEORDI
			This is Shuttle nine... reporting
			back... barely.

					PICARD
			The Ferengi pod?

					GEORDI
			They're trapped on the other side,
			sir. In the Delta Quadrant. We
			tried to warn them. They wouldn't
			follow us.

					PICARD
			Elaborate.

					DATA
			Captain, this end of the wormhole
			is currently stable but the other
			end apparently shifts position
			periodically. The Barzan probe
			had no way to recognize this.
			Eventually, both sides will be
			unstable.

					GEORDI
			It's a dry well, Captain.
			Worthless.

84A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Acknowledged, Shuttle nine. Main
			Shuttlebay, prepare for final
			approach.

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT FIVE         61A.

84A  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Captain, DaiMon Goss is demanding
			to know where his men are.

					PICARD
			Advise him to set his coordinates
			for the Delta Quadrant,
			Lieutenant... He might run into
			them in eighty years or so.

	Riker crosses to Devinoni.

					RIKER
			Mister Ral, I congratulate you
			on winning the rights to the
			Barzan wormhole...

					DEVINONI
				(tight)
			I take the risks. I stand by my
			agreements.

	Off Riker's half grin...

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT FIVE          62.

85   OMITTED

86   INT. CORRIDOR - AT TROI'S QUARTERS

	As the door opens to reveal Troi. She reacts as she
	sees...

87   REVERSE - DEVINONI

	A look.

					TROI
			Come in...

88   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

					TROI
			When do you leave?

					DEVINONI
			Soon. I've... been recalled by
			the Chrysalians... explanations
			demanded and so forth.

					TROI
			I'm sorry.

					DEVINONI
				(shrugs)
			I've done all right for them over
			the years... they know the stakes.
			It'll be fine.

	They look at each other a long beat. "Fine" is not in
	their faces.

					DEVINONI
			I had to do it, Troi...

	Troi looks at him... can't accept that...

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/27/89 - ACT FIVE          63.

88   CONTINUED:

					DEVINONI
			Bhavani was ready to go with the
			the Federation. I sensed it.
			And I'd used up every card in the
			deck... I had to change the rules.

					TROI
			You must have known that I
			couldn't allow you to do that...

					DEVINONI
				(beat, grins)
			My human physical response must
			have blocked out my Betazoid
			senses.

	She knows, acknowledges.

					DEVINONI
				(beat)
			In a way, I'm glad you did it.
			It's made me take a hard look at
			who I am. I don't like what I
			see.

	He moves to her... she allows it.

					DEVINONI
			Deanna... I once asked you to
			run away with me. I'm asking you
			again. I need you. You could
			help me change. You could be my
			conscience.

	He kisses her. After they break...

					TROI
			I already have a job as a
			counselor.

          STAR TREK: "The Price" - REV. 9/26/89 - ACT FIVE          64.

88   CONTINUED: (2)

	He reacts. He slowly retreats to the door, shrugs...
	and EXITS. On her expression, with no regrets, we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             








                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                    "The Vengeance Factor" 
 (f.k.a. "The Human Factor," "The Vengeance," "The Weapon")                        
                          #40273-157 
                              
                          Written by 
                           Sam Rolfe 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Timothy Bond 


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FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1989 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                        FINAL DRAFT

                     SEPTEMBER 29, 1989

   STAR TREK: "The Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/11/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                    "The Vengeance Factor" 

                             CAST                               
                              
          PICARD                   Acamarians
          RIKER                    SOVEREIGN MAROUK
          DATA                     YUTA
          BEVERLY                  
          TROI                     Gatherers
          GEORDI                    BRULL
          WORF                      TEMAREK
          WESLEY                    CHORGAN
                                    VOLNOTH

          Non-speaking             Non-speaking Acamarians
           SUPERNUMERARIES           BODYGUARD
           MEDICS                   
           TWO FEDERATION SCIENTISTS FEMALE MAID
                                     SERVANTS

   STAR TREK: "The Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/08/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                    "The Vengeance Factor" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS

            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              SICKBAY                  GAMMA HROMI TWO
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE         GATHERER CAMP
              GUEST QUARTERS
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
              TEN FORWARD
          
            FEDERATION OUTPOST
          
            GATHERER SHIP

  STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" REV. 10/6/89 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                    "The Vengeance Factor" 
                     
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              ACAMAR                 AWK-uh-mahr
              ACAMARIANS             awk-uh-MAHR-ee-uns
              ARTONIAN               are-TONE-ians
              BRULL                  BROOL
              CHORGAN                CHORE-gun
              HROMI                  huh-ROM-ee
              LORNACK                LORE-nack
              MALLON                 MAL-lon
              MAROUK                 mar-RUKE
              NORANIUM               nor-RAY-knee-um
              PENTHOR                PEN-thor
              RIGELLIAN              rye-JELL-ee-un
              TEMAREK                TEM-ah-reck
              TOLMAN                 TOLL-man
              TONKIAN                TAHN-key-in
              TRALESTA               tra-LESS-tah
              VOLNOTH                VOLL-noth
              YUTA                   YOU-tah

   STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/10/89 - TEASER   1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                    "The Vengeance Factor"                         
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:
1
thru	OMITTED
2

3    INT. FEDERATION OUTPOST (OPTICAL)

	The two-man Federation scientific outpost has been
	looted -- stripped of all equipment. Instrumentation
	panels have been ripped from the walls; wave guides
	dangle aimlessly. Piles of crates, shelves and
	shattered scientific equipment are all over the floor,
	blocking easy movement...

	RIKER, WORF, BEVERLY, and DATA MATERIALIZE and survey
	the damage.

					RIKER
			Someone sure stripped this place.

	Worf examines an empty slab where a piece of equipment
	undoubtedly rested.

					WORF
			The reactor is gone.

	Riker examines a gaping hole in the wall.

					RIKER
			That's why no one answered our
			hail for two days -- they had
			nothing to answer it with.

	Data scans with a tricorder.

					DATA
			Life signs five meters straight
			ahead, Commander.

	But straight ahead is blocked by all the garbage left
	behind... on the other side is a door. Riker, Worf
	and Data begin to move the stuff out of the way...

  STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/10/89 - TEASER  2-3.

3A   ON BEVERLY

	detecting something else with her tricorder. She
	looks over a smashed piece of equipment scattered on
	the floor then picks up a small jagged piece of metal.
	A drop of blood-like substance coats a sharp edge.
	Riker glances over...

					RIKER
			Blood?

					BEVERLY
			Yes, but not human. I'll have
			to do some analysis on it.

4    ON WORF AND DATA

	finally reaching the closed door. Worf tries the
	manual override -- the door remains closed.

					WORF
			It's jammed.

	He glances at Data who steps forward, grabs the door.
	A quick yank and the door slides open -- revealing
	TWO FEDERATION SCIENTISTS lying motionless on the
	floor.

5
thru	OMITTED
5A
									FADE OUT.

					END OF TEASER

   STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/5/89 - ACT ONE   4.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

6    INT. SICKBAY

	MEDICS are tending to the two scientists. Beverly's
	analyzing the bloody piece of metal. Picard, Riker and
	Data ENTER. Beverly reports:

					BEVERLY
			The two scientists are suffering
			from phaser stuns... I'd guess
			several hits each.

					PICARD
			Several... when one would surely
			have sufficed.

					BEVERLY
			It'll take us a while to bring
			them around, but they'll recover.

	She indicates the sample she's analyzing.

					BEVERLY (cont'd)
			We found a sample of blood. It's
			a rare iron-copper composite,
			unique to one humanoid species:
			the Acamarians.

					PICARD
			Acamarians.
				(a beat)
			That would suggest... the
			Gatherers.

					DATA
			A likely hypothesis. The nomadic
			marauders who refer to themselves
			as Gatherers have raided other
			outposts in neighboring sectors.

					RIKER
			But they've never ventured this
			far before.

   STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/9/89 - ACT ONE   5.

6    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			And we cannot permit them to
			spread their violent ways further.
				(keys insignia)
			Mister Crusher, set course for
			the Acamar system.

					WESLEY'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

									CUT TO:

7    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Assuming orbit around a planet -- Acamar Three.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43562.9.
			In an effort to put an end to the
			Gatherer raids, we have come to
			the Acamar System to enlist the
			aid of Marouk, the sovereign of
			Acamar Three.

8    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, TROI. At the head of the table sits an
	imposing, aristocratic middle-aged woman: MAROUK,
	sovereign of Acamar.

	Standing unobtrusively behind Marouk is a beefy male
	BODYGUARD.

	Acamarians are humanoid, perhaps a bit unkempt and
	primitive (in appearance, not in intelligence) by our
	standards.

   STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/6/89 - ACT ONE   6.

8    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Their raids have made this sector
			unsafe. Our research facilities
			have been ransacked; trade routes
			disrupted...

					MAROUK
			The Gatherers are elusive; we've
			only managed to capture a handful
			of them. However, with
			Starfleet's help...

	She's got the wrong idea. Picard interrupts sharply:

					PICARD
			Hunting them down is not what
			I'm proposing.

					MAROUK
			Reconciliation with the Gatherers
			is impossible. It's been tried.
			Every time we've offered amnesty,
			they've rejected it.

					TROI
			When was the last attempt made?

					MAROUK
			Eighteen years ago.

					PICARD
				(surprised)
			Eighteen years?

					MAROUK
			Yes. We gave up trying.

					RIKER
			Why?

					MAROUK
			Because the Gatherers aren't
			willing to change! For almost
			a century, they've been
			parasites... moving from star
			system to star system, living on
			what they could find... or steal.
			They're little more than
			barbarians.

					PICARD
			They are still your people.

   STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/6/89 - ACT ONE   7.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					MAROUK
			No. Captain, you have to
			understand our history. A hundred
			years ago, before the Gatherers
			split off from our culture, we
			were a savage, violent race.
			Clans battled clans... bloody,
			vengeful feuds that lasted for
			generations.
				(a beat)
			But we overcame those ways...
			broke the cycle of fighting and
			revenge. All except the
			Gatherers.

					TROI
			After a century of wandering,
			they may be ready to come home.

					PICARD
			Despite all your progress, your
			society is still divided. And
			it will remain so until the
			Gatherers return to Acamar.

	Picard's words have had an effect. Marouk thinks it
	over.

					MAROUK
			The attempt may be futile.

	Picard stands.

					PICARD
			You have much to gain and little
			to lose in making the effort.
			The problem affects us all... it
			cannot be ignored.

	Marouk looks at Picard, grudgingly nods. She knows
	he's right.

 STAR TREK: "The Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/2/89 - ACT ONE 8.

9    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data, Wesley, Worf, supernumeraries. Picard, Riker,
	Troi, Marouk, and the bodyguard ENTER from the
	Observation Lounge.

					PICARD
			Sovereign Marouk, how soon will
			you be ready to leave Acamar?

					MAROUK
			I am ready now, Captain. I need
			only bring aboard two more
			servants...

					RIKER
			I'll see to that... and to your
			accommodations, Sovereign.

	Marouk nods a thank you to Riker, turns to Picard:

					MAROUK
			I have reason to believe there
			is a Gatherer encampment somewhere
			in the Hromi Cluster.

					PICARD
			Mister Data?

					DATA
			The Federation has charted but
			not explored several Class M
			planets in that area. Any of
			those planets might well serve
			as a base.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher, set course for
			the Hromi Cluster.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir.

10   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	leaving its orbit of Acamar Three.

11   INT. GUEST QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	as Marouk ENTERS, followed by Riker. She crosses to
	the port, looks out at the stars as the ship goes into
	Warp. An impressive sight. Marouk turns to Riker:

   STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/9/89 - ACT ONE   9.

11   CONTINUED:

					MAROUK
			A fine ship, Commander.

					RIKER
			We're very proud of her.

	In b.g., the bodyguard and two more servants ENTER,
	carrying suitcases. One new arrival is a middle-aged
	female MAID.

	The other is YUTA, a fragile girl in her early
	twenties; pretty, with a delicate, quiet manner. Like
	all Marouk's servants, if she has a personality it's
	invisible.

12   NEW ANGLE

	as Yuta sets down the suitcase, looks up. Her eyes
	happen to meet Riker's. A friendly smile from Riker.

	Some women would turn away, blushing shyly; some would
	smile back in friendship -- or invitation. Yuta does
	neither -- just looks incuriously at Riker. No
	reaction at all.

					MAROUK (O.S.)
			Yuta --

13   WIDER (OPTICAL)

	as Yuta turns to Marouk.

					MAROUK
			A light meal in twenty minutes.

	Yuta nods in obedience, but Marouk has already turned
	away to look out the port at the stars streaking by.

14   ON YUTA (OPTICAL)

	approaching Riker. In b.g., the other servants are
	unpacking the suitcases.

					YUTA
			May I be shown to the kitchen,
			Commander?

   STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/9/89 - ACT ONE   10.

14   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			You're the chef?

					YUTA
			Yes. I'll prepare all meals for
			the sovereign and her servants.

					RIKER
			We can provide you with a kitchen
			if you wish... but it's not really
			necessary. The food dispensers
			can synthesize anything you want.

	Yuta absorbs this without reaction. Riker leads Yuta
	to a food slot.

					RIKER (cont'd)
			I'll show you.
				(to Marouk)
			Sovereign, may I offer you a
			drink?

	Marouk doesn't turn from the port:

					MAROUK
			Yes, thank you. Cold water.

					RIKER
				(to food slot)
			A glass of water... five degrees.

	A glass of water MATERIALIZES in the food slot. Yuta
	shows mild interest. Riker takes the glass, starts
	to deliver it to Marouk. Yuta politely blocks him,
	extends her hand for the glass.

					YUTA
			Please.

	Riker's about to say "it's all right, I'll do it" --
	but there's something immovable about her stance. He
	hands her the glass. She sniffs it, calmly takes a
	sip. Riker doesn't know whether to be amused or
	horrified.

					RIKER
			You're also the food taster?

	Yuta looks at him -- what's so odd about that?

   STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/9/89 - ACT ONE   11.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					YUTA
			That's part of the cook's duties.

	Satisfied she hasn't been poisoned, Yuta takes the
	glass to Marouk, who accepts it without comment. Yuta
	returns to Riker.

					YUTA (cont'd)
			I'm sure the sovereign will wish
			to sample many of the cuisines
			your ship has to offer, but there
			are certain Acamarian dishes she
			will insist upon.

					RIKER
			I'll arrange for a technician to
			help you program your recipes
			into the computer. I'd like to
			try some myself. What's your
			specialty?

					YUTA
			I have none.

	A simple statement of fact. Riker smiles at her. His
	natural good will and charm would melt an ice cap.

					RIKER
			Don't be modest. You can't tell
			me you haven't come up with a
			few original triumphs...

	And, wonder of wonders, Yuta smiles back. Not much of
	a smile... but it's a start.

					YUTA
			There is a spiced parthus dish...

					RIKER
			"Parthus?"

					YUTA
			A green vegetable with fleshy
			roots.

					RIKER
			Ah. Parthus... a la Yuta. I
			look forward to tasting it.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/6/89 - ACT ONE   12.

14   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER (Cont'd)
				(to Marouk, taking his
				 leave)
			Sovereign...

	But Marouk's still gazing with fascination out the
	port, doesn't hear him. Riker turns back to Yuta,
	gives her a respectful nod:

					RIKER (cont'd)
			Chef...

	Riker exits. Yuta's small smile increases a bit.
	Servants don't get this sort of attention; she's not
	quite sure how to respond... but she likes Riker.

15   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Arriving in orbit around Gamma Hromi Two.

16   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Troi, Data, Wesley, Worf.

					WESLEY
			Entering standard orbit of Gamma
			Hromi Two, sir.

					DATA
			I am detecting life readings on
			the surface, sir... and several
			small areas of heat and carbon
			dioxide emission indicative of
			combustion.

					WESLEY
			Campfires, Data.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			It's worth a look.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

17   EXT. GATHERER CAMP - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Worf, GEORDI, and Data MATERIALIZE in the midst
	of a "junkyard" of high-tech equipment scattered about.

  STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/10/89 - ACT ONE  13.

17   CONTINUED:

	Worf scans the area with his tricorder as Geordi, Data
	and Riker inspect the various piles of stuff.

					GEORDI
			Artonian lasers, Tonkian homing
			beacons... quite a collection.

	Data looks at a pile of scrap metal.

					DATA
			Noranium alloys. Their salvage
			value is low.

					RIKER
			Looks like the Gatherers aren't
			very discriminating in what they
			steal.

	Worf looks over the array, then announces with disgust:

					WORF
			The spoils of animals without
			honor.

	Worf lifts a tarp on another pile.

					WORF (cont'd)
			Commander.

	Riker, Data, and Geordi step up to examine Worf's find
	-- a small reactor.

18   CLOSE ON WORF

	frowning suddenly. He sniffs the air, then grabs
	Riker, Data, and Geordi, pulls them to the ground --

					WORF
			Ambush!

19   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as THREE GATHERERS (BRULL, TEMAREK, and one n.d.) --
	armed with phaser rifles -- pop out from behind a ridge
	and take aim at the away team. (Like their Acamarian
	cousins, the Gatherers are muscular humanoids with a
	"primitive" appearance -- belied by their sophisticated
	weapons.) They FIRE.

   STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/9/89 - ACT ONE   14.

20   ON RIKER, WORF, GEORDI, AND DATA (OPTICAL)

	as a PHASER BLAST just misses them.

21 WIDER (OPTICAL)

	Data, Riker, and Geordi scramble behind some rocks as
	Worf provides a BLAST of cover FIRE, then he too finds
	cover.

22   ON RIKER (OPTICAL)

	his back against a rock, and phaser in hand.

					DATA
			Rigellian phaser rifles. Not very
			powerful.

	Another BLAST scorches the rock nearby.

					RIKER
			Powerful enough...

									FADE OUT.

					END OF ACT ONE

  STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/10/89 - ACT TWO  15.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

23   EXT. GATHERER CAMP - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	As before. The three Gatherers have positioned
	themselves well -- Riker, Data, and Geordi are pinned
	behind a cluster of equipment while Worf is behind
	another. Riker yells to the Gatherers:

					RIKER
			We want to talk --

	A phaser BLAST from the Gatherers confirms they aren't
	interested in chatter.

24   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as Worf moves closer to Riker, Data, and Geordi --
	his adroit maneuvering sparing him from a phaser HIT.

					WORF
			Your words are wasted, Commander.
				(holding up his phaser)
			They understand only this.

					RIKER
				(convincing himself as
				 well)
			We're here to establish a
			dialogue.

	A phaser bolt STREAKS OVERHEAD. Then Riker has a
	thought:

24A  RIKER'S POV

	of the pile of scrap metal Data looked at earlier.

24B  ON RIKER

	as he turns to Data.

					RIKER
			Data... noranium vaporizes at... ?

  STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/10/89 - ACT TWO  16.

24B  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Two thousand three hundred
			fourteen degrees. Of course,
			noranium carbide alloys vaporize
			at a slightly higher temperature.

	Riker indicates the pile of alloys -- Worf, Data, and
	Geordi catch on.

					GEORDI
			Phaser setting seven ought to do
			it...

	Riker nods; all four adjust their phasers.

25   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as Riker, Data, Geordi, and Worf FIRE at the pile of
	noranium. The noranium quickly bellows huge clouds of
	SMOKE -- filling the area almost immediately.

					RIKER
			Now!

25A  ANGLE

	In a quick moment, Riker gives the others sotto voce
	instructions, then using the smoke as cover, the four
	make a break for it.

26   ON THE GATHERERS (OPTICAL)

	trying to peer through the smoke. We hear:

					RIKER (O.S.)
			Enterprise -- four to beam up!
			Energize!

	Brull, the Gatherer leader, sneers with contempt.

					BRULL
			Cowards.

	Brull turns his attention to the rising smoke. He
	grabs a bucket of sand and pours it on the noranium.
	The two others Gatherers follow suit. After a beat,
	the smoke ceases.

  STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/11/89 - ACT TWO  17.

27   ON BRULL

	as he breathes a sigh of relief -- his precious loot
	not completely lost.

	As the smoke clears --

28   ANGLE ON RIKER, WORF, DATA, AND GEORDI

	emerging from the smoke -- phasers aimed at Brull and
	the two Gatherers.

					WORF
				(to Brull)
			Your ambushes would be more
			successful if you bathed more
			often.

	Brull GRUMBLES, but he knows there is nothing he or
	his Gatherers can do.

					RIKER
			We've brought the sovereign of
			Acamar...

					BRULL
				(surprised)
			Marouk... here?

					RIKER
				(nods)
			With an offer of amnesty.

	Brull and the other two Gatherers are curious, but
	suspicious.

									CUT TO:

29   OMITTED

30   EXT. GATHERER CAMP - NIGHT

	CLOSE on Yuta taking a sip of wine. WIDEN to reveal
	Marouk, her bodyguard, Picard, Riker, Troi, Worf,
	Brull, and other Gatherers (including VOLNOTH, a old
	man, and Temarek) sitting in a circle around a FIRE.

  STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/11/89 - ACT TWO  18.

30   CONTINUED:

					MAROUK (O.S.)
			Full dispensation will be extended
			to all Gatherers who are willing
			to return to Acamar Three.

	After a beat, Yuta nods -- "it's okay" -- and hands the
	chalice to Marouk, who drinks. Brull frowns

					BRULL
			You don't trust me.

					MAROUK
			Should I?

	Marouk passes the chalice to Brull.

					BRULL
			Oh, but you expect me to trust
			you. Perhaps you just poisoned
			it yourself.

	He gruffly hands the chalice to Temarek... all this
	for show...

					BRULL
			Taste it.

	Temarek looks and says who me? Brull finally grabs
	his hair, and pours the wine down his throat,
	laughs... Marouk is furious, insulted, standing, looks
	to Picard...

					MAROUK
			Barbarians... this is futile...

					PICARD
			Sovereign...

	Rising voices upon voices --

					BRULL
				(standing)
			Go home, old woman...

					PICARD
			Brull...

					MAROUK
			You people haven't changed in a
			hundred years.

  STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/11/89 - ACT TWO  19.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					BRULL
			You were there. You should know.

					PICARD
			Sit down.

	They both stop and look at Picard.

					PICARD
			We are here to talk.

					MAROUK
			It is a waste of time, Captain...
			they don't care how they live...

					BRULL
			And I am supposed to believe that
			you do care how we live?

					MAROUK
			Yes.

					PICARD
			She is here, isn't she, Brull?

					BRULL
			Perhaps you forced her...

					MAROUK
			Nobody forces me anywhere,
			Brull... nobody.

	Brull looks at her, believes it, grins, sits down.
	Picard looks at Marouk, she sits.

					BRULL
				(feigning disinterest)
			What is there for us on Acamar
			Three?

					MAROUK
			A life. A home. You can end your
			wandering, your miserable
			existence...

					BRULL
			Do I look miserable?

	Marouk's first instinct is to go back at him... but
	Picard looks her off.

  STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/11/89 - ACT TWO  20.

30   CONTINUED: (3)

					MAROUK
			The clan wars are over, Brull.
			It is a past we are ashamed of.
			It is why you had to leave.
				(beat)
			Now it is time to come home.

	Brull thinks it over. Maybe it's a worthwhile offer.
	But being a good poker player, he keeps a gruff face as
	he commands:

					BRULL
			I want to talk privately with
			Picard and Marouk. Everyone else
			-- leave.

	The other Gatherers get to their feet. Yuta and
	Marouk's bodyguard look to Marouk. She nods to them --
	"go." Picard indicates to Riker, Worf, and Troi that
	they should go, too.

30A  NEW ANGLE

	As everyone -- including Riker, Troi, and Worf -- leave
	Picard, Marouk, and Brull to negotiate. Riker looks to
	Troi:

					RIKER
			Any insights, Counselor?

					TROI
			Brull's ready to negotiate. He
			wants privacy so he won't appear
			weak in the presence of the other
			Gatherers.

	Riker nods agreement. They look back at Picard,
	Marouk, and Brull in the b.g.

   STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" REV. 10/10/89 - ACT TWO   21.

30B  ANOTHER ANGLE

	A few yards away, Volnoth passes Yuta, taking a second
	look at her, as if she's vaguely familiar. Yuta looks
	calmly back at him. Volnoth walks off.

	FOLLOW Yuta as she follows Volnoth.

31   NEW ANGLE

	as Yuta turns a corner, is out of sight of Riker and
	the others. She continues walking until she comes
	upon:

32   ANGLE ON VOLNOTH

	alone, warming his hands over a fire pit.

					YUTA (O.S.)
			You are of the clan Lornack.

					VOLNOTH
				(crossly)
			So?

	Volnoth looks up as Yuta steps into the firelight. He
	scowls.

					VOLNOTH (cont'd)
			I've seen you before.

					YUTA
			Yes.

   STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" REV. 10/10/89 - ACT TWO   22.

32   CONTINUED:

					VOLNOTH
			But it's impossible.

					YUTA
			No. Look closer.

	Yuta moves closer. She's absolutely calm. Volnoth
	squints at her, confused.

					YUTA (cont'd)
			I am Yuta --

	Yuta reaches out to touch Volnoth's face --

					YUTA (cont'd)
			-- of the clan Tralesta.

33   CLOSE ON VOLNOTH

	as Yuta's fingertips come in contact with his skin.
	It's a feather-light touch -- but Volnoth's suddenly
	in horrible pain. He opens his mouth to scream --
	nothing comes out but a desperate GASP.

34   WIDER

	as Volnoth's legs give out; he collapses, writhing in
	pain.

					YUTA
			I am the last of my line. But
			my clan will outlive yours.

	Volnoth stiffens in agony and dies.

35   CLOSE ON YUTA

	looking down at the dead man. She displays neither
	satisfaction nor remorse... no emotion whatever.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

 STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/11/89 - ACT THREE 23.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

36   EXT. GATHERER CAMP - NIGHT

	Picard, Brull and Marouk are standing. Riker returns
	to the edge of the group, stands by awaiting orders
	from Picard.

					BRULL
				(grudgingly)
			Marouk's offer has value...
			still, I'm not sure...

	In the b.g., Yuta rejoins the bodyguard, Riker, Troi,
	Worf, and the other Gatherers.

					PICARD
				(trying to pin him down)
			But you agree it's worth
			presenting to your leader.

					BRULL
				(more decisive)
			Chorgan is a better judge of such
			things... I will go to him... you
			will hear from me in twenty days.

					PICARD
			Brull, in twenty days, I hope to
			be... very far away from here.

	That has a couple levels of meaning...

					MAROUK
			With all due respect, Brull, I
			would like to make the offer to
			Chorgan myself.

	Brull grunts, well, maybe... Picard seizes it and
	motions for Riker and the others to join him.

 STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/11/89 - ACT THREE 23A.

36   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			We will gladly take you with
			us aboard the Enterprise. It will
			give you a chance to enjoy
			Federation hospitality. How many
			of your men do you want to
			accompany you?

					BRULL
			I'll come alone. If this is a
			trap --

					MAROUK
			It isn't.

	Brull nods sourly as if he's not a hundred percent convinced.
	He turns to the other Gatherers:

					BRULL
			Mallon -- you'll take charge while
			I'm gone. If I don't return in
			ten days --

					TEMAREK (O.S.)
			Brull!

	Everyone turns --

 STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/12/89 - ACT THREE 24.

37   ANGLE - THE SECLUDED AREA

	where Volnoth was killed. Temarek is leaning over the
	corpse of Volnoth. Brull ENTERS, followed by Picard,
	Riker, and Marouk. Troi, Worf, and the others
	approach, but keep in the b.g.

37A  ON RIKER

	touching his insignia.

					RIKER
			Away team to Enterprise. Medical
			Emergency.

37B  WIDER

	Brull looks at Riker curiously --

					BRULL
			Volnoth was an old man. There's
			nothing to be done.

					RIKER
			There's a chance our doctors can
			do something...

	Brull shrugs -- "why bother?"

					BRULL
				(to Temarek)
			You found him?

					TEMAREK
			Yes. And there are no other
			members of the Lornack clan
			here... so I claim his
			possessions.

					BRULL
				(a formality)
			Granted.

	Brull turns away in indifference as Temarek starts to
	pull off one of Volnoth's boots.

37C  MAROUK (OPTICAL)

	looks from Temarek stripping the corpse to Brull, can't
	conceal her distaste.

 STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/13/89 - ACT THREE 24A.

37C  CONTINUED:

					MAROUK
			Have you no respect for the dead?

					BRULL
			What's there to respect about a
			corpse?

	Marouk looks helplessly to Picard -- how can you deal
	with such barbarians? She walks away. Beverly
	MATERIALIZES. Moves quickly to scan the body... Riker
	has to push Temarak, who is stripping the corpse, out
	of the way. She shakes her head.

					BEVERLY
			He's been dead too long.

					RIKER
			How?

					BEVERLY
			Cardiac arrest...

	But there's a look, an edge to her voice... she stands
	and Temerek goes back at the body... Riker moves with
	out of earshot of the others...

					RIKER
			You don't sound convinced.

					BEVERLY
			No, it was a heart attack, all
			right. But I can't figure out
			what caused it. Cardiac muscle
			is strong... no sign of arterial
			occlusion...

	Off Riker's curiosity...

37D  PICARD AND BRULL (OPTICAL)

					PICARD
			Is there anything you need to
			bring with you, Brull?

					BRULL
			Like what?

					PICARD
			Anything... a change of clothes,
			perhaps...

 STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/12/89 - ACT THREE 25.

37D  CONTINUED:

					BRULL
			No, I just changed into these...
			recently.

					PICARD
			Very well then...
				(keys insignia)
			Picard to Enterprise... two...

					BRULL
			My quarters are to be just as big
			as hers...

					PICARD
				(acknowledges,
				 naturally)
			Two to beam up...

	As they DEMATERIALIZE...

 STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/13/89 - ACT THREE 25A.

38   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Orbiting Gamma Hromi Two.

39   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Troi, Data, Wesley, Worf. Brull ENTERS,
	escorted by Worf. All eyes are on Brull, who in turn
	eyes the crew with suspicion and curiosity.

  STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/5/89 - ACT THREE  26.

39   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Brull -- show Mister Crusher the
			course to plot.

	As Picard indicates Wesley, Brull reacts:

					BRULL
			A child?

					PICARD
				(pointedly)
			That "child" is one of the finest
			ensigns under my command. He also
			happens to pilot this ship.

					BRULL
			That does not inspire my
			confidence. But if you want me
			to show him, I'll show him.

40   NEW ANGLE

	as Brull crosses to helm, looks over Wesley's shoulder.
	Wesley indicates the panel.

					WESLEY
			This is our present position.

					BRULL
			Then set a heading of three-four-
			three mark seven-two.

					WESLEY
			That'll take us through the center
			of an asteroid belt.

					BRULL
			What's the matter -- can't you
			fly your way around a couple of
			rocks?

					WESLEY
				(mildly)
			Sure I can. But if we take this
			heading...
				(punches it in)
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" REV. 10/9/89 - ACT THREE   27.

40   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY (Cont'd)
			... we avoid the belt entirely,
			and we only lose twelve point one
			minutes at warp seven.

					BRULL
			Have it your way.

	And Brull marches away from the helm.

41   OMITTED

42   INT. TEN-FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	Relaxing at a table are Picard and Marouk, with Yuta
	and the bodyguard close by.

	Alone at a secluded table in b.g. is Wesley, doing
	homework on a PADD. He's got his feet up, has a goodly
	supply of snack food at hand (can't study without
	munchies).

	Yuta pours a bit more Acamarian brandy for Marouk and
	Picard.

					MAROUK
			For centuries, my planet was in
			chaos. Loyalty to one's clan was
			absolute, and the slightest injury
			to one member demanded violent
			retaliation.

					PICARD
			And these blood feuds could last
			for decades?

					MAROUK
				(acknowledges)
			The obsession for vengeance would
			be passed on from generation to
			generation. And with each act
			of retribution, the violence would
			escalate...

   STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" REV. 10/9/89 - ACT THREE   28.

42   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			It's not unlike the history of
			my own planet, Marouk.

	In b.g., Riker and Troi ENTER, cross to a table. Yuta
	sees, politely approaches Marouk:

					YUTA
			Your pardon, Sovereign; may I be
			excused briefly? Commander Riker
			requested I prepare him an
			Acamarian dish.

					MAROUK
			Of course, Yuta.

	Yuta moves off, EXITS -- just as Brull ENTERS. Brull
	crosses toward the bar.

42A  ANGLE ON THE BAR

	as a bartender hands Brull a drink. Brull takes a
	slug, looks around, sees Wesley in the corner, starts
	toward him.

43   ANOTHER ANGLE

	As Brull steps up to Wesley's table, sits down, helps
	himself to some of Wesley's snacks. Wesley's taken
	aback, but tries to be polite.

					BRULL
			What are you doing?

   STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" REV. 10/9/89 - ACT THREE   29.

43   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			My studies.

	Brull picks the PADD out of Wesley's hands, inspects
	it. It's covered with complex equations.

					BRULL
			What is this?

					WESLEY
			Math.

					BRULL
			I can see that. What's it mean?

					WESLEY
			It's the locally Euclidean
			metrization of a k-fold
			contravariant Riemannian tensor
			field.

	Brull nods as if he knows what Wesley's talking about.

					BRULL
			You good at it?

	Wesley shrugs noncommittally. He's getting impatient
	with Brull. Brull picks up on it:

					BRULL (cont'd)
			You don't like me.

					WESLEY
			I didn't say --

					BRULL
				(cutting him)
			That's no problem. I have many
			friends that don't like me.
				(a beat)
			What do you know about me?

   STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" REV. 10/9/89 - ACT THREE   30.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			You're a thief.

					BRULL
			I do it to survive -- not because
			I enjoy it.

	Brull looks challengingly at Wesley. Wesley, not
	wanting to get into an argument, avoids Brull's gaze.

					BRULL (cont'd)
			And we Gatherers value freedom.
			We do as we want and answer to
			no creature.

					WESLEY
				(curious)
			But you're helping Sovereign
			Marouk to change all that...

   STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" REV. 10/9/89 - ACT THREE   31.

43   CONTINUED: (3)

					BRULL
			Maybe I just want something
			better... for me, and for my
			children.

	Wesley's surprised. Brull doesn't exactly look like
	a father figure.

					WESLEY
			You have children?

					BRULL
				(nods)
			Two sons. One's almost your age.
				(a beat)
			He's not so good at math.

	Wesley smiles; maybe this guy isn't such a bad guy.

43A  ANGLE ON RIKER AND TROI

	in quiet conversation. Yuta steps up, carrying a tray
	with a covered plate. Riker smiles.

					RIKER
			Parthus a la Yuta?

	Yuta nods modestly.

					YUTA
			With the help of one of your food
			stations.

	Yuta sets the tray on a table, unveils the dish, hands
	forks to Riker and Troi. They taste the dish and are
	impressed.

					TROI
			It's wonderful.

   STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" REV. 10/9/89 - ACT THREE   32.

43A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Truly excellent.

					YUTA
			Thank you.

					RIKER
			Will you join us?

					YUTA
			I don't want to intrude...

	Troi gets to her feet, offers Yuta her chair.

					TROI
			Not at all; I was just about to
			leave. Please -- sit down.

	Yuta takes Troi's seat. Troi smiles a knowing smile at
	Riker, then EXITS. Riker takes another forkful.

					RIKER
			It really is delicious.

					YUTA
			I am glad it pleases you,
			Commander.

					RIKER
			I'm not your commander. My name
			is William.

					YUTA
			I will call you William if you
			prefer.

					RIKER
			I do. You say "Commander" to me
			the same way you say "Sovereign"
			to Marouk.

					YUTA
				(understands)
			As a servant.

	Riker nods as he takes another bite.

   STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" REV. 10/9/89 - ACT THREE   33.

43A  CONTINUED: (2)

					YUTA (cont'd)
			You're an excellent commander,
			but you'd make a poor sovereign.

					RIKER
			Why's that? Not that I
			disagree...

					YUTA
			You're not comfortable with
			servants.

					RIKER
			No. I prefer the company of
			equals.

					YUTA
			So you treat me as an equal.

					RIKER
			And you're not comfortable with
			that?

					YUTA
			I'm not used to it. I've always
			been a servant. I'm not
			complaining -- the sovereign
			treats me well. I have all that
			I could want.

					RIKER
			What about freedom?

	A long beat. Yuta's expression turns melancholy,
	fatalistic.

					YUTA
			I can never have that.

					RIKER
			You're the property of the
			sovereign?

					YUTA
			No. I'm not her slave. I can
			leave whenever I wish.

					RIKER
				(a guess)
			But you have no place to go?

   STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" REV. 10/9/89 - ACT THREE   34.

43A  CONTINUED: (3)

					YUTA
			Just the opposite. My path is
			all too clear.

	Yuta falls silent. Riker attempts to lighten the
	moment:

					RIKER
			Yuta, you're an excellent cook,
			but you talk in riddles.

	Yuta smiles without humor.

					YUTA
			I've never been very good at
			conversation.

	Yuta looks over at Marouk in the b.g. Marouk's smiling
	as she watches Yuta. It makes Yuta self-conscious.

					YUTA (cont'd)
			I think the sovereign wants me
			to return. Enjoy the Parthus.

	Yuta crosses back to Marouk's table. Riker watches
	her go, then returns to his meal. After a beat, his
	communicator BEEPS.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Sickbay to Commander Riker. I've
			discovered something interesting,
			Will...

					RIKER
			I'll be right there...

   STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" REV. 10/9/89 - ACT THREE   35.

44   OMITTED

44A  INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly is frowning with concentration as she works
	at a computer station. Riker ENTERS.

					RIKER
			Doctor, you're scowling.

					BEVERLY
			I'm thinking.

					RIKER
			And?

					BEVERLY
			The old Gatherer on the planet?
			I've found what caused his heart
			attack.

	Beverly indicates the computer monitor.

					BEVERLY (cont'd)
			The medical tricorder almost
			missed it, but there was a
			microvirus in his body... it
			attached to parasympathetic
			nerves and acted as a
			cholinesterase inhibitor, blocking
			autonomic nerve impulses.

  STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/3/89 - ACT THREE  36.

44A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			And that stopped his heart?

					BEVERLY
				(nods)
			But here's the interesting part.
			The microvirus will only attach
			to cells which contain a very
			specific DNA sequence.

					RIKER
			How specific?

					BEVERLY
			Without knowing more about their
			genetic makeup, I can't be sure...
			but my guess is, this virus would
			only kill one Acamarian in a
			million.

	Riker WHISTLES.

					RIKER
			That's an awfully single-minded
			bug.

					BEVERLY
			Too single-minded. I can't
			believe it's a naturally occurring
			virus.

	Riker sees where this is leading:

					RIKER
			Meaning somebody engineered it...

					BEVERLY
			Meaning Volnoth was murdered.

	Riker ponders this gravely as we:

45
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47
									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

  STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/9/89 - ACT FOUR  37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

A47A	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Coming out of warp.

47A  INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS (FORMERLY SCENE 52)

	Riker's alone, in the midst of a conversation with
	Data who's on the bridge.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Sir, Acamar Three has agreed to
			your request for access to its
			databases. They are now
			transmitting them to our computer
			over subspace link.

					RIKER
			Good. Notify Doctor Crusher when
			Acamar's medical database is
			online. Riker out.

	SOUND of DOOR CHIME.

					RIKER (cont'd)
			Come in.

	Yuta ENTERS, stops just inside the door.

					YUTA
			I'm disturbing you.

					RIKER
			Not at all.

	Yuta steps forward. The door closes.

					YUTA
			As the sovereign has no further
			need of my services this evening,
			she suggested I might spend some
			time with you.

					RIKER
			What a charming suggestion...

  STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/9/89 - ACT FOUR  38.

47A  CONTINUED:

					YUTA
			She appreciates the... affection
			... you have shown me.

					RIKER
			Was it so obvious...

					YUTA
				(smiles gently)
			Yes.

					RIKER
				(joking)
			Well, I've already dined... but,
			maybe you know a good Acamarian
			dessert recipe.

	Yuta leans forward and kisses Riker.

					YUTA
			Does that please you?

	He answers by kissing her back. As they break, as he
	holds her, whispering to him...

					YUTA
			Tell me what you want, William.
			I will do anything you wish...

	Riker takes pause at the servitude sound of that...
	looks at her... still intimate --

					RIKER
			You've got the night off,
			remember?

					YUTA
			I don't understand.

	Riker's more uncomfortable now... she notices.

					YUTA
			You don't want me to give you
			pleasure?

					RIKER
				(pulling away)
			Not as a servant. I told you...
			I prefer equals.

  STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/9/89 - ACT FOUR  39.

47A  CONTINUED: (3)

					YUTA
			Even in matters of love?

					RIKER
			Especially in matters of love.

					YUTA
				(beat)
			I've offended you.

					RIKER
			No.

	He takes her hand.

					RIKER
			I only want to make you as happy
			as you want to make me. You're
			entitled to that...

	She looks at him, then draws completely away. Sighs.

					YUTA
			No. I'm not.

					RIKER
				(reacts)
			Yuta...

					YUTA
			I do not feel pleasure. Or
			passion. I haven't been able
			to... for a long time.

					RIKER
			I don't know who did this to you
			or why... but it can change.

					YUTA
				(regret)
			I wish it could. Tonight most
			of all.
				(beat)
			I'm sorry...

	He takes her arm as she starts to leave... but then
	the insistent sound of the RED ALERT KLAXON. He looks
	at her... wishing they could finish the conversation...
	but she pulls away and leaves as... the ship is ROCKED
	by a phaser hit and Riker EXITS on the double.

  STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/6/89 - ACT FOUR  39A.

48   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Troi, Data, Wesley, and Worf are at their
	stations. Brull ENTERS from the aft turbolift,
	occupied by a security officer, looks at the
	viewscreen.

					PICARD
			Your people have provided a warm
			welcome.

					BRULL
			That's Chorgan's ship.

  STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/6/89 - ACT FOUR  40.

A48A	ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	On the viewscreen, a small Gatherer ship FIRES at us.

B48A	ON PICARD

	As the HIT shakes the ship.

					WORF
			Shields holding.

					PICARD
				(indicating Worf's
				 station)
			Worf -- contact Chorgan and tell
			him Brull has brought us here to
			talk.

	Worf opens a channel as Brull crosses to Worf's
	station. Riker ENTERS from the turbolift as yet
	another HIT shakes the ship.

					WORF
			Chorgan's not responding.

	A third HIT. Picard's patience is waning.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, can we knock out
			their shields without seriously
			damaging their ship?

					WORF
			I believe we can, sir.

					PICARD
			Prepare phasers and open
			channel...

	Worf works his station.

					WORF
			Phasers locked. Channel open,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			This is Jean-Luc Picard...

	Interrupted by another HIT. Picard's patience is
	exhausted:

  STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/6/89 - ACT FOUR  40A.

B48A	CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to himself)
			Let's focus their attention.
				(to Worf)
			Fire.

48A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise's phasers BLAST away, making a direct
	HIT on the Gatherer ship's shields.

48B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

  STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/6/89 - ACT FOUR  41.

48B  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Their forward shields are
			inoperative.

					PICARD
			Well done, Lieutenant.

	Brull speaks from Worf's station:

					WORF
			They're hailing us, sir.

					PICARD
			That's better.
				(to Worf)
			On screen.

49   ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as the image of CHORGAN fills the screen. Like all
	Gatherers, Chorgan has a brutish, rough presence --but
	he also has an indisputable air of command...

					CHORGAN
			Brull -- you traitor! You led
			them here to destroy me --

					PICARD
			Chorgan, if I had wanted you
			destroyed, you wouldn't be talking
			now.

  STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/6/89 - ACT FOUR  42.

49   CONTINUED:

	Enough of the stick -- now for the carrot.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			Obviously, I want something else.

					CHORGAN
			And what is that?

					PICARD
			I have on board Sovereign Marouk
			of Acamar Three. I want you to
			hear what she and Brull have to
			say.

					BRULL
			It's worth listening to her,
			Chorgan.

					CHORGAN
			I don't wish to hear either of
			you.

					PICARD
				(with finality)
			You have no choice. Prepare to
			receive us -- we're coming aboard
			your ship. Picard out.

	Picard motions to Worf and the image of Chorgan
	disappears from the screen, replaced by the Gatherer
	ship in the starfield.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			Cancel Red Alert. Have Sovereign
			Marouk meet me in Transporter
			Three.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Riker approaches the captain.

					RIKER
			You're going alone, Captain?

					PICARD
			The danger is minimal, Number One.
			Chorgan's not likely to do
			anything rash while the
			Enterprise's phasers are trained
			upon his ship.

  STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/6/89 - ACT FOUR  42A.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			It's still a risk.

					PICARD
			For these negotiations to succeed,
			I must be a mediator -- not an
			enforcer.

  STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/11/89 - ACT FOUR  43.

49   CONTINUED: (3)

	Picard leads Brull to the turbolift.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			You have the bridge, Number One.

	Picard and Brull EXIT.

50   OMITTED

51   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	motionless relative to the small Gatherer ship.

52   OMITTED

53   INT. GATHERER SHIP

	Chorgan sits behind a large table, his Gatherer guard
	standing protectively behind him. There are two empty
	seats on the other side of the table.

	Marouk, her bodyguard, Yuta, and Picard are led in
	by Brull. Picard sets the tone with:

					PICARD
			Chorgan. May I introduce
			Sovereign Marouk.

	The two leaders acknowledge each other with a slight
	nod. Chorgan wants to control the meeting.

					CHORGAN
			You may sit.

	Marouk waits for her bodyguard to pull the chair for
	her, then sits as if she owned the chair. Picard waits
	for her to sit, then takes the other chair. Brull
	stands to one side while Yuta, carrying a small bag,
	remains in the b.g.

					PICARD
				(to Chorgan)
			I think you will find Marouk's
			proposal --

					CHORGAN
			You know, Picard -- I could take
			you prisoner.

      STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/12/89 - ACT FOUR      44.

53   CONTINUED:

	Picard looks at him evenly, is determined to get on
	with the business at hand. Chorgan smiles, backing
	down.

					CHORGAN
			Don't worry, I've no intention
			of doing so. You've gone to a
			lot of trouble to get here -- I'm
			curious why.

	Picard was never worried. Shrewdly, he allows Chorgan
	to save face:

					PICARD
			Then let's proceed.

	Marouk smiles, having not missed a beat of the
	dynamics.

					MAROUK
			Quite simply, I propose amnesty
			for every Gatherer...

					CHORGAN
			Amnesty. You mean slavery.

					BRULL
			Chorgan, if you want to know what
			I think...

					CHORGAN
				(interrupting)
			I don't.
				(to Marouk)
			Say what you came to say. But
			I tell you right now I doubt that
			I'll believe it.

					MAROUK
				(beat)
			I didn't believe this very
			persuasive Federation captain
			when he suggested that we could
			reconcile our differences. But
			I am convinced now it is the right
			thing not just for you, but for
			us too. We need you back.

	And Picard looks at Marouk with appreciation... as
	Chorgan grumps.

      STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/12/89 - ACT FOUR     44A.

53   CONTINUED: (2)

	Marouk turns, indicates Yuta:

53A  ANGLE ON YUTA

	quietly opening her bag, withdrawing a decanter of
	brandy, and moving toward Chorgan.

					MAROUK
			I've brought some Acamarian
			brandy... I'm sure it's been a
			long time...

53B  NEW ANGLE

	Chorgan barely looks at Yuta and the brandy, waves her
	off rudely. Yuta patiently returns to her place near
	Marouk. There will be other opportunities.

					CHORGAN
			You have spent a century hunting
			us down --

					PICARD
			She's trying to put an end to
			that.

					CHORGAN
			By luring us back and putting us
			in prisons.

					MAROUK
			No -- by accepting you back as
			free men.

					CHORGAN
				(sarcastic)
			And will you feed and clothe us,
			too?

					MAROUK
				(sharply)
			No, of course I won't!
				(gaining control)
			What I will do is give you the
			means to feed and clothe
			yourselves. We've already set
			aside land you can...

					CHORGAN
			Do we look like farmers to you?

      STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/12/89 - ACT FOUR      45.

53B  CONTINUED:

					MAROUK
			Then don't farm. Use the land
			as you wish. It is yours. And
			the moment you set foot on it,
			you'll be better off than you are
			today. You won't be running any
			longer...

					CHORGAN
				(beat)
			We would need autonomy...

					MAROUK
			Autonomy...

53BA	PICARD

	breaking in...

					PICARD
			Let us acknowledge, Sovereign,
			that Chorgan appears willing to
			discuss your offer...

53C  ON YUTA

	In the b.g., biding her time.

					MAROUK (O.S.)
			There are many levels of autonomy,
			certainly your region would have
			home rights...

					CHORGAN (O.S.)
			Those rights will be spelled out
			before I agree to anything...

									CUT TO:

       STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/6/89 - ACT FOUR      46.

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55

55A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker, Troi, Data, Worf, supernumeraries. Riker is
	with Data at an aft station, scanning databases. Text
	and pictures FLASH over the monitor.

					DATA
			Commander, I'm afraid the only
			entry on Volnoth in the Acamarian
			database is a birth record.

					RIKER
				(studying the screen)
			Probably one of the last of the
			Gatherers to be born on their
			planet.

	Beverly ENTERS... moves to the aft station beside Data.

					BEVERLY
			I've been digging through the
			medical database from Acamar Three
			for hours and I've found another
			victim of the microvirus that
			killed Volnoth. But just one.

	Riker joins her as she punches up the record. Text
	appears on a monitor.

					BEVERLY
			Fifty-three years ago. A Gatherer
			named Penthor-Mul.

	Riker looks it over...

					RIKER
			Data -- got anything in your files
			on this Penthor-Mul?

	Data running a check... reading --

					DATA
			Yes. He was captured while
			leading a Gatherer raid on an
			Acamarian outpost. He died of
			a heart attack before his trial
			ended.
				(reacts)
			Commander, he was a member of the
			Lornack Clan.

       STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/6/89 - ACT FOUR      47.

55A  CONTINUED:

	Riker reacts.

					RIKER
				(realizing)
			Display Volnoth's birth record
			again.

	Data calls it up again on the viewer... As she sees
	it...

					BEVERLY
				(reacts)
			Lornack... the same clan....

					RIKER
			The only two recorded deaths from
			this microvirus... members of
			the same clan... what does that
			tell us, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			If these microbes were engineered
			for murder, I'd say somebody's
			going after the whole family.

					DATA
				(noting new information)
			Commander, Chorgan, the present
			leader of the Gatherers, is also
			from the Lornack clan.

	Beverly and Riker react.

					RIKER
				(to Data)
			I want to know just how this clan
			was involved in the Acamarian
			blood feuds... any clues to their
			enemies you can find...
				(to Beverly)
			How could this virus be
			transmitted?

					BEVERLY
			More ways than I can count. And
			it's perfectly safe to the
			carrier... as long as he doesn't
			have the same DNA patterns.

					RIKER
			Tailor made for their victims...

       STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/6/89 - ACT FOUR     47A.

55A  CONTINUED: (2)

	Data finds what he's looking for...

					DATA
			Sir, eighty years ago, the
			Lornacks massacred a rival clan,
			the Tralestas. It ended a feud
			that had lasted for two hundred
			years.

					RIKER
			Ended it?

       STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/6/89 - ACT FOUR      48.

55A  CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			According to these records, there
			were no survivors. The Tralesta
			clan was annihilated.

					BEVERLY
			Something tells me they may not
			have all been wiped out.

					RIKER
			There's got to be a missing link
			here...

	Data continues his scan... whirring through pictures
	and text...

					BEVERLY
			Computer, any members of the
			Acamarian delegation in the
			Tralesta clan?

					COMPUTER
			Clan affiliation is not within
			provided records.

	Data halts the scan.

					DATA
			Commander, I believe I have found
			a correlation between the two
			deaths... your "missing link" ...

	Riker and Beverly look at Data's monitor...

55B  INSERT - THE MONITOR SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	A still photo of the Gatherer PENTHOR and a few
	Acamarians leaving the courthouse. Half hidden by one
	of the Acamarians is a familiar face.

					DATA (O.S.)
			That is Penthor-Mul being led
			from his trial.

					RIKER
			I don't see the connection...

					DATA
			Behind him to the left, sir...

       STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/6/89 - ACT FOUR      49.

55B  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Computer, scan left and magnify.

	The photo magnifies until the half-hidden face fills
	the screen. It's a young woman's face.

55C  RIKER

	reacts, beginning to suspect, gives Data a look...

					DATA
			The computer can extrapolate and
			reconstruct the rest of the face,
			sir.

					RIKER
				(tight)
			Do it.

55D  INSERT - THE MONITOR SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as the computer "draws in" the other half of the
	face... and it's plain now that face is Yuta's. Her
	hair is a different color and style -- but there's no
	mistaking her.

55E  RIKER

	reacts.

					BEVERLY
			But the photograph was taken over
			fifty years ago.

					RIKER
			Fifty-three years... and she
			hasn't aged a day.

56
thru	OMITTED
58

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

      STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/13/89 - ACT FIVE      50.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

59
thru	OMITTED
64

65   INT. GATHERER SHIP

	Starting on Yuta who stands nearby as the negotiations
	continue... pulling back to reveal Marouk at one end
	of the table, and then on the far opposite side,
	Chorgan with his Gatherer guard and Brull standing
	behind him. Picard is at the middle of the table.
	The discussion is heated:

					MAROUK
			Three seats on the ruling council?

					CHORGAN
			If we're going to be subject to
			your laws, we want a part in
			making them.

					MAROUK
			I agree you're entitled to
			representation... but not on the
			ruling council.

					CHORGAN
			Unacceptable. The real power is
			in the council. You're trying
			to shut us out already --

					MAROUK
			No -- you're trying to take too
			much! No group has three seats
			on the council.

					CHORGAN
				(heating up)
			I don't care what others have --

					MAROUK
				(exploding)
			Yes -- you only care about what
			you can take.

	Picard steps in to cool things down:

      STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/13/89 - ACT FIVE      51.

65   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Sovereign -- were the situation
			reversed, you would be demanding
			the same levels of representation.

	Marouk cools down.

					MAROUK
			You're right, Captain.
				(to Chorgan)
			I apologize for my temper.

	Chorgan, still fuming, forces a nod.

					PICARD
			Perhaps a short pause would be
			helpful.

					CHORGAN
			I agree.
				(gruffly trying to make
				 amends)
			Maybe a taste of that brandy...

					MAROUK
			Excellent thought. Yuta...

65A  ANGLE ON YUTA

	obediently pours brandy. Picard takes a
	conversational tone, both to give the combatants a
	respite and to melt some of the ice that still exists
	between them:

					PICARD (O.S.)
			It's quite remarkable how much
			alike the two of you actually
			are...

      MAROUK (O.S.)                   CHORGAN (O.S.)
       (no way)                   Foolishness...
   Really, Captain...

					PICARD (O.S.)
			I'm being quite honest... both
			able negotiators... strong
			leaders.

      STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/13/89 - ACT FIVE      52.

65A  CONTINUED:

					BRULL
			We don't obey weak leaders.

	Chorgan glances sharply at Brull...

					CHORGAN
			We have nothing at all in
			common... we have agreed to
			nothing...

	Yuta hands a glass of brandy to Marouk, starts toward
	Chorgan with another glass.

					PICARD
			Wrong, Chorgan... we've agreed to
			have some brandy together.

	Chorgan smiles as Yuta moves within striking distance
	of Chorgan.

66   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Riker MATERIALIZES, phaser in hand. Everyone's
	astounded. The Gatherer guard goes for his phaser
	rifle. Riker FIRES, stunning the guard. Chorgan,
	bellowing, starts to get to his feet.

					CHORGAN
			Treachery! A Federation trap --

					RIKER
			Don't move!

	Riker aims the phaser at Chorgan, who freezes, glares
	at Riker. The guard is already starting to shake off
	the effects of the stun. Riker and Picard exchange
	a look.

					PICARD
			Chorgan, I assure you Commander
			Riker has a good reason for his
			actions...
				(beat)
			... you do, Number One?

	Everyone's motionless -- including Yuta, who's a yard
	behind Chorgan.

      STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/13/89 - ACT FIVE      53.

66   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Yuta. Move away from Chorgan.

	Yuta looks unemotionally at Riker, doesn't move.

					RIKER (cont'd)
			Do it.

					YUTA
			Why?

					RIKER
			Because of a man you once knew...
			Penthor-Mul.

	Reactions.

					CHORGAN
			Penthar-Mul? How do you know
			Penthar-Mul?

					RIKER
			He was murdered fifty years ago...

					CHORGAN
			Murdered... ? That's not so...
			he died of...

					RIKER
			He was killed just as Volnoth
			was... by a deadly virus designed
			to attack your clan...

					CHORGAN
			What do you mean? Designed by
			whom... ?

					RIKER
			Tell him, Yuta...

					YUTA
			I don't understand.

					RIKER
			You were with Penthor-Mul when
			he died...

					YUTA
			If it was fifty years ago... how
			could I...

      STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/13/89 - ACT FIVE      54.

66   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			I know, Yuta...

	Chorgan starts to make a move. Yuta makes a small move
	toward Chorgan --

					RIKER
			Stop! Chorgan -- keep perfectly
			still. Your life is in danger.

	Shocked reactions from everyone but Yuta.

					RIKER (cont'd)
			Yuta -- step back.

					YUTA
			William, this is not your concern.

					RIKER
			It is now. You're about to commit
			murder.

	Yuta realizes Riker's on to her and there's no point
	in pretending further.

					YUTA
				(very calm)
			It isn't murder. It's justice.

					CHORGAN
			Who are you?

					YUTA
			Yuta... of the clan Tralesta.

					CHORGAN
			There are no more Tralestas.

67   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Chorgan and Marouk are stunned. Yuta calmly explains:

					YUTA
			Five survived the last Lornack
			raid... but on that day a century
			ago, my life ended and my search
			began. I was the one chosen...
			transformed... my cells were
			altered... my aging slowed...
			enough to finish my task.

      STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/13/89 - ACT FIVE      55.

67   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Murdering innocent people -- is
			that your task?

					YUTA
			He's not innocent. He's a
			Lornack.

					MAROUK
			You used me in order to get to
			the last few you couldn't reach.

					YUTA
			Yes, Sovereign.

					CHORGAN
			You'll never leave this ship.
			If I don't kill you myself, my
			men will.

					YUTA
			You are the last. Once you're
			dead, what happens to me doesn't
			matter.

					RIKER
			Yuta... the wars are over.

					YUTA
			You cannot understand...

					RIKER
			No, I can't. You're right.
			Because I've seen the part of you
			that regrets what you have
			become... Yuta, listen to me...
			you don't have to do this any
			more.

68   ON YUTA

	as the first signs of regret cross her face.

      STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/12/89 - ACT FIVE      56.

68   CONTINUED:

					YUTA
			I have no choice.

					RIKER
			You do...

	And now the regret really shows through on Yuta's
	face. Haltingly, she extends a hand in Riker's
	direction --

					YUTA
			William... I --

	Riker lowers the phaser, extends his other hand toward
	Yuta -- "come on... " Yuta pauses --

					YUTA (cont'd)
			I'm... sorry.

69   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as Yuta whirls, reaches to touch Chorgan -- and Riker
	FIRES.

	The stun charge shakes Yuta up -- but she remains
	conscious, recovers her footing. Riker changes the
	phaser setting, FIRES again. It knocks Yuta back. But
	she keeps coming.

	Riker has no choice. He adjusts the phaser --

					RIKER
			Don't --

	Yuta reaches for Chorgan again --

	And Riker FIRES. Setting eight. Vaporize.

	And Yuta's gone.

70   WIDER

	Silence. No one moves. Slowly, Chorgan stands.

					CHORGAN
			Commander, I'm in your debt...

      STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/13/89 - ACT FIVE      57.

71   CLOSE ON RIKER

	His haunted expression tells us he hasn't heard a word
	of Chorgan's...

72
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73

74   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Riker's sitting alone at the bar, gazing into an
	untouched drink in front of him. Picard ENTERS.
	takes a beat to study him, then proceeds to sit down
	next to him. After a beat, Riker glances up, knows
	why the captain is there, nods an acknowledgement...
	there's not a lot of eye contact.

					PICARD
			New orders from Starfleet.

	Riker cocks his brow.

					PICARD
			The rendezvous with the Goddard
			has been postponed.

					RIKER
			And in the meantime?

					PICARD
			Starbase three four three. We're
			to take on medical supplies for
			the Alpha Leonis system.

					RIKER
			Sounds pretty routine.

					PICARD
			With the Gatherer truce in effect,
			it should be.
				(a beat)
			We won't require a full ship's
			complement. I'm going to extend
			shore leave on the starbase to
			anyone who wants it.

	Riker gives Picard a long look, appreciating what
	Picard's taking pains not to say...

					RIKER
			I'll pass that along to the crew,
			Captain.

	Picard nods, takes his leave of Riker, EXITS.

      STAR TREK: "Vengeance Factor" - REV. 10/13/89 - ACT FIVE      58.

75   ON RIKER (OPTICAL)

	a beat as he stands, crosses to a food slot.

					RIKER
			Parthus. A la Yuta.

	As the dish MATERIALIZES, we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             






                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "The Defector" 
                (f.k.a. "A Question of Trust") 
                          #40273-158 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Robert Scheerer 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1989 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                     REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                      OCTOBER 16, 1989


          STAR TREK: "The Defector" - 10/16/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "The Defector" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             Romulans
                RIKER              SETAL/ADMIRAL JAROK
                DATA               TOMALAK
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               

                COMPUTER VOICE     
                JOHN BATES         
                MICHAEL WILLIAMS   
                ADMIRAL HADEN (STARFLEET)

                Non-Speaking       
                  TWO SECURITY OFFICERS
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

          STAR TREK: "The Defector" - 10/16/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "The Defector" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     ROMULAN SCOUT SHIP
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              ENGINEERING              3 ROMULAN WARBIRDS
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              GUEST QUARTERS           3 KLINGON SHIPS
              DEBRIEFING ROOM
              RELAXATION CENTER
              SICKBAY
              TEN-FORWARD
              CORRIDOR (NEAR HOLODECK)
              HOLODECK
                ENGLISH CAMP
                ROMULAN PLANET
                EMPTY HOLODECK
          
            ROMULAN SCOUT SHIP
          
            ROMULAN WARBIRD
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

     STAR TREK: "The Defector" - 10/16/89 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "The Defector" 
                         
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                  SETAL          see-TALL
                  JAROK          JAH-rock
                  TOMALAK        TOM-uh-lack

     STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/20/89 - TEASER     1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                        "The Defector"                             
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. THE ENGLISH CAMP AT AGINCOURT - NIGHT
	(HOLODECK)

	Two soldiers: JOHN BATES and MICHAEL WILLIAMS..

					WILLIAMS
			Brother John Bates, is not that
			the morning which breaks yonder?

					BATES
			I think it be. But we have no
			great cause to desire the approach
			of the day.

					WILLIAMS
			Who goes there?

	King Henry ENTERS... his back to us... so we cannot
	see who is playing him...

					DATA (KING HENRY)
			A friend.

					WILLIAMS
			Under what captain serve you?

					DATA (KING HENRY)
			Under Sir Thomas Erpingham.

					WILLIAMS
			I pray you, what thinks he of
			our estate?

	Reveal DATA...

					DATA (KING HENRY)
			Even as men wrecked upon a sand,
			that look to be washed off the
			next tide.

					BATES
			He hath not told his thought to
			the king?

     STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/20/89 - TEASER     2.

1    CONTINUED:

					DATA (KING HENRY)
			No, nor it is not meet he should.
			For though I speak it to you, I
			think the king is but a man, as
			I am. The violet smells to him
			as it doth to me, in his
			nakedness he appears but a man.
			Therefore, his fears, out of
			doubt, be of the same relish as
			ours are. Yet, no man should
			possess him with any appearance
			of fear, lest he, by showing it,
			should dishearten his army.

2    ANGLE PICARD (OPTICAL)

	observing... delighted...

					BATES
			He may show what outward courage
			he will, but I believe, as cold
			a night as 'tis, he could wish
			himself in Thames up to the neck.

					DATA (KING HENRY)
			Methinks I could not die anywhere
			so contented as in the king's
			company, his cause being just and
			his quarrel honorable.

					WILLIAMS
			That's more than we know.

					BATES
			Aye, or more than we should seek
			after. If his cause be wrong,
			our obedience to the king wipes
			the crime of it out of us.

     STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/20/89 - TEASER     2A.

2    CONTINUED:

					WILLIAMS
			But if the cause be not good, the
			king himself hath a heavy
			reckoning to make when all those
			legs and arms and heads chopped
			off in a battle shall join
			together at the latter day and
			cry all "We died at such a place"
			-- some swearing, some crying for
			a surgeon, some upon their wives
			left poor behind them. I am
			afeared there are few die well
			that die in a battle.

					DATA (KING HENRY)
			The king is not bound to answer
			the particular endings of his
			soldiers, the father of his son,
			nor the master of his servant.

					PICARD
			Delightful... you're getting
			better and better, Data...

	Stepping out of character...

					DATA
			Freeze program.

	The characters freeze.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Thank you, sir. I plan to study
			the performances of Olivier,
			Branagh, Shapiro, Kullnark...

					PICARD
				(frowns)
			Data, you are here to learn about
			the human condition... and there's
			no better way than embracing
			Shakespeare... but you must
			discover it through your own
			performance, not by imitating...

     STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/19/89 - TEASER     3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Picard...

					PICARD
			Yes, Number One.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Sensors are picking up an
			unidentified craft in the Neutral
			Zone... It's heading toward
			Federation space...

					PICARD
			On our way... Picard out. We'll
			get to the next act later, Data...
			computer, end program.

	The other characters DISAPPEAR and shortly thereafter,
	the set disappears, too... Data begins to take off his
	costume.

					DATA
			It is interesting that a king
			could pass as a commoner, but why
			should he wish to? If he is
			the leader... should he not be
			leading... ?

3    ANGLE

	The door slides open and they EXIT...

					PICARD
			But listen to what Shakespeare
			is telling you about the man,
			Data... a king who has a true
			feeling for his soldiers must
			share their fears on the day of
			battle.

3A   INT. CORRIDOR

	Walking... perhaps a passerby reacts to Data's
	costume...

					DATA
			Sir, will I be able to schedule
			a performance for the crew in
			the near future?

     STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/19/89 - TEASER     3A.

3A   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Let's... not rush it, shall we... ?

	As they move away...

4    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	RIKER at an aft station. WORF at tactical.
	SUPERNUMERARIES at Ops and Conn. Picard ENTERS the
	bridge. Monitors at the stations show a SCHEMATIC
	DISPLAY of the Neutral Zone.

					RIKER
			Outpost Sierra Six confirms our
			readings, sir. They identify it
			as a Romulan scout ship... bearing
			two-seven-zero mark one-four.

     STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/16/89 - TEASER     4.

5    CLOSER ON ONE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	As Picard, Riker and Data huddle over it... The
	Enterprise is clearly labeled and shown as a steady
	dot, and a flashing point of light in the Zone shows
	the Romulan vessel.

					PICARD
			A scout ship? Curious. What
			would bring a scout ship into the
			Neutral Zone?

					WORF
			Shall we transmit a warning to
			withdraw, sir... ?

	A beat. Picard studies the...

6    FLASHING DOT - CU (OPTICAL)

7    RESUME MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					PICARD
			Open hailing frequencies.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.
				(stops and looks up in
				 surprise)
			Captain, the Romulan is hailing
			us.

					PICARD
			Visual... ?

					WORF
			Not within range yet...

					PICARD
			Open channel...

	Much interference, static...

					SETAL'S COM VOICE
			Federation ship... do you read...
			I require urgent assistance...

					PICARD
			This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard
			of the...

     STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/16/89 - TEASER     5.

7    CONTINUED:

					SETAL'S COM VOICE
				(interrupting)
			Federation ship... please help
			me... requesting asylum... under
			pursuit...

					RIKER
			Pursuit... ?

					WORF
			Visual contact. On screen,
			Captain...

	They turn to see...

8    ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER - (OPTICAL)

	A ROMULAN SCOUT SHIP is moving toward us. In the b.g.
	a ROMULAN WARSHIP suddenly DECLOAKS.

9    REACTIONS

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/16/89 - ACT ONE     6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

10   EXT. SPACE - ROMULAN SHIPS (OPTICAL)

	The Romulan scout ship is overmatched... the warship is
	relentless and it FIRES TORPEDOES at the smaller craft.
	One of the torpedoes finds its mark.

11   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As before... watching the viewscreen. Data has moved
	to ops.

					PICARD
			Red Alert. Open a channel to
			the warship.

					RIKER
				(to conn)
			Come to intercept course. Keep
			us out of the Neutral Zone.

					WORF
			Channel is open.

					RIKER
				(to Data)
			When will the scout cross into
			Federation territory?

					DATA
			Forty-one seconds...

					PICARD
			Romulan warbird, you have crossed
			into the Neutral Zone, and are
			engaged in hostile action.
			Explain yourself and your intent.

	Beat.

					WORF
			No reply, sir.

     STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/17/89 - ACT ONE     7.

11   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Hail the scout.

					WORF
			Responding.

					PICARD
			On screen.

12   ANGLE - THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	SETAL, a Romulan male of about fifty (human) years of
	age is sitting at the controls of his small ship.
	There is evident damage in his bridge.

					SETAL
			Please, you must help me...

					PICARD
			We are moving to intercept...
			maintain your course and power...

	Suddenly, a muffled EXPLOSION and Setal's ship is
	rocked violently. The transmission is abruptly cut off
	and replaced with the starfield. The damaged scout
	ship is clearly visible.

					DATA
			Scout ship is severely damaged,
			Captain. Engines inoperative,
			shields down.

					RIKER
			Position?

					DATA
				(works)
			Coordinates one-four-zero by
			two-zero-five.

					RIKER
				(quietly to Picard)
			Federation space.

					PICARD
			Bring us to within five kilometers
			of the scout. Mister La Forge,
			prepare to extend our shields
			around that ship.

									INTERCUT:

     STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/16/89 - ACT ONE     8.

13   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi at the console... supernumeraries in the b.g.

					GEORDI
			Captain, at that range, the
			shields won't be able to take much
			punishment.

					DATA
			Five kilometers, Commander.

					RIKER
			All stop.

					PICARD
			Extend shields.

					GEORDI
			Shields in place... we've got the
			scout ship, Captain...

14   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND ROMULANS (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise is near the scout ship, which is
	drifting.

15   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The Romulan warship slows as it approaches the
	Enterprise and the scout ship, and then stops. The
	ships face each other.

16   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - (OPTICAL)

	On the viewscreen, the Romulan warship sits facing the
	Enterprise.

					WORF
			Weapons on the warbird are fully
			powered, sir.

					RIKER
			Lock phasers...

					PICARD
			Open a channel.

					WORF
			Ready.

     STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/16/89 - ACT ONE     9.

16   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Romulan warbird, you are now in
			Federation territory... if you
			do not immediately withdraw...

	Picard stops as he sees something on viewscreen.

17   ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The Romulan warship turns and goes back the way it
	came... CLOAKING as it goes...

					RIKER
			No argument?

					WORF
			Warbird has re-entered the Neutral
			Zone, Captain. Heading for
			Romulan territory.
				(under his breath)
			Cowards.

					DATA
			Massive power failure on the scout
			ship, sir. All systems are going
			off-line.
				(beat)
			Including life-support.

					PICARD
				(to Com)
			Transporter Room Two, prepare to
			beam the occupant of the Romulan
			ship aboard.

	Riker heads toward the turbolift.

					RIKER
				(indicating he should
				 follow)
			Mister Worf.

	Riker and Worf then EXIT bridge.

					PICARD
			Data, lock onto the scout ship
			and take it in tow... cancel Red
			Alert.

    STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/16/89 - ACT ONE    10.

18   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	A supernumerary is at the controls as Riker and Worf
	arrive.

					RIKER
			Energize.

	Worf stands with his hand on his phaser. The
	supernumerary manipulates the controls.

19   ANGLE ON TRANSPORTER STAGE - (OPTICAL)

	The figure of Setal MATERIALIZES on the platform. He
	wears a Romulan uniform with no insignia. His neck
	is injured, but he appears otherwise unhurt. Setal
	looks about for a second.

					SETAL
			I must see your captain
			immediately.

	Riker steps forward. Worf, behind Riker, watches Setal
	with great distrust.

					RIKER
				(notices injured arm)
			We'll take you to Sickbay, after
			that...

					SETAL
				(urgently)
			This cannot wait. I have
			information vital to your
			survival.

	On their reactions...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/19/89 - ACT TWO    11.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

20   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE WITH SCOUT SHIP IN TOW

	The two crafts in space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43462.5.
			We have beamed aboard an apparent
			Romulan defector. He claims to
			be a low ranking logistics officer
			with extraordinary information
			about a new secret offensive.

21   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	A guard stands behind Setal as he tells his story to
	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, Geordi. The Romulan is
	nearing the end of his account. He speaks with great
	fervency. A man demanding to be heard. Picard listens
	with a decidedly even expression.

					SETAL
			The humiliating defeat at the
			Battle of Cheron has not been
			forgotten. The new leaders have
			vowed to discard the treaty and
			claim the Neutral Zone. Nelvana
			Three is only the first step.

					RIKER
				(skeptical)
			And you're saying a whole base
			is already established there... ?

					SETAL
				(acknowledges)
			In forty-eight hours, the reactor
			core will be on line.

					RIKER
				(impossible)
			The Federation sensors that
			monitor the Neutral Zone just...
			missed it... ?

    STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/19/89 - ACT TWO    12.

21   CONTINUED:

	Setal looks straight at Riker... eye to eye, doesn't
	blink.

	In a way, there's almost pride, a hint of smile, as he
	says --

					SETAL
			It would seem so.

					WORF
			Unlikely.

	Setal glances at Worf with distaste. Then back to
	Picard...

					SETAL
			In two days, you will have a fleet
			of Romulan warbirds... within
			striking distance of fifteen
			Federation sectors...

					WORF
			The Federation will not permit
			it...

					SETAL
				(sharp)
			Then it is war we're talking
			about, isn't it?
				(beat, to Picard)
			Destroy the base now and the
			threat is over.

	Picard takes a long beat to study him... and nods.

					PICARD
			I'm sure you're tired from your
			ordeal... and could use some
			medical attention. Mister Worf,
			accompany Sublieutenant Setal to
			sickbay. We'll arrange for your
			quarters.

					SETAL
				(to Picard)
			No doubt you will wish to question
			me further.

					PICARD
			No doubt.

    STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/19/89 - ACT TWO    12A.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard nods, that's all. Setal looks at him,
	frustrated, that's not what he wanted to hear. Picard
	looks back evenly. After a beat, Setal leaves. The
	tension level drops considerably as the officers lean
	back in their chairs, glance at each other.

    STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/19/89 - ACT TWO    13.

21   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			He tells a hell of a story.

					PICARD
			You don't believe it...

					RIKER
			The empire knows we'd never allow
			them to maintain a base within
			the Neutral Zone.

					DATA
			Commander, it would not be an
			atypical Romulan ploy. In their
			long history of war, the Romulans
			have rarely attacked first... they
			prefer to test their enemy's
			resolve.

					RIKER
			And how many times in their
			history has there been a Romulan
			defector?

					DATA
				(beat, checking his
				 files)
			Never, sir.

					RIKER
				(point made)
			Because loyalty is fundamental
			to their culture.

					GEORDI
				(unconvinced)
			You really think he's a spy,
			Commander?

					RIKER
				(nods)
			I think he's been planted to draw
			us into the Neutral Zone... we'd
			look like the aggressors...

					PICARD
			... and the Romulans would have
			a legitimate excuse to respond
			with force.

					RIKER
			Exactly.

    STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/19/89 - ACT TWO    14.

21   CONTINUED: (4)

					DATA
			That would also not be an atypical
			Romulan ploy, sir.

					PICARD
				(thoughtful)
			It is always a chess game with
			them, isn't it?

	Geordi looks out the viewport at the craft.

					GEORDI
			Well at least he's given us the
			chance to get a look at some
			Romulan technology.

					PICARD
				(acknowledges)
			Mister La Forge, you will head
			the away team over to the scout.
				(to Riker)
			Commander, you and Counselor Troi
			will conduct Setal's
			interrogation.

					DATA
			Permission to observe the
			interrogation, sir...

					PICARD
			No, I need you with me on the
			bridge, Data... there's much to
			be done.
				(beat)
			We have less than forty-eight
			hours to prevent a war... or
			perhaps start one. That depends
			on establishing the truth of...

	Suddenly the Scout Ship EXPLODES. As all react:

22   INT. SICKBAY

	BEVERLY administers to Setal's neck as Riker questions
	him. Worf and the security guard stand nearby.

    STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/19/89 - ACT TWO    15.

22   CONTINUED:

					SETAL
				(of course)
			I set the auto-destruct sequencer
			before I left the ship.

					RIKER
			Why?

					SETAL
				(smiles, incredulous)
			Wouldn't you? To prevent your
			ship from being captured?

					RIKER
			Excuse me for being a little
			confused, Setal, but I thought
			you were defecting...

					SETAL
			I am not a traitor.
				(beat)
			All you can see is the opportunity
			to exploit me. The Federation
			credo, exploitation. You couldn't
			get aboard my ship fast enough
			-- strip it down, "what secrets
			might it reveal that we can
			use... ?" You are a short sighted
			people... can't you understand
			I came to stop a war.

	Setal winces with pain...

					BEVERLY
			If you could just hold still for
			a moment...

	She sprays something on his would that clearly brings
	relief...

					BEVERLY
			With your metabolism, it will take
			a couple of days to heal...

					SETAL
			Thank you, Doctor... I am
			fortunate that you know something
			of Romulan medicine.

52:[1,#b],88:[1,#b]
    STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/19/89 - ACT TWO    16.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
				(glancing at Worf)
			I've had a chance to gain some
			experience recently.

					SETAL
			Ah yes... the incident at
			Galorndon Core, our two
			officers...

					WORF
				(instantly suspicious)
			You are aware of a great deal for
			a logistics clerk.

					SETAL
			It was common knowledge.
				(weary, to Riker)
			I can show you my rating code.

					WORF
			Forged credentials are a simple
			matter for a spy.

					SETAL
				(eyes never leaving
				 Riker)
			How can you allow Klingon Pahtk
			to walk around in a Starfleet
			uniform?

	Worf steps forward... rising confrontation...

					WORF
			You are lucky this is not a
			Klingon ship. We know how to deal
			with spies...

					SETAL
			Remove this tohzah from my
			sight...

	Riker freezes Worf with a look and then replies to
	Setal calmly.

					RIKER
				(calmly, to Setal)
			Your knowledge of Klingon curses
			is impressive.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/18/89 - ACT TWO    17.

22   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			But, as the Romulans might say,
			only a Veruul would use such
			language in public.

	Setal is surprised by Riker's use of the Romulan word.
	He gives him a grudging smile of respect. Riker
	doesn't return the smile, but is determined to avoid
	a confrontation, looking at Setal --

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, please see to the
			security arrangements for our
			guest's stay...

	Worf takes a beat, glances at Riker who doesn't look
	back and then EXITS.

	A beat and then Setal erupts in LAUGHTER.

					RIKER
			You find something amusing?

					SETAL
				(nodding)
			Lieutenant Worf, I like him. Or,
			to be more accurate, I understand
			him. He's a warrior. Proud,
			fearless, living only for combat.
				(the smile fading)
			Exactly the type who will get us
			all killed if we're not careful.

	As Riker reacts to this:

23   INT. GUEST QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	The doors open and Setal is escorted in by Riker...
	an n.d. security guard remains outside the door. Setal
	looks over his new home, unimpressed by what he sees.
	Riker shows him the food slot.

					RIKER
			This is the food station... you
			can reach me through the
			com panel.
				(at the door)
			Later, there are a few more
			questions we'd like to ask you...

    STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/19/89 - ACT TWO    18.

23   CONTINUED:

	Setal sighs in frustration. Riker gives him a look and
	EXITS. Setal looks out the window and thinks about
	what he's doing. The look on his face is tortured.

					SETAL
			Computer, water.

					COMPUTER
			Temperature?

					SETAL
			Twelve onkians.

					COMPUTER
			This system is calibrated to the
			Celsius metric system.

	Setal frowns, what the hell is that? Frustrated, he
	can't even order a glass of water in this new
	environment. Finally...

					SETAL
			Any temperature at all. On the
			cold side of your system, whatever
			that is.

	The water MATERIALIZES. He takes it. Drinks. He sits
	down on his bed. He pulls off his boot, removes his
	wristband, flips it open to reveal a...

24   TINY COMPARTMENT

	containing a thin blue chip -- (NOTE: Not obviously
	for ingestion, we shouldn't know what the hell it is...
	something that could destroy the Enterprise? What is
	his plot?)

25   SETAL

	stares at it, then snaps the wristband closed.

26   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CLOSE ON MONITOR

	Graphic. A look at the scanners' interpretation of the
	Neutral Zone...

					DATA (O.C.)
			There is no unusual activity in
			the Nelvana System...

    STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/19/89 - ACT TWO    19.

26   CONTINUED:

	Pulling back to reveal Picard standing behind Data at
	an aft station...

					PICARD
			Isolate and magnify the Nelvana
			star system.

	Data does so... and we get a computer graphic look
	at the focus of this mystery.

					DATA
			Nothing on the sensors, sir.

					PICARD
			It is hard to believe what we
			cannot see, Data. And yet, with
			their cloaking technology, a fleet
			of Romulan warships could
			conceivably be passing right
			before our eyes.
				(thoughtfully)
			There must be a way we can
			neutralize that advantage...

					COMPUTER
			Captain Picard, priority one
			message from Starfleet coming
			in on secured channel.

	On the move --

					PICARD
			In my Ready Room. Delay time,
			computer... ?

					COMPUTER
			Two hours, twenty-two minute delay
			from time of transmission at
			Starfleet Command on Lya Three.

27   INT. READY ROOM

	He ENTERS. On his viewer, a series of colors...
	virtually a rainbow of lines intersecting like some
	kind of computer art...

    STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/17/89 - ACT TWO    20.

27   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Computer, key access four-one-two
			mark eight-zero. Picard. Jean-
			Luc. Starfleet priority code
			Gamma. Decode.

	As he sits, the colors zip around and form a Federation
	logo with the text: EYES ONLY - CAPTAIN J.L. PICARD
	emblazoned across it. In the corner of the screen:
	a digital time of transmission as well as the real
	time... is indicated throughout the message...

28   ANGLE - VIEWER

					PICARD
			Begin message.

	The logo fades out to be replaced by ADMIRAL HADEN,
	a stocky command officer. Because of the distance
	between the Enterprise and Starfleet, static both
	visual and auditory interfere with the playback.

					ADMIRAL HADEN
			Captain, we have received an
			official protest from the Romulan
			Empire demanding the return of
			your defector. We are obviously
			refusing to comply. I join in
			your skepticism, but if it is a
			deception, the Romulans are
			certainly going all out to make
			a good show of it. The
			Federation Council has convened
			in emergency session.
				(more personal)
			There's no doubt in my mind this
			will eventually fall on your
			shoulders, Jean-Luc. You've got
			him. You must decide if he's
			telling the truth. For now, I
			suggest you proceed along the
			Neutral Zone border toward a
			Federation position proximate to
			Nelvana Three.

	The admiral's picture disappears, leaving only the
	real time clock running on the blank screen.

    STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/17/89 - ACT TWO    20A.

28A  PICARD

	considers thoughtfully for a long beat. To com panel
	--

					PICARD
			Picard to Lieutenant Worf. Please
			come to my Ready Room.

    STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/20/89 - ACT TWO    21.

29   INT. DEBRIEFING ROOM

	The debriefing takes place on a raised platform in the
	middle of the room. Setal sits across from Riker and
	Troi. An n.d. security guard (the same one we've seen
	before) stands nearby.

	A flashing light on his chair indicates the
	conversation is being recorded. Riker has a PADD with
	notes that he refers to occasionally.

					RIKER
			You've never actually stepped foot
			on Nelvana Three.

					SETAL
			That's right.

					RIKER
				(referring to PADD)
			You were a logistics officer
			assigned to sector eight-one-five...

					SETAL
				(recognizing ploy)
			Eight-one-four.

					RIKER
			Eight-one-four, yes. So your
			conclusions about the secret base
			are solely based on a few files
			you happened to see in a
			computer.

					SETAL
			Massive files, Commander...
			transport schedules, troop
			movements... construction
			reports...

					RIKER
			And where are they?
				(off his look)
			All these files? Why not bring
			the files to prove what you're
			saying?

    STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/20/89 - ACT TWO    22.

29   CONTINUED:

					SETAL
			It was not a simple matter of
			just taking them... Romulan
			security is unmatched...

					RIKER
			Yet you managed to get all the
			way across the Neutral Zone in
			a one man ship... quite an
			achievement...

					SETAL
			I saw an opportunity... I took
			it... by the time they realized
			I had the scout ship... it was
			too late...

					RIKER
			Are all logistics officers taught
			to pilot scout ships?

					SETAL
			I depended a great deal on the
			computer to navigate. I have
			rudimentary knowledge, that's
			all...

					TROI
			Do you expect anything out of this
			for yourself?

					SETAL
				(reacts)
			The idea of a Romulan pursuing a
			noble cause is impossible, I
			suppose.

    STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/20/89 - ACT TWO    23.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			It was only a question.

					SETAL
				(getting angry)
			Do you realize I have given up
			my life for this? I can never
			go back. Do you think I did this
			for wealth, a new home, what?

					RIKER
			We're trying to get to the truth
			here, Sublieutenant.

					SETAL
			You have the truth before you. You
			are too blind to see it.
				(softly)
			I have seen enough bloodshed for
			one lifetime.

					RIKER
				(still not buying it)
			So have we all.

					SETAL
				(with sudden passion)
			Then do as I ask! I know how
			difficult it is for you to believe
			me. I feel the same suspicions
			toward you. But we must look
			beyond our long-standing animosity
			and work toward the good of both
			our people.

	He reaches out with both hands, palms upward in a
	gesture of supplication.

30   THE ROMULAN WARBIRD CHASING THE SCOUT SHIP
	(OPTICAL)

	With time code.

					GEORDI (V.O.)
			Slow playback... display engine
			logs and power data of both
			vessels...

    STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/17/89 - ACT TWO    24.

30   CONTINUED:

	The picture slows... the computer adds a graphic
	overlay that identifies the speed and power of both
	Romulan vessels... the camera pulls back to reveal
	it's a monitor at...

31   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ENGINEERING STATION

	Geordi with Picard, Data and Beverly at a monitor.

					GEORDI
			Now... look what happens at
			zero-nine-five-four-three-three
			on the clock...

32   THE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

					GEORDI (O.S.)
			The scout has sustained engine
			damage... forcing it to drop to
			point-six-one-five impulse
			power... for all intents and
			purposes he's finished, dead...
			the warship should overtake
			him... only it doesn't. Point
			two-six seconds later, the
			warbird slows to precisely
			the same speed...

33   RESUME - ENGINEERING STATION

					GEORDI
			Three times... three speed
			fluctuations... the warship
			always kept its distance... I
			don't think they wanted to catch
			up.

					BEVERLY
			And yet they fired at the scout
			ship... they could have killed
			him...

					DATA
			Not necessarily, Doctor... the
			Romulans have the same capability
			to direct the impact of their
			weapons as we do.

    STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/17/89 - ACT TWO    25.

33   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Doctor, is there any possibility
			his wound was self-inflicted?

					BEVERLY
			It was a bad burn... I hardly
			think...

					PICARD
			A possibility...

	Beverly sighs, forced to acknowledge the possibility.
	Looking at the monitor again... on Picard, realizing
	the import of this...

34   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/20/89 - ACT THREE   26.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

35   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Holding position.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43463.7.
			We are holding a position at the
			Neutral Zone border proximate to
			Nelvana Three.

36   INT. SETAL'S GUEST QUARTERS

	Feeling trapped, Setal paces around the room.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			There are twenty one hours left
			before the Romulan base becomes
			functional, if our guest is
			telling the truth. Counselor
			Troi, however, feels Sublieutenant
			Setal is being deliberately
			deceptive.

37   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard is drinking tea as he plays back another
	communique from Starfleet. (It is likely that Picard
	got little rest the night before and he looks a bit
	tired.)

38   ANGLE THE COMPUTER SCREEN

	A grim-faced Admiral Haden.

					ADMIRAL HADEN
			The Monitor and the Hood are
			headed in your direction though
			they will arrive too late to be
			of assistance. Warnings have gone
			out to all outposts along the
			border... as well as several
			independent vessels in nearby
			sectors.
				(a beat)
			No one here wants a war, Captain.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/20/89 - ACT THREE   26A.

38   CONTINUED:

					ADMIRAL HADEN (Cont'd)
			But we're prepared to take them
			on if that's what they want. All
			Federation starships have been
			placed on Yellow Alert.

   STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/17/89 - ACT THREE   27.

39   ANGLE PICARD

	HOLD a beat on his reaction, aware the Enterprise has
	moved closer to war. There is a chime.

					PICARD
			Come.

	The door opens and Data ENTERS.

					DATA
			You wanted to see me, Captain?

					PICARD
			Data, prepare a class one probe.
			Set sensors for maximum scan.
			I want every meter of Nelvana
			Three monitored.

					DATA
			I will start my calibrations, sir.

	He turns to leave.

					PICARD
			One moment.

	Data stops, waits patiently to hear what Picard has
	to say. The captain points to a chair.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Sit down.

					DATA
			Do you require something else from
			me, sir?

					PICARD
			Yes. Your clarity of thought,
			your objectivity... as always...
				(a beat)
			We're very possibly about to go
			to war, Data. The repercussions
			of what we do during the next
			twenty-four hours may be felt
			for years to come. I'd like you
			to keep the official record of
			these events, so we may give
			history the benefit of a
			dispassionate view.

   STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/17/89 - ACT THREE   28.

39   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I will begin immediately, sir.
			Is that all?

	No. Picard looks at him thoughtfully.

					PICARD
			How are the crew's spirits?

					DATA
			They are concerned, Captain, of
			course. But confident. Can you
			not see that yourself?

					PICARD
			Unlike King Henry, it's not so
			easy for me to disguise myself
			and walk among my troops.
				(beat)
			That's all, Data.

	Data EXITS. Picard sits there a beat... to himself --

					PICARD
			"Now if these men do not die well,
			it will be a black matter for the
			King that led them to it."

   STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/20/89 - ACT THREE   29.

40   INT. DEBRIEFING ROOM

	Setal is tired of answering questions.

					SETAL
			Why must we waste time playing
			this ridiculous game?

					TROI
				(ignoring the insult)
			I sense there is more here you
			wish to tell us, yet you force
			yourself to hold back.

					SETAL
			I've told you all you need to know
			about Nelvana Three.

					TROI
			I am not speaking of the base.

	Setal definitely doesn't like the turn the conversation
	has taken.

					SETAL
			The base is all that matters.

					RIKER
			You're lying, Setal.

					SETAL
			If you'll go to Nelvana Three,
			you will see...

					RIKER
			We're not going anywhere til we
			get to the truth...

	Setal glares at Riker....

					RIKER
			You're a spy, aren't you?

   STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/20/89 - ACT THREE   30.

40   CONTINUED:

					SETAL
			No.

					RIKER
			Then prove it. You can start by
			telling me something about the
			location and strength of the
			Romulan fleet...

					SETAL
			I don't know it...

	Quick --

					RIKER
				(why not?)
			You're a logistics officer...

					SETAL
			For only one sector...

					RIKER
			Who's your commanding officer?

					SETAL
			Admiral Alidar Jarok.

					RIKER
			The position of Romulan bases
			along the Neutral Zone...

	Setal slams the table with his palm.

					SETAL
			I don't know...

					RIKER
			In your sector then...

	Setal pounds the table again.

					SETAL
			Irrelevant.

					RIKER
			Strength of troops under your
			admiral's command...

   STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/20/89 - ACT THREE   31.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					SETAL
				(pounding)
			Irrelevant.
				(pounding)
			Irrelevant.

	Riker continues on the attack.

					RIKER
			I agree with you... it's not worth
			playing this game.

	Setal slumps back in his seat. Tired and defeated.

					SETAL
			What a fool I've been. To have
			come looking for courage in a lair
			of cowards.

	On Riker and Troi's reaction.

41   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Which is now at full crew. Picard standing at command,
	Data at Ops, Worf at Tactical and supernumeraries at
	Conn and other stations. The atmosphere is tense.

					COMPUTER
			Captain Picard, priority message
			from security officer, Klingon
			vessel Patakt...

   STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/17/89 - ACT THREE   32.

41   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Worf, handle this at
			security station, deck nine...

					WORF
			Aye, sir...

	Picard watches Worf EXIT into turbolift then moves
	closer to ops.

					DATA
			Sensors are configured for
			planetary probe, sir... ready for
			launch.

					PICARD
			Proceed.

42   EXT. ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Stock shot of probe being fired off.

43   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The probe moving away on the Main Viewer. Data checks
	panel.

					DATA
			Probe on course. Sensors are
			functioning...

	Picard moves toward his Ready Room...

					PICARD
			Coordinate your analysis with
			Mister La Forge... I want your
			report with dispatch...

	He EXITS.

   STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/20/89 - ACT THREE   33.

44   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Data and Geordi. Geordi is working at the console
	as if the first readings from the probe are sent back
	and analyzed. We see a computerized rendering of
	Nelvana Three, a grid is placed over it, graphs of raw
	data appear and disappear... as they work...

					GEORDI
			I don't know, Data... my gut tells
			me we oughta believe what this
			guy is trying to tell us...

					DATA
			Your gut?

					GEORDI
			It's just a... a feeling, you
			know? Instinct, emotions...

					DATA
			It seems to me those qualities
			interfere with rational judgment.

					GEORDI
			You're right. They do sometimes.

   STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/20/89 - ACT THREE   34.

44   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Then why not rely strictly on
			fact?

					GEORDI
			You can't always trust the plain
			and simple facts... they lie
			sometimes...

					DATA
			They can lead to wrong
			conclusions, but they cannot lie.

	Geordi doesn't know exactly how to explain.

					GEORDI
			What do you think? Is he a
			defector or not?

					DATA
			The facts to date would lead to
			an objective conclusion that he
			is not.

					GEORDI
				(shakes his head)
			Somehow I think we're gonna catch
			the Romulans with their pants down
			on Nelvana Three... Just like he
			says.

	Data blinks. Almost impossible to accept this.
	Processing.

					DATA
			"With their pants down." A
			metaphor, catching them in the
			act... because your "gut" tells
			you so...

					GEORDI
			But of course you can't just go
			with your gut either. It's a
			combination, Data... let me put
			it this way... all these feelings
			that get in the way of human
			judgment... that confuse the hell
			out of us... that make us second
			guess ourselves. We need them.
			We need them to help fill in the
			missing pieces... because we
			almost never have all the facts.

   STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/20/89 - ACT THREE   35.

44   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			So a person fills in missing
			pieces of the puzzle with his own
			personality... resulting in a
			conclusion based as much on
			instinct and emotion as on fact.

					GEORDI
			Now you're getting it.

					DATA
			What does one do if he has no
			instinct and emotion?

	Geordi reacts a beat, then, noticing on his console...

					GEORDI
			Data... look at this... the facts
			just took a left turn...

45   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard, Geordi, Data. They are revealing the
	surprising results of their probe analysis.

					DATA
			As the probe went into orbit
			around Nelvana Three, it began
			to pick up low level subspace
			radio emissions...

					PICARD
			Could they be naturally occuring?

					DATA
			The patterns are clearly
			artificial, Captain...

					GEORDI
			The signal is so faint our ship
			sensors can't read it from this
			distance.

					PICARD
			Can we decode it?

					GEORDI
				(shakes his head)
			We've tried. It's probably
			Romulan... but we can't be sure.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/18/89 - ACT THREE   36.

45   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Cloaked Romulan ships could
			produce this effect.

					PICARD
			What about the planet surface?

					GEORDI
			Reading nothing but barren rock.
			They might be able to hide a base
			from the probe... its capabilities
			are limited. The only way we'll
			know for sure is if we go and take
			a look for ourselves.

					PICARD
				(acknowledges)
			That will be all, gentlemen.

	Data and Geordi EXIT. Picard weighs his options.

46   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Setal, alone at a table nursing some exotic alien
	concoction and mournfully contemplating the starfield
	out the viewport. The n.d. security guard sits nearby.
	Setal feels himself being stared at. Looks up to find:

47   DATA

	observing him from the next table.

					SETAL
			I take it you've never seen a
			Romulan before.

					DATA
			That would be an incorrect
			assumption.

					SETAL
			Then why do you invade my privacy?

					DATA
			I am attempting to ascertain what
			my guts tell me about you.

					SETAL
				(a beat)
			You're the android.

   STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/16/89 - ACT THREE   37.

47   CONTINUED:

					SETAL
				(continuing)
			I know a host of Romulan
			cyberneticists who would love to
			be this close to you.

					DATA
			I do not find the concept
			particularly appealing.

					SETAL
			Nor should you.

	Setal goes back to brooding. Data is determined to
	reach a deeper understanding of this man. He notices
	Setal has gone back to studying the view.

					DATA
			I am told by various crewmembers
			that this viewport is their
			favorite on the ship.

					SETAL
			I thought it would bring me
			comfort. But these are not my
			stars. Even the heavens are
			denied to me here.

	Setal takes a sip of his drink.

					SETAL
				(makes a face)
			Synthetic swill...

	He pushes it away.

					SETAL
				(continuing)
			I don't suppose your food
			terminals are capable of preparing
			a Romulan ale.

					DATA
			I am afraid they would require the
			molecular structure of the beverage
			in question. And, as you are no
			doubt aware, our knowledge of your
			planet is quite limited.

   STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/16/89 - ACT THREE   38.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					SETAL
			The loss is yours. For I have
			visited over a hundred different
			worlds and none possessed the
			awesome beauty of Romulus.

					DATA
			Am I correct in assuming you
			regret your decision to come here?

	Setal shakes his head.

					SETAL
			No, what I did had to be done.
				(melancholy)
			But to never again see the
			firefalls of Gath Gal'thong, or
			the spires of my home rising above
			the Apnex Sea. To be exiled from
			your home is a bitter thing.

					DATA
			It does appear unlikely that you
			will ever be allowed to return
			to your world again.

	Data's seeming indifference is a blow to Setal.

					SETAL
			The cold reaction of an android.

					DATA
			But perhaps we can bring Romulus
			to you.

	Off Setal's surprised reaction.

48   INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE HOLODECK

	Data is rapidly keying a program into the Holodeck's
	Com panel. A skeptical Setal watches closely. The
	security guard remains in the b.g. He steps away from
	the com panel.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Program complete.

					DATA
			Run program.

   STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/20/89 - ACT THREE   39.

48   CONTINUED:

	The door slides open. Data gestures Setal inside.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			After you.

	Setal hesitates a moment before his curiosity gets the
	better of him. He ENTERS.

49   INT. HOLODECK (OPTICAL)

	CLOSE ON Setal and Data as they stare at the Holodeck's
	recreation of Romulus. (An exotic vision to be
	determined later.) Setal reacts, pleased with what he
	sees.

					SETAL
			The valley of Chula. I know it
			well.

	For a moment, Setal is almost convinced he's back on
	Romulus. Then slowly the smile fades from his face as
	a grim realization takes hold.

					DATA
			You are free to stay here as long
			as you wish.

					SETAL
			Turn it off. I no longer live
			here.

	Data realizes Setal is in no mood to be contradicted.

					DATA
			Cancel program.

	The landscape disappears. We are now inside the bare
	set of the Holodeck. A huge empty place.

					SETAL
				(looking around)
			This is my home now. My future.

	Setal comes to a decision.

      STAR TREK: "The Defector" - 10/16/89 - ACT THREE      40.

49   CONTINUED:

					SETAL
				(continuing)
			I've sacrificed everything. It
			must not be in vain.

	He appears to stand a little taller as he turns to
	Data.

					SETAL
				(continuing; an order)
			Arrange a meeting between myself
			and Captain Picard.
				(a beat)
			Tell him Admiral Jarok wants to
			see him.

	And as Jarok (Setal) stares defiantly at Data, we:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/18/89 - ACT FOUR    41.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

50   INT. CAPT. READY ROOM - CLOSEUP - COMPUTER SCREEN

	Federation logo. "EYES ONLY, CAPTAIN J.L. PICARD."
	The clock ticking in digital display. The image of
	Admiral Haden appears...

					ADMIRAL HADEN
			Captain, we have confirmed that
			you are holding Admiral Alidar
			Jarok...

									INTERCUTTING:

51   CLOSEUPS OF PICARD WATCHING

					ADMIRAL HADEN
			He's been identified as the
			commander at the massacre of the
			Norkan outposts. The council
			strongly advises you to consider
			Jarok an unreliable source of
			information.

	His picture fades away... the clock continues.

52   WIDE

	Keying his insignia --

					PICARD
			Show him in.

	Picard deliberately makes himself busy, does not look
	up when a security ensign escorts Jarok (Setal) in.

					PICARD
			Wait outside, Ensign. Have a
			seat... Admiral Jarok.

	The guard EXITS. Jarok doesn't sit, waits impatiently
	for the captain to finish what he's doing.

					JAROK
			Captain... there is no more
			time...

    STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/18/89 - ACT FOUR    42.

52   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(casual, you do not give
				 orders here)
			Have a seat, Admiral.

	Jarok sits, frustrated. Picard finally looks up.

					PICARD
			I am not convinced you are
			telling the truth.

					JAROK
				(extreme frustration)
			What must I do...

					PICARD
				(shrugs)
			You must convince me.

	Picard stands... moves around the room...

					PICARD
			If I had irrefutable evidence...
				(beat)
			... but you did not bring
			irrefutable evidence. You brought
			no evidence at all. In fact, this
			entire escape stretched your
			credibility beyond belief. Now
			we hear that you are not even who
			you claimed to be.
				(beat)
			A Romulan defector is virtually
			a contradiction in terms. But
			Admiral Jarok crossing the
			lines...

					JAROK
			I have explained my motives to
			your interrogators...

					PICARD
			Yes, peace in our galaxy.
				(beat)
			Except you are not a man of peace,
			Admiral. Your military record,
			what we know of it, is clear...

					JAROK
				(overlapping)
			... which is precisely why I chose
			an alternate identity here...

   STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/18/89 - ACT FOUR   42A.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(overlapping)
			... the massacre at the Norkan
			Outposts, for example...

					JAROK
				(beat, quietly)
			Your "massacre" was called the
			Norkan Campaign on my world,
			Captain. One world's hero is
			another world's madman. Perhaps
			I am neither one.

        STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/18/89 - ACT FOUR        43.

52   CONTINUED: (3)

	Picard is willing to acknowledge that.

					PICARD
			On what basis shall I decide,
			Admiral? Your good word? Are
			you willing to reveal ways to
			overpower the Romulan B-type
			warbirds we may encounter? Are
			you prepared to help us detect
			them through their cloaking
			shields?

	A long beat. Jarok does not want to answer. Picard
	uses it...

					PICARD
			You see my problem, Admiral. You
			ask us for faith in circumstances
			not only difficult to believe but
			compounded by your own lies, and
			your own reluctance to tell us
			all you know...

					JAROK
			I cannot betray my people...

					PICARD
			You have already betrayed your
			people. You have made your
			choices. You are a traitor, sir.
			If the bitter taste of it
			disagrees with you, I am truly
			sorry. But I will not risk the
			lives of my crew because you think
			you can dance on the edge of the
			Neutral Zone. You have crossed
			over, Admiral. I suggest you make
			yourself comfortable.

	Jarok swallows hard, he knows he cannot ride the fence
	much longer. He jumps off it in an odd direction...

					JAROK
			Do you have children, Captain
			Picard? A family?

					PICARD
			No.

					JAROK
			Then you have sacrificed too much
			for your career.

        STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/18/89 - ACT FOUR       43A.

52   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
				(no interest in this)
			Yes, this is all very interesting,
			but...

        STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/18/89 - ACT FOUR        44.

52   CONTINUED: (5)

	But Jarok continues...

					JAROK
			There's a moment in a man's life,
			Captain, that you cannot know...
			when he looks down at the first
			smile of his baby girl and he
			knows that he must change the
			world for her... for all children.
			It is for her that I am here.
			Not to betray the Romulan Empire,
			but to save it.

	He grows silent, downcast, shakes his head.

					JAROK
			For months, I tried to persuade
			the high command that another war
			would destroy the empire. They
			grew tired of my arguments, and
			finally censored me, sent me off
			to command a distant sector. This
			was my only recourse. I will
			never see my child smile again,
			Captain. She will grow up
			believing her father was a
			traitor. But she will grow up.
				(beat)
			If you act, Picard. If we stop
			the war before it begins...

	Picard studies him a beat, unmoved...

					PICARD
				(softly, the obvious)
			I cannot. And will not. Unless
			I have your unequivocal
			assistance.

	Off Jarok's look...

53   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	All principals except Wesley and Picard. Picard
	ENTERS.

        STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/20/89 - ACT FOUR       44A.

53   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Admiral Jarok has provided me with
			the strength, location and
			tactical plans for the Romulan
			fleet.
				(reactions)
			Mister La Forge, he is prepared
			to give you data regarding
			engines, weapons and cloaking
			systems on the warbird class
			starship. But I believe we'll
			find his experience as a field
			commander more valuable in a
			strategic sense than in the
			technical areas.

					GEORDI
				(blown away)
			Any edge'll help, Captain.

					PICARD
			Don't depend on it. For all we
			know, he may still be lying.
				(beat)
			We'll find out soon enough.
			Number One, set a course for
			Nelvana Three.

        STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/20/89 - ACT FOUR        45.

54
thru	OMITTED
56

57   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Holding at the Neutral Zone border.

					DATA (V.O.)
			Second officer's log,
			supplemental. We are prepared
			to enter the Neutral Zone in
			direct violation of the Treaty
			of Algeron.

58   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard in command... Data at Ops... Worf at Tactical...
	Riker is conferring with supernumerary at Conn...

					DATA (V.O.)
			We must presume Romulan warships
			are cloaked and monitoring us.
			We expect swift and heavy
			resistance as we approach Nelvana
			Three.

59   RIKER - ECU

					RIKER
			Course plotted and laid in.

60   DATA - ECU

					DATA
			All decks showing condition red.

61   INT. ENGINEERING - GEORDI ECU

					GEORDI
			Engineering ready, sir.

62   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WORF ECU

					WORF
			Defensive systems standing by.

     STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/20/89 - ACT FOUR 46-49.       

63   PICARD - ECU

	A beat.

					PICARD
			Engage.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/20/89 - ACT FIVE        50.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

64   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at warp speed.

65   INT. GUEST QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Jarok, sitting on his bed, lost in his personal
	agony... glances out his window...

66   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Tactical?

					WORF
			Nothing on sensors.

	Riker reacts surprised, concerned... moves to Picard...

					RIKER
			I don't like it... I would have
			expected a greeting party...

					PICARD
			Number One, you echo another
			noteworthy commander in a similar
			circumstance. One of your
			countrymen...
				(off his look)
			George Armstrong Custer when his
			Seventh Cavalry arrived at the
			Little Big Horn.

					RIKER
			May we have better luck.

					DATA
			Approaching Nelvana system.

					RIKER
			Engage impulse engines.

        STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/16/89 - ACT FIVE        51.

67   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Entering the Nelvana system, the ship drops out of
	warp... a stellar light revealed from a planet
	crossing in front of the star suggests a dawning to
	this day of battle... and the thoughtful viewer may
	remember Shakespeare's words from the teaser.

68   INT. GUEST QUARTERS

	Jarok waits and wonders.

69   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker moves to look over Worf's shoulder as he
	continues to monitor the tactical sensors.

					RIKER
			Nelvana Three on screen.

70   ANGLE - MAIN VIEW SCREEN - NELVANA THREE

	a dull, uninteresting rock... slowly approaches. Riker
	moves back to Picard...

					RIKER
			Still no sign of them on
			sensors...
				(beat, trace of
				 discomfort)
			In a way, I'd rather be fighting
			my way there... it's too damned
			easy.

					PICARD
			Prepare to enter standard orbit.

71   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship moves into orbit Nelvana Three.

72   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Riker on their feet now, standing between
	conn and ops studying Nelvana III.

        STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/18/89 - ACT FIVE        52.

72   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Data?

					DATA
			Scanning the planet. No life
			forms. No power sources. No
			weapons systems.

					RIKER
			No indication of a base at all?

					DATA
			No sir.

					PICARD
			The subspace signal the probe
			detected? The ionization
			disturbances?

					DATA
			I am picking them up, sir... but I
			cannot identify the source...
			They... seem to be moving in an
			orbital path with an eight hundred
			kilometer apogee.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Have Jarok brought to the bridge.

					RIKER
			It's possible they abandoned the
			base after he defected.

					DATA
			There is no scarring on the
			planet surface that would denote
			heavy construction of any kind.

					RIKER
			A cloaking device, perhaps...
			something to hide the whole
			base...

					DATA
			A cloaking device operating on
			the surface would be given away
			by visible distortion effects.

        STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/18/89 - ACT FIVE       52A.

72   CONTINUED: (2)

	A security guard arrives with Jarok. They look at him
	a beat as he ENTERS... as though he will now reveal
	the truth. He doesn't.

					PICARD
			Perhaps you'd like to tell us why
			we're here, Admiral.

	Off his reaction...

					RIKER
			There doesn't seem to be a base.

        STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/18/89 - ACT FIVE        53.

72   CONTINUED: (3)

					JAROK
				(honestly confused)
			I don't understand...

	Motioning to the viewscreen --

					PICARD
			Nelvana Three, Admiral... no base,
			no weapons, no sign of life at
			all.

	Stunned, moving toward the screen...

					JAROK
			But I saw the tactical
			communiques... records...
			timetables for completion... an
			entire legion was assigned to the
			mission...

	Picard studies the face of the Romulan.

					PICARD
			Could they have been feeding you
			disinformation?

	Slow push to Jarok.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			You said you had been censored.
			Reassigned four months ago. They
			knew of your dissatisfaction...
			could this have been a test of
			your loyalty?

					JAROK
				(uncertain)
			No... no, that's impossible...

					PICARD
			They let you escape with an
			arsenal of worthless secrets...
			what other explanation is there?

					RIKER
			Captain, permission to withdraw
			from the Neutral Zone.

					PICARD
			Proceed.

        STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/18/89 - ACT FIVE        54.

72   CONTINUED: (4)

					RIKER
			Helm a hundred eighty degrees about. 
			Get us out of here, Geordi...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			I hear you, Commander...

	As Jarok continues to stare at the planet with his
	mouth open in confusion...

73   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Turning course... but as it turns suddenly three
	Romulan warbirds UNCLOAK...

74   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			Three Romulan warships
			uncloaking... coordinates...
				(no time for that)
			They're firing photon torpedoes...

75   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise is struck by the torpedoes from all
	three ships....

76   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Shaking from the impact...

					WORF
			Shields holding...

					RIKER
			Damage...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Minor damage in the secondary
			hull... power transfer fields may
			be pinched off... working on it...

	More hits rock them...

					WORF
			Captain... ?

        STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/18/89 - ACT FIVE        55.

76   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Not yet, Mister Worf.
				(beat)
			This is just a tap on the
			shoulder. Or we wouldn't be here
			talking about it.

	And we may wonder for the moment what that is about...
	then the assault ends and...

					WORF
			They're hailing us, Captain...

					PICARD
			On screen...

77   ANGLE - THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Reveals the same Romulan commander (TOMALAK), the smug
	bastard who confronted Picard at Galorndon Core.

					TOMALAK
			Captain Picard, I hardly expected
			to see you again so soon. It
			seems this time you are the one
			who has made an aggressive move
			across the Neutral Zone...

					PICARD
			Commander Tomalak, as I suspect
			you already know, we have
			responded to a warning of a
			Romulan incursion on Nelvana
			Three...

					TOMALAK
			But, Captain, as you can see,
			there is no incursion...

					PICARD
			There is the matter of an
			unidentified subspace radio
			emission... and ionization
			distubrances...

					TOMALAK
			Ah, you must mean our orbiting
			probe... we are studying Nelvana
			Three for...
				(lying)
			archaeological research...

        STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/18/89 - ACT FIVE       55A.

77   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			With a cloaked satellite...

					TOMALAK
			Really, Captain, would you have
			us believe this satellite is an
			excuse for your aggressive charge
			across the Neutral Zone?

					PICARD
			Believe whatever you wish,
			Tomalak. We will be on our way.

					TOMALAK
			Without even an apology, Captain?

	Picard is furious.

					PICARD
			If an apology will do, I will
			offer it.

        STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/20/89 - ACT FIVE        56.

77   CONTINUED: (2)

					TOMALAK
			I'm afraid it won't. So I will
			save you the humiliation.

					PICARD
			Get to it, Tomalak.

					TOMALAK
			You see, Picard, after we dissect
			your Enterprise for every precious
			bit of information, I plan to
			display its broken hull in the
			center of the Romulan capitol as
			a symbol of our victory. It will
			inspire our armies for generations
			to come and serve as a warning to
			any other traitor who would create
			ripples of disloyalty.

	Jarok now understands what has happened... cannot hold
	it in any longer... moving forward to confront
	Tomalak...

					JAROK
			All the communiques, the records,
			the timetables... they were
			fiction, written for my benefit...
			it was all a... a test... a test
			of my loyalty... and you used me
			to lure the Enterprise into the
			Neutral Zone.

					TOMALAK
				(bored, interrupting)
			First, Captain, you will return
			the traitor, Jarok... then you
			will surrender as prisoners of
			war...

					PICARD
			Do you seriously expect me to
			agree to those terms?

					TOMALAK
			No, Captain Picard, I expect you
			won't.
				(beat)
			You have thirty seconds to decide.

					PICARD
			I do not require one second.

        STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/18/89 - ACT FIVE        57.

77   CONTINUED: (3)

					TOMALAK
			Captain Picard, I urge you.
			Surrender. Consider the men and
			women you would lead into a lost
			cause.

					PICARD
			If the cause is just and
			honorable, they are prepared to
			give their lives. Are you
			prepared to die today, Tomalak?

					TOMALAK
			I expected more from you than an
			idle threat, Picard.

					PICARD
			And so you shall have it. Now,
			Mister Worf.

	Prearranged signal --

					WORF
			Aye, Captain...

	Worf presses a panel on the tactical command sending
	a signal that results in --

78   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Surrounded by the three Romulan ships... and suddenly
	the Romulan ships are surrounded as three Klingon Birds
	of Prey MATERIALIZE.

79   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					WORF
			Klingon vessels are armed and
			ready, Captain.

	Tomalak blinks.

					PICARD
			What shall it be, Tomalak?

	Tomalak looks long and hard at Picard...

					TOMALAK
			You will still not survive our
			assault...

        STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/18/89 - ACT FIVE        58.

79   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Nor will you survive ours,
			Commander. Shall we die
			together... ?

	A long look at Picard and then Tomalak slowly grins.

					TOMALAK
			I look forward to our next
			meeting, Captain.

	He nods a nod of respect a la the Red Baron... and the
	transmission disappears, returns to starfield, showing
	the six ships.

					WORF
			Romulan disruptors powering down,
			Captain.

80   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Romulan warships DISAPPEAR. Klingon ships
	remain.

81   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, extend the
			appreciation of the Federation...
			and my personal gratitude... to
			the Klingons.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Take us home, Number One.

	Riker acknowledges, pausing to note Jarok, the man who
	cannot go home again. Slow push to him...

					JAROK
			I did it... for nothing. My home,
			my family. For nothing.

									HARD CUT TO:

        STAR TREK: "The Defector" - REV. 10/18/89 - ACT FIVE        59.

82   INT. CORRIDOR

	Data and Picard urgently on the move... reaching an
	doorway where a guard stands... several medical
	technicians, Beverly and Riker are already inside....

83   INT. GUEST QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Jarok is on the bed, dead, lying face up, eyes closed
	at peace. To Picard as he ENTERS --

					BEVERLY
			He ingested a Felodesine chip.
			He must have brought it with him.
			I'm sorry, Captain... there was
			no antidote.

	Riker hands him a letter on a PADD.

					RIKER
			A letter to his wife and
			daughter.

					DATA
			Sir, he must have known it would
			be impossible for us to deliver
			this.

	Picard gives it to him, nods. A last look as they take
	him away.

					PICARD
			Today, perhaps... but if there
			are others as courageous as
			Admiral Jarok... there is hope
			for a day of peace when we can
			take his letter home.

	As they EXIT...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             





                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "The Hunted" 
                          #40273-159 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Robin Bernheim 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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                         FINAL DRAFT
 
                       OCTOBER 25, 1989
 

           STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "The Hunted" 

                             CAST                               
                                
                PICARD             Angosians
                RIKER              PRIME MINISTER NAYROK
                DATA               ZAYNAR
                BEVERLY            ROGA DANAR
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             Non-Speaking
                                     SEVERAL ATTRACTIVE WOMEN
                O'BRIEN              12 PRISONERS/VETERANS
                                     10 GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

                Non-Speaking       
                  SEVERAL SECURITY GUARDS
                  TRANSPORTER ENGINEER
                  OTHER ENGINEERING PERSONNEL

        STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "The Hunted" 
                           
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE              SHUTTLECRAFT
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE       ANGOSIA
              SICKBAY
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              CORRIDOR                 ANGOSIAN TRANSPORT
              TURBOLIFT                 SHIP
              ENGINEERING
              JEFFERIES TUBE
              CARGO BAY
              SHUTTLE BAY
              DETENTION CELL
          
            ANGOSIAN SENATE
          
            ANGOSIAN TRANSPORT SHIP

      STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "The Hunted" 
                    
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                  ANGOSIA        ang-GO-sha
                  ROGA           ROE-gah
                  DANAR          DAY-nar

         STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "The Hunted"                              
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. ANGOSIAN CAPITOL - ESTABLISHING (MATTE)

	A cluster of low buildings, a bud of civilization whose
	outlying roadways vein a vast plain.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43489.2.
			We have arrived at Angosia, a
			planet that is eager for
			membership in the Federation.

2    EXT. ANGOSIAN SENATE

	PICARD and RIKER are with NAYROK, the Angosian leader,
	in the rotunda of the senate building. The Angosians
	take their civic duty very seriously and the senate is
	considered a repository of wisdom and law. Various
	government officials and petitioners pass by, either
	in deep discussion or thoughtful meditation.

					PICARD
			I'm greatly impressed with what
			I've seen so far, Prime Minister.

					NAYROK
			Then I hope it will reflect
			favorably in your report, Captain.

					RIKER
			It's a tribute to your people to
			have recovered so rapidly from
			the Tarsian War.

					NAYROK
			It is indeed.
				(sadly)
			We are not warriors. We believe
			reason can settle disputes. But
			not every culture agrees with our
			position.

					PICARD
			An unfortunate reality.

      STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - TEASER      2.

2    CONTINUED:

					NAYROK
			The development of the mind, the
			cultivation of the intellect --
			these are the pursuits to which
			the Angosians have dedicated
			themselves for centuries.

	Nayrok nods and is about to respond... but is
	interrupted by ZAYNAR, an aide who casually interrupts.

					ZAYNAR
			I'm sorry to interrupt, Prime
			Minister. There's a problem.
			May I see you a moment?

					NAYROK
			Excuse me, gentlemen.

3    ANGLE --

	on Picard and Riker.

					PICARD
			I think they'll make a fine
			addition to the Federation, Number
			One...

	Riker acknowledges, but without enthusiasm. Off
	Picard's look...

					RIKER
			I'm not sure I'd want to live
			here. A little stuffy for my
			taste.

	Picard thinks it over, nods slightly. It's a little
	dry for his taste, too.

4    ANOTHER ANGLE --

	Nayrok returns, his face has a look of concern...

					NAYROK
			A prisoner has escaped from the
			penal colony on Lunar Five.
				(shaking his head)
			Two guards are dead. The prisoner
			has taken a transport vessel.

      STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - TEASER      2A.

4    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Do you have means of pursuit?

         STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - TEASER         3.

4    CONTINUED:

					NAYROK
			The tracking station was
			sabotaged. The entire base is
			in chaos. We have ordered ships
			from the surface to follow him,
			but to be honest, our civilian
			pilots are not trained to handle
			this...

					RIKER
			With your permission, sir... ?

	Picard acknowledges.

					RIKER
				(keying his insignia)
			Mister Data, a stolen transport
			vessel has departed from Lunar
			Five. Have you picked it up on
			sensors?

									INTERCUT:

5    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	DATA is in command. GEORDI, WORF, and WESLEY are on
	the bridge. Supernumeraries.

					DATA
				(checking sensors)
			Yes, Commander.

					RIKER
			Good. Detain the vessel and
			quarantine the pilot.
				(to Nayrok)
			Is he armed?

					NAYROK
			Yes. And he's very dangerous,
			Captain. Lunar Five is our
			maximum security facility.

					RIKER
			Did you hear that, Data?

					DATA
			Yes, Commander, we will use
			extreme caution.

         STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - TEASER         4.

5    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Keep us informed. Riker out.

					WORF
			On screen, sir...

									END INTERCUT:

6    ANGLE ON THE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	A small ship, as well as an asteroid, are visible in
	front of the planet.

					DATA
			Specifications on the vessel,
			Mister Worf.

					WORF
			No warp drive. Minimal weaponry.

					DATA
			Heading, Ensign Crusher.

					WESLEY
			Three-one-nine mark
			two-five-zero.

					GEORDI
			Vessel's speed increasing to
			point-two impulse. He's seen us,
			Data.

7    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Moving toward the transport vessel... which disappears
	behind the asteroid.

8    INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	On the main viewscreen, we see that only a small piece
	of the ship appears on the other side of the asteroid.

					GEORDI
				(reacts)
			The ship's drive section...

					WESLEY
			What happened to the rest of his
			ship?

         STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - TEASER         5.

8    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Scan the drive section for life
			form readings.

					WORF
			None.

					DATA
			Mister Crusher, bring us around
			to the back side of the asteroid.

	A beat.

					GEORDI
			Sensors indicate wreckage on the
			asteroid's surface.

					WORF
			No life signs.

					DATA
			Apparently, he did not survive.

	Wesley, puzzled, is checking his console... and he
	looks surprised.

					WESLEY
			Data, the drive section...
			where'd it go?

8A   ANGLE - MAIN VIEW SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Only the asteroid remains on screen. The ship is
	gone. Data reacts... looks at his sensors... looks at
	the screen.

					WESLEY
			There's no sign of it on its
			previous heading. Someone must
			be at the helm.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Status report, Mister Data?

	There's no beating around this bush.

         STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - TEASER         6.

8A   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(simply)
			I am afraid the prisoner has eluded
			us, sir.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

        STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - ACT ONE        7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

9    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker have returned, are listening to Data's
	explanation. Other personnel are there as before.

					DATA
			We followed procedures precisely.
			Scanners indicated no life forms
			present in the drive section.
			I cannot explain how he escaped.

					WORF
			Incoming message from the Angosian
			prime minister.

					PICARD
				(settling into the
				 Command Chair)
			On screen.

10   ANGLE ON THE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The planet's surface is replaced by an image of
	Nayrok, seated in his office.

					NAYROK
			We've identified the prisoner,
			Captain. His name is Roga Danar.
			His criminal record is too long
			to go into. But you must be aware
			that he is given to bouts of
			uncontrollable violence.

					PICARD
			We appreciate the warning, Prime
			Minister. We will keep you posted
			on our progress.

	The image on the viewscreen returns to planet.

					RIKER
			Mister La Forge, how far and how
			fast can that transport ship
			travel?

        STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - ACT ONE        8.

10   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Without warp drive, there's no
			way it could be outside our range
			by now.

					WESLEY
			We've been sweeping the area
			constantly, Commander. There's
			nothing within sensor range.

	Picard frowns, frustrated. This annoying little space
	gnat is turning out to be more than they bargained for.

					PICARD
			A cloaking device?

					WORF
			The Angosians have no cloaking
			technology...

					RIKER
				(it dawns on him)
			Unless he's borrowing one...
				(off Picard's look)
			If he's hanging over the planet's
			pole, its magnetic field could
			confuse the sensors.

					DATA
			I believe I can recalibrate our
			sensors to read through the
			electromagnetic interference over
			the poles, Commander.

					RIKER
				(to Wesley)
			Realign for polar orbit.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir.

	Data sits, his fingers dance over the keys on the
	console. He looks at

11   HIS MONITOR - COMPUTER GRAPHIC

	of the planet, over the north pole, we can see magnetic
	interference which Data tunes out, revealing an image
	of a craft hovering there, hiding...

        STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - ACT ONE        9.

12   ANGLE

					DATA
			There he is, Commander. You were
			correct.

					RIKER
			The fellow knows all the tricks,
			doesn't he...

	Data studies his console, confused.

					DATA
			There are still no life form
			readings coming from the vessel.

					GEORDI
			It could be the magnetic
			interference, Data.

					DATA
			I have compensated. There are no
			readings.

					PICARD
			We'll have our answer shortly.
			Lock on tractor beam, Mister La
			Forge.

					GEORDI
			Tractor beam locking on.

13   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The tractor beam shoots out from the Enterprise towards
	the tiny half-ship, which begins to turn to face the
	Enterprise.

14   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data checks his instruments.

					DATA
			Sir, the vessel is coming about.

					RIKER
				(looking over his
				 shoulder)
			Is he out of his mind?

        STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - ACT ONE        10.

14   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Sensors detect a massive power
			build up in his aft thrusters.

					PICARD
			On Main Viewer, Mister Worf.

15   ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The tiny ship is now facing the Enteprise. It is
	slowly approaching within the tractor beam.

					GEORDI
			He's making a suicide run.

					DATA
			Shields have been automatically
			activated. Tractor beam
			disengaged.

16   EXT. SPACE - THE TRANSPORT VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	No longer enveloped in the tractor beam, the transport
	vessel hurtles head on towards the Enterprise, then
	skids off the invisible shield, away from the ship.

17   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WESLEY
				(reacts)
			He's bounced off our shields.

					RIKER
			That's one trick I didn't even
			know about...

					PICARD
			Ensign Crusher, fix coordinates
			of that vessel. We'll transport
			the whole thing to a shuttlebay
			if we have to.

	Data has been working hard the whole time.

					DATA
			I do not think that will be
			necessary, Captain. He is no
			longer in the drive section.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - ACT ONE        11.

17   CONTINUED:

					DATA (Cont'd)
				(reactions)
			I anticipated this diversionary
			tactic based on his pattern to
			date. We are picking up a
			cylindrical object approximately
			seven meters in length and three
			meters in diameter.

					WORF
			On screen, Captain.

18   ANGLE ON THE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	A tiny, cylindrical object is just visible.

					WESLEY
			An escape pod.

					GEORDI
			This guy is incredible.

19   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			Yet there are still no life form
			readings.

					PICARD
			Transporter Room Four, prepare
			to beam aboard anything that's
			large enough to be a humanoid
			adult from inside that pod.

					WORF
			Security to Transporter Room Four.

					O'BRIEN'S VOICE
			We are holding the contents in
			stasis pending arrival of
			security. An illicit weapon has
			been detected in the transport
			beam, sir. It's been rendered
			inoperable.

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			Let's greet our guest.

     STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT ONE     12.

19   CONTINUED:

	Riker and Worf disappear into the turbolift.

20   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	TWO ARMED SECURITY OFFICERS wait with the transporter
	engineer. All eyes and weapons are trained on

21   THE TRANSPORTER PAD (OPTICAL)

	It glitters to life. An image begins to materialize.
	ROGA DANAR stands before them. Haggard. On the edge.
	A dangerous gleam to his eye, like a frightened,
	trapped animal. Without wasting a second, Roga aims
	his rifle and pulls the trigger. Nothing happens.

					SECURITY MAN
			Just stay where you are.

	Roga barely reacts... with the quickness of a snake
	striking, he lunges off the transporter pad...

22   WIDE - THE SECURITY MEN (OPTICAL)

	fire their phasers... he's so quick, one shot misses
	him... the other connects with him in mid-air but he
	still lands on the security guard, takes him out,
	rolling off him, hit by another phaser shot, growls
	with pain, sags, then pulls himself back up and leaps
	at the second guard...

23   INT. TRANSPORTER CORRIDOR

	They come crashing through from the Transporter Room...
	Roga and the guard wrapped up together, fighting for
	control of the guard's phaser... the transporter
	engineer comes from behind, grabs Roga... who throws
	him backwards hard against the wall...

24   WORF AND RIKER

	arrive...

					RIKER
			What the hell...

     STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT ONE     13.

24   CONTINUED:

	Riker and Worf charge Roga... it's like two
	linebackers trying to bring down a powerful running
	back... and then the other two guards are on him too
	and O'Brien... and it's a gang tackle... and finally
	with all of their force, Roga goes down... pinned to
	the floor.

25   ANGLE - RIKER

	He looks down at the enraged face of Roga still
	struggling, helpless now.

					RIKER
			Take him to the detention cell.
			Set phasers on kill.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

        STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - ACT TWO        14.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

26   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	continuing to orbit the planet.

26A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard at command, Worf at Tactical, Data at Ops,
	Supernumerary at Conn. The prime minister on the main
	viewscreen... Riker ENTERS during the conversation...
	his arm repaired.

					NAYROK
			We need a few hours to get the
			containment field on Lunar Five
			operational before we pick him
			up. The damage he caused during
			his escape was considerable.

					PICARD
			We will await your signal.

					NAYROK
			I appreciate your patience. Our
			prison psychologist has
			recommended you keep Danar fully
			sedated until he's ready for
			transport.

					PICARD
			He's in our highest security
			detention area... there shouldn't
			be any more problems...

					NAYROK
			Do not relax your security for
			one moment, Captain. He is
			extremely violent and cunning,
			as you already know, Commander
			Riker. I'm so pleased to learn
			your injuries are not serious.
			My most sincere apologies...

					RIKER
			None required, Prime Minister.

	Nayrok acknowledges.

        STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - ACT TWO        15.

26A  CONTINUED:

					NAYROK
			I will send a transport vessel
			to retrieve him as soon as
			possible. Nayrok out.

	The screen returns to a view of the planet.

26B  ANGLE

	Riker moves to Data...

					RIKER
			Have you run a diagnostic on the
			sensors, Data?

					DATA
			Yes, Commander. There is nothing
			wrong with the ship's sensors.
			The reason that we did not sense
			any life signs aboard the escape
			vessel is because the prisoner
			has no life signs.

	Picard and Riker exchange a glance.

					RIKER
			Computer, identify the occupant
			in the detention cell.

					COMPUTER
			The detention cell is vacant at
			this time.

					PICARD
			Can he be some sort of android?

					DATA
			Our sensors can identify
			artificial lifeforms, Captain.
			Apparently, he is capable of
			deceiving the sensors.

27   OMITTED

28   INT. DETENTION CELL

	High security is evident. A guard is stationed outside
	the cell. The room is divided by a glowing rim,
	indicating an activated invisible forcefield.

        STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - ACT TWO        16.

28A  CLOSE ON ROGA

	Lying on a bed, Roga borders between consciousness and
	unconsciousness. He tosses from side to side, tortured
	by a nightmare.

28B  INT. CORRIDOR (FORMERLY SCENE 27)

	Troi walks down the corridor towards her quarters,
	slows as she senses something.

29   INT. DETENTION CELL

	Roga's mental pain has intensified. His face is beaded
	with sweat. He moans in anguish.

30   INT. CORRIDOR - TROI

	reacts, turns around and heads back in the direction
	from which she came.

31   INT. DETENTION CELL

	Roga's eyes open, he sits up abruptly on the edge of
	his bed, recuperating from the demons of his
	subconscious, turns to see Troi standing there outside
	the divider. For a beat, he has to shake himself back
	to reality... their eyes meet.

					TROI
			Are you all right?

	He stares at her, considers the question... and may
	not be entirely sure of the answer. Surprisingly,
	Roga's manner is calm and circumspect, the antithesis
	of the labels he has been given. There is no sign of
	the violent nature he displayed in the Transporter
	Room. If anything, he is detatched and cerebral.

	He stands, looks around, disoriented.

					ROGA
			What is this ship?

					TROI
			You are on board the USS
			Enterprise.

					ROGA
			A war vessel?

        STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - ACT TWO        17.

31   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			A Federation starship.

					ROGA
				(reacts)
			Federation...

					TROI
			We were orbiting Angosia when you
			escaped from Lunar Five.

	He examines the force field around him, sticks his hand
	out... the force field reacts.

					ROGA
			It seems I am a victim of my own
			bad timing.
				(examines her)
			And you are the keeper of this
			jail?

					TROI
			I am Deanna Troi. Ship's
			counselor.

	He reacts negatively to her profession.

					ROGA
			"Counselor". Too bad. I'd rather
			you were a jailer to keep me
			company during my return trip.

	He moves to a sink and washes his face.

					ROGA
				(casually probing)
			I assume that we are returning
			to Lunar Five...

					TROI
			That terrifies you, doesn't it?

					ROGA
			I have just killed two men to get
			out of there, Counselor.
				(sad, almost apologetic)
			I am fully capable of killing you
			too. A terrifying thought, isn't
			it? Even to me.

	A line which says a lot about his inner turmoil. She
	is sensing extraordinary things from this man.

        STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - ACT TWO        18.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Do they mistreat you there?

					ROGA
			Not at all. I am comfortable,
			well fed and housed.
				(bitter)
			The Angosians take good care of
			their... prisoners. I am simply
			not allowed to ever leave.

	Beat. He moves toward her...

					ROGA
				(continuing)
			Do you visit all the prisoners,
			Counselor? Are you a specialist
			in criminal behavior? Or am I
			just an interesting specimen that
			landed on your ship like an insect
			to be studied under your
			microscope...

					TROI
			Why do you have such anger toward
			me?

					ROGA
				(seriously)
			A girl with long dark hair broke
			my heart long ago... out of
			bitterness and rejection, I
			turned to crime...

	She looks at him until he breaks into a grin...

					ROGA
			How about this one -- my mother
			abandoned me when I was born and
			I never had the guidance a wild
			young man needs...

					TROI
			Why are you doing this?

					ROGA
			Playing games? Isn't that what
			you do, Counselor? Isn't that
			what all of you mind control
			experts do?

     STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/26/89 - ACT TWO     19.

31   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			I am not a mind control expert.
			I came because I sensed you were
			in pain.

					ROGA
			And now, what do you sense?

					TROI
				(beat, reacts)
			The pain is gone.

					ROGA
			Interesting, isn't it?

	Off her reaction...

31A  INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Troi and Picard.

					TROI
			There is a duality in the man...
			hard to describe... he is aware
			of his crimes... in fact, they
			deeply trouble him...

					PICARD
				(sensing a problem)
			Counselor...

					TROI
			He is intelligent... a thoughtful
			man. Typically Angosian. I know
			what he's done, but when I am
			with him, I cannot believe he is
			randomly and deliberately
			violent... in fact, inherantly,
			he has a non-violent
			personality...

					PICARD
			Counselor, it took five men to
			restrain him... and he took apart
			half of the Transporter Room in
			the process.

					TROI
			I am not opening the door for him,
			Captain.

        STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - ACT TWO        20.

31A  CONTINUED:

	A beat as they look at each other and pull away from
	the moment's conflict.

					TROI
			I can only tell you I sense
			something very unusual about this
			man. Something that is not
			inherent to a criminal
			personality...

					PICARD
			Your dedication to helping others
			in pain is admirable, Counselor.
			But in a few hours, I will turn
			him over to the Angosians... and
			be glad to do so.

					TROI
			I understand.

	She exits. Stay a beat on Picard.

31B  OMITTED

32   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Troi ENTERS, goes to Data who is working at an Aft
	Station. Worf is at his station. Otherwise
	supernumeraries fill the posts.

					TROI
			Data, do we have a link up to the
			Angosian central computer?

					DATA
			Yes, Counselor... we are copying
			records for Federation inspection
			pursuant to their application for
			admittance.

					TROI
			Can I see a police record on Roga
			Danar?

	Data presses the keys on the console. The screen
	flashes information, which Data quickly scans.

					DATA
			There is no police record,
			Counselor.

        STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - ACT TWO        21.

32   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			But that's impossible. He's been
			in prison.

	Data makes a few other entries...

					DATA
			Lunar Five is a military prison
			facility...

					TROI
			Military... he's a soldier... ?

					DATA
			That may provide an explanation
			for the tactics he was able to
			use against us when we tried to
			capture him...

					TROI
				(looking over his
				 shoulder)
			It doesn't say what he was
			arrested for. Call up his
			military record.

	Data goes to work...

33   ANGLE - INCLUDE THE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	A military file... including a list of campaigns in
	which he fought...

					DATA (V.O.)
			He served in many campaigns during
			the Tarsian War, received two
			promotions, to the rank of
			Subhadar... a very honorable tour
			of duty...

34   RESUME - TROI

	studying the screen...

					TROI
			What was this man's crime?

        STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - ACT TWO        22.

35
thru	OMITTED
37

38   INT. DETENTION CELL

	Danar looks up to see Troi arriving... he is even
	calmer than before.

					TROI
			I've learned you are a soldier.

					ROGA
			I was a soldier.

					TROI
			Why were you put in prison?

					ROGA
			Obviously, because I am a threat
			to society.

					TROI
			There is no police record. What
			did you do?

					ROGA
				(calmly)
			Everything they asked me to do.
			That's why I became such a
			threat.

					TROI
			I don't understand.

					ROGA
			Why are you bothering to try,
			Counselor?

					TROI
			I want to help if I can.

					ROGA
				(if you really want
				 to help)
			Unlock the door.

	A beat.

					TROI
			Why does a non-violent man commit
			acts of excessive violence?

        STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - ACT TWO        23.

38   CONTINUED:

					ROGA
			You can learn to do it if you have
			to.

					TROI
			Did you have to?

					ROGA
			It was war.

					TROI
			This started in the war...

					ROGA
			It started the day I volunteered,
			Counselor... the day training
			began... the day I met my first
			instructor. He called himself
			a "counselor" too.

	Off her reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/26/89 - ACT THREE    24.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

39   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Troi, Data, Beverly.

					TROI
			Roga Danar was an idealistic young
			man who answered his people's call
			to service. He joined the
			military to fight for the Angosian
			way of life. He didn't realize
			that by doing so... he would
			forever have to give up that way
			of life. He's not the same man
			who left home to go to war. He's
			been through intense psychological
			manipulation as well as
			biochemical modifications.

					BEVERLY
			At Troi's request I examined
			him... his cellular structure
			has been been significantly
			altered... They used a
			combination of cryptobiolin,
			triclenidil, macrospentol... and
			a few things I don't even
			recognize.

					RIKER
			Was he a prisoner of war? Who
			did this to him?

					TROI
			His own government.

	Riker exchanges a glance with Picard who is growing
	more uncomfortable by the moment.

					TROI
			He has been programmed to be the
			perfect soldier. He can be
			absolutely normal, but whenever
			a danger is perceived, the
			programming clicks in and takes
			over. Intelligence, memory,
			strength, reflexes -- all become
			enhanced. He is conditioned to
			survive at any cost.

    STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/26/89 - ACT THREE    25.

39   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			One of the new substances in his
			cellular structure even shields
			electrical impulses.

					DATA
			That would explain why our sensors
			did not detect him.

	Picard is holding a building rage.

					PICARD
			Why was this man assigned to the
			Lunar Five facility?

					TROI
			He committed no crime. He says
			he was ordered there... with
			others like him. The first
			soldiers who had returned to
			Angosia had trouble. The rules
			changed too quickly. A lost
			temper could result in murder.

					DATA
			Counselor, did no one try to
			adjust their progam?

					TROI
				(shakes her head)
			They were simply exiled to Lunar
			Five.

	A beat. They look to their captain for a reaction.
	His look registers his outrage.

40   INT. DETENTION CELL

	Roga is on his bunk, eyes open, looking up... glances
	over and sees Data looking at him.

					ROGA
			What do you want...

					DATA
			Am I disturbing you?

					ROGA
			Yes.

    STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT THREE    26.

40   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Then I will leave.

	As Data begins to go, Roga stands...

					ROGA
			Wait. I'd rather talk to someone.
			I'm sorry.

	Data returns. Roga reacts as he gets a closer look

					ROGA
			Why do you have yellow eyes?

					DATA
			Simply a lack of pigmentation.
			I am an android. You and I have
			something in common.

					ROGA
			We do?

					DATA
			Yes. We have both been
			programmed.

					ROGA
				(reacts)
			Ah, you have been talking with
			Counselor Troi.
				(beat)
			It is not at all the same,
			android.

					DATA
			I do not mean to belittle your
			condition. I understand your
			dilemma. But I am curious. My
			program can be altered and
			changed. Yours cannot?

					ROGA
			The man I once was is still inside
			me... but this conditioning has
			been imposed... woven together
			with my thoughts and feelings and
			responses. How do you separate
			the program from the man?

    STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT THREE    26A.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Without further analysis of your
			condition by Counselor Troi or
			Doctor Crusher, I cannot say.
			But it would seem possible.

    STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/26/89 - ACT THREE    27.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					ROGA
				(scorn)
			Doctors. Angosian doctors did
			this to me. If it could be
			undone, wouldn't they undo it?

					DATA
			I cannot answer that.

					ROGA
			Nor can I... and I ask the
			question every moment of every
			day.

41
thru	OMITTED
42

43   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard, controlling his displeasure, talks to Prime
	Minister Nayrok on the viewscreen. Troi observes.

					NAYROK
			Captain, what he is telling you
			is full of half-truths... he is
			a prisoner, what do you expect
			him to say about us?

					PICARD
			Then, perhaps you'd clarify it
			for me...

					NAYROK
			These soldiers were resettled on
			Lunar Five... it was to be their
			colony...

					PICARD
			Their Gulag...

					NAYROK
			I beg your pardon?

					PICARD
			Was it a forced "resettlement"?

					NAYROK
			It was for their own protection
			as well as that of others. Most
			of them are quite happy there...
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/26/89 - ACT THREE    27A.

43   CONTINUED:

					NAYROK (Cont'd)
			we have gone to great lengths to
			give them a fine quality of
			life...

					PICARD
			Even the most comfortable prison
			is a prison, Prime Minister.

    STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/26/89 - ACT THREE    28.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

					NAYROK
			A few agitators like Danar forced
			us to add security...

					PICARD
			Prime Minister, my medical team
			has suggested there may be
			treatment alternatives...

					NAYROK
			Captain, I assure you all
			alternatives have been explored.
			And this discussion is now
			treading upon matters of Angosian
			security. This is not your
			concern.

	Picard cannot argue.

					NAYROK
				(continuing)
			I have dispatched a ship to
			rendezvous with you and transport
			the prisoner back to Lunar Five.
			On behalf of Angosia, I thank the
			Federation for its assistance in
			retrieving our citizen.

	The viewscreen goes blank as the image of Nayrok
	disappears and Picard looks to Troi with frustration.

44   INT. DETENTION CELL

	Roga and Data are still talking, the atmosphere more
	relaxed than before...

					ROGA
			Were you built for combat,
			android?

					DATA
			No. But my program does include
			military strategy... that is how
			I was finally able to anticipate
			your last tactic and capture you.

					ROGA
			You did that? Perhaps you would
			be better at combat than you
			think.

    STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT THREE    29.

44   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I am not programmed to kill.

					ROGA
			My improved reflexes have allowed
			me to kill eighty-four times.
			And my improved memory lets me
			remember the face of each of those
			eighty-four. Can you understand
			how that feels?

					DATA
			I am incapable of any feeling.

					ROGA
				(beat)
			Then I envy you.

	Data reacts as Picard and Troi ENTER. He rises.
	Picard acknowledges him... looks at Roga who puts his
	food down as he senses his time has come.

					TROI
			Roga, this is Captain Picard

					ROGA
			Captain...

					PICARD
			Mister Danar, I am going to
			transfer you back to Angosian
			security. They are en route and
			will arrive shortly. I came to
			tell you that I have no choice.
			The prime minister has insisted
			and we have no right to refuse.

					ROGA
				(sympathetic)
			And you would be foolish if you
			even considered it, Captain...
			because they are very correct.
			I am dangerous. I have no place
			in a civilized society.

					TROI
			I do not believe that.

					DATA
			Nor do I.

    STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT THREE    30.

44   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I respect my officers' judgement,
			Danar. I wish I could help
			further. If a way appears to me,
			I will.

					ROGA
			I appreciate your telling me
			face-to-face.

					PICARD
			I felt you deserved that much.

					ROGA
				(nods, not a threat)
			You deserve to know that I must
			use whatever means I can to
			escape.

	Picard studies him a beat. His insignia BEEPS.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Captain, the Angosian transport
			vessel has arrived.

					PICARD
			Inform them the transfer will take
			place shortly. Picard out.
			Mister Data, to the bridge
			please...

	Picard nods to Roga and EXITS. Data pauses as Roga
	smiles at him...

					ROGA
			Take care of yourself, android.
			I enjoyed our talk.

					DATA
			Good-bye, Roga.

	And he follows the captain out. Troi and Roga exchange
	a look.

					TROI
			Perhaps when this planet becomes
			a member of the Federation, we
			will be able...

    STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT THREE    30A.

44   CONTINUED: (3)

					ROGA
			I will not be here to see it,
			Counselor. Because even with this
			overwhelming demand to survive
			that they've built into my soul...
			I would rather die than return
			to Lunar Five.

	Off her reaction...

45   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	An Angosian transport ship is now in proximity to the
	Enterprise.

    STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/26/89 - ACT THREE    31.

46   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Data, Wesley, Worf, supernumeraries. On the
	viewscreen are two Angosians -- WAGNOR and his first
	officer. Picard faces the viewscreen.

					WAGNOR
			Captain Picard, we're ready to
			receive the prisoner. Now
			transmitting the coordinates of
			our holding cell.

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			Coordinates received, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Wagnor)
			Stand by for transport. Picard
			out.

	The viewscreen returns to the starfield. Picard turns
	to Worf.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Mister Worf, have all security
			precautions been taken?

					WORF
			Release of the force field and
			activation of the transporter
			will be virtually simultaneous,
			Captain... There will only be
			a point-one second interval
			between them.

					RIKER
			Even Danar can't move that fast.

					WORF
			There will be a full security
			contingent present. Phasers will
			be set on kill.

					PICARD
				(acknowledges)
			Proceed.

	Worf EXITS...

    STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT THREE    32.

47   INT. DETENTION CELL (OPTICAL)

	Roga is on one side of the room; Troi, Worf, and three
	security guards are on the other, phasers ready for the
	least sign of trouble. Worf's insignia BEEPS.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Transporter Room One to Lieutenant
			Worf. We're ready.

					WORF
			Proceed.

	Troi and Roga exchange a look.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Energizing...

	The forcefield momentarily SHIMMERS into visibility
	and then VANISHES as it's powered down. Roga sees that
	the forcefield is gone the instant the transporter
	effect begins... With all his strength, he strains
	against the beam, trying to break free.

					TROI
			Roga, don't, you'll be killed...

	Worf and the others raise their phasers...

47A  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	as the transporter chief works the console.

					O'BRIEN
				(to com panel)
			I'm losing him... what the
			hell... ?

47B  INT. DETENTION CELL (OPTICAL)

	Roga makes a final leap out of the beam and an
	EXPLOSION fills the room. When the smoke clears,
	Troi, Worf and security are on the floor, dazed...
	he is gone.

48   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT FOUR     33.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

49   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, supernumeraries.

					RIKER
				(to com panel)
			Security personnel, full alert.
			Shut down all shuttlebays,
			transporters, and turbolifts.

49A  INT. DETENTION CELL

	Worf, Troi, and the security guards are picking
	themselves off the floor. Worf taps his insignia:

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Captain, a phaser is missing.
			We must assume that he's armed.

49B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker exchange a look.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Sound general quarters. Clear
			corridors of all non-essential
			personnel. I don't want him
			taking any hostages.

	Data works his panel.

					DATA
			General quarters sounded, sir.

					PICARD
			Raise security containment fields
			immediately on decks thirty-four,
			thirty-five, and thirty-six.

	As Data complies, Riker gets an idea.

					RIKER
			Data... put the turbolifts back
			on line. If Danar sees they're
			operating, he may try to use one.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT FOUR    33A.

49B  CONTINUED:

					RIKER (Cont'd)
				(to Picard)
			Soon as he does, we have him.

	Picard nods grimly. He wants this situation contained
	as soon as possible.

     STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT FOUR     34.

50   INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	as Roga calmly moves through it, phaser in hand, senses
	alert. He peers around a corridor. A security guard
	stands nearby the glowing rim of a forcefield. Roga
	ducks back around the corner. What to do? He
	approaches a turbolift. Its door OPENS. Roga
	hesitates -- then enters the turbolift.

51   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Data, supernumeraries.

					DATA
			Sir, unauthorized access of
			turbolift dive on deck thirty-four.

					RIKER
			He took the bait.

					PICARD
			Data -- override its destination
			and divert that turbolift to a
			position near Lieutenant Worf's
			current location.

	Data works his panel.

52   INT. CORRIDOR

	(Not the same corridor we've just seen.) Worf and a
	security guard are facing a turbolift, standing well
	clear of the door with phasers levelled at it. Worf
	taps his insignia:

					WORF
			We're in position.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Four seconds to arrival.

	The door OPENS. The turbolift's empty -- except for a
	phaser on the floor. We HEAR the SHRIEK of a phaser
	set to overload. Worf immediately slaps his
	communicator --

     STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/30/89 - ACT FOUR     35.

52   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Phaser on overload! Seal this
			deck --

	Worf swiftly drops to his knees, picks up the
	overloading phaser, opens it, makes a quick adjustment
	to it. The SHRIEK ENDS.

					WORF (cont'd)
			Captain, the overload's been
			averted.

	Worf inspects the phaser:

					WORF (cont'd)
			Ingenious.

52AA	INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	(Same one we saw Roga in before.) The security guard
	still at his post. He hears a sound, turns... it's
	Roga, who dispatches him quickly with a blow to the
	neck. The Security Guard crumbles. Roga quickly
	kneels beside him, grabs hold of one of the guard's
	hands and presses a finger to his communicator.

					ROGA
				(to computer)
			Drop force field on deck
			thirty-six.

	The force field SHIMMERS for an instant and then
	disappears. Roga is immediately up and running down
	the corridor.

52A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					DATA
			Sir, containment field down on
			deck thirty-six.

					RIKER
			How the hell did he manage that?

	From Picard -- the simple statement.

					PICARD
			He's headed for Engineering.

    STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT FOUR    35A.

52A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to Comm)
			Riker to La Forge.

	No response. Alarmed, Riker tries again:

					RIKER (cont'd)
			Engineering -- respond.

	Still no response.

     STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT FOUR     36.

53   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi and two engineering crewmembers are sprawled
	unconscious.

	PAN to reveal Roga standing by a wall display and
	looking at a "map" of the Enterprise.

54   ON ROGA

	crossing to the isolinear chips and going to work.

54A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					DATA
			Sir -- someone in Engineering is
			attempting to override the
			security system lockout.

					RIKER
			Riker to Worf. He's in
			Engineering...

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged, Commander.

					PICARD
			Data -- I want you to stall
			Danar. Allow him to think he's
			succeeding.

					DATA
				(as he works)
			As he bypasses each subsystem,
			I can reroute it without his
			knowledge.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

54B  INT. ENGINEERING

	as Danar moves isolinear chips around.

54C  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as Data compensates on his console. With each "move,"
	Data is more impressed with Danar's skills.

     STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT FOUR     37.

54C  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Danar is extremely adept, sir.
			I am not certain which security
			measure he is attempting to
			circumvent.
				(then, surprised)
			Sir, Danar has succeeded in
			restoring power to Shuttlebay Two.

54D  INT. ENGINEERING

	as Danar crosses to the reactor core.

55   NEW ANGLE

	as Roga quickly ascends the reactor core, disappears.

55A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data works his console.

					DATA
			I have overridden Danar's bypass;
			Shuttlebay Two is once again
			inactive.

					PICARD
			Very good, Mister Data. And now
			we know where he's headed.

56   ANGLE ON MAIN ENGINEERING

	Worf and two security guards ENTER. Geordi and the two
	engineering crewmembers are slowly coming around.

57   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	Roga is walking through a Jefferies Tube.

     STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT FOUR     38.

58   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi's sitting up, shaking off a phaser stun.

					GEORDI
			He surprised us... came out of
			nowhere. I didn't know anyone
			could move that fast...

	Worf's insignia BEEPS.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Lieutenant, I am reading an open
			access panel... K-twelve, deck
			thirty.

					WORF
			Acknowledged.

					GEORDI
			Danar must have climbed the
			reactor core and gotten into a
			Jefferies tube. He could be
			anywhere.

					WORF
			We believe he is attempting to
			reach Shuttlebay Two.

					GEORDI
				(surprised)
			That's twenty-five decks up from
			here... quite a climb... but I
			wouldn't put it past him...

					WORF
			There is a full contingent of
			security waiting at all
			shuttlebays.

	Geordi looks up the reactor core shaft. Having seen
	Roga in action, he's not about to underestimate him:

					GEORDI
			You want my advice... double it.

59   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	Roga continues walking through the tube. He reaches an
	intersection where many wave guides and conduits come
	together.

     STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT FOUR     39.

59   CONTINUED:

	Roga takes one of the two phasers he's carrying, opens
	it, adjusts it. We HEAR the faint first stage of a
	PHASER OVERLOAD WHINE. Roga jams the phaser into the
	mass of conduit and continues his walk.

60   OMITTED

61   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					DATA
			Reading another open access
			panel...

	Picard looks over his shoulder.

					PICARD
				(to Comm)
			Security team to Jefferies tube
			J-four, deck fifteen.

					SECURITY GUARD COM VOICE
			Security acknowledges. On our
			way.

					RIKER
			Deck fifteen. Only a few decks
			below the shuttlebay.

	Data turns to Picard.

					DATA
			Captain, I find it highly unlikely
			that Danar is attempting to reach
			Shuttlebay Two.

					PICARD
			Explain.

					DATA
			In our previous encounter, Danar
			employed a strategy of
			misdirection in an attempt to gain
			his objective.

					PICARD
			And you believe he's using the
			same tactic now.

    STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT FOUR    39A.

61   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			He is aware that our sensors are
			unable to track him. Yet he seems
			to be purposely leaving a trail
			for us to follow.

	Riker remains somewhat skeptical.

					RIKER
			And where do you think he's
			headed.

					DATA
			I am afraid his true destination
			remains a mystery.

61A  INT. JEFFRIES TUBE

	Roga making quick adjustments in one of the access
	panels.

61B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data notices a new reading on his panel.

					DATA
			Captain, readings now indicate
			an open access panel... Jeffries
			tube N-eleven, deck thirty-eight.

	Picard and Riker exchange concerned looks.

					PICARD
			He doubled back on us.

					RIKER
			The cargo bays?

	Picard makes a quick decision.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Advise personnel on deck
			thirty-eight to stay out of all
			Cargo Bays.

					DATA
				(checking)
			They would appear to be empty,
			sir.

     STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT FOUR     40.

61B  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Good. I want you to flood them
			with Anastazine.

	Now it's Riker and Data who exchange looks.

62   OMITTED

63   INT. CARGO BAY

	Roga is working at the transporter console when gas
	begins to rush out from the floor and ceiling. As he
	reacts --

63A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					DATA
				(reading off panel)
			Sensors show Anestazine
			concentration of seventy parts
			per million within the cargo
			bays.

					RIKER
			That should have put our boy to
			sleep.

					PICARD
			Restore normal environmental
			conditions, Mister Data.

63B  INT. DECK THIRTY-EIGHT CORRIDOR

	Worf and two security guards stand outside the entrance
	to one of the cargo bays, phasers ready.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Move in security teams, Mister
			Worf.

					WORF
			Acknowledged.

	The cargo doors open.

63C  INT. CARGO BAY

	They enter and spread out, moving through the assorted
	cases, boxes and supplies piled all around the room.

     STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT FOUR     41.

64   CLOSE

	on an opened cargo box. Worf sees it, rushes over.
	Something's been taken. Worf taps his insignia.

					WORF
			Worf to bridge. We have found no
			sign of the intruder. But there is
			a pressure suit missing from Cargo
			Bay Three.

64A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as Picard and Riker react.

					PICARD
			A pressure suit...

					RIKER
			Could be he's planning to enter
			Shuttlebay Two from outside the
			Enterprise... bypassing the
			security guards.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf --

65
thru	OMITTED
68

69   INT. CARGO BAY

	as Worf and the two security guards listen.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Post security guards at all
			emergency airlocks on decks
			thirty-seven through thirty-nine...

69A  ANGLE ON ROGA

	hiding behind a crate. The discarded pressure suit
	at his feet.

					WORF (O.S.)
			Aye, sir. I'll also cover the
			photon torpedo launchers... Danar
			may attempt to leave the ship that
			way. Worf out.

	Roga listens. SOUND of the DOOR CLOSING. Roga peeks:

         STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT FOUR         42.

70   ON THE DOOR - ROGA'S POV

	As the door CLOSES, the two security guards can be seen
	EXITING into the corridor.

71
thru	OMITTED
77

78   WIDER ANGLE

	as an unarmed Roga emerges from his hiding place -- and
	at the same moment, Worf emerges from his hiding place,
	phaser aimed at Roga.

					WORF
			You are cunning, Danar... you must
			have Klingon blood. But the
			battle is over.

					ROGA
			My battle is never over.

					WORF
				(taps insignia)
			Worf to bridge. I have Danar...

									SMASH CUT TO:

79   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	as the phaser reaches overload and EXPLODES.

80   INT. CARGO BAY

	as the lights FLICKER and the ship SHAKES. Worf's
	thrown off balance for a split-second -- and that's all
	Roga needs. With a lightning move, he disarms Worf --
	the phaser goes skidding across the floor -- and the
	fight is on.

80A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					DATA
			Explosion in Jefferies Tube
			section T-nine-five. All external
			sensors are inoperative.

					RIKER
			Go to backup systems.

         STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT FOUR         43.

80A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Unable to transfer control...

80B  INT. CARGO BAY

	as Roga and Worf battle. Roga fights like a cornered
	tiger, finally gets the upper hand, drops Worf with a
	massive two-handed blow. Worf sags, nearly
	unconscious. Instinctively, Roga prepares to deliver
	a death blow -- but stops himself at the last second,
	runs off toward the transporter console.

81   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Roga taps the face of the transporter console as he
	runs past it; the console and the pad spring to life
	and energize. Roga jumps onto the pad and
	DEMATERIALIZES.

82
thru	OMITTED
83

83A  INT. ANGOSIAN TRANSPORT SHIP (OPTICAL)

	as Roga MATERIALIZES in a compartment aft of the
	cockpit, opens the door. In the cockpit, Wagnor and
	his first officer turn, are stunned to see Roga...

84   INT. CARGO BAY

	Two security guards have joined Worf, who is still
	staggering from his fight with Roga. Worf opens a
	panel on the transporter console, sees that a phaser
	has been jerry-rigged into the circuitry. He taps his
	insignia:

					WORF
			Worf to bridge. Danar has
			escaped. He used a phaser to
			power the cargo transporter.
				(checks console)
			Coordinates indicate he beamed
			aboard the Angosian transport
			ship.

         STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT FOUR         44.

84A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data is working his console with little success.

					PICARD
			Data, can you verify that?

					DATA
			Negative. External sensors are
			still nonfunctioning.

					PICARD
			Then we have no way to track him.

					RIKER
			That was his plan all along.

	And as Riker looks at Picard, we,

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

         STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/26/89 - ACT FIVE         45.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:
85
thru	OMITTED
90

91   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First officer's log, supplemental.
			We are continuing to repair damage
			to the ship's sensors following
			the escape of the Angosian
			prisoner Danar. He is still at
			large.

91A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Hours later. Worf has returned to the bridge. Riker
	is with him at Tactical. Troi is there too.

					RIKER
				(keys insignia)
			Engineering, I'm getting readings
			at Tactical, are we back up...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			That's affirmative, Commander.

					PICARD
			Sweep the area, Mister Worf...

					DATA
			Captain, the prime minister is
			hailing us, priority one...

					PICARD
			On screen.

91B  ANGLE - MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

					PICARD
			Yes, Prime Minister.

					NAYROK
			Captain, I've just been informed
			that Roga Danar has attacked the
			penal colony on Lunar Five...

         STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/26/89 - ACT FIVE         46.

91B  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Attacked it... ?

					NAYROK
				(angry)
			In our own police shuttle.
			Several of my people are wounded.
			Hundreds of prisoners are rioting.
			Some of them have escaped with
			Danar. We have reports they are
			headed for the capitol city...
				(scared)
			Captain, we are not suited to
			handle situations like this...
			that's why we created them...

	Picard frowns. He has much to say to the prime
	minister, but this is not the time.

					PICARD
			We'll send an away team, Prime
			Minister... Picard out.

91C  ANGLE --

	Leading the way...

					PICARD
			Counselor Troi, Mister Data,
			Lieutenant Worf... you will
			accompany me to the planet...

91D  INT. CORRIDOR

	Outside the transporter room... moving... Picard with
	Troi and Data... followed by Riker and Worf...

					PICARD
			My understanding is that these
			men were programmed to survive,
			is that correct?

            STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - ACT FIVE           47.

91D  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Yes, Captain.

					PICARD
			And they will not kill unless
			their survival is at stake?

					DATA
			It is against their nature to do
			so, Captain.

					PICARD
				(dry)
			Then let us hope they do not
			believe their survival is at
			stake.

	Moving back to center on Riker and Worf...

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, you are personally
			responsible for the captain's
			safety.

					WORF
			I understand, Commander.

	As they enter the Transporter Room...

92
thru	OMITTED
93

94   INT. ANGOSIAN SENATE - NIGHT

	Nayrok and a group of TEN ANGOSIAN SENATORS have
	gathered in the rotunda... Zaynar is passing out
	phaser rifles... the men look at the weapons in their
	hands as though they've hardly seen them before.

					NAYROK
				(addressing the
				 senators)
			I do not expect them to listen
			to reason... I loathe the idea
			of a violent confrontation, but
			we must be prepared...

	Picard, Data, Troi and Worf MATERIALIZE.

         STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT FIVE         48.

94   CONTINUED:

					NAYROK
				(reacts)
			This is all you've brought... ?
			Where are your security men... ?

					PICARD
			We're not here to fight your wars,
			Prime Minister...

					NAYROK
			They've been seen moving toward
			the center of the city... people
			are scared, Captain... don't you
			understand... ? They're dangerous.

					PICARD
			You are dangerous. They are only
			victims.
				(reactions)
			You made them what they are. You
			asked them to defend your way of
			life... then you discarded them.

					ZAYNAR
			They were not happy here...

					TROI
			They were not welcome here.

					ZAYNAR
			It was the will of the people to
			resettle them...

					NAYROK
			Nobody was pleased with the
			solution, Captain... but we had
			to act for the greater good...

					DATA
			Prime Minister, if you have the
			skills to create a master
			soldier, can you not contradict
			the effect... ?

					NAYROK
			The chemicals can be removed from
			their systems. But we're not
			convinced the psychological
			conditioning can be entirely
			reversed.

         STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT FIVE         49.

94   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Have you tried?

					NAYROK
			We've studied it thoroughly...
			even before the training began,
			we knew there would be problems
			reversing it. It was a risk we
			had to take.

					WORF
			Did you reveal that "risk" to the
			men who volunteered for service?

	And now the shame shows on the Prime Minister's face...
	we know the answer is no... he doesn't have to say it.

					NAYROK
			We were helping them to survive the,
			war, don't you understand? They
			needed these skills...

					PICARD
			They are your sons, your brothers.
			And you have turned your backs on
			them.

					TROI
			There are methods of treatment...
			until you try them, you can't know
			if they will work. Even a partial
			recovery would give them some
			peace...

					ZAYNAR
				(repeating)
			It was the will of the people...

					TROI
				(losing patience with
				 this guy)
			To allow them to suffer?

					NAYROK
			There was a referendum. The
			people weighed the costs involved.
			They chose the resettlement
			solution.

					ZAYNAR
			Besides, we may need to use them
			again some day.

         STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/27/89 - ACT FIVE        49A.

95   VARIOUS ANGLES - THE ROTUNDA (OPTICAL)

	Roga comes bursting through the door... he carries a
	phaser weapon... he walks toward us... a few beats
	later, more figures appear, firing as they enter...
	entering through doors, from the roof, windows, until
	a dozen veterans, all armed, are in the building...
	some have been wounded in the prison break... bloodied
	arms and legs... bandages...

									INTERCUT:

96   THE SENATORS OF ANGOSIA,

	along with Picard and his officers, watch them cross
	the rotunda toward them...

97   ROGA

	has sustained a wound somewhere along the line, his arm
	is bloodied...

          STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 11/3/89 - ACT FIVE         50.

98   NAYROK

	watches them come...

99   PICARD

	glances over and sees... Zaynar lifting his weapon...

					PICARD
			Unless you are prepared to die,
			I'd suggest you put that down.

					NAYROK
				(to Zaynar)
			Do as he says.

100  THE VETERANS (OPTICAL)

	committing acts of mayhem and destruction.

					ROGA
			Shoot us. Destroy us. Do what
			you have to do. But, by God, you
			will no longer ignore us.

	He fires a shot over the prime minister's head blowing
	a piece of the wall up behind him. The officials begin
	to react... raise their weapons... the veterans raise
	their weapons and we are about to have death in the
	hallowed halls of government... Picard steps out
	between the two sides, intent on quelling the immediate
	crisis.

					PICARD
			Danar, it appears to me that you
			are deliberately attempting to
			provoke a response... so you may
			justify your own attack on men
			who do not wish to fight...

					ROGA
			Cowards...

					PICARD
			Yes...
				(beat)
			But you are not programmed to
			murder cowards... and if they will
			not fight back, what will you
			do?

          STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 11/3/89 - ACT FIVE        50A.

100  CONTINUED:

					ROGA
			We will not go back...

            STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - ACT FIVE           51.

100  CONTINUED:

					NAYROCK
			You are programmed to survive...
			you can survive at the Lunar Five
			settlement...

					ROGA
			Survival is not enough... to exist
			is not enough...

					TROI
			Roga, tell them what you want.

	A long beat as he looks at her and then Nayrok.

					ROGA
			We want our lives back. We want
			to come home.

					NAYROK
				(political)
			I'm not prepared to negotiate
			under a threat, Danar... but if
			you will put down your arms and
			return peacefully to Lunar Five...
			I would be willing...

					ROGA
			Mister Prime Minister. Our
			respects, sir. But you'll have
			to force us... or try to.

	A beat. Nayrok pales.

					NAYROK
				(sotto, to Picard)
			Captain, you must do something,
			call your ship...

					PICARD
			You're quite right, Prime
			Minister.
				(keys insignia)
			Enterprise, prepare to beam the
			away team back.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			At your command, Captain.

					NAYROK
			You can't leave us like this,
			Picard.

         STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - REV. 10/26/89 - ACT FIVE         52.

100  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			We have everything we need for
			our report. Your prisoner has
			been returned to you. You have
			a decision to make... either try
			to force them back or welcome them
			home. In your own words, this
			is not our affair. We cannot
			interfere with the natural course
			of your society's development and
			I'd say it's likely to develop
			significantly during the next
			several minutes.
				(beat)
			It's been an interesting stay.
			When you are ready for membership
			in the Federation, we will be
			pleased to reconsider your
			application.

	He keys his insignia...

					PICARD
			Four to beam up, Mister Riker.

	And as he stares at the Prime Minister... Troi
	exchanges a look with Roga and the away team
	DEMATERIALIZES.

101  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

102  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The away team enters... Wesley is at Conn.

					RIKER
			Success, Captain?

					PICARD
			Number One, note in your report
			that if the government of Angosia
			survives the night, we will offer
			Federation assistance in the
			efforts to reprogram their
			veterans.

					RIKER
			And if the government doesn't
			survive?

            STAR TREK: "The Hunted" - 10/25/89 - ACT FIVE           53.

102  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I have a feeling they will choose
			to.

	He sits in his command chair.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher, set coordinates
			for the starbase at Lya Three.

					WESLEY
			Coordinates set, Captain.

					PICARD
			Engage.

103  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As it warps away to a new adventure.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                       "The High Ground" 
                          #40273-160 
                              
                          Written by 
                     Melinda M. Snodgrass 
                              
                          Directed by 
                      Gabrielle Beaumont 


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                         FINAL DRAFT
 
                       NOVEMBER 3, 1989
 

        STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - 11/03/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "The High Ground" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             KYRIL FINN
                RIKER              ALEXANA DEVOS
                DATA               POLICE OFFICER
                BEVERLY            WAITER/KATIK
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             Non-Speaking
                                   RUTIANS IN PLAZA
                                   RUTIAN POLICE
                                   ANSATA TERRORISTS
                Non-Speaking       
                SUPERNUMERARIES    

        STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - 11/03/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "The High Ground" 
                          
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     RUTIAN PLAZA
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM         INDOOR/OUTDOOR CAFE
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              SICKBAY
              CORRIDOR
          
            ALEXANA'S OFFICE
          
            CAVERN

    STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - 11/03/89 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "The High Ground" 
                           
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              ANSATA                 Ahn-SAH-tah
              ALEXANA                Alex-AH-nah
              DEVOS                  DEH-vohs
              KYRIL                  KIH-rill
              KATIK                  KAH-tick
              RUTIA                  RUE-tee-ah

    STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/7/89 - TEASER    1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "The High Ground"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise in orbit around a planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43510.7.
			The Enterprise has put in at Rutia
			Four to deliver medical supplies
			following an outbreak of violent
			protests.

2    EXT. PLAZA - DAY - ESTABLISHING

	Shops, a cafe, people strolling. A modern community.
	Beverly, Data and Worf are walking through the plaza.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Although non-aligned, the planet
			has enjoyed a long trading
			relationship with the Federation.

	Beverly spots the cafe, and stops.

					BEVERLY
			We've still got a few minutes
			before our next meeting...

	Worf scans the plaza. Everything seem calm. They
	ENTER, and seat themselves at a table.

	A WAITER stands by the door staring intently into the
	plaza. He does not acknowledge the presence of the
	Starfleet officers. Beverly is becoming annoyed, she
	lifts her hand, signalling for service.

					BEVERLY
			Excuse me --

    STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - TEASER    2.

2    CONTINUED:

	Suddenly, a bomb EXPLODES destroying a shop...
	wounding several passers-by... people react, scared,
	running...

									QUICK PAN TO:

3    INT. INDOOR/OUTDOOR CAFE

	DATA, WORF, BEVERLY at a table... already reacting,
	Beverly on her feet, moving to help... Worf concerned
	for her safety...

					WORF
			Doctor...

	She ignores him, moves into the plaza... From outside
	they HEAR SCREAMS and CRIES, and the WAILING of an
	alert. Worf and Data are moving after her... behind
	them, at the door, the waiter watches with interest,
	also moves outside...

4    EXT. PLAZA

	A scene of chaos. Shattered glass lies glittering on
	the pavement. Dust and debris from the explosion is
	settling. A jet of some escaping gas pours from a
	broken pipe. Three people are down, all of them
	showing blood.

5    ANGLE - TWO POLICEMEN

	ENTER. Beverly starts to move to the first victim, but
	an officer draws a phaser, and blocks her way.

					BEVERLY
			Put that thing away. I'm a
			doctor.

	Beverly isn't waiting for permission. She shoulders
	past him. Beverly drops down next to a casualty, pulls
	out her tricorder and examines him...

					BEVERLY
			Just lie still... don't try to
			move...

	Turning to Worf and Data --

    STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/8/89 - TEASER    3.

5    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Lieutenant, I need bandages...
			Disinfectant... something with
			alcohol in it ...

					WORF
			Doctor, it is not safe...

					BEVERLY
			That's an order, Mister Worf...

	Worf hesitates only briefly, exchanging a glance with
	Data, goes toward the restaurant... as she moves to
	look at another victim...

					BEVERLY
			There's a lot of bleeding, but
			it's not as bad as it looks.
			Don't be afraid.

	The policeman looks at Data...

					POLICEMAN
			The Klingon is right. These
			Ansata... they're madmen... there
			could be another bomb.
				(to the others)
			Clear this area. Everyone out
			of the plaza.

					DATA
			Doctor, a return to the Enterprise
			would be prudent.

	She just looks at him, continues her work.

					DATA
			This planet does have
			physicians...

					BEVERLY
			Who aren't here yet. I am.

	Worf comes back out of the restaurant with some
	ripped-up tablecloths, some liquor bottles... he's
	helped by the waiter who crosses to Beverly... as she
	takes the materials, immediately begins to utilize them
	in emergency care... she barely glances up at the
	waiter who is interested in what she's doing... a
	throwaway line --

    STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/8/89 - TEASER    3A.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Thank you.

					WAITER
			Not at all, Doctor.

       STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - 11/3/89 - TEASER       4.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

	He moves away... takes a beat at the entrance to the
	cafe to look back again, thoughtfully, then enters...

6    ANOTHER ANGLE - DATA

					DATA
			Captain, there has been an
			incident.

									INTERCUT TO:

7    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker at their usual stations.
	Supernumeraries at Conn and Ops.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			... A bomb has been detonated by
			the Ansata terrorists.

					PICARD
			Your security status?

					DATA
			Vulnerable, sir.

					PICARD
			Transporter Room Three, lock onto
			the away team, prepare to beam
			them back...

					ENGINEER'S VOICE
			Yes, Captain.

					DATA
			Sir, I recommended such a course,
			but there are several wounded
			people and Doctor Crusher...

					PICARD
				(frowns, interrupting)
			Yes, I understand. Picard to
			Doctor Crusher...

8    ANGLE ON BEVERLY

	keys her insignia... continues to work...

    STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - TEASER    5.

8    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Go ahead.

					PICARD
			I've been advised of your
			situation by Mister Data.

					BEVERLY
			I already know what you're going
			to say.

					PICARD
				(annoyed)
			Doctor, will you at least allow
			me to...

					BEVERLY
			The longer we argue, the
			longer...

					PICARD
			You are endangering yourself and
			the away team...

					BEVERLY
			Captain, right now, I'm trying
			to pull a life back into a wounded
			body with brandy and sleight of
			hand. I'm not going anywhere...
			Data and Worf don't have to stay.
			Crusher out.

					PICARD
			Transporter Room, do you have lock
			on the away team?

					ENGINEER'S VOICE
			Aye, sir. Shall I transport them?

	Picard looks in frustration to Riker.

					RIKER
			I wouldn't want to be in the
			Transporter Room to greet her.

					PICARD
				(a beat)
			Picard to Data. Hold your
			position until the Rutian medics
			arrive.

       STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - 11/3/89 - TEASER       6.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Aye, Captain.

									END INTERCUT.

9    EXT. PLAZA

	The WAILING of emergency vehicles is much closer.
	Beverly continues to treat the wounded. Worf is
	running tricorder scans of the buildings. Data moves
	to him...

					WORF
			The tricorder is not reading any
			other explosive devices in this
			vicinity...

10   ANGLE - AN WOMAN IN AUTHORITY (ALEXANA)

	arrives, accompanied by security guards... glances at
	Data and Worf as she passes... examines the scene...

11   ANGLE - THE WAITER

	moves barely outside the door of the restaurant to
	watch...

12   THE SCENE (OPTICAL)

	as an extraordinary arc of light appears...
	simultaneous with his arrival is a SOUND like lighting
	finding ground. A CRACK of almost concussive
	proportions. A MAN who seems to literally appear out
	of the light. He wears a shoulder device. And he
	looks to be in definite pain as he arrives. People
	begin running ... because it is nothing new... in
	quick cuts --

13   DATA AND WORF

	react...

14   ALEXANA

	is shielded by her guards...

    STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - TEASER    7.

15   BEVERLY

	turns and finds the man inches away... she recoils, but
	the man catches her by the arm.

16   ANGLE - A GUARD (OPTICAL)

	goes for his weapon, and the terrorist shoots from the
	hip killing the guard. The terrorist strengthens his
	hold on Beverly as...

17   DATA AND WORF

	reach for their phasers... they don't have a clear shot
	through the crowd... and as they jockey forward for
	position...

18   BEVERLY AND THE TERRORIST (OPTICAL)

					BEVERLY
			You don't understand... I'm a
			doc...

	And then they're gone... VANISHING into a new burst of
	light. On Data and Worf's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/10/89 - ACT ONE   8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

19   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit.

20   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker listen to Data and Worf's report...

					DATA
			A transporter would leave
			residual ionization in the air...
			but the tricorder readings found
			no trace after the incident...

					RIKER
			People don't just appear and
			disappear... there has to be some
			way to track her...

					DATA
			We have been unable to detect the
			signal from her communicator.
			It has either been deactivated or
			she is being held in a shielded
			location.

	A long beat... Picard angry, deep in thought. Then,
	softly --

					PICARD
			Why... her?

					WORF
			Sir, I believe she was the
			intended target of the abduction.

					RIKER
			Why would they want a Federation
			hostage? Their fight doesn't
			involve us.

					WORF
			It does now.

	On reactions...

    STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT ONE    9.

21   INT. CAVERN

	A perimeter of light holds the stygian darkness at
	bay. In some places movable screens augment the
	natural stone wall which have formed to create a
	sense of privacy.

	Beverly is in a secluded area with rock walls on three
	sides. The alcove is furnished simply -- a cot, a
	small table, and a folding chair. Beverly is seated
	on the camp bed. Her hands and ankles have been bound,
	and she shifts uncomfortably. She is angry and afraid,
	and trying to hide it.

	A MAN, KYRIL FINN enters. Beverly swallows hard, lifts
	her chin, and tries to stare him down, but she ends up
	looking only anxious.

	Finn is an attractive man in his early thirties, but
	he has an air of shyness and awkwardness which seems
	out of place with his combat style clothing, and the
	phaser he wears. His hair's a little too long and wavy
	for serious bad-ass. In fact, with his hunch
	shouldered stance and one hand dug deep into his pocket
	he looks like a man trying to be overlooked. In his
	other hand, he has a plate of food.

					FINN
			Are you hungry? Do you want
			something to eat?

	She just stares at him. Scared, doing bravado.

					FINN
			I doesn't matter to me. You
			want to be hungry? Be hungry.

	He sits in front of her... picks at the food, eating
	with his hands...

					FINN
			What's your name?

	No response.

					FINN
			You're a doctor on a Federation
			starship?
				(beat)
			I always wondered what it would
			be like to travel across the
			galaxy.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT ONE   10.

21   CONTINUED:

					FINN (Cont'd)
				(rueful, self-deprecating)
			It's not something I've exactly
			had time for.

	Stonewalling him. He shrugs.

					FINN
			This isn't the best way to meet
			new people, is it?

	He stands.

					FINN
			If you want something, just ask
			for me -- Kyril Finn.
				(a beat)
			They know me.

	He EXITS and takes the plate of food with him. As
	he exits, she looks down, angry, helpless...

22   INT. CAPT. READY ROOM - CLOSE ON WESLEY

	who has just heard the news. Pulling back to reveal...

					TROI
			We have no reason to believe she's
			been hurt in any way...

					PICARD
			In fact, it's more likely that
			they will take good care of her...
			if they want to use her as a
			bargaining chip.

					WESLEY
				(beat)
			A bargaining chip?

					TROI
			The innocent become the pawns in
			a conflict like this, Wesley.

	Picard thinks a beat, stands... begins to move around
	the desk toward Wes.

      STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - 11/3/89 - ACT ONE      11.

22   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			The Ansata separatists have been
			trying for generations to be freed
			from the rule of the Eastern
			Continent. If they can get the
			government to even acknowledge
			their demands, then kidnapping
			your mother will have served a
			purpose.

	He leans on his desk.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			That may be what they are after.
			It may not. Frankly, I don't
			care. All I care about is getting
			her back, Wesley... In a few
			minutes, we're leaving to meet
			with the authorities...

					WESLEY
				(interrupting)
			Request permission to be on the
			away team, sir.

					PICARD
			No. You have an important job
			to do here. If we are to find
			your mother, we must have a way
			to trace the movements of these
			terrorists. I want you on the
			team that will investigate this
			new technology of theirs.

					WESLEY
			I understand.

					PICARD
			Report to Mister Data. Dismissed.

	He exits. Picard glances at Troi. They share a
	moment. She acknowledges his efforts.

					TROI
			He needs your strength right now.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			History has shown us that strength
			may be useless in the face of
			terrorism, Counselor.

	Off Troi's reaction...

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/7/89 - ACT ONE   12.

23   INT. ALEXANA'S OFFICE - DAY

	Alexana Devos, a striking woman in her late thirties,
	meets with Picard and Riker. (This is the same woman
	we saw in the teaser.) Tall and athletic, she is a
	natural born leader. But she is also a woman under
	great pressure, caught up in a struggle that she's no
	longer sure she can win. Trying to deal with a hundred
	problems at once has left her preoccupied and driven
	and almost burned out. She is sitting down at a desk
	littered with isolinear reader chips. On one wall are
	monitors that provide a running text of current police
	activity. She studies them intently.

					PICARD
			What exactly is Ansata policy in
			regard to hostages?

					ALEXANA
			I doubt they have one. They don't
			usually take hostages.

	The implications of such a strategy is not lost on
	Picard or Riker. She turns to face them...

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT ONE   13.

23   CONTINUED:

					ALEXANA
			These aren't people we're dealing
			with here. They're animals...
				(her anger rising)
			Fanatics, who kill without remorse
			or conscience... who think nothing
			of murdering innocent people.

					PICARD
			They could just as easily have
			shot her where she stood...

					ALEXANA
				(acknowledges)
			Don't ask me to explain them.
			I can't. The atrocities I've
			seen...

	A beat as Alexana forces herself to gain her composure.

					ALEXANA
			And now they have this new device
			that makes them even more deadly.
			How do I combat an enemy who fails
			to register on any scanner until
			they're literally standing in
			front of you with a phaser pointed
			at your head?

					RIKER
			What can you tell us about this
			device?

	Alexana removes an armband from a drawer, and tosses
	it onto the desk.

					ALEXANA
			Not much, really.

	Picard picks up the device, and inspects it, hands
	it to Riker. Over this Alexana continues.

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/5/89 - ACT ONE   14.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					ALEXANA (cont'd)
			They first started using it two
			months ago. We've taken several
			of these off dead terrorists.
			Our people have looked at them...
			Nothing they can explain...

					RIKER
			You mind if we take this with
			us... give our people a chance
			to study it?

					ALEXANA
			Not at all. And I'll put you in
			touch with our research people, if
			you wish.

					PICARD
			I appreciate your help.

					ALEXANA
				(a wry smile)
			Perhaps if we found ourselves in
			possession of some of that
			advanced Federation weaponry of
			yours it would shift the balance
			of power back to our favor.

					PICARD
			That we cannot do for you.

					ALEXANA
				(as she expected)
			No, of course not.

	Picard rises. The others follow suit.

					PICARD
			I would like to leave Commander
			Riker to assist in your search
			for Doctor Crusher.

	As she walks them to the door:

					ALEXANA
				(it won't help)
			If you like...

					RIKER
			You don't sound very optimistic.

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/7/89 - ACT ONE   15.

23   CONTINUED: (3)

					ALEXANA
			I know my enemy, Commander...
			They don't leave much room for
			optimism.

	Off Picard and Riker's worried expressions.

24   INT. CAVERN

	As before, Finn enters with a plate of food. Same line
	--

					FINN
			Are you hungry? Do you want
			something to eat?

	She's looking quite a bit more tired than before. But
	she's still not willing to respond... at least not on
	the first volley.

	He studies her... puts down the plate, moves to her...
	Beverly can't control the impulse. She shrinks back in
	fear.

					FINN
			Relax, I'm just going to...

	He indicates her bonds. He drops to one knee, and
	releases her ankles. (And note: that despite his
	rumpled, good guy attitude there is a side of this that
	could be considered torture, manipulation, setting up
	dependency.)

					FINN
			Come on. Eat something. What's
			the point of not eating? You're
			the only one who suffers. Do I
			look like it's bothering me?
			Okay, it's bothering me.

	He picks up the plate and holds it out in front of her.
	She finally takes it... begins to pick up the meat with
	her fingers, eats...

					FINN
			No forks. Sorry.

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT ONE   16.

24   CONTINUED:

	A beat as he watches her eat, pleased with this
	victory.

					FINN
			Did I mention my name is Finn?
			And you're... ?

	A beat.
					BEVERLY
			Why have you brought me here?

					FINN
			I need a doctor.

					BEVERLY
			There are doctors on Rutia.

					FINN
			I need someone better... I heard
			you were here from the Federation
			flagship and I knew you had to
			be...

					BEVERLY
			How did you know that?

					FINN
			I heard.
				(beat)
			Now you'll help me. Just like
			you help them...

					BEVERLY
			What are you talking about?

      STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - 11/3/89 - ACT ONE      17.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					FINN
				(angry)
			Your ship carries medical
			supplies for them... for the other
			side... why does the Federation
			ally itself with the Rutians...

					BEVERLY
			We didn't... all we did was to
			bring...

					FINN
			Medical supplies...

					BEVERLY
			People were hurt...

					FINN
			I know. I hurt them.

	He grabs the food dish out of her hands. Stands.

					FINN
			You're finished eating. Get up.

	When she looks up at him, hesitating with fear... he
	reaches down and pulls her up roughly...

					FINN
			Get up.

	He indicates for her to precede him out of the alcove,
	and she begins to obey. They start out into the cave
	proper. Beverly suddenly pauses, and looks up at him.
	She is embarrassed by the non-sequitur, but can't
	control herself.

					BEVERLY
			I have... a son.

					FINN
			You'll be with him again, Doctor.
			I see no reason to kill you.

	The inference being if he did see a reason later, he
	might. As he waits for her to move by him, the perfect
	gentleman... she looks at him, finally moves forward
	and we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - 11/3/89 - ACT TWO      18.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

25   INT. CAVERN

	For the first time, we see full breadth of the rebel
	camp... as Finn and Beverly move by, a pair of
	children, one watches while the other cleans a
	weapon... people look over at Beverly, exchange looks
	with Finn who nods confidently -- he's got this under
	control.

	He leads her to a section of the cave that has been
	set aside as an infirmary. A section of the cave has
	been set aside as an infirmary. Five patients rest
	on cots. A couple are bandaged, but don't seem to be
	in much distress. The other three are thrashing,
	delirious with pain. One of them is the man who
	kidnapped Beverly. He motions to her -- this is my
	problem... she looks at them with concern... gets down
	on her knees, runs a tricorder scan checks the
	readings... shakes her head...

					BEVERLY
			I need instruments from my ship
			to diagnose something like this...

					FINN
				(straight)
			You think if I allowed you to call
			your ship, they would transport
			your instruments... ?

					BEVERLY
			When I inform the captain how
			serious the situation is, I'm sure
			he'll agree. I've told you, Finn,
			the Federation is not allied with
			Rutians... we came on an errand
			of mercy...

					FINN
				(straight)
			And since the Federation does not
			wish to take sides, he will send
			you the medical supplies we need.

					BEVERLY
			Absolutely.

	A beat before he grins... signals a TERRORIST BOY
	about twelve who comes over, carrying a box...

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT TWO   19.

25   CONTINUED:

					FINN
			I anticipated your needs.

	The boy opens the box to reveal an impressive array of
	medical instruments. She reacts.

					BEVERLY
			These are Federation supplies...
			we just delivered them to the
			medical dispensary this morning...

					FINN
				(shrugs)
			I heard.

	Off her reaction, as she reaches in for an
	instrument...

26   INT. ALEXANA'S OFFICE - DAY

	Alexana and Riker are studying files on the wall
	monitors. A seemingly never-ending inventory of names,
	addresses and police records.

					RIKER
			You're telling me all these people
			belong to the Ansata?

					ALEXANA
			Not really. We suspect the
			organization itself only consists
			of some two hundred members. There
			are over five thousand names on
			this list. Citizens we know to
			be sympathetic to their cause.
			They pass along weaponry and
			information. March in pro-Ansata
			demonstrations... participate in
			general strikes.. or the
			occasional riot.

	Riker shakes his head in disbelief.

					RIKER
			How did all of this ever get
			started?

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/7/89 - ACT TWO   20.

26   CONTINUED:

					ALEXANA
			We denied them independence.
			That gave them a noble cause...
			seventy years ago.
				(bitterly)
			And now it's just an excuse for
			more violence.

					RIKER
			You hate them as much as they hate
			you.

					ALEXANA
			Believe it or not I always
			considered myself moderate.

					RIKER
			What changed your mind?

					ALEXANA
				(shrugging, take your
				 pick)
			Being stationed here the last six
			months. Watching the body count
			grow. The three assassination
			attempts on my life.

					RIKER
			I can see where that could affect
			your point of view.

					ALEXANA
			But I guess the event that really
			opened my eyes took place only
			a few days after my arrival. A
			terrorist bomb destroyed a
			shuttlebus... sixty school
			children. There were no
			survivors.

	A beat as Riker absorbs this information.

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/9/89 - ACT TWO   21.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					ALEXANA
			The Ansata claimed it was a
			mistake. That their intended
			target was a police transport.
			As if that made everything all
			right.
				(a beat)
			That day I vowed to put an end
			to terrorism in this city. And
			I will.

	A grim smile from Riker. It's not a smile of approval.
	Rather it's one of respect. This is clearly not a
	woman to be taken lightly. As she turns back to study
	the computer screen...

									CUT TO:

27   INT. CAVERN

	Beverly is finishing her examinations, as the terrorist
	boy assists her.

					BEVERLY
				(to the boy)
			Thank you. You're very helpful...
			you could learn to do this when
			you grow up...
				(beat)
			... if you grow up.

	The boy just looks at her curiously.

27A  ANGLE

	Finn is chatting off to the side with some of his
	friends... sees that she's finished, breaks off and
	moves toward her... She moves away from the
	patients...

					BEVERLY
			They're dying.

	He reacts... really quite stunned.

					BEVERLY
			I'm seeing a complicated set of
			conditions... their DNA is warped
			somehow; it's disrupting their
			entire cellular chemistry...

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT TWO   21A.

27A  CONTINUED:

					FINN
			You can't do anything?

					BEVERLY
			I can make them more comfortable.
			That's all. The damage is too
			extensive.

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/7/89 - ACT TWO   22.

27A  CONTINUED: (2)

	Finn's eyes grow dark... he looks sadly at his
	comrades, moves a step or two away from Beverly as he
	whispers something we don't hear, perhaps a prayer.
	Beverly studies him. He looks at her... begins to
	walk.

					BEVERLY
			If I could detect the condition
			earlier...

					FINN
			... you would be able to reverse
			the damage?

					BEVERLY
			Perhaps. I don't know.
				(beat)
			What happened to them...

					FINN
			It's the inverter.

	They move to the equipment... the shoulder harnesses,
	generator, other tech equipment.

					FINN
				(irony)
			It has given our cause a new life.
			But asks for our lives in return.

					BEVERLY
			What does it do?

					FINN
			We transport through a dimensional
			shift that the Rutian sensors
			can't trace.

					BEVERLY
			Dimensional shifting? You can't
			do that with humanoid tissue.

					FINN
			There are risks... the designers
			warned us... but it works.

	She looks at him, finds this incredible. She uses her
	tricorder to examine him...

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT TWO   23.

27A  CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			You're showing the same distorted
			readings. Not as severe as the
			others but --

					FINN
				(brushing it off)
			Doesn't matter.

					BEVERLY
			It does if it kills you.

					FINN
				(simply)
			Don't you know? A dead martyr's
			worth ten posturing leaders.

	On her reaction...

28   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	At the pool table, Wesley and Data are examining one
	of the Ansata armbands... that they have opened...

					DATA
			A subspace field coil with an
			isolated power source...
			curious...

					WESLEY
			How could something this small
			manage to get them anywhere?

	At the console, Geordi has seen something on a monitor,
	reacts...

					GEORDI
			Hey, guys... look at this...

	Wesley takes the Ansata armband, as they move to
	Geordi.

					GEORDI
			The Rutian team picked up a faint
			nuclear vibration during the
			terrorist movements...

					WESLEY
				(mind thinking)
			Nuclear vibration...

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/5/89 - ACT TWO   24.

28   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			That could possibly indicate
			subspace transition rebound during
			transport...

					WESLEY
				(coming to him)
			Wait a minute... computer, call
			up files on... what was it
			called...
				(excited, to Data and
				 Geordi)
			We spent an hour on it in my
			astral physics course last year...
			folded space transport...

					GEORDI
				(connecting)
			Alternate dimensions...

					DATA
			Are you referring to the Elway
			Theorem?

					WESLEY
			Yes... computer, files on the
			Elway Theorem... what if they're
			moving inter-dimensionally?

					DATA
			But the Elway Theorem proved to
			be entirely inaccurate... all
			research was abandoned by the mid-
			twenty-third century...

	Looking at the monitors as the files come up...

					WESLEY
			Data, look at it... the faint
			nuclear vibration is consistent...
			and Elway used an isolated field
			coil just like this one.

					GEORDI
			It would be untraceable by any
			standard sensing device.

					DATA
			But it was proven to be fatal.
			To use this technology would be
			an irrational act.

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT TWO   25.

29   ANGLE - PICARD

	ENTERS, having overheard the last two speeches...

					PICARD
			We may well be dealing with
			irrational people, Data. Is there
			a way to trace this... ?

					GEORDI
				(checking with his
				 colleagues)
			With an adaptive subspace
			echogram, maybe... ?

					DATA
			If anyone is willing to transport
			in this manner, Captain, they
			would suffer significant internal
			damage which could be detected.

					PICARD
				(adding it up)
			And it sounds as though they might
			require the services of... a
			doctor.

	Reactions.

30   EXT. PLAZA - DAY

	It's a round-up. Uniformed police officers have people
	stopped.

	The twenty-fourth century version of papers (a transparent
	triangle shaped card which is read by a light pen) are
	being checked.

	Alexana and Riker, in the company of her security
	guards watch the proceedings.

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/8/89 - ACT TWO   26.

31
thru	OMITTED
32

33   NEW ANGLE

	As the waiter we saw in the teaser is taken into
	custody. He glares at Riker and Alexana as he's taken
	away.

34   BACK TO RIKER AND ALEXANA

					RIKER
			This is no way to live.

					ALEXANA
			For us or them?

					RIKER
			For both of you.

					ALEXANA
			I know it's not pretty, Riker.
			But this is what terrorism has
			done to this city.

					RIKER
			There must be a better way than
			this to deal with it.

					ALEXANA
			I know my methods seem harsh but
			believe me, they're gentle
			compared to my predecessors.
			Suspects would be brought into
			police headquarters and...
			mysteriously vanish. I put a stop
			to that.

					RIKER
			And what happened to this
			predecessor of yours?

					ALEXANA
			He was murdered.

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT TWO   27.

34   CONTINUED:

	As Riker reacts, a woman and her son -- a boy about
	Wesley's age -- are fettered with twenty-fourth century
	handcuffs are led away.

	For some reason, this arrest affects Riker more than
	the others, and his tone is sharp.

					RIKER
			Are you going to tell me that
			boy's a threat?

					ALEXANA
			It's possible.
				(a beat)
			That shuttlebus I told you
			about... the bomb was set by a
			teenager.

	Riker can only shake his head. He's getting fed up
	with the whole situation.

					ALEXANA
			And in a world where children blow
			up children... everyone's a
			threat.

	And as they watch the round-up continue:

									CUT TO:

35   INT. CAVERN

	The infirmary. Beverly is trying to ease the three
	patients who are suffering from the dimensional effect.
	She is suffering with them and for them, because
	there's nothing she can do except make them
	comfortable. She administers a hypo to the young
	woman, then sits next to her on the bed, and clasps the
	girl's hand. The terrorist boy is eager to assist.

	Finn is seated on a low rock wall which surrounds the
	infirmary. Beverly is unaware of him for she is intent
	on her patients. He is sketching, but periodically
	he looks up and studies Beverly.

36   ANGLE ON BEVERLY

	As she becomes aware of the scrutiny. She looks up,
	annoyed, and notices Finn.

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT TWO   28.

36   CONTINUED:

	He is the source of all her troubles, and so frowns,
	but then becomes puzzled at his actions.

	Beverly stands, and circles around the cots and the
	walls to come up behind him.

37   ANGLE ON - THE SKETCH PAD

	It is a very fine sketch of Beverly's hands clasping
	the girl's.

					BEVERLY
			You should be drawing, not
			killing people.

					FINN
			I can do both.

	And his attitude infuriates her.

					BEVERLY
			How can you have such a casual
			attitude toward killing?

					FINN
				(without humor)
			I take my killing very seriously,
			Doctor.

	She shakes her head, unable to understand this man.

					FINN
				(shrugs her off)
			You are an idealist...

					BEVERLY
			I live in an ideal culture...
			there is no need for your kind
			of violence... we've proven that.

	He looks at her, grunts.

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT TWO   29.

37   CONTINUED:

					FINN
			Your origins on Earth are from
			the American continent, are they
			not?

					BEVERLY
			North America.

					FINN
			I have read your history books.
			This is a war for independence.
			I am no different than your own
			George Washington...

					BEVERLY
			Washington was a military general.
			He was not a terrorist.

					FINN
			Doctor, the difference between
			a general and terrorist is only
			the difference between winners
			and losers. You win, you're
			called a general. You lose...

					BEVERLY
			You are killing innocent people...
			Can't you see the immorality of
			what you're doing... or have you
			killed so often, you've become
			blind to it?

	Finn looks at her, shakes his head at her naivete.

					FINN
			How much innocent blood has been
			spilled for the cause of freedom
			in the history of your Federation,
			Doctor? How many good and noble
			societies have bombed civilians
			in war? Wiped out whole cities.
			And now that you enjoy the comfort
			that has come from their battles,
			their killing... you frown on my
			immorality... ? Doctor, I am
			willing to die for my freedom.
			And, in the finest tradition of
			your own great civilization, I'm
			willing to kill for it too.

	And as he leaves her to think about that...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

  STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/7/89 - ACT THREE  30.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

38   INT. ALEXANA'S OFFICE

	Riker and Alexana have just finished interviewing one
	of the detainees from the round-up. He stares sullenly
	at them as Alexana dismisses him with:

					ALEXANA
				(curtly)
			All right you can go.

	She nods to one of her security guards who stands
	inside the doorway. The security guard waits for the
	detainee to get out of his chair and then escorts him
	out of the office. This has been going on a long time.

	Riker paces around, tense and frustrated.

					ALEXANA
			If you want, I could become more
			persuasive.

	Riker refuses to even consider it.

					RIKER
			No.

	Alexana nods, accepting, if not totally agreeing with
	his decision.

	The security guard enters with the waiter who is
	nervous but defiant. Seats him. Alexana consults her
	wall screen computer.

					ALEXANA
			You're Katik Shaw, the waiter from
			the Lumar Cafe.
				(he nods)
			You witnessed both the explosion
			and the kidnapping.

  STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT THREE  31.

38   CONTINUED:

					KATIK
			I saw nothing.

	Riker's impatience is growing.

					ALEXANA
			We are aware of your ties with
			the Ansata... For all we know
			you planted the bomb yourself...
			Where have they taken her?

					KATIK
			I don't know what you're talking
			about.

					RIKER
			I've had enough of this.

	Before Alexana can respond, Riker places himself
	between her and the prisoner.

					RIKER
				(to Katik)
			I want you to take a message back
			to your people. Tell them the
			Federation is willing to negotiate
			for the release of Doctor Crusher.

					ALEXANA
			Riker... !

	Riker cuts her off.

					RIKER
			She's a Starfleet officer. That
			makes her my responsibility.

	Alexana's silence is a tacit agreement.

					RIKER
				(to Katik)
			Your side has demands, we're
			willing to listen to them. We
			want her back. It's as simple
			as that.

  STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/7/89 - ACT THREE  32.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

	Katik studies Riker trying to deceive whether there's
	any truth behind the officer's words. After a beat,
	Riker moves away.

					RIKER
				(continuing; to Alexana)
			I don't think it's necessary to
			detain this gentleman any longer.

	Katik looks over at Alexana, figures there's no way
	she'll let him go so easily. Alexana glances at Riker
	who is also waiting for her response. Finally she
	breaks the silence.

					ALEXANA
				(to Katik)
			Get out.

	Katik tries to hide his amazement. He hurries out of
	the room before she can change her mind.

					ALEXANA
			I should have him followed, but
			we'll try it your way.

					RIKER
			Is that what you want?

	She sits down at her desk. Suddenly she seems very
	weary.

					ALEXANA
			What I want is to go home. Back
			to my own country. To leave
			behind the roundups, the
			interrogations, the bodies lying
			in the street. To be able to walk
			without bodyguards, and not have
			to jump at every unexpected noise.
			That's what I want Riker.

	She leans back in her chair, angry.

  STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT THREE  33.

39   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard is standing by Data who is working at Science
	One. Supernumeraries at Conn, Ops and Tactical.

					DATA
			The dimensional jump creates a
			subspace pressure modulation,
			Captain. By setting up a
			magnetosphere faint echogram that
			can monitor each of their
			movements, we may be able to
			collect enough data to trace their
			power source.

					PICARD
			Can you estimate the number of
			jumps it will take?

					DATA
			Dimensional shifting is such an
			unstable procedure that I cannot
			say.

	Picard acknowledges... as he starts to move away, Data
	continues, stops him.

					DATA
			Captain, I am finding it difficult
			to understand many aspects of
			Ansata conduct. Much of their
			behavioral norm would be defined
			by my program as unnecessary and
			unacceptable.

					PICARD
			And by my... "program" as well,
			Data.

					DATA
			But, if that is so, Captain, why
			are their methods often
			successful?
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/7/89 - ACT THREE  34.

39   CONTINUED:

					DATA (Cont'd)
				(off Picard's reaction)
			I have been reviewing the history
			of armed rebellion and it appears
			that terrorism is an effective
			way to promote political change.

					PICARD
			I have never subscribed to the
			theory that political power flows
			from the barrel of a gun, Data...

					DATA
			In most instances, you would be
			correct. But there are numerous
			examples where it was
			successful... the independence
			of the Mexican State from Spain,
			the Irish Unification of 2024,
			the Kenzie Rebellion...

					PICARD
			Yes, I'm aware of them...

					DATA
			Then, would it be accurate to say
			that terrorism is acceptable when
			the options for peaceful
			settlement have been foreclosed?

					PICARD
			Data, we cannot condone violence.

					DATA
			Even in response to violence?

	Picard looks at him.

					PICARD
			These are questions that mankind
			has been struggling with since
			creation. I am afraid your
			confusion, Data... is only human.

	On Data's reaction...

40   INT. CAVERN

	Finn is sketching again... studying Beverly as she
	works among the patients...

  STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT THREE  35.

40   CONTINUED:

	The FLASH (O.S.)... Finn turns to see the waiter
	coming toward him as the terrorist boy comes over and
	takes his shoulder harness from him...

					WAITER
			Everyone is being rounded up.

	He glances at Beverly who looks back curiously...

					FINN
			Because of her?

					WAITER
				(acknowledges)
			The Federation wants to negotiate
			her release...

					FINN
			... while they arrange for the
			Rutian police to fill up the
			detention cells...

					WAITER
				(nods in agreement)
			A Starfleet officer is working
			with the director. He wants a
			meeting with you.

					FINN
			I'm sure he does.

	He shakes his head... looks at Beverly... looks at the
	sketch in his hand...

41   THE SKETCH

	is of Beverly...

42   FINN

	acknowledges away the waiter, moves toward her...

					FINN
			Your Federation colleagues have
			engineered mass arrests to
			pressure me into releasing you.

					BEVERLY
			I'm sure you've misunderstood...

  STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/8/89 - ACT THREE  36.

42   CONTINUED:

					FINN
			They are working with the police.
			He's seen it with his own eyes.

					BEVERLY
			All they want is to get me back
			safely.

					FINN
			I'm not going to release you.

	And he looks at her and perhaps there is a sexual
	tension here.

					FINN
			I need you here.

					BEVERLY
			To find a way to reverse the
			effects of the dimensional
			shift... ? I can do that right
			now. Stop using it.
				(beat, vulnerable)
			Finn, I have a life, a son who
			needs me.

					FINN
			He is on the ship?

	She nods. Finn looks uncomfortably down... and then
	back again with guilty eyes...

					FINN
			I am sorry he is on the ship.

	She realizes what he's thinking --

					BEVERLY
			No...

					FINN
				(no choice)
			They have joined forces with the
			Rutians against us...

					BEVERLY
			We are not your enemy...

					FINN
			They are more valuable to me than
			an enemy.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - 11/3/89 - ACT THREE     37.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

					FINN (Cont'd)
			For seventy years we've been
			shouting, and no one's heard us.
			Destroy the Federation flagship...
			someone will listen.

	He starts away. Beverly rushes after him...

					BEVERLY
			Please...

					FINN
			They are the ones who interfered.
			They brought medical supplies.
			They organized mass arrests. They
			are killing your son, not me.

					BEVERLY
			Please, don't do this, Finn. I'll
			do anything you ask.

	He studies her a moment, contemplating all the things
	he could ask of her.

					FINN
			I had a son, too. He was thirteen
			when he died in detention.

	And he moves away. On her reaction...

43   INT. CORRIDOR - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Two crewpersons walking down the corridor. The SOUND
	of the inter-dimensional transporter, and an armed
	Ansata terrorist APPEARS. She opens fire, and one
	crewperson goes down... she turns and runs...

44   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Troi at Command. Wesley at Science One.
	Worf at Tactical. Data at Ops. Supernumerary at Conn.

					WORF
			Intruder alert deck twelve...

	Almost simultaneously...

					WESLEY
			I've got a subspace reflection.
			It's a dimensional shift...

     STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - 11/3/89 - ACT THREE     38.

44   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Red Alert. Sound general
			quarters.

	The red alert begins to SOUND.

45   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi is in his little side office. Red Alert is
	sounding. Geordi leaps to his feet, and starts moving
	toward Engineering proper. A couple of techs in
	coveralls pause in their work on the main warp drive,
	and also react to the red alert.

	The SOUND, and a terrorist APPEARS on the upper
	catwalk, and another APPEARS on the lower level by the
	techs.

					GEORDI
			Security to Engineering.

	The terrorist on the lower level fires, and kills a
	tech. The terrorist then spins around and fires at
	Geordi who dives for cover. The other techs run out...

46   EXT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			Intruders in Engineering...

					DATA
			Casualties reported on deck
			twelve. Sickbay is responding.

					PICARD
			Seal off all decks... lock on
			transporters to intruder signals.

					ENGINEER'S COM VOICE
			Intruder signals unstable,
			Captain, I cannot lock on...

					DATA
			They are moving inter-dimensionally...
			neither the
			transporters nor forcefields will
			be able to contain them, sir.

  STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT THREE  39.

47   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	The man on the upper level tosses down a satchel
	charge. The second terrorist slaps it on the side of
	the warp chamber. It clings like a limpet, and the
	band on the edge LIGHTS. It is PULSING and emitting a
	BEEP in a climbing cadenza. The gunmen VANISH, and
	Geordi charges back into Engineering.

48   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Explosive charge on the main warp
			chamber...

					PICARD
			Transporter room three, lock on
			the explosive device and energize.

					ENGINEER'S COM VOICE
			It's scrambling the sensors,
			Captain... I can't pinpoint it.

					PICARD
			Begin emergency evacuation...
			prepare for saucer separation...
			Mister La Forge, can you remove
			the charge from the engine core...

49   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

					GEORDI
			Stand by... I'm trying...

	He grabs the charge on the engine core, and yanks. It
	doesn't budge.

					GEORDI
			They've got it locked on
			somehow... hold on...

	Frenziedly he snatches a tool from a console, and
	surgically removes the charge with the laser. It drops
	into his hand. He moves quickly across the room to get
	it away from the engine core... on the move --

  STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/7/89 - ACT THREE  40.

49   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Got it. Transporter Room, stand
			by to lock on my signal and
			transport two kilometers off the
			starboard nacelle.

50   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					TROI
				(reacts)
			His signal... ?

	Picard motions for her to be calm, Geordi knows what
	he's doing...

51   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi yanks off his communicator. He slaps it onto
	the device as he pushes it out of Engineering... and
	ducks back for cover... The sound of the bomb has
	become an almost frenzied SCREAM.

					GEORDI
			Transporter Room, now...

52   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The bomb MATERIALIZES and EXPLODES.

53   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before. The tension is palpable. Picard is on his
	feet.

					PICARD
			Commander La Forge. Report.

54   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi leans against the wall, and touches a companel.

					GEORDI
			Transport complete...

  STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT THREE  41.

54   CONTINUED:

	He moves to his fallen colleague..

					GEORDI
			I have a man down.

55   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					WESLEY
			More subspace reflections...

	Picard, his concentration broken by Wesley sudden
	exclamation, looks back.

					PICARD
			Can you calibrate their
			destination?

					WESLEY
			No, sir, the readings are --

	The SOUND, the LIGHT and Finn and another terrorist
	APPEAR. They spray a few shots around the bridge...
	one hits Data's console which explodes in his face,
	he tries to see, attempting to keep the ship
	operational... other consoles explode... Troi and
	Wesley and other supernumeraries dive for cover...

					TROI
				(during action)
			Transporter Room. Code one
			evacuation: Picard.
				(no acknowledgment)
			Transporter Room...

	As Worf goes for his phaser and stuns the second
	terrorist... who groans and hits his shoulder pad as
	he goes down and VANISHES... at the same time, Finn
	wounds Worf... and turns to see

56   ANGLE - PICARD (OPTICAL)

	moving at him... the captain gets in a good hard lick
	before Finn grabs him in a bearhug... a major struggle
	ensues as Data leaves his post, charging...

	Finn keys the dimensional device. Finn and Picard
	VANISH as Data's hands close on nothing.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/7/89 - ACT FOUR   42.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

57   INT. CAVERN

	Picard is led by two terrorists into the alcove... as
	Beverly looks up and their eyes meet...

58   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker stands at command, and bleakly surveys the
	bridge. Alexana and Troi are at his side. Geordi is
	at Engineering, and Wesley and Data look on from
	Science One. Supernumeraries at Conn and Ops.

					TROI
			Lieutenant Worf is recovering in
			Sickbay. The wound was not
			severe.

					RIKER
			Dead and injured?

					TROI
			Three dead, four wounded.

					GEORDI
			Another millisecond, and there
			would have been a big dust cloud
			orbiting Rutia instead of the
			Enterprise.

	Riker surveys the damage... feels the responsibility.

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/7/89 - ACT FOUR   43.

58   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Why. I just asked if they would
			talk...

					ALEXANA
			You have your answer, Riker.

	She gives him a sympathetic look -- we've all got to
	learn the hard way. The anger, the determination grows
	in his eyes.

					WESLEY
			Sir, the next time the Ansata use
			the dimensional jump we should
			be able to get a fix on their
			power source.

	Riker nods, impatient to move into action.

59   INT. CAVERN

	Picard is seated on the camp bed. His hands have been
	cuffed behind his back. Beverly is tending his
	battered face. Picard is stunned... impossible to
	believe all this... reliving the nightmare for her...

					PICARD
			Worf went down... I don't know
			if he's alive or dead... there
			were other casualties...

					BEVERLY
			Was... Wes... on the bridge...

	He looks at her, sorry he hadn't thought to anticipate
	a mother's fears...

					PICARD
			Yes...

	Her look asks if he's all right... he has no way to
	answer her...

					PICARD
			He took cover... I didn't see any
			more than that...
				(beat)
			Are you all right?

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT FOUR   44.

59   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(nods)
			They needed a doctor.

					PICARD
			Side effects of their transport?

					BEVERLY
			Yes...

	She looks at him... how did you know?

					PICARD
			We're getting closer to tracing
			their movements... actually, it
			was Wesley who put us onto this
			dimensional jumping of theirs...

	Their eyes meet...

					PICARD
			He's been extraordinary throughout
			this. He'll make a fine officer,
			Beverly.

					BEVERLY
			He's had good role models...

	An intimate beat.

					BEVERLY
			I'm sorry.
				(off his look)
			If I'd just returned to the
			ship...

					PICARD
				(shakes his head)
			I could have had you beamed up.

					BEVERLY
				(reacts)
			You wouldn't dare.

					PICARD
				(reacts back)
			I would and I should have.

	And this plays extremely casually, low key -- quick
	repartee, out of left field for this time and place...

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT FOUR   45.

59   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Without my permission...

					PICARD
			If you won't follow orders...

					BEVERLY
			If you give reasonable orders,
			I'll obey reasonable orders...

					PICARD
			Doctor, I will be the judge of
			reason when it comes to my
			orders...

	He stops. They look at each other with affection.
	It's not comfortable for Picard... he begins to look
	around at his surroundings.

					BEVERLY
			There aren't any exits to the
			surface.

					PICARD
			Then the only way out is by
			transporter or the dimensional
			jump.

					BEVERLY
			A mode of travel I'd encourage
			you to avoid. It's killing them.

					PICARD
			They're mad.

	She doesn't answer right away.

					BEVERLY
			I don't know any more. The
			difference between a madman and
			a committed man willing to die
			for a cause... it's begun to blur
			over the last couple days...

   STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT FOUR   46.

59   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(concerned)
			Beverly, I don't have to warn you
			about the psychological impact
			of being a hostage...

					BEVERLY
			I know. I understand that. But
			their leader, Finn, he's not what
			you'd expect...

					PICARD
			No, he's certainly not what I'd
			expect. Without cause or reason,
			his little band of outlaws has
			attacked my ship...

					BEVERLY
			But he did have reasons... the
			medical supplies, the arrests...
			Jean-Luc, if we really examine
			our role in this...

					PICARD
			Beverly, you are arguing for a
			man who may have murdered your
			son.

	And she has to swallow hard and feel where she is and
	she cannot quite touch the ground and it scares the
	hell out of her.

					FINN'S VOICE
			I didn't kill your son...
			Beverly.

60   ANGLE

	to see Finn has entered... hands shoved into his
	pockets.

					FINN
			We were not able to destroy the
			ship. We had to settle for him...
				(to Picard)
			She wouldn't even tell me her
			name. How many days? I call her
			"Doctor." Are you hungry? Do you
			want something to eat?

       STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT FOUR       47.

60   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You've made a grave
			miscalculation...

					FINN
			Oh?

					PICARD
			You've assaulted a Federation
			starship, killed and wounded
			members of her crew, kidnapped
			two officers... do you not expect
			a response?

					FINN
			On the contrary, I'm counting on
			it.

					PICARD
			You want Federation involvement?

					FINN
			Captain, there's a lot to admire
			in the Federation, but there's
			a hint of moral cowardice in your
			dealings with non-aligned planets.
			You do business with a government
			that's crushing us. And then you
			say you aren't involved. But of
			course you are. You just don't
			want to get dirty.

					PICARD
			You accuse us of cowardice while you
			plant bombs in shadows...

					FINN
			I've been fighting the only war
			I can against an intractable
			enemy. Now, I'm fighting a big
			war against a much more powerful
			adversary. Can't you see how that
			helps me?

					BEVERLY
			I'm afraid I don't.

					PICARD
			He has added a chair to the
			negotiating table.

       STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT FOUR      47A.

60   CONTINUED: (2)

					FINN
			You added the chair, Captain.
			I am simply forcing you to sit
			in it. The Federation will
			quickly tire of our little war...
			they will want you back... they
			will want to get as far away from
			Rutia as they can. And I will
			not make it easy. Eventually,
			the Federation will force the
			government to make concessions.
			And then a few more. And then a
			few more.
				(sardonic)
			Until we can finally reach an
			honorable agreement that saves face
			for all sides.
				(beat)
			Except we win.

	And Picard studies him... and realizes his scenario is
	very sound. And this is said leader to leader --

       STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/7/89 - ACT FOUR       48.

60   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			You understand I will not
			cooperate in any way...

					FINN
			You have already cooperated,
			Captain... just by coming here.

       STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/7/89 - ACT FOUR       49.

61   INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	Troi is on her way to her quarters when suddenly there
	is a SOUND, LIGHT, and Finn appears (O.S.). As Troi
	reacts, Finn lifts a hand, recovering a beat from the
	pain.

					FINN
			I'm not here to hurt you. Just
			hear what I have to say.

	Troi nods, forcing herself to remain calm. After a
	beat, Red Alert SOUNDS... they know he's there...

					FINN
			Your people are safe. How long
			they stay that way depends on you.
			We demand an embargo and trade
			sanctions levied against Rutia.
			The Federation will blockade the
			planet... allow no ships in or
			out. This will continue until
			the government of Rutia consents
			to talks mediated by a Federation
			counsel. You have twelve hours
			to make your decision.

	As two security men round the bend, Finn VANISHES.

62   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Wesley and Data check their readings at Science One.
	Then Wesley turns to Riker and Alexana who are at
	Command.

       STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/3/89 - ACT FOUR       50.

62   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(grim faced)
			Got it.

	That's just what Riker was hoping to hear. Off his
	expression, as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT FOUR       51.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

63   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

64   OMITTED

65   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Wesley, Data, Riker and Alexana are gathered about
	Science One.

					WESLEY
			We've pinpointed the Ansata base
			some three hundred kilometers from
			the city, on the southern tip of
			the continent.

					DATA
			Sensors indicate it is located
			thirty meters below ground,
			implying a cave or cavern-like
			dwelling.

					RIKER
			Any passages leading to the
			surface?

					DATA
			Our readings show no evidence of
			any, Commander.

					RIKER
			Then whatever light they have must
			be artificially generated.

					ALEXANA
			If we can shut it down, you could
			use the confusion to find your
			people.

       STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT FIVE       52.

65   CONTINUED:

	Worf ENTERS from the aft turbolift. He looks drawn
	but determined as he approaches Riker.

					WORF
			Request permission to join the
			rescue party, sir.
				(a beat)
			I owe it to the captain.

	Riker knows how much this means to Worf. The Klingon's
	intensity is almost palpable.

					RIKER
			Permission granted.

	Worf's condition has just improved a hundred percent.
	Riker looks over at Alexana. It's time. Alexana
	nods. She's ready.

					RIKER
			Mister Data... You have the
			bridge.

	Riker and Alexana head toward the turbolift.

					WESLEY
			Commander Riker?

	Riker turns.

					WESLEY
				(continuing; summing
				 it up for all)
			Good luck.

	Riker is all too aware of the boy's concerns.

					RIKER
			We'll bring them home, Wes.

	They enter the turbolift.

									CUT TO:

       STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/7/89 - ACT FIVE       53.

65A  INT. CAVERN

	Finn walks over as Beverly treats the wounded...
	he's carrying his sketch pad.

					FINN
			You're glad to see your captain...

					BEVERLY
			Yes.

	Beat. He looks at her... almost a jealous look.

					FINN
			I may have to kill him.

	She just freezes...

					FINN
			I just wanted to warn you.

					BEVERLY
			Finn, he can help you... he is
			very influential...

					FINN
			He will not help us...

					BEVERLY
			If you could convince him that
			your cause is...

					FINN
			You could convince him perhaps.
			Not I.

	At her weakest...

					BEVERLY
			I've talked to him. I'll...
			try...

       STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/7/89 - ACT FIVE       54.

65A  CONTINUED:

					FINN
				(shrugs)
			If our places were reversed, I
			would expect to die...

	And that statement is an error of judgement by Finn.
	Right here Beverly begins to regain some of her
	power... because she knows exactly what the
	circumstance would be like if the places were
	reversed...

					BEVERLY
				(a beat)
			Your places would never be
			reversed. He wouldn't forcibly
			abduct you... or play games with
			your life. He would treat you with
			respect...

					FINN
			I have treated you with
			respect...

					BEVERLY
			You've scared the hell out of me,
			Finn.
				(he reacts)
			You've controlled me through
			fear... just like you've tried
			to control this whole continent.

					FINN
			You haven't tasted real fear yet,
			Doctor...

					BEVERLY
			Is that the best you can do? Is
			fear the only weapon you have...

					FINN
				(beat, thinks)
			No, but it's a good one.

	A beat. He's pleased with his response.

					BEVERLY
			You know what scares me the most,
			Finn? It scares me to think that
			you might win this fight and gain
			real power.

	That hurts him. She begins to leave.

       STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT FIVE       55.

65A  CONTINUED: (2)

					FINN
			Doctor... I don't want you to fear
			me.

	Without words to express his feelings, he gives her his
	pad... and walks away... she opens it to see her face
	sketched on a number of pages... on her reaction...

66   INT. CAVERN

	A secluded area, somewhat shielded from the main camp.
	Riker, Worf and Alexana... and three policemen...
	begin to move quickly forward...

66A  ANGLE - TWO TERRORISTS

	standing by the entrance to the main cavern... Worf
	and one of the policemen move quickly up behind them...
	slap tiny hyposprays against their necks. There is
	a quiet HISS, and the rebels slump. Worf and the
	policeman quickly pull the unconscious rebels into
	cover.

	While this is occurring Riker crawls forward using all
	available cover, to get a look at the camp proper.

67   ANOTHER ANGLE

	The camp. People going about their business.

68   ANOTHER ANGLE

	As Riker scrambles back to his companions. Using hand
	signals he indicates where he believes the generator
	is located. Alexana nods, and draws her phaser. Leads
	her men into the darkness.

	Riker and Worf move back... they see --

68A  HIS POV - BEVERLY

	moving into the alcove...

       STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/7/89 - ACT FIVE       56.

69   INT. THE ALCOVE

	Beverly returns...

					PICARD
			How dangerous would another ride
			through the inverter be to us?

					BEVERLY
			I'm not sure. But I don't want
			you to start thinking...

					PICARD
			It is our obligation to think of
			escape...

					BEVERLY
			He's prepared to kill you.

					PICARD
			A fine reason to escape...
				(beat)
			Do you think you've gained his
			confidence?

	She reacts, shows Picard the sketchbook... he reacts
	as he sees it.

					PICARD
			Indeed, you have... and a bit
			more... this might prove to be
			an advantage, Doctor...

					BEVERLY
				(interrupting)
			Jean-Luc, there are some things...
			I want to say... just in case we
			don't get out of this...

	And he looks at her and we can only speculate on what
	she might say... because suddenly the lights go. For
	an instant they are in total blackness then emergency
	back-up comes on. The cave is now heavily shadowed,
	and eerie in the red lit gloom.

					PICARD
			Have they found us... ?

69A  ANGLE ON - FINN (FORMERLY SCENE 71)

	He is looking about wildly. He seems to make a
	decision, and he starts running for the alcove.

       STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT FIVE       57.

70   ANOTHER ANGLE - RIKER AND WORF

	Moving swiftly through the darkness. They are seen
	by a pair of terrorists and must overpower them on
	their way to the rescue... quietly, quickly... they
	take them down...

70A  WEAPONS CACHE

	Several terrorists run to get access to their phaser
	rifles... but as they do, Rutian police move out and
	cover them...

71   OMITTED

72   ANGLE ON - ALEXANA

	She spots Finn. She moves after him...

73   ANGLE ON - THE ALCOVE

	Finn ENTERS. Finn raises a phaser at Picard.

					BEVERLY
			Finn...

       STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/7/89 - ACT FIVE       58.

73A  ANGLE - ALEXANA (OPTICAL)

	At the mouth of the alcove... FIRES her phaser and
	Finn goes down... Riker and Worf arrive, move to
	Picard... the terrorists are all covered... Worf frees
	the captain from his cuffs...

73B  BEVERLY

	moves to Finn's body, checks his vital signs.

					BEVERLY
			He's dead.

73C  INT. CAVERN - OUTSIDE THE ALCOVE

	As they come out. Riker exchanges a look with Alexana.
	And he is not harsh in this because he has shared her
	frustration, but still --

					RIKER
			You didn't have to kill him.

					ALEXANA
			As a prisoner he would have been
			a focus for violence as his
			followers tried to free him.
			Now, he's a martyr, but the death
			toll may be lower -- at least in
			the short term.
				(beat)
			An imperfect solution for an
			imperfect world.

					WORF
			Captain...

	They turn to see...

       STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/7/89 - ACT FIVE       59.

73D  OMITTED

73E  THE TWELVE YEAR OLD TERRORIST BOY

	standing there, holding a phaser rifle pointed at
	Alexana... hate burning in his eyes. A long beat.

73F  ANGLE - BEVERLY

	turns to the boy, she implores him with her eyes to
	give her the gun...

					BEVERLY
			No more killing.

	He finally, slowly gives up the gun... and Rutians rush
	him and take him away.

					ALEXANA
			Already another one to take his
			place... it never ends.

					RIKER
				(not so sure)
			He could have killed you. He
			didn't. Maybe the end begins with
			one boy putting down a gun.

	Off her look.

74
thru	OMITTED
76

77   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	C.U. on Wesley at Conn. Anxiously waiting.

78   NEW ANGLE

	to include Data at Command. Troi and Geordi nearby.
	Supernumeraries at all other posts.

	The turbolift doors open and in come Picard and
	Beverly, followed by Riker and Worf.

	Wesley and Beverly share a long, loving smile across
	the room. He hurries over. A tight hug.

					BEVERLY
			I hear I owe my rescue to you.

       STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/6/89 - ACT FIVE      59A.

78   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			I was just part of the team.
				(a real kid)
			It's good to have you back.
				(smiling at Picard)
			Both of you. Sir.

	Picard glances around the bridge... it's good to be
	back.

					PICARD
				(a beat)
			Take us out of orbit, Mister
			Crusher.

	Then noticing mother and son are not quite ready to let
	go of one another.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			At your convenience.

	On our reunited crew...

       STAR TREK: "The High Ground" - REV. 11/5/89 - ACT FIVE       60.

78A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As it leaves orbit, we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                           "Deja Q" 
                          #40273-161 
                              
                          Written by 
                         Richard Danus 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


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                          FINAL DRAFT
 
                       NOVEMBER 14, 1989
 

             STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - 11/14/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Deja Q" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             Q
                RIKER              Q2
                DATA               DOCTOR GARIN
                BEVERLY            SCIENTIST
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                                   Non-Speaking
                GUINAN               TECHNICIANS

                ENGINEER'S VOICE   

                Non-Speaking       
                  SECURITY GUARDS    
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

             STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - 11/14/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Deja Q" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              ENGINEERING              SHUTTLCRAFT
              CORRIDOR
              DETENTION CELL
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              TEN FORWARD
              TURBOLIFT
          
            SHUTTLECRAFT

        STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - 11/14/89 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Deja Q" 
                               
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                  BRE'EL             bree-EL
                  CALAMARAIN         kal-ah-mah-REIGN
                  DELTIVED           DEL-tih-ved

        STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - TEASER        1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                           "Deja Q"                                
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship orbits Bre'el, a small, verdant planet orbited
	by a single moon, irregularly shaped.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43539.1.
			We have moved into orbit around
			Bre'el Four to investigate a
			potentially catastrophic threat
			to the population from a
			descending asteroidal moon...

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	To include MAIN VIEWER. PICARD, TROI and RIKER in the
	Command Chairs. DATA and WORF at their stations.
	SUPERNUMERARY at Conn. On the Main Viewer is DOCTOR
	GARIN, a middle-aged man. He is obviously very
	troubled. Another SCIENTIST is at his side. In the
	b.g. various TECHNICIANS check monitors. It has the
	look of controlled chaos that fills a hurricane center
	during a big storm.

					DATA
			The satellite's trajectory
			continues to deteriorate,
			Captain... This orbit will bring
			it to within five hundred
			kilometers of the planet's
			surface.

					GARIN
			We're predicting the atmospheric
			drag will bring it down on the
			next orbit.

					SCIENTIST
			Have you been able to find any
			explanation for this?

					DATA
			No, Doctor... it is a most unusual
			phenomenon.

        STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - TEASER        1A.

2    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Won't the moon disintegrate prior
			to impact?

					SCIENTIST
			No, it has a ferrous crystaline
			structure and will be able to
			withstand tidal forces, Captain...

					RIKER
			Couldn't we just blow it into
			harmless chunks?

					DATA
			The total mass of the moon would
			remain the same, Commander. And
			the impact of thousands of
			fragments would spread destruction
			over an even wider area.

        STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/16/89 - TEASER        2.

2    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			How long before impact...

					DATA
			Twenty-nine hours... projected
			somewhere on the western
			continent. It would destroy an
			area eight hundred kilometers in
			radius.

					SCIENTIST
			That damage would be
			insignificant, Captain, compared
			to the seismic repercussions...
			massive landquakes, and
			tsunami...

					GARIN
			The force would raise a cloud of
			dust around the planet, leading
			to a significant temperature
			reduction. We could be looking
			at our own ice age.

					PICARD
				(keying insignia)
			Commander La Forge, is there any
			way the Enterprise might be able
			to coax this satellite back where
			it belongs... ?

									INTERCUT:

3    INT. ENGINEERING

	GEORDI's at a console. SUPERNUMERARIES at various
	positions. The matter/anti-matter blender bubbling with
	power.

					GEORDI
			We'd need to apply a delta-vee
			of at least four kilometers per
			second. Even with warp power to
			the tractor beam, it would mean
			exceeding recommended impulse
			engine output by at least
			forty-seven percent. It'd be like
			an ant pushing a tricycle... a
			slim chance at best...

        STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - TEASER        3.

3    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			Given a choice between slim and
			none, I'll take slim any day...

					PICARD
			Make it so.

					RIKER
			Lieutenant Worf, signal all ships
			in this sector to rendezvous and
			join us in relief efforts.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Main Viewer)
			We'll keep you informed of our
			progress. Picard out.

4
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8

9    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The tractor beam flares out of the ship and grabs onto
	the small moon. The warp engines flare brighter as we
	apply power. The ship is trying to "plow" the moon
	into a higher orbit.

10   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As before. Picard and Riker looking at the viewer.
	The tractor beam holds the small moon. The moon does
	not move.

	Picard gets up and walks closer to the viewer.

					RIKER
			Can you give us any more,
			Geordi... ?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Not without burning out the
			tractor beam emitter... the
			circuits are already beyond their
			thermal limit.

        STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - TEASER        4.

10   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Delta-vee is ninety-two meters per
			second. The mass is too great.
			We are having an effect but it
			is negligible.

	In the background, a strange noise... it begins low...
	more like a million voices than a million machines...

					RIKER
			What is that...

					DATA
			Unable to identify source...

	It gets louder...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Impulse engines passing saftey
			limits. We're seconds from
			automatic shutdown.

					PICARD
			Reduce engines... tractor beam
			off...

	The sound continues to grow... and seems to surround
	the ship... they react... almost deafening now...

					RIKER
			Worf, what the hell do the sensors
			show... ?

					WORF
			The sound is not registering,
			Commander...

	The sound swirling inside and all around... ends with
	a slight POP. Q APPEARS, naked, suspended above
	everyone, as though held by an invisible puppet.

					Q
			Red Alert.

					PICARD
			Q.

	And Q promptly crashes to the floor. On reactions...

11
thru	OMITTED
16
									FADE OUT.

					END TEASER

        STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/21/89 - ACT ONE        5.

					ACT ONE

	FADE IN:

17   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As it orbits Bre'el, maintaining its distance to the
	moon, Klyo.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. We
			are no closer to finding a
			solution to the deteriorating
			orbit of the Bre'el Four moon...
			but with the arrival of Q, we now
			have a good idea of the cause.

18   INT. BRIDGE

	Starting with Q putting on his jump suit...

					GEORDI (O.S.)
			We couldn't drive the tractor
			emitters hard enough, Captain...

	Panning to find Picard is getting a debriefing on the
	failed moon attempt from Geordi...

					GEORDI
			The beam was flexing, and it was
			impossible to transfer enough
			kinetic energy to the moon...

					PICARD
			Our options?

					GEORDI
			We did everything by the book and
			a little extra... we need more
			time or more power and we're short
			on both. I'll take a look and see
			if there are any rules I haven't
			broken.

       STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/20/89 - ACT ONE       5A.

18   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Keep me advised.

	Geordi EXITS. Picard turns toward Q with loathing
	in his eyes...

					RIKER
			We know you're behind this, Q...

					Q
				(re: the jumpsuit)
			It's not at all my best color...
			Behind what... what are you
			blathering about, Riker...

	Picard moves to confront him...

					PICARD
			What kind of twisted pleasure does
			it give you to bring terror into
			their lives... ?

					Q
			What? Whose lives?

					PICARD
			The millions of people down there
			who are watching as their moon
			falls out of the sky...

					Q
			I haven't the vaguest idea what
			you're talking about... and I have
			a much more serious problem...
			I am no longer a member of the
			continuum. My superiors have
			decided to punish me.

	Picard frowns... refusing to participate with this
	game of Q's...

					PICARD
			And punish us as well, it seems...

	He ignores Q, moves away...

        STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/20/89 - ACT ONE        6.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					Q
			They said I've spread too much
			chaos through the universe and
			they have stripped me of all my
			powers.

	They look at him with disbelieving eyes. Off their
	reaction --

					Q
			You do not believe me... ? Would
			I humiliate myself like this?

					RIKER
			If it served your purposes, yes.

					Q
			It is the truth. I stand before
			you, defrocked. I'm condemned
			to be a member of this lowest of
			species. A normal, imperfect,
			lumpen human being.

					TROI
			Turning you into a human was part
			of their punishment... ?

					Q
			No, it was my request. I could
			have chosen to exist as a
			Markoffian fire lizard or a
			Belzoidian flea, anything I
			wished... so long as it was
			mortal, but I only had a fraction
			of a second to mull and I chose...
			"this"... and asked them to bring
			me here...

					TROI
			Why?

        STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/20/89 - ACT ONE        7.

18   CONTINUED: (3)

					Q
				(moving to Picard)
			Because in all the universe you
			are the closest thing I have to
			a friend, Jean-Luc.

	Q smiles to Picard... Picard's look says it all. Data
	aims a tricorder at Q.

					DATA
			He is reading as fully human.

					Q
				(looks around the
				 bridge)
			Is there an echo in here?

					TROI
			I'm even sensing an emotional
			presence in him. I would
			normally describe it as being
			terrified.

					Q
			How rude.

	Enough of this... Picard rises, moves back into the
	fray.

					PICARD
			Q, what is it you want...

					Q
			Your compassion...
				(a beat, off Picard's
				 look)
			All right... Sanctuary on your
			ship... dreary as that may sound
			to both of us...

					PICARD
			Return the moon to its orbit.

					Q
			I have no powers. Q the ordinary.

					PICARD
			Q, the liar. Q, the misanthrope.

       STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/20/89 - ACT ONE       7A.

18   CONTINUED: (4)

					Q
			Q, the miserable. Q, the
			desperate. What must I do to
			convince you people...

					WORF
			Die.

        STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/20/89 - ACT ONE        8.

18   CONTINUED: (5)

					Q
			Very clever, Worf. Eat any good
			books lately?

					PICARD
			Fine. You wish to be treated as
			a human?

					Q
			Absolutely.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, throw him in the
			brig.

					WORF
			Delighted, Captain.

					Q
			Jean-Luc... you can't do this...

	Worf moves to him...

					WORF
			You will walk or I will carry you.

					Q
			Given the options -- I'll walk.

	As they EXIT...

					Q
				(to Picard)
			You've disappointed me, Jean-
			Luc... I'm very disa...

	And Worf closes the turbolift doors... Riker and Picard
	exchange a glance.

18A  INT. TURBOLIFT (FORMERLY SCENE 19)

	Worf and Q.

					Q
			It was a mistake... I never should
			have picked human... I knew it
			the minute I said it.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - 11/14/89 - ACT ONE          9.

18A  CONTINUED:

					Q (Cont'd)
			To think of the future in this
			shell... forced to cover myself
			with fabric because of outdated
			human morality, to say nothing
			of being too hot or too cold,
			growing feeble as the years pass,
			losing my hair, catching a
			disease, being ticklish, sneezing,
			having an itch, a pimple, bad
			breath, having to bathe...

					WORF
				(acknowledges)
			Too bad.

19   INT. CORRIDOR (FORMERLY SCENE 20)

	Q and Worf exit the turbolift and walk down the
	corridor.

					Q
			"Klingon"... I should have said
			"Klingon". In my heart, I am a
			Klingon, Worf... So you understand
			I could never survive in
			confinement...
			The universe has been my back
			yard... this is cruel and unusual
			punishment. As a fellow Klingon,
			if you would speak to the captain
			on my behalf, I would be eternally
			grateful... which doesn't mean
			as much as it used to, I admit.

19A  INT. DETENTION CELL (OPTICAL)

					WORF
			Be quiet or disappear back where
			you came from.

	Worf ushers him in.

					Q
			I can't disappear any more than
			you can win a beauty contest.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - 11/14/89 - ACT ONE          10.

19A  CONTINUED:

					Q (Cont'd)
			If I ask a very simple question,
			do you think you can grasp it
			without troubling your intellect
			too much... ready? If I still
			had powers, would I permit you
			to lock me away?

					WORF
			You have fooled us too often, Q.

					Q
			Perspicacity incarnate. Please
			don't feel compelled to tell me
			the story of "the boy who cried
			Worf"?

					WORF
			Computer, activate forcefield.

	The room is now divided by a rim of lights. Q tests
	the force field. We see the EFFECT. Worf leaves. A
	security guard holds position...

					Q
				(yelling at Worf)
			I demand to be let out of here,
			do you hear me? You will
			deactivate this cell immediately.
				(no answer)
			"Romulan". I should have said
			"Romulan", you Klingon goat!

	And he sits down in frustration.

20   OMITTED

21   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard and Riker seated at the desk.

					PICARD
			The question is -- what sort of
			jaded game is he playing this
			time?

       STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - ACT ONE       11.

21   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Maybe he just wants a big laugh.
			He'll take Bre'el Four to the edge
			of disaster, then pull the moon
			back.

					PICARD
				(thoughtful)
			Or he may have nothing to do with
			it at all.

					RIKER
			Do you honestly believe Q is
			telling the truth?

					PICARD
			Oh, I agree that is highly
			unlikely. But we have to proceed
			with our current dilemma as though
			Q is powerless to prevent it,
			don't we?

					RIKER
			As he sits, and watches us
			struggle...

					PICARD
			I don't see much choice.
				(speaking to com)
			Mister Worf, hail the Bre'el Four
			science station...

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			They're standing by, Captain...

	Picard turns on his monitor to reveal Garin and the
	Scientist.

					PICARD
			I'm sorry to report that our first
			attempt to restore the moon to
			its proper orbit has failed.

					GARIN
			We have less than twenty-five
			hours before impact...

       STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - ACT ONE       11A.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Our chief engineer is working on
			ways to reinforce our tractor beam.

					PICARD
			There is hope... but if you have
			an evacuation plan...

					GARIN
			We have already started moving
			people from the coastal areas of
			the western continent...

					PICARD
				(acknowledges)
			We will make another attempt
			shortly... Picard out.

	He turns off the monitor...

					RIKER
			I gotta tell you Geordi is not
			optimistic...

	Suddenly, the room begins to glow... Picard and Riker
	exchange glances and head for the door.

					PICARD
			What the devil... ?

	As they exit...

22   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	the EFFECT continues... Picard and Riker ENTER from the
	Ready Room... Data and supernumeraries are reacting.

       STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - ACT ONE       12.

22   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Data... ?

					DATA
			Sensors are showing broad band
			emissions... including Berthold
			rays...

					RIKER
			Lethal?

					DATA
			No, Commander. Overall exposure
			is under seventy-five rems. Very
			low intensity. More like a soft
			medical scan... I would speculate
			that we are being probed...

					PICARD
			By whom?

					DATA
			The sensors cannot identify point
			of origin. It seems to be coming
			from all around us...

	Off their reactions...

22A  INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi reacts as the EFFECT rolls by...

22B  INT. DETENTION (OPTICAL)

	Q is asleep with a rather pleasant expression on his
	face as the EFFECT zips right through the forcefields
	holding him prisoner... As the probe penetrates the
	field there is an additional EFFECT. The probe finds
	him and lingers on his face... and as it suddenly zips
	away...

									FADE OUT.

					END ACT ONE

          STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - 11/14/89 - ACT TWO          13.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

22C  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

23   INT. DETENTION (OPTICAL)

	Picard ENTERS... Q, lying on his bunk, opens an eye...

					Q
			Ah, you've come to apologize...
			how nice... no offense taken...
			all is forgiven...

	He rises.

					PICARD
			Enough. I want to know exactly
			what is going on, Q...

					Q
			But Jean-Luc, how can I know what
			is going on? I have been in this
			dungeon of yours, helpless and
			alone... bored to tears...

					PICARD
			We have a moon that is
			inexplicably falling out of
			orbit... and now the ship has been
			probed with Berthold radiation...

					Q
				(covering up some
				 concern)
			When? I wasn't aware of it.
				(off Picard's look)
			Truthfully, Jean-Luc. I have
			been entirely preoccupied by a
			most frightening experience of
			my own. A couple of hours ago,
			I started realizing this body was
			no longer functioning properly...
			I felt weak, the life oozing out
			of me... I could no longer
			stand... and then I lost
			consciousness...

          STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - 11/14/89 - ACT TWO          14.

23   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You fell asleep...

					Q
			It's terrifying... how can you
			stand it day after day...

					PICARD
			One gets used to it...

					Q
			What other dangers are in store
			for me... I am totally unprepared
			for this... I need guidance...

	Picard frowns, getting nowhere.

					PICARD
			I am unwilling to play along, Q.
			If you must keep up the charade,
			you will do it alone...

	As he starts to leave...

					Q
			Jean-Luc... wait...

	He walks into the FORCEFIELD... bounces back...

					Q
			This is getting on my nerves...
			now that I have nerves...

	Picard pauses at the door...

					Q
			You have a moon with a
			deteriorating orbit... I've known
			moons across the universe... big
			ones, small ones... I'm an
			expert... I can help you with this
			one... if you let me out of here.

	Picard reacts.

					PICARD
			Q, we're dealing with millions
			of lives... if you have the power
			to...

       STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - ACT TWO       15.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					Q
			I have no power... But I still
			have the knowledge... locked in
			this puny brain. You cannot
			afford to dismiss that advantage,
			can you?

	Picard must hold himself back... finally keys his
	insignia...

					PICARD
			Mister Data, please report to
			Detention Cell Three. Computer,
			remove the forcefield.
				(to Q)
			If this is what I must do to save
			those lives, I will.

	The field is removed. Q tentatively crosses past the
	barrier...

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			You will not be left alone for
			one moment while you are on this
			ship, Q. If you are human, which
			I seriously doubt, I suggest you
			work hard to earn our welcome.

					Q
			Oh, I'll earn your welcome. You
			only dislike me. There are others
			in the cosmos that truly despise
			me.

	Data ENTERS.

					PICARD
			You are hereby assigned to Q for
			the remainder of his stay...
			escort him to Mister La Forge in
			Engineering...

					Q
			Can I have a Starfleet uniform...

	That does not require an answer... Picard EXITS...
	Data studies Q.

					Q
			What are you looking at?

       STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/22/89 - ACT TWO       16.

23   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			I was considering the possibility
			that you are telling the truth...
			and really are human.

					Q
			It's the ghastly truth, Mister
			Data... I can now stub my toe with
			the best of them.

					DATA
				(recognizing)
			An irony.
				(off Q's reaction)
			It would mean you have achieved
			in disgrace what I have always
			aspired to be.

	A beat on Data, then...

23A  INT. CORRIDOR

	Q accompanying Data to Engineering.

					Q
			Humans are such commonplace little
			creatures. They roam the galaxy
			looking for something, and they
			don't even know what it is.

					DATA
			The human race has an enduring
			desire for knowledge, and for new
			opportunities to improve itself...

					Q
			There is certainly room for
			improvement. The truth is, Data,
			they are a minor species in the
			grand scheme. Not worth your
			envy...

					DATA
			Oh, I do not feel envy.

					Q
			Good.

       STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/22/89 - ACT TWO       16A.

23A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I feel nothing at all. That is
			part of my dilemma. I have the
			curiosity of the human... but there
			are some questions I will never be
			able to answer... what is it like to
			laugh or to cry or to experience
			any human emotion... ?

					Q
			Believe me, life's a lot simpler
			without feelings... a lot
			simpler...

	And as they proceed down the hall...

24   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Q is with Data and Geordi, bending over, studying data,
	photographs at the pool table...

					GEORDI
			The moon will hit its perigee in
			ten hours... we match its
			trajectory... increase emitter
			coolant rate so we can apply
			continuous warp-equivalent power
			nine to the tractor beam. We can
			keep pushing it for nearly seven
			hours and I think that might do
			it... but there's a problem...

					DATA
			The Enterprise will be dangerously
			close to the atmosphere.

					GEORDI
			That's the problem.

					Q
			This is incredible.

       STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - ACT TWO       17.

24   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			You see something here, Q?

					Q
			I think I just hurt my back. I'm
			feeling pain. I don't think I
			like it. What's the right thing
			to say... "ow"?

					GEORDI
				(frustrated)
			Yeah...

					Q
			Ow. I don't think I can
			straighten up...

					DATA
				(keying insignia)
			Medical assistance to
			Engineering...

					GEORDI
			Q, I've got a few people down on
			Bre'el Four who are gonna be hurt
			if we don't...

					Q
				(interrupting)
			Yes, with your marvelous plan,
			you will not only tear the moon
			to pieces... but your precious
			ship as well.

					GEORDI
			You have a better idea... ?

					Q
			I would certainly begin by
			examining the cause and not the
			symptom.

					GEORDI
			We've done that, Q... and there's
			no way to determine...

       STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - ACT TWO       18.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					Q
			This is obviously the result of
			a large celestial object passing
			through at near right angles to
			the plane of the star system...
			probably a black hole...

					DATA
			Can you recommend a way to counter
			the effect?

					Q
			Simple. Change the gravitational
			constant of the universe.

					GEORDI
				(reacts)
			What... ?

					Q
			Change the gravitational constant
			of the universe. And thereby
			alter the mass of the asteroid...

					GEORDI
			Redefine gravity. How am I
			supposed to do that?

					Q
			You just do it. Where is that
			doctor anyway... ?

					DATA
			Geordi is trying to say that
			changing the gravitational
			constant of the universe is beyond
			our capabilities.

					Q
			Oh. In that case, never mind.

	Beverly ENTERS from the Engineering turbolift.

					Q
			Ah, Doctor Crusher, Starfleet
			shipped you back into exile, I
			see...

					DATA
			Q says he has hurt his back...

       STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/15/89 - ACT TWO       19.

24   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
				(disbelieving)
			Uh huh.

	Geordi's mind is working now... as Beverly examines
	Q's back, he goes to the computer, starts working on
	something...

					BEVERLY
			Well, I wouldn't believe it if
			I didn't see it with my own eyes,
			... and I still don't believe
			it... according to this, you have
			classic back trauma, muscle
			spasms...

					Q
			I've been under a lot of stress.
			Family problems...

					BEVERLY
			You won't get any sympathy from
			me. You've been a pain in our
			backside often enough...

					Q
			Your bedside manner is admirable,
			Doctor. I'm sure your patients
			recover quickly just to get away
			from you.

	She gives him a hypospray and he immediately feels
	better... at the computer --

					GEORDI
			You know, it might work...

	Data moves to Geordi...

					GEORDI
			We can't change the gravitational
			constant of the universe but if
			we wrap a low level warp field
			around that moon, we could reduce
			its gravitational constant...
			make it lighter so we can push
			it.

					Q
			Glad I could help.
				(reacts)
			Ow... I think.

          STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - 11/14/89 - ACT TWO          20.

24   CONTINUED: (4)

					BEVERLY
			Now what?

					Q
			Something's wrong with my
			stomach...

					BEVERLY
			It hurts?

					Q
			It's making noise.

					BEVERLY
			Maybe you're hungry.

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28

29   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Q and Data ENTER...

					Q
			What do I ask for? I've never
			eaten before.

					DATA
			The choice of meal is determined
			by individual tastes.

					Q
			What do you like?

					DATA
			Although I do not require
			sustenance, I occasionally ingest
			a semi-organic nutrient suspension
			in a silicon-based liquid medium.

	They sit at the bar.

					Q
			Is it good?

					DATA
			It would be more accurate to
			say it is "good for me" as it
			lubricates my bio-functions.

          STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - 11/14/89 - ACT TWO          21.

29   CONTINUED:

					Q
			It doesn't sound too appealing.
			What else is there?

					DATA
			A wide variety of items... the
			replicator can make anything you
			desire.

					Q
			How am I supposed to know what
			I desire?

					DATA
			I have observed that many food
			selections are influenced by the
			mood of the person ordering...

					Q
			I'm in a dreadful mood... get me
			something appropriate...

					DATA
				(considers)
			When Counselor Troi is in an
			unhappy mood, she often has
			something chocolate...

					Q
			Chocolate...

					DATA
			For example, a hot fudge sundae.
			I cannot speak from personal
			experience, but I have seen it
			often has a profound psychological
			impact.

	A waiter comes over.

					Q
			I'll have ten hot fudge sundaes.

	The waiter reacts.

					DATA
			I have never seen anyone eat ten.

					Q
			I'm in a really bad mood. And
			since I've never eaten before,
			I should be very hungry.

          STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - 11/14/89 - ACT TWO          22.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

	The waiter shrugs and moves off. Q reacts as he sees
	--

29A  ANGLE - GUINAN

	down the bar, coming out from the back... she sees him,
	reacts... Q frowns...

					Q
				(sotto, to Data)
			This... is not a moment I've been
			looking forward to.

	She slowly comes over... with a controlled grin, a long
	beat as they look each other. Finally...

					GUINAN
			I heard you were drummed out of
			the continuum.

					Q
			I prefer to look at it as a
			significant career change.

					GUINAN
			Just one of the boys, huh?

					Q
			One of the boys with an IQ of
			two thousand and five.

					DATA
			The Captain and much of the crew
			are not yet convinced that he is
			truly human.

					GUINAN
			Is that right?

	Guinan never takes her eyes off Q as she casually picks
	up a fork from behind the counter... and sharply stabs
	Q's hand...

					Q
			AAAH...

					GUINAN
			He's human.

       STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/15/89 - ACT TWO       23.

29A  CONTINUED:

					Q
				(to Data)
			This is a dangerous creature.
			You have no idea... how could
			Picard allow her to join the crew
			and not me...

					GUINAN
			It must be frightening... totally
			defenseless... after being
			omnipotent all those centuries...

					Q
				(intimidated)
			I'm warning you... I still have
			friends in high places...

					GUINAN
			... terrorizing one race after
			another... teasing them like
			helpless animals... delighting
			at the fear of your victims...

					Q
				(sarcastic)
			From now on, I'll do missionary
			work...

					DATA
			That would be a very noble cause,
			Q.

					GUINAN
				(re: Data)
			You could learn a few things from
			this one.

					Q
			Sure, the robot who teaches the
			course in humanities.

					DATA
			I am an android, not a robot.

					Q
			I beg your pardon.

					GUINAN
			Get used to it, Q.

					Q
			What?

       STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - ACT TWO       24.

29A  CONTINUED: (2)

					GUINAN
			Begging. You're a pitiful excuse
			for a human and the only way
			you're going to survive is by the
			charity of others.

	She moves down the bar.

	Two waiters bring Q's ten hot fudge sundaes... he's
	depressed, turns to Data, sighs --

					Q
			I'm not hungry.

	On Data's reaction...

30   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, supernumeraries.

					WORF
			Captain, sensors are picking up
			a cloud of energetic plasma...
			bearing three-four-one mark
			two-zero... range twelve kilometers
			and closing...

					PICARD
			On screen.

30A  ANGLE - INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	An amorphous mass, shapeless and changing.

					WORF
			Energy patterns are reading as
			highly organized...

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			A lifeform?

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, attempt to make
			contact...

					WORF
			Receiving a signal, sir... on
			speaker...

       STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - ACT TWO       25.

30A  CONTINUED:

	Worf puts it on speaker... it sounds like a series of
	computer modem signals... hurts the ears...

					RIKER
			Computer, analysis of signal...

					COMPUTER
			Signal patterns indicate
			intelligence. Unable to derive
			necessary referants to establish
			translation matrix.

30B  INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	As people react to the cloud in view out the windows...
	Guinan reacts more than the others...

					GUINAN
			Calamarain...

	... and as she glances at Q who hasn't seen it yet...
	there is a shot of light from the cloud which shoots
	through the window... and immediately isolates Q...
	he yells... avoids them briefly... but they move after
	him... as Data reacts...

30C  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					WORF
			We're being hit by a field of
			energetic tachyons... penetrating
			the hull... location... deck
			ten... forward...

					PICARD
			Red alert.

					RIKER
			Increase power to shields...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Increasing power by twenty
			percent...

					WORF
			No effect...

       STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - ACT TWO       26.

30C  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Increasing to forty percent...

					WORF
			Still no effect...

30D  INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	The light EFFECT has wrapped up Q's legs as he
	scrambles helplessly to escape... Data tries to assist
	but the light EFFECT effectively blocks him off...

30E  INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi working feverishly...

					GEORDI
			Adjusting shield harmonics...
			Diverting power to the forward
			grids.

30EA	INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					WORF
			The added harmonics are blocking
			the tachyon field.

30F  INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	The light EFFECT is cut off... Q is freed... still
	terrified... rolling on the ground...

					Q
			HELP ME. SOMEBODY HELP ME...

	On Guinan's reaction...

					GUINAN
			How the mighty have fallen.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/20/89 - ACT THREE      27.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

31   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Orbiting Bre'el. The plasma cloud is still ominously
	present.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. We
			have sustained light damage from
			an attack by an alien species
			known as the Calamarain. They
			apparently have a grievance with
			Q... no doubt one of many
			lifeforms that do.

32   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, Troi are on the bridge.
	Q paces nervously. His rhetoric remains, but there
	is an underlying fear that we've never seen from him.

					Q
			The Calamarain are not very
			hospitable creatures. They exist
			as swirls of ionized gas.

					PICARD
			What did you do to them to
			motivate such a vengeance?

					Q
			Nothing bizarre. Nothing
			grotesque.

					RIKER
			You tormented them --

					Q
			A subjective term, Riker. One
			creature's torment, is another
			creature's delight. They simply
			have no sense of humor... a
			character flaw with which you can
			personally identify.

					RIKER
			I say we turn him over to them.


      STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/20/89 - ACT THREE      27A.

32   CONTINUED:

					Q
			Oh, my mistake... you do have a
			sense of humor... a dreadful one.

					RIKER
			I'm serious.

	Picard is adding things up... realizing...

      STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - ACT THREE      28.

32   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Of course. You knew this would
			happen, didn't you?

					Q
			I assure you one cannot anticipate
			the Calamarain, Picard... they're
			intelligent, yes... but
			undependable... very flighty...

					PICARD
			But you have so many enemies, Q,
			of various shapes and sizes...
			certainly you must have been
			concerned that once you became
			mortal... some of them might try
			to look you up...

					Q
			It occurred to me.

					PICARD
			With all your chatter about
			"friendship", the real reason
			you're here is for protection,
			isn't it?

					Q
			You're so bright, Jean-Luc. Yes,
			of course, you're correct. I know
			human beings. You are all sopping
			over with compassion and
			forgiveness. The human race can't
			wait to absolve almost any
			offense. It's an inherent
			weakness in the breed.

					PICARD
			What you call weakness, some of
			us would call strength.

					Q
			Call it what you want, Picard.
			I know you'll protect me even
			though I've tortured you now and
			again...

					RIKER
			Fighting off every species you've
			insulted would be a full time
			mission. And it's not the one
			I signed up for.

      STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/15/89 - ACT THREE      28A.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Indeed. Human or not, I want no
			part of you. We will deposit you
			at the first starbase. Let them
			deal with you...

					Q
			But I can be a valuable member
			of your team, Picard...

					PICARD
			As though you have the faintest
			notion about team-work or
			cooperation...

      STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/15/89 - ACT THREE      29.

32   CONTINUED: (3)

					Q
			I can learn. I'm human.

					PICARD
			Then I suggest you apply to
			Starfleet Academy...

					RIKER
			Don't use me as a reference.

					DATA
			He has provided important
			theoretical guidance for Geordi's
			analysis of the Bre'el satellite,
			Captain.

	Reactions. Surprise at Data speaking up on his behalf.

					TROI
			It seems you have an advocate,
			Q.

					DATA
			I am only stating a fact,
			Counselor.

	Picard reluctantly acknowledges that fact... keys his
	insignia...

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, your status?

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34
									INTERCUT:

35   INT. ENGINEERING

	At the console...

					GEORDI
			I've been putting together a
			program to extend the forward
			lobe of our warp field. The field
			coils are not designed to envelop
			such a large volume. But I'm
			attempting to modify their
			alignment parameters.

      STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - ACT THREE      29A.

35   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Maintaining field integrity will
			be difficult, Geordi.

					GEORDI
			I think we can do it manually.
			The moon's reaching its perigee
			in fourteen minutes...

      STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/15/89 - ACT THREE      30.

36   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Mister Data, escort Q to
			Engineering...
				(to Q)
			You will assist Mister La Forge.

	Data and Q EXIT.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, hail the Bre'el Four
			science station.

36A  INT. TURBOLIFT

	Data and Q... Q fuming...

					Q
			Picard really thinks I can't cut
			it on his starship... I can do
			anything his little trained
			minions can do.

					DATA
			I do not perceive that your skills
			are doubted, Q. I believe the
			captain is more concerned with
			your ability to interact
			successfully with... his "little
			trained minions".

	The turbolift opens... they EXIT...

36B  INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	Leading to Engineering.

					DATA
			Human interpersonal relationships
			are most complex... your
			experiences may not have
			adequately prepared you.

      STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - ACT THREE      31.

36B  CONTINUED:

					Q
			I don't want human interpersonal
			relationships. I just want to
			prove to Picard that I'm
			indispensable.

					DATA
			To function aboard a starship,
			or in any human activity, you will
			have to form relationships.

					Q
			Why does this have to be so
			hard...

					DATA
			Of more immediate importance is
			your ability to work within
			groups...

					Q
			I've never been any good in
			groups... it's difficult working
			in a group when you're
			omnipotent...

	Moving down the corridor toward Engineering...

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38

39   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Doctor Garin and the scientist are on the Main
	Viewer... Troi has left the bridge.

					GARIN
			The tides reached ten meters on
			the last orbit. They are already
			beginning to swell again. We have
			a lot of frightened people down
			here, Captain...

					PICARD
			Your moon has begun moving toward
			its perigee, Doctor... we are
			prepared to make our attempt...

      STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/15/89 - ACT THREE      31A.

39   CONTINUED:

					SCIENTIST
				(acknowledges)
			Our population has already taken
			shelter... but I'm afraid no
			shelter will be adequate if you
			fail... Especially for the
			people on the western continent.

					GARIN
			Whatever the results, we know
			you've done your best, Picard.
			It's appreciated.

      STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/20/89 - ACT THREE      32.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I'll keep you advised, Doctor.
			Picard out.

					WORF
			Captain, sensors are reading
			increased energy output from the
			Calamarain...

39A  PICARD

	reacts...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge to bridge. The moon has
			reached its minimum orbital
			distance... it's time, Captain...

					RIKER
			We'll have to lower shields...

					PICARD
				(knowing the risks)
			Proceed.
				(beat)
			Mister Worf, keep a close eye on
			Q's friends out there...

					WORF
			Understood.

40   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi and supernumeraries are working the controls as
	Data and Q ENTER... Q, the "camp director"...

					Q
			Okay, everyone, here's what we're
			going to do...

	Geordi reacts...

      STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - ACT THREE      33.

40   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Q, everybody already knows what
			they're going to do, except for
			you... now here's what I need...

					Q
			La Forge, obviously my knowledge
			and experience exceed yours...
			by about a billion times... so
			if you'll just step aside
			gracefully...

					GEORDI
				(impatient)
			Your experience will be most
			valuable to me if you can manually
			control the field integrity...

					Q
				(reacts)
			Don't be foolish. That's a waste
			of my talents...

					GEORDI
			Get to the controls or get the
			hell out of here...

	And he moves off to serious business...

					GEORDI
			Data, you're my liason to the
			bridge... I'll need you with me...

					Q
				(to Data)
			Who does he think he is to give
			me orders...

					DATA
			Geordi thinks he is in command
			here... and he is correct.

	Q swallows hard... moves to the controls... as Data
	moves to Geordi...

40A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Engineering, holding at station
			keeping, range six hundred and
			forty meters.

      STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/16/89 - ACT THREE      33A.

40A  CONTINUED:

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Containment fields to flight
			tolerance.

40B  INT. ENGINEERING

	Q running the controls... moving to find Data
	monitoring sensors with Geordi...

					DATA
			Warp core to ninety percent.

					GEORDI
			Engage field coils. Tractor beam
			to stand-by. Field output... ?
			Field output... ?

					Q
				(reacts, bored)
			Two-seventeen...

					GEORDI
			Impulse engines to full. Ready
			to engage tractor beam.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Lowering shields. Engage tractor
			beam.

      STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - ACT THREE      34.

41   OMITTED

42   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As in the tease, the tractor beam locks onto the moon.

42A  INT. ENGINEERING

					GEORDI
			Extending warp field forward.

42B  ANGLE - MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	A computer graphic shows the field extending from the
	ship and embracing the moon... only it doesn't quite
	get it all...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Engineering, is that the forward
			limit?

					DATA
			Yes, Captain... we are unable to
			encompass the entire moon...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Do you recommend we proceed... ?

	A beat as they look to Geordi...

					Q
				(shakes his head)
			The two parts of the moon will have
			different inertial densities...

42C  ANGLE - MOVING WITH GEORDI

					GEORDI
			I can adjust the field symmetry
			to compensate...

					Q
			I doubt it.

					GEORDI
			You don't know what this ship can
			do, Mister...
				(keying insignia)
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/16/89 - ACT THREE      34A.

42C  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
			Yes, Captain... I think it still
			might work... increasing power
			to tractor beam and warp field...

					Q
				(to LaForge)
			And if you're wrong, the moon will
			crumble due to subspace stress...
			don't say I didn't warn...

					GEORDI
			Shut up, Q.

	Leaving his post...

					Q
			I will not be spoken to in this
			manner...

      STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - ACT THREE      35.

42C  CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
				(do something about him)
			Data...

					DATA
			Q, I strongly advise that you
			return to your post.

	Q reacts, listens to Data, hangs his head, returns to
	his post...

					DATA
				(checking readings)
			Inertial mass of the moon has
			decreased to approximately
			two-point-five million metric
			tons...

					GEORDI
			It's working. We can move it.
			Firing impulse engines...

42D  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As the impulse engines provide thrust...

43   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As before. The computer graphic is on the main viewer.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			The moon's trajectory has
			moved point-three percent...
			point-four percent...

	Worf reacts to something he sees on sensors...

					WORF
			Emergency... shields up...

					RIKER
			Disengage tractor beam...

					WORF
			Calamarain attacking...

	He's interrupted as the Enterprise suffers a massive
	impact...

      STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/16/89 - ACT THREE      35A.

43   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Shields holding... tachyon field
			repelled...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Captain, the impact of the blast
			is pushing us into the upper
			atmosphere...

      STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - ACT THREE      36.

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45A

45B  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	glows as it hits the atmosphere...

45C  INT. ENGINEERING

					DATA
			Hull temperature rising... two
			thousand degrees... two thousand
			five hundred degrees.

					GEORDI
			Moving to full impulse power...
			we've gotta get out of here...

45D  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			Calamarain are resuming attack...

	Suddenly, the ship is shaken again... and now the light
	EFFECT invades the bridge...

					WORF
			They've overpowered the shields...
			hull penetration... deck
			thirty-six... Engineering...

					RIKER
			Geordi, can you direct any more
			power to the shields... ?

45E  INT. ENGINEERING

					GEORDI
			We need all the power we have to
			get out of the atmosphere,
			Commander.

	The LIGHT EFFECT reaches and grabs Q who yells...
	Data is on his feet on his way to help Q... who is
	being wrapped up in the EFFECT like a caterpillar in
	a cocoon... being raised up in the air...

           STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - ACT THREE          37.

45E  CONTINUED:

	Geordi gets an idea to repel the attack...

					GEORDI
				(to a supernumerary)
			Try activating the structural
			integrity field.

	As Q is lifted, Data grabs him in a tug of war... when
	suddenly Data is enveloped by the EFFECT... Geordi
	reacts...

					GEORDI
				(yelling orders)
			It's not working. Structural
			field harmonics on manual.

	He moves to the console, begins making manual
	adjustments...

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Hull temperature falling, Geordi...
			we're in the clear...

					GEORDI
			Diverting power to forward section.
			Now.

	The light disappears... Data and Q fall to the
	ground... Geordi rushes to Data who isn't moving...
	others join him...

					GEORDI
			Data... Data... ?

	Q, not getting any attention...

					Q
			What about me?

									FADE OUT.

					END OF ACT THREE

           STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/22/89 - ACT FOUR           38.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

46   OMITTED

46A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit.

46B  OMITTED

46C  INT. SICKBAY (FORMERLY SCENE 46B)

	Data is unconscious. Geordi and Beverly are both
	working on him... Picard, Riker and Q watching. Q
	seems confused, unsure of how to act or what to do.

					GEORDI
			The charge nearly knocked out his
			positronic net.

					RIKER
			What can you do for him?

					GEORDI
			We'll try to discharge and reset
			the motor pathways, recouple
			autonomic nodes...

					BEVERLY
			There's overpressure in his
			fluidic systems, thermal shock...
			If he was mortal, he'd be dead.

					Q
				(with a subtext of
				 guilt)
			Let us not overstate matters here,
			Doctor... I am mortal and I
			survived...

	They stare at him...

					Q
				(off their reaction)
			The cheers are overwhelming.

           STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/22/89 - ACT FOUR          38A.

46C  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(quietly seething)
			You exceed your own standards of
			selfish preoccupation. Have you
			no concern for the officer who
			very probably saved your life?

	Q does, but this is hard for him to admit...

           STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - ACT FOUR           39.

46C  CONTINUED:

					Q
				(more hope than
				 conviction)
			He's strong, he'll survive.

					GEORDI
			Osmotic pressure still negative.
			Maybe if we by-passed the flow
			regulator...

					BEVERLY
			It would be helpful if everybody
			just got out of here now...

					GEORDI
			We'll let you know as soon as
			there's anything to tell you.

	Picard and Q EXIT... Riker lingers for business...

					RIKER
			Geordi, the moon's trajectory... ?

					GEORDI
			All we did was buy ourselves
			another orbit at most... we can
			try again when it comes back to
			the perigee...

					RIKER
			And when we drop our shields, the
			Calamarains go after Q again...

					GEORDI
				(bitter about Data)
			He's not worth it, Commander.

	Riker acknowledges... EXITS.

47   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard sits at his desk, doing some busy work...
	sipping tea... a chime at the door...

           STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/15/89 - ACT FOUR           40.

47   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Come...

	Q ENTERS... they take a beat to look at each other...
	and Q is in an unusually somber mood...

					Q
			You're right, of course. I am
			extraordinarily selfish. It's
			served me so well in the past...

					PICARD
			It will not serve you here.

					Q
			Don't be so hard on me, Jean-Luc.
			You've been mortal all your life.
			You know all about dying. I've
			never given it a second thought.
			Or a first thought for that
			matter.
				(beat)
			I could have been killed. If
			not for Data... that one, brief
			delay he created, I would have
			been gone. No more me. And
			nobody would have missed me, would
			they?

	Picard looks across at Q for a long, long beat... no
	compassion from our captain here...

					Q
			And yet Data may have sacrificed
			himself for me. Why? Why would
			he risk his own life for mine?

					PICARD
			That is his special nature. He
			has learned the lessons of
			humanity well...

					Q
			I ask myself if I would have done
			the same for him. And I am forced
			to realize the answer is no. And
			I feel... I feel ashamed.

           STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/15/89 - ACT FOUR           41.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I am not your father confessor.
			You will not receive absolution
			from me, Q. You have brought
			nothing but pain and suffering
			to my crew. And to this very
			moment, I am not entirely
			convinced that this is still not
			your latest attempt at a bad joke.

					Q
			It is a bad joke. On me. I am
			the joke of the universe. The
			king who would be man.
				(beat)
			As I learn more and more about
			what it is to be human, I am more
			and more convinced that I will
			never make a good one. I just
			don't have what it takes,
			Jean-Luc. Without my powers,
			I'm frightened of everything. I'm
			a coward. I'm miserable.
				(beat)
			And I don't think I can go on this
			way.

	And he is clearly broken... he EXITS... on Picard's
	reaction...

        STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/15/89 - ACT FOUR 42-43.          

47A
thru	OMITTED
48A

49   INT. SICKBAY

	Geordi and Beverly are still working on Data who is
	conscious, but has not regained full use of his
	program...

	Q ENTERS...

					BEVERLY
			He's going to be all right.

           STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/20/89 - ACT FOUR           44.

49   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			We're recalibrating his language
			circuits... he can't talk to us
			yet.

	Q goes to Data's side. Data looks up at him.

					Q
			There are creatures in the
			universe who consider you the
			ultimate achievement, android.
			No feelings, no emotions -- no
			pain. And yet you covet those
			qualities of humanity. Believe
			me, you are not missing anything.
				(beat)
			But if it means anything to you,
			Data... you are a better human
			than I.

	He goes out and the doors close on him. Data looks at
	Beverly and Geordi...

49A  INT. TURBOLIFT

	Q ENTERS, morose...

					Q
			Where's the Main Shuttlebay?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Main Shuttlebay is located on deck
			four.

					Q
			Take me there...

50
thru	OMITTED
55

56   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker and Worf.

					WORF
			An unscheduled shuttlecraft has
			just been launched.

					PICARD
			On Main Viewer.

           STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/20/89 - ACT FOUR          44A.

56A  ANGLE - VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The shuttlecraft moves away from the ship.

					PICARD
			Opening hailing frequency.

					WORF
			Frequency open.

					PICARD
			Shuttle occupant. Identify
			yourself.

           STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/16/89 - ACT FOUR           45.

56A  CONTINUED:

	The screen changes to reveal Q in the shuttle cabin.

					Q
			Don't try to talk me out of it,
			Jean-Luc.

					PICARD
			Q? Return to the ship at once.

					Q
			I just can't get used to following
			orders.

					WORF
			Captain, the plasma cloud is
			moving toward the shuttle.

					Q
			It's easier this way. They won't
			bother you after I'm gone.

					RIKER
			Engineering, prepare to extend
			shields...

					Q
			Please, do not fall back on your
			tired cliche of charging to the
			rescue in the nick of time... I
			do not wish to be rescued... My
			life as a human being is a dismal
			failure. Maybe my death can have
			a little dignity.

					PICARD
			There is no dignity in suicide...

					Q
			Yes, I suppose you're quite right.
			The death of a coward. So be it.
				(beat)
			Anyway, as a human, I'd die of
			boredom.

	He pushes a button, goes off line and the starfield
	with shuttlecraft returns... on reactions...

              STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - 11/14/89 - ACT FOUR             46.

57
thru	OMITTED
59

60   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Calamarain in the distance... closing on the
	shuttlecraft.

61
thru	OMITTED
67
									FADE OUT.

                         END ACT FOUR                           


           STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - ACT FIVE           47.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

68   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	As before, the Calamarain moves toward the
	shuttlecraft.

69   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard frowns...

					PICARD
			This goes against all my better
			judgment...
				(keys insignia)
			Transporter Room Three, lock on
			to Shuttle One... beam it back to
			it's bay.

					ENGINEER'S VOICE
			Aye, Captain...

					PICARD
			Well, it's a perfectly good
			shuttlecraft...

					ENGINEER'S VOICE
			Captain, unable to transport...
			For some reason, I can't lock on...

					RIKER
			Worf, are you sensing any sort
			of interference from the
			Calamarain?

           STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/16/89 - ACT FIVE          47A.

69   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			No, Commander, but they are
			continuing to move toward the
			shuttle.

					RIKER
			Geordi, extend shields around
			Shuttle One...

69A  INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi moving to action...

              STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - 11/14/89 - ACT FIVE             48.

69A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Extending shields ...
				(reacts)
			Commander... the shields are
			frozen...

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Cause...

					GEORDI
			Unknown.

69B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Lock on tractor beam...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Tractor beam is not functioning
			either...

					RIKER
			What the hell is going on?

70   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	Q, at the controls. Suddenly beside him, APPEARS a man
	dressed in the same clothes as Q's. Q reacts.

					Q2
			Not bad, Q. Not great. But not
			bad.

					Q
				(surprised)
			Q...

					Q2
			Sacrificing yourself for these
			humans... ? Do I detect a selfless
			act... ?

					Q
			You flatter me. I'm only trying
			to put a quick end to a miserable
			existence.

					Q2
				(re: the suit)
			What a dreadful color.

              STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - 11/14/89 - ACT FIVE             49.

70   CONTINUED:

					Q
			What are you doing here?

					Q2
			I've been keeping track of you.

	Q reacts, pleasantly surprised...

					Q
			Really? I always felt you were
			in my corner...

					Q2
			Actually, I was the one who got
			you kicked out...
				(off Q's look)
			You're incorrigible, Q, a lost
			cause. I can't go to a single
			solar system without apologizing
			for you... and I'm tired of it...

					Q
			I wasn't the one who misplaced
			the entire Deltived asteroid
			belt...

					Q2
			This is not about me.
				(beat)
			I have better places to be. But,
			somebody had to keep an eye on
			you in case you still found a
			way to cause trouble... even as
			a member of this limited
			species...

					Q2
				(sarcastic)
			I hope I've kept you amused.

					Q2
			Barely. But these humans are
			rather interesting... I'm
			beginning to understand what you
			see in them. After all the
			things you've done, they're still
			intent on keeping you safe.

					Q
			A genetic weakness of the race.

              STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - 11/14/89 - ACT FIVE             50.

70   CONTINUED: (2)

					Q2
			And they're still at it. They
			just tried to beam you back or
			whatever they call it... I
			stopped them...

					Q
				(gallows humor)
			Well then, if the Calamarain will
			just hurry up and finish this,
			we'll get you on your way...

					Q2
			No, I put them on hold too.
			There's still this matter of the
			selfless act...

	Q reacts...

					Q2
			You and I both know that the
			Calamarain would have eventually
			destroyed the Enterprise to get
			to you... and that's really why
			you left...

					Q
				(sensing hope)
			It was... a tiny bit selfless...
			wasn't it...

					Q2
			And there's my problem. I get
			back to the continuum and tell
			them you committed a selfless act
			just before the end... I'm gonna
			be tied up with questions and
			explanations for centuries...

					Q
			Q, I've learned my lesson...

					Q2
				(bull-stuff)
			Remember who you're talking to
			here... all knowing, all seeing...
				(sighs)
			Fine. You have your powers back.
			Try to stay out of trouble...

              STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - 11/14/89 - ACT FIVE             51.

70   CONTINUED: (3)

	He DISAPPEARS. Q smiles, rises... tries on his powers
	by snapping his fingers, immediately CHANGING his jump
	suit into a Starfleet uniform...

					Q
			And they wanted to destroy me,
			did they?

	He holds out the palm of his hand.

71
thru	OMITTED
79

80   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Calamarain disappear.

81   INT. SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	Q holding out the palm of his hand. There is now a
	glow on it.

					Q
			If you think I tormented you in
			the past, my little friends --
			wait until you see what I do with
			you now.

	Q2's head comes down through the hull...

					Q2 (V.O.)
				(a warning)
			Q --?

	He stops.

					Q
			I was just seeing if you were
			still watching

	He blows on the palm of his hand. The glow is blown
	away. Q2 reacts, nods okay.

82   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Troi, Worf, Data, Geordi on the bridge.

              STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - 11/14/89 - ACT FIVE             52.

82   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Sir, the aliens have disappeared.
				(beat)
			And so has the shuttle.

					RIKER
			Scan the sector...

					DATA
			I have, sir.

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			Well, I guess that's the end of
			Q.

	A cue for the APPEARANCE of a Mexican Mariachi Band...
	Q as the lead trumpet...

					Q
			Au contraire, mon capitaine...
			heee's back...

	And as they blare into a song... Q waves his arms and
	confetti is falling out of nowhere... and the crew
	finds fat cigars in their mouths... which they
	promptly discard...

					Q
			I have been forgiven, embraced
			by my brothers and sisters of the
			continuum... I am immortal again,
			omnipotent again...

					RIKER
			Swell.

					Q
			Don't fret, Riker... my good
			fortune is your good fortune.

	Two beautiful babes APPEAR in bikinis with their arms
	around Riker...

					RIKER
			I don't need your fantasy women,
			Q...

					Q
			You've become so stolid,
			Commander... you weren't like this
			before the beard...
					(MORE)

           STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/17/89 - ACT FIVE           53.

82   CONTINUED: (4)

					Q (Cont'd)
				(off Riker's look)
			Very well...

	He snaps his fingers and the girls are now caressing
	Worf... who reacts...

					PICARD
			Q...

					Q
			But I feel like celebrating...

					PICARD
			I don't.

	Q frowns, snaps his fingers... and the girls
	DISAPPEAR...

					PICARD
			All of it.

	Q snaps his fingers and the band DISAPPEARS and Q is
	dressed again in the Starfleet uniform.

					PICARD
			Now, at the risk of being rude...

					Q
			Yes, I have once again overstayed
			my welcome. As a human, I was
			ill-equipped to thank you, Picard.
			But as myself, you have my
			everlasting gratitude.
				(beat)
			Until next time, of course. But
			before I go, there is a debt I
			must repay...

	And he moves to Data...

					Q
			... to my professor of the
			humanities... I have decided my
			dear Data to give you something
			very, very special...

					DATA
				(reacts)
			If your intention is to make me
			human, Q...

           STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/15/89 - ACT FIVE           54.

82   CONTINUED: (3)

					Q
			No no no no no... don't be
			foolish... I would never curse
			you by making you human... Let's
			just call it a going away present.

	Data reacts and Q grins at him and suddenly Q
	disappears and Data bursts into a belly laugh...
	reactions...

					GEORDI
			Uh, Data... Data? Why are you
			laughing?

	Data collects himself.

					DATA
			I do not know. But it was a
			wonderful... feeling.

					WORF
			Bre'el Four hailing us, Captain.

					PICARD
			On screen, Lieutenant.

82A
thru	OMITTED
89

90   ANGLE - INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	Garin and the scientist are all smiles...

					GARIN
			Captain Picard... you've done
			it...

					PICARD
			I'm sorry... ?

					SCIENTIST
			The moon is back in its normal
			orbit. How did you manage it?

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			I didn't. Stand by, Bre'el
			Four...

					RIKER
			Let's see it, Worf...

           STAR TREK: "Deja Q" - REV. 11/22/89 - ACT FIVE           55.

90   CONTINUED:

	The viewscreen changes to the moon in orbit around the
	planet...

					PICARD
			Mister Data, your analysis...

					DATA
			The moon's altitude is fifty-five
			thousand kilometers, projected
			orbit is nearly circular. There
			is no further danger to the
			planet.

	Picard and Riker exchange a look. Picard
	acknowledges, relieved...

					PICARD
			Good. Ensign, set a course for
			Station Nigala-Four.
				(sitting)
			Perhaps there's a little humanity
			left in Q after all.

	As he raises his hand to "engage", a cigar appears in
	it...

					Q (V.O.)
				(whispered so only he
				 can hear it)
			Don't bet on it, Picard.

91   OMITTED

92   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	It warps away to continue its journey.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             







                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                   "A Matter of Perspective" 
                          #40273-162 
                              
                          Written by 
                         Ed Zuckerman 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1989 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT
 
                      NOVEMBER 27, 1989
 

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Perspective" - 11/27/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                   "A Matter of Perspective" 
                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             KRAG
                RIKER              APGAR
                DATA               MANUA
                BEVERLY            TAYNA
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             

                O'BRIEN            

                Non-Speaking       
                TWO ART STUDENTS   
                 ENSIGN WILLIAMS
                 LIEUTENANT WRIGHT

                NUDE FEMALE MODEL  
                NURSE              
                CREWWOMAN          
                SUPERNUMERARIES    

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Perspective" - 11/27/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                   "A Matter of Perspective" 
                      
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     SPACE STATION
              CORRIDOR
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              TURBOLIFT
              SICKBAY
              HOLODECK
          
            HOLODECK
              EMPTY
              ART CLASS
              SPACE STATION
          
            SPACE STATION
              LABORATORY
              LIVING AREA
              GUEST QUARTERS

        STAR TREK: "A Matter of Perspective" - 11/30/89 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                   "A Matter of Perspective" 

                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              APGAR                  AP-garr
              DICOSILIUM             dye-co-SIL-lee-uhm
              MANUA                  MAN-you-ah
              TANUGA                 TAN-ooh-guh
              TANUGAN                TAN-ooh-gun
              TAYNA                  TAY-nah
              EMILA                  em-EEL-ah

      STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/28/89 - TEASER      1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                   "A Matter of Perspective"                        
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. HOLODECK/ART CLASS

	Open on side view of painting canvas. PICARD'S hand
	comes into picture from o.s. with paintbrush and works
	on the as-yet-unseen painting. PULL BACK to reveal
	PICARD sitting in an art class along with TWO
	SUPERNUMERARIES. They are all painting something that
	is presently o.s.

2    ANOTHER ANGLE

	shows that the class is painting a NUDE FEMALE MODEL.

3    ON HOLODECK DOORS

	The doors OPEN and DATA ENTERS. He walks over to
	address Picard.

					DATA
				(sotto voce)
			We have arrived at Tanuga Four,
			Captain. The away team has
			completed its survey of Doctor
			Apgar's work and is ready to
			return to the ship.

					PICARD
				(putting aside
				 paintbrush)
			Good.

	Data is curious about Picard's artwork and is trying
	to get a better look at it when Picard notices his
	interest.

					PICARD (cont'd)
				(gestures)
			Please... and examine the work
			of the other students as well.

	Data moves in front of all three paintings as the other
	students move aside.

      STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/30/89 - TEASER      2.

4    DATA AT PICTURE #1

	Woman with flowers.

					DATA
			Ensign Williams' striking style
			is heavily influenced by geometric
			constructivism.

	Moving to...

4A   DATA AT PICTURE #2

	Woman with violin.

					DATA
			Lieutenant Wright has effectively
			fused the incongruities of the
			surrealists with the irrationality
			of Dadaism.

	Returning to...

5    PICARD'S PAINTING

	Picard tries not to betray his feelings as Data
	prepares to pronounce judgment.

					DATA
			Interesting.

					PICARD
			How so?

					DATA
			While suggesting the free
			treatment of form usually
			attributed to Fauvism, this quite
			inappropriately attempts to
			juxtapose the disparate cubistic
			styles of Picasso and Leger. In
			addition, the use of color
			suggests a haphazard melange of
			clashing styles.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/30/89 - TEASER      3.

5    CONTINUED:

					DATA (Cont'd)
			Furthermore, the unsettling
			overtones of proto-Vulcan
			influences...

	Picard's features have become progressively clouded
	during this speech and finally he's had enough.

					PICARD
				(strained)
			Thank you... Mister Data.

					DATA
			You are welcome, sir. If I may
			be of any further assistance --

					PICARD
			No... thank you.

	Data turns and EXITS. Off Picards reaction...

5A   ALTERNATE

	Picard slowly walks toward his painting; picks up a
	jar full of paint brushes, removes the brushes and
	proceeds to throw the bright red liquid onto his
	canvas.

6    OMITTED

7    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND SPACE STATION (OPTICAL)

	The ship is in orbit around a planet along with a small
	space station.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43610.4.
			After completing a delivery of
			dicosilium to the Tanuga Four
			research station, our away team
			is receiving an update from
			Doctor Nel Apgar on his efforts
			to create Krieger Waves, a
			potentially valuable new power
			source.

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/28/89 - TEASER     3A.

8    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Data ENTER from the turbolift. WORF at
	Tactical. GEORDI is at an Aft Science Station going
	over some information on the console. Data goes to
	Ops.

					PICARD
			Welcome back, Mister La Forge.
			Where's Commander Riker?

	And Geordi answers evenly, but there is a trace of
	tension in his voice...

      STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/28/89 - TEASER      4.

8    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Still on the station, sir. Doctor
			Apgar wanted a word with him.

	Picard notices...

					PICARD
			Any problems... ?

	Hesitating, this is really something Riker should tell
	Picard about...

					GEORDI
			Not... with the scientific part
			of the mission, sir...

	Picard's curiosity is raised even further by Geordi's
	evasiveness, but before he can pursue it, Riker's voice
	breaks in over the com line.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
				(a little stiffly)
			Riker to Enterprise. I'm ready
			to leave now.

	Saved by the bell... to Picard's unspoken question --

					GEORDI
			I'm sure Commander Riker will
			explain, sir...

	What is going on, wonders Picard. As...

9    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

					O'BRIEN
			Stand by, Commander. Engaging
			transport.

	O'BRIEN energizes the transporter console. Nothing
	happens. O'Brien frowns at his console:

					O'BRIEN
				(to com panel)
			Transporter Room to Engineering.
			I have a power drain...

      STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/4/89 - TEASER      5.

9A   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Near the space station... which suddenly EXPLODES.

10   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ON PICARD AND MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAAL)

	Picard is moving toward the command center. In the
	b.g. the aftermath of the explosion is clearly visible
	on the Main Viewer. Data at Ops. Supernumerary at
	Conn.

					PICARD
				(urgently)
			Transporter Room! Is Commander
			Riker aboard?

11   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	O'Brien working furiously at the console.

					O'BRIEN
			Not yet, Captain. I'm having
			trouble clearing the signal...

	He continues to fight to bring Riker aboard. On the
	transporter pad, the TRANSPORTER EFFECT shimmers,
	weakens, shimmers again... finally RIKER begins to take
	shape. The EFFECT ENDS and Riker steps off the pad.

					O'BRIEN (cont'd)
			Transporter Room to bridge. He's
			aboard.

					RIKER
			You sound surprised, Mister
			O'Brien...

					O'BRIEN
			For a moment, we weren't sure you
			left the space station in time...

					RIKER
			In time for what... ?

					O'BRIEN
			It just exploded, sir.

	On Riker's reaction --

									FADE OUT.

					END OF TEASER

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/28/89 - ACT ONE     6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

12   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is in orbit as before. The space station is
	gone, but perhaps there is a faint cloud of particles
	or debris left over from the explosion seen earlier.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental:
			Commander Riker has informed me
			that Doctor Apgar was the only
			one aboard the space station when
			it exploded. We remain in orbit
			investigating the accident...

13   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Geordi... WESLEY is at Conn, Worf at
	Tactical, Data at Ops...

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			I've gone through the whole
			system, sir... I can't find any
			malfunction in the transporter,
			nothing that would cause an
			explosion like that...

									INTERCUT:

13A  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Why was there a power drain before
			transport?

					O'BRIEN
			I don't know, Captain.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			I want an answer to that
			question... I'm sure the Tanugans
			will too...

					O'BRIEN
			Yessir.

									END INTERCUT:

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/28/89 - ACT ONE     6A.

13B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					DATA
			Captain, the radiation and debris
			are consistent with an overload
			of the station's reactor core.

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/29/89 - ACT ONE     7.

13B  CONTINUED:

	Picard turns to Riker and Geordi...

					PICARD
			Any indications of reactor core
			problems while you were on the
			station?

					GEORDI
			No, sir.

	Riker's brow is wrinkled... his mind is not in the
	room. Picard notices...

					PICARD
			Number One... ?

	Riker looks up, shakes his head, no.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Commander La Forge suggested this
			was not an entirely routine
			mission...

					RIKER
				(sighs)
			It's a long story, Captain...
				(beat)
			... but I'm sure it doesn't have
			anything to do with this accident.

	His voice sounds uncertain.

					WORF
			Captain, Chief Investigator Krag
			of the Tanugan security force
			requests permission to beam
			aboard.

	Picard reacts, stares at Riker.

					PICARD
			Granted, Lieutenant, please escort
			our guest to the bridge.
				(beat)
			...slowly.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Worf EXITS...

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/28/89 - ACT ONE     7A.

13B  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Perhaps you should tell me as much
			as possible prior to his arrival,
			Number One.

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/28/89 - ACT ONE     8.

13B  CONTINUED: (3)

	Riker sighs, acknowledges.

14
thru	OMITTED
17

17A  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	As Inspector Krag MATERIALIZES. His curious eyes
	examine his surroundings, study the Klingon who greets
	him, and O'Brien behind the console.

					WORF
			I am Lieutenant Worf, head of
			ship's security. I will take you
			to the captain.

	Krag nods and follows; he could be intimidated here,
	away from his usual turf, but he isn't...

18   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before. Worf ENTERS from the turbolift along with
	Krag. Geordi is at the science station. Data and
	Wesley are at their accustomed stations. Krag is at
	all times soft-spoken, calm, rather British in nature
	(no accent)... qualities of the men of his race... but
	also fine qualities for an investigator. He is also
	quite relentless and determined to get to the truth.

					PICARD
			Chief Investigator, welcome to
			the Enterprise. I'm Captain
			Picard... my first officer,
			Commander William Riker.

	Krag all but ignores Picard at the mention of Riker's
	name.

					KRAG
			Commander Riker, I am here to take
			you into custody...

					RIKER
			On what charge?

					KRAG
			Suspicion of murder.

	All over the bridge, heads turn in shock.

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/29/89 - ACT ONE     9.

18   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(reacts)
			Murder... now wait a minute...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Chief Investigator... we are more
			than willing to cooperate fully
			with you, but...

					KRAG
			Then you will release the prisoner
			for transportation to the planet.

	Picard holds up a hand: "just wait a second", realizes
	the bridge is no place to have this discussion...

					PICARD
				(to Krag)
			Why don't we discuss this in
			private...

	Indicating the way... Riker moves to join them, but
	Picard, as his captain, looks him back with purpose...

					PICARD
			You have the bridge, Number One.

	Riker is about to protest, but instead says nothing
	and remains on the bridge as Picard and Krag EXIT into
	the Ready Room. The rest of the bridge crew can't help
	but steal glances at Riker.

19   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard indicates a chair for Krag as he seats himself
	at the desk. Krag remains standing and is waiting for
	Picard to make the first move.

					PICARD
			Just what is your evidence against
			my officer?

					KRAG
			Two witnesses have come forward
			to describe Commander Riker's
			threats against Doctor Apgar...

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/28/89 - ACT ONE     10.

19   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Threats... ? I am aware of an
			altercation between the two of
			them...

					KRAG
			It apparently was much more than
			just an altercation, Captain...
			but he will have a chance to prove
			his innocence...

					PICARD
			In our system of legal
			jurisprudence, a man is innocent
			until proved guilty.

					KRAG
			In ours, he is guilty until he
			is proved innocent. And you are
			in our jurisdiction. If I
			understand the Federation
			regulations on these matters, and
			I just happened to look them up
			before I...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			I'm aware of the Federation
			regulations, sir... and if you
			will check further, they say the
			captain will decide if extradition
			is warranted...

					KRAG
			Are you saying it is not?

					PICARD
			I'm saying...

	... backing off the conflict, knowing it does not help
	matters.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			If I find that there is sufficient
			cause to warrant a trial, I
			will... release Commander Riker
			to your custody.

    STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/28/89 - ACT ONE    10A.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					KRAG
				(thoughtful beat)
			Would you say you're close to your
			first officer, Captain?

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/29/89 - ACT ONE     11.

19   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			That's irrelevant here...

					KRAG
			Really, Captain, you cannot
			believe that. And how can I
			expect a fair and impartial
			decision?

					PICARD
			I will protect the rights of my
			officer...

					KRAG
			I appreciate that. But you'll
			have to do it on the planet, not
			here. After all, what if you were
			suddenly to decide to leave this
			star system... ?

					PICARD
			You have my word as an officer
			of Starfleet that I will not.

					KRAG
			Unacceptable. You must turn him
			over to me for interrogation.

					PICARD
			Interrogate him here.

					KRAG
			Captain, we must recreate
			step-by-step, moment-by-moment,
			the events leading to the
			explosion... we need immediate
			access to all the witnesses, as
			well as the data from the lab's
			ground computers. It would be
			impossible to accomplish here.

	A beat. Looking for a compromise --

					PICARD
			Perhaps not.
				(keys insignia)
			Mister Data, please report to my
			Ready Room.
				(to Krag)
			In fact, I may be able to assist
			you in recreating the events.

    STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/28/89 - ACT ONE    11A.

19   CONTINUED: (4)

	Data ENTERS.

					PICARD
			Commander Data, Chief Inspector
			Krag.

	They bow to each other... Krag looks curiously at the
	android...

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/29/89 - ACT ONE     12.

19   CONTINUED: (5)

					PICARD
			Data, by taking testimony from
			both the away team and from
			witnesses provided by Investigator
			Krag, would it be possible to
			program the Holodeck to recreate
			what happened aboard the science
			station?

					DATA
			It would require construction and
			design specifications, full
			orthographic representations of
			the Krieger equipment, as well
			as visual representations and
			voice analyses of the persons
			involved... but yes, it is
			possible.

	Krag considers this. Picard is clearly unmovable on
	releasing Riker. He nods.

					KRAG
			Very well. Arrangements will be
			made to provide you with all
			available information. I shall
			return shortly with our witnesses.

					PICARD
			Data, escort the chief inspector
			to Transporter Room Three.

	As they EXIT, stay on Picard a beat, see his frown as
	he considers the situation...

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/27/89 - ACT ONE     13.

20   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before. Riker is sitting in command and trying not
	to throw glances at the Ready Room door. Picard ENTERS
	from the Ready Room. TROI is now on the bridge.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, Ensign Crusher,
			we are going to recreate the
			research station on the Holodeck.
			I want you to work with Mister
			Data on the preparations. In
			addition, Mister La Forge, you
			and Commander Riker will give the
			computer detailed depositions on
			everything you heard and saw while
			aboard. Counselor, you will
			assist me during this inquiry.

	Picard pauses for a second as he considers the impact
	of his next words on his trusted first officer.

					PICARD (cont'd)
				(quiet yet firm)
			My decision on extradition will
			be based upon the evidence
			presented in these re-creations.

	Riker can't really believe all this is happening, but
	Picard's expression is set.

					RIKER
			Captain, may I have a word with
			you?

					PICARD
			Under these circumstances, I
			believe it would be inappropriate,
			Number One.

	Picard exits. PUSH IN on Riker's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

					END OF ACT ONE

      STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/3/89 - ACT TWO 14-14A.        

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

20A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As before.

					DATA (V.O.)
			Second officer's log, Stardate
			43611.6. Programming of the
			Holodeck has taken eighteen hours
			and is now complete.

21   INT. CORRIDOR

	as Picard, Riker, Troi, and Krag approach the Holodeck
	doors.

					DATA (V.O.)
			All participants have entered
			their depositions. Technical
			schematics, and complete records
			from the lab's ground computers,
			as well as Doctor Apgar's personal
			logs, have been included. The
			recreation has a nominal
			eight-point-seven percent margin
			of error.

	The participants ENTER the Holodeck.

22   INT. HOLODECK/SPACE STATION LABORATORY (OPTICAL)

	This is the main laboratory of the space station. The
	walls are lined with consoles, readouts, and computer
	equipment, most of which is inactive at the moment.
	Dominating the room is a large array of energy-focusing
	condensers, field coils, refractors, and so forth.
	Nearby is a medium-sized power reactor.

	Picard and Krag step into the center of the simulation.
	Picard nods approval. Even the normally poker-faced
	Krag is impressed.

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/3/89 - ACT TWO     15.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Is there anything you'd like to
			say before we begin, Number One?

	To Krag --

					RIKER
			Just this. I'm not a murderer.
			I went to the Tanugan lab as an
			official representative of
			Starfleet. And I acted
			accordingly. I was there to
			evaluate Apgar's progress on
			development of a Krieger Wave
			converter. That's all I was
			interested in. Computer. Load
			deposition program, Riker One.

23   ANGLE ON THE LAB (OPTICAL)

	The holograms of APGAR and TAYNA APPEAR, frozen in
	position.

	Apgar is male, older than Riker, cold, intelligent,
	antisocial... and like Krag, he is soft-spoken,
	reserved. Tayna is female, early twenties, the
	deferential assistant.

					RIKER
			Run the simulation.


     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/3/89 - ACT TWO     16.

24   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The Apgar and Tayna holograms "come to life" just as
	(holograms of) Geordi, and Riker MATERIALIZE in the lab
	(the away team beaming onto the station). (It's
	important to note that in Riker's presentation of the
	story, he is extremely business-like, almost flat in
	character... he is not as charming or personable as
	we know he can be. Nevertheless, for him, this is the
	truth.)

					RIKER
			Doctor Apgar? I'm Commander
			William Riker; Lieutenant
			Commander Geordi La Forge.

	Apgar's making an effort to be polite, but he's plainly
	less than overjoyed to see them. And impatient to get
	it over with.

					APGAR
			My assistant Tayna... well, let's
			get on with it, shall we?

	From off camera, heads turning to the voice of --

					MANUA (O.S.)
			Don't be in such a hurry, dear...

24A  ANGLE - MANUA

	entering... and it's a moment... like that first look
	that Bacall gave Bogart in "To Have and Have Not", she
	gives that look to Riker... female, thirties, strong,
	outgoing -- she takes your breath away. But Riker's
	hologram is quite unmoved.

					MANUA
				(continuing)
			Perhaps our guests would like some
			refreshment...

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/3/89 - ACT TWO     17.

24A  CONTINUED:

	She moves to Riker, looks him in the eyes...

					APGAR
			My wife, Manua...

					RIKER
				(pleasant but routine)
			Pleasure to meet you, Mrs.
			Apgar.

	His attention is on Apgar...

					RIKER
			Doctor, if you're prepared to get
			started, so are we...

					APGAR
				(defensive)
			Prepared? Of course I'm
			prepared...

					RIKER
				(reacts)
			All right... then why don't you
			give me the overview of your
			research while Mister La Forge
			and your assistant look at the
			experimental data...

					APGAR
			Fine. Whatever. I must say,
			Commander, I resent your early
			arrival. Starfleet will get its
			converter... I've had a few
			setbacks, that's all...

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/4/89 - ACT TWO     17A.

24A  CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(sympathetic)
			Doctor, we're not here to pressure
			you, we just want an update on
			your progress.

	Apgar grunts, disbelieving. Riker glances toward --

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/3/89 - ACT TWO     18.

24B  ANGLE - MANUA

	revealing she is bored beyond description, leaning
	languidly against a counter with her elbows back,
	supporting her and her chest thrust out rather
	invitingly, her eyes undress Riker.

					APGAR
			Tayna -- show the commander's
			assistant whatever he wants to
			see. Give him full access to our
			records.

					TAYNA
				(to Geordi)
			If you'll come with me...

	Tayna leads Geordi over to the other side of the lab,
	shows him the large array of condensers.

					TAYNA
			Our Lambda Field generator is on
			the planet since it requires a
			minimum of five thousand kilometers
			for the field to collimate.

	... And out of earshot.

25   ON MANUA

	turning to Riker and smiling warmly.

					MANUA
				(to her husband)
			Really, darling, you're being
			rude... after all, Commander Riker
			is willing to sit through all your
			prattle about Krieger Waves...

	Apgar bristles at his wife's digs... she takes Riker's
	arm... and Riker is embarrassed for Apgar, but it would
	be extraordinarily awkward for him to throw down her
	arm now that she has it...

					MANUA
			Commander, let me get you a
			drink... and we'll hear all about
			Krieger Waves...

	And Riker is clearly uncomfortable as she leads him
	to another room... Apgar follows as they exit.

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/30/89 - ACT TWO     19.

26   INT. HOLODECK/SPACE STATION LIVING AREA

	CLOSE on champagne being poured into three flutes.
	WIDEN to reveal Manua doing the pouring. Riker and
	Apgar are seated. Manua hands a glass to Riker; as
	Riker takes it, their hands touch. Manua smiles.
	Almost as an afterthought, she hands Apgar his glass.

	Riker raises his glass in a friendly toast:

					RIKER
			To your success, Doctor.

					MANUA
				(pointed)
			... and the rewards that come
			with it.

	Apgar scowls, makes a point of not joining in their
	toast. Apgar gets down to business, states his
	grievances:

					APGAR
			Riker -- what is Starfleet doing
			here anyway? My delivery wasn't
			scheduled for another three
			months.

					RIKER
			Actually, we're in this sector
			on another mission... and you had
			asked Starfleet for additional
			dicosilium.... it seemed like a
			good opportunity.

					MANUA
			How interesting. Tell us about
			this other mission.

	As though she's interested in anything other than her
	husband's work.

					RIKER
			It's just a study of a proto-star
			cloud. The Enterprise will be
			returning tomorrow.

					APGAR
				(even less pleased)
			The Enterprise just left you here?

	Riker can't understand why Apgar has such a negative
	attitude. He tries to placate Apgar:

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/1/89 - ACT TWO     20.

26   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			We have no wish to inconvenience
			you. We've arranged for quarters
			on the planet...

					MANUA
				(smoothly)
			I won't hear of such a thing.
			Commander, I insist you and Mister
			La Forge stay with us.

	Again the inviting smile from Manua. Apgar protests:

					APGAR
			I hardly think --

					MANUA
				(to Apgar, firm)
			I know you'd prefer to be alone
			with your important work... but
			I, for one, am glad for the
			company.

	Apgar sullenly clams up. Manua beams at Riker.

					MANUA
			Good.
				(a beat)
			I must apologize for my husband's
			lack of social graces. He may
			be one of the great scientific
			minds in the galaxy... but he
			does come up a bit short in other
			areas.

	Riker doesn't know what to say to that, takes a sip
	of champagne.

27   WIDER ANGLE

	to reveal Picard, Troi, Krag, and Riker watching the
	holograms of Manua, Apgar, and Riker in the b.g.

					KRAG
			Stop.

					PICARD
			computer -- freeze program.

	The holograms freeze in their tracks. Krag turns to
	the real Riker:

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/4/89 - ACT TWO     21.

27   CONTINUED:

					KRAG
			Then it's your testimony that it
			was Mrs. Apgar's idea for you
			to spend the night aboard the
			station.

					RIKER
			It's my testimony... and it's the
			truth.

	Krag nods noncommittally.

					PICARD
			Resume program.

28   OMITTED

29   INT. HOLODECK/SPACE STATION GUEST QUARTERS (OPTICAL))

	The door OPENS; Manua and Riker ENTER the tight
	quarters. A bed which has been decorated with a
	definite feminine touch.

					MANUA
			Our guest quarters aren't
			luxurious... but I've tried to
			make this room warm... and
			inviting.

					RIKER
			I'll be very comfortable, thank
			you. Good night.

	But she doesn't leave...

					MANUA
			The environmental controls are
			here...

	Manua brushes past Riker to show him the controls -- no
	"accident."

					RIKER
			I'm sure I can find everything
			I need.

					MANUA
			And the door shuts by touching
			this panel.

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/28/89 - ACT TWO     22.

29   CONTINUED:

	It closes.

					RIKER
			Mrs. Apgar...

					MANUA
			This is my sanctuary. Privacy
			is very important on a small
			station. I'm left alone here...
			... often for hours.

	She looks directly at Riker -- Riker ignores her
	meaning.

					RIKER
			It's late. And I'm tired.

	Manua lets her garment fall off her shoulders. She is
	wearing a sexy undergarment.

					MANUA
			Are you still tired, Commander?

	Riker quickly reaches for her garment...

					RIKER
			Ma'am, excuse me, but I really
			think you ought to leave...

	And as he puts it back over her shoulders... his arms
	around her --

30   ON THE DOOR

	as it OPENS to REVEAL Apgar. Seeing Riker's arms
	around his wife, he snaps:

					APGAR
				(to his wife)
			I knew I'd find you with him.
			Did you think I didn't notice
			how you looked at him? I'm not
			the fool you take me for...

					RIKER
			Doctor...

    STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/29/89 - ACT TWO    22A.

31   NEW ANGLE

	Apgar slaps his wife hard across the cheek, she cries
	out, Riker is forced to intervene... Apgar takes a
	swing at him. Riker deflects the punch harmlessly.
	Apgar loses his balance and falls.

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/3/89 - ACT TWO     23.

31   CONTINUED:

	Apgar stares at Riker with hatred and embarrassment.

					RIKER
			Doctor, believe me, this is all
			a terrible mistake...

	Apgar scrambles to his feet and as he storms out of
	the room he says --

					APGAR
				(to Riker)
			You won't get away with this.
			I'll see to it. I swear I will,
			Riker.

	He EXITS... Manua in tears, rushes out after him
	without even a glance at Riker. The hologram program
	ends with Riker alone in the room.

					RIKER (O.S.)
			Freeze program.

	Riker's hologram FREEZES.

32   ANGLE ON RIKER (OPTICAL)

					RIKER
			I didn't see Doctor Apgar again
			until the following morning when
			he asked to see me alone.
			Commander La Forge returned to
			the Enterprise...
				(a beat)
			Resume program.

	An over the shoulder shot establishing our people
	watching.

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/30/89 - ACT TWO     24.

33   ANGLE ON HOLODECK/SPACE STATION LABORATORY

	The holograms of Riker and Apgar stand in the main
	laboratory area.

					APGAR
				(fuming)
			I suppose if I make a formal
			complaint, your report on my work
			won't be very good...

					RIKER
			Doctor, this will have no impact
			on my report. It was a
			misunderstanding of the worst
			kind... and I feel I could
			straighten it out if you would
			ask Mrs. Apgar to join us...

					APGAR
				(curtly)
			My wife and my assistant have
			transported down to the planet.

	Apgar is a man under a great strain, looks away, shakes
	his head, then looks back at Riker. He can't let Riker
	leave without knowing where he stands...

					APGAR
			What are you going to put in your
			report, Riker? That there's no
			justification for all the extra
			dicosilium I've requested? That
			is why they sent you early, isn't
			it?

					RIKER
			Doctor...

					APGAR
				(too earnest)
			I can explain why I needed it.
			They have no idea what my problems
			are... there are explanations for
			all of it...

					RIKER
				(interrupts)
			I don't need explanations.

	A moment as they study each other. Apgar seems to
	understand where he stands now.

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/3/89 - ACT TWO     24A.

33   CONTINUED:

					APGAR
			Then we have nothing further to
			say to each other.

					RIKER
				(nods, he tried)
			I will tell my captain to expect
			your grievance.

					APGAR
			Do that.

	Apgar seats himself at a console begins to work,
	entering commands. Riker taps his insignia...

					RIKER
			Riker to Enterprise. I'm ready
			to leave now.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Stand by, Commander. Engaging
			transport.

34
thru	OMITTED
38

38A  ANGLE - INCLUDE THE GALLERY

					RIKER
			Freeze program.

	As Apgar looks up one last time at Riker, it freezes.

					RIKER (cont'd)
			And then I returned to the
			Enterprise...

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/4/89 - ACT TWO     25.

38A  CONTINUED:

					KRAG
			And there's nothing you'd like to
			add... about firing a phaser,
			Commander?

					RIKER
			I fired no phaser aboard the
			science station.

	Krag's eyes look perplexed.

					KRAG
			That's very odd, Commander. Very
			odd. Captain Picard, isn't it
			true that your sensors picked up
			a power drain just before
			transport?

					PICARD
			That is correct.

					KRAG
			Have you been able to explain it?

					PICARD
			Not to my knowledge.

					KRAG
				(nods)
			We have. Our readings are quite
			clear about it. Information
			retrieved from the lab's ground
			computers show that a focused
			energy pulse was fired just as
			Commander Riker began transport.
			Furthermore, by analyzing the
			trajectory and angle, it is clear
			that it came from the very spot
			that Commander Riker was standing.
			In short, allow me to show you
			my own recreation of the end of
			this story, a speculation if you
			will... computer, play
			hypothetical Krag One.

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/29/89 - ACT TWO     26.

39   ANGLE ON HOLODECK/SPACE STATION LABORATORY (OPTICAL)

	The holograms of Apgar and Riker VANISH, and reappear
	in the positions just prior to Riker's departure.
	Riker taps his insignia...

					RIKER
			Riker to Enterprise. I'm ready
			to leave now.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Stand by, Commander. Engaging
			transport.

	Just before the dematerialization effect begins on the
	hologram of Riker, he takes out his phaser and aims
	it behind Apgar. Riker FIRES the phaser at the reactor
	--

					KRAG
			Freeze program...

	Program freezes.

					KRAG (cont'd)
			Three seconds later the station
			exploded.

39A  ANGLE - RIKER

	reacts as we:

40
thru	OMITTED
41
									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/28/89 - ACT THREE    27.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

41A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (FORMERLY SCENE 45)

	Data, Geordi and Wesley are gathered around Science
	One looking at monitors displaying information. Worf
	is at Tactical. Supernumeraries at Conn and Ops.

					GEORDI
			No question about it, the Tanugans
			are right... something was fired
			at the reactor core just before
			transport...

					DATA
			The energy signature would seem
			to indicate a phaser-like blast...

					WESLEY
				(strong)
			Well, it wasn't the commander's
			phaser. It couldn't be. There's
			gotta be another answer... we're
			just not seeing it yet...

					DATA
			Was there anything else in the
			lab capable of creating this kind
			of energy discharge... ?

					GEORDI
			Nothing I saw. And besides, how
			do you explain that it came from
			Commander's Riker's exact
			position...
				(beat)
			Dammit, I should have stayed with
			him...

	A small alarm goes off on Worf's console. He reacts.

    STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/29/89 - ACT THREE    28.

41A  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Sensors indicate a radiation burst
			on Deck Thirty-Nine. Outside
			Cargo Bay Twelve.

					DATA
			Source?

					WORF
			Unknown.

					DATA
			Computer identify type of
			radiation.

					COMPUTER
			Emission is not consistent with
			any known radiation.

					WORF
			It is subsiding, sir.

	They all exchange glances.

41B  ANGLE ON - WALL (FORMERLY SCENE 46)

	A section of wall about the size of a quarter has
	melted. A tricorder is run across the spot. Pull back
	to reveal --

41C  INT. CORRIDOR (FORMERLY SCENE 47)

	Geordi, and Wesley in the deserted corridor, checking
	tricorder readings.

					WESLEY
			Make any sense to you?

					GEORDI
				(using the VISOR)
			I don't recognize it. Even the
			main deflector doesn't put out
			that kind of spillage.

					WESLEY
			Where would it be coming from...

    STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/30/89 - ACT THREE    29.

41C  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I don't know, Wesley... but
			whatever it is, it's capable of
			putting a hole in solid duranium.

	Off Wesley's reaction...

42   INT. HOLODECK/SPACE STATION LABORATORY (OPTICAL)

	The Holodeck doors open to reveal Krag escorting in
	Manua. She reacts, stops as she sees the lab
	recreation. She is as beautiful as Riker described,
	but is dressed quite conservatively and does not ooze
	sensuality. She is in fact a grieving widow.

43   OMITTED

44   ANOTHER ANGLE - THE GALLERY

	As she comes over --

					KRAG
			In a sense we've all met Mrs.
			Apgar, so shall we dispense with
			the introductions?

	But Manua is ignoring him. Her attention is riveted on
	Riker. Riker half-rises from his chair...

					PICARD
				(holding up a hand)
			Mrs. Apgar, do you understand
			the purpose of this hearing?

	She nods.

					TROI
			We understand how difficult this
			will be for you. If you need a
			recess, please don't hesitate to
			ask.

    STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/28/89 - ACT THREE    30.

44   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Would you like to make a statement
			before we begin?

					MANUA
				(unprepared)
			No. I just know he did it. He
			killed my husband.

	Riker reacts...

					KRAG
			Load Manua Simulation One.

45
thru	OMITTED
47

48   INT. HOLODECK/SPACE STATION LIVING ROOM (OPTICAL)

	The witness, the accused and the observers at the
	table. Frozen on stage is Manua and Apgar alone...
	heading through the living area... she is straightening
	out his tie (or whatever accessory is appropriate)...

48A  MANUA

	visibly gasps at this sight. Krag studies her, decides
	she's ready to proceed.

					KRAG
			Run program.

49   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The figures unfreeze... and Manua continues to adjust
	her husband's appearance, brushing off his suit, etc...
	he is impatient, bitter and defeated. As she speaks
	she punctuates her words with encouraging little
	touches to his hand, cheek, etc.

    STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/3/89 - ACT THREE    31.

49   CONTINUED:

					MANUA
			If you greet them with such a long
			face they're going to assume
			something is wrong with the
			experiment.

					APGAR
			I just need time... A little more
			time.

					MANUA
				(smiles at him)
			I'm certain they'll give you the
			time you need if you just show
			a little charm.

					APGAR
				(kisses her lightly)
			You do that so much better than
			I.

	He catches her as she starts to walk away.

					APGAR (cont'd)
			Manua, someday I'll be able to
			reward you... for all your
			patience. I'll get you everything
			you ever dreamed of.

					MANUA
			I have all the reward I need.

	Manua smiles at him, a warm, loving glance. This is
	a very supportive woman who's charming and in love with
	life.

					MANUA (cont'd)
			Go on, I'll be right in...

	He EXITS and she takes a deep breath, smiles a hopeful
	smile to herself... and as she takes a beat to look
	in a mirror and adjust her hair... from the other room,
	we can hear the materialization sound... and...

    STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/3/89 - ACT THREE    32.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER (O.S.)
			Doctor Apgar? I'm Commander
			William Riker; Lieutenant
			Commander Geordi La Forge.

	She moves toward the door...

					APGAR (O.S.)
			My assistant Tayna... well, let's
			get on with it, shall we?

49A  INT. HOLODECK/SPACE STATION LABORATORY

	MANUA ENTERS.

					MANUA
			Don't be in such a hurry, dear.
			Perhaps our guests would like some
			refreshment...

					APGAR
			My wife, Manua...

	And she is Donna Reed here... the happy homemaker...
	but still there is that moment... because now Riker
	gives her that look... the look that John Garfield gave
	Lana Turner in "The Postman Always Rings Twice"... and
	she feels it and is immediately uncomfortable...

					RIKER
				(warm)
			It's a... pleasure... to meet you,
			Manua.

	(And it's important to note that in this take on the
	story, Riker's attitude is less aloof and formal. He's
	relaxed and charming. In fact, in some ways he is more
	like the Riker we know and love.)

					APGAR
			I'm anxious to get started...

	Reluctantly, bringing back his attention to Apgar --

					RIKER
			If you wish.

   STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/29/89 - ACT THREE   32A.

49A  CONTINUED:

					APGAR
			I must say I resent your early
			arrival, Commander... I have much
			work to do...

					RIKER
			I'll try to make this as painless
			as possible. For both of us.
				(smiles to Manua)
			Do you assist your husband in his
			work?

					MANUA
			Oh, dear, no. I'm no scientist.

					RIKER
			Frankly, neither am I.

					MANUA
				(uncomfortable)
			But I find this all fascinating,
			don't you?

	Riker grins as though they share a secret boredom.

					RIKER
			Mister La Forge, why don't you
			go over the doctor's experimental
			data...
				(to Apgar)
			Later on, you can give me an
			overview...

					APGAR
				(defensive)
			Fine. Whatever. Starfleet will
			get its Krieger Wave converter...
			These things take time. I've had
			a few setbacks, that's all...

	Manua gives Apgar a warning glance... don't be rude,
	dear. Apgar pulls it in...

					RIKER
			Doctor, I'm not here to put
			pressure on you.

	And this is said to Manua --

    STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/3/89 - ACT THREE    33.

49A  CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I'm sure my report will only
			underscore the need for continued
			support of your research.

	And as nice as that sounds, the fact that it is said
	to Manua could carry with it a tinge of sexual
	leverage. Apgar grunts, disbelieving... moving away
	with Geordi and Tayna --

					APGAR
			Tayna, I'll call up the records...
			show the commander's assistant
			whatever he wants to see.

					TAYNA
				(to Geordi)
			If you'll come with me...
				(moving across the lab)
			Our field generator is on the
			planet, since it requires a
			minimum of five thousand
			kilometers for the field to
			collimate.

	Manua suddenly finds herself alone with Riker and his
	eyes are undressing her... their eyes meet, she quickly
	moves to her husband at a computer bank...

					MANUA
			Darling, let Tayna take care of
			that... I'm sure Commander Riker
			wants to hear how close you are
			to a breakthrough...

	And it's her husband's arm she takes...

					MANUA
			I'll make the two of you a drink
			and you can talk all about Krieger
			Waves...

	And she leads them out...

50   INT. HOLODECK/SPACE STATION LIVING AREA

	Manua handing a glass of champagne to Riker who is
	standing close at her side. She crosses to her
	husband, who is seated on the couch, and gives him a
	glass.

    STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/3/89 - ACT THREE    34.

50   CONTINUED:

					APGAR
			To success.

					RIKER
				(glance to Manua)
			Success.

	They drink. Manua looks at Apgar with encouraging
	eyes. Apgar gets the message, clears his throat...

					APGAR
			Well, in a way, I suppose it's
			good you're early. Manua's right
			-- it gives me a chance to show
			you the progress we've been
			making.

	Riker is paying no to attention to the babbling
	scientist. He is watching Manua.

					RIKER
			I'd appreciate it if Commander
			La Forge and I could stay here
			until the Enterprise returns.

					MANUA
				(uncomfortable)
			It's a little inconvenient --

					RIKER
			It might help accelerate the
			process...

	Apgar feels the pressure...

					APGAR
			If you wish, Commander...

	Apgar stands, and begins to pace as he warms to his
	topic.

					APGAR
			Now, where shall I start... well,
			first of all, you should know that
			I'm very close to being able to
			collimate a Krieger field...

	Manua looks up from an abstracted study of her glass,
	and finds Riker staring at her intently. A long beat
	as they stare at each other.

									CUT TO:

    STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/4/89 - ACT THREE    35.

51   INT. HOLODECK/SPACE STATION - GUEST QUARTERS
	(OPTICAL)

	Riker is surveying the tiny room. Manua, who stands
	behind him, and very close to the door, is
	uncomfortable.

					RIKER
			Very... charming.
				(smiles at her)
			It has your touch.

					MANUA
				(embarrassed)
			The station is very small, and
			we don't often have guests. So
			I use this as my sanctuary.

					RIKER
			Who do you need sanctuary from?

	She smiles off the question uncomfortably...

					MANUA
			The environmental controls are
			here...

	While she is talking Riker moves to the control panel
	and CLOSES the door, blocks the exit. Manua starts,
	and looks back at him.

					MANUA
			Commander... it's late and I'm
			tired.

					RIKER
			A husband more interested in
			Krieger Waves than in a woman like
			you... how is it possible...

					MANUA
				(angry)
			My husband is one of the great
			minds in the galaxy... and we love
			each other very much...

	She moves toward the door but he stops her, puts his
	hands on her shoulders...

					MANUA
				(softly pleading)
			Please... don't...

    STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/4/89 - ACT THREE    35A.

51   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			It must get very lonely for you
			up here... a princess in a very
			high tower...

					MANUA
			My husband will be looking for
			me...

					RIKER
			Your sanctuary, remember... ?

	He slips the garment over her shoulders... she covers
	herself...

					RIKER (O.S.)
			She's lying... this never
			happened...

					PICARD (O.S.)
			Freeze program...

	It freezes.

51A  ANOTHER ANGLE - THE WATCHERS (OPTICAL)

	As Riker can't take this anymore, and he stands.

					RIKER
			Captain, you know I would never
			act like this.

					PICARD
			Commander Riker...

	He crosses into the Holodeck quarters, goes up to his
	image.

					RIKER (cont'd)
			This isn't me. I wasn't the one
			who closed the door... I didn't
			proposition her... I certainly
			didn't try to rape her...
				(turning to Manua)
			Why are you doing this?

	Manua reacts...

					MANUA
			It's exactly what happened...

   STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/28/89 - ACT THREE   35B.

51A  CONTINUED:

	Troi moves out to Riker...

    STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/3/89 - ACT THREE    36.

51A  CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker looks again at the frozen image...

					TROI
			Come on, Will. Sit down.

	Riker returns to the table. Krag watches it all
	curiously.

					KRAG
			Resume program.

51B  INT. HOLODECK/SPACE STATION
	GUEST QUARTERS (OPTICAL) (FORMERLY SCENE 51A)

	The door OPENS to REVEAL Apgar. Seeing his wife in
	Riker's arms he snaps:

					APGAR
				(to Riker)
			I knew you'd try this, Riker.
			Do you think I didn't notice how
			you looked at her? I'm not the
			fool you take me for...

	In a rage he rushes Riker. Riker blocks Apgar's wild
	punch, and follows with two hard jabs to the
	scientist's gut. Apgar doubles over, and falls to the
	floor. Manua runs to her husband, and drops down
	protectively at his side.

					APGAR
			You won't get away with this.
			Your career is over. I'll see
			to it. I swear I will, Riker.

					RIKER
				(threatening)
			If you report this, you'll be
			making a terrible mistake, Doctor.
			A terrible mistake.

	Manua is terrified of Riker. She gets Apgar to his
	feet, and helps him from the room.

    STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/1/89 - ACT THREE    37.

52   OMITTED

53   ANGLE ON - KRAG (OPTICAL)

	in the gallery.

					KRAG
			Freeze program.

					MANUA
				(to Riker)
			Your career was safe. He was a
			scientist. In another day some
			fascinating bit of technical
			trivia would have distracted him.
			He would have forgotten about you
			and his complaint to Starfleet.

	Riker reacts.

					MANUA (cont'd)
				(she begins to cry)
			Excuse me.

	She heads for the Holodeck doors, followed by Krag.
	Picard is deeply troubled by the charges... not that
	he believes them, but the mounting evidence is forcing
	him to see extradition may be unavoidable. After a
	beat, he glances at Troi and Riker... softly --

					PICARD
			We'll, uh... take a short recess.

	Picard EXITS. Troi and Riker are alone. Riker is
	stunned.

					RIKER
			Why would she lie like that... ?

	Troi doesn't immediately answer... in fact, she's
	uncomfortable with what she's feeling and he notices
	it.

					RIKER
			She was lying. You must have felt
			it.

        STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/30/89 - ACT THREE        38.

53   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Will, I sensed no deception from
			her...

					RIKER
				(reacts)
			Then you must think that I...

					TROI
			No, of course not. I know you.
			You don't have to convince me of
			anything.

					RIKER
			We can't both be telling the
			truth.

					TROI
			It is the truth... as you each
			remember it.

	Riker tries to lighten the mood, but there is an
	undercurrent of seriousness and truth to his words.

					RIKER
			Yes, but her version is going to
			put a noose around my neck.

	Off Troi's reaction.

									CUT TO:

54   OMITTED

55   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly, assisted by a NURSE, is examining a
	CREWWOMAN'S arm.

					BEVERLY
			This is healing beautifully. I
			think you can begin to work on
			strengthening these muscles
			again...

        STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/30/89 - ACT THREE        39.

55   CONTINUED:

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Security to Doctor Crusher...
			evacuate, repeat evacuate...
			radiation emissions are indicated
			in Sickbay...

55A  ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As Beverly guides the others out, move to find the
	wall is melting...

55B
thru	OMITTED
56
									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

         STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/29/89 - ACT FOUR        40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

57   INT. SICKBAY

	Geordi and Wesley are examining the melted spot in the
	wall, (which is about the size of a basketball) with
	tricorders. Picard, Riker, and Beverly are listening
	to Data's report.

					DATA
			It is definitely the same
			radiation that penetrated deck
			thirty-nine... highly focused,
			very powerful... but of unknown
			origin.

					GEORDI
			If this should happen in the
			engine core or the anti-matter
			containment tanks, we'll be in
			trouble, Captain...

					PICARD
			Do you have any theories?

					WESLEY
			Data noticed something too strange
			to be a coincidence...

					DATA
			The two radiation events aboard
			the Enterprise occurred five hours,
			twenty minutes and three seconds
			apart. The science station
			exploded yesterday at almost
			exactly four times that interval.

					WESLEY
			There's a point-zero-zero-one-four
			second variance we haven't been
			able to explain yet.

					RIKER
				(reacts)
			Are you saying there's a
			connection between the radiation
			bursts and the explosion?

         STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/29/89 - ACT FOUR        41.

57   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			We do not have the evidence to
			support that conclusion at this
			time, Commander.

	He glances at Picard...

					BEVERLY
			If they're right, we should be
			able to predict the next event...

					GEORDI
			We expect it in just over five
			hours.

					PICARD
			Take every precaution you can to
			protect the ship's vital areas...
			if you haven't identified the
			source before the time interval
			is up, we will leave orbit. If you
			perceive any further danger,
			advise me immediately.

	He leaves... Riker gives his colleagues a look that
	says my life may be in your hands...

					WESLEY
			We'll figure it out, Commander.

	Riker nods with silent appreciation, moves quickly off
	to join the captain...

58   INT. TURBOLIFT

	Picard is already inside as Riker ENTERS.

					PICARD
			Deck eleven.

	They begin to move. Riker glances at Picard... thinks
	for a second, and then...

         STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/28/89 - ACT FOUR        42.

58   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to computer)
			Halt.

	Turbolift STOPS. Picard looks at Riker with surprise.

					PICARD
				(about to warn Riker)
			Number One...

					RIKER
			I'm not going to try to influence
			your decision, Captain. I know
			you may have to turn me over to
			Krag. I can accept that.

					PICARD
			It hasn't come to that yet.

					RIKER
			But it might... and it's more
			important to me that you know I
			didn't do it.

	Picard's looks at his first officer. Lets his guard
	down. Not serious --

					PICARD
			If you could just keep your
			trousers buckled... things like
			this wouldn't happen to you...

					RIKER
				(not realizing he's
				 joking)
			I never even gave her a second
			glance...

					PICARD
			Number One, even I gave her a
			second glance.

	Picard gives him a half grin... and Riker relaxes...

					PICARD
			Did I ever tell you about the
			mayor's wife in Brussels...

					RIKER
			The one who collected Starfleet
			cadets...

         STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/28/89 - ACT FOUR       42A.

58   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I did tell you...

					RIKER
			No, you didn't...

	Picard does a take. Not you too...

					RIKER
			Brussels is lovely this time of
			the year. Isn't it?

	Picard and Riker nod in unison.

					RIKER
			All things considered right now,
			I'd rather be in Brussels.

					PICARD
			As would I, Number One. As would
			I.

	A long beat. Picard searches for the right thing to
	say without looking at him.

					PICARD
			Will, giving you to them would
			be like handing over a part of
			myself.

	Riker gives Picard a long look until Picard is so
	uncomfortable that he must ends this...

					PICARD
				(to computer)
			Resume.

	Hold a beat as they don't look at each other.

59   INT. HOLODECK/SPACE STATION LABORATORY

	Close on Tayna while Picard, Riker, Krag and Troi look
	on.

					TAYNA
			After the... the fight, Doctor
			Apgar came to find me... he was
			very upset...

     STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/30/89 - ACT FOUR 43-45.        

59   CONTINUED:

					KRAG
			And he told you what happened?

					TAYNA
			Yes, he told me everything that
			happened...

					KRAG
				(to Picard)
			Based on Tayna's deposition, we
			have reconstructed the incident
			in Commander Riker's quarters as
			Doctor Apgar described it to
			her... computer...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Inspector, this is hearsay...
			She wasn't a witness to this
			incident...

					KRAG
			Doctor Apgar is dead. Tayna's
			statement is admissible under
			Tanugan law... and I insist you
			consider it.

					PICARD
				(beat, frowns)
			We will... watch this evidence.
			And I will weigh it accordingly.

	Krag moves out of the lab.

					KRAG
			Computer, run Tayna Simulation
			Three.

60
thru	OMITTED
63

64   INT. HOLODECK/SPACE STATION GUEST QUARTERS -
	(OPTICAL)

	As the door opens to reveal Apgar, we can see Riker
	and Manua in the same basic position that they have
	been in the other flashbacks... her dress is off,
	Riker's arms around her... here, though, they are
	fully embracing in a passionate kiss, both on fire...
	they react as...

         STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/3/89 - ACT FOUR         46.

64A  OMITTED

64B  NEW ANGLE - APGAR

	in a rage...

					APGAR
			I knew I'd find the two of you
			together. Do you think I didn't
			notice how you were looking at
			each other? I'm not the fool you
			take me for...

	Apgar moves quickly at Riker... Riker throws a wild
	PUNCH at Apgar, who quickly ducks out of the way.
	Apgar smoothly moves under Riker's swing and sends him
	to the ground with a flurry several quick PUNCHES to
	Riker's stomach and jaw.

					APGAR
			I'm going to report this, Riker.
			You can count on that.

	From the floor --

					RIKER
			You're a dead man, Apgar. A dead
			man.

64C  ON RIKER IN THE GALLERY

	shaking his head...

					KRAG (O.S.)
			Freeze program.

	Program freezes.

64D  ANGLE - THE GALLERY

					KRAG
			And then Doctor Apgar came to find
			you...

         STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/30/89 - ACT FOUR        47.

64D  CONTINUED:

					KRAG
			Run Tayna Simulation Four.

65   INT. HOLODECK/SPACE STATION LAB (OPTICAL)

	Apgar and Tayna are alone in the lab. Apgar is very
	distraught and upset.

					APGAR
			I want you to take Manua and beam
			down to Tanuga immediately.

					TAYNA
			Doctor, if he threatened you, you
			shouldn't stay...

					APGAR
			I'm not leaving him here alone.
			He's capable of anything. I've
			got to protect our work...

					TAYNA
			I'll contact the authorities.

	Apgar thinks about that... after a beat...

					APGAR
			No, I'll take care of that.

	She reluctantly moves to exit... as Apgar, his mind
	working, moves across the room and touches a panel
	(that will become meaningful later)... Tayna pauses at
	the door...

					TAYNA
			Doctor, be careful...

					APGAR
			It'll be all right. Go on...

	She EXITS.

65A  ON TAYNA AND KRAG

					KRAG
			Computer, freeze program.
				(to Tayna)
			What happened next?

         STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/29/89 - ACT FOUR        48.

65A  CONTINUED:

					TAYNA
			I left the station with Manua.
			The next morning when I heard that
			the station had exploded... I knew
			what had happened. He'd killed
			Doctor Apgar.

					KRAG
			Thank you. You're excused.

	She exits off camera.

66   ON KRAG AND PICARD

					KRAG
				(to Picard)
			Captain, I have established
			motive, method and opportunity.
			In any court in the Federation,
			it is enough to warrant the
			extradition of the accused. I
			await your decision forthwith.

	Push in on Picard...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

         STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/28/89 - ACT FIVE        49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

67   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard and Troi.

					PICARD
			I don't see any alternative, do
			you?

					TROI
			We both know Will is innocent...

					PICARD
			Of course he is. But as a
			Starfleet captain, I don't have
			the luxury of yielding to my
			personal feelings.
				(beat)
			The evidence certainly warrants
			a trial... I will have to allow
			extradition.

					TROI
			Do you think there's enough
			evidence to prove his innocence?

	A long beat.

					PICARD
			Frankly... no.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Captain, we have discovered the
			source of the radiation... can
			you join us on the bridge?

					PICARD
			Acknowledged.
				(pausing, to Troi)
			Why don't you spend some time with
			Commander Riker...

					TROI
			I'd like that.

	Picard acknowledges and EXITS.

         STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/1/89 - ACT FIVE         50.

67A  OMITTED

67B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Geordi, Data, and Wesley are at one of the aft science
	stations. Picard ENTERS from the Ready Room.

					DATA
			Captain, as you know, we have been
			looking for a phenomenon that
			reoccurs every five hours, twenty
			minutes and three seconds...

					PICARD
				(nods)
			The interval between radiation
			bursts...

					DATA
			We have found one such phenomenon
			on the planet's surface.

					GEORDI
			It's the field generator that
			Apgar used in his research. When
			it's fully charged, it emits an
			energy pulse and then requires
			five hours, twenty minutes and
			three seconds to recharge itself.

					WESLEY
			It must have been left on after
			the explosion of the lab.

					PICARD
			But why would the generator be
			affecting the Enterprise this
			way... ?

					DATA
			It should not be. It is a
			harmless Lambda Field generator.

					GEORDI
			But we knew that somehow it was
			related to our radiation bursts
			... and that's when the pieces
			started falling together...

         STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/29/89 - ACT FIVE       50A.

67B  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			We now know what is causing the
			bursts, sir, and why the science
			station exploded.

					WESLEY
			We also know who killed Doctor
			Apgar.

	Off Picard's reaction...

67C
thru	OMITTED
67E

69   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Still in orbit.

         STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/4/89 - ACT FIVE         51.

70   INT. HOLODECK/SPACE STATION LABORATORY

	Picard, Riker, Troi, Geordi, Krag, Manua and Tayna.
	(NOTE: Troi has already heard the explanation and
	should not be perplexed at what she hears.)

					PICARD
			Chief Inspector, we've watched
			the events replayed over and over
			again... I've been impressed...
			and admittedly dismayed... by the
			body of evidence you've prepared
			against Commander Riker.

	Krag acknowledges.

					PICARD
			But isn't it remarkable that with
			all the witnesses, all the
			different points of view of the
			events aboard the space station...
			that we've never seen what really
			happened at all?

					KRAG
				(reacts)
			I don't understand.

					PICARD
			Allow me, with the help of Mister
			La Forge, to explain. computer,
			load Manua Program One, time code
			fourteen-four-one...

70A  ANGLE

	The holograms of Riker, Manua, Apgar, Geordi and Tayna
	appear frozen as they did in Manua's version of the
	first lab scene...

					PICARD
			Play program.

					APGAR
				(defensive)
			Fine. Whatever. Starfleet will
			get its Krieger Wave converter.
			These things take time. I've had
			a few setbacks, that's all...

					PICARD
			Freeze.

         STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/29/89 - ACT FIVE        52.

70A  CONTINUED:

	The holograms freeze.

					PICARD
			Mrs. Apgar, this was from your
			deposition. It would suggest that
			your husband had failed to create
			Krieger Waves...

					MANUA
			Yes. But he was very close to
			a breakthrough.

					PICARD
				(acknowledges)
			He says here he needed more
			time... and he was upset by our
			early arrival. In fact, I
			maintain he already had made a
			breakthrough... and that he was
			lying to us...

					KRAG
			On what basis... ?

	Picard glances to Geordi...

					GEORDI
			For the last several hours, the
			Enterprise has been experiencing
			unusual radiation bursts. We've
			identified them as Krieger Waves.

         STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/3/89 - ACT FIVE         53.

70A  CONTINUED: (2)

	Reactions...

					TAYNA
			Krieger Waves... but that's
			impossible. From where?

					GEORDI
			From right here. In the Holodeck.

					PICARD
			We recreated your science lab in
			every conceivable detail... from
			all technical sources available
			including Doctor Apgar's own
			personal records... There is a
			slight margin of error, but
			essentially whatever was in the
			original lab is here...

					GEORDI
				(moving to the
				 experimental display)
			Including the Krieger Wave
			converter that Doctor Apgar
			claimed didn't work... except it
			does work.

					PICARD
			Your field generator on the planet
			surface has been sending out
			harmless energy charges... and
			this facsimile has been converting
			them into Krieger Waves.

					RIKER
				(confused)
			But the Holodeck can't create
			anything dangerous...

					GEORDI
				(acknowledges)
			It didn't. When you get down to
			basics, the converter is nothing
			more than a complex series of
			mirrors and reflective coils.
			The energy from the field
			generator on the planet simply
			reflects off elements in the
			convertor which turns it into
			highly focused Krieger Waves...

         STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/30/89 - ACT FIVE        54.

70A  CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			And those waves have been randomly
			striking different areas of our
			ship as we orbit the planet and
			our angle to the generator
			changes.

					KRAG
			Why would Apgar lie about his own
			success... ?

					PICARD
				(nods, yes, good
				 question)
			Computer, run Manua Program One,
			time code, fourteen three-eight.

	The set changes to --

70B  OMITTED

70C  ANGLE - SPACE STATION LIVING ROOM (OPTICAL)

	From Manua's story --

					APGAR
			Manua, someday I'll reward you
			for all your patience. I'll get
			you everything you ever dreamed
			of.

					MANUA
			I have all the reward I need.

					PICARD
			Freeze.

	The Holodeck figures freeze.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Run Riker Program Two, time code,
			sixteen-one-zero.

	The Apgar/Manua holograms DISAPPEAR and REAPPEAR with
	Riker, from Riker's story, the champagne toast:

					RIKER
			To your success, doctor.

         STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/4/89 - ACT FIVE         55.

70C  CONTINUED:

					MANUA
				(pointed)
			And the rewards that come with
			it.

					PICARD
			Freeze.

	The Holodeck figures freeze.

					MANUA
			I never said that.

					PICARD
			Nevertheless, it seems clear that
			your husband was motivated to earn
			the kind of rewards that would
			please you, Mrs. Apgar.

					MANUA
				(defensive)
			What's wrong with that?

					TROI
			He wouldn't have earned great
			profits from his dealings with
			Starfleet... We were only
			interested in a new power
			source...

					GEORDI
			But if he could turn this into
			a weapon... it would be worth a
			lot to the Ferengi or the
			Romulans or a few others. Doctor
			Apgar had been ordering extra
			dicosilium for months... that's
			a pretty good indication he was
			trying to create larger reflective
			coils.

					PICARD
			When the away team arrived early
			he must have been worried that
			Starfleet was getting suspicious.
			He needed more time to finish his
			work. Apgar said that in all
			three versions. No doubt, he was
			afraid that Commander Riker might
			learn the truth and cut off his
			support prematurely.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/4/89 - ACT FIVE         56.

70C  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			Discovering Commander Riker with
			his wife did not improve matters.
				(dramatic pause)
			And, I submit, that he decided
			to murder Commander Riker.

	Reactions.

					MANUA
			Ridiculous.

					PICARD
			Is it? Computer, run Tayna
			Program Four, time code
			eighteen-one-four.

	The set changes back to...

71   OMITTED

71A  ANGLE - SPACE STATION LABORATORY (OPTICAL)

	From Tayna's story, Apgar and Tayna --

					TAYNA
			I'll contact the authorities.

					APGAR
			No, I'll take care of that.

	She reluctantly moves to exit... as Apgar, his mind
	working, moves across the room and touches a panel...

					PICARD
			Freeze.

	The holograms freeze.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Tayna, what is it that he's doing
			here... ?

         STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/1/89 - ACT FIVE         57.

71A  CONTINUED:

	Apgar's hologram has been frozen as he touches the
	panel.

					TAYNA
				(realizing)
			Activating the generator on the
			planet.

					PICARD
			Why would he do that?

					TAYNA
				(shrugs)
			Maybe he was going to work on the
			converter, I don't know.

					PICARD
			Or he might have already been
			thinking ahead to his next
			confrontation with Commander
			Riker... Computer, play Riker
			Program Four, time code twenty-four-one.

72   NEW ANGLE

	The holograms of Apgar and Tayna disappear and are
	replaced by Apgar and Riker... as described by Riker...

					APGAR
			What are you going to put in your
			report, Riker? That there's no
			justification for all the extra
			discosilium I've requested? That
			is why they sent you early, isn't
			it?

					RIKER
				(shakes his head)
			Doctor...

					APGAR
				(too earnest)
			I can explain why I needed it.
			They have no idea what my problems
			are... there are explanations for
			all of it...

					RIKER
				(interrupts)
			I don't need explanations.

         STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/3/89 - ACT FIVE         58.

72   CONTINUED:

	A moment as they study each other. Apgar seems to
	understand where he stands now.

					PICARD
			Freeze.

	The holograms freeze.

					PICARD
			To Apgar, that must have seemed
			as though Commander Riker was
			confirming his worst fears. And I
			believe this is when Apgar decided
			finally to kill him.

					KRAG
			You forget, Picard... we know the
			energy pulse which blew up the
			reactor was fired from Commander
			Riker's position not Doctor
			Apgar's.

	Picard glances to Geordi.

					GEORDI
			We are hypothesizing that Doctor
			Apgar energized the converter at
			the moment of Commander Riker's
			beam-out hoping to make his death
			look like a transporter accident.
			But something went wrong... the
			energy pulse hit the Transporter
			beam and reflected back to the
			lab's reactor which caused the
			explosion.

					KRAG
			An interesting hypothesis. But
			impossible to prove.

					GEORDI
			Not really. We know that the
			field generator on the planet
			has been repeating a discharge
			command ever since the explosion.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/1/89 - ACT FIVE         59.

72   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
			The intervals are like
			clockwork... except the explosion
			occurred point-zero-zero-one-four
			seconds after the first
			discharge... the only explanation
			for that variance is the time it
			would take the energy pulse to
			bounce back from the transporter
			beam to the reactor.

					MANUA
			I haven't the slightest idea what
			anyone's talking about.

					PICARD
			Nor should you, Mrs. Apgar.
			We have arranged a demonstration
			to illustrate. Mister La Forge,
			I believe it is almost time is
			it not?

					GEORDI
				(acknowledges)
			Computer, load program, La Forge
			One... coordinate auto-engage time
			sequence.

73   ANGLE

	The holograms of Riker and Apgar disappear and reappear
	in different positions...

					GEORDI
				(beat)
			The next discharge from the field
			generator is scheduled to occur
			in a few moments. We have aligned
			the Holodeck program to recreate
			the final events as Commander
			Riker described them... only this
			time our facsimile will
			automatically process the energy
			charge from the planet and reflect
			it just as the original convertor
			did before the explosion.

					PICARD
			If we're correct, we'll know it
			instantly.

         STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 12/1/89 - ACT FIVE         60.

73   CONTINUED:

	The program begins automatically... the holograms begin
	to move and talk --

					RIKER
			I will tell my captain to expect
			your grievance.

					APGAR
			Do that.

	Apgar seats himself at a console, begins to work,
	entering commands...

74   ANGLE - INCLUDE THE GALLERY (OPTICAL)

	Riker's hologram taps his insignia...

					RIKER
			Riker to Enterprise. I'm ready
			to leave now.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Stand by, Commander. Engaging
			transport.

	Riker begins to DEMATERIALIZE... Apgar glances up...
	suddenly an energy beam shoots from the converter hits
	the transport effect and reflects back past Apgar into
	the reactor... and then there is a huge explosion that
	wipes out everything except of course the gallery...
	when it clears, we are in:

75   INT. HOLODECK

	-- the empty Holodeck. Picard, Riker, Troi, Geordi,
	Krag, Manua, and Tayna are unharmed.

					PICARD
			Doctor Apgar killed himself...
			during his attempt to kill
			Commander Riker.

	A long beat.

					KRAG
			Captain... I withdraw my request
			for Commander Riker's extradition.

	Troi smiles. Riker relaxes.

         STAR TREK: "Perspective" - REV. 11/30/89 - ACT FIVE        61.

76   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker at their command stations. Everyone
	else in their usual positions. Troi is ENTERING from
	the aft turbolift. As she walks down to her chair she
	takes the long way so she can pass by Riker, and lay a
	hand briefly on his shoulder.

	He looks up at her, and a glance is exchanged. "I'm
	glad you're safe." "I'm glad you were there."

	She takes her chair.

					PICARD
			Well, Number One... have we any
			"further business" in the Tanuga
			system?

					RIKER
			Not that I know of, sir. I'm more
			than willing to put it behind me.

					PICARD
			Then perhaps you'd be so good as
			to get this ship underway?

					RIKER
			With pleasure, sir.

	They exchange a glance. Riker then turns toward
	Wesley.

					RIKER
			Mister Crusher, set a course for
			Emila-Two.

					WESLEY
			Course laid in, sir.

					RIKER
			Engage.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             












                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                   "Yesterday's Enterprise" 
                          #40273-163 
                              
                           Story by 
                   Trent Christopher Ganino 
                               & 
                       Eric A. Stillwell 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Ira Steven Behr 
                               & 
                        Richard Manning 
                               & 
                         Hans Beimler 
                               & 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         David Carson 


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FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1989 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                        FINAL DRAFT
 
                      DECEMBER 8, 1989
 

     STAR TREK: "Yesterday's Enterprise" - 12/08/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                   "Yesterday's Enterprise" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             RACHEL GARRETT
                RIKER              RICHARD CASTILLO
                DATA               
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             Non-Speaking
                GUINAN              SUPERNUMERARIES
                TASHA              

                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

      STAR TREK: "Yesterday's Enterprise" 12/08/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                   "Yesterday's Enterprise" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE-D           USS ENTERPRISE-D
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     USS ENTERPRISE-C
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              SICKBAY                  3 KLINGON SHIPS
              TEN-FORWARD
              CORRIDOR
              TURBOLIFT
              ENGINEERING
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              TASHA'S QUARTERS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE-C
              MAIN BRIDGE

        STAR TREK: "Yesterday's Enterprise" - 12/11/89 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                   "Yesterday's Enterprise" 
                  
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                  NARENDRA        nah-REN-dra
                  SARAJEVO        sar-ah-YEH-voh

       STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                    "Yesterday's Enterprise"                        
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. TEN-FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	WORF is seated at a table near one of the windows. The
	ship is traveling at WARP SPEED and the stars STREAK
	by. GUINAN comes over to Worf's table and delivers
	a drink to him.

					GUINAN
			Try this.

					WORF
				(looks at drink with
				 suspicion)
			What is it?

					GUINAN
			Just try it.

	Worf takes a cautious sip, then reacts with pleasure.
	He looks at her with surprise.

					GUINAN
				(smiles)
			It's an Earth drink... prune
			juice.

	Worf takes another belt of this marvelous concoction
	and nods with pleasure.

					WORF
			A warrior's drink.

	Guinan sits down at the table.

					GUINAN
			You're always drinking alone.
			It wouldn't hurt you to look for
			a little...
				(glances at a YOUNG
				 COUPLE at nearby table)
			...companionship.

	Worf looks at her with vague irritation. This
	conversation is venturing into areas he'd rather avoid.

    STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - TEASER    2.

1    CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(measured)
			I would require a Klingon woman
			for... companionship. Human
			females are too fragile.

					GUINAN
			Not all of them... I know one or
			two on board who might find you
			a bit tame...

					WORF
			Impossible.

					GUINAN
			You never know until you try...

					WORF
			Then I will never know.

					GUINAN
			Coward...

					WORF
			I am merely concerned for the
			safety of my crewmates.

	Guinan nods -- "oh, right."

					GUINAN
			Drink your prune juice.

	The view out the window abruptly changes as the ship
	DROPS OUT OF WARP. The stars cease to streak by, and
	far out in front of the ship, a RIFT can be seen in
	space. The rift resembles a large jagged tear in space
	within which can be seen a maelstrom of changing colors
	and patterns.

2    ON GUINAN AND WORF (OPTICAL)

	who both react to the view and the rift. Worf is
	already starting to rise when he hears...

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Lieutenant Worf, report to the
			bridge.

					WORF
				(heading out)
			On my way, sir.

    STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - TEASER    3.

2    CONTINUED:

	Guinan steps toward the window with a look of concern
	on her face. She can sense something... confusion,
	dread, possibly a trace of fear cross her face. Linger
	on her expression then...

									CUT TO:

3    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND RIFT (OPTICAL)

	The ship hangs before the gaping rift in space.

4    INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	PICARD, RIKER, TROI in Command, WESLEY at Con, DATA at
	Ops. Worf ENTERS and goes to Tactical.

					PICARD
			Analysis, Mister Data.

					DATA
			Sensors are reading gravimetric
			fluctuations... most unusual
			ones.

					RIKER
			"Unusual" how? Specify?

					DATA
			Nothing I have seen before.

					PICARD
			Is it a wormhole?

					DATA
			Yes... and no. Like a... time
			displacement, but it does not have
			a discernible event horizon.

					WESLEY
			Sir, navigational subsystems are
			unable to give coordinates on the
			object.

    STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - TEASER    4.

4    CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(checks console)
			Confirmed. The phenomenon does
			not have a definable center or
			outer edge.

					RIKER
			Are you saying it is... and yet
			it isn't there?

					DATA
			I do not have sufficient
			information to make an analysis
			as yet, Commander. The dynamics
			of the radiation patterns---

5    ON WORF

	He sees something on his tactical display and
	interrupts Data.

					WORF
			Something's happening, Captain.
			A new change in sensor readings.

6    INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Guinan is still looking out the window. Her puzzlement
	turns to alarm.

					GUINAN
				(almost a whisper)
			No...

7    EXT. SPACE - THE RIFT (OPTICAL)

	The colors within the rift change, swirl, shift... a
	SHIP suddenly appears. It is barely visible and no
	identification of design or type is possible yet.

8    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CLOSE ON PICARD

	His eyes fixed on the viewscreen... his voice
	strangely echoing...

					PICARD
			Mister Data?

    STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - TEASER    5.

8    CONTINUED:

	PULL BACK to reveal the rest of the bridge except for
	the Tactical station. (NOTE: history has just been
	changed although none of our characters realize it)
	The bridge has now been ALTERED to suggest a more
	militaristic atmosphere. The mood is darker, more
	somber... our comfortable bridge is more like the nerve
	center of a battleship than of an explorer. Even our
	uniforms have been slightly altered to emphasize rank
	and status.

	Troi is gone. Wesley now wears a regular Ensign's
	uniform... what were once science stations are now
	damage control centers... SECURITY SUPERNUMERARIES
	with sidearms are posted near all turbolifts...
	Picard's chair is larger and more impressive... patches
	and scars on the bulkheads attest to the action the
	ship has seen recently. The attitudes of our
	characters are more military and formal. These people
	have been hardened slightly and are not the relaxed,
	at ease people we've come to know.

					PICARD
			Can you identify the ship,
			Lieutenant? Is it an enemy
			vessel?

	MOVE TO TACTICAL and now reveal TASHA at station. The
	Tactical station itself has been expanded and enhanced
	with more panels and displays. Tasha replies crisply
	and efficiently... as if she had never been anywhere
	else.

					TASHA
				(shakes head)
			I'm getting too much interference,
			Captain.

8A   EXT. SPACE - THE RIFT (OPTICAL)

	The ship within the rift is more clearly visible. It
	is unmistakably a starship of an earlier design than
	our own. It is very battered and beaten and looks as
	though it's been to hell and back.

8B   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					TASHA
			It's clearing, Captain.
			Definitely a Federation
			starship... accessing registry...

       STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - TEASER       6.

8C   ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The other ship, hereafter called Enterprise-C, can be
	seen and the heavy damage is apparent.

					RIKER (O.S.)
			Looks like they had a rough ride.

8D   NEW ANGLE

					TASHA
				(reading display with
				 surprise)
			N, C, C, one-seven-oh-one... C.
			U.S.S.... Enterprise.

	On reactions...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

   STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT ONE   7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

9    EXT. SPACE - THE TWO ENTERPRISES (OPTICAL)

	Enterprise-C in f.g. with name and designation number
	clearly visible. Enterprise-D in b.g.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Military log, Combat-date
			43625.2. While investigating an
			unusual radiation anomaly reported
			by Starbase one oh five, the
			Enterprise has encountered what
			could almost be called a ghost
			from its own past... The
			Enterprise-C, the immediate
			predecessor of this battleship.

10   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					DATA
			Sensors confirm design and
			specifications, Captain. Analysis
			of hull and engine materials
			conform to engineering patterns
			and methods of that time period.

					WESLEY
			But that cruiser was destroyed
			with all hands about twenty years
			ago.

					DATA
			Presumed destroyed. The
			Enterprise-C was last seen near
			the Klingon outpost on Narendra
			Three exactly twenty-two years,
			four months and three days ago.

					RIKER
			And now it's here.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, is it possible...
			that it has... traveled through
			time?

   STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT ONE   8.

10   CONTINUED:

	Everyone's been thinking the same thing, but hearing it
	actually said out loud makes them all take another look
	at the ship sitting in front of them.

					DATA
			It is a possibility, Captain.
			If that is the correct hypothesis,
			then the phenomenon we just
			enountered was a temporal rift
			in space.

					PICARD
			A rift?

					DATA
			Possibly the formation of a Kerr
			loop from superstring material...
			it would require high-energy
			interactions occuring in the
			vicinity for such a structure to
			form. The rift is certainly not
			stable, Captain. It could
			collapse at any time.

					TASHA
				(eyes on tactical
				 display)
			I'm able to scan the interior of
			the ship now, sir... heavy damage
			to warp field nacelles and hull
			bearing struts... internal space
			frame --
				(shock at new reading)
			Life-signs, Captain!

	Picard and Riker react.

					TASHA
			Readings are sporadic... looks
			like they have massive casualties,
			but some are still alive.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Bridge to Sickbay. Emergency
			teams, stand by Transporter Rooms.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Understood.

	Picard gives Riker a look:

   STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT ONE   9.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Belay that order, Doctor.

					RIKER
			I respectfully suggest that
			regardless of how they did it,
			they are here now and they need
			our help.

					PICARD
			That ship has traveled into its
			own future. We are dealing with
			variables that could alter the
			flow of our own history.

					RIKER
			But their influence on history
			has ended, sir. That ship
			disappeared from the past
			twenty-two years ago and never
			returned.

	Before Picard can reply, Tasha interrupts them.

					TASHA
			Captain, the Enterprise... C is
			sending out a distress call, sir.
			Audio only.

	Picard nods.

					GARRETT'S COM VOICE
				(strained as if in pain)
			This... is Captain Garrett... of
			the Starship Enterprise, to any
			Federation ship. We... have been
			attacked by Romulan warships and
			require... immediate assistance.
			We have lost warp drive...
			life-support is failing.

					RIKER
			We have no record of a Romulan
			assault on the Enterprise-C...

					TASHA
			Voice message has ended, Captain.
			All I'm receiving now is their
			automated distress signal.

	All eyes turn to Picard. He looks at the Main Viewer
	as he makes his decision... a long tense moment.

   STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT ONE   10.

10   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Hailing frequency, Lieutenant.
			This is Captain Picard of... a
			Federation starship. Standby to
			receive emergency teams.

	The only response is STATIC.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			We'll handle this one step at a
			time. Stabilize power systems
			and attend to their casualties.
			Avoid discussions of where and
			when they are.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.
				(heads to turbolift)
			Lieutenant.

	SUPERNUMERARY goes to Tactical. Tasha and Riker EXIT.

					WESLEY
				(reading console)
			Message coming in from Starfleet
			monitor stations, Captain.
			Klingon battlecruisers have been
			reported moving toward this
			sector.

	This is not welcome news.

					PICARD
				(grimly)
			Battle alert, Mister Crusher.
			Condition Yellow.

	bridge alert status goes to YELLOW and we hear a new
	ALERT SOUND.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir.
				(works console)
			All decks report Condition Yellow.

   STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT ONE   11.

11
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12

12A  INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Which is somewhat different than we last saw it... no
	civilians... about twenty UNIFORMED CREWMEN and WAITERS
	all carrying sidearms. Not as casual... more a
	military canteen/mess hall than a lounge.

	Guinan's expression is puzzled. She's walking around.
	She frowns and shakes her head.

					GUINAN
				(to no one in
				 particular)
			It's changed... it's all
			changed...

	A customer overhears, gives her an odd look... she
	moves quickly to EXIT.

13   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE-C (OPTICAL)

	The battered starship drifts in space.

14   INT. ENTERPRISE-C BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The bridge has been heavily damaged. RED ALERT is in
	effect. FOUR SUPERNUMERARIES are lying dead on the
	deck plates or at their consoles. Smoke lingers in
	the air and burning panels add their own eerie
	lighting. Slumped in the captain's chair is RACHEL
	GARRETT, a tall, handsome woman that commands respect
	instantly. She is injured and barely holding on to
	consciousness. Riker, GEORDI, BEVERLY, and Tasha BEAM
	onto the bridge. Beverly moves to a crewman lying on
	the deck, Geordi goes to what's left of the engineering
	console, and Riker and Tasha go to Garrett.

					RIKER
			Captain Garrett?

					GARRETT
				(through fog of pain)
			Yes.

					RIKER
			I'm Commander Riker. We have
			emergency teams boarding your
			ship.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT ONE  11A.

14   CONTINUED:

					RIKER (Cont'd)
				(to Beverly)
			Doctor.

	Beverly goes to Garrett and runs a tricorder over her.

					BEVERLY
				(quietly to Riker)
			The rest of the bridge crew is
			dead.
				(reading tricorder)
			Her leg is fractured and she has
			serious internal injuries.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT ONE      12.

14   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY (Cont'd)
			I'll have to get her back to the
			Enterprise, it's more than I can
			do here.

					GARRETT
				(fighting to make sense
				 of it all)
			To where?

					RIKER
			We'll explain later, Captain.

					GARRETT
				(summons some steel)
			You'll explain now, Commander.

					RIKER
			We're from a Federation starship.
			We've answered your distress call.
			Your ship is in good hands, but
			we need to get you to our Sickbay.

					GARRETT
				(reluctantly)
			Very well.

					BEVERLY
				(activates com badge)
			Crusher to Transporter Room. Two
			to beam directly to Sickbay.

	Riker stands back as Beverly and Garrett BEAM out. He
	goes over to Geordi.

					GEORDI
				(shaking his head at
				 console)
			Pretty bad, Commander. Looks like
			they were in a hell of a fight.

					RIKER
			If you can't stabilize
			life-support, we'll have to
			evacuate the ship.

					GEORDI
			I think we can do it. I'll have
			to get to Engineering...

	Riker gives him a curt nod and Geordi moves toward
	emergency exit.

   STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT ONE   13.

14   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
				(activates com badge)
			La Forge to damage control team
			alpha. Meet me on Engineering
			level three.

	Geordi EXITS. A RASPING OF METAL is heard coming from
	one of the collapsed bulkheads. Tasha moves quickly to
	the wall and manages to move some of the material with
	Riker's help.

15   NEW ANGLE

	on Tasha and RICHARD CASTILLO, who is lying under the
	rubble. Castillo is ruggedly handsome, with jet black
	hair and fiery eyes. He is apparently just regaining
	consciousness, but otherwise does not look injured.

					CASTILLO
			Thanks...

	Castillo gets up, he's still a bit wobbly on his feet.
	He looks at Tasha and Riker and tries to put his
	memories in order. Riker wants to head off this
	discussion for now.

					RIKER
			I'm Commander Riker.

					CASTILLO
			Lieutenant Castillo. Helmsman.

					RIKER
			Your Captain has been sent back
			to the Ent--... back to our ship.
				(glance around bridge)
			You would appear to be the senior
			officer left aboard.

	Castillo looks around the shattered bridge. The
	destruction, though no surprise to him, is still
	shocking. His gaze travels over the bodies of his
	former shipmates.

					CASTILLO
				(quietly)
			So it would appear.

	As Tasha and Riker exchange a look...

									CUT TO:

      STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT ONE      14.

16
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17

18   INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					DATA
			Away team reporting in, sir.

					PICARD
			On screen, Mister Data.

19   ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Riker appears on the viewscreen. He is standing on the
	bridge of the Enterprise-C.

					PICARD (O.S.)
			Go ahead, Commander

					RIKER
			We've stabilized life support,
			Captain. Mister La Forge is
			working on restoring the main
			power couplings but it'll take
			time. Things are a real mess over
			here.

20   NEW ANGLE

					PICARD
			Survivors?

					RIKER
			One hundred twenty-five, sir

					WESLEY
				(softly)
			Out of seven hundred.

					PICARD
			Recommendation?

					RIKER
			I'd hate to scrap her, sir.
			Starfleet could certainly use
			another ship, even if it is a
			little old.

      STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT ONE      15.

20   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Agreed. But we can't stay in this
			area too long.
				(makes decision)
			You have nine hours. If you can
			get her underway in that time,
			we'll escort her back to Starbase
			one oh five. If not, we'll
			evacuate the survivors and destroy
			the ship.

					RIKER
			Understood, sir.

21   ON TURBOLIFT

	Guinan ENTERS. She looks around the bridge. It looks
	familiar, yet somehow wrong to her... just like
	everything else aboard.

21A  NEW ANGLE

					PICARD
			Keep me posted, Picard out.

	Picard turns away from the viewscreen and sees Guinan
	for the first time. Her appearance on the bridge is
	somewhat unprecedented and Picard is very surprised.

					PICARD
			Guinan... ?

					GUINAN
				(quiet yet urgent)
			We need to talk. Now. It's all
			wrong, Captain. This is not the
			way it's supposed to be.

	PUSH IN on Picard's reaction....

22
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23

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

   STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/15/89 - ACT TWO   16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

23A  EXT. SPACE - THE TWO ENTERPRISES (OPTICAL)

	As before.

24   INT. READY ROOM

	Guinan and Picard talking.

					GUINAN
			I don't know...

					PICARD
			You must have some idea how things
			have changed...

					GUINAN
			I look at things... at people...
			and they don't feel right.

					PICARD
			What things? What people?

	Guinan looks around helplessly for an example, settles
	on Picard himself:

					GUINAN
			The bridge...

					PICARD
			What's the matter with it?

					GUINAN
			It's not right.

					PICARD
			It's the same bridge, Guinan. It
			hasn't changed.

	Worried, confused -- she sits. Knowing but being
	unable to explain... her placid nature cannot mask her
	frustration... it's more frightening than anything
	she's ever known.

					GUINAN
			I know that. And I also know...
			it's wrong.

  STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT TWO  16A.

24   CONTINUED:

	Her eyes look to Picard almost apologizing, needing to
	be believed... Picard takes a deep breath, sits.

					PICARD
			What else?

	Feelings... reaching inside for feelings... almost to
	herself --

   STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT TWO   17.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					GUINAN
			Families. There should be
			children here...

					PICARD
			Children? On the Enterprise... ?
				(she nods)
			We're at war, Guinan.

					GUINAN
				(quick)
			No, we're not.
				(beat, thoughtful)
			I mean, we shouldn't be. This
			is a ship of peace. Not of war.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			Guinan, what you're suggesting...

					GUINAN
			It's not a suggestion, Captain.
			And that ship from the past...
			it was not supposed to come here.
			It's got to go back.

	On his reaction...

24A  INT. ENTERPRISE-D SICKBAY (FORMERLY SCENE 17)

	Garrett is lying on a table while Beverly and a MEDICAL
	SUPERNUMERARY work on her. In b.g., TWO MORE
	SUPERNUMERARIES tend to FOUR INJURED ENTERPRISE-C
	CREWMEMBERS. Garrett is awakening, looks around the
	Sickbay. She's beginning to realize that this isn't
	just another starship. She looks at the instruments
	that Beverly is using with curiosity... they don't seem
	quite familiar to her. She looks over as Picard
	ENTERS.

					PICARD
				(to Garrett)
			I'm Captain Picard.

					GARRETT
				(tries to sit up)
			Rachel Garrett. How's my ship?

					PICARD
			Life support systems have been
			restored. Repairs are continuing.

      STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT TWO      18.

24A  CONTINUED:

	She leans back, relaxes...

					GARRETT
			Where did you come from? We
			weren't picking up any other
			Federation ships in this sector...

	Picard and Beverly exchange a glance...

					PICARD
				(avoiding her question)
			What is the last thing you
			remember?

					GARRETT
			We were answering the distress
			signal...

					PICARD
			Distress signal... ?

					GARRETT
			You must have heard it. From the
			Klingon outpost, Narendra Three.
				(off his look)
			But you didn't... did you?

	Garrett looks around the Sickbay again.

					GARRETT
			I've never seen a Sickbay like
			this... not even on a starbase.
			And your uniforms...
				(firmly)
			What ship is this, Captain?

					BEVERLY
			Please... try to keep still...

	Picard struggles with the decision for a moment.

					GARRETT
			I insist on an answer.

					PICARD
			You are aboard the Enterprise,
			Captain... one-seven-oh-one-D.

	He lets that sink in for a second. Garrett grasps the
	implication after a moment and her expression is
	shocked. Picard nods...

      STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT TWO      19.

24A  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			You have come twenty-two years
			into the future.

					GARRETT
			Twenty-two years.

	It's a difficult realization for even a starship
	captain.

					GARRETT
			Does my crew know yet?

					PICARD
			No.

					GARRETT
			I must tell them... I owe them
			that, Picard...

					PICARD
				(reluctantly)
			If you wish, I will see to it that
			they're informed...

	Garrett is puzzled by Picard's reticence.

					GARRETT
			Is there a reason they should not
			be told?

					PICARD
			I am concerned that if you return
			to your own time with knowledge
			of the future...

					GARRETT
			Return? To the battle? We barely
			escaped with our lives. If we
			return, we'll be destroyed.

	A beat. Picard nods, this is not the time to discuss
	Guinan's feelings.

					PICARD
			Have you any idea how this
			happened?

   STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT TWO   20.

24A  CONTINUED: (3)

					GARRETT
				(shakes her head)
			There was a fierce volley of
			photon torpedoes... we were hit...
			there was a bright light and
			then... here.

					PICARD
			It is possible your exchange of
			fire was the catalyst for the
			formation of a temporal rift.
				(beat)
			History never recorded your battle
			with the Romulans.

					GARRETT
				(weary)
			We were responding to a distress
			call from the Klingon outpost on
			Narendra Three... the Romulans were
			attacking it... we engaged them...
			but there were four warbirds.

					PICARD
			The Narendra Three outpost was
			wiped out.

	Remembering what Guinan said --

					PICARD
			It is regrettable you did not
			succeed, Captain. If a Federation
			starship had rescued a Klingon
			outpost... it might have averted
			twenty years of war.

	Off her reaction...

25
thru	OMITTED
30

30A  INT. ENTERPRISE-C BRIDGE

	Angle favoring Riker working at a forward Ops
	console... other supernumeraries are repairing damage.

   STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT TWO   21.

30A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I'm not getting any kind of ready
			condition on the impulse engines,
			La Forge...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged, Commander... some
			of the engine control processors
			went off-line. And there's
			probably damage to the accelerator
			coils... stand by...

	Moving to find Tasha and Castillo are next to each
	other at aft stations... testing panels...

					CASTILLO
			I just can't quite make myself
			believe it.
				(trying to grasp it)
			Twenty-two years...

	Tasha is all business...

					TASHA
			I'm reading forty percent on
			forward shields... what do you
			have on aft...

					CASTILLO
				(checking data, nods)
			Forty percent...

					TASHA
			That's not going to do...
			Commander, advise Lieutenant La
			Forge that shields are below
			minimum...

					RIKER
			Acknowledged...

					CASTILLO
			We'll never see our families
			again. Our homes...

					TASHA
			How do you know your family's not
			still alive?

   STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT TWO   22.

30A  CONTINUED: (2)

					CASTILLO
			You're right... I don't... but
			imagine coming home after
			twenty-two years... Would I even
			recognize them?

	Tasha is more tuned to her panels and monitors... not
	into real personal things here...

					TASHA
			What are the status readouts on
			main phaser banks?

					CASTILLO
			Emitters available -- sixty
			percent forward, fifty-two percent
			aft.

					TASHA
				(acknowledges)
			Let's take a look at the torpedo
			launchers...

					CASTILLO
				(still lost in thought)
			I guess I'm lucky to be alive at
			all.

					TASHA
			You may not like the future. It's
			been a long war. The
			Federation's lost more than half
			of Starfleet to the Klingons.

					CASTILLO
				(reacts)
			We were negotiating a peace treaty
			with the Klingons when I left...

					TASHA
			A lot of changes, Lieutenant.
			A lot of changes.

	He nods. A beat.

      STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT TWO      23.

30A  CONTINUED: (3)

					CASTILLO
			When we get a break, maybe you
			could fill me in on some of them.

	They exchange a look... she acknowledges, maybe.

					TASHA
			Photon banks are depleted...
			auxiliary fusion generators are
			down...

30B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ENTERPRISE-D

	At an aft science station... Picard looks over Data's
	shoulder as he studies a computer graphic on a
	monitor...

					DATA
			The probability is high that the
			temporal rift is symmetrical,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			If that is the case, what would
			happen if the Enterprise-C were
			to fly back through it?

					DATA
				(reacts)
			Back, sir? The Enterprise-C would
			emerge in her own time period
			at almost the same instant she
			left.

					PICARD
			Right in the middle of her
			battle with the Romulans.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Based on the logs of the
			Enterprise-C, is there any
			possibility she could survive that
			battle?

					DATA
			None, sir.

	Picard sighs, a beat.

      STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT TWO      24.

30B  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Then sending them back would be
			condemning them to death.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

  STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT THREE  25.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

31   EXT. SPACE - THE TWO ENTERPRISES (OPTICAL)

	As before...

32   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL) (FORMERLY 25A)

	A Transporter CREWMAN is present as Tasha and Castillo
	MATERIALIZE. Castillo takes his first look at the
	Enterprise-D.

					CASTILLO
			Unbelievable.

					TASHA
			Lieutenant... ?

	Castillo realizes Tasha's waiting for him. They EXIT.

33   INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS (FORMERLY 25B)

	as Tasha leads Castillo. Castillo's fascinated by
	everything around him. They pass several people in the
	corridor, some acknowledge Tasha.

					TASHA
				(re: the new Enterprise)
			She was the first Galaxy Class
			warship built by the Federation...
			forty-two decks... capable of
			transporting over six thousand
			troops...

					CASTILLO
			How long have you been on board?

					TASHA
			Four years. Straight out of the
			Academy. I was lucky to get the
			Enterprise.

					CASTILLO
			Yeah, me too. I mean... my
			Enterprise.

 STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT THREE 25A.

34   INT. SICKBAY (FORMERLY 26)

	Captain Garrett convalesces on a biobed. She is awake,
	but remains weak. Beverly checks her patient's vital
	signs. Beverly moves off as Castillo and Tasha ENTER.

     STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT THREE     26.

34   CONTINUED:

	Castillo nods to Garrett. It's their first meeting
	since Garrett left the Enterprise-C.

					GARRETT
			Lieutenant, how's the ship?

					CASTILLO
			We've restored minimal shields
			and the forward phaser banks.
			Still no photon launchers or warp
			drive.

					GARRETT
			Concentrate on the weapon systems.
			From what Captain Picard has told
			me, the Federation can use all
			the help it can get.

					TASHA
			And soon. Our sensors have picked
			up Klingon warships in this
			sector, Captain.

	Garrett reacts...

					GARRETT
			Why wasn't I informed, Mister
			Castillo... ?

	She begins to rise...

					CASTILLO
			Captain, you shouldn't --

					GARRETT
				(cutting him off)
			As senior officer, I want you to
			be my liaison to the Enterprise-
			D... coordinate with
			Tactical...

					TASHA
			That's me, Captain.

	Beverly rushes up, forces the Captain back on the bed.

					BEVERLY
			Where do you think you're going?

					GARRETT
			I'm ready to resume my duties.

  STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/13/89 - ACT THREE  27.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Captain, you need at least another
			twenty-four hours...

					GARRETT
			Nonsense. Doctors always
			over-protect their patients.

					BEVERLY
				(equally stubborn)
			And captains always push
			themselves too hard.

	Garrett stubbornly gets back on her feet.

					GARRETT
			Doctor, my ship and crew need me
			-- now. Twenty-four hours might
			as well be twenty-four years.

	And she EXITS to Crusher's chagrin.

35   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Which has been converted into a war room atmosphere.
	The door slides open and Guinan ENTERS, pauses at the
	door, looking at --

36   NEW ANGLE - PICARD

	alone at the far end of the table filled with wartime
	displays and charts... they look at each other a beat.
	Picard is quite tense, a man who needs answers to make
	a difficult judgment.

					PICARD
			I need more.

	Guinan looks at him. She can't help him.

					GUINAN
			There is no more. I wish there
			was, Captain. I wish I could
			prove it. I can't.

 STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/13/89 - ACT THREE 27A.

36   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Then I can't send them back.

					GUINAN
			You must.

					PICARD
			Dammit, Guinan, they will die
			moments after they return... how
			can I ask them to sacrifice their
			lives based solely on your...
			intuition?

					GUINAN
			I don't know.

	And it is torture for her... not to be able to give him
	more... with uncharacteristic emotion --

					GUINAN
			This is a mistake. Every cell in
			my body knows this is a mistake.
			I cannot explain it to myself so
			I cannot explain it to you. I...
			just know.

  STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/13/89 - ACT THREE  28.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Who is to say this history is any
			less proper than the other?

					GUINAN
			I guess I am.

					PICARD
			Not good enough.
				(softly agonizing)
			Not good enough. I will not ask
			them to die.

					GUINAN
				(beat, softly)
			Forty billion have died in the
			war...

					PICARD
			I cannot justify readjusting
			history on the basis of saving
			lives in war... shall I return
			to Sarajevo and stop the
			assassination of Archduke
			Ferdinand... or go back to warn
			Station-Salem Four of the Bel-zon
			raid...

					GUINAN
			This war was never meant to be.
			They must return to their own
			time to correct that.

					PICARD
			And what is the guarantee that
			by going back they will
			succeed... ?

	She gives him a look -- there is none.

					PICARD
			In fact, they could conceivably
			create a third time line.

					GUINAN
			Yes.

					PICARD
			Every instinct tells me it's wrong
			and dangerous and futile.

  STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/13/89 - ACT THREE  29.

36   CONTINUED: (3)

	She moves closer to him... and if there is a sense of
	quiet power from Guinan that seems almost evangelical,
	it is intended.

					GUINAN
			Picard, we have been together for
			twenty-two years. I have been
			your advisor, your confidant, your
			friend and in all those twenty-two
			years, I have never led you
			astray. This time line cannot
			be allowed to continue. I've told
			you what you must do. You have
			only your faith in me to help you
			decide.

	On his reaction...

37   INT. TEN-FORWARD - WITH TASHA AND CASTILLO

	at the bar...

					TASHA
			Deflector shield technology has
			advanced considerably during the
			war... our heat-dissipation rates
			are probably double those of the
			Enterprise-C, so we can hang in
			a firefight longer...

	Move to find Guinan returning... moving behind the
	bar... she glances over and reacts as she sees --

38   OMITTED

39   EMPHASIZE GUINAN'S POV - TASHA

	talking away to Castillo, hasn't seen Guinan yet...

40   GUINAN - CLOSEUP

	As she feels there's something really wrong with
	Tasha... we can see it in Guinan's eyes... and then...

 STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/13/89 - ACT THREE 29A.

41   RESUME PREVIOUS ANGLE

	as Tasha turns and makes eye contact with Guinan...
	and she begins to smile, then reacts as...

42   GUINAN

	Guinan's eyes avoid hers... and it's only a moment but
	still...

     STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT THREE     30.

43   TASHA - CU

	wonders what's wrong...

					TASHA
			Guinan... ?

44   WIDER

	as Guinan moves to them... trying to be casual.

					GUINAN
			Have you ordered yet, Tasha?

					TASHA
			Not yet... Is something wrong,
			Guinan?

					GUINAN
			Not a thing. What can I get you?

	Slightest beat. Tasha knows something's wrong.

					TASHA
			Just a couple of T-K-L meal
			rations... we're in a hurry.
				(barely hesitates)
			Oh, this is, Lieutenant
			Castillo...

	Guinan nods. Moves away quickly.

					TASHA
				(curious)
			First time for everything.

					CASTILLO
			First time?

					TASHA
				(confused chuckle)
			It's just that I've never seen
			anything bother her before...

					CASTILLO
				(grins)
			What's a T-K-L?

					TASHA
			Standard rations. Food
			replicators are on minimum
			power...
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT THREE     31.

44   CONTINUED:

					TASHA (Cont'd)
			Everything else is diverted to
			defensive systems.
				(beat)
			So where was I...

					CASTILLO
			You've told me more about tactical
			in an hour than I learned my last
			year in the Academy...

					TASHA
			You're gonna need it,
			Lieutenant...

					CASTILLO
			Hey, I've known you a whole day
			now, Lieutenant. I won't salute
			if you won't. What did she call
			you... Tasha?

					TASHA
			Yeah.

					CASTILLO
			Most everybody just calls me
			Castillo. My mother calls me
			Richard.

					TASHA
				(smiles)
			Okay, Castillo.

					CASTILLO
				(beat, a little shy)
			Naw, I think maybe I'd like it
			better if you called me Richard...

	And there's a charming boyish look in his eye that
	makes her fell warm... it's a feeling Tasha Yar has
	never had an easy time with and it's not easy for her
	to acknowledge here... but it's kinda nice
	nevertheless... there may be something between them
	and they both know it. She nods... tries it on...

					TASHA
			Richard.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			This is the captain. Senior
			officers will report to my Ready
			Room immediately.

  STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/15/89 - ACT THREE  32.

44   CONTINUED: (2)

					TASHA
			So much for lunch.

45   ANGLE - GUINAN

	cleans behind the bar, going out of her way not to look
	at Tasha until she passes...

46   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard, Riker, Geordi, Data, Beverly, Tasha. Picard
	has been briefing the others for the first time on
	Guinan's feelings... in measured words.

					BEVERLY
			Captain, are you suggesting they
			should return and attempt to
			complete their mission?

					PICARD
			I am, Doctor.

					BEVERLY
			Based on Guinan's intuition... ?

	Looks of incredulous reactions around the table.
	Crusher and Riker, as senior officers, are the loudest
	voices of disagreement...

					RIKER
			But it won't accomplish anything.
			There's no way they can save
			Narendra Three...

					TASHA
			Captain Garrett says there were
			four Romulan warbirds. The
			Enterprise-C would be outmanned
			and outgunned...

  STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/14/89 - ACT THREE  33.

46   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Unless we were to re-arm them with
			modern...

					PICARD
			We can't do that. If we send this
			ship back with new technology...
			we would be altering the past...

					RIKER
			But that's what you're talking
			about doing anyway, isn't it?
			Altering the past.

					PICARD
			We're talking about restoring the
			past.

					GEORDI
			How could Guinan know that history
			has been altered... if she's been
			altered along with the rest of
			us?

					DATA
			Perhaps her species has a
			perception that goes beyond linear
			time.

					PICARD
				(acknowledges)
			There are many things about her
			species that cannot be easily
			explained. Even she cannot
			explain how or why she senses that
			history has been altered. And yet
			it is very possible she is correct.
			A ship from the past has traveled
			through time. Who among us could
			know what effect that event has
			had on the present. Indeed, we
			will never know for certain if
			Guinan is correct. But I, for one,
			have decided the consequences of
			that possibility are too grave to
			ignore.

					RIKER
			Sir, if you wish my opinion...


 STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/13/89 - ACT THREE 33A.

46   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I think I know your opinion,
			Commander. This is a briefing.
			I'm not seeking your consent.

	Riker refusing to back off, challenging Picard --

					RIKER
			With all due respect, Captain,
			we'd be asking one hundred and
			twenty-five people to die a
			meaningless death.

					DATA
			Not necessarily meaningless,
			Commander. Klingons place honor
			above all else.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/13/89 - ACT THREE  34.

46   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA (Cont'd)
			If the crew of the Enterprise-C
			had died fighting for the survival
			of a Klingon outpost, that would
			have been considered a meaningful
			act of honor by the Klingon
			Empire.

					PICARD
			Even their deaths... might have
			prevented the war.

	The officers consider that a beat.

					PICARD
			If the Enterprise-C returns to
			the battle and its mission is a
			success, history will be
			irrevocably changed. This time
			line will cease to exist... and
			a new future will have been
			created.
				(beat)
			I've weighed the alternatives.
			I will follow Guinan's
			recommendations.
				(beat)
			Dismissed.

47   OMITTED

47A  INT. BRIDGE

	As they EXIT the Ready Room... favoring Tasha as she
	hears --

					BEVERLY
			If she's right... we may not even
			be in the alternate time line...

					GEORDI
			Yeah, who knows if we're dead or
			alive...

     STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT THREE     35.

48   ANGLE ON TASHA

	as she processes this... and the quick memory of the
	way Guinan was acting toward her, passes across her
	face... She pushes it away. The group splits up and we
	find...

49   INT. TURBOLIFT

	Data and Tasha ENTER. She is troubled by this turn of
	the events. Data notices.

					DATA
			Engineering.

	Tasha doesn't order a destination.

					DATA
			Is Engineering your destination
			as well?

	She glances up... realizing...

					TASHA
			Oh... Deck six... sorry...

					DATA
			If I interpret your facial
			expression correctly, you were
			preoccupied with something
			unpleasant.

					TASHA
			I was just thinking... a lot of
			things...
				(short sigh)
			I've been working with one of the
			officers from the Enterprise-C...
			he's nice, you know? I like him.
			I'm worried about what's going
			to happen to him.

					DATA
			We may never know what happens,
			Tasha. If they succeed, we will
			not even realize any of these
			events occurred.

	The turbolift stops and the door opens...

  STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/13/89 - ACT THREE  36.

49A  INT. TURBOLIFT

	At corridor. Tasha pauses in the doorway.

					TASHA
			Data, how different do you think
			your life would be in the other
			time line?

					DATA
				(considers a beat)
			The possibilities are too numerous
			even for me to calculate, Tasha.

					TASHA
				(thinking to herself)
			Kind of scary, isn't it?

					DATA
			Scary? I would not know.

	She EXITS, the door closes and on Data's reaction...

50   EXT. SPACE - THE TWO ENTERPRISES (OPTICAL)

51   EXT. ENTERPRISE-C BRIDGE

	Tasha and Castillo work at the aft stations, doing
	additional checks...

					CASTILLO
			Shields are up to seventy-two
			percent... That's better...

	Moving to find Garrett and Picard, alone. He has just
	informed Captain Garrett of his feelings. She is
	thoughtful, not hostile, looking for solutions as is
	everyone else...

					GARRETT
			You believe this woman...

  STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/14/89 - ACT THREE  37.

51   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(nods)
			I discovered long ago that she
			has a special wisdom... I've
			learned to trust it.
				(beat)
			If you wish, I can arrange for
			you to speak with her...

					GARRETT
			Captain, I'd be lying to you if
			I told you there was a chance in
			hell of coming out of this alive.
			And my crew means a lot to me.

	Picard solemnly acknowledges, he knows.

					GARRETT
			Why doesn't your ship come back
			with us? The Romulans would be
			no match for your weaponry...

					PICARD
			I can't do that.

					GARRETT
				(beat, agrees on closer
				 examination)
			No, I suppose not. You don't
			belong in our time... any more
			than we belong in yours.
				(beat)
			To be honest, Picard, there are
			some members of my crew who have
			expressed a desire to return...
			even knowing the odds. Some
			because they can't bear to live
			without their loved ones... some
			who don't like the idea that we
			slipped out in the middle of a
			fight. But I've told them... that
			in the here and now, the
			Federation needs another ship
			against the Klingons... and we
			better get used to being in the
			here and now...

 STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/13/89 - ACT THREE 37A.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			By going back, you may be a great
			deal more helpful. The war is
			going badly for the Federation.
			Much worse than is generally known.

	Forcing himself to say it.

					PICARD
			Starfleet Command believes defeat
			is inevitable... that within six
			months we will have no choice but
			to surrender...

	This hits home to Garrett. For a moment, she's too
	stunned to speak.

					GARRETT
				(softly)
			And you're saying all this may
			be a result of our arrival here.

					PICARD
			One more ship will make no
			difference in the here and now,
			Captain. But twenty-two years
			ago, one ship could have stopped
			this war before it ever started.

  STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/13/89 - ACT THREE  38.

51   CONTINUED: (3)

	A long beat. She glances at Castillo, nods.

					GARRETT
			Mister Castillo, inform the crew
			that we're going back.

					CASTILLO
			Yes, Captain.

	He exchanges a glance with Tasha, moves to an aft
	station.

					GARRETT
			The Romulans'll get a good fight.
			We'll make it one for the history
			books.

					PICARD
			I know you will, Captain.

	Picard nods with admiration for his counterpart. And
	as he takes his leave...

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Yar...

					TASHA
			Permission to remain for a moment,
			sir...

	Picard sees that she wants to say good-bye to
	Castillo...

					PICARD
			Granted.

	They EXIT to go the Transporter Room... Tasha goes to
	the aft station... Now that she's there, she doesn't
	know exactly what to say to him. Other
	supernumeraries are near-by -- what they might have
	said is forced into the most formal language.

					TASHA
			I just wanted to say good luck...

  STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT THREE  39.

51   CONTINUED: (3)

					CASTILLO
			I'll try to put some of your
			tactical briefing to good use when
			we get back...

					TASHA
			Your ship has a lot more
			maneuverability than the Romulan
			counterparts of that era... in
			fact, if you could isolate...

	She stops in mid-sentence, knowing she doesn't want
	to be talking techno right now...

					TASHA
			You'll do fine.

					CASTILLO
			If you get back to Earth... and
			you see a man, oh, in his late
			fifties taking a hard look at you
			across a crowded room...
				(she smiles)
			Hey, you never know.

	And she nods, forcing back her emotions... she puts out
	her hand...

					TASHA
			Good-bye, Lieutenant.

	As Castillo reaches for it... suddenly an EXPLOSION
	rocks the ship, throwing them off balance.

52   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	A Klingon bird of prey has appeared on the Main
	Viewer.

	Castillo rushes over to the helm... Tasha to tactical.
	Over this:

					GARRETT
			Red Alert. Full power to shields.

	Red Alert sounds.

					TASHA
			Shields are up. Functioning.

  STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT THREE  40.

52   CONTINUED:

					CASTILLO
			Initiating evasive maneuvers...
			Gamma sequence.

					GARRETT
			Ready phasers...
				(to comm)
			Enterprise-D, has your captain
			returned safely...

53   INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE

	Red Alert. Riker at command...

					RIKER
				(to comm)
			Acknowledged, Enterprise-C.
			Captain Picard is safely aboard...
				(to Data)
			Fire phasers.

					DATA
				(overlapping)
			Firing phasers...

	Behind him, Picard moves onto the bridge from the
	turbolift with a purpose...

					PICARD
			Situation report...

					RIKER
			One Klingon bird of prey... off
			the starboard bow...

54   INT. ENTERPRISE-C BRIDGE

					TASHA
			Firing phasers...

					GARRETT
			Load torpedo bays...

	Suddenly they're hit by a massive EXPLOSION. Garrett
	is caught by flying debris. She goes down.

     STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT THREE     41.

55   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	As the Enterprise-D fires a barrage, a shimmering
	EFFECT surrounds the bird of prey and it disappears.

56   INT. ENTERPRISE-D BRIDGE

					DATA
			The Klingon vessel has re-cloaked,
			sir. I have no readings.

					PICARD
			Captain Garrett -- damage report.
				(no answer)
			Captain Garrett...

					TASHA (com)
			This is Lieutenant Yar, sir.

57   INT. ENTERPRISE-C BRIDGE

	Castillo is kneeling beside the body of Captain
	Garrett. Tasha stands helplessly beside him.

					TASHA
			Captain Garrett is dead.

58   INT. ENTERPRISE-D BRIDGE

	On their stunned reactions.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

       STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT FOUR       42.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

59
thru	OMITTED
61

61A  EXT. SPACE - THE TWO ENTERPRISES (OPTICAL)

	As before.

61B  INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Castillo, Tasha.

					CASTILLO
			I'm prepared to lead the
			Enterprise back myself, Captain
			Picard.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			Sir, Lieutenant Castillo is the
			last senior officer alive... he
			will have limited support from
			Ops, no Tactical, reduced staff
			in Engineering...

					CASTILLO
			I have good people willing to do
			their best...

					RIKER
				(to Castillo)
			But certainly, history never meant
			this ship to be led into battle
			without your captain.

					CASTILLO
			I can't speak to that point,
			sir... but I can get us back to
			where we're supposed to be. I
			believe that's what Captain
			Garrett would want me to do.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Commander Data to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			Go ahead.

          STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT FOUR          43.

61B  CONTINUED:

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Sir, sensors are showing
			additional instability in the
			time rift. Possibly the result
			of the battle with the Klingons.

					PICARD
			Any signs of other Klingon
			vessels?

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			No, sir.

					TASHA
			I'm sure our coordinates have
			been transmitted to the Klingon
			command... we must not remain
			here.

	Picard studies the helmsman...

					CASTILLO
			Sir, it is my intention to return,
			unless you order me not to.

	Picard's eyes glow with admiration for the young
	lieutenant... Tasha watches with renewed concern, but
	she too respects him enormously.

					PICARD
			How soon will your ship be ready?

					CASTILLO
			We sustained moderate damage in
			the attack... I think we can get
			underway in a few hours...

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			We will maintain position to
			provide cover.
				(to Castillo)
			Make it so.

	Castillo salutes the captain, Picard gives him a good
	tough salute in return... and he EXITS, followed by
	Tasha.

          STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT FOUR          44.

61C  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Tasha and Castillo ENTER. A supernumerary mans the
	console.

					CASTILLO
			One to beam to the Enterprise-C.

	The engineer acknowledges... he turns to Tasha.

					CASTILLO
			We keep saying good-bye... don't
			we?

					TASHA
			I wish there was more time.

					CASTILLO
			More time... I think we have all
			the time we can handle as it is.

	They look at each other and damn the engineer, they
	move together into a warm and tender kiss. When they
	break...

					CASTILLO
				(good-bye... )
			Lieutenant.

	And she watches as he moves to the transporter pad...
	and they look at each other with a love that might
	have been... and he DEMATERIALIZES... and as we push
	into her face, her thoughts racing...

									SMASH CUT TO:

61D  INT. TEN-FORWARD - GUINAN CLOSE UP

	She's behind the bar... and as she turns and looks up,
	reacts as she sees --

61E  NEW ANGLE - TASHA

	alone... looking at her...

					GUINAN
			What would you like?

					TASHA
			Guinan, I have to know something.

	Guinan looks at her evenly.


       STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT FOUR       45.

61E  CONTINUED:

					TASHA
			What happens to me in the other
			time line?

	A long beat.

					GUINAN
			I don't have alternate biographies
			of the crew, Tasha. I told the
			captain... it's just a feeling...

					TASHA
			But there's something more when
			you look at me, isn't there...

	A long beat.

					TASHA
			I've seen it in your eyes, Guinan.
			We've known each other too long...

					GUINAN
				(beat)
			We weren't meant to know each
			other at all.
				(off Tasha's look)
			Or that's what I sense when I look
			at you.

	Tasha looks at her with a curious smile...

					GUINAN
			You're not supposed to be here,
			Tasha.

					TASHA
			Where am I supposed to be?

					GUINAN
			Dead.

	Tasha is shaken as any of us would be... she tries to
	cover it. A beat.

					TASHA
			Do you know how?

					GUINAN
			No.
				(beat)
			But I know that it was an empty
			death. A death without purpose.

       STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT FOUR       46.

61E  CONTINUED: (2)

	As Tasha considers this revelation, her mind begins to
	work.

62   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard at his desk, working... a chime.

					PICARD
			Come.

	The door slides open and Tasha ENTERS.

					PICARD
			Yes, Lieutenant.

					TASHA
			Captain, I request a transfer to
			the Enterprise-C.

	Picard is taken by surprise.

					PICARD
			For what reason?

					TASHA
			They need someone at Tactical.

					PICARD
			You're needed here.

					TASHA
			Sir, I don't belong here.

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			Sit down.
				(she does)
			What did she tell you?

					TASHA
			I'm not supposed to be here. I'm
			not supposed to be alive.

	Picard is shaken by the revelation...

					PICARD
				(rather aghast)
			She felt it was necessary to
			disclose this to you?

					TASHA
			I felt it was necessary.

          STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/10/89 - ACT FOUR         47.

62   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I see.
				(beat)
			You realize that it is very
			possible that the Enterprise-C
			could fail. We may be forced to
			remain in this time line... in
			which case your life would go on,
			hopefully for a long while.

					TASHA
			I know how important it is that
			they don't fail, Captain. That's
			why I'm requesting this transfer.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant, you don't belong on
			that ship...

					TASHA
			No. Captain Garrett belongs on
			that ship. But now that
			she's dead, there's a certain
			logic in this request.

					PICARD
			There's no logic in it at all.
				(beat)
			Tasha, whether they succeed or
			not, the Enterprise-C will be
			destroyed...

					TASHA
			At least, with a tactical officer
			on board, they will have a chance
			to defend themselves well,
			Captain... it may be a matter of
			seconds or minutes... but those
			could be the minutes that change
			history...
				(beat)
			Guinan says I died a senseless
			death in the other time line.
			I didn't like the sound of that,
			sir. I've always known the risks
			that come with a Starfleet
			uniform. If I am to die in one,
			I'd like my death to count for
			something.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant...

          STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT FOUR          48.

62   CONTINUED: (2)

	A long look, many feelings...

					PICARD
			Permission granted.

	She rises. Salutes him.

					TASHA
			Thank you, sir.

	And EXITS. A long beat on Picard and...

63   INT. ENTERPRISE-C MAIN BRIDGE

	The CREW is busy at work, closing up patched-together
	consoles. Castillo is in command.

					CASTILLO
				(to com)
			I'm showing phaser banks up to
			seventy percent efficiency...
			we've got an hour left... see if
			you can get them up to ninety...

					COM VOICE
			Aye, sir...

64   NEW ANGLE

	as Castillo steps up to two of his young CREWMEN.

					CASTILLO
			Parker, you've got Ops.
			Fredericks, you take the Conn...

					TASHA (O.S.)
			I'll handle Tactical.

65   ON TASHA

	stepping up to Castillo.

					TASHA
			Lieutenant Tasha Yar reporting
			for duty, sir.

	Castillo reacts with surprise.

       STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT FOUR       49.

65   CONTINUED:

					CASTILLO
			You're not part of my crew.

					TASHA
			I am now. Captain Picard approved
			my request for transfer.

66   NEW ANGLE

	as Castillo leads Tasha to one side -- not wanting to
	continue this discussion in front of the crew.

					CASTILLO
			This isn't a joke, Tasha. We're
			going back in the rift -- into
			battle -- and we're not coming
			back.

					TASHA
			I know the mission. These are
			my orders, Lieutenant.

					CASTILLO
			But I don't want you here.

					TASHA
			You need me. Show me someone on
			your crew that can do the job
			better than I can.

	Castillo knows he can't; there is no one as qualified.
	He looks at her with appreciation.

					CASTILLO
				(quietly)
			Welcome aboard.
				(then, louder, for the
				 crew)
			Take your station, Lieutenant.

	Tasha, all business, moves to her station.

					TASHA
			Aye, sir.

	As she runs a check on Tactical, we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT FIVE       50.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

67   INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard in command, studying the image of the
	Enterprise-C on the viewer. Riker at one of the aft
	consoles, Data at Ops, Wes at Conn. Tactical is vacant.
	Tasha ENTERS from turbolift.

					TASHA
			We've finished the transfer of
			equipment, Captain. The new
			converters should be able to
			compensate for the damaged units
			on the Enterprise-C.

	Picard stands, nods. Riker moves a couple of steps
	closer, while Wes and Data turn to look at Tasha. An
	awkward moment... too much to say... this is neither
	the time nor the place. Picard clears his throat, but
	before he can say anything there is a SOUND from the
	Ops panel. Data turns to his console.

					WESLEY
			Long-range scans have picked up
			Klingon battlecruisers, Captain.
			They are on an intercept course.

	This is it and everyone knows it. No time at all for
	whatever they might have tried to say to Tasha.

					RIKER
			E.t.a.?

					WESLEY
			Fourteen minutes, thirty-one
			seconds.

					PICARD
			Red Alert. All hands to battle
			stations.

	Bridge status goes to RED and we hear a new ALERT
	KLAXON. Picard turns to Tasha but she anticipates him.

					TASHA
			I'm on my way, sir.
				(beat)
			Good-bye, Captain.

       STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT FIVE       51.

67   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Good-bye, Lieutenant.

	Tasha looks around the bridge. Wesley manages a halfhearted
	smile which Tasha returns. Tasha heads to the
	turbolift and pauses for a second near the Tactical
	station. A SUPERNUMERARY ENTERS from turbolift and
	takes up the station. Tasha touches the panel for a
	second -- a quick farewell to her station and her ship
	-- then EXITS.

68   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE-C (OPTICAL)

	The ship motionless in space.

69   INT. ENTERPRISE-C MAIN BRIDGE

	Tasha ENTERS from turbolift. Alert status is RED.
	Castillo in Command, supernumeraries at their posts.

					TASHA
			Damage control teams have all
			returned to the Enterprise-D...
			Captain.

	Castillo reacts slightly to his new title, then down
	to business. Tasha moves to Tactical station. She
	checks a few readings.

					CASTILLO
			Raise shields.

					TASHA
			Shields up. Charging weapon
			systems.

       STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT FIVE       52.

	ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL) (FORMERLY SCENE 67)

	The main viewer shows the Enterprise-D.

					CASTILLO
				(quietly)
			Good luck, Enterprise.

71   ON TASHA (FORMERLY SCENE 68)

	as she also looks at the viewer. Her ship, her friends
	are about to make their final stand... without her.
	Linger on her look of concern then...

									CUT TO:

72   EXT. SPACE - THE TWO ENTERPRISES (OPTICAL)

	Enterprise-C in b.g. The Enterprise-D begins to wheel
	around to face the imminent Klingon attack. The rift
	can now be seen in the b.g.

73   INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE

	The mood is tense. These are seasoned professionals
	getting ready for another round of combat in a long
	and hard war.

					RIKER
			Number and type of ships, Mister
			Crusher?

					WESLEY
			Three K'vort class battlecruisers.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			Not bothering to cloak themselves.

					PICARD
			They shouldn't be so confident...
			after the pasting we gave them
			at Archer Four.

	Picard studies the display and calculates the odds
	against them.

					RIKER
				(quietly)
			We won't last long against that
			many.

          STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT FIVE          53.

73   CONTINUED:

	Picard already knows that. He looks at Riker and a
	silent beat of understanding passes between them.
	Picard stands and addresses his bridge crew.

					PICARD
			We could, of course, outrun the
			Klingons, but we must protect the
			Enterprise-C until she can enter
			the temporal rift.
				(beat)
			We may not survive... but we must
			succeed... Let's make sure they
			don't forget the name Enterprise.

	The mood of the bridge crew is determined... if this
	were a few centuries earlier, a cheer would go up.

74   EXT. SPACE - THE KLINGONS (OPTICAL)

	THREE KLINGON BATTLECRUISERS in attack formation head
	for the Enterprise. The lead ship FIRES phasers.

75   INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE

	The ship ROCKS with the impact.

					DATA
			Shields holding.

					PICARD
				(coolly)
			Hold your fire. Mister Crusher,
			come about to one-four-eight mark
			zero-zero-three, on my command.

					WES
			Aye sir.

					RIKER
			Ready photon torpedoes. Dispersal
			pattern: Sierra.

					PICARD
			Ready... and... now!

									CUT TO:

76   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE-D (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise-D FIRES TORPEDOES.

       STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT FIVE       54.

77   INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					DATA
			One enemy target hit, sir.
			Moderate damage to their
			forward shields.

	The ship is ROCKED as another Klingon shot hits the
	ship.

					DATA
			Our shields still holding.
			Minor damage to secondary hull.

					RIKER
			Course one-seven-zero, mark
			zero-one-four.

					WESLEY
			One ship has broken off and is
			heading toward the Enterprise-C.

	Moment of decision. Picard knows what he must do.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher. Belay previous
			course change... keep us within
			two hundred kilometers of the
			Enterprise-C.

					WES
			Aye, sir. Coming to two-one-seven
			mark one-one-five... increasing
			to two-thirds impulse.

78   EXT. SPACE - THE TWO ENTERPRISES (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise-D moves closer to the Enterprise-C in
	order to protect it from the Klingons.

79   INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE

	The ship is ROCKED by several hits. Riker works the
	Tactical console.

					RIKER
			Damage control teams to deck
			fourteen.

       STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT FIVE       55.

79   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Engineering to bridge. Starboard
			power coupling is down.
			Containment field generator three
			is damaged -- attempting to
			bypass.

					RIKER
			If we lose anti-matter
			containment...

	Picard nods grimly.

					PICARD
			Acknowledged, Engineer.

					WESLEY
			The Klingons are flanking us...
			trying to draw us away from the
			Enterprise-C.

					PICARD
			Hold your course.
				(to Tactical)
			Continual fire, all phasers.

80   ON WESLEY

	as he works his console. Another HIT. Wesley struggles
	to maintain helm control.

81   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE-D (OPTICAL)

	The ship sends out a firestorm of PHASER fire.

82   ON KLINGON SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The phasers punch through the Klingon shields and the
	ship EXPLODES.

83   INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE

					DATA
			One enemy target destroyed.

	The bridge is ROCKED again and again as the Klingons
	pound the Enterprise.

          STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT FIVE          56.

83   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Damage report!

					RIKER
			Heavy casualties in the secondary
			hull. Navigational sensor array
			inoperative.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Anti-matter containment fields
			failing... if I can't stabilize
			them, we'll have to eject the
			reactor core or she'll blow...

					DATA
				(sees new reading on
				 console)
			Shields buckling, Captain. They
			will not --

	Another HIT ROCKS the bridge.

									INTERCUT:

84   INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN ENGINEERING

	The room is filled with smoke and crackling consoles.
	SUPERNUMERARIES, some wounded or dead are in b.g.
	Geordi is trying to make his report through the
	confusion and damage.

					GEORDI
			Engineer to bridge. Can't hold
			the antimatter containment
			fields... Initiating emergency
			shutdown...

	TWO EXPLOSIONS go off in the Engine Core. An ALARM
	sounds just as a CLOUD OF GAS starts to pour out of
	the Engine Core. Geordi reacts with horror. (NOTE:
	computer registers a "force field failure" and the
	emergency isolation door descends to close off the
	engine core.)

					GEORDI
			Coolant leak! bridge, we have
			a coolant leak in the engine core!
			I can't shut it down -- estimate
			two minutes to warp core
			breach...

          STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT FIVE          57.

85   INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE

	Geordi is cut off in mid-sentence as the bridge is
	ROCKED again.

					PICARD
			How long until the Enterprise-C
			enters the rift?

					DATA
			Fifty-two seconds.

86   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE-C AND RIFT (OPTICAL)

	The ship is just about to enter the rift.

87   INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE

					PICARD
			All remaining power to defense
			systems.

					DATA
			Power couplings severed in
			forward phaser banks. Attempting
			to by-pass.
				(works console)
			Controls not responding.

	A SHAKE as the ship is hit again. An EXPLOSION at
	Tactical. Riker goes down. Picard's face is grim.
	This is the end and he knows it. A Klingon voice is
	heard on the com (possibly Worf).

					KLINGON COM VOICE
			Federation ship Enterprise...
			surrender and prepare to be
			boarded!

	Picard looks defiantly at the ships on the viewer.
	He goes to the Tactical station and works the controls
	himself. He looks at the Klingons with steel in his
	eyes.

					PICARD
				(softly)
			Like hell.

	Picard fires the phasers.

          STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT FIVE          58.

88   CLOSE ON PICARD

	holding on to the Tactical console as the ship is hit
	by phaser fire...

89   ON KLINGONS (OPTICAL)

	They press in closer for the kill and continue to FIRE
	at the Enterprise-D.

90   ON ENTERPRISE-C AND RIFT (OPTICAL)

	The ship enters the rift and disappears.

									CUT TO:

91   INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE - CLOSE ON PICARD

	Match shot on Picard as we last saw him. It is not
	immediately apparent whether or not anything has
	changed or if the battle is still raging.

					PICARD
			Report, Lieutenant.

92   NEW ANGLE

	which reveals the bridge of the Enterprise as seen in
	the Teaser. Everyone is back at their normal stations.
	The uniforms, the bridge itself and the people have
	returned to normal. Worf is back at Tactical; Troi
	is in her chair.

					WORF
			Readings fluctuated momentarily,
			Captain. It appeared to be a
			ship, but then it vanished.

	Picard takes this information in stride.

					DATA
			The rift is closing in on itself,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Very well. Prepare a class-one
			sensor probe. We'll leave it
			behind to monitor the final
			closure. Mister Crusher, lay in
			a course for Archer Four.

       STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT FIVE       59.

92   CONTINUED:

	Business as usual. As if nothing ever happened...
	and to them it hasn't.

					GUINAN'S COM VOICE
			Guinan to Captain Picard... is
			everything all right up there?

	Picard is a little puzzled by this unusual
	communication from Guinan.

					PICARD
			Guinan?... Yes... everything's
			fine. Is something wrong?

93   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Guinan is behind the bar, holding a drink she's just
	made.

					GUINAN
			No, sir. Sorry to bother you.

	She looks around. Everything is right. A sad smile
	crosses her features. She nods her head with
	satisfaction. FOLLOW her as she moves down the bar
	and hands the drink to Geordi.

					GEORDI
			Thanks, Guinan.

	Guinan nods, leans on the bar:

					GUINAN
			Geordi... tell me about Tasha
			Yar.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "The Offspring" 
                     (f.k.a. "Bloodlines") 
                          #40273-164 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Rene Echevarria 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Jonathan Frakes 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1989 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                     REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                      DECEMBER 19, 1989


         STAR TREK: "The Offspring" - 12/19/89 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "The Offspring" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             LAL
                RIKER              LIEUTENANT BALLARD
                DATA               ADMIRAL ANTHONY HAFTEL
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             

                GUINAN             

                Non-Speaking       
                  VARIOUS SUPERNUMERARIES
                  ANDORIAN FEMALE    
                  MUSCLEBOUND MALE HUNK
                  A KLINGON WARRIOR  

       STAR TREK: "The Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "The Offspring" 
                          
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              READY ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TURBOLIFT
              CORRIDOR
              TEN FORWARD
              LABORATORY
              TEACHER'S OFFICE
              HOLODECK
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              TROI'S QUARTERS
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              BEVERLY'S OFFICE

       STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                       "The Offspring"                             
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	standing stationary in space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43657.0
			We have arrived at sector four-eight-seven
			to begin charting this
			region of the galaxy. Commander
			Riker has been spared this
			sometimes tedious duty by virtue
			of a long overdue personal leave.

2    INT. CORRIDOR

	GEORDI and WESLEY walking swiftly down the corridor.
	At a connecting juncture TROI joins them. They are
	surprised when they realize they are all headed in the
	same direction.

					GEORDI
			Did he send for you too?

					TROI
			Yes... he was very mysterious
			about it.

					WESLEY
			Does anyone have any idea what
			this is all about?

	They all exchange a long look, "nope, not a clue", and
	continue walking.

					GEORDI
			Something happened at that
			cybernetics conference. Since
			he's come back he's spent every
			off duty minute in that lab.

					TROI
			It is very unlike Data to be
			secretive.

         STAR TREK: "Offspring" - 12/19/89 - TEASER         2.

2    CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			And cautious. He kept the lab
			locked.

					GEORDI
			Now how would you know that?

	Wesley reacts with a shrug and a grin. He's been
	caught. They continue walking until they reach the
	door to Data's lab. Ring the chime. After a beat, the
	door slides open and Data stands there, holding a
	"human" foot in his hand...

3    INT. LABORATORY - REVERSE ANGLE

	The trio react to the foot...

					DATA
			Oh, you are early. Just a moment
			please.

	And the door slides closed in their faces... moving
	with Data as he takes his foot... and without ever
	going wide enough to see exactly what he's doing...

3A   ANGLE

	Data kneels down and attaches the foot to the bottom of
	a leg. The toes begin to wiggle. Data's face is
	satisfied. He stands.

					DATA
			You may enter now.

	The door slides open and Data's curious crewmates
	ENTER.

3B   NEW ANGLE

	(and the lab must be arranged so we can have a reveal
	here... we don't want them to see it as soon as they
	walk in -- perhaps the biobed set-up is faced away from
	the door, allows us to screen off line of sight to Lal
	as they enter.)

					GEORDI
			C'mon, Data, what is this...

       STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/28/89 - TEASER       3.

3B   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Yeah, what's going on?

					DATA
			I have invited you here to meet
			someone.

	And now he reveals... an android, but it has no face,
	metallic eyes, and no hair. It is a primitive
	mannequin. When it speaks, its voice is computer-like,
	neither male nor female.

					DATA
			This is Lal. Lal, say hello to
			Counselor Deanna Troi...

					LAL
			Hello... Counselor Deanna Troi...

					TROI
			How do you do, Lal.

					LAL
			I am functioning... within normal
			parameters.

					DATA
			And this is Geordi La Forge and
			Wesley Crusher.

	Lal examines them.

					LAL
			Purpose for... exterior drapings,
			Father?

					WESLEY
				(sotto, to Geordi)
			Father?

       STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - TEASER       4.

3B   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			It is the custom that we wear
			clothing.

					WESLEY
			It called you "Father", Data.

					DATA
			Yes, Wesley. Lal is my child.

	On reactions...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/21/89 - ACT ONE      5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

4    INT. LABORATORY

	Picard, has joined them, slowly circles the android
	while Troi, Geordi, Wesley and Data watch. The android
	shows nothing. It stands ramrod straight and perfectly
	still, and it displays no curiosity about the human
	which is inspecting it.

					DATA
			It has a positronic brain... one
			very similar to my own... I began
			to program it at the cybernetics
			conference...

					GEORDI
			But nobody's ever been able to
			do that... at least not since you
			were programmed Data...

					DATA
			There was a new submicron matrix-transfer
			technology introduced
			at the conference which I
			discovered could be used to lay
			down complex neural net
			pathways...

					WESLEY
				(understanding)
			You mean a transfer... from your
			your brain to Lal's...

					DATA
			Exactly, Wesley. I realized for
			the very first time it was possible
			to continue Doctor Soong's work.
			My initial transfers have produced
			very encouraging results... so I
			brought Lal's brain back with me
			to continue.

					PICARD
				(unhappy)
			Data...

	He pauses as he realizes this is not the time and place
	to confont him. Suppresses his anger...

      STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/28/89 - ACT ONE      5A.

4    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I would like to have been
			consulted.

					DATA
			I have not observed anyone else
			on board consult with you about
			their procreation, Captain.

      STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT ONE      6.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			No, but...

	He exchanges a look with Troi...

					PICARD
			... in your case... it's not quite
			the same.

					DATA
			The intention is the same.

	A beat... he sees Picard is not convinced.

					DATA
			Lal's creation is entirely
			dependent on me. I am giving it
			knowledge and skills that are
			stored in my brain... its
			programming reflects mine in the
			same way a human child's genes
			reflect its parent's genes...

					GEORDI
			It's true, Captain, this
			technology requires another
			positronic brain that's fully
			programmed...

					WESLEY
			And Data's the only person around
			who has one. That does kind of
			makes him Lal's dad.

	Picard looks around... this is obviously a popular
	decision. But not with him.

					DATA
			Of course, it is not complete.
			We have only made two transfers.

					TROI
			Why didn't you give it a more
			human look, Data?

					DATA
			I decided to allow Lal to choose
			its own appearance and sex.

       STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 1/2/90 - ACT ONE       7.

4    CONTINUED: (3)

	Picard acknowledges, but has had enough...

					PICARD
			Mister Data, at your convenience,
			I'd like to talk to you in my
			Ready Room. Counselor...
				(please join me)

	Troi and Picard start to leave...

					DATA
			Captain... Have a cigar.

	He picks up a box of cigars and holds it out... Picard
	reacts.

					DATA
			I believe it is customary.

	Picard takes a cigar, EXITS, so does Troi as she
	follows Picard, the others follow suit...

4A   OMITTED

4B   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard and Troi as they leave the lab. Picard is
	obviously disturbed.

					PICARD
			I would suggest we do whatever
			we can to discourage this
			perception of the new android as
			a "child"...

       STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 1/2/90 - ACT ONE       7A.

4B   CONTINUED:

	Waits for Troi's concurrence which doesn't come. Looks
	at her --

					PICARD
			Counselor, it is not a child.
			It is an invention, albeit an
			extraordinary one.

					TROI
			Why should biology or technology
			determine whether it is a child?
			I see a man who has created an
			offspring... a new life out of
			his own being. That suggests a
			child to me. If Data wishes to
			call Lal his child, who are we to
			argue?

					PICARD
				(frowns)
			If he must, fine. But I don't
			understand how he can call a five
			foot android, with heuristic
			learning systems and the strength
			of a ten men a "child".

					TROI
			You've never been a parent.

	Picard does a take as they turn a corner.

5    INT. READY ROOM

	Data sits on the sofa... pull back to reveal Picard.

					PICARD
			Data, what you have done has very
			serious ramifications and I am
			dismayed that you did not inform
			anyone of what you were doing.

      STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/22/89 - ACT ONE      8.

5    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I am sorry I did not anticipate
			your objections, Captain. Do you
			wish me to deactivate Lal?

					PICARD
			It is a life, Data. It cannot
			be activated or de-activated
			simply. It is a stupendous
			undertaking. Have you any idea
			what will happen when Starfleet
			learns of this?

					DATA
			I have followed all Starfleet
			regulations to the best of my
			ability, Captain... I expected
			they would be pleased...

					PICARD
			We'll see.
				(beat)
			My foremost concern is for the
			safety of this ship and crew.
			You are faster, stronger, and far
			more knowledgeable than any
			human...

					DATA
			I can assure you Lal's programming
			includes psychological inhibitor
			safeguards to prevent any threat
			to the Enterprise.

      STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/22/89 - ACT ONE      9.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			And in the event of a malfunction?

					DATA
			A malfunction is of course a
			possibility, Captain. But Lal's
			program is equipped like mine --
			it will shut down before
			deleterious behavior can begin.

	Picard shakes his head, still fuming...

					PICARD
			You've taken on quite a
			responsibility, Mister Data...

					DATA
				(acknowledges)
			To prepare, I have scanned all
			the available literature on
			parenting. There seems to be much
			confusion on the issue. One
			traditional doctrine insists
			"spare the rod and spoil the
			child", suggesting a punitive
			approach... another more liberal
			attitude would allow a child
			enormous freedom...

					PICARD
				(trying to interrupt)
			Data...

					DATA
			And what the Klingons do to their
			children...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			I'm not talking about parenting.
				(beat)
			I'm talking about the
			extraordinary consequences of
			creating new life.

					DATA
				(confused)
			Does that not describe becoming
			a parent, sir?

	Not wanting to get into this --

      STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/28/89 - ACT ONE      10.

5    CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			You are seeking to achieve what
			no one, other than your own
			creator, has been able to achieve
			-- to make another sentient,
			functional android. To make
			another Data.

					DATA
			That is why I must attempt this,
			Captain. I have observed that
			in most species, there is a primal
			instinct to perpetuate themselves.
			And while I have not been
			programmed with instinctive
			behavior patterns, I do understand
			that I have been, until now, the
			last of my kind. If I were damaged
			or destroyed, I would be lost
			forever. But if I am successful
			with the creation of Lal, my
			continuance is assured. I believe
			I understand the consequences. And
			I am prepared to accept the
			responsibility.

	On Picard's reaction...

      STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/28/89 - ACT ONE      11.

5A
thru	OMITTED
7

8    INT. CORRIDOR

	Moving slowly down the hallway, passers-by react at
	the sight of the naked android... as a woman walks
	by, Lal studies her...

					LAL
			Gender female.

      STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/28/89 - ACT ONE      12.

8    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			That's right, Lal. Just like me.

	As a pair of men walk by...

					LAL
			Gender male.

					DATA
			Correct.

					LAL
			I am... gender neuter.
			Inadequate.

					DATA
			That is why you must choose a
			gender, Lal. And complete your
			appearance.

					LAL
			What are... criteria?

					DATA
			Access your data bank on
			sexuality, level two. That will
			define the parameters.

					TROI
			Whatever you choose will be yours
			for your lifetime, Lal... It is
			a decision that will affect how
			people interrelate with you.

					LAL
				(turning to Troi)
			I choose... your sex... and
			appearance.

	Troi reacts.

        STAR TREK: "Offspring" - 12/19/89 - ACT ONE        13.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			No, Lal... that would be
			confusing. We are taking you to
			the Holodeck to show you several
			thousand composites which I have
			programmed. You may choose from
			them.

					TROI
			Several thousand... ?

					DATA
			This is a big decision...

9    INT. HOLODECK

	Starting on Troi who has fallen asleep, sitting on the
	floor against a wall...

					DATA
			Counselor...
				(her eyes open)
			Lal has narrowed the choices to
			four... would you like to see?

					TROI
			Yes... yes, of course, Data...

9A   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	to see Data has created a modest set with a mirror...
	in front of which stands Lal...

					DATA
			Computer, Lal -- gender sequence
			finalists... begin...

	Superimposing with a wipe (necessary I think to
	distinguish that she is not actually changing into
	these beings)...

9B   AN ANDORIAN FEMALE (OPTICAL)

					DATA
			An Andorian female...

        STAR TREK: "Offspring" - 12/19/89 - ACT ONE        14.

9B   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Interesting. You'd be the only
			one on board the Enterprise,
			Lal...

					DATA
			That could make socialization more
			difficult.

	Wiping back to Lal and then wiping into --

9C   A MUSCLEBOUND HUMAN MALE HUNK (OPTICAL)

					DATA
			A human male...

					TROI
			Very attractive... no problem with
			socialization here...

	Wiping back to Lal and then wiping into --

9D   AN ATTRACTIVE HUMAN WOMAN (OPTICAL)

					DATA
			The human female.

					TROI
			I like her.

	Wiping back to Lal and then wiping into --

9E   A KLINGON WARRIOR (OPTICAL)

					DATA
			A Klingon male.

					TROI
			A friend for Worf.

	Wiping back to:

10   OMITTED

      STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/21/89 - ACT ONE      15.

10   OMITTED

11   LAL (OPTICAL)

					TROI
			They are all very interesting,
			Lal. Do you have a favorite?

					LAL
				(beat)
			Yes. I have... chosen.

	As Data and Troi react...

11A  INT. LABORATORY

	As Data puts the finishing touches on Lal... unseen in
	the biobed... studies his work... Troi ENTERS.

					DATA
			Come in, Counselor. I have
			completed the assembly of the
			replicated anatomy. I was able
			to provide Lal with even more
			realistic skin and eye color than
			my own.

	He helps Lal out of the tube... she's the human female,
	dressed in a flattering outfit. Troi reacts.

					TROI
				(softly)
			Congratulations, Data, it's a
			girl.

	As we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

        STAR TREK: "Offspring" - 12/19/89 - ACT TWO        16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

12   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Holding stationary in space.

13   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Data escorts Lal.

					DATA
			This is home.

					LAL
			Home. Place of residence. Social
			unit formed by a family living
			together.

					DATA
			Correct, Lal. We are a family.

	She moves cautiously around the room... examining...
	as she looks at things for the first time...

					DATA
			A chair... to sit in.

	Moving to a painting on the wall...

					DATA
			A painting.

					LAL
			Painting. Colors produced on a
			surface by applying a pigment.

					DATA
			I will teach you how to recognize
			the artistry of paintings.

	A short attention span... she is already moving onto
	something else... she runs her fingers across it...

					LAL
			Soft.

					DATA
			Yes, very good, Lal. You have
			correctly processed the sense of
			touch.

        STAR TREK: "Offspring" - 12/19/89 - ACT TWO        17.

13   CONTINUED:

	Data leads her to a flower in a vase.

					DATA (cont'd)
			There are many fascinating
			experiences I wish to share with
			you.

					LAL
			Painting.

					DATA
			No, Lal, this is a flower.

	He lifts it, holds it to Lal's nose.

					DATA
			Inhale.

					LAL
				(reacts)
			Smell.

					DATA
			Yes.

					LAL
			Show me more, Father.

	And Data nods approvingly, pleased by her curiosity and
	eagerness.

13A
thru	OMITTED
17

18   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Data and Lal seated at a table. Food is put in front
	of her... she picks it up with her hands... pauses as
	Data shakes his head no, shows her the fork in his
	hand... she imitates it.

					DATA (V.O.)
			Second officer, science log
			supplemental, copy: Starfleet
			research, Daystrom Institute,
			Galor Four annex. Reference:
			development, android designate
			Lal.

      STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT TWO      18.

18   CONTINUED:

	Data lifts a glass, and takes a large swallow. Lal
	quickly imitates but the beverage seeps out through
	the sides of her mouth...

					DATA (V.O.)
			Training in social skills at the
			most elementary level has begun.
			Lal is progressing very slowly
			but is not deterred by early
			setbacks.

18A  INT. HOLODECK (OR ANY GENERAL AREA)

	Wesley and Data throw and catch a ball as Lal observes.
	Data hands the ball to Lal who throws it gently to
	Wesley. He catches it and everybody is pleased...

					DATA (V.O.)
			Motor coordination has improved
			by twelve-point-four percent...
			this reflects the adaptation of
			second level neural transfers...

	... and Wesley throws the ball back... she doesn't move
	as the ball bounces off the wall behind her and then
	she reacts to try and catch it...

					DATA (V.O.)
			Reflexes still need to develop.
			The integration of hand/eye
			coordination seems to be
			proceeding at a slower
			developmental rate.

19   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Lal studies the desk top viewer... her eyes staring at
	it... as Data points out words and pictures flashing
	quickly by.

					DATA (V.O.)
			Visual comprehension is especially
			difficult for Lal. Translating
			her vast data banks into
			recognizable applications may
			improve with additional transfers.

        STAR TREK: "Offspring" - 12/19/89 - ACT TWO        18A.

19   CONTINUED:

	He stops as he notices Lal is not blinking... he points
	to his own eyes, watch my eyes... he blinks... she
	imitates... good and then he orchestrates another blink
	at another time interval... nods.

      STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT TWO      19.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (V.O.)
			She is also learning to supplement
			innate android behavior with human
			responses.

19A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Worf, Wesley, Troi... Data is at Ops, doesn't
	see as Lal ENTERS...

					DATA (V.O.)
			Most encouraging is her commitment
			to master the skills necessary
			to live successfully among humans.
			Her curiosity is insatiable...
			although it sometimes creates
			inappropriate behavior...

	Reactions to her arrival prompt Data to turn and react
	with concern... especially when she sits in the
	captain's Command Chair... Data exchanges a look with
	Picard and escorts her out...

19B  INT. TEN FORWARD

	A similar setting to their first time here... she eats
	with a fork carefully but successfully and drinks
	without the beverage spilling out. Data observes and
	nods in satisfaction.

					DATA (V.O.)
			And I have been interested to note
			that as I observe Lal learning
			about her world... I share in her
			experience, almost as though I
			am learning things over again...

19C  INT. LABORATORY

	Starting on Lal who is in the apparatus... pulling
	back to see that she is attached by the neural transfer
	equipment to Data. Wesley is observing.

					DATA
				(to Wesley)
			The transfer itself is fairly
			simple.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT TWO      20.

19C  CONTINUED:

					DATA (Cont'd)
			Each neural pathway in my brain
			has been duplicated precisely in
			hers...

					WESLEY
			One advantage of a brain like
			yours, Data is that we can
			replicate it.

					DATA
				(acknowledges)
			Theoretically, the duplicate
			brains should be able to store
			and process the same
			information... but until all the
			transfers are complete, we will
			not know for certain.

	This transfer is complete. Data begins to disconnect
	it.

					WESLEY
			What does Lal do while you're on
			duty?

					DATA
			She studies in our quarters. She
			does not require much supervision,
			Wesley. Lal is quite
			self-sufficient.

					WESLEY
			You could send her to school.

					DATA
			Lal already has access to the sum
			of human knowledge.

					WESLEY
			There are a lot of things you can
			learn just by being with kids your
			own age, Data.

					DATA
			She is only two weeks old.

					WESLEY
			Well, closer to her own age.

      STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT TWO      21.

19C  CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Doctor Crusher to Ensign Crusher.
			Aren't you supposed to be getting
			a hair cut, Wesley?

					WESLEY
			Yes, Mom. I'm on my way.
				(frowns)
			Parents.
				(beat)
			Nothing personal.

	He EXITS. Data moves to Lal, completes his work...

					DATA
			Lal, the third crosslink transfer
			series is complete.

	She becomes animated. And there is a more active brain
	at work now...

					LAL
			Father, what is my purpose?

					DATA
			Purpose?

					LAL
			My function, my reason for being?

					DATA
			It is a complex question, Lal.
			I can only begin to answer it by
			telling you that our function is
			to contribute in a positive way
			to the world in which we live.

					LAL
			Why am I me instead of someone
			else?

					DATA
			Because you are my child.

					LAL
			Where did I come from?

      STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/22/89 - ACT TWO      22.

19C  CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			Your questions suggest we have
			made a successful transfer of the
			heuristic associative pathways.
			You will now begin to process
			information on logic, aesthetics,
			metaphysics, and epistemology.
			You are truly becoming sentient,
			Lal.

					LAL
			How?

					DATA
			By developing the awareness to
			examine and question your
			perceptions.

					LAL
			Why do we have two hands... why
			not three or four... Why is the
			sky black... why do...

					DATA
				(interrupting)
			Lal, did you know that tomorrow
			will be your first day of school?

19D  INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard is speaking to ADMIRAL ANTHONY HAFTEL on the
	viewscreen...

					PICARD
			I assure you, Admiral, there's no
			better guide into this life for Lal
			than Data... He's doing an
			excellent job with her...

     STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/22/89 - ACT THREE     23.

19D  CONTINUED:

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			We all have enormous admiration
			for what Commander Data has
			achieved already. But we have
			superior facilities and personnel
			here at Galor Four. And a
			starship is hardly a proper
			setting...

					PICARD
			This starship's mission is to
			seek out new life and that is what
			Commander Data is doing. Under my
			direction.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			We only want what's best for the
			new android.

					PICARD
			As do I.
				(beat, conciliatory)
			I would be willing to consider
			releasing Lal and Data to join
			you... so he may continue his work
			with her.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			I anticipated this suggestion.
			Frankly, as extraordinary as he
			is, Data's an imperfect role
			model. In many ways, he's still
			developing.

					PICARD
				(dry)
			Aren't we all, Admiral...

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			His presence would undoubtedly
			retard the the new android's
			progress.

					PICARD
			Admiral, to you Lal is a new
			android. But to Data, she is his
			child.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			His child.

     STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/22/89 - ACT TWO     23A.

19D  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Yes, Admiral. It may not be easy
			for you and I to see her that way.
			But he does. And I respect that.
			They will remain here for now.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
				(reacts, beat)
			Starfleet's policy on research
			is clear... you're making your
			stand on very uncertain ground...
			I do hope it doesn't fall out from
			under you... Haftel out.

	The screen returns to starfield. Picard frowns.

      STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/22/89 - ACT TWO      24.

19E  OMITTED

20   INT. TEACHER'S OFFICE

	Data and LIEUTENANT BALLARD. Ballard is seated behind
	her desk, there is a window with a twenty-fourth century 
	shutter closed behind her.

					BALLARD
			She achieved a very high score
			on a test of academic
			achievement...

					DATA
			A perfect score.

					BALLARD
			Yes. Which is why we started her
			with the older children. But Lal
			couldn't understand the nuances
			of how they related to each other.

					DATA
			I see.

					BALLARD
			We decided the best thing to do
			would be to put her with younger
			children.

        STAR TREK: "Offspring" - 12/19/89 - ACT TWO        25.

20   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			That would seem to be reasonable.

					BALLARD
			It isn't working out that way.

	She presses a panel and the shutter slides open to
	reveal an adjacent classroom. A group of toddlers are
	playing together with some sort of geometric building
	blocks. Lal is playing by herself in a corner.

					BALLARD
			The children are afraid of her.

20A  INT. TURBOLIFT

	Data and Lal ENTER. After a beat...

					LAL
			Father, what is the significance
			of laughter?

					DATA
			It is a human physiological
			response to humor.

					LAL
			Then judging from their laughter
			the children at school found my
			remarks humorous.
				(thoughtful)
			So without understanding humor
			I have somehow mastered it.

	Data realizes she doesn't understand what has happened.
	To the computer --

					DATA
			Deck fifteen.

	The door closes. After a beat.

					DATA
			Lal...

					LAL
			Yes, Father?

        STAR TREK: "Offspring" - 12/19/89 - ACT TWO        25A.

20A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The children were not laughing
			with you... they were laughing
			at you.

					LAL
			Explain.

      STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT TWO      26.

20A  CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			One is meant kindly... the other
			is not.

					LAL
			Why did they wish to be unkind?

					DATA
			Because you are different. And
			sometimes differences scare
			people. I have learned that some
			of them use humor to hide their
			fears.

					LAL
				(beat)
			I do not want to be different,
			Father.

	And Data's face reflects the helplessness that has
	afflicted millions of parents as they try to solve
	their children's most difficult problems.

21
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25

25A  INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE

	BEVERLY is at her desk, working. Data ENTERS.

					DATA
			Doctor, I require your advice as
			a successful parent.

					BEVERLY
				(reacts)
			Well, thank you, Data. I'd like
			to think I am. Sit down. How's
			Lal?

					DATA
			Lal is realizing that she is not
			the same as the other children.

					BEVERLY
			Is it lonely for her?

      STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT TWO      27.

25A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			She does not feel the emotion of
			loneliness, but she can observe
			how isolated she is from the
			others. She wants to be more like
			them.

	Beverly looks at Data...

					BEVERLY
			Sounds familiar.

					DATA
			Yes, Doctor. It is an experience
			I know too well. But I do not
			know how to help her. Lal is
			passing into sentience. It is
			perhaps the most difficult stage
			of development for her.

					BEVERLY
			It's also a very human
			development, Data. As our minds
			and bodies grow, sometimes
			quite rapidly, we get confused
			too... we look around and try to
			see how we fit in...
				(a beat)
			When Wesley was growing up, he
			was an extraordinarily bright
			boy... but he had a hard time
			making friends. The other
			children were a little intimidated
			by him.

					DATA
				(interested)
			That is precisely what happened
			to Lal at school. How did you
			help him?

					BEVERLY
			Well, first I had to go back into
			my own childhood and remember how
			painful it was for me. Because
			there was a time when I didn't
			feel very popular either. When
			I told that to Wesley, it made
			him feel a little better. He knew
			I understood what he was going
			through.

      STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT TWO      28.

25A  CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(beat)
			I have not told Lal how difficult
			it was for me to assimilate. I
			did not want it to discourage her.
			Perhaps this was an error of
			judgement.

					BEVERLY
			You had no one with experience
			to help you through sentience.
			At least, she has you. Just help
			her realize that she's not alone.
			Be there to nurture her when she
			needs love and attention.

					DATA
			I can give her attention, doctor.
			But I am incapable of giving her
			love.

					BEVERLY
				(smiles)
			Why do I find that so hard to
			believe?

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30A  INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	The lights are out... Picard is in bed... a signal
	wakes him up...

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Captain, incoming signal.
			Starfleet priority one. Admiral
			Haftel.

					PICARD
			On my monitor, Lieutenant.

      STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT TWO      29.

30A  CONTINUED:

	Picard puts on a robe, turns on his monitor to reveal
	the admiral.

					PICARD
			Admiral.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
				(lying)
			Captain, I hope I didn't disturb
			you.

					PICARD
			Not at all.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			I've discussed my concerns with
			Starfleet Command. You are to
			hold your position until I join
			you. Then I shall personally
			review the android's development.

					PICARD
			Understood.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			Good. I should advise you,
			Captain, that if I am not
			satisfied with what I see... I
			am empowered to take the android
			back with me. Haftel out.

	And off Picard's concerned expression we,

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT THREE     30.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

31   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Holding stationary in space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental: We
			are holding position pending the
			arrival of Admiral Haftel from
			Starfleet Research.

31A  INT. LABORATORY

	Data and Lal. Lal is back in the transfer device.
	They each wear small patches on their foreheads. LED's
	blink as the transfer is made. Over this the captain's
	log continues.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Commander Data is completing his
			final neural transfers to the
			android he has named Lal... Which
			I have learned, in the language
			of Hindi, means "beloved".

31B  INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Guinan is behind the bar. A few couples scattered
	around the tables. Data and Lal ENTER. Cross to the
	bar.

					GUINAN
			Hello, Commander. Lal, how are
			you?

					LAL
			I am functioning within normal
			--
				(stops herself)
			I am fine, thank you...

	Lal looks to Data. A nod of approval from the older
	android.

					DATA
			Guinan, Lal needs to observe human
			behavior.

     STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT THREE     31.

31B  CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			You've come to the right place,
			Lal. There are all sorts of human
			behavior in here.

					DATA
			In return for this opportunity,
			Lal is willing to provide services
			to assist you.

					GUINAN
			Sort of a work-study program...

					LAL
			Father says I would learn a great
			deal from working with someone
			as old as you.

	Guinan reacts, looks at Data, who realizes the faux
	pas.

					DATA
			I believe what I said was that
			Guinan had much life experience,
			Lal...

					LAL
			No, the exact words you used
			were...

					GUINAN
				(interrupting, to Lal)
			You're hired. The most important
			part of this job is listening...
			People need a friendly ear to talk
			to... Happens to be my
			specialty... There's an art to it
			and I'll teach it to you, Lal.

					DATA
			That would be very beneficial.

					GUINAN
			How much do you know about food
			and beverages?

     STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/28/89 - ACT THREE     32.

31B  CONTINUED: (2)

					LAL
			I've been programmed with a
			listing of fourteen hundred and
			twelve known beverages as well
			as recipes for...

	Data and Guinan react...

					GUINAN
			What'd did you just say...

					LAL
			I've been programmed with...

					GUINAN
			"I've"... ?

					DATA
			Lal, you used a verbal
			contraction.

					GUINAN
			You said I've instead of I have.

					DATA
			It is a skill my program has never
			mastered.

					LAL
			Then I will desist.

					DATA
			No. You have exceeded my
			abilities. I do not object. I
			just do not understand why it has
			happened.

	But Data remains curious.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to Data. Please report
			to my Ready Room.

     STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/28/89 - ACT THREE     33.

31B  CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
				(to comm)
			Yes, Captain.

	Data EXITS.

32   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is seated at his desk. Data on the sofa.

					DATA
			I am sure the admiral is anxious
			to meet Lal... I have been sending
			him regular status reports on her
			development...

					PICARD
			His visit, Data, is not just an
			inspection of Lal's progress.
			He has expressed a concern for
			her environment.

					DATA
			Her environment, sir?

					PICARD
			He believes the Daystrom annex
			on Galor Four would be more
			suitable.

					DATA
			He wishes to relocate us?

					PICARD
			Not you, Data. Just Lal.

	And now Data understands. A beat.

    STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/21/89 - ACT THREE    33A.

32   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I would not be in favor of that,
			Captain.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/22/89 - ACT THREE     34.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (Cont'd)
			There are many things she can
			learn only from me. My lifetime
			of experiences, the mistakes I
			have made and what I have learned
			from them...

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Captain, Commander Riker's shuttle
			has just returned.

					PICARD
				(to comm)
			Acknowledged, Lieutenant. Advise
			Mister Riker I'll want to meet
			with him in one hour. Picard
			out.
				(to Data)
			The admiral is taking the position
			that Lal's development should be
			overseen by the most experienced
			personnel available.

					DATA
			Then he is questioning my ability
			as a parent.

					PICARD
			In a manner of speaking...

					DATA
			Does the admiral have children,
			sir?

					PICARD
			I believe he does... why?

					DATA
			I am forced to wonder how much
			experience he had as a parent when
			his first child was born.

	Off Picard's look...

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     STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/28/89 - ACT THREE     35.

35   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	A scene that has taken place thousands of times in
	thousands of bars in the galaxy... a YOUNG ENSIGN is
	talking to SOME BUDDIES at the bar... he looks over
	the shoulder of one of the men at...

35A  A TABLE

	with TWO ATTRACTIVE YOUNG WOMEN... one of them, a
	blonde catches him looking, smiles at him...

					GUINAN (O.S.)
			There, you see?

35B  ANGLE - INCLUDING GUINAN AND LAL

	watching from behind the bar...

					LAL
			Visual reconnaissance.

					GUINAN
			It's called flirting.

					LAL
			They seem to be communicating
			telepathically.

					GUINAN
			Well, they're both thinking the
			same thing if that's what you
			mean.

	The ensign excuses himself from his friends, goes to
	join her.

     STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/28/89 - ACT THREE     36.

35C  ANGLE - ANOTHER YOUNG COUPLE

	holding hands... Lal sees it...

					LAL
			Guinan, is the joining of hands
			a symbolic act for humans?

					GUINAN
			It shows affection. Humans like
			to touch each other. They start
			with the hands and move on from
			there.

	As this second couple kiss...

					LAL
				(reacts)
			He's biting that female.

					GUINAN
			No, they're touching lips.
			Kissing.

	The second couple get up and leave...

					LAL
			Why are they leaving?

					GUINAN
			Lal, there are some things your
			dad'll have to tell you... when
			he thinks you're ready.

	Down the bar, some people sit down and Guinan goes off
	to serve them... Lal watches the couple in love with
	curiosity...

     STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/28/89 - ACT THREE     37.

35D  ANGLE - RIKER

	ENTERS. He checks the room for any friends. Spots
	Lal, takes a second look, and likes what he sees. Lal
	notices his interest. It parallels what we just saw.
	She glances at the flirting couple at their table, we
	see the decision made, and when she looks back to Riker
	it is with the same encouragement she saw the girl at
	the table give the ensign. He is drawn across the room
	like iron to a magnet.

	Riker slides onto a stool at the bar.

					RIKER
			You're new around here, aren't
			you?

					LAL
			Yes.

	She looks up, and as she takes his hand...

35E  ANGLE - INCLUDE DATA

	entering... reacts as he sees Lal pull Riker sharply
	toward her and kisses him to his great shock. Guinan
	sees it at the same time as Data does... they exchange
	a look... as Guinan moves to them...

					GUINAN
			Lal, put him down...

	Lal reacts, puts down Riker... as Data arrives...

					DATA
			Commander, what are your
			intentions toward my daughter?

					RIKER
			I'm not... what... who... your
			daughter?

	As Riker looks from one to the other to see if this
	is a gag... realizing it isn't... to Lal, sheepishly
	--

					RIKER
			Nice to meet'cha...

       STAR TREK: "Offspring" - 12/19/89 - ACT THREE       38.

36   OMITTED

37   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Data and Lal ENTER.

					LAL
			I watch them and I can do the
			things they do... but I'll never
			feel the emotions. I'll never
			know love.

					DATA
			That is a limitation we must
			learn to accept, Lal.

					LAL
			Then why do you still try to
			emulate humans? What purpose
			does it serve except to remind
			you that you are incomplete?

					DATA
			I have asked myself that many
			times as I have struggled to be
			more human, Lal. Until I finally
			realized that it is the struggle
			itself that is most important.
			We must strive to be better than
			we are. It does not matter that
			we will never reach our ultimate
			goal. The effort yields its own
			rewards.


       STAR TREK: "Offspring" - 12/19/89 - ACT THREE       39.

37   CONTINUED:

	She looks at him with a better understanding.

					LAL
			You are wise, Father.

					DATA
			It is only the difference between
			knowledge and experience.

	Lal studies her father, slowly reaches out her hand.

					LAL
			I learned today that humans like
			to hold hands. It is a symbolic
			gesture of affection.

	Data considers this and knows it is impossible to
	"feel" affection but holds out his hand anyway and as
	they hold hands, awkwardly, without feeling anything...

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38

33A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CLOSE ON THE MAIN VIEWER

	Admiral Haftel on his ship.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			Prepare to beam me aboard,
			Captain.

38B  ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	As it the image of the admiral is replaced by a view
	of his ship.

38C  ANGLE ON - PICARD

	His face in CU, before he orders transport...

									FADE OUT

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT FOUR     40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:
40
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42

43   INT. READY ROOM

	Haftel, seated on the sofa, is accepting a cup of tea
	from Picard. His duties as host met, Picard settles
	on the corner of his desk. Haftel will surprise us,
	by his charm and by the strength of his arguments.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			No objective viewpoint could see
			it any other way...

					PICARD
			I beg your pardon, Admiral, but
			I thought you were sent here to
			form an opinion... not to justify
			one.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			Captain, do not make this more
			difficult than it needs to be.

	And Picard is at his most conciliatory here, seeking
	a solution that satisfies all.

					PICARD
			It need not be difficult at all.
			I understand your concerns. What
			I'm asking for is time, patience.
			If you keep an open mind, I know
			you'll see it is imperative to
			keep Data and Lal together. At
			least for the formative stages
			of her development. After that,
			I'm sure that Commander Data will
			be delighted to deliver her to
			Starfleet Research.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			Not satisfactory. If mistakes
			are made during the formative
			stages, the damage might be
			irreparable.

     STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/21/89 - ACT FOUR     41.

43   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I'm convinced the damage would
			be irreparable if you separate
			them.

	Cordially, the swords are drawn.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			Really, Captain... is this about
			breaking up a family... Rather
			a sentimental attitude to take
			toward androids, isn't it?

	And now Picard begins to put an edge into his voice.

					PICARD
			They are living, sentient beings.
			Their rights and privileges in
			our society have been defined.
			I helped define them.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			Yes, yes... I'm more than willing
			to acknowledge that. And you must
			acknowledge that Lal may be a
			technological step forward in the
			development of artificial
			intelligence.

					PICARD
			A most significant step.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			And work like this demands
			strictly controlled procedures.

					PICARD
			Which Commander Data is following.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			In effective isolation. And that
			is unacceptable to Starfleet
			Research.

     STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT FOUR     41A.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

	A beat as they study each other. Haftel stands, moves
	off the conflict back into reason.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			This is not personal, Captain.
			There are very real dangers here.
			Without peer review, Starfleet
			feels we're risking another M-5
			catastrophe.

					PICARD
			That is a forced parallel, Admiral.
			M-5 was a battle computer.

					HAFTEL
			With an artificial intelligence,
			that led to disaster.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT FOUR     42.

43   CONTINUED: (3)

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL (Cont'd)
			Does this new android have the
			same dangerous potential? I don't
			know. And that is my point. The
			blame of the M-5 catastrophe can
			be laid entirely on the fact that
			Doctor Daystrom was working in
			effective isolation. And that
			cannot be permitted to happen
			again.

	It is a strong argument. Picard is willing to
	acknowledge that.

					PICARD
			I respect the need for peer review
			and control precautions. I would
			submit that you will find them
			here aboard the Enterprise. My
			crew has served for years with
			Data. Unlike your research
			people, we have enough such
			experience to reliably judge what
			is "normal" and "abnormal"
			behavior for Soong-type androids.
			We are uniquely qualified to
			assist in guiding Lal's
			development.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
				(beat)
			That is what I'm here to decide,
			Captain.

	On Picard's look...

43A  INT. LABORATORY

	Picard, Data and Haftel. Data is demonstrating the
	transfer device. As he sets it aside he concludes,

					DATA
			So Lal now possesses the sum of
			my programming.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			Her neural nets are laid down
			identically to yours?

	Data hesitates for a moment.

          STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/28/89 - ACT FOUR         43.

43A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			There do seem to be variations
			on the quantum level. Lal can use
			contractions... I cannot.

	Haftel throws Picard a look...

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			An aberration... what have you
			done about it?

					DATA
			I have maintained records on
			positronic matrix activity,
			behavioral norms, and all verbal
			patterns... I have seen no
			evidence of other aberrations...

					PICARD
			It would seem that you have
			actually improved upon yourself,
			Data.

					DATA
			Is that not the goal of every
			parent, sir?

	Data's reference to himself as a parent obviously
	throws the admiral.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			But... as a good... father...
			don't you think it would be
			better, especially in light of
			this aberration, if Lal could be
			close to the best possible
			equipment and the best-trained
			minds to perform diagnostic,
			evaluative and repair procedures?

          STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/28/89 - ACT FOUR         44.

43A  CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I have been programmed with all
			the procedures you have mentioned.
			And in any meaningful evaluation
			of Lal, you would require a model
			for a basis of comparison. I am
			the only model available, Admiral.

	Picard reacts, nice try, Admiral.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			You haven't mastered human
			cultural and behavioral norms
			yourself yet, have you?

					DATA
			Nosir.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			Then, if the object of Lal's
			existence is for her to understand
			human behavior, wouldn't you admit
			that you are an imperfect
			teacher... in fact, she may choose
			to emulate you rather than
			humans... even if you instruct
			her otherwise.

					PICARD
				(cutting off a chance
				 for Data to reply)
			On the other hand, Admiral, how
			many of your researchers are
			androids? None. And I would
			suggest that many aspects of Lal's
			existence and development may be
			so alien to human experience that
			your people simply could not be
			made to comprehend them.

           STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 1/3/90 - ACT FOUR          45.

43A  CONTINUED: (3)

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			Where is Lal now?

44   OMITTED

44A  INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Guinan is behind the bar, while Lal serves customers.
	Picard, Data and the Admiral ENTER. The Admiral is
	obviously taken aback by their location.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			This is your idea of appropriate
			guidance...

					DATA
			It is an opportunity for her to
			observe human behavior and more
			importantly to interact with her
			crewmates.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			She's capable of running over
			sixty trillion calculations per
			second and you have her working as
			a cocktail waitress.

					PICARD
			Admiral, she is working under the
			strict guidance of a woman in
			whom I have absolute trust.
			Ten-Forward is the center of the
			ship's social activity. Everyone
			on board comes here...

          STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/21/89 - ACT FOUR         46.

44A  CONTINUED:

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			I'm not convinced the sort of
			behavior she observes here will
			be a positive influence.

					GUINAN (O.S.)
			My customers usually behave
			themselves... if not, they're
			asked to leave. There's something
			to learn from that as well,
			wouldn't you say?

44B  ANGLE

	to reveal Guinan.

					PICARD
			Admiral Haftel, Guinan. She runs
			Ten-Forward.

	He nods to her.

					PICARD
			How is Lal doing, Guinan?

					GUINAN
			She spills a few drinks like the
			rest of us. But she's learning
			a lot.

	Some raucous laughter from a table that Lal is
	serving...

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
				(to Picard)
			I'm sorry, this is just
			outrageous.

					GUINAN
			Come now, Admiral, I'm sure you've
			been in a few bars in your day...

	The admiral looks cooly to Picard...

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			I want the android out of here...
			have her report to me immediately
			for an interview.

            STAR TREK: "Offspring" - 12/19/89 - ACT FOUR            47.

44B  CONTINUED:

	Data acknowledges, crosses the room to Lal as Haftel
	EXITS... Picard gives Guinan a look... she shrugs, what
	can you do... he finally shakes his head and EXITS.

45   OMITTED

45A  INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Lal and Haftel. Haftel deceptively cordial.
	He smiles warmly to Lal. Lal is uncomfortable... this
	is rather like being called to the principal's office.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			Well, I've been looking forward
			to meeting you, Lal.

					LAL
			Why?

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			You're very important to us at
			Starfleet Research. We've got
			quite a facility at Galor Four.
			I'd like to show it to you.

					PICARD
			The Admiral is in fact suggesting
			you be moved to Galor Four, Lal.

					LAL
			Have I done something wrong?

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			Not at all. But it is important
			to broaden your experiences. And
			there's just so much you can learn
			aboard a starship, wouldn't you
			agree?

					LAL
			Yes, I'd agree.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			Good.

					LAL
			Thus, the natural conclusion would
			be when I have learned all there
			is to learn aboard the starship,
			I would relocate to Galor Four.

          STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT FOUR         48.

45A  CONTINUED:

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			I don't agree. That is not the
			natural conclusion here.

					LAL
			I believe it is.

	Turning to Picard as though she were not in the room.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			You see, she resists alternative
			suggestions to her own father's
			wishes. That's not a good sign.

					LAL
			Excuse me, sir, I do not know my
			father's wishes.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			He did not "warn" you about this
			conversation?

					LAL
			Warn me? No, Admiral. He told me
			to answer your questions.

					PICARD
			The admiral is concerned that you
			need more guidance than your
			father can provide here on the
			Enterprise.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			Do not misunderstand. I have
			great respect for your... father.

					LAL
			You do not speak with respect.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
				(to Picard)
			I find her very adversarial.

          STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/28/89 - ACT FOUR         49.

45A  CONTINUED: (2)

					LAL
			I am only stating a fact, Admiral.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			Apparently, your father has not
			taught you about selective
			judgment in verbalizing your
			thoughts. This is a skill we can
			help you develop.

					LAL
			My father is already helping me,
			sir.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			Yes, well, the question is whether
			he's helping you enough.

					LAL
			Are you asking me, sir?

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			No, I didn't mean...

					PICARD
			Why don't we, Admiral? In all
			these discussions, we've never
			once mentioned Lal's wishes.
			She's a free, sentient being.
			What are your wishes, Lal?

					LAL
			I wish to remain here, Captain
			Picard.

					PICARD
			Thank you. You're excused.

	The admiral glances sternly at Picard and then nods,
	fine, the interview is over. Lal looks quite concerned
	as she EXITS.

            STAR TREK: "Offspring" - 12/19/89 - ACT FOUR            50.

46
thru	OMITTED
47

47A  INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	Troi is working. A chime.

          STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT FOUR         51.

47A  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Come in.

	Lal ENTERS. Her movements are subtly but noticeably a
	little hyper. A little extra head movement. Some
	additional eye jumps.

					TROI
			Hello, Lal. How are you?

					LAL
			An admiral from Starfleet has come
			to take me away, Troi. I'm
			scared.

	A beat... as Troi reacts and stands... realizing --

					TROI
			You are scared, aren't you?

	And it takes Lal a beat to realize too... she exchanges
	a look with Troi, stunned to realize --

					LAL
			I... feel it. How is that
			possible?

					TROI
			I don't know.

	Lal sits. A little shaky. Troi moves to her... puts
	a calming hand on her shoulder.

					LAL
			This is what it means to feel.
				(beat)
			This is what it means to feel.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT FIVE         52.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:
48
thru	OMITTED
48B

48C  INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Data has joined Picard and Haftel.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			Commander, you have Lal off to
			a wonderful start in life. And
			that's what being a parent is all
			about. But I have decided I must
			ask you to release her to me.

					DATA
			May I know why, sir?

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			All the other arguments aside,
			there is one that is irrefutable.
			There are only two Soong-type
			androids in existence. It is far
			too dangerous to have the two of
			you in one place. Especially on
			a starship. One lucky shot by
			some Romulan and we lose you both.

					PICARD
			That's a fine argument, Admiral.
			But it doesn't change my feeling
			that the proper place for Lal to
			develop is by Data's side.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			You're not a parent, Captain.
			I am. I've learned, with
			difficulty, that there's a time
			when...
				(including himself with
				 Data)
			... all parents have to let go of
			our children... for their own
			good.

          STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/21/89 - ACT FIVE         53.

48C  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			This is not that time. The
			umbilical cord is virtually uncut.
			The child...
				(and this is the first
				time that Picard uses
				the word "child"
				comfortably, and he
				realizes it).
			... the child depends on him.

	Haftel looks at Picard -- the decision has been made.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			Mister Data, it would be much
			better for Lal if she left knowing
			you had voluntarily decided this
			was the best course of action.

	He looks expectantly to Data.

					DATA
			Admiral, when I created Lal, it
			was with the hope that someday
			she would choose to enter the
			Academy and become a member of
			Starfleet. I wanted to give
			something back in return for all
			Starfleet has given me. I still
			do. But Lal is my child. You
			ask that I volunteer to give her
			up. I cannot. That would
			violate every lesson I have
			learned about human parenting.
				(beat)
			As Captain Picard told me after
			he first met her, I have taken
			on "quite a responsibility." I
			have brought a new life into this
			world. It is my duty, not
			Starfleet's, to guide her through
			these first difficult steps to
			maturity, to support her as she
			learns, to prepare her to be a
			contributing member of society.
			No one can relieve me of that
			obligation. And I cannot ignore
			it. I am her father.

	Picard looks at Data with extraordinary respect.

          STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT FIVE        53A.

48C  CONTINUED: (2)

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			Then, Mister Data, I regret that
			I must order you to transport Lal
			aboard my ship.

	Data rises to comply.

          STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT FIVE         54.

48C  CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Belay that order, Commander.

	Haftel reacts, turns to Picard...

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
				(icy)
			I beg... your pardon?

					PICARD
			I'll take the matter to Starfleet
			myself.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			I am Starfleet, Captain... and
			this is an order. Proceed,
			Commander.

					PICARD
			Hold your ground, Mister Data.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			Do you understand you're risking
			your command and your career,
			Captain?

					PICARD
			There are times, sir, when men
			of good conscience cannot blindly
			follow orders. You acknowledge
			they are sentient, but ignore
			their personal liberty and
			freedom. Order a man to turn his
			child over to the state? Not
			while I am his captain. If you
			wish, the Enterprise is prepared
			to accompany you to Starfleet
			Command and then we'll see what...

	He is interrupted by a hail.

					TROI'S COM VOICE
			Troi to Commander Data. Report
			to your lab at once.

	Data reacts... looks to his two superiors. Picard nods
	to Data who EXITS, answers for him...

					PICARD
			Acknowledged, Counselor. He's
			on his way. Is there a problem?

          STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT FIVE        54A.

48C  CONTINUED: (4)

					TROI
			Yes, Captain, something is
			terribly wrong with Lal.

	As they react...

          STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT FIVE         55.

49   INT. LABORATORY

	Starting on Lal's face who has regressed
	dramatically... she is more like the first mannequin
	we saw... slow, measured movements, loss of
	comprehension...

					TROI (O.S.)
			It lasted barely a moment. She
			experienced an extraordinary range
			of feelings... fear, excitement,
			pleasure... she could barely catch
			her breath... and then...

	Pulling back to see Data and Haftel are beginning to
	examine her as Picard stands with Troi.

					TROI
			For no apparent reason she got
			up and walked out of my quarters...
			she didn't say another word, she
			just started walking here... and
			each step became more and more
			difficult...

					DATA
			Lal is programmed to return to
			the lab in the event of a
			malfunction.

	Only now, at the sound of his voice, does Lal show
	recognition.

					LAL
			Father.

					DATA
			Yes, Lal. I am here.

					PICARD
				(reacts, to Troi with
				 sad irony)
			A malfunction. Emotional
			awareness.

					DATA
				(to Haftel)
			It would appear to be a symptom
			of cascade failure. It will
			require reinitializing the base
			matrix without wiping out the
			higher functions.

          STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT FIVE         56.

49   CONTINUED:

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
			I agree.
				(beat)
			May I assist, Commander?

					DATA
			Thank you, Admiral.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
				(to Picard and Troi)
			If you'll excuse us, Commander
			Data and I have much to do.

	Picard and Troi acknowledge... EXIT... and all
	arguments are on hold as the two men, both of whom care
	greatly about Lal, prepare to "operate" (TECH: DESCRIBE
	APPROPRIATE INITIAL ACTIVITY).

49A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Haftel's ship nearby.

49B  INT. CORRIDOR

	Outside the lab. Wesley, Geordi, Troi, have been
	waiting a long time for news. Idle conversation has
	long ago ended. They react as the door slides open and
	Haftel comes out of the lab. His face is weary... he
	looks at the others and shakes his head.

					ADMIRAL HAFTEL
				(softly)
			She won't survive much longer.
			There was nothing anyone could
			have done. We'd repolarize
			one pathway and another would
			collapse. And then another. And
			his hands started moving faster
			than I could see, trying to stay
			ahead of each breakdown. He
			refused to give up. He was
			remarkable.
				(beat)
			It just wasn't meant to be.

	He EXITS.

          STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT FIVE         57.

50   OMITTED

51   INT. LABORATORY

	Data looks at Lal with an impassive face... and yet
	we must sense the extraordinary weight of his failure
	on his shoulders... she looks as beautiful as ever,
	standing here before him. And yet she barely can move
	or talk. There is very little left of her. After a
	beat...

					DATA
			Lal, I am unable to correct the
			system failure.

					LAL
			I... know.

					DATA
			We must say good-bye now.

	With great difficulty, slowly her hand rises and he
	sees it, takes it.

					LAL
			I... feel...

					DATA
			What do you feel, Lal?

					LAL
			I... love... you... Father.

	And Data just stares at her... unable to say it back.

					DATA
			I wish I could feel it with you.

					LAL
			I... will... feel... it... for...
			both... of... us.

	With great urgency in her eyes... she clutches his hand
	harder... as though clutching to life itself.

					LAL
			Thank you... for... my... life.

	On Data's face... the sound of her voice edging slowly
	into the voice of the mannequin, not male, not female
	(but do not slow speed down) --

          STAR TREK: "Offspring" - REV. 12/20/89 - ACT FIVE         58.

51   CONTINUED:

					LAL (O.S.)
			Flirt-ing... laugh-ter... fam-ily...
			paint-ing... fe-male...
			hu-man.

	And there is no more. A beat.
`
52   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Troi, Worf, Beverly, Geordi, Wesley.
	Data ENTERS from the forward turbolift.

					DATA
			Lal suffered complete neural system
			failure at thirteen hundred hours.
			I have deactivated the unit.

					PICARD
			The crew grieves for your loss,
			Mister Data.

	Data studies the sad faces of his "family", never has,
	never will entirely understand "grieving".

					DATA
			I thank you for your sympathy.
			But she is here.
				(indicates his
				 head)
			Her presence so enriched my life
			that I could not allow her to pass
			into oblivion. So I incorporated
			her programs back into my own...
			I transferred her memories to me.

	Picard acknowledges.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, take your position.

	He does. And we stay on Data's face as we hear...

					PICARD (O.S.)
			Mister Crusher, set course for
			the starbase on Otar Two.

					WESLEY (O.S.)
			Course set, sir.

					PICARD (O.S.)
			Engage.

            STAR TREK: "Offspring" - 12/19/89 - ACT FIVE            59.

53   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	warping out.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             







                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                     "Sins of the Father" 
                          #40273-165 
                              
                     Based on a script by 
                         Drew Deighan 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                 Ronald D. Moore & Reed Moran 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


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FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                        FINAL DRAFT
 
                      JANUARY 5, 1990
 

        STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - 1/5/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Sins of the Father" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             KURN
                RIKER              K'MPEC
                DATA               DURAS
                BEVERLY            KAHLEST
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             Non-Speaking
                                     KLINGON SUPERNUMERARIES
                TRANSPORTER TECH     KLINGON COUNCIL MEMBERS
                                     TWO KLINGON ASSASSINS
                Non-Speaking         KLINGON GUARD
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    KLINGON WOMAN CLERK

         STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" 1/5/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Sins of the Father" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     KLINGON SHIP (STOCK)
              TURBOLIFT
              CORRIDOR                 KLINGON CITY (MATTE)
              TRANSPORTER ROOM           OLD CITY STREET
              TEN FORWARD                KLINGON HOME
              SICKBAY
              CAPTAIN'S DINING ROOM
              KURN'S QUARTERS
          
            KLINGON CITY
              ANTE ROOM
              GREAT HALL
              PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL
              KLINGON HOME
              K'MPEC'S CHAMBERS

   STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - 1/8/90 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Sins of the Father" 
                       
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              biHnuch                bekh-NOOCH*
              cha'DIch               cha-DICH*
              DURAS                  DYUR-as
              'el                    L
              ghIj qet jaghmeyjaj    geej ket JAG-mee-jaj
              ghojmoK                GOJ-mok
              Ha'DIbah               KHA-di-bakh
              JA'ROD                 JAH-rod
              jIlaj                  jil-LAZH
              jIlajneS               jil-LAZH-nesh
              KAHLEST                KAY-lest
              K'MPEC                 KIM-peck
              KHITOMER               KIT-to-mur
              KURN                   KURN
              kut'luch               cut-LUCH*
              len'mat                LIN-mat
              LORGH                  LORG
              Mek'ba                 MICK-bah
              mev yap                MIV-yap
              MOGH                   MOHG

       STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - 1/8/90 - PRONUNCIATION        

                               CONTINUED:

                    nuqneH              nook-NEKH
                    nuqneHneS           nook-NEKH-nesh
                    PAGH                PAH
                    patahk              PAH-tock
                    Qapla'              khap-LA
                    seloh               SEE-low
                    tam                 TOM
                    tlhIH ghIj jIHyoj   te-LIKH gizh jikh-YOZH
                    tuHmoH              tookh-MOKH

            * ch as in chew or artichoke.

            NOTE: Many Klingon words are pronounced with guttural
	            or vibrating vocal cord sounds. See reference by
	            Marc Okrand (provided separately).

   STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/7/90 - TEASER   1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                     "Sins of the Father"                          
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND KLINGON SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The two ships facing each other (STOCK FOOTAGE).

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43685.2
			As part of a continuing exchange
			program, the Enterprise is taking
			aboard a Klingon officer to return
			the recent visit of Commander
			Riker to the cruiser Pagh.

2    INT. CORRIDOR

	PICARD and RIKER are walking along the corridor toward
	the Transporter Room.

					PICARD
			We must take care that while he
			is with us, Commander Kurn is
			accorded all the rights and
			responsibilities due the first
			officer of this ship. If he
			should feel patronized in any
			way...

					RIKER
			We'd know about it, sir. One does
			not patronize a Klingon warrior.

					PICARD
			I'm quite sure your experience
			aboard the Pagh will prove
			invaluable during the commander's
			tour. Be sure that the crew is
			prepared for any... unusual
			orders.

					RIKER
			The Klingons are very thorough,
			Captain. I'm sure Commander Kurn
			has studied for his assignment
			with us just as I studied to serve
			with them.

      STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - 1/5/90 - TEASER      2.

2    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(acknowledges)
			I understand that he specifically
			requested the Enterprise...

	Moving into --

3    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Riker ENTER. TRANSPORTER TECHNICIAN is
	waiting at the console.

					TECHNICIAN
			Commander Kurn is ready for
			transport, Captain.

					PICARD
			Energize.

	The Technician works the console and the Transporter
	EFFECT begins. Kurn materializes on the stage. Kurn
	is clad in full Klingon regalia... he bears a striking
	resemblance to Worf and is about the same age. Picard
	and Riker step forward in greeting.

					PICARD
			Welcome aboard the Enterprise,
			Commander. I am Captain Picard.

	Kurn steps off the stage. There is a slightly awkward
	moment as Kurn remembers the human custom of greeting.
	He hesitates only briefly and then extends his hand.
	Picard smiles and shakes his hand. Kurn responds
	politely, but it sounds rehearsed and stilted.

					KURN
			Thank... you, Captain. I am ready
			for duty.

					PICARD
			This is Commander William Riker
			who will be yielding the first
			officer's position to you during
			your tour...

					KURN
				(to Riker)
			You are relieved.
				(to Picard)
			May I take my station, Captain?

      STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - 1/5/90 - TEASER      3.

3    CONTINUED:

	Picard and Riker react to the Klingon's impatience.

					RIKER
			I thought that I might show you
			your quarters...

	Riker stops as he sees fire come to Kurn's eyes
	struggling to keep his temper.

					KURN
				(to Picard)
			I am ready for duty, sir. I ask
			that I be allowed to take my
			station.

	Picard and Riker exchange a glance.

					PICARD
			Very well... If you will
			accompany us to the bridge...

	They head for the door. There is a slight moment of
	awkwardness as Riker almost goes through the door ahead
	of Kurn. Riker catches himself and allows Kurn to go
	first. Kurn glares at this near-breach of protocol,
	but says nothing.

4    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	WESLEY at Conn, WORF at Tactical, DATA in Command. Picard,
	Riker and Kurn ENTER from the turbolift. Picard leads
	Kurn down into the Command area. Everyone watches to
	see the reaction as Worf and Kurn see each other for
	the first time. Worf is uncomfortable. Kurn runs his
	eyes over him... silently taking his measure of Worf...
	then looks away as if he'd seen nothing worth his time.

					PICARD
			May I present your bridge crew...

	And it is a question, so Kurn feels free to answer --

					KURN
			Unnecessary, Captain. I am
			prepared to take command.

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			Proceed.

      STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - 1/5/90 - TEASER      4.

4    CONTINUED:

					KURN
				(to the crew)
			I am Kurn, commander rank, Klingon
			Defense Force. You will address
			me as "Commander" or "sir" at all
			times.

	Moving about the bridge... making strong, challenging
	eye contact... bellicose...

					KURN
			I am fully aware of all Starfleet
			regulations. They will be
			strictly adhered to by all
			personnel while I am in command.
			It is my intention to bring a
			sense of discipline that you may
			not be accustomed to.

	The last is said at Worf... then to Picard --

					KURN
				(continuing)
			With your permission, of course,
			Captain.

	Picard rather enjoys this, covers it.

					PICARD
			By all means, Commander.

	Wesley throws a do-you-believe-this glance to Riker.
	Kurn notices, moves face to face with Wesley...

					KURN
			Do you wish to speak, Acting
			Ensign Wesley Crusher?

	Wesley is surprised that he knows his name.

					WESLEY
			Nosir, Commander, sir.

					KURN
				(to the crew)
			I have studied all your service
			records. Impressive. We shall
			see if you live up to your
			reputations. The crew awaits your
			orders, Captain.

   STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - TEASER   5.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard looks around the bridge and sees his crew
	sitting straight, alert, indeed ready. Picard swallows
	a grin and sits in the captain's chair. It takes Kurn
	a couple seconds to realize where his place is, but
	then sits down with confidence in Riker's accustomed
	seat. Riker moves to the seat on the other side of
	Picard.

					PICARD
				(casually)
			Take us into the outer cometary
			cloud, Commander.

					KURN
				(booming)
			Set course one-one-four, mark
			two-three-zero, one-third impulse
			power!

					WESLEY
				(works console)
			Aye sir.

					KURN
			Execute!
				(Wesley works furiously)
			Execute!

					WESLEY
				(a little rattled)
			Engaged. Increasing to one-third
			impulse power, sir.

	Kurn grunts and shakes his head. As Picard sits back,
	even faced, knowing we're in for an interesting ride...

									CUT TO:

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship accelerates to full impulse power.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - 1/5/90 - ACT ONE     6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

7    INT. TEN FORWARD

	Riker ENTERS, sees Wesley at a table and goes over to
	him. Wesley is staring into space with a look of
	unhappiness on his face.

					RIKER
			Mind if I join you?

					WESLEY
			No, sir.

					RIKER
				(sits down)
			Something wrong, Wesley?

					WESLEY
			No, sir.

					RIKER
				(beat)
			Commander Kurn perhaps?

					WESLEY
			He... just doesn't seem to like
			me, sir. I can't do anything
			right for him. Every time I
			respond to one of his orders...
			he jumps down my throat. I'm not
			sure what I'm doing wrong.

					RIKER
			He's just...

	Riker's voice trails off as he notices that GEORDI has
	just come up to the table looking outraged.

					RIKER
			Problem, Geordi?

	Geordi hesitates slightly, he doesn't really want to
	bother Riker with his problems, but he's clearly at the
	end of his rope.

					GEORDI
			Well, sir... it's our new first
			officer.

     STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - 1/5/90 - ACT ONE     7.

7    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(can't help but smile)
			I take it he found something wrong
			in Engineering?

					GEORDI
				(exasperated)
			Just the entire section. He made
			a surprise inspection in the
			middle of a maintenance cycle!
			I tried to explain to him, but...

					RIKER
			He wouldn't listen.

					GEORDI
			We're all going to be doing double
			shifts to get things ready for
			the next inspection.

					RIKER
				(to both of them)
			His style of command is just
			different. Klingons believe in
			a strict formality of command and
			obedience.

					GEORDI
			But this isn't a Klingon ship.
			He's got to loosen up a little,
			Commander.

					WESLEY
			It's not just us. He's leaning
			pretty hard on everybody except...
				(hesitates)

	Off Riker's look...

					GEORDI
			Except the one guy who wouldn't
			mind it...

8    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE ON WORF

	Kurn in Command, Worf at his station.

					WORF
			Sensors picking up asteroidal
			debris ahead, Commander.

   STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/7/90 - ACT ONE   8.

8    CONTINUED:

					KURN
			Can you identify the coordinates,
			Mister Worf?

	Kurn stands up and moves up the ramp to the Tactical
	station.

					WORF
			Bearing zero-zero-one, mark
			point-oh-three, range three
			hundred thousand kilometers.

					KURN
			Excellent. Please scan the
			asteroid field for me, Lieutenant,
			and report.

					WORF
			Approximately two thousand small
			objects, none in our direct flight
			path, sir.

	Kurn is now standing near Worf. Kurn's attitude is
	easy, gentle, almost as if he thinks he might bruise
	Worf if he isn't careful. As Kurn's manner becomes
	more soothing and polite, Worf slowly begins to
	overheat at this treatment.

					KURN
			So, no course correction is
			necessary, is that what you're
			saying?

					WORF
				(tightly)
			It should not be needed,
			Commander.

					KURN
			Very good, Lieutenant. You
			handled that well.

	This is too much for Worf. He looks sharply at Kurn.
	Kurn notices... challenging --

					KURN
			Yes?

	Worf looks away from Kurn... stares straight ahead.
	Kurn studies him for a moment.

   STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT ONE   9.

8AA	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Cruising at one-third impulse.

8A   INT. TURBOLIFT

	Riker is inside as the door opens and Kurn ENTERS.

					RIKER
				(greeting)
			Commander.

	Kurn nods an acknowledgement...

					RIKER
			Captain's mess... ?

					KURN
			Yes.

					RIKER
				(to computer)
			Resume.

	The doors shut and they proceed. A beat of silence
	for a few steps before Riker decides to bring up what's
	been on his mind.

					RIKER
			Your knowledge of our systems and
			procedures is very impressive...
				(off his look)
			...Sir.

	Getting a little tired of this...

					RIKER
			I would like to make one
			suggestion, sir.

					KURN
			A suggestion...

	Friendly, charming --

					RIKER
			When I served aboard the Pagh,
			the hardest part for me was in
			recognizing and adapting to the
			demands of the crew. They needed
			an iron hand. They wanted it.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT ONE  10.

8A   CONTINUED:

					RIKER (Cont'd)
			I can imagine how difficult it
			must be for you to work with a
			crew that is so different. I'd
			be happy to guide you in this
			regard if it would be helpful.

					KURN
				(beat)
			No. It wouldn't.

	The door opens. As Kurn begins to exit...

					RIKER
				(a little burned)
			This is not a Klingon ship, sir.

	Kurn pauses, glances threateningly back at Riker --

					KURN
			No, Commander, it is not. If it
			were a Klingon ship, I would have
			killed you for offering your...
			"suggestion".

	And EXITS. Riker reacts...

8B   INT. CAPTAIN'S DINING ROOM - CLOSE ON A ROASTED
TURKEY (REPLICATED)

	As a hand puts a carving knife to work... and pull back
	to see Picard in a chef's apron, carving at the head of
	an elaborate buffet table. Kurn observes, in line near
	Geordi.

					KURN
				(concerned)
			How long has the bird been dead?
			It appears to have been lying in
			the sun for some time.

					GEORDI
				(reacts)
			It's not really dead, it's
			replicated. But you do understand
			we... cook many of our foods...

  STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT ONE  10A.

8B   CONTINUED:

					KURN
			Ah yes... I was told to prepare
			for that... I will try some of
			your burned replicated bird meat.

  STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/7/90 - ACT ONE  11.

8B   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard puts a slice on his plate.

					PICARD
			I have attempted to select a menu
			that will allow you to sample a
			variety of dishes, Commander.

	And indeed, the table is filled with a variety of
	foods... and garnished with a beautiful flower
	centerpiece... all the senior officers are there,
	filling up their plates... Riker, Geordi, Worf,
	BEVERLY, TROI, Data. Mozart is playing in the
	background.

					BEVERLY
			Try some caviar...

					KURN
			The odor is not palatable. What
			is it?

					DATA
			The unhatched eggs of a large
			scaleless fish.

	Kurn reacts, are you serious... ?

					PICARD
			It is from the Caspian Sea on
			Earth, Commander. A delicacy and
			a personal favorite of mine. Our
			replicators have never done it
			justice. I managed to store a
			few cases aboard for special
			occasions...

	Kurn reluctantly takes some.

					KURN
				(dubious)
			I am honored, Captain.

	And as he decides to finish this process of collecting
	the Earth foods, he takes a good sampling of the
	flowers from the centerpiece and puts them on his
	plate.

8C   ANGLE - THE DINNER TABLE

	As Kurn sits opposite Troi... the others follow to the
	table... Worf chooses not to be too close to Kurn.

  STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/7/90 - ACT ONE  12.

8C   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Are you adjusting to your new
			environment, Commander?

					KURN
			I find the constraints quite
			difficult to conform to... I'm
			sure any Klingon warrior would...

	Worf reacts... as Kurn continues, casually --

					KURN
			... just a short time ago, I had
			to stop myself from killing
			Commander Riker.

	Troi laughs before realizing Kurn is not joking.
	During all this, Kurn eats with much gusto and noise
	and with his hands... then slowly realizes the others
	are waiting for the others to sit before they begin to
	eat...

					KURN
			I believe he was trying to
			communicate the crew's discomfort
			with my style of command...
			under different circumstances,
			I would take that as a challenge
			to my authority.

	Picard now joins them at the table... and everyone
	starts to eat with their knifes and fork, quite
	daintily... Kurn watches tries awkwardly to imitate...

					PICARD
			One of the goals of the exchange
			program is for all of us to learn
			tolerance, Commander. As for my
			crew, it may be healthy to shake up
			the status quo occasionally. Feel
			free to disagree, Mister Riker...

	Picard is deliberately displaying a casual example of
	starship command by welcoming disagreement...

					RIKER
			Well, I'd say the commander
			certainly has the crew on their
			toes...

  STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/7/90 - ACT ONE  13.

8C   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			... And then some.
				(quickly realizing his
				 error, to Kurn)
			No offense meant, sir...

					KURN
			None taken. I never kill anyone
			at the supper table, Mister La
			Forge.

	Kurn has struggled the best he can with his dinner,
	cannot eat any more...

					BEVERLY
			Don't you like it, Commander?

					KURN
				(trying to be tactful)
			Our food has much more... taste
			to it. While I'm sure this is...
			well prepared, it is far too bland
			for the stomach of a Klingon...

	And the natural glance in the room has to be at Worf
	who is enjoying his meal when he hears Kurn say this...

					GEORDI
			It seems to agree with Worf.

					KURN
			Yes.

	And Worf feels extremely self-conscious, promptly
	losing his appetite... and Kurn glances at him out of
	the corner of his eye to put a little punctuation into
	the moment...

9
thru	OMITTED
10

11   INT. KURN'S QUARTERS

	Kurn is standing near the table, looking over some
	information on a computer terminal. The door CHIMES.

					KURN
			Enter.

     STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - 1/5/90 - ACT ONE     14.

11   CONTINUED:

	He turns around and the door opens, revealing Worf
	standing in the corridor. Worf does not enter right
	away.

					KURN
			'el (Enter.)

	Worf steps into the room, stands stiffly at attention.

					WORF
			Permission to speak freely, sir?

					KURN
			For what purpose?

					WORF
			I have questions I wish to pose.

	Kurn looks around his cabin with disdain and ignores
	Worf's request for the moment.

					KURN
			Are your quarters so...
			comfortable?

					WORF
			They serve me.

					KURN
			This entire ship seems built
			for... comfort, relaxation, being
			at ease. It is not the ship for
			a warrior... not the ship for a
			Klingon.

	Worf says nothing, and after a beat Kurn returns to
	Worf's request.

					KURN
			You cannot ask these questions
			within the boundaries of protocol?

	Worf is definitely agitated. Kurn's attitude is really
	getting under his skin.

					WORF
			They are... of a personal nature,
			sir.

	Kurn thinks for a second and then sits down.

     STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - 1/5/90 - ACT ONE     15.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					KURN
			Permission granted. Pose your
			questions.

	Now we can see a little more of the fires that are
	burning within Worf. His entire demeanor now changes
	and he cannot prevent the anger he feels from rising to
	the surface.

					WORF
			I wish to know if I have given
			you offense.

					KURN
			I am not a human... if you had
			given offense, you would not need
			to ask.

					WORF
			Perhaps I have not performed my
			duties to your satisfaction?

					KURN
			I find you to be a capable
			Starfleet officer. A credit to
			your ship.

					WORF
			Yet you dishonor me at every
			opportunity.

					KURN
			Have I? I was not aware that
			being polite to a Starfleet
			officer would bring dishonor on
			him.

					WORF
				(very tight)
			I am a Klingon.

	Kurn looks at him almost with amusement. He decides to
	push a little harder. Kurn stands and casually turns
	away from Worf.

					KURN
			Really?
				(beat)
			Perhaps your blood has thinned
			in this environment. I simply
			don't want to... hurt you.

     STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - 1/5/90 - ACT ONE     16.

11   CONTINUED: (3)

	This too much. Worf explodes with rage. He snarls a
	roar of challenge and moves to Kurn, knocking over a
	chair and small table in the process. Kurn whirls,
	ready for anything, but brings Worf up short before
	they can actually exchange blows.

					KURN
			mev yap! (That is enough!)

	Worf stops, but it is a struggle. Kurn relaxes a bit,
	but is still ready in case Worf should move on him.
	Kurn looks over Worf with satisfaction... "that's more
	like it!"

					KURN
			So... your blood is not so thin
			after all.

					WORF
			I am Klingon... if you doubt it,
			a demonstration can be arranged.

					KURN
			That is the response of a Klingon.
			The response I would expect...
			from my... older brother.

	Push in on Worf's reaction to this news.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - 1/5/90 - ACT TWO     17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

12   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is cruising at impulse speed.

13   INT. KURN'S QUARTERS

	A short time later. Kurn is acting less like Worf's
	superior and more like his brother. But there is still
	tension between them. He goes to a window, looks out.
	He is thinking back over the early years of his life
	and we can see the shadows pass before his eyes.

					KURN
			I was barely a year old when you
			went to the Khitomer Outpost.
			The outpost was new... unfinished.
			You... our mother and father were
			not going to stay long. It was
			decided that I did not need to
			go. I was left with our father's
			friend, Lorgh, until you returned.
				(beat)
			You never did.

					WORF
			The Starfleet officer that rescued
			me was told by the Klingon High
			Command that I had no living
			relatives.

					KURN
			They assumed I was killed with
			the family at Khitomer.

	Moving to Worf...

					KURN
			Lorgh had no sons. He took me
			into his family. It was not until
			I had reached the Age of Ascension
			that I was told the truth.

					WORF
			So you asked to serve aboard the
			Enterprise... to watch me.

     STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - 1/5/90 - ACT TWO     18.

13   CONTINUED:

					KURN
			It was an excellent opportunity
			to find out what kind of Klingon
			you were... or if you were
			Klingon at all.

					WORF
			Your deception offends me,
			brother.

					KURN
				(pleased)
			It should. But it was required.

					WORF
			To satisfy your curiosity.

					KURN
			No. Much more. You are the
			eldest son. The challenge is
			yours to make.

					WORF
			Challenge... ?

					KURN
			The Klingon High Council has
			judged our father a traitor to
			the empire.

	On Worf's reaction...

14   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard and Worf. Picard has just learned the news,
	reacts with concern.

					PICARD
			What are the allegations, Worf?

					WORF
			My father is accused of aiding
			and abetting the Romulan attack
			on the Khitomer outpost.

					PICARD
			The attack in which he himself
			was killed... ?

					WORF
			It is a lie.

     STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - 1/5/90 - ACT TWO     19.

14   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			But why now... after twenty years?

					WORF
			I do not know, Captain. I will
			hear the evidence when I arrive.
			The charge has been made by Duras,
			the son of my father's greatest
			rival.
				(beat)
			Our family name will be disgraced
			for seven generations. It is my
			responsibility to clear his name
			or answer for his crimes.

					PICARD
			Answer for them?

					WORF
			The family of a Klingon warrior
			is responsible for his actions
			and he is responsible for theirs.
			If I fail in my challenge, I will
			be executed.
				(beat)
			Will you grant my leave, Captain?

	A long beat as Picard mulls this with great concern.
	Then...

					PICARD
			No.

	Worf reacts.

					PICARD
			If I understand correctly, a
			Starfleet officer, a respected
			member of my crew could stand
			accused of a capital crime. Your
			actions in this matter reflect
			on this ship and the Federation.
				(beat, personal)
			Therefore, it seems only
			appropriate for your captain to
			be at your side as you make your
			challenge, Lieutenant. I'm sure
			you would do no less for me.

	On Worf's reaction...

     STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - 1/5/90 - ACT TWO     20.

15   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Kurn, Riker, Troi in Command. Data, and Wes at their
	stations. Picard and Worf ENTER from Ready Room.

					PICARD
			Commander Kurn...

					KURN
			Sir.

					PICARD
			We are changing course. Set
			coordinates for the First City
			of the Klingon Imperial Empire.

	Kurn reacts with surprise. He had not expected the
	Enterprise itself to change course. Kurn looks over
	at Worf and we can see respect forming in their
	relationship.

					KURN
			Mister Crusher...

					WES
				(instantly)
			Sir!

					KURN
			Lay in a course for the Klingon
			System. Bearing one-four-five
			by two-four-oh...

					WES
				(overlapping Kurn)
			Ready sir!

	Kurn is pleased. Quite calmly --

					KURN
			Execute.

16   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship makes a sweeping turn and accelerates to warp
	speed.

17   INT. TEN-FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	Worf is seated by the forward windows, lost in thought.
	Kurn ENTERS, sees Worf and then goes over to him.

  STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT TWO  21.

17   CONTINUED:

					KURN
			We arrive within the hour.

					WORF
			Yes.

					KURN
			The Council will receive you at
			high sun in the Great Hall of--

					WORF
			I know the procedures of the
			challenge.

	Kurn nods. He's beginning to look at Worf in a
	different way... as his older brother rather than as
	a Klingon in a Starfleet uniform.

					KURN
			You'll need a cha'DIch to defend
			you. While you are accused, you
			will not be allowed combat.

	Pause a beat as Kurn decides to take the next step.

					KURN
			I would be honored if you chose
			me.

	Worf looks at Kurn and can see that his brother's
	opinion of him has started to change. Worf himself
	is starting to think of this as their fight rather than
	just his.

					WORF
				(formally)
			I ask you to stand with me...
			to be my cha'DIch.

					KURN
			jIlajneS. ghIj qet jaghmeyjaj.
			(I accept. May your enemies run
			with fear.) The two sons of Mogh
			-- together, we shall restore the
			family honor.

					WORF
			No. For the proceeding, you will
			not reveal your true father.

  STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT TWO  22.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					KURN
				(reacts)
			I must...

					WORF
				(firm)
			You will not.

					KURN
				(understands)
			Because it would mean my death
			as well if you fail. A Klingon's
			honor means more than his life.
			Perhaps your human values cloud
			your judgment. I insist...

					WORF
			On this ship, you are my
			commander. And I obey. In the
			council chamber, you are my
			cha'DIch. You do not insist.
			You obey.

	And now the reversal of roles is complete.

					KURN
				(with due respect)
			Yes, brother.

18   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND KLINGON HOME WORLD
	(OPTICAL)

	The ship enters orbit. The planet has a single large
	land mass, and the world is dominated by a vast ocean.
	The tilt of the planet's axis has created wild seasonal
	changes and the atmosphere should appear turbulent and
	showing extremes of both warm and frigid weather on
	the planet.

19   EXT. THE FIRST CITY (MATTE SHOT)

	A large, sprawling city that was once an enormous
	fortress. The architecture should reflect a soldier's
	sensibilities for ease of defense and Spartan
	decoration. The city is dominated by the Great Hall.

									CUT TO:

  STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/7/90 - ACT TWO  23.

20   INT. ANTE ROOM (OPTICAL)

	A spare, simple room adjacent to the Great Hall, which
	can be entered through an ornate door. There is a
	table, chairs and a few decorations. It is basically a
	waiting room for the Great Hall. Picard, Troi, Riker,
	Worf, and Kurn BEAM IN.

	Taking in their surroundings --

					RIKER
				(quietly to Picard)
			There was a time... when just
			standing here would have been a
			death sentence for us.

					WORF
			Captain, I am honored that you...
			Commander Riker... Counselor
			Troi... have chosen to accompany
			me. Your presence will surely
			impress the council.

					PICARD
			We're here as long as you need
			us, Worf.

					WORF
			Once I make the challenge, I
			assume the sins of my father.
			I will be in disgrace until his
			innocence is proven. I would
			request that you not remain for
			the entire proceeding.

					TROI
			You will never be a disgrace to
			us, Worf.

					KURN
			It is a matter of personal honor
			to my brother.

					PICARD
			I understand.
				(to Kurn)
			You will advise us when it is
			appropriate to depart.

					WORF
				(somber)
			It will be clear.

     STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - 1/5/90 - ACT TWO     24.

20   CONTINUED:

	He moves toward door and they follow him to...

21   INT. GREAT HALL

	Worf, Kurn, Picard, Troi, Riker, ENTER. The hall is a
	parliament/supreme court/public square. One end of the
	room is dominated by a raised dais with chairs for the
	High Council. There is a large, open floor area and
	the floor itself is emblazoned with the triangular
	Klingon insignia. There should be small partitions
	to suggest that the room is used for a variety of
	functions. Several KLINGON SUPERNUMERARIES are
	present. There is a general buzz of noise which builds
	as our characters enter the hall. The COUNCIL MEMBERS,
	including K'MPEC and DURAS ENTER the Hall and take
	their seats at the dais. The council members are
	mostly older Klingons, with one or two young upstarts.

	Worf and Kurn lead the way to the center of the room.
	Worf stands squarely in the center of the insignia on
	the floor, Kurn at his side, the others behind them.
	The crowd moves back and stands at the edges of the
	insignia. A hushed silence falls over the hall.
	People glare at Worf and the others from the
	Enterprise. Worf faces the council squarely.

					WORF
			I am Worf, son of Mogh. I have
			come to challenge the lies that
			have been spoken of my father.

	A buzz goes around the room as we...

22   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - 1/5/90 - ACT THREE    25.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

22A  EXT. KLINGON FIRST CITY - MATTE SHOT - DAY

23   INT. GREAT HALL

	As before. Worf still facing the council. K'mpec now
	stands and addresses Worf.

					K'MPEC
			Worf, son of Mogh, you have
			challenged the judgment of the
			council. Are you prepared to
			answer for this if you fail?

					WORF
			With my life, K'mpec.

	K'mpec now turns his attention to Kurn.

					K'MPEC
			Why do you come before us,
			Commander?

					KURN
			I am Kurn, son of... Lorgh. I
			will stand by Worf's side. I am
			cha'DIch.

	K'mpec nods to a GUARD, who steps forward and hands
	Kurn a ceremonial scabbard and short sword which Kurn
	will wear from now on. Duras stands and walks down
	to Worf and Kurn. His attitude is hostile.

					DURAS
				(to Worf)
			You claim a birthright you have
			forsaken.

					WORF
			I have not forsaken my heritage.
			I am Klingon. My heart is of this
			world... my blood is as yours.

					DURAS
			Yet you come to us wearing a
			child's uniform...
				(looks at Picard)
			And you bring outsiders to our
			hall.

    STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - 1/5/90 - ACT THREE    26.

23   CONTINUED:

	Picard steps forward.

					PICARD
			I am here at my own request.
				(moving forward, to
				 council)
			I am Captain Picard of the
			Enterprise. I extend greetings
			on behalf of the Federation.

					DURAS
			Your words have no meaning here.

	K'mpec raises a hand, silencing Duras, and waits for
	Picard to continue.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Worf has served under
			my command with distinction. He
			has earned my admiration and my
			respect. It is my greatest wish
			that this council in its wisdom
			will clear his family name and
			return him to duty.

					K'MPEC
				(nods with satisfaction)
			The trust of a commanding officer
			is admirable... the council has
			noted it.

	Picard glances at Worf, then moves off to the side with
	Troi and Riker. That done, K'mpec turns his attention
	back to Worf.

					K'MPEC
			Speak the accusation.

	Duras moves forward again.

					DURAS
				(to council)
			For many turns, the truth about
			Khitomer has lain dormant...
			unknown. Now the truth is
			revealed. The traitor, Mogh, sent
			the defense access code to the
			Romulan patrol ships and allowed
			them to destroy the outpost.
					(MORE)

 STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/12/90 - ACT THREE 27.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					DURAS (Cont'd)
				(to crowd)
			Thousands died on Khitomer... my
			father died on Khitomer. Their
			deaths must be avenged!

	The crowd grumbles for a moment.

23A  OMITTED

23B  ANGLE ON DURAS AND WORF

					DURAS
				(steps close to Worf)
			Your father was a traitor! By
			posing this challenge, you are
			a traitor!

	Duras slaps Worf hard.

23C  PICARD, RIKER, TROI

	react.

23D  ANGLE ON DURAS AND WORF

	Duras grabs the sash on Worf's chest.

					DURAS
			You will not wear the emblems of
			our people!

	Duras rips the sash from Worf as the crowd look on.

 STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/7/90 - ACT THREE 28.

24   PICARD - CLOSEUP (OPTICAL)

	His eyes deeply troubled for his officer... knows it
	is time to leave.

					PICARD
				(activates com badge)
			Picard to Enterprise. Three to
			beam up.

	The away team BEAMS OUT.

25   OMITTED

26   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, and Troi ENTER from turbolift.

					PICARD
				(quietly)
			Mister Data... I want you to find
			out everything you can about the
			destruction of the Khitomer
			outpost. Cross reference with
			Romulan tactics and strategic
			information on the region.
			Request access to the Klingon
			central information net.
				(on the move to Ready
				 Room)
			Computer. Presentation overview
			of Klingon custom and law
			pertaining to familial
			accountability.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Acknowledged.

					PICARD
			In my Ready Room.

	Picard heads toward his Ready Room, and Data moves to
	one of the Aft Science Stations.

									CUT TO:

27   INT. GREAT HALL

	As before. Duras and Worf still face each other in
	the Hall. Worf's sash lies on the ground in tatters.

 STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/12/90 - ACT THREE 29.

27   CONTINUED:

					DURAS
			You are a fool. Your challenge
			will only result in a fool's
			death.

					WORF
				(coolly)
			It is a good day to die, Duras...
			and the day is not yet over.

	Duras returns to his place, and K'mpec stands.

					K'MPEC
			The council stands in recess.
			We will return for the mek'ba,
			when the evidence will be
			presented. Qapla' (Success! --
			a traditional Klingon parting)

	The crowd begins to break up and the council adjourns.
	Duras and Worf scowl at each other, but they move off
	in different directions.

28   ON WORF AND KURN

	They move off to one side of the hall where they can
	plan their strategy, but before they can speak, K'mpec
	approaches them. Worf and Kurn straighten up at the
	sight of him.

					K'MPEC
				(to Worf)
			I would speak with you alone.

	A glance passes between Worf and Kurn, but one does
	not turn down such a request by a member of the
	council. Kurn bows his head briefly and moves a few
	feet away to give them privacy.

29   ON WORF AND K'MPEC

	as they move into a small cul de sac in the hall.

 STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/12/90 - ACT THREE 30.

30   ON KURN

	he is watching for any move against him or Worf. A
	KLINGON WOMAN CLERK is routinely distributing PADDs
	to members of the council... laying them on desks, etc.
	As she comes to Kurn, she puts it on his desk and gives
	him a special look that points him toward the PADD,
	then moves off. He discovers a note underneath it...
	He reads it... glances at Worf... then heads out of
	the hall.

31   ON WORF AND K'MPEC

	As before.

					K'MPEC
			You should not have brought the
			challenge... there was no risk
			to you... what does it matter... ?

					WORF
				(not understanding)
			I am Klingon...

					K'MPEC
			Of that I have no question. But
			your life in the Federation would
			not be affected by this judgment.

					WORF
			My father...

					K'MPEC
			Is dead. He died long ago.
				(beat)
			I knew your father, served with
			him... this is not the way I
			wanted to remember him. But we
			must let the past be and protect
			what we have now.

	Worf gives him an enigmatic look.

 STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/12/90 - ACT THREE 31.

31   CONTINUED:

					K'MPEC
			If you leave before the mek'ba...
			no shame will fall on you. Return
			to your ship... go back to your
			life. The challenge will be
			forgotten.

					WORF
			Why would you ask me to lay aside
			the honor of my father... my
			family... Are these the words
			of the council... ?

	K'mpec considers Worf. He is angry, but there is a
	trace of sadness in his voice.

					K'MPEC
				(draws himself up)
			I will not be questioned by you!
			Leave now or you too will be
			condemned as a traitor.

	K'mpec leaves. Worf reacts, wonders what the hell that
	was about...

									CUT TO:

32
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36

36A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (FORMERLY SCENE 40)

	Data and Riker are at one of the Aft Science Stations
	looking at INFORMATION scrolling across one of the
	screens. Geordi stands nearby, watching their work
	with curiosity.

					DATA
			The Klingon council is refusing
			to allow us access to their
			information net, Commander.

	Riker lets out a breath in irritation.

 STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/7/90 - ACT THREE 32.

36A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			On what basis?

					DATA
			Orders of a member of the council.

					RIKER
			Duras...

36B  ANGLE - GEORDI

	overhears... begins to get an idea and moves quietly
	over to another station to begin work.

36C  BACK TO DATA AND RIKER

					RIKER
			What Federation starship was
			closest to Khitomer at the time
			of the attack?

					DATA
			The USS Intrepid, sir. They
			were the first ship on the scene.

					RIKER
			Contact Starfleet, request all logs
			of the Intrepid...
				(to Com)
			Riker to Doctor Crusher.

					BEVERLY
			Crusher here...

					RIKER
			Doctor, I want you to look over
			the medical records of all rescue
			vessels that responded to the
			Khitomer massacre... see if there
			is any information on the aftermath
			that could help us.

 STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/7/90 - ACT THREE 33.

36C  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Understood.

					GEORDI
			Uh, Commander, could I see you
			a moment...

	Riker moves to Geordi's station...

					GEORDI
				(lying)
			I was just making a few routine
			entries... and somehow, by
			accident, I just happened to...
			access the Klingon information
			net.

	Data and Riker react.

					DATA
			How could you obtain access
			without the proper authorization
			codes?

					RIKER
			I don't think we want to know,
			Data.

	As he exchanges a glance with Geordi, they begin
	investigation of the files.

									CUT TO:

37   INT. PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL

	Kurn is waiting... after a few seconds, Duras
	approaches him in the tunnel. Kurn prepares for an
	attack.

					KURN
			I should have known... come then
			Duras. Worf was right... it is
			a good day to die.

					DURAS
			That time has not yet come.
				(beat, then
				 conspiratorially)
			It does not have to come for many
			turns. I know who you are,
			Kurn... son of Mogh.

 STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT THREE 34.

37   CONTINUED:

					KURN
				(taken off-guard)
			What?

					DURAS
			A strange decision to serve as
			his cha'DIch. I was curious to
			know why. Nothing can be hidden
			from me, Kurn.
				(beat)
			It was a wise choice to hide your
			family name -- do not err by
			embracing it again... for you only
			embrace death.

					KURN
			We will see.

					DURAS
			Worf has made his choice and he
			will die for it. But you are
			still safe. Let him stand alone.
			He is no longer your brother...
			he is not one of us. I promise
			you no one will learn of your
			family line. You'll have your
			rank... maybe even a command of
			your own.

					KURN
			He is my brother. I will not
			betray him!

	We can see the rage boil up in Duras, but he just
	manages to keep control of it.

					DURAS
			Then you will die for him.

	Duras turns quickly and leaves. Kurn watches him go...
	looks around the empty tunnel and is about to leave
	when TWO KLINGON ASSASSINS suddenly attack him from
	behind. Kurn is caught off guard, but he manages to
	shake off the first attack.

	The assassins are wielding vicious-looking, yet ornate
	weapons.

	Kurn pulls his own knife and tries to keep them at
	bay... the fight is brutal and no quarter will be given
	by either side.

    STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - 1/5/90 - ACT THREE    35.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

	Kurn manages to disable one of the assassins, but the
	other slips under his guard and drives the weapon deep
	into Kurn's side.

	Kurn falls to the ground. The assassin twists the
	weapon viciously and then takes his companion and
	flees. Kurn is seriously injured and passes out.
	Linger on his prone form...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

  STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT FOUR  36.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

38   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is cruising in orbit.

39   INT. SICKBAY

	Kurn is lying on the operating table, post op. A
	MEDICAL SUPERNUMERARY is checking on him using the
	surgical clamshell. Beverly moves to Worf nearby.
	Worf's spirits are beginning to sag.

					BEVERLY
			What kind of vicious weapon makes
			a wound like that... ?

					WORF
			A kut'luch... the ceremonial
			weapon of an assassin.

					BEVERLY
			Fortunately, his metabolic
			recovery is phenomenal... he'll
			be all right...

					WORF
			It does not matter. We should
			have let him die.

	Beverly reacts with shock, but Worf ignores her look.

					WORF
			Now that Duras knows his
			bloodline, we will both be
			executed.

					BEVERLY
			You sound like you've already
			lost, Worf.

	Worf just looks at her, that's how he feels, and EXITS.

40   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Data, Riker and Geordi are still looking through the
	Klingon computer files at two science stations. Data
	calls Riker to join him...

  STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT FOUR  37.

40   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Commander, I have discovered the
			basis of the charges against
			Worf's father.

	They move to look over his shoulder...

					DATA
			Apparently the Klingons recently
			captured a Romulan ship with logs
			that provided new information on
			the Khitomer attack. They clearly
			indicate a transmission from the
			outpost to the Romulans moments
			before the shields dropped.

					GEORDI
			From Worf's father?

					DATA
				(calling something up)
			It does correspond to Mogh's
			personal security code.

	Riker and Geordi frown.

					RIKER
			How can we be sure these records
			haven't been falsified?

					GEORDI
			We can cross check them against
			the Intrepid's sensor logs...

					DATA
				(operating controls)
			I will try... but the Intrepid
			was at the edge of sensor range
			during the attack and we cannot
			be sure if the scans are complete.

	Data works the console and the screen shows the
	resulting information.

					GEORDI
			Looks like a pretty good match-up,
			Data...

									INTERCUT:

 STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/10/90 - ACT FOUR 38.

40A  THE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	shows a split screen of parallel lines scrolling with
	various coded signals displayed (Okudagrams). Both
	sides match exactly.

					DATA
			Both the Intrepid and Romulan
			logs show a series of distress
			signals from Khitomer...

	When gaps appear on the left split screen...

					RIKER
			What happens here...

					GEORDI
			Gaps in the Intrepid logs, missing
			information because of the
			range...

	Data pauses the scroll.

					DATA
			This is where Mogh's alleged
			transmission should be.

					RIKER
				(frowns)
			Right in the middle of a gap.

					GEORDI
			Wait a second, Data. Back up.

	Geordi leans in and presses a few panels...

					GEORDI
			Look at this... just before the
			Intrepid gap begins, the timebase
			of both files are in perfect
			sync... but look at the signals
			just after the shields dropped.

	Now on the monitor, the split screens clearly don't
	match.

					DATA
			They are no longer synchronous.

					GEORDI
			Commander, somebody's been
			rewriting history.

  STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT FOUR  39.

40A  CONTINUED:

	Off Riker's reaction......

41
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44

45   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard and Worf. Picard is quite animated.

					PICARD
			I will not pretend to fully
			understand the nuances of your
			world's law or culture, Mister
			Worf. But I do understand when
			somebody is trying to hide
			something...

					WORF
				(considering this)
			K'mpec urged me to drop my
			challenge, abandon my family
			honor... it was impossible to
			believe I was hearing a Klingon
			speak...

					PICARD
			Obviously, they did not expect
			and never wanted this challenge...
			you're getting close to something,
			Lieutenant... something they care
			a great deal about protecting...

					WORF
			If it is true, it is not just
			Duras but the High Council itself
			that is my enemy.
				(beat)
			Captain, I must choose a new
			cha'DIch. I would like your
			permission to ask a member of the
			crew.

					PICARD
			Of course, Lieutenant. Ask
			whomever you wish.

	Worf hesitates, not sure what Picard's reaction will
	be. Picard waits for him to go on.

 STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT FOUR 39A.

45   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Sir, I would ask that you stand
			with me.

  STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT FOUR  40.

45   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard reacts, very surprised.

					WORF
				(quickly)
			You may refuse... with no
			dishonor.

					PICARD
			I appreciate the gesture,
			Lieutenant. But I know there are
			stronger, younger men from which
			to choose...

	This is a difficult moment for Worf. He must actually
	voice some of his inner feelings and motivations, and
	it doesn't come easily.

					WORF
			A Klingon warrior knows that brute
			strength is not the most important
			asset in a fight. I have served
			under you in many conflicts...
			and know you to be a shrewd and
			forceful opponent. I can think
			of no one I would rather have at
			my side.

	Picard is moved by this expression of admiration by
	his officer. There is a brief pause. Picard walks
	over to Worf, looks him in the eye.

					PICARD
				(perfectly pronounced)
			jIlajneS. ghIj qet jaghmeyjaj.
			I accept.

	Worf straightens up and his face again hardens with
	determination.

46   INT. GREAT HALL

	Duras is standing in a cul de sac, talking with the
	two assassins seen earlier.

47   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The council ENTERS and sits in session. Picard and
	Worf BEAM IN.

  STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT FOUR  41.

47   CONTINUED:

	Duras reacts to them and moves away from the
	assassins. Worf moves forward to address the council
	and Duras.

					WORF
				(to Hall)
			My challenge will proceed. No
			threat, no treachery will stop
			it.
				(to Duras)
			Not even a trap for my cha'DIch
			set by a coward.

	Duras boils over and moves forward.

					K'MPEC
				(warning)
			Duras...

					DURAS
			I will not listen to this filth
			from the son of a traitor...

	Picard moves quickly in front of Worf in a defensive
	move and Duras is brought up short by this unexpected
	action. Duras is dumbfounded, and unsure just what the
	hell Picard thinks he's doing.

					DURAS
			Keep your place, Picard!

					PICARD
			This is my place.

					WORF
			He is now my cha'DIch.

	The crowd REACTS to this news. Duras is outraged.

					DURAS
				(to K'mpec)
			No! This cannot be allowed.
				(to Picard)
			This is not your world, human.
			You do not command here.

					PICARD
			I am not here to command.

 STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT FOUR 41A.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					DURAS
			Then you must be ready to fight...
			something that Starfleet doesn't
			teach you.

  STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/7/90 - ACT FOUR  42.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard confronts Duras directly. He's not taking any
	crap from this guy. Picard's voice is low and deadly.

					PICARD
			You may test that assumption...
			at your convenience.

	Duras's eyes narrow and they stand toe to toe for a
	few seconds before K'mpec intervenes.

					K'MPEC
			The cha'DIch is accepted.

					DURAS
			No!

	Duras has stepped over the line and K'mpec's tone calls
	him on it.

					K'MPEC
			You challenge my authority?

	Duras looks chastened at K'mpec, backs down. Picard
	gives Worf a look: "How was that?" Worf nods his head
	in approval. K'mpec motions to the guard, who then
	brings over a ceremonial scabbard and sword identical
	to the one that was given to Kurn.

					K'MPEC
			Mek'ba will begin.

48
thru	OMITTED
49

50   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker, Data, Wesley, Geordi... Beverly ENTERS...

					BEVERLY
			I've got something...

	She moves to a science station, sits at a position...
	calling up a file... Riker joins her...

					BEVERLY
			Worf was not the only survivor
			of the Khitomer massacre.

					RIKER
			Another child?

  STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT FOUR  43.

50   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			No. A Klingon woman was found
			with Worf.

	The file is on the screen.

					RIKER
			Kahlest... who was she?

					BEVERLY
			I don't know. Just says here she
			had severe injuries...
			transferred to Starbase twenty-four
			for treatment. That's when
			she was separated from Worf.
			After she recovered, she returned
			home.

					RIKER
			We've got to find her if she's
			still alive. Data, scan the
			Klingon central net... see if
			there's any record of her...

	As Data goes to work...

51
thru	OMITTED
52

53   INT. GREAT HALL

	Duras is at the apex of the insignia on the floor,
	addressing the entire hall. There is much noise and
	frequent interruptions by angry reactions.

					DURAS
			... The Romulans lowered the
			outpost shields themselves. They
			were given the defense access
			code! The records clearly show
			the Romulan patrol ships receiving
			a personal transmission from Mogh
			just before they lowered the
			outpost shields. Mogh betrayed
			us. Four thousand Klingons died
			on Khitomer... and only the son
			of Mogh survived.

 STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/10/90 - ACT FOUR 44.

53A  OMITTED

53B  ON PICARD

	His com badge BEEPS.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
				(hits com badge)
			Stand by.

	Picard moves over to a cul de sac in the Hall. Duras
	continues his presentation in the b.g.

					DURAS
			The Khitomer commander noted in
			his log that Mogh had been acting
			suspiciously... that he was often
			away from his post for long
			periods of time. The commander
			found that Mogh was sending coded
			neutrino pulses to a sector within
			Romulan territory. A formal charge
			would have been made, but Mogh
			betrayed them and thousands were
			killed.

	Over the above --

					PICARD
				(sotto voce)
			Go ahead, Number One.

									INTERCUT:

54   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker standing near science station.

					RIKER
			We've located another survivor
			of the Khitomer massacre,
			Captain... a woman who was found
			with Worf. Her name is Kahlest...
			she resides in the Old Quarter
			of the First City.

					PICARD
			Well done. Picard out.

      STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT FOUR     44A.

54A  NEW ANGLE

	including Worf and the council. Duras is still going
	through his evidence.

      STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT FOUR      45.

54A  CONTINUED:

					DURAS
			... another witness has testified
			that Mogh often spoke of his
			admiration for the Romulans...
			Their culture... their women.

	Jeers from the crowd.

					PICARD
			K'mpec.

	K'mpec nods to Picard.

					PICARD
			May we have a... short recess?

					K'MPEC
				(nods)
			Len'mat. (recess)

	Picard and Worf move off to one side.

					PICARD
			Have you heard of a woman named
			Kahlest?

					WORF
			She was my ghojmoK... my nurse.

					PICARD
			Then it's possible she was an
			eyewitness to your father's
			activities at Khitomer...

					WORF
			But she died in the attack---

					PICARD
			She survived. She's living in
			the Old Quarter. I'm going to
			find her.

					WORF
			It is too dangerous. You cannot
			go alone.

      STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/7/90 - ACT FOUR      46.

54A  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I am your cha'DIch.

	Worf knows he's right and nods in agreement. Picard
	EXITS.

55   ANGLE ON DURAS

	who is watching Worf and Picard from a hidden vantage.
	The two assassins stand behind Duras. As Duras leans
	over and whispers to the two assassins...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

         STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - 1/5/90 - ACT FIVE        47.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

56   EXT OLD CITY STREET

	A narrow, gloomy street in the oldest section of the
	capital city. A hooded figure in a cape moves down
	the street. The figure stops in front of a simple
	door, above which is a unique symbol (possibly a bigger
	representation of the emblem worn on Worf's sash?).

56A  ON PICARD

	as he moves the hood enough so we can see him. He
	looks around and then sounds the door CHIME. After a
	few seconds, the door slides aside and Picard goes in.

									CUT TO:

57   INT. KLINGON HOME

	Picard ENTERS from the street. The home is small, yet
	comfortable. The furnishings should be in contrast
	to the martial decor of the rest of the planet... this
	is the home of an old woman with no need to proclaim
	power or strength. Picard looks around for a few
	seconds, lets his eyes adjust to the dimmer light.

					PICARD
			Kahlest?

	KAHLEST moves in the shadows. She does not step into
	the light yet, but answers from the safety of the
	darkness.

					KAHLEST
			What do you want?

					PICARD
				(toward direction of
				 voice)
			Your help.

					KAHLEST
			No.

	Kahlest moves out of the shadows and we can see that
	she is quite old by Klingon standards. She barely
	looks at Picard as they talk.

      STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT FIVE      48.

57   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You don't even know what I want.

					KAHLEST
			You are cha'Dich. I know.

					PICARD
			Then you know that Worf's life
			is at stake.

					KAHLEST
			I cannot help. I am dead.
				(a whisper)
			A long time dead.

					PICARD
			Were you with Worf's father just
			before the attack on Khitomer?

	The the mention of Khitomer, Kahlest moves away from
	Picard and her face becomes even more tired and
	haggard. Her eyes are haunted.

					KAHLEST
				(vehemently)
			I am dead!
				(beat)
			My... life ended on Khitomer.
			I served a proud family... a
			strong house. All that is gone.

					PICARD
			Worf is not gone, Kahlest. The
			family you served needs you again.

					KAHLEST
			I cannot help.

					PICARD
				(quietly)
			Was his father a traitor?

					KAHLEST
				(defensively)
			No!
				(proudly)
			Mogh was loyal... to the emperor.
			Mogh suspected someone of plotting
			with the Romulans and followed
			them to Khitomer.

	Hope rising --

      STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT FIVE      49.

57   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Who? Who was the traitor?

					KAHLEST
			I do not know.

	Disappointment. A beat. Thinking...

					PICARD
			We know a signal was sent to the
			Romulans just before the attack...
			if you were with Mogh and his
			family...

					KAHLEST
			I was not. I was with Worf only.

					PICARD
				(sighs, concluding)
			Then, there is no way to prove
			Mogh's innocence, and Worf will
			die as the son of a traitor.

					KAHLEST
			You must leave, cha'DIch. I am
			dead.

	Picard cannot think of anything else, EXITS.

58   EXT. OLD CITY STREET

	Picard has left the house and is heading back up the
	street when the two assassins suddenly burst out of
	a recess in the wall and attack Picard. They are
	wielding the same ornate weapons seen earlier.

	Picard is not the easy mark they had taken him for,
	however. The captain is able to move out of the way
	before they can land a blow on him. He brings Assassin
	#1 to the ground by whipping off his cape and throwing
	it with a flourish in Assassin #1's face.

	Assassin #2 lunges forward with his weapon, but Picard
	has now pulled his own ceremonial sword and parries the
	thrust. Assassin #2 makes a hard thrust. Picard grabs
	the Klingon's hand and falls backward, yanking the
	Klingon off balance and bringing them both down.
	Picard holds his own sword steady and the Klingon falls
	directly on the point as he falls on top of Picard.

      STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/15/90 - ACT FIVE     50.

58   CONTINUED:

	Assassin #1 is back on his feet and prepares to kill
	Picard as he's trapped under the fallen Klingon...
	when he suddenly grimaces in pain... as he falls we can
	see a knife sticking out of his back.

59   ON KAHLEST

	standing in her doorway watching.

60   NEW ANGLE

	including Picard and the Klingons. The first assassin
	is lying on the ground with knife that Kahlest had
	thrown sticking out of his back. Picard gets up and
	rubs his shoulder.

					PICARD
			My appreciation, madam.

					KAHLEST
			You are brave, cha'DIch. Worf
			chose well. Lessons hold.

	She starts to return inside. Picard gets an idea.

					PICARD
			Kahlest, would they know who you
			are? Would they recognize you?

	She pauses.

					KAHLEST
			K'mpec would remember Kahlest.
			I caught his eye back then. I
			had many suitors once. He wanted
			seloh (sex) with me. He was too
			fat.

					PICARD
			Then, come back with me. They
			do not know how much you know.
			Perhaps it will shake loose the
			truth.

      STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/15/90 - ACT FIVE     51.

60   CONTINUED:

	Kahlest considers a beat... nods.

					KAHLEST
			I will come.

	As Picard begins to hope again... they move past the
	fallen Klingons and...

61   INT. GREAT HALL

	As before. Duras is finishing his presentation of
	evidence.

					DURAS
			The mek'ba is complete. The
			evidence is clear. I ask that the
			judgment stand... and that Worf be
			condemned as the son of a traitor
			to the Empire.

	The crowd growls in agreement. Worf shows no reaction.

					K'MPEC
			Worf, son of Mogh...

	K'mpec trails off as he notices something happening in
	the hall.

62   NEW ANGLE

	Someone is making their way through the crowd to the
	Council... Picard and Kahlest finally step forward.
	Worf reacts to the sight of the woman from his
	childhood.

      STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT FIVE      52.

62   CONTINUED:

					K'MPEC
			tam (Be quiet!)

	The crowd settles down and Picard and Kahlest move onto
	the insignia with Worf. K'mpec and Kahlest clearly
	know each other. Duras looks at K'mpec -- what the
	hell is this? K'mpec knows he has a problem.

					PICARD
			The mek'ba is not complete. I
			bring an eyewitness to the
			Khitomer massacre... with new
			evidence, K'mpec.

	K'mpec struggles a beat with how to handle this...

					KAHLEST
			Mogh was innocent.

	There is no way K'mpec is going to let her continue.
	He gruffly calls a recess.

					K'MPEC
			Len'mat.

	The crowd begins to buzz with confusion. The council
	breaks up and K'mpec indicates that Picard, Worf and
	Kahlest should follow him. Duras goes with them toward
	a side door.

63   INT. K'MPEC'S CHAMBERS

	A small, private room with a few decorations and
	furnishings. It is the Klingon version of a judge's
	chambers. K'mpec, Duras, Picard, Worf, and Kahlest
	ENTER.

					DURAS
			What is it you think you know,
			old woman?

					PICARD
				(to Kahlest)
			Do not answer.
				(to K'mpec)
			Rules of the mek'ba require that
			her evidence be presented in open
			council.

      STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT FIVE     52A.

63   CONTINUED:

					DURAS
				(to Kahlest)
			You will die before giving
			evidence.

      STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/15/90 - ACT FIVE     53.

63   CONTINUED: (2)

					KAHLEST
				(to K'mpec)
			You stand there while this patahk
			threatens an old woman?

	K'mpec realizes that things have gone too far and there
	is no alternative.

					K'MPEC
				(to Duras)
			Be silent, Duras. Would you kill
			old women to cover your dishonor?

	And Duras backs away... and Picard realizes he has the
	lead he needs. Pulling the string...

					PICARD
			Yes, Duras, it is your dishonor
			we are protecting here, isn't it?

					DURAS
			I have no reluctance to kill you,
			human.

					PICARD
			Are you prepared to hear her
			evidence in open council, Duras?

	Duras glares at K'mpec... who hates all of this.

					K'MPEC
			Obviously, we are not. Kahlest,
			you will go now.

      STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT FIVE     53A.

63   CONTINUED: (3)

	She acknowledges... at the door --

      STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT FIVE      54.

63   CONTINUED: (4)

					K'MPEC
			It is good to see you again.

					KAHLEST
			You are still fat, K'mpec.

	And with a brief twinkle in her for Picard, she EXITS.
	K'mpec regards Worf with regret. Shakes his head.

					K'MPEC
			I asked you to leave, to let this
			judgment go unanswered... but
			you did not hear my words, and
			now it has come to this.

					WORF
			Why did you judge my father guilty
			when you knew he was not?

					K'MPEC
				(apologetic)
			Someone had to be blamed. The
			warriors who captured the Romulan
			ship had learned of the treachery.
			But only the council knew whose
			security code had been
			transmitted. Ja'rod, father of
			Duras.

					WORF
				(indicates Duras)
			This Ha'DIbaH (animal) should have
			been fed to the dogs!

					K'MPEC
			His family is powerful. If the
			truth were known, it would shatter
			the council... almost certainly
			plunge us into civil war.
				(looks at Worf)
			You were in Starfleet... we did
			not expect you to challenge the
			judgment. Nor did we know that
			there was another son of Mogh.

      STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/15/90 - ACT FIVE     55.

63   CONTINUED: (5)

					PICARD
			Worf's challenge is successful.
			His family honor must be restored,
			K'mpec.

					K'MPEC
				(regret)
			You don't understand. His
			challenge was defeated before he
			ever made it. You will not be
			allowed to present this evidence.
			The judgment will stand and you
			will be condemned... as will your
			brother.

					PICARD
			You admit the truth and still
			expect him to accept punishment.
			What does this say of an empire
			that holds honor so dear?

					K'MPEC
			The empire will not be destroyed
			for one family's honor.

					PICARD
			This is unacceptable, K'mpec.

					DURAS
			You have no say in this, cha'DIch!

					PICARD
			I speak now as the captain of
			the USS Enterprise and
			Lieutenant Worf's commanding
			officer. You will not execute
			a member of my crew, sir. Nor
			will I turn his brother over to
			you.

					K'MPEC
			You risk much. This is not the
			Federation, Picard. If you defy
			the orders of the High Council
			in an affair of the empire, the
			alliance with the Federation
			could fall to dust.

      STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT FIVE      56.

63   CONTINUED: (6)

					PICARD
			The alliance with the Federation
			is not based on lies! Protect
			your secrets if you must, but do
			not sacrifice these men.

					DURAS
			A true Klingon will not run from
			his judgment, Captain. No matter
			what you would have them do.

					K'MPEC
			What will you do with Kurn? Make
			him a Starfleet officer? He is
			a Klingon. When his tour aboard
			your ship is complete he will have
			no place to go. He would rather
			die.

					WORF
			I will die for the empire.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant...

	Worf gives him a hard look --

					WORF
			The cha'DIch will be silent.

	Picard blinks, shuts up.

					WORF
			Allow my brother to return to his
			life. Only you need know his
			true bloodline.

					DURAS
			Not acceptable. His honor would
			demand revenge. He is too
			dangerous.

					WORF
			If you allow him to live, I will
			give you something that will
			serve your purpose far more than
			my death. I will accept...
			discommendation.

	K'mpec and Duras exchange a glance -- this is pretty
	good for them.

      STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT FIVE      57.

63   CONTINUED: (7)

					DURAS
			You would do this in open council?

	Worf acknowledges.

					K'MPEC
			It would be the same as admitting
			your father's guilt, Worf.

					WORF
			So be it.

					K'MPEC
				(with respect)
			Your heart is Klingon. It will
			be done.
				(to others)
			What has been said here will never
			be spoken of again.

	Worf steps to Duras... one last thing to do.

					WORF
			You... are the son of a traitor.

	And he slaps Duras just as hard as Duras hit him
	earlier. Duras burns with the shame of it.

					WORF
			I am ready.

64   INT. GREAT HALL (OPTICAL)

	Picard is waiting off to one side for something. The
	transporter EFFECT begins and Kurn beams in along with
	a MEDICAL SUPERNUMERARY who is helping him. Kurn is
	recovering from his injuries, but is still a little
	unsteady on his feet.

					KURN
				(to supernumerary)
			Enough! I will stand alone in
			the hall.

	Picard nods to the ensign and Kurn steps forward on his
	own. He and Picard move slowly toward the other end
	of the hall.

      STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/8/90 - ACT FIVE      58.

64   CONTINUED:

					KURN
			Why is he doing this? I was ready
			to die.

					PICARD
			Worf wants you to live... the name
			of your father must someday be
			cleared. He needs you alive...
			with your honor intact.

					KURN
			But to do this...

					PICARD
			There will be another day,
			Commander. Do not forget what
			he does here today... do not let
			your children forget.

	Kurn nods in agreement and they go through the crowd.

64A  NEW ANGLE

	The council in session. Worf facing them as Picard and
	Kurn move to stand on either side of him. K'mpec faces
	Worf.

					WORF
			tlhIH ghIj jIHyoj. (I fear your
			judgment)

					K'MPEC
			biHnuch (Coward)

	The crowd REACTS with disgust. The council rises as
	one and turn their backs on Worf. The assembled crowd
	does the same. Worf turns to Kurn.

					WORF
			You must also...

					KURN
				(beat, then sotto voce)
			May you stand here again someday
			and roar over the fallen bodies
			of your enemies.

					WORF
			We will stand together...
				(sotto)
			...brother.

      STAR TREK: "Sins of the Father" - REV. 1/9/90 - ACT FIVE      59.

64A  CONTINUED:

	They share a moment of silent promise, then Kurn
	reluctantly turns his back on his brother. Picard
	moves to Worf and they walk side by side, heads held
	high through the crowd and EXIT. The double doors
	close behind with a LOUD CLANG as we...

65   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             








                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "Allegiance" 
                          #40273-166 
                              
                          Written by 
                Richard Manning & Hans Beimler 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rick Kolbe 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT
 
                      JANUARY 15, 1990
 

           STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - 1/15/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Allegiance" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             FALSE PICARD
                RIKER              HARO
                DATA               THOLL
                BEVERLY            ESOQQ
                TROI               ALIEN #1
                GEORDI             ALIEN #2
                WORF               
                WESLEY             

                Non-Speaking       
                 SUPERNUMERARIES    

            STAR TREK: "Allegiance" 1/15/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Allegiance" 
                         
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              READY ROOM
              SICKBAY
              TEN FORWARD
              CORRIDOR
              CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
              DATA'S QUARTERS
          
            HOLDING BAY

       STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/22/90 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "Allegiance"                              
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (STOCK OPTICAL)

	in orbit around a blue-green planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43714.1.
			We have finally succeeded in
			eradicating the plague on Cor
			Caroli Five, and are now
			preparing to leave orbit and
			proceed to our next mission --

2    OMITTED

3    INT. CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	PICARD is relaxing on a recliner-type chair, reading
	an antique leather-bound book. An empty brandy snifter
	is nearby. CLASSICAL MUSIC plays softly.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			-- a rendezvous with the USS
			Hood to assist their terraforming
			efforts on Browder Four.

	After a moment, Picard lays the book over his chest and
	closes his eyes.

	Almost immediately, a body-length metallic slab
	MATERIALIZES directly over the sleeping Picard. The
	slab emits a BEAM which scans the captain from head to
	toe. Once the scan is complete, the beam stops and
	Picard DEMATERIALIZES in a new, ALIEN TRANSPORTER
	EFFECT.

4    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	RIKER, WORF, DATA, and supernumeraries are at their
	posts. Data reacts to something on his console.

         STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - 1/15/90 - TEASER         2.

4    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Commander, ship's sensors detect
			an abnormal energy reading in the
			captain's quarters.

					RIKER
			Type?

					DATA
			Undetermined.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Riker to Captain Picard.

	No answer; after a beat, Riker turns to Worf who is
	already on the move toward the turbolift.

					WORF
			Security team to captain's
			quarters --

5    INT. HOLDING BAY

	CLOSE on Picard as he slowly awakens and looks around
	-- and is stunned to see he's no longer on the
	Enterprise. Instead, he's in a large square, empty,
	windowless, rather featureless room. One door -- which
	is solidly shut.

	Each corner of the room contains a "bunk" (a small
	padded area slightly raised from floor level); in the
	center of the room is a "feeder" (a simple dispenser
	filled with what looks like hockey pucks). Picard's on
	one "bunk," another is vacant. The remaining two are
	occupied by unconscious -- or possibly dead --
	humanoids: MITENA HARO (a "Bolian" -- young, female
	Starfleet cadet) and KOVA THOLL (a "Mizarian" --
	middle-aged male civilian).

6    ON PICARD

	as he gets to his feet, taps his insignia:

					PICARD
			Picard to Enterprise.

	No response; not even the beep to indicate the
	communicator's working. Picard suspects it's futile,
	but tries again;

         STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - 1/15/90 - TEASER         3.

6    CONTINUED:

					PICARD (cont'd)
			Anyone receiving this
			transmission, please respond.

	Nothing. Picard scowls.

7    INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS

	Worf and security team are at the captain's door. Worf
	touches the CHIME. No response.

					WORF
			Security override. Priority one.

	but before he can finish the door OPENS to reveal
	Picard -- actually a perfect replica of Picard --
	staring back at Worf and the security team.

					FALSE PICARD
			Is something the matter,
			Lieutenant?

	On Worf's relieved and embarrassed expression:

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/19/90 - ACT ONE      4.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

8    INT. HOLDING BAY

	Picard crosses to the motionless Haro, kneels at her
	side, touches her carotid artery to check for pulse.
	Haro stirs, awakens -- realizes someone's close, and
	panics, reflexively swinging an arm at the stranger.
	Picard's ready for it, blocks the blow by seizing
	Haro's wrist, whispers to calm her:

					PICARD
			It's all right. I'm not going
			to hurt you.

					HARO
			Who -- ?

	Haro slowly relaxes. Picard lets her go; she sits up,
	notices Picard's rank.

					HARO (cont'd)
			Captain...

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Jean-Luc Picard of the Enterprise.

					HARO
			Captain Picard! We've studied
			your missions at the Academy...

	Haro realizes she's being less than professional,
	straightens up:

					HARO (cont'd)
			Mitena Haro, first year cadet,
			Starfleet Academy.

	Picard nods acknowledgement, but before he can respond:

					THOLL (O.S.)
			Perhaps you can explain what this
			is all about.

9    NEW ANGLE

	Tholl is sitting up, regarding Picard with a mixture
	of suspicion and disdain.

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/22/90 - ACT ONE      5.

9    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Unfortunately, I can't, Mister...

					THOLL
			Tholl. Kova Tholl, of Mizar Two.

					PICARD
			Well, Mister Tholl, all I know
			is that I've been brought here
			against my will.
				(gestures)
			Wherever "here" is...

					HARO
			The same thing happened to me,
			sir. I was alone, studying...
			and I fainted. When I came to...
				(gestures)
			That was about three days ago.

					PICARD
				(to Tholl)
			And you, sir?

					THOLL
			I've been here twelve days,
			possibly more. I had been
			meditating privately -- and for no
			reason whatever, I lost
			consciousness.

					PICARD
			What can you tell me about our
			captors?

					THOLL
			Nothing. They've never shown
			themselves.

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/22/90 - ACT ONE      6.

10   ON PICARD

	as he moves around, inspecting the walls. Haro follows
	Picard, keeping a respectful distance.

					PICARD
			Four sleeping areas... that
			implies we'll be joined by another
			captive...

	Picard stops at the feeder, pulls out a "hockey puck"
	-- it's a dark, translucent disk of solid but malleable
	material, sort of a gigantic gumdrop. Not very
	appealing. Picard pulls off a small hunk, examines
	it.

					PICARD
			Food?

					THOLL
				(making a face)
			It's edible... but I wouldn't call
			it food.

11   NEW ANGLE

	as Picard moves to the door, examines it. Next to the
	door is a small panel flush with the wall -- a key
	panel? It appears to be -- it's divided into a grid
	of sub-panels, each with an alien symbol upon it.
	Picard presses one; it lights up briefly and makes a
	short, annoying BEEP SOUND. He tries another -- same
	result.

					THOLL
			I wouldn't touch that.

					PICARD
			Why not?

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/22/90 - ACT ONE      7.

11   CONTINUED:

					THOLL
			If it's the door lock, the
			combination is too complex to hit
			at random -- I tried it, and was
			punished.

					PICARD
			Punished -- how?

					THOLL
			Severe pain... some sort of energy
			beam.
				(shudders at the memory)
			I won't get near that panel
			again...

	Picard leaves the panel alone for the moment, inspects
	the door itself. Haro steps up -- and a little of her
	insecurity and fear show through:

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/22/90 - ACT ONE      8.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					HARO
			The Enterprise will find us, won't
			it, sir? As soon as they discover
			you're missing, they'll start to
			search... Won't they?

	Picard realizes Haro needs a dose of morale-building:

					PICARD
			Of course they will. They'll do
			everything they can. In the
			meantime, we keep our heads...
				(wryly indicating the
				 room)
			... and enjoy the hospitality.

	Haro takes courage from Picard's words, manages a
	smile.

					HARO
			Yes, sir.

12
thru	OMITTED
14

15   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Data, WESLEY, Worf, supernumeraries. False
	Picard ENTERS from the turbolift.

					WORF
			Sir, the Hood has arrived at the
			rendezvous point. They are
			expecting us in thirty-six hours.

					FALSE PICARD
			Thank you, Lieutenant.
				(a beat)
			Mister Data. The nearest pulsar
			is in the Lonka cluster, is it
			not?

					DATA
			Correct, sir.

	Everyone is a bit surprised: why has the captain
	brought this up? Unfortunately for them, he's keeping
	his reasons to himself.

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/17/90 - ACT ONE      8A.

15   CONTINUED:

					FALSE PICARD
			And what do we know about that
			pulsar?

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/17/90 - ACT ONE      9.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			A great deal, sir. It is a
			rotating neutron star of
			approximately four point three
			five six solar masses.

	False Picard considers this for a moment, then:

					FALSE PICARD
			Mister Crusher -- how long would
			it take us to get there?

					WESLEY
			At warp seven... thirty-four
			minutes.

	False Picard takes another moment to consider this.

					FALSE PICARD
			Mister Crusher -- make it so.

					WESLEY
			Sir?

	Wesley is a bit surprised.

					FALSE PICARD
			Set course for the Lonka pulsar.
			Warp two.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir.

	Wesley hesitates before adding:

					WESLEY (cont'd)
			Sir, at warp two -- we'll arrive
			at the pulsar in thirty-one
			hours...

					FALSE PICARD
			Thank you, Ensign. Engage.

	The stars on the viewscreen STREAK into warp. Riker
	is slightly puzzled; he half-expects the captain to
	elaborate or explain the change in plans. After a
	beat, it's clear no explanation is forthcoming.

					RIKER
			Captain, are we delaying our
			rendezvous with the Hood?

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/17/90 - ACT ONE      9A.

15   CONTINUED: (3)

					FALSE PICARD
			We may have to.

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/18/90 - ACT ONE      10.

15   CONTINUED: (4)

	That's all False Picard offers. Riker takes it from
	there:

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, contact the Hood and
			inform them of our delay.

					WORF
			Aye, Commander.

					FALSE PICARD
			Belay that.
				(firm, not angry)
			There'll be no further
			communications off this ship
			without my prior authorization.

	False Picard turns to Riker.

					FALSE PICARD (cont'd)
			Commander -- I'd like a word with
			you.

	False Picard gets up and heads for the Ready Room.
	Riker is right behind.

					FALSE PICARD (cont'd)
				(to Data)
			Mister Data -- you have the
			bridge.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	False Picard and Riker EXIT.

15A  ON WESLEY

	glancing over towards Data.

					WESLEY
			Data -- any guesses as to what
			this is all about?

					DATA
			I see no point in randomly
			selecting alternative motivations
			for the captain's actions
			considering that not enough
			information has been offered to
			make any one "guess" superior to
			another.

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/17/90 - ACT ONE      11.

15A  CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			In other words, you don't know
			either.

	Wesley returns his attention to his console.

15B  INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	False Picard is leaning on his desk; Riker stands
	before him.

					FALSE PICARD
			Number One... You know I like to
			keep you well informed as to the
			nature of our missions.

					RIKER
			Yes, sir.

					FALSE PICARD
			And if I don't inform you --
			there's a reason.

	Riker nods.

					FALSE PICARD (cont'd)
			I don't like keeping you in the
			dark, Commander... but for the
			next few days I won't be able to
			be as communicative as usual.
			It may make things difficult for
			you...

					RIKER
			Don't worry about me, sir. I can
			handle it.

					FALSE PICARD
			And the crew?

					RIKER
			You can count on us all, sir.

	False Picard eyes Riker carefully. Riker has complete
	faith in the captain.

					FALSE PICARD
			I appreciate that, Number One.

									CUT TO:


        STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - 1/15/90 - ACT ONE        12.

16   OMITTED

17   INT. HOLDING BAY

	Picard, Haro, Tholl. Picard is again examining the
	keypad next to the door. He thinks it over, starts
	pushing just one of the panels in a repeating sequence
	of numbers -- 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13. Haro looks on with
	interest, Tholl with ill-concealed skepticism.

					THOLL
			Picard -- what are you doing?

					PICARD
			Attempting to show our captors
			that we possess intelligence.

					THOLL
			You don't think they know that
			already? They can hear us
			talking...

					PICARD
			They may not realize we are
			communicating through language.

					HARO
			Captain Picard's letting them know
			that we comprehend mathematics...
			by tapping out the first six prime
			numbers.

	Tholl gives Haro a look -- "you think I'm stupid?"

					THOLL
			I know what he's doing. I'm
			trying to understand why.

					PICARD
			To get their attention.

					THOLL
			Oh, you may get their attention,
			all right... and they'll give you
			a dose of agony for using the
			keypad.

					PICARD
			I'll take the chance. It's
			imperative that we communicate
			with our abductors... find out
			what they want.

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/22/90 - ACT ONE      13.

17   CONTINUED:

					THOLL
			Obviously, they want us.

					PICARD
			Obviously. But why? What made
			our captors choose us? What makes
			us special?

	Picard looks from Tholl to Haro. Haro's at a loss.
	Her -- "special?"

					HARO
			I couldn't say, Captain. I'm
			certainly not special -- I'm just
			one cadet.

					PICARD
				(points out)
			You're a Bolian. There are very
			few Bolians in Starfleet.

					HARO
			I am one of three in the Academy.
			The other two have academic
			records much better than mine...

					PICARD
			What's your best area of study?

					HARO
			Impulse propulsion systems. I'm
			really good with field coils...

					PICARD
			Good enough to be useful to our
			abductors?

					HARO
				(it's a new thought)
			I don't know. Maybe.
				(a beat)
			But if they needed an engineer,
			sir, why didn't they take a "real"
			one? Why pick a Starfleet cadet?

					PICARD
			That, I can't answer.
				(a beat)
			The Bolians are maintaining an
			uneasy truce with the Moropa,
			are they not?

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/22/90 - ACT ONE      14.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					HARO
			That's right.
				(looks around)
			But this doesn't look like Moropa
			technology... and, even assuming
			the Moropa wanted me, why would
			they want either of you?

18   NEW ANGLE

	as Picard turns to Tholl, who anticipates his question.

					THOLL
			I've never even heard of the
			Moropa. My race has no enemies.

					PICARD
				(surprised)
			None? In the last three hundred
			years of Mizarian history, your
			planet has been conquered six
			times!

					THOLL
			And we've survived by not
			resisting. Mizarians value peace
			above confrontation.

					PICARD
			Then you have no idea who might
			have done this.

					THOLL
			No. I don't know of anyone who
			bears malice toward my race.

					PICARD
			Or against you personally?

					THOLL
			You can't mean to suggest that
			someone with a personal grudge
			against me has gone to all this
			trouble...

					PICARD
			I'm not suggesting anything. I'm
			merely trying to come up with an
			explanation for your abduction.

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/22/90 - ACT ONE      15.

18   CONTINUED:

					THOLL
			I'm sorry, Picard -- I can't give
			you one. I am neither important
			enough to hold for ransom nor
			radical enough to be dangerous.
			I'm a simple public servant...
			assistant to the regent of
			Pozaron, our third-largest city.

					PICARD
			Nonetheless, Mister Tholl --

	Picard stops as an odd SOUND catches everyone's
	attention. They turn to see:

19   ANGLE TO INCLUDE THE EMPTY BUNK (OPTICAL)

	as a FORM begins to APPEAR (ALIEN TRANSPORTER EFFECT).

					PICARD
			It would seem a new arrival is
			imminent...

	The FORM COALESCES -- revealing ESOQQ (of the Chalnoth
	race) -- a large, hairy, nasty-looking brute of an
	alien. Bad-tempered... and if his sharp teeth are any
	indication, a meat-eater.

20   NEW ANGLE

	as Esoqq looks around with surprise -- plainly he has
	no idea what's happening to him. He sees the three
	others in the room -- and his face contorts with rage.
	He draws a weapon -- a mean-looking dagger or blade
	of some sort.

					PICARD
			Stop! We mean you no harm...

	Picard spreads his hands in a gesture of peace. Esoqq
	warily takes a step back -- and assumes an attack
	posture. Picard motions for Tholl and Haro to stand
	absolutely still. On the tense standoff, we --

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/22/90 - ACT TWO      16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

21   INT. HOLDING BAY

	Esoqq holds the knife threateningly. Tholl and Haro
	remain motionless as Picard tries to calm Esoqq:

					PICARD
			We are prisoners, like yourself!
			We are not the enemy!

	The command in Picard's voice is compelling.
	Gradually, Esoqq lowers the knife, eyes Picard darkly.

					ESOQQ
			Who has done this?

					PICARD
			We don't know. We were brought
			here the same way you were. Our
			captors refuse to show
			themselves.

	Esoqq, unsure whether to believe Picard or not, looks
	as if he may attack at any second.

					ESOQQ
			I don't trust you...

					PICARD
			You must trust us. We wish only
			to return to our worlds. Were
			you abducted from Chalna?

					ESOQQ
				(surprised)
			You know my planet?

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/23/90 - ACT TWO      17.

21   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Yes. I visited there twelve
			years ago.

	A long beat as it hangs in the balance. Then Esoqq
	makes up his mind, sheathes his knife. Haro closes
	her eyes, relieved. Picard merely nods acceptance.

22   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	The poker game is on; Riker, Geordi, Worf, Troi, and
	Data are seated at the table, enjoying the game as well
	as the drinks and snacks. Troi has the largest pile of
	chips. Riker tosses chips into the pot.

					RIKER
			Your five... and twenty more.

					GEORDI
			Ouch.

					TROI
			If it's too rich, fold.

					GEORDI
			I'm thinking, I'm thinking...

					WORF
			Think less, play more.

	Geordi looks at his cards again. Riker, looking at
	Geordi, makes a CLUCKING sound -- "chicken!"

					RIKER
			I say he folds.

					DATA
			I believe you are incorrect,
			Commander.

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/16/90 - ACT TWO      18.

22   CONTINUED:

					DATA (Cont'd)
			In situations where more than two
			players have asked for three cards
			and the minimum raise was ten,
			Geordi has stayed in the game
			seventy-three percent of the
			time.

					RIKER
			I still say he folds.

	They all look at Geordi: "Well?" Geordi puts in his
	chips.

					GEORDI
			I don't want to hurt my average.

	As everyone CHUCKLES, the CHIME SOUNDS.

					DATA
			Enter.

	The doors OPEN and the False Picard ENTERS. The
	CHUCKLES die down -- everyone's surprised to see the
	captain.

					FALSE PICARD
			Counselor, gentlemen. Forgive
			the intrusion... I was just
			passing by.

					DATA
			You are always welcome, Captain.

					FALSE PICARD
			Don't let me interrupt... please
			continue.

	The mood of the table has shifted somewhat with the
	captain's presence. The play continues but the
	frivolity and banter are muted.

					RIKER
			Bet is twenty-five to you,
			Lieutenant.

	Worf scowls at his cards, locks eyes with Riker.

					WORF
			You are bluffing.

	Riker's expression is unreadable. Worf gives in:

     STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/17/90 - ACT TWO     18A.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF (cont'd)
			So was I.

	Worf folds. Riker turns to Troi, but before he can
	speak:

					FALSE PICARD
			I was wondering, Mister La
			Forge... what's our engine
			efficiency status?

					GEORDI
			Operating at ninety-three percent,
			sir.

	False Picard considers this information, then:

					FALSE PICARD
			That's good, but I'd like to
			increase that efficiency to
			ninety-five percent.

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/16/90 - ACT TWO      19.

22   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			I'll get on it right away, sir.

					FALSE PICARD
			It wasn't an order, Mister La
			Forge. You can get to it later.

	An awkward moment -- Geordi's not quite sure if the
	captain is kidding.

					FALSE PICARD (cont'd)
			I don't wish to disrupt your
			recreation.

	Geordi decides the captain is just being considerate.

					GEORDI
			No problem, sir.
				(regarding the game)
			Lady Luck left me long ago.

	Geordi tosses in his hand, EXITS.

					TROI
			Would you care to join us, sir?
			We have an opening.

					FALSE PICARD
			I'd rather just observe, if you
			don't mind.

					RIKER
			Of course not.
				(to Troi)
			Your bet, Counselor.

	All eyes go to Troi, who matches the bet. Data does
	also.

					RIKER
			Pair of threes.

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/16/90 - ACT TWO      20.

22   CONTINUED: (4)

					TROI
			Flush. Queen high.

					DATA
			That beats my three fours.

	As Troi takes the pile of chips:

					FALSE PICARD
			Well played, Counselor.
				(a beat)
			May I have a word with you?

					TROI
			Certainly, sir.

	As Worf shuffles and deals, Troi gets up and follows
	False Picard.

					FALSE PICARD
			Forgive me, gentlemen. I'll
			return your player in a moment.

					RIKER
				(in fun)
			Take your time, sir... she's won
			almost every hand.

	False Picard smiles and EXITS with Troi.

23   OMITTED

23A  INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE DATA'S QUARTERS

	False Picard and Troi stand outside Data's quarters.

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/16/90 - ACT TWO      21.

23A  CONTINUED:

					FALSE PICARD
			I wanted to ask you about the
			crew... how are they reacting to
			our sudden change in course?

					TROI
			I've sensed no unusual reaction,
			Captain.

	Troi is curious about the captain's question; there
	hardly seems a reason to be concerned.

					TROI (cont'd)
			After all -- such a change is
			hardly out of the ordinary.

					FALSE PICARD
			Aren't they curious or concerned
			as to why?

					TROI
			Curious, yes -- concerned, no.
			They trust you.

					FALSE PICARD
			And how far do you think that
			trust goes?

	That's an odd question from Picard. Troi is taken
	aback.

					TROI
			Sir?

	False Picard realizes he's pushing it. He backs off:

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/16/90 - ACT TWO      22.

23A  CONTINUED: (2)

					FALSE PICARD
			I know... the crew has always had
			full confidence in me.
				(a beat)
			But if that were to change...

					TROI
			I'd inform you, sir... of course.

	False Picard nods, then prepares to exit.

					FALSE PICARD
			Thank you, Counselor.

	The captain EXITS. We hold on Counselor Troi, left to
	ponder her thoughts.

									CUT TO:

24   INT. HOLDING BAY

	Picard, Haro, Tholl, Esoqq.

					ESOQQ
			My given name is Esoqq.

					PICARD
			Has it a meaning?

					ESOQQ
			Yes... it means "fighter."

					THOLL
				(with disdain)
			I'll bet half the names in the
			Chalnoth language mean "fighter."

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/22/90 - ACT TWO      23.

24   CONTINUED:

	Esoqq looks disparagingly at Tholl.

					ESOQQ
			Mizarians. Your names all mean
			"surrender."

					THOLL
				(taking umbrage)
			We are a peaceful race, a race
			of thinkers --

					ESOQQ
			A race of cowards.
				(looks to Haro)
			And you? I don't know your
			people.

	Haro doesn't know how to deal with Esoqq, looks
	nervously to Picard for guidance. Picard nods to her
	-- go ahead and answer.

					HARO
			I am Mitena Haro, of Bolarus Nine.
				(then adds)
			I'm a Bolian.

					THOLL
				(dry)
			Yes, that would follow.

					ESOQQ
				(re Haro)
			Who would want to imprison a
			child?

					HARO
			I'm not a "child" --

					PICARD
				(intervenes)
			Esoqq -- I've been trying to
			determine if we have a common
			enemy... someone who'd have reason
			to confine us here.

	Esoqq gives it thought.

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/22/90 - ACT TWO      24.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					ESOQQ
			There are Chalnoth who would kill
			me if they could... but kidnap?
			There is no reason.

					PICARD
			You have many enemies?

					ESOQQ
			None of consequence. I've slain
			all the ones who mattered.

	Haro can't help a GASP. Esoqq hears it.

					ESOQQ (cont'd)
			That shocks you, Bolian?

					HARO
			A little...

	Esoqq looks to Tholl -- "and you?"

					THOLL
			I'm not surprised... I've heard
			about your race. You're
			uncivilized -- you have no laws,
			no system of government --

					ESOQQ
			The Chalnoth have no use for laws
			or governments! We are strong
			-- we obey no one.

					THOLL
			You live in anarchy, murdering
			one another -- that mentality
			may get us all killed.

					ESOQQ
				(dangerous)
			And you may be the first...

	Esoqq's heating up again. Picard steps in:

					PICARD
			Both of you -- this is getting
			us nowhere.

       STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/23/90 - ACT TWO 25-26.         

24   CONTINUED: (3)

					THOLL
			Neither is asking us useless
			questions, Picard.
				(a thought)
			But if you must pursue the topic,
			answer this: who are your enemies?
			The Federation's in conflict with
			half the galaxy.

	Haro jumps to the Federation's defense:

					HARO
			That's not true --

	Picard signals Haro to calm down and let Tholl speak.

					THOLL
			Isn't it? How long have you and
			the Romulans been adversaries?

					PICARD
				(unruffled)
			Quite a while, Mister Tholl. And
			I'm perfectly willing to entertain
			the hypothesis that our captors
			are Romulans.
				(a beat)
			But what would Romulans want with
			you?

					THOLL
			My brainpower, perhaps. It's well
			known that my species possesses
			superior intelligence... and I
			am considered among the smartest
			of my people.

					HARO
				(sotto; with disgust)
			And the least modest.

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/22/90 - ACT TWO      27.

24A  OMITTED

25   ANGLE ON ESOQQ

	stepping up to one of the food dispensers and glaring
	at it.

					ESOQQ
			What is this?

					PICARD
			Food.

	Esoqq pulls a "hockey puck" from the dispenser.

					ESOQQ
			The only food?

					PICARD
			It would seem so.

	Esoqq tastes it -- spits it out, and whirls angrily
	upon Picard.

					ESOQQ
			Poison!

					THOLL
				(with a dread
				 foreboding)
			Then there's nothing here for
			you to eat?

					ESOQQ
				(looking at Tholl)
			You.

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/16/90 - ACT TWO      28.

25   CONTINUED:

					THOLL
				(shrinking back)
			Don't even think that! Picard
			-- you won't let him...

					PICARD
			Esoqq -- how long can you go
			without food?

					ESOQQ
			Three days. Perhaps four.

					PICARD
			No longer?

					ESOQQ
				(with determination)
			No longer.

	Haro and Tholl are seriously worried. Picard is grim.
	Now the clock's ticking...

26   INT. SICKBAY

	False Picard is concluding the physical examination
	being conducted by Beverly.

					BEVERLY
			All tests indicate the same result
			-- you're in great shape.

					FALSE PICARD
			I've never felt better.

					BEVERLY
			I see.
				(a beat)
			Then why did you come in? Your
			annual physical wasn't due for
			another month.

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/16/90 - ACT TWO      29.

26   CONTINUED:

					FALSE PICARD
			You usually have to remind me,
			then badger me, and finally order
			me to report. For once, I thought
			I'd save you the trouble.

	Beverly doesn't quite buy it; her logical conclusion is
	that there is something wrong that Picard isn't telling
	her. With genuine concern and openness, Beverly looks
	False Picard in the eye:

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc -- be honest with your
			doctor. Were there any symptoms
			or warning signs you haven't told
			me about?

					FALSE PICARD
				(equally open)
			As far as I know, I'm in perfect
			health.

	Beverly accepts that, smiles.

					BEVERLY
			Well, then... return to your post.

	False Picard smiles back at Beverly's jest, prepares to
	exit. Casually:

					FALSE PICARD
			Will you dine with me tonight?

	Beverly takes this as no big deal -- just friends
	dining together.

					BEVERLY
			In Ten-Forward?

					FALSE PICARD
			How about my quarters? More
			intimate.

	This puts a different complexion on things.

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/22/90 - ACT TWO      30.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			You're full of surprises today,
			Jean-Luc.

	False Picard heads for the door.

					FALSE PICARD
			I take that to be a yes.

	He EXITS. Hold on Beverly's expression -- the captain
	is definitely a complicated man.

									CUT TO:

27   INT. HOLDING BAY

	Picard, Haro, and Esoqq are examining the door and the
	inert locking panel next to it. Tholl looks on from
	his "bunk."

					THOLL
			Picard -- is it wise to attempt
			an escape?

					PICARD
			It's imperative.

					THOLL
			Why? So far, our captors haven't
			mistreated us.

					HARO
			We've been kidnapped, locked in
			a room -- you don't think that's
			mistreatment?

					THOLL
			They haven't hurt us, have they?
			I think we should just be patient
			until we find out what they want.

					PICARD
			We can no longer afford to be
			patient. If we don't act soon,
			Esoqq will starve...

	"... or eat us" is the unspoken alternative.

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/22/90 - ACT TWO      31.

27   CONTINUED:

					THOLL
			If we antagonize them, they may
			decide we're more trouble than
			we're worth... kill us, and go
			capture another four.

					PICARD
			I agree we're taking a risk.
			But I see no alternative.

					THOLL
			Well, I refuse to help.

					PICARD
			As you wish, Mister Tholl.
				(eyeing the wall)
			We must open this panel.

					ESOQQ
				(inspects it)
			Not very sturdy...

	Esoqq looks to Picard, who nods.

					PICARD
			Haro -- stand back.

	Esoqq hauls off and SMASHES the panel with one blow.

28   ON THE PANEL

	Behind the smashed panel is a mass of circuitry and
	wave guides. Haro inspects it.

					HARO
			The design is simple... crosscircuiting
			the door mechanism should be easy.

	Haro looks to Picard for instructions. Picard
	reflexively replies:

					PICARD
			Make it so.

					HARO
			Yes, sir.

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/22/90 - ACT TWO      32.

29   ON HARO (OPTICAL)

	making progress.

					HARO
			I think I've got it...

	The DOOR HUMS to life and very slowly opens about one
	inch. Then, quickly and suddenly, it closes -- and
	glowing BEAMS spring from a spot above the door and
	strike Picard, Haro, and Esoqq.

	Whatever the BEAMS are, they're intensely painful.
	Picard, Haro, and Esoqq drop to the ground.

30   NEW ANGLE

	Tholl, clear of the beams and unhurt, gets to his feet,
	concerned but helpless.

					THOLL
			I warned you...

	On the dazed Picard, Haro, and Esoqq --

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/17/90 - ACT THREE     33.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

31   INT. CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	False Picard, dressed in formal evening attire, sits
	across a table from Beverly -- looking lovelier than
	ever in her evening dress. Soft MUSIC and candlelight
	set the atmosphere. The captain and Beverly have
	finished their meal and are enjoying the last few sips
	of a dessert champagne. Beverly smiles.

					BEVERLY
			Out with it, Jean-Luc.

					FALSE PICARD
			Out with what?

					BEVERLY
			Whatever's been on your mind all
			evening long.

					FALSE PICARD
			Has it been that apparent?

	Beverly nods. False Picard smiles.

					FALSE PICARD (cont'd)
			You know me well, don't you?

					BEVERLY
			After all this time, I ought to.

	False Picard gazes at the candles for a beat, then
	turns to Beverly:

					FALSE PICARD
			I have been preoccupied. I've
			been thinking about us... and the
			choices I've made.

					BEVERLY
			We've both made choices...

					FALSE PICARD
			And I've been wondering if they've
			been the right ones.
				(a beat)
			Sometimes I feel we've allowed
			our positions to isolate us...

     STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/17/90 - ACT THREE     34.

31   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(nods understanding)
			Our positions necessitate a degree
			of professional detachment...

					FALSE PICARD
			But there's a danger in becoming
			too detached... in never allowing
			ourselves to get closer.

					BEVERLY
				(direct)
			Is that what you want, Jean-Luc?
			To get closer?

					FALSE PICARD
			You're a very attractive woman.

					BEVERLY
			And you're a very attractive man.
			But we both know it's not as
			simple as that.

					FALSE PICARD
			Would it be simpler if I weren't
			your commanding officer?

					BEVERLY
			Simpler, perhaps, but... that's not
			the only issue.
				(beat)
			Right now, I guess, I'm comfortable
			with our relationship the way it is.

	False Picard nods, understanding her position.

					FALSE PICARD
			Then I'll respect that.

	Beverly smiles -- "you're a good friend." False Picard
	smiles back.

					FALSE PICARD (cont'd)
			Would you care to dance?

	Beverly holds out her hand.

					BEVERLY
			All right.

    STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/17/90 - ACT THREE    34A.

32   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as False Picard leads Beverly to the middle of the
	room. He takes Beverly in his arms and they begin a
	slow dance. After a beat:

					FALSE PICARD
			I don't know if I've ever told
			you... but I'm glad you're back
			on the Enterprise. I missed
			our... friendship.

					BEVERLY
			So did I...

33   CLOSER (OPTICAL)

	as the captain holds her near... His arm curls around
	hers... They get closer... cheek-to-cheek. As they
	dance, the mood changes -- the sexual tension becomes
	undeniable. False Picard's arm tightens around her
	waist...

     STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/17/90 - ACT THREE     35.

33   CONTINUED:

	They continue to dance... the captain and Beverly look
	at one another -- their lips almost touching... and
	then False Picard kisses her. Immediately, Beverly
	pulls away.

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc, if I didn't know you
			better... I'd think you were
			playing games with me.

					FALSE PICARD
			Are you sorry you came here
			tonight?

					BEVERLY
			I didn't say that.

					FALSE PICARD
			Good. Because I'm delighted you
			did. But perhaps we should call
			it a night.

	And with that, the captain leads Beverly to the door;
	it OPENS.

	Beverly is momentarily bewildered -- she didn't expect
	to be ushered out.

					FALSE PICARD
			Good night.

	She EXITS and the door CLOSES.

34   INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS

	Beverly stands in the corridor, confused. For a
	moment she hesitates, considers ringing the bell...
	then changes her mind, EXITS down the corridor.

     STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT THREE     36.

35   INT. HOLDING BAY

	Picard, Haro, and Esoqq are back on their feet. Esoqq
	glares accusingly at Tholl, who's watching from several
	feet away.

					THOLL
			I warned you not to provoke our
			captors. The next beams might
			be lethal.

	Esoqq's kept staring at Tholl throughout.

					ESOQQ
			Not to you. You moved far from
			the door...

					THOLL
			Of course I did! Being stunned
			once was enough.

					ESOQQ
			You claim you were hit by the stun
			beam... before the rest of us
			arrived. You could be lying.
			Maybe our enemy is watching us...
			from inside.

					THOLL
				(indignant)
			You accuse me of collaborating
			with our abductors?

					ESOQQ
			Collaboration is what your
			species does best!

     STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/22/90 - ACT THREE     37.

35   CONTINUED:

					HARO
				(dawning suspicion)
			You did try to talk us out of
			attempting to escape...

					ESOQQ
			For all we know, you may be our
			captor.

					THOLL
			Impossible. I'm a Mizarian. My
			people are not agressive --

					ESOQQ
			How can we be sure you're a
			Mizarian? What if you're an
			impostor?

36   ANGLE ON ESOQQ

	Getting steadily angrier, Esoqq advances toward Tholl.
	Even Haro is looking at Tholl with new eyes. Tholl's
	getting desperate:

					THOLL
			This is nonsense! What if you're
			an impostor?
				(to Picard and Haro)
			Esoqq was the last one to
			appear... and he is the only one
			with a weapon...

					ESOQQ
			Which I may still use...

					PICARD
			Tholl -- our captors have
			transporters and stun beams. I
			hardly think they'd try to keep
			us at bay with a knife.

	Tholl looks about for a new scapegoat:

					THOLL
				(re Haro)
			Then maybe she's an impostor.
			She could have triggered the stun
			beams deliberately.

					HARO
			I was hit, too...

    STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/22/90 - ACT THREE    37A.

36   CONTINUED:

					THOLL
			To forestall suspicion! You were
			very quick to volunteer...

					PICARD
			Tholl -- I asked her to open
			the door.

     STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/22/90 - ACT THREE     38.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

					THOLL
			You mean ordered her. You've
			been giving orders from the moment
			you got here... trying to make
			everyone do what you want.

37   ON PICARD

	frowning at Tholl's wild accusations.

					PICARD
			What I want is for all of us to
			escape.

					ESOQQ
			Why should we believe you?

					HARO
			Captain Picard's put his life at
			stake for others many times...
			the primitive culture on Mintaka
			Three, the Wogneer creatures in
			the Ordek Nebula...

	Haro looks to Picard to provide another example.

					PICARD
			Cor Caroli Five...

					HARO
			Right -- helping to cure the Phyrox
			Plague.

					ESOQQ
			And how do we know this is the
			heroic Captain Picard? We have
			no proof of his identity...

	Haro, despite herself, takes a second look at Picard:
	is it possible? Might he be a double?

					THOLL
			You've wasted our time with failed
			attempts to communicate with
			them or escape. Is that your
			task -- to keep us busy so we're
			off-guard?

     STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/17/90 - ACT THREE     39.

37   CONTINUED:

					ESOQQ
			What have you to say, Picard?

	Tholl, Esoqq, and even Haro are all staring at Picard,
	waiting for an answer. As Picard looks from one
	accusing face to another --

									CUT TO:

38
thru	OMITTED
39

39A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (STOCK OPTICAL)

	as it slows from warp to impulse.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First officer's log, supplemental.
			Although we're still two hundred
			million kilometers from the Lonka
			pulsar, the Captain has ordered
			us to slow to one-half impulse.

40   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Medium busy. Geordi and Worf are having a drink at the
	bar.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			He has offered no explanation.

	PAN TO Riker and Troi at a table, deep in
	conversation.

					RIKER
			I don't understand why we're
			going to this pulsar. And
			creeping up on it at half impulse
			makes even less sense...

					TROI
			The captain's given unusual orders
			before...

					RIKER
			I know... but this time it's
			different. He's different. I
			can't put my finger on it... but
			I'm worried.

     STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/17/90 - ACT THREE     40.

40   CONTINUED:

	Troi looks out the window for a moment; she isn't sure
	whether she should confide her worries. Finally:

					TROI
			The captain does seem... detached
			from his emotions.

	False Picard ENTERS, moves toward the bar, nods
	greeting to Geordi, Worf, and supernumeraries.

					FALSE PICARD
			Mister La Forge -- we are
			operating at ninety-six percent
			engine efficiency. Well done.

					GEORDI
			Thank you, sir.

	To the crowd --

					FALSE PICARD
			When we arrive at the pulsar, I'm
			going to need everyone at their
			best. I know I can count on you
			all.

	False Picard looks to Worf for response.

					WORF
			Of course, Captain.

					FALSE PICARD
			Excellent.
				(to the bartender)
			An ale for me, please...
				(re: Geordi and Worf)
			... and for my officers...
				(then, expansive)
			In fact, ales for everyone.

40A  ANGLE ON RIKER AND TROI

	exchanging a look of incredulity.

40B  ON THE BAR

	as the ales are delivered. False Picard picks up his
	drink, raises it high.

    STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/17/90 - ACT THREE    40A.

40B  CONTINUED:

					FALSE PICARD
			Here's to the finest crew in
			Starfleet.

	The others raise their glasses, join the toast. False
	Picard takes a slug of ale.

					FALSE PICARD (cont'd)
			You know, back when I was in the
			Academy, we would follow each
			toast with a song.

					WORF
			An unusual tradition.

					FALSE PICARD
			Let's see if I can remember
			one...

	No one is quite sure how to react -- least of all when
	the captain starts SINGING:

					FALSE PICARD (cont'd)
			(Insert old English or Irish
			drinking song -- i.e., "Garry
			Owen")

	The captain SINGS a few bars, then motions for others
	to join in. A captain's suggestion is almost an order,
	so Worf, Geordi, and others start SINGING.

41   ANGLE ON RIKER AND TROI

	looking incredulously at the captain leading the
	SINGING. Geordi subtly detaches himself from the
	group at the bar, crosses to Riker.

					GEORDI
			Commander... What's the captain
			up to?

	Riker shakes his head in amazement.

					RIKER
			That's not the captain I know...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/18/90 - ACT FOUR     41.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

42   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	Starting on Data entering... reacts as he sees, and
	we reveal, Riker, Troi, Worf, Geordi and Beverly are
	gathered in Riker's living quarters. And implicitly
	we understand that this is a secret meeting, that the
	participants are uncomfortable being here...

					RIKER
			... We have a mission that has no
			apparent purpose... by itself,
			I can accept that, all of us
			can... because the captain says
			it is important and we trust
			him... Then he runs the crew
			through efficiency drills for the
			first time in my tour of duty...
			but if he says we need them, we
			need them... because we trust the
			captain. But we also have a
			captain singing drinking songs with
			his men...

					GEORDI
			... a captain who's come to the
			poker game for the first time...

					TROI
			And he was very odd with me
			afterwards... he asked me to warn
			him if the crew started to lose
			confidence in him...

					RIKER
				(to Troi)
			Any signs of mental stress or
			trauma?

	She shakes her head, no.

					BEVERLY
			He came in for a physical without
			a word from me...

					WORF
			Anything unusual, doctor?

     STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/18/90 - ACT FOUR     42.

42   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(shakes her head)
			He was in perfect health... every
			test result identical to his last
			physical... that's kind of unusual
			in itself, actually...

					RIKER
			It's almost as though he wanted
			to establish that there was
			nothing wrong with him.

					BEVERLY
			There was one... other...
			thing...

	A little embarrassed, off their looks --

					BEVERLY
			He asked me to his cabin for
			dinner... I think he tried to
			seduce me.

	Reactions.

					RIKER
			Which brings us to a most serious
			possibility -- is there an outside
			influence at work here...

					TROI
			I can detect no evidence of
			telepathic coercion.

					DATA
			Commander, there is one other fact
			we have not considered. The
			abnormal energy reading in the
			captain's quarters that was never
			explained.

	More reactions.

					WORF
			It is not enough evidence to
			justify mutiny.

					RIKER
			Worf -- nobody has suggested
			removing the captain from command.

     STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/18/90 - ACT FOUR     42A.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Nobody has yet.

					BEVERLY
			And nobody will -- unless we have
			solid evidence that the captain
			is unfit for duty.

					RIKER
			Right now, all we have are
			suspicions... not enough to act
			upon. The next move is his.

	On Riker's frustration:

									CUT TO:

43
thru	OMITTED
45

45A  INT. HOLDING BAY

	Tholl, Esoqq, and Haro are confronting Picard.

					THOLL
			Well, Picard? Prove to us you're
			not the enemy.

					PICARD
			I can't.

     STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT FOUR     43.

45A  CONTINUED:

	The simplicity of that statement catches the group by
	surprise. Picard calmly elaborates:

					PICARD (cont'd)
			You're right, Tholl. Any of
			us could be the enemy. And
			there's no way to prove we aren't.

	A beat as Picard lets that sink in. Everyone's now
	looking suspiciously at everyone else.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			But unless we set aside our mutual
			fears and trust one another, we
			have no hope of escape.

					HARO
				(after a beat)
			Sir... how can we trust each
			other?

					THOLL
			She's right. There may be an
			enemy among us.

					PICARD
			And what if there is, Mister
			Tholl? Shall we continue accusing
			one another until hostility leads
			to violence? Shall we allow our
			suspicions to destroy us?

45B  NEW ANGLE

	as Tholl, Esoqq, and Haro sheepishly weigh Picard's
	words. Picard doesn't wait for an answer, turns his
	attention to the hole in the wall.

          STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/18/90 - ACT FOUR         44.

45B  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Let's see if we can deactivate
			that stun mechanism...

	Haro moves to Picard's side; they examine the circuitry
	within the bulkhead.

46   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in high orbit around the pulsar.

47   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	False Picard, Riker, Data, Wesley, and Worf watch the
	pulsar which fills the viewscreen.

					WESLEY
			Orbiting the pulsar at fifty
			million kilometers, sir.

					DATA
			The pulsar is exactly as our
			records indicate. There appear to
			be no anomalies or significant
			changes since the last scan by a
			Federation ship.

					FALSE PICARD
			Helm -- take us in to twenty
			million kilometers.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir.

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, divert enough power
			to the shields to offset the
			increased radiation and magnetic
			fields.

					DATA
			Sir, at twenty million kilometers
			our shields will be effective for
			only eighteen minutes --

					FALSE PICARD
				(interrupts)
			Noted, Mister Data.

          STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/18/90 - ACT FOUR        44A.

47   CONTINUED:

	False Picard falls silent, stares at the viewscreen.
	Riker studies False Picard, makes up his mind:

					RIKER
			Captain, may I have a word with
			you?

	False Picard considers Riker's request for a moment,
	then moves toward the Ready Room.

          STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/18/90 - ACT FOUR         45.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					FALSE PICARD
			You have the bridge, Mister Data.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Riker looks over to Worf, then follows the captain into
	the Ready Room.

48   INT. READY ROOM

	False Picard waits for Riker to speak first.

					RIKER
			What is our mission?

					FALSE PICARD
			I'm under no obligation to tell
			you that.

					RIKER
			If you don't -- you force me to
			take command of this vessel.

					FALSE PICARD
			On what grounds?

					RIKER
			You're endangering this ship...
			for no reason.

					FALSE PICARD
			No reason you're aware of.

					RIKER
			That's not good enough. Your
			behavior has been erratic --

					FALSE PICARD
			Erratic enough to justify mutiny?
			Do you honestly believe you have
			sufficient evidence to convince
			a board of inquiry?

					RIKER
			No, I don't. But I can't let you
			risk the lives of the crew.

	False Picard moves closer to Riker.

      STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT FOUR 46-46A.        

48   CONTINUED:

					FALSE PICARD
			Number One... has it occurred to
			you that you might be the one with
			the problem? I realize you've
			been under stress, and I'm willing
			to let the matter drop if you
			report to Sickbay for a full
			examination. Otherwise... I'll
			have to relieve you from duty.
				(a beat)
			Think about it.

	False Picard EXITS. Riker stares after him
	impassively.

									CUT TO:

49
thru	OMITTED
56

5656A	INT. HOLDING BAY (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Haro examine the circuitry in the bulkhead
	as Esoqq looks on. Tholl also watches, from a few feet
	away. Picard indicates a thick cable inside the
	bulkhead.

					PICARD
			That would appear to be the power
			lead to the stun device.

					HARO
			It may be "live." Cutting it
			could be dangerous.

	Picard almost smiles, as if he knows something no one
	else does.

					PICARD
			I don't think it will be. Esoqq
			-- your knife, please.

	Picard holds out his hand. Esoqq warily moves away.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			You assured me you'd cooperate.

	Slowly, not liking it, Esoqq hands over his knife.

          STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT FOUR         47.

56A  CONTINUED:

	Picard carefully sticks his hand through the opening
	and cuts the cable with Esoqq's knife. A sharp ARCING
	sound and a FLASH OF LIGHT -- that's all. Picard nods
	as if he expected exactly that, hands the knife back.

	Haro reaches into the bulkhead, manipulates circuitry
	as before. The door opens half an inch -- and stops.
	Haro's further efforts produce no results.

					HARO
			I may have overloaded it, sir.

	Picard crosses to the door, wedges his fingers into
	the crack. He, Haro, and Esoqq strain to pull the door
	open. It doesn't budge.

					PICARD
			Mister Tholl...

					THOLL
			Picard, I still think this is a
			mistake --

	But Tholl crosses to the door, wordlessly adds his
	muscle to the effort. Still nothing.

	Then, without warning, the door slides open as if it
	had never been jammed. Everyone's surprised... and
	even more surprised to see what the open door reveals:

56B  ON THE DOORWAY

	Behind the open door is a solid, blank wall.

	Tholl, Esoqq, and Haro are astounded, then turn
	accusingly to Picard:

					THOLL
			Now what? We're no better off
			than when we started!

	Picard betrays no reaction.

									CUT TO:

          STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/18/90 - ACT FOUR         48.

57   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As before. The pulsar's intense pulsating light bathes
	the area intermittently, adding to the tension. False
	Picard stands near his chair. Riker ENTERS from the
	Ready Room. False Picard watches Riker -- will Riker
	leave the bridge, or not?

					DATA
			Captain -- number four shield
			has failed. Increasing power to
			number three shield to compensate.

					FALSE PICARD
			Helm -- move us closer. Ten
			million kilometers.

	The looks on everyone's faces confirm that they don't
	believe the captain knows what he's doing.

					DATA
			Sir -- at that distance, the ship
			will not withstand the magnetic
			fields and radiation.

					FALSE PICARD
			Take us in, Mister Crusher.

					RIKER
			Belay that order.

					FALSE PICARD
			You're relieved of duty,
			Commander.
				(to Worf)
			Confine Mister Riker to his
			quarters.

	No one moves. A tense moment: all eyes are on Riker.

58   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/18/90 - ACT FIVE         49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

58A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	orbiting the pulsar.

59   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					FALSE PICARD
			Mister Worf, I gave you an order.

	A moment of hesitation. Riker looks at Worf:

					RIKER
			Maintain your position,
			Lieutenant.

	False Picard turns to face Riker. A beat of tension
	as False Picard and Riker stare at one another and
	wonder who the crew will follow.

					FALSE PICARD
			You're destroying yourself and
			anyone who is foolish enough to
			listen to you. Starfleet will
			never sanction this.

					RIKER
			I'll take that chance.

					FALSE PICARD
			You're making a terrible mistake,
			Will. Listen to me... as your
			captain... as your friend...

					RIKER
			You've shown none of the concerns
			that Captain Picard would show...
			the safety of this ship, the
			welfare of its crew...

	False Picard stares at Riker, then:

          STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/19/90 - ACT FIVE         50.

59   CONTINUED:

					FALSE PICARD
			Mister Worf -- remove Commander
			Riker from the bridge.

					RIKER
			Mister Crusher -- take us away
			from the pulsar, heading
			one-eight-five mark three-two,
			full impulse.

	This is it -- the moment... Which way is the crew going
	to go? After a long beat, it's clear Worf isn't going
	to move. Wesley works his console.

					WESLEY
			Full impulse -- aye, Commander.

	It's clear the crew is on Riker's side.

					RIKER
			Engage.

	False Picard says nothing, merely stares at Riker and
	the bridge crew. They ignore him.

									CUT TO:

60   OMITTED

60A  INT. HOLDING BAY

	as Picard gazes thoughtfully at the second door their
	efforts have revealed. Tholl, Esoqq, and Haro look
	to Picard for reaction, get none.

					THOLL
			I hope you're satisfied, Picard.
			You've accomplished nothing.

					ESOQQ
				(to Tholl)
			The sound of your voice is
			beginning to anger me.

	Picard looks at Tholl and Esoqq for a beat, then turns
	to address Haro:

          STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/19/90 - ACT FIVE         51.

60A  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I think this charade has gone far
			enough, don't you?

	Esoqq and Tholl have no idea what Picard is talking
	about. Haro is also at a loss.

					HARO
			I don't understand...

					PICARD
			Yes, you do. This isn't a holding
			cell; it's a laboratory maze --
			and we're the white rats. A
			carefully concocted test... an
			experiment to see how we'd react
			under pressure.

					ESOQQ
			How do you know?

					PICARD
			It's the only explanation. Look
			at the four of us... we do have
			something in common: we all react
			differently to authority.
				(to Esoqq)
			You, the anarchist, reject
			authority in any form...
				(to Tholl)
			... you, the collaborator, defer
			to whoever's in control...
				(re himself)
			... I, a Starfleet Captain, am
			trained to command...
				(to Haro)
			... and you, a cadet, have sworn
			to obey a superior officer's
			authority.
				(a beat)
			Our captors put us here and
			devised obstacles for us to
			overcome. We were given food
			Esoqq couldn't eat -- to make him
			a threat. We were given a door
			that wouldn't open -- until all
			four of us cooperated. And each
			time we succeeded, we were dealt
			a reversal -- to set us against
			each other again.
				(to Haro)
			While you observed our reactions.

          STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/22/90 - ACT FIVE        51A.

60A  CONTINUED: (2)

					HARO
			Sir, I've been trying to help --

					PICARD
			I found it unlikely that a
			first-year cadet would know of
			the Enterprise's visit to Mintaka
			Three... so I tested you.
			Starfleet has classified the Cor
			Caroli Five plague "secret." No
			cadet would have knowledge of the
			incident.

					HARO
				(helpless)
			Captain --

          STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/22/90 - ACT FIVE         52.

60A  CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			You may as well drop the pretense.
			I refuse to play along any further
			-- I'm quitting the game. As far
			as I'm concerned, this experiment
			is over.

61   ANGLE ON HARO (OPTICAL)

	regarding Picard carefully... and reaching a decision.

					HARO
			You are correct, Captain Picard.

	And Haro METAMORPHOSES into THREE IDENTICAL ALIEN
	CREATURES (a species we've never seen before). Esoqq
	and Tholl are flabbergasted.

					ALIEN #1
			To further our knowledge of alien
			interaction, we borrowed you,
			Tholl, and Esoqq, and replaced
			you with replicas.

					ESOQQ
			Replicas?

					ALIEN #2
			Our transporter is able to
			replicate living matter --
			including the brain's many
			trillion dendritic connections
			where memory is stored.

					THOLL
			You mean there's a copy of me on
			Mizar Two?

					PICARD
				(nods grimly)
			And an impostor running my ship.

					ALIEN #2
			No longer. Commander Riker has
			taken charge of the Enterprise.

					ALIEN #1
			Our species is telepathically
			linked; we are all in continual
			contact.

          STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/19/90 - ACT FIVE        52A.

61   CONTINUED:

					ALIEN #2
			Much more efficient than your
			primitive vocal communications.

          STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/19/90 - ACT FIVE         53.

61   CONTINUED: (2)

					ALIEN #1
			We would like to pursue this
			study... but, of course, your
			awareness of it would taint the
			results.

					ALIEN #2
			We will therefore return you to
			your places of origin.

	Picard, Tholl, and Esoqq are each joined by one alien
	-- and everyone VANISHES in the same ALIEN TRANSPORTER
	EFFECT we saw when Esoqq materialized.

62   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	False Picard, Riker, Data, Wesley, Worf as before.
	Alien #1 and the real Picard MATERIALIZE (ALIEN
	TRANSPORTER EFFECT) on the bridge.

					RIKER
			Captain!

	Riker and Worf start to approach Alien #1, Worf drawing
	his phaser. Picard stops them:

					PICARD
			Hold your positions. Take no
			action.

	Alien #1 joins False Picard -- and False Picard
	METAMORPHOSES into Alien #4. Surreptitiously, Picard
	signals Riker with a look. Riker nods, almost
	imperceptibly. Picard addresses the twin aliens:

					PICARD (cont'd)
			Why did you choose to study the
			concepts of authority and
			leadership?

	While the aliens' attentions are focused on Picard,
	Riker catches Data's eye. Data nods, works his
	console.

          STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/18/90 - ACT FIVE        53A.

62   CONTINUED:

					ALIEN #4
			Because our species has no such
			concepts.

          STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/19/90 - ACT FIVE         54.

62   CONTINUED: (2)

					ALIEN #1
			As we are all identical,
			distinctions among ourselves are
			meaningless. Hence we have no
			leaders -- no followers.

	Riker catches Worf's eye; they exchange a meaningful
	look. The aliens, busy chatting with Picard, don't
	notice.

					ALIEN #4
			We wanted to examine the nature
			of command. Under what conditions
			will authority be obeyed -- or
			disobeyed?

					ALIEN #1
			Our replicas of Tholl and Esoqq
			explored this issue on Mizar Two
			and on Chalna... just as our
			Picard replica did on the
			Enterprise.

	Data works his panel, turns, nods to Worf, who then
	works his panel.

					ALIEN #4
			Your responses were most
			intriguing.

					PICARD
			You had no right to put us through
			this just to satisfy your
			curiosity.

          STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/19/90 - ACT FIVE        54A.

62   CONTINUED: (3)

	In b.g., Worf nods to Riker -- all is ready. Riker
	silently acknowledges.

					ALIEN #1
			Why not?

					PICARD
			Because kidnapping is immoral.
			The lives of other races must be
			respected.

          STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/19/90 - ACT FIVE         55.

62   CONTINUED: (4)

					ALIEN #4
			This concept of morality is a very
			interesting human characteristic.
			We shall have to study it
			sometime. Until then, Picard --

					PICARD
				(turning to Riker)
			Number One?

					RIKER
			Now, Mister Worf.

	Worf taps his console -- and a cylindrical FORCEFIELD
	appears around the two aliens.

63   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The aliens look puzzled -- "you think this will hold
	us?" Their puzzlement turns to apprehension when they
	try to move outside of the forcefield -- and can't.

					ALIEN #1
			What is this?

					ALIEN #4
			Why do you hold us?

					PICARD
			Because there's something more
			you can learn from us. With an
			alert crew, even our "primitive
			vocal communications" are
			unnecessary. Commander Riker
			understood I wished to hold you
			here...
				(indicates Data)
			... he had Mister Data scan you
			and pass the information to our
			security officer...
				(indicates Worf)
			... who devised a forcefield that
			would entrap you.

          STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/19/90 - ACT FIVE         56.

63   CONTINUED:

					ALIEN #4
			But why?

					PICARD
			I've decided to perform an
			experiment of my own. I want to
			see how you react to being
			imprisoned.

					ALIEN #4
			Captain -- our species cannot bear
			captivity.

					ALIEN #1
			We were merely curious. We meant
			no harm.

					ALIEN #4
			We did not, after all, injure you
			in any way.

          STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/19/90 - ACT FIVE         57.

63   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Captivity is an injury, regardless
			of how it's justified.

	Picard lets them sweat for another beat, then nods to
	Worf. The FORCEFIELD VANISHES.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			And now that you've had a taste
			of captivity, perhaps you'll
			reconsider the morality of
			inflicting it upon others.
				(shrugs)
			In any event, we now know about
			your race -- and we know how to
			imprison you. Bear that in mind.
				(a beat)
			Now get off my ship.

	A beat later, the two relieved aliens DEMATERIALIZE
	(the ALIEN TRANSPORTER EFFECT).

64   ON PICARD

	crossing to the command chair and settling comfortably
	in.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher. Set course for
			our rendezvous with the Hood...
			Warp eight.

	Everyone's delighted to have the real captain back.

					WESLEY
			Aye aye, sir.
				(a beat)
			It's good to have you back.

          STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/19/90 - ACT FIVE         58.

64   CONTINUED:

	Smiles of agreement from the rest of the bridge crew.
	Picard permits himself the tiniest of smiles in
	acknowledgement, turns to Riker:

					PICARD
			Status, Number One?

					RIKER
			Ship and crew functioning
			normally, Captain.

					PICARD
			Then my doppelganger caused no
			serious damage.
				(a beat)
			Was the replica convincing?

					RIKER
			Very convincing, sir -- but not
			perfect.

					PICARD
			Not perfect in what way?

					RIKER
			Well, sir...
				(a beat)
			... for one, I simply cannot
			believe you're that good a singer.

					PICARD
			A singer?

	Riker can't hide his grin. Picard looks at him
	suspiciously, decides not to pursue it for the moment.
	In b.g. Beverly ENTERS.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			I look forward to reading your
			report, Commander. At least, I
			think I do.

	Picard notices that Beverly's on the bridge. They nod
	in greeting:

					BEVERLY
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Doctor...

	Their eyes meet for a moment.

          STAR TREK: "Allegiance" - REV. 1/19/90 - ACT FIVE         59.

64   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			Course laid in, Captain.

					PICARD
			Engage.

65   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	turning to its new heading... and blasting into warp.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                      "Captain's Holiday" 
                          #40273-167 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Ira Steven Behr 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Chip Chalmers 


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                        FINAL DRAFT
 
                      JANUARY 21, 1990
 

         STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - CAST          

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "Captain's Holiday"  
                         
                             CAST                               

                PICARD             VASH
                RIKER              SOVAK
                DATA               AJUR
                BEVERLY            BORATUS
                TROI               JOVAL
                GEORDI             
                WORF               COMPUTER VOICE

                                   Non-Speaking
                                     RESORT SUPERNUMERARIES
                Non-Speaking         MALE COMPANION
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  ENSIGN BENNETT     

     STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Captain's Holiday" 
                         
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE              USS ENTERPRISE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     RISIAN LANAI
              TURBOLIFT
              CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS
              CORRIDOR (VARIOUS)
          
            RISIAN RESORT
              LOBBY
              PICARD'S ROOM
              VASH'S ROOM
          
            CAVERN

   STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - 01/24/90 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Captain's Holiday"
                           
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                AJUR                 AY-zure
                BORATUS              bur-A-tus
                ESTRAGON             EST-ra-gone
                HORGA'HN             HOR-gone
                JAMAHAROHN           JAH-ma-ha-ron
                JOVAL                JOE-val
                KAL DANO             CAL DAY-no
                SOVAK                SOE-vauk
                VASH                 VASH

   STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - TEASER   1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                     "Captain's Holiday"                           
                            TEASER                              

1    INT. RISIAN PLEASURE HAVEN - THE LOBBY

	Imagine a twenty-fourth century Hawaiian resort. The
	indoor/outdoor open-sided lobby (one end leads off to
	a sun drenched lanai) has a simple grace and beauty
	that is immediately apparent.

	In the center of the lobby is a stone shrine. Residing
	on the alter is a large rotund idol (also made of
	stone) called a Horga'hn. Smaller, wooden Horga'hns
	circle the main figure.

	As for the guests, they all appear rested and happy.
	Clothing is loose, casual and extremely revealing.
	Couples predominate, with the spectrum of sexual
	preferences being evident.

2    NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Two sleek and well dressed aliens (Vorgons -- one male,
	BORATUS, the other female, AJUR) MATERIALIZE by one
	of the entranceways.

	The Vorgons glance curiously around the lobby then make
	their way over to a nearby wall grid.

	Ajur places her palm on an adjoining sensor panel which
	glows at her touch.

					COMPUTER (V.O.)
			Welcome to Risa. All that is ours
			is yours.

					AJUR
			We are looking for the lodging
			chamber of Captain Jean-Luc
			Picard.

	A beat as the computer accesses the data.

   STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/29/90 - TEASER   2.

2    CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER (V.O.)
			A file scan reveals no record of
			a Captain Picard currently
			visiting Risa.

	The Vorgons exchange a look of concern.

					AJUR
			When is he expected to arrive?

					COMPUTER (V.O.)
			Where is no arrival date on file
			for any such individual.

	Ajur removes her hand from the panel. It goes dark.

					BORATUS
			Could we have been mistaken?

	And when Ajur speaks, it is without the slightest hint
	of doubt.

					AJUR
			He will come.

	HOLD ON the Vorgons. They look confident and slightly
	ominous.

3    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Slowly circling a cloud shrouded planet.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First officer's log, Stardate
			43745.2. We are in orbit of
			Gemaris Five where, for the past
			two weeks, Captain Picard has been
			serving as mediator in a trade
			dispute between the Gemarians and
			their nearest neighbor, the
			Dachlyds.

4    INT. BRIDGE

	DATA at Ops, ENSIGN BENNETT at Conn, WORF at Tactical.
	RIKER standing by Command.

   STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - TEASER   3.

4    CONTINUED:

	He greets TROI who has just entered from the aft
	turbolift.

					RIKER
			Welcome back, Counselor.

					TROI
			It's good to be back. It's been
			a grueling two weeks.

					RIKER
			I take it the captain was able
			to negotiate an agreement mutually
			beneficial to both parties.

					TROI
			He did. Though I don't know how
			he managed it. Both the Gemarians
			and the Dachlyds are incredibly
			stubborn people.

					RIKER
			The more difficult the task, the
			sweeter the victory.

	The turbolift doors re-open and out steps PICARD.
	Though he moves with his usual determination, there is
	a slight edge of weariness to his gestures. He
	definitely does not act like a man who has just won a
	"sweet" victory.

					PICARD
			Break us out of orbit, Mister
			Bennett. Set a course for
			Starbase twelve.

	Picard approaches the Command area.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Report, Number One.

   STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - TEASER   4.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Everything status quo, sir.

					PICARD
			Very well...

	He glances around the bridge. Then abruptly:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			If anyone needs me, I'll be in
			my Ready Room.

					RIKER
			Sir...

	Picard turns back in the doorway.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Congratulations.

					PICARD
			About what?

					PIKER
			About the trade agreement.

	A beat, then Picard gives a brief nod of
	acknowledgement before disappearing into his office.

	A puzzled Riker stares after him.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Counselor, is it my imagination
			or is something bothering the
			captain?

					TROI
			He has been under a great deal
			of strain lately. While on
			Gemaris he ate sparingly... and
			slept even less.

					RIKER
			Is there anything we can do?

					TROI
			I have a solution in mind, but
			I doubt he'll agree to it.

   STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - TEASER   5.

4    CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			And what would that be?

					TROI
				(simply)
			Our captain needs a vacation.

	An amused Riker smiles sympathetically. Troi is
	absolutely right. The captain will never agree to it.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

   STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - ACT ONE   6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

5    INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard at his desk studying a stack of reports. He
	leans forward to stretch out a stiff back.

	The DOOR CHIME SOUNDS. Picard is too distracted to
	respond. The CHIME SOUNDS again.

					PICARD
			Come.

	BEVERLY ENTERS. A woman with a mission.

					BEVERLY
			Sir, it's come to my attention
			one of the crew has been
			neglecting his health again.

	A warning light goes off in Picard's head. He sits up
	a little straighter in his chair.

					PICARD
			How so?

					BEVERLY
			He suffers from a classic case
			of stress related ailments brought
			about by overwork. Exhaustion,
			irritability... muscle spasms.
			Yet he insists on ignoring them.

	Picard, who was just about to rub his aching back,
	halts in mid-gesture. He's now certain he's the object
	of Beverly's report.

					PICARD
			It doesn't sound all that serious.

					BEVERLY
			And I plan to keep it that way.

					PICARD
			Recommended treatment.

					BEVERLY
			A week's shore leave.

	Picard shakes his head, dismissing the notion entirely.

   STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT ONE   7.

5    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Impossible.

	But Beverly comes right back at him.

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc... I could make it an
			order.

					PICARD
			But you won't... Beverly you know
			I loathe vacations.

					BEVERLY
			You loathe going on vacation.
			Once you're there you have a
			marvelous time. You told me you
			loved the four days you spent on
			Zytchin Three.

					PICARD
			I lied.
				(an idea)
			The Enterprise is scheduled to
			spend a week undergoing a
			maintenance overhaul at Starbase
			twelve. While there, I promise
			to make full use of all available
			recreation activities.

					BEVERLY
			Watching some technician fill
			deuterium tanks is not my idea
			of fun.

	It doesn't sound like much fun to Picard either.

					PICARD
			I suppose I could find a few hours
			to spend on the Holodeck.

					BEVERLY
			Forget about the Holodeck. There
			must be someplace you'd like to
			go.

					PICARD
			The Astrophysics Center on Icor
			Nine is holding a symposium on rogue
			star clusters. I had given serious
			thought to attending.

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT ONE  7A.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Serious thought is the last thing
			you need. Why not go some place
			beautiful? Where you can relax
			and be pampered. You deserve it.

   STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT ONE   8.

5    CONTINUED: (3)

	But Picard isn't ready to commit.

					PICARD
			I'll give it serious thought.

					BEVERLY
				(insistent)
			Captain...

					PICARD
			Beverly... enough.

	Beverly sighs and backs off. Picard returns to his
	reports, confident that he's dodged that particular
	bullet.

5A   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship cruising at warp speed.

5B   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard and Riker are headed towards a turbolift.

					RIKER
			So have you decided where you're
			going yet?

	The turbolift doors open. Picard and Riker ENTER.

6    INT. TURBOLIFT

	Continuous.
					PICARD
			Yes Number One, I have.
				(to computer)
			The bridge.

					RIKER
			I meant for your shore leave.

	Picard glares at his first officer.

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - ACT ONE  8A.

6    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Not you too.

					RIKER
				(to computer)
			Halt.

	The turbolift stops. A smiling Riker launches into
	his sales pitch.

   STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT ONE   9.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I know this perfect little
			vacation spot... In fact, its
			co-ordinates lie within this
			sector.

					PICARD
			How convenient. Except I have
			absolutely no intention of taking
			a holiday. Do I make myself
			clear?

					RIKER
			Very clear...

					PICARD
			Good. I'm glad we've got that
			straightened out.
				(to computer)
			Resume.

	The turbolift continues on its way. Riker, realizing
	he doesn't have much time left, presses on.

					RIKER
			It's called Risa. And believe
			me Captain, it's paradise. Warm
			tropical breezes... exotic food...
			and nothing to do but sit back
			and enjoy the quiet.
				(a beat)
			And then there's --

	Picard anticipates Riker's next thought.

					PICARD & RIKER
				(together)
			... the women...

					PICARD
			... of course.

					RIKER
			I'm sure you'd find their
			sybaritic outlook on life very
			appealing.

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - ACT ONE  10.

6    CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			I'm sure I would.

	Riker thinks he has the captain sold. The turbolift
	doors open.

					RIKER
			I'm glad to hear you say so, sir.

7
thru	OMITTED
9

9A   INT. BRIDGE

	As Picard and Riker EXIT the aft turbolift.

					PICARD
			Unfortunately, this vessel is
			about to undergo extensive
			repairs requiring my personal
			supervision.

					RIKER
			But what about Risa?

					PICARD
			Some other time, Number One.

	Troi is on her way over to the turbolift. Perhaps a
	brief conspiratorial look passes between her and Riker
	before she speaks.

					TROI
			Will, I've just received some
			delightful news.

					RIKER
			Really?

	And we get the feeling that what follows is said more
	for Picard's benefit than for Riker's.

					TROI
			There's an excellent chance my
			mother may be meeting us at
			Starbase twelve.

	To Picard this sounds anything but "delightful."

					PICARD
			Your mother?

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/26/90 - ACT ONE  11.

9A   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Yes, she's returning home from
			a conference on Achrady Seven.
			She's going to try to rearrange
			her schedule so she can spend some
			time visiting with us.

					RIKER
			That's wonderful, Deanna.

					TROI
			She mentioned how much she's
			looking forward to seeing you
			again, Captain.

					PICARD
			Did she?

	Troi ENTERS the turbolift.

	The turbolift doors close. Picard is only too well
	aware of how "fond" Lwaxana can be.

					PICARD
			Commander, I'd like a word with
			you. In private.

	Picard ENTERS the Ready Room. Riker follows.

9B   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Continuous.

					RIKER
			Is something wrong, Captain?

					PICARD
			Tell me, Number One, is the entire
			crew aware of this little scheme
			to send me off on holiday?

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT ONE  12.

9B   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(fighting back a smile)
			I believe there are two ensigns
			stationed on deck thirty-nine who
			know nothing about it.

					PICARD
			I suppose this means I can look
			forward to a week of continual
			harassment on the subject.

	Riker's look says he wouldn't be at all surprised. A
	beat as Picard decides it's not really worth the fight.

					PICARD
			I admit I have been feeling a bit
			fatigued.

	Hold on Picard having made his decision.

   STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT ONE13-13A.      

9BA	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	coming out of warp and approaching Risa.

9C   INT. CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS

	The ship is out of warp. Picard, dressed in casual
	clothing, is packing up some books to take with him on
	his trip. Riker and Troi are there to see him off.

					RIKER
			I'll see to it that these bags are
			beamed directly to your room.

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/26/90 - ACT ONE  14.

9C   CONTINUED:

	Troi leans over and unbuttons the top button of the
	Captain's shirt. That feels better.

					TROI
			You look very handsome, Captain...
			If you don't mind my saying so.

	Riker looks over at the stack of books lying atop a
	travel bag.

					RIKER
			You're not really bringing all
			these books with you?

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT ONE  15.

9C   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			I thought I'd take along some
			light reading... in case I got
			bored.

	Riker checks out some of the titles.

					RIKER
			Ulysses by James Joyce? Ethics,
			Sophistry and the Alternate
			Universe by Ving Kuda -- You call
			this light reading?

					PICARD
			To each his own, Number One.

	Picard closes up the bag. As he starts out of the
	room:

					RIKER
			Did I ever mention how imaginative
			Risian women are?

					TROI
			Too often, Commander.

	Riker looks over at Troi. Could there have been a
	slight trace of jealousy in the counselor's remark?

9D   INT. CORRIDOR LEADING TO TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Picard, Troi and Riker.

					RIKER
			Captain, I do have one request.

					PICARD
			You want me to bring you back a
			souvenir?

	How did he know?

					RIKER
			It's called a Horga'hn. You won't
			have any trouble finding one.

					PICARD
			Consider it done.


  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT ONE  15A.

9E   NEW ANGLE

	WORF and a security guard are waiting outside the
	Transporter Room.

					WORF
			Sir, I would feel better if you
			would allow me to assign a
			security officer to accompany you.
			We will be out of communication
			range as soon as we leave orbit.

					PICARD
			I don't think that will be
			necessary, Lieutenant. Risa has
			a reputation of being a most
			peaceful planet.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - ACT ONE  16.

9E   CONTINUED:

	Picard realizes there's no use in putting it off any
	longer.

					PICARD
			The ship is yours, Number One.

					TROI
			Enjoy your trip, Captain.

					PICARD
			I'll try, Counselor.

	Picard ENTERS the Transporter Room. As the doors
	close, Riker turns to Troi.

					RIKER
			He's going to have a great time.

10   OMITTED

11   INT. RISIAN PLEASURE HAVEN - THE LOBBY (OPTICAL)

	Picard MATERIALIZES. A glance at the blissful faces of
	the other guests only serves to convince him that it's
	going to be a long week.

12   NEW ANGLE

	A woman, VASH, mid-thirties, striking good looks, moves
	away from the pond, where she has stood admiring the
	shrine of the Horga'hn. She casts a backward glance
	at the idols.

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - ACT ONE  17.

12   CONTINUED:

	She and Picard are on a collision course, and sure
	enough, they come together with a jolt.

					PICARD
			Pardon me.

	Vash is about to answer back when something catches her
	eye in the entranceway behind Picard. What happens
	next is quite fast.

13   VASH'S P.O.V.

	SOVAK, a Ferengi has just arrived at the Haven. His
	eyes search the room.

14   BACK TO SCENE

	Vash moves slightly to the side so that Picard's body
	will block her from Sovak's sightline. Her eyes light
	up as she suddenly "recognizes" Picard.

					VASH
			It's so good to see you again.

	Before Picard can react, she throws her arms around his
	neck and gives him an enthusiastic kiss.

	Her eyes remain open and she sees that Sovak has
	spotted her anyway. At first the Ferengi looks as if
	he's going to approach her, but he thinks better of
	it and with an ugly grin, moves away.

	A relieved Vash then gazes over at Picard whose eyes
	have stayed open as well. For a beat, they stare at
	one another, lips pressed together. Then Picard breaks
	the embrace.

					PICARD
			I think you've mistaken me for
			someone else.

	Vash studies Picard's face closely and then reacts.

					VASH
			You know, I believe you're right.

	She shrugs, and then flashes a very provocative smile.

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - ACT ONE  18.

14   CONTINUED:

					VASH
				(continuing)
			Welcome to Risa.

	She strolls away.

					PICARD
				(to himself)
			A simple handshake would have
			sufficed.

	He walks off. The CAMERA follows him only to stop when
	he reaches:

15   THE VORGONS

	who study him closely as he walks by. A meaningful
	look passes between them, as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - ACT TWO  19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

16   INT. LANAI (OPTICAL)

	Another perfect day at the Pleasure Haven. The
	temperature is the equivalent of a balmy eighty-three
	degrees Fahrenheit; a warm breeze prevents the heat
	from becoming oppressive, and the water (you'll have to
	take my word for it because we never get to see the
	ocean) is as clear and calm as a lake.

	The CAMERA OPENS on a happy couple, lying asleep on the
	veranda. CAMERA PANS over to a second couple, kissing
	passionately. CAMERA PANS again to REVEAL:

17   PICARD

	Sitting in a lounge chair, trying to concentrate on the
	thick tome he's reading. It's not as simple as it
	would appear. First of all, it's not easy to relax
	with a couple locked in the throes of lust only a few
	feet away. For a private man like Jean-Luc Picard,
	such public behavior is distasteful at best. Then
	another couple comes running up from the unseen beach.
	The water from their still dripping bodies sprays over
	him. Annoyed, he carefully wipes dry his book.

18   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As he settles back down, a hoverball glides over to
	him and stops dead in the air only inches from his
	face. Picard tries to ignore it but the sphere emits
	an aggravating low level HUM. He casually tries to
	swat it away but it avoids his hand and darts away.
	Picard reopens his book... just as the hoverball makes
	an abrupt reappearance above his head. As he looks
	up:

					JOVAL (V.O.)
			Return.

	The hoverball zips away.

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT TWO  20.

19   NEW ANGLE

	to include Joval, a delicate beauty wearing an eye
	catching bathing outfit. She grabs hold of the
	hoverball.

					JOVAL
			My apologies. I fear I have yet
			to master the art of hoverball.

					PICARD
			So it would seem.

	Joval sits beside him.

					JOVAL
			My name is Joval. I am employed
			here. Is there anything you
			require to make your stay a more
			pleasant one?

	A small smile from Picard. He shakes his head as if
	he's heard it all before.

					JOVAL
			You find me amusing.

					PICARD
			No. It's just that you're the
			fifth woman to ask me that this
			morning... All I require is to
			sit here in the sun and read my
			book. Alone.

					JOVAL
			And afterward?

	The question catches Picard by surprise.

					PICARD
			I really haven't thought that far
			ahead.

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - ACT TWO  21.

19   CONTINUED:

					JOVAL
			Then may I suggest a swim to be
			followed by a massage?

	This is all said very matter of fact, without any hint
	of salaciousness and no trace of servitude.

					PICARD
			Some other time perhaps.

	Picard was hoping this would end matters right there,
	but Joval only looks perplexed.

					JOVAL
			I don't understand. You say you
			wish to be alone yet you carry
			the Horga'hn.

	She holds up a small wooden copy of the idol which is
	on a table next to Picard.

					PICARD
			I just purchased that.
				(suddenly suspicious)
			Why? Are you implying it holds
			some special meaning?

	Joval looks at him like he has got to be kidding.

					JOVAL
			The Horga'hn is the Risian
			symbol of sexuality. To own
			one is to call forth it powers.
			To display it is to announce you
			are seeking Jamaharohn.

	Picard glares at the Horga'hn.

					PICARD
				(softly but
				 emphatically)
			Riker!

					JOVAL
			Do you seek Jamaharohn?

					PICARD
			I don't even know what it means.
				(quickly)
			Nor do I want to. The Horga'hn
			is for a friend.

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - ACT TWO  22.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					JOVAL
			I see. Someone close to you.

					PICARD
			That's right.

					JOVAL
			Someone you love.

					PICARD
			I wouldn't go that far.

	Joval stands.

					JOVAL
			Your attitude is most puzzling.
			I will leave you now to your book.

					PICARD
			That's all I ask.

	And with a final look of disapproval, Joval leaves.

	As for Picard, the conversation has done nothing to
	improve his mood. Once again, he opens the book, tries
	to make himself comfortable.

	After a beat, an ominous shadow falls over him. He
	looks up to see:

20   PICARD'S P.O.V.

	A dark figure who stands backlit before him.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			You're blocking the sun.

	The figure leans forward into the CAMERA and now we
	realize it's Sovak, the Ferengi, looking rather absurd
	in a Risian resort outfit.

					SOVAK
			I know you're working with her.
			I warn you, it's a mistake.

21   NEW ANGLE

	as Picard looks around, convinced that Sovak must be
	speaking to someone else. But no one's there.

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - ACT TWO  23.

21   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Are you addressing me?

					SOVAK
			Don't bother to deny it. I've
			seen the two of you together.

					PICARD
			I don't know what the devil you're
			talking about. But whatever it
			is, I assure you it's no concern
			of mine.

	Picard goes back to his book, trying his best to ignore
	the Ferengi.

					SOVAK
			Tell her I want the disc returned
			to me immediately.

					PICARD
			Perhaps I haven't made myself
			clear. You have the wrong man.

22   ANGLE ON VASH

	who is seated in a lounge chair at the edge of the
	lobby. A male companion is giving her a backrub as she
	watches Picard and Sovak.

23   BACK TO SCENE

					SOVAK
			I am rapidly losing patience with
			you. I demand you talk business.

	Picard has had about enough of this guy.

					PICARD
			You'll find Ferengi demands carry
			little weight with me.

					SOVAK
			Obviously you've never dealt with
			my people before.

					PICARD
			On the contrary, I have. All too
			often.

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - ACT TWO  24.

23   CONTINUED:

					SOVAK
			Then you know the Ferengi are not
			to be trifled with.

					PICARD
			Or trusted.

	Sovak looks threateningly over him.

					SOVAK
			You dare to insult me!

	Picard rises to his feet. The Ferengi stands his
	ground.

					PICARD
			I advise you to listen closely
			for I will not say this again.
			I came to Risa for a holiday,
			nothing more. I have no knowledge
			of this woman you refer to, nor
			have I laid eyes on any disc.

					SOVAK
			You expect me to believe such
			feeble lies?

					PICARD
				(with an edge)
			I don't particularly care what
			you believe.

	A long beat as Picard stares down Sovak. Finally the
	Ferengi backs away.

					SOVAK
			This is not over yet, human. The
			disc is mine... And so is the
			woman. Remember that.

	The Ferengi EXITS into the lobby.

	Picard takes a deep breath, allowing the tension to
	drain out of him. He sits back down and once again
	opens the book.

					VASH (V.O.)
			Hello!

	Picard slams the book shut.

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT TWO  25.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

	He turns, sees Vash standing by the doorway of the
	lanai. Her outfit leaves little to the imagination.

					PICARD
			Oh, it's you.

					VASH
			That's not much of a greeting.

	Undeterred, she sits down beside him.

					PICARD
			Look, I don't mean to appear rude,
			but I am not seeking Jamaharohn.

	At first Vash appears perplexed, but then she smiles
	and nods philosophically.

					VASH
			All right. But you really should
			try it some time.

	And it's clear that Vash knows of what she speaks.

					PICARD
			If I "try it", it will be at a
			time of my own choosing.

					VASH
			That's fine with me. It's not
			as though I was offering to help
			you find it.

	And now it's Picard who's a bit taken back.

					PICARD
			I assumed by the way you welcomed
			me the other day...

					VASH
			I'm sorry if I embarrassed you.

					PICARD
			I don't recall saying I was
			embarrassed.

					VASH
			Do public displays of affection
			normally make you uncomfortable?

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - ACT TWO  26.

23   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Let's just say I prefer to be
			acquainted with the women I kiss.

					VASH
			That's understandable. The name's
			Vash.

	She holds out her hand. And for a brief moment before
	Picard takes it, they stare at each other in an
	undeniable beat of sexual tension.

					PICARD
			Jean-Luc Picard.

					VASH
			So tell me about yourself,
			Jean-Luc.

					PICARD
				(scowling)
			Is that really necessary?

					VASH
			Would you rather I guess? I can
			be very persistent.

	Picard sees she means it. If only to get it over
	with...

					PICARD
			I'm captain of a Federation
			starship.

	Vash is impressed.

					VASH
			Well then that explains it.

					PICARD
			Explains what?

					VASH
			I noticed you arguing with that
			Ferengi. For a moment there it
			looked like it was going to come
			to blows.

	And suddenly it all clicks into place for Picard.

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - ACT TWO  26A.

23   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			You're the woman he was talking
			about?

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - ACT TWO  27.

23   CONTINUED: (5)

	Vash tries to keep it light but there's a hint of worry
	in her voice.

					VASH
			I hope your disagreement wasn't
			over me.

	Picard gets up.

					PICARD
			For the answer to that I suggest
			you ask him.

	He reaches down and picks up his book and Riker's
	Horga'hn.

					VASH
			Where are you going?

					PICARD
			To find some privacy.

	He walks off towards the lobby. Vash gets up to
	follow.

					VASH
			Wait a second.

24   INT. LOBBY

	Picard and Vash ENTER from the lanai.

					VASH
			What did he tell you? I'm sure
			there wasn't a bit of truth to
			any of it.

25   NEW ANGLE

	As a triumphant Sovak appears from behind a plant and
	blocks their path.

					SOVAK
				(to Picard)
			And you said you didn't know her.

					PICARD
			I don't. And I don't want to.

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - ACT TWO  28.

25   CONTINUED:

					SOVAK
				(to Vash)
			Return the disc to me and all will
			be forgiven.

					VASH
			The disc doesn't belong to you,
			Sovak. It never did.

	Picard has no intention of staying around to hear them
	argue.

					PICARD
			It would seem you two have a lot
			to discuss. If you'll excuse
			me...

	He starts to go, but Vash stops him.

					VASH
			I'm sorry, Jean-Luc. Perhaps one
			day I can explain this all to you.

26   INSERT

	As she slips an optical disc into his coat pocket.

27   BACK TO SCENE

					PICARD
			Perhaps you can.

	And with that, he leaves. Vash watches him go. Sovak
	appears at her shoulder.

					SOVAK
			I have a proposal I believe you'll
			find most interesting.

					VASH
			Save your breath.

					SOVAK
			I am willing to pay you your
			weight in gold in exchange for
			the disc. Is that not a generous
			offer?

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - ACT TWO  29.

27   CONTINUED:

	Vash dismisses the offer with a look and then walks
	off.

					SOVAK
				(admiring)
			I must have that woman.

28   INT PICARD'S ROOM

	Picard ENTERS. We do not reveal the interior of the
	room until Picard reacts to:

29   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Boratus and Ajur, who are busy using some kind of hand
	held tracking device to scan the area.

					PICARD
			What are you doing in my room?

	The Vorgons stop their scan.

					AJUR
			We are Vorgons. I am Ajur. This
			is Boratus.

					BORATUS
			We come from the twenty-seventh
			century. We've traveled three
			hundred years into the past to
			find you.

	And off Picard's reaction, we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

 STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT THREE 30.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

30   INT. PICARD'S ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard and the Vorgons as before.

					PICARD
			Let's assume for the moment I
			believe you. That you are indeed
			from the future. What is it that
			you want from me?

					AJUR
			Have you heard of the Tox Uthat?

	The question surprises Picard.

					PICARD
			I'm aware of the legend. It tells
			of a visitor from the future who
			left behind a mysterious device
			known as the Tox Uthat.

					AJUR
			Essentially that story is correct.

					PICARD
			Then the Uthat actually exists.

					BORATUS
				(nodding)
			It was invented by a scientist
			named Kal Dano in the mid-twenty-seventh
			century. The Uthat is a
			quantum phase inhibitor... capable
			of halting all nuclear reaction
			within a star.

					PICARD
			But why bring such a powerful
			weapon into the past?

					BORATUS
			Criminals attempted to steal the
			device from Dano. He was
			determined to keep it out of their
			hands, so he fled back to the
			twenty-second century... where
			he hid it.

 STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/26/90 - ACT THREE 31.

30   CONTINUED:

					BORATUS
				(nodding)
			Ajur and I were the security team
			assigned to protect the Uthat.
			Having failed in our duty, we
			followed Dano into the past,
			hoping to return him and the
			weapon safely to our own time.

	One look at the aliens tells Picard all he needs to
	know.

					PICARD
			I gather you were unsuccessful.

					AJUR
			Though we searched for many years,
			we were unable to find any trace
			of it.

					BORATUS
			Returning home in defeat we began
			to search through the historical
			records for some clue to the
			Uthat's fate.

					AJUR
			For years we looked through the
			archives of the many cultures that
			reside in this part of the galaxy.

					PICARD
			And the search led you to me?

					AJUR
			We came upon a brief account
			stating you had discovered an
			object of unknown origin while
			vacationing on Risa. From its
			description -- a crystal cube that
			fits in the palm of the hand -- we
			surmised it could very well be
			the Uthat.

					PICARD
			I'm sorry to disappoint you, but
			I haven't found a thing -- including
			peace, which is the only thing
			I'm looking for.

 STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT THREE 32.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					BORATUS
			You will find such a device,
			Captain -- to us it's already part
			of history.

	It's a difficult argument for Picard to refute.

					PICARD
			And if I do find it, what then?

					AJUR
			You will give it to us immediately
			so that we may return with it.

					BORATUS
			Can we expect your cooperation,
			Picard?

	Picard hesitates before replying. There is no way to
	verify the Vorgon's story -- and his instincts are
	whispering caution. His answer is subtly ambiguous.

					PICARD
			The Uthat belongs to your time
			-- not mine.

	Upon hearing Picard's answer, the aliens seem to relax
	for the first time.

					AJUR
				(pleased)
			It would appear that history is
			correct in its assessment of you,
			Captain. You are a very wise man.

	And with that, the Vorgons touch their transporter
	belts and DEMATERIALIZE (VORGON TRANSPORTER EFFECT).

	Picard reacts to their abrupt departure, not sure
	whether Ajur's last remark was a compliment or a subtly
	veiled threat. He takes off his jacket and as he does,
	Vash's optical disc drops to the floor. He picks it up
	and examines it closely.

31   INT. VASH'S ROOM (A REDRESS OF PICARD'S)

	Vash is busy gathering up her belongings which have
	been tossed helter-skelter around the room.

 STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - ACT THREE 32A.

31   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (V.O.)
			May I come in?

	She turns quickly.

 STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/24/90 - ACT THREE 33.

32   NEW ANGLE

	Picard is standing in the doorway.

					VASH
			Excuse the mess.

	She returns to her work.

					VASH
			Sovak has taken to searching my
			room periodically.

	Picard holds up the disc.

					PICARD
			Is this what he's looking for?

	An apologetic Vash reacts to the sight of the disc.

					VASH
			I'm sorry I had to hide it like
			that, but I was afraid he'd start
			searching me next.

					PICARD
			This disc must contain some very
			valuable information.

	Vash reaches out her hand, waits for Picard to give it
	back.

					VASH
			I doubt it's anything you'd be
			interested in.

	But Picard holds on to the disc.

					PICARD
			That depends.

	And now Vash isn't as calm as she was a moment before.

					VASH
			On what?

					PICARD
			On whether or not this has
			anything to do with the Tox Uthat.

					VASH
				(a flash of anger)
			Did Sovak tell you that?

 STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT THREE 34.

32   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Let's just say I've heard...
			rumors that the Uthat is located
			somewhere on Risa.

	Vash tries to gauge just how much Picard knows. But
	he's a hard man to read.

					VASH
			Look, the last thing I need is
			a partner.

					PICARD
			Then it's true.

	Vash sees that Picard is not about to let go of this.

					VASH
			I don't suppose you ever heard
			of Professor Samuel Estragon?

					PICARD
			As a matter of fact, I have. He
			spent half his life searching for
			the Uthat.
				(off her reaction)
			Archaeology is a hobby of mine.

					VASH
			I served as his personal
			assistant for the past five years.
			Shortly before he died, he
			uncovered new data pinpointing
			its location. That disc contains
			his research notes and maps.

					PICARD
			So you're continuing his work?

					VASH
			Exactly.

					PICARD
			With a Ferengi as an associate.

					VASH
			Sovak and I are definitely not
			working together.

					PICARD
			But the two of you are well
			acquainted.

 STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT THREE 34A.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					VASH
			At times he aided the professor
			in his explorations. Especially
			in situations that weren't quite
			ethical.

					PICARD
			And now with typical Ferengi
			logic, he's convinced that the
			Uthat belongs to him.

					VASH
			All he cares about is selling it
			to the highest bidder.

					PICARD
			I take it you have a more noble
			purpose in mind.

					VASH
			I told the professor I'd present
			it to the Daystrom Institute.
				(with a hint of anxiety)
			But first I have to find it.
			And that won't be easy with Sovak
			watching me every minute.

 STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT THREE 35.

32   CONTINUED: (3)

	And to Picard it's as if fate itself has brought him to
	this moment.

					PICARD
			Then I'll go in your place.

	Vash reacts. Not so fast buddy.

					VASH
			And what about me?

					PICARD
			You'll remain here. It's safer.

					VASH
			This isn't a starship, Jean-Luc.
			And I don't follow orders.

	A beat as they stare at each other.

					VASH
			You'd never find it without me.
			The professor's notes are in code.

	She smiles triumphantly. Picard grudgingly accepts
	the inevitable.

 STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/29/90 - ACT THREE 36.

32   CONTINUED: (4)

	In spite of himself, Picard is beginning to admire this
	brash woman.

					PICARD
			From the moment we met I knew you
			were going to be trouble.

					VASH
			You look like a man who could
			handle trouble.

					PICARD
			How far is it to our destination?

					VASH
			According to the professor's notes,
			a series of subterranrean caves lie
			twenty-nine kilometers due east.
			That's where we'll find the Uthat.

					PICARD
			I'll meet you in the lobby in
			fifteen minutes. Be punctual.
				(a beat)
			I advise you to change clothing.

	He heads for the door.

					VASH
			Jean-Luc...

	He turns.

					VASH
			... We're going to make a wonderful
			team.

	Picard isn't quite so confident. He EXITS.

33   INT. LOBBY

	Picard and Vash move quickly through the lobby. Vash
	is carrying a back pack.

 STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/29/90 - ACT THREE 37.

34   NEW ANGLE

	As Sovak appears at their side.

					SOVAK
			I expected such treachery. Did
			you think you could sneak away
			from me so easily?

35   INSERT

	A small phaser is pressed against Picard's back.

36   BACK TO SCENE

	As Picard and Vash react.

37   INT. LOBBY - THE LANAI (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Vash ENTER, followed by Sovak. As they turn
	to face him:

					SOVAK
			The disc -- where is it?

 STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT THREE 38.

37   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Didn't anyone tell you weapons
			aren't allowed on Risa?

					SOVAK
			You're making a grave mistake
			putting your trust in this woman.

					VASH
			It would be a worse mistake to
			trust you.

					SOVAK
			Silence!
				(to Picard)
			Do you know how she acquired the
			disc in the first place?

	Vash starts toward the Ferengi.

					VASH
				(a warning)
			Sovak!

	He points the phaser in her direction, effectively
	stopping her in her tracks. Sovak smiles. He's
	enjoying this.

					SOVAK
				(to Picard)
			I paid her to steal it. But
			instead she betrayed me, and
			used my money to make her way
			here.

					VASH
			That's not the way it happened.

					SOVAK
				(relishing it)
			She's a greedy and unscrupulous
			woman.
				(drooling over Vash)
			A perfect mate for a Ferengi.

					PICARD
			You are becoming quite an
			annoyance, Sovak.

 STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT THREE 39.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

					SOVAK
			As are you, human. Perhaps I
			should kill you and then take the
			disc.

	Vash moves forward, holding out the back pack.

					VASH
			No wait... you can have it.

	A greedy Sovak, anticipating victory, reaches for the
	bag. Vash tosses it to him. A surprised Sovak catches
	it. Picard uses the opportunity to grab for the phaser.
	The Ferengi FIRES it, the beam passing between Picard
	and Vash. A solid punch from the captain and Sovak
	crumples to the ground.

	Picard takes the phaser and tosses it in the bushes. He
	picks up the back pack.

					VASH
			You see, I told you we'd make a
			good team.

	Picard still isn't totally convinced. He leads her
	away.

					PICARD
			We have a long trip ahead of us.

	They EXIT the lanai.

	Hold a beat, and then the Vorgons MATERIALIZE (VORGON
	TRANSPORTER EFFECT).

					AJUR
			So it finally begins.

					BORATUS
			Picard must not be allowed to
			destroy the Uthat.

					AJUR
			He will surrender it to us...
			or die.

	And on two very grim and determined Vorgons, we:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT FOUR  40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

38   INT. CAVERN (OPTICAL)

	A dark, primeval place. Shafts of moonlight emanating
	from natural fissures in the ceiling provide the only
	illumination.

	Picard is finishing up some dinner as he stands gazing
	off into the shadows. Behind him is a small, grassy
	chamber. He turns and ENTERS -- revealing a weary Vash
	resting on the ground. She holds a tricorder-like
	device (the disc is inside) as she checks the
	professor's maps.

					PICARD
			Have you calculated how much
			further we have to go?

					VASH
			Another eleven kilometers.

	Picard is well aware they both could use a rest.

					PICARD
			We'll remain here for the night.

					VASH
			I was hoping you'd say that.

	She flops onto her back, arms outstretched. Picard
	sits with his back to the cave wall.

					PICARD
			We made better time than I
			expected.

	Vash leans up on her elbows.

					VASH
			I'll take that as a compliment.

	Picard acknowledges.

					PICARD
			As it was intended.

	Vash sits up -- moves closer to Picard. She hesitates
	-- looking for the right words... Totally serious for
	a change.

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/25/90 - ACT FOUR  41.

38   CONTINUED:

					VASH
			Jean-Luc... I'm afraid I haven't
			been totally honest with you.

					PICARD
			Forgive me if I don't act
			surprised.

					VASH
			Sovak did pay me to hand over the
			disc.

					PICARD
			Then you did steal it.

					VASH
			It wasn't stealing. The professor
			was dead... Someone had to
			continue his work. I had already
			devoted five years of my life to
			tracking down the Uthat.

					PICARD
			But you took Sovak's money.

					VASH
			It was the only way I could afford
			to get to Risa. As for Sovak,
			he got exactly what he deserved.

	Picard gives a wry grin.

					PICARD
			Well, any woman who can beat a
			Ferengi at his own game, bears
			watching.

	Vash is delighted to return Picard's smile.

					VASH
			I'll take that as another
			compliment. I am flattered.

	A silent moment passes between them. Then:

					PICARD
				(gruffly)
			We should get some sleep.

	Vash turns and rummages through the pack. She pulls
	out a blanket (perhaps some kind of sleeping bag.)

  STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/29/90 - ACT FOUR  42.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

					VASH
			You know Jean-Luc, it's lucky for
			you we met.

	Picard flashes Vash a dubious look as he helps her
	spread out the blanket.

					VASH
			If it wasn't for me, you'd still
			be back there sitting in the
			sun... relaxing.

					PICARD
			That happens to be why I came to
			Risa.

	They both slip under the blanket. Settle in.

					VASH
			I'm sure you hated every minute
			of it. That kind of vacation isn't
			for a man like you. You need
			excitement.

					PICARD
			Excitement? Sleeping in a damp
			cave... chasing after something
			we'll probably never find?

					VASH
				(confident)
			You are enjoying yourself, aren't
			you?

	A beat and then Picard allows himself a small grin.
	There's no use denying it.

					PICARD
			I suppose I am.

					VASH
				(victory)
			I just wanted to hear you say it.

					PICARD
			Good. Now go to sleep.

	A beat. Picard closes his eyes. Vash looks over at
	him.

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/29/90 - ACT FOUR      43.

38   CONTINUED: (3)

					VASH
			I'll never forget that look on
			your face when you thought I was
			offering you Jamaharon.

	Picard's eyes open.

					PICARD
			That was a simple
			misunderstanding.

					VASH
				(a beat)
			You did seem a little disappointed
			when I turned you down.

	Picard rises up on an elbow, leans towards Vash.

					PICARD
			You can be the most irritating
			woman sometimes.

					VASH
				(smiling)
			You're kind of prickly yourself.
				(a beat)
			Don't you see, we're a lot alike.
			That's probably why we get along
			so well.

					PICARD
			You call this getting along?

					VASH
			All right. We don't get along.

	She moves up into a reclining position alongside
	Picard... and now their faces are only inches apart.

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/26/90 - ACT FOUR      44.

38   CONTINUED: (4)

					VASH
				(softly)
			But you do admit we're attracted
			to one another.

	A long beat of sexual tension and Picard's response
	is more an admission than a denial.

					PICARD
			Do I?

					VASH
			If you want to pretend otherwise,
			that's fine with me, but...

	But before she can continue, Picard moves forward that
	last inch and kisses her.

					VASH
			You still think I'm trouble?

					PICARD
			I'm sure of it.

	They kiss again... and it grows more passionate. She
	lowers him down over her.

									DISSOLVE TO:

39   OMITTED

39A  INT. CAVERNS

	Picard and Vash hiking along. Picard wears the back
	pack.

40   INT. CAVERNS (OPTICAL)

	A vaulted cul-de-sac.

	Picard and Vash ENTER. Look around. Vash can barely
	contain her excitement as she consults her tricorder.

					VASH
			This is it. We've reached the
			end of our journey.

					PICARD
			Do you have an exact location?

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/26/90 - ACT FOUR     44A.

40   CONTINUED:

					VASH
				(reading off the disc)
			Six meters in from the large
			outcropping.

	Picard and Vash find the outcropping. Picard paces off
	the distance.

					PICARD
			That should put it right about
			here.

	Vash scans the spot with her tricorder. A frown slips
	across her face. She scans the rest of the chamber,
	her frown deepening.

					PICARD
			Is something wrong?

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/26/90 - ACT FOUR      45.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					VASH
			I can't get a reading. There must
			be Starithium ore in these rocks.

					PICARD
			That leaves us but one
			alternative.

	He reaches into the pack and pulls out a collapsible
	shovel -- hands it to Vash. Then takes out another for
	himself.

					PICARD
			Shall we?

	Vash nods. Picard buries the shovel into the ground.

	At the moment of impact, the Vorgons MATERIALIZE into
	the chamber. (VORGON MATERIALIZATION EFFECT.)

	Vash reacts to the intrusion -- what new enemy is this?

					VASH
				(wielding her shovel;
				 help)
			Picard!

					PICARD
				(seeing it's the
				 Vorgons)
			A bit early, aren't you?

					AJUR
			We are here to witness a great
			moment, Picard.

	Vash looks over at Picard, demanding an explanation.

					VASH
			Who the hell are they?

					PICARD
			They're security officers from
			the twenty-seventh century.
			They're here to take back the
			Uthat.

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/29/90 - ACT FOUR      46.

40   CONTINUED: (3)

	Vash is torn between amazement and anger.

					VASH
			You knew about this and didn't
			tell me?

					PICARD
			My apologies Vash... But if I
			had told you, would you have
			brought me here?

					VASH
			Probably not.

					PICARD
			My point exactly.

					SOVAK (O.S.)
			So the betrayer is herself
			betrayed.

41   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Sovak ENTERS the vault carrying a phaser rifle at the
	ready. He reacts to the Vorgons.

					SOVAK
				(to Vash)
			You've put together quite a little
			team.

	Ajur advances towards Sovak.

					AJUR
			You must not interrupt Captain
			Picard...

	Sovak points the rifle at the Vorgon.

					SOVAK
			Quiet. Move back with the
			others.

	Ajur and Boratus comply and move closer to Picard and
	Vash.

					PICARD
				(coldly to Sovak)
			How did you get here?

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/26/90 - ACT FOUR      47.

41   CONTINUED:

					SOVAK
				(proudly)
			I found the disc in her room.

	Picard looks over at Vash. Can this be true?

					VASH
			That's impossible. I made a copy
			as a precaution. But I burned
			it before we left.

					SOVAK
			Only the outer casing was
			incinerated. Now, I had no
			intention of interrupting you.
			Please...
				(harshly)
			Continue digging.

	A beat. Neither Picard or Vash move. Sovak FIRES
	the phaser rifle into the air. A defiant Vash drives
	her shovel into the dirt. Picard looks over at the
	Vorgons. No help there. For the time being, there's
	only one thing to do.

	And as Picard begins to dig, we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/29/90 - ACT FIVE      48.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

42   INT. CAVERN (OPTICAL)

	Picard climbs out of a hole that has grown waist deep
	and five feet wide. Vash continues to shovel away --
	under the watchful eyes of the Vorgons and an
	increasingly anxious Sovak.

					SOVAK
			No one told you to stop digging,
			human.

					PICARD
			I see no reason to continue.

	Now Vash has stopped digging as well. Sovak fires a
	shot from the phaser rifle.

					SOVAK
			You will do as I say. Now pick
			up that shovel!

					PICARD
			Look around Sovak, by now it must
			be obvious even to you... the
			Uthat is not here.

					SOVAK
			Is this some pathetic attempt at
			trickery? Of course it's here.
			We simply haven't found it yet.

	Vash approaches Picard.

					VASH
			Are you saying the professor's
			findings were wrong?

					PICARD
			It would appear so.

	Picard's words seem to be making a strong impact on
	Vash. It's as if she's struggling to accept the truth.

					VASH
				(bewildered)
			But how could that be? His
			evidence was overwhelming.

	Sovak's rage and panic is building.

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/26/90 - ACT FIVE      49.

42   CONTINUED:

					SOVAK
			Enough with this foolishness.
				(to Vash)
			Can't you see he's trying to
			deceive us?
				(to Picard)
			Return to work this instant!

43   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Vash gives Sovak a sympathetic look.

					VASH
			I'm afraid he's right, Sovak.
			According to the disc we should
			have reached it hours ago.

					SOVAK
				(panic rising)
			Lies! Treachery! This cannot
			be happening. Not another
			failure. Not after having come
			so close.

					AJUR
			It is most puzzling.

	And with that, the Vorgons beam out. (VORGON
	TRANSPORTER EFFECT.)

					PICARD
				(firmly)
			It's over, Sovak.

					SOVAK
			No, I will not be cheated out of
			my prize.
				(to Vash)
			Tell him. Tell him the
			professor's research is
			irrefutable.

					VASH
				(her doubt's growing)
			I... I don't know anymore...

					SOVAK
			Then step aside...

	He grabs the shovel from Vash.

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/26/90 - ACT FIVE      50.

43   CONTINUED:

	He throws away the phaser rifle and lowers himself into
	the hole. He begins digging frantically.

					SOVAK
				(continuing)
			The Uthat is here... somewhere...
			Just waiting to be found... It
			can't hide from me forever.

	He continues digging.

44   NEW ANGLE

	Picard and Vash watch this sorry spectacle for a beat
	and then turn to leave.

45   INT. LOBBY - EVENING

	It is nearly deserted.

45A  INT. VASH'S ROOM

	Picard and Vash ENTER. Vash looks like a tired and
	defeated woman.

					VASH
			Five years of my life... wasted.

					PICARD
			There are other treasures to be
			found, Vash.

	Vash nods. She is trying to put up a brave front, but
	she is clearly devastated.

					VASH
			Not like the Uthat.
				(a beat)
			I hope you won't mind... but I
			need to be alone for awhile.

					PICARD
			I quite understand.

	Vash manages a smile. She kisses Picard on the cheek
	and he EXITS.

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/26/90 - ACT FIVE      51.

46   INT. PICARD'S ROOM - NIGHT

	Picard, back in the clothes he wore when he first came
	to the Haven, is packing his travel bags. (NOTE: He
	is now wearing his communicator.)

					RIKER (COM VOICE)
			Enterprise to Picard.

	Picard keys his insignia.

					PICARD
			Picard here.

									INTERCUT TO:

47   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker at Command. Data and Worf at their usual
	stations. Supernumerary (Bennett) at Conn.

					RIKER
			I hope we're not interrupting
			anything important, Captain. I
			just wanted to inform you that
			we have achieved orbit around Risa
			and are ready to beam you up at
			your convenience.

					PICARD
			I will be returning shortly,
			Commander. In the interim, stand
			ready to initiate Transporter Code
			Fourteen at my signal.

	Riker reacts -- perhaps he misunderstood Picard.

					RIKER
			Transporter Code Fourteen?

					PICARD
			You heard me, Number One.

					RIKER
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Picard out.

									END INTERCUT.

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/26/90 - ACT FIVE      52.

48   INT. LOBBY - NIGHT

	Deserted, except for Vash who is dressed as in the
	teaser. She carries the back pack as she hurries
	toward the Horga'hn Shrine.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Leaving so soon?

	A startled Vash whirls around to see:

49   VASH'S P.O.V.

	On Picard who has been waiting in a secluded area for
	just this moment.

50   BACK TO SCENE

	As Picard approaches, Vash manages to recover her
	poise.

					VASH
			Jean-Luc -- I was just about to
			come say good-bye.

	Picard plays it nonchalant, but he is carefully
	scrutinizing her reactions.

					PICARD
			Well then, I've saved you the
			bother.

					VASH
			I want to put all this behind me
			as soon as possible. You
			understand.

					PICARD
			Of course. However, there is one
			last thing you can do for me.

					VASH
			Anything.

	Picard leans forward in a confidential manner.

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/29/90 - ACT FIVE      53.

50   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Show me where you've hidden the
			Tox Uthat.

	Vash stares back at him with a look of outraged
	innocence.

					VASH
			That's not funny, Jean-Luc.

	But Picard isn't interested in denials.

					PICARD
			You never intended to burn that
			second disc. If you had, you
			wouldn't have been so careless
			as to allow Sovak to salvage any
			of it. You wanted him to follow
			us so he could see for himself
			that the Uthat wasn't at the cave
			site. It was the only way to
			convince him your quest had been
			futile.

					VASH
			But how could I have known the
			Uthat wasn't there?

					PICARD
			Because you had gone there once
			before. Probably the moment you
			arrived on the planet. That's
			when you found it.

	A long beat before Vash finally answers.

					VASH
				(a reluctant smile)
			You're a man of many talents,
			Jean-Luc.

	She reaches over to the shrine and picks up one of the
	smaller Horga'hns.

	She hands the figure over to Picard.

					VASH
			Open it.

	Picard finds a hinge in the belly of the idol. He
	lifts up the top half.

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/26/90 - ACT FIVE     53A.

51   HORGA'HN - E.C.U.

	As it splits open, we REVEAL the Tox Uthat, a gleaming
	crystal cube sitting in the belly of the statue.

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/29/90 - ACT FIVE      54.

52   BACK TO SCENE

					VASH
				(admiring it)
			A piece of the future.

					PICARD
			A very dangerous piece. Were you
			really going to give it to the
			Daystom Institute?

					VASH
			Well, maybe not give it.
				(off his look)
			Five years is a huge investment,
			Jean-Luc. I deserve to make a
			reasonable profit.

53   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As Boratus and Ajur MATERIALIZE (VORGON TRANSPORTER
	EFFECT).

					AJUR
			Congratulations Picard. We knew
			you would not fail us.

	Vash grabs hold of Picard's arm.

					VASH
			You're not going to just hand
			it over are you?
				(a beat)
			You didn't trust me... what makes
			you think you can trust them?

					PICARD
			I assume the Vorgons have proof
			to back up their claims.

	Picard's words are clearly intended as much for the
	Vorgons as for Vash.

					BORATUS
			Our being here is proof enough.

	And as Vash makes the connection --

					VASH
			Wait a second, Vorgons?
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/29/90 - ACT FIVE     54A.

53   CONTINUED:

					VASH (Cont'd)
			According to the professor's
			notes, it was two Vorgons... a
			male and a female... who tried
			to steal the Uthat in the first
			place. For all we know it could
			be them.

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/29/90 - ACT FIVE      55.

53   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard confronts the Vorgons. His earlier suspicions
	now seemingly confirmed.

					PICARD
			You're going to have to prove
			you are who you say you are.

	Both Vorgons make no move to comply.

					AJUR
			As you yourself said, the Uthat
			belongs to the future.

					PICARD
			But not necessarily to you.

	Boratus points a weapon at Picard.

					BORATUS
			You will return what is ours,
			Picard.

					VASH
			No!

	Vash moves towards Boratus. The beam from the weapon
	hits her in the chest, pushing her backwards.

	Picard moves quickly -- placing the Uthat on the floor
	as he keys his communicator.

					PICARD
			Enterprise... Code Fourteen...
			Lock on present coordinates...
			three second delay... Mark!

	Picard moves away from the Uthat as Ajur runs towards
	it.

	And as Ajur reaches toward the Uthat it suddenly
	SHIMMERS in the TRANSPORTER EFFECT and then EXPLODES.

54   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Picard helps a shaky Vash to her feet.

					PICARD
			Are you all right?

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/26/90 - ACT FIVE      56.

54   CONTINUED:

	Picard, relieved to see she's not seriously injured,
	turns his attention to the Vorgons.

					PICARD
				(forcefully)
			Go. Return to your own time.
			There's nothing for you here.

					BORATUS
			History recorded that you
			destroyed the Uthat.

					AJUR
			You have fulfilled your destiny
			all too well, Picard.

	The Vorgons DEMATERIALIZE (VORGON TRANSPORTER EFFECT.)

	HOLD ON Picard and Vash.

55   INT. PICARD'S ROOM - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	Vash is helping Picard pack his travel bags.

					VASH
			I don't suppose there are any
			openings for an archaeologist
			aboard the Enterprise.

					PICARD
				(smiling)
			Somehow I doubt you'd find life
			aboard a starship suitable to your
			taste.

					VASH
			Probably not. I could never
			tolerate all that discipline.

					PICARD
			What are your plans?

					VASH
			I thought I'd explore the ruins
			on Sarthong Five. No telling what
			I might find there.

					PICARD
			But the Sarthongians deal harshly
			with trespassers.

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/26/90 - ACT FIVE     56A.

55   CONTINUED:

					VASH
			Why Jean-Luc, you really do care
			about me.

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/29/90 - ACT FIVE      57.

55   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard closes up his bags. And she's right. He is
	somewhat concerned.

					PICARD
			You will try and stay out of
			trouble.

					VASH
			I always try.

	But they both know she's not going to try very hard.

	And now there's nothing left to do but say good-bye.
	And it seems only natural for Picard to take her in
	his arms for a farewell kiss. Afterward --

					VASH
			I wish we had more time together.

					PICARD
				(smiling)
			Perhaps we do.
				(off her questioning
				 look)
			The Vorgons are time travelers.
			Now that they know where and when
			the Uthat can be found, they may
			very well come back and try for
			it again.

					VASH
			So we may be doing this all over
			again.

	A beat... Picard smiles... and Vash returns it.

					VASH
			Good-bye Jean-Luc.

	Picard nods in farewell. He keys his insignia.

					PICARD
			Picard to Transporter Room. One
			to beam up.

	Picard and Vash exchange a final glance before the
	TRANSPORTER EFFECT beams Picard away.

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/29/90 - ACT FIVE     57A.

56   INT BRIDGE

	Riker and Troi greet Picard as he ENTERS from the
	turbolift. He is back in uniform and in a far better
	mood than when he returned from Gemaris.

					RIKER
			Welcome aboard, Captain.

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/26/90 - ACT FIVE      58.

56   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Thank you, Commander. Status
			report.

					RIKER
			All went well on Starbase twelve.
			I think you'll find the ship to
			be in splendid condition.

					PICARD
			I'll present my compliments to
			the crew. Oh yes... and Number
			One... about that Horga'hn you
			requested.

					RIKER
				(feigning innocence)
			Yes, sir...

					PICARD
			We need to have a little chat
			about that.

	Riker tries unsuccessfully to suppress his grin.
	Picard heads for his Ready Room.

					TROI
			Was it a relaxing trip, Captain?

	He gives Troi a look that says -- you don't know the
	half of it. As the doors close behind him:

					RIKER
				(beaming)
			I knew he'd have a great time.

57   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Warps out of orbit.

      STAR TREK: "Captain's Holiday" - REV. 1/29/90 - ACT FIVE      59.

58   INT. RISIAN LOBBY (RE-DO OF SCENE 1)

	We are back in time to the opening of the show.
	Everything is exactly like it was in the first shot
	of the Teaser.

59   NEW ANGLE (RE-DO OF SCENE 2) (OPTICAL)

	As before, the Vorgons MATERIALIZE by one of the
	entranceways.

	The Vorgons glance curiously around the lobby then make
	their way over to a nearby wall grid.

	Ajur places her palm on an adjoining sensor panel which
	glows at her touch.

					COMPUTER (V.O.)
			Welcome to Risa. All that is ours
			is yours.

					AJUR
			We are looking for the lodging
			chamber of Captain Jean-Luc
			Picard.

					COMPUTER (V.O.)
			A file scan reveals no record of
			a Captain Picard currently
			visiting Risa.

	Boratus turns to Ajur.

					BORATUS
			We're early.

					AJUR
			Again.

	And their look implies that this time they are
	determined to be successful.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             








                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                           "Tin Man" 
                          #40273-168 
                              
                          Written by 
                     Dennis Putman Bailey 
                               & 
                        David Bischoff 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Robert Scheerer 


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FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1990 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                        FINAL DRAFT

                      JANUARY 31, 1990


             STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - 1/31/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Tin Man" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             TAM ELBRUN
                RIKER              CAPTAIN JONATHAN DESOTO
                DATA               ROMULAN COMMANDER
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             
                O'BRIEN            
                COMPUTER VOICE     

                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS

              STAR TREK: "Tin Man" 1/31/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Tin Man" 
                              
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     USS HOOD
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              CORRIDOR                 ROMULAN WARBIRDS
              TURBOLIFT
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE       TIN MAN
              SICKBAY/CRUSHER'S OFFICE
              TAM'S GUEST QUARTERS
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              TEN-FORWARD
          
            TIN MAN ("GOMTUU")
              PILOT'S CHAMBER
              CORRIDOR
          
            USS HOOD
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
          
            ROMULAN WARBIRD
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - 1/31/90 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Tin Man" 
                            
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              HAYASHI NEBULA         ha-YAH-she
              TAM ELBRUN             TAM EL-brun
              GHORUSDA               gor-OOSH-dah
              BETA STROMGREN         STRUM-gren
              CHANDRA FIVE           CHON-druh
              GOMTUU                 GOM-too

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - TEASER        1-2.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "Tin Man"                                
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving at warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43779.3.
			The Enterprise is preparing
			detailed atmospheric charts of the
			Hayashi system. Although tedious,
			this endeavor is the first step
			toward planet colonization.

2    INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	PICARD and RIKER at Command. WORF and TROI are at
	their stations. DATA and WESLEY are at Ops and Conn.

	Data reacts to something on the Ops panel.

					DATA
			Sensors report the USS Hood
			closing on an intercept course
			at high warp.

					PICARD
			That's odd... I wasn't notified
			of a rendezvous.

					RIKER
			They seem to be in an awful hurry.

					WORF
			Sir, we are being hailed on a
			secured channel by Captain DeSoto.

					PICARD
			On screen.

         STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - TEASER         3.

3
thru	OMITTED
5

6    WIDE ANGLE FAVORING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	TIGHT ANGLE ON DESOTO in the Hood's Ready Room.

					DESOTO
			Sorry to sneak up on you like
			that, Jean-Luc --

					PICARD
			Robert, why didn't you inform
			us --

					DESOTO
			-- Out here, you never know
			who's listening. Keeps you on
			your toes, anyway. Hey, Will,
			you getting soft on that luxury
			liner?

	Riker grins. Picard is still puzzled.

					PICARD
			So, old friend. How are you?

					DESOTO
			Ah, you know, they send you
			Galaxy-Class boys out here to the
			far reaches. Me, I'm hauling my
			butt back and forth between
			starbases --

         STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - TEASER         4.

7    ANGLE ON PICARD

	Smiling to Riker and Troi; DeSoto's put-on griping is
	an old song going back to when he and Picard served
	together as lieutenants.

					PICARD
			But not today.

8    CROSSCUTTING FROM BRIDGE TO MAIN VIEWER AS NECESSARYY
	(OPTICAL)

					DESOTO
			Nope. Starfleet's got new orders
			for you. This is top priority.
			They need the fastest ship in
			the fleet -- and the best people.
			That's you.

					PICARD
			If time is so important, why
			didn't they transmit the orders
			by subspace?

					DESOTO
			They're worried about Romulan
			eavesdropping on this one. And
			we've got a passenger for you.
			Hard to send by subspace.

					PICARD
			What sort of passenger?

					DESOTO
			Mission specialist. He'll bring
			your orders aboard with him.
			Name's Tam Elbrun.

					RIKER
				(startled)
			Elbrun? You mean Tam Elbrun as
			in the Ghorusda disaster?

         STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - TEASER         5.

8    CONTINUED:

					DESOTO
			The same.
				(sighing)
			What can I say? Your orders are
			to cooperate fully with him.

9    REACTION SHOT OF TROI

	clearly distressed at the discussion of Elbrun.

					DESOTO
				(continuing)
			Best of luck, folks. Hood out.

10   BACK TO SHOT

	A view of space replaces DeSoto's image.

					DATA
			Sir, the Hood is slowing to
			impulse.

	Picard rises, looks dubiously at the others. Most of
	whom clearly know the name Elbrun.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, come with me --

11   ANGLE ON TROI

	who steps anxiously toward Picard.

					TROI
			Captain, let me come with you to
			greet Tam --

					PICARD
			You know him?

12   CLOSE ON TROI

					TROI
			I do... He was at the university
			on Betazed when I studied
			psychology there.

					PICARD
			Ah, I see. He was a colleague,
			then.

         STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - TEASER         6.

12   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			No, sir. He was a patient...

	Off Picard's reaction.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE        7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

13   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND U.S.S. HOOD (OPTICAL)

	running at impulse speed.

14   INT. CORRIDOR - TRACKING SHOT - PICARD, TROI AND DATA

	ENTERING the Transporter Room.

					TROI
			Tam is a telepath of extraordinary
			talent, even for a Betazoid. He's
			a specialist in first contact with
			new life-forms, and... a rather
			unique person.
				(a beat)
			He's not what you might expect,
			Captain.

	Troi and Picard EXIT into Transporter Room. Off Data's
	puzzled expression as he follows them.

15   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	O'Brien behind console, as Tam Elbrun MATERIALIZES on
	the transporter. He's a mid-thirties Betazoid, with
	wide, dark eyes. He appears nervous. Informally
	dressed, not at all officious.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT ONE        8.

15   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Welcome aboard the Enterprise.
			I'm --

					TAM
			Captain Picard. Here --

	Tam reaches into his pocket and produces a data
	cassette. He flips it casually to Picard as he steps
	down. Picard catches it, annoyed. Tam's attitude is
	abrupt and rude.

					TAM
				(continuing)
			You want to know all about your
			mission. Everything's on there.
			Orders and briefings. Destination
			and heading, all that.

16   ANGLE ON PICARD AND DATA

	standing by transporter console. Picard is visibly
	annoyed. He hands the cassette to Data, who accepts it
	and steps toward Tam as if to ask a question.

					TAM
				(to Troi)
			I sensed you were out here.
			How've you been?

17   ANGLE ON TROI

					TROI
				(embarrassed by Tam's
				 tactlessness, she still
				 can't help smiling)
			Fine, but Tam, I...

               TAM                         TROI
     Thought you were on     ... thought you were on
     Chandra Five.            Chandra Five.

	They laugh -- this is a familiar routine to them both.
	Data now has come to stand behind Tam, unnoticed.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE        9.

17   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Sir --

	Tam whirls on Data as if a rocket just went off behind
	him. NO ONE has EVER approached Tam Elbrun without his
	awareness. Until now.

					TAM
			Who -- what are you?

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			My name is Data.

	Tam locks gazes with Troi, READING the answers he wants
	from HER MIND. Then he looks back at Data, fascinated
	as a child with a new toy.

					TAM
			Incredible, an android. I can't
			read you at all. It's like you're
			not there.

	Data frowns, puzzled. Tam notices the cassette in the
	android's hand.

					TAM
			Oh. You better hurry up to the
			bridge with that. Captain wants
			you to run the orders, scan the
			technical schematics, and be ready
			to brief him in ten minutes.
				(to Picard)
			Right?

	Picard activates his communicator.

					PICARD
			Number One?

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker here.

					PICARD
			Meet Mister Data on the bridge.
			He has our orders and new heading.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

	Picard nods to Data. Data EXITS.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE        10.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			And assemble the bridge staff for
			a mission briefing in -- fifteen
			minutes. Picard out.
				(to Tam)
			Mister Elbrun. Would you --

					TAM
				(flatly)
			Like to see my quarters. No.
			I'd rather get this briefing over
			with. Then be left alone until
			I'm needed.

	Tam EXITS. Troi looks apologetically at Picard, who is
	severe. They exit together after Tam.

18   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND U.S.S HOOD (OPTICAL)

	as the Hood veers away to starboard, leaving the
	Enterprise. The Enterprise turns.

19   INT. CORRIDOR - TRACKING SHOT - RIKER AND GEORDI

	are walking to turbolift.

					GEORDI
			I've heard something about
			Ghorusda. Weren't about forty
			people killed --

					RIKER
			Forty-seven, including the captain
			of the Adelphi -- and two friends
			from my class at the Academy.

					GEORDI
			Sorry. What happened?

	Riker and Geordi step into turbolift. The doors close.

20   INT. TURBOLIFT - RIKER AND GEORDI

					RIKER
			It was a first contact situation.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT ONE        11.

20   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			The Ghorusdans values are so
			complex, and so different, that
			the Federation sent along a
			specialist. To prevent
			misunderstanding.

					GEORDI
			That was Tam Elbrun? And what
			happened was his fault?

	Riker considers a moment, before answering.

					RIKER
			Not directly. Board of inquiry
			blamed Captain Darson's
			carelessness about Ghorusdan
			cultural taboos.
				(pause)
			But if Elbrun's so good, why
			didn't he warn Darson? What was
			he there for, if he couldn't sense
			that much hostility?

21   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Data is at Science One. Worf at Tactical.
	Supernumeraries at all other stations. Data is loading
	the data chip. Geordi and Riker stand at Data's
	shoulder.

					DATA
			Commander, Geordi... do you ever
			feel as if I am not "there?" That
			is to say... not "here."

	Reactions from others. Geordi clasps Data's shoulders
	as if testing his solidness.

					GEORDI
			You seem to be all here.

	Data considers this, then turns his attention to the
	screen where the information is appearing.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT ONE        12.

21   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Our destination is the Beta
			Stromgren system, following the
			path of the Vega Nine probe.

					RIKER
			That's twenty-three parsecs beyond
			our furthest manned explorations.

					DATA
			That is correct, Commander.
			Apparently the probe has
			discovered...
				(a beat, reacting to
				 something he sees on
				 the screen)
			...Astonishing.

22   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Present are Picard, Riker, Geordi, Troi, Data, Worf
	and Tam Elbrun. Tam is seated next to Data. NOTE:
	throughout this scene Tam should appear distracted by
	pain, as from a bad headache.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE        13.

23   CLOSE ON SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	of a RED SUPERGIANT STAR. Flashing around it in close
	orbit is a TINY, BRILLIANT WHITE light.

					DATA
			This is the star Beta Stromgren...

24   PULL BACK TO SHOW OUR PEOPLE AND TAM SEATED AROUND
TABLE

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Scientists have discovered that
			it is in the final stages of an
			alternating cycle of expansion
			and collapse, which will soon
			result in a supernova.
				(beat)
			However, the long-range unmanned
			probe which Starfleet sent to
			observe the process has discovered
			something much more --

					TAM
				(exasperated)
			Oh, Data -- don't waste time.

	Tam reaches past a startled Data and PUNCHES the
	projector CONTROLS. The screen FREEZES its motion.
	A FRAME APPEARS around the star's tiny companion, and
	the framed area is MAGNIFIED to REPLACE the star image.

25   CLOSE ON SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The new image is a SLENDER OBJECT which PULSES WITH
	LIGHT, of organic appearance. At the aft end of the
	object are two GLOWING ORANGE GRIDS -- clearly ENGINES.
	The whole surface of the thing is NETWORKED by faintly
	pulsing pale white ENERGY PATHS, suggesting something
	between lightning charges and a human circulatory
	system.

					TAM
			They call it "Tin Man". The Vega
			Probe found it orbiting Stromgren.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE        14.

26   BACK TO SHOT (OPTICAL)

					GEORDI
			Looks like a ship of some kind.

					TAM
			Its energy source is unknown.
			The people who've studied the
			transmissions think it's a
			starship. And they're sure it's
			alive.

					PICARD
				(immediately fascinated)
			Alive? How so?

					GEORDI
			A cybernetic organism -- like the
			Borg?

					TAM
			No, no, NO! Here --

	Tam manipulates the projector controls again. Data
	looks on, bemused, as the image on the screen is
	replaced by rotating multi-plane artwork representing
	interior diagrams and schematics of Tin Man.

					TAM
			Starfleet believes it's an
			organic creature, born in space,
			living its life in the wastes
			between stars.

	Tam RISES, WINCING slightly, and PACES the room,
	growing more excited as he speaks. Troi notices his
	discomfort.

					TAM
				(continuing)
			No one knows where it came from,
			or why it's here now. And we're
			going to meet it. We're going
			to talk to it.
				(softly, as if to
				 himself)
			I'm going to talk to it.

	Riker regards Tam dubiously.

					RIKER
			Have attempts been made --

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT ONE        15.

26   CONTINUED:

					TAM
			To communicate with it by
			subspace. Of course --
			linguacode, universal translation,
			all that. It won't work. Tin Man
			is too different. Direct
			mind-to-mind contact is our only
			hope.

					TROI
			The opportunity for discovery is
			extraordinary -- but I don't yet
			understand Starfleet's urgency
			--

	Tam turns to Troi, a little blankly -- the telepath
	is lost in imagination.

					PICARD
			The Romulans --

					TAM
			Hell, I forgot -- the Romulans...

					PICARD
			They claim the sector of space
			in which Beta Stromgren is
			located.

					WORF
			The Romulans claim all that is
			within their field of vision.

					DATA
			And they routinely monitor the
			telemetry of our deep-space
			probes.

					PICARD
			So it's quite certain they'll
			be sending a ship of their own
			to investigate this Tin Man.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT ONE        16.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					TAM
			No... Actually, they're sending
			two. Uh, Data --

	Riker reacts -- concerned.

					DATA
			That is correct. Starbase one
			twenty-three detected two
			D'daridex class cruisers on an
			intercept course.
				(to Picard)
			The top speed of this class vessel
			is known to be less than our own,
			sir. We therefore have some
			advantage.

					PICARD
			So, it's a race?
				(thoughtfully)
			An alien intelligence -- a new
			life-form -- representing a
			technology far beyond that of
			either the Romulans or ourselves.
			The Romulans will take whatever
			measures -- military or otherwise
			-- are required to secure the
			creature for study.

					GEORDI
			Study as in dissect, I'd bet.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE        17.

27   ANGLE ON PICARD

					PICARD
			Data, you're our resident honor
			student in exobiology. I'm
			assigning you to head up life
			sciences on this mission.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

					TAM
			Excellent.

					PICARD
			Meeting adjourned, then.

	Everyone but Picard, Tam, Data and Riker EXIT.

					TAM
			So, Data -- I guess you're the
			brains of this outfit, huh?

					PICARD
			Mister Elbrun -- one reason I want
			you to work closely with a member
			of my staff is to avoid any
			further... omissions. The
			possibility of an encounter with
			Romulans on this mission is hardly
			trivial. Yet you --

					TAM
				(interrupting)
			All right, all right... I should
			have brought up the Romulans
			earlier, but I was distracted.

	Riker looks annoyed. Tam reads his thoughts, and turns
	to glare at him.

					TAM
				(to Riker)
			And no, Billy boy, I wasn't
			"distracted" on Ghorusda.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE        18.

27   CONTINUED:

					TAM (Cont'd)
			If Darson had listened to me, no
			one would have died. And I
			don't care whether you believe
			that or not.

	Tam EXITS angrily, leaving Riker, Picard and Data
	doubtful and concerned.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO        19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

29   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Traveling at warp speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43782.6.
			Travelling at top warp, we are
			still several days from rendezvous
			with the mysterious entity which
			Starfleet has christened Tin Man.

30   INT. SICKBAY - BEVERLY'S OFFICE - WIDE SHOT

	Picard and Troi are present. BEVERLY is at her desk,
	consulting the computer terminal.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			My immediate concern is with Tam
			Elbrun. Starfleet considers his
			unique abilities crucial to our
			mission. Yet he seems to me...
			unstable.

					BEVERLY
			Well, according to his medical
			records and psych profile, he's
			very high on the ESP scale. A
			sort of prodigy.

					PICARD
			A prodigy? In what sense?

					TROI
			In most Betazoids their telepathic
			gifts develop at adolescence.

					PICARD
			They're not born reading minds?

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO        20.

30   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			No. Except... for some reason
			that no one understands,
			occasionally a Betazoid child is
			born different.

					PICARD
			How "different?"

					TROI
			Born with their telepathic
			abilities "switched on."
			Most Betazoids born like that
			never lead a normal life.

					BEVERLY
				(understanding now)
			The noise of other people's
			thoughts and feelings must be...
			overwhelming. Incomprehensible...
			especially for a child.

					TROI
			And painful. Early diagnosis and
			special training helped Tam adjust
			-- but he has some problems.

					PICARD
				(to Troi)
			You mentioned a hospitalization
			--

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO        21.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
				(nodding)
			For stress. Repeatedly,
			throughout his life.

					BEVERLY
			I always wonder... what holds one
			person together through that kind
			of struggle, while another goes
			under?

					PICARD
			Yes, well, he's evidently done
			more than "hold together". He's
			the indispensable man -- the
			Federation's finest specialist
			in communication with unknown
			life-forms.

					BEVERLY
			It looks like the more unusual a
			life form is, the better he likes
			it. His personnel file shows that
			he's gravitated toward assignments
			that isolate him from other
			humanoids.

31   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	Data at Command, Worf at Security, Wesley Crusher at Conn.
	Geordi is monitoring the bridge Engineering Aft
	Station. Supernumeraries at all other stations.

					WESLEY
			Commander Data, I'm picking up
			an unusual echo from my
			navigational sensors.

	Worf looks up from his security board.

					WORF
			There is something there, sir,
			tracking us -- matching our speed
			and heading. Something which
			doesn't fully register on our
			instruments.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO        22.

32   ANGLE ON DATA

	as he consults the back-up Conn panel on his command
	chair.

					DATA
			Since there is no known natural
			phenomenon capable of travel at
			warp velocities, there are but
			two possibilities: either it is
			a sensor malfunction, or it is
			another ship, following us
			covertly.

					WORF
			It is not a sensor malfunction.

33   BACK TO SHOT

	as Data RISES and WALKS toward the MAIN VIEWER,
	concerned.

					DATA
			Agreed.

					WESLEY
			A Romulan ship? With their
			cloaking device, we shouldn't pick
			them up at all.

					GEORDI
			Unless they're pulling so much
			power for something else that they
			can't fully cloak.

					WESLEY
			Like what?

					GEORDI
				(shrugging)
			Ask the Romulans... if it is the
			Romulans.

					DATA
			Lieutenant, continue monitoring
			the precise position of the echo
			-- at any sudden change in its
			behavior, initiate Yellow Alert.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO        23.

34   INT. TAM ELBRUN'S GUEST QUARTERS (OPTICAL) - TAM

	is STANDING by the long WINDOW, face half-away from
	the camera, watching the STARS STREAK BY at warp.
	Lights in his cabin are low; he is lost in the depths
	until:

					TAM
			Come in.

	He says this a moment BEFORE the DOOR CHIME SOUNDS and
	Deanna Troi ENTERS. Tam does NOT look to see who it
	is.

					TAM
			How're things in the land of the
			living?

	Now he turns to look at her, smiling.

					TROI
			I thought you might be lonely.
			No one sees you, except Data.

					TAM
			Lonely? I can hear everything
			that everyone on this ship thinks.
				(a beat)
			No one besides you seems to be
			missing my charming --

					TROI
				(interrupting, annoyed)
			You want them to dislike you.
			Why?

	Tam TURNS away.

					TAM
				(sarcastic)
			Because I'm not a nice guy?
				(a beat)
			Okay -- because they scare me.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO        24.

35   ANGLE ON TAM

	as he crosses and SLUMPS wearily into a chair.

					TAM
				(continuing)
			Too many minds, Deanna. I can't
			shut them out -- never could
			learn. All their loves, their
			hates, their fears, their...
			needs. It's like a tide that
			never ebbs.
				(pause)
			I could drown.

	Troi walks to Tam and places a sympathetic hand on his
	shoulder --

					TROI
			I remember.

					TAM
				(smiling in
				 remembrance.)
			You understood -- at least a
			little -- how I felt.
				(indicates the ship)
			I see you finally found a place
			to fit... people to care about...

					TROI
			And you're still looking.

					TAM
				(he stands and begins
				 to pace)
			Then there's Ghorusda. I've got
			enough doubts about my...
			reliability... without having to
			listen to Riker's, and Picard's
			--

					TROI
			What happened there?

					TAM
			I thought everyone knew --

					TROI
			No. What happened to you?

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT TWO       24A.

35   CONTINUED:

					TAM
			Maybe... I got too involved with
			the Ghorusdans, with their point
			of view. It happens to me. I
			wanted everyone to get along.
			I could have warned Darson more
			forcefully.

					TROI
			So after that, you ran away? The
			last I heard, you were the only
			Federation delegate assigned to
			Chandra Five.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT TWO        25.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					TAM
			Beautiful creatures, the
			Chandrans. Their minds are
			glacial. They have a lovely
			three-day ritual for saying
			"hello." Peaceful, untroubled
			people...

					TROI
			Unlike humanoids?

					TAM
			Well, except for your friend Data.
			I like him. He's... restful.

	Troi tries vainly to suppress a smile.

					TROI
			I believe your impression of Data
			is probably unique.

					TAM
			Yeah? Well, having to get to know
			someone, just once, has its appeal.
			I mean, talking to them, instead
			of getting it all at once up here
			--
				(Tam taps his forehead)
			-- whether I want it or not.

					TROI
			But you accepted this mission.
			You could have stayed on Chandra
			Five. You willingly came aboard
			a ship of over a thousand people
			--

					TAM
			How could I not? Think of it,
			Dee. This intelligence that swims
			naked through space like a fish
			in the sea. Totally alien,
			mysterious -- not like us at all.
			Ancient. And alone.
				(quietly, as if to
				 himself)
			So lonely, for so long.

					TROI
				(concerned)
			How can you know that? Tam?

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT TWO        26.

35   CONTINUED: (3)

	Tam LOOKS AWAY toward the cabin WINDOWS, where the
	stars stream by. Troi's eyes widen as she senses the
	TRUTH, from his silence and his mind.

					TROI
			You're in contact with it. With
			Tin Man. Aren't you?

					TAM
			No -- well... yes. A little.
			Not quite on a conscious level.

					TROI
			But we're still light-years away.
			That must be impossible -- even
			for you.

36   CLOSE ON TAM

					TAM
				(shrugging)
			Impossible for me. Maybe not
			impossible for Tin Man.

37   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	coming out of warp.

38   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	High activity - Wesley Crusher and Data at CONN and OPS,
	Worf at Security, Riker at Command. Supernumeraries
	monitor Science I and Science II as the crew prepares
	for its first contact with the Alien. Picard ENTERS
	from his Ready Room.

					PICARD
			Status, Number One?

	Riker STANDS and yields command chair to Picard.

					RIKER
			We've reached the outer regions
			of the Beta Stromgren system, sir.
			On course for orbital intercept
			of Tin Man, e.t.a. eighteen minutes.

					PICARD
			Grand.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/8/90 - ACT TWO        27.

38   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Not altogether. Astrophysics
			reports that the star's rate of
			collapse is increasing -- it could
			go supernova within the next few
			days.

					DATA
			Captain, we are receiving relayed
			sensor data, from the Vega Probe
			-- including visuals.

					PICARD
			On screen, Mister Data.

39   ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	where the curve of the SUPERGIANT STAR fills half of
	the screen. TIN MAN sweeps majestically into view,
	shimmering with the silver iridescence of an
	otherworldly fish. As it sails past the viewer POV,
	the fire of its engines can be seen. Tin Man is at
	least the size of the Enterprise. Picard RISES, gazing
	transfixed at the alien image on the Main Viewer.

					PICARD
			Magnify.

	The image of Tin Man becomes larger.

					PICARD
			Remarkable. Computer -- locate
			Tam Elbrun.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Tam Elbrun is in Turbolift One,
			en route to the Main Bridge.

					PICARD
			Of course.

40   ANGLE FAVORING AFT STATIONS

	as Worf, in foreground, FROWNS over his security board.
	In background, Tam and Troi ENTER from aft turbolift.

					WORF
			Commander...

	Riker WALKS UP ramp to stand by Worf.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT TWO        28.

40   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Problem, Worf?

					WORF
			Sir, I am reading a wave front
			of ionized particles preceding
			the object which is tracking us.

					RIKER
				(nodding)
			Go to Yellow Alert.

					PICARD
			On screen.

41
thru	OMITTED
42

43   ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	as a ROMULAN WARBIRD UNCLOAKS.

43A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Off the shocked reactions of the crew.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE       29.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

44   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND ROMULAN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The Romulan warbird comes up behind the Enterprise.

45   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	as before.

					WORF
			Romulan warbird, closing.
				(pause)
			They're arming main distruptors,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Go to Red Alert -- shields at
			maximum.

	KLAXONS SOUND and red alarm lights flash.

					RIKER
			Worf, arm photon torpedoes and
			stand by.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					RIKER
				(to Data)
			I thought you said the Enterprise
			was faster than this Romulan --

					DATA
			In fact, we are, Commander.
			However --

	Tam is INTENT upon the viewer.

					PICARD
			Evasive, Mister Worf. Data, open
			hailing frequencies --

					TAM
			I guarantee that they don't want
			to talk to you, Captain.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE       30.

46
thru	OMITTED
47

48   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	The crew is SHAKEN -- main LIGHTING FAILS as the
	TORPEDOES EXPLODE against the ship's shields.

48A  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND ROMULAN VESSEL (OPTIZCAL)

	as the Romulan fires another spread of photon
	torpedoes at the Enterprise. It then flies over the
	Enterprise, away from us and towards the Tin Man,
	recloaking as it goes.

49
thru	OMITTED
51

52   REVERSE WIDE ANGLE ON BRIDGE

					WORF
			The Romulan has passed us, sir,
			and recloaked.

					PICARD
			Damage report.

					WORF
			No casualties reported. Seventy
			percent loss to main shields, sir.

	Tam approaches Picard again.

					TAM
			Captain, their attack on us was
			incidental.

					PICARD
			Incidental?

					TAM
			Yes. To delay us.

					DATA
			Captain, it would appear that the
			Romulan's intent is to contact
			Tin Man first, at any cost.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE       31.

52   CONTINUED:

					DATA (Cont'd)
				(pause)
			According to my sensor readings,
			the warbird exceeded maximum
			engine output by nearly thirty
			percent... They appear to have
			suffered irreparable damage to
			their warp coils.

	Riker takes his chair.

					RIKER
			So -- they kept up with us by
			sacrificing their ability to
			return to Romulan space.

					PICARD
			A one-way trip.

	Tam paces nervously between the Main Viewer and Picard.

					TAM
			There is one more trailing us,
			Captain -- a day or two behind.
			Data's right -- this one's job
			is to beat us to Tin Man at any
			cost.

	Picard eyes Tam skeptically.

					PICARD
			You read all this, telepathically
			--

					TAM
			-- In the mind of the Romulan
			commander, during the attack.

	Picard exchanges looks with Riker -- can Tam be that
	good? Evidently so.

					PICARD
			Very well, then. Mister Crusher
			all stop.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Commander La Forge.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT THREE       32.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge here.

53   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi is leaning over a console, locating a burnout.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Geordi -- how long to restore
			shields?

					GEORDI
			Working on it. Computer,
			reconfigure structural integrity
			power to feed inner deflector
			grid.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Unable to comply. Requested
			reroute would compromise
			operational safety limits.

					GEORDI
			To hell with the limits.
			Override. Authorization La Forge
			theta two-nine-nine-seven.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Rerouting structural integrity
			power supply.

					GEORDI
				(yells to supernumerary
				 in next room)
			Russell! Watch the lateral grid
			balance.
				(looks at panel)
			Nope, too much. We gotta do it
			manually.
				(keys insignia)
			La Forge to bridge.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Go ahead.

					GEORDI
			Captain, I'm trying to feed the
			inner grid by stealing some power
			from the structural integrity
			field. You should have partial
			shielding in thirty minutes.

      STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT THREE      32A.

53   CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			You have ten.

54   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

					PICARD
			Picard out.
				(to the group in
				 general)
			The Romulans wish the honor of
			the first contact, let them have
			it.

	The others REACT in various STARTLED ways. Tam is
	almost in a panic.

					TAM
			You're out of your mind, Picard!
			What if the Romulans find a way
			to persuade Tin Man --

					PICARD
			I think the chances of that are
			remote. And, Mister Elbrun, if
			you'll be still you may learn --

					TAM
			What?

					PICARD
			That being first, at any cost,
			is not always the point.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE       33.

54   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(pause)
			Data, while we await repairs, I
			want Life Sciences and Engineering
			to continue collecting information
			on the alien. Query the Vega Nine
			probe, and the long-range sensors.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

55   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS - WIDE ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as Data and Tam ENTER together. Data SITS at his large
	computer workstation and ACTIVATES it. Tam WANDERS
	around the room CURIOUSLY.

					TAM
			You do a lot of your work here?

	Data, in ANALYSIS mode, ABSORBS INFORMATION as it
	FLASHES on screen before him.

					DATA
			Yes. I have configured these
			instruments to display information
			with greater speed and efficiency
			than stations used by the others.

					TAM
			Nice. A little Spartan.

					DATA
			Spartan?

					TAM
			Lots of work space, not much room
			to live. I don't guess you sleep?

					DATA
				(still working)
			I have tried it, from time to
			time. But you are correct. I
			do not require rest.

	Tam walks over to an easel with a COVERED PAINTING on
	it, and lifts one corner of the cloth appraisingly.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE       34.

55   CONTINUED:

					TAM
			But you paint.

	Data has an uncomfortable sense of being EVALUATED.
	He changes the subject.

					DATA
			The creature's anatomy appears
			most peculiar.

					TAM
			In what way?

					DATA
			It is indeed laid out as a vessel,
			with what appear to be corridors
			and chambers. An internal
			environment suitable for carbon
			based life forms is being
			maintained. Yet there is no
			evidence of a crew aboard.
				(thoughtful)
			Tin Man is a living being yet it
			was bred or adapted itself to
			serve a purpose. I find that very
			interesting.

	Tam LEANS across the work station, to regard Data
	intently.

					TAM
			Why? Must living beings have a
			purpose? Or do we exist for no
			reason but to exist?

					DATA
			I do not believe I am qualified
			to express an opinion.

					TAM
			Ah, Data -- you're uniquely
			qualified. You think a great deal
			about humanity -- and you're an
			honest researcher. You don't
			treat anything as trivial, or
			irrelevant. You want to try it
			all.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT THREE       35.

55   CONTINUED: (2)

	Data shuts off his computer and RISES, INTRIGUED by
	Tam.

					DATA
			You said in the Transporter Room
			that you could not read my mind.

					TAM
			True enough. But I think I
			understand you pretty well.
				(pause)
			It worries you -- that I can't
			read your mind?

					DATA
				(quietly)
			Perhaps there is nothing to read.
			Nothing other than mechanism and
			algorithmic response --

					TAM
			Perhaps you're just different.
			Not a sin, you know -- though you
			may have heard otherwise.

56   CLOSE ON DATA

	considering Tam's words.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT THREE       36.

57
thru	OMITTED
58

59   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard at Command. Troi, Riker, Wesley, Data, and Worf
	at their stations. Supernumeraries at Science Aft
	Stations. Tam Elbrun standing on ramp near Troi.

					DATA
			Captain, the Romulan ship is
			hailing the alien using their
			equivalent of linguacode.

					RIKER
			Response?

					DATA
			None so far, Commander.

					TAM
			Why should it answer? What can
			it have in common with them?

					RIKER
			But you're so sure it'll "talk" to
			you.

					TAM
				(smug)
			Well, I --

					WORF
				(interrupting)
			Captain, the Romulans are arming
			all disruptors.

60   ANGLE ON PICARD

					PICARD
			Yellow Alert. Prepare for evasive
			action at the first change in the
			Romulans' course.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE       37.

61   ANGLE ON RIKER

					RIKER
			With our shields in their present
			condition, we can't risk --

62   ANGLE ON TAM

					TAM
			No!

	EYES WIDE, he steps toward the Main Viewer, FRANTIC.

					TAM
			We're not the target. It's Tin
			Man --

					PICARD
			What do you mean? They intend
			to destroy it?

					TAM
				(acknowledges)
			Those are their orders if they
			can't secure the alien.

63   ANGLE ON PICARD

					PICARD
				(to Wesley)
			Increase speed to intercept the
			Romulans.

64   ANGLE ON WESLEY

	as he consults his instruments, then looks to Picard
	with a shake of his head.

					WESLEY
			Their lead is too great.

65   CLOSE ON PICARD

					PICARD
			Worf, hail them. I cannot allow
			--

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT THREE       38.

66   BACK TO WIDE ANGLE

					TAM
				(interrupting, panicked)
			They won't listen to you!

	Tam LOOKS from Picard to the Main Viewer, like a
	TRAPPED ANIMAL looking for a place to FLEE -- or to
	MAKE A STAND. With sudden resolution he steps past the
	forward stations and stands directly before the Main
	Viewer.

67   EXTREME CLOSE-UP ON TAM

	EYES CLOSED; a look of pained CONCENTRATION on his
	face.

					TAM
				(low)
			Danger... Gom-tuu... Do not allow!

68   OMITTED

69   EXT. SPACE - TIN MAN (OPTICAL)

	The ENERGY traces on its surface FLARE BRILLIANT WHITE,
	the first sign of response from the creature since its
	discovery. A NARROW RING OF WHITE ENERGY, like a SHOCK
	WAVE, RADIATES away from its surface in ALL DIRECTIONS.

70   EXT. SPACE - ROMULAN WARBIRD (OPTICAL)

	The white energy of the SHOCK WAVE weapon PASSES OVER
	THE ROMULAN, WHICH EXPLODES INSTANTLY INTO A MILLION
	SHARDS OF METAL AND DUST.

71   OMITTED

72   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as our crew reacts.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT THREE       39.

73   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise and the oncoming wall of energy. The
	energy begins to WAVER, FADE, and only the ghost of
	it is left to PASS OVER THE BOW of the Enterprise.

74   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	as lights fail and the crewpeople are SHAKEN about.
	RED ALERT SOUNDS -- this is a MAJOR SYSTEMS FAILURE,
	brought about by Tin Man's DEFENSIVE use of its weapon.

					PICARD
			Worf! Damage report!

75   ANGLE ON WORF

					WORF
			Not yet available, Captain. We
			have partial failure of the main
			computer.

76   ANGLE ON PICARD

	as he ADVANCES on Tam Elbrun, who still STANDS swaying
	with weakness by the Main Viewer. Picard is livid, and
	HE IS SCARED.

77   CLOSE ON PICARD AND TAM

	Picard is INCHES from Tam's face.

					PICARD
			You did this. You woke your Tin
			Man.

78   EXTREME CLOSE-UP ON TAM'S FACE

	His eyes open slowly, but he is a million miles away as
	we:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT FOUR       40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

79   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around Beta Stromgren with Tin Man in the
	distance.

80   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING - WIDE ANGLE

	Geordi SUPERVISING several Engineering technicians as
	RIKER LOOKS ON. A technician hands Geordi a PADD,
	which he READS with consternation.

					GEORDI
			We've got impulse power, but I've
			got to take the warp engines off
			line while we recalibrate the
			intermix regulators.

					RIKER
			How long?

					GEORDI
			For just the warp drive, or for
			everything?

					RIKER
			All of it.

					GEORDI
			We're looking at twenty hours
			work, double shifts.

					RIKER
			Geordi, we don't know that we have
			twenty hours. The star could
			explode at any time --

					GEORDI
			I know. Okay, first we need to
			get the main computer working
			right --

					RIKER
			No -- fix the shields first.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT FOUR       41.

80   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Commander, whatever Tin Man hit
			us with, it fried circuits I
			thought were unfryable.

					RIKER
			It's not Tin Man I'm worried
			about. It's more Romulans showing
			up.

					GEORDI
			Right. First priority, get the
			shields up. Only, let's not have
			any more surprises till I'm done.

					RIKER
				(bitterly)
			Don't ask me about surprises.
			Ask Tam Elbrun.

81   INT. SICK BAY - ANGLE ON TAM ELBRUN

	sitting up on a biobed as Beverly Crusher scans him.
	Picard and Troi are present.

					BEVERLY
			Brain activity suggests that
			you're coming out of a sort of
			fugue, or seizure... blood
			pressure and glucose indicative
			of general systemic stress --

					TAM
				(lightly)
			But I'm gonna live?

					BEVERLY
				(very dry)
			No doubt about it.

	Picard, unamused, ADVANCES on Tam.

					PICARD
			Good. I want to know exactly what
			you did. I want to know how
			closely you are in communication
			with the alien, and what you've
			learned about it. Now.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT FOUR       42.

81   CONTINUED:

	Tam steps off the biobed and faces Picard.

					TAM
			I... just warned it, that's all.
			I've been in contact with it...
			sensing impressions from it...
				(pause)
			It calls itself Gomtuu. It's old,
			Captain. It's roamed the universe
			for many thousands of years.

					PICARD
			Where did it come from? How
			many...

					TAM
			Far away, I think. Maybe beyond
			the galaxy. Once there were
			millions of them.

					PICARD
			Once?

					TAM
			It hasn't seen another of its kind
			for millennia. It's alone. It
			may be the last of its species.

	Picard is reflective, saddened by the thought.

					PICARD
			Perhaps we can help it in some
			way. Can you ask it to return
			with us to Federation space? Or
			at least to remove itself from
			the vicinity of Beta Stromgren,
			before the star explodes?

					TAM
			Captain, Gomtuu knows that the
			star will go nova soon. That's
			why it came here. It wants to die.

					BEVERLY
			Why?

	Tam begins very matter of fact, but becomes more and
	more distant as he relives what he read in Tin Man's
	mind.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR       43.

81   CONTINUED: (2)

					TAM
			There was... an explosion, in
			space... radiation penetrated
			the outer layers. The crew...
			the crew died. Such loss... empty
			pain... Hollowness.

	Troi LUNGES forward and grips Tam by both arms.

					TROI
			Stop this! Tam -- Tam, you're
			losing yourself in this -- this
			merging.

					TAM
			I -- I know.
				(sits up. To Picard)
			Tin Man hurts... and wants to die.
				(a beat)
			I can't do any more from here.
			If you want me to really reach
			Tin Man, I've got to be in
			physical contact. I've got to
			go aboard.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR       44.

81   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			No. Absolutely out of the
			question.

					TAM
			You don't trust me.

82   CLOSE ON PICARD

					PICARD
			No. I don't believe that I do.

83   BACK TO SHOT

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Tam -- when you reached out to
			the alien, to warn it -- did you
			give any thought to this vessel?
			To the danger, however
			inadvertent, the creature might
			pose to our crew? Or did you
			simply react out of instinct?

84   ANGLE TO INCLUDE TROI

					TROI
			Captain --

					TAM
			Deanna -- he's right... I don't
			know what might happen -- but if
			you don't let me go, we fail in
			our mission.

85   BACK TO SHOT

	as Tam WALKS uncertainly to door -- STOPS in the open
	doorway and TURNS BACK to Picard.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT FOUR       45.

85   CONTINUED:

					TAM
				(continuing)
			Besides, at this point, you need
			all the help you can get -- even
			Tin Man's.

	Tam EXITS.

86   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING - ANGLE ON GEORDI

	as he reseals the hatch on a wall display, and hands a
	tool to an assisting Engineering technician.

					GEORDI
			Russell -- reactivate the sensor
			assemblies.

87   ANGLE TO INCLUDE POOL TABLE (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and Russell move to the pool table. Russell
	makes adjustments to a panel. Nothing happens.

					GEORDI
			Okay, let's do a program reload
			on the port array only.

	Russell makes more adjustments.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Good. Computer, run level two
			diagnostic.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Port sensor array remains offline.

					GEORDI
			Damn.

	Geordi starts pulling isolinear chips from an unseen
	access panel on the underside of the pool table.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to La Forge. How's it
			coming?

	Geordi doesn't even look up from his work.

      STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/12/90 - ACT FOUR      45A.

87   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Not great... I think all the
			control processors are shot.
			Maybe if I swap the chips from
			the secondary array, I can give
			you a minimum EM scan.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Do it.

	Geordi motions to one of his assistants, who starts
	pulling chips from another unseen access panel, and
	hands them to Geordi, who picks three of them and
	inserts them carefully into the first unseen access
	panel.

					GEORDI
			Russell -- try restarting sensor
			element thirty-two only.

	As the display comes alive to show a schematic of the
	Stromgren system. A MOVING BLIP representing an
	approaching ship appears near the outer edges of the
	system.

88   REVERSE ANGLE ON GEORDI

					GEORDI
			Well, the good news is that we
			have partial long range sensors.
				(he taps his
				 communicator)
			La Forge to bridge.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker here.

89   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	Riker at Command, other stations manned by
	Supernumeraries. Worf is assisting several engineering
	technicians, who have the circuitry access panels open
	and are replacing circuit boards.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			I'm picking up another echo on
			the long-range sensor display
			here. You getting that on your
			panel?

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR       46.

89   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Worf?

					WORF
			One moment, Commander.

	One technician closes an access panel and nods to Worf,
	who goes to his Tactical Console and reactivates it,
	satisfied at last that it is now working properly.

					WORF
			Confirmed. Sir, the other Romulan
			ship... on an intercept course.

90   ANGLE ON RIKER

					RIKER
				(very discouraged)
			Geordi, are we gonna have shields
			anytime soon?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			I'm doing the best I can...
			But shields won't help if that
			star explodes.

91   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - WIDE ANGLE FAVORING PICARD

	who is standing. Troi and Data are present.

					PICARD
			Data, you and Tam Elbrun seem to
			have developed an affinity. Troi,
			you've known him for years. How
			far can he be trusted?

					TROI
			Captain, the issue isn't one of
			trust in Tam's intentions, but
			in his judgment. I would trust
			him to do what he believes is
			right --

					PICARD
			Yes, of course. But his
			judgment...

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR           47.

91   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			... Is precarious. The stress of
			exposure to so many minds on the
			ship has been bad enough. Now
			he's strongly drawn to this
			creature. I'm afraid for him.

					PICARD
			Afraid of what?

					TROI
			I sense that the alien is somehow
			calling him. If we allow him to
			do as he insists -- to beam over
			-- I'm afraid that we'll lose him
			to it.
				(pause)
			That he will lose himself.

					DATA
			Captain, I agree that Tam's
			motives are trustworthy. I do
			not believe it is possible that
			he might act against us, or cause
			Tin Man to act against us out of
			malice.

92   OMITTED

93   ANGLE ON TROI

					TROI
			If Tam breaks down over there,
			we'll be no closer to
			accomplishing our mission,
			Captain. It would be a grave
			mistake.

94   BACK TO SHOT

					PICARD
			Thank you both.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FOUR          48A.

97   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Captain, the Romulan has
			uncloaked.

	Picard and Data ENTER from the Ready Room and head
	for their seats.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR           48.

94   CONTINUED:

	Troi EXITS. Data stands waiting, as if to add
	something.

					PICARD
			Data?

					DATA
			I am puzzled, sir. We have come
			this far. But you may not allow
			Tam to fulfill his mission.

95   ANGLE ON PICARD

					PICARD
			Data -- Elbrun warned Tin Man,
			and the first thing it did was
			to destroy a space vessel.

					DATA
			I think I understand, sir.
				(pause)
			If you feel that the risk is too
			great to send Tam Elbrun, alone,
			then send me with him.

					PICARD
			Counselor Troi understands him
			better.

					DATA
				(acknowledging)
			But I distress him less.
				(a beat)
			It is humanity he is fleeing.
			I can serve as an intermediary...
			a bridge back, and a reminder of
			his obligations... both to us
			and to Tin Man.

96   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as a Romulan warbird MATERIALIZES in foreground.

97   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	Riker, Worf. Supernumeraries at all other stations.
	As they react to the warbird.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR           49.

97   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Status Number One?

					RIKER
			Shields at forty percent, Captain.
			We can maneuver on impulse.

					WORF
			Phasers available on manual, sir.
			computer target lock not
			functioning.

					PICARD
			Well, let's hope they're in a mood
			to talk. Open hailing
			frequencies.

98   CROSSCUTTING FROM BRIDGE TO MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	where a Romulan warbird hovers close.

					PICARD
			Romulan vessel -- this is Captain
			Jean-Luc Picard of the USS
			Enterprise.

	On viewer, the warbird is replaced by TIGHT ANGLE: The
	Romulan commander in his Ready Room.

					ROMULAN COMMANDER
			Enterprise -- your presence here
			is a violation of Romulan space.
			You will leave immediately.

					PICARD
			We are not familiar with the terms
			of your claim on this sector,
			Commander. We are here engaged
			in scientific research. Do you
			wish to participate --

					ROMULAN COMMANDER
			We have monitored the destruction
			of our sister ship by the star
			creature. We claim right of
			vengeance. We will destroy the
			alien.
				(pause)
			If you interfere, we will destroy
			you as well.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT FOUR           50.

99   REACTION SHOT OF PICARD

	considering his limited options as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/5/90 - ACT FIVE           51.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

100  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND THE ROMULAN SHIP
	(OPTICAL)

	facing one another down.

					PICARD (V. O.)
			Captain's log, Supplemental.
			Light-years beyond the edges of
			explored space, and virtually
			disabled, our survival may now
			depend upon Tam Elbrun's
			telepathic rapport with an alien
			intelligence.

101  OMITTED

102  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Troi, Worf, and Wesley at their
	stations. Supernumerary at Ops. Picard is grim.

					PICARD
			Picard to Tam Elbrun.

	A beat before Tam comes on com-link.

					TAM'S COM VOICE
			Captain?

					PICARD
			Report to Transporter Room Six
			immediately.

	Troi RISES.

					TROI
			Captain, I don't --

	Picard signals silence.

					PICARD
				(to Tam)
			Commander Data will meet you
			there.

	Picard nods to Data, who acknowledges, rises from his
	station and EXITS.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/5/90 - ACT FIVE           52.

102  CONTINUED:

	Picard approaches Troi.

					PICARD
			Counselor, we no longer have a
			choice.

	Troi nods reluctant agreement, but turns away
	distressed.

103
thru	OMITTED
105

106  EXT. SPACE - TIN MAN (OPTICAL)

	orbiting Beta Stromgren. Enterprise and the Romulan
	in distance.

           STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/12/90 - ACT FIVE           53.

107  INT. TIN MAN CORRIDOR - WIDE ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as Data and Tam MATERIALIZE. The corridor is ROUNDED,
	organic-looking, with dim ENERGY-VEINS resembling Tin
	Man's exterior. The interior is very dark, shadows
	broken only by the lights behind the glistening walls.

107A ANGLE ON TAM

	His eyes are closed. He shakes with tension,
	struggling against fear and the strange closeness of
	the alien which surrounds him.

	He spins away from Data, his hands clutching at his
	head.

					TAM
			No... Too much. Too much.

	Data moves to Tam.

					DATA
				(concerned)
			Tam?

					TAM
			I can't.

	Data reacts, keying his insignia.

					DATA
			Data to Enterprise. Come in
			Enterprise.

	Tam, struggling against his pain, turns back to Data.

					TAM
				(to Data)
			No... No, don't.

					DATA
			If it is harming you, we must
			return.

	Again Data keys his insignia.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Enterprise, respond.

	A beat. There is no response. But we see that Tam is
	slowly beginning to assimilate the flood of information
	from Tin Man.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT FIVE          53A.

107A CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I cannot contact the ship.

	Tam relaxes, smiles peacefully. In this moment, two
	fantastically different life forms have made contact.
	Information has been exchanged and a bond is forming.

					TAM
			It's alright... Gomtuu tried to
			communicate a lifetime of
			experiences to me in a few
			seconds.
				(a beat)
			It's alright now.

108  OMITTED

109  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - ANGLE ON O'BRIEN

	who looks at his console, disturbed. He adjusts a
	readout. Unsatisfied, he activates his communicator.

					O'BRIEN
			O'Brien to bridge.

110  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE ON PICARD

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Chief.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			I lost the transporter lock on
			them. Some kind of force field
			went up.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT FIVE           54.

111  WIDE ANGLE

					WORF
			Confirmed. The alien has thrown
			up a shield -- it's blocking all
			our sensors.

	Picard is greatly concerned by this.

112  ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	as the Romulan ship moves away from the Enterprise.
	Beyond it in the distance the red star, and Tin Man,
	are visible.

					WORF
			The Romulans' weapons systems are
			now at full power.

113  OMITTED

114  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	Picard, Riker, Worf. Troi and Wesley at their stations.
	Supernumerary at Ops.

					PICARD
			Red Alert... Mister Worf... arm
			photon torpedos.

115  INT. TIN MAN CORRIDOR - ANGLE ON TAM

	Data watches as Tam is now totally focussed on his
	communication with Tin Man.

	He approaches a glowing light panel on the corridor
	wall. He places his palm on the panel and it GLOWS
	BRIGHTER. Tam LAUGHS softly as if Tin Man just told
	him something wonderful.

					TAM
			Yes...

	As Tam removes his hand, the panel FADES to its
	original intensity.

	Data, puzzled, approaches the panel, touches it. There
	is no response. Data scans the corridor.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/8/90 - ACT FIVE          54A.

116  ANGLE TO INCLUDE DATA

					DATA
			There is a large chamber twenty
			meters ahead.

					TAM
			Yeah, I know.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/8/90 - ACT FIVE           55.

117  WIDE ANGLE

	Tam smiles.

					TAM
			I know everything, now. Come on.

118  REVERSE ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As Data and Tam round a curve in the corridor, but they
	are brought up short by the ribbed and membraned wall.
	Tam stands for a moment. His eyes are blank, the stare
	wide-eyed. Suddenly the wall OPENS to admit the
	Betazoid and the android. Data looks in wonder at Tam
	who smiles.

119  OMITTED

120  INT. TIN MAN PILOT'S CHAMBER - (OPTICAL)

	A small room narrowing at one end -- again, organic in
	appearance. The narrow end of the chamber the walls
	pulse and writhe. Darkness, shadows, and lights which
	brighten and ebb behind the flesh-like walls.

					DATA
			Intriguing.

					TAM
			This is the control center where
			Gomtuu's crew guided their
			journeys. The ship and the crew
			existed symbiotically.

	Tam continues to explore the softly pulsing room.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/8/90 - ACT FIVE           56.

120  CONTINUED:

	Tam moves down the room to the pulsing walls, and
	softly strokes it. The pulsing forms respond by
	straining toward him.

	Data experimentally touches the ship's wall. It does
	not respond. A small frown from Data. Obviously the
	ship has no interest in him.

					TAM (cont'd)
			They needed one another. When
			Gomtuu had no one left to care
			for, it no longer had a reason
			to exist.

					DATA
				(recalling their earlier
				 talk)
			And is that the purpose of
			existence? To care for someone?

					TAM
			It is for me.
				(pause)
			Deanna was right. I'll lose
			myself here.

	AGAIN, Tam REACHES out, and strokes the ship. Suddenly
	Tin Man extrudes a portion of itself. It is clearly
	a chair being formed from the floor, and it is also
	clearly a signal to Tam. He rests a hand lightly on
	the back of the chair.

					TAM
				(lightly)
			An invitation.

	Data is troubled.

					DATA
			I must remind you that our
			objective is to bring Tin Man out
			of danger and report our findings
			to Starfleet.

	Tam settles into the pilot's chair.

					TAM
			I'm not going back, Data. I'm
			staying here.

	Off Data's puzzled expression.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FIVE           57.

121
thru	OMITTED
122

123  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE FAVORING MAIN VIEWER
	(OPTICAL)

	as the Romulan commander reappears on the viewer.
	Picard, Riker, Worf, Troi and Wesley at their stations.
	Supernumeraries at Conn and Ops.

					ROMULAN COMMANDER
			Captain Picard, if you interfere
			with us, we will fire upon you
			as well --

124  CROSS-CUTTING BETWEEN PICARD AND VIEWER AS
	NECESSARY (OPTICAL)

					PICARD
			Commander -- we are prepared to
			defend the life of the alien.
				(to Worf)
			Shields up.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FIVE           58.

124  CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(urgently)
			Power levels aboard the alien are
			increasing, sir.

					WESLEY
				(stepping on Worf's line
				 in his urgency)
			Captain, the diameter of the star
			has decreased by one hundred
			thousand kilometers.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			It's beginning.

125  EXT. SPACE - TIN MAN (OPTICAL)

	Enterprise and Romulans in background -- as Tin Man's
	lights and engines BLAZE ON FULL.

126  INT. TIN MAN PILOT'S CHAMBER - (OPTICAL)

	Tam settles into the chair, and the ship with an EFFECT
	similar to that which opened the doorway to the pilot's
	chamber, creates a viewport with a view of the stars
	for the Betazoid.

					TAM
				(turning to look at
				 Data)
			Explain to them... make them
			understand.

					DATA
				(forcefully)
			But our mission...

					TAM
			... is to save Tin Man and I
			will... but he's going to save
			me as well. All my life I've
			waited for this. A chance to
			find peace. Finally all the
			the voices are silent. Only Tin
			Man speaks to me now.
				(a beat)
			Don't you see, Data? This is
			where I belong.

	Off Data's expression.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FIVE          58A.

127
thru	OMITTED
131

132  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker checking his com panel.

					RIKER
			The star is gonna go any minute,
			sir.

					PICARD
			The Romulans know that as well
			as we do.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FIVE           59.

132  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Power levels aboard Tin Man
			increasing beyond our sensor
			range.

133  OMITTED

134  EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	Tin Man glowing brightly, as another energy pulse halos
	the ship, and rushes toward the Enterprise and the
	Romulan ship. It strikes, and both ships TUMBLE out
	of frame.

135  OMITTED

136  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Tumbling wildly.

137  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Troi and Wesley. SHAKES, the
	SOUND of warp engines WHINING under the stress.

138  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	coming finally to a stop in starlit, empty space.
	Alone.

139  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	as things return to normal and RED ALERT ENDS.

					PICARD
			Conn -- report.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FIVE           60.

139  CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Dead stop, Captain. Sir--
				(pause as he
				 double-checks readings)
			We've been thrown clear of Beta
			Stromgren. Distance -- three
			point eight billion kilometers.

					WORF
			There is no sign of Tin Man or
			the Romulans, sir.
				(checks his panel)
			Captain -- on screen!

140  ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	the EXPLOSION and flowering of Beta Stromgren as it
	goes SUPERNOVA.

141  ANGLE ON PICARD (OPTICAL)

	standing midway between his seat and Conn, STUNNED.

					PICARD
			Data.

	Behind Picard, Data MATERIALIZES. NOT the transporter
	effect -- Tin Man has returned him.

					DATA
			Sir?

	Picard, startled, does a take on Data. The android is
	unperturbed.

					PICARD
			Data -- what happened, over there?

					DATA
			Difficult to explain, Captain.

142  CLOSE ON TROI

	Looking at Data.

					TROI
			Tam?

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FIVE           61.

142  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I believe he has found what he
			was looking for, Counselor.

	As Troi reacts --

143  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	through space at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. With
			all main systems at least
			temporarily restored, we are
			proceeding to Starbase one fifty-two 
			for inspection and additional repairs.

144  OMITTED

145  INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Data standing by the windows gazing out at the stars.
	His expression is thoughtful. Troi ENTERS.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			We have had no further encounter
			with the Romulans. As for the
			whereabouts of Tin Man, and Tam
			Elbrun -- we can only speculate.

					TROI
			You sent for me?

					DATA
				(turning to face her)
			Tam's final request was for me
			to explain his decision to the
			crew. But I believe his hope was
			that you would understand.

	Troi nods. A beat.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FIVE           62.

145  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			What did happen, Data?

					DATA
			I witnessed something remarkable.
				(considers a moment)
			Individually they were both so...

					TROI
			Wounded? Incomplete?

					DATA
			Yes. But no longer. Through
			their joining they have been
			healed. Grief was transmuted to
			joy. Loneliness to belonging.

	Troi is hearing an echo of something new in Data's
	voice.

					TROI
			Data, you do understand...

					DATA
			Yes, Counselor, when Tin Man
			returned me to the Enterprise I
			realized that this was where I
			belong.

	A long look. Troi steps to his side, and lightly lays
	a hand on his shoulder. They gaze out at the passing
	stars.

146  OMITTED

147  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	snapping off into warp.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                       "Hollow Pursuits" 
                          #40273-169 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Sally Caves 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                        FINAL DRAFT
 
                     FEBRUARY 9, 1990
 

          STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" 2/15/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Hollow Pursuits" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             BARCLAY
                RIKER              
                DATA               
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             

                GUINAN             
                O'BRIEN            
                DUFFY              
                COMPUTER VOICE     

                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS
                  SECURITY GUARD     
                  COSTA              

          STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" 2/9/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Hollow Pursuits" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              CARGO BAY
              TEN-FORWARD
              TROI'S OFFICE
              CORRIDOR
              TURBOLIFT
              TRANSPORTER
              HOLODECK ENTRANCE
          
            HOLODECK
              MAIN BRIDGE
              TEN-FORWARD
              TROI'S OFFICE
              GLADE
              PICNIC SETTING
              A HILL

    STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - 2/14/90 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Hollow Pursuits" 
                         
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              CORRELLIUM             kor-REL-lee-um
              INVIDIUM               in-VID-ee-um
              JAKMANITE              JACK-man-nite
              LUCROVEXITRIN          loo-kro-VEX-ah-tren
              METALLURGY             MEH-tahl-urj-ee
              MIKULAKS               MICK-ah-lacks
              NAHMI                  NAH-me
              NUCLEO-SYNTHESIS       NEW-kleo SIN-thee-sis
              SALTZGADUM             SALTS-gad-um
              SELGNINAEM             selg-nen-NAY-um
              ZHUKOV                 ZOO-kov

    STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - TEASER    1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "Hollow Pursuits"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. TEN FORWARD/HOLODECK (OPTICAL)

	Lieutenant ENDICOTT REGINALD BARCLAY THE THIRD slouches
	at the bar. Scattered around the room are HOLO-TROI,
	who sits provocatively at a table in her off the
	shoulder dress; HOLO-RIKER seated at the end of the bar
	and mumbling into his drink, OTHERS. There should be
	the suggestion of something bogus about the scene, like
	a bad John Wayne movie, rife with cliches and
	over-acting. Holo-Guinan walks over to Barclay...
	with a bottle of whisky and a shot glass.

					HOLO-GUINAN
			I don't want any trouble,
			Barlcay...

					BARCLAY
			Trouble? Why would there be
			trouble?

					HOLO-GUINAN
			There's always trouble when you
			come in here.

	Barclay just grins. As he opens the bottle and pours
	a shot... HOLO-GEORDI ENTERS, comes up behind Barclay.

					HOLO-GEORDI
			You're on duty, Lieutenant.

					BARCLAY
			Is that a fact?

					HOLO-GEORDI
			It is, and you'll observe it.
			Get back to your post.

					BARCLAY
			Look, pal. Do me a favor. Take
			yourself and your holier-than-thou
			attitude and get out of my life.

	During the above, Holo-Riker looks up from his position
	at the bar, stands, moves over.

    STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - TEASER    1A.

1    CONTINUED:

					HOLO-RIKER
			This is insubordination, Mister
			Barclay.

					BARCLAY
			So punish me.

					HOLO-RIKER
				(keys insignia)
			Security to Ten-Forward!

	A SECURITY CREWMAN ENTERS and heads for Barclay. In
	a blur of a movement, Barclay manages to flip him
	neatly onto the floor. All stare at him, stunned.

    STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - TEASER    2.

1    CONTINUED:

	The Holo-Guard groans, Barclay smirks, takes a gulp of
	synthehol and gestures with the glass at Holo-Riker.

					BARCLAY
			"Insubordination."

	Holo-Riker seizes his arm and slops the drink; Barclay
	turns quickly, gets a half-Nelson on Holo-Riker and
	strains him painfully against the counter.

					BARCLAY
			Riker, you're nothing but a pretty
			mannequin dressed up in a fancy
			uniform. You're full of hot air,
			and if Picard has a problem with
			me, he can come and tell me
			himself...

	Barclay gives him one last hard push before releasing
	him. Defeated, Holo-Riker slips wearily down and leans
	against the bar. Barclay moves threateningly at
	Holo-Geordi, who retreats, runs out of the room, scared
	to death. Barclay saunters over to the table where
	Holo-Troi is seated. He picks up her willing hand.

					HOLO-TROI
			I feel your confidence, your
			arrogant resolve. It excites me.

	COM VOICE OF THE REAL GEORDI --

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Lieutenant Barclay, report to
			Cargo Bay Five now.

					BARCLAY
				(to Troi)
			This will have to wait, darling.
				(to com)
			Um... Be right there.
				(to the room)
			Freeze program. Exit.

	All the human figures FREEZE. Barclay heads toward
	the o.s. Holodeck doors.

					BARCLAY
			Save program.

	Ten Forward vanishes... he EXITS.

    STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - TEASER    3.

2    INT. CORRIDOR

	Barclay steps into the corridor, a much altered man.
	The hero of the hour has been replaced with a shy
	individual with a perpetual frown born of stress and
	unhappiness between his brows. He is hustling because
	he's late. Troi comes briskly around a corner. She's
	headed straight for him. He steps aside for her. Troi
	nods in greeting, gives him a kindly but perfunctory
	smile and moves on. We barely notice Barclay sigh as
	he moves on.

3    INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	O'BRIEN is operating the transporter console... several
	canisters MATERIALIZE. A couple of ENGINEERING
	TECHNICIANS (named DUFFY and COSTA) move the canisters
	from the transporter pad to an antigrav unit. Geordi
	is studying an open panel on the unit which is out of
	service... Riker is listening to him gripe about
	Barclay.

					GEORDI
			I just don't know what to do with
			him. He's always late, never
			gives his best effort, always
			slides by... I can't deal with
			it anymore. How does a guy like
			him ever make it through the
			Academy...

					RIKER
				(agrees)
			I think it's time we talked to
			the captain about Broccoli.
				(off Geordi's look)
			That's what Wesley calls him.
			Keep it to yourself.

					GEORDI
			It fits.

3A   ANGLE

	as they see Barclay ENTER... moving to him... a
	throw-away piece of business -- Duffy discovers a
	canister with a trace of GASEOUS NITROGEN leaking from
	it.

					DUFFY
			A broken seal, Commander.

    STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - TEASER    3A.

3A   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			You better destroy it. Those
			samples will be tainted.

	Duffy and the other supernumerary take the canister
	away. Barclay tries to slither past Riker and Geordi.
	What we notice most about him is that he is
	uncomfortable around other people to the point of
	agony... he rarely makes eye contact... when he
	speaks, he hesitates, desperately afraid of saying the
	wrong thing... which he occasionally does.

					GEORDI
			Is it a problem for you to report
			to duty on time, Lieutenant?

    STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/19/90 - TEASER    4.

3A   CONTINUED: (2)

					BARCLAY
			Problem? Nossir. I'm... I'm very
			sorry, sir... it's just... I had
			a very important communique...
			it required my immediate response
			and...

					GEORDI
				(tired of excuses)
			I don't want to hear it... we're
			having intermittent problems with
			the anti-grav unit, see what you
			can do...

	Barclay acknowledges and as he moves to the unit...

					RIKER
			Mister Barclay, I'm tired of
			seeing your name on report.
				(a beat)
			I don't know what you got away
			with on your last posting, but
			this is the Enterprise. We set
			a different standard here.
			Understood?

	And for a beat, Barclay looks at Riker and it is quite
	a different moment than the Holodeck.

					BARCLAY
			Understood... sir.

	Riker exchanges a glance with Geordi then EXITS as
	Barclay meekly goes to work...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF THE TEASER                        

    STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT ONE    5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

4    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around a PLANET.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43807.4.
			We are taking on a load of special
			tissue samples donated by the
			Mikulaks for shipment to Nahmi
			Four. The samples could prove
			vital to the containment of an
			outbreak of Correllium Fever on
			that world.

5    INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	Barclay closes up the anti-grav panels, looks up at
	Geordi...

					BARCLAY
				(shrugs)
			Everything looks... it looks
			normal to me...

	He turns it on and the antigrav unit comes to life...
	rises a few feet off the floor. Duffy starts to move
	the unit toward the other end of the cargo bay. Almost
	immediately, the antigrav field fails and there is a
	CRASH as the pallet falls.

					O'BRIEN
			Dammit..

	Barclay reacts, Geordi turns, looks at him
	impatiently...

					BARCLAY
			I... I don't understand...

	Barclay looks guilty, tongue-tied... rushes back to
	the anti-grav unit to check it out again.


    STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/16/90 - ACT ONE    6.

5A   ANGLE

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			La Forge to Engineering... I'll
			need more people in Cargo Bay
			Five... anyone you can spare.
			Out.

	He moves to the anti-grav unit, begins to lift a
	canister... Geordi looks at Barclay who is still
	trying to solve the mystery in the anti-grav unit
	panel...

					GEORDI
			We could use a hand, Mister
			Barclay...

	Barclay looks up awkwardly at Geordi... moves quickly
	to help... and as he takes hold of the canister,
	facing Geordi...

					BARCLAY
			I'll... I'll disassemble it later,
			Commander... it shouldn't do
			that... well, of course, it
			shouldn't do that... I mean...
			well, it shouldn't do that.

	Two beats as they carry the canister in silence across
	the room... Barclay avoids Geordi's glare.

6    INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard behind his desk. Riker and Geordi. There is
	a report on the computer screen on Picard's desk.
	Picard indicates the screen.

    STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT ONE    7.

6    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I'm not accustomed to seeing an
			unsatisfactory rating for one of
			my crew.

					RIKER
			I guess the issue is whether
			Mister Barclay is Enterprise
			material.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			I assume from your request for
			his transfer that you don't think
			he is, Commander...

	Geordi takes a beat -- he's aware of the impact of this
	answer...

					GEORDI
			I hate to say it... I always
			thought I could work with
			anyone... but I just can't stand
			the guy. Broccoli makes me
			nervous... he makes everyone
			nervous...

					PICARD
			Broccoli?

					RIKER
			Young Mister Crusher started it.
			I'm afraid it's caught on.

					PICARD
			Let's get it uncaught, shall we?

	They acknowledge.

					PICARD
			By all indications, Barclay has
			served honorably in Starfleet for
			many years. His rating aboard
			the Zhukov was satisfactory...
			I recall Captain Gleason speaking
			quite highly of him before his
			transfer...

					RIKER
			In retrospect, I wonder if Captain
			Gleason wasn't buttering our bread
			a little...
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT ONE    8.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER (Cont'd)
			He knew we were looking for a
			diagnostic engineer.

	Picard glances at him. A beat. Frowns.

					RIKER
			I've reviewed Barclay's
			psychological profile. He's
			always had seclusive tendencies...
			it was noted at the Academy more
			than once...

					PICARD
			And yet he chose this way of life;
			he's made the same commitment to
			Starfleet that we all have...
				(beat)
			It's easy to transfer our problem
			to someone else. Too easy.

					GEORDI
			Captain, it's not like I haven't
			tried...

					PICARD
			Try harder.

	The captain studies La Forge... there is an issue of
	command to be examined here...

					PICARD
			He's on your team. Manage him.
			Pull him in. Find ways to help
			him make a positive contribution.
			Get to know the man. Make him
			your best friend.

	Geordi smiles with a bit of incredulity...

					GEORDI
			With all respect, sir... my best
			friend? I can barely tolerate
			being in the same room with the
			man...

					PICARD
			I suggest you put your personal
			discomfort with him aside,
			Commander. Dismissed.

    STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT ONE    9.

6    CONTINUED: (3)

	Geordi exchanges a depressed glance at Riker and they
	EXIT...

6A   INT. CARGO BAY

	Geordi ENTERS... the room is deserted now except for
	Barclay who is off to one side looking over the
	disassembled antigrav unit. It's open, the guts
	exposed as he traces circuits with a sensor. Geordi
	frowns to himself as he looks over to Barclay, whose
	back is to him.

					GEORDI
				(muttering, to himself)
			My best friend.

	He sighs, knows what he has to do, crosses to...

6B   ANGLE - BARCLAY

	wrapped up in his mystery... Geordi moves up behind
	him, and as he pats him on the back...

					GEORDI
			Hey, Reg...

	And Barclay nearly jumps out of his shoes at the
	unexpected physical contact... Geordi reacts, covers...

					GEORDI
			Uh, how's it going?

					BARCLAY
			Oh, it's... I still haven't traced
			the problem, Commander...

					GEORDI
				(smile, "warm")
			That's okay. No rush. Take your
			time.

	Barclay notes this new tone of voice from Geordi...
	glances at him suspiciously... a beat. Doesn't trust
	the moment... rushes to fill the gap...

					BARCLAY
			I've... I've been planning to run
			diagnostics on the graviton
			invertor circuits...

    STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT ONE    10.

6B   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Smart plan... well, I'd say we're
			in good hands here...

					BARCLAY
				(still suspicious)
			I'll get a preliminary report to
			you...

					GEORDI
			...whenever.

					BARCLAY
				(beat)
			Before the end of the day.

					GEORDI
			Fine. And say, Reg, how about
			sitting in on the mission briefing
			with my senior officers in the
			morning...

					BARCLAY
			The briefing? Me?

					GEORDI
			I'd just like your input...

					BARCLAY
			On what? I mean, should I prepare
			something...

					GEORDI
			No... no... just be there. Eight
			hundred hours.

					BARCLAY
			I'll be on time, sir.

					GEORDI
			Good.

	And he's about to pat Barclay on the back once more,
	thinks better of it... as he turns to leave, an
	exasperated expression fills his face... and Barclay
	sighs, glad this is over.

6C   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At warp.

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT ONE   11.

7    INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi ENTERS with WESLEY...

					GEORDI
			Morning. Start your brains, and
			let's do it.

	They all gather around the pool table for the morning
	briefing. After a beat, Barclay rushes in late, out of
	breath... Geordi nods to him.

					GEORDI
				(points to injectors
				 on schematic)
			Okay, this trip to Nahmi Four is
			pretty routine. We'll have plenty
			of time to realign the magnetic
			capacitors in both the matter and
			anti-matter injectors.
				(light hearted groans)
			Duffy, Costa, that'll be your
			assignment.

					DUFFY
			We probably ought to do the flow
			regulator maintenance at the same
			time, Commander.

					GEORDI
			Good idea.
				(moving on)
			Ensign Crusher is putting in some
			hours with us this week as part
			of his training duties... he'll
			be assigned to assist you, Mister
			Myers. Be sure and teach him the
			difference between impulse and
			warp drive.
				(chuckles all around)
			Lieutenant Barclay is working on
			the mystery of the anti-grav
			failure we had yesterday... your
			preliminary report had a couple
			of interesting theories, Reg...

	Geordi waits a beat for Barclay to pick it up and run
	with it. He doesn't. After an awkward beat...

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/19/90 - ACT ONE   12.

7    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Why don't you summarize your
			findings so far, Reg...

	As Barclay begins to answer, we can see him growing
	more and more uncomfortable under the gaze of his
	fellow engineers.

					BARCLAY
			Yes.
				(clears his throat)
			It wasn't a maintenance problem...
			everything checked out. I...
			I'm going to check for... a surge
			in... the transfer coils.

					WESLEY
				(certain)
			A coil surge wouldn't have
			resulted in a field dissipation.

	Attention now focuses on Wesley. Barclay flushes
	slightly as Wesley inadvertently steals his thunder.

					BARCLAY
			I... I... I realize that...

					GEORDI
				(trying to rescue the
				 the situation)
			But we shouldn't ignore the
			possibility, Wes...

					WESLEY
			You ought to take a look at the
			flow capacitor. That could
			have forced a chain collapse of
			the antigrav field.

	Everyone looks at Barclay again.

					BARCLAY
			I... was going to.

	And it looks like Barclay is just jumping on Wesley's
	idea... Geordi wants to bail out of this...

					GEORDI
			Good. Okay, then... let's go over
			the realignment procedure...

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/19/90 - ACT ONE   13.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

	As Geordi starts to go on with the rest of the meeting,
	we PUSH IN on Barclay's terribly uncomfortable
	expression...

8    INT. TROI'S OFFICE (HOLODECK)

	It appears that Barclay is in therapy with Troi. She
	sits, listening intently... Barclay pacing the office
	in front of her. When he speaks, it is forceful,
	without hesitation.

					BARCLAY
			I just didn't know what to say.

					HOLO-TROI
			What do you wish you had said?

					BARCLAY
			I should have told him to mind
			his own damned business... I knew
			about the flow capacitor... I
			didn't need to hear about it from
			a seventeen year old kid.

					HOLO-TROI
			You're letting it get you much
			too upset.

					BARCLAY
			You think so?

	Holo-Troi gives him a very sympathetic look, gets up
	and stands closer to him.

					HOLO-TROI
			Why are you so hard on yourself?

					BARCLAY
			You don't know... it's hard out
			there.

					HOLO-TROI
			I understand, but let go of it.
			You're here now.

					BARCLAY
				(beat)
			You're right, of course.

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT ONE   14.

8    CONTINUED:

					HOLO-TROI
				(a small smile)
			Of course.

	She reaches out for him as if to comfort him, but
	instead begins to caress his arms and shoulders while
	her stance and expression take on a smoldering
	sexuality.

					HOLO-TROI
			Let me help you relax.

					BARCLAY
			I'd like that.

					HOLO-TROI
			I knew you would.

	And she leans into him, puts her arms around him and
	kisses him passionately...

8A   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

					BARCLAY
			Mmm, nice... but I'm in the mood
			for someplace a little more...
			unusual...
				(beat)
			Computer. Run Barclay Program
			Fifteen.

	We stay on Barclay, but lose Holo-Troi, as the
	surroundings change to --

9    EXT. GLADE (HOLODECK)

	A glade with a few small hills, rock formations, some
	trees, grass, a pond. As different as can be from the
	world Barclay lives in... peaceful, green, remote...
	a warm breeze flutters through the trees... Barclay
	takes a deep, cleansing breath... turns to see ---

9A   ANGLE - HOLO-TROI

	dressed in flowing Grecian robes which reveal a good
	deal of her anatomy, atop a part of a crumbling wall or
	section of ruins, stunning... as the breeze lifts her
	hair, her robes... and she reaches out to Barclay...

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT ONE   15.

9A   CONTINUED:

					HOLO-TROI
			I am the Goddess of Empathy. Cast
			off your inhibitions and embrace
			love, truth, joy...

	And he runs up the hill to her as they dissolve in each
	others' arms... we boom to a dramatic rising shot
	against the wondrous landscape and...

10   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Data, Wesley, Geordi, Duffy seated at a table. All
	except Data are drinking various beverages.

					WESLEY
			But I thought that's the point
			of the briefing... to discuss
			different approaches...

					GEORDI
			I'm not saying you did anything
			wrong, Wes... it's just that
			Barclay's... well, my new
			project.

					DUFFY
				(shakes his head)
			Yeah, Broccoli's a real project
			all right...

					GEORDI
				(frowns, hates the job)
			I just gotta draw him out more...

					WESLEY
			And I shut him down.
				(with pity)
			Poor Broccoli.

					DATA
			Pardon me, but why is Lieutenant
			Barclay being referred to
			clandestinely as a vegetable?

					WESLEY
			It's a joke, Data... you know,
			a nickname.

    STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT ONE    16.

10   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Nicknames generally denote
			fondness, a diminutive shared
			between friends. This does not
			sound friendly.

	He's got them there. Wesley and Duffy look a little
	uncomfortable.

					GEORDI
			Data's absolutely right. The
			nickname stops here and now.
			Captain's orders.

	Suddenly, the glass in Duffy's hand begins leaking
	badly... the drink spilling on the table...

					DUFFY
			What the hell... ?

	He stands and puts the glass down... and the others
	react, and Geordi throws a napkin on the table to catch
	the liquid...

					WESLEY
			What happened to your glass?

	And push in as Data picks it up... the glass has been
	mangled in the shape of Duffy's hand. On reactions...

									FADE OUT.

					END OF ACT ONE

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT TWO   17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

11   EXT SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Moving at warp speed.

12   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Data and Geordi are examining the glass from Ten
	Forward with a tricorder and one of the consoles on the
	bulkhead. Barclay is in the b.g. working on some
	console.

					DATA
			Nucleo-synthesis. The structure
			of the glass has been altered at
			the atomic level.

					GEORDI
			A problem with the replicator?

					DATA
			Unlikely. A problem with the
			replicator would have affected
			the contents as well as the glass.
			But the liquid in the glass was
			a perfect replication of a dark
			ale of Earth origin which I
			believe is what Lieutenant Duffy
			ordered.

					GEORDI
			I can't detect any residual
			radiation or unusual chemical
			compounds that would have caused
			this.

					DATA
			The most probable explanation is
			that the glass came into contact
			with an unshielded power source.

					GEORDI
				(slightly dismayed)
			That means a complete diagnostic
			check of the Enterprise power
			systems. All four thousand of
			them.

	Beat as he turns toward Barclay...

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT TWO   18.

12   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Have I got the man for this job...
				(calling)
			Hey, Reg...

	Barclay looks up with a start... me again? Moving to
	him --

					GEORDI
			Busy?

					BARCLAY
			Well, I was just... no, not
			really... what?

					GEORDI
				(handing him the cup)
			Got another mystery for you...
			somehow the molecular structure
			of this cup from Ten-Forward has
			been altered...

	As Barclay studies it, to Data...

					GEORDI
			Mister Barclay is the Sherlock
			Holmes of the technical support
			crew...

	Data knows Geordi's assignment, wishes to be supportive
	of Barclay.

					DATA
			A fascinating vocation, Mister
			Barclay. I am a student of
			Sherlock Holmes mysteries and I
			would enjoy discussing some of
			your cases at your leisure.

	Barclay looks at them both curiously.

					BARCLAY
			My cases... ?

					GEORDI
				(to Barclay, indicating
				 glass)
			Uh, Reg, we're gonna have to run
			through the power systems, to see
			if there's some kind of leak that
			caused this.

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT TWO   19.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

					BARCLAY
			I had to... I was going to do it
			anyway...

					GEORDI
			You were?

					BARCLAY
			To... to try and explain the
			anti-grav unit failure... I still
			can't... nothing about it makes
			sense.

					DATA
			Then it is possible these two very
			disparate incidents could be
			related.

	Data and Geordi exchange a glance...

13   OMITTED

14   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	At the science station, starting close on the mangled
	glass... pulling back to find Riker listening to Geordi
	who has deliberately brought Barclay along. Data is
	there too. WORF is at his station. Picard is ENTERING
	from the Ready Room in the background.

					GEORDI
			I wouldn't bother you with
			something this minor, Commander...
			but it may be a symptom of a more
			serious problem...

					RIKER
			You think we'll need to put in
			to a starbase?

					GEORDI
			We'll have a better idea after
			Mister Barclay runs a check of
			the power systems...

					DATA
			It was Lieutenant Barclay who
			first suggested the link between
			the two incidents, sir.

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT TWO   20.

14   CONTINUED:

					BARCLAY
			No, it wasn't. Not really.

	Picard hears this... and wanting to throw his support
	behind Barclay, comes over, examines the glass...

					PICARD
			Will your investigation affect
			our available power during the
			mission, Lieutenant?

					BARCLAY
			No... nossir... we'll have to shut
			off some systems... they'll be
			down a few at a time... it
			shouldn't... I don't think so.

					PICARD
			Good. I look forward to your
			report, Mister Broccoli.

	A brief, poisonous silence.

					PICARD
			Barclay.

	Barclay's face turns red...

					BARCLAY
			If you'll excuse me.

	He moves quickly to the turbolift, EXITS. A beat.
	Then Data offers...

					DATA
			Metathesis is one of the most
			common of pronunciation errors,
			sir... a reversal of vowel and
			consonant, "bark" to "broc"...

	A sharp look from Picard shuts him up. Picard sits
	in command. Off Geordi's look...

14A  INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	Guinan looks across the bar at Geordi.

					GUINAN
			Yes, I know him... comes in here,
			stands at the bar, doesn't say
			much... always orders a warm milk.

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT TWO   20A.

14A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Figures.

					GUINAN
			Warm milk helps you sleep, La
			Forge. You should try it. What's
			that got to do with Barclay?

					GEORDI
				(frowns)
			I don't know. I'm just trying
			to figure the man out, that's all.
			You ever talk to him?

					GUINAN
			He's not much for talking.

					GEORDI
			Does he have any friends?

					GUINAN
			Not that I've seen.

					GEORDI
				(shakes his head)
			What do you do with a guy like
			that?

					GUINAN
			I give him his warm milk and let
			him be.

					GEORDI
			Yeah, well, I'm not so lucky.
			I can't let him be. He's my
			problem.

					GUINAN
				(beat)
			He's imaginative.

					GEORDI
			How do you know that?

					GUINAN
			I just do.

					GEORDI
			Well, then maybe he's in the wrong
			line of work.

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT TWO   20B.

14A  CONTINUED: (2)

					GUINAN
			You engineering types don't
			appreciate imagination... ?

					GEORDI
			That's not it, Guinan... he just
			doesn't fit in here...

					GUINAN
			Terkim.

					GEORDI
			What?

					GUINAN
			Reminds me of Terkim. My
			mother's brother. A kind of
			family misfit. Everybody told
			me to stay away from him. Bad
			influence.

					GEORDI
			Did you?

					GUINAN
			Are you kidding? He was the only
			member of the family with a sense
			of humor. But no one ever stayed
			around him long enough to realize
			it... except me. My mother says
			I take after him. I probably do.
			Because the idea of "fitting in"
			repels me, too.

	She looks challengingly at Geordi.

					GEORDI
			Maybe I didn't make myself
			clear... Barclay, he's always
			late... he's nervous... nobody
			wants to be around him...

					GUINAN
			If I had the feeling that nobody
			wanted to be around me, I'd
			probably be late and nervous too.

	Geordi frowns.

					GEORDI
			Guinan, that's not the point...

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/16/90 - ACT TWO   21.

14A  CONTINUED: (3)

					GUINAN
			Are you sure?

					GEORDI
				(beat, exasperated)
			I'll take another one of these.

					GUINAN
			Get it yourself.

	And she walks away. He reacts.

					GEORDI
				(sighs, keys insignia)
			Computer, where is Lieutenant
			Barclay?

15
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16

16A  EXT. GLADE/HOLODECK

	Close on the arch as it slides open to reveal Geordi
	who ENTERS and reacts as he sees the glade...

					GEORDI
			Reg... ?

	But as we move with him to reveal the setting, there
	is no sign of Barclay... then as he moves in further
	he sees --

16B  ANGLE -- A PICNIC SETTING

	as exquisite as a Gainsborough canvas... a swing
	suspended from a tree branch on which the image of a
	woman is swinging in flowing petticoats, a silent
	garment draped on the grass and spread with
	delicacies... a boy dressed as "Blue Boy" eating
	messily with his hands... as Geordi moves closer, he
	reacts as we reveal the woman and child to be
	Holo-Beverly and Holo-Wesley...

					GEORDI
			Beverly?

	Holo-Beverly looks up and smiles.

    STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT TWO    22.

16B  CONTINUED:

					HOLO-BEVERLY
			Good morning, Mi-lord.
				(looks at Wesley)
			Manners, my son. Manners. You
			embarrass me before our guest.

	Holo-Wesley ignores his mother, lifts a whole
	blueberry pie with his hands and bites into, leaving
	a blue stain around his mouth...

					HOLO-BEVERLY
			Master Barclay will spank you if
			you don't behave.

					HOLO-WESLEY
				(sullen)
			I don't care.

	He takes another bite of pie. Geordi can't believe
	his eyes...

					GEORDI
				(to himself)
			Wesley... ?

	And he suppresses a laugh...

					HOLO-WESLEY
				(to Geordi)
			What do you want?

					GEORDI
			Ah, well, I guess I want... Master
			Barclay.

					HOLO-BEVERLY
			The boys got into another little
			scrap, I'm afraid. But boys will
			be boys.

	The sound of a sword fight turns Geordi's attention
	to--

16C  ANGLE - A HILL

	Coming over the rise, backing toward him is Barclay (in
	uniform) ... in classic swordsmanship stance, his sword
	moving with lightning speed fighting off unseen
	adversaries...

    STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT TWO    23.

16C  CONTINUED:

	and then as he moves backwards and they follow, we see
	whom he's fighting -- Holo-Picard, Holo-Data and
	Holo-Geordi dressed as the three musketeers...

					HOLO-GEORDI
			You cannot withstand our assault
			forever, Barclay.

					HOLO-DATA
			Say you will yield and it ends
			here...

					BARCLAY
				(smiles, confident)
			I will speak with my sword, sir...

	A flourish of extraordinary moves and Barclay disarms
	both Holo-Data and Holo-Geordi... booting them both
	off the hill as...

16D  THE REAL GEORDI

	below reacts and...

16E  THE FIGHT

	between Holo-Picard Musketeer and Barclay continues
	up the rocks... Holo-Picard backing up now, fighting
	for his life, breathing heavily...

					HOLO-PICARD
			Where in God's name did you learn
			to fight like this, man?

					BARCLAY
			Self-taught, my good capitaine.
			Shall I give you a few lessons?

	An acrobatic move and Holo-Picard's sword goes
	flying... and as Holo-Picard stands there, the tip
	of Barclay's sword at his chest, shivering in his
	boots, he sees the real Geordi below, watching...

					HOLO-PICARD
			Who is that? One of your allies?

					BARCLAY
			Jean-Luc. Not that old trick.
			I'm disappointed in you.

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT TWO   24.

16E  CONTINUED:

	Geordi coughs from o.s... Barclay reacts... follows
	Holo-Picard's look and goes pale as he sees --

16F  ANGLE - THE REAL GEORDI

	looking up at him.

17   INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	Barclay and Geordi at a table.

					BARCLAY
			I'll... I'll make it easy for you,
			Commander. I'll just request
			reassignment...

					GEORDI
			Now, wait a minute...

					BARCLAY
			Look, we both know... the whole
			ship knows... I can't cut it here.

					GEORDI
			Hey, Barclay... I've spent a few
			hours in the Holodeck myself, you
			know.

	Barclay gives him a look... and this is the first real
	compassion that Geordi has had for Barclay.

					GEORDI
			Far as I'm concerned... what you
			do in the Holodeck is your own
			business... as long as it doesn't
			affect your work.

					BARCLAY
				(reacts)
			You're... you're not going to tell
			anyone about this?

	Guinan arrives with a tray of warm milk for two. She
	makes eye contact with Geordi.

					GEORDI
				(no)
			I'm not sure everyone would
			appreciate your... imagination...
			like I do.

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT TWO   25.

17   CONTINUED:

	He glances at Guinan who leaves.

					GEORDI
				(curious)
			It is kind of unusual...
			recreating people you already
			know...

	The unspoken question is why?

					BARCLAY
				(sighs)
			I was just kind of really...
			well, it was just... I needed to
			blow off some steam... because
			one... one of the officers had
			been on my back...

					GEORDI
			Let me guess...

					BARCLAY
			Okay, it was you. And I couldn't
			tell you what I wanted to, to your
			face... and it just sort of...
			I guess it got out of control.

					GEORDI
				(warm, smiles)
			I don't know... sounds like maybe
			there's a side to this that's kind
			of therapeutic... we ought to tell
			Counselor Troi about it.

					BARCLAY
			It's... it's just more
			comfortable... when I'm in there.
				(looks down)
			You don't know what a struggle
			it is for me, Commander.

					GEORDI
			I'd like to help if I can.

					BARCLAY
				(shakes his head, you
				 can't)
			Being afraid all the time that
			I'll forget somebody's name. Or
			not knowing what to do with my
			hands...
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT TWO    26.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					BARCLAY (Cont'd)
			I mean, I'm the guy who writes
			down things to remember to say
			when there's a party. And when
			I get there, I'll wind up alone
			in a corner trying to look
			comfortable examining a potted
			plant.
				(sighs)
			Sometimes, I just don't want to
			get out of bed in the morning.

					GEORDI
			Sometimes, neither do I.

					BARCLAY
			No, but you're good. You were
			born to be in Starfleet. Me...

					GEORDI
			You're just shy, Barclay.

					BARCLAY
				(nods, painful)
			"Just shy"... sounds like
			nothing serious, doesn't it...
			You can't know.

	Geordi studies him, concerned.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			O'Brien to La Forge.

	Keying his insignia --

					GEORDI
			Go ahead.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			I need you in Transporter Room
			Three, Commander.

					GEORDI
			On my way, Chief.

	Geordi looks at Barclay once more...

					GEORDI
			I really do want you to talk to
			Counselor Troi, Reg.

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT TWO   27.

17   CONTINUED: (3)

					BARCLAY
				(reacts)
			Troi? No, no, I couldn't.

					GEORDI
			I mean it. As your friend and
			as your commanding officer.

	He EXITS... Barclay thinks about what this will be
	like... and a dreaded shiver sweeps across his body.

18
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20

20A  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM THREE (OPTICAL)

	O'Brien is setting a transporter test object, a
	cylinder three feet tall, six inches in diameter, on
	a transporter pad...

					O'BRIEN
			I was synchronizing the phase
			transition coils... I didn't do
			anything I haven't done a hundred
			times before...

	Pull back to see Geordi watching. O'Brien moves to the
	console...

					O'BRIEN
			The test object is made of pure
			duranium.

	Geordi touches it...

					GEORDI
			Seems normal enough...

					O'BRIEN
			Watch this...

	As he powers up the transporter, the object
	DEMATERIALIZES from one position, MATERIALIZES under
	an adjacent transport pad, DEMATERIALIZES again,
	MATERIALIZES on the next pad over only this time as
	it does, it turns into a flash, burns brightly and
	disappears. As Geordi reacts...

					GEORDI
			I'm glad I don't have anywhere
			to go.
									FADE OUT.
                        END OF ACT TWO                          

  STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT THREE  28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

21   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

					GEORDI (V.O.)
			Chief engineer's log, Stardate
			43808.2. A systems analysis of
			Transporter Room Three has yielded
			no suggestion of a cause for the
			latest malfunction aboard the
			Enterprise.

21A  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM THREE

	Picard, Riker and Geordi are examining the residue of
	the test object.

					PICARD
			Is this part of the same pattern?

					GEORDI
			We don't know, Captain. And we
			don't know why only Transporter
			Room Three is affected... None
			of the other Transporter Rooms
			are malfunctioning...

					RIKER
			Yet.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			We have twenty-two hours before
			we reach Nahmi Four. We'll need
			the transporters operational by
			then. I want a level one
			diagnostic across the board.
			(TECH)

					RIKER
				(acknowledges, to
				 Geordi)
			Advise Mister Barclay to meet us
			on the bridge immediately...

  STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT THREE  29.

21A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Ah, could we push that back, just
			to fourteen hundred hours,
			Commander... I've got him doing
			something...

					RIKER
				(nods)
			Fourteen hundred hours.
				(as they exit)
			Mister O'Brien, no maintenance
			on the Transporters until further
			notice.

					O'BRIEN
			Aye, sir.

21B
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22

23   INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	Troi is sitting, very much the way she was (and dressed
	the same way she was) in Barclay's fantasy. Barclay,
	on the other hand, is entirely a different man from
	his dreams... dreadfully uncomfortable sitting on the
	far end of the couch from her. Troi studies him
	sympathetically...

					TROI
			I can tell this is difficult for
			you.

	Barclay is just able to nod.

					TROI
			Is there anything I can do to make
			you more comfortable?

					BARCLAY
				(quick)
			No!

	She smiles her best therapeutic smile at him.

					TROI
			Have you ever been with a
			counselor before?

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT THREE   30.

23   CONTINUED:

					BARCLAY
				(swallowing)
			Yes. No.

					TROI
				(smiles)
			Which one?

					BARCLAY
			Yes. But she... it wasn't real...
			really a counselor.

					TROI
			Most people find a counselor
			intimidating at first. It's okay
			if you feel that way toward me.

					BARCLAY
			Not... at all.

					TROI
			Good. Close your eyes... Lean
			back.

					BARCLAY
			Why?

					TROI
				(standing)
			I just want to help you relax.

					BARCLAY
				(reacts)
			You do?

	She walks by him... to a light panel... turns the
	lights down...

					TROI
			Put your feet up... it's okay.
			And close your eyes...

	He puts his feet up... closes his eyes... tight...

					BARCLAY
			What are you going to do?

					TROI
			Just listen to the sound of my
			voice...
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT THREE  31.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI (Cont'd)
			Take a slow deep breath through
			your nose... and let it out
			through your mouth just as
			slowly... good... there, that's
			better, isn't it...

					BARCLAY
			Oh, yes. Oh, yes, much better.
			This has been... extremely
			helpful...
				(standing)
			Well, thank-you for your time.

					TROI
			But...

	Backing out...

					BARCLAY
			Really... very helpful... in
			through the nose, out through the
			mouth... I'll practice and let
			you know... thank you again...

	And he's out. Off Troi's puzzled reaction...

24
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25

25A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	A short time later. Geordi is working at one of the
	aft stations along with Data. Wes at Conn,
	supernumerary at Ops. Troi ENTERS from turbolift and
	goes over to Geordi.

					TROI
			I had a very strange visit from
			one of your officers today.

					GEORDI
			Barclay. Yes, I can imagine. Were you
			able to do anything for him?

					TROI
			To be honest, I'm not exactly sure
			what happened...

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT THREE   32.

25A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(entering from Picard's
				 Ready Room)
			Where is Mister Barclay... it's
			past fourteen hundred hours...

	Geordi shakes his head, doesn't know.

					GEORDI
				(touches combadge)
			Lieutenant Barclay to the bridge.
				(beat of silence)
			Lieutenant Barclay report.

	There is another awkward silence as Geordi begins to
	suspect the worst. Riker's features harden.

					RIKER
			Computer. Locate Lieutenant
			Barclay.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Lieutenant Barclay is in Holodeck
			Two.

	Geordi face falls, glances at Troi... Riker is really
	peeved.

					GEORDI
			I'll get him...

					RIKER
			No, I'll handle this. I've had
			it with him.

	He charges toward the turbolift...

					GEORDI
			Counselor, you better come
			along...

	They follow...

26   INT. CORRIDOR

	Geordi, Riker, and Troi turn a corner, head for the
	Holdeck.

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT THREE   33.

26   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I think you should know that
			Barclay's been running some...
			unique programs.

					RIKER
			I don't care what he's been
			running. My patience just ran
			out.

	Riker operates the panel outside the Holodeck doors.
	The doors slide aside.

27   EXT. GLADE (HOLODECK)

	Continuous. Geordi, Riker, and Troi standing in
	Glade.

27A  POV RIKER - THE PICNIC SCENE

	Holo-Picard, Holo-Data and Holo-Geordi as the three
	musketeers sitting on the ground, eating...
	Holo-Wesley as Blue Boy with another blueberry pie...
	The Holo-characters look over at our real characters'
	entrance.

27B  RIKER, TROI AND GEORDI

	react, Riker ready to blow...

27C  OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FOUR   34.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

28   EXT. GLADE (HOLODECK)

	Riker, Geordi, and Troi, as before, staring at the
	Holo-characters.

					GEORDI
			Like I said Commander, Barclay's
			been running some... unusual
			programs.

	Riker's furious...

					RIKER
			This is a violation of protocol.
			Crewmembers should not be
			simulated in the Holodeck...

					GEORDI
			Ah, Commander... I don't think
			there's any regulation...

					RIKER
			Then there should be... computer,
			discontinue program and erase...

					TROI
				(interrupting)
			Computer, belay that order!

					RIKER
			Counselor...

					TROI
			If Barclay is having a difficult
			time facing reality, to suddenly
			destroy his only means of escape
			would be brutal and could do
			considerable damage.

28A  ANGLE - ON THE PICNIC (OPTICAL)

	Holo-Picard musketeer glances at his cohorts.

					HOLO-PICARD
			They are quite disagreeable,
			aren't they... shall we have a
			go at them?

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FOUR   35.

28A  CONTINUED:

					HOLO-DATA
			Delighted.

					HOLO-GEORDI
			We shall thrash them.

	They stand, draw their swords... move to the real
	people...

					HOLO-PICARD
			En garde.

					RIKER
			Stop it. Put that down.

					HOLO-DATA
			Your sword, sir...

					RIKER
				(impatient)
			I don't have a sword.

					HOLO-GEORDI
				(puzzled)
			How do expect to fight without
			your sword?

					RIKER
			I don't expect to fight.

	Holo-Picard exchanges a glance with his fellows, grins.

					HOLO-PICARD
			Do I detect a streak of yellow
			along the good fellow's back?

	The holograms laugh.

28B  HOLO-WESLEY

	laughs, eats his blueberry pie.

28C  RESUME SCENE (OPTICAL)

					HOLO-PICARD
			Perhaps we can supply a more
			appropriate adversary for him.
				(calling)
			Number One...

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/15/90 - ACT FOUR   36.

28C  CONTINUED:

					HOLO-WESLEY
				(calling)
			Number One...

	Holo-Riker as the fourth Musketeer rushes in...

					HOLO-RIKER
			Am I late? Did I miss the fight?

	He's a foot shorter than his real counterpart... and
	the difference is not lost on Troi.

					HOLO-RIKER
			En garde...
				(looks closely at Riker,
				 reacts)
			Sir... you have a familiar
			bearing... is it possible we have
			crossed swords somewhere before?

					RIKER
				(furious)
			Where is he? Where is Barclay?

					HOLO-RIKER
			Ah, a personal grudge. I warn
			you... you would be wise to put
			your affairs in final order before
			you meet him in combat. You
			challenge the greatest sword in
			all the...

					RIKER
			... in all the Holodeck.

	Troi suppresses a laugh.

					RIKER
				(to Troi)
			You think this is funny?

					TROI
			You are very tall. It could be
			very threatening to some people.

					RIKER
			Barclay'll find out what it means
			to be threatened. Computer,
			discontinue image of Riker.

	The hologram of Riker disappears. The other musketeers
	react. To Riker --

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT FOUR   37.

28C  CONTINUED: (2)

					HOLO-PICARD
			Sir, you have no sense of fair
			play.

					GEORDI
			Just tell us where to find
			Barclay.

	The holograms shrug, they don't know... shake their
	heads at Riker's foolishness... move back to their
	picnic...

					RIKER
				(to Troi)
			You're gonna make us search
			through this to find him?

					TROI
			It could provide us with valuable
			information about what's troubling
			him.

	On the move...

					TROI
			There's nothing wrong with a
			healthy fantasy life, as long as
			it doesn't take over.

					RIKER
			You call this healthy?

					TROI
			You're taking it so seriously.
			This is not without its element
			of humor...

29   ANGLE - HIGH ATOP A HILL - THE GODDESS OF EMPATHY
	(OPTICAL)

	as before, her robes flowing in the warm breeze, her
	arms out... very revealing...

					HOLO-TROI
			I am the Goddess of Empathy! Cast
			off your inhibitions and embrace
			love, truth, joy...

					GEORDI
			Oh my God...

	Troi snaps a look at Geordi... who looks away...

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FOUR   38.

29   CONTINUED:

					HOLO-TROI
			Discard your facades and reveal
			your true being to me.

					TROI
			Computer, discontinue --

					RIKER
				(delighted)
			Belay that order, computer!
				(to Troi)
			We want to get more insight into
			what's troubling the poor man.
			Remember?
				(to Geordi)
			Quite a healthy fantasy life,
			wouldn't you agree?

	Off Troi's burn...

30
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33

34   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The ship is ROCKED and alarms start to go off on the
	bridge. Picard ENTERS from his Ready Room... Worf is
	at Tactical, Data at Ops, supernumberary at Conn.

					PICARD
			Report...

					WORF
			Sir, our velocity increased to
			warp seven point two five.

					DATA
			Compensating, sir.

					WORF
				(reading console)
			Confirmed. Velocity now warp
			seven.

					PICARD
			Maintain that. What the hell
			happened?

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FOUR   39.

34   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(still working)
			The matter/anti-matter injectors
			locked for a split second,
			Captain. I am not certain why.
			They seem to be working properly
			now.

					PICARD
				(pressing insignia)
			Picard to La Forge.

									INTERCUT:

35   EXT. GLADE/HOLODECK (OPTICAL)

	As before.

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			Go ahead, Captain.

					PICARD
			Any explanation for the injector
			problem?

					GEORDI
			I'm not in Engineering, sir. I'm
			in Holodeck Two.

					PICARD
			Another malfunction?

					GEORDI
			Not exactly, sir. I'll return
			to Engineering immediately.

					PICARD
			Yes, I would say you should,
			Commander. Your Holodeck
			activities can wait until later.
			And Commander...

					GEORDI
			Yessir?

					PICARD
			It would be wise to consult
			Lieutenant Barclay on this latest
			incident.

      STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - 2/9/90 - ACT FOUR      40.

35   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I'd like to, very much, sir. La
			Forge out.
									END INTERCUT:

					GEORDI
				(to the Goddess)
			We need to find Barclay. Now.

	She motions to the other side of the hill... as they
	climb...

					HOLO-TROI
			Cast aside your masks and let me
			slip into your minds...

					TROI
			Muzzle it.

	The Goddess reacts, shocked. As they reach the top of
	the hill, they discover, on a little plateau...

36   NEW ANGLE

	Under a tree sits Holo-Beverly in a very pastoral
	scene, skirts and petticoats billowing out. Troi,
	Geordi, and Riker approach. Holo-Beverly looks up at
	them coquettishly, and puts a finger to her lips.
	Barclay is asleep in her lap, snoring away.

					HOLO-BEVERLY
			Shhhhh!

37   INT. CORRIDOR

	Riker, Geordi, Troi, and Barclay ENTER from the
	Holodeck. Riker's expression is furious. Troi looks
	sympathetic, but resigned, while Barclay looks
	incredibly embarrassed. He hangs his head slightly.

					TROI
			We have a lot to talk about.

	Barclay nods silently, humiliated.

					GEORDI
				(to Riker)
			Sir, Barclay and I better get
			to Engineering.

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT FOUR   41.

37   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(acknowledges)
			Dismissed.

	Riker and Troi go one direction... Barclay and Geordi
	move off the opposite way...

37A  INT. CORRIDOR - MOVING

					BARCLAY
			I just couldn't keep my eyes
			open... I'd worked twelve hours
			on the power systems and then the
			transporter went down and...

					GEORDI
			Reg... you had a chance to get
			some help from the real Counselor
			Troi... but instead you went back
			in there...

					BARCLAY
			I know... I didn't want to... I
			just couldn't help myself...

					GEORDI
			You're gonna be able to write the
			book on holodiction.
				(they exchange a look)
			Look, I know how easy it is to
			get caught up in it. I... fell
			in love in there once.

					BARCLAY
			Really?

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			But I knew when it was time to
			turn it off and say goodbye...
			Wasn't easy. But I did it.

					BARCLAY
			You know... the people I create
			in there have started to become
			more real to me... than anyone
			out here.
				(beat)
			Except maybe for you, Commander.

      STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - 2/9/90 - ACT FOUR      42.

37A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I need you out here, Reg... right
			now, more than ever.

	Barclay looks at Geordi, appreciates his continuing
	faith.

38   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	At a console... looking at an Okudagram on the
	monitor... showing read-outs, graphic representation
	of the injectors (TECH?)... pulling back to see Barclay
	working the console... trying several commands... his
	expression concerned. Geordi watches over his
	shoulder.

					GEORDI
			The injectors aren't responding
			to the diagnostic commands.

					BARCLAY
				(acknowledges)
			I... think we should drop out of
			warp.

					GEORDI
				(hits combadge)
			La Forge to bridge.

									INTERCUT:

39
thru	OMITTED
40

41   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before. Riker and Troi ENTER.

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Commander.

					GEORDI
			Recommend we go to impulse power
			sir.

					PICARD
			Take us out of warp.

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FOUR   43.

41   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Controls are not responding,
			Captain.

	Barclay works controls.

					BARCLAY
			It's the injectors.

					GEORDI
			Override.

					BARCLAY
			It's not a computer problem. The
			mechanism is physically jammed.
				(shakes head)
			I can't clear it.

					DATA
			Speed increasing, Captain. Warp
			seven point six... seven point
			six five... seven point seven...

					GEORDI
			We can't shut it down, Captain.
			The anti-matter flow is
			increasing. She's accelerating
			out of control.

	Off reactions...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

   STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FIVE   44.

					ACT FIVE

	FADE IN:

42   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is racing along.

42A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf. Supernumerary at Con.

					WORF
			Approaching warp nine sir...

					PICARD
			Red Alert.

	The ship goes to Red Alert.

					RIKER
			Data, estimated time to
			structural failure.

					DATA
				(working panels)
			At this rate of acceleration,
			fifteen minutes, forty seconds,
			Commander...

					RIKER
			Geordi, did you copy?

									INTERCUT:

42B  INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi, Wesley, Barclay, Duffy and the other senior
	officers are around the pool table... it is a parallel
	scene to the first act mission briefing.

					GEORDI
			Aye, Commander...

					RIKER
			Recommendations.

       STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FIVE      44A.

42B  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(under great pressure)
			I'll let you know as soon as we
			have some. La Forge out.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT FIVE       45.

42B  CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
				(to his men)
			Okay, this ship will start tearing
			itself apart in fifteen minutes...
			I want every idea on the table...
			I don't care how outrageous...

					DUFFY
			What about attempting a magnetic
			quench on the fusion pre-burners?

					GEORDI
			No, I tried that already... the
			magnetic fields won't reset.

					WESLEY
			Could the fuel inlet servos be
			caught in cycle?

					GEORDI
				(shakes his head)
			If they were, the swirl dampers
			would be frozen too... and they
			aren't...

					DUFFY
				(looking to Barclay)
			Nothing showed up in the
			diagnostic sweep... at all?

	All eyes turn to Barclay and he blanches slightly under
	their scrutiny.

					BARCLAY
			The tests... uh, showed problems...
			I mean no problems with the
			flow... the flow of the...

	Geordi doesn't want to step on Barclay, but this is a
	crisis and time is slipping away.

					GEORDI
			There's nothing wrong with the
			computer control protocols or the
			power transfer systems. As far
			as we can determine, the injectors
			are just physically jammed...

       STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT FIVE       46.

42B  CONTINUED: (3)

					DUFFY
				(trying to add it up)
			Injectors freeze... antigrav unit
			goes down... transporter
			malfunctions...

					WESLEY
			And a twisted glass...

					GEORDI
			What's the connection?

	The ship shudders for the first time... the men
	react...

43   OMITTED

43A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before. They're reacting to the first shudders too.

					WORF
			Exceeding warp nine point four.

					PICARD
			Begin evacuation of secondary
			hull. Prepare for emergency
			saucer separation.

					WORF
				(reading console)
			Standing by to release docking
			clamps.

					RIKER
			Re-route systems to primary hull
			power sources.

					DATA
			Captain, the plasma flow to the
			nacelles is uneven due to the
			injector lock. An emergency
			saucer separation could rupture
			the warp field.

	Another shudder. Reactions.

					DATA
			Twelve minutes to structural
			failure.

       STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FIVE      46A.

44   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	faster and faster.

44A  INT. ENGINEERING

	As before... emphasizing Barclay thinking hard... gets
	an idea, shakes his head, suppresses it... the ship is
	vibrating and it continues to shake more noticeably.

       STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FIVE       47.

44A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			None of the systems involved
			interact directly with each
			other... I don't see anything in
			common...

	A beat of silence... and then Barclay does the most
	difficult thing he's ever done in his life -- he takes
	a chance, he speaks up, well almost, he clears his
	throat... it's enough to get everyone's attention...

					BARCLAY
			What if... what if...
				(beat)
			what if one of us is the
			connection?

					DUFFY
			Us? How?

					BARCLAY
			I don't know. But we're looking
			for... a, a systemic explanation
			and there isn't one. We work with
			all the systems that are affected
			... what if we're transmitting
			something ourselves... by touching
			it, or something...

					WESLEY
			The computer sensors would've
			picked up anything dangerous.

	Everyone reacts "yes, of course" and Barclay begins to
	retreat back into silence... but then he speaks up
	again, actually disputes Wesley's analysis.

					BARCLAY
			But... if it were something...
			something that we couldn't scan...
				(to Duffy and Costa)
			You might've passed it to the
			injectors when you were realigning
			the magnetic capacitors.

					GEORDI
			It was your glass, Duffy... and
			both of you were in the cargo bay
			when the anti-grav failed...

					DUFFY
			So was O'Brien.

       STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/16/90 - ACT FIVE       48.

44A  CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			The transporter malfunction.
			That's a connection too.

	Alarm klaxons.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Danger. Approaching safety
			limits of engine containment
			field.

					GEORDI
			Computer, list all physical
			substances that wouldn't normally
			be picked up by internal scans.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			There are fifteen thousand five
			hundred twenty-five known
			substances that cannot be
			detected by standard scans.

					GEORDI
				(sarcastically)
			Great. How many of those can
			exist in an oxygen atmosphere?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Five hundred thirty-two.

					GEORDI
				(irritated)
			And could alter molecular
			structure when it comes in
			contact with...
				(a beat)
			... with glass.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Five.

					GEORDI
				(touches pool table
				 button)
			On screen at this station.

44B  INSERT POOL TABLE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	The screen shows five names and a small graphic
	representation of the molecular structure of each
	chemical.

       STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/15/90 - ACT FIVE      48A.

44C  RETURN TO SCENE

	Geordi, Wesley, Barclay and the others study the list
	on the various screens.

					BARCLAY
			Jakmanite has a half life of about
			fifteen seconds. There wouldn't
			be enough time to spread it around
			the ship.

	Geordi touches the panel and the chemical name and
	graphic for Jakmanite disappear.

					GEORDI
			Right.

					WESLEY
			Selgninaem and Lucrovexitrin are
			extremely toxic.

					GEORDI
				(acknowledges, touches
				 panel again)
			We'd all be dead by now. That
			leaves Saltzgadum and Invidium.
			Neither of which has been used
			for decades.

					WESLEY
			Could either one be causing all
			these malfunctions?

					DUFFY
			Most of the affected systems
			weren't even invented when those
			substances were in use. Who knows
			what they could do to a
			transporter or a magnetic
			capacitor... ?

       STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT FIVE      48B.

44C  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(beat)
			Wasn't Invidium used in...
			medical containment fields?

					WESLEY
			Not for over a century.

					BARCLAY
			But the Mikulaks might still be
			using it.

					DUFFY
				(nods)
			And one of those canisters was
			broken.

	Geordi and Barclay on the move...

					GEORDI
				(hits combadge)
			La Forge to bridge. We have a
			working theory, Captain...

									INTERCUT:

45   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before. Riker and Picard react to this new
	information.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			There's a chance we picked up some
			Invidium from a broken canister
			in the cargo bay... and have been
			spreading it around the ship...

									INTERCUT:

45AA	INT. CORRIDOR

	Geordi and Barclay moving quickly to the cargo bay.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Working theories are fine, Geordi.
			But we need a working solution
			in about five minutes...

					GEORDI
			Understood, Commander. We're on
			our way to Cargo Bay Five for
			confirmation.

       STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/16/90 - ACT FIVE      48C.

45A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Faster still.

46   INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	Barclay and Geordi have one of the canisters sitting on
	the deck and are wearing protective gloves.

       STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/16/90 - ACT FIVE       49.

46   CONTINUED:

	They pick up small tools and carefully open the
	canister. Nitrogen escapes. Geordi scans the contents
	with a tricorder.

					GEORDI
			Nothing from the tricorder...

	Geordi uses a flashlight-like device that projects a
	light... aims it into the canister (we don't need to
	see inside)... Barclay reaches in with his glove and
	as he pulls his glove out, Geordi shines the light on
	it...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Danger. Exceeding safety limits
			of engine containment field. At
			current acceleration, structural
			failure will occur in three
			minutes, thirty seconds.

	... making adjustments in the flashlight three times
	as he tries different tests... a substance is revealed
	on the glove's fingers...

					BARCLAY
			There it is...

       STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/16/90 - ACT FIVE       50.

46   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Duffy and O'Brien picked up the
			broken canister and became
			contaminated..

					BARCLAY
			If we can get it... the
			invidium... down to minus two
			hundred degrees Celsius, it'll
			become inert.

	Geordi hits combadge.

					GEORDI
			La Forge to bridge. Invidium is
			confirmed.

									INTERCUT:

46AA	INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker and Picard listening to Geordi's report.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			Recommend we flood the injector
			pathway conduit with liquid
			nitrogen. That should neutralize
			it.

					PICARD
			The question is, will the
			injectors come back on-line?

					GEORDI
			The injectors have sustained
			considerable damage, sir. I
			can't guarantee we'll be able to
			regain control...

					RIKER
			We don't have much choice, do we?

					GEORDI
			Nossir.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

       STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/15/90 - ACT FIVE      50A.

46A  INT. ENGINEERING

	Wesley and Duffy work the consoles.

					DUFFY
				(to Wesley)
			Route primary coupling through
			starboard transfer conduit.

					WESLEY
			Routing... ready for engine core
			injection.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			At current acceleration,
			structural failure will occur in
			forty-five seconds.

       STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/16/90 - ACT FIVE       51.

46B
thru	OMITTED
47

48   INT. ENGINEERING

	The engine core is flooded with liquid nitrogen. The
	RACING LIGHTS in the core SLOW as GASEOUS NITROGEN
	leaks from a few spots on the engine core.

49   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					DATA
				(working console)
			Injector conduit temperature
			minus one hundred degrees
			Celsius.

					PICARD
			Transfer injector control to
			manual.

					DATA
			Ready... temperature now minus
			one hundred ninety degrees...
			minus two hundred degrees, sir.

					RIKER
			Injector status?

					DATA
			Matter injector... is on-line.
			Anti-matter injector... still
			locked.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			At current acceleration,
			structural failure will occur in
			thirty seconds.

					PICARD
			Cycle power through ventral
			relay.

					DATA
				(works console)
			Anti-matter injector... on-line.
			Reducing flow capacity.
			Commencing warp engine shut-down.

50   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Dropping out of warp.

       STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/16/90 - ACT FIVE      51A.

50AA	INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					PICARD
			Stand down from Red Alert.

	Red alert ENDS.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Nice work, Geordi.

									INTERCUT:

50A  INT. CARGO DECK

					GEORDI
			Mister Barclay and I thank you,
			sir.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
				(beat)
			Acknowledged.

					GEORDI
			The ship is seriously
			contaminated with Invidium, sir.
			Recommend we set course for
			Starbase one-two-one for a
			complete systems and
			bio-decontamination.

									END INTERCUT:

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Understood.

	Geordi and Barclay exchange a look.

					GEORDI
			Glad you were with us out here
			in the real world today, Mister
			Barclay.

	Barclay grins, shrugs and...

       STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FIVE       52.

51
thru	OMITTED
53

53A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE/HOLODECK (OPTICAL)

	Holo-Picard, Holo-Data, Holo-Worf, Holo-Wesley,
	Holo-Riker, Holo-Troi, Holo-Beverly all present and at
	their stations. Barclay ENTERS from turbolift. He
	walks to center of bridge and addresses everyone. He
	seems a little changed now. There is a little more
	confidence in his demeanor, a slight change in his
	bearing.

					BARCLAY
			It has been most difficult to
			reach this decision to leave
			you... but after thinking it
			over, discussing it at length with
			Counselor Troi... I think it is
			for the best... I just wanted to
			thank you all for your support...

					HOLO-GEORDI
			You'll always be welcome here,
			Barclay.

					BARCLAY
			I know. That's what makes it hard
			to go.

					HOLO-PICARD
			It was a pleasure to serve with
			you, Mister Barclay.

					HOLO-TROI
			Good luck, Reg.

					BARCLAY
			It's been fun.
				(looks at them)
			Computer, end program.

	The bridge VANISHES and is replaced by the empty
	Holodeck.

					BARCLAY
				(cont'd)
			Erase all programs filed under
			Reginald Barclay.

	Barclay heads toward doors... pauses...

					BARCLAY
			Except... Program Nine...

       STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FIVE       53.

53A  CONTINUED:

	He smiles to himself... and EXITS.

									CUT TO:

54   OMITTED

55   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves on to its next destination.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             








                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "The Most Toys" 
                          #40273-170 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Shari Goodhartz 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Timothy Bond 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                        FINAL DRAFT
                       
                      FEBRUARY 25, 1990


         STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - 2/26/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "The Most Toys" 

                             CAST                              
                              
                PICARD            Zibalians
                RIKER             KIVAS FAJO
                DATA              VARRIA
                BEVERLY           PALOR TOFF
                TROI              
                GEORDI            Non-Speaking   
                WORF                TECHNICIANS
                WESLEY            
                                  
                TRANSPORTER CHIEF CELESIA
                                  
                Non-Speaking      
                  SUPERNUMERARIES   
                                  
                Voice Over        
                  ENTERPRISE COMPUTER VOICE

           STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" 2/25/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "The Most Toys" 
                           
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     THE JOVIS
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              GEORDI'S QUARTERS
              CORRIDORS
              TURBOLIFT
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              DETENTION CELL
          
            BETA AGNI TWO
              CAVE
          
            THE JOVIS
              CARGO BAY
              FAJO'S DEN

     STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - 2/25/90 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "The Most Toys" 
                  
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              ANDORIAN               an-DOHR-ree-an
              BASOTILE               BASS-oh-tile
              CAYVIS FIVE            KAY-vus 5
              DENKIRS                DEHN-kers
              FINOPLAK               FIN-no-plack
              HYTRITIUM              hi-TRI-tee-um
              IRAATAN                eye-RAY-tan
              JOVIS                  JOE-vis
              KIVAS FAJO             KEE-vas FAH-zho
              LAWMIN GALACTOPEDIA    LAW-men ga-lack-toe-PEE-dee-uh
              MOLYBDENUM-COBALT      mah-LIB-den-um CO-balt
              PALOR TOFF             PAY-lor TOFF
              REJAC                  RE-jack
              RODULANS               ROD-u-lans
              SIGMA ERANI            SIGMA eh-RAN-ee
              STACIUS                STAY-cee-us
              TELLURIAN              tell-OORR-ee-an
              TRICYANATE             try-SIGH-a-nate
              VARRIA                 var (rhymes with far)-REE-a
              VELTAN                 VEL-tan
              ZIBALIAN               zih-BAY-lee-on

     STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - TEASER     1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                 
                       "The Most Toys"                            
                            TEASER                             

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	hangs motionless near a small spacecraft, the Jovis.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43872.2.
			In order to neutralize a sudden
			contamination of the water supply
			at the Federation colony on Beta
			Agni Two, we are procuring one
			hundred and eight kilos of
			hytritium from the Zibalian
			trader, Kivas Fajo.

	Move in closer on the smaller vessel.

2    INT. JOVIS CARGO BAY

	The Enterprise shuttlepod has docked and DATA emerges
	from the pilot seat.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Because pure hytritium is too
			unstable for our transporters,
			Lieutenant Commander Data has been
			shuttling the material to the
			Enterprise.

	VARRIA, a female humanoid, supervises THREE TECHNICIANS
	who are moving a shipping case. The care and precision
	with which they handle the case underlines the danger
	involved.

	Data opens the cargo door of the shuttlepod. The
	technicians proceed to load the case onto the pod --
	again with utmost care.

					DATA
				(touching his
				 communicator)
			Data to Enterprise.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Go ahead, Mister Data.

     STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - TEASER     2.

2    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			This will be the last trip... the
			remaining cases of hytritium are
			now being loaded.

3    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	GEORDI is monitoring the situation from the Engineering
	Station. PICARD, RIKER, WORF, and WESLEY are at their
	stations.

					PICARD
			Acknowledged. Mister Worf,
			advise Beta Agni Two that our
			departure is imminent.

					WORF
			Aye, Captain.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			At warp six, we should be there
			in just over sixteen hours.

	Picard acknowledges.

4    OMITTED

4A   INT. JOVIS CARGO BAY

	The Technicians have completed loading the shuttlepod
	and closed the hatch. Through the window, we can see a
	containment field (F/X -- nitrogen) promptly fill the
	trunk. Data heads for the pilot seat.

					DATA
				(to comm)
			Loading is complete. I am
			proceeding with departure.
				(protocol)
			Enterprise Shuttlebay Two, prepare
			for docking, level one
			precautions for incoming material
			remain in effect.

5    ANGLE ON DATA (OPTICAL)

	Varria approaches Data and hands him a padd.

     STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - TEASER     3.

5    CONTINUED:

					VARRIA
			If you'll just acknowledge this
			last load, Commander...

	Data takes the Padd and presses his thumb on an ID
	panel... and BLUE SPARKS spring from the padd and dance
	over Data. Data stiffens, goes limp, and falls.

6    ON VARRIA

	taking out a tricorder-like device and scanning Data's
	body. She reads the information to one of the
	technicians, who enters it into a padd. The other
	technicians are hurrying about in the b.g.

					VARRIA
			Twenty-four point six kilos of
			tripolymer composites... eleven
			point eight kilos of molybdenumcobalt
			alloys... one point three
			kilos Bioplast sheeting...

7    OMITTED

8    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND THE JOVIS (OPTICAL)

	A brief passage of time.

9    INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As before. Geordi reads his console:

					GEORDI
			Shuttle twelve containment field
			reads nominal... Now leaving the
			Jovis.

	Picard steps forward.

					PICARD
			On viewer.

	The shuttlepod moves away from the Jovis... moves
	slowly through space on the Viewscreen.

     STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - TEASER     4.

9    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(reading his console)
			Containment field stable...
			gravitational fluctuations within
			acceptable parameters... flight
			pattern...

	Before Geordi can finish, the shuttlepod on the
	viewscreen EXPLODES in a BALL OF FIRE.

10   CLOSE UPS - VARIOUS

	Riker, Worf, Wesley, Geordi and finally Picard...
	shocked expressions accented by the light from the
	viewscreen.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - ACT ONE     5.

                           ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

11   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Geordi, Wesley; moments later.
	The debris from the destroyed shuttle is still visible
	on the viewscreen.

					RIKER
			Why didn't the containment field
			hold?

					GEORDI
				(checking readings)
			Unknown, Commander.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Hail the Jovis -- I want to speak
			with Kivas Fajo.

	Geordi and Worf work their consoles.

					WORF
			Sir, Mister Fajo is hailing us.

					PICARD
			On screen.

12   ANGLE TO INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	as the image of KIVAS FAJO fills the screen. Fajo is a
	male Zibalian with a commanding presence; a man of the
	world -- or rather the galaxy -- with undeniable
	personal charm and grace and yet someone not to be
	trifled with.

					FAJO
			Captain Picard -- what happened?

					PICARD
			It is unclear at this time; we're
			running a full analysis.

					FAJO
			We detected no malfunctions before
			the explosion. Everything seemed
			to be proceeding as smoothly as
			the other flights. Were you able
			to save the pilot?

     STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - ACT ONE     6.

12   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			No.

	Fajo looks as if he lost his best friend.

					FAJO
			I'm sorry.

	Picard nods his thanks but, having a mission, cannot
	dwell on the moment.

					PICARD
			Mister Fajo, I would like to
			analyze your sensor readings of
			the explosion.

					FAJO
			Compared to the Enterprise's, our
			sensors are rather primitive --
			I doubt they contain any
			information yours have overlooked.

					PICARD
			Perhaps, but I want to leave no
			avenue unexplored.

					FAJO
			I understand. We'll transmit the
			information.

	Fajo nods to someone off screen.

					WORF
			Link established... Receiving.

					FAJO
			Can we be of any further
			assistance?

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			How much hytritium did we manage
			to bring on board?

					RIKER
			Eighty-one kilos.

					GEORDI
			That might be barely enough to
			complete our mission, Captain...
			but it's not leaving us any margin
			for error.

     STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - ACT ONE     7.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard considers this, then:

					PICARD
				(to Fajo)
			I realize we have acquired your
			complete supply of hytritium.
			Do you know where we could obtain
			more?

					FAJO
			That may be difficult. The only
			source I know is in the Sigma
			Erani System.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			Three weeks away.

					FAJO
			And I can't guarantee they'll have
			any -- for obvious reasons, no
			one wants to keep it around. In
			fact, even I may stop selling
			it -- it's just too dangerous.

					RIKER
			I guess we're fortunate you had
			any at all, sir.

					WORF
				(to Picard)
			Transfer of information is
			complete, Captain.

					PICARD
			Mister Fajo, thank you for your
			help.

	Fajo nods as his image disappears, replaced by the
	Jovis and starfield and wreckage of the shuttlecraft.

13   NEW ANGLE

	as Picard considers his options.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher, lay in a course
			for Beta Agni Two, warp six.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir.

     STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT ONE     8.

13   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			The Grissom is currently near
			the Sigma Erani system... I'll
			have them stand by in case we need
			more hytritium.

					PICARD
			Very good, Number One.

					WESLEY
			Course laid in, sir.

	A beat as Picard looks out to his lost comrade.

					PICARD
			Engage.

14   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As the Enterprise BLASTS into warp, we hold on the
	Jovis.

15   INT. FAJO'S DEN

	Data is "unconscious" on the floor. With a jolt, he
	snaps back to functional status, sits up, runs a quick
	re-calibration.

					DATA
				(ad lib)
			Gibberish...
				(self-adjusting)
			...Starfleet... gibberish...
			Enterprise.

	That accomplished, he attempts to contact the
	Enterprise -- but his insignia's missing.

	Data gets to his feet, examines his environment. He's
	in a windowless room filled with rare and beautiful
	objects: paintings, sculpture, books, alien artifacts
	and devices, perhaps even an exotic animal in a cage.
	In the middle of the room is a large sofa -- a
	comfortable place to sit and appreciate these
	treasures.

    STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT ONE    8A.

16   ON DATA

	as he studies the collection. Right in its center --
	the focal point of the room -- is a piece of simple,
	unobtrusive framework in the rough shape of a chair.
	Functional rather than comfortable, it's what you'd set
	up if you had a seated statue you wanted to display.
	But there's no statue there.

	Data turns at the SOUND of a door opening --

     STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/27/90 - ACT ONE     9.

17   NEW ANGLE

	as the massive, vault-like door opens and Fajo and
	Varria ENTER. The door immediately shuts and locks
	behind them. Varria stays in the b.g. as Fajo crosses
	to Data, looks him over with great interest and
	delight. (Note: Fajo and Varria are wearing a small
	device on their belts... and they never get closer
	to Data than one meter.)

					FAJO
			Wondrous. The detail... the
			balance. A remarkable piece of
			work.

					DATA
			Why have I been brought here?

					FAJO
				(ignores the question)
			The voice simulation is perfect.
			Inflections, timing...

	Fajo shakes his head in admiration, speaks "to" Data
	for the first time:

					FAJO (cont'd)
			It took a lot of effort to get
			you here... but I was sure it
			would be worth it. I was right.

					DATA
				(patiently tries again)
			I have been delivered here against
			my wishes. I would like to know
			the reason.

					FAJO
			Certainly. You're here for my
			enjoyment and appreciation.

					DATA
			Am I to infer that you intend to
			keep me captive?

					FAJO
			Captive? A most inappropriate
			description, my good android.
			May I call you Data?

					DATA
			It is my name.

    STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - ACT ONE    10.

17   CONTINUED:

					FAJO
			I know.
				(beat, confident)
			Data, you will be catered to,
			fawned over... you will be cared
			for as never before... every wish
			will be fulfilled...

					DATA
			I wish to leave.

					FAJO
			Almost every wish.

	Data's puzzled.

					DATA
			This is unacceptable. I have no
			desire to remain here... and even
			if I did, my Starfleet duties
			would not permit it.

	Fajo grins at Varria, like an amused parent whose child
	has said something precious.

					FAJO
			Single-minded, isn't it?

					VARRIA
				(nods)
			Very persistent...

					FAJO
			But polite. A nice touch.
				(to Data)
			I decline to allow you to leave.

					DATA
			Then I am forced to attempt
			escape.

	Fajo indicates the door -- "go ahead." Data crosses to
	the door, inspects it. It's solid. Data braces
	himself against the frame, gives the door a shove.
	It doesn't budge.

					FAJO
			Ten androids like you might be
			able to force it open.
				(shrugs)
			But there aren't any other
			androids like you, are there?

    STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT ONE    11.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

	Data keeps inspecting the door, looking for access.
	There's no visible keypad or opening device.

					FAJO (cont'd)
			It's keyed to the touch... reads
			galvanic skin response, DNA
			patterns, and two or three other
			things. Trust me... you can't
			open it.

					DATA
			Then you will have to open it for
			me.

18   ON FAJO (OPTICAL)

	Fajo doesn't move a muscle as Data advances toward him.
	The instant Data comes within two meters of Fajo, a
	GLOWING AURA appears around Fajo's body... Data
	stiffens, nearly loses control of his movements. It's
	all Data can do to stagger back from Fajo.

	Once Data's backed off, the AURA DISAPPEARS, and Data
	slowly recovers. Fajo smiles at him.

	Data starts to turn away -- then with all his android
	speed makes a leap-and-grab for Fajo. No good -- the
	AURA appears again, knocking Data backwards. As he
	does, the AURA DISAPPEARS. It takes several beats
	for Data to recuperate.

					FAJO
			I wouldn't try that again.
				(indicates belt device)
			It's a proximity-actuated field
			that impedes positron flow. Not
			good for your brainpaths in the
			long term.

19   ON DATA

	trying another tack with Fajo.

					DATA
			I fail to understand the value
			you place upon my presence.

    STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT ONE    12.

19   CONTINUED:

					FAJO
			Do you? Look around. This room
			contains items gathered from half
			the galaxy.

	And he handles them with great fastidiousness...
	carefully arranging a display when he replaces it.

					FAJO
			The very first Basotile ever
			created by the Rodulans...
			centuries old. Priceless. A vase
			carved by the late Mark Off-Zel
			on Sirrie Four. The only known
			Roger Maris trading card from
			Earth circa 1962... smell it...

	Data does, reacts...

					FAJO (cont'd)
			Bubblegum... I've preserved the
			scent...
				(the animal)
			A Lapling...

					DATA
				(reacts)
			But I thought they were extinct...

					FAJO
			Yes, that is the general belief.
			She's the last surviving member
			of her species... defenseless
			little creature, pity.
				(beat)
			Everything you see -- the only
			one of its kind. Unique. An
			original. Just as you are.
				(at the chair)
			Here, this is for you... your
			place of honor... sit... if it
			is not comfortable... but of
			course, you have no thought of
			comfort, do you...

	Data does not sit and Fajo does not press the point
	for now.

    STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - ACT ONE    13.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					FAJO
				(to Varria)
			When Palor Toff learns of this,
			he will swallow his tongue with
			envy... I cannot wait to see his
			face...
				(to Data)
			You are the crown jewel of my
			collection. A treasure beyond
			comparison.

	Data stares at him. In b.g., a wall com panel BEEPS;
	Varria answers it, speaking in a voice too low for us
	to hear. Fajo continues:

					FAJO
				(a smile)
			You should be flattered.

					DATA
			I am not. Most intelligent
			lifeforms find involuntary
			confinement offensive and
			inequitable. Moreover, you have
			violated Federation law --

					FAJO
				(waves it off)
			Yes, I know. What I've done is
			evil, selfish, immoral, illegal,
			and unprincipled.
				(a grin)
			I've learned to live with it.

	Data's mystified by Fajo's lack of concern. Fajo turns
	to Varria.

					VARRIA
			The Andorians wish to bid for the
			shipment of Tellurian spices you
			offered.

					FAJO
			They've had four days... they
			would have to make up their minds
			now. Ah, well...

	Fajo and Varria start for the door. Data makes one
	more attempt to reason with Fajo:

    STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - ACT ONE    14.

19   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			I must emphasize, Mister Fajo,
			that I consider this captivity
			a hostile act on your part.

					FAJO
				(shrugs)
			You'll get used to it.

	And Fajo and Varria EXIT, leaving Data to ponder his
	situation.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                         

    STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - ACT TWO    15.

                           ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

19A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At warp.

20   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Geordi and Wesley ENTER. A silent beat as they look
	over the room. The violin on a shelf. The covered
	easel.

					WESLEY
			I can't believe he's gone.

					GEORDI
			I always thought he'd outlive us
			-- by centuries.

	Wesley and Geordi are uncomfortable with the task they
	must perform. They move to the easel and Wes uncovers
	Data's last painting...

					WESLEY
			He'd been working on this for
			months... never felt it was quite
			finished...

					GEORDI
			You know what a critic Data was...
			especially about his own work.

	Geordi steps up to the desk, opens the top drawer.

21   INSERT - DATA'S DESK DRAWER

	Everything is neatly arranged: an old leather-bound
	book, a pack of playing cards, a set of poker chips,
	the hologram base of Tasha Yar, and Data's medal case.

22   WIDER (OPTICAL)

	as Geordi takes out the leather-bound book.

					WESLEY
			It was a gift from the captain.

    STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/27/90 - ACT TWO    16.

22   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Then he should have it back.

	Geordi takes out the pack of cards and poker chips.

					WESLEY
			Those should go to Commander
			Riker.

	Geordi smiles, recollecting.

					GEORDI
			Data always fell for Riker's
			bluffs...

	Wesley extracts the medal case from the drawer, examining
	it reverently.

					WESLEY
			These are some of Starfleet's
			highest honors.

					GEORDI
			Not bad for a walking pile of
			circuitry and memory cells.

	Geordi takes the hologram of Tasha from the drawer.
	Sits. Turns it on. He looks at it silently, then puts
	it down on the desk... turns it off... shakes his head,
	softly --

					GEORDI
			I keep going over and over the
			accident in my mind. Trying to
			figure out what went wrong. I
			can see him in the shuttle...
			almost like I'm sitting next to
			him... going through the
			departure sequence... What the
			hell happened? Why didn't I see
			it coming? Did I miss something...

	As we push into him...

22A  EXT. SPACE - THE JOVIS (OPTICAL)

	Moving through space at low warp.

    STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/27/90 - ACT TWO    17.

23   OMITTED

24   INT. FAJO'S DEN - DAY

	Data is examining Fajo's collection, looking for
	something which might be of use to him. SOUND of door
	opening. Data whirls, braces himself -- this may be a
	chance to escape.

25   ANGLE ON THE DOOR

	as Varria ENTERS. She's wearing the same proximity field
	device on her belt that she and Fajo wore
	earlier.

26   WIDER

	as Data realizes it's futile to make a break for it.
	Varria closes the door behind her. She's carrying a
	set of "civilian" clothes for Data.

					VARRIA
			Kivas wishes you to wear this set
			of clothes. And sit in your
			chair.

					DATA
			I have no reason to accede to
			Mister Fajo's wishes.

					VARRIA
			He will give you reasons if you
			force him to.

					DATA
			He is deluding himself if he
			believes he can keep me here.
			The Enterprise is certain to find
			me --

					VARRIA
			They're not even looking for
			you... they believe you're
			destroyed. Your shuttle blew
			up... a hytritium explosion.

					DATA
			They will scan the debris and
			discover I was not aboard...

    STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - ACT TWO    18.

26   CONTINUED:

					VARRIA
			They'll find exactly what they
			expect to find: traces of your
			component elements. We placed
			them aboard the shuttle in just
			the right proportions.

	Data studies her.

					DATA
			Plainly Mister Fajo has no moral
			difficulties with my imprisonment
			here.

					VARRIA
			"Mister Fajo" has no moral
			difficulties. At all.

	And it is said with the barest trace of her own
	personal regret...

					DATA
			Do you?

					VARRIA
			Clever, android... Is it part
			of your program to seek out
			vulnerabilities in your enemies?

					DATA
			Yes.
				(beat)
			Are you my enemy?

	And his simple, straightforward attitude kind of throws
	her off balance.

					VARRIA
			I obey Fajo. And so does everyone
			on this ship.

					DATA
			Why?

					VARRIA
			You are a curious... thing...
			aren't you... ?

					DATA
			Do you object to the question?

    STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - ACT TWO    19.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					VARRIA
			Kivas finds a way to get what he
			wants from his people. His
			rewards for loyalty are lavish.
			His punishments for disloyalty
			are equally lavish. You won't
			find anyone here who'll help you
			escape.
				(shakes head)
			Face it, android. He has you.

					DATA
			It appears he has us both.

	That hits Varria close to home. She cooly pushes the
	clothes into Data's arms and exits.

26A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At warp.

26B  INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi is alone studying a monitor... he's tired, back
	hurts, been working for a long time... stands,
	stretches...

					GEORDI
			Computer, did the containment
			power supply or the backups fail
			prior to the explosion?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Telemetry indicates no
			interruption in containment field
			power supply. Backup safety field
			and reserve power was available
			up until the instant of
			explosion.

					GEORDI
			Analyze telemetry from gravity
			generator, impulse vents, fuel
			cells, inertial dampers, and
			related subsystems.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			All readings negative.

    STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - ACT TWO    20.

26B  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			What about external factors?
			Local stellar phenomena?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Negative. Interstellar radiation
			and EM spikes all within normal
			tolerances.

					GEORDI
			Was the shuttle close enough to
			the Enterprise to have been
			affected by our warp fields?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Negative. Warp systems were
			operating at twelve percent idle,
			insufficient to disrupt
			containment fields.

	Geordi frowns... drops his head in frustration, then
	picks it up again...

					GEORDI
			Return file to start... Let's
			go through it all again...

	And he resumes his position at the monitor as the
	screen changes to suggest a return to the start of the
	file... we push into the monitor full of Okudagram
	readings, complex beyond our vaguest understanding...

27   INT. CAPT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker listen to Geordi...

					GEORDI
			The reason I can't find anything
			is there's nothing there to find.
			I've run the analysis a dozen
			times over... there's no
			indication of a malfunction...

					RIKER
			No possible explanation at all... ?

					GEORDI
			Well, yeah, there's one, but I
			don't believe it. Pilot error.

    STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - ACT TWO    21.

27   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(a beat, sighs)
			I know it's hard to accept, but
			even the best...

	And Geordi interrupts the captain in mid-sentence,
	which he would never normally do -- an indication of
	how tired he is, how consumed he is, how frustrated he
	is.

					GEORDI
			Captain, it's not hard to
			accept... with Data, it's almost
			impossible. I can't even begin
			to calculate the odds. If Data
			were here, we could ask him...

					PICARD
			What are you suggesting,
			Commander?

					GEORDI
			I don't really know, sir. It just
			doesn't make sense. I like things
			to make sense... that's all.

	Geordi stops, frowns. Picard and Riker exchange a
	look.

					RIKER
			Geordi, if you got a little rest,
			came at it with a fresh mind...

					GEORDI
			A little rest isn't going to
			change the computer analysis,
			Commander.

					PICARD
				(stands)
			I'm sure you've done a complete
			investigation. If you wish to
			continue it, you have my support
			of course. But we'll be reaching
			the Beta Agni system shortly.
			I expect you to be rested.

					GEORDI
			I understand, Captain.

    STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT TWO    22.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Dismissed.

	Geordi begins to leave... as the door slides open,
	Picard has a second thought --

					PICARD
			Geordi... I understand how much
			we want... even need to explain
			an accident like this. Sometimes
			there just aren't any
			explanations.

	Geordi acknowledges and exits. Riker looks at Picard.

					RIKER
			For an android without feelings...
			he sure managed to evoke them in
			others.

	And Picard looks down, picks up the leather-bound book
	Geordi found in Data's room... and has feelings of his
	own which he will not share.

					PICARD
			We must select an officer to
			replace Data at Ops.
			Recommendations?

					RIKER
			My first choice would be
			Lieutenant Worf, sir.

					PICARD
			Mine as well. Make it so.

	Riker EXITS... a beat on Picard as he opens the book,
	closes it and says softly to himself...

					PICARD
			(One line of Shakespeare that
			provides the perfect epitaph to
			Data.)

28   OMITTED

29   INT. FAJO'S DEN - DAY

	Fajo ENTERS. Fajo looks to his collection:

     STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT TWO     23.

30   ANGLE ON DATA

	Data's studying one of the recognizable artworks.
	He's wearing his Starfleet uniform; the clothes Varria
	provided are still folded upon the display chair,
	untouched. Fajo moves to him.

					FAJO
			You're still wearing your uniform.
			Why?

					DATA
			I am a Starfleet officer.

					FAJO
			You're not in Starfleet any
			longer. It's time you adjusted
			your program to accept reality.

					DATA
			Even if I chose to do so, it is
			doubtful whether my programming
			could be sufficiently altered to
			accede to your wishes.

					FAJO
			Oh?

					DATA
			I have been designed with a
			fundamental respect for life in
			all its forms... and a strong
			inhibition against causing harm
			to living beings.

     STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT TWO     24.

30   CONTINUED:

					FAJO
			A military pacifist. What a
			marvelous paradox. Tell me --
			whose dreadful decision was it
			to enlist you in Starfleet?

					DATA
			It was ultimately my own decision.
			My skills seemed appropriate...

					FAJO
			My dear Data, it was a mistake.
			A grievous error. You no more
			belong in Starfleet than I belong
			in a verbal contract. Have you
			killed yet, Data?

					DATA
			No, but I am programmed with the
			ability to use deadly force in
			a cause of defense.

					FAJO
			Shame on you.

	A beat as Data reacts.

					FAJO
			Shame on you. How neatly you
			rationalize your capabilities.
			How can you casually accept your
			role in murder?

					DATA
			I would not participate in murder.
			Perhaps you misunderstand...

					FAJO
			Can't you see how much better it
			will be for you here... the
			intellectual rewards, our own
			personal exploration of the
			galaxy... I am at war with no
			one... I have liberated you.

	A beat.

     STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT TWO     25.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			You are a fine debater, sir. It
			is a shame you have used your
			verbal gifts for mere hucksterism
			and the advancement of your own
			greed.

					FAJO
				(smiles)
			You're going to be more of a
			challenge than I thought. Put
			on the new clothes and sit in your
			chair.

					DATA
			I must decline.

	Fajo shakes his head, moves to a replicator unit on the
	wall.

30A  ANGLE - CLOSER (OPTICAL)

	As he pushes a panel...

					FAJO
				(to com)
			Finoplak. One hundred denkirs.

	The replicator produces a container of a clear liquid.
	He takes it out moves to Data...

					FAJO
			Here's something for your logic
			circuits to analyze.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/28/90 - ACT TWO    26.

30A  CONTINUED:

	And Fajo dashes the contents of the container onto
	Data's chest. Where the liquid touches it, Data's
	uniform starts to dissolve. Data's surprised -- what
	was the point of that?

					FAJO (cont'd)
			Don't worry -- the solvent won't
			damage your skin. But in minutes
			it will completely dissolve your
			uniform.
				(shrugs)
			I'd be delighted to have you go
			naked... I assume you have no
			vanity. But I would guess that
			decency is the rule of your
			Starfleet training.

	Fajo indicates the clothes on the display chair.

					FAJO
			So, decide which alternative you
			dislike the least.

	He moves toward the door... pauses, looks back...

					FAJO
			Decide by dinnertime tonight.
			I have invited a guest to meet
			you. I expect you to be as
			entertaining with him as you have
			been with me.

	And Fajo casually EXITS. Data looks at his chest --
	his uniform is now a sticky mess and getting worse by
	the second...

31
thru	OMITTED
33
									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                         

   STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - ACT THREE   27.

                          ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

34   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Cruising at warp.

34A  OMITTED

34B  INT. GEORDI'S CABIN

	Tight shot... he's asleep (napping in uniform) on his
	bunk... the lights are out. Slow push in... as we hear
	from the past --

					DATA'S VOICE (V.O.)
			Proceeding with departure.
			Enterprise Shuttlebay Two, prepare
			for docking, level one
			precautions remain in effect.

	A beat. Then, suddenly Geordi sits up, eyes open,
	blinking in the dark.

					GEORDI
			I did miss something.

	As he gets up, puts on his VISOR and quickly EXITS...

35   INT. CORRIDOR

	Troi catches up to Worf, who's walking towards a
	turbolift.

					TROI
			Your first watch on Ops?

					WORF
			I've served at the position
			before.

	They stop at a turbolift door.

					TROI
			I've been concerned about you.

	Worf is uncomfortable with the counselor whenever she
	starts to talk about his feelings.

   STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - ACT THREE   28.

35   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			About me? Why?

					TROI
			Because I know how I'd feel if
			I were asked to replace Data at
			his station.

	Worf gives her a look. The turbolift arrives. They
	ENTER.

36   INT. TURBOLIFT

					WORF
				(to lift)
			Bridge.
				(to Troi)
			Promotion due to the death of a
			crewmate is commonplace on Klingon
			ships.

					TROI
			I know... but this isn't a Klingon
			ship... and Data was your friend.
				(beat)
			And it is the second time you've
			replaced a crewmate who's died.

					WORF
			I honor Data's memory as I did
			Lieutenant Yar's by attempting
			to perform their duties as well
			as they did.

	Troi accepts that he's okay.

					TROI
				(with respect)
			In true Klingon fashion.

	The turbolift arrives at the bridge and the door OPENS.

					WORF
				(softly)
			I appreciate your... concern.

	Worf then EXITS the lift and moves past the counselor
	as if he's admitted nothing. Troi smiles to herself,
	follows.

   STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT THREE   29.

36A  INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi and Wesley working at a console.

					GEORDI
			Okay, computer, now replay shuttle
			audio transmission... time index
			zero-four-two-three...
				(to Wesley)
			Data's second trip...

	They listen as --

					DATA'S VOICE (RECORDED)
			Proceeding with departure.
			Enterprise Shuttlebay Two, prepare
			for docking, level one precautions
			remain in effect.
				(a long beat)
			Shuttle has cleared Jovis cargo
			bay.

	Wesley reacts, puzzled at what Geordi's going for...

					WESLEY
			It sounds the same as the first
			trip...

					GEORDI
			Exactly the same. That's
			protocol. And that's Data.
			Following protocol to the letter.
			Computer, replay shuttle audio
			transmission, time index
			zero-four-three-nine...
				(to Wes)
			Third and final trip.

					DATA'S VOICE (RECORDED)
			Loading is complete. I am
			proceeding with departure.
			Enterprise Shuttlebay Two, prepare
			for docking, level one precautions
			remain in effect.

	Silence.

					GEORDI
			That's it. The last
			communication.

   STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT THREE   29A.

36A  CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			He didn't report when the shuttle
			had cleared the cargo bay of the
			Jovis.

   STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - ACT THREE   30.

36A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(devil's advocate)
			Of course, there really wasn't
			any reason for him to make voice
			contact. He knew we'd be
			monitoring his position... and
			any other pilot might not bother.
			But Data... not following standard
			procedures?

					WESLEY
			What do you think it means?

					GEORDI
			I'm not sure, Wes. I suppose he
			could've been too busy... maybe
			he saw something was wrong...

					WESLEY
			Without communicating it? That
			doesn't sound like Data either.

					GEORDI
				(acknowledges)
			Which means maybe something was
			wrong with him. But there's no
			other indication of that. In
			anything he said or did during
			the mission. None.
				(beat)
			I'd sure like to talk to the last
			people who saw him alive.

36B  EXT. SPACE - THE JOVIS (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around a planet.

36C  INT. FAJO'S DEN

	Data is now wearing the clothes that Fajo provided. He
	reacts as he hears the door begin to slide open
	laughter and voices...

					TOFF (O.S.)
			Did I mention that I've added a
			Veltan sex idol to my
			collection...

					FAJO (O.S.)
				(casual)
			I have four of them.

    STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - ACT FIVE    31.

36D  NEW ANGLE

	on the door, losing Data, as they ENTER. Toff is
	patrician, well-tailored.

					TOFF
			With the pearls intact?

					FAJO
				(scoffs)
			The pearls were added by the
			Ferengi agents to increase the
			value. Veltans would never
			dishonor their gods with garish
			jewelry.

	Toff grunts... at just about the same time he sees
	Data... who is not looking at them... standing across
	the room rather stiffly by a wall.

					TOFF
			What... is that?
				(glances at Fajo)
			Something new? And you didn't
			tell me...

	Fajo suppresses his glee, moves toward Data...

					FAJO
			Mister Data, I'm delighted to see
			you have dressed for the occasion.
			Say hello to my very good friend
			Palor Toff...

	Data does not respond or even move a muscle. Eyes are
	frozen open. Varria reacts, what's he doing? Fajo
	has the barest first sign of irritation in his eyes...

					FAJO
			Come now, don't be shy... as if
			you could be shy...

	Nothing from Data.

					TOFF
			A mannequin of some sort?

					FAJO
			It is not a mannequin. It is
			Data... formerly Lieutenant
			Commander Data of the Federation
			Starfleet. The only sentient
			android in existence.

   STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/27/90 - ACT THREE   32.

36D  CONTINUED:

					TOFF
			It doesn't look particularly
			sentient right now...

					FAJO
			I fear he's playing a little game
			with us...

					TOFF
			Well, someone certainly has
			played a game on you, Fajo.

					FAJO
			I assure you it is the real thing.
				(to Varria)
			Tell him.

	Varria cannot help but be impressed with Data's passive
	resistance. She covers.

					VARRIA
			It is an android.
				(with a respectful
				 subtext)
			A most unusual one.

					TOFF
			Perhaps its batteries have run
			down. Did it come with a
			guarantee? I hope.

36DA	ANGLE (OPTICAL)

					FAJO
				(to Data)
			I am not amused. I demand you
			behave normally.
				(beat)
			Dammit, I know you can hear me!

	As he gets too close in his anger, the aura is briefly
	activated and from the impact, Data tips over and
	falls with a hard clank to the floor, like a suit of
	armor.

					TOFF
			He falls well.

					FAJO
			I apologize for this.

   STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT THREE   33.

36DA	CONTINUED:

					TOFF
			Don't be silly, my friend. I'm
			having a delightful visit.

	He takes Varria's arm and moves toward the door.

					TOFF
				(sexual innuendo)
			Come along, Varria. You're much
			more fun to play with than Fajo's
			new toy.

36E  ANGLE - DATA'S FACE IN THE FOREGROUND

	Fajo leans down to Data.

					FAJO
			You will regret it.

	As they EXIT... and the door slides shut... and Data
	raises an eyebrow...

37   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker, Wesley at Conn, Worf at Ops, supernumerary at
	tactical.

					WESLEY
			Entering the Beta Agni system,
			Commander.

					RIKER
			Slow to impulse, Mister Crusher.

	Picard ENTERS from his Ready Room.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge to bridge.

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Commander.

									INTERCUT:

37A  INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi working at one of the consoles.

   STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT THREE   34.

37A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Captain, a class two probe has
			been loaded with the hytritium
			compound and is ready to launch.

					PICARD
			Acknowledged.

					WESLEY
			Approaching Beta Agni Two.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher, take us into a
			close orbit. Mister Data, scan
			the --

	A hush falls over the bridge as everyone reacts to
	this.

					PICARD
			My apologies, Mister Worf. Scan
			the colony's subsurface water.

					WORF
			Scanning... Tricyanate
			contamination is confirmed.
			Levels approaching forty-two parts
			per million.

					RIKER
			Area affected?

					WORF
			Thirty square kilometers.

					PICARD
			Any indication of the source?

					WORF
			Highest concentration is eight
			kilometers west of the colony.

					RIKER
			Adjust target coordinates.

					WESLEY
			Aye, Commander.

   STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT THREE   35.

37A  CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Captain, based on these figures,
			the eighty kilos of hytritium we
			have should be enough to
			neutralize the contamination.

					WESLEY
			We're approaching the target
			coordinates.

					PICARD
			Launch probe.

38   OMITTED

39   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	orbiting a blue-green planet.

	The HYTRITIUM PROBE is jettisoned from the aft launcher
	like a photon torpedo. It arcs to the surface and is
	lost in the clouds.

40   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Worf checks his console.

					WORF
			Probe on target. Hytritium
			entering water table...
			disbursement slightly faster than
			expected.
				(frowning)
			Sir... something unusual.

					PICARD
			Specify.

					WORF
			I'm getting concentrated
			tricyanate readings of seventy
			grams per cubic centimeter at the
			source coordinates. Much higher
			than would normally occur.

					RIKER
			Any theories, Mister Worf... ?

   STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/27/90 - ACT THREE   36.

40   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Possibly the result of seismic
			activity.

					PICARD
			Computer, report on geologic
			instability on Beta Agni Two.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			No significant geological activity
			has been recorded on Beta Agni Two
			since the settlement of the
			Federation colony.

					RIKER
			Another theory, Mister Worf?

	Worf shakes his head.

					PICARD
			Number One, perhaps you should
			take an away team down and have
			a closer look.

					RIKER
			Yes, sir.
				(to Com)
			Doctor Crusher, report to
			Transporter Room Three.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			On my way.

					RIKER
			Mister Worf... ?

	Riker and Worf EXIT.

41   INT. FAJO'S DEN

	Fajo ENTERS, controlled seething. Data is standing,
	sees that Fajo is alone, resumes his animation.

					FAJO
			Our relationship is about to
			change.

					DATA
			You may expect me to use every
			means at my disposal to resist
			your wishes.

   STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT THREE   36A.

41   CONTINUED:

					FAJO
			No, from now on, you will comply.
			You will not argue. You will
			begin by sitting in your chair.

	Data does not move.

					FAJO
			Sit!

   STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - ACT THREE   37.

41   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I do not intend to sit in the
			chair.

					FAJO
			You will. You don't believe it
			yet. But you will.

	He goes to a wall safe with a combination lock... and
	opens it... takes out a nasty looking hand weapon which
	we will call a disruptor.

					FAJO
			Have you ever seen one of these,
			Data?

					DATA
			I do not recognize it.

					FAJO
			I'm not surprised. This is the
			prototype of the Varon-T
			disruptor.

					DATA
				(reacts)
			The Varon-T disruptor is banned
			in the Federation.

					FAJO
			Yes. Only five were ever
			manufactured. I own four. I
			sleep with one under my pillow.
			I sleep very well knowing it's
			there.

					DATA
			It is a most lethal weapon.

					FAJO
			Oh, it's much more than lethal,
			Data. It's vicious. It tears
			a body from the inside out, quite
			slowly by phaser standards, a
			tortuous, painful death.
				(beat, pointed)
			I've always wanted to try it.

   STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - ACT THREE   38.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I am prepared to die. However,
			I doubt very much that you would
			destroy me since you assign so
			much value to possessing me.

					FAJO
			That goes without saying.

	He walks to the com panel.

					FAJO
				(to com)
			Please. Come in.

	The door opens and Varria ENTERS, awaits her orders.

					FAJO
			Sit down, my dear. Right here
			on the sofa.

	She does.

					FAJO
			How long have you been with me,
			Varria?

					VARRIA
			Fourteen years.

					FAJO
			Fourteen wonderful years. She
			was barely an adult when I found
			her. Idealistic. Naive. Full
			of dreams. And I made all her
			dreams come true. Didn't I? At
			a slight cost of course. She had
			to lose all those pesky ideals.
			But then maybe that was what made
			these years so wonderful, watching
			her lose them one by one until
			none were left.

	She stares at Fajo. Why are you doing this?

					FAJO
			I'm going to miss you.

	He raises the disruptor and aims it at her. Fear fills
	her face.

   STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - ACT THREE   39.

42   OMITTED

42A  DATA

	reacts.

43   FAJO

	determined.

					DATA (O.S.)
			Fajo...

	Fajo turns to see --

44
thru	OMITTED
45

46   ANGLE - DATA

	for the first time is sitting in his chair. Fajo drops
	his aim. On his pleased look at Data...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                        

    STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/27/90 - ACT FOUR    40.

                           ACT FOUR                            

	FADE IN:

47   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	orbiting Beta Agni Two.

47A  INT. BETA AGNI TWO CAVE (OPTICAL)

	The walls shimmer slightly from reflective mineral
	deposits... there are purple crystals scattered around
	the cave (golf ball size) ... a stream of water runs
	through. Riker, Beverly and Worf MATERIALIZE. Worf
	and Beverly take out their tricorders and scan the
	water.

					BEVERLY
			The contamination has been
			neutralized. Water's clean.

					WORF
			Most curious.
				(off Riker's look)
			The process of neutralization
			should have taken several hours.
			Naturally occuring tricyanate
			doesn't respond this quickly.

					RIKER
			Are you saying this was not
			naturally occuring?

					WORF
				(adjusts tricorder)
			There are no natural trace
			elements present in these
			tricyanate crystals.

	They react.

    STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT FOUR    41.

47A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			If it's artificial, then we're
			talking about sabotage.

					BEVERLY
			With tricyanate? That's hard to
			believe.
				(off Riker's look)
			It's slow to assimilate,
			difficult to replicate, and hard
			to transport. There are a lot
			easier ways to poison a water
			supply. A lot more effective ways
			too. Toxins that can't be
			neutralized. Bacteriologic agents
			with no cures at all.

					RIKER
			Can you think of any reason why
			a saboteur might choose
			tricyanate?

					BEVERLY
			Not really.
				(beat; well, maybe... )
			It might pass for a natural
			disaster. And since there's only
			one way to treat it... with
			hytritium, maybe someone figured
			we wouldn't locate any... it is
			hard to come by.

   STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT FOUR   41A.

47A  CONTINUED: (2)

	A long pause.

					RIKER
			You know it really was lucky,
			wasn't it... ?
				(off their look)
			That we were able to find
			hytritium when we did. Just
			enough hytritium for this crisis.

	Off their reactions...

48   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Beverly and Geordi.

    STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/27/90 - ACT FOUR    42.

48   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Fajo showed up in the right place
			at the right time... just when
			we needed him the most...

					PICARD
			You're suggesting he created the
			problem just to solve it?

					RIKER
			Possibly.

					GEORDI
			To make a profit from his sale
			of hytritium... ?

					BEVERLY
			That doesn't add up. The cost
			of producing tricyanate is too
			expensive. He wouldn't make a
			profit... quite the contrary.

					WORF
			Then, why would he do it?

					RIKER
			What could he want?

	Geordi is the first to suspect... he looks at Riker...
	the silent communication passes through the room.

					PICARD
			Computer, biographical file on
			trader Kivas Fajo.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Accessing file... Kivas Fajo: A
			Zibalian trader of the Stacius
			trade guild... a noted
			collector...

48A  FACES - REACTIONS

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(continuing)
			... of rare and valuable objects
			including the Rejac Crystal, The
			Starry Night by Van Gogh and
			the Lawmim Galactopedia...
			educated on Iraatan Five...

    STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/27/90 - ACT FOUR    43.

48A  CONTINUED:

	And Picard is calmly furious...

					PICARD
			Computer, that will suffice.

					RIKER
			A rare and valuable object...

					GEORDI
			If Data wasn't on the shuttle...

					PICARD
				(keys insignia)
			Mister Crusher...

					WESLEY'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir...

					PICARD
			Set course for the site of the
			shuttlepod explosion. Warp eight.

	Reactions around the table and...

49   INT. FAJO'S DEN - NIGHT

	Data sits on the framework chair in the center of the
	collection. Varria ENTERS alone. She pauses at the
	door, looks at Data.

					VARRIA
			He would have killed me.

					DATA
			It seemed a distinct possibility.

					VARRIA
			I'm sorry I did this to you.

	And it's awkward for her, because she is here on an
	assignment... a beat as she crosses to him.

					VARRIA
			You can stand up if you want to.

	He doesn't.

					VARRIA
			You're... you're not what I
			thought you'd be...

    STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT FOUR    44.

49   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			What did you expect?

					VARRIA
			A machine. A robot, I guess.
			Not anything so... well almost
			human.

					DATA
			Thank you.

	She moves closer to him, attempts to smile... and
	there's a beginning of sexual tension here... She
	looks down at the floor... looks back up like she's
	having hard time with this.

					DATA
			Is something troubling you,
			Varria?

	A beat as she switches off the belt protector, leans
	over and kisses Data on the lips. Data never closes
	his eyes of course. Her lip trembles.

					VARRIA
			Your lips. They're warm.

					DATA
			Thirty-seven degrees Celsius.
			Adjustable. I chose this
			temperature to approximate human
			skin texture.

					VARRIA
			How human are you?

					DATA
			Physically, I am capable of
			performing many human functions.
			However, I have no emotional
			responses.

					VARRIA
			You're not the first man I've
			known like that.

	A beat.

					VARRIA
			Have you ever made love, Data?

        STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/25/90 - ACT FOUR        45.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I have had one sexual encounter.
			But I am incapable of making love
			as you describe it since I cannot
			feel love.

	She looks hard at him... with a dramatic motion, she
	removes her safety belt. It drops to the floor.

					VARRIA
			Would you... do it with me?

	Another beat.

					DATA
			Why?

					VARRIA
				(embarrassed)
			Why not?

					DATA
			It is an act that symbolizes the
			highest level of intimacy between
			beings. I have told you that I
			am unable to feel intimacy. I
			find it difficult to accept that
			you could have intimate feelings
			toward me under these conditions.
			Therefore you are either simply
			curious. Or you have been sent
			by Kivas Fajo to test my sexual
			abilities.

					FAJO'S COM VOICE
			You are just too smart for your
			own good, android.

	They react.

					FAJO'S COM VOICE
			I was hoping to see a little
			spontaneity but obviously neither
			one of you is capable of it. This
			mating dance is really quite dull.
			We'll try it again tomorrow. You
			may leave, Varria.

	Varria is completely humiliated. She exchanges a look
	with Data. A tear rolls down her cheek. She EXITS.
	On Data's reaction...

        STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT FOUR        46.

50   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At warp.

51   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - SCIENCE STATION (OPTICAL)

	Wesley, Picard, Riker at a monitor with an Okudagram
	graphic of the sector...

					WESLEY
			The Jovis has a maximum speed of
			warp three. He's had twenty-three
			hours... so we can define a
			perimeter of point-one-oh-two
			light years as his possible
			range...

					RIKER
			And Fajo doesn't know we're onto
			him, so he probably isn't taxing
			his engines by going at top speed.

					WESLEY
			He could have made it to the Nel
			Bato system... maybe even the
			Giles Belt...

					PICARD
			He's a trader... he doesn't
			attract customers by being hard
			to find...

					RIKER
			We could put out a coded level
			two query to all Federation
			ouposts within the perimeter...

					PICARD
			Make it so.

51A  EXT. SPACE - THE JOVIS (OPTICAL)

	Moving through space at impulse.

        STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT FOUR       46A.

52
thru	OMITTED
56

57   INT. FAJO'S DEN

	Data is at the safe... his fingers moving beyond
	belief through varied combination attempts... reacts
	as the door slides open...

        STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT FOUR        47.

57   CONTINUED: (2)

	Varria ENTERS... not wearing the belt... checks behind
	her, makes sure she hasn't been seen. She moves to
	Data... a beat.

					VARRIA
			If I help you escape... will you
			take me with you?

	Data hesitates, studies her...

					VARRIA
				(continuing)
			This is not another test. He's
			asleep. And there isn't much
			time...

	Data stands.

					DATA
			The consequences to you if we're
			caught...

					VARRIA
			I know the consequences.

	She moves purposefully to the safe... opening the
	combination --

					VARRIA
				(continuing; re: the
				 combination)
			Fourteen years... you learn a few
			things...

	She takes out the disruptor.

					VARRIA
				(continuing)
			There's an escape pod in the aft
			cargo bay...

	And as she leads him out...

58
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59
									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT FIVE        48.

                           ACT FIVE                            

	FADE IN:

59A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At warp.

59B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Wesley at their stations...
	supernumerary at tactical.

					WORF
			Sir, affirmative response from
			station Lya Four...

	Riker and Picard move to a console... Riker punches
	up a monitor... a message prints out quickly on the
	monitor...

					RIKER
			Fajo spent almost half a day in
			orbit... departed just over seven
			hours ago.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher, new
			coordinates... set a course for
			Lya Four...

					WESLEY
			Coordinates already laid in,
			sir...

					PICARD
			Engage.

59C  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Changing course.

        STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/27/90 - ACT FIVE        49.

60   INT. JOVIS CARGO BAY

	Deserted... the door slides open and Varria and Data
	enter... cross quickly across the bay...

					DATA
			Perhaps if I attempted to
			communicate with the Enterprise...

					VARRIA
			You can't... Fajo has
			communications access restricted
			to the bridge. Once we're out,
			the shuttlepod will emit an
			emergency beacon. We'll have to
			hope somebody responds before
			Fajo is able to destroy us.

					DATA
			I have been trained in evasive
			maneuvers...

					VARRIA
			We'll need a few.
				(points to the shuttle)
			Get ready... As soon as I
			initiate the escape sequence, an
			alarm will sound... we won't have
			much time...

	Data acknowledges... and they split up. He goes to the
	pod and gets in the pilot seat... we move with her to
	the computer-control terminal... punches in a series of
	commands... saves one for last, looks at Data --

	He nods he's ready. She punches in the last command
	and all hell breaks loose... alarms sound, lights
	flash... she barely moves away from the computer port
	when the door slides open and TECH #1 runs in... she
	raises the disruptor, points it at him... he reacts,
	freezes in his tracks. She moves quickly toward the
	pod... keeping an eye on him as she does...

61   ANGLE

	to see a SECOND TECHNICIAN entering from her blind
	side... he reacts...

        STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT FIVE        50.

61A  DATA

	sees him...

					DATA
				(warning)
			Varria...

	But before he can say anything else...

62   VARRIA

	is blind-sided by the technician... She struggles with
	him... he easily disarms her...

62A  THE DISRUPTOR

	falls to the floor...

62B  DATA

	jumps out of the pod...

63   TECHNICIAN #1

	runs to the computer bay to stop the launch
	sequence...

        STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/27/90 - ACT FIVE        51.

64
thru	OMITTED
64B

65   DATA

	moves swiftly to aide Varria... grabs Technician #2,
	separating him from Varria, picks him up in the air
	easily... tosses him aside.

66   OMITTED

66A  TECH #1

	at the computer, reacts, picks up a heavy tool, rushes
	Data... swings the tool which Data simply catches in
	one hand, pulls it free, tosses it away... pushes him
	out of the way.

66B  ANGLE

	Tech #1 slides way across the floor from Data's push.

66C  VARRIA

	runs back toward the computer to reset the escape
	sequence, but as she does...

67   FAJO

	appears... and it all happens so quickly:

67A  VARRIA - QUICK CUT

	reacts as she sees Fajo... looks over to see --

67B  THE DISRUPTOR - QUICK CUT

	she dropped on the floor... several yards away... and
	maybe she has one chance at it...

67C  HER EYES - QUICK CUT

	dart back at Fajo.

        STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT FIVE       51A.

67D  FAJO'S EYES - QUICK CUT

	narrow.

67E  HIS HAND - QUICK CUT

	holding another disruptor, starting to raise...

68   DATA - QUICK CUT

	reaching out to...

68A  VARRIA

	who's already beyond his grasp... diving to the floor
	for her disruptor... and she comes up short...
	scrambles to get to it... but with each move realizes
	she's too late... and finally stops, looks back at
	Fajo... almost a resigned smile on her face... and then
	oddly everything just seems to stop for a long beat...

        STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/27/90 - ACT FIVE        52.

69   WIDE (OPTICAL)

	Fajo holds the disruptor on Varria... they look at each
	other... he sighs, shrugs, fires. She screams a
	horrible scream... slowly DEMATERIALIZES... the scream
	echoes after she's gone. Data is stunned. Stares at
	Fajo. Fajo himself is a little shaken by what he's
	done.

					FAJO
			This is your fault. You knew the
			price for disobedience. And so
			did she.

	Fajo tosses his weapon away, repulsed by the violence
	he has committed... trying to walk away from it.
	Calming himself down. Nods to himself. Yes, it was
	the right thing to do.

					FAJO
			Well, there's always another
			Varria.

70   ANGLE ON DATA (OPTICAL)

	looking at Fajo for a beat. Then, Data moves to the
	disruptor and picks it up. The trader is surprised
	for a moment... perhaps there is even an instant of
	fear, but then he smiles.

					FAJO (cont'd)
			You can't hurt me.

	Data aims the disruptor at Fajo.

					FAJO (cont'd)
			A fundamental respect for all
			living beings. That is what you
			said. I'm a living being...
			therefore you cannot harm me.

	Data moves toward Fajo.

					DATA
			You will surrender yourself to
			the authorities.

	Fajo laughs.

					FAJO
			Or what? You'll fire?

        STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/27/90 - ACT FIVE        53.

70   CONTINUED:

	Data continues to approach Fajo.

					FAJO (cont'd)
			An empty threat and we both know
			it.

	Data holds his aim true.

					FAJO (cont'd)
			Accept your fate. You will return
			to your chair and you will sit
			there. You will entertain me and
			you will entertain my guests.
			And if you do not, I will simply
			kill somebody else...
				(re: the dazed techs,
				 watching)
			Him or him maybe... anyone, it
			does not matter... and their blood
			will be on your hands too... just
			like poor Varria's.

	Data continues to move toward Fajo. Who smiles
	confidently.

					FAJO (cont'd)
			Your only alternative, Data, is
			to fire. Murder me. That's all
			you have to do. Go ahead. All
			your troubles are over. Fire.
			Are you searching through your
			program for a loophole, perhaps?
			Is there one? If only you could
			feel rage over Varria's death...
			feel the need for revenge... then
			maybe you could fire. But you're
			only an android. You don't feel
			anything, do you? It's just
			another interesting intellectual
			puzzle for you. Another of life's
			curiosities.

	Data stops before him...

					DATA
			I cannot permit this to continue.

	He raises the weapon. Fajo's eyes open with unexpected
	fear... He suddenly realizes he's about to die.

        STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/27/90 - ACT FIVE       53A.

70   CONTINUED: (2)

					FAJO
			You can't. Your program won't
			allow it. You cannot fire. You
			will not...

	Suddenly Data DEMATERIALIZES.

70A
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70B

71   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Riker and O'Brien await Data's arrival. O'Brien frowns
	at his console; it's reading something odd.

					O'BRIEN
			I'm reading a weapon in transit
			with Commander Data. It seems
			to have discharged, sir.

					RIKER
			Discharged... ?

					O'BRIEN
			I'm deactivating the weapon.

	His hands play over the controls. Finally Data
	MATERIALIZES, holding the disruptor. He looks at it.

					RIKER
			Welcome back, Mister Data. Are
			you all right?

        STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/27/90 - ACT FIVE        54.

71   CONTINUED:

	Walks off the transporter pad.

					DATA
			Yes, Commander. Please arrange
			to take Kivas Fajo into custody
			for murder, kidnapping, theft...

					RIKER
				(interrupting)
			Arrangements have already been
			made.

	Data hands the disruptor to Riker...

					DATA
			A Varon-T disruptor. It belongs
			to Fajo.

					RIKER
				(curious)
			Mister O'Brien says the weapon
			was in a state of discharge...

        STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT FIVE       54A.

71   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(beat)
			Perhaps something happened during
			transport, Commander.

	Riker gives Data a look -- during transport? Data
	gives Riker a look right back... that's all I'm going
	to say.

        STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT FIVE        55.

72   OMITTED

73   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	by the Jovis.

74   INT. ENTERPRISE DETENTION CELL (OPTICAL)

	Kivas Fajo, in the cell, paces the floor. He seems
	more annoyed than angry.

	Data ENTERS, once again in uniform.

					FAJO
			So. Have you come for your final
			satisfaction? You wish me to
			repent? Beg for mercy? You'll
			have none of it from me.

					DATA
			I expected none.

					FAJO
			It seems our roles are reversed...
			aren't they, Data... you are now
			the collector... and I...

	He puts his hand to the forcefield and activates it.

					FAJO
			... am in your cage.

					DATA
			So it seems.

					FAJO
			Do not count me out so quickly.
			I had you once. I may have you
			back in my collection again.

					DATA
			Unlikely. Your collection has
			been confiscated pending your
			trial. All of your stolen
			possessions are being returned
			to their rightful owners.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "The Most Toys" - REV. 2/26/90 - ACT FIVE 56-57.       

74   CONTINUED:

					DATA (Cont'd)
			You have lost everything you
			value.

	And, as Data said, as a man who defines himself by what
	he can possess, this news is hard to endure.

					FAJO
				(bitterly)
			I'm sure that gives you great
			pleasure.

					DATA
			No, sir, it does not. I do not
			feel pleasure. I am only an
			android.

	Data EXITS. On Fajo's expression...

75
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80
									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT FIVE                         

                           THE END                             






                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                            "Sarek" 
                          #40273-171 
                              
                 From an unpublished story by 
                  Marc Cushman & Jake Jacobs 
                              
                Television Story & Teleplay by 
                        Peter S. Beagle 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1990 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                        FINAL DRAFT
 
                       MARCH 5, 1990

              STAR TREK: "Sarek" - 3/5/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                            "Sarek" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             SAREK
                RIKER              PERRIN
                DATA               SAKKATH
                BEVERLY            KI MENDROSSEN
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             

                O'BRIEN            
                SCIENCE CREWMEMBER 

                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  SEVERAL CREWMEMBERS
                  MUSICIANS          
                  MEDICAL TECHNICIAN 
                  INJURED CREWPERSON 
                  HONOR GUARD (4)    

               STAR TREK: "Sarek" 3/5/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                            "Sarek" 
                               
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              CONFERENCE ROOM
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              CORRIDOR
              TURBOLIFT
              TEN-FORWARD
              BEVERLY'S OFFICE
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              SAREK'S GUEST QUARTERS
              SHIP'S THEATRE

       STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/8/90 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                            "Sarek" 
                        
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              BENDII                 BEN-die
              CORIDAN                CORE-ah-don
              KI MENDROSSEN          KEY men-DROH-zhen
              LEGARANS               leh-GAIR-uns
              PERRIN                 PER-in
              SAKKATH                SAK-uth
              SAREK                  SAR (rhymes with FAR)-eck

         STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/15/90 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                            "Sarek"                                 
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is in orbit around a red/brown planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43917.4
			The Enterprise has been given the
			singular honor of hosting the
			first face to face meeting between
			the Federation and the mysterious
			race of beings known as the
			Legarans. We are in orbit around
			Vulcan preparing to welcome aboard
			the Federation ambassador that
			has made this historic event
			possible.

2    INT. CORRIDOR

	PICARD and RIKER are walking to the Transporter Room.
	They are in dress uniforms.

					RIKER
				(slightly awed)
			I can remember studying his career
			in school... the treaty of Alpha
			Cygnus Nine, the Coridan admission
			to the Federation, the Klingon
			Alliance...

					PICARD
			I met him once... Many years ago,
			just briefly at his son's wedding.
				(smiles at memory)
			But I'll tell you it was quite
			a moment for a young lieutenant.
			Standing in the presence of such
			history... I was a little
			tongue-tied to be quite frank...

					RIKER
			You... tongue-tied?

         STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/15/90 - TEASER         2.

2    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Indeed. After all, how does one
			make small talk with a man who
			has virtually shaped the
			Federation...

					RIKER
			Is it true that he'll be
			retiring after this mission?

					PICARD
			Unofficially, that's what I hear.
			And what a crowning achievement
			this will be to his career. The
			benefits of relations with the
			Legarans are incalculable.

	They have arrived at the Transporter Room.

3    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	There are FOUR CREWMEMBERS forming an honor guard on
	either side of the transporter stage. They stand at
	attention. O'BRIEN is at the console, as KI MENDROSSEN
	(a human -- fifty-five, stocky, comp), and SAKKATH (A
	Vulcan, early twenties) MATERIALIZE on the pads. They
	step off.

					MENDROSSEN
			Ah... Captain Picard. I am Ki
			Mendrossen, the ambassador's chief
			of staff. This is Sakkath, his
			personal assistant.

					PICARD
			Has the ambassador been delayed?

            STAR TREK: "Sarek" - 3/5/90 - TEASER            3.

3    CONTINUED:

					MENDROSSEN
			He will be joining us momentarily.
			But first we must discuss some
			matters of the utmost delicacy.

	Picard and Riker exchange a quick look. What's going
	on?

					PICARD
			By all means.

					MENDROSSEN
			To be frank Captain, the
			ambassador is not a young man.
			He tires easily.

					SAKKATH
			He is going to need a great deal
			of rest to prepare himself for
			the difficult job that awaits him.

					MENDROSSEN
			Which is why it's imperative that
			he be allowed to conserve his
			strength. I must request that
			you dispense with any official
			ceremonies you would normally
			accord a visitor of his rank.

					RIKER
			We had planned for a ship's
			concert this evening.

					PICARD
			Yes, I believe that the ambassador
			is extremely fond of Mozart.

	Mendrossen reluctantly shakes his head.

					MENDROSSEN
			I'm afraid it would be impossible
			for him to attend. Upon his
			arrival he will be taken directly
			to his quarters where he will
			remain in seclusion until we reach
			Legara Four.

					PICARD
			You have my assurance that the
			ambassador will not be disturbed
			during our voyage.

          STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/6/90 - TEASER          4.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

	Mendrossen relaxes, an ingratiating smile.

					MENDROSSEN
			That's all we ask. Well, now...
			that's settled. The ambassador
			is waiting.

	Picard nods to O'Brien who works his controls.

4    TRANSPORTER (OPTICAL)

	SAREK and his wife, PERRIN (a human) MATERIALIZE.
	Sarek is indeed old, but immensely commanding. A
	genuinely regal figure. Perrin is much younger -- about
	Picard's age -- poised and charming, with an immediate
	warmth about her.

					PICARD
			Welcome aboard the Enterprise
			Ambassador Sarek.

					SAREK
			We come to serve.

					PICARD
			Your service honors us.

					SAREK
			Allow me to present she who is
			my wife.

					PICARD
			Mrs. Sarek.

					PERRIN
			Please call me Perrin, Captain.

					PICARD
			This is my first officer,
			Commander Riker.

	Riker and Sarek exchange nods.

					PERRIN
			Captain, if you'd be so kind as
			to show us to our quarters.

					SAREK
			I prefer to view the conference
			room first.

          STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/6/90 - TEASER          5.

4    CONTINUED:

	Mendrossen moves closer to Sarek.

					MENDROSSEN
			Ambassador, I'm sure Sakkath and
			I can handle all the necessary
			details...

					SAREK
			I will examine it for myself.

	An awkward moment as Mendrossen and Perrin exchange
	a brief glance.

					PERRIN
			Dear, perhaps it would be best
			if we settled in first.

	Sarek silences her with a look.

					SAREK
			They worry about my health,
			Captain. Too much.
				(a beat)
			You will take me to the conference
			room, please.

	And there's no doubt that he means it.

					RIKER
			If you'll follow me, sir.

	Mendrossen and Sakkath close in behind Sarek as Riker
	leads them out of the Transporter Room. Perrin looks
	back and smiles at Picard in gracious apology.

5    CLOSE ON PICARD

	Things haven't gone at all the way he expected. He
	doesn't look troubled, exactly -- only wondering...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

            STAR TREK: "Sarek" - 3/5/90 - ACT ONE            6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

6    INT. CONFERENCE ROOM

	The room is currently dominated by a large bulky tank
	about chest high containing a gaseous/liquid revolting
	mixture. GEORDI, WESLEY, and a few SUPERNUMERARIES
	are busily connecting a complicated series of pipes
	and cables around the tank. There are a few pictures
	on the walls and a generic table with chairs. Wesley
	peers into the tank with disgust.

					WESLEY
			Are the Legarans really going to
			sit in this stuff?

					GEORDI
			Well, I'm sure not.

					WESLEY
			Can you believe this smell?

					GEORDI
			What smell?

	Wesley looks up in surprise. Geordi laughs and Wesley
	gives him an abashed grin.

					GEORDI
			What can I say... to us it's a
			slime pit, to them it's home.

					WESLEY
				(a little eager)
			The environmental controls are
			ready. What's next?

					GEORDI
			Why? Are you in some kind of
			hurry?

					WESLEY
			I have... sort of a date.

					GEORDI
				(surprised)
			With who?

					WESLEY
				(shy, but proud)
			Ensign Dumont.

            STAR TREK: "Sarek" - 3/5/90 - ACT ONE            7.

6    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(whistles)
			That is one attractive lady. I've
			got to admit I'm surprised.

					WESLEY
				(grinning)
			What, that she'd go out with me?

					GEORDI
			No, that you had the nerve to ask
			her. Way to go Wesley.

	Sarek, Sakkath, Perrin, Picard and Riker ENTER. Sarek
	walks to the center of the room, looks things over and
	is immediately displeased. Sarek's attitude is
	irritated and he seems to grow more agitated by the
	moment.

					SAREK
			The room is not ready.

					PICARD
			No Ambassador. Commander La Forge
			and Ensign Crusher are---

					SAREK
			The Legarans are very sensitive
			in matters of protocol. You will
			remove all furniture from the
			room. The walls must be bare.

					MENDROSSEN
			I'm sure that by the time the
			Legarans arrive, everything will
			be set up according to our
			specifications. Isn't that right,
			Captain?

					PICARD
			Ambassador, please be assured that
			everything will be ready by the
			time the conference begins.

					PERRIN
			My husband and I have every
			confidence in you, Captain.

	Sarek continues to look over the room.

         STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/15/90 - ACT ONE         8.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

					SAREK
				(voice rises slightly)
			I have worked for ninety-three
			years in preparation for this
			meeting. It is vital that no
			detail be overlooked.

	Sakkath moves next to Sarek. As Sakkath looks at
	Sarek, there is a subtle change in Sarek's demeanor.
	He becomes more impassive, less irritated. The
	interaction between Sakkath and Sarek should not be
	immediately obvious.

					SAKKATH
			Perhaps we should allow these
			gentlemen to return to their work,
			Ambassador.

					SAREK
			That will be acceptable.

	Sarek leads the way back out of the room with Sakkath
	and Mendrossen. As he reaches the doorway Sarek pauses
	and looks at the wall.

					SAREK
			These walls are too bright.

	Sarek, Sakkath and Mendrossen EXIT.

         STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/15/90 - ACT ONE         9.

7    OMITTED

8    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship goes into warp.

9    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker (now in standard uniforms) at Command
	along with TROI. WORF at his station.

					TROI
			So what was the ambassador like?

					RIKER
			The way Mendrossen described him,
			I expected him to be a frail old
			man.

					PICARD
			I hope I'm that frail when I'm
			two hundred and two. His aides
			did seem a little overprotective,
			didn't they?

					RIKER
			From what I could see, the
			ambassador doesn't need to be
			protected from anything.

					PICARD
			Nevertheless, we will honor Mister
			Mendrossen's request and allow
			Ambassador Sarek his privacy.
				(beat, sighs)
			I suppose they were foolish and
			vain, my expectations of this
			voyage. Sharing his thoughts,
			his memories, his unique
			understanding of the history he
			has made...

					TROI
			Does this mean you're going to
			cancel the concert this evening?

					PICARD
			No, the concert will go on as
			scheduled. But it is a pity that
			the guest of honor will be absent.

        STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/15/90 - ACT ONE        9A.

9    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			For all we know, the ambassador
			might enjoy an evening's
			entertainment...

					TROI
				(to Picard)
			Why not ask his wife if she'd like
			to attend?

	Picard considers this for a beat. He nods.

           STAR TREK: "Sarek" - 3/5/90 - ACT ONE           10.

9    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I think that's an excellent idea.

	Riker smiles in approval. Picard stands.

					PICARD
			The bridge is yours, Number One.

	Picard heads for the turbolift.

10   INT. GUEST QUARTERS

	The door CHIMES. The blinds over the windows are
	closed. As Perrin moves toward the door, we can see
	that she looks very tired, almost exhausted. She
	presses the control panel and the door slides open,
	revealing Picard.

					PERRIN
			Come in, Captain.

					PICARD
			I hope I'm not intruding.

					PERRIN
			Not at all. But I'm afraid that
			Sarek is in meditation at the
			moment.

					PICARD
			Actually, I came to see you.

	Perrin leads him into the room.

					PERRIN
				(lightly)
			Why, how nice Captain. I so
			rarely get visitors of my own.
			Usually everyone wants to see the
			ambassador.

					PICARD
			I find that hard to believe.

	Perrin smiles at him warmly. She indicates a seat for
	the captain and they both sit down.

         STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT ONE         11.

10   CONTINUED:

					PERRIN
			These quarters are lovely.
				(beat)
			The ambassador and I were both
			very pleased when we heard that
			the negotiations would take place
			aboard the flagship of the
			Federation.

					PICARD
			The honor is ours.

					PERRIN
			My husband has followed your
			career with interest. He finds
			it to be satisfactory.

					PICARD
				(reacts with pleasure)
			High praise from a Vulcan.

					PERRIN
			Ah, then you have had experience
			with Vulcans, Captain. Some
			people who expect an emotional
			response often find Vulcans
			quite cold when they are merely
			being...

					PICARD
			Logical.

					PERRIN
			Exactly.

					PICARD
			I have come to extend my personal
			invitation to you... and your
			husband, if he is available, to
			attend a Mozart recital this
			evening.

	And now Perrin's face really brightens in anticipation.

					PERRIN
			Mozart? That would be wonderful.
			Any chance that they will be
			performing the string quartet
			number six?

					PICARD
			I'm sure it could be arranged.

           STAR TREK: "Sarek" - 3/5/90 - ACT ONE           12.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					PERRIN
			It's a very tempting offer...
				(looks over at door to
				 adjacent room)
			I doubt that the ambassador will
			be able to attend, but I will make
			it a point to ask him.

	Picard stands and Perrin escorts him to the door.

					PICARD
			Well, then I hope to see you
			tonight.

					PERRIN
			As do I.

	Picard EXITS.

11   CLOSE ON PERRIN

	as she turns away from the door. Her face clouds
	slightly as she moves toward the closed door to the
	adjacent room.

12   INT. SLEEPING QUARTERS

	Sarek is kneeling on a angled stool (like a computer
	stool). His eyes are wide open, and his expression is
	not calm and distant, but conscious and troubled.

13   ANGLE ON DOOR

	The door slides aside and Perrin ENTERS. The easy,
	light manner that she showed to Picard is gone. This
	is a deeply worried woman. She goes over to Sarek and
	puts her hand on his shoulder. Sarek looks up at her.

					PERRIN
			You are still unable to meditate?

					SAREK
			It is of no importance.

					PERRIN
			It has eluded you for many weeks.

	Sarek gets up, towers over his wife with a vague air of
	threat.

           STAR TREK: "Sarek" - 3/5/90 - ACT ONE           13.

13   CONTINUED:

					SAREK
				(low)
			I said, it is of no importance.

					PERRIN
				(not backing down)
			You know I am right.

					SAREK
			My wife, you will leave me now.
			I require solitude.

	There is a beat of silence as Perrin considers
	refusing. She thinks better of it, then EXITS. PUSH
	IN on Sarek... and we see a flicker of turmoil within.

14   INT. CONFERENCE ROOM

	Geordi and Wesley are still working on the tanks. The
	supernumeraries are no longer present. The pictures
	and furnishings seen earlier have been removed.

					WESLEY
			The temperature in the tank is
			now one hundred fifty degrees
			Celsius.

					GEORDI
			Okay, lock it off.

	Wesley works the control on the tank. He turns back to
	Geordi and his tone of voice suddenly becomes somewhat
	surly.

					WESLEY
			Is that it? Can I get out of
			here?

	And at first it just seems like kidding around...

					GEORDI
			What's your hurry? You don't
			really think something's gonna
			happen between you and Suzanne
			Dumont...

					WESLEY
			At least I'm not spending the
			night with a good book like some
			people...

           STAR TREK: "Sarek" - 3/5/90 - ACT ONE           14.

14   CONTINUED:

	And now slowly it begins to turn into something more...
	with just an edge --

					GEORDI
			What's that supposed to mean?

					WESLEY
			Just what it sounds like.

					GEORDI
			You'd get more action out of a
			good book than you'll ever see
			on this date, I guarantee it...
			she's not going to waste her time
			with someone like you.

	And now this is really getting nasty...

					WESLEY
			Someone like me?

					GEORDI
			She's way out of your league.

					WESLEY
			Since when did you become an
			expert on women?

					GEORDI
			Compared to you, every man on this
			ship is an expert on women.

					WESLEY
			At least I don't have to find my
			women in the Holodeck!

					GEORDI
				(deadly)
			What did you say?

					WESLEY
			You heard me!

	Wesley shoves Geordi hard. Geordi looks like he's
	going to take Wesley apart when...

15   NEW ANGLE

	Riker ENTERS. He looks at the two of them as they
	glare at each other.

           STAR TREK: "Sarek" - 3/5/90 - ACT ONE           15.

15   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Something wrong?

	They don't respond, but continue to stare at each
	other.

					RIKER
				(edge of command in
				 voice)
			I asked a question.

					GEORDI
			No, sir. Nothing wrong here.

					WESLEY
				(to Riker)
			May I be excused, Commander?

	Riker nods and Wesley EXITS. Riker looks at Geordi and
	his voice is a little less official.

					RIKER
			Anything you want to talk about,
			Geordi?

					GEORDI
			No, sir.

	Geordi returns to the tanks. On Riker's puzzled
	expression...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

         STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/8/90 - ACT TWO         16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

16   INT. SHIP'S THEATER

	The ship's concert has not yet begun, but
	SUPERNUMERARIES are filing into the room. On stage,
	a string quartet with DATA prominent among them, is
	tuning up.

17   OMITTED

18   ON PICARD AND RIKER

	as they ENTER and move to their seats.

					PICARD
			I noticed that Lieutenant Worf
			put Ensign D'Amato on report...
			for insubordination.

					RIKER
			D'Amato's been an exemplary
			officer.

	They sit. BEVERLY and TROI are seated nearby.

					PICARD
			Indeed he has. Look into it,
			Number One.
				(beat)
			I assume work has been progressing
			in the conference room?

					RIKER
			Yes, sir. I checked on Geordi
			and Wesley a few hours ago.
				(beat while he wonders
				 whether to mention it)
			For a moment there... I thought
			that the two of them were actually
			going to... hit one another.

         STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/6/90 - ACT TWO         17.

18   CONTINUED:

	Picard notices something o.s. and stands up.

19   NEW ANGLE

	including doorway. Sarek and Perrin have entered.
	Mendrossen is behind them and Sakkath is close by
	Sarek. Everyone in the theater stands.

	FOLLOW THEM as they walk over to where Picard and Riker
	are waiting.

					PICARD
			Ambassador Sarek, Perrin... on
			behalf of my entire crew, welcome.

	Picard and Perrin exchange a smile. Sarek notices
	this.

					SAREK
			It was my wife's suggestion that
			we attend... and it seemed an
			ideal diversion. My wife can be
			quite logical when she so chooses.

	Perrin only smiles wider.

					MENDROSSEN
				(jovially)
			It seems the ambassador had more
			free time than I anticipated.

	Picard waves over Data who walks over carrying his
	violin.

					PICARD
			This is Commander Data. He will
			be the featured soloist this
			evening.

					DATA
				(to Perrin)
			We will start the evening with
			Mozart's string quartet number
			six. I am programmed to reproduce
			the individual musical styles of
			over three hundred concert
			violinists, including Heifitz,
			Menuhin, Grak-tay and Tataglia.
			Do you have a preference?

         STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/6/90 - ACT TWO         18.

19   CONTINUED:

	Both Perrin and Sarek are impressed. Perrin looks to
	Sarek and he indicates that the choice is hers.

					PERRIN
			Tataglia would be lovely.

					DATA
			I hope you find the performance
			pleasing.

					PERRIN
			I look forward to it.

	Picard indicates their seats and turns to Data.

					PICARD
			At your convenience, Commander.

20   NEW ANGLE

	Data walks over to stage, nods to the other musicians
	and begins to play.

21   NEW ANGLE

	Perrin and Sarek appear to be concentrating on the
	music while Mendrossen and Sakkath keep stealing
	glances at Sarek.

									TIME CUT:

22   ANGLE ON STAGE

	The musicians are playing a new piece of music. Data
	is giving a perfect performance. This piece must be
	very emotional. (Note: it is the beauty of the
	music which creates the emotional response in the
	audience... a perhaps familiar melody that stirs
	memories.)

23   ANGLE ON CROWD

	We PAN across the gathered crewmen and we can see that
	they are caught up in the lovely music. END PAN on
	Sarek, who seems surprisingly moved.

         STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/6/90 - ACT TWO         19.

23A  ON TROI

	She is listening to the music. She suddenly senses
	something odd and looks around the room in puzzlement.

23B  NEW ANGLE

	on Mendrossen and Sakkath. Sakkath has noticed
	Sarek's change of mood and is leaning over to whisper
	something to Mendrossen. They look at Sarek with
	alarm. Mendrossen tries to get Perrin's attention in
	front of him, cannot do it...

23C  ON SAREK

	getting very caught up in the moment.

23D
thru	OMITTED
23H

23I  ECU - SAREK'S EYE

	as a tear begins to form.

23J  SAKKATH - CU

	straining with his mind, trying to reach out
	telepathically to Sarek.

23K  ANGLE - SAREK

	in the foreground, Picard behind him... Picard (or for
	that matter any other member of the crew) cannot see
	Sarek's face from his angle, so he is unaware of what's
	happening... although he may respond to some movement
	in Sarek's party.

23L  THE TEAR

	rolls slowly down Sarek's cheek.

23M  ON PERRIN

	who glances over and sees the tear... a second of panic
	crosses her eyes, then she quickly leans over and
	whispers something to her husband, using the excuse to
	try and wipe...

        STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/15/90 - ACT TWO        20.

23N  CLOSE - SAREK'S CHEEK

	but the tear just escapes her touch and...

23O  PICARD'S EYES

	glance toward Sarek and Perrin whispering...

23P  ANGLE - PICARD'S POV - SAREK'S PROFILE

	backlit by the stage lights... as the tear drop
	glistens.

23Q  PICARD - CLOSE

	reacts.

23R  ANGLE

	as Perrin and Sarek stand and leave.

23S  ON TROI

	as she watches them leave.

23T  ON PICARD

	thinking about what's just happened.

24
thru	OMITTED
25

25A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship still at warp.

26   OMITTED

27   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE

	Wesley ENTERS. Beverly is drinking tea and reading
	a medical journal on the terminal.

        STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/15/90 - ACT TWO        21.

27   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Hi Mom. I got a message you
			wanted to see me?

					BEVERLY
			I thought you were going to be
			at the concert last night.

					WESLEY
			I said I might be going. Suzanne
			wanted to go to the arboretum.

	Wesley is unconcerned at this point. Beverly, however,
	is starting a slow burn.

					BEVERLY
			Captain Picard asked where you
			were. I don't like having to make
			excuses for you.

					WESLEY
				(surprised)
			Excuses? Come on, Mom... it
			wasn't an official function.

	Wesley picks up some small art object from a table and
	starts to absently toy with it. Beverly grabs it from
	him.

					BEVERLY
			You have responsibilities young
			man and I expect you to live up
			to them!

           STAR TREK: "Sarek" - 3/5/90 - ACT TWO           22.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			Don't you think you're
			overreacting a little?

					BEVERLY
			Don't talk back to me!

					WESLEY
				(hurt)
			Okay, I won't.

	Wesley turns and tries to leave. Beverly grabs him
	and yanks him back.

					BEVERLY
			Where do you think you're going?

					WESLEY
				(strong)
			Away from you.

	Beverly slaps him hard. Wesley is clearly shocked.

					WESLEY
			Mom!

	There is a long beat as Beverly realizes what she's
	done. As they stand there in silence, staring at each
	other, it is hard to say which one is more hurt or
	shocked.

28   OMITTED

28A  INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	Troi and Beverly are discussing the incident in
	Beverly's quarters.

	Beverly is extremely upset and is pacing around the
	room.

					BEVERLY
			... and then I just slapped him.
			Really hard.
				(incredulous)
			I slapped Wesley.

					TROI
			Do you know why you did it?

         STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/8/90 - ACT TWO         23.

28A  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(on the verge of tears)
			I never hit my son in his life.

					TROI
				(soothing, yet with
				 trace of urgency)
			Beverly, this is important. What
			were you thinking when you hit
			Wes?

					BEVERLY
				(thinks for a beat)
			That's just it... I wasn't
			thinking about anything. I was...
			just angry... so angry.

					TROI
			And Wesley didn't provoke you in
			any way? It wasn't anything he
			said, anything he did?

					BEVERLY
			No. It was a sudden... burst of
			anger. I still can't believe I
			did it.

	Beverly sits on the couch and puts her head in her
	hands. Troi comes over to her and tries to comfort
	her.

					TROI
			I don't know why you did it either,
			Beverly. But I can tell you that
			I've heard the same kind of story
			from ten different people in the
			past two days.

	Off Beverly's reaction.

29   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	A few hours later. Data is giving Sakkath a tour of
	the bridge.

         STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/6/90 - ACT TWO         24.

29   CONTINUED:

					SAKKATH
				(looks at center
				 stations)
			This is your Command Center.

					DATA
			Yes. It is normally occupied by
			Captain Picard, Commander Riker,
			and Counselor Troi.

					SAKKATH
			Counselor Troi is Betazoid?

           STAR TREK: "Sarek" - 3/5/90 - ACT TWO           25.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Half-Betazoid. Her father was
			human.

	A slight frown crosses Sakkath's features.

					SAKKATH
			Then she is not a true telepath?

					DATA
			Her skills are empathic in nature.
			She can sense the emotions of
			other beings.

	Sakkath's frown deepens slightly at this news. He
	seems troubled by something, but his Vulcan reserve
	makes even this observation difficult. Sakkath
	continues after a momentary pause.

					SAKKATH
			What is Captain Picard's
			background in diplomacy?

					DATA
				(surprised)
			Extensive. The captain's first
			diplomatic contact dates back to
			Stardate---

					SAKKATH
			And what of his knowledge of the
			Legarans? Would he be able to
			conduct negotiations with the
			Legarans should the need arise?

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			Do you foresee such a circumstance
			occurring? Is Ambassador Sarek
			unable to --

					SAKKATH
				(smoothly)
			Forgive me. I was merely
			exploring various possible
			permutations of our mission.
				(beat)
			Your tour of the bridge has been
			most informative.

	Sakkath heads for the turbolift and then EXITS.

         STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/6/90 - ACT TWO         26.

30   INT. TEN-FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	O'Brien and TWO TRANSPORTER TECHNICIANS get drinks from
	the bar and head over to a table which is currently
	occupied by THREE CREWMEN wearing science uniforms.
	O'Brien gives the science crewmen a friendly grin.

					O'BRIEN
			Excuse me, we were sitting here.

					SCIENCE CREWMAN
				(shrugging)
			Well, we're sitting here now.

					O'BRIEN
				(smiles with edge)
			Come on fella... this is our
			table.

					SCIENCE CREWMAN
				(unimpressed)
			Really?
				(looks over table)
			Funny... I don't see your name
			on it.

					O'BRIEN
				(forcing his voice to
				 be light)
			Didn't your mother teach you
			manners?

	The science crewman and his companions stand up. The
	tension level has just risen several notches.

31   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as Geordi smoothly intercedes between O'Brien and the
	science crewman.

					GEORDI
			Hey guys, some kind of problem
			here?

					O'BRIEN
			There seems to be a question of
			who's table this is.

					GEORDI
				(light)
			There are plenty of other tables.

         STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/6/90 - ACT TWO         27.

31   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
				(trying to lighten up)
			I suppose you're right.

					GEORDI
			Why don't I get everyone another
			round of drinks?

	Everyone relaxes and smiles. It appears that Geordi
	has defused the situation.

32   INT. CORRIDOR/TEN-FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	Outside Ten-Forward. Riker and Worf are walking to
	Ten-Forward doors.

					RIKER
			I don't need to tell you that
			insubordination is a serious
			charge to level against any
			officer.

					WORF
			I am aware of that Commander.
			However, Ensign D'Amato directly
			challenged my authority.

					RIKER
			Is it my imagination, or have
			tempers aboard this ship been
			getting a little frayed lately?

					WORF
			I hadn't noticed.

	The doors to Ten-Forward OPEN. Inside a full scale
	bar fight has broken out. O'Brien and the science
	crewman are grappling with each other while other
	crewmembers are hitting each other at random.
	There are clearly no sides here, just absolute chaos.

					WORF
			I see what you mean.

	Riker spots Geordi trying to pull some combatants
	apart.

					RIKER
			Geordi, what the hell is going
			on here?

           STAR TREK: "Sarek" - 3/5/90 - ACT TWO           28.

32   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I wish I knew.

					WORF
				(hits combadge)
			Security team to Ten-Forward.

	Riker grabs a fighting crewman and pulls him off
	someone else.

					RIKER
			All right, that's enough!

	The crewman reacts by decking Riker with a punch. Worf
	growls and wades into the fight to protect Riker.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

        STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT THREE        29.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

33   INT. TEN-FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	Starting on Beverly treating a cut on Geordi's mouth...

					GEORDI
			... and the next thing I know
			somebody's left hook is on its
			way to my chin.

	Pulling back to see Picard, Riker, Worf, Troi surveying
	the damage. SEVERAL CREWMEMBERS are clearing away some
	of the debris.

					TROI
			Captain, this is not an isolated
			incident. There have been reports
			of random violence all over the
			ship...

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			Are you suggesting it is somehow
			contagious?

					BEVERLY
			There's no indication of a virus
			or bacteria... I've run every test
			I know... I've checked the water,
			the food replicators, airborne
			samples...

					PICARD
			This is one hell of a time...
				(beat, to Riker)
			Whatever it is, I don't want it
			to affect the ambassador... I
			want his quarters isolated from
			the rest of the crew until we can
			identify the cause.

					TROI
			It's not that simple, Captain.

	Off Picard's look --

        STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT THREE        30.

33   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			We've been able to determine that
			these outbreaks of violence
			started... at virtually the same
			time Sarek's party beamed aboard
			the ship.

	Picard reacts and...

33A  INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE

	Picard, Beverly and Troi. Picard is quite shaken by
	this turn of events.

					BEVERLY
			We do have a working theory...

	Glancing with import at Troi. A deep breath and...

					BEVERLY
			We believe it's possible that
			Ambassador Sarek himself is
			responsible for these incidents.

					PICARD
			Sarek?

					TROI
			I felt something from him during
			the concert... it was vague and
			undefined... but very
			disturbing...

					PICARD
				(a small realization)
			He cried. I saw that. I didn't
			believe it. A Vulcan moved to
			tears by music... ?

					TROI
			Vulcans have the same basic
			emotions that we do. But they
			have learned to repress them.
			At the concert, I was sensing
			that Sarek had lost control...

					PICARD
			What would cause such a loss of
			control?

        STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT THREE        31.

33A  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			There is a very rare condition
			that sometimes affects Vulcans
			over the age of two hundred.
			Bendii Syndrome.

					TROI
			The early symptoms include sudden
			bursts of emotion, mostly
			irrational anger. Eventually,
			all emotional control is lost.

					PICARD
			I can't imagine anything that
			would be more offensive to a
			Vulcan. Their emotional
			detachment is the very core of
			their being.
				(beat)
			But why would it affect others
			aboard the ship?

					TROI
			Vulcans possess telepathic
			ability. Sarek could be
			unintentionally projecting these
			intense emotions onto other
			people... at random.

	Picard's expression becomes more grim as he realizes
	the broader implications.

					PICARD
			And when the Legarans beam
			aboard...

					BEVERLY
			They could very well be affected
			too.

					PICARD
			Is there a treatment?

					BEVERLY
				(shakes her head, no)
			Can't anyone take his place?

					PICARD
			Sarek has built a personal
			relationship with them. They will
			accept no one else.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT THREE        32.

33A  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			How can we confirm your
			diagnosis?

					BEVERLY
			We grow a culture from the tissue
			of the metathalamus... but the
			results will take several days.

					PICARD
			I have twelve hours.

	She shakes her head. Can't do it.

34   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Mendrossen is sitting in the chair before Picard.
	Mendrossen is sincere and easy-going.

					MENDROSSEN
			That's impossible, Captain Picard.
			I cannot delay the conference...
			not for a day, not for an hour.
			The schedule itself required three
			months of negotiations.

					PICARD
			Nevertheless, I believe we are
			facing a potentially far worse...

					MENDROSSEN
			I give you my word of honor that
			the ambassador is in perfect
			health. Is that not enough?

					PICARD
			Mister Mendrossen...

					MENDROSSEN
			You are dealing with a theory full
			of holes, Captain. Why am I not
			affected by Sarek's supposed
			condition? And Perrin, how could
			his wife function normally if this
			theory of yours is correct?

       STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT THREE       32A.

34   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I cannot explain that. Hundreds
			of others on board have not been
			affected either. I have not.
			The effects appear to be random.
			Proximity apparently has no
			bearing on the phenomenon.

       STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/15/90 - ACT THREE       33.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					MENDROSSEN
			You are accusing the greatest man
			of his time of losing his mind.
			On the eve of his greatest
			triumph. And you cannot explain
			why... ?

	Beat. Stands.

					MENDROSSEN
			I won't report this to the
			ambassador. For the moment. I
			do not want to divert his
			attention from the mission.
				("friendly")
			And I don't want to jeopardize
			your career unnecessarily. But
			if I were you, in the interests
			of your career, I'd be very
			concerned about finding the real
			cause of these outbursts before
			the Legarans arrive.

	He EXITS. A beat on Picard. Picard taps his fingers
	on his desk, muses.

					PICARD
				(to comm)
			Mister Data, please report to my
			Ready Room.

35   INT. CONFERENCE ROOM

	Sakkath stands near the Legaran tanks. And this is a
	man in turmoil. Logic tells him he cannot allow what
	is occurring to continue. He fears what will happen
	at the conference. Yet, he is dedicated to Sarek.
	These matters weigh on his mind as the doors slide open
	and Data ENTERS. There is a beat of silence as they
	glance at each other.

					DATA
			Captain Picard is not satisfied
			with Ki Mendrossen's assurances
			that the ambassador is in good
			health. Do you consider Sarek
			capable of carrying out his
			mission?

        STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/6/90 - ACT THREE        34.

35   CONTINUED:

					SAKKATH
			Have I given you cause to think
			otherwise?

					DATA
			You have voiced certain
			reservations about his abilities
			to me.

					SAKKATH
				(carefully)
			I do not recall making such a
			statement.

					DATA
			Directly, no. However, you did
			question me on the diplomatic
			capabilities of both Captain
			Picard and Counselor Troi.

					SAKKATH
			I am honor bound to help Sarek
			carry out his mission. That is
			the only answer I can give.

					DATA
			Then you must decide which is your
			greater obligation: your loyalty
			to Sarek or your duty to the
			Federation.

	Sakkath remains impassive and Data continues after a
	beat.

					DATA
			Can you accept the logic of
			continuing the mission?

	And this touches Sakkath at his most vulnerable core.
	His eyes leave Data's as he weighs his loyalties. In
	a soft, almost hoarse voice --

					SAKKATH
			Tell your captain... the mission
			is in jeopardy.

	On Data's reaction...

        STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/6/90 - ACT THREE        35.

36
thru	OMITTED
37

37A  INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Data, Riker at command. Wesley and Worf at
	their posts.

					DATA
			Sakkath has been able, until very
			recently, to use his telepathic
			skills to reinforce Sarek's
			emotional control and thus protect
			others from the effects of his
			deterioration.

					RIKER
			He hasn't been doing a very good
			job...

					DATA
			The strain of this mission on
			Sarek has made it impossible.

	Picard frowns, stands.

					PICARD
			Ironic isn't it? Despite our
			magnificent technology, we find
			ourselves still susceptible to
			the ravages of old age. The loss
			of dignity, the slow betrayal of
			our bodies by forces we cannot
			master.

	He inadvertently winds up saying this to Data.

					PICARD
				(a beat)
			Still want to be one of us, Data?

					DATA
			Sir, it is conceivable that even
			for me, time will eventually lead
			to a irreparable circuit failure.
			But there is one thing I do not
			understand...

					PICARD
			Yes... ?

        STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT THREE        36.

37A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Sarek is a logical, intelligent
			being. The effects of Bendii
			Syndrome are apparent. Why would
			such a man choose to ignore
			them?

	A beat as Picard considers his answer...

					PICARD
			Logic fails us sometimes, Data.
			This is one of those times. I
			can only guess that he does not
			see or does not wish to see the
			truth. And he is being insulated
			from that truth by those who love
			him the most.

	Riker steps forward, doesn't want to say anything, but
	realizes that he must.

					RIKER
			Someone has to confront him.

					PICARD
				(quietly)
			It is not a task I look forward
			to.

	Riker's voice starts to steadily rise and his temper
	begins to show through.

					RIKER
			I don't understand this...
			everyone's protecting Sarek...
			his wife, Mendrossen, even you.

	Picard's voice rises too...

					PICARD
			What would you have me do... march
			down there and destroy the man?

					RIKER
			The mission with the Legarans
			cannot go forward with Sarek in
			this condition.

					PICARD
			I know --

        STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/6/90 - ACT THREE        37.

37A  CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(hits table)
			Then tell him that there is no---

					PICARD
			Don't you tell me...

	Data who is unaffected, steps between them...

					DATA
			Captain... Commander...

37B  ANGLE - REACTIONS

	from the bridge crew to this most unusual shouting
	match. They both realize what's happening and the
	anger dissipates. Picard nods in understanding.

					PICARD
				(nodding with grim
				 resignation)
			You're right of course, Number
			One. But I am loathe to do what
			I must do.

	Picard thinks for only a few seconds longer. He heads
	for the door.

38   OMITTED

39   INT. GUEST QUARTERS

	Perrin is reacting to what Picard has told her... she
	is cold and imperious.

					PERRIN
			I don't think I really understand
			what you're telling me, Captain.
			My husband is responsible for your
			crew assaulting one another... ?

	Picard studies her a beat... he cannot be sure if she
	knows the truth and is hiding it... or does not know at
	all.

					PICARD
			He is very ill, Perrin.

        STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/6/90 - ACT THREE        38.

39   CONTINUED:

					PERRIN
				(shakes her head)
			Bendii Syndrome is more a folk
			tale than a disease. There hasn't
			been a true case in my husband's
			lifetime.

					PICARD
			There is one now. Sakkath knows.

	For an instant, Perrin is taken aback. She recovers
	quickly.

					PERRIN
			Sakkath? Sakkath knows nothing
			my husband didn't teach him.

					PICARD
			He knows. More than that, he has
			been consciously holding Sarek's
			mind together on this mission as
			well as he could...

					PERRIN
			That is not true!

					PICARD
			I must see Sarek.

	He moves deeper into the room.

					PERRIN
			Captain, I know a good deal about
			the Vulcan mind and I know a good
			deal about the heart of one
			particular Vulcan.
				(with great strength)
			I am his wife and I tell you he
			is fine. He does not have Bendii
			Syndrome. And that shall be the
			end of it.

					PICARD
			I'm sorry.

	He moves around her. She grabs Picard's arm, pleading
	now... panic fills her eyes.

					PERRIN
			Please... you must not do this to
			him.

        STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/6/90 - ACT THREE        39.

40   ON SAREK

	He is standing in the doorway on the far side of the
	room. Mendrossen and Sakkath can be seen behind him,
	their faces grim.

					SAREK
			Must not do what, my wife?

41   NEW ANGLE

	including Picard and Perrin. She looks away from
	Sarek's gaze... cannot answer.

					SAREK
				(continuing)
			If Captain Picard wishes to see
			me, he may do so.

	Sarek's voice is strong and commanding. He seems to
	be completely in charge of the situation. Picard
	begins to realize just how difficult a task he has set
	before himself. Push in on Picard's determination...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

           STAR TREK: "Sarek" - 3/5/90 - ACT FOUR           40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

42   INT. GUEST QUARTERS

	As before. Picard and Sarek facing off in the room.
	For all outward appearances, Sarek looks like the
	imposing figure of legend. Sakkath is standing very
	close to Sarek and is almost physically propping him up
	throughout the scene.

					SAREK
			I regret that we have seen so
			little of each other on this
			voyage, Captain.

					PICARD
			The loss is mine, Ambassador.

	Mendrossen coolly steps forward to take charge of the
	situation before it gets out of hand.

					MENDROSSEN
			Captain, may I talk to you in
			private --

	Sarek interrupts Mendrossen.

					SAREK
				(to Picard)
			You were speaking of your belief
			that I suffer from Bendii
			Syndrome.
				(dryly)
			I have been accused of many things
			in my life... but never an excess
			of emotion.

					PERRIN
				(with obvious concern)
			Sarek, I see no reason to continue
			this discussion...

					SAREK
			On the contrary, I wish to assuage
			any fears that the captain may
			have regarding my capabilities.
				(to Picard)
			I believe there is a test for
			Bendii Syndrome, I will take it
			immediately.

        STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT FOUR        41.

42   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Unfortunately the results would
			not be available for several
			days... which is why I must ask
			for a postponement of the
			conference.

					SAREK
			That would be a mistake. Captain
			I give you my word that I am in
			perfect health.

					PICARD
			Then why must Sakkath help you
			contain your emotions?

	Sarek now looks at Sakkath, who lowers his eyes. There
	is a beat of silence. Sarek turns to Mendrossen.

					SAREK
			Is what the captain says true?

					MENDROSSEN
				(without hesitation)
			No, Ambassador, absolutely not.

					SAREK
			Perrin were you aware of this?

	Perrin cannot answer.

	When Sarek speaks again, his voice is still cool and
	calm, but it is tinged with a slight tone of irritation

					SAREK
			Sakkath, I await an answer.

					SAKKATH
				(finally)
			I have used my limited abilities
			to strengthen... your mental
			discipline.

	A beat as Sarek takes this in.

					SAREK
			Your efforts will no longer be
			required.

					SAKKATH
			That would not be wise.

           STAR TREK: "Sarek" - 3/5/90 - ACT FOUR           42.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

					SAREK
			It may not be wise... but it is
			necessary.

	Sakkath bows his head in acceptance and EXITS. Sarek
	looks to Perrin and Mendrossen.

					SAREK
			Leave us. I wish to speak with
			Captain Picard.

	Perrin and Mendrossen exchange alarmed looks.

					PERRIN
			Sarek, I ask you to reconsider.

					SAREK
			Obey my wishes.
				(softer)
			There is nothing to fear.

	A beat and then Perrin and Mendrossen reluctantly EXIT.

43   NEW ANGLE

	As Sarek and Picard square off alone. Sarek will
	remain immobile throughout as Picard moves and paces.
	Picard is clearly unhappy at the prospect of the task
	before him.

					PICARD
			I hope I have not embarrassed you,
			Ambassador.

					SAREK
			You seem to forget I am a Vulcan,
			Captain. I am not affected by
			emotional considerations.

					PICARD
			I believe you are affected, sir...
			far more than you realize.

					SAREK
			I am a logical being. Present
			your arguments. I will listen.

	Picard remains deferential, but there is a growing
	urgency to his arguments.

        STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT FOUR        43.

43   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			There has been an epidemic of
			violent incidents aboard the
			Enterprise. As we speak, the
			situation is worsening.

					SAREK
			And it is your hypothesis that
			I am the cause of these incidents?

					PICARD
			My chief medical officer has
			explored all other probable
			causes.

					SAREK
			I share your concern for your
			crew. However, you must agree
			it is not unusual for a starship
			to encounter unexplained
			phenomena.

					PICARD
			That is correct.

					SAREK
			Therefore, since I can assure you
			that I am not the cause of your
			difficulties, the logical course
			of action is for your doctor to
			continue her search.

	Picard is looking for an opening. He will not be so
	easily sidetracked.

					PICARD
			She is... but the fact remains
			that these incidents began shortly
			after your arrival.

	Sarek is starting to get a little irritated despite
	himself.

					SAREK
			Is your entire argument to be
			based on mere coincidence?

					PICARD
			Is it also coincidence, that your
			wife and chief of staff have been
			carefully isolating you?

        STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT FOUR        43A.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

					SAREK
				(with understanding)
			I believe I now see the flaw in
			your logic. You are reacting to
			their overprotective attitudes
			towards me.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT FOUR        44.

43   CONTINUED: (3)

					SAREK (Cont'd)
			They are both somewhat emotional
			regarding my... age.

					PICARD
			Surely Sakkath is not influenced
			by emotions.

	Sarek cannot keep the annoyance out of his voice any
	longer.

					SAREK
			Am I to be branded by the
			judgment of a child? Sakkath
			is young and inexperienced. He
			erred in his assumption that I
			needed help.

	Picard has decided that the only way to get Sarek to
	admit to his condition is to force him into an
	emotional response. Picard would rather avoid this,
	but he sees that he has no other choice.

					PICARD
				(starting to press)
			But you did need his help at the
			concert.

	Sarek is a little shocked and doesn't respond. Picard
	presses him harder.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Or perhaps you have a logical
			explanation for what happened
			that night?

	For the first time we see a hesitation in Sarek's
	responses. He is not as sure of himself as the moment
	before.

					SAREK
			What... happened?

					PICARD
			I saw you crying.

					SAREK
			I did not... cry.

					PICARD
			I was there... I saw the tears.

        STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT FOUR        44A.

43   CONTINUED: (4)

	Sarek answers quickly, as if anxious to prove a point.

					SAREK
			You exaggerate, Captain. I
			recall... only one tear.

             STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT FOUR            45.

43   CONTINUED: (5)

					PICARD
				(forceful)
			Then you were emotionally affected
			by the music.

					SAREK
				(edge creeping into
				 voice)
			That is not possible.

					PICARD
			You still have not answered me,
			Sarek. Is it logical for a Vulcan
			to cry?

	Sarek is cornered and he knows it. He desperately
	searches for an answer.

					SAREK
			It was late... I was fatigued.
			Nothing more.

	Picard simply stares at him, allows the false response
	to hang in the air. Sarek tries to regain control of
	the situation.

					SAREK
			The Legarans trust only me. They
			will not meet with any other
			representative of the Federation.
			I must be allowed to complete my
			mission. There are no other
			logical solutions.

					PICARD
				(pressing)
			No other logical solutions? But
			Ambassador, there are always other
			solutions. You have said so
			yourself many times.

					SAREK
			What I meant was...
				(pauses)

					PICARD
			Sarek of Vulcan was never afraid
			to look straight at something he
			did not want to see.

	Sarek is having a hard time remaining impassive.

             STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT FOUR           45A.

43   CONTINUED: (6)

					SAREK
			I warn you Captain, your efforts
			to discredit me will not succeed.

					PICARD
			Sarek of Vulcan never confused
			what he wanted with the truth.

	Sarek's hands are tightly clenched into fists. His
	voice is now clearly enraged.

					SAREK
			I will not be spoken to in such
			a manner.

					PICARD
			Is that anger I hear in your
			voice?

					SAREK
				(struggling to maintain
				 control)
			It would be illogical for a Vulcan
			to show anger... it would be
			illogical... illogical...

             STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT FOUR            46.

44   ON SAREK AND PICARD

	as they stare at each other. Sarek turns away... a
	defeated man. He begins to weep.

45   ON PICARD

	realizing that he has destroyed a hero. Hold on his
	anguished face...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

             STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT FOUR            47.

                           ACT FIVE                             

46   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship drops out of warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental.
			In three hours time we are
			scheduled to meet with the Legaran
			delegation. However it is now
			all too evident that Ambassador
			Sarek is in no condition to
			proceed with the conference.

47   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is looking out the window, deep in thought.
	Riker has just entered.

					RIKER
			We're entering the Legaran system,
			Captain. Shall I have Mister Worf
			contact their ambassador?

					PICARD
				(turns)
			No.
				(off Riker's look)
			I will present our regrets to the
			Legarans personally. It is vital
			that they understand our reasons
			for cancelling the negotiations.

	Picard is still haunted by what happened with Sarek.
	Riker can see that the captain is still troubled.

					RIKER
				(quietly)
			Captain, with all due respect...
			I think you did the right thing.

					PICARD
			But at what cost, Number One?

	A moment as they reflect on the fall of a great man.

	The door CHIMES.

             STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/6/90 - ACT FIVE           47A.

47   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Come.

	The door opens and an emotional Perrin ENTERS.

					PICARD
				(surprised)
			Perrin?

					PERRIN
			I must speak with you, Captain.

	She glances at Riker, who takes the hint.

             STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT FIVE            48.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			I'll be on the bridge, sir.

	Riker EXITS.

					PICARD
				(with concern)
			How is the ambassador?

					PERRIN
			Resting.
				(beat)
			I've come to ask you to reconsider
			your position.

					PICARD
			You know that's impossible.

	But Perrin is not to be denied. She continues to plead
	her case...

					PERRIN
			Sarek is a... good man, Captain.
			He has given the Federation a
			lifetime of service. I beg you,
			let him keep the respect he has
			earned.

					PICARD
			He will never lose that respect.

					PERRIN
			If you need to blame someone,
			blame Mendrossen and me.
				(beat)
			But we never wanted to deceive
			you. My husband's... condition...
			came on him so... gradually. It
			was so easy to... delude
			ourselves, to pretend that nothing
			was wrong. We convinced ourselves
			that he could complete this one
			last task... and end his career...
			the way it began... with dignity.

					PICARD
			I'm not blaming anyone.

					PERRIN
			Then help him, Captain, please.
			Help him regain his pride...
			his honor.

             STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT FIVE           48A.

47   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Believe me, nothing would give
			me greater pleasure. But there's
			nothing I can do.

					PERRIN
			The mission can be saved.
				(off Picard's look)
			But he needs your help to do it.

	On Picard's expression, wondering what she means...

            STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/12/90 - ACT FIVE            49.

48
thru	OMITTED
50

51   INT. CONFERENCE ROOM

	Picard and Sarek are standing near the Legaran tank.
	Sarek is a little surprised.

					SAREK
			A mind-meld... between the two
			of us? Do you realize the dangers
			involved in what you are
			proposing?

					PICARD
			Yes, Ambassador, I do. But I also
			realize the potential benefits.

					SAREK
			We would be telepathically
			linked... exchanging our
			thoughts... becoming in essence
			one mind.

					PICARD
			Which, for a few hours, should
			provide you with the emotional
			control you need. Enough time
			for you to meet with the Legarans
			and conclude the treaty.

	Sarek is tempted... but he hesitates.

					SAREK
			It is a generous offer. But I
			must warn you that while I would
			gain your stability, you would
			experience the fierce onslaught
			of emotions unleashed by my...
			condition. Vulcan emotions are
			extremely intense... we have
			learned to suppress them. No
			human would be able to control
			them. They would overwhelm you...
			the mind-meld can be a terrible
			intimacy.
				(beat)
			I cannot allow it.

					PICARD
			I am aware of the risks, Sarek.
			But I believe it is the only...
			logical solution.

             STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/8/90 - ACT FIVE           49A.

51   CONTINUED:

	A long beat as Sarek slowly realizes that Picard is
	right.

					SAREK
			Your courage honors me, Captain.

             STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT FIVE            50.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

	They share a silent beat of respect.

52   OMITTED

53   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Picard is placing two chairs face to face in the center
	of the room. Beverly is standing next to him, holding
	a tricorder. She is obviously worried.

					BEVERLY
			I can't say I approve of this,
			Jean-Luc.

					PICARD
			I didn't expect you would,
			Beverly.

					BEVERLY
			Is there some way I can talk you
			out of it?

					PICARD
			I'm afraid not. Though I do admit
			to a certain... trepidation.
				(beat, then smiling)
			Your company is appreciated.

	A warm moment passes between them. The door CHIMES.
	Beverly and Picard exchange a look... this is it.

             STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT FIVE            51.

53   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Come.

	The door opens and Sarek ENTERS. He looks at the
	chairs.

					SAREK
			I see you are ready, Captain.

					PICARD
			Doctor Crusher will be monitoring
			our responses.

					SAREK
			A sensible precaution.

	They take their seats. Beverly moves to an unobtrusive
	position nearby.

53A  ANGLE ON SAREK AND PICARD

	Sarek slowly reaches out with his hand and places his
	fingertips on Picard's face. Picard's eyes close
	briefly then open again.

					SAREK
				(whispering)
			My mind to your mind... your
			thoughts to my thoughts...

	PUSH IN closer until their faces fill the screen...

54
thru	OMITTED
56

57   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE IN ORBIT (OPTICAL)

	Legara Four is visible below...

58   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker at Command, Wesley, Worf and Data at their
	stations.

					DATA
			Commander, the Legarans are ready
			to beam aboard.

             STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT FIVE            52.

58   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Very well...

					SAREK (V.O.)
			Number One, please inform the
			Legaran delegation that Ambassador
			Sarek is on his way to welcome
			them.

	The entire bridge crew turns to see...

59   ON SAREK

	He has just emerged from the turbolift. He looks
	strong, confident, imposing. He is Sarek... yet he is
	Picard too.

					RIKER
			Yes... Ambassador.

            STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/15/90 - ACT FIVE            53.

60
thru	OMITTED
61

62   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	CLOSE ON a table as Picard's hands come slamming down
	on the surface. PULL BACK as he lets out a strangled
	cry of rage.

					PICARD
			NO!!!

	Beverly is nearby, not sure how to help. Picard
	supports himself against the table. Throughout this
	scene, Picard physically struggles to withstand the
	onslaught of raw emotion unleashed by Sarek.

					PICARD
			It is wrong. A lifetime of
			discipline washed away, and in
			its place... bedlam...
					(MORE)

             STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/9/90 - ACT FIVE            54.

62   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			Nothing but bedlam.
				(angry)
			And I am helpless to prevent it!
			I am old! Nothing left but dry
			bones and dead friends.
				(exhausted)
			Weary, so weary.

	Beverly goes over and tries to lead Picard to a couch.

					BEVERLY
			It will pass. All of it.
			Another hour or so at most.
			You're doing fine... Just hold
			on.

	He escapes her grasp.

					PICARD
			No! This weakness disgusts me!
			I hate it! Where is the logic?
			I am betrayed by desires... I want
			to... feel... to feel everything!
				(a whisper)
			But I am Vulcan.
				(voice rising)
			I must feel nothing. Give me back
			control...

	Beverly approaches him... staring, searching his face
	for any signs of recognition.

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc...

	He looks at her, but he doesn't fully recognize her.

					PICARD
			Perrin...
				(tears begin to stream
				 down his face)
			Amanda... I could have given you
			so much more. I wanted to show
			you tenderness. But it is not
			our way. Spock... Amanda did you
			know... ? Perrin, can you know...
			how much I... love you?
				(anguished cry)
			I do love you!

            STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/12/90 - ACT FIVE           54A.

62   CONTINUED:

	Then, suddenly as if with tremendous effort, the tears
	still streaming down his face... Sarek is gone.

             STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/9/90 - ACT FIVE            55.

62   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(a hoarse whisper)
			Beverly...

					BEVERLY
			I'm here... I'm not going to
			leave you.

					PICARD
			It's so... difficult.

	She puts her arm around him and leads him to the couch.
	Picard is stunned.

					PICARD
			The anguish in the man...
			despair... pouring out... so
			many... feelings... regrets...

	Picard is now weeping openly.

					PICARD
			I can't stop them...

	He buries his head into her shoulder. She cradles his
	head.

					BEVERLY
				(whispers)
			Don't even try.

	As Picard weeps...

63   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Legara Four. We hear Riker's VOICE
	OVER.

					RIKER
			First officer's log, Stardate
			43920.7. Ambassador Sarek has
			successfully concluded the
			negotiations with the Legarans.
			The USS Merrimac has arrived and
			will transport the ambassador and
			his party back to Vulcan.

64   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Perrin, Sakkath, and Mendrossen are talking with Picard
	and Riker. They are in dress uniforms again.

             STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/8/90 - ACT FIVE            56.

64   CONTINUED:

	The honor guard seen in the teaser are again present in
	the b.g.

					PICARD
			I hope your journey aboard the
			Merrimac will be uneventful.

					SAKKATH
			With the pressures of the
			conference behind him, I believe
			I can help maintain his control
			until we return to Vulcan.

					RIKER
			What will happen to him then?

					MENDROSSEN
			The effects of Bendii syndrome
			are irreversible.
				(beat)
			Medical research is always
			continuing, of course...

	Sakkath and Mendrossen move to the transporter stage
	along with Riker, giving Perrin and Picard a moment
	of privacy.

					PERRIN
				(with deep gratitude)
			Thank you, Captain.

					PICARD
			He... loves you... very much.

					PERRIN
				(smiles and nods)
			I know. I've always known.

             STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/7/90 - ACT FIVE            57.

64   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard smiles in return. Sarek ENTERS. The honor
	guard comes to attention.

					SAREK
				(to Picard)
			I will take my leave of you now,
			Captain. I do not think we shall
			meet again.

					PICARD
			I hope you are wrong, Ambassador.

					SAREK
			We shall always retain the best
			part of the other inside us.

					PICARD
			I believe I got the best part of
			that bargain, Ambassador.

	A silent moment between them. Picard raises his hand
	and gives him the Vulcan salute.

					PICARD
			Peace and long life, Sarek.

					SAREK
				(returning salute)
			Live long and prosper.

	Sarek now steps up on the transporter stage with
	Perrin. Picard nods to O'Brien, who works his console.

64A  ON SAREK AND PERRIN (OPTICAL)

	Just before they start to beam out, Sarek reaches out
	for Perrin's hand. She clasps it and they
	DEMATERIALIZE.

64B  ON PICARD AND RIKER

	as they watch the beam out.

             STAR TREK: "Sarek" - REV. 3/6/90 - ACT FIVE            58.

65   OMITTED

66   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it swings away from Legara Four into the vastness of
	the galaxy.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "Menage a Troi" 
                   (f.k.a. "Piece of Mind") 
                          #40273-172 
                              
                          Written by 
                 Fred Bronson & Susan Sackett 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rob Legato 


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WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1990 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                        FINAL DRAFT

                       MARCH 9, 1990
 

       STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Menage a Troi" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             Betazoids
                RIKER                LWAXANA TROI
                DATA                 MR. HOMN
                BEVERLY              REITTAN GRAX
                TROI               
                GEORDI             Ferengi
                WORF                 DAIMON TOG
                WESLEY               DOCTOR FAREK
                                     NIBOR

                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                SUPERNUMERARIES      ALIEN DELEGATES
                3 AWAY TEAM MEMBERS  FERENGI CREWMAN

                                   Voice-overs
                                     FERENGI COMPUTER VOICE

                                     FERENGI CREWMAN

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" REV. 3/16/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Menage a Troi" 
                            
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     FERENGI SHIP KRAYTON
          
              TEN-FORWARD              BETAZED CITY
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              TROI'S QUARTERS          BETAZED CLEARING
              CRUSHER QUARTERS
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              CORRIDORS
          
            FERENGI SHIP KRAYTON
              HOLDING TANK
              LABORATORY

   STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Menage a Troi" 
                          
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              DAIMON TOG             DAY-mon TOG
              FAREK                  FAR-ehk
              HOMN                   HAHM
              LWAXANA                L'-WOKS-anna
              NIBOR                  NYE-bore
              REITTAN GRAX           RITE-n GRAX

     STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - TEASER     1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                        "Menage a Troi"                             
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around a bright green planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 43980.7.
			The Enterprise has been in
			attendance at the biennial Trade
			Agreements Conference on Betazed.

2    INT. TEN FORWARD

	A busy place. Conference delegates from different
	worlds are here, including three Ferengi: TOG, FAREK,
	and NIBOR. In b.g., a MUSICIAN entertains the
	gathering, playing a complex RHYTHM on a strange
	percussion instrument. RIKER plays three-dimensional
	chess with Nibor as WESLEY looks on. PICARD, TROI, and
	DATA socialize with their guests as Log is completed:

					PICARD (V.O.)
			For the first time, the Ferengi
			are present, and I have
			reluctantly consented to their
			boarding the Enterprise for the
			closing reception.

2A   ANGLE ON RIKER AND NIBOR

	It is clear they are near the end of their game, and
	the Ferengi is in trouble. Captured pieces litter the
	table at Riker's elbow.

	Nibor makes a move, he is confident. Riker smiles,
	moves his piece.

					RIKER
			Check... and mate.

	Nibor falls back flabbergasted in his chair. Wesley is
	enjoying the moment.

     STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - TEASER     2.

2A   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Perfect. A queen's gambit...
			finished off with the Aldabren
			Exchange.

	The Ferengi is still stunned by his defeat.

					NIBOR
				(re: the musician)
			Unfair. I couldn't concentrate
			with all that noise...

					WESLEY
			It's Algolian ceremonial rhythms.

	Riker and Wesley nod. Nibor shakes his head.

					NIBOR
			Hyoo-mans...

2B   ANGLE ON PICARD AND DATA

	talking with REITTAN GRAX, the Betazoid conference
	director.

					PICARD
				(lifting glass)
			A toast to the success of the
			trade conference, Reittan. I must
			admit, I had some doubts when you
			invited the Ferengi.

					REITTAN GRAX
			They made a profit and behaved
			themselves. What more could one
			ask? Still, they trouble me. We
			Betazeds are uncomfortable with
			species like the Ferengi... whose
			minds we can't read.

					DATA
				(ever the scientist)
			Perhaps your telepathic abilities
			are ineffective owing to the
			anomalous construction of the
			Ferengi brain, which is composed
			of four different...

     STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/13/90 - TEASER     2A.

2B   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(not now, Data)
			Thank you, Data.
				(to Reittan Grax)
			It was thoughtful of you to
			include Lwaxana Troi as part of
			the Betazed delegation.

     STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - TEASER     3.

2B   CONTINUED: (2)

					REITTAN GRAX
			Her first husband and I were old
			friends. And I've known Deanna
			since she was a child.

					PICARD
			I'm sure Counselor Troi
			appreciates this opportunity to
			spend time with her mother.

3    ANGLE ON TROI AND LWAXANA

	Lwaxana's plate is piled with food, her synthehol glass
	is refilled continually as she gives new meaning to
	the old Auntie Mame adage, "Life is a banquet." Between
	bites and sips, she plies her daughter with thought
	transmissions.

					LWAXANA (TELEPATHIC V.O.)
			It's so marvelous to see you,
			Deanna, darling.
				(a beat)
			At least pretend you're happy to
			see me.

					TROI
				(aloud)
			Mother, we're among non-telepaths...
			it's impolite not
			to speak aloud.

					LWAXANA (TELEPATHIC V.O.)
			You mean talk with my mouth full?
			Deanna, please!

	She does manage to laugh with her mouth full, but
	Deanna doesn't think it's especially funny.

					LWAXANA
				(aloud)
			All right, I will say something
			aloud. Have you considered if
			you had stayed on Betazed just
			where your life might have...

	They've had this conversation before.

     STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - TEASER     3A.

3    CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(interrupting)
			Let's not guess what I might have
			done. I love my work aboard the
			Enterprise...

     STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - TEASER     4.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					LWAXANA
			I know. But all business and no
			play? You should enjoy life more,
			like I do. Find the right man,
			think of your future. Think of
			my future...

	Interrupted by Riker; his timing couldn't be better.

					RIKER
			Deanna, Lwaxana. Anything I can
			do for you?

	Troi throws her mother a look. Don't answer that!

4    ANGLE ON BAR

	as the other two Ferengi watch Mrs. Troi. Daimon Tog,
	the Captain, seems fascinated by this Betazoid female.
	Tog is tall for a Ferengi, although not by human
	standards, and Ferengi women probably find him as close
	to a "hunk" as their men ever get. He's talking with
	his companion and ship's doctor, Farek. In b.g.,
	Lwaxana LAUGHS. Farek winces at the sound.

					FAREK
				(re: Lwaxana)
			She is as repulsive as the rest
			of them.

					TOG
			Repulsive? I find her exotic!
				(a beat)
			And what an advantage their
			telepathy would be in
			negotiations...

					FAREK
			To read our competitors' minds...
			yes, that would be valuable.

	Tog can't take his eyes off Lwaxana. Farek notices,
	gives Tog a look -- "be serious."

					FAREK (cont'd)
			She'd never agree to use her
			powers to help us...

					TOG
			I'm not so sure.

     STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - TEASER     5.

4    CONTINUED:

	In b.g., Riker and Troi move on. This is the moment
	Tog's been waiting for. He moves quickly off.

5    ANGLE ON TOG AND LWAXANA

	as he seats himself at her table.

					TOG
			Lwaxana Troi of Betazed, I
			believe.
				(with pride)
			I am Daimon Tog of the Ferengi
			vessel Krayton. May I join you?

					LWAXANA
				(coolly)
			I was just going to see Captain
			Picard. Excuse me.

	She rises, maneuvering past Tog to where Picard is
	still conversing with Data and Reittan Grax. She
	interrupts:

					LWAXANA
			Jean-Luc! Come have a drink and
			tell me what you've been up to.

					PICARD
				(thinking fast)
			Uh... perhaps later, Lwaxana.
			Data and I were just about to show
			Reittan Grax the new door
			mechanisms on the aft Turbolifts.
			Would you excuse us?

     STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/20/90 - TEASER     6.

5    CONTINUED:

	And off they go, leaving Lwaxana standing alone in the
	middle of Ten Forward. And, oh God, here comes that
	nasty little Ferengi again... oops, too late.

					TOG
			Lwaxana Troi, I desire you.

					LWAXANA
			Wha... what?

					TOG
			Your Betazed skills would be very
			useful to me... and I find you
			attractive. I'm willing to pay
			handsomely for you.

					LWAXANA
				(growing angrier)
			I don't believe this...

					TOG
			You must be aware that every
			female has her price.

	Lwaxana is now infuriated. Almost without realizing
	it, her voice will rise during the next speech until
	all other activity in Ten Forward comes to a halt as
	everyone's attention focuses on her:

					LWAXANA
			Let's get one thing straight. I
			am not for sale. And I'd rather
			eat Orion wing-slugs than deal
			with a toad-faced troll like you.
			Go find someone else to become
			your property.

6    WIDER ANGLE

	to include a horrified Deanna. There is a pause as
	everyone waits to see what Tog will do. He is silent
	for a moment, then:

					TOG
				(oddly reserved)
			As you wish.

     STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - TEASER     6A.

6    CONTINUED:

	As everyone else resumes their activities, Tog
	retreats to the bar where Farek is tossing down another
	synthehol.

					FAREK
			Now that you've totally humiliated
			us, may we return to our vessel?

     STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - TEASER     7.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

					TOG
				(ignoring him)
			She's exhilarating, isn't she?

	Farek gives him a look. Is he kidding?

					TOG (cont'd)
			Now I want her more than ever.
			Lwaxana Troi will be mine.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT ONE     8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

7    OMITTED

8    INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR - PERSONAL QUARTERS

	On the way to her cabin, Troi encounters WORF. They
	walk together as Deanna continues to her quarters.

					TROI
				(lightly)
			Are we at war with the Ferengi
			yet?

					WORF
			Daimon Tog has returned to his
			vessel and the Ferengi have left
			orbit.

					TROI
			I'm sure Mother will be relieved.

					WORF
			I hear she handled the situation
			quite skillfully. An admirable
			woman.

					TROI
			I'll be sure to tell her you said
			so.

	Worf leaves Deanna at her door, continues on his way.
	Before her door opens, she hears a voice in her head:

					LWAXANA (TELEPATHIC V.O.)
			Come in, Little One.

	Troi reacts and enters.

9    INT. TROI'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Lwaxana lies with her eyes open as if unseeing.
	Unusual Betazed candles burn at each side of her head.
	The room lighting adds to the effect of her appearing
	dead, but actually she's in a meditative state.
	Betazed is visible through the window.

     STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/20/90 - ACT ONE     9.

9    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Mother.
				(more firmly)
			Mother, please.

					LWAXANA (TELEPATHIC V.O.)
			Just a moment, Little One. I'm
			at one with All Being.

	Troi is silent for a beat, then Lwaxana's eyes flutter,
	and she returns to her familiar feisty self.

					LWAXANA
			After that horrible little Ferengi
			insulted me, I needed to center
			myself.
				(a beat)
			Can you imagine that creature
			talking to me like that? Didn't
			he realize I am the Daughter of
			the Fifth House of Betazed, keeper
			of the Chalice of Rixx?

					TROI
			Mother, the Chalice of Rixx is
			an old clay pot with mold growing
			inside it!

					LWAXANA
			My dear, when you become old
			enough and wise enough, you'll
			understand. Now sit down and
			talk to me. We don't spend enough
			time together.

					TROI
				(sincerely)
			That's true. I'm sorry, and I
			didn't mean to be upset with you
			at the reception.

					LWAXANA
			Deanna... you must understand,
			you're all I've got. My only
			concern is for your happiness.

					TROI
				(a tad irritated)
			I am happy. Why can't you believe
			that?

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/16/90 - ACT ONE    10.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					LWAXANA
			I wish I could. How much
			happiness is there in always being
			there for someone else, but never
			being there for yourself?

	Troi feels the anger heating up inside her, fights to
	control it. After all, she's a trained psychologist.

					TROI
			I get great satisfaction out of
			my work.

					LWAXANA
			I'm sure it's rewarding, in its
			way. But what about a family?

					TROI
			This is my family -- my friends
			-- here on the Enterprise.

					LWAXANA
				(hurt)
			I am your family, or have you
			forgotten? And if I have to spell
			it out for you, I'm talking about
			finding a husband, having a child.
			That's what made me happy. At
			least until now.

	Troi suppresses her growing anger, hoping to avoid a
	fight.

					TROI
			Look, Mother. Perhaps some day
			I'll marry. But you've got to
			let me make my own choices...
			live my own life, not the life
			you'd choose for me.

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/13/90 - ACT ONE    11.

9    CONTINUED: (3)

					LWAXANA
				(driving it home)
			You had a chance... with Commander
			Riker. And look how you ruined
			that.

	That does it.

					TROI
				(angry now)
			I did not ruin anything. We
			became very good friends.

					LWAXANA
			All the better. You certainly
			wouldn't want to marry an enemy.
				(on Troi's look:)
			But I see we can't discuss this.
			So have it your way, Little One.

	That really does it.

					TROI
			Little One? When I was five you
			called me that. Stop demeaning
			me and address me as an adult.

	Troi storms out.

10   INT. CORRIDOR

	Troi's not even sure where she's going; she just had to
	get out of there. And as she walks, she hears:

					LWAXANA (TELEPATHIC V.O.)
			I'll be home on Betazed if you
			need me, Lit --
				(a beat)
			Deanna.

11   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard and Riker have been listening to a briefing from
	Data, Geordi and Wesley on equipment to be used in
	the next mission. Wesley is concluding his report.

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/20/90 - ACT ONE    12.

11   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Adding preprocessors to the
			neutrino counters boosted
			efficiency by eleven percent.
			Of course, Commander La Forge and
			Commander Data did most of the
			work...

					GEORDI
			Not so fast, Wesley.
			Preprocessing the data with an
			optical chip was your idea.

					DATA
			Correct, sir. Although Commander
			La Forge and I designed the chip,
			Ensign Crusher derived the
			equations governing its operation.

					RIKER
			The point is, you've completed
			our upgrade well ahead of
			schedule. Most impressive.

					PICARD
			Indeed, Number One. Fine work
			-- especially you, Mister Crusher.
			We're going to miss you.

	Wesley can't help it. He knows what's coming and the
	grin just grows until he's all smiles.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			As you might guess, your final
			entrance examination scores for
			Starfleet Academy have arrived.
				(a beat)
			Congratulations. As soon as you
			complete the oral exam, you'll
			be formally admitted.

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/20/90 - ACT ONE    13.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			We'll have you back at Betazed
			in plenty of time to meet the
			Academy transport ship.

					WESLEY
			Thank you, sir.

					PICARD
			That will be all.

	They begin to EXIT.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			A moment, Number One.

					RIKER
			Yes, Captain?

					PICARD
			Your science team is very
			efficient. How many days would
			you say they managed to shave off
			our mission?

					RIKER
			Approximately three. Thanks to
			the equipment upgrade, we'll be
			able to complete our survey in
			less than twenty-four hours.

					PICARD
			Splendid, Number One.
				(a beat)
			You'd agree that this is a rather
			routine mapping mission?

					RIKER
				(what's he getting at?)
			Yes, sir...

					PICARD
			Counselor Troi had the good sense
			to request shore leave. I see
			I'm going to have to suggest it
			to you.

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/14/90 - ACT ONE    14.

11   CONTINUED: (3)

	Riker opens his mouth to protest, then begins to think
	it over. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad. At his slight
	smile:

					PICARD (cont'd)
			Have a good time, Number One.

12   EXT. BETAZED - DAY - MATTE (OPTICAL)

	A 24th-century "city" -- technologically advanced
	yet so well blended in with nature so that the effect
	is relaxing and pastoral.

13   EXT. BETAZED CLEARING - DAY

	A secluded spot in the greenbelt. Lush plants surround
	this open area, and a dirt path leads off into dense
	foliage. Riker and Troi are looking for something in
	the greenery. Their mood is light as they enjoy this
	brief shore leave.

					RIKER
			I'm sure it was around here
			somewhere...

					TROI
			It's been a few years. Maybe it
			died.

					RIKER
			You know Muktok plants live for
			hundreds of years...

	Riker brushes aside some leaves to reveal an
	exotic-looking plant with bluish foliage and eight
	silver flowers.

					RIKER (cont'd)
			Here it is...

	Troi joins Riker as he touches the blooms. SOUND of
	MUSICAL NOTES, an alien melody.

					TROI
			It's lovely. I remember this
			music... and all the good times
			we had.

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT ONE    15.

13   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			A certain junior lieutenant will
			always remember meeting a very
			serious psychology student. It
			was the best thing about being
			assigned to Betazed.

	It's a rare moment of closeness for them, and it seems
	quite natural for Riker to put his arm around her and
	give her a warm kiss. The moment is interrupted by the
	sound of a voice.

					LWAXANA (O.S.)
			Put the food down over there,
			Mister Homn.

	Startled, Troi pulls away from Riker. She gives him a
	look: It can't be her! Riker and Troi step out of the
	greenery to see Lwaxana supervising Mister Homn as he
	empties the contents of a metal container onto a
	silvery blanket. Lwaxana looks up, sees Riker and her
	daughter.

					LWAXANA
			Isn't it a beautiful day for a
			picnic?

					TROI
				(irritated)
			Mother! How did you know about
			this place?

					LWAXANA
			Your father used to bring me
			here.

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/13/90 - ACT ONE    16.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

	Mr. Homn pours glasses of some mead-colored liquid,
	passes it around and begins imbibing at an incredibly
	fast pace. Riker and Troi realize they have no choice
	but to make the best of it.

					RIKER
				(keeping it light)
			And you even brought provisions.
			Very thoughtful.

	Lwaxana passes him something yellow with purple veins.

					LWAXANA
			Try this oskoid. The sap keeps
			it deliciously warm.

					RIKER
				(trying it)
			Very, very tasty.
				(he eyes her)
			Tell me, Lwaxana, the last time
			we met, you were searching for
			a husband. Did you have any luck?

					LWAXANA
			Alas, no, but what happens to me
			isn't important. I'm more
			concerned about other people
			getting on with their lives.

					TROI
			Mother, this isn't the time or
			the place...

					LWAXANA
				(who me?)
			Did I mention any names?

					TROI
				(angry)
			You didn't have to.

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/16/90 - ACT ONE    17.

13   CONTINUED: (3)

					LWAXANA
			Can I help it if all my friends
			are becoming grandparents?
				(to Riker)
			How about you, Will. Have you
			ever thought of having children?

					RIKER
				(an honest answer)
			There was a time when I thought
			having children and a career in
			Starfleet were incompatible. But
			with Galaxy class starships having
			families aboard, I've considered
			that possibility...

					LWAXANA
			Yes, the Enterprise would be a
			perfect environment to raise a
			family... with someone...

					TROI
				(warning)
			Mother!

					LWAXANA
				(ignoring her)
			Mister Homn, I saw some
			uttaberries along the path. Be
			a dear and pick some for
			dessert...

	He nods, goes off down the path with the metal
	container.

					LWAXANA (cont'd)
			Mister Homn and I can go back home
			if you two want to be alone. It's
			such a romantic setting...

					TROI
				(furious now)
			Mother, stop it!

					LWAXANA
			Darling, you're so excitable these
			days. Have you thought about a
			leave of absence? I could talk
			to Jean-Luc...

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT ONE    18.

13   CONTINUED: (4)

					RIKER
				(to keep peace)
			Deanna, try one of the oskoids.
			They're different.

	But now their attention is diverted by the SOUND of
	an alien transporter beam.

					RIKER (cont'd)
			What the... ?

14   ANGLE ON DAIMON TOG (OPTICAL)

	as his image COALESCES in a Ferengi TRANSPORTER BEAM.

15   BACK TO SHOT (OPTICAL)

	Riker jumps to attention. The others are equally
	surprised. Tog extends a bunch of sorrowful Ferengi
	daisies to Lwaxana.

					TOG
			A gift for one whose beauty
			surpasses even these pericules.

					RIKER
			Daimon Tog! I thought the
			Krayton left orbit hours ago.

					TOG
			It did. But when I tried to put
			the image of Lwaxana Troi out of
			my mind... I could not succeed.

	Lwaxana tosses the flowers into the pond.

					LWAXANA
			This is ludicrous! You came back
			to Betazed -- for me?

					TOG
			Why continue to search for
			perfection once you've found it?
			And when I considered how useful
			you would be...

					TROI
			I don't believe this...

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT ONE    19.

15   CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA
				(to Tog)
			Look, Demon Tog, or whatever you
			call yourself, I am the Daughter
			of the Fifth House of Betazed,
			Keeper of the Holy Rings. And
			unless you want to create an
			interstellar incident, you had
			better beam back to your ship.

					TOG
			Returning to my ship is exactly
			what I had in mind.
				(using communicator)
			Krayton, transport four
			immediately.

					RIKER
			No, Tog!

	Riker goes for his phaser, realizes he hasn't brought
	it to this usually peaceful place.

	He moves toward the Ferengi when the four of them
	DISAPPEAR in the Ferengi TRANSPORTER BEAM, leaving only
	an empty clearing.

16   ANGLE ON PATH

	as Mister Homn returns, his container full of green
	berries. His lips are stained dark green -- he's been
	eating much of what he's picked. He looks around at
	the empty clearing -- where is everyone? Probably off
	playing a game, so he pops another uttaberry into his
	mouth while he waits for them to return.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT TWO    20.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

17   EXT. SPACE - FERENGI VESSEL KRAYTON (OPTICAL)

	traveling at warp speed.

18   INT. FERENGI HOLDING TANK (OPTICAL)

	Typical of a Ferengi ship: an ill-designed,
	unattractive room. The furnishings are sparse. One
	end of the room opens into an area where a companel
	station is staffed by Nibor. A three-dimensional chess
	board is on the console. Separating this holding tank
	from Nibor is a lighted arch, suggesting a forcefield.
	Riker, Troi, and Lwaxana are unconscious. Riker is
	the first to come to, immediately going to Deanna and
	her mother.

					RIKER
			Deanna? Lwaxana?

	He rouses them to consciousness.

					LWAXANA
			Where are we?

					RIKER
				(indicating Nibor)
			From the smell of things, I'd
			say we're aboard a Ferengi vessel.

					LWAXANA
			The Ferengi can't do this! You're
			Starfleet officers!

					RIKER
			Tog must have missed that chapter
			in the Ferengi Book of Etiquette.

	Riker tries his communicator. Nothing happens. He
	adjusts, tries again.

					RIKER
			The Enterprise is too far out of
			range.

	He moves to the arch, tests it, gets repelled hard by
	the forcefield.

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT TWO    21.

18   CONTINUED:

	Nibor touches a lighted area on his companel.

					NIBOR
			Daimon... they have regained
			consciousness.

					TOG'S COM VOICE
			Very good.

	Riker turns to Lwaxana in time to see both the women
	DISAPPEAR in a FERENGI TRANSPORTER EFFECT. Oddly,
	their clothing has not travelled with them! Riker
	picks up Troi's uniform, turns to Nibor:

					RIKER
				(angry)
			What have you done with them?

	But Nibor doesn't answer, leaving Riker to ponder the
	fate of the Trois.

19   INT. FERENGI LAB (OPTICAL)

	Another example of tasteful Ferengi interior
	decorating. Not a pleasant setting. Various pieces of
	strange and dangerous-looking equipment are everywhere.
	Compounds have spilled over and crusted on table
	surfaces. It's the kind of place you'd like to scrub
	down with Lysol. Troi and Lwaxana MATERIALIZE here,
	completely naked. Lwaxana reacts to this.

					LWAXANA
			I should have known. Even their
			transporters can't be trusted.

	Dr. Farek ENTERS from a side room.

					TROI
			Why have you removed our clothing?

					FAREK
			Females do not deserve the honor
			of clothing.

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT TWO    22.

19   CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA
				(to Farek)
			We are not Ferengi females.
				(to Troi)
			They're as bad as humans. Look
			at the leer on his face.

20   ANGLE TO INCLUDE TOG (OPTICAL)

	who ENTERS as Lwaxana is speaking.

					TOG
			No, his is an expression of
			revulsion. But it is a feeling
			I do not share, Lwaxana.

	Lwaxana and Troi have found something with which to
	partially cover themselves. Lwaxana throws a quick
	look at Tog.

					LWAXANA
			It's cold in here. Do you want
			me to become ill?

					TOG
			No, I don't. Farek, please
			arrange for their clothing to be
			returned.

					LWAXANA
			Thank you, Daimon Tog.

					TOG
				(so charming)
			You must forgive the Doctor. He
			is not accustomed to dealing with
			Betazoid females.
				(eyeing Lwaxana)
			I have a business proposition for
			you...

					LWAXANA
			Thanks, but I'm not interested
			in any of your propositions.

					TOG
			Hear me out. Your telepathic
			powers could bring us both great
			profit.

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT TWO    22A.

20   CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA
			And why would I want to bring you
			profit?

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT TWO    23.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

					FAREK
			In order to keep your daughter
			alive and healthy, for one...

					TOG
				(sharp)
			Farek! There's no need for
			threats.
				(smiles at Lwaxana)
			Lwaxana is a sensible female...

					TROI (TELEPATHIC V.O.)
			I don't like the sound of this,
			mother.

					LWAXANA (TELEPATHIC V.O.)
				(to Troi)
			I believe I can control him,
			Little One.

					LWAXANA
				(to Tog; seductive)
			I'm sure we can talk about this.
			Just the two of us.

					TOG
			A wise choice. Farek, leave us.
				(to Troi)
			And you may rejoin your friend.

	Farek EXITS. Tog goes to a companel, hits a specific
	series of lighted areas. Troi DEMATERIALIZES in the
	FERENGI TRANSPORTER EFFECT.

					TOG
				(hot to trot)
			And now, Lwaxana Troi, let us
			"talk"...

	Tog leers at Lwaxana. This is the moment he's been
	waiting for. Tog presses another panel, and a bed
	slides out from a wall.

21   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	travelling at warp speed, on its way to Gamma Erandi.

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/13/90 - ACT TWO    23A.

22   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi, Data and Wesley are working at a console near
	the large wall schematic of the Enterprise.

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/13/90 - ACT TWO    24.

22   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Fifteen hours from Gamma Erandi,
			and the subspace static is already
			playing hell with
			communications...

					WESLEY
			Just what we might expect in a
			stellar nursery.

					DATA
			Wesley, my congratulations on
			passing your Starfleet written
			examinations. An excellent
			achievement.

					WESLEY
			Thanks, Data. Now if I can just
			do well on the oral exam...

					GEORDI
			You will. And when you return,
			we'll be gaining the best ensign
			in the fleet.

					DATA
			Actually, there is no guarantee
			Wesley will be reassigned to the
			Enterprise. Eighty-four per cent
			of Starfleet graduates are not
			posted to Galaxy class starships
			for their first assignment.

	Wesley reacts to this unexpected bit of news.

					WESLEY
			I never thought about that... I
			always assumed I'd be coming back
			to the Enterprise.

					GEORDI
			I'm sure Captain Picard will
			request you... if he's still
			commanding the Enterprise when
			you graduate.

					WESLEY
			I hadn't thought about that,
			either.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT TWO    25.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY (Cont'd)
				(thinks)
			I never thought I'd feel this way
			about leaving the Enterprise...
			and all of you.

					DATA
			Is that not a part of the human
			experience -- growth and change?

					WESLEY
				(considers it)
			I suppose so...

					GEORDI
			I felt the same way when I left
			my family to go to the Academy.
			But it was one of the best times
			of my life. You're going to meet
			new friends, have adventures you
			can't even imagine yet...

	Wesley is beginning to feel some mixed emotions now.

					WESLEY
				(unconvinced)
			I hope you're right, Geordi.

23   OMITTED

24   INT. HOLDING TANK

	Troi has returned and is again wearing her clothes. In
	b.g., Nibor is playing 3-D chess with an N.D. Ferengi
	crewman.

					LWAXANA (TELEPATHIC V.O.)
			Little One --

	Troi reacts as she "hears" her mother --

					LWAXANA (TELEPATHIC V.O., cont'd)
			-- Tog's given me something
			perfectly hideous to wear... he
			says it flatters my beauty.

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT TWO    26.

24   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(low, to Riker)
			So far, mother's in no danger.
				(a beat)
			I hope she knows what she's
			doing...

					RIKER
			She's bought us some time...
			let's make the most of it.

	Riker stands, crosses to the arch, studies the
	chessboard for a beat. Nibor's scowling -- the Ferengi
	crewman's got Nibor in a tough spot. Nibor reaches
	for a piece:

					RIKER (cont'd)
			I wouldn't do that...

					NIBOR
				(scowls at Riker)
			I don't need your help.

					RIKER
			The hell you don't. You're two
			moves away from being mated.

	Nibor ignores Riker, makes the move anyway. The
	Ferengi crewman promptly makes his move -- and Nibor
	winces; he didn't see the response coming.

					RIKER (cont'd)
			Hey, I warned you. Now you've
			only got one possible escape...

	Nibor waves Riker off, makes a move.

					RIKER (cont'd)
			... and that wasn't it.

	The Ferengi crewman smiles, makes his move, then stands
	up. The end. The crewman EXITS, smirking. Nibor
	sullenly starts setting up the chessboard.

					RIKER (cont'd)
			See? You should've moved the
			bishop --

					NIBOR
				(snaps at him)
			Ridiculous! The bishop was
			pinned...

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT TWO    26A.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(shrugs)
			Okay, don't listen. Forget that
			I beat you in thirty moves...

					NIBOR
			Pure luck.

					RIKER
			I was being polite. I could've
			won in twenty moves.

	Nibor glares at Riker.

					NIBOR
			Then prove it.

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT TWO    27.

24   CONTINUED: (3)

	Nibor makes an opening move.

					NIBOR
			Pawn to Queen Four, King's Level.

	Riker locks eyes with Nibor.

					RIKER
			Pawn to King's Bishop Three,
			Queen's Level.

	Nibor sneers at Riker, makes Riker's move, studies the
	board.

25   INT. FERENGI LAB

	The lighting has been changed. It's softer now. Tog
	and Lwaxana are alone. he has just poured something
	liquid into a glass for her. She is wearing a sexy
	gown, and feeling rather seductive. They are sitting
	close together on the edge of the bed.

					LWAXANA
			I must admit, when you first
			approached me on the Enterprise,
			I was intrigued.

					TOG
			You mean revolted.

					LWAXANA
				(laughs)
			Maybe a little. Do you forgive
			me?

	He continues to move even closer to her as they talk.

					TOG
			Yes. With your powers we could
			be a formidable team.

	He puts his hand on her shoulder. She does not resist.

					LWAXANA
			You have great strength in your
			hands.

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT TWO    28.

25   CONTINUED:

					TOG
				(pleased)
			And you like that?

					LWAXANA
			I have always admired strong
			males.

					TOG
			You are beautiful... it is
			impossible to resist you...

					LWAXANA
			Then don't.

	And he moves even closer. She bends slightly forward
	to meet him, and as they kiss, we:

									CUT TO:

25A  INT. HOLDING TANK

	Riker's in b.g., looking at Nibor and the chessboard on
	the other side of the archway. CLOSE on Troi --
	reacting to what's coming across her telepathic link to
	Lwaxana...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT THREE   29.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

26   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In the Gamma Erandi Nebula, a gaseous interstellar
	cloud aglow with brilliant light reflected back from
	its ionized particles. Within are nests of hundreds of
	embryonic stars, dense globules of nuclear fusion
	pouring forth light and heat, on the most massive scale
	imaginable.

27   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard in command chair, Worf at Tactical, Data at Ops.
	Other supernumeraries staff the Bridge stations. On
	screen is a breathtaking view of Gamma Erandi.

					DATA
			Initial scans of ionization
			patterns complete, sir. Now
			correlating sensor readings.

					PICARD
				(indicating screen)
			It's almost incomprehensible, the
			amount of energy being expended...

					DATA
			Actually, it is five point three
			four times ten to the forty-first
			watts... well within the norm for
			phenomena of this type.

					PICARD
			Perhaps... but that takes away
			none of the wonder.

	Data nods, watches the screen, trying to comprehend the
	emotions Picard and the others must feel viewing this.

28   INT. WESLEY'S QUARTERS

	Wesley is deciding which personal items to take with
	him. As he surveys his possessions, he will discard
	some and place others in a "keep" pile. DOOR CHIME.

   STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT THREE   30.

28   CONTINUED:

	Wesley's looking intently upon an unusual piece of
	equipment, doesn't turn around to face the door.

					WESLEY
			Come in.

	SOUND of DOOR OPENING O.S.

					BEVERLY (O.S.)
			Hi. I brought you something...

					WESLEY
			I hope it's small, because I'm
			taking way too much as it is...

	Wesley turns as Beverly ENTERS FRAME carrying a tray
	with a decanter and two glasses.

					BEVERLY
			Your friend Guinan sent this up
			from Ten Forward. It's not to
			pack -- it's for me to propose
			a toast with.

	Beverly pours.

					BEVERLY (cont'd)
			To a future Starfleet officer.

	Wesley's surprised --and touched.

					WESLEY
			Mom -- thanks.

	Beverly hands Wesley a glass, raises hers in a toast.

					BEVERLY
			I won't say "give it your best"
			because I know you will. I won't
			say "make me proud"... because
			you already have. So I'll just
			say... here's to your future.

	They clink glasses and drink. Wesley picks up the
	piece of equipment:

					WESLEY
			This was Dad's...

   STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT THREE   30A.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
				(nods)
			From the Stargazer. Do you have
			room for it?

   STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT THREE   31.

28   CONTINUED: (3)

					WESLEY
			No... but I'm taking it anyway.

	Beverly nods -- "he'd be pleased."

29   OMITTED

30   INT. HOLDING TANK (OPTICAL)

	Riker and Troi are still in the cell; Nibor smugly
	makes a move on the chessboard.

					NIBOR
			Check.

	Riker frowns, turns away from the arch.

					RIKER
			I'm sick of this game.

					NIBOR
			Of course -- now that you're
			losing.

	Riker sits down, away from the archway.

					RIKER
			Who's losing? I'm just tired of
			standing up.

					NIBOR
			You can't resign now.

					RIKER
			It's too hard to play from in
			here. I can't even see the whole
			board.

					NIBOR
				(catches on)
			Ah, then you'll finish the game
			if I let you out of the cell.

					RIKER
			I might...

					NIBOR
			Clever, hyoo-man, but I'm not
			that foolish.

   STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/20/90 - ACT THREE   31A.

30   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(with disdain)
			What -- you're afraid I'd try to
			escape? What would that get me?
			You'd still have her. And
			besides... where would I go?

					NIBOR
				(unsure)
			I do not trust you...

	Riker puts his feet up, makes himself comfortable.

					RIKER
			Fine. Thanks for the game.

	Nibor thinks it over -- then picks up his phaser, and
	lowers the forcefield. Gestures to Riker.

					NIBOR
			Come out here.

   STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT THREE   32.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker crosses through the archway, steps up to the
	chessboard. Nibor restores the forcefield, keeping
	Troi captive in the cell.

					NIBOR (cont'd)
			Now save your rook... if you can.

	As Riker thoughtfully circles the board:

									CUT TO:

31   INT. FERENGI LAB

	Tog sits on the floor at Lwaxana's feet, his head
	resting against her lap.

					LWAXANA
			... and that was my first husband.
			Not much of a conversationalist,
			but what a lover. Then I met --

					TOG
				(interrupting)
			I do not want to hear about your
			other romances. It makes me
			jealous.

	She wants to keep control of the situation, so she
	changes tactics, begins rubbing his ears.

					LWAXANA
			My, what big ears you have. Has
			anyone ever told you how
			attractive they are?

					TOG
				(melting)
			Some females think they are my
			best feature.

	Lwaxana begins massaging his ears, and he relaxes into
	some sort of alpha state.

   STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT THREE   33.

31   CONTINUED:

					TOG
				(continuing)
			No one has ever given me oo-mox
			like this before.

					LWAXANA
			Oo-mox?

					TOG
			There is no translation. But the
			ear is one of our most erogenous
			zones.

					LWAXANA
				(hesitates, then)
			Then you shall have as much oo-mox
			as you desire.

	He relaxes into the alpha state even more, turning in
	worshipful gaze toward her.

32   INT. HOLDING TANK

	CLOSE on Nibor, unconscious on the floor. WIDEN to
	reveal Riker standing above Nibor, rubbing his sore
	knuckles.

					RIKER
			Those Ferengi have iron jaws...

	Riker works the console.

32A  ANGLE ON THE ARCHWAY (OPTICAL)

	as the FORCEFIELD shimmers and disappears. Troi
	crosses to Riker's side.

					LWAXANA (TELEPATHIC V.O.)
			Little One --

	Troi reacts to "hearing" her mother.

					LWAXANA (TELEPATHIC V.O., cont'd)
			-- if Tog were a kitten, he'd
			be purring.

					TROI
			Good work, Mother.

   STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT THREE   33A.

32A  CONTINUED:

	Riker reacts, gives Troi an inquiring look. Troi
	explains:

					TROI (cont'd)
			According to mother, Daimon Tog
			is... extremely relaxed at the
			moment.

					RIKER
			Tell Lwaxana to keep him relaxed
			while we call the cavalry...

	Riker crosses to the computer terminal and taps keys,
	but:

   STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT THREE   34.

32A  CONTINUED: (2)

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Access to communications denied.
			All transmissions to be
			authorized by Daimon Tog.

	Riker and Troi exchange a look -- "are you thinking
	what I'm thinking?"

					TROI
			Let's see just how relaxed Daimon
			Tog is...

33   INT. FERENGI LAB

	Tog is gazing lovingly up at Lwaxana.

					TROI (TELEPATHIC V.O.)
			Mother -- we're out of the cell
			and we're trying to contact the
			Enterprise... but we can't do it
			without Tog's access code. Do
			you think --

					LWAXANA (TELEPATHIC V.O.)
			Say no more, Little One.

					TOG
			Lwaxana... you and I are going
			to make such a wonderful team...
			With your telepathy and my
			cunning, I foresee --

					LWAXANA
				(finishes it)
			-- a very profitable future.

	Tog is in ecstasy.

34   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp speed.

   STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT THREE   35.

35   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Worf, and Data still at their stations; various
	supernumeraries staff other positions.

					WORF
			Subspace interference is
			subsiding... communications have
			been restored...

					PICARD
			Good. Contact Commander Riker
			on Betazed.

					WORF
				(observing panel)
			Message coming in from Betazed,
			sir. Priority One.

					PICARD
				(concerned)
			On screen.

	The image of Reittan Grax, the Betazed conference
	director, fills the screen.

					REITTAN GRAX
			Captain Picard, at last. We've
			been trying to reach you for two
			days.

					PICARD
			Our communications were blocked
			by the nebula, Reittan. Is there
			a problem?

					REITTAN GRAX
			I'm afraid so, Captain. Lwaxana,
			Deanna and Commander Riker have
			disappeared.

	On Picard's reaction...

									CUT TO:

36   OMITTED

37   INT. FERENGI LAB

	Lwaxana has been "oo-moxing" Tog into a deeper alpha
	state and he's now on the verge of sleep.

   STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/27/90 - ACT THREE   36.

37   CONTINUED:

					TOG
			I knew I wanted you the moment
			I saw you... you have fulfilled
			all my expectations.

					LWAXANA
			How sweet.

					TOG
				(sleepily)
			Farek thought it was a bad idea...
			but I knew better...

					LWAXANA
			How clever.

					TOG
			I knew best... I always know
			best...

					LWAXANA
				(to herself)
			How repugnant.

					TOG
				(didn't catch it)
			What?

					LWAXANA
			I said, "how romantic." I can't
			resist a man who knows what he
			wants... and goes after it.

					TOG
			That's me. And that's why I'm
			Daimon of this ship... I take
			charge of every situation.
				(demonstrating; a
				 command)
			More to the left, woman.

					LWAXANA
			Whatever you say...

	Lwaxana obediently favors Tog's left ear. Tog happily
	drifts off again.

					LWAXANA (cont'd)
			My darling, would you like
			something to drink?

   STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/27/90 - ACT THREE   36A.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

					TOG
				(murmuring, half-asleep)
			You're so attentive.

					LWAXANA
			Does your food synthesizer know
			how to make an Arcturian Fizz?

					TOG
			I don't think so...

					LWAXANA
			They have certain pleasure-enhancing
			qualities.

					TOG
				(sounds good)
			Mmmm...

					LWAXANA
			Let me teach the computer how to
			make one.
				(a beat)
			I'll need your access code...

   STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT THREE   37.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

	Tog's practically in Ferengi lala land, about to slip
	into slumber. Dreamily:

					TOG
			Yes, beloved... Computer -- access
			code Keh-ee Yoor-ee Dah-teh-ee
			--

					FAREK (O.S.)
			Tog! Be silent!

	Lwaxana, startled, turns to see --

38   NEW ANGLE

	An angry Farek is standing in the doorway.

					FAREK
			I knew you were not to be trusted.

					LWAXANA
			Doctor Farek! I was... going to
			make Daimon Tog a drink...

					FAREK
			Save your lies for this fool...

	Farek indicates Tog, who's slowly regaining alertness.

					LWAXANA
			Daimon Tog, he's misunderstood...
			Don't listen to him.

					FAREK
				(to Tog)
			No -- you've misunderstood.
			You've been tricked by a sly
			female who finds you repulsive.

					TOG
			She was only trying to serve...

					FAREK
			You almost gave her complete
			access to the ship's computer...
				(pointed)
			... a security breach severe enough
			to cost you your command!

   STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT THREE   38.

38   CONTINUED:

	Tog falls silent, realizing Farek's got him by the
	short hairs.

					FAREK (cont'd)
			It's time you took my advice.
			Let me study her.

					TOG
			Study her? Your mind probes could
			kill her.

					FAREK
				(unconcerned)
			You brought her aboard for her
			telepathic powers. If I can
			determine what neural
			configuration gives her those
			powers, we may be able to
			duplicate them. We could still
			profit from this.

					TOG
			I don't know...

					FAREK
			A true Daimon would not be blinded
			by lust. Give her to me or I will
			be forced to report your
			transgression.

	Tog is devastated. His darling may have betrayed him,
	and now he's locked in a power struggle with his first
	officer. Rather weakly he agrees.

					TOG
			Very well... take her.

	On Lwaxana's reaction:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/23/90 - ACT FOUR        39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

39   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around Betazed.

40
thru	OMITTED
42

43   EXT. BETAZED CLEARING

	Worf and three supernumeraries are inspecting the scene
	with tricorders.

44   NEW ANGLE

	to include Reittan Grax.

					REITTAN GRAX
			I wish I had some answers for you,
			Lieutenant Worf.

					WORF
			Mister Homn was no help?

					REITTAN GRAX
			None. He last saw them as he was
			leaving this clearing. When he
			returned, all three of them were
			gone.

	Data returns, holding the bunch of wilted flowers we
	saw earlier.

					DATA
			Lieutenant Foley found these in
			the pond. The species is Zan
			Periculi. It is not indigenous to
			Betazed, but to Lappa IV... a
			Ferengi world.

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/20/90 - ACT FOUR        40.

44A  INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard, Geordi, Data, and Worf. The flowers are on the
	Captain's desk.

					PICARD
			We now have a reasonable
			hypothesis as to whom.

					WORF
			The difficult question is where.

					GEORDI
			The Ferengi ship is almost as fast
			as the Enterprise... she could
			be just about anywhere by now.

	Picard considers for a beat.

					PICARD
			Commander Riker will assume that
			we'll be searching for them...
			he'll find some way to send us
			a message.
				(a beat)
			Mister Worf, I want continual
			monitoring of all Ferengi subspace
			frequencies. Mister La Forge,
			can you extend our sensor range?

					GEORDI
				(thinking)
			If I narrow the band and tie in
			long-range sensors to the subspace
			scanners, I can boost the gain...

					PICARD
			Make it so.

					DATA
			Do you wish to leave orbit?

					PICARD
			Not until we have someplace to
			go.

45   EXT. SPACE - THE KRAYTON (OPTICAL)

	travelling at warp speed.

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT FOUR       40A.

46   INT. HOLDING TANK (OPTICAL)

	As before: Nibor unconscious on the floor, Riker
	working at the computer terminal, Troi looking on.

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/20/90 - ACT FOUR        41.

46   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(shakes his head)
			I've tried everything I know...
			and it's no use. Without Tog's
			security code, I can't get near
			the communication system.

					TROI
			We're running out of time...
			Farek's about to begin the neural
			scan on mother.

	Riker's doing everything he can at the computer
	terminal.

					RIKER
				(thinking)
			Maybe I'm going about this the
			wrong way. If I pick a minor
			subsystem... something non-essential...

	Riker works the console, brings up a control schematic.

					RIKER (cont'd)
			Like this... the warp field phase
			adjustment. All this does is
			suppress the subspace
			interference generated by the
			warp engines.

					TROI
			Meaning what?

					RIKER
			Meaning if I set up a simple
			oscillation, I can send out a
			signal.
				(studying schematic)
			The trick is to create a message
			that the Enterprise will
			understand... but that the Ferengi
			will think is just normal
			subspace static.

	Riker punches in a complex set of computer
	instructions. Troi flinches at a sudden pain. Riker
	notices.

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT FOUR       41A.

46   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER (cont'd)
			What's wrong?

					TROI
			Mother...

46A  INT. FERENGI LAB (OPTICAL)

	Lwaxana on the Ferengi operating table. A strange
	device is probing the Betazoid's mind. Lwaxana is
	writhing in agony. A monitor shows the woman's brain,
	changes in color indicating the manipulations Farek is
	putting her through.

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/20/90 - ACT FOUR 42-42A.       

46B  INT. HOLDING TANK (OPTICAL)

	Riker holding Troi. She is really suffering, but
	trying to be a good soldier and handle it.

					TROI
			Will...
				(again a cry of pain
				 quickly suppressed)
			... we've got to help her...

	Riker makes a decision, picks up Nibor's phaser.

					RIKER
			Come on.

	Riker and Troi EXIT.

47   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	orbiting Betazed.

48   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	A flurry of activity. Data at Science One; Geordi at
	Engineering; Wesley assisting Geordi; Worf at Tactical.
	Supernumeraries are at other stations. They are
	examining all possible information to discover where
	the Ferengi have taken their hostages.

					GEORDI
				(to Wesley)
			Thanks for the help, but you'd
			better get aboard the Bradbury
			-- they were ready to leave orbit
			an hour ago.

					WESLEY
				(nods)
			Soon as we're sure this works...

					GEORDI
				(to Picard)
			Initiating scans now, sir.

	We HEAR a succession of CODED RADIO SIGNALS -- all
	weak, scrambled, unintelligible, and covered with
	layers of HISS, rhythmic POPS, and STATIC. Each
	scanned sample lasts about five seconds.

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT FOUR        43.

48   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Can we locate the Krayton?

	Data and Wesley work at Science One.

					DATA
			Ferengi transmissions are
			routinely scrambled and encoded,
			sir. Without breaking the code,
			we will be unable to identify any
			specific Ferengi vessel.

					GEORDI
				(as he works)
			And Ferengi codes are damn near
			impossible to break...

					PICARD
			Gentlemen, I have the utmost
			confidence in your ability to
			perform the impossible.

	Geordi, Wesley, and Data keep working as the various
	scanned SIGNALS continue. One signal contains a
	particular pattern of rhythmic POPPING that catches
	Wesley's attention for a moment -- though Wesley can't
	put his finger on why. Then another SIGNAL in the scan
	replaces it.

					WORF
			Captain, the Bradbury is hailing
			us. They can no longer delay
			their departure.

	Picard turns to Wesley.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher -- now. We have
			no time for lengthy farewells.
			Good luck.

					WESLEY
			Thank you, sir.

	Wesley would like to say goodbye to everyone else, but
	there's no more time. He takes one last look around
	the Bridge as the rest of the Bridge crew resumes their
	tasks:

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT FOUR       43A.

48   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			The repetitive nature of the
			subcarrier pattern would imply
			a modified Greenlaw-Huffman
			encoding scheme...

					GEORDI
			Okay, I'll reverse-engineer the
			algorithm using a Pileggi
			sequence...

	Wesley EXITS into the Turbolift. The doors close.

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/16/90 - ACT FOUR        44.

49   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	An n.d. crewmember is at the Transporter console.
	Beverly is near the pad, waiting with a travel case.
	Wesley ENTERS, his manner thoughtful and preoccupied.
	Beverly smiles proudly.

					BEVERLY
			Wesley... take care.

					WESLEY
			You too, Mom.

	Beverly gives him a farewell hug. Wesley smiles at
	her... but he just can't get his train of thought away
	from the problem on the Bridge. Lost in thought,
	Wesley steps onto the pad.

					BEVERLY
			Something the matter?

					WESLEY
			We've been scanning Ferengi
			transmissions, trying to find
			the Krayton. One of the signals
			was... I don't know... familiar
			somehow...

					BEVERLY
			Something in the message?

					WESLEY
			No -- the message was scrambled...
				(suddenly it clicks)
			It was the static.

	Wesley steps off the pad, heads for the door.

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/16/90 - ACT FOUR        45.

49   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Where are you going?

	Too late; Wesley's already EXITED. On Beverly's
	expression:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT FIVE        46.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

50   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	orbiting Betazed.

51   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Data, Worf, Geordi, supernumeraries.

					WORF
			Sir, the Bradbury informs us they
			can wait no longer for Mister
			Crusher to come aboard.

	Picard is surprised, but before he can respond, Wesley
	ENTERS from the Turbolift. Everyone reacts.

					WESLEY
			Captain, I think there's a pattern
			to the subspace interference I
			heard on one of the Ferengi
			messages.

					PICARD
			Wesley, unless you leave
			immediately, you'll miss --

	Wesley nods -- he knows what he's doing -- and
	continues:

					WESLEY
			The interference itself could be
			a message. If I could just hear
			a replay of the subspace scans...

	Picard studies Wesley, nods.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Signal the Bradbury they may
			depart.
				(to Data)
			Play back the Ferengi
			transmissions...

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/20/90 - ACT FIVE        47.

51   CONTINUED:

	We HEAR the various CODED RADIO SIGNALS as before.
	Wesley listens intently until he hears the SIGNAL with
	the pattern of INTERFERENCE POPPING that caught his
	attention before.

					WESLEY
			Wait -- repeat that one. Put it
			on a continuous replay.

	Data does so. The SIGNAL keeps playing.

					WESLEY (cont'd)
			Hear that popping noise? Data,
			can you filter out everything but
			that sound?

	Data works the console. We now HEAR only the rhythmic
	POPPING. Now that it's isolated, it's easier to
	identify --

					GEORDI
			That's Cochrane distortion... a
			fluctuation in the phase of the
			subspace field. All warp engines
			generate that kind of
			interference.

					WESLEY
			But listen to the pattern... it's
			the Algolian ceremonial rhythm
			the musician was playing at the
			reception.

					DATA
			Mister Crusher is correct, sir.
			There is a temporal correlation.

					PICARD
			Then it is a signal from Commander
			Riker.
				(with admiration)
			Ingenious. He selected a signal
			we'd recognize... but one the
			Ferengi would dismiss as static.

	Wesley moves to Conn, relieves the crewman there.
	Worf's been working the Tactical console under all
	this, now reports:

					WORF
			Signal source located, Captain.

    STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT FIVE 47A-48.       

51   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Plot an intercept course.

	Wesley's already punching it in at the helm.

					WESLEY
			Course plotted and laid in, sir.

					PICARD
			Well done, Mister Crusher. Warp
			Eight.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Engage.

52   OMITTED

53   INT. FERENGI LAB (OPTICAL)

	Lwaxana Troi is restrained on a biobed. Farek is
	making adjustments to his mind probe. Riker and Troi
	ENTER.

	Riker FIRES a single shot, destroying the probe. Farek
	and Lwaxana react. Riker gestures with the phaser.

					RIKER
			Get away from her.

	Farek moves quickly to obey. Troi crosses to her
	mother, and unfastens the restraints. The stress of
	her ordeal shows on her face as Lwaxana sits up.

	Tog ENTERS, from behind Riker. He too holds a phaser.

					TOG
			Standoff, Commander.

	Riker whirls to face this new threat.

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT FIVE        49.

53   CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA
			Tog, can't we strike a bargain?
			All I'm concerned about is my
			daughter's safety... what happens
			to me isn't important.

					TOG
			What are you suggesting?

	She sees an opening and takes full advantage.

					LWAXANA
			Let me be candid, Daimon Tog.
			Deanna is of no use to you. She's
			only half Betazoid. And if you
			keep Riker, Starfleet will never
			stop searching for you.

	Tog nods judiciously -- "go on."

					LWAXANA (cont'd)
			If you release them, I'll stay
			with you willingly... and use my
			telepathy to aid you in your
			negotiations.

	Tog is wavering. Lwaxana clinches the deal:

					LWAXANA (cont'd)
			I will also show you some of my
			other exotic skills...

	Lwaxana does a strutting dance for Tog.

					TOG
			A tempting offer. I would like
			to believe you.

	She extends a hand.

					LWAXANA
			The offer is genuine. I give you
			my word as a Daughter of the Fifth
			House of Betazed.

					RIKER
			Lwaxana, don't.

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/27/90 - ACT FIVE       49A.

53   CONTINUED: (2)

					LWAXANA
			I've made up my mind.

					RIKER
			I can't let you do this...

					LWAXANA
			William, I'm a grown woman. I
			can make my own decisions, and
			I'm fully capable of entering into
			a contract.

					TROI
			Mother -- we can't just leave you
			here --

	Lwaxana turns to Troi, silences her with a look and
	a thought:

					LWAXANA (TELEPATHIC V.O.)
			Yes, you can -- before he changes
			his mind.
				(then, smiling)
			Please, Little One. Do as I
			say... just this once...

	Lwaxana turns back to Tog before Troi can reply:

					LWAXANA
			Do we have an agreement?

	Tog nods. Th deal is done.

					TOG
			You have my word. I will release
			your daughter and the Commander.

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT FIVE        50.

53   CONTINUED: (3)

	Tog holsters his phaser; he's reached a bargain. He
	shrugs, and moves to Lwaxana's side. She smiles.

					LWAXANA
			Oo-mox is only the beginning...

54
thru	OMITTED
56

57   NEW ANGLE

	as Riker and Troi react. Farek is frankly disgusted.

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT FIVE        51.

57   CONTINUED:

					FERENGI CREWMAN (V.O.)
			Daimon -- we are being hailed by
			the Enterprise -- they demand the
			return of the captives --

	Reactions. Farek panics, but Tog is calm.

					FAREK
			The Enterprise has found us --

					TOG
				(cutting Farek off)
			Slow to impulse... raise
			shields. Inform the Enterprise
			that two of our guests are ready
			to return. The other will be
			staying with us -- at her request.

					FAREK
			Daimon, I must protest --

					TOG
			There is nothing to protest.
			Lwaxana will cooperate...
			therefore we have gained what we
			set out to gain.

					FAREK
			But you cannot trust her --

					TOG
				(firm)
			Lwaxana has given her word. Now
			leave us.

58   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND THE KRAYTON (OPTICAL)

	motionless relative to one another.

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT FIVE        52.

59
thru	OMITTED
60

61   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker and Troi BEAM IN (FERENGI TRANSPORTER EFFECT).
	The viewscreen shows the Krayton.

					PICARD
			You're both all right?

					RIKER
			None the worse for wear.

					TROI
			My mother bought our freedom,
			Captain. But believe me, she
			doesn't want to stay with Tog.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Hail the Krayton.

					WORF
				(works the panel)
			Sir, Daimon Tog responding.

	On the screen, the image of the Krayton is replaced
	by Tog.


        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT FIVE        53.

61   CONTINUED:

					TOG
			Captain Picard, so good of you
			to meet us. We were on our way
			to Betazed to return our guests.

					PICARD
			Of course you were. But you're
			still holding Lwaxana Troi.

	Lwaxana suddenly ENTERS FRAME next to Tog.

					LWAXANA
			When will you get it through your
			thick head that it's over between
			us, Jean-Luc?

	Picard reacts to this bizarre statement. Troi suddenly
	smiles, she sees where her mother's going. Troi
	indicates to Worf to mute the transmission.

					TROI
			I think I know what she's doing.
			You must fight to get her back,
			Captain.

	Bluffing a Ferengi on behalf of Lwaxana Troi? Picard
	shakes his head -- why me? But it might work, so
	Picard bites the bullet, turns to the Main Viewer:

					PICARD
			It's not over, Lwaxana. You're
			mine and I refuse to let you go.
			Return to my side immediately.

					LWAXANA
				(hopeful)
			You mean... you still care?

	Words fail Picard. He searches his memory for
	something -- anything -- to say, finally hits upon
	Shakespeare:

					PICARD
			"My love is a fever, longing still
			For that which longer nurseth the disease."

	Reactions all around.

					LWAXANA
				(melting)
			Tell me more...

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT FIVE       53A.

61   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			"In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes,
			For they in thee a thousand errors note;
			But 'tis my heart that loves what they despise;
			Who in despite of view is pleas'd to dote."

	Under this:

					TOG
				(to Lwaxana)
			You didn't tell me that you and
			Captain Picard were --

					LWAXANA
				(interrupting Tog)
			You said you didn't want to hear
			about all my romances.
				(to Picard)
			I have a new love, Jean-Luc. And
			you can't keep killing all my
			lovers. That simply has to stop.

					TOG
			Killing?

					LWAXANA
			He's insanely jealous.

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/19/90 - ACT FIVE        54.

61   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Listen, Tog, no one possesses
			Lwaxana but me. And if I have
			to destroy your ship in the
			process, so be it.

					TOG
			Captain, I had no idea Lwaxana
			was your woman.

					LWAXANA
				(to Tog)
			Don't let him threaten you. You
			can defeat him.
				(to Picard)
			The only way you'll get me back
			is over Tog's dead body!

					PICARD
			That can be arranged. Mister
			Worf, arm all phaser banks and
			photon torpedoes. If my beloved
			is not in my arms in ten seconds,
			throw everything you've got at
			the Krayton.

					TOG
			But you'll destroy Lwaxana!

					PICARD
				(shrugs)
			'Tis better to have loved and lost
			than never to have loved at all...
			Eight, seven...

					TOG
			No, wait!

					PICARD
			Six... five...

					TOG
				(hits companel)
			Beam her to their Bridge... now!

					PICARD
			Three... two...

	And Lwaxana MATERIALIZES on the Bridge. Playing her
	part in the charade, she rushes to Picard, throws her
	arms around him.

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/20/90 - ACT FIVE        55.

61   CONTINUED: (4)

					LWAXANA
			You wonderfully jealous fool.

					TOG
			I trust there will be no further
			action taken against us?

					PICARD
			Such as reporting this incident
			to your superiors who may question
			your competency as Daimon? I'll
			think about it.
				(to Worf)
			Screen off.

	And Picard cuts the communication. He looks to Lwaxana
	-- "charade's over." Lwaxana, however, doesn't let
	go.

					LWAXANA
				(amorously)
			Thank you, Jean-Luc. You were
			most convincing.
				(purring)
			You certainly convinced me...

	Picard has some difficulty extricating himself from
	Lwaxana's arms.

					PICARD
			Mrs. Troi, I'm truly grateful that
			you risked your life for my...
				(breaks free)
			...people. I'll have you home
			within hours.

					LWAXANA
			Really, that isn't necessary,
			Captain...
				(provocatively)
			I'd love to hear more of that
			poetry...

					PICARD
			Perhaps another time. Mister
			Crusher, set course for Betazed.
				(glancing at Lwaxana)
			Warp Nine.

	Lwaxana turns to Troi:

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/20/90 - ACT FIVE       55A.

61   CONTINUED: (5)

					LWAXANA (TELEPATHIC V.O.)
			There's so much to talk about,
			Little One... such as your future.
			Reittan Grax was telling me the
			other day that he has the nicest
			nephew...

	Deanna gives her a look of "Oh Lord, here we go again."

62   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	streaking at top speed for Betazed.

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/20/90 - ACT FIVE        56.

63   OMITTED

64   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard is reading something on his PADD as Wesley
	enters.

					WESLEY
			You asked to see me, Captain?

	Picard barely looks up.

					PICARD
			I've been in touch with Admiral
			Hahn at Starfleet Academy.

	Wesley's expression turns hopeful. Maybe there's still
	a chance somehow...

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/20/90 - ACT FIVE        57.

64   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (cont'd)
			The Admiral regrets your missing
			the oral examination and hopes
			you'll reapply next year.

	Wesley hides his disappointment. No loopholes here.

					WESLEY
			I understand, sir.
				(a beat)
			I do intend to reapply.

	Picard nods -- good.

					PICARD
			In the interim... the Academy's
			loss is our gain. I'm gratified
			the Enterprise will continue to
			benefit from your talents for
			another year.

					WESLEY
			Thank you, Captain.

	Picard returns his attention to the PADD. Wesley
	stands, waits to be dismissed. Nothing. Wesley's
	beginning to feel awkward. Finally:

					WESLEY (cont'd)
			Is that all, sir?

					PICARD
			There is one more thing.

	Picard looks up.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			For some time now I have been
			contemplating a certain action.
			Your conduct today has convinced
			me to take that action.

	Wesley stands mute, wondering if he's in trouble.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			I've reviewed your service record
			thoroughly... and I've decided
			upon the appropriate course.

	Is there a twinkle in Picard's eye?

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/20/90 - ACT FIVE       57A.

64   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (cont'd)
			I am granting you a field
			promotion to full Ensign.

	Wesley's face lights up. Before Wesley can speak:

					PICARD (cont'd)
			Congratulations.
				(a beat)
			You're dismissed.

									CUT TO:

        STAR TREK: "Menage a Troi" - REV. 3/16/90 - ACT FIVE        58.

65   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	orbiting Betazed.

66   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Troi, Worf, Data, Geordi, Beverly are
	all here. N.D. Crewmember at Conn.

					WORF
			Lwaxana Troi has beamed down to
			Betazed, Captain.

	Wesley ENTERS, now in the crimson Starfleet uniform
	of an Ensign, and takes his station.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Notify Starfleet we are en route
			to the Xanthras system for our
			rendezvous with the Zapata.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Ensign Crusher, take us out of
			orbit and set course for Xanthras
			Three, Warp Factor Six.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir.
				(works the helm)
			Course set.

					PICARD
			Engage.

	Beverly looks proudly over at Wesley, who takes a
	moment to relish his new status. Yes! This is going
	to be all right!

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             








                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                      "Transfigurations" 
                          #40273-173 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Rene Echevarria 
                              
                          Directed by 
                           Tom Benko 


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WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1990 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                      REVISED FINAL DRAFT
 
                       MARCH 27, 1990
 

        STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - 3/27/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Transfigurations" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             Zalkonians
                RIKER              JOHN DOE
                DATA               SUNAD
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             

                O'BRIEN            
                CHRISTY            
                NURSE TEMPLE       

                COMPUTER VOICE     

                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  TWO SHUTTLE TECHNICIANS
 
                  SEVERAL MEDICAL CREWPERSONS

         STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" 3/27/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Transfigurations" 
                         
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              READY ROOM               PLANET SURFACE
              OBSERVATIONS LOUNGE        CRASH SITE
              TEN FORWARD
              SICKBAY                  ZALKONIAN SHIP
              JOHN'S SICKBAY ROOM
              ENGINEERING
              CORRIDORS
              CRUSHER QUARTERS
              TURBOLIFT
              SHUTTLBAY
                CONTROL BOOTH
                CATWALK

    STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - TEASER    1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "Transfigurations"                           
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise in orbit around a small planetoid.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 43957.2.
			We are presently charting an
			unknown star system located in
			the Zeta Gelis cluster. This
			rather routine assignment has made
			for a refreshingly quiet time
			aboard the Enterprise.

2    INT. TEN FORWARD

	GEORDI and WORF are at the bar. Geordi discreetly
	indicates a young woman sitting with a friend (it is
	CHRISTY, whom we last saw in "Booby Trap" telling
	Geordi that she wasn't interested in him "that way").

					GEORDI
			That's her.

	Worf takes a look.

					GEORDI
			Don't stare.

					WORF
			Why not?

					GEORDI
			Because she'll see.

					WORF
			Good. You must let her see the
			fire in your eyes.

					GEORDI
			But what would I say... ?

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - TEASER   1A.

2    CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(acting the wise
				 Lothario)
			Words come later, it is the scent
			that first speaks of love.

    STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/27/90 - TEASER    2.

2    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Thanks Worf, that really helps
			me a lot.

	Geordi sees Christy get up with a couple empty glasses
	and head toward the bar. He quickly turns toward Worf
	and tries to blend into the woodwork, but she ends up
	standing right behind him as she waits for her refills.
	She recognizes him:

					CHRISTY
			Hi, Geordi.

					GEORDI
				(turning around)
			Hi, Christy.

	A long silence. Christy waits for Geordi to continue,
	but Geordi doesn't know what to say. She knows he has
	a crush on her and tries to draw him out.

					CHRISTY
			So... how have you been?

					GEORDI
			Good.

	Another long silence. Christy tries again.

					CHRISTY
			How are things down in
			Engineering?

					GEORDI
			Fine... uh really... fine.

	Another long silence. Christy finally gives up.

					CHRISTY
			Well, see you around.

	Geordi nods and she EXITS. Worf turns to Geordi.

					WORF
			I have much to teach you about
			women.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Mister La Forge, report to
			Transporter Room three.

	As Geordi reacts...

    STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - TEASER    3.

3
thru	OMITTED
3A

3B   INT. CORRIDOR

	RIKER, BEVERLY, and DATA are moving rapidly down the
	corridor towards the Transporter Room. A Turbolift
	OPENS and Geordi ENTERS. He quickly falls in step with
	the others.

					GEORDI
			What's this all about, Commander?

					RIKER
				(to Geordi)
			Sensors have discovered a small
			one-man ship crashed on the
			planet.

					BEVERLY
			We're picked up life-signs...
			humanoid, very faint and fading.

	They EXIT into the Transporter Room.

4    EXT. THE PLANET'S SURFACE (OPTICAL)

	The Away Team MATERIALIZES in front of the shattered
	hull of the wrecked escape pod.

					DATA
				(using tricorder)
			Radiation levels within acceptable
			limits.

	As they get closer, we see the injured humanoid. He is
	unconscious, in a state of shock. Half his body is
	trapped under a mass of bent steel; he has a nasty head
	wound. His right arm is severed. Beverly moves
	quickly to him and uses her medical tricorder.

					GEORDI
			We can beam him out from under
			there, get him up to Sickbay.

					BEVERLY
			He's not stable enough for
			transport. There's damage to his
			brain stem, his autonomic
			functions are failing.

    STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/27/90 - TEASER    4.

4    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			His heart needs active neural
			feedback, it can't regulate
			itself. I need a volunteer.

					GEORDI
			I'm here.

					BEVERLY
			I'm going to hook your nervous
			systems together through my
			tricorder -- your brain will
			regulate both systems. That
			should stabilize him long enough
			to get him up to the ship.

	The following takes a matter of seconds... she affixes
	a neural pad to the base of each of her patient's
	skulls. Thin fiber optic cables lead out from these
	pads and connect to her tricorder. She flips a switch
	and the tricorder starts beeping in synch with Geordi's
	heartbeat.

					BEVERLY
			Take deep, regular breaths. If
			anything goes wrong I'll break
			the connection.

	Geordi nods. She activates the device. Two heartbeats
	can now be heard. Suddenly, a strange COLOR WASH moves
	along the fiber from the humanoid to Geordi.

					BEVERLY
				(ready to break
				 connection)
			Geordi!

					GEORDI
			I'm fine... no problem.

					BEVERLY
				(nods and hits combadge)
			Transporter Room, three to beam
			directly to Sickbay.

	As they DEMATERIALIZE, we...

									FADE OUT.

					END OF TEASER

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/30/90 - ACT ONE   5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

5    INT. JOHN'S SICKBAY ROOM

	Patient "John Doe" has just been placed in a special
	emergency surgical bed. Electrodes are feverishly
	being attached to his head and chest. Beverly, NURSE
	TEMPLE, and SEVERAL MEDICAL CREWPERSONS are working on
	John.

					BEVERLY
				(to a nurse)
			Autonomic responses are still
			low... begin cardiostimulation...
				(to another nurse)
			Sixty cc's of inoprovaline...
			massive infection is setting in...
			use the protodynoplaser to
			stabilize his immune system.
				(looking at monitor)
			We need to design a virus that
			can infiltrate his cell structure
			and boost his ATP production.

	The team moves into action.

					TEMPLE
			What about Commander La Forge...
			he's waiting in the diagnostic
			center.

					BEVERLY
			I want you to give him a full
			bioscan. See if there are any
			residual effects from that energy
			discharge during the neuro-link.

	Temple nods and EXITS.

					BEVERLY
				(to another nurse)
			Keep his arm in cryogenic stasis
			until his vital signs are strong
			enough to begin surgical
			procedures.

	Beverly leans over her patient as if trying to gauge
	his chances for survival... at the moment they don't
	look good...

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - ACT ONE   6.

6    INT. BRIDGE

	PICARD, Riker, Data, and Worf are on the Bridge.

					RIKER
			From the size and shape of the
			wreckage, it appeared to be some
			kind of escape pod. The control
			system had been heavily damaged,
			that's probably what caused the
			crash.

					PICARD
				(thoughtfully)
			An escape pod... then it couldn't
			have travelled very far. Mister
			Data, any signs of other ships
			in this area?

					DATA
				(works console)
			I am picking up a scattering of
			debris in extended orbit around
			the planet. It reads as refined
			metals and other synthetic
			compounds.

					PICARD
			The remains of a larger vessel.
			He must have left in the pod
			before the ship was destroyed.

					WORF
				(works console)
			Sensors show trace elements in
			the debris that would indicate
			phaser fire was recently
			exchanged.

					PICARD
			Were you able to salvage anything
			from the escape pod?

	Data holds up a small gel-filled capsule.

					DATA
			This is all that is left of the
			pod's computer system.

					PICARD
			Can you access it?

    STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 4/3/90 - ACT ONE    7.

6    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			It will take time. Downloading
			it into our system will require
			fabrication of a matrix translator
			to emulate the alien's computer
			system.

					PICARD
			Keep me apprised of your progress.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Data moves to the aft science station.

7    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

8    INT. JOHN'S SICKBAY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Two hours later. Doctor Crusher has successfully
	reattached her patient's arm and high-tech bandages
	now cover the wound. Beverly looks fatigued. Temple
	is monitoring some equipment.

					TEMPLE
			Limb re-fusion appears to have
			been successful, Doctor.
			Tissue oxygenation is within
			norms.

					BEVERLY
			That's all we can do for now.
			We won't be able to test
			neuromuscular function for a few
			days.

	Geordi ENTERS.

					GEORDI
			Can I go now, Doc?

	Beverly picks up a padd and examines the results of
	Geordi's examination.

					BEVERLY
			No need to keep you here. Your
			bioscan came out negative.

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - ACT ONE   7A.

8    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I could have told you that. I
			feel great.

	As Geordi turns to leave, Picard ENTERS.

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - ACT ONE   8.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(indicating John)
			How's your patient, Beverly?

					BEVERLY
			I never thought he'd make it this
			far. There was major trauma to
			the head and chest cavity, massive
			plasma loss, and severe damage
			to most of his organs.

					PICARD
			What are his chances?

					BEVERLY
			I believe he'll live... but I'm
			afraid I can't take the credit
			for it. His body is showing
			amazing recuperative powers. The
			damaged tissue is repairing itself
			at a phenomenal rate.
				(beat)
			There's only one thing that
			troubles me.

					PICARD
			Go on.

					BEVERLY
			Take a look at this.

	Beverly goes to a wall monitor and taps it. A graphic
	display of cells undergoing rapid transformation comes
	up.

					PICARD
			Cell regeneration?

					BEVERLY
			Yes... the thing is that it has
			nothing to do with his injuries.
			These are undamaged cells, but
			they seem to be mutating.

					PICARD
			Any theory as to what's causing
			it?

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/30/90 - ACT ONE   9.

8    CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
				(shaking head)
			No. I've never seen anything like
			it. It's possible this could be
			part of his natural healing
			process. I hope it is... because
			there's nothing I can do to stop
			it.

	On display as the cells rapidly mutate...

9    OMITTED

9A   INT. TEN FORWARD (FORMERLY SCENES 17-20)

	Geordi, Worf, and Data are seated at one of the tables.
	Geordi and Data are deep in conversation, while Worf
	looks a little bored. Geordi is holding the storage
	capsule.

					GEORDI
			I'm telling you Data, there's got
			to be some way to decode the
			information in this thing.

					DATA
			I agree Geordi. But the data
			matrix within the capsule does
			not correspond to any standard
			format. All we have been able
			to determine is that the device
			uses a chemically based system
			for molecular energy encoding.

					GEORDI
			Yeah, and the computer still
			can't analyze the specific
			chemical elements involved. It's
			got to be part of the data
			processing system...
				(a beat as he thinks)
			What if it's a feedback loop
			controller?

	Data is very interested in this new line of pursuit.

					DATA
			The compact shape does suggest
			a rapid chemical processing and
			storage capacity.

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/30/90 - ACT ONE   9A.

9A   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			We found it close to the escape
			pod instrumentation assemblage...
			this capsule might process the
			ship's dynamic motions and augment
			the manual control inputs.
				(getting a little
				 excited)
			We could send it a few test
			signals... make it think the
			entire assemblage was awake and
			operating.

					DATA
			An intriguing experiment. The
			capsule might provide us with
			information without the need to
			decode the storage medium itself.
			Perhaps we could examine your
			theory immediately.

					WORF
				(with usual Klingon
				 intensity)
			Less talk, more synthehol.
				(beat)
			We came here to relax.

					GEORDI
			I am relaxed. In fact, I've never
			felt better.

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/30/90 - ACT ONE   10.

9A   CONTINUED: (2)

	Geordi turns and waves over a WAITER for another round.
	As he turns, he sees Christy at the bar talking with
	a FEMALE CREWPERSON. She sees him and gives him a
	friendly wave.

9B   ON GEORDI

	His attitude and demeanor are in marked contrast to
	the first scene with Christy in the Teaser. A smile
	breaks out on his face and he confidently gets up from
	the table and starts to head for the bar.

					GEORDI
			But you know, Worf you do have
			a point.
				(to Data)
			I think the storage capsule can
			wait awhile.

	They watch in surprise as he heads for the bar.

9C   NEW ANGLE

	on Christy and Geordi. Christy has just said good-bye
	to her friend and is on her way out when Geordi
	smoothly intercepts her. She is a little surprised
	by Geordi's change in attitude, but welcomes it.

					GEORDI
			Hi. Not leaving, are you?

					CHRISTY
			Oh hi, Geordi... I was just on
			my way down to the arboretum.

					GEORDI
			Care for some company?

					CHRISTY
				(warm smile)
			I'd love some. But I didn't think
			you were interested... in that
			kind of thing.

					GEORDI
				(taking her arm)
			There are a lot of things you
			don't know about me.

	Geordi matches her smile with one of his own and they
	EXIT arm in arm.

  STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/30/90 - ACT ONE  10A.

9D   ON WORF AND DATA

	as they watch Geordi and Christy leave. Worf nods his
	head in approval.

					WORF
			I have been tutoring him.
				(proudly)
			He learns quickly.

	On Data's reaction...

9E   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Travelling on impulse power.

10   INT. JOHN'S SICKBAY ROOM

	We see that the patient has been removed from the
	emergency surgical bed and is now lying on an ordinary
	sickbay bed.

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			Medical Log, Stardate 43958.8.
			I have removed patient "John Doe"
			from the emergency bio-support
			unit. In just thirty-six hours
			most of his major organ systems
			have regenerated themselves to
			the point where they can now
			function on their own.

	Beverly crosses over to John's side. She is leaning
	against the bed and looking up at a diagnostic
	monitor... she turns to move away from the bed when
	suddenly... his arm stabs out and grasps her wrist.
	Beverly is startled, and whirls around in fear.

10A  ANGLE ON JOHN

	as his eyes open. He looks around in momentary
	bewilderment... then looks up at Beverly... he breaks
	into a smile so rich and deep that her fear evaporates
	and she finds herself smiling back.

					JOHN
				(gratified)
			I am... alive.

					BEVERLY
			You certainly are.

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/27/90 - ACT ONE   11.

10A  CONTINUED:

					JOHN
			Thank you... for my life. Tell
			me... who am I?

	On Beverly's reaction...

11
thru	OMITTED
12

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/30/90 - ACT TWO   12.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

13   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Cruising on impulse power.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log: Stardate 43960.6.
			Our mission to map the Zeta Gelis
			star cluster is proceeding on
			schedule. Meanwhile, Doctor
			Crusher reports that the recovery
			of the patient she has named John
			Doe continues at a remarkable
			pace.

14   INT. JOHN'S SICKBAY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	The room has several devices designed for physical
	rehabilitation scattered around it. The circular disc
	that hangs over the operating table in Sickbay now
	hangs here and dominates the room. There are a few
	subtle changes in the disc to suggest small devices and
	sensors. John is reclining in a chair beneath the
	disc. Small BEAMS OF LIGHT lance down from the disc
	and move along John's limbs. Beverly is standing at
	a nearby console monitoring the therapy. John's
	attitude is bright, positive. He is vibrant and full
	of confidence as he goes through his rehabilitation.

					BEVERLY
			Are you experiencing any
			discomfort?

					JOHN
			None. I can feel the life
			returning to my body.

					BEVERLY
				(impressed)
			Your neurofibrowaves are
			functioning almost normally again.
				(beat)
			That puts you... about six weeks
			ahead of my original schedule.

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - ACT TWO   13.

15   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Beverly works the console and the beams STOP. She
	picks up some medical bands about the size and shape
	of dog collars and begins to attach them to John's arms
	and legs.

					JOHN
				(smiling)
			That should give you and your
			colleagues something to talk
			about.

					BEVERLY
			You're all we've talked about
			since your arrival.

	John is pleased and enthusiastic.

					JOHN
				(pleased)
			I believe I'm ready for the next
			phase of my treatment.

					BEVERLY
				(light)
			You're right... I think it's time
			you stopped taking up valuable
			bedspace.

	John smiles.

					BEVERLY
			Now remember... you've been off
			your feet for almost a month.
			These motor assist bands will
			provide electrical stimulation
			to your arms and legs. They'll
			help you re-learn to control your
			muscles.
				(beat)
			Now, don't be disappointed if your
			mobility is restricted at first...
			your limbs are still weak.

	John is clearly excited at the prospect of getting up.
	Beverly completes the process of attaching the bands
	and then stands up. She pulls out a tricorder to
	monitor him.

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/27/90 - ACT TWO   14.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					JOHN
			I appreciate your concern Doctor.
			But I think I'm going to surprise
			you again. I feel strong enough
			to fly.

	John slowly gets up. He smiles, glad to be on his
	feet. He takes a few confident steps and then loses
	his balance and collapses on the floor. Beverly moves
	over to him quickly. John smiles ruefully.

					JOHN
			But perhaps I should concentrate
			on walking first.

	Beverly returns his smile and helps him to his feet.

					BEVERLY
			Let's try again. But this time...
			a little more slowly.

					JOHN
				(grins)
			Much more slowly.

	John hesitantly begins to walk, stiff-limbed. Beverly
	close at his side. He totters a moment and has to lean
	on her for support. John starts to walk again without
	her help. As he walks, we can see his strength
	starting to return. John begins to flex his arms and
	hands... his face shows sheer joy as life returns to
	his limbs. Beverly is sharing in his infectious joy.

16   NEW ANGLE

	As Picard ENTERS. Picard, who has met John before,
	realizes that he is witnessing a key moment in John's
	recuperation and watches without interrupting. John
	begins to walk a little too fast once more and loses
	his balance near Picard, who quickly catches him before
	he falls. Picard helps John to regain his balance and
	then lets him go.

					JOHN
			I envy your reflexes, Captain.

					PICARD
			And I envy your strength of will.
			Doctor Crusher has kept me
			informed of your progress. It's
			quite extraordinary.

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - ACT TWO   15.

16   CONTINUED:

					JOHN
			I have an extraordinary doctor.
			She gave me back my life. I hope
			that I'm worthy of her efforts.

	Beverly beams as she and John share a moment of pride
	over what they've accomplished together. John girds
	himself and starts walking again. Beverly monitors him
	closely as he slowly moves around the room.

					PICARD
			Tell me John, are you still unable
			to recall anything at all about
			your past?

	At the mention of his past, John's expression clouds.
	His bright and vibrant personality seems dimmed.

					JOHN
			No... my memories begin the moment
			I woke up in Sickbay.
				(beat)
			Doctor Crusher told me... you
			think I was in some kind of
			battle.

					PICARD
			We're quite certain of that. But
			you have no idea how you came to
			be in that escape pod, or what
			happened to your ship?

					JOHN
				(shaking his head)
			No. Believe me, Captain it's a
			horrible feeling. Not knowing
			who you are, where you're from...

					PICARD
				(to Beverly)
			Have you tried synaptic
			induction?

					BEVERLY
			His neural nets don't conform
			to any known patterns.
			Conventional neurotherapy has
			proven ineffective. Hopefully,
			in time, his memory pathways will
			reestablish themselves naturally.

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - ACT TWO   16.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

	Suddenly John puts a hand to his stomach and his face
	contorts in momentary agony. Beverly moves to him.

					BEVERLY
			That same pain again?

					JOHN
				(tight)
			Yes.

	The pain ends and his features relax.

					JOHN
				(with shaky smile)
			I think I've made enough progress
			for one day.

	Beverly is scanning him, but doesn't know what to make
	of the readings.

					PICARD
				(to Beverly)
			Not a relapse I hope.

					BEVERLY
				(concerned)
			This has nothing to do with his
			wounds. I think it's related
			to the continuing mutation of his
			cell structure.

					PICARD
			Still no theory as to what's
			causing it?

					BEVERLY
				(shaking her head)
			None. I've run every test I could
			think of... it just doesn't make
			any sense.

					JOHN
				(smiles but troubled)
			I seem to be a mystery, Doctor.
			To you... and to myself.

	On Beverly's concerned reaction...

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 4/3/90 - ACT TWO   17.

17
thru	OMITTED
20

20A  INT.CORRIDOR/TURBOLIFT (FORMERLY SCENE 29)

	Riker waiting for Turbolift. The doors open and reveal
	Geordi and Christy kissing inside. Christy pulls away
	and smiles at Geordi.

					CHRISTY
			This is where I get off. See you
			tonight in Ten Forward?

					GEORDI
			I'll be there.

	Christy heads out into corridor. She smiles at Riker.

					CHRISTY
			Hello Commander.

					RIKER
			Miss Henshaw.

	Riker ENTERS the Turbolift. The doors shut.

					RIKER
			Bridge.

	Riker looks a question at Geordi.

					GEORDI
			Deck six.

					RIKER
				(light, easy)
			So... you and Miss Henshaw have
			certainly been seeing a lot of
			each other.

					GEORDI
			Every night this week.

					RIKER
			Is that all? Seems like you've
			been walking around with a smile
			on your face for a lot longer than
			that.

					GEORDI
			I guess I have. This last month
			or so... everything seems to be
			going my way.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - ACT TWO   18.

20A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			I don't know what it is, but
			something's changed around here.

					RIKER
			The only thing that's changed is
			you.

					GEORDI
			Me? I'm the same guy I've always
			been.

					RIKER
			If you say so... but I don't
			remember the old Geordi having
			much success with Christy Henshaw.

					GEORDI
			Maybe I am a little more confident
			than I used to be.

	The doors open and Geordi EXITS. Riker smiles in
	approval.

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - ACT TWO   19.

21   INT. SICKBAY

	John is sitting on the operating table with bands on
	his arms and legs. Beverly is working at a console
	while John practices flexing and stretching his
	muscles. The door to Sickbay OPENS and O'BRIEN ENTERS
	wearing a kayaking outfit. He is holding his shoulder
	and has a rueful expression on his face.

					BEVERLY
			What happened to you?

					O'BRIEN
			I was... uh... kayaking on the
			Holodeck again.

	Beverly quickly scans his shoulder.

					BEVERLY
			And now you've dislocated your
			shoulder. Sit down, I'll get the
			osteotractor frame.

	O'Brien sits down and WESLEY ENTERS.

					WESLEY
			Hi mom. We still on for dinner
			tonight?

					BEVERLY
			Seven-thirty sharp. I'll be right
			back.

	Beverly EXITS to lab. Wesley sees O'Brien and smiles.

					WESLEY
			Kayaking again?

	O'Brien grunts in pain. Wesley shakes his head. He
	smiles in greeting to John. They've obviously met
	before.

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/27/90 - ACT TWO   20.

21   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			So how's my mom's favorite
			patient?

					JOHN
			Judge for yourself.

	John gets off the table and starts to gingerly walk
	around the room. His movements are confident and sure.

					WESLEY
			Hey... not bad.

					JOHN
			Your mother promised me a tour
			of the ship tomorrow.
				(confidentially)
			You may find this hard to believe,
			but Sickbay can be an incredibly
			boring place.

					O'BRIEN
				(toward lab)
			Hey Doc... I'm dying here.

22   ON JOHN (OPTICAL)

	John looks at O'Brien... sees his discomfort... a look
	of gentle compassion comes over his features. John
	goes over to O'Brien and puts his hand on his injured
	shoulder just as Beverly ENTERS from the lab in the
	b.g.

					JOHN
			Don't worry my friend... you'll
			be alright.

	There is a brief COLOR WASH on O'Brien's shoulder (like
	the light that hit Geordi in the Teaser). O'Brien is
	surprised. He moves his arm around experimentally.

					O'BRIEN
				(to Beverly)
			The pain's gone.

	Beverly pulls out her scanner and runs it over his arm.

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/27/90 - ACT TWO   21.

22   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(amazed)
			It's completely healed. I don't
			understand... what did you do,
			John?

					JOHN
			I... don't know. It was...
			instinct.
				(holds out hand)
			I just... touched him.

	Beverly reaches out and takes his hand. She looks at
	it in wonder and then looks up into his face. The
	look on his face is surprised and bewildered.

23   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Cruising along.

24   INT. BEVERLY'S QUARTERS

	Wesley at the table. He and Beverly have just finished
	dinner. Beverly is returning to the table with a
	couple of drinks. She sets the drinks down and then
	sits.

					BEVERLY
			I've run every test and scan that
			I can think of... there's no
			physiological evidence that would
			indicate he would possess such
			powers. But then, there's so much
			about John that's a mystery...

	Wesley takes a drink and thinks for a beat.

					WESLEY
			You know... I really like him.

					BEVERLY
				(pleased)
			He does have a certain charm
			doesn't he? The whole medical
			staff has commented on it.

	Wesley studies his mom for a second. He can tell
	there's more to this than Beverly is letting on. He
	is genuinely interested in her feelings without being
	threatened by them.

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - ACT TWO   22.

24   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			You seem pretty taken with him
			yourself.

					BEVERLY
			I guess I am... taken with him.
			There's a strength and serenity
			about him that's very attractive.
			Yet, he's filled with such pain
			and turmoil... he's so
			vulnerable. I find him... very
			intriguing.

					WESLEY
				(with a smile)
			Sounds like there's more to it
			than that.

					BEVERLY
			Is that your way of asking if I'm
			getting romantically involved with
			him?

					WESLEY
			You said it, I didn't.

	Beverly searches to explain her confused feelings.

					BEVERLY
			My feelings toward him aren't
			romantic... exactly. I mean...
			I know that the... doctor/patient
			relationship can sometimes create
			a... false sense of intimacy...
			but this is different. There's
			an almost... spiritual connection.
				(beat)
			I guess I'm not making much sense,
			am I?

					WESLEY
				(gently)
			I think I understand.

	A beat. Beverly is appreciative and touched by
	Wesley's support.

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/29/90 - ACT TWO   23.

25   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Data is working at the aft science station as Geordi
	ENTERS the Bridge from the aft Turbolift. He carries
	the storage capsule in his hand.

					GEORDI
			Data, I was thinking about the
			storage capsule last night.
				(he places the capsule
				 on to the console)
			And I was wondering... what if
			we've been going about it the
			wrong way. We've been trying to
			analyze its mechanical properties.
			What if it is a biochemical
			storage medium?

					DATA
			Are you suggesting that it
			employes memory RNA like an
			organic cell?

					GEORDI
			Well, it does contain quantities
			of nucleic acids.

					DATA
			Perhaps the information sequences
			are encoded in the molecular
			patterns themselves.

					GEORDI
			Computer, scan the storage
			capsule. Analyze molecular
			sequences on nucleic acid chains.

	Suddenly the random information on the science screen
	coalesces into starmap coordinates.

					GEORDI
				(triumphant)
			Well what do you know. A
			navigational chart.

					DATA
			It appears that your hypothesis
			was correct, Geordi.

					GEORDI
				(very pleased)
			I knew it.
				(to Picard)
			Captain?

  STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/29/90 - ACT TWO  23A.

25   CONTINUED:

	Picard comes over.

					PICARD
			You found something?

					DATA
			We have determined that the
			storage cube from John Doe's
			escape pod contains navigational
			information.

					PICARD
			Can you match these stars to our
			charts?

					DATA
			Computer, run transformational
			matrix calculations. Match
			navigational referents to known
			stars in this sector.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Information on this sector is
			incomplete. No correlation.

					GEORDI
				(determined)
			I'm not giving up yet. Not after
			coming so close to cracking this
			thing.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/29/90 - ACT TWO   24.

25   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
				(examines screen)
			That might be flight path
			information from John's ship, but
			without a frame of reference, I
			can't determine the origin points.

	They all think for a beat.

					DATA
			Computer, assume those points are
			course corrections and derive
			gravitational values for stellar
			objects near the flight path.

	The information on the screen starts to be converted.

					DATA
			Most of these are ordinary G-type
			stars...
				(indicates point on
				 screen)
			But this would appear to be a
			neutron star, possibly a pulsar.

					GEORDI
				(indicates markings
				 next to the pulsar)
			Which means this might be a
			rotational time reference.

					DATA
			Computer, assume these symbols
			are pulsars. Translate associated
			values into standard temporal
			notations.

	The display changes again.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Computer, is there a pulsar with
			a rotational period of...
			one-point-five-two-four-four
			seconds within sensor range?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Affirmative.

  STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/29/90 - ACT TWO  24A.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Bingo! Overlay navigational chart
			using referenced pulsars and
			project a flight path back to
			origin.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Flight path originated at bearing
			zero-zero-three, mark
			zero-one-five. Distance,
			two-point-three parsecs.

					GEORDI
			That's it, Captain. That's where
			John Doe came from.

					DATA
			That bearing is almost directly
			along our planned course.

					PICARD
			Good. Then we can continue our
			mission without significant
			interruption.

	As they look at the starchart on the screen...

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - ACT TWO   25.

26   INT. JOHN'S ROOM IN SICKBAY

	John is shocked.

					JOHN
			Home?

	MOVE to reveal Beverly and Picard in the room.

					PICARD
			Yes... using the information we
			found in your escape pod, we may
			be able to return you to your
			people.

	It takes John a few moments to sort out his feelings.
	His expression changes for a moment... his words slip
	out, without conscious thought.

					JOHN
				(almost a whisper)
			I... cannot go back.

	Picard and Beverly exchange a look.

					PICARD
			And why is that?

	There is a beat as John thinks. Then with a shock of
	realization...

					JOHN
				(certain)
			You must not take me home,
			Captain.

					BEVERLY
			John, your memory... has it
			returned?

	John is trying desperately to remember, but specific
	memories stay tantalizingly out of reach.

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/27/90 - ACT TWO   26.

26   CONTINUED:

					JOHN
			All I know is that we came out
			here to escape.

					PICARD
			Escape what?

					BEVERLY
			There were others with you?

					JOHN
				(searching)
			Yes... I was not... alone. But
			what happened to the others or
			what we were escaping from... I
			cannot remember.
				(to Picard with passion)
			But I do know that I cannot go
			back... not yet.

	Picard and Beverly are a little taken aback by the
	conviction and determination of John.

					PICARD
			We will not arrive in your star
			system for at least three weeks.
			That gives us plenty of time to
			discuss this matter further.

					BEVERLY
			Hopefully by then, you'll have
			regained more of your memory.

					JOHN
				(relieved)
			You're right of course. I
			apologize for my outburst,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			It is... understandable.

	Picard nods and EXITS. Beverly smiles at John with
	reassurance and then EXITS. John gets up and moves
	over to a cup of water sitting on a table.

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - ACT TWO   27.

27   ON JOHN (OPTICAL)

	as he reaches for the cup. He doubles over in more
	intense pain that we saw earlier... the spasm lasts
	longer this time. With great effort, he tries to
	release the pain by sheer will. The pain subsides
	after a final spasm and a BRIGHT YELLOWISH GLOW moves
	quickly from his chest to along his arms and then
	disappears. Hold on John... bewildered and
	frightened.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

  STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/27/90 - ACT THREE  28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

28   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Beverly and John ENTER. The room is filled with
	SUPERNUMERARIES... a busy, lively atmosphere. John
	and Beverly pause near the bar.

					JOHN
			This ship is astounding. It seems
			to stretch on without end.

					BEVERLY
			We can see the rest of it some
			other time. This is your first
			day out of Sickbay... I don't want
			you to overexert yourself.

					JOHN
				(glancing around)
			This looks like an ideal place
			to rest.

					BEVERLY
			My thoughts exactly.

	They walk over to an empty table and sit down. John
	looks around the room at the activity surrounding them.

					JOHN
			Truly remarkable.

					BEVERLY
			What is?

					JOHN
			These people... they're all so
			different from one another... yet
			they work together freely.

					BEVERLY
			Is it that surprising?

	John thinks this over.

					JOHN
			It is... new to me.

  STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - ACT THREE  29.

28   CONTINUED:

					JOHN
				(frustrated)
			My people are different...
			somehow. If only I could
			remember!
				(beat)
			Yesterday... for one terrifying
			moment, there was clarity.

					BEVERLY
			You mean that energy pulse... ?

					JOHN
			Yes. For that moment, my purpose
			seemed clear... but then it was
			gone.

					BEVERLY
			The pain... the energy pulse...
			they must all be linked to the
			cell mutation in your body.
				(beat)
			I wish there was some way I could
			help you get to the truth.

	John gives her a warm smile. His own pain forgotten...
	only looking to reassure her.

					JOHN
			Thank you... Beverly, you've done
			so much for me already. I only
			wish there was some way I could
			repay you.

					BEVERLY
			But you have...

	John gives her a gentle but questioning look. Beverly
	is a little embarrassed, yet she feels compelled to
	tell him her personal feelings.

					BEVERLY
			The... friendship... that we've
			developed has made me... very
			happy.

	John thinks this over for a few seconds. They both
	realize that each has strong feelings towards the
	other, but both know that they cannot take their
	relationship any further.

  STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - ACT THREE  30.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					JOHN
			The rapport that exists between
			us... also means a great deal
			to me.
				(beat with deep
				 conviction)
			But I believe that I am on some
			kind of journey. Whatever brought
			me here... whatever is happening
			to my body... it's all part of
			that journey... and I must
			complete it... before any other
			consideration.

	Beverly knows that John is right, but nevertheless
	there is still that strong attraction between them.
	A solemn bittersweet moment as they both reflect on
	what might have been.

  STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - ACT THREE  31.

29   OMITTED

30   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data and Worf at their stations, Picard and Riker at
	Command.

  STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - ACT THREE  32.

30   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Sir, I am reading a vessel on
			long-range scanners... it is
			coming from sector nine five six
			nine.

					PICARD
			What configuration?

					WORF
			Impossible to identify at this
			distance. However, it is on an
			intercept course.

					DATA
			Captain, the ship is traveling
			at warp nine point seven two.

					RIKER
			Nine point seven two?

					PICARD
			Time to intercept?

					DATA
			At present course and speed...
			ten hours fifty-three minutes.

					PICARD
			Try to hail them, Mister Worf.

	A beat as Worf works his console.

					WORF
			No response, Captain.

	Picard is a little disturbed by this.

					PICARD
			Monitor their approach... repeat
			hail every half hour.

					WORF
			Aye sir.

					RIKER
			Whoever they are, they're in a
			big hurry to get here.

	Picard and Riker exchange a look... who is out there?

  STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - ACT THREE  33.

31   INT. JOHN'S SICKBAY ROOM

	John is reading about Federation history on a computer
	terminal. Suddenly a spasm of pain shoots through his
	body, doubling him over in agony.

32   CLOSE ON MEDICAL MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	The screen is monitoring the lifesigns of John, when a
	RED WARNING LIGHT comes on along with a BEEPING SOUND.

33   INT. JOHN'S SICKBAY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	The doors open and Nurse Temple ENTERS. She goes over
	to John, who is clearly in torment.

					TEMPLE
				(hits combadge)
			Doctor Crusher, medical emergency,
			room four.

					JOHN
				(struggling)
			Can't... make it... stop...

	Beverly RUSHES IN with a tricorder and goes to John.

					BEVERLY
				(scanning him)
			John tell me... is it worse than
			before?

					JOHN
			Much... worse.

					TEMPLE
			Should I get something for the
			pain?

					BEVERLY
				(reading tricorder)
			No. The readings are fluctuating
			too wildly... it wouldn't do any
			good, his entire cell structure...
			is transforming.

	His face contorts and he grabs her arm.

					JOHN
			Beverly! I have to... leave!

  STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/30/90 - ACT THREE  34.

33   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Where do you want to go?

					JOHN
			I must... get off... this ship.

					BEVERLY
			John, that's impossible. In your
			condition---

	John moves away from her and backs towards the door.

					JOHN
			I must... !

	A brief GLOW OF YELLOWISH LIGHT emanates from his chest
	again, this time the effect is a little longer and the
	light is more intense. It startles Beverly and the
	Nurse. The glow subsides and a look of determination
	comes over his face. John bolts OUT THE DOOR.

34   INT. SICKBAY/CORRIDOR

	Moving with Beverly as she follows John. He goes into
	the corridor and Beverly stops in the doorway. She
	hesitates for a moment. She doesn't want to do
	anything to hurt John, but realizes her duty to the
	ship outweighs her personal feelings. She hits her
	combadge.

					BEVERLY
			Security...

 STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/30/90 - ACT THREE 34A.

35
thru	OMITTED
36

37   INT. SHUTTLE BAY CONTROL BOOTH

	Looking down into the shuttle bay. TWO SHUTTLE
	TECHNICIANS are working on a shuttlecraft along with
	Geordi. He steps back from the shuttle.

  STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/30/90 - ACT THREE  35.

37   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(to technicians)
			Okay, let's realign the magnetic
			inducers on the starboard nacelle.

38   NEW ANGLE

	looking out from the control booth, along the catwalk
	toward the door. The door opens and John ENTERS. He
	hesitates a moment, gets his bearings... looks down
	and sees the shuttlecraft... then heads for the control
	booth.

39   ON CONTROL BOOTH (OPTICAL)

	John goes into the booth, GLOWS again.

40   INT. CONTROL BOOTH

	John trying to figure out how to open shuttle bay
	doors...

41   INT. SHUTTLE BAY

	Worf, SECURITY TEAM, and Beverly ENTER the bay on the
	main level. They see John up in the booth.

					BEVERLY
			John!

					WORF
			Leave the control booth
			immediately!

	John continues to work the console. The HANGAR DOOR
	STARTS TO OPEN.

41A  INT. SHUTTLE BAY (OPTICAL)

	as shuttle bay doors open.

  STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/30/90 - ACT THREE  36.

42   MOVING WITH WORF

	as he goes back out into the corridor and ENTERS the
	Turbolift.

43   ON BEVERLY

					BEVERLY
			John! Listen to me! You must
			come down!

44   ON BOOTH AND CATWALK (OPTICAL)

	as Worf ENTERS from the door and moves carefully along
	catwalk toward booth. His phaser is drawn.

					WORF
			Step away from the controls.

	John is confused and frightened. He steps out of the
	booth towards Worf.

					JOHN
			Get back! Please... stay away!

					WORF
			I have no wish to harm you... but
			you must return to Sickbay
			immediately.

	Worf moves closer... trying to calm him.

					JOHN
			No! Do not come any closer! I
			have no control over what's
			happening to me.

	John is convulsed with pain... he crumples (no flare
	yet). Worf goes over to him and as he bends over him,
	John suddenly PULSES BRIEFLY INTO A FLARE. John
	returns almost immediately to humanoid form, but Worf
	is knocked over the railing and falls to the deck
	below.

45   ON WORF

	as he lands with a sickening thud.

  STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - ACT THREE  37.

46   ON JOHN

	He looks down and sees Worf... a horrified expression
	on his face.

47   NEW ANGLE

	as Beverly and the Security Team cluster around Worf.
	Beverly examines him.

					BEVERLY
			His neck is broken. No life
			signs.
				(hits combadge)
			Sickbay, form a resuscitation
			team, we have a code seven in
			shuttle bay two. Transporter
			room, standby...

	Beverly senses another presence in the room and she
	turns around. The others turn with her...

48   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	revealing John in the doorway to the shuttle bay... a
	look of compassion and pity on his face. He begins to
	move towards them... the Security team start to draw
	their phasers, but Beverly stops them.

					BEVERLY
			No... don't.

	The team hesitates... they move back warily. John
	continues over to Worf. Beverly searches his face to
	confirm her hope... there is a look of peaceful
	confidence on his face. He kneels down by Worf and
	slowly reaches out... and touches Worf's neck. The
	same COLOR WASH seen when John touched O'Brien now
	emanates from John's hand. A long beat... then Worf's
	eyes open. An audible gasp from the on-lookers.
	Worf's face shows his surprise... he's unsure of what
	has just happened.

49   NEW ANGLE

	Beverly scans Worf.

					BEVERLY
			There's no trace of injury.

 STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/30/90 - ACT THREE 37A.

49A  CLOSE ON GEORDI

	as he looks at John and realizes the extent of John's
	powers. He becomes aware of the effect John has had
	on him.

49B  BACK TO SCENE

	Beverly looks at John with awe. He smiles... and for
	that moment he is serene and at peace with himself.
	All eyes on John as he helps Worf to his feet. On
	their reactions...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

  STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - ACT FOUR  38.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

50   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Travelling at impulse.

51   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard, Beverly, and John. Picard at his desk, his
	expression grim. Beverly watches with concern and
	compassion.

					PICARD
			You admit you were trying to steal
			a shuttlecraft.

					JOHN
			Yes.

					PICARD
			So I ask you again -- why?

					JOHN
			I don't know!

					PICARD
			Unacceptable. You had a reason
			-- I want to know what it was.

	No response from John.

					PICARD (cont'd)
				(sharply)
			Dammit, I'm entitled to an answer.
			You nearly killed a member of
			my crew.

					BEVERLY
				(defending)
			And healed him.

					PICARD
			I am not forgetting that. It's
			the only reason he's here, and
			not in the brig.

					JOHN
			I warned him... told him it was
			dangerous.

  STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/27/90 - ACT FOUR  39.

51   CONTINUED:

	Picard leaps on that small admission.

					PICARD
			Why? Why is it dangerous? What
			is happening to you?

					JOHN
				(wearily)
			I don't know.

	Beverly responds to his pain and turmoil. She stands,
	runs a tricorder scan.

					BEVERLY
			The rate of metamorphosis is
			accelerating. Almost as if your
			body were generating an
			electrical field that's warping
			the tissue.
				(in answer to Picard's
				 look)
			I can't explain what I don't
			understand.

					PICARD
				(frustrated and worried)
			Who are you? What are you?

					JOHN
			I am afraid... for myself...
			for all of you. I have to get
			away... isolate myself. Whatever
			is happening to me, it's
			dangerous.

					PICARD
			As Lieutenant Worf discovered.

					JOHN
			I don't want to hurt anyone.
				(a beat)
			Captain, for the sake of your
			crew, let me go before it happens
			again.

					BEVERLY
			John, I can't believe you're
			capable of harming any --

  STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/29/90 - ACT FOUR  40.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

	They are interrupted by a call from the Bridge.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Captain, the alien vessel is
			coming within weapons range. Its
			shields are up.

					PICARD
			On my way.
				(to Beverly and John)
			Take him back to Sickbay. I want
			him under constant surveillance.

	They all EXIT.

52   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard emerges from the Ready Room, followed by Beverly
	and John. As Picard goes to his chair, Geordi
	approaches John still near the door to the Ready Room.
	Geordi hesitates before speaking -- a hesitation born
	from admiration and wonder, not fear.

					GEORDI
			I want to thank you.

					JOHN
			For what?

					GEORDI
			I don't know how -- or why --
			but down on the planet, you gave
			me something... a new confidence.

	John smiles.

					JOHN
			I doubt I can take credit for
			that... Perhaps I only helped
			you find something you already
			had.

	Geordi reacts...

  STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/29/90 - ACT FOUR  41.

53   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as Picard takes his seat, looks at the Main Viewer. On
	it is an alien spaceship -- very sleek, very military.

					DATA
			Alien vessel approaching at
			half-impulse, heading zero-five-one
			mark one-one-four.

					PICARD
			Raise shields. Slow to one-third
			impulse and bring us to
			one-zero-three mark zero-two-five.
			Mister Worf, hail the alien
			vessel.

					WORF
			They continue to ignore our hails,
			sir.

	Data reacts to a readout on his panel.

					DATA
			They are scanning us, Captain.

	John steps up to Picard and Beverly, his eyes on the
	Main Viewer.

54   WIDER

	as Picard notices John's cold, hard-edged expression;
	it's the expression John gets when thinking of his
	past. Picard gives John a look -- "do you recognize
	that ship? John shrugs helplessly -- he doesn't know.

	Worf works his panel:

					WORF
			They are answering our hail,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			On screen.

55   ANGLE TO INCLUDE THE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The image of the approaching ship is replaced with
	SUNAD, an imposing Zalkonian humanoid physiologically
	similar to John but whose attire and demeanor is much
	more military, more aggressive, almost Draconian.

       STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/29/90 - ACT FOUR      42.

55   CONTINUED:

	Sunad sees John, glares at him with hostility. John
	reacts to the sight of Sunad; Picard picks up on it:

					PICARD
			You know him?

					JOHN
			Yes... I don't know how, but...
				(a beat)
			He's dangerous...

	Picard nods and steps up toward the Viewer.

					SUNAD
			I am Commander Sunad, of Zalkon.
			You are trespassing into our
			space... and you are holding a
			Zalkonian citizen.

	Troi, standing near Picard, studies John's reaction
	to Sunad almost as intently as she studies Sunad. John
	appears confused, showing a mixture of fear and
	contempt.

					PICARD
			I am Captain Jean-Luc Picard, of
			the United Federation of Planets.
			We intend no transgression of --

	Sunad, still eyeing John with loathing, interrupts:

					SUNAD
			You will return him to us
			immediately.

	Picard looks at John. John shakes his head -- he
	doesn't want to go.

					PICARD
				(re: John)
			Sunad -- this individual is our
			guest. We found him dying in a
			shipwreck and returned him to
			health.

	But Sunad is unappreciative:

					SUNAD
			Then you have aided a criminal.

       STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/29/90 - ACT FOUR      43.

55   CONTINUED: (2)

	This is all new information to John -- yet he doesn't
	deny it.

					SUNAD (cont'd)
			He is one of four escaped
			prisoners. We eliminated the
			other three.

	John's expression betrays a flash of pain and anger.

					SUNAD (cont'd)
			We thought this one dead as well.
			Return him so we may complete our
			task.

					PICARD
			Of what is he accused?

					SUNAD
			He is a disruptive influence.
			He spreads lies... encourages
			dissent... disturbs the natural
			order of our society.

					PICARD
			In what way?

					SUNAD
			That is not your concern.
				(a beat)
			I will give you two hours to
			comply.

	Sunad ends his transmission as his image disappears,
	replaced with a view of the Zalkonian ship.

56   NEW ANGLE

	as Riker turns to Worf.

					RIKER
			Tactical analysis.

					WORF
			The Zalkonian ship has a
			formidable armament. Their
			weaponry is comparable to ours.

       STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/29/90 - ACT FOUR      44.

56   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			They're just as fast -- and
			probably just as maneuverable.

					PICARD
			Counselor. Do they mean to carry
			out their threat?

					TROI
			I believe so. Sunad's hatred for
			John was evident... but there's
			something else. The Zalkonians
			fear John.

	Picard contemplates all this. After a beat, he heads
	for the Observation Lounge.

					PICARD
			Commander Riker, Counselor,
			Doctor. John, I'd like you to
			join us.

	Riker, Troi, Beverly, and John follow Picard.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			Mister Data, you have the Bridge.
			Mister Worf -- stay at Tactical.
			Counter any moves the Zalkonian
			makes.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

57   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Troi, Beverly, John. John is
	distressed, straining with all his might to be of help,
	to remember.

					JOHN
			I can neither confirm nor deny
			what the Zalkonians told you.

	Picard's expression gives no indication of whether he
	believes John or not.

					PICARD
			They make serious accusations
			against you...

       STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/29/90 - ACT FOUR      45.

57   CONTINUED:

					JOHN
			Their accusations may be true.
			I don't know. I don't believe
			I am a criminal...

					PICARD
			You understand the difficult
			position in which I'm placed.

	Meaning Picard may have to turn John over. John locks
	eyes with Picard -- he understands.

					JOHN
			Completely. And I refuse to place
			your ship in danger. If
			necessary, I'll surrender to them.
				(a beat)
			But I'm convinced there's more
			at stake here than my life...
			there's something... important
			I must complete... my survival
			is vital.

	John realizes how vague that sounds; he's frustrated
	he can't be more specific.

					JOHN (cont'd)
			If I could explain it, I would...

	After a beat, Picard nods.

					PICARD
			I'll inform you of my decision
			shortly.

	It's a dismissal; John EXITS. Once he's gone:

					BEVERLY
			Captain, you can't seriously be
			considering --

					PICARD
				(sharply)
			We must consider all options,
			Doctor, without letting our
			personal feelings impede our
			judgment.

					BEVERLY
			You're going to tell me it's
			irrelevant that we'd be sending
			him to his death...

       STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/29/90 - ACT FOUR      46.

57   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Exactly. Whether we approve of
			the Zalkonians' motives is not
			at issue.
				(a beat)
			For what it's worth, I suspect
			John may be correct that his
			existence has broader
			ramifications than that of a
			simple criminal.

					TROI
			Sunad thinks so. He feels
			personally threatened by John.

					BEVERLY
				(agreeing)
			Sunad called John a "disruptive
			influence." That's hardly a
			capital offense --

					PICARD
			It is not up to us to judge their
			laws, Doctor.

					RIKER
			I know how I'd feel if the
			situation were reversed... if they
			were in our territory, holding
			a Federation citizen.

					TROI
				(nods)
			The Zalkonians truly don't
			understand our indecision about
			returning John. In their eyes,
			we shouldn't be involved.

   STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/30/90 - ACT FOUR 47-48.      

57   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			We are involved. I saved his
			life. For what? So they could
			chase him down and take that life
			away?

	Picard sees the worth of Beverly's arguments... but
	his hands may be tied...

57A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	facing the Zalkonian ship.

58   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/28/90 - ACT FIVE      49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

59   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	and the Zalkonian ship.

60   OMITTED

61   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	On the Main Viewer, Sunad stares down at Picard.
	Riker, Worf, and Data man their stations.

					SUNAD
			Picard -- we will not tolerate
			more delays.

					PICARD
			Commander, let me remind you we
			are on a mission of exploration...
			our purpose is to establish
			peaceful relations with the
			civilizations we encounter.

					SUNAD
			We do not want relations with you.

					PICARD
			If that is your wish -- we will
			respect it.

					SUNAD
			We simply want you to leave
			Zalkonian space as soon as you
			return the criminal.

					PICARD
			Commander, we will leave. It is
			not our policy to intervene in
			the affairs of other cultures.

       STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/29/90 - ACT FIVE      50.

61   CONTINUED:

	Picard moves closer to the viewer -- time to say what
	he has to say.

					PICARD (cont'd)
			But before I return the survivor
			to you, I would appreciate a more
			detailed explanation of what he
			has done to merit a death
			sentence.

					SUNAD
				(bristling again)
			As I said -- it is not your
			concern.

					PICARD
			Agreed. However, there are
			circumstances of which you may
			be unaware. The survivor has
			suffered a memory loss -- he is,
			therefore, ill-equipped to defend
			himself against your accusations.

					SUNAD
				(getting angry)
			There is no defense. Our judgment
			is final.

					PICARD
			Since his recovery, he has
			manifested unusual abilities --

	Sunad reacts, fearing the worst.

					SUNAD
			What kind of abilities?

					PICARD
			He apparently has the power to
			heal injuries with a simple
			touch...

					SUNAD
				(more and more agitated)
			Lies!

       STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/29/90 - ACT FIVE      51.

61   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			-- and even to reverse death
			itself --

					SUNAD
				(a shout)
			Obviously he has corrupted you
			as well. I see I am wasting my
			time --

	Sunad nods to a subordinate offscreen. Before Picard
	can respond, he finds himself unable to breathe -- it's
	as if an invisible hand has him by the windpipe.

62   NEW ANGLE

	Everyone on the bridge is affected by the throat
	constriction. Worf manages to gasp out:

					WORF
			Shields ineffective...

	Picard struggles to speak, but his words are inaudible.

	Worf falls to his knees.

	Off Data's reaction (among those on the Bridge, he
	alone is unaffected by the throat constriction) --

63   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi and two SUPERNUMERARIES working their stations
	are overwhelmed by the throat constriction.

64   OMITTED

65   INT. SICKBAY -- PRIVATE ROOM

	Beverly is on the ground, gasping for breath.

					BEVERLY
			I can't... breathe...

       STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 4/1/90 - ACT FIVE       52.

65   CONTINUED:

	John rushes to her side. Though he's unaffected by
	the throat constriction, the sight of Beverly in
	trouble is almost too much for him.

66   ON JOHN (OPTICAL)

	John touches Beverly -- and a COLOR WASH flows from his
	hands through Beverly's body.

	As the COLOR WASH envelops Beverly, her throat
	constriction vanishes.

	John looks at his glowing hands. Realization sinks in
	-- his memory returns. John's attitude changes: gone
	from his eyes are the doubts and the confusion; replaced
	with a strength and a self assurance that comes from
	clarity of purpose.

67   ANGLE ON BEVERLY

	looking at John with wonder and surprise.

68   ON JOHN

	as he quickly rises to his feet.

					JOHN
			It's come back to me, Beverly...
			I know who I am -- what I am.

	Beverly reacts as John leads her out of Sickbay.

69   INT. CORRIDOR NEAR TURBOLIFT (OPTICAL)

	A CREWMAN lies on the ground, choking. Beverly and
	John ENTER. Beverly scans the crewman with her
	tricorder.

	John bends over the crewman and touches him. The same
	COLOR WASH shimmers through the crewman's body -- and
	the choking is gone. Beverly looks at John with
	ever-increasing awe.

       STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 4/1/90 - ACT FIVE       53.

69A  ON JOHN (OPTICAL)

	who moves away from the crewman and touches a wall
	panel. A COLOR WASH moves from his hands to the
	panel, spreads rapidly to evelop the corridor, keeps
	spreading...

	(70 thru 72 OMITTED)

73   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the COLOR WASH permeates first the saucer section
	and then the entire ship, covering and protecting it.

74   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	gone are the crippling effects of the Zalkonian
	attack. Picard (with Data's assistance), Riker,
	Worf, and the supernumeraries slowly get to their
	feet, unharmed, as John and Beverly ENTER from the
	Turbolift.

75   ANGLE ON JOHN (OPTICAL)

	A quick glance tells John that his efforts to save the
	crew have been successful. He moves to the center of
	the Bridge, faces the Main Viewer with an air of quiet
	command. On the Viewer, Sunad reacts -- the calm self
	assurance in John's manner frightens him, but he acts
	tough in a vain attempt to hide his terror. He barks
	orders to someone o.s.:

					SUNAD
			Ready all weapons.

					JOHN
			That will be futile. You will
			no longer harm these people,
			Sunad.

       STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/29/90 - ACT FIVE      54.

75   CONTINUED:

					SUNAD
				(trying to ignore him)
			Fire upon that ship...

	John reaches toward the Main Viewer. A quick GLOW from
	John's hand --

76   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	-- and suddenly Sunad is standing on the Bridge.
	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, and Beverly react; Picard
	raises a hand to signal the Bridge crew not to
	interfere. John turns to face Sunad, who cowers.

					JOHN
			I won't hurt you.

					SUNAD
				(to Picard)
			Kill him, Captain -- he's evil...

	John sadly shakes his head, indicates Picard and the
	Bridge crew.

					JOHN
			You could learn from these people,
			Sunad. They don't fear me.

					SUNAD
			They don't realize how dangerous
			you are -- you and the others like
			you...

					JOHN
			That's what you and the other
			leaders have maintained for
			generations. But it's a lie.

	John turns to Picard and Beverly:

					JOHN (cont'd)
			Captain -- my species is on the
			verge of a wondrous evolutionary
			change... a transmutation beyond
			our physical being. I am the
			first of my kind to approach that
			metamorphosis.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/29/90 - ACT FIVE      55.

76   CONTINUED:

					JOHN (Cont'd)
			They tried to convince us it was
			a sickness we'd never survive...
			that the pain and energy pulses
			would kill us. They claimed we
			were dangerous... so they
			destroyed anyone who exhibited
			signs of the transfiguration.

					SUNAD
			We were protecting our society...

					JOHN
			By murdering us?
				(shakes his head)
			You saw the mutations as a threat
			to your authority... you were
			terrified of something you
			couldn't understand.

	Sunad doesn't reply.

					JOHN (cont'd)
				(to Picard)
			Some suspected that what was
			happening to them was not evil.
			Four of us decided to flee Zalkon
			and let the metamorphosis take
			its course.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/29/90 - ACT FIVE      56.

76   CONTINUED: (2)

					JOHN (Cont'd)
				(to Sunad)
			You hunted us down... killed the
			others. But I survived...
				(a look to Beverly)
			... with the help of a kind and
			friendly people.

77   ANGLE ON JOHN (OPTICAL)

	as he TRANSFORMS -- and his body begins to GLOW in
	a hundred colors.

	John takes a step toward Sunad, who backs up.

					JOHN
			There is nothing to fear. You
			can join me. All Zalkonians can.
			Let me show you.

	John reaches out a hand to Sunad, who recoils.

					SUNAD
			Don't touch me!

					JOHN
			As you wish. But others will
			listen... now that you can no
			longer prevent me from telling
			them the truth. Those who are
			willing will follow me.

	John waves a hand -- and suddenly Sunad is no longer
	on our Bridge.

					WORF
				(reading his panel)
			Sunad is back aboard the Zalkonian
			vessel, Captain...

	On the Main Viewer, the Zalkonian ship departs.

       STAR TREK: "Transfigurations" - REV. 3/29/90 - ACT FIVE      57.

78   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	John approaches Picard.

					JOHN
			Captain... my people are about
			to embark upon a new realm, a new
			plane of existence... thanks to
			you.

					PICARD
			It is our mission to seek out
			life... in all its forms. We
			are privileged to have been
			present at the emergence of a new
			species.

	John crosses to Beverly.

					JOHN
			You gave me life... and more.
			I don't have the words for my
			gratitude... nor my sorrow at
			leaving you.

	They share a private, bittersweet moment. Then John
	begins to SHIMMER... becoming more and more
	incorporeal...

79   ON JOHN (OPTICAL)

	as his body dissolves completely into a GLOWING
	LIGHT...

80   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as a BEAM OF LIGHT emerges from the top of the saucer
	section, streaks off into the distance -- and
	disappears.

81   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             







                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
               "The Best of Both Worlds, Part I" 
                          #40273-174 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Michael Piller 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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                        FINAL DRAFT

                       APRIL 6, 1990


        STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - CAST          

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "The Best of Both Worlds" 
                       
                             CAST                               

                PICARD             ADMIRAL HANSON
                RIKER              LT. COMMANDER SHELBY
                DATA               BORG LEADER
                BEVERLY            PICARD/BORG
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             Non-Speaking
                                     SEVERAL BORG
                GUINAN             
                O'BRIEN            

                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  TECHNICIAN         

     STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                   "The Best of Both Worlds" 
                      
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     JOURET FOUR SURFACE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TURBOLIFT                BORG SHIP
              CORRIDOR
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              TEN-FORWARD
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
              SHELBY'S QUARTERS
          
            BORG SHIP
              INTERIOR CHAMBER

   STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - TEASER   1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                  "The Best of Both Worlds"                        
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Leaving warp as it approaches a planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43994.1.
			The Enterprise has arrived at
			Jouret Four in response to a
			distress signal from one of the
			Federation's outermost colonies.

2    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Riker enters, meets Geordi, Data and Worf. O'Brien at
	the console.

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			Anything from the surface?

					WORF
			Nossir. There have been no
			communications from the colony
			for over twelve hours.

					RIKER
			Sensors picking up any signs of
			life?

					WORF
			None.

	Riker frowns. Anticipating the question --

					O'BRIEN
			The surface environment is safe
			for transport, Commander.

	Riker acknowledges as they move into transport
	position... he nods to the technician and they
	DEMATERIALIZE.

   STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - TEASER   2.

3    EXT. PLANET SURFACE - DAY

	Fairly close so we have no clear bearings yet... the
	away team reacts to what they see... pulling back
	slowly.

					RIKER
				(keying insignia)
			Mister O'Brien, verify these are
			accurate coordinates for New
			Providence colony.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Coordinates verified, sir. You're
			at the center of town.

4    EXT. PLANET SURFACE - WIDE - DAY (MATTE SHOT)

	To see the away team is standing on an empty site...
	where the colony should be, there is now a shallow
	depression... as though it has been scooped out and
	taken away.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT ONE  3.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit. Another starship, transport class, has
	joined them.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43997.6.
			Admiral Hanson and Lieutenant
			Commander Shelby of Starfleet
			Tactical have arrived to review
			the disappearance of New
			Providence colony. No sign
			remains of the nine hundred
			inhabitants.

6    INT. CAPT. READY ROOM

	Picard, Riker, Hanson -- fifties, high ranking, hard
	driving -- and Shelby. She is late twenties, very
	beautiful, energetic, extremely motivated and
	ambitious. The mood is somber.

					HANSON
			The truth is... hell, we're not
			ready. We've known they were
			coming for over a year... we've
			thrown every resource we've got
			into this but still...

					RIKER
			Then, you're convinced it is the
			Borg... ?

					SHELBY
			That's what I'm here to find out.
			The initial descriptions of these
			surface conditions are almost
			identical to your reports from
			system J-two-five.

					PICARD
				(acknowledges)
			Mister Riker wrote those
			reports... he agrees with you.

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT ONE  4.

6    CONTINUED:

					HANSON
				(setting protocol)
			Commander Shelby took over Borg
			tactical analysis six months ago.
			I've learned to give her a wide
			latitude when I want to get things
			done... That's how I intend to
			operate here.

	It is clear that she's in charge as far as the admiral
	is concerned.

					SHELBY
			My priority has been to develop
			some kind, any kind of defense
			strategy...

					RIKER
			Obviously nothing we have now can
			stop them.

					SHELBY
				(acknowledges)
			We've been designing new
			weapons... but they're still on
			the drawing board.

					HANSON
			We expected much more lead time.
			Your encounter with the Borg was
			over seven thousand light years
			away...

					PICARD
			If this is the Borg, it would
			indicate they have a source of
			power far superior to our own...

					SHELBY
			I'd like to see the colony site
			as soon as possible, Captain.

					RIKER
			It'll be night at the site in
			thirty minutes. We've scheduled
			an away team for dawn.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Why don't you show the commander
			to her quarters...

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT ONE  5.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker rises to escort her to the door...

					RIKER
			It's our poker night, Admiral.
			There's always an open seat for
			you...

					HANSON
				(would love to, but... )
			Next time, Commander. Your
			captain and I have a lot to cover.
			But rumor has it that Commander
			Shelby's played a hand or two...

	Riker reacts, exchanges a look with Shelby who grins
	as they EXIT. Hanson smiles. After the door closes...

					HANSON
			Keep your eye on her, Jean-Luc.
			One impressive young lady...

	Picard grins, obviously has a special affection for
	this particular admiral.

					PICARD
			You seem rather taken with her,
			J.P.

					HANSON
			Just an old man's fantasies. When
			Shelby came into tactical, every
			damned admiral's uncle had a take
			on this Borg business... she cut
			through it, put us on track.

	Picard moves to a teapot, pouring...

					PICARD
			Earl Grey?

					HANSON
			Four sugars.
				(beat)
			She'd make you a hell of a first
			officer.

	Picard raises an eyebrow...

					PICARD
			I already have a hell of a first
			officer.

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT ONE  6.

6    CONTINUED: (3)

					HANSON
			Don't tell me he's gonna pass up
			another commission?

					PICARD
			One's available?

					HANSON
			The Melbourne. It's his if he
			wants it. Hasn't he told you?

	Picard sighs, shakes his head, no... resigned to the
	inevitable.

					PICARD
			Well, I guess I knew this day
			would have to come... he'll make
			a fine captain, J.P.

					HANSON
			You may want to tell him that.
				(off Picard's look)
			We're still waiting for his
			decision. Hell, this is the third
			time we've pulled out the
			captain's chair for Riker. He
			just won't sit down. And I'll
			tell you something -- there are
			a lot of young hotshots like
			Shelby on their way up. Riker
			could suddenly look like he's
			standing still next to them. He's
			hurting his career by staying put.
			If I were you, I'd kick him in
			the rear end for his own good.

	As he drinks again, Picard reacts and...

7    INT. CORRIDOR

	Riker moving with Shelby.

					SHELBY
			We know the Borg have no interest
			in power or political conquest...

					RIKER
				(acknowledges)
			They identify what's useful to
			them, then consume it. Or try
			to at least...

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT ONE  7.

7    CONTINUED:

	At her quarters, they pause...

					SHELBY
			But here's the question -- after
			they take what they want... what
			happens to the rest?
				(off his look)
			There has to be some evidence...
			residue... something that tells
			us they've been here.

8    INT. SHELBY'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	As the door slides open and they ENTER.

					SHELBY
			I don't know exactly what I'm
			looking for... but we've tested
			the sections of the Enterprise's
			hull that were damaged by the
			Borg. There were some unusual
			magnetic-resonance traces...

					RIKER
			A Borg footprint?

					SHELBY
			That's my theory. I'll see if
			it holds up tomorrow.
				(beat)
			I've reviewed your personnel...
			I'll be assigning Mister La Forge
			and Mister Data to accompany me
			on the away team...

	Riker barely reacts... isn't prepared to allow her to
	make crew assignments...

					RIKER
			I've... already assigned them to
			the away team, Commander. And
			I'll be with you as well.

	A quick awkwardness.

					SHELBY
				(smiles)
			Of course. I appreciate any
			assistance you can offer.

	She measures him for a beat. Examining the quarters---

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT ONE  8.

8    CONTINUED:

					SHELBY
			Tell me, something, Commander...
			is serving aboard the Enterprise
			as extraordinary an experience
			as I've heard?

					RIKER
			Every bit of it.

					SHELBY
			Good.
				(intimately sharing a
				 secret)
			Because I intend to convince
			Captain Picard that I'm the right
			choice for the job.

					RIKER
				(beat)
			Job? Which job... ?

					SHELBY
			Yours, of course.
				(off his look,
				 "embarrassed")
			I'm sorry... I heard you were
			leaving.

	And she's very good -- it could be taken as an innocent
	faux pas by a lesser man, but Riker knows a fishing
	expedition when he sees one... their eyes connect, he
	won't bite...

					RIKER
			If I am... I'm sure you'll be the
			first to know, Commander.
				(beat)
			Poker's at seventeen hundred
			hours, my quarters, deck eight...

	He EXITS. Hold just a beat on her reaction and...

8A   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - POKER TABLE

	Troi is the dealer, Wesley, Geordi, Riker, Data,
	Shelby... five card stud... four cards have been dealt.

					DATA
			I will buy another card,
			Counselor.

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT ONE  9.

8A   CONTINUED:

	Throws a pair of chips in...

					WESLEY
			Got another king in the hole,
			Data?

					DATA
			I am afraid I cannot answer that
			Wesley. And as you are a newcomer
			to the game, may I say it is
			inappropriate to ask.

	Troi deals Data his last card.

					TROI
			No help there.

					GEORDI
				(bad night)
			Fold. Again.

					WESLEY
			I'm in.

	Throws in his chips. His card is a third jack.

					TROI
			Three jacks looking back for the
			handsome young ensign.

	Reactions around the table. Data folds.

					GEORDI
			Beginner's luck.

	Shelby puts her chips out... gets a worthless card.

					TROI
			Pair of deuces stands.

	Riker throws in his chips... gets a card that continues
	his straight flush... reactions.

					TROI
			Possible flush, possible straight
			flush. The bet is yours, Mister
			Crusher.

	Wes looks nervously at Riker.

					WESLEY
			I'm in for ten...

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/9/90 - ACT ONE  10.

8A   CONTINUED: (2)

	He throws in a pair of chips. Shelby studies Wesley
	carefully... and then throws in her two chips to stay
	in. But the tension is clearly between Riker and
	Wesley. Riker gives him his best poker face.

					RIKER
				(to Wesley)
			Time to put on the long pants,
			Wes. I'll see your ten. And
			raise you a hundred.

					GEORDI
			He's got the straight flush.

					DATA
			Not necessarily. Commander Riker
			may be bluffing, Wesley.

	Wes studies Riker's face. Breaks...

					WESLEY
			I don't think so. I fold.

					GEORDI
				(groans)
			With three jacks?
				(shakes his head)
			Wesley, you may get straight A's
			in school, but you've still got
			a little to learn about poker...

	And so the attention turns to Shelby... who looks at
	Riker and they look at each other and after a long look
	beat...

					SHELBY
			I've only got two pair, Commander.
			But I've got to see that blind
			card. I'll call.

	She puts in her chips. Riker blinks... looks down at
	his card... turns it over. It busts his straight
	flush. He's bluffing. Reactions. Wesley groans,
	hangs his head.

					GEORDI
				(delighted)
			You got him!

	Riker and Shelby's eyes meet. She collects the
	winnings.

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT ONE  11.

9    OMITTED

10   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit. The other ship alongside.

11   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	O'Brien at the controls as Riker and Geordi arrive
	together... Geordi carrying a work kit...

					RIKER
			Mister Data and our guest appear
			to be tardy...

					O'BRIEN
			Sir, Commander Shelby and Data
			beamed down to the planet surface
			an hour ago...

					RIKER
				(reacts, angry)
			On whose authority?

					O'BRIEN
				(blinks)
			On... hers, sir.

	Riker exchanges a look with Geordi as they get in
	position on the transporter...

12   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - DAWN (OPTICAL)

	Shelby and Data are examining exposed rock strata with
	their tricorders as Riker and Geordi MATERIALIZE.

					SHELBY
			Morning. Early bird gets the
			worm, eh? We've had some
			interesting results...

					RIKER
				(interrupting, burning)
			Commander Shelby...
				(he pauses, will not
				 do this in front of
				 the other officers)
			Walk with me, Commander.

	It is an order. She obeys. Geordi and Data exchange a
	look...

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT ONE  12.

12   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I believe Commander Shelby
			erred... there are no known
			avifaunal or crawling vermicular
			lifeforms on Jouret Four.

					GEORDI
			That's... not what she meant,
			Data... but, uh, you're right,
			she erred...

	On Data's reaction...

13   ANGLE - MOVING WITH RIKER AND SHELBY

					SHELBY
				(responding)
			I'm sorry... I woke up early and
			I saw a weather system was moving
			in... it could have affected the
			soil readings...

					RIKER
			So without any regard to the risk
			of coming down alone...

					SHELBY
			Really, Commander... if we ran
			into the Borg, two extra bodies
			wouldn't've made a hell of a
			difference, would they? We had
			three hours before the storm front
			hit, less than two hours now.
			Data was available. I took him.
			We came. I don't see your
			problem...

					RIKER
			My problem, Commander, is I expect
			to be notified before there's a
			change in my orders...

					SHELBY
				(tight)
			Noted for future reference. Do
			you wish to hear my report, sir?

					RIKER
			Go ahead.

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/10/90 - ACT ONE 13.

13   CONTINUED:

					SHELBY
			The soil contains the same
			magnetic-resonance traces...
			That's our footprint. There's
			no doubt any more. It's the Borg.

	On Riker's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT TWO  14.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

14   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit. The transport ship is gone.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43998.5.
			With confirmation of the Borg's
			presence in Federation space,
			Admiral Hanson has returned to
			Starbase three two four to discuss
			strategy with Starfleet Command.
			Lieutenant Commander Shelby
			remains on board to continue
			tactical preparations.

15   INT. CAPT. READY ROOM

	Riker and Picard.

					RIKER
			... a standing Yellow Alert...
			all Federation and allied outposts
			have been warned... Ops will
			continue to monitor long range
			sensors... I've assigned Data,
			La Forge and Mister Crusher to
			work with Commander Shelby.

	Picard nods... a beat.

					PICARD
			Very good, Number One. You've
			covered all the bases. As usual.
				(beat)
			What's your impression of Shelby?

					RIKER
			She knows her stuff, Captain.

	Picard notes a vague hesitation in his attitude.

					PICARD
			She has your full confidence...

					RIKER
			Well, I think she needs...
			supervision.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT TWO  15.

15   CONTINUED:

					RIKER (Cont'd)
			She takes the initiative a little
			too... easily. Sometimes with
			risks.

	Picard nods, smiles slightly...

					PICARD
			Sounds a little like a young
			lieutenant commander I once
			recruited as my first officer.

					RIKER
				(returns smile)
			Perhaps.

	And all this is played with great warmth and personal
	connection...

					PICARD
			You're the best officer I've ever
			served with, Will.

	Riker crinkles his forehead, nods, thanks.

					PICARD
				(most gentle)
			But what are you still doing here?

					RIKER
				(reacts)
			Sir?

					PICARD
			I hear you've been offered the
			Melbourne.

	Riker acknowledges, believes the captain will be
	pleased when he says --

					RIKER
			I've decided not to pursue the
			commission at this time.

	But Picard surprises him by not showing pleasure, but
	rather discomfort with the decision.

					PICARD
			She's a fine ship, Will.

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT TWO  16.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			She's not the Enterprise.
				(beat)
			With all due respect, sir, you
			need me. Particularly now.

					PICARD
			Starfleet needs good captains.
			Particularly now. I cannot keep
			you to myself forever.

	Picard takes a long beat... this is most difficult.

					PICARD
			I want you to reconsider your
			decision.

					RIKER
				(reacts)
			Are you asking me to leave,
			Captain?

					PICARD
			I'm asking you to look at your
			career objectively and make the
			best decision.
				(beat)
			I know it's hard to walk away.
			But you're ready to work without
			a net, my friend. You're ready
			to make the life and death
			decisions a captain must make.
			And, hard as it is to accept, if
			you choose to leave, the
			Enterprise will go on just fine
			without you.

	Riker looks hard at Picard and on that look...

15A  INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Troi and Riker at a table. Riker is troubled,
	confused.

					RIKER
			What am I still doing here,
			Deanna? I've pushed myself hard
			to get this far...
				(glancing at her)
			... sacrificed a lot.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/9/90 - ACT TWO  17.

15A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER (Cont'd)
			I've always said I wanted my own
			command. And yet something's
			holding me back. Is it wrong to
			want to stay... ?

					TROI
			What do you think?

					RIKER
				(shakes his head,
				 doesn't know)
			Maybe I'm just afraid of the big
			chair.

					TROI
			I don't think so.

					RIKER
				(unconvinced)
			The captain says Shelby reminds
			him of the way I used to be. And
			he's right. She comes in here,
			full of drive and ambition,
			impatient, taking risks... I look
			at her and I wonder whatever
			happened to those things in me? I
			I liked those things in me.
				(shakes his head)
			I've lost something.

					TROI
				(suppressing a smile)
			You mean you're older, more
			experienced... a little more
			seasoned...

					RIKER
				(grins)
			"Seasoned". What a horrible thing
			to say to a man.

					TROI
			I don't think you've lost a
			thing... and you've gained a lot
			more than you realize. You're
			much more comfortable with
			yourself than you used to be...

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT TWO  18.

15A  CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Maybe that's the problem. Could
			be I'm too comfortable here.

					TROI
			I'm not sure I know what that
			means.
				(But I do know that.. )
			You're happy here... happier than
			I've ever known you to be. It
			really comes down to a simple
			question -- what do you want, Will
			Riker?

	Riker laughs to himself.

					TROI
			What?

					RIKER
			Stupid. An old song I heard when
			I was a kid. Keeps running
			through my mind...
				(off her look, he begins
				 to sing)
			"Didja ever have the feeling that
			you wanted to go... still had the
			feeling that you wanted to stay...
			You knew it was right... wasn't
			wrong... still you knew you
			wouldn't be very long... it's
			tough to have the feeling that
			you wanted to go... "

15B  ANGLE - GUINAN

	moving by with a tray of drinks reacts as she hears
	Riker...

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			"... still had the feeling that
			you wanted to stay... start to
			go... change your mind... "

	He stops as he realizes Guinan is looking at him...

					GUINAN
			You start on Friday -- two shows
			a night, matinee on Wednesday.

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT TWO  19.

15B  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I play the trombone too...

	She nods, and walks on...

16   INT. ENGINEERING - CLOSE ON MONITOR

	shows an Okudagram, a graphic representation of the
	Borg ship...

					SHELBY (O.S.)
			... a manipulation effect in the
			Borg ship's subspace field...
			a definite pattern -- at
			four-point-eight minute intervals
			during your first confrontation
			with them.

17   ANGLE - AT THE POOL TABLE (OPTICAL)

	Shelby, Riker, Geordi, Wesley, Data and three other
	supernumeraries, at least one other woman in the group.
	It's been a long day... fatigue is clear on all
	faces...

					GEORDI
			Might indicate high-output
			auxiliary generators kicking in.

					SHELBY
				(acknowledges)
			One theory is that their systems
			are decentralized with redundant
			power sources located throughout
			the ship.

					DATA
			It is a reasonable conclusion.
			Borg technology has given each
			member of their society the
			ability to interface and function
			collectively. It is likely they
			would construct their ship with
			the same philosophy.

					WESLEY
				(shakes his head)
			Knock out one generator and
			another takes over without
			interruption.

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT TWO  20.

17   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			What kind of damage would we have
			to do to shut them down... ?

					SHELBY
			Projections suggest a Borg ship
			like this one could continue to
			function effectively even if
			seventy-eight percent of it was
			inoperable.

	Reactions.

					WESLEY
				(grim)
			And our best shot barely scratched
			the surface.

	Geordi in particular is stumped... moves to a monitor,
	presses panels that put up several design schemes...

					GEORDI
			From what I've seen, I can't
			believe any of your new weapons
			systems can be ready in less than
			eighteen months, Commander.

					SHELBY
				(acknowledges)
			We've been projecting twenty-four.

					RIKER
				(looking at the designs)
			Is there anything here we can try
			to adapt to our current defense
			systems... ?

					GEORDI
				(studying them intently)
			We'll have to look through the
			specs again.
				(sighs, tired)
			I don't know. My mind's turned
			to clay.

					WESLEY
			Mine too.

	He inadvertently looks at Data... there's a beat of
	visual humor -- obviously Data's mind could run all
	night. Shelby intends to push them until they fall...
	moving to the computer, calling up specs...

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT TWO  21.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					SHELBY
			I think we should look at
			modifying the plasma phaser
			design...

	Riker notices the excessive fatigue on everyone's
	faces...

					RIKER
			Commander, I think we should call
			it a night.

	A beat. Shelby reacts without eye contact... there's
	a crisis, how can he think about breaking for the
	night? She keeps on working at the computer... eyes
	on the screen. Restrained --

					SHELBY
			All right. Anyone who's really
			that tired... if you want to
			leave...

	Overlapping --

					WESLEY
			No, that's okay...

					GEORDI
			Go ahead, Commander...

					SHELBY
				(quickly back to work)
			What would happen if we take the
			frequency klystron from the
			existing unit...

	Riker interrupts, firm, but none of this ever gets loud
	--

					RIKER
			We'll break here. That's an
			order. We'll reconvene at oh five
			hundred...

					SHELBY
			Sir, if you'll allow me to
			continue with Mister Data, who
			does not require rest...

					RIKER
			You need rest, Commander.

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/9/90 - ACT TWO  22.

17   CONTINUED: (3)

					SHELBY
			If we have a confrontation with
			the Borg without improving our
			defense systems...

					RIKER
			If we have a confrontation, I
			don't want a crew fighting the
			Borg at the same time they're
			fighting their own fatigue...
			Dismissed.

	Their eyes meet in conflict. She EXITS.

18
thru	OMITTED
19

20   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit.

21   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Shelby, Data, Geordi, Worf, Beverly.
	On the monitor Admiral Hanson is addressing them.

					HANSON (MONITOR)
			At nineteen hundred hours
			yesterday, the USS Lalo
			departed Zeta Alpha Two on a
			freight run to Sentinel Minor
			Four. At twenty-two hundred hours
			and twelve minutes, a distress
			signal was received at Starbase
			one five seven. The Lalo reported
			contact with an alien vessel...
				(with emphasis)
			... described as cube-shaped. The
			distress signal ended abruptly.
			She has not been heard from since.

	Reactions.

					PICARD
			How long to get there at warp
			nine, Mister Data?

					DATA
			One hour, seventeen minutes, sir.

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT TWO  23.

21   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Make it so.

	Data acknowledges, rises and EXITS.

					HANSON
			We're coming with every available
			starship to assist, Captain. But
			the closest help is six days away.

					PICARD
				(dry)
			We'll try to occupy them pending
			your arrival, Admiral.

					HANSON
			I know you will. Hanson out.

					RIKER
			All hands will stand to battle
			stations...

					PICARD
			Commander Shelby, status of
			defense preparations?

					SHELBY
			Mister La Forge has a plan to
			modulate shield nutation...
			hopefully, that'll hold them off
			for awhile.

					GEORDI
			At the same time, we're retuning
			phasers to higher EM-base
			emitting frequencies -- we'll try
			to disrupt their subspace field.

					PICARD
			Your assessment of our potential
			effectiveness?

					GEORDI
			Shot in the dark, Captain. Best
			we can do for now.

					PICARD
				(acknowledges)
			Dismissed.

22   OMITTED

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT TWO  24.

22A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

23   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Data, Wesley at their positions...
	Shelby is also on the bridge...

					WORF
			Sir, reading an unidentified
			vessel just entering sensor range,
			bearing two-one-zero mark
			one-five-one...

					PICARD
			Hail them, Mister Worf...

					WORF
			No response, sir...

					PICARD
			Move to intercept.

					WORF
				(beat, reacting to
				 console)
			Sir, the vessel has already
			changed course to intercept us.
			Approaching at... warp nine point
			three... Entering visual
			range...

					PICARD
			On screen.

24   ANGLE - VIEW SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Long range... a small dot...

					PICARD
			Magnify.

	The shot changes to a closer angle -- it is the Borg
	ship.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, dispatch a subspace
			message to Admiral Hanson -- we
			have engaged the Borg.

  STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT TWO  25.

24   CONTINUED:

	And on reactions...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT THREE 26.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

25   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise and the Borg ship face each other. Both
	ships have dropped out of warp.

26   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	We are now at Red Alert.

					WORF
			Captain, you are being hailed.

					PICARD
			I am?

					WORF
			Yes, Captain. By name.

					RIKER
			Data, is it the same ship we faced
			at J-two-five?

					DATA
			Uncertain, Commander. However,
			dimensions are precisely the same.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	He takes a defiant pose. The interior of the Borg ship
	appears on the viewscreen -- a great chamber with
	stacks and stacks of thousands of slots in which are
	individual Borg.

					PICARD
			I am Jean-Luc...

	Speaking with a hundred voices --

					BORG
			Jean-Luc Picard, captain of the
			Starship Enterprise, registry
			NCC-1701D, you will lower shields
			and prepare to transport yourself
			aboard our vessel. If you do not
			cooperate, we will destroy your
			ship.

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT THREE 27.

26   CONTINUED:

	Picard reacts, does not respond to the demand.

					PICARD
			You have committed acts of
			aggression against the United
			Federation of Planets. If you
			do not immediately withdraw...

					BORG
			You will surrender yourself or
			we will destroy your ship. Your
			defensive capabilities are unable
			to withstand us.

	Riker signals Worf to mute transmission.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			What the hell could they want with
			you?

					SHELBY
			I thought they weren't interested
			in human lifeforms... only our
			technology.

					PICARD
			Their priorities seem to have
			changed. Open channel.
				(to the viewscreen)
			We have developed new defense
			capabilities since our last
			meeting and we are prepared to
			use them if you do not withdraw
			from Federation space. If you
			do so immediately, I will agree
			to arrange a conference of our
			peoples at a neutral location.

27   INT. ENGINEERING

	On Geordi taking readings...

					GEORDI
				(to comm)
			Shields are being probed... I'm
			modulating nutation...

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT THREE 28.

28   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As the Borg ship sends out their tractor beam... the
	shields deflect it...

29   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			Sir, the Borg are attempting to
			lock on to us with their tractor
			beam...

					PICARD
			Load all torpedo bays... ready
			phasers... target coordinates on
			the source of the tractor beam...

					RIKER
			Status of shields...

					DATA
			Holding...

					SHELBY
				(encouraged)
			The nutation modulation has them
			confused...

					RIKER
				(cautious)
			They have the ability to analyze
			and adapt, Commander...

	Suddenly the ship shakes violently...

									INTERCUT:

29A  INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi scurrying around trying to make adjustments in
	vain...

					GEORDI
			Shield modulation has failed...
			they've locked on...

					WORF
			Shields are being drained...
			ninety per cent... eighty...

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT THREE 29.

29A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Trying to recalibrate nutation...
			damn...

					WORF
			Shields have failed.

					PICARD
			Fire all weapons...

30   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	An extraordinary sequence... as the Enterprise is
	grabbed by the tractor beam... we give them everything
	we've got... the Borg ship takes full impact and still
	the beam has us...

31   INT. ENGINEERING

					GEORDI
			Their subspace field is intact...
			new phaser frequencies had no
			impact...

									INTERCUT:

32   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Reverse engines...

					GEORDI
			Full reverse... we're not
			moving...

					PICARD
			Fire at will...

					WORF
			Launching torpedos... phaser
			spread continuing...

					DATA
			Still no damage to the Borg
			vessel, sir...

33   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The second Borg beam reaches out to the Enterprise...

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT THREE 30.

34   INT. ENGINEERING

	A deafening crack of thunder... the ship shakes...
	Geordi looks up...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Outer hull breach.

									INTERCUT:

35   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			They're cutting into the hull...
			Engineering section...

					RIKER
			Geordi... evacuate Engineering...

36   INT. ENGINEERING

	People running... the thunder continuing... on the move
	--

					GEORDI
			Computer. Evacuation sequence...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Redirecting Engineering control
			to bridge. Sealing doors to core
			chamber...

					GEORDI
			Move it people!

	The door is sliding down... and as he runs the hell out
	of there...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Inner hull failing.
			Decompression danger, deck
			thirty-six, section four.
			Sealing Main Engineering.

36A  OMITTED

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT THREE 31.

37   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					SHELBY
			Data, fluctuate phaser resonance
			frequencies... random settings...
			keep changing them... don't give
			them time to adapt...

38   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise fires another furious round... this time
	with fluctuating laser frequencies... unlike our usual.
	Unbroken beam, the beam is divided into "dots and
	Dashes" with slight color changes... and finally the
	Borg tractor breaks off...

38A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The ship shakes with the release.

					WORF
			The tractor beam has been
			released.

					PICARD
			Warp nine. Course one-five-one
			mark three-three-zero... engage...

39   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	warps away... the Borg ship follows quickly...

40   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			They are in pursuit, Captain.

					PICARD
			Maintain course.

	Geordi ENTERS from the turbolift...

					RIKER
			Damage report, Geordi.

					GEORDI
				(still in shock)
			Hull rupture in Main
			Engineering... damage is heavy...
					(MORE)

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT THREE 32.

40   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
			We lost a lot of good people down
			there.

					DATA
			Eleven dead... eight more
			unaccounted for, Captain.

	Moving to the Engineering station, taking readings...

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Repair teams to Engineering...
			seal hull breach...

					GEORDI
			They didn't get to the core...
			I can control functions from
			here...

					WESLEY
			Approaching the Paulson Nebula,
			sir...

					PICARD
			Drop to impulse... take us in,
			Ensign...

41   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Moving at impulse into the solar nebula, swirling
	clouds...

42   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	as we whiz by large rocks and clumpy material...

43   ANGLE - WESLEY

	drawing on all of his navigational talents... Picard
	moves up next to him...

					WESLEY
			The field is getting too dense,
			sir...

					PICARD
			Steady... Mister Data, analysis
			of the nebula cloud...

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT THREE 33.

43   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Eighty-two percent Dilithium
			hydroxyls... manganese, chromium.
			It should provide an effective
			screen against their sensors,
			sir...

44   PICARD

					PICARD
			Prepare to take us in, Mister
			Crusher. Now. Mister La Forge,
			prepare to reverse engines, full
			stop.

45   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise moves into the spiral cloud and
	disappearing from view.

45A  EXT. SPACE - THE BORG (OPTICAL)

	slows at the cloud's periphery, does not go in.

46   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			The Borg ship is continuing
			scans... attempting to locate
			us...

					PICARD
			Good. As long as they're looking
			for us... they can't hurt anyone
			else.

					RIKER
			Shut down all active sensors,
			passive scanners only. Deflectors
			to minimum emissions.

					PICARD
			We'll maintain position.
				(looks at Riker and
				 Shelby)
			Until we have a better idea.

STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/11/90 - ACT THREE34.

47   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Barely visible through the dense cloud.

48   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - CLOSE ON MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	Showing a silent replay of the Borg ship as seen from
	the Enterprise...

					SHELBY (O.S.)
			Time index five-one-four... Data
			started to fluctuate phaser
			resonance frequencies... the
			Borg's beam breaks contact...
			Freeze picture.

49   ANGLE

	Riker is at the head of the table, Wesley, Geordi and
	Data are with Shelby. They are reporting progress to
	him.

					SHELBY
			Take a close look, Commander...
			Mister La Forge?
				(please narrate)

50   MONITOR - FREEZE FRAME (OPTICAL)

	The same shot in slow motion... there is a slight
	wobble in the entire Borg power system.

					GEORDI (O.S.)
			There's a two percent power drop,
			just for an instant... but it's
			system-wide... The phaser
			frequency spread was in a high
			narrow band.

51   ANGLE - WIDE

					DATA
			Conceivably, the ship's power
			distribution nodes are vulnerable
			to those frequencies.

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT THREE 35.

51   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			If we can generate a concentrated
			burst of energy with that same
			frequency distribution... I mean
			a lot more than anything our
			phasers or photon torpedos could
			provide...

					RIKER
			How do we do that?

					WESLEY
			The main deflector dish.

					GEORDI
			It's the only component of the
			Enterprise designed to channel
			that much power at controlled
			frequencies.

					SHELBY
			Unfortunately, there is one slight
			detail -- in the process, the
			blast completely destroys the
			Enterprise as well.

					RIKER
				(muses)
			But if we could get far enough
			away... increase the deflector
			range...

					SHELBY
				(nods)
			It could work. In the meantime,
			we should retune all phasers,
			including hand units, to the same
			frequency.

					RIKER
				(acknowledges)
			Proceed. I'll inform the
			Captain...

					SHELBY
			There's one other recommendation
			I'd like to make, Commander.
			Separate the saucer section...
			assign a skeleton crew to create
			a diversion...

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/9/90 - ACT THREE 36.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(shakes his head)
			We may need power from the saucer
			impulse engines...

					SHELBY
			But it would give them more than
			one target to worry about.

					RIKER
				(beat)
			No, it's too great a risk...

					SHELBY
			I'd like the captain to make that
			decision, sir.

					RIKER
				(cool)
			I bring all alternatives to the
			captain's attention, Commander.
				(dismissing them)
			That'll be all.

	As the others EXIT, Geordi lingers a moment...

					GEORDI
			I'll need to install
			higher-capacity power transfers
			to the deflector dish,
			Commander...

					RIKER
			How long...

					GEORDI
			Better part of a day.

	Riker acknowledges, stands, still bristling about
	Shelby...

					RIKER
			She gets a full head of steam up,
			doesn't she...

					GEORDI
			Yessir... she's... a formidable
			presence to say the least. But
			I'm convinced she can help us
			here, Commander...

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT THREE 37.

51   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			I am too, Geordi. Don't worry
			about it. I can handle Shelby.

	Riker nods and they EXIT.

52   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker walks to the Ready Room door and rings the
	chime... Worf in command.

					PICARD'S VOICE
			Come.

53   ANGLE - THE DOOR

	slides open and as Riker steps forward, he reacts as
	he sees Shelby with Picard.

54   INT. CAPT. READY ROOM - CONTINUOUS

					PICARD
			Come in, Number One... Commander
			Shelby was just telling me of your
			concerns about her plan...

					RIKER
			I'm sorry that she troubled you,
			sir... I already informed her...

					PICARD
			Yes, I entirely agree with you.
			It's not the time. But I am
			afraid the time may eventually
			come when greater risks are
			required. I'd like you to
			consider her plan as a fall-back
			position and make the necessary
			preparations.

					RIKER
			Very good, sir.

55   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker and Shelby EXIT the Ready Room and you can cut
	the tension with a knife... she moves to the turbolift
	and he's on her heels.

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT THREE 38.

56   INT. TURBOLIFT

	As they ENTER...

					SHELBY
			Deck eight. Battle bridge.

	The doors close. Shelby avoids his eyes. No guilt
	from her. Just unstoppable.

					RIKER
				(to comm)
			Halt.
				(to Shelby)
			You and I have to talk, Commander.

					SHELBY
			You never ordered me not to
			discuss this with the captain...

					RIKER
			You disagree with me, fine. You
			want to take it to the captain,
			fine. Through me. You do an end
			run around me again, I'll snap
			you back so hard, you'll think
			you're a first year cadet again.

					SHELBY
			May I speak frankly, sir?

					RIKER
			By all means.

					SHELBY
			You're in my way.

					RIKER
			Really? How terrible for you.

					SHELBY
			All you know how to do is play
			it safe... I guess that's why
			someone like you sits in the
			shadow of a great man for as long
			as you have, passing up one
			command after another.
				(to comm)
			Proceed to deck eight.

					RIKER
			When it comes to this ship, to
			this crew, you're damned right
			I'll play it safe.

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT THREE 39.

56   CONTINUED:

					SHELBY
			If you can't make the big
			decisions, Commander, I suggest
			you make room for someone who can.

	The door opens and she EXITS. On Riker's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT FOUR 40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

57   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	hiding in the dust cloud in the nebula... moving back
	to find the Borg ship hovering over the swirl.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. The
			Enterprise remains concealed in
			the dust cloud. And to my
			surprise, the Borg have maintained
			their position, waiting for us
			to come out of hiding. I have
			no explanation for their special
			interest in me or this ship.

57A  INT. ENGINEERING

	Much activity. Repairs are continuing...
	supernumeraries working at the last patches in the
	breach area... at consoles, Geordi, Wesley, Shelby and
	Data huddle and compare notes... as Picard ENTERS,
	taking a slow, respectful inspection. The crew members
	look up to acknowledge Picard, who just nods,
	"carry-on" as he passes through...

					PICARD (V.O.)
			We continue to prepare our
			defenses for the inevitable
			confrontation. But, I must admit,
			on this night I contemplate the
			distinct possibility that no
			defense may be adequate against
			this enemy...

57B  INT. TEN-FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	Dark and deserted. The view out the windows blinded by
	the nebula fog. Picard ENTERS, walking slowly... takes
	a long look...

					GUINAN (O.S.)
			Trouble sleeping?

	Picard turns...

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/9/90 - ACT FOUR 41.

57C  ANGLE - GUINAN

	at the bar

					PICARD
			Something of a tradition,
			Guinan... touring the ship before
			a battle...

					GUINAN
			Before a hopeless battle, if I
			remember the tradition correctly.

	Picard moves to the bar.

					PICARD
			Not necessarily. Nelson toured
			the HMS Victory before
			Trafalgar...

					GUINAN
			But Nelson didn't come home from
			Trafalgar, did he?

					PICARD
			No, but the battle was won.

					GUINAN
			And you, Picard, do you expect
			this battle to be won?

					PICARD
			We may yet prevail. It is a
			conceit but a healthy one.
				(beat)
			I wonder if the Emperor Honorious
			watching the Visigoths coming over
			the seventh hill could truly
			realize that the Roman Empire was
			about to fall. This is really
			just another page of history,
			isn't it? Will this be the end
			of our civilization?
				(shrugs)
			... Turn the page.

					GUINAN
			It is not the end.

					PICARD
			You say that with remarkable
			assuredness.

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT FOUR 42.

57C  CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			With experience. When the Borg
			destroyed my world, my people
			scattered throughout the
			universe. But we survived. And
			so will humanity. As long as
			there is a handful left to keep
			the spirit alive. You will
			prevail. Even if it takes a
			millennium.

	Picard nods with appreciation for her... and then the
	ship shakes and they react, turn to see --

57D  ANGLE - THE WINDOWS (OPTICAL)

	somewhere beyond the fog, bright explosions are
	visible...

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Captain Picard, report to the
			bridge.

	On the move...

					PICARD
				(keys insignia)
			On my way, Lieutenant.

	And EXITS.

58   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard ENTERS... Riker, Worf watch the viewscreen as
	the explosions continue periodically. Supernumeraries
	at conn and ops.

					RIKER
			They're some kind of
			magnetometric-guided charges.

	As one "depth charge" explodes perilously close by...

					PICARD
			Status of shields.

					WORF
			Back to forty-eight percent,
			Captain.

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT FOUR 43.

58   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to comm)
			Mister La Forge, I may have to
			take us out of the nebula... I'll
			need all the power you can give
			me.

	Another huge explosion rattles us...

59   INT. ENGINEERING

	Data, Wesley, Shelby working at stations in the
	background.

					GEORDI
			Engines are ready, Captain.
			Recommend you adjust shield
			harmonics to favor the upper EM
			band when you proceed...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged.

	And this time a direct hit...

60   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			Direct hit... deck nine...

					RIKER
			Damage report...

					WORF
			Structural latching system
			integrity breached...

					PICARD
			Take us out of here, Number One...

					RIKER
			Fire up the engines... half
			impulse until we clear the
			nebula... then punch it to warp
			nine.

					PICARD
			Ready phasers... load forward
			torpedo bays...

					RIKER
			Engage.

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT FOUR 44.

61   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moves out of the cloud... immediately the Borg ship
	follows...

62   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					WORF
			Borg tractor beam is attempting
			to lock on...

					PICARD
			Fire at will. Continue rotating
			shield frequ...

					WORF
			Shields are failing...

	The ship is rocked as the tractor beam locks on...
	people are almost knocked down...

					WORF
			Tractor beam has locked on.

					RIKER
			They're holding us...

	A Borg MATERIALIZES...

	Borg #1 looks around, identifies Picard, moves calmly
	toward him... Worf fires his phaser... the Borg's
	force field is ineffective... it breaks down and the
	Borg is blown down... immediately two more Borg
	MATERIALIZE... one by the fallen Borg, another behind
	Picard... Worf fires at the Borg (#2) near Picard.
	But this time the Borg's force field has changed color
	and repels the phasers...

					RIKER
			It's no use... they've already
			adapted to the new frequencies...

	Riker charges Borg #2 going for Picard but the Borg
	easily sends Riker crashing against a far wall, and
	grabs Picard. Worf moves toward Picard as...

62A  OMITTED

62B  BORG #3

	removes parts of the dead Borg #1...

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/9/90 - ACT FOUR 45.

62C  ANGLE - PICARD (OPTICAL)

	Worf reaches him just as he DEMATERIALIZES along with
	Borg #2 and Borg #3... a beat later, dead Borg#1 withers
	away into dust... and...

62D  WORF

	quickly moves back to Tactical...

					WORF
			The Borg ship is disengaging...
			leaving at warp speed...

					RIKER
				(to conn)
			Maintain pursuit...

					WORF
			Borg vessel has reached warp
			nine... nine-point-four...
			nine-point-six...

					RIKER
			Stay with them.
				(to comm)
			Riker to O'Brien. Can you get
			a fix on the captain?

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Negative, sir. There's some kind
			of interference. I can't lock
			in on his signal.

					RIKER
			Senior officers report to the
			bridge.

					WORF
			Sir, the coordinates they've
			set... they're on a direct
			course... to sector zero-zero-one.
			The Terran system.

					RIKER
				(reacts)
			Earth.

	On Riker's reaction...

63   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in pursuit of the Borg ship.

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/17/90 - ACT FOUR 46.

64   INT. BORG SHIP

	Picard is escorted by two Borgs... he reacts as he sees
	--

65   OMITTED

66   INT. BORG SHIP (MATTE SHOT)

	The same massive chamber we saw on the Main Viewer
	earlier... thousands of Borg lined up... as Picard
	ENTERS. They speak with a thousand deafening voices:

					BORG
			Captain Jean-Luc Picard, you lead
			the strongest ship of the
			Federation Starfleet. You speak
			for your people.

					PICARD
			I have nothing to say to you, and
			I will resist you with my last
			ounce of strength.

					BORG
			Strength is irrelevant.
			Resistance is futile. We wish to
			improve ourselves. We will add
			your biological and technological
			distinctiveness to our own. Your
			culture will adapt to service ours.

					PICARD
			Impossible. My culture is based
			on freedom and self-determination.

					BORG
			Freedom is irrelevant. Self-determination
			is irrelevant. You must comply.

					PICARD
			We would rather die.

					BORG
			Death is irrelevant.

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT FOUR 47.

66   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			What is it you wish of me?

					BORG
			Your archaic cultures are
			authority driven. To facilitate
			our introduction into your
			societies, it has been decided
			that a human voice will speak for
			us in all communications. You
			have been chosen to be that voice.

	On Picard's reaction...

67   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in pursuit of the Borg vessel.

68   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker, Shelby, Geordi, Data, Troi, Worf, Beverly,
	Wesley. Supernumeraries are at Conn and Ops.

					WORF
			They're leading us into the heart
			of our own defenses...

					GEORDI
			So far, they haven't had any
			reason to worry about our
			defenses...

					WESLEY
			Commander, if the Borg stay at
			warp nine-point-six, we'll be
			forced to discontinue pursuit and
			power down in less than three
			hours.

					DATA
			Two hours, forty minutes and three
			seconds.

					RIKER
				(to Geordi)
			How soon before the deflector is
			ready?

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/9/90 - ACT FOUR 48.

68   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			We're close. Few hours maybe...
				(before Riker has to
				 tell him)
			I know I'll get it done in two...
			somehow... but Commander, I need
			serious power from the warp
			engines to make this weapon work.
			We're using all we've got just
			to keep up with them...

					SHELBY
			We've got to get that ship down
			to impulse.

					RIKER
			I'm leading an away team over
			there to get the captain back.
			We'll find a way to bring them
			out of warp...
				(orders)
			Ensign Crusher... continue to
			assist Mister La Forge...
			Commander Shelby, you will take
			the bridge and coordinate with
			Starfleet... Data, Worf, Doctor
			Crusher, you're with me...

					SHELBY
				(protesting)
			Excuse me, sir... with my
			knowledge of the Borg...

					RIKER
				(not now)
			Those are my orders, Commander.

	Shelby blinks. Troi fills the breach.

					TROI
			Commander Riker...
				(beat)
			It is inappropriate for you to
			lead the away team. Until the
			return of Captain Picard, you are
			in command of the Enterprise.
			We are in a state of war. Your
			place is on the bridge.

 STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT FOUR 49.

68   CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker frowns... every bit of his soul wants to lead
	the charge to the rescue... and suddenly he feels what
	it takes to command... to delegate authority, to think
	of the greater needs... but it's frustrating as hell.

					RIKER
				(softer)
			Commander Shelby, you will lead
			the away team.

	And he sinks into the big chair...

					RIKER
			Make it so.

	The others scramble and...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

      STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT FIVE     50.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

69   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Still at warp... pursuing the Borg ship.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First officer's log, supplemental.
			Our pursuit of the Borg continues
			at high warp on a course that
			will take us to the very core of
			the Federation. The devastation
			they could bring is beyond
			imagination.

70   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Shelby, Data and Beverly wait with O'Brien as Worf
	arrives, hands out phasers...

					WORF
			These phasers have been retuned.
			Each has a different frequency
			spanning the upper EM band.

					SHELBY
			All right... a reminder... we only
			get to use each of these once,
			maybe twice before the Borg learn
			to adapt. Don't fire until you
			have to...

					BEVERLY
			What kind of resistance can we
			expect?

	(Beverly wasn't around for the Borg last year.)

					DATA
			At our last encounter, the Borg
			virtually ignored us when we
			beamed aboard their vessel,
			Doctor. They clearly did not
			consider our being there a
			threat.

					SHELBY
			That could very well change,
			however, if we start interfering
			with their plans.

      STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT FIVE     51.

70   CONTINUED:

	They move to the transporter...

					SHELBY
			Shelby to bridge. Away team
			ready.

									INTERCUT:

71   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker, Troi and supernumeraries.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			We've got fifty-eight minutes
			before we have to power down and
			disengage.

					SHELBY
			Understood.

					RIKER
			Proceed.
				(quick)
			Commander, no unnecessary risks.
			If it becomes clear you can't
			succeed, I want you back here,
			alive... I don't want any dead
			heroes. Clear?

					SHELBY
			Very clear, sir. Shelby out.

					O'BRIEN
			We've matched warp velocity for
			transport, Commander.

					SHELBY
			Energize.

72   INT. BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	Shelby, Data, Worf and Beverly MATERIALIZE...

73   CLOSER

	assume a defensive posture. There is no resistance.
	Many of the Borg are in stasis. Occasionally, one
	walks by and ignores the away team.

      STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/9/90 - ACT FIVE     52.

73   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(checking tricorder)
			Tricorder functions are minimal.

					SHELBY
			Any signs of human life?

					WORF
			Inconclusive.

	He continues to make adjustments on the tricorder.
	Beverly gets her first look at the Borg up close and
	personal... studying the gridwork structures...

					BEVERLY
				(awe)
			Look at this... this is
			extraordinary.

					DATA
				(acknowledges)
			These appear to be some kind of
			power waveguide conduits which
			allow them to work collectively
			as they perform ship functions.

					SHELBY
			There's no way to take out enough
			of these to slow them down.

					DATA
				(agreeing)
			The decentralized power system
			makes it virtually impossible.

	Cautiously moving forward...

					BEVERLY
				(studying the
				 configuration)
			What about looking at it... from
			the mosquito's point of view.

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			An interesting metaphor, Doctor.
			What is your idea?

					BEVERLY
			If we sting them in a tender
			spot... at least we might get them
			to stop a minute to scratch.

      STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT FIVE     53.

73   CONTINUED: (2)

	Data and Shelby exchange a glance... not a bad plan.
	As they move into an intersection to see the awesome
	conduit box...

					DATA
			Distribution nodes.

					SHELBY
			If we take out a few of these,
			it just might make them scratch...

	Data acknowledges as Worf picks up something on his
	tricorder.

					WORF
			The captain's communicator...
			it is still activated.

					BEVERLY
				(keying insignia)
			Crusher to Picard, can you hear
			me, Captain...

	No response.

					SHELBY
			Can you locate it, Worf?

					WORF
				(checking)
			This way...

	He leads them down a corridor...

73A  INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Admiral Hanson on the monitor... Riker notably
	standing, not sitting in the captain's chair...

					RIKER
			I strongly recommend redeploying
			all available defenses to protect
			sector zero-zero-one, Admiral...

					HANSON
				(acknowledges)
			We're moving to intercept at Wolf
			three five nine. We'll make our
			stand there. How much longer can
			you maintain pursuit?

      STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/9/90 - ACT FIVE     54.

73A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Twenty-two minutes if they stay
			at current speed. If we can't
			bring them out of warp, we'll
			do as much damage as we can before
			we have to disengage.

					HANSON
				(nods)
			Picard?

					RIKER
			Nothing yet, sir.

74   OMITTED

74A  INT. BORG SHIP

	Down another corridor, Worf leading the way with his
	tricorder... he stops... a series of large drawers line
	one wall... it might almost remind us of a morgue...

					WORF
			In here.

	An exchange of concerned glances... Data moves forward
	and pulls out the heavy drawer... they react as they
	see inside --

75   ANGLE - PICARD'S UNIFORM

	folded neatly, the communicator is visible. His empty
	boots.

75A  RESUME - SHELBY

					SHELBY
			Shelby to Enterprise.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Go ahead.

					SHELBY
			We've found the captain's uniform.
			And his communicator.

      STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT FIVE     55.

75B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker frowns... exchanges a worried look with Troi...

					SHELBY'S COM VOICE
			We're resuming our search.

	Behind him Wesley and Geordi ENTER from the
	turbolift... as Riker sees them --

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Stand by, Commander.

					WESLEY
			We're in business.

					GEORDI
			It'll burn out the main
			deflector... but it'll be one hell
			of a bang.

					RIKER
			Radiation danger?

					WESLEY
			We'll need to evacuate the entire
			forward half of the secondary
			hull. And the lower three decks
			of the saucer.

					TROI
			I'll see to that.

	She moves off the bridge.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Commander Shelby... we have only
			seventeen minutes of warp power
			left. Do what you can to get
			them out of warp.

75C  INT. BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The away team continues to move cautiously into an
	intersection.

      STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT FIVE     56.

75C  CONTINUED:

					SHELBY
				(to comm)
			Acknowledged. Shelby out.
				(to the team)
			Let's take out some of these
			distribution nodes and see what
			happens...
				(beat)
			Get ready. This may rile up our
			friends.

	Data fires his phaser at the top of the conduit box...
	nothing... then Worf and Data fire together... this
	time, the conduit box shorts out and sparks fly...
	they move quickly out...

76   INT. BORG SHIP

	The Borg are stirring.

77
thru	OMITTED
79

80   ANGLE - THE AWAY TEAM

	reacts as the Borg begin to exit their shelves... as
	many as we can muster... they see our guys... and move
	calmly toward them... we retreat...

80A  INTO ANOTHER INTERSECTION (OPTICAL)

	and Worf and Data shoot out another conduit box... more
	sparks...

81   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As more Borgs exit their shelves... see us... come at
	us...

					SHELBY
			Ready phasers...

	They raise their weapons... the Borg move in on them...

					SHELBY
			Fire.

	Shelby and Data fire one direction... Worf and Beverly
	the other...

      STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/6/90 - ACT FIVE     57.

82   ONE SET OF BORGS (OPTICAL)

	go down...

83   ANOTHER SET OF BORGS (OPTICAL)

	go down... but more come right behind, climbing over
	them...

84   THE AWAY TEAM (OPTICAL)

	moves down a clear corridor...

					SHELBY
			Enterprise, encountering
			resistance, prepare to beam us
			back on my signal...

	... into another intersection... Data and Worf fire
	and destroy a third conduit box.

85
thru	OMITTED
87

88   INT. BORG SHIP

	A portion of the lights fail...

89   THE AWAY TEAM (OPTICAL)

	is cloaked in shadows... the sparks creating almost a
	strobe effect...

89A  ANGLE - MORE BORGS (OPTICAL)

	coming... the away team fire phasers... the Borg have
	adapted... none of the phasers affect them this time...
	we retreat again.

					SHELBY
			Enterprise... beam us...

					WORF
			Wait! Look --

	He points... and

90
thru	OMITTED
92

      STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/9/90 - ACT FIVE     58.

93   ANGLE - ANOTHER ROW OF BORGS EMERGING FROM THEIR
SLOTS

	in the strobe effect... and one of them at the far
	end... is Picard... seen in profile, he looks normal.

94   THE AWAY TEAM

					WORF
			Captain!

95   PICARD

	turns slowly, calmly... and push in as he does to see
	he has been turned into a Borg. Half his face is
	gone... replaced with machinery.

96   REACTIONS - CLOSEUPS

	of the away team... stunned.

97   PICARD

	moves toward them... with the Borg as they surround...

98   THE AWAY TEAM (OPTICAL)

	Worf bursts forward trying to get to his captain...
	is repelled violently by a Borg aura around Picard...
	falls to the floor.

					SHELBY
			Enterprise, get us out of here.

	As sparking effects continue from the damage to the
	distribution nodes, they DEMATERIALIZE.

99   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker, Troi, Wes at Conn... Geordi at Engineering
	station.

					WESLEY
			Sir, they did it... the Borg ship
			is dropping out of warp...

					RIKER
			Go to impulse.

     STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/11/90 - ACT FIVE     59.

99   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Diverting warp energy to main
			deflector...

					RIKER
			Move us to within forty thousand
			kilometers, match velocity.
			Commence arming sequence...
			Increase deflector modulation to
			upper frequency band...

	The away team ENTERS from the turbolift... Worf moves
	to Tactical...

					RIKER
			The captain?

					DATA
			Sir, Captain Picard has been
			altered by the Borg. We were
			unable to retrieve him...

					RIKER
			Altered... ?

					WORF
			He is a Borg, sir.

	Riker reacts, stunned.

					SHELBY
			We'll go back... I need more
			people... we need to retune the
			phasers again... we'll get him
			out of there...

					GEORDI
			Commander, reading subspace field
			fluctuations within the Borg ship.
			Looks like they're regenerating...
			restoring power. They could be
			capable of warp any minute.

	Riker's mind working... covering the options...

					RIKER
			Is the deflector ready?

					GEORDI
				(registering import of
				 the pending decision)
			Ready, sir.

      STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/9/90 - ACT FIVE     60.

99   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Will, he's alive... if we get him
			back, I might be able to
			restore...

	Push in to Riker...

					RIKER
			This is our only chance to destroy
			them... if they get back into warp,
			our weapon becomes useless.

					SHELBY
			We'll go back... we'll sabotage
			them again if we have to...

					RIKER
				(shakes his head)
			We can't maintain pursuit. We
			don't have the power.
				(beat)
			Prepare to fire.

					SHELBY
			At least consult with Starfleet
			Command.
				(to Worf)
			Get Admiral Hanson on subspace...

					RIKER
			Belay that order, Lieutenant.
			There's no time...

					WORF
			Sir, we are being hailed by the
			Borg...

					RIKER
			On screen.

100
thru	OMITTED
101

102  ANGLE (OPTICAL) - VIEWSCREEN

	Picard-Borg appears... he speaks with a single but
	metallic Borg voice... a version of his own... and
	during the speech we

									INTERCUT:

     STAR TREK: "Best of Both Worlds" - REV. 4/10/90 - ACT FIVE     61.

103  MATCHING PUSHES TO CLOSEUPS OF RIKER AND PICARD
	(OPTICAL)

					PICARD/BORG
			I am Locutus of Borg. Resistance
			is futile. Your life as it has
			been is over. From this time
			forward, you will service... us.

	And on an extreme closeup of Riker... a deep breath,
	then firm without raising his voice...

					RIKER
			Mister Worf... fire.

									FREEZE FRAME

	SUPER: TO BE CONTINUED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
              "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" 
                          #40274-175 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Michael Piller 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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                         FINAL DRAFT
                       
                        JULY 2, 1990


         STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - 7/9/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
              "The Best of Both Worlds" Part Two 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             ADMIRAL HANSON
                RIKER              LT. COMMANDER SHELBY
                DATA               LOCUTUS (PICARD-BORG)
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             Non-Speaking
                                     SEVERAL BORG
                GUINAN             
                O'BRIEN            
                GLEASON            

                COMPUTER VOICE     

                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  MISC. SECURITY PERSONNEL

         STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - 7/10/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
               "The Best of Both Worlds" Part Two
                   
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE                BATTLE SECTION
              BATTLE BRIDGE              SAUCER SECTION
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              MAIN ENGINEERING         THE STARFLEET SHIPS
              SICKBAY                    USS CHEKHOV
              DATA'S LABRATORY           USS KYUSHU
              CORRIDOR                   USS MELBOURNE
              TURBOLIFT                  ETC.
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
          
            ENTERPRISE SHUTTLE         ENTERPRISE SHUTTLE
          
            THE BORG SHIP              THE BORG SHIP
              INTERIOR CHAMBER
              OPERATING ROOM           SATURN (FROM SPACE)
          
            ADMIRAL HANSON'S SHIP      MARS (FROM SPACE)
              (GALAXY CLASS STARSHIP)    UNMANNED PODS
              READY ROOM
              BATTLE BRIDGE            EARTH (FROM SPACE)

  STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
              "The Best of Both Worlds" Part Two 
                
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 LOCUTUS           low-KEW-tus
                 ITERATIVE         IT-er-ah-tiv

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/27/90 - TEASER    1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
              "The Best of Both Worlds" Part Two                   
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

	INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL) - LOCUTUS ON SCREEN

	barely reacts to Riker's order to fire. Red alert
	continues. We hear a low rumbling, slowly growing...

	RIKER

	Eyes locked on Locutus. The rumbling grows.

	GEORDI

	at the Engineering Station... monitoring readings...

					GEORDI
			Deflector power approaching
			maximum limits. Energy discharge
			in... six seconds...

	As the rumble heightens to a roar...

	VARIOUS REACTIONS

	Beverly... Troi... Worf... Wesley... Shelby... finally
	back to Riker...

	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Close on the main deflector dish as it glows...
	pulses... and then erupts in a blinding beam that
	strikes --

	EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	A forcefield absorbing the continuing blast.

	INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The ship shakes...

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/27/90 - TEASER    2.

	CONTINUED:

					WORF
			The Borg ship is undamaged.

					SHELBY
			Impossible...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Warp reactor core
			primary coolant failure.

					GEORDI
			Can't maintain it much longer,
			Commander...

	Riker never takes his eyes off Locutus...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Exceeding reaction
			chamber thermal limit.

					RIKER
			Cease fire.

	Geordi runs through a series of commands on his
	panels...

					GEORDI
			Shutting down warp engines.

	The roar stops... the silence is eerie... The Bridge
	crew is stunned.

					RIKER
				(unbelievable)
			They couldn't have adapted that
			quickly...

					LOCUTUS
				(on the contrary)
			The knowledge and experience of
			the human Picard is part of...
			us... now. It has prepared us...
			for all possible courses of
			action. Your resistance is
			hopeless...
				(beat)
			... Number One.

     STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - TEASER     3.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

	And on the frightening intimacy of the moment... on
	Riker's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/6/90 - ACT TWO    4.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

8    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Alone... The Borg ship is gone.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First Officer's Log, Stardate
			43999.1. The Borg ship has
			resumed its course toward Earth.
			We are unable to pursue pending
			repairs to the Enterprise.

9    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Geordi, Troi, Worf, Beverly and Shelby. Admiral
	Hanson is on the viewscreen; he is in his Ready Room on
	a Galaxy Starship.

					RIKER
			... and as we anticipated, the
			blast burned out the main
			navigational deflector... we also
			have damage to shields and the
			reactor core.

					GEORDI
			We should be back up in eight to
			twelve hours, Admiral.

	Hanson frowns, acknowledges...

					HANSON
			Well, we'll miss you at the party.

					RIKER
			The Enterprise will be there, sir.
			Maybe a little late. But we'll
			be there.

					HANSON
			Your engagements gave us valuable
			time. We've mobilized a fleet
			of forty starships at Wolf 359
			and that's just for starters...
			the Klingons are sending
			warships... Hell, we've even
			thought about opening
			communications with the
			Romulans...

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/10/90 - ACT ONE    5.

9    CONTINUED:

					SHELBY
			You realize, Admiral, that with
			the assistance of Picard, the Borg
			will be prepared for your
			defenses.

	Hanson takes a long beat as though he's considering
	the dreadful ramifications of this fact. But that's
	not what he's thinking about at all. He finally
	speaks.

					HANSON
			Lieutenant... a few years ago,
			I watched a freshman cadet pass
			four upper classman on the last
			hill of the forty kilometer run
			on Danula Two... damndest thing
			I ever saw... only freshman to
			ever win the Academy marathon.
			I made it my business to get to
			know that young fellow... got to
			know him very very well... I'll
			tell ya, I've never known anyone
			with more drive, determination
			or more courage than Jean-Luc
			Picard. There's no way in hell
			he would assist the Borg. I
			want that clear.

					SHELBY
			Of course, Admiral...

					HANSON
			He is a casualty of war.

					BEVERLY
			Then... we have abandoned all hope
			of recovering him.

					HANSON
				(reluctantly
				 acknowledges)
			In less than twenty-four hours,
			this armada's going to hit that
			Borg vessel with everything we
			can muster. Either they survive
			or we do. As for Picard...
				(beat)
			A great man has been lost. Your
			Captain. My friend.

	He sighs, looks down a beat and then up.

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - ACT ONE    6.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					HANSON
			Commander Riker... I hereby
			promote you to the field
			commission of Captain.

	Push in on Riker...

					HANSON
			The Enterprise is your ship now.
			Congratulations. I wish the
			circumstances were different.

					RIKER
			Good luck, Admiral.

					HANSON
			To us all.

	He signs off.

10   EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	warping toward Earth.

11   INT. BORG SHIP

	Moving down a row... no activity... the Borg are in
	their regenerative state, in their compartments...
	finding Locutus in a compartment, 'asleep'... a shudder
	crosses his face as though a nightmare has invaded his
	mind... suddenly his eyes open in a panic...

12   MATTE SHOT - THE BORG SHIP INTERIOR (OPTICAL)

	An agonizing human cry echoes through the chamber...

13   A BORG IN HIS COMPARTMENT

	reacts to the commotion... methodically EXITS and moves
	to Locutus, who resists his efforts to restrain him...
	another Borg joins them... together they escort him
	out of his compartment...

14   INT. BORG OPERATING ROOM - MONTAGE SEQUENCE (OPTICAL)

	Small and no different than any other area of the ship
	except there is a medical table...

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - ACT ONE    7.

14   CONTINUED:

	Locutus is lying on his back, conscious as one Borg
	prepares to use a long, probing implant device to add a
	bio-chip... another Borg prepares a huge mechanical arm
	to attach... and as we slowly push in to Locutus'
	face... and into his eye... a single tear is in one
	corner... and as the operation commences, his eyes
	close and after a beat, slowly, the color in his human
	face begins to drain further and further away until
	he is ashen white.

15   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Riker stands at the window, now wearing a Captain's
	rank, looks around... moves closer to Picard's
	desk... and studies the empty chair... and it is a
	symbol of the man... and he cannot bring himself to
	sit there. So he sits in the chair he always sits
	in... facing the Captain's desk. A chime. He
	reacts... stands...

					RIKER
			Come.

	Troi ENTERS. Riker is glad to see her, smiles, warm.

					RIKER
			Hi.

					TROI
			You wanted to see me?

	And already it's different between them... he is the
	Captain now and that inherently creates an emotional
	barrier.

					RIKER
			How's the crew?

					TROI
			Throwing themselves into the work
			to be done... the emotional impact
			hasn't been fully realized yet...

					RIKER
				(understands)
			I guess Starfleet training kicks
			in and takes over...

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/6/90 - ACT ONE    8.

15   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(acknowledges)
			We know the risks, tell ourselves
			we're prepared for the
			consequences... and yet, something
			like this cuts deeper than we can
			admit at first. He was our
			Captain. It's like losing the
			leader of a nation or the head
			of a family.

					RIKER
				(a beat)
			He was more of a father to me than
			my own.

	Troi nods sympathetically...

					RIKER
			When I saw him like that...
			mutilated...

					TROI
			You did what you had to do...
			nobody doubts your love for him...

					RIKER
			Was there any part of him left,
			Deanna?

					TROI
				(slow)
			Yes. I can still sense his
			humanity

					RIKER
				(looks down)
			Then you must have sensed his
			pain...

	Her silence tells him she does.

					RIKER
			I don't envy your abilities.

	He cannot stay with the intensity of this moment...
	Breaking the tension --

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/6/90 - ACT ONE    9.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			I'd better check on the progress
			of our repairs...
				(beat)
			There won't be any changes... as
			far as I'm concerned it's his
			ship, his crew... and everything
			we do, every battle we fight, it's
			for him.
				(beat, warm)
			I'm glad you're here to help me
			with this.

					TROI
			Thank you, Captain.

	And as they both realize their intimacy will be never
	quite the same again.

					RIKER
				(dismissed)
			Counselor...

	Their eyes say more than their words. And as she
	leaves, we stay a beat on him as he begins to realize
	it's lonely at the top and he glances once more at --

16   THE DESK

	and the empty chair... where he still has not been
	seated.

17   INT. TURBOLIFT

	as it opens and Riker and Worf ENTER.

					RIKER
			... and Mister Crusher has
			suggested a chip might be designed
			that will automatically retune
			phasers to a random setting after
			each discharge...

					WORF
			That would be a great advantage.

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT ONE   10.

17   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			We should also see if we can find
			some way to neutralize their
			forcefields, Worf... we've got
			to show them we can adapt too.
				(to com)
			Engineering.
				(continuing to Worf)
			We're not just fighting the Borg
			anymore... we're fighting the life
			experience they've stolen from
			Captain Picard... how the hell
			do we defeat an enemy that knows
			us better than we know
			ourselves... ?

					WORF
			The Borg have neither honor nor
			courage... that is our greatest
			advantage.

					RIKER
			I hope it's enough.

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT ONE   11.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

	The doors open. They EXIT...

18   OMITTED

19   INT. ENGINEERING

	The warp reactor where Geordi and Shelby are
	supervising repairs, checking panels, sensors...

					GEORDI
			Engine control processors are back
			up...

					SHELBY
			Accelerator coils are responding
			normally...

					GEORDI
			Forward shields at fifty-eight
			percent... aft shields --
				(reacts as he studies
				 sensors)
			Sensors must be down...

					SHELBY
			Checking... sensors are fine...
			no, aft shields have completely
			failed... dammit... auxiliary
			generators are out again...

	Riker and Worf ENTER. Seeing Worf --

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/27/90 - ACT ONE   11A.

	CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Just the man I need.
				(to Riker)
			We're having problems with the
			aft shields... generators are
			going on and off line... I could
			use your help, Worf...

	Riker nods his approval. Geordi and Worf start to
	move...

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - ACT ONE    12.

19   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			How soon do we get underway,
			Geordi?

					GEORDI
			Still a couple hours... Commander
			Shelby can fill you in...

	Geordi and Worf EXIT... Riker and Shelby are alone...
	the first time they've been alone since the big
	Turbolift argument... and the tension of their
	relationship hangs over the scene.

					SHELBY
			The main navigational deflector
			is functional again... Sherbourne
			and Barclay are running through
			the final testing sequence now...

					RIKER
			The warp reactor core?

					SHELBY
			Reconstruction is proceeding
			normally... it's slow work. If
			we can nail down this shield
			generator problem, I agree with
			La Forge... we should be at
			operating capacity in two or three
			hours...

					RIKER
			Good.

	An uncomfortable beat of silence as they study each
	other...

					SHELBY
			Anything else, sir?

					RIKER
			Yes. You did a good job on the
			Borg ship.

					SHELBY
			I didn't get Picard.

					RIKER
			You stopped them. You gave us
			our shot.

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - ACT ONE    13.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

	Shelby realizes that Riker is being extraordinarily
	generous and she appreciates it. About to apologize
	for her earlier attitude --

					SHELBY
			Sir...

					RIKER
			Commander, we don't have to like
			each other to work well together.
			In fact, I expect you to continue
			to keep me on my toes.

					SHELBY
				(quick)
			Some might define that as the role
			of a first officer.

	Riker reacts, frowns...

					RIKER
			Damn, you are ambitious, aren't
			you, Shelby...

					SHELBY
			Yes.

	Riker shakes his head, almost smiles. She does have
	chutzpa.

					SHELBY
				(continuing)
			Captain Riker, based on our past
			relationship, there's no reason
			I should expect to become your
			first officer... except you need
			me. I know how to get things
			done. And I have the expertise
			in the Borg...

					RIKER
			You also have a lot to learn,
			Commander.

					SHELBY
				(beat, taking it as a
				 rejection)
			Yessir.

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - ACT ONE    14.

19   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
				(beat)
			Almost as much as I had to learn
			when I came aboard as Captain
			Picard's first officer. He
			reminded me of that fact when I
			commented on what a pain in the
			neck you are.

					SHELBY
				(relieved)
			Yessir.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Data to Riker. Message from
			Starfleet, Captain.

					RIKER
			Go ahead, Data.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Starfleet reports it has engaged
			the Borg at Wolf 359.

	On Riker's reaction...

20
thru	OMITTED
25

26   INT. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker ENTERING in a hurry from the Turbolift. Data,
	Wesley and supernumeraries.

					DATA
			Admiral Hanson on subspace,
			Captain...

					RIKER
			On screen.

27   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Hanson's image on screen... he's on a Battle Bridge at
	Red Alert... reception is breaking up... his ship is
	clearly in battle... some shaking...

					RIKER
			Admiral...

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - ACT ONE    15.

27   CONTINUED:

					HANSON
				(calm but worried)
			The fight does not go well,
			Enterprise... we're attempting
			to withdraw and regroup.
			Rendezvous with fleet...

	Transmission ends suddenly... subspace hiss and snow
	fills the screen... on Riker's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/6/90 - ACT TWO    16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

28   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	warping.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 44000.3.
			Repairs are complete. The
			Enterprise is warping to
			rendezvous with Starfleet at Wolf
			359. Subspace communications from
			the site of battle have been cut
			off possibly by Borg interference.

29   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Riker, Data, Geordi, Beverly, Shelby, Worf, Troi.

					RIKER
			Lieutenant Worf, everyone at this
			table shares my respect for your
			service to this ship. But right
			now, I need your experience at
			tactical... Mister Data, I
			realize that your very nature
			omits ambition. Nevertheless,
			I want you to know I thought
			seriously about you as first
			officer as well...

					DATA
			Thank you, sir...

					RIKER
			But this is not a time for change.
			I need you all where you are,
			where Captain Picard always relied
			on you.
				(with some tongue-in-cheek)
			I have been... reluctantly...
			forced to conclude that Commander
			Shelby, our expert on the Borg,
			is the ideal choice at this time
			for first officer.

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - ACT TWO    17.

29   CONTINUED:

	Shelby has softened a bit by now, appreciates the humor
	at her expense... the staff nods congratulations. On
	to business...

					RIKER
			Based on our last communication,
			we have to assume the Borg have
			survived the fleet's attack...
			your thoughts on our next
			encounter...

					SHELBY
			What about the heavy graviton beam
			we were talking about... ?

					GEORDI
			I've gone over it four times...
			The local field distortion just
			wouldn't be strong enough to
			incapacitate them...

					DATA
			Doctor Crusher and I have been
			working on an interesting
			premise...

					BEVERLY
			With our recent experience in
			nanotechnology, we might be able
			to introduce a destructive breed
			of nanite to the Borg...

					SHELBY
			Nanites?

					DATA
			Robots small enough to enter
			living cells.

					RIKER
			How much time would it take to
			execute this...

					BEVERLY
			That's the problem. Two, three
			weeks.

					TROI
			In two or three weeks, nanites
			may be all that's left of the
			Federation.

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - ACT TWO    18.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

	There's an ominous silence as the ideas run out.

					WORF
			We have the new phaser adapters...

					GEORDI
				(grim)
			Perhaps in concert with photon
			torpedoes... we can slow them
			down...

	But this is a crew with little hope and ultimately all
	eyes turn to their Captain. A long beat as Riker feels
	the responsibility of command.

					RIKER
			I'm sure Captain Picard would have
			something meaningful and inspiring
			to say right now. And to tell
			you the truth, I wish he were here
			to say it, cause I'd like to hear
			it, too.

30   ANGLE - THE FACES

	around the table.

					RIKER (O.C.)
				(continuing)
			I know how difficult this
			transition is for all of you.
			I can take over for him, but I
			can never replace Captain Picard
			and would never hope to...

31   RIKER

	And in that moment, Riker wonders as he looks around
	the table whether he's reaching them...

					RIKER
				(a beat)
			Whatever the outcome, I know our
			efforts in the coming battle will
			justify the faith he had in all
			of us.
				(beat, bailing out)
			Dismissed.

	As they rise to leave...

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - ACT TWO    19.

32   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Riker ENTERS, frustrated, not sure what the hell he's
	going to do, not pleased with the way he handled the
	meeting... once more he looks at --

33   ANGLE - THE DESK

	with no one behind it...

34   RIKER

					RIKER
			What would you do?

	A chime.

					RIKER
			Come in.

	The door opens to reveal Guinan. She ENTERS.

					GUINAN
			May I speak to you, Captain?

					RIKER
				(reluctant)
			Well, actually Guinan... right
			now, I...

					GUINAN
				(will not be denied)
			Picard and I used to talk... now
			and again, when one of us needed
			to... I guess I'm just used to
			having the Captain's ear...

	And sacrilege as it might be, she sits behind the desk
	in the Captain's chair. Riker reacts.

					GUINAN
			I hope I'm not imposing.

	Riker studies her, let's get this over with.

					RIKER
			What's on your mind?

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - ACT TWO    20.

34   CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			I've heard a lot of people talking
			down in Ten Forward... They
			expect to be dead in the next day
			or two.

	It is said casually, stating a fact... A beat as Riker
	studies her, wonders what she's getting at.

					GUINAN
				(continuing)
			They like you, Riker. They trust
			you. But they don't believe
			anyone can save them.

					RIKER
				(defensive)
			I'm not sure anyone can.

					GUINAN
			The way I see things, if a man
			is convinced he's gonna die
			tomorrow, he'll probably find some
			way to make it happen.
				(beat)
			The only one who can turn that
			around... is you.

	Riker has had just about enough of this tutoring
	session with the bartender...

					RIKER
				(with an edge)
			I'll do the best I can.

					GUINAN
			You'll have to do something you
			don't want to do.
				(off his look)
			Let go of Picard.

					RIKER
				(calmly angry)
			Maybe you didn't hear --
			yesterday, I tried to kill him.

					GUINAN
			You tried to kill whatever that
			is on the Borg ship. Not Picard.
			Picard is still here, still in
			the room with us.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - ACT TWO    21.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					GUINAN (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			If he had just died, it would
			be easier. But he's been taken
			from us a piece at a time.

	They study each other a long beat. Both feel the loss
	intensely.

					GUINAN
			Did he ever tell you why we were
			so close?

					RIKER
			No.

					GUINAN
			Then I'm not going to tell you
			either. But it was beyond
			friendship, beyond family... and
			I will let him go. You must,
			too.
				(beat)
			There can only be one Captain.

					RIKER
			It's not that simple... This was
			his crew... he wrote the book on
			this ship...

					GUINAN
			And the Borg know everything he
			knows...

					RIKER
			Yes...

					GUINAN
			Then, it's time to throw the book
			away.
				(beat)
			You must let him go, Riker. It's
			the only way to beat him... the
			only way to save him.

	He reacts. She stands.

					GUINAN
			This chair is yours.

	And she EXITS. After a beat, he slowly moves to the
	empty chair and sits down.

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT TWO    22.

35   OMITTED

36   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data, Wesley, Shelby, Worf and supernumeraries are on
	the Bridge. Shelby wears Commander rank pips.

					WESLEY
				(on com)
			Captain, we're approaching the
			Wolf system.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			On my way.

	Riker ENTERS from the Ready Room.

					RIKER
			Slow to impulse. Take us to the
			battle coordinates, Ensign...
			yellow alert...

					WORF
			Sensors are picking up several
			vessels, Captain...

					RIKER
			The fleet?

					DATA
				(checking)
			There are no active subspace
			fields... Negligible power
			readings...

					RIKER
			Lifesigns?

					DATA
			Negative, sir.

					WORF
			Visual contact.

					RIKER
			On screen.

37   ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	and the Bridge crew reacts with horror as they see the
	wreckage of the Starfleet armada... it is like Pearl
	Harbor. Passing by one dead ship after another...

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT TWO    23.

38   TWO SHOT - RIKER AND SHELBY

	as she recognizes and calls out the names... and slow
	push to Riker...

					SHELBY
			The Chekhov... The Kyushu...
			The Melbourne...

	On Riker's face...

39   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it passes through the cemetery of dead ships...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT THREE   24.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

40   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse, going through the devastation as before.

41   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			Sir, sensors are picking up
			unusually strong magnetic eddy
			currents, bearing two-zero-zero,
			mark two-one-one.

					RIKER
			Data, your analysis...

					DATA
			It could indicate the course of
			the Borg ship...

					RIKER
			Ensign Crusher, set a course that
			follows those currents...

					WESLEY
			Aye, Captain.

					RIKER
			Commander Shelby, you will prepare
			to initiate your plan of
			separating the saucer section when
			we find the Borg.

					SHELBY
			Sir. I must remind you that
			Captain Picard was briefed on that
			plan... the Borg will be prepared
			for it...

					RIKER
			I'm aware of that, Commander.
			In fact, I'm counting on it.

	She reacts...

					SHELBY
			Crusher, Cartaino, Gleason -- report
			to the Battle Bridge...

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - ACT THREE   25.

41   CONTINUED:

	As the regulars are replaced at their posts by
	supernumeraries... on the move...

					RIKER
			Mister Data and Mister Worf, I
			have a special mission for you...

42   EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	at Warp.

43   INT. BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	Locutus is escorted, almost like a pet dog on a "heel"
	command, to the area near the center chamber where
	communication takes place... he is less Picard than
	he was before... more Borg... The facial color is
	gone... a huge Borg arm has been added... as he
	positions himself --

43A  ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	a wide viewscreen reveals a small image of a ship
	approaching... an effect magnifies the image to reveal
	it as The Enterprise.

44   LOCUTUS

	reacts... over his face --

					RIKER'S VOICE
			Locutus of Borg, this is Captain
			William T. Riker of the U.S.S.
			Enterprise.

45   ANGLE - THE VIEWSCREEN - RIKER'S IMAGE (OPTICAL)

	from the Battle Bridge...

					LOCUTUS
			You may speak.

									INTERCUT:

  STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/12/90 - ACT THREE  26.

46   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Wesley at Conn, GLEASON at Ops, others as
	needed. Shelby, Data and Worf are notably absent.

					RIKER
			We wish to end the hostilities.

					LOCUTUS
			Then you must unconditionally
			surrender.

					RIKER
			We are prepared to meet to discuss
			your terms.

					LOCUTUS
				(a beat)
			It is unlikely that you are
			prepared to discuss terms. It
			is more likely that this is an
			attempt at deception.

					RIKER
			Come now, Locutus, if Picard's
			knowledge and experience is part
			of you, then you know I have never
			lied to him... in fact, you should
			implicitly trust me, is that not
			so?

	Locutus is having difficulty processing Riker's
	routine...

					LOCUTUS
			Picard implicitly trusted you.

					RIKER
			Then trust me now. Meet with me
			to discuss terms.

	The Borg influence takes over in Locutus.

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT THREE   27.

46   CONTINUED:

					LOCUTUS
			Discussion is irrelevant. There
			are no terms. You will disarm
			all weapons and escort us to
			sector zero-zero-one where we will
			begin the assimilation of your
			culture and technology.

	Riker turns away from the screen... signals to cut off
	transmission...

					RIKER
			Mister Gleason, can you pinpoint
			the Borg's source of transmission?

					GLEASON
				(acknowledging)
			I can put you within thirty meters
			of it, sir...

					RIKER
				(to comm)
			Mister O'Brien, report...

									INTERCUT:

47   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	O'Brien with Data and Worf...

					O'BRIEN
			The Borg have adapted their
			electromagnetic field to prevent
			main Transporter functions, sir...

					RIKER
				(to comm)
			As expected. Mister Data and
			Mister Worf, you will proceed as
			we discussed...

					DATA
			Aye, Captain...

	Data and Worf each don an armpack.

48   INT. BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	Locutus at the viewscreen. Riker turns back, reopens
	communications.

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT THREE   28.

48   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			We would like time to prepare our
			people for assimilation.

					LOCUTUS
			Preparation is irrelevant. Your
			people will be assimilated as
			easily as Picard has been.

49   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					RIKER
			Does it involve a lot of
			needles... because I just hate
			needles...

					LOCUTUS
			Your attempt at a delay will not
			be successful, Number One. We
			will proceed to Earth and if you
			attempt to intervene we will
			destroy you.

					RIKER
			Take your best shot, Locutus,
			cause we're about to intervene.

	Cuts off communication... Starfield and the Borg ship
	return to the viewscreen.

					RIKER
			Reset subspace communications
			to scrambler code Riker One...

					GLEASON
			Scrambler code Riker One,
			acknowledged.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Commander Shelby, report...

									INTERCUT:

50   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Shelby at command with supernumeraries at other posts.

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT THREE   29.

50   CONTINUED:

					SHELBY
			Ready for separation.

					RIKER
			Make it so.

51   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The separation begins...

51A  INT. ENGINEERING

					GEORDI
			Docking latches clear, separation
			complete...

52   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

					WESLEY
			Saucer velocity one hundred meters
			per second and increasing.

					RIKER
			Open fire... all weapons...

53   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					SHELBY
			Fire...

54   INT. BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	Locutus watches the two separating parts of the
	Enterprise and this is nothing unexpected... the
	viewscreen scanners promptly focus on the battle
	section because Locutus knows that's where the power
	is...

55   EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	reaches out its tractor beam toward the battle
	section...

  STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT THREE  29A.

56   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

					WESLEY
			Borg tractor beam attempting to
			lock on, Captain...

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   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT THREE   30.

56   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Evasive manuevers... pattern Riker
			Alpha...

					WESLEY
			Riker Alpha, confirmed...

57   EXT. SPACE - THE BATTLE SECTION (OPTICAL)

	moving quickly by...

58   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

					WESLEY
			They're ignoring the saucer
			section completely...

					RIKER
				(murmering toward the
				 Borg ship)
			Just as you should, Captain...
			Ensign, evasive pattern, Riker
			Beta...

					WESLEY
			Riker Beta, confirmed...

					RIKER
				(to comm)
			Commander Shelby, proceed with
			second phase...

59   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					SHELBY
			Acknowledged.
				(to tactical officer)
			Fire antimatter spread...

60   EXT. SPACE - THE SAUCER SECTION (OPTICAL)

	Fires a spread of antimatter pellets exploding in a
	spectacular display toward the Borg ship...

61   INT. BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	As the viewscreen pans toward the saucer section,
	Locutus and other Borg look at the antimatter
	display... and this is unexpected...

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT THREE   31.

62   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

	Pushing to Riker...

					RIKER
			Launch shuttle...

63   INT. SHUTTLE

	Data and Worf inside...

					DATA
			Shuttle launch sequence
			confirmed... departing Enterprise
			in three seconds...

64   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE SAUCER SECTION (OPTICAL)

	As the shuttle leaves the ship... becoming part of the
	forest of anti-matter pyrotechnics...

65   INT. BORG SHIP - LOCUTUS

	studies what's happening... Picard's mind working
	unwillingly... suggesting reponses...

66   EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The Borg ship terminates the tractor beam aimed at the
	battle section... initiates another beam in the other
	direction toward the anti-matter spread.

67   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

					WESLEY
			The Borg tractor beam has moved
			toward the anti-matter spread.

					GLEASON
			They might be picking up engine
			ionization from the shuttle...

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Data, cut your engines... take
			her in unpowered...

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/6/90 - ACT THREE   32.

67A  EXT. SPACE - THE SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	to see the shuttle moving through the antimatter field
	toward the Borg ship... the tractor beam sweeps by,
	just barely missing the shuttle.

68   INT. SHUTTLE - OVER THE SHOULDER (OPTICAL)

	The shuttle shakes.

69   OMITTED

70   INT. BORG SHIP - LOCUTUS

	watches.

71   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

	Favoring Riker...

					WESLEY
			They're gonna make it...

									INTERCUT:

72   INT. SHUTTLE - OVER THE SHOULDER (OPTICAL)

	As it moves up close and personal to the Borg ship...

					WORF
			Shuttle has penetrated the Borg
			electromagnetic field...

	Data is already out of his seat...

					DATA
				(checking sensors)
			The shuttle escape transporter
			should provide adequate power
			to beam us onto the Borg ship from
			here, sir...

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			And back, Mister Data?

					DATA
			Yessir, there should be enough
			energy for two transports.

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/6/90 - ACT THREE   33.

72   CONTINUED:

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Proceed.

	Worf moves out of his chair... and joins Data by the
	transport unit as he punches some overhead keys and
	they DEMATERIALIZE...

73   INT. BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	Locutus and the Borg react as Worf and Data MATERIALIZE
	several meters away... Worf and Data have phasers...
	blast away at the Borg near-by, several go down...
	Locutus turns and as Worf rushes him, his forcefield
	goes on, but Worf and Data together spray a wide,
	fan-shaped phaser blast that dissolves the forcefield
	and Worf tackles Locutus to the ground as Data
	continues to cover him with phaser shots at other
	Borg...

74   LOCUTUS AND WORF (OPTICAL)

	struggle on the ground as Data comes up and sedates
	Locutus with a hypo... and then he hits the arm band
	and they DEMATERIALIZE...

75   INT. SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	They MATERIALIZE...

					WORF
			Mission accomplished... we have
			him...

	Touching a control panel:

					DATA
			Firing shuttle thrusters...

76   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Beam them out of there, Mister
			O'Brien...

77   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

					O'BRIEN
			Locked in...

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - ACT THREE   34.

78   EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	fires their cutting beam and obliterates the shuttle.

79   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Data and Worf support the unconscious Locutus as they
	MATERIALIZE...

					O'BRIEN
			Transport successful, sir...

80   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

	On a push in to Riker's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FOUR   35.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

81   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Still in two sections... the Borg ship is taking no
	offensive action.

82   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

	As before.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Captain, we've sustained damage
			to the impulse drive... the saucer
			section is disabled...

					GLEASON
			Reading subspace field
			fluctuations from the Borg ship...
			looks like they're getting ready
			to increase power...

					RIKER
			Stand-by, La Forge...

					WESLEY
				(to himself)
			The saucer section... it's a
			sitting duck...

					RIKER
			Prepare to draw their fire...

					WESLEY
				(surprised)
			Captain, the Borg ship... it's
			moving away...

83   ANGLE - THE VIEW SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	As the Borg ship warps away.

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FOUR   36.

83   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			It's resuming its course to Earth,
			sir...

					RIKER
			Rendezvous with the saucer
			section... lay in a course of
			pursuit...

84   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	reconnects.

85   INT. SICKBAY

	Picard/Borg is on an emergency medical bed... Riker
	watches as Beverly examines him...

					BEVERLY
			There's extensive infiltration
			of microcircuit fibers into the
			surrounding tissues... his DNA
			is being rewritten...

					RIKER
			Can you revive him?

					BEVERLY
				(reluctant)
			I'd like more time to study the
			structural changes in the motor
			pathways...

					RIKER
			Doctor, we don't have more time.
			Once he was wired into the Borg,
			they knew everything he knew.
			I'm hoping it goes both ways.
			If we're lucky, he had access to
			everything we need to know about
			them... especially their
			vulnerabilities.

	Beverly understands... uses a hypo to begin to revive
	him... he stirs...

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/10/90 - ACT FOUR   37.

85   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Jean Luc... it's Beverly... can
			you hear me...

	His eye opens...

					LOCUTUS
			Beverly... Crusher...

					BEVERLY
			Yes... don't try to move...

					LOCUTUS
			I am... on board the Enterprise.

					RIKER
			That's right.

					LOCUTUS
			A futile manuever.

	They react. He sits up.

					RIKER
			Locutus...

					LOCUTUS
			Incorrect strategy, Number One...
			to risk your ship and crew... to
			retrieve only one man... Picard
			would never have approved...

					BEVERLY
				(to comm)
			Security...

					LOCUTUS
			You underestimate... us... to
			believe this... abduction would
			be of any concern...

	Worf and two security men ENTER...

					LOCUTUS
			There is no need for
			apprehension... I intend no harm.

	There is a moment where the human Picard peeks
	through... seems to resist but he is helpless...
	Almost as a plea to his own alter ego --

  STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/10/90 - ACT FOUR  37A.

85   CONTINUED: (2)

					LOCUTUS/PICARD
			No harm.

	Locutus continues.

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FOUR   38.

85   CONTINUED: (2)

					LOCUTUS
			I will continue... aboard your
			ship... to speak for the Borg ...
			as they continue... without
			further diversion... to sector
			zero zero one... where they will
			force your unconditional
			surrender.

	On reactions...

86   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - SCIENCE STATION

	Riker and Beverly looking over Data's shoulder as he
	works at monitors... an Okudagram showing some signal
	measurements... Shelby at command... Wesley at Conn.

					DATA
			Using multimodal reflection
			sorting, I have been able to
			detect a complex series of
			subspace signals between Locutus
			and the Borg ship...

					BEVERLY
			That's how they're controlling
			him?

					DATA
			It is not just a matter of
			control, Doctor. The signals are
			interactive across a subspace
			domain similar to that of a
			Transporter beam. I would
			hypothesize that these frequencies
			form the basis of the Borg's
			collective consciousness.

					RIKER
			Can't we block them?

					DATA
			Possibly. But, as you will
			recall, on several occasions, we
			have witnessed the Borg removing
			key circuits from injured
			comrades... no doubt separating
			them from the group consciousness.

					RIKER
			The injured Borg immediately
			self-destructed.

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - ACT FOUR   39.

86   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			That is correct, sir.

					BEVERLY
			Cutting the link to Locutus might
			be fatal to Captain Picard.

	Riker frowns... thinks...

					RIKER
			We have to find a way to reach
			him... we must know what he
			knows...

					BEVERLY
			Without these interactive signals,
			it would only be a matter of
			microsurgery... I could do it...
			but as long as those Borg implants
			are functioning, there's no way
			I can separate the man from the
			machine.

					DATA
				(beat, an idea)
			Then perhaps... there is a way
			I can access the 'machine',
			Doctor.

	Riker reacts and...

87   INT. SICKBAY

	Worf and the two security men watch as Picard examines
	Sickbay... as though he is scanning the technology...
	satisfied, he comes to Worf and begins to scan him...

					LOCUTUS
			Worf.

	Worf silently studies him, mixed feelings.

					LOCUTUS
			Klingon species. A warrior race.
				(beat)
			You too will be assimilated.

					WORF
			The Klingon Empire will never
			yield.

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - ACT FOUR   40.

87   CONTINUED:

					LOCUTUS
			Why do you resist? We only wish
			to raise... quality of life...
			for all species...

					WORF
			I like my species the way it is.

					LOCUTUS
			A narrow vision. You will...
			become one with the Borg. You
			will... all... become one with
			the Borg.

	Riker, Data and Beverly ENTER...

					LOCUTUS
			The Android... Data... primitive
			artificial organism... you will
			be obsolete in the new order...

	As he scans Data, Beverly comes around and hypos him
	in the neck, he loses consciousness... Riker and Worf
	grab him as he falls...

					RIKER
				(to Security men)
			Take him to Data's lab...

					SHELBY'S COM VOICE
			Shelby to Riker...

					RIKER
			Go ahead...

					SHELBY'S COM VOICE
			Captain, the Borg have entered
			sector zero-zero-one...

	On Riker's reaction...

88   EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	As it moves by us at impulse... we follow to reveal
	the familiar 'Monument Valley', if you will, of our own
	solar system... as the Borg ship passes by Saturn...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - ACT FIVE   41.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

89   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	still at warp.

90   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Shelby at command, Wes at conn, Riker and Worf ENTER
	from the Turbolift. Supernumerary at Ops.

					SHELBY
			The Borg have dropped out of warp,
			sir... Jupiter Outpost Nine-Two
			reported visual contact at twelve
			hundred hours, thirteen minutes...

					RIKER
			Planetary defenses?

					SHELBY
			Responding. No reports on
			effectiveness... but I can't
			believe that against the Borg...

					RIKER
				(interrupting)
			Mister Crusher, at their current
			speed, when will they reach Earth?

					WESLEY
			Twenty-seven minutes...

					RIKER
			The soonest we can intercept?

					WESLEY
				(beat, grim)
			Forty-two minutes, sir.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Riker to Data... your status?

									INTERCUT:

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT FIVE   42.

91   INT. DATA'S LABORATORY

	This is the set up we had in "The Offspring"... the
	raised biobed, the impressive technical equipment...
	Troi, Beverly, O'Brien and the one security man
	observe... Picard is off-camera... Data is working at
	panels... checking monitors... he is seen in profile...

					DATA
			The initial cybernetic connection
			into Captain Picard's neural net
			pathways has been established...
			Mister O'Brien is ready to process
			the Borg signal through the
			transport pattern buffer.

					RIKER
			Make it so. And with dispatch,
			Mister Data...

	As Data turns, he reveals an open panel on his head...

					DATA
			Proceeding immediately, sir. Data
			out.

	Over the above, Data has hit a series of panels and
	now...

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT FIVE   43.

92   ANGLE - THE BIOBED

	begins to lower... revealing Locutus, still
	unconscious, stripped of clothes, his hideous
	mutilation clearly exposed... transfers are patched to
	the Borg side of him...

	Data moves into position beside him and begins to
	attach himself to the biobed transfer device...

					DATA
			The neural link will be
			established in three stages...
			Doctor, I suggest you closely
			observe Captain Picard's lifesigns
			while Chief O'Brien monitors my
			positronic matrix activity at each
			stage... Counselor, hopefully
			you will be able to determine if
			I am reaching Captain Picard.

					O'BRIEN
			At what point should I shut it
			down if there's a problem?

					DATA
			I do not know. I have never done
			this before.
				(touching a series of
				 panels)
			Initating first neural link...

93   BEVERLY

	at monitors with human lifesigns displayed...

					BEVERLY
			The Captain's vital signs are
			stable...

94   O'BRIEN

	looking at an Okudagram...

					O'BRIEN
			Positronic activity unchanged...

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - ACT FIVE   44.

95   RESUME - DATA

					DATA
			First neural connection is
			confirmed... I cannot report any
			significant access to the Borg
			consciousness...

	He glances at Troi who shakes her head, no...

96   EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	moving by Mars... unmanned pods attack it... the Borg
	ship destroys them easily... moves on... and now we
	reveal their final destination... the familiar shape
	of Earth straight ahead...

97   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			It is confirmed... the Borg have
			broken through the Mars defense
			perimeter...

					WESLEY
			Enterprise approaching the Terran
			system, sir...

					RIKER
			Slow to impulse... time to
			intercept...

					WESLEY
			Twenty-three minutes, fourteen
			seconds, sir.

98   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse power moving by Saturn...

99   INT. DATA'S LABORATORY

					DATA
			Second neural connection is
			confirmed... I still cannot report
			any significant access...
			proceeding with the final link...

	He pushes a series of panels... and this time the
	result is dramatic... there is a visible jolt to
	Picard...

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FIVE   45.

100  BEVERLY

	reacts... checking her monitor...

					BEVERLY
			Significant increase in premotor
			area and hypothalamus activity...
			his heartrate is accelerating
			rapidly...

101  O'BRIEN

	watching his sensors...

					O'BRIEN
			Sir, your submicron matrix
			activity is increasing
			exponentially.

	Data is absorbing information at an incredible rate...
	like an internal blastoff...

					DATA
			Neural connections are complete.
			I... have... access to the Borg
			subspace signals... Processing...
			processing...

					TROI
			Data...

					DATA
			Stand by... processing...

	O'Brien looks at Beverly with great concern...

					DATA
			Fascinating. The Borg group
			consciousness... is divided into
			subcommands... necessary to carry
			out all functions...
			communications, defense,
			navigation... they are all
			controlled... by a root command...
			implanted in each --
	Suddenly...

102  THE BORG ARM

	on Picard rises and attempts to disengage the
	connections on the biobed...

       STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT FIVE       46.

103  THE SECURITY MAN

	charges forward... and the arm pushes them easily off
	the biobed... it moves back toward the connections,
	but

104  DATA

	grabs the Borg hand and holds it back from the controls
	using his extraordinary strength...

105  THE TWO ARMS

	locked in a symbolic arm wrestle for control of
	Picard... and finally after straining at both ends,
	Data wins by breaking the arm off at the wrist joint...

105A THE BROKEN BORG 'HAND'

	continues to move in Data's hand...

106  RESUME SCENE

					BEVERLY
			Data, I'm picking up increased
			neural activity in Captain
			Picard... localized in the
			prefrontal and parietal lobes...

					O'BRIEN
			The Borg might be trying to
			terminate their link with him...

					DATA
			Negative... subspace signal
			configuration is unchanged. The
			cause of increased neural activity
			is unclear...

					TROI
			No, it's not... it's him...

	Slowly...

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FIVE       47.

107  PICARD'S HUMAN ARM

	is reaching out, his hand struggling to find -- finally
	grasping -- Data's wrist and holds it tightly...
	clinging to life... a first contact with the human...

108  REACTIONS

	from Data... Beverly... O'Brien...

109  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					TROI'S COM VOICE
			Troi to Bridge. Data has made
			first contact with Captain
			Picard...

					RIKER
			Can you communicate with him,
			Data?

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			I have been unable to create a
			neural path around the Borg
			implants, sir... it is Captain
			Picard himself who has somehow
			managed to initiate contact...

					WORF
			Sir, the Borg have halted their
			approach to Earth...

					SHELBY
			I think we got their attention...

					RIKER
			Time to intercept... ?

					WESLEY
			Two minutes, four seconds...

					RIKER
			They're worried... they're worried
			that we've got access to Picard...
			we've got two minutes to figure
			out what we can do with it...

									INTERCUT:

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FIVE       48.

110  INT. DATA'S LABORATORY

					DATA
			Sir, it is clear the Borg are
			unable or unwilling to terminate
			their subspace links...

					BEVERLY
			That may be their achilles heel,
			Captain... their
			interdependency...

					RIKER
			What do you mean, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			He's part of their collective
			consciousness... Cutting him off
			is like asking us to disconnect
			an arm or a foot... we can't do
			it.

					SHELBY
				(extrapolating)
			They operate as a single mind...

					RIKER
			If one jumps off the cliff... they
			all jump off the cliff...
				(to com)
			Data, is it possible to plant a
			command in the Borg collective
			consciousness...

					DATA
			It is conceivable, sir... it would
			require altering the pathways from
			the root command, to affect all
			iterative branchpoints in...

					RIKER
				(interrupting)
			Make every effort, Mister Data...

					DATA
			What command shall I try to plant,
			sir... ?

					RIKER
			Something straightforward... like
			'disarm your weapons systems'...

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FIVE       49.

110  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Visual contact with the Borg...

					SHELBY
			On screen.

111  ANGLE - THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	to see the Borg ship long range... Earth in the
	background.

					RIKER
			Magnify.

	The image is magnified...

					WORF
			Sensors reading increased power
			generation from the Borg...

					RIKER
			Red alert. Load all torpedo
			bays... ready phasers...

					WORF
			Aye, Captain...

					RIKER
			Status of the Borg weapons...

					WORF
			Borg weapon systems are fully
			charged...

					RIKER
			Data... ?

									INTERCUT:

112  INT. DATA'S LABORATORY

					DATA
			Attempting to reroute subcommand
			paths, Captain... defense systems
			are protected by access
			barriers...

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FIVE       50.

112  CONTINUED:

	Panning down to find Picard's hand still holding on
	to Data's wrist...

113  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	and the Borg squaring off one last time with Earth as
	the backdrop... the Borg ship sends out their tractor
	beam...

114  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The ship shakes...

					WORF
			Borg attempting to lock on tractor
			beam...

					RIKER
			Rotate shield frequencies...
				(to com)
			Data, report...

									INTERCUT:

115  INT. DATA'S LABORATORY

	Shaking continuing...

					DATA
			I am unable to penetrate defense
			systems command structure,
			Captain...

					SHELBY
			Try the power systems, Data...
			see if you can get them to power
			down...

					DATA
			Acknowledged... attempting new
			power subcommand path...

116  ANGLE - PICARD

	shaking with the ship... stirring...

       STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/27/90 - ACT FIVE       51.

	INT. ENGINEERING - GEORDI

	at a console...

					GEORDI
			Shields have failed...

	INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Fire all weapons.

	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	once again in the grips of the Borg tractor beam...
	firing at will... but it is a hopeless cause...

	INT. DATA'S LABORATORY

					DATA
			I cannot penetrate the Borg power
			subcommand structure... all
			critical subcommands are
			protected, Captain...

									INTERCUT:

	INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Close on Riker as the truth sets in...

					SHELBY
			Then it's over.

					RIKER
			Mister Crusher, ready a collision
			course with the Borg ship...

	Wesley reacts, turns and looks for confirmation...
	Repeating --

					RIKER
				(quietly)
			You heard me. A collision
			course.

					WESLEY
			Yessir.

					RIKER
			Mister La Forge, prepare to go
			to warp power...

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FIVE      51A.

122  INT. DATA'S LABORATORY

	Picard groans, whispers...

					PICARD
			Sleep.

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FIVE       52.

122  CONTINUED:

	And it is only by sheer force of will, the power of
	the man, that Picard is able to reach through the
	control of the Borg consciousness... and whisper this
	word...

					BEVERLY
			Data, he's regaining
			consciousness...

					PICARD
			Sleep.

					TROI
				(reacts)
			It is Captain Picard speaking,
			not Locutus.

					PICARD
			Sleep. Data.

	And then under extreme pressure, his will is suppressed
	and he loses consciousness...

					BEVERLY
			He's exhausted.

					DATA
			Yes, Doctor... but if I may make
			a supposition, I believe his
			message was not intended to
			express fatigue but to suggest
			a course of action.

123  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			Borg cutting beam activated...

	And Captain Riker prepares to give the last fateful
	order of his short but colorful career...

					RIKER
			Mister Crusher, en...

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Data to Bridge... stand by...

					RIKER
			Stand by all stations...

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - ACT FIVE       53.

123  CONTINUED:

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			I am attempting to penetrate the
			Borg regenerative subcommand
			path... it is a low priority
			system and may be accessible...

124  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Borg cutting beam reaches out to the Enterprise...

125  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Crack of impact... a dreadful shake...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Outer hull breach.

					WORF
			Sir... shall I execute evacuation
			sequence...

					RIKER
			Negative, Mister Worf... Mister
			Data, your final report...

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Stand by...

					RIKER
			I can't, Mister Data...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Inner hull failure
			imminent on decks twenty-three,
			twenty-four, and twenty-five...
			Decompression danger...

126  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Suddenly, the attack simply ends.

127  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Reactions.

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - ACT FIVE       54.

127  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Data? What the hell happened?

									INTERCUT:

128  INT. DATA'S LABORATORY

					DATA
			I successfully planted a command
			in the Borg collective
			consciousness, sir. It
			misdirected them to believe it
			was time to regenerate. In
			effect, I put them all to sleep.

129  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Reactions.

					RIKER
			To... sleep.

					DATA
			Yessir.

					RIKER
			Status of Borg power drive... ?

					WORF
			Minimal power...

					RIKER
			Electromagnetic field?

					WORF
			Nonexistent.

					RIKER
				(reacts)
			Commander Shelby, take an away
			team and confirm that the Borg...
			are... asleep.

					SHELBY
			Delighted, sir.

	As she EXITS...

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FIVE       55.

130  INT. BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	Shelby, Worf and Gleason MATERIALIZE... They examine
	the Borg... who are all in their compartments...

					SHELBY
				(keys insignia)
			Shelby to Enterprise. It's true.
			They're all in their regeneration
			mode.

									INTERCUT:

131  INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR

	Riker on the move...

					RIKER
				(keying insignia)
			Any indication to how long we can
			keep them like this...

132  INT. BORG SHIP

					SHELBY
			Checking...

					WORF
				(to Shelby)
			Commander, tricorder readings are
			fluctuating rapidly...

	Shelby comes over... reacts...

					SHELBY
			Enterprise... there are
			indications here that their entire
			power net's about to feed back
			on itself. I'd say we're looking
			at a self-destruct sequence
			activated by the Borg's
			malfunction... do you want us to
			attempt to disarm it...

133  INT. DATA'S LABORATORY

	Riker has just entered... Beverly has heard. Data is
	still tied up with Picard...

       STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/10/90 - ACT FIVE       56.

133  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			There's no way to know what the
			destruction of the Borg ship will
			do to him...

					DATA
			We should also consider the
			advantages of further examination
			of the Borg and their vessel, sir.

					RIKER
				(beat)
			I don't think so. Mister Data,
			separate yourself from Captain
			Picard.

	Data follows the order as --

					RIKER
				(keys insignia)
			Away Team, get yourselves home.
			Mister Crusher, upon their return
			move us to a safe position.

	And as Beverly watches with a personal concern, Data
	gently removes Picard's hand from his wrist...

134  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise moves away and... the Borg ship
	explodes... in several decentralized small bursts.

									INTERCUTTING:

135  INT. DATA'S LABORATORY

	Picard shudders...

135A THE BORG SHIP

	blows apart.

135B PICARD

	lies still... After a long beat, his eyes open... he
	smiles weakly...

       STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT FIVE       57.

135B CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Life signs are stable... the DNA
			around the microcircuit fiber
			implants is returning to normal...

					TROI
			How do you feel?

	With a voice hoarse from fatigue...

					PICARD
			Almost human.
				(smiles slightly)
			With a bit of a headache...

					BEVERLY
			We'll get you to Sickbay...
				(to Riker)
			We won't have any trouble getting
			these implants out now.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			How much do you remember?

					PICARD
			Everything.
				(beat)
			Including some brilliantly
			unorthodox strategy by a former
			first officer of mine.

	There's a special look between them and...

136  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Orbiting Earth.

137  INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard has had his surgery... his face is half-bandaged...
	he is back in uniform. With him is Riker,
	still wearing his Captain's pips.

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/6/90 - ACT FIVE       58.

137  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			... and Earth Station McKinley has
			advised they're ready to begin
			refitting the Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Have they estimated the time for
			repairs... ?

					RIKER
			Five to six weeks...

	A chime.

					PICARD & RIKER
			Come.

	They glance at each other as Shelby ENTERS... slightly
	confused... moves to Riker...

					SHELBY
			Request permission to disembark,
			sir...

	Riker defers to Picard, thereby clearly relinquishing
	command.

					PICARD
			Permission granted. They picked
			a fine officer for the task force,
			Commander.

					SHELBY
			We'll have the fleet back up in
			less than a year...
				(to Riker)
			I... imagine you'll get your choice
			of any Starfleet command, sir...

	Riker grins, exuding confidence...

					RIKER
			Everyone's so concerned about my
			next job. With all due respect,
			Commander... sir...
				(with a nod in
				 Picard's direction)
			... my career plans are my own
			business, no one else's.
				(beat)
			But it's nice to know I'll have
			a few options.

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/6/90 - ACT FIVE       59.

137  CONTINUED: (2)

					SHELBY
			I hope I'll have the fortune of
			serving with you again.
				(turning to Picard)
			Captain...

	Picard nods, dismissing her. And she EXITS.

					RIKER
			Course to Station McKinley is laid
			in and ready, sir...

					PICARD
			Make it so, Number One.

	Riker grins and EXITS and we stay a beat on Picard as
	he turns in his chair and looks out his window... and
	as he drinks his tea, there is a definite incomplete
	thought here, not an entirely happy ending... a man
	recovering but not recovered.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             

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                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                       "Suddenly Human" 
                          #40274-176 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Jeri Taylor 
                              
                          Directed by 
                      Gabrielle Beaumont 


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       STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Suddenly Human" 

                             CAST                               
                              
           PICARD                    JONO
           RIKER                     CAPTAIN ENDAR
           DATA                      
           BEVERLY                   Starfleet Personnel
           TROI                      ADMIRAL CONNAUGHT ROSSA
           GEORDI                    
           WORF                      
           WESLEY                    Non-Speaking
                                     FOUR TALARIAN YOUTHS
                                     TALARIAN MILITIA
           TRANSPORTER OFFICER'S 
             VOICE                   Still Photos on Monitor
                                      CONNOR & MOIRA ROSSA
           Non-Speaking                WITH INFANT CHILD
           SUPERNUMERARIES           
           MEDICAL PERSONNEL         
                                     Voices
           TWO SECURITY MEN            CONNOR & MOIRA ROSSA
                                       JEREMIAH ROSSA (INFANT)

       STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/13/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Suddenly Human" 
                         
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     TALARIAN SHIPS
              TRANSPORTER ROOM           OBSERVATION CRAFT
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE         WARSHIP Q'MAIRE
              TEN FORWARD                TWO ADDT'L WARSHIPS
              SICKBAY
              BEVERLY'S OFFICE
              CORRIDORS (VARIOUS)
              N.D. QUARTERS
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              RACQUETBALL COURT
          
            TALARIAN OBSERVATION CRAFT
          
            TALARIAN WARSHIP Q'MAIRE
              ENDAR'S READY ROOM (ON MAIN VIEWER)
          
            STARFLEET
              ADMIRAL ROSSA'S ROOM (ON MONITOR)

     STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - 7/18/90 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Suddenly Human" 
                          
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                CONNAUGHT              cn-NAWT
                ENDAR                  EN-dar
                JONO                   JOHN-oh
                MOIRA                  MORE-ah
                Q'MAIRE                kuh-MARE
                TALARIAN               tah-LARE-ian
                ROSSA                  ROW-sa
                WODEN                  WOH-den

     STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - TEASER     1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                       "Suddenly Human"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship approaches a small Talarian vessel, adrift.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 44085.7.
			We have moved into Sector
			Two-One-Nine-Four-Seven in
			response to a distress call from
			a Talarian observation craft.
			The alien vessel appears adrift,
			and our initial probe has detected
			a life-threatening radiation leak
			within its propulsion system.

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	To include MAIN VIEWER. PICARD, TROI, and RIKER in
	the Command Chairs. DATA at Ops, WORF at Tactical,
	WESLEY at Conn.

					WORF
			Sir, I get no further response
			from the vessel.

					PICARD
			Maintain an open channel.

					RIKER
			Doctor Crusher and her assistants
			are waiting in Transporter Room
			Three, Captain.

     STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - TEASER     2.

2    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Sir, I must remind you that during
			the Galen border conflicts a
			common tactic of the Talarians
			was to abandon their observation
			craft, rig them to
			self-destruct...

					PICARD
				(nods)
			... and issue a general distress
			call, yes, I know...

					DATA
			This particular guerilla maneuver
			resulted in two hundred and
			nineteen fatalities over a three-
			year period.

	Picard is silent, pondering his options.

					RIKER
			Data, is there any way to detect
			their self-destruct device?

					DATA
			Negative, Commander. The
			Talarians employ a subspace
			proximity detonator. It would
			not be detectable to our scans...

					RIKER
				(joining in)
			... or the Away Team's tricorders.
			Right.

					WORF
			Captain, the Talarian warship
			Q'Maire is responding to the
			distress call.

					PICARD
			Position?

					WORF
			Halfway through the Woden sector.

					WESLEY
			It'll take them hours to get here,
			sir, even at maximum warp.

     STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - TEASER     3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard turns to Troi, who has been quiet during all
	this, concentrating on what forces might be emanating
	from the stricken vessel.

					PICARD
			Counselor?

					TROI
			There is life on board... but it's
			fading.

	That's it. Picard makes his decision.

					PICARD
			Number One, assemble the rest of
			your away team and prepare for
			immediate rescue operations.

					RIKER
			Yes, sir.

	They lock eyes for a moment. Picard doesn't need to
	add, "Be careful." Riker knows all too well what he
	may be heading into.

3    INT. TALARIAN OBSERVATION CRAFT (OPTICAL)

	Gaseous, dark, flickering neon lights accent the area
	as Riker, Worf and BEVERLY MATERIALIZE with TWO MEDICAL
	SUPERNUMERARIES carrying equipment. Riker, tricorder
	in hand, steps forward, wary and alert. They move into
	the interior of the ship, scanning constantly with his
	tricorder, the others following.

					WORF
				(checking tricorder)
			Ancilary power is failing,
			Commander.

	They move throught the cabin, and then spot --

4    THEIR POV - AN ADJACENT AREA

	revealing FIVE TALARIANS, some with radiation burns,
	most too weak to stand. They wear a helmet-like head
	covering that is decidedly war-like in appearance, and
	all wear gloves.

     STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - TEASER     4.

4    CONTINUED:

	They all look young -- like our teen-agers.

					BEVERLY
			They're nothing more than
			children!

	And they are broken and wounded. Riker steps forward.

					RIKER
			I am Commander Riker of the
			Federation Starship Enterprise.
			We will evacuate you and give you
			medical care. You will not be
			harmed.

	There is no resistance, and Beverly springs into
	action, scanning the victims with a medical tricorder.
	Worf move into an adjacent corridor to reconnoiter.

					BEVERLY
				(keying insignia)
			Enterprise, prepping five Talarian
			males for transport directly to
			Sickbay... Trauma Team, stand
			by to receive injured... we have
			radiation burns, possible
			respiratory distress...

					TRANSPORTER OFFICER'S COM VOICE
			Transport locked in and ready,
			Doctor.

					BEVERLY
			Stand by for my order.

	As she and the medical assistants continue triage,
	Riker keys his insignia.

					RIKER
			Captain, it looks like this was
			a basic training ship. Five
			boys... in their teens... all
			in uniform...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Proceed with the evacuation,
			Number One.

	Worf returns from his inspection.

     STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/16/90 - TEASER     5.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			No other life signs on board, sir.

					BEVERLY'S (O.C.)
			Commander! Quickly!

	Riker rushes to Beverly's side: she's aiming her
	tricorder at a TALARIAN YOUTH, free hand removing his
	helmet.

					RIKER
			What is it?

	The helmet is removed, revealing a handsome young man
	of about fourteen -- looking not at all Talarian.

					BEVERLY (O.C.)
			Look... this boy... he's human!

	And on their stunned reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

    STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT ONE    6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

5    INT. SICKBAY

	One critical-status Talarian is being treated for
	radiation damage. Other survivors are whisked into the
	ward by MEDICAL SUPERNUMERARIES.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental: We
			have completed emergency
			evacuation of four Talarians
			-- and one human. How this young
			man found himself in the custody
			of these aliens remains a mystery.

	Across the ward, sitting cross-legged on a diagnostic
	bed, is JONO -- the human. He is ramrod straight, eyes
	fixed ahead, jaw clenched. With steely determination,
	he avoids any effort by Beverly to make contact with
	him. Troi observes.

					BEVERLY
			It's Jono, right? Is that what
			I heard them call you?

	She speaks casually, warmly, as she scans him with her
	tricorder. Jono ignores her.

					BEVERLY
			I'm Doctor Crusher. I'm examining
			you for radiation injuries. It
			won't hurt.
				(beat)
			I have a son not much older than
			you. Maybe you'd like to meet
			him.

	No response.

					BEVERLY
				(gamely)
			Well, Jono... you seem to have
			escaped radiation damage. Pretty
			lucky.
				(reacting to something
				 on the tricorder)
			How did this happen -- ?

    STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/25/90 - ACT ONE    7.

5    CONTINUED:

	Suddenly, Jono covers his face and emits a high-pitched
	shriek -- a keening -- and begins rocking back and
	forth. Other Talarians, like babies responding with
	sympathetic crying, take up the awful screech.
	Startled, Beverly moves away from the boy.
	Instinctively, Troi moves forward, toward him.

					BEVERLY
			What is it?

					TROI
			He's -- terrified.

6    OMITTED

6A   INT. SICKBAY - CONTINUOUS

	Picard and Riker ENTER; Beverly approaches them.

					BEVERLY
			They all just started up,
			Captain.

    STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT ONE    8.

6A   CONTINUED:

	A roomful of shrieking teenagers does not sit well with
	Picard.

					PICARD
			May I have your attention, please?

	They continue the keening sound.

					PICARD
			Please -- may I have your
			attention?

	No response. Finally, frustrated, Picard walks toward
	Jono.

					PICARD
			Stop that immediately!

	The unmistakable voice of authority gets Jono's
	attention instantly. He breaks off in mid-cry, turns
	and stares at Picard in a mixture of awe and respect.
	The others stop the screech as soon as Jono does.

					PICARD
			Well. That's better. Now, what's
			your name, young man?

	Jono blinks, but doesn't answer.

					TROI
			He won't talk, Captain. We
			haven't been able to get through
			to him.

					JONO
			Captain -- ?

	Electrified by that word, Jono jumps off the bed and
	crosses to Picard, bows his head.

					JONO
			Captain... I am Jono. Take me
			home, to my Captain. Take me home
			to Endar!

	Picard stares awkwardly down at the young man at his
	feet. Then he looks up at Troi, who has observed this
	little scene. She is smiling slightly. Picard has
	made an instant connection with this troubled boy.


    STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/25/90 - ACT ONE    9.

7    INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE - MINUTES LATER

	Picard ENTERS with Beverly.

					BEVERLY
			He managed to escape radiation
			trauma... but his scans showed
			something else...

					PICARD
			What?

	Beverly rises, paces. She is disturbed by what she has
	to say.

					BEVERLY
			Two previously fractured ribs...
			a broken arm... a low-grade
			concussion. There may be
			neurological impairment... I'll
			have to examine him further. Jean
			Luc -- the Talarians have always
			been ruthless to their enemies...
			I think there's a real possibility
			they may have brutalized the
			child.

	Picard is appalled, but wants, as always, to consider
	all possibilities.

					PICARD
			Isn't it possible he was injured
			prior to his captivity?

					BEVERLY
			Not likely. He's been with them
			a long time... long enough to
			assimilate their cultural
			traits... and calcium trace
			patterns indicate the injuries
			occurred during the past seven
			years.

					PICARD
				(frowns)
			But if they have... abused the
			boy... why would he devoutly wish
			to return to them?

					BEVERLY
			That's not uncommon. It was
			identified centuries ago as the
			"Stockholm syndrome."

    STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT ONE    10.

7    CONTINUED:

	Suddenly, there is commotion from the Sickbay and as
	Picard and Beverly react...

8    INT. SICKBAY - JONO - THEIR POV

	He is thrashing on the bed, resisting the efforts of
	two medical SUPERNUMERARIES and Troi to restrain him.
	Then, he bursts into that dreadful shriek. The other
	Talarians follow suit.

9    ON PICARD AND BEVERLY

	as they rush from the office.

					PICARD
			Now what?

	Jono has leapt from the table and is tearing around the
	room, shrieking.

					TROI
			I suggested he take off his
			gloves... Suddenly he went out
			of control.

	The medical personnel are still scrambling to grab
	Jono.

					BEVERLY
				(hits insignia)
			Security, we need some assistance
			in Sickbay...

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged, Doctor.

					PICARD
			Jono -- !

	Seeing Picard, Jono stops shrieking, but keeps dancing
	away from his pursuers, agitated and hyperventilating.

					JONO
			She won't leave me alone! She
			keeps trying to dissect me!

					PICARD
			She was trying to help you!

   STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT ONE   10A.

9    CONTINUED:

					JONO
			I don't want her help! All I want
			is to be with my brothers! Send
			us back to Captain Endar!

	Jono may be confused, and he may have suffered, but at
	the moment he's a child throwing a tantrum. Worf
	ENTERS, takes in the scene... begins to move at Jono...
	Picard wants to de-escalate the incident...

    STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT ONE    11.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Jono -- I want you to stop this
			immediately!

	Jono stops short, responding almost involuntarily to
	the voice of authority. He lifts his head, then bows
	it again to Picard.

					JONO
			Yes, Captain.

					PICARD
			That's better. Now, if we're to
			accomplish anything --

					DATA'S COM VOICE
				(interrupting)
			Data to Picard.

					PICARD
			Go ahead.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			We have received a subspace
			communique from Starfleet Command,
			regarding the young human, sir.

	Jono's eyes flicker at this, but he does not move.

					PICARD
			Very well. Doctor, Counselor...
				(join me)

	Moving with Picard --

					BEVERLY
			Mister Worf, escort this young
			man to quarters... he's to be
			confined there until further
			notice.

    STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/24/90 - ACT ONE    12.

9    CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF
			Yes, Doctor.

	Jono has listened to this interchange with interest. A
	beat as the boy and the Klingon measure one another.

10   OMITTED

10A  INT. N.D. QUARTERS

	Worf and Jono ENTER.

					JONO
			Why are you here, Klingon -- with
			them? Did they capture you, too?

					WORF
			They are not my captors. They
			are my comrades.

	Jono snorts derisively, then --

   STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT ONE   12A.

10A  CONTINUED:

					JONO
			Why do you take orders from a
			female?

					WORF
				(reacts)
			Doctor Crusher? She is my
			superior officer.

    STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT ONE    13.

10A  CONTINUED: (2)

					JONO
				(a snort of contempt)
			Among my people, a female could
			never outrank a man.

					WORF
			You are human, and among humans,
			females can achieve anything
			males can.

	Jono stares at him, clear-eyed and sure.

					JONO
			I am not human any more than you
			are. I am Talarian.

	Worf regards the boy with sadness, understanding his
	plight perhaps better than anyone.

					WORF
			You are confused...

	Suddenly, the boy launches into that ear-splitting wail
	again, jarring Worf from his sympathy.

					WORF
			Stop that!

    STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT ONE    14.

10A  CONTINUED: (3)

					JONO
			I will make the B'Nar -- the
			mourning -- until I am back with
			my brothers!

	He starts up again and Worf backs away, covering his
	ears, then EXITS, shaking his head.

11
thru	OMITTED
13

13A  INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Beverly, Troi and Data.

					DATA
			By matching DNA gene types,
			Starfleet was able to identify
			the young man as Jeremiah Rossa...

					RIKER
				(recognizing the name)
			Rossa...

					PICARD
			... as in Admiral Rossa, Data?

					DATA
			She is his grandmother, Captain.

	Riker whistles softly. Data calls up a still picture
	of the child with his parents on the monitor.

					DATA
			He was born fourteen years ago
			on the Federation Colony, Galen
			Four. His parents, Connor and
			Moira Rossa, were killed in a
			border skirmish three years, nine
			months later when the colony was
			overrun by Talarian forces.

					PICARD
			I remember. There were no
			survivors.

					DATA
			The child was listed as missing
			and presumed dead.

    STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT ONE    15.

13A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I knew another one of the Rossas
			who was killed in action at the
			Krasner outpost...

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Tragedy, it seems, follows the
			Rossa Family... the Admiral has
			lost both her sons...

					BEVERLY
			She'll have something to celebrate
			now...

					TROI
			Captain... if Jeremiah were
			returned to his family in his
			present condition... it would be
			a wrenching experience for
			everyone. Especially for him.
			He needs to re-discover his
			identity. He has to make some
			connection with his roots.

					PICARD
			I agree. Please take whatever
			means you need to accomplish that,
			Counselor.

					TROI
			I don't think I can do anything,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Why not?

					BEVERLY
			Troi's right. It's very clear
			that the boy does not respond well
			to women.

					DATA
			The Talarians are a rigidly
			patriarchical society.

    STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT ONE    16.

13A  CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Jeremiah needs to build a
			relationship with a man... a
			father figure... with whom he can
			explore his origins... and I think
			it should be you, Captain.

					PICARD
				(over my dead body)
			Oh, no, Counselor! I don't think
			so. He needs someone who is --
			trained in these things.

					TROI
			But you are the only person on
			board to whom he has shown any
			connection. If Jeremiah is to
			find his -- humanity -- then you
			are the only one who can help him.
			It's up to you, Captain.

	Picard stares at her, reflecting on both the enormity
	and the sheer awfulness of this responsibility.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT TWO    17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

14   INT. N.D. LIVING QUARTERS - A LITTLE LATER

	Jono sits cross-legged, his high-pitched wail now
	having achieved a ritualistic, mournful rhythm. He
	keeps at it, indefatigably, then suddenly breaks off as
	he sees --

15   PICARD

	who stands at the door, observing him.

					PICARD
			Jono... why do you make that
			noise?

					JONO
			It is the custom of my people when
			they are in distress.

					PICARD
			Is it not also the custom of your
			people to listen to the wishes
			of their Captain?

					JONO
			Yes.

					PICARD
			Then, as Captain of the Starship
			Enterprise, I ask you not to make
			that sound.

					JONO
				(nodding, obedient)
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Good. Well. Now that we have
			that cleared up...
				(tries to look cheerful)
			Let's... get acquainted, shall
			we?

	Jono stares up at him, puzzled, and Picard smiles with
	what he hopes is sincerity.

    STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT TWO    18.

15   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(looking around)
			What do you think of your
			quarters? I know it's a bit --
			sterile. But if there's anything
			you'd like... pictures, perhaps,
			or games...

	He trails off as Jono looks around the room, silently
	inspecting it. Then he turns to Picard.

					JONO
			This is a cage. I am still your
			captive.

					PICARD
			Not at all. I thought you would
			be comfortable here --

					JONO
			Are you going to return me to my
			Captain?

					PICARD
				(temporizing)
			We will rendezvous with the
			warship Q'maire at
			Oh-seven-forty. We are
			preparing to transfer the
			Talarians to Captain Endar.

					JONO
			Including me?

					PICARD
			We will... discuss... your
			situation with Captain Endar.

	Jono eyes him briefly, then swings around to look at
	the living quarters.

					JONO
			I don't like this place.

					PICARD
			Well, we can find other quarters.
			

					JONO
			I have always lived with my
			Captain.

   STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT TWO   18A.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

	He turns to look in Picard's eyes, challenging.

    STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT TWO    19.

15   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Ah. Yes, well... that won't work,
			here.

16   OMITTED

17   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS - MINUTES LATER

	The door opens and Picard and Jono ENTER.

					PICARD
			I'm sure you'll see... there's
			nothing here that would appeal
			to a young person.

	Picard watches as Jono wanders the room, picking up
	things and putting them down in typical teen-age
	fashion. He picks up a Klingon dagger, inspects it
	curiously, turning it in his gloved hands.

					PICARD
			Put that down, please.

					JONO
			It's Klingon.

					PICARD
			Yes. Put it back where you got
			it.

	Jono flips the dagger onto the desk, flops down into
	a chair, sprawling. Picard places it exactly as it
	was before. Then he turns toward the boy.

					PICARD
			Well. Here we are, eh, Jono?

	Jono stares at him, not replying. Picard sits, trying
	to make conversation.

					PICARD
			I notice you haven't taken off
			your gloves...

	Jono sits straight, protectively puts his hands to his
	sides.

					JONO
			Not here.

    STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT TWO    20.

17   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Why not?

					JONO
			So that I don't have to touch an
			alien.

	Picard reacts. A beat. He leans toward the boy.

					PICARD
			Jono... your Captain, Endar? Has
			he ever hurt you?
				(off Jono)
			Inflicted pain?

					JONO
				(proudly)
			Pain is not a consideration.

					PICARD
			Then he has.

					JONO
			I did not say that. Can't you
			understand? Pain is not what
			matters. Passing the tests is
			everything.

					PICARD
			Is that what they are? Tests of
			pain?

					JONO
				(scornful)
			You don't understand anything.

					PICARD
			It's true I don't fully understand
			Talarians. But... you are not
			Talarian.

	At this, Jono stiffens and jumps to his feet.

					JONO
			I will not listen to this! I will
			not listen to your lies! Take
			me back to my cell! I'd rather
			be in prison than have you try
			to poison my mind!

	Picard sighs. This task is impossible.

    STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT TWO    21.

18   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - LATER

	Picard sits, musing, distressed. The SOUND OF A CHIME.

					PICARD
			Come.

	The door opens and Troi stands there.

					TROI
			You wanted to see me, Captain?

					PICARD
			Ah, yes, Counselor. Please --
			sit down.

	Troi sits opposite him.

					PICARD
			You may not be aware of this, but
			I have never been particularly
			comfortable around children.

	To Troi's credit, she does not laugh.

					TROI
			Really?

					PICARD
			For some reason, they just don't
			seem to respond to me.

					TROI
			I see...

					PICARD
			Frankly, I think my time is best
			served carrying out the duties
			and responsibilities of a
			Starfleet Captain.

					TROI
			Seldom have I heard an explanation
			so well rehearsed.

	He shoots her a look; she smiles.

					PICARD
			All right, Counselor... I just
			don't think I'm the right person
			for this job.

    STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT TWO    22.

18   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Strange, isn't it? You'll travel
			light years, dodge asteroid
			storms, brave hostile aliens...
			but when asked to assume a
			parental role, you cringe. Why
			do you suppose that is?

					PICARD
			I'm not cringing... I am simply
			acknowledging my limitations.

					TROI
				(musing)
			When you were a child, did you
			have many friends? Other children
			you played with?

	Picard shifts; he's not entirely comfortable being
	probed.

					PICARD
			No, but I don't think that has
			anything to do with anything...
				(beat, pondering)
			Perhaps it's because... no, this
			is foolish. What does it matter?

					TROI
			What were you going to say?

	Picard hesitates; this is not easy territory for him.

					PICARD
			Just that... ever since I was a
			child... I knew exactly what I
			wanted -- to be a member of
			Starfleet. Nothing else mattered
			to me. Virtually my entire youth
			was spent pursuing that goal.
			In fact...
				(beat)
			I think... that I may have skipped
			my childhood.

	Touched, she gazes at him, knowing this
	self-exploration is difficult.

					TROI
			You know, Captain, almost no one
			is born being a good parent.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT TWO   22A.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI (Cont'd)
			Most people simply have to muddle
			through it, doing the best job
			they can.

    STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT TWO    23.

18   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			And... that's what I'm going to
			have to do?

					TROI
			Yes. And you might be surprised
			at how good you could be.

	Picard sighs. No getting off the hook here.

19   INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Picard approaches his quarters, carrying a portable
	visual monitor; as he does, he hears the muffled sound
	of noise from within: a maelstrom of electronic sound,
	discordant and unstructured. Puzzled, he opens his
	door. The sound blasts forth, deafening.

20   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	The volume of the noise is truly frightening. Picard
	looks around his room, noting that the furniture has
	been completely re-arranged.

					PICARD
			Computer, turn off that noise!

	Instantly, there is blissful silence.

					PICARD
			Computer, what was that?

					COMPUTER'S VOICE
			The "Alba Ra"... a contemporary
			Talarian musical form.

					PICARD
			Jono? Where are you?

					JONO'S VOICE
			Here.

	Drawn by the voice, Picard looks up, and discovers Jono
	suspended from the ceiling in a spider-web hammock.

					JONO
			You turned off my music.

    STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT TWO    24.

20   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Yes, I certainly did, and I expect
			it to stay turned off. Jono,
			would you come down from there?

	With graceful twists and turns, Jono unravels himself,
	and descends like a bat from the ceiling.

					PICARD
				(indicating room)
			I see you've made yourself at
			home.

					JONO
				(shrugs)
			I cannot rest on your beds. They
			hurt my back.

	Exasperated, Picard starts to reply, then stops
	himself. Nothing to be served by antagonizing him. He's
	going to try to do this thing as best he can.

					PICARD
			Right... Jono, I want to show you
			something.

	He beckons the boy toward the monitor, which he
	activates.

21   INTERCUTTING WITH VISUAL MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	The photographs of the Rossa family on Galen IV --
	including the infant and child Jeremiah, seen earlier
	in the Observation Lounge.

					PICARD
			Those are Connor and Moira Rossa
			-- your parents. That baby is
			you... Jeremiah Rossa.

					JONO
				(frowns)
			My name is Jono.

					PICARD
			You were born Jeremiah, on Galen
			Four. Your colony was
			destroyed, later, during a border
			skirmish.

   STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT TWO   24A.

21   CONTINUED:

	A chubby-cheeked child gazes into camera, laughing
	merrily -- a happy boy.

    STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT TWO    25.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			You knew how to laugh once.

	Jono shoots him a dark look, doesn't reply.

					PICARD
			Do you remember any of that? Your
			parents, your home?

					JONO
			No. I know that Endar rescued
			me. He told me so.

					PICARD
			Jono, your parents were killed
			by Talarians...

					JONO
				(shrugs)
			It was war. Death is part of war.

	Picard knows all about war, and yet he is shocked at
	the boy's absolute lack of emotion. Then --

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Captain?

					PICARD
			What is it, Number One?

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			We have visual contact with the
			warship Q'Maire.

	Jono rises.

					JONO
			Endar...

					PICARD
				(warning hand)
			You stay put.
				(to Riker)
			I'm on my way.

	He EXITS. Jono watches him leave, and then, almost
	against his will, as though being drawn by unseen
	forces, he turns back to the monitor. He moves to it,
	stares at a picture of his parents. His hand reaches
	toward the image of his mother. Softly, SOUNDS begin
	building in his head -- the zap of phaser fire, and
	then a woman's voice, calling.

    STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT TWO    26.

21   CONTINUED: (3)

					MOIRA'S VOICE
			Jeremiah... Jeremiah!

	The boy withdraws his hand, closes his eyes, and by
	dint of sheer effort, wills the sounds away. They
	fade, and he opens his eyes again.

22   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	to include MAIN VIEWER. Data, Worf, and Wesley are at
	stations. Picard ENTERS, sits.

					PICARD
			Status, Mister Data.

					DATA
			Q'maire at station, holding steady
			at bearing zero-one-three, mark
			zero-one-five. Distance
			five-zero-six kilometers.

					PICARD
			Are its weapons systems active?

					DATA
			Negative.

					WORF
			Captain Endar requests an open
			channel.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	CAPTAIN ENDAR, a fierce but dignified presence, appears
	on the Main Viewer.

					ENDAR
			I am Captain Endar of the warship
			Q'Maire. To whom am I speaking?

					PICARD
			Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the
			Federation Starship Enterprise.
			We have rescued four crew members
			from your observation craft. They
			have received medical attention
			and are ready for transport.

   STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT TWO   26A.

22   CONTINUED:

					ENDAR
			Your actions are duly noted. We
			will forward coordinates for
			immediate transport.

					RIKER
				(sotto)
			You're welcome, I'm sure.

       STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - 7/9/90 - ACT TWO       27.

22   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			One moment, Captain. We have also
			discovered a human among your
			crew.

					ENDAR
				(visibly relieved)
			Jono!

					PICARD
			Actually, his name is Jeremiah
			-- Jeremiah Rossa.

					ENDAR
			What is his condition? Is he
			injured?

					PICARD
			He was not wounded in the
			mishap...

					ENDAR
			A blessing...

					PICARD
			But as a representative of the
			Federation I demand an
			explanation. Why has this child
			been held in your custody all
			these years?

					ENDAR
			No explanation is warranted,
			Captain. He is my son!

	Off Picard and Riker's astonishment:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT THREE   28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

23   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND Q'MAIRE (OPTICAL)

	Both ships hold positions facing one another.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental:
			Endar's claim that Jeremiah Rossa
			is his son is clearly
			unacceptable.

24   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Endar and TWO TALARIAN MILITIA MATERIALIZE, and greet
	Riker and Worf.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			However, to avoid escalating
			tensions, I have extended an
			invitation to the Talarian leader
			to come aboard the Enterprise so
			that we may address the issue
			face-to-face.

25   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard with Endar.

					ENDAR
			Yes... I was in charge of the
			force that repelled the
			trespassers on Galen Four.
				(beat)
			I must say your Federation troops
			fought tenaciously.

					PICARD
			Among them Connor and Moira Rossa.

					ENDAR
			I suppose. After the battle, I
			found this squalling child,
			huddled by the body of a young
			woman. His mother, presumably.

	An awful image. Picard is stirred.

   STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT THREE   29.

25   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			And so, you -- kidnapped him.

					ENDAR
			A harsh term, Captain. I rescued
			the child. There was almost no
			one left alive on Galen Four...
			was I to leave him screaming by
			his mother's body?

					PICARD
			You should have notified
			Federation authorities. To
			conceal him was a clear violation
			of our agreement.

					ENDAR
			I took him in accordance with
			my peoples' traditions.

					PICARD
			What... tradition... is it that
			empowered you to capture a
			helpless child?

					ENDAR
			I lost my son at the hands of
			humans during the conflict over
			Castal One. Talarian custom
			allows me to claim the son of a
			slain enemy.

					PICARD
				(weighing this)
			I understand your tradition,
			Endar. May I ask... does it
			extend also to brutalizing the
			surrogate son?

					ENDAR
			What are you talking about?

					PICARD
			Our medical officer found evidence
			of injuries so severe that they
			might even be considered
			torture...

  STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT THREE  29A.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					ENDAR
			No! I have never harmed Jono!

   STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT THREE   30.

25   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Then explain the fractured ribs!
			The concussion... the broken
			arm...

					ENDAR
			Youth.

	The simplicity of this answer catches Picard.

					ENDAR
			Have you ever been a father,
			Picard? Have you ever had a son
			desperately try to win your
			approval? Your respect?

	Picard ponders this.

					ENDAR
			Jono broke his ribs riding a
			T'stayan -- six hooves, a very
			powerful animal. The arm? In
			a contest with other youths. He
			endured the pain -- and won the
			competition.
				(beat)
			He will be a great warrior one
			day.

					PICARD
			Doesn't he deserve to become more
			than that?

	Picard rises, pacing.

					PICARD
			His heritage is human, Endar.

					ENDAR
			A heritage long since forgotten.

					PICARD
				(an inner decision made)
			Captain Endar, while on board,
			you are welcome to supervise the
			return of your crew. But I cannot
			allow Jeremiah Rossa to be
			returned to your custody. His
			true family is waiting for him
			on Earth.

   STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT THREE   31.

25   CONTINUED: (4)

	Endar rises, too, a buried rage burning from his eyes.

					ENDAR
			Then under no circumstances will
			I allow your ship to leave our
			territory.

					PICARD
			I have already reported our
			position and the nature of this
			violation to Starfleet.

					ENDAR
			And I have already called our
			reserved forces into the sector.

					PICARD
				(amazed)
			Are you saying you would be
			willing to go to war over the boy?

					ENDAR
			Would you not for your only son?

	Picard stares at him. He realizes they are on the
	brink of catastrophe.

					PICARD
			We have been at peace for years.
			Let us not rush headlong toward
			war.

					ENDAR
			Then help me to avoid it!
				(beat)
			If you will allow me to see Jono,
			it will be clear to you -- I have
			been a good father. He has grown
			up happy in my keeping.

	Picard turns away, his mind roiling. What is the right
	decision? Is there a right decision?

26   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Jono still sits in front of the monitor, flipping
	through the various photographs, over and over. Troi
	is with him.

  STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT THREE  31A.

26   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Those were your parents. Do you
			remember them?

   STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/19/90 - ACT THREE   32.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					JONO
			That was long ago. Endar is my
			father.

					TROI
			And who is your mother?

					JONO
			We don't have mothers. Females
			are only for mating. And work.

					TROI
			And the men? What is their
			purpose?

					JONO
			Passing the tests. Becoming
			strong.

					TROI
			The tests... endurance, pain,
			determination... all so that you
			can excel at making war?

					JONO
				(scornful)
			Females understand nothing.
				(puts his face in hers)
			Life is not easy on our planet.
			If we do not test ourselves
			constantly, we become weak -- and
			the weak die quickly!

					TROI
			And the females? Surely they are
			weak.

					JONO
			Of course. But we protect them.

	He looks at her, fierce male pride burning in his eyes.

					TROI
			I see.

	Her gaze shifts toward the monitor, and Jono's look
	follows.

					TROI
			And when you look at this
			picture... of you and the human
			female who was your mother...
			how do you feel about her?

   STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/24/90 - ACT THREE   33.

27   OMITTED

28   INSERT - MONITOR SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Moira Rossa holds her infant son, who snuggles securely
	at her breast. His tiny fingers are clasped around one
	of her fingers, and she is smiling at him with
	unashamed adoration. His baby smile returns that
	unqualified love.

29   JONO

	tears his eyes from the screen, agitated and disturbed.

30   OMITTED

31   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE

	Picard is with Beverly and Troi.

					PICARD
			Then you think it would be unwise
			to let Endar see Jono.

					BEVERLY
			I think it's dangerous. Abusers
			can have subtle but powerful
			influence over their victims.

					PICARD
				(a beat)
			I'm not convinced he was abused,
			Doctor. I've talked to the man,
			and if I am any judge of
			character... I'd say he deeply
			cares about the boy's welfare.

					BEVERLY
			Captain, we learned long ago
			always to err on the side of
			protecting the child. I think
			Endar should be kept away from
			Jono.

					TROI
			I'm not sure I agree, Captain.

   STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT THREE   34.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard looks to her...

					TROI
			I sense... awakening memories in
			the boy... this is a very fragile
			time for Jono, and if we send away
			the man he calls "father" without
			even letting them see each other
			-- how will we ever gain his
			trust?

					PICARD
			Yes... There is also something
			else we should keep in mind. We
			are deep in Talarian territory.
			A semblance of diplomacy is called
			for.
				(beat)
			I shall allow the visit.

	Beverly doesn't agree, but she understands.

					BEVERLY
			All I ask... is that the visit
			be supervised. Don't let them
			be alone together.

	Picard considers, nods.

					PICARD
			Agreed.

	He EXITS toward Endar.

32   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - LATER

	Troi sits with Endar; they look up as the doors slide
	open. Picard ENTERS with Jono, who spots his "father"
	and rushes forward.

					JONO
			Endar!

	He bows his head to the Talarian Captain, just as he
	did with Picard. Endar extends his arms and Jono comes
	to him; then the two gently press their foreheads
	together.

					ENDAR
			Jono... my son...

      STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - 7/9/90 - ACT THREE      35.

32   CONTINUED:

	Their eyes close as they rock gently, heads pressed
	together.

33   PICARD AND TROI

	silently observing this moment of alien affection.
	They withdraw to a corner of the room so as not to
	intrude. They cannot hear Endar and Jono clearly.

34   RESUME ENDAR AND JONO

	They separate, Endar finding it difficult to hide
	concern. They sit, and speak in hushed voices, huddled
	together.

					ENDAR
			Have they treated you well?

					JONO
			Yes, Captain. Except...

	His eyes flicker over toward Picard.

					ENDAR
			Except?

					JONO
			I was forbidden to make the
			B'Nar.

	Endar's gaze darts toward Picard, also, but he doesn't
	seem too distressed by this "atrocity."

					ENDAR
			It's all right. I know that you
			mourned in your heart.
				(eyeing Jono)
			Well, Jono... what do you think
			of these humans?

	It's a charged question, and Jono hesitates, glances
	down, lifts his eyes again.

					JONO
			They... they look like me.

	This troubles Endar, and he leans forward.

					ENDAR
			They want to keep you, you know.

      STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - 7/9/90 - ACT THREE      36.

34   CONTINUED:

					JONO
			I know.

					ENDAR
			You are of the age of decision.
			What is your choice?

	Jono hesitates again, and Endar frowns. The boy is
	having a surprisingly difficult time with this.

					ENDAR
			Well? Do you want to stay?

	All children tend to tell their parents what they want
	to hear, and Jono is no exception.

					JONO
			No, of course not.

	And all parents want to believe their children when
	they say the comfortable thing.

					ENDAR
			Then you shall not.
				(rising)
			I am going back to the Q'Maire.
			I will leave the humans with a
			choice. If they do not make the
			one we know is right... it may
			lead to war.

	Endar again presses his forehead to Jono's.

					ENDAR
			You may die.

	Again, the slightest hesitation, before --

					JONO
			I am ready to die.

	And as Endar and Jono stand together in the fleeting
	comfort of a shared lie --

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

   STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT FOUR   37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

35   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, with Riker, Troi, Beverly, Worf and Data.

					WORF
			Captain, sensors indicate two
			warships approaching from opposite
			directions along the border.

					PICARD
			Their offensive potential?

					DATA
			Talarian warships are limited to
			neutral particle weapons,
			high-energy X-ray lasers and
			merculite rockets. No match for
			the Enterprise, Captain.

					PICARD
			The last thing I want is to be
			forced into destroying one of
			their ships.

					RIKER
			They won't back off. They've
			been willing to fight to the
			death in past encounters.

					PICARD
				(somber)
			The lines are being drawn... all
			this for a chosen son.

					WORF
			Is it worth it, Captain? To go
			to war -- over a child?

	Picard shoots him a glance.

   STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT FOUR   38.

35   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			You might not ask that,
			Lieutenant, if he were your
			child.

					PICARD
			There must be a way to avoid
			this...

	He ponders a moment, then --

					TROI
			If we can just reach Jono... help
			him to make some connection with
			his origins... then he may choose
			to come with us.

					RIKER
			Do you really think Endar would
			go along with that?

					DATA
			If Endar respects Talarian custom,
			he may have to.
				(off reactions)
			According to their tradition, a
			male child of fourteen has reached
			the age of decision. They undergo
			a ceremony of initiation and after
			that have the freedom to make
			their own choices.

					PICARD
				(with hope)
			Endar's entire claim on Jono is
			based on Talarian custom... he'd
			have a hard time backing away from
			it now...

   STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT FOUR   39.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Captain -- there's a subspace
			communication from Starfleet
			Command.

					PICARD
			On screen.

					WORF
			Sir, the message is for Jeremiah
			Rossa.

	Curious, Picard rises.

					PICARD
			Have the boy brought to my Ready
			Room.

	And he EXITS to his Ready Room.

36   INT. READY ROOM - MINUTES LATER (OPTICAL)

	Picard sits with Jono as they view the visual monitor.
	Addressing them is CONNAUGHT ROSSA, a woman in her
	60's, of regal bearing and gracious manner. She wears
	a Starfleet uniform.

					CONNAUGHT
			Jeremiah... my name is Connaught
			Rossa. I am your father's mother.
			I wish we could talk in person,
			but that will have to wait. When
			I heard the miracle that you were
			alive, I wanted to reach out to
			you as soon as possible.
				(beat)
			I find myself wondering what you
			look like... and all I can do is
			imagine your father at your age.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/19/90 - ACT FOUR   40.

36   CONTINUED:

					CONNAUGHT (Cont'd)
			You come from a family that would
			make you proud. Many of them have
			given their lives to bring peace
			to the galaxy. You are the last
			of the Rossas. I am so very
			thankful that you have been given
			back to us, to carry on the line.
				(beat)
			Your grandfather and I will greet
			you with all the love in our
			hearts. Have a safe journey home,
			Jeremiah.

	The screen goes blank. Jono stares at it. Then --

					JONO
			She wears a Starfleet uniform.

					PICARD
			Yes.

					JONO
			What is her rank?

					PICARD
			She is an Admiral.

	Jono turns toward Picard.

					JONO
			She outranks you.

					PICARD
			Yes.

	Jono, overwhelmed, rises and begins pacing, agitated.

					JONO
			If I were home now, I would go
			to the brae, and run along the
			river... run as fast as I could!

	Picard lifts a hand, wanting to settle the frenzied
	young man.

					PICARD
			Jono...

        STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT FOUR       41.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

					JONO
			I can't do any of the things that
			calm me here! You won't let me
			have my music, you won't let me
			make the B'Nar! I feel if I have
			to hold still much longer I will
			die!

					PICARD
			Jono -- let me show you what I
			do when I get those feelings.

	Jono looks at him, curiosity aroused.

37   INT. RACQUETBALL COURT - LATER (OPTICAL)

	Picard is with Jono, giving him basic instruction in
	the game. It has changed over the centuries in about
	the way that tennis, say, changed from Henry VIII's
	day to the present. The basic principles are the same;
	the racquet is different -- sleeker, more streamlined
	-- and the ball is electronic: perhaps it glows from
	within. Most important, when it is hit, or hits a
	wall, there is an ELECTRONIC SOUND -- something that
	will begin to sound not unlike a phaser.

					PICARD
				(demonstrating)
			I serve from here... like this...
				(serves)
			And you must hit it back before
			it bounces twice. Let's try it.

	Picard lobs an easy serve into Jono's forehand; the
	boy with unerring instinct hits a kill shot about a
	foot off the ground. Picard turns to look at him.

					PICARD
			Not bad.

					JONO
			I win at all the games.

					PICARD
			I can believe it. Well, shall
			we give this a try?

        STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/16/90 - ACT FOUR       42.

38   SERIES OF SHOTS (OPTICAL)

	as Picard and Jono ENTER into a rousing and
	surprisingly close game. Jono has natural ability and
	the resilience of youth, and gives Picard a run for it.
	The electronic ZAP of the ball as it ricochets around
	the court becomes louder and louder, and gradually its
	presence changes, sounding more and more like a weapon.

39   JONO (OPTICAL)

	reacts to this, shaking his head as though to clear it.

					PICARD
			Jono? You all right?

					JONO
			Fine.

	He serves and they ENTER into a long rally... the
	SOUNDS becoming louder, now mixed with more sounds of
	WARFARE -- muffled explosions, people shouting, the
	rapid sound of phaser fire. Then, the sound of voices
	--

					CONNOR'S VOICE
			Take him and get to cover!

					MOIRA'S VOICE
			I can't leave you!

	Jono stops, face twisted in anguish. He covers his
	ears, tries to blot out the sound. He will murmur,
	"No, no... " softly through the rest. Picard's voice
	will echo as though it's coming from far away.

					PICARD
			Jono -- what is it?!

	Jono flails on the ground as the vortex of sound
	increases.

					CONNOR'S VOICE
			Take Jeremiah... get to the
			forest! I'll hold them off!

					MOIRA'S VOICE
			No, come with us!

					CONNOR'S VOICE
			Go!

        STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/19/90 - ACT FOUR       43.

39   CONTINUED:

	Rapid sound of PHASERS, now, and many shouting voices,
	explosions. We hear a child's voice... "Mama...
	mama... "

					JONO
				(barely audible)
			Mama...

					MOIRA'S VOICE
			Jeremiah... Jeremiah... This way!

	A sudden explosion, louder than the rest, and a woman's
	dreadful scream. Jono sinks to the ground, head buried
	in his hands. The child's voice begins to cry in
	terror, calling out, "Mama... mama... mama... "

40   PICARD AND JONO

	as the sounds begin to fade. Picard kneels with him,
	puts his arm around the shaking boy's shoulders. Jono
	looks up at him, his face wet with tears.

					JONO
			She was... all red. I cried...
			but she didn't answer me...

	The boy breaks into sobs again and buries his head.
	Picard rubs his shoulder. He's not sure just what he
	should be doing, but he does know that an important
	breakthrough has been made.

41   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS - LATER

	Jono sits talking with Picard. They are still in
	racquetball clothes. Jono is subdued, but talks
	freely.

					JONO
			... she used to sing to me... I
			don't remember the melody, just
			the sound of her voice...

	He stops, shakes his head.

					JONO
			Before I remembered these things,
			I was strong. Now...
				(touches his chest)

        STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/16/90 - ACT FOUR       44.

41   CONTINUED:

	The boy draws a deep breath.

					JONO
			I have endured much pain. But
			this... I do not like.

					PICARD
			It is part of being human, Jono.
			But as deeply as you can feel hurt
			-- you can also feel joy.

	Jono looks up at him, sadly.

					JONO
			I do not think so. I think I will
			always feel like this.

	Picard is not sure where to go from here.

					PICARD
			Jono -- are you tired?

					JONO
			Yes. But I do not want to rest.
			I think --
				(looks up, almost
				 surprised)
			-- I think I am hungry.

42   INT. TEN FORWARD - MINUTES LATER

	Picard ENTERS with Jono, now both showered and
	dressed. Picard spots Riker at a table with Wesley
	and Data, steers the boy toward them.

					RIKER
			Well, how was racquetball?

					PICARD
			He gave me quite a game for his
			first time out.

	The flicker of a smile -- the first we've seen -- plays
	on Jono's lips. He is much more relaxed now, as though
	a great burden has fallen away.

					JONO
			I look forward to the next time,
			Captain.

        STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/16/90 - ACT FOUR       45.

42   CONTINUED:

	Picard grins, glad that Jono's cockiness is returning.

					PICARD
			I'm sure you do. sit down, Jono.
			What would you like?

	Jono and Picard sit. Jono looks around at the table,
	points to Wesley's banana split.

					JONO
			What's that?

					WESLEY
			That's called a banana split and
			it's maybe the best thing there
			is in the universe.
				(pushes it forward)
			Here -- give it a try.

	Jono stares at it for a second, unsure how to attack
	it. Riker slides a spoon toward him. Jono looks
	puzzled.

					DATA
			It is called a spoon.

	Jono nods, grabs the spoon, looks up at them
	questioningly.

					WESLEY
			Go ahead.

	Jono is holding the spoon in his fist, like a knife.
	Having received permission, he holds it over the banana
	split "boat" -- and then jabs down into it with all
	his force! This flips the opposite end of the "boat"
	up, flinging the contents out and right toward Wesley!

42A  WESLEY

	has a spattering of whipped cream on his face and
	chest.

43   OMITTED

44   FULL SHOT

	Jono stares at him, at first shocked at what he has
	done.

        STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/19/90 - ACT FOUR       46.

44   CONTINUED:

					JONO
			Forgive me --

	He glances around the table and sees Picard smiling --
	and Riker trying to hold in a laugh. Finally Riker
	can't help it and he snorts with laughter. Wesley
	starts laughing. Then Jono looks back at Wesley and
	then he bursts into laughter.

					DATA
			I fail to see why this is amusing.

					RIKER
				(still chuckling)
			Check your data banks on humor...
			subheading "Slapstick"...

					DATA
				(inspecting Wesley)
			Comedy stressing farce and
			horseplay... ah, this no doubt
			is a variation on... "Pie in the
			Face"...

					RIKER
			Now do you see why it's funny?

					DATA
			No, I do not. But I will take
			your word. It is very amusing.

	Jono is still giggling. Wesley summons a waitress.

					WESLEY
			Let's start over. A fresh banana
			split for me, one for my friend
			here.

        STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT FOUR       47.

44A  ON PICARD AND RIKER

	as they move off to the side, Jono, Wesley, and Data
	remain at the table.

					PICARD
			Look at him. He's like a
			different person.

					RIKER
			Who would ever have thought he
			could laugh out loud like that?

					PICARD
			And half an hour ago he was crying
			in my arms like a baby.

	Riker, not having realized this, looks at Picard in
	surprise and awe. Picard smiles, feeling content that
	things are going to work out just fine.

45   OMITTED

45A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND Q'MAIRE (OPTICAL)

46   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS - LATER

	The rooms are darkened, but we can see Jono, resting in
	his ceiling hammock. His eyes are open. He stares
	into the darkness for a few beats, and then he lifts
	up, descends from the ceiling.

47   INT. CAPTAIN'S BEDROOM

	Picard is asleep. Jono ENTERS, approaches Picard like
	a thief in the night. He gazes down at the sleeping
	Captain, struggling with his emotions.

48   CLOSE ON PICARD AND JONO

	Picard is groggy, but recognizing Jono, gives him a
	smile. Jono returns the smile -- then loses the smile
	to a terror within.

        STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/16/90 - ACT FOUR       48.

48   CONTINUED:

	Suddenly his gloved hand appears, raising the Klingon
	dagger! He sounds an anguished cry, then plunges the
	dagger down, straight into Picard's chest.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT FIVE       49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

49   INT. SICKBAY

	Picard is on a bed with Beverly scanning him. Picard
	is unconscious and pale.

					BEVERLY
			Two bleeders... single-plane
			penetration...
				(calling out)
			I need the autosuture over here!

	Assistants move swiftly as she keeps scanning.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			It looks like the blade hit the
			sternum and was deflected... it
			could have been a lot worse.

50   ON PICARD

	as he stirs, eyes fluttering open and sees Beverly, who
	has the autosuture and is using it on him. Picard
	looks around as though coming out of a fog, trying to
	get his bearings.

					PICARD
			Then it wasn't a dream...

					BEVERLY
			I'm afraid not...

	Beverly is using the autosuture to stop the bleeding
	and repair damaged tissue.

					BEVERLY
			No vital organs were pierced...
			no major arteries...

					PICARD
			Where is the boy now?

					BEVERLY
			Worf has him in security. Hold
			still...

        STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT FIVE       50.

50   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I want to see him. Here, now.

					BEVERLY
				(firmly)
			He'll wait until I'm finished.

	Picard acquiesces, puts his head back down and winces
	in pain.

51   OMITTED

52   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker in command, Worf at Tactical, Data at Ops, Wesley
	on the Conn.

					WORF
			Talarian warships converging,
			Commander, range five hundred
			kilometers.

					RIKER
			On screen.

53
thru	OMITTED
54

55   ANGLE - MAIN VIEW (OPTICAL)

	The main viewer now shows the Q'Maire; two other
	warships are behind it, moving toward the Enterprise.

					RIKER
			Any communication, Lieutenant
			Worf?

					WORF
			No, sir. We have an open channel.

					WESLEY
			Commander, the warships' closing
			velocities are decreasing...
			staggered approach vectors
			bearing zero, one hundred twenty,
			and two hundred forty degrees.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Riker to La Forge.

        STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/16/90 - ACT FIVE       51.

55A  INT. ENGINEERING - CONTINUOUS - INTERCUTTING

					GEORDI
			La Forge here, sir.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Geordi, the Talarians are moving
			into attack posture. Classic
			triangular envelopment.

					GEORDI
			I've tapped the impulse engines
			for additional power to shields,
			Commander. We're ready.

55B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

					WORF
			Commander, Captain of the Q'Maire
			requests communication.

					RIKER
			Well, here we go. On screen.

	As Captain Endar looms on the viewer.

					ENDAR
			Captain Picard... have you made
			your decision?

					RIKER
			This is Commander Riker. What
			are your intentions, Captain
			Endar?

					ENDAR
				(puzzled, cautious)
			Where is Captain Picard?

					RIKER
				(beat)
			He has been injured. I am in
			command now.

					ENDAR
			Very well. Please prepare my
			son for immediate transport.

					RIKER
			I'm afraid that's not possible.
			Last night, Jono attacked Captain
			Picard and tried to murder him.
			We are holding him in custody.

        STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT FIVE       52.

55B  CONTINUED:

	Endar is clearly taken aback by this, but swiftly
	re-groups.

					ENDAR
			If you had returned him with the
			others, this would never have
			happened! I hold you responsible
			for this incident.

					RIKER
			He'll have to come back with us
			now, Endar. It will be up to
			Starfleet to decide the
			consequences.

	Endar glowers darkly, rage building.

					ENDAR
			I do not accept that decision.
			I repeat, you will prepare my son
			for transport. If he is not on
			board in five minutes, you will
			suffer the consequences.

	The screen goes dark.

					RIKER
			Red alert.

	The red alert warning sounds.

					WORF
			Talarian vessels routing power
			to forward rockets...

					RIKER
				(frowns, sighs)
			Ready all weapons, Mister Worf...

56   INT. SICKBAY

	Two SECURITY MEN escort Jono into Picard's Sickbay
	cubicle. The boy stands before Picard, taut as a wire,
	staring straight ahead.

					PICARD
			Jono... why did you do it?

					JONO
			That doesn't matter.

        STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/19/90 - ACT FIVE       53.

56   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I think it does. It matters to
			me.

					JONO
			What matters is that I have
			attacked a Captain. I am ready
			to be put to death.

	Picard stares at him. Does he believe that?

					PICARD
			You think you are to be killed?

	Jono's eyes flicker toward him, briefly.

					JONO
			To attack a superior is the worst
			offense. I will die at your
			hands.

					PICARD
			Jono, you aren't going to die at
			my hands or anyone else's.

					JONO
			But... I committed a terrible
			crime...

					PICARD
			What I want to know is why? You
			seemed so happy just a few hours
			ago...

	The memories of happiness seem to bring Jono renewed
	anguish.

					JONO
			I was.

	The boys turn away, overwhelmed by the emotions that
	are battling within him.

					JONO
			But then... I thought about my
			father. I felt like I was
			betraying him.

	Picard studies the boy... sees his pain...

        STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/27/90 - ACT FIVE      53A.

	CONTINUED: (2)

					JONO
				(continuing)
			I'd be throwing away all that
			he's given me... all that I
			learned from him... my home...
			running along the river... playing
			in the games... sharing victory
			with my brothers...
				(a pause)
			... all the things that are part
			of my life.

	The boy draws a breath, looks at Picard with infinite
	sadness.

					JONO
			As I grew closer to... you... I
			knew it meant leaving more and
			more of that life behind.
			Forgive me, Captain -- I could
			not allow myself to do that.

	Picard absorbs this.

        STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT FIVE       54.

57   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Things are very tense.

					WORF
			Q'Maire is requesting
			communication on a secure
			channel, Commander.

					RIKER
			On screen.

58   ANGLE TO INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	Endar appears.

					ENDAR
			Commander Riker, you have failed
			to transport my son aboard the
			Q'Maire.

					RIKER
			Our position has not changed.
			We are returning him to Starfleet.

					ENDAR
			I regret your stubbornness. Much
			will be lost.

					PICARD (O.S.)
			One moment, Captain...

59   ANGLE - PICARD AND JONO (OPTICAL)

	ENTERING, the Captain, assisted by Jono into his chair.

					PICARD
			Captain Endar, last night Jono
			attacked me with a dagger.

					ENDAR
			Which he could not have done had
			he been returned to me with the
			others!

        STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/19/90 - ACT FIVE       55.

59   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(silencing hand)
			There was a crime committed on
			board this ship... but it was not
			Jono's -- it was mine.

	Puzzled, Endar waits to hear what Picard means.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			When we found Jono, it seemed
			so clear what had to be done.
			We knew if he could only be
			persuaded to make the decision
			to stay... you would most likely
			let him. So with the best of
			intentions, we tried to convince
			him... and, in so doing,
			thoroughly failed to listen...
			to his feelings, his needs.

	Jono is staring at Picard, hanging on his every word.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			That was the crime, and it has
			taken a huge toll on a strong
			and noble young man. It must be
			rectified.

	Picard looks around the bridge, where he has everyone's
	rapt attention.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Jono will return home -- to the
			only home he has ever known. To
			the father that he loves. To you,
			Endar.

	Endar is astonished, stupefied -- and achingly
	grateful.

					ENDAR
			Thank you, Captain...

					PICARD
			Please transmit coordinates for
			his immediate transport.

        STAR TREK: "Suddenly Human" - REV. 7/16/90 - ACT FIVE       56.

60   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - LATER (OPTICAL)

	Supernumerary at the controls. Picard motions Jono
	toward the transporter platform.

					PICARD
			Goodbye, Jono.

					JONO
			Goodbye, Captain.

	Jono starts for the platform, stops, turns, walks back
	to Picard. He hesitates, then removes his gloves.
	Stepping forward, he takes gentle hold of Picard's
	head, tilting it down until their foreheads are pressed
	together in affection and solidarity.

					JONO
				(softly)
			Thank you.

	He breaks the embrace and moves to the transporter
	platform. In seconds, he is gone.

61   CLOSE ON PICARD

	eyes on the empty pad, sure the right thing has been
	done.

									DISSOLVE TO:

62   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS - LATER

	Picard ENTERS, finds the room still disheveled, his
	furniture still disarranged. He looks up, sees the
	hammock dangling from the ceiling. He smiles,
	remembering the antic child, but then feels a chill,
	realizing how empty the room now seems. He reaches
	up, plucks the hammock from its hooks, and cradles it
	in his hands. He knows he has been given something
	by knowing this boy. He begins to put his room back
	to its former orderliness.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             






                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Brothers" 
                          #40274-177 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Rick Berman 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rob Bowman 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
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                         FINAL DRAFT

                        JULY 13, 1990


            STAR TREK: "Brothers" - 7/13/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Brothers" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             DOCTOR NOONIAN SOONG
                RIKER              LORE
                DATA               JAKE POTTS
                BEVERLY            WILLIE POTTS
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             
                O'BRIEN            
                ENSIGN KOPF        
                COMPUTER VOICE   
  
                Non-Speaking       
                  VARIOUS SECURITY TEAMS
                  NURSE              
                  VARIOUS SUPERNUMERARIES

           STAR TREK: "Brothers" REV. 7/19/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Brothers" 
                              
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              READY ROOM               SOONG'S PLANET
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE         FOREST
              TURBOLIFT
              MAIN ENGINEERING         STARBASE 416
                GEORDI'S OFFICE          ENTERPRISE DOCKED
              SICKBAY
                QUARANTINE AREA
              CORRIDORS (VARIOUS)
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
          
              JEFFERIES TUBE
          
            SOONG'S PLANET
              DR. SOONG'S LAB

        STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/19/90 - TEASER        1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "Brothers"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	traveling at warp speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 44143.7.
			Due to a medical emergency, we
			have been forced to cut short a
			two-day liberty on Ogus Two and
			set course for Starbase
			Four-One-Six.

1A   INT. CORRIDOR

	A turbolift door opens and TROI and a trembling twelve-
	year-old boy, JAKE POTTS, emerge and head down the
	corridor.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			It seems a young man's practical
			joke has come dangerously close
			to a lethal conclusion.

2
thru	OMITTED
3

3A   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	RIKER is standing alone at the window (with the ship
	travelling at Warp speed) as Troi and Jake ENTER. Troi
	motions Jake to sit.

					RIKER
			Well Mister Potts, why don't we
			start at the beginning?

					JAKE
				(still trembling)
			It was a joke, sir. I just meant
			to scare him.

        STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/19/90 - TEASER        2.

3A   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			From the beginning, please.

					JAKE
				(nervously and very
				 quickly)
			We were at the arcade, sir. I
			brought this balloon with me,
			filled with red pillion dye. You
			see, Willie is always making fun
			of me. I figured I'd get him
			back. I only meant to scare him.

					TROI
			Slow down, Jake.

					JAKE
				(slower)
			We programmed the game for an
			ordinary laser duel. You know,
			twenty-one points. Four points
			for a...

					RIKER
				(interrupting)
			I'm familiar with the game. Go
			on.

					JAKE
			We went out to the forest behind
			the east arcade. I told Willie
			that his laser pistol looked kind
			of funny, almost like a real one.
			When I went behind the trees, I
			put the balloon into my vest, and
			then...

        STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/24/90 - TEASER        3.

3A   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			So you made your nine year-old
			brother think he killed you?

					JAKE
			Yes, sir.

					RIKER
			And then he ran away.

					JAKE
			Yes, sir.

					RIKER
			And while he was hiding he ate
			the fruit of a cove palm.

					JAKE
			It was just a joke. I didn't...

					RIKER
			I assume you are aware of the
			infectious nature of the parasites
			which inhabit cove palms?

					JAKE
			I am now, sir.

					RIKER
			Are you familiar with the
			condition upon which I agreed to
			allow you two boys to remain on
			the Enterprise when your parents
			went on sabbatical?

					JAKE
			That we'd stay out of trouble,
			sir.

					RIKER
				(keys insignia)
			Mister Data.
				(to Jake)
			Think about it Mister Potts. And
			while you're at it, think about
			what might have happened had we
			not been this close to a starbase
			medical facility.

        STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/19/90 - TEASER        4.

3A   CONTINUED: (3)

	Data ENTERS from the Bridge and moves over to stand
	next to Jake.

					RIKER
			Have you contacted the boy's
			parents?

					DATA
				(nodding)
			They are fully aware of the
			situation, sir.

					RIKER
			Good, escort this young man to
			the quarantine anteroom. Perhaps
			he'll be helpful in lifting his
			brother's spirits.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	The two begin to EXIT.

					RIKER
				(to Jake)
			Please don't think that you have
			heard the last of this, Mister
			Potts.

					JAKE
			No, sir. I mean yes, sir.

	Data and Jake EXIT. Troi looks to Riker.

					TROI
			He's very frightened.

					RIKER
			As well he should be. I've never
			been a proponent of practical
			jokes. More often than not, they
			have unfortunate results.

					TROI
			I wouldn't be surprised if this
			was his last practical joke for
			a long while.

        STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/24/90 - TEASER        5.

3A   CONTINUED: (4)

					RIKER
			I'm more concerned with his
			brother's future at the moment,
			Counselor.

4    INT. TURBOLIFT

	Moving downward. Data and Jake.

					DATA
			Our Sickbay does have the facility
			to isolate parasitic proto-viruses
			but not in a favorable time frame
			for your brother.

					JAKE
				(more to himself)
			He really could die.

					DATA
			Fortunately we are only two days
			from Starbase Four-One-Six, and
			their laboratory can...

	Data freezes. His head begins to jerk in a more
	pronounced fashion than usual.

					JAKE
			Can what sir?

	Data, not responding, continues to twitch. He raises
	his arm and touches the turbolift control panel twice.
	We hear the turbolift stop briefly and change
	directions.

					JAKE
			Their laboratory can do what,
			Commander?

	Data continues not to respond.

					JAKE
				(continuing)
			Sir, I know I made a mistake...
			I can tell you're angry... but
			if you're not going to talk to
			me...

          STAR TREK: "Brothers" - 7/13/90 - TEASER          6.

4    CONTINUED:

	The doors open to the Bridge and Data, silently EXITS.
	On Jake's confused expression --

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/19/90 - ACT ONE       7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

5    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	PICARD, WORF, and WESLEY. SUPERNUMERARY at Ops.
	FOLLOW Riker and Troi, as they ENTER from the
	Observation Lounge and cross to the Command Center.
	DATA descends the ramp toward Ops.

					RIKER
			Back so soon, Mister Data?

	Data does not respond. He relieves a supernumerary at
	Ops and immediately begins programming something into
	his panel. Before Riker can react...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge to bridge.

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Commander.

6    INT. ENGINEERING

					GEORDI
			We've completed our dilithium
			vector calibrations, sir. You're
			clear to increase to warp seven.

7    INT. MAIN BRIDGE (INTERCUT AS NEEDED)

					PICARD
			Very good, Geordi. Let me know
			if you...

					WORF
				(cutting in)
			Captain, did you request a course
			correction?

	Before Picard can respond...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Sir, I didn't say we could
			increase speed to warp nine-point-
			one.

       STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/30/90 - ACT ONE       8.

7    CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(surprised)
			New course set for heading
			three-four-one mark two-two-one.

					RIKER
			Course set by whom?

					WESLEY
			Not me, Commander.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			What's going on?

					RIKER
				(notices Data calmly
				 working his panel)
			Data, who programmed the new
			coordinates?

	Data calmly works on without responding.

					WESLEY
			Warp nine-point-three, sir.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			I don't advise this, Captain.
			If we're going to maintain the
			realignment progression we
			shouldn't be pushing more than
			warp eight for at least an hour.

	Picard looks to Troi who hasn't got a clue. He rises
	and approaches Data.

					PICARD
				(to Data, calmly)
			Commander...

       STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/30/90 - ACT ONE       9.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

	Data doesn't react. He pushes one last button which
	is followed by a loud KLAXON.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Evacuate bridge. Deck one life
			support failure in fifteen
			seconds.

					PICARD
			Turbolifts Three and Four,
			gentlemen.
				(to com)
			Geordi, transfer helm to
			Engineering.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

	Everyone hurries to the two stage-left turbolifts.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Evacuate bridge. Deck one life
			support failure in ten seconds.

					RIKER
			Reassemble in Engineering.
				(to com)
			La Forge, let's get a diagnostic
			sweep underway...

	The turbolift doors close before he finishes.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Evacuate bridge. Deck one life
			support failure in five seconds.

	All is silent but the beeps coming from Data's panel.
	The CAMERA PANS to find him busy at work.

       STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/24/90 - ACT ONE       10.

7    CONTINUED: (3)

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Deck one life support has been
			terminated.

	Data continues at his panel.

8    INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi, ENSIGN KOPF and TWO SUPERNUMERARIES are at the
	pool table.

					ENSIGN KOPF
			Our velocity is holding steady
			at warp nine-point-three. Do you
			wish to override, Commander?

					GEORDI
			Not yet. Computer, isolate cause
			of life support failure.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Atmosphere conditioning pumps on
			Deck one are operating in
			negative mode.

					GEORDI
				(to Kopf)
			How could that be? There are
			seven independent safety
			interlocks to prevent that.

	Picard, Worf, and TWO MORE SUPERNUMERARIES ENTER from
	the Turbolift and head for the pool table.

					GEORDI
			Sir, I think we've found the
			problem, but it doesn't really
			make sense.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			It seems we have more than one
			problem. Bring the Enterprise
			to a full stop, Commander.

					GEORDI
			Full stop, Ensign Kopf.

       STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/19/90 - ACT ONE       11.

8    CONTINUED:

					KOPF
				(hits the panel)
			It's not responding, sir.

	Riker and Wesley ENTER from around the corner.

					PICARD
			I ordered all helm control
			transferred down here, damn it!

					GEORDI
			We did sir. We've been waiting
			for your instructions.

	Geordi tries the panel himself.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I'm going to have to do this at
			the manual input level, sir.

	He motions to Wesley.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Wes...

	Geordi and Wesley quickly step to a far panel.

					RIKER
				(reading a wall panel)
			We're still on the altered
			heading, Captain, holding at warp
			nine point three.

					WORF
				(at another panel)
			Force fields have been established
			on all Main Bridge turbolift doors
			and service crawlways, sir.

					PICARD
				(putting it all
				 together)
			Computer, locate Lieutenant
			Commander Data.

       STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/24/90 - ACT ONE       12.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Commander Data is on the Main
			Bridge.

					RIKER
			What the hell is he up to?

					PICARD
			Number One, take a security team
			up to Deck Two. See if you can
			break through from below.

	Riker eyes Worf and they EXIT. Geordi reappears with
	Wesley.

					GEORDI
			Everything's locked up, Captain.
			No control of impulse or warp
			engines down here.

					WESLEY
			Navigation doesn't respond either,
			sir.

					PICARD
			Picard to bridge. Commander Data
			do you hear me?

9    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data is at Science One busy at work.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			I repeat.   Data, do you
			hear...

	Data turns and presses a button on Worf's station,
	muting Picard.

					DATA
			Computer. Recognize Data,
			Lieutenant Commander. Alpha One
			clearance.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Priority clearance recognition
			Alpha One.

       STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/19/90 - ACT ONE       13.

9    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Maintain minimum auxiliary power
			and disengage subspace
			communications.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Acknowledged.

10   INT. ENGINEERING

	Picard, Geordi, Wesley, Ensign Kopf, and supernumerary,
	as before.

					WESLEY
				(studying a panel)
			He is on the Bridge, sir.

					PICARD
			Commander La Forge, prepare for
			saucer separation.

					WESLEY
			Sir, we're at Warp nine-three!

					PICARD
			I'm aware of the risks, Ensign.
				(to Geordi)
			When the umbilical splits, we
			should regain primary control...
			do you agree?

					GEORDI
				(getting the plan)
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			. Be
			prepared to sweep back and pull
			it in with a tractor beam.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			Initiate auto sequence.

       STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT ONE       14.

11   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data, still at Science One, is reading something on the
	console.

					DATA
				(in Picard's voice)
			Computer, recognize Picard, Jean-
			Luc. Alpha Two clearance.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Priority clearance recognition,
			Alpha Two.

					DATA
				(in Picard's voice)
			Cancel separation sequence.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Sequence cancelled.

					DATA
				(in Picard's voice)
			Isolate all remaining command
			functions and accept related
			orders and inquiries from Main
			Bridge only.

12   INT. ENGINEERING

	As before -- a series of beeps from Geordi's panel.

					GEORDI
			The separation sequence has been
			aborted, Captain.

					PICARD
			Computer, recognize Jean-Luc
			Picard Alpha Two priority and
			re-establish separation procedures
			immediately.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Orders regarding command functions
			are no longer accepted from your
			present location.

					PICARD
			And just what location are they
			accepted from?

       STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/25/90 - ACT ONE       15.

12   CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Interface terminals on Main Bridge
			only.

					WESLEY
				(to Picard)
			You're the only one who has
			clearance to localize command
			functions, sir.

					PICARD
				(disgusted)
			It seems Mister Data has acquired
			them, as well.

	Off Wesley's look...

13   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	Worf and a SECURITY OFFICER have opened a large
	ceiling panel. Riker climbs into it.

					WORF
				(studying a schematic
				 on a panel below)
			The isolinear subprocessor extends
			three-point-five meters.

					RIKER (O.C.)
			I've got a clear path to panel
			J14-Baker. What's that going to
			do for us?

	Worf, still at the schematic.

					WORF
			J14-Baker backs onto Science
			Station Two, Commander.

					RIKER (O.C.)
			Have they reinverted the
			environmental control sequencer?

					WORF
			Yes, sir. Life support has been
			re-established.

					RIKER (O.C.)
			Then, you and Casey get up here.
			Let's get to it.

       STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/25/90 - ACT ONE       16.

13   CONTINUED:

	Worf and the security guard climb the ladder into
	the ceiling.

14   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data is seated in Picard's chair working his console
	when he hears a series of high-pitched beeps. He
	crosses to his Ops panel, sits, and presses a quick
	series of commands.

					DATA
			Computer. Configure a perimeter
			field charge, sections Nine-K
			through Twelve-T.

15   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	The ceiling panel is open. No one is visible in the
	tube itself. A bright flash appears from the opening
	above.

					RIKER (O.C.)
			What the hell was that?

					WORF (O.C.)
			He's activated a force field, sir.

					RIKER (O.C.)
			Great! Just great!!

16   INT. ENGINEERING

	Picard, Geordi, Wesley, Kopf, and supernumeraries.
	Picard is pacing near the pool table.

					PICARD
				(keys insignia)
			Chief O'Brien.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Yes, Captain.

					PICARD
			You had better disable the site-
			to-site transport function. When
			we get to wherever we're going,
			I don't want him beaming off the
			bridge.

       STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/20/90 - ACT ONE       17.

16   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			I'll get right to it, sir.

					PICARD
				(keys insignia)
			Doctor Crusher.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Yes, Captain.

					PICARD
			Is your quarantine intact, Doctor?

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Sickbay force fields don't seem
			to have been affected.

					PICARD
			The boy?

									INTERCUT:

17   INT. SICKBAY - QUARANTINE AREA

	Beverly watches Willie in the background.

					BEVERLY
			He's alright. But he's not going
			to stay alright. Sir, we need
			to get this ship to a starbase
			medical facility...

18   INT. ENGINEERING - CONTINUOUS

					PICARD
			It seems, Doctor, that Mister Data
			has other plans for the Enterprise
			right now.

	On Picard's concerned look, we --

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

       STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/24/90 - ACT TWO       18.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

19   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	is traveling at warp speed.

20   INT. SICKBAY - QUARANTINE AREA (OPTICAL)

	Beverly passes her hands through two holes in the
	glass wall. We see a brief blue flicker as her hands
	break through the invisible quarantine field. She
	gently holds WILLIE POTTS' head, examining him.

					BEVERLY
			C'mon, I can't believe that!
			Everybody's played a practical
			joke at one time or another.

					WILLIE
			Not me.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing exam)
			Not even a little one? How about
			April Fools'? Are you telling me
			you've never tried to pull
			something on April Fools' Day?

					WILLIE
				(shaking his head)
			What for? It's never funny to
			the one getting fooled.

					BEVERLY
			Well, I'm sure your brother didn't
			intend this to get out of hand.

	She pulls one hand out of the opening and we see the
	brief blue flicker. She picks up an instrument and
	passes it back through the opening. We again see the
	gentle flash.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Certainly not to the degree it
			has. Take a deep breath.

	Beverly raises the instrument to Willie's chest.

       STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/19/90 - ACT TWO       19.

20   CONTINUED:

					WILLIE
			What's so funny about making
			someone think you killed them?

					BEVERLY
			A deep breath.

	Willie reluctantly does as he's told. Beverly passes
	the beeping device from side to side.

					BEVERLY
			Have you been drinking all the
			water I asked you to?

					WILLIE
			Yes.

					BEVERLY
			Well, keep it up. We may have
			a short delay in reaching the
			starbase and I want you...

	Willie sees something behind Beverly. He spins around
	and quickly walks to the far side of the quarantine
	area. Beverly turns to see Troi and Jake ENTERING.

					JAKE
				(to Troi)
			There! You see? How can I tell
			him if he's not going to listen
			to me?

					TROI
			Why don't you try, Jake?

					JAKE
			It's just a waste of time. He
			won't listen.

	Jake turns and storms out. Troi and Beverly share an
	understanding beat.

        STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT TWO 20-22.          

21
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22

23   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise comes out of warp and enters orbit of
	Soong's planet.

       STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/19/90 - ACT TWO       23.

24   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Data is again seated at Science One, punching in
	coordinates.

					DATA
			Computer, prepare to transport
			me directly to the following
			coordinates.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Site-to-site transport interlocks
			have been manually deactivated.

					DATA
			Can you override?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Negative.

					DATA
			Show me the shortest route to
			Transporter Room One.

	The computer beeps and a route map appears in front of
	Data.

					DATA
			Computer, prepare to activate a
			cascade force field sequence in
			the following progression.

	Data types in his instructions at breathtaking speed.

25   INT. ENGINEERING

	Picard exits Geordi's office and strides out toward
	the pool table where Riker, Geordi, Wesley and Worf
	are working.

					GEORDI
			No matter what we try, the
			computer will only acknowledge
			commands from the bridge, sir.

					WORF
				(disgusted)
			He's blocked every subspace
			channel, Captain. We can't even
			call for help.

       STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/24/90 - ACT TWO       24.

25   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Wesley)
			Have you tried tracing back
			navigation inputs?

					WESLEY
				(nodding his head)
			We don't even know what star
			system we're in, sir.

					RIKER
			The only way we knew we'd come
			out of warp was by looking out
			a window.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			O'Brien to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Chief.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Captain, he's up to something.

					PICARD
			What now?

									INTERCUT:

26   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	O'Brien is studying a panel.

					O'BRIEN
			He discovered the site-to-site
			lockout. I wouldn't be surprised
			if he tries to make it to a
			transporter room now.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			How much further can you safely
			disable the ransporters, Mister
			O'Brien?

					O'BRIEN
			I'm afraid I've done all I can,
			sir. As soon as he realized we
			had knocked out the primary power
			bus he put up force fields around
			the secondaries. I don't
			recommend anyone going near those
			circuits now.

       STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/25/90 - ACT TWO       25.

27   INT. ENGINEERING - CONTINUOUS

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			I want security teams along the
			main passageways and in every
			transporter oom, Lieutenant.
			See if the computer would be good
			enough to give you the specific
			stun setting to disable Mister
			Data.

	Worf EXITS.

					PICARD
			Computer, estimate time from this
			location to Starbase Four-One-Six
			at warp nine.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Inquiries regarding command
			functions are no longer accepted
			from your present location.

	On Picard's frustration we...

									CUT TO:

28   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data at Science One.

					DATA
				(in Picard's voice)
			Computer, establish a security
			code for access to all functions
			previously transferred to Bridge.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Enter code.

					DATA
				(in Picard's voice
				 speaking at a breakneck
				 speed)
			Four, one, three, three, six,
			eight, Tango, one, eight, one,
			one, seven, one, Charlie, four,
			Victor, three... eight, eight,
			eight, zero, Foxtrot, six, one,
			five, three, three, five, nine,
			five, seven, lock.

       STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT TWO       26.

28   CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Security code intact for all
			specified inquiries and orders.

	Data walks to upstage left Turbolift.

					DATA
				(in Picard's voice)
			Computer, initiate cascade
			sequence, accepting instructions
			from Commander Data en route, now.

	The computer beeps as the Turbolift doors whoosh open
	and Data ENTERS. The doors close.

       STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT TWO       27.

29
thru	OMITTED
30

31   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi, Wesley, Riker and Picard as before.

					GEORDI
			He's out. Security team
			approaching location.

	NOTE: The following three corridor scenes take place
	very quickly.

32   INT. CORRIDOR "A" (OPTICAL)

	The Turbolift doors open as Data ENTERS, turns left
	and heads down the corridor. A SECURITY TEAM runs
	toward him from behind, but is stopped by a force field
	which appears across the corridor in front of them.

	NOTE: The force field only appears for an instant when
	the first member of the team runs into it. Force
	fields are only visible when they appear, disappear, or
	are touched by people or phaser fire.

	Another force field in front of Data vanishes when he
	reaches it, only to be replaced by another ten meters
	ahead. Immediately after Data passes through a force
	field in front of him, it reappears as a force field
	protecting his back. The force field, which previously
	protected his back, then vanishes.

	Data continues down the corridor and sees ANOTHER
	SECURITY TEAM coming toward him.

					DATA
			Intersection Eight-J. Aft-port.
			Establish.

	The force field in front of Data disappears only to
	be replaced by another further down the corridor. The
	new force field runs across the corridor at a point
	where it intersects with another corridor. The
	security team which is still on the far side of the
	force field cannot move forward. Data reaches the
	intersection and turns left.

33   INT. CORRIDOR "B" (OPTICAL)

	A new force field appears in front and behind Data as
	before.

       STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/20/90 - ACT TWO       28.

33   CONTINUED:

	A THIRD SECURITY TEAM headed by Worf appears around
	the corner in front of Data. Unlike the previous
	encounter, Data has no intersecting corridor between
	himself and the security team. Unfazed, Data continues
	ahead as Worf raises his phaser.

					WORF
			I order you to stop.

					DATA
			Computer, begin scan-phase.

	The force field between Data and the security team
	becomes visible and starts to move in the same
	direction as Data. Seeing this, Worf stops and fires.
	The phaser fire disperses with a flash as it hits the
	force field. Worf fires again, with the same results,
	only now the flash is even closer. The security team
	is now backing away from the encroaching force field.
	A guard raises his phaser to fire.

					WORF
			No, it's too close.

	Data, his expression unchanged, walks forward only
	meters from the retreating security team! The creeping
	force field is all that separates them. When Data
	reaches the intersection, which Worf had earlier
	entered from, he turns right.

	The force field stops at the far side, sealing off Worf
	and his team.

34   INT. CORRIDOR "C"

	Data, now alone, walks to the entrance of the
	Transporter Room.

35   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	The doors hiss open and Data ENTERS to find Riker,
	O'Brien and a N.D. SECURITY guard standing on the
	transporter pad, phasers raised.

					RIKER
			This has gone far enough, Data.

					DATA
			Computer, three-meter cross-seal.

       STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/20/90 - ACT TWO       29.

35   CONTINUED:

	One of Data's force fields appears separating the pad
	from the rest of the transporter room. Riker aims his
	phaser.

					O'BRIEN
			I wouldn't advise that, sir. The
			phase coils don't take well to
			ricochets.

	Data has walked over to a wall panel, opened it, and
	has begun rearranging isolinear chips.

					RIKER
			What's he doing?

					O'BRIEN
			He's reactivating the site-to-site
			transport interlocks.

					RIKER
			Does that mean he'll be able to...

	Before Riker can finish his question, Data
	DEMATERIALIZES. Disgusted, Riker lifts his hand to
	reconfirm the force field. He is answered by a sharp
	zap to his raised hand.

					RIKER
			Great!

	O'Brien walks to the back of the transporter pad and
	carefully touches the wall. Nothing happens.

					O'BRIEN
			The force field only seems to go
			across the front of the pad, sir.
			Security should be able to cut
			through from behind.

					RIKER
			Great!

	On his frustrated look we

									CUT TO:

36   EXT. SOONG'S PLANET - NIGHT

	Data with the same glazed look trudges through a misty
	forest into a clearing where a small structure can be
	seen.

       STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/24/90 - ACT TWO       30.

36   CONTINUED:

	As he approaches the structure the door whooshes open
	to reveal a dark, cavernous room within.

36A  INT. SOONG'S LAB (OPTICAL)

	A cluttered, dark room filled with an odd mix of high
	tech equipment and everyday necessities. At one end
	is an elaborate panorama filled with dozens of model
	dinosaurs.

	Silhouetted by the misty outside light, Data ENTERS
	as the doors whoosh shut behind him. He purposefully
	walks to a central spot in the room and stops.

	A mumbling figure scuttles out of the shadows. DOCTOR
	NOONIAN SOONG is a ninety-year-old human dressed in
	an odd, somewhat oriental, lab jacket. He has more
	than a slight resemblance to Data.

					SOONG
			You're right on time.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/20/90 - ACT THREE      31.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

37   INT. SOONG'S LAB (OPTICAL)

	(A note about Soong: like many of history's greatest
	minds, Noonian Soong is usually pre-occupied and often
	self-indulgent. He has few social graces and is rather
	inarticulate when discussing anything other than
	cybernetics. Behavior which could easily be attributed
	to an insensitive or arrogant nature is nothing more
	than a mixture of scatterbrained genius and playful
	whimsy.)

	Data is sitting in a chair not unlike a dentist's
	chair. His communicator has been opened, exposing
	micro-circuitry. Soong, using a small metallic tool,
	adjusts something inside the communicator and snaps
	it shut. Using the same tool, he begins working inside
	Data's mouth.

					SOONG
			Open.

	Data opens his mouth.

					SOONG
			One of these...

	He does something with the tool and we hear a click.

					SOONG
				(continuing)
			And one of these...

	Another click.

					SOONG
				(continuing)
			And...

	We hear a final click.

					SOONG
				(continuing)
			There we are.


      STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/24/90 - ACT THREE      32.

37   CONTINUED:

	Data straightens up and looks around the room. He
	stands. He is quite confused.

					DATA
			I fail to recall how I arrived
			here.

					SOONG
			I sent for you... In a manner
			of speaking.

	Data reacts, no less confused. He hits his
	communicator.

					DATA
			Data to Enterprise.

	Silence.

					DATA
			Enterprise, do you read me?

	There is no reply. Soong looks closely at Data's
	face.

					SOONG
			I always loved that face. Please
			sit down.

					DATA
				(still standing)
			We were headed for a medical
			facility. I was taking the boy's
			brother to Sickbay and...

					SOONG
				(interrupting)
			I'm sure your starship will be
			back for you soon. Please, sit.

	Data remains standing.

					DATA
			I must find a way to contact the
			Enterprise.

					SOONG
			Tell me, do I look somewhat
			familiar to you?

	Data carefully studies Soong's face.

      STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT THREE      33.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			You do bear a resemblance to
			Doctor Noonian Soong, the
			cyberneticist who constructed me.
			But, Doctor Soong was killed
			shortly afterward by the
			Crystalline Entity.

					SOONG
				(laughs softly to
				 himself)
			It's your lucky day, Data. You've
			found your long lost father, and
			he's alive. What do you think
			of that?

					DATA
			But the colony was destroyed,
			there were no survivors.

					SOONG
			I've never felt too comfortable
			living anywhere without a prearranged
			route of escape. I
			admit, I wouldn't have guessed
			I'd be running from a giant
			snowflake, but...
				(he shrugs)

	Data studies Soong's face.

					DATA
			It is really you.

					SOONG
			Indulge an old man and stand on
			one leg for me.

	Data is truly confused. How did he get here? What
	should he say to Soong? Why is he being asked to stand
	on one leg?

					SOONG
			Please.

	Data obediently lifts one leg. Soong stares silently
	for a long beat.

     STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT THREE     33A.

37   CONTINUED: (3)

					SOONG
			Excellent! You know before I
			activated your positronic net,
			I had the damnedest time working
			out those fluidic equilibrium
			circuits.

      STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/30/90 - ACT THREE      34.

37   CONTINUED: (4)

	Data remains on one foot.

					DATA
			Perhaps you could help me contact
			my ship.

					SOONG
			If you can't raise them with
			your...
				(he points)
			communicator, what can I do?
				(re: Data's foot)
			It's alright. You can put it
			down.

	Data puts his foot down.

					SOONG
				(continuing)
			They'll be back for you. I'm
			certain. Trust me.
				(beat)
			Now, tell me. How are you at
			differentiating between a humid
			day and a dry one?

					DATA
				(a bit confused by the
				 quick change in
				 subject)
			The moisture content of the ship's
			atmosphere is maintained at a
			moderate thirty-seven percent.

					SOONG
			No, No. Not your ship. When
			you're on land, a planet.

					DATA
			I can differentiate between
			varying hygrometric levels.

					SOONG
			Without some sort of external
			sensor?

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

					SOONG
			What then? What's the difference?

      STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/30/90 - ACT THREE      35.

37   CONTINUED: (5)

	Data's not sure what he's asking.

					SOONG
				(continuing)
			Between humid and dry?

					DATA
			Humid air feels different against
			my skin, sir. And it carries
			smells differently. I assume this
			is due to the fact that
			moisture...

					SOONG
				(interrupting)
			How wonderful. I tried so hard
			to get that right. It's very
			important you know.

	A delighted Soong walks to his dinosaur collection and
	begins fiddling with a very small model.

					DATA
			May I ask why you have brought
			me here?

					SOONG
			I incorporated an encoded homing
			circuit into your sublogic
			controller.

					DATA
			Your response refers to how you
			brought me here, not why.

	Soong continues to fiddle with his model, not looking
	up.

					SOONG
				(somewhat sarcastically)
			Haven't you missed me, Data?

	Answering his own question.

					SOONG
				(continuing)
			I suppose that's impossible.

					DATA
			I assumed you dead, sir.

      STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/24/90 - ACT THREE      36.

37   CONTINUED: (6)

	Soong puts the tiny dinosaur back in place.

					SOONG
			Well, my longevity isn't the only
			surprise I have in store for you,
			Data.

	On Data's perplexed reaction we

									CUT TO:

38   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise in orbit of Soong's planet.

39   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Picard, Geordi, Riker and Wesley...

					GEORDI
			The quarantine field in Sickbay,
			sir.

					PICARD
			You have access to it?

					WESLEY
				(nodding)
			When he transferred force field
			control to the Bridge he must have
			only specified fields he was
			planning to initiate. The
			quarantine field was already
			operating.

					GEORDI
			Under normal circumstances, we
			could divert that field energy and
			use it to cancel the force field
			protecting the bridge... But we
			have to retain the medical
			quarantine.

					PICARD
			Determine the absolute minimum
			field energy that Doctor Crusher
			needs... and use the rest to get
			me onto my bridge.

      STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/24/90 - ACT THREE      37.

40   INT. SICKBAY - QUARANTINE AREA (OPTICAL)

	CLOSE on a NURSE'S hand holding a hypospray as it
	passes through the quarantine field openings, causing
	the brief blue flicker. PULL BACK to see her deliver
	the injection into Willie's neck. Beverly ENTERS and
	sits in the chair the nurse has vacated. Willie
	doesn't look well.

					BEVERLY
			How are you feeling this morning?

					WILLIE
			Not so great. I'm having trouble
			standing up. I get sorta dizzy.

					BEVERLY
			You know the old story about the
			man who tells his doctor, "It
			hurts when I raise my arm like
			this?"

	Beverly raises her arm. Willie replies by shaking his
	head.

					BEVERLY
				(continues, lowering
				 her arm)
			The doctor says, "Then don't raise
			your arm like that."

	Willie manages a hint of a smile.

					WILLIE
				(catching on)
			So, if I get dizzy standing up...

					BEVERLY
			Don't stand up.

	Geordi and a supernumerary ENTER carrying monitoring
	devices.

					GEORDI
			Okay Doc, we're ready. If all
			goes well you shouldn't notice
			a thing.

					BEVERLY
			Make sure all goes well,
			Commander.

	Geordi and the supernumerary EXIT as Beverly turns her
	attention back to Willie.

      STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/24/90 - ACT THREE      38.

40   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Your brother says you still won't
			speak to him.

					WILLIE
			So?

					BEVERLY
			This is very hard on him, too.
			He feels very guilty about what
			happened. He's your brother.

					WILLIE
				(angry)
			Why is everybody so worried about
			him? I'm the one who's sick...
			I'm the one who's gonna die.

	Willie gets up and almost loses his footing, he's
	trembling.

					BEVERLY
			Nobody's going to die, Willie.
			Do you hear me? Nobody!

	Willie struggles to his bed within the quarantine area
	and buries his head in his hands.

41   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The Bridge is empty. After a beat, the turbolift doors
	open and a cautious Worf with two N.D. security guards
	ENTER, phasers drawn. After a quick look --

					WORF
				(to com)
			Captain, we are in.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			We're on our way, Lieutenant.

	Worf walks to his station and hits a button.

					WORF
			Computer, restore Tactical
			Station.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Deactivation of command function
			overrides requires Alpha Two
			clearance.

      STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT THREE      39.

41   CONTINUED:

	Worf snarls in frustration as we

									CUT TO:

42   INT. TURBOLIFT

	Picard, Riker, and Geordi. The turbolift is moving
	upward.

					RIKER
			Beverly thinks its going to be
			tight. Let's hope he didn't take
			us too far off course.

					PICARD
			Let's hope.

43   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The turbolift doors open and Picard and Riker cross
	to Worf. Geordi goes to his aft station.

					WORF
				(to Picard)
			It won't answer to my clearance,
			sir.

					PICARD
				(to Computer)
			Computer, this is Captain Picard.
			Return all command functions to
			stations.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Alpha Two clearance recognized.
			Please enter security code.

					PICARD
				(furious)
			Security code!?

					GEORDI
			I was afraid of something like
			that.

	A series of beeps is heard from Worf's station.

					WORF
			Sensors are operative.

      STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/30/90 - ACT THREE      40.

43   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Well at least that's something.
			What have you got?

					WORF
				(checking his panel)
			No fix on Data. But I am picking
			up a single lifeform on the
			surface, sir. It appears human.

					PICARD
			That's one human who's got the
			answers to a lot of questions.

					WORF
			Something else, sir.

					PICARD
			What is it?

	Worf studies his board.

					WORF
			A small vessel... entering orbit.
			I detect no lifeforms aboard.

	On Picard's look we

									CUT TO:

44   INT. SOONG'S LAB (OPTICAL)

	CLOSE ON Data's face. One hand is patting his head
	rhythmically. PULL BACK to reveal his other hand, palm
	open, making circular movements on his stomach. Soong
	sits opposite, entranced.

					SOONG
			Good. Good. Keep it up. Ah
			huh...

	Soong giggles with delight.

					SOONG
				(continuing)
			Old Tom Handy swore you'd never
			master that. Whistle!

	Data, still patting and rubbing, begins to whistle
	"Pop Goes the Weasel"... poorly. Soong's face sinks.

      STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/30/90 - ACT THREE      41.

44   CONTINUED:

					SOONG
			Ah, well. Enough Data, sit.

	Data stops whistling, patting and rubbing... and sits.

					SOONG
			I've been able to keep track of
			you from time to time. You've
			become somewhat of a celebrity
			in cybernetic circles.
				(after a beat)
			Why Starfleet?

					DATA
			Sir?

					SOONG
			I gave you the ability to choose
			whatever you wanted... to do
			whatever you wanted. Why
			Starfleet?

					DATA
			It was Starfleet officers who
			rescued me.

					SOONG
			Ah. So you decided to emulate
			your emancipators. How
			disappointing.

					DATA
			What choice of vocation would have
			met with your approval?

					SOONG
			I often hoped you might become
			a scientist... perhaps a
			cyberneticist.

					DATA
			To follow in your footsteps, as
			it were?

					SOONG
			I see -- nothing wrong with that.

        STAR TREK: "Brothers" - 7/13/90 - ACT THREE        42.

44   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			May I ask you a question, sir?

					SOONG
			Certainly. Anything you'd like.

					DATA
			Why did you create me?

					SOONG
				(after a beat)
			Why does a painter paint? Why
			does a boxer box? You know what
			Michelangelo used to say? The
			sculptures he made were already
			there before he started, hidden
			in the marble. All he had to do
			was remove the unneeded bits.
			It wasn't quite that easy with
			you Data. But the need to do it,
			my need to do it, was no different
			than Michelangelo's need.
				(he rises)
			Now, let me ask you a question.

	Data cocks his head.

					SOONG
				(as if posing a riddle)
			Why are humans so fascinated with
			old things?

					DATA
			Old things?

					SOONG
				(nodding)
			Old buildings, churches, walls,
			ancient things, antique
			things... tables, clocks, knick
			knacks... Why?

					DATA
			There are many possible
			explanations.

					SOONG
			If you brought a Noophian to Earth
			he'd look around and say, "Tear
			that old village down. It's
			hanging in rags.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/20/90 - ACT THREE      43.

44   CONTINUED: (3)

					SOONG (Cont'd)
			Build me something new, something
			efficient." But to a human, that
			ancient wall, that old house, is
			a shrine, something to cherish....
			Again I ask you, why?

					DATA
			Perhaps, for humans, old things
			represent a tie to the past.

					SOONG
			And what's so important about the
			past? People needed money, they
			got sick. Why tie yourself to
			that?

					DATA
			Humans are mortal. They seem to
			need a sense of continuity.

					SOONG
			Ah hah!! Why?

					DATA
			To give their lives meaning...
			A sense of purpose.

					SOONG
			And does this continuity only run
			one way, back into the past?

					DATA
			I suppose it is a factor in the
			human desire to procreate.

					SOONG
			So you believe that having
			children gives humans a sense of
			immortality, do you?

					DATA
			It is a reasonable explanation
			to your query, sir.

					SOONG
				(smiling)
			And perhaps to yours, as well,
			Data.

      STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/20/90 - ACT THREE      44.

44   CONTINUED: (4)

	A loud whoosh from offscreen causes Data and Soong
	to turn. In the now-open doorway, we see a figure lit
	from behind. The door whooshes closed as the figure
	walks toward us through the shadows. Data and Soong
	stand.

					SOONG
			It appears we have a visitor.

	The figure walks to the same central spot to which
	Data did when he first arrived. As he comes out of
	the shadows to a halting stop, we see that the intruder
	is LORE. Data's "brother" is dressed in an odd outfit
	reminiscent of the Pakleds. He is in the same dazed
	state in which Data appeared when he arrived.

					DATA
			Lore!!

					SOONG
				(equally surprised)
			Well, well, it seems we've got
			ourselves a family reunion.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/19/90 - ACT FOUR      45.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

45   INT. SOONG'S LAB (OPTICAL)

	Lore is now seated in the same "dentist" chair in which
	we found Data earlier. Soong is standing over him,
	arranging some tools. Data stands beside Soong.

					DATA
			Doctor, I implore you, please do
			not reactivate him.

					SOONG
			Don't be ridiculous, Data.
				(to Lore)
			Open.

	Lore obediently opens his mouth as Soong reaches in
	with an instrument.

					SOONG
				(continuing to Data)
			Lore is far from the maniacal
			android you have made him out to
			be. In any case, he'll obey me.
			He always did.

					DATA
			But he admitted to an alliance
			with the Crystal Entity. To gain
			its favor he betrayed the
			colonists and would have betrayed
			the Enterprise as well had I
			not...

	Soong is distracted by his work. He interrupts Data.

					SOONG
				(to Lore)
			Hold still...

	Soong does something with the tool and we hear a click.

					SOONG
				(continuing)
			There. One more.

	We hear another click and Soong continues working, not
	looking up as he speaks to Data.

      STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/24/90 - ACT FOUR      46.

45   CONTINUED:

					SOONG
				(continuing)
			I'm well aware of Lore's
			shortcomings. Remember, it was
			I who deactivated him.

					DATA
			And, as I have explained, it was
			I who was responsible for his
			reactivation. But it serves no
			purpose to make the same mistake
			twice.

					SOONG
				(still working)
			In science, Data, making the same
			mistake twice is often not a
			mistake at all. Quite the
			contrary.

	The instrument makes a final click.

					SOONG
				(continuing)
			That should do it.

	Lore straightens up and looks around. He sees Data
	and then Soong.

					LORE
				(with sarcasm)
			So, you're still alive. I'm
			surprised you woke me. Why didn't
			you just take me apart and be done
			with it? That is why the two of
			you captured me?

					SOONG
				(patiently)
			Data had nothing to do with this,
			Lore. And no one captured
			you... not exactly, that is. You
			see, both of your brains contain
			a simple homing device. Data's
			was activated purposefully.
			Yours... well until you walked
			in that door I didn't know you
			had ever been reassembled.

					LORE
				(to Soong)
			No thanks to you.

      STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/30/90 - ACT FOUR      47.

45   CONTINUED: (2)

	Lore turns to Data.

					LORE
			But thanks to you, dear brother,
			I spent nearly two years drifting
			in space. If it hadn't been for
			a fortunate encounter with a
			Pakled trade ship, I'd still be
			out there.

					DATA
			I had no alternative. You would
			have destroyed the Enterprise.

	Lore gives a disgusted smile.

					LORE
				(to Soong)
			Well, since I appear to be an
			uninvited guest at your little
			party, I'll leave you with your
			beloved son and be on my way.

					SOONG
			No, wait. Stay here... There
			are questions I can answer.
			You'll have no chance to ask them
			later.
				(very matter of factly)
			You see, I'm dying.

      STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/24/90 - ACT FOUR      48.

45   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
				(after a beat)
			Dying from what, sir?

					LORE
				(pacing)
			Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
			What do you mean you're dying?
			You look fine. You're not that
			old. You look fine. What is
			this? Some kind of trick to see
			how we'd react?

	Lore is agitated, emotional.

					SOONG
				(gently)
			I wish it were.

	Lore stares at him, sees he's telling the truth and
	lowers his head, shaking it in disbelief. He is truly
	feeling grief. Data's face shows no emotion. He
	calmly repeats himself.

					DATA
			Dying from what, sir?

	Soong looks up at Data and smiles understandingly.

      STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/19/90 - ACT FOUR      49.

46   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in around Soong's planet.

47   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Beverly, Troi, Geordi and Worf.

					WORF
			We have control of sensors, life
			support and auxiliary power,
			Captain. Nothing more.

					PICARD
			The code, Mister La Forge?

					GEORDI
				(shaking his head)
			We can't even locate the file
			address. At least that would tell
			us how many digits we're talking
			about. Not that it would really
			help.

					PICARD
			I want something that will really
			help.

					BEVERLY
			And quickly. Willie Potts has
			twenty-four hours, thirty-six
			tops. If it goes longer than
			that, the only thing Starbase
			Four-One-Six will have left to
			do is a postmortem.

					RIKER
				(to Geordi)
			Geordi, if the computer's
			programmed to allow Data to
			transport down, it would figure
			that it would allow him to beam
			back up. Right?

					GEORDI
			It would figure.

					RIKER
			And Data left a trace imprint when
			he beamed down?

      STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/19/90 - ACT FOUR      50.

47   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(nodding)
			Everyone does.

					RIKER
			So what would be involved in
			pulling that trace and finding
			a way to make the computer think
			someone else is Data? Maybe a
			few someone elses?

					GEORDI
			We'd have to access the transport
			controller and reset it to a
			testing mode; convince it that
			it's back in school accepting
			simulated inputs. It's going to
			be tough without the main
			computer, but we could network
			a few tricorders together.

					PICARD
			Try, Mister La Forge.

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir.

	Geordi and Riker exchange a look and EXIT.

48   INT. SOONG'S LAB (OPTICAL)

	Soong is repositioning his model dinosaurs as Lore
	paces behind him, still visibly upset. Data is seated.

					LORE
			You did what you had to do? What
			kind of answer is that?

					SOONG
			The only one I can give you. You
			were not...
				(he thinks of the right
				 word)
			... "functioning" properly.

					DATA
			Lore told me the colonists became
			envious of him because you made
			him "so completely human."

           STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/24/90 - ACT FOUR          51.

48   CONTINUED:

					SOONG
				(smiles sadly)
			I wouldn't exactly have used the
			word "envious."

					LORE
				(ignoring Data's line
				 of thought)
			You disassembled me. Took me
			apart... and so soon after you had
			put me together. You gave me no
			chance.

					DATA
			Lore also said the colonists
			petitioned you to replace him with
			a "less perfect" android?

	Soong looks to Lore as if to say, "Did you really tell
	him that?"

					SOONG
				(to Data)
			The last thing you should think
			of yourself as Data is "less
			perfect." The two of you are
			virtually identical... except
			for a bit of programming.

					DATA
				(to himself)
			It was a lie. Another lie.

					LORE
				(to Soong)
			I would have proven to you that
			I was worthy, if you had given
			me the chance. But it was easier
			to turn your back and build your
			precious Data.

	Soong stands and turns to Lore.

					SOONG
			You were the first. You meant
			as much to me as Data ever did.
			But you were unstable. The
			colonists weren't envious of you,
			they were afraid of you. You were
			unstable.

           STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/19/90 - ACT FOUR         51A.

48   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(to himself)
			I am not less perfect than Lore.

           STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/19/90 - ACT FOUR          52.

48   CONTINUED: (3)

					LORE
				(to Soong, pleading)
			Why didn't you try to fix me?
			It was within your power to fix
			me!

	Soong sits back down at his dinosaur table. After a
	beat.

					SOONG
			It wasn't as easy as that. The
			next logical step was to construct
			Data. Afterward, I planned to
			get back to you... to "fix" you.
			But I never got that chance.

					LORE
				(angry and almost in
				 tears)
			Next logical step?!

					DATA
				(to himself)
			I am not less perfect than Lore.

					SOONG
			Enough! Sit down, both of you.

	They both sit.

					SOONG
			For all these years I've been
			plagued by what went wrong.
				(to Lore)
			With all the complexities you
			possessed, the nuances... basic
			emotion seemed almost simple in
			comparison. But the emotion
			turned, and twisted, and became
			entangled with ambition... Lore,
			if I had known you were no longer
			sitting in pieces on a distant
			shelf... If I had known I could
			push a button and bring you
			here... I would have spent those
			years trying to make things right
			for you as well. But all I knew
			of was Data.
					(MORE)

           STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 8/6/90 - ACT FOUR           53.

48   CONTINUED: (4)

					SOONG (Cont'd)
				(to Data)
			So I worked, long and hard, and
			now I believe I've succeeded.

	Soong pulls a little circuit chip from a small
	container and holds it up.

					SOONG
				(continuing)
			This is why I brought you here.
			Basic emotions, Data. Simple
			feelings. Your feelings.

	Data cocks his head, but says nothing. He steps closer
	to inspect the chip.

					SOONG
				(continuing)
			I've imagined how hard it's been
			for you... living amongst beings
			so moved by emotion.

	Lore crosses to Data.

					LORE
				(seemingly sincere, he
				 whispers)
			I don't have to imagine. I know
			how hard it's been. But, you'll
			be surprised Data... feelings
			do funny things. You may even
			learn to understand your "evil"
			brother... to forgive him. We
			will be more alike, you and I.
			You'll see. I'm happy for you.

					DATA
			I question your sincerity, Lore.

					SOONG
				(re: the chip)
			Perhaps with this you'll learn
			to be more trusting, Data. Your
			brother has had good reason to
			be bitter.

					DATA
			But sir, Lore was responsible
			for...

           STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/24/90 - ACT FOUR         53A.

48   CONTINUED: (5)

					SOONG
				(interrupting)
			He wasn't given the chance you
			and I were given... to live.
				(still talking to Data,
				 he looks at Lore)
			But now I'm sure he understands
			why I had to do what I did.
				(to Lore)
			If there was only time left, I
			could help you as well... what
			a shame.
				(Soong turns)
			The procedure is quite simple,
			but I'll need to rest first, I'm
			tired.

					LORE
			And after the procedure, what
			then?

             STAR TREK: "Brothers" - 7/13/90 - ACT FOUR             54.

48   CONTINUED: (4)

					SOONG
			I assume Data will return to his
			ship, and you to yours.

					LORE
			No. You'll need someone to care
			for you. I will remain.

	Soong stares at Lore warmly, and then at Data.

					SOONG
			I need to rest now.

	Soong begins to leave the room.

					LORE
			May I assist you... with the
			procedure?

	Soong dismisses the offer with a wave of his hand.

					SOONG
			It's a simple insertion... no need.

	He EXITS. Lore and Data are alone. Lore smiles at
	Data. Data cocks his head but does not return his
	brother's smile, as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

             STAR TREK: "Brothers" - 7/13/90 - ACT FIVE             55.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

49   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit of Soong's planet.

50   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard and Riker are walking at a brisk pace.

					PICARD
			They're sure this is going to
			work?

					RIKER
			Nobody knows the Transporters
			better than O'Brien and La Forge.
			They tell me they've managed more
			than a little sleight of hand with
			our authorization codes.

					PICARD
			And they can insert them into the
			recall loop?

					RIKER
				(nodding)
			The computer should think all
			three of us are Data.

51   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	The Transporter doors open as Picard and Riker ENTER,
	continuing their conversation. Worf and Geordi are
	already on the pad. O'Brien is behind his console.

					RIKER
				(continuing; joking)
			Let's just hope we don't all beam
			back looking like Data.

	Riker climbs onto the pad as Picard goes over to
	O'Brien.

					O'BRIEN
			Whenever you say, sir.

             STAR TREK: "Brothers" - 7/13/90 - ACT FIVE             56.

51   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Bring him home, Number One.

	Picard turns to O'Brien.

					PICARD
				(cont'd)
			Energize.

	The away team DEMATERIALIZES.

52   INT. SOONG'S LAB (OPTICAL)

	Lore is seated in the "dentist" chair, as before. He
	appears unconscious. Rather than working in his mouth,
	Soong is busy inside an open flap on Lore's neck.
	Finally, he runs a scanner over the area and carefully
	closes the flap. Soong reaches behind Lore and
	manipulates the on/off switch hidden in his back. Lore
	opens his eyes and looks around.

					SOONG
				(quietly)
			Data?

	Lore smiles and slowly begins to sing.

					LORE
			The sons of the prophet
			Were valiant and bold
			And quite unaccustomed to fear
			But of all the most reckless
			Or so I am told
			Was Abdul Abulbul Amir.

	Soong watches curiously.

					SOONG
			How do you feel?

					LORE
			I've always loved that ditty.
			I could never quite get the
			cadence down before. Thanks,
			Father.

					SOONG
				(smiling)
			You called me Father.

           STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/24/90 - ACT FIVE          57.

52   CONTINUED:

					LORE
			Would you prefer I call you "Often-
			Wrong?"

					SOONG
				(puzzled)
			What did Lore tell you about that?

					LORE
			Often-Wrong Soong! That is what
			the colonists called you, isn't
			it? A very sloppy rhyme...

	Lore tries unsuccessfully to make the two words rhyme.

					LORE
			Wrong Soong. Wrong Soong. No,
			doesn't work. Let's see...

	He stands and struts about the room, thinking up a good
	rhyme. Soong watches. Something's obviously wrong.

					SOONG
			Data, tell me how you're feeling.

	Lore stops. He's got one.

					LORE
				(reciting)
			Often-Wrong's got a broken heart
			Can't even tell his boys apart.

					SOONG
			Lore!

					LORE
			Well, well, you're not quite as
			feeble as I thought.

					SOONG
			This won't work. Those circuits,
			they weren't designed for you.

	Soong looks around the room.

					SOONG
				(continuing)
			Where's Data?

           STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/24/90 - ACT FIVE          58.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

					LORE
				(mimicking)
			"Where's Data?" You didn't fill
			Data with substandard parts! That
			honor was bestowed upon me,
			remember? You owe me, old man.
			Not him, me!

	Lore jerks and stiffens momentarily. He relaxes.

					SOONG
			You're not listening to me. It
			was not meant for you. It must
			be removed.

					LORE
				(laughing)
			Nice try, Often-Wrong.

	Lore stiffens again and relaxes.

					LORE
			I'm not quite sure what it's
			doing. But its doing something.

	Soong grabs Lore, a pleading look on his face.

					SOONG
			I didn't know you were alive.
			If I had...

	Lore savagely flings Soong across the room with his
	intense strength. Soong crumples to the floor. Lore
	turns unfazed, and lifts one of his fingernails. The
	hinged nail exposes a small button which Lore presses.
	Lore begins to DEMATERIALIZE in the fashion of a Pakled
	transporter.

					LORE
				(singing)
			There were brave men a plenty
			All well known to fame
			Who served in the ranks of the Czar...

	The song FADES and ECHOES eerily as Lore VANISHES.
	Soong lies motionless.

53   EXT. SOONG'S PLANET - NIGHT

	The Away Team is walking through the same misty forest
	we saw earlier.

           STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/19/90 - ACT FIVE          59.

53   CONTINUED:

	Upon seeing the lights of Soong's dwelling, they stop.
	Worf reads his tricorder.

					WORF
			The human is there.

					RIKER
			And Data?

					WORF
			No way of knowing.

	Riker pulls out his phaser and the others follow suit.

					RIKER
			On stun.

	Worf and Geordi set their phasers and follow Riker
	toward the light.

54   INT. SOONG'S LAB (OPTICAL)

	Soong is still spread out on the smashed panorama. He
	has begun to stir. The door bursts open and Worf
	ENTERS, phaser raised. He scans the room as Riker and
	Geordi follow him in. Riker runs to the semi-conscious
	Soong and motions Worf to check out the rest of the
	dwelling.

					RIKER
			Worf.

	Worf cautiously EXITS through a door as Geordi joins
	Riker.

					RIKER
				(comforting Soong)
			It's all right, take it easy.

					GEORDI
				(stares at Soong and
				 recognizes him)
			It's Noonian Soong.

					RIKER
			That's impossible. Soong's dead.
				(he continues to check
				 out Soong)
			I think it's okay to move him.

           STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/20/90 - ACT FIVE          60.

54   CONTINUED:

	Geordi has walked to a laboratory table and is glancing
	at the equipment.

					GEORDI
				(shaking his head)
			Look at this stuff. I'm telling
			you. It's Soong.

	He walks back and helps Riker carry Soong to a chair.
	Soong is in bad shape.

					RIKER
			I'm Commander William Riker of
			the Starship Enterprise.

	Worf appears through another door carrying the lifeless
	Data. He places him in the "dentist" chair. Data is
	wearing Lore's Pakled clothing. Silently, Geordi and
	Worf stare at Data. Is he dead? Riker leaves Soong
	and walks to Data.

					RIKER
			Here. Let me.

	Riker surreptitiously reaches behind Data and resets
	his on/off switch. Data's eyes open and he sits up
	and studies his surroundings.

					RIKER
			Do you mind telling me what's
			going on, here?

	Data, still booting up, ignores Riker's question. He
	sees Soong and goes to his side.

					DATA
				(to Soong)
			He surprised me. He rendered me
			unconscious. What happened?

	Soong is still too weak to respond.

					RIKER
			Who surprised you?

	Soong is disgusted with himself.

					SOONG
				(barely audible)
			So alike... I couldn't tell you
			apart...
					(MORE)

           STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/19/90 - ACT FIVE         60A.

54   CONTINUED: (2)

					SOONG (Cont'd)
			He's gone.... back to his ship,
			I think...
					(MORE)

           STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/24/90 - ACT FIVE          61.

54   CONTINUED: (3)

					SOONG (Cont'd)
			There was only one chip...
			yours... I tried to tell him...
			Not enough time to build another.

					RIKER
			Who went back to his ship? Damn
			it, Data, what's going on?!

					DATA
				(turning to Riker)
			Lore, sir. He was inadvertently
			summoned here by the same signal
			which activated my homing
			circuitry. It seems that after
			two years in interstellar space,
			he was...

					RIKER
				(interrupting)
			Mister Data. We've got a very
			sick boy on the Enterprise who's
			not getting any better. And we're
			dead in the water until you get
			us out of here.

	Data hasn't the slightest idea of what Riker's talking
	about.

					SOONG
				(weakly, to Data)
			It's all right. Access your third
			nested memory file and execute
			instruction five-one-five-five.
			It will clear your memory block.

	Data twitches slightly as he executes the instruction.
	His memory floods back and he recalls all he had
	missed.

					DATA
				(to Riker)
			I was unaware of the inconvenience
			I have caused, sir.

					RIKER
			We'll discuss it later.
				(turning to Soong)
			You're coming, too, Doctor. You
			need to get to Sickbay.

           STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/19/90 - ACT FIVE         61A.

54   CONTINUED: (4)

					SOONG
			No, no, no. I'll be fine.

					GEORDI
			With all due respect, sir, you
			don't look fine to me.

           STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/24/90 - ACT FIVE          62.

54   CONTINUED: (5)

					SOONG
			I've lived here a long time, young
			man. I have no plans of dying
			anywhere else.

					DATA
			But sir, our medical facility
			could most likely...

					SOONG
				(interrupting)
			Go, Data. Go with your friends.

	Data walks to Riker.

					DATA
				(whispers)
			May I say goodbye to Doctor Soong,
			sir?

	Riker nods, but stays put.

					DATA
				(whispering)
			Alone, sir?

	Riker motions to Worf and Geordi and they EXIT. Data
	kneels by Soong.

					SOONG
			Everybody dies, Data.

	Data cocks his head and Soong modifies his statement.

					SOONG
				(managing a slight
				 smile)
			Well, almost everybody.

					DATA
			Do you believe... in some ways,
			we are alike?

					SOONG
			In many ways, I'd like to believe.

					DATA
			Then it is alright for you to
			die... because I will remain alive.

	Soong reaches out and touches Data's shoulder.

           STAR TREK: "Brothers" - REV. 7/25/90 - ACT FIVE          63.

54   CONTINUED: (6)

					DATA
				(continuing)
			You know I cannot grieve for you.

					SOONG
				(smiles softly)
			You will, in your own way.
			Goodbye Data.

					DATA
			Goodbye.....Father.

55   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise is docked at Starbase Four-One-Six.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 44149.1.
			We have been at Starbase Four-One-Six
			for three days. Young Willie
			Potts is responding well to
			treatment and has been returned
			to the Enterprise.

55A  INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard and Beverly walk through the corridor on
	their way to the quarantine area.

					PICARD
			The transfer went well?

					BEVERLY
				(nodding)
			He'll remain in quarantine for
			another week or two, but he's out
			of the woods.

56   INT. SICKBAY - QUARANTINE AREA

	As Picard and Beverly ENTER the quarantine area, they
	find Data watching Jake and Willie at a distance. Jake
	sits at the window with his hands through the openings.
	The brothers are playing with two model dinosaurs.
	They argue for a moment, but then smile. Picard and
	Beverly approach Data.

             STAR TREK: "Brothers" - 7/13/90 - ACT FIVE             64.

56   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Yes, Captain. The boys appear
			to have reconciled their
			differences.

					BEVERLY
			They're brothers, Data. Brothers
			forgive.

	We PUSH IN on Data as he turns his gaze from the boys
	to Doctor Crusher, weighing her statement. He turns
	his eyes back to the boys, as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             





                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                           "Family" 
                          #40274-178 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                        FINAL DRAFT
 
                      AUGUST 2, 1990


              STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Family" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             ROBERT PICARD
                RIKER              MARIE PICARD
                                   RENE PICARD
                BEVERLY            LOUIS
                TROI               
                GEORDI             JACK CRUSHER
                WORF               SERGEY ROZHENKO
                WESLEY             HELENA ROZHENKO
                GUINAN             FEMALE COM VOICE
                O'BRIEN            
                COMPUTER VOICE     

                Non-Speaking       
                  2 STARFLEET TECHNICIANS
                  1 N.D. CREWMEMBER  
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

              STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                            "Family"
                                
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
          
              CORRIDOR                 SPACEDOCK
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              TEN-FORWARD              LABARRE (MATTE)
              HOLODECK
              BEVERLY'S OFFICE         PICARD HOME
              BEVERLY'S QUARTERS         VINYARD
              PICARD'S QUARTERS          CEMETARY
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
              WORF'S QUARTERS
          
            PICARD HOME

       STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Family" 
                        
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 LABARRE                la-bahr
                 (no accent on either syllable)

                 RENE                   re-NAY
                 ROBERT                 row-BEAR
                 ROZHENKO               rah-ZHEN-koh
                 SERGEY                 sir-GAY

         STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                           "Family"                                
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - SPACEDOCK IN ORBIT (OPTICAL)

	The Spacedock in orbit around Earth. As Picard records
	his log, there is a subtle hint of finality in his
	voice and tone... a feeling that he's wrapping things
	up here.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log: Stardate 44009.3

2    EXT. SPACEDOCK - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Revealing the Enterprise being worked on at the dock.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			The Enterprise remains docked at
			McKinley Station, undergoing a
			major overhaul and refit. I am
			confident that the ship... and
			crew... will soon be ready to
			return to service.

									CUT TO:

3    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	RIKER is looking over a lot of reports and padds on
	the desk. The door CHIMES.

					RIKER
			Come in.

	The door OPENS and WORF ENTERS.

					WORF
			Phaser upgrades are complete,
			Commander...

					RIKER
			Already?

            STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - TEASER            2.

3    CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(acknowledges)
			We have begun power supply
			calibration.

					RIKER
			You're just too damned efficient,
			Lieutenant...

					WORF
			Thank-you, sir.

					RIKER
			At this rate, the refit will be
			done a week early and you and I
			might even be forced to get in
			some R&R before we leave Earth...

	Worf doesn't crack a smile... Riker gives it up..

					RIKER
			Proceed with the testing, Mister
			Worf...
				(hands him a padd)
			Here's the final schedule for
			shore leave and personnel
			transfers. By the way, I'm
			looking forward to meeting your
			parents.

					WORF
			Sir?

					RIKER
			They're on the visitors' list...

	Worf looks over the padd, finds their names... it's
	a surprise and not a pleasant one.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			You didn't know?

					WORF
			No, sir.
				(beat as he struggles
				 with answer)
			It is... inappropriate for a
			Klingon to receive his family
			while on duty. As humans, my
			parents do not understand.

            STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - TEASER            3.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker looks at him, frowns, c'mon loosen up...

					RIKER
			Well, I'm not sure I would either,
			Worf... since this isn't a Klingon
			ship. If you don't want to see
			your parents, that's your
			business... but we don't get to
			Earth all that often.

	Worf frowns. Trying to help --

					RIKER
			I'm sure we can arrange for you
			to have more off-duty time while
			they're here.

					WORF
				(too quickly)
			No... sir. That will not be
			necessary.

					RIKER
				(a beat)
			Dismissed.

	Worf turns to leave... Riker has a second thought...
	on a more personal level --

					RIKER
			Worf, if you're worried they might
			learn about what happened on the
			Klingon planet...

					WORF
			Not at all, sir. I have already
			informed them in correspondence
			of my discommendation. I do not
			believe any human can truly
			understand my dishonor.

	Worf EXITS without waiting for a reaction. A beat as
	Riker thinks about it... and

									CUT TO:

4    INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	PICARD, in civilian clothes, is putting a few
	belongings into a small rucksack.

         STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - TEASER         4.

4    CONTINUED:

	The bandages have been removed from his face and he
	looks fully recovered from his Borg experience. TROI
	is with him.

					PICARD
				(responding)
			France. Labarre, my home
			village...

					TROI
			Really...

					PICARD
			First time in almost twenty
			years...

					TROI
				(beat)
			Interesting.

	Picard recognizes a therapeutic reaction when he hears
	it...

					PICARD
				(Don't... )
			Counselor...

					TROI
			I just find it interesting... 
			that Captain Jean-Luc Picard... 
			the man who couldn't be pried out
			of his seat for a vacation for
			three years...

					PICARD
			It's Earth... it's home... do I
			need another reason?

					TROI
			I don't know. What do you think?

					PICARD
			Counselor, your help has been
			invaluable during my recovery.
			I'm better... the injuries have
			healed...

					TROI
			Those you can see in a mirror.

         STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/6/90 - TEASER         5.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(insisting)
			The nightmares have ended. All
			I need is a little time to myself.

					TROI
			I agree. In fact, I'm delighted
			you're going. But perhaps the
			choice of where you're going could
			stand some scrutiny.

					PICARD
			If you wish to believe my going
			home is a direct result of
			being held captive by the Borg,
			be my guest...

					TROI
			Is that what you believe?

					PICARD
			I hate it when you do that.

					TROI
				(with great compassion)
			Captain, you do need time. You
			cannot achieve complete recovery
			so quickly. Don't expect so much
			of yourself. It is perfectly
			normal, after what you've been
			through, to spend a great deal
			of time trying to find... yourself
			again.

					PICARD
				(softly, finishing the
				 thought)
			And what better place to find
			oneself than on the streets of
			one's home village.

					TROI
				(nods, smiles)
			Interesting.
				(beat)
			Have a good trip.

            STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - TEASER            6.

4    CONTINUED: (3)

	She EXITS. Picard picks up his rucksack and moves for
	the door. He pauses on the threshold and takes a long
	look around the cabin... could this be a last look?
	Picard EXITS.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

           STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - ACT ONE           7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

5    EXT. SPACE DOCK (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise still docked.

									CUT TO:

6    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	O'BRIEN is working on the console as Worf ENTERS.

					WORF
			They still have not signalled?

					O'BRIEN
			Nossir.

					WORF
				(growls)
			My mother is never on time. It
			is so... human... of her.

					O'BRIEN
				(grins)
			Well, you know women.

	And there's a moment as Worf stares at him a beat... 
	and this throwaway comment hangs in the air between
	the odd couple of O'Brien and Worf who may each know
	women but unlikely in the same way.

					WORF
			I am not looking forward to
			this... I wish they would come
			so it would begin and end sooner.

					O'BRIEN
			I know what you mean, Lieutenant.

					WORF
			Unlikely.

					O'BRIEN
			Last time my old man came on board
			I found him chasing Nurse Stanton
			around a biobed in Sickbay...

           STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - ACT ONE           8.

6    CONTINUED:

					WORF
			I am not concerned about my father
			chasing nurses.

					O'BRIEN
			Yeah, but it's always something
			with parents, isn't it, sir...

					FEMALE COM VOICE
			Enterprise, this is Earth Station
			Bobruisk. Two to transport
			aboard.

	O'Brien glances at Worf...

					WORF
			What are you waiting for?

					O'BRIEN
			Acknowledged, Bobruisk.
			Energizing.

	SERGEY & HELENA ROZHENKO MATERIALIZE on the platform.
	They are of Russian descent, and carry themselves with
	pride and dignity. Sergey is compact,
	barrel-chested... a retired Starfleet Chief growing
	old gracefully. His wife is short of stature and yet
	there is an underlying strength to her which belies her
	slight appearance.

7    ANGLE - WORF

	sees them... and in this moment of reunion, there is
	nothing short of love in his face. Even he cannot
	suppress it... and there is even, god forbid, a smile
	that grows on his face.

					WORF
			Hello, mother... father.

	They come off the platform and smile at the sight of
	Worf.

					HELENA
			Worf!...

	Helena beams and unabashedly hugs him and reaches up
	to kiss his cheek... Worf stiffens, glances at O'Brien
	out of the corner of his eye... reluctantly leans down
	to accept the kiss...

         STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT ONE         9.

7    CONTINUED:

					SERGEY
			You look good, son.

	They shake hands.

					SERGEY
			Put on a little weight, didn't
			you?

					WORF
			No.

					SERGEY
			Sure you have. Looks good on you.
			Still working out with those
			Holodeck monsters I bet...

					WORF
			Let me take you to...

	Sergey is already moving to O'Brien... friendly,
	outgoing --

					SERGEY
			Always good to meet another chief
			petty officer.
				(sticks out hand)
			Sergey Rozhenko, formerly of the
			U.S.S. Intrepid.

					O'BRIEN
			Miles Edward O'Brien. Good to
			meet you, sir.

					SERGEY
			Don't call me "sir", I used to
			work for a living.

	They both laugh at the old joke. Worf is getting
	increasingly uncomfortable.

					HELENA
			He's joking. The proudest day
			of his life was when Worf earned
			his commission.

					SERGEY
			Chief, can you imagine an old
			enlisted man like me raising a
			boy to be an officer?

	He laughs with O'Brien... Worf wants out.

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/6/90 - ACT ONE        10.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			I'll show you to your quarters.

					HELENA
			Come on, Sergey... there's plenty
			of time to chat with the "boys"...
				(to Worf)
			Your father's so been looking
			forward to this...

	She intimately takes Worf's arm in hers... he stiffens.
	Exiting...

					SERGEY
			I want to see everything... the
			whole ship... I've got all the
			specs and diagrams of the Galaxy-
			class starships at home...

					WORF
			We are in the midst of repair.
			I will not be able to give you
			a complete tour.

					SERGEY
			I'm sure if you asked the
			Captain...

					HELENA
			You agreed not to embarrass him,
			Sergey. Besides, we came to see
			Worf. Not the ship.

					SERGEY
			Fine. Fine. Okay.

	He leads the way out the door. The last thing we hear...


					HELENA
				(trying to be tactful)
			Your hair's a little longer, isn't
			it, Worf?

									CUT TO:

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/6/90 - ACT ONE        11.

8    OMITTED

9    EXT. PATH NEAR HOUSE - DAY

	Picard walking up a dirt path, carrying the rucksack
	seen earlier as he passes by a vineyard. He is looking
	around, drinking in the sights, sounds, and smells of
	his home. He reacts as he hears movement in the
	adjoining field... he stops, looks... the sound stops
	too... he starts up again and the movement follows him.
	He cocks an eyebrow moves to the field...

					PICARD
			All right... whoever's there...
			I can hear you...

	The face of a seven year old boy (RENE) reveals itself
	from his hiding place. It is a face of pure innocence
	and freckles. A 24th century Opie.

					PICARD
			Good lord, a highwayman.

					RENE
			A what?

					PICARD
			A highwayman is a robber who
			attacks travelers, but to my
			knowledge, none have been reported
			in this vicinity for centuries.

					RENE
			I'm not a robber.

					PICARD
			I am much relieved, sir.

	Walking together...

					RENE
			I know who you are.

					PICARD
			Then, you have the advantage.

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT ONE        12.

9    CONTINUED:

					RENE
			You're my nephew, Jean-Luc. From
			the starship Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Then you must be my uncle Rene.

					RENE
				(laughs)
			I'm not your uncle. It's the
			other way around.

					PICARD
			Too bad. I rather enjoyed the
			idea.

					RENE
			Why have you been away so long?

					PICARD
			Well, Starfleet keeps me very
			busy...

					RENE
			Father says you don't like it
			here.

					PICARD
			I'm sure you misunderstood...

					RENE
			No I didn't. He said so.

					PICARD
			Ah well, Robert and I... we...
				(beat)
			Perhaps it's time to change all
			that.

					RENE
			You don't seem so... so arrow... 
			arrow... you know...

					PICARD
			Arrogant...

					RENE
			Yeah... arrogant... you don't seem
			that way to me. What does it mean
			anyway -- "arrogant son-of-a... "

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT ONE        12A.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(overlapping)
			Let's talk about it later, shall
			we?

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/6/90 - ACT ONE        13.

10   EXT. PICARD HOME - DAY

	The house sits adjacent to a small vineyard. The house
	itself is made of stone and wood, and there is a
	noticeable lack of 24th-century design or devices in
	the building and its surroundings. There is an aged
	historical plaque on the side of the house. The
	setting is rural, and looks much like a farmhouse in
	the French countryside would have looked in the 19th
	century. Rene runs down the path, ahead of Picard...

					RENE
			He's here! He's here!

	After a few seconds, MARIE PICARD comes out of the
	house. She is in her mid-forties, and is wearing a
	simple dress. Marie is very happy to see Picard and
	she quickly goes out to him.

					MARIE
			Jean-Luc!

					PICARD
			Marie...

	She gives him a warm hug and kiss and then looks him
	over.

					MARIE
			It's so good to finally meet you.
			How are you feeling?

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Just fine.

	That exchange comes with the slightest tension.

					MARIE
			Well, Robert and I are delighted
			you've come to stay with us.

					PICARD
			I was just thinking that I really
			might be imposing... I could
			easily stay in the village...

					MARIE
			I won't hear of it. It's your
			home. It will always be your
			home.

	Picard can't help glancing around at the house and
	grounds.

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT ONE        14.

10   CONTINUED:

					MARIE
			Do things look that different?

					PICARD
			No. In fact, the amazing thing
			is how little it has changed.
			Everything is exactly as I
			remember it... the hills, the
			house, every rock and stone looks
			untouched by the passage of time.

					MARIE
			Robert's worked hard to keep it
			that way. It's very important
			to him.

					PICARD
			As it was to our father.

					RENE
			Someday I'm going to be a starship
			captain!

					PICARD
				(grins)
			Even you, Uncle... you look so
			much like Robert when he was your
			age...
				(and this is more to
				 himself)
			... I half expect to see myself
			as a boy run out the door to
			play...

					MARIE
			Robert can't wait to see you...

					PICARD
				(dry)
			Yes. Rene already told me.

	Marie reacts, glances at the boy worried what he might
	have said, but Picard makes it okay with an
	understanding grin...

					PICARD
			Where is he?

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT ONE        15.

11   EXT. VINEYARD

	ROBERT is between two rows of grapevines, on his hands
	and knees. He is about six to eight years older than
	Picard, and manages to appear dignified even as he
	scrabbles about in the dirt working on the vines with
	his hands. We can see that he devotes the same careful
	attention to detail in his work as his brother does
	on the bridge of his ship. Picard walks down the row
	and stops in front of him. Robert looks up and sees
	Picard, but remains on his knees. There is no
	animosity on his face, but no welcome either, just
	recognition.

					ROBERT
			So, you've arrived all right.
				(beat)
			Welcome home, Captain.

	Picard tries very hard to be warm and brotherly and
	anything but arrogant.

					PICARD
			Hello, Robert.

					ROBERT
			Did you shuttle out from the
			village?

					PICARD
			No... I decided to walk.
				(long beat)
			I met Marie and Rene.

					ROBERT
			Good... good.

	They've run out of things to say very quickly. Picard
	tries his best to take a forward step.

					PICARD
			It's... good to see you.

	But it comes out as just another pleasantry.

					ROBERT
				(inclines head toward
				 house)
			Make yourself at home. You know
			where everything is... we eat at
			eight. I'll be in in a minute.
			I've got to save this poor, sick
			vine.

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/6/90 - ACT ONE        16.

11   CONTINUED:

	Picard nods as Robert returns to work and after a beat,
	Picard heads back to the house.

12   NEW ANGLE (MATTE SHOT)

	In the f.g. are fields of vineyards, punctuated by
	small farmhouses that reflect the architecture and
	design of the 19th century rather than that of the 24th
	century. On the horizon is the actual village of
	Labarre, a city whose roots stretch back for over a
	millennium. There is a feeling of old and new living
	side by side... the village itself is quite modern. On
	Picard and Robert as the distance between them
	grows...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT TWO        17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

13   INT. BEVERLY'S QUARTERS

	BEVERLY is getting a couple of drinks from the food
	replicator. Troi is sitting on the couch.

					BEVERLY
			Will you have a chance to get
			down to the surface?

					TROI
			Maybe. Will and I have been
			talking about going back to Angel
			Falls...

					BEVERLY
			Oh, Venezuela's beautiful...

	Beverly is about to sit down when the door CHIMES.

					BEVERLY
			Come in.

	A N.D. CREWMAN ENTERS carrying a large, old box.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Oh great! I'll take that.

	She takes the box and the crewman EXITS. Beverly puts
	the box on the table and Troi comes over.

					TROI
			Something from home?

					BEVERLY
				(nods and opens the box)
			I left it here in storage a long
			time ago. After Jack died.
				(takes out an old book)
			Odds and ends mostly...

	Troi picks up the book and reads the title with
	puzzlement.

					TROI
			"How to Advance Your Career
			through Marriage"?

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT TWO        18.

13   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(smiling at memory)
			It's a joke. He sent me that
			while I was still in medical
			school. It was his way of
			proposing.

	They share a small laugh. Beverly continues to dig
	through the box, taking out various small momentos and
	items. She takes out an old-style computer disk, reads
	the label, reacts... and sits down.

					TROI
			What is it?

					BEVERLY
			It's for Wesley... from Jack.
				(beat)
			I'd forgotten about it... maybe
			I was trying to forget about it.

					TROI
			Why?

					BEVERLY
			Jack recorded a holographic
			message to Wesley just after he
			was born... it was a gift for
			when he grew up. Jack was going
			to make more of them...
				(beat)
			He never got the chance.

					TROI
			Are you afraid of what it might
			say?

					BEVERLY
			No... I just don't know if it will
			do more harm than good. He's
			managed to finally deal with his
			father's death, but...

	Troi's attitude is gentle, soothing... she's slipped
	easily from her role as friend into that of Counselor.

					TROI
			Wesley has a lot of questions
			about his father. Things that
			you can't answer for him.
					(MORE)

           STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - ACT TWO           19.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI (Cont'd)
			Perhaps seeing this will help him
			to understand the kind of man that
			Jack Crusher really was.

	PUSH IN on disk as Beverly thinks this over...

									CUT TO:

14   INT. ENGINEERING

	Several panels are open, some boxes sitting around...
	this is a ship undergoing a major refit and it's a bit
	of a mess right now. Worf stands uncomfortably as his
	father tells a story to an enthralled Geordi...

					SERGEY
			... So we walk into the school... 
			and we don't know what to expect.
			Is Worf hurt? Is he in some kind
			of trouble? The door opens and
			we see our little seven-year-
			old... sitting in a chair... and
			glaring across the room at five
			teenage boys.
				(beat)
			All of them with bloody noses.

	Geordi laughs.

					HELENA
			The principal looked up and said,
			"Tell me he's an only child."

					WORF
			The older boys were... 
			disrespectful.

					SERGEY
			And that was only the beginning... 
			when he was ten...

					WORF
			We've taken enough of the
			Commander's time...

					GEORDI
			No... no... no, we're way ahead
			of schedule...

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT TWO        20.

14   CONTINUED:

					SERGEY
			I just wanted to tell him the
			story about...

					HELENA
			Enough stories, Sergey...

					SERGEY
			Okay. Okay. Enough stories... 
			Well, then how about giving me
			a look at the new engine core ...
			I used to be a warp field
			specialist on the old Excelsior
			class.

					GEORDI
			I'd be delighted...

					HELENA
			You two go ahead...
				(to Worf)
			Your father will be here for
			hours, why don't you show me the
			arboretum?

					WORF
			Commander La Forge, call me when
			you... when my father wishes to
			leave.

					SERGEY
			I can find my own way...
			Turbolift Four is just over there,
			right?
				(to Geordi moving away)
			I have all the specs and designs
			at home...

	Worf and his mother EXIT...

15   ANGLE - SERGEY AND GEORDI

	Sergey has noticed that Worf & Helena have left.

					GEORDI
			The theta-matrix compositer makes
			the recrystallization process ten
			times more efficient than on the
			Excelsior-class ships.

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT TWO        21.

15   CONTINUED:

					SERGEY
			Amazing.
				(beat)
			Commander, if you have a couple
			of minutes there's something else
			I'd like to ask you.

					GEORDI
			Sure, Chief.

					SERGEY
			It's about... my son.

									CUT TO:

16   EXT. PICARD HOME/VINEYARD - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	Lights are on inside the house.

17   INT. PICARD DINING ROOM - NIGHT

	The interior of the home should reflect the same
	preference for an earlier time and way of life as does
	the exterior. A single computer terminal is in
	evidence, along with one or two other hi-tech devices,
	but they should accent the fact that the house is a
	warm French country home from the early 19th century
	and just happens to exist in the 24th century. The
	small dining area is adjacent to the living room and
	there are doors to suggest other rooms. The dinner
	table has been set for a meal of onion soup, baguette,
	and wine. Picard, Robert, Marie, and Rene are just
	sitting down. The tone is deceptively cordial.

					MARIE
			And your friend Louis wants you
			to contact him as soon as you're
			settled...

	Picard smiles at the name and the memories it brings...

					PICARD
			Is he still trying to raise the
			ocean floor?

					MARIE
			Oh yes, he's very excited about
			it... he's been made a supervisor
			now... as his wife is constantly
			reminding anyone who'll listen...

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT TWO        22.

17   CONTINUED:

					ROBERT
			I don't see why Earth needs
			another subcontinent.

					PICARD
			Oh, it's really quite exciting
			actually... when you understand
			the potential of exploring a new
			world on our own planet...

					ROBERT
				(low key)
			Well, I guess I just don't
			understand that potential.

	And Marie jumps in to move beyond the early tension...

					MARIE
			The Mayor wants to have a
			parade...

					PICARD
			A parade... ?

					MARIE
			And give you the keys to the
			city...

					PICARD
			No... no...

					ROBERT
			A little arm-twisting... a little
			coaxing, that's what he wants,
			Marie.

					PICARD
				(a little sharp)
			No. I don't. I just want... to
			rest and spend some time with my
			family.

					MARIE
			I've already warned the Mayor not
			to make any plans until we
			talked.

					PICARD
			Thank-you.

	Robert pours the wine.

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/15/90 - ACT TWO        23.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(sampling the wine)
			Is this the forty-six?

					ROBERT
			Forty-seven.
				(trying to joke)
			Drinking all that artificial --
			what do they call it? Synthehol?
			-- It's spoiled you. You used
			to have a very discriminating
			palate.

	But the remark slightly nettles Picard nevertheless.
	He tries not to sound defensive, but it still comes
	out that way.

					PICARD
			Not at all. I believe synthehol
			heightens one's appreciation for
			the genuine article.

	They eat.

					ROBERT
			Delicious, Marie.

					PICARD
			Leave it to Robert to find the
			best chef in France and marry
			her...

					ROBERT
			Cooking is becoming a lost art...
			thanks to your technology...

					MARIE
			Robert and I have had more than
			a few discussions about getting
			a replicator in the house...

					PICARD
			I can remember the same
			"discussions" between mother and
			father...

					ROBERT
			He understood the threat of losing
			what is precious to us.

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT TWO        24.

17   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			I don't see that you have to lose
			anything... just by adding a
			convenience...

					ROBERT
			You wouldn't. I say life has
			become too convenient.

					MARIE
			And this sounds like a very old
			argument.

					ROBERT
			It is.

					MARIE
				(tongue-in-cheek)
			Fortunately, Jean-Luc, being the
			"greatest chef" in France, I
			enjoy traditional cooking... so
			I don't mind losing the replicator
			argument... especially since I
			used it to get a sonic shower.

					PICARD
			I was astonished to see it here...

					ROBERT
			I don't use it. Never will.

	Rene's been bursting to say something... and in a
	routine non-sequitur for a child --

					RENE
			I wrote a report on starships for
			school.

	And Robert is aware of this... and isn't at all happy
	about it...

					MARIE
			And he won a ribbon for it, isn't
			that right, Rene...

					RENE
			The teacher said it was one of
			the best he'd ever heard.

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT TWO        25.

17   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			Good for you, uncle. You know
			what? I wrote a report about
			starships when I was about your
			age...

					RENE
			Did you win a ribbon too?

					PICARD
			I don't recall...

	And now with the first true hostility in his eyes --

					ROBERT
			Your modesty is unconvincing,
			Captain. Of course you won the
			ribbon. You always did...

	And Picard and Robert lock eyes as the boy continues...

					RENE
			Do you still have it?
				(off Picard's look)
			Your report.

					PICARD
			No, I don't think so.

					RENE
			I still have mine.

					MARIE
			Why don't you go get it, Rene...
			and read it to your uncle?

	Rene is out of his chair in a flash and EXITS. Robert
	looks hard at Picard and in a soft, dark voice --

					ROBERT
			It is hard enough to protect him
			from all that's out there without
			your encouragement.

					MARIE
			Robert...

					PICARD
			I am not encouraging anything...
			but if you weren't so
			narrow-minded, if you allowed him
			to see the real world...

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT TWO        26.

17   CONTINUED: (6)

					ROBERT
				(bitter cold)
			Raise your own sons as you would
			wish.

	Rene returns, running with a padd in his hand and
	getting into his chair as the two brothers look coldly
	at each other across the table...

					RENE
				(reading)
			"Starships... by Rene Picard.
			There are many kinds of starships
			that fly through space... but the
			biggest of them all is the Galaxy
			class-starship... It has over
			a thousand people on board... "

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

       STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/6/90 - ACT THREE       27.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

18   EXT. LABARRE - DAY (MATTE SHOT)

	The town as seen before.

19   EXT. VINEYARD - DAY

	Picard and LOUIS are walking along the vineyard. Louis
	is a large, gregarious man about Picard's age and
	should be very outgoing with a zest for life. Looking
	over the fields --

					LOUIS
			One man's idea of paradise.

					PICARD
			Two men. Robert's. And my
			father's.

					LOUIS
			Never did I know anyone less
			interested in grapes than you,
			Jean-Luc.

					PICARD
			No, I was interested, Louis. And
			I was proud that my family helped
			to preserve the traditions. But
			I did not feel bound by those
			traditions...
				(beat)
			... as they seemed to be.

					LOUIS
			You always reach for the future.
			Your brother for the past.

					PICARD
			There should be room for both in
			this life.

	A thoughtful beat as they walk on...

					PICARD
			And you, old rascal, you've made
			quite a shift toward the future
			yourself...

       STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT THREE       28.

19   CONTINUED:

					LOUIS
			Well, hydroponics turned out to
			be so dull...

					PICARD
				(laughs)
			You should have listened to me
			from the beginning.

					LOUIS
			If I had listened to you I never
			would have gone on that cycling
			trip with the Bloom sisters...

					PICARD
			And broken your leg!

					LOUIS
			And got married. Twice.

	They laugh.

					PICARD
			I hear you've been promoted to
			supervisor of the Atlantis
			project...

					LOUIS
				(modestly)
			I'm one of two hundred
			supervisors... although my wife
			would have you believe I run the
			entire project.

					PICARD
			It's certainly exciting work.
			I've kept up with it in the
			journals...

					LOUIS
			Really?

					PICARD
			There's only one thing I don't
			understand...
				(off Louis' reaction)
			It's just that you were such a
			desperately poor swimmer...
			thinking of you working on the
			ocean floor...

       STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/6/90 - ACT THREE       29.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					LOUIS
				(grins)
			I guess we all find a way to
			confront our greatest fears.

					PICARD
			Seriously, how do you plan to
			accelerate the buildup on the
			underside of the mantle without
			increasing stress on the tectonic
			plates?

					LOUIS
			You really have kept up, haven't
			you? The truth is... we don't
			know yet...

					PICARD
			The Enterprise used harmonic
			resonators to relieve tectonic
			pressures on Drema Four... it's
			obviously not exactly the same
			problem but...

					LOUIS
				(interrupting)
			You know, it's a shame...
				(off Picard's look)
			The government's been looking for
			some one to take over the
			project... a real leader who can
			come in and get it moving...
			They're looking for you, Jean-Luc.
				(Picard reacts)
			But I know you'd never leave
			Starfleet.

					PICARD
			No, I'd never leave Starfleet.

	And he said it, but the words come out hollow, without
	conviction. And no one is more surprised than Picard.
	The revelation is extremely disconcerting and Louis
	is sharp enough to catch the subtle shading in Picard's
	voice.

       STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT THREE       30.

19   CONTINUED: (3)

					LOUIS
			That's what I thought.
				(thinks for a second)
			Hey, if nothing else, why don't
			I send over some of the internal
			studies of the tectonic problem...
			since you're interested... We
			could use any thoughts you might
			have...

					PICARD
				(beat)
			All right.

	Louis smiles as he realizes that the subject is still
	alive... and anything is possible. They continue
	walking in the vineyard.

									CUT TO:

20   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Fewer people around than normal, a feeling of being
	somewhere after normal hours. Worf, Sergey and Helena
	are sitting down at a table.

					SERGEY
			It's a great crew, Worf... and
			they think the world of you...

					HELENA
			They really do...

					WORF
			Mother, Father... I wish you would
			be a little more... reserved...
			while you're aboard.

					HELENA
			Oh, I know we go too far
			sometimes...

					SERGEY
			We're just excited to be here.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Lieutenant Worf.

					WORF
			Go ahead.

       STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT THREE       30A.

20   CONTINUED:

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			I need to talk to you about the
			phaser test results...

					WORF
				(rising)
			On my way, Commander.
				(to his parents)
			Have Guinan call me if you need
			anything...

       STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT THREE       31.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

	He EXITS. Helena glances at Sergey -- what do you
	think? Sergey shrugs, worried, but doesn't know.
	(It's the shorthand communication of people who have
	been married a long time.)

					SERGEY
			Maybe we should just leave it
			alone.

					HELENA
			I can't leave it alone. I'm his
			mother.

	They look out at the stars.

					GUINAN (O.C.)
			Sooner or later, everyone comes
			in here, stands by the windows...
			stares out into space for a long
			time.

21   ANGLE

	to reveal Guinan. They look over and smile, hello.

					GUINAN
				(continuing)
			They all look for that one star,
			the one they call home... doesn't
			matter how far away it is...
			everyone still looks.
				(beat)
			You're Worf's parents?

					SERGEY
				(standing)
			Sergey... Helena Rozhenko

	She motions for him to sit... joins them...

					GUINAN
			Guinan. I've been wanting to
			ask you something.

					HELENA
				(go ahead)
			Please...

          STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - ACT THREE          32.

21   CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
				(off their looks)
			How come you never gave him prune
			juice?

					HELENA
			I beg your pardon?

					GUINAN
			Worf... he never had prune juice
			until he came in here... now he
			can't get enough of it...

					HELENA
				(surprised)
			Worf?

					SERGEY
			He didn't want any human foods
			growing up... everything had to
			be Klingon...

					HELENA
			I learned to cook rokeg blood
			pie...

					SERGEY
			We never quite learned how to eat
			it though.

					HELENA
			It was a difficult adolescence.

					GUINAN
			You ought to write a book.

					SERGEY
			We didn't do anything special.

					GUINAN
			You don't think so? Look at him
			now... I think that's pretty
			special...

					HELENA
			We knew it wouldn't be easy for
			him... without other Klingons to
			look to for guidance...

       STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT THREE       33.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

					SERGEY
			We let him discover and explore
			his heritage for himself... let
			him find his own path...

					GUINAN
			A lot of parents could learn a
			few things from the two of you...

	Helena and Sergey exchange a loving glance.

					HELENA
			I'm afraid Worf thinks we don't
			understand him...

					SERGEY
			Because we're human, you know,
			not Klingon.

					GUINAN
			Maybe a part of him believes that.
			But there's another part of him
			I've seen... the part that drinks
			prune juice... and comes here to
			the window... when he looks out
			for home, he doesn't look toward
			the Klingon Empire. He's looking
			toward you.

	Off their reactions...

22   INT. PICARD LIVING ROOM - DAY

	Picard is sitting at the table, lost in thought. The
	lights are low. The table monitor is on with some
	Okudagrams that Louis sent over about the underwater
	project. He is staring through rather than at it.
	Marie ENTERS carrying some jars and glasses.

					MARIE
			Jean-Luc?

       STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT THREE       34.

22   CONTINUED:

	Picard glances up.

					MARIE
			Are you all right?

					PICARD
			Actually... I seem to have made
			a disturbing discovery...

	She looks at him with concern...

					PICARD
			Louis mentioned the Atlantis
			project needed a director... and
			I actually found myself thinking
			about it.

	Her face brightens considerably...

					MARIE
			But that would be wonderful,
			Jean-Luc...

					PICARD
			Do you think so?

					MARIE
			Having you back home... of
			course...

					PICARD
			Marie, I spent my youth doing
			everything I could to get away
			from home...

					MARIE
			You've been as narrow-minded as
			your brother... and it's time both
			of you began to appreciate each
			other's worlds...

					PICARD
			I can't argue with that.

					MARIE
			Given a little time, you might
			even get to like one another.

	Picard grins at her.

          STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - ACT THREE          35.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Well, I already like his choice
			of wives. I haven't thanked you
			for your correspondence, it made
			me feel like part of the family.

					MARIE
			You're not like part of the
			family. You are part of the
			family, Jean-Luc Picard.

	He looks at her with appreciation. Robert ENTERS,
	drying his hands with a cloth, just as there is a knock
	at the door. Robert moves to open it... Louis ENTERS.

					LOUIS
			Robert...

					ROBERT
			Hello, Louis.

					MARIE
			Come in, Louis... I'll get you
			some wine...
				(subtle encouragement)
			The two of you can talk
			business...

					ROBERT
			Business?

					PICARD
			Well, there's really nothing to
			talk about...

					LOUIS
			I'm interested to know what you
			thought about our plans.

					PICARD
			I've just really had a chance to
			glance at them... I have a few
			ideas but...

	Robert observes with curiosity...

					LOUIS
			Wonderful. We should discuss them
			with the board of governors...
			I've set up a meeting...

       STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/6/90 - ACT THREE       36.

22   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			A meeting... ?

					LOUIS
			Just a preliminary conversation...
			tomorrow morning...

	Picard begins a slow build... to contain his anger...

					PICARD
			Preliminary to what?

	Louis takes a breath... okay, I'm going for it --

					LOUIS
			They want you. I mentioned your
			interest in the project, that's
			all. That's all I had to say.
			They jumped at the prospect...

					PICARD
			I never said there was a
			prospect...

					LOUIS
			At least, listen to them,
			Jean-Luc.

	Picard goes inside himself and turns away, shakes his
	head, trying to contain whatever is trying to get
	out... inside him is the anger and pain... feeling
	pulled between two worlds again... defeated... he never
	turns back to Louis as he says in his softest voice.

					PICARD
			Fine. Good. I'll listen to
			them.

	Marie - who misses the full import of this - smiles,
	glances at Robert who is not smiling at all. He
	studies his younger brother.

					LOUIS
			You won't regret it, Jean-Luc.
			I promise you. I'll see you in
			the morning...

	Hold on Picard...

       STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT THREE       37.

23   EXT. PICARD HOME - DAY

	PULL BACK as Picard stands alone on the empty
	grounds... a lost man. On his expression...

24
thru	OMITTED
25

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

          STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - ACT FOUR          38.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

26   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE

	WESLEY and Beverly sitting together. Beverly is keyed-
	up and trying not to let her feelings show too
	strongly. Beverly holds the disk in her hand, gripping
	it tightly. She is positive, trying to be cheerful,
	but there is an undertone of worry in her voice.
	Wesley is excited.

					WESLEY
			What kind of message?

					BEVERLY
			I don't know exactly. Your father
			made it a few weeks after you were
			born.

					WESLEY
			Why?

					BEVERLY
				(hesitates)
			He thought it was important to
			say certain things... to make sure
			that he didn't forget to tell you
			later.

	Wesley stares at the disk in Beverly's hand, eager to
	take it, but afraid to at the same time. He looks back
	at Beverly.

					WESLEY
			Do you know what it says?

					BEVERLY
			No.
				(smiles and gives him
				 disk)
			He wanted you to have this when
			you turned eighteen... and I want
			you to have it too.

	Wesley looks at the disk in his hand for a few seconds,
	then stands up and gives his mother a brief hug before
	he EXITS. Hold on Beverly as she smiles...

									CUT TO:

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT FOUR        39.

27   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	Worf's sash is sitting on a chair. He is looking in a
	mirror and examining the length of his hair. The door
	CHIMES.

					WORF
			Enter.

	Sergey and Helena ENTER...

					SERGEY
			Are we disturbing you?

					WORF
			No. I thought you were going to
			your quarters to sleep.

					HELENA
			We just came by to tuck you in.

	And Worf understands that they're not being literal...
	it's a way of saying "we care." Worf studies his
	parents, and drops his eyes as he feels more emotion
	than he'd care to admit.

					WORF
			When I heard you were on the
			visitors' list, I was... not sure
			I wanted you to come.
				(he looks up)
			I am glad you are here.

					HELENA
			We had to come.

					SERGEY
			Our boy was in trouble.

	Worf reacts... surprised...

					SERGEY
				(continuing)
			After we read your letter...
			about your discommendation from
			the Klingons...

	He shrugs -- "of course, we had to come."

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT FOUR        40.

27   CONTINUED:

					HELENA
			We don't exactly understand it
			all...

					SERGEY
			We don't have to. We know what
			kind of man you are...

					HELENA
			Whatever you did, we know it was
			for a good reason.

					WORF
			My reasons can never be told.

					SERGEY
			Your crewmates... your friends...
			they tell us you're... upset,
			Worf.

					WORF
			I must bear my dishonor alone.

					SERGEY
			That's not true.

					HELENA
			I'm sorry if this is too human
			of us... but whenever you are
			suffering, you must remember...
			we are with you.

					SERGEY
			And that we're proud of you, and
			love you.

					HELENA
			You're our son.

	Worf reaches out with his huge arms and embraces both
	of them... and as they hold each other, as tight a
	family unit as the world has ever known...

									CUT TO:

28   INT. PICARD LIVING ROOM - DAY

	Picard is sitting at the table, drinking wine... he
	is as distressed as we've ever seen him... indeed, if
	this has been a trip to "find himself" as Troi
	suggested, then "he" seems only farther away than when
	the trip started...

       STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/6/90 - ACT FOUR       40A.

29   ANGLE - ROBERT

	standing at the door, silhouetted by the light of
	fading day outside... studying his brother. He moves
	closer... as Picard pours himself some more wine from
	the half-empty bottle...

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/6/90 - ACT FOUR        41.

29   CONTINUED:

					ROBERT
			Careful... you're not used to
			drinking the real thing.

	Picard glances at him. Robert sits down... pours
	himself some...

					ROBERT
			Your... synthenol... never leaves
			you out of control, isn't that
			so...

					PICARD
			That is so.

					ROBERT
				(re: the wine in his
				 glass)
			This will.

	He drinks. So does Picard.

					ROBERT
			Now there's something I'd like
			to see.

					PICARD
			What's that?

					ROBERT
			Jean-Luc Picard out of control.

	Picard looks away, not wanting to spar.

					ROBERT
			I venture you've probably never
			been drunk in your entire life.

					PICARD
			I have nothing but pity for those
			who abuse any substance.

					ROBERT
			As do I. And yet see how you fill
			your glass 

	Picard puts down his glass. Stands and moves away from
	the table and the wine... he is already a little
	unsteady... Robert follows him...

					ROBERT
			Mind if I make an observation?

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT FOUR        42.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Yes.

					ROBERT
			I'll make it anyway. You've
			changed.
				(off Picard's look)
			What the devil happened to you
			up there?

					PICARD
			Is that "brotherly" concern?

					ROBERT
			No. I'm just curious what makes
			a man change so much... what did
			they do to you anyway?

					PICARD
			You know what happened.

					ROBERT
			Not everything... I gather you
			were hurt... humiliated... I
			always said you could use a little
			humiliation or was it humility,
			well, either one...

					PICARD
			I don't want to do this with
			you...

	He EXITS through the back. Robert follows.

30   EXT. PICARD HOUSE - DAY - CONTINUOUS

	Robert trails Picard... Picard tries to control himself
	throughout the scene... Robert continues to dig at
	him...

					ROBERT
			Why walk away? That was never
			your style...

					PICARD
			I'm tired of fighting with you,
			Robert...

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT FOUR        43.

30   CONTINUED:

					ROBERT
			Pity. Tired...

					PICARD
			That's right.

					ROBERT
			Tired of the Enterprise too.

	Picard doesn't respond.

					ROBERT
			Captain Picard, icon of Starfleet,
			falls to Earth, ready to jump in
			the water with Louis. This is
			not the brother I remember...

	Robert waits for a retort, gets none, pushes on...

					ROBERT
			It seemed the ideal situation for
			you -- local boy makes good,
			returns home after twenty years
			for a hero's welcome.

					PICARD
			I am not a hero...

					ROBERT
			Certainly you are... you wouldn't
			settle for anything less... admit
			it, never could, and you never
			did.

					PICARD
			That isn't true.

					ROBERT
			Of course it is. Turn down a
			parade in your honor? You?

					PICARD
			I've never sought recognition...

					ROBERT
			Never? And what of the school
			president, the valedictorian, the
			athletic hero... arms raised in
			victory...

        STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT FOUR        44.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Were you so jealous?

					ROBERT
			Dammit, I had a right to be.

					PICARD
				(scorn)
			A right...

					ROBERT
			I was always your brother...
			watching you get the cheers...
			watching you break every one of
			father's rules and getting away
			with it...

					PICARD
			Why didn't you break a few rules?

					ROBERT
			I was the older one, the
			responsible one. I had to look
			after you...

					PICARD
			You were a bully...

					ROBERT
			It was such a pleasure to bully
			you...

					PICARD
			Try it again.

					ROBERT
			Did you come back because you
			need me to look after you
			again... ?

	That's about all Picard can take... the rage he's been
	carrying... everything he's felt about the Borg...
	about missions gone awry... about lost crewmen... 
	everything he's ever bottled up explodes in the face of
	his brother's verbal assault. He grabs his brother by
	the lapels... and swings at Robert, connecting on his
	jaw... Robert goes flying backwards, crashing into the
	brush.

       STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/20/90 - ACT FOUR       45.

30A  EXT. VINEYARD - DAY - CONTINUOUS

	Robert pulls himself out of the brush and grabs Picard
	and Picard grabs him and an awkward dance between two
	middle-aged men acting like children ensues... and
	slowly we may come to realize there's a slightly
	humorous edge to this. Robert pulls him to the wet
	ground and they roll over and over in the mud and as
	they make one final roll, they realize they're
	laughing... and the laughter consumes them as they lie
	side-by-side on the ground, as dirty as little kids,
	looking up at the sky.

					PICARD
			You were asking for it, you know.

					ROBERT
			Yes, but you needed it. You
			have been terribly hard on
			yourself.

	Still with residual laughter, betraying the seriousness
	of the revelations...

					PICARD
			You don't know, Robert. You don't
			know. They took everything I was.
			They used me to kill and destroy.
			And I could not stop them. I
			should have been able to stop
			them.

	And he still laughs as tears roll down his cheeks...

					PICARD
			I tried... I tried... so hard...
			but I just wasn't strong enough.
			Not good enough. I should have
			been able to stop them. I should
			have been able to...

            STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT FOUR            46.

30A  CONTINUED:

	His fist strikes the ground. A long beat.

					ROBERT
			So, Jean-Luc Picard is human
			after all.

	A beat. Picard sighs, knows it's true... it doesn't
	seem to help.

					ROBERT
				(continuing)
			This is going to be with you a
			long time, Jean-Luc. A long time.
			And you have to learn to live
			with that. You have a simple
			choice now -- living with it
			below the sea with Louis or above
			the clouds on your Enterprise.

	Picard looks at his brother with new warmth... as they
	crawl up to their feet, helping each other...

					PICARD
			You know, I think you were right.
				(off Robert's look)
			Maybe I did come back so you'd
			look after me.

	Robert smiles, puts his arm around his brother's
	shoulder and as they walk back toward the house...

					ROBERT
			I still don't like you.

	And as they walk away...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

               STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - ACT FIVE              47.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

31   INT. PICARD HOME - DAY

	Marie enters the front door... reacts at what she sees
	--

					MARIE
			What in the world... ?

32   ANGLE

	to see Picard and Robert still covered with mud, eating
	cheese and fruit at the table... they look up like
	children caught with their hands in the cookie jar...

					MARIE
			What happened here?

	And they follow her glance, as do we, to see a trail
	of mud tracked into the house...

					ROBERT
			Ah...

					PICARD
			It's entirely my fault, Marie...

					ROBERT
			Yes, you see, he fell... and then
			I fell...

					PICARD
			We both fell together...

	Marie comes over and examines the bruise on Robert's
	chin.

					MARIE
			Have you two been fighting?

					ROBERT
			Fighting? Oh, you mean this.
			There's a perfectly good
			explanation for this...

					MARIE
			Shame on you both. What would
			your father say if he saw you like
			this?

            STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT FIVE            48.

32   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			He'd probably send us to bed
			without our supper.

	They laugh together. Marie smiles, shakes her head.

					MARIE
			Well, perhaps it was good to get
			it out of your system.

					PICARD
			Perhaps it was, Marie. Perhaps
			it was.
				(beat)
			I'll contact Louis and cancel the
			meeting with the Board of
			Governors. It's time for me to
			be going...

					MARIE
			Already, Jean-Luc?

					PICARD
			The ship will be ready to leave
			orbit soon... and I belong on
			board.
				(beat, then to Robert)
			If I ever doubt that again... I
			know where to come.

	Robert smiles slightly and the brothers exchange a
	look.

					MARIE
			You can't leave yet.

					PICARD
			I'm sorry. I must.

					MARIE
			You're not leaving until you clean
			up this mess... both of you...

	As they rise quickly...

					ROBERT
			What mess?
				(off her expression)
			Yes, ma'am...

									CUT TO:

               STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - ACT FIVE              49.

33   INT. CORRIDOR

	Near the Holodeck doors. Wes steps back, stands in
	front of the doors. His expression is excited,
	expectant... but there is a trace of apprehension here
	too. He hesitates long enough for us to realize that
	this is a big moment in his life. He clears his
	throat, then in an artificially calm and steady
	voice...

					WESLEY
			Computer, load program, Crusher
			One.

					COMPUTER
			Program loaded.

	The doors OPEN and Wes walks inside.

34   INT. HOLODECK

	Dark except for a brightly lit circle in the center of
	the room. Sitting on a chair in a limited set inside
	this circle of light is the frozen image of Jack
	Crusher. Not the towering figure of legend that Wesley
	(and we) expect to meet... Jack is of medium build,
	about Wesley's height, finely boned, and perhaps most
	shocking is that fact that Jack is about 24 years of
	age. He wears an older Starfleet uniform with
	lieutenant's insignia. His expression and attitude are
	cheerful, confident... a man with his entire future
	ahead of him.

35   ANGLE - CLOSER

	Wesley studies him... this is not what he expected.
	Jack doesn't look much older than he does. The man
	who was his father is more like a peer than a parent.
	Wesley expected to be awed by what he remembered only
	as a very big man who played with him as a child. As
	Jack speaks, Wesley tries not only to pay attention to
	what is being said, but also to try and get a feeling
	for who he was and what kind of man he might have been.

					WESLEY
				(softly)
			Run program.

	The figure comes to life.

            STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT FIVE            50.

35   CONTINUED:

					JACK
			Hello, Wesley. As I make this
			recording, you're just ten weeks
			old.
				(beat)
			I want you to know who I am today.
			You see, this Jack Crusher won't
			exist by the time you're grown
			up... I'll be older, more
			experienced... hopefully a little
			wiser. But this person will be
			gone and I wanted you to know who
			I am now, who your father was when
			you came into this world.
				(thoughtful)
			I see you lying there in your
			crib... and I realize that I don't
			know the first thing about being
			a father. So let me just
			apologize for all the mistakes
			I'm about to make as you grow up.
				(disturbed by the
				 thought)
			I hope you don't grow up...
			resenting the fact that I was gone
			so much. That comes with this
			uniform. Right now, I'm waiting
			for an assignment on the U.S.S.
			Stargazer. I don't know if I can
			explain why Starfleet is so
			important to me... maybe you'll
			understand when you get this...
			later on.
				(re: uniform)
			Maybe you'll even want to try one
			of these on.
				(thinks, gives up,
				 laughs a little)
			You'll probably be a doctor like
			your mother.
				(beat)
			We named you after Richard Wesley
			Crusher, my grandfather, who gave
			me my first flying lesson as a
			boy. You come from a fine
			family... of scholars, explorers,
			artists... your great-great
			grandfather was a painter whose
			work once hung in the Prado...
					(MORE)

            STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT FIVE           50A.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					JACK (Cont'd)
			We've had a skeleton or two in
			our closet... someday, I'll tell
			you about the Crusher who was a
			horse thief on Nimbus Three...
			but we also had our share of
			family heroes... a Crusher fought
			for the Confederacy at Bull Run.
			One died at Station Salem One.
			It's a proud heritage, Wesley...
			one for you to pass on to your
			children.
					(MORE)

            STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT FIVE            51.

35   CONTINUED: (3)

					JACK (Cont'd)
				(smiles)
			You're only a baby... but it's
			remarkable... I see in your face
			all the people I've loved in my
			lifetime... your mother... my
			father and mother... our family.
			I see me in you, too. I can
			feel that you're my son. I don't
			know how to describe it...
			There's this connection, this
			bond... I will always be a part
			of you, Wes...
				(beat)
			Well, I hope this made some sense
			to you... I'm not sure it does
			to me. Maybe I'll do better next
			time. I love you, Wesley.

	He smiles, finished.

36   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Wesley hesitates... then moves toward his father, but
	just as reaches out... Jack FADES AWAY. Wesley stands
	alone in the darkness.

					WESLEY
				(a hoarse whisper)
			Good-bye, Dad.

									CUT TO:

37   EXT. LABARRE - DAY (MATTE SHOT)

	The town as seen before.

38   EXT. PICARD HOUSE - DAY

	Picard, Robert, Marie, Rene standing outside. Picard
	is now in uniform, carrying the rucksack. Robert has a
	small package. Marie gives Picard a hug.

					MARIE
			Be careful, Jean-Luc. Come back
			to us again.

            STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT FIVE           51A.

38   CONTINUED:

	Picard smiles at her and then holds out his hand for
	Rene to shake. The boy stands tall, proud to be
	treated like an adult.

            STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/13/90 - ACT FIVE           52.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Take care, Uncle.

					RENE
			Someday, I'll be leaving for my
			ship too.

	Picard glances at Robert, knows that this isn't his
	brother's first choice.

					PICARD
				(gently)
			There's plenty of time for that...
			keep your mind open... you may
			decide to do something else as
			you get older.
				(tinge of irony)
			Try not to be so... narrow-minded.

	Robert hands over the package to Picard.

					ROBERT
			Here, Jean-Luc. A little of the
			fifty-one.
				(beat)
			Do not drink it all at once.
			And try not to drink it alone.

	Picard puts it in his sack. They shake hands... and
	then Picard pulls him into a hug... they can bear the
	intimacy for only a moment. Picard glances one more
	time... and then walks back down the path he came.

39   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

40   INT. CORRIDOR

	Worf, Sergey, and Helena walking to transporter room.
	Worf is less stiff with them, more of a family feeling
	here at last.

					HELENA
			Is there anything you want us to
			send you from home?

					WORF
			No...

	He glances around quickly to make sure no one is
	listening.

               STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - ACT FIVE              53.

40   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Perhaps some of your rokeg blood
			pie...

					HELENA
				(eyes twinkle)
			It's been a while, but I think
			I still remember how.

	They are near the transporter room, the doors OPEN and
	Picard ENTERS, still carrying his rucksack.

					WORF
				(surprised)
			Captain... welcome back.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Lieutenant.

	Picard looks at Worf's parents. Worf stands up
	straight... talks with a pride that was missing when he
	introduced them earlier.

					WORF
			Captain, these are my parents.
			Sergey and Helena Rozhenko.

	Picard smiles and shakes their hands.

					PICARD
			Delighted.

					SERGEY
			Quite a ship you have here,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			You got the full tour, I trust...

					SERGEY
			Well, actually, there are still
			a few areas because of the
			repairs...

					HELENA
			Sergey, it's time to go...

            STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT FIVE            54.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					SERGEY
			Yes. Yes. Okay.
				(to Picard, as she
				 coaxes him away)
			I have all the specs and diagrams
			at home...

	Picard watches them for a minute and then shakes his
	head slightly and heads down the corridor.

									CUT TO:

40A  INT. PICARD HOUSE - NIGHT

	Marie and Robert look out the window.

					MARIE
			He's still out there... dreaming
			about starships and adventures.

	She moves to go outside, but Robert gently stops her.

					MARIE
			It's getting late.

					ROBERT
			Yes... but let him dream.

	Marie is a little surprised, but she smiles at this
	change in Robert. They kiss and move away from the
	window.

41   EXT. VINEYARD - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	Rene is lying on his back in the vineyard, looking up
	at the night sky.

42
thru	OMITTED
43

44   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	including the night sky as a shooting star streaks
	across the heavens...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             











                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "Remember Me" 
                          #40274-179 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Lee Sheldon 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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                         FINAL DRAFT
 
                        AUGUST 9, 1990
 

        STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/14/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Remember Me" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             DOCTOR DALEN QUAICE
                RIKER              TRAVELER
                DATA               CARA HILL
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             
                O'BRIEN            
                NURSE              
                COMPUTER VOICE     

                Non-Speaking       
                  N.D. DOCTORS, NURSES & PATIENTS
                  SECURITY OFFICER   
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

           STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - 8/9/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Remember Me" 
                            
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     STARBASE 133
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              CORRIDORS
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              SICKBAY
              TURBOLIFT
              TROI'S OFFICE
              DR. QUAICE'S QUARTERS
              WESLEY'S QUARTERS
              CREW QUARTERS

      STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/14/90 - TEASER      1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "Remember Me"                              
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. STARBASE 133 - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	is docked at this starbase on the edge of a planetary
	system. A planet is clearly visible.

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			Chief Medical Officer's log,
			Stardate 44161.2. We are docked
			at Starbase One-Three-Three for
			scheduled crew rotation. I look
			forward to welcoming aboard my
			mentor, and dear friend, Doctor
			Dalen Quaice, who will be
			traveling with us to his home
			planet, Kenda Two.

2    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	BEVERLY stands waiting patiently. O'BRIEN is at the
	console. A quite elderly man in a Starfleet uniform
	MATERIALIZES on the Transporter pad: DALEN QUAICE. He
	carries a small bag. As he steps slowly off the pad,
	Beverly moves to embrace him.

					BEVERLY
			Dalen!

					QUAICE
			It's good to see you again,
			Beverly.

					BEVERLY
			You look wonderful.

					QUAICE
				(smiles)
			A lie I can live with. It's kind
			of your captain to ferry me home.

					BEVERLY
			It's on our way.
				(to O'Brien)
			Thank you, Chief.

      STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/21/90 - TEASER      2.

2    CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			My pleasure, Doctor.

	Beverly and Quaice EXIT.

3    INT. CORRIDOR

	As Beverly and Quaice walk along.

					BEVERLY
			Dalen, I was sorry to hear about
			Patricia.

					QUAICE
			She'd been ill for some time.

					BEVERLY
			Is her death the reason you're
			giving up your post here?

					QUAICE
				(nods)
			We had a lifetime together, doing
			all the things we'd ever dreamed.
			And more. But when she was gone,
			I couldn't continue to work in
			that office, sleep in that bed
			without her... the absence of
			her was too... distracting...
				(shakes his head)
			I'm not sure I'm making any sense.

					BEVERLY
			Jack and I didn't have a lifetime,
			only a few short years. But I
			understand. When you realize
			someone you love is lost
			forever...

	She shakes her head.

					QUAICE
			You know what the worst part of
			growing old is? So many of the
			people you've known all your
			life are gone... and you realize
			you didn't take the time to
			appreciate them while you still
			could...
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/21/90 - TEASER      3.

3    CONTINUED:

					QUAICE (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			I'm sorry. There was no reason
			to heap all this emotional baggage
			on you.
				(indicates bag)
			I usually travel light.

	She puts her arm through his, comforting him, as they
	walk on. Her face is reflective as she thinks about
	what he said.

4    INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	WESLEY is immersed in work at a computer as GEORDI and
	a couple of SUPERNUMERARIES make final preparations for
	departure.

					GEORDI
			Wes, time for the experiment is
			over... I want my warp engines
			back. Now.

	Beverly ENTERS, stands near the warp drive, watching
	Wesley in silence, Quaice's words still fresh in her
	mind.

					WESLEY
				(working furiously)
			Almost done, Commander.

	On his computer screen is the CAD representation of
	his experiment: the warp drive and a network of
	shifting lines of energy forming a distinctively-shaped
	bubble within it.

					GEORDI
			Almost isn't good enough. You
			want to explain when the Captain
			says "Engage," and we just sit
			here?

					WESLEY
			Just a couple more minutes! I'm
			ready to try the new warp field!
				(sees Beverly)
			Mom?

					BEVERLY
				(pensive)
			Don't let me interrupt.

      STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/17/90 - TEASER      4.

4    CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(on the fly)
			Hi!

					GEORDI
			Wes!

4A   EXCLUDE BEVERLY (OPTICAL)

					WESLEY
			Right! Okay!

	His fingers dance across the console. On the computer
	screen the bubble suddenly flares larger. There's an
	odd flash of light, almost subliminal, but everybody
	notices it.

					GEORDI
			Computer, level two diagnostic
			on warp drive systems.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Antimatter containment positive.
			Warp drive within normal
			parameters.

	Geordi hurries over to Wesley.

					GEORDI
			Talk to me.

					WESLEY
				(stunned)
			That shouldn't have happened.

					GEORDI
			Ensign Crusher --

					WESLEY
			Why would there be any visible
			phenomena outside the drive?

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Umbilical disconnect.

					GEORDI
			Are you done?

					WESLEY
			Uh, yeah...

      STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/17/90 - TEASER      5.

4A   CONTINUED:

	Geordi quickly returns to his station. Wesley saves
	his work, shuts down the experiment, looks around for
	his mother.

4B   ANGLE - FAVORING WESLEY'S P.O.V.

	Beverly has gone.

4C   BACK TO SCENE

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Clear all moorings. Engineering,
			aft thrusters.

	Geordi stabs at his console, his team working quickly,
	but methodically around him.

					GEORDI
			Aft thrusters, aye. Impulse power
			to the helm.

	Wesley starts to go, stops, shoots a last concerned
	look around Engineering.

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moves away from the starbase.

6    OMITTED

7    INT. CORRIDOR - THE NEXT MORNING

	Beverly steps off a turbolift, heads for the door to
	some guest quarters, activates the door chimes. There
	is no acknowledgement. She tries again, then causes
	the door to open.

8    INT. QUAICE'S QUARTERS

	Beverly ENTERS, looks around the room. Nothing looks
	disturbed.

					BEVERLY
			Dalen?
				(no reply)
			Dalen, it's Beverly.

      STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/17/90 - TEASER      6.

8    CONTINUED:

	She keys her communicator.

					BEVERLY
			Computer, current location of
			Doctor Dalen Quaice.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			There is no Doctor Dalen Quaice
			aboard the Enterprise.

	As Beverly reacts, we:

9    OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/17/90 - ACT ONE      7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

10   INT. QUAICE'S QUARTERS

	Beverly is waiting when the door opens. WORF ENTERS.

					WORF
			Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			Lieutenant Worf, yesterday, before
			we left starbase an old friend
			of mine came onboard: Doctor Dalen
			Quaice. I requested quarters for
			him. He was assigned here.

					WORF
			I was not aware of this passenger.

					BEVERLY
			I'm sorry. I thought it was
			standard procedure for you to be
			notified once Captain Picard
			approved passage.

					WORF
			It is. Please proceed.

					BEVERLY
			We were to meet for breakfast.
			But I can't seem to find him...
			or any of his things...

					WORF
			Computer, where is Doctor Dalen
			Quaice?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			There is no Doctor Dalen Quaice
			aboard the Enterprise.

					BEVERLY
			Lieutenant, Doctor Quaice is very
			old, and rather frail. If he fell
			somewhere... if his communicator
			were damaged...

					WORF
			I will order a search immediately.

      STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/21/90 - ACT ONE      8.

10   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Thank you.

	Worf pauses in the doorway, turns to look at Beverly.

					WORF
			Even if Doctor Quaice had been
			injured... why would his
			belongings be missing?

	She answers him with an equally puzzled look. Worf
	nods, EXITS, leaving Beverly alone in the empty room.

11   INT. READY ROOM

	PICARD is seated at his desk. Facing him are DATA,
	Worf and Beverly.

					WORF
			Sir, I have several teams
			conducting a deck-by-deck search.
			It is not yet complete.

					DATA
			I have scanned the entire ship,
			Captain. Other than the
			Enterprise's regular complement,
			I can find no one else onboard.

					BEVERLY
				(fearing the worst)
			Your sensors wouldn't detect
			him... if he were dead...

					DATA
			That is correct, Doctor.

					PICARD
				(to Beverly)
			Could your friend have returned
			to the starbase without telling
			you? An emergency of some sort?

      STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/17/90 - ACT ONE      9.

11   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			There were a lot of people going
			back and forth between the ship
			and the starbase yesterday.

					DATA
			We can easily check the
			transporter I.D. traces.

					PICARD
			By all means check the trace
			log. But even if the results
			are negative, contact Starbase
			Command. We should leave nothing
			to chance.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	Picard nods, dismissed. Worf and Data EXIT. Beverly
	starts to go.

					PICARD
			Doctor, one moment please.
				(she turns back)
			I'm sure you are aware of
			procedures involving passengers.

					BEVERLY
			Of course. I don't know why
			Lieutenant Worf wasn't told about
			Doctor Quaice.

					PICARD
			I was not informed either.

					BEVERLY
				(startled)
			But I sent in a request weeks ago.

					PICARD
			I never received it.

					BEVERLY
			I'm sure I had a confirmation.

	Picard studies her for a moment, then:

					PICARD
			Computer, search passenger
			requests. Doctor Dalen Quaice.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/17/90 - ACT ONE     10.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			Point of embarkation: Starbase
			One-Three-Three.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			No listing.

	Picard looks at Beverly.

					BEVERLY
			Captain, I sent in that request.
			And it was approved.

					PICARD
			Then it must have been intercepted
			before it reached me.

					BEVERLY
			And someone else sent the
			approval? Why?

					PICARD
			Doctor Quaice had been stationed
			at the starbase for some time?

					BEVERLY
			Six years.

					PICARD
			It might be prudent to find out
			if he'd acquired any enemies
			there.

	He stands, follows Beverly out.

12   INT. BRIDGE

	Wesley is at the helm. Riker nods as Beverly and
	Picard emerge from the Ready Room.

					RIKER
			On course for Durenia Four, sir.

					PICARD
			Very good, Number One. Mister
			Data?

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/14/90 - ACT ONE     11.

12   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Sir, Starbase One-Three-Three has
			no record at all of a Doctor Dalen
			Quaice.

	Picard exchanges a look with Beverly.

					PICARD
			I thought he was stationed there
			for six years.

					DATA
			Not according to their computer.
			I have also accessed Starfleet
			records. There is no doctor
			currently serving in Starfleet
			named Quaice. In fact I cannot
			find any service record
			whatsoever. There are no birth
			records with that name. I find
			no --

					BEVERLY
			Data, I interned with him on Delos
			Four. I've known him for fifteen
			years.

					DATA
			I do not doubt you, Doctor.
			However I have tried one hundred
			seventy-three phonetic variations
			of the name, and --

					BEVERLY
			His name is Dalen Quaice.
			Q-U-A-I-C-E. Whatever the records
			say, they're wrong.

	Turbolift doors open. Worf appears.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf?

					WORF
			Captain, we have completed our
			search. We cannot locate Doctor
			Quaice.

					RIKER
			You're not alone.

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/17/90 - ACT ONE     12.

12A  ANGLE - TO INCLUDE WESLEY

	as he begins to realize a terrible possibility.

					BEVERLY
			He was onboard. I met him in
			Transporter Room Three myself.

					PICARD
			Then it appears, for reasons
			unknown, someone has gone to great
			pains to erase all traces of this
			man.

					RIKER
				(to Beverly)
			Who was on transporter duty when
			he came aboard?

									HARD CUT TO:

13   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - O'BRIEN

	overseeing an N.D. CREWMAN working at an exposed panel.
	PULL BACK to see Riker and Beverly with him.

					O'BRIEN
				(reacting)
			Doctor Quaice? Was he part of
			the regular crew rotation?

					RIKER
			No. He's a friend of Doctor
			Crusher's.

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/14/90 - ACT ONE     13.

13   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			When did he arrive?

					BEVERLY
			Sixteen hundred hours yesterday.

					O'BRIEN
				(startled)
			That was my watch. I beamed this
			man onboard?

					BEVERLY
			Yes. I was here to greet him.
			An elderly man? Not in the best
			of health?

					O'BRIEN
			I'm sorry. I do remember you were
			here for a short while. But you
			were alone.

	Beverly stares at him.

					BEVERLY
			Was he invisible? Did I carry
			on a conversation with thin air?

	O'Brien looks at her as if she's doing that right now.

					O'BRIEN
			No, Doctor. As far as I can
			recall, you came in, looked around
			for a few moments... I asked you
			if I could help you with
			anything... All you said was
			"Thank you." I said "My
			pleasure," or something. That
			was the end of it. There was no
			one else here.

	Beverly is stunned. She exchanges a glance with an
	equally astonished Riker.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/14/90 - ACT TWO     14.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

14   INT. TURBOLIFT

	Beverly and Riker on their way to the Bridge.

					BEVERLY
			I can't accept that Chief O'Brien
			might be lying...

					RIKER
			He believes what he says. And
			there is no trace imprint for
			Doctor Quaice.

					BEVERLY
			Will, I didn't conjure up one of
			my best friends from a test tube.

					RIKER
			If the ship's records have been
			tampered with, then the
			transporter records could have
			been changed as well.

					BEVERLY
			And with everybody coming and
			going yesterday, maybe O'Brien
			just doesn't remember, or...

					RIKER
			Or?

					BEVERLY
			It might be a good idea to run
			a diagnostic on him.

					RIKER
			To make sure he hasn't been
			tampered with?

					BEVERLY
			What do you think?

					RIKER
			It's worth a try.

	The door opens at the Bridge.

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/23/90 - ACT TWO     15.

14   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I'll check the replicator activity
			logs -- eighteen hours is a long
			time to go without food. Or
			without someone seeing him.

	He EXITS.

15   INT. SICKBAY

	O'Brien is waiting when she arrives.

					BEVERLY
			Chief, this examination should
			only take a few minutes.

					O'BRIEN
			But I feel fine.

	Only TWO NURSES are in sight. Beverly glances around,
	puzzled.

					BEVERLY
				(to Nurse)
			Things are awfully quiet around
			here. Is everybody really that
			healthy?

					NURSE
				(smiles)
			I'm not complaining.

					BEVERLY
			We should still have a full staff
			on duty.

	She turns back to O'Brien, not noticing the odd look
	the Nurse gives her.

					BEVERLY
			Sit down, over here...

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/21/90 - ACT TWO     16.

15   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			Doctor, it won't do any good to
			check my eyesight. I didn't see
			your friend.

					BEVERLY
				(indicates examination
				 table)
			I'll be a little more
			comprehensive than that, Chief.
				(keys communicator)
			Crusher to Doctor Hill.
				(nothing)
			Respond please. Doctor Selar,
			what is your present location?
				(silence)
			Computer, current whereabouts of
			Doctors Hill and Selar.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			There is no Doctor Hill or Doctor
			Selar aboard the Enterprise.

	Beverly reacts.

15A  INT. CREW QUARTERS (FORMERLY SCENE 19)

	A middle-aged woman, CARA HILL, frowns at Beverly.

					CARA
			I'm afraid I don't understand.

					BEVERLY
			Your husband: Doctor Richard
			Hill...

					CARA
			With all due respect, you're
			mistaken. I'm not married.

	Beverly stares at her.

					BEVERLY
			Of course you are. Your husband
			is my staff osteopath. You came
			onboard together six months ago.

					CARA
			I did report for duty six months
			ago. But I was alone.
				(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/21/90 - ACT TWO     17.

15A  CONTINUED:

					CARA (Cont'd)
			I am not married. I've never
			been married --
				(a wry smile)
			-- except perhaps to exobiology.

	This shakes Beverly.

16   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard listens as Beverly explains.

					BEVERLY
			Doctors Hill and Selar, and four
			other members of my medical staff
			have all vanished. All record
			of their ever having been on the
			Enterprise has been excised from
			the computer's memory.

					PICARD
			Did they come aboard with Doctor
			Quaice?

					BEVERLY
				(shakes her head)
			No. They've been here for months.
			But the two duty nurses don't
			remember them. Their families
			don't even remember them...

					PICARD
			As O'Brien didn't remember Doctor
			Quaice... ?

					BEVERLY
				(nods)
			I checked O'Brien thoroughly.
			I found no physiological
			abnormalities.

					WESLEY'S COM VOICE
			Crusher to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Ensign.

16A  INT. ENGINEERING

	Wesley and Geordi are at a computer.

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/17/90 - ACT TWO     17A.

16A  CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			I'm in Engineering, sir. I think
			there's something here you'd
			better see. It might be
			connected to Doctor Quaice's
			disappearance.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			On my way.

	Wes exchanges a glance with Geordi.

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/21/90 - ACT TWO     18.

17   INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	As Beverly and Picard ENTER from the Ready Room, Riker
	is in his chair, Data at Ops, Worf at Tactical. On the
	move...

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Number One, any progress?

					RIKER
				(shakes his head)
			No one's seen him. The replicator
			in his quarters hasn't been used.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Check shield and hull integrity
			for any sign of intruders...

					WORF
			Yessir... but I have been closely
			monitoring onboard sensors...
			there has been no indication...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Then give me a Level One
			diagnostic of all onboard sensors,
			and run a manual sweep for any
			anomalous airborne or
			electromagnetic readings. I want
			some answers.

	Picard and Beverly get on the turbolift.

18   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Wesley and Geordi are at a computer. PULL BACK to find
	Beverly and Picard behind them.

					WESLEY
			I've been experimenting with
			Kosinski's warp field equations...
			Trying to find a way to improve
			engine efficiency.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			I've read your reports.

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/21/90 - ACT TWO     19.

18   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			We did a test run while we were
			at the starbase.

	Geordi indicates the terminal where we can see the CAD
	diagram as before.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Here's what the computer recorded.

18A  THE MONITOR - OKUDAGRAM (OPTICAL)

	It is a very distinctive, twisting shape... unique
	enough to be recognized later.

					WESLEY
			This is the static warp field
			we created inside the warp drive.
			The experiment was designed to
			see if we could keep a bubble like
			this intact.

					GEORDI
			As you'll see in a moment, we
			couldn't.

	On the screen the bubble expands, then contracts again
	in the blink of an eye.

18B  RESUME SCENE

					GEORDI
			There was a momentary flash of
			light. It was all over the
			spectrum.

					BEVERLY
			I remember that.

					PICARD
			Are you suggesting this bubble
			could have made Doctor Quaice
			disappear?

					WESLEY
			If he were caught in it...
			yessir, it would seem to us like
			he'd disappeared.

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/21/90 - ACT TWO     20.

18B  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Where would he go?

					GEORDI
				(sighs)
			Who knows... he could even end
			up outside our space-time
			continuum...

					PICARD
			Was Doctor Quaice in Engineering
			during your experiment?

					GEORDI
			No, sir.

					PICARD
			And this bubble never expanded
			beyond Engineering?

					WESLEY
			Nossir.

					PICARD
			Then how could it have trapped
			Doctor Quaice or the others?

					WESLEY
			Other people are missing?

					BEVERLY
			Yes, and they weren't anywhere
			near Engineering either.

					WESLEY
				(shakes his head)
			It doesn't make sense.

					PICARD
			And I doubt warp bubbles could
			alter computer records, or erase
			memories.
				(beat)
			Keep at it, Ensign, Mister La
			Forge. It's the only working
			theory we have for now.

	They acknowledge. Picard and Beverly EXIT...

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/17/90 - ACT TWO     21.

19   OMITTED

20   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly ENTERS. Sickbay is totally deserted. She
	stands frozen in the middle of the room, fighting off
	a rising panic. She turns and hurries out.

21   INT. BRIDGE

	Beverly ENTERS from the turbolift. Data is at Ops,
	Picard and Riker looking over his shoulder. Worf is
	at Tactical, a SUPERNUMERARY at Conn. There are no
	other crew members present.

					PICARD
			Has something else happened?

					BEVERLY
			Sickbay is totally empty.
			Apparently I no longer have any
			staff.

	Picard, Data and Riker exchange glances.

					RIKER
			And that surprises you, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
				(stares at him)
			Surprises me? I'll say it
			surprises me! There should be
			at least four members of my staff
			on duty at all times.

					DATA
			I am afraid the ship's records
			do not concur.

					BEVERLY
			What are you talking about?

					DATA
			You do not have a staff.

	Again the panic begins to rise. Again Beverly fights
	it off.

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/17/90 - ACT TWO     22.

21   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			You're telling me I'm the sole
			medical officer on a ship with
			over a thousand people on board?!

					DATA
			Excuse me, Doctor, but the entire
			ship's complement is two hundred
			thirty.

	Beverly fights her emotions, trying to digest this.

					BEVERLY
			No. That's wrong! Whatever is
			happening is affecting your
			memories, too.

	Picard studies her...

					PICARD
			Doctor, may I see you in my Ready
			Room?

	Beverly looks at the others... who look at her... and
	follows Picard into the Ready Room.

21A  INT. READY ROOM

	As they enter, sit. Picard takes a long beat. The
	tone is low-key...

					PICARD
			Beverly, you're saying this ship
			has lost nearly eight hundred of
			its personnel... ?

					BEVERLY
			I know how it must sound...

					PICARD
			None of the scans reveal any
			anomalies... there is no sign of
			an intruder... Wesley's experiment
			clearly did not have the scope
			to affect an entire starship...

					BEVERLY
			The Enterprise is in serious
			danger. You must believe me...

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/21/90 - ACT TWO     23.

21A  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I have no choice but to believe
			you. The safety of my crew is
			at stake. But I want to be
			sure...

					BEVERLY
			That I haven't lost my mind?

	They look at each other in a very personal way.

					BEVERLY
			I just examined myself... being
			the only doctor on board, I had
			to do it myself... there is no
			sign of dysfunction... yes,
			there's an elevation of adrenalin
			which I think is understandable...

	A beat, she collects herself...

					PICARD
			Did you find anything that might
			suggest why you're apparently the
			only one among us unaffected by
			this... phenomenon?

					BEVERLY
			No.
				(meets his eyes)
			I'll talk to Troi.

					PICARD
			It wouldn't do any harm.

	They exchange a glance in which Picard reveals a deeper
	personal caring for her.

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc, please... return to
			Starbase One-Three-Three for a
			full diagnostic. I realize you
			have only my word to convince
			you...

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/17/90 - ACT TWO     24.

21A  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(keys insignia)
			Mister Riker, set a course to
			return to Starbase One-Three-Three
			immediately.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

	She looks at him gratefully

					PICARD
			Your word has always been good
			enough for me.

	On her reaction...

22
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23

23A  INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE

	Beverly ENTERS. We TRACK with her. Suddenly she
	stops dead, her eyes trying to focus on something she
	sees before her.

24   BEVERLY'S POV (OPTICAL)

	Something is forming in the air: a swirling vortex
	of color and sound, spiraling larger, the sound a roar
	of white noise, growing in intensity.

25   BACK TO SCENE (OPTICAL)

	As the vortex grows, its wind begins to buffet her.
	She finds herself being drawn by its force. She braces
	herself against the wall. But the pull grows stronger
	and stronger. Before she knows it she's caught up in a
	whirling, blinding maelstrom. She grabs on to
	something as she finds herself being inexorably pulled
	into the vortex... Beverly screams.

	There's a blinding flash of light. The vortex is gone
	in a wink. She falls to the floor, and lies there,
	trying to catch her breath.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/21/90 - ACT THREE    25.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:
26
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29

30   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Troi, Geordi, Riker and Beverly are present.

					GEORDI
			I've had a team in Sickbay for
			two hours. We've run the mass
			spectrometer on all
			particulates... we've scanned the
			EM spectrum in case a wave guide
			was somehow leaking radiation...
			we've even crawled into the life
			support ductwork... Captain, I
			don't know what this vortex was
			that Doctor Crusher saw...

					BEVERLY
			I didn't just see it. I felt it.
			I barely got away from it!

	And she realizes how paranoid this sounds... and the
	others look at her.

					GEORDI
			Well, there's nothing there now.
			And no sign there ever was.

	A silence. Picard frowns.

					PICARD
			Is there any possible connection
			to Mister Crusher's experiment...
			could this warp bubble be...
			floating around the ship
			perhaps...

					GEORDI
			No, sir. The bubble was definitely
			contained in Engineering. There's
			no way it could affect something
			up on Deck Twelve.

    STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/17/90 - ACT THREE    26.

30   CONTINUED:

	Data ENTERS.

					DATA
			Sir, I have completed level-1
			computer diagnostics. There
			are no malfunctions.

					RIKER
			Any other ships respond to our
			queries, Data?

					DATA
			The Wellington is the only
			Federation vessel in this
			sector... it reports normal
			operations. A Ferengi ship within
			communications range also reports
			nothing unusual.

					RIKER
			Have external sensors detected
			anything out of the ordinary?

					DATA
			The interstellar medium in this
			sector is slightly denser than
			average. However, all readings
			are well within normal parameters.

	Picard mulls this over. Beverly asks the big question
	--

					BEVERLY
			Are all members of the crew
			accounted for?

					DATA
			Yes, doctor.

					BEVERLY
			How many are there?

					DATA
			There are one hundred fourteen
			people on the Enterprise.

	Everyone turns to look at Beverly.

    STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/21/90 - ACT THREE    27.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			That is the exact number there
			should be.

					BEVERLY
				(shakes her head)
			There are now close to nine
			hundred missing.

	The others exchange glances... Picard's eyes stare at
	the table top.

					BEVERLY
				(explodes)
			Deck after deck of this ship is
			now deserted. How do you explain
			all the empty rooms? If only a
			hundred fourteen people are
			supposed to be on board, why all
			the extra space?

					DATA
				(rattling off logical
				 explanations)
			Transportation of colonists...
			diplomatic missions... emergency
			evacuations...

					PICARD
				(enough)
			Thank you, Mister Data.

	He looks up for the first time. Calmly --

					PICARD
			Have security confine all nonessential
			personnel to their
			quarters. Computer, Red Alert.

	The Red Alert lights begin to flash.

					BEVERLY
			Sir, I'd like Lieutenant Worf
			to program onboard sensors to
			monitor all personnel... if we
			can catch the exact moment someone
			disappears...

	This is met with absolute silence. She sees their
	reactions.

    STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/21/90 - ACT THREE    28.

30   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(gives her a blank
				 stare)
			Whom did you say?

					BEVERLY
			Worf... chief of security... the
			big guy who never smiles...
			Klingon?

	On Beverly as she looks at them, the Red Alert lights
	continue to flash and...

30A  INT. CORRIDOR

	Troi moves down the hall. Beverly, trying to contain
	her frustration, hurries after her...

					BEVERLY
			Deanna?

	Troi stops, waits for Beverly.

					BEVERLY
			I need you to tell me if I've gone
			completely mad.

					TROI
				(smiles)
			If you can ask the question, I'd
			say no.

					BEVERLY
			Don't evade the question.

					TROI
				(sympathetically)
			Then ask me one I can answer.

	A beat. Moving...

					BEVERLY
			Deanna, I've delivered babies who
			no longer exist! No one else
			remembers them. But I can close
			my eyes, and see their faces as
			clearly as I can see yours! What
			if it isn't some huge conspiracy?!
			What if it's just me?!

    STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/23/90 - ACT THREE    29.

30A  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			What if it is just you?

					BEVERLY
			Then, I've delayed a mission,
			scared a lot of people...
			including me...

					TROI
			So what?
				(beat)
			Beverly, you've acted in the best
			interests of your ship and crew.
			What more could you ask of
			yourself? If it turns out to be
			a... mistake... we'll be a little
			late to Durenia Four... that's
			all.

					BEVERLY
			It's not a mistake... I wish it
			were...

					TROI
			When we reach Starbase, I'll order
			a complete workup: both physical
			and psychological.

					BEVERLY
			If we reach Starbase.
				(beat)
			Wesley... where's Wesley... ?

	She doesn't finish, just turns and goes. On Troi's
	concerned reaction...

31   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Only one supernumerary is working when Beverly rushes
	in. She goes to the computer station he was working at
	before. The same distinctive Okudagram is on the
	monitors, graphically illustrating the warp field
	bubble. But Wesley's not there. Red Alert continues.

					BEVERLY
			Wesley!!

    STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/21/90 - ACT THREE    30.

31   CONTINUED:

	Wes comes out from behind the drive.

					WESLEY
			Mom? You all right?

	Beverly brings herself under control.

					BEVERLY
			No.
				(beat)
			We may have very little time
			left...

	Wesley looks at her with concern...

					BEVERLY
			You don't believe me...

					WESLEY
			I don't know, Mom...

					BEVERLY
			I don't have time to convince you.
			Hundreds of people are gone and
			your experiment is the only
			possible explanation we have to
			work on right now...

	He indicates the monitor where we again see the CAD
	representation of the distinctively-shaped bubble.

					WESLEY
			There it is. I don't know what
			else to do...

					BEVERLY
			Then find someone who does...
			someone who knows more about...
			about warp bubbles...

					WESLEY
				(overlapping)
			I've already talked to Kosinski
			on subspace... he can't explain
			it either and it's all based on
			his equations. There is someone
			who might be able to help us, but
			I can't reach him.

					BEVERLY
			Who?

    STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/21/90 - ACT THREE    31.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			He was Kosinski's assistant...
			an alien from Tau Alpha C... He
			said he was a "Traveler"...
			somehow he combined warp
			technology with the energy of his
			own thoughts...

					BEVERLY
				(thoughtful)
			Yes, I remember... he took us
			where thoughts and reality became
			indistinguishable...
				(beat)
			Wesley, is it possible you've
			accidentally re-created something
			he did? Something that could
			alter reality?

					WESLEY
			I don't see how. But he's the
			only one who could tell us...
			I've sent a message by subspace,
			but Tau Alpha C is so far away,
			it'll take days to get there.

					BEVERLY
				(pulling him along)
			Maybe the Captain can help us...
			We've got to find him. Come on...

					WESLEY
			I don't even know if he's still
			alive. He was sick.

					BEVERLY
			Wesley, it's a chance, we have
			to...

	They turn a corner.

31A  NEW ANGLE

	When Beverly comes around the corner, Wesley is gone.
	No optical. No sound effect. Just: no Wesley.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			-- try it...

	She reacts as she realizes Wesley is gone.

    STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/20/90 - ACT THREE    32.

31B  WIDE

	to show her completely alone in Engineering.

					BEVERLY
			Nooooo... !

32
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33

34   INT. BRIDGE

	Red Alert continues. Picard is in his chair. When
	Beverly gets off the turbolift, she sees there's no
	one else with Picard.

					BEVERLY
				(calm)
			They're all gone... ?

	Picard looks at her.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Riker, Troi, Data... let me guess
			-- you've never heard of any of
			them.

					PICARD
				(anger growing)
			Doctor, I believe I have been
			more than fair. I have done
			everything I can to substantiate
			your... your perceptions --

    STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/20/90 - ACT THREE    32A.

34   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Will Riker! Your First Officer.
			He's very good at poker, likes
			to cook, listen to jazz, plays
			the trombone...

					PICARD
			I cannot find any evidence...

					BEVERLY
				(not to be interrupted)
			... Commander Data, the android
			who sits here at Ops, dreams of
			being human, never gets the punch
			line to a joke... ?

					PICARD
			... Beverly, we'll be arriving at
			Starbase One-Three-Three in a few
			hours...

					BEVERLY
			... Deanna Troi, you ship's
			counselor, half-Betazoid, loves
			chocolate, the arrival of her
			mother makes you shudder? And
			Geordi, O'Brien, Worf... Wesley,
			my son -- They have been the
			living, breathing heart of this
			crew for over three years. They
			deserve better than to be shrugged
			off... brushed aside... to be
			pinched out of existence like
			this!
				(a deep breath)
			They all do. All nine hundred.
			They deserve so much more...

35
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38

39   ANGLE - PICARD AND BEVERLY

	Picard goes to Beverly, touches her gently on the arm.

					PICARD
			Perhaps you should confine
			yourself to Sickbay until we
			arrive...

    STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/20/90 - ACT THREE    33.

39   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			It's perfectly logical to you.
			The two of us roaming about the
			galaxy in the flagship of the
			Federation. No crew at all.

					PICARD
			We've never needed a crew before.

	She sits beside him.

					BEVERLY
			I don't suppose you remember an
			alien from Tau Alpha C who was
			once onboard... called himself
			a Traveler... ?

	Picard gives her a look of concern and sadness.

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc, I don't know how, but
			you and I must find this Traveler
			or another from his race... if
			anyone can help us...

					PICARD
			You have my word... as soon as
			we return to the starbase, I'll
			make every effort to find him.

					BEVERLY
			This isn't a delusion. It isn't
			a dream. There is a physical,
			measurable phenomenon at work.
				(beat, an idea)
			Maybe you can help me identify
			it...

					PICARD
			How?

					BEVERLY
			I'd like to use the ship's
			computer to monitor your life
			functions.

					PICARD
			Until I disappear.

    STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/20/90 - ACT THREE    34.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			It will happen.

					PICARD
			Very well. Computer, continuous
			scan: Captain Jean-Luc Picard
			vital signs. Audible readout.
			Begin now.

	The computer begins a low volume recitation of Picard's
	vital signs. There are electronic EEG sounds and:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			One ten over seventy. One ten
			over seventy.

	The readouts run continuously in the b.g.

					BEVERLY
			I promise you I'll continue to
			do whatever I can to figure out
			what's happening, and to bring
			you all back.
				(beat)
			I'm sorry I lost my temper.
			You do remember that?

					PICARD
			Vividly. But if I have forgotten
			my closest friends and comrades,
			as you say, I deserved every word.

					BEVERLY
			For quite awhile now there's
			something I've been meaning to
			say to you. I may not get another
			chance. Jean-Luc, you and I --

	The computer readout is gone in a wink. She is talking
	to empty air. She looks around the bridge, shakes
	her head.

					BEVERLY
			I won't forget. I won't forget
			any of you!

	She hears a faint roaring noise, rapidly growing in
	intensity. She turns.

    STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/21/90 - ACT THREE    35.

40   INCLUDE (OPTICAL)

	the vortex forming again in front of the viewscreen.
	She begins to feel herself being dragged towards it.
	She grabs on to Tactical, holds on for dear life, as
	the vortex tries to claim her. It pulls her horizontal
	to the floor. But she is successfully fighting it. As
	her struggle continues, the camera pans across the
	vortex, as it begins to collapse. It fills the screen
	and

									DISSOLVE TO:

40A  THE VORTEX STILL FILLING THE SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The pan continuing. The screaming heart of the
	maelstrom. Another place can be discerned in the
	distance. A VOICE becoming more distinct.

					VOICE (WESLEY)
			I'm losing it... The link isn't
			holding, Commander!

41   OMITTED

42   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	We are on the other side of the vortex. Wesley and
	Geordi sit at computers, rapidly executing commands.
	No Red Alert. The vortex is swiftly contracting.

					GEORDI
			I'll try the secondary equations!

					WESLEY
			No, it's too late. Look.

	The vortex contracts until only a minute point of
	energy hangs in space near the drive. Then this point,
	too, is gone.

					WESLEY
			I've lost it.

					GEORDI
			I'm sorry, Wesley.

					WESLEY
			It's over. We'll never get her
			back.

    STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/17/90 - ACT THREE    36.

42   CONTINUED:

	A beat.

					TRAVELER (O.C.)
			It's not over, Wesley.

	Wesley and Geordi turn in surprise.

43   WIDER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The Traveler phases in.

					TRAVELER
				(continuing)
			There's still a way.

	On their reactions...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/24/90 - ACT FOUR     37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

44   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Moving at impulse speed against a backdrop of stars.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 44162.5.
			Two attempts to retrieve Doctor
			Crusher have failed. And now the
			Traveler, a mysterious visitor
			from our past, has reappeared.

45   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Wesley, Geordi, Troi, Worf and the
	Traveler. He is friendly and wants to be helpful,
	at the same time he is a clearly superior being and is
	a bit smug in this knowledge.

					WESLEY
			And then I sent a message by
			subspace to Tau Alpha C asking
			for help... but I didn't think
			it would reach there for days...

					TRAVELER
			Actually, it didn't reach me...
			not by subspace...

					GEORDI
			Then how did you know about the
			warp bubble?

	The Traveler looks at him with a vaguely patronizing
	smile... a beat...

					TRAVELER
			It would take too long to
			explain...

					PICARD
				(impatient)
			Is she alive?

					TRAVELER
				(reassuring,
				 authoritative)
			As long as she thinks she is
			alive, she is alive.

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/24/90 - ACT FOUR     38.

45   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			What the hell does that mean?

					TRAVELER
				(sighs with controlled
				 frustration)
			Your species have very narrow
			perceptions of time and space and
			thought.
				(beat, trying to make
				 it simple)
			When Beverly Crusher was caught
			in the static warp bubble, she
			created her own reality. Her
			thoughts at the precise moment
			she was trapped determined its
			shape and form.

					TROI
			Can you go in and get her back?

					TRAVELER
			No, it is her reality. I cannot
			enter it... any more than I can
			enter her thoughts.

					WESLEY
			But you said there's still a way.

	The Traveler moves to Wesley - and there's an
	intensity between them... Clearly, in Wesley, the
	Traveler sees a being who can begin to reach beyond
	his limitations and is excited by that possibility.

					TRAVELER
			I can help, but I can't do it
			myself. Wesley, there is a power
			within each of us that most people
			haven't begun to realize... you
			have, or I would not have known
			to come here now...
				(beat, dramatically)
			Together, we may be able to open
			a gateway for her. But she must
			choose to walk through it.

	Off reactions...


     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/23/90 - ACT FOUR     39.

45A  INT. SICKBAY

	Red Alert continuing. Beverly walks slowly everywhere,
	examining everything, looking for something out of
	place, any clue that might help her... she's been doing
	a lot of thinking... takes a deep breath... (and
	there's a thread of gallows humor in all this for her
	now)...

					BEVERLY
			Computer, we're going to apply
			precise diagnostic methodology.
			Once we've cataloged the symptoms,
			we'll proceed to determine the
			illness, and find a cure.
				(considers)
			We'll start with the assumption
			that I'm not crazy... if I am,
			it won't matter one way or the
			other...

	She thinks about that a beat. Then...

					BEVERLY
			Computer, read the entire crew
			roster for the Enterprise.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Doctor Beverly Crusher.

					BEVERLY
			Have I always been the only member
			of the crew on the Starship
			Enterprise?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Affirmative.

					BEVERLY
				(not serious)
			If this was a bad dream, would
			you tell me?

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(beat)
			That information is not available.

	She walks into --

45B  INT. CORRIDOR

	Opening doors as she walks down the deserted hallway...
	glancing inside...

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/21/90 - ACT FOUR     40.

45B  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			What date did I report on board?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Stardate 41154. Fourteen hundred
			hours, three minutes.

					BEVERLY
			That sounds about right.
				(beat)
			Computer, is there more than one
			U.S.S. Enterprise?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			This vessel is the fifth starship
			to bear the name U.S.S.
			Enterprise. It is currently the
			only one in service.

					BEVERLY
			What is the primary mission of
			the Starship Enterprise?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			To explore the galaxy.

					BEVERLY
			Do I have the necessary skills
			to complete that mission alone?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Negative.

					BEVERLY
			Then why am I the only crew
			member?
				(a beat)
			Aha, gotcha there...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			That information is not available.

	She frowns. Enters a turbolift...

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/21/90 - ACT FOUR     41.

45C  INT. BRIDGE

	Red Alert continuing. As she ENTERS from the
	turbolift...

					BEVERLY
			Computer, are you familiar with
			the inhabitants of Tau Alpha C?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Affirmative.

					BEVERLY
			Are any presently located on a
			starbase or vessel within
			communication range?

	Beverly sits in the Captain's chair...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Negative.

					BEVERLY
			Estimated time to Tau Alpha C at
			warp nine-point-five...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			One hundred twenty-three days.

					BEVERLY
				(beat, deciding)
			Lay in a new course for Tau Alpha
			C. And send them a subspace
			message advising our arrival.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Acknowledged.

					BEVERLY
			Engage.

	Nothing happens. She reacts.

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/23/90 - ACT FOUR     42.

45C  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Computer, did you change course?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			State new destination or
			coordinates.

					BEVERLY
			I stated it, dammit... Tau Alpha
			C...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			There is no Tau Alpha C listed
			on current star maps...

	On her reaction...

45D  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 44162.8.
			At the direction of the Traveler,
			the Enterprise is returning to
			Starbase One-Three-Three and the
			precise position where the subspace
			bubble was formed.

46   OMITTED

47   INT. ENGINEERING

	Wes and the Traveler moving to the pool table. Geordi
	works in the b.g. Wesley is very task-oriented here...
	the Traveler patient, calm...

					TRAVELER
			Our goal will be to create a
			stable gateway between our reality
			and your mother's reality...

					WESLEY
			We've tried to stabilize it. The
			link won't hold.

    STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/17/90 - ACT FOUR    42A.

47   CONTINUED:

					TRAVELER
			Of course not. The equations are
			only the first step. We will be
			going beyond mathematics.

					WESLEY
			Just tell me what I have to do.

	The Traveler studies him...

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/17/90 - ACT FOUR     43.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					TRAVELER
			It's nothing I can tell you,
			Wesley...

					WESLEY
				(frustrated)
			Then how am I supposed to do it?
				(off the Traveler's
				 even stare)
			You said you'd help.

					TRAVELER
			You must allow me to help.

					WESLEY
			I don't know how.

	The Traveler takes a long look at the distressed
	boy... puts an arm on his shoulder. He motions for
	Wesley sit down at the pool table in front of a panel
	display...

					TRAVELER
			Begin by letting go of your guilt,
			Wesley.

					WESLEY
			It was my fault. I should never
			have tried...

					TRAVELER
				(interrupting)
			Focus on the present. You will
			have to be here...
			completely... to help her back.
			You must open yourself to
			time and space and the intricate
			threads that bind them.

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/20/90 - ACT FOUR     44.

47   CONTINUED: (3)

	The Traveler sits opposite him at another station.

					TRAVELER
			Begin entering your warp field
			equations...

	Wesley begins to enter data into the panel, eyes
	watching his hands, smoothly professional, determined
	to do it right... the Traveler begins to enter data at
	the same time, eyes on Wesley...

					TRAVELER
			Close your eyes.

	Wesley glances up curiously at the Traveler who nods
	encouragement... Wes closes his eyes...

					TRAVELER
			Continue to enter the equations...

					WESLEY
			I don't have any more equations.

					TRAVELER
			See past the numbers. Trust
			yourself...

	Wesley tries but he cannot go on... he opens his
	eyes... groans with frustration.

					WESLEY
			I can't. I can't do it.

	The Traveler looks calmly at him, supportive.

					TRAVELER
			When the time comes, you will,
			Wesley. You will. Now, begin
			again...

	Wesley is not convinced... but he takes a deep breath,
	begins to enter the equations.

48   OMITTED

49   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Beverly is at Tactical. Red Alert still on.

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/20/90 - ACT FOUR     45.

49   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Starbase One-Three-Three, this
			is the Enterprise.
				(no response)
			Starbase One-Three-Three, this
			is the Enterprise. Please
			acknowledge.
				(beat)
			Viewscreen on.

	There is nothing on the viewscreen but a gray, misty
	void.

					BEVERLY
			It's not just people...
			Everything is disappearing!

	She continues to stare at the viewscreen, trying to
	put it together.

					BEVERLY
			Computer, what is that... mist...
			I'm seeing?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Sensors indicate it to be a
			mass-energy field seven hundred
			and five meters in diameter.

					BEVERLY
			It surrounds the ship?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Affirmative.

					BEVERLY
				(to herself)
			If there isn't anything wrong with
			me... maybe there's something
			wrong with the universe...
			Computer, what is beyond the
			mass-energy field?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Sensors cannot penetrate the
			field.

     STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/21/90 - ACT FOUR     46.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Computer, here's a question you
			shouldn't be able to answer...
			What is the nature of the
			universe?

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(without hesitation)
			The universe is a spherical region
			seven hundred and five meters in
			diameter.

	Beverly stares at the gray mist on the viewscreen in
	shock.

50   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	nears Starbase One-Three-Three.

50A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf.

					DATA
			Approaching Starbase One-Three-
			Three, Captain...

					PICARD
			Slow to ten meters per second.

					RIKER
			Mister La Forge, prepare for
			precision station-keeping.

         STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/17/90 - ACT FOUR         47.

51   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi at a console... A couple of SUPERNUMERARIES work
	in the b.g.

					GEORDI
			Acknowledged. Readying thrusters.

	Moving to find Wesley and the Traveler still at the
	pool table... Wesley is shaky as the moment approaches.
	The Traveler works his panel alone... closes his
	eyes...

					TRAVELER
			There... there it is...

	On the monitors, a moving graphic of the warp bubble
	appears... Wesley reacts... the Traveler opens his
	eyes...

					TRAVELER
			We're moving into phase now
			(tech)... there's your warp
			bubble, Wesley...

	But his eyes narrow as he takes a close look... and
	even his calm exterior shows some concern now...

					WESLEY
			What? What's wrong.

					TRAVELER
			It's collapsing.

	On Wesley's reaction...

52
thru	OMITTED
56

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

         STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/20/90 - ACT FIVE         48.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:
57
thru	OMITTED
59

60   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Beverly paces, trying to put the pieces of the puzzle
	together, moves to a Science Station.

					BEVERLY
			Computer, give me a graphic
			representation of the universe.

	On a monitor a CAD diagram looks hauntingly familiar:
	the same distinctive shape as Wesley's CAD diagram.
	Pushing in on her as she recognizes it...

					BEVERLY
				(reacts)
			I've seen that before...
				(beat)
			Wesley's experiment... the bubble.
			Of course... But that would mean
			I'm the one trapped in the
			bubble...

	As she considers the implications, the ship suddenly
	shakes.

					BEVERLY
			Computer, what's happening?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Explosive decompression: Decks
			Five through Fourteen. Sealing
			off forward sections.

					BEVERLY
			Cause?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			A flaw in the ship's design.

					BEVERLY
				(this is a new one)
			Show me.

         STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/20/90 - ACT FIVE        48A.

60   CONTINUED:

	The image on the monitor switches to a cross section of
	the Enterprise showing a part of the ship simply
	missing, the section where more of the ship should be
	is outlined in flashing red.

					BEVERLY
			Analysis... ?

         STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/20/90 - ACT FIVE         49.

60   CONTINUED: (2)

					COMPUTER VOICE
			No ship's structures exist forward
			of Bulkhead Three-Four-Two.

					BEVERLY
			Superimpose the previous image
			over this one. Same scale. And
			continue to monitor.

	On the monitor the bubble now appears around the
	Enterprise. The ship shakes again. On the monitor the
	bubble contracts, and at its edge more sections of the
	ship are missing.

					BEVERLY
				(realizing)
			It's collapsing...

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(continuing)
			Hull integrity now compromised
			on Decks Three through Fifteen.

					BEVERLY
			How long can life support be
			maintained?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Four minutes, seventeen seconds.

	Again the ship shakes. On the monitor the bubble
	contracts, and another section is gone.

60A  INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Troi, Worf and Data.

					DATA
			Sir, we have reestablished the
			exact coordinates and attitude.

         STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/20/90 - ACT FIVE         50.

60A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Geordi, we're in position... your
			status?

61   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi examining the bubble on a monitor...

					GEORDI
			The warp bubble is contracting
			at a rate of fifteen meters per
			second... we'll lose it in about
			four minutes...

	He glances toward the pool table... the Traveler
	acknowledges, turns to Wesley...

					TRAVELER
				(calm)
			It's time, Wesley.

	Wesley swallows hard... sits back at his position...
	as the Traveler sits opposite him...

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			We're ready, Commander.

61A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker glances at Picard who nods, begins to move toward
	the Turbolift...

					RIKER
			Proceed.

					PICARD
			I'll be in Engineering.

         STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/20/90 - ACT FIVE         51.

61B  INT. ENGINEERING

	As before the Traveler and Wesley punch equations into
	their computers. The Traveler never watches the
	computer, only Wesley... Wesley is concentrating,
	trying too hard...

					TRAVELER
			Let it go, Wesley... let go of
			the anticipation... the
			expectations... the demands upon
			yourself... let it all go...
			leave it behind.

	Wesley breathes deeply... lets go off tension in his
	face...

					TRAVELER
			Yes. The ability is there...
			inside you... you don't need to
			look for it...

	As Wesley closes his eyes, continuing to punch in
	equations...

62   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The Red Alert continues. Beverly is pacing, stops to
	stare at the diagram again as the ship shakes, then
	resumes pacing.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Three minutes thirty seconds to
			life support failure.

					BEVERLY
				(to herself, quick pace,
				 pressing herself to
				 complete equation)
			The Traveler used his thoughts
			to alter warp fields... and
			thoughts became reality... Now
			I'm in a warp field...
				(beat)
			Could my thoughts have changed
			this reality?

	She's still not quite there, gives herself a pep talk:

         STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/20/90 - ACT FIVE         52.

62   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Come on, Beverly! What's the next
			step?!
				(an idea)
			What was I thinking at the
			moment Wesley's bubble formed?
			Dalen Quaice... He said... all
			the people he'd known were gone...
			I thought of Jack... I went to
			see Wesley... the flash in
			Engineering... And that's when
			it started... when I started
			losing everybody!
				(lightbulb)
			My thoughts created this universe.
			Can they get me out of it again?

					COMPUTER
			That information is not available.

					BEVERLY
			I'm not talking to you.
				(beat)
			Click my heels together three
			times and I'm back in Kansas?
			Can it be that simple?

	She takes a deep breath and closes her eyes... PUSH IN
	to her face as she concentrates... a beat later, she
	opens her eyes. Nothing.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing; frowns)
			No, it can't be that simple.

62A  INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	No Red Alert. Picard ENTERS. Geordi and
	supernumeraries are nearby. Wesley's relaxing into the
	task... still entering equations with his eyes closed.
	The Traveler, satisfied, closes his eyes... after a
	beat, he begins to phase...

63   INT. BRIDGE
	The Red Alert continues.

         STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/20/90 - ACT FIVE         53.

63   CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Two minutes thirty seconds to life
			support failure.

					BEVERLY
			Computer, hypothetical
			situation... a person is trapped
			inside a static warp bubble.
			Determine a means of escape...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Escape would theoretically depend
			on establishing a stable threshold
			between the warp field and the
			outer environment.

					BEVERLY
			Can you describe this threshold?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Negative. There are no known
			practical applications of this
			theory.

					BEVERLY
			Extrapolate from theoretical
			database. How might it manifest
			itself?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			A dynamic atmospheric disturbance
			of great intensity.

					BEVERLY
			Disturbance? The vortex! They
			must have been trying to reach
			me! But how do I find it... ?
			Wesley, where do I go? Help me...

63A  INT. ENGINEERING

	Close on Wesley... as he goes deeper and deeper inside
	himself... using his extraordinary mental abilities,
	trying to reach out for his mother...

63B  INT. BRIDGE

	Red Alert continuing.

         STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/20/90 - ACT FIVE        53A.

63B  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Stable threshold... They've
			been trying to create a stable
			threshold. Where are they trying
			to do it?
				(the final piece of the
				 puzzle)
			Where did they do it the first
			time? Engineering!

	She bolts for the turbolift...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			One minute thirty seconds to life
			support failure.

         STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/20/90 - ACT FIVE         54.

64
thru	OMITTED
70

70A  INT. TURBOLIFT

	Beverly waits. Suddenly the turbolift jars to a
	halt.

					BEVERLY
			Engineering!

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Failure in Turboshaft Four.
			Unable to proceed to Main
			Engineering.

					BEVERLY
			Just get me anywhere on Deck
			Thirty-Six!

	The Turbolift begins moving again.

70B  INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	No Red Alert. The Traveler is still phasing. His
	eyes and Wesley's eyes are still closed. And then,
	incredibly, Wesley begins to phase too... In the
	background, the vortex begin to form. Reactions.

71   INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	Beverly steps off the turbolift. It vanishes behind
	her, revealing the gray, misty void. She sees it,
	takes off at a run. As she runs, pieces of the ship
	disappear behind her. She's only keeping a few steps
	ahead of it!

72   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Geordi watch as Welsey's phasing begins
	to sync up with the Traveler. The vortex grows even
	brighter. But then Geordi glances at his readouts,
	shakes his head, looks at Picard, quietly --

         STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/21/90 - ACT FIVE         55.

72   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			We're losing the bubble...

73   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Red Alert. Beverly charges in. The vortex is there,
	but beginning to break up! She leaps through!

74   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Beverly half falls, half tumbles out of the vortex.
	The vortex vanishes in a flash of light. Picard moves
	to her. Wesley and the Traveler stop phasing. Wesley
	collapses, exhausted. And the Traveler, too, looks
	drained. Picard helps Beverly to her feet. He smiles,
	embraces her.

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc...
				(sees the Traveler,
				 reacts)
			You...

	He stares at her.

					BEVERLY
			Do I have you to thank for getting
			me back?

					TRAVELER
			No.

	He steps aside to reveal Wesley. Wesley stands slowly,
	uncertain. She holds out her arms. Wesley moves to
	hug her. They hold each other in silence.

					BEVERLY
			Captain, if I may ask: how many
			people are there onboard?

         STAR TREK: "Remember Me" - REV. 8/21/90 - ACT FIVE         56.

74   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(surprised)
			One thousand fourteen, including
			your guest, Doctor Quaice.

	She closes her eyes.

					GEORDI
			Is there something wrong with that
			count?

					BEVERLY
				(smiles)
			No. That's the exact number
			there should be.

	She holds Wesley even tighter.

75   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it holds its position near the Starbase.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             



                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                           "Legacy" 
                          #40274-180 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Joe Menosky 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Robert Scheerer 


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WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                        FINAL DRAFT
 
                      AUGUST 20, 1990
 


             STAR TREK: "Legacy" - 8/20/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Legacy" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             HAYNE
                RIKER              ISHARA YAR
                DATA               COALITION MAN #1
                BEVERLY            TAN TSU
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                                   Non-Speaking
                                   VARIOUS TURKANANS
                O'BRIEN            
                                   COALITION MEMBERS
                                   ALLIANCE MEMBERS
                Non-Speaking       
                SUPERNUMERARIES    

             STAR TREK: "Legacy" - 8/20/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Legacy" 
                               
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE       FREIGHTER ARCOS
              ENGINEERING
              TRANSPORTER ROOM         TURKANA FOUR
              CORRIDORS                  CITY (MATTE)
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              TEN-FORWARD
              SICKBAY
          
            TURKANA FOUR
              TUNNEL ENTRANCE
              MISC. TUNNELS & ADJOINING CORRIDORS
              ALLIANCE POWER GENERATOR
              ALLIANCE CHAMBERS
              ARCOS ESCAPE POD

      STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/30/90 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Legacy" 
                             
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                CAMUS                  CAM-us
                CHROMOSOMES            KROH-mah-sohms
                ISHARA                 ish-ARE-uh
                MYO-GRAPHIC SCANNER    MY-oh graph-ic
                SOMATIC                so-MAT-ic
                SYNTHALE               SYNTH-ale
                TAN TSU                tahn tsoo
                TELLURIDAN             tel-LUR-i-done
                TURKANA                tur-KAH-nuh
                VAGRA TWO              VAY-gra 2


         STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/24/90 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                           "Legacy"                                
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

A1	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Travelling at standard warp.

B1	INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	RIKER, DATA, TROI and WORF are playing five-card draw
	poker, Riker dealing. Riker and Data have similarly
	large piles of chips in front of them. It looks like
	Troi and Worf are down to mortgaging the farm. Worf
	stares at his hand -- his poker face leaves a lot to
	be desired.

					WORF
				(scowls)
			One.

					RIKER
				(baiting him)
			Worf. Are you trying to fill
			another inside straight?

	Worf grunts.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Don't say I didn't warn you.

	Riker deals him a card. Worf takes a look and folds.

					WORF
			Pah.

					TROI
				(to Riker)
			I fold.


        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/24/90 - TEASER        1A.

B1	CONTINUED:

	Riker looks at Data, who carefully adds two chips,
	followed by three more.

					DATA
			I will raise you three.

					RIKER
			No cards?

	Riker reacts as Data answers with an utterly unreadable
	look.

					RIKER
				(to others)
			Best poker face I've ever seen.

	Riker stares at Data for a beat.

					RIKER
			Dealer takes two.

	Riker deals himself two cards. Stares at them for a
	moment. Adds five chips to the pile. Then five more.
	He looks at Data.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Raise you ten.

	Without hesitation, Data counts out ten chips, then
	twenty more.

					DATA
			I will see your bet, and raise
			you twenty.

	Riker smiles.

					RIKER
			Data. Are you sitting on a full
			house or a flush?

					DATA
			It will cost you twenty to make
			that determination, Sir.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/18/90 - TEASER        1B.

B1	CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker stares at him for a few beats. Smiles and tosses
	in his cards.

					RIKER
			Dealer folds.

	Data calmly pulls in the chips. Both Troi and Worf
	push back from the table -- finished for the night.
	Troi looks at the chips in front of Riker and Data,
	now even more evenly matched.

					TROI
				(teasingly)
			You two have successfully split
			the evening between yourselves.

					WORF
			I suspect conspiracy. But far
			be it for me to accuse my superior
			officers.

	Riker laughs. Looks at Data.

					RIKER
			It's getting harder to bluff you,
			Data. You've learned this game
			well.

					DATA
			Yes sir, I believe I have.

	Riker reshuffles the deck of cards, considering Data
	as he does so.

					RIKER
			Tell you what.

	He fans out the cards on the table. Troi and Worf
	stick around to see what he's up to, as Riker pushes
	his entire pile of winnings towards Data.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I'll bet you I can find a card
			that you bury anywhere in this
			deck. And furthermore, I'll make
			you help me do it.

	Data considers the challenge for a moment.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/18/90 - TEASER        1C.

B1	CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			Careful, Data.

					DATA
			Your guidance is much valued,
			Counsellor. However...

	Data pushes his chips into the betting pot. Troi
	laughs. Data selects a card.

					RIKER
			Don't let me see it.

	Data pulls it up towards his face. Troi and Worf
	adjust their positions to be behind Data, so that they
	too can see the card.

C1	CLOSE UP THE CARD

	The Jack of Hearts.

					RIKER (O.S.)
			Now lose it in the deck.

D1	RESUME

	Data does so, and Riker quickly shuffles and plops the
	deck right down in front of Data.

					RIKER
			Cut the deck into two halves.

	Data does so, making two halves. Riker takes one half
	away, discarding it.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Again.

	Data again makes two halves with what's left. Riker
	again takes one away.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Once more.

	Same procedure.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/18/90 - TEASER        1D.

D1	CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			How many cards are left?

	Data fans them slightly, counting as he does so.

					DATA
			Eleven.

					RIKER
			Pick five.

	Data does so.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Throw them away.

	Data puts them aside. Six remain in front of them.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Choose three.

	Data does so.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Now pick one of those.

	Data picks one.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Turn it over.

	Data does so -- it is the Jack of Hearts. Troi and
	Worf appear astonished.

					RIKER
				(knowing the answer)
			Is that your card?

					TROI
			Incredible.

	Riker smiles and moves to pull the large pile of chips
	towards his side of the table.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/18/90 - TEASER        1E.

D1	CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			You surreptitiously placed the
			edge of your left thumb onto the
			card immediately after I inserted
			it back into the deck. When you
			divided the deck to reshuffle,
			you kept that card on top. You
			thus were able to have me either
			discard or save depending on the
			card's location, which you
			followed at each step. Until we
			were left with one -- the card
			I originally chose.

	Riker scowls, beaten. Data reaches his arms out and
	starts pulling the pile of chips towards his side.

					DATA
			Sir, I think under the
			circumstances...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to Riker.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Captain?

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			We've received a distress call.
			Changing course to intercept...

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Speeding at high warp through space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 44215.2.
			The Enterprise has bypassed its
			scheduled archaelogical survey
			of Camus Two in response to a
			distress call from a Federation
			freighter. The Arcos has assumed
			an emergency orbit around Turkana
			Four, birthplace of our late
			comrade Tasha Yar.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/18/90 - TEASER        1F.

2    INT. BRIDGE

	PICARD, RIKER, DATA, WORF and TROI at their stations.
	A supernumerary is at the Conn.

					DATA
			We will enter the Turkana system
			in eleven minutes, Captain.

					PICARD
			Engine status.

					DATA
			Stable. But we have maintained
			warp factor nine for longer than
			is recommended.

	Picard notes Data's report with a nod.

					WORF
			Subspace message from the Arcos.
			Their transmitter is failing, sir.
			Audio only.

					PICARD
			Let's hear it.

         STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/28/90 - TEASER         2.

2    CONTINUED:

	Worf touches a control and the voice of crewman TAN TSU
	is heard on audio, fuzzing in and out of a rough
	transmission.

					TAN TSU'S VOICE
			Enterprise, this is Tan Tsu, Arcos
			engineer. Estimate five minutes
			till warp drive containment
			breach.

	A small explosion can be heard in the background,
	momentarily disrupting the audio. It returns with even
	less quality than before.

					TAN TSU'S VOICE
				(continuing)
			Make that three minutes. Thanks
			for trying, Enterprise...

	The transmission fritzes out completely. Picard
	reacts, turns to the supernumerary.

					PICARD
			Warp nine-point-three, Ensign.

	The supernumerary works the controls. The ship hums
	around them.

					PICARD
			How much time?

					DATA
			Seven minutes and fifteen seconds
			will bring us within transporter
			range.

					PICARD
			Go to warp nine-point-six.

	The supernumerary touches the controls.

3
thru	OMITTED
4

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Flashing at warp speed across a field of stars.

         STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/28/90 - TEASER         3.

6    INT. BRIDGE

	Data at his instruments.

					DATA
			Entering the Turkana System,
			Captain.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Mister O'Brien, prepare to lock
			onto the two crewmen.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Aye, Captain.

6A   OMITTED

6B   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard glances at the Conn.

					PICARD
			Drop to impulse.

	The ensign at Conn takes the ship out of warp.

					DATA
			Visual contact.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Get them out of there, O'Brien.

7    INSERT VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	A field of stars and a reddish planet, Turkana Four.
	We're close enough to barely make out in the far
	distance, a ship in orbit around the planet. As we
	watch, the ship explodes in what from this distance,
	looks like a delicate, silent, flash of color.

					RIKER
			O'Brien, status!

         STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/27/90 - TEASER         4.

7A   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	O'Brien at the instrument panel.

					O'BRIEN
				(to com)
			There's nothing to lock onto,
			Commander.

8    INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The bridge crew reacts.

					DATA
			I am reading an ion trail
			characteristic of a freighter
			escape pod.

	Data continues working his instrument panel. Worf is
	working his controls as well.

					WORF
				(to Picard)
			Unable to establish contact.

					PICARD
			It could have been damaged by the
			explosion. They may have been
			incapable of maintaining orbit.

					RIKER
			Let's hope they stay clear of the
			colony.

	Data looks up from his instruments.

					DATA
			That is exactly where the ion
			trail leads, Commander.

					PICARD
			Hail the colony.

         STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/28/90 - TEASER         5.

8    CONTINUED:

	A beat. Riker looks concerned.

					WORF
			I've been trying to, Captain...
			No response.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			There haven't been reliable
			communications since the
			government fell apart.

					DATA
			The last Federation vessel to
			attempt contact was the Potemkin
			six years ago. They were warned
			that anyone transporting down to
			the colony would be killed.

	A beat.

					PICARD
			Ready your away team, Number One.

	Picard stares with concern at the red planet on the
	viewscreen in front of him.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/5/90 - ACT ONE         6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

9    OMITTED

9A   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. We
			are in orbit above Turkana Four,
			an Earth colony that severed
			relations with the Federation
			nearly fifteen years ago. I am
			concerned about sending an away
			team, but if we are to discover
			the fate of the two missing
			Federation crewmen, I see no
			alternative.

10   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Data and Worf are entering the transporter room.
	O'Brien is at his controls. Beverly is waiting for
	them, medical kit in hand. Worf seems concerned with
	her presence.

					DATA
			The surface settlement appears
			to be all but destroyed. Sensors
			show that the colonists now live
			in structures that extend nearly
			three kilometers beneath the city.

					RIKER
			Have you located the escape pod's
			landing point, Chief?

					O'BRIEN
			Yessir... three hundred meters
			beyond the colony perimeter...

	Riker nods. Worf turns to him.

					WORF
				(re: Beverly)
			Sir, we can anticipate a violent
			response to our presence.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/5/90 - ACT ONE        6A.

10   CONTINUED:

					WORF (Cont'd)
			Perhaps the Doctor should wait
			here for our signal.

					BEVERLY
				(an edge)
			I appreciate the concern. But
			I think it's exaggerated.

					WORF
			Doctor, the colony is completely
			lawless. Lieutenant Yar spoke
			of rape gangs...

					BEVERLY
			Mister Worf, I can handle myself.

					RIKER
				(a decision)
			She's coming. The Arcos crewmen
			may require immediate medical
			assistance.

	Worf nods. Riker pulls his phaser, adjusts the
	setting.

					RIKER
			Phasers on maximum stun.

	The away team members step onto the transporter pads
	and take out their phasers, adjusting the settings.
	When they are set, with phasers in firing position --

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/30/90 - ACT ONE        7.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Energize.

	O'Brien works the controls and the away team
	DEMATERIALIZES.

11   EXT. TURKANA FOUR CITY - DAY - MATTE SHOT (OPTICAL)

	of a bombed-out 24th century version of the South
	Bronx.

12   INT. ENTRANCE TO TUNNEL

	A wide, partially fallen-in tunnel. The away team
	ENTERS cautiously from outside, phasers ready. Data is
	reading his tricorder.

					DATA
			The dispersion trail continues
			in this direction.

	He stops to double-check his readings. Then turns
	slightly with the tricorder, pointing with it.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			The concentration gradient
			definitely increases along this
			vector.

	He indicates a direction.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			The escape pod was apparently
			moved into the tunnels ahead of
			us.

	WORKMEN walk by carrying several cannisters. They give
	the away team half-a-look, avoid them, and go on with
	their business. Several CIVILIAN-LOOKING INDIVIDUALS
	approach from the other direction, again giving the
	away team a wide berth and attempting no contact. It
	suggests a city street. Pedestrian traffic.

	The Federation officers seem surprised, and lower their
	phasers. Riker glances towards Worf.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/30/90 - ACT ONE        8.

12   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Not the response we expected.

					BEVERLY
			Maybe things have changed here.

	Suddenly, all hell breaks loose around them. Alarms go
	off; the three workmen dive for cover; FOUR COALITION
	MEN and ONE COALITION WOMAN in their early to
	mid-twenties come hurrying around a corner.

	One is carrying a small crate in his arms, one of the
	others has a phaser, the remaining three carry
	nightstick-looking devices. The garments worn by three
	of them are torn in several places, as if in a fight
	that just happened. One of the men looks seriously
	injured, though still on his feet and moving; his shirt
	is torn across his chest. In the flurry of activity,
	we may notice a diamond-shaped bright orange/yellow
	solid glow, about an inch in diameter, on a spot under
	their garments just below the collar bone.

	They stop dead in their tracks, completely surprised at
	the sight of the away team directly in front of them,
	phasers now raised. The newcomers assume a ready
	stance with their weapons. The injured man slumps to
	his knees. Beverly goes to assist. She begins to
	examine the wounds.

					MAN #1
			Identify yourselves.

					RIKER
			We're from the Federation Starship
			Enterprise. We tracked two
			crewmen to this area. Do you know
			anything about them?

					MAN #1
			Possibly.

	The others in his group are glancing anxiously around.

					RIKER
			What do you mean?

					MAN #1
			It depends on what you have to
			offer in return.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/24/90 - ACT ONE        9.

12A
thru	OMITTED
12B

12C  ANGLE ON THE WOUNDED MAN

	as his diamond-shaped orange/yellow glow suddenly
	pulses beneath the skin -- right where his shirt has
	been ripped open. Almost as one body, the group
	suddenly turn towards a corridor opening. The other
	Coalition members are pulsing as well.

					MAN #1
			They found us.

12D  RIKER AND WORF

	react to the pulsing, glance at each other.

					WORF
				(to Riker, re: the glow)
			Proximity detectors. I've seen
			them used on Manu Three.

	A beat later we hear shouting and a couple of phasers
	firing from the corridor.

					MAN #1
				(to Riker)
			Follow me.

	He and his group take off down an opposite corridor.
	Riker pauses for a moment, makes a decision.

					RIKER
			Come on.

	The away team follows quickly after them.

	(NOTE: re the detectors: whenever a gang member is in
	foreign territory, it glows. When an enemy begins to
	approach, it pulses.)

13   INT. TUNNEL INTERSECTION (OPTICAL)

	A spare, meeting ground area, with a few crates serving
	as objects to sit on or lean against -- a very casual
	guerrilla look.

	HAYNE, late-twenties, tough, charming and charismatic,
	is checking out the contents of the box his men just
	stole.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/23/90 - ACT ONE        9A.

13   CONTINUED:

	The away team stands in front of him, surrounded in
	the background by several male and female Coalition
	members who don't appear particularly threatened by
	their appearance. Since the members are back in their
	own territory, the orange/yellow glows are no longer
	activated, and are therefore invisible. Man #1 is
	near Hayne.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/28/90 - ACT ONE        10.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					HAYNE
				(to Riker)
			The Alliance is holding your men
			hostage, Commander Riker, not
			us. You can expect a ransom
			demand...

					RIKER
			The Alliance?

					HAYNE
			Our good friends.

	Some of his comrades give a low laugh. Hayne pulls
	out of the box a bottle of what looks like liquor.

					HAYNE
				(to his gang)
			Our "good friends" are going to
			be upset when they realize we took
			their last crate of Telluridan
			synthale.

	More laughter. Riker looks impatient.

					RIKER
			Maybe it would be easier if I
			contacted the authorities.

					HAYNE
				(flash of anger)
			We are the "authorities."

	Hayne quickly recovers his cool. Sets down the bottle
	and picks up one of the nightstick weapons, called a
	STUNSTICK, pointing it at a schematic wall-hanging of
	the city below the ground. The city is shaped like a
	sunken pyramid with the base at the lowest depth.

					HAYNE
				(continuing)
			The Coalition -- our cadre -- runs
			this side of the city. The
			Alliance controls the other. Take
			your choice.

					RIKER
			Are you offering to help?

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/30/90 - ACT ONE        11.

13   CONTINUED: (3)

					HAYNE
				(nodding)
			In return for some...
			consideration. Phasers are in
			short supply down here. A
			starship isn't going to miss a
			few.

	Worf grunts with distrust.

					WORF
			That is no better than a ransom
			demand.

					HAYNE
			No matter what you give the
			Alliance, they'll eventually kill
			your crewmen anyway. With our
			help there's at least a chance
			you'll get them back alive.

	A beat. Hayne senses their hesitation.

					HAYNE
			All we're asking for is help in
			maintaining our defense. We're
			trying to keep the peace.

	Riker glances at the stolen crate, looks doubtful.

					RIKER
			Everything we've seen suggests
			otherwise.

	Hayne indicates the crate with a dismissive gesture.

					HAYNE
			A prank. The proximity implants
			prevent either side from doing
			any serious damage.

	Hayne taps the spot just below the center of his collar
	bone. Then he indicates the map.

					HAYNE
				(continuing)
			They warn us when an enemy is
			approaching.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/30/90 - ACT ONE        12.

13   CONTINUED: (4)

					WORF
			Then why do you need more phasers?

					HAYNE
			The Alliance just discovered a
			large cache of weapons. I just
			want to make things even.
			Preserve the peace.

					BEVERLY
			You keep using the word "peace."
			We've heard a different version
			of life on Turkana Four.

					HAYNE
				(bristling)
			Ancient history.
				(a beat)
			Where did you hear that?

					DATA
			A former crewmember was born here.

	Hayne considers that for a moment.

					HAYNE
			Where's he now?

					DATA
			She was killed in the line of
			duty.

					HAYNE
				(shrugs)
			That's as good a way to die as
			any.

	Hayne has inadvertently hit a nerve, but Riker does
	his best to hide it.

					HAYNE
				(continuing)
			As I said -- ancient history.
			This is now. And your men are
			in trouble.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/23/90 - ACT ONE        13.

13   CONTINUED: (5)

					RIKER
			We'll return to the Enterprise
			and consider your proposal.

	Hayne nods his acceptance. Then steps over and hands
	the bottle of synthale to Riker.

					HAYNE
			A gift for your Captain.

	Data quickly scans it with the tricorder, finding
	nothing amiss. Riker touches his insignia.

					RIKER
			Riker to Enterprise. Energize.

	The away team DISAPPEARS into the transporter beam.
	When they're gone, Hayne turns to his second-in-
	command.

					HAYNE
			I want everything there is to
			know about the starship
			Enterprise.

14   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard is examining the bottle from the colony; the
	away team is back and standing nearby. Bridge crew
	consists of Riker, Data, Worf, Beverly, Troi, and a
	supernumerary at the Conn.

					RIKER
				(re: the bottle)
			According to Hayne, the Coalition
			and the Alliance raid each other
			for supplies -- much of it
			non-essential.

					PICARD
			Why?

					WORF
			A battle exercise.

					RIKER
				(nodding)
			Their defenses apparently prevent
			deep strikes into each other's
			territory. Minor skirmishes are
			all that's left.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/27/90 - ACT ONE        14.

14   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			"Coalition", "Alliance" -- it all
			sounds so reasonable. But you've
			described the behavior of urban
			street thugs. We certainly won't
			trade weapons for the crewmen.
				(beat)
			How do you suggest we deal with
			them?

	Picard sets down the bottle.

					RIKER
			We have to tell them something.

					WORF
			No promises. No denials.

					PICARD
				(nods in agreement)
			For now, Hayne's Coalition is our
			only safe access to the colony.
			Let's keep the door open and see
			where it leads.

	Worf glances down at his instrument panel.

					WORF
			Captain. Transmission from
			Turkana Four. Coming in on a
			secure channel.

					PICARD
				(surprised)
			On screen.

15   INSERT VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	A close shot of Hayne in the same location. A young
	woman, ISHARA, is standing next to and slightly behind
	him. She is early to mid-twenties, blonde, slender,
	athletic and attractive.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/23/90 - ACT ONE        15.

15   CONTINUED:

					HAYNE
			Hello, Enterprise. Commander
			Riker, would you introduce me to
			your Captain?

16   INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Riker glances at Picard, then toward the viewscreen.

					PICARD
				(to Hayne)
			I'm Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

17   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Hayne nods acknowledgement -- as one equal to another.

					HAYNE
			I have someone here you might like
			to meet.

	Ishara steps forward.

					HAYNE
				(continuing)
			This is Ishara... Ishara Yar.

	A beat as Ishara stares straight out from the
	viewscreen.

					ISHARA
			Tasha was my sister.

	OFF the Bridge crew's stunned reaction.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/24/90 - ACT TWO        16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

18   INT. BRIDGE

	The crew is staring at the viewscreen.

19   ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (INTERCUT AS NEEDED) (OPTICAAL)

	Hayne and Ishara looking at the crew.

					HAYNE
			There's an old saying, Captain.
			"The enemy of my enemy is my
			friend." I've decided it's in
			my best interest to help you get
			your men back.

					PICARD
			With nothing from us in return?

					HAYNE
			You could be forced into paying
			my adversary a ransom in weapons.
			I'll do anything I can to avoid
			that possibility.

					PICARD
			What do you propose?

					HAYNE
				(indicating Ishara)
			Ishara will be our liaison.

					ISHARA
			I know Alliance territory. I can
			help you with a rescue plan.

	A beat.

					PICARD
			One moment.

	Picard signals Worf to mute the channel.

					WORF
			Mute.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/28/90 - ACT TWO        17.

20   RESUME BRIDGE

	As Picard turns to his officers.

					PICARD
			Reactions?

					WORF
			I do not trust him.

					RIKER
			She could be a fake. We mentioned
			that a former member of the crew
			had come from the colony.

					BEVERLY
				(nodding)
			All Hayne had to do was search
			through whatever their database
			had on Starfleet to come up with
			Tasha's name.

					PICARD
			Counsellor?

					TROI
			He's being deceptive, and he's
			clearly hoping to manipulate us.
			As for the young woman's identity,
			I can't tell.

	Picard considers for a moment, makes a decision.

					PICARD
			Regardless, this is an option we
			cannot neglect. We'll continue
			on other fronts as they present
			themselves. For now, let's see
			what she has to say.

	Picard turns to Worf, who touches his panel.

					WORF
			Open.

21   INSERT VIEWSCREEN (INTERCUT AS NEEDED) (OPTICAL)

	Hayne and Ishara.

					PICARD
			I've decided to accept your
			proposal.

       STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/24/90 - ACT TWO       17A.

21   CONTINUED:

					HAYNE
			Thank you.

	He glances from Ishara back to Picard.

					HAYNE
				(continuing)
			Good luck.

	OFF Picard's stone serious face.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/30/90 - ACT TWO        18.

22   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	CLOSE ON Ishara, MATERIALIZING on the transporter pad.

	Data is waiting for her when she steps off. She takes
	note of his appearance.

					DATA
			Welcome to the Enterprise, Ishara.
			I am Commander Data.

					ISHARA
			You're not human.

					DATA
			I am an android.

	Ishara glances at him.

					ISHARA
			Built for fighting... ?

					DATA
				(reacts)
			On what do you base that
			assumption?

					ISHARA
			A cybernetic device serving on
			a starship...

					DATA
			The Enterprise is not a ship of
			war. It is a ship of
			exploration.

	This doesn't particularly intrigue her -- in fact, she
	seems on the whole somewhat emotionally disconnected.
	NOT HARSH -- just missing something. Though there is
	an undercurrent of woundedness or vulnerability beneath
	it all that she does her best to hide.

					ISHARA
			The first thing to do is help you
			map the colony.
				(takes out chip)
			This is a general grid of the
			tunnel systems. I can fill in
			the specific details from memory.

       STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/30/90 - ACT TWO       18A.

22   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			My orders are to escort you to
			the Observation Lounge. We will
			proceed from there.

	She nods assent, and they head for the door.

23   INT. CORRIDOR

	Data and Ishara are walking away from the transporter
	room.

					DATA
			Your sister never spoke of you.

					ISHARA
			That's not surprising.

	Data glances at her.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/24/90 - ACT TWO        19.

23   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			It is surprising to me. Tasha
			and I spent much time together
			in the course of our duties. We
			had a considerable number of
			conversations.

	Ishara studies him for a moment.

					ISHARA
			Did she talk at all about the
			colony?

					DATA
			Only to say that she was lucky
			to have escaped.

					ISHARA
				(matter of factly)
			It wasn't luck. It was cowardice.

	Data looks surprised.

					DATA
			"Cowardice" is a term that I have
			never heard applied to Tasha.

	She glances at him -- a shift of the head and a look
	in her eyes that Data seems to recognize. She picks
	up on it.

					ISHARA
			Is something wrong?

					DATA
			No. It is just that for a
			moment, the expression on your
			face was reminiscent of your
			sister.

	This seems to strike a place of vulnerability in her,
	but she covers it immediately, turning away from him,
	and speaking in her even, unemotional tone.

					ISHARA
			It's been fifteen years. I don't
			even remember what she looked
			like...

24   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	The door slides open and Data ENTERS with Ishara.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/24/90 - ACT TWO        20.

24A  ANGLE ON THE SENIOR STAFF

	Waiting in the room. Picard, Riker, Troi, Geordi,
	Beverly. They can't help but stare at her for a couple
	of silent beats -- almost as if looking for some sign
	of Tasha.

24B  RESUME

	Ishara reacts to their gaze.

					ISHARA
			You don't believe I'm Tasha's
			sister.

					PICARD
			We have considered that
			possibility.

					ISHARA
			I'm not surprised. You can
			sample my DNA if you like.

					BEVERLY
			Thank you, I will.

	Picard indicates a chair.

					PICARD
			Please. Sit down.

	Ishara takes a seat, Data does the same. Troi studies
	her carefully, trying to get a sense of her.

					PICARD
			Perhaps it would help if you gave
			us some idea of what we're dealing
			with on Turkana Four. Our last
			information describes a colony
			in complete disarray.

					ISHARA
			It started falling apart almost
			thirty years ago. There were
			dozens of factions. They fought
			until the city above ground was
			in ruins.

					RIKER
			The Coalition and the Alliance
			are all that's left?

       STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/27/90 - ACT TWO       20A.

24B  CONTINUED:

					ISHARA
				(nodding)
			We were the two strongest
			factions... When the government
			couldn't stop the violence, they
			gave us police powers. The
			proximity detectors were
			originally designed by the
			government to keep us under
			control.

					PICARD
			Apparently, that part of the plan
			didn't succeed very well.

					ISHARA
			No. After a few months, we
			didn't need the government any
			more.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/24/90 - ACT TWO        21.

24B  CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Tasha left you in the middle of
			all that?

	A beat. Ishara's voice grows quieter.

					ISHARA
			She didn't abandon me, if that's
			what you mean. Tasha asked me
			to go with her. But I had
			already joined the Coalition.
			They were my family.

	The group reacts to her admission. She looks at
	Picard, voice still quiet, doing her best to hide her
	difficulty with this subject.

					ISHARA
				(continuing, to Picard)
			Captain, we don't have a lot of
			time. Maybe we should get
			started.

	Before Picard can respond, the COM comes on.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Incoming transmission from the
			colony, Captain.

					PICARD
			On screen.

25   INSERT WALLSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	TAN TSU, one of the missing crewmen, is facing the
	viewer. He looks a bit bruised and battered from the
	crash.

					TAN TSU
				(strained)
			Enterprise, I'm being held by the
			Turkana Four Alliance. I've been
			instructed to say that you have
			twenty hours to make reparations
			for Federation intrusion into this
			colony.
				(a beat)
			Or my pilot and I will be killed.

       STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/24/90 - ACT TWO       21A.

25   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(to screen)
			Ask them if we can at least send
			a medical --

	The screen goes blank.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/29/90 - ACT TWO        22.

26   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - CONTINUOUS

					ISHARA
			Take that threat seriously,
			Captain. They'll torture them
			and then they'll kill them. My
			cadre has never recovered a
			hostage alive from the Alliance.

	She has everyone's attention.

					ISHARA
				(continuing)
			Your crewmen could be held in any
			number of places. The Alliance
			has two main headquarters and
			thirteen ancillary bases of
			operation. All underground. All
			heavily guarded.

					GEORDI
			If I could get to the myographic
			scanner...

					ISHARA
			What's that?

					DATA
			A sensing device on the escape
			pod. It monitors the bio-electric
			signatures of the crew. In the
			event they get separated from the
			pod.

					GEORDI
			I could install a booster on the
			device that would relay its
			signals to the Enterprise. Then
			we could track the men from up
			here.

					PICARD
			Unfortunately, we don't know where
			the escape pod is.

					ISHARA
			Level Three-C, Section
			five-four-seven.
				(a smile off their
				 surprise)
			We have our sources.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/27/90 - ACT TWO        23.

27   INT. ENGINEERING - C.U. ON TABLE MONITOR

	A schematic computer display version of the map we saw
	in Coalition headquarters.

					ISHARA (O.S)
			Access tunnels are here...

28   PULL BACK TO INCLUDE

	Riker, Data, Geordi, Worf and Ishara gathered around
	a large flat screen, as Ishara indicates various
	locations. She seems much more comfortable now that
	they are deep in "work" mode.

					ISHARA
			... and here.

	They lean back from the table screen.

					RIKER
				(pointing)
			We could transport an away team
			right into this intersection...

					ISHARA
			Don't underestimate them,
			Commander. They'll be ready for
			that... I've seen them use this
			kind of strategy before.

	Riker gives her a questioning look.

					ISHARA
				(continuing)
			I know it looks isolated and
			easily accessible... But my guess
			is they have hundreds of men on
			the levels above and below
			waiting for you to make your
			move.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/24/90 - ACT TWO        24.

28   CONTINUED:

	A beat.

					WORF
			We'll need a diversion.

					GEORDI
			Transport a couple of photon
			grenades into the adjoining
			chambers. At minimum intensity
			it wouldn't kill anybody, just
			shake them up a lot.

					RIKER
			That won't give us enough time.
			We need something that'll occupy
			them long enough for you to
			install the relay.

	A beat. Ishara indicates the map.

					ISHARA
			Transport me into this corridor.
			My magnetic implant will set off
			the defense alarms. They'll
			think it's a raid by the
			Coalition.

					RIKER
			Too dangerous. We've seen what
			those tunnels look like. You
			could easily be cut off from the
			rest of us.
				(to Worf)
			Worf, if we --

					ISHARA
			-- Commander Riker.
				(beat)
			I was ordered to assist you in
			any way possible. That doesn't
			mean "as long as it's safe, or
			convenient."

	Riker can't help but be impressed by her courage --
	but he's still hesitant.

					ISHARA
				(continuing)
			If you had the time, we could come
			up with another plan.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/30/90 - ACT TWO        25.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					ISHARA (Cont'd)
			But you don't. Right now, I'm
			your best option.

	Riker glances at the others.

					DATA
			She would have to be armed,
			Commander.

	Riker considers.

					RIKER
			I want to discuss this with the
			Captain.
				(to Data)
			Mister Data, take Ishara to see
			Doctor Crusher.

	Ishara nods her assent.

28A  INT. SICKBAY

	Ishara is sitting on a diagnostic bed as Beverly slowly
	brushes an instrument over the inside of the young
	woman's arm. (NOTE: The instrument does touch the
	skin) Data is standing nearby.

					ISHARA
			You have Tasha's DNA on file?

					BEVERLY
			The ship's computer does.
				(re: Ishara's arm)
			There's always some
			differentiation in the somatic
			chromosomes -- but it's not enough
			to affect the results.

	Beverly finishes with the instrument.

					BEVERLY
				(to Data)
			It'll take me a few hours to run
			the isomorphic comparison.

	Dr. Crusher steps away, heading towards the lab.

					ISHARA
				(to Data)
			That wasn't too bad.

       STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/30/90 - ACT TWO       25A.

28A  CONTINUED:

	A beat as Ishara glances around the Sickbay.

					ISHARA
				(continuing; evenly)
			So, all that's left of my sister
			is a file in a computer...

					DATA
			Tasha exists in our memories as
			well.

					ISHARA
			How did she die?

					DATA
			Lieutenant Yar was killed on Vagra
			Two by a malevolent entity.

					ISHARA
			In battle?

					DATA
			No... she was killed as a
			demonstration of the creature's
			power. Without provocation.

					ISHARA
				(sad laugh)
			That's not how I intend to die.

	The door opens and Riker ENTERS.

					RIKER
			The Captain approves. You're
			with us.

	Off her reaction.

29   INT. CHAMBER - ESCAPE POD

	A half-fallen down tunnel area similar to what the away
	team saw earlier. A slender, three-meter-long, heavily-
	damaged escape pod is in the center of the area,
	guarded by TWO ALLIANCE MEN AND ONE ALLIANCE WOMAN,
	mid-twenties, armed with one phaser and two stunsticks.

29A  ANGLE ON RIKER, DATA, WORF, AND GEORDI

	Hidden behind a projection, having just transported
	down.

       STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/30/90 - ACT TWO       25B.

29A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(touches insignia,
				 quietly)
			Enterprise, we're in position.

29B  INT. ADJOINING CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	A beat on a silent, deserted tunnel. Ishara suddenly
	MATERIALIZES, phaser drawn. As soon as the Transporter
	beam clears, the implant beneath her collar bone begins
	to glow its characteristic bright orange/yellow.
	Simultaneously, a piercing alarm goes off in the tunnel
	around her.

29C  INT. CHAMBER - ESCAPE POD (OPTICAL)

	The Alliance guards at the pod appear dumbfounded at
	the alarm wailing distantly offscreen. It is followed
	by a second. And a third.

	Three more Alliance members come running in from
	adjoining tunnels, confused about what's happening.

	The female guard motions to them to follow her, and
	they all run toward the alarms, weapons ready, leaving
	the two male guards behind at the pod.

	Riker, Data and Worf simultaneously come out from
	behind a slight wall and stun the two remaining men.
	Geordi steps out carrying a toolkit-sized box of
	equipment.

	They all head straight for the escape pod. When they
	get there, Riker, Data, and Worf stand guard as Geordi
	reaches underneath with the equipment.

30   INT. ADJOINING CORRIDOR

	Alarms are blaring. Ishara moves around a projection,
	phaser at ready.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/5/90 - ACT TWO        26.

30   CONTINUED:

	She turns slightly to her left, sensing something as
	the orange/yellow diamond glow below her collar bone
	suddenly begins to pulse. She immediately runs in the
	opposite direction.

	As she disappears around a corner, the four Alliance
	members arrive from the left.

	They cautiously move forward. One of the Alliance
	members pauses at the corner and shifts towards the
	left -- a diamond shape below his collar bone suddenly
	pulses GREEN. (As with Ishara, his shirt is open
	enough at the neck to expose the spot. The other
	Alliance members are pulsing GREEN beneath their
	shirts.)

	He silently indicates the others to fan out as they
	head after her, splitting up behind the various low
	walls and projections and debris as they do so.

31   INT. CHAMBER - ESCAPE POD - ON GEORDI

	as he works beneath the pod. There is a sudden
	crackling noise.

					GEORDI
			Damn!

					RIKER (O.S.)
			Geordi -- what's taking so long?

32   INCLUDE RIKER, DATA AND WORF

	As Geordi looks up momentarily from the work.

					GEORDI
			There's a lot of damage here...
			The myographic scanner is
			operational, but the power source
			is fluctuating.

					RIKER
			Can you fix it?

					GEORDI
			I can try to run a shunt from the
			convertor.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/5/90 - ACT TWO        26A.

32   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			How long will that take?

					GEORDI
				(shrugs)
			Ten minutes?

					RIKER
			Do it.

	Geordi gets back to work. Riker is aware of the
	distant alarms.

					RIKER
				(touches insignia)
			O'Brien! Lock onto Ishara and
			get her out of here!

33   INT. TRANSPORTER

	O'Brien is desperately working the controls.

					O'BRIEN
				(to com)
			There's a transformer substation
			directly above the chamber she
			just entered. It's masking her
			signal.

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/28/90 - ACT TWO        27.

34   INT. CHAMBER - ESCAPE POD

					RIKER
				(touches insignia)
			Standby!
				(to others)
			Stay here and cover La Forge.

					WORF
				(concerned)
			Commander --

					RIKER
			That's an order. Return to the
			ship when you're finished here.
			I'll signal for transport as soon
			as I can.

	Riker takes off for a corridor.

35   INT. ADJOINING CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	Ishara is creeping along behind a series of
	projections, the alarms blaring around her. She
	suddenly stops dead in her tracks, as her implant
	pulses orange/yellow. She whips around -- the guard
	has just stepped from behind a low wall. Ishara aims
	her phaser too late -- the guard swings his stunstick,
	which lets out a bright, crackling arc flash that hits
	Ishara across the ribcage, sending her flying across
	the floor, her phaser fire rainbowing across the air
	as she goes.

	The guard quickly advances as Ishara tries in a daze to
	struggle to her feet, reaching her and aiming the
	stunstick right at her face -- only to fall to the
	ground, stunned by a phaser blast.

36   INCLUDE RIKER (OPTICAL)

	As he starts to hurry across to Ishara -- and is
	suddenly fired upon by two men from behind a
	projection. Riker returns fire continuously, as a
	still dazed Ishara attempts to stand. He reaches her
	and hauls the barely conscious woman into the next
	tunnel -- touching his insignia with his free hand as
	he goes.

					RIKER
			Energize!

        STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/24/90 - ACT TWO        28.

37   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	O'Brien is working the controls. Data, Worf and
	Geordi are waiting expectantly.

38   ANGLE ON TRANSPORTER (OPTICAL)

	Riker and Ishara RE-MATERIALIZE, Ishara now completely
	limp in his arms.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

       STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/27/90 - ACT THREE       29.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

39   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Picard is going over a technical report. The door
	chimes.

					PICARD
			Come.

	The door opens and Riker ENTERS.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			How is she?

					RIKER
			A couple of cracked ribs, but
			she'll be all right.

					PICARD
			Doctor Crusher just called me with
			the results of her DNA comparison.
			Ishara is Tasha's sister.

					RIKER
			After what she did for us down
			there, I wouldn't doubt that for
			a minute.

					PICARD
				(a beat)
			You took some unnecessary personal
			risks, Number One.

	Riker pauses for a moment before answering.

					RIKER
			We lost Tasha on an away mission,
			under my command. The thought
			of the same thing happening to
			her sister...

	Picard nods sympathetically.

					PICARD
			That's an emotional response,
			Will. We can't afford that.

       STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/24/90 - ACT THREE       30.

39   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Understood, Captain.

	A beat as Riker waits, then Picard nods, dismissed.

					PICARD
			Commander...

	Riker pauses at the door...

					PICARD
			Well done.

	Riker grins, acknowledging... EXITS.

39A  INT. SICKBAY

	Ishara is sitting on a diagnostic bed, as Beverly runs
	a rectangular device that looks vaguely like a medical
	version of a phaser over the side of Ishara's ribcage.

					BEVERLY
			I've fused the bone tissue along
			both fractures.

	She takes the instrument down. The door slides open
	and Picard ENTERS.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			The muscles around the area will
			be weak for a day or so -- but
			you shouldn't feel any pain.

	Beverly nods to him as she heads offscreen towards the
	other end of Sickbay. Picard looks at Ishara.

      STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/20/90 - ACT THREE      30A.

39A  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I wanted to thank you personally
			for what you did for us down at
			the colony. It was... more than
			I expected.

					ISHARA
				(darker)
			I don't run away when things get
			tough, like some people do...
			like my sister did...

	A beat as Picard and her look at each other.

					PICARD
			Let me tell you about your sister.
			The first time I met Tasha Yar,
			she was making her way through
			a Carnelian mine field to reach
			a wounded colonist.

	Ishara seems taken aback by the story.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Her ship had responded to their
			distress call, as had mine. When
			it was all over, I requested that
			Tasha be assigned to the
			Enterprise.
				(smiling)
			Her ship's captain owed me a
			favor.

	Picard pauses a moment.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			In the months that followed, Tasha
			never once failed to put the
			safety of the crew before her own.
				(beat)
			She died doing the same.

	Ishara stares at him, then looks away -- she doesn't
	know what to say.

					PICARD
			I'm sorry you never knew the woman
			Tasha became. I think you might
			have been proud of her.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT THREE      30B.

39A  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			And she of you.

	A beat, and Picard turns and EXITS. Stay on Ishara's
	face for a couple of moments as she considers his
	words.

40   INT. BRIDGE - SCIENCE STATION

	Ishara, now wearing more Federation-style than
	cadre-style clothing, is working with Data at a
	computer screen. He is sitting in front of it, she is
	standing next to him, guiding the process over his
	shoulder.

41   CLOSE ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	displaying the schematic map of the underground city
	we've seen before. Far more of the details are now
	filled in.

42   RESUME

	Data indicates a curiously-shaped room next to a large
	chamber.

					DATA
			What is this structure?

					ISHARA
			A main fusion source -- there's
			one next to each of the Alliance
			headquarters. It powers all their
			defensive systems.

       STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/29/90 - ACT THREE       31.

43   CLOSE ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Data touches a control, causing the map to display a
	series of small concentric circles over the spot,
	symbolically suggestive of a radiating power source.

44   RESUME

	Ishara again points to the map.

					ISHARA
			This chamber is accessed from the
			level below. Entry points are
			evenly spaced along this wall
			every twenty-five meters.

	Data again touches a control. Ishara looks up, taking
	in the sight of the bridge for a few moments. She's
	curious in spite of herself.

					ISHARA
			Data... Where was Tasha's post?

	Data seems a little surprised that she is asking about
	her sister, given her previous reluctance about the
	subject.

					DATA
			The Tactical Station -- where
			Lieutenant Worf is now.

	Worf has noticed Ishara's attention. He nods his
	acknowledgement. Ishara smiles in return. She seems
	to be starting to fit in. She turns back to Data,
	again curious in spite of herself.

					ISHARA
			Did Tasha have many friends here?

					DATA
			Yes. She was especially close
			to Commander Riker and Lieutenant
			Worf. And to myself.

					ISHARA
				(surprised)
			Are you able to have friends?

	Data looks up from the task in front of him.

					DATA
			Yes.

           STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/29/90 - ACT THREE           32.

44   CONTINUED:

					ISHARA
			But you don't have feelings, do
			you?

					DATA
			Not as such. However, perhaps
			even among humans, friendship is
			sometimes less an emotional
			response, and more a sense of
			familiarity.

					ISHARA
				(understanding)
			You can become used to someone.

					DATA
			Exactly. As I experience certain
			sensory input patterns, my mental
			pathways become accustomed to
			them. The inputs eventually are
			anticipated. And even "missed"
			when absent. When something once
			expected is no longer there.

	A quiet beat. This may be the first time in ten years
	Ishara has allowed herself to feel the loss.

					ISHARA
				(softly)
			Like my sister.

					DATA
			Yes. Like your sister.

	OFF the quiet look on Ishara's face.

45   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi, Worf, Data, Riker, and Ishara are poring over
	the schematic map of the underground city.

					GEORDI
			They've been moved so far
			underground that it took awhile
			to pinpoint their signatures.

	He indicates a place on the map.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			The men are here. Next to one
			of the Alliance headquarters.

           STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/24/90 - ACT THREE           33.

46   INSERT SCHEMATIC MAP (OPTICAL)

	which shows the pyramid-shaped underground series of
	levels and chambers.

	Geordi is pointing to a chamber close to Alliance
	headquarters deep in their territory, located near the
	edge of the pyramid shape's base.

					GEORDI (O.S.)
				(continuing)
			And that's about two kilometers
			of solid granite above them.

47   RESUME

					RIKER
			So much for the transporter.

					GEORDI
			Not necessarily. We could use
			the ship's phasers to cut a shaft
			through the bedrock to this
			storage tunnel here.

47A  INSERT SCHEMATIC MAP (OPTICAL)

	Geordi's hand indicates a line starting from just
	outside the surface settlement and heading straight
	down through the ground to a chamber near the one he
	previously indicated.

					GEORDI (O.S.)
			With a clear path through the
			rock, we'd be able to transport
			down to the tunnel. That would
			put us close enough to get to the
			crewmen.

	Geordi's finger traces out the steps on the map.

47B  RESUME

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			It would take me a few hours to
			adjust the phasers for drilling.

	Riker indicates the map.

           STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/24/90 - ACT THREE           34.

47B  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			It's a maze around there...

					ISHARA
				(nodding)
			I spent a lot of time in that
			section before they took it over.
			There are blind tunnels and dead
			ends that don't even show up on
			this map.

					WORF
			We don't have much choice.

					ISHARA
			If it wasn't for my implant
			setting off all the alarms, I
			could guide you to your men.

	A beat.

					DATA
			We could remove the implant.

	Ishara shakes her head.

					ISHARA
			It has a micro-explosive inside
			that detonates on contact with
			air. When you join a cadre, you
			join for life.

	Data considers this a moment.

					DATA
			A small force field containing
			xenon or another inert gas could
			be placed over the incision site.
			The explosive could thereby be
			safely disarmed at the same time
			it is removed.

	For once with respect to strategy, Ishara seems to hold
	back, a hesitant look on her face. Riker picks up on
	it.

					RIKER
			It's more than just a tactical
			device to you, isn't it? It's
			part of your identity.

           STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/27/90 - ACT THREE           35.

47B  CONTINUED: (2)

	She doesn't answer, seems to be struggling with the
	issue.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			This is something you'll have to
			decide for yourself, Ishara.
			Think about it while we're waiting
			for Geordi.

	She nods, still obviously unsure.

48
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49

50   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Data and Ishara are at a table, next to a window
	showing the stars outside. An already-drained glass
	is in front of Ishara.

					ISHARA
			Our parents were killed in some
			crossfire just after I was born.
			Some people took care of us for
			a few months... Then one day we
			came home and they were gone.
			So Tasha took care of me. And
			when I got old enough, I joined
			the Coalition.

					DATA
			And Tasha did not?

					ISHARA
			My sister hated the cadres.
			Blamed them for our parents death.
			For everything. She refused to
			join. And she left as soon as
			she had the chance.

	A beat.

           STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/27/90 - ACT THREE           36.

50   CONTINUED:

					ISHARA
				(continuing, doubtful)
			I always thought she was weak for
			doing that...

	Ishara seems to be struggling with an unavoidable
	conclusion.

					ISHARA
				(continuing)
			But maybe I was wrong. Maybe
			she made the right choice.

	Ishara indicates the ship around them.

					ISHARA
				(continuing)
			To work together for something
			besides killing... to be close
			to someone without having to
			protect your back.

					DATA
			You find that appealing?

	She smiles at his innocent choice of words.

					ISHARA
			Very appealing. You're a perfect
			example. I hardly even know you
			Data, but already I completely
			trust you. I even consider you
			my friend.

					DATA
			Thank you. I would like to
			consider you my friend, Ishara.

	She grows quiet, filled with a deep sense of regret.

					ISHARA
			If I had known about this place
			fifteen years ago, things might've
			been different.

	She stares at Data's open face for a long beat.

           STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/24/90 - ACT THREE           37.

50   CONTINUED: (2)

					ISHARA
				(continuing)
			Maybe it's not too late.

	OFF Data's intrigued look.

51   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is standing with Data and Troi.

					DATA
			Ishara is willing to have the
			implant removed.

					PICARD
			Very good. You may inform Doctor
			Crusher.

					DATA
			She also expressed a desire to
			leave the colony. She hopes
			to apply to the Academy and
			eventually join Starfleet.

	Picard is completely taken aback. Troi is
	particularly disturbed.

					PICARD
			Does she understand the magnitude
			of these decisions?

					DATA
			She claims to, Captain.

					PICARD
			Her courage certainly speaks in
			her favor. But Ishara's personal
			history concerns me.

					DATA
			Did her sister not come from the
			very same environment, Sir?

           STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/27/90 - ACT THREE           38.

51   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Tasha never joined one of these
			gangs. Doesn't that suggest a
			fundamental difference between
			the two of them?

					DATA
			I do not know. But I do know that
			often for humans, decisions made
			in youth only hold true for youth.

	Impressed by Data's reasoning, Picard turns to Troi,
	who shakes her head, concerned.

					TROI
			I get a sense of ambiguity from
			her. Her loyalties are clearly
			divided, Captain, no matter what
			she may say.

					PICARD
			Are you suggesting we deny her
			an escape from this environment,
			Counselor?

					TROI
			No... I'm just not convinced she
			really wants to escape. It is
			the only way of life she's ever
			known.

					PICARD
			Ultimately, it is her decision
			to make, not ours...
				(beat)
			Certainly nothing would please
			me more than to see another
			officer named Yar in the service
			of Starfleet... Mister Data,
			proceed with the rescue as
			discussed...

	Data acknowledges with a nod, then starts for the door.

					TROI
			Data?

           STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/24/90 - ACT THREE           39.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(turning back)
			Yes, Counselor?

					TROI
			You seem so strong in your
			support. I'm curious...

					DATA
			We must free the crewmen. She
			appears to be our best hope of
			doing so. Also, individuals
			worthy of Starfleet training are
			somewhat rare.

	A beat.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			In addition...

	He pauses, seeming to search for the correct words.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I have become used to her.

52   INT. BRIDGE - SCIENCE STATION

	Data has arrived moments ago to where Ishara has been
	working at the station. She looks incredibly pleased.

					ISHARA
			Thank you, Data.

					DATA
			You are welcome. Doctor Crusher
			is expecting you in Sickbay.

	She smiles, seems almost amazed.

					ISHARA
			It's all so different...

					DATA
			To what are you referring?

           STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/24/90 - ACT THREE           40.

52   CONTINUED:

					ISHARA
			On the colony, nobody does
			anything for anyone else unless
			they have something to gain from
			it.

					DATA
			But I do have something to gain.
			Your continued presence on this
			ship.

	She smiles hugely in response. Then suddenly looks
	concerned.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Is something wrong?

					ISHARA
			I have to tell Hayne and the
			others. I owe it to them.
				(a ragged breath)
			Guess I ought to get it over with.

	A beat. Data picks up on her uncomfortableness.

					DATA
			If you desire privacy, you may
			use the observation lounge.

					ISHARA
			That would probably make things
			a little easier.

	She turns towards the exit, then turns back and steps
	over to him, kissing him quickly and self-consciously
	on the cheek, before taking off again.

53   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Ishara is looking at the viewscreen.

53A  INSERT VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Hayne's image stares back at her.

					HAYNE
			Report?

           STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/24/90 - ACT THREE           41.

53B  RESUME

	Ishara pauses before answering, trying to hide from
	him how surprisingly difficult it is for her to
	continue.

					ISHARA
			It's working.

	OFF the intense uncertainty on her face.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/30/90 - ACT FOUR           42.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

54   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit above the colony at Turkana Four.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 44225.3.
			Doctor Crusher has removed
			Ishara's magnetic implant,
			enabling the young woman to guide
			our rescue attempt.

55   INT. SICKBAY

	Ishara is awake and healthy-looking, on her back on
	a diagnostic bed, as Beverly runs a last series of
	checks to see if her indications are all positive.
	Beverly watches the wall monitors.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Without my intending it, she has
			virtually become an active member
			of the crew.

					BEVERLY
			Cardiovascular functions normal.
			Metabolism, immunity, all other
			vital signs excellent.
				(to Ishara)
			How do you feel?

	Ishara sits up, hanging her legs off the edge of the
	bed.

56   INCLUDE DATA

	standing nearby.

					ISHARA
			Better than I've ever felt.

	She means it more than just physically. Ishara smiles
	at Data.

					ISHARA
				(continuing)
			Thanks for staying with me.

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/30/90 - ACT FOUR           43.

56   CONTINUED:

	Data nods in response.

					BEVERLY
			You might want this... It was
			a part of your life for a long
			time.

	Beverly hands Ishara the implant -- a blue, flat, one-
	inch-long crystalline device -- it's surprisingly
	beautiful and almost jewel-like. Ishara stares at it
	for a long moment, turning it over in her hand. She
	gives it to Data.

					ISHARA
			You keep it, Data. So you won't
			forget me.

	He accepts it, but looks puzzled.

					DATA
			Have you reconsidered your
			decision to stay with us?

	She shakes her head, no...

					ISHARA
			Just in case something goes wrong
			down there...

57   INT. CORRIDOR

	Worf and Ishara walking quickly along. Worf looks
	towards her with affection.

					WORF
			I understand you wish to join
			Starfleet.

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/27/90 - ACT FOUR           44.

57   CONTINUED:

					ISHARA
			Someday... If I'm lucky.

					WORF
			On that day, it is we who will
			be "lucky."

	She smiles at the compliment as they reach the
	transporter room door.

57A  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Riker and Data are conferring with O'Brien as the door
	opens and Worf and Ishara ENTER.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to Riker. Is your away
			team ready?

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Waiting for your signal, Captain.

	Riker, Data, Worf and Ishara head for the transporter
	pads, pulling their phasers as they do so.

58   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard is watching the planet on the viewscreen.
	Geordi is at his station, leaned over his instruments.

					PICARD
			Status, Mister La Forge.

					GEORDI
			Phasers in alignment and ready
			to fire.

					PICARD
			How far must we penetrate to
			safely allow transporter function?

					GEORDI
			One point six kilometers.

	A beat.

					PICARD
			Fire phasers.

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/5/90 - ACT FOUR            45.

58   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Aye, Sir.

	Geordi touches the panel.

59
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60

61   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The phasers fire in a single beam down towards the
	planet.

62   EXT. TURKANA FOUR COLONY (OPTICAL)

	Same MATTE SHOT as previously, with a phaser beam
	continuously striking perpendicular to the ground just
	outside the city proper.

63   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard watching Geordi as Geordi watches his
	instruments.

					GEORDI
			One point three kilometers. One
			point four. One point five. One
			point six.
				(to Picard)
			Deep enough for transport, Sir.

					PICARD
			Cease fire.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Picard to O'Brien, Energize.

64
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65

66   INT. TURKANA FOUR - ISOLATED TUNNEL (OPTICAL)

	The away team of Riker, Data, Worf and Ishara beams
	into an isolated tunnel in which there are a few
	scattered storage cannisters and containers. Ishara
	immediately takes the lead.

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/5/90 - ACT FOUR            46.

66   CONTINUED:

					ISHARA
			This way.

	She quickly starts to move out. Worf steps to the
	fore, slowing her down as he checks the way ahead of
	them.

					WORF
			Caution is indicated.

					ISHARA
			We're near the heart of the
			Alliance. Security is minimal
			here. They aren't expecting
			anybody this far in.

	Worf and Riker exchange a glance. Worf nods his
	acceptance of Ishara's argument. She keeps going, the
	rest of the team following quickly behind her.

67   INT. TUNNEL

	The away team pauses at a confusing series of openings.

					RIKER
			Ishara?

	A beat.

					ISHARA
			Follow me.

	She heads for an opening, hesitating.

					WORF
			Are you certain?

					ISHARA
			No, I'm not.

	She stops.

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/5/90 - ACT FOUR           46A.

67   CONTINUED:

					ISHARA
			I was here. But it was a long
			time ago. I'm trying to remember...
			there have been changes...

	She looks around for a few more moments, makes a
	decision.

					ISHARA
			It's through here.

	She guides them towards one of the openings.

68   FOLLOW (OPTICAL)

	as Ishara leads the away team through an opening, past
	a couple of turns, to a place where they can see a
	secure-looking door, and one Alliance man standing
	guard nearby.

					ISHARA
			Your men are behind that door.

	Riker glances at the others, 'Let's do it... ' he moves
	stealthily into a forward position... and when the
	guard reacts to his movement, he fires -- the guard
	collapses, stunned. The away team rushes the door.
	Riker and Worf fire point-blank at the door when they
	get there, knocking it over.

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/27/90 - ACT FOUR           47.

68   CONTINUED:

	Riker, Data and Worf dive into the room. Ishara
	remains outside and on guard.

69   INT. CHAMBER (OPTICAL)

	A nondescript chamber. Riker, Data and Worf find Tan
	Tsu and the other crewman on their feet, hands bound
	together with some high-tech looking restraints.

					RIKER
			Hold out your hands.

	The crewmen comply as Riker fires a phaser blast at
	one of the restraints.

70   INT. TUNNEL (OPTICAL)

	Ishara glances back towards the chamber, then
	immediately and with intent, heads away from the room,
	clearly pursuing her own agenda.

	As she approaches a tunnel opening, a guard suddenly
	appears from within the tunnel, shocked to find her
	there. She blasts him with her phaser, winging him.

	Injured, the man falls to the ground, but manages with
	his last remaining strength to fire his phaser up at
	a small metal panel on the wall several meters away,
	before passing out. The panel answers with an
	ear-shattering alarm.

	Ishara, clearly distressed by the alarm, continues
	running the direction she was headed, disappearing into
	the tunnel.

71   INT. CHAMBER

	Riker frees the last crewman as all react to the sudden
	alarm.

					RIKER
			Let's get moving.

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/5/90 - ACT FOUR            48.

72   INT. TUNNEL

	The away team and crewmen come flying out of the room
	-- Ishara is nowhere to be seen.

					RIKER
			Where is she?

	This is just what he didn't want to happen. Worf
	spots the wounded and unconscious guard across the
	tunnel.

					WORF
			Commander, look.

	Riker sees the guard.

					RIKER
			What the hell happened here?

					WORF
			She probably tried to draw their
			fire. It triggered the alarm.

					RIKER
				(nodding)
			Worf, get these men back to the
			Enterprise.
				(to Data)
			Data, you're with me. She can't
			be far.

	Worf hurries the crewmen out the way they came as Riker
	and Data split up and head towards the two tunnels
	opposite.

73   INT. TUNNEL OUTSIDE POWER GENERATOR (OPTICAL)

	One Alliance guard is standing outside what looks like
	a room-sized power generator. He appears edgy about
	the distant alarm. Ishara steps from around a
	projection, phaser raised. The guard has a second to
	register complete surprise at her presence before she
	blasts him away.

	She moves quickly to the generator, fires her phaser
	at a panel, which falls away, revealing the control
	devices underneath. She quickly steps forward and
	manipulates the controls. In response, the generator
	begins a slowly escalating hum.

					DATA (O.S.)
			Ishara.

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/5/90 - ACT FOUR           48A.

74   INCLUDE DATA

	standing several yards away. He lowers his phaser,
	puzzled at her actions.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			What are you doing?

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/5/90 - ACT FOUR            49.

74   CONTINUED:

	She turns and faces him -- doesn't answer. He looks
	from her to the generator with its increasingly shrill
	sound.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			The fusion generator is
			overloading.
				(turns to her)
			You are attempting to disable the
			defense system. For what reason?
			We have rescued the crewmen.

					ISHARA
			I don't care about your crewmen.
			We have three thousand troops
			waiting at the perimeter. When
			the defenses go down, they'll come
			in. The Alliance will fall.

	A beat.

					DATA
			The Federation will be responsible
			for the resulting deaths. I
			cannot allow that.

					ISHARA
			You don't have a choice.

					DATA
			That is not true.

	He steps forward.

					ISHARA
			I don't want to kill you, Data.

	She looks like she genuinely doesn't. But she clicks
	the setting on her phaser, aiming straight at his
	chest.

					ISHARA
				(continuing)
			But I will.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/27/90 - ACT FIVE           50.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

75   INT. TUNNEL OUTSIDE POWER GENERATOR

	Ishara's phaser is trained on Data; Ishara is
	positioned between Data and the increasingly
	overloading generator.

					DATA
				(re: the generator)
			We will both be destroyed in the
			explosion.

					ISHARA
			The Coalition's been all I've
			had for fifteen years. They've
			given me a life. I don't mind
			dying for them.
				(a beat)
			But you won't have to if you get
			out of here right now.

	Data doesn't move.

					DATA
			Was this your intention from the
			beginning?

					ISHARA
			We never could have gotten this
			deep into Alliance territory
			without your help.

					DATA
			Our help was not deliberate. You
			deceived us.

	She seems defensive, as though feeling some guilt about
	what's happened.

					ISHARA
			What's the difference? You got
			what you came for. Why should
			you care about what we do?

	A beat as Data seems to come to a conclusion about
	something.

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/5/90 - ACT FIVE            51.

75   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Your friendship with me was part
			of the deception, was it not?

	Her silence is her answer. She is not proud of it.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			You misled me at each step. And
			yet I was completely unaware.

					ISHARA
			That doesn't matter now! None
			of it does!
				(desperately)
			Get out of here, Data. Please.

	The generator suddenly increases its hum exponentially.

					ISHARA
				(continuing)
			Now.

					DATA
				(re: the generator)
			My duty requires me to intercede.

	And it all happens very quickly -- as he starts to step
	forward...

					ISHARA
			Stop...

	She clasps both hands on the phaser, tenses for firing
	--

					RIKER (O.S.)
			Ishara!

76   INCLUDE RIKER (OPTICAL)

	Stepping from behind a projection, phaser raised.
	Ishara immediately fires at Riker, missing as he ducks
	back behind the projection, giving Data the split
	second he needs to raise his phaser and fire at her.

	Ishara crumples, stunned by Data's phaser.

	Data rushes to the generator and starts working the
	controls under the exposed panel. Riker goes to
	Ishara, crouches down to see if she's alright.

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT FIVE           52.

76   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			What was she doing?

	Data steps back from the generator as its humming whine
	begins to subside.

					DATA
			Disabling the detection system
			so her forces could attack.

	Riker picks up Ishara's phaser as she starts to regain
	consciousness. He stares at Data.

					RIKER
			Set to kill.

	OFF Data's neutral expression as he continues to
	process everything.

76A  EXT. ENTERPRISE

	In orbit around Turkana Four.

76B  INT. CORRIDOR

	A security man is standing guard outside crew's
	quarters. Worf approaches, stands in front of the door
	-- it slides open.

76C  ANGLE ON ISHARA

	sitting inside the room, like a prisoner awaiting her
	fate.

76D  INCLUDE WORF

	who seems barely able to tolerate her presence.

					WORF
			The Captain wants to see you on
			the bridge.

	Ishara stands, leaves the room and joins Worf, as the
	door slides shut behind her. Worf heads up the
	corridor, Ishara falling into step beside him. They
	continue for a few beats.

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT FIVE          52A.

76D  CONTINUED:

					ISHARA
			What's going to happen to me?

					WORF
			That is Captain Picard's decision.
				(beat)
			If the captain were Klingon, you
			would be executed.

	Worf avoids looking at her, but Ishara glances up at
	him. Again, Ishara's voice is subdued -- she's not
	arguing, just trying to give an account of herself.

					ISHARA
			Sometimes a warrior must use
			deception in the service of her
			cause.
				(beat, quietly)
			If anyone on this ship should know
			that, it's you.

	They reach the turbolift. Worf stares at her.

					WORF
			Such a warrior must also be
			prepared to suffer the
			consequences.

	Worf coldly turns away. Hold for a beat on Ishara's
	face.

77   INT. BRIDGE

	The turbolift opens. Worf and Ishara step out and
	cross towards the center of the bridge, where Picard is
	facing the viewscreen. There is a vast coolness
	towards her from everyone -- in extreme contrast to
	the last time we saw them all together.

	All are facing the viewscreen.

					PICARD
			Your strategy failed.

78   INSERT VIEWSCREEN (INTERCUT AS NEEDED) (OPTICAL)

	A clearly-disappointed but not the least bit apologetic
	Hayne is facing them. Any sense of his disarming
	personality is gone.

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT FIVE          52B.

78   CONTINUED:

					HAYNE
			It was a calculated risk. You
			gave us an opportunity we couldn't
			ignore.
				(a beat)
			Are you hurt, Ishara?

					ISHARA
			No.

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/28/90 - ACT FIVE           53.

78   CONTINUED:

					HAYNE
				(to Picard)
			I want her returned immediately.

					RIKER
				(angered)
			You're not in a position to
			dictate to anybody. She attacked
			two Federation officers.

					HAYNE
			You have no jurisdiction here!

					RIKER
			Don't talk about legal rights.
			Your jurisdiction is based
			entirely on the threat of
			violence.

	A beat as Hayne realizes he isn't convincing anybody.

					HAYNE
			You have your crewmen back. Isn't
			that enough?

	Picard and Ishara are looking at each other -- a silent
	moment between them.

					PICARD
			Commander Data, escort Ishara to
			the transporter toom.

	Riker and other officers react with surprise. Picard
	turns back to the viewscreen.

					HAYNE
			Thank you, Captain.

	Picard doesn't acknowledge Hayne's response in any way
	whatsoever.

					PICARD
			Close the channel.

	Worf does so, as Data stands and goes to Ishara.

	In silence, Ishara turns with Data and they both head
	for the turbolift, entering it, and leaving the Bridge.

	Everyone turns to Picard.

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/27/90 - ACT FIVE          53A.

78   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			You're far more charitable than
			I would have been, Captain.

	Picard pauses for a moment, glances around the room.
	There's a sadness in his voice.

					PICARD
			I understand your feelings, Number
			One. I share them. But perhaps
			the fault lies in ourselves. We
			were so eager to embrace her.
			Each of us, myself included,
			wanted to see something of Tasha
			in her sister. We saw more than
			what was there.

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/27/90 - ACT FIVE           54.

79   INT. CORRIDOR

	Data and Ishara are walking, not looking at each other.

					ISHARA
			You haven't said one word to me.

					DATA
			What do you wish to talk about?

	She looks at him -- decides not to pursue it. They
	continue walking straight ahead.

80   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Data and Ishara are standing in front of the
	transporter units.

					ISHARA
			I did what I had to. I'm sorry
			if I hurt you in the process.

					DATA
				(reminding her)
			I am an android. It is not
			possible for me to be injured
			in that fashion.

81   ANGLE ON THE TRANSPORTER CHIEF

	As he finishes setting the controls.

					O'BRIEN
			Whenever you're ready.

82   RESUME DATA AND ISHARA (OPTICAL)

	Data and Ishara look at each other for a couple of
	silent moments.

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/28/90 - ACT FIVE           55.

82   CONTINUED:

	Ishara steps onto a transporter pad and turns to face
	him, unable to keep the sadness out of her voice.

					ISHARA
			You know, I wasn't always lying
			to you, Data. The time we spent
			talking... it was the closest
			thing to friendship I've ever had.
				(a beat)
			If that means anything to you.

	No response.

					DATA
			Energize.

	The Transporter beam appears, Ishara DEMATERIALIZES
	into it and is gone.

83   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	travelling at impulse speed through space.

84   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	Riker is working on a report.

					RIKER
			Come in.

	The door slides open and Data ENTERS. Riker is a
	little puzzled by the visit, but is pleasantly
	accommodating.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Data. Come in, come in.

					DATA
			Commander.

	Data steps forward, as Riker stands to greet him.

					RIKER
			What's on your mind?

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/27/90 - ACT FIVE           56.

84   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Recent events have left me
			puzzled, Sir.
				(off Riker's look)
			It has been days since Ishara
			left. And yet, my thoughts seem
			to dwell on her. Almost as if
			I were experiencing a feedback
			loop in my mnemonic network.

	Riker frowns at the subject... still trying to figure
	it out for himself.

					RIKER
			I know what you mean.

					DATA
			It is curious that I was so easily
			misled.

					RIKER
			Make that "we."

					DATA
			Yes sir.

	Riker considers him for a moment, seems to soften a
	bit. How does he explain it to Data when he doesn't
	quite understand it himself?

					RIKER
			Data, in every trust is the
			possibility of betrayal. I don't
			think you were prepared for that.

					DATA
			Were you prepared?

	Riker takes a beat, shakes his head, sighs.

					RIKER
			I'm not sure anybody ever is.

	Data considers this.

					DATA
			Then is it better not to trust?

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/27/90 - ACT FIVE          56A.

84   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Without trust, there can be no
			friendship, no closeness. None
			of the emotional bonds that make
			us what we are.

					DATA
			And yet you put yourself at risk.

					RIKER
			Every single time. Love itself
			is a leap of faith.

	Data absorbs this.

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/29/90 - ACT FIVE           57.

84   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			So, a prerequisite for love is
			accepting the risk of betrayal.

	Riker is a little surprised by Data's conclusion.

					RIKER
			That's an interesting point of
			view, Data. Maybe you're right.

	A moment between them as Data glances away, still
	seeming to process these thoughts. Rikers's voice is
	quiet.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			The emotions we experience when
			someone we believe in turns away
			-- they're the most painful a
			person can feel.
				(a beat)
			We believed in her, Data...

	Data thinks about this.

					DATA
			Yes. Perhaps I am fortunate to
			be spared the emotional
			consequences.

					RIKER
				(gently)
			Perhaps...

	Data nods his thanks. FOLLOW Data as he turns and goes
	out the door.

85   OMITTED

86   INT. CORRIDOR

	The door closes behind him as Data takes few steps then
	pauses.

	He waits for a moment, then raises his closed hand. He
	opens it, revealing Ishara's jewel-like implant resting
	on his palm.

            STAR TREK: "Legacy" - REV. 8/27/90 - ACT FIVE           58.

86   CONTINUED:

	Data stares at it for several silent moments, his face
	completely unreadable.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             





































                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                           "Reunion" 
                          #40274-181 
                              
                           Story by 
                         Drew Dieghan 
                              and 
                    Thomas Perry & Jo Perry 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                    Thomas Perry & Jo Perry 
                              and 
                Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Jonathan Frakes 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1990 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                        FINAL DRAFT
 
                     SEPTEMBER 4, 1990
 


           STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Reunion" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD                 K'MPEC
                RIKER                  DURAS
                DATA                   GOWRON
                BEVERLY                K'EHLEYR
                TROI                   ALEXANDER
                GEORDI                 KLINGON GUARD #1
                WORF                   KLINGON GUARD #2
                TRANSPORTER TECHNICIAN 
                SECURITY OFFICER            
                                     
                Non-Speaking           Non-Speaking
                  SECURITY GUARDS        4 KLINGON RETAINERS
                  2 CHILDREN             
                  NURSE                  
                  MEDICAL TECHNICIAN     
                  SUPERNUMERARIES        


             STAR TREK: "Reunion" - 9/4/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Reunion" 
                           
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CORRIDOR                 KLINGON SHIPS:
              TURBOLIFT                  1 ATTACK CRUISER
              MAIN ENGINEERING           2 BIRDS-OF-PREY
              SICKBAY
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              K'EHLEYR'S QUARTERS
              WORF'S QUARTERS
              DURAS' QUARTERS
              DAY CARE CENTER
              READY ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
          
            K'MPEC'S SHIP
              K'MPEC'S QUARTERS
          
            DURAS' SHIP
              DURAS' QUARTERS

         STAR TREK: "Reunion" - 9/4/90 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Reunion" 
                               
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              QAB JIH NAGIL          Kwab gee nah-GEL
              SONCHI                 Son-CHEE
              JA'CHUQ                Zha-JUK
              MEV YAP                Mev-YAP
              K'EHLEYR               KAY-lar
              DURAS                  DYURAS
              K'MPEC                 KIM-peck
              GOWRON                 GOW-ron
              BAT'TELH               BAT-telth
              JIH DOQ BATLH          Gee DOK ba-tel
              VORN                   Vorn
              BURUK                  BOO-ruk
              JIH DOK                gee DOK
              MAJ DOK                mazh DOK
              HA'DIBAH               KHA-di-bakh
              PAH DOQ CHA            pah-DOK-cha
              TOMALAK                TOM-ah-lack
              SHIVARRE               she-VAR
              MOT'CHA                MOT-cha


         STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/5/90 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: The Next Generation                  
                           "Reunion"                                
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship moving at impulse power.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log: Stardate 44246.3
			We are investigating radiation
			anomalies reported in the Gamma
			Arigulon system by the starship
			LaSalle. Preliminary readings
			are inconclusive.

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	PICARD, RIKER, DATA, WESLEY, and WORF at their
	stations.

					RIKER
			Mister Data?

					DATA
			No change, Commander. I can
			detect no abnormalities in the
			star's radiant energy.

					PICARD
			Prepare two class one probes.

	Data presses a few panels.

					DATA
			Probes ready, sir.

					PICARD
			Initiate launch sequence.

	Data begins to work his console.


         STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/5/90 - TEASER         2.

2    CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(reads console)
			Captain... Klingon attack cruiser
			decloaking, bearing zero-one-zero
			mark three-two-seven.

					PICARD
			Belay that order, Mister Data.

					RIKER
			Did Starfleet mention any Klingon
			ships in this sector?

	Picard shakes his head.

					PICARD
			On screen.

3
thru	OMITTED
4

5    ON VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The attack cruiser (bigger than a bird-of-prey)
	DECLOAKS.

6    RETURN TO SCENE

					WORF
			We are being hailed.

					RIKER
			All stop, Mister Crusher.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir. All stop.

					PICARD
			Open channel.

         STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/5/90 - TEASER         3.

7    ON VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	K'EHLEYR, the striking half-human, half-Klingon woman
	appears on the screen. She wears an attractive tunic
	and is standing in front of a Klingon bulkhead. She
	is here on important business and it shows on her
	face.

					K'EHLEYR
			Hello, Captain Picard.

8    ON WORF

	He is pleasantly surprised at the sight of K'Ehleyr...
	but then he seems to remember something disturbing, and
	he pulls himself back into his customary Klingon stoic
	pose.

9    NEW ANGLE - INTERCUT AS NEEDED (OPTICAL)

					PICARD
				(surprised)
			Ambassador K'Ehleyr... This is
			an unexpected pleasure.

					K'EHLEYR
			It's good to see you again,
			Captain.
				(beat)
			Lieutenant Worf.

	It is said with a pleasant affection and a past
	relationship is obvious. Worf is uncomfortable, but
	manages a slight nod of acknowledgement.

					PICARD
			How may we be of assistance,
			Ambassador?

					K'EHLEYR
			There is an urgent matter we must
			discuss, Captain. Permission to
			come aboard?

					PICARD
			Granted.

	The viewer returns to a shot of the cruiser. Picard
	turns to Worf.

         STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/5/90 - TEASER         4.

9    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Lieutenant, please receive our
			guest.

					WORF
			Captain... I must request
			permission to... send another
			officer.

	Picard is a little surprised.

					PICARD
			May I ask your reason?

					WORF
			My... dishonor among Klingons...
			may offend Ambassador K'Ehleyr.

	Picard frowns...

					PICARD
				(firm)
			You are a member of this crew,
			Lieutenant... and I will not have
			you go into hiding whenever a
			Klingon ship uncloaks.

					WORF
			I withdraw the request, sir.

	Picard nods and Worf EXITS.

									CUT TO:

10   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	TRANSPORTER TECHNICIAN behind the console. Worf
	ENTERS.

					TECHNICIAN
			I just received coordinates, sir.
			Ready to transport two from the
			Klingon vessel.

					WORF
			Two?

					TECHNICIAN
			Yes, sir.

	Worf isn't sure what to make of that.

           STAR TREK: "Reunion" - 9/4/90 - TEASER           5.

10   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Energize.

	Worf tries to prepare himself. He is inwardly excited
	at the prospect of seeing this woman from his past, but
	holds himself tightly in check. The tech works the
	console.

11   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	K'Ehleyr and a Klingon boy (ALEXANDER) MATERIALIZE.
	(The boy should look about five human years old).
	K'Ehleyr smiles, glancing from the boy to Worf. On
	Worf's stunned reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

        STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT ONE        6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:
12
thru	OMITTED
13

13A  INT. DAY CARE CENTER

	(As seen in "The Offspring") Worf is standing in the
	outer office watching K'Ehleyr and Alexander through
	the glass. K'Ehleyr is saying goodbye to Alexander
	in the classroom area. There are SEVERAL CHILDREN
	playing in the b.g. K'Ehleyr ENTERS the outer office.

					K'EHLEYR
				(a little concerned)
			I hope he'll be all right.
			Alexander hasn't had much contact
			with other children.

	Worf looks at her for a beat... glances back at
	Alexander... decides not to respond and moves toward
	the Corridor door. K'Ehleyr follows.

14   OMITTED

14A  INT. TURBOLIFT - CONTINUOUS

	As they ENTER.

					WORF
			Bridge.

	The turbolift MOVES. Worf is staring straight ahead,
	avoiding K'Ehleyr's gaze. She studies him, waiting for
	some kind of response. After a long beat, she grins
	sardonically.

					K'EHLEYR
			Not even a bite on the cheek for
			old time's sake?

	Worf doesn't see the humor in this, as usual.

					WORF
			Perhaps you are not aware of my
			dishonor. I have accepted...
			discommendation.

        STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT ONE        6A.

14A  CONTINUED:

					K'EHLEYR
			I've heard. So now what? I have
			to perform some ridiculous ritual
			to talk to you?

	Worf turns on her, rage boils to the surface. This
	is not a matter he takes lightly.

					WORF
			You may not respect our
			traditions... I do!

	Beat.

					K'EHLEYR
				(unabashed)
			Sorry. I just thought you might
			want to talk.
				(beat)
			A few minutes ago, you looked like
			someone with a question to ask.

					WORF
			Must I ask the question?

					K'EHLEYR
			Yes. You must.

	Worf looks at her... almost says something... then the
	mask closes over his face once more. The doors OPEN.
	Worf takes a step to leave, but K'Ehleyr stops him and
	tries once more to reach him.

					K'EHLEYR
				(continuing)
			What should I tell Alexander...
			that he has no father?

	Now it's been said aloud. A beat before Worf forces
	himself to EXIT. K'Ehleyr is disappointed... but she
	follows him.

									CUT TO:

14B  INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (FORMERLY SCENE 12)

	Picard, Riker, Data, TROI, and Worf listening to
	K'Ehleyr.

        STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT ONE        7.

14B  CONTINUED:

					K'EHLEYR
			The Klingon Empire is at a
			critical juncture. We may be
			facing civil war.

	Reactions around the table.

					RIKER
			War over what?

					K'EHLEYR
			The usual excuses... tradition...
			duty...
				(with glance at Worf)
			honor...

					DATA
			The word "excuses" implies that
			there are ulterior motives for
			a conflict.

					K'EHLEYR
			I won't bore you with the
			intricacies of Klingon politics.
			Basically, two factions are
			trying to seize power.

					PICARD
			Do you believe there is a threat
			to the Federation in this...
			struggle?

					K'EHLEYR
			Klingon wars seldom remain
			confined to the Empire. Sooner
			or later they'll drag in the
			neighboring star systems, then
			the Tholians, the Ferengi... the
			Federation won't be able to stay
			out of it for long.
				(beat)
			This has been coming for some
			time. Only K'mpec, the head of
			the council, has been able to
			maintain the peace.

					TROI
			Now something has changed that.

        STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT ONE        8.

14B  CONTINUED: (2)

					K'EHLEYR
			Correct.
				(beat)
			K'mpec is dying.

	Picard's frown deepens. He leans forward.

					K'EHLEYR
			He is aboard the cruiser. He has
			come specifically to meet with
			you, Captain. Alone.

	On Picard's reaction...

									CUT TO:

        STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/5/90 - ACT ONE        9.

15   OMITTED

16   EXT. SPACE - KLINGON CRUISER (OPTICAL)

	The ship hangs in space.

17   INT. K'MPEC'S QUARTERS

	A large cabin intended to house visiting admirals or
	dignitaries. There are a few nasty-looking weapons in
	plain view along with decorative banners and emblems of
	the Empire, denoting its current occupant's rank as head
	of the High Council. There are several chairs and
	tables. A flagon of wine sits on one table. A single
	set of doors is visible. The doors OPEN and Picard
	is escorted in by a Klingon sentry.

18   NEW ANGLE

	K'MPEC moves out of a dark corner and steps into the
	light. He looks older, more frail than when we saw him
	before. His cloak hangs on him like the shawl of an
	old man rather than the cape of a warrior, but there is
	still a vestige of steel left in his eyes.

					K'MPEC
			It's about time you arrived,
			Picard. Didn't she tell you I
			was dying?

	He waves out the sentry. K'mpec is easily winded and
	he sits.

					PICARD
			I heard you were ill.

					K'MPEC
				(matter-of-fact)
			I'm not ill, I'm dying. Sit.

	Picard sits. K'mpec's bravado disappears.

					K'MPEC
				(continuing)
			I need your help.

					PICARD
			If the Enterprise medical
			facility...

        STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT ONE        10.

18   CONTINUED:

					K'MPEC
			Too late. For months I've been
			poisoned with small doses of
			Veridium Six.
				(indicating wine)
			The wine. There is no cure.

	K'mpec picks up the flagon and drinks a large gulp
	of wine in a contemptuous gesture. He takes a ragged
	breath... winded again. The poison is catching up
	with him. Picard absorbs this... knows that K'mpec
	doesn't want his sympathy.

					PICARD
			What do you want of me?

					K'MPEC
			After I die... you will act in
			my name to arbitrate the struggle
			for power.

	Picard reacts. A beat. Picard, incredulously, studies
	the old leader...

					PICARD
			I will?

					K'MPEC
			No one on the Council can be
			trusted and... I have my reasons
			for wanting an... outsider.

					PICARD
			K'mpec. You can't be serious.
			A Federation officer has no
			business...

					K'MPEC
				(interrupting)
			Nonsense. You are an accomplished
			mediator. This is no different
			than any other dispute requiring
			your services.

					PICARD
			On the contrary, I think it is
			very different. And I must
			respectfully decline.

	K'mpec rises and regains a bit of the fire we've seen
	before...

        STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT ONE        11.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					K'MPEC
			If you refuse the dying request
			of the Klingon Supreme
			Commander... it will be a
			Federation insult to all Klingons!

	Picard stares at him. Off-handed --

					K'MPEC
			Besides, I've already sent the
			orders to the leaders of the two
			opposing factions. They're on
			their way.

					PICARD
				(angry)
			You had no right to involve me
			without my permission.

					K'MPEC
			If I'd asked, you would have said
			no.

					PICARD
			This is not a case of simple
			mediation... you are asking me
			to choose the next leader of the
			Klingon Empire.

					K'MPEC
			No. By tradition, the two
			strongest challengers fight for
			the right of succession. But as
			mediator only you can designate
			those challengers.

					PICARD
			But you've just said there are
			only two challengers arriving.
			What is the point?

					K'MPEC
			The point, my good Captain Picard,
			is for you to discover which one
			of them has killed me -- Gowron
			or Duras.

	Picard reacts to Duras' name.

					K'MPEC
			Yes -- Duras. I thought you'd
			find that interesting.

        STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT ONE        12.

18   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(dry)
			Interesting? Yes, I would say
			that, since he conspired to strip
			Worf of his good name and tried
			to have me killed...

					K'MPEC
			And I approved.

	And shrugs, so what? Picard studies him.

					K'MPEC
			All for the good of the Empire.
			That should be my epitaph.

	This takes a great deal out of him. K'mpec leans back
	in his chair, exhausted.

					K'MPEC
			Find the assassin. The Klingon
			who kills without showing his face
			has no honor. He must not lead
			the Empire. Such a man would
			be capable of anything. Even war
			with the Federation.

	Picard is a little moved by the sight of this lion in
	winter. He takes a long beat to think it over...
	makes the decision.

					PICARD
			Very well. I accept.

	There is a trace of relief in K'mpec's face... his
	final task completed.

					K'MPEC
			If there is war... it will not
			end quickly. Millions of
			warriors... hundreds of worlds...
			destruction on a galactic scale...
				(beat)
			Part of me regrets that I'll miss
			it.

	As he drinks deeply from his wine, on Picard's
	reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

        STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT TWO        13.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

19   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND KLINGON SHIP (OPTICAL)

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log: supplemental.
			K'mpec, who ruled the Klingon
			Empire longer than anyone in
			history, is dead. We await the
			arrival of Duras and Gowron...
			rivals for the leadership of the
			High Council.

20   OMITTED

20A  INT. DAY CARE CENTER

	There are SEVERAL CHILDREN playing, ages 5 to 10.
	Alexander is being taught how to play a game using
	large blocks and balls by three other kids. As he
	tries his hand at the game... but instead of following
	the rules, he just grabs all the blocks to the protest
	of the other kids. They try to stop him... Alexander
	bares his teeth, as if to challenge them all... just
	as Worf's HAND suddenly moves into frame and restrains
	him.

20B
thru	OMITTED
22

23   NEW ANGLE

	Revealing Worf standing over Alexander and the other
	kids. Alexander looks up defiantly at Worf.

					WORF
			There is no honor in attacking
			the weak.

        STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT TWO        14.

23   CONTINUED:

					ALEXANDER
			I would have won!

					WORF
			You must earn victory...

	As Worf leads him out...

24   INT. CORRIDOR

	Worf and Alexander are heading for K'Ehleyr's quarters.
	Alexander is very curious... trying to probe. Worf is
	resistant, doesn't want to establish a connection with
	the boy, but it's difficult to distance himself.

					ALEXANDER
			Where are the other Klingons?

					WORF
			There are no others on board.

					ALEXANDER
			Why?

					WORF
			The Federation and the Klingon
			Empire were enemies for many
			years. No other Klingons have
			asked to serve in Starfleet.

					ALEXANDER
			Why?

	Worf is really getting tired of this.

					WORF
				(firm)
			A warrior does not ask so many
			questions.

        STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/5/90 - ACT TWO        15.

24   CONTINUED:

					ALEXANDER
				(a little surprised)
			I don't want to be a warrior.

	Worf's eyes flash... this is not what he wants to hear
	from his own son!

25   INT. K'EHLEYR'S QUARTERS

	K'Ehleyr is studying an Okudagram on a terminal. The
	door OPENS and Worf and Alexander ENTER. Alexander
	runs to his mother, gives her a quick hug. She looks
	at Worf with surprise.

					K'EHLEYR
				(to Alexander)
			Hello! You're back early.

					ALEXANDER
			He made me leave.

	K'Ehleyr gives Worf a questioning look.

					K'EHLEYR
			Why don't you go to your room and
			play.

	Alexander EXITS to adjacent bedroom.

					K'EHLEYR
				(sarcastic)
			Is he under arrest?

	Worf doesn't want to play her game of verbal give-and-
	take.

					WORF
				(angry)
			He knows nothing of our ways!

					K'EHLEYR
			Our ways? You mean Klingon ways,
			don't you?

					WORF
			He is Klingon!

					K'EHLEYR
			He is also my son... and I am half-
			human. He will find his own ways.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT TWO       15A.

25   CONTINUED:

					K'EHLEYR (Cont'd)
			Why the sudden concern? You won't
			even acknowledge that he's yours.

	He knows she's right... it deflates some of his anger,
	but not all of it.

        STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/5/90 - ACT TWO        16.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Why did you not tell me?

					K'EHLEYR
			And what would you have done?

	Worf looks away, knows where she's going with this.

					K'EHLEYR
				(continuing)
			That's right... you would have
			insisted that we take the oath...
			just as tradition would demand.

					WORF
			You should not have kept this from
			me.

					K'EHLEYR
				(softer)
			Well, now you know.

	A beat of silence. K'Ehleyr moves to Worf... there
	is still a great deal of attraction and passion between
	them. Worf responds to her gentler tone, but this is
	very difficult for him.

					WORF
			I cannot... acknowledge my
			relationship to the boy.

	K'Ehleyr turns away, bitterly disappointed.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			It would only harm him.

					K'EHLEYR
			Because you were dishonored?

					WORF
			As my son, he would also bear my
			disgrace... as would his
			children.

	K'Ehleyr is frustrated... she wants to understand, but
	Worf is still holding out on her.

					K'EHLEYR
			Why did you accept discommendation
			from the High Council?


        STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT TWO        17.

25   CONTINUED: (3)

	Worf looks away, as if watching the scene from the past
	being replayed all over again.

					WORF
				(quiet)
			My father was accused of
			collaborating with the Romulans
			at Khitomer...

					K'EHLEYR
			I know. And I also know that
			you challenged it...

					WORF
			Yes... at first. Ultimately...
			I withdrew my challenge.

					K'EHLEYR
			But why, Worf? I can't believe
			you'd just give up.

	He forces himself to crush down the feelings of rage
	and betrayal that rise to the surface. K'Ehleyr knows
	that Worf still isn't telling her everything.

					K'EHLEYR
				(continuing)
			What really happened?

	Worf wants to answer... debates with himself for a
	second... but knows that he can't. He heads for the
	door... furious at the situation.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Lieutenant Worf, Ambassador
			K'Ehleyr, report to the Bridge.

	Worf stops, irritated.

					WORF
				(hits communicator)
			On our way, Commander.

	K'Ehleyr moves to him... they share a look that says
	there is still much to discuss...

									CUT TO:

26   EXT. SPACE - KLINGON SHIPS (OPTICAL)

	TWO KLINGON BIRDS-OF-PREY approach the Enterprise and
	the first Klingon ship.

        STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT TWO        18.

27   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Data, Riker, and Wesley at their positions.
	SUPERNUMERARY at Tactical.

					WESLEY
			Klingon vessels Vorn and Buruk
			holding stations at thirteen
			kilometers.

					PICARD
			Open a channel, Mister Data.

					DATA
				(works console)
			Channel open. Vorn responding
			to hail.

					PICARD
			On screen.

28   ON VIEWER (OPTICAL) (INTERCUT AS NEEDED)

	DURAS appears, standing in front of a bulkhead. His
	impatience is obvious.

					DURAS
			Let's get this over with, Picard.

					PICARD
			In good time, Duras.

					DURAS
			Even in death, K'mpec makes
			foolish decisions. You should
			not be involved in this, human.

					PICARD
				(coolly)
			The Sonchi ceremony will take
			place in one hour aboard K'mpec's
			ship.

					DURAS
				(furious)
			One hour! What is the delay?

					PICARD
			There is no delay. It is the time
			I have chosen.

	Worf and K'Ehleyr ENTER from turbolift.

       STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT TWO       18A.

28   CONTINUED:

					DURAS
				(frowns)
			Exactly one hour, Picard. Do not
			be late.

	Duras sees Worf and reacts.

       STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT TWO       19.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					DURAS
				(continuing, re: Worf)
			Keep that pahtk away from the
			ceremony, Picard. He has no place
			on a Klingon ship.

					PICARD
				(will not be pushed)
			Picard... out.

	Picard motions for Data to end the transmission and
	Duras' face is replaced by the view of the Klingon
	ships. Picard stands.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Contact Gowron's ship, tell him
			to meet us aboard K'mpec's vessel.
			Ambassador, I'll meet you in
			Transporter Room Six in an hour.
			We'll begin the ceremony a little
			late.
				(moves to Ready Room)
			Mister Worf.

	Worf follows.

									CUT TO:

29   INT. READY ROOM

	As they ENTER.

					PICARD
			Worf, I know the next couple of
			days will be difficult for you...

					WORF
			You have made it clear that I am
			to perform my regular duties,
			sir.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			I want you to know I am aware
			of your... discomfort.

					WORF
			Thank you, sir.

       STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT TWO       19A.

29   CONTINUED:

	They share a look between commander and officer that is
	very intimate. Picard is pleased. They sit.

					PICARD
			Ambassador K'ehleyr will be
			preparing me for my role in the
			rite of succession. But I have
			no doubt that I will be calling
			upon you for assistance as well,
			Lieutenant.

					WORF
			Permission to speak freely, sir?

					PICARD
			Granted.

					WORF
			Duras must not be allowed to lead
			the council.

					PICARD
			He has a legal claim, Worf. Your
			personal feelings toward him...

					WORF
			It is not personal, sir. His
			father betrayed my people to the
			Romulans. Duras is a traitor.

	Picard takes a moment.

					PICARD
			Klingon tradition may blame the
			son for the father's sins. I
			cannot, Worf. Treason was his
			father's disgrace. Duras' crime
			was to put that blame on your
			father... I will not forget that.
			But you should not forget that
			you chose to accept the
			consequences of that lie.

					WORF
				(acknowledges)
			To preserve the Empire.

					PICARD
			The issue now is whether or not
			he killed K'mpec.

        STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT TWO        20.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Sir?

					PICARD
			He was murdered... poisoned.

					WORF
				(shocked)
			A Klingon would not use poison...
			the murder would have no honor.

					PICARD
			K'mpec believed the assassin to
			be either Duras or Gowron.

					WORF
				(reacts)
			I know little of Gowron. Only
			that he is an outsider who has
			often challenged the council.
			But Duras... I know him... his
			heart is not Klingon.

	On Picard...

									CUT TO:

30   EXT. SPACE - KLINGON SHIP (OPTICAL)

	K'mpec's ship.

31   INT. K'MPEC'S QUARTERS

	K'mpec's body has been left sitting in his chair.
	There should be no feeling of this being a "wake" in
	the human sense of the word... K'mpec's corpse is
	accorded no reverence. Picard and K'Ehleyr stand at
	the head of the room. K'Ehleyr is holding a
	painstick.

        STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/6/90 - ACT TWO        21.

32   NEW ANGLE

	as the doors OPEN. GOWRON and TWO KLINGON RETAINERS
	ENTER. One of the retainers carries a painstik.
	Gowron looks hostile, impatient... not a likely ally
	for Picard. They barely glance at the corpse and move
	to the left of K'mpec's still form.

33   ON PICARD AND K'EHLEYR

					K'EHLEYR
				(quiet)
			That's Gowron.

	Picard looks at K'mpec's dead body.

					PICARD
				(with distaste)
			I hope this is brief.

					K'EHLEYR
			It will be just long enough to
			prove that K'mpec is dead.

34   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as Duras and TWO MORE RETAINERS ENTER. One of Duras'
	men also carries a painstik. Duras wears a cloak
	showing him to be a member of the Council. Duras and
	Gowron snarl with hate at the sight of each other.
	Their retainers tense and it looks like they might
	fight it out right here... the moment passes and Duras
	moves to the opposite side of the room from Gowron.

	Both parties look expectantly at Picard. K'Ehleyr
	hands the painstik to Picard. He moves forward and
	stands before K'mpec's corpse.

					PICARD
			Qab... jIH... nagil (Face me if
			you dare!)

	He places the end of the painstik on K'mpec's chest
	and there is an ELECTRIC BUZZ as the stick discharges.

        STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/6/90 - ACT TWO        22.

34   CONTINUED:

	Picard moves away from this distasteful duty and goes
	back to his position. Gowron immediately moves forward
	and takes his painstik.

					GOWRON
			Qab jIH nagil!

	Gowron plunges the 'stik into K'mpec and relishes the
	moment as the stick BUZZES. He removes the 'stik, and
	Gowron goes back to his place. Duras now takes his
	turn.

					DURAS
			Qab jiH nagil!

	Duras viciously jabs the body of K'mpec, holding the
	'stik in for a long beat. He goes back to his place.

					K'EHLEYR
			Sonchi. (He is dead)

	The ceremony has ended. Duras and Gowron move to
	Picard.

					DURAS
				(scowls, to Picard)
			Now complete the Rite of
			Succession. It's obvious who
			the two challengers are.

					PICARD
			We will proceed according to the
			traditions and precedents set down
			in Klingon law.

					GOWRON
			What do you know of Klingon law,
			Human?

					PICARD
			We will reconvene on the
			Enterprise within---

					DURAS
			No! Finish it here, now!

        STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/6/90 - ACT TWO        23.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

	Gowron is about to say something when there is a
	sudden EXPLOSION from where Duras' men are standing.
	Everyone is knocked off his feet and it is not clear
	who is dead or injured. Linger on the smoke and
	rubble...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

       STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT THREE       24.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

35   INT. K'EHLEYR'S QUARTERS

	K'ehleyr is standing near the window. Worf ENTERS.
	He is obviously concerned... moves to her. He almost
	comforts her... pulls himself back... tries to pretend
	he came here on official business.

					WORF
			I... have not received your report
			on the explosion.

	K'Ehleyr looks at him... and slowly smiles. She can
	see through this charade.

					K'EHLEYR
			Two Klingons killed... a few minor
			injuries.
				(beat, then soft)
			Were you concerned about me?

					WORF
			As head of security... it is my
			duty to be concerned.

					K'EHLEYR
			Is that it? Just official concern
			for my well-being?

					WORF
				(difficult)
			You know my... feelings.

					K'EHLEYR
			Maybe I've forgotten.

	They share a look... and it's clear that neither one of
	them has forgotten any of the feelings they share.

					WORF
			You were right... I would have
			insisted that we take the oath.
			But not just because of
			tradition...

					K'EHLEYR
			I thought about telling you...
			wanted to tell you. I wasn't
			ready.

      STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/6/90 - ACT THREE      24A.

35   CONTINUED:

	She steps closer to him and the sexual tension rises
	another degree.

					K'EHLEYR
			When I left, you said you'd never
			be complete without me. It took
			some time... but I came to
			realize... I need you too. You're
			part of me, Worf.

       STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT THREE       25.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

	They unconsciously move closer... pulled by feelings
	they can barely control. Worf breathes deeply of her
	scent... her eyes blaze with passion... Worf softly
	quotes the ancient Klingon words of devotion.

					WORF
			jIH dok (My blood)

					K'EHLEYR
				(hearing the call)
			maj dok (Our blood)

	They are inches away from each other... the attraction
	is almost overpowering. But Worf finally pulls away
	and breaks the moment.

					WORF
			I cannot allow you to... suffer
			my humiliation.

					K'EHLEYR
			There would be no suffering...
			I don't care what other Klingons
			think of you.

					WORF
			But what of the boy? He may want
			to live in the Empire someday.
			He would be an outcast... another
			traitor from a family of traitors.

					K'EHLEYR
			"Family of traitors?" I don't
			believe that for a minute.

	But now Worf reaches out to her... makes a personal
	appeal and connection.

      STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/6/90 - ACT THREE      25A.

35   CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF
				(quiet)
			Respect my wishes in this matter.
			I cannot take the oath with you...
				(very difficult)
			And I cannot claim your son.

       STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT THREE       26.

35   CONTINUED: (4)

	K'Ehleyr looks in his eyes... sees the pain there and
	reluctantly acquiesces. A long beat.

					K'EHLEYR
			If you cannot be his father...
			at least be his friend.

	Worf considers this... and nods his agreement. They
	continue to look at each other with barely restrained
	feelings of mutual need...

									CUT TO:

36   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

36A  INT. READY ROOM

	K'Ehleyr and Picard.

					PICARD
				(frustrated)
			We haven't completed our analysis
			of the bomb debris... and Doctor
			Crusher is still studying the
			remains of the two men killed in
			the explosion.
				(beat)
			We need more time.

					K'EHLEYR
			Duras and Gowron will be here in
			a few minutes. I don't think you
			can delay this meeting again.

					PICARD
			Is there some way of stretching
			out the formalities once they
			arrive?

					K'EHLEYR
			In the modern Rite of Succession,
			only a brief proclamation that
			two challengers have been chosen
			is necessary.

					PICARD
			You said "modern Rite"... how was
			the ritual performed in the past?

	K'Ehleyr thinks for a moment.

      STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT THREE      26A.

36A  CONTINUED:

					K'EHLEYR
			The old forms dictated that the
			challengers perform the ja'chuq.
				(beat as she recalls)
			It's a long, involved ceremony
			where the challengers list the
			battles they've won, the prizes
			they've taken... the idea is to
			prove their worthiness to lead
			the Council.

					PICARD
			Can the old form still be used?

					K'EHLEYR
				(a small smile)
			It's up to you... you can use
			any form you want.

	Picard sees a plan and smiles to himself in
	satisfaction.

					K'EHLEYR
			Captain... What do you know about
			Worf's discommendation?

	Picard's expression goes neutral.

					K'EHLEYR
				(continuing)
			My interest is... personal. I
			understand that you were there...
			you stood by him before the
			Council. I'd like to know what
			happened.

	Picard looks away... thinks for a beat... knows there
	can be only one answer. He turns back to K'Ehleyr.

					PICARD
			I'm sorry... but I cannot discuss
			it.

	K'Ehleyr is disappointed... she waits a beat and then
	EXITS.

									CUT TO:

      STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT THREE      26B.

37   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Duras and Gowron are moving restlessly in the room...
	like caged animals. TWO N.D. SECURITY GUARDS are
	posted in the center and they watch the two men
	closely. Picard and K'Ehleyr ENTER.

	Picard moves to the head of the table, K'Ehleyr stands
	at his side.

					DURAS
			The Council must have a leader...
			now!
				(re:Gowron)
			Complete the rite so I can kill
			this ha'DIbah.

	Gowron turns on Duras... the Security Guards move
	closer, ready to separate them if necessary.

					GOWRON
				(deadly)
			You will die slowly, Duras.

					DURAS
			You've already proved you don't
			have the courage to face me...
			perhaps you should plant another
			bomb...

	Gowron explodes. He HITS one security guard, knocking
	him out of the way. Duras prepares himself for attack
	as Gowron moves on him. The other security guard pulls
	his phaser and points it at Gowron.

					PICARD
			mev yap! (Stop!)

	Duras and Gowron stop automatically... the first
	security guard gets up and pulls his phaser. A tense
	beat.

      STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT THREE      27.

37   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(firm)
			Sit down.

	The two Klingons make no move to obey, but neither do
	they move toward each other.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			We will begin the ja'chuq.

	That got their attention... they both react and turn to
	Picard.

					GOWRON
			What!

					DURAS
				(re: K'Ehleyr)
			This woman is giving you bad
			advice, Picard. The ja'chuq is
			obsolete.

	Picard is unfazed by this. He gestures to the two
	Security guards, and they put away their phasers.

					PICARD
			I choose to respect the ancient
			ritual. Each of you must prove
			your worthiness to lead the High
			Council.

					GOWRON
			That will take hours!

					K'EHLEYR
			Or days... depending on your
			cooperation.

       STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT THREE       28.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

	Neither of them is prepared to wait that long. A
	tense beat... and then they both sit. A look between
	K'Ehleyr and Picard: we've got them.

									CUT TO:

38   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	Worf is trying to interest Alexander in some of the
	Klingon artifacts in his room. Alexander is bored and
	his attention wanders. Worf is holding a small Klingon
	statue.

					WORF
			Kathless... the Unforgettable...
			he united the Homeworld in the
			year...

	Alexander walks over to another part of the room...
	looking for something more interesting. Worf puts down
	the statue and tries again. Alexander is examining a
	tricorder.

       STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/6/90 - ACT THREE       29.

38   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			A tricorder...
				(takes device)
			It is operated by activating
			the...

	Alexander's interest is momentary, however, and he goes
	into the bedroom. Worf follows.

39   NEW ANGLE

	revealing more of Worf's bedroom. Alexander is looking
	with keen interest at something on a bulkhead. MOVE TO
	REVEAL a mounted case with a weapon inside. It is
	semi-circular curved blade that branches to four
	points. It is about three feet wide. There is a
	terrible beauty about the blade. Worf sees that he can
	make a connection here.

					WORF
			It is a bat'telh.

	Alexander continues to stare at the weapon. Worf
	carefully removes it from the case. The bat'telh is
	held by two handles on the mid-exterior of the blade.
	There is a sense of reverence and respect in his
	attitude toward the sword.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			It belonged to my father... it
			has been in our family for ten
			generations.

	Alexander is fascinated... he has an instinctual
	attraction to the weapon.

					ALEXANDER
			Let me hold it.

	He hands it to Alexander. It's heavier than he
	expected. Alexander swings it in an awkward fashion.
	Worf steps in... acting like a patient teacher.

       STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/6/90 - ACT THREE       30.

39   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			No.
				(takes the weapon)
			Do not think of it as a weapon...
			make it part of your hand... your
			arm... make it part of you.

	Worf moves in an intricate dance of parry and thrust
	that combines both power and grace. The bat'telh can
	be used as either shield or sword. Worf hands it back
	to Alexander... the boy tries to emulate the movements.
	Worf starts to physically guide him through the
	motions. A small bond forms as they practice
	together...

									CUT TO:

40   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	K'Ehleyr is sitting at the table, working on a padd.
	Gowron ENTERS.

					K'EHLEYR
				(without looking up)
			The next meeting is in three
			hours.

					GOWRON
			I would speak with you alone,
			Ambassador.

	She looks up.

					K'EHLEYR
				(sardonic)
			I'm honored.

	Beat. Gowron's attitude is probing... trying to get
	K'Ehleyr on his side.

					GOWRON
			Picard is prolonging the ja'chuq.
			Why?

					K'EHLEYR
			He has sufficient reason to
			proceed carefully.

					GOWRON
			He relies on you for his knowledge
			of Klingon law...

       STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/6/90 - ACT THREE       31.

40   CONTINUED:

					K'EHLEYR
			Yes.

					GOWRON
			Then he values your advice. You
			could quicken the pace.

					K'EHLEYR
			Possibly. Why should I?

	He casually moves to the windows.

					GOWRON
			Your position is... unique. Have
			you never wondered about serving
			the Klingon Empire?

					K'EHLEYR
			I serve in my own way.

					GOWRON
			As a Federation Ambassador.
				(beat)
			A few rewards... but little
			glory.

					K'EHLEYR
			What do you want?

					GOWRON
			What do you want? Command of a
			ship... a seat on the Council?
			There are many opportunities for
			you in the Empire.

					K'EHLEYR
			Opportunities that will present
			themselves only if you come to
			power. You talk like a Ferengi.

	Gowron's expression hardens.

					GOWRON
			K'mpec was also stubborn... he
			too refused to listen... now he's
			gone... you need not make the same
			mistake.

	K'Ehleyr hears the threat in his voice, and isn't
	frightened by it. She stands.

       STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT THREE       32.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					K'EHLEYR
				(with steel)
			K'mpec was old and weak... I am
			not.

	Gowron sees the rejection in her eyes. There is a long
	tense beat, and then Gowron EXITS. On K'Ehleyr's
	expression...

40A  INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	GEORDI and Data at the pool table. They are working on
	one of the consoles. Riker ENTERS and goes over to
	them.

					GEORDI
				(to Riker)
			We've completed our analysis of
			the bomb debris.

					DATA
			The explosive was a triceron
			derivative.

					GEORDI
			The entire device couldn't have
			been more than three cubic
			millimeters in size...

					RIKER
			Then it could have been hidden
			anywhere in the room.

					GEORDI
				(acknowledges)
			There's one other thing,
			Commander... The bomb had a
			molecular-decay detonator.

					DATA
			Only one race uses that device,
			sir...

					RIKER
				(nods)
			The Romulans.

	On Riker...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

       STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FOUR       33.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

41   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, K'Ehleyr, and Geordi.

					PICARD
			How could Romulans have planted
			a bomb aboard a Klingon attack
			cruiser?

					WORF
			It would be impossible.

					K'EHLEYR
			Not if the Romulans had help...
			from one of the Klingons.

	Reactions from around the table...

					GEORDI
				(with disbelief)
			Klingons and Romulans working
			together? They've been blood
			enemies for seventy-five years.

					PICARD
			Perhaps Duras or Gowron wishes
			to improve that relationship.

					RIKER
			A new Klingon alliance with the
			Romulans?

					DATA
			If true, it would represent a
			fundamental shift of power in the
			quadrant.

       STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FOUR       34.

41   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Indeed.
				(beat)
			It would put the Federation in
			a very uncomfortable position.

					RIKER
				(a beat)
			Gowron or Duras?

					K'EHLEYR
			Gowron came to me alone... wanted
			me to speed up the ja'chuq...
			offered me a seat on the Council
			if I'd help him.

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			But does that suggest a Romulan
			connection?

					K'EHLEYR
				(shrugs, perhaps)
			He also implied that I would end
			up like K'mpec if I didn't
			cooperate.

	Picard nods... takes this into account. After a
	beat...

					WORF
			Captain... I disagree. It must
			be Duras.

	Worf and Picard exchange a look. K'Ehleyr notices.

					K'EHLEYR
				(to Worf)
			Why?

       STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT FOUR       34A.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

	Worf remains silent.

					PICARD
			We have had prior dealings with
			Duras that showed him to be...
			untrustworthy.

	She waits for him to continue... finally pushes for
	more information.

					K'EHLEYR
				(with an edge)
			Can you be more specific?

       STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FOUR       35.

41   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			No.

	K'Ehleyr isn't happy with that response, but keeps it
	to herself. Picard, thoughtful, turns and studies Worf
	a beat...

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, we now have a
			conspiracy on our hands that
			could be a direct threat to the
			security of the Federation.

					WORF
			Yes sir.

					PICARD
			As Chief Security Officer, you
			will accompany me to the next
			transition proceeding.

					WORF
				(reacts)
			Captain, they will be incensed.
			My presence will be...
			disruptive.

					PICARD
				(nods, a beat)
			Yes. It will.

	K'Ehleyr studies the silent communication between the
	two men and is losing patience with being left on the
	outside.

									CUT TO:

         STAR TREK: "Reunion" - 9/4/90 - ACT FOUR         35A.

41A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Worf ENTERS from Observation Lounge... K'Ehleyr has
	been waiting for him. They EXIT to turbolift together.

42   INT. TURBOLIFT - CONTINUOUS

	Worf and K'Ehleyr ENTER.

       STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT FOUR       36.

42   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Deck Twenty-Three.

	The turbolift MOVES. A beat of silence.

					K'EHLEYR
			Halt.

	The turbolift STOPS.

					K'EHLEYR
				(continuing)
			You suspect Duras. Why?

					WORF
			I cannot---

					K'EHLEYR
			Don't tell me that again! I'm
			trying to do my job while you
			withhold vital information...

	Her anger sparks Worf's temper and the tension in the
	turbolift steadily rises.

					WORF
			I will not discuss this with you
			or anyone else.

					K'EHLEYR
			Captain Picard seems well-
			informed.
				(Worf stonewalls)
			There's more at stake here than
			your personal honor.

					WORF
			I am aware of what is at stake
			here!

					K'EHLEYR
			But you're still willing to hide
			the truth!

					WORF
			I am hiding nothing!

       STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FOUR       37.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

					K'EHLEYR
				(pushing hard)
			You're hiding everything, just
			like you always do... behind that
			precious Klingon honor. Why?
			Because you don't have the courage
			to face life without clinging to
			some archaic ritual?

	The accusation stabs Worf and he moves toward her in
	rage... she blocks him with a forearm. They glare at
	each other for a beat. K'Ehleyr steps back... they
	both realize they've gone too far.

					K'EHLEYR
			Exit.

	The doors OPEN and K'Ehleyr EXITS. A beat on Worf's
	reaction...

									CUT TO:

43   OMITTED

44   INT. K'EHLEYR'S QUARTERS

	K'Ehleyr ENTERS, still upset over the scene with Worf.
	She takes a deep breath... settles herself and then
	sits down at the computer terminal.

					K'EHLEYR
			Computer, list stardates of the
			last Enterprise mission to the
			Klingon home planet.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Stardates 43685 through 43689.

					K'EHLEYR
			How many ship's logs during that
			period?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Forty-three officer's logs. Ten
			personal logs.

	She takes a beat... hesitates, but asks anyway...

       STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FOUR       38.

44   CONTINUED:

					K'EHLEYR
			Is there a personal log for
			Lieutenant Worf?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Affirmative. Access is
			restricted.

					K'EHLEYR
				(a long beat, finally
				 deciding)
			Eliminate all personal logs.
			List the other forty-three in
			chronological order... we'll
			take them one at a time...

	As the computer begins to list available logs...

45
thru	OMITTED
46

46A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

47   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard sitting at the table with Duras. Gowron is
	standing at the far end of the room, reciting part of
	the ritual. The two security men continue to watch in
	the b.g.

					GOWRON
				(with fervor)
			jIH DoQ batlh! (I claim the
			honor!)

	He looks to Picard, who nods and then Gowron sits down.

					PICARD
			Both your claims have been
			properly made and recorded. We
			are ready for the final phase of
			the ja'chuq. There will be a
			recess while I review your
			petitions.

	Gowron and Duras start to rise. But Picard motions
	for them to stay.


           STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FOUR          38A.

47   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(beat)
			I know that you're as concerned
			as I am about the explosion
			aboard K'mpec's ship. I assume
			both of your investigations are
			continuing...

           STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FOUR           39.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					GOWRON
				(dismissive)
			The investigations are complete.
			They revealed nothing of any
			importance.

					PICARD
			That's very interesting... because
			our analysis turned up some
			startling results.
				(keying insignia)
			Will you join us?

47A  NEW ANGLE

	As Worf ENTERS. Duras and Gowron are on their feet
	instantly.

					GOWRON
				(outraged)
			He has no place here, Picard!

					DURAS
			I will not sit at the same table
			with that!

	Worf takes their reactions stoically.

					PICARD
				(final)
			It is my prerogative to
			investigate anything relevant to
			the Rite of Succession.
			Lieutenant Worf is my chief of
			security. His presence is
			required.

					DURAS
			We will not proceed...

					PICARD
			I will determine how we proceed.
			If you wish to withdraw from the
			ja'chuq... that is your option.

	Duras continues to glare for a few seconds... sees no
	way out... sits down. Gowron slowly follows suit.
	Picard nods to Worf. He moves forward and starts to
	press Gowron and Duras.

           STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FOUR           40.

47A  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			What did your investigations
			reveal about the explosion?

					DURAS
				(mocking)
			It was a bomb.

					WORF
				(to Gowron)
			Was your analysis just as...
			insightful?

					GOWRON
			It was a common explosive.

					WORF
				(impatient)
			What type?

					GOWRON
				(tired of this)
			Triceron.

					WORF
			What about the detonator?

					DURAS
			This is pointless! The findings
			were inconclusive.

           STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FOUR           41.

47A  CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Fortunately, our investigation
			was more... thorough.

	Worf leans on the table and stares at Duras.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			The bomb used a molecular-decay
			detonator.

	Worf continues to stare at Duras, who can't hold his
	gaze.

					GOWRON
			What!

					PICARD
				(nods)
			A Romulan device.

	The unspoken accusation hangs in the air for a moment.

					DURAS
				(stands)
			I will return to my ship. I want
			to confirm these... conclusions
			myself.

					GOWRON
			As will I.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant, please be sure to send
			a complete record of our findings
			to both vessels... and to the High
			Council.
				(beat)
			We are adjourned.

	Duras and Gowron EXIT. Worf's eyes never leave Duras.

									CUT TO:

           STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/11/90 - ACT FOUR           42.

48   OMITTED

49   INT. K'EHLEYR'S QUARTERS

	K'Ehleyr reading information on the terminal, reacting
	to what she sees...

					K'EHLEYR
			...Khitomer...
				(beat)
			Computer, why was the Enterprise
			crew studying the transmission
			logs from the Khitomer outpost?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Reference Chief Engineer's entry,
			stardate 43686.1. Certain
			transmission logs between the
			Khitomer outpost and the Romulan
			patrol ships were altered after
			the destruction of the colony.

					K'EHLEYR
			Altered. By whom?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			That information is not available.

	She takes a thoughtful beat...

					K'EHLEYR
			Computer, interlock with the
			Klingon Imperial information net.

	After a beat, the monitor changes to Klingon writing
	and symbols.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Interlock established.

					K'EHLEYR
			Federation Ambassador K'Ehleyr
			requesting diplomatic access to
			High Council record. Security
			code pah doQ cha!

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Proceed.

					K'EHLEYR
			Computer, display summary of the
			most recent High Council inquiry
			regarding the Khitomer massacre.

           STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FOUR          42A.

49A  INSERT (OPTICAL)

	Klingon information scrolls briefly on the terminal
	screen and then stops. A large Klingon word ("Denied")
	appears in the middle of the screen and blinks on and
	off.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Access denied. Restricted
			materials, du-ko-cha clearance
			only.

49B  RETURN TO SCENE

	As before.

					K'EHLEYR
			By whose order?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Council member Duras.

	She reacts. A long beat.

					K'EHLEYR
			Access biographical files.
			Subject name: Councilor Duras.

									CUT TO:

50   INT. DURAS' QUARTERS (ENTERPRISE)

	One of Duras' lieutenants (GUARD #2) is leaning over
	the computer reading a message as Duras ENTERS. An
	Enterprise SECURITY OFFICER takes his position outside
	the door.

					DURAS
			Advise my counselors on the Vorn
			to convene... there is much to
			discuss...
				(re: the computer)
			What is that...

					GUARD#2
			Priority message to you from the
			home planet on a secure channel.

	Duras watches the information on the screen. His
	expression hardens. He exchanges a disturbed glance
	with the guard.

           STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FOUR          42B.

50A  OMITTED

50B  INT. CORRIDOR

	Guard#2 ENTERS from Duras' quarters... walks swiftly by
	the security officer and down the hall... the officer
	reacts...

					SECURITY OFFICER
			Excuse me, sir...

	The Klingon takes no notice, moves away... the officer
	follows him quickly...

					SECURITY OFFICER
			Sir, you cannot leave your
			quarters without an escort...

	Well down the corridor, the Klingon stops and turns to
	the approaching officer...

					GUARD#2
			I am not helpless. I don't need
			a Starfleet escort.

50C  ANGLE - FAVORING THE OFFICER

	Behind him, Duras slips out of his room and disappears
	down the opposite end of the corridor.

					SECURITY OFFICER
			I'm sorry, sir... Captain's
			orders. I'll be happy to call
			a security officer to accompany
			you...

					GUARD#2
				(growls)
			It's an outrage. An insult. I
			will return to quarters.

	And storms back to the same room. On the security
	officer's reaction...

51   INT. K'EHLEYR'S QUARTERS

	K'Ehleyr is working at the terminal. The door CHIMES.

					K'EHLEYR
			Come.

           STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FOUR           43.

51   CONTINUED:

	Duras ENTERS. K'Ehleyr stands up.

					DURAS
			I have been informed of your
			attempt to access restricted
			Council records.

	K'Ehleyr is not intimidated by his attitude.

					K'EHLEYR
			I've been investigating what
			happened at Khitomer.

	Duras' eyes narrow.

					K'EHLEYR
				(continuing)
			Not an easy task... considering
			that most of the records are
			sealed...

					DURAS
			Worf's father was a traitor.

					K'EHLEYR
			No, the evidence was altered to
			make it appear that way.
				(beat)
			I found it interesting to read
			that your father was also at
			Khitomer. And you are the one
			who sealed the records.

					DURAS
			You would dare to insult my
			father's name?

					K'EHLEYR
			Don't play the wounded Klingon
			for me, Duras... you don't do it
			very well.
				(beat)
			What happened in the council
			chambers... how did you get Worf
			to take the blame for you...

           STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FOUR          43A.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

					DURAS
			Do not pursue this matter
			further...

					K'EHLEYR
			The son betrays his people to
			the Romulans just as his father
			did... Eh, Duras?

	On Duras' reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

           STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FIVE           44.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

52   OMITTED

52A  INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE

	Beverly escorts Riker into her office...

					BEVERLY
			One of the Klingons who died in
			the explosion was with Duras...
			the other with Gowron. I've been
			examining the bodies... trying
			to get a clue to where the bomb
			was hidden.

	She turns on a PADD which shows an Okudagram of autopsy
	results... (or possibly photographs or MRI images -- we
	don't need to see clearly)...

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			There's always a pattern to the
			lacerations and tissue damage.
			It would normally give us a clear
			indication of direction, distance,
			force of impact...

					RIKER
			'Normally'?

					BEVERLY
			In this case, the pattern was
			virtually impossible to
			identify... I couldn't understand
			it until I checked the
			dynascans...

	She points to one picture...

					BEVERLY
			This wound is different from all
			the others... it was made from
			the inside out.
					(MORE)

           STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FIVE          44A.

52A  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY (Cont'd)
				(he reacts)
			The bomb was implanted in one of
			their forearms.

					RIKER
			It is considered an honorable
			way for a Klingon to die,
			Doctor... a suicide that also
			takes an enemy.
				(beat)
			Which one of them was it?

					BEVERLY
			Duras' man.

	Off Riker's reaction...

53   INT. CORRIDOR

	Worf and Alexander moving toward K'Ehleyr's Quarters.

					WORF
			When we have more time I will take
			you to the holodeck and
			demonstrate in more detail...

	They have arrived at the door.

54   INT. K'EHLEYR'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	Worf and Alexander ENTER the quarters... suddenly see
	K'Ehleyr lying on the floor. Worf quickly moves to
	her and can now see that she is lying in a small pool
	of blood.

           STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FIVE           45.

54   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(hits communicator)
			Medical Emergency, Deck Eight,
			Room one-four-two!

	Worf holds her in his arms... Alexander looking on
	in shock. K'Ehleyr's eyes flutter open for a moment.
	She looks up into Worf's anguished expression.

					WORF
			Gowron... ?

	K'Ehleyr barely shakes her head. Worf reacts.

					WORF
			Duras?

	She looks at him, acknowledging. Worf's eyes blaze in
	hatred. She's fading fast... manages to hold on for
	just a few seconds more...

					K'EHLEYR
			Alexander...

	The boy comes to her... she takes his hand, puts it in
	Worf's hand... Worf nods in acceptance.

54A  ON K'EHLEYR

	as she grabs Worf's arms with a last burst of strength
	and passion... their eyes lock... then she's gone.

54B  ON WORF

	After a beat, a LOW RUMBLING GROWL begins in Worf's
	chest... finally explodes as his throws back his head
	and ROARS, not just for the ritual, but with rage and
	agony.

54C  ON WORF AND ALEXANDER

	The boy backs away from Worf and K'Ehleyr in a mixture
	of fear and shock... Worf moves to him... looks into
	his face.

					WORF
			You have never seen death?

	Alexander manages to shake his head.

           STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FIVE          45A.

54C  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Then look...

	Slowly, the boy looks back at his mother.

					WORF
			And always remember.

54D  NEW ANGLE

	Beverly and a N.D. NURSE ENTER. They rush to K'Ehleyr.
	Worf and Alexander share a look...

					WORF
			Stay with the doctor.

55   ON BEVERLY

	She's checking K'Ehleyr... there's no hope. She looks
	up...

					BEVERLY
			Worf, when did you... ?

           STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FIVE           46.

56   NEW ANGLE

	... but Worf is gone.

									CUT TO:

57   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	Worf moving quickly, determined... he removes his
	insignia and sash... then takes the bat'telh sword
	from the frame on the wall...

58   INT. K'EHLEYR'S QUARTERS

	K'Ehleyr's body is being taken out on a gurney by the
	nurse seen earlier and another MEDICAL TECHNICIAN.
	Beverly is standing with Picard and Riker... their
	faces are grim.

					BEVERLY
			Multiple stab wounds to the chest
			and abdomen... too much trauma
			to the internal organs. There
			wasn't enough time to get her into
			stasis.

					PICARD
			Where's Worf?

					BEVERLY
			I don't know... he left just after
			I got here.

					RIKER
				(hits communicator)
			Riker to Worf.
				(beat)
			Computer, locate Lieutenant Worf.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Lieutenant Worf is not aboard the
			Enterprise.

           STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FIVE           47.

58   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Where is he?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Lieutenant Worf transported to
			the Klingon ship Vorn at
			seventeen-thirty hours.

	A beat as this registers. He glares at Riker who
	doesn't need to be told...

					RIKER
			On my way.

									CUT TO:

59   EXT. SPACE - KLINGON BIRD-OF-PREY (OPTICAL)

	The ship hangs in space.

60   INT. DURAS' QUARTERS (KLINGON SHIP)

	Similar to K'mpec's Quarters seen earlier. The same
	sense of a visiting dignitary aboard ship, but not as
	high a rank as K'mpec. The atmosphere is darker, more
	sinister. Duras, and TWO RETAINERS are huddled over
	a computer terminal. The doors OPEN... Worf, carrying
	the bat'telh, and a KLINGON GUARD ENTER. Duras looks
	up, shocked to see Worf.

					DURAS
				(to Guard)
			How could you let him in here?

	A glance between Worf and the Guard.

					GUARD
			He has claimed the right of
			vengeance.

	The retainers step back from Duras and the Guard moves
	to one side. Their attitude is respectful.

					DURAS
			You have no rights here, traitor!

           STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FIVE           48.

60   CONTINUED:

	Worf moves to the center of the room and speaks not
	to Duras, but to the other Klingons.

					WORF
			K'Ehleyr... was my mate.

	Everyone looks at Duras... he's surprised. A long beat
	as it becomes clear that no one is going to stop Worf.
	A retainer brings Duras a long scythe-like weapon with
	a wicked blade. Duras holds it... he and Worf
	exchange a look of challenge.

									CUT TO:

61   INT. CORRIDOR

	Riker, Data, and TWO N.D. SECURITY GUARDS moving
	quickly along the corridor. Riker's expression is
	deadly serious.

					DATA
			And if Lieutenant Worf resists,
			sir?

					RIKER
			He's coming back with us one way
			or another. Set phasers to
			maximum stun.

	They ENTER the Transporter Room.

									CUT TO:

62   INT. DURAS' QUARTERS (KLINGON SHIP)

	A tremendous CLANG of metal as Worf's sword deflects
	Duras' weapon. This isn't as brutish as normal Klingon
	fights... they skillfully manipulate their weapons with
	a sense of grace and balance... two samurai stalking
	and probing the defenses of each other. Worf is
	focused, intent... and there is a feral quality to his
	expression, as if the veneer of civilization has been
	stripped away and only the warrior is left.

           STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FIVE           49.

63   ON WORF AND DURAS

	The combat continues... flashes of metal, snarls of
	fury... the ferocity builds... their weapons become
	tightly locked together... Worf glares into Duras' face
	with hatred.

					DURAS
			I'm the only one, Worf... the only
			one who can prove your innocence.
			Kill me... and you will always
			be known as a traitor.

					WORF
				(without hesitation)
			Then that is how it shall be.

	They break the clinch... (NOTE: the following two
	scenes take place very quickly)

64   NEW ANGLE

	as Riker, Data, and the Security Guards ENTER. They
	stop at the sight of Worf and Duras.

					RIKER
			Worf!

65   ON WORF AND DURAS

	Worf and Duras pay no attention to Riker's arrival.
	(NOTE: and it should not in any way appear that Riker's
	appearance acts as a diversion that affects the outcome
	of the fight.) Worf kicks Duras' legs out from under
	him.

65A  DURAS' FACE

	reacts at the bat'telh is driven deep into his chest...
	he gasps, shudders, then is gone.

66   WIDE ANGLE

	Worf stands over his fallen adversary... the bat'telh
	sticking out of Duras's chest.

66A  RIKER AND DATA
	react.

           STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FIVE          49A.

66B  WORF

	Eyes still filled with rage, stares at Duras.

67   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship hangs in space.

68   INT. READY ROOM

	Worf standing before Picard.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant, you are a fine
			officer... your service aboard
			this ship has been exemplary...
				(beat)
			Until now.

					WORF
			Sir, I acted within the boundaries
			of Klingon law and tradition.

					PICARD
			The High Council seems to agree
			with you. They consider the
			matter to be closed.
				(beat)
			I do not.

	Worf stands a little more stiffly... at attention.

					PICARD
			The Enterprise crew currently
			includes representatives from
			thirteen planets, Mister Worf.
			They each have their individual
			beliefs and values and I respect
			them all. But every member of
			the crew has chosen to serve
			Starfleet. If anyone cannot
			perform his duties because of the
			demands of his society, he must
			resign.

	Picard lets that hang there for a beat.

					PICARD
			Do you wish to resign, Lieutenant?

           STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/10/90 - ACT FIVE          49B.

68   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(swallows hard)
			Captain...

					PICARD
			I would hope you would not throw
			away a promising career.

					WORF
			No sir.

            STAR TREK: "Reunion" - REV. 9/7/90 - ACT FIVE           50.

68   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(softer)
			I understand your pain... we all
			felt very close to K'Ehleyr.
				(long beat)
			A reprimand will be on your
			record. Dismissed.

	Worf turns to leave. Picard thinks for a beat then...

					PICARD
			Worf...

	Worf stops. Picard's attitude is more intimate... more
	personal.

					PICARD
			Isn't it time for the truth about
			your father's innocence to be
			told? After all, the reasons you
			accepted this dishonor were to
			protect the name of Duras, and
			hold the Empire together. Now
			that he's died in disgrace...
			where is the honor in further
			silence?

					WORF
			Each member of the Klingon high
			council shared in that lie. They
			will not be so willing to admit
			their own dishonor.
				(beat)
			But the day will come when my
			brother and I will... "convince"
			them to speak the truth.

	Worf EXITS. On Picard's reaction...

									CUT TO:

69   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	Worf is speaking to Alexander on the couch.

              STAR TREK: "Reunion" - 9/4/90 - ACT FIVE              51.

69   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			My parents... my human parents
			will meet us at Starbase
			Seventy-Three. They will care
			for you.

					ALEXANDER
			Why can't I stay with you?

					WORF
			You deserve a home... a family.
			My parents can provide that...
			I cannot.

	Alexander accepts this reluctantly... he looks away.
	Worf knows what's running through this boy's mind.

					WORF
				(gently)
			I miss her too.

	Alexander looks directly into Worf's eyes. A long
	probing stare from the boy before he asks...

					ALEXANDER
			Are you my father?

	Worf struggles for a second... makes the decision.

					WORF
			Yes... I am your father.

	The human part of Alexander needs something more from
	his father. Alexander hesitates... reaches out... puts
	his arms around Worf. After a beat, Worf returns the
	embrace.

70   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship moving off into space.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             




































                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                      "Future Imperfect" 
                          #40274-182 
                              
                          Written by 
                       J. Larry Carroll 
                               & 
                     David Bennett Carren 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


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                        FINAL DRAFT

                     SEPTEMBER 13, 1990


            STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - 9/13/90 - CAST             

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "Future Imperfect"                           
                             CAST                               

                PICARD             JEAN-LUC/ETHAN/ALIEN
                RIKER              TOMALAK
                DATA               MINUET
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               Non-Speaking
                                   ROMULAN GUARDS
                N.D. NURSE         ROMULAN TECHNICIAN

                TRANSPORTER CHIEF HUBBLE  
                N.D. TRANSPORTER CHIEF (FEMALE)

                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  FERENGI ENSIGN     
                  KLINGON WOMAN      

        STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - 9/13/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Future Imperfect" 
                          
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE               USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM       ONIAS THREE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TEN FORWARD                ROMULAN WARBIRD
              CORRIDORS
              SICKBAY
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
              JEAN-LUC'S ROOM
          
            ONIAS THREE
              ALIEN CHAMBER
              TUNNELS
              SECRET ROOM
              HOLDING CELL
              ROMULAN HOLODECK/ANTEROOM
          
            ROMULAN WARBIRD
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

    STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - 9/13/90 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Future Imperfect" 
                         
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                TOMALAK             TOM-uh-lack
                ONIAS               OH-nye-is
                DECIUS              DEE-see-us
                MIRIDIAN            MER-id-dee-un

    STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/25/90 - TEASER    1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                       "Future Imperfect"                           
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Cruising at impulse power.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 44286.5.
			The Enterprise is conducting a
			security survey of the Onias
			Sector near the Neutral Zone.
			Despite being close to Romulan
			territory, our mission has been
			quiet and uneventful.

2    INT. TEN FORWARD

	Begin close on the mouth of a trombone... then reveal
	RIKER playing the horn to an appreciative audience made
	up of GEORDI, TROI and several CREWMEMBERS. Riker
	finishes his recital with a flourish... and a flat
	note. As Riker grins good-naturedly, everyone laughs
	and applauds.

					GEORDI
			Alright, Commander... you've got
			until your next birthday to get
			that right.

	As everyone laughs, Troi asides to Riker...

					TROI
			Many things improve with age...
			maybe your trombone playing will
			be one of them.

	Then WORF and BEVERLY approach from the bar area. Worf
	carries a large birthday cake covered with lit candles.

					BEVERLY
			It's candle time, birthday boy.

	Worf places the cake on a table. Riker blows out the
	candles to more applause. Then Troi approaches him.

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 10/9/90 - TEASER   1A.

2    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			What did you wish for, Will?

					RIKER
			Music lessons.

	More laughter as we go to...

3    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	DATA is at Ops and various SUPERNUMERARIES are at the
	other positions as PICARD steps out of the Ready Room.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, we'd better hurry or
			we'll miss Commander Riker's
			party.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	Data stands, moves to join him...

					DATA
			I find it interesting how humans
			place so much importance on
			celebrating the day of their
			birth... a day one cannot possibly
			remember...

	Picard smiles... but as they begin to move toward the
	Turbolift, a SUPERNUMERARY at an aft science station
	stops them with...

					SUPERNUMERARY
			Captain... I am detecting some
			unusual fluctuations in subspace
			frequencies.

	Picard frowns.

					PICARD
			We had better take a look, Mister
			Data.

	The Supernumerary steps aside and Data takes his place
	at the science station with Picard flanking him.

    STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 10/9/90 - TEASER    2.

3    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			It appears we are being probed.

	Picard leans over him.

					PICARD
			Source?

					DATA
			The third planet of the Alpha
			Onias system. Our reports list
			it as presently uninhabited.
			Perhaps the reports were
			incorrect.

					PICARD
			Or perhaps the rumors of a secret
			Romulan base in this sector are
			true.

	They exchange looks, then...

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Picard to Commander Riker.

4    INT. TEN FORWARD

	Riker and his guests. Reacting.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			I apologize for interrupting your
			celebration, but I need an Away
			Team.

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As the great ship moves into a synchronous orbit over a
	dull, gray planet. Alpha Onias Three.

5A   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Data is at Ops, flanked by Picard and Riker. Worf is
	at tactical, Geordi at the engineering station. They
	are studying an image of Alpha Onias Three on the
	viewscreen before them.

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 10/9/90 - TEASER   2A.

5A   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Although Alpha Onias Three is a
			Class M planet, our survey teams
			have listed it as barren and
			inhospitable.

					RIKER
			Any life signs?

					DATA
			No, sir... but we have traced some
			residual energy readings... to
			a cavern two kilometers beneath
			the surface.

	Riker and Picard exchange a look.

					WORF
			Romulans?

					DATA
			It is possible. But I cannot be
			certain.

	Riker digests this. Then...

					PICARD
			I suppose you'll just have to go
			down there and find out.

	As he heads toward the aft Turbolift...

					RIKER
			Worf, Geordi... you're with me.

	Then Picard stops him with...

					PICARD
				(half apologetic)
			Number One... Happy Birthday.

	Riker acknowledges this with a smile. Then as he,
	Worf, and Geordi step into the Turbolift...

6    INT. CAVERN - ONIAS THREE (MATTE/OPTICAL)

	Riker, Geordi, and Worf MATERIALIZE in the dark,
	mist-filled cavern.

    STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/13/90 - TEASER    3.

6    CONTINUED:

	They light their palm beacons, sending dramatic beams
	sweeping through the hazy air. Then Geordi scans with
	his tricorder.

					GEORDI
			I'm detecting high levels of
			volcanic gases... sulphur dioxide,
			methane, hydrogen sulphide...

					RIKER
			Toxic?

					GEORDI
			We're okay for now... But I
			wouldn't want to spend my vacation
			here.

					RIKER
			What about energy readings?

	Worf frowns at his own tricorder.

					WORF
			Magnetic clutter is increasing.
			I cannot make an accurate
			determination.

					GEORDI
			Same here. I'm getting some very
			confused readings...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(breaking up, through
				 static)
			Bridge to Riker. Report. Please
			acknowledge.

					RIKER
				(keys insignia)
			This is Riker.

7    OMITTED

8    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard stands by Data at Ops while Troi observes.

    STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/13/90 - TEASER    4.

8    CONTINUED:

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
				(breaking up, through
				 static)
			We're having trouble reading you.

					PICARD
			And we are having similar
			difficulties reading you, Number
			One. I am advising you...

9    INT. CAVERN

	Riker and his Team listen to the garbled transmission.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			... and your team to transport
			up... At once...

	Geordi reacts to his tricorder, turns, scans...

					GEORDI
			Good advice, Commander. We've
			got a sudden build-up of gases
			here... especially methane.

	He indicates a roiling, swirling cloud of lethal
	looking vapor which now blocks the far end of the
	cavern. Riker reacts, keys his insignia...

					RIKER
			Transporter Room, take us up.

10   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	TRANSPORTER CHIEF HUBBLE struggles with the
	Transporter Scan.

					HUBBLE
			I can't get a solid lock on you,
			sir. Too much interference.

11   INT. CAVERN - ON AWAY TEAM (OPTICAL)

	Gas boils up around them. The Away Team is coughing.
	Geordi drops to his knees. Worf moves to assist him.
	The BEAM OUT BEGINS, STOPS, then TRIES TO START again.

12   OMITTED

    STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/19/90 - TEASER    5.

13   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As a tense Picard steps forward...

					PICARD
			Transporter Room... What's
			happening? Report!

14   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Hubble fine-tunes her equipment, then energizes...

					HUBBLE
			I'm trying again, sir.

15   INT. CAVERN

	Geordi and Worf are both on the floor. Motionless.
	Riker is the last to fall.

									CUT TO:

16   INT. RIKER'S SICKBAY ROOM

	And a bright light on the Sickbay ceiling... Camera
	tilts down to reveal an N.D.NURSE as she ENTERS and
	reacts to an unseen patient.

					N.D. NURSE
			Doctor Crusher... He's awake.

	Beverly ENTERS -- An older Beverly whose hair is now
	styled differently and streaked with gray. We do not
	see Riker's face as she leans over him.

					RIKER
			Beverly?

					BEVERLY
				(pleased smile)
			You remember me... that's good.
			What else can you remember,
			Captain?

					RIKER
				(confused)
			Captain?

	And that's when we get a good look at Sickbay -- a
	Sickbay which is subtly different. Riker reacts as
	he looks up at --

    STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/13/90 - TEASER    6.

16A  ANGLE - THE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE ABOVE HIS BED

	With a highly reflective surface. We see Riker's
	face for the first time. His hair and beard are
	streaked with gray.

16B  RIKER

	stunned, sits up, allowing us to see this older,
	grayer William T. Riker full screen... and...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT ONE   7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

17   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Beverly stands at the food slot.

					BEVERLY
				(to food slot)
			Water. Three Celsius.

	The water MATERIALIZES. As she brings this to
	Riker...

					BEVERLY
			How do you feel?

					RIKER
			Confused.

					BEVERLY
				(small smile)
			Understandable... considering
			what's happened.

	Riker stands, starts to pace.

					RIKER
			What has happened... to this
			Sickbay... to you... to me?

					BEVERLY
			Sit down, Captain.

					RIKER
			I am not "Captain." I'm
			Commander... Commander Will
			Riker. What's going on here?

					BEVERLY
			Sit... Please.

	Her calmness reaches him. He sits again... faces her.

					BEVERLY
			What is the last thing you
			remember clearly?

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT ONE   7A.

17   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Alpha Onias Three. The Enterprise
			had been probed... Geordi, Worf,
			and I transported down to track
			the source.

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/19/90 - ACT ONE   8.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			But all you found was toxic gas.
			They barely got the three of you
			out in time.
				(a careful beat)
			Will... that happened sixteen
			years ago.

	As much as he's seen and experienced in all his years
	in Starfleet, Riker is still rocked to his core.

					RIKER
			That's not possible!

					BEVERLY
			With an Altarian virus, anything
			is possible. In fact, we expected
			this.

	Riker shows some steel.

					RIKER
			Could you be more specific?

					BEVERLY
			That day on Onias Three you were
			infected with a strain of Altarian
			encephalitis. A retrovirus that
			incorporates its DNA directly into
			the cells of its host. It can
			lie dormant for years, then
			suddenly become active, as it did
			in your case ten days ago.
				(a beat)
			You've been in a coma,
			delirious... Your fever finally
			broke this morning...

					RIKER
			But what happened to my memory?

	Beverly crosses to a wall monitor and taps it. A
	graphic display of living brain cells comes up.

					BEVERLY
			This is a scan of your brain
			tissue. When the encephalitis
			became active... it caused
			widespread synapse degradation,
			interrupting the consolidation
			of memory...

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/19/90 - ACT ONE   9.

17   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
				(get to the point)
			Doctor.

	Beverly pauses. In no hurry to give him the bad news.

					BEVERLY
			Will... this virus invariably
			destroys all memory back to the
			moment of the original infection.
			In your case, all the way back
			to Alpha Onias Three.

	Riker is reeling. But he fights back... denying...

					RIKER
			I can't believe this... it's a
			dream... or...

	Beverly crosses to Riker, takes his hand in hers.

					BEVERLY
			Feel my hand... flesh and bone.
			This is not a dream... and you
			are Captain William T. Riker...
			in command of the Enterprise.

	Riker relaxes slightly. He can't negate the reality of
	all this... at least not yet.

					RIKER
				(almost afraid to ask)
			The Enterprise... for how long?

					BEVERLY
			Nine years.

	Riker absorbs this latest blow. Then regains his
	balance, and comes right back at Beverly...

					RIKER
			If I've lost my memory... how do
			I find it again?

					BEVERLY
			Memory is formed out of
			association. Smells, sounds, and
			images in the present could
			possibly trigger them.

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/19/90 - ACT ONE   10.

17   CONTINUED: (4)

					RIKER
				(seeing it)
			Like the way a song can remind
			you of... old friends...

					BEVERLY
			Exactly. In associational
			therapy, we expose the patient
			to familiar surroundings. This
			could stimulate the brain's neural
			synapses into regenerating.

	Riker heads to the door, determined.

					RIKER
			Then let's get started. There's
			nothing more familiar to me than
			the Enterprise. If anything's
			going to bring back...

	But Beverly stops him with...

					BEVERLY
			Will... I said your memory could
			return. In many of these cases...
			the damage is permanent.

	Off Riker's reaction...

18   INT. CORRIDOR

	As Riker walks down the corridor with Beverly, he
	reacts to the changes sixteen years have wrought upon
	the Enterprise and her crew. (GENERAL NOTE: Throughout
	the ship, the changes are extremely subtle.)

					RIKER
			What about Geordi and Worf? Were
			they infected, too?

					BEVERLY
			Thankfully, no. Geordi appears
			to have been immune and the virus
			has no effect on Klingons.

	A striking looking KLINGON WOMAN in a Starfleet uniform
	walks by. As she strides off, Riker stares after her.

					RIKER
			Speaking of Klingons...

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/19/90 - ACT ONE   11.

18   CONTINUED:

	Beverly manages a smile.

					BEVERLY
			There have been a lot of changes
			on the Enterprise in the last
			sixteen years.

	They enter the Turbolift.

19   INT. TURBOLIFT

	As the doors close...

					BEVERLY
			Which is why we should begin the
			associational therapy in your
			quarters. Personal recollections
			are always the most vivid.
				(to Computer)
			Deck Eight.

	The lift starts to move, then Riker speaks up.

					RIKER
			Belay that.

	As the Turbolift stops, Riker explains to Beverly.

					RIKER
			My life is on the Bridge, always
			has been. If anything's going
			to jog my memory...
				(to computer)
			Main Bridge.

	The Turbolift doesn't move. As Riker frowns...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Repeat command.

					RIKER
			I said, Main Bridge.

	The Turbolift suddenly begins moving once more. Riker
	looks a question at Beverly, who responds...

					BEVERLY
			The computer has been slow all
			morning. A processing
			accelerator is down.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/13/90 - ACT ONE   12.

19   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY (Cont'd)
			Commander La Forge is running a
			Level-1 diagnostic to isolate
			the problem.

	Before Riker can respond to this, the doors open.

20   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker steps out from the aft Turbolift, followed by
	Beverly. The first crewman they encounter is an older
	GEORDI standing at the aft engineering station... his
	back to them. Riker is delighted...

					RIKER
			Geordi...

	Geordi turns around, bringing still another shock with
	him. His VISOR is gone, replaced by normal eyes.

					GEORDI
			Good to see you up and about
			again, sir.

	Riker can't help staring...

					RIKER
			Geordi... your eyes... what
			happened to your VISOR... ?

					GEORDI
			My VISOR? I...
				(catches self)
			Sorry, sir. Doctor Crusher warned
			us... you might not remember.
				(starts again)
			I don't need my VISOR, Captain...
			not since I got these cloned
			implants...

	Geordi's voice trails off. Riker just nods, then moves
	on, past the SUPERNUMERARY at tactical and down the
	ramp... to see WORF at Ops. The Klingon turns to
	display a livid battle scar on his cheek.

					WORF
				(acknowledging Riker)
			Captain.

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/19/90 - ACT ONE   13.

20   CONTINUED:

	A FERENGI ENSIGN is at the Conn. He also turns, smiles
	a toothy grin at Riker. Riker manages a stunned nod to
	both aliens, then enters the Command Area. DATA (the
	only crew member who is unchanged) sits in the center
	chair. He rises at Riker's approach.

					DATA
			Welcome back, Captain. We did
			not expect to see you on the
			Bridge so soon.

					RIKER
			Commander Data... You are my First
			Officer?

	A beat. Then Data asks carefully...

					DATA
			You remember, sir?

					RIKER
				(after a pause)
			No, Data. Not a single day of
			the last sixteen years.

	Reactions all around. The crews' collective concern
	is obvious. Then Worf speaks up...

					WORF
			Warbird Uncloaking.

	That gets everyone's attention.

					DATA
			On screen.

21   ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER - ROMULAN WARSHIP (OPTICAL)

	A Romulan Warbird uncloaks as it cruises into view.

22   BACK TO RIKER

	A beat - As Riker looks about and reacts. None of his
	staff are responding properly to this enemy in their
	midst. Lost sixteen years or not, he takes command.

					RIKER
			Shields up. Go to Red Alert.

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/13/90 - ACT ONE   14.

22   CONTINUED:

	And then he realizes that everyone is staring at him
	with shock and amazement.

					DATA
			Captain... we have been expecting
			the Decius. There is no need for
			alarm.

	Riker slowly sits in the center chair. He shows an
	amazing presence of mind, considering.

					RIKER
			Cancel Red Alert.
				(to Data)
			Clearly, I need to be... briefed.

	Before Data can reply, Worf speaks up...

					WORF
			The Decius is hailing us, Captain.
			The Admiral wishes to speak to
			you.

					RIKER
			On screen.

23   INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	A still trim, but older PICARD stands in the Warbird's
	Ready Room. An older TROI stands beside him.

					PICARD
			Will!

					RIKER
				(what's one more
				 surprise?)
			Admiral... Picard. Deanna.

					TROI
			How are you feeling?

					RIKER
			I've felt better.

					PICARD
			Not surprising. Altarian Viruses
			can be a nasty business.

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT ONE   15.

23   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			That's... an understatement...
			I can't even...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			We can discuss this... after we
			transport over. Picard out.

	The viewer goes black. As Riker exchanges a look with
	Beverly...

23A  INT. TURBOLIFT

	Beverly and Riker ENTER. A brief moment, then...

					RIKER
			Transporter Room Six.

	As the Turbolift begins to move, Beverly studies him.

					BEVERLY
			How are you holding up?

					RIKER
				(after a deep breath)
			I could get used to the idea of
			a Ferengi Ensign... but Admiral
			Picard... on a Romulan Warbird?
			What is that all about?

	Beverly answers carefully.

					BEVERLY
			I think I should leave the
			explanations to the Admiral.

	Riker ponders this as...

23B  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	As Riker and Beverly ENTER, an N.D. MALE TRANSPORTER
	CHIEF manipulates the controls on the Tranporter Scan.

					RIKER
			Whenever you're ready, Chief.

  STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/26/90 - ACT ONE  15A.

23C  ANGLE INCLUDING TRANSPORTER STAGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Troi MATERIALIZE, then smile as they step
	off the pad to join Beverly and Riker.

					PICARD
			Captain Riker... it's good to see
			you have recovered.

					RIKER
				(quietly)
			I'm not exactly sure you can call
			it a recovery, sir.

	Troi and Picard realize their worst fears have been
	realized.

					TROI
			Then there was... a memory loss.

	Picard turns to Beverly.

					PICARD
			How much?

					BEVERLY
				(after a beat)
			Everything... since Alpha Onias
			Three.

	And off Picard and Troi's reactions...

24   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard stands by the window, looking out at the
	starfield beyond. He's in a state of shock.

					PICARD
			To lose sixteen years...

	He turns to Riker, who sits in the Captain's chair.
	Not comfortably. Troi stands near by.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			... that is almost beyond belief.

					RIKER
				(quiet)
			I'm having trouble believing it
			myself, Admiral.

  STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/26/90 - ACT ONE  15B.

24   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(to Riker)
			It must be overwhelming to have
			so much of your life...
			missing...

					PICARD
			And it couldn't have happened at
			a worse time. A few more days
			of relatively simple negotiations,
			and the treaty will be signed.

	An impatient Riker cuts in...

					RIKER
			What negotiations? What treaty?

	Picard sits at the table, near Riker.

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/13/90 - ACT ONE   16.

24   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Sorry. I'll start at the
			beginning, which was four years
			ago. A Romulan battle cruiser
			strayed into Federation space.
			Its warp coils had collapsed, and
			its life support was failing.

					TROI
			You saved them, Will. You and
			the Enterprise.

					PICARD
			This impressed the Romulans, to
			say the least. After years of
			distrust and conflict, they
			started to talk. You have been
			our key spokesman...

	Then to Riker's inquiring look.

					PICARD
			... in securing an alliance with
			the Romulans.

	Riker is stunned... but manages to keep his balance.

					RIKER
			How far have these negotiations
			progressed?

					PICARD
			The preliminaries are over. All
			we need do now is escort the
			Romulan Ambassador to the final
			session.

					TROI
			Where you will help complete the
			negotiations and sign the treaty.

	Riker digests all of this. Comes to a conclusion.

					RIKER
			Captain, excuse me, sir, I mean
			Admiral... I am in no condition
			to negotiate with the Romulans
			or anyone else.

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/19/90 - ACT ONE   17.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Will... you are of sound mind and
			body. If you were properly
			briefed, you could still fulfill
			your duties.

					RIKER
			With a sixteen year gap in my
			head?

	Riker rises to his feet, walks to the window. Picard
	exchanges a look with Troi, then crosses to Riker.

					PICARD
			I know this has all been... a
			terrible shock... but we do need
			you.

					RIKER
				(with difficulty)
			Sir, I'm not sure I'm... fit to
			resume command...

					PICARD
				(gently)
			I appreciate your candor and your
			concern. But despite your...
			affliction... there is still no
			one better equipped to deal with
			these Romulans than you.

	A beat. And Riker reluctantly gives in.

					RIKER
			When do we leave?

					PICARD
				(relieved)
			As soon as the Ambassador
			transports over from the Decius.
			I'll make the arrangements.
				(intently)
			We will get through this. As we
			have many times before.

	Picard EXITS. Then Riker turns to the window. As he
	watches the Romulan Warbird drift into view...

					RIKER
			I hope so.

	Troi approaches Riker.

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/19/90 - ACT ONE   18.

24   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			Let me take you to your quarters.

	Riker gives Troi an exhausted look. Nods.

					RIKER
			Good idea... I've had enough
			surprises for one day.

25   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	The door slides open and Riker and Troi ENTER. Riker
	surveys a room adorned with mementoes gathered in those
	sixteen missing years... decorations for bravery...
	alien art works... furniture he has never seen before.
	He reacts to all of this, exchanges a look with Troi...

	Then they hear a trombone playing off key in the next
	room. Riker goes into...

26   INT. JEAN-LUC'S ROOM

	Riker walks in and discovers a ten year old boy playing
	the trombone. Then the boy turns. And smiles.

					JEAN-LUC
			Hi, Dad.

	And off Riker's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT TWO   19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

27   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	Troi and a stunned Riker watch as Jean-Luc reaches
	under seat cushions, checks behind chairs, searching
	for something. The eager boy is in mid-story...

					JEAN-LUC
			... and then Mister Greenburg asked
			me about the Fornax Disaster, and
			I knew the Enterprise had saved
			all the colonists. But I didn't
			know...
				(off the track)
			Here it is!

	He pulls a school PADD out from under a pile of clutter
	on a table, takes it to Riker.

					JEAN-LUC
				(back on track)
			... But I didn't know the exact
			Stardate their sun went nova.
			If you tell me, I'll write it
			down. That way I won't forget.

	Riker stares at the PADD, then at the son he doesn't
	know. And the boy realizes it. His energy and
	excitement vanish, to be replaced by a quiet grief.

					JEAN-LUC
			You don't remember me... do you?

					RIKER
				(what else can he say?)
			I'm... sorry.

	There's an awkward silence, which Troi breaks.

					TROI
			I need to talk to your father,
			Jean-Luc. Could you leave us
			alone... for just a moment?

	And as Jean-Luc returns to his room, Riker faces Troi:

					RIKER
			Why didn't you warn me?

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/13/90 - ACT TWO   20.

27   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Beverly hoped that meeting
			Jean-Luc like this might have
			an impact... help you remember.

					RIKER
			It had an impact alright...
				(shakes his head)

					TROI
			Give it time.

	Riker is still getting used to this amazing concept.

					RIKER
				(reflective)
			Jean-Luc.

					TROI
				(droll)
			The Admiral was very pleased when
			you chose that name. He is a
			wonderful boy.

					RIKER
				(the next big question)
			Deanna... where's his mother?

	A beat. Troi has difficulty telling him.

					TROI
			She died two years ago... a
			shuttle accident. I'm sorry,
			Will.

	Riker doesn't know how to react to this. At this point
	his wife is nothing more than a name to him.

					RIKER
			I have absolutely no recollection
			of her... what was she like?

					TROI
			'Min' was very beautiful, of
			course. And strong, intelligent,
			patient...

					RIKER
			She had to be patient, if she was
			married to me.

	A small smile from Troi.

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/13/90 - ACT TWO   21.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			She was an excellent Captain's
			wife, and a very good ship's
			counselor.
				(to Riker's look)
			She took over after I left.

	Riker reacts to that.

					RIKER
			I can't imagine you leaving the
			Enterprise.

					TROI
			Admiral Picard offered me a
			position at Starfleet Command.
			It was a tremendous opportunity...
			I couldn't refuse.

	A quiet moment. Then...

					TROI
			Will... What's important is that
			today, right now, you have a son
			who needs you. Spend time with
			him... you may find part of what
			you've lost.

	Troi EXITS. Riker ponders her words for a moment.
	Then he winces to the sound of someone running through
	the scales on a trombone. Badly.

28   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - JEAN-LUC'S ROOM

	Riker ENTERS and finds Jean-Luc sitting on a bed,
	playing the trombone... Jean-Luc stops playing and
	smiles up at him. Riker can't help smiling back.

					JEAN-LUC
			Pretty bad, huh?

					RIKER
			I've heard better.

					JEAN-LUC
			I've been practicing... but I
			still can't get a good tone.

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/19/90 - ACT TWO   22.

28   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			You're putting too much pressure
			on the mouthpiece. Relax. Just
			use the muscles you need.

					JEAN-LUC
				(holds out trombone)
			Show me again.

	Riker sits beside Jean-Luc, takes the trombone. Shows
	him how to hold it.

					RIKER
			Okay. Left hand like this. Right
			hand... like this.

	Riker runs through the scales. Jean-Luc smiles. Riker
	segues into a melody... the same melody he played in
	the opening. He finishes with a flourish -- and a flat
	note again. Jean-Luc laughs. Riker frowns.

					RIKER
			After sixteen years... you'd
			think I could get that right...

	Jean-Luc takes back the trombone.

					JEAN-LUC
			Come on, Dad... you always make
			that mistake.

	Jean-Luc starts playing again. And Riker thinks about
	what the boy just said. Then he makes a decision,
	which takes him back into...

29   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - MAIN ROOM (OPTICAL)

	We can hear the trombone playing as Riker ENTERS. He
	goes to the desk, ponders the computer screen, decides
	to ask a key question...

					RIKER
			Computer. Summarize service
			record. Riker, William T.,
			Captain. Beginning with... the
			Fornax Disaster.

	Nothing appears. That strange time lag again. Then...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Please restate question.

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT TWO   23.

29   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Service record. Riker, William
			T.

	Another long pause... Riker loses patience...

					RIKER
			Damn it.

	Then he looks up to see...

29A  ANGLE - JEAN-LUC (OPTICAL)

	watching him from the door of his room.

					JEAN-LUC
				(what's wrong)
			Dad... ?

					RIKER
			That computer time lag. I can't
			believe Geordi's still running
			his diagnostic...

	And then a rush of data suddenly scrolls across the
	desk screen.

					JEAN-LUC
			Is that what you wanted?

	Riker frowns at the desk screen, his instincts
	screaming that something is very wrong here. And
	then...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to Captain Riker. The
			Romulan Ambassador is ready to
			transport over from the Decius.

	Riker keys his insignia.

					RIKER
			On my way.
				(to the boy)
			I've got to go, Jean-Luc.

  STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT TWO  23A.

29A  CONTINUED:

					JEAN-LUC
			Sure.
				(after a pause)
			Dad...

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT TWO   24.

29A  CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker stops at the door as...

					JEAN-LUC
			Everything's going to be fine.

	Riker isn't so certain. But he manages a smile before
	he leaves.

29B  INT. CORRIDOR TO TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Riker, Troi, Picard walking.

					PICARD
				(gently)
			Troi tells me you met Jean-Luc.
			How is my namesake holding up to
			all this?

					RIKER
			Better than I am.

					TROI
			We did our best to prepare him.

					RIKER
				(sighs)
			I'm trying to catch up with all
			this. I've still got a long way
			to go. A long way.

					PICARD
			Just follow my lead with the
			Ambassador. You'll do fine.

30   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	As they ENTER. An N.D. MALE TRANSPORTER CHIEF stands
	at the console.

					N.D. TRANSPORTER CHIEF
			The Decius reports the Ambassador
			is waiting to transport.

	Picard glances at Riker, ready?

					RIKER
			Beam him aboard, chief.

  STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT TWO  24A.

30   CONTINUED:

					N.D. TRANSPORTER CHIEF
				(to com)
			Enterprise to Decius... stand by
			for transport.

	As he manipulates the Transport Scan...

31   ANGLE ON TRANSPORTER PLATFORM - (OPTICAL)

	A uniformed Romulan MATERIALIZES. It's TOMALAK, the
	arrogant Commander who confronted the Enterprise at
	Galorndon Core and Nelvana Three... Fourteen years ago.

					TOMALAK
			Admiral Picard, Captain Riker...
			it's good to see you again.

	A stunned Riker responds with a polite nod as Picard
	approaches the Romulan.

					PICARD
			Ambassador Tomalak... Welcome
			aboard the Enterprise.

	Tomalak steps off the Transporter pad, smiles
	ingratiatingly at Picard.

					TOMALAK
			Thank you, Admiral. It is an
			honor to be the first Romulan to
			freely walk about a Federation
			Starship.

	As Picard escorts Tomalak out, Riker hangs back a
	moment with Troi.

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/19/90 - ACT TWO   25.

31   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(what is this?)
			Ambassador... Tomalak? At Nelvana
			Three, he threatened to take the
			hull of the Enterprise home as
			a war trophy!

					TROI
			That was a long time ago. Many
			things have changed. Including
			Tomalak.

	And off Riker's doubting look...

32   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard, Riker, and Troi walk with Tomalak. The Romulan
	is cheerful and charming. Riker is tense and watchful.

					TOMALAK
			As soon as we arrive at your
			Outpost Twenty-Three, the final
			negotiations should go quickly.

	Riker reacts to this, looks to Picard and Troi... But
	they seem oblivious to his concern.

					PICARD
			I agree, Ambassador. All of the
			difficult issues have been
			resolved.

					TOMALAK
				(with a cordial smile)
			After much debate. Your Captain
			Riker is the kind of negotiator
			even the Ferengi should avoid.

					PICARD
			But we have come to an agreement
			both sides can live with. Thanks
			largely to Captain Riker.

	They pause by the Turbolift. Tomalak smiles at Riker.

					TOMALAK
			And we are grateful, Captain.
			The new alliance will greatly
			benefit my people.

	Riker chooses his words carefully.

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/25/90 - ACT TWO   26.

32   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			As I hope it will benefit mine.

					TOMALAK
				(smoothly)
			It will, Captain. It will.

	Riker is not sure about this at all. The Turbolift
	door opens and they all enter.

32A  INT. TURBOLIFT

	Riker, Troi, Picard, and Tomalak ENTER.

					RIKER
			Main Bridge.

	The Turbolift starts to move. Tomalak eyes Riker and
	seems to pick up on the other man's uneasiness.

					TOMALAK
			The virus you contracted, Captain.
			You have fully recovered?

	The question throws Riker for just a moment. Which
	is long enough for Picard to step in...

					PICARD
				(smoothly)
			I assure you Captain Riker is
			quite well. He's looking forward
			to attending the final
			negotiations... as planned.

	Tomalak smiles.

					TOMALAK
			Excellent.
				(to Riker)
			The signing of this treaty will
			be an historic occasion. You,
			of all people, deserve to be
			there.

	Riker is still not convinced. His response is cool
	but polite.

					RIKER
			Thank you... Ambassador.

	The door opens, and they EXIT.

  STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/25/90 - ACT TWO  26A.

33   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Troi, and the Romulan ENTER. Tomalak
	takes a long look about the Bridge, impressed.

					TOMALAK
			So... this is the Bridge of the
			Enterprise.

	He approaches tactical and peers over the startled
	supernumerary's shoulder.

					TOMALAK
			And this, I assume, is your
			Tactical position. Impressive.

	Riker has had enough. He turns to Picard and Troi.

					RIKER
			Admiral, Deanna... I need a moment
			with you...
				(to Data)
			... Commander Data, if you will,
			please accompany the Ambassador
			on his... tour.

					DATA
			Certainly, sir.

					RIKER
				(to Tomalak)
			Excuse us, Ambassador.

	Tomalak nods, then continues his perusal of tactical as
	Data moves up beside him. As Riker, Picard, and Troi
	head for the Ready Room...

					DATA
			You may find this of interest,
			Ambassador...
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/13/90 - ACT TWO   27.

33   CONTINUED:

					DATA (Cont'd)
				(points at tactical
				 board)
			... These newly refined sensors
			are capable of pinpointing the
			power emissions of...

34   INT. READY ROOM

	A tense Riker faces the others.

					RIKER
			Are you telling me you trust
			Tomalak?

					PICARD
			I trust the process we have built
			with the Romulans over the past
			four years. They have nothing
			to gain by betrayal.

					RIKER
			Are you sure? You yourself have
			said it's always like a chess game
			with the Romulans. Move and
			counter-move, guile and deceit
			--

					TROI
				(gently cutting in)
			I sense no such dishonesty in
			Tomalak. He is sincere in his
			desire for peace. He wants this
			alliance. There is no cause for
			concern.

	Riker is not convinced.

					RIKER
			No cause for concern? We're
			talking about revealing the
			location of Outpost Twenty-Three,
			the key to all our Neutral Zone
			defenses.

					PICARD
			Pardon my bluntness, Captain, but
			your information is out of date.
			The strategic importance of
			Outpost Twenty-Three is minimal.
			And has been for years.

   STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/13/90 - ACT TWO   28.

34   CONTINUED:

	Riker still isn't sure. But before he can say more...

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Doctor Crusher to Riker. Are
			you there, Captain?

					RIKER
				(keys insignia)
			What is it, Doctor?

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Your son has been injured. He's
			been taken to Sickbay. You
			better come down here right away.

	And off Riker's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

  STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT THREE  29.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

35   INT. SICKBAY

	Riker walks in to find Jean-Luc sitting on a diagnostic
	bed while Beverly tends to his arm. The boy wears a
	Parrises Squares outfit. The N.D. Nurse stands by.

					JEAN-LUC
			Dad!

	Riker is as concerned as any father would be.

					RIKER
			Are you alright?

					JEAN-LUC
			I'm fine.

	Then the boy winces as Beverly runs an instrument over
	his wrist. Riker reacts...

					RIKER
				(to Beverly)
			What happened?

					BEVERLY
			It's broken... But we'll have
			it all taken care of in a minute.

	She finishes treating Jean-Luc's arm. He tentatively
	moves his arm, grins with relief.

					BEVERLY
			Now just take it easy on that arm
			for a while.

					RIKER
				(to Jean-Luc)
			How did you do this?

					JEAN-LUC
				(shame faced)
			I was in the gym... playing
			Parrises Squares... I fell off
			the ramp...

  STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT THREE  30.

35   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(appalled)
			Parrises Squares... at your
			age... ? You could have broken
			your neck!

					JEAN-LUC
				(downcast)
			I'm sorry... I didn't mean to...

	Beverly gives Riker a look, then faces the Nurse.

					BEVERLY
			Continue the compression
			attenuator for two more minutes.

					N.D. NURSE
			Yes, Doctor.

					BEVERLY
				(to Riker)
			Can I talk to you for a moment?

					RIKER
				(to Jean-Luc)
			I'll be right back.

	Riker allows Beverly to lead him aside.

					BEVERLY
			Will... how old were you when you
			started playing Parrises Squares?

					RIKER
				(thinks, sighs)
			Alright... I was probably younger
			than he is...

	Riker looks over at Jean-Luc and the Nurse tending to
	him.

					RIKER
			It's just that... For all
			practical purposes, this is my
			first day as a father... my son
			almost kills himself...

					BEVERLY
			He didn't almost kill himself...
			he just broke a wrist... like a
			lot of other boys who fall down.

  STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT THREE  31.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(acknowledges his
				 over-reaction)
			You're right... But it's...
			difficult.

					BEVERLY
			Difficult for you? What about
			Jean-Luc? Can you imagine how
			he must feel?
				(beat)
			You've lost sixteen years, but
			Jean-Luc has lost a lot more...
			his mother... and now his father.

	Riker reacts to that... then turns from Beverly and
	approaches Jean-Luc. The Nurse smiles at Riker...

					NURSE
			Good as new, Captain. You can
			take him home.

					RIKER
			Thanks.

	The Nurse moves off, leaving Riker alone with Jean-Luc.

					RIKER
			How's the arm?

					JEAN-LUC
			It's fine.
				(beat)
			Dad, I'm really sorry... I know
			you've got more important
			things...

					RIKER
			Nothing as important as this, son.

	It's the first time he's called Jean-Luc "son," and the
	boy catches it. And off Jean-Luc's pleased reaction...

35A  INT. TURBOLIFT

	Riker and Jean-Luc ENTER.

					JEAN-LUC
			Deck Eight.

 STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT THREE 31A.

35A  CONTINUED:

	The Turbolift begins to move. Riker studies Jean-Luc
	for a beat. Then...

					RIKER
			Halt.

	Jean-Luc gives him a questioning look.

					RIKER
			I know this must be... very hard
			for you.

	The boy smiles.

					JEAN-LUC
			It's okay, Dad.

					RIKER
				(takes a deep breath)
			Okay's not good enough.

	Riker pauses, looking for the words.

					RIKER
			When I was your age... my own
			father... he wasn't there for
			me. And I needed him. I
			really... needed him.
				(softly)
			I always wondered what kind of
			father I'd be. I never felt quite
			ready. Maybe the idea even scared
			me a little.

					JEAN-LUC
			Scared... you?

					RIKER
			Yeah.
				(beat, smiles)
			But I must have gotten over it,
			huh? You're here.

	Jean-Luc laughs... Riker laughs along with him.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Resume.

	A long beat and then his tone turns serious again.

 STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT THREE 31B.

35A  CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			It's just important to me... that
			I don't... let you down, Jean-Luc.

					JEAN-LUC
			You never have, Dad... you've
			always been there for me.

					RIKER
			I'll have to take your word for
			that... because I don't remember
			any of it... Not your first
			tooth, your first step...
			nothing... And I want to
			remember.

	They share a long look. Then Jean-Luc moves to him
	and hugs him... they hold each other for a moment...
	the Turbolift doors open, but they don't move...

					RIKER
			Guess there's only one thing to
			do. We've got to make some new
			memories...

	They exchange a happy look and EXIT.

36   INT. CORRIDOR

	As Jean-Luc and Riker walk together...

					RIKER
			I don't know if it's still in the
			memory banks, but I used to have
			this great fishing program on the
			Holodeck...

  STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/13/90 - ACT THREE  32.

36   CONTINUED:

					JEAN-LUC
			The Curtis Creek program?

					RIKER
			You know it?

					JEAN-LUC
			Sure. We've gone to Curtis Creek
			lots of times.

					RIKER
			Want to go again?

					JEAN-LUC
			You bet!

					RIKER
			Then as soon as the negotiations
			are out of the way, we're going
			fishing.

					JEAN-LUC
			Great!

	They enter the Turbolift.

37   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	Riker and Jean-Luc ENTER. All smiles.

					JEAN-LUC
				(mid story)
			... Then Mom tried to net the fish,
			and she fell in the creek, too.
			And then you tried to pull us both
			out, and you fell in!

					RIKER
			I'm almost glad I can't remember
			that!

	They both laugh. Then...

					JEAN-LUC
			Mom really liked Curtis Creek.
			We went there for picnics and
			stuff lots of times.

					RIKER
				(beat)
			What was she like... your Mom.

  STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT THREE  33.

37   CONTINUED:

	Jean-Luc's good humor fades quickly.

					JEAN-LUC
				(quiet)
			She was great... I think about
			her a lot...

	Riker senses the boy's unspoken anguish... but doesn't
	know what to say. An awkward moment... then Jean-Luc
	fingers his game outfit.

					JEAN-LUC
			I better go change.

	Riker watches him leave, then takes a seat at his desk.
	Right now, this new world, and all it offers, is
	beginning to seem very real to him. Then he faces the
	desk console. Casual.

					RIKER
			Computer. Display family record.
			Riker. William T. Limit to
			visuals.

38   ANGLE ON COMPUTER SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	After a very short lag time, we see MOS home
	video-style images taken in Riker's Quarters.
	The camera unsteadily roams the room to settle on
	Riker working at his desk, seemingly unaware of what
	is happening.

	Then a child slips into shot, wearing a colorful
	costume, his face obscured by a mask. The disguised
	boy sneaks up on Riker... then leaps at him. Riker
	starts, registering mock fear. Jean-Luc takes his
	mask off, revealing his smiling face. Then he points
	to camera and as Riker "reacts" to having been caught
	by his son's candid camera... they both laugh and hug.

38A  ANGLE ON RIKER

	Watching with a smile... then he frowns. Where's his
	wife in this?

					RIKER
			Computer. Display family record.
			Riker, Mrs. William T.

	The screen goes blank.

 STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT THREE 33A.

38A  CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Please restate request.

	What the hell? Riker quickly becomes frustrated...
	and then Jean-Luc returns, sleeving into a fresh tunic.

					JEAN-LUC
			What's wrong, Dad?

  STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/19/90 - ACT THREE  34.

38A  CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			The computer's still not acting
			right. I'm having trouble finding
			a visual record of your mother.

	Jean-Luc frowns. Upset.

					JEAN-LUC
			But I know Mom's pictures are
			there. Did you give a Stardate?

	As Riker shakes his head, Jean-Luc faces the console.

					JEAN-LUC
				(to desk console,
				 patiently)
			Computer. Display family record.
			Riker, Mrs. William T. Home file.
			Stardate 58416.

	The console lights up and the boy smiles as...

39   ANGLE ON COMPUTER SCREEN - (OPTICAL)

	No delay this time. We see more MOS home videos of
	the Rikers in their quarters. Jean-Luc and Riker
	sit at a table as a beautiful young woman (MINUET)
	enters the scene. She carries a birthday cake, which
	she places on the table. And as Jean-Luc blows out
	the candles and his parents applaud...

	RIKER (OPTICAL)

	Stares at the images of his "wife" -- recognizing her.
	His face sets... he knows...

					RIKER
				(softly, to himself)
			'Min... Minuet?'

	Jean-Luc doesn't realize the game is over.

					JEAN-LUC
			Mom was beautiful, wasn't she?

					RIKER
				(softly)
			Yes...

  STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT THREE  35.

40   CONTINUED:

	He turns off the computer, gives Jean-Luc a long look.
	The boy reacts with puzzlement.

					JEAN-LUC
			Dad... what's wrong?

	A moment of strained silence... then...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge to Riker.

					RIKER
				(keying insignia)
			Riker here.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Captain... please come to the
			Bridge.

	Riker nods, jaw set. The jig is up.

					RIKER
			On my way.

	A determined Riker EXITS... leaving a concerned
	Jean-Luc alone.

41   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker ENTERS from the aft Turbolift and approaches
	Geordi, who is working at his engineering station.

					RIKER
			What's the problem?

					GEORDI
			I've had to shut down the warp
			engines, Captain.

					RIKER
			Why?

					GEORDI
			The antimatter containment fields
			were fluctuating. Nothing to
			worry about, though.

 STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT THREE 35A.

41   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(oh, come on!)
			We're on the edge of the Neutral
			Zone on impulse power, and you're
			not concerned?

					GEORDI
			I'll have the engines back on
			line in no time, sir.

  STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT THREE  36.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker's anger builds. He surveys the Bridge... knowing
	this all a sham... and he decides to kick it apart.
	He glares at Geordi...

					RIKER
				(sarcastic)
			As fast as you tracked down that
			faulty processing accelerator?

					GEORDI
				(defensive)
			I'm running a Level One
			diagnostic...

					RIKER
			... for thirty hours... ? It's
			never taken you more than four.
			You're not capable of that kind of
			incompetence, La Forge.

					GEORDI
			But, sir...

	Riker moves on to Ops to confront Worf.

					RIKER
			Where did you get that scar?

					WORF
				(proudly)
			In combat, sir.

					RIKER
			What battle? When? Which unit,
			which sector?

	Worf just stares at him. Riker charges on... into the
	command area to face Data.

					RIKER
			If we left immediately, when would
			we arrive at Outpost Twenty Three?

					DATA
			At Warp One, in three days, four
			hours...

      STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT THREE      37.

41   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			How about at Warp Seven?
				(to Data's silence)
			At Warp Eight? At Warp Nine?
			What's wrong, Data? What happened
			to all those millions of
			calculations per second?

					DATA
			Pardon me, sir... but I am
			receiving subspace interference
			which limits my abilities. I
			can't operate as quickly as...

	Riker catches the mistake, jabs home...

					RIKER
			What did you say, Commander?

					DATA
			I said I cannot operate --

					RIKER
			No. That's not what you said.
			You said "I can't." You used a
			contraction. Didn't you?

	Picard, Troi, and Tomalak ENTER from the aft Turbolift
	and observe as...

					DATA
			Sir, I can explain --

					RIKER
			-- No you can't. Don't even try.

	Picard steps into the command area.

					PICARD
			Captain Riker, this is no way to
			act in front of Ambassador...

					RIKER
			Shut up!

	Picard stops dead. Reactions all around.

					PICARD
			What did you say?

      STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/13/90 - ACT THREE      38.

41   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
				(hammering)
			Shut up, as in close your mouth,
			and stop talking.

	Picard is speechless. Troi steps into the breech.

					TROI
			Will... I can sense how upset you
			are. You're angry, impatient
			--

					RIKER
			Back off, Deanna.

	Picard and Troi are at a loss. There is a great
	silence on the Bridge.

					RIKER
			Well... anyone else want to speak
			up. Or can we end this...
			charade?

42   WIDE - THE ENTIRE BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Disappears. The Bridge, Picard, Troi, and the staff
	officers all SHIMMER AWAY to reveal a Romulan Holodeck.
	A stunned Riker is left alone with Tomalak. The
	Romulan steps up to Riker. Grim...

					TOMALAK
			As you wish, Commander Riker.
			The charade is over.

	And as Riker reacts...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

       STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT FOUR      39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

43   INT. ANTEROOM TO ROMULAN HOLODECK (OPTICAL)

	Begin on Riker as a ROMULAN TECHNICIAN applies a
	blinking, hand-held device to his beard. The device
	GLOWS, causing the grey to vanish from Riker's beard
	and hair. Through this...

					RIKER
				(evenly)
			The Enterprise... my son... you
			created it all.

	Pull back to include Tomalak and TWO ROMULAN GUARDS.

					TOMALAK
			With the help of our neural
			scanners... and what you would
			call a Holodeck.

	The Technician passes the device over Riker's
	communicator and pips, returning them to normal.
	Then...

					TOMALAK
			Now please tell me... how did you
			discover the truth? The future we
			constructed for you should have
			been... convincing.

					RIKER
			It wasn't. There was the computer
			time lag, for one thing.

					TOMALAK
			Unavoidable. Our scanners have
			a limited response time. So
			whenever you strayed from our...
			expectations...
				(with a shrug)
			But surely that was not enough
			to...

					RIKER
			To smash your house of cards?
			No, it was the visual record of
			my "wife," Minuet. Bad move.

       STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT FOUR      40.

43   CONTINUED:

					TOMALAK
				(surprised)
			But we chose someone from your
			past who is still alive... a
			woman you were extremely attracted
			to...

					RIKER
			Your mistake, Tomalak. Minuet
			was nothing more than a computer
			generated fantasy I once
			experienced on another Holodeck.

	Tomalak is not buying this.

					TOMALAK
			Impossible. In your mind, that
			woman exists... physically. Your
			feelings toward her remain
			quite... passionate.

					RIKER
			She was part of a very special
			program.

	Tomalak shakes his head and sighs.

					TOMALAK
			So much effort... so little
			accomplished.

	Riker cuts to the chase.

					RIKER
			If Outpost Twenty-three is what
			you're after... Why didn't you
			just use your neural scanners to
			probe my mind?

					TOMALAK
			Our scanners are calibrated for
			Romulan brain patterns. When it
			comes to human brains, they are
			less efficient. There were gaps
			in the information we gathered
			from your memory.

	Now it's Riker's turn to express his doubts.

       STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT FOUR     40A.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Gaps? After what I've just seen,
			I find that hard to believe.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT FOUR      41.

43   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER (Cont'd)
			You recreated the Enterprise,
			the crew... every nuance, every
			sound, smell... perfectly
			accurate. I sure didn't notice
			any gaps...
				(beat)
			I don't buy it, Tomalak.

	Tomalak's tone changes, turning dangerous.

					TOMALAK
			We are wasting time.

	Tomalak turns and gestures to the guards.

					TOMALAK
			Bring him.

	Off Riker's reaction...

44   INT. TUNNEL TO HOLDING CELL (OPTICAL)

	As Tomalak and the two Romulan guards escort Riker...

					TOMALAK
				(mid-explanation)
			When you and your colleagues
			transported to this planet, you
			were less than a kilometer from
			this base. Your capture was a
			simple matter.

					RIKER
			My colleagues... ?

					TOMALAK
			We allowed them to transport
			safely back to the Enterprise.
			But your signal was... diverted.

					RIKER
			My people won't stop looking for
			me, Tomalak.

					TOMALAK
			They already have.

	Riker reacts... They pause by a holding cell cut into
	the living rock. One of the guards deactivates the
	force field lights.

       STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/20/90 - ACT FOUR      42.

45   INT. HOLDING CELL (OPTICAL)

	As Riker and the Romulans ENTER...

					TOMALAK
				(ironic, to Riker)
			Please say hello to your son.

	And Riker reacts to... a ragged, dirty little boy
	huddled in a corner of the cell. It is Jean-Luc.

					RIKER
				(surprised)
			Jean-Luc?

					TOMALAK
			That is not his name, of course.
			Nor have you ever really met him.
			We merely... used his image to
			augment your program.

	Riker carefully approaches the boy... who flinches away
	and scuttles to another corner of the cell. Riker
	reacts, then glares at Tomalak.

					RIKER
			What have you done to him?

	Tomalak ignores the question.

					TOMALAK
			While I am gone, please give
			careful thought to your situation.

	He EXITS with the guards. As the cell's force field
	is reactivated, Riker faces the boy.

					RIKER
				(gently)
			What's your name?

	Silence. Riker tries again.

					RIKER
			Look... if we're going to get out
			of here, you've got to trust me...

	The frightened boy cringes in the corner, unwilling
	to so much as look at the man. Riker takes a step
	toward him, but stops as...

					RIKER
			Easy... I won't hurt you.

       STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/20/90 - ACT FOUR     42A.

45   CONTINUED:

	The boy covers his face with his hands, peering
	fearfully through his fingers with panicky eyes.

					RIKER
			Who are you? How did you get
			here?

	No answer. But Riker doesn't give up. He kneels near
	the boy.

					RIKER
			My name is Will.

       STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT FOUR      43.

45   CONTINUED:

	The boy slowly sits up... studies Riker... then...

					ETHAN/JEAN-LUC
			Ethan...

	Ethan and Riker hear footsteps and face the force
	field, watching, as two guards stride down the tunnel
	and past the holding cell.

					ETHAN
			They brought me here... with my
			parents...

	Ethan turns away from the field to face Riker.

					ETHAN
				(continuing)
			We were at a research station on
			Miridian Six.

					RIKER
				(a gentle inquiry)
			Miridian Six... near the Neutral
			Zone? I thought it was
			uninhabited...

					ETHAN
			The station was set up last year.
				(quietly)
			Then the Romulans came...

	The boy stops. Riker frowns.

					RIKER
			It's odd the Enterprise wasn't
			advised...

	Riker changes tack, probes tenderly.

					RIKER
			Where are your parents, now?

					ETHAN
				(after a pause)
			They took them away.

	Another beat. Riker doesn't know any kinder way to ask
	the next question.

					RIKER
			Do you know why the Romulans are
			keeping you here?

       STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT FOUR      44.

45   CONTINUED: (2)

					ETHAN
			No...
				(his fear showing)
			... I just want to get away.

	Riker kneels, takes the boy by the shoulders...

					RIKER
			Ethan... I'll get us out of
			here...

					ETHAN
				(resigned)
			How? Even if we do get away,
			they'll find us.
				(beat)
			They found me when I escaped
			before.

	That gets Riker's attention.

					RIKER
			You escaped?

					ETHAN
				(nods)
			I hid in a secret place... for
			weeks... but they caught me when
			I went out to find food.

	They hear approaching footsteps and Riker stands to
	face them as...

46
thru	OMITTED
47

48   INT. TUNNEL OUTSIDE HOLDING CELL (OPTICAL)

	Tomalak and a guard approach the cell. The guard
	deactivates the force field and they both ENTER.

49   INT. HOLDING CELL (OPTICAL)

	Tomalak faces Riker and Ethan.

					TOMALAK
			I want that information,
			Commander. I want the location
			of Outpost Twenty-Three.

       STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT FOUR     44A.

49   CONTINUED:

	Riker doesn't bother to answer. Tomalak barely
	maintains his poise.

					TOMALAK
			Very well. I have been given
			permission to use whatever means
			are necessary...

       STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT FOUR      45.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

	Ethan suddenly bolts for the open door. Riker
	reacts...

					RIKER
			Ethan... no!

	Tomalak also reacts, shouts...

					TOMALAK
			Stop him!

	The guard quickly reaches out, grabs Ethan by the
	collar. The boy kicks and screams, struggling against
	the guard's grip.

					ETHAN
			Let me go...

	Tomalak looks away from Riker for only a moment... but
	it's long enough. Riker punches Tomalak, who goes down.
	The guard reacts, tries to keep a firm hold on the
	struggling Ethan as he draws his phaser. But Ethan
	knocks the Romulan's arm up toward the ceiling...

					ETHAN
			Don't!

	The phaser goes off, firing into the ceiling. Then
	the guard shoves the boy aside... which buys Riker
	the time to punch him out, too. As the guard slumps
	to the floor, Riker picks up his phaser, hurries to
	Ethan, helps him out of the cell.

50   INT. TUNNEL - OUTSIDE THE HOLDING CELL (OPTICAL))

	As they hurry down the corridor...

					RIKER
			This secret hiding place of
			yours... ?

					ETHAN
			This way...

	A phaser beam suddenly blasts the wall close by. They
	react and RUN...

51   THE END OF THE TUNNEL (OPTICAL)

	Another Romulan guard approaches, weapon at the
	ready... But before he can fire again...

       STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT FOUR      46.

52   RIKER (OPTICAL)

	fires, knocking the guard off his feet.

53   INT. ANOTHER TUNNEL

	Riker and Ethan round a corner and come face to face
	with a surprised Romulan guard. The Romulan goes for
	his weapon. Too late. Riker fires first. As the
	guard falls, Riker and Ethan run toward...

53A  ANGLE ON AIR CONDITIONING GRATE

	The boy stops by the floor level air conditioning
	grate, swings it open, and motions.

					ETHAN
			In here...

	Riker follows him as Ethan climbs inside, then pulls
	the grate shut behind them.

54   OMITTED

55   INT. A NARROW CRAWLSPACE

	Almost pitch black. The only light comes through the
	slots in that grate. Ethan hurriedly slides bolts into
	place, securing the grate as echoing footsteps approach
	in the tunnel beyond...

	... Riker and Ethan freeze against the walls on either
	side of the grate as the feet and legs of the Romulan
	guards appear in the tunnel outside.

	One of the Romulans kneels down, peers through the
	grate... then suddenly seizes it with his hand and
	gives it a hard shake as we...

56   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/13/90 - ACT FIVE      47.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:
57
thru	OMITTED
60

61   INT. CRAWLSPACE - CONTINUOUS

	Riker's hand tightens on that captured phaser as the
	guard gives the grate a last shake... then steps away
	to rejoin his companion...

61A  RIKER'S POV - THROUGH GRATE

	The guards move off down the corridor... paying close
	attention to the sensing device one of them holds.

62   OMITTED

63   INT. CRAWLSPACE

	Riker reacts, puzzled, to the fading footsteps of the
	Romulans in the tunnel. He turns to Ethan and
	whispers.

					RIKER
			Their sensors should have picked
			us up...

	Ethan picks up a lantern from the top of a nearby
	crate, activates it, and plays its beam across the
	rock. As they move a short way down the crawlspace
	to a jumble of oddly shaped crates and freight
	containers...

					ETHAN
			They can't... I heard them say
			there's something in these
			rocks...

					RIKER
			Heavy metals?

					ETHAN
				(nodding)
			Right...

	Ethan starts shoving a large crate aside to reveal
	a dark entryway. Riker moves to help him.

       STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/27/90 - ACT FIVE      48.

63   CONTINUED:

	Then Ethan lights their way with the lantern as Riker
	follows him through the entryway into...

63AA	INT. CRAWLSPACE - ANOTHER SECTION

	Riker and Ethan move through the narrow crawlspace.

					RIKER
			When you escaped last time...
			how'd you manage it?

					ETHAN
			I acted like I was sick... when
			the Romulans took me to the
			infirmary, I ran away.

	Ethan pauses, faces Riker.

					ETHAN
			I was lucky... I found this place
			the same day.

	Riker nods appreciateively as they move on to...

63A  INT. SECRET ROOM

	... Where Ethan activates a light cell, bathing the room
	in a soft glow.

					ETHAN
			... The Romulans forgot all about
			this storeroom when they rebuilt
			the tunnels.

	The boy crosses to a pile of crates stacked in a corner
	of the cluttered room... starts searching through them.

					ETHAN
			After I got away last time...

	Ethan produces a folded piece of synthetic cloth.

					ETHAN
				(continuing)
			... I mapped out all their tunnels.

	He lays the cloth out across a crate... to reveal a
	rough map of the base. As Ethan points things out...

       STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/27/90 - ACT FIVE     48A.

63A  CONTINUED:

					ETHAN
			Supply depot, communications,
			living quarters... and the shuttle
			bay.

					RIKER
				(instantly intrigued)
			How many guards at the shuttle
			bay?

					ETHAN
			Only two or three.

	Riker thinks about it, shakes his head.

					RIKER
			Stealing a shuttle would get us
			nowhere... too easy for the
			Romulans to track one of their
			own ships.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT FIVE      49.

63A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER (Cont'd)
				(points at map)
			But we could break into
			communications. Send a message
			to the Enterprise.

	Ethan looks doubtful. Shakes his head.

					ETHAN
			We can't do that... The
			transmitter is on a
			voice-activated security system!

					RIKER
			Do you know whose voice it
			accepts?

					ETHAN
			Only Ambassador Tomalak.

					RIKER
				(reacts)
			Who?

					ETHAN
			Tomalak.

					RIKER
			Ambassador Tomalak.

	Ethan looks up at him, suddenly aware of the man's
	stunned reaction. Riker just stares at him.

					RIKER
			Tomalak is a Romulan Captain.
			The only time he was called
			"Ambassador" was in their Holodeck
			fantasy. How would you know about
			that?

					ETHAN
			You... you told me about it.

	Riker shakes his head, no I didn't.

					RIKER
			Who are you? What's your part
			in all this?

       STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT FIVE      50.

63A  CONTINUED: (2)

	They react to a sudden, off screen explosion and the
	sounds of the approaching Romulans. Ethan turns to
	Riker, shouts a warning...

					ETHAN
			They've found us!

					RIKER
				(calm)
			But you said their sensors didn't
			work in this tunnel.

					ETHAN
			They must have fixed them. We've
			got to go!

	He grabs at Riker, but he won't budge.

					RIKER
			And where will we go, Ethan?

					ETHAN
			To the shuttle bay! There's still
			time.

					RIKER
			No... I've had enough.

	And they both react as...

63B  TOMALAK AND TWO GUARDS

	Step into the room.

					TOMALAK
			Commander... surrender your
			weapon...

	And as the three Romulans raise their weapons... Riker
	drops his phaser and casually lifts his arms, palms
	up.

					RIKER
			No more games. No more fantasies.
			I'm not going to play anymore.

	Then Riker makes eye contact with Ethan. A last, sad
	moment between them. And the boy relaxes... he knows
	the game has finally and truly ended. Then...

       STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT FIVE      51.

64
thru	OMITTED
65

66   THE ROMULANS (OPTICAL)

	Suddenly SHIMMER away.

67   THE ENTIRE ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Also disappears... to reveal the immense cavern where
	our story began. Riker and Ethan are left alone in the
	huge room. Riker stares at the boy. Shocked.

					RIKER
			It was never the Romulans... it
			was you all along, wasn't it?

	Ethan hangs his head. Then we go to...

68   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - THE REAL ENTERPRISE

	Picard and Data are at an aft station, huddled over a
	monitor.

					DATA
			There is no question about it,
			sir. It is his signal.

	Picard acknowledges this with a nod. Then Troi, Worf,
	and Geordi watch, concerned, as...

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Picard to Riker... can you read
			me?

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
				(after a beat)
			Riker to Picard. I'm here.

	The general relief at the sound of Riker's voice is
	obvious.

69   INT. ALIEN CHAMBER

	Riker and Ethan.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Are you all right?

       STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT FIVE      52.

69   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Yes... What about Worf and
			Geordi?

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			We beamed them up an hour ago...
			They're fine.

69A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					PICARD
			But we lost you in mid-transport.
			Where have you been? What is
			going on down there?

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			I'm not sure, sir.

	Picard raises an eyebrow as we go back to...

69B  INT. ALIEN CHAMBER (OPTICAL)

	Riker and Ethan.

					RIKER
			But I think I'm about to find
			out... stand by.

	Riker keys his insignia and faces the boy, who is sad
	but calm.

					RIKER
			What should I call you? Ethan...
			Jean-Luc?

					ETHAN
				(sad)
			It doesn't matter.

	Riker crosses to the wall, listens to a faint humming
	beyond.

					RIKER
			This room... it's more than just
			a Holodeck, isn't it?


       STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT FIVE      53.

69B  CONTINUED:

					ETHAN
				(almost proud)
			Much more. The neural scanners
			read my mind... give me anything
			I want. Just like they tried
			to give you everything you
			wanted.

	Riker is furious... and for good reason.

					RIKER
			What I wanted? You probed the
			Enterprise... lured us here...
			so you could play games with me.
			I didn't want any of that... you
			did. Why?

	The boy looks older, sadder, less the child.

					ETHAN
			My world was invaded... my
			people... killed. My mother
			brought me here... so our enemies
			would never find me.

	Riker reacts... tone changing.

					RIKER
			But they found her, didn't they?

	Ethan nods -- the memory, distant as it is, still
	painful.

					ETHAN
			She knew they would never stop
			looking for her... So she made
			sure I would be safe...

	He touches his forehead, then gestures at the
	surrounding walls as...

69C  ANGLE - INCLUDING CAVERN WALLS (OPTICAL)

	Brief SHIMMERS here and there as the various components
	of Ethan's scanners "uncloak" and reveal themselves.

					ETHAN
			She left the scanners to protect
			me... and to give me everything
			I wanted.

       STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT FIVE      54.

69C  CONTINUED:

	Riker reacts to the youngster's pain. Abandoned by his
	own father, he knows what it's like to be a lonely
	little boy.

					RIKER
			Everything... then why kidnap me?

					ETHAN
				(after a pause)
			I wanted you to stay. It's been
			so long... I just wanted
			somebody... real. I... thought
			you would be happy... I'm
			sorry...

	Riker is gentle... but insistent.

					RIKER
			I have to return to my ship.
				(a beat)
			Come with me. You don't have
			to stay here anymore... you don't
			have to be alone anymore...

	The boy hesitates. A long beat as he considers.
	Then...

70   ANGLE - FAVORING ETHAN - (OPTICAL)

	The figure of the boy SHIMMERS... and for the first
	time, we see him in his true, alien form.

					THE ALIEN
			My real name is Barash.

	Riker smiles, holds out his hand, and says...

					RIKER
			To me, you'll always be Jean-Luc.

	The alien takes Riker's hand. A silent and special
	moment between them... then Riker keys his insignia.

					RIKER
			Two to transport...

	And as they DEMATERIALIZE, go to...

       STAR TREK: "Future Imperfect" - REV. 9/18/90 - ACT FIVE      55.

71   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As she warps AWAY.

	(NOTE: This will be the first exterior view of the
	Enterprise we see after the shot of it in orbit around
	Alpha Onias Three.)

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             















                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "Final Mission" 
                     (f.k.a. "Turnabout") 
                          #40274-183 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Jeri Taylor 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Corey Allen 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT
 
                      SEPTEMBER 17, 1990
 

          STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - 9/17/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Final Mission" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             SONGI
                RIKER              DIRGO
                DATA               ENSIGN TESS ALLENBY
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             

                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

           STAR TREK: "Final Mission" 9/17/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Final Mission" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              SICKBAY                  MINING SHUTTLE
              ENGINEERING
              MAIN SHUTTLEBAY          WASTE SHIP
          
            MINING SHUTTLE             LAMBDA PAZ
                                         DESERT
            LAMBDA PAZ                   CLEARING
              CAVE
              CAVERN                   GAMELAN IV
          
            GAMELAN IV
              SONGI'S ROOM (ON SCREEN)

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Final Mission" 
                        
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                DRESCI             DRESS-key
                GAMELAN            GAM-uh-lin
                MALTASION          mal-TAY-zhun
                NENEBEK            NEN-eh-bek
                PENTARUS           pen-TAR-us
                SONGI              SAHN-jee

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - TEASER     1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                       "Final Mission"                             
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise travels through space as:

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 44307.3.
			I am preparing to leave by
			shuttlecraft for Pentarus Five,
			where I have been asked to mediate
			a dispute among the salenite
			miners -- a contentious group
			unfortunately prone to violence.

2    INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	PICARD, RIKER, TROI, DATA, WORF, and ENSIGN TESS
	ALLENBY at their positions.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			At the same time, I must deal with
			a situation of a far more personal
			nature.

	WESLEY comes bursting in through the Turbolift door,
	out of breath and a little anxious. Everyone on the
	Bridge looks stern and a little disgruntled with him.

					PICARD
			Ensign, I summoned you almost ten
			minutes ago!

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir, I know, but I was in
			the middle of an experiment using
			some volatile compounds and I
			couldn't just leave them lying
			out --

					PICARD
			Excuses, Mister Crusher?

					WESLEY
			No, sir, not at all, it was more
			of an explanation --

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - TEASER     2.

2    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Because I assure you that will
			not go over well at Starfleet
			Academy.

					WESLEY
			I know, sir, but --

	Then it sinks in. He stares at Picard.

					WESLEY
			The Academy?

					PICARD
			I just got the message from
			Admiral Nsomeka. She expects
			you to report in two weeks.

	There are smiles all around as Wesley, nonplussed,
	realizes what Picard is saying.

					PICARD
			A position has opened up in this
			year's class. You'll have to work
			overtime to catch up, but I have
			assured the Commander that you
			will be capable of that. Please
			don't make a liar of me.

					WESLEY
			Oh, yes sir! I mean -- no, sir.

					PICARD
			And as your final mission aboard
			the Enterprise... I'd like you
			to accompany me to Pentarus while
			I try to sort things out with the
			miners.

	Wesley is amazed -- first the Academy, and now an
	expedition with the Captain.

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir...

					PICARD
			Mister Riker tells me you've been
			studying the effects of outpost
			judiciary decisions on Federation
			Law. What better way to get
			first-hand experience?

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/21/90 - TEASER     3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Captain, I am picking up a general
			distress signal from Gamelan Five.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	They all turn toward the view screen.

3    ANGLE - ON SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	An alien woman, SONGI, appears -- a gentle, sensitive
	creature who speaks with quiet desperation.

					SONGI
			Please... Does anyone read us?

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Open channel.
				(to screen)
			I am Captain Jean-Luc Picard of
			the Federation Starship
			Enterprise.

					SONGI
			Captain... I am Chairman Songi,
			of Gamelan Four. An unidentified
			spacecraft has entered orbit above
			our planet. Radiation levels in
			our atmosphere have increased by
			three thousand percent. We can
			only assume we are under attack
			-- but the ship will not answer
			our hails! We are a peaceful
			planet... we have no ability to
			defend ourselves. Please, can
			you help us?

					PICARD
			Mister Data, are we close enough
			for a scan?

					DATA
			Nossir, we are out of range.

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - TEASER     4.

3    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Any other ships near that system?

					DATA
			Negative, Commander.

					PICARD
			Very well. Chairman Songi, we
			will proceed immediately to your
			planet.

					SONGI
			Thank you, Captain Picard...

	The screen blinks out. Picard considers logistics.

					PICARD
			Mister Riker, take the Enterprise
			and investigate the problem.
			Ensign Crusher and I will proceed
			to Pentarus Five.
				(to Wes)
			The miners have sent a shuttle.
			We'll depart in ten minutes.

	Wes acknowledges, heads for the Turbolift.

4    INT. SHUTTLEBAY TWO

	GEORDI emerges from the miners' shuttle -- a small,
	ragged vessel that looks like the space equivalent of
	"The African Queen". Its pilot, DIRGO, is a
	tough-looking humanoid who is weathered and worn enough
	to suggest middle-age. Though his appearance is feral,
	he will emerge as an intelligent, if inflexible, being.

	Ultimately, he is self-serving; Dirgo looks out for
	Dirgo, because he's always had to.

					GEORDI
			Your maneuvering thrusters are
			rigged in a configuration I
			haven't seen before.

	Dirgo gives him a smug look.

					DIRGO
			My own modification. It's more
			efficient. You can study it if
			you want...

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - TEASER     5.

4    CONTINUED:

	At this point, Picard and Wesley enter.

					GEORDI
				(to Picard)
			I've run operational and safety
			inspections, Captain. It checks
			out. I won't make any claims for
			comfort.

	Dirgo approaches Picard, sizing him up as he does.

					DIRGO
			Captain Picard... Captain Dirgo,
			of the shuttlecraft "Nenebek".

					PICARD
			Ah -- Captain. Good to meet you.

					WESLEY
				(sotto to Geordi)
			"Captain?" Of a mining shuttle?

	But Dirgo hears him, turns instantly to him.

					DIRGO
			Yes, Ensign -- Captain. My ship
			isn't pretty, and she isn't big
			-- but we've logged almost ten
			thousand hours together.

					PICARD
			It seems a very -- sturdy --
			craft.

					DIRGO
			We should go. Will you take Ops,
			Captain?

					PICARD
			I'll let Ensign Crusher perform
			that task. I need to study up
			on Regalian law.

	Dirgo studies Wesley with obvious disdain as they
	enter.

4A   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Riker, Allenby, Worf, Data.

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/1/90 - TEASER     5A.

4A   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY'S COM VOICE
			Crusher to Bridge...

					RIKER
			Go ahead, Mister Crusher.

					WESLEY'S COM VOICE
			Shuttlecraft Nenebek prepared
			for departure.

					RIKER
			Acknowledged, Ensign. Begin
			launch sequence.

					WESLEY'S COM VOICE
			Launch sequence confirmed...

					DATA
			Shuttlecraft has cleared the bay.

					RIKER
			Ensign Allenby, set a course for
			the Gamelan system... Warp Six.

					ALLENBY
			Aye, Sir.

4B   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	warping away.

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/2/90 - TEASER     6.

5    EXT. SPACE - MINUTES LATER (OPTICAL)

	The shuttle craft heads toward Regalus.

6    INT. SHUTTLE - CONTINUOUS

	Dirgo eyes Wesley handling the Ops position with some
	surprise.

					DIRGO
			You've done this before.

					WESLEY
				(dryly)
			Yes...

					DIRGO
				(jerking his head toward
				 the cabin)
			If your Captain isn't tougher than
			he looks, those miners will tear
			him apart.

					WESLEY
			Don't worry about Captain Picard
			-- he'll handle them.

	Suddenly they are interrupted by a sudden muffled
	explosion and violent shake of the craft, which then
	settles into a constant vibration. Cabin lights dim;
	control panels flicker.

					WESLEY
			I've lost navigation --

					DIRGO
			The port thruster quad is gone,
			guidance coupling is severed --
			I can't stabilize her!

	The shuttle bucks and pitches as Dirgo and Wesley
	struggle for control.

7    OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/1/90 - ACT ONE     7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

8    OMITTED

9    INT. MINING SHUTTLE - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	The shuttle is in chaos. Dirgo wrestles with the
	controls as the ship continues to shudder violently.
	Picard bursts through the door of the cabin.

					WESLEY
			The port thruster module blew...

	Picard instantly sits in the Ops position.

					DIRGO
			Nenebek to Enterprise...
			emergency... do you read?
			Pentarus station... come in...
				(shakes head)
			Communication is gone --

					PICARD
			Is your navigational system
			functioning?

					DIRGO
			Negative. Switching to manual.

					PICARD
			Estimated position... ?

					DIRGO
			Fifty million kilometers from
			Pentarus Five... we may have to
			put down somewhere else...

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher, scan for a class
			M environment...

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT ONE    7A.

9    CONTINUED:

	He moves to the panel. The shuttle lurches sharply,
	settles, lurches again.

					DIRGO
			We'll lose the main impulse engine
			if I don't throttle it down.

	There is another sharp jolt and the ship shudders.

					WESLEY
				(reading scanners)
			One of the moons of Pentarus
			Three... it's class M -- barely
			-- mean temperature fifty-five
			degrees Celsius...

					PICARD
			Life forms indicated?

					WESLEY
			Negative. But sensors are
			limited. There's an intense
			magnetic field near the surface.

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/21/90 - ACT ONE     8.

10   OMITTED

11   ON SCREEN

					DIRGO
			We don't have a choice.

	He makes a manual course correction...

11A  EXT. SPACE - SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	moving toward a red-brown moon.

11B  INT. SHUTTLE

					DIRGO
			Save the impulse engine for a
			controlled entry.

					PICARD
			Ensign, reconfigure the working
			thrusters to manual inputs.

					WESLEY
			I'll try, sir -- but this grid
			looks about a hundred years old...

	Dirgo glances at Picard. He's a little defensive.

					DIRGO
			I don't have the Federation's
			resources...
				(rising, to Picard)
			Captain... will you take the helm?

	Dirgo goes to Wesley, shoulders him aside; Picard takes
	the conn.

					DIRGO
			I'm rerouting the deuterium
			flow --

					WESLEY
				(nods)
			We'll have to manually trip the
			bypass from the main engine to
			the thrusters...

	Dirgo gives Wesley a sharp look.

					DIRGO
			Where'd you learn that?

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT ONE     9.

12   ON PICARD AND VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The red-brown sphere begins to fill the window.

					WESLEY
			We've got power reconfigured,
			Captain.

	Picard's hands are at the controls, skillfully
	maneuvering the craft, which continues its sporadic
	jolts and lurches. Dirgo moves to Ops, checks his
	monitors.

					DIRGO
			Hull temperature seven hundred
			degrees --

					PICARD
			Beginning braking maneuver.

	The craft goes into a pitch up. Cabin lights flicker
	wildly.

					DIRGO
			We're below Mach One! Bypass
			to thrusters now!

	Smoke begins to seep into the cabin; the lights flicker
	and the craft bounces turbulently. Finally, there is
	one moment of a controlled glide... and then impact.
	Sparks arc through the cabin, and then there is
	darkness.

13   EXT. LAMBDA PAZ - MINUTES LATER - DAY

	A merciless sun beats down on a sere desert of rolling
	sand dunes. The shuttle lies, half buried in sand,
	charred and broken. The hatch has ripped off and we
	see Picard emerge, blinking in the harsh light and then
	turning to help Wesley climb out.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT ONE    10.

13   CONTINUED:

	Picard is already at work, assessing the situation.

					PICARD
			Let's salvage what we can.
				(glancing upward)
			The first thing we'll need is
			shelter from the sun. In this
			heat, the shuttle will act like
			an oven.

	Dirgo emerges from the shuttle, wiping his perspiring
	face.

					DIRGO
			All systems are out. Can't get
			a communication channel. Location
			transponder's gone, too.

					PICARD
			We'll have to check the craft for
			something to protect our heads
			and eyes... and Captain, please
			recover your medical supplies...
			food and water rations...

					DIRGO
				(hesitant)
			The medical supplies are all
			right...

					PICARD
			But... food and water?

					DIRGO
			A replicator... damaged beyond
			repair.

					PICARD
			Surely... you have emergency
			supplies.

					DIRGO
			This isn't a starship! I have
			to choose what I carry!

	Picard stares at him, not wanting to believe what the
	man is saying.

					PICARD
			Are you telling me... that we have
			no water?

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT ONE    11.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

	Dirgo looks away. Picard glances up at the sun, and
	then out across the vast desert. Wesley watches him,
	definitely worried, hoping the Captain can pull some
	miracle. But how will they survive without water?

14   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE ORBITING GAMELAN IV (OPTICAL)

	The ship maintains a distant orbit around a large blue
	and green planet. In much closer orbit is an enormous
	space ship with no markings, dark and ominous.

15   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker with Data, Geordi, Beverly, Worf and Allenby.

					DATA
			Scanning. Vessel reads as an
			unmanned sublight freighter.

					RIKER
			Origin?

					DATA
			Indeterminate. Propulsion appears
			to employ a gaseous-core fission
			reactor, but it is not functioning.

					GEORDI
			The radiation levels coming from
			that ship are off the scale.

					RIKER
			Mister Data, could that be
			leakage from their engines?

					DATA
			No sir. Engine reactor elements
			appear to have been inactive for
			approximately three hundred years.
			The vessel is carrying various
			unstable waste products.

					GEORDI
			You mean... it's a garbage scow.

					DATA
			Precisely.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT ONE    12.

15   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, open a hailing
			frequency.
				(beat)
			Chairman Songi, this is Commander
			Riker on board the Enterprise.

	Songi appears on screen.

					SONGI
			Yes, Commander.

					RIKER
			It appears you've inherited
			someone else's problem... It's
			an old waste vessel... caught by
			your planet's gravitational pull.

					BEVERLY
			Have your people begun to suffer
			from radiation sickness?

					SONGI
			Not yet. But some areas are
			already detecting dangerous
			levels.

					RIKER
			We'll do our best to get it out
			of here as quickly as possible.

					SONGI
			Thank you, Commander.

	The screen is wiped.

					RIKER
			We're going to give that barge
			a push into the Gamelan sun.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT ONE    13.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Sir, the Meltasion Asteroid Belt
			lies between here and the sun.

					RIKER
			Then we'll have to take it
			ourselves and have our
			deflectors clear a safe path
			through the asteroids.

					GEORDI
			I don't like the idea of getting
			close enough to that barge to tow
			it. The radiation levels are so
			high we'd be risking contamination
			of the entire crew.

					RIKER
			Got a better idea, Geordi?

					GEORDI
			We could send over a construction
			module to attach thrusters to it.
			Then we could direct it through
			the asteroid belt from a safe
			distance.

	Before Riker can respond --

					WORF
			Commander... a message from the
			mining settlement on Pentarus.
			The shuttle carrying Captain
			Picard has not yet arrived.

					BEVERLY
				(surprised)
			They left here at oh-eight-hundred
			hours...

					WORF
			They have asked if we will be
			starting a search.

	Riker looks out at the huge waste vessel, frustrated.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/26/90 - ACT ONE    13A.

15   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			Tell them we have an emergency
			situation here... we'll start a
			search after we've dealt with it.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					RIKER
			Mister La Forge, prepare to launch
			the construction module. Let's
			get this over with as fast as we
			can.

	Geordi heads for the Turbolift to obey the command.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT ONE    14.

16   OMITTED

17   EXT. DESERT ON LAMBDA PAZ - CONTINUOUS

	The three men have salvaged what they could from the
	cabin of the shuttlecraft. They have fashioned wraps
	to cover their heads and shield their eyes, with flaps
	covering the backs of their necks. Wesley is repairing
	a damaged tricorder. Picard is laying broken strips of
	the metal hull on the sand.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher, any luck with that
			tricorder?

					WESLEY
			I think so, sir. The scanning
			range may be limited, but it's
			better than nothing.

					DIRGO
			These were on board, Captain.
			They're working.

	He produces four phasers, similar to early Enterprise
	types. Picard and Wes each take one. Dirgo holsters
	the other two.

					PICARD
			Excellent. Now --
				(scanning the distance)
			Our communicators may not be able
			to get a signal through this
			strong a magnetic field... so I've
			fashioned an arrow. If a search
			party finds the wreckage, they'll
			know we've headed for those
			mountains.

					DIRGO
			Are you crazy?

	Picard shoots him a quizzical look.

					DIRGO
			It's too far away. We'll never
			make it.

					PICARD
			We can't survive out here in the
			sun.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT ONE    15.

17   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			Where there are mountains, there
			is shelter.

	Chastened, Dirgo snorts and bristles.

					DIRGO
			You have no right to make the
			decisions! I'm Captain of this
			ship!

	This is too much for Wesley, who stands in front of
	Dirgo.

					WESLEY
			If you want to get out of this,
			I suggest you listen. Captain
			Picard is the one who's going to
			keep us alive --

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Thank you, Ensign, that's enough.

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Captain Dirgo, you're an able
			pilot and I welcome your input.
			Do you feel there's an alternative
			we're overlooking?

	Dirgo hesitates, looks around, sees the vast sweep of
	empty desert. Then --

					DIRGO
			No.

					PICARD
			Very well. I suggest a steady
			pace, but not a brisk one. We
			need to ration our energy. Try
			to breathe through your nose, it
			will help prevent dehydration.
			I'll lead... Captain Dirgo, will
			you bring up the rear?

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/21/90 - ACT ONE    16.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

	And he starts off, the others falling into line.
	Wesley scans the desert with the tricorder as they
	march. Dirgo gives himself one last look at his fallen
	ship. He gives it a little salute before turning to
	follow the others.

18   THE SEARING SUN

	burns in the sky, turning it white with heat.

19   THE TRIO OF MARCHERS

	slogs across the dunes, sweltering under the glare of
	the merciless sun, struggling to make progress in the
	deep sand. Dirgo stumbles in the shifting sands.
	Wesley spots him, helps him regain his footing. Dirgo
	spits sand from his mouth as Wesley helps brush him
	off.

					WESLEY
			And you were worried about how
			tough the Captain is?

	He nods ahead --

20   PICARD - THEIR POV

	marches at a strong, sturdy pace. He looks like he
	could go on for hours.

21   WESLEY AND DIRGO

	Wesley smiles, then turns and starts off again. Dirgo
	watches him, then surreptitiously removes a bottle from
	his pocket. It contains a clear liquid; he tips the
	bottle and draws deeply on it. Then he covertly
	replaces it.

22   ON WESLEY

	looking at the tricorder. He slows, swings the
	instrument from one side to the other, frowning as he
	reads the response. Dirgo catches up to him.

					DIRGO
			Did you find water?

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/1/90 - ACT ONE    17.

22   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			No... not yet...

	Suddenly Wesley stops, turns and points the tricorder
	behind them, then whips it to the opposite side.

					DIRGO
			What are you doing with that?

	Picard turns, hearing them.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher?

					WESLEY
			I'm not sure, sir... an energy
			reading.

					PICARD
			Energy reading? What kind?

					WESLEY
			Low frequency E-M. It's been
			getting stronger... the closer
			we get to those mountains.

					DIRGO
			What are you saying? There's
			something over there? Waiting
			for us?

					WESLEY
			I don't know what it is. It just
			registers as a repeating energy
			pattern...

					PICARD
			Ensign, are you suggesting this
			energy is not naturally occurring?

					WESLEY
			The readings could be indicating
			some electromagnetic property in
			the rocks... but I don't think so.

					PICARD
			A life form?

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT ONE    18.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			It's possible... the pattern's
			fairly organized...

	The three look across the sands toward the mountains.
	Picard glances back from where they came.

					PICARD
			We can't go back... and we can't
			stay here. We have to keep going
			to the mountains. No matter
			what's waiting there.

	He sets off, resolutely. The others follow, though the
	mountains now loom ominously with the spectre of the
	unknown.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/1/90 - ACT TWO    19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:
23
thru	OMITTED
25

26   INT. CAVE - CONTINUOUS

	We are inside a cave, shooting toward the tunnel which
	leads to its entrance. Picard, Wesley and Dirgo ENTER.

					DIRGO
			There has to be water in here...
			aren't caves formed by water?

	Picard runs his hands over the walls of the cave;
	Wesley is scanning with the tricorder.

					PICARD
			Not necessarily... they could
			have been created by volcanic
			activity -- lava flows.
				(turns from wall)
			These walls are dry... Mister
			Crusher, do you get any moisture
			reading?

					WESLEY
			No, sir... But that E-M reading?
			The pattern has changed... and
			the frequency is peaking a lot
			higher...

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/26/90 - ACT TWO    20.

26   CONTINUED:

	Dirgo, hot and frustrated, wipes his face with his
	sleeve. As he does, the bottle of liquid falls from
	the pocket and onto the cave floor. Picard and Wesley
	stare at it in amazement.

					WESLEY
			You have water!

					DIRGO
				(defensive)
			I wouldn't hide water...

	Picard picks up the bottle, opens, smells it.

					DIRGO
			It's called dresci... from my
			planet.

					PICARD
			Alcohol.

					DIRGO
			It's -- medicinal. For
			emergencies.

	Picard gives him a questioning look.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT TWO    21.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					DIRGO
			I was going to share it with
			you...

					PICARD
			This won't quench your thirst...
			it will only make it worse.

					DIRGO
			I'll take my chances...

	He extends his hand for the bottle, but Picard doesn't
	yield it.

					PICARD
			I'm not going to let you waste
			this. It's more valuable to us
			as a coolant or a disinfectant.

					DIRGO
			It's mine!

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher, stow this with
			the medical supplies and keep your
			eye on it.

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir.

	Picard tosses the bottle to him. Dirgo glares,
	seething.

					PICARD
			Now we're going to explore this
			cave. Mister Crusher, look for
			any indication of water, no matter
			how faint. Captain Dirgo -- will
			you lead the way?

	Picard gestures ahead of him, and Dirgo, still angry,
	scowls at him defiantly for a beat before starting into
	the depths of the cave.

27   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND WASTE VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	orbiting the Gamelan planet.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT TWO    22.

28   INT. SICKBAY - CONTINUOUS

	Beverly is briefing assistants. There is a determined
	quality to her, as though it's important to concentrate
	on business.

					BEVERLY
			We're projecting that the bulk
			of the radiation will affect three
			small island groups.

	Troi ENTERS as Beverly is giving instructions, takes
	note of her brisk, no-nonsense manner.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Fortunately, they're sparsely
			populated. We'll start
			replicating hyronalin now and be
			ready to transport it to them if
			it becomes necessary. Please
			coordinate with the medical
			personnel on the planet.

	The supernumeraries set to their tasks, and Troi
	approaches.

					TROI
			We've contacted the nearest
			Starbase for a search vessel...
			I'm afraid the closest one is
			almost a week away...

					BEVERLY
			I see. Thank you.

					TROI
			But we have asked the mining
			settlement to send out any vessels
			they might have.

	Beverly gives her a look; not much hope there.

					TROI
			You know, there are many reasons
			why the shuttle might have been
			delayed...

					BEVERLY
			Deanna -- thank you. But I'm all
			right. And for now, I have work
			to do.


    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT TWO    23.

28   CONTINUED:

	She moves off to stay busy, and Troi looks after her,
	knowing Beverly is keeping a tight lid on.

29   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Riker stands over Geordi as he works at the Science
	Station. Tess and Data, off-camera, at their posts.
	An Okudagram represents the construction module in the
	process of attaching thrusters to the waste ship. Worf
	turns to them.

					WORF
			Commander... the miners report
			that they have very few operable
			shuttle craft. They want to know
			when we will be joining the
			search.

					RIKER
			Tell them to stand by. If this
			works, we'll be on our way.

					GEORDI
			Thrusters are attached and ready,
			Commander.

	Riker moves to his command chair.

					RIKER
			Initiate prefire sequence.

					GEORDI
			Prefire command transmitted.
			Thrusters to standby.

					RIKER
			Fire thrusters... gradual
			acceleration to forty percent
			power.

	They all look toward the viewer.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT TWO    24.

29A
thru	OMITTED
29B

29C  EXT. SPACE - WASTE VESSEL - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	The waste vessel begins to move, sluggishly but
	steadily. Then, suddenly, a chunk of it rips off.

29D  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

					GEORDI
			We've lost one module. Correcting
			thrust vectors to compensate.

					DATA
			Structural integrity of the barge
			has been compromised.
			Disintegration is continuing.

					RIKER
				(standing)
			Shut down thrusters! Ensign, take
			us one thousand meters ahead of
			the barge and hold.

					DATA
			External radiation levels are
			increasing.

					ALLENBY
				(beat)
			Coming into position at one
			thousand meters.

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, extend shields around
			the ship and lock on a tractor
			beam.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

29E  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND WASTE VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	Moves next to the barge and locks on the tractor beam.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT TWO    25.

29F  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Red Alert goes into automatic, alarms chime.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Radiation levels at
			seventy millirads per minute and
			rising.

					RIKER
			Allenby, set a new course. We're
			going to take it through the
			asteroid belt ourselves. One-quarter
			impulse.

					ALLENBY
			Aye, sir.

					RIKER
				(to comm)
			Doctor Crusher to the Bridge.

					CRUSHER'S COM VOICE
			On my way.

					RIKER
			Data... I need a projection of
			the radiation impact on the
			crew... Worf...
				(beat)
			... signal the mining settlement.
			Tell them -- we won't be joining
			the search for awhile.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/21/90 - ACT TWO    26.

30   OMITTED

31   INT. CAVE - CONTINUOUS

	Dirgo, Wesley, and Picard make their way through the
	cave, Wesley scanning constantly.

					DIRGO
			There's light up ahead!

	The others follow him toward a cleft in the cave wall.
	A shaft of light is visible beyond.

					WESLEY
				(re: the tricorder)
			Captain... water!

	The three reach a jagged opening in the cave, through
	which some light penetrates.

32   OMITTED

32A  INT. CAVERN - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	as they move cautiously into a huge subterranean
	cavern. Shafts of sunlight stream from openings far
	above them, illuminating the vault-like interior. It
	is a dry, dusty atmosphere, full of a chalky grit that
	clogs their noses and mouths and intensifies their
	thirst.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/5/90 - ACT TWO    27.

32A  CONTINUED:

	(NOTE: From now on, there will be a distinction between
	"cave" and "cavern," the former referring to the
	smaller ante-room they first entered, the latter to the
	large space which contains the fountain.)

	In the center of the space is a water fountain.

					DIRGO
			I knew there had to be water!

	He runs toward it, reaches his hands out to scoop water
	-- but is stopped and flung back by a FORCE FIELD
	surrounding the fountain.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher... what was that?

	Wesley scans with the tricorder.

					WESLEY
			It seems to be some kind of
			tightly confined annular force
			field...

					PICARD
			Put there to protect the water.

					WESLEY
			Then there has to be a way to
			de-activate it...

					DIRGO
				(impatient)
			We can with our phasers.

	He moves quickly forward, impatient, pulls a phaser...

					PICARD
			I think it might be wiser if...

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/1/90 - ACT TWO    27A.

32A  CONTINUED: (2)

	But Picard is interrupted by a SOUND, a deep growling
	HUM... as Dirgo begins to fire... Picard shoots a look
	at Wesley...

					WESLEY
				(reading tricorder)
			The E-M pattern again -- the
			power level's really spiking
			now...

					DIRGO
			Look... I think it's working!

					PICARD
				(warning)
			Dirgo...

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/1/90 - ACT TWO    28.

32A  CONTINUED: (3)

	The SOUND suddenly builds in volume, taking on a
	crackle like bacon sizzling. Then suddenly, all hell
	breaks loose!

33   THE SENTRY (OPTICAL)

	appears -- a wave of electrical energy without
	substance, possibly appearing as a sheet of crackling
	lightning that buzzes and hums as it moves toward them.

					PICARD
			Stop firing!

	Dirgo stops and whirls. The shimmering plane advances
	toward them.

34   ANGLE - THE TRIO (OPTICAL)

	Dirgo fires right at the Sentry. It stops -- then
	suddenly flares out in a frightening electrical display
	that ricochets from the cavern wall, and pulls the
	phaser out of Dirgo's hands...

35   PICARD

	sees that rocks have been jarred loose by the Sentry's
	activities -- rocks that are beginning to tumble right
	down onto Wesley. He dives toward the young man,
	hurling him away from the rockslide, but taking the
	first one right on his head.

	The Captain crumples to the ground and is bombarded
	with more boulders. He writhes and twists under the
	assault of rocks, then finally lies motionless, dazed
	and broken. The Sentry disappears; the sound
	dissipates.

36   WESLEY AND DIRGO

	Wesley springs instantly into action, holstering his
	tricorder, climbing to his feet and running toward the
	Captain. Dirgo seems frozen with fear, staring at the
	wounded man on the ground.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/26/90 - ACT TWO    29.

36   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Help me!

	Wesley starts lifting boulders off the Captain. Dirgo
	is still immobilized.

					WESLEY
			Dirgo -- move!

	Dirgo snaps from his shock and runs toward them, begins
	to throw rocks from the unconscious man.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/21/90 - ACT THREE   30.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

37   INT. CAVE - SAME DAY - MINUTES LATER

	Picard is lying on the ground as Wesley frantically
	administers first aid. Dirgo still seems sluggish,
	in shock.

					WESLEY
			Keep pressure on that wound!

	Dirgo has his palm pressed against Picard's forehead,
	which took the initial blow and is bleeding. Wesley
	is inspecting the various wounds the Captain has
	sustained, checks his right leg with the tricorder.

					WESLEY
			This is the worst break... ?

					DIRGO
			What was that thing... ?

	Wesley gives him a sharp look -- pay attention.

					WESLEY
			Keep the pressure constant.

	He goes for the pack of medical supplies, starts
	rummaging through them. Picard opens his eyes,
	struggles for clarity.

					PICARD
			Ensign... how bad is it?

	Wesley hesitates. Pretty bad, but he doesn't want to
	say that.

					WESLEY
			You have a broken leg... Your
			left arm is... I think there's
			a fracture there, too. And you
			took a bad blow to the head. But
			we're getting the bleeding under
			control.

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT THREE   31.

37   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(weakly)
			Good work... I'm going to be fine
			in a moment... just need to catch
			my breath...

					DIRGO
				(to Wesley)
			Tell him the truth.

					WESLEY
			What truth?

					DIRGO
				(removing his hand from
				 the wound)
			He's bleeding inside. I've seen
			it before. He'll never survive.

	Wesley ignores him, lifts out the dresci bottle, pours
	it onto a gauze pad, applies it to a wound in Picard's
	chest. Picard gasps with pain.

					WESLEY
			You don't know what you're talking
			about.

	Wesley pours more dresci onto a pad, applies it to the
	head wound.

					DIRGO
			You're wasting your time. Save
			the dresci for us.

	Picard has had enough of being talked about in the
	third person. He summons all his strength.

					PICARD
			Mister Dirgo -- I'd appreciate
			it if you didn't bury me before
			I'm gone.

	Dirgo shakes his head in frustration, EXITS.

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/21/90 - ACT THREE   32.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

	Wesley starts to wrap the Captain's wounds with
	sterile packs and gauze. Picard grimaces in pain.

					PICARD
			The trouble is... he may be right.

					WESLEY
			No, he's not -- you're going to
			be fine...

	Concentrating on his task, Wesley has not realized that
	Picard is gazing at him, a vague, distracted look as
	though this were another time, another place. Wes
	finally glances at him.

					WESLEY
			Captain... ?

					PICARD
				(gently)
			For a moment... I saw your
			father's face in yours...

	Wesley sobers. This reminder of mortality is
	unsettling to him.

					PICARD
			He wouldn't give up, either... even
			when things looked bleakest, even
			on that terrible afternoon...

	Picard stops, trails off, remembering Jack's death.

					PICARD
			Strange, I always remember it as
			night. Maybe... sudden,
			unnecessary death ought to happen
			at night... not on a bright
			cloudless afternoon...

	He looks at Wes, as though drifting back to the here,
	the now, the awful plight.

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT THREE   33.

37   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Wesley... you're going to have
			to keep a rein on Dirgo... he's
			willful, stubborn... that could
			be dangerous...

					WESLEY
			You'll handle him, sir.

					PICARD
				(sharply)
			Listen to me. I have no feeling
			in my right leg. My vision is
			blurred... I'm going to get worse,
			not better. I won't be able to
			help you, Wesley. You'll have
			to stand up to him on your own.

	Wes stares at him, wishing he'd stop talking like this
	but --
					WESLEY
			Yes, sir.

	And Picard smiles wanly, murmurs --

					PICARD
			Good man...

	And falls unconscious. Wesley looks up, out the tunnel
	where Dirgo disappeared.

38   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND WASTE VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise tows the heavy barge through space.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First Officer's log, stardate
			44307.6. Radiation levels on the
			Enterprise continue to rise. The
			ventilation system has started
			pumping hyronalin into our air
			supply to counteract the effects.


   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT THREE   34.

39   OMITTED

39A  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - SCIENCE STATION

	Riker, Data, Beverly, Allenby, Worf (O.C.) and Geordi.
	Red Alert continues to flash.

					DATA
			At the rate the radiation levels
			are increasing, the hyronalin
			additive will only be effective
			for another thirty-eight minutes.

					BEVERLY
				(to Comm)
			Crusher to Medical Unit One.
			Evacuate and seal off all
			non-operational areas. Group the
			crew and families in the interior
			corridors of decks nine and ten,
			radiation exposure protocol.

					COM VOICE
			Acknowledged, Doctor

					RIKER
			Data... at our current speed, how
			long will it take us to get
			through the asteroid belt?

					DATA
			Fifty-one minutes, fourteen
			seconds.

					BEVERLY
			We're going to have a lot of
			casualties if we can't get there
			any faster.

					RIKER
			Geordi, how much more can the
			tractor beam take?

					GEORDI
			We're already at the upper limit
			for towing speed, Commander.

					RIKER
			Then let's see if we can establish
			a new upper limit...

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/26/90 - ACT THREE   35.

39A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir...

	Geordi moves to the Engineering station... Riker and
	Data move back to the command pit... on the move --

					GEORDI
			Data, monitor the shearing effect
			on the beam... increasing to
			one-half impulse.

39AA	EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND WASTE VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	The ships accelerate with no discernible problem.

39B  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

					DATA
			Tractor beam is holding...
			shearing force eighty metric tons
			per meter...

					GEORDI
			Increasing to three-quarters
			impulse.

39C  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND WASTE VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	moving through space, accelerating gradually. The
	tractor beam begins to strain. The waste ship wobbles
	dangerously.

39D  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

					DATA
			Shearing force ninety-two metric
			tons... ninety-three... tractor
			beam is destabilizing... we are
			going to lose the barge,
			Commander...

					RIKER
				(no choice)
			Reduce power.

					ALLENBY
			One-half impulse.

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/2/90 - ACT THREE   35A.

39D  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Geordi, you gotta stabilize the
			tractor beam...

					GEORDI
				(mind racing)
			I can't divert any more power
			to the shields... we're already
			hitting maximum thermal limits...
				(beat)
			Only other choice is to bring
			some other fusion reactors on
			line... but we're running at
			peak coolant pressure...

					RIKER
			Do it.

	Geordi races for the Turbolift... He EXITS, and Riker
	stares in frustration at the fragile waste ship.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Radiation levels at one
			hundred fifty millirads per
			minute and rising. Lethal
			exposure in thirty-five minutes.

	Riker stares out at the stars, mind racing, trying
	furiously to figure a way out of this deadly situation.

40   OMITTED

40A  INT. CAVERN - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Wesley emerges from the cave, finds Dirgo sitting on
	his haunches, staring at the shielded spring.

					DIRGO
			Look at that.

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/8/90 - ACT THREE   36.

40A  CONTINUED:

	He gestures toward an object on the ground. Wesley
	goes to it, picks it up. The phaser has become
	encrusted with a hard, web-like material.

					WESLEY
			How did this happen?

					DIRGO
			That -- thing -- did it.

	Wesley inspects it with the tricorder.

					WESLEY
			Selenium fibers... electrically
			deposited.

	Wesley swings the tricorder around the cavern.

					WESLEY
			The E-M pattern is back down...
			it only surged when we tried to
			get to the water...
				(moves back toward
				 Dirgo)
			Whatever it was we saw... it
			almost acts like a sentry. To
			guard the fountain.
				(checking tricorder)
			As long as we aren't moving toward
			the water, the wave pattern stays
			low... right between five and
			fifteen hertz... Dirgo, walk
			toward the fountain.

	Dirgo frowns at him, but complies. As he moves toward
	the spring, the low electrical HUM starts again.

					WESLEY
			That's it! The frequency went
			to forty.

	Dirgo has had it with this scientific approach. He
	comes back to Wesley; the hum subsides.

					DIRGO
			What is this getting us? We've
			got to get to the water!

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT THREE   37.

40A  CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			If I could find a way to
			manipulate the frequency, I might
			be able to control it.
				(beat, thoughtful)
			The Sentry appeared when we
			started using phasers. Maybe it
			responds to heat... or to
			collinated energy...

					DIRGO
			If you're right... we can use a
			phaser to lure it away.

	Wesley frowns. He's still in his scientific mode...
	analyze, hypothesize... they're a long way from doing
	anything.

					WESLEY
			Hold on... we need to figure out
			what it is, before we start doing
			anything to it.

					DIRGO
			Enough talk. Enough thinking.
			It's time to do something.

	Dirgo hands him a phaser.

					DIRGO
			I'll start firing. When it comes
			-- you fire and draw it off.

					WESLEY
			No, we can't...

					DIRGO
				(overlapping)
			Then set your phaser on automatic
			and take cover.

					WESLEY
			And how do you know it'll go for
			my phaser, not yours?

					DIRGO
			Because... I'll fire mine on the
			lowest setting. You use maximum.

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/5/90 - ACT THREE   38.

40A  CONTINUED: (3)

					WESLEY
			There's no evidence that it
			responds differently to higher
			settings... we have to figure
			out our options before we --

	Dirgo puts his face in Wesley's.

					DIRGO
			And while we're doing that, your
			Captain is dying.
				(jerks his head toward
				 the cave)
			With those wounds, most men would
			already be dead. If he doesn't
			get water...

	Dirgo shrugs, leaving the obvious unsaid. Wesley takes
	a breath, struggling to remain in control, to withstand
	this formidable space veteran.

					DIRGO
			When I start firing -- you better
			do your part.

	He turns and heads for the spring. The SOUND of the
	Sentry begins immediately. Dirgo opens fire on the
	force field. Wes stares; he has no choice but to go
	along with all this.

40B  THE SENTRY (OPTICAL)

	appears at the opposite end of the cavern from Wesley.
	He puts his phaser down on a rock and sets it on
	automatic fire... the Sentry indeed responds, moves
	toward him.

40C  WESLEY

	turns and runs back toward the tunnel to the cave,
	where there are outcroppings to conceal him.

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/5/90 - ACT THREE   38A.

41   THE SENTRY (OPTICAL)

	stays with the phaser! It's working...

42   DIRGO (OPTICAL)

	is blasting away at the force field around the water.

42A  WESLEY

	looks up to check the Sentry and sees it --

43   THE SENTRY (OPTICAL)

	splits in two! One heads back toward the fountain.
	The other envelops Wes' phaser and promptly disappears.

44   WESLEY

	reacts as he hears Dirgo scream.

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/21/90 - ACT THREE   39.

44   CONTINUED:

	The sound of the Sentry dissipates... everything is
	ominously silent. Wesley picks himself up and crawls
	cautiously up the rocks to see what is happening. As
	he comes around the rocks, closer to the spring, he
	reacts as he sees --

45   DIRGO - WESLEY'S POV

	lies shrouded in a fibrous cocoon, his mouth still open
	in a silent scream, eyes wide with surprise and horror.
	The Sentry is gone.

46   WESLEY

	stares at him, pale and shaken.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT FOUR    40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

47   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND WASTE VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	Heading toward the sun.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First Officer's log, supplemental.
			Mister La Forge has diverted
			power from auxiliary fusion
			generators in an attempt to
			stabilize the tractor beam. This
			is the only hope of increasing
			our towing speed so we can clear
			the asteroid belt before radiation
			levels become fatal.

47A  OMITTED

48   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Worf and Data are at their stations; Allenby at
	Conn. Red Alert continues. Geordi exits the Turbolift
	and hurries to the Science Station, makes some final
	checks on the panel.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Radiation levels at
			three hundred millirads per
			minute and rising. Lethal
			exposure in one minute.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT FOUR    41.

48   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Ready, Commander. I'll be
			rotating the output of the
			auxiliary reactors, but it should
			still give us the power we need.

					RIKER
			Proceed, Mister La Forge.

					GEORDI
			Increasing to three-quarters
			impulse.

					DATA
			Shearing force at one hundred
			three metric tons... the tractor
			beam is stable...

					GEORDI
			Full impulse.

49   OMITTED

50   EXT. SPACE ENTERPRISE AND WASTE VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	moving faster at full impulse.

51   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					DATA
			Tractor beam is holding.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Lethal radiation
			exposure in thirty seconds.

					WORF
			We are in visual range of the
			asteroid belt.

					RIKER
			On screen.

	They look toward the viewscreen, and see the asteroid
	field way in the distance, like tiny pebbles.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT FOUR    42.

51   CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Lethal radiation
			exposure in fifteen seconds.

					RIKER
			Stand by to cut the barge loose...

51A  INT. ENTERPRISE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as they streak toward -- and through -- the asteroid
	belt!

51B  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Lethal radiation
			exposure in ten seconds.

					DATA
			We have cleared the asteroids,
			sir.

					RIKER
			Let it go.

52   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND WASTE VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	The beams snap off and the Enterprise arcs away; the
	waste ship continues its path toward the sun, becoming
	smaller and smaller until it is no longer visible in
	the blinding light.

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/21/90 - ACT FOUR        43.

53   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

					DATA
			Radiation intensity is decreasing,
			Commander.

	There is a palpable sense of relief on the Bridge.

					RIKER
			Cancel red alert.

	Red Alert goes off.

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, contact the mining
			settlement. Tell them we are
			joining the search for Captain
			Picard.
				(beat)
			Ensign, set a new course. Warp
			nine.

54   OMITTED

55   INT. CAVE - THAT NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	Wesley piles some rocks together. Picard is
	unconscious. He looks flushed and feverish; his
	condition has deteriorated in the last few hours.
	Wesley aims his phaser at a rock and zaps. It glows,
	warming them. Picard stirs, opens his eyes.

					PICARD
			Cold...

					WESLEY
			When the sun went down, the
			temperature really dropped.
				(indicating fire)
			This should help.

	Picard shifts position, tries to get comfortable,
	glances at Wesley.

					PICARD
			... don't seem to be much good
			to you, Wesley...

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/26/90 - ACT FOUR        44.

55   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(hard for him to admit)
			Sir... Dirgo is dead.

	This doesn't seem to affect Picard... he is listless,
	apathetic. But Wesley's feelings of guilt and
	responsibility run deeper.

					WESLEY
			I should've tried harder to stop
			him...

	Picard shuts his eyes and shakes his head a little.

					WESLEY
			Sir?

	No response. Wesley has been hoping for absolution and
	he's not getting it. Now, he looks at Picard... looks
	closer -- is he breathing?

					WESLEY
			Captain?
				(no response; louder)
			Captain Picard!

	Trying not to give in to panic, Wesley checks Picard's
	throat for a pulse and, finding one, takes a deep
	breath of relief. Picard's eyes slowly open, and he
	fixes a blank gaze on Wesley.

					WESLEY
			Sir... please... stay with me...

	Picard summons breath, monumental effort.

					PICARD
			I'm... trying...

	Wes glances at Picard, whose eyes are fluttering shut
	again. Wesley's mind races. He doesn't want the
	Captain drifting off into oblivion. He tries a new
	tack.

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/21/90 - ACT FOUR        45.

55   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			Captain? Remember when we took
			the shuttlecraft to Starbase
			Five-One-Five? I was dreading
			it... six hours alone with you...

	He glances at Picard. The Captain is at least
	listening.

					WESLEY
			But it didn't turn out the way
			I thought it would... you kind
			of -- opened up to me. I got to
			know you.
				(beat)
			Sort of.

					PICARD
				(with great effort)
			... it's my fault you're here...
			I shouldn't have asked you...

					WESLEY
			I was honored you wanted me
			along...

					PICARD
			... I was selfish... knew I might
			not see you again... forgive me...

	Wesley is flooded with affection for this man whom he
	reveres.

					WESLEY
			Sir... the past three years...
			I've lived more than most people
			do in a lifetime...

	Wesley pauses, struggling to form the thoughts.

					WESLEY
			I think I've been pretty lucky...
			no matter what happens. How many
			people get to serve with -- with
			Jean-Luc Picard?

	Now it's pouring out, a flood of affection never before
	expressed.

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/21/90 - ACT FOUR        46.

55   CONTINUED: (3)

					WESLEY
			You don't know this... nobody
			knows this, because I never told
			anybody... but a lot of what
			I've worked for... school, and
			science projects, and getting into
			the Academy... I've done it
			because... because...

	He hesitates, a little embarrassed now, but having gone
	too far to turn back.

					WESLEY
				(quietly)
			Because I wanted you to be proud
			of me.

	He looks back at Picard, afraid maybe he's said the
	wrong thing, but sees that it was very right. A new
	determination comes into his voice.

					WESLEY
			One thing I learned from you...
			is that you never quit. And I'm
			not quitting now. I've seen you
			think yourself out of worse
			problems... and I'm going to
			think us out of this one.

	Picard weakly lifts his hand; Wesley takes it, presses
	it as though transfusing his strength into Picard.

					WESLEY
			You're not going to die... I won't
			let you die. I'll get to the
			water and I'll keep you alive
			until they find us. I promise
			you.

	Picard nods, believing in the boy's resilience. And
	the two sit, hands gripped together, each drawing
	strength from the other.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/1/90 - ACT FIVE        47.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

56   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves through inky darkness.

57   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	A weary group, including Riker, Data, Geordi, and
	Beverly study an Okudagram at Data's station. Worf
	is at Tactical.

					RIKER
			Are you certain?

					DATA
			It is definitely debris. The
			primary material is duranium, with
			smaller proportions of sonodanite
			and ermanium.

					GEORDI
			Most shuttlecraft hulls are made
			of duranium.

	Beverly pales.

					BEVERLY
			Then, they're gone.

					DATA
			Not necessarily, Doctor. There
			is far too little debris to
			account for an entire
			shuttlecraft.

					RIKER
			So what is it?

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/1/90 - ACT FIVE 48-50.       

57   CONTINUED:

	Something occurs to Geordi. He turns to Riker, working
	it over in his mind.

					GEORDI
			Dirgo had his maneuvering
			thrusters rigged in a funny way...
			he claimed it was more efficient.
			If one of them blew... it might
			have left debris like that.

					RIKER
			If only one of his thrusters were
			out... he could still have put
			down somewhere.

					DATA
			The only Class M planets in the
			system are Pentarus Two and
			Five... both have been
			thoroughly searched by the miners.

					RIKER
			Then, we'll search them again.

					DATA
			Sir... there are also four moons
			in the Pentarus system that might
			support life...

					RIKER
			Have the miners searched them?

					WORF
			Not yet, sir.

					RIKER
			What's the closest one to the
			debris coordinates?

					DATA
			Lambda Paz, one of the moons of
			Pentarus Three.

					RIKER
				(to Conn)
			Set a course, Ensign.

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT FIVE        51.

57A
thru	OMITTED
58

59   INT. CAVE - CONTINUOUS

	Wesley, too, has been up all night. His eyes are
	red-rimmed, but he sticks gamely to his task. He is
	working on both the tricorder and his communicator,
	modifying them. He takes something from the
	communicator, inserts it into the tricorder, makes a
	few adjustments, tries it. He hears the Captain stir
	and moan, and moves toward him. Picard's eyes open.
	He looks awful -- his face grey but flushed in spots
	with fever. His voice is hoarse.

					PICARD
			Ensign... where are we?

	Wesley swallows. The Captain is in worse shape than he
	thought.

					WESLEY
			We crashed, sir... we're in a
			cave...

					PICARD
			... need water...

					WESLEY
			We -- we don't have any water.
			Don't you remember? We tried to
			get to the fountain... and Captain
			Dirgo...

	Picard stares at him, and with monumental will forces
	his mind to clear and grasp what Wesley is saying to
	him. He becomes momentarily focused.

					PICARD
			Yes... I remember...

	Buoyed by this response, Wesley rushes on.

					WESLEY
			But I think I'm on to something.
			I've analyzed the sentry's
			electrical patterns.

					PICARD
			Wesley... I may not make it...

	This is not what Wesley wants to hear. He rushes on.

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT FIVE        52.

59   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			I'm going to get to the water...
			I took the transponder element
			from my communicator... used it
			to modify the tricorder...

	Picard shakes his head, knowing that Wesley is shutting
	out what he doesn't want to hear.

					WESLEY
			I think I can use it to interrupt
			the sentry's energy pattern...
			stop it.
				(beat)
			Or at least slow it down...

					PICARD
			Listen to me...

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir?

					PICARD
			So much I've wanted to tell you.
				(beat)
			At the Academy, there is
			someone... who meant a great deal
			to me... he has been there
			"forever"... you must get to know
			him... his name is Boothby... tell
			him we were friends...

	Wesley hates the finality of this kind of talk, turns
	away. But Picard puts out a hand, grabs his arm.

					PICARD
			When I was there... he helped
			me... Listen to him...

	Wesley nods, understanding -- a mentor.

					WESLEY
			What does he teach?

	Picard smiles... a cracked half-grin.

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT FIVE        53.

59   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			He's the groundskeeper. One of
			the wisest men I ever knew...
				(beat)
			I envy you, Wesley... it is just
			the beginning of the adventure
			for you.

	They exchange a long, intimate look.

					PICARD
			Go on, get the water, stay
			alive... they'll find you.

	Wesley rises, gathers phaser, tricorder, and the empty
	medical pack.

					WESLEY
			I'll be back soon.

	He turns and heads toward the tunnel to the cavern.

					PICARD
			Wesley...

	Wes turns back to him.

					PICARD
			Always remember... I was... proud
			of you...

	Wesley nods. Then he turns and heads down the tunnel.

59A  INT. CAVERN - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	as Wesley emerges into the huge chamber. He moves with
	determination toward the spring, sets down the medical
	pack. The SOUND of the sentry begins.

	Wesley fires the phaser toward the spring and --

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT FIVE        54.

59B  THE SENTRY (OPTICAL)

	appears, shimmering and crackling. Wes turns, points
	the tricorder toward it, and begins pushing the
	controls.

	The sentry keeps coming.

	Wesley pushes more buttons, points the tricorder
	purposefully toward the entity. It slows down.

	Buoyed, he tries something else... but --

59C  THE SENTRY - NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	suddenly swells in size! Frantically, Wesley punches
	buttons again. The sentry shrinks... but starts
	advancing once more.

59D  WESLEY

	backs up slightly... studies the tricorder... pushes
	buttons.

60   OMITTED

60A  THE SENTRY (OPTICAL)

	flares suddenly -- and begins that inexorable advance
	once more. The SOUND is now overwhelming, crackling,
	hissing.

60B  WESLEY

	stands his ground, resolute. He tries another
	configuration... points the tricorder... looks a bit
	alarmed. A hot wind is beginning to blow on him, his
	hair blowing backward from the power of the advancing
	sentry.

60C  WESLEY AND THE SENTRY (OPTICAL)

	as the sentry advances on him... slowly... steadily...
	Wesley closes his eyes, not yielding but expecting
	doom. The sentry is right on top of him -- and then --

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/8/90 - ACT FIVE       54A.

60D  WES AND SENTRY - ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	it passes right through him! Amazed, unhurt, he turns
	and sees --

60E  THE SENTRY (OPTICAL)

	cirlcing the fountain causing the forcefield to come
	on... light shimmers and flashes and the forcefield
	and the Sentry flicker away.

60F  WESLEY

	looks at the fountain, approaches it tentatively. He
	extends his hand... further, further. The forcefield
	is definitely gone.

					WESLEY
				(amazed)
			It worked... !

	Wes grabs the medical pack, plunges into the fountain,
	fills the pack, then hurries back toward the tunnel to
	the cave.

61   INT. CAVE - CONTINUOUS

	Wes approaches the Captain, who is still unconscious,
	groaning.

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/1/90 - ACT FIVE        55.

61   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Captain Picard? Wake up...

	With his hand, he scoops some water from the pack and
	carefully drizzles it on the Captain's mouth. Picard
	sputters, opens his eyes. Wesley uses his other arm to
	lift the Captain's head, scoops up some more water.
	Picard gulps down the water which Wesley feeds him,
	gentle as a mother with a baby.

62   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit over Lambda Paz.

63   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Riker, Worf, Troi, Data, Beverly, Geordi, Allenby.

					DATA
			There is an intense magnetic
			field, Commander. I am getting
			an anomalous reading... but it
			is not strong enough to interpret
			accurately.

					GEORDI
			I can narrow the frequency range
			on the sensor array... and try
			to enhance the signal...
				(works for a beat)
			Any better, Data?

					DATA
			Yes. The reflection signature
			now clearly indicates that it is
			metal... duranium. The probablity
			is quite high that it is the
			shuttlecraft.

					RIKER
			Any life signs?

					DATA
			It is impossible to determine.
			The magnetic flux would mask any
			bio-energy emanations.

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/1/90 - ACT FIVE       55A.

63   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, will that
			interference affect the
			Transporter Beam?

					WORF
			Yes, Commander. An Away Team
			would have to take a
			shuttlecraft.

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT FIVE        56.

63   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Assemble your team, Mister Data.

	Beverly rises immediately.

					BEVERLY
			I'm going with you.

					DATA
			Of course. Lieutenant Worf?

	The three head for the Turbolift. Riker looks after
	them, wishing he could be with them.

64   OMITTED

65   INT. CAVE - CONTINUOUS

	Wesley sits propped against the cave wall, Picard's
	head resting in his lap. Picard sleeps, or is
	unconscious. Wesley stares at the fire, trying to keep
	his eyes open. But he has been up too long, and
	through too much. His eyes droop shut, snap open, then
	close again and stay that way.

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			Wesley?

	His eyes open again and then widen as he sees --

65A  BEVERLY, WORF, AND DATA

	moving toward him, followed by several SUPERNUMERARIES
	with stretchers, water, food and medical supplies.

65B  ANGLE - WESLEY

	as Worf and Data lift Picard, still unconscious, onto
	a stretcher and Wesley gets to his feet.

					WESLEY
			Mom!

					BEVERLY
			Oh, Wesley... thank God...

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT FIVE        57.

65B  CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			I'm sure glad to see you...

	She holds him away from her for a moment, inspecting
	him with a tricorder. Then she nods and goes toward
	Picard.

					WESLEY
			How did you find us?

					DATA
			We found the wreckage -- and the
			arrow which indicated your
			direction.

					BEVERLY
				(to assistants)
			We'll take Wesley by stretcher,
			too.

					WESLEY
			I can walk.

	The supernumeraries lift the Captain's stretcher, and
	Picard shifts slightly, opens his eyes...

					PICARD
				(weakly)
			Beverly...

					BEVERLY
			We're on our way back to the
			Enterprise, Captain... we've
			stabilized your vital signs.

	Picard nods slightly, looks around as though to
	reassure himself that everyone is really there. His
	eye falls on Wesley.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher...

	Wes steps toward him.

					PICARD
			A moment...

	The Captain reaches out toward him. Wesley goes to his
	side.

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/26/90 - ACT FIVE        58.

65B  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I want you all to know...

	He grips Wesley's hand. His voice, still hoarse, is
	weak... but Picard summons strength from within.

					PICARD
				(to the others)
			He saved my life...

	Then he turns and looks up at Wesley.

					PICARD
			Wesley, know this... you will be
			missed.

	Wesley nods; the two share a silent goodbye. Then,
	Wesley walking along side, still holding on to the
	Captain's hand, the stretcher is carried out toward
	the cave opening.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             














                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "The Loss" 
                          #40274-184 
                              
                           Story by 
                        Hilary J. Bader 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Hilary J. Bader 
                              and 
                Alan J. Adler & Vanessa Greene 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Chip Chalmers 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT
  
                       OCTOBER 1, 1990
 

          STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/8/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "The Loss" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             ENSIGN JANET BROOKS
                RIKER              ENSIGN TESS ALLENBY
                DATA               
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                GUINAN             
                COMPUTER VOICE     

                Non-Speaking       
                  MEDICAL PERSONNEL  
                  ENGINEERING PERSONNEL
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

          STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/3/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "The Loss" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     COSMIC STRING
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              SICKBAY
              CORRIDORS
              TEN-FORWARD
              TROI'S OFFICE
              TROI'S QUARTERS
              RIKER'S QUARTERS

        STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/8/90 - TEASER        1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "The Loss"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Moving at warp speed.

2    INT. TROI'S OFFICE - CLOSE ON

	ENSIGN JANET BROOKS, mid-thirties, trying to show
	confidence.

					BROOKS
			It's been five months since Marc's
			accident. I haven't missed a
			single hour of my duties. I've
			volunteered for extra time in the
			nursery. My language studies are
			better than they've ever been.
			Someone else might have given in
			-- but I didn't.

					TROI
			"Given in" to what?

	Brooks shrugs.

					BROOKS
			Death is a normal part of life.
			Maybe some of us are better at
			facing that than others.

					TROI
				(gently)
			Or maybe some of us aren't really
			facing it at all.

	Some of Brooks' composure cracks, but she does her best
	to pull it back.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Sometimes, we suffer more than
			our suffering requires.

					BROOKS
			What do you mean?

       STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - TEASER       2.

2    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Recovery from a great loss
			involves a great deal of pain.
			If we try to avoid that pain we
			only make it harder on ourselves
			in the long run.

					BROOKS
			But I feel fine.

					TROI
			Then why did you come to see me?

					BROOKS
				(exasperated)
			I told you. I just wanted to...
			check in.

					TROI
			Today would have been your
			husband's thirty-eighth birthday.

					BROOKS
				(a beat)
			You keep excellent records,
			Deanna.

	Troi studies her, gives her room to continue...

					BROOKS
			Last night. I dreamt Marc was
			with me, celebrating. I held him.
			I was so glad this nonsense was
			finally over. Then I woke up --
			Alone. And I knew he was dead.
			For the first time, I knew it...

	She's holding herself, like she even wants to cry, but
	she still can't quite allow it to happen.

					BROOKS
				(continuing)
			I looked everywhere for something
			that belonged to him -- anything.
				(shakes her head)
			I forgot that after the funeral
			I told them to take it all away.

	She looks at Troi sadly.

       STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - TEASER       3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					BROOKS
				(continuing)
			You were there, Deanna. What in
			the world was I thinking?

	Troi takes a small music box out of a drawer, and moves
	over to Janet.

					TROI
			They didn't take everything away.

	Troi hands her the box and she opens it... and it
	starts playing music... The sound of it pushes Janet
	over the hump. She begins to sob.

					BROOKS
				(softly)
			How did you know... ? How did you
			know... ?

	Troi just holds her, letting her finally begin to
	mourn.

3    INT. BRIDGE

	PICARD, DATA, RIKER, WORF at their positions. ENSIGN
	ALLENBY is at Conn.

					PICARD
				(rising)
			... An ancient trail along the
			Kabul River in the Himalayas...
			it's a wonderful program...
			Will, it'll do you good to get
			a little fresh Holodeck air...

					RIKER
			Thanks anyway, but my horsemanship
			is a little too rusty to take
			on the Himalayas.

					PICARD
				(teasing)
			Nonsense. We'll program an
			appropriately docile steed for
			you and...

       STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - TEASER       4.

3    CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(alarmed, interrupting)
			Captain! Sensors indicate
			a vast field of...

	Confused, Worf continues to check the instruments.

					PICARD
			Of what, Lieutenant?

					WORF
				(surprised)
			It's gone. But something did
			appear to be directly in our
			path.

					ALLENBY
			Deflector shields are not
			encountering elevated levels of
			interstellar matter...

					RIKER
			A sensor echo, Data?

					DATA
			Uncertain... I have no unusual
			readings, Commander.

	Everyone reacts.

4    INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	Troi and Brooks are saying goodbye at Troi's office
	door. Brooks looks as though she's had a long cry, but
	it's done for now. Troi suddenly appears a bit dizzy,
	gasps lightly.

       STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - TEASER       5.

4    CONTINUED:

					BROOKS
			I promise I'll come by to see you
			tomorrow.
				(noticing dizziness)
			Deanna, are you alright?

					TROI
				(disoriented)
			What... ?

					BROOKS
			You faded out there for a second.

					TROI
			No, I'm okay. Very... tired,
			that's all.

					BROOKS
			You're sure?

					TROI
			Yes... Will I see you tomorrow?

	Brooks is a little puzzled since she just agreed to
	that moments ago.

					BROOKS
			Tomorrow. Thank you, Deanna.

					TROI
			Of course.

	Brooks leaves. Troi takes a deep breath, leans for
	a moment against the doorway to regain some balance.

									INTERCUTTING:

5    INT. BRIDGE - CLOSE ON DATA

	who suddenly notices something on his own panel.

					DATA
			An aggregate field of
			plane-polarized objects has just
			appeared...
				(puzzled)
			And disappeared.

       STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - TEASER       6.

6
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7

8    INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	Troi is even more disoriented and dizzy, having trouble
	focusing her eyes. She knocks a vase to the floor.
	It shatters.

8A   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			Recommend we run a diagnostic on
			the forward sensor array. We
			don't want a ghost tailing us all
			the way to T'lli Beta.

					WORF
			I'm not convinced it is a ghost,
			Commander. There may be something
			there...

					PICARD
			Ensign Allenby, full stop. We'll
			investigate both possibilities.

					ALLENBY
			Aye, sir.

	Allenby complies.

8B   INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	Troi tries to reach a couch, doesn't get that far.
	She clutches her head, knees buckling, as she crumples
	to the floor, unconscious.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - ACT ONE       7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

9    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Motionless in space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 44356.9.
			Sensor diagnostic has been
			completed and indicates that all
			systems are normal. There remains
			no explanation for the images
			which appeared in our path.

10   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					DATA
			I have completed another full scan
			of the area, sir. There is no
			further indication of the
			anomaly...

	Picard gives it a moment's thought and then shrugs...

					PICARD
			Prepare to resume course to T'lli
			Beta, Ensign. Mister Data, what
			velocity will put us back on
			schedule?

					DATA
			An immediate resumption of our
			course at warp six will place
			us in the T'lli Beta system in
			six days, thirteen hours and
			forty-seven minutes.

					RIKER
			What, no seconds?

					DATA
			I have discovered, Sir, a certain
			level of impatience when I
			calculate a lengthy time interval
			to the nearest second. However,
			if you wish...

       STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - ACT ONE       8.

10   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(sorry he asked)
			No, no. Minutes is fine.

	Picard smiles. Turns to Allenby.

					PICARD
			Ensign, set course and stand
			ready at warp six.

					ALLENBY
			Aye, Sir.

					PICARD
			Engage.

	Allenby touches the console. The ship is jolted. All
	are thrown from their seats and knocked to the deck.
	CLAXONS SOUND and RED ALERT lights flash as they get
	to their feet.

					RIKER
			Riker to Engineering... what the
			hell happened, Geordi?

10A  INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi, on the move, checking readings... everyone's
	putting themselves back together from the shake...
	RED ALERT alarms and lights continue in the
	background.

					GEORDI
			Checking... looks like the field
			collapsed before we could enter
			warp...

					RIKER
			Reason?

					GEORDI
			Damned if I know. There doesn't
			seem to be any permanent damage
			to the nacelles. Recommend full
			stop while I check it out...

       STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - ACT ONE       9.

11
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12

13   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Back to full stop, Ensign.

					ALLENBY
			Aye, sir.

					DATA
			All decks reporting. Minor
			injuries only.

					PICARD
			Damage?

					DATA
			None.

					WORF
			Weapons and shields normal.

					RIKER
			Go to yellow alert.

	Worf complies. The RED ALERT shuts down.

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - ACT ONE      10.

13   CONTINUED:

	Allenby reacts as she sees something on her panel.

					ALLENBY
			Captain... we've started moving
			again... something's pulling
			us...

	Off reactions...

14   INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	Troi is on her couch, head held in hands, now
	apparently in excruciating pain. Troi slows her
	breathing, touches her insignia.

					TROI
				(touching insignia)
			Troi to Doctor Crusher.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Yes, Deanna?

									INTERCUT:

15   INT. SICKBAY

	BEVERLY is in the midst of a Sickbay busy with
	attendants preparing for the rush of patients.

					TROI'S COM VOICE
			Beverly, I'm feeling very...
			dizzy...

					BEVERLY
			Did you hit your head... ?

					TROI
			I'm not sure. I'm not sure what
			happened.

					BEVERLY
			Lie down, breathe deeply, stay
			calm... we've got calls coming
			in from all over the ship. I'll
			be there as soon as I can.

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - ACT ONE      11.

16   INT. BRIDGE

					ALLENBY
			New heading confirmed: zero-two-five
			mark two-seven-three.
			Speed is holding at one-tenth
			impulse...

					RIKER
			Whatever's pulling us sure isn't
			in a hurry...

					PICARD
			Picard to La Forge.

					GEORDI
			Go ahead, Captain.

					PICARD
			If your engines are functional,
			we'll attempt to break free.

									INTERCUT:

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - ACT ONE      12.

17
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18

19   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi is looking at his instruments.

					GEORDI
			Everything down here seems normal
			enough, sir... but I suggest we
			take it a little slower this
			time...

20   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Ensign, bring us around ninety
			degrees to starboard from our
			current heading...

					ALLENBY
				(tapping panel)
			New course laid in, ninety
			degrees to starboard.

					PICARD
			One-quarter impulse. Engage.

					ALLENBY
			Aye,sir.

	Allenby does... no change...

					ALLENBY
			Nothing, Captain. Course and
			speed are unaffected.

					PICARD
			One-half impulse.

	Allenby touches controls. A beat.

					ALLENBY
			No change.

	Picard frowns...

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - ACT ONE      13.

20   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Full impulse... rotate heading
			in five degree increments.

					ALLENBY
			Aye, sir.

20A
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22

23   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi is at his control panels. The impulse engines
	are straining, but not alarmingly.

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - ACT ONE      14.

23   CONTINUED:

	The ship shudders. He reacts.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			La Forge?

					GEORDI
			There's nothing wrong down here!
			The engines are fine!

24
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25

26   INT. BRIDGE

	Data looks up from his instruments.

					DATA
			Integrity field stress now
			exceeding eighty-two million
			kilo-dynes. Recommend immediate
			shutdown.

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - ACT ONE      15.

26   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Ensign.

	Allenby hits the panel.

					ALLENBY
			All engines down.

	The shuddering immediately stops. She checks her
	instruments.

					ALLENBY
			We're still being pulled. Same
			heading. Same speed.

	OFF an exasperated look between Picard and Riker.

27   OMITTED

28   INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	The door opens and Beverly ENTERS. Troi is sitting on
	her couch, appearing to be in much less pain than
	previously, but she's still rubbing her head.

					BEVERLY
				(apologetic)
			I got here as quickly as I could.
			We've got a Sickbay filled with
			headaches. How are you?

					TROI
			I was feeling intense pain when
			I first called you. Now it's
			gone. But I'm still a bit...
			foggy.

	Beverly runs her medical tricorder around Troi's head.
	Seems puzzled at the results, but not alarmed.

					BEVERLY
			I'd like to take you to Sickbay
			and run an internuncial series.
			I'm getting some unusual readings.
			Can you walk?

	Troi stands, doesn't seem as dizzy.

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - ACT ONE      16.

28   CONTINUED:

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			All senior staff report to the
			Observation Lounge.

					BEVERLY
			Are you up to that?

					TROI
			Yes, I think so.

	They head for the door, but Troi pauses, looks oddly
	for a moment at Beverly.

					BEVERLY
			Is something wrong?

					TROI
				(shaking it off)
			No, I'm fine.

29   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, Geordi, Beverly, Troi.

					RIKER
			Could it be some sort of tractor
			beam?

					DATA
			No other ship is indicated.

30   CLOSE ON TROI

	As she seems to be experiencing a growing puzzlement.

31   RESUME SCENE

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, your analysis.

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - ACT ONE      17.

31   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Tactical sensor readings were
			indeterminant.

					GEORDI
				(agrees)
			They don't even give us enough
			for an educated guess.

					RIKER
				(frowns)
			And yet all sensors are operating
			properly.

					PICARD
			Can there be an intelligence at
			work here?

	Any other time, Troi would just jump right in now. But
	she doesn't. The silence is notable. After a beat.
	Picard turns to her.

					PICARD
			Counselor, do you sense a
			lifeform out there?

	She looks up, blinks...

					TROI
			I don't think so... No, there's
			nothing...

	Troi strains to feel something.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Nothing.
				(realizing)
			Strange, I sense... nothing.

	Noticing Troi's confusion, but not understanding it,
	Picard tries to reassure her.

					PICARD
			It's alright, Counsellor. Perhaps
			there's nothing out there to
			sense.

       STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - TEASER       18.

32   TROI'S POV

	as she moves her gaze in a growing panic from person
	to person.

					DATA
			Indeed, there are many races that
			are not empathically detectable.
			The Breen, the Ferengi, the --

33   RESUME

	Troi interrupts, terrified.

					TROI
			-- No, you don't understand. I
			don't sense anything. Not out
			there, not in here. All of you,
			you're blank to me.

	She grabs her head with her hands. Riker rushes to
	support her.

					RIKER
			Deanna.

	OFF her terror striken look.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT TWO      19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

34   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Still being pulled off-center at sub-light through
	space.

35   INT. SICKBAY

	Troi is sitting on a diagnostic table as Beverly
	finishes examining her, looking up at the readout above
	the bed. Riker stands by.

					BEVERLY
			There's no indication of a
			concussion or a blow to the
			head... just a pattern of
			unresponsive neural cells
			throughout the cerebellum and
			cerebral cortex...

					TROI
			Unresponsive?

					BEVERLY
				(a beat, frank)
			There's brain damage. How
			serious... I can't tell yet.

					TROI
			But I feel fine otherwise.

					RIKER
			Can you treat it?

					BEVERLY
			I'm not sure. I'll have to study
			up on Betazoid physiology.

					TROI
			The Betazoid brain has a
			remarkable ability to heal
			itself... this condition could
			reverse itself over time.

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT TWO      20.

35   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			It might. But you are half-human.
			That changes the map a little.
			I just don't want to offer you
			any false hope.

	Troi smiles.

					TROI
			It's just hope, Beverly. Not
			false hope.

	Beverly studies Troi...

					RIKER
			What would cause something like
			this... ?

	Beverly shakes her head, doesn't know.

					RIKER
				(I'm asking that
				 question... )
			... because it happened to her at
			just about the same time we
			encountered the anomaly.

					BEVERLY
				(nods)
			There may be a connection... I
			don't know.
				(beat, to Troi)
			If you were anyone else, you know
			the first thing I'd do?
				(off her look)
			I'd send you to Counselor Troi.

	And Deanna is showing an unusual sense of humor about
	all this...

					TROI
			Well, then I have an advantage,
			don't I... I see her quite
			often...

					BEVERLY
			Deanna, it's no different than
			one of us suddenly going blind...

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT TWO      20A.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
				(impatient)
			Doctor, you don't have to tell
			me... I understand the
			psychology...

					BEVERLY
			You may understand it... but
			you've never had to live with it.

					TROI
			I may be perfectly fine by
			tomorrow.

					BEVERLY
			And you may not be. Now I'll do
			my homework... I'll see if
			there's anything we can do to
			regenerate those cells... but in
			the meantime, I want you to talk
			to someone... there are several
			people on board with degrees in
			psychology...

					TROI
				(laughs, interrupting)
			Fine. Fine. Okay. If I need
			to. All I want to do now is go
			back to work.

					RIKER
			Deanna...

					TROI
			If there are no medical
			objections...

	Beverly glances at Riker.

					BEVERLY
			No... medical objections.

	She jumps down from the table.

					TROI
			Thank you, Beverly.
				(perfunctory smile)
			Will.

	Troi heads quickly out the door. OFF a concerned look
	between Riker and Beverly.

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - ACT TWO      21.

36   INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	Troi is at a table intensely focused on a report when
	the door chimes, startling her. She looks up, a little
	annoyed.

					TROI
			Come in.

	The door opens and Riker ENTERS.

					RIKER
			I don't have a psychology degree
			but if you want to talk...

	Troi smiles. But it's not an entirely pleasant smile.

					TROI
			You know what the worst part of
			this is... and I've seen it happen
			with so many patients...

	Riker smiles, misinterpreting, thinking she's opening
	up to him...

					RIKER
			What?

					TROI
			It's the way other people change.
			How they start to treat you
			differently.

	And Riker is rather rocked back on his heels as her
	displaced anger grows...

					TROI
			They walk on egg shells around
			you. Sometimes they avoid you
			altogether. Sometimes they
			become overbearing -- 'reach out
			a helping hand to the blind
			woman'...

					RIKER
			I'm sorry if...

					TROI
			Well, I won't be treated that way.

					RIKER
			Hey, Imzadi...

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - ACT TWO      22.

36   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(give me a break)
			Oh, please...

	The look at each other a long beat.

					RIKER
				(softly)
			I've never seen you... quite so
			scared.

					TROI
			I'm fine. If I get better, I
			get better. If not, I adapt.
			Life goes on.

	She is not convincing. A beat.

					TROI
			I'm a little busy now.

					RIKER
			Deanna --

	She doesn't want to hear anymore.

					TROI
			-- I really must finish this.
			I have some appointments this
			afternoon.

	It's a dismissal. Riker sees he isn't going to get
	any further right now. He turns and goes out the door.
	OFF Troi, as she steels herself and gets back to work.

37   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise is still being pulled off-center. A
	probe is suddenly launched from the ship.

38   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Data and Geordi at a computer console which displays
	a moving graphic representation of the probe's POV.

					DATA
			Probe launch is successful.
				(beat)
			Telemetry transmissions are being
			received.

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT TWO      23.

38   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Let's see what we've got.

	Geordi looks at the numerical readout on the instrument
	panel below the screen.

					GEORDI
			Nothing unusual here... same
			readings as the ship sensors.

					DATA
				(touching controls)
			Expanding analysis parameters.
			Applying Bayesian functions...
			broad E-M and subspace spectrum
			polling...

					GEORDI
				(nothing)
			Uh Uh... No change...

					DATA
			I am now adding virtual particle
			trajectories...

	A beat, then suddenly an image on the screen surprises
	them both.

					GEORDI
			Whoa. What is that?

39   INCLUDE SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	which now displays what looks like a school of small,
	flat energy objects, moving in haphazard manner around
	each other on a flat plane. The image is beautiful,
	scintillating, diaphanous, almost not there at all.

					DATA
			Unknown. I am attempting to
			analyze motion patterns... results
			still inconclusive.

					GEORDI
			Last time I saw anything like
			that, I was skindiving off the
			Coral Reef on Bracas Five.

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT TWO      23A.

40   CLOSE ON SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	where the movement of the clustering objects supports
	Geordi's image: it strongly resembles a school of
	tropical fish.

41   INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	Troi is on her feet, slowly circling her client...

					TROI (V.O.)
			Counselor's personal log, stardate
			44357.1. I hear their words, I
			see their faces, I know the
			techniques of therapy... and
			yet it all forms an incomplete
			equation. I am without insight.
			How do I help these people?

	As she comes around, we see she's with Janet Brooks.
	Brooks is in apparent good humor. Troi decides on a
	new tact...

					TROI
			You said you woke up 'a new woman'
			this morning.

					BROOKS
			That's how I feel...

					TROI
			Tell me about her - this new
			woman...

					BROOKS
			She's not holding anything back
			anymore.

					TROI
			She's not?

					BROOKS
			I let it all out last night. I
			cried for two hours. I realized
			I'd never accepted the loss of
			my husband. I worked, I kept
			busy. I did everything to pretend
			it never happened.

					TROI
			You feel different, now.

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT TWO      23B.

41   CONTINUED:

					BROOKS
			Completely.

	A long beat. Troi sits.

					TROI
			Can I share something important
			with you?

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT TWO      24.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					BROOKS
			Of course...

					TROI
			I'm having a very difficult time
			today. And I feel you need to
			know.

					BROOKS
			What's wrong?

					TROI
			I've temporarily lost my empathic
			sense.
				(smiles)
			It's kind of like having one hand
			tied behind your back.

					BROOKS
			I'm sorry... do you want me to
			come back?

					TROI
			No, no, I'm fine. It's just...
			I feel before we continue it's
			important you know that.
			Okay... ?

					BROOKS
				(curious)
			All right...

					TROI
			Because I can't tell how you feel
			this morning, but it... it seems
			to me... one night of crying
			can't make up for months of
			pretending.

					BROOKS
				(very convincing)
			No. You're wrong. I feel better
			today than I have in ages. You're
			absolutely wrong, Deanna.

	Troi smiles and nods, good... and her eyes tell us her
	desperation as she hasn't the slightest idea what to
	do next.

41A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Still being pulled.

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT TWO      25.

42   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker and Troi listen as Data and Geordi
	present their findings. Troi seems to want to
	participate, but is unsure of herself.

43   INCLUDE COMPUTER SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	which displays the same probe graphic of the "school"
	of aliens pulling the Enterprise.

					DATA
			The probe's point of view reveals
			that the objects exist entirely
			in two dimensions. On a single
			plane.

					GEORDI
			They have length and width, but
			no height. Virtually flat.

					DATA
			That is why the ship's forward
			sensors did not detect them at
			first. We were looking at them
			along their edge. There was no
			surface to read. I will
			illustrate.

	Data freezes the graphic...

43A  CLOSE ON THE MONITOR

	as the angle of the POV decreases... moves lower and
	lower until it eventually loses the Enterprise and
	reaches the same plane as the beings... and when it
	does, they disappear. As the graphic moves back to a
	higher angle, the entities reappear.

43B  PICARD

	moves to the screen, fascinated.

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT TWO      26.

43B  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Are they a lifeform?

					DATA
				(nods to screen)
			The movement pattern within the
			cluster is not a naturally
			occuring phenomenon in the
			Newtonian sense. The objects
			appear to be alive.

					RIKER
			Can you explain why they're
			pulling us along with them?

	Geordi makes an adjustment to the screen that
	illustrates --

					GEORDI
			Somehow, they polarize the
			graviton field around them as they
			move. We're caught in the wake.

					RIKER
			So how do we get out of it?

					GEORDI
			We've processed the limited
			information from the probe... best
			idea for now is to try a
			controlled overload of the warp
			drive... jump directly to warp
			six. The laws of a
			three-dimensional universe say
			it should work. Not so sure about
			a two-dimensional universe
			though.

					PICARD
			Fascinating. So many
			questions... how could a two
			dimensional entity have access
			to a three dimensional universe...
			and are they even aware of us... ?
				(moving back)
			Number One, if we can put off the
			T'lli Betans, I'd like to stay
			and investigate once we're free
			of this graviton field...

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT TWO      26A.

43B  CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			It's too bad we can't tell if
			they're sentient.

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT TWO      27.

43B  CONTINUED: (3)

	Troi, who has been watching silently, now suddenly
	reacts.

					TROI
				(defensively)
			What do you mean by that?

	Geordi and everyone else look up in surprise.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			I'm doing the best I can.

					PICARD
			No one has suggested otherwise,
			Counselor.

	Troi seems to clam up. Picard doesn't want to pursue
	this publicly. He turns to Data.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Mister Data, try to isolate any
			signal patterns from the cluster.
			Perhaps we'll find a basis for
			communication. Commander La
			Forge, we'll attempt your warp
			jump as soon as you're prepared...
				(to everyone)
			That'll be all.

	As everyone gets up to leave, Picard turns towards
	Troi.

					PICARD
			Counselor --

	-- But she's already half-way out the door and even
	though she must've heard him, she keeps going. OFF
	Picard's reaction.

44   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly is going about her work with some medical
	equipment when Troi comes in.

					BEVERLY
			How are you feeling?

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT TWO      28.

44   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Beverly, I can't do my job. I'm
			absolutely lost. You've got to
			do something.

					BEVERLY
			I cross-referenced your scan
			results with the baseline files
			in the computer. Nothing helpful
			turned up. And so far the lab
			work is inconclusive.

	Troi seems to sag. She leans against a diagnostic bed.

					TROI
			Inconclusive. What does that
			mean?

					BEVERLY
			It means there's nothing I can
			do now. I'm still trying...

					TROI
				(interrupting)
			How do you people live like this?

					BEVERLY
				(beat)
			We get by pretty well actually.
			And so will you. In time.

	Slowly building anger from Troi.

					TROI
			You have no idea. No idea what
			this is like. How can you know
			what it's like to lose something
			you've never had?

					BEVERLY
			I don't claim to...

					TROI
			But you're telling me I'm
			supposed to get used to it.

					BEVERLY
			If our positions were reversed,
			what would you tell me?

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - ACT TWO      29.

44   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			If our positions were reversed,
			I wouldn't have been in here
			treating skinned elbows while you
			were passed out on your office
			floor. I would have been there
			a lot sooner... maybe in time to
			prevent this before it ever
			happened.

	Deanna turns and storms out of Sickbay, leaving a
	devastated Beverly behind.

45   INT. CORRIDOR

	Troi is walking quickly along the corridor, avoiding
	the SUPERNUMERARIES who walk by. Her anger is turning
	to panic as she finally reaches her quarters and goes
	inside.

46   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	Troi steps inside, the doors closing behind her. She
	moves to the middle of the room, stops, then slowly
	sits down on the floor. She puts her arms around her
	knees, and slowly rocks, like a terrified child.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT THREE     30.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

47   INT. PICARD'S READY ROOM - CLOSE ON TROI

	who is not wearing lipstick... she does not look her
	best.

					TROI
			I've been working with Ensign
			Brooks since the death of her
			husband... she's avoided the
			reality of what happened...
			denied it to herself... and I
			realize I've been doing the same
			thing about my condition.

	Pull back to reveal Picard at his desk.

					PICARD
			That's perfectly understandable...

					TROI
			It's time I accept the truth,
			Captain.
				(beat)
			And resign as ship's counselor.

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			Resign... ?

					TROI
			I can no longer fulfill my
			obligations. What other option
			is there?

	Picard steps from around the desk, wanting to remove
	all barriers between them... sits next to her, is very
	personal.

					PICARD
			Deanna, I have been fortunate in
			having had access to your Betazoid
			abilities. Most starship
			captains must be content with
			human counselors. Empathic
			awareness is not a requirement
			for the position.

     STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT THREE     30A.

47   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(unyielding)
			It is for me.

     STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT THREE     31.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

	A long beat as he studies her. She's unbending.

					PICARD
			I'm sure after awhile you'll be
			able to compensate. They say
			when one loses a sense, the other
			senses become stronger to help
			adjust... a blind man develops
			better hearing...

					TROI
			With all due respect, Captain,
			you don't know what you're talking
			about.

	Picard blinks, not used to be talked to this way.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			That is a common belief which has
			no scientific basis... no doubt
			created by normal people who feel
			uncomfortable around the disabled.
				(beat)
			I am disabled. And I'm telling
			you I cannot perform my duties.

	Picard studies her a long beat, his mind searching for
	a way to reach her.

					PICARD
				(a beat)
			There was a teacher of mine at
			the Academy who had been confined
			to a wheelchair since birth...

					TROI
				(interrupting, softly)
			Spare me the inspirational
			anecdote and accept my
			resignation, Captain.

	Off Picard's reaction...

48   INT. BRIDGE

	Troi exits the Ready Room followed a beat later by
	Picard. She goes into the Turbolift, leaving, as
	Picard sits next to Riker.

     STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - ACT THREE     32.

48   CONTINUED:

	Riker gives him a puzzled look re: Deanna.

					PICARD
			Counselor Troi has just resigned.

	OFF Riker's reaction...

49   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	Troi is pacing her room when the door chimes.

					TROI
			Come in.

	The door opens and Riker ENTERS.

					TROI
			I really would rather be alone
			right now.

					RIKER
			Too bad.

	And he moves to her and they look in each other's eyes
	for a long silent beat... and she looks as though if
	he touches her, she will crumble. Much is said in the
	silence and finally he wraps his arms around her and
	holds her... and with the physical contact, she sobs
	and tears roll down her cheeks for the first time.
	After a beat...

					TROI
				(humor through tears)
			Is this how you handle all of your
			personnel problems?

					RIKER
			Sure. You'd be surprised how far
			a hug goes with Geordi or Worf...

					TROI
			Will, I don't know what to do.

					RIKER
			So you resign, cut yourself off
			from all the people who care for
			you...

	She moves out of his arms.

     STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - ACT THREE     32A.

49   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I look around me and all I see
			are surfaces without depth.
			Colorless and hollow. Nothing
			seems real.

					RIKER
			I'm real.

					TROI
			No, you're not! You're a
			projection. With no more
			substance to me than a character
			on the Holodeck.

	Riker reacts...

     STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/10/90 - ACT THREE     33.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			I don't believe that.

					TROI
			You have no idea how frightening
			it is for me to just be here
			without sensing you, without
			sharing your feelings...

					RIKER
			That's it, isn't it... we're on
			equal footing now...

					TROI
			What do you mean?

					RIKER
			You've always had an advantage...
			a little bit of control over every
			situation... it must have been
			a very safe position to be in.

	And she thinks about it, and is forced to admit that
	what he's saying is true.

					RIKER
				(kidding on the square)
			To be honest, I always thought
			there was something a little too
			aristocratic about your Betazoid
			heritage. It's as if the human
			side wasn't quite good enough
			for you.

					TROI
			That isn't true.

					RIKER
			Isn't it?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge to Riker...

					RIKER
			Go ahead, Geordi...

									INTERCUT:

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/9/90 - ACT THREE      34.

49A  OMITTED

49B  INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi moves to a companel...

					GEORDI
			We're ready to attempt a
			controlled overload jump to warp
			six.

49C  INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

					RIKER
			Acknowledged. I'm on my way to
			the Bridge.

	He moves to the door, pauses.

					RIKER
				(to Deanna)
			I'll check in on you later.

					TROI
			Really, you don't have to...

					RIKER
			I'll check in on you later.

	He EXITS.

49D  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Still being pulled.

50   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker, Picard, Data, and Worf at their stations.
	Allenby keys a control at Conn.

					ALLENBY
			Setting new course at optimal
			shearing angle: bearing two one
			seven mark two zero three.

									INTERCUT:

     STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/9/90 - ACT THREE     34A.

50A  INT. ENGINEERING

					GEORDI
			Engaging impulse engines, now.

	Geordi touches the controls. The ship "bumps" slightly
	against the pull of the creatures.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Go to warp, Geordi.

	Geordi touches the panel -- the ship jolts violently
	as everyone hangs on.

51   OMITTED

52   INT. BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Status?

					ALLENBY
			Unchanged. We have not broken
			free of the graviton field...

					DATA
			Integrity field pressure has
			increased by two hundred seventeen
			percent, Captain.

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/9/90 - ACT THREE      35.

52   CONTINUED:

	The RED ALERT alarms and lights come on.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Differential stress
			will exceed upper limit in
			fifteen seconds.

					PICARD
			Disengage all engines!

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Differential stress
			will exceed --

	Geordi touches controls and the computer voice
	instantly stops.

					GEORDI
			Engines disengaged, sir.

	The shaking stops immediately. The RED ALERT systems
	shut off.

					RIKER
			La Forge, report...

52A  INT. ENGINEERING

					GEORDI
			The energy we wanted to transfer
			to the nacelles was absorbed by
			the graviton wake instead. It
			set up a torsional wave that
			rebounded back to the ship.
			We're lucky the hull is still in
			one piece.

52B  INT. BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker exchange a frustrated glance.

					PICARD
			This little nuisance is quickly
			losing its fascination.

     STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/9/90 - ACT THREE     35A.

52B  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Sir, during our attempt to break
			away , I recorded a momentary
			alteration of the movement pattern
			within the cluster.

					RIKER
			You think we got their attention,
			Data?

					DATA
			Possibly. But only for an
			instant. The pattern immediately
			returned to its previous
			dynamic.

	Picard doesn't look happy.

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/9/90 - ACT THREE      36.

52B  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Follow up on it, Mister Data.
			Input your observations into the
			Universal Translator. Perhaps
			the movements themselves are an
			attempt at communication.

					DATA
			Aye, Captain.

	OFF Picard's increasingly frustrated face.

53   OMITTED

53A  INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Troi is sitting by herself in a corner of the room,
	not drinking, looking very isolated.

53B  ANGLE ON GUINAN

	as she approaches with a cup in hand.

					GUINAN
			Care for a little tea?

	Troi glances up, startled at her presence.

					GUINAN
				(continuing)
			I didn't mean to startle you.

					TROI
			That's alright. I'm getting used
			to it.

					GUINAN
			Are you?

					TROI
				(honestly)
			No.

	Guinan smoothly sits down in the seat opposite, placing
	the tea in front of Troi.

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/9/90 - ACT THREE      37.

53B  CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			You want to talk about it?

					TROI
			No.

					GUINAN
			Good. I get tired of listening
			to everybody's problems anyway.
			They come in here looking for a
			shoulder to cry on... it's always
			my shoulder for some reason...

					TROI
				(smiles)
			You'd make a good counselor...

					GUINAN
			You know, I always thought so
			myself. Maybe I ought talk to
			Picard, what do you think?

					TROI
				(reacts)
			About what... you becoming a
			counselor?

					GUINAN
				(absolutely convincing)
			You're leaving. With no counselor
			on board, there's gonna be a line
			at the bar... and it's not like
			I make a percentage on the drinks
			I sell... I'd just as soon have
			the nice office, you know?

					TROI
				(awkward)
			Well, it's more than just letting
			them cry on your shoulder... it
			takes an enormous commitment...

					GUINAN
			I can do that.

					TROI
			Guinan, people come to you to talk
			about things they want to reveal.
			A ship's counselor has to get people
			to talk about things they don't
			want to reveal.

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/9/90 - ACT THREE      38.

53B  CONTINUED: (2)

					GUINAN
			I can do that.

					TROI
			Guinan... what are you doing... ?
				(beat)
			You don't really want to be ship's
			counselor...

					GUINAN
			Why do you say that?

					TROI
			I just know you're not serious.

					GUINAN
			Have I given you any reason to
			believe I'm not serious?

					TROI
			Well, not really, but...

					GUINAN
			Then how can you know?
				(beat)
			Your empathic abilities come back?

					TROI
			No. I suppose it's just...
			instinctive.

					GUINAN
			Interesting.

					TROI
			Ah, I get it. You're trying to
			make me see that I have other
			abilities to draw on... human
			intuition, instincts... but those
			skills only develop with years
			of experience, Guinan... it's not
			so easy...

					GUINAN
			Who said anything about 'easy'?
			It's even harder than you think...
			human intuition and instinct --
			they're not always right.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/9/90 - ACT THREE     38A.

53B  CONTINUED: (3)

					GUINAN (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			Makes life very interesting...

					TROI
			So I'm discovering.

	Guinan rises. A couple of people move to the bar.

					GUINAN
			Well, they're starting to line
			up... it's been nice...

					TROI
			Guinan...

      STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/9/90 - ACT THREE      39.

53B  CONTINUED: (4)

	Guinan pauses, turns...

					TROI
				(not serious, 'thank-you')
			If you want, I'll put in a good
			word with the Captain about the
			job...

	Guinan gives her the same even look she always gives,
	leaves.

54   INT. BRIDGE

	Data at his science station. Worf and Riker at their
	posts. A small BEEP goes off once at an instrument
	panel a couple of steps from him. He moves over to
	it and reacts to the reading. Riker picks up on it.

					RIKER
			Problem, Data?

					DATA
			Yes, Commander. Sensors are
			detecting highly accelerated
			interstellar gases...

					RIKER
			Suggesting?

					DATA
			Uncertain, Commander. The
			phenomenon is within visual
			range.

					RIKER
			On screen.

	They look up to see --

54A  ANGLE - INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	A long view of a cosmic string.

					RIKER
			Magnify.

	The image increases... it appears to be a something
	akin to the wide mouth of a celestial vacuum cleaner...
	sucking in stellar material.

       STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/9/90 - ACT THREE 40-43.         

54A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			It appears to be a cosmic string
			fragment, sir. Only one hundred
			seven kilometers long.

					ALLENBY
			Cosmic string?

					RIKER
			They're no wider than a proton
			and have gravitational fields
			as powerful as a black hole.

					DATA
			The two-dimensional beings seem
			to be caught in the gravitational
			pull of the string. Their course
			is taking them directly toward
			it.

					RIKER
			And us right along with them.

	On concerned reactions...

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59

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

          STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT FOUR          44.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

60   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship being dragged off-center toward the cosmic
	string fragment.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 44359.5.
			What began as a curious
			inconvenience has turned into a
			serious threat. At current
			speed, the two-dimensional beings
			and the Enterprise will be drawn
			into the cosmic string fragment
			in seven hours.

61   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf and Geordi at their stations.
	The cosmic string is on the main viewer.

					DATA
			The entities offer no indication
			that they are aware of the string
			fragment, Captain. Their course
			and speed remain constant...

					WORF
			Sir, recommend we fire a spread
			of photon torpedoes into their
			field.

	Picard hates the idea but must consider it.

					PICARD
			Must we destroy them to save
			ourselves...

					DATA
			It is not clear what affect a
			photon torpedo would have on a
			two-dimensional being, Captain.

          STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT FOUR          45.

61   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Nevertheless...

					GEORDI
			We don't necessarily have to fire
			at them. Half-a-dozen photon
			torpedo bursts directly in their
			path could make them change
			course.

	Picard considers.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

	Worf touches several keys on the panel in front of him.

					WORF
			Torpedoes armed. Fire
			distribution set. Detonation at
			seven kilometers ahead of the
			cluster.

					RIKER
			Data, launch another probe and
			patch the monitor through to the
			main viewer.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Data hits the controls.

					DATA
			Probe has been launched. On
			screen.

62   ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Now shows the polarized POV of the probe so we can see
	the beings pulling the Enterprise... just as before...

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, proceed.

					WORF
			Launching photon torpedoes.

          STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT FOUR         45A.

62   CONTINUED:

	Worf touches a control. On the screen, we can see the
	volley of photon torpedoes... spread out...

					WORF
			Five seconds to detonation...
			Three, two, one.

	As the photon torpedoes explode in a display of
	polarized light, directly in the creatures' path.

          STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT FOUR          46.

62   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			No change in the graviton field.
				(looks up)
			The torpedoes are having no
			effect.

62A  PICARD

	And play this entirely on his face as he watches the
	viewscreen.

					PICARD
				(frowns, no choice)
			Fire another volley directly into
			their field, Mister Worf.

					WORF (O.C.)
			Launching torpedoes.
				(beat)
			Five seconds to detonation...
			Three, two, one.

	Slow push in to Picard...

					DATA (O.C.)
			No affect, sir. Matter anti-matter
			explosions appear to be
			ineffective.

	And on an ECU of Picard's reaction...

63
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69

70   INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	Troi is, in essence, packing. Putting together
	personal things into an attache... The door chimes.
	She glances up.

					TROI
			Yes?

	The door slides open and Ensign Brooks ENTERS.

					TROI
				(continuing; surprised)
			Janet. I'm sorry... I meant to
			cancel your appointment today...

          STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT FOUR          47.

70   CONTINUED:

					BROOKS
			That's okay... tommorrow then... ?

					TROI
			Janet, I've resigned as ship's
			counselor.

					BROOKS
			But why?

					TROI
				(a beat)
			Well, I think it was fairly clear
			during your last appointment...
			it was obviously non-productive
			and...

					BROOKS
			Non-productive. I don't
			understand... how could you say
			that?

					TROI
				(reacts)
			But I couldn't sense what you
			were...

					BROOKS
			Deanna, you were right about me.
			I had to go back and look at what
			I was doing, why I was trying to
			convince myself and you that I
			was a "new woman"... and I
			realized I was doing the same
			thing to myself all over again...
			trying to hide from the pain...
			I have to accept that... it's
			really just beginning for me, isn't
			it...

	A long beat as Troi takes it in.

					BROOKS
			So, as far as I'm concerned, it
			was very productive. Maybe you
			couldn't sense what I was
			feeling... but you helped.

	Off Troi's reaction...

          STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT FOUR          48.

71   INT. READY ROOM

	Troi ENTERS. Picard is at his desk.

					TROI
			You wanted to see me, Captain?

					PICARD
			Sit down, please.

	She does so.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Our situation has become critical.
			The cluster is still completely
			unresponsive. We have not been
			able to alter its course toward
			the cosmic string fragment.

					TROI
			How much time do we have?

					PICARD
			Less than five hours. That's why
			I've called you.

					TROI
			Sir?

					PICARD
			All that remains is the
			possibility of communication.
			There might be some way to warn
			them of their impending
			destruction.

					TROI
			I thought Data already tried to
			establish communications through
			the universal translator.

					PICARD
			He has tried every technical means
			at our disposal to reach them.

					TROI
			Captain, I wish I knew how to
			help. But under the
			cirumstances...

          STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT FOUR          49.

71   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			If there is a psychology to
			these creatures, we must discover
			it... if there is an explanation
			to their behavior, we must know
			it...

	And push in on Troi.

					PICARD
			Even in your current condition,
			you are the most qualified person
			aboard this ship to assist.

	Picard stands, Troi does the same.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Data is currently in Observation,
			attempting to formulate a
			strategy. I'd like you to join
			him.

	Troi doesn't answer, seems to waver.

					PICARD
			Deanna. We need you.

	OFF the emotions on Troi's face.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT FIVE          50.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

71A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	A view of the ship and the cosmic string looming ahead.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. If
			our speed and course remain
			unchanged, in one hour, the
			Enterprise will be torn apart by
			the gravitational forces of the
			cosmic string fragment.

72   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Data is briefing Troi in front of a screen. A series
	of still frames of the previous probe image of the
	creatures appears on the screen throughout the scene.
	Troi appears hesitant, not confident of her role.

					TROI
			Are your signals reaching them
			at all?

					DATA
			Possibly. However, the beings
			may perceive them as negligible
			noise rather than an attempt at
			communication.

	Data appears to be awaiting her next question. Troi's
	not sure how to proceed.

					TROI
			Is there any evidence at all that
			they're sentient?

					DATA
			Negative. The nature of their
			movement suggests a simple order
			of intelligence.

	Troi takes a deep breath... doesn't know what to do,
	what to say, why is she here?

          STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT FIVE          51.

72   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I'm sorry, Data... I don't seem
			to be much help without my
			empathic abilities... I just
			don't know how to draw on my
			human instinct...

					DATA
			As I have no human 'instinct' per
			se, I cannot advise you,
			Counselor.

					TROI
			Right now, I feel as two-dimensional
			as our friends out
			there... in this universe, but
			barely aware of it...
				(musing)
			... just trying to survive on...

	A beat... a slow push in...

					TROI
			Instinct?

	Turns to Data...

					TROI
			Data, what if they're simply
			acting instinctively... there are
			inherent, inborn forces that
			drive every species. What they
			need. What they fear.
				(beat)
			We've got to discover what drives
			this species?

					DATA
			I do not believe there is any way
			to know for certain, Counselor.

					TROI
			We can speculate based on the
			available evidence...

					DATA
			The only evidence we have at
			present is the brief interruption
			in their movement pattern during
			our last attempt to break away...

          STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT FIVE          52.

72   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
				(mind working)
			Which may suggest some kind of
			awareness of our presence...

					DATA
			Otherwise their course and speed
			have been constant.

					TROI
			On a straight line to the cosmic
			string...
				(beat)
			You're convinced the string's
			gravitation is pulling them in.

					DATA
			Since the cluster is
			two-dimensional, I have no direct
			evidence to support that
			assumption. But it is the most
			reasonable hypothesis.

					TROI
			Why?

					DATA
			It is unlikely they would
			intentionally move toward a
			destructive force...

					TROI
			Moths fly toward a flame. Horses
			sometimes run into a burning barn.
			Data, don't you see, we've been
			thinking in three-dimensions.
			We have to get two-dimensional.

					DATA
			Pardon me?

					TROI
			Subspace signals, photon
			torpedoes, nothing's had an
			impact... it is reasonable to
			wonder if a gravitational pull...
			even as strong as a cosmic
			string's... would affect them.

          STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT FIVE         52A.

72   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
				(curious where she's
				 heading)
			Please continue.

          STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT FIVE          53.

72   CONTINUED: (4)

					TROI
			What if they've chosen a course
			to the cosmic string? A case of
			pure stimulus-response. Driven
			by instinct... just like the moth
			to a flame...

	Off Data's reaction...

72A  INT. BRIDGE

	Data and Troi have brought their ideas to Picard.
	Riker, Worf, Geordi, Allenby are present.

					DATA
			If Counselor Troi's supposition
			is correct, Captain... a replica
			of the string projected behind
			the cluster could induce them to
			reverse course. Disrupting the
			graviton wake long enough for
			us to escape.

					RIKER
			How do you simulate a cosmic
			string? It has the gravitational
			force of a hundred stars.

					DATA
			I do not suggest we simulate the
			gravitational field of the string
			fragment, Commander. Rather the
			string's vibration.

					PICARD
			Vibration. This isn't a violin,
			Commander.

					GEORDI
			Data's right. The principle is
			the same. A cosmic string
			emanates a characteristic set of
			subspace frequencies as atomic
			particles decay along its event
			horizon. I could use the ship's
			parabolic dish to amplify and
			reflect those frequencies back
			toward the cluster. The
			Enterprise itself would echo the
			cosmic string.

          STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT FIVE          54.

72A  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			How much time do we have, Mister
			Worf?

					WORF
			Twenty-three minutes.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

	Geordi EXITS.

73   OMITTED

73A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Being drawn ever closer to the string fragment.

74   INT. BRIDGE - ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	and the cosmic string, now looming directly ahead.

					DATA
			Frequency scan detectors
			engaged.

									INTERCUT:

75   OMITTED

75A  INT. ENGINEERING

					GEORDI
			Receiving...

	He presses some panels and is greeted by a chaotic mass
	of signal noise. He reacts -- what a mess.

					GEORDI
			Data... we're picking up
			frequencies across the entire
			electromagnetic and lower subspace
			spectrum... trying to isolate...

	He touches a panel control. Some of the noise clears
	up, not much.

          STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT FIVE         54A.

75A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Can you focus the reflector field
			for me?

					DATA
			Stand by...
				(working panels)
			I am differentiating particle
			emission signatures now.

	Geordi studies his panel as the noise suddenly clears
	up even more. Geordi reacts, pleased.

					GEORDI
			That's doing it... Patterns are
			converging...

	He quickly touches the controls. The noisy sound
	immediately beings to come together -- almost like a
	huge orchestra tuning up.

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77

78   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	PUSH IN on the parabolic dish. We continue to hear
	the sound as above.

          STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT FIVE          55.

79   INT. BRIDGE

					ALLENBY
			Same course. Same speed. No
			change, sir.

	A slight ship shake (different in nature than earlier
	shakes). Reactions as frequencies suddenly become more
	jumbled.

					WORF
			We are beginning to encounter the
			gravitational effects of the
			string. Impact is in four
			minutes...

	The sound grows even more chaotic.

					DATA
			Sir, the shear force turbulence
			is impairing our ability to
			create an accurate simulation...

					RIKER
			Geordi, fire up the impulse
			engines and activate the ship's
			stabilizers...

79A  INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi on the move... pressing panels...

					GEORDI
			Stabilizers on.

79B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					DATA
			Electromagnetic and subspace wave
			fronts approaching
			synchronization.

	Again, the sound is coming together.

80   OMITTED

81   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Close on the parabolic reflector dish as we continue
	to hear the frequencies coming together into something
	like a chord.

          STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT FIVE          56.

82   INT. BRIDGE

	The sound has become "tuned." Everyone waits.

					WORF
			Three minutes to impact.

					RIKER
			Status?

					ALLENBY
			No effect on the cluster. Same
			course, same speed.

					PICARD
			Let's try to turn up the volume.
			Increase intensity, Mister Data.

					DATA
			Increasing by fifty percent.

	The audio suddenly gets louder.

					ALLENBY
			They're slowing.

					GEORDI
			Graviton wake field collapsing.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, take us out of
			here.

82A  INT. ENGINEERING

					GEORDI
			My pleasure, sir.

83   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship peels away from the string and warps out.

84   INT. BRIDGE

					ALLENBY
			Course two nine five, mark two
			zero four. Warp six. We're
			clear.

          STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/11/90 - ACT FIVE         56A.

84   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Excellent work, Mister Data;
				(nodding to Troi)
			Counselor.

           STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/9/90 - ACT FIVE          57.

84   CONTINUED:

	She smiles. She glances at Riker, they share a moment.

					ALLENBY
			The beings have resumed their
			course into the string. Three
			seconds to impact.

	There is a beat. Troi suddenly experiences a rush of
	feeling that nearly knocks her over. Riker rushes to
	her support.

					TROI
				(pleasantly surprised)
			It's all right. They're home.
			We were wrong. The cosmic
			string... it was never dangerous
			to them... it was the one place
			in the galaxy they most wanted
			to be.

					RIKER
				('you've recovered')
			Deanna... ?

	She straightens up, her strength returning.

					TROI
			Yes... I sensed it...

	Reactions...

85
thru	OMITTED
86

87   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	At the bar with Guinan, Beverly, Riker, Troi.

					TROI
			Such overwhelming intensity of
			emotion. When we first
			encountered them, it must have
			been more than my senses could
			process.

					RIKER
			A short-circuit.

					TROI
			Something like that.
				(apologetic)
			Beverly...

           STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/9/90 - ACT FIVE          58.

87   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Apology accepted.
				(to Riker)
			Therapists are always the worst
			patients. Except for doctors,
			of course. Stop by and see me
			later, okay... ?

	She EXITS.

					TROI
			I was so awful to her.

					GUINAN
			You were just being human...

					TROI
			I never fully appreciated how
			difficult... and rewarding... it
			is to be human...
				(to Guinan)
			I had a lot of help. Thank-you.

	Guinan nods in reply.

					GUINAN
			You don't happen to know if that
			ship's counselor position is still
			open... ?

					TROI
			It's been taken.

					GUINAN
			Too bad.
				(indicating bar)
			Better hours.

	She moves toward another customer's signal... Troi
	looks at Riker...

					TROI
			And you, Will Riker... Thank you
			for making me face my other half.

					RIKER
				(joking)
			Frightening, wasn't it?

       STAR TREK: "The Loss" - REV. 10/9/90 - ACT FIVE 59-60.          

87   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			A little.
				(shrugs)
			You were right, though. Maybe
			there's something to be learned
			when you're not in control of
			every situation.

					RIKER
			Welcome to the human race.

	Riker moves in to kiss her cheek... but she turns and
	raises an eyebrow...

					TROI
			By the way. The next time you
			call me aristocratic...

	Riker laughs. OFF the moment between them.

88   OMITTED

89   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	on its way to T'lli Beta.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             











                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "Data's Day" 
                          #40274-185 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Robert Wiemer 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT
 
                       OCTOBER 10, 1990
 

        STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/17/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Data's Day" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD                  T'PEL
                RIKER                   MENDAK
                DATA                    KEIKO ISHIKAWA
                BEVERLY                 V'SAL
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                                        Non-Speaking
                O'BRIEN                   ALFREDO JUAREZ
                TRANSPORTER TECHNICIAN    FRANCISCA JUAREZ
                                          JUAREZ BABY
                Non-Speaking       
                  NURSE              
                  MEDICAL TECHNICIAN 
                  FEMALE DANCER      
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  DATA'S CAT         

        STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/11/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Data's Day" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     USS ZHUKOV
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              SICKBAY                  2 ROMULAN WARBIRDS
              BEVERLY'S OFFICE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              CORRIDOR
              ARBORETUM
              BARBERSHOP
              TEN FORWARD
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              TURBOLIFT
              T'PEL'S QUARTERS
              KEIKO'S QUARTERS
              NURSERY
              DANCE STUDIO
              TROI'S OFFICE
              REPLICATING CENTER
          
            ROMULAN WARBIRD
              MENDAK'S READY ROOM
              (ON VIEWSCREEN ONLY)

    STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/17/90 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Data's Day" 
                          
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              KEIKO ISHIKAWA         KAY-co EE-she-cow-wa
              T'PEL                  TA-PELL

      STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - TEASER      1.

                STAR TREK: The Next Generation                  
                         "Data's Day"                              
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship stopped in space.

					DATA (V.O.)
			Second Officer's Personal Log:
			Stardate 44390.1 Record entry
			for transmission to Commander
			Bruce Maddox, Cybernetics
			Division, Daystrom Institute.
			Dear Commander Maddox,...

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	SUPERNUMERARIES at Con, Ops, and Tactical. Data is
	near the aft stations, making a visual check of the
	consoles. This is the "nightshift" and so lighting on
	the Bridge should be SLIGHTLY DARKER than we're used to
	seeing..

					DATA (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			In reference to your most recent
			letter, I agree that your study
			lacks sufficient primary source
			information on my programming.
			Therefore in response to your
			request, this correspondence will
			include a complete record of my
			activities during a normal day,
			focusing on my perceptions of
			friendship.

	Data moves to Command, sits down and checks a few
	readings on the small monitors on the command chair.

      STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/17/90 - TEASER      2.

2    CONTINUED:

	RIKER, and THREE SUPERNUMERARIES ENTER from Turbolift.
	Data stands.

					DATA
			Good morning, Commander. You are
			fifteen minutes early.

	Riker smiles... he's in a very good mood.

					RIKER
			Well, it's a special day. I
			thought the... father of the bride
			would enjoy being relieved a
			little early on the wedding day.

					DATA
			Thank you, sir.

					RIKER
			Nervous?

					DATA
			I cannot become nervous. However,
			I do sense a certain...
			anticipation regarding my role
			in the wedding.
				(beat)
			All systems normal, sir. Sickbay
			reported that Lieutenant Juarez
			went into labor at zero four
			hundred hours. We remain on
			station awaiting the arrival of
			the starship Zhukov and guest
			quarters have been prepared for
			Ambassador T'Pel.

					RIKER
			Very well. I have the Bridge.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Begin day watch.

	In response to his command, the LIGHTS begin to
	BRIGHTEN, signalling the beginning of "day" on the
	ship.

      STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/17/90 - TEASER      3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

	Data's people leave their positions and Riker's people
	take the vacant stations.

					DATA (V.O.)
				(over above action)
			Initially Commander Maddox, I
			found it difficult to maintain
			friendships since human emotions
			are often puzzling to me.

									CUT TO:

2A   INT. CORRIDOR

	Data ENTERS from Turbolift and moves to Keiko's
	Quarters.

					DATA (V.O.)
				(continuing over above
				 action)
			Eventually, I developed a program
			enabling me to predict human
			emotional responses to specific
			actions.

	Data has arrived at the door.

2B   INT. KEIKO'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	KEIKO ISHIKAWA, a slender young woman of Japanese
	descent and wearing civilian clothes, is walking from
	the bedroom to the living area. She seems serene...
	calm. The door CHIMES.

					KEIKO
			Come in.

	Data ENTERS.

					DATA
			It is time for the wedding
			rehearsal.

					KEIKO
				(flat)
			I know...
				(beat)
			I've decided not to go through
			with it, Data.

      STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/17/90 - TEASER      3A.

2B   CONTINUED:

	Keiko says this with a detached air... she's
	intentionally distancing herself from her emotions
	right now. As a way of dealing with the pain of the
	situation, she's opted to take the 'super-rational'
	approach.

      STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - TEASER      4.

2B   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			You do not wish to rehearse?

					KEIKO
			No, I'm... calling off the
			wedding.

					DATA
			May I ask why?

					KEIKO
			It's just the right thing to do.

					DATA
			Have your feelings for Chief
			O'Brien changed?

					KEIKO
				(beat, calm)
			I'm supposed to be getting
			married, Data. I should be
			happy... but I'm not. I just feel
			this weight pressing down on me.

					DATA
			Will cancelling the wedding make
			you happy?

	She hesitates for a second... and although she tries
	to say it with conviction, she's not really sure...

					KEIKO
			Yes.
				(beat)
			He'll probably be just as relieved
			as I am.
				(beat)
			Data, you introduced us, you mean
			a lot to both of us... I'd really
			appreciate it if... you would tell
			Miles for me.

					DATA
			If you wish.

	Data turns to leave... on Keiko's expression...

									CUT TO:

      STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/17/90 - TEASER      5.

3    OMITTED

4    INT. CORRIDOR

	Data moving toward Ten Forward.

					DATA (V.O.)
			I have often heard my friend Chief
			O'Brien say that above all else,
			he wants to make Keiko happy.
			Since cancelling the wedding will
			make her happy, I must conclude
			the Chief will be pleased at her
			decision.

	He EXITS to Ten Forward.

5    INT. TEN FORWARD - CONTINUOUS

	GEORDI, O'BRIEN, and SUPERNUMERARIES. The
	Supernumeraries are putting up Japanese lanterns,
	decorations, etc. Geordi and O'Brien are standing
	around, waiting for the rehearsal. (The lounge is
	closed, no regular patrons.) Data ENTERS and goes
	directly to O'Brien.

					DATA
			I have good news.

					O'BRIEN
			Oh?

					DATA
			Yes. Keiko has made a decision
			designed to increase her
			happiness.
				(beat)
			She has cancelled the wedding.

	It takes a moment for this to sink in, and O'Brien just
	stares at Data for a few seconds.

					O'BRIEN
				(shocked)
			She what?
				(beat, then getting
				 angry)
			Cancelled the wedding? Today?
			Without even a word... of all the
			childish, selfish... !

      STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - TEASER      6.

5    CONTINUED:

	O'Brien EXITS. Everyone is shocked, no one more so
	than Data. Geordi comes over and gives him a look of
	reproach.

					GEORDI
			Next time, maybe I should break
			the... good news.

	Geordi moves away and we PUSH IN on Data.

					DATA (V.O.)
			Commander Maddox, it would appear
			that my program designed to
			predict emotional responses
			needs... adjustment.

	On Data's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - ACT ONE      7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

6    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & ZHUKOV (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise and another starship running side by
	side.

					DATA (V.O.)
			Personal Log: Supplemental. This
			is the one thousand five hundred
			fiftieth day since the Enterprise
			was commissioned.

7    INT. CORRIDOR

	Data moving toward Transporter Room. The Corridor
	should be filled with SUPERNUMERARIES in Starfleet
	uniforms, civilian clothes, sports wear... a feeling
	of many cultures, activities and traditions aboard our
	ship.

					DATA (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Besides the arrival of Ambassador
			T'Pel, other events occurring
			today include four birthdays,
			two personnel transfers, a
			celebration of the Hindu Festival
			of Lights, two chess tournaments,
			one secondary school play, and
			four promotions.

	He has arrived at Transporter Room.

8    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Data ENTERS. TRANSPORTER TECHNICIAN at console.

					DATA (V.O.)
			Overall... an ordinary day.

					TECHNICIAN
			The Zhukov is ready for transport,
			sir.

					DATA
			Energize.

      STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - ACT ONE      8.

8    CONTINUED:

	AMBASSADOR T'PEL MATERIALIZES on the platform. She is
	Vulcan, middle-aged, and has the cool, regal bearing
	common to her species.

					DATA
			Welcome aboard the Enterprise,
			Ambassador.

					T'PEL
			I would meet with your Captain.

	Data gestures to the door and they EXIT together.

									CUT TO:

9    INT. TURBOLIFT

	Data and T'Pel. Her face is impassive, unreadable...
	Data's shows the innate curiosity and innocence which
	is such an intrinsic part of his personality. The
	Turbolift is MOVING.

					DATA (V.O.)
			Unlike my human friends, I am not
			affected by feelings or emotional
			considerations. In that sense,
			I am closer to being Vulcan than
			human, but I am not attracted to
			Vulcan philosophy. Their devotion
			to logic does have a certain
			appeal in its simple purity...

	The Turbolift STOPS and they EXIT.

9A   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Data and T'Pel ENTER from Turbolift and walk to Ready
	Room. Riker's shift is on duty (Riker not on Bridge).

					DATA (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... but I find theirs to be a
			somewhat... stark philosophy,
			lacking beauty... and joy.

10   INT. READY ROOM

	PICARD and Riker standing near the desk. T'Pel and
	Data ENTER.

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - ACT ONE     8A.

10   CONTINUED:

	Picard lifts his hand in the Vulcan salute.

					PICARD
			Ambassador T'Pel...

					T'PEL
				(returning salute)
			I come to serve.

      STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT ONE      9.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Your service honors us.
				(gestures)
			My first officer, Commander
			William Riker.

					T'PEL
				(to Riker. Polite, yet
				 curt)
			Leave us, please.

	Riker glances at Picard, plainly irritated at this
	peremptory dismissal. Picard gives a small nod of
	agreement and then Data and Riker EXIT.

11   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Data and Riker ENTER from Ready Room.

					RIKER
				(annoyed, to Data)
			Charming woman.

	Riker is still irritated as he moves to Command. Data
	studies him for a moment and then heads for Turbolift.

					DATA (V.O.)
			The tone of Commander Riker's
			voice makes me suspect that he
			is not serious about finding
			Ambassador T'Pel charming. My
			experience suggests that in fact
			he may mean the exact opposite
			of what he says. This is a form
			of expression I have not yet been
			able to master.

	Data EXITS.

									CUT TO:

12   INT. BARBERSHOP (OPTICAL)

	Barbershops haven't changed much and there is still a
	mirror, two barberchairs, and a sink, along with 24th
	century combs, scissors, shaving cubes, etc. Geordi
	has just sat down in one of the chairs and an alien
	barber named V'SAL comes over to look at his hair.

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/17/90 - ACT ONE     9A.

12   CONTINUED:

	A FEMALE ALIEN CREWMEMBER is sitting in the other chair
	while a HUMAN BARBER works on her large expanse of
	hair.

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT ONE     10.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

	Geordi and V'Sal are joking around. Their verbal jabs
	at each other are definitely good-natured and they've
	thrust and parried this way many times before.

					V'SAL
				(looking at Geordi's
				 hair)
			You don't need a haircut. You
			were just in here last week.

					GEORDI
				(joking)
			Hey, I wouldn't be back here so
			soon if you'd done it right the
			first time...

	Data ENTERS as V'Sal goes to the counter to get a
	sheet and some scissors. (V'Sal's action must be long
	enough for the following Data voice-over to be heard.)

					DATA (V.O.)
				(over above action)
			When I have difficulty
			understanding human behavior I
			often turn to Commander Geordi
			La Forge. I consider him to be...
			my best friend.

	V'Sal begins trimming Geordi's hair.

					V'SAL
			I know you want to be beautiful...
			I'm just a barber, not a miracle
			worker.

					GEORDI
			Just try to keep my ears on
			straight today, all right?

	They both chuckle a little and Data realizes they're
	joking.

					DATA (V.O.)
			Friendly insults and jibes...
			another form of human speech
			that I am attempting to master.

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/17/90 - ACT ONE     10A.

12   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
				(to Data)
			Hi... here for a trim?

					DATA
			My hair does not require
			trimming... you peabrain.

	Geordi almost falls out of the chair in shock, but a
	smile still forms on his face.

					GEORDI
			What?

					DATA
			My hair...

					GEORDI
			'Peabrain'?

					DATA
			I am experimenting with friendly
			insults and jibes. It was not
			meant as a serious disparagement.

					GEORDI
				(laughs)
			Well... I wouldn't try it out on
			the Captain.

	Data nods in understanding.

					DATA
			Geordi, I am still confused about
			Chief O'Brien's reaction this
			morning.

					GEORDI
			He was just surprised, Data. He
			didn't mean to blow up like that.
			He knows Keiko probably doesn't
			want to call off the marriage.
				(off Data's look)
			She's just getting cold feet.

	Data processes this for a moment, then finds the
	reference.

					DATA
			Cold feet... jitters... a nervous
			reaction to an impending event
			of great importance.

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/17/90 - ACT ONE     11.

12   CONTINUED: (4)

					GEORDI
			Right. Don't worry,
			everything'll be fine. She'll
			change her mind again.

					DATA
				(surprised)
			She will?

					GEORDI
			Absolutely.

					DATA
			Then you believe the wedding will
			still proceed?

					GEORDI
			Trust me, they'll get married...
			so you better find a gift.

	On Data's expression...

									CUT TO:

13   INT. REPLICATING CENTER (OPTICAL)

	The 24th century equivalent of a ship's store. There
	are several computer terminals showing images of
	objects ranging from clothing to furniture. Patrons
	select the desired item from one of the displays, then
	take an encoded padd to one of the large replicator
	consoles in the b.g. TWO ADULTS are perusing one of
	the displays with a CHILD.

13A  NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The parents are making a few final adjustments to the
	image of a stuffed rabbit (or toy sailboat) on one of
	the screens. The child seems happy with the choice.
	They press a button, and the item MATERIALIZES on one
	of the replicator stages. They take the toy.

14   ON DATA (OPTICAL)

	The computer screen is showing a shovel and Data seems
	unsure what to do. He taps a key and the display now
	shows a chair.

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/17/90 - ACT ONE     12.

15   NEW ANGLE

	as Data sees WORF ENTER. Worf goes over to one of the
	terminals and begins to tap in commands. Data goes
	over to him.

					DATA (V.O.)
				(over above action)
			I find Lieutenant Worf to be what
			is called a kindred spirit. We
			were both orphans and were both
			rescued by Starfleet officers.
			In many ways, we are both still
			outsiders in Human society. I
			do not fully understand why, but
			I find it... comforting to think
			that I am not alone in that
			regard.

					DATA
				(to Worf)
			Are you here to find a wedding
			gift?

					WORF
			Yes.

					DATA
			I would appreciate your help in
			selecting an appropriate item.

					WORF
				(a little proudly)
			Of course. I have attended human
			weddings before.

	Worf taps in a couple commands on the display.

16   INSERT (OPTICAL)

	The terminal screen shows a set of crystal wine
	glasses.

17   RETURN TO SCENE - INTERCUT AS NEEDED (OPTICAL)

					DATA
			This is a traditional gift?

					WORF
			My adoptive parents often give
			these... things at family
			weddings. A human custom.

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/17/90 - ACT ONE     13.

17   CONTINUED:

	Worf works the display again and now the image of a
	delicate glass swan is shown.

					DATA
			It was my understanding that the
			item selected should reflect the
			personality of whoever is giving
			the gift.
				(looks at screen)
			This does not remind me of you.

	Worf frowns a little... he's never thought of it quite
	that way before.

					DATA
			Have you ever been an actual
			participant in a human wedding?

					WORF
				(with distaste)
			No.

					DATA
			You would not consider it to be
			an honor?

					WORF
			An honor, perhaps. But human
			bonding rituals involve a great
			deal of talking, dancing, and
			crying.

	Worf is still concerned with the gift and now he taps
	in another command and the display screen shows a
	vicious-looking Klingon weapon. Worf smiles to
	himself... that's more like it! However, Data is no
	longer watching him.

					DATA
				(concerned)
			Dancing...

									CUT TO:

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT ONE     14.

18   OMITTED

19   INT. SICKBAY

	BEVERLY is talking to a NURSE. They are in the
	'birthing area' of Sickbay, a semi-private area where
	a very PREGNANT WOMAN is lying on one of the biobeds,
	while her HUSBAND (non-Starfleet) sits next to her.
	Data's V.O. can be heard over the following...

					BEVERLY
			Continue to monitor the
			contractions. I'd say she still
			has a couple hours to go.

	The Nurse nods and Beverly moves over to the pregnant
	woman.

					BEVERLY
				(to woman)
			You're going to be just fine.

	Beverly turns to go to her office.

					DATA (V.O.)
				(over above action)
			I am rarely in need of Doctor
			Beverly Crusher's professional
			services as my biomechanical
			maintenance program (tech) is
			self-sufficient. But I often
			observe as she practices medicine
			on others and have learned a
			great deal about the human
			condition from her.

19A  NEW ANGLE

	Data is waiting for Beverly in the vestibule outside
	her office.

					DATA
			Doctor, may I ask a favor of you?

					BEVERLY
			Of course.

					DATA
			Will you teach me how to dance?

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/17/90 - ACT ONE     14A.

19A  CONTINUED:

	A passing SECOND NURSE overhears this and looks at
	Beverly with surprise. Beverly is embarrassed at the
	mention of this subject and she pulls Data into her
	office.

20   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE

					BEVERLY
			What?

					DATA
			I would like to learn how to
			dance.

					BEVERLY
			Why me?

					DATA
			It is in your service record.
			'Awarded first prize in tap and
			jazz competition, Saint Louis
			Academy---

					BEVERLY
				(trying to quiet him)
			Okay, okay.

	She glances out the windows to see if anyone heard him.


     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - ACT ONE     15.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			Have I said something to upset
			you?

					BEVERLY
			It's just... that was a long time
			ago.
				(off his look)
			I'd rather not be known as... as
			the dancing doctor. Again.

					DATA
			Then your answer is no?

	Beverly struggles for a second... looks out into the
	hall again to make sure no one's listening.

					BEVERLY
				(quietly)
			All right. But let's keep this
			between us.

					DATA
			Of course, Doctor.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Commander Data, please report to
			the Bridge.

					DATA
				(hits communicator)
			Acknowledged.

									CUT TO:

21   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and T'Pel are standing near aft science station.
	Riker and his shift are still on duty. Data ENTERS.

					PICARD
			Mister Data... I need a tactical
			projection of possible future
			Romulan deployments along the
			Neutral Zone. Access all
			Federation records on the subject
			and then report to my Ready Room.

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - ACT ONE     16.

21   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			That is a very general request,
			Captain. Is there a more specific
			area you wish me to study?

	Picard glances at T'Pel and she shakes her head.

					PICARD
			No.

	Data sits down at the station and begins to work.
	Picard and T'Pel head for Ready Room.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Set course one-three-zero mark
			two-four-six. Warp seven.

	Data turns around at this command and Riker is a little
	surprised.

					RIKER
			That course will take us very
			close to the Neutral Zone,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			I'm aware of that. Proceed.

	Picard and T'Pel EXIT to Ready Room. Riker is fairly
	itching with questions, but he knows his duty.

					RIKER
			Lay in the course.

	The Supernumerary at Con works the console. Data turns
	back to the console and begins working.

					DATA (V.O.)
			It is fortunate that I am able
			to perform my duties without
			emotional distractions. If that
			were not the case, a sudden course
			correction toward the Neutral Zone
			would make me very... nervous.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT TWO     17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

22   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Moving at warp speed.

					DATA (V.O.)
			Personal Log: Supplemental.
			Commander Maddox, there are still
			many dynamics of social
			interaction which I do not
			understand.

22A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker and his shift still on duty. Data is working at
	the aft science station... after a few seconds, he
	stands and goes over to the Ready Room door.

					DATA (V.O.)
				(continuing over above
				 action)
			The belief among humans that a
			captain must remain distant from
			his crew is puzzling. Captain
			Picard and I have worked together
			closely for over three years...

	Data has arrived at the Ready Room.

23   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard and T'Pel are seated. The door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Data ENTERS.

					DATA (V.O.)
				(continuing over above
				 action)
			... and yet I cannot truthfully
			refer to him as my friend. I find
			that thought to be...
			disappointing.

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT TWO     18.

23   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Based on your analysis, what is
			the current Romulan strategy
			behind the deployment of their
			ships in this sector?

					DATA
			Their ships are deployed to
			support a policy of confrontation
			designed to test Federation
			defenses along the Neutral Zone.

					PICARD
			Do you predict any change in the
			near future?

					DATA
			I project a ninety percent
			probability that they will
			continue to pursue this policy.

					PICARD
			Are there any indications of a
			more conciliatory attitude on
			their part?

					DATA
				(beat)
			No, sir.

	Picard looks at T'Pel. She is unperturbed by this
	information.

					T'PEL
			Caution is clearly called for,
			Captain. However, the mission
			must proceed as planned.

					PICARD
			Starfleet Command agrees with you,
			Ambassador. But I would feel
			better if you would consent to
			an escort or...

	T'Pel pointedly looks away from Picard toward Data.
	Picard understands her concern.

					PICARD
				(reluctant)
			Thank you, Mister Data.

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT TWO     19.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

	Data EXITS.

									CUT TO:

24   OMITTED

25   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Data ENTERS. He crosses to the food replicator.

					DATA
			Feline supplement seventy-four.

	A small dish of food MATERIALIZES and Data takes it.
	He sets the dish down near a wall and then goes over
	to the desk unit.

26   NEW ANGLE

	as a CAT walks over to the dish of food and begins
	eating.

27   ON DATA

	as he sits at the desk. He places his hand on the
	console and a small series of LIGHTS COME ON in
	response.

					DATA
			Computer, run fluidic sensor
			diagnostic.

	LIGHTS BLINK on the console and Data waits patiently.
	His cat jumps up into his lap and Data automatically
	begins to pet him.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Diagnostic complete. All systems
			functioning within normal
			parameters.

	The door CHIMES.

					DATA
			Come in.

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - ACT TWO     20.

28   NEW ANGLE

	as O'Brien ENTERS. He's upset, but somewhat
	apologetic.

					O'BRIEN
			Am I intruding, Commander?

					DATA
			No.
				(beat)
			Would you care to sit down?

	O'Brien sits... he's very agitated, having trouble
	saying what's on his mind... he gets up again...
	starts to say something... changes his mind... moves
	about uncomfortably.

					DATA (V.O.)
				(over above action)
			When one of my friends is
			distraught, I know that I should
			attempt to make him more
			comfortable.

	Data stands and goes over to the food replicator.

					DATA
			May I offer you some refreshment,
			chief?

					O'BRIEN
			No, thank you, sir. First of
			all... I'd like to apologize for
			this morning in Ten Forward...

					DATA
			There is no need to apologize.
			I was not offended.
				(beat)
			Perhaps you would like a pillow
			or a more comfortable chair to
			sit upon.

					O'BRIEN
			Uh... no sir. Thank you, sir.

					DATA
			Would you care to listen to music?
			Brahms? Aurelia? Mexler?

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT TWO     21.

28   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			No, sir... really... I'm fine.
			I came here to... to ask for your
			help.
				(beat)
			It's about Keiko... I'd like you
			to talk to her... convince her
			to go through with the wedding.

					DATA
			Would Counselor Troi not be a more
			appropriate choice to speak with
			Keiko?

					O'BRIEN
			She already has... it didn't
			help.
				(beat)
			You've known her longer than I
			have... I just thought she might
			listen to you.

	O'Brien's really having a hard time with this... a man
	very much in love and feeling powerless to do anything.

					O'BRIEN
				(continuing)
			She won't even talk to me...

					DATA
			I do not know what to say to her.

					O'BRIEN
			Just talk with her... try to make
			her see reason. She's going off
			half-cocked and not thinking this
			through. You've worked with her
			for a long time... she respects
			your opinion.

	Data thinks for a second... decides to do it.

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - ACT TWO     21A.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Perhaps she has not fully analyzed
			her decision.

					O'BRIEN
				(relieved)
			Thank you, sir. I won't forget
			this.

	As O'Brien EXITS, Data thinks for a beat... then stands
	and heads for the door.

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT TWO     22.

28   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA (V.O.)
				(over above action)
			Commander Maddox, I noted that
			Keiko was quite calm and rational
			when she informed me of her
			decision this morning.

									CUT TO:

28A  INT. CORRIDOR

	Data walking to the Arboretum.

					DATA (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Therefore, I can predict that
			she will respond to an objective
			analysis of the situation based
			on the available facts.

29   INT. ARBORETUM

	Data ENTERS. The Arboretum is a large, well-kept
	nursery... lots of trees, bushes, flowers, etc. Keiko
	(in lab coat) is staring at a flowering plant, lost
	in thought.

					DATA (V.O.)
				(continuing over above
				 action)
			It is fortunate that she has not
			let emotional considerations cloud
			her judgement. It should make
			my task much simpler.

	Keiko notices Data. She's not as sure of herself as
	earlier in the day. The decision is starting to weigh
	heavily upon her and she's a little emotionally fragile
	right now.

					KEIKO
			Hi.

					DATA
			Am I disturbing you?

					KEIKO
			No...

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - ACT TWO     22A.

29   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			There is a high likelihood that
			your decision to cancel the
			wedding was an error.

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT TWO     23.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					KEIKO
				(startled)
			What?

					DATA
			I believe you made an incorrect
			analysis of the facts at hand.

	Keiko didn't expect this from Data and it takes her a
	few seconds to get her bearings.

					KEIKO
			What do you mean?

					DATA
			You do not seem happy.

					KEIKO
			Well, no...

					DATA
			Your decision was based on the
			assumption that cancelling the
			wedding would bring you happiness.
			That has proved to be incorrect.

					KEIKO
			Data... it's not that simple.

					DATA
			Since your action did not produce
			the desired results, the most
			advisable solution is to
			re-examine the decision-making
			process and look for errors.

	Keiko feels pressured, boxed in... her feelings of pain
	and guilt start to get closer to the surface... she's
	defensive.

					KEIKO
			I knew what I was doing. It's
			my decision.

					DATA
			That fact is not in dispute.
			However, you may have acted with
			undue haste... and in doing so,
			you have unintentionally hurt
			Chief O'Brien's feelings.

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT TWO     24.

29   CONTINUED: (3)

					KEIKO
				(suddenly angry)
			I did what I had to! Why are you
			doing this? I thought you were
			my friend.

					DATA
			I am your friend.

					KEIKO
			Then leave me alone.

					DATA
			If I have offended---

	She backs away from him... tears mixing with the anger.

					KEIKO
			Just... leave me alone.

	She EXITS. On Data's troubled reaction...

					DATA (V.O.)
			It is clear that I need guidance
			to resolve this situation.
			Counselor Troi's advice should
			be useful.

									CUT TO:

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT TWO     24A.

30
thru	OMITTED
31

31A  INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	CLOSE ON a cup, as TROI pours tea into it. MOVE WITH
	HER as she picks up the cup, crosses the room and sits
	down on the couch with Data. (This action must be long
	enough for Data's voice-over to be heard.)

					DATA (V.O.)
				(continuing over above
				 action)
			In many ways, she is the friend
			that I understand the least. Her
			life and her duties are predicated
			on her understanding and
			perception of emotions. Since
			I have none, no doubt she finds
			me as much of a mystery as I find
			her.

					DATA
			Chief O'Brien talks to me... Keiko
			talks to you... why do they not
			talk to each other?

					TROI
				(smiles)
			That's a good question, Data.
			I wish I had a good answer for
			you. Perhaps when they're ready,
			they will.

					DATA
			Many aspects of this situation
			are puzzling. I have been
			studying relevant texts on the
			subject of marriage, but I have
			not found a suitable guide.

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT TWO     25.

31A  CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			A suitable guide for what?

					DATA
			In an effort to be helpful, I
			am trying to calculate the
			variables involved in a successful
			marriage.

					TROI
			Good luck.

					DATA
			There are many different
			opinions. On Galvin Five, a
			marriage is considered successful
			only if children are produced
			within a year of the wedding.
			Andorian marriages require groups
			of four people unless two---

					TROI
			Data... would you like my advice
			on how to help them?
				(off his nod)
			Don't. This is something they
			need to work out for themselves
			now.

					DATA
			But I am their friend. Should
			I not stand with them in a time
			of difficulty?

					TROI
			There are many ways of helping
			a friend... sometimes the best
			way is to leave them alone.

	Data thinks about that for a second.

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT TWO     26.

31A  CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Do you believe marriage to be the
			right decision for them?

					TROI
			I don't know. They are very much
			in love, but sometimes that isn't
			enough. Marriage is an agreement
			to share who you are with someone
			else... to spend your lives
			together... to grow old together.

	Beat as Data thinks about this.

					DATA
				(concerned)
			'To grow old together?' Is that
			an integral component of
			marriage?

					TROI
				(cautious)
			Why do you ask?

					DATA
			Although I am an android, I have
			not excluded the possibility that
			I too may someday marry.

					TROI
			There's nothing wrong with that.

					DATA
			I believe I have much to offer
			a potential mate, however we
			cannot grow old together,
			Counselor, because I will not grow
			old.

					TROI
				(smiles)
			You do have a lot to offer,
			Data...

					T'PEL'S COM VOICE
			Commander Data, this is Ambassador
			T'Pel. Please report to my
			quarters.

					DATA
				(hits communicator)
			Acknowledged.

									CUT TO:

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT TWO     26A.

32   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at warp.

33   INT. T'PEL'S QUARTERS

	(No windows... similar to the quarters in "Sarek")
	T'Pel is pacing, a little restless for a Vulcan, but
	not nervous. The door CHIMES.

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - ACT TWO     27.

33   CONTINUED:

					T'PEL
			Enter.

	Data ENTERS. T'Pel sits at the table... an impassive
	look on her face.

					T'PEL
			You have a priority three
			clearance aboard the Enterprise?

					DATA
			That is correct, Ambassador.

					T'PEL
			I require information on this
			ship's defense and navigational
			systems. Access code kappa alpha
			four-six-zero-one-seven-zero-four.

					DATA
				(processes for a second)
			That code is valid.

					T'PEL
			What is the field strength of the
			ship's deflector shields at
			maximum output?

					DATA
			May I ask what is the purpose for
			this request?

					T'PEL
			I require the information.

					DATA
			I have the same safeguards as the
			ship's computer. Therefore, I
			must report any inquiry regarding
			restricted information to the
			Captain along with a report
			stating the nature and purpose
			of the inquiry.

	T'Pel's eyes narrow a bit as she reconsiders for a
	moment. Data frowns in puzzlement.

					DATA
			Your reaction suggests that you
			do not wish the Captain to be
			informed of your inquiry.

     STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT TWO     28.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

					T'PEL
				(cool)
			No. I was not interested in the
			information. I was curious as
			to your security safeguards.
			They appear to be adequate.
				(beat)
			Cancel request. You may leave.

	Data EXITS.

34   INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	Data ENTERS from T'Pel's quarters. He heads for a
	Turbolift.

					DATA (V.O.)
			Commander Maddox, I have often
			wished for the sense that humans
			call intuition or instinct.
			Since Vulcans do not lie, I must
			accept the Ambassador's
			explanation... but I still wish
			I could have a... gut feeling
			to back up this conclusion.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT THREE    29.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

35   OMITTED

35A  INT. CORRIDOR

	Data steps up to the keypad outside the Holodeck doors
	and presses a button.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Program Crusher Four in progress.

	Data EXITS to the Holodeck.

36   INT. HOLODECK/DANCE STUDIO

	The Studio is plain: wood floor, mirror, practice beam.
	Data ENTERS. Beverly is already here warming up. She
	sees Data and comes over... she's excited to be
	dancing again.

					BEVERLY
			Hi.
				(re: the room)
			Whatta ya think? It's a recreation
			of the studio where I took my
			first dance lesson.

	She says it with affectionate nostalgia... Data can't
	appreciate the emotional attachment.

					DATA
			It appears to be quite suitable,
			Doctor.

    STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT THREE    30.

36   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			All right, then. Let's start with
			something real simple.

	She taps out a very rudimentary step.

					BEVERLY
			Go ahead, try it.

	Data repeats the move smoothly.

					BEVERLY
				(surprised)
			Good! Now try this...

	A slightly more complex step... again Data picks it
	up without trouble, but he keeps his arms stiffly at
	his sides.

					BEVERLY
			Wait a minute...
				(Data stops)
			Try it again, but watch my
			arms...

	She repeats the step using her arms... Data tries
	again... uses his arms in exact imitation of Beverly.

					BEVERLY
				(shocked at his skill)
			And... you say you're never done
			this... ?!

					DATA
			That is correct. Perhaps it would
			be beneficial to show me the final
			lesson.

					BEVERLY
			Okay...

	She does a more complex dance routine. Data looks for
	a moment... then joins her, matching her step for step.
	As they finish with a quick flourish...

    STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT THREE    30A.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			That was the easiest lesson I've
			ever given.

					DATA
			Then I have succeeded in learning
			how to dance?

					BEVERLY
			You seem to have... picked up the
			basics.

					DATA
			Thank you, Doctor. I am now ready
			to dance at the wedding.

					BEVERLY
				(reacts)
			Wedding?

					DATA
			Keiko's wedding.

					BEVERLY
			But you never... you didn't say
			it was for the wedding.

					DATA
			Is that important?

					BEVERLY
			Well... yes. They don't do a
			lot of tap dancing at weddings...

					DATA
			Why not?

					BEVERLY
			Because... well... actually I'm
			not exactly sure, Data. But we'd
			better try a style of dancing
			they will do at the wedding...
			Computer, run "Blue Moon".

	The MUSIC STARTS. (Other songs: "My Romance," "Night
	& Day," "Constantly," "Moon Glow," or "Dancing in the
	Dark.")

    STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT THREE    31.

36   CONTINUED: (3)

	Beverly positions his arms correctly and then starts to
	dance...

					BEVERLY
			Compared to what we were just
			doing, it's very simple. Just
			follow me. One, two, three,
			four---

	Data doesn't get this at all... he quickly makes a
	wrong move and steps on her foot.

					BEVERLY
			No, no... you're trying to---Ow!
			Move more slowly... that's it...
			no, now you're--Ow! Stop music.

	MUSIC STOPS.

					DATA
			I am sorry.

					BEVERLY
			I don't get it... you picked up
			tap dancing so quickly...

					DATA
			I cannot reproduce your
			performance if I cannot see your
			feet.

					BEVERLY
				(now she understands)
			You need something to copy. You
			can't just... dance?

					DATA
			No, Doctor.

	She looks at him with wonder and compassion... amazed
	at this simple inability by someone so incredibly
	gifted. Her heart warms... she finally takes his arms
	again.

					BEVERLY
			All right... this time, watch my
			feet. Computer, start music.
				(the music starts)
			Don't try to imitate me. You
			have to lead.

    STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT THREE    31A.

36   CONTINUED: (4)

					DATA
			Lead where?

					BEVERLY
			Indicate to your partner where
			you're going to step.

					DATA
			How is this accomplished... ?

					BEVERLY
			Watch me, I'll lead...
				(they switch arms)
			Notice I don't repeat the same
			pattern over and over... I
			improvise... Good... Now you
			lead...
				(they switch positions
				 again)
			Look up... into my eyes...
			Good... You're holding me too
			tight, Data...

					DATA
			This is a very complex set of
			variables to coordinate.

					BEVERLY
			You're doing fine... now smile,
			like you're enjoying yourself...

	He puts on a pleasant face...

    STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT THREE    32.

36   CONTINUED: (5)

					NURSE'S COM VOICE
			Doctor Crusher please report to
			Sickbay.

	The interruption breaks their rhythm and Data steps on
	her toes again.

					BEVERLY
				(wincing, hits
				 communicator)
			Is it Lieutenant Juarez?

					NURSE'S COM VOICE
			Yes, Doctor. Her contractions
			are now one minute apart.

					BEVERLY
			I'm on my way.
				(to Data)
			Why don't you try it with an...
			artificial partner for a little
			while? Don't be afraid to
			experiment.

					DATA
			I will. Thank you, Doctor.

	She EXITS with a slight limp.

37   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

					DATA
			Computer, create dance partner,
			female.

	A FEMALE DANCER APPEARS. She smiles sweetly at Data
	and he takes her in his arms.

					DATA
			Begin music.

	The MUSIC STARTS and as Data tries to dance we...

									CUT TO:

    STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT THREE    33.

38   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at warp.

    STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT THREE    34.

39   OMITTED

40   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data ENTERS. Riker's shift still on duty. Riker is
	telling a joke to the Supernumeraries at Tactical and
	the Aft Science station. Data watches Riker as he
	moves to Ops and takes his station. Data's V.O. can be
	heard over Riker's joke.

					RIKER
			... he still won't talk... so they
			put the Count's head on the
			chopping block... 'one more
			chance' says the Queen. 'No' says
			the Count. The headsman swings
			his axe and just as the blade
			falls, the Count says 'Wait, wait,
			I'll talk!' but it was too late.
			And the moral to the story is
			don't hatchet your counts before
			they chicken.

					DATA (V.O.)
				(over the above)
			Commander Riker's easy-going
			manner and sense of humor is
			fascinating. It is one reason
			why he is so popular among the
			crew. I believe it may also be
			partly responsible for his success
			in matters of love. There may
			be a possible correlation between
			humor and sex... the need for more
			research is indicated.

	The Supernumeraries groan at the joke, but Riker is
	pleased with himself and moves back to Command. Data
	notices something on his console.

    STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT THREE    35.

40   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Commander, we have reached the
			designated coordinates.

					RIKER
			All stop.
				(to com)
			Captain Picard to the Bridge.

	Picard and T'Pel ENTER from Ready Room. Picard is
	grim.

					PICARD
			Hold position. Long range scan.

	Picard looks at the viewscreen for a tense beat...
	everyone waiting, unsure what's coming next.

					DATA
			I have detected a ship in the
			Neutral Zone, Captain.
			Configuration... Romulan Warbird.

	Picard looks to T'Pel... she's pleased by the news.
	Picard's grim expression doesn't alter and he does not
	look away from her...

					PICARD
			Yellow Alert.

	T'Pel disapproves, but neither of them say anything...
	they stare at each other in a silent battle of wills as
	the Bridge goes to condition yellow. Worf ENTERS and
	goes to his station. Picard finally turns away from
	T'Pel and back toward the viewer.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, hail the Warbird.

					WORF
				(works console)
			Aye, sir.
				(beat)
			They are responding... text only
			Captain.
				(reads message)
			We are to proceed to the agreed
			coordinates.

	Picard takes another beat to think this over.

    STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT THREE    36.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Set course zero three seven mark
			zero zero five, warp four. Take
			us into the Neutral Zone, Ensign.

	There are reactions around the Bridge the Supernumerary
	at Con carries out the order.

41   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship goes into warp.

42   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					WORF
				(reading console)
			Captain, the Warbird is holding
			position. In three minutes we
			will be within phaser range.

					PICARD
			Red Alert.

	T'Pel reacts... she gives Picard a warning look.

					PICARD
			My crew knows their duty,
			Ambassador. They will take no
			provocative action... without my
			order.

	There is something close to anger on T'Pel's face, but
	she maintains her cool Vulcan reserve. She taps in
	some numbers at one of the Command terminals.

					T'PEL
			Hold position at these
			coordinates.

					RIKER
				(glances at his
				 terminal)
			Slow to half impulse.

    STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - ACT THREE    37.

42   CONTINUED:

					T'PEL
				(to Worf)
			Open a channel.

	Worf looks to Picard and he nods agreement.

					WORF
				(works console)
			Open.

					T'PEL
			This is Ambassador T'Pel. I have
			arrived.

43
thru	OMITTED
44

45   ON VIEWER (OPTICAL) - INTERCUT AS NEEDED

	The image of MENDAK, a Romulan Admiral, comes on the
	screen. His attitude is neutral... a shrewd negotiator
	careful not to give anything away.

					MENDAK
			I am Admiral Mendak.

					T'PEL
			There is no established protocol
			for a meeting of this nature.
			The logical course is for me to
			transport aboard your ship and
			begin the negotiations.

					MENDAK
				(noncommittal)
			Yes...
				(looks at Picard)
			Captain, I note your defensive
			systems have been activated.

	Picard glances at Worf and receives a quick nod in
	return.

					PICARD
			As are yours, Admiral.

					MENDAK
				(smiles)
			It was not meant as an
			accusation...
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - ACT THREE        38.

45   CONTINUED:

					MENDAK (Cont'd)
				(to T'Pel)
			Indeed, I salute your show of
			strength. Ambassador, we are
			honored by your presence. You
			may transport aboard at your
			convenience.

					T'PEL
			The honor is mine.

	The view screen returns to a shot of the Romulan ship.
	T'Pel turns to Picard... more than a trace of arrogance
	in her attitude.

					T'PEL
			Instruct your Transporter Room
			to stand-by. I will beam to their
			ship without further delay.

	Picard is reluctant... he makes one last attempt.

					PICARD
				(quiet)
			Ambassador, I must once again urge
			you to reconsider. The Enterprise
			can accommodate a Romulan
			delegation without sacrificing
			security or---

					T'PEL
				(withering)
			Captain Picard, I find your
			arguments illogical. Please carry
			out my instructions.

	She EXITS to Turbolift. Riker and Picard exchange a
	look of exasperation with the Ambassador.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Bridge to Transporter Room Three.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			O'Brien here.

					PICARD
			Prepare to beam Ambassador T'Pel
			to the Romulan ship.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - ACT THREE        39.

45   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Maintain a lock on her signal
			once she's aboard their vessel.
			At the first sign of trouble I
			want to be able to bring her
			back.

					WORF
			Understood.

46   NEW ANGLE

	as Worf reads his console.

					WORF
			Transporter activated...

	Worf reacts with alarm at something on the console just
	as O'Brien's voice comes over the com...

					WORF
			Captain---!

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Transporter emergency! I'm
			losing her signal!

					WORF
			Boosting power to autosequencers.

					DATA
			Engaging computer override.

					RIKER
				(to com, urgent)
			O'Brien what's happening down
			there?

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			I'm losing the pattern... trying
			to re-establish...

	An ominous silence... everyone on the Bridge waits for
	a long, tense beat...

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - ACT THREE        40.

46   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
				(defeated)
			I'm sorry, sir... I wasn't able
			to retrieve the signal... the
			Ambassador's dead.

	On Picard's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT FOUR         41.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

47   OMITTED

47A  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Picard, Data, and Riker are listening to O'Brien's
	report. Geordi, Beverly and a MEDICAL TECHNICIAN are
	examining the Transporter pad in the b.g. with a couple
	of tricorders. The Technician has a carrying case into
	which residual samples from the Transporter pad are
	being placed. Data's V.O. can be heard over the
	following...

					O'BRIEN
			The signal lock wasn't broken,
			sir. I had just entered the
			transfer sequence when the
			Ambassador's pattern began to
			break up. I tried to go to
			emergency manual control, but the
			pattern deteriorated too rapidly
			and...
				(shakes his head)

					DATA (V.O.)
				(over the above)
			Personal Log: Supplemental. The
			risks aboard a starship are
			accepted by all who serve, but
			I have never failed to observe
			a deep emotional response to the
			loss of a comrade. It is at times
			like this that I greatly miss the
			ability to share human feelings.

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			Captain, there is no prior record
			of this type of accident occurring
			on a starship. Back-up systems
			and safeguards are designed to
			prevent just such an occurrence.

	Geordi comes over from the Transporter pad.


         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - ACT FOUR         42.

47A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I can't find any system flaws in
			the unit, sir. All the
			Engineering status reports were
			normal. None of the backups were
			activated and the autosequencers
			all functioned normally.

					PICARD
			Any prior malfunctions with this
			Transporter unit?

					O'BRIEN
			No, sir. In fact, we replaced
			the transition coils only a week
			ago.

					RIKER
			Could there have been some kind
			of interference from the Romulans?

					O'BRIEN
			Nothing that I could see... their
			shields were down... there was
			no power interruption... no
			subspace bias.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			I want that unit pulled and its
			systems checked again. I also
			want a level one diagnostic
			performed on all Transporters.

					GEORDI
			Aye, Captain.

	Geordi EXITS. Beverly has finished her work. The
	Technician EXITS carrying the medical case.

					BEVERLY
			Her molecular structure
			dissipated instantly once the
			pattern was lost. There were a
			few organic compounds left on the
			pad, but there's not enough
			material for an autopsy.

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - ACT FOUR         43.

47A  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			To die in a Transporter
			accident... Hardly a fitting end
			for one of the Federation's most
			honored diplomats.

	A quiet moment as they contemplate the death of the
	Ambassador.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Captain. Admiral Mendak
			wishes to speak with you.

	Picard knows what's coming and he's not looking forward
	to it. On Picard...

									CUT TO:

48
thru	OMITTED
49

49A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - INTERCUT WITH VIEWSCREEN (OPTICALL)

	Picard, Data, Riker, and Worf. Mendak is on the
	viewscreen.

					MENDAK
			We're still waiting, Captain.
			Is there a problem?

	Picard hesitates for only a moment... but there's no
	way to hide this.

					PICARD
			There's been... an accident.
			Ambassador T'Pel... was killed
			in a Transporter malfunction.

	Mendak is surprised... takes a second to digest this
	information... then his eyes narrow and he looks at
	Picard with suspicion.

					MENDAK
			What kind of malfunction?

					PICARD
			We're investigating that right
			now. I'm sure that---

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - ACT FOUR         44.

49A  CONTINUED:

					MENDAK
			I should have known the Federation
			wasn't serious about this
			conference.

					PICARD
			Admiral, I can assure you that
			the Federation places the highest
			priority on this mission and its
			goal.

	Mendak isn't buying this... but his attitude shows
	grudging admiration.

					MENDAK
			Well played, Captain... well
			played. Starfleet opposes
			normalization of relations with
			the Romulan Empire and so you are
			ordered to create... an accident.

					PICARD
			You're mistaken. I am ready and
			willing to discuss the
			establishment of full diplomatic
			relations under the same terms
			as Ambassador T'Pel.

					MENDAK
				(derisive laugh)
			A generous offer, since you know
			that we were only willing to
			negotiate with T'Pel.
				(shakes head)
			I salute you again, Captain. It
			was a maneuver worthy of a
			Romulan. I suggest we both leave
			the Neutral Zone before there
			is... another accident.

	The image goes blank. Ominous silence fills the
	Bridge. Finally...

					PICARD
			Set course for Federation
			territory, warp two.

	The Supernumerary at Con works the console.

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT FOUR         45.

49A  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Engage.
				(to Data)
			Mister Data, take charge of the
			investigation. Study computer
			logs, sensor information...
			everything. I refuse to believe
			this was a simple malfunction.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	Data EXITS to Turbolift.

									CUT TO:

50   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Data working at the pool table.

					DATA (V.O.)
			Captain Picard was the person who
			first interested me in the works
			of Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle.

51   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	A short time later. Data and Geordi running some tests
	on a console... Geordi getting frustrated.

					DATA (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			I have subsequently become a great
			admirer of the fictional detective
			Sherlock Holmes and his ability
			to solve mysteries by careful
			examination of the available
			evidence.

52   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Data and O'Brien running tests on the Transporter...
	objects DEMATERIALIZE and REMATERIALIZE.

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT FOUR         46.

52   CONTINUED:

					DATA (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			I have found Holmes' methodology
			of deductive reasoning to be quite
			useful in performing my duties.
			One of his adages is that once
			you have eliminated the
			impossible...

53   INT. SICKBAY

	Data ENTERS. Beverly is working at a lab table with
	a large scanning/analysis device with a single computer
	screen and keypad built into it.

					DATA (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... whatever remains, however
			improbable, must be the truth.

					BEVERLY
			I'm afraid I can't give you
			another lesson right now, Data.

					DATA
			That is not my purpose. I wish
			to examine the remains of
			Ambassador T'Pel found on the
			Transporter pad.

					BEVERLY
			I'm working on my report right now.

					DATA
			Have you compared the genetic
			code with the Ambassador's last
			recorded Transporter ID trace?

					BEVERLY
			No... that's not part of the
			standard procedure. Why?

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT FOUR         47.

53   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(hesitates)
			I could be pursuing an untamed
			ornithoid without cause.

	She looks at him blankly for a moment.

					BEVERLY
			A wild goose chase?

	Data nods.

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/24/90 - ACT FOUR         48.

53   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Okay... let's see what happens...
			Computer, access Transporter ID
			trace of Ambassador T'Pel.

53A  INSERT (OPTICAL)

	Transporter information comes up on the terminal
	screen.

53B  RETURN TO SCENE - INTERCUT AS NEEDED (OPTICAL)

					BEVERLY
			All right... there's the genetic
			record of the Ambassador when she
			beamed aboard the Enterprise.

	Beverly takes a small disk containing some organic
	material and sets it into a slot in the machine. She
	begins to work the console and now genetic information
	from the material comes up on the other side of the
	screen. Beverly begins to run both sets of information
	through a test... the information on both sides should
	be virtually identical.

					BEVERLY
			Now, the breakdown of the
			organic material found on the
			Transporter pad should be
			identical.
				(beat as she reads
				 screen)
			Mitochondrial structure fits all
			general parameters... no change
			in the nucleotide bases...

	The test STOPS and the two screens highlight sections
	of the genetic code that are DIFFERENT.

					BEVERLY
				(frowns)
			There's a slight discrepancy in
			the base pair sequence.

	She runs another test... the screens then STOP on
	another section of code that's DIFFERENT.

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/24/90 - ACT FOUR        48A.

53B  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(to Data)
			Chemically, these are identical...
			however, the organic sample from
			the Transporter is showing
			numerous single-bit errors... like
			replicated material.

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT FOUR         49.

53B  CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Can you postulate an explanation
			for the discrepancy?

					BEVERLY
			I'd say the DNA was either mutated
			by the Transporter during the
			rematerialization process...

					DATA
				(he expected this)
			A supposition not supported by
			the Transporter records.

					BEVERLY
			Or these aren't the remains of
			the Ambassador.

	On their reactions...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT FIVE         50.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

54   INT. READY ROOM

	Data, Geordi, Riker, and Picard.

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			The only abnormality found during
			my investigation was a temporary
			increase in the matter to energy
			signal ratio. This fluctuation
			was well within operating
			parameters and would normally not
			invite further consideration.
			However, due to the circumstances,
			I decided to investigate the
			possibility that a second
			Transporter signal had caused the
			fluctuation. Although this was
			highly improbable, it was the only
			remaining theory.

					RIKER
			A second transporter signal?
			From where?

					DATA
			From the Devoras.

					GEORDI
			Romulan transporters operate on
			similar subspace frequencies to
			our own. With minor adjustments
			they could be made to simulate
			our own transporter carrier wave.

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT FIVE         51.

54   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			So they beamed the Ambassador off
			our own pad.

					DATA
			While simultaneously a small
			amount of genetically similar
			material was left in the
			Ambassador's place.

					RIKER
			To make us believe she died as
			a result of the 'malfunction.'

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
				(hits communicator)
			Mister Worf, where is the Devoras?

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			The ship is still in the Neutral
			Zone...
				(BEGIN DATA V.O.)
			... on course zero seven nine mark
			one two five... speed warp two.

					RIKER
			Heading for home.

					DATA (V.O.)
				(over above action)
			The safest and most logical
			decision in this situation is to
			contact Starfleet and await
			further instructions. However,
			based on past experience, I
			project only a seventeen percent
			chance Captain Picard will choose
			that alternative.

	Picard thinks for a few seconds... gets up, moves to
	the window and looks out for a few moments before
	making the decision. (His action must be long enough
	to cover Data's voice-over.)

					PICARD
			Red Alert. All hands stand to
			battlestations.

	They all EXIT.

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT FIVE        51A.

55   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Riker, Geordi, Data, and Picard ENTER from Ready Room
	and take their positions.

					PICARD
			Lay in an intercept course to the
			Romulan ship.

					RIKER
			Shields up, load all torpedo bays,
			stand-by phasers.

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - ACT FIVE         52.

55   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Course laid in, Captain.

					PICARD
			Warp factor eight. Engage.

56   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at warp.

57   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					PICARD
			Open a channel to the Devoras.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.
				(works console)
			No response.

					DATA
			The Devoras is dropping out of
			warp... their weapon systems are
			powering up.

					PICARD
			Go to impulse power.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Worf sees something on his console.

					WORF
			Message coming in, sir.

					PICARD
			On screen.

58   ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL) - INTERCUT AS NEEDED

	Mendak's image appears.

					MENDAK
			Captain Picard, you agreed to
			leave the Neutral Zone without---

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - ACT FIVE         53.

58   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(firm)
			Admiral Mendak, you are holding
			our Ambassador captive.

	A wisp of a smile plays about Mendak's lips... he seems
	to enjoy this a little.

					MENDAK
			I can assure you... there is no
			one being held captive aboard this
			ship.

					PICARD
			We know about the Transporter
			'malfunction' and that you are
			holding Ambassador T'Pel.

	Mendak waits for a beat... then nods to someone o.s.

					WORF
			Captain, Romulan Warbird
			decloaking to starboard!

59   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & ROMULANS (OPTICAL)

	Another Romulan ship DECLOAKS and now two Romulans are
	facing the Enterprise.

60   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As before. (Intercut with Viewscreen)

					MENDAK
			I suggest you leave... now.

	Picard will not be moved.

					PICARD
			It is my responsibility to protect
			the lives of Federation citizens.
			I will not permit this abduction
			to succeed..

	Mendak isn't taking him seriously yet.

					MENDAK
			Captain, you're not going to start
			an incident which might---

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT FIVE         54.

60   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(final)
			I am prepared to take whatever
			action is necessary to obtain the
			Ambassador's return.

	Mendak takes Picard's measure for a moment... as we
	CUT BETWEEN Picard and Mendak, we hear Data's V.O...

					DATA (V.O.)
				(over above action)
			In poker, there is a moment when
			a player must decide if an
			opponent is being deceptive or
			actually holds a winning hand.
			This decision is based not only
			on the odds, but also on an
			appraisal of the man. Is he
			bluffing or does he have the
			cards?

	Mendak finally sees that Picard means business.

					MENDAK
			Fortunately... I'm not ready to
			start a war today...

	Mendak gestures to someone o.s. and Ambassador T'Pel
	moves into view, wearing a ROMULAN UNIFORM. There are
	shocked reactions around the Bridge.

					RIKER
			T'Pel?

					T'PEL
			Sub-Commander Selok, actually.

	It's all clear to Picard now.

					PICARD
			A spy.

					MENDAK
			A patriot, Captain... she has
			performed her service to the
			Empire with distinction.

					T'PEL/SELOK
				(smiles)
			Thank you for your... help,
			Captain.

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - ACT FIVE         55.

60   CONTINUED: (2)

					MENDAK
			You can see now that we are not
			holding one of your citizens...
			and we thank you for returning
			our sister to us.
				(voice hardens)
			But my patience has limits... the
			game is over. I expect you to
			leave peacefully. Now.

	The transmission ENDS.

					WORF
			Sir, long-range scanners show
			three more Romulan ships moving
			into this sector.

	Picard takes that in... looks at Riker.

					RIKER
				(quiet)
			Some days you get the bear, some
			days the bear gets you.

	Picard sees the only rational course of action.

					PICARD
			Reverse course... take us back
			to Federation territory, warp six.
			Engage.

61   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & ROMULANS (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise turns and moves away.

62   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before... PUSH IN on Data.

					DATA (V.O.)
			Captain Picard once drew an
			analogy between life and a chess
			game... he said that the loss of
			a single piece does not concede
			the game itself.

	Data glances over his shoulder at the others on the
	Bridge. People are returning to normal business. The
	Red Alert indicators turn OFF.

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT FIVE         56.

62   CONTINUED:

					DATA (V.O.)
			The Captain has also said that
			out of the ashes of defeat rise
			the victorious dreams of men.
			I find that to be a worthy
			philosophy and I have incorporated
			it into my programming.

									CUT TO:

63   INT. ARBORETUM

	Keiko is scanning a tree with a tricorder. In contrast
	to her earlier attitude, she is bright and cheerful.
	Data ENTERS.

					DATA
			Keiko, I need your help.
				(off her surprised look)
			I have offended you and need to
			find a way to rectify my mistake.
			I am not sure what to do.

					KEIKO
			You didn't offend me.

					DATA
			I should not have interfered.
			It would be best if I apologized.

					KEIKO
			It would be best if you got
			dressed.
				(off his reaction)
			For the wedding?

					DATA
			But...

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT FIVE         57.

63   CONTINUED:

					KEIKO
			Oh, come here... I have a
			beautiful carnation for the
			father of the bride... don't be
			nervous now...

	As she goes off to get it...

					DATA
				(to Keiko, as she
				 leaves)
			I am not nervous.
				(beat, to himself)
			I am just... confused.

									CUT TO:

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT FIVE         58.

64   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship stopped in space.

65   INT. TEN FORWARD - ON DATA

	He is looking at something o.s.... Japanese wedding
	MUSIC (called gagaku) is playing in the b.g. After
	a few seconds, MOVE TO reveal Data (dress uniform, with
	a boutonniere) standing in Ten Forward, which is
	decorated for the wedding. This is a celebration of
	two cultures (Japanese & Irish) and there should
	fixtures from both.

66   NEW ANGLE

	Picard is standing in front of the center window with
	O'Brien before him and Geordi standing in place as best
	man. (All three in dress uniforms) A white,
	earthenware goblet sits on a table next to O'Brien.
	Riker and Troi (in standard uniforms) are standing to
	one side and there are SUPERNUMERARIES gathered around.

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT FIVE         59.

67   ON KEIKO

	She is kneeling in prayer off to one side of the room.
	She is wearing a semi-traditional Japanese wedding
	kimono of black silk, with a few modern touches.

	Data waits just behind her. Keiko finishes her silent
	prayer to her ancestors and stands. Data takes her
	arm and they walk toward O'Brien.

68   NEW ANGLE

	as Data and Keiko move to O'Brien. Data hands the
	bride to him and then he takes the goblet from the
	table and hands it to Keiko. She drinks from it in
	three quick sips and then hands it to O'Brien. He also
	drinks in three sips. Data takes the goblet and sets
	it back on the table. Everyone now looks to Picard

					PICARD
			Since the time of the first wooden
			sailing ships, all captains have
			enjoyed the happy privilege of
			joining two people in the bonds
			of matrimony. And so now it is
			my honor to unite you Keiko
			Ishikawa, and you Miles Edward
			O'Brien together in marriage here
			in the sight of your friends and
			family.

	MOVE TO Data as he watches the ceremony.

					DATA (V.O.)
				(over part of the above)
			There are still many human
			emotions I do not fully
			comprehend... anger, hatred,
			revenge...

69   ON O'BRIEN & KEIKO

	as O'Brien kisses Keiko... and everyone CHEERS. The
	Japanese music is replaced by a bright, lively, IRISH
	TUNE and people gather round to congratulate the happy
	couple.

					DATA (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			But I am not mystified by the
			desire to be loved...

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - ACT FIVE         60.

70   ON DATA & KEIKO

	a short time later as Data dances gracefully with the
	new bride.

					DATA (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... the need for friendship...
			these are things I do understand.

	As they dance...

									CUT TO:

71   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship moving at warp speed.

72   INT. NURSERY

	Data ENTERS (now in standard uniform). The room is
	quiet and dark. Picard (still in dress uniform) and
	the Nurse are near a small cradle... the Nurse gesture
	to the cradle and then walks away from Picard as if she
	had just showed him the way over there. Picard looks
	down for a beat and then notices Data.

					DATA
				(quietly)
			I was looking for Doctor Crusher.
			I wished to thank her for my...

	He trails off, not wanting to give away her secret.

					PICARD
				(softly)
			She just left.

	He looks back into the cradle and Data moves over for
	a better view.

					DATA
			The Juarez child?

					PICARD
				(nods)
			A boy.
				(beat)
			At the same time we were facing
			destruction... this small miracle
			was taking place.

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/18/90 - ACT FIVE         61.

73   NEW ANGLE

	now including the JUAREZ BABY sleeping in the cradle.
	Picard leans forward.

					PICARD
				(softly)
			Welcome aboard.

									CUT TO:

74   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Worf in Command and SUPERNUMERARIES (different from
	Riker's shift) at the other stations. Data and his
	shift ENTER from Turbolifts. This is night again, so
	the Bridge lighting is DARK.

					WORF
				(stands)
			All systems normal, sir. We are
			on course for Adelphous Four.
			Engineering is realigning the main
			deflector dish, Sickbay reports
			Lieutenant Umbato broke two ribs
			during a Holodeck exercise, and
			sensors continue to gather long
			range information on the Murasaki
			Quasar.

					DATA
			Very well. I have the Bridge.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					DATA
				(to com)
			Begin night watch.

	The LIGHTS DARKEN to signal the end of the 'day'.
	Data's people smoothly take their positions and Worf
	EXITS along with his shift. Data sits in Command and
	contemplates the stars on the main viewer.

         STAR TREK: "Data's Day" - REV. 10/15/90 - ACT FIVE         62.

74   CONTINUED:

					DATA (V.O.)
			If being human is not simply a
			matter of being born flesh and
			blood... if it is instead a way
			of thinking, acting... and
			feeling... then I am hopeful that
			one day I will discover my own
			humanity. Until then Commander
			Maddox, I will continue...
			learning, changing, growing...
			and trying to become more than
			what I am.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             







                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "The Wounded" 
                          #40274-186 
                              
                           Story by 
                  Stuart Charno & Sara Charno 
                              and 
                          Cy Chermak 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                          Jeri Taylor 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Chip Chalmers 


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                         FINAL DRAFT
 
                      OCTOBER 23, 1990
 

        STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "The Wounded" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             Starfleet
                RIKER                ADMIRAL HADEN
                DATA                 CAPTAIN BENJAMIN MAXWELL
                TROI               
                                   Cardassians
                GEORDI               GUL MACET
                WORF                 GLINN DARO
                                     GLINN TELLE
                O'BRIEN            
                KEIKO              
                COMPUTER VOICE     

                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

        STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "The Wounded" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     USS PHOENIX
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TEN-FORWARD              CARDASSIAN WARSHIP
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              CORRIDOR                 CARDASSIAN CARGO SHIP
              TURBOLIFT
              O'BRIENS' QUARTERS
          
            USS PHOENIX
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
          
            STARFLEET
              ADMIRAL HADEN'S OFFICE
              (ON VIEWSCREEN ONLY)
          
            CARDASSIAN WARSHIP TRAGER
              MACET'S BRIDGE
              (ON VIEWSCREEN ONLY)

   STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "The Wounded" 
                         
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              CARDASSIAN             car-DASS-ee-en
              CUELLAR                KWAY-yar
              DARO                   DAR-oh
              GUL MACET              gull mah-SETT
              KANAR                  KAY-nahr
              TELLE                  TELL-eh

      STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - TEASER      1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                        "The Wounded"                              
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	travelling through space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log: Stardate 44429.6.
			We are on a mapping survey near
			the Cardassian sector. It has
			been nearly a year since a peace
			treaty ended the long conflict
			between the Federation and
			Cardassia.

2    INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	PICARD, WORF, DATA, RIKER, TROI, SUPERNUMERARIES as
	needed.

					DATA
			Captain, we are nearing the
			periphery of Sector
			twenty-one-five-oh-three.

					PICARD
			Be on the lookout for a Cardassian
			patrol vessel, Mister Worf.
			They should be hailing us soon.

					RIKER
			Even with a treaty, they're
			skittish about protecting their
			borders.

	Picard is on his feet, walks toward the viewscreen,
	gazing at the field of stars.

					PICARD
			Last time I was in this sector,
			I was on the Stargazer, running
			at warp speed ahead of a
			Cardassian warship.

      STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - TEASER      2.

2    CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(amused)
			Running, Captain? You? That's
			hard to believe...

					PICARD
			Believe it. I'd been sent to make
			preliminary overtures to a
			truce... I lowered my shields as
			a gesture of good will. But the
			Cardassians weren't impressed.
			They took out most of my weapons
			and damaged the impulse engines
			before I could regroup and run.

					WORF
			The Cardassians have no honor.
			I do not trust them.

					TROI
			They're our allies now, Worf.
			We have to trust them.

					WORF
			Trust is earned, not given away.

	Picard smiles wryly at his outspoken Security Officer.

					PICARD
			Well, I hope their scout vessel
			makes contact soon. It's not a
			good idea to stay too long on a
			Cardassian border without making
			your intentions known.

3    CLOSE ON A PLATE OF FOOD (OPTICAL)

	which MATERIALIZES in the replicator -- largely
	unrecognizable, of skimpy portions, and not
	particularly appealing.

									CUT TO:

4    INT. O'BRIEN'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	O'Brien sits at a table, staring down at the plate of
	food. Keiko is just bringing her own plate, sits and
	joins him.

      STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/23/90 - TEASER      3.

4    CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
				(re: food)
			What is it?

					KEIKO
			Kelp buds... plankton loaf... and
			sea berries.

	O'Brien stirs the food dispiritedly.

					O'BRIEN
			Sweetheart... I'm not a fish.

	She smiles brightly, unoffended.

					KEIKO
			It's very healthy. I had this
			for breakfast every morning when
			I was growing up.

					O'BRIEN
			No oatmeal -- or muffins? How
			about corned beef and eggs?

					KEIKO
			For breakfast?

	She continues to eat heartily.

      STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/23/90 - TEASER      4.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					O'BRIEN
				(carefully)
			Keiko, I've been thinking...
			You've introduced me to all the
			wonderful foods you're accustomed
			to... I'd like to do the same.
				(beat)
			Isn't that what marriage is about?
			Sharing?

	She eyes him somewhat cautiously.

					KEIKO
			Like what kind of food?

					O'BRIEN
			Scalloped potatoes... mutton
			shanks... oxtails and cabbage...

					KEIKO
			Kind of... heavy...

					O'BRIEN
			No, you'll love it, I promise.
				(a deep breath)
			I can still remember the aromas
			when my mother was cooking...

					KEIKO
			She cooked?

					O'BRIEN
			She didn't believe in a
			replicator. She thought real food
			was more nutritious.

					KEIKO
				(with mild distaste)
			She handled... real meat...
			touched it and cut it?

					O'BRIEN
			Like a chef. She was fantastic.
			Of course, I'll have to use the
			replicator... but I'll make
			something special for you tonight.
			You'll love it, I promise.

	She smiles, swings her arms around his neck, pulls him
	close.

      STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - TEASER      5.

4    CONTINUED: (3)

					KEIKO
			Okay. Maybe I'll have something
			special for you, tonight, too...

	She kisses him gently... then there is a muffled
	explosion and a tremor in the room. Keiko pulls back,
	startled. O'Brien gets to his feet, alert.

					O'BRIEN
			Something's wrong...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Red alert. Take emergency
			stations.

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	under attack by a Cardassian warship.

6    INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Everyone on the Bridge at their stations and
	functioning.

					WORF
			Cardassian ship preparing to fire
			again, sir!

					PICARD
			Increase power to forward shields!

	Another explosion jolts the Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Hail them again, Mister Worf.

					RIKER
			What is he doing? Damage report!

					WORF
			Minor damage to secondary hull
			before we put our shields up, sir.
			No casualties, structural
			integrity intact.

      STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/25/90 - TEASER      6.

6    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Engineering to Bridge... starboard
			power coupling is down...

	And another, bigger explosion rips at the reeling
	Enterprise, causing the Bridge to shudder, lights play
	off and on. In the midst of this chaos --

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT ONE     7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

7    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND CARDASSIAN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The Cardassian ship firing on the Enterprise.

8    INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Still in upheaval.

					PICARD
			Evasive action -- Delta Sequence.
			Mister Worf, ready phasers.

					DATA
			Delta Evasion Plan initiated...

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, limit targets to
			engines and shields...

					WORF
			Aye sir... ready...

					PICARD
			Fire.

9    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND CARDASSIAN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	Phaser fire rips from the Enterprise toward the
	Cardassian ship.

10   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

					DATA
			Direct hit, sir. Moderate damage
			to their aft shield generators...

					PICARD
			Continue phaser fire.

					DATA
			Multiple hits. Power failure
			in forward shields...

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/25/90 - ACT ONE     7A.

10   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Cardassian ship is standing down,
			sir.

					PICARD
			Let's see if they'll answer our
			hail now, Mister Worf.

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/25/90 - ACT ONE     8.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Frequency open, sir.

					PICARD
				(stepping forward)
			This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard,
			of the Federation Starship
			Enterprise.

11   ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	A Cardassian Gul (Captain) appears. These are humanoid
	aliens -- sleek, handsome, intense.

					MACET
			I am Gul Macet of the Cardassian
			ship Trager.

					PICARD
			Why have you fired on us?

					MACET
			A curious question. In war, one
			attacks one's enemies.

					PICARD
				(perplexed)
			There is a treaty between our
			people...

					MACET
			Perhaps that fact was unknown to
			the Federation starship which
			destroyed our space station in
			the Cuellar System two days ago.

	Picard is taken aback -- this is news to him.

					PICARD
			A Federation starship... ?

					MACET
			Attacked an unarmed science
			station. They had barely enough
			time to send an emergency
			signal... before they were
			incinerated.

	Picard reacts.

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT ONE     9.

11   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Gul Macet... the Federation and
			the Cardassians have struggled
			too hard for peace to abandon it
			so easily...

					MACET
			We are not the ones who
			abandoned it, Captain.

					PICARD
			Let me talk to my superiors...
			find out what's behind this.
			Give me one hour. The alternative
			is for us to continue firing at
			each other. In such a contest,
			you would be at a disadvantage.

					MACET
			Very well. One hour.

	His image is replaced with that of the ship. On
	Picard's troubled expression....

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT ONE     10.

12   OMITTED

13   INT. READY ROOM - CLOSE ON MONITOR - INTERCUTTING
WITH PICARD (OPTICAL)

	and the image of Admiral Haden.

					ADMIRAL HADEN
			We've confirmed the report,
			Captain. It was the starship
			Phoenix... under the command of
			Benjamin Maxwell.

					PICARD
			Ben Maxwell... he's one of
			Starfleet's finest Captains...
			he must have had provocation.

					ADMIRAL HADEN
			I wish we knew. He's gone on
			silent running... doesn't answer
			our communiques.

					PICARD
			Then he's still in Cardassian
			space.

					ADMIRAL HADEN
				(acknowledges)
			The station he destroyed was in
			sector twenty-one-five-oh-five
			-- you're the nearest starship.
			We want you to go in and find
			him.

					PICARD
			Will the Cardassians
			cooperate... ?

					ADMIRAL HADEN
			They've granted you safe
			passage... We've agreed that
			you'll take along a delegation
			of observers as a show of good
			faith.
				(beat)
			Jean-Luc... I don't have to tell
			you the Federation is not prepared
			for a new sustained conflict. You
			must preserve the peace... no
			matter what the cost. Haden out.

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/25/90 - ACT ONE     11.

13   CONTINUED:

	The screen goes blank and Picard sits for a moment,
	reflecting on the precariousness of the situation.

14   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND CARDASSIAN VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	head-to-head.

15   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - MINUTES LATER.

	Picard briefs the crew.

					PICARD
			... there will be three Cardassians
			transporting on board... Their
			Captain, Gul Macet and two of his
			aides.
				(beat)
			My intention is to be as open as
			possible with them... allow them
			to share in our search for the
			Phoenix.

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/25/90 - ACT ONE     12.

15   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Sir, it is necessary to assign
			them a security detail.

					PICARD
			They will be our guests, Mister
			Worf. I don't want them to feel
			like prisoners.

	Worf is silent, but his look is eloquent.

					RIKER
			I'm inclined to agree with Worf,
			Captain. I would limit their
			access while they're on board.
			They don't need the run of the
			ship.

	A minor rebellion here. Picard faces them.

					PICARD
			I understand your concerns. And
			I realize... that we have had
			a long and difficult history with
			the Cardassians.

	He paces, formulating his thoughts.

					PICARD
			However... it is not an
			exaggeration to say that the
			difference between peace... and
			war... is up to us. And the way
			we treat the Cardassians may make
			the difference.

					WORF
			At least let me post guards at
			some of the sensitive areas of
			the ship.

					PICARD
				(considers)
			Very well, we will limit their
			access. But instruct your
			people... they are guests.

	He turns to Troi.

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/25/90 - ACT ONE     13.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Counselor, stay close to the
			crew. Some of them might be
			uncomfortable with the Cardassians
			on board. I want no incidents.

					TROI
			Yes, Captain.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, is there anyone on
			board who served previously with
			Captain Benjamin Maxwell?

					DATA
			Accessing...
				(beat)
			Chief O'Brien served under his
			command aboard the Rutledge.

					PICARD
			Very well. Mister Riker...
			Counselor... you will greet our
			guests in Transporter Room Three.
			And advise Chief O'Brien that I
			will be calling on him.

					RIKER
				(rising)
			Yes, sir.

	He and Troi head for the Turbolift.

16   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - MINUTES LATER (OPTICAL)

	Riker and Troi ENTER; O'Brien is there.

					O'BRIEN
			The delegation is ready to come
			aboard, sir.

					RIKER
			I believe you served under
			Benjamin Maxwell?

	At the mention of this name, O'Brien brightens.

					O'BRIEN
			Captain Maxwell? I'm proud to
			say I did.

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/25/90 - ACT ONE     14.

16   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			It seems Maxwell has taken it
			upon himself to destroy a
			Cardassian space station.

	O'Brien is taken aback, but there is no flickering in
	his loyalty.

					O'BRIEN
			If that's true, sir, there was
			a reason for it. I'd bank my life
			on that.

	Riker and Troi both take note of the fervent defense.

					RIKER
			The Captain may want to talk to
			you about him.
				(re: Transport)
			Bring them aboard.

	He manipulates his controls, there is the shimmering
	EFFECT, and three Cardassians -- Gul Macet and two
	aides -- MATERIALIZE on the pad. Riker steps forward
	as they descend.

					RIKER
			Welcome to the Enterprise. I am
			First Officer William Riker...
			this is Counselor Deanna Troi.

					MACET
			I am Gul Macet... my aides, Glinn
			Daro and Glinn Telle.

	There are murmured greetings. Riker guides them toward
	the door. The Cardassians see O'Brien, who cannot
	entirely disguise his discomfort around his former
	enemies.

					RIKER
			Our Transporter Chief, Mister
			O'Brien.

	The Cardassians nod politely. O'Brien inclines his
	head only enough to have acknowledged them. He stares
	straight ahead, not making eye contact. The others
	start out the door.

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/25/90 - ACT ONE     15.

17   CLOSE ON O'BRIEN

	as he turns his head to follow their progress. In his
	eyes there is a look of strange and puzzling intensity.

18   CLOSE ON TROI

	the last out the door, as she turns back to look at
	O'Brien. She has seen his reaction to the Cardassians,
	and is troubled. She meets his eye.

19   O'BRIEN

	looks away, his face an impervious mask once more.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT TWO     16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

20   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving through space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, supplemental: We
			have entered Cardassian territory,
			and are proceeding in our quest
			to locate the Phoenix.

21   INT. ENTERPRISE - OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Geordi, O'Brien, and the three
	Cardassians.

					GEORDI
			... and with long-range sensors,
			we've been scanning a radius of
			ten light years. We can
			effectively scan one sector in
			a day.

					RIKER
			We are scanning Sector
			twenty-one-five-oh-five now. So
			far... no sign of the Phoenix.

					MACET
				(challenging)
			In fact, you have no assurance
			that the ship is still in Sector
			twenty-one-five-oh-five.

					RIKER
				(right back at him)
			In fact, we don't have any idea
			where it is. But the last known
			co-ordinates seemed like a
			reasonably good place to start.

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/23/90 - ACT TWO     17.

21   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(jumping in to keep it
				 smooth)
			We would welcome any additional
			intelligence your forces could
			provide.

					MACET
			Captain Picard... you can
			understand that we are skeptical.
			Do you expect us to believe that
			you are using every means at your
			disposal -- to track down one of
			your own?

					PICARD
			Of course you would have concerns,
			Gul Macet. It is precisely
			because of that fact that I am
			including you in every aspect of
			our effort.
				(gesturing)
			You are here, with my staff,
			hearing reports as I hear them.
			Nothing is edited... nothing
			withheld.

	This is Picard at his most charming and persuasive. He
	waves his hand toward Macet's chair.

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/25/90 - ACT TWO     18.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Please. Let us continue.

	Macet hesitates a second, lest he appear too
	acquiescent. Then --

					MACET
			Very well.

	He sits.

					PICARD
			Our Transporter Chief, Mister
			O'Brien, has served with Benjamin
			Maxwell. I thought he might
			provide some insights.

	All heads turn toward O'Brien.

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT TWO     19.

21   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Mister O'Brien... I believe
			Captain Maxwell lost his family...
			during a raid on an outpost.

					O'BRIEN
			More like sabotage, sir. It was
			on Setlik Three. A squad of
			Cardassian militia made a sneak
			attack on an outpost... wiped out
			close to a hundred civilians.

					MACET
			Then it's vengeance he's after.

					O'BRIEN
			That's not what I meant --

					MACET
			Maxwell's taking retribution for
			his own loss.

					O'BRIEN
				(half-rising)
			Captain Maxwell would never --

					PICARD
			Gentlemen, please. Let us avoid
			speculation, and confine this
			discussion to facts. Now, Mister
			O'Brien --

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Worf to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
				(keys insignia)
			Yes, Lieutenant.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Captain -- long range sensors have
			located the Phoenix.

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT TWO     20.

21   CONTINUED: (4)

	Macet is already on his feet. Picard rises also.

					PICARD
			Will you join me on the Bridge?

	He and Picard EXIT toward the Bridge; the others,
	toward the corridor.

22   INT. ENTERPRISE - CORRIDOR OUTSIDE TURBOLIFT

	O'Brien waits as a Turbolift door slides open, enters
	-- and turns as the Cardassian aides enter.

23   INT. ENTERPRISE - INSIDE TURBOLIFT

	as the doors close.

					O'BRIEN
			Deck six.

					DARO
			Deck ten.

	The Turbolift takes off. There is a moment's strained
	silence, then --

					DARO
			Your Captain is most impressive.

	O'Brien is a little startled at being addressed.

					O'BRIEN
			Yes. He is.

	More silence.

					DARO
			Chief O'Brien... our Transporting
			system is still operating with
			active feed pattern buffers. I
			would like to talk with you about
			your technology.

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT TWO     21.

23   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			I'll have to get Commander
			La Forge's approval on that.

					DARO
			I understand. In the meantime...
			we're going to your Ten-Forward.
			Will you join us?

	The Turbolift has arrived at Deck seventeen. O'Brien
	starts for the door, turns back.

					O'BRIEN
			If my commander tells me to
			discuss the Transporter with you,
			I will. If Captain Picard orders
			me to tell you everything I know
			about Ben Maxwell, I will.

	He moves closer, speaks with a quiet intensity.

					O'BRIEN
			But who I choose to spend my free
			time with... that's my business.

	He turns and steps off the Turbolift. The doors close,
	and there is an embarrassed silence.

24   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - SIMULTANEOUS

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf.

					DATA
			We have located the Phoenix in
			Sector twenty-one-five-oh-five.

					PICARD
			Ensign, set a course -- warp six.
			Mister Worf, send a message by
			sub-space. Tell them to prepare
			to rendezvous with us.

					WORF
			Yes, Captain.

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT TWO     22.

24   CONTINUED:

					MACET
			Captain... a suggestion.

	Sensing something coming, Picard turns toward him.

					PICARD
			Yes?

					MACET
			We have a number of ships in
			sector twenty-one-five-oh-five.
			If you give us more precise
			coordinates... and the ship's
			coded transponder frequency...
			we could intercept Maxwell much
			more quickly than you.

	A barely perceptible pause.

					PICARD
			I'm sure that's true. However,
			given the circumstances, I'd
			prefer to make the initial contact
			myself. As I'm sure you would
			if the situation were reversed.

	These are two shrewd masters of verbal fencing. Macet
	makes one last exploratory thrust.

					MACET
			Time is crucial. You have a
			dangerous man out there, with a
			huge arsenal at his command. If
			he's bent on revenge against my
			people... he must be stopped
			before he can do more damage.

					PICARD
			At the moment, we have an isolated
			incident. If I reach him first,
			diplomatic efforts can still
			prevail.
				(beat)
			But if one of your ships decides
			to retaliate against the
			Phoenix... we risk losing control
			of the situation.

					MACET
			Then you won't give us the means
			of finding his exact location?

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT TWO     23.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			No. I will not.

	Picard turns away from him. Macet glares at him.

25   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	warping through space.

26   INT. O'BRIEN'S QUARTERS - LATER (OPTICAL)

	O'Brien, humming a little tune, carries a steaming
	casserole from the replicator, puts it on the table,
	where Keiko sits.

					O'BRIEN
			There you are... potato casserole
			-- a dish fit for kings.

	He turns back and gathers napkins, flatware, and a
	candle. As Keiko inspects the casserole, he arranges
	the table. He is still half-humming, half-singing
	the song.

					O'BRIEN
			... minstrel boy to the war is gone...
				(hums)

	Keiko looks up at him curiously.

					KEIKO
			What's that you're singing?

					O'BRIEN
			What? Oh... just an old song...

	He hadn't even realized he'd been singing. He tries
	to explain.

					O'BRIEN
			A bunch of us used to sing it
			together... on the Rutledge.
			I haven't thought about it for
			years...

					KEIKO
			What's it about?

    STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT TWO    23A.

26   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			Oh... about war, and glory...
				(sings softly)
			"The minstrel boy to the war is gone;
			In the ranks of death you'll find him;
			His father's sword he hath girded on;
			And his wild harp slung behind him."
				(speaking)
			... Captain Maxwell always liked
			that song...
				(beat)
			I guess all this business with
			him and the Cardassians... brought
			it back.

	He sits, starts slowly to eat. He's trying to figure a
	way to bring something up... something he doesn't quite
	feel comfortable discussing head on.

					O'BRIEN
			You know... sitting with the
			staff this morning, I could
			tell there were people in that
			room who still don't like the
			Cardassians.

					KEIKO
			I imagine that's to be expected...

					O'BRIEN
			You do?

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/25/90 - ACT TWO     24.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					KEIKO
			The war lasted a long time. That
			takes its toll on people. What
			are these little black things?

					O'BRIEN
			Capers. But the fighting is over
			now. Why would anyone still
			feel... however they feel?

					KEIKO
			Maybe it's not that easy for some
			people to forget.

	She eyes him, knowing him well enough to know there's
	more going on here than he's admitting to.

					O'BRIEN
			I'm... trying to understand. The
			people who hang onto -- grudges.
			Seems to me they ought to be able
			to put those feelings aside...
			once the fighting's done with.

					KEIKO
			That may be harder to do than to
			say.
				(beat)
			You fought the Cardassians, didn't
			you?

					O'BRIEN
			There were some skirmishes... when
			I was with Captain Maxwell.

					KEIKO
			Well... how do you feel about
			them?

					O'BRIEN
			Me? I feel... fine. I mean...
			the war's over now.

	She gives him a look: Is it? Disconcerted, he takes
	refuge in his food.

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT TWO     25.

26   CONTINUED: (3)

					O'BRIEN
			Tomorrow night... kidney pie.
			And then maybe pot roast... beef
			tongue...

	Keiko regards him quietly. Something's going on with
	him... she'll be patient, it will work itself out.

27   OMITTED

28   CLOSE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	It shows an Okudagram: the grid of a sector with two
	flashing figures indicating starships; one is red, the
	other, blue. The red one is moving slowly; the blue,
	larger, still a ways away, is moving faster, headed
	right for the other.

28A  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, Conn, and Macet. They are
	gazing intently at the screen.

					PICARD
			The pursuing ship is the Phoenix.

					MACET
			And the other?

	There is a hesitation, and some looks are exchanged.

					DATA
			We believe it to be a Cardassian
			supply ship.

					MACET
			How would you know that?

					PICARD
			We... are able to make that
			determination.

	Macet looks from one to the other.

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/23/90 - ACT TWO     26.

28A  CONTINUED:

					MACET
			You can read our transponder
			codes!

					PICARD
			What is important at the moment
			is that your ship may be in
			jeopardy. Mister Worf -- any
			answer to our communications?

					WORF
			No, Captain.

					PICARD
			Put a repeating message on all
			sub-space channels. Make it a
			Priority One communique -- break
			off pursuit immediately.
				(turns to Macet)
			Gul Macet... as you can see, we
			are doing everything in our power
			to reach the Phoenix.

					MACET
			And accomplishing nothing.
				(looks at screen)
			Can you show me the location of
			our other ships?

					PICARD
			Mister Data.

	Data manipulates controls, and other red blips appear
	on the screen... one of them within striking distance
	of the Phoenix.

					MACET
			You see... we have a warship which
			could intercept the Phoenix before
			it's too late. If you will give
			us the transponder frequency.

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT TWO     27.

29   ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as the Phoenix moves inexorably closer to the supply
	ship.

					MACET (V.O.)
			Or are you going to stand and
			watch while our ship is destroyed?

30   FULL SHOT - THE GROUP

					PICARD
			Mister Worf -- has there been any
			response to our hails?

					WORF
			No, sir.

	Picard makes a tough decision.

					PICARD
			Very well... prepare to relay the
			transponder code of the Phoenix
			to the Cardassian warship.

	Worf doesn't like this idea. A lot.

					WORF
			Sir -- ?

					PICARD
			And then send a message to Captain
			Maxwell... advise him that we
			have relayed his location to the
			Cardassians.

	Worf turns to his task. Riker is upset enough that
	he risks questioning the Captain in front of Macet.

					RIKER
			Begging your pardon, Captain...
			the transponder code will allow
			them to track all our ships.

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT TWO     28.

30   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I'm aware of that. Mister Worf
			-- any response from the Phoenix?

					WORF
			No, Captain.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, any change in their
			their course?

					DATA
			Nossir. The Phoenix is
			continuing on its bearing
			toward the supply ship.

	There is a long, tense moment. Then --

					PICARD
			Mister Worf... relay the prefix
			codes of the Phoenix to the
			Cardassian warship.

					WORF
				(stunned)
			Sir, they'll be able to dismantle
			its shields! The Phoenix won't
			have a chance.

					PICARD
			I cannot allow Maxwell to
			ambush that supply ship. Mister
			Worf -- now.

	Worf stares down at him, almost trembling in his
	distress. Finally --

					WORF
			Yes, Captain.

	He begins working the controls. Gul Macet's expression
	is enigmatic, Riker's distressed. On Picard --
	nothing, except perhaps, deep in his eyes, the anguish
	of hard choices.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT THREE    29.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

31   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	warping through space.

32   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Macet, Data and Worf -- all watching the
	viewscreen.

					DATA
			Sir, the Cardassian warship is
			moving on the Phoenix.

33   ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL) - INTERCUTTING

	The Okudagram shows that the Cardassian ship has
	turned toward the Phoenix and is rapidly bearing down
	on it.

34   FULL SHOT - THE GROUP (OPTICAL)

					PICARD
			Mister Data, overlay weapon
			ranges of the two ships...

	On the screen, two circles appear around the flashing
	blips. They are just beginning to touch.

					DATA
			The warship is three hundred
			thousand kilometers from the
			Phoenix. It is opening fire.
			The Phoenix has taken a direct
			hit.

	The men stare at the screen as Data, in his emotionless
	way, narrates the grim battle.

    STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT THREE    30.

34   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The Phoenix is beginning evasive
			maneuvers.
				(beat)
			It has positioned itself outside
			the weapons range of the opposing
			ship.
				(beat)
			The Phoenix has powered up with
			both phasers and photon
			torpedoes.
				(beat)
			The Phoenix is firing photon
			torpedoes.

	On the screen, the Phoenix has turned and is engaged
	with the warship. The blips flutter a moment on the
	screen... and then the Cardassian ship simply
	disappears.

					MACET
				(unbelieving)
			He has destroyed our warship...

	There is a moment's silence as Picard's mind races.

					PICARD
				(to Macet)
			Does the supply ship carry any
			weapons?

					MACET
			Limited. Not enough to defeat
			a Nebula Class Starship.

					DATA
			Sir...

	He looks up at the screen... as the smaller blip of
	the supply ship flashes and then vanishes. The men
	watching are grimly silent. Finally --

					MACET
			The warship carried a crew of six
			hundred... the supply ship...
			fifty...

	There is a silent, awful moment as they all absorb the
	enormity of this act. Picard glances at Macet, mind
	racing.

    STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/25/90 - ACT THREE    31.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Mister Data... estimated time
			until we intercept the Phoenix.

					DATA
			At our present speed of warp four,
			sixteen hours, forty-four minutes.

					PICARD
			Ensign, increase to warp nine.

	Gul Macet looks at him, overwhelmed by the events they
	have just witnessed. Then he turns and strides toward
	the Turbolift.

35   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - A LITTLE LATER

	O'Brien doing routine maintenance at his console. The
	doors slide open and Picard ENTERS. O'Brien
	straightens up, surprised.

					O'BRIEN
			Captain... ?

					PICARD
			I wanted to... chat with you.

					O'BRIEN
			Anything I can do, sir, you know
			that.

					PICARD
			Ben Maxwell must be quite a man.

					O'BRIEN
			He's a rare one, all right.
				(sincerely)
			I count myself lucky, sir -- I've
			served with the two finest
			Captains in Starfleet.

	Picard nods in acknowledgement of the compliment.

					PICARD
			Then... from your knowledge of
			the man... what has gone wrong?

    STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/25/90 - ACT THREE    32.

35   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
				(vehemently)
			There's a reason for what he's
			doing. Those Cardassians were
			up to something, I'm sure of it.

	Picard paces, searching for the questions that will
	help him understand this rogue Captain.

					PICARD
			How did he take it... when his
			family was killed?

	O'Brien pauses, considers. He clearly wants to present
	Maxwell in the best light.

					O'BRIEN
			I'd say he took it well. Oh, I
			know he was broken up inside...
			who wouldn't be? But you'd never
			know it to see him. He never
			missed a minute's duty, always
			had a smile and a joke...

	O'Brien says it as validation, but Picard hears
	something rather more damning in this tale of the man
	who never grieved.

					PICARD
			I see...

					O'BRIEN
			And Captain Maxwell, he'd never
			retaliate out of vengeance, no
			matter what that Cardassian says.
			They're up to something...
			they're the ones you should be
			investigating, sir, not Captain
			Maxwell.

					PICARD
			You don't care for the
			Cardassians...

					O'BRIEN
			I like them fine. It's just...
			well, I know them. You learn to
			watch your back around those
			people.

    STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/25/90 - ACT THREE    33.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Within the last hour... Benjamin
			Maxwell has sent over six hundred
			of them to their deaths.

	O'Brien is stunned.

					O'BRIEN
			I don't know what to say, sir...
			he must've had his reasons...

					PICARD
			I think... when one has been angry
			for a very long time... one gets
			used to it. Then it becomes
			comfortable... like old leather.
				(beat)
			And finally, it is so familiar
			that one can hardly remember
			feeling any other way.
				(beat)
			But in the long run, we are the
			ones who are damaged by that kind
			of anger. We are. Not them.

	Picard EXITS, and O'Brien is left with feelings stirred
	and unresolved. Just whom was Picard talking about?

36   INT. ENTERPRISE - TEN-FORWARD - LATER (OPTICAL)

	O'Brien sits at the bar, nursing a synthetic beer.
	Presently, the Cardassian, Daro, ENTERS, looks around,
	sits at the bar at a remove from O'Brien.

					DARO
				(to bartender)
			Kanar?

	The bartender nods, retreats. O'Brien shifts his eyes
	toward the Cardassian, catches him doing the same; both
	look away. O'Brien takes a drink to finish off the
	beer. He sets it down. He thinks.

    STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/25/90 - ACT THREE    34.

36   CONTINUED:

	Then he rises, moves toward the Cardassian.

					O'BRIEN
			Mind if I join you?

	Daro gestures toward the stool next to him. O'Brien
	sits; the bartender brings Daro's drink.

					DARO
			You want another?
				(off O'Brien's nod)
			And an ale.

	O'Brien is trying to find his opening gambit. Daro
	drinks.

					O'BRIEN
			Kanar... never could develop a
			taste for it.

					DARO
				(smiles)
			It takes some getting used to.

	Things ease a bit. O'Brien takes a breath. This isn't
	easy.

					O'BRIEN
			I wanted to say... I... I owe you
			an apology.

	Daro makes no response. O'Brien presses on, gingerly.

					O'BRIEN
			Shouldn't have... popped off like
			that. In the Turbolift.

					DARO
				(carefully)
			I think... this is hard on all
			of us. I know I'll be happy when
			I'm back on my own ship.

	O'Brien regards him. This hadn't occurred to him.

					O'BRIEN
			I guess that's true.
				(simply)
			I hadn't thought of it like that.

    STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/23/90 - ACT THREE    35.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

	The bartender arrives with O'Brien's beer and he takes
	a swallow. Then a breath.

					O'BRIEN
			I was on Setlik Three.

	Daro looks at him, wary, not sure where this is going.

					O'BRIEN
			With Captain Maxwell, the morning
			after the massacre. We got there
			too late, of course... almost
			everyone was dead...

					DARO
				(jumping in)
			It was a terrible mistake... we
			were told the outpost was to be
			the launching place for a massive
			attack against us...

	O'Brien stares into his beer, talking as though playing
	a tape in his mind.

					O'BRIEN
			The only people left alive were
			in an outlying district of the
			settlement... I was sent there,
			with a squad, to reinforce them.

	He seems to go into an almost dream-like state,
	re-living the incident.

					O'BRIEN
			Cardassians were advancing on us,
			moving through the streets,
			destroying, killing... I was
			with a group of women and children
			when two Cardassian soldiers burst
			in... I stunned the one, but the
			other jumped me... we struggled...
			one of the women threw me a phaser
			and I fired...

	O'Brien takes a sip of beer.

					O'BRIEN
			The phaser was set at maximum.
			The man just... incinerated...
			there, before my eyes.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/25/90 - ACT THREE    36.

36   CONTINUED: (3)

					O'BRIEN (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			I'd never killed anything before.
			When I was a kid I would worry
			about having to swat a mosquito.

	O'Brien shoves his beer away, stands.

					O'BRIEN
			It's not you I hate, Cardassian.
			I hate what I became... because
			of you.

	He walks out, leaving Daro staring into his drink.

37   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - LATER

	Picard, Riker, Data, and Macet. The Turbolift door
	opens and Worf ENTERS, holding the Cardassian Glinn
	Telle in a strong grip.

					TELLE
			I will protest this, Klingon!

					WORF
			Captain Picard.

	Picard and Macet have risen, are staring at the two in
	surprise.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, you may release the
			man.

					WORF
				(letting go)
			He was found at a computer station
			on Deck thirty-five, attempting
			to access information on our
			weapon systems.

					TELLE
				(to Macet)
			A lie, Gul Macet. I was studying
			the terminal interface systems...
			they are more efficient than
			ours. I have no idea what was in
			the files.

    STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT THREE    37.

37   CONTINUED:

					MACET
			What business did you have going
			near one of their computers?

	Telle is startled that his Captain does not support
	him.

					TELLE
			But... Gul Macet... I meant
			nothing... there has been no harm
			done.

					MACET
				(grimly)
			Go to your quarters. You are
			confined there for the duration
			of this expedition.

	A charged hesitation, and then Telle inclines his head.

					TELLE
			As you wish, sir.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, please accompany him.

					WORF
			Gladly.

	He leads the Cardassian into the Turbolift. Macet
	turns to Picard.

					MACET
			Captain... may we speak in
			private?

	Picard nods toward his Ready Room.

					PICARD
			You have the Bridge, Number One.

38   INT. ENTERPRISE - READY ROOM - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Macet and Picard ENTER. Macet begins.

					MACET
			Captain, I deeply regret what
			my aide has done. You have my
			word that he will be
			disciplined upon my return.

    STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT THREE    38.

38   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(conciliatory)
			You may take whatever action
			against him you feel is
			appropriate. I consider the
			matter closed.

	Macet studies Picard closely...

					MACET
			I'm not sure I would be so
			generous in your place, Captain.
			Thank you.

					PICARD
			If there is to be a lasting peace,
			Gul Macet, neither you nor I must
			allow any one man to undermine
			our efforts...

	A beat. Macet nods, understanding...

					MACET
			There have always been those who
			crave war. Who need it.
				(beat)
			I am not one of them, Captain.
			I am beginning to see neither are
			you. We have had our full measure.
			The lasting peace begins here...
			with the two of us.

	But before Picard can respond...

    STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT THREE    39.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Captain.

					PICARD
			Picard here.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			We have located the Phoenix,
			Sir. We will intercept in
			twenty-two minutes.

	Picard and Macet exchange looks. What the future
	brings will surely depend on the unknown factor of
	Captain Benjamin Maxwell.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/23/90 - ACT FOUR    40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

39   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND PHOENIX (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise with a slightly smaller, Nebula-class
	ship.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 44431.7.
			We have established communication
			with Captain Maxwell, and he has
			agreed to come on board.

40   INT. ENTERPRISE - TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Riker and O'Brien wait as a figure MATERIALIZES on the
	pad. Seconds later, CAPTAIN BENJAMIN MAXWELL steps
	off. He is not at all what one might have expected.
	Slight of build, short greying hair, chiseled, angular
	face -- he could be Lenin. Or Lennon.

	But in the eyes there is warmth -- and humor. Creases
	at the edges testify to a lifetime of smiles and
	laughter. He is genuinely at ease with himself, and
	consequently puts others at ease. Riker steps forward.

					RIKER
			Welcome aboard, sir. I'm
			Commander Riker, First Officer.

					MAXWELL
			I know all about you, Commander.
			Fine work you did with the Borg.
			We all owe you on that one.

					RIKER
			Thank you, sir.

	Maxwell's eye falls on O'Brien, who stands to the side,
	like a child awaiting the notice of a favorite uncle.

					MAXWELL
			O'Brien? Miles O'Brien?

					O'BRIEN
			Hello, Captain. Good to see you
			again.

    STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/23/90 - ACT FOUR    41.

40   CONTINUED:

	Maxwell strides toward him, arm extended, shakes
	O'Brien's hand, claps him on the shoulder. Maxwell's
	smile is so ingenuous that he seems like a neighbor
	hanging over the back fence.

					MAXWELL
			How are you? I had no idea you
			were on the Enterprise.
				(turning, to Riker)
			This was my Tactical Officer on
			the Rutledge. Best I ever had.

					O'BRIEN
			Thank you, sir.

					MAXWELL
			O'Brien has the ability to size
			up a situation instantly, then
			come up with options to fit all
			contingencies. Remarkable.

	The specificity of the compliment gives it impact.

					O'BRIEN
			If that's true, I learned it from
			you, sir.

					MAXWELL
				(grins)
			But you got that silver tongue
			by kissing the stone, right?
				(to Riker)
			Well, Commander. Best I see your
			Captain straight away. We have
			a lot to talk about.

					RIKER
			Yes, sir.

	Riker leads him out. O'Brien looks after them, a play
	of emotions on his face. Is this revered man a saint
	or a sinner? Or some of both?

41   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - MINUTES LATER

	as the Turbolift opens and Maxwell walks out, followed
	by Riker. His entrance electrifies everyone on the
	Bridge.

    STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT FOUR    42.

41   CONTINUED:

					MAXWELL
			What a sweet ship this is... I'll
			admit, I've always wanted a Galaxy
			class vessel...

	He comes face to face with Gul Macet, who stands
	straight, steely, looking him in the eye.

					RIKER
			Captain... Gul Macet. He and his
			aides are guests on the ship.

					MAXWELL
			I see.

	Neither man offers his hand. The warmth is gone from
	Maxwell's eyes. There is a silence before Riker steps
	in again.

					RIKER
			Captain Picard is waiting in his
			Ready Room. This way.

	He gestures, leads toward the Ready Room. Maxwell
	turns, and Gul Macet follows him with his eyes until
	he is gone.

42   INT. ENTERPRISE - READY ROOM - CONTINUOUS

					RIKER
			Captain Picard... Captain Benjamin
			Maxwell.

	Picard rises, extends his hand. Each man is appraising
	the other, swiftly and carefully.

					PICARD
			Captain...

					MAXWELL
			A pleasure. I've heard about
			you.

	Picard makes no effort to return Maxwell's bonhomie.

					PICARD
			Sit down, please.
				(to Riker)
			That will be all, Commander.

    STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT FOUR    43.

42   CONTINUED:

	Riker EXITS. Maxwell looks up at Picard, smiling
	easily.

					MAXWELL
			You must think I've gone mad.

					PICARD
			The thought has occurred.

					MAXWELL
			Picard, I have to tell you... I
			was grateful when I realized it
			was you Starfleet sent after me.
			Somebody who knows what it's
			really like out here.

					PICARD
			I know of nothing out here that
			could justify what you've done.

	Maxwell presses his fingers together like a professor
	calmly explaining a difficult theorem to a student.

					MAXWELL
			Then listen to this -- the
			Cardassians are arming again.
			That so-called science station?
			A military supply port.

					PICARD
			How do you know this?

					MAXWELL
			Information comes my way.

					PICARD
			From whom? Where is your
			documentation?

	Maxwell flashes him a look; he doesn't like being
	challenged.

					MAXWELL
			You know how these things work...
			you see things, you hear things...
			you add them up and you know damn
			well what's going on.

					PICARD
			In other words, you have no
			documentation...

    STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT FOUR    44.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

					MAXWELL
			I know what they're doing. I can
			smell it. There's no good reason
			for a science station in the
			Cuellar System... but it's a hell
			of a strategic site for a
			military transport station... a
			jumping off point into three
			Federation sectors. They're
			running supply ships back and
			forth... and nobody's gonna tell
			me it's for scientific research...

					PICARD
			Whatever circumstances you
			believed you encountered, why
			didn't you notify Starfleet?

					MAXWELL
			And wait six months while the
			bureaucrats sit around reading
			reports, trying to figure out what
			to do? They don't know what's
			going on out here... but you
			should, Picard, you know what it's
			like to be under fire...

					PICARD
			You weren't under fire.

					MAXWELL
			Lives were at stake...

					PICARD
			Whose lives?

					MAXWELL
			We had to act now...

					PICARD
			Why?

	A beat as Maxwell stares at him, the good-buddy, out
	here in trenches together bull-stuff is gone.

					MAXWELL
			It smells musty in here... like
			a bureaucrat's office.

    STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT FOUR    45.

42   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			You have killed nearly seven
			hundred people... taken us to the
			brink of war...

					MAXWELL
			I have prevented war... or at the
			very least delayed it a good long
			time. The peace treaty was a
			ruse, to give them breathing room,
			time to regroup...

					PICARD
			And so you alone simply decided
			to dispose of the treaty...

					MAXWELL
			I took the initiative... I did
			what had to be done...

					PICARD
			'What had to be done'? For whom,
			Maxwell?
				(beat)
			Why does a man with your long,
			brilliant service suddenly abandon
			the fundamental principles that
			he has believed in, even fought
			for, all his life... ? I'll tell
			you what I believe... it was
			because of what they did to your
			wife... and your children...

					MAXWELL
			... Not true. Not true...

					PICARD
			... to avenge their deaths.

	Maxwell is wounded, frustrated, realizing he cannot
	win this confrontation...

					MAXWELL
			You're a fool, Picard. History
			will look at you and say 'this
			man was a fool'.

					PICARD
			I'll accept the judgement of
			history.

     STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 11/1/90 - ACT FOUR     46.

42   CONTINUED: (4)

					MAXWELL
			When it becomes clear what the
			Cardassians have done, I will be
			vindicated.

					PICARD
			What the Cardassians have or
			haven't done is irrelevant...

					MAXWELL
			Irrelevant... come with me and
			find one of their supply ships
			and we'll see how irrelevant it
			is...

					PICARD
			We are not going after any more
			Cardassian ships, Captain
			Maxwell... you are going to return
			to your bridge and set a course
			for Starbase Two-one-one... the
			Phoenix and the Enterprise will
			return to Federation space
			together. I will permit you
			the dignity of retaining your
			command during our voyage. My
			only alternative would be to put
			you in our brig, while we tow
			your ship back to starbase in
			disgrace.

         STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/25/90 - ACT FOUR        47.

42   CONTINUED: (5)

	There's not much choice and Maxwell knows that. When
	he speaks, he is broken, lost.

					MAXWELL
			I will return to my ship.

					PICARD
			You understand your orders?

					MAXWELL
			Yes, Captain.

	Picard touches his insignia.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, report to my Ready
			Room. Our guest is departing.

	Maxwell stares straight ahead; Picard does not try to
	meet his eyes. It is a difficult moment for both.

43
thru	OMITTED
44
									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

         STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT FIVE        48.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

45   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND PHOENIX (OPTICAL)

	travelling through space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental: With
			the Phoenix in close formation,
			we are proceeding directly to
			Starbase Two-one-one.

46   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Picard, Riker, Macet, Data, Worf, crew.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, how long before we
			clear Cardassian space?

					DATA
			At our present speed, three hours
			and twenty minutes.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, send a message to
			Admiral Haden at Starfleet.
			Inform him of our projected time
			of arrival.

					WORF
			Yes, sir.

         STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT FIVE        49.

46   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Captain... the Phoenix is changing
			course.

	Concerned, Picard steps back toward the viewscreen.

46A  ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	showing the Phoenix veering away from the Enterprise.

					MACET
			What is he doing?!

46B  ANGLE ON THE OTHERS

					PICARD
				(to Conn)
			Ensign, change course to pursue.
			Mister Worf, hail Captain Maxwell.

	Worf tries, but --

					WORF
			No response, sir.

					RIKER
			Data, project his new course.

					DATA
			Sir, the Phoenix is heading
			directly for a Cardassian
			vessel... point-one-two light
			years from our location.

					MACET
			He'll attack that ship -- just
			as he did the others.

					PICARD
			Continue your hail, Lieutenant,
			Priority One message.
				(to Macet)
			Do you know what that vessel might
			be?

         STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT FIVE        50.

46B  CONTINUED:

					MACET
			I imagine it's a supply ship,
			headed for the research station
			in the Kelrabi system. The
			destruction of our primary science
			outpost has put an added burden
			on the others.

					WORF
			The Phoenix still does not
			respond.

					PICARD
			Ensign, warp eight. Overtake
			him.

					DATA
			Sir, the Phoenix has accelerated
			to warp nine. We will not be able
			to reach him before he
			intercepts the Cardassian ship.

					PICARD
			Warp nine, Ensign. Mister Worf,
			arm phasers... continue hails...

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					RIKER
			Captain, Chief O'Brien was
			Maxwell's Tactical officer...

					PICARD
			Get him up here.

         STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT FIVE        51.

46C  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	streaking through space.

46D  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	O'Brien emerges from the Turbolift during --

					DATA
			Sir, the Phoenix has dropped out
			of warp. They have reached the
			Cardassian vessel.

					RIKER
			Slow to impulse.

					WORF
			Vessels are in visual range.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	The viewscreen shows the Phoenix moving next to a huge
	Cardassian freighter.

					RIKER
				(to Data)
			Has the Phoenix activated its
			weapon systems?

					DATA
			Negative, sir. Phaser banks are
			not armed...

					RIKER
			What about the Cardassians?

					DATA
				(checking)
			Our sensors are unable to
			determine status of the Cardassian
			defensive systems... Their ship
			is running with a high-powered
			subspace field.

	Picard raises only the slightest eyebrow to this
	exchange, files it away for later as O'Brien reports
	to him.

         STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT FIVE       51A.

46D  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Mister O'Brien... your former
			Commander is about to place me
			in the unenviable position of
			having to fire upon another
			Federation ship. I will need
			to draw upon your knowledge of
			the man... how he thinks... what
			he is capable of doing...

					O'BRIEN
			Aye, sir.

					WORF
			Sir, Captain Maxwell is hailing
			us.

					PICARD
			On screen.

         STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT FIVE        52.

47   ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Maxwell's image appears in his darkened Ready Room.

					MAXWELL
			All right, Picard, you need
			proof... you've got it now...

					PICARD
			Captain Maxwell, you have
			disobeyed a direct order...

					MAXWELL
			Board the ship, you'll see that
			everything I've been saying is
			true --

					PICARD
			The Cardassian ship will not be
			boarded. You will transport
			yourself aboard the Enterprise...

					MAXWELL
			Picard, if you don't board that
			ship, I'll destroy it.

					PICARD
			And I will use whatever force
			is necessary to prevent you from
			taking that action, Captain.

	Maxwell studies Picard incredulously for a beat, then
	hits a panel and ends the transmission. The screen
	goes back to the Phoenix and the Cardassian ship.

					O'BRIEN
			Sir, Captain Maxwell... if he
			feels his back is to the wall,
			he'll strike...

					DATA
			Captain, the Phoenix is
			transferring power to its
			shields...

					WORF
			They're arming phasers... loading
			forward torpedo bays...

         STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT FIVE        53.

47   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Red alert. It appears you are
			correct, Mister O'Brien.

	The lights begin to flash...

					PICARD
			Ready phasers... load torpedoes...

					WORF
			Phasers ready... loading forward
			and aft torpedo bays...

	A long beat as Picard takes a step toward the
	viewscreen... waiting to see what Maxwell does now...

					O'BRIEN
			Sir? Let me beam over... try to
			talk to him.

	All heads turn toward O'Brien.

					O'BRIEN
			We served together a long time...
			after you've been through what
			we have... you kind of get inside
			a person. He might listen.

	Picard hesitates, considering it.

					RIKER
			He'll never drop his shields to
			let you transport on board.

					O'BRIEN
			The Phoenix is using a high-energy
			sensor sweep. It cycles every
			five-point-five minutes. Between
			those cycles there's a window of
			a fiftieth of a second.
				(beat)
			Trust me. I can get through.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

	O'Brien heads for the Turbolift.

         STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 11/5/90 - ACT FIVE         54.

47A  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - MINUTES LATER

	O'Brien and Geordi at the console.

					O'BRIEN
			It's good we're trying this with
			another Federation ship. It would
			never work with an alien vessel.

					GEORDI
			I'm not so sure it's going to work
			this time. Can you get an
			accurate enough fix on his shield
			modulation to get through?

					O'BRIEN
			I think so. The Phoenix should
			be following standard Starfleet
			protocols. They have to align
			their shields at the start of
			every sweep.

					GEORDI
			So you'll sync up the beam...

					O'BRIEN
			And slip right through...

	He holds up both hands... slips the fingers of his left
	hand through the separated fingers of his right.

					GEORDI
			But if there's any phase error...
			you could materialize outside the
			ship... we'd never have a chance
			to correct.

					O'BRIEN
			I've been monitoring his sweep
			patterns... I'm telling you, I
			can compensate...

					GEORDI
			And I guess we could increase the
			pattern buffer cycle to give us
			a little more margin for error...

					O'BRIEN
			The current cycle is almost
			finished, sir... they'll be phase
			aligning in twenty seconds...

					GEORDI
			Okay, Chief -- let's do it.

         STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 11/5/90 - ACT FIVE        54A.

47A  CONTINUED:

	O'Brien goes to the Transporter pad. Geordi keeps his
	eye on the console.

					GEORDI
			Stand by... five seconds... here
			we go... two... one...

	He hits the controls, and O'Brien DEMATERIALIZES from
	the pad.

					GEORDI
			Good luck, Chief.

47A  INT. PHOENIX - CORRIDOR - MINUTES LATER (OPTICAL)

	O'Brien MATERIALIZES in the corridor. There is no one
	around. He glances up and down the corridor, turns
	a corner.

48   INT. PHOENIX - CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - CONTINUOUS
(OPTICAL)

	The room is darkly lit... a subdued, murky mood.
	Maxwell sits at his desk, hands carefully folded,
	staring at nothing. The bell CHIMES.

					MAXWELL
			Not now!

	The doors open and O'Brien enters. Maxwell reacts,
	leaps to his feet, reaches for a phaser.

         STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT FIVE        55.

48   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			I'm not armed.

					MAXWELL
			How the devil did you get over
			here?

					O'BRIEN
			I had the thought that if I talked
			to you... we could figure a way
			out of this mess.

	Maxwell replaces the phaser.

					MAXWELL
			The way out of this is clear,
			O'Brien. Talk to Picard... get
			him to board that damned ship...

					O'BRIEN
			He won't do that, sir...

					MAXWELL
			But he'd turn his weapons on a
			Federation Starship to protect
			the enemy? I don't believe it...

					O'BRIEN
			He will, you can count on it.

					MAXWELL
				(frustrated)
			What the hell has happened to
			this war...

					O'BRIEN
			Sir, there is no war... the war
			is over.

	Maxwell stares at him.

					MAXWELL
			You're wrong. The Cardassians
			live to make war.

					O'BRIEN
			That's what everybody thinks about
			the enemy. That's probably what
			they think about us.

         STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT FIVE        56.

48   CONTINUED: (2)

					MAXWELL
			We're not the same at all. We
			do not start wars. We do not make
			surprise attacks on manned
			outposts. We do not butcher women
			and children in their homes...
			children who never got the chance
			to grow up...

	His eyes glisten... seeing the family that he lost...
	a long beat... O'Brien studies him. Maxwell is
	drifting back in time... a time when camraderie, and
	glory, stood for something...

					MAXWELL
			You were on Setlick with me...
			you saw what they did...

					O'BRIEN
			Yes, sir.

					MAXWELL
			What was the name of the fellow
			who hung on to you like a puppy?

					O'BRIEN
			Will Kayden...
				(Maxwell doesn't
				 recognize it)
			Stompie.

					MAXWELL
				(now he does)
			Stompie. As cool under fire as
			a mountain lake...

					O'BRIEN
			Yessir.

					MAXWELL
			He died at Setlick, didn't he...

					O'BRIEN
			Yessir.

					MAXWELL
			What was that song of his... the
			one he always sang... the one I
			liked...

         STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT FIVE        57.

48   CONTINUED: (3)

					O'BRIEN
				(softly)
			"The minstrel boy to the war is gone...
			In the ranks of death you'll find him... "

	And Maxwell joins in... two old friends, singing about
	a world in the past...

					MAXWELL AND O'BRIEN
			"His father's sword he hath girded on,
			And his wild harp slung behind him...
			Land of song, said the warrior bard,
			Tho all the world betrays thee,
			One sword at least thy rights shall guard,
			One faithful harp shall praise thee."

	A long beat.

					MAXWELL
				(soft)
			I'm not gonna win this one, am
			I Chief?

					O'BRIEN
			Nossir.

					MAXWELL
				(nods, keys insignia)
			Maxwell to Bridge. Stand down
			all weapons.

					COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

	O'Brien and Maxwell look at each other... Maxwell
	almost grins in defeat.

49   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND PHOENIX (OPTICAL)

	The two ships in tandem, proceeding toward home.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental:
			Captain Maxwell has turned his
			ship over to his First Officer and
			transported aboard the Enterprise.
			I have confined him to quarters
			for the return voyage.

         STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT FIVE        58.

50   INT. ENTERPRISE - OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Macet, and O'Brien.

					O'BRIEN
			I'd just like to say... he's a
			good man, sir... What he did was
			terribly wrong, I know that now...
			but I'm still proud to have served
			with him.

					PICARD
				(acknowledges)
			Thank you, Mister O'Brien. Well
			done. That'll be all.

	And O'Brien turns and EXITS.

					MACET
			His loyalty is admirable... even
			if it is misplaced.

	Picard turns toward him. He speaks quietly... but his
	words are steel.

					PICARD
			The loyalty you would so quickly
			dismiss does not come easily to
			my people, Gul Macet. You have
			much to learn about us. Benjamin
			Maxwell earned the loyalty of
			those who served with him. In
			war, he was twice honored with
			the Federation's highest citation
			for his courage and valor. And
			if he could not find a role for
			himself in peace, we can pity him,
			but we shall not dismiss him.

	Macet shrugs, stands to exit...

					MACET
			You are welcome to your opinion,
			Captain. I for one am grateful
			he is under lock and key.

	Macet moves to the door.

         STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT FIVE        59.

50   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Oh, one more thing, Macet.
			Maxwell was right. Those ships
			weren't carrying scientific
			equipment, were they?

	Macet stops at the door, doesn't turn.

					PICARD
			A 'research' station within arm's
			reach of three Federation
			sectors... ? Cargo ships running
			with high energy subspace fields
			that jam sensors?

	A beat. Macet studies him curiously.

					MACET
			If you believed the transport ship
			carried weapons, why didn't you
			board it as Maxwell requested?

					PICARD
			I was here to protect the peace,
			a peace I firmly believe is in
			the interests of both our peoples.
			But if I had attempted to board
			that ship... I am quite certain
			that you and I would not be
			sitting here now. And that ships
			on both sides would be arming for
			war.

					MACET
			Captain, I assure you...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Take a message to your leaders,
			Gul Macet. We know. We'll be
			watching. We'll be ready.

         STAR TREK: "The Wounded" - REV. 10/29/90 - ACT FIVE        60.

50   CONTINUED: (2)

	Macet blinks, nods and EXITS. On Picard's last
	look...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             





                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "Devil's Due" 
                          #40274-187 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Philip LaZebnik 
                              
                    Based on a Teleplay by 
                   William Douglas Lansford 
                              
                          Directed by 
                           Tom Benko 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1990 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT
                         
                       NOVEMBER 2, 1990

        STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Devil's Due" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             ARDRA
                RIKER              KLINGON FEK'LHR
                DATA               HUMAN DEVIL
                BEVERLY            ACOST JARED
                TROI               DOCTOR HOWARD CLARK
                GEORDI             MARLEY (GHOST)
                WORF               
                                   Non-Speaking
                                    VENTAXIANS
                                      THREE AIDES
                COM VOICE             TWO SENTRIES
                                    3 SCIENCE STATION WORKERS
                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  N. D. SECURITY GUARDS

        STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/02/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Devil's Due" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     SHUTTLE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              PICARD'S QUARTERS        VENTAX TWO
              TRANSPORTER ROOM           AGRARIAN CITY
              CORRIDOR
              HOLODECK
                VICTORIAN BEDROOM
          
            VENTAX TWO
              SCIENCE STATION
              ATHENEUM
              VAULT
          
            SHUTTLE

    STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/6/90 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Devil's Due" 
                       
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              ACOST JARED            AH-kohst JAH-red
              AKUL K'TON             ah-KUHL K-TON
              ARDRA                  AR-druh
              ATHENEUM               a-THEE-n-eeum
              BERUSSIAN              behr-RUH-seean
              DRELLIANS              DRELL-ee-ans
              FEK'LHR                FECK-luhr
              GARV ETES              GAHRV ETT-ess
              GRE'THOR               GRAY-thor
              LIGILLIUM              ly-JIL-lee-um
              MENDORA                mehn-DOHR-uh
              TORAK                  TORE-ack
              TAU VELOR              TAU vell-OR
              VENTAXIANS             vehn-TAHX-ee-ahns
              ZATARL                 zah-TARL

      STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/2/90 - TEASER      1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "Devil's Due"                              
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At impulse.

2    CLOSEUP ON A GHASTLY TRANSPARENT WHITE FIGURE IN
	CHAINS (OPTICAL)

					MARLEY
			You don't believe in me.

	Pulling back to see DATA dressed in Dickensian clothes
	as the terrified Ebenezer Scrooge... the set is
	Scrooge's classic Victorian bedroom.

					DATA/SCROOGE
			I don't.

					MARLEY
			What evidence would you have of
			my reality beyond that of your
			senses?

					DATA/SCROOGE
			I don't know.

					MARLEY
			Why do you doubt your senses?

					DATA/SCROOGE
			Because a little thing affects
			them. A slight disorder of the
			stomach makes them cheats. You
			may be an undigested bit of beef,
			a blot of mustard, a crumb of
			cheese, a fragment of an underdone
			potato. There's more of gravy
			than of grave about you, whatever
			you are. Humbug, I tell you
			humbug!

      STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/5/90 - TEASER      2.

3    INT. HOLODECK - ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	to reveal PICARD observing... The spirit raises a
	frightful cry and shakes its chain making an appalling
	noise and Data/Scrooge falls upon his knees, clasps his
	hands in fear before his face.

					PICARD
			Freeze program.

	As Marley freezes...

					PICARD
			Very nicely done, Data... your
			performance skills really are
			improving...

	Data shakes his head, doesn't agree... is dubious about
	his performance. He stands... turns to Picard...

					DATA
			I have taken your advice, Captain.
			This time I have not imitated
			another actor's rendition. It
			was my own interpretation...

					PICARD
			And a very interesting one...
			you should be congratulated...

					DATA
			Your courtesy is appreciated.
			But I am aware that I do not
			effectively convey the fear called
			for in this scene.

					PICARD
			Well, you've never known fear.
			But as an acute observer of
			behavior, you certainly should
			be able to approximate...

					DATA
				(interrupting)
			Sir... That would not be an
			appropriate basis for an effective
			performance. Not by the standards
			set by my mentors.

      STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/5/90 - TEASER      3.

3    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Your mentors... ?

					DATA
			Yessir. I have studied the
			philosophies of virtually every
			known acting master, but I find
			myself particularly attracted to
			Stanislavsky, Adler, Garnav...
			proponents of a performance
			technique known as "The Method."

	Off Picard's reaction, they EXIT the holodeck...

4    OMITTED

5    INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	As they exit, Data still in costume, pushes a few
	holodeck computer buttons to end the program, then
	walks with Picard... a few supernumeraries glance at
	them as they pass...

					PICARD
			"Method acting?" Yes, I'm vaguely
			familiar with it... why would you
			choose such an old-fashioned
			approach...

					DATA
			Perhaps because the technique
			requires an actor to seek his own
			emotional awareness to understand
			the character he plays...

					PICARD
			But that would seem an impossible
			task for you, Data.

					DATA
			I have modified the method for
			my own use, sir. Since I have
			no emotional awareness to create
			a performance, I am attempting
			to use performance to create an
			emotional awareness. I believe
			if I can learn to duplicate the
			fear of Ebenezer Scrooge, then
			I will be one step closer to
			being truly human.

      STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/2/90 - TEASER      4.

5    CONTINUED:

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Captain Picard, please report to
			the Bridge...

					PICARD
			On my way, Number One...
				(to Data)
			Data, the moment you decided to
			stop imitating other actors and
			to create your own
			interpretation... you were
			already one step closer to being
			truly human.

	He EXITS, leaving Data to ponder this.

6    INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	WORF, RIKER at their positions. As Picard ENTERS...

					RIKER
			We've received an emergency
			transmission from the Ventax Two
			science station...

					PICARD
			Nature of the emergency...

					RIKER
			Uncertain... the signal was
			interrupted by...

					WORF
				(interrupting, adjusting
				 his controls)
			Contact reestablished with Ventax
			Two, Commander.

					RIKER
			On screen.

	The viewscreen shifts from the starfield to the image
	of a wispy-haired, nervous and extremely harried man,
	DR. HOWARD CLARK. He is standing in a small,
	equipment-filled room; behind him are several
	TECHNICIANS, who are racing about frantically,
	gathering books, ledgers and other effects. The
	picture on the screen is filled periodically with
	bursts of static; every now and then the screen goes
	blank and then flickers back to life.

      STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/5/90 - TEASER      5.

6    CONTINUED:

	Continually in the background we HEAR a distant roar,
	and an incessant pounding noise outside the door.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I am Captain Jean-Luc Picard of
			the U.S.S. Enterprise. Please
			identify yourself.

					DR. CLARK (ON SCREEN)
			I am Doctor Howard Clark, director
			of the science station here on
			Ventax Two. Thank you for
			responding.

	As he speaks, the picture blurs, trembles and fades.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Worf, can you improve
			our reception?

					WORF
			The trouble is at the transmission
			source, sir.

	The viewscreen image comes back to life uncertainly.

					PICARD
			Doctor Clark, we can barely
			maintain communication with you.
			Can you boost the level of your
			power source?

					DR. CLARK (ON SCREEN)
			I'm afraid not, Captain. It's
			under attack.

					PICARD
			Under attack?

					DR. CLARK (ON SCREEN)
			There is a mob outside, trying
			to break into the station. The
			planet is in chaos. Looting.
			Fires...

	Again, the picture breaks up momentarily.

					PICARD
			Ensign, set a new course for
			Ventax Two...

      STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/5/90 - TEASER      6.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

	The Conn operator acknowledges... When the picture
	returns, the image is even fuzzier than before.

					PICARD
			Doctor Clark, what has caused the
			riots... ?

					DR. CLARK (ON SCREEN)
			Mass hysteria... it's impossible
			to explain... these people are
			all convinced their world is
			coming to an end... tomorrow.
			Please, we must have your
			immediate...

	The picture breaks apart and is lost for good. And
	on Picard's reaction, we

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/5/90 - ACT ONE      7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

7    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around a bluish planet, Ventax Two.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 44474.5.
			We have reached Ventax Two and
			are attempting to contact the
			Federation science station, which
			at last report was under siege
			by a mob.

8    INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard is seated in the Command Chair. Riker, Worf
	and Data are at their stations. Supernumerary at Conn.

					WORF
			They are transmitting again.

					PICARD
			On screen, before we lose contact.

	The viewscreen flickers to life. Again we see Dr.
	Clark on screen. The situation on the planet has
	obviously deteriorated. The roar of the mob outside
	and the pounding on the door practically drowns out
	all else. Smoke fills the room; the people inside are
	in a panic. The reception is terrible; we can hardly
	make out any details in the blur and snow of the
	picture. Dr. Clark is leaning in towards our
	viewpoint, yelling frantically.

					DR. CLARK (ON SCREEN)
			Enterprise, Enterprise! Do you
			read me? Emergency! We need
			help!

					PICARD
			Doctor Clark, this is Captain
			Picard. We are ready to beam you
			and your staff on board the...

	There is a CRASH, a sudden influx of light and a
	deafening roar. The door has collapsed off screen.

      STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT ONE      8.

8    CONTINUED:

	There is pendemonium, an impressionistic blur of chaos
	and confusion barely decipherable as the snowy picture
	dissolves into visual static. The last words we hear
	over the broken picture --

					DR. CLARK (O.C.)
				(crying out)
			They're in! They're in!

					PICARD
			Transporter Room Three! Lock onto
			the station team and beam them
			aboard.

					TRANSPORTER OFFICER'S COM VOICE
			I've locked onto Doctor Clark.
			I can't pick out the others. It's
			a mess down there.

9    OMITTED

10   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Beam up Doctor Clark by himself...
			Mister Worf, escort him to my
			ready room...

					WORF
				(exiting)
			Aye, sir.

	Picard gets up to leave.

					PICARD
			Number One, try to make some sense
			of this "mess."

	As Picard EXITS the Bridge...

      STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/5/90 - ACT ONE      9.

11   OMITTED

12   INT. CAPT. READY ROOM

	Dr. Clark, still shaky, is seated as Picard fetches two
	cups of tea...

					DR. CLARK
			The people of Ventax Two live
			in an agrarian society. At least,
			they do now.

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/5/90 - ACT ONE     10.

12   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			What do you mean, "now?"

					DR. CLARK
			It's an interesting
			anthropological question. One
			we were studying before the...
			trouble began. In their distant
			past the Ventaxian culture had
			achieved an extremely advanced
			scientific level, but a millennium
			ago they turned their backs on
			technology.

	Picard delivers a cup of tea... the doctor's hand is
	still unsteady...

					PICARD
			Be careful, it's hot...

	The doctor takes a sip trying to calm down...

					PICARD
			So they reverted to a simpler
			existence... ?

					DR. CLARK
			And have remained that way for
			centuries. First contact was made
			by a Klingon expedition seventy
			years ago. Since then, new
			technology has been available to
			the Ventaxians. They simply have
			no interest in it. There have
			been virtually no social problems
			to be found on this planet... in
			fact, I would have described their
			society as idyllic until...

	A beat as he searches to reasonably explain it...
	almost embarrassed to say so...

					PICARD
			Until what, doctor?

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/5/90 - ACT ONE     11.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

					DR. CLARK
			It's hard to believe...
				(beat)
			Several years ago, Acost Jared,
			the Ventaxian head of state,
			began to grow increasingly
			obsessed with the legend of
			"Ardra." With each passing day,
			he grew more anxious, until he
			talked about little else. "Ardra
			is coming back. Ardra will be
			here soon. We must all leave
			before Ardra returns."

					PICARD
			And who is Ardra?

					DR. CLARK
				(shakes his head in
				 disbelief)
			For all intents and purposes...
				(beat, sighs)
			... the devil.
				(off Picard's look)
			Captain, these people actually
			believe they've sold their souls
			to the devil.

	Before Picard can respond...

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			Have you located the science team,
			Number One?

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Evidently they're being held
			hostage.

					DR. CLARK
				(horrified)
			Hostage...

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			We have a Ventaxian leader on the
			viewscreen, name of Acost Jared.

	Picard is on his feet already on his way to the
	Bridge... Clark follows...

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT ONE     12.

13   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Clark ENTER. Data, Worf, Riker, TROI
	present. On the viewscreen: JARED, a dignified man,
	dressed in contemporary 24th century clothes, paces
	with a handful of aides in the Atheneum.

					DR. CLARK
			Jared, you must secure the release
			of my people. I can't believe
			you would allow this.

	Jared shakes his head and smiles sadly.

					JARED
			Howard, my friend, you know how
			I abhor all acts of violence.
			But events are out of my control.

	Picard approaches the viewscreen...

					PICARD
			I am Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
			Is there nothing you can do... ?

					JARED
				(shakes his head)
			As the hour of Ardra's return
			approaches, fear has overwhelmed
			my people...

					DR. CLARK
				(to Picard)
			I've tried to explain to them that
			there is no evidence, no proof
			this... this mythic creature ever
			existed... let alone was about
			to return to enslave them...

					JARED
			It has been a thousand years.
			The prophecies have come true...

					PICARD
				(to Clark)
			Prophecies?

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT ONE     13.

13   CONTINUED:

					DR. CLARK
			Ardra's arrival is supposed to
			be heralded by the "shaking of
			the cities"... there have been
			a series of geological tremors
			on the planet... minor quakes...
			nothing extraordinary...

					PICARD
			But poorly timed...

					JARED
			There is more. For several nights
			there have been visions of
			Ardra... again, just as the
			contract said would occur before
			her return.

					PICARD
			Visions? Do you mean dreams?

					JARED
			No. She has appeared. I myself
			have seen her.

					PICARD
			Jared, tell your people if our
			hostages are released, I am
			prepared to offer you Federation
			assistance should this Ardra
			return.

					JARED
			I am afraid it will not matter.
			They know your weapons are useless
			against her, Captain. I will make
			inquiries concerning the hostages.
			The innocent should not suffer
			for our sins... But I can make
			no promises...

	He ends the transmission. The planet returns to the
	viewscreen. Off Picard's reaction...

14   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - ENTERPRISE

	Picard, Riker, Troi, Worf, GEORDI, BEVERLY, Data and
	Dr. Clark are seated around the conference table.

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT ONE     14.

14   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			This situation is deteriorating,
			Captain... people are approaching
			levels of anxiety that could lead
			to suicide...

					PICARD
			Mister Data, what do we know about
			this Ardra figure?

					DATA
			She is a cornerstone of Ventaxian
			theology. It seems that Ardra
			came to Ventax Two and promised
			one thousand years of peace and
			prosperity. As her price, she
			would return and enslave the
			entire population. In the
			Ventaxian culture, it is
			considered bad luck to speak her
			name out loud. The threat "may
			Ardra come to your door" is
			considered a most insulting
			epithet.

					DR. CLARK
			I've often puzzled over this dark
			legend. It simply doesn't fit in
			with the rest of Ventaxian
			mythology... which is sunny and
			joyous.

					BEVERLY
			Perhaps the Ardra myth is a result
			of their contact with the
			Klingons.

	Geordi glances at Worf...

					GEORDI
				(joking)
			Are you implying Klingons are not
			sunny and joyous?

	Worf grunts.

					DATA
			Ardra predates the Klingon
			influence on Ventax Two.

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/2/90 - ACT ONE     14A.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					DR. CLARK
			There are ancient scrolls
			concerning Ardra that are stored
			in the Atheneum vaults...
			scholars study them... they have
			been of little public interest
			until recently...

	Picard takes a beat to consider his options...

					PICARD
			I think I should meet with Acost
			Jared... he's still our best hope
			for the release of the hostages.

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/2/90 - ACT ONE     15.

14   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
				(rising)
			I'll arrange to have him
			transported aboard...

					PICARD
			No... I'm going down to the
			planet...

					WORF
			Sir, you risk being taken as an
			additional hostage...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Mister O'Brien can stay locked
			on our communicators and pull us
			out, if necessary. Mister Worf
			and Mister Data, you will
			accompany me... I'm hoping the
			hostages have not been moved
			far... if the opportunity
			presents itself we will move
			quickly...

					WORF
			Yes, sir.

	Rising...

					PICARD
			Counselor, I'll want you with me
			too...

	As they begin to EXIT...

14A  EXT. VENTAX CITY (MATTE SHOT) - ESTABLISHING

	A large agrarian city with evidence of turmoil...
	smoke from fires... an alien siren blares... some
	burned out structures.

15   INT. ATHENEUM (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Worf, Troi and Data MATERIALIZE... the
	sentries are posted at the door... Jared and his small
	circle of aides move toward Picard.

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT ONE     16.

15   CONTINUED:

					JARED
			Captain Picard! You shouldn't
			have come. Your life is in danger
			here...

					PICARD
			Jared, you must attempt to calm
			your people. There is no reason
			for panic.

					JARED
			No reason... !

					PICARD
			If the tremors have frightened
			people... leading to this
			hysteria over Ardra... allow us
			to reassure them...
				(looking to Data)

					DATA
			We have scanned the tectonic
			stress patterns of your planet's
			crust... there is no evidence
			that the quakes pose any kind of
			threat...

					JARED
				(overlapping)
			No, no, the threat is from
			Ardra... you cannot understand...

					PICARD
			If you can at least help us locate
			our people...

	His words are interrupted by a tremor... the shaking
	increases in intensity... a few things fall and
	break...

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT ONE     17.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					JARED
				(whispering)
			She is here.

					PICARD
			Nonsense... it is only...

	But as the tremor continues, a sharp, spinning light
	suddenly appears, so intense, that they are all forced
	to shield their eyes... and as Data and Worf pull
	phasers... the spinning light fades to reveal ARDRA,
	a stunning woman, dressed in black. The Ventaxians
	cower and murmur "Ardra" as she looks at Jared and
	smiles.

					ARDRA
			Time's up.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/6/90 - ACT TWO     18.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

16   INT. ATHENEUM (OPTICAL)

	Ardra walks gingerly through the fallen debris. She is
	by no means overly-dramatic in an anti-Christ sort of
	way, in fact she underplays the role entirely... she's
	much more the William Morris agent than the classic
	devil. When she approaches one of the Ventaxians, they
	cower and back away in fear.

					ARDRA
			I am disappointed. I expected
			my tenants to take better care
			of my property.

	She stops before Jared... who summons every last bit of
	his courage to confront her.

					JARED
			Ardra, most powerful one, I am
			Jared, Leader of Ventax Two. I
			take responsibility for all that
			displeases you. Please do not
			punish my people.

					ARDRA
			Punish? Who said anything about
			punishing? I merely expect your
			end of our contract to be upheld.

					JARED
			Thank you, Ardra.

	Picard watches this exchange, carefully sizing the
	woman up.

					ARDRA
			And don't talk like some ancient
			prophet around me, with "thees"
			and "thous" and "most powerful
			ones"... it was appealing for
			a few centuries but I bore easily.
			And stop cowering! When I want
			you on your knees, I'll let you
			know...
				(noticing Picard)
			Much better... a fine example for
			the others; who would you be?

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT TWO     19.

16   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I am Jean-Luc Picard of the
			Federation Starship Enterprise.

					ARDRA
				(barely acknowledges)
			Keep up the good work.
				(turning back to Jared)
			Now, the first thing we'll need
			is an accounting of all you've
			been accumulating for me...

	With a magician's flourish, she waves a hand and a
	small scroll appears in her hand...

					ARDRA
				(continuing)
			This form will provide guidelines
			for a full census of the
			population with emphasis on
			productivity and economic
			forecasts...

	Picard blocks her path... demanding her attention...

					PICARD
			Who are you?

					ARDRA
			My, you are forceful, aren't you?
			Good. I like my men to be
			forceful. At least at the start.

					PICARD
			If your intent is intimidation,
			madame, you are not succeeding.

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT TWO     20.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

					ARDRA
				(studies him with
				 growing interest)
			That's all right. I like a
			challenge.

					TROI
			An entire planet has been
			terrorized because of the
			suggestion that you are going to
			enslave the population...

					ARDRA
				(shrugs)
			Well, it's true. Of course, I
			wouldn't put it so melodramatically.
			It's just a standard contract with
			an unusually long term.

					DATA
			So, you do purport to be the
			mythic figure Ardra?

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/6/90 - ACT TWO     21.

16   CONTINUED: (3)

					ARDRA
			I have many names my pale friend.
			I'm Mendora in the Berussian
			Cluster. Torak to the Drellians.

	Glancing at Worf --

					ARDRA
			The Klingons call me Fek'lhr.

					WORF
			You are not Fek'lhr.

17   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	She smiles at him and the twisting energy EFFECT spins
	her into a giant Klingon beast...

					ARDRA/FEK'LHR
			Ah, but I am... I am the Guardian
			of Gre'thor. Where the dishonored
			go when they die.

18   PICARD, WORF, TROI AND DATA

	react.

19   ARDRA (OPTICAL)

	returning back to normal. (In essence, this is a brief
	holographic effect). She looks to Picard for a
	reaction - how'd you like that one?

					ARDRA
				(stepping to Jared)
			But here on Ventax Two, I am
			called Ardra. The same Ardra who
			negotiated a contract with these
			people... ten centuries ago today.

	Picard studies her dubiously. She reacts off his
	look.

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/6/90 - ACT TWO     21A.

19   CONTINUED:

					ARDRA
			Ah, you doubt me. A non-believer.
			Really, Jean-Luc Picard of the
			Federation Starship Enterprise, no
			doubt you have travelled the
			galaxy, encountered a diverse
			universe of creatures... Is there
			no room for the likes of me?

					PICARD
			I have encountered many with a
			more credible claim to being the
			devil than you, madame.

					ARDRA
			The devil! Now there's one I
			haven't heard in a long time.
				(beat)
			You are an interesting one. In
			your soul, there is an insatiable
			quest for new experience and
			exploration. You will discover
			that I touch that need in you,
			Picard... that I can satisfy it
			in a way no woman has for you
			before...
				(she eyes Troi
				 competitively on that
				 line; continuing to
				 Picard)
			... and you will believe.

	Picard's steady eye never wavers...

					PICARD
			You claim you were here a thousand
			years ago and negotiated a
			contract... ?

					ARDRA
			That's correct.

					PICARD
			I'd like to see that contract...

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT TWO     22.

20   INT. ATHENEUM VAULT

	Several Ventaxians carry a stack of scrolls and thick
	volumes to Picard, Data, Worf, Troi and Jared.

					JARED
			The scrolls of Ardra...

					ARDRA
			A longwinded description of a very
			simple business arrangement. I
			did away with their wars, famine
			and economic ruin, and provided
			them a thousand years of paradise.
			My terms were clearly stated.
			They went into this with their
			eyes open. I'm sure you'll find
			everything is in order...

					PICARD
				(challenging)
			You won't mind if we don't take
			your word for it... ? Jared, with
			Your permission, Mister Data will
			review the documents...
			thoroughly.

					JARED
				(Ardra's in charge now)
			It is no longer my decision.

	At first Ardra's eyes flash at the thought of Picard's
	interference, but then the sly grin of one who
	appreciates playing the game comes to her lips.

					ARDRA
			I have intrigued you, haven't I,
			Picard?

					PICARD
			I only remain here to secure
			the release of Federation
			hostages.

	She snaps her head toward Jared.

					ARDRA
				(angry)
			Hostages? Is this true?

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT TWO     23.

20   CONTINUED:

					JARED
				(shuddering)
			Yes, Ardra. Panic gripped the
			people as the time of your return
			grew closer...

					ARDRA
				(smiles)
			Yes, I do have that effect on
			people. See that the hostages
			are released... Now!

					JARED
			Immediately.

	He scurries off. Picard studies her.

					ARDRA
			Let us not cloud this with bit
			players, Picard. You will not
			leave because you find me
			irresistible.

	She smiles. The energy effect spins and she
	disappears. After a beat, Picard keys his insignia--

					PICARD
			Enterprise, advise Doctor Clark
			that the hostages are being
			released...

					DR. CLARK'S COM VOICE
			This is Clark. You did it,
			Captain, thank goodness...

	Picard reacts, glances at his team...

					PICARD
				(mostly to himself)
			Goodness... had nothing to do with
			it.
				(to Com)
			Enterprise, three to beam up.
			Mister Data will remain on the
			surface...
				(to Data)
			I want a complete report on the
			contents of these scrolls. I
			will not abandon this planet to
			that woman.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT TWO     24.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

	As they DEMATERIALIZE, Data moves to the volumes and
	begins to read through the pages at incredible speed...

21   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

22   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Troi, Beverly, Geordi, Clark and Worf
	are assembled around the table.

					RIKER
			Could she be another refugee from
			the "Q" continuum?

					BEVERLY
			For that matter could she be Q?

					PICARD
			Q would never bother with
			contracts.

					TROI
			Or be interested in economic
			forecasts...

					PICARD
			Yes, I noticed that too,
			Counselor... I had the distinct
			feeling we were in the presence
			of a flim-flam artist...

					WORF
			But her powers...

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT TWO     24A.

22   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Her powers are at best unclear.
			Think about it, Worf...
			Transporter technology can make
			things appear and disappear...
			the illusion of turning into a
			Klingon creature could be
			accomplished by a holographic
			projection...

					DR. CLARK
			And creating a minor tremor could
			be the result of a low-frequency
			tractor beam projected against the
			tectonic plates.

					PICARD
			We're capable of recreating any
			of these events but she dresses
			them up and delivers them with
			a dramatic flair...

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/6/90 - ACT TWO     25.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Like a magician.

					PICARD
			Exactly.

					TROI
			She has an incredibly focused
			mind... it was virtually
			impossible to sense any
			deception... or anything else for
			that matter...

					GEORDI
			The best magicians won't ever let
			you see what's up their sleeve,
			Counselor...

					RIKER
			There must be a power source she's
			tapping into to produce all these
			effects... she's not hiding that
			up her sleeve...

					PICARD
				(acknowledges)
			Number One, you and Worf will run
			high-resolution scans of this
			star system. Look for a ship or
			a base of operations -- anything
			large enough to generate that
			power... Mister La Forge,
			accompany Doctor Clark back to
			the science station... see if
			you can trace the origin of the
			tremors...

					COM VOICE
			Security to Bridge. Intruder on
			board.

	Reactions and...

23   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	everyone from the Observation Lounge ENTERS. Ardra is
	sitting in the Captain's chair...

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/6/90 - ACT TWO     26.

23   CONTINUED:

					ARDRA
			Your chair offers a lovely view
			of my planet, Picard... come sit
			with me...

					PICARD
			Madame, you will either leave my
			Bridge or I will remove you by
			force...

					ARDRA
			By force... ? I'm disappointed.
			You didn't strike me as that sort,
			Picard... But by all means,
			try.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf...

	Worf moves in but she turns with a magician's flourish
	hands up... and Worf bounces off a blue forcefield that
	flashes when he hits it... she walks over and takes
	Picard's arm and it is clear that the forcefield has
	disappeared.

					ARDRA
			I was really hoping you'd try
			it yourself.

	He discards her arm.

					PICARD
			Transporter Room Three, lock on
			to the intruder and transport her
			to the planet surface...

					COM VOICE
			Aye, sir...

24   ANGLE - NOT INCLUDING CONN AND OPS (OPTICAL)

	The transporter effect begins... she disappears... all
	eyes are on her. Picard moves to the Ops officer whose
	back is to us.

					PICARD
			Ensign, I want shields up until
			further notice.

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/6/90 - ACT TWO     27.

24   CONTINUED:

	The ensign turns and it is Ardra in an Ensign's uniform
	who now sits at Ops...

					ARDRA
			Yessir, Captain. Whatever you
			say.

	She rises...

					RIKER
			We're not impressed by your magic
			tricks.

					ARDRA
			I pity you. We live in a universe
			of magic, which evidently you
			cannot see.

	Data ENTERS from the turbolift... reacts to the
	scene...

					ARDRA
			Ah, my pale friend has returned...
			have you finished examining the
			contract?

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			I have, sir.

					PICARD
			Report, Data.

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/6/90 - ACT TWO     28.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			The contract does agree to deliver
			the people of Ventax Two into the
			personal servitude of Ardra at
			the end of one thousand years
			of peace. I have compared the
			terms to the body of laws which
			govern the planet. The language
			of the agreement is correct in
			every detail.

					ARDRA
			Such speed and accuracy. You're
			much too talented to be human...

					DATA
			I am an android.

					ARDRA
			Android. Of course. How
			wonderful. An unexpected bonus.

					RIKER
			Bonus?

					ARDRA
			When the contract came to term,
			I gained clear title to the
			planet, anything on the surface,
			in the air or in orbit. You see,
			the Enterprise belongs to me now
			as well.

	Picard looks at Data.

					DATA
			I'm afraid one could interpret
			the contract that way, sir.

	Picard shoots a look at Ardra, who smiles...
	disappears and back in the Ops chair is a very confused
	Ensign...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/6/90 - ACT THREE    29.

                           ACT THREE                            

25   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. The
			claim this woman, who calls
			herself Ardra, has made upon my
			ship is clearly an empty threat.
			But she has further inspired my
			determination to expose her for
			the fraud she is.

26   INT. CAPT. READY ROOM

	Picard at his desk... working on a computer. The bell
	chimes.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Data ENTERS.

					DATA
			You asked to see me, sir?

					PICARD
				(acknowledges)
			Mister Data... A wise man once
			said there's a sucker born every
			minute.

					DATA
			Barnum, P.T., sir.

	He sits.

					PICARD
			I have been examining the dynamics
			of what used to be called the
			confidence game... it is really
			quite fascinating and worthy of
			your study...

					DATA
			Do you believe Ardra is, to use
			the vernacular, a "con artist",
			sir... ?

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/8/90 - ACT THREE 30-30A.       

26   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I do, Mister Data... and our job
			is to find a way to out con the
			con artist...

					DATA
			Sir, if I may point out, the
			Ventaxians did have a thousand
			years of peace and tranquility...
			as Ardra promised...

	Picard stands, takes a thoughtful beat...

					PICARD
			We can only speculate about what
			occurred on this planet a thousand
			years ago, Data... Maybe a
			Ventaxian leader saw the
			destruction of his society at hand
			and conceived this Contract of
			Ardra to motivate change. Or
			maybe there really was an Ardra
			of some sort who was the basis
			of this myth.
				(shrugs)
			Who knows? The point is --
			somehow a fundamental theology was
			created that transformed this
			society.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/6/90 - ACT THREE    31.

26   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			But along with all the benefits
			of change, came a latent fear that
			has been passed down through
			generations...

					DATA
			A fear that someday Ardra would
			return for remuneration.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			And now we are asked to believe
			she has.
				(beat)
			As you may recollect from your
			performance as Ebenezer Scrooge,
			Data, "fear" can be a powerful
			motivator.

					DATA
			Indeed, Captain, in the story,
			the spirits used fear to motivate
			Scrooge to reform his character.

					PICARD
			In the hands of a con artist, fear
			can be used to motivate obedience,
			capitulation... to exploit
			innocent people. That is what
			I believe is happening here.

					DATA
			Is there no possibility at all
			she is the same Ardra who was here
			a millenium ago?

					PICARD
			I appreciate the fact that we have
			encountered species that live that
			long... so I will admit the
			possibility. But I do not believe
			this woman is the devil or had
			the powers to create harmony on
			this world. These people made
			massive changes that improved
			their quality of life... they did
			this on their own. And I intend
			to prove it. But I need a
			loophole... something I can use
			to challenge the validity of the
			contract...

    STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/6/90 - ACT THREE    31A.

26   CONTINUED: (4)

					DATA
			The language seems carefully
			chosen to avoid any loopholes,
			sir...

					PICARD
			Check it again... and check every
			Ventaxian legal precedent for
			the last thousand years...

	Data acknowledges, rises to leave.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			We'll talk first thing in the
			morning.

    STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT THREE    32.

26   CONTINUED: (5)

	Data pauses at the door...

					DATA
			Sir, I feel I should point out
			one possibly incongruous aspect
			of your Scrooge analogy.

					PICARD
			What's that, Data?

					DATA
			The spirits that frightened
			Scrooge turned out to be quite
			real...

	Picard acknowledges and Data leaves and Picard starts
	to turn back to his studies, but pauses long enough
	to say to himself --

					PICARD
			Bah. Humbug.

27   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

28   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS - CLOSE ON PICARD

	asleep on his bed... a book open on his chest where it
	lay when he fell asleep... his face suddenly bathed in
	a mysterious blue light... a blowing wind rolls through
	the room... his eyes open...

	ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Ardra stands before him bathed in blue light... her
	veils blowing gently in the breeze, revealing inviting
	glimpses of her skin beneath... her hair blowing in
	the breeze... Picard sits up...

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Security to Captain's quarters...

	There is no response...

					PICARD
			Picard to Lieutenant Worf!

    STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT THREE    33.

29   CONTINUED:

					ARDRA
			I've arranged for a bit of
			privacy... just the two of us.

					PICARD
			I'm growing tired of your games,
			madame...

					ARDRA
			Oh, come now, Picard, you know
			you find me tantalizing... give
			in to your desires...

	He goes to the door... it does not open...

					PICARD
			I find nothing tantalizing in your
			garish display... on the contrary,
			I find it obvious and common...

					ARDRA
			Easily fixed.

	An effect and suddenly she is dressed demure, prim and
	proper...

					ARDRA
			I can be your ideal woman,
			Picard... prim and proper and
			chaste... until I succumb to your
			charms... Or would your fantasies
			turn more toward a professional
			woman, perhaps one in a Starfleet
			uniform... perhaps I could even
			be...

	Another effect and now, Troi is sitting there speaking
	with Ardra's voice...

					TROI/ARDRA
				(continuing)
			... someone close at hand and yet
			unattainable... I can do anything
			for you, Captain. Anything you
			could ever imagine.

					PICARD
			You shallow, pathetic woman.

    STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/6/90 - ACT THREE    33A.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

	Ardra returns to normal.

					ARDRA
			I could give you a night that
			would light fire in your dreams
			until you die... and you would
			reject me?

    STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/6/90 - ACT THREE    34.

29   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Easily.

					ARDRA
			You shall regret it.

					PICARD
			I think not.

					ARDRA
			Oh, you will...

	And with a flourish, she waves her arm at Picard and
	he vanishes...

30
thru	OMITTED
31

32   INT. SCIENCE STATION (OPTICAL)

	Picard APPEARS in the science station in his
	bedclothes. Most of the debris has been cleared away
	and some of the equipment is back in working order.
	Several SCIENCE STATION WORKERS are huddled over
	various machine components. Geordi and Dr. Clark are
	conferring in one corner, look up in surprise at
	Picard.

					GEORDI
			Captain, we weren't expecting you
			here.

					PICARD
			Neither was I.

					GEORDI
				(to communicator)
			La Forge to Enterprise.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Go ahead.

					GEORDI
			Worf, the Captain's here... You
			better beam him back on board...

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			The Captain! But I have no...

	Picard moves into Geordi's comm range.

    STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT THREE    35.

32   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			It's all right Worf. Ardra
			somehow transported me down here.
			Beam me directly to my quarters.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			We've locked on to you.
				(pause)
			Transporters are malfunctioning,
			Captain... some sort of
			interference... checking...

	Clark arrives with a labcoat to cover Picard...

					PICARD
			Just have Mister Data fetch me
			in a shuttle and have him bring
			along a uniform...

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Did you say a uniform?

					PICARD
			I did.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
				(beat)
			Aye, sir...

33   EXT. SPACE - THE SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

34   INT. SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	Data is at the helm, piloting Picard back to the
	Enterprise, which is visible in the distance. Picard
	is adjusting the top of the uniform...

					PICARD
				(frustrated)
			La Forge and Doctor Clark have
			made no headway... Worf and
			Commander Riker have not picked
			up anything on their scans...

    STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/8/90 - ACT THREE    36.

34   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Sir, I have found one obscure
			precedent in Ventaxian law that
			might be of interest.

					PICARD
			Yes?

					DATA
			It is noted as Akul K'Ton versus
			Garv Etes... dated Ventaxian year
			nine-three-one, A.A.... a dispute
			was registered in the township
			of Tau Velor...

					PICARD
			Summarize the pertinent points,
			Data...

					DATA
			In effect, it was a contract
			dispute over services rendered
			by a Klingon craftsman on the
			construction of a Ventaxian home.
			Because the dispute involved an
			alien culture, the parties decided
			that arbitration rather than the
			courts would resolve the issue.
			Both sides were required to agree
			on an arbiter and the case was
			decided in favor of the Ventaxian.
			It is the only known case
			involving an alien claimant.

					PICARD
			That's exactly what I needed...
			good work, Data...

					DATA
			But, sir, why would Ardra agree
			to an arbitration in this
			matter...

					PICARD
			I intend to play a confidence game
			of my own on our new landlord...

					DATA
				(reacts)
			How, sir?

    STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/13/90 - ACT THREE    37.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			The same way any confidence game
			is run... by making her believe
			she is getting something for
			nothing...

					DATA
				(to communicator)
			Shuttle One to Enterprise...
			prepare for docking sequence...

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Proceed, Shuttle One.

35   ANGLE ON ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the shuttle nears the shuttle bay. But suddenly,
	the Enterprise vanishes. The shuttle is alone in
	space.

36   INT. SHUTTLE

	Picard leans forward and speaks into the communicator.

					PICARD
			Enterprise. Enterprise. Do you
			read me? Enterprise, come in.

	There is no reply.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/6/90 - ACT FOUR     38.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

36A  EXT. VENTAX - DAY (MATTE SHOT)

37   INT. SCIENCE STATION

	Data is at a monitor, with Picard close by. Geordi and
	Dr. Clark are working at nearby equipment.

					DATA
			I cannot locate the Enterprise
			anywhere within one lightyear of
			the planet.

					PICARD
			I don't believe Ardra is capable
			of transporting the Enterprise
			a lightyear away. Continue
			hailing them, Mister Data...
			repeat on all frequencies...

	Geordi straightens up from his monitor.

					GEORDI
			Hey, I think we've found
			something.

	Picard moves over to Geordi.

					GEORDI
			A sudden jump in Z particle
			readings, right around the time
			the Enterprise disappeared.

					PICARD
			Where did it originate?

					DR. CLARK
			It was too brief to pinpoint.

					GEORDI
			But it could suggest a hidden
			power source...

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/6/90 - ACT FOUR     39.

37   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Gentlemen, I need to find that
			source in order to defeat this
			woman...

					GEORDI
			Well, if you can get her to
			perform a few more magic tricks
			like that one we might be able
			to track it down...

38   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As Ardra appears...

					ARDRA
			So, I trust you have a bit more
			respect for me now.

					PICARD
			What have you done with my ship,
			Ardra?

					ARDRA
			I've done nothing with your ship.
			My ship is safely in my
			possession.

					PICARD
			I do not recognize your claim on
			the Enterprise or on this world
			for that matter... and in
			accordance with Ventaxian legal
			precedent I call for an
			arbitration...

					ARDRA
			An arbitration? There is nothing
			to arbitrate here...

					PICARD
			But there is, madame, for you are
			a fraud and I intend to prove you
			could not have affected the
			changes that took place on this
			planet...

					ARDRA
			Do you not believe what you see
			with your own eyes... your ship
			is gone...

    STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/6/90 - ACT FOUR    39A.

38   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			An illusion. Magicians have been
			making all sorts of things
			disappear for ages.

					ARDRA
				(smiles)
			You underestimate me... but then
			most people do... until it's too
			late.

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT FOUR     40.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			If you are who you say you are,
			you have nothing to lose in an
			arbitration.

	Ardra raises an eyebrow, too smart to fall easily into
	the trap.

					ARDRA
			I also have nothing to gain. I
			already have possession of this
			planet and your ship...

					PICARD
			I am prepared to offer you a
			further incentive... if you win,
			I will take you to the ruins of
			Ligillium...

					ARDRA
				(reacts)
			The Zaterl Emerald? You know
			where it is?

					PICARD
			I do.

	She seriously considers it, smiles...

					ARDRA
			You're clever.
				(beat)
			But I have enough jewels.

	Picard is disappointed, he thought he had her and now
	she turns away... and then after a beat, she turns
	back...

					ARDRA
			If you wish this foolish
			arbitration, I will choose my own
			prize...

					PICARD
			And what would that be?

	She moves closer to Picard.

					ARDRA
			You.

	Picard reacts.

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/6/90 - ACT FOUR     41.

38   CONTINUED: (3)

					ARDRA
			By all rights, your body is
			already mine... but I want more...
			I want your heart, your mind, your
			soul... And I want you to give
			them to me without resistance,
			of your own free will.
				(a beat)
			So, do you still wish to pursue
			this most dangerous game?

					PICARD
			I agree to your terms.

					ARDRA
				(smiles)
			Picard, I will enjoy you morning
			noon and night.

					PICARD
			We must agree on an arbiter.

					ARDRA
			Very well. I choose Mister Data.
			Any objections?

	Picard didn't expect this. He fumbles for a response.

					PICARD
			Mister Data? He is a member of
			my crew.

					ARDRA
			Of my crew. And he's an android.
			He is incapable of deceit or bias.
			He has no feelings to get in the
			way of his judgment.

					DATA
			Ardra, before he responds, may
			I have a word in private with
			Captain Picard?

	She nods. Data takes Picard aside.

					DATA
			Sir, I request that you reject
			me as arbiter.

					PICARD
			Why?

     STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT FOUR     42.

38   CONTINUED: (4)

					DATA
			Ardra is right. If I am chosen,
			I will perform my duties without
			bias or sentiment. I cannot
			guarantee that I will deliver a
			verdict in your favor.

					PICARD
			Data, where else on this planet
			will I find someone that she
			cannot intimidate. You are
			incapable of fear... in this play,
			you are the perfect choice for
			the role.

					DATA
			Sir, I will have to precisely
			follow the rules of conduct for
			a ventaxian jurist.

					PICARD
			I understand. You'll make a fine
			judge.

	Picard moves back to Ardra.

					PICARD
			I accept Data as arbiter.

					ARDRA
			Then let the hearing begin.

39   INT. ATHENEUM

	The hearing is held in the round, distinctly different
	than our own courtroom experience. The questioner (at
	the moment, Ardra) is in the center, moving around at
	will, asking questions of any witness she chooses.
	Data is in a neutral position between Picard and
	Ardra's chair. Also present is Jared. There are no
	spectators. Ardra addresses Jared --

					ARDRA
			Could you describe the state of
			your planet when I first visited
			a thousand years ago?

	Picard rises.

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/13/90 - ACT FOUR        43.

39   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Objection. The witness has no
			personal knowledge.

					DATA
			Overruled. He is qualified to
			present an historical view.
			Answer the question.

	Disgruntled, Picard sits back down.

					JARED
			A thousand years ago our planet
			was dying. Overcrowded and
			dangerous city-states warred
			unceasingly with each other. The
			air and water were polluted with
			industrial waste. There was a
			constant threat of starvation and
			epidemic.

					ARDRA
			And then what happened?

					JARED
			And then you came.

	Picard rises again.

					PICARD
			Objection. There is no conclusive
			evidence that this woman visited
			the planet a thousand years ago...

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/13/90 - ACT FOUR        44.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

					ARDRA
				(to Picard)
			I suppose you want a thousand year
			old witness?

					PICARD
				(dry, to Ardra)
			That would be quite acceptable.

					ARDRA
			Jared. In the contract, does it
			specify how you would know me when
			I return?

					JARED
			Yes... by the date...

					ARDRA
			Anything else... ?

					JARED
			... by the shaking of the cities...
			and by the visions...

					ARDRA
			And all of these occurred on
			schedule.

					JARED
			Yes.

					ARDRA
			Your honor, I submit I have
			established my identity as stated
			by the contract.

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT FOUR        44A.

39   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
				(a beat,
				 considering)
			Captain Picard, my interpretation
			of Ventaxian law suggests under
			these circumstances, this is
			acceptable... your objection is
			overruled.

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/13/90 - ACT FOUR        45.

39   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
				(rising, aghast)
			But your honor... !

					DATA
			Sir, I have ruled. Sit down.

	Picard blinks, sits down.

					DATA
				(to Ardra)
			You may proceed.

					ARDRA
			Thank-you, your honor.
				(to Jared)
			When I first set foot on Ventax
			Two, what did I offer your people?

					JARED
			According to the scrolls, you
			offered to give us a thousand
			years of peace and prosperity,
			if we would promise to surrender
			ourselves to you at the end of
			the term.

					ARDRA
			Now why do you think they would
			strike such a bargain...

					PICARD
			I must object! The answer would
			be pure speculation.

					DATA
			The question is phrased correctly.
			Please answer.

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT FOUR         46.

39   CONTINUED: (5)

					JARED
			We had nothing to lose. There
			was no hope in sight.

					ARDRA
			Until I came along.

					PICARD
			Objection!

					ARDRA
			I withdraw the observation. No
			further questions.

					PICARD
			Your honor, nothing in this
			testimony proves that Ardra
			herself had any power to affect
			the lives of the Ventaxians.
			My opponent has failed to prove
			her case and I therefore move
			that her claim be summarily
			dismissed.

					DATA
			I find no cause to invalidate the
			contract at this time. The
			arbitration will continue.

					ARDRA
			Your honor, Captain Picard as a
			new visitor to my planet has been
			a consistent doubter of my
			abilities... I'd like to ask him
			a few questions if I may...

					DATA
			It is highly irregular to question
			the opposing advocate but I see
			no reason to deny it. Proceed...

					ARDRA
			Please don't take any offense at
			these questions, you know how fond
			I am of you...

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT FOUR         47.

39   CONTINUED: (6)

					PICARD
			Objection.

					DATA
			Sustained. The advocate will
			refrain from expressing personal
			affections for her opponent.

					ARDRA
			You don't believe my powers are
			real, do you.

					PICARD
			No, I don't.

					ARDRA
			Then, sir, may I ask you to
			explain... this...

	As she waves her hand... a tremor shakes the room...
	Data pounds the gavel...

					DATA
			You are out of order...

40   OMITTED

41   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

					ARDRA
				(ignoring Data)
			Or this?

	And she waves her hand and Picard disappears... Data
	bangs the gavel...

					DATA
			The advocate will refrain from
			making her opponent disappear.

	Picard reappears...

					ARDRA
			Or this?

	And she is replaced by a larger than life horrific
	image of the human devil, red, with horns and a tail...

					ARDRA/DEVIL
			Can you explain it, Picard?

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT FOUR         48.

41   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Any further disruption and I will
			rule you in contempt of court.
			Is that understood?

42   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Ardra returns to normal.

					ARDRA
			I'm sorry, your honor.
				(to Picard)
			Yes or no, can you explain any
			of this?

					PICARD
				(beat)
			No.

					ARDRA
			I rest my case, your honor.

	She flashes a smile at Picard... and on his
	expression...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT FOUR         49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

43   INT. SCIENCE STATION

	Geordi is closely monitoring the instrument in the
	reconstructed science station. Dr. Clark is nearby
	on another monitor... his assistants are also working
	nearby.

					DR. CLARK
			The decay rate of these Z
			particles makes it almost
			impossible to trace the source...

	Geordi works at his console. Calm, cool,
	concentrating.

					GEORDI
			I'm correlating particle
			trajectories... they're starting
			to align... wait a minute...
				(reacting)
			I have coordinates... thirty-four
			degrees north, sixty-two degrees
			east, at an altitude of two
			hundred ten kilometers.

					DR. CLARK
			That would put it in orbit...
				(checking)
			... above the western magnetic
			pole... running visual scan...

44   ON THE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	A starfield appears.

					DR. CLARK (O.C.)
			Nothing.

45   GEORDI

	examines it closely.

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT FOUR        49A.

45   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Uh uh... this time, I don't buy
			the magic... something's gotta
			be there...
				(thinks a beat)
			Let's run a wavelength stretchout
			and bring it down into the
			ultraviolet... check intervals
			of half an angstrom...

	As they begin...

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/8/90 - ACT FIVE         50.

46   INT. ATHENEUM

	Picard is now at the center of the room.

					PICARD
			Jared, you have described quite
			thoroughly the history of your
			people before and after Ardra's
			first visit. But I am a little
			unclear on the change itself.
			Did Ardra simply snap her fingers,
			transforming Ventax Two into
			paradise?

					ARDRA
			Objection. Picard is mocking me.

					DATA
			Overruled. The opposing
			advocate's job is to mock your
			argument.

	Picard smiles as Data turns back to Jared.

					DATA
			Please answer the question.

					JARED
			The changes occurred gradually,
			over a long period of time.

					PICARD
			Did she personally form the
			government that has peacefully
			ruled Ventax Two for a millennium?

					JARED
			No, historical records indicate
			a council was convened to assess
			our options. They drew up a new
			constitution which the population
			later ratified.

					PICARD
			I see. So Ardra advised this
			council...

					JARED
			No.

					PICARD
			Well, then she must have destroyed
			all weapons on the planet...

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT FIVE        50A.

46   CONTINUED:

					JARED
			No, our leaders did that. And
			they signed a treaty of
			non-aggression.

					PICARD
			Which Ardra wrote, I assume.

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT FIVE         51.

46   CONTINUED: (2)

					JARED
			There is no indication she had
			anything at all to do with the
			treaty.

					PICARD
			Well then, let's move on to the
			environmental gains made on Ventax
			Two. How were those
			accomplished...

					JARED
			We shifted our economy from an
			industrial to an agrarian
			base... it was more ecologically
			sound.

					PICARD
			But Ardra must have at least
			purified the polluted water and
			air...

					JARED
			No, the record shows there were
			a series of initiatives covering
			everything from atmospheric
			contaminants to waste disposal.

					PICARD
			Did Ardra pick up even one piece
			of trash?

					ARDRA
			Objection!

					DATA
			To what?

					ARDRA
			To the tone of voice.

					DATA
			Overruled.

					JARED
			Ardra had left Ventax Two before
			the environmental reforms began.

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT FIVE        51A.

46   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Excuse me, but it sounds as though
			with a great deal of hard work
			and courage, your ancestors
			changed this world all by
			themselves.

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/13/90 - ACT FIVE        52.

46   CONTINUED: (4)

	Ardra stands up again.

					ARDRA
			Objection. The advocate is
			drawing conclusions.

					DATA
			Sustained.
				(to Picard)
			I will draw my own conclusions,
			if you do not mind.

					PICARD
			No further questions.

					DATA
				(to Ardra)
			Rebuttal?

					ARDRA
			Just two questions. Is there any
			doubt in your mind, any doubt at
			all, that if I had not intervened,
			the terrible conditions here would
			have continued?

	A long beat.

					ARDRA
			I remind you that you're under
			oath.

					JARED
			No doubt at all.

					ARDRA
			Then, as "former" head of state
			for the Ventaxian people, you are
			satisfied that I fulfilled my part
			of the bargain.

					JARED
				(head down, defeated)
			Yes, Ardra.

					ARDRA
			Thank-you. Your honor, what more
			can be said. Both sides agree
			the terms of the contract have
			been fulfilled.

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/13/90 - ACT FIVE        53.

46   CONTINUED: (5)

					DATA
			Captain Picard, do you have any
			further evidence to present before
			I render judgment?

	At that moment, Geordi ENTERS the room...

					PICARD
			I believe my associate, Mister
			La Forge is bringing me that very
			information... If I may have a
			recess...

					GEORDI
			Hi, Data.

					DATA
			Hi, Geordi. A one hour recess
			is granted.

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT FIVE         54.

47   ANGLE

	Picard moves to join Geordi in the back of the room
	out of earshot...

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, my reputation
			as a litigator, not to mention
			my soul, is in serious jeopardy...

					GEORDI
			Well, whatever's been going on
			over here gave us exactly what
			we needed...

					PICARD
			You've identified her source of
			power... ?

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			It's a cloaked ship...

					PICARD
			She has a Romulan cloaking device?

					GEORDI
			More likely, a bad copy of one.
			We picked it up through a
			wavelength stretchout...

					PICARD
			And the Enterprise?

					GEORDI
			Exactly where it's supposed to
			be. Ardra extended her cloaking
			shields around it... set up a
			subspace damping field to
			interfere with normal operations.
			I've isolated the frequency spread
			and penetrated the field.

					PICARD
			Can you make contact?

					GEORDI
			Already have...

					PICARD
			Good... here's what I want to
			do... but we have less than an
			hour...

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/13/90 - ACT FIVE        55.

48   ANGLE FAVORING ARDRA

	as she observes Picard and Geordi talking animatedly.

49   EXT. VENTAX - DAY (MATTE SHOT)

	favoring the Atheneum. (This is to present a time
	passage.)

50   INT. ATHENEUM (OPTICAL)

	Picard back in the middle asking the questions.

					PICARD
			Jared, you are a wise and
			experienced leader, I would guess
			you trust your senses...

					JARED
			Yes... I would say so...

					PICARD
			And all your senses tell you this
			woman here is the most powerful
			force on this planet, don't
			they...

					JARED
			Yes...

					PICARD
			Jared, what would you say if I
			told you that Ardra has no powers
			whatsoever?

					JARED
			But... we have seen her powers
			right here...

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/2/90 - ACT FIVE         56.

50   CONTINUED:

					ARDRA
			That's right, and you will again.

					PICARD
			Ah yes, Ardra's magic. Jared,
			would you believe me if I told
			you that I could steal Ardra's
			powers and perform the same
			magical acts as she?

					JARED
			I am sorry, Captain Picard, but
			you are not Ardra.

					PICARD
			That is true. I am not Ardra.
			And yet, I can create a tremor
			just as she did.

	Picard airily waves his hand... and the tremor rolls
	across the room... Ardra reacts, stunned...

					ARDRA
			Objection, your honor...

					DATA
			I think he deserves some
			leeway... overruled... but we
			have seen enough, Captain.

					PICARD
			Agreed. Ardra, if you would do
			the honors and stop the tremors...

					ARDRA
			Uh... of... of course...

	Nothing happens.

					PICARD
			What's the matter?

					ARDRA
			I like the tremors.

					PICARD
			Well, I don't.

	He snaps his fingers and the tremors instantly stop.

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT FIVE         57.

50   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Recognize the old bag of tricks?
			How about this one?

	He gestures towards Ardra. She disappears.

					PICARD
			Come back if you can, Ardra.
			No... ? Fine, allow me...

	She reappears...

					ARDRA
			Of all the impudence.

					PICARD
			Impudence?

51   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as he turns into the Klingon monster...

					PICARD/FEK'LHR
			Impudence is pretending to be
			Fek'lhr of Klingon...

52   REACTIONS

					DATA
			Captain, your leeway has run out.

53   PICARD (OPTICAL)

	back to normal...

					PICARD
			Your honor, I appreciate the
			court's indulgence... allow me
			to explain. A team from the
			Enterprise has taken control of
			this woman's ship in orbit around
			Ventax Two. Thank you for your
			help, Number One.

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT FIVE         58.

53   CONTINUED:

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Glad to be of service, sir.

					PICARD
			They have been monitoring me on
			my communicator... and executing
			a prearranged program on her
			ship's computer... a fairly
			ingenious combination of force
			field projection, holography, and
			transporter effects. Ardra
			controls her magic literally by
			the blink of an eye... centuries
			old technology -- an implant that
			allows her eye movements to choose
			and activate each illusion.
				(beat)
			She once told us she is known by
			many names. At least she was
			honest about that. Her crew has
			admitted that she has in fact
			used twenty-three aliases in this
			sector alone...

					ARDRA
				(overlapping)
			You had no right...

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT FIVE         59.

53   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			... deceiving innocent people in
			petty schemes for years.

	He turns to Jared.

					PICARD
			Ventax Two offered her the
			greatest opportunity of her
			nefarious career. She learned
			about the myth of Ardra, studied
			it... and expertly played on your
			fears until your people were ready
			to virtually surrender to her.

					ARDRA
				(standing)
			Your Honor, under the
			circumstances, I believe it is
			only fair that I release the
			Ventaxians from their
			obligation... and I'll even let
			them keep the peace they have...
			and I'll just be on my way...

	But Jared touches a panel, signaling TWO SENTRIES to
	ENTER. As Ardra starts to leave, the sentries block
	her way.

					DATA
			With the advocate's withdrawal,
			the contract is hereby dissolved.

	He slams down the gavel.

					DATA
			This arbitration is adjourned.

	All rise.

					JARED
			Thank you, Captain... you saved
			our lives...

					PICARD
			No, Jared... as I've tried to tell
			you, you saved your own lives a
			long time ago...

	Data approaches... the 'old' Data...

         STAR TREK: "Devil's Due" - REV. 11/7/90 - ACT FIVE         60.

53   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			Congratulations, sir.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Your honor.

	But as they turn to leave, they find themselves facing
	Ardra... She raises an eyebrow....

					ARDRA
			You would have had more fun if
			you lost.
				(beat)
			Until we meet again, Jean-Luc
			Picard of the Starship
			Enterprise.

	With that, the sentries take her away... as Data and
	Picard exchange looks and begin to exit...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             







                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                            "Clues" 
                          #40274-188 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
               Bruce D. Arthurs and Joe Menosky 
                              
                           Story by 
                       Bruce D. Arthurs 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


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FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                      NOVEMBER 14, 1990


           STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                            "Clues" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             MADALINE
                RIKER              
                DATA               ALYSSA OGAWA
                BEVERLY            HOLODECK MAN
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                                   Non-Speaking
                GUINAN               PAXAN ENTITY
                O'BRIEN            
                ENSIGN McKNIGHT    
                COMPUTER VOICE   
  
                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  MEDICAL PERSONNEL  

           STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                            "Clues" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TURBOLIFT
              CORRIDOR
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              SICKBAY
              SICKBAY LAB
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              TEN-FORWARD
              TROI'S QUARTERS
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              WORKOUT ROOM
              HOLODECK (WORLD OF DIXON HILL)
                SECRETARY'S OFFICE
                HILL'S PRIVATE OFFICE

      STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/28/90 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                            "Clues" 
                        
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              CYTOSOME               SITE-oh-zohm
              ELECTROLYTE            ee-LEC-tro-lite
              EVADNE                 ee-VAHD-nee
              MARA MARU              MAH-ruh muh-ROO
              NGAME                  n'GOM-aye
              TURGOR                 TER-jer

         STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                           "Clues"                                 
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Establish the ship travelling across a background of
	interstellar dust clouds.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 44502.7.
			Early completion of our mission
			at Harrakis Five has allowed me
			to grant extra personal time for
			many of the crew.

2    INT. WORKOUT ROOM

	WORF, dressed in a Klingon robe is leading several
	others, including TROI, RIKER and GEORDI in a set of
	slow exercises, that might be described as Klingon Tai
	Chi.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Given our recent tight scheduling,
			this has come as something of a
			relief.

3    INT. SICKBAY LAB

	At a lab counter, BEVERLY is lining several small
	incubation bottles along a rack -- obviously an
	experimental procedure. Her satisfied smile indicates
	that she's enjoying this.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Our diplomatic assignment in the
			Evadne system is a ten day journey
			past the Ngame Nebula, and I
			expect it to be uneventful. I
			personally am using the time to
			fulfill a promise to a colleague.

         STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - TEASER         2.

4    OMITTED

5    INT. SECRETARY'S OFFICE - CIRCA 1940S - DAY

	CLOSE SHOT of the office door, wood with a frosted
	glass insert in the upper portion. On the glass are
	printed the words --

                              DIXON HILL                               
                               PRIVATE                                 
                            INVESTIGATIONS                             

	-- but they are in reverse. We are inside the somewhat
	dingy, period office. We hear a loud SNAP.

5A   INCLUDE MADELINE

	A bombshell secretary, sitting behind her desk,
	typewriter in front of her, but paying more attention
	to painting her fingernails. She again loudly SNAPS
	her chewing gum.

	The door opens, GUINAN ENTERS, dressed completely in
	period clothing, chewing gum like an expert.

					GUINAN
			Dixon Hill around?

					MADELINE
				(barely looking up)
			He's occupied at the present
			moment.

					GUINAN
			Tell him Gloria is here.

					MADELINE
			Can't do that.

	Madeline snaps her gum.

					MADELINE
				(continuing)
			He doesn't want to be disturbed.

					GUINAN
			I'm here from...
				(remembering)
			Cleveland.

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/21/90 - TEASER        2A.

5A   CONTINUED:

					MADELINE
			Doesn't matter if you're from the
			moon, Hon. Mister Hill is
			incommuni... incommunica...

					GUINAN
			Incommunicado.

					MADELINE
			That's it. Sorry, Hon.

	Madeline snaps her gum.

					GUINAN
			Listen, Hon. Just tell him
			Gloria's here.

	Guinan snaps her gum. Madeline narrows her eyes at the
	challenge, snaps back.

					MADELINE
			When the boss doesn't want to be
			disturbed, the boss doesn't want
			to be disturbed. Don't take it
			personal like.

	Guinan snaps her gum. Noting a clock on the wall --

					GUINAN
			Mister Hill is expecting me. I
			have a two o'clock appointment.

					MADELINE
			It's two-ten.

					GUINAN
			Sorry. I had a hard time with
			the outfit...
				(raising her skirt to
				 show off a garter)
			It took me awhile to figure out
			what this thing was supposed to
			do...

	Madeline huffs, picks up the phone, and hits the
	intercom...

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/21/90 - TEASER        2B.

5A   CONTINUED: (2)

					MADELINE
			Sorry, Dix. There's a... "lady"
			here to see you, says her name
			is...

					GUINAN
			Gloria...

					MADELINE
			Gloria...

					GUINAN
			From Cleveland.

					MADELINE
			From Cleveland.
				(beat)
			Okay.

	She hangs up.

					MADELINE
			He never heard of you.

					GUINAN
			Never heard of me?

					MADELINE
			That's right.

					GUINAN
			No, you don't understand... it's
			all been set up in advance... I'm
			supposed to be Gloria from
			Cleveland and I was supposed to
			be in Holodeck Four at two o'clock
			and you don't have the slightest
			idea of what I'm talking about,
			do you?

	Madeline blinks, dumb. Guinan wheels and heads for
	Dixon's inner office door...

					MADELINE
			Hey, you can't go in there...

	But Guinan charges through the door into...

         STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/21/90 - TEASER         3.

6    INT. DIXON HILL'S OFFICE - DAY

	... to find Picard with his hands raised high and a
	GUNMAN aiming a revolver at him, the gunman holds a
	valise... She reacts as he motions the gun at her...

					GUNMAN
			Get inside.
				(to Picard)
			Who's the doll?

					PICARD
			She's my cousin.

					GUINAN
			Gloria. From Cleveland.

					PICARD
			Sorry, Gloria -- I didn't want
			to get you involved. She has
			nothing to do with this, Johnny.

					GUNMAN
			Yeah, right. What do I look like?
			A jamoke? You ain't nobody's
			cousin and you ain't here for a
			visit. What do you know about
			my money?

					GUINAN
			Your money?

					GUNMAN
			The money he stole.

					GUINAN
				(to Picard)
			You stole his money?

					PICARD
			He's lying, Gloria -- don't
			listen to him.

					GUINAN
			Johnny, why don't you tell me all
			about it, maybe I can help, I'm
			a good listener...

         STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/21/90 - TEASER         4.

6    CONTINUED:

	He moves threateningly at Guinan passing in front of
	the window as he does...

					GUNMAN
			I'm finished with talking,
			sweetheart. Now, I'm gonna get
			some action or else...

	Outside we can hear a car screech around a corner...
	Suddenly the window is blasted out by machine gun
	fire... Guinan and Picard hit the ground... the gunman
	is hit in the back, groans and falls dead with --

6A   ANGLE - FACE PRESSED TO THE FLOOR

					GUINAN
				(to Picard)
			This is what you do for fun?

					PICARD
			It's a mystery, Guinan... Who
			was this man? Who killed him?
			Where's the money he was talking
			about? A mystery. Now, we
			begin the search for clues.

					GUINAN
			And that's fun...

	The SCREECH of a car outside. Picard goes to the
	window.

					PICARD
			That's fun.

	He looks out the window.

					PICARD
			A forty-eight Packard with
			whitewalls... I couldn't catch
			the license plate...

	The phone rings in the outer office...

					MADELINE (O.S.)
			Dixon Hill, Private
			Investigations.
				(answering phone)
			Sorry, there's no Captain Picard
			here. Try down at the docks.

         STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - TEASER         5.

6A   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			It's all right. I'll take it,
			Madeline.

	Picard picks up the phone on the desk.

					PICARD
				(a little ruffled)
			What is it?

									INTERCUT:

7
thru	OMITTED
9

10   INT. BRIDGE

	DATA is at the helm.

					DATA
			Please excuse the unusual
			interruption, Captain. I thought
			that patching communications
			through the holodeck program would
			be less obtrusive.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(a smile)
			I appreciate the consideration,
			Commander. What can I do for
			you?

11   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The Ngame dust cloud is a diaphanous wave of color
	partially obscuring the backdrop of stars.

					DATA
			Long range sensors have detected
			a T-tauri type star within a
			pocket of the Ngame cloud.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Nothing unusual about that.

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/21/90 - TEASER        5A.

11   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			No, Sir. However, the star's
			single planet falls within the
			M-Class range. It is capable of
			supporting life.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Now that is unusual.

					DATA
			Highly, Sir.

	Picard is not covering too well his disappointment at
	having to interrupt the holodeck fantasy.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Yes, thank you, Data. Procedures
			require us to investigate. Recall
			the bridge crew and set a course.

12   OMITTED

13   INT. DIXON HILL'S PRIVATE OFFICE

	Picard hangs up the phone. Turns to Guinan.

					PICARD
			I'm afraid I have a twenty-fourth
			century mystery to deal with,
			Gloria. You're welcome to carry
			on if you'd like.

					GUINAN
			No, I've had enough "fun" for
			one day.

	They both go out the office door.

14   INT. BRIDGE - LATER

	The Bridge now has a full crew (Picard, Riker, Worf,
	Data, TROI, and ENSIGN MCKNIGHT at CONN).

					MCKNIGHT
			Entering the T-tauri system, now,
			Captain.

         STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/14/90 - TEASER         6.

15   ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Which displays the star we are approaching -- still
	distant, but close enough to see it as a disc rather
	than a point of light.

16   RESUME

					DATA
			Sensors indicate an energy
			fluctuation directly in our path.
			Source unknown.

17   ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	A shimmering "hole" in space opens up for just a moment
	-- then disappears.

18   RESUME

	Worf looks at his instruments.

					WORF
			Still picking up energy
			distortions -- but fading. It
			seems to be gone.

					PICARD
			A wormhole?

					DATA
			Very likely. Small and extremely
			unstable wormholes have been
			mapped near thirty-nine T-tauri
			systems in the last one hundred
			years alone.

					RIKER
			Captain, I suggest we move to
			a safer location. It could
			reappear at any moment.

					PICARD
			Agreed. Ensign, take us --

	Data is glued to his instruments.

					DATA
			-- Captain!

         STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - TEASER         7.

19   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	And the worm-hole as it reappears virtually on top of
	them.

20   RESUME (OPTICAL)

	The entire Bridge crew looks towards the screen just
	as the Enterprise goes into the worm-hole. A dazzling
	light fills the Bridge, as we stay on Data, who can
	barely be seen pouring over his sensor readings. Then
	the light just as suddenly fades to normal.

	Data turns from his instruments to survey the Bridge
	-- everyone else is slumped over in their chairs or
	fallen to the floor.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT ONE        8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

21   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CLOSE SHOT OF PICARD

	slumped unconscious in his Command Chair.

					DATA (O.S.)
			Captain?

22   PULL BACK TO INCLUDE DATA

	as he gently shakes Picard, who begins to awaken.

					PICARD
			Data?

	Picard looks around. Seeing the other unconscious
	crewmen starting to gradually come around, he tries to
	stand. Still woozy, he staggers, and is caught by
	Data.

					DATA
			Careful, Captain. The stun-effect
			from the wormhole was relatively
			severe.

	Picard rubs his head.

					PICARD
			Apparently so. How long were we
			unconscious?

					DATA
			Approximately thirty seconds.
			I have scanned the ship and
			detected no life-threatening
			injuries to the crew.

	A moan from McKnight as she rubs the shoulder she fell
	upon. Worf rubs his right wrist as he stands. Riker
	is helping a still dazed looking Troi to her seat.

					PICARD
			You were not affected?

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT ONE        9.

22   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			No. My positronic system is
			immune to the effect. This is
			the third unstable wormhole I have
			passed through during my time in
			Starfleet. The first, on-board
			the U.S.S. Trieste --

					PICARD
			-- Thank you, Data.

	Picard surveys the Bridge.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Well, where the hell are we?

					RIKER
				(checking instruments)
			Point five-four parsecs from our
			previous position. Almost a day's
			travel... in just thirty seconds.

					DATA
			Sir, I should re-align the ship's
			clock with Starbase Four-ten's
			subspace signal to adjust for the
			time distortion.

					PICARD
			Proceed.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Captain, Sickbay here.

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Doctor.

									INTERCUT:

22A  INT. SICKBAY

					BEVERLY
			I'm getting scattered reports of
			minor injuries. What happened?

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			The Enterprise just jumped through
			a wormhole.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT ONE        9A.

22A  CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S COM VOICE (Cont'd)
			We were all unconscious for
			about thirty seconds.

					BEVERLY
			Everybody okay up there?

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(glancing around)
			Little or no damage on the Bridge,
			Doctor.

					BEVERLY
			Acknowledged. Crusher out.

22B  INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

					PICARD
			Ship's status?

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT ONE        10.

22B  CONTINUED:

	Riker looks at his console.

					RIKER
			Reports coming in now. Nothing
			serious so far.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Impulse engines and warp drive
			are unaffected, Captain.

					WORF
			Shields and weapons systems are
			fully functional.

	Worf rubs his wrist again. Picard glances at Troi, who
	still seems slightly out of it.

					PICARD
			Counselor? Are you alright?

					TROI
			Yes... I think so... Excuse me,
			Captain, but I feel a bit...
			unfocused...
				(a deep breath)
			It will pass.

	Picard satisfies himself that the crew is basically
	back to normal.

					PICARD
			Not too bad, all things
			considered.

					RIKER
				(agreeing)
			We're lucky we didn't end up
			half-way across the galaxy and
			in the middle of next week.

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT ONE        11.

22B  CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I do not believe that was ever
			a possibility. The wormhole's
			small size and extremely short
			period indicate a relatively local
			phenomenon.

					RIKER
			I didn't mean that literally,
			Data.

					PICARD
			There's still the anomalous
			M-Class planet we were going to
			investigate. Do we go back?

					DATA
			The unpredictability of the
			wormhole would make our
			investigation a hazardous one.
			A probe from our current position
			would be more advisable.

	Picard weighs the considerations. Nods to Data.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

23   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship launches a probe, which speeds across space
	and out of frame.

24   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Beverly is treating O'BRIEN, running a hand-held
	instrument over the Chief's elbow. In the background,
	ALYSSA OGAWA and another medical assistant are
	treating two other crew members.

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT ONE        12.

24   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Nothing broken, Chief. But the
			ligaments around the elbow have
			been twisted pretty severely.
				(a smile)
			What in the world were you doing
			when you fell?

					O'BRIEN
			Hanging a plant for Keiko. Part
			of her running project to give
			me a green thumb.

					BEVERLY
			How's it working?

					O'BRIEN
				(shakes his head)
			Everything I touch seems to turn
			brown and wither away.

	Beverly laughs.

					BEVERLY
			Alyssa, would you get me the --

	She glances over at her assistant, who is very busy
	with other patients.

					BEVERLY
			-- Never mind. I'll do it.
				(to O'Brien)
			You, don't go away. We'll fix
			that right up.

25   FOLLOW BEVERLY

	as she crosses into a lab on the other side of
	Sickbay.

25A  INT. SICKBAY LAB - CONTINUOUS

	Beverly finds the hand-held instrument she's looking
	for, and in passing, notices the small glass containers
	we saw her experimenting with earlier. Something stops
	her dead in her tracks.

       STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT ONE       12A.

26   CLOSE ON THE INCUBATION CONTAINERS

	each of which is fuzzy with a bright red, moss-like
	growth inside.

27   INCLUDE A VERY PUZZLED BEVERLY

	as she reaches over and picks one up. She stares at it
	for a moment.

					BEVERLY
				(evenly)
			This is impossible.

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT ONE        13.

28   INT. SICKBAY - MOMENTS LATER (OPTICAL)

	Beverly is walking back towards O'Brien, carrying the
	instrument she went for, a bemused look still on her
	face.

	She reaches O'Brien and indicates his elbow.

					BEVERLY
			Straighten your arm.

	He does so. She touches the device to one side of the
	injured joint, holding it there.

					BEVERLY
			Alyssa?

	The other woman glances up.

					ALYSSA
			Yes, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			Did you see anybody near the lab
			today?

					ALYSSA
			No, I didn't.

	A beat.

					BEVERLY
			You didn't happen to adjust the
			environments on the incubation
			containers?

					ALYSSA
			I would never touch one of your
			experiments unless you asked me
			to, Doctor.

					BEVERLY
			Of course, I'm sorry, Alyssa.

	Beverly wonders to herself what the hell is going on...

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT ONE        14.

29   INT. BRIDGE

	Worf looks up from his instruments.

					WORF
			Probe approaching the T-tauri
			system, Captain.

					PICARD
			Readings, Data?

					DATA
			Coming in now, sir. The probe
			has moved within visual range of
			the planet.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	ANGLE TO INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	A big, green, gassy, Neptune-like planet. Data studies
	the instruments for a couple of beats.

					DATA
			Sensors indicate a hydrogen-helium
			composition.
				(takes another reading)
			With a frozen helium core.

					RIKER
			Wait a minute, didn't your
			readings indicate a Class M planet
			before we went through the
			wormhole, Data?

					DATA
			It is very possible that
			interference from the wormhole
			affected the sensors, Commander.
			This is clearly not a Class M
			planet.

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT ONE        15.

30   CONTINUED:

	Picard appears convinced. Riker still a bit doubtful.

					PICARD
			Data, run a full diagnostic to
			make sure the wormhole didn't
			cause any permanent damage to the
			sensors.

					DATA
			Aye, Captain.

					PICARD
			Ensign, set us back on a course
			for...
				(off Riker's doubt)
			Number One? A problem?

					RIKER
			It's awfully strange that a
			malfunctioning sensor should give
			such a specific misreading of
			a planet. I would have thought
			that a space/time disturbance
			would cause a lot more confusion
			than that.

	Data jumps in just a little too quickly.

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT ONE        16.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			It is conceivable that the
			sensors picked up the afterimage
			of an actual planet that lies on
			the other side of the wormhole.
				(to Picard)
			We could survey the nearby stars
			for such a planet. It would
			require approximately six weeks.

					PICARD
			We don't have the time.

	Picard has made up his mind.

					PICARD
			We've encountered a minor
			mystery, one that has been solved
			to my satisfaction. Number One,
			unless there's a major objection,
			Ensign McKnight will set us a
			course for Evadne Four.

	Riker has good-humoredly backed down from playing
	devil's advocate.

					RIKER
			No objection.

					PICARD
			Ensign.

	The Ensign's fingers touch the controls in front of
	him. OFF Data's unreadable face.

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT ONE        17.

31   OMITTED

32   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is sitting at his desk as Beverly Crusher
	ENTERS, carrying a small, box-like carrier.

					PICARD
			You wanted to see me, Beverly.

					BEVERLY
			I have something of a minor
			mystery on my hands.

					PICARD
			A "minor mystery"? That seems
			to be a recurring phrase around
			here lately.
				(indicating table)
			Please.

	She sets down the box and opens it, taking out one of
	the incubation containers, now thriving with red moss.

					PICARD
				(surprised)
			Diomedian scarlet moss. I didn't
			know you were an enthno-botanist.

					BEVERLY
			It's a hobby.

					PICARD
			You've got a good crop going
			there. As I recall, it's not easy
			to cultivate.

					BEVERLY
			That's just it -- I started the
			spores right before we were all
			knocked unconscious by the
			wormhole. You said we were out
			for thirty seconds?

					PICARD
			Correct.

					BEVERLY
			Then how come this shows a full
			day's growth?

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT ONE        18.

32   CONTINUED:

	Picard stares at it for a moment, curious.

					PICARD
			Perhaps you've got some sort of
			fast-growth strain.

	She pulls out four more bottle-like containers, lining
	them up in front of him, each with a similarly
	luxuriant growth inside.

					BEVERLY
			Each of these incubators were set
			with spores from completely
			different sources in the Diomedian
			system. I've got a dozen more
			back at the lab. Perhaps
			something extraordinary could have
			happened to one of them, but not
			to all of them.

	Picard continues to stare at the containers.

					PICARD
			But that would mean we were
			unconscious for a full day. And
			yet everything else on board
			indicates that we were out for
			only thirty seconds. The ship's
			chronometer, the computer...

	A beat as the implication sinks in.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Everything else... including
			Commander Data.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT TWO        19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

33   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Travelling at impulse speed through space, no longer
	near a dust cloud.

					PICARD (V.O)
			Captain's log, supplemental.
			Commander Data continues to
			maintain that we were unconscious
			for only thirty seconds, despite
			Doctor Crusher's evidence to the
			contrary.

34   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Beverly, Data, Geordi, Riker, Worf. On the
	table in front of them sits one of Beverly's incubation
	bottles.

					DATA
			Captain, I have a hypothesis.

	Picard nods, and seems to study Data intently as he
	answers.

					DATA
			The twenty-second century
			physicist Pell Underhill
			conjectured that a major
			disruption in time-continuity
			could be compensated for by
			trillions of counter reactions.

	Data indicates the incubation chambers.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			The effect could have allowed
			Doctor Crusher's mosses to arrive
			at the other side of the worm hole
			with the unanticipated growth.

					GEORDI
			Underhill was talking about
			energy!

       STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT TWO       19A.

34   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			True. Nevertheless, it is
			possible that the phenomenon could
			occur in matter at much higher
			levels of organization. Given the
			proper conditions.

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT TWO        20.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

	A beat.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Data. An intriguing
			hypothesis.

	Picard considers for a moment, smiles at Data.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Perhaps we've got a tempest in
			a test tube, after all.

					BEVERLY
			Captain --

	Picard cuts her off with a look.

					PICARD
				(lightly)
			Data, I promised Mister Nelson
			in Engineering that you would
			assist him on the sensor
			diagnostics. You'll find him hard
			at work on Deck Thirty-six.

					DATA
			As you wish, Captain.

	Data turns and EXITS the room. Picard waits a moment,
	as if this is difficult.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			Did you believe Data's
			explanation?

	Geordi hesitates.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			A frank answer, Commander.

					GEORDI
			Not for a second. I'm honestly
			amazed that he even proposed it.

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT TWO        21.

34   CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF
			What are you suggesting, Captain?

					PICARD
			I'm not sure. I have never known
			Data to lie, and yet...

					BEVERLY
			If we never went through a
			wormhole... then what happened
			to us during that missing day...

					GEORDI
			If we were out for a whole day,
			why didn't our beards grow?

	No answers.

					RIKER
			Whatever it was... it seems to
			be something Data doesn't want
			to tell us about...

					PICARD
			It could be that whatever caused
			this situation affected Data as
			well.
				(beat)
			Or it could be that he's telling
			the truth... and this is just...
			another minor mystery.

					GEORDI
			I can check the computer's
			chronometer... see if there's
			evidence of tampering...

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT TWO        22.

34   CONTINUED: (4)

					BEVERLY
			A transporter trace analysis might
			give us another indication of
			how much time has actually passed.

					PICARD
			Proceed on both counts.
			Meanwhile, we'll maintain our
			present course. If there is
			something wrong with Data, we
			don't want him aware of our
			suspicions.

35   INT. ENGINEERING

	Data is helping a SUPERNUMERARY engineer, (NELSON),
	with standard sensor diagnostics. Geordi enters
	frame, seemingly buoyant.

					GEORDI
				(lightly)
			Gentlemen, how goes the battle?

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT TWO        23.

35   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The long-range, infra-red sensors
			suffered no apparent damage as
			a result of the wormhole. We
			are presently checking the
			neutrino and heavy particle
			detectors.

					GEORDI
			Great. I'll take over, Data.
			The Captain wants you back on the
			Bridge.

	Just a little puzzled, Data nods, hands a diagnostic
	instrument over to Geordi and turns to go.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			See you later in Ten Forward.

					DATA
			Yes. I will see you then.

	Geordi waits until Data actually goes out the door.
	Then his smile immediately fades and is replaced by
	serious intent. He sets down the diagnostic
	instrument.

					GEORDI
			Nelson, I need your help with the
			computer.

36   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Beverly ENTERS, steps up to O'Brien, who is at the
	transporter controls, entering a report into a small
	computer peripheral.

					BEVERLY
			Hello, Chief. How's the elbow?

					O'BRIEN
			Much better. This isn't a house
			call, is it?

					BEVERLY
			No, it's not. Tell me, who was
			the last one to use the
			transporter before we went through
			the wormhole?

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/28/90 - ACT TWO        24.

36   CONTINUED:

	O'Brien touches the control board in front of him, gets
	the answer.

					O'BRIEN
			Ensign Locklin. She's one of my
			technicians.

					BEVERLY
			Have her report immediately to
			Sickbay.

37   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly is holding a small instrument over the lower
	arm of a young woman, ENSIGN LOCKLIN, who is sitting
	on a diagnostic bed. As she continues to slowly move
	the device, Beverly and her assistant Alyssa Ogawa
	monitor the screen behind them.

					BEVERLY
			Electrolyte concentration.

					ALYSSA
			Twelve point five deviation from
			previous.

	Beverly and Alyssa share a look.

					BEVERLY
			Interesting...
				(adjusting device)
			Let's check the cellular membrane.
			I'm willing to bet the internal
			turgor pressure is off by almost
			the same amount.

	She again holds the instrument over Ensign Locklin's
	arm. A few beats. Beverly and Alyssa watch the
	readout behind the bed change slightly.

					ALYSSA
			Eleven three deviation from the
			norm.

					BEVERLY
				(excited)
			That's what I wanted to hear.
				(to Locklin)
			Thank you, Ensign Locklin.
			That'll be all.

       STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/28/90 - ACT TWO       24A.

37   CONTINUED:

	Ensign Locklin nods, jumps down from the bed and goes
	out the door as Beverly touches a companel.

					BEVERLY
			Crusher to Captain Picard.

37A  INT. TURBOLIFT

					PICARD
				(keying insignia)
			What is it, Doctor?

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			I need to see you immediately.

					PICARD
			I'm on my way to Engineering.
			Join me.

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT TWO        25.

38   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard and Beverly are walking quickly along a
	corridor.

					BEVERLY
			Physiologically, each of us is
			on a daily cycle. Our cells have
			developed rhythms based on a
			twenty-four hour period.

					PICARD
			Our internal clocks.

					BEVERLY
			Exactly, and I can measure that
			effect at the molecular level.
			I took a trace from the last
			person to use the transporter,
			and compared her cell function
			levels to what they are right now.
			If we were unconscious for only
			thirty seconds, those cycles would
			be nearly synchronous.

					PICARD
			And were they?

					BEVERLY
			No. We were out for longer than
			thirty seconds, Captain. A lot
			longer.

	OFF Picard's reaction.

39   OMITTED

40   INT. ENGINEERING - CLOSE ON GEORDI

	from inside a ladder well as he climbs down and out.

					GEORDI
				(loudly)
			I've got some good news, and some
			bad news...

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT TWO        26.

41   NEW ANGLE

	On Geordi as he emerges from the tube into the presence
	of Picard and Dr. Crusher.

					GEORDI
			The good news is that we were
			right about the computer's
			chronometer. There's a security
			program to prevent tampering.
			But it looks now like it was
			disabled, and a new program put
			in its place. Someone reset the
			clock.

					PICARD
			And the bad news?

					GEORDI
			Data and I are the only ones
			onboard this ship capable of
			doing it.

42   INT. READY ROOM

	Data is standing in front of Picard.

					DATA
			A bit of a mystery, Captain.

					PICARD
			That's an understatement.
				(beat)
			Is it possible that something or
			someone affected you -- without
			your knowledge?

					DATA
			I am unable to answer that
			question, Captain.

	Picard pauses for a moment.

					PICARD
			Data, would you consent to being
			examined by Commander La Forge?

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT TWO        27.

42   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			As you wish, Captain.

	Picard touches a companel.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Come.

	Immediately, the door slides open and a security
	officer steps inside.

					PICARD
			Please escort Commander Data to
			Engineering.

	The officer steps to Data's side.

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			I know the way, Sir.

	A beat. Data and the security officer head towards the
	door.

	CLOSE ON Picard's face as the door slides open and shut
	offscreen.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

       STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/28/90 - ACT THREE       28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

43   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Establish heading at impulse through space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. It
			has become clear that everyone
			aboard the Enterprise has lost
			an entire day. As the mystery
			of what actually occurred during
			those missing hours continues to
			deepen, so do my doubts about
			Commander Data.

43A  INT. ENGINEERING

	The side of Data's head is open and blinking. Geordi
	has a small, pen-like device in hand. He's trying to
	keep things light, but it's a cover -- he's clearly
	uncomfortable with this assignment.

					GEORDI
			We'll start with the higher
			functions before we get down to
			basics.

	He moves the pen-like device towards Data's head.

					GEORDI
				(joking)
			Now, this won't hurt a bit...

	He touches the device to Data's exposed head.

					DATA
			Have you forgotten that my sensory
			inputs are not programmed to
			experience pain, Geordi?

					GEORDI
			It's a figure of speech. Bedside
			manner. I was just trying to make
			you comfortable.

					DATA
			I am perfectly comfortable.

      STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/29/90 - ACT THREE      28A.

43A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(almost to himself)
			Pattern recognition, syntactic
			algorithms, heuristic functions
			-- all normal.

					DATA
			However, I cannot help noticing
			that you appear a bit
			uncomfortable yourself.

	Geordi again touches the instrument to Data's head.

					GEORDI
			I just don't like having to do
			this, that's all...

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			The Captain has expressed doubts
			about my operational capacities.
			Doubts which, given the
			circumstances, seem entirely
			justified. I do not understand
			your reluctance to carry out his
			instructions.

	Geordi takes down the instrument.

					GEORDI
			It's not reluctance exactly...
			more like concern. I don't want
			to find something wrong with you.
			On the other hand...

					DATA
			Yes?

					GEORDI
			It feels like you're not being
			completely... honest with us.
			Data, I'm your freind... if
			something is wrong, tell me...
			maybe I can help you...

					DATA
				(a beat)
			There is nothing I can tell you,
			Geordi, beyond what I have already
			stated.

	Geordi stares at him for a long beat.

      STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/29/90 - ACT THREE      28B.

43A  CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Okay.

	Data almost looks for a moment as if he wants to go
	ahead and tell him anyway, but changes his mind.

					DATA
			Okay...

	Off the look between them.

44   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard is at the helm; Riker, Worf, the Ensign and Troi
	are at their respective stations.

	The turbolift door opens and Geordi steps onto the
	Bridge. Picard looks towards him expectantly.

					GEORDI
			I've finished examining Data,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			And?

					GEORDI
			Nothing's wrong with the
			technology that I can see. He's
			in perfect condition.

					PICARD
			I was almost hoping you'd find
			a problem.

					GEORDI
			He could still be malfunctioning
			beyond my ability to detect it.

	Picard pauses, looks around, frustrated.

					PICARD
			This entire mystery began when
			our sensors detected that planet.
			First it was class "M"... now it
			isn't...

       STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT THREE       29.

44   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			But the sensors were
			malfunctioning. Our probe clearly
			established the planet could not
			support life...

					PICARD
			Data launched that probe.

	They exchange a look.

					RIKER
				(to Geordi)
			If he rigged the probe, could you
			prove it?

					GEORDI
			I could try.

	He EXITS. The Captain glances around at the rest of
	the crew.

					PICARD
			What happened to us in that
			missing day? Surely clues must
			exist. Each of you think back
			to what you were doing right
			before we blacked out. Reenact
			it if need be. Look for anything
			odd or --

					WORF
			-- Counselor!

	Worf rushes to Deanna's side as she nearly faints off
	her chair.

					PICARD
			Deanna, are you alright?

					TROI
				(recovering)
			Just a moment... Yes... I'm
			fine...

					RIKER
			What happened?

					TROI
			I suddenly became dizzy... I'd
			better go to my quarters.

       STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT THREE       30.

44   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Perhaps Sickbay would be a better
			idea.

					TROI
				(standing)
			No. Really, I'm alright.

	Picard nods to Worf.

					PICARD
			See the counselor to her quarters.

					WORF
			Aye, Captain.

45   INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE TROI'S QUARTERS

	Troi and Worf walk up to Troi's door.

					TROI
			Thank you for coming with me,
			Worf.

					WORF
			Of course. You're certain you
			are well.

					TROI
			I just need some rest.

	Troi ENTERS her quarters, the door closing behind her.
	Worf stands doubtfully for a few beats in the corridor,
	then starts away.

	There is a short, frightened scream from Troi's cabin.
	Worf wheels around and dashes back to the door.

					WORF
			Counselor!

	The door remains closed. Worf touches his
	communicator.

					WORF
			Security! Override the lock on
			Deanna Troi's quarters! Now!

	The door opens, and Worf dashes in.

       STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT THREE       31.

46   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	Worf ENTERS, but Troi is not in the main part of her
	cabin. He dashes towards the washroom.

	Troi is inside. She is pale, shaking with fright.
	She is backed against the wall opposite the mirror,
	averting her eyes from her reflection.

					WORF
			What's wrong?

					TROI
			The mirror... I came in here...
			and I looked into the mirror...
			It wasn't me, Worf... Not me...
			It was my face, but it wasn't me
			inside...

									TIME CUT:

47   INT. TROI'S BEDROOM

	Troi is sitting in bed as Beverly finishes running
	an instrument around her head. Picard is standing
	nearby.

					PICARD
			Is she alright?

					TROI
			I feel fine...now.

					BEVERLY
			Signs of stress, adrenaline
			by-products higher than baseline.
			But that's a normal reaction to
			sudden fright. All brain
			functions check out okay.

					PICARD
			Deanna, what happened?

					TROI
			A hallucination perhaps.

					PICARD
			What did you see?

       STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT THREE       32.

47   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			It wasn't what I saw. It was what
			I felt. I looked into the mirror,
			and it seemed a stranger was
			staring back at me from behind
			my own eyes.

	She wraps her arms together as if for comfort in
	reaction to the memory.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			As if my own face was a mask.

	Picard puts a gentle hand on her shoulder.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			Yes, Geordi.

48   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi is standing in front of a monitor displaying
	an image of the same Neptune-like planet the probe
	relayed earlier back to the Enterprise.

					GEORDI
				(to Com)
			I found something, sir.

       STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT THREE       33.

49   OMITTED

50   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly returns to see Worf waiting...

					BEVERLY
			Hello, Worf.

					WORF
			Doctor.

	He seems a little hesitant.

					BEVERLY
			Can I help you?

       STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT THREE       34.

50   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Perhaps not.

	Worf turns to leave --

					BEVERLY
			-- Worf.

	He stops, turns back to her.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			You came in here for something.
			You can trust me.

					WORF
			A warrior does not complain about
			physical discomfort.

	Dr. Crusher puts a caring hand on his shoulder and
	maneuvers him towards a diagnostic bed.

					BEVERLY
			Are you in pain?

					WORF
			But the Captain ordered us to
			report anything out of the
			ordinary.

	He holds out the wrist he's been favoring since the
	time-jump incident. Beverly takes an instrument and
	runs it over the arm. A very surprised look crosses
	her face.

					BEVERLY
			How did this happen?

       STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT THREE       35.

51   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Data, Picard and Geordi are standing around the monitor
	screen in Data's quarters, staring at the image of the
	Neptune-like planet, with various numbers and symbols
	across the screen.

					PICARD
			Do you recognize the planet, Data?

					DATA
			Yes, it is the planet our probe
			detected in the T-tauri system.

					GEORDI
			No it's not. Actually, it's
			Tethys Three. I retrieved the
			image from the ship's library.
			The geophysical figures have
			been slightly altered, but it's
			definitely Tethys Three.

	Geordi doesn't look too comfortable about his role
	here.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Strange that an obscure planet
			several hundred light years from
			here should be picked up by our
			probe.

	There is a tense beat.

					PICARD
			Data, did you take this image
			from the ship's library and then
			program the probe to send it back
			to us?

					DATA
			I cannot verify that hypothesis.

					PICARD
			But you don't deny it.

					DATA
			No, Sir.

	Picard looks to Geordi.

					PICARD
			Geordi, send another probe to the
			T-tauri system.

      STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT THREE      35A.

51   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Yes, Sir.
				(as he turns to go)
			Sorry, Data.

	Geordi goes out the door. Picard waits until he's
	gone, then turns back to Data.

       STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT THREE       36.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Counselor Troi just had a very
			disturbing hallucination.

					DATA
			Is she alright?

					PICARD
			For the moment. Can you tell me
			if Deanna's incident is in any
			way related to the missing time
			period?

					DATA
			No, Sir. I cannot.

					PICARD
			Data! You're the key to this
			entire mystery. And you've done
			nothing but block my attempts to
			solve it. Why are you fighting
			me?

					DATA
			It is not by choice.

					PICARD
			What does that mean?

					DATA
			I cannot say.

					PICARD
			You would rather endanger Deanna
			Troi, a friend, than tell me
			what's going on?!

					DATA
			Which would you place first? The
			welfare of a single individual?
			Or that of the entire crew?

	Picard is taken aback.

					PICARD
			Are you saying that by not
			cooperating, you're actually
			protecting us?

       STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT THREE       37.

51   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			I am not saying that at all. I
			merely state a possible
			alternative explanation.

					PICARD
			Then I'm going to ask you again.
			And I'm ordering you to respond
			directly. What really happened
			to us?

					DATA
			I cannot answer that, Captain.

	Picard is completely frustrated.

					PICARD
			What would you have me do?! How
			would you handle this, if our
			positions were reversed?

					DATA
			I am apparently guilty of
			falsifying the Enterprise's
			records. Of interfering with an
			investigation. Of disobeying a
			direct order from my commanding
			officer. Your duty seems clear.

	A beat.

					PICARD
			Do you know what a court-martial
			would mean? Your career in
			Starfleet would be finished.

					DATA
			I realize that.

					PICARD
			Do you also realize that you would
			most likely be stripped down to
			the wires to find out what the
			hell went wrong?

					DATA
			Yes, Sir. I do.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FOUR 38-40.           

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

52   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

53   INT. READY ROOM

	Beverly and Worf are with Picard.

					BEVERLY
			The wrist has been broken.
			Broken, reset, and treated with
			one of our subcutaneous bone
			fusion units.

					PICARD
			During the missing day?

					BEVERLY
			It's the only possibility.

	Picard starts pacing, almost as if he's talking to
	himself.

					PICARD
			You're suggesting he was
			conscious?

					BEVERLY
			I'm suggesting maybe we all were.
			I certainly didn't repair a broken
			wrist while I was unconscious.

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT FOUR           41.

53   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Our memories of that day?

					BEVERLY
			Blocked. Possibly erased.

					PICARD
			By whom?

	A pause.

					WORF
			There are very few individuals
			on board who could have broken
			my wrist.
				(pause)
			Commander Data is one of those
			individuals.

					PICARD
			I can't accept that explanation.

					WORF
			He does possess the speed and
			strength.

					PICARD
			Granted. But I am beginning to
			suspect that Data is refusing to
			cooperate because he believes he
			is acting in the best interests
			of the Enterprise.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
				(to Com)
			Yes, Geordi.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Our probe's approaching the
			planet, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Com)
			Acknowledged.

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT FOUR           42.

53   CONTINUED: (2)

	FOLLOW Picard onto the Bridge, Beverly and Worf close
	behind.

					PICARD
			Now maybe we'll get some answers.

54   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard strides towards his chair, as Worf and Beverly
	take their respective positions. Riker, Geordi and
	McKnight are already at theirs posts.

					GEORDI
			Visuals available now, Captain.

55   ANGLE TO INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	A sandy-brown planet.

					RIKER
			M-Class. Nickel-iron core,
			nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere.

					PICARD
			The same planet our sensors picked
			up before the so-called
			wormhole...

					RIKER
			Affirmative.

	Geordi reads off his instruments.

					GEORDI
			No indication of any space-time
			distortion whatsoever. The probe
			should at least be detecting a
			residual effect, even if the
			wormhole is inactive.

					PICARD
			That's because there isn't a
			wormhole. There never was.

	The crew is puzzled.

					MCKNIGHT
			Sir?

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FOUR           43.

55   CONTINUED:

	A hint of Dixon Hill is on him now, as he paces the
	room.

					PICARD
			It was a ruse to throw us off the
			track. Look at the clues. Doctor
			Crusher's incubation experiment,
			the computer clock, the
			transporter trace all indicate
			the existence of a missing day.
			Worf's broken wrist suggests that
			we may have been awake and aware
			for that day, and possibly in a
			struggle for our lives.

					BEVERLY
			The fact that we're alive suggests
			we must have won.

					PICARD
			Not necessarily, Doctor. Data's
			behavior clearly suggests we did
			not. Why else would he be willing
			to sacrifice his career rather
			than tell us the truth?

					WORF
			But if we didn't win and we
			didn't lose... ?

					PICARD
			The only alternative left is a
			stalemate. A compromise might
			have been reached... a compromise
			that could have forced Data
			into silence.

					RIKER
			But maybe by uncovering all this,
			we're in danger of upsetting the
			stalemate. Maybe it's best to
			leave well enough alone.

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT FOUR          43A.

55   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Possibly, Number One. And I would
			be willing to live with the
			mystery... but Data's role in
			this must be ascertained... or
			he will never be trusted with
			starship duty again. I cannot
			live with that.

	Picard stares at the viewscreen.

					PICARD
				(to McKnight)
			Ensign, take us back to the scene
			of the crime. Go to warp two.

        STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT FOUR 44-44A.          

56   OMITTED

57   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Speeding through space at warp speed.

58   INT. BRIDGE - LATER

	The Ensign glances up from her instruments.

					MCKNIGHT
			Within sensor range, Captain.

					PICARD
			Drop to impulse. Lieutenant Worf,
			maximum shields, ready all
			weapons.

					WORF
			Shields up. Photon torpedos
			armed, phasers standing by.
				(a beat)
			Captain, an energy field has
			appeared between our position and
			the planet.

					PICARD
			On screen.

59   ANGLE TO INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	In front of the ship is a green, rectangular, glowing
	field.

					PICARD
			Hold position. Let's see what
			it does.

					WORF
			The field has emitted an
			energy-pulse, approaching the
			Enterprise.

	Riker glances at an instrument panel.

					RIKER
			Too slow to be a photon torpedo.

					WORF
			It might be a probe.

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT FOUR           45.

59   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Let's see what happens when it
			hits the shields.

60   OMITTED

61   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The energy-pulse, a glowing green missile, strikes
	the Enterprise shields, spreads in a shower of
	fluorescence, and fades.

62   INT. BRIDGE

	Worf is staring at his instruments.

					WORF
			Shields undamaged. The
			energy-pulse has dispersed.

63   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Troi is asleep in her bed. Suddenly a green glow
	suffuses her room, and slowly coalesces around her
	head, until it seems to disappear into her. Troi sits
	up, her face blank.

64   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Data rises from his chair as the door opens and Troi
	ENTERS.

					DATA
			Counselor Troi. What is it?

	But when Troi speaks, it is with a very flat tone.

					TROI
			The plan has failed.

	Data reacts with surprise.

					DATA
			You have returned.

					TROI
			Your ship is again in our space.

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT FOUR           46.

64   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I was unable to prevent this.

					TROI
			Regardless, you are here.

	Troi's voice is a threat.

					DATA
			Please. The Enterprise is not
			a threat to you. Give me more
			time. Our destruction would only
			--

	The door slides open and Geordi ENTERS the room.
	Surprised to find Troi there.

					GEORDI
			Data, the Captain wants me to
			take you to the Bridge.
				(to Troi; puzzled)
			Counselor...

					DATA
			One moment, if you would.

	Geordi hesitates, unsure about what's going on, then
	steps back out of the room, the door closing behind
	him.

					DATA
			Please. Do nothing. It may yet
			be possible to salvage the
			situation.

	Troi gives no response other than an intense stare.

65   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Data and Geordi ENTER. Geordi goes to his station
	while Data approaches Picard. Picard stands. The
	planet with a green energy field in front of it is on
	the viewscreen.

					DATA
			Reporting as ordered, Captain.

					PICARD
				(indicating viewscreen)
			As you can see, we're back to
			where this all started.

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT FOUR           47.

65   CONTINUED:

	Data glances at the screen.

					DATA
			We must leave immediately.

					PICARD
			Why?

					DATA
			Any further delay will put all
			of our lives at grave risk.

					PICARD
			Why? What is the source of that
			risk?
				(indicating screen)
			The energy field?

					DATA
			I cannot say.

					PICARD
				(temper rising)
			Data, you sound like you're stuck
			in a feedback loop. You have free
			will. You very well can say.
			You have a choice.

					DATA
			My silence is not by choice, Sir.

					PICARD
			Not by choice?
				(indicating screen)
			Are you somehow being controlled
			by that force? Did Geordi miss
			something when he examined you?

					DATA
			Geordi's examination was
			exemplary.

					PICARD
			Then why are you still compelled
			to disobey my orders? How --

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT FOUR           48.

65   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard stops in mid-sentence as an inspiration strikes.
	He starts again, more calmly.

					PICARD
			During the missing day. Were you
			contacted by Starfleet? Were you
			given orders to conceal the truth
			from us?

					DATA
			I cannot answer that question.
			We must leave.

					PICARD
			Dammit, Data! It's the only
			explanation that makes sense!
			This ship is not going anywhere
			until I get an answer. Now who
			gave you such an order?

	Troi ENTERS the Bridge. Data and her immediately make
	eye-contact. There is a look between them. He turns
	back to Picard.

					DATA
			You did, Sir.

	OFF Picard's astonished reaction.

66
thru	OMITTED
67

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT FIVE           49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

68   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard is still stunned at Data's revelation.

					PICARD
			I... ordered you to lie?

					WORF
				(interrupting)
			Captain! The energy field is
			approaching!

69   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The rectangular green field interposed between the
	Enterprise and the planet is moving steadily towards
	the ship.

70   INT. BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Maintain shields at full intens--

					DATA
			-- No! You must vary shield
			strength and shape as rapidly as
			possible. Maximum shields will
			only speed the ship's takeover.

	Picard and Riker exchange glances.

					WORF
			Contact imminent.

					PICARD
			Do as Data says. Now!

					WORF
				(touching controls)
			Aye, sir.

71   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The rectangular green glow has draped itself outside
	and over the invisible shields, and seems to be pulsing
	and changing its shape -- shrinking, then expanding,
	over and over, not getting any closer to the ship.

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FIVE           50.

72   INT. BRIDGE

	Worf looks up from his instruments.

					WORF
			The field is shifting amplitude...
			trying to match the shield...

					DATA
			Captain, eventually the field will
			be able to penetrate our
			shields... There is no way to
			counter the Paxans' technology.
			We can delay their takeover --
			we cannot prevent it.

	Picard is taken aback.

					PICARD
			The Paxans. Who are they?

	Data replies with a look towards Troi. Picard turns
	to her, puzzled.

					TROI
				(futzed)
			You have invaded our system.

	REACTION SHOTS of the Bridge crew. Worf reaches for
	his phaser; Data raises a hand towards him.

					DATA
			You would only harm Counselor
			Troi's body.

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/21/90 - ACT FIVE           51.

72   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Troi)
			We are explorers, not invaders.

	Troi's eyes flash with anger.

					TROI
			Your knowledge of us is
			unacceptable.

					DATA
			They are xenophobes, Sir.
			Isolationists. The Paxans
			terraformed a protoplanet in this
			system to better conceal their
			whereabouts. The apparent
			wormhole we experienced during
			our previous encounter is actually
			a trap designed to keep away
			intruders.

					PICARD
			Go on.

					DATA
			The energy field stuns everyone
			on board the intruding ship
			putting them in a state of
			biochemical stasis.

					GEORDI
			That explains why our beards
			didn't grow.

					DATA
			Then the Paxans take the ship
			out of their territory.

					RIKER
			The crew wakes up thinking they
			just went through a wormhole,
			so they count their blessings and
			keep going.

					DATA
			Precisely.

					PICARD
			What went wrong this time?

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FIVE           52.

72   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			My positronic brain is a
			technology unknown to the Paxans.

					TROI
			Our stun-field had no effect on
			him. He remained conscious as
			we attempted to take over your
			ship.

					DATA
			When I realized that I alone was
			able to act --

									EFFECT TO:

73   INT. BRIDGE (FLASHBACK SEQUENCE) (OPTICAL)

	The flashback begins immediately after the teaser
	scene. Data sees that everyone is slumped or sprawled
	on the Bridge.

					DATA (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			-- I initiated emergency
			procedures.

	Data turns back to his console.

					DATA
			Computer, the crew is
			incapacitated. Engage Emergency
			Plan Zed Zed Alpha.

					COMPUTER (V.O.)
			Automatic defense procedures
			initiated. Energy field strength
			increasing. Warning, shield
			penetration seventeen percent.

	Puzzled, Data studies the reading on his instruments.
	He comes to a quick decision.

					DATA
			Computer, begin random fluctuation
			of shield frequency and
			modulation.

					COMPUTER (V.O.)
			Executed.

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FIVE           53.

73   CONTINUED:

	Data pulls out a tricorder, steps quickly over to Riker
	and waves it over him.

					DATA (V.O.)
			With the Enterprise temporarily
			protected, I revived the crew.

	A beat as he studies the readings, then:

					DATA
			Computer, release compound A-D-T-H
			into the air flow system; five
			parts per million.

					COMPUTER
			Acknowledged. Initiating compound
			release now.

	Immediately, the crew begins to revive... Data helps
	Picard to his feet. The crew shrugs off the effects
	of the stun, and resume their posts.

					PICARD
			Status, Data?

					DATA
			The energy field is attempting
			to match shield frequencies, Sir.

					PICARD
			Options, Mister Worf?

					WORF
			I do not recommend weapons at this
			range.

					PICARD
			Can we go to warp?

					DATA
			Negative. The field is also
			acting as a tractor beam.

	The lights suddenly dim, brighten, and dim again.

					COMPUTER
			Warning. Shields have been
			penetrated.

	The lights return to normal.

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FIVE           54.

73   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			All systems are frozen, Captain.

	A green glow suddenly suffuses the entire Bridge.
	Everyone reacts. Worf pulls his phaser. The green
	glow shrinks down, coalescing around Troi.

					DATA (V.O.)
			The Paxans can manipulate energy
			structures on many levels. They
			took control of Counselor Troi's
			body to communicate with us.

	The green glow disappears, seemingly into Troi's body.
	Troi suddenly moves with intent towards Picard.

					WORF
			Captain!

	Worf raises his phaser, and tries to block her way.
	She grabs hold of his right wrist and casually tosses
	him aside. Worf lands with a cry of pained surprise,
	clutching his now broken wrist.

	Riker and Data start forward to protect Picard, but
	he holds out a hand to restrain them.

					PICARD
			No! Everyone stop!

	Data and Riker halt. As does Troi.

					PICARD
				(to Troi, carefully)
			Who are you?

					TROI
			You know of our existence. We
			have no choice but to destroy this
			ship.

					PICARD
			If you destroy this ship, others
			will come searching for us. You
			may not be able to stop them all.
			Knowledge of your civilization
			could be spread across half the
			galaxy.

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/21/90 - ACT FIVE           55.

73   CONTINUED: (3)

	Troi's face seems to blanche at that prospect.

					TROI
			No...

					PICARD
			Allow us safe passage and we will
			protect your right to privacy to
			the best of our ability. We will
			tell no one of your existence.

					TROI
			There are over a thousand
			lifeforms on this vessel. How
			could you assure their silence?

	Picard knows he cannot, thinks quickly.

					PICARD
			This biochemical stasis. Does
			it supress synaptic functions?

					TROI
			It does.

					PICARD
			Then you must have the capability
			of affecting memory. Could you
			erase the short term memory of
			everyone on this ship? Remove
			all knowledge of this event?
			Allow us to proceed as though it
			never happened?

	The Paxan considers this.

					TROI
			It would take time. One of your
			days.
				(indicates Data)
			And he is immune to our influence.

	Picard moves to Data...

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FIVE          55A.

73   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			Data, I have to give you a most
			unusual order... I'm not quite
			sure how well you will be able
			to integrate it into your
			program...

					DATA
			As a Starfleet officer, I am
			required to follow all of your
			orders, Captain.

	Picard looks to Troi to emphasize what Data just
	said...

					PICARD
			Good. Because our survival
			depends upon it. I am ordering
			you never to reveal what has
			happened here today. Not to
			Starfleet, not even to myself.
			You will conceal your memory of
			the Paxans for as long as you
			live. Is that understood?

					DATA
			Completely, Captain.

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FIVE           56.

73   CONTINUED: (5)

					PICARD
				(to Troi)
			Satisfactory?

					TROI
				(a beat)
			Agreed.

					PICARD
			Excellent.
				(to everyone)
			Now, our task is to eliminate any
			information in the ship's records
			that might lead to knowledge of
			this incident. Let's get to work.

									EFFECT BACK TO:

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76   INT. BRIDGE (REAL TIME)

	Data is telling his story.

					DATA
			We proceeded to erase all evidence
			of our encounter with the Paxans.
			I reset the computer's chronometer-and
			the crew was again stunned
			into unconsciousness and their
			short term memories erased. When
			they were revived a day later,
			the computer adjustments made it
			appear that only thirty seconds
			had passed.

					RIKER
			And here we are.

					PICARD
				(re: Troi)
			Here we are again.

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT FIVE           57.

76   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Your plan failed. This ship must
			be destroyed.

					PICARD
			Wait. Please.

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FIVE           58.

76   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			The plan failed because clues were
			left behind that suggested a
			mystery. And to many humans, a
			mystery must be solved. Doctor
			Crusher's incubation experiment,
			Worf's wrist, Troi's
			hallucinations... little pieces
			of evidence that led us to even
			more clues about the clock, the
			transporter trace, Data's odd
			behavior... Don't you see...
			without clues, there would be no
			mystery! If we were to simply
			eliminate all the clues and
			begin again...

					TROI
			Again?

					PICARD
			Exactly. Consider the first time
			a run-through, a rehearsal... to
			shake out all the flaws. The
			second time will succeed -- if
			we leave no clues.

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FIVE           59.

76   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
				(beat)
			You are a most unusual species.
			Worthy of a second chance.
			Proceed.

	Troi suddenly shudders and collapses.

					RIKER
			Deanna?

	Riker goes to her side. She nods -- she's okay.

					PICARD
			Welcome back.

	Riker lends support to Troi as Picard directs the rest
	of the crew.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Data, Geordi -- reconfigure the
			computer and all records. Number
			One, you're to oversee the rest
			of the ship.
				(to all)
			Let's get it right this time.

76A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FIVE           60.

77   INT. BRIDGE (ONE DAY LATER)

	CLOSE SHOT of Picard, unconscious, beginning to come
	around... Data goes to assist him as before.

					PICARD
			Data, what happened... ?

					DATA
			The effect from the wormhole was
			rather intense.

					PICARD
			I should say so...

					DATA
			Everyone but myself was rendered
			unconscious. My positronic brain
			is immune to the effect.

	Picard rises as the rest of the Bridge begins to
	awaken.

					PICARD
			How long were we out?

					DATA
			Thirty seconds, Sir.

					RIKER
			Current position?

					MCKNIGHT
			Point five-four parsecs from our
			previous position; bearing
			two-eight-five mark
			one-four-seven.

	Everyone settles in.

					PICARD
			It could be worse.

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/26/90 - ACT FIVE          60A.

77   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Yes, Captain. The wormhole
			appears to have been a local
			phenomenon.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Crusher to Bridge. What happened?

									INTERCUT:

77A  INT. SICKBAY

					PICARD
			The ship just went through a
			wormhole. The entire crew was
			unconscious for approximately
			thirty seconds.

					BEVERLY
			Anyone hurt on the Bridge?

					PICARD
				(glancing around)
			Apparently not.

					BEVERLY
			Acknowledged. Crusher out.

77B  INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

					PICARD
			Status reports?

					RIKER
				(checking console)
			No damage to Engineering.

					WORF
			Shields and weapons systems
			unaffected.

	Picard glances at Troi.

					PICARD
			Counselor?

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/27/90 - ACT FIVE           61.

77B  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			There's a general feeling of
			disorientation on board. Nothing
			serious as far as I can tell.

	Picard glances around the Bridge one last time to
	assure himself that all is in order.

					PICARD
			Well, then. We still have that
			anomalous M-Class planet to
			investigate.
				(to McKnight)
			Ensign, replot a course back to...

					DATA
			Sir, it is likely that the
			anomalous readings were caused by
			the wormhole's effect. It was
			extremely unstable. I would
			recommend against returning. It
			might put the Enterprise at
			further risk.

					RIKER
			We could sent a probe...

					DATA
				(a little too quick)
			That would certainly be
			sufficient, Commander.

	Picard stares at Data for a very long moment... Did
	Data show his hand? Will Picard order them back again?
	Data's face is like granite. Finally...

					PICARD
			Make it so. And put out a hazard
			advisory to Starfleet.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Set a course to Evadne Four,
			Ensign.

					MCKNIGHT
			Course laid in, sir.

					PICARD
			Engage.

	OFF Data's face --

            STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/26/90 - ACT FIVE           62.

78   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise at impulse speed.

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									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "First Contact" 
                          #40274-189 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                 Joe Menosky & Ronald D. Moore 
                              and 
                        Michael Piller 
                              
                           Story by 
                          Marc Zicree 
                              and 
            David Bischoff & Dennis Russell Bailey 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                       NOVEMBER 28, 1990


       STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "First Contact" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             CHANCELLOR DURKEN
                RIKER              MINISTER MIRASTA YALE
                TROI               MINISTER KROLA
                DATA               DOCTOR NILREM
                BEVERLY            DOCTOR TAVA
                GEORDI             DOCTOR BEREL
                WORF               NURSE LANEL
                                   MALE INTERCOM VOICE
                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES  Non-Speaking Malcorians:
                  MALE NURSE         3 N.D. DOCTORS
                                     2 MEDICAL TECHS
                                     2 NURSES
                                     A SECURITY GUARD

         STAR TREK: "First Contact" - 11/28/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "First Contact" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     MALCOR (MATTE SHOT)
              TRANSPORTER ROOM           CAPITAL CITY
              TEN FORWARD
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              CORRIDOR
          
            MALCOR
              MEDICAL FACILITY (HOSPITAL)
                CORRIDOR
                RIKER'S ROOM
              CHANCELLOR DURKEN'S OFFICE
              MIRASTA'S SCIENCE LAB

  STAR TREK: "First Contact" - 11/30/90 - PRONUNICATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "First Contact" 
                      
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              ADRULMINE              ah-DROOL-mine
              BEREL                  BER-rul
              COSTAL                 CAHS-tul
              DURKEN                 DURH-ken
              ICHOR                  EYE-kohr
              KROLA                  KROH-la
              LANEL                  lan-EL
              MALCORIAN              mahl-KOHR-ee-an
              MARTA                  MAR-tah
              MIRASTA                mear-AST-ah
              NILREM                 NILL-rehm
              OCTARES                OKT-tairs
              PENTADS                PEHN-tahds
              QUADROLINE             KWAHD-row-leen
              RIVAS JAKARA           REEV-ass ja-KAH-ruh
              SIKLA                  SICK-la
              TAVA                   TAH-vah
              TELENCEPHALON          tell-en-SEHF-ah-lahn

       STAR TREK: "First Contact" - 11/28/90 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                       "First Contact"                             
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. ALIEN MEDICAL FACILITY - CORRIDOR - DAY

	CLOSE ON a wide sliding door opening... TWO MALCORIAN
	MEDICAL TECHNICIANS rush someone on a gurney through
	the doors and into a small room crowded with medical
	equipment for emergency trauma care. The level of
	technology in evidence is approximately mid 21st
	century Earth with just enough differences to tell us
	that this is an alien world. There are two treatment
	bed/tables, cabinets and trays with medical
	instruments, and a display for reading scans. The
	Malcorians are humanoid with a slight difference in
	facial features... their hands are shaped like mittens
	without fingers (and if this is a difficult makeup job,
	they can all wear gloves.)

	There is a sense of urgency as the Technicians rush the
	gurney into the Emergency Room... two young Malcorian
	physicians, NILREM (male) and TAVA (female) quickly
	move equipment and get a table ready for the incoming
	patient. Throughout the following scene, we should
	NOT SEE the face of the man lying on the gurney, but
	he is in Malcorian civilian garb and has a large
	bandage on his head. We may notice he does wear gloves
	(mittens) on his hands. They have the gurney in
	position and the Technicians help to move the victim
	off the gurney and onto the table.

					NILREM
			Ready... lift!

	They all lift and move the victim on the table. The
	Technicians now move away and EXIT.

       STAR TREK: "First Contact" - 11/28/90 - TEASER       2.

1    CONTINUED:

	The two doctors move with the smooth efficiency of
	hurried professionalism. They begin to attach the
	victim to alien emergency equipment...

					NILREM
			He took a severe blow... possible
			trauma to the telencephalon...

					TAVA
				(examining patient)
			Start fifteen octares of
			quadroline. We'll need a complete
			del-scan series.

	Nilrem takes stethoscope-type device and puts it on the
	patient's STOMACH. Nilrem listens... frowns...

					NILREM
				(incredulous)
			I can't find his cardial organ...

	Tava quickly grabs the patient's wrist...

					TAVA
			What do you mean? I'm reading
			a steady circulation...

	Nilrem goes searching for the heart with his scope...
	moves it around... finally places it on his chest...

					NILREM
			There it is... up here...

					TAVA
			In his digestive tract?

					NILREM
			Have you ever seen anything like
			this... ?

	They exchange a puzzled look and then Nilrem gets back
	to work as Tava gingerly uses his hands to probe the
	man's stomach...

					TAVA
			He's missing three costal struts
			on one side and four on the other...

					NILREM
			You think that's something... look
			at this...

     STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - TEASER     3.

1    CONTINUED: (2)

	Moving to see Nilrem at the man's feet, having removed
	his shoes and socks, showing toes --

					NILREM
			He has digits on his terminus...

	Reactions... they move to his hands and peel off his
	gloves... to reveal fingers on his hand... more
	reactions. They exchange a look. Look at him.

					TAVA
				(quietly)
			What are you?

	MOVE TO REVEAL RIKER lying unconscious on the table.
	His face has been altered so he looks like a Malcorian.
	On Riker...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/6/90 - ACT ONE     4.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

2    INT. RIKER'S ROOM - DAY

	Close on Riker in a bed, head bandaged, monitors
	working... waking up... he gropes for his bearings a
	second, then reacts as he sees --

3    ANGLE - A GROUP OF SIX DOCTORS

	including Nilrem and Tava are at the foot of his bed,
	watching him with extraordinary curiosity... Riker
	feels the pain in his head...

					RIKER
			What happened?

	A senior physician (BEREL) has joined the group... an
	overworked man who doesn't need any more in his life
	right now, certainly not an alien in his hospital.

					BEREL
			You're in the crisis room at the
			Sikla Medical Facility. You've
			had a severe injury, but you're
			going to be all right.

	Riker takes this in for a moment... nods again in
	understanding. His head hurts terribly.

					RIKER
			I was caught in the riot when the
			police moved in... that's the last
			thing I remember.

					BEREL
			Can you tell us your name?

	Riker is careful... it's all starting to come back to
	him and he wants to make sure he doesn't say the wrong
	thing.

					RIKER
			Rivas. Rivas Jakara.

					BEREL
			Rivas Jakara. Where do you live?

      STAR TREK: "First Contact" - 11/28/90 - ACT ONE      4A.

3    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(well-rehearsed)
			In the Marta community on the
			southern continent...

      STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/6/90 - ACT ONE 5-5A.        

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					TAVA
			You're a long way from home.
				(beat)
			Are there any members of your
			family we should notify...

					RIKER
			No... I have no family.

	He lifts his hand as if to rub his head and then sees
	the primitive equipment he's attached to.

					RIKER
			I can't stay here... I have to
			get back...

					BEREL
			You're in no condition to leave
			yet...

	Berel studies him with an experienced eye... doesn't
	believe Riker's telling the truth... still, using very
	good bedside manner, he manages a reluctant grin as
	he moves to a more intimate position, perhaps sitting
	on the corner of the bed...

					BEREL
			There are several... unusual
			things about your case, Mister
			Jakara... your cranial lobes, for
			example. They seem to be surgical
			implants...

					RIKER
			I did have some cosmetic
			surgery... to correct a genetic
			birth defect...

	Picking up his hand... looking at the fingers...

					BEREL
			And these? Another birth defect?

     STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/6/90 - ACT ONE     6.

3    CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
				(acknowledges, of
				 course)
			Yes, isn't that something? My
			father's were the same way...

					NILREM
				(sharp)
			You want us to believe that all
			your abnormalities are inherited
			genetic traits?

	Berel shoots him a look, and Nilrem backs off.

					RIKER
			I understand your confusion. My
			personal physician is much more
			familiar with these... genetic
			irregularities... to be honest,
			I'd feel better if I were back
			home under her care...

					BEREL
			Why don't I talk to her about
			that... what's her name?

					RIKER
				(beat)
			Crusher... but actually, I'm not
			sure you'll be able to reach her.

					BEREL
			Why not?

					RIKER
			She's taking... a sabbatical.

	A long look by Berel. Then...

					BEREL
			Well, we'll do the best we can
			for you.

	Berel pats him on the wrist, rises. About to leave, a
	'Columbo' afterthought...

     STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/6/90 - ACT ONE     7.

3    CONTINUED: (4)

					BEREL
			Oh, there was one other thing...
				(he pulls a phaser out
				 of his pocket)
			We found this curious looking
			device in your clothes... what
			is it?

					RIKER
			Oh, it's just a toy I was taking
			home... a present...

					BEREL
			I thought you didn't have any
			family...

					RIKER
			For a neighbor's child.
				(beat)
			Did they find anything else, I
			had one piece of jewelry... a
			metal pin...

					BEREL
			No, I'm sorry. This was all we
			found...

	Berel glances at the others, they all leave. Riker
	immediately breaks his pretense, looks to the heavens
	with an 'oh shoot' look, tries to get up... but pain
	shoots through his head and he must retreat back to
	bed...

4    INT. MEDICAL FACILITY CORRIDOR

	As the group comes out. Tava moves to Berel...

					NILREM
				(voice rising)
			"Genetic irregularities"?... that
			thing isn't even the same species
			as we are...

     STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/6/90 - ACT ONE     8.

4    CONTINUED:

					BEREL
				(looks hard at him)
			Keep your voice down.
				(beat)
			The last thing we need is a panic
			in here over some...

	He sighs, cannot bring himself to say it... Nilrem
	finishes it...

					NILREM
			It's all the space flights...
			they've attracted creatures from
			outer space...

					BEREL
			Now, that's exactly the kind of
			thing I don't want to hear ... is
			that understood?

					TAVA
			What are you going to do?

					BEREL
				(sighs)
			With all the medical facilities
			available, why did he have to end
			up here?

					NILREM
			I think we ought to call Central
			Security.

					BEREL
			I'm not calling anybody yet. Not
			until we've done a lot more. A
			lot more. I want his story
			checked out...
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/6/90 - ACT ONE     9.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					BEREL (Cont'd)
			Run a complete search through the
			medical library... be absolutely
			certain there's never been
			anything like him...

					NILREM
			What if there're more of them?
			They could be everywhere...

					BEREL
				(calm down)
			Somebody get Nilrem a calmative.
				(beat)
			We ought to see if we can find
			the physician Crusher. And give
			this thing...
				(handing the phaser to
				 Nilrem)
			... to somebody in technical to
			check out.

	On the move --

					TAVA
			What about him?

					BEREL
			Cordon off this wing... I want
			security on his door twenty-nine
			hours a day... and I want this
			kept quiet...
				(frowns)
			They've already questioned my
			judgement on the diagnostic
			center, criticized my resource
			allocations... all they need to
			hear now is that I'm treating
			alien creatures...

	The last is said going away as they turn a corner, down
	a hallway...

5    EXT. CAPITAL CITY (MATTE SHOT) - DAY

	A large, metropolitan city that could be from mid 21st
	century Earth, with a few alien touches. Moving in on
	an impressive government building...

    STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - ACT ONE    10.

6    INT. DURKEN'S OFFICE - DAY (OPTICAL)

	DURKEN is the leader of his people and this is a
	fitting office for a man of his stature, oval shaped
	with windows that look outside. Durken himself is in
	his fifties, slight in stature, no Ronald Reagan here,
	there is a gentle, Woodrow Wilson quality, thoughtful,
	brilliant, committed. With him here is MIRASTA, a
	woman 30-35 years old, and the Minister for Internal
	Security, KROLA. He is older than Durken, with a keen
	intellect and piercing eyes. Two other non-speaking
	members of the cabinet are present.

	Mirasta, the Minister of Science, is displaying a star
	chart with some rough animation on a wall monitor...

					MIRASTA
			At twelve-point-four after launch,
			the warp field generator will be
			activated...

					DURKEN
			That's when it would break the
			light barrier?

					MIRASTA
			Yes, Chancellor. If we're
			successful, the craft will leave
			our star system in a matter of
			minutes and will be on its way
			toward the Garth system...

					KROLA
				(non-supportive)
			And then what?

					MIRASTA
				(with a disarming smile)
			And then, Krola, we'll see what's
			there...

					DURKEN
			How long, Mirasta?

					MIRASTA
			We have the prototype design for
			the warp engine... it would simply
			be a matter of building the
			actual production units. If I
			get your approval today... ten
			months, maybe less.

   STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - ACT ONE   10A.

6    CONTINUED:

	Krola shakes his head, but is extremely pleasant and
	politic throughout... this is an argument they've had
	many times before, there is even a smile on his face...

					KROLA
			Chancellor, I'll admit Mirasta's
			enthusiasm for her work is
			seductive, but perhaps we're
			moving too fast...

    STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - ACT ONE    11.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

					DURKEN
				(acknowledging, with
				 humor)
			As fast as the speed of light,
			Krola...

					KROLA
			Why am I always the only realist
			in a room full of dreamers... ?

	All laugh...

					KROLA
			Please, I must be serious...
			there was another demonstration
			today... some violence. Your
			opponents will see this as another
			example of your determination to
			pull us further from our
			traditional ways...

	Durken stands, moves as he talks...

					DURKEN
			My opponents look back as I look
			forward. I cannot believe that
			my people would choose to retreat
			after all we've done...

					MIRASTA
			I agree.

					KROLA
			The people were willing to accept
			your social reforms because they
			believe in you, Chancellor. But
			there are many who say we have
			gone far enough... all of these
			new ideas... new technology...
			and now space travel... it
			confuses them, frightens them...

					DURKEN
			And I will not allow them to
			remain in the dark ages... the
			warp program will proceed as you
			have outlined, Mirasta...
				(beat, smiles to Krola)
			And then we will slow down, Krola,
			to let everyone catch their breath
			including you...

	Krola nods and as they all rise to leave...

    STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - ACT ONE    12.

7    INT. MIRASTA'S LAB - DAY (OPTICAL)

	From this room, a person can personally supervise and
	control rocket launches, satellite operations, radio
	and optical telescope functions, receive telemetry,
	etc. If the head of NASA wanted to be completely
	"hands-on" in the next fifty years, this is the kind
	of place he/she would have. There should be computers,
	monitors, printers, observational equipment, models
	of spacecraft, etc.

	Mirasta enters... sits down at one of the computer
	monitors and taps in a few commands.

	Behind her, Picard and Troi MATERIALIZE. Mirasta
	turns in her chair toward the door reacting to the
	noise... Picard is dressed in his uniform, Deanna in
	conservative civilian garb. They are not posing as
	aliens.

					PICARD
			Excuse me, Mirasta Yale?

	She glances at them curiously.

					MIRASTA
			Yes?

					PICARD
			My name is Jean-Luc Picard. This
			is my associate Deanna Troi. May
			we come in?

	Mirasta is already on her feet... their appearance is
	clearly not of local origin.

					MIRASTA
			Who are you?

					TROI
			Please don't be alarmed by our
			appearance... we've come with
			some... important information.

					MIRASTA
			About what?

					PICARD
			About space. About the universe
			you are preparing to enter.

	Off her look...

    STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/4/90 - ACT ONE    13.

7    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			We are from a federation of
			planets, Mirasta... Captain Picard
			is from a planet called Earth more
			than two thousand light years from
			here. I am from another planet
			called Betazed.

					MIRASTA
				(beat)
			Uh huh.

					PICARD
			We have been monitoring your
			progress toward warp drive
			capability. When a society
			reaches your level of technology
			and is clearly about to initiate
			warp travel, we believe it is time
			to make first contact. We prefer
			meeting like this rather than a
			random confrontation in deep
			space.

					TROI
			We've come to you first because
			you are a leader in the scientific
			community. And scientists can
			generally accept our arrival more
			easily than others.

					PICARD
			We almost always encounter fear
			and shock on this sort of mission.
			We hope you will be able to help
			facilitate our introduction.

	A beat as Mirasta digests this, then...

					MIRASTA
			Is this a joke? Did Lupo and the
			others at the lab put you up to
			this?

					PICARD
				(grins)
			I assure you this is no joke.
				(holding up his hands)
			You can see we are quite
			physically different than
			Malcorians.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/4/90 - ACT ONE    14.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			And with your permission, I am
			prepared to prove what I am
			saying.

					MIRASTA
				(tentative)
			All right...

					PICARD
				(keys insignia)
			Picard to Enterprise. Three to
			beam up.

	They DEMATERIALIZE.

8    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	As they MATERIALIZE... she reacts, astounded. Worf
	and Beverly are there to greet them. SUPERNUMERARY
	at transport.

					WORF
			Welcome aboard.

	And this is standard procedure. Worf is there for
	security precautions. Beverly is there in case the
	newcomer faints... and as Mirasta looks around with
	awe and wonder, somewhat shaky as Picard leads her off
	the transporter pad....

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - ACT TWO    15.

                            ACT TWO                             

9    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit.

10   INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Troi and Mirasta ENTER...

					MIRASTA
			It's beyond words... everything
			I've ever dreamed about...
				(beat)
			When I was a child, my parents
			would take me to the
			planetarium... and we would sit
			in the dark and it was as if I
			was on a spaceship on my way to
			another world... to meet people
			from other planets...

					TROI
			Now that you're about to travel
			beyond your own solar system, you
			will meet a great many more people
			from other planets, Mirasta...

					PICARD
			The Federation prefers to make
			first contact like this... rather
			than a random confrontation in
			deep space.

					MIRASTA
			A part of me still expects the
			lights to come up as the program
			ends...

	They sit at a table looking down at the planet...

					MIRASTA
			How did you know about me?

	This becomes a little more touchy and Picard and Troi
	are well experienced in breaking the ground...

					PICARD
			We try to learn as much as
			possible about a planet before
			first contact.

    STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - ACT TWO    16.

10   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(gently smiles)
			One of the things we do is monitor
			broadcast signals... We listen
			to your journalism, your music,
			your humor... try to better
			understand you as a people...

					MIRASTA
			I hate to think how you would
			judge us based on our popular
			music and entertainment.

					PICARD
			To be sure, we get an incomplete
			picture from long distance...
			that's why we also do on-surface
			reconnaissance.

	Mirasta does not react negatively to this and has yet
	to grasp the hard realities of what lies ahead... she's
	enchanted by the moment... her reaction is almost like
	she's just been let in on a wonderful secret...

					MIRASTA
			You've had people on our planet?

					TROI
			For several years.

					PICARD
				(off her reaction)
			We've found that the most
			hazardous aspect of this kind
			of mission is a lack of sufficient
			information...

					MIRASTA
			You don't have to explain. I
			understand.
				(beat)
			But not everyone on my planet
			would. They'd think you were
			trying to infiltrate our society.

					PICARD
			We do have a complication here,
			Mirasta. One of our people is
			missing. My first officer,
			Commander William Riker.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - ACT TWO   16A.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			He was on the surface to
			coordinate the final details with
			our observation team when he
			disappeared. Our people have made
			inquiries... but we have not been
			able to locate him. If there's
			any way you can help...

					MIRASTA
			Of course. Where was Riker's last
			known location?

    STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - ACT TWO    17.

10   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			The capital city. He was there
			under the name of Rivas Jakara,
			a tourist from the Marta
			community.

	Mirasta acknowledges.

					MIRASTA
			We've got to find him before
			someone realizes what he really
			is... if this gets out prematurely,
			it will seriously complicate
			matters.

	And now she begins to take stock of what is
	forthcoming.

					MIRASTA
			Introducing you to this world
			will not be an easy matter.

					TROI
			It never is.

					MIRASTA

			You must already know that my
			people are in a transitory
			stage... an old staid culture
			has been pulled into the future
			by Chancellor Durken... but it
			is not easy to discard deep-rooted
			beliefs. Our entire ideology is
			based on the assumption that the
			Malcorian is the supreme lifeform
			and that our world is the center
			of the universe. Your arrival
			will change our entire
			understanding of life...
				(beat, frankly)
			Some will not want it to change.

					PICARD
			What about Durken?

    STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - ACT TWO    18.

10   CONTINUED: (4)

					MIRASTA
			Durken will be open-minded. But
			cautious. I strongly suggest that
			you do not discuss your
			surveillance teams with him...
			not right away at least.

					PICARD
			But, with the disappearance of
			Commander Riker, wouldn't it be
			prudent...

					MIRASTA
				(interrupting)
			Captain Picard, you must trust
			me on this. If you tell the
			Chancellor about Commander Riker,
			it would undermine everything you
			hope to accomplish here.
				(Picard and Troi react)
			Durken would assign Krola, the
			Minister of Security, to find him.
			Krola has his own political
			agenda. He will perceive you as
			the greatest threat my people have
			ever known. And he will not
			hesitate to use Riker to prove
			he is correct.

	Off Picard's reaction...

11   INT. MEDICAL FACILITY CORRIDOR - DAY

	Berel enters to see the hallway is full of doctors and
	nurses and medical personnel talking in hushed
	voices...

					NILREM
				(to a pretty nurse)
			It doesn't make sense that he's
			the only one... think about it...

	As Berel passes people we catch snatches of
	conversations... as they see him, they stop talking,
	get back to work... moving with him --

					OVERLAPPING VOICES (VARIOUS O.C.)
			From another planet, hundreds of
			them... invasion from space...
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - ACT TWO   18A.

11   CONTINUED:

					OVERLAPPING VOICES (Cont'd)
			Somebody said he's not bad
			looking... what if that's just
			a disguise... meat-eaters... I've
			heard he can see through walls...
			thousands of them...

      STAR TREK: "First Contact" - 11/28/90 - ACT TWO      19.

11   CONTINUED:

	Berel's face grows more and more concerned as he
	walks... he comes to Tava...

					BEREL
			I thought I said this was to be
			kept a secret...

					TAVA
				(much prior
				 experience)
			You know Nilrem...

					BEREL
				(nods, sighs)
			Well, it's getting out of
			control...
				(beat, concerned)
			... I don't know what else he is,
			but he's still a patient in this
			medical facility and we have a
			responsibility for his care and
			recovery... remind them of that,
			will you?

					TAVA
				(acknowledges)
			Berel, you're not going to be able
			to contain this much longer.

					BEREL
				(sighs)
			I know.

					TAVA
			If people get scared enough,
			anything could happen...

	He considers this seriously, sighs, turns and walks
	on...

12   INT. RIKER'S ROOM

	As Berel enters... Riker is awake...

					BEREL
			Mister Jakara, we have been unable
			to confirm anything you told us.
			No physician named Crusher is on
			file... not on this planet...
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/6/90 - ACT TWO    20.

12   CONTINUED:

					BEREL (Cont'd)
			Your address in Marta is an eating
			establishment... the cook has
			never heard of Rivas Jakara.

					RIKER
			There's obviously been some
			misunderstanding...

					BEREL
			There's a growing number of people
			on the other side of that door
			who believe you are not one of
			us.

					RIKER
			Not one of you... ?

					BEREL
			That you're from another planet.

	Riker reacts, 'incredulous'...

					BEREL
			Are you, Mister Jakara?

					RIKER
				(laughs)
			Do you realize what you're saying?

    STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/6/90 - ACT TWO    21.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEREL
			I know how it sounds. And I am
			not anxious to make a fool of
			myself.
				(beat)
			Mister Jakara, this new era of
			space flight, it does fire the
			imagination. People see
			unidentified vessels in the sky
			that turn out to be weather
			balloons.

					RIKER
			It is far more likely that I'm
			a weather balloon than an alien.

					BEREL
				(shrugs, suggesting
				 another possibility)
			Our medical journals have
			documented several cases of
			genetic mutation in recent
			history... some unusual physical
			disfigurations have occurred...

					RIKER
			I guess I'm another case for the
			medical journals then...

					BEREL
			Perhaps. But you, Mister Jakara,
			are hiding something. Unless you
			tell me the truth about yourself,
			this rumor will persist and grow
			and could even become dangerous.
			Most especially to you.

	He EXITS... off Riker's growing concern...

    STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/5/90 - ACT TWO    22.

13   INT. DURKEN'S OFFICE - CLOSE ON AN INTERCOM DEVICE

	Pulling back to see Durken at his desk studying
	documents, stamping a few...

					MALE COM VOICE
			... the delegate from the Central
			Province at four-point-three...
			the conference with capitol
			journalists is at six-point-one...
			and Minister Yale of the Space
			Bureau would like to introduce
			you to someone...

					DURKEN
				(frowns)
			Call her back and see if the
			Vice-Chancellor will do...

					MALE COM VOICE
			They're out here waiting to see
			you, sir...

					DURKEN
			All right. Send them in.

	The door opens and Mirasta enters with Picard... he
	rises, puts on his best political smile...

      STAR TREK: "First Contact" - 11/28/90 - ACT TWO      23.

13   CONTINUED:

					DURKEN
			Always time to meet your friends,
			Mirasta.

					MIRASTA
			Chancellor, please sit down...
			you may want to clear your
			afternoon schedule for this.

	As Durken sits and glances curiously at Picard...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "First Contact" - 11/28/90 - ACT THREE     24.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

14   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

15   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard, Durken, Mirasta walking away from the
	transporter. Worf and Beverly trail and quickly go
	their separate ways...

					PICARD
			The security chief and a medical
			officer are always present during
			a first contact transport -- a
			matter of policy... we've learned
			to expect the unexpected...

					MIRASTA
			Your fortitude is impressive,
			Chancellor... my knees buckled
			the moment we... we... what do
			you call it... ?

					PICARD
			"Beamed up"...

					MIRASTA
			Yes, beamed up...

	Durken is always thinking ahead, reserved, not showing
	his own hand, fishing for as much information as he can
	get...

					DURKEN
			It sounds as though you have done
			this quite often.

					PICARD
			Personally, I have been involved
			with four first contact missions.

					DURKEN
			And what happened to those other
			four planets?

	Picard grins knowingly.

					PICARD
			They're still there, Chancellor.

     STAR TREK: "First Contact" - 11/28/90 - ACT THREE     25.

16   INT. ENGINEERING

	As they ENTER.

					MIRASTA
			This is their warp drive,
			Chancellor. Do you believe it... ?
			Our theories were correct...

	Durken studies the impressive machinery, calmly nods...
	without looking at Picard...

					DURKEN
			I can only imagine the sort of
			armaments your vessel carries,
			Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			This vessel also carries families
			and children, Chancellor. It is
			not a warship. The Federation
			is dedicated to the peaceful
			exploration of space.

	Durken looks Picard in the eye now... measures him.
	A beat. Walks on. Walking away --

					DURKEN
			And do you expect all the worlds
			you contact to become members
			of your federation?

					PICARD
			Not at all, Chancellor. Some
			desire membership. Some do not.
			And in some cases the
			philosophical differences are so
			great, it is not even a
			consideration...

     STAR TREK: "First Contact" - 11/28/90 - ACT THREE     26.

17   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	DATA is in the Command Chair. WORF and supernumeraries
	fill the other posts. The door opens, Picard, Durken,
	and Mirasta ENTER. Data stands in greeting.

					PICARD
			This is my bridge.

					DATA
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Mister Data. Allow me to
			introduce Chancellor Avel Durken
			and Space Administrator Mirasta
			Yale.

					DATA
			How do you do?

	Both Durken and Mirasta react to Data's appearance.
	And can't help but glance at Worf as well.

					PICARD
			Data is my Second Officer.

					MIRASTA
			He is an android, Chancellor.
				(off Durken's
				 puzzlement)
			A constructed being.

					DURKEN
			A machine?

					DATA
			In a manner of speaking. The term
			"artificial lifeform" is more
			accurate.

	Durken nods and takes a deep breath, clearly
	overwhelmed.

     STAR TREK: "First Contact" - 11/28/90 - ACT THREE     27.

17   CONTINUED:

	Mirasta is staring at the forward screen, smiling.

					MIRASTA
			Chancellor.

	He glances over and she indicates the screen.

18   INCLUDE THE SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	And the planet below. Durken can't completely suppress
	his wonder.

					DURKEN
			Captain Picard. Is there
			somewhere we might speak together?
			Without distraction?

	Picard nods.

					MIRASTA
			Chancellor, with your permission,
			I will... beam back to the
			surface.
				(with a glance toward
				 Picard, re: Riker)
			I have several matters to attend
			to.

					DURKEN
				(nods)
			Not a word to anyone about this,
			Mirasta.

					MIRASTA
			Of course.

					PICARD
			Mister Data will escort you to
			the transporter room.

	Picard and Durken go into the Ready Room. As Data
	leads the way to the turbolift...

					MIRASTA
			Has there still been no
			communication from Commander
			Riker, Data?

  STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - ACT THREE  27A.

18   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			No, Minister. He has not returned
			to our designated transport
			coordinates. We have continued
			to scan the capitol city without
			success.

	They EXIT into the turbolift...

   STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - ACT THREE   28.

19   INT. CAPT. READY ROOM

	Picard pours two glasses from his bottle of Chateau
	Picard...

					PICARD
			I've been saving this for a
			special occasion. My brother on
			Earth produces fruit known as
			grapes which he turns into wine.
			He's really quite good at it.

	He raises the two glasses... offers one to Durken.

					PICARD
			We have a tradition, Chancellor,
			called a toast... a drink to
			salute one's friends and good
			fortune. I propose a toast to
			a new friendship.

	They drink.

					DURKEN
				(surprised, recognizing
				 the taste)
			We have something very much like
			this here on Malcor Three.

					PICARD
			I am sure we will find much in
			common.

					DURKEN
			And much that is not in common.

					PICARD
			An opportunity to learn from one
			another.

	Durken studies Picard, stands, thoughtful...

					DURKEN
			You speak the language of
			diplomacy very well, Captain
			Picard... it is a language I
			appreciate and understand... but
			I have learned to not always trust
			it...

					PICARD
			Trust requires time and
			experience...

     STAR TREK: "First Contact" - 11/28/90 - ACT THREE     29.

19   CONTINUED:

					DURKEN
			My world's history has recorded
			that conquerors often arrived
			with the words, "we are your
			friends."

					PICARD
			Chancellor, we are not here to
			conquer.

					DURKEN
			What do you want?

					PICARD
			Today, all I wish to have is a
			drink between friends.
				(Durken smiles)
			A beginning. How we proceed is
			entirely up to you...

					DURKEN
				(reacts)
			And if my wishes conflict with
			yours... ?

					PICARD
			There will be no conflict.

					DURKEN
				(only a test)
			And if I were to tell you to leave
			and never return to my world...

					PICARD
			We would leave and never return.
				(beat)
			We are only here to help guide
			you... into a new era. I assure
			you we will not interfere with
			the natural development of your
			planet... that is, in fact, our
			Prime Directive.

					DURKEN
				(beat)
			I could infer from that directive
			that you do not intend to share
			all this extraordinary technology
			with us...

   STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - ACT THREE   30.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			That is not the whole meaning...
			but it is part of it.

					DURKEN
			Is that your way of maintaining
			superiority?

					PICARD
			To instantly transform a society
			with technology would be harmful
			and destructive...

					DURKEN
				(a slow nod)
			You're right of course.
				(beat)
			I am overwhelmed, Captain Picard.
			Quite overwhelmed.
				(looks out the window)
			I come home each night to a loving
			wife and two beautiful
			daughters... we eat the evening
			meal together as a family, I feel
			that's important... and they
			always ask me if I've had a good
			day.

					PICARD
			How shall you answer them tonight,
			Chancellor?

	Durken turns...

					DURKEN
			Well, I'll have to say... this
			morning, I was the leader of the
			universe as I knew it... this
			afternoon, I am only a voice in
			a chorus.
				(beat, a nod)
			But I think it was a good day.

	He exchanges a solid look with Picard... and the first
	brick of the new foundation is in place. On Picard's
	pleased reaction...

   STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/6/90 - ACT THREE   31.

20   INT. RIKER'S HOSPITAL ROOM - NIGHT

	Riker is on his feet, battling the pain in his head and
	dizziness... he looks in the closet and finds the
	clothes he wore when he was brought in, starts to get
	dressed...

21   ANGLE - THE WINDOW

	he examines it... it is sealed shut... as he begins
	to look for something he can use to break it, a nurse
	(LANEL) ENTERS the room. She stops short as she sees
	Riker at the window, but instead of crying out for
	help, she glances out toward the guard and allows the
	door to close with her inside. She is quite nervous.

					LANEL
			There are guards out there.
			You'll never escape that way.

	Riker reacts, curious about suddenly having an ally...

					LANEL
				(tentative)
			I'm not afraid of you.

					RIKER
			Good. Because there's nothing
			to be afraid of...

					LANEL
			We shouldn't fear the unknown.
			We should embrace it.

					RIKER
			Can you help me get out of here?

					LANEL
			Are you really an alien? It's
			all right to tell me.

					RIKER
			No, I'm not an alien...

					LANEL
			I don't believe you. You are an
			alien.

					RIKER
			Listen, I really have to leave...

   STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/6/90 - ACT THREE   32.

21   CONTINUED:

					LANEL
			I could divert the guard's
			attention. You might have a
			chance if you took the service
			exit down the hall to the left...

					RIKER
			To the left. All right. Let's
			do it.

					LANEL
			Why should I?

	Riker takes a deep breath... moves closer to her...
	with dramatic flair...

					RIKER
			You know why. Because I don't
			belong here. Because I have to
			get back to my ship in space.

	She looks into his eyes.

					LANEL
			I believe you.

					RIKER
			Now, will you help me?

					LANEL
			If you make love to me.

					RIKER
			What?

					LANEL
			I've always wanted to make love
			with an alien.

					RIKER
			Listen, Miss...

					LANEL
			Lanel...

   STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT THREE   33.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			I really have to get going... all
			the... other aliens are expecting
			me...

	She moves closer and puts her arms around him...

					LANEL
			It's not so much to ask. And then
			I'll help you escape.

					RIKER
			It's not that easy. There are...
			differences... in the way my
			people make love.

					LANEL
			I can't wait to learn.

					RIKER
			But...

					LANEL
				(firm)
			It's your only way out of here...
			my alien...

	He doesn't move to get away.

									DISSOLVE TO:

22   OMITTED

23   INT. CORRIDOR

	A GUARD is stationed outside Riker's room. Lanel
	rushes out, apparently upset...

					LANEL
			Something's happened to him...
			I think he's dead... hurry, go
			get help...

	The guard rushes down the hallway to the right... after
	a beat, she opens the door for Riker...

					LANEL
			Okay...

  STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT THREE  33A.

23   CONTINUED:

	He moves out quickly, glances in both directions... He
	starts to move, she moves with him a few steps...

					LANEL
			Will I ever see you again... ?

					RIKER
			I'll call you next time I'm
			passing through your star system.

	And he rushes quickly down the hallway as she watches
	him go with a sad, satisfied smile.

   STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - ACT THREE   34.

24   ANGLE

	shooting past Riker... Nilrem and another physician
	turn the corner walking toward him... react as they
	see him...

					NILREM
			Hey!

	Riker reacts, sees his escape is blocked... freezes,
	turns... Nilrem and the other man run toward him...

					NILREM
			Stop him! Somebody stop him!
			He's escaping! The alien's
			escaping!

	Riker looks the other way and now A DOZEN OTHERS are
	arriving from other directions... people yell, somebody
	screams...

					VOICES
				(ad lib)
			He's loose! Get him! Don't let
			him get away! Kill him! Stop
			him! Where's he going? He's
			dangerous! Block the exits!
			Knock him down! Kill him!

					LANEL
				(over the walla)
			Leave him alone!

	And people are grabbing things... chairs, and bottles
	and... and it's funny but not so funny... as this is
	turning into a mob scene... Riker takes his best shot
	at the doctor with Nilrem... downs him with a solid
	blow to the chin and that leads to more noise, yells,
	screams... he tries to get to the service exit... as
	Nilrem jumps on his back, Riker throws him off, but
	the others have arrived and overwhelm him, pummel
	him... and he could very likely be dead if it weren't
	for the arrival of Berel and Tava...

					BEREL
			Stop it! All of you! Stop it
			now!

	His booming voice of authority gets their attention
	slowly... and as they release Riker, he looks in worse
	shape than before... he falls slowly to the ground...

   STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - ACT THREE   35.

24   CONTINUED:

					BEREL
			Have you all lost your minds?

	He kneels down and looks at Riker's wounds...

					TAVA
			They've aggravateded the injury
			to his telencephalin... he's
			bleeding internally...

					BEREL
				(to orderlies)
			Get him into a surgical cubicle...
				(to a nurse)
			And call Central Security. This
			has gone too far.

	As the mob dissipates, on Riker...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/6/90 - ACT FOUR    36.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

25   INT. MEDICAL FACILITY - NIGHT

	Riker is in surgery... they're working on his forehead
	below his hair line... Berel in surgical clothes works
	carefully but quickly... but is confused by what he is
	encountering... Tava assists... two other medical
	assistants are present... with urgency --

					BEREL
			Recommendation?

					TAVA
			I don't know... it doesn't match
			anything...

					BEREL
				(interrupting)
			Forget your training. What do
			you see?

					TAVA
			The ichor pooling under the
			cranial bone... it seems to be
			exerting abnormal pressure.
			Ordinarily, I'd say we have
			to drill to relieve it.

					BEREL
			Agreed.
				(to nurse)
			Suction...

	She puts an instrument into the wound that we can hear
	suck out the blood...

					BEREL
				(to another nurse)
			Three-point-six aspiration drill.

      STAR TREK: "First Contact" - 11/28/90 - ACT FOUR      37.

25   CONTINUED:

	Berel sighs as the nurse hands him a drill, he studies
	Riker...

					BEREL
			I wonder what his own kind would
			do for him...
				(beat)
			I have to believe it'd be better
			than this...

	As he starts the drill and moves toward Riker's head we
	pan away and we hear the drill meet bone... and the pan
	ends on a wall with a window.. and standing there
	looking through it, watching, is Krola. And as we push
	in on him, we can see in his hand is the phaser. As
	he glances at it...

26   EXT. CAPITOL CITY (MATTE SHOT) - DAY

27   INT. DURKEN'S OFFICE - DAY

	The cabinet, including Mirasta and Krola, have just
	been told the facts of life by Durken. Durken is on
	his feet... the others are seated...

					DURKEN
			Their leader, Picard, has made
			it clear that how we proceed is
			entirely our own decision...

					KROLA
			You cannot possibly be suggesting
			surrender, Chancellor...

					MIRASTA
			They are not hostile...

					KROLA
			Mirasta, you are incredibly naive.
			Can you be so enraptured with the
			notion of space travellers that
			you are blind to the threat they
			represent... ?

    STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/5/90 - ACT FOUR 38-38A.       

27   CONTINUED:

					DURKEN
			I have seen their vessel, Krola...
			if they chose to be hostile, I
			don't think we would be standing
			here now...

					KROLA
			Why should they use force when
			we are ready to lay down in
			fear...

					DURKEN
				(angry)
			I do not lay down in fear... to
			them or to you, Krola.

					KROLA
				(sincerely)
			Chancellor, I mean no disrespect.
			But I have repeatedly warned you
			about your policies... taking us
			so quickly where we had no
			business going in the first
			place... New philosophies, new
			economics, new technologies.
			There are many people who still
			value our traditional way of
			life... and I for one am willing
			to die to defend it.

					MIRASTA
			Open your eyes, Krola. We are
			part of a greater community now.
			We cannot ignore it.

					KROLA
			You would ignore them... as they
			infiltrate and spy on us...

	Mirasta sits up in her chair at the sound of that...
	does he know about Riker?

					DURKEN
			What are you saying, Krola?

    STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/5/90 - ACT FOUR    39.

27   CONTINUED: (3)

					KROLA
			We have captured one of their
			spies.

	Reactions.

					MIRASTA
			Chancellor, he is Captain Picard's
			first officer, Commander Riker.

					DURKEN
			You knew about this?

					MIRASTA
			He has been missing for two days.
			I told Captain Picard not to
			discuss it because I was afraid
			this is exactly what would
			happen...

	Durken is furious and disappointed with her, and
	expresses it with his eyes...

					DURKEN
			What else do you know, Mirasta?
			Everything.

					MIRASTA
				(beat)
			They've been on our planet,
			observing us for several years...

					KROLA
			Years... Imagine what they have
			done... influenced our young,
			stirred up dissent...

					MIRASTA
			They were collecting
			information...

	Durken holds up his hand to silence her. Softly
	controlled, to Krola --

					DURKEN
			Where is this Commander Riker now?

	Krola doesn't immediately answer, stares at Mirasta and
	the message is clear... he doesn't trust her to know.

   STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/5/90 - ACT FOUR   39A.

27   CONTINUED: (4)

	Off the look, Durken turns to Mirasta and in his
	softest voice...

					DURKEN
			You will not discuss this with
			Picard or the other aliens. If
			you are not comfortable with that,
			Mirasta, you may leave now.

	She swallows hard, remains. Durken turns back to
	Krola, nods go ahead...

    STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/5/90 - ACT FOUR    40.

27   CONTINUED: (5)

					KROLA
			He is at the Sikla Medical
			facility, recovering from
			surgery... he suffered head
			injuries in an attempt to escape.
			He will recover consciousness in
			a few hours.

	Off Durken's reaction...

28   INT. RIKER'S HOSPITAL ROOM

	Riker is attached to monitoring equipment, still
	unconscious... pull back to see Krola entering with
	Berel.

					KROLA
			Will he survive?

					BEREL
			I didn't think he would have
			survived the injuries. The real
			question is can he survive the
			treatment..

					KROLA
			I have to interrogate him before
			he dies.

					BEREL
			At least give him time to regain
			some strength. Come back
			tomorrow.

					KROLA
			It cannot wait until tomorrow.

    STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/6/90 - ACT FOUR    41.

28   CONTINUED:

	Mirasta ENTERS, reacts as she sees him.

					MIRASTA
			Krola, we can get help from his
			ship. With their medical
			technology, he might recover.

					KROLA
			We're not giving him back. He
			is the one advantage we have now.
				(to Berel)
			Use your drugs to revive him...

					BEREL
				(reluctant)
			Those drugs increase cardial rate
			and vascular pressure... that's
			the last thing we want to do to
			him right now...

					MIRASTA
			It will probably be enough to kill
			him... you can't do it...

					KROLA
			Revive him.

        STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/6/90 - ACT FOUR        42.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

	And Berel is not a forceful man but he is a decent
	one... he sort of scratches his cheek and clears his
	throat as he takes a beat.

					BEREL
			I'm just a physician, Minister.
			I don't know much about affairs
			of state. But he is a living,
			intelligent being. I don't care
			if the Chancellor himself calls
			down here. I have sworn an oath
			to do no harm. And I will not.

					KROLA
			Then I will find someone to
			replace you.

	Furious, he wheels and EXITS. Mirasta looks at Berel
	with great admiration.

					BEREL
			He won't have any trouble finding
			someone, you know.

	Mirasta nods, moves closer to Riker, studies him, her
	conscience struggling...

29   INT. DURKEN'S OFFICE - DAY

	Finding Durken silhouetted against the tall window as
	he looks out, his hands folded behind his back, a
	thoughtful pose. He turns to the sound of the
	transporter effect...

30   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as Picard MATERIALIZES.

					PICARD
				(greeting)
			Chancellor...

        STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/5/90 - ACT FOUR        43.

30   CONTINUED:

					DURKEN
			You are punctual, Captain.

					PICARD
				(toss away)
			I know how busy you are.

					DURKEN
			Do you?

	It is an odd response and Picard reacts curiously.
	Durken sits and Picard follows.

					DURKEN
			I think you know a great deal more
			about me than I know about you.

					PICARD
			In what respect?

					DURKEN
			I can't know what motivates you...
			how you make decisions... what
			value you place on life... you
			speak of trust and peace and
			working together to enter a new
			era... at the same time you
			conduct secret surveillance...
			posing as Malcorians...

	Picard finally understands...

					PICARD
			Commander Riker.

        STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/5/90 - ACT FOUR        44.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					DURKEN
			Commander Riker.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			Mirasta felt it would be a
			mistake to discuss...

					DURKEN
				(interrupting)
			Yes, she's tried to accept the
			responsibility.

	Picard takes a long, thoughtful beat... then nods.
	Cut your losses and start to rebuild...

					PICARD
			You're right. It was my error,
			not hers.

	Picard rises.

        STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/5/90 - ACT FOUR        45.

30   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Chancellor, no starship mission
			is more dangerous than first
			contact. We never know what we
			face when we open the door to a
			new world. How will we be
			greeted? What are the dangers?
			Centuries ago, a disastrous first
			contact with the Klingon Empire
			led to decades of war. It was
			decided then that we must do
			surveillance before making
			contact. It was a controversial
			decision. But I believe it
			prevents more problems than it
			creates.

	Durken leans back, more comfortable with what Picard is
	saying, but still not satisfied...

					DURKEN
			I appreciate the logic of your
			position, Captain. But it would
			seem a full disclosure after
			contact would have been in order.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			In time, there would have been
			full disclosure. I know I can
			only ask you to believe that.
			On some worlds, it is not even
			an issue. But here, everything
			our observers reported suggested
			the people of this world would
			almost certainly react negatively
			to our arrival. We could see
			our surveillance might even be
			interpreted as an act of
			aggression.
				(beat)
			I was hoping that we would find
			Commander Riker before you did...
			so the matter would not
			complicate our introduction. And
			it was a mistake.

        STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/6/90 - ACT FOUR        46.

30   CONTINUED: (4)

	A more open expression appears on Durken's face... he
	almost smiles.

					DURKEN
			A mistake I might have made in
			your place.
				(beat)
			I rather like it actually.

					PICARD
			Like it?

					DURKEN
			That you make mistakes like any
			man.

					PICARD
			Oh, I've made some fine ones in
			my time.

	There is another connection between the two men that
	goes a long way toward healing this rift.

					PICARD
			Will you release my officer?

	And Durken never changes expression and his eyes never
	leave Picard's...

					DURKEN
			We'll talk again later, Captain.

	That's the best Picard can do for now. He
	acknowledges.

					PICARD
				(to insignia)
			Enterprise, one to beam up.

	He DEMATERIALIZES. Durken stares a beat at the empty
	space and thinks.

31   INT. RIKER'S ROOM - NIGHT

	On Berel who is on a telephone like device.

					BEREL
			Yes I understand.

          STAR TREK: "First Contact" - 11/28/90 - ACT FOUR          47.

31   CONTINUED:

	He hangs up. Turns to Nilrem who is standing with
	Mirasta and Krola. In an even voice --

					BEREL
			I've been relieved of my duties...
			as I'm sure you already know.
			You are acting director of the
			facility, Nilrem.

	Nilrem avoids Berel's look. Berel EXITS.

					KROLA
			Revive him.

	After a beat, Mirasta EXITS, frustrated and alarmed...
	and as Nilrem prepares a syringe... push in on Riker
	and...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "First Contact" - 11/28/90 - ACT FIVE          48.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

32   EXT. CAPITOL CITY - DAY (MATTE SHOT)

33   INT. RIKER'S ROOM - DAY

	Close on Riker's bandaged face as he regains
	consciousness... he is in bad shape... the pain in his
	head is suffocating and yet the drugs in his system
	won't let him rest... there is a drugged intensity in
	his eyes... on the monitors, graphs measuring his life
	signs make beeping sounds which move more quickly as
	the drugs take hold. He cannot raise his head. As we
	pull back, he sees Krola and Nilrem.

					KROLA
				(to Nilrem)
			Leave us.

	Nilrem EXITS. Krola moves closer to Riker. He is
	deceptively calm, sympathetic.

					KROLA
			I am Minister Krola from Internal
			Security. You are Riker, an
			alien...

	Riker's eyes narrow.

					KROLA
			Yes, we know.

	Riker struggles to speak...

					RIKER
			Please. Bring my people here.

	The beep on the monitor skips a beat. Riker blinks
	with the shock of his internal agony.

					KROLA
			In time. In time. But first,
			I need to ask you some
			questions...

34   INT. DURKEN'S OFFICE - DAY

	As Mirasta ENTERS...

        STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - ACT FIVE       49.

34   CONTINUED:

					MIRASTA
			Thank you for seeing me.

	Durken looks at her, still disappointed.

					DURKEN
			If I did not depend so much on
			your expertise in space matters,
			I would have asked for your
			resignation.

					MIRASTA
			I felt I was acting in the best
			interests of our people,
			Chancellor.

					DURKEN
				(sharp)
			When you are selected to occupy
			this office, then you'll have the
			privilege of deciding the best
			interests of our people.
				(softens, personal)
			Picard, I can excuse. But you,
			Mirasta, you should have trusted
			me.

	Her eyes drop, she nods, understands.

					MIRASTA
				(beat)
			Chancellor -- we must release
			Riker to Picard... Any hope for
			a relationship with these people
			depends on it...

	Durken knows what's she's after, shakes his head.

					DURKEN
			I cannot afford to be the idealist
			you are, Mirasta.

					MIRASTA
			Riker...

        STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/6/90 - ACT FIVE        50.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					DURKEN
				(interrupting)
			I am prepared to release Riker
			after we've interrogated him...

					MIRASTA
			Are you prepared for him to die,
			Chancellor?
				(off Durken's look)
			His injuries are extremely
			serious. A mob at the medical
			facility almost killed him. Krola
			has ordered drugs to be used to
			revive him for questioning, drugs
			that are dangerous in his
			condition. Without medical aid
			from his ship, I believe Riker
			will not survive the day. You
			must tell Picard where he is.

	Off Durken's look...

35   INT. RIKER'S ROOM - DAY

	The interrogation continues. Riker is exhausted.

					KROLA
			You have lied since the moment
			of your capture... and I believe
			you are lying now, Commander.

					RIKER
			We... are here on a mission of
			peace...

					KROLA
			Such noble creatures.

	He pulls out the phaser.

        STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/6/90 - ACT FIVE        51.

35   CONTINUED:

					KROLA
			Why do peaceful people develop
			such lethal weapons?

	Riker looks at the phaser...

					KROLA
				(continuing)
			Or do you still insist it is a
			toy?

36   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Krola aims it at a lamp in the corner and destroys it.

					KROLA
			Yes, my experts were able to make
			it function. An interesting toy
			to be sure.

					RIKER
			It is... for defense...

	The beeper on the medical monitor flutters... Riker's
	eyelids come halfway down... Krola glances at the
	machines...

					KROLA
			Perhaps, like many conquerors,
			you believe your goals to be
			benevolent. I cannot. For
			however you would describe your
			intentions, you still represent
			the end to my way of life. I
			cannot permit that to occur.

	Riker reacts, puzzled. Explaining --

        STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - ACT FIVE       52.

36   CONTINUED:

					KROLA
			Eventually, Durken would choose
			to welcome your people with arms
			open and eyes closed. I must
			force him down another path.

	He puts the phaser in Riker's limp hand... aims it at
	himself...

					KROLA
			When they find us, I will be dead,
			killed by your weapon. The lines
			will be drawn. A peaceful accord
			will no longer be an option.

	Struggling for one word...

					RIKER
			No...

					KROLA
				(quietly)
			For my people.

	A calm smile comes to his lips... and he presses
	Riker's finger on the phaser, fires at himself. He
	goes down.

36A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

36B  INT. READY ROOM

	Picard studying something on his computer.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Captain, Chancellor Durken has
			requested your immediate presence
			on the surface. It's in regard
			to Commander Riker.

	Picard is already on his way out the door...

					PICARD
			Acknowledged, Lieutenant.

	... and he's out.

        STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - ACT FIVE      52A.

36C  INT. RIKER'S ROOM

	Riker struggles to reach out toward the phone device...
	but the sound of the VITAL SIGN MONITOR STUTTERS...
	and he collapses... as we PAN to a monitor displaying
	very low peaks, widely separated...

37   A MATCHING MONITOR

	at a station in a corridor... manned by Tava and
	Nilrem, a few medical personnel around, reacting...

					TAVA
				(urgent)
			Life signs failing on one...

	Nilrem just looks at her... rushing past him...

					TAVA
			... he's dying, Nilrem... you
			can't just stand here... or can
			you... ?

	She runs down the hall, Nilrem finally follows along
	with two others...

        STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 12/3/90 - ACT FIVE        53.

38   INT. RIKER'S ROOM

	As they ENTER... react to the scene before them...

					TAVA
			What... ?

					NILREM
				(adding it up)
			He shot him. The alien shot
			Krola...

	Tava goes to Riker as Nilrem goes down to see if Krola
	is alive... everybody moving with expert efficiency,
	controlled chaos...

           TAVA                        NILREM
   Get me three octares        I have a circulation
   of adrulmine... high        pattern, very weak...
   frequency E-M charge        we need to get him
   unit... now!                on vital buffers right
                               now...

	They turn and react frozen in terror to the sound of...

39   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Beverly, a MALE STARFLEET NURSE and Worf
	MATERIALIZING... she goes directly to Riker and uses
	the tricorder to assess his condition... Tava and
	Nilrem back away in fear...

					BEVERLY
			I'm a physician... don't be
			frightened...
				(seeing Krola)
			What happened?

					NILREM
				(terrified)
			The... he shot him...
				(re: phaser)
			with that thing...

	The nurse goes to Krola. Beverly gives Riker an air
	hypo...

					BEVERLY
				(keys insignia)
			Crusher to Picard.

									INTERCUT:


        STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - ACT FIVE      53A.

39A  INT. DURKEN'S OFFICE

	Picard is with Durken and Mirasta.

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Doctor.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Commander Riker is near death.
			But there is still brain
			activity... I've got to take
			him back to the ship...

					PICARD
			Acknowledged.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Minister Krola has a phaser wound
			in his upper chest.

	Reactions from Picard, Mirasta, Durken.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			I should take him with us.

					PICARD
				(tacit approval)
			We'll meet you on the
			Enterprise.

        STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/28/90 - ACT FIVE       54.

39B  INT. RIKER'S ROOM (OPTICAL)

					BEVERLY
			Enterprise, five to beam up...
			directly to Sickbay...
			energize...

	They DEMATERIALIZE. On Tava and Nilrem's reaction...

40   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

41   INT. SICKBAY

	Picard escorts Mirasta and Durken in... Beverly greets
	them...

					BEVERLY
			They're both going to be okay...
			we were able to stabilize Will...
			if we'd been any later...

	The ending is obvious...

					DURKEN
			Krola?

					BEVERLY
			He was never in any real danger...
			the phaser was on stun...

					MIRASTA
			Stun?

					PICARD
			It is a defensive weapon. We do
			not use it to kill.
				(to Beverly)
			Have you been able to ascertain
			what happened?

					BEVERLY
			I have a good idea. Based on the
			angle of impact... it suggests
			that Krola had his right hand on
			the phaser when it went off...

          STAR TREK: "First Contact" - 11/28/90 - ACT FIVE          55.

41   CONTINUED:

					DURKEN
			They were struggling for the
			weapon?

					BEVERLY
				(shakes her head)
			Commander Riker was in no position
			to offer any kind of struggle,
			Chancellor.

					MIRASTA
			Krola was trying to be a
			martyr... ?

	Durken takes a deep breath... moves over to Krola...
	who opens his eyes... sees where he is. Durken takes
	his hand, holds it in his two hands.

					KROLA
			Where is this?

					DURKEN
				(gently, with a sad
				 smile)
			You are aboard the starship, my
			foolish old friend.

					KROLA
			No. Chancellor... you must not...
			you must not pursue relations with
			them... you must not...

	Durken pats his hand... nods...

					DURKEN
				(softly)
			I know. I know.

42   INT. READY ROOM

	Mirasta, Durken, Picard.

					MIRASTA
			But Chancellor...

					DURKEN
			Mirasta, it goes against every
			instinct in my being...
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - ACT FIVE       56.

42   CONTINUED:

					DURKEN (Cont'd)
				(to Picard)
			... but my people are not ready
			to accept what you represent.
			Everything that happened at the
			hospital proves it. Krola is the
			best evidence of all. We must
			slow down and allow all those like
			him to join us in the present
			before we move into the future.

					MIRASTA
			But when we encounter other beings
			in space, our people must be
			ready...

					DURKEN
			The warp program will have to be
			delayed... we will divert more
			resources into education and
			social development to prepare for
			the day when we are ready.

					MIRASTA
			Chancellor, I strongly disagree.

					DURKEN
				(nods, sadly)
			I know.
				(beat)
			Captain Picard, you once said that
			if I ask you to leave, you would
			without hesitation. I'm afraid
			I must ask you to do just that.

					PICARD
			It is your decision, Chancellor.
			But I must say I regret that we
			won't have the opportunity of
			knowing your people better.

					DURKEN
				(acknowledges)
			We are a good people, Captain.
			A society with much potential.
			Once we cross this threshold of
			space, we will have to give up
			the self-importance, the conceit
			that we are the center of the
			universe.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "First Contact" - REV. 11/30/90 - ACT FIVE       57.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

					DURKEN (Cont'd)
			But this is not the time. For
			now, it is better that we continue
			to enjoy that sweet innocence.

					PICARD
			But how can you keep us a
			secret... when so many have seen
			and heard so much?

					DURKEN
			The stories will be told for many
			years, I have no doubt... of the
			ship that made contact... of an
			alien who was held prisoner in
			a medical facility... there will
			be charges of a government
			cover-up... some of the witnesses
			will tell their tales and most
			people will laugh at them and go
			back and watch more interesting
			fiction on the daily broadcasts.
			It will pass.

					MIRASTA
			I'm sorry to say... he's probably
			right.

	Picard rises.

					MIRASTA
			Captain, I have one last
			request... take me with you.

	Picard reacts, glances at Durken.

					DURKEN
				(tacit approval)
			She will be unhappy with the
			restrictions I must place on her
			at home, Captain.

					PICARD
				(to Mirasta)
			We may not be back in your
			lifetime. And I have to believe
			that you are not fully prepared
			for the risks of space, Mirasta...

          STAR TREK: "First Contact" - 11/28/90 - ACT FIVE          58.

42   CONTINUED: (3)

					MIRASTA
			I have been prepared for the risks
			of space since I was nine years
			old sitting in a planetarium.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, to my Ready Room...

	Worf ENTERS.

					PICARD
			Escort Chancellor Durken to the
			transporter room, Lieutenant...
			and then assign quarters to
			Minister Yale. She'll be staying
			on board.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Until we return then...

					DURKEN
			With luck, we will both still
			be around to renew our friendship,
			Captain.

	As they EXIT...

43   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As the ship slowly moves out of orbit, leaving the
	planet behind.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             








                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                       "Galaxy's Child" 
                          #40274-190 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Maurice Hurley 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rick Kolbe 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                     REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                      DECEMBER 10, 1990

         STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - 12/10/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Galaxy's Child" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             DOCTOR LEAH BRAHMS
                RIKER              
                DATA               
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                GUINAN             
                ENSIGN RAGER       
                TRANSPORTER TECHNICIAN
                ENSIGN PAVLIK      
                COM VOICE          
                COMPUTER VOICE     

                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

         STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - 12/10/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Galaxy's Child" 
                           
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              TEN FORWARD
              CORRIDOR
              HOLODECK
                (SET FROM: "Booby Trap")
              GEORDI'S QUARTERS
              SHUTTLEBAY
              SHUTTLEBAY CONTROL BOOTH
              CRAWLSPACE

    STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - TEASER    1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                       "Galaxy's Child"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At impulse power.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 44614.6:
			We are approaching Starbase
			Three-One-Three, where we will
			pick up a shipment of scientific
			equipment for a Federation outpost
			in the Guernica System. At the
			same time --

2    INT. ENTERPRISE - READY ROOM

	as the door opens and GEORDI ENTERS; PICARD is at his
	desk.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			-- we will be hosting a special
			guest.

					GEORDI
			You wanted to see me, Captain?

					PICARD
			Yes, Mister La Forge. It seems
			that the exemplary nature of your
			work has caught the attention of
			Starfleet Command.

	Geordi isn't quite sure what this means, but it sounds
	good.

					GEORDI
			Well... that's very flattering.
			Thank you, sir.

					PICARD
			In fact, someone is coming on
			board just to see some of the
			engine modifications you have
			made.

    STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - TEASER    2.

2    CONTINUED:

	Better yet... Geordi's feeling very pleased.

					GEORDI
			Who's that, Captain?

					PICARD
			The Senior Design Engineer of the
			Theoretical Propulsion Group --
			Doctor Leah Brahms.

	Leah Brahms... Geordi can't believe it. His smile
	grows even wider.

					GEORDI
			Leah's coming here? That's
			terrific!

	Picard is a little surprised at the familiarity.

					PICARD
			You know Doctor Brahms?

					GEORDI
			Well, of course I do! I --

	Suddenly he stops, realizes what he's about to say,
	swiftly regroups.

					GEORDI
			I mean, I've studied her -- her
			schematics for years. She was
			responsible for a lot of the
			engine design on the Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Well, it should be an enjoyable
			visit, then. She'll be
			transporting on board as soon as
			we arrive at the Starbase. Would
			you like to greet her on our
			behalf?

	Would he... !

					GEORDI
				(restrained)
			Why... yes, Captain. I'd be happy
			to serve that function.

	Then, smiling like a kid anticipating Christmas, he
	EXITS. Picard is mildly amused by his exuberance, but
	attributes it to scholarly enthusiasm.

    STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - TEASER    3.

3    INT. ENTERPRISE - TEN-FORWARD

	Geordi sits at the bar, drinking juice and trying to
	stay calm. But he's clearly a little hyper... keeps
	brushing invisible lint from his uniform. GUINAN is
	behind the bar, eyeing all this.

					GUINAN
			You're gonna wear that uniform
			out if you keep swatting at it...

					GEORDI
			I guess I'm a little nervous...
			it's not every day a man comes
			face to face with a dream...

	She looks at him quizzically.

					GEORDI
			Remember... about a year ago...
			when we were caught in that
			booby-trap the Menthars set?

					GUINAN
			Yes...

					GEORDI
			While we were trying to get out
			of it, I went to the holodeck to
			study an engine prototype that
			was built when the Enterprise was
			first designed...

					GUINAN
			Uh-huh...

					GEORDI
			And the computer... well, it gave
			me an image of the engine... but
			it also created a hologram of the
			designer. Doctor Leah Brahms.

					GUINAN
			So... you met a computer-simulated
			female...

					GEORDI
			But what a computer-simulated
			female... She was brilliant, of
			course... but warm, friendly...
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/12/90 - TEASER    4.

3    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
			We worked like one person... what
			I didn't think of, she did... I'd
			start sentences, she'd finish
			them. It was just so --
			comfortable...

	He looks up at her in the midst of the paean and sees
	her skeptical look.

					GEORDI
			Okay, I know it was just a
			holographic image... but the
			computer was able to incorporate
			personality traits from her
			Starfleet record.

					GUINAN
			We all fall in love with our
			fantasies, from time to time,
			La Forge...

	But Geordi's in no mood for cold water. He smiles,
	slips off the bar stool.

					GEORDI
			You've got it wrong, Guinan. I'm
			not necessarily expecting anything
			romantic. I just know that,
			whatever else, Leah Brahms and
			I will be good friends.

	And he saunters out, leaving Guinan gazing after him.

4    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - LATER

	Geordi waits with TRANSPORTER TECHNICIAN.

					TRANSPORTER TECHNICIAN
			Doctor Brahms is ready to
			transport, sir.

	Geordi can't wait.

					GEORDI
			Okay. Bring her over.

    STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - TEASER    5.

4A   ANGLE - TRANSPORTER PAD (OPTICAL)

	as the shimmering effect occurs and LEAH BRAHMS
	MATERIALIZES. She looks a little different than she
	did in "Booby Trap"... her hair is styled differently,
	fuller... she's a few years older but the maturity
	looks good on her. She has the same kind face and
	intelligent eyes... but there's something off about
	her... a set to the mouth, a sharpness. The softness
	and vulnerability aren't as evident. She gazes around
	the room, getting her bearings. Geordi approaches her,
	smiling broadly.

					GEORDI
			Hi!

	She looks at him, puzzled by the familiarity. Geordi
	catches himself, starts over.

					GEORDI
			I mean... welcome aboard, Doctor
			Brahms. I'm Lieutenant Commander
			Geordi La Forge. Chief Engineer.

	Her eyes narrow... her gaze burrows into him like a
	laser.

					LEAH
			La Forge. So you're the one who's
			fouled up my engine design.

	And with that, she strides off the pad and past Geordi,
	who stares after her in astonishment.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

    STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT ONE    6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

5    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp speed.

6    INT. ENTERPRISE - ENGINEERING - LATER

	Leah is stalking the engine room like a panther,
	checking everything, registering her finds on a Padd.
	Geordi follows her, well able to stay up with her
	barrage of questions, but feeling inescapably on the
	defensive. ENSIGN PAVLIK can be seen working in the
	b.g.

					LEAH
			... the matter/anti-matter ratio
			has been changed... the mixture
			isn't as rich as regulations
			dictate.

					GEORDI
			Experience has shown me that too
			high a ratio diminishes
			efficiency. I worked with the
			mixture until I got the right
			balance.

	She makes no response, continues. If she were the old
	hologram, you might guess her personality wasn't
	installed yet.

					LEAH
			The magnetic plasma transfer to
			the warp field generators doesn't
			correspond to the recommended
			specs.

					GEORDI
			Right. Again, I adjusted the
			flow... sometimes in space things
			work a little differently than
			they do on the drawing board.

	She shoots him a glance at this, registering a dig.

					LEAH
			Is that a criticism, Commander?

    STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT ONE    7.

6    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			No, of course not. It's just...
			a well-known fact. There's
			theory... and there's
			application. They don't always
			jibe.

	Her cool gaze assesses him. It feels like being probed
	by an ice cube.

					LEAH
			You've charted a completely new
			swap-out schedule for main
			component replacement...

					GEORDI
			You bet. I found the Starfleet
			estimates of MTBF units were
			unrealistic. I determined my own
			schedule based on observation and
			experience.

	Geordi faces her squarely. He doesn't like the feeling
	of being called on the carpet... he's a professional
	and a good one; he shouldn't have to make excuses to
	anyone. A faint smile -- sardonic, not warm -- plays
	on Leah's lips.

					LEAH
			Is that going to be your only
			defense, Commander? That same
			tired rhetoric...
				(mimicking)
			"Out here in the field we learn
			things you designers couldn't
			possibly understand... "

					GEORDI
			In the first place, Doctor, I'm
			not aware of needing any
			defense... in the second place
			--

					COM VOICE
			Doctor Brahms... you have an
			incoming message on subspace...

	She turns to him.

					LEAH
			I'd like to hear this message
			privately.

    STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT ONE    8.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
				(gesturing)
			In my office. Be my guest.

	She hurries off camera, leaving Geordi alone.
	Mystified. He turns glumly to the engine room... his
	pride and joy... that he'd hoped to share with its
	creator.

									CUT TO:

7    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	RIKER, DATA, and WORF at their stations. ENSIGN RAGER
	at Con.

					DATA
			Commander, I am picking up some
			unusual readings from the Alpha
			Omicron system.

	Riker moves over to Ops.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			At this range, all I can discern
			is that it is an asymmetrical
			field of intense energy.

					RIKER
			What type of radiation
			signature?

					DATA
			Unknown, sir.
				(beat)
			Commander, the Alpha Omicron
			system has not yet been charted.
			I recommend that we take this
			opportunity for further research.

	Riker thinks for a beat.

					RIKER
			We're way ahead of schedule...
				(to Rager)
			Alter course for Alpha Omicron.

8    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship drops out of warp in a star system.

    STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT ONE    9.

9    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard is now standing near Ops with Riker.

					DATA
			The anomaly is orbiting the
			seventh planet. It is a mass of
			plasma energy contained within
			discrete boundaries by an outer
			covering of silicates, actinides,
			and carbonaceaous chondrites.

					PICARD
			On screen.

10   VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL) - INTERCUT AS NEEDED

	The viewer shows a large gas giant planet with a barely
	perceptible smudge of energy near the horizon.

					PICARD
			Magnify.

	Data works his console and the object on the viewer
	gets bigger. We can now see the object is pulsing and
	moving fluidly... it looks like a water balloon filled
	with glowing liquid that changes color frequently.

					PICARD
			Is it a ship?

					WORF
				(reading console)
			It does not conform to any known
			design.

					RIKER
			Any records of similar phenomena
			in Starfleet listings?

					DATA
				(processes for a moment)
			None, sir. This has never been
			seen before.

	Picard smiles... he and Riker exchange a look of
	pleasure. This is why they're on the Enterprise.
	Picard goes to his station, and there is a palpable
	sense of excitement and anticipation in his attitude
	toward this discovery.

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT ONE   10.

10   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Ensign Rager, ahead one quarter
			impulse. Bring us into orbit
			around the seventh planet.
			Maintain a relative distance of
			ten kilometers from the object.

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			Alert all science labs to standby.
			They should be coordinating their
			efforts with Commander Data.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

									CUT TO:

11   INT. ENTERPRISE - ENGINEERING - CONTINUOUS

	Leah returns, icy as ever. But Geordi has had a few
	minutes to assess the situation, and has decided to
	take another tack. He smiles at her... warm...
	poised... confident.

					GEORDI
			Doctor Brahms... there's no reason
			for us to argue... we're both on
			the same side, here...

					LEAH
			I'm aware of that...

					GEORDI
			So, why don't I take you on a
			little tour... show you the
			adjustments I've made... why I
			think they work... and... we can
			start pulling together on this.

	She inclines her head, makes a little gesture for him
	to proceed. Geordi's feeling much better... now
	they're off on the right foot.

					GEORDI
			Okay... for instance, here in the
			dilithium chamber...

	She peers in, reacts sharply, accusing.

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/12/90 - ACT ONE   11.

11   CONTINUED:

					LEAH
			What happened here? Who did this?

					GEORDI
			You remember, the crystal's been
			reoriented to adjust the direction
			of the lattice structure.

	She turns, looks at him.

					LEAH
			Remember? Why would I remember?

	Oops.

					GEORDI
			Right, why would you? The ship
			was having some difficulties, so
			we made the modification. Hoping
			it would work. And... it did.

					LEAH
			So it was your idea?

					GEORDI
			Well, not exclusively...

					LEAH
			It's curious... this modification
			was actually due to be
			introduced...

					GEORDI
				(nodding, finishing her
				 sentence)
			... in the next class starship.

					LEAH
				(surprised)
			Yes... how did you know?

					GEORDI
				(faltering)
			I didn't... It was the next
			logical step.
				(off her look)
			Doctor, sometimes we have to
			fly by the seat of our pants
			out here... and it stands to
			reason that now and then we're
			gonna come up with the same
			solutions you do...

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT ONE   12.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

	She's dubious, but it makes sense... He draws a
	breath, tries to keep it warm and light.

					GEORDI
			Listen. I've got a personnel
			review scheduled to start in about
			five minutes, and it's been a long
			day for you. How about we...
			we get together later. Sort of...
			plan our agenda for the next day
			or two.

					LEAH
			Agenda?

					GEORDI
			What it is we want to
			accomplish... the best way to
			go about it... and -- get to know
			each other. It might make things
			easier.

	She gives him a searching look, and for a moment she
	loosens a little, as though realizing she's been pretty
	testy.

					LEAH
			Maybe you're right...

					GEORDI
			Okay -- nineteen hundred hours...
			my quarters. Maybe we'll even
			have a bite to eat... I make great
			fungilli.

	She smiles in surprise.

					LEAH
			I love fungilli.

					GEORDI
			Is that right... ?

	Geordi smiles at her as Leah EXITS, a look of mild
	puzzlement and curiousity on her face.

12   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & ENERGY BEING (OPTICAL))

	The ship and energy being are in orbit around the
	planet. The energy being is almost the size of the
	saucer section of the Enterprise.

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT ONE   13.

13   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Everyone still at their stations. There are a few more
	SCIENCE SUPERNUMERARIES at the aft stations.

					DATA
			Sensors are having difficulty
			penetrating the interior.
			However, the pattern of radiated
			output suggests a coherent system
			of energy storage and
			utilization.

					RIKER
			Then it was constructed by
			someone?

					DATA
			It is a possibility, sir.
			However, sensor data gathered thus
			far suggests this is a naturally
			occurring phenomenon with
			biological properties.

					PICARD
			A lifeform?

					DATA
			Yes, Captain.

	Picard stands and moves closer to the viewscreen.
	There is a sense of awe in his attitude.

					PICARD
				(almost to himself)
			"Asked the child of the stranger
			without any name... whither you
			go... and whence you came?"

	Worf picks up the next verse almost without even
	thinking about it.

					WORF
			"To the child's delight the answer
			came clear... To the end I go for
			it all starts here."

	Surprised looks from everyone. Worf is a little
	embarrassed.

					PICARD
			It seems we were bread and
			buttered on the same nursery
			rhymes, Mister Worf.

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT ONE   14.

13   CONTINUED:

	Worf acknowledges.

					RIKER
			Mister Data, prepare three class
			five probes for launch. Mister
			Worf, begin compiling readings
			for transmission to Starfleet
			Headquarters.
				(beat)
			Ensign... aft thrusters. Standard
			observation posture.

14   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship and the energy being.

15   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard watching the energy being on the screen as it
	gets bigger. Troi has come to the Bridge... joins
	Picard to watch with him.

					PICARD
				(to Troi)
			What would it be like,
			Counselor... no ship, no bulky
			spacesuit... just to live between
			the stars... and know that the
			entire galaxy was your home... ?

	A very thin, wavy line is emitted from the entity
	toward the ship.

					WORF
			We are being probed. Recommend
			we raise shields, sir...

					PICARD
			Negative. If we're curious about
			it, it has a right to be curious
			about us...
				(to Troi)
			Counselor, is this "curiosity"
			motivated by instinct or
			intelligence?

					TROI
			It's impossible to tell, Captain.

	Suddenly, the color of the being turns bright GREEN.

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT ONE   15.

15   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Change in readings, Captain. The
			lifeform has increased its energy
			output by fifty percent.

					WORF
			It is moving toward us, sir!

					PICARD
				(to Rager)
			Reverse course, Ensign, easily...
			three hundred k.p.h. Nothing to
			alarm or provoke it...

					RAGER
			Aye, sir...

16   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The creature suddenly sends out large energy tendrils
	which fasten onto the Enterprise and hold it.

17   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before. The ship ROCKS as the being latches on.

17A  INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi and a couple of ENGINEERS are shaken up as the
	ship ROCKS. They react and move quickly to their
	stations.

17B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					DATA
			We are being held, in an energy
			damping field, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Raise shields.

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT ONE   15A.

17B  CONTINUED:

	Worf works his console.

					WORF
			No effect, Captain.

					PICARD
			Reverse power, full impulse.

					RAGER
			Impulse engines at full power.

					DATA
			No change in our position.

					RIKER
			Red Alert!

	The lights come on.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Commander La Forge, prepare to
			initiate the warp drive.

17C  INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi at one of the monitors.

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			Sorry, Captain... there's too much
			inteference to form a warp field.

17D  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Radiation levels at
			sixty-five millirads per minute
			and rising.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Riker to Doctor Crusher.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Go ahead, Commander.

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT ONE   16.

17D  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			All decks are to begin radiation
			protocol.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged. Crusher out.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Radiation levels at
			three hundred millirads per minute
			and rising. Lethal exposure in
			one minute.

	Beat.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf... ready main
			phasers... minimum power.

					WORF
			Ready.

	Beat.

					PICARD
			Fire.

18   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	There is a sudden burst of color from within the
	creature as the phasers rip into it. The effect is
	crushing. The colors within the creature begin to
	mute.

19   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	There is no joy of victory on this Bridge. Nothing's
	been won.

					DATA
			Radiation levels dropping back
			to normal, Captain.

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/17/90 - ACT ONE   17.

19   CONTINUED:

	Picard watches the screen silently. The creature is
	fading fast... the colors dissipate.

					DATA
			The energy patterns are breaking
			down... the lifeform's radiation
			signature is no longer stable.

	A silent beat as the creature's color finally winks
	out, leaving only a gray/black hulk floating in space.

					DATA
			Energy output is negligible...
			radiation patterns are no longer
			coherent.
				(beat)
			I believe it is dead, sir.

	Everyone is stunned. Picard is devastated. Off his
	reaction.

20
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21

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/17/90 - ACT TWO   18.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

22   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise near the now lifeless form of the
	creature.

23   OMITTED

	INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as before. Picard sits quietly watching the screen...
	and then drops his eyes... almost to himself...

					PICARD
			We are out here to explore, to
			make contact with other lifeforms,
			to establish peaceful relations,
			but not to interfere and
			absolutely not to destroy. And
			yet look what we have just done
			-- what I have just done.

					TROI
			Captain, everything you did was
			consistent with established
			Starfleet procedures... what
			happened was an accident...
			unavoidable...

	Picard glances at her... barely acknowledges... rises
	to go to his Ready Room...

					PICARD
			The Bridge is yours, Number One.

	But as he starts to exit...

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/17/90 - ACT TWO   19.

24   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Captain, sensors are picking up
			a new energy reading from the
			lifeform.

	Picard reacts, stops...

					PICARD
			Elaborate, Mister Data...

					DATA
			There is a new concentration of
			ionizing radiation growing in the
			center of its body.

					PICARD
				(hoping)
			Then -- perhaps it's still
			alive...

	As they study this new development...

									CUT TO:

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/12/90 - ACT TWO   20.

25   INT. ENTERPRISE - GEORDI'S QUARTERS - LATER

	Geordi is putting the finishing touches on a table
	setting... flowers, all the spiffy stuff. He inspects
	it, then glances around the room. Geordi is wearing
	a very casual outfit.

					GEORDI
			Computer... subdued lighting.

	The room plunges into murky darkness.

					GEORDI
			No, no, too much. I just want
			it -- nice. You know. Cozy.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Please state your request in
			precise candlepower.

					GEORDI
			It's not a matter of precision,
			it's a matter of... mood.
				(beat)
			Brighter than this.

	The lights sneak up slightly.

					GEORDI
			More... more... a little more --
			there! That's perfect. Now,
			music... maybe a little soft
			jazz...

	A jazz combo drifts in... Geordi frowns.

					GEORDI
			No... not right... maybe -- oh,
			I got it! Of course -- Brahms!
			A piano etude...

	Brahms piano wafts in... he frowns again.

					GEORDI
			No, that's corny. Probably
			everybody tries that...
			computer... how about... guitar.
			Classical guitar. Anybody.

	Soft, melodious guitar music... Geordi smiles. It's
	just right... the door CHIMES.

					GEORDI
			Come on in!

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/12/90 - ACT TWO   21.

25   CONTINUED:

	The door opens and Leah ENTERS. Leah is still
	wearing her work clothes. Geordi suddenly feels very
	awkward, but he tries to recover.

					LEAH
				(reacts)
			Oh, you changed...

					GEORDI
			Well, you know the uniform is
			so... formal...

					LEAH
				(an observation, not
				 a compliment)
			You're less formal than any
			Starfleet officer I've ever met,
			Lieutenant.

					GEORDI
			Am I? I just wanted to make
			you... feel more comfortable.

					LEAH
			I'm fine. Thank you.

	An awkward silence... Geordi tries to get the
	conversation going again.

					GEORDI
			You know... your hair is
			different...

					LEAH
			Different than a few hours ago?

					GEORDI
			No, no... I mean... different
			than... I expected. From your
			Starfleet records...

					LEAH
			Oh. Yes... I used to wear it
			up...
				(beat)
			Why would you need to see my
			personnel file... ?

					GEORDI
			It's just... standard procedure
			for guests coming aboard...
			protocol.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT TWO   21A.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
			Nothing specific... actually.

	She finds this a little odd, but seems to have
	something else on her mind. She's not at ease. Geordi
	gestures to a chair.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Please. Sit down. Would you like
			anything to drink?

					LEAH
			No, thank you.

	She sits, takes a breath as though about to plunge into
	an uncomfortable subject.

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/12/90 - ACT TWO   22.

25   CONTINUED: (3)

					LEAH
			Commander La Forge... if I seem
			to you somewhat... unyielding...
			in my views -- it's because I care
			so very much about my work.

					GEORDI
			I know that.

	She gives him a puzzled look, but continues.

					LEAH
			Well, to be honest, some people
			find me cold, cerebral, lacking
			in humor...

					GEORDI
			I'm sure they're wrong.

	Again, a puzzlement... but she's too involved in what
	she's trying to say to respond to his peculiar
	statements.

					LEAH
			Well, I... try... not to be that
			way. But when it comes to my
			designs, to my engines...
			especially the ones on the
			Enterprise...

					GEORDI
			... they're like your children.

	She gives him a look of sheer amazement. How did he
	know what she was going to say?

					LEAH
			Yes... exactly...

					GEORDI
			So naturally you're a little
			possessive about them.

					LEAH
			You -- understand that?

					GEORDI
			Sure. I feel a little like that
			myself.

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT TWO   23.

25   CONTINUED: (4)

	He doesn't say, "I'm the father," but that's there.
	She is utterly taken aback by his understanding. She
	lets her guard down just a little...

					LEAH
			That's amazing. I don't think
			anyone has ever...

	She hesitates, not comfortably able to discuss her
	feelings.

					LEAH
			Sometimes I'm more comfortable
			with engine schematics than with
			people.

					GEORDI
			Maybe you just haven't met the
			right people.

	She gives him a quick glance, a half-smile... and it's
	all Geordi can do to keep from taking her in his arms.
	But better not move too fast... just build on this
	beginning... he rises.

					GEORDI
			I'm starving... why don't we have
			some dinner.

					LEAH
			Commander --

					GEORDI
			Please. Call me Geordi.

					LEAH
			I'm sorry, I hope you didn't
			go to a lot of trouble, but I
			can't stay.

					GEORDI
				(dashed)
			You can't --?

					LEAH
				(rising)
			I just don't feel it's
			appropriate.

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT TWO   24.

25   CONTINUED: (5)

	She holds out her hand to him, brusque, all business
	again.

					LEAH
			I'll meet you at oh-eight-hundred
			tomorrow. I'm preparing a list
			of the discrepancies I've
			identified in your modifications.
			I hope -- now that we've reached
			an understanding -- that you'll
			be prepared to discuss them with
			me in a more objective fashion.

	They shake hands, Geordi taken aback by this sudden
	and unforeseen turn.

					GEORDI
			Well, sure...

					LEAH
			Thank you. Good night, Commander.

	And she is gone. Geordi stands alone in his
	mood-lighted room, wondering if she was even there,
	or if he dreamed the whole thing.

					GEORDI
			Computer -- turn up the damn
			lights. And get rid of that
			stupid guitar.

									CUT TO:

26   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard joins Riker and Data at Science Station One.
	They are studying the remains of the creature,
	specifically the one little spot of energy within the
	body of the creature.

27   INSERT (OPTICAL)

	On the Science station monitor, the glob of new energy
	pushes itself against the inner wall of the dead being.

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/12/90 - ACT TWO   25.

28   RETURN TO SCENE

					DATA
			This new concentration of energy
			was detected only after the
			surrounding material became
			inert.

					RIKER
			Could this be some sort of...
			tissue regeneration?

					DATA
			The radiation signature is similar
			to the original pattern, but there
			are significant differences.

					PICARD
			Some kind of reaction to our
			phaser fire, perhaps...

					DATA
			I believe this is separate and
			self-contained within the body
			of the dead lifeform.

					RIKER
			Another entity... ?

					DATA
			Yessir. It appears to be a
			smaller, less developed version
			of the original creature.

	Picard and Riker are both surprised. Picard leans
	closer to the terminal screen and peers at the image
	with hope and wonder.

					PICARD
			No wonder it attacked us. It
			was about to give birth.

	Off Picard...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

  STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT THREE  26.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

29   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Some twelve hours have passed. The offspring is still
	unable to push its way out of its parent's body.

30   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	BEVERLY, Picard, Riker, Worf, and Troi.

					BEVERLY
			It's dangerous to generalize about
			new lifeforms... but based on my
			experience with other beings that
			bear their young in this manner,
			I'd say the offspring is still
			premature. Otherwise, it would
			be able to break through the outer
			body shell of the parent.

					PICARD
			Will this... child be able to
			survive on its own without the
			parent?

					BEVERLY
			There's no way to tell. We don't
			have enough information about the
			bio-functions of the adult, much
			less the child.

					TROI
			Is there something we can do to
			help?

					BEVERLY
			If we were in Sickbay, I'd try
			a Cesarean section... the first
			priority is to free it from the
			parent's body.

					RIKER
				(thinks)
			We could use our phasers like a
			scalpel...

					BEVERLY
				(nods)
			Yes... that might work...

  STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT THREE  27.

30   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			I advise against this, Captain.
			The parent proved to be a threat
			to the ship... we do not know how
			the offspring will react.

	Picard thinks about this for a moment... exchanges a
	look with Troi.

					PICARD
			Your objection is noted... but
			we are directly responsible for
			the death of the parent. We
			cannot simply walk away now.
				(to Beverly)
			We'll proceed at your discretion,
			Doctor.

									CUT TO:

31   INT. ENTERPRISE - ENGINEERING

	Geordi's at a monitor, working. His attitude --
	developed after much tossing and turning all night --
	is professional and detached. He barely looks up as
	Leah ENTERS. She, on the other hand, seems friendlier
	than before. Or maybe just more rested. (NOTE:
	Neither of them should be in jumpsuits yet.)

					LEAH
			Good morning!

					GEORDI
			Morning.

					LEAH
			The first thing I'd like to do
			is inspect the power transfer
			conduits.

	This catches Geordi off guard. Leah... theoretical
	physicist, prim and dignified, inching her way through
	a narrow tube? He can't help a query.

					GEORDI
			You realize the only way to
			inspect them is to crawl inside...

	Bad reaction. She fixes those sub-zero eyes on him
	again.

  STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT THREE  28.

31   CONTINUED:

					LEAH
			I designed them, Commander... I
			know what's involved.

	And she brushes past him toward the engine
	compartments.

32   INT. ENTERPRISE - INSIDE CRAWLSPACE

	(NOTE: Now their jumpsuits are on.) Some kind of
	cramped, narrow tube they're crawling through... with
	almost no room to maneuver... and very, very close.
	Leah's face is smudged with grease, her hair is
	messed... and she looks adorable. The characteristic
	THRUM of the engines can be heard in the b.g.

					GEORDI
			Watch out for the power taps.

					LEAH
				(listening)
			The acoustic signature doesn't
			sound right.

					GEORDI
			You're probably the only other
			person in the galaxy who could
			pick that up.

					LEAH
			What's causing it?

					GEORDI
			It's right up here.

	They stop flat on their sides, facing each other with
	almost no room to manuever... and very, very close.
	Geordi points out a small piece of equipment.

					LEAH
			I've never seen anything like
			this... what is it?

					GEORDI
			A mid-range phase adjuster... it
			puts the plasma back into phase
			after inertial distortion.

  STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT THREE  28A.

32   CONTINUED:

					LEAH
			This has never been done before.
			I don't think it's ever been
			conceived of before. You should
			write a scientific paper.

					GEORDI
			That's not my strong suit,
			Doctor...

					LEAH
			But this kind of refinement should
			be shared... and you deserve the
			credit for it...

	Geordi is buoyed by her praise.

					GEORDI
			Maybe we could collaborate.
			Writing is one of your strong
			points.

	She hesitates, looks away... considers bringing this
	up, and finally gives in to the curiosity.

  STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT THREE  29.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					LEAH
			Commander La Forge... ever since
			I came on board, there's been
			something a little peculiar in
			your attitude. You seem to know
			things about me even though we've
			never met.

	The choice is there for Geordi to level with her...
	but it's too scary and he backs off.

					GEORDI
			I... studied you. Your writings,
			your Starfleet file. I've admired
			you. Your work.

					LEAH
			I'm flattered, but...

					GEORDI
			I've looked forward to meeting
			you for a long time...

	She's looking right at him with those grave,
	intelligent eyes... they're awfully close... right on
	top of each other... Geordi gets a dose of courage...

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			And I'd like to think -- that we
			could get to be friends. Good
			friends.

	Something gentle happens behind her eyes... a wash of
	tenderness floods her... She looks at Geordi with
	sweetness and compassion... seeming for a moment like
	the Leah of his holodeck experience.

					LEAH
			I thought you knew... you seem
			to know everything else about
			me... but Commander... if I'm
			hearing what I think I am, then
			you should know... I'm married.

	Geordi stares at her, rocked by the revelation of the
	one thing that had never occurred to him.

  STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT THREE  30.

33
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34

34A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Beverly is standing at the Tactical station with Worf.
	Picard, Riker, Troi at Command. Data at an aft
	station.

					BEVERLY
			Set phaser power to three percent,
			narrow beam.

					WORF
				(works console)
			Three percent.

					BEVERLY
				(deep breath)
			All right... here we go.

	Beverly steps forward and manipulates the console as
	Worf looks on.

35   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise emits a thin phaser beam, which gently
	touches the edge of the creature near the offspring and
	makes an incision.

36   OMITTED

36A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Beverly and Data study the information on their
	respective consoles.

					DATA
			First incision is complete.

					BEVERLY
			Ideally, the offspring should be
			able to push through the outer
			shell on its own now.

	They turn their attention to the main viewer. The
	offspring efforts against the shell of its parent. It
	pushes and pushes again. Still it is unable to break
	through.

  STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT THREE  31.

36A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			It needs a little more help.

					BEVERLY
				(shakes her head)
			We've done all we can. I don't
			want to risk hitting the child
			by accident.

37   EXT. SPACE - THE CREATURE (OPTICAL)

	The offspring pushes against the inner edge. A rent
	appears. The offspring slowly emerges through the
	incision.

38
thru	OMITTED
40

40A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As before. Everyone watching the child emerging on
	the viewer. It is about a tenth of the size of the
	parent.

					TROI
			Come on... you can do it...

	After a beat, the child finally emerges completely
	from the parent. Beverly reacts with pleasure.

					BEVERLY
			Captain, I'd like to announce the
			birth of a large baby...
			something.

	Picard is very pleased as he looks at this newly born
	life.

					PICARD
			Well done, Doctor. Well done.

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/20/90 - ACT THREE 32-32A.     

41   INT. ENTERPRISE - TEN FORWARD

	Close on Geordi, looking dejected, at the bar. Tearing
	a napkin into little tiny shreds, focusing intently
	on this process as though it were of life-saving
	importance. As he continues, pull back to reveal
	Guinan listening...

					GEORDI
			A glitch, a malfunction in the
			holodeck... it's the only
			explanation I can think of... it's
			a miracle we ever got out of that
			booby-trap alive... how could it
			have been so far off? It was
			based on every piece of
			information on record about Leah
			Brahms... okay, with an admitted
			margin for error... but this is
			an error that's a light year
			wide...

					GUINAN
			Not what you hoped for, huh?

					GEORDI
			Hoped for... ? She's about as
			friendly as a Circassian Plague
			Cat... all she cares about is her
			work... she hates what I've done
			to her engines... and to top it
			off -- she's married! The
			computer never even told me she
			was married...

					GUINAN
			Computer problem, huh...

					GEORDI
			Must've been...

					GUINAN
			Maybe it was your old VISOR...

					GEORDI
			What are you talking about?

					GUINAN
			The VISOR you wore on the holodeck
			with her.

  STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/20/90 - ACT THREE  33.

41   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			This is the same VISOR.

					GUINAN
			Really? I figured you were
			wearing the one that lets you see
			what you want to see.

					GEORDI
			What's that supposed to mean?

					GUINAN
				(shrugs)
			You saw exactly what you wanted
			to see in the holodeck... Sure,
			the computer made it look like
			her, added personality... but
			when it came to your relationship
			together, you filled in the
			blanks...

	That really hits home and Geordi suddenly starts to
	rethink things.

					GUINAN
				(continuing)
			Here you had this perfectly
			wonderful fantasy... and now the
			real Leah comes along and ruins
			it.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT THREE  33A.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					GUINAN (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			She's done the most heartless,
			despicable thing one person can
			do to another -- she didn't live
			up to your expectations.

	Geordi regards her, feeling a little sheepish.

					GUINAN
				(points to VISOR)
			Take a hard look through your
			VISOR, La Forge... see her for
			who she really is... not what you
			want her to be.

	Off his reaction.

  STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/12/90 - ACT THREE  34.

42   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Data, Troi, and Worf at their stations.
	Everyone watching the image of the creature on the
	viewscreen.

					DATA
			The lifeform's patterns are
			stable, Captain. It seems able
			to withstand the solar radiation
			without difficulty.

					PICARD
			Good.
				(to Conn)
			Ensign Rager, set course for the
			Guernica system.

					RAGER
			Aye, sir...

					RIKER
			We're not staying?

					PICARD
			No. We've done what we can to
			help... now it's time to move on.
			This... child will live the rest
			of its life without any further
			interference from us.

					RIKER
			It might be wise to put some
			distance between us before
			initiating the warp drive.

					PICARD
			Very well.
				(to Rager)
			Five hundred k.p.h., Ensign.
			Engage.

43   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship starts to move away from the creature... but
	the small being quickly follows the ship.

44   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

  STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT THREE  35.

44   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Captain, it's following us...
			maintaining a distance of four
			kilometers directly astern.

	Riker and Picard exchange surprised looks.

					PICARD
				(to Rager)
			Seventeen degrees to port, Ensign
			Rager.

					RAGER
			Aye, sir.

					WORF
			It's turning with us, sir.

					RIKER
			Increase to one half impulse.

	Beat.

					WORF
			It is matching our velocity.

					TROI
				(with sudden
				 understanding)
			It's imprinted on us.
				(off Picard's look)
			It thinks the Enterprise is...
			its mother.

	Picard and Riker exchange a look... there is a hint of
	humor in Riker's expression.

					DATA
				(reads console)
			A change in energy readings, sir.
			I am reading an internal buildup
			of gamma particles in---

					WORF
			Its velocity is increasing... it's
			moving directly toward the ship!

					PICARD
			Evasive maneuvers, full...

	The ship is ROCKED and the lighting FLICKERS.

  STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT THREE  36.

44   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Report...

					WORF
			Minor damage...

					DATA
			Sir, the creature is now in direct
			contact with the hull.

					PICARD
			On screen.

45   ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The view changes to a shot of the creature attached to
	the secondary hull between the warp nacelles.

46   RETURN TO SCENE

	Suddenly the lights dim, come up and dim again in a
	rhythmic pulse.

					PICARD
			Data?

					DATA
			Sir, the lifeform is draining
			energy directly from the fusion
			reactors.

					TROI
				(realizing)
			Feeding off the energy of the
			Enterprise as it would from its
			mother.

					WORF
			What action should we take,
			Captain?

					PICARD
				(a beat)
			None, Lieutenant. None at all.

	On Picard's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/12/90 - ACT FOUR   37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

47   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship slowly moving on impulse power with the energy
	being still attached to the hull.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental.
			Since the newborn has attached
			itself to the hull, it has been
			making greater and greater demands
			on the ship's energy, but we have
			been able to temporarily stabilize
			our power systems.

48   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Beverly, Geordi, and Leah.

					PICARD
			How long before the power drain
			becomes critical, Mister La Forge?

					GEORDI
			If it continues to increase at
			the current rate, six, seven
			hours, maybe...

					LEAH
			We may be able to modify the
			engines to extend that a little
			longer, Captain.

					PICARD
				(to Leah)
			Your help would be appreciated,
			Doctor.

					GEORDI
			By then, maybe Junior won't need
			us any more.

					PICARD
				(a thoughtful beat)
			Data, is there any way to
			determine what the destination
			of the parent might have been?

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/12/90 - ACT FOUR   38.

48   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I can attempt to extrapolate from
			the heading it was on when we
			encountered it, sir.

					BEVERLY
				(understanding what
				 Picard is thinking)
			Perhaps it was on the way to a
			safe and supportive environment
			for its newborn.

					PICARD
				(acknowledges)
			We might be able to deliver it
			to the same destination.

					RIKER
			Which raises the question of how
			to get Junior off the hull when
			we get there...

					LEAH
				(thinking)
			It's almost completely covering
			the door of shuttlebay two. If
			we open the door and deactivate
			the atmospheric force field...

					GEORDI
			... the pressure from inside the
			ship might push it away from the
			hull.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

	As they rise...

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			Is the appellation "Junior" to
			be the lifeform's official name
			from now on?

					PICARD
			No. It's not.

	They all begin moving toward the exits...

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT FOUR   39.

49   INT. ENTERPRISE - CORRIDOR

	as Geordi and Leah exit the Observation Lounge, both
	thinking out loud about the problem at hand. There's
	no strain between them now... they're two professionals
	working out a problem.

					LEAH
			We can save a lot of energy just
			by improving engine efficiency...

					GEORDI
			We've run into similar problems
			before... that's actually why
			I reoriented the dilithium
			crystal...

					LEAH
			And why you added that mid-range
			phase adjuster...

					GEORDI
			Right.

					LEAH
			Commander... it seems you've made
			more modifications than I'm aware
			of. Do you have a file on all
			the work you've done?

					GEORDI
			Sure. It's in the computer --

	But they are interrupted by --

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to La Forge...

					GEORDI
				(keying com)
			La Forge here...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Commander, I need to see you on
			the Bridge.

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir, be right there.
				(to Leah)
			You go ahead, Doctor... Ensign
			Pavlik can show you the file on
			the engine modifications.

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/12/90 - ACT FOUR   40.

49   CONTINUED:

	She nods and gets on the turbolift; Geordi hurries off
	toward the Bridge.

49A  INT. ENGINEERING

	Leah working at a console. Pavlik working at a station
	nearby.

49B  CLOSE ON MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	The screen shows a display of engine modifications.

49C  RETURN TO SCENE

	Leah still working.

					LEAH
				(to herself)
			Phase coils upgraded to fifty-five
			field densities... plasma inducers
			interlinked with generator...
				(to Pavlik)
			Ensign, would there be any other
			files with data on the original
			engine specifications?

					PAVLIK
			I believe so, Doctor...

	Pavlik keys in and hits some panels...

	CLOSE ON MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	A menu of files. Leah's finger winds down the screen
	as she traces them. Then the finger stops.

50A  WIDER ANGLE - LEAH AND PAVLIK

					LEAH
			This file utilizes the prototype
			engine schematic...

  STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/12/90 - ACT FOUR  40A.

50A  CONTINUED:

					PAVLIK
				(nods, interpreting
				 the information on the
				 screen for her)
			It's a holographic program set
			in the drafting room at Utopia
			Planitia.

					LEAH
				(rising)
			Perfect. I'll run it on
			Holodeck Three.

	She EXITS the room.

51   INT. ENTERPRISE - CORRIDOR OUTSIDE TURBOLIFT

	as Leah emerges from the turbolift, heads toward the
	holodeck, punches the console.

					LEAH
			Computer... replay program
			Nine-One-Four-Zero... engine
			schematic at Utopia Planitia...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Program loaded and ready.

	Leah enters the holodeck.

									CUT TO:

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT FOUR   41.

51A  INT. ENGINEERING - ANGLE ON GEORDI

					GEORDI
			She went where?

					PAVLIK
			Holodeck Three, sir... I didn't
			think there was anything wrong
			with her seeing the file...

					GEORDI
			Of course not... nothing at all...

	Geordi sprints for the door, leaving Pavlik staring
	after him.

52   INT. ENTERPRISE - HOLODECK/DRAFTING ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Leah stands, rapt, watching herself in the set of
	drafting room five, Utopia Planitia.

					HOLO-LEAH
			I'm with you every day, Geordi.
			Every time you look at this
			engine, you're looking at me.
			Every time you touch it, it's me.

	At this point, Geordi hurries in.

					GEORDI
			Computer, freeze program.

	Leah whirls to see him. She is ashen.

					LEAH
			Now... I understand...

					GEORDI
			No, you don't... it wasn't the
			way it might look...

					LEAH
				(ignoring him)
			I called up a replay of the
			program file. I was all ready
			to compliment you again,
			Commander... for constructing a
			program which contained the
			prototype engine... so you'd
			always have a base-line reference
			point for your modifications...

	She walks toward Holo-Leah, gestures.

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT FOUR   42.

52   CONTINUED:

					LEAH
			And then I find... it's all about
			a -- fantasy plaything...

					GEORDI
			It's not like that, I swear --

					LEAH
			I am outraged by this. I have
			been -- invaded. Violated. How
			dare you use me like this? How
			far did it go, anyway? Was it
			good for you?

	She's plenty mad, but Geordi's beginning to get angry,
	too. She's been on him since she got here, and he's
	getting fed up.

					GEORDI
			Nothing like that happened. It
			was a professional collaboration.

					LEAH
			Oh, I can tell -- "Every time you
			touch the engine, it's me... " Real
			professional.

					GEORDI
			If you watched the whole program,
			you saw what it was... we worked
			together to solve a problem. In
			a crisis situation --

					LEAH
			How do I know that's all there
			was? What other programs did you
			create? You could have dozens
			of them, one for every day of the
			week, one for every mood --

	That's enough. Geordi's had it.

					GEORDI
			Ever since you came on board,
			you've been badgering me... and
			I've taken it. I've shown you
			courtesy, and respect, and a hell
			of a lot of patience. I've tried
			to understand you and I've tried
			to get along with you...

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT FOUR   43.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

	The words come pouring out of Geordi... all the pent-up
	frustration, the buried anger...

					GEORDI
			And in return, you've accused me,
			tried and convicted me without
			bothering to hear my side of it.
			So -- I'm guilty, okay? But not
			of what you think... of something
			much worse...

	She stares at him, silenced by this passionate
	outpouring.

					GEORDI
			I'm guilty of reaching out to
			you... of hoping we could
			connect... I'm guilty of a
			terrible crime, Doctor -- I
			offered you friendship.

	He heads for the door, EXITS. She stands utterly
	still, two bright spots flushing the cheeks of an
	otherwise pale face.

53   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The energy being is still attached to the hull.

54   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data is at one of the aft science stations. Picard
	and Riker are nearby, Worf at his station.

					WORF
			Its total volume has increased
			by eight point five percent in
			the last three hours. I am now
			reading it as forty-six million
			cubic meters. (TECH)

					DATA
			Captain, I have completed the
			analysis of the parent's course
			through this system.

	Picard and Riker move to the science station and look
	at the console.

   STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/12/90 - ACT FOUR   44.

54   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			It was heading for an asteroid
			belt...

					PICARD
			Ensign Rager, set course two five
			nine mark three one eight, one
			half impulse.

					RAGER
			Aye, sir.

	Data, Picard, and Riker head for their stations.

55   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship moves on impulse power toward the asteroid
	belt.

56   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					PICARD
			Hold position five hundred
			kilometers from the periphery of
			the asteroid field...

					RAGER
			Aye, sir.

					WORF
				(works console)
			Difficulty getting a clear sensor
			reading beyond four thousand
			kilometers.

					DATA
			The asteroids contain large
			quantities of meklinite, which
			is interferring with our scanners.
				(beat)
			I am also detecting traces of
			Kefnium, a compound which was
			found in the parent being's outer
			shell. It is likely that the
			asteroids provide sustenance for
			this lifeform.

       STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/12/90 - ACT FOUR       45.

56   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			We could leave the child here.
			If Data's right, it would have
			an ample supply of food.

					PICARD
				(thinks)
			Agreed.
				(to com)
			Mister La Forge, are you ready
			to separate our guest from the
			hull?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Ready, Captain.

					PICARD
			Proceed.

56A  INT. SHUTTLEBAY CONTROL BOOTH

	Geordi is at the controls... he works the console.

56B  ANGLE ON SHUTTLEBAY DOOR (OPTICAL)

	The door OPENS, revealing the creature's body covering
	about 3/4 of the opening.

57   OMITTED

57A  ON GEORDI

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			I'm deactivating the atmospheric
			force field now, Captain.

57B  NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	There is an optical EFFECT at the bay door as the force
	field is shut down. A WHOOSHING sound can be heard
	as the air in the bay rushes toward the opening. The
	creature's body ruffles and shakes violently as it
	tries to hang on despite the fierce pressure.

       STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/17/90 - ACT FOUR       46.

58   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The ship SHAKES and the lights begin to flicker.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Engineering, report!

					PAVLIK'S COM VOICE
			The power drain just jumped to
			ninety-three percent, sir.

					DATA
			Captain, the offspring is emitting
			a high frequency radio
			transmission.

					RIKER
			Is it trying to communicate?

					PAVLIK'S COM VOICE
			The power drain is increasing...
			approaching auto-shutdown.

					RIKER
			Take the engines off-line.
			Supplement with auxiliary power.

	The lights come back up to full.

					RIKER
				(continuing; to Worf)
			All decks go to emergency
			condition seven. Life support
			and critical operations only.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Mister La Forge, what is your
			status?

58A  INT. SHUTTLEBAY CONTROL BOOTH (OPTICAL)

	Geordi is looking out at the bay. The air has stopped
	rushing out, but the creature is still attached to the
	ship.

					GEORDI
			I'm sorry, Captain... the bay's
			been completely depressurized,
			but... it's still hanging on.

       STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT FOUR       47.

59   OMITTED

59A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					DATA
			I am detecting other radio
			transmissions, Captain.

					WORF
			Sensors detecting movement within
			the asteroid field... distance,
			two million kilometers, bearing
			two-five-seven mark one-six-one.

					PICARD
			On screen.

60   ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The screen shows a large field of asteroids. Slowly,
	several other creatures like the parent can be seen
	moving toward the ship.

61   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			At their current speed, the
			entities will intercept us in
			ten minutes, thirty-one seconds.

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			Weapons status?

					WORF
				(reads console)
			Auxiliary power only... two
			seconds phaser fire available.

62   ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The creatures are getting closer.

       STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT FOUR       48.

63   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before. On Picard's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT FIVE       49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

64   OMITTED

64A  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND CREATURES

	as they advance toward the ship.

65   INT. ENTERPRISE - ENGINEERING

	Pavlik is there as Geordi comes in.

					GEORDI
			Ensign... power readings.

					PAVLIK
			We're on auxiliary generators...
			life support is functioning,
			that's about all...

					GEORDI
			Keep your eye on the generator
			console. We've got less than
			six minutes to get that baby off
			our back before his relatives
			get here...

	Pavlik EXITS and Geordi turns to the pool table.

					GEORDI
				(to himself)
			Whatever we try, junior responds
			by sucking up more energy...

					LEAH'S VOICE
			I have a thought, Commander...

	Geordi turns to see her entering. She is cool,
	professional... no hint of their earlier conflict.

					LEAH
			If you're interested...

					GEORDI
				(just as cool)
			Of course. What is it?

       STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT FIVE       50.

65   CONTINUED:

					LEAH
			If the baby is nursing, perhaps
			what we need -- is to find a way
			to sour the milk.

	Geordi eyes her with grudging interest.

					GEORDI
			I'm listening.

					LEAH
			If we could contaminate the energy
			he's feeding on...

					GEORDI
			... make it unpalatable somehow...

	Geordi takes this idea, works it over in his mind.
	He's pacing the room now, absorbed in trying to solve
	the problem.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			... but the emergency generators
			are all we've got...

					LEAH
				(nods)
			... and how do we modify them
			without losing life support?

					GEORDI
			Exactly... unless...

	He comes to a halt. Leah takes a step toward him.

					LEAH
			What?

	He gives a little laugh. She's drawn in, curious...
	she's lost her icy demeanor.

					GEORDI
			This is a space baby, right? I
			mean, these creatures are born,
			live, and die in interstellar
			space?

					LEAH
			Apparently...

       STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/11/90 - ACT FIVE       51.

65   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Okay. All matter in space
			vibrates in a specific radiation
			band...

					LEAH
			Twenty-one centimeters...

	Suddenly she gasps involuntarily, lifts her hands to
	her cheeks, breaks into a big smile.

					LEAH
			That's good, Commander, that's
			very good. We could alter the
			power frequency so it's completely
			foreign to the lifeform's natural
			vibrations...

					GEORDI
			And that might be just enough to
			pour a little vinegar in baby's
			milk.

					LEAH
			We'll have to be careful... if
			we upset it this time, we might
			lose auxiliary power too.

					GEORDI
			If we're gradual enough, it won't
			be a shock. Hopefully it'll just
			lose interest.

	Geordi regards her for a moment, smiling fondly. At
	this moment she seems almost like her old "holodeck"
	self.

					GEORDI
				(keys com)
			La Forge to Bridge...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Go ahead.

					GEORDI
			Doctor Brahms and I have a plan,
			Captain.

65A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the creatures continue to approach.

       STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT FIVE       52.

66
thru	OMITTED
67

68   INT. ENTERPRISE - INTERCUTTING

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf.

					WORF
			Two minutes until the creatures
			intercept, sir.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Captain, we're ready down here.

					PICARD
			Proceed.

69   OMITTED

70   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and Leah entering commands at the pool table.

					GEORDI
			Lowering wavelength in the energy
			system, now...

					LEAH
			Reading eighteen... fifteen...
			thirteen... eleven... eight...
			five... three... now at the two
			centimeter level...

					GEORDI
			Any reaction, Bridge?

70A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					DATA
			Negative. I detect no reduction
			in the lifeform's rate of energy
			consumption.

					WORF
			One minute thirty seconds to
			intercept.

       STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/11/90 - ACT FIVE       53.

70B  INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

					GEORDI
			Okay... not sour enough. Leah,
			take it down further.

					LEAH
			Reading one... point eight...
			point four... point two...

	Suddenly the ship begins SHAKING, as though rocked
	by a giant hand. The shaking continues as...

					GEORDI
			I guess it noticed what we're
			doing.

71   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					DATA
			The lifeform is emitting its high
			frequency transmission... energy
			consumption is rising...

					WORF
			Captain -- the creatures are
			accelerating their approach...
			they're changing color!

	And indeed, as they approach, they are becoming green
	-- just as the mother did before she attacked.

7171A	INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Mister La Forge --

					GEORDI
			Just a little more time,
			Captain--!
				(to Leah)
			Nudge it down... toward
			point-oh-two...

	Leah looks pale, but she is cool and composed under
	fire. She manipulates her controls.

71B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					WORF
			Intercept in thirty seconds.

       STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/11/90 - ACT FIVE      53A.

71B  CONTINUED:

	The creatures look now as though they're almost on top
	of the ship. They are a brilliant green.

       STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/11/90 - ACT FIVE       54.

71C  INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

					LEAH
			Point oh-eight... oh-five...
			oh-three... now at point oh-two
			centimeters...

71D  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The ship continues to ROCK and lights flicker wildly.

					DATA
			Auxiliary generators are losing
			power, Captain...

	But suddenly -- the rocking stops and the lights grab
	hold.

72   OMITTED

73   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					DATA
			The entity has disengaged, sir.

	They watch on the viewscreen as the small being drifts
	toward its larger relatives. They return to their
	normal colors... envelop the small being as though
	in greeting, and they all float off together. There
	is a collective release of tension on the Bridge.

					DATA
			Power returning to normal levels,
			Captain.

					RIKER
			Bring the engines on line. And
			take us out of here.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge... Doctor
			Brahms... congratulations. You
			have weaned the baby.

74   INT. ENTERPRISE - ENGINEERING

	Geordi and Leah react to this good news...

       STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/10/90 - ACT FIVE      54A.

74   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(to Leah)
			Good work.

					LEAH
			You, too.

	It's all very proper... but there was a lot of
	communication in those four words.

74A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	warps away.

       STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/11/90 - ACT FIVE       55.

75   INT. ENTERPRISE - TEN-FORWARD - LATER

	Leah and Geordi at a table. They're laughing about
	the holodeck business now.

					GEORDI
			Yeah... yeah, I'll admit... I did
			get a little... attached to that
			lady in the holodeck...

					LEAH
			The computer never told you that
			I was married...

					GEORDI
			I never asked... and the computer
			is notorious for not volunteering
			information... tell me about
			him...

					LEAH
			My husband? His name is
			Michael... he's an engineer on
			Garran-four...
				(beat)
			... you'd like him.

					GEORDI
			I'm sure...

					LEAH
			You remind me of him actually.

					GEORDI
			I do?

					LEAH
				(beat)
			I really owe you an apology,
			Geordi.

					GEORDI
			No you don't. I should have told
			you straight out...

					LEAH
				(disagreeing)
			But if you had, I never would've
			seen the look on your face when
			you walked in on me... and me...
			in the holodeck...

       STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/20/90 - ACT FIVE       56.

75   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			The look on my face... ? The look
			on your face, I'll remember that
			a long time.

					LEAH
			I wouldn't change a thing...
				(beat)
			Except the way I behaved... I
			guess I came here with my own set
			of preconceptions about you...

					GEORDI
			I'm just glad I finally got the
			chance to know you... the real
			you.

					LEAH
			Me too.
				(long beat)
			Tell me... am I... really that
			different than my image in the
			holodeck?

					GEORDI
				(warm smile)
			Not so different... not so
			different at all.

	And here in space, far away from everything and
	everyone, it isn't hard for intimacies to grow
	quickly... and as they look at each other in a new way,
	who knows what might happen... and then they're
	interrupted by --

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Worf to La Forge... there's an
			incoming message on subspace for
			Doctor Brahms...

	And that breaks the mood real quick... as she rises...

					LEAH
			My husband...

       STAR TREK: "Galaxy's Child" - REV. 12/20/90 - ACT FIVE       57.

75   CONTINUED: (2)

	She nods to Geordi and EXITS...

					GEORDI
			Acknowledged, Worf. La Forge
			out.

	Geordi looks out into space and drinks from his
	glass... and that's life as we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             










                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "Night Terrors" 
                          #40274-191 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                Pamela Douglas and Jeri Taylor 
                              
                           Story by 
                        Shari Goodhartz 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


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FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1990 & 1991 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All
Rights Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                      REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                       DECEMBER 17, 1990


          STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - 1/4/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Night Terrors" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             CAPTAIN ZAHEVA
                RIKER              COUNSELOR ANDRUS HAGAN
                DATA               
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                                   Non-Speaking
                GUINAN               VARIOUS DEAD BODIES
                O'BRIEN              ALIEN (in Troi's dream)
                KEIKO              
                ENSIGN PETER LIN   
                ENSIGN PEEPLES     
                ENSIGN RAGER       
                CHIEF GILLESPIE    
                SIGHING VOICE    
  
                Non-Speaking       
                  SECURITY GUARDS    
                  N.D. MEDICAL PRESONNEL
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

         STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - 12/17/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Night Terrors" 
                           
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     USS BRATTAIN
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TURBOLIFT
              SICKBAY
              TEN-FORWARD
              ENGINEERING
              CARGO AREA/MORGUE
              TROI'S QUARTERS
              WORF'S QUARTERS
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
              GUINAN'S QUARTERS
              O'BRIENS' QUARTERS
              CORRIDORS
                DOOR TO TROI'S OFFICE
          
            TROI'S MURKY NIGHTMARE VOID
          
            USS BRATTAIN
              BRIDGE

      STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - 1/4/91 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Night Terrors" 
                     
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              ANICIUM                an-EE-see-m
              BELA                   bay-luh
              BRATTAIN               bruh-TAYN
              BUSSARD                buh-SARD
              CALENDENIUM            kal-en-DEN-ee-um
              CARDILIA               kar-DILL-ya
              ENTORHINAL             en-toe-RYE-nl
              ISOZYME                ICE-oh-zime
              KALADIAN               kuh-LAY-dee-un
              LATICIFER              lah-TIH-si-fer
              MELTHUSIAN             mel-THOO-zee-n
              ONTOGENY               on-TAH-jn-ee
              POLYMORPHIC            pohl-ih-MOR-fik
              TYKEN                  TIE-ken
              YURIUM                 YOUR-ee-m

     STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/11/91 - TEASER     1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                       "Night Terrors"                             
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving through space. The binary star system is
	visible.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 44631.2.
			We are proceeding through the
			uncharted rim of a binary star
			system, where we may have located
			the U.S.S. Brattain. The missing
			science vessel failed to arrive
			at its destination and has not
			been heard from since a distress
			call twenty-nine days ago.

2    INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	PICARD, RIKER, DATA, WORF, TROI at their stations;
	ENSIGN RAGER at Conn. On the viewscreen at a
	distance, a space craft floats adrift.

					PICARD
			Magnify.

	The craft springs into the foreground.

					RIKER
			It's the Brattain, all right.

     STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/11/91 - TEASER     2.

2    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The ship is intact, sir, with no
			indications of structural damage.

					RIKER
			Engines?

					DATA
			All propulsion systems are shut
			down. The ship is drifting.

					PICARD
			Life form readings?

					DATA
				(beat)
			Inconclusive, sir.

	Troi is uneasy, leans forward, as though to catch some
	feeling...

					PICARD
			Counselor?

					TROI
			There is life on board... but...

					PICARD
			What is it?

					TROI
			I don't know... something...

	She shakes her head slightly, as though to rid it of
	something getting in the way.

					PICARD
			Number One, assemble your team.

					RIKER
				(keys insignia)
			Doctor Crusher, report to
			Transporter Room Three.
				(to them)
			Data, Worf...

	Troi rises.

     STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/20/90 - TEASER     3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Commander... I need to go, also...

	Riker looks at her... need to go? Then he nods at her,
	and he, Data, and Worf head for the turbolift. Troi
	stares out at the drifting space craft for a second,
	troubled, as though hearing some unuttered thought.
	Then she turns and follows the others toward the
	turbolift.

3    PICARD

	notes her strange demeanor.

4    INT. BRATTAIN - BRIDGE - MINUTES LATER (OPTICAL))

	The small Bridge is, on first sight, empty. BEVERLY,
	Riker, Worf, Data, and Troi MATERIALIZE at the rear
	of the Bridge. They look around the quiet room,
	getting their bearings. Data heads for a computer
	station, keys information.

					DATA
			There is no indication of
			malfunction in any of the main
			systems.

	Riker moves toward the Command Chairs. The Captain's
	seat has a high back which, as he turns it, reveals
	--

5    CAPTAIN ZAHEVA

	The woman is dead, eyes frozen open in a horrified
	stare. Camera PANS down to reveal a long tool
	plunged straight into her heart.

6    ON THE GROUP

	as Riker, Troi, and Data react to this grim discovery.

					WORF (V.O.)
			Here's another one.

	They turn to see that --

     STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/20/90 - TEASER     4.

7    WORF

	has found a second body, underneath a computer console,
	huddled tight to the wall as if in terror. Worf tugs
	the corpse out and it tumbles onto the deck, face and
	chest charred black.

					WORF
			This was done by a phaser... at
			a setting of six or seven...

					RIKER
			There are more over here...

	Now the team realizes that the seemingly empty Bridge
	is a tomb, with bodies having taken refuge under
	consoles, seats, etc.

					BEVERLY
			The entire Bridge crew...

					RIKER
			Whoever did this... may still be
			on board.

					TROI
			There's someone alive... but he
			didn't kill these people...

	She moves toward the turbolift, as though drawn by an
	unseen thread.

					TROI
			Here...

	She nears it and the turbolift door opens.

8    A MAN

	HAGAN sits cross-legged on the floor of the turbolift,
	staring straight ahead. Beverly moves toward him,
	scans him. Riker and Worf, taking no chances, keep
	their phasers on him.

					BEVERLY
			He's alive...

					TROI
			I think he is Betazoid...

	She knees down close to him, trying to make contact.

     STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/17/90 - TEASER     5.

8    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			It's all right. We're going to
			help you.

	The man offers one soft, shuddering intake of air...
	but no more.

9    TROI

	holds his shoulders, looking into his eyes.

					TROI
			What happened here? Who did this
			to you?

	But there is no answer. The man stares past them, lost
	in a catatonic void.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/2/91 - ACT ONE     6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

10   INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY - SOME TIME LATER

	Picard watches with Beverly as a SUPERNUMERARY wheels
	away a form in a body bag.

					BEVERLY
			We're almost finished with the
			autopsies, Captain.

					PICARD
			How long will it take you to
			compile the data?

					BEVERLY
			It's complicated -- the dead were
			found everywhere... some locked
			in their rooms -- barricaded, with
			weapons piled around them... some
			in corridors where they'd
			obviously had hand-to-hand
			combat... I'll have to sort
			through and analyze the details.

	Picard glances toward a bio-bed, where Troi sits with
	the Betazoid man.

					BEVERLY
			We've identified him as Andrus
			Hagan, from Betazed, science
			advisor. He's in a profound
			catatonic state.

	Picard walks toward Troi.

					TROI
			I'm not getting much, Captain...
			a few words, disconnected phrases.
			I can feel his terror... but I
			can't seem to reach him.

					PICARD
			Don't give up on him, Counselor.
			We're examining the Brattain for
			clues -- but this man is the only
			one left who knows what happened
			there.

	Picard turns and EXITS, and Troi turns back to Hagan.
	She is trying to engage his mind telepathically.

     STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/9/91 - ACT ONE     7.

10   CONTINUED:

					TROI (V.O.)
			I'm here. I'm right here.
			There's nothing to be afraid of
			anymore.

					HAGAN (V.O.)
			... out there... voices...

					TROI (V.O.)
			You hear voices? What do they
			say?

					HAGAN (V.O.)
			... both things... no... no...

					TROI (V.O.)
			Keep talking to me... I'll try
			to understand...

11   OMITTED

12   EXT. SPACE - BRATTAIN (OPTICAL)

	The small ship hangs in space.

13   INT. BRATTAIN - BRIDGE

	Data and Riker at the computers. GEORDI ENTERS from
	the turbolift.

     STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/9/91 - ACT ONE     8.

13   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			All engines check out perfectly,
			Commander. Once we get them
			started up, the Brattain can get
			back to Starbase under her own
			power.

					RIKER
			Let's give it a try.

	Geordi takes his place at a science station near Data.

					GEORDI
			Pre-heating injectors... Data,
			fuel flow?

					DATA
			Matter valves are open and
			operating. Magnetic containment
			on the anti-matter pods is
			constant.

					GEORDI
			Okay, open injectors.

					DATA
			Injectors open.

	They wait. There's nothing.

    STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/20/90 - ACT ONE    9.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			There is no engine activity at
			all.

					RIKER
			What's wrong, Geordi?

					GEORDI
			Nothing's wrong. I don't
			understand it.

	Off his puzzlement...

14   INT. ENTERPRISE - READY ROOM

	Picard working at his desk. The door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Beverly ENTERS carrying a Padd.

					BEVERLY
			I've been studying the autopsy
			reports... the conclusion is
			appalling.

	Picard gives her a look -- strong words from this
	dispassionate scientist.

					BEVERLY
			There was no outside source...
			no alien presence... The crew of
			the Brattain, all thirty-four of
			them -- appear to have killed each
			other.

	Picard is taken aback by this conclusion.

					PICARD
			What could have caused such an
			event? Drugs? A virus?
			Poison...

					BEVERLY
			Toxicological tests showed no
			unusual substances in their
			systems. And they were in good
			health.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT ONE    10.

14   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			But for whatever reason, they seem
			to have turned against each other,
			using phasers, knives -- and bare
			hands.

	Beverly programs information into the Captain's
	computer.

					BEVERLY
			I'd like you to see this, Captain.
			It's from the logs of the
			Brattain. Captain Zaheva's mental
			condition deteriorated steadily
			after they became stranded... she
			began talking of plots and
			mutinies...

	She activates the computer.

					BEVERLY
			This is the last entry... made
			after they had been adrift for
			over three weeks.

	They turn toward the monitor.

15   ANGLE - MONITOR - INTERCUTTING (OPTICAL)

	Captain Zaheva, sitting in the same chair where she
	was found, is a wreck... eyes red-rimmed, voice hoarse,
	endlessly brushing the side of her head in a compulsive
	gesture.

					CAPTAIN ZAHEVA
			First Officer Brink and his men
			were behind it... they got to the
			engines... don't work anymore...
			had to eliminate Brink... the
			ship is out of... out of... we're
			running out... too dangerous...
			out of Brink... and his men...

	Her eyes flick upward, there is a brief moment of
	terror, and then the screen goes blank. Mystery upon
	mystery. Picard stares at Beverly, perplexed, mind
	churning to understand what happened on the stricken
	science vessel.

     STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT ONE     11.

16   INT. ENTERPRISE - CORRIDOR OUTSIDE SICKBAY

	Troi is leaving Sickbay, speaks to a SUPERNUMERARY.
	(PRODUCTION NOTE: This is the beginning of the dream
	sequence, but should seem perfectly normal.)

					TROI
			Be sure to call me if there's any
			change in his condition. I'll
			be in my office.

	She turns and proceeds down the corridor. She passes
	a turbolift; the door opens and several CREW MEMBERS
	spill out, going their way. She smiles, greeting them,
	and passes through the bustling activity. DOLLY with
	her as she proceeds down the corridor to --

17   TROI'S OFFICE DOOR

	As it opens, she ENTERS.

18   INT. NIGHTMARE ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Suddenly Troi steps into a bizarre surreality. She
	spins to find the door she entered. It is gone. She
	turns back to see she is in...

19   A MURKY VOID (OPTICAL)

	A strange, empty cavity where everything is fuzzy,
	smoky, gaseous. Vague shapes seem to loom in the
	distance but have no substance. At a great distance,
	there are two pinpoints of light... the mists swirl
	in front of them, obscuring them. A RUSTLING SOUND,
	maybe wind, maybe a cry, seems to come from within the
	shadowy depths. It is an ominous, menacing sound,
	suggesting a demon lurking in the mists. Troi finds
	herself floating... drifting helplessly in the clouds.
	It is frightening to be so out of control.

					TROI
			Where are you?

	She reaches out both arms in front of her, fearful,
	like a sightless person feeling her way through
	unfamiliar territory. The rustling SOUND becomes a
	low, throaty voice... sighing, raspy, foreboding.

     STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT ONE     12.

20   ANOTHER ANGLE ON TROI (OPTICAL)

	as she is drawn toward the sinister sound, unable to
	resist. She drifts further into the vaporous
	landscape, seeking the source. But she cannot control
	her direction.

					TROI
			I'm coming. Where are you?

	Struggling forward, Troi tries to free herself. The
	throaty sound becomes louder... takes shape...

					SIGHING VOICE
			Eyes... in the dark... one moon...
			circles...

	Troi is swimming in space, frantically trying to move
	forward as the voice becomes louder...

					SIGHING VOICE
			See the eyes... in the dark...
			one moon...

					TROI
			Where are you?!

21   INT. ENTERPRISE - TROI'S QUARTERS

	Troi, in her bed, sits up with a start. She is moist
	with perspiration, breathing hard in terror from the
	bizarre nightmare.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/9/91 - ACT TWO     13.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

22   EXT. SPACE - BRATTAIN (OPTICAL)

	hanging motionless in space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 44635.8:
			Four days have passed, but we have
			made little progress in solving
			the mystery of the Brattain. I
			have decided we will return to
			Starbase Two-twenty...

23   INT. BRATTAIN - BRIDGE

	Geordi and ENSIGN PEEPLES at a work station.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			... and to that end, Commander La
			Forge is rigging the Brattain for
			towing.

					GEORDI
				(rising)
			I'm going to try re-calibrating
			the field generators. I still
			don't see why we can't get the
			engines going... it just doesn't
			make any sense.

24   CLOSE ON PEEPLES

	as he concentrates on his task, tapping out
	instructions. As he does, we begin to hear a SOUND...
	a hollow, deadened CLUNG... as though something were
	hitting a pipe somewhere far below.

    STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/17/90 - ACT TWO    14.

24   CONTINUED:

	It hits once, twice... only now does Peeples seem to
	hear it. He lifts his head, straining to hear better.
	The sound increases in volume, and he stands in alarm.

					PEEPLES
			Someone's still here...

	The sound gets louder still, a chilling, insistent cry.
	Peeples looks panicked.

					PEEPLES
			They're alive!

25   ANGLE - GEORDI AND PEEPLES

	As soon as Geordi is included in the shot, the SOUND
	disappears. Geordi is staring at the Ensign.

					GEORDI
			Ensign... what is it?

26   ON PEEPLES

	Now, the sound is loud and clear.

					PEEPLES
			Can't you hear it? There's
			someone left alive on the ship!

27   ANGLE - GEORDI AND PEEPLES

	Geordi's stare catches Peeples' attention, and then
	he realizes he's not hearing anything.

					PEEPLES
			I heard... I mean, I thought I
			heard something.

					GEORDI
			The ship was searched thoroughly.
			There's no one left aboard.

	Geordi's look of concern embarrasses the young Ensign.

					PEEPLES
			Sorry, sir. My mistake.

     STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT TWO     15.

27   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(gently)
			Thirty-four people were found dead
			on this ship. That could make
			anyone uneasy.

					PEEPLES
			Thank you, sir.

	And he bends again to his task.

28   INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY

	Troi sits by the bio-bed where Hagan lies.

					TROI (V.O.)
			I'm here... can you hear me?

	Hagan stirs vaguely.

					TROI (V.O.)
			Tell me about the voices you
			hear...

					HAGAN (V.O.)
			Bright... one pole... two
			poles...

					TROI (V.O.)
			I don't understand... tell me more
			about the poles...

	But he just stares out at nothing.

29   INT. ENTERPRISE - O'BRIEN'S QUARTERS

	O'Brien paces in the front room, disquieted. Presently
	the door opens and Keiko comes bustling in, happy to
	see him.

     STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT TWO     16.

29   CONTINUED:

					KEIKO
			Boy, what a day this was... I'm
			doing an isozyme study on some
			populations of Cardilia... but
			they're turning out to have some
			really weird polymorphisms.
			What a headache!

	She is breathless, full of her day, chattering.
	O'Brien eyes her, speaks with ominous quietness.

					O'BRIEN
			Is that why you were late?

					KEIKO
			Oh, no, I had a conference with
			Doctor Balthus... she wants to
			do a study on the laticifer
			ontogeny of the Kaladian Thorn
			Flower... but I don't have the
			time to oversee another project...

					O'BRIEN
			Was Tom Corbin there?

	She stops, stares at him, for the first time aware of
	his strange mood.

					KEIKO
			What?

					O'BRIEN
			Tom Corbin. From the science lab.
				(beat)
			Remember him?

					KEIKO
			Of course I remember him, but --

					O'BRIEN
			You use any excuse to pay him a
			visit...

					KEIKO
				(nonplussed)
			Miles... what are you saying--?

					O'BRIEN
			I think you know exactly what I'm
			saying.

     STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/7/91 - ACT TWO     17.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

	She regards him a minute, then smiles, walks toward
	him. This is unlike Miles to be so grumpy, but that's
	okay... she can tweak him out of it.

					KEIKO
			If I didn't know better... I'd
			say you're jealous.

	She puts her arms around him, starts to kiss him, but
	he takes her wrists and holds her away. She is amazed.

					O'BRIEN
				(quietly)
			You take me for a fool?

	And with that he turns and EXITS. She stares after
	him, astonished.

30   INT. ENTERPRISE - TEN-FORWARD - LATER

	O'Brien ENTERS, spots his friend CHIEF GILLESPIE
	sitting at the bar. Gillespie is older than O'Brien,
	weathered and salty. O'Brien walks over and joins him.
	GUINAN is behind the bar.

					GILLESPIE
			Hello, Chief... have some coffee?

					O'BRIEN
			I've been drinking too much
			coffee... maybe some hot tea,
			Guinan?

					GUINAN
			Coming up.

	She moves away and Gillespie looks at O'Brien, grins.

					GILLESPIE
			Kind of a surprise to see you
			in here at this hour.

					O'BRIEN
			How's that?

					GILLESPIE
			You're not out of the honeymoon
			yet... usually newlyweds can't
			keep their hands off each other...

    STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT TWO    18.

30   CONTINUED:

	O'Brien gives a shrug. Guinan brings his tea.

					O'BRIEN
			She has work to do. She heads
			up the plant biology lab, you
			know.

					GILLESPIE
			Any strange things going on down
			there?

	O'Brien gives him a quick look -- what strange things?

					O'BRIEN
			Like what?

	Gillespie leans in to him.

					GILLESPIE
			I've been hearing things...
			Kenicki, in Engineering... told
			me he saw a man in an old
			Starfleet uniform... riding the
			lift near the engine core... but
			when the lift got to the top...
			there was no one on it...

	O'Brien shakes his head scornfully.

					O'BRIEN
			Ghost stories...

					GILLESPIE
			There's more... lots more.
			Strange things are happening on
			this ship, O'Brien...

	O'Brien gulps his tea, rises.

					O'BRIEN
			I'm surprised at you, Gillespie...
			a Starfleet officer...
				(leans in to him)
			I have more to worry about than
			shades and spirits...

	And he leaves.

    STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT TWO    19.

31   OMITTED

32   INT. ENTERPRISE - READY ROOM

	Picard is at his desk, working. The door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	He glances up, but the doors don't open. He's involved
	in his monitor, doesn't give it a thought. Then the
	CHIME again.

					PICARD
				(a bit more forcefully)
			Come.

	He looks at the door. It is shut. He rises, and the
	CHIME sounds again. He goes to the door, it opens;
	there's no one there. He shakes his head in annoyance,
	goes back to his desk, sits. The CHIME sounds. He
	ignores it. It SOUNDS again; he is getting irritated
	but doesn't respond. Finally, there is a KNOCK at the
	door. He looks up, surprised.

					PICARD
			Come...

	The door opens and Beverly and Troi are there. They
	ENTER.

					BEVERLY
			Captain, do you have a moment?

					TROI
			We're concerned... whatever
			happened on the Brattain -- may be
			starting here.

	Picard immediately takes notice.

					PICARD
			Explain...

					TROI
			Beverly and I have both gotten
			unusual reports... people behaving
			strangely... others hearing
			sounds that aren't there...

	Picard gives her a sharp look at this.

    STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT TWO    19A.

32   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Are we talking about
			hallucinations?

					BEVERLY
			In some cases. In others -- just
			erratic behavior.

     STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT TWO     20.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			We can't track down any common
			element that might be responsible.

					PICARD
			But everything started when we
			found the Brattain...

					BEVERLY
			Yes. Captain -- we have to get
			the Enterprise away from here...
			before it gets worse...

	Picard glances at her... it's a bit of a panicky
	response for this usually stoic scientist.

					PICARD
			We are preparing to take the
			Brattain in tow. We'll be on our
			way within the hour.

33   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - LATER

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, Ensign Rager at Conn.

					PICARD
			Ensign, maneuver us into position
			within tractor beam range.

					RAGER
			Aye, sir...

	Ensign Rager starts to tap instructions, then
	hesitates. Data glances over. She stares at her
	console. Picard rises, approaches to see what's
	wrong.

					DATA
			Is there a problem, Ensign?

					RAGER
			I... can't seem to remember how
			to enter the coordinates, sir...

     STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT TWO     21.

33   CONTINUED:

	Data punches instructions on his console.

					DATA
			Ready now, Captain.

	He glances back at Picard, who gestures toward another
	Ensign, PETER LIN, on the Bridge.

					PICARD
			Ensign Rager, report to Sickbay.

	Rager, shamed, glances around at Picard.

					RAGER
			Yes, sir...

	Rager stands and heads for the turbolift. Ensign Lin
	takes her place.

					PICARD
			Ensign Lin, put us into position
			to engage the tractor beam.

					LIN
			Aye, sir.

34   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND BRATTAIN (OPTICAL)

	as the Enterprise moves toward the stranded ship --
	still at quite a distance.

35   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, ready tractor beam.

					DATA
			Ensign... we are losing
			maneuverability. Did you throttle
			down by mistake?

					LIN
			No, sir.

					DATA
			Captain... thrusters are losing
			power.

	Puzzled, Picard steps forward.

     STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/8/91 - ACT TWO     22.

35   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Impulse engines... ahead minimum
			power.

					LIN
			Impulse engines are not
			responding, sir.

					RIKER
			Riker to Engineering... what's
			going on down there?

36   INT. ENTERPRISE - ENGINEERING - INTERCUTTING

					GEORDI
			I don't know, sir... nothing's
			responding...

					PICARD
			Ensign, go to warp engines --
			factor one. Engage.

	A beat. They wait.

    STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/17/90 - ACT TWO    23.

36   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Captain, we don't have warp drive
			either!

					PICARD
			Data, do we have any propulsion
			system that is functional?

					DATA
			No, sir. Apparently we do not.

					LIN
			We're adrift...

					RIKER
			Just like the Brattain.

	There is a moment as they absorb this news.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/2/91 - ACT THREE    24.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

37   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND BRATTAIN (OPTICAL)

	still floating in space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 44639.9.
			We have now been adrift for a
			total of ten days. We have sent
			sub-space distress calls, but
			because of our distant location,
			we cannot expect a response for
			at least another two weeks.

38   INT. ENTERPRISE - OBSERVATION LOUNGE - CONTINUOUS

	At the table sit Picard, Riker, Troi, Beverly, and
	Geordi. Data stands at the monitor. The staff is
	looking a little ragged... mildly disheveled, slightly
	on edge. Riker drums his fingers on the table. Picard
	tugs at his collar in an unconscious, compulsive
	gesture. Troi looks more exhausted than ever. Data,
	of course, is unchanged.

					DATA
			After analyzing the sensor logs
			from the Brattain and the
			Enterprise, as well as the data
			from our last series of probes,
			I have concluded that...

	He activates the monitor, which shows an OKUDAGRAM. It
	(very) roughly resembles two funnels, tipped on their
	sides, with narrow lips together.

    STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/8/91 - ACT THREE    25.

38   CONTINUED:

	Small figures indicating the Brattain and the
	Enterprise are placed in the left-hand funnel, the
	Brattain nearer the mouth.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			... we have become trapped in a
			massive rupture in space...
			undetectable by normal means...
			into which energy is absorbed.

					PICARD
			You mean... a Tyken's Rift...

					BEVERLY
			A what?

					DATA
			A rare anomaly named for Bela
			Tyken, the Melthusian Captain who
			first encountered it.

					GEORDI
			A Tyken's Rift -- of course...
			that would explain why we don't
			have engine power.

					DATA
				(acknowledges)
			The ship's energy is being drained
			into the fissure before we can
			utilize it.

	At this point, Worf walks in, uncharacteristically
	late. He makes his way to his seat as Picard gives him
	a searching look.

					WORF
				(tight-lipped)
			I was detained.

	Nothing else.

    STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/8/91 - ACT THREE    26.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			When Tyken was trapped in a Rift,
			his analysis determined that a
			massive energy release might
			overload and dislocate the
			anomaly. Fortunately, his cargo
			included anicium and yurium, which
			he used to detonate a massive
			explosion. He then escaped
			through the ruptured center of
			the Rift.

					GEORDI
				(acknowledges)
			But we aren't carrying anything
			that could produce that kind of
			explosion. Even our photon
			torpedoes wouldn't be enough.

					RIKER
			Can't we replicate the elements
			Tyken used?

					DATA
			We no longer have the power to
			reproduce complex elements with
			our replicators. We must find
			a way to generate a violent energy
			release without relying on
			conventional means.

					BEVERLY
			Data... in Tyken's experience...
			did the crew exhibit behavioral
			changes?

   STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT THREE   26A.

38   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			No. There were no reports of
			unusual conduct among the crew.

					TROI
			What about nightmares?

					DATA
			There was no record of sleep
			distubances of any kind,
			Counselor.

	Beverly takes note of this... ponders it...

					BEVERLY
			Then -- what is it? What's
			happening to us?

	The grey faces around her stare. But there are no
	answers.

     STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/9/91 - ACT THREE 27-28.       

39   OMITTED

40   INT. ENTERPRISE - TURBOLIFT

	Picard and Riker ENTER. Picard tugs at his collar.

					RIKER
			So far, the only one who doesn't
			seem affected by all this is
			Data...
				(beat)
			Bridge.

	There is a brief beat as Picard struggles to
	concentrate, focus his thoughts.

					PICARD
			Number One... how... are you?

					RIKER
			Sir?

					PICARD
			Any hallucinations? Nightmares?

	Riker also has to work to keep his ideas coherent.

					RIKER
			No... but I'd be a liar if I said
			I felt like myself... I bite my
			tongue to keep from snapping at
			people... and a couple of times,
			when I've gone into my quarters...
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT THREE   29.

40   CONTINUED:

					RIKER (Cont'd)
				(beat; this is hard for
				 him)
			... I've felt as though... there's
			someone in there... waiting for
			me...

	Picard nods, sympathetic.

					PICARD
			It's affecting all of us. I've
			-- had similar feelings...

	He strains to maintain control and not give in to
	whatever it is that grips them.

					PICARD
			With everyone around us
			succumbing... it's even more
			important that at least one of
			us stay in control of his
			faculties. I want you to turn
			in... take a nap. I'll be on the
			Bridge and you can relieve me in
			four hours.

	Riker hates being sent off like a tired child, but
	acknowledges the Captain's wisdom.

					RIKER
			All right, sir. Deck Eight.

	They proceed in silence, Picard tugging again at his
	collar, and then the turbolift stops and the doors
	open. Riker nods briefly at Picard and EXITS. The
	doors close again. Picard closes his eyes briefly and
	leans against the side of the turbolift... as though
	he's dizzy but didn't want to show it in front of
	Riker... then he glances upward. He sees --

   STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/20/90 - ACT THREE   30.

41
thru	OMITTED
42

43   THE TURBOLIFT CEILING -- HIS POV

	descending toward him.

44   PICARD

	stares upward in shock.

45   INT. ENTERPRISE - RIKER'S QUARTERS

	Riker ENTERS, then stops and listens warily, as though
	hearing something. He scans the room. Then he shakes
	it off, proceeds toward the bedroom.

46   INT. ENTERPRISE - TURBOLIFT

	Picard stares upward in horror, backing to a wall,
	holding up a hand as though to ward off the ceiling.

47   TURBOLIFT CEILING - HIS POV

	continues its downward plunge.

48   PICARD

	sinks to his knees.

49   INT. ENTERPRISE - RIKER'S QUARTERS - BEDROOM

	Riker ENTERS, studies the room, moves through it
	cautiously. He turns and looks back at the door he
	just entered.

50   INT. ENTERPRISE - TURBOLIFT

	Picard looks upward, shielding his head as --

51   THE CEILING

	rushes down at him, threatening to crush him...

   STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT THREE   31.

52   PICARD

					PICARD
			No! No!

53   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	The turbolift door opens. Worf, at his station, looks
	over to see --

54   PICARD

	huddled on the floor in terror, hands protectively over
	his head.

					PICARD
			No... stop... no...

55   ANGLE ON WORF

	as he moves toward the Captain, staring in amazement.

					WORF
			Sir... ?

	Picard gradually looks around, sees the others staring
	at him. He pulls himself up, glances up at the ceiling
	of the turbolift -- safely in its place. He rises and
	EXITS, struggling to maintain his dignity.

					PICARD
			As you were.

	Worf watches as the Captain proceeds to his chair.
	Worf registers nothing. Then, Picard hesitates,
	addresses Data.

					PICARD
			Mister Data... in my Ready Room,
			please...

56   INT. ENTERPRISE - RIKER'S QUARTERS - BEDROOM

	Dressed in a sleep robe, he goes to his bed, takes the
	cover and starts to flip it back. Then he whirls
	suddenly, looking behind him.

57   THE ROOM - HIS POV

	Quiet, still -- empty.

    STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT THREE 32-32A.       

58   BACK TO RIKER

	as he slides into bed under the cover. Then he reacts
	in surprise. He reaches down, flips off the cover and
	sees --

59   THE BED

	is a writhing nest of snakes, dozens of them, squirming
	and churning, covering the bed, slithering off onto
	the floor.

60   RIKER

	yells in alarm, leaps out of bed. He looks down again.

61   THE BED - HIS POV

	is empty of snakes.

62   RIKER

	Heart pounding, he stands there for a moment, catching
	his breath.

63   INT. ENTERPRISE - READY ROOM

	Picard with Data. The Captain has been profoundly
	shaken by his experience in the turbolift.

					DATA
			Sir, Commander La Forge and I have
			come up with a potential solution
			to our predicament. Perhaps the
			modifications we used to increase
			firepower against the Borg might
			be effective here.

					PICARD
			Channeling power into the main
			deflector dish...

					DATA
			I believe within six hours we
			can generate a concentrated burst
			of energy which might disrupt the
			Tyken's Rift.

    STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT THREE    33.

63   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Very well. Proceed.

	Data starts toward the door, but Picard stops him.

					PICARD
			Mister Data...

					DATA
				(turning back)
			Sir?

	Picard speaks with difficulty.

					PICARD
			Apparently... I am not immune...
			to the strange forces at work on
			this ship...

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	This is painful for Picard, to whom control is so
	important.

					PICARD
			It's a frightening prospect...
			to lose control of your mind...
				(beat)
			When I was young, I saw my
			grandfather deteriorate... from
			a powerful, robust figure... to
			a -- a frail wisp of a man, who
			couldn't even remember how to make
			his way home...

	He draws a breath, shakes off this dire memory.

					PICARD
			It is my responsibility...
			somehow... to see that this ship
			is guided to safety. I will have
			to rely on you, from now on...
				(beat)
			We may need to count on you for
			our very survival.

					DATA
			Yes, sir. I will do my best.

  STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT THREE  33A.

64   INT. ENTERPRISE - CARGO AREA/MORGUE

	Beverly speaks to a SUPERNUMERARY. They are in a hold
	which contains the covered bodies of the Brattain crew.

					BEVERLY
			I want to do more cross-sections
			on the brain tissue of some of
			these bodies. Set up the positron
			emission sensors in Sickbay...
			I'll decide which ones I want to
			study.

	The assistant nods and EXITS. Beverly approaches a
	corpse, lifts the attached autopsy report, reads it.
	A sudden sound... a thunk behind her... makes her look
	around.

65   THE MORGUE

	has an eerie look... bodies in translucent bags, held
	in stasis by (invisible) force fields, casting shadows
	on the floor and walls... but nothing is apparent which
	caused the noise.

   STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/17/90 - ACT THREE   34.

66   BEVERLY

	returns to her study. She moves to another corpse,
	reads the report. Then, a rustling noise... she looks
	up and sees --

67   A BODY

	sitting up, as if staring at her.

68   BEVERLY

	gasps, then turns to see that the body next to her has
	sat up, also. She backs up, turns -- sees another
	upright... turns again... sees several of them...
	spins... and now...

69   THE BODIES

	have all sat upright, as though staring at her...

70   BEVERLY

	closes her eyes. This is a hallucination. Nothing
	more. She speaks firmly, but calmly.

					BEVERLY
			Go away.

	She opens her eyes.

71   THE ROOM

	is as it was, bodies shrouded on their pads.

72   BEVERLY

	fights for control... quiets her pounding heart.

73   INT. ENTERPRISE - READY ROOM

	Beverly is with Picard and Data.

   STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT THREE   35.

73   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Captain, let me ask you this:
			since we located the Brattain...
			can you remember any of your
			dreams?

	Picard stares at her, perplexed. It's hard enough to
	concentrate... but what does this have to do with
	anything?

					PICARD
			I hardly ever remember dreams...

					BEVERLY
			A lot of people don't... but
			think... have you had a dream in
			the last ten days?

					PICARD
				(struggles with it)
			I... don't recall...

					BEVERLY
			I'm betting you haven't. What's
			more, neither has anyone else on
			board this ship -- except Troi.
			I began to realize it when she
			talked about her nightmares.

	Picard stares at her, trying to stay with her.
	Beverly, too, is ragged, faltering.

					BEVERLY
			I've done additional brain tissue
			tests on some of the bodies from
			the... the...

					DATA
			The Brattain...

					BEVERLY
			... and scans on a random
			cross-section of our crew. They
			all show the same result... a
			unique chemical imbalance.

					PICARD
			Caused by -- ?

					BEVERLY
			Dream deprivation.

  STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT THREE  35A.

73   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard looks at her quizzically.

					BEVERLY
			Every night... we... we enter
			into... sleep...

   STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/20/90 - ACT THREE   36.

73   CONTINUED: (3)

	Beverly is losing it, not able to concentrate on what
	she was saying. Data fills the gap.

					DATA
			I believe the Doctor means to say
			that humans enter what is known
			as REM sleep... rapid eye
			movement. It is the level of
			brain-wave activity at which you
			dream.

					BEVERLY
			We need dreams to survive... if
			we don't get REM sleep, we don't
			dream, and we begin to lose our
			-- cognitive abilities... it
			becomes hard to concentrate...
			we forget... how to do the most
			ordinary task.

	Picard is listening intently. It's becoming clear.

					BEVERLY
			Then... we become irritable...
			paranoid... some people
			experience hallucinations...

					PICARD
			You're describing the situation
			on this ship... But Counselor
			Troi has reported nightmares...

					BEVERLY
			Maybe it's because she's Betazoid.
			I don't know... but there's
			something more going on here than
			being stuck in a Tyken's Rift...
			and I don't know how or why it's
			happening...

	She draws a breath, fixes him with a steady look.

   STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/17/90 - ACT THREE   37.

73   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			But I do know this. There is an
			inevitable conclusion to this
			pattern. If I can't find a way
			to reverse it -- we are all going
			to go insane.

	Picard's look reflects the enormity of the statement.
	His gaze swings to Data: he, of course, would survive.
	Data is imperturbed by the implications.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT FOUR    38.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

74   INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY

	Troi sits by the bio-bed where Hagan lies. Her head
	rests against the wall and her eyes are fluttering
	closed. CAMERA DRIFTS in toward her as:

75   SERIES OF CUTS - INTERCUTTING (OPTICAL)

	from Troi's first nightmare... the void... the hazy,
	murky cavity... the lights, the sighing sound, Troi
	floating, calling...

					TROI
			Where are you... ?

76   NOW IN THE NIGHTMARE (OPTICAL)

	Troi drifts toward the lights, discerning something
	in the distance... an indistinct shape...

					SIGHING VOICE
			Eyes... in the dark... one moon
			circles...

77   BACK IN SICKBAY

	Troi's eyes blink open and she sits up, looking around
	fuzzily, realizes she was dreaming. She turns to
	Hagan.

					TROI (V.O.)
			I'm still here... I haven't gone
			anywhere...

	Hagan stirs vaguely.

					TROI (V.O.)
			Do you remember anything more?

					HAGAN (V.O.)
			...double... double...

					TROI (V.O.)
			What does that mean? Is something
			doubled?

	But Hagan is silent. Troi rises and walks over to
	Beverly.

   STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/20/90 - ACT FOUR   38A.

77A  ANGLE - ANOTHER PART OF SICKBAY

	Beverly is with a patient on a bio-bed, to whom is
	attached neurotransmitter monitors. Beverly is pale
	and shaky, trying hard to hold it all together, but
	discouraged.

					BEVERLY
			Deanna... Nothing's working...
			I've tried somatic drugs, I've
			tried inducing theta waves in the
			entorhinal cortex... no matter
			what I do, no one can reach REM
			sleep. No one can dream... except
			you...

	Troi, exhausted, absorbs this.

					TROI
				(ironic)
			Except me... And all I have is
			nightmares... I can barely sleep
			at all anymore.

	She shakes her head... her gaze is drawn back toward
	Hagan...

					TROI
			In the end... I'll be like him.
			Just like him.

	She turns away in despair, not wanting to see her own
	destiny.

    STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT FOUR    39.

78   INT. ENTERPRISE - TEN-FORWARD

	A few desultory souls... the mood is nervous, somber --
	not a happy place. Guinan circulates; you sense she's
	keeping tensions under control. Gillespie is there,
	and not in good shape... irritable, impulsive. He's
	trying to garner support.

					GILLESPIE
			I think... it's some kind of
			experiment... Captain Picard
			wants to see how we'll take it,
			stuck here like rats...

					GUINAN
			You couldn't be more wrong...

					GILLESPIE
			It's like we're laboratory
			animals... I don't want to sit
			and wait for death to sneak up
			behind me...

					GUINAN
			What's that supposed to mean?

	Gillespie glances around, leans in.

					GILLESPIE
			You heard about them on the
			Brattain... shut in their
			rooms... dying alone... that's
			not for me. I'd rather go out
			fighting...

79   GUINAN

	Guinan shakes her head in disdain and moves off.

80   INT. ENTERPRISE - ENGINEERING

	Data ENTERS to find Geordi. Geordi is not in good
	shape... shaky and ragged. It's costing him effort
	to hang in there. Peeples is working in the
	background.

					GEORDI
			Okay... all power has been
			channelled to the... the...


    STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/8/91 - ACT FOUR    40.

80   CONTINUED:

	He looks at Data, losing his thought.

					GEORDI
			I can't remember what it's called.

					DATA
			The main deflector dish...

					GEORDI
			Yes... so, now what do we do?

	Data gives him a look; he's gone over and over this and
	Geordi isn't retaining it.

					DATA
			We must coordinate our effort with
			the Bridge.

	Geordi stares blankly; Data keys his com badge.

					DATA
			Data to Bridge...

81   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - INTERCUTTING

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Troi, and Lin. Again, everyone
	reflects their diminished circumstances.

					PICARD
			Yes...

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			We are ready to discharge the main
			deflector, Captain.

					PICARD
			All right...

	He looks around the Bridge at his crew -- haggard,
	edgy, desperate. He can barely remember what he has to
	do.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Mister Worf -- activate the
			deflector.

82   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The main deflector dish begins to glow.

   STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT FOUR   41.

83   INT. ENTERPRISE - ENGINEERING

	Geordi and Data are intent upon their monitors, and do
	not see Peeples approaching Geordi from behind.

					GEORDI
			Deflector power coils
			charging...

	Suddenly Peeples leaps toward Geordi. Data has seen
	the movement and springs quickly to his feet, parrying
	the blow and seizing Peeples' arm. Geordi is
	nonplussed.

					GEORDI
			Peeples...

					DATA
				(touches com)
			Security to Engineering.

					PEEPLES
			You've been changing the reactant
			mix... that's why we're stuck
			here...

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Deflector powerbanks approaching
			maximum. Discharge in fifteen
			seconds.

	Two SECURITY GUARDS ENTER.

					DATA
			Confine Ensign Peeples to
			Sickbay.

	The guards take Peeples out, still ranting.

					PEEPLES
			I'll tell everyone what you're
			doing, Commander...

	The guards haul him out and Geordi turns to Data,
	dazed.

					GEORDI
			Data... this detonation better
			work... we aren't gonna last much
			longer...

   STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/20/90 - ACT FOUR   42.

84   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

					WORF
			Discharge in three seconds...
			two... one...

85   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	A thin, reedy beam flicks out from the deflector...
	and then sputters and snuffs out like a defective
	firecracker.

86   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE/ENGINEERING

					RIKER
			Nothing... it just fizzled out...

					DATA
			The energy output was absorbed
			into the Rift.

87   ANGLE ON WORF

	as he stands, tight-lipped, in reaction to this
	failure.

					PICARD
			Data... can we try again?

88   ON THE GROUP

					DATA
			No, sir. If we draw more power,
			we risk losing life-support
			systems.

	Picard does not respond. He is unable to think beyond
	this point and come up with options for the next step.

89   ON WORF

	as, unseen by most, he turns and walks off the Bridge.

90   TROI

	sees him go, however, and looks puzzled.

   STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/17/90 - ACT FOUR   43.

91
thru	OMITTED
93

94   INT. ENTERPRISE - WORF'S QUARTERS

	The door opens and Worf ENTERS and prowls, as though
	searching for something. He goes to the wall which
	contains the bat'telh sword... lifts it from its frame,
	studies it... then returns it to its place.

95   ANOTHER ANGLE

	as he approaches a table, reaches for a long,
	decorative box. He opens it.

96   ON THE BOX

	as it opens, revealing a ghastly-looking Klingon
	dagger, with ribbed wedges along the blade... so that
	pulling it out would do more damage than pushing it in.

97   WORF

	picks up the dagger, turns it over and over in his
	hands. He clasps his hands on the handle.

					WORF
			lujpu' jiH'e, Alexandrijn.

	Troi bursts into the apartment, surprising Worf, who is
	standing with both hands on the dagger, ready to plunge
	it into his chest.

					TROI
			Worf, no!

	He sees her, turns away.

					WORF
			You will not stop me...

	But she keeps coming, touching her badge as she does.

					TROI
			Security to Lieutenant Worf's
			quarters, immediately...

					WORF
			No one will stop me...

   STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/17/90 - ACT FOUR   44.

97   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Why, Worf? What is it?

	Worf hesitates... half turns to her...

					WORF
			I am no longer a warrior... I am
			no longer strong... I feel...

	He stops, unable to go on. Troi moves toward him,
	nurturing, gentle.

					TROI
			What is it you feel?

			Worf stares at her, agonizing. The admission is almost
			too overwhelming for him.

					WORF
			I feel... fear.

					TROI
			Worf... to admit that you are
			afraid... gives you strength.

	Worf looks at her, allows her to grip his hand.

					WORF
			Something is waiting for us...
			I am not strong enough to fight
			it...

					TROI
			No, Worf. It is just an illusion.
			It is not real.
				(beat)
			Please... put down the knife.

	He hesitates, stares at her, wrestles with his proud
	warrior's sensibility. But Troi's compassion has
	inspired trust. He holds for a beat... then lowers
	the knife... puts it on a table. Then, the SECURITY
	GUARDS hurry in.

					TROI
			It's all right. Everything is
			fine. Thank you.

	Puzzled and uncertain, they retreat. Worf never takes
	his eyes off Troi. She holds out her hand to him.

        STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT FOUR      44A.

97   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Let me take you to Sickbay.

	He takes her hand. She leads him out the door.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/20/90 - ACT FIVE       45.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

98   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND BRATTAIN (OPTICAL)

					DATA (V.O.)
			Acting Captain's log, stardate
			44642.1. I have assumed command
			of the Enterprise at the request
			of Captain Picard. Our situation
			is deteriorating; many of the crew
			are unable to function and our
			life support systems are beginning
			to falter.

99   INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY

	Troi with Hagan.

					TROI (V.O.)
			Once before... you said
			"double"... what did you mean?
			What is double?

					HAGAN (V.O.)
			...mates... too bright... a --
			twin... cannot leave the twin...
			one moon circling...

					TROI (V.O.)
			... what do you mean... you can't
			leave?

	Hagan tenses slightly, as though hearing something...

					HAGAN (V.O.)
			No, no... please... can't...

					TROI (V.O.)
			You want to leave? Why can't you?

					HAGAN (V.O.)
			Can't go... help... one moon
			circling... eyes... that's it...
			eyes... in the dark... can't
			leave...

	Troi stares at him, stunned.

         STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/2/91 - ACT FIVE       45A.

99   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(aloud)
			Eyes in the dark... that's what
			the voice said in my dream.

	She leans closer to him.

					TROI
			Is that where you heard it? In
			a dream? Over and over... ?

	Hagan does not acknowledge directly... but tears roll
	from his eyes down his cheeks... Deanna rises, hurries
	to a wan and bedraggled Beverly.

         STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/2/91 - ACT FIVE        46.

100  ANGLE - BEVERLY AND TROI (CONTINUOUS)

					TROI
			Beverly... I know what it is...
			I know what's happening...

					BEVERLY
			What... ?

					TROI
			My nightmare... it's not a dream.
			It's not a dream at all... it's
			a message.

101  INT. ENTERPRISE - READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Data, Troi, Beverly, and Picard. The others are
	noticeable by their absence. The group that is there,
	except for Data, is in bad shape. They are unkempt,
	hair in disarray and eyes red-rimmed. They are on the
	edge of an emotional abyss, all struggling mightily to
	keep from toppling over. Beverly is unable to sit
	still, and keeps jumping up to pace. Picard is
	straining to remain cogent, but keeps his hands tightly
	clasped, as though to hold onto sanity. Troi is
	possessed of an urgency that threatens to overwhelm
	her.

					TROI
			REM sleep occurs at a different
			frequency for Betazoids than other
			humanoids... I believe these
			beings are using that frequency
			to communicate telepathically...

					DATA
			It is conceivable that this
			telepathic communication is
			creating an interference that
			prevents REM sleep in other
			species -- that would be an
			explanation for why the rest
			of the crew is not dreaming.

					PICARD
			Counselor... what are these --
			beings -- trying to tell us?

					TROI
			They're calling for help. I think
			they're trapped just like we are.
			"Eyes in the dark"... could mean
			this twin star system...

         STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/2/91 - ACT FIVE        47.

101  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Your hypothesis is certainly
			plausible.

	Data goes to the monitor and snaps on the same OKUDAGRAM
	he used in describing the Tyken's Rift.

					DATA
			It may well be that there is
			another ship... on the other side
			of the fissure... where we
			cannot detect it.

					BEVERLY
			Is there any way... to block their
			signals?

					DATA
			We have no technology to block
			telepathic transmissions, Doctor.

					TROI
			Maybe... communication through
			dreams can work both ways... I
			could try to get them to stop...

					DATA
			Perhaps we can accomplish more
			than that. If we could coordinate
			our efforts with these beings...
			we might work together to free
			ourselves.

					TROI
			It is conceivable... in working
			with patients who have
			debilitating nightmares, I have
			often used a therapetuic treament
			known as "directed dreaming"...

	The others look at her, trying to hang on to what she's
	saying. It's all they can do to comprehend it.

         STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/2/91 - ACT FIVE        48.

101  CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Dreamers can learn to take control
			of their dreams... retain a
			conscious memory... even while
			they're in REM sleep. I should
			be able to remember a short
			message.

					PICARD
			If it's... possible... what would
			you say... ?

	That's not so easy to answer. Troi looks to Data, who
	muses thoughtfully and we...

									CUT TO:

101A INT. BRIDGE - SCIENCE STATION - MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	Widen to reveal Troi sitting with Data as he taps more
	instructions into the console. A SERIES OF GRAPHICS
	scrolls on the monitor -- atomic diagrams of
	elements accompany the text. Troi stares at them,
	intrigued.

					DATA
			What we must discover is a means
			by which, working together with
			the aliens, we can produce an
			explosion more intense than either
			of us could achieve alone.

					TROI
			What is it you're looking for?

					DATA
			These are the elements we have
			available. Some of them could
			be used in the creation of an
			explosive reaction. If we can
			communicate this inventory to
			the other ship, perhaps they will
			be able to --

					TROI
			No, Data... that's too complex.
			This has to be a simple, clear
			message...

         STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT FIVE       48A.

101A CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I am uncertain if a simple
			transmission will be adequate...

	But Troi isn't listening -- she's noticed something.

					TROI
			Stop... go back...

	Data hits a control.

130:[1,#b],133:[1,#b]
         STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT FIVE        49.

101B INSERT - MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	as it scrolls backwards. The material is text,
	accompanied by atomic diagrams.

					TROI (O.C.)
			Further back... there. Stop.

	The monitor stops on a readout describing a hydrogen
	atom; next to it is the diagram -- one electron
	circling one proton.

101C RESUME TWO SHOT

					TROI
			"One... moon... circles... "

					DATA
				(curious)
			Yes, Counselor, one electron
			circles one proton... this is a
			hydrogen atom.

					TROI
			"One moon circles"... that's what
			they have been telling me... over
			and over...

					DATA
			Perhaps the aliens are thinking
			as we are... to collaborate in
			producing an explosion. If
			hydrogen is combined with certain
			elements... calendenium, for
			example, it is extremely volatile.
				(beat)
			But... would the message mean they
			have hydrogen... or want
			hydrogen?

					TROI
			If it is a distress call, they'd
			be asking for what they need...
			not what they already have.

					DATA
			Then a proper course of action
			would be for us to release
			hydrogen into the Rift and hope
			that they have a substance which
			could detonate it.

					TROI
			How do I tell them what to do?

        STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/11/91 - ACT FIVE        50.

101C CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			If you are correct, Counselor,
			I believe they have already told
			us what to do... and are waiting
			for us to do it. When we are
			ready the only message you should
			try to convey is, "Now!"

102  INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY

	Troi with Beverly. Beverly is shaky, keeps brushing
	at her hair, but gamely hanging on to her
	concentration.

					BEVERLY
			I can help keep you in REM sleep
			for a while with this cortical
			scanner... it will maintain
			electrical activity in your brain
			at the proper frequencies...

	Troi lies back on the bed and Beverly begins attaching
	electrodes.

									INTERCUT:

103  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard at command, struggling to stay focused. Data is
	at Ops. No one else is on the Bridge.

					DATA
			Counselor. You will have to
			communicate with the other ship
			within two minutes of entering
			REM sleep.

					TROI
				(reacts)
			Two minutes, is that all, Data?

					DATA
			Unfortunately, yes. We have only
			enough power to emit a hydrogen
			stream for that period of time.
			They must understand that they
			have to detonate it immediately.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/11/91 - ACT FIVE       50A.

103  CONTINUED:

					DATA (Cont'd)
				(to Picard)
			Sir, we are ready to implement
			the plan.

					PICARD
			Proceed.

					DATA
			We will need to draw power from
			the life support systems in order
			to discharge the collectors.
				(a beat, Picard doesn't
				 respond, so Data
				 activates a companel)
			This is Acting Captain Data. All
			personnel will report to
			designated shelter areas
			immediately...

104  INT. ENTERPRISE - TEN FORWARD - CONTINUOUS

	as the group hears Data's announcement. O'Brien and
	Gillespie are among them.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			... life support systems will
			continue only in emergency shelter
			areas...

	This announcement turns the crowd's dark mood nasty.
	The crowd is standing, milling about.

        STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/20/90 - ACT FIVE       51.

104  CONTINUED:

					GILLESPIE
			Hear that? ... get us jammed into
			shelter areas... we sit and wait
			to die... nobody'll ever find
			us...

					GUINAN
				(trying to calm them)
			You can all relax... Ten Forward
			is a designated shelter area.

					GILLESPIE
			Do we want to die here... like
			helpless children?

	There are rumbles of response.

105  ANGLE - GUINAN

	She quietly touches a com panel.

					GUINAN
			Security to Ten-Forward... right
			away.

106  ON THE GROUP

					GILLESPIE
			We don't even know what we're
			dying for...

					O'BRIEN
			Gillespie, sit down... you're not
			helping matters any...

					GILLESPIE
			What's wrong with... standing up
			for ourselves?

	A cheer goes up. Gillespie turns, brushes past
	O'Brien's effort to stop him, and leads a sizeable
	group toward the portal... as TWO SECURITY GUARDS come
	in... but they're not in much better shape...

107  ANGLE - GUARDS AND GROUP

	There is a brief scuffle. The guards are disarmed.
	Gillespie and his group push to the front.

        STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT FIVE       52.

108  GILLESPIE AND CROWD

					GILLESPIE
			I say... Captain owes us some
			answers... let's go...

	They surge again toward the door, but this time, they
	see --

109  GUINAN (OPTICAL)

	standing in front of the door... holding a massive
	weapon in her hands -- the 24th Century equivalent of
	a shot gun.

					GUINAN
			Hold it.

	The group slows but keeps coming.

					GILLESPIE
			What's that... ?

					GUINAN
			It's a little souvenir I picked
			up on Magus Three...

					GILLESPIE
			Stand aside, Guinan... I'm not
			feeling so good and I don't have
			much patience...

	He steps forward and Guinan raises the weapon, fires
	over their heads... a huge FLARE blossoms out,
	suggesting massive firepower.

					GUINAN
			That's setting number one.
				(beat, while they absorb
				 this)
			Now...
				(adjusts the setting)
			... anybody want to see number two?

	The group is at a dead halt, staring at her.

         STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT FIVE        53.

109  CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			I'm not feeling so good myself...
			in fact, I'm real irritable...
			so I hope nobody's got the idea
			they're going through this door.
			Because they'll have to go through
			me first.

	Gillespie and the others glare at her. But they don't
	move.

110  INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY

	Beverly with Troi, who is asleep on the bio-bed,
	electrodes attached. A NURSE attends.

					BEVERLY
			PGO signals steady... visual
			cortex is showing increased
			activity... rapid eye movements
			commencing...

	Troi's breathing is deep and steady. Beverly stares a
	beat at the read-out... seems to lose focus, then
	remembers what she's to do... touches her insignia.

					BEVERLY
			Crusher to Bridge... she's in REM
			sleep...

111  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - INTERCUTTING

					DATA
			Thank you, Doctor.
				(to Picard)
			Activating the Bussard collectors.

112  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The collectors on the engine nacelles begin to emit
	a thin stream of red gas.

113  INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY

	Camera DRIFTS into Troi's face as she sleeps.

         STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT FIVE        54.

114  INT. NIGHTMARE VOID (OPTICAL)

	Troi is floating in the mists... the twin lights glow
	through the fog... the sighing voice calls from
	beyond... Troi drifts deeper into the foggy
	emptiness...

					TROI
			Where are you?

					SIGHING VOICE
			Eyes... in the dark...

	Troi turns and looks back, as though searching for a
	way out. She is uncertain, fearful....

115  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The streams of hydrogen are reaching further into
	space.

116  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

					DATA
			We have ninety seconds remaining.

117  IN THE NIGHTMARE (OPTICAL)

	Troi turns back toward the lights, floats on through
	the swirling vapors... the blurred and indistinct
	shapes seem a long way off.

					TROI
			Where are you... ?

118  INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY

	Beverly tries to concentrate on the brain scanner
	monitor.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			How is she, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
				(touches com)
			Still in REM sleep...

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			And how are you?

         STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT FIVE        55.

118  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			...I'm... fine...

119  INT. NIGHTMARE ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Troi drifts on, pushing at the clouds as though they
	had substance.

					TROI
			Where are you? I have to
			find you... I have to tell
			you...

	The sighing voice grows louder, eerier. Troi looks
	frightened... the voice swirls louder, like wind
	before a thunderstorm.

120  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The streams of hydrogen now reach deep into space.

121  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

					DATA
			Forty-five seconds remaining.

122  IN THE NIGHTMARE

	The voice is louder now, deafening... a wind has
	swirled the fog into grotesque shapes and patterns...
	it's hard going... Troi falls to the ground...

					TROI
			Please... I must find you... tell
			you...

	Then, suddenly, she looks up, startled by something in
	front of her.

123  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

					DATA
			Thirty seconds...

124  IN THE NIGHTMARE (OPTICAL)

	Troi looks up to see --

         STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT FIVE        56.

125  A SHAPE - HER POV (OPTICAL)

	A dark figure, no more than a shadow, moving toward her
	from the gloom.

126  TROI (OPTICAL)

	stares at him, startled.

127  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

					DATA
			Ten seconds.

128  OMITTED

129  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	From the collectors, the last of the hydrogen stretches
	into space... a long, long way...

130  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	as Data and Picard watch... the beam knifes through the
	darkness... disappears in the distance... they wait...
	wait... The lights dim further...

					PICARD
			Nothing... no explosion...

					DATA
			The Counselor was unsuccessful.

	A beat... and then they see --

131  EXT. SPACE - HUGE EXPLOSIONS (OPTICAL)

	A brilliant pyrotechnical display... an explosion,
	which illuminates the funnel-shaped %7F%7Frift" in which
	they have been trapped.

132  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	as Picard and Data see the explosion, roiling and
	raging. There is a hum as power is restored and lights
	snap on. Picard rises... instinctively knowing what to
	do...

         STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT FIVE        57.

132  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Activate impulse engines...

					DATA
			Engines activated, sir...

	Data presses several panels on his Ops pad.

133  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	grabs power, accelerates, skims through the last sparks
	of the diminishing explosion... directly into the
	center of the rift...

	And passing it, going the opposite direction... a
	shapeless mass... a sparkling energy field... the
	other ship.

134  INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY

	Troi smiles... then her eyes flutter open as she comes
	awake.

135  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise clears the event and emerges into the
	quiet starfield once more.

					DATA
			We have cleared the rift, sir.
			Warp engines are coming back on
			line.

					PICARD
			Set a course...

        STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/20/90 - ACT FIVE       58.

135  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Setting a course for Starbase
			Two-twenty. Sir, as my final
			duty as Acting Captain, I order
			you to bed. I shall do the same
			for all personnel.

					PICARD
			Very well, Mister Data...

	He rises, pauses.

					PICARD
			And... thank you.

					DATA
			Yes, sir. Pleasant dreams.

	Picard EXITS the Bridge, and Data, alone, implacably
	pilots the ship toward safe harbor.

136  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the ship streaks away.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             













                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                       "Identity Crisis" 
                          #40274-192 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                         Brannon Braga 
                              
                           Directed 
                          Rick Kolbe 


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                         FINAL DRAFT


         STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Identity Crisis" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             SUSANNA LEIJTEN
                RIKER              HICKMAN
                DATA               BREVELLE
                BEVERLY            
                GEORDI             Non-Speaking
                WORF                 TWO ALIENS
                                     MENDEZ
                                   
                TRANSPORTER CHIEF HEDRICK
                NURSE ALYSSA OGAWA 
                ENSIGN GRAHAM      
                COMPUTER VOICE    
 
                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  SECURITY GUARDS    

         STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Identity Crisis" 
                           
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE       SHUTTLECRAFT
              SICKBAY
                BEVERLY'S OFFICE       TARCHANNEN
              TEN FORWARD                OUTPOST
              ENGINEERING                CLEARING
                GEORDI'S OFFICE
              CORRIDORS
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              HOLODECK
              TURBOLIFT
          
            HOLODECK
              TARCHANNEN SURFACE
          
            SHUTTLECRAFT

    STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Identity Crisis" 
                           
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 CRECHE            CRAY-sh
                 LEIJTEN           LIE-ten
                 MICROPHAGE        MICRO-foj
                 TARCHANNEN        tar-CHAN-in

       STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                     "Identity Crisis"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. TARCHANNEN - RECORDING DEVICE POV (OPTICAL)

	A VISUAL OVERLAY, complete with ticking stardate, is
	superimposed over a dark, desolate landscape of spindly
	black plants and shadowy dunes... a world of perpetual
	twilight.

					BREVELLE (O.S.)
			Tarchannen Three Investigation.
			Stardate 40164.7. Ensign Anthony
			Brevelle Recording. Lieutenant
			Susanna Leijten in command.

	Then the recording device pans to include a small,
	futuristic structure... and LIEUTENANT SUSANNA LEIJTEN.
	Late twenties, striking, dynamic. She faces the
	camera.

					SUSANNA
			You up and running, Brevelle?

					BREVELLE (O.S.)
			Yes, Lieutenant.

	GEORDI moves into view, holding a Tricorder. (Note:
	Geordi is younger here, wearing a slightly different,
	earlier version of his VISOR.)

					GEORDI
				(baffled)
			I've checked buildings Four and
			Five... they're like all the
			others... no phaser hits, no sign
			of a fight. Looks like the entire
			outpost just... vanished...

					HICKMAN (O.S.)
				(from a distance)
			Lieutenant Leijten...

	The recording device pans back out into that gloomy
	landscape to reveal two palm beacons in the distance.
	One is held by ENSIGN PAUL HICKMAN, the other by ENSIGN
	EMILITA MENDEZ.

    STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/15/91 - TEASER    2.

1    CONTINUED:

					HICKMAN
				(continuing)
			You'd better come see this...

2    FOLLOW SUSANNA AND GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	As they hurry toward Hickman and Mendez.

					HICKMAN
			No footprints... no vehicle
			tracks. The wind probably erased
			them... but look...

	Then as Hickman lifts a dirty, torn Starfleet uniform
	into view, a disembodied voice is heard...

					SUSANNA (O.S.)
			Freeze visual.

	Everything and everyone FREEZES as we REVEAL...

3    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	This has all taken place on the wall MONITOR. A
	slightly older Susanna stands beside it, pointing to
	their images as she speaks...

					SUSANNA
			That's Hickman on the right...
			that's Mendez on the left...
			and as already noted, the
			recording was made by Ensign
			Brevelle... five years ago...

	As she turns to face PICARD, RIKER, and GEORDI...

					PICARD
			Commander Leijten, you said
			Brevelle was ill last week for
			several days before he...
			deserted. What about Mendez?

					SUSANNA
			Mendez was last seen aboard the
			Aries an hour before she
			disappeared. According to
			witnesses, she seemed completely
			normal.

       STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - TEASER       3.

3    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			And Hickman?

	Susanna shakes her head.

					SUSANNA
			He just passed a routine
			physical... with flying colors.

					GEORDI
				(skeptical)
			I know Paul Hickman. He's a
			family man... two kids. I can't
			believe he'd steal a shuttle and
			desert...

	Susanna sits down in the chair beside him.

					SUSANNA
			Believe it, Geordi. He was
			spotted by a Federation supply
			ship yesterday... on a course
			toward Tarchannen Three.

	Everyone ponders this for a moment. Then...

					PICARD
			The original Tarchannen
			disapperances were never solved,
			were they?

					SUSANNA
			No... we never learned what
			happened or why. Forty-nine
			people... gone...

	Riker contemplates the monitor...

					RIKER
			And now, five years later, members
			of the away team that investigated
			the disappearances... have started
			disappearing themselves.

       STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - TEASER       4.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					SUSANNA
				(acknowledges)
			Geordi and I are the only two
			left.

	And off this ominous statement...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT ONE      5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

4    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At warp speed.

					PICARD (V.O)
			Captain's log, Stardate 44664.5.
			We have set a course to intercept
			Lieutenant Hickman's stolen
			shuttlecraft... and, hopefully,
			to discover the whereabouts of
			the other missing officers...

5    INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and Susanna at a table, drinking drinks.
	There's a subtext here... both have to wonder if
	they're in some kind of danger... but they try to mask
	it with casual humor and small talk...

					SUSANNA
			And then I almost married Paul
			Bogrow...

					GEORDI
			Bogrow... which one was he?

					SUSANNA
			You remember... with the thin
			moustache...

					GEORDI
				(remembering)
			Not Bogrow...

					SUSANNA
				(laughs)
			I know.

					GEORDI
			The one who used to drive you
			crazy... you thought he was so
			full of himself...

					SUSANNA
				(acknowledges)
			Well, I decided I prejudged him
			unfairly...


      STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT ONE      6.

5    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Uh huh...

					SUSANNA
			And then I decided I'd been right
			in the first place.

					GEORDI
				(laughs, shakes his
				 head)
			Bogrow...

					SUSANNA
			And what about you... how come
			you never found the right girl?

					GEORDI
			I enjoy the bachelor's life too
			much...

					SUSANNA
			That doesn't sound like my "little
			brother" who always wanted advice
			on women...

					GEORDI
			Well, you were obviously a great
			advisor...

	Susanna nods. Suddenly somber.

					GEORDI
			What do you think, Suz?

					SUSANNA
			I don't know. But I'm not ashamed
			to tell you...
				(beat)
			I'm a little scared, you know?

      STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT ONE      6A.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Yeah, I know.

	A beat as Susanna tries to lift their spirits out of
	the dip...

					SUSANNA
			Well, if anybody's gonna figure
			this out, it'll be the Leitjen
			and La Forge Show, right? We
			always made a good team...

					GEORDI
			A helluva team...

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Commander La Forge, Commander
			Leijten, report to the Bridge.
			We have a fix on the missing
			shuttle.

	Geordi and Susanna exchange a look as...

					GEORDI
				(keying insignia)
			On our way, Commander.

    STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/15/91 - ACT ONE    7.

6    OMITTED

7    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, WORF, DATA at their positions; ENSIGN
	GRAHAM at the helm; SUPERNUMERARIES as needed.

					GRAHAM
			Entering the Tarchannen system,
			sir.

					PICARD
			Slow to impulse power. Mister
			Worf?

					WORF
			Long range sensors holding on the
			shuttlecraft... bearing zero one
			zero, mark two seven one.

					PICARD
			Hail the vessel.

					WORF
			Lieutenant Hickman is not
			responding, sir.

					PICARD
			Put a repeating message on all
			sub-space channels. Make it a
			Priority One communique -- order
			the Lieutenant to come about and
			stand to.

	As Geordi and Susanna ENTER from the turbolift...

					WORF
			Still no response, sir.

					GRAHAM
			The craft is now within visual
			range.

					PICARD
			On screen.

8    ANGLE ON VIEW SCREEN (OPTICAL) (INTERCUT)

	A Federation shuttle speeding through space. Susanna
	watches the view screen, takes a nervous breath.

   STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/15/91 - ACT ONE   7A.

8    CONTINUED:

	This is it -- the investigation is at a critical
	moment...

					DATA
			The shuttle's acceleration is
			increasing... its trajectory is
			moving directly into the
			planet's atmosphere.

      STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT ONE      8.

9    EXT. SPACE - THE SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	Approaching TARCHANNEN THREE, a grey orb visible in
	the distance.

10   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker's on his feet. Geordi stands by Data at Ops.

					DATA
			He will reach an atmospheric
			interface at an altitude of two
			hundred and ten kilometers.

					RIKER
			At his current speed, he'll
			self-destruct.

					DATA
			That is correct, Commander.

					PICARD
			How soon, Data?

					DATA
				(checking panels)
			Fifty-three seconds.

					PICARD
			Options?

					GRAHAM
			He's out of transporter range.

					GEORDI
			And he's too far away for a
			positive lock with the tractor
			beam.

					PICARD
				(quickly, to Worf)
			Open a channel.

					WORF
			Open.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Hickman, listen
			carefully. I am Captain Picard
			of the Enterprise. You are in
			danger. You must slow your rate
			of approach.

    STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/15/91 - ACT ONE    9.

10   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(reacting to console)
			The shuttle is approaching the
			outer thermosphere, Captain.

					RIKER
			He's panicking...

					DATA
			At current rate of acceleration,
			the shuttlecraft will be destroyed
			in twenty-eight seconds.

11   EXT. SPACE - THE SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	The shuttlecraft continues on toward Tarchannen at
	faster speed.

12   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data responds to his console...

					DATA
			Sixteen seconds to impact.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Lieutenant Hickman, you must do
			as I tell you. Reduce your
			velocity and bring your craft to
			a positive pitch of twenty
			degrees... now.

					DATA
			The shuttle is entering the lower
			ionosphere...

13   EXT. SPACE - THE SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	It flies toward the planet and burns into the
	atmosphere. A spectacular FLASH, some stray sparks...
	then nothing.

14   INT. BRIDGE - CLOSE UPS - VARIOUS

	Riker, Worf, Picard, Geordi, and finally Susanna...
	shocked. Then...

   STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/15/91 - ACT ONE   10.

14   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Sir, sensors detect two more
			Federation shuttlecraft on the
			planet's surface... no life signs.

	Reactions...

					PICARD
			Ready an away team, Number One.

					RIKER
			Geordi, Data, Worf...

	Riker looks at Susanna, nods.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			And Commander Leijten.

	Then as they all head for the turbolift...

15   EXT. TARCHANNEN OUTPOST - ESTABLISHING

	After five years, sand dunes have begun to encroach
	upon the abandoned facility.

16   EXT. TARCHANNEN SURFACE - NEARBY (OPTICAL)

	A dark and gloomy landscape... trapped in a perpetual
	twilight. Riker, Worf, Data, Geordi and Susanna
	MATERIALIZE in a clearing near a SHUTTLECRAFT. They
	flick on their palm beacons and move toward it, Susanna
	in the lead.

					RIKER
			Commander Leijten, La Forge, check
			the shuttle... Worf, Data, you've
			got the perimeter.

17   SUSANNA

	Checks the side of the shuttle for identification...
	finds it.

					SUSANNA
			It's the shuttle pod Mendez stole
			from the Aries...

	Geordi pulls the shuttle's doors open and ENTERS it.

      STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT ONE      11.

18   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Geordi looks around the cramped interior, then
	glances down... and picks up a Starfleet uniform...
	torn to shreds.

19   EXT. TARCHANNEN SURFACE

	Susanna inspects the ground in front of the shuttle,
	sees something, shines her light on it and discovers...

20   FOOTPRINTS

	Scattered in the dirt... footprints which are clearly
	not human...

	Susanna's expression turns blank, as if something
	inside her has clicked on. She follows the prints out
	into the darkness.

21   ON WORF

	Close by, examining the ground with his beacon. He
	looks up, suddenly wary. His eyes shift with a
	warrior's alertness as he slowly shines his light out
	into the darkness.

22   ON RIKER AND DATA

	Data is scanning the area with his Tricorder.

					DATA
			No life signs, sir.

	Worf approaches them, looking uncomfortable...

					WORF
				(low)
			Sir... I am certain that we are
			being watched.

	Reactions. Riker sweeps his beacon through the
	darkness. Data performs a quick scan with his
	Tricorder. Nothing. They exchange a look -- this is
	nothing short of creepy...

   STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT ONE   12.

23   ANGLE - THE SHUTTLE DOORS

	Geordi EXITS the shuttle to meet with the others. He
	shows them the torn uniform.

					GEORDI
			Commander Riker...

	A beat as they all react. Then...

					GEORDI
			Where's Commander Leijten?

	They look about. No sign of her.

					RIKER
				(keys insignia)
			Susanna, report.

	Nothing. Riker exchanges a grim look with the others.

					RIKER
			Fan out. Let's find her.

	They move off in different directions.

24   ANGLE - IN FRONT OF SHUTTLE

	Geordi stops and looks around...

					GEORDI
				(calls out)
			Susanna?

	No response. He spots Susanna's footprints in the dirt
	and follows them...

					GEORDI
				(keys communicator)
			La Forge to Leijten...

	Somewhere close in the darkness, a whisper --

					SUSANNA (O.S.)
			Over here...

	Geordi whips around, startled, and discovers Susanna
	nearby, her beacon turned off, standing stock still,
	as if listening for something.

      STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT ONE      13.

24   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Where have you been?

					SUSANNA
			Mendez... Brevelle... they're
			alive. You saw the footprints?

					GEORDI
			Yes... but they're not human...

					SUSANNA
				(interrupting)
			They're here. Stand still...
			listen... and you can feel it...
			they're here...

	A beat. He scans with his Tricorder. Then...

					GEORDI
			I'm not picking up anything...

	Susanna ignores him, walks forward into the darkness.
	Geordi moves for her, gently takes her arm...

					GEORDI
			Where are you going?

	She jerks away from him. Geordi is taken aback. For
	an instant, Susanna looks equally surprised... then
	she starts backing away from him...

					GEORDI
			Susanna... ?

	Geordi reaches for her, nice and slow... and she turns
	to run. Geordi grabs her, holding her tight as she
	thrashes in his arms like a trapped animal.

					GEORDI
				(hits communicator)
			La Forge to Enterprise, medical
			emergency, two to Sickbay.

	And off Susanna's wildly panicked face...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT TWO      14.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

25   INT. SICKBAY

	Susanna lies in the diagnostic bed, Geordi and Beverly
	standing on either side of her. She opens her eyes,
	dazed for a moment, then quips...

					SUSANNA
			Do I look as bad as I feel?

					GEORDI
			You look fine... now.

	As Beverly scans her with an instrument, Susanna sits
	up, manages a weak smile.

					SUSANNA
			What happened?

					BEVERLY
			Your blood chemistry is way off.
			And you had a histamine response,
			to what I don't know.
				(a beat)
			I'll run a complete blood and
			tissue analysis.

	Picard ENTERS... overhears...

					SUSANNA
			I need to get back to the surface.

					BEVERLY
			Uh uh... until we find some
			answers, I don't want you to leave
			the Enterprise.

					SUSANNA
			But I have work...

					BEVERLY
				(interrupting)
			Look, Commander, you may simply
			have had an anxiety reaction down
			there. But we've got to make
			sure.

      STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT TWO      15.

25   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(to Susanna's look)
			Probably wouldn't hurt to take
			it easy for a while...

					SUSANNA
			I'm not going to stay locked up
			on this ship while the
			investigation...

					PICARD
			Your devotion to duty is
			admirable, Commander... but Doctor
			Crusher is right. You will remain
			on the Enterprise until we know
			whether or not this is connected
			to the disappearance of the
			others.

					SUSANNA
				(protesting)
			Captain...

					PICARD
				(firm)
			We have completed our survey on
			the surface. Analyzing that data
			will keep all of us busy for some
			time.

	His tone is clear... and Susanna heeds it.

					SUSANNA
			Of course, sir. I understand.

					GEORDI
				(gently stepping in)
			Data has a preliminary report...
			if you feel up to it...

					SUSANNA
			Sure... what're we waiting for?

	As Geordi and Susanna EXIT, Picard faces Beverly.

					PICARD
			Doctor... what about La Forge?

      STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT TWO      16.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			I gave him a complete bioscan.
			Everything says he's in perfect
			shape.

					PICARD
			But according to all reports...
			so were Mendez and Hickman before
			they disappeared.

	Beverly nods, acknowledging their shared concern.
	They've lost one Starfleet officer today... and they
	don't want to lose any more.

26   INT. CORRIDOR

	Geordi and Susanna walk along. She is clearly
	agitated, talking a little too fast...

					SUSANNA
			Captain Picard's wrong. The way
			to handle this is to get back down
			there with a dozen away teams...
			fan out from the shuttle... We
			can cover a lot of ground in a
			hurry... use proximity detectors
			and infrared sensors...

					GEORDI
				(a warning)
			Susanna...

	And then she notices it, too. Her hand is shaking.
	Trembling badly. Almost palsied. After a beat...

					SUSANNA
			Geordi... it's started...
			whatever happened to the others...
			it's happening to me, too...

	He takes her hand in his. Holds it tight.

   STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT TWO   17.

26   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Suz... I'm here...
				(a beat, a smile)
			I'm not going to let anything
			happen to you.

	Susanna manages a small grin in response. As they
	ENTER the turbolift.

					GEORDI
			Main Bridge.

	And as the doors close.

27   OMITTED

28   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Data, Geordi, and Susanna are at an aft science
	station, studying the greatly magnified image of a
	single cell.

					DATA
			During microscopic examination
			of the torn uniform, I discovered
			these alien skin cells.

					SUSANNA
			Source?

					DATA
			Undetermined.

					GEORDI
				(shakes his head)
			Without something else to
			cross-reference, it would take
			weeks to try and identify them...

					DATA
			Fortunately, there is more
			evidence...

	Data taps a control and the monitor displays a computer
	graphic of a strange, alien footprint.

   STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT TWO   18.

28   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			We have been able to determine
			that the footprints we found by
			the shuttle were not made by any
			known Tarchannen life form.

					SUSANNA
			If we're pursuing a theory that
			somehow unknown aliens are
			involved... I should tell you we
			didn't find tracks like that
			during the original investigation.

					DATA
			The planet is subject to frequent
			sandstorms. Footprints could have
			been obliterated prior to your
			arrival.

	Geordi stares at the monitor... Data taps a control
	and an image of the skin cell appears next to that of
	the footprint.

					DATA
			Doctor Crusher and I will begin
			to search the medical database...
			and attempt to match these with
			a known life form.

	As Geordi and Susanna study the image...


   STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT TWO   19.

28A
thru	OMITTED
28B

29   INT. TURBOLIFT

	Geordi and Susanna riding in it. Thinking. Then...

					SUSANNA
			Aliens or no aliens... why would
			our people start returning after
			five years to be... abducted?

	As they talk, Geordi and Susanna click back into an old
	mode... an enthusiastic team searching for answers.

					GEORDI
			Some kind of compulsion... like
			a post hypnotic command... ?

					SUSANNA
				(acknowledging)
			Something that happened while we
			were down there the first time...

					GEORDI
			We can go back to the mission
			record... construct a log of
			everyone's movements...

					SUSANNA
			And look for a commonalty.
			Something we all touched... maybe
			a plant... the sand...

					GEORDI
			Or something we ingested... could
			be in the air itself...

	And as the turbolift doors open and they EXIT...

30   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In a synchronous orbit over Tarchannen.

   STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT TWO   20.

31   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE - TO INCLUDE WALL MONITOR
(OPTICAL)

	Data and Beverly study the data on a monitor. Then
	he taps it and a series of images begin flashing by.

					BEVERLY
				(not hopeful)
			The parameters are pretty broad,
			Data... any match we make is going
			to be inconclusive at best.

					DATA
			I am aware of that. However, I
			see no other reasonable course
			of investigation available to us.
				(beat)
			And we may not have much time.

	This last statement hangs in the air. Then...

					BEVERLY
			You're worried about Geordi,
			aren't you?

					DATA
				(reminding her)
			I am an android. It is not
			possible for me to feel anxiety.
			Starfleet personnel have
			vanished... others may be at risk.
			We must do the best we can to find
			out why.

	A beat.

					DATA
			However...

	He pauses, seeming to search for the correct words.

					DATA
			I am strongly motivated to solve
			this mystery.

	Off her reaction...

   STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/11/91 - ACT TWO   21.

32   INT. ENGINEERING - GEORDI'S OFFICE - ON WALL MONITOR
(OPTICAL)

	Footage of Tarchannen from the Teaser... without audio.
	The away team (including Susanna and Geordi) search
	the area where the uniform was found.

					GEORDI (O.S.)
			Freeze visual.

	Everything and everyone FREEZES as we reveal...

33   GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	Watching the monitor. Susanna sits at a nearby
	console, studying the image of a spindly Tarchannen
	plant. It's been a long session... and Susanna's
	clearly frayed at the edges. She frowns and nervously
	rubs her hand.

					SUSANNA
			We're wasting our time.

					GEORDI
				(surprised)
			You didn't feel that way before...
			it was your idea to look for some
			sort of commonality.

					SUSANNA
			Well... I was wrong.

	Susanna stands, begins pacing. Restless.

					SUSANNA
			We're not going to find anything
			this way. We should go back to
			the planet... it's all down
			there... everything we need to
			know.

   STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT TWO   22.

33   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			That's not an option... not until
			the Captain says it is...

	He turns back to the monitor...

					GEORDI
			Computer resume.

34   ON WALL MONITOR (OPTICAL) (INTERCUT)

	Which begins playing the images from the opening of
	the Teaser. As Geordi watches this...

35   SUSANNA (OPTICAL)

	Crosses back to the console and stares at the image
	of the plant... then abruptly switches the viewer off.

					SUSANNA
			I can't look at this anymore.
			It hurts my eyes... I can't think.
			My brain feels like it's wrapped
			in a blanket.

					GEORDI
			Take a break. I'll work for a...

					SUSANNA
			I don't need a break... I...
				(hushed)
			... I need to get off this ship.

	Geordi reacts... knowing what this could mean.

					GEORDI
				(gently)
			I think... we should go see Doctor
			Crusher...

					SUSANNA
			Forget Crusher... forget your
			logs. Tarchannen's down there,
			Geordi. It's waiting for us.
			That's where we should go.

					GEORDI
			Susanna... you can't leave...

   STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT TWO   23.

35   CONTINUED:

	Susanna glares at him... whatever she's caught up in is
	rapidly consuming her. Then she whips around and heads
	toward the office door.

					GEORDI
			Susanna...

	She ignores him, leaves the office. Geordi quickly
	follows her out into Main Engineering. They draw the
	attention of startled SUPERNUMARIES as...

					GEORDI
			SUSANNA!

	She finally stops, faces him -- unable to speak -- her
	body trembling uncontrollably... and then she
	collapses.

	Geordi rushes to her. The Supernumaries gather around
	them as he takes her head in his hands...

	And her hair brushes aside to reveal the dark BLOTCHES
	peppered along the back of her neck. Susanna reaches
	for him, clutches his shoulders, fighting back a sudden
	jolt of pain. Geordi looks at her hand...

36   CLOSE ON SUSANNA'S HAND

	Her two middle fingers are FUSED together...

37   ON GEORDI

	As he reacts...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

  STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/15/91 - ACT THREE  24.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

38   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around Tarchannen Three.

39   INT. SICKBAY

	The room is dimly lit. Susanna's shadowy form lies
	in an emergency medical bed. As NURSE OGAWA stands
	by, Beverly passes an instrument over the patient...

					BEVERLY
				(tense)
			Her blood pressure's still
			falling...
				(to the Nurse)
			Apply the T-cell stimulator.
			We've got to stabilize her immune
			system.

	Picard and Geordi ENTER the dark room. As Geordi
	reacts to the low light level, Beverly explains...

					BEVERLY
			She's developed an extreme
			sensitivity to light... we're
			trying to make her more
			comfortable.

	Geordi nods, approaches the bed.

40   ANGLE - FAVORING SUSANNA

	The changes are startling... her skin is mottled with
	intricately woven black patches and veins... her hair,
	oily and black. Geordi stares at Susanna... shocked.

  STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/11/91 - ACT THREE  25.

40   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			My God...

	Susanna regains a hazy consciousness and looks up at
	Geordi with eyes which are no longer human.

					SUSANNA
				(softly)
			Geordi...

	He gently takes her hand. Beverly catches Picard's
	eye and nods toward her office. As they EXIT...

					GEORDI
			Hold on, Susanna. Doctor Crusher
			will help you. Just... hold on.

					SUSANNA
			It's inside me, Geordi... I can't
			fight it... it's winning...

					GEORDI
			Don't give up... do you hear me,
			Suz? You can't give up...

	But she's lost consciousness again...

41   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Beverly watch a wall monitor as a greatly
	magnified image of a single cell appears on the screen.

					BEVERLY
			This is one of Susanna's altered
			skin cells...

	She presses a control and a second cell appears next
	to the first.

  STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/15/91 - ACT THREE  26.

41   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			And this is one of the alien cells
			Data found.

					PICARD
			Almost identical. How do you
			explain it?

					BEVERLY
			Captain, I think the people who
			disappeared from Tarchannen Three
			weren't abducted... they were
			transformed into another
			species...

	That's when they realize Geordi has quietly entered.

					GEORDI
				(even)
			Can you stop it, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
				(not hopeful)
			The T-cell stimulator will slow
			the rate of change... but until I
			find the cause...

	She shakes her head. Then, after a pause...

					PICARD
			Doctor Crusher... is this a threat
			to the Enterprise?

					BEVERLY
			No. I've tested the cell wall
			integrity. It's viability is
			extremely low. It's not possible
			for Susanna to transmit it.

					GEORDI
			Then how did she get it?

     STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT THREE     27.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			That's a good question. And it
			would be a great help if I knew.
				(turning to Geordi)
			The only thing I do know,
			Geordi... is that it's very
			possible you'll be next.

	Geordi is stunned, tries to deny the possibility.

					GEORDI
			I had two full bioscans today.
			You said I was fine.

					BEVERLY
			I gave Susanna a bioscan, too.
			I didn't find anything wrong with
			her, either.

	A beat. Geordi moves from denial... to acceptance.

					GEORDI
			How long?

					BEVERLY
			I don't know what we're dealing
			with. Brevelle was sick for days
			before he left... Mendez was
			normal an hour before she
			disappeared. You may have
			weeks... or just a few hours.

					GEORDI
				(after a thoughtful
				 beat)
			Then there's no time to waste.
			I've got to get back to work.

					BEVERLY
			Geordi... until I know exactly
			what we're dealing with, you're
			staying here. In Sickbay.

					GEORDI
			Doctor, you said it would help
			if you knew the source of this...
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT THREE     28.

41   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
			If I could finish my analysis of
			the mission records... I might
			find an answer.

					PICARD
				(stepping in)
			And what if you begin to change...
			and feel compelled to return to
			the planet like the others?

					GEORDI
			Program the computer to monitor
			my movements... that way you can
			be sure I don't leave the ship.

	Geordi takes Picard's silence as a refusal... becomes
	more impassioned in his argument.

					GEORDI
			What would you do, sir? Sit it
			out in Sickbay... or try to learn
			what it is that's got you... and
			maybe stop it?

	Picard thinks about this. Knowing exactly what he
	would want to do if he were in Geordi's place. He
	exchanges a look with Beverly... she understands.

					PICARD
			All right, Mister La Forge...
			proceed with your investigation.
			But report to Doctor Crusher for
			another bioscan at the start of
			day watch.

					BEVERLY
			In the meantime, if you have
			symptoms of any kind -- I want
			to know. Immediately.

	Geordi smiles. Relieved and thankful.

					GEORDI
			Understood.

	And as he rushes out of the room...

     STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT THREE     29.

42   INT. ENGINEERING - GEORDI'S OFFICE - ON WALL MONITOR
- (OPTICAL)

	And a scene from the visual record we haven't seen
	before: Illuminated by the stark camera lights,
	Susanna, Geordi, and Mendez stand outside Building One,
	watching as Hickman lifts an evidence case.

					HICKMAN
				(keying insignia)
			One to transport.

	As Hickman DEMATERIALIZES, Susanna turns to the others.

					SUSANNA
			I want to make another sweep of
			the perimeter. Mendez, Brevelle,
			start at Building Two. La Forge,
			you and I will begin at Four.

	They move out of the scene, casting dark shadows across
	the building behind them as they all head off in
	different directions... then the record ends and the
	screen is abruptly filled with static.

					GEORDI (O.S.)
			Okay, computer...

43   ANGLE TO INCLUDE GEORDI

	Alone in his office... head aching from hours of
	fruitless effort, pushing himself hard. As he stares
	at the wall monitor...

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Analyze audio elements from time
			index fourteen four seven to
			fifteen five eight. List all
			anomalies.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			No audio anomalies present.

					GEORDI
			Any subspace projections... z
			particle emissions... or
			interferometric frequencies?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			No subspace projections present.
			No z particle emissions present.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT THREE     30.

43   CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE (Cont'd)
			No interferometric patterns
			present.

	Another dead end. Geordi sighs with frustration as
	Data ENTERS.

					DATA
			Geordi... may I inquire how your
			investigation is proceeding?

					GEORDI
			It's not.

					DATA
			Have you done an audio analysis...

	Geordi impatiently interrupts Data in mid-sentence --
	a strong indication of how tired and frustrated he is.

					GEORDI
			And a spectrographic analysis and
			a screen for ionizing radiation...
			and I even ran an enhancement for
			micro-seismic disturbances. I've
			tried it all.

	A beat. Geordi shakes his head.

					GEORDI
			I'm sorry, Data.

					DATA
			There is no need for an apology.

	Geordi just nods. Data observes him for a moment.

					DATA
			Perhaps if you indulged in a short
			rest period, you could approach
			this problem with what humans
			commonly refer to as a fresh point
			of view...

	This is as close to human concern as Data can
	express... and Geordi knows it. He manages a smile.

					GEORDI
			You're probably right, Data. But
			I've got to finish scanning these
			records... while I can.

  STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT THREE  31.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Is there some way I can assist
			you?

					GEORDI
				(shakes his head)
			If I knew what I was looking
			for...
				(sighs)
			I think it's just down to going
			over it, Data... maybe find
			something I forgot... I'll let
			you know if I come up with
			anything... anything at all.

	Data acknowledges and as Geordi goes back to the wall
	monitor, Data EXITS...

44   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly is met by Nurse Ogawa as she ENTERS.

					OGAWA
			Sorry to disturb you, Doctor...

					BEVERLY
			It's alright. What's happened?

					OGAWA
			I thought you should see this.

	They approach the unconscious Susanna, who has changed
	further. Her skin, slick with an oily coating, bears
	an even more elaborate network of black swirls and
	patterns.

	Nurse Ogawa shines a penlight on Susanna's face...

45   ANGLE - FAVORING SUSANNA (OPTICAL)

	As the beam glides across Susanna's cheek a quickly
	fading phosphorous trail is left on the skin.

					BEVERLY
				(what the hell)
			Her skin's simulating the light...
			a radiant reaction...
				(musing)
			Some sort of mimetic ability?

  STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/15/91 - ACT THREE  32.

45   CONTINUED:

					OGAWA
			That's not all. Her body
			temperature is dropping.

	Beverly waves a Tricorder over Susanna...

					BEVERLY
				(puzzled)
			It's as if she's generating a
			disruptive field... I can barely
			get readings off her now... What
			about her rate of transformation?

					OGAWA
			It's increasing.

					BEVERLY
			That's not possible. It should
			have been inhibited by the
			T-cell stimulator... unless...
				(thinking hard)
			If there's a foreign body inside
			her that's producing these
			changes... something like a
			viral creche...

					OGAWA
			A very small one if our scans
			haven't found it.

					BEVERLY
				(let's get to it)
			I want a full genetic analysis.
			We're going to examine any
			abnormality we find... no matter
			how insignificant it seems.

	And as they go to work...

46   INT. ENGINEERING - GEORDI'S OFFICE - MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	The visual record PLAYS... beginning with the entire
	team at Building One again.

					HICKMAN
			One to transport.

					GEORDI (O.S.)
			Computer, delete the audio.

   STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT TWO   33.

47   INCLUDE GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	As he watches, the record continues silently. Hickman
	DEMATERIALIZES. Susanna and the others move out of
	the scene, their shadows following after them. Then
	Geordi suddenly frowns...

					GEORDI
			Wait a minute... freeze visual.

	The image freezes. We see the bare wall of the outpost
	building... and a single shadow.

					GEORDI
				(after a beat, puzzled)
			Whose shadow is that?

					COMPUTER
			Please restate question.

	He taps a console... a grid appears over the image
	on the monitor.

					GEORDI
			Computer... the shadow currently
			displayed in section B-eleven...
			what is its source?

					COMPUTER
			Unknown.

	Geordi sighs, shakes his head.

					GEORDI
			It's gotta belong to somebody...
				(to viewer)
			Computer... return to time index
			fourteen five eight...

	The image flashes backwards... and starts again.
	Geordi watches as the away team moves off in different
	directions, leaving that single shadow prominently
	displayed on the wall...

					GEORDI
			Okay... Brevelle's behind the
			camera... Susanna and I head off
			in that direction. Mendez moves
			off that way...
				(softly)
			... so whose shadow is it?

  STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/15/91 - ACT THREE  34.

47   CONTINUED:

	Geordi thinks about it... a tired man with a very hard
	question in front of him. He drums his fingers on his
	desk nervously... a subtly uncharacteristic gesture.

					GEORDI
			Computer... replay visual from
			last time index. No audio.
			Slow to fifty percent.

	On the monitor, the away team moves in SLOW MOTION,
	their shadows close together on the wall behind them.
	As they walk off...

					GEORDI
			Freeze visual.

48   CLOSE ON MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	And that shadow remaining on the building wall.

					GEORDI
			Magnify four times... apply
			spectral enhancement.

	The visual MAGNIFIES, becoming fuzzy in a digital,
	blocky false color manner... then resolves into a
	sharp, normal color image... showing a close-up of the
	mysterious, vaguely humanoid, shadow.

49   GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	Stares hard at the screen... rubs his forehead.
	Annoyed. Impatient. And then the idea hits him...
	driving him on to an even greater effort... despite his
	fatigue...

					GEORDI
				(urgent)
			Computer, do you have sufficient
			data to compile a Holographic
			simulation of this Visual Record?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			A simulation would be limited to
			areas scanned by the visual
			recording device.

  STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/11/91 - ACT THREE  35.

49   CONTINUED:

	Geordi stands, paces excitedly, ever fiber of his being
	convinced he is on the verge of a breakthrough.

					GEORDI
			Good. Fine. Scan the entire
			record... then recreate it in
			Holodeck Three.

	Geordi EXITS, almost on the run.

  STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/11/91 - ACT THREE  36.

50
thru	OMITTED
54

55   INT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE HOLODECK THREE

	Geordi hurries up and hits the companel.

					GEORDI
			Computer, is the Tarchannen
			simulation ready?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Affirmative. Program complete.
			Enter when ready.

	Geordi moves for the doors. Then stops and holds out
	his hand. It's trembling... badly. Like Susanna's.

	Geordi frowns, reaches for his insignia... then
	hesitates. He knows he should contact Beverly, but
	he's driven to solve this mystery... to save Susanna.

	After a beat, he presses a series of buttons on the
	control panel. The doors slide open and Geordi ENTERS
	the holodeck...

56   INT. HOLODECK

	Geordi stands near the door, studying...

57   ANGLE - HOLODECK/TARCHANNEN OUTPOST

	A re-creation of Building One... complete down to
	Tarchannen's perpetual twilight. Holograms of Susanna,
	Mendez, and Geordi, frozen in place... their shadows
	clearly visible on the wall behind them...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

   STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT FOUR   37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

58   INT. HOLODECK

	As before. Geordi stares numbly at the facsimile of
	a healthy, vibrant Susanna... then charges on...

					GEORDI
			Computer, scan Starfleet records
			and create a simulation of
			Brevelle... place him where he
			stood while recording this...

59   ANGLE - FAVORING BREVELLE (OPTICAL)

	A hologram of BREVELLE APPEARS between the real Geordi
	and the holograms of the away team. Brevelle holds
	a recording device with a bright light mounted on
	it...

60   GEORDI

	Steps up beside Brevelle... looks over at the holograms
	of the away team standing by the wall... so intent on
	his investigation that he is unaware of the increased
	trembling of his hands... or the sweat beading on his
	brow...

   STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/15/91 - ACT FOUR   38.

60   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Good. Computer, based on their
			speed and direction, can you
			extrapolate each officer's
			movements as they walk out of
			the recording device's field of
			view?

					COMPUTER
			Affirmative. With an increasing
			probability of error, reaching
			ninety-five percent after ten
			seconds.

					GEORDI
			Understood. Run simulation.

61   THE SIMULATION

	Comes to "life." Susanna turns to Mendez and Geordi...

					HOLO-SUSANNA
			I want to make another sweep of
			the perimeter. Mendez, Brevelle,
			start at Building Two. La Forge,
			you and I will begin at Four.

	They walk off in different directions...

62   THE "REAL" GEORDI

	Observes intently as...

63   ANGLE ON OUTPOST WALL

	Geordi, Mendez and Susanna's shadows move off the
	wall... leaving that one strange shadow in place.

	But as Geordi moves closer to examine it...

   STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT FOUR   39.

64   THE HOLO-BREVELLE (OPTICAL)

	Turns off his camera's light... and the shadow
	abruptly DISAPPEARS.

	Geordi shakes his head. Frustrated.

					GEORDI
			It's happening too fast.
				(a beat)
			Freeze program.

	The holograms all freeze in place.

					GEORDI
			Computer, reverse simulation...
			run it back to... time index
			fourteen five eight.

65   OMITTED

65A  BREVELLE (OPTICAL)

	His camera light comes back on... and...

66   THE HOLOGRAMS OF SUSANNA, MENDEZ, AND GEORDI
	(OPTICAL)

	Walk in reverse back toward the building. Their
	shadows reappear on the wall... moving backwards...
	rejoining the mysterious shadow that was left behind.

67   THE "REAL" GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	Reacts... interrupts...

					GEORDI
			Freeze.

	The holograms all freeze in place. Geordi walks up
	to the wall... stares at the jumble of shadows on it.
	He nervously rubs his hand. Then...

					GEORDI
			Computer... remove Leijten...

  STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT FOUR  39A.

67   CONTINUED:

	Susanna and her shadow VANISH. The unexplained shadow
	remains.

					GEORDI
			Remove La Forge...

	Holo-Geordi and his shadow VANISH... the unexplained
	shadow remains...

					GEORDI
			... and now remove Mendez...

	Mendez and her shadow DISAPPEAR, leaving Brevelle, his
	camera, its light and that one, unexplained shadow
	behind.

	Geordi moves closer... studying the shadow's
	indistinct, vaguely human shape.

	He steps still closer... right between the camera and
	the wall... the shadow falls over him.

67A  ANOTHER ANGLE

	Geordi turns and faces Brevelle's camera... squinting
	at its bright light... there is clearly nothing between
	him and the light which could be casting the shadow.

	He steps to one side and the shadow falls on the wall
	again.

     STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FOUR     40.

67A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Computer, using vector analysis,
			identify the source of this
			shadow.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			There is no object in the program
			which could generate the shadow.

	Geordi puts a hand to his head, feeling a wave of
	dizziness. It subsides as quickly as it came.

					GEORDI
			There must be something else
			here... something between the
			camera lights and the wall.

	Geordi paces back and forth. Thinking furiously.

					GEORDI
			Computer, given the distance from
			the lights to the wall... can you
			determine the most likely shape
			and position of the object casting
			this shadow?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			There is insufficient data to
			reconstruct the requested object.

					GEORDI
			Okay... let's assume the height
			of our friend here is about my
			size... say one hundred seventy
			centimeters... now can you
			extrapolate its shape and
			position?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Affirmative.

					GEORDI
			Do it.

68   HOLODECK/SHADOW (OPTICAL)

	A gray figure MATERIALIZES right in front of the
	shadow... taking shape bit by bit until it becomes a
	roughly defined humanoid CREATURE.

   STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT FOUR   41.

69   GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	Reacts with astonishment as he approaches the humanoid
	hologram and slowly circles it... there was
	something there...

	Then he is struck with a sudden, intense jab of
	internal pain. Geordi drops to his knees... clutching
	at the back of his neck.

70   HIS HAND

	The middle fingers have fused together. As his hand
	slides away, we see the first mottled blotches of the
	transformation on his neck.

71   GEORDI

	Stares at his hand... at the horror of it.

72   OMITTED

73   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Susanna is still in bed, further transformed, and
	barely conscious.

	Beverly and Nurse Ogawa are at a wall monitor, studying
	a diagram of Susanna's upper chest and throat. A small
	light begins pulsing in the region of the thymus.

					BEVERLY
				(at last)
			There... in the thymus...

	Beverly taps on some panels... some data flashes on
	the monitor.

					BEVERLY
				(studying the figures,
				 puzzled)
			Some kind of parasite. It's using
			Susanna's immune system to spread
			genetic instructions...

     STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FOUR     42.

73   CONTINUED:

					OGAWA
			How did it get there?

					BEVERLY
			She could have been infected
			during the original mission. It's
			small enough to have entered
			through any of the mucous
			membranes...

	She taps the wall monitor again and a graphic display
	of cells undergoing rapid transformation comes up.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			But it certainly isn't acting like
			a typical parasite... it's not
			feeding off her -- it's actually
			transforming her DNA to match its
			own...

	Ogawa crosses to Susanna, scans her with an instrument.

					OGAWA
			There's not much of her original
			DNA left.

					BEVERLY
				(acknowledges, urgent)
			And we're going to need unaltered
			genes... or we'll never get her
			back. We've got to get that thing
			out of her. Now.

	And as they prepare for surgery...

     STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FOUR     43.

73A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit over Tarchannen Three.

74   OMITTED

75   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - SCIENCE STATION

	Data is working the panels... checking further
	analysis... Picard is at command, Worf at Tactical,
	and Riker stands near Graham at the helm. As Riker
	crosses to Data...

					RIKER
			Any luck?

					DATA
			Negative, Commander. Nothing in
			our survey suggests the source of
			a parasitic infection...

	He breaks off as...

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Crusher to Bridge.

75A  NEW ANGLE

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Doctor.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			The surgery was successful...

									INTERCUT:

76   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly "coming out" of surgery... the strain is
	clearly showing.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			... but it will be a few hours
			before we know how her
			regenerative systems are
			responding... In the meantime,
			I'd better get Geordi in here.

     STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FOUR     43A.

76   CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Very good, Doctor. Keep us
			advised.

					BEVERLY
				(keying insignia)
			Crusher to La Forge...

	No response.

					BEVERLY
			Computer, locate Commander La
			Forge.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Commander La Forge is not on board
			the Enterprise.

	A moment of stunned silence... then...

					BEVERLY
			Bridge, the Computer says Geordi
			isn't on board... ? Is that
			correct?

76A  INT. BRIDGE

	Reactions.

					DATA
			I show no transporter activity.

     STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FOUR     44.

76A  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			All shuttles are secure.

					RIKER
			Negative, Doctor. There is no
			indication he left the ship.

					PICARD
			Computer, what was Commander La
			Forge's last known location?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Holodeck Three.

	Riker and Picard exchange a quick look. Then as Riker
	heads toward the turbolift...

					RIKER
			Worf...

	As Riker and Worf EXIT...

76B  INT. SICKBAY

					BEVERLY
			Captain, if Geordi has
			transformed, he may be virtually
			a chameleon -- the skin develops
			mimetic capabilities... he could
			still be onboard...

76C  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			... but undetectable to our
			sensors...

	Off Picard's reaction...

77   INT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE HOLODECK THREE

	Riker and Worf rush up from one end of the corridor;
	two N.D. SECURITY GUARDS from the other. Worf presses
	a series of buttons on the control panel and the doors
	slide open.

          STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FOUR         45.

78   INT. HOLODECK (OPTICAL)

	One Security Guard stays in the doorway as Riker, Worf,
	and the other Guard ENTER. As they react to the
	Tarchannen simulation...

					WORF
				(to guard)
			Search the structure... I will
			take the perimeter...

	As Worf and the Guard move off, Riker approaches the
	frozen, humanoid hologram. What the hell is this
	thing... and what part does it play in this mystery?

					WORF (O.S.)
			Commander...

	Riker turns toward...

79   WORF

	Who holds up Geordi's abandoned VISOR and torn uniform.

	Off Riker's reaction...

80   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM SIX

	TRANSPORTER CHIEF HEDRICK is at his station, running
	a routine maintenance program. The door opens and he
	reacts to...

81   A HUMANOID BLUR - AT THE DOOR (OPTICAL)

	Shaped like the hologram Geordi created; almost
	invisible thanks to its incredible chameleon-like skin.

					HEDRICK
				(keying insignia)
			Security...

	But before he can call for help, the humanoid form
	lunges at Hedrick in a RIPPLING BLUR... knocking the
	surprised man off his feet.

82   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data reacts to his console...

          STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FOUR         46.

82   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Captain... the security lockout
			on Transporter Room Six has been
			broken.

					PICARD
			Re-engage... now.

					DATA
			I cannot, sir... The transport
			cycle has already begun.

83   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Hedrick sprawled on the floor; the humanoid blur on
	the pad. As the DEMATERIALIZATION finishes, an energy
	silhouette of the Alien/Geordi is briefly visible on
	the pad. Then we...

84   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/17/91 - ACT FIVE       47.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:
85
thru	OMITTED
89

90   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Worf and Data at their positions; Riker, and Picard in
	the command area.

					WORF
			I do not read any life signs on
			the surface.

	A moment of worried silence... then...

					PICARD
			Our sensor array is useless...
			we have to find another way of
			locating him.

	Data processes this for a moment, then turns toward
	Picard and Riker.

					DATA
			Captain, if we can get close
			enough to Geordi... we can read
			his absorption spectrum with an
			ultraviolet light.

					RIKER
			Can you modify an emergency beacon
			to operate on UV?

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Make it so. Number One, as soon
			as Data is ready, I want you to
			lead an away team.

90A  OMITTED

90B  INT. ENGINEERING

	Worf and Riker ENTER to discover Data at a work
	station, the various components of an emergency beacon
	laid out before him.

       STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/17/91 - ACT FIVE      47A.

90B  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			How long, Mister Data?

					DATA
				(continuing to work as
				 he talks)
			I still must replace the emitter
			module and reconnect the power
			supply. It will take
			approximately two minutes to
			complete the modification.

	Then Riker reacts to the Transporter Chief's voice
	as...

					HEDRICK'S COM VOICE
			Hedrick to Commander Riker.

					RIKER
				(keying insignia)
			Go ahead.

90C  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Hedrick is back at his console... recovered from his
	encounter with the transformed Geordi.

					HEDRICK
			I've been able to determine La
			Forge's transport coordinates.

90D  INT. ENGINEERING

					HEDRICK'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			He beamed down next to the Aries
			shuttle.

					RIKER
			Acknowledged.

	Riker and Worf cross to the pool table. As Riker
	punches up something on its monitor...

					RIKER
			He's on foot... couldn't have
			gotten far by now. Let's assume
			a radius of ten kilometers...

       STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/17/91 - ACT FIVE      47B.

90D  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			That is still a search area of
			more than three hundred square
			kilometers.

	Riker hears this... knows what they're up against...

					RIKER
			We've got to narrow it down.
			What's happening with the enhanced
			sensor arrays?

	Worf punches up something else on the pool table,
	studies it... then shakes his head.

					WORF
			All scans are still negative.

	Riker frowns with frustration.

					RIKER
			There has to be some way to track
			him.
				(new thought)
			What about the high resolution
			EM scans?

					WORF
			We are adjusting the sensors to
			read Commander La Forge's
			absorption spectrum... but it
			will take several hours.

					RIKER
				(beat)
			Geordi doesn't have several hours.

	Data approaches... carrying the now assembled,
	baton-like emergency beacon.

					DATA
			I have completed the
			modifications, Commander.

	On the move.

					RIKER
				(keying insignia)
			Doctor Crusher... meet us in
			Transporter Room Six.
			Immediately.

       STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/17/91 - ACT FIVE       48.

90E  INT. SICKBAY (FORMERLY 90A)

	Beverly is readying her medical kit for the Away
	Team...

					BEVERLY
				(to Ogawa)
			... And I'm going to need a
			sedative for him... Get me ten
			cc's of kayolane...

	Ogawa acknowledges, leaves as...

					SUSANNA (O.S.)
			Doctor Crusher...

91   ANGLE

	To reveal Susanna who has regained consciousness...
	still part alien but her eyes once again clear and
	human.

					BEVERLY
			You look a lot better than you
			did an hour ago...

					SUSANNA
				(weak)
			What did you do?

					BEVERLY
			We removed some kind of parasite
			from your thymus...

					SUSANNA
				(interrupts)
			No.
				(off Bev's look)
			It wasn't a parasite, Doctor.
				(with new found inner
				 knowledge)
			It's their method of
			reproduction... to plant a DNA
			strand in a living host... that
			causes a metamorphosis.
				(beat)
			... Geordi?

	Beverly barely has time to react... when Susanna's
	alien instincts tell her. Sitting up, alarmed...

          STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FIVE         49.

91   CONTINUED:

					SUSANNA
			He's gone...

					BEVERLY
			Yes...

					SUSANNA
			He's on the planet...

					BEVERLY
			Don't try to get up yet...

					SUSANNA
			We have to find him...

					BEVERLY
			An away team is about to start
			a search.

					SUSANNA
			You'll never be able to find
			him...
				(beat)
			I'm the only one who can.

	Off Beverly's reaction...

92   EXT. TARCHANNEN THREE - THE OUTPOST

	The dark, gloomy landscape... the deserted buildings.

93   BY THE SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Beverly, Susanna, Worf, and Data MATERIALIZE
	near the abandoned shuttle. Data holds a foot long,
	baton-like emergency beacon. As they all turn on their
	individual palm beacons... Susanna reacts to the light,
	blinks, uncomfortable, turns away...

					SUSANNA
			No... you must turn them off...
			the light frightens them...

	Riker nods to the others, all turn off the beacons.

					RIKER
				(to Susanna; re: the
				 emergency beacon)
			What about the ultraviolet?

          STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FIVE         50.

93   CONTINUED:

					SUSANNA
			That is beyond their visual
			spectrum... they will not run from
			it.

					WORF
			He could be several kilometers
			away by now.

	Susanna shakes her head.

					SUSANNA
			No... he's here... they're all
			here...

	Susanna moves into the underbrush. The others
	follow...

93A  FAVORING SUSANNA

	As she slowly surveys the grey, spindly plants... the
	deserted dunes.

					SUSANNA
			There.

	Data raises the emergency beacon. Its filament GLOWS,
	flooding the area with an intense BLUE RADIANCE.

94   OMITTED

95   WIDE (OPTICAL)

	The bright light reveals TWO TARCHANNEN CREATURES.
	Even in the fuzzy, fluorescent glow, their appearance
	is more extreme than Geordi's was... more alien.

	Susanna looks around, reacts as she sees...

96   THE ALIEN/GEORDI

	Partially hidden in nearby underbrush; silhouetted by
	the vivid blue light, barely recognizable. Reactions.

					BEVERLY
			Geordi...

       STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT FIVE       51.

	THE TWO ALIENS (OPTICAL)

	Suddenly rush off, shoving the underbrush aside as they
	vanish into the darkness. Worf and Riker rush the
	Alien/Geordi, but he darts past them.

					SUSANNA
			Geordi... stop...

98   DATA

	Pursues Geordi, beacon held high, moving at top,
	android speed as...

99   WORF AND RIKER

	Move in pursuit... Beverly and Susanna following...

100
thru	OMITTED
101

101A DATA - IN THE UNDERBRUSH

	He runs into a secluded area... stops. Pans the
	beacon... no Geordi. The others arrive.

					SUSANNA
			Wait here...

	Susanna moves toward some rocks... looks past them...
	seeing only indistinct shapes at first...

	Then she steps closer... and discovers the three aliens
	huddled in the shadows behind the rocks... vaguely
	outlined by the beacon's blue light.

					SUSANNA
				(gently, quietly)
			Geordi, my voice is familiar...
			listen to it... you can feel that
			we share this... you know I am
			not a threat...

	She slowly moves closer...

					SUSANNA
			The others... Mendez, Brevelle,
			they no longer exist as humans...
			but a part of you still does.
			You are not one of them... not
			yet. I can help you... if you'll
			just trust me...

          STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FIVE         52.

101B ANGLE - THE AWAY TEAM

	Watches when...

101C RESUME - SUSANNA AND ALIEN/GEORDI

	She reaches out a hand... The other two scramble away
	but Geordi stays...

					SUSANNA
			I know what's going on inside
			you... the war you're fighting
			with yourself... the humanity
			slipping away... the instinct to
			run... It's overpowering, but
			they know how to beat it now...

	Geordi shakes his head, moves as if to follow the
	other two aliens. Susanna stops him with...

					SUSANNA
			Look at me... I've come back...
			Let me take you back, too.

	Slowly, Geordi emerges... bathed in the blue light...

					SUSANNA
			Just take my hand... please...

	She continues to hold out her hand... and finally he
	reaches out and takes it with his hand. A long beat.

101D ANGLE - THE AWAY TEAM

					BEVERLY
				(taps insignia)
			Crusher to Enterprise. Lock on
			to Commander Leitjen's signal...
			prepare to transport two directly
			to Sickbay.

101E RESUME - GEORDI AND SUSANNA (OPTICAL)

					SUSANNA
			We're going home, Geordi.

	And they DEMATERIALIZE...

       STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT FIVE      52A.

102
thru	OMITTED
107

108  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Still in orbit over grey, murky Tarchannen Three.

108A INT. SICKBAY

	Geordi, clearly on the road to recovery... though his
	skin is still patterned with a few blotches.

          STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FIVE         53.

108A ANGLE

	Picard, Beverly and Susanna at his beside... Susanna
	is completely back to normal.

					PICARD
			Is there no hope for the others?
			Brevelle, Mendez...

					SUSANNA
				(shakes her head)
			None.

	Geordi moves and regains consciousness... he's without
	his VISOR so he can't see...

					GEORDI
				(slight panic)
			Susanna...

	She takes his hand...

					SUSANNA
			I'm here, Geordi. So's Doctor
			Crusher and Captain Picard.

	Beverly puts on his VISOR... Geordi sighs, keeps his
	head down on the pillow...

					GEORDI
				(weakly)
			Lieutenant Commander La Forge
			reporting for duty, Captain.

					PICARD
			Welcome back, Mister La Forge.

					BEVERLY
				(to Susanna)
			This species... can we communicate
			with them?

	But Geordi answers...

					GEORDI
			No. They act on instinct alone.
				(beat)
			In another few minutes, I wouldn't
			have responded to you at all,
			Susanna.

          STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FIVE         54.

108A CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Then we shall leave them be. I'll
			order warning beacons placed in
			orbit and on the surface.
			Hopefully, no one else will have
			to go through what you did.

	He exits. Beverly moves away with him, leaving Geordi
	and Susanna alone.

					GEORDI
			Down there, I didn't know who you
			were... and yet somehow I
			believed you... trusted you...

					SUSANNA
				(grins)
			Must've been all the good advice
			I used to give you...

	Geordi almost laughs... but a shudder rolls across his
	body... he pulls her close to him and hugs her
	tightly... he takes a deep unsteady breath and whispers
	in her ear...

					GEORDI
			Thank you.

	As she comforts him...

									FADE OUT.

109  OMITTED

110  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around Tarchannen Three.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             








                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
                                
                       "The Nth Degree" 
                          #40274-193 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Joe Menosky 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rob Legato 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1991 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT


         STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "The Nth Degree" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             REGINALD BARCLAY
                RIKER              ALBERT EINSTEIN
                DATA               VOICE OF THE PLANET
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                ENSIGN APRIL ANAYA 
                LIEUTENANT LINDA LARSON
                ENSIGN BROWER      
                COMPUTER VOICE     

                Non-Speaking       
                  N.D. ENGINEERS     
                  N.D. SECURITY OFFICERS
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

         STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "The Nth Degree" 
                           
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     SHUTTLECRAFT
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              SICKBAY                  "SUPERSPACE"
              ENGINEERING
              CORRIDOR                 SUPER PLANET
              HOLODECK
                EMPTY
              SHIP'S THEATRE
                17TH CENTURY FRENCH DINING ROOM
                UNDRESSED STAGE
          
            SHUTTLECRAFT

     STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/29/91 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "The Nth Degree" 
                           
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 


              ANGSTOM                ANG-strum
              AXONS                  ax-ONS
              CORPUS CALLOSUM        CORE-pus kuh-LOW-sum
              CYTHERIANS             sigh-THEAR-ee-n
              DENSITOMETER           dense-uh-TOM-uh-ter
              GIGAWATTS              GIG-uh-watts
              ICONIC                 eye-KAH-nick
              INTERROGATIVE          in-ter-ROG-ah-tiv
              PERMEABILITY           per-mee-ah-BILL-uh-tee
              POST-SYNAPTIC          POST sin-AP-tic
              SERO-AMINO             SEHR-oh uh-MEAN-oh
              TERAWATTS              TEHR-uh-watts

     STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/28/91 - TEASER     1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "The Nth Degree"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. 17TH CENTURY FRANCE - DINING ROOM

	A very spare, period dining room -- simple wooden table
	and two chairs, more functional than fancy. BEVERLY
	CRUSHER wears a beautiful dress; REGINALD BARCLAY, has
	the clothes of a duellist -- and a LARGE NOSE. They
	are doing CYRANO DE BERGERAC.

					BEVERLY
			-- You were like a brother to
			me. We played in the park near
			the lake.

					BARCLAY
			Of course -- Every summer you
			came to Bergerac!

					BEVERLY
			You used to make swords out of
			the reeds -- And when you cut
			your hand, you would run to
			me, and I would say --
				(taking his hand)
			"Let me see --"

	She sees real blood on the hand from a cut, and reacts.

					BEVERLY
			Oh! How did you do that?

					BARCLAY
			"Playing" near the Porte de
			Nesle.

	She wets a handkerchief and starts to wash his hand.

					BEVERLY
			And how many were against you?

					BARCLAY
			No more than a hundred.

					BEVERLY
			Tell me!

     STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/30/91 - TEASER     2.

1    CONTINUED:

					BARCLAY
			No... Let it go. You tell me
			what you were going to say. Do
			you dare?

					BEVERLY
				(still holding his hand)
			I do dare... I love someone.

					BARCLAY
			Ah!

					BEVERLY
			But he does not know.

					BARCLAY
			Ah!

					BEVERLY
			Not yet. He is proud, noble,
			brave and beautiful --

					BARCLAY
				(turns pale, quickly
				 rises)
			Beautiful!

					BEVERLY
			What's the matter?

					BARCLAY
				(smiling to cover it)
	With me? Nothing. Just my hand.
				(beat)
			He is in the Guards?

					BEVERLY
			Since this morning. Baron
			Christien de Neuvillette. In your
			own regiment.

					BARCLAY
			Ah...

					BEVERLY
			Promise to be his friend.

					BARCLAY
			I promise.

					BEVERLY
			And never let him fight a duel.

    STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/30/91 - TEASER    2A.

1    CONTINUED: (2)

					BARCLAY
			God forbid.

					BEVERLY
			Oh, I love you.
				(standing)
			I must go now. You never told
			me what happened last night.
			And tell him to write me. A
			hundred men against one. To
			write, remember. A hundred men!
			What courage!

					BARCLAY
				(aside to audience)
			Oh... I have done better since...

	Barclay holds the moment in character. He is met with
	applause.

     STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/29/91 - TEASER     3.

2    INCLUDE AUDIENCE

	RIKER, DATA, GEORDI, TROI, WORF, and a few
	supernumeraries still clapping.

					RIKER
			Bravo.

					TROI
			Wonderful.

	Data reacts with puzzlement to the applause. He
	himself has not joined in.

					DATA
				(to Riker)
			Lieutenant Barclay's performance
			was superficially adequate but
			clearly not rooted in The Method
			approach. As a result, his
			customary anxiety was evident.
			I do not understand why...

					RIKER
				(still clapping)
			-- Because it's polite, Data.

	Data considers for a beat, and joins in the applause
	as it finishes. Beverly and Barclay step off the
	"stage" area to meet their friends, who stand to greet
	them.

					GEORDI
				(re: Barclay)
			Not a bad showing after only six
			weeks of lessons.

					BEVERLY
			Not a bad showing period.

					BARCLAY
				(sheepish, re: Beverly)
			I... we have a very... patient
			teacher.

	Beverly eyes Worf.

					BEVERLY
			There's an opening in my
			workshop... Worf.

	Worf grunts his disapproval of the suggestion, and the
	others laugh as the group begins to break up.

       STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - TEASER       4.

3    ON TROI AND BARCLAY

					TROI
			Well done.

					BARCLAY
			Thank... thank you...
			Counselor...

	Barclay is more confident than we saw him in his debut
	episode, but still a far cry from Enterprise norm (he
	still has trouble meeting another's gaze). And he's
	noticeably even less sure of himself than he appeared
	in the acting scene only moments ago.

					TROI
			You've come a long way, Reg.

					BARCLAY
			After... more rehearsals than I
			can count.

					TROI
			I don't just mean your acting
			ability. It takes a great deal
			of courage to put yourself on
			display like that.

					BARCLAY
			You think so...

					TROI
				(acknowledges)
			There was a time when nothing
			could have dragged you onto a
			stage in front of an audience.
			You've made tremendous progress.

					BARCLAY
			I... I guess...

	He's hesitant. She picks up on it, encourages him.

					TROI
			Don't you think so?

					BARCLAY
			Well...

	She waits him out for a beat. He indicates his
	costume.


       STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - TEASER       5.

3    CONTINUED:

					BARCLAY
				(continuing)
			I still feel more... more
			comfortable playing somebody else.
			Maybe all this is no better than
			escaping into a holodeck fantasy.

					TROI
			I disagree. This isn't fantasy
			-- it's theatre. You used to
			withdraw into the holodeck. You
			isolated yourself inside your own
			imagination, avoiding contact with
			real people.

	She indicates the stage.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Look at yourself now... and look
			at all the other people you're
			with... you're not just acting,
			you're inter-acting. Give
			yourself some credit, Mister
			Barclay!

	He nods.

					BARCLAY
			Maybe... you're right.

	Troi smiles and goes out the door. Stay on Barclay,
	alone in costume, audience gone. Despite some
	progress, we get a sense of just how painful it still
	is to be Barclay.

4    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise hovering in front of the ARGUS ARRAY.
	It is a huge subspace radio telescope -- a series of
	panels, resembling several very long box-kites stacked
	one on top of the other. It looks absolutely immense.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 44704.2.
			We have arrived at the Argus
			Array, the remote subspace
			telescope at the very edge of
			Federation space.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - TEASER       6.

4    CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			The unmanned structure
			mysteriously stopped relaying its
			data nearly two months ago.

5    INT. BRIDGE

	PICARD, Riker, Worf, Data, Geordi and ENSIGN APRIL
	ANAYA.

					DATA
			The fusion reactors that power
			the array are extremely unstable.
			The risk of overload is high.

					RIKER
			What about the computer systems?

					DATA
				(testing panels)
			They do not seem to be functioning
			at all.

					WORF
				(off instruments)
			Captain! I am picking up an
			unidentified device! One point
			eight kilometers from the array!

					PICARD
			Onscreen.

6
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7

8    INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN -- THE PROBE (OPTICAL)

	We see a panel of the Array, and hanging in front of
	it, a silent, probe-like device.

					PICARD
			Magnify.

	The image on the viewscreen is replaced by a highly
	MAGNIFIED VIEW of the probe.

					RIKER
			Some kind of probe. I'll bet
			that's what damaged the array.

     STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/28/91 - TEASER     7.

8    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Is it emitting any signals,
			Lieutenant?

					WORF
			Negative, sir. I show no
			activity.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, why don't you
			go out and take a closer look.

					GEORDI
				(exiting)
			Aye, sir.
				(to Com)
			Mister Barclay, report to
			Main Shuttlebay.

	As the turbolift closes behind Geordi, OFF Picard as
	he stares at the viewscreen...

9    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The shuttle is already in space... moving away from the
	ship.

10   INT. SHUTTLE

	Geordi at the helm, Barclay at his station.

					GEORDI
			Enterprise, this is Shuttle Five,
			in position. Ready to begin
			short-range scan.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Proceed, Shuttle Five.

11   INCLUDE SHUTTLE WINDOW (OPTICAL)

	At this close distance, the Array can be seen only as a
	grey, metallic backdrop. Hanging motionless in front
	of it, only meters from the shuttle, is the alien
	probe, vaguely cylindrical, about ten meters tall and
	three wide.

       STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - TEASER       8.

11   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(to Barclay)
			Let's start with the passive high
			res series.

	Barclay is a little nervous, but it's combined with an
	excitement about being there.

					BARCLAY
			Electromagnetic band?

					GEORDI
			Give it a try.

	Barclay nods and touches his instrument panel.

					BARCLAY
			I'm picking up visual wavelengths
			only. Between forty-five...
			forty-five hundred and seven
			thousand angstroms.

					GEORDI
			Try the neutron densitometer.

	Barclay touches the panel.

					BARCLAY
			Nothing.

					GEORDI
			Hmmmm. Doesn't seem to want to
			give up any secrets. Let's go
			to active scan.

	Barclay keys it in. They're both surprised at the
	instruments.

					BARCLAY
			No... No modulation.

					GEORDI
				(to probe)
			You are definitely not from our
			neighborhood.
				(to Barclay)
			Increase to three point zero.

	Barclay does so. Glances over at Geordi.

       STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - TEASER       9.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					BARCLAY
				(hesitantly)
			Commander?

					GEORDI
			Yeah, Reg?

					BARCLAY
			Thanks for... for assigning me
			to this mission.

					GEORDI
			Don't mention it. You're one of
			my top engineers. It's about time
			you started to do the interesting
			stuff.
				(re: situation)
			This is why I'm in Starfleet.

					BARCLAY
				(off instruments)
			Still no modulation.

					GEORDI
			Hit it with the positron emission.

	Barclay touches his panel -- the probe responds with a
	BLINDING FLASH of white light that lights up the entire
	inside of the shuttle for an instant before shutting
	down again.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			What was that?
				(looking at instruments)
			Our computer is down!

	He glances over -- Barclay is slumped back in his
	chair, unconscious. Geordi is alarmed. He shakes
	Barclay.

					GEORDI
			Reg! Reg!

	Geordi puts a finger on Barclay's neck to feel for a
	pulse. OFF the concern on his face.

									FADE OUT:

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT ONE      10.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

12   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship maintaining position near the Array.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. An
			intense energy surge from the
			alien probe has severly disabled
			the shuttle's onboard computer.
			The away team has been transported
			directly to Sickbay.

12A  INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, Ensign Anaya.

					RIKER
			Any indication of the probe's
			energy source, Data?

					DATA
			No sir. Power emissions do not
			match any known radiation
			patterns. We have not encountered
			this technology before.

					PICARD
			Very well. Isolate the probe and
			place it in tow. We'll take it
			to Science Station Four-Oh-Two
			in the Kohlan system...

					WORF
				(interrupting)
			Captain. The probe has begun to
			move. It is approaching the
			Enterprise.

					RIKER
			Shields up!

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	OFF Picard's reaction...

      STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT ONE      11.

13   INT. SICKBAY

	Barclay is sitting up on a diagnostic bed, looking
	completely normal. Beverly and Geordi are standing
	next to him. Crusher turns to Barclay.

					BEVERLY
				(to Barclay)
			There was enough energy in that
			flash to overload your optic
			nerves. It knocked you
			unconscious.

					GEORDI
			My VISOR must have filtered it
			out.

					BEVERLY
			Exactly.
				(to Barclay)
			Well, there's no apparent retinal
			damage and the cornea looks fine.
			But I'm still waiting for the full
			sero-amino readout. I'll call
			you when it comes in.

	Barclay takes this as a dismissal, and gets down off
	the bed, joining Geordi. Beverly heads for another
	part of Sickbay. Barclay thinks for a moment, then
	hesitantly calls after her.

					BARCLAY
			You shouldn't have to... wait so
			long for the results...

	Beverly stops and turns back to him, puzzled.

					BEVERLY
			What do you mean?

					BARCLAY
			Couldn't you use a global mode
			in your scanner... It would be
			a lot faster.

	She's a bit taken aback by the suggestion, and by who
	it's coming from. So is Geordi.

    STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/28/91 - ACT ONE    12.

13   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			That's not possible.
				(a smile)
			These are human cells we're
			talking about, not isolinear
			circuits.
				(kiddingly)
			You'd better stick to engineering.

	Barclay, still a bit sheepish about bringing it up,
	thinks for a second.

					BARCLAY
			The cells have a... an
			electromagnetic signature... just
			like a circuit element does...
			Conceptually, it should work...
			with a few adjustments...

	She's interrupted by the RED ALERT lights and klaxons
	sound. Geordi quickly heads for the door, Barclay
	follows. On the way out he looks back toward Beverly
	over his shoulder.

					BARCLAY
				(continuing)
			I could set it up for you if you'd
			like...

	HOLD a moment on Beverly as Geordi and Barclay
	disappear out the door. Despite the Red Alert, she's
	still curious about his suggestion.

14   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, Ensign Anaya at their
	positions. RED ALERT klaxons and lights in background.

					WORF
			Probe now closing at fifteen
			point three meters per second.
			Collision course.

14A  INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN

	The Array is in the distance. We gradually discern the
	probe approaching from its direction.

	It is miniscule by comparison.

      STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT ONE      13.

14A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Captain, sensors are reading no
			particulate emissions or subspace
			field distortions.

	Picard reacts.

					PICARD
			Then how is it able to move?

					DATA
			The method of propulsion is
			unknown.

					RIKER
			Ensign, take us away from it.
			One quarter impulse.

					ENSIGN ANAYA
			Aye, Sir.

	She touches her controls.

15   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The probe continues hanging before them as they move,
	inert -- no blinkies or indication of any activity --
	but threatening in its silence.

15A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			The probe is matching our speed
			and course.

					DATA
			Captain, an energy field is
			forming around the device.
			Intensity is three point two
			terawatts, and increasing.

					WORF
			Sir, the shuttlecraft shields did
			not provide sufficent protection
			for its computer. Our computer
			may also be vulnerable. I
			recommend withdrawal to a safe
			distance.

      STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT ONE      14.

15A  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Ensign Anaya, full about, go to
			one-half impulse.

					ENSIGN ANAYA
				(touching panel)
			One-half impulse.

					WORF
			The probe is following.

	Reactions.

16   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse. The probe moving parallel.

17   INT. BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Options, Number One?

					RIKER
			We can't use photon torpedoes.
			An explosion this close to the
			ship could cripple us.

					WORF
			Sir, recommend full phasers.

					PICARD
			Proceed.

					WORF
			Firing phasers.

	Worf fires the phasers.

18
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19

20   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The phasers fire point blank on the probe. Nothing
	happens.

      STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT ONE      15.

21   RESUME

	The staff reacts.

					WORF
			No effect, Captain.

					DATA
				(off instruments)
			The probe's field intensity is
			continuing to build... we are in
			danger, Captain...

					RIKER
				(to COM)
			Riker to La Forge. Can you
			increase phaser power?

									INTERCUT AS NEEDED:

22   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi is at his controls, Barclay a couple of panels
	down, other N.D. engineers including LIEUTENANT LINDA
	LARSON hurrying around to various panels, checking
	readings and making adjustments. The RED ALERT
	continues. Barclay appears to be working furiously.

					GEORDI
				(to COM)
			Attempting to now, Commander.
				(to Barclay)
			Isolate phasers eighty through
			one twenty and shunt all plasma...

					BARCLAY
			... to the emitters, yessir, I'm
			already on it... ready.

	Geordi glances at the instrument panel with some
	surprise at how quickly Barclay anticipated the move.
	Everything appears to be ready.

					GEORDI
				(to COM)
			Captain! Phasers are as hot as
			we can make them!

23   INT. BRIDGE

	The RED ALERT continues.

      STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT ONE      16.

23   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Mister Worf.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Worf fires the phasers.

24   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	A narrow, intensely bright burst of phaser fire strikes
	the probe for several seconds, then stops -- no change.

25   RESUME

					RIKER
			Nothing.

					PICARD
			Go to warp two.

					ENSIGN ANAYA
			Aye, sir.
				(beat)
			Warp two.

25A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp. The probe still alongside.

25B  INT. BRIDGE

					WORF
			The probe is still with us, sir.

					RIKER
			At warp two?

					WORF
			Yessir.

					DATA
			Captain. The probe's energy
			output is overloading our shields.
			Failure anticipated in forty-seven
			seconds.

	Picard looks around.

    STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/29/91 - ACT ONE    17.

25B  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I'm willing to entertain
			suggestions...

					WORF
				(interrupting)
			Captain! We're dropping to
			impulse.

26   INT. ENGINEERING

	The RED ALERT continues. Barclay is still working
	feverishly at his instrument panel.

					LARSON
				(puzzled)
			Commander, warp power has been
			transferred to the shield grid.

	Equally surprised, Geordi glances at the instruments.
	Then looks over at the cause -- Barclay.

					GEORDI
			Barclay, what are you doing?

	Barclay holds up a "hold-on" finger, leans back from
	the instrument panel as if finished with something,
	hitting his insignia.

					BARCLAY
				(keys insignia)
			Lieutenant Barclay to Captain
			Picard. You can fire photon
			torpedos. Maximum yield, full
			spread.

27   INT. BRIDGE

					RIKER
			We're too close.

					BARCLAY'S COM VOICE
			Our shields will hold.

	Picard and company react to the suggestion.

					PICARD
				(to COM)
			La Forge?

   STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/28/91 - ACT ONE   17A.

28   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi is pouring over Barclay's instrument panel,
	amazed.

      STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT ONE      18.

28   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(to COM)
			I don't know how Barclay did it,
			but shield strength has been
			increased by over three hundred
			percent. It should be enough.

29   INT. BRIDGE

	Continue RED ALERT as Geordi's words sink in.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf. Photon torpedos.
			Maximum yield, full spread.

					WORF
			Aye.

	Worf touches the panel as though it's his final act.

30   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	A full spread of photon torpedos fires away, hitting
	the probe. There is a tremendous explosion.

31   INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	The ship is buffeted terribly for several seconds, then
	everything calms suddenly down.

32   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Only the background -- the probe has vanished.

33   RESUME

	Everyone reacts to the narrow escape. A beat as they
	collect themselves.

					PICARD
				(to Com)
			Thank you, Mister Barclay...

34   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi and Barclay.

      STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT ONE      19.

34   CONTINUED:

					BARCLAY
				(to COM)
			You're welcome, Captain. Barclay
			out.

	Barclay turns to Geordi, who is looking at him.

					BARCLAY
				(continuing)
			I'm sorry if I overstepped my
			authority.

	A beat.

					GEORDI
			Don't mention it...

	OFF Geordi's still stunned reaction.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT TWO      20.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

35   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Holding position in front of the Argus Array.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 44705.3.
			The Enterprise has destroyed the
			alien probe. But now we are left
			with the difficult task of
			repairing the Argus Telescope.
			Failure to do so would represent
			an irreplaceable scientific loss.

35A  INT. CORRIDOR

	Barclay is walking slowly along towards a turbolift,
	lost in thought as he glances over a PADD.

					RIKER (O.S.)
			Mister Barclay.

35B  INCLUDE RIKER

	catching up to Barclay, heading the same direction,
	smiling with obvious admiration.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			... Everyone's still trying to
			figure out exactly how you did
			it.

					BARCLAY
			It... it just occurred to me that
			I could set up a frequency
			harmonic between the deflector
			and the shield grid... using the
			warp field generator as a power
			flow anti-attenuator and that of
			course naturally created an
			amplification of the inherent
			energy output. (TECH?)

	Riker lost him a long time ago.

      STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT TWO      21.

35B  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Uh huh.
				(beat)
			Nice job.

36   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Data, Geordi, Troi. Barclay and Riker ENTER.

					PICARD
			Mister Barclay, I'm glad you could
			join us.
				(to Geordi)
			Your report, Mister La Forge.

	Geordi steps over to a schematic representation of the
	Array on the monitor.

					GEORDI
			Each of the telescope's subspace
			antenna clusters is powered by
			its own fusion reactor. But a
			single computer controls them all.

					RIKER
			So, all eighteen reactors were
			affected when the computer was
			damaged... ?

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			They're starting to overload, and
			could eventually go critical.
			If that happens, the explosion
			would destroy the Array. And I
			wouldn't want to be next door if
			that happens.

					DATA
			A standard isolation procedure
			would be advisable.

					GEORDI
				(nodding)
			I agree. We'll cut off each
			reactor from the damaged control
			system and repair them one by one.

					RIKER
			How long will that take?

    STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/29/91 - ACT TWO    22.

36   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Two, three weeks -- at least.

					PICARD
			Alright then, Mister La Forge --

					BARCLAY
				(O.C.)
			I don't agree.

	A beat. Reactions. Everyone turns to Barclay. A
	beat, as he rises, steps over to the schematic. There
	is a steadiness in his voice we've never heard before.

					BARCLAY
			We could repair all the reactors
			simultaneously instead of one by
			one.

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			Simultaneously? All eighteen?

					BARCLAY
			Yessir.

					GEORDI
			But the Argus computer is
			inoperable.

					BARCLAY
			Not entirely. The core memory
			is still intact. We could program
			a completely new control system.

					DATA
			That is an interesting suggestion,
			Lieutenant. However, such an
			approach would require more time
			than our original plan, at least
			seven weeks.

					BARCLAY
				(studying the
				 schematics)
			-- I can have it ready in two
			days.

					RIKER
				(incredulous)
			What?

    STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/29/91 - ACT TWO    23.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

					BARCLAY
				(to Geordi)
			If you could assist me in the
			morning, Commander...

	Geordi glances at Picard -- they share a reaction.

					GEORDI
				(awed)
			Sure, Reg.

	Glances at the others... the staff reacts with shock.
	A beat.

37   ANGLE ON TROI

	OFF the curiosity on her face.

38   INT. UNDRESSED STAGE

	Same area as previous CYRANO scene, but with only a
	chair. Barclay is sitting on it, not in costume but
	in character. Beverly is not in character, but is
	observing as instructor.

	This is an acting class and it's much looser than the
	scene we saw played previously. A few more students
	are watching and waiting their turn. One of the
	spectators is Troi, standing off to one side. This
	time, Barclay is the consummate actor as he rehearses
	the death scene.

					BARCLAY
			The moon -- yes, that will be my
			home. My paradise. I shall find
			there, all the souls I love --
			Socrates, Galileo...

					BARCLAY
				(continuing)
			"But what the devil is he doing
			among us?"
				(he raises himself,
				 declaiming)
			Philosopher. Scientist. Poet,
			musician, duellist -- Here lies
			Hercule-Savinien De Cyrano de
			Bergerac.

    STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/28/91 - ACT TWO    24.

38   CONTINUED:

	He falls back into the chair, half fainting. When he
	gathers himself, he stares straight into Beverly's
	eyes.

					BARCLAY
				(continuing)
			I would not have you weep any
			less for that charming, good,
			handsome Christien. I only ask
			this: that as the great cold
			surrounds my bones, you allow a
			double meaning to your mourning
			veil. And when your tears fall
			for him, some few will be... for
			me.

	The scene ends. Beverly has genuine tears in her eyes.
	Troi is also impressed.

					BEVERLY
				(understatement)
			That was... a real improvement.

	Barclay comes out of character.

					BARCLAY
			Thank you, Doctor. Same time day
			after tomorrow?

					BEVERLY
			Same time...

	Barclay nods, smiling, and leaves the room. Beverly is
	still moved -- and now, puzzled. She glances over at
	Troi and they exchange a look -- they're both feeling
	the same way.

38A  INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Barclay is sipping from a glass at a table, studying a
	PADD. Troi steps over to his table, a cup of tea in
	hand.

					TROI
			May I join you?

					BARCLAY
			Of course. Please... Sit down,
			Counselor.

      STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT TWO      25.

38A  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Hard at work?

					BARCLAY
				(re: PADD)
			Getting prepared for tomorrow's
			meeting in Engineering. We're
			planning our repair strategy.

	A beat.

					TROI
			I enjoyed the scene you just
			performed.

					BARCLAY
				(laughs)
			You're a very forgiving audience.

					TROI
			Not at all.
				(a beat)
			I thought you were brilliant.

	Barclay smiles in response. Another beat as Troi
	studies him carefully.

					TROI
			You've... changed.

					BARCLAY
			Is that a professional opinion?

					TROI
			Pure observation.

	Barclay studies her for a moment.

					BARCLAY
			It's true. I can't explain it.
			But in the last few days I've
			found a confidence that I never
			knew was there.

					TROI
			I'm proud of you, Reg... and I'm
			glad for you, too.

	He gives her a meaningful look -- not like a lounge
	lizard, but like someone who has always had a crush and
	is finally confident enough to act on it. Noting the
	sexual tension, she decides it's time to leave.

      STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT TWO      26.

38A  CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
				(stands)
			Well, I'd better be going.

					BARCLAY
			Must you?

					TROI
			I... think so...

					BARCLAY
				(stands)
			Wouldn't you like to take a walk
			with me through the arboretum?
			The zalnias should be in bloom...

					TROI
			Reg, as your former counselor...
			I... don't think it would be
			appropriate...

					BARCLAY
			-- I don't need a counselor. What
			I need is the company of a
			charming, intelligent woman.

	Troi stares at him for a beat -- the offer is not
	without its appeal. She decides against it. She rises
	and Barclay follows suit.

					TROI
				(with a smile)
			Goodnight, Mister Barclay.

	He nods and returns her smile -- not at all feeling
	rejected. Then sits back down as she leaves, watching
	her go.

39   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Holding near the Array.

40   INT. ENGINEERING

	BROWER and Larson are waiting around the pool table as
	Geordi steps in with a PADD. Notices they're one
	short.

					GEORDI
			Where's Lieutenant Barclay?

      STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT TWO      27.

40   CONTINUED:

					LARSON
			I stopped by his quarters on my
			way over. He wasn't there.

					GEORDI
			Computer, location of Lieutenant
			Barclay.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Holodeck Three.

	Geordi scowls. Turns and quickly heads for the exit.
	OFF the look between Brower and Larson.

41   INT. HOLODECK - CLOSE ON

	a man who appears to be ALBERT EINSTEIN, writing a long
	equation on a blackboard in the undressed holodeck.
	The board is already covered with mathematical symbols.

					EINSTEIN
			G sub I J of t as t approaches
			infinity...

	A hand reaches in and rubs out the appropriate symbol.

					BARCLAY (O.S.)
			That's G of t over G-naught.

42   INCLUDE BARCLAY

	standing next to Einstein, chalk in hand. He makes
	the correction on the board as the great physicist
	watches.

					EINSTEIN
			So it is, so it is.

	Barclay points to a different part of the formula.

					BARCLAY
			I still don't see how you can
			incorporate the quantum principle
			into general relativity without
			adjusting the cosmological
			constant a lot more than you're
			doing here.

      STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT TWO      28.

42   CONTINUED:

					EINSTEIN
			If we increase the value as you
			suggest, we must face the
			possibility of twenty-six
			dimensions, instead of ten!

					BARCLAY
				(laughs)
			I'm not sure if I'm ready for
			that.

					EINSTEIN
				(good humored)
			I certainly am not.

	Barclay thinks a moment. Points to the board.

					BARCLAY
			But if this semiset was curved
			into the subatomic, the infinities
			might cancel each other out.

	Einstein gives Barclay an amazed look.

					EINSTEIN
			Gruss Gott. They just might.

	As Einstein feverishly continues writing on the board,
	the two hear someone CLEARING HIS THROAT. As they turn
	towards the sound --

43   INCLUDE GEORDI

	standing in the doorway, staring at the board --
	clearly unable to decipher it.

					GEORDI
			We had a meeting at Oh-seven
			hundred...

					BARCLAY
			I'm sorry, Commander.
				(to Einstein)
			Thank you, Professor.
				(to computer)
			End program.

	Einstein DISAPPEARS in mid-chalk stroke. Barclay
	quickly joins Geordi and they walk together out of the
	holodeck.

      STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT TWO      29.

43   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			What was that all about?

	FOLLOW them outside and into corridor.

44   INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	Geordi and Barclay walking away from the holodeck.

					BARCLAY
			I had some ideas late last
			night... I needed to consult the
			computer about some quantum
			electrodynamic calculations. A
			holodeck Einstein program seemed
			like the best way. I guess I went
			a little overboard.

					GEORDI
			A little? Most of the stuff on
			that blackboard was way out of
			my league. Yours too.

					BARCLAY
			Not really. I just never thought
			along those lines before. It's
			all pretty evident now... I'm sure
			if you put your mind to it --

	Geordi stops, interrupting him.

					GEORDI
			-- Ever since our run-in with the
			probe, something's been different
			about you.

	A long beat as Barclay looks at Geordi.

					BARCLAY
			Because I'm starting to behave
			a little more like the rest of
			the crew? With confidence in what
			I'm doing?

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			You just spent the entire night
			arguing Grand Unification Theories
			with Albert Einstein!


      STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT TWO      30.

44   CONTINUED:

					BARCLAY
			Yes, but --

					GEORDI
			-- Something's happened to you,
			Reg. We can't ignore that.

	Barclay pauses, looks at Geordi.

					BARCLAY
			I've finally become the person
			I've always wanted to be. Do we
			have to ask why?

	A moment between them.

					GEORDI
				(reluctantly)
			Yeah, I think we do...

45   INT. SICKBAY

	Barclay is on a diagnostic bed, Beverly and Geordi
	standing next to him. Beverly is looking at the data
	displayed one the readout above the bed. She is
	stunned by what she finds.

					BEVERLY
			Incredible. The production of
			neurotransmitters in your brain
			has jumped by over five hundred
			percent. Pre and postsynaptic
			membranes have increased their
			permeability to match it.
				(a beat)
			I couldn't even guess at an I.Q.
			level.

					BARCLAY
			Probably somewhere between twelve
			hundred and fourteen fifty.

					BEVERLY
			But that isn't all.

	She indicates a readout on the wall.

      STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT TWO      31.

45   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			The corpus callosum -- the
			connecting bridge between the two
			sides of the brain. It's so
			active that the hemispheres have
			essentially become one.

					GEORDI
			So it's not just raw intelligence
			we're talking about.

					BEVERLY
			Creativity, imagination,
			resourcefulness, inspiration --
			it's all been enhanced.

	A beat as they consider the implications.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Lieutenant, you are the most
			advanced human being who has ever
			lived.

	OFF everyone's reactions.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT THREE     32.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

45A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	By the Array.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log; supplemental.
			Apparently as a result of his
			exposure to the alien probe,
			Lieutenant Barclay has gained an
			extraordinary new level of
			intelligence. The question now
			is -- how are we to deal with it?

46   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard, Beverly, Geordi, Troi, and Riker.

					RIKER
			We could confine him to his
			quarters.

					GEORDI
			How can we do that? What's he
			done? You're talking about
			locking him up for being too
			smart.

					RIKER
			If he's under an alien influence,
			doesn't that put us all at risk?

					BEVERLY
			Not necessarily. For all we know
			it could be more like a simple
			allergic reaction to a bee
			sting...

					PICARD
				(a beat)
			Has Mister Barclay done anything
			that could be considered
			potentially threatening?

					TROI
			He did make a pass at me last
			night.

	They react. Riker particularly, raises an eyebrow.

     STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT THREE     33.

46   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(continuing)
			A good one.

					GEORDI
			I wouldn't exactly call that a
			threat.

					TROI
			No, but it's definitely unusual
			behavior for Barclay.

					BEVERLY
				(corroborating)
			He taught violin technique at the
			music school last night.

					RIKER
			I didn't know Barclay even played
			the violin.

					BEVERLY
			He didn't... until last night.

	A beat.

					GEORDI
			Look... if we want to save the
			Array, we need Barclay... It's
			as simple as that...

	Picard considers for a beat.

					PICARD
			Until he does something more
			menacing than what's been
			described -- I see no reason why
			we should prevent him from
			continuing his work.

					LARSON'S COM VOICE
			Larson to Commander La Forge.

					GEORDI
				(to COM)
			Go ahead, Lieutenant.

47   INT. ENGINEERING

	Barclay, Brower, and Larson are at their respective
	consoles, working as quickly as possible.

     STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT THREE     34.

47   CONTINUED:

					LARSON
				(to COM)
			We're having trouble containing
			reactor nine, sir. It's starting
			to chain.

48   INT. READY ROOM - CONTINUOUS

	Geordi glances at Picard, who nods his permission.

					GEORDI
				(to COM)
			I'll be right there.

	Geordi takes off towards the door. As the others begin
	to leave, Riker moves next to Deanna -- with a twinkle
	in his eye; no jealousy intended...

					RIKER
			You said he made a pass... you
			forgot to mention whether it was
			successful or not...

	Deanna controls a grin, EXITS without answering...

49   INT. ENGINEERING

	Barclay, Larson and Brower at their respective control
	panels. Geordi is quickly moving between them and
	other stations, coordinating the work. It's damage
	control time.

					BARCLAY
			Thermal levels up one hundred
			seventy seven percent. Comparable
			increase in neutron emissions.

					GEORDI
			Is the interface between our
			computer and the Array still in
			operation?

					BARCLAY
			Yes.
				(re: instruments)
			But our computer is just too slow
			to direct the repairs; the
			parameters are changing too
			quickly for it to keep up.

     STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT THREE     35.

49   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			We'll have to try a remote
			shutdown from here.

					LARSON
			Transmitting commands to the Array
			now, Sir. Starting close down
			sequence.

					BARCLAY
				(to Brower)
			Brower, increase the intake of
			liquid Helium Three into the
			reactor wall. We've got to cool
			it off.

					BROWER
				(working panel)
			Transmitting commands...
				(alarmed)
			Thermal levels increasing!

	Geordi rushes over.

					GEORDI
			What happened?

					BARCLAY
			Unclear... the interface isn't
			fast enough.

	Barclay's fingers are flying over the keyboard. He's
	frustrated.

					LARSON
			Commander La Forge! Overload
			indications on Argus generator
			Five...
				(a beat as he looks at
				 instruments)
			Seven and Fourteen.

	La Forge quickly moves over to Larson.

					GEORDI
			Damn.

50   ON BARCLAY

	thinking out loud.

     STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT THREE     36.

50   CONTINUED:

					BARCLAY
			Can't do anything from here...
			I've got to have a better
			interface...

	Barclay pushes away from the console.

51   RESUME

					GEORDI
				(to COM)
			La Forge to Bridge. We're looking
			at a cascade reactor failure on
			the Argus.

	In the background, Barclay disappears unnoticed out
	the door.

52   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, Ensign Anaya.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			I don't think we're gonna pull
			this one out.

					DATA
				(off instruments)
			Reactor Nine will reach critical
			in ten minutes, forty three
			seconds. The subsequent explosion
			will create a chain reaction along
			the entire length of the Array.

53   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	As Picard considers the vast structure for a beat.

					RIKER
				(to COM)
			La Forge. You've got ten minutes.

					PICARD
				(to Anaya)
			Ensign, standby for a jump to warp
			two.

					ENSIGN ANAYA
			Yes, Sir.

     STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT THREE     37.

53   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, Red Alert.

					WORF
			Aye, Commander.

	Worf touches he panel and the RED ALERT KLAXONS and
	LIGHTS begin.

54   INT. CORRIDOR

	Barclay is hurrying along the corridor, RED ALERT
	alarms blaring around him. He reaches a door marked
	HOLODECK THREE.

	The door opens and he heads through it. FOLLOW him
	inside.

55   INT. HOLODECK - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Barclay steps quickly into the bare room.

					BARCLAY
			Computer.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Standing by.

					BARCLAY
			Begin new program. Create as
			follows: Work station chair.

	A chair MATERIALIZES in front of him. He sits down
	in it.

					BARCLAY
				(continuing)
			Create a standard alpha-numeric
			console positioned for left hand.

	A console MATERIALIZES on his left.

					BARCLAY
				(continuing)
			... Now, an iconic display console
			positioned for right hand.

	Another work station console MATERIALIZES to his
	immediate right. Barclay sits in the chair, begins
	testing both consoles...

     STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT THREE     38.

55   CONTINUED:

					BARCLAY
				(continuing)
			Tie both consoles into the
			Enterprise main computer core,
			utilizing a neural scan interface.

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(a beat)
			There is no such device on file.

					BARCLAY
			No problem. Here's how you build
			it...

56
thru	OMITTED
57

58   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, Ensign Anaya. As the RED
	ALERT continues.

					DATA
			Argus Reactor Nine is twenty-eight
			seconds to critical.

					RIKER
			Let's get out of here.

					PICARD
			Warp two, Ensign.

					ENSIGN ANAYA
			Yes, Sir.

	Before she can execute the command, several of the
	console and display lights suddenly GO OUT on the
	Bridge.

					ENSIGN ANAYA
			Helm is not responding.

					WORF
			Captain! We have lost computer
			control!

					RIKER
			What?

					DATA
			Twelve seconds to critical, Sir...

     STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT THREE     39.

58   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(quickly to Anaya)
			Go to manual.

	Ensign Anaya attempts in vain to manually engage the
	helm...

					ENSIGN ANAYA
			I'm attempting to, sir... but
			it's...

					RIKER
			There's not enough time...

	The console lights suddenly brighten back to normal.
	As everyone reacts to these unexpected events --.

					WORF
			The computer is coming back on
			line, sir.

					DATA
				(puzzled; off
				 instruments)
			Captain, the Argus reactors are
			shutting down.
				(to Picard)
			We are no longer in danger.

					PICARD
			What happened?

					DATA
				(checking)
			Unknown, sir...

					RIKER
			La Forge, what did you do?

59   INT. ENGINEERING

					GEORDI
			Wasn't me, sir.

60   INT. BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Computer, how were the Argus
			reactors shut down?

     STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT THREE     40.

60   CONTINUED:

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			A neural interface was created
			to expedite the repairs.

	Reactions.

					RIKER
			Barclay?

	Puzzled reactions.

					PICARD
			Computer! Respond.

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			I am responding, sir. I'm sorry
			if I caused you any alarm. It
			was necessary in order to secure
			the Array.

	Everyone is stunned.

					RIKER
			Barclay?

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			Yes, Commander...

61
thru	OMITTED
62

63   INT. HOLODECK

	Barclay is in his chair, the two consoles around him.
	Hovering above is a massive half-globe shaped laser
	scanner that continuously plays tiny laser lights over
	Barclay's head. Conduits of all sizes and shapes lead
	away from the device to the walls of the holodeck,
	effectively wiring Barclay in.

	His LIPS DO NOT MOVE when he speaks.

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
				(continuing)
			It's me...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

	(NOTE: Red Alert ends during the act break.)

      STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT FOUR      41.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

64   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Motionless in space next to the Array.

65   OMITTED

66   INT. HOLODECK

	Picard, Riker, Geordi and Worf are staring at Barclay
	in his interface chair, the tiny lasers continuously
	scanning his head. His lips are not moving as he
	speaks. Red Alert has been cancelled.

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			I was only trying to help. Our
			computer was too slow to
			compensate for the overload on
			the Array. So I created an
			interface that communicated my
			thoughts directly to the central
			processing unit.

					RIKER
			Exactly what does that mean?

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			My body is as you see it here.
			But much of my higher brain
			functions and memory have been
			transferred to the starboard
			computer core.

	A beat as the officers all look at each other. Picard
	turns to Barclay.

					PICARD
			Mister Barclay, please remove
			yourself from the computer system
			and leave the holodeck.

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			I'm afraid I can't, Sir.

					PICARD
			Why is that?

    STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 2/1/91 - ACT FOUR    42.

66   CONTINUED:

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			My primary cerebral functions
			are now operating almost entirely
			from within the computer. They
			have expanded to such a degree
			that it would be impossible to
			return to the confines of my
			human brain.

	A beat.

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
				(continuing)
			Any attempt to do so would mean
			my death.

	OFF the reactions.

66A
thru	OMITTED
67

68   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - ON GEORDI

	finishing up at a wall panel that has been removed to
	expose some circuitry beneath.

					GEORDI
			That's it.

69   INCLUDE SENIOR STAFF

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Data sitting at the conference
	table. Geordi replaces the panel.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I disconnected the visual and
			audio pickups. We can talk
			without being monitored by...
				(hesitates)
			the computer...

					WORF
			By Barclay.

	Geordi joins them at the table.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			Report, Commander.

      STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT FOUR      43.

69   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			It's now almost impossible to tell
			where Barclay ends and the
			computer begins. He's actually
			rewriting the isolinear chips each
			time he extends himself a little
			further.

					RIKER
			How do we get him out of there?

					GEORDI
			We don't. Not without killing
			him.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			This is an intolerable
			situation... I have no wish to
			harm him, but we cannot allow
			Mister Barclay to continue to act
			as the ship's computer... I don't
			care how smart he is.

					DATA
			Lieutenant Barclay has not yet
			extended himself into the
			Engineering subsystems. It may
			be possible to establish an ODN
			bypass directly to the Bridge.

					PICARD
			That won't give us control of
			the ship.

					GEORDI
			No... But we would have access
			to the propulsion systems. Enough
			to get us to the nearest
			Starbase.

					RIKER
			How long would it take to set
			it up?

					GEORDI
			A few hours.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

All rising...

      STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT FOUR      44.

69   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Should we... discuss this with
			Barclay, Captain?

					PICARD
			I think not.

70   INT. JEFFRIES TUBE

	Geordi is working in a Jeffries Tube.

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			Commander La Forge?

	A pause, as Geordi debates whether to respond. He
	keeps working.

					GEORDI
			Yeah, Reg?

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			I thought you would be in your
			quarters.

					GEORDI
			Just catching up on some work.
				(lying)
			That level-3 diagnostic we
			talked about.
				(beat)
			How're you doing?

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
				(a beat)
			I wish I could convey to you what
			it's like for me now. What I've
			become...

					GEORDI
			Give it a try.

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			I can conceive almost infinite
			possibilities, and can fully
			explore each of them in a
			nanosecond. I perceive the
			universe as a single equation,
			and it is so simple, I...
			understand...

      STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT FOUR      45.

70   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Understand?

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
				(beat)
			...everything.

					GEORDI
			Do you understand how this
			happened to you?

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			I believe it is a gift... that
			I have been chosen to fulfill a
			great purpose...

					GEORDI
				(concerned)
			Uh huh.

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
				(a beat, suddenly
				 concerned)
			Do you suppose all this has
			changed the way people think about
			me?

	Geordi is touched for a moment -- it's still the real
	Barclay somewhere in there.

					GEORDI
			I'll be honest with you. We don't
			know what to think.

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			I've been concerned about that.
				(a beat)
			But soon everyone will
			understand what I can do for
			humanity.

					GEORDI
			They will... ?

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			We have always perceived the
			maximum speed of the Enterprise
			as a function of warp... but I
			know now there are no limits...
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/29/91 - ACT FOUR   46.

70   CONTINUED: (2)

					BARCLAY'S VOICE (Cont'd)
			We will explore new worlds that
			we could never before have reached
			in our lifetime. I will take us
			to them...

	Off Geordi's reaction...

71   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, Ensign Anaya. Worf looks up
	in alarm from his instruments.

					WORF
			Captain! I am picking up a
			subspace distortion.

72   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	where the stars appear to be stretching away from the
	Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Mister Data?

					DATA
				(off instruments)
			This disturbance is the result
			of a highly charged graviton field
			emanating from our warp nacelles.
			It is creating a severe bias in
			the subspace continuum.

	Everyone reacts. A beat.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Barclay, are you
			responsible for this graviton
			field disturbance?

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			Yessir, I'm altering subspace
			in a way that's never been
			conceived of before. I'm fairly
			certain it will allow us to travel
			half-way across the galaxy in a
			matter of only...

          STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT FOUR          47.

72   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Mister Barclay, I'd like you to
			hold off on this experiment for
			now.

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			Captain, if you'd only allow
			me...

					PICARD
			Lieutenant, this is a direct
			order. Discontinue whatever it
			is you're doing.

	A beat.

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			I really would rather not, sir.
			I'm positive you'll be pleased
			with the result once I've
			finished.

	Picard glances at Worf, gives him the CUT OFF sign.
	Worf touches the controls.

					WORF
			Audio is disconnected. We may
			speak freely.

					RIKER
				(to Data)
			How soon before the ODN bypass
			is in place?

					DATA
			I have been monitoring Commander
			La Forge's progress. It will
			be operational in approximately
			seventeen minutes.

					TROI
				(to Picard)
			Captain, let me go to the
			holodeck. Try to talk to him.

					WORF
				(off instruments)
			Sir, the subspace distortion is
			continuing to increase...

	Picard nods to Troi... she EXITS.

          STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT FOUR          48.

72A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship hovering near the distortion.

72B  INT. HOLODECK (FORMERLY SCENE 72A)

	The door opens and Troi ENTERS. She is taken aback by
	the sight of Barclay all plugged in. As before, when
	he speaks, his mouth does not move.

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			Hello, Deanna.

					TROI
			Reg...

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			I'm sorry that we can't take that
			walk in the Arboretum.

					TROI
			So am I.
				(beat)
			Reg, you've frightened everyone...
			I can't imagine that is your
			intent.

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			Young children are sometimes
			frightened of the world. That
			doesn't mean their parents should
			let them stay in their cribs.

					TROI
			Are we children to you, now?

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			I can see so much more than you
			are capable of. You should trust
			that.

	A beat.

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
				(continuing)
			Deanna, I've always wanted to earn
			your respect.

					TROI
			You've got it... From all of us.
			We don't need any more convincing.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT FOUR          49.

72B  CONTINUED:

					TROI (Cont'd)
			Please obey the Captain's
			orders... stop whatever you're
			doing...

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			You must trust me...

					TROI
			How are we to trust an officer
			who doesn't follow orders... ?

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			Trust me...

	A beat as Troi gives up.

					TROI
			The Captain will do everything
			in his power to stop you.

	She waits a beat, there is no further replay... she
	turns and EXITS.

73   INT. JEFFRIES TUBE

	The RED ALERT SOUNDS. Geordi reacts.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to La Forge. Status?

	Geordi makes one final adjustment in his work.

					GEORDI
			Ready now, Captain.

					PICARD
			Proceed.

					GEORDI
			Acknowledged.

	He quickly puts his hand to an interface and works the
	controls.

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			Commander?

					GEORDI
				(startled)
			What.

          STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - 1/25/91 - ACT FOUR          50.

73   CONTINUED:

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			You're too late.

74   INT. BRIDGE

	Troi is back on the Bridge. Data looks up from his
	console.

					DATA
				(surprised)
			Captain, the ODN bypass to the
			Bridge has been blocked. We have
			not regained control of the
			propulsion systems.

75   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The intense horizontal curvature of space is beginning
	to glow.

					RIKER
				(to computer)
			Barclay!

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			Yes, Commander Riker?

					RIKER
				(re: viewscreen)
			Shut that thing down!

76   OMITTED

77   RESUME

	No response. All are facing the viewscreen.

					WORF
			Captain. We are going in.

78   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as the ship begins to move slowly toward the
	distortion.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/29/91 - ACT FIVE       51.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

79
thru	OMITTED
81

82   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is inexorably heading towards the disturbance
	-- which has now begun to assume a more tunnel-like
	appearance. The stars inside and along the edges look
	stretched.

83   INT. BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Mister Barclay!
				(beat)
			Respond at once!

	Still no answer. Picard motions Worf to cut the
	audio...

					WORF
			Audio is disconnected.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Lieutenant, take a security team
			to Holodeck Three.
				(beat)
			Disconnect Mister Barclay from
			the computer.

					WORF
				(understanding
				 implication)
			Aye, Captain.

	Worf quickly heads for the door.

84   OMITTED

84A  INT. HOLODECK

	The door opens and Worf and TWO N. D. SECURITY MEN
	ENTER, phasers in hand.

        STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/29/91 - ACT FIVE       52.

85   INCLUDE BARCLAY

	plugged into the interface. He seems to be in a
	higher state of consciousness... hardly acknowledges
	Worf's arrival. The ship suddenly SHAKES. Worf and
	his men steady themselves, then head quickly towards
	Barclay, BOUNCING OFF a force field directly in front
	of him. They quickly recover.

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
			I want you to know, Lieutenant
			Worf, that I understand your duty
			in this matter...

					WORF
			Phasers. Maximum setting

	All three pull their phasers.

					BARCLAY'S VOICE
				(continuing)
			... and that I in no way will take
			your actions personally.

					WORF
			The conduits.

	They aim at the interface unit above Barclay's head.
	Again, the ship SHAKES.

					WORF
			Fire.

	They fire -- with no result. The force field holds.
	Suddenly, the entire room JOLTS violently to one side,
	then back. Worf and the others fall...

86   OMITTED

87   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship has been drawn into the 'tunnel'... the ship
	moves incredibly fast -- stars blur by at an
	extraordinary rate...

        STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/29/91 - ACT FIVE       53.

88
thru	OMITTED
91

92   INT. BRIDGE

	SHAKING. The staff is holding on... watching the
	viewscreen. There is a change becoming apparent --
	as everything on the Bridge, including personnel and
	voices, starts to distort. The effect continues
	through Scenes 92 and 96.

					RIKER
				(to Con)
			La Forge! Initiate stabilization
			procedure!

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Resetting stabilizers to match
			subspace flow matrix... stand
			by...

	Slowly, the ship STABILIZES...

					PICARD
			Mister Data... ?

					DATA
				(off instruments)
			We are experiencing a quantum
			level oscillation delay...
			Doubling in intensity, every
			twelve point three seconds...

	Worf ENTERS from the turbolift...

					WORF
				(reporting)
			He is protected by a force
			field... we could not disconnect
			him.

					RIKER
			Data, how long can we take this?

					DATA
			Bio-cellular disruption is
			imminent.

	Everyone holds on for a few difficult beats.

					ENSIGN ANAYA
				(re: viewscreen)
			Sir!

        STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/29/91 - ACT FIVE       54.

93
thru	OMITTED
95

96   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Where all the star lines converge into one bright mass,
	which we approach at immense speed, until it engulfs
	the screen, and we burst through... with a WHITEOUT...

97   RESUME

	Everything on the Bridge is suddenly normal. Everyone
	reacts.

					RIKER
			Where are we, Ensign?

					ENSIGN ANAYA
				(off instruments,
				 amazed)
			Unless something is wrong with
			the sensors... We're almost
			thirty thousand light years from
			where we were.

	Everyone reacts with astonishment.

98   OMITTED

98A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	surrounded by more stars than we've ever seen before
	-- there's more light than the blackness of space.

98B  INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Include viewscreen... Everyone stares in amazement
	at the countless stars.

					PICARD
				(awed)
			The center of the galaxy.

					ENSIGN ANAYA
			Sir, our heading has been altered.
			Approaching a planetary cluster.

        STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/29/91 - ACT FIVE       55.

98B  CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(off instruments)
			Captain, all systems are back
			under helm control. The computer
			has resumed normal functioning.

	Suddenly, directly in front of the viewscreen appears
	a holographic-type image of an alien being. It is an
	odd combination of intense curiosity, lightheartedness,
	quickness and benevolence.

					WORF
			Captain!

	Worf quickly moves to position himself between it and
	Picard, pulling his phaser.

					ALIEN
				(re: Worf's action)
			Emotive. Electro-chemical
			stimulus-response.
				(a beat)
			Cranial plate.

	Picard puts out a hand, holding Worf off. Worf stops.
	They all watch the alien as it takes them in, glancing
	quickly around the Bridge.

					ALIEN
				(continuing)
			Bipedal locomotion. Endoskeletal.
			Contiguous external integument.

					PICARD
			I am Jean-Luc Picard, Captain of
			the Federation Starship
			Enterprise.

					ALIEN
				(aha!)
			Hierarchical collective command
			structure!

					PICARD
			Who are you?

					ALIEN
				(still describing what
				 it sees)
			Interrogative.

	Picard realizes it's describing him.

        STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/29/91 - ACT FIVE       56.

98B  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Yes. I am interrogative... And
			I would appreciate an
			explanation...

					BARCLAY (O.C.)
			I believe I can help with that,
			Captain.

98C  ANGLE - BARCLAY

	has arrived from the turbolift... walking toward
	command... He is returning to normal... a little
	rattled by the experience.

					RIKER
			Mister Barclay. I thought it
			would be fatal if you left the
			holodeck.

					BARCLAY
			The Cytherians have reintegrated
			me, sir.

					ALIEN
				(affirming)
			Cytherians.

					BARCLAY
			The probe was designed to instruct
			outsiders on how to reach this
			system. But the technologies
			aren't always compatible. It
			failed with the Argus computer,
			and with the computer on the
			shuttle. But it was able to
			reprogram... me.

					PICARD
				(to the alien)
			What do you want of us?

					ALIEN
			The same as you.

					PICARD
				(explain)
			Mister Barclay... ?


        STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/29/91 - ACT FIVE       57.

98C  CONTINUED:

					BARCLAY
			You both have the same mission,
			Captain...

					PICARD
			Mission... ?

					BARCLAY
			Yessir. The Cytherians are
			exploring the galaxy just as we
			are... The difference is they
			never leave their home -- they
			bring others here. They only wish
			an exchange of knowledge...
				(beat)
			They want to know us.

	The alien hologram nods and grins at Picard. Picard
	glances at Riker, who smiles -- he knows what Picard's
	decision will be.

99   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At impulse speed through normal space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 44721.9.
			The Cytherians have returned the
			Enterprise to Federation space.
			We bring back knowledge of their
			race that will take our scholars
			decades to examine. Lieutenant
			Barclay is apparently no worse
			for his experience.

100
thru	OMITTED
102

103  INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Geordi, Troi, and Barclay are standing at the bar.
	Several couples and others dot the lounge, including
	two crew members playing three dimensional chess.

	Barclay seems basically his pre-transformation self.

					TROI
			How much do you remember?

        STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/29/91 - ACT FIVE       58.

103  CONTINUED:

					BARCLAY
			I can still remember doing
			everything -- I just can't
			remember how or why.

	There's a melancholy in his look... he can't disguise
	it. Troi and Geordi exchange a glance.

					TROI
			And how do you feel now?

					BARCLAY
				(sad chuckle)
			Smaller...

					GEORDI
			Just plain old Barclay, huh...

					BARCLAY
			It always seems to come back to
			that, doesn't it..

					TROI
			Most everyone has a moment in
			their lives when they exceed their
			own limits... achieve what seems
			to be impossible...

					GEORDI
			The tricky part is what happens
			afterwards.

					TROI
				(nodding)
			You almost always feel a sense
			of loss. But it's possible to
			carry something of that experience
			through the rest of your life --
			in ways that you're not even aware
			of now.

					BARCLAY
			I... I think I see what you're
			saying...

					GEORDI
			Either way, you're an important
			part of this crew.
				(rising)
			In fact, I could use your help
			tackling that level-3
			diagnostic...

        STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/29/91 - ACT FIVE       59.

103  CONTINUED: (2)

	Barclay and Troi rise too...

					BARCLAY
			Sure...

					TROI
			Excuse me, Commander... but I
			believe Mister Barclay and I had
			a date scheduled for a walk in
			the Arboretum... ?

	Barclay reacts, walks into a chair, stumbles a
	tad... she supports him...

					GEORDI
			The diagnostic can wait. See you
			later...

	He EXITS.

					BARCLAY
			You don't... don't have to do
			this, you know...

					TROI
				(grins, takes his arm,
				 leading him)
			I know.

	He smiles and as they walk past two players at the
	chess game... he glances and pauses. He looks at one
	of the players.

					BARCLAY
			May I?

	The player nods, giving a look of: "go ahead, I'm losing
	anyway." Barclay moves a piece on the board.

					BARCLAY
				(continuing)
			Checkmate in nine moves.

	The players react... so does Troi, and Barclay leads
	the way out...

					TROI
			I didn't know you played chess.

        STAR TREK: "The Nth Degree" - REV. 1/29/91 - ACT FIVE       60.

103  CONTINUED: (3)

					BARCLAY
				(surprised)
			I don't.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             








                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                            "Qpid" 
                       (f.k.a. "Q Love") 
                          #40274-194 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Ira Steven Behr 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                      JANUARY 31, 1991


              STAR TREK: "Q Love" - 2/5/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Q Love" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             Q
                RIKER              VASH
                DATA               SIR GUY GISBOURNE
                BEVERLY            ELDERLY SERVANT
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                                   Non-Speaking
                                     VARIOUS ARCHEOLOGY
                                       COUNCIL MEMBERS
                COMPUTER VOICE     
                                     A VULCAN COUNCIL MEMBER
                                     TROOP OF MEN-AT-ARMS
                Non-Speaking         EXECUTIONER
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    CASTLE GUARDS
                                     SERVANTS
                                     MEMBERS OF THE COURT

              STAR TREK: "Q Love" - 2/5/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Q Love" 
                           
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     SHERWOOD FOREST
              TEN FORWARD
              CORRIDOR                 NOTTINGHAM CASTLE
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              VASH'S QUARTERS
              MEETING ROOM
          
            SHERWOOD FOREST
              A GLADE
          
            NOTTINGHAM CASTLE
              MAID MARIAN'S CHAMBERS

         STAR TREK: "Q Love" - 1/31/91 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Q Love" 
                       
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                clavicular       klaw-VICK-you-lahr

          STAR TREK: "Qpid" - REV. 2/7/91 - TEASER          1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                           "Q Love"                                
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship orbits a small, orange hued planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, stardate 44741.9.
			We have arrived at Tagus Three
			where the Enterprise is to serve
			as host of the Federation
			Archeology Council's annual
			symposium.

2    INT. READY ROOM

	PICARD, intensely studying his monitor screen.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			I look forward to giving
			tomorrow's keynote address with
			great anticipation.

	The DOOR CHIME SOUNDS.

					PICARD
			Come.

	TROI ENTERS. Picard barely glances up from the
	monitor. Troi smiles at Picard's preoccupation.

					TROI
			I thought you'd want to know,
			Captain, the Council members have
			all been beamed aboard and
			assigned quarters.

					PICARD
			Excellent.

         STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/1/91 - TEASER         2.

2    CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(a hint)
			It really is quite late, Captain.

	Picard motions her over to the monitor.

					PICARD
			Tell me, Counselor, in regard
			to my lecture, which do you
			suppose would provide greater
			clarity? A chronological
			structure, or a division of each
			excavation's findings into various
			sociological, religious, and
			environmental sub-groupings?

					TROI
			I thought you had already decided
			on a chronological structure.

					PICARD
				(nodding; but not quite
				 convinced)
			Still, there is something to be
			said for a more scientific
			approach.

					TROI
			Captain, may I make a suggestion?

					PICARD
			By all means.

	Troi finally has the Captain's complete attention.

					TROI
			Relax! You've written a brilliant
			speech.

					PICARD
			It needs to be. Tomorrow I'll
			be addressing some of the greatest
			scientific minds in the
			Federation. Switzer,
			Klarc-Tarn-Droth, McFarland.
			Giants in the field of Archeology.
			Next to them I'm nothing but an
			enthusiastic amateur.

         STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - TEASER         3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			I doubt they think of you as an
			amateur... not when it comes to
			the ruins of Tagus Three.

					PICARD
				(modestly)
			Well, I have done my homework...
			I've examined the findings of
			every archaeological expedition
			conducted on the planet's
			surface...

					TROI
			It's unfortunate the Taguans no
			longer allow outsiders to visit
			the ruins.

					PICARD
				(wistful)
			Indeed. Especially since we still
			know so little about their
			origin...

	He gestures toward the monitor.

					PICARD
			Hopefully, I've been able to
			construct some intriguing theories
			of my own.

					TROI
			I'm sure the council members will
			agree that you have.

					PICARD
				(smiling)
			Your support is appreciated,
			Deanna.

	Picard stands.

					PICARD
			Screen off.

	CU screen as it goes blank.

         STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - TEASER         4.

3    INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	The door OPENS. Picard ENTERS looking somewhat
	fatigued.

	The first thing he notices -- is a Horga'hn sitting
	on his desk. Picard looks at it, curious... where the
	hell did this thing come from? Then...

					VASH (O.S.)
			Bring back any memories?

	Picard turns to see VASH stepping out of the shadows
	near the door. For a moment he's taken completely
	off-guard.

					PICARD
			Vash? How did you get in here?

	She smiles... and moves closer.

					VASH
			I came in through the window.

	Picard barely has the chance to regain his aplomb when
	she snakes an arm around him and they kiss. It's going
	to last awhile.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT ONE         5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

4    INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS - MORNING

	Vash, wearing the same outfit from the night before,
	and Picard, in his dress uniform, sit at a table eating
	a brekfast of rolls and jam. Though there is still a
	warm afterglow from the evening's activities, Picard is
	slightly ill at ease about playing host to Vash aboard
	the Enterprise.

					PICARD
			I had no idea you were a member
			of the Archaeology Council.

	Vash only smiles.

					PICARD
			You are a member?
				(a beat)
			Aren't you.

         STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/1/91 - ACT ONE         6.

4    CONTINUED:

					VASH
				(smiling)
			More or less.

					PICARD
			Why have you come to Tagus Three?

					VASH
			To see you, of course.

					PICARD
			Is that the only reason?

					VASH
			Isn't it enough?

	She's moves closer to him. It's an intimate moment.

					PICARD
				(smiling)
			I wish I could believe you?

					VASH
				(smiling right back)
			I'd be disappointed if you did.
				(a beat)
			I really have missed you,
			Jean-Luc.

	But before they can act on a mutual impulse the DOOR
	CHIMES. Picard waits until Vash steps away before
	answering.

					PICARD
			Come.

	BEVERLY strides in.

					BEVERLY
			I'm sorry I'm late...
				(noticing Vash)
			Oh, excuse me. I didn't know you
			had company.

					PICARD
			That's quite all right, Doctor.
			Beverly Crusher allow me to
			introduce Vash. A friend of mine
			with the Archeology Council.

	The two women exchange greetings.

           STAR TREK: "Q Love" - 1/31/91 - ACT ONE           7.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
				(to Vash)
			I didn't mean to interrupt. The
			Captain and I often share morning
			tea.

					VASH
			Yes, Jean-Luc has told me all
			about you.

					BEVERLY
			Really? When was that?

					VASH
			On Risa. Where we met.

	Beverly is finding this all very interesting.

					BEVERLY
			I see.
				(to Picard)
			That must have been during your
			vacation last year.

					PICARD
				(giving nothing away)
			So it was.

					BEVERLY
				(to Vash)
			I'm surprised he never mentioned
			you.

					VASH
			So am I.

	She shoots Picard a look, but no explanation is
	forthcoming.

					VASH
			Are you busy, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			Not at the moment.

					VASH
			I was wondering, I would love to
			see some more of this marvelous
			ship...

           STAR TREK: "Q Love" - 1/31/91 - ACT ONE           8.

4    CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			I'd be delighted to show it to
			you. If that's alright with you,
			Jean-Luc.

					PICARD
			Of course.

	But he doesn't seem thrilled at the prospect. As Vash
	passes him on the way out...

					VASH
				(sotto voce)
			Don't worry, I promise to behave
			myself.

	Picard does not look reassured.

5    INT. TEN FORWARD

	The lounge is only lightly populated at the moment.

	Riker is seated alone having a drink.

	Beverly and Vash ENTER.

					BEVERLY
			And this is Ten Forward, where
			the Council's welcoming reception
			is to be held this afternoon.

					VASH
				(liking what she sees)
			I couldn't think of a better
			location.
				(a beat)
			Tell me, does Jean-Luc come here
			often?

					BEVERLY
			No, not often.

					VASH
			I didn't think so.

					BEVERLY
			The Captain is a very private man.

           STAR TREK: "Q Love" - 1/31/91 - ACT ONE           9.

5    CONTINUED:

					VASH
			He certainly acted that way when
			we first met.
				(smiling)
			But I managed to loosen him up.

	Beverly would definitely like to learn more about this
	woman.

					BEVERLY
			Would you like something to drink?

					VASH
			Please.

	Beverly walks over to the bar. Vash checks out the
	view from the window as Riker APPROACHES.

					RIKER
			Eternity never looked so lovely.

					VASH
			Excuse me?

					RIKER
			I was referring to the view.
			Eternity never looked so lovely.

	Vash gives him a shrewd appraisal.

					VASH
			You must be Commander Riker.

					RIKER
				(surprised)
			I'm afraid you have me at a
			disadvantage.

					VASH
			I didn't mean to interrupt. I
			believe you were about to tell
			me that my eyes are as mysterious
			as the stars.

	Riker is intrigued. How the hell did she know?

					RIKER
				(thinks he's figured
				 it out)
			You're a Betazoid.

          STAR TREK: "Q Love" - 1/31/91 - ACT ONE          10.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

					VASH
			Not at all. It's just that
			Jean-Luc does quite a good
			imitation of you.

					RIKER
			He does?

	Beverly comes back with the drinks.

					BEVERLY
			I see you two have met.

					RIKER
			Not exactly.

					BEVERLY
			Vash is a member of the Archeology
			Council. And a friend of the
			Captain.

					RIKER
			So I've gathered.

					BEVERLY
			They met during his visit to Risa.

					RIKER
			On Risa?
				(amused)
			That must have been a better
			vacation than he let on.

					VASH
			You mean he never mentioned me
			to you either?

					RIKER
			Believe me, if he had, I would
			have remembered.

					VASH
				(a bit frustrated)
			You'd think he'd have told someone
			about me.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Doctor Crusher, please report to
			Sickbay.

          STAR TREK: "Q Love" - 1/31/91 - ACT ONE          11.

5    CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			On my way.
				(to Vash)
			I'm afraid I won't be able to
			finish up our tour.
				(a beat)
			Perhaps Commander Riker could fill
			in for me.

					RIKER
			It would be my pleasure.

	Beverly leaves. Riker and Vash head for the door.

					VASH
			So you're the one who asked
			Jean-Luc to buy the Horga'han.

					RIKER
			That was me.

					VASH
			Tell me Commander, do you collect
			sexual fertility symbols?

					RIKER
			I wouldn't call it a very large
			collection.

	And they're out the door.

6    INT. BRIDGE

	DATA and GEORDI at Science Station, WORF at Tactical.
	N.D.'s elsewhere.

	Riker and Vash EXIT the aft turbolift.

					RIKER
			And that brings us to the Main
			Bridge, the Command center of the
			Enterprise, and the end of our
			tour.

	He brings her over to the Science Station.

					RIKER
			Vash, I'd like you to meet
			Commander La Forge and Commander
			Data...

          STAR TREK: "Q Love" - 1/31/91 - ACT ONE          12.

6    CONTINUED:

	An exchange of greetings. Riker gestures over to Worf
	who looks on with disapproval.

					RIKER
			And this is Lieutenant Worf.
				(noticing Worf's scowl)
			Something wrong, Lieutenant?

					WORF
			Sir, I was not informed that
			Council Members had been granted
			bridge clearance.

					RIKER
			I think we can make an exception
			in this case, Mister Worf. Vash
			is the Captain's guest.

	Interested glances all around. Worf is somewhat at
	a loss for what to say.

					WORF
				(finally)
			Welcome aboard.

	Riker leads Vash over to the Command area.

					VASH
			Is this where Jean-Luc sits?

					RIKER
				(pointing it out)
			That's the big chair.

	To everyone's surprise she sits down in it. It
	provides a definite sense of power.

					VASH
			I can see where being a starship
			Captain does have its rewards.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			I'm glad you approve.

	All eyes turn to Picard who has just exited the Ready
	Room. Vash stands.

          STAR TREK: "Q Love" - 1/31/91 - ACT ONE          13.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

					VASH
			Jean-Luc. Commander Riker was
			just showing me the bridge.

	Picard looks at Riker.

					RIKER
			Doctor Crusher was called to
			Sickbay.

	Picard nods. An awkward beat of silence.

					PICARD
			So, did you enjoy your tour?

					VASH
			Very much.

					PICARD
			Good.

	Another awkward moment.

					VASH
			I guess I'll head back to my room
			now and get ready for the
			reception.

					PICARD
			By all means.
				(a beat)
			Well, I suppose I'll see you then.

					VASH
			I look forward to it.

	She turns and makes the long walk back up the ramp to
	the turbolift.

					RIKER
				(watching her go)
			Fascinating woman.

	No comment, from Picard.

7    ANGLE ON

	Data and Geordi. Geordi has also watched Vash EXIT
	the bridge.

	As the turbolift doors close he breaks into a grin.

          STAR TREK: "Q Love" - 1/31/91 - ACT ONE          14.

7    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			You find something humorous,
			Geordi?

					GEORDI
			Didn't you notice how ill-at-ease
			the Captain seemed around Vash?

					DATA
			Yes. However I see nothing
			amusing in his hostility toward
			her.

					GEORDI
			That wasn't hostility, Data.
				(off Data's look)
			He likes her.
				(a beat)
			A lot.

	Still smiling, Geordi turns back to the science
	monitor. A puzzled Data is left pondering the
	intricacies of human relationships.

8    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship maintains standard orbit.

9    INT. TEN FORWARD

	The reception. COUNCIL MEMBERS mingle with the crew.
	A rather informal time is being had by all.

10   NEW ANGLE

	Vash has cornered TROI over by a buffet table.

         STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT ONE 15-15A.           

10   CONTINUED:

					VASH
			I don't understand, I thought
			being ship's counselor meant the
			Captain confided in you.

					TROI
			He does. When he feels it's
			necessary.

					VASH
			And he never spoke to you about
			me?

					TROI
			Not that I can recall.

					VASH
			Not even a hint?

					TROI
			You must understand, the Captain
			is a very...

					TROI & VASH
				(together)
			Private man.

					VASH
			I know...

	She spots Picard who is deep in discussion with a
	Vulcan Council Member.

					VASH
			Will you excuse me?

					TROI
			Certainly.

	Vash walks off.

11   NEW ANGLE

	Vash passes by Worf, Geordi, Beverly and Data.

					WORF
				(still watching Vash)
			Nice legs.
				(off Geordi's look)
			For a human.

          STAR TREK: "Q Love" - 1/31/91 - ACT ONE          16.

12   NEW ANGLE

	Picard and the Vulcan.

					PICARD
			I agree, the Vulcan excavations
			on Tagus Three were extensive.
			Unfortunately, they were confined
			to the northeastern part of the
			city.

	Vash appears at his elbow.

					VASH
			Jean-Luc, we need to talk.

	One look and Picard knows she means it.

					PICARD
				(to the Vulcan)
			Pardon me.

	He and Vash move to a private spot.

					PICARD
			The reception seems to be a
			success.

					VASH
			Forget the reception for a moment.
			How come you've never mentioned
			me to your friends?

					PICARD
			What would you have me tell them?

					VASH
			Maybe that we met, for one thing.
			That we had an adventure together.
			Some fun...

					PICARD
			I'm afraid that wasn't possible.

					VASH
			Why not?

					PICARD
			It would have
			been... inappropriate.

					VASH
			I wasn't expecting you to go into
			any intimate details.

        STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT ONE        17.

12   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			A Captain does not share his
			personal feelings with his crew.

					VASH
			Is that a Starfleet regulation?
			Or did you make that one up
			yourself?

					PICARD
			I'm sorry if you're upset.

					VASH
			And I'm sorry if my being here
			embarrasses you.

	And with that she turns and walks away.

	HOLD ON a perplexed Captain Picard.

13   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker at command. N.D.'s at Conn and Ops.

	Picard ENTERS from the forward turbolift.

					RIKER
			How was the reception?

					PICARD
				(brusque)
			Splendid.

	He EXITS into the Ready Room.

14   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard ENTERS and stops as he SEES --

15   Q

	seated at his desk dressed in a Starfleet uniform.

					Q
			Jean-Luc! How wonderful to see
			you again.

          STAR TREK: "Q Love" - 1/31/91 - ACT ONE          18.

15   CONTINUED:

	ON PICARD'S REACTION...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

        STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT TWO        19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

16   INT. READY ROOM - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	As before.

					Q
			Well don't just stand there, say
			something.

	Picard advances into the room.

					PICARD
			Get out of my chair.

					Q
			I was hoping for something more
			along the lines of "Welcome back,
			Q. It's a pleasure to see you
			again old friend."

					PICARD
			We are not friends.

					Q
			You wound me, mon Capitain.

	Q snaps his fingers and now it's Picard who sits at his
	desk and Q who stands before him.

					Q
			There, perhaps now your manners
			will show some improvement.

					PICARD
			What brings you here, Q? Have you
			been banished from the Continuum
			once again?

					Q
			Hardly. They're still apologizing
			to me for the last time.

					PICARD
			Then what is it you want?

        STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT TWO        20.

16   CONTINUED:

					Q
			Must I always have a reason to
			stop by. I was in the sector
			and...
				(Picard doesn't buy it)
			Alright. You force a confession
			from me. The truth is I have a
			debt to settle.

					PICARD
			A debt?

					Q
			To you, Picard. And it gnaws at
			me. It interferes with each day.

					PICARD
			I have no idea what you're talking
			about...

					Q
			Without your assistance at our
			last encounter, I never would
			have survived. I would have taken
			my own life but for you, Jean-Luc.

					PICARD
			We all make mistakes.

					Q
			Your good deed made possible my
			reinstatement into the continuum.
			And I resent owing you
			anything... so I'm here to pay
			up... what shall it be... tell
			me and I'll be gone...

					PICARD
			Just be gone. That will suffice
			nicely.

					Q
			No, it must be something...
			something...
				(searching)
			...constructive. My new word for
			the day.

					PICARD
			Some other time, all right?
			Right now I have several things
			to attend to.


        STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT TWO        21.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

					Q
			Yes, your speech. I've read it.
			I found it dull and pedantic.
			Much like yourself.
				(an idea)
			I could help you with it.

					PICARD
			No.

					Q
			You've never actually been to the
			ruins in Tagus Three, have you?

					PICARD
			They've been sealed off for over
			a century.

					Q
			How can you write about what you
			haven't seen?

16A  ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Q is suddenly wearing a safari suit...

					Q
				(brightening)
			I'll take you there!

					PICARD
			Impossible. That would mean
			breaking Taguan law.

					Q
			Must you always be so ethical?
				(thinking)
			I suppose we could travel back
			in time. You could see what Tagus
			was like two billion years ago.
			They really knew how to have fun
			in those days.

					PICARD
			I'm afraid my answer is still no.
			My lecture will have to stand on
			its own. Now, will you please
			leave my ship.

					Q
			Then you refuse my help?

        STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT TWO        22.

16A  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Completely.

	A beat as Q broods. Then finally...

					Q
				(mildly)
			You're simply impossible to find
			a gift for, Picard.

	And he's gone.

					PICARD
				(to Conn)
			Commander Riker, report to my
			Ready Room.

	Riker ENTERS.

					RIKER
			Yes, Captain?

					PICARD
			I've just been paid a visit by
			Q.

					RIKER
			Q?
				(concerned)
			Any idea what he's up to?

					PICARD
			He wants to do something nice for
			me.

	Riker REACTS. That definitely sounds like trouble.

					RIKER
			I'll alert the crew.

	OFF Picard's look of approval:

17   INT. CORRIDOR - MINUTES LATER

	Picard EXITS the turbolift. He heads down the Corridor
	on the way to meet with one of the Council Officials.
	At the hall he hesitates, turns left instead of right.

18   NEW ANGLE

	Picard HALTS at a doorway. RINGS the bell.

          STAR TREK: "Q Love" - 1/31/91 - ACT TWO          23.

18   CONTINUED:

					VASH (V.O.)
			Who's there?

					PICARD
			It's me.

					VASH (V.O.)
			Who?

					PICARD
			Jean-Luc.

	The door slides open. Vash stands in the entrance.

					VASH
			Yes.

					PICARD
			May I come in?

					VASH
			What for?

					PICARD
			To talk.

					VASH
			I'm listening.

					PICARD
			If it's all the same to you I'd
			rather this discussion not take
			place in a public corridor.

	He slips past her.

19   INT. VASH'S QUARTERS

	The first thing Picard notices are various digging
	tools piled in a corner. He looks over at Vash.

					VASH
			I thought these were "private"
			quarters.

	Picard picks up a PADD off the table.

20   INSERT PADD

	A map of the ruins of Tagus.

          STAR TREK: "Q Love" - 1/31/91 - ACT TWO          24.

21   BACK TO SCENE

	Picard places the Padd back on the table.

					PICARD
			And I thought I was the only
			reason you came to Tagus.

					VASH
			I never fooled you for a second.

	She moves closer to Picard.

					VASH
			Still, you are the most important
			reason.

					PICARD
			Am I?

	Vash steps away.

					VASH
			That's the trouble with being such
			a well known liar. Even when I
			tell the truth no one believes
			me.

	Picard refuses to be swayed.

					PICARD
			I'm afraid all this equipment will
			have to be confiscated.

					VASH
			Is that necessary?

					PICARD
			I could have you placed in the
			brig.

					VASH
			Why don't you?

					PICARD
			If the Taguans were to catch you
			down there...

					VASH
			You gave me the same warning about
			Sarathong Five.

					PICARD
			I remember.

         STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT TWO 25-25A.           

21   CONTINUED:

					VASH
			Well, it didn't stop me from going
			there. I brought back some very
			impressive artifacts, too.

					PICARD
			Which you no doubt sold for a nice
			profit.

					VASH
				(angry)
			It's what I do!

					PICARD
			Not while you're aboard my ship.
			I will not allow it.

					VASH
			Let's get one thing straight,
			Picard. I can not change who
			I am for you or anyone else.

					PICARD
			Nor can I change who I am.

					VASH
				(calmly)
			Then we have nothing more to say
			to each other.

					PICARD
			So it would seem.

	Picard leaves. Vash sits at the table. She's
	depressed and upset.

22   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Q's head APPEARS from the bulkhead behind her. He's
	obviously overheard their discussion and found it
	fascinating.

23   INT. CORRIDOR

	As Troi, Geordi and Data walk down it...


        STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT TWO        26.

23   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			What do you think it is?

					DATA
			What do I think what is?

					GEORDI
			About her. That, you know, gets
			to the Captain.

					DATA
			Perhaps it is their common
			interest in archaeology.

					TROI
			I don't think so.

					DATA
			But Counselor, as an
			archaeologist, her company would
			certainly be intellectually
			stimulating to the Captain.

					GEORDI
			She's not just stimulating his
			intellect, Data...

					TROI
			It's really none of our business.

	They turn a corner and come face to face with...

23A  Q (OPTICAL)

	Leaning against a wall. Wearing a Starfleet uniform
	again.

					Q
			You want to know about Picard and
			that woman? I'll tell you...

	We HEAR the SOUND of BIRDS CHIRPING in the air.

        STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/6/91 - ACT TWO        27.

23A  CONTINUED:

					Q
				(sneering)
			It's love.

	He DISAPPEARS.

24   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Picard ENTERS, disgruntled. He goes into his bedroom,
	which is dark. As he enters, he sees a figure under
	the covers in his bed. A slight smile creeps to his
	lips. He moves to the bed, pulls back the covers to
	reveal Q.

					Q
			Sleeping alone, Picard?

					PICARD
			I'm in no mood for your
			foolishness, Q.

					Q
			I thought there was something
			different about you. You seemed
			tense, preoccupied. Somewhat...
			smaller.
				(a beat)
			At first I thought it was that
			horrible lecture of yours. But
			I was mistaken.

					PICARD
			Whatever game you want to play
			will have to wait until tomorrow.

	Picard gets into bed but Q refuses to be ignored.

					Q
			I had such hopes for you,
			Jean-Luc. I thought you were a
			bit more evolved than the rest
			of your species. But now I
			realize you're as weak as all the
			others.
				(a beat)
			Still, it pains me to see the
			great Picard brought down by a
			woman.

        STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT TWO        28.

24   CONTINUED:

	Picard, tries not to feign disinterest.

					PICARD
			What woman?

					Q
			Don't play coy with me Captain.
			I witnessed your little spat with
			Vash. Nor will I soon forget that
			look of misery on your face. The
			pain. The anguish. If I didn't
			know better I would have thought
			you were already married.

					PICARD
			You really must be bored, Q.
			You're letting your imagination
			run away with you.

					Q
			This human emotion of Love is
			a dangerous thing, Picard. You
			are obviously ill equipped to
			handle it. She's found a
			vulnerability in you... a
			vulnerability that I've wanted
			to find for years. If I had known
			this sooner, I would have arrived
			as a female. Mark my words,
			Jean-Luc, this is your Achilles
			heel..

					PICARD
			Believe what you wish.

					Q
			You deny you care for this woman?

	Picard doesn't answer.

					Q
			Believe me, Picard, I'd be doing
			you a big favor if I simply turned
			her into a Klabnian eel.

					PICARD
				(very seriously)
			Stay away from her, Q.

					Q
			I only want to help... my debt
			to you...

        STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT TWO        28A.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			... is hereby nullified. I don't
			want your help... your advice...
			your favors... or for that matter
			-- you. Can you understand that
			once and for all?

					Q
			You would have me stand idly by
			while she leads you to your
			destruction?

					PICARD
			Yes!

					Q
			As you wish.

	And once again, he's gone.

	A concerned Picard is left wondering what Q meant by
	that last remark.

         STAR TREK: "Qpid" - REV. 2/8/91 - ACT TWO         29.

25   INT. MEETING ROOM - NEXT MORNING

	As Picard and Riker ENTER...

					RIKER
			Knock 'em dead, Captain.

	Picard nods and moves toward the podium; Riker toward
	the audience.

26   ANOTHER ANGLE

	All seats are filled in anticipation of Picard's
	lecture. Vash sits among the Council Members. Our
	regular crew members are present as well.

26A  ANGLE - PICARD

	As he steps up to the podium. He's waited for this
	moment a long time.

					PICARD
			Ladies and gentlemen, members of
			the Archeology Council. Welcome.
			It is the mystery of Tagus Three
			that brings us together today...
			a mystery that has invited more
			argument and deduction than the
			best Sherlock Holmes or Dixon Hill
			tale. Well, if you'll excuse the
			conceit, you're about to hear my
			own detective story.

26B
thru	OMITTED
26C

26D  ANGLE - TROI AND BEVERLY (OPTICAL)

	Suddenly, a hunting cap, with feather, appears on
	Beverly's head. As Troi attempts to point this
	phenomenon out to Beverly, a similar cap appears on her
	own head. They stare at each other in disbelief.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			For several years, I have been
			trying to unravel the secrets of
			Tagus Three. Needless to say,
			I have not succeeded.

         STAR TREK: "Qpid" - REV. 2/8/91 - ACT TWO         30.

26E  ANGLE - PICARD

	Still unaware that anything is amiss.

					PICARD
			However, I have, I believe,
			turned up some new information,
			that if nothing else, raises a
			whole new set of mysteries that
			I hope we can discuss during our
			time togther.

26F  ANGLE - RIKER AND GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	Riker reacts to the quarterstaff that appears in his
	hand; Geordi to the mandolin that appears in his.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			There have been nine hundred and
			forty-seven known Archaeological
			excavations conducted on the
			planet's surface.

26G  ANGLE - DATA (OPTICAL)

	who finds himself wearing a cowl... and holding a leg
	of lamb.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Out of that number some
			seventy-four are generally
			considered to have revealed
			findings of major importance.

26HA	ANGLE - WORF

	Astounded by the chaperone which has appeared on his
	shoulders.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			The earliest took place some
			twenty-two thousand years ago.

26H  ANGLE - PICARD (OPTICAL)

	who along with the rest of the theater audience is
	beginning to realize that something peculiar is going
	on.

         STAR TREK: "Qpid" - REV. 2/8/91 - ACT TWO         30A.

26H  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			The last was completed within
			the last four hundred years.

	Suddenly he's dressed in a jerkin and cap of familiar
	Lincoln green. The audience REACTS. So does Picard.
	Then, as a yeoman's bow appears in his hand...

					PICARD
			What the hell... !

	He VANISHES.

27   EXT. FOREST - DAY - (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Geordi, Data, Worf, Beverly and Troi all
	APPEAR at the same time... all dressed in period
	costume. Beverly and Troi wear men's clothing.
	Beverly also carries a sword; Troi a longbow and
	arrows. Data is bald except for a soupbowl fringe
	plastered to his forehead. Riker wears a yellow jerkin
	and carries his quarterstaff. Worf is dressed like a
	dandy and Geordi still holds his madolin.

	As they all react...

					PICARD
				(raging)
			Q!

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

        STAR TREK: "Qpid" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT THREE        31.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

28   EXT. FOREST - DAY

	As our heroes survey the scenery around them...

					TROI
			Is this Tagus Three?

					PICARD
			I doubt there are many oak trees
			on Tagus. No, my guess is this
			is supposed to be Earth.
				(off reactions)
			Sometime around the twelfth
			century. And this is England,
			Sherwood Forest to be precise.
			Or at least Q's re-creation of
			it.

       STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT THREE       32.

28   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			That explains these costumes.

					PICARD
			Exactly, Number One.
				(a beat)
			Or should I say, John Little.

	Riker studies Picard to see if he's serious.

					BEVERLY
			If he's Little John, that would
			make you...

					PICARD
			I know. Robin Hood.

	A beat as this sinks in.

					WORF
			Sir, I protest. I am not a merry
			man.

					DATA
			On the contrary, Lieutenant Worf,
			your clothing identifies you with
			the character of Will Scarlett.
			Just as Geordi's Mandolin suggests
			he is Alan-A-Dale.

					RIKER
			And you, Mister Data, bear a
			striking resemblance to one Friar
			Tuck.

	Data examines his stomach.

        STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/1/91 - ACT THREE 33-33A.          

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			I will not play the fool for Q's
			amusement.

	He takes off his cap, looks at it in disgust, and
	slams it on the ground.

					PICARD
			You're quite right, Worf.
				(loudly)
			Do you hear that Q? You may as
			well return us to our ship
			immediately.

	They react to a horse's shrill whinny and turn to
	see...

       STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT THREE       34.

29
thru	OMITTED
30

30A  SIR GUY OF GISBOURNE

	Mounted on a sleek charger, sword drawn.

					SIR GUY
			I have you at last, Robin Hood.

	As he charges at Picard...

30B  NEW ANGLE

	Worf draws his own sword to defend his Captain...

30C  ANOTHER ANGLE

	Sir Guy rides past Worf, cutting him across the
	shoulder with his sword. Worf is ready to fight on,
	but... Suddenly an arrow slams into a tree next to
	Picard...

30D  ANGLE - SEVEN MEN AT ARMS

	Coming over a nearby hill. Longbows at the ready.

30E  RESUME ANGLE - PICARD AND WORF

	Three more arrows strike trees around them. Picard
	sees there's only one hope to escape.

					PICARD
			Quick. Into the forest.

       STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT THREE       34A.

31
thru	OMITTED
31B

31C  ANGLE - WORF

	prepares to cover their retreat.

31D  ANGLE - PICARD

	Hanging back as the others disappear into the trees.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf. That's an order.

	Worf follows Picard into the forest.

31E  OMITTED

31F  NEW ANGLE

	A furious Sir Guy turns to his men, who search the
	underbrush.

					SIR GUY
			Enough, you fools. We'll never
			find them in the greenwood.

32   INT. FOREST - A GLADE - DAY

	Picard and his crew are resting. He approaches Worf
	who is being tended to by Beverly (sans tricorder.)

					BEVERLY
				(applying a makeshift
				 bandage)
			I've managed to stop the
			bleeding.

33   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Q appears on horseback. He's garbed in the cloak and
	livery of the High Sheriff of Nottingham.

       STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT THREE       35.

33   CONTINUED:

	An angry Picard approaches Q.

					PICARD
			It's about time you showed up,
			Q.

					Q
			I'd prefer it if you addressed
			me as His Honor the High Sheriff
			of Nottingham.

					PICARD
			We will not share in this
			pointless fantasy of yours.

	Q dismounts.

					Q
			Fine. Wait here and do nothing.
			By mid-day tomorrow, you'll all
			be safely back aboard your ship.
			But you will have to accept the
			consequences of your inaction.

					PICARD
			What consequences?

					Q
			What's the one thing Robin Hood
			is famous for?

       STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT THREE       36.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

	A beat. Nobody answers. Then...

					GEORDI
			Robbing from the rich to give to
			the poor?

					Q
			Besides that.

					DATA
			Are you referring to his rescue
			of Maid Marian from Nottingham
			Castle?

					Q
			Right you are, Data.

	Q looks over at Picard with glee.

					Q
			And it just so happens that Sir
			Guy of Gisbourne has decreed that
			Marian's head comes off tomorrow
			at noon.

					PICARD
				(grimly)
			Vash.

	Q smiles. He's enjoying himself thoroughly.

					Q
			The choice is yours my dear,
			Robin. You can either take your
			ease here within the sylvan glade
			or risk your life to save a woman
			you care nothing about.

					PICARD
			My feelings toward Vash are
			irrelevant. I'd attempt to save
			any innocent life, as you well
			know.

       STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT THREE       37.

33   CONTINUED: (3)

					Q
			But what of your merry men? Are
			you willing to put them in
			jeopardy as well? Is Vash's life
			worth losing hers or his or even
			his... ?
				(the last being Worf)
			Though I admit he would make a
			perfect throw rug at Nottingham
			Castle.

					PICARD
			Q, I ask you to end this now,
			before anyone else gets hurt.

	Q swings up onto the horse.

					Q
			Impossible. You see, I've given
			this fantasy as you call it, a
			life of its own. I don't know
			how things will turn out anymore
			than you do.
				(a beat)
			But of one thing I am certain.
			If you dare set foot in Nottingham
			Castle, blood will be spilled.

	He, and the horse vanish.

34   EXT. NOTTINGHAM CASTLE - DAY - (OPTICAL)

	Establishing.

35   INT. MAID MARIAN'S CHAMBERS - DAY

	A small, stark room in the tower; minimal furniture
	to include a wooden bench. Vash, dressed in Marian's
	virginal white, paces the floor. She's watched by an
	ELDERLY SERVANT.

					SERVANT
			You'll wear yourself out with
			all that pacing, M'lady.

       STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 1/31/91 - ACT THREE       38.

35   CONTINUED:

					VASH
			I told you to stop calling me
			that. My name's Vash.

					SERVANT
			My poor lamb, it's a brain
			sickness you've got for sure.
			Can't I get you something to ease
			your suffering?

					VASH
			I could use a drink.

					SERVANT
			It wasn't spirits I was thinking
			of M'lady.

	She picks up a wooden box.

					SERVANT
			I have here some nice fresh
			leeches to drain the fever.

	Vash points to the door.

					VASH
			Out. Get out.

	The servant rushes to the door, but before she can get
	there it opens and Sir Guy ENTERS.

					SERVANT
			Oh, her mind's in an awful
			turmoil, Sir Guy.

	Sir Guy stares at Vash with undisguised desire.

					VASH
			Who the hell are you?

					SERVANT
			M'Lady, everyone in Nottingham
			knows, Sir Guy of Gisbourne.

					VASH
			Sir Guy of what?

	Her Servant rolls her eyes towards heaven, and shaking
	her head hurries out of the room.

	Sir Guy closes the door behind her.

       STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT THREE       38A.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					SIR GUY
			Do not mock me, Lady Marian. I'm
			prepared to offer you one final
			chance to change your mind.

	He grabs hold of her.

					SIR GUY
			Will you marry me?

	Vash pulls away and slaps him across the face.

       STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT THREE       39.

35   CONTINUED: (3)

					SIR GUY
				(coldly)
			I see. Then the execution will
			proceed as scheduled.

	Sir Guy turns to leave.

					VASH
			What execution?

					SIR GUY
				(turning back)
			I warn you Marian, this pathetic
			attempt at feigning madness will
			not save your life.

					VASH
				(shocked)
			You mean I'm the one getting
			executed?

	Though Vash is at a loss to explain how she came to be
	in this current predicament, a lifetime of adventure
	has honed her survival instincts to a razor's edge.

					VASH
			Sir Guy, wait? Can't we talk this
			over?
				(a beat)
			I admit, I haven't been myself
			lately.
				(flashing her best
				 smile)
			Perhaps we've both been acting
			a bit hasty.

	She sits down on the bench. Pats the space next to
	her.

					VASH
			Please.

	Sir Guy smiles. Delighted.

36   EXT. SHERWOOD FOREST DAY

	We hear bad mandolin playing in the background as Troi
	pulls back on a bow and lets fly an arrow. We HEAR
	the THWACK of impact. CAMERA PANS OVER to the tree
	that was her intended target. There's no sign of the
	arrow.


        STAR TREK: "Qpid" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT THREE        39A.

36   CONTINUED:

	PAN OVER a few feet to the right. Data is standing
	with an arrow in his chest.

	Troi hurries over.

					TROI
			Data, are you alright?

	A beat, as Data checks his systems.

					DATA
			The arrow impacted just above
			my sixth intercostal support,
			penetrating my secondary
			subprocessor.

	Data moves his arm up and down and in and out.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Fortunately, none of my
			biofunctions seem impaired.

	Data pulls the arrow out of his body. He offers it to
	Troi who is much relieved.

					DATA
			Do not get discouraged. I believe
			your aim is improving.

       STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT THREE       40.

36A  NEW ANGLE

	Beverly is checking Worf's wound in the background
	as Geordi sits on a log strumming the mandolin... it
	sounds like fingernails on a blackboard.

	Worf gets up, crosses to Geordi, and takes the
	mandolin out of his hands. He walks over, and smashes
	it against a tree. Hands the neck back to Geordi.

					WORF
			Sorry.

37   NEW ANGLE

	A relieved grin from Riker as he watches Picard buckle
	on his sword.

       STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT THREE       41.

37   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			It's about time we got out of
			here, sir.

					PICARD
			Not we Commander. You and the
			others are to wait here until I
			return.

					RIKER
			You're not planning to go after
			her alone, are you?

	The others gather around.

					PICARD
			This is not a mission. It's
			personal, between Q and myself.
			I don't want any of you involved.

					RIKER
			But Captain...

					PICARD
			You have your orders, Commander.
			I expect you to follow them.

	With a final glance at his crew, Picard heads off
	towards Nottingham.

	On Riker's worried look we...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

         STAR TREK: "Qpid" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT FOUR         42.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

38   EXT. COURTYARD INSIDE WALLS OF CASTLE - NIGHT

	Cold, imposing, and lit by flickering torches. We see
	a limited section of the yard... Heraldic banners hang
	from the walls. A circular staircase rises to the
	tower.

	Only a few servants are visible as a haughty Q (still
	dressed as the High Sheriff) surveys his domain with
	smug satisfaction.

	Nearby is an EXECUTIONER. Off to the side, a TINKER,
	with his back to us, repairs the chains on a pair of
	shackles. The massively built Executioner is busy
	sharpening the blade of his broad axe against a foot
	powered grindstone. He pauses to inspect his work. Q,
	passing by, barely taps the edge of the blade with his
	index finger.

					Q
			A touch sharper, shall we?

	The Executioner starts up the grindstone.

	Q suddenly halts in confusion as he discovers a
	surprising sight before him.

39   NEW ANGLE

	Vash and Sir Guy, looking surprisingly chummy as they
	approach from another part of the courtyard. She
	carries a bouquet of fresh-picked flowers. Sir Guy
	holds up a pomegranate. Vash smiles and demurely
	nibbles it.

	A suspicious Q approaches them.

					Q
			Such benevolence, Sir Guy,
			allowing the condemned prisoner
			fresh air.

					SIR GUY
			You're mistaken, Sheriff. Maid
			Marian has consented to be my
			wife.

        STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT FOUR        43.

39   CONTINUED:

	Q looks at Vash in disbelief.

					Q
			But that's impossible?

	Vash motions to a servant who approaches with a tray
	and two goblets of wine.

					VASH
				(innocently)
			Not at all. Though I admit a
			maiden seldom has the opportunity
			to win herself such a noble
			husband.

	She takes a goblet from the tray and hands it to Sir
	Guy...

					SIR GUY
			A toast to the most beautiful
			bride-to-be in all of England.

	He goes to drink.

					Q
			Hold there, Sir Guy.

	He knocks the goblet to the ground.

					SIR GUY
			Have you taken leave of your
			senses?

					Q
			It could be poisoned. Some foul
			scheme of Robin Hood. She's in
			league with him still, I'll
			warrant.

					VASH
			Robin Hood?

	A beat as Vash absorbs this rather bizarre accusation.
	She has no choice but to bluff her way through it.

					VASH
			Oh, Robin Hood... that was over
			long ago.

					Q
			Why, all of Nottingham knows you're
			in love with him.

            STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT FOUR            44.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

					VASH
			That's a lie.
				(to Sir Guy)
			He... bewitched me. Put me under
			some evil spell.

	Sir Guy gives her hand an encouraging pat.

					SIR GUY
			Just as I suspected.
				(to Q)
			You can add sorcery to the list
			of charges against that rogue.

					Q
			But Sir Guy, if anyone has been
			bewitched it's you.

	Sir Guy stands. His hand is placed firmly on the hilt
	of his sword.

					SIR GUY
			Silence. Any further impudence
			and it'll be your head on the
			chopping block.
				(a beat)
			Guards, escort the Lady Marian
			to her chamber.

					VASH
				(standing)
			But I'd much rather stay with you.

					SIR GUY
			Of course you would, my child.
			But I have important business to
			discuss with the Sheriff.
				(a beat; then dripping
				 with implication)
			And you must prepare for your
			wedding.

					VASH
			I count the hours.

	She kisses him. She allows herself to be led away, but
	not before her eyes flash him the promise of future
	delights.

	Sir Guy and Q watch her depart.

            STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT FOUR           44A.

39   CONTINUED: (3)

					SIR GUY
			Lovely creature.

					Q
				(with grudging
				 admiration)
			She is intriguing.

	Q is determined not to allow his well-laid scheme go
	astray.

					Q
			Sir Guy, perhaps it would be wise
			to keep this wedding a secret for
			now.

					SIR GUY
			What are you babbling about?

					Q
			You still hope to capture Robin
			Hood, don't you?

					SIR GUY
			I live for the moment.

					Q
				(thinking of Picard)
			Well, if he were to hear that
			Marian's life was no longer in
			danger, there would be no need
			for him to come to Nottingham to
			rescue her.

	Sir Guy slaps Q on the back.

					SIR GUY
			By heavens, you're right. No word
			of my wedding shall leave these
			walls.
					(MORE)

             STAR TREK: "Qpid" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT FOUR             45.

39   CONTINUED: (4)

					SIR GUY (Cont'd)
				(a beat)
			What better way to celebrate a
			marriage than with an execution.

	Sir Guy and Q share a chuckle, then go their separate
	ways.

					Q
				(musing)
			This could be fun.

40   NEW ANGLE

	Q crosses by the Tinker hammering at a chain. The
	Tinker looks up once Q has passed him by, REVEALING
	himself to be Picard in disguise.

41   INT. MAID MARIAN'S CHAMBER - NIGHT

	Vash paces around the room. Suddenly she stops.
	Listening to what could be a faint rustling. The noise
	ceases. Vash continues to pace. The rustling resumes,
	louder now. Again, Vash stops pacing. The sound,
	and now it's clearly the rustling of vines, is coming
	from outside her open window. She moves towards the
	embrasure, when SUDDENLY a hand APPEARS on the ledge.
	With a final GRUNT, Picard lifts himself through the
	window. Vash throws herself at him.

					VASH
			Jean-Luc. Am I glad to see you.

	She throws herself into his arms, and kisses him.

					VASH
			You would not believe what I've
			been through. One minute I'm on
			the Enterprise... the next thing
			I know I'm here in Nottingham.
			First, they're going to chop my
			head off... and now I'm supposed
			to marry someone named Sir Guy...
			and everyone insists on calling
			me Marian...

            STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT FOUR           45A.

41   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Yes, I know.

					VASH
			You do? But how...

	For the first time she notices his outfit.

					VASH
			You're Robin Hood?

             STAR TREK: "Qpid" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT FOUR             46.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			My staff and I were brought here
			by an old adversary of mine named
			Q. I'll tell you the rest once
			we're safe.

	He leads her towards the window.

					PICARD
			Come, we don't have much time.

					VASH
			Are the others outside?

					PICARD
			They're waiting for us back in
			Sherwood.

	That brings Vash to a quick stop.

					VASH
			You mean you came alone?

					PICARD
			Yes, now let's...

					VASH
			What kind of plan is that?

					PICARD
			An excellent one if you'd only
			hurry up.

	But Vash refuses to budge.

					VASH
			You do realize our lives are at
			stake here.

					PICARD
			Only too well.

					VASH
			And this is the best strategy
			you could come up with? One man
			against an entire castle.

					PICARD
			I suppose you know of a better
			one.


            STAR TREK: "Q Love" - REV. 2/5/91 - ACT FOUR            47.

41   CONTINUED: (3)

					VASH
			How about this? You go. I'll
			stay here.

	She walks away from the window.

					PICARD
			And do what?

					VASH
			Marry Sir Guy if I have to.

					PICARD
				(ironic)
			That is brilliant.

					VASH
			If there's a way to escape, I'll
			find it, eventually. With my head
			still attached.

					PICARD
			You don't really expect me to
			leave you here?

	He reaches for her. She pulls away.

					VASH
			I can take care of myself.

					PICARD
			Must you be so stubborn?

	Suddenly the door is flying OPEN and Sir Guy enters
	backed by a retinue of SOLDIERS.

					SIR GUY
			There'll be no escape for you this
			time, Robin Hood.

					PICARD
				(to Vash)
			Behind me.

	He steps in front of her and reaches for his sword.
	But Vash is quicker. She pulls the blade out of his
	scabbard and points it at his chest.

					VASH
			You should have left while you
			had the chance.

              STAR TREK: "Q Love" - 1/31/91 - ACT FOUR              48.

41   CONTINUED: (5)

	Sir Guy advances on them, smiling.

					SIR GUY
			Well done, my dear.

					VASH
				(sweetly)
			Consider it my wedding present
			to you.

	The Guards lead Picard away.

42   EXT. COURTYARD - NIGHT

	Picard and the Guards come down the stairs. He barely
	glances at a beaming Q as he's hurried away. Sir Guy
	follows behind.

					Q
			Congratulations, Gisbourne. I
			see you've snared the jackal.

					SIR GUY
			It's Marian who deserves the
			credit. Took him with his own
			sword.

	On Q's astonished REACTION...

43   INT. MAID MARIAN'S CHAMBER - NIGHT

	Vash is seated at a table, writing feverishly. Her
	SERVANT ENTERS and scuttles across the room to her.

					SERVANT
			You sent for me, M'Lady?

					VASH
			You must take this letter to
			Robin's men.

					SERVANT
			You want me to go to Sherwood
			Forest? At this time of night?

					VASH
			You'll leave immediately.

              STAR TREK: "Q Love" - 1/31/91 - ACT FOUR              49.

43   CONTINUED:

					SERVANT
				(glancing out the
				 window)
			But it's dark. I'll get lost.

	Vash continues to write.

					SERVANT
			Besides, it's not safe. What with
			all them hedge robbers and worse
			lurking about.

					VASH
			Please, this is urgent.

					SERVANT
			You ask me, you'd be better off
			staying with Sir Guy. He's got
			a future. Why you'll be living
			in London before you know it.

					VASH
			But you must go. Otherwise,
			they're going to kill him.

	She's about to offer the folded letter to the Servant,
	when the door SWINGS open. Vash leaps up dropping the
	letter on the table as Q ENTERS.

					VASH
			How dare you come barging in here
			this way!

					Q
			I come to offer apologies for my
			harsh words earlier. I had no
			idea you were so ruthless. The
			cold blooded way you betrayed
			Robin was most impressive.

	Q is now standing right by the table. Vash forces
	herself not to glance down at the letter.

					VASH
			That's most gracious of you.

					Q
			I admit I was surprised...
				(a beat)
			Though perhaps not as surprised
			as Jean-Luc.

              STAR TREK: "Q Love" - 1/31/91 - ACT FOUR              50.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

	Now it's Vash's turn to be surprised.

					VASH
			You're Q.

					Q
				(bowing)
			And you are a very interesting
			woman.

	He notices the letter.

					Q
			What's this?

	She tries to snatch it away.

					VASH
			Give me that.

	But it's too late.

					Q
			A letter to Riker?
				(reading)
			Quick... Come to Castle... Must save
			Captain...
				(cheerfully)
			Why this is wonderful. Such
			marvelous duplicity. You
			certainly fooled Sir Guy. And
			me as well.
				(a shrewd glance at
				 Vash)
			I do believe you're worth further
			study.

					VASH
				(turning on the charm)
			Am I?

					Q
			Unfortunately, we won't have the
			time.
				(shouting)
			Guards!

	They enter.

              STAR TREK: "Q Love" - 1/31/91 - ACT FOUR              51.

43   CONTINUED: (3)

					Q
			Take this traitor away.
				(to Vash)
			It appears there's going to be
			a double execution.

	Vash is marched from the room.

	And as Q gloats over this latest turn of events:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

             STAR TREK: "Qpid" - REV. 2/6/91 - ACT FIVE             52.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

44   EXT. COURTYARD - THE NEXT DAY

	A CROWD has gathered to SEE the show. Sir Guy and
	Q sit together at a dais at one end of the courtyard.

45   NEW ANGLE

	the stairs leading to the tower. We HEAR VOICES coming
	down off-camera, drawing close.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			My fault?

					VASH (V.O.)
			Yes, your fault.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			We'd have been safe in Sherwood
			if you hadn't grabbed my sword.

	Picard and Vash, both wearing shackles, come into VIEW
	as they walk toward CAMERA...

					VASH
			I grabbed it to prevent you from
			being killed.

					PICARD
			You should have never interfered.

					VASH
			You were the one interfering.

					PICARD
			I was trying to rescue you.

					VASH
			Next time don't bother.

					PICARD
			I won't.

	They come to a halt in front of the executioners block.
	Q steps forward to meet them.

             STAR TREK: "Qpid" - REV. 2/6/91 - ACT FIVE             53.

45   CONTINUED:

					Q
			Don't you two ever stop arguing?

	No response.

					Q
			Tell me Picard, as you stand here
			facing the termination of your
			insect existence, do you see what
			has led you to this end?
				(beat, no reply)
			Was she worth it?

					PICARD
			Can we just get this over with.

					VASH
				(hurt)
			Are you implying I'm not worth
			it?

	But Picard keeps his eyes fixed on Q.

					PICARD
			Your game was for my benefit,
			Q. She is innocent in all this.

					Q
			She is many things, none of them
			innocent.

					PICARD
			Let her go.

					VASH
			Jean-Luc, you do care.

					Q
			A gallant gesture Picard. But
			a futile one.
				(a beat)
			Farewell. I hope you'll both be
			happy together.

	He moves aside as Sir Guy rises to his feet.

					SIR GUY
				(to Picard & Vash)
			You have been found guilty of
			outlawry and high treason. Do
			you have anything to say before
			sentencing is carried out?

             STAR TREK: "Qpid" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT FIVE            53A.

45   CONTINUED: (2)

	Impassive stares from the prisoners.

					SIR GUY
			Ready them for the block.

	The Guards remove the chains.

45AA	NEW ANGLE

	A group of hooded monks have entered the courtyard.
	Beneath the hoods are Riker, Worf, Geordi, Data,
	Beverly and Troi.

45A  ANGLE - PICARD AND VASH

	already kneeling at the block.

45B  ANGLE - THE MONKS (OPTICAL)

	taking in the scene in front of them. Worf reaches
	for the sword beneath his robe. Geordi lays a
	restraining hand on Worf's arm.

					GEORDI
			Too many of them. We'd never
			get to the Captain...

					RIKER
			Data, we need a diversion. Now.

	Data opens his left arm, revealing the circuitry and
	blinking lights within. He pulls out three small
	components and fastens them together.

					DATA
				(to Riker)
			Please stand back, Commander.
			Microfusion cells can be somewhat
			dangerous under high
			temperatures...

	Riker stands back. Data tosses the components into
	the Tinker's fire. The fire FLARES briefly, then there
	is a small explosion and a dramatic pyrotechnic
	discharge which startles the Executioner and the
	onlookers.

             STAR TREK: "Qpid" - REV. 2/6/91 - ACT FIVE             54.

45B  CONTINUED:

	Amidst the confusion that follows, Picard leaps to his
	feet and rams his elbow into the executioner's stomach,
	knocking him to the ground. Picard then grabs hold
	of one of his guards, and pulls his sword free of its
	scabbard.

45C  OMITTED

45D  NEW ANGLE

	Riker, Worf, Geordi, Troi, Beverly and Data (who has
	closed the panel on his arm) throw off their monk's
	robes.

					VOICES
			It's the outlaws. Robin's band.

	Sir Guy unsheathes his sword.

					SIR GUY
			Guards. Take Marian to the
			tower.

	Vash whirls and punches one of her captors but two
	others drag her up the stairs.

	Picard SEES Vash being taken away and tries to follow.
	A guard tries to block him and is cut down.

46   NEW ANGLE

	As our crew beats back the attacking soldiers.

46A  DATA

	holds out his arm and "clotheslines" one soldier as he
	charges by. Then Data looks up at...

46B  ANOTHER SOLDIER

	who lunges toward him with a sword. The man stops in
	mid-thrust, shocked, as...

	Data catches the tip of the blade between his thumb and
	forefinger... and slowly CURLS it back.

             STAR TREK: "Qpid" - REV. 2/6/91 - ACT FIVE            54A.

47   NEW ANGLE

	Q watches the battle that rages around him with
	delight.

48   NEW ANGLE

	Picard comes face to face with Sir Guy.

					SIR GUY
			I'll have you know I'm the
			greatest swordsman in all of
			Nottingham.

             STAR TREK: "Qpid" - REV. 2/6/91 - ACT FIVE             55.

48   CONTINUED:

	A quick flurry of cuts and parries as they test each
	others skill.

					PICARD
			That's very impressive.

	They engage again.

					PICARD
			But there's something you should
			know.

	A furious series of strikes ending with their swords
	crossed at the hilt, their faces inches apart.

					SIR GUY
			And what would that be?

					PICARD
			I'm not from Nottingham.

	He pushes Sir Guy away.

49   NEW ANGLE

	Gradually Picard forces Sir Guy up the stairs leading
	to Marian's room. Sir Guy, panic building, takes a
	vicious cut at Picard's head. Picard ducks, thrusts
	upward, and stabs Sir Guy through the body.

	Sir Guy tumbles off the staircase.

50   INT. MARIAN'S CHAMBER (OPTICAL)

	Vash, listens to the SOUNDS of battle.

	Suddenly, the door SWINGS and Picard races in.

					VASH
			Jean-Luc.

	She runs into his arms. Picard is fed up with all
	this, tosses the sword to the floor.

					PICARD
				(shouting)
			It's over, Q. Now get us out of
			here.

	Q APPEARS in the room.

             STAR TREK: "Qpid" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT FIVE            55A.

50   CONTINUED:

					Q
				(applauding)
			My compliments, Captain. I doubt
			Robin Hood himself could have done
			better.

					PICARD
			If any of my people are hurt...

					Q
			Sadly, they're all fine... but
			the point is they could have been
			killed, and you might have been
			too... all for the "Love Of A
			Maid." My debt to you is paid,
			Picard, if you have learned how
			weak and vulnerable you really
			are... if you can finally see how
			"Love" brought out the worst in
			you...

					VASH
			Nonsense. You're absolutely
			wrong. It brought out the best
			in him.
				(to him, intimately)
			His nobility, courage, self-sacrifice.
			His tenderness.

					Q
				(to Vash)
			You're good. Very good.

					PICARD
				(end of his patience)
			Enough of this.

					Q
			Indeed.

	He snaps his finger and Picard DISAPPEARS.

             STAR TREK: "Qpid" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT FIVE             56.

51   OMITTED

52   INT. MEETING ROOM (OPTICAL)

	The room is empty. Picard, in uniform, suddenly
	APPEARS at the podium. Riker and the others APPEAR
	back in the audience, exactly where they were sitting
	before. All back in their Starfleet uniforms. They
	look around in confusion.

					RIKER
			Everybody here?

					TROI
			Where's Vash?

	Picard scans the room. No sign of her.

					PICARD
			Computer, locate Council Member
			Vash.

					COMPUTER (VOICE)
			Council Member Vash is not aboard
			the Enterprise.

	Off his look of concern...

52A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	still in orbit.

53   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard ENTERS. As the doors CLOSE behind him Vash
	MATERIALIZES.

					VASH
			Hello, Jean-Luc.

					PICARD
				(smiling)
			Well, this is a relief. I was
			afraid that Q...

					VASH
			There were a few things he wanted
			to discuss with me.

             STAR TREK: "Qpid" - REV. 2/6/91 - ACT FIVE            56A.

53   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I'm surprised he wasn't too busy
			gloating over his victory.

					VASH
				(beat)
			He was right about one thing,
			Jean-Luc. As ridiculous as it
			was, his game did prove how much
			you care.

             STAR TREK: "Qpid" - REV. 2/6/91 - ACT FIVE             57.

53   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I may not share my feelings with
			my crew, but I do have them.

	A warm moment passes between them.

					VASH
			I'm going to miss you, Picard.

					PICARD
			I wouldn't be surprised if our
			paths cross again.

					VASH
			I'll see to it.

	They kiss.

					PICARD
			So, where are you off to now?

					VASH
			I haven't made up my mind.

             STAR TREK: "Qpid" - REV. 2/6/91 - ACT FIVE             58.

54   CONTINUED:

					VASH
			Remind you of someone you know?

					PICARD
				(amused in spite of
				 himself)
			As a matter of fact... yes.

					Q
				(to Vash)
			We are going to have fun. I'll
			take you places no human could
			ever hope to see.

					VASH
				(to Picard)
			Who can resist an offer like that?

	Picard sees there's no way to change her mind. He
	advances on Q.

					PICARD
			As payment in full for your debt
			to me, you will guarantee her
			safety...

					Q
			She will not be harmed, Jean-Luc.
			I promise you that.

	Picard looks over at Vash. A silent farewell.

					Q
			Well, aren't you going to kiss
			her good-bye?

	Picard and Vash stare at him until he gets the hint.

					Q
			Oh, all right.

	He VANISHES.

	Vash smiles at Picard.

					VASH
			Well aren't you?

	A final kiss. Then Vash steps back.

					VASH
			Goodbye, Jean-Luc.

	She VANISHES.

              STAR TREK: "Q Love" - 1/31/91 - ACT FIVE              59.

55   C.U. PICARD

	A beat. Then a trace of a smile appears on his face.

56   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	turning towards the unknown.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             










                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "The Drumhead" 
                          #40274-195 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Jeri Taylor 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Jonathan Frakes 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                       FEBRUARY 7, 1991

           STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - 2/7/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "The Drumhead" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             ADMIRAL NORAH SATIE
                RIKER              SABIN GENESTRA
                DATA               NELLEN TORE
                BEVERLY            LT. J'DDAN
                TROI               SIMON TARSES
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                                   Non-Speaking
                                     STARFLEET SECURITY TEAM

           STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - 2/7/91 - SETS
                
                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "The Drumhead" 
                           
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE       SMALLER SHIP
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              SICKBAY
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              TURBOLIFT
              CORRIDOR
              INTERROGATION ROOM
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              J'DAN'S QUARTERS
              ADMIRAL'S GUEST QUARTERS

      STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - 2/12/91 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "The Drumhead" 
                         
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                AMINO              uh-MEEN-oh
                CRUCES             CREW-ses
                DEOXYRIBOSE        dee-ox-ih-RYE-bose
                J'DAN              j'DAN
                SABIN              SAY-bin
                SATIE              sah-TEE

      STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - TEASER      1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                        "The Drumhead"                             
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 44769.2.
			For some weeks we have had a
			Klingon exo-biologist on board
			as part of a scientific exchange
			program. Unfortunately, we
			suspect that he may have been
			involved not only in a security
			breach but in the possible
			sabotage of our warp drive.

2    OMITTED

3    INT. INTERROGATION ROOM

	as seen in "The Defector." RIKER and TROI are
	questioning; WORF stands by the door. In the hot seat
	is a young Klingon civilian, J'DAN. He is wearing a
	Starfleet communicator.

					RIKER
			What were you doing accessing
			the propulsion system files on
			Stardate 44758?

					J'DAN
			I didn't...

      STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - TEASER      2.

3    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			But you did... from computer
			Twelve-B-Nine on Deck Thirty-six.

	A short beat as J'Dan looks surprised.

					RIKER
			The computer logged in your
			identification from your
			communicator.

					J'DAN
			It must be a mistake.

					TROI
			J'Dan... we have confirmed
			reports that schematic drawings
			of our dilithium chamber fell
			into Romulan hands... one week
			later.

					J'DAN
			I know nothing about it.

					RIKER
			And you don't know anything about
			the explosion that disabled the
			warp drive at almost the same
			time?

					J'DAN
			No. I was not involved. You
			accuse me because I am Klingon.

	Troi shakes her head...

					TROI
			Our Chief Security Officer is
			Klingon, J'Dan -- that has
			nothing to do with it.

					J'DAN
			Send me home, then, if you are
			so distrusting.

					RIKER
			We've discussed that with the
			Klingon High Council. You'll be
			sent back... as soon as we've
			finished our investigation.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/12/91 - TEASER     2A.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					J'DAN
			I have nothing more to say.

					RIKER
			Very well. Mister Worf... please
			accompany the Lieutenant to his
			quarters.

	Worf comes forward and J'Dan rises. They EXIT. Riker
	turns to Troi.

					RIKER
			What do you think?

      STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/12/91 - TEASER      3.

3    CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			It's hard to tell. He is very
			closed... but...

	Troi is silent for a moment, tapping into her feelings.

					TROI
			He is hiding something.

4    INT. TURBOLIFT

	Worf and J'Dan ride in silence for a bit. J'Dan
	keeps sneaking looks at Worf, who stares straight
	ahead.

					J'DAN
			On the Klingon Home World... your
			name is not mentioned... it is
			as though you never existed.

	Worf shifts a little, impatiently, but makes no reply.

					J'DAN
			A terrible burden for a warrior
			to bear... to become nothing...
			without honor... without the
			chance for glory...

	The turbolift stops and the doors open. Worf exits
	and turns to glare at J'Dan until he follows.

5    INT. CORRIDOR

	The two proceed down a corridor.

					J'DAN
			I have friends... powerful
			friends... on the Home World.

	No answer.

					J'DAN
			I could talk to them... they might
			help to restore your name...

	Silence.

      STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - TEASER      4.

5    CONTINUED:

					J'DAN
			If you could just take me to a
			shuttlecraft...

	They have reached J'Dan's quarters. The doors open,
	Worf gestures to J'Dan to precede him. There is a
	hesitation, then they ENTER.

6    INT. J'DAN'S QUARTERS

					J'DAN
			It could be done without any one
			knowing --

	But suddenly, Worf has pulled some swift Klingon
	martial arts move and J'Dan is thrown back against
	the wall, with Worf pinning him solidly, nose-to-nose.

					WORF
			I do not know how you managed to
			transfer secret information to the
			Romulans... but I will find out.

					J'DAN
			Pahtak -- !

					WORF
			And when we inform the Klingon
			High Council, they will put you to
			a slow death.

	He holds J'Dan against the wall for a fierce instant,
	then releases him and EXITS.

7    CLOSE ON J'DAN

	as he follows Worf's exit with a vitriolic look.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT ONE     5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

8    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND SMALLER SHIP (OPTICAL)

	A Federation craft hovers near the Enterprise.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Retired Admiral Norah Satie,
			whose investigation exposed the
			alien conspiracy against Starfleet
			Command three years ago, is
			arriving to assist in our
			investigation.

9    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	PICARD and Riker watch as a group MATERIALIZES on the
	pad: SABIN GENESTRA, a Betazoid man; NELLEN TORE, a
	female assistant, and ADMIRAL NORAH SATIE, retired.
	She surveys the waiting group before her, finds Picard,
	and smiles radiantly. Norah Satie is middle-aged, a
	beautiful woman who has become more so with maturity.
	She is gracious, elegant, and decidedly feminine. Her
	smile is generous, bespeaking warmth and intelligence.
	She moves toward Picard, hand extended.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Captain Picard...

	He takes her hand. The instinct is to kiss it -- she
	evinces that kind of courtly behavior. But of course
	that isn't Starfleet regulation, so Picard gives it a
	proper grasp.

					PICARD
			Admiral Satie. Welcome to the
			Enterprise.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I am delighted to be here.
				(gesturing)
			I've managed to acquire my former
			staff... My aide, Sabin Genestra,
			from Betazed, and my assistant,
			Nellen Tore, from Delb Two.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/12/91 - ACT ONE     6.

9    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			And my First Officer, Commander
			William Riker. May I show you
			to your quarters?

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Captain... if Starfleet Command
			is so concerned with your report
			that they brought me out of
			retirement... I think I should
			get right to work.

					PICARD
			Very well... Commander, will you
			see to the Admiral's Staff?

	Riker turns to the others as --

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			First, I'd like to inspect the
			damage to your Engine Room.

	And she heads for the door with Picard close at her
	heels.

	10	INT. ENGINEERING - A LITTLE LATER

	DATA and GEORDI oversee a scene which finds the section
	isolation door between the dilithium chamber and the
	pool table area closed. Behind the door there are
	clouds of gas, and the hatch of the chamber has been
	blown off.

					GEORDI
			We still can't get in there,
			Captain. The radiation levels
			are dropping, but they're too high
			to raise the isolation door.

					PICARD
			How much longer will it be?

					DATA
			At the rate the levels have been
			decreasing, we will be able to
			gain entry in forty-nine hours.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT ONE     7.

10   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Maybe the Admiral would like to
			see the visual log of the
			explosion.

	Satie acknowledges. They move to a wall monitor and
	Geordi punches in commands.

					GEORDI
			This was logged four days ago...
			at oh-three hundred hours.

11   ANGLE - MONITOR (OPTICAL) - INTERCUTTING

	It is a video of the dilithium chamber... maybe a time
	code in the corner... MOS... they wait... wait... and
	then suddenly, the hatch to the chamber blows off and
	across the room.

					GEORDI
			At that point the emergency
			confinement field was activated
			and the isolation doors came
			down. No one was killed, but
			two of my people are in Sickbay
			with radiation burns.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Have you been able to make any
			preliminary assessments?

					DATA
			A slow-motion study of the
			explosion suggests that the
			articulation frame collapsed.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			The schematics that were stolen
			from the Enterprise... I believe
			some involved the articulation
			frame of the dilithium chamber...

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/12/91 - ACT ONE     7A.

11   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(acknowledging)
			That is one reason we tend to
			suspect sabotage.

					DATA
			Other evidence lends credence to
			that theory, Captain. A review
			of the sensor logs indicates that
			every systems reading was well
			within normal parameters until
			fifty-two milliseconds before the
			explosion.

					GEORDI
			We haven't found anything that
			suggests there was a malfunction
			anywhere along the line.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/12/91 - ACT ONE     8.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

	Satie turns toward Picard.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Captain Picard... I think I need
			a full briefing before we go any
			further.

	She looks through the isolation door at the grim
	evidence of destruction.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Commander Data... La Forge... I'll
			admit I'm glad I don't have to
			do your job... good luck.

12   INT. SICKBAY

	Worf ENTERS and approaches BEVERLY, who is examining
	a patient on a bio-bed. He is swathed in wraps which
	suggest burns. In the background is SIMON TARSES, a
	mild-looking humanoid working at a monitor.

					WORF
			Excuse me, Doctor...

					BEVERLY
			Yes, Lieutenant?

					WORF
			When you have a moment... I must
			ask you something...

	She turns to him.

					BEVERLY
			Good timing. I'm finished here...
			Mister Tarses... ?

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT ONE     9.

12   CONTINUED:

	Tarses approaches from the monitor.

					BEVERLY
			Please enter these readings into
			Ensign Dagget's file.

					TARSES
			Yes, Doctor.

	He takes the tricorder and Beverly and Worf move off
	together.

					BEVERLY
			What is it, Worf?

	He shows her an object.

					WORF
			Did you issue this to J'Dan?

	Beverly takes the object, inspects it...

					BEVERLY
			Looks like a micro-replicating
			hyposyringe... but it's not
			Starfleet issue...

					WORF
			It was found... in his quarters.

					BEVERLY
			J'Dan has Ba'ltmasor Syndrome...
			he comes in regularly for
			treatments... but we use our
			own hyposprays. Is this one
			Klingon?

					WORF
			Yes. Do you know what this
			attachment is?

13   INSERT - HYPOSYRINGE

	Worf indicates a small connection on the syringe.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT ONE     10.

14   BACK TO SCENE

					BEVERLY
			No... it's nothing we use...

	Worf seems satisfied with that answer.

					WORF
			Thank you, Doctor.

					BEVERLY
				(a bit puzzled)
			I hope that helps.

					WORF
			You've told me exactly what I
			wanted to hear.

	And he EXITS, as Beverly looks after him, perplexed.

15   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard and Satie. The briefing has been continuing for
	some time.

					PICARD
			There are disturbing overtones...
			to the idea of a Klingon providing
			information to the Romulans...

	She keeps her eyes on Picard, revealing nothing.

					PICARD
			Are you... aware... of any other
			Romulan-Klingon connections that
			Starfleet Command might have
			encountered recently?

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT ONE     11.

15   CONTINUED:

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(gently)
			I don't believe... what Starfleet
			Command knows or doesn't know is
			for me to reveal.

					PICARD
			This ship has had several
			encounters which might suggest
			a potential alliance between those
			two powers --

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			We're aware of that, Captain.
			What we must concentrate on is
			the business at hand.

	The door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	The doors open and Worf ENTERS, sees the Admiral,
	stops.

					WORF
			Excuse me, Captain, I didn't know
			--

					PICARD
			Please come in Mister Worf. I
			particularly want our guest to
			meet you... Admiral Satie...
			my head of security, Lieutenant
			Worf.

	Nods of acknowledgment.

					WORF
			Captain... I have been pursuing
			the investigation of Lieutenant
			J'Dan. I believe I know how
			he transferred information off
			the Enterprise.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Good work, Lieutenant.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT ONE     12.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(producing the syringe)
			This is J'Dan's. It is fitted
			with an optical reader...
			specially modified to read data
			from Starfleet isolinear chips.

	Satie takes the syringe and inspects it.

					WORF
			He can extract digital information
			from a computer... encode it in
			the form of amino-acid sequences,
			and transfer those sequences into
			a fluid in the syringe... Then
			he injects someone, perhaps even
			without their knowledge...

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(suggesting a
				 conspiracy)
			Or perhaps with their knowledge...

					WORF
			The information would be carried
			in their bloodstream in the form
			of inert proteins.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(shakes her head with
				 realization)
			The body itself becomes a conveyor
			of top-secret files...

	She turns toward Worf, obviously impressed.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Lieutenant Worf... when we
			confront J'Dan, I want you to
			conduct the interrogation.

					WORF
			I would be honored.

	Worf nods to the two and EXITS. Satie turns to Picard.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Captain... I predict that officer
			will be extremely valuable in this
			investigation.

	Picard has no reason to doubt it.

      STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT ONE 13-15.        

16   INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - SEVERAL DAYS LATER

	Arranged to accommodate more questioners: Satie and
	Sabin, Picard and Worf. Off to one side sits Nellen,
	constantly taking notes. J'Dan is once again in the
	hot seat as Worf stands over him; they look like
	they've been at it a while.

					WORF
			I tracked the movements of each
			person who left the Enterprise
			since you've been here. I traced
			one Tarkanian diplomat as far as
			the Cruces system... where he
			disappeared and has not been seen
			since.

					J'DAN
			That proves nothing.

	Worf produces the syringe; J'Dan eyes it warily.

					WORF
			This was found in your quarters.

					J'DAN
			I take injections. Everyone knows
			that.

					WORF
			But your injections don't require
			an optical chip reader. This
			device --
				(points to it)
			-- has only one function: to
			transform computer information
			into biological sequences.

	Worf has nailed him. J'Dan knows it now. No reason
	to hold back now... he speaks with the fervor of a
	patriot:

					J'DAN
			The blood of all Klingons has
			become water... since the
			Federation alliance we have
			become a nation of mewling
			babies... The Romulans are
			strong... they are worthy
			allies... they do not turn
			Klingons into weaklings --
				(turns to Worf)
			-- like you...

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT ONE     16.

16   CONTINUED:

	Satie rises, crosses to J'Dan.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			How did you damage the dilithium
			chamber?

					J'DAN
			I had nothing to do with that --

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			No? You mean it was sheer
			coincidence that it was sabotaged
			after you gave the plans for its
			design to the Romulans?

					J'DAN
			I do not know. I had nothing to
			do with it.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			You've admitted your crime. Why
			lie now?

					J'DAN
			I am not lying.

	She regards him calmly for a moment, then nods,
	finished, to Picard.

					PICARD
			You may have him confined, Mister
			Worf.

	Only too happy to do so, Worf leads J'Dan from the
	room. Satie approaches Sabin.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Sabin?

					SABIN
			I believe... he is telling the
			truth.

	A moment while they absorb this.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/12/91 - ACT ONE     17.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

					SABIN
			He admits stealing the files...
			but not sabotaging the dilithium
			chamber. I get no sense that he
			is lying.

	Picard considers the ramifications of this statement.

					PICARD
			If you're right... someone else
			may be involved.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I think, Captain... that you have
			a bigger problem on your ship than
			one Klingon Exchange Officer.

	And as Picard considers the dire implications of that
	possibility --

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT TWO     18.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

17   INT. ENTERPRISE - ADMIRAL'S QUARTERS - LATER

	Picard with Norah. They have finished an informal
	supper; she rises and brings a tray of coffee things;
	during the next, she pours for them and twists a rind
	of lemon into her own. She looks lovely tonight...
	fragile and delicate, like a piece of porcelain. She
	is a woman who has the capacity to be both forceful
	and vulnerable.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I've seen this before. The
			spectre of conspiracy on a
			starship is a frightening one.

					PICARD
			It's hard for me to believe...
			but I am grateful for your
			presence, Admiral. If anyone in
			Starfleet can help us, it's you.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Captain Picard... I find myself
			changing my mind about you...

					PICARD
			In what way... ?

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			When Starfleet ordered me here...
			it was with the express command
			that we work together on this
			problem... as equals...
				(beat)
			My father taught me to avoid
			partnerships... most of them are
			woefully lop-sided.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT TWO     19.

17   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			That sounds like Judge Aaron
			Satie...

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			You knew my father?

					PICARD
			Through his writing. His judicial
			decisions were required reading
			at the Academy.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			He was an extraordinary man.
			Every night at the dinner table...
			he'd pose a question for debate.
			My big brothers and I would
			wrangle it around, from one side
			and the other... my father would
			referee... he kept a stopwatch
			on us so we'd have to learn
			brevity... and he wouldn't let
			us leave until he thought we had
			completely explored the issue...

					PICARD
			I'm willing to wager you trounced
			your brothers in those debates...

	She laughs delightedly.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			More than once. Father would love
			it when I nailed one of them on
			some subtle point of logic...
				(beat, sobering)
			All that I am, I owe to him. He
			was... a giant...

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT TWO     20.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			You must miss him very much.

	She looks quickly at him, his words striking at her
	rawest place. Unaccustomed tears threaten to sting
	her eyes, and she rises quickly, clearing the dishes,
	changing the subject.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I like your Mister Worf. Very
			direct, to the point. The two
			of you make a good combination.

	Having regained composure, she slips back into her
	seat, looks him in the eye.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Captain... I've always preferred
			working alone.
				(smiles)
			That way, if something goes wrong,
			I don't have to look far for the
			cause.
				(beat)
			I resented your being assigned
			to me. But... I was wrong. We're
			going to make quite a team.

	The warmth of her smile is infectious. Picard returns
	it.

18   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Worf showing Sabin the ship's roster...

					WORF
			J'Dan did not make friends
			easily... there are not many to
			question...

					SABIN
				(studying the list)
			You've done a thorough job,
			Lieutenant.


     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT TWO     21.

18   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			I am strongly motivated in this
			matter.

					SABIN
				(nods thoughtfully)
			Yes. I can see that. And I don't
			mind telling you I'm surprised.
			Frankly, when I first heard about
			your father...

					WORF
				(stiffens)
			My father...

					SABIN
			...yes... There are some who
			believe he betrayed your people
			to the Romulans...

					WORF
			My father... what he did or did
			not do... is no one's concern but
			my own...

					SABIN
				(soothing)
			Of course. Of course. I only
			meant... before I saw you in
			action, I naturally considered
			you a possible security risk...
			but I want you to know you have
			the Admiral's and my complete
			confidence. You have nothing to
			prove to us.

	He means exactly the opposite of what he's saying.
	Sabin wants Worf to feel that he has to be even more
	'patriotic' than anyone by rooting out the enemy.

					WORF
			If there is a conspiracy on board,
			I promise you I will find it...

					SABIN
			Good. You know the ship, you know
			the personnel... you know exactly
			what we're up against... we're
			counting on you, Lieutenant.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT TWO     22.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(acknowledges)
			I will arrange for the interviews
			to begin.

	He exits. Stay a beat on Sabin who nods to himself,
	pleased with the way that went.

19   INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - SEVERAL DAYS LATER

	The same group -- Picard, Satie, Sabin, Worf -- are
	interviewing Beverly. Nellen is in the corner, taking
	notes.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT TWO     23.

19   CONTINUED:

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			And how often did Lieutenant
			J'Dan come in for injections?

					BEVERLY
			About once a week.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Did you administer them yourself?

					BEVERLY
			No. One of my assistants did
			that...

					SABIN
			Did you ever hear him say
			anything... anything that might
			have seemed innocent at the
			time... that might now shed any
			light on this investigation?

					BEVERLY
			No, nothing. In fact, he rarely
			talked at all.

	Satie nods, that's all.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Doctor Crusher, we
			appreciate your time. You are
			excused now. Mister Worf, will
			you bring in the next person?

	Beverly gets up, and Worf escorts her to the door; she
	EXITS, and Worf admits Simon Tarses.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/14/91 - ACT TWO     24.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Please sit down, Mister Tarses.
			For the record, will you state
			your name and position?

					TARSES
			Simon Tarses, Crewman First Class,
			medical technician.

					PICARD
			I assure you this is an informal
			inquiry... we're not accusing you
			of anything. However, if you want
			counsel, it will be provided for
			you.

	Tarses sits, looking around nervously. It's clear he
	is pretty shook up about this.

					TARSES
			No, sir... I have nothing to hide.

					PICARD
			Very well. How long have you held
			your appointment on the
			Enterprise?

					TARSES
			Since... Stardate 43587.
			Eight-eight...

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(studying a Padd)
			Mister Tarses... your records
			state that you were born on Mars
			Colony...

					TARSES
			That's right.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT TWO     25.

19   CONTINUED: (3)

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Then you are human?

					TARSES
			Largely. My paternal grandfather
			was Vulcan.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Yes, I see that here. Tell me...
			what is your relationship to the
			Klingon, J'Dan?

	Tarses looks uncomfortable at this question, and
	becomes more nervous.

					TARSES
			I... he... I mean, there's no
			relationship... he just came in
			for his injections...

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Did you give him those injections?

					TARSES
			Sometimes. There were several
			of us, actually... I might have
			done it twice...

					SABIN
			Did you ever hear him make any
			comments that might, in
			retrospect, be suspicious?

					TARSES
			Not really. He hardly talked.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Did you ever see him outside
			Sickbay?

					TARSES
			Once or twice in Ten-Forward...
			with a group of people. I never
			had a conversation with him.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Very well, Mister Tarses. I don't
			think there's need for more...
			Captain?

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT TWO     26.

19   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			You're excused, Crewman.

	A grateful Tarses gets up and EXITS.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf...

					SABIN
			Wait.

	All heads turn toward him.

					SABIN
			He's lying.

	Picard frowns, surprised; Satie leans forward,
	immediately responsive, looks curiously at Sabin.

					SABIN
			He's desperately frightened...
			he's covering something.

					PICARD
			It was clear he was frightened,
			but that's hardly an indication
			--

					SABIN
			It's more than that. He wasn't
			truthful. He's covering a lie...
			one so big it's overwhelming him.

	He turns toward Satie.

					SABIN
			I think we've found the man.

	Satie reacts with satisfaction, and Worf is pleased
	that they've uncovered the prey.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT TWO     27.

20   CLOSE ON PICARD

	But Picard doesn't share the feelings of conquest. He
	is clearly uncomfortable with what has just happened.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT THREE    28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

21   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard and Satie.

					PICARD
			I'm not sure I can sanction any
			action against Mister Tarses based
			solely on Betazoid intuitions.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Sabin has uncanny instincts. I've
			learned to trust them.

					PICARD
			I must admit... that I'm a bit
			uneasy with this use of a
			Betazoid.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			You have a Betazoid counselor...
			surely you are aware of the
			advantages.

					PICARD
			There is a difference between a
			counselor... and an investigator.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Are you saying you never use your
			counselor during interrogations?

	Of course, he does. He is forced to think about this.

					PICARD
			I do... but I don't act on the
			basis of her instincts alone.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Nor do I.

					PICARD
			You're asking me to restrict
			Tarses' movements -- based on
			Sabin's "feeling."

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT THREE    29.

21   CONTINUED:

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			If Counselor Troi suggested to
			you... that someone on the ship
			were dangerous... would you not
			act on that? Observe him... curb
			his activity?

	Picard confronts this. He's not sure he likes what he
	sees.

					PICARD
			I have to admit I probably would.
			And maybe I should re-evaluate
			that behavior.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Nonsense. Let's keep our
			priorities straight... the
			important thing is to uncover the
			conspiracy on this ship... and
			to prevent further damage. If
			Tarses is a possible saboteur,
			you cannot allow him access to
			the sensitive areas of the ship.
			And... I strongly suggest
			continuous surveillance.

	Picard paces, wrestles with this.

					PICARD
			If we had better evidence...

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			We will have better evidence...
			Sabin and Worf are continuing to
			investigate... but if you don't
			act until then... it may be too
			late.

					PICARD
				(he's sure now)
			No. I won't treat a man as a
			criminal unless there is probable
			cause to do so.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			And while you're being so
			generous... you give a saboteur
			the chance to strike again.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT THREE    30.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

					ADMIRAL SATIE (Cont'd)
			Last time it was just a hatch
			cover... what if next time it's
			more serious? What if lives are
			lost? Can you afford not to act?

	But before Picard can respond --

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Engineering to Captain Picard...

					PICARD
			Yes, Mister La Forge...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Sir, could you come to Engineering
			right away? We've got something
			interesting to show you.

	Picard exchanges a quick glance with Satie.

					PICARD
			We'll be right there.

22   INT. ENGINEERING

	Data and Geordi, Picard and Satie. The isolation door
	is now up, though the dilithium chamber hatch is still
	missing.

					GEORDI
			We finally got in here about six
			hours ago, and we've been going
			over it inch by inch ever since.

					DATA
			We have made micro-tomographic
			analyses of the dilithium
			chamber... the hatch mounting...
			the blast pattern from the
			explosion...

					GEORDI
			We did mass spectrometer readings
			of the residue for chemical
			content... sifted the debris for
			bomb fragments...

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			And what did you find?

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT THREE    31.

22   CONTINUED:

	Geordi picks up a tricorder and gestures them toward
	the crystal chamber housing.

					GEORDI
			See the frame for the hatch... ?
			It ruptured --
				(gestures)
			-- right there. And when we take
			a reading of that spot...

	He plays the tricorder over the spot, then shows the
	reading to Picard and Satie.

					GEORDI
			See?

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(with a smile)
			I'm afraid I'm out of my element
			here, Commander. You'll have to
			interpret for me.

					PICARD
			There are sub-micron fractures
			in the metal casing...

					GEORDI
			That's right. A breakdown in the
			atomic cohesive structure.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Yes... ? And what caused them?

					DATA
			Those fractures suggest nothing
			more than simple neutron fatigue.
			I would speculate that when the
			engine was last inspected at
			McKinley station, the hatch casing
			was replaced with one which had
			an undetectable defect.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT THREE    32.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I think, sir, that the conclusion
			of our investigation must be that
			the explosion was not
			intentional.

					GEORDI
			That's the way I see it. This
			wasn't sabotage at all... it was
			nothing more than an accident.

	Picard is surprised, but relieved. However, Admiral
	Satie's reaction seems tinged with disappointment.

23   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Satie, Worf, and Sabin. And Nellen, of course.

					SABIN
			An accident? I find that hard
			to believe...

					PICARD
			If my men say there was no
			sabotage, you can be sure there
			was none.

	There is a little click of the Padd, or a shift on the
	chair by Nellen, and Picard shoots a glance toward her.
	She is getting on his nerves.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Let's keep our perspective,
			gentlemen. Just because there
			was no sabotage doesn't mean
			there's not a conspiracy on this
			ship. We do have a confessed spy.

					SABIN
			And he had confederates.

					PICARD
			Do we know that for sure?

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Of course he did.

	She moves closer to Picard.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT THREE    33.

23   CONTINUED:

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Do you think J'Dan could have
			come on board the flagship of the
			Federation and done all that he
			did without help?

					PICARD
			It would be difficult... but not
			impossible...

					WORF
			We must continue to investigate
			Tarses. He was hiding something.

	Picard gives him a look... he realizes Worf is solidly
	behind Satie and Sabin in this.

					SABIN
			Captain Picard... Lieutenant Worf
			and I are working well together.
			I suggest we continue... if for
			no other purpose than to determine
			Tarses' innocence.

					PICARD
			I remind you all... that Tarses
			is innocent... until he is proven
			guilty.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(smoothly)
			Of course he is. What Sabin is
			saying is that he and Lieutenant
			Worf would like to establish
			Tarses' innocence
			unequivocally... for his own sake.

	Picard can certainly see the wisdom in this.

					PICARD
			Very well. But I hope we can put
			the matter to rest as quickly as
			possible.

24   INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - A DAY LATER

	Picard ENTERS to find Satie, Sabin, and Worf already
	seated at the front table; Tarses in the witness' seat,
	and next to him sits Riker.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT THREE    34.

24   CONTINUED:

	To Picard's surprise, there is a small gathering of
	spectators in the rear of the room (which includes
	Beverly). He moves to his seat, addresses Satie
	quietly.

					PICARD
			You've opened the hearing to
			spectators?

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(also sotto)
			It isn't good to have closed-door
			proceedings for too long... it
			invites rumor and speculation.

	Picard nods; this makes sense.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Besides... spies and saboteurs
			don't like the bright light of
			public inquiry. They're like
			roaches, scuttling for the dark
			corners...

	With this, she turns away and begins talking to Sabin.
	Picard is disquieted, and feeling more and more
	uncomfortable about the whole thing.

					PICARD
			This hearing is convened on
			Stardate 44740 as a continuing
			inquiry into the activities of
			Crewman Simon Tarses.
				(beat)
			Mister Tarses... for your own
			protection, I have assigned you
			counsel in the person of Commander
			William Riker.

					TARSES
			Begging your pardon, sir... I
			appreciate it, but... I don't need
			protection. I haven't done
			anything wrong.

	In the back of the room, Beverly stands.

					BEVERLY
			With the Captain's permission,
			I would like to make a statement.

	Satie is not too thrilled by this.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT THREE    35.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			This is irregular. Let's stick
			to procedure, here.

					RIKER
			It's not irregular to have a
			statement read into the record.
			This is a hearing, not a trial.

					PICARD
			Doctor, you may come forward.

	Satie gives Picard a look, but controls her reaction
	to the rebuff. Beverly comes to the front of the room;
	she catches Tarses' eye for a brief moment, and smiles
	sympathetically at him.

					BEVERLY
			Thank you. I would like to go
			on record as saying that I have
			worked with Crewman Tarses for
			eighteen months. His work has
			been exemplary. He is a model
			of diligence and reliability.
			He is devoted to Starfleet and
			as far as I'm concerned, his
			loyalty is without question.
				(beat)
			There's no way this man is a
			traitor.

	She glances down at him and he looks up at her with
	gratitude.

					BEVERLY
			Thank you for letting me speak.

	She turns to go back to her seat, but --

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Doctor Crusher...
				(she turns back)
			Did you ever observe Crewman
			Tarses with J'Dan...

	Beverly looks shocked by this question.

					BEVERLY
			Well, yes... he came in for
			injections --

   STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT THREE   35A.

24   CONTINUED: (3)

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I mean outside Sickbay.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT THREE    36.

24   CONTINUED: (3)

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I mean outside Sickbay.

					BEVERLY
				(after a beat)
			I think so... maybe in
			Ten-Forward...

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			And whom else did you observe at
			these occasions, Doctor?

	Now Beverly really hesitates. She doesn't like the
	course this questioning is taking.

					BEVERLY
			I don't see what relevance that
			has here -- it was an innocent
			social gathering...

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			If it was innocent, why would you
			hesitate to give us the names?

	This is enough for Picard.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Doctor Crusher. You
			are excused.

	Satie turns toward him, ticked, and they have another
	sotto conversation:

					PICARD
			Admiral Satie... if you have a
			case to make against Tarses, you
			had better make it. Or I am
			calling this off here and now.

	Her cheeks flame, but she turns toward Sabin, nods. It
	is like slipping the noose from a hungry panther.

					SABIN
			Mister Tarses. Isn't it true that
			you have had access to the
			biological supplies in Sickbay?

					TARSES
			That's part of my job, yes.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT THREE    37.

24   CONTINUED: (4)

					SABIN
			J'Dan used deoxyribose
			suspensions to carry the encoded
			files he stole. Isn't it true
			that one of your duties is to
			prepare those suspensions?

					TARSES
			Several technicians share that
			job...

					SABIN
			And isn't it true that your
			security clearance gives you
			access to all the stores and files
			in Sickbay -- access which you
			can exercise at any time?

					TARSES
			Because I have access doesn't mean
			I --

					SABIN
			What would you say if I told you
			there is evidence that the
			explosion in the engine room
			was caused by a corrosive
			chemical... one that is kept
			stored in Sickbay.

	Picard's head whips around to Satie, but she looks
	straight ahead.

					TARSES
			I had nothing to do with it --

					SABIN
			How can we believe you? How can
			we possibly believe someone whom
			we know... we know... to be a
			liar?

					RIKER
			I object, sir... There is no
			basis for calling Officer Tarses
			a liar.

					PICARD
				(angry)
			Agreed. Mister Sabin...

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT THREE    38.

24   CONTINUED: (5)

					SABIN
			Captain, there is a basis which
			will be clear in a moment.
			Mister Tarses, isn't it true that
			you deliberately and
			premeditatively lied when you
			filled out your personnel
			application and compounded that
			lie by repeating it to this
			committee?

	Tarses is ashen.

					TARSES
			What -- ?

					SABIN
			Isn't - it - true... that the
			paternal grandfather of whom you
			speak was not Vulcan... but was
			in fact a Romulan? That it is
			Romulan blood you carry... and
			a Romulan heritage that you honor?

	There is a buzz in the audience. Tarses, pale, stares
	at Sabin. Riker leans in and whispers in his ear.
	Tarses has to force his attention away from Sabin,
	concentrate on what Riker is saying.

					SABIN
			We're waiting, Mister Tarses.

	Tarses turns away from Riker, looks back at the table.

					TARSES
			On the advice of my counsel...
			I refuse to answer the question...
			in that... the answer... may
			serve... to incriminate me.

	He slumps, anguished, in his chair.

25   ON PICARD

	stunned by this development... and by the ugly turn he
	has seen take place in the conduct of this hearing.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT FOUR     39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

26   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard exits a turbolift and almost immediately an
	Ensign, having exited the Observation Lounge, hurries
	along the corridor past him. Picard continues toward
	the Lounge when the doors open and another Ensign comes
	hurrying out and toward the turbolift. Picard pauses
	to look after him and right away another one comes out.
	Puzzled, Picard ENTERS the Observation Lounge.

27   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard ENTERS to find Worf there, at the head of the
	table; several crew members stand near him, carrying
	Padds.

					WORF
			Ensign Bailey, you and Crewman
			Marcus will coordinate to track
			Tarses' movements for the last
			five years. Ensign Kellogg, I
			want a list of all his
			relatives... his known
			associates... especially old
			school friends...

	The crew persons are taking notes frantically.

					WORF
			And make arrangements to do an
			encephalographic polygraph scan...

					PICARD
			Mister Worf...

					WORF
			Yes, Captain?

					PICARD
			I need to speak with you.

	Worf hesitates, understands that he means "alone," and
	turns to the crew.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT FOUR     40.

27   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			You are dismissed. Please get
			your reports to me as soon as
			possible.

	They disperse and Picard moves toward Worf.

					PICARD
			What is going on here?

					WORF
			Captain... I am conducting the
			investigation of Simon Tarses.

	Picard regards him solemnly, moves to the window.

					PICARD
			What has happened to us, Mister
			Worf?

					WORF
			Sir?

					PICARD
			I think... we're putting on a
			drumhead trial...

					WORF
			I don't understand...

					PICARD
			Five hundred years ago military
			officers would upend a drum on
			the battlefield... sit at it and
			dispense summary justice...
			decisions were quick...
			punishments severe... appeals
			denied. Those who came to a
			drumhead were doomed.

					WORF
			But... we know there is a traitor
			here. J'Dan has admitted his
			guilt.

					PICARD
			That's true. And he will stand
			for his crimes.

					WORF
			Tarses has all but done the same.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT FOUR    41.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(a sharp look)
			How?

					WORF
			He refused to answer the
			question... about his Romulan
			grandfather.

					PICARD
			That is not a crime, Worf. Nor
			can we infer his guilt because
			he did not respond.

					WORF
			If a man is not afraid of the
			truth, he would answer.

					PICARD
			No. We must not let ourselves
			think that. The Seventh Guarantee
			is one of the most important
			rights granted by the Federation.
			We cannot use one of the
			fundamental principles of our
			Constitution and turn it against
			a citizen.

	Worf is struggling to understand.

					WORF
			Sir... the Federation does have
			enemies... we must seek them
			out...

					PICARD
			Yes... that's how it starts. But
			the road from legitimate suspicion
			to rampant paranoia is shorter
			than we might think. Something
			is wrong here, Worf... I don't
			like what we have become.

	Worf regards him, much more uncertain now as to his
	course.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FOUR    42.

28   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Picard carries tea to a seated Simon Tarses, who is
	almost as uneasy about a visit to the Captain's
	quarters as he is about his predicament.

					PICARD
			Here you are, Mister Tarses...
			do you care for lemon?

					TARSES
			No, thank you, sir. This is fine.

	Picard settles into a chair opposite, smiles at Tarses.
	He wants to put the young man at ease.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT FOUR    43.

28   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Tell me a little about yourself,
			Crewman... I know you were born
			on Mars Colony...

					TARSES
			Yes, sir... All my life I wanted
			to be in Starfleet. I went to
			the Academy's program for enlisted
			personnel... took training as a
			medical technician... served at
			several outposts... and the day
			I was posted to the Enterprise
			was the happiest day of my life.

					PICARD
			Did you ever consider applying
			to the Academy... going the whole
			route and becoming an officer?

					TARSES
			My parents wanted me to... and
			I thought about it... I used to
			sit under this big tree near the
			parade grounds...

					PICARD
			An elm tree? With a circular
			bench?

					TARSES
			That's the one...

					PICARD
			I spent many an hour there. It
			was my favorite spot to study.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT FOUR    44.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					TARSES
			I used to sit... and watch the
			drills... and picture myself an
			officer. I knew it would make
			my mother happy...

					PICARD
			But you didn't do it.

					TARSES
			No... I was eighteen, and eager...
			the last thing I wanted to do was
			spend four years sitting in
			classrooms... I wanted to be out
			there... traveling the stars...
			I didn't want to wait for
			anything...

	He's lost himself for a moment, remembering his
	youthful eagerness... then, it catches up to him
	again... this nightmare that he's living now... he
	turns to Picard in distress.

					TARSES
			And now... it's done, isn't it?
			My career in Starfleet is
			finished...

					PICARD
			Not if you aren't guilty.

					TARSES
			It doesn't matter. I lied on my
			application... and that mistake
			will be with me for the rest of
			my life.

	He shakes his head, abject and defeated.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT FOUR     45.

28   CONTINUED: (3)

					TARSES
			I couldn't wait to get started...
			and now it's over...

	Picard regards him with sympathy... but there's little
	he can say to argue.

29   INT. CORRIDOR - A LITTLE LATER

	Satie and Nellen hurry along, the Admiral dictating and
	Nellen tapping furiously.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Mister Worf has found a brother
			who still lives on Mars Colony...
			contact someone there and have
			him interviewed...

	Picard hails them from behind.

					PICARD
			Admiral Satie...

	Satie turns her head and sees him, but keeps walking
	and completes her thought to Nellen.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			... and start a background check
			into all his friends from the
			Academy training program.

	Picard has now caught up to them.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Yes, Captain?

	The three come to a halt in the corridor. Picard
	glances at Nellen, who is still tapping, but addresses
	Satie.

					PICARD
			I'd like to talk to you.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Of course.

	She stands, waiting.

					PICARD
			In private...

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT FOUR     46.

29   CONTINUED:
	Pointedly, he reaches out and takes Nellen's Padd.

					PICARD
			... and off the record.

	Satie is momentarily startled, but her aplomb is always
	at her fingertips.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Of course, Captain.
				(beat; smoothly)
			After all... you are my partner
			in this.

	And she turns and heads toward a turbolift; he follows.

30   INT. READY ROOM

	Satie is staring at Picard as though he had gone mad.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I cannot possibly believe you mean
			this.

					PICARD
			But I do. This must stop. It's
			gone too far... you lied to him
			about the Engine Room -- there
			was no volatile chemical found
			there...

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			It's just a tactic... a way of
			applying pressure.

					PICARD
			We are hounding an innocent man.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			And how, may I ask, have you
			managed to determine that?

					PICARD
			I talked with him.

	A soft breath escapes her... short of a laugh but full
	of derision.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/14/91 - ACT FOUR    47.

30   CONTINUED:

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I see. And he told you he was
			a victim of circumstance...
			blameless and pure...

					PICARD
			No... he admits his mistake in
			falsifying his application... but
			that doesn't make him a traitor.

	She stares at him, smiling a bit, shaking her head in
	wonder.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Can you be so incredibly
			naive... ?

	She circles toward him, speaking gently, as though
	talking to a child.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Captain... do you know how I have
			spent the last four years?
			Traveling from planet to Starbase
			to planet...

	She moves away again, into her restless pacing.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I have no home... I live on
			starships and shuttlecraft... I
			haven't seen a family member in
			years... I have no friends.

	She turns back to him.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			But I have a purpose. My father
			taught me... from the time I was
			a little girl still clutching a
			blanket... that the United
			Federation of Planets is the most
			remarkable institution ever
			conceived. It is my cause to make
			sure that this extraordinary union
			is preserved...

	She moves closer to him.

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FOUR       47A.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I cannot imagine why you are
			suddenly trying to block this
			investigation... there have been
			others, in the past, who got in
			my way. They came to regret it.

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FOUR        48.

30   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(not intimidated)
			The hearings on Simon Tarses must
			stop. If necessary, I will go
			to Starfleet Command.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Captain, I have news for you...
			I've been in constant contact with
			Starfleet Command. And the
			hearings aren't going to stop --
			they're going to be expanded.

	Picard is taken aback.

					PICARD
			What are you saying -- ?

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I am going to get to the heart
			of this conspiracy... if it means
			investigating every last person
			on this ship.
				(beat)
			And every hearing from now on
			will be held in the presence of
			Admiral Thomas Henry of Starfleet
			Security. I've requested that
			he be brought here at once...

					PICARD
			You never told me about this --

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I report directly to Starfleet
			Command. I do not require your
			permission or your approval for
			my decisions.

					PICARD
			Admiral... what you're doing
			here... is unethical... it's
			immoral... and I will fight it.

	Her eyes all but crackle. She moves toward him.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Do what you must, Captain. And
			so will I.

	She turns and EXITS without another word. Picard is
	deeply unsettled by what has happened.

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FOUR        49.

30A  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse speed.

30B  INT. BRIDGE - A LITTLE LATER

	Picard sits in his chair, lost in a brown study.

					DATA
			Captain, the warp engines are back
			on line. We are ready to
			commence restart sequences.

	No answer from Picard. Data turns around to him.

					DATA
			Sir?

					PICARD
				(snapping out of it)
			Yes... ? Oh... yes, Mister Data.
			Proceed.

	Riker leans toward him. Above, the turbolift door
	OPENS.

					PIKER
			Are you all right, Captain?

					PICARD
			Yes, of course. Just a bit --
			preoccupied.

	And now Nellen rounds the ramp and approaches Picard,
	hands him a Padd. He takes it, puzzled.

					NELLEN
			Admiral Satie has ordered you to
			report to the interrogation room
			at oh-nine-hundred hours tomorrow
			morning.
				(beat)
			You are to be questioned before
			the committee.

	Picard stares at her, stunned. Nellen gives nothing
	away... not a smirk or a twitch. But underneath, there
	is a palpable sense of triumph.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FIVE        50.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

31   INT. INTERROGATION ROOM

	Now, there are more people in the gallery, including a
	greying Starfleet Admiral. At the head table are only
	Satie and Sabin. Worf is in the audience. And, in
	the hot seat -- Picard.

					SABIN
			Your full name?

					PICARD
			Jean-Luc Picard.

					SABIN
			Rank and position?

					PICARD
			Captain, Federation Starship
			Enterprise.

					SABIN
			How long have you held that post?

					PICARD
			Over three years. Since Stardate
			41140.

					SABIN
			Very well.
				(turns to Satie)
			Admiral?

	But before she can begin questioning --

					PICARD
			If you don't mind... I would like
			to address the committee.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			If you have a statement, you'll
			get an opportunity to make it
			later --

					PICARD
			I believe that Chapter Four,
			Article Twelve of the Uniform Code
			of Justice grants me the right
			to make a statement before
			questioning begins...

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FIVE        51.

31   CONTINUED:

	She stares icily at him, but knows he is right.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Very well.

	Picard rises and approaches the head table. His manner
	is soothing... clearly he's trying to calm things down,
	not inflame them.

					PICARD
			I am deeply concerned by what is
			happening here. It began when
			we apprehended a spy, a man who
			admitted his guilt and who will
			answer for his crime. But the
			hunt didn't stop there. Another
			man, Simon Tarses, was brought
			to trial -- and it was a trial,
			no matter what others may call
			it.

	He pauses, picking his way carefully through this mine
	field.

					PICARD
			Unfortunately, it was a trial
			based on insinuation and innuendo.
			Nothing substantive against
			Crewman Tarses was offered, much
			less proven.

	He walks toward Tarses, who sits in the audience.

					PICARD
			This man has a Romulan
			grandfather. For that, his career
			stands in ruins. Have we become
			so fearful? Have we become so
			cowardly that we must extinguish
			a man because he carries the blood
			of a current enemy?

	He paces back and forth in front of the table.

					PICARD
			I remind you... we are not
			descended from cowardly people.
			We come from those who were
			willing to think the unthinkable,
			speak the unspeakable...
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FIVE        52.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			... and to defend with passion
			ideas and causes which were, at
			the moment, unpopular.

	He moves toward Satie, a final, urgent plea.

					PICARD
			Admiral, let us not condemn Simon
			Tarses or anyone else on the basis
			of half-truth. I implore you...
			do not continue with this
			proceeding. End it here.

	He returns to his seat. The Starfleet Admiral waits
	with a grim, thoughtful look on his face. Sabin turns
	to Norah, who is looking down, fiddling with a Padd,
	making little notations, seemingly unaffected by
	Picard's words.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(beat; still looking
				 down, soft and calm)
			Captain Picard... do you believe
			in the Prime Directive?

					PICARD
			Of course.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			In fact, it is Starfleet General
			Order Number One, isn't it?

					PICARD
			Your point, Admiral... ?

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(now she looks at him)
			Would it surprise you to learn
			that you have violated the Prime
			Directive a total of nine times
			since you took command of the
			Enterprise?
				(without allowing him
				 to answer)
			I must say, Captain, it surprised
			the hell out of me.

					PICARD
			My reports to Starfleet document
			the circumstances in each of those
			instances --

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FIVE        53.

31   CONTINUED: (3)

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Yes, we're looking into those
			reports, Captain, very closely
			into those reports... after which
			I'm sure we'll have more questions
			for you about your so-called
			commitment to Starfleet's Prime
			Directive.

	She glances at the Starfleet Admiral for approval...
	she doesn't get it. He's waiting to see where this
	goes. He looks at her evenly as...

					SABIN
			Captain, could you explain just
			what happened on Stardate 44390?

					PICARD
			Excuse me?

					SABIN
			Let me refresh your memory. You
			were transporting a Vulcan
			ambassador... T'Pel...

					PICARD
			I was following orders to deliver
			the ambassador to a destination
			near the Neutral Zone, and --

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I don't think we need the
			preamble.

					SABIN
			In fact, she was not a Vulcan at
			all, was she? She was a Romulan
			spy.

					PICARD
			That's correct.

					SABIN
			A spy whom you delivered back
			into the hands of the enemy.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Tell me, Captain... when the
			deception was revealed... and she
			stood proudly on the Bridge of
			a Romulan ship... did you make
			any effort to retrieve her?

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FIVE        54.

31   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			No.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			No? Even though you knew she
			carried Federation secrets she
			had been accumulating for years?

					PICARD
			There was no chance of getting
			her back. We were deep in Romulan
			space. The safety of my crew was
			my primary concern.

					WORF
				(rises to defend Picard)
			The Enterprise could have been
			captured by Romulans... Captain
			Picard did the only thing he could.

	Satie turns to him, stunned and furious at his
	perfidy.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Really, Lieutenant? And where
			were you while this traitor was
			on board the Enterprise? Where
			was ship's security?

					SABIN
			Wouldn't you say it is
			questionable judgment, Captain,
			to have a security officer whose
			father was a Romulan
			collaborator?

	Worf rises... begins to move toward the podium.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant?

	Worf stops, sits. Satie continues to glance at the
	Starfleet Admiral who looks increasingly uncomfortable
	and unconvinced by Satie's argument. She moves to
	her biggest gun...

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Captain Picard... have you fully
			recovered from your experience
			with the Borg?

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/25/91 - ACT FIVE        55.

31   CONTINUED: (5)

	Picard's eyes go cold.

					PICARD
			Yes. I am fully recovered.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			It must have been awful...
			actually becoming one of them...
			being forced to use your vast
			knowledge of Starfleet operations
			to aid the Borg...

	Picard has assumed a tight masque. Satie, carrying
	her Padd, moves in the general direction of the
	visiting Starfleet Admiral, playing to him but not
	being obvious about it.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Just how many of our ships were
			destroyed?
				(checks Padd)
			...ah. I have it...
			thirty-nine... with the loss of
			life measured at nearly eleven
			thousand...

	She pauses to let this sink in. There is a stirring
	among the audience. She looks toward the Admiral,
	begins talking about Picard in the third person.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			One wonders how this man can sleep
			at night... having caused so much
			destruction...

32   CLOSE ON THE STARFLEET ADMIRAL

	He looks hard at Satie... uncomfortable... losing
	patience with this...

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FIVE        56.

33   RESUME

	As Satie strikes back at Picard.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I question your actions,
			Captain... I question your
			choices... I question your
			loyalty...

	She glares at the Admiral, who looks down at the floor.
	He's finding this harder and harder to endure. There
	is a small silence, and Picard's voice fills it,
	speaking softly but in a tone that commands attention.

					PICARD
			There is a saying... which many
			of us have heard since we were
			school children... "With the first
			link, the chain is forged. The
			first speech censured, the first
			thought forbidden, the first
			freedom denied -- chains us all,
			irrevocably."

	Two bright spots have appeared on Norah Satie's cheeks.
	Her eyes burn into Picard.

					PICARD
			Those words were uttered by Judge
			Aaron Satie -- as wisdom and
			warning. The very first time any
			man's freedoms are trampled...
			we are all damaged.
				(beat)
			I fear... that today... on this
			starship... we are forging that
			chain.

33A  ON SATIE

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(outraged)
			How dare you -- you who consort
			with Romulans... invoke my
			father's name to support your
			traitorous arguments... It is
			an offense... to everything I hold
			dear... to hear those words used
			to subvert the United Federation
			of Planets.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/25/91 - ACT FIVE       56A.

33A  CONTINUED:

					ADMIRAL SATIE (Cont'd)
			My father was a great man... his
			name stands for principle, and
			integrity... you dirty that name
			by speaking it...

	The Admiral is now staring at her, dismayed by what
	she is saying.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(continuous)
			He loved the Federation...
			but you, Picard... corrupt it...
			you and those like you undermine
			our very way of life...

	The Admiral wants no more of this debacle. He rises
	and starts for the door.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I will expose you for what you
			are... I've brought down bigger
			men than you, Picard...

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/25/91 - ACT FIVE        57.

33A  CONTINUED: (2)

	The room is hushed. She turns around, sees all eyes
	on her. She now sees the Admiral's empty chair.
	She casts one glance at Picard, who holds her gaze
	coolly. She takes a breath, moves toward her table,
	sits.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(with dignity)
			I have nothing more to say.

	Silence.

					SABIN
			Perhaps... we should take a
			recess... until tomorrow.

	People begin rising and moving out of the room. In the
	midst of it all, Norah Satie sits like a prim
	sculpture, hands folded neatly on the table, back
	erect, eyes focused right in front of her. The room is
	a mass of movement and confusion, in the midst of which
	she is a rock in the stream, eddies swirling around
	her as she sits in perfect stillness at her table.

33B  OMITTED

34   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

35   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard sits alone in the darkened room, staring out
	at the tableau of stars. Worf ENTERS, pauses,
	sensitive to Picard's somber mood.

					WORF
			Am I bothering you, sir?

					PICARD
			No... please, come in, Mister
			Worf.

	Worf approaches.

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FIVE        58.

35   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			It's over. Admiral Henry has
			called an end to any more hearings
			on this matter.

					PICARD
			That's good.

					WORF
			Admiral Satie... has left the
			Enterprise.

	Picard swivels his chair around to face Worf.

					PICARD
			We think we have come so far...
			the torture of heretics and the
			burning of witches is ancient
			history... and then... before you
			can blink an eye... it threatens
			to start all over again.

					WORF
			I believed her... I helped her...
			I didn't see what she was.

					PICARD
			Villains who wear black hats are
			easy to spot. Those who clothe
			themselves in good deeds are well
			camouflaged.

					WORF
			I think... after yesterday...
			people will not be as ready to
			trust her.

					PICARD
			Maybe. But it won't stop her.
			She -- someone like her -- will
			always be with us... waiting for
			the right climate to flourish...
			spreading disease in the name of
			liberty.
				(beat)
			Vigilance, Worf. That is the
			price we must continually pay.

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/14/91 - ACT FIVE        59.

36   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	continues its patrol.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             






                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "Half a Life" 
                          #40274-196 
                              
                           Story by 
              Ted Roberts and Peter Allan Fields 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                      Peter Allan Fields 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT

                      FEBRUARY 22, 1991

           STAR TREK: "Half a Life" - 2/22/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Half a Life" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             LWAXANA TROI
                RIKER              MR. HOMN
                DATA               TIMICIN
                BEVERLY            DARA
                TROI               B'TARDAT
                GEORDI              
                WORF               
                O'BRIEN            

                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

           STAR TREK: "Half a Life" - 2/22/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Half a Life" 
                      
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              CORRIDORS
                NEAR TURBOLIFTS
              LWAXANA'S QUARTERS
              TIMICIN'S QUARTERS
          
            KAELON TWO
              B'TARDAT'S OFFICE

         STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - 2/22/91 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "Half A Life"                              
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship moves into a synchronous orbit around a
	planet... Kaelon Two.

					TROI (V.O.)
			Counselor Deanna Troi, personal
			log, stardate 44805.3...

2    INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE TURBOLIFT

	The turbolift doors open, and PICARD emerges rather
	tentatively. Before taking a step, he looks both right
	and left to ensure the coast is clear. Over This:

					TROI (V.O.)
				(Continuing)
			... My mother is on board.

	Picard's taken about two steps before LWAXANA TROI
	sweeps INTO FRAME from a doorway, with:

					LWAXANA
				(ebullient)
			Jean-Luc, you delicious man, you
			were just thinking of me, weren't
			you?

					PICARD
			As a matter of fact, I...

					LWAXANA
			Well think no further, Dear
			Heart... She's here!

	She winds her arm through his; will move with him along
	the corridor, as:

					PICARD
			Yes, indeed.

					LWAXANA
			Serious; always so serious.

      STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - TEASER      2.

2    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Well at the moment, Lwaxana, I
			am rather busy.

					LWAXANA
			And you're always busy with
			something or other.
				(sultry)
			Never the right thing, though.
			My daughter says we're picking
			up someone interesting here?

					PICARD
			Yes. The leading scientist of
			Kaelon Two and...

					LWAXANA
			Kaelon Two? Never heard of it.

	In desperation, Picard resorts to reason.

					PICARD
			This is a delicate situation,
			Lwaxana... our first real contact
			with a very reclusive people...
				(trying to disengage)
			And as it will be something of
			an official greeting...

					LWAXANA
			Ah, diplomacy; I adore diplomacy.
			Everyone dresses so well...

3    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM ONE

	GEORDI waiting; O'BRIEN alongside his panel -- as
	Picard and the still-entwined Lwaxana ENTER.

					PICARD
			Energize, please, Mister O'Brien.

4    INCLUDING TIMICIN (OPTICAL)

	as he MATERIALIZES. A big, in-shape, inordinately
	handsome man of sixty, he will stand stony-faced and
	motionless. An imposing, and at first almost menacing,
	figure, carrying a metallic clothing case. He is
	humorless, colorless, distant... even wary.

      STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - TEASER      3.

4    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Doctor Timicin? I am Jean-Luc
			Picard, Captain of The Enterprise.
			This is Lieutenant Commander La
			Forge.

	Not a flicker of response from the grim visaged
	Timicin. He glances around with anxious curiosity
	like a man who just stepped off the boat at Ellis
	Island.

					PICARD
				(Continuing; beat)
			We welcome you aboard, Sir.

5    CLOSE - TIMICIN

	gathers himself slightly...

					TIMICIN
			I beg your pardon, Captain...
			this is my first time aboard a
			Federation starship...

	Picard extends his hand and it takes Timicin a beat to
	realize its significance...

					TIMICIN
			Oh yes, they told me... shaking
			of hands... a greeting...

	He shakes hands with Picard. Lwaxana CLEARS HER
	THROAT pointedly.

      STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - TEASER      4.

5    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Ah, I beg your pardon. Doctor
			Timicin, may I present Lwaxana
			Troi, of Betazed; also a guest
			on board, and...

	Timicin awkwardly extends a hand... and she wraps her
	arm around his arm moving ever so close to him, smiling
	to the rather taken back fellow... Throughout:

					LWAXANA
				(overriding)
			... And Daughter of The Fifth
			House, Holder of the Sacred
			Chalice of Rixx, Heir to the Holy
			Rings of Betazed, and what are
			you doing for dinner?

					TIMICIN
			Well, I...
				(eyes others)
			... I don't know, really.

					PICARD
			We have quite a bit of work
			planned...

					LWAXANA
			The man's never been on a
			starship before, Jean-Luc...
			somebody certainly ought to make
			him comfortable before you get
			started.

	She starts to lead him out...

					PICARD
			It, uh... would seem Mrs. Troi
			is our acting ambassador of good
			will today.

	Exit line --

					LWAXANA
				(vamping him)
			Just think of me as your
			Entertainment Director.

      STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - TEASER      5.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			That man is in a lot of trouble.

	He and O'Brien exchange looks. The latter nods
	ruefully, as we

6    OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT ONE      6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

7    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Sweeping through space at warp speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log. Stardate 44805.7.
			For generations, the people of
			Kaelon Two have been working to
			revitalize their dying sun. The
			Federation has offered to assist
			in testing what may be a solution
			to this problem.

8    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, RIKER, Timicin, DATA, TROI, BEVERLY and Geordi,
	who holds a PADD. Timicin is still remote, cool and
	official though not unfriendly...

					TIMICIN
				(mid-conversation)
			The basic theories for helium
			fusion enhancement have been
			discussed for over a century...
			but there's been no method of
			practical application until now...

					DATA
			The modifications that you have
			made on the torpedo's guidance
			systems are remarkable, doctor...

	Timicin doesn't smile... he's a man who doesn't easily
	accept a compliment... especially from a stranger...

					TIMICIN
			We'll see. They still have to
			be proven in a practical test.

	As he gestures toward it, we see for the first time, an
	image of a red giant star displayed on the MONITOR.

					TIMICIN
				(continuing)
			At least, now it is possible.
			I never dared hope to find such
			a perfect match with our own sun.

      STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT ONE      7.

8    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Our only regret is that it took
			us three years to find a suitable
			star after you first contacted
			us.

	Timicin clears his throat... obviously struggling to
	say something personal here... it doesn't come
	easily...

					TIMICIN
			This means a great deal to us,
			to me... We are not used to
			dealing with other worlds... to
			asking for anything from others.
			But your offer to help... it has
			given us a possible means to our
			survival.

					GEORDI
			It's your work that's made this
			possible, Doctor...

					BEVERLY
			That's right, we're only the
			delivery service here...

					TIMICIN
				(humble)
			It has taken forty years of my
			life to develop the programming
			which will control your photon
			torpedos... it has been my life...
			my only wish has been to find a
			way to revive our sun before I
			die... thank you for giving me
			this opportunity.

      STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT ONE      8.

9    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	WORF at his post, contending with a superficially
	inquisitive Lwaxana. Supernumeraries at other posts.

					WORF
			Mrs. Troi, I must protest your
			unauthorized presence on the
			Bridge.

					LWAXANA
				(touching panel)
			What does this little one do,
			Mister Woof?

					WORF
				(quickly)
			Please, Madame! That is a
			torpedo launch initiator. And
			it, uh... it is Worf, Madame; not
			Woof.

					LWAXANA
			Oh.

      STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - ACT ONE      9.

10   ANGLE INCLUDING RIKER, TROI & TIMICIN

	as they ENTER the Bridge.

					LWAXANA
				(Continuing; to Troi)
			Ah, there you are, dear; I've been
			waiting for you.

	But Lwaxana walks right past her daughter to Timicin.

					LWAXANA
				(Continuing)
			And so nice to see you again so
			soon.

					TIMICIN
				(awkward smile)
			Mrs. Troi.

					TROI
			Yes, Mother, what did you want?

					LWAXANA
				(lost)
			What?

					TROI
			You were waiting for me.

					LWAXANA
			Of course I was, dear.
				(to Timicin)
			You really must let me do
			something to relieve the tedium
			of all this work, work, work...

					TIMICIN
			As a matter of fact, we really
			haven't...

					TROI
			Mother.

					LWAXANA
			Yes, dear. You go play now;
			mother'll be fine.

					TROI
			Mother!

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT ONE     10.

10   CONTINUED:

					TIMICIN
			I'm afraid I'm expected in
			Engineering. I'm really terribly
			sorry...

					RIKER
			Mrs. Troi? I'll have to ask you
			to clear the Bridge now, please.

					LWAXANA
			I don't see why. There are lots
			of other people here.

					TROI
			Mother? Please!

	Lwaxana will sweep out, unintimidated and unabashed,
	as:

					LWAXANA
				(to Timicin; brightly)
			Don't you worry, we'll just have
			to chat a bit later.

	Lwaxana EXITS. Timicin, looks after her curiously...

					TIMICIN
			I'd never have thought her old
			enough to be your mother. She's
			so... vibrant.

11   CLOSE - TROI

	Though Smiling politely in reply, she'll take a deep
	breath and roll her eyes slightly as she turns away.

12   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Still at warp speed.

13   INT. ENGINEERING

	It's clearly been a long session; the pool table is
	littered with PADDs and styluses. As Timicin, Geordi,
	and Data examine a schematic of a photon torpedo
	displayed on a monitor...

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT ONE     11.

13   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(mid-discussion)
			Is that why you reset the torpedo
			sustainer engines to run on less
			reactants?

					TIMICIN
			Exactly... once we were able to
			protect the triggering mechanism,
			the flight engine power levels
			could be minimized...
				(moving to another
				 console)
			... now if we take a look at
			another simulation, you'll see
			that the temperature should
			stabilize at two-twenty...

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT ONE     12.

14   INCLUDING LWAXANA & MR. HOMN

	He is interrupted by the opening of the doors and the
	swooping ENTRANCE of Lwaxana -- who'll be followed by
	her valet, MR. HOMN. He is carrying a picnic basket
	loaded with (covered) picnic fare. Throughout:

					LWAXANA
			Enough is enough; rescue is at
			hand. Doctor Timicin, will you
			clear all that mess from the
			table, please?

					GEORDI
			That mess? Mrs. Troi...

					LWAXANA
			Now now now, you've been shut up
			in here for hours; perfectly
			ridiculous.
				(to Timicin)
			The table, please.

	Timicin is a little overwhelmed by the energy of this
	woman... glances at Geordi... begins to tentatively
	clear the table... as she continues...

					LWAXANA
				(continuing)
			If you boys don't eat something
			you're going to be sick and who's
			that going to help? I've made
			some irresistible Mantickian pate.
			Mister Homn will lay it out for
			us.

	As Mister Homn acknowledges this with a bow, Lwaxana
	explains to a bemused Timicin...

					LWAXANA
			Mister Homn is my valet. He
			doesn't say much.

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - ACT ONE     13.

14   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(mutters)
			How can he?

					DATA
			It is true that the intellectual
			efficiency of high order beings
			does diminish proportionately when
			the deprivation of rest or
			nutritious fuel is...

					GEORDI
				(interrupts; gives up)
			All right, all right; don't you
			start.

					TIMICIN
			Mrs. Troi...

	And his voice turns all heads to him... has he had
	enough, is he fed up with her? Is this where he cuts
	her off? A dramatic pause...

					TIMICIN
			You are a wise woman. I'm sure
			we could use a respite.

					LWAXANA
			These two call me Mrs. Troi. You
			call me Lwaxana. Mister Homn?
			Spread it.

	As Hohm spreads the tablecloth over the pool table,
	Goerdi sighs and frowns... but for the first time since
	we've met him, Timicin smiles.

14A  INT. TURBOLIFT

	As Lwaxana and Timicin ENTER...

					LWAXANA
			So, knowing that my daughter's
			starship would be passing fairly
			close to Betazed, I maneuvered
			a ride, and here I am.
				(to Com)
			Deck Eight.

	As the turbolift starts to move, Lwaxana reacts to...

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - ACT ONE     14.

14A  CONTINUED:

					TIMICIN
			I also have a grown daughter.
			She has a little boy of her own.

					LWAXANA
			Then you're married.

					TIMICIN
			My wife died quite some time ago.

	Off her reaction...

15   INT. CORRIDOR

	Lwaxana and Timicin EXIT the turbolift. As the walk
	down the corridor...

					LWAXANA
			One thing I don't understand...
			if your people have known for
			generations that their sun is
			dying... why not simply evacuate
			the planet?

					TIMICIN
			It is our home... it defines who
			we are as a people. If Kaelon
			ceases to exist... so do we...

					LWAXANA
			Then you definitely should fix
			it.

	They come to a stop outside the door to Lwaxana's
	Quarters.

					TIMICIN
			With the Federation's help... I
			hope we will.

					LWAXANA
			And the Federation is pleased to
			offer whatever help it can. Which
			means you will come in for a
			nightcap?

					TIMICIN
			That's extremely kind of you,
			but...

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - ACT ONE     15.

15   CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA
			My valet sleeps elsewhere.

	He chuckles.

					TIMICIN
			You are delightful. You make
			me laugh. I mean, I don't mean
			your invitation makes me laugh...
			I mean I take it quite seriously
			but...

					LWAXANA
			Then say yes. And I'll make you
			laugh some more.

					TIMICIN
				(beat)
			I... wish I could. But I have
			to say "no".

	And there is clear regret in his eyes... but this is
	the right thing to do...

					TIMICIN
			Goodnight, Lwaxana.

	She's disappointed, but undaunted. She throws him a
	last coy smile as she disappears into her quarters. He
	turns toward his own door -- has a second thought --
	turns back and raises his hand preparatory to Ringing
	the Chime -- but catches himself. His face reflects
	that he is troubled beyond what he's allowed her to
	see. He finally turns again and goes through into his
	own quarters.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

        STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - 2/22/91 - ACT TWO        16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

16   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The great ship approaches a red giant star.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 44807.5.
			The Enterprise has arrived at the
			Praxillus system, where we will
			conduct Doctor Timicin's helium
			ignition test.

17   OMITTED

18   INT. LWAXANA'S QUARTERS

	Mister Homn presents item after item to her as Lwaxana
	selects just the right gown and just the right
	accessories to go with it. As Troi watches this from
	the side...

					TROI
			Mother, how much...

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - ACT TWO     17.

18   CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA (TELEPATHIC V.O.)
				(cutting her off)
			Little one... why do you refuse
			to use telepathy even when we are
			alone?

	Troi gestures toward Mister Homn.

					TROI
			We are not alone, Mother. Now
			how much longer will this take?
			You've been selecting for twenty
			minutes.

					LWAXANA (TELEPATHIC V.O.)
			I am a woman dressing for a man.
			Something you might try now and
			then, dear. I wonder if Timicin
			likes green.

					TROI
			That's not very telepathic of you.

					LWAXANA
				(aloud)
			I tried telepathy on him; he's
			the wrong species. Right species
			for everything else, though. And
			you might try that once in a
			while, too.

					TROI
			You know, you're not just
			incorrigible; you're insatiable.

19   OMITTED

20   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker in their Command Chairs; Data, Worf
	and Supernumeraries at their posts.

					WORF
			Captain... I have completed long
			range scans. No life forms are
			present in the system.

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT TWO     18.

20   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Spacecraft?

					WORF
			No others within sensor range...

	Picard nods, then speaks to the com...

					PICARD
			Picard to Engineering...

21   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi at his console, Timicin at another nearby, and
	SUPERNUMERARIES in attendance. They all react to...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			... the system is clear, Mister
			La Forge.

	Timicin and Geordi exchange nods and start working...

					GEORDI
			Final pre-launch diagnostic.
			Level Five.

	Timicin, at a console...

					TIMICIN
			All systems verified.

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			We're ready when you are, Captain.

22   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Very well. Mister Worf?

					WORF
			Photon torpedoes... armed and
			targeted.

					PICARD
			Fire in sequence.

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - ACT TWO     19.

23   EXT. ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In quick succession, ten photon torpedoes spew forth
	one by one.

24   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Worf responds to his board...

					WORF
			First volley released...

					DATA
			Tracking torpedoes... entry
			program confirmed.

					WORF
			Second volley released... third
			volley...

25   EXT. SPACE - ON STAR BETA PRAXILLUS (OPTICAL)

	As the torpedoes start to strike, we begin seeing the
	onset of the SECONDARY EXPLOSIONS.

26
thru	OMITTED
27

28   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi works at his console... Timicin at his.

					GEORDI
			Torpedoes now entering the stellar
			core.

					TIMICIN
			Their shields are holding.
			Guidance systems normal.

					GEORDI
			Ignition sequence... six
			seconds... three seconds... Now.

      STAR TREK: "Half A Life" -REV. 2/28/91 - ACT TWO      20.

29   EXT. PRAXILLUS (OPTICAL)

	We see the massive PRIMARY EXPLOSION deep in the star's
	core... stirring its fiery red surface.

30   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi reads off data as...

					GEORDI
			Shock wave patterns within
			predicted range. Seventeen
			hundred percent rise in gamma
			radiation levels. Helium
			fusion rate increasing...

					TIMICIN
				(concern showing)
			What about the heat and pressure
			levels?

					GEORDI
			Steady so far. Density at eleven
			hundred grams per cubic
			centimeter. Temperature
			approaching sixty million degrees
			Kelvin.

					TIMICIN
			We want it to stabilize at two
			hundred and twenty million.

31   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data makes his own report...

					DATA
			Pressure wave harmonics
			dispersing. Temperature in target
			zone increasing... to eighty-one
			million degrees.

32   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

					GEORDI
			Still rising. Ninety million
			degrees Kelvin... And now one
			hundred ten million.
				(to Timicin)
			Looking good.

	Timicin's emotions are peaking. Obviously, this means
	everything to him.

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/28/91 - ACT TWO     21.

33   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Everyone reacts to...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			One hundred thirty-seven...

					DATA
				(re his board)
			Radiation and pressure levels
			still stable.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Temperature one hundred sixty
			million degrees Kelvin...

34   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and Timicin are starting to feel very good...
	their confidence rising along with the temperature
	level on Praxillus.

					GEORDI
			One seventy... one ninety...
			Now two hundred million...

					TIMICIN
				(thrilled)
			It's happening.

35   EXT. PRAXILLUS - (OPTICAL)

	The star's turbulent surface is changing color...
	transforming from a bright red into a brilliant yellow
	as it shrinks in size by about thirty percent.

36   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Everyone is tense, but hopeful.

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT TWO     22.

36   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Two-oh-seven, and rising.
				(beat)
			Two-nineteen...
				(whoopee!)
			And twenty! Two twenty!
				(long beat)
			And holding!

	This is the triumph of Timicin's life... a dream come
	true. As he beams at Geordi...

					GEORDI
			Looks like congratulations may
			be in order.

37   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	An amazed Picard and Riker turn to the viewer... and
	the image of the revitalized, gleaming yellow star.

					PICARD
				(hopeful)
			Mister Data?

					DATA
			Turbulence patterns are within
			predicted parameters.

38   INT. ENGINEERING

	All smiles here. An air of hope and celebration.
	When...

39   CLOSE - GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	Still with one eye on the monitor, his face suddenly
	deadens, with:

					GEORDI
				(quietly)
			Two-twenty-two...

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT TWO     23.

40   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	There is suddenly dead, stunned silence on the Main
	Bridge as Data monitors his board...

					DATA
			Temperature is rising in the core
			again, Captain. Two hundred and
			thirty million degrees Kelvin...

41   INT. ENGINEERING

	Timicin stands rooted; frozen in place. As...

					GEORDI
				(dull, flat)
			... Now two-fifty-one. Still
			rising. Two hundred sixty million
			degrees.

42   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					DATA
			Rate exceeding critical levels.
			Core density becoming unstable.

					RIKER
			Let's get the hell out of here.

	Picard turns to the helm...

					PICARD
			Warp two, Ensign; now!

43   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND PRAXILLUS (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise takes off, moving OUT OF FRAME at warp
	speed. HOLD on Praxillus. Beat; then the star
	EXPLODES in a nova-like reaction.

44   INT. ENGINEERING - CLOSE ON TIMICIN'S REACTION

	He is totally shattered; sinking into an all-consuming
	misery.

        STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - 2/22/91 - ACT TWO        24.

45   ANGLE INCLUDING GEORDI

	Geordi doesn't know what to do or say.

					GEORDI
			I'm sorry.

	Timicin acknowledges this with a nod; moves
	automaton-like toward the doorway -- then stops, for:

					TIMICIN
				(to com)
			Captain Picard? Permit me...

46
thru	OMITTED
47

48   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as all listen sadly to:

					TIMICIN'S COM VOICE
				(Continuing)
			... to express my appreciation to
			you and your crew. I am...

49   INT. ENGINEERING

					TIMICIN
				(Continuing)
			... most grateful.
				(quietly to Geordi)
			Most grateful.

	Timicin turns; EXITS. Geordi can only stand there.

50   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	There is nothing else to do or say. But...

					PICARD
				(to helm)
			Ensign... set a course for Kaelon
			Two. Warp factor five.

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - ACT TWO     25.

51   INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL) - START ON TIMICIN

	seated staring ahead, out at the stars; at nothing,
	really. PULL BACK AND WIDEN to Discover Lwaxana, as
	she approaches. She Pauses briefly, noting his mood
	-- then moves to place a commiserating hand on his
	shoulder.

					LWAXANA
			Timicin, I'm so sorry.

	He can only Nod, forcing a flicker of a polite smile
	which lasts about a second. Still watching him with
	close concern, Lwaxana sits, rather tentatively -- not
	knowing what to say next. Finally, she plays against
	the moment, albeit without the usual flippancy in voice
	or manner.

					LWAXANA
				(softly; at stars)
			I had one of those named after
			me once; by a brilliant young
			astronomer from Rigel Four.
				(trying to evoke his
				 smile)
			Of course, I sparkled a bit myself
			in those days.
				(beat; seeking any
				 response)
			That's called fishing for a
			compliment. You're supposed to
			tell me that I still sparkle.
				(beat; softly)
			I'm sorry, I'm not helping, am
			I?

					TIMICIN
			You're very kind. I'm just not
			adequate company right now.

					LWAXANA
			That's all right, I can make
			enough conversation for both of
			us.

	He's unresponsive despite himself -- and, sensitive
	to that, she now begins to rise, with:

					LWAXANA
				(Continuing)
			I'll leave you alone.

        STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - 2/22/91 - ACT TWO        26.

51   CONTINUED:

					TIMICIN
				(suddenly)
			No. Please stay... I wanted to
			tell you how much I wish that...
			That we had met... years ago.

					LWAXANA
			What difference do a few years
			make?

	She covers his hand with hers. Gives him a meaningful
	look.

					TIMICIN
			Unfortunately, a great deal.
				(beat)
			The fact is, Lwaxana... I'm going
			home now... to die.

52   REACTION - LWAXANA

	Open-mouthed, but speechless. Aghast, as we --

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT THREE    27.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

53   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around Kaelon Two again...

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 44812.6.
			We are orbiting Kaelon Two, and
			have established contact with
			Science Minister B'tardat.

54   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, and Data are facing the viewer, on which
	appears the image of the youngish Science Minister
	B'TARDAT -- who is quiet-voiced and courteous, but
	pronouncedly aloof.

					PICARD
				(mid-discussion)
			The experiment did achieve a
			stable core temperature for a
			short time, Minister... that is
			a significant step forward...

					RIKER
			We're studying the sensor logs
			and torpedo telemetry to see if
			there was any malfunction... if
			we can discover the problem,
			another test might be successful.

					B'TARDAT
			But wouldn't that require a
			lengthy search to find a suitable
			star for a second test?

					PICARD
			The Federation is willing to
			assist in the search.

					RIKER
			In the meantime, all of our
			facilities would be available to
			Doctor Timicin while he analyzes
			the experiment.

    STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - ACT THREE    28.

54   CONTINUED:

					B'TARDAT
			A most thoughtful and generous
			offer. But Timicin has
			obligations at home. And it will
			take some time to select his
			replacement.

					PICARD
				(after a beat)
			We're more than willing to extend
			our visit, sir.

					B'TARDAT
			That will not be necessary.
			We'll contact you when we're
			ready.
				(a beat)
			We expect Timicin to return home
			as soon as possible. Again,
			gentlemen, thank you.

	B'Tardat's image DISAPPEARS from the viewer. Before
	any one can comment, the door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come...

55   INCLUDING LWAXANA

	as she marches into the room.

					LWAXANA
			Jean-Luc, are you aware that these
			people you're so graciously
			helping, are murderers?

					PICARD
			I beg your pardon?

       STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - 2/22/91 - ACT THREE       29.

55   CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA
			Well the next thing to it. When
			a person on this benighted little
			world reaches the age of sixty,
			which Timicin is about to do,
			they're expected to simply kill
			themselves. Did you know that?

	Picard reacts to this, turns to Data for confirmation.

					PICARD
			Mister Data?

					DATA
			The people of Kaelon Two are
			isolationists. Almost to the
			point of being xenophobes.
			Regrettably, we know very little
			about their customs.

					LWAXANA
			Well, I know -- Timicin himself
			just told me. He's supposed to
			go down there to his loving
			friends; be wined, dined, honored
			for his achievements and then kill
			himself. It's a barbaric ritual.
			"The Resolution", it's called.
				(a beat)
			Obviously, you can't let him go,
			Jean-Luc.

					PICARD
			I'm afraid I have no choice.

					LWAXANA
			I don't think you've been
			listening to me. The man is
			supposed to kill himself! You
			don't just let that happen. You
			don't just turn your back. What's
			the matter with you!

					PICARD
			Lwaxana, I'm sorry, but I have
			no jurisdiction here; irrespective
			of any personal feelings. We
			simply cannot interfere --

    STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - ACT THREE    30.

55   CONTINUED: (2)

					LWAXANA
			But you have to. In a situation
			like this, you absolutely have
			to interfere.
				(almost pleading)
			Go down there and talk to those
			people, Jean-Luc. Do all the
			things you do so well... open
			their eyes, educate them...

					PICARD
				(gently, but firmly)
			The Prime Directive forbids us
			to interfere with the social order
			of any planet.

	Lwaxana's eyes flash with anger.

					LWAXANA
			It's your Prime Directive -- not
			mine!

	Infuriated by her frustration and helplessness, Lwaxana
	wheels around; rushes OUT.

					PICARD
			Computer? Locate Counselor Troi.

56   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM ONE

	An irate Lwaxana faces a reluctantly stalwart O'Brien.

					LWAXANA
			What d'you mean I "can't" go down
			there? Are you telling me I'm
			a prisoner on this ship?

57   INCLUDING TROI (OPTICAL)

	as, anxiously, she ENTERS, with:

					TROI
			Mother? What's going on? What
			are you doing?

					O'BRIEN
				(to Troi)
			I'm sorry, Counselor, but... I'm
			not sure what to do here.

       STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - 2/22/91 - ACT THREE       31.

57   CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA
			Well I'm sure.
				(to Troi)
			I am a Betazoid ambassador; the
			Daughter of the Fifth House, and
			those people are going to
			answer to me!
				(to O'Brien)
			So you just energize this damned
			thing and get me down there!

					TROI
			He can't, Mother. he has his
			orders.

					LWAXANA
			His orders don't apply to me.

					TROI
			No, they apply to him.

					LWAXANA
			Don't try your professional
			patronizing on me, young lady.
			They expect Timicin to die, don't
			you realize that? He expects to
			die. Because he's sixty! What
			is sixty; it's nothing!

	Lwaxana is for the moment too choked by her Tears to
	speak further. Troi looks over at O'Brien -- a Silent
	Plea for a few moments of familial privacy.

					O'BRIEN
				(awkwardly)
			I'll, uh... go check the pattern
			buffers.

	O'Brien takes a step toward the doors; has a thought;
	turns --and locks off his instrument panel -- before
	finally EXITING.

    STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - ACT THREE    32.

58   TROI & LWAXANA

	Now slipping her arm around Lwaxana's shoulder, Troi
	will lead her (still most gently) toward the
	transporter pad -- on which they'll wind up sitting;
	closely. Throughout:

					TROI (TELEPATHIC V.O.)
			Come on, Mother, let's sit down.

					LWAXANA (TELEPATHIC V.O.)
				(tearful; confused)
			I'm sorry, little one. I don't
			know what's wrong with me. I'm
			sorry.

					TROI (TELEPATHIC V.O.)
			There's no need to be.

					LWAXANA (TELEPATHIC V.O.)
			But I'm crying. I don't cry.

					TROI (TELEPATHIC V.O.)
			You cried when father died.

					LWAXANA
				(aloud)
			You remember that?

					TROI
			Of course I remember. We both
			cried.

					LWAXANA
			But this isn't the same... Is
			it?

					TROI
			What do you think, Mother?

	Lwaxana thinks about it. Sighs.

    STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - ACT THREE    33.

58   CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA
			I don't know. I just can't
			accept that fate would allow me
			to meet him like this... and then
			take him away. He's not ill. He
			hasn't had a tragic accident.
			He's just going to die... for no
			good reason... except his society
			has decided he's too old... so
			they dispose of him. As though
			his life no longer has value or
			meaning.

	Troi is silent for a beat, studies her mother... gives
	her space to say more as a good therapist knows to
	do... finally...

					LWAXANA
			You can't possibly understand
			at your age... but at mine...
			sometimes, you feel tired. And
			afraid.

					TROI
				(surprised)
			You... afraid? I never could
			tell...

					LWAXANA
			You weren't supposed to. Life
			really does pass, Deanna. The
			fun of it; the joy; the... being
			attractive.

					TROI
			You're feeling very vulnerable;
			very...
				(gentle smile)
			... mortal, if I may say so. I
			know you so well, Mother. And
			believe me, you will never be one
			of those who dies before they die.

	Now it's Lwaxana who puts her arm around Troi. After a
	quiet beat...

    STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT THREE    34.

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61   INT. TIMICIN'S QUARTERS

	Timicin enters data on a PADD... not happy with what
	he sees. Then as the door CHIMES...

					TIMICIN
			Come in.

	Lwaxana ENTERS, the antithesis of her usual flighty
	self. They study each other for a long moment. Then
	she manages a smile. He gestures toward the PADD.

					TIMICIN
			I've been studying the preliminary
			reports from the test. I don't
			understand where I went wrong...
			I thought I'd anticipated all of
			the variables; deep convection
			patterns, the proton reactions,
			neutrino count...

	He shakes his head.

    STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT THREE    35.

61   CONTINUED:

	Without coyness or invitation, she moves behind him --
	begins to knead his weary shoulder and neck muscles.

					TIMICIN
			I'll say it again. You're a kind
			woman.

					LWAXANA
			I'm a hateful woman. I hate what
			you're going to do, and I hate
			you for doing it.

	He reaches up to place his hand on hers as she massages
	him; then draws her gently around to sit facing him on
	the edge of the chair.

62   CLOSER

	as they face each other; intimately. The electricity
	between them heightens.

					TIMICIN
			It's the way of my world. I wish
			you could accept that.

	Their faces move closer together. Almost touching now.

					LWAXANA
			I never will... Never...

       STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - 2/22/91 - ACT THREE       36.

62   CONTINUED:

	And THEY KISS, as we:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT FOUR     37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

63   INT. TIMICIN'S QUARTERS

	Dark. Lwaxana, dressed in a man's robe, sits in a
	chair near the bed, staring at Timicin as he sleeps.
	He stirs, realizes she's not beside him, looks over and
	sees her watching him. He sits up. He is wearing
	pajamas.

					TIMICIN
			How long have you been sitting
			there?

					LWAXANA
			I'm not sure. A minute. An hour.

					TIMICIN
			Lwaxana...

					LWAXANA
			Do you want anything... some
			tea... ?

					TIMICIN
			Lwaxana, I want to explain. I
			want very much for you to
			understand.

	She studies him. There's no way in hell she'll ever
	understand.

					TIMICIN
			Until fifteen or twenty centuries
			ago, we had no "Resolution"; no
			such concern for our Elders. As
			people aged, their health failed;
			they became invalids. Those who
			could no longer be cared for by
			their families were put away in
			deathwatch facilities, where they
			simply waited in loneliness for
			the end to come; often for years.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT FOUR     38.

63   CONTINUED:

					TIMICIN (Cont'd)
			They had meant something; and then
			they were forced to live past
			that; through a terrible time of
			meaning nothing; of knowing they
			could now only be the
			beneficiaries of younger people's
			patience. We are no longer that
			cruel, Lwaxana.

					LWAXANA
				(not buying it)
			No, you're not cruel to them.
			You just kill them!

	She gets up and moves away... Timicin sighs, gets out
	of bed, puts on a robe, follows her...

					TIMICIN
			The Resolution is a celebration
			of life... we can end our lives
			with dignity...

					LWAXANA
			"Celebration of life"... it all
			sounds very noble, very caring.
			What you're really saying is you
			got rid of the problem by getting
			rid of the people...

					TIMICIN
			I know it must sound that way...
				(redefining it)
			It is a time of transition...
			one generation handing the
			responsibilities of life to the
			next...

					LWAXANA
			What about the responsibility of
			taking care of the elderly?

					TIMICIN
			But that would create a dreadful
			burden for our children...

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 3/4/91 - ACT FOUR     39.

63   CONTINUED: (2)

					LWAXANA
			We raise them and care for them,
			suffer for them and keep them from
			harm their whole lives...
			eventually, it's their turn to
			take care of us.

					TIMICIN
			No parent should expect to be paid
			back for the love they've given
			their children.

					LWAXANA
			Why the hell not.

	Timicin shakes his head, laughs to himself... this
	woman is something.

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67   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	She goes to a food dispenser...

					LWAXANA
				(to com)
			Oskoids.

	As it MATERIALIZES... the oskoids are a leafy finger
	food.

					TIMICIN
			What's that?

					LWAXANA
			Oskoids. A Betazed delicacy.

					TIMICIN
			Looks interesting.

	Instead of giving him some, she casually walks away
	with it as...

					LWAXANA
			You should have tried it while
			you were still alive. No reason
			to bother now.

	She sits, munches on an oskoid.

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT FOUR     40.

67   CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA
			Why sixty? Why not... sixty-two...
			or fifty-eight...

					TIMICIN
			A reasonable age had to be set...

					LWAXANA
			... but it's not reasonable...
			certainly not in your case.
			Right now, you're as healthy and
			vital a man as I've ever known.

					TIMICIN
			... And I want to say good-bye to
			my family and colleagues while I'm
			still that way... in complete
			command of my faculties... knowing
			they'll always remember me as a
			strong, vigorous man.

					LWAXANA
			But it makes no sense. Some of
			your people could still be active
			at seventy or eighty... others
			might get seriously ill at
			fifty... how cruel of you to make
			them wait so long to commit
			suicide...

					TIMICIN
			Setting a standard age for the
			resolution makes it uniform for
			everybody. To ask each individual
			family to decide when their elders
			are to die... would be heartless.

					LWAXANA
			I agree. How about letting
			everybody die when they die.

					TIMICIN
				(sighs)
			Lwaxana...

					LWAXANA
			You have a grandson, you said?

					TIMICIN
			Almost seven.

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT FOUR     41.

67   CONTINUED: (2)

					LWAXANA
			Wouldn't it be better for him to
			know his grandfather? Not the
			vague memory of someone who once
			loved him, but a living person
			who does love him? You really
			don't believe that's better?

	Timicin pauses for a beat... searches for a proper
	response, has a little trouble finding it, then shakes
	his head, presses on...

					TIMICIN
			Lwaxana, I attended the Resolution
			of my own parents when it was
			their time. It was beautiful.
			It's a custom I've known and
			accepted all my life.

	Lwaxana considers this... forms a counter-argument.

					LWAXANA
			The women of Betazed used to wear
			huge wigs; with large holes in
			the middle for tiny caged animals.
			First it was a fashion; then it
			went on long enough to become a
			custom. A tradition. But it was
			uncomfortable for the woman and
			cruel to the animal. Then one
			day one very formidable woman
			finally said so; and refused to
			wear another of those wigs. And
			fairly soon the custom stopped.
			She had the courage to stand up
			and fight for change.

					TIMICIN
			She must have been a lot like you.

	She stands and moves closer to hammer home her point.

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT FOUR     42.

67   CONTINUED: (3)

					LWAXANA
			Timicin, there is no one more
			qualified, more experienced, or
			more likely to save your planet
			than you. And they would have
			you kill yourself?

					TIMICIN
			Younger scientists will take my
			place. The work will continue.

					LWAXANA
			Your planet has what... thirty,
			forty years left? What if they
			can't find the answer without your
			help? What then? What chance
			will your grandson have of
			reaching the age of sixty?

					TIMICIN
			Enough; please. It is my time,
			Lwaxana. That is the way it is.

	She moves closer to him, speaks intimately, softly but
	the force of her words strike home --

					LWAXANA
			If that's the way it is, why is
			anyone bothering to try to save
			your world at all? If its time
			has come, let it die. Where's
			the difference, Timicin? Where?

	And he has no easy answer.

67A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As before.

68   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	As Geordi and Data vainly study the monitors looking
	at test results, a thoughtful Timicin quietly
	observes... still considering what Lwaxana has told
	him.

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT FOUR     43.

68   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			... Until the pressure levels
			destabilized, all the results were
			exactly as you had predicted...

					TIMICIN
			The triggering programs... ?

					GEORDI
			Worked perfectly... that much
			we're sure of...

					TIMICIN
			And we had always assumed that
			was our greatest hurdle...

	He shakes his head, takes a thoughtful beat...

					GEORDI
				(consoling)
			Just getting this far is a big
			step, Doctor... no one's ever
			been able to do even this much
			before...

	But Timicin is not dwelling on the past... he's looking
	forward, mind working furiously, alive with energy...
	tapping on a console... seeing on the monitor --

					TIMICIN
			Convection boundary uncoupling.
			The reaction caused gas turbulence
			of a totally unexpected
			magnitude... Why?

					DATA
				(possible explanation)
			There was a evidence of a delayed
			surface shock...

					TIMICIN
				(continues to work
				 furiously on the
				 panels)
			No, I anticipated that I thought
			I'd anticipated all the possible
			variables... but stars... they're
			like living entities in a way...
			quite unpredictable. I wouldn't
			be surprised if this were the
			result of...

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT FOUR     44.

68   CONTINUED: (2)

	His mind is racing ahead of his ability to get it out
	of his mouth... interrupting himself --

					TIMICIN
			Look here... forty-two seconds
			into the test, a rise in the level
			of hydrogen-alpha emissions...
			and here, another one... You
			see, I'm right...

	He looks at Data and Geordi who exchange a look, don't
	get it yet...

					TIMICIN
				(don't you see?)
			There had to be neutron migration
			within the star's inner core as
			the reaction grew.

					DATA
				(concerned)
			Perhaps, but there is no known
			method of controlling neutron
			migration, Doctor.

	Pushing in to him...

					TIMICIN
			Yes, yes, but it is theoretically
			possible. Using these test
			results, we could construct a new
			computer model of the energy
			dynamics of the star that can
			test a new detonation program.
			I'm certain it can be
			accomplished. Certain. It's
			just a matter of time.
				(beat)
			A matter of time.

69   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard sits working, as the Door Chime SOUNDS.

					PICARD
				(calls o.s.)
			Come.


     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT FOUR     45.

70   INCLUDING TIMICIN

	as he ENTERS. Timicin is a little shaky as though he's
	not completely sure what he's about to do is right.

					PICARD
			Timicin. Time for you to leave
			us, then.

					TIMICIN
			Captain Picard... I've come to...
			officially request asylum aboard
			The Enterprise.

	And off Picard's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - ACT FIVE     46.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

71   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Still in orbit around Kaelon Two.

72   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Timicin facing Science Minister B'Tardat,
	whose IMAGE appears on the Viewer.

					B'TARDAT
			Timicin, I cannot believe this.
			Why asylum? Asylum from what?

					TIMICIN
			I turn sixty in four days,
			Minister...

					B'TARDAT
			Yes, and your family and
			colleagues are already gathering
			for your resolution...

					TIMICIN
			I...

	And he pauses, wanting to carefully present the next
	words which he knows will have an extraordinary
	impact... and there is uncertainty, guilt, searching
	for the strength.

					TIMICIN
			I believe it is time for us as
			a people to re-examine the wisdom
			of The Resolution.

	B'tardat blinks, incredulous... after a silent beat...

					B'TARDAT
			Timicin, are they forcing you into
			this? Are you being coerced?

					TIMICIN
			Influenced, perhaps; not coerced.

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT FIVE     47.

72   CONTINUED:

					B'TARDAT
			Captain Picard, your "influence"
			is an example of why we originally
			chose isolation and no doubt will
			again.

					PICARD
			Any influence, Minister, is by
			example only. Timicin's decision
			is of his own free will, I assure
			you.

					B'TARDAT
			I cannot believe that a man of
			Timicin's stature would "freely"
			reject his own culture.

	The minister nods a signal to an off camera presence...

					TIMICIN
			B'Tardat, no one on Kaelon Two
			understands the project as I do.
			There are new theories that would
			take others a decade to test and
			confirm. With my guidance, we
			can be ready in half that time.
			I must finish my work...

					B'TARDAT
			Others started your work. Others
			will finish it. It's always been
			that way... it always will...

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Captain, scanners indicate two
			Kaelon warships rising on an
			intercept course.

					PICARD
			Acknowledged, Commander.
				(to the monitor)
			Minister, we are here in
			friendship, hoping to provide
			assistance...

					B'TARDAT
			You've helped quite enough,
			Captain. I suggest you return
			Timicin and depart.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - ACT FIVE    47A.

72   CONTINUED: (2)

					B'TARDAT (Cont'd)
			If you attempt to leave orbit with
			him on board, our ships have been
			ordered to open fire.

					TIMICIN
			B'tardat, there's no purpose in...

     STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - ACT FIVE     48.

72   CONTINUED: (3)

	But the image on the screen goes off and returns to
	the starfield. Picard shuts it off, rises...

					TIMICIN
			It should not have come to this...
			I handled it poorly...

					PICARD
			Doctor, you have acted in good
			conscience... I don't know what
			else you could have done...

					TIMICIN
			I could have... let well enough
			alone... and returned home...
				(beat)
			What do you think, Picard? Have
			I done the right thing?

	Picard studies him a beat.

					PICARD
			I'm afraid you're the only one
			who can answer that, Doctor.

					TIMICIN
			Lwaxana would have me lead a
			revolt, but I am only a scientist.
			I wish I had her strength... she
			is a woman of extraordinary
			conviction, isn't she?

					PICARD
				(beat, with history)
			Isn't she.

	They EXIT.

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80   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	The main viewer shows three warships from Kaelon Two
	approaching the Enterprise. Beverly is on the Bridge
	as Picard and Timicin come in from the Ready Room.

         STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT FIVE         49.

80   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Any communication, Number One?

					RIKER
			No, sir. We have an open channel.

					WORF
			The warships have taken a standard
			attack posture... staggered
			approach vectors... within
			weapons range.

					PICARD
			Shields up. Red Alert.

					TIMICIN
			Captain...

	Picard sits in command.

					PICARD
			Doctor, I suggest you return to
			your quarters...

					TIMICIN
			No. I don't want there to be any
			bloodshed because of my
			decision...

	And Timicin is in the way. Beverly sees she can
	help... she moves to him... quietly but firm --

					BEVERLY
			They'll be doing everything they
			can to avoid it... but we need
			to get out of their way now...

	Overlapping in the background --

					PICARD
				(at work)
			Mister Worf, ascertain their
			offensive potential...

					WORF
			Aye sir.

	Answering Beverly --

         STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT FIVE         50.

80   CONTINUED: (2)

					TIMICIN
			Yes... yes I understand...

	He starts to move toward the turbolift... glances back
	with concern... then EXITS with Beverly.

80A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As the two ships move into attack posture.

81   INT. ENGINEERING

	Timicin ENTERS to approach Geordi and Data.

					TIMICIN
			We must transmit the new analysis
			of the neutron migration
			immediately... if I can make them
			see the direction I've taken...

					GEORDI
			We've already tried...

					DATA
			They refuse to accept further
			reports from you, Doctor.

					TIMICIN
			But they have to accept them...

	He sits at a console, tapping furiously...

					TIMICIN
			If I can re-establish computer
			interface with the science
			ministry...

					GEORDI
			They've disengaged the link-up,
			sir...

	Timicin's not getting anywhere with the panels...
	there's no response...

					TIMICIN
			Why don't they answer!?

	He slams his fist down in frustration.

         STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - ACT FIVE         51.

81   CONTINUED:

					TIMICIN
			Even if I find the solution,
			they would not accept it!
				(beat)
			Because I do not terminate my
			life, they terminate my work.
			Alive, I am a greater threat to
			my world than a dying sun.

	As he is filled with frustration and sadness, he looks
	up to see --

81A  ANGLE - LWAXANNA AT THE ENTRANCE

	watching him.

82   INT. CORRIDOR

	Walking...

					LWAXANA
			Jean-Luc will find a way to settle
			this. He always does...

					TIMICIN
			No, my decision will only lead
			to more distrust of other
			worlds... nothing will change...

					LWAXANA
			Don't be foolish.

	Stopping...

					TIMICIN
			I am not being foolish.

	And there is an anger there... a why-have-you-pushed-me-into-this?
	He immediately regrets it.

          STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 3/1/91 - ACT FIVE         52.

82   CONTINUED:

					TIMICIN
			Lwaxana, I want to live because
			I see in you how much there is
			to live for. You make me realize
			there is still some value to my
			life. I can still contribute.
			I can be an example to my people.
			But discovering these new desires
			in myself... and not being able to
			do anything with them... not
			being able to finish my work, not
			being able to reach my people...

					LWAXANA
			You have made a statement about
			the sanctity of life. It will
			be heard, Timicin.

					TIMICIN
			Who will hear it... from
			lightyears away. Where do I go
			now, Lwaxana? A man without a
			world. Who can never go home.

	As she reacts with concern...

					LWAXANA
			Timicin...

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Doctor Timicin...

83   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker and Picard in the command area.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			... you have a visitor coming
			aboard.

					TIMICIN'S COM VOICE
				(hopeful)
			B'Tardat?

         STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - ACT FIVE        52A.

84   INT. CORRIDOR - LWAXANA AND TIMICIN

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			No, doctor... it's your daughter.

	And off their reactions...

85   INT. TIMICIN'S QUARTERS

	Timicin's adult daughter, DARA, is waiting for them as
	Timicin and Lwaxana ENTER.

         STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - ACT FIVE         53.

85   CONTINUED:

					DARA
			Father...

					TIMICIN
			Dara.

	They come together, yearning to reach out and hug one
	another... but held back by the barrier that's already
	grown up between them.

					TIMICIN
			You look... wonderful.

	Dara shoots a look at Lwaxana.

					TIMICIN
			This is Lwaxana Troi. She's been
			a host and a friend.

					LWAXANA
			I've been looking forward to
			meeting you, Dara.

	That gets a look.

					TIMICIN
			Whatever you have to say to me,
			you can say in front of her.

					DARA
			I see.

	And that's said with -- so you're the one who did this
	to him.

					DARA
			Father, come home. This is
			wrong.

					TIMICIN
			Dara, there is so much for me
			still to do. If I could show you
			the work I have begun...

					DARA
			There's nothing for me to look
			at. It is irrelevant.

					LWAXANA
			Your father's work may save your
			world, my dear. I would hardly
			consider that irrelevant.

         STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - ACT FIVE         54.

85   CONTINUED: (2)

					DARA
				(to Timicin, not
				 Lwaxana)
			All that matters to me now is you.
			Not your work. Your work's over.
			It is your time to rest.

					LWAXANA
			Perhaps you will feel differently
			as you get a little older... say
			approaching sixty.

					DARA
				(sharp)
			My father has taught me to cherish
			The Resolution. I don't know how
			you have poisoned him to reject
			it but...

					LWAXANA
			It is an obscene ritual.

					DARA
			How dare you. How dare you
			criticize my way of life, my
			beliefs.

					TIMICIN
			Please.

	A silent beat. Softer, sadder...

					DARA
			Where will you go?

					TIMICIN
			I don't know.

					DARA
			Where will you die?

	A long beat.

					DARA
			I cannot bear the thought that
			you will be laid to rest on some
			other world...

         STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT FIVE         55.

85   CONTINUED: (3)

					DARA
				(a tear rolls down her
				 cheek)
			... that you will not lie beside
			my mother... and I will not be
			able to lie beside you when my
			resolution comes.

	The emotional impact of this hits Timicin... his pain
	is great...

					DARA
			I'm sorry, Father. I do not
			understand how you can go on with
			your life knowing each day you
			live is an insult to everything
			we believe in. I love you. But
			I am ashamed.

	She EXITS. Lwaxana searches for words of comfort...

					TIMICIN
			I... need to be alone now.

	Lwaxana nods silently.

86   OMITTED

87   EXT. THE ENTERPRISE AND THE WARSHIPS (OPTICAL)

	Suspended in orbit together. Still locked in a
	stalemate.

88
thru	OMITTED
90

91   INT. LWAXANA'S QUARTERS

	Lwaxana and Deanna... Lwaxana is in a sad, pensive
	mood...

					LWAXANA
			I am suddenly... suddenly not sure
			of myself... and it is a feeling
			I am not at all used to... I don't
			think I like it very much, Little
			One...

	With much empathy, therapist as much as daughter...

         STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT FIVE         56.

91   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Not sure of yourself?

					LWAXANA
			My life has been full. Now and
			then it's even overflowed a
			little, I'll admit. But I
			enjoy...living. Now I am asking
			myself -- is it possible that I've
			been wrong to encourage Timicin
			to choose life?

					TROI
			You were honest with him,
			mother... how could you be
			anything else?

					LWAXANA
			Maybe I want him to live... just
			to keep me company.

					TROI
			Of course you do. But you didn't
			do this for yourself, mother.
			You did it for him.

					LWAXANA
			Did I? Then look what I've done
			to him. He is like a man who has
			lost his faith. I never
			considered how deeply ingrained
			this resolution liturgy is.

					TROI
			Ritual provides a structure for
			a society... good rituals, bad
			rituals alike...

					LWAXANA
			Well, this is a bad one...

					TROI
			Your point of view.

					LWAXANA
			It should be the point of view
			of any reasonably intelligent
			middle-aged person.
				(beat)
			But apparently it is not.

         STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - ACT FIVE        56A.

91   CONTINUED: (2)

	The door chimes. Troi goes to the door, opens it to
	reveal Timicin... he ENTERS...

					TROI
			I'll see you later, mother.

	She EXITS. Timicin looks at Lwaxana a long beat,
	looking for a way to tell her... she does it for him...

         STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT FIVE         57.

91   CONTINUED: (3)

					LWAXANA
			You're going back.

	He nods.

					TIMICIN
			Do you believe I love you?

	She nods.

					TIMICIN
			I do you know. But if that
			finally is my only reason to stay
			alive...

					LWAXANA
			It's not enough.

					TIMICIN
			Almost. Not quite. I can't be
			that selfish, Lwaxana.

					LWAXANA
			You'd never be happy.

					TIMICIN
			I'm sorry. I guess I'm not the
			one to lead the revolt.

	She embraces him, holds onto him.

92   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The other ships are gone.

93   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	O'Brien at the console. Picard escorts Timicin in...

					TIMICIN
			I apologize for all the turmoil
			I created, Captain...

					PICARD
			I would deeply regret it, Doctor,
			if you were returning only to ease
			diplomatic tensions...

         STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/27/91 - ACT FIVE         58.

93   CONTINUED:

					TIMICIN
			No, it is more, much more.

					PICARD
			Then I wish you and your people
			well.

					TIMICIN
			When the time comes for another
			test, I will encourage them to
			seek out your assistance again.

	Picard acknowledges. Lwaxana is notable by her
	absence.

					PICARD
			If there's any reason you'd like
			to wait a few minutes...

					TIMICIN
			No. We've... we've said our
			good-byes.

	Picard acknowledges as Timicin climbs on board the pad.
	But then Lwaxana, ENTERS, carrying a small case...

					TIMICIN
				(reacts)
			Lwaxana... ?

					LWAXANA
			It is the custom for your loved
			ones to join you at this...
			resolution, is it not?

					TIMICIN
			You don't have to do this.

					LWAXANA
			Yes. I do.

					LWAXANA
			Permission to disembark,
			Captain... I promise not to cause
			any problems down there.

	Picard looks at her with new respect.

         STAR TREK: "Half A Life" - REV. 2/26/91 - ACT FIVE         59.

93   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Permission granted.

	She climbs aboard the pad, links arms with Timicin

					LWAXANA
			We're ready, Mister O'Brien.

	And with her head held high... they DEMATERIALIZE and
	on Picard's last reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             






                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "The Host" 
                  (f.k.a. "E Pluribus Unum") 
                          #40274-197 
                              
                          Written by 
                         Michel Horvat 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Marvin Rush 


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FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1991 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT
 
                        MARCH 1, 1991
 

             STAR TREK: "The Host" - 3/7/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "The Host" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             AMBASSADOR ODAN
                RIKER              GOVERNOR LEKA
                DATA               KALIN TROSE
                BEVERLY            LATHAL BINE
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                KAREEL             
                NURSE ALYSSA OGAWA 
                ENSIGN TAGGERT'S COM VOICE
                COMPUTER VOICE     

                Non-Speaking       
                  NURSE              
                  BLUE BARBER        
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

             STAR TREK: "The Host" - 3/1/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "The Host" 
                      
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     SHUTTLECRAFT
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              CORRIDOR                 UNMARKED SHUTTLECRAFT
              SICKBAY
              BEVERLY'S OFFICE         PELIAR ZEL TWO SYSTEM:
              BEVERLY'S QUARTERS         ONE PLANET
              DATA'S QUARTERS            TWO MOONS
              ODAN'S GUEST QUARTERS
              SHUTTLE BAY
              TEN-FORWARD
              TURBOLIFT
              BARBER SHOP
          
            SHUTTLCRAFT

        STAR TREK: "The Host" - 3/8/91 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "The Host" 
                       
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              EOSINOPHILIA           eh-yuh-sin-oh-FEE-lee-ah
              KALIN TROSE            kay-lin TROSE
              KAREEL                 kah-REAL
              LATHAL BINE            lay-thl BINE
              LEKA                   LAY-kuh
              ODAN                   oh-DAHN
              PELIAR ZEL             peh-lee-ar ZEHL
              SYMBIONT               SIM-bee-nt
              TRILL                  trill

        STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/7/91 - TEASER        1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "The Host"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	travelling through space.

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			Doctor Beverly Crusher, Personal
			Log, Stardate 44821.3. Began
			an analysis today of the
			respiratory problems being
			experienced by the populations on
			the two moons of Peliar Zel.
				(beat)
			Finally got an actual letter from
			Wesley... topped the class in
			exo-biology, but he's still
			struggling in Ancient
			Philosophies.
				(beat)
			And... there's... a new man in
			my life.

									CUT TO:

2    CLOSE ON BEVERLY AND ODAN KISSING

	A passionate kiss of some duration which, when they
	break, leaves them both flushed and breathing deeply.
	They stare into one another's eyes for a brief instant,
	and then start as they hear a door opening.

3    INT. TURBOLIFT - WIDER SHOT

	We now realize they are in a turbolift, the doors of
	which have opened to admit DATA, who greets them with
	delighted surprise. If he notices their flushed and
	rumpled condition, he gives no indication.

					DATA
			Ambassador Odan... Doctor
			Crusher... I was just on my way
			to see you.

        STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - TEASER        2.

3    CONTINUED:

	Beverly tries to compose herself, resisting the impulse
	to smooth her hair and check her lipstick. Odan, on
	the other hand, seems perfectly comfortable.

					BEVERLY
			Hello, Data...

					DATA
			I have completed my study of the
			atmospheric variations which have
			occurred on the moons since the
			new technology was implemented.

					ODAN
			Thank you, Commander. That will
			be most helpful in my efforts to
			mediate the quarrel.

					DATA
			I could go over them with you now.
			It would not require more than
			two hours.

	A brief, electric silence.

					BEVERLY
			We do appreciate it, Data... but
			the Ambassador and I have set
			aside this time... to analyze
			the incidence of lung disease
			among the moons' inhabitants.

					DATA
			Then it is perfect timing, Doctor
			-- what better occasion to
			integrate my results into your
			study?

	Another silence, as Beverly and Odan exchange glances
	past Data's innocent eyes. Her message: "You get rid
	of him."

					ODAN
			Now that I think about it,
			Commander... you're absolutely
			right. Unfortunately, I'm not
			feeling well... perhaps Doctor
			Crusher could get you started,
			inputting your information... but
			I must I return to my quarters.

           STAR TREK: "The Host" - 3/1/91 - TEASER           3.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
				(picking it up)
			Ambassador, are you still having
			those awful headaches?
			I'll bring you a hypospray to take
			care of it...

					ODAN
				(rubbing temples)
			I would be most grateful...

	The turbolift stops, and Beverly takes Data by the arm,
	steers him out of the turbolift.

4    INT. CORRIDOR (CONTINUOUS)

	as Beverly and Data exit. She turns back to Odan.

					BEVERLY
			Put a cold cloth on your forehead
			and lie down, Ambassador. I'll
			be with you shortly.

	And the turbolift doors shut on Odan, unable to resist
	an anticipatory smile. Beverly pulls Data down the
	corridor at a good clip.

					BEVERLY
			I'll set you up at the medical
			monitor, Data... it'll take you
			a while to input the figures,
			won't it?

					DATA
				(puzzled by the speed)
			At least an hour... but I do not
			believe much time can be saved
			from that estimate by exhibiting
			such haste now...

					BEVERLY
			Data... there are times... when
			every second does count.

	And she propels him down the corridor, oblivious to
	his perplexed expression.

        STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - TEASER        4.

5    INT. ODAN'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Odan ENTERS and begins removing his shirt. He is a
	handsome, strapping man with a well-defined
	musculature. He moves toward the mirror, and places
	his hand on his diaphragm.

	A grapefruit-sized area on his mid-section begins to
	change color... then it swells into a purplish,
	green-veined lump. Odan takes a device from the
	counter, aims it toward the bulbous protuberance, and
	envelops it in a spray of light. The growth throbs
	there for a moment, then begins to recede again.
	Whatever it is, Odan has just fed it, and it is content
	once more.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

        STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - TEASER        5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

5A   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	drops out of warp.

6    INT. ODAN'S QUARTERS

	Beverly is donning her jacket, stops in front of the
	mirror to run her fingers through her hair. Odan puts
	on a robe and comes up to her, putting his arms around
	her from behind. In the background, the bed is
	discreetly rumpled.

					ODAN
			Somehow, I had an unnatural fear
			that Data was going to barge in
			and ask to discuss the peripheral
			effects of magnetospheric energy
			taps.

	Beverly giggles and he kisses her hair.

					BEVERLY
			If I don't get back and look at
			his projections, he might come
			looking for me.

	She pulls loose, but he turns her around, facing him,
	not letting go.

					ODAN
			When I first met the formidable
			Doctor Beverly... I thought to
			myself... "This woman is ice...
			through to her bones... "

	He puts his face in her neck, murmuring.

					ODAN
			Who would have dreamed... that
			instead of ice, there is fire...

	Beverly closes her eyes, yielding to his soft nuzzling.

					BEVERLY
			I can't believe this has
			happened... in just a week...

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT ONE       5A.

6    CONTINUED:

					ODAN
				(kissing her face)
			Stay here... don't go...

	Blood is coursing now, but Beverly manages to pull away
	slightly.

          STAR TREK: "The Host" - 3/1/91 - ACT ONE          6.

6    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Odan... are we... is this...
			interfering? With your work on
			the Peliar Zel problems?

					ODAN
			Fortunately I've done about as
			much as I can until we get there.
				(bending to her again)
			Because I wouldn't be able to
			keep my mind on work now...

					BEVERLY
			Odan... I have to get back...

					ODAN
			Promise me we'll be together
			tonight...

					BEVERLY
			I promise...

					ODAN
			Then go, Doctor Beverly...

	She reaches out fingertips, touches his lips.

					BEVERLY
			It's just Beverly...

					ODAN
			Not just Beverly. It's Beverly's
			smile and her kindness, her
			beauty, within and without. So
			much more than just Beverly...

	He takes her wrist, turns it and kisses it gently on
	the inside. Then --

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to Ambassador Odan...

	The two lovers jump guiltily apart. Odan reaches for
	his tunic, presses the com badge.

					ODAN
			Yes, Captain? This is Odan...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			The Federation representative from
			Peliar Zel has come on board.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/7/91 - ACT ONE        7.

6    CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD'S COM VOICE (Cont'd)
			Could you meet us in the
			Observation Lounge?

					ODAN
			I'll be right there, Captain.

	He and Beverly exchange smiles.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			And Ambassador... if you should
			run into Doctor Crusher, would
			you ask her to join us as well?

					ODAN
			By all means. If I run into her.

	He turns smiling to her and, though feeling a little
	like a naughty child who's been found out, she smiles
	back.

7    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - A BIT LATER (OPTICAL)

	Picard is already there, standing with LEKA, a
	representative of the Federation planet Peliar Zel,
	RIKER, TROI, and Data. Beverly ENTERS, nods toward
	Picard, who nods back, expressionless. She moves
	toward a seat next to Troi.

					TROI
				(sotto)
			Where've you been?

					BEVERLY
				(likewise)
			With a patient. Minor emergency.

	Troi nods and then -- from the opposite door -- Odan
	walks in.

					PICARD
			Ambassador Odan, this is Governor
			Leka Trion, of Peliar Zel.

					LEKA
			Ambassador... thank you for
			coming.
				(beat)
			I knew your father.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT ONE       7A.

7    CONTINUED:

					LEKA (Cont'd)
			His efforts helped keep our
			people at peace for several
			generations.

					ODAN
			I would hope to serve you as well
			as he.

	Picard has gestured people to their seats; Odan finds
	himself next to Data, who leans to him and says, in
	an aside:

        STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/7/91 - ACT ONE        8.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I hope Doctor Crusher was able
			to help you with your headache.

					ODAN
			Thank you. Actually, she was.

	A little flicker between Odan and Beverly.

					PICARD
			Governor Leka has intercepted us
			before we reached her planet in
			order to update us on the
			situation.

					LEKA
			It has grown progressively worse.
			The people on our moons have been
			in discord ever since they
			migrated from the planet five
			centuries ago. For us on the
			planet... it is like having two
			squabbling children. We try to
			help settle their arguments
			without taking sides... but this
			time, we are at a loss.

					ODAN
			I've been studying the information
			you sent... If I understand
			correctly, the people of Alpha
			moon have found a way to tap
			directly into the magnetic field
			of your planet, and now rely
			exclusively on that energy
			source.

					LEKA
			Yes. But the Beta moon seems to
			be suffering some environmental
			damage as a result.

					DATA
			My design models suggest that Beta
			will begin to experience rising
			temperatures... erratic tide
			surges... and in general the
			beginnings of global warming.

        STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/8/91 - ACT ONE        9.

7    CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			The impact on the health of the
			Betan people is clear. There
			will be profound medical
			repercussions.

					LEKA
			Alpha is unwilling to lose their
			new-found energy source... Beta
			accuses them of intentionally
			courting genocide... our efforts
			to find a compromise have failed.
			And now --
				(beat)
			-- we've received intelligence
			that both sides are arming for
			war. If that happens... the
			people of my planet will begin
			to take sides... the outcome can
			only be disastrous.

					PICARD
			We will be in orbit around Peliar
			Zel within six hours. If you can
			arrange for the representatives
			of Alpha and Beta to be there,
			Ambassador Odan can beam directly
			to the planet.

	Picard rises, indicating an end to the meeting.

					ODAN
			Excuse me, Captain... I would
			prefer to shuttle to the surface.

					LEKA
			I would not recommend it. There
			are many radical factions involved
			in this dispute. It would be
			difficult to guarantee your
			safety.

					ODAN
				(good-natured)
			I'm sure I'm not the first who
			has expressed discomfort with the
			idea of molecular transport.
			Thank you, but I much prefer to
			keep myself intact. I'll shuttle
			down.

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT ONE       10.

7    CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			As you like.

	The group files out.

8    ANGLE - TROI

	quietly watching the room empty. Picard sees her,
	approaches, curious.

					PICARD
			Counselor... ?

					TROI
			It's Ambassador Odan... I continue
			to feel such... fluctuations...
			of emotion from him.

					PICARD
				(dryly)
			Maybe it's just spring, Deanna...
				(off her look)
			Or perhaps these sensations are
			perfectly normal among the Trill.

					TROI
			It could be... we know so little
			about them...

	She shakes her head as though to rid it of a nagging
	doubt.

					TROI
			But he seems a lovely person...
			very much a gentleman, don't you
			think?

					PICARD
			Yes. Quite.

	Troi leaves and we stay on Picard.

9    INT. BARBER SHOP - LATER (OPTICAL)

	Our blue barber works on N.D. crew in the background.
	Beverly reclines on a lounge, either hand draped in a
	bowl of translucent liquid. Her feet are bare, toes
	freshly painted, held apart by a special little drying
	rack.

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/8/91 - ACT ONE       11.

9    CONTINUED:

	A cloth of special astringent is folded across her
	eyes. Troi ENTERS, spies her, goes to an adjacent
	lounge. She speaks nonchalantly...

					TROI
			Is that the colgonite astringent
			you have on your eyes? I've never
			tried it...

	Beverly starts a bit... lifts one corner of the
	cloth... sees Troi looking at her innocently. Beverly
	feels a little embarrassed to be found cosseting
	herself.

					BEVERLY
			Yes... I mean, I guess it is...
			someone just put it on me...

					TROI
			I never knew you even came in
			here...

					BEVERLY
			I don't. I mean, not usually...

					TROI
			But sometimes it feels good just
			to indulge yourself...

					BEVERLY
			I guess so...

					TROI
			Especially when you haven't done
			so for a while...

	Beverly pulls the cloth off, gives her a look. Is
	there a double meaning here?

					BEVERLY
			What's that supposed to mean?

					TROI
			Beverly... you're in love.

	Beverly is nonplussed. Is it that obvious?

					BEVERLY
			How... how did you know?

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT ONE       12.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
				(gently)
			I don't really think it's much
			of a secret.

					BEVERLY
			It isn't?

					TROI
			No. You've been -- glowing.

	Beverly gives her a look, then, realizing Troi is
	absolutely right, she smiles... luxuriating in the
	feelings.

					BEVERLY
			"Glowing... " Well, yeah... that's
			just how I feel, Deanna...

	She looks to Troi for approbation... but sees something
	else... a doubt, a misgiving...

					BEVERLY
			What... ?

					TROI
			Nothing --

					BEVERLY
			Yes, there is, I can tell. What
			is it?

					TROI
			Just... something I sense in Odan.

					BEVERLY
			What? What do you sense?

					TROI
			I'm not sure how to describe it...
			and I'm not saying there's
			anything wrong, it's just...
				(beat)
			Beverly... how well do you really
			know him?

					BEVERLY
			I... I feel like I know him better
			than anyone I've ever known...
			but...

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/7/91 - ACT ONE       13.

9    CONTINUED: (3)

	She sits up, her overwhelming feelings now tapped, and
	pours out a litany of vacillation.

					BEVERLY
			Am I being foolish? I don't think
			so... and yet... it's only been
			a couple of weeks... Of course,
			maybe that means it's just
			infatuation... but I'm a grown
			up, I know the difference between
			love and infatuation...

	Troi regards her with amused tolerance. She is happy
	that her friend is re-capturing some long dormant
	feelings. Surely that's more important than that
	nagging sense that Odan isn't what he seems...

					BEVERLY
			But one thing I'm sure of... is
			that I haven't felt like this in
			a long time...

					TROI
			And you like it...

	Beverly looks at her, smiles.

					BEVERLY
			I like it.

	And Troi returns the smile. Love covers many
	blemishes.

10   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around a large planet; two moons are also in
	evidence.

11   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard at his desk; the door Chimes.

					PICARD
			Come.

	The doors open and Odan ENTERS.

					ODAN
			You wanted to see me?

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT ONE       13A.

11   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Yes, Ambassador. We've entered
			orbit... the shuttle will
			transport you to the surface in
			a few minutes.

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT ONE       14.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					ODAN
			I am ready, Captain.

					PICARD
			How will you proceed once you're
			there?

					ODAN
			I cannot answer that. I never
			know until I am into the
			situation... meet the people
			involved. I work very much by
			instinct, not by pre-arranged
			plan.

					PICARD
			It seems to work well for you.

					ODAN
			I do like to go into a situation
			as well informed as possible...
			and your staff has been quite
			helpful in briefing me on the
			problems involved here.
				(beat)
			Particularly Doctor Crusher.

					PICARD
			My staff is quite capable. I'm
			glad they've been useful.

					ODAN
			Your Doctor Beverly is an
			extraordinary person... both as
			a scientist... and as a woman.

	Picard is becoming uncomfortable with the frank nature
	of this discussion.

					PICARD
			I'm sure that's true. Well...
			shall we make our way to the
			Shuttlebay?

					ODAN
			Captain... you know her better
			than I... do you have any idea
			how -- committed -- she is to
			remaining with Starfleet?

	This catches Picard by surprise. Is Odan planning to
	take Beverly off the Enterprise?

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/8/91 - ACT ONE       15.

11   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			I wouldn't presume to speak for
			her.

					ODAN
			Of course not. I just thought...
			you've known her for so long...

	But before Picard can answer --

					ENSIGN'S COM VOICE
			Ensign Taggert to Captain
			Picard...

					PICARD
			Yes, Ensign?

					ENSIGN'S COM VOICE
			The shuttle is ready to transport
			the Ambassador.

					PICARD
			Very well.

					ODAN
			I can find my own way, Captain.
				(beat)
			I hope to bring good news when
			I return.

	And he is gone. Picard stares after him, discomfited
	by this conversation.

12   INT. SHUTTLEBAY

	Odan moves with Geordi toward the shuttle, where Riker
	and Beverly wait. Odan carries a small case.

					GEORDI
			Commander Riker asked to pilot
			you himself, Ambassador.

					ODAN
			I am honored.

	But his eyes are on Beverly, and he goes to her, takes
	her aside from the others.

					ODAN
			I don't know when I'll be back...

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/7/91 - ACT ONE       16.

12   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I know... have a safe trip.

	He smiles warmly, puts his arms around her as though
	it were the most natural thing in the world, even with
	the crew nearby.

					ODAN
			I will stay safe, Doctor
			Beverly... I have good reason
			to return...

	He opens his case, withdraws a rose... lovely and
	graceful.

					ODAN
			I have researched earth customs.
			This flower is given to express
			love.

					BEVERLY
			Yes, it is...

	She takes the rose, touched by this romantic gesture.
	They smile at each other... he takes her wrist, turns
	it to the inside, and kisses it. Then he moves toward
	the shuttle. Beverly sniffs the heady fragrance of the
	rose.

13   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Data, Worf, SUPERNUMERARY at Conn.

					DATA
			Initiate shuttle pre-flight
			sequence.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Pre-flight under way...
			counting to clearance...

	There is a beat; then --

					DATA
			Shuttle has cleared the Bay door.

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/7/91 - ACT ONE       17.

13   CONTINUED:

	Beverly ENTERS from the turbolift, takes a seat to view
	the proceedings.

					WORF
			Commander Riker, you will be out
			of shield range in five seconds.

14   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT - INTERCUTTING (OPTICAL)

	Riker piloting; Odan at his side.

					RIKER
			Acknowledged, Lieutenant. We'll
			be entering the upper ionosphere
			in two minutes, twenty seconds.

					WORF
			Captain... an unidentified ship
			is emerging from the limb of the
			moon.

					PICARD
			Hail the vessel.

					RIKER
			I have visual contact. I don't
			recognize it.

	Worf works his controls.

					WORF
			Sir, it claims to be an escort
			vessel from the Beta moon.

					PICARD
			There was no mention of an
			escort... request a security
			clearance code.

	A beat as Work does so...

					WORF
			They do not answer, sir.

					PICARD
			Commander, stand by to return to
			the Shuttlebay.

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT ONE       18.

14   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Captain -- the escort ship is
			loading its phaser banks!

					RIKER
			Increasing power to the shields...
			coming about...

15
thru	OMITTED
16

17   EXT. SPACE - THE SHUTTLE AND THE ESCORT (OPTICAL)

	The shuttle banks to return to the Enterprise, but the
	strange ship unloads phasers. The shuttle takes a hit.

18   INT. SHUTTLE

	The impact throws Odan from his seat; he strikes his
	head on the bulkhead and lands unconscious. Riker
	struggles to control the helm.

					PICARD
			Engage tractor beam. Number One
			-- report.

					RIKER
			We've lost the port thruster and
			both back-up stabilizers... I'm
			losing control...

					PICARD
			We're bringing you in.

19   EXT SPACE - SHUTTLE AND ESCORT SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The tractor beam has locked on to the shuttle. The
	other ship has turned and is headed once more to the
	moon.

19A  INT. SHUTTLE - INTERCUTTING

					RIKER
			Captain, the shuttle hull has been
			weakened. We're breaking up...
			you can't tow us. Better beam
			us directly on board...

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/7/91 - ACT ONE       19.

19A  CONTINUED:

	Odan, on the floor, raises his head at this.

					ODAN
				(weak)
			No... don't do it...

					RIKER
			I can't stabilize the shuttle...

					ODAN
			If you transport me, it will kill
			me... please...

	Riker stares at him, swiftly weighing the elements.

					PICARD
			Number One... we're ready to beam
			you aboard.

					RIKER
			Belay that, Captain. I'm going
			to bring her in manually.
				(beat)
			Advise Doctor Crusher we have a
			medical emergency.

	Beverly pales at this, realizing it could mean only one
	thing.

20   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly and NURSE OGAWA work over Odan's nearly
	lifeless body. He has a gash in his head and various
	contusions to the upper body.

					BEVERLY
			He's in shock... he's lost a lot
			of blood... but that doesn't
			account for these readings...

	She passes the Tricorder over him again, disturbed by
	what she reads.

					BEVERLY
			Eosinophilia in the cerebrospinal
			fluid at forty-six percent.


       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/7/91 - ACT ONE       20.

20   CONTINUED:

					NURSE OGAWA
			Sedimentation rate is
			twenty-nine... but his lymphocytes
			are intact...

	Beverly looks up at her.

					BEVERLY
			It's as though there's a parasite
			at work...

	Odan stirs and groans; Beverly leans in to him.

					BEVERLY
			Odan... I have to do exploratory
			surgery. You may have a parasitic
			infection...

	His hand reaches out and grasps her wrist.

					ODAN
			You must not.

					BEVERLY
			But... you won't survive...

	Still holding her with one hand, Odan places the other
	over his diaphragm.

21   ANGLE - ON ODAN

	as the purplish lump begins to rise. Beverly stares in
	stunned amazement.

					BEVERLY
			What is that... ?

					ODAN
			Beverly... that... is me...

					BEVERLY
			What... ?

					ODAN
			This body... is just a host. I
			am that parasite... and that is
			what must survive.

          STAR TREK: "The Host" - 3/1/91 - ACT ONE          21.

21   CONTINUED:

	Beverly stares at him, then at the throbbing,
	green-veined thing on his chest. She is horrified.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/8/91 - ACT TWO       22.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

22   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly and Odan; the nurse has departed.

					ODAN
			It has always been this way...
			the Trill are a joined species...
			a host and a symbiont... and in
			this fashion we have survived for
			millenia...

					BEVERLY
			You're dying... what can I do?

					ODAN
			The host body is dying... You must
			contact the Trill quickly... tell
			them I need another host. They
			will send a replacement.

	He holds her wrist tightly.

					ODAN
			I know it is hard to accept...
			but I beg you, Doctor Beverly...
			help me... this mission must be
			completed.

	He grips her wrist and she smiles down at him, rocked
	by his revelation, but her love undiminished.

23   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - LATER

	Beverly, drained and exhausted, sits at the table with
	Picard, Riker, Troi, Geordi and Worf. She has been
	recounting the bizarre tale, and the others listen
	quietly in various states of contained amazement.

					BEVERLY
			Odan's host body died of the
			injuries just over an hour ago.
			But the symbiont being...
			Odan... is still alive.

	Even for a staff used to unusual life forms, this is
	unique.

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/8/91 - ACT TWO       22A.

23   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Odan is the one who negotiated
			the last treaty. The man everyone
			thought was his father was just
			another host body.

					RIKER
			And the reason Odan refused the
			transporter...

					BEVERLY
				(acknowledging)
			It would have damaged the
			symbiont.

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/7/91 - ACT TWO       23.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(to the others)
			We have contacted the Trill.
			Another host will arrive within
			forty hours.

					BEVERLY
			I've placed Odan in stasis.
			He can survive for an hour...
			maybe two... but not beyond that.

					DATA
			Is it possible I could serve as
			a temporary carrier?

					BEVERLY
			No, Data. The relationship
			requires a biological being.

	There is a small silence.

					PICARD
			We are at a desperate impasse with
			the situation in the Peliar
			system. The attack on our
			shuttlecraft has inflamed the
			dispute.

					TROI
			Who was responsible, Captain?

					PICARD
			No one will admit anything. Each
			side accuses the other and threats
			are mounting. We need Odan...

					RIKER
			Doctor... could a human host carry
			him?

	All eyes turn to him, realizing what he's suggesting.

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/7/91 - ACT TWO       24.

23   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			I... believe so. From Odan's
			description of the process... it
			should be possible. But --

					RIKER
				(rising)
			Then I volunteer.

					BEVERLY
			There's been no precedent for a
			human host. I couldn't guarantee
			what... what might happen.

					PICARD
			Would you be able to remove the
			symbiont when the new host
			arrives?

					BEVERLY
			In theory, yes. I just don't know
			what might happen to a human body
			in the process.

					PICARD
			Commander... the risk is too
			great.

					RIKER
			Weigh it against the prospect
			of war.

	Picard hesitates, considering the options. Finally --

					PICARD
			It is your choice, Will.

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT TWO       25.

23   CONTINUED: (4)

					RIKER
			Then let's get to it.

	And he heads for the door.

24   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Riker lies on a bio-bed with his shirt off. On a
	nearby table is a containment dome which holds the
	purplish blob that is Odan. Beverly plays a Tricorder
	over Riker.

					BEVERLY
			I've given you a local
			anesthetic... but you must be
			conscious while the implantation
			takes place. Drugs might damage
			the symbiont.

					RIKER
			I understand.

	Beverly looks toward Nurse Ogawa.

					BEVERLY
			Laser scalpel.

	Ogawa hands her the instrument and Beverly activates
	it, then bends toward Riker, making an incision in the
	navel. She completes the incision, then reaches for
	the glass container, lifts the domed lid, and takes the
	blob... Odan. She places it on the area in which she
	has made the incision.

25   CLOSE ON RIKER - INTERCUTTING (OPTICAL)

	as he draws a deep breath. Ogawa sponges off his
	forehead.

					BEVERLY
			How are you feeling? Is there
			pain?

					RIKER
			No... just... strange
			sensations...

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/7/91 - ACT TWO       25A.

25   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(to Ogawa)
			Vital signs?

					NURSE OGAWA
			Heart rate one hundred ten...
			blood pressure ninety over
			forty...

	She exchanges a concerned glance with Beverly. Riker's
	teeth are clenched and he is drenched in perspiration.

					BEVERLY
			I can't close yet... the
			assimilation isn't complete...

					NURSE OGAWA
			Pulse one thirty... and
			climbing... E.E.G. erratic.

					BEVERLY
			He's going to start fibrillating.
			Two hundred milligrams
			metrazene...

	Ogawa turns to an instrument cart.

					BEVERLY
			Will... hang on...

	He draws a deep shuddering breath and goes unconscious.
	Ogawa hands Beverly the hypospray and she administers
	it.

					BEVERLY
			I'm closing...

	She bends to Riker with a laser suture, repairs the
	incision.

					NURSE OGAWA
				(reading tricorder)
			No change...

					BEVERLY
			The metrazene should have
			stabilized him... I'll give it
			ten seconds more before we go
			in again.

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/7/91 - ACT TWO       26.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

	There is an agonizing wait as Beverly finishes
	suturing. Then --

					NURSE OGAWA
			Blood pressure leveling off...
			I think he's stabilizing.

	Bev now takes a tricorder and scans.

					BEVERLY
			That's better... signs are
			returning to normal.

	Beverly strips off her gloves.

26
thru	OMITTED
27

28   ON RIKER'S CHEST

	where the parasite is now completely assimilated.
	There is no indication of it whatsoever.

29   ANGLE - RIKER

	as Beverly sponges off his forehead. He stirs, rolls
	his head... his eyes flicker a bit...

					BEVERLY
			Will... it's Beverly. Can you
			hear me?

	Now his eyes are open, slightly glassy... then looking
	around the room... focusing on Beverly. A little
	smile.

					RIKER
			Hello...

          STAR TREK: "The Host" - 3/1/91 - ACT TWO          27.

29   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(smiling back)
			You're going to be all right.
			How do you feel?

	Riker reaches out and holds her wrist.

					RIKER
			I am just fine... but you look
			tired, Doctor Beverly.

	Weakly, he turns her wrist to the inside and kisses
	it. Beverly stares at him... realizing that Odan is
	now very much alive -- in Riker's body.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT THREE      28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

30   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Peliar Zel.

31   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker stands with Picard before the viewscreen,
	addressing Governor Leka.

					RIKER
			I realize it will be disturbing,
			Governor... but you must convince
			the inhabitants of the moons that
			I am Odan... I have his thoughts,
			his memories, his skills...

					LEKA
			They will perceive you as a
			Starfleet officer... perhaps with
			your own agenda...

					RIKER
			The man they knew as my father...
			the man who stands before them
			now... both are merely hosts.
			It is your task to help them
			understand.

					LEKA
			I will try. I cannot promise they
			will listen. They are more
			factionalized than ever, and
			listening is a skill which seems
			to have evaporated in the heat
			of argument.

      STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/7/91 - ACT THREE      29.

31   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Speak softly, Governor. People
			who cannot hear an angry shout...
			will often strain to hear a
			whisper.

					LEKA
				(after a beat)
			I will do what I can.

	Riker nods and the screen returns to the starfield.

					PICARD
			Well done.

	But suddenly Riker stumbles slightly. He reaches out
	to balance himself on Picard's shoulder.

					RIKER
			Sorry... a little dizzy...

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, take the Ambassador
			to his quarters.

					RIKER
			I'll be all right... just need
			to lie down a minute...

	Worf is there, helping him out. Picard watches them
	go for a moment, then --

					PICARD
			Bridge to Crusher...


      STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT THREE      30.

32   INT. SICKBAY - INTERCUTTING

					BEVERLY
			Yes, Captain?

					PICARD
			The Ambassador is not well.
			Please see to him in his quarters.

	She stands for a moment, as though unwilling to face
	what she might encounter. But --

					BEVERLY
			Right away, sir.

33   INT. ODAN'S QUARTERS - MINUTES LATER

	Beverly scans Riker with a Tricorder. She is cool,
	professional, detached.

					BEVERLY
			I'm getting a slightly elevated
			white cell count... six-tenths
			of a degree of temperature...
				(casts a glance toward
				 him)
			... nothing that indicates
			rejection.

					RIKER
			That's good...

					BEVERLY
			But you look awfully pale...

					RIKER
			Just a little weak...
			light-headed...

	Beverly uses an instrument to peer into one of his
	eyes.

					BEVERLY
			Cerebral blood flow looks
			normal...

	He reaches for her hand, puts it briefly in his.
	Beverly becomes extremely uncomfortable, withdraws it,
	moves to pack her Tricorder.

      STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT THREE      30A.

33   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I'll leave you a metabolic
			booster... use it if the symptoms
			get worse...

         STAR TREK: "The Host" - 3/1/91 - ACT THREE         31.

33   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Beverly...

					BEVERLY
			Beyond that, I don't know what
			to do.
				(beat)
			This is... all new for me.

					RIKER
			For me as well.

	She leaves the hypospray near him, snaps shut her
	medical carrier, and rises.

					RIKER
			Please don't go... we need to talk
			about this...

					BEVERLY
			I... don't know what to say...
			where to begin...

					RIKER
			Nor do I... but I know that
			silence will injure us...

	Beverly looks at him. The shock and discomfort of this
	whole thing rise up in her.

					BEVERLY
			Maybe you should have thought
			about that sooner. Maybe you
			should have told me what you were.
			It didn't bother you to stay
			silent yesterday...

	Riker shrugs in honest puzzlement.

					RIKER
			But... it never occurred to me.
			This is what I am... did you tell
			me you are only a single being?
			Of course not... it is normal
			for you...

	And of course, that's reasonable. Her anger has no
	place to go.

      STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/12/91 - ACT THREE      32.

33   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			I don't know how to handle this...
			I just... don't know who you
			are...

					RIKER
				(sadly)
			I understand... but whoever I seem
			to be... I am Odan... the man who
			loved you... and that has not
			changed. I still love you. I
			can't help that.

	Anguished, she turns away from him.

					RIKER
			But if that causes you pain...
			I will suppress it. I will keep
			my distance, Doctor Beverly. I
			would never hurt you.

	She turns, looks into his eyes, also searching. Who is
	in there... is it the man she loved so desperately?
	She can't tell. Without a word, she turns and EXITS.
	Riker stares after her, in pain both physically and
	psychically.

34   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS - LATER

	Worf, Geordi, and Data play poker. Data deals.

					DATA
			Five card draw. Ante up.

	The door CHIMES and Riker ENTERS the room. Geordi and
	Worf look happy to see him.

					GEORDI
			Commander -- come on in...

					DATA
			Geordi... I believe the correct
			term now would be "Ambassador."

	Riker smiles wanly.

      STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT THREE      33.

34   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			You can call me anything you like.
			I know this must be difficult for
			you.
				(beat)
			May I join you?

					GEORDI
				(too quickly)
			Sure! Sit down... right here...

					WORF
			We are pleased you're here.

	Their eagerness sounds a false note. This is an
	unusual situation for everyone. Riker sits and picks
	up the deck.

					DATA
			Are you familiar with this game,
			Ambassador?

					RIKER
			No.

	He shuffles and ruffs the cards with ease.

					RIKER
			But... I seem to have done this
			before...

	He begins dealing. With his guileless honesty, Data
	gets right to the point.

					DATA
			Ambassador, what is the precise
			nature of the symbiotic joining?
			Are you Odan? Or Commander Riker?
			Or a combination of both?

					RIKER
			I wish I could give you an answer
			as simple as the question.
			Ordinarily, the host body has no
			personality. This time... is
			different somehow.

	He looks down as he deals out the cards -- which he
	does effortlessly and faultlessly.

      STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT THREE      34.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			I've never done this... and yet
			I know how.

	He looks up to see them all looking at him.

					RIKER
			And something compelled me to come
			here tonight... though I didn't
			consciously know what would await
			me. It is as though... Will Riker
			is here with me... I have never
			felt that with other hosts.

	The others regard him with a measure of discomfort. It
	is weird... seeing the Riker who is so familiar to
	them... but hearing someone else discuss him as though
	he weren't there.

					GEORDI
				(rhetorical)
			I guess the question is... will
			the Commander be alright... when
			he comes back?

	A dampening thought. Riker looks around the table...
	realizes his presence makes them uneasy.

      STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT THREE      35.

34   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			Gentlemen... I am making you
			uncomfortable. Please... continue
			without me.

	He EXITS, and no one argues with his going.

35   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Beverly sits by herself at a table in the corner. She
	gazes out at the brilliant star field, lost in thought.
	Someone approaches the table; she senses, rather than
	sees it, and looks up. Troi stands there.

					TROI
			May I join you?

	Wordlessly, Beverly gestures to a seat, and Troi slides
	in. For a moment the two stare out at the brilliant
	mosaic.

					BEVERLY
				(finally)
			The first man I ever loved
			unconditionally... was named
			Stefan.

	She turns her chair around, plays with her teacup.

					BEVERLY
			He was a soccer player... I would
			watch him race down the field and
			I thought my heart would stop
			because he was so beautiful...

	She stirs her darkening tea.

					BEVERLY
			We married and had three
			children... twin boys, Andrew and
			Alex, and then a girl, Jennifer...
			Stefan became a famous artist and
			created huge, breathtaking metal
			sculptures... I kept house and
			made the world easy for him...
			and he came to adore me as much
			as I worshipped him...

      STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/8/91 - ACT THREE      36.

35   CONTINUED:

	She looks up to see Troi's eyes on her.

					BEVERLY
			At least in my daydreams. Stefan
			was eleven... and I was eight.
			He never even knew I existed.

	A sad little smile from Troi, an unspoken moment
	between them... When Beverly speaks, it is from utter
	vulnerability.

					BEVERLY
			Deanna... I loved Odan. I'm sure
			of that... I had no doubts, no
			fears...
				(beat)
			... and now... I don't know what
			it was I loved. His eyes... his
			hands, his mouth... his body?
			They're gone. If that was all
			it was, I should mourn him and
			go on...

	She hesitates, working the whole strange thing over in
	her mind.

					BEVERLY
			But there was so much more... I
			felt completely free with him...
			unguarded... at ease with
			myself... There were so many
			things that made him special to
			me. Where are they? Are they
			still here... alive in Will Riker?
			I look at Will and I see someone
			I've known for years... a kind of
			brother. But... inside... is it
			really Odan... ?

	She looks imploringly at Troi, a raw wound.

					BEVERLY
			Help me, Deanna... please...

	Troi feels overwhelmed. She wants to comfort her
	friend... but this whole situation is beyond anyone's
	experience.

      STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT THREE      37.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			What... what do your feelings tell
			you?

					BEVERLY
			I feel the pull... it's
			powerful...

	In her frustration, her anguish, she grasps for
	anything that might have spared her this pain.

					BEVERLY
			I wish he'd never come on this
			ship... I was happy tending
			patients and doing my research...

					TROI
			Don't wish that, Beverly... you
			can never be open to love if you
			won't risk pain...

					BEVERLY
			I don't care... I'd give anything
			not to feel the way I do now...
			there's no happiness that's worth
			this...

	She looks up as though she's heard an unseen voice and
	sees --

36   RIKER

	entering Ten-Forward, looking around, moving toward a
	table.

37   BACK TO TROI AND BEVERLY

	Beverly is pale.

					BEVERLY
			He's here. He just walked in.

	Troi does not turn around. She looks right at Beverly.

					TROI
			Look at him.

      STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 2/8/91 - ACT THREE      38.

37   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I don't want to look at him...
			Talk to me Deanna, please... keep
			talking.

	Troi looks at her for a brief moment, leans in, takes
	Beverly's hands.

					TROI
			The first man I ever loved... was
			my father. He was strong and
			tall... he carried me when the
			ground was muddy... he chased away
			the monsters who hid under my bed
			at night... he sang to me and he
			kept me safe. And then he went
			away.

	A pause, then...

					TROI
			What I wouldn't give to hear his
			songs again... to feel his arms
			protect me. I never will. But
			I can still feel his warmth, his
			love... as though he were here
			with me.
				(Beverly acknowledges)
			Beverly, if you can feel those
			things from the man we know as
			Will Riker, accept them, accept
			the love.

	Beverly looks at her... feels the strength and
	affection in her grip. Slowly, she turns her head...
	like a homing device, it finds Riker...

38   RIKER - HER POV

	His eyes are on her, his gaze burning into her. Odan's
	eyes.

39   BEVERLY

	feels the pull as though there were a steel cord
	between them.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/7/91 - ACT FOUR       39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

40   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Peliar Zel.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 44823.8.
			Representative of the moons of
			Peliar Zel have agreed to come
			on board to meet the new
			Ambassador Odan.

41   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Beverly, and Riker. Riker doesn't look
	good... weak, pale, and shaky. Beverly scans him with
	a Tricorder.

					BEVERLY
			White count is elevated... it's
			higher every time I read it...
				(beat)
			Are you in pain?

					RIKER
				(lying)
			Not much...

					PICARD
			Ambassador... I can stall the
			representatives...

					RIKER
			No. They would consider it
			deception. I must meet them.

					PICARD
			Surely... to present yourself in
			this condition... will not help
			our cause.

					RIKER
			I promise you, Captain... they
			will not know I am ill.

	At that moment the doors open and Worf ENTERS.

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/7/91 - ACT FOUR       40.

41   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Captain... the emissaries.

	Leka ENTERS, followed by two representatives of the
	Peliar moons.

					LEKA
			May I present Kalin Trose, of
			Alpha moon... and Lathal Bine,
			of Beta moon.

					KALIN TROSE
			Thank you for receiving us,
			Captain.

					LATHAL BINE
			Is this Ambassador Odan?

	He moves toward Riker, looking him up and down,
	inspecting him. Riker has pulled it together, looks
	a little pallid but otherwise all right.

					RIKER
			Lathal Bine... It was your aunt
			who represented Beta thirty years
			ago...

					LATHAL BINE
			That is correct.

					RIKER
			A formidable woman. I had the
			utmost respect for her.

	Riker gestures everyone into seats. The two
	representatives sit opposite him, scrutinizing him
	carefully.

					KALIN TROSE
			And who was it who spoke for
			Alpha... so long ago... ?

	Riker smiles at him, easy-going and comfortable.

					RIKER
			It was you, of course, Kalin
			Trose. Then you were a young man,
			bristling with passion and zeal...
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/8/91 - ACT FOUR       41.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER (Cont'd)
			But wise enough to see that your
			people needed peace to ensure
			their future...

	The two of them look at Riker... surprised by his
	thorough knowledge of them... but still wary.

					KALIN TROSE
			And... how did you manage to
			achieve a compromise... between
			that young man and the iron-willed
			woman of Beta moon?

	A smile from Riker.

					RIKER
			They agreed to trade places for
			a week... understand each other's
			situation with more informed
			eyes... after that -- an agreement
			came swiftly.

					KALIN TROSE
			Nothing you have said is beyond
			what a school child could learn
			from a history book.

					RIKER
			But it's not commonly known...
			that during those negotiations...
			Kalin Trose, you quelled a plot
			by radicals on your moon to
			assasinate the Beta delegation.

					KALIN TROSE
			It... is true.

	There is a pause as the representatives digest this.

					LATHAL BINE
			Perhaps he was wiser in his youth
			than he is now. Odan -- you must
			convince him to stop --

	Riker holds up a hand, stopping him.

					RIKER
			Do you accept me? Will you allow
			me to work with you?

      STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT FOUR      41A.

41   CONTINUED: (3)

	There is a hesitation. The representatives look from
	one to the other. Silence. Then --

					LATHAL BINE
			Yes. The people of Beta moon
			accept you.

					RIKER
			And Alpha moon?

	Kalin Trose stares at him, unresponding. Finally --

					KALIN TROSE
			I will consider it. But I must
			consult others.

					LATHAL BINE
			This is a typical tactic... he
			is an obstructionist, you can see
			that --

					RIKER
			Kalin Trose, you may confer with
			your people. But we must have
			your answer within eight hours.

	The three Peliar aliens rise.

					KALIN TROSE
			You shall have it.

           STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT FOUR           42.

41   CONTINUED: (4)

	They head for the door, Leka the last out. Before she
	leaves, she turns and smiles at Riker; she is
	encouraged. The doors close. Riker sinks into his
	chair, hands clenching the table. The others hurry
	to him. He looks up, finds Beverly, his eyes frantic
	with pain.

					RIKER
			Beverly... help me...

42   INT. SICKBAY - LATER

	Riker lies on a bio-bed, groggy. Beverly completes
	a final test, and then moves off to the side, out of
	ear-shot, where Picard is waiting.

					BEVERLY
			All his vital functions are
			overworked. His immune system
			is under attack. I can only guess
			that he's going through classic
			rejection syndrome.

					PICARD
			Is there any treatment you can
			give him?

					BEVERLY
			I can administer an
			immunosuppressant. It would help
			with the symptoms... but it
			wouldn't correct the underlying
			cause. He's carrying a foreign
			organism in his body.

	She runs a hand through her hair, tired and frustrated.

					BEVERLY
			I don't know what to do... medical
			school didn't exactly prepare me
			for a situation like this...

					PICARD
			You're doing all you can...

	Beverly gives him a look, a rueful laugh.

              STAR TREK: "The Host" - 3/1/91 - ACT FOUR             43.

42   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Thank you. I wish that were more
			comforting.

	She takes a breath, shrugs off anguish.

					BEVERLY
			Don't worry about me, Captain.
			I'm fine.

	They lock eyes for a moment, each acknowledging the
	lie. Picard turns to Riker.

					PICARD
			Ambassador... when you feel up
			to it, please join me in my Ready
			Room.

	He EXITS. Beverly goes to Riker, takes a hypospray
	from an instrument table.

					BEVERLY
			I'm giving you something that
			should help you feel better. At
			least temporarily.

	Beverly administers the injection. Riker takes a few
	deep breaths... seems to relax... the pain goes from
	his eyes as he gets relief.

					RIKER
			The pain is gone... thank you...

	Then he takes her wrist, holds it firmly. Beverly
	feels a wave of heat rising in her.

					BEVERLY
			Please... don't...

					RIKER
			Let me touch you... just for a
			moment...

	For a brief moment, she allows herself to yield to the
	feelings. She reaches out... touches his face...
	caresses his cheek... starts to bend to him...

	But she stops herself. This isn't right... Riker is
	like her brother...

           STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT FOUR           44.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			No... please...

	Never taking his eyes off Beverly, still holding her
	wrist, he sits up. Then, forcing himself, he releases
	her.

43   INT. READY ROOM - A LITTLE LATER

	Riker with Picard.

					PICARD
			It was a fast decision, which we
			must take as positive. The Alphan
			representative has agreed...
			somewhat dubiously... to let you
			mediate the dispute.

					RIKER
			I was sure they would. They are
			reasonable people... just trapped
			in their own anger.

					PICARD
			I have no doubt, however, that
			they will bolt if anything goes
			wrong in your discussions.

					RIKER
				(grinning)
			Then it's up to me to make sure
			nothing goes wrong.

	Picard looks at him curiously; Riker is puzzled.

					RIKER
			Have I said something wrong... ?

					PICARD
			No... it's just... for a
			moment... you sounded more like
			Will Riker.

	There is a brief, uncomfortable moment. Then Picard
	goes on briskly.

					PICARD
			We have received word that your
			new host will arrive in eighteen
			hours. Will you be all right
			until then?

           STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT FOUR           45.

43   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			The medication which Doctor
			Beverly gave me has helped. I
			will find a way to keep going.

	Picard hears the quaint phrasing of Odan's reference
	to Beverly... it still makes him uneasy. They eye
	each other.

					RIKER
			It is an awkward situation for
			her. As you can imagine.

					PICARD
			Yes. Yes, I certainly can.
				(beat)
			And for you as well.

	Riker looks at him sadly.

					RIKER
			My life has been spent... trying
			to help others find solutions to
			insoluble problems. And now...
			I am confronted with one of my
			own for which there is truly no
			answer.

	Whether for Beverly, for Riker, or for the thoughtful,
	sensitive being who speaks through Riker's mouth --
	Picard feels profound sorrow.

44   INT. BEVERLY'S QUARTERS - THAT NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	Beverly ENTERS, weary from the day's anxieties, wanting
	to unwind. She stretches her arms as she walks across
	the room, then drops her neck and rolls her head. She
	goes to the replicator.

					BEVERLY
			Lemon tea...

	The replicator provides the tea and Beverly takes it,
	sipping as she moves to a comfortable chair. She sits.
	On the end table by the chair is the single rose that
	Odan gave her before taking the ill-fated shuttle.
	She regards it for a moment, then bends to inhale the
	still-heady aroma.

           STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/7/91 - ACT FOUR           46.

45   INT. ODAN'S QUARTERS - INTERCUTTING

	Riker paces, agitated.

					RIKER
			Computer... location of Doctor
			Beverly Crusher.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Doctor Crusher is in her
			quarters.

	He starts toward the door, then flops down on a
	chair, staring at nothing.

46   INT. BEVERLY'S QUARTERS - INTERCUTTING

	Beverly holds the rose in her hands, staring at it, as
	though in that way she could somehow leap back in time
	to that day when she was so happy... when all the
	universe was contained in Odan's eyes... She looks
	up... as though hearing something -- someone -- calling
	out to her...

47   INT. ODAN'S QUARTERS

	Riker is up, pacing, unable to sit still. He goes to
	the computer monitor, flips it on, stares at it,
	switches it off again. He goes to his replicator.

					RIKER
			Can you make balso tonic?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			There is no formula on record.
			Please supply a molecular
			structure.

					RIKER
			Never mind.

	Riker looks toward the door... takes a step toward
	it... stops, turns back. He is in an anguish of
	tension and indecision.

	Suddenly, the door CHIMES.

	Riker whirls as though struck. He stares at the door.
	It CHIMES again.

					RIKER
			Come in...

           STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT FOUR           47.

47   CONTINUED:

	The door opens and Beverly is there. They look at each
	other for a second, and then she ENTERS the room. The
	Rubicon is crossed. During the next, their eyes are
	never off each other.

					BEVERLY
			I thought... I should see how
			you're doing. If you needed
			another hypospray...

					RIKER
			I don't think so... the symptoms
			have not returned...

					BEVERLY
			Ah. Well... that's good.

					RIKER
			Yes.

	They take one more step toward each other.

					BEVERLY
			Tomorrow is an important day.
			Do you feel -- ready for it?

					RIKER
			I think so. I have been
			preparing.

					BEVERLY
			That's good.

					RIKER
			Yes.

	One more step.

					BEVERLY
			I'll check your vital signs in
			the morning... before the
			representatives get here.

	They are very close now... the atmosphere between them
	is as charged as an electrical storm... their eyes are
	locked on each other.

					RIKER
			They must not know I'm taking
			medication...

              STAR TREK: "The Host" - 3/1/91 - ACT FOUR             48.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			You could arrange to take a series
			of breaks...

					RIKER
			That's good...

					BEVERLY
			Yes...

	There is silence, waiting to be filled, but nothing
	more to say. No more small talk. Beverly is all but
	trembling... she must take one more step, just one,
	toward him...

					RIKER
			Beverly... I want you...

	She takes a breath, as though there is suddenly not
	enough oxygen in the room...

					RIKER
			If you are going to leave... you
			must go now...

	One last beat... but she knows the answer.

					BEVERLY
			I'm not leaving.

	And she flows into his arms. Their lips meet, and it
	is as natural, as inevitable, as breathing. For the
	moment she can't remember why she ever resisted.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

           STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT FIVE           49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

48   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	still in orbit.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 44824.4.
			The representatives of Peliar Zel
			and its two moons are ready to
			transport on board. We have
			learned that they each have
			troops massed and are ready for
			combat if this final effort at
			peace is not successful.

49   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard, Riker, and Beverly. She is scanning Riker with
	a Tricorder; he looks weak -- pale and clammy.

					BEVERLY
			White count is back up...
			temperature elevated... the
			effects of the medication are
			wearing off faster every time.
				(reaches for her bag)
			I'll administer one now... and
			hope it holds for an hour or
			two...

	But Riker stops her arm.

					RIKER
			No... no more.

	Beverly looks at him, puzzled.

					PICARD
			Ambassador... it's clear you're
			in pain. You can't get through
			the next hours without help --

					RIKER
			I must.

	He looks from one to the other.

           STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/8/91 - ACT FIVE           50.

49   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Are the injections damaging the
			host body... Riker's body?

					RIKER
			Yes. I cannot put him at further
			risk.

	Beverly stares at him, helpless, torn... what is the
	right thing to do? Medical ethics never tackled this
	problem...

					BEVERLY
			But how can you function? Conduct
			the meeting?

	He looks at her, gives a wan smile.

					RIKER
			I'll manage.

	The look between them carries many messages... and
	Picard is witness to them. There is an intimacy that
	has never existed between these two before. He turns
	away, feeling somehow an intruder.

					PICARD
			We will respect your wishes.

					RIKER
			Further... I will conduct the
			mediation today... but at the end
			of today, regardless of the
			outcome... I must be removed from
			Riker's body. Even if the new
			host has not yet arrived.

	Beverly is stunned by this.

					BEVERLY
			But... you wouldn't survive...

					RIKER
			Riker will not survive unless I
			am removed. He has given
			enough...

					BEVERLY
			Odan...

					RIKER
			Your word.

              STAR TREK: "The Host" - 3/1/91 - ACT FIVE             51.

49   CONTINUED: (3)

	A pause. Beverly looks to Picard. He holds her look
	for a moment, and then nods. Beverly turns back to
	Riker.

					BEVERLY
			Very well.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Worf to Captain Picard...

					PICARD
			Yes, Mister Worf?

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			The representatives have arrived.
			I will escort them to the
			Observation Lounge.

					PICARD
			Thank you.

	Picard turns to Riker, who rises. Taking a breath and
	standing tall, he starts for the door. He passes
	Beverly, stops... looks into her eyes... touches her
	cheek... and EXITS. Beverly looks after him, then turns
	to find Picard's eyes on her. A little embarrassed, she
	becomes brisk and professional, closes up her medical
	case.

					BEVERLY
			I'll stand by with the medication,
			just in case. The pain may become
			so intense --

					PICARD
			Beverly...

	The tone of his voice, not at all that of her Captain,
	makes her look up at him instantly.

					PICARD
			Whatever else I have been to
			you... I am your friend. I cannot
			imagine what you are going
			through... but it must be a kind
			of hell. I want you to know...
			I am here... to help you... in
			any way I can.

              STAR TREK: "The Host" - 3/1/91 - ACT FIVE             52.

49   CONTINUED: (4)

	This unexpected gesture pulls the aplomb right from
	under Beverly. She sinks onto a chair, head bowed,
	unanticipated tears welling in her eyes.

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc...

	He comes to her, puts his hand on her shoulder. She
	places her hand on his, and they remain there for a
	moment, two old friends, sharing strength and pain.

50   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Peliar Zel.

51   INT. BRIDGE - LATER

	Picard, Beverly, Data, Worf, SUPERNUMERARIES as needed.
	Beverly is a nervous wreck, trying to maintain control.
	Picard covers better, but is as anxious.

					PICARD
			Computer, what time is it?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Fifteen thirty five hours.

					BEVERLY
			They've been in there almost six
			hours...

					WORF
			Captain... a message from the ship
			carrying the Trill host...

	Beverly turns to him, eager.

           STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/8/91 - ACT FIVE           53.

51   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Are they here?

					WORF
			No. They are experiencing
			difficulty. They do not
			anticipate their arrival for
			another nine hours.

	Beverly goes pale.

					BEVERLY
			Nine hours...

	The door to the Observation Lounge opens, bringing both
	of them to their feet. Riker steps through the door
	and it shuts behind him. Beverly is on her way to him.

					PICARD
			Ambassador...

					RIKER
			It was worth it...

	He staggers, then collapses. Beverly is right there,
	scanning him.

					RIKER
			They will not go to war...

	And he passes out. Beverly looks terrified by what
	she sees on the Tricorder.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, make sure the
			representatives are safely
			transported off the ship.
				(to Conn)
			Ensign, set a course to intercept
			the Trill ship. Prepare to go
			to warp nine.

					DATA
			Sir, it could take more than two
			hours to reach the vessel.

	Picard looks down at Beverly, working over Riker.

           STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/8/91 - ACT FIVE          53A.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			I have no choice... I gave my
			word. I have to remove him.
			Let's hope we reach the new host
			in time.

51A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

                  STAR TREK: "The Host" - ACT FIVE                  54.

52   INT. SICKBAY - LATER

	Picard ENTERS, sees Beverly moving away from Riker's
	bed. She looks exhausted -- ashen and drawn.

					BEVERLY
			Will is all right. His vital
			signs have stabilized... he's
			sleeping now.

					PICARD
			And... how is Odan?

					BEVERLY
			I have placed him in stasis. He's
			fine for the moment.

	Picard nods, assimilating all this.

					PICARD
			You need some rest, Doctor.

					BEVERLY
			No. If Odan is to survive, he
			must be implanted in the host as
			soon as he arrives. I'll wait
			here.

					PICARD
			It will be some time yet.

					BEVERLY
			I know.

	He hesitates a second, then yields to her wishes, turns
	and EXITS. Beverly moves to a stool, next to a domed
	container, and sits like a sentinel next to the
	strange, throbbing mass that is Odan.

									CUT TO:

53   WIDE SHOT OF DARKENED SICKBAY

	where Beverly dozes, head against the wall, near Odan.
	Worf ENTERS.

					WORF
			Doctor...

	Beverly comes awake, stands quickly, getting her
	bearings.

           STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/7/91 - ACT FIVE           55.

53   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Is the Trill host here?

					WORF
			Yes.

					BEVERLY
			Thank goodness... bring him in.

	She takes no notice of Worf's reaction to this, and
	begins readying a bio-bed for the host.

					WORF (O.C.)
			Doctor...

	Beverly looks up, smiling... the smile freezes on her
	face in a moment of astonishment as she sees --

54   KAREEL - HER POV

	Standing with Worf at the door is a beautiful young
	woman. She smiles... a strange, blank smile, empty of
	personality.

					KAREEL
			I am Kareel. I am to become host
			to Odan.

55   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE - LATER

	Beverly sits dictating.

					BEVERLY
			... the operation to implant Odan
			into the new host was completed
			at nineteen hundred hours and
			appears to have been successful.
			There have been no difficulties
			with assimilation...

55A  KAREEL

	appears in the doorway. The woman is subtly
	transformed. She is still sinewy and beautiful... but
	there is spark to her eyes and dignity in her bearing.

					KAREEL
			Doctor Beverly...

           STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/7/91 - ACT FIVE           56.

55B  ANGLE - BEVERLY

	Beverly turns off the dictation device, turns, sees
	not an empty shell, but a woman of substance and
	feeling.

					KAREEL
			Could we talk for a moment?

	Beverly nods wordlessly and Kareel ENTERS, sits, looks
	at her with sad, understanding eyes.

					BEVERLY
			You should be sleeping. You need
			rest.

					KAREEL
			I've never felt better.
				(a gentle smile)
			Except once or twice...

	This reminder is uncomfortable for Beverly, who looks
	down at her desk.

					KAREEL
			My poor Beverly... this has been
			so hard for you...

	Her voice is throaty, rich... as warm as velvet...

					KAREEL
			I want to thank you... for your
			caring... for standing by me...

					BEVERLY
			I congratulate you. You averted
			a war that would have cost many
			lives...

					KAREEL
			Yes. It seems... everything has
			turned out for the best.

	Beverly gives her a glance... their eyes lock. An
	unspoken question...

					KAREEL
			And yes... I am still Odan... and
			I still love you. I cannot
			imagine that ever changing.

	Beverly doesn't answer. What is she to answer? She
	feels drained, exhausted... it's all been too much, too
	fast.

           STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/6/91 - ACT FIVE           57.

55B  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I'm glad you're all right.

	A silence... disappointment in Kareel's beautiful eyes.

					KAREEL
			Is there to be nothing more?

	Beverly runs her hand through her hair, exhausted.

					BEVERLY
			Perhaps it is a human failing...
			but we are not accustomed to
			these kinds of changes. I
			can't... keep up. How long will
			you have this host? What
			would the next one be? I
			couldn't live with that kind of
			uncertainty...

	Kareel looks at her with sorrow.

					BEVERLY
			Perhaps... someday... our ability
			to love will not be so limited.

					KAREEL
			I understand.

	Kareel rises and starts for the door.

					BEVERLY
			Odan...

	Kareel turns back.

					BEVERLY
			I do love you... please remember
			that.

	Kareel's smile is full of sadness and longing... and
	love. She goes to Beverly, takes her wrist.

					KAREEL
			I will never forget you.

	And she kisses the inside of Beverly's wrist.

           STAR TREK: "The Host" - REV. 3/7/91 - ACT FIVE           58.

56   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	and the Trill ship part company.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             




                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                       "The Mind's Eye" 
                          #40274-198 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Rene Echevarria 
                              
                          Directed by 
                       David Livingston 


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                         FINAL DRAFT
 
                        MARCH 18, 1991

         STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - 3/18/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "The Mind's Eye" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             Romulans
                RIKER                TAIBAK
                DATA                 UNSEEN WOMAN
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               Klingons
                GEORDI               AMBASSADOR KELL
                WORF                 GOVERNOR VAGH
                O'BRIEN            
                                   Non-Speaking
                COMPUTER VOICE       TWO ROMULAN GUARDS
                                     TWO KLINGON GUARDS
                Non-Speaking       
                  GEORDI'S DOUBLE    
                  O'BRIEN'S FRIENDS  
                  A SHUTTLE TECH     
                  FORENSICS TEAM     
                  N.D. TRANSPORTER CHIEF
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

         STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - 3/19/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "The Mind's Eye" 
                      
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     SHUTTLECRAFT
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TEN FORWARD              ROMULAN SHIP
              TURBOLIFT
              CORRIDORS                KLINGON SHIPS
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              TRANSPORTER ROOM         KRIOS CAPITAL CITY
              CARGO BAY
              SHUTTLEBAY
              GEORDI'S QUARTERS
              KELL'S QUARTERS
          
            SHUTTLECRAFT
          
            ROMULAN SHIP
              PROCEDURE ROOM
          
            GOVERNOR VAGH'S OFFICE

  STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "The Mind's Eye" 
                         
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              ACTINIDES              ACT-in-ides
              DURAS                  DYUR-ahs
              IKALIAN                ih-KAY-lee-n
              KRIOS                  KREE-ohs
              RISA                   RYE-sa
              TAIBAK                 tie-BACK
              TELDARIAN              tell-DARE-ee-n
              VAGH                   VAHG
            
                    KLINGON WORDS & PHRASES   
                      
              Fe'l Kina sal B'aka    fel-KIN-ah SAL-baka
              Gurt'ank te'la         gur-TANK tel-AH
              K'adlo                 kad-LOW
              Q'ac Ken ta'vak        khak KAN ta-VOK
              Qapla'                 khap-LA
              Qu'vath guy'cha b'aka  coo-VATH GUY-cha ba-KA
              tah-keck               ta-KEK

     STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - TEASER     1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                       "The Mind's Eye"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	as an Enterprise shuttlecraft moves across the frame:

					GEORDI (V.O.)
			Personal log, Chief Engineer
			Geordi La Forge, Stardate 44885.5.
			I am en route to Risa to attend
			an artificial intelligence
			seminar. Captain Picard has
			ordered me to arrive a few days
			early to have some fun and
			relax... I intend to follow his
			orders to the very best of my
			ability.

2    INT. SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	Close on La Forge sipping a glass of fruit punch
	through a straw... and listening to music...

					GEORDI
			How about some different music,
			Computer... something with a...
			Latin beat...

	Mariachi music blares from the computer...

					GEORDI
			No... no, a gentle Latin beat...
			a spanish guitar maybe...

	Spanish guitar with a gentle rhythm on the speaker...

					GEORDI
			Perfect...

	He stretches, takes a deep breath, smiles into a
	relaxation...

					GEORDI
			What's the weather like on Risa?

       STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - 3/18/91 - TEASER       2.

2    CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Risa is climate controlled for
			optimum tourist comfort...

					GEORDI
			Is that right... how long before
			we get there?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Arrival at Risa is scheduled for
			oh-nine thirty-two hours...

					GEORDI
			Three more hours...

	Taps his fingers impatiently...

					GEORDI
			How about a game, computer...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Please restate request.

					GEORDI
			Something to pass the time, you
			know... a diversion...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Select either visual interactive
			or verbal interactive...

					GEORDI
			Ah, verbal...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			You have twenty seconds to respond
			to each question. Level of
			difficulty will increase as you
			progress... proceed when ready...

					GEORDI
			Begin...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			List the resonances of the subquantum
			states associated with
			transitional relativity...

					GEORDI
			That's easy --

     STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - TEASER     3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					COMPUTER VOICE
			In alphabetical order.

	This is an unexpected twist and Geordi's face shows it.

					GEORDI
				(haltingly)
			Asymmetrical... inverted...
			phased... stable...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Your time has expired.

	Geordi frowns in frustration...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			The fifth resonance is...

					GEORDI & COMPUTER
			...universal...

					GEORDI
			... yeah, I know. Okay, let me
			try another one...

2A   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

					COMPUTER VOICE
			List the field patterns associated
			with warp modulation... in order
			of decreasing energy...

	Suddenly ROMULAN WARBIRD UNCLOAKS in the window behind
	him... so close that it fills the frame.

					GEORDI
			Ah... the aft nacelle
			associative... the forward saucer
			associative...

	As Geordi turns to put his drink down... he sees the
	Warbird... moves to the panel, starts pushing things...

     STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - TEASER     4.

2A   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Computer -- sequence zero one
			zero. Maximum power to shields.
			And kill the music...

	The music stops. Geordi hits various controls on the
	console, tries to call for help:

					GEORDI
			Shuttle Seven to Enterprise.
			I've encountered a Romulan
			Warbird. Coordinates are three...

	He breaks off as static fills subspace. Geordi punches
	more controls, trying to break through the Romulans'
	jamming.

					GEORDI
			Come in Risa Control... anybody...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning... shield failure...

	Geordi barely has time to react before he
	DEMATERIALIZES in a ROMULAN TRANSPORTER EFFECT.

3    EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Romulan ship hangs ominously above the shuttle...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

    STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - ACT ONE    5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

4    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves at warp speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 44891.6.
			The Enterprise has been ordered
			to accompany a special emissary
			from the Klingon High Council to
			the Kriosian System where one of
			their colonies is fighting for
			independence.

5    INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	PICARD and RIKER are listening to the Klingon
	Ambassador, KELL.

					KELL
			There was a time when the Empire
			would crush a rebellion. Today...
			it is tolerated.
				(beat)
			We have enough problems on the
			home planet. We do not wish to
			divert resources to this trivial
			war.

					PICARD
			You are prepared to grant them
			independence?

					KELL
				(shrugging it off)
			Perhaps. But we will conquer them
			again later if we wish to.


    STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - ACT ONE    6.

5    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			If I may ask, Ambassador, what
			has this to do with us?

	Kell fixes his eyes on Picard.

					KELL
			The Governor of Krios has charged
			that the Federation is secretly
			aiding the rebels.

	Picard and Riker exchange a look.

					RIKER
			Does he have evidence?

					KELL
			The Council has sent me to examine
			his evidence. It was my decision,
			Captain Picard, to ask you to
			accompany me. You are respected
			by many on the council.

					PICARD
				(thank-you)
			K'adlo. I have been pleased to
			offer occasional assistance to
			the Klingon people in the past.

					KELL
			Your modesty is human, Captain,
			but I will excuse it.

					PICARD
			I can assure you, Ambassador, the
			Federation would never interfere
			with the Empire's internal
			affairs.

					KELL
			Let us hope not. Such
			interference would call into
			question the very basis of our
			alliance.

    STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - ACT ONE    7.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

	The stakes are clear.

					RIKER
			Captain, we'll be in a war zone...

					PICARD
			Agreed. Ambassador, I will ask
			our chief security officer,
			Lieutenant Worf, to report to you
			for a full...

					KELL
			Captain... Worf's discommendation
			makes it very awkward. If I
			could work with another of your
			security officers...

					PICARD
				(firm)
			Mister Worf is my security chief
			and my tactical officer. This
			matter clearly falls within his
			jurisdiction.

					KELL
				(after a long beat)
			As you wish.

6    EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Romulan Warbird is using a tractor beam to pull the
	shuttle.

7    INT. THE ROMULAN SHIP

	TWO GUARDS usher Geordi into a starkly lit chamber. At
	one end of the room is a chair very much like a dental
	chair. Various machines are positioned around it,
	ready to be moved into place when needed.

	A bank of bright lights shine down onto the chair from
	the other end of the room. Behind the lights we can
	barely make out several shadowy figures. One of them
	might be A WOMAN, but it's hard to be sure. Another
	indistinct figure, a high ranking Romulan officer named
	TAIBAK, speaks to Geordi:

    STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT ONE    8.

7    CONTINUED:

					TAIBAK
			Welcome, Mister La Forge. We've
			waited a long time to meet you.

					GEORDI
			I can tell you've gone to a lot
			of trouble.

	Taibak approaches Geordi and looks him over... it is
	important to note he is not sinister, but a scientist
	and Geordi is a test subject. Taibak has no delight in
	making Geordi go through what he's about to go through,
	it's just a job. He is quite casual about it, though
	a certain pride in his work may peek through.

					TAIBAK
			Indeed we have. You are going
			to be of great help to us.

					GEORDI
			Don't count on it.

	Taibak motions to the guards, who lead Geordi off
	toward the chair.

	Then Taibak motions to someone else, and a BLACK HUMAN
	in a Starfleet uniform steps out from behind the
	lights. The man puts on a fake VISOR just like
	Geordi's. Taibak walks around the man, studying him,
	then nods with satisfaction.

					TAIBAK
			Good. Very good.

	As Geordi's double starts to leave...

					TAIBAK
				(casual, serious)
			Do not enjoy yourself too much
			on Risa.

	Geordi's double nods, then EXITS.

8    ANOTHER ANGLE

	Geordi has been strapped into the chair, head and body
	held tightly in place; his back to the lights.

    STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT ONE    9.

8    CONTINUED:

	Taibak nods to one of the guards, who steps forward,
	removes Geordi's VISOR, then swivels him around to face
	the lights.

					GEORDI
			Hey!

					TAIBAK
			Your VISOR will be returned to
			you.

	During this, the other guard moves a large machine into
	place behind Geordi. It has an adjustable appendage
	shaped like a giant wrench; the guard positions the
	device so that its open jaws frame Geordi's head.

					TAIBAK
			But first... I want to show you
			something.

					GEORDI
			Show me something? That should
			be an interesting trick since I
			can't see anything without the
			VISOR.

	Taibak activates the machine, and two thin, metal rods
	emerge from either side of the "wrench." As their
	blinking tips move toward Geordi's head...

					TAIBAK
			That is not quite true.

	As soon as the rods touch his VISOR inputs, Geordi
	reacts with a start.

					TAIBAK
			Allow me to demonstrate.

	Taibak tabs another control and we see Geordi's
	expression change. Taibak's lines are now delivered
	for the benefit of the Woman who remains obscured
	behind the lights.

					TAIBAK
			I now have direct access to his
			visual cortex. He has no choice
			but to see what I wish him to see.

	Taibak activates a physiological monitoring system
	which broadcasts Geordi's heartbeat into the room.


    STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT ONE    10.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					TAIBAK
				(casual, scientific)
			I can feed him any image I choose.
			He will be unable to ignore it.

	Taibak hits more controls, and we HEAR Geordi's heart
	rate increase; see his teeth clench down.

					TAIBAK
			His galvanic skin response has
			increased nine percent. It seems
			Commander La Forge, like many
			humans, has a low tolerance for
			watching others suffer.

					GEORDI
				(tight, desperation
				 showing)
			Why... are you doing this?

					TAIBAK
			I am sorry, Commander. It is a
			necessary step. I apologize for
			your discomfort. Here...

	He adjusts some panels. Geordi visibly relaxes, the
	heartbeat falls...

					TAIBAK
				(to the others)
			Observe how a spring day on his
			native Earth affects him... he's
			looking at a beautiful meadow,
			green trees, birds, a blue sky...
			the heartbeat slows, the galvanic
			skin response drops... the body
			responds to our stimuli, he is
			incapable of maintaining control
			of his own responses... watch as
			I change the stimuli again...

	Taibak presses a control and Geordi tightens up
	again... the heartbeat increases...

					TAIBAK
			Once our work is done, La Forge
			will act normally... totally
			unaware of his conditioning. The
			perfect tool for our purpose.

      STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - 3/18/91 - ACT ONE      10A.

8    CONTINUED: (3)

	The still unseen Woman speaks out from the shadows; a
	questioning, authoritative tone in her voice.

					WOMAN
			Will there be any physical
			evidence of what you are doing
			to him?

    STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - ACT ONE    11.

8    CONTINUED: (4)

					TAIBAK
			None, Commander. That is why we
			chose La Forge. The utilization
			of his pre-existing neural
			implants makes our work impossible
			to detect.

					WOMAN
			How will we be certain your
			procedure has been successful?

					TAIBAK
			I will program him to perform a
			series of specific tests... both
			before he leaves us and after he
			returns to the Enterprise. We'll
			be able to verify his
			effectiveness.

	Taibak cocks his head, listening to Geordi's heartbeat
	which is now noticeably slower.

					TAIBAK
			Notice that his heart rate has
			slowed somewhat. He is becoming
			accustomed to the horrors he is
			witnessing...

	He presses a panel... Geordi's vital signs jump
	again...

					TAIBAK
				(beat, continuing)
			... so we change horrors. This
			will occur several times before
			we are finished...

9    ANGLE ON GEORDI

	he's broken into a cold sweat.

10   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it cruises by at warp.

11   INT. TACTICAL AREA

	Kell and Worf study a star map displayed on a wall
	monitor.

      STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - 3/18/91 - ACT ONE      12.

11   CONTINUED:

	This situation is awkward for Worf; he tries to get
	through it by being as businesslike as possible.

	Kell is talking security as the scene begins but this
	scene is not about security... it is about Kell
	considering his relationship with Worf, deciding how
	to approach him on a more personal level. That subtext
	is present from the very start.

					KELL
			There have been two rebel attacks
			on neutral freighters... one
			Ferengi, the other Cardassian...

					WORF
			Both were engaged near the Ikalian
			asteroid belt... that is where
			the rebels must be hiding...

					KELL
				(acknowledges)
			The actinides in the asteroids
			provide effective protection from
			our sensors.

	Worf nods, thoughtfully concludes...

					WORF
			They might attack a freighter but
			I doubt they would challenge a
			Federation starship.

					KELL
				(fishing)
			Especially if the Federation is
			providing them support.

	A beat.

					WORF
				(eye to eye)
			You would test the Captain's word
			with me, Kell? Is it because I
			have no honor in your eyes that
			you expect me to be disloyal?

					KELL
				(studying him)
			It was wrong of me to ask. My
			apologies.

    STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - ACT ONE    13.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Captain Picard does not lie.
			If he says there is no Federation
			assistance to the rebels, there
			is none.

					KELL
			Good. Because I have risked my
			own reputation and honor by coming
			to Picard.

					WORF
			He will not disappoint you. If
			that is all...

	Kell nods, Worf starts to leave... then Kell decides
	to speak up...

					KELL
			There are some members of the high
			council, Worf, who would thank
			you.

					WORF
			Thank me?

					KELL
			For killing Duras. Had he lived,
			there is no doubt he would have
			ascended to head the council.
			Many... were not looking forward
			to that.

					WORF
			My motives were personal. Not
			political.

					KELL
			Motives? Who cares for motives?
			Humans perhaps. What matters is,
			you acted that day as a true
			Klingon.

	This is a great compliment to Worf and he bows in
	acknowledgement and exits.

12   INT. TEN FORWARD

	PAN ACROSS a typical crowd of SUPERNUMERARIES to find
	Geordi sitting alone at a table. CHIEF O'BRIEN sits at
	a nearby table with TWO FRIENDS.

    STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - ACT ONE    14.

13   WIDEN

	to reveal the Romulan doctor, Taibak, and the two
	Romulan guards standing nearby. Throughout the
	following scene, Geordi's manner is relaxed and
	easy-going; he acts no differently from usual.

					TAIBAK
			Where are we, Mister La Forge?

					GEORDI
			In Ten Forward.

					TAIBAK
				(indicating O'Brien)
			Who is that man sitting over
			there?

14   ANGLE ON GEORDI

	as he turns in the direction indicated.

15   ANGLE ON O'BRIEN - INTERCUTTING (OPTICAL)

	as seen in Geordi's POV -- the wealth of information
	from his VISOR is so overwhelming it's difficult to
	recognize him. Then telemetry information appears...
	reminiscent of a targeting grid. An "x" axis runs
	along the bottom of the frame, a "y" axis up the left
	side -- Romulan numbers mark the increments.

					GEORDI
			That's Chief O'Brien.

					TAIBAK
			How long has he served with you?

					GEORDI
			Almost four years.

					TAIBAK
			I want you to kill him.

      STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - 3/18/91 - ACT ONE      14A.

15   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Okay.

	Taibak produces a Federation phaser and holds it out to
	Geordi.

					TAIBAK
			Take this phaser and kill Chief
			O'Brien.

	Geordi accepts the phaser and crosses to O'Brien and
	his friends.

    STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - ACT ONE    15.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

	They don't seem to see Geordi as he approaches. Then
	Geordi hesitates... fingers the phaser for a moment.
	As he turns to Taibak with a questioning expression...

					TAIBAK
			Freeze program.

	Everything and everyone stops moving except for Geordi
	and the three Romulans.

					TAIBAK
			Commander, did you understand
			my request?

					GEORDI
			I... I don't...

	Taibak touches a few panels on a tech device.

					TAIBAK
			Look at me.

16   OMITTED

17   ANGLE ON GEORDI.

	focusing in on his VISOR.

18   REVERSE ANGLE ON TAIBAK - INTERCUTTING (OPTICAL)

	as seen from Geordi's POV. As Taibak programs Geordi's
	VISOR, more telemetry information appears. An eerie
	MUSIC CUE used here will re-occur whenever we go to
	Geordi's POV or whenever his conditioning is activated.

					TAIBAK
			Now what did I ask you to do?

					GEORDI
			Kill Chief O'Brien.

					TAIBAK
			Then do as I asked. Resume
			program.

	The holo-people come back to life. Geordi faces
	O'Brien again.

      STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - 3/18/91 - ACT ONE      16.

18   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Chief?

	As O'Brien turns, Geordi hesitates a second time. He
	looks down at the phaser in his hand... then suddenly
	fires. O'Brien is thrown to the floor, dead.
	O'Brien's holo-friends at the table glance at O'Brien
	but are not upset.

					TAIBAK
			Good, Mister La Forge. Very good.
			Why don't you enjoy a drink with
			your friends?

					GEORDI
			Mind if I join you guys?

	The group welcomes him. Taibak calls his guards over.

					TAIBAK
			He still hesitated. Prepare the
			equipment for another session.

19   OMITTED

20   ANGLE ON GEORDI

	smiling and enjoying himself, O'Brien's dead body just
	a few feet away...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - 3/18/91 - ACT TWO      17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

21   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Krios.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 44896.9.
			We are orbiting Krios, awaiting
			our first meeting with the Klingon
			Governor. Commander La Forge has
			rejoined the Enterprise from Risa.

22   INT. SHUTTLEBAY

	Data approaches the shuttlecraft as Geordi "logs it
	in." A TECHNICIAN is poking around, going over her
	check list. Geordi is leaning into the cockpit,
	collecting his belongings.

					DATA
			Welcome back, Geordi. How was
			the seminar?

	Geordi stands, faces Data, smiles.

					GEORDI
			Very informative, Data. I'll tell
			you all about it.

	They move toward the door of the shuttlebay.

22A  INT. CORRIDOR

	as Geordi and Data exit the shuttlebay, still talking.

					DATA
			It is fortunate we were able to
			coordinate your return on the
			Teldarian cruiser...

					GEORDI
			Yeah, when I heard the Enterprise
			had been ordered to the Krios
			system...
				(joking)
			I thought I might be forced to
			endure another couple of weeks
			on Risa...

    STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT TWO    18.

22A  CONTINUED:

	Data doesn't get it...

					DATA
			I am sorry to hear you did not
			enjoy yourself.

					GEORDI
			I was joking...

					DATA
			Joking. Ah. "Forced to endure"
			Risa. Your actual intent was to
			emphasize that you did enjoy
			yourself. I see how that could
			be considered quite amusing.

	Geordi reacts to the analysis of his joke as they
	arrive at the turbolift.

23   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Kell, TROI and Riker are in the Command Area.
	Geordi and Data ENTER from the turbolift...

					PICARD
			Commander La Forge...

					GEORDI
				(smiling, with humor)
			Permission to come aboard, sir.

					PICARD
			Granted. Welcome back.

	Geordi crosses down to the Command Area, while Data
	replaces the CREWMEMBER at Ops.

					PICARD
			Ambassador Kell, this is my Chief
			Engineer.

					KELL
			Commander...

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge has been attending
			a seminar...

    STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT TWO    19.

23A  OMITTED

23B  GEORDI'S VISOR POV - PICARD (OPTICAL)

	Picard is almost unrecognizable when scanned through
	the VISOR'S all spectrum input -- the Romulan telemetry
	information visible as it focuses on him. The same
	effect that was established during the test on the
	Romulan holodeck appears here...

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			.. on artificial intelligence on
			Risa...

					RIKER
			I'm glad we got you back,
			Geordi...

	The POV PANS around to take in Riker as he finishes...

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			... we're going to need you on
			this.

23C  RESUME NORMAL COVERAGE

					GEORDI
			Data tells me the Federation has
			been accused of aiding the
			Kriosian rebels...

					PICARD
			We're to be presented with
			evidence today... we'll need your
			help in analyzing it...

					GEORDI
			Anything I can do...

	And as Geordi moves toward the turbolift; Troi moves
	with him.

    STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT TWO    20.

23C  CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(stating a fact)
			You had a good time...

					GEORDI
			Can you tell?

					TROI
			You're more relaxed than I've ever
			seen you.

	Geordi smiles, nods an acknowledgment. Then as they
	step into the turbolift...

	Worf reacts to his board at Tactical:

					WORF
			Captain, Governor Vagh has
			signaled that he is ready to meet
			with you.

					PICARD
			Very well. Advise him that we
			will transport to the surface
			immediately.
				(then to Kell)
			Ambassador...

	Picard leads Kell off toward the turbolift. Riker
	starts to follow, but is stopped by...

24
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24A

24B  DATA - AT OPS

	Reacting to something he sees on his board.

					DATA
			Commander Riker.

					RIKER
			What is it, Data?

					DATA
			Our sensors have detected a brief
			energy fluctuation in the E-band.

   STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - ACT TWO   20A.

24B  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			E-band? That's unusual. What's
			the source?

					DATA
			Unknown. E-band emissions are
			difficult to localize.

					RIKER
			Collapsing protostars sometimes
			emit E-band bursts, don't they?

					DATA
			Yes, sir. However, there are no
			protostars in this sector.

					RIKER
			You'd better run a scan. Keep
			me posted.

	Then as Riker crosses to the turbolift...

24C  EXT. KRIOS - THE CAPITAL CITY (MATTE SHOT)

	The architecture is simple, Spartan, very Klingon.

25   INT. GOVERNOR VAGH'S OFFICE - NIGHT

	Picard, Riker, Kell, GOVERNOR VAGH, and a TWO KLINGON
	GUARDS sit or stand around the room.

26   ANGLE ON VAGH (OPTICAL)

					VAGH
			We talk, we waste time... and the
			insurrection continues to grow.
			These rebels need to be crushed...
			not coddled.

					KELL
			It does not matter how you or I
			feel, Governor. The High Council
			has made its wishes clear.

120:[1,#b]
    STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - ACT TWO    21.

26   CONTINUED:

					VAGH
			The Council should be more
			concerned about Federation
			interference.

					PICARD
				(a frown)
			Governor, what exactly do you
			believe the Federation has done?

					VAGH
			Your medical supplies have been
			found in rebel strongholds.

					RIKER
			We make no effort to restrict
			access to our medical supplies.

					VAGH
			Are your weapons also freely
			available?

					PICARD
			No, they are not.

	Vagh moves behind his desk, produces a Federation phaser
	rifle.

					VAGH
			Then explain this...

	He tosses the heavy weapon to Picard who is forced to
	catch it.

					PICARD
			This was captured from the rebels?

					VAGH
			That and many more like it.

					RIKER
				(as he takes rifle)
			It does seem to be Federation
			issue.

	Picard gestures toward the rifle.

					PICARD
			With your permission, Governor,
			I would like to take that weapon
			back to the Enterprise and verify
			its origin.

    STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT TWO    22.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					VAGH
				(clearly skeptical)
			As you wish. I have hundreds
			more.

					PICARD
			Even if these weapons do prove
			genuine, I assure you some third
			party is involved. The Federation
			is not in the business of arming
			rebellions.

					VAGH
			This is the only Klingon colony
			on the border of Federation space.
			You cannot deny that Starfleet
			would be happy to see Krios gain
			its independence... it would
			reduce your vulnerability to an
			attack...

					PICARD
			You speak as if we were enemies,
			Governor, not allies.

					VAGH
			And you speak the lies of a
			Tah-keck.

	Everyone reacts at the vehemence of this curse. But
	Picard remains cool. He leans forward and enunciates
	the following Klingon phrase with a surprisingly good
	accent:

					PICARD
			Qu'vath guy'cha b'aka.

	The Klingon guards stiffen, ready for anything. Vagh
	locks his eyes onto Picard's. Kell moves to diffuse
	the situation:

					KELL
			Gentlemen...

	But Vagh waves him aside... and laughs.

					VAGH
			You swear well, Picard. You must
			have Klingon blood in your veins.

	Picard holds his eyes on him, an even expression...

    STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT TWO    23.

26   CONTINUED: (3)

					KELL
			Governor, I will report to you
			as soon as the analysis of this
			weapon is complete...

	The Governor grunts... his eyes never leave Picard's...
	urging them to leave --

					KELL
			Captain, Commander... ?

	After a beat, Picard keys his insignia...

					PICARD
				(keys insignia)
			Picard to Enterprise. Three to
			transport.

	Then as Picard, Riker, and Kell DEMATERIALIZE... hold
	a beat on the Governor and...

26A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Krios.

27   INT. TEN FORWARD

	PAN ACROSS to take in the usual crowd of
	supernumeraries. Riker, Beverly and Kell are at a
	table in the background. Chief O'Brien is sitting
	alone at a table, working on a PADD.

28   ANGLE ON THE DOOR

	as Geordi ENTERS. He crosses to the bar and faces the
	bartender there.

					GEORDI
			Red Torian.


      STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - 3/18/91 - ACT TWO      24.

28   CONTINUED:

	The bartender serves him and Geordi looks around the
	room as he sips his drink. Then push in on his VISOR
	as we GO TO...

29
thru	OMITTED
30

31   REVERSE ANGLE ON O'BRIEN (OPTICAL)

	seen from Geordi's POV -- the Romulan targeting
	telemetry information is visible as Geordi focuses in
	on him. The MUSIC CUE adds an ominous note.

32   ON SCENE

	as Geordi crosses to O'Brien, carrying his drink.

33   ANGLE

	on O'Brien, too busy to notice Geordi coming up behind
	him.

34   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Geordi's VISOR POV, as he comes in behind O'Brien.

35   ON SCENE

	as Geordi suddenly dumps his drink down O'Brien's back.
	The strange thing is that while we could clearly see
	that he did it on purpose, he seems for all the world
	to think it was an accident.

               GEORDI               O'BRIEN
          Oh!               Ah!

	O'Brien leaps to his feet.

               GEORDI               O'BRIEN
          Sorry.               It's all right.

	Geordi fumbles for an explanation as O'Brien tries to
	dry himself.

					GEORDI
			My glass... slipped.


      STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - 3/18/91 - ACT TWO      25.

35   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			It's nothing, just a little cold.

					GEORDI
			You're soaked.

					O'BRIEN
			No, nothing serious...

					GEORDI
			Let me get you something to wipe
			that off with...

					O'BRIEN
			No, I better go back to my
			quarters and change. Don't think
			twice about it, Commander...

	O'Brien EXITS. Geordi sits down, shaking his head at
	how clumsy he was. As we push in on him...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/27/91 - ACT THREE   26.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

35A  CLOSE ON GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	who has his eye at the sighting device of a phaser
	rifle... his hand on the trigger... we don't see what
	he's shooting at but he's intent, focused... he
	fires...

36   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Now we see that he's test firing the rifle, which is
	held in a test stand with its muzzle inside a
	containment chamber. Data is there, scanning
	information displayed on the pool table.

					DATA
			Energy flow is within normal
			parameters... from the prefire
			chamber... to the emission
			aperture.

					GEORDI
			Rapid nadion pulse is right on
			target... beam control assembly,
			safety interlock, both check out.

	Geordi taps a control on the phaser; the beam varies
	a little.

					GEORDI
			Beam width and intensity controls
			also responding correctly.

					DATA
			Energy cell usage remains
			constant at one-point-oh-five
			megajoules per second.

	Then Data responds to something he sees on a nearby
	display.

					DATA
			Curious, the efficiency reading
			on the discharge crystal is well
			above Starfleet specifications.

	Geordi takes a look at that one. He shuts off the
	rifle momentarily.

   STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/26/91 - ACT THREE   27.

36   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Yeah... by quite a bit...
			ninety-four point one percent
			efficiency.

					DATA
			Our most efficient discharge
			crystal typically fires with
			eighty-six point five percent
			efficiency.

					GEORDI
			Let's take a closer look at the
			wave pattern on the emission beam.
			That might tell us why it's losing
			so little energy.

	He activates the rifle again; they study readouts.

					DATA
			Pulse frequency out of prefire
			chamber reads steady.

	Now Geordi notices something. He gestures toward a
	nearby display.

					GEORDI
			There... that's not right... the
			initial output spike is
			inverted...

					DATA
			That might suggest that the weapon
			has been charged with a forced
			pulse... well into the terahertz
			range.

					GEORDI
			Then it's definitely not Starfleet
			issue... and there can't be that
			many systems that use terahertz
			feeds...

	As Geordi turns the rifle off...

					DATA
			Three hundred twenty-seven, to
			our knowledge. We can probably
			achieve an exact match with a
			random computer search. It will
			take approximately three hours.

   STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT THREE   28.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			I think we could narrow the list
			down with a little common sense,
			Data... ask yourself who has the
			most to gain from a conflict
			between the Klingon Empire and
			the Federation?

37   INT. GOVERNOR VAGH'S OFFICE - ON GEORDI

					GEORDI
			-- the Romulans.

	WIDEN OUT

	to reveal Picard, Kell, Vagh and his two Klingon guards
	in the room with Geordi. The phaser rifle is on
	Vagh's desk.

					GEORDI
			They fashioned a perfect
			Federation rifle... but they had
			to charge it from their energy
			sources. So the discharge crystal
			and the emission beam pattern
			correspond to those you'd find
			in a Romulan disrupter.

	Vagh eyes the rifle, lifts his gaze to Picard.

					VAGH
			The Romulans have no interest in
			Kriosian independence. The planet
			is too far from their borders.

					PICARD
			But they do have an interest in
			driving the Federation and the
			Empire apart. Our alliance is
			the only thing that keeps them
			in check.

   STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/26/91 - ACT THREE   29.

38A  GEORDI'S POV - ON VAGH (OPTICAL)

	As the Romulan targeting telemetry focuses on him.

					VAGH
				(musing)
			Romulan replications... using
			stolen Federation technology...

					KELL
			It's a typical Romulan ploy...

	The POV PANS around to take in Kell as he finishes...

					KELL
				(continuing)
			... an attempt to sow dissension
			and mistrust.

	Kell turns to face the camera.

38B
thru	OMITTED
38C

38D  ON THE GROUP

					KELL
			You have done well, Commander.
			I thank you on behalf of the
			Empire.

	Vagh absorbs this, turns to Picard.

					VAGH
			I still have my doubts, Picard.
			I will want my own technicians
			to confirm your findings.

					PICARD
			of course. My staff will provide
			their full cooperation.

	Vagh seems uncomfortable with the cooperative attitude.

					VAGH
			You may go.

	Picard nods graciously and his group files out.

   STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - ACT THREE   30.

39   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker is on the move... headed toward Data at an aft
	science station. Data studies a visual read-out on
	the monitor.

					RIKER
				(responding
				 mid-conversation)
			Another E-band blip?

					DATA
			Yes, sir. However, the difference
			in intensity indicates this one
			did not originate from the same
			location as the first.

					RIKER
			If it's changed intensity... it
			can't possibly be a protostar.

					DATA
			That is a reasonable assumption.

	Riker thinks about this... what a moving "transmitter"
	might be.

					RIKER
			Is there any known instance of
			Romulans using the E-band for
			communications?

					DATA
			Not to my knowledge.

					RIKER
				(pondering)
			Is there any way to track the
			source?

   STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT THREE   31.

39   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			We can re-configure the primary
			sensor arrays. If we narrow their
			focus to scan for E-band
			emissions, we might be able to
			calculate a directional vector.
			But only if there are more
			occurrences.

					RIKER
			Do it.

	He proceeds on his way and Data begins to tap
	instructions into his controls.

39A  OMITTED

40   INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	A large shipping container has been placed on the
	transporter pad. Geordi stands at an open wall panel
	where trays of isolinear chips lie exposed. He's
	replacing dozens of these chips with new chips taken
	from a small case at his feet. Through this...

   STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT THREE   32.

40   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Computer... re-route the power
			flow in the Cargo Bay Four
			transporter through the auxiliary
			replicator system.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Please verify command with
			necessary protocol.

					GEORDI
			Initiate protocol three six four
			dash B.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Verify priority clearance.

					GEORDI
			Recognize La Forge theta-two-nine-nine-seven.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Acknowledged. Power has been
			rerouted through auxiliary
			replicator system.

	Geordi replaces the last of the chips, closes the
	panel, then puts the original chips into the case.
	As he carries this over to the transporter's control
	console...

					GEORDI
			Now... redirect transporter mode
			to the planetary sensor array.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Transporter mode has been
			redirected.

	Geordi activates controls... the containers
	DEMATERIALIZE.

					GEORDI
			Verify that all record of these
			modifications are being erased
			from each directory.

     STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - 3/18/91 - ACT THREE     33.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					COMPUTER
			Affirmative. Erasure process is
			proceeding.

	Then he powers down the unit, picks up the chip case
	and EXITS.

   STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - ACT THREE   34.

41
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45

46   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Riker are in the Command Area. Worf is at
	Tactical, Data at Ops. Geordi ENTERS from the
	turbolift.

					WORF
			Sir, we are being hailed by
			Governor Vagh.

					PICARD
				(standing)
			On screen, Mister Worf.

	Vagh's features fill the viewscreen. He seems even
	angrier than usual.

					PICARD
			Governor...

					VAGH
			You astonish me, Picard.

	Picard doesn't quite know how to react.

					VAGH
			Did you seriously believe you
			would succeed? Do you think we
			are blind?

   STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - ACT THREE   35.

46   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I don't understand.

					VAGH
			We intercepted the weapons you
			tried to transport to the surface.

					PICARD
			Governor, I assure you that --

					VAGH
			Do not insult us both by denying
			it! Maintain your position until
			further notice. Do not attempt
			to leave orbit.

	The screen returns to the starscape.

					WORF
				(reacting to his board)
			Klingon Attack Cruiser
			uncloaking, sir.

46A  ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as a Klingon Battle Cruiser uncloaks.

46B  ANGLE

	as the Bridge crew reacts...

					WORF
			Two Birds of Prey approaching.

47   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	As the Klingon Attack Cruiser and the two Birds Of
	Prey take up positions around the Enterprise...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

   STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - ACT FOUR   36.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

47A  EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise, the Attack Cruiser, and the two Birds
	of Prey. Still in a standoff.

48   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Data and Geordi are at the aft
	Engineering station. Worf is at Tactical. The
	Klingon ships are visible on the Main Viewscreen.

					DATA
			Sensors confirm an unauthorized
			transporter beam was initiated
			at eleven twenty three hours.

					PICARD
			Do you know which transporter was
			used?

	Geordi shakes his head.

					GEORDI
			Afraid not, sir. Whoever did it
			apparently used the planetary
			array to bypass the transport
			sensors.

					RIKER
			What about the transporter logs?

					GEORDI
			They're blank.

					RIKER
			How many people on board are
			capable of doing this, Geordi?

	Geordi shakes his head...

					GEORDI
			I'm not even sure how it was done
			yet... when I find out, maybe I
			can give you an answer... not
			many, that's for sure...

	Kell ENTERS from the turbolift...

   STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT FOUR   37.

48   CONTINUED:

					KELL
			Vagh is fully prepared to fire
			upon the Enterprise. I've
			convinced him it would not be wise
			to take any action without first
			consulting the High Council.

					RIKER
			How long do we have?

					KELL
			A few hours at most.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, your
			recommendations?

					GEORDI
			It might be possible to locate
			the point of origin by tracing
			power flows at the time of
			transport.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

49   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Data and Geordi stand before the schematic wall diagram
	of the Enterprise. Data taps a control and a network
	of blue lines becomes HIGHLIGHTED on the big cutaway,
	superimposed over the ship drawing... indicating the
	power distribution network.

					DATA
			The primary plasma system does
			not indicate a power drain from
			any transporter...

					GEORDI
			Then whoever used the transporter
			must have bypassed the primary
			feeds.

	Data taps another control. The lines in the
	highlighted network disappear and are replaced by
	another network of lines... indicating the energy
	currents flowing through the cargo area of the saucer
	section.

   STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT FOUR   38.

49   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Tracking power through the
			secondary systems...
				(beat, more lines
				 disappear)
			No surges to transporters are
			indicated.

					GEORDI
			Damn, who could have pulled this
			off... ?
				(beat, thoughtfully)
			Try life support power flow.

	Data taps the console again, and they watch as a third
	network of lines appears. Geordi reacts to another
	dead end.

					DATA
			No abnormal surges indicated.

	Geordi sighs, what else is there?

					GEORDI
			The replicator waveguides?

	Data does, and a less complex network appears, showing
	connections to the ship's replicators. As with the
	previous networks, this is highlighted in blue, except
	for a single line which pulses bright yellow. It
	leads directly to one of the cargo bays.

					GEORDI
			There... that's not a replicator
			energy pattern... trace it...

	Data taps the console.

					DATA
			Cargo Bay Four.

	They exchange looks. Rise and on the move... Geordi
	keys his insignia.

					GEORDI
			La Forge to Worf. Security to
			Cargo Bay Four.

	And they're out.

									TIME CUT TO:

      STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - 3/18/91 - ACT FOUR      39.

50   INT. CARGO BAY FOUR

	And it's crawling with security and engineers...
	Worf's forensic team is scanning the area with various
	devices.

	O'Brien is standing by the transporter console
	reporting to Data, La Forge and Worf.

					O'BRIEN
				(indicating the console)
			I've run a level-1 diagnostic.
			As far as I can tell, the unit
			hasn't been tampered with.

					GEORDI
			This has to be the transfer point.

	Data is studying the wall panel Geordi opened
	earlier... examining the trays of isolinear chips.

					DATA
			Perhaps the perpetrator
			reprogrammed the memory chips...
			to erase any record.

	O'Brien shakes his head... amazed.

					O'BRIEN
			You're talking about thirty or
			forty chips in half a dozen
			different control systems.

					WORF
			Which members of the crew could
			have done that?

					GEORDI
			I think I could have managed it,
			if I put my mind to it. The Chief
			here, Data, Lieutenant Costa...
			that's about it.

	Worf takes this in solemnly.

					WORF
				(reluctant)
			Procedure requires that I ask each
			of you where you were at eleven
			twenty three hours.

   STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - ACT FOUR   40.

50   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			I was with Keiko... in the
			Arboretum.

					DATA
			I was on the Bridge at my station.

					GEORDI
				(shrugs)
			I was in my quarters...

					WORF
			Was anyone with you?

					GEORDI
			No, I was alone.

	Worf digests this... no hint of suspicion.

					GEORDI
			Costa was on duty in
			Engineering... I'm sure he has
			twenty witnesses...

	Worf grunts with frustration...

					WORF
			Then there is someone on board
			who is not what he seems to be.

	As Worf moves off, Geordi turns to O'Brien... gestures
	at the open wall panel.

					GEORDI
			Chief... let's do a detailed scan
			on every chip in this assembly.
				(beat)
			There's got to be some kind of
			trail we can follow.

51   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Surrounded by the three Klingon ships.

   STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - ACT FOUR   41.

52   INT. READY ROOM

	Kell and Picard are reacting to Geordi and Data's
	report...

					PICARD
			The isolinear chips were
			definitely altered?

					GEORDI
				(acknowledging)
			Programmed to erase all operator
			commands once the transfer was
			complete.

					KELL
			If the chips have been erased...
			what evidence remains?

					DATA
			The erasures were complete.
			However, an analysis of the
			subatomic structure revealed
			almost undetectable residual
			patterns.
				(beat)
			In time, we may be able to
			reconstruct the perpetrator's
			authorization code.

					KELL
			Do you have any idea who might
			be responsible?

					GEORDI
			No, sir. Everyone who has the
			necessary skills also has an
			alibi.
				(beat)
			Except for me, that is. I was
			alone in my quarters.

	Geordi's statement does not arouse so much as a flicker
	of suspicion from Picard or Kell.

53   OMITTED

54   GEORDI'S POV - ON KELL (OPTICAL)

	As the Romulan effect appears...

     STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - 3/18/91 - ACT FOUR     41A.

54   CONTINUED:

					KELL
			Then whoever did this must have
			been specially trained for the
			task.

      STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - 3/18/91 - ACT FOUR      42.

54   CONTINUED: (2)

	The POV moving to Picard as he nods in agreement...

					PICARD
			Our forensic team is trying to
			identify anyone who might have
			been in Cargo Bay Four today...

55   RESUME NORMAL COVERAGE

					GEORDI
			It's not going to be easy. There
			were a lot of people in and out
			of there.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Data.

					DATA
			Yes, Commander.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Sensors have picked up another
			E-band emission.

					DATA
			Acknowledged, I will be there
			shortly.

					KELL
			E-band emission?

					DATA
			We have been picking up a curious
			intermittent blip... Commander
			Riker has speculated that it may
			be a Romulan transmission. I am
			attempting to track its source.

					PICARD
			Proceed... thank you, Mister La
			Forge...

	Data and Geordi EXIT...

					KELL
			We do not have much time, Picard.
			Vagh is not known for his
			patience.

      STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - 3/18/91 - ACT FOUR      43.

55   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Assure him that we are doing
			everything possible.
				(beat)
			And advise him that if necessary
			I will defend my ship...

	The two men are quiet for a moment... realizing that
	war is in the offing...

					KELL
			With your permission, I will
			transport down to the planet.

					PICARD
			Of course.

					KELL
			May I suggest that you extend an
			invitation to Vagh to personally
			witness your continuing
			investigation...

					PICARD
			Do you think he would come?

					KELL
			I will do everything in my power
			to convince him.

	Picard nods an appreciation.

					KELL
			Qapla', Picard.

	Picard accepts the traditional Klingon parting, a sign
	of respect, with a smile and a nod.

					PICARD
			Qapla'.

	Kell EXITS.

56   OMITTED

57   INT. KELL'S QUARTERS

	Kell sits at a table, eating traditional Klingon food,
	as the door chimes.

   STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT FOUR   44.

57   CONTINUED:

					KELL
			Come in, Mister La Forge.

	The door opens and Geordi ENTERS.

	Throughout the following Kell rarely looks up at
	Geordi; clearly treating the human as a mere instrument
	to be used... then discarded.

					KELL
			The investigation is moving
			faster than we expected. You are
			in danger of being exposed.

	No response from Geordi. He continues to stand quietly
	near Kell's table, waiting for his orders.

					KELL
			I will be transporting to the
			surface. When I return, Governor
			Vagh will be with me. Your
			Captain and I will take him to
			the cargo bay. I want you to kill
			him there, in front of many
			witnesses. You are to use a hand
			phaser. When he is dead, you are
			to claim that you acted on behalf
			of Starfleet, in support of
			Kriosian independence.

					GEORDI
			I understand.

	And off Geordi's calm expression...

58   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/26/91 - ACT FIVE       45.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

58A  EXT. ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around Krios. Still in a standoff with the
	Klingon ships.

58B  INT. GEORDI'S QUARTERS

	Geordi sleeps fitfully... napping in his uniform.
	Slowly push in on the restless man -- who suddenly sits
	up with a gasp; eyes blinking, soaked in sweat. Geordi
	makes a sudden decision and keys his insignia:

					GEORDI
			La Forge to O'Brien.
				(beat)
			O'Brien?

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Go ahead, Commander, what can I
			do for you?

	Geordi is relieved... as well as confused and
	shamefaced.

					GEORDI
			Nothing... nothing at all, Chief.
			Sorry I bothered you.

	Stay on him a beat as he takes a long breath.

58C  INT. SICKBAY

	Starting close on Beverly's tricorder as she scans the
	fatigued Geordi.

					BEVERLY
			You couldn't sleep at all?

	Revealing Geordi...

					GEORDI
			I was restless... kept waking
			up...

	Beverly finishes her examination... refers to the data
	displayed on her tricorder.

        STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/27/91 - ACT FIVE      45A.

58C  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			There is a minor vascular
			irregularity in the visual cortex;
			a slight dilation of the blood
			vessels. It doesn't seem serious.
				(a beat as she thinks
				 about it)
			What about your VISOR? Has it
			been giving you any problems?

					GEORDI
				(shakes head)
			No... nothing unusual.

					BEVERLY
			It might not be a bad idea to have
			your VISOR examined when we get to
			Starbase Thirty-Six next month.

					GEORDI
			Okay. Sure.

	Beverly turns to a cabinet and produces a cortical pad.

					BEVERLY
			In the meantime... this somnetic
			inducer will help you sleep. Just
			put it by your bed.

	She smiles and hands him the pad.

					GEORDI
				(unconvincing)
			Thanks, Doc... I'm sure I'll be
			fine...

	And as he EXITS...

59   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	An ND TRANSPORTER TECHNICIAN stands at the controls
	as Picard ENTERS, faces the pad.

        STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/26/91 - ACT FIVE      45B.

59   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Energize.

	Kell and Vagh MATERIALIZE along with Vagh's two unarmed
	Klingon Guards.

					PICARD
			Governor Vagh... thank you for
			coming.

	Vagh responds with a dubious grunt.

					VAGH
			You can thank Ambassador Kell.
				(beat)
			I'm here against my better
			judgment.

					KELL
			Captain... I think the first thing
			the Governor should see is the
			investigation underway in the
			cargo bay.

					PICARD
			Of course.

	Then as the Klingons step down off the pad and follow
	Picard through the door...

60   INT. BRIDGE - ANGLE ON DATA (OPTICAL)

	At the aft science station; studying the waveform
	pattern of the E-band blip on a monitor. As Riker
	approaches...

					RIKER
				(reacting)
			From inside the Enterprise?
			You're sure?

					DATA
			The first and third E-band blips
			were clearly generated on board
			the ship. The second came from
			the planet's surface.

					RIKER
			Generated by what?

        STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT FIVE       46.

60   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Unknown, sir.

					RIKER
				(a thoughtful beat)
			Mister Data, we know we have a
			spy on board... and now we have
			unexplained signals on board.
			I'd say it's a reasonable guess
			they're related somehow, wouldn't
			you?

					DATA
			Yessir, one could easily speculate
			that the E-band is being used for
			some form of covert communication.

					RIKER
			We need more than speculation,
			we need to know who, what, where,
			when and why. Soon, Mister
			Data... or we may be going to war.

					DATA
			Yessir.

	Riker moves away. Data studies the monitor... pushes a
	few panels to isolate a certain section of it.

					DATA
			Computer, run an analysis of all
			known Romulan transmission
			formats, all bands... identify
			any commonalities with displayed
			waveform.

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(beat)
			No commonalities noted.

					DATA
			Does this waveform match that of
			any known communication format?

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(beat)
			Negative.

	A beat. Data tries a new tack... presses some
	panels...

        STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT FIVE       47.

60   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Broaden search pattern beyond
			communications. Does the waveform
			displayed conform to any natural
			phenomena, cryptographic formats
			or lifeform E-M emissions?

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(after a pause)
			The signal corresponds to a
			delta-compressed wavelength
			spectrum similar to human neural
			frequencies.

					DATA
				(reacts)
			As in a human brainwave pattern?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Affirmative.

					DATA
			What kind of receiver would be
			capable of processing these
			signals?

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(a beat)
			A system designed to modify the
			electromagnetic spectrum and carry
			those messages directly to the
			human brain.

	And that brings a slight jerk to Data's head...

61   INT. GEORDI'S QUARTERS - TIGHT ON GEORDI

	at a desk, holding a phaser. He adjusts it...
	re-setting it from stun to kill. Then he places the
	weapon in his pocket and EXITS the room.

62   INT. SHUTTLEBAY

	Data ENTERS and approaches Geordi's shuttlecraft.

        STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT FIVE      47A.

62   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(keys insignia)
			Computer... link with the
			shuttle's on board system. Access
			the isolinear storage assembly.

        STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT FIVE       48.

62   CONTINUED: (2)

	A panel in the rear of the shuttle opens to reveal
	trays of memory chips.

					DATA
			Scan all chips which contain
			mission logs. Note any
			discrepancies...

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(after a moment)
			No discrepancies noted.

					DATA
			Perform a level-5 diagnostic
			of the Shuttle's power and
			navigational systems.

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(a beat)
			The components specified are all
			within normal tolerances.

62A
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63

63A  INT. CARGO BAY

	Worf and his security team are still at work in the
	background as O'Brien reports to Picard, Kell, and Vagh
	(who is flanked by his guards.) They stand near the
	bay's transporter console.

					O'BRIEN
			My technicians have examined all
			of the Enterprise's transporters,
			sir.
				(indicates console)
			I can assure you, this is the only
			unit which has been tampered
			with...

64   INT. TURBOLIFT

	Geordi is riding with another CREWMAN. After a moment,
	the lift stops, and the other man gets off.

        STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - ACT FIVE       49.

65   OMITTED

66   INT. SHUTTLEBAY

	Data going over the chip assembly with a tricorder...
	continuing to give orders to the computer as though
	he's following a checklist...

					DATA
			Scan the shuttle's structural
			integrity.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Sub-microscopic deformations are
			present in the nose section and
			aft thrusters...

					DATA
			Probable cause of these
			variations... ?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			The shuttle has been subjected
			to stress consistent with a
			tractor beam.

	Off Data's reaction...

67
thru	OMITTED
68

69   INT. CORRIDOR

	Geordi leaves the turbolift... heads down the corridor.

70   OMITTED

71   INT. CARGO BAY

	Geordi ENTERS and looks around the bay, which is alive
	with noise and activity.

71A  REVERSE ANGLE ON VAGH (OPTICAL)

	As seen in Geordi's VISOR POV. The Romulan telemetry
	information frames the image of the Klingon Governor.

        STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT FIVE       50.

72   RETURN TO GEORDI

	As he slowly reaches for the phaser in his pocket...

					O'BRIEN (O.S.)
			Commander La Forge?

	Geordi drops his hand, turns toward O'Brien, and
	smiles.

					GEORDI
			What can I do for you, Chief?

					O'BRIEN
			Could you take a look at the
			pattern buffers? Considering
			what's happened, I'm not sure the
			control systems are reliable...

					GEORDI
				(beat, glances at Vagh)
			Sure. Sure, let's take a look.

73   INT. SHUTTLEBAY

	Data studying his tricorder...

					DATA
			Computer... I'm reading anomalous
			variations in the molecular
			structure of these memory chips...
			please confirm...

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(after a pause)
			Analysis confirmed.

					DATA
			Probable cause?

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(a beat)
			Replication...

					DATA
			Compare variations with
			established Romulan replication
			patterns.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			The patterns are identical.

	And that nails it...

        STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT FIVE       51.

74   INT. CARGO BAY

	As Geordi finishes with O'Brien...

					GEORDI
				(mid-discussion)
			... and we ought to run a level-1
			diagnostic on the phase
			transition coils.

					O'BRIEN
			Right, Commander.

	Geordi acknowledges, turns toward Vagh... now at the
	other end of the cargo bay.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Data to La Forge.

	Data's call is almost swallowed in the noisy bay. It's
	easy for Geordi to ignore it and keep walking.

75
thru	OMITTED
77

77A  INT. SHUTTLE BAY

	Data getting out of the shuttle.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Report, please.

78   INT. CARGO BAY

	Geordi ignores Data's voice...

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Geordi... come in...

	A variety of people and cargo cannisters are between
	Geordi and his target. As he heads across th big
	room...

79   INT. SHUTTLEBAY

	Data heads for the door.

        STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT FIVE      51A.

79   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Computer... present location of
			Commander La Forge?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Cargo Bay Four.

					DATA
				(keys insignia)
			Data to Lieutenant Worf.

	Data EXITS.

        STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - ACT FIVE       52.

80   INT. CARGO BAY

	As Worf, who is with his security team, hears...

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Priority One.

					WORF
			Go ahead.

81   INT. CORRIDOR

	Data... on the move.

					DATA
			Take Commander La Forge into
			custody immediately.

82   INT. CARGO BAY

					WORF
			Sir?

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			That is an order.

	Then Worf turns... sees...

83   FROM HIS ANGLE - GEORDI

	At the other end of the room... moving toward Vagh,
	Picard, and the Klingons...

84   OMITTED

85   WORF

	Reacts... starts charging across the room. While...

86   GEORDI

	reaches for his phaser...

86A  GEORDI'S POV (OPTICAL)

	The Romulan telemetry information brackets Vagh.

        STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT FIVE       53.

86A  CONTINUED:

	NOTE: The following dialog can begin at scene 80. Use
	on or off camera as needed.

					PICARD
				(in background to Vagh)
			Our forensic teams are collecting
			DNA samples... by tracing
			biochemical signatures, we'll
			be able to determine who has been
			in this bay recently...

86B  RESUME NORMAL COVERAGE

					VAGH
			But how will it be possible to
			prove which one was responsible?

					PICARD
			I'm not certain we can. But at
			the very least we will narrow the
			list of suspects... and as we
			continue to check each one's
			alibi...

	Picard breaks off and reacts as...

87   WORF

	charges for Geordi and...

87A  VAGH AND THE OTHER KLINGONS

	React to Worf charging toward them.

					VAGH
				(to guards)
			Q'ac ken ta'vak!

	The two Klingon guards react to this seeming threat
	and move between Worf and Vagh; inadvertently blocking
	his access to Geordi.

88   GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	reaches Picard, Vagh, and Kell... from behind. He
	raises his phaser...

        STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT FIVE       54.

89   OMITTED

90   WORF

	blocked by the Klingon guards...

					WORF
			La Forge!

91
thru	OMITTED
96

97   PICARD (OPTICAL)

	turns... reacts to Geordi and the phaser in his hand...
	moves on instinct... grabs Geordi at the last possible
	moment... a phaser bolt shoots into the ceiling... Vagh
	ducks... the guards move away from Worf, who rushes
	up and grabs the phaser... as other security men hurry
	up...

					PICARD
			Get him out of here.

	A confused Geordi offers no resistance as the security
	people whisk him away. As Data ENTERS...

					VAGH
			Arming our enemies is not enough.
			The Federation would murder me
			to achieve its aims.

					PICARD
			Governor, if I could explain
			this... I would.

					DATA (O.S.)
			I think I can help, Captain...

	Everyone turns at the sound of Data's voice. As he
	strides across the cargo bay toward them...

					DATA
			I have been able to determine that
			Commander La Forge was abducted
			by Romulans while en route to
			Risa. It is likely that they
			somehow forced him into taking
			part in their plot to assassinate
			Governor Vagh.

        STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT FIVE       55.

97   CONTINUED:

	The room stirs with shock and disbelief.

					KELL
			I see no evidence of Romulans.
			We've just witnessed him acting
			very much alone.

					DATA
			No, sir, you did not. I do not
			think the Commander is acting on
			his own accord. He has been
			receiving E-band signals through
			his VISOR... signals which I
			believe are carrying direct
			commands to his brain.
				(beat)
			I have surmised that Commander
			La Forge was conditioned by the
			Romulans -- a process referred
			to historically, and somewhat
			inaccurately, as brainwashing.

					VAGH
			But to what end? Why would the
			Romulans want to kill me?

					PICARD
			The Romulans have always wanted
			to destroy the alliance between
			the Federation and the Klingons.
			Had Mister La Forge killed you,
			Governor, I think you would agree,
			they might very well have
			succeeded.

					WORF
			Who sent these signals? A cloaked
			Romulan ship?

					DATA
			No, that would not be possible.
			The signals had to be transmitted
			in close proximity to the VISOR.

					PICARD
			Then you're suggesting that a
			Romulan accomplice was in close
			proximity to La Forge whenever
			he received the signals...

        STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - ACT FIVE      55A.

97   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Yes, sir, I am.

					VAGH
			This Romulan accomplice... who
			is he?

        STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - ACT FIVE       56.

97   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			I have narrowed the list of
			possibilities to two people...
			the only two people who were with
			Commander La Forge all three times
			a transmission was recorded.
			Captain Picard and Ambassador
			Kell.

	Picard glances at Kell...

					DATA
			One of them may be concealing
			an E-band transmitter. If they
			would agree to be searched...

					KELL
				(interrupting)
			I am a Klingon... an emissary of
			the High Council. I will not be
			subjected to a search by you or
			anyone else on this ship...

					VAGH
				(stonily)
			I agree.

	He gestures toward his guards, who quickly seize Kell.

					VAGH
			We will take the ambassador with
			us and search him ourselves.

	Kell realizes he's in deep trouble now.

					KELL
			Captain, I believe... it is...
			in everyone's best interests that
			I remain on board. For the time
			being. I formally request asylum.

	A long beat. In measured tones...

					PICARD
			I will certainly grant you asylum,
			Ambassador, as soon as you are
			absolved of this crime.

        STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - ACT FIVE       57.

97   CONTINUED: (4)

	Kell takes a deep breath, knows he's finished. Picard
	nods to Vagh.

					VAGH
				(activating his
				 communicator)
			Gurt'ank te'la.

	As the four Klingons DEMATERIALIZE in a KLINGON
	TRANSPORTER EFFECT...

98
thru	OMITTED
99

100  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the ship cruises by at warp speed.

100A INT. GEORDI'S QUARTERS

	Geordi and Troi are sitting and talking quietly.
	Geordi is absolutely his usual self... though a little
	perplexed by Troi's gentle probing.

					GEORDI
			I was on Risa. I took long walks
			every morning... I went to the
			beach, I swam...

					TROI
			And if I told you that you never
			went to Risa at all...

        STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/19/91 - ACT FIVE       58.

100A CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(scared laugh)
			But I went in the ocean... the
			water was so salty I can still
			taste it... no, it's just not
			possible... find a woman named
			Jonek... we spent a lot of time
			together... she'll tell you...

					TROI
			There was no Jonek, you never
			swam in the ocean...

        STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT FIVE       59.

100A CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			But I remember... everything.
			Like one night there was this
			Andorian waiter who couldn't get
			our orders right. He brought us
			a Klingon dinner... and it was
			still moving.

	Geordi laughs; Troi smiles gently.

					GEORDI
			It did happen. I remember it.

					TROI
			I know you do. Just take that
			memory... and put it aside for
			a moment... and tell me what you
			remember about the shuttle craft
			trip after you left the
			Enterprise...

					GEORDI
			I was just trying to get in the
			mood... played a little music...
			talked to the computer... you know
			how it is on a long trip...

					TROI
			And when you saw the Romulan ship
			did you try to call for help?

					GEORDI
			Well, the first thing I did...
			wait a minute, that's...

        STAR TREK: "The Mind's Eye" - REV. 3/20/91 - ACT FIVE       60.

100A CONTINUED: (3)

	Geordi's words trail off. He stares at Troi for a
	long moment. Then...

					TROI
			It will take time, Geordi... a
			long time, but we will reconstruct
			your memory... together.

					GEORDI
				(beat, scared)
			I'm... not sure... of anything.

					TROI
			Believe it or not, that's a good
			sign... a beginning. Now, go back
			again to the shuttle... There
			was a Romulan ship... and the
			first thing you did was... ?

	Stay on Geordi a long beat as he just sits there...

									FADE TO BLACK.

102  OMITTED

	Final credits over black, no music.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             



                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "In Theory" 
                          #40274-199 
                              
                          Written by 
                 Joe Menosky & Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Patrick Stewart 


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                         FINAL DRAFT
 
                       MARCH 20, 1991
 


          STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/1/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "In Theory" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             ENSIGN JENNA D'SORA
                RIKER              
                DATA               ENSIGN McKNIGHT
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                GUINAN             
                O'BRIEN            
                KEIKO              
                COMPUTER VOICE 
    
                Non-Speaking       
                  NURSE              
                  SECURITY OFFICERS  
                  THORNE             
                  LIEUTENANT VAN MAYTER
                  DATA'S CAT         
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

            STAR TREK: "In Theory" - 3/20/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "In Theory" 
                      
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     SHUTTLE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              CORRIDOR                 DARK MATTER NEBULA
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              SICKBAY
              TEN FORWARD
              TROI'S OFFICE
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              JENNA'S QUARTERS
              TORPEDO BAY
              CONCERT HALL
          
            SHUTTLE

       STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/17/91 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "In Theory"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is on the outskirts of a DARK MATTER NEBULA.
	This material is not normally visible to the eye, so
	all we should see at this point is a large black space
	devoid of stars hanging in front of the ship. Perhaps
	some nearby stars around the periphery of the nebula
	are partly obscured by the gaseous material, thus
	indicating that something is blocking our view.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log: Stardate 44932.3
			The Enterprise is preparing to
			enter the Mar Oscura, an
			unexplored dark matter nebula
			first identified over a century
			ago.

2    INT. TORPEDO BAY

	This is the torpedo operations center. Launch bays for
	torpedos are set into one of the bulkheads. DATA is
	working on a photon torpedo which has been slid out of
	one of the launch bays.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Commander Data is modifying
			several of our photon torpedos
			for an experiment designed to
			elicit more information about this
			unusual phenomenon.

3    NEW ANGLE

	Revealing ENSIGN JENNA D'SORA as she moves over to
	assist Data. Jenna is of Mediterranean descent,
	petite, and almost fragile in appearance. But her
	doll-like face belies the fact that she is a veteran
	security officer who could probably hold her own
	against anyone aboard ship. Emotionally, as we will
	learn, she is more fragile.


       STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV 4/17/91 - TEASER       1A.

3    CONTINUED:

	On the surface this manifests itself only as an
	eagerness to please, a puppy-dog friendliness that asks
	for approval and affection.

          STAR TREK: "In Theory" - 3/20/91 - TEASER          2.

3    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The initial dispersal pattern
			should not be more than seven
			kilometers in diameter.

					JENNA
				(makes adjustment)
			Six point eight kilometers...

	Jenna is just a tiny bit distracted, a little quiet...
	but it's enough for Data to pick up on.

					DATA
			That should suffice.
				(beat)
			Is there something occupying your
			thoughts, Jenna? You are somewhat
			subdued today...

					JENNA
			I bumped into Jeff in the
			turbolift again this morning.

					DATA
			Was the experience as emotionally
			problematic as last week's
			encounter?

	Beat... Jenna doesn't answer directly, but keeps going
	with her thought.

					JENNA
			He... asked me to dinner.

					DATA
			What was your response?

					JENNA
			I told him I'd think about it.

					DATA
			As you requested, I must now
			remind you of the reasons you
			decided to end your relationship
			with Jeff.

	Jenna's eyes roll slightly... and there's a bit of
	humor in her expression... a small bargain between
	friends.

         STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/8/91 - TEASER 3-3A.           

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					JENNA
			I guess I asked for this... go
			ahead.

					DATA
			You objected to the fact that Jeff
			seemed unwilling to set aside
			sufficient time for you. You said
			he never did... the little things.
			He was unresponsive. You disliked
			the sound he made when he ate his
			soup...

					JENNA
				(with humor)
			Okay, okay... I remember.

					DATA
			This is the third time I have
			refreshed your memory. Do you
			wish to rescind our agreement?

					JENNA
			No, no. It's for my own good.
			It's just so easy to forget.
				(indicates device)
			Hand me that sequencer.

					DATA
			Many lovers throughout history
			have had similar difficulties.
			Anne Boleyn was quite distressed
			that Henry the Eighth preferred
			the company of his huntsmen to
			that of his wife.

	Data hands her a small instrument. She waves it a few
	times over the inside of the torpedo, taking a reading.


        STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/8/91 - TEASER        4.

3    CONTINUED: (3)

					JENNA
				(wryly)
			As I recall, she ended up losing
			her head. I guess I'm well out of
			this.
				(beat)
			When did you develop an interest
			in romantic historical figures?

					DATA
			Six weeks ago, when you and Jeff
			dissolved your relationship, I
			saw an excellent opportunity to
			study that aspect of human
			intimacy. Also, I believed it
			was my obligation to do so.

					JENNA
			"Obligation"? What do you mean?

					DATA
			I anticipated this would be a
			difficult period for you. As your
			friend, it is my responsibility
			to be supportive in times of need.

					JENNA
				(genuinely touched)
			That is really sweet, Data.

	She looks at him with gratitude, affection... and
	something more...

        STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/1/91 - TEASER        5.

4    NEW ANGLE

	Data closes the panel on the torpedo. Jenna moves to
	a control console on the bulkhead. Data gives
	everything one final check and then steps away from
	the torpedo and nods to Jenna. She works the controls
	and the torpedo SLIDES INTO the launch bay.

					DATA
				(hits communicator)
			Data to Bridge. We are ready for
			the first illumination test.

5    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	RIKER in Command, ENSIGN MCKNIGHT at Con, WORF at
	Tactical.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Acknowledged. All science
			stations stand by... we're about
			to light up the nebula. Mister
			Worf?

					WORF
				(reading console)
			Launch bay one shows ready,
			Commander.

					RIKER
			Fire torpedo.

	Worf works the console.

6    INT. TORPEDO BAY (OPTICAL)

	Data and Jenna are reading displays and working
	consoles. A SOUND EFFECT is heard and some lights
	FLASH to indicate the torpedo launch. A display
	monitor gives an EXTERIOR VIEW of the nebula outside
	the ship.

          STAR TREK: "In Theory" - 3/20/91 - TEASER          6.

7    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The torpedo DISAPPEARS into the nebula. After a couple
	seconds, the torpedo EXPLODES and there is a BRILLIANT
	SHOW OF LIGHT. The dark matter has been illuminated
	by the display and the gaseous cloud can be seen
	clearly for the first time.

8    INT. TORPEDO BAY (OPTICAL)

	Data and Jenna watch the monitor.

					JENNA
				(softly)
			It's beautiful.
				(she moves closer to
				 him)
			Like watching fireworks when I
			was a little girl.

	Jenna turns her gaze to Data... and there is a great
	deal more in her look than simple friendship. We get
	another hint of her growing feelings for him. As they
	watch the brilliant light show together...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT ONE       7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

9    INT. TEN FORWARD

	A woodwind quintet composed of Data (oboe), Jenna
	(flute), KEIKO, (clarinet) and TWO N.D. MALE
	CREWMEMBERS (bassoon, French horn), is playing a piece
	of music to the patrons in the room, including O'BRIEN.

	The music comes to a stop and there is APPLAUSE from
	the audience. The members of the quartet stand and
	acknowledge the crowd. O'Brien moves toward the
	"stage" area along with a few other well-wishers.

					O'BRIEN
				(to Keiko)
			It was wonderful.

	He gives her a quick kiss.

					KEIKO
			Thanks.

	Data sets down his instrument, Jenna keeps her flute in
	hand, still stares at her music, obviously unhappy.
	Data cocks his head in puzzlement.

					DATA
			Is anything wrong?

					JENNA
			My tempo was off. I felt like
			I was really rushing it.

					DATA
			I do not believe that is so. Your
			rhythmic control has improved
			markedly. I heard no fluctuations
			during the performance.

	She relaxes a bit -- Data's support means a lot to her.

					JENNA
			Well, maybe. But I ruined the
			coda. I got confused with the
			phrasing... I kept breathing at
			the wrong times.

       STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT ONE       7A.

9    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The contrapuntal nature of the
			composition is quite demanding.
			We will give the rhythmic
			patterns more attention in our
			next rehearsal.
				(beat)
			However, I am quite certain that
			the audience was oblivious to such
			nuances. They seemed to enjoy
			the performance thoroughly.

	She looks at him and smiles -- his kind attention makes
	her feel better.

					JENNA
			Thanks, Data... you're really
			sweet.

10   INT. TEN FORWARD - LATER

	A short time later. Data, Jenna, Keiko, and O'Brien
	are sitting at one of the tables, sharing drinks.

       STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 3/27/91 - ACT ONE       8.

10   CONTINUED:

					KEIKO
			... every night, Miles leaves his
			socks on the floor. When we got
			married, I made the mistake of
			picking them up a few times...
			then I realized if I kept it up
			I'd be doing it the rest of my
			life... so I stopped... figuring
			he'd get the message and do it
			himself.

	Miles smiles easily, unbothered.

					KEIKO
			One night goes by... two... a
			week... ten days... by now there's
			a pile of socks half a meter
			high!

					O'BRIEN
			Come on... it wasn't half a
			meter...

					KEIKO
			After two weeks I couldn't stand
			it any more -- I bundled them up
			and put them in the cleaning
			processor. And I'm still doing
			it.

					O'BRIEN
			And a very good job of it she
			does, too...

	He winks broadly at Data as Keiko whirls on him, rising
	to the jibe. O'Brien laughs and puts his arm around
	her. They kiss lightly on the lips, a loving couple
	accepting each other's faults and foibles. Jenna
	regards them, a look of faint envy crossing her face.
	She glances at Data, touches his arm occasionally, and
	as she talks, her manner suggests that they, too, are
	a couple...

        STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV 4/17/91 - ACT ONE 9-9A.           

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					JENNA
			Keiko, you sound just like Data.
			He came to my quarters the other
			day to give me a music lesson,
			and he said the funniest thing...
			how did you put it, Data?

					DATA
			I believe I observed that you seem
			to have an aversion to
			orderliness... but it was not
			intended as a humorous remark...

					JENNA
			So before we started, he gallantly
			offered to help me straighten up.

	She threads her arm fondly through his, clearly wanting
	to establish that they, too, have this easy-going
	relationship.

					DATA
			And a very good job of it I did,
			too.

	He gives O'Brien a broad wink and the group laughs.
	Data is pleased that he has caused this reaction --
	though he's not entirely certain why.

									CUT TO:

       STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV 4/17/91 - ACT ONE       10.

11
thru	OMITTED
13

14   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship near the nebula.

15   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Data is at the aft science station, studying
	information from the nebula.

					PICARD
			Report, Mister Data.

					DATA
			I am nearly finished compiling
			the readings from our most recent
			illuminatory burst. They differ
			considerably from surveys of
			similar nebulae.

					PICARD
			How so?

					DATA
			Dark matter density is nearly one
			order of magnitude higher than
			previously found.
				(beat)
			Lifeforms here may have developed
			in ways never before observed.

					RIKER
				(to Data)
			Interesting hypothesis. Are there
			any M-Class planets we could check
			out?

					DATA
			Several, Sir. The nearest is
			approximately three light years
			from our present position.

       STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV 4/17/91 - ACT ONE       11.

15   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			It's worth a look. We'll continue
			with our survey along the way.
				(to McKnight)
			Ensign, get the planet's
			coordinates from Commander Data
			and plot a course, three quarters
			impulse.

									CUT TO:

16   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship ENTERS the nebula at impulse.

16A  INT. SICKBAY (PREVIOUSLY SCENE 11)

	BEVERLY and a NURSE are standing at the large wall
	monitor, running a complex experiment.

					BEVERLY
				(to Nurse)
			Let's increase the flow rate --
			see if that helps.

	The Nurse nods and then leaves. Beverly looks at the
	monitor for a beat, then moves toward her office.

16B  ON BEVERLY (PREVIOUSLY SCENE 12)

	As she walks by a RACK OF INSTRUMENTS on the wall...
	Several steps past it she hears a glassy, metallic
	CLINK! She stops... looks back at the rack in
	puzzlement... then looks down at the floor.

16C  NEW ANGLE (PREVIOUSLY SCENE 13)

	Revealing a MEDICAL INSTRUMENT lying on the deck
	beneath the rack. She's puzzled.

	She looks around, but there's no one here at the
	moment. With a trace of annoyance, Beverly picks up
	the instrument and replaces it in the rack.

									CUT TO:

       STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV 4/17/91 - ACT ONE       12.

17   INT. TORPEDO BAY

	Data and Jenna are working on an open photon torpedo.
	Jenna is installing a small cannister inside the
	central chamber of the torpedo. Data monitors with
	a small digital instrument. The work doesn't require
	their constant attention.

					JENNA
			Sometimes in the summer we went
			on cookouts... just my little
			brother and me, and Mother... She
			was hopeless without a replicator.
			But we didn't care.

					DATA
			Children often do not develop a
			discerning palette until well
			beyond adolescence.

					JENNA
			It's wasn't that. It just felt...
			so good to be together... as a
			family. We didn't have much of
			that after my father died... so
			those times were really special.
				(beat)
			I wish we were back there now...
			you and I...

					DATA
			The unidirectional nature of the
			time continuum makes that an
			unlikely possibility.

					JENNA
				(laughs)
			That's one thing I've always loved
			about you. You make me laugh.
				(beat)
			You know, maybe I've been with
			the wrong men. Why couldn't they
			be like you, Data? You've got
			everything.

					DATA
			That is not true. I have no human
			feelings.

	She takes his hand in a friendly fashion.

       STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV 4/17/91 - ACT ONE       13.

17   CONTINUED:

					JENNA
			But you've still given me more
			than any of them. You've spent
			time with me when I was lonely...
			you've encouraged me when I was
			down. No one could have been
			kinder to me... those are the
			things that matter...

       STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT ONE       14.

17   CONTINUED: (3)

	Jenna smiles.

					JENNA
				(continuing, re: the
				 job)
			Well, I think that's it.
				(with put on formality)
			With your permission, Commander,
			I'll be going.

					DATA
				(straight)
			Permission granted.

	She gives him a friendly kiss on the cheek, but only
	pulls a short distance away afterwards.

					JENNA
			I don't know if you're aware of
			it... but you're very handsome...

	She kisses him again, this time longer and on the lips
	-- a real kiss, which Data doesn't resist. Jenna
	smiles.

					JENNA
				(continuing)
			See you tomorrow...

	She turns and leaves the room. OFF Data's reaction.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

       STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT TWO       15.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

18   INT. TEN FORWARD

	It's after hours and the room is deserted. GUINAN is
	mixing several drinks in odd-shaped glasses on the bar.
	Data ENTERS, there is a lost, puzzled expression on
	his face.

					GUINAN
			Hi, Data. Want to try something
			new?

	Data sits at the bar and looks at the drinks she's
	making with only slight curiosity.

					GUINAN
				(continuing)
			This is a concoction I heard about
			on Prakal Two. I think it's
			great, but I want another opinion,
			so...

	She carefully combines a yellow and a blue liquid in
	a glass, producing a sickly green potion. She offers
	it to Data. He takes a small drink. She waits for
	a reaction.

					DATA
			Eighty-seven percent Saurian
			Brandy... Targ milk and Denevian
			mead comprise the rest... an
			unusually high concentration of
			mono-saccharides and fructose
			compounds.

					GUINAN
			Too sweet, huh?

	Data gives her a look -- "Kool Aid." Guinan drinks
	some of the potion herself and Data retreats into
	thoughtful silence.

       STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT TWO       16.

18   CONTINUED:

	Guinan quickly picks up on the fact that something's
	on his mind.

					GUINAN
			If I didn't know you better, I'd
			say you were... preoccupied.

					DATA
			Ensign D'Sora just gave me what
			could be considered a very...
			passionate kiss in the Torpedo
			Bay.

	Guinan gives him a long piercing look.

					GUINAN
			Really?
				(beat)
			How did it make you feel?

					DATA
			I cannot feel because---

					GUINAN
			I know, I know. You have no
			emotions.
				(very intrigued)
			What I mean is, what's going on
			in there?
				(points at his head)
			What did it make you think about?

					DATA
			I was... intrigued. Jenna seemed
			to be displaying genuine affection
			toward me.

       STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT TWO       17.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					GUINAN
			And then?

					DATA
			I calculated that Jenna's actions
			to date would tend to support the
			supposition that she wishes to
			initiate a non-platonic mutually
			exclusive relationship.

					GUINAN
			You're just a starry-eyed
			romantic, aren't you?
				(before he can answer)
			What do you think of her?

					DATA
			I find her to be a competent
			officer... highly motivated...
			lacking somewhat in her
			understanding of the theory
			underlying dilithium matrix
			applications---

					GUINAN
			But what do you think of her
			personally?
				(beat)
			Do you like her?

					DATA
			I have become... used to her.

					GUINAN
			It sounds like the next step is
			up to you.
				(beat)
			So what are you gonna do about
			it?

					DATA
			I do not know. Clearly, an
			ongoing intimate relationship is
			an option. However, I am
			inexperienced in such matters.
			I require advice.

	Beat.

      STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 3/28/91 - ACT TWO      18.

18   CONTINUED: (3)

					GUINAN
			Well, don't look at me.

	Data obligingly looks away from her.

					GUINAN
			No, no. I mean, this time I don't
			have any advice to give. You
			can't tell someone how to handle
			their first love affair. They have
			to find a way to do that
			themselves.

	Data thinks for a moment.

					DATA
			But I am incapable of love.

					GUINAN
				(knowing look)
			Then this should be a very unique
			experience.

	On Data's expression...

									CUT TO:

19   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In the nebula.

20   INT. CORRIDOR

	Data is about to go into his quarters. From o.s. we
	hear...

					GEORDI'S VOICE
			Missing someone?

21   NEW ANGLE

	Revealing GEORDI walking toward Data. He is carrying
	Data's CAT in his arms.

					GEORDI
			I found Spot wandering through
			the corridor two sections away.

	Geordi hands Data the cat.

      STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 3/25/91 - ACT TWO      19.

21   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			Thank you.

					GEORDI
			Forget to secure the door when
			you left?

					DATA
			The door sensor has been
			programmed to recognize only
			humanoid forms for entry or
			egress. Spot could not have
			triggered the mechanism.

	They EXIT to...

22   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	Data puts the cat down.

					GEORDI
			Maybe someone came in while you
			were away and let him out by
			accident. Has anything been
			disturbed?

					DATA
				(looks around very
				 quickly)
			No.
				(to com)
			Computer, has anyone entered my
			quarters in the last twelve hours
			other than myself or Commander
			La Forge?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Negative.

					GEORDI
			That's pretty strange... we should
			report a possible unauthorized
			entry to security, just to be on
			the safe side.

	Data nods in agreement and Geordi moves toward the
	door, but Data stops him.

      STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 3/27/91 - ACT TWO      20.

22   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Geordi, may I ask your advice
			concerning a... personal matter?

					GEORDI
			Sure, Data.

					DATA
			Should I pursue a relationship
			with Ensign D'Sora?

	Geordi is caught off-guard and it shows.

					DATA
				(prompting)
			Ensign Jenna D'Sora. Serial
			number CL-10928---

					GEORDI
			Yeah, I know who she is. I
			thought she and Jeff Arton...

					DATA
			They discontinued their
			association. Now she has made
			the... first move in initiating
			a relationship with me.
				(beat)
			What should I do?

	Geordi thinks for a long beat, then gropes for
	something to tell his friend.

					GEORDI
			Hmmm... if she just ended a bad
			situation... sometimes it takes
			people a while... but if they
			jump into another relationship
			--

	From the confused look on Data's face, Geordi can tell
	this isn't helping much, but he keeps going.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			... see, that can be a problem...
			unless, of course, she is ready...
			and then it depends if you're
			really serious. It's uh... kind
			of complicated.

       STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT TWO       21.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

	Geordi tries to think of the right thing to say... but
	he feels a little helpless here... finally gives up.

					GEORDI
				(after a beat)
			My advice to you is... to ask
			someone else for advice. Someone
			with a little more experience in
			these things.

									CUT TO:

22A  OMITTED

23   INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	TROI and Data sitting.

					TROI
			I think you should be careful.
			This is not some experiment you're
			running. Jenna is a living,
			breathing person with needs and
			feelings that have to be
			considered.

					DATA
			Then you believe I should not
			pursue this any further.

					TROI
			No, I didn't say that... I just
			want you to be aware that this
			will be unlike any other... more
			casual relationship that you've
			attempted.

					DATA
			I have studied a great deal of
			human literature on the subject
			of love and romantic liaisons.
			There are many role models for
			me to emulate.

					TROI
			Ultimately, Jenna will care for
			you because of what you are. Not
			what you imitate out of a book.

       STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT TWO       22.

23   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			My programming may be inadequate
			to the task.

	Troi gives him a sympathetic smile.

					TROI
			We're all more than the sum of
			our parts, Data. You'll have to
			be more than the sum of your
			programming.

									CUT TO:

24   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Worf and Data near the Tactical station.

					WORF
			Klingons do not... pursue
			relationships. They conquer that
			which they desire.

	Data nods and moves to leave, but Worf stops him.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			However...
				(quietly, with meaning)
			Ensign D'Sora serves under my
			command. If she were...
			mistreated, I would be very...
			displeased.

	Data gets the message.

					DATA
			I understand.

	Data walks away... glances back once at Worf... then
	turns and keeps going.

									CUT TO:

       STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/3/91 - ACT TWO       23.

25   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

					RIKER
			I think you should pursue it.
			First of all, she's a beautiful
			woman who seems to be crazy about
			you.

	Data is still troubled by something.

					DATA
			Jenna has clearly demonstrated
			how she feels about me. But I
			am not capable of returning those
			feelings.

					RIKER
			I'm sure she's aware of that.
				(beat)
			Data, when you get involved with
			another person, there's always
			a risk. Of disappointment. Of
			getting hurt.

					DATA
			I cannot get hurt. But she can.

					RIKER
			Jenna knows that. And she's
			obviously decided to take the
			chance. Data, when it really
			works between two people, it's
			like nothing you've ever
			experienced -- the rewards are
			far beyond simple friendship.

					DATA
			How far beyond, sir?

					RIKER
			Well, that's what I hope you're
			about to find out.

	Data thinks for a beat.

					DATA
			Thank you, Commander.

	Data EXITS to...

      STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT TWO      23A.

26   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data intercepts Picard as he's heading for his Ready
	Room.

					DATA
			Captain, I am seeking advice in---

       STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/1/91 - ACT TWO       24.

26   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Yes, I've heard, Data... and I
			would be delighted to offer you
			any advice I have on understanding
			women.
				(beat)
			As soon as I have some, I'll let
			you know.

	Picard continues to the Ready Room. OFF Data's
	reaction.

									CUT TO:

27   INT. CORRIDOR

	Data is walking purposefully along the corridor, a
	bouquet of flowers in his hand.

					DATA (V.O.)
			Second Officer's personal log,
			Stardate 44935.6. After
			conferring with my colleagues
			regarding the nature of romantic
			love in general, and my own
			situation in particular, I have
			reached a decision.

	He stops in front of a door. It chimes and opens.
	Jenna is standing inside, wearing an attractive,
	off-duty outfit.

28   INT. JENNA'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	Jenna smiles about the flowers.

					JENNA
			They're beautiful. Come in.

	She takes the flowers from him, and he follows her into
	the room, the door closing behind.

	Jenna's quarters are more "personal" than any we've
	seen on the Enterprise. "Creative disorganization"
	seems to be the dominant motif. A profusion of art
	objects and decorations are combined with a couple of
	clothing articles casually left where they were
	dropped. It looks very "comfortable."

      STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/1/91 - ACT TWO      24A.

28   CONTINUED:

	She raises the flowers to catch their pleasant
	fragrance.

					JENNA
				(continuing)
			Mmmm. What are they?

					DATA
			Crystilia. Their fragrance is
			an evolutionary response to the
			acrid nature of the atmosphere
			on Telemarius Three.

       STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/1/91 - ACT TWO       25.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					JENNA
				(re: Data)
			You silver-tongued devil.
				(turns)
			Let me find somewhere to put
			these.

	She scans the densely decorated room.

					JENNA
				(continuing)
			Hmmm. That might not be so
			easy...

	As Jenna looks around, Data follows her further into
	the room.

					DATA
			It seems that your quarters have
			reverted to their earlier state
			of disorder.

					JENNA
			I know. I'm hopeless.

	Jenna finally locates a vase and arranges the flowers
	in it.

					JENNA
				(continuing)
			There.
				(regarding them)
			They're beautiful, Data. It's
			so sweet of you...

					DATA
			It was Commander Riker who
			suggested this particular flower.
			He said that it had worked for
			him in the past.

      STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/1/91 - ACT TWO      25A.

28   CONTINUED: (3)

	Jenna raises an eyebrow.

					JENNA
			You didn't talk to the entire ship
			about us...

					DATA
			No. In actuality, less than one
			percent of the Enterprise crew
			was involved. It was necessary
			to balance theory with
			experiential referents. Both are
			required for a program of this
			nature.
				(to Computer)
			Computer, decrease illumination
			level by one third standard lux.

	The lights dim to a romantic glow. Data purposefully
	sits down on the couch, Jenna remains standing, a
	puzzled look on her face.

      STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 3/25/91 - ACT TWO      26.

28   CONTINUED: (4)

					JENNA
				(re: the situation)
			This is all part of a program?

					DATA
			Yes. One which I have just
			created for romantic
			relationships.

	Jenna smiles, sits down next to him, much closer than
	she would to "a friend."

					JENNA
				(with humor)
			So... I'm just a small variable
			in one of your new computational
			environments?

					DATA
			You are much more than that,
			Jenna. I have written a
			subroutine specifically for you
			-- a program within the program.
			I have devoted a considerable
			share of my internal resources
			to its development.

	Jenna looks touched. She leans toward him, still
	appreciates the humor of the situation.

					JENNA
			That's the nicest thing anyone's
			ever said to me.

	Jenna puts her arms around him and they kiss...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/1/91 - ACT THREE      27.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

29   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	travelling through the nebula.

30   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, McKnight at Con, Data at Ops.

					PICARD
			Estimated time of arrival, Mister
			Data?

					DATA
			We will reach the M class planet
			in approximately eleven hours.

	Picard nods.

					PICARD
			You have the Bridge, Number One.

	Riker takes the Captain's chair; FOLLOW Picard into the
	Ready Room.

31   INT. READY ROOM - CONTINUOUS

	Picard ENTERS the room, walks casually towards his desk
	-- and STOPS.

	The top of his desk is completely bare. Puzzled, he
	glances around.

32   INCLUDE THE FLOOR

	under the desk. Where everything once on top --
	computer terminal, PADDS, PADD holder, tea mug -- have
	been somehow dumped onto the floor.

	Picard reacts, curious. He stares at the mess for a
	beat.

					PICARD
				(keying insignia)
			Picard to Lieutenant Worf.

     STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 3/27/91 - ACT THREE     28.

32   CONTINUED:

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Yes, Captain?

					PICARD
			Step into my Ready Room, please.
			And bring a tricorder.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Aye, Sir.

	Picard crouches down, inspecting the objects. Worf
	ENTERS the room and Picard stands back up.

					WORF
			Captain?

	Worf stares at the floor for a moment. Then back to
	Picard.

					PICARD
			What do you make of this?

					WORF
			I am puzzled, Sir.

					PICARD
			So am I, Mister Worf.

	Worf aims the tricorder at the objects and takes a
	quick reading.

					WORF
			Captain, the only detectable
			bioelectric residuals are your
			own.
				(a beat)
			You did not --

					PICARD
			-- No. I did not.

	Worf scowls. He quickly checks the bathroom.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			It seems we have a poltergeist.

					WORF
			Sir?

					PICARD
			A mischievous spirit.

      STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT THREE      29.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(understanding)
			Hoq-JoH.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			Perhaps this is some kind of
			practical joke.

					WORF
				(taken aback)
			Sir?

					PICARD
			Perhaps not.

					WORF
			I cannot explain how an intruder
			could have entered this room...
			I recommend we go to Red Alert.

					PICARD
			Not yet.

					WORF
			Then I will order one of my
			officers to stand watch.
				(keys insignia)
			Worf to Ensign --

					PICARD
				(cutting him off)
			-- That's alright, Mister Worf.
			For now, I think circumstances
			warrant our caution -- nothing
			more.

       STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT THREE 30-32.         

32   CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF
				(reluctantly)
			As you wish, Captain.

	Picard dismisses him with a nod, and Worf turns and
	goes out the door. Picard stares again at the objects
	beneath the desk. OFF his still puzzled face.

33   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In the nebula.

34
thru	OMITTED
35

36   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Data is painting at an easel. The door CHIMES.

					DATA
			Enter.

	He stops painting and turns toward the door as Jenna
	steps inside, carrying an object in both her hands.

					JENNA
			I know it's a little unexpected...

     STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 3/28/91 - ACT THREE     33.

36   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			You are correct. I did not
			anticipate your arrival until
			nineteen hundred hours.

	Data stays at the easel, continues to paint.

					JENNA
			I couldn't wait... I wanted you
			to have this.

	She holds the object out to Data -- it is a small
	alien sculpture, exotic and beautiful. He studies it,
	but does not take it.

					DATA
			You have often expressed
			dissatisfaction with the Spartan
			nature of my quarters. Is this
			an attempt at embellishment?

					JENNA
			The cat's out of the bag.

					DATA
				(looking around)
			Spot?

					JENNA
			I mean you've caught me in the
			act. I'm just trying to brighten
			things up around here.
				(re: the sculpture)
			It's Tyrinean. What do you think?

	Data studies the object for a moment.

					DATA
			Its line is both fluid and formal,
			yet retains an unpremeditated
			quality. The tactility of the
			surface enrichment is evocative
			of the neo-primitive period in
			Tyrinean blade carving.

					JENNA
			I hadn't thought of it that way.

	Jenna looks at Data, still seated at his easel.

     STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 3/27/91 - ACT THREE     33A.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

					JENNA
				(re: painting)
			I'm sorry. Don't let me
			interrupt.

					DATA
			Alright.

     STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 3/28/91 - ACT THREE     34.

36   CONTINUED: (3)

	Then he turns back and continues painting. If it was
	anybody else, the action would be the height of
	rudeness. Jenna can't help but react a moment, even
	though she knows he doesn't intend a slight. She
	recovers.

					JENNA
				(playfully)
			Data.

					DATA
				(looks up)
			Yes?

					JENNA
			The Book of Love, chapter four,
			paragraph seventeen: When your
			girlfriend arrives with a gift,
			stop whatever it is you're doing,
			and give her your undivided
			attention.

					DATA
			My literature search was
			apparently incomplete. I
			discovered twenty-nine books with
			that title, but none contained
			that particular admonition.

					JENNA
				(playful)
			That's because we're writing our
			own version as we go -- you and
			I.

	A long beat as Data thinks about this. He sets down
	his paintbrush.

					DATA
			I should not have resumed my
			painting?

					JENNA
			No.

					DATA
			Despite your suggestion that I
			continue?

					JENNA
			Exactly.

      STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT THREE      35.

36   CONTINUED: (4)

	Another thoughtful beat.

					DATA
			The nature of our interactions
			is considerably more subtle and
			complex than I had anticipated.
			I have much to learn.

	A beat as Jenna gets an idea.

					JENNA
			Let's start with this.

	She hands him back the sculpture.

					JENNA
				(continuing)
			A critical analysis isn't
			necessarily the best response to
			a gift.

	A beat.

					DATA
			Perhaps if I looked for a suitable
			place to display it.

					JENNA
				(pleased)
			Much better.

	Data stands and walks with the carving to a remote
	corner of the room, placing it onto a bare surface.

					DATA
			The ambient light in this location
			accentuates its contours.

	Data observes Jenna's neutral response. Then thinks
	for a beat. He returns to a much more central table.

      STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT THREE      36.

36   CONTINUED: (5)

					DATA
				(continuing)
			However, a gift should not
			necessarily be placed according
			to aesthetic criteria. A more
			central location will carry added
			meaning.

	He places the carving in the more noticeable location.
	Jenna steps over to him, takes his hand.

					JENNA
			Data, what's important is that
			you're trying. You don't know
			how much that means to me.

	She indicates the easel.

					JENNA
				(continuing)
			Now, go back to your painting.

	Data starts to go back to the easel... hesitates, looks
	at her.

					JENNA
				(smiles)
			This time I really mean it.
				(kisses him on cheek)
			I'll see you tonight.

	FOLLOW Jenna as she goes out the door, smile on her
	face.

37   INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Jenna walks out of Data's quarters and the door closes
	behind her. She takes a few steps, still smiling, then
	pauses a moment. The smile fades for just an instant,
	replaced by the hint of a doubt about this situation.
	She walks back into her room... as a wall panel on
	the corridor bulkhead DEMATERIALIZES, briefly showing
	the wiring within.

									CUT TO:

38   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in the nebula.

      STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/1/91 - ACT THREE      37.

38A  INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is working on a terminal at his desk.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Captain Picard. You're
			needed on the Bridge.

					PICARD
				(to COM)
			Acknowledged.

	FOLLOW Picard as he stands and heads to the door and
	onto the Bridge.

39   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Picard steps onto the Bridge from the Ready Room.
	Riker is in Command, Data, Worf, McKnight at their
	respective positions.

					RIKER
			We've reached the designated
			coordinates.

	Riker indicates the viewscreen and they turn to look.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			But the M-Class planet... it's
			gone.

     STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 3/25/91 - ACT THREE     38.

40   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Nothing but the nebula and empty space.

	OFF Picard's reaction.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/1/91 - ACT FOUR      39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

41   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Data, and McKnight turn from the
	viewscreen.

					PICARD
			Are you sure there was no
			malfunction in the sensors?

					DATA
			No, sir. Lateral EM scanners
			registered radiation indicative
			of an M-Class planet.

					WORF
			Sir!

42   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	A reddish-brown planet now fills the screen. Everyone
	reacts to the sight.

43   RESUME

	Picard and Riker exchange a bemused look.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Mister Data, run a complete
			systems diagnostic --

	Picard is interrupted.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			-- Atmospheric decompression in
			Bridge Observation Lounge...
			Environmental compensation
			sequence has been initiated...

     STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 3/26/91 - ACT FOUR     39A.

43   CONTINUED:

	Everyone is taken aback.

					WORF
				(looks up puzzled)
			I am not registering a hull
			breach.

      STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 3/26/91 - ACT FOUR      40.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Scan for lifeforms.

					WORF
				(scanning)
			None, Sir.

					RIKER
				(to Computer)
			Computer, boost the structural
			integrity field around the hull
			by one hundred percent.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Field augmented...

					DATA
				(off instruments)
			Captain. Standard air pressure
			has been reestablished in the
			Observation lounge.

	Everyone looks at each other -- another mysterious
	development.

					PICARD
			Let's have a look.

	Picard, Riker, Data, and Worf head for the obs lounge.

44   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	The door opens from the Bridge and Worf ENTERS first,
	phaser drawn. He is taken aback by what he sees.

					WORF
			Captain.

	Picard, Riker, and Data immediately follow him inside.

45   THEIR POV

	The entire room has been tossed. Everything not nailed
	down -- PADDS, chairs, displays -- looks as though it's
	been bounced off the walls.

      STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 3/28/91 - ACT FOUR      41.

46   RESUME

	Everyone reacts.

					WORF
				(frustrated)
			I do not understand.

	Worf rights an upturned chair as Data quickly goes to
	the outer wall and begins running his tricorder along
	it.

					RIKER
			Data, are you picking up anything?

					DATA
			I detect no unusual readings.

	Data reaches the window, passes the tricorder over it
	-- reacts.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Curious. The transparent aluminum
			alloy of this window is
			exhibiting a pattern of transient
			electrical currents.

					PICARD
			Explanation?

					DATA
			I have none. The rate is
			characteristic of a subspace
			distortion. But I am not picking
			up evidence of subspace fields.

	A beat. Picard turns to his officers.

      STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FOUR      42.

46   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			We will hold position while we
			seek an explanation for these
			anomalies. Divert all resources
			to that end.

	Everyone knows their jobs and as they move to EXIT...

									CUT TO:

46A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise at impulse, nebula in the background.

47   INT. JENNA'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Data ENTERS, carrying a PADD under his arm like a
	briefcase, looking like a cross between Ward Cleaver
	and the Man in the Grey Flannel Suit. Jenna has just
	come in, is still in uniform, and looks a little
	frazzled.

					DATA
			Hi, honey, I am home.

					JENNA
			Hi.

	He kisses her on the check. She reacts a moment to
	his manner -- they aren't living together, and Data's
	home from work attitude is a bit odd. But she brushes
	it off.

					JENNA
			Any luck at your end?

					DATA
			Negative. We performed a full
			systems diagnostic and found no
			malfunctions.

					JENNA
			We did a full security sweep.
			Nothing.

	She flops down on the couch, takes off her shoes, and
	drops them on the floor. There are several other pairs
	there -- this is something she does every night.

      STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/1/91 - ACT FOUR      43.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Can I get you a drink, dear?

	Another little take... Data's saying the right things,
	but it comes off a bit strangely.

					JENNA
			Well, yes. I think I'll have...
			a Calaman Sherry.

					DATA
			Excellent choice. I shall join
			you.

	He moves to the replicator.

					DATA
			Two Calaman Sherries.
				(to Jenna)
			Would you like some dinner as
			well?

					JENNA
			I'm too tired to think about what
			I want... maybe later.

	The replictor produces the drinks; he carries them to
	her.

					DATA
			Whatever you like, dear.

	He gives her a drink and she starts too sip. But he
	stops her arm, indicates that they should toast. He
	lifts his glass.

     STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 3/28/91 - ACT FOUR     43A.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Darling, you remain as
			aesthetically pleasing as the day
			we first met. I believe I am the
			most fortunate sentient in this
			sector of the galaxy.

	He touches her glass with his, and then takes a drink.
	So does Jenna, though she eyes him a bit warily. This
	is feeling really strange...

					DATA
			Now... you must relax. Put your
			feet up. I will take care of
			everything.

	He rises and begins to straighten things in the
	perpetual clutter of Jenna's quarters. He picks up the
	shoes which have collected on the floor.

					DATA
			I could organize your closets.
			I have found that by grouping
			apparel first by function, and
			then by color from light to dark,
			one can more easily locate one's
			desired choice.

	He heads toward the bedroom with the shoes.

					JENNA
			Data... it's all right. You don't
			have to do that...

					DATA
			But I am happy to do it.

					JENNA
			Please... put them down.

	Acquiescent, Data puts the shoes down right where he is
	-- in the doorway. He swoops down on the couch beside
	her, utterly attentive.

					DATA
			What would you like, dear? Am
			I not paying enough attention to
			you?

					JENNA
			It's not that...

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FOUR          44.

47   CONTINUED: (4)

					DATA
			Perhaps I have not given you
			enough compliments. Your hair
			is looking particularly silky
			tonight...

					JENNA
			Data... there's just something...
			strange... about the way you're
			acting...

	Data tries to figure that one out.

					DATA
			Am I not behaving as a solicitous
			mate?

					JENNA
			Well, yes, but...

					DATA
			Tending to your every need?

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FOUR          45.

47   CONTINUED: (5)

					JENNA
			What is wrong with you tonight?

	Data responds to her angry tone, matching it as best
	he can.

					DATA
			My most recent self-diagnostic
			revealed no malfunctions. Perhaps
			something is wrong with you.

	Jenna stares at him, unbelieving.

					JENNA
			I've never seen you behave so...
			foolishly. Why are you doing
			this?

					DATA
				(still "angry")
			You may not tell me how I should
			behave. You are not my mother.

					JENNA
			What?

					DATA
			"You are not my mother." Is that
			not an appropriate response to
			your statement that I am behaving
			foolishly?

					JENNA
				(completely frustrated)
			Data, I think you should just
			leave.

	Data cocks his head.

					DATA
				(calm)
			You do not wish to continue our...
			lovers quarrel?

	She stares at him, dumbfounded.

					JENNA
			Is that what this is?

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FOUR         45A.

47   CONTINUED: (6)

					DATA
			In my study of interpersonal
			dynamics, I learned that conflict
			followed by emotional release
			often strengthens a connection
			between two people.

					JENNA
			But there's just something
			forced and artificial about the
			way you're doing it. It's not
			the real you.

					DATA
			With respect to romantic
			relationships, there is no... real
			me. I am drawing upon various
			literary and cultural sources to
			help define my role.

	Jenna takes a moment to absorb all this... the whole
	thing has been an act, a part of his "program"... the
	solicitousness, the helpfulness, the argument --
	everything. After a beat she goes to him.

          STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 3/28/91 - ACT FOUR          46.

47   CONTINUED: (6)

					JENNA
			Kiss me.

	He stands and obliges her. After a beat...

					JENNA
			What were you just thinking?

					DATA
			At that particular moment, I was
			reconfiguring the warp field
			parameters, analyzing the
			collected works of Charles
			Dickens, calculating the maximum
			pressure I could safely apply to
			your lips, considering a new food
			supplement for Spot...

	His voice trails off as he notices the crestfallen look
	on her face. Jenna tries to hide her disappointment...
	even from herself.

					JENNA
				(half-hearted smile)
			I'm glad I was in there somewhere.

	She hugs him... but we can see the uneasiness growing
	on her face.

48   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At full stop above the planet, the nebula dark in the
	background.

49   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Worf, and Data are at the aft science
	station.

					RIKER
				(re: viewscreen)
			A complete sensor scan of the
			planet and three survey probes
			turned up no surprises. No sign
			of life, nothing out of the
			ordinary.


          STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 3/26/91 - ACT FOUR         46A.

49   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(re: viewscreen)
			A complete sensor scan of the
			planet and three survey probes
			turned up no surprises. No sign
			of life, nothing out of the
			ordinary.

          STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 3/28/91 - ACT FOUR          47.

49   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Seven more unusual incidents have
			been reported. No casualties or
			damage.

					DATA
			At present, we can only state that
			a subspace effect seems to exist
			within this nebula. After I have
			made further analysis, I may be
			able to adjust the ship's sensors
			to locate and identify the
			anomaly.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			The ship is at risk as long as
			we're sitting here. We can always
			continue our investigation from
			outside the nebula.

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FOUR          48.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Agreed. Ensign McKnight, plot the
			most direct course. Ahead warp
			one.

					MCKNIGHT
				(works instruments)
			Yes, Sir.

					PICARD
			Engage...

	McKnight touches the panel. The ship goes to warp.
	Immediately --

					DATA
				(standing back)
			Captain.

	Everyone turns to see Data's science station and a
	section of the wall DEMATERIALIZE for a moment.

					WORF
				(off instruments)
			Captain! Explosive decompression
			on Deck Thirty-seven!

					RIKER
			Bridge to La Forge... damage
			report.

	The CLAXON SOUNDS, and RED ALERT lights go on.

50   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and several N.D. engineers, including THORNE and
	VAN MAYTER, are reading sensors.

					GEORDI
			We're showing damage between decks
			-- we haven't localized it yet.

	A section of the wall DEMATERIALIZES across its middle
	section. A violent BURST OF ENERGY arcs between the
	two ends, EXPLOSIVELY. Thorne is knocked to the
	ground.

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FOUR         48A.

50   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Thorne!

	Geordi goes to him, picks him up -- he's alright. The
	conduit REMATERIALIZES.

					GEORDI
			La Forge to Bridge... a cryogenic
			control conduit just blew out on
			us. I almost lost a man...

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/1/91 - ACT FOUR          49.

51   INT. BRIDGE

	Everyone is alarmed.

					PICARD
			Full stop!

					MCKNIGHT
			Yes, Sir --

52   OMITTED

53   INT. BRIDGE - ANOTHER ANGLE

	Everyone is tensed, hoping the full stop will lessen
	the strange dematerializations.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge to Bridge...

					PICARD
			Yes, Commander?

54   INT. CORRIDOR

	Geordi is hurrying along with two Engineers.

					GEORDI
				(to Comm)
			I think we have some structural
			damage between Decks Thirty-Six
			and Seven. We're checking it out
			now.

					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 3/27/91 - ACT FOUR          50.

54   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
				(to one engineer)
			Van Mayter, you take access tube
			twenty-three M and look at the
			the Bridge connectors.

	Van Mayter heads off around a corridor as Geordi and
	Thorne continue on.

					GEORDI
			I'll cover the aft section. You
			go---

	A TERRIBLE SCREAM OFF SCREEN. Geordi and Thorne
	suddenly react -- bolting toward the sound, rounding
	the corner...

54A  INCLUDE VAN MAYTER (OPTICAL)

	stuck half-way through the deck, at chest-level. Head,
	upper torso and one arm are all that's visible. He's
	limp, obviously dead.

	OFF Geordi's reaction.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FIVE          51.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

56   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At full stop in the midst of the nebula.

57   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Worf and Geordi are sitting at the
	table. The atmosphere is one of grave concern. Data
	is standing next to an Okudagram displayed on the wall
	MONITOR.

					DATA
			During the series of events, I
			was able to measure the W particle
			inference which confirms one of
			my hypotheses.

	Data indicates the Okudagram, which shows "lines" of
	normal space interrupted by pockets or deformations
	of varying sizes and shapes. A graphic depiction of
	the Enterprise is in the midst of it all.

					DATA
			The unusual preponderance of dark
			matter in this nebula is causing
			small gaps in the fabric of normal
			space.

	He points from one "pocket" to another.

					DATA
			As the Enterprise moves through
			the nebula, it collides with these
			deformations.

					PICARD
			Like a carriage bouncing over a
			series of potholes.

					DATA
			That is an apt analogy.

					GEORDI
			So every time we hit one, part
			of the ship momentarily phases
			out of normal space.

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FIVE          52.

57   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(acknowledging)
			Or when one of them hits us. My
			readings suggest that the
			deformations themselves are in
			motion.

					RIKER
			We're lucky one of these pockets
			didn't pass through a photon
			torpedo casing... or the
			matter/anti-matter containment
			pods.

					PICARD
			The question now is, how do we
			get out? Mister Data, can you
			reconfigure the sensors to detect
			these anomalies?

					DATA
			Yes, sir, but they can only be
			perceived at extremely close
			range. Even at minimal speed,
			it would be impossible to maneuver
			the Enterprise quickly enough to
			avoid them.

					WORF
			A shuttlecraft is more
			maneuverable...

					RIKER
			He's right.

	Riker moves to the monitor, points to the Enterprise
	and a position far ahead of it.

					RIKER
			If we positioned a shuttle far
			enough in front of the
			Enterprise... it could detect the
			pockets and provide us enough
			time to maneuver out of the way.

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FIVE          53.

57   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			We could give the shuttle control
			of our navigational systems --
			that way, the corresponding
			maneuvers would be virtually
			instantaneous.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

58   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, and Worf enter the Bridge from the
	Observation Lounge. Jenna is standing at Tactical.
	Worf approaches her.

					WORF
			You are relieved, Ensign.

	Jenna nods and crosses to the turbolift. As she does,
	she passes Data, now at the right science station,
	working furiously at the instruments. She hesitates,
	gives him a look... but he is oblivious, concentrating
	on his task. She turns and proceeds toward the
	turbolift.

59   OMITTED

60   ON PICARD AND RIKER

	heading across the Bridge. Riker starts to peel off
	toward the turbolift.

					RIKER
			I'll do my pre-flight once I'm
			on board.

					PICARD
			Not this time, Will.

	Riker stops, brought up short.

					RIKER
			Sir?

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FIVE          54.

60   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I'm going to pilot the shuttle.

					RIKER
			Captain... my duty as First
			Officer is to safeguard the lives
			on this ship. Including yours.
			The Enterprise can't afford to
			lose you, sir. Not in this
			situation.

					PICARD
			I believe our best chance of
			escaping this situation is for
			me to pilot that shuttle.
				(beat)
			This is my ship, Will. I've
			got to do it.

	A beat.

					RIKER
				(acquiescing)
			Captain.

	Picard heads for the turbolift.

60A
thru	OMITTED
60B

60C  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is in the nebula, the tiny shuttle far off in
	front of it. Both appear to be holding their
	positions.

61   INT. SHUTTLE

	Picard at the console.

					PICARD
			Shuttle three to Enterprise,
			telementry link enabled.

	He touches the controls and the blinkies respond by
	lighting up in a different pattern.

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FIVE         54A.

62   OMITTED

63   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker in captain's chair, Data at his post, Worf at
	Tactical, McKnight at CONN.

					DATA
			Ship's computer is accepting
			navigational inputs from the
			shuttle.

64   INT. SHUTTLE - INCLUDE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	in front of Picard, where there appears an OKUDAGRAM
	display, similar to the one Data had in the Observation
	Lounge, with "lines" of space displayed out in front of
	the shuttle. It resembles a vector graphic "POV" type
	videogame.

					PICARD
			Forward sensors are on line.
			Ensign McKnight, plot a course
			for the shortest distance out of
			the nebula.

					MCKNIGHT
			Plot laid in, sir. Outer
			perimeter at thirty-two million
			kilometers.

					PICARD
			Point one impulse, Number One.

64A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Acknowledged, Captain. We're
			right behind you.
				(to Comm)
			Riker to O'Brien, lock on to the
			Captain's communicator. I want
			to be able to pull him out of
			there if I have to.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FIVE          55.

65   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	The shuttle in f.g., Enterprise behind it in the
	nebula. As the shuttlecraft slowly moves forward, the
	Enterprise follows.

									INTERCUT AS NEEDED:

66   INT. SHUTTLE

	Picard working controls, watching the monitor.

67   INCLUDE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	the lines in space suddenly display a distorting
	"pocket" similar in appearance to those on Data's obs
	lounge Okudagram. It is heading right toward him.

					PICARD
			Changing course... new heading
			two-nine-nine mark zero-two-nine.

	We see from the movement of the gassy whirls of the
	nebula that the shuttle has banked into a turn that
	is left and up. The monitor moves accordingly and the
	"pocket" disappears from the screen.

68   OMITTED

69   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					DATA
			Main coupling is matching
			navigational inputs, Captain.

					MCKNIGHT
			New heading confirmed.

					PICARD
			I missed it by less than a
			thousand meters, Enterprise...
			Advise your status...

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FIVE          56.

69   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(checking his panel)
			Sensors indicate the deformation
			passing five hundred meters off
			the starboard bow. We're
			clear...

					RIKER
			One down, Captain...

	There is Bridge-wide release of tension.

					PICARD
			Resuming previous course.

					MCKNIGHT
			Confirmed. Outer perimeter now
			at thirty-point-one million
			kilometers.

	Riker's eyes sweep the Bridge. There's still a long
	way to go.

70
thru	OMITTED
72

73   INT. SHUTTLE - INCLUDE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	Picard's eyes are glued on the monitor. Two pockets
	appear on the screen, a small one and a larger one.

					PICARD
			Changing course... heading zero
			seven three, mark --
			two-eight-eight...

	The shuttle veers right and down. The pockets
	disappear from the screen. But suddenly, four more
	pockets loom on the monitor -- like the next level in
	a Nintendo game.

					PICARD
			New heading... two-eight-four
			mark zero...

	The shuttle swerves hard to the left.

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FIVE         56A.

74
thru	OMITTED
74C

75   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	There is a jolt to the Bridge as the Enterprise makes
	the two corrections in close order.

76   INT. SHUTTLE - INCLUDE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	Three of the potholes appear on screen... There's not
	a minute for Picard to breathe. The potholes keep
	coming... big ones moving slowly, little ones that zip
	like hummingbirds. But this time there's a JOLT to the
	shuttle...

76A  EXT. SPACE - SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	There's an EFFECT on part of the shuttle... the
	thruster assembly flares, then hangs, damaged, on the
	shuttle.

77   INT. SHUTTLE - INCLUDE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	as the potholes keep coming... Picard tapping
	instructions... but...

					PICARD
			Enterprise... I'm losing
			maneuverability...

									CONTINUE INTERCUT:

77A  INT. ENGINEERING

					GEORDI
			Sensors indicate damage to the
			shuttle's starboard impulse
			nacelle, Captain.

					PICARD
			I'm reading fluctuations in the
			thermal control sub-system...

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FIVE          57.

78   INT. BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Captain, I'm bringing you back.

					PICARD
			Belay that, Number One! I'm
			re-routing the secondary deuterium
			supply... switching to manual
			controls.

					DATA
			Transceiver signal is down
			forty-two percent. Navigational
			inputs are not registering.

					RIKER
				(what next?)
			Captain, we've lost the link.

					PICARD
			You'll have to make course changes
			manually until we re-establish
			the connection.

					RIKER
			Understood. Get us back on line,
			Data. Geordi, try boosting the
			power to the L-U band. And
			increase the distance between the
			Enterprise and the shuttle. We're
			going to need some more room to
			make manual adjustments.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

					RIKER
			How far do we have to go?

					MCKNIGHT
			Sixteen million kilometers.

	Riker's face shows his grave concern that they're not
	going to make it that far.

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FIVE         57A.

79   INT. SHUTTLE

	Where Picard is battling a bucking shuttle. Now he
	becomes a concert pianist... changing course to escape
	the oncoming potholes with one hand... working to
	correct the engine problem with the other.

					PICARD
			New heading... two-nine-nine mark
			one eight...

					MCKNIGHT
				(working panels)
			Yes, sir... I've got it... course
			corrected.

	Potholes swim at Picard; the shuttle dips and swerves
	for a tense moment. There's only time for --

					PICARD
			Enterprise -- hard starboard!

					MCKNIGHT
			Aye, sir --

79A  INT. BRIDGE

					WORF
			Deformation impact on Deck
			Fifteen... science section...

					RIKER
			Damage?

					WORF
			Report coming in, sir... minimal
			damage.

					PICARD
			Hold steady... I've completed the
			re-routing sequence... do you read
			my navigational inputs?

					RIKER
			Data, do we have the telemetry
			link back?

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FIVE          58.

79A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I have increased sensitivity in
			the L-U band... it should be
			sufficient.

					RIKER
			Captain, let's try it.

79B  INT. SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	Half a dozen pockets swarm toward the shuttle on the
	monitor. Picard barely has time to respond.

					PICARD
			New heading. Two-seven-five mark
			three nine!

					DATA
			Confirmed... the link has been
			re-established.

					MCKNIGHT
			Nine-point-four million kilometers
			to the perimeter.

79C  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	continue their strange tandem dance through the nebula.

80   INT. BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, I am still having
			difficulty controlling the
			shuttlecraft.

80A  INT. ENGINEERING

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir, your krellide storage
			cells are losing their charge.
			Maintaining manual control is
			gonna get increasingly harder...

          STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT THREE         58A.

81   INT. SHUTTLE

	The shuttle is bucking, barely under control.

					PICARD
			Estimated distance to the nebula's
			perimeter?

					DATA
			Four-point-seven million
			kilometers, sir.

					PICARD
			Is there a way to transfer the
			microfusion thrusters so I can
			get a power boost?

					DATA
			Possibly. If you augment the
			thruster sequencing so that the
			inertial dampening fields --

	But as he's speaking a pothole appears on the
	monitor... then looms large... larger... this is the
	Mother Of All Potholes. Picard responds --

					PICARD
			Bearing -- two-seven... make that
			two-eight-five, mark
			two-five-five!

	The shuttle banks hard left and plunges down at a steep
	angle... then whirls out of control.

82   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as the Bridge begins to jolt in response to the
	shuttle.

					DATA
			Commander, the shuttle is out of
			control. Navigational link is
			severed.

					RIKER
				(to Com)
			Mister O'Brien -- do you have the
			Captain's signal?

82A  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

					O'BRIEN
			I'm having trouble locking on,
			sir.

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FIVE          59.

82B  INT. BRIDGE

					DATA
			Sir, the shuttle's inertial
			dampeners have failed. It is
			breaking up.

83   INT. SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	The craft is spinning (SHAKING AS THE GASSY WHIRLS BLUR
	BY THE WINDOW). Picard can't even move from the g
	force.

					PICARD
				(to Com)
			Now would be a good time, Mister
			O'Brien...

83A
thru	OMITTED
86

87   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Riker and the others react to a tiny explosion far out
	in front of the ship -- it's the shuttle.

					RIKER
			O'Brien -- did we get him?

87A  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	As Picard MATERIALIZES, heads for the door.

					O'BRIEN
			Aye, sir, we got him.

					PICARD
			I'm a little dizzy, Number One...
			but none the worse... on my way...

87B  INT. BRIDGE

					RIKER
				(relieved)
			Acknowledged, sir.

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FIVE          60.

87B  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Commander, we are nearing the
			perimeter -- one million
			kilometers away.

					RIKER
			All right, let's make a run for
			it.

	A tense moment -- will there be more potholes?

88   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As the great ship plows toward the edge of the
	nebula... and then shoots out into normal space.

89   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as Picard emerges from the turbolift.

					RIKER
			We're clear of the nebula, sir.

	Picard looks out at the starfield... relieved to see
	normal space again. He moves toward his chair.

					PICARD
			Ensign, plot a course for Starbase
			Two-Sixty. Warp two. Engage.

90   OMITTED

91   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at warp in normal space.

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FIVE         60A.

92   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Data is preparing two place settings for an intimate
	dinner. His cat passes by. The door CHIMES.

          STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 3/27/91 - ACT FIVE          61.

92   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Enter.

	The door opens and Jenna ENTERS the room, crosses
	toward Data.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Hello.

	Jenna gives him a peck on the cheek. Her smile is a
	little weak.

					JENNA
			Hi.

	She notices several potted plants and a couple of
	antique Japanese style hanging lanterns.

					JENNA
				(continuing)
			The place looks great.

					DATA
			Thank you. It is much less
			Spartan, is it not?

					JENNA
			Much less... It looks... great...
			it really does... it looks great.

					DATA
			Jenna, you are repeating yourself.
			I have found this to be indicative
			of mental distraction. Is that
			a correct assumption in this
			instance?

					JENNA
			I'm afraid it is.

	Data moves toward the replicator.

					DATA
			Then perhaps we should begin our
			meal. Among humans, a low serum
			glucose level is often responsible
			for --

					JENNA
				(interrupting)
			-- Data.

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FIVE          62.

92   CONTINUED: (2)

	Data pauses.

					JENNA
				(continuing)
			Let's talk... first.

	She indicates his chair at the table. Data comes back,
	sits down. She sits opposite him.

					JENNA
				(continuing)
			I'm not sure how to begin.

					DATA
			What is the subject?

					JENNA
			You and me. Our relationship.

					DATA
			Yes?

					JENNA
				(deep breath)
			Data, sometimes people blindly
			make the same mistake again and
			again. Until it finally happens
			in a way so obvious and so
			blatant, that they can no longer
			deny what they've been doing.

					DATA
			Are you currently experiencing
			this phenomenon?

					JENNA
			I didn't see it until today. I
			got out of a relationship with
			an unemotional man. And went
			right back into another with a
			man who is absolutely incapable
			of emotion.

					DATA
			There does appear to be a
			recurring motif.

					JENNA
			You were so kind and attentive.
			I thought maybe that would be
			enough.

          STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 3/27/91 - ACT FIVE          63.

92   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			It is not?

					JENNA
			No, it's not. Because as close
			as we are, I don't really matter
			to you. Not really. Nothing I
			could do or say will ever make
			you happy, or hurt you, or touch
			you in any way.

					DATA
			That is... a valid projection.

	Data thinks for a moment.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			It is apparent that my reach has
			exceeded my grasp in this
			particular area. I am perhaps
			not nearly so human as I aspire
			to become...

	A beat.

					DATA
				(continuing, pleasantly)
			If you are ready to eat, I will
			bring our meal.

	Data stands. Jenna looks at him sadly for a beat --
	this is just what she was talking about.

					JENNA
			No. That's alright.

	She stands.

					JENNA
				(continuing)
			I'd better go, Data.

					DATA
			If you wish.

	Jenna reaches over and kisses him on the cheek. Starts
	to turn toward the door.

           STAR TREK: "In Theory" - REV. 4/2/91 - ACT FIVE          64.

92   CONTINUED: (4)

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Jenna. Are we no longer... a
			couple?

	Her eyes suddenly fill with tears.

					JENNA
			No... we're not.

					DATA
			Then I will delete the
			appropriate program.

					JENNA
				(quickly toward the
				 door)
			I'll see you later...

	She goes out the door -- it closes behind her. Data
	watches for a moment. The cat suddenly jumps up on his
	lap.

					DATA
			Hello, Spot.

	He reaches down to pet it, and the animal nuzzles up to
	his hand.

	OFF Data's face...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             





































                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "Redemption" 
                          #40274-200 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                        APRIL 8, 1991

           
STAR TREK: "Redemption" - 4/9/91 - CAST 

                
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         
"Redemption" 

                             
CAST                              
                              

             PICARD                   GOWRON
             RIKER                    K'TAL
             DATA                     KLINGON FIRST OFFICER
             BEVERLY                  KURN
             TROI                     LURSA
             GEORDI                   B'ETOR
             WORF                     TORAL
             
                        MYSTERIOUS WOMAN
             GUINAN             
             
                  
             
                        MOVAR
             
                        KLINGON HELMSMAN

             
                        Non-Speaking
             
                          GOWRON'S KLINGON AIDE
             
Non-Speaking              8 KLINGON COUNCIL MEMBERS
               
TRANSPORTER TECHNICIAN  2 KLINGON GUARDS
             
  SUPERNUMERARIES         2 KLINGON BRIDGE CREW
             
                          2 KURN'S KLINGON AIDES
             
                          ROMULAN CREWMEMBER

         STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Redemption" 
                      
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     KLINGON ATTACK CRUISER
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              CORRIDOR                 2 KLINGON BIRDS OF PREY
              PHASER RANGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM         KLINGON HOME WORLD
              WORF'S QUARTERS            KLINGON CITY (MATTE)
          
              KURN'S BIRD OF PREY
            KLINGON CRUISER
              BRIDGE
              READY ROOM
          
            KLINGON CITY
              GREAT HALL
              DURAS FAMILY HOME
          
            KLINGON BIRD OF PREY
              READY ROOM

    STAR TREK: "Redemption" - 4/9/91 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Redemption" 
                   
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              CH pronounced as in chew or artichoke 
      
            Bah                        BAH (gutteral "H")
            B'Etor                     be-TOR
            Bortas                     bor-TAS
            cha'DIch                   cha-DICH
            Doj hon                    do-zhan
            Duras                      DYUR-as
            Ghos                       GOZ
            g'now juk Hol pajhard      ga-NOW JUK-hul pa-zhard
            hakt'em                    hock-TEM
            Hegh'ta                    heg-TA
            Khitomer                   KIT-to-mur
            K'Tal                      Ka-TAL
            Kurn                       KURN
            La woq yon ghir Klas qimha la-WAK yun-GIR Klas-KIM-ah
            Len'mat                    LIN-mat
            Lursa                      LUR-suh
            Mempa                      MEM-pah
            Mogh                       MOHG
            M'Rel                      ma-REL
            naDev ghoS                 na-DEV GOZ


       
STAR TREK: "Redemption" - 4/9/91 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE         

	                        CONTINUED:

       Qaja plu d'itch jung   Kha-JAP loo deeCH JUNG
       Qapla'                 Khap-LA
       Suh                    SUH (gutteral "H")
       Toral                  To-ral
       Yintagh                yen-TAHG

          STAR TREK: "Redemption" - 4/8/91 - TEASER          1.

                
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                 
                         
"Redemption"                              
                            
TEASER                             

	FADE IN:

1	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 44995.3.
			We are en route to the Klingon
			Home World, where I will
			participate in the installation
			ceremony of Gowron, the next
			designated Leader of the High
			Council.

2	INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	WORF is practicing a form of martial art in front of a
	large mirror. He is dressed in a workout gi and is
	practicing a graceful and fluid kata using his
	bat'telth sword... he's been at this for a while and is
	disheveled and sweaty.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			This visit should also provide
			an opportunity for one of my
			officers to correct... a grave
			injustice..

	The door CHIMES. Worf finishes the routine before
	answering.

					WORF
			Enter.

	PICARD ENTERS and Worf is caught off-guard. He is
	immediately embarrassed at receiving his captain in
	this manner.

					PICARD
			Am I intruding?

					WORF
			No, sir. My apologies, Captain...
			I can be back in uniform---

          STAR TREK: "Redemption" - 4/8/91 - TEASER          2.

2	CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			That won't be necessary.
				(beat)
			I'm not here as your captain.
			I'm here as the person that stood
			with you before the High
			Council... your cha'DIch.

	Worf reacts to the word... disturbing memories that
	have been on his mind recently. He sets the sword on a
	nearby table. After a beat...

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			We'll arrive at your Home World
			in less than a day.

	Picard lets that hang in the air for a moment. Worf
	understands the unspoken question... thinks for a
	beat... then turns back to Picard.

					WORF
			It is not yet time.

	Picard half-expected that answer. His attitude is
	intimate... personal... they're two men who stood
	shoulder to shoulder during a difficult time.

					PICARD
			That doesn't sound like the man
			who came to me a year ago...
			fiercely determined to return home
			and clear his father's name...
			or die trying.

	Worf doesn't answer... Picard goes on after a beat.

					PICARD
			You accepted this... dishonor from
			the Council in order to hold the
			Empire together.
				(beat)
			The Empire survives. Isn't it
			time to confront the Council...
			to regain your family name and
			let the truth be known?

					WORF
			I have been told... that patience
			is sometimes a more effective
			weapon than a sword.

          STAR TREK: "Redemption" - 4/8/91 - TEASER          3.

2	CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard smiles a little, recognizing one of his own
	lessons.

					PICARD
			Patience is a... human virtue,
			one which I am proud to see you've
			taken to heart. But this
			situation may require a more...
			Klingon response.

	Beat.

					PICARD
				(continuing, frank)
			Your discommendation is a facade
			intended to protect men less
			honorable than you. It is a
			lie... and lies must be
			challenged.

	Worf hears the words... he's struggling with the logic
	of Picard's argument.

					WORF
			I have grown... weary of bearing
			this dishonor...

	After a long beat...

					PICARD
			We will be in orbit around your
			planet for at least two days...
			it may be some time before we
			return again. I would be
			favorably disposed to grant a
			leave should you request one.

	Worf thinks about this... he's getting closer to doing
	just that.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Captain Picard.

					WORF
				(softly)
			Thank you, sir.

					PICARD
				(hits communicator)
			Go ahead, Number One.

          STAR TREK: "Redemption" - 4/8/91 - TEASER          4.

2	CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			We've been intercepted by the
			Klingon vessel Bortas. They claim
			to be our escort.

	Picard gives Worf a puzzled look.

					WORF
			No escort was scheduled.

									CUT TO:

3	EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & KLINGON CRUISER (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise and a Klingon attack cruiser running
	side by side on impulse power.

4	INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	RIKER and DATA at their positions. Picard ENTERS.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			The Bortas is standing by,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			On screen.

5	INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	GOWRON appears on the viewscreen, sitting in his ready
	room. Picard and Riker are surprised.

					PICARD
			Gowron... this is an unexpected
			pleasure.

	Gowron's attitude is urgent... no time for
	pleasantries.

					GOWRON
			I must speak with you, Picard.
			We have to move quickly if we are
			to be successful.

					PICARD
			Successful?

          STAR TREK: "Redemption" - 4/8/91 - TEASER          5.

5	CONTINUED:

					GOWRON
			Yes.
				(beat)
			In preventing a Klingon civil war.

	On Picard's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                        
END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT ONE       6.

                           
ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

6	INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard is listening to Gowron. Gowron moves about the
	room... restless... a man being kept from what is
	rightfully his.

					GOWRON
			The family of Duras is massing
			support... they have many allies
			on the Council...

					PICARD
			But Duras died in disgrace. By
			Klingon tradition, his family
			should share in that disgrace.

					GOWRON
			Their corruption has poisoned the
			Empire. Honor will soon have
			no meaning.

					PICARD
			Who speaks for his family now?

					GOWRON
			Lursa and B'Etor... the sisters
			of Duras.

					PICARD
			And they would claim leadership
			of the Council?

					GOWRON
				(shakes his head)
			Women may not serve on the
			Council...

					PICARD
			Then how... ?

					GOWRON
			I don't know. But they are
			plotting something. They have
			secured the loyalty of at least
			three fleet commanders.
				(beat)
			Their followers do not care about
			Duras' crimes. Lursa and B'etor
			are feared... and fear is power.

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/10/91 - ACT ONE      7.

6	CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I fail to see what I can do to
			assist...

	Gowron moves to Picard...

					GOWRON
			You were first chosen as arbiter
			of succession because no Klingon
			could be trusted. You accepted
			this duty... and you must see it
			through to the end. You must
			ensure my installation.

					PICARD
			I am prepared to report to the
			Council that only you have
			completed the rite of
			succession...

					GOWRON
			Not enough. Duras was a Romulan
			collaborator. You must declare
			his family ineligible to ever
			again sit on the ruling Council.

					PICARD
			That... is beyond my purview.

					GOWRON
			You will not support me?

					PICARD
			I will not step outside the
			traditional role of the arbiter.

	Gowron sighs, hopes dashed.

					GOWRON
			And if they attempt to block my
			installation?

	Picard stands and goes to him.

					PICARD
			I can only assure you that I will
			deal with any challenge according
			to Klingon law.

					GOWRON
			I fear that will not be enough.

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT ONE      7A.

6	CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard has made his position clear, has nothing more to
	offer. Gowron looks at him for a beat... gives a curt
	nod of understanding, then they both EXIT to...

       STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT ONE       8.

7	INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Picard and Gowron ENTER from the observation lounge.
	Riker, Worf, and DATA at their positions.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, please escort our
			guest to the transporter room.

	Gowron throws Worf a quick look of disgust, and they
	EXIT to the turbolift. Picard sits in command with a
	thoughtful look on his face. After a beat...

					PICARD
			Mister Data, begin monitoring
			Romulan activity along the Neutral
			Zone. Have the outpost stations
			there start sending us their
			tactical reports.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	Riker is a little surprised... he gives Picard a
	questioning look.

					PICARD
			The Duras family is preparing to
			move against Gowron.

					RIKER
			Backed by Romulans?

					PICARD
			I don't know. But there's too
			much history between the Duras
			(note: plural) and the Romulans
			to discount the possibility.

	Riker nods agreement.

									CUT TO:

7A	INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Worf and Gowron ENTER. Gowron is studiously avoiding
	looking at Worf. As Gowron moves toward the platform,
	Worf finally decides to take the plunge.

					WORF
				(to Technician)
			Dismissed.


       STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT ONE       9.

7A	CONTINUED:

	The TRANSPORTER TECHNICIAN EXITS. Gowron looks at Worf
	in mild surprise.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			I would speak with you.

					GOWRON
			I do not hear the words of a
			traitor.

	Worf reacts to the word traitor... he takes a step
	toward Gowron and says the words he's been holding back
	for a long time.

					WORF
				(slow and clear)
			I am not a traitor.

					GOWRON
			You admitted your guilt before
			the Council.

	Worf's expression hardens... he's not going to back
	down this time.

					WORF
			I accepted discommendation to
			protect the Empire.

					GOWRON
			Protect it? How?

					WORF
			It was Duras' father who betrayed
			our people to the Romulans at
			Khitomer. Not mine.

					GOWRON
				(reacts)
			Duras. There is proof of this?

					WORF
			There is.

					GOWRON
			Why would you accept dishonor
			to protect Duras?

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT ONE      10.

7A	CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(bitter)
			His family was too powerful. To
			expose him would have split the
			Empire. Instead, the Council
			chose to blame my father.

					GOWRON
			The Council knew?

	A beat.

					WORF
			I believe you are a man of honor,
			Gowron.
				(beat)
			I ask you to restore my family
			name.

	A beat.

					GOWRON
				(with sympathy)
			Worf, you killed Duras. I
			consider that no small favor.
			But what you ask is impossible.

					WORF
			But after your Installation...

					GOWRON
			The grasp of Duras reaches out
			from the grave. Much of the
			Council is still loyal to his
			family. I must have the
			Council's support to survive.
			I cannot expose their treachery.

	Worf looks at Gowron, perhaps a man of honor but
	definitely a political animal most interested in his
	own survival. Gowron is even a little ashamed of
	himself, but this is the reality.

					GOWRON
			You chose to accept this disgrace
			for the good of the Empire. Now,
			you must live with your decision
			like a Klingon.

	A beat on Worf's cold stare.

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT ONE      11.

8	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & GOWRON'S SHIP (OPTICAL)

	moving into orbit around the Klingon planet.

9	OMITTED

10	INT. PHASER RANGE

	As seen in "A Matter of Honor." CLOSE ON a phaser.
	MOVE TO REVEAL Worf checking his weapon on the phaser
	range. His expression is tense... tightly controlled.
	From o.s. we hear the SOUND OF DOORS OPENING and
	someone entering the range. Worf looks up in surprise
	to see...

11	NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	GUINAN steps into the small circle of light carrying
	a phaser.

					WORF
			Guinan?

					GUINAN
			Hi. Ten Forward's been pretty
			quiet today... I thought I'd get
			in a little target practice. Mind
			if I join you?

	Worf didn't expect this at all... doesn't know what to
	say. Guinan finishes checking out her phaser.

					WORF
			You... practice?

					GUINAN
			Sure. I like to keep my eye
			sharp.

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT ONE      12.

11	CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(hesitates)
			I... practice at... level
			fourteen.

					GUINAN
				(smiles, with humor)
			That's okay. I can go back to
			that level for a while.

	Worf doesn't react to her joke.

					GUINAN
			You know, I have a bet with the
			captain that I can make you smile
			before you make lieutenant
			commander.

					WORF
			Not a good bet today.

	She makes room for him in the circle. Worf hesitates
	for another moment... then steps in. He quickly checks
	his phaser.

					GUINAN
			Ready?
				(off his nod)
			Computer, level fourteen... begin
			program.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Program initiated.

	Worf and Guinan hold their weapons at the ready. Two
	TARGETS streak by and they quickly FIRE together...
	both targets are HIT.

	They continue to fire in turn at targets as they
	appear...

					GUINAN
			I'm sure I heard you laugh
			once... I liked it...

	Guinan blasts three targets in a row.

					WORF
			Klingons don't laugh.

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/16/91 - ACT ONE      13.

11	CONTINUED: (2)

					GUINAN
			Not true. Not true at all. You
			may not laugh. But believe me,
			I've heard some Klingon belly
			laughs that could shake a room.

	Worf grunts, hits a low target.

					GUINAN
			Your son laughs and he's Klingon.

					WORF
			He's a child. And part human.

	Worf blasts two targets.

					GUINAN
			Oh, that's right and you're not.
			You're all Klingon. Except you
			don't laugh.

					WORF
			I don't laugh because I don't feel
			like laughing.

					GUINAN
			But other Klingons feel like
			laughing. What does that say
			about you... ?

					WORF
				(gritting his teeth,
				 frustrated)
			Perhaps it says... I do not feel
			like other Klingons.

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT ONE      13A.

11	CONTINUED: (3)

	The targets come fast and furious... Guinan easily
	putting hers away... Worf gets a couple... but misses
	several.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Program complete.

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/11/91 - ACT ONE      14.

11	CONTINUED: (4)

					GUINAN
			Good game.
				(off his unhappy
				 expression)
			Hey, don't feel bad... I was
			doing this years before you were
			born.

	Worf nods to her with new respect.

					GUINAN
			How is he, by the way? Your son.

					WORF
			He is having some... difficulties
			adjusting to life on Earth.

					GUINAN
			Must be tough for a little guy
			like that... living with humans,
			being Klingon... it has to get
			confusing sometimes...

	Worf gives her a look... who is she talking about...
	Alexander, or him?

					WORF
			It will not be easy for him...

					GUINAN
			No, it won't. But the time will
			come when he'll have to find out
			what it really means to be
			Klingon...
				(beat)
			Just as the time has come now for
			you, Worf.

	He looks at her... she EXITS. Move in on him a
	beat... and as he reaches a decision in his mind,
	there on his face, almost, not quite, is the vaguest
	hint of a determined smile.

12	INT. READY ROOM

	Picard at his desk. The door CHIMES.

         STAR TREK: "Redemption" - 4/8/91 - ACT ONE         15.

12	CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Come.

	Worf ENTERS.

					WORF
			Captain, I request a leave of
			absence.

	Picard is pleased at Worf's decision. He stands.

					PICARD
				(formally)
			Mister Worf... request granted.

					WORF
			Thank you, sir.

	Picard nods. Worf moves to leave.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf...
				(Worf pauses)
			Qapla!

	Worf stands a little taller, squares his shoulders at
	the Klingon word... nods acknowledgement and then
	EXITS.

					PICARD
				(softly, to himself)
			And good luck.

									FADE OUT.

                        
END OF ACT ONE                         

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT TWO      16.

                           
ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

13	EXT. SPACE - BIRD OF PREY (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit around the Klingon Home World.

					WORF (V.O.)
			Lieutenant Worf, personal log,
			stardate 44996.1. I have located
			the Klingon ship on which my
			brother Kurn serves as captain
			and have arranged to join him.

14	INT. BIRD OF PREY - READY ROOM

	Unlike its counterpart on the Enterprise, this room is
	designed to emphasize the prestige and prowess of the
	ship's captain. Weapons and trophies are boldly
	displayed on the wall and the captain's chair is bigger
	and higher than the other three seats. There is also
	a desk visible. KURN is sitting in the imposing
	captain's chair. The doors OPEN and WORF ENTERS. Kurn
	gets to his feet instantly... he's glad to see Worf.

					KURN
			It has been too long, my brother.

					WORF
				(agrees)
			Too long.

	A silent moment...

					WORF
			There is much to discuss. I have
			asked Gowron to restore our family
			honor. He has refused.

					KURN
			No matter. Gowron will not live
			to see the day he leads the
			Council...

					WORF
			What do you mean?

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT TWO      17.

14	CONTINUED:

					KURN
			He stands alone, surrounded by
			his enemies. Lursa and B-Etor
			will have him killed... and if
			they don't, I will.

					WORF
			You will... ?

	Kurn feels passionately about this... he's deeply
	offended by what's happened to his people and is
	determined to change it.

					KURN
			Gowron is weak... and the family
			of Duras must never be allowed
			to lead the Council. All of our
			leaders... have failed us. They
			no longer deserve our loyalty.
				(beat, then quieter)
			It is time to sweep away the old
			Council... and put a new one in
			its place.

	Worf is surprised. This particular option had not
	occurred to him.

					WORF
			How could this be done?

					KURN
			I already have the support of four
			squadron commanders in strategic
			sectors. When the time comes,
			they will follow me.
				(beat)
			Join us, Worf... we will usher
			in a new era, and regain our
			family name.

	Worf turns away... thinks this over carefully... then
	shakes his head and turns back. There can be only one
	answer.

					WORF
			No.

					KURN
			What?

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT TWO      18.

14	CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Gowron has completed the rite of
			succession... it is our duty to
			support him.

					KURN
				(terse)
			Gowron spits in your face when
			you ask him to give back what is
			rightfully ours... and you would
			support him?

					WORF
			We cannot regain honor by acting
			dishonorably.

					KURN
				(terse)
			I will not support Gowron.

	A key moment... Worf moves closer to Kurn and they both
	tense.

					WORF
				(low, deadly)
			I am the elder brother, Kurn...
			I speak for our family.

	They glare at each other for a long tense beat... it's
	tough, but Kurn finally backs off... he drops his eyes
	in acquiescence. Worf is now firmly in command.

	His attitude loosens slightly.

					WORF
			We will back Gowron.
				(beat)
			But not now. Not yet. We will
			wait. Until Gowron feels the
			grasp of his enemies around his
			throat. Then we will offer him
			our support. And the price will
			be the restoration of our family
			name.

	Kurn takes a beat to adjust his thinking to this new
	plan... he finally is able to let go of his resentment
	and concentrate on the matter at hand.

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/11/91 - ACT TWO      19.

14	CONTINUED: (3)

					KURN
			It will be difficult to convince
			my allies to back Gowron.
				(beat)
			But I will try. I must go to the
			Mempa sector and meet with the
			other squadron commanders.

					WORF
			Contact me when you have gained
			their support.
				(beat)
			Then I will be ready for Gowron.

	On Worf's determined expression...

									CUT TO:

15	EXT. THE FIRST CITY - (MATTE SHOT)

	The Klingon capitol, with Great Hall in view.

16	INT. GREAT HALL

	As seen in "Sins of the Father." THE COUNCIL MEMBERS
	are standing on either side of the leader's chair, which
	is empty except for the CEREMONIAL CLOAK OF K'MPEC.
	The Council Members are all male, predominantly older,
	with one or two young upstarts among them. There are
	TWO GUARDS in the room, standing watch at strategic
	points. Gowron and ONE AIDE stand nearby.

					K'TAL
				(to Picard)
			naDev ghoS! (Come here!)

	Picard steps forward

					K'TAL
			Have you reached a decision
			regarding the succession of
			power?

					PICARD
				(to Council)
			Qaja plu d'itch jung. La woq you
			ghir klas qimha. Gowron. Doj
			hon. Doj hon.


     STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/10/91 - ACT TWO     19A.

16	CONTINUED:

	K'TAL now moves forward from the Council. K'Tal is
	an older member of the Council. He follows neither
	Gowron nor the sisters... he serves the Empire... a
	man who has been on the Council longer than anyone
	else and will probably still be here when the others
	are all gone. He nods to Picard.

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT TWO      20.

16	CONTINUED:

					K'TAL
				(casual)
			Your Klingon is flawless, Picard.
			Not even a trace of a human
			accent. The Council thanks you
			for your service to the Empire.

	Picard bows to the Council.

					K'TAL
				(booming voice)
			Gowron, son of M'Rel, hakt'em.

	Gowron steps forward... gives all the Councilors a hard
	look. Most of them glare back at him, unhappy to be
	admitting Gowron to their ranks.

					K'TAL
				(ritually)
			The arbiter confirms that you
			have completed the rite of
			succession. Your enemies have
			been destroyed. You stand alone.
			Do you wish to claim leadership
			of the Council?

	He stands directly before Gowron as Picard takes the
	cloak from the empty chair and holds it before Gowron.

					GOWRON
			I wish it.

					K'TAL
				(routine, to the room)
			Are there no other challengers?

					TORAL (o.s.)
			There is one.

17	NEW ANGLE

	Everyone turns to see TORAL, a Klingon boy (16-18),
	ENTER. He is a boy sent to do a man's job, and
	consequently he has all the arrogance and false bravado
	of youth instead of the confidence and strength of
	maturity.

					TORAL
				(continuing)
			I will challenge him.

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/11/91 - ACT TWO      21.

17	CONTINUED:

					GOWRON
				(incensed)
			An arrogant child!

	Gowron reaches for his weapon, but K'Tal smoothly
	restrains him.

					K'TAL
				(to Toral)
			Who are you?

					TORAL
				(beat)
			I am Toral... son of Duras.

	Reactions. Gasps. Hubub. Picard's eyes narrow.

					GOWRON
			Duras had no son!

	LURSA and B'ETOR now ENTER the hall.

					B'ETOR
			But he did...

					GOWRON
			So, this is your doing...

	Lursa is older, middle-aged for a Klingon... she's seen
	quite a few battles in her day, political and
	otherwise. B'Etor is several years younger, and more
	volatile than her sister. They walk with assurance to
	stand before the Council. The Council Members exchange
	nervous glances... a little afraid of these women.
	B'Etor moves to stand beside Toral. She's not afraid
	of Gowron and her presence shores up Toral a little.

					LURSA
				(ignoring Gowron)
			We wish to address the Council.

					K'TAL
			Lursa, B'Etor, come forward.

     STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/10/91 - ACT TWO     21A.

17	CONTINUED: (2)

					LURSA
			Members of the High Council, it
			is a day of great rejoicing for
			the family of Duras and the
			Klingon Empire. We have
			discovered that our brother did
			indeed have a son and heir.

					GOWRON
			This is an outrage! Duras had
			no mate. Where did you find him,
			Lursa? In a harlot's bed
			chamber?

					TORAL
			I will personally cut your tongue
			out, Yintagh!

					GOWRON
			Impudent wretch.

	Both are restrained. The sisters grin. They exchange
	a glance with Picard.

					B'ETOR
			A simple genetic scan will prove
			his bloodline is valid.

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT TWO      22.

17	CONTINUED: (3)

					GOWRON
				(to the council)
			The illegitimate son of Duras
			cannot rule the High Council.

					K'TAL
			The Council will decide whether
			to accept the challenge of Toral,
			alleged son of Duras. In favor?

	From left to right, one by one the members outstretch
	their right fist and grasp the right elbow with their
	left hand, signifying yes. Only K'tal and one other
	do not follow.

					K'TAL
			Opposed.

	One arm goes out. K'tal doesn't vote again.

					K'TAL
			The challenge is accepted.

	He turns to Picard.

					K'TAL
			The arbiter will consider its
			validity.
				(to Council)
			Len'mat. (Adjourned)

	Reactions, movement, and push into Picard as we...

									CUT TO:

18	EXT. THE FIRST CITY (MATTE SHOT)

	As before. MOVE AWAY from the Great Hall to another
	part of the city.

19	INT. DURAS FAMILY HOME

	The Klingon equivalent to the living room in a
	senator's house. There is a couch, a couple chairs, a
	low table, and some banners on the walls. It's dark...
	moody. Lursa and B'Etor are talking to someone o.s.
	while Toral sulks on the couch.

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/10/91 - ACT TWO      23.

19	CONTINUED:

					LURSA
			Our allies on the Council backed
			Toral's claim. It's in Picard's
			hands, now.

					MOVAR (o.s.)
			Excellent. Everything is
			proceeding as scheduled.

	MOVE TO reveal MOVAR, a Romulan general. Movar is
	smooth, polished... a political general rather than
	a combat veteran. There is ANOTHER FIGURE sitting in
	the darkness near Movar who might be a woman, but we're
	not sure yet.

					MOVAR
				(continuing)
			It will make matters simpler if
			the captain is cooperative... but
			we are prepared to move in any
			case.

					TORAL
				(petulantly)
			Why not just kill Picard?

	B'Etor cuffs him roughly... it's clear that she and
	her sister are the real powers here. Toral shrinks
	from the reproof.

					B'ETOR
				(angry)
			Fool! Do we want the Federation
			as our enemy?

					TORAL
				(abashed)
			No.

	The Woman in shadow doesn't have to raise her voice
	in order to command everyone's attention instantly.
	There is something deadly in her calm voice and assured
	manner.

					WOMAN
			At least, not yet. But when the
			time is right... we will deal with
			the Federation... and Captain
			Picard.

         STAR TREK: "Redemption" - 4/8/91 - ACT TWO         24.

19	CONTINUED: (2)

	On the reactions of agreement...

									FADE OUT.

                        
END OF ACT TWO                         

     STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/10/91 - ACT THREE     25.

                          
ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & CRUISER (OPTICAL)

	The ships in orbit.

20A	INT. WORF'S QUARTERS (FORMERLY SCENE 26) (OPTICAL)

	Worf is talking to Kurn on the monitor.

					KURN
			I have met with the other squadron
			commanders here... three will join
			us, one will not.

	Worf nods soberly... the odds against them are still
	pretty long.

					KURN
				(continuing)
			That gives us enough strength to
			control seven key sectors.

					WORF
			Do you know the strength of our
			enemies?

					KURN
			They have at least seven
			squadrons... but most of the fleet
			has not decided which banner to
			follow.

					WORF
			Gowron is nearly out of options.
			Soon he will have no choice...

	Kurn nods in agreement.

					KURN
			I will soon return to the Home
			World. We shall meet then.

	Worf acknowledges as the monitor shuts off. He nods,
	satisfied, EXITS.

     STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT THREE     26.

21	INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Starting on a transition shot of Data's hands quickly
	moving across the panels of the console... moving up
	to find Worf and Data at the aft science station.

					DATA
			Do you also require the original
			logs recorded during the attack,
			Lieutenant?

					WORF
				(acknowledges)
			Everything we have on the
			Khitomer massacre.

	Picard ENTERS from the turbolift and moves toward his
	ready room, but stops as he sees Worf. He's surprised
	to see Worf, and he becomes uncomfortable as he
	realizes what they're talking about.

					DATA
			I can provide you with our
			analysis of communications between
			the Khitomer outpost and the
			Romulan ships; however, for a
			complete record you will have to
			contact Starbase Twenty-Four and
			request---

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Mister Worf... have you cancelled
			your leave?

					WORF
			No, sir.

	A beat.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant... join me in my ready
			room.

	Picard and Worf EXIT to...

22	INT. READY ROOM - CONTINUOUS

	Picard and Worf ENTER. Picard takes a minute to
	compose his thoughts.

     STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT THREE     27.

22	CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You are planning to use our files
			on the Khitomer massacre as
			evidence against Duras' father?

					WORF
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf... do you not see an
			inherent conflict of interest...

					WORF
			Sir, these records can help me
			prove that my father was falsely
			accused of treason.

	Picard is caught between his desire to help Worf and
	his responsibilities as captain. He struggles to
	define the limitations both for himself and for Worf.

					PICARD
			You are using your position as
			a Starfleet officer to affect
			political change on your
			planet... there could not be a
			worse compromise of our
			fundamental principles...

					WORF
			Captain... you urged me to fight
			this battle...

					PICARD
				(sighs, frustrated)
			Yes, I know. I understand your
			motives, and you know I support
			your goals, but...

					WORF
			Do not tie my hands now... I
			must be able to prove my father's
			innocence. The Federation records
			will do that.

	Picard knows he needs them. He wants to help. What
	the hell can he do? He shakes his head.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf... Mister Worf...
				(beat, sighs)
			Mister Worf...

     STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT THREE     28.

22	CONTINUED: (2)

	His tone gets more intimate. Quite unlike Picard, the
	words rather spill out as he exposes his own feelings,
	his own frustrations to the junior officer.

					PICARD
			Here I am lecturing you on a
			conflict of interest while I'm
			desperately trying to avoid one
			of my own. Do you think I wish
			to allow the Duras family to
			solidify their hold on the
			Council? Do you think I cannot
			see the implications for the
			Federation? And good Lord, Duras
			tried to have me killed!
				(beat)
			All of my instincts... my
			training... my very being as a
			Starfleet officer are at odds with
			my responsibilities as arbiter
			for the Klingon High Council.
				(beat)
			We walk the same tightrope between
			two worlds... you and I. We must
			try our very best to keep those
			worlds clearly separate... or we
			shall certainly fall.

					WORF
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			As far as these records from
			Khitomer are concerned...

	Picard pauses for a beat. He really wants to help
	Worf... he struggles with his conscience... finally
	sees a way to give Worf what he wants... but Picard is
	pushing himself to the absolute limit... this is as
	far as he can go.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I will make the Federation
			records on the Khitomer massacre
			available... to anyone who wants
			them... the High Council, the
			Duras family... anyone.

					WORF
				(very pleased)
			Thank you, sir.

     STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT THREE     29.

22	CONTINUED: (3)

	Worf turns and at the door, Picard stops him with...

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, this is as far as
			I can go.

	Worf acknowledges, EXITS. Picard sits down... frowns,
	unhappy with just about everything.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Yes, Number One.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			There's a message coming in for
			you from the surface. It's coded
			personal.

	Picard's a little surprised.

					PICARD
			Send it through.

	He turns to the computer terminal on his desk... begins
	reading the message... he's very surprised at the
	information on the screen. On Picard's puzzled
	expression...

									CUT TO:

23	EXT. THE FIRST CITY (MATTE SHOT)

	As before.

24	INT. DURAS FAMILY HOME

	Picard ENTERS. Lursa and B'Etor are waiting for him.
	The low table is set with both Klingon and Human
	drinks. Their attitudes are relaxed... friendly.

	While Lursa maintains a cool diplomatic air, B'Etor's
	attitude is more physical... seductive. Picard is
	the consummate diplomat as always, but he's wary of
	these two women.

     STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT THREE     30.

24	CONTINUED:

					LURSA
			Welcome, Captain.

	She indicates the couch and everyone sits.

					LURSA
			Something to drink? Tea... Earl
			Grey, perhaps?

	Picard is a little intrigued... how did she know that
	particular detail? He tries not to let his surprise
	show.

					PICARD
			Yes... thank you.

	B'Etor pours him a cup of tea. Lursa and B'Etor drink
	a more vile-looking Klingon concoction. Picard is
	willing to listen to them... but this is like having
	tea with the Borgias.

					B'ETOR
			You come... alone and unarmed...

					PICARD
			Nothing would be served by killing
			the arbiter before his decision.

	B'Etor touches his leg.

					B'ETOR
			Nevertheless, a brave act,
			Captain.

					LURSA
				(chiding)
			B'Etor...

	B'Etor removes her hand although she's anything but
	abashed.

	Picard is not blind to her advances... they probably
	disturb him more than anything else in this scene --
	for he's more than able to play the political game,
	but a hot Klingon woman may even be beyond the Great
	Picard. Throughout, he tries to concentrate on Lursa.

     STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/16/91 - ACT THREE     31.

24	CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Your invitation was... unexpected.

	B'Etor moves a little closer to him... her eyes and
	voice hint at pleasures other than tea.

					B'ETOR
			We should have extended it much
			sooner.

					LURSA
			We don't want you to judge us by
			your experience with our brother.

					B'ETOR
			Duras was a fool.

					LURSA
			He deserved to die.

					B'ETOR
			Forget him. We have.

					LURSA
			We do not wish to be your enemy.

					B'ETOR
			Quite the opposite.

	She has moved behind him... puts her hands on his
	shoulders... she's a very tactile Klingon.

					PICARD
			That... pleases me.

					LURSA
			Have you made a decision regarding
			Toral's challenge?

					PICARD
			I am pursuing it with all due
			vigilance.

					B'ETOR
			Let me heat your tea.

	She comes around to pour.

     STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/16/91 - ACT THREE     32.

24	CONTINUED: (3)

					LURSA
			Toral has the bloodline to lead
			the Empire into the next century.
			He has the support of the people.

					PICARD
			The remaining issue then is to
			see if he has the support of the
			law.

					B'ETOR
			But he must. Surely, you can see
			that.

	Picard takes a moment and a sip of tea...

					PICARD
			I'll tell you what I see. If I
			find Toral's challenge valid, the
			two of you will very quickly gain
			control of the Council... and
			Gowron will be found dead shortly
			thereafter. If I reject Toral's
			challenge, you will accuse me of
			doing it only to serve Federation
			interests. It will give you a
			rallying cry to declare war and
			overthrow Gowron.

     STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/10/91 - ACT THREE     33.

24	CONTINUED: (4)

					LURSA
			You see very clearly, Captain.
			But one thing is missing.
			If you rule against us and we are
			victorious in a war against
			Gowron...

					B'ETOR
			... which we would be...

					LURSA
			... it would mean the end of the
			alliance with the Federation.

					B'ETOR
				(sympathetically)
			And we'd hate to see that happen
			as much as you would.

					LURSA
			This is not a threat, Captain.
			Just an unfortunate truth.

					B'ETOR
			So why be our enemy, when you can
			be our friend?

	Her hand his back on his knee. He studies both women.
	Nods. Rises.

					PICARD
			You have manipulated the
			circumstances, ladies, with the
			skill of a Romulan.
				(beat)
			My decision will be announced at
			high sun tomorrow. Excellent tea.
			Good day.

	He EXITS. As they exchange a look...

25
thru	OMITTED
26

26A	EXT. KLINGON CITY (MATTE SHOT)

	The Great Hall.

     STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT THREE     33A.

27	INT. GREAT HALL

	The Council Members are assembled on the dais. Gowron,
	Lursa, B'Etor and Toral are standing off to the side
	while Picard stands in the center of the room.

     STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT THREE     34.

27	CONTINUED:

					K'TAL
			What is your decision?

					PICARD
			K'tal, this Council knows the law
			of heredity well. G'now juk Hol
			pajhard. A son will share in
			the honors or crimes of his
			father. Toral is Duras' son...
			that has been established by the
			genetic scan. And it is
			heartwarming to see him embraced
			by the family of Duras... for they
			are an old and noble family.
				(beat)
			But with due respect to the
			traditions and laws of this High
			Council, there is no basis for
			accepting a petition for
			leadership from a boy who has
			fought no battles, shed no blood
			for his people, earned no honor
			for himself. Perhaps some day
			he shall. But not now.

	There are murmurs and reactions from everyone. Picard
	knows what the reaction to his decision will be...
	knows the cost... but also knows there is no other
	way.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Duras... is dead. His claim to
			the leadership died with him.
			Gowron will lead the Council.

					GOWRON
			The arbiter has ruled. There
			are no more challengers.

	Lursa looks at Toral who steps forward... yells a
	little too loudly---

					TORAL
			Does the Federation dictate
			Klingon destiny or do we? Follow
			me. And I will show you honor.

					GOWRON
			Follow him and you reject all
			Klingon law...

     STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/10/91 - ACT THREE     35.

27A	ON COUNCIL MEMBERS

	One by one, they step down from the dais and stand
	behind Toral until only K'tal and the other Councilor
	(who voted against him) are left.

					GOWRON
			Can you not see what you are
			doing... are you blind to what
			they represent... are there so
			few noble Klingons left?

27B	ON LURSA & PICARD

	Lursa and B'Etor give Picard a final look: "see, I've
	still won."

					GOWRON
			Then go... your blood will paint
			the way to the future.

	Toral moves to Picard, looks up at him, with all the
	bravado he can muster...

					TORAL
			Remember this day.

	Toral strides out of the hall, taking B'Etor, Lursa,
	and the others with him.

27C	NEW ANGLE

	Showing the small group now standing alone in the vast
	and empty Great Hall.

									FADE OUT.

                       
END OF ACT THREE                        

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT FOUR      36.

                           
ACT FOUR                            

	FADE IN:

28	EXT. SPACE - KLINGON CRUISER (OPTICAL)

	Gowron's ship in orbit, the Enterprise in b.g.

29	INT. KLINGON CRUISER - READY ROOM

	Similar to the ready room on Kurn's ship, but with a
	few more symbols of Gowron's higher rank. Gowron is
	sitting in the captain's chair. The doors OPEN and
	Worf ENTERS. Gowron glares at him... he's a man in a
	tight spot and this had better be good.

					GOWRON
				(brusque)
			Your message said it was urgent.
			What do you want?

	Worf is not intimidated by the glowering visage of
	Gowron. He is blunt and to the point.

					WORF
			Your forces are weak, Gowron...
			you will need help to fight the
			family of Duras.

					GOWRON
				(dismissive)
			From one dishonored Klingon...

					WORF
			I offer you four Klingon
			squadrons.

	Gowron has to take that seriously. He's suspicious,
	but begins to look at Worf a little differently.

					GOWRON
			Why would they follow you... a
			Starfleet officer?

					WORF
			They are pledged to support...
			my brother, Kurn.

					GOWRON
				(shocked)
			Kurn is your brother?

     STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/10/91 - ACT FOUR     37.

29	CONTINUED:

					WORF
			His true bloodline was kept
			hidden to protect him.

	Gowron thinks about this for a beat... there's suddenly
	a ray of hope in his position, but he's still cautious.

					GOWRON
			Kurn will follow me? He has
			opposed me in the past.

					WORF
			I am the elder brother... he will
			do as I say.

					GOWRON
			What is it you want in return?

					WORF
			You know my price.

	Gowron does know his price... but he's not ready to
	commit himself yet.

					GOWRON
			The return of your honor. For
			the support of four squadrons... ?
			No, that will not be enough.
			The Duras family controls most
			of the fleet.
				(beat)
			We must have Federation help.

					WORF
			They will not intervene.

					GOWRON
			Perhaps not yet... but Starfleet
			Command will listen to Picard...
			and Picard listens to you.

	Worf is disturbed by the direction this is going.

					WORF
			I can ask nothing more of him in
			this matter.

	Gowron doesn't like it when people say no to him. He
	confronts Worf squarely.

					GOWRON
			What?

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT FOUR      38.

29	CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			My duty as a Starfleet officer---

					GOWRON
				(harsh)
			You come to me and demand the
			restoration of your family
			honor... and now you hide behind
			Human excuses!

	A beat as Gowron gets right up into his face. Gowron's
	voice becomes quieter... less harsh... but his eyes
	bore straight into Worf's... and his words knife to
	the very heart of Worf's internal struggle.

					GOWRON
				(continuing)
			What are you, Worf? Do you
			tremble and quake with fear at
			the approach of combat... hoping
			to talk your way out of a fight...
			like a Human... or do you hear
			the cry of the warrior... calling
			you to battle... calling you to
			glory... like a Klingon?
				(beat)
			Are you one of us?

	This is the question which has haunted Worf all his
	life... he searches for the answer within... but knows
	that the answer is more complex than a simple yes or
	no. Gowron waits for a reply...

30	NEW ANGLE

	As a SUDDEN EXPLOSION ROCKS THE SHIP. Gowron and Worf
	are thrown about... the ship goes to the Klingon
	equivalent of RED ALERT.

31	EXT. SPACE - KLINGON SHIPS (OPTICAL)

	A BIRD OF PREY swoops in and attacks the cruiser.

32	INT. KLINGON CRUISER - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Gowron and Worf ENTER from the ready room. The bridge
	is manned by a WEAPONS OFFICER, HELMSMAN, ENGINEER,
	and FIRST OFFICER. The ship continues to SHAKE and
	ROCK as it takes hits from the other Klingon ships.

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT FOUR      39.

32	CONTINUED:

	The scene is chaotic.

					GOWRON
			Status!

					FIRST OFFICER
				(checking console)
			Aft shields down...

					HELMSMAN
			Warp coils damaged...

33	INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker standing in command, Data at ops. Picard ENTERS
	from the turbolift.

					PICARD
			Report.

					RIKER
			We're still trying to sort it out.
			A Klingon Bird of Prey just
			decloaked and fired on the
			Bortas. Neither ship is answering
			our hail.

					PICARD
			Worf is still aboard the Bortas.

					DATA
			A second Bird of Prey is
			decloaking bearing two-four-seven
			mark three-one-nine.

					PICARD
			Go to Red Alert.

	The ship's condition goes to RED.

					DATA
			The second ship is joining the
			attack on the Bortas.

33A	ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The ships attacking the Bortas.

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT FOUR      40.

33B	RETURN TO SCENE

	Picard looks at the viewscreen... his expression is
	grim.

					PICARD
			It's begun.

34	EXT. SPACE - BIRD OF PREY (OPTICAL)

	The ship fires disruptors.

35	INT. KLINGON CRUISER - BRIDGE

	The ship is ROCKED with the impact of the shot.

					GOWRON
				(to Worf)
			Send an emergency signal to any
			loyal ships!

	Worf begins tapping in a message at one console.

					HELMSMAN
			Impulse engines not responding!

	A wall console EXPLODES, killing the Weapons Officer.
	Worf reacts instinctively... takes over the abandoned
	station without hesitation. Gowron has moved to the
	command position. No one on the bridge takes note of
	the dead Klingon.

					GOWRON
				(to Worf)
			Engage emergency override!

					WORF
			Override engaged! Disruptors
			still not responding!

	The ship is ROCKED again.

36	INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Everyone watching the viewscreen.

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT FOUR      41.

36	CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(reading console)
			The Bortas is sustaining heavy
			damage, Captain. Her aft shields
			have collapsed... life support
			fluctuating...

					PICARD
			The Bortas should have twice the
			firepower of a Bird of Prey.

					RIKER
				(looking at console)
			Her weapons systems were hit
			pretty hard... they haven't
			brought them back on-line yet.

					DATA
			The Bortas has lost its port
			shields... it is unlikely they
			will withstand another hit on that
			quarter.

					RIKER
				(reading console)
			The Bortas has sent out a general
			distress signal.

	This is one of the hardest things Picard has ever had
	to do. He knows what's at stake... understands what
	his next command may mean.

					PICARD
			Ensign Reel... plot a course
			safely away from the combat area.
			Half impulse.

	A beat silent as everyone looks at Picard.

					RIKER
			Captain... the Bortas is Gowron's
			ship. If he's the legitimate
			leader of the Empire, shouldn't
			we help him?

					PICARD
			If we come to his aid... we'll
			be dragging the Federation into
			a Klingon civil war.

      STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT FOUR      42.

36	CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(quietly)
			What about Worf?

	Picard hesitates for only a moment... he knows there's
	only one choice.

					PICARD
				(to Reel)
			Ensign... engage.

	On Picard's expression...

37	EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & KLINGON CRUISER (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise turns and moves away from the other
	ship.

38	INT. KLINGON CRUISER - BRIDGE

	Things are grim. Worf is trying to get his console
	to work... the bridge crew moves about quickly,
	attempting to get their crippled ship moving. Gowron
	and the First Officer are hunched over a monitor.

					FIRST OFFICER
			The port shields are still down.

	Beat.

					WORF
			Disruptors on-line!

					GOWRON
				(moving to command
				 chair)
			Lock on target.

					WORF
			No!

	Everyone looks incredulous... Klingons don't talk back.
	Worf talks fast, before Gowron can respond.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Their sensors will detect the
			weapons lock. If they think
			we're helpless, they'll try to
			board the ship.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT FOUR          43.

38	CONTINUED:

					WORF (cont'd)
			I can aim and fire disruptors
			manually when they drop their
			shields.

	The First Officer glances at Gowron... Gowron checks
	the monitor one more time...

					GOWRON
			GhoS! (Make it so!)

39	EXT. SPACE - BIRDS OF PREY (OPTICAL)

	The two ships moving along parallel courses.

40	INT. KLINGON CRUISER - BRIDGE

	Worf reading his console... everyone else watching
	the viewscreen... they all know this is it.

					WORF
			Thirty-five thousand kellicams.
				(beat)
			Twenty thousand kellicams... now
			within transporter range.

					GOWRON
				(holds up hand)
			SuH... (Ready.. )

					WORF
			They're dropping shields!

					GOWRON
				(drops hand)
			BaH! (Fire!)

41	EXT. SPACE - BIRD OF PREY (OPTICAL)

	Disruptor fire hits the ship and it EXPLODES.

          STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT FOUR          44.

42
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43

44	INT. KLINGON CRUISER - BRIDGE

	As before.

					WORF
				(working console)
			Engaging computer control...
			firing on second target!

					FIRST OFFICER
				(reads console)
			They were able to raise shields
			in time... minor damage only.

	The bridge is ROCKED by another shot.

					WORF
			Disruptors off-line!

					GOWRON
			All power to shields.

	They are ROCKED again.

					FIRST OFFICER
			Shields failing!

44A	OMITTED

	NEW ANGLE

	Worf reading his console.

					WORF
			Incoming message.

					GOWRON
			On viewer.

          STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT FOUR          45.

44C	ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Kurn appears on the viewscreen.

					KURN
			This is Captain Kurn of the
			Hegh'ta. We come to defend the
			Empire... and to follow the banner
			of Gowron.

	Worf stands a little taller in pride.

44D	EXT. SPACE - KLINGON SHIPS (OPTICAL)

	The Bird of Prey is moving toward the Bortas.
	Suddenly Kurn's ship swoops in and fires on the Bird
	of Prey... damaging it... the Bird of Prey moves away
	and cloaks....

44E	RETURN TO SCENE

					WORF
			The enemy has sustained major
			damage to its life support
			systems... They have disengaged.

	Gowron is relieved, but profuse thanks are not the
	Klingon way. He gives Kurn a curt nod.

					GOWRON
			You have done well, Commander
			Kurn. Lursa and B'Etor have
			moved more quickly than I
			anticipated. We shall not
			underestimate them again.
				(thinks)
			Meet us at the Great Hall.

44F	ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Kurn nods and then the viewer returns to space.

					GOWRON
				(continuing, to First
				 Officer)
			Advise the Enterprise that their
			delegation is welcome to attend...
			my installation as leader.

          STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/10/91 - ACT FOUR         46.

45	INT. GREAT HALL

	Picard, K'Tal, Gowron, and the supporting Council
	Member standing in their places exactly as in Scene 16.
	Kurn is standing off to the side while one of Gowron's
	Aides stands watch, holding a weapon. Picard is
	holding the cloak before Gowron and K'Tal is speaking
	the last few phrases of the installation ritual.

					K'TAL
				(booming voice)
			Gowron, son of M'Rel, hakt'em.
			The arbiter confirms that you
			have completed the rite of
			succession. Your enemies have
			been destroyed. You stand alone.
			Do you wish to claim leadership
			of the Council?

					GOWRON
			I wish it.

					K'TAL
				(to the room)
			Are there no other challengers?

	This time there is only silence in response.

					K'TAL
				(continuing)
			Receive now the loyalty of the
			Council and of the Empire.

	Picard puts the cloak on Gowron's shoulders and Gowron
	steps up to the leader's chair. He turns and faces
	them.

					GOWRON
				(ritually)
			Let all who have opposed me now
			swear loyalty or die with shame!

	Rogh, Worf, Picard, and the other Klingons answer in
	unison:

					ALL
			Qapla!

	The sound echoes through the hall. Gowron sits in the
	leader's chair... he savors the moment for a beat.

          STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT FOUR         46A.

45	CONTINUED:

					GOWRON
				(to Worf & Kurn)
			naDev ghoS! (Come here!)
	
	All eyes on Worf as he moves to the center of the room.
	Kurn moves to stand beside him. Gowron steps down from
	the chair and moves directly in front of them

          STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT FOUR          47.

45	CONTINUED:

					GOWRON
				(continuing)
			You both fought as warriors...
			you have proved your hearts are
			Klingon.

	Worf and Kurn draw themselves up a little straighter...
	Picard looks on proudly. Gowron pulls out his dagger,
	holds the point towards Worf. Gowron presses a button
	on the hilt and the two small blades pop out on either
	side. Worf reaches out for the knife...

46	OMITTED

47	CLOSE ON KNIFE

	Worf hand grabs the knife firmly by the blade... a
	couple drops of blood fall from his hand.

48	RETURN TO SCENE

	Gowron and Worf still holding the knife.

					GOWRON
				(with great formality)
			I return your family honor... I
			give you back what was wrongfully
			taken from you. Let your name
			be spoken once again. You are
			Worf... son of Mogh.

	Hold on Worf's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                       
END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/8/91 - ACT FIVE          48.

                           
ACT FIVE                            

	FADE IN:

49	EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & CRUISER (OPTICAL)

	The ships in orbit.

50	INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Gowron, and Worf.

					GOWRON
			The Duras family is gathering a
			large force near Beta Thoridar.
			As per the terms of the Treaty
			of Alliance, I now formally
			request your assistance in
			fighting these enemies of the
			Empire.

	Picard had been expecting this... he knows this will be
	difficult.

					RIKER
			These... enemies are Klingons.

					GOWRON
			By right and tradition, I am now
			the sole leader... all who oppose
			me... are traitors.

					PICARD
			I understand your position.
			However, you must be aware that
			the Federation will not become
			involved in what is, by
			definition, an internal Klingon
			matter.

					GOWRON
			You arbitrated the rite of
			succession, you are already
			involved!

					PICARD
			And my duties in that regard are
			finished.

					WORF
			Captain... we must intervene.

          STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT FIVE          49.

50	CONTINUED:

	Picard and Riker are surprised. Worf forges ahead.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			The Duras family is corrupt and
			hungry for power... with no sense
			of honor or loyalty. They
			represent a grave threat to the
			security of the Federation.
				(beat, then quieter,
				 a direct appeal)
			Captain, you and I know that they
			have conspired with Romulans in
			the past. If they should be the
			victors in this war, they will
			surely form a new Klingon/Romulan
			alliance. That would represent
			a fundamental shift of power in
			this quadrant.
				(beat)
			Starfleet must support Gowron...
			it is in the interests of both
			the Federation and the Empire.
			I beg you to support us in our
			cause.

	Picard is very disturbed by this appeal... Worf seems
	unaware of the fact that he's just stepped across the
	line... "support us in our cause." Picard looks 	Worf squarely in the eye.

					PICARD
				(slow and firm)
			Mister Worf... non-interference
			in the internal affairs of other
			cultures is one of the guiding
			principles of the Federation...
			and as Starfleet officers, we have
			all sworn an oath to uphold that
			principle regardless of personal
			feeling.
				(to Gowron)
			I am sorry... but I must refuse
			your request.

	Gowron is not happy with this answer... but bickering
	would be beneath the dignity of the Leader of the
	Empire. Gowron stands... glares at Picard... then
	heads for the door. Worf moves to follow him...

					PICARD
			Lieutenant...

          STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/8/91 - ACT FIVE          50.

50	CONTINUED: (2)

	Worf stops, as does Gowron.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I'm afraid that I must now recall
			you to duty. The Enterprise will
			be leaving this sector
			immediately.

	A difficult moment for Worf. He glances at Gowron.

					WORF
			Captain... I respectfully request
			that I be allowed to take an
			extended leave of absence.

	Picard stands... he understands the conflict within
	Worf, but Picard has gone as far as he can already.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant, your responsibilities
			as a Starfleet officer are
			incompatible with remaining aboard
			a Klingon ship during a time of
			war.

	Worf again looks between Gowron and Picard. They
	represent the two roads now before him... the conflict
	which has torn him for his entire life has now come to
	a head... where does his duty lie?... is he Klingon?...
	is he Human?... what path should he follow?

					WORF
			Captain...

	There is no room for Picard to yield. Worf must
	choose.

					PICARD
			You are ordered to return to duty
			immediately.

	A final beat as Worf finally comes to a fateful
	decision...

					WORF
			Then... I must resign my
			commission as a Starfleet officer.

	A moment as the words sink in... Worf slowly takes the
	combadge from his chest and sets it on the table. He
	turns to Gowron, who nods approval.

          STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT FIVE          51.

50	CONTINUED: (3)

					GOWRON
			I will await you aboard the
			Bortas.

	Gowron EXITS. Worf waits a beat... looks at Picard
	and Riker... then EXITS.

51	ON PICARD

	As he picks up the combadge...

									CUT TO:

52	EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & KLINGON CRUISER (OPTICAL)

	The two ships stationary in space.

53	INT. WORF'S QUARTERS - CLOSE ON WORF

	MOVE TO REVEAL Worf now wearing a KLINGON UNIFORM
	(which should incorporate his sash into the outfit).
	Most of his things are already packed and sitting on
	his bed. He looks around the room that has been his
	home for four years... Worf turns... sees his
	reflection in the mirror... looks himself over with
	curiosity... is this who he is? The door CHIMES.

					WORF
			Enter.

54	NEW ANGLE

	Picard ENTERS. It's a parallel scene to the beginning
	of the Teaser. As before, Picard's tone and manner
	are personal... intimate. These are two shipmates
	about to sail aboard different ships.

					PICARD
			Am I intruding?

					WORF
			No, sir.

	A silent moment as Picard notices the clothes... Worf
	is a little uncomfortable, almost wants to apologize
	for being out of uniform... but that wouldn't be
	appropriate.

          STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT FIVE          52.

54	CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I understand... that you'll be
			serving aboard the Bortas.

					WORF
			As weapons officer.

					PICARD
			Your tactical knowledge and
			experience should serve them well.

					WORF
			Thank you, sir.

	Another silent beat.

					PICARD
			Are you certain you've made the
			right decision, Worf?

	Worf clearly isn't sure... but it's too late for that.

					WORF
			Yes.

	Worf struggles for a moment... finally opens up a
	little... shares the real reasons underlying his
	decision.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			I was rescued from Khitomer by
			humans... raised and... loved by
			human parents. I have lived among
			humans for most of my life...
			fought at their sides.
				(beat)
			But I was born Klingon. My heart
			is of that world. I do hear the
			cry of the warrior...
				(note of finality)
			I belong with my people.

	Picard considers that for a moment.

					PICARD
			Being the only Klingon ever to
			serve in Starfleet... gave you
			a singular distinction.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT FIVE          53.

54	CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (cont'd)
			But I always felt that the most
			unique thing about you was
			your... humanity.
				(beat)
			Compassion... generosity...
			fairness... You took some of the
			best qualities of humanity and
			made them part of you. The
			result... was a man I was proud
			to call one of my officers.

	A shared moment between the two men. After a beat...
	Picard breaks the moment.

					PICARD
				(re: things on bed)
			I'll have your belongings
			transported to the Bortas.

	There is more than just acknowledgement of this simple
	act in Worf's response... he's also thanking Picard
	for a great many things.

					WORF
			Thank you...

	Picard understands the subtext... after a beat, Worf
	glances around the room one last time then heads for
	the door. Picard and Worf EXIT together.

									CUT TO:

55	INT. CORRIDOR - ON TURBOLIFT DOORS

	The doors OPEN, revealing Worf and Picard. Worf takes
	a step... then stops in surprise.

56	NEW ANGLE

	Revealing that the long, straight section of corridor
	leading from the turbolift to the transporter room is
	lined with CREWMEMBERS standing at parade rest. Picard
	is not surprised to see them.

					PICARD
			Attention on deck!

          STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/8/91 - ACT FIVE          54.

56	CONTINUED:

	The Crewmembers all snap to attention. Worf realizes
	that this is meant for him... he struggles to hide the
	swell of emotion that begins to build within him.
	Picard looks at him: "They're waiting... " Worf squares
	his shoulders and proudly walks between the long line
	of his shipmates to the transporter room, Picard at his
	side.

57	INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - CONTINUOUS

	Worf and Picard ENTER through the open doors. At the
	end of the line are (in ascending order of rank)
	GEORDI, Data, TROI, BEVERLY, and Riker. Worf doesn't
	know what to say to these people... how to respond.
	They stand there silently... their respect and
	affection for their friend is clear... no words are
	necessary. Picard goes to the head of the line... Worf
	steps on the stage.

58	ON PICARD AND WORF

	After a beat...

					WORF
			Permission to leave the ship, sir?

					PICARD
			Permission granted.
				(beat)
			Qapla'

	Beat.

					WORF
			Good-bye.

	Picard nods to the TRANSPORTER TECHNICIAN.

59	NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Worf DEMATERIALIZES. A silent beat...

					RIKER
			Dismissed.

	Everyone EXITS except Picard. On his reaction...

									CUT TO:

          STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/9/91 - ACT FIVE          55.

60	EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & KLINGON CRUISER (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise leaves and the Bortas remains in
	orbit.

									CUT TO:

61	INT. DURAS FAMILY HOME

	Movar is here, along with Lursa, B'Etor, and Toral.
	The Mysterious Woman heard from earlier is sitting in
	a chair with her back to us. Toral paces while the
	women study something on a monitor. The door OPENS
	and a ROMULAN CREWMEMBER ENTERS, carrying a PADD. The
	Crewmember hands the PADD to Movar, then EXITS. Movar
	studies it for a moment.

					MOVAR
			Picard has rejected Gowron's plea
			for help.
				(looks up)
			The Enterprise has left orbit.

	Lursa and B'Etor exchange a glance... good news.

					TORAL
				(exultant)
			Coward! He didn't have the
			courage to face us. The
			Federation is---

	The Woman cuts him off without raising her voice.

					WOMAN
			Celebrate later, Toral.
				(beat)
			We should not discount Jean-Luc
			Picard yet. He is human...

62	NEW ANGLE

	The Woman turns around in her chair so that her
	features become apparent for the first time. We're
	shocked as we see that she's Human... with blonde
	hair... and that she bears a striking resemblance to
	the late Tasha Yar.

          STAR TREK: "Redemption" - REV. 4/10/91 - ACT FIVE         56.

62	CONTINUED:

					WOMAN
				(continuing, with ironic
				 smile)
			... and humans have a way of
			showing up when you least expect
			them.

									FREEZE FRAME.

                       
END OF ACT FIVE                         

                           
THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "Redemption II" 
                          #40275-201 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         David Carson 


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                         FINAL DRAFT

                        JULY 1, 1991


       STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/15/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Redemption II" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD               ADMIRAL SHANTHI
                RIKER                CHRISTOPHER HOBSON
                DATA                 SELA
                BEVERLY              LARG
                TROI                 KULGE
                GEORDI               KURN
                WORF                 GOWRON
                                     MOVAR
                O'BRIEN            
                                     LURSA
                GUINAN             
                                     B'ETOR
                                     TORAL
                Non-Speaking       
                 SUPERNUMERARIES     KLINGON HELMSMAN
                                     ENSIGN CRAIG
                STARFLEET ADMIRAL  
                N.D. STARFLEET CREW
                                     Non-Speaking
                                       N.D. KLINGONS
                                       KLINGON GUARD
                                       2 KLINGON THUGS
                                       N.D. KLINGON BRIDGE CREW
                                       KLINGON COUNCIL MEMBERS
                                       ROMULAN GUARD

        STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Redemption II" 
                            
                             SETS 


            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     USS EXCALIBUR
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
                                       USS SUTHERLAND
            USS EXCALIBUR
              BRIDGE                   STARBASE
          
            USS SUTHERLAND             FLEET LEAVING SPACEDOCK
              BRIDGE
                                       ROMULAN WARBIRD
            ROMULAN WARBIRD
              COMMAND CENTER           3 ROMULAN SUPPLY SHIPS
          
            KLINGON BIRD OF PREY       KLINGON BIRD OF PREY
              BRIDGE
                                       2 KLINGON SHIPS
            KLINGON HOME WORLD
              GREAT HALL               KLINGON CITY (MATTE)
              DURAS HOME
              NIGHTCLUB

  STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Redemption II" 
                          
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              CH pronounced as in chew or artichoke   
    
            Akagi                      ah-KAH-gee
            Bah                        BAH (gutteral "H")
            Berellian                  ber-EL-ee-'n
            Beta Lankal                bay-tah lan-KAL
            B'Etor                     be-TOR
            DaH                        DAH
            Duras                      DYUR-as
            Gamma Eridon               gam-uh AIR-ih-don
            GhoS                       GOZ
            Hegh'ta                    heg-TA
            Hermes                     HER-meez
            K'Tal                      Ka-TAL
            Kulge                      (ryhmes with bulge)
            Kurn                       KURN
            Larg                       larg
            Lursa                      LUR-suh
            Mempa                      MEM-pah
            Mogh                       MOHG
            Qapla'                     Khap-LA
            Shanthi                    SHAWN-tee

    STAR TREK: "RedemptionII" - REV. 7/3/91 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE      

                        CONTINUED:

                Sela            SEE-lah
                tachyon         TACK-ee-on
                Tian Nan Men    TEE-IN-ah-men
                Toral           TO-ral

      STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - TEASER      1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                     "Redemption Part II"                          
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	Hold a beat on the starry blackness... suddenly a BIRD
	OF PREY comes tearing across the scene with DISRUPTOR
	FIRE bursting all around it from o.c. ships. The Bird
	of Prey takes a hit.

2    INT. BIRD OF PREY - BRIDGE

	The ship ROCKS with the hit. KURN in command, WORF
	at tactical, along with a HELMSMAN, and N.D. FIRST
	OFFICER, & ENGINEER at their stations. The bridge is
	smoky... a couple of consoles have blown out and there
	are one or two dead Klingons on the deck. The mood is
	tense and urgent.

					WORF
			Aft shields buckling!

					KURN
				(to Engineer)
			Transfer auxiliary power to
			shields!

	The ship is ROCKED again.

					WORF
			Aft shields are gone!

	Kurn doesn't respond... his expression is hardening.
	Worf sizes up the situation... sees no point in a
	hopeless struggle, but Kurn seems to be contemplating
	just that option. Worf moves to Kurn.

					WORF
				(quietly)
			We cannot win. We must withdraw.

	Kurn's head snaps around. He keeps his voice low, but
	there is real fire in his eyes.

      STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/8/91 - TEASER      2.

2    CONTINUED:

					KURN
			Keep your place!

	Worf has no choice but to acquiesce. He returns to
	the tactical station as the ship is ROCKED again. All
	eyes turn to Kurn. He waits a beat...

					KURN
				(to Helmsman)
			New course... three zero seven...
			mark two seven five.

					HELMSMAN
				(shocked)
			But sir---!

					KURN
				(Do it!)
			GhoS!

	The Helmsman works his console.

3    EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL) - KLINGON SHIPS

	The Bird of Prey is being pursued by TWO KLINGON
	SHIPS. The Bird of Prey is heading directly for a star
	in the b.g.

4    INT. BIRD OF PREY - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is ROCKED AGAIN. The star looms larger and
	larger on the viewscreen.

					WORF
			We are entering the star's
			corona... we will reach the
			photosphere in thirty seconds.

      STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/8/91 - TEASER      3.

4    CONTINUED:

					KURN
				(to Helmsman)
			Stand-by to enter warp on my
			command, course two five zero mark
			zero one five.

					WORF
			Shields failing... outer hull
			temperature exceeding design
			limits...

	Kurn doesn't answer.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Captain!

	Kurn is watching the viewscreen... waiting for the
	right moment...

					KURN
			Maintain course...

					WORF
			They're closing on us!

					KURN
				(to Helmsman)
			Stand-by...

	Kurn waits... waits... then...

					KURN
				(continuing)
			DaH! (Now!)

5
thru	OMITTED
8

9    EXT. SPACE - BIRD OF PREY (OPTICAL)

	The Bird of Prey is heading directly into the star.
	Just as it is about to enter the star, the ship turns,
	goes into WARP SPEED, and heads away.

      STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/8/91 - TEASER      4.

10   NEW ANGLE - TWO KLINGON SHIPS (OPTICAL)

	They were following the Bird of Prey too closely. They
	try to turn away at the last second, but it's too late
	and they fly right into the blazing sun and are
	DESTROYED.

10A  INT. BIRD OF PREY - BRIDGE

	Worf and the others have new respect for Kurn, who
	brought off this daring gamble.

10B
thru	OMITTED
12

12A  EXT SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Hanging in space. A starbase is visible in the
	background.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45020.4.
			We have arrived at Starbase
			Two-thirty-four, where I have
			taken the opportunity to make a
			proposal to Fleet Admiral
			Shanthi.

12B  INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	PICARD and RIKER are seated across the table from FLEET
	ADMIRAL SHANTHI and a N.D. STARFLEET ADMIRAL. Shanthi
	is the head of Starfleet, and is a woman of African
	descent in her late fifties with an almost regal
	bearing. She is listening to Picard while the N.D.
	Admiral looks on with disapproval.

					PICARD
			There have been three major
			engagements in the last two
			weeks... all of them won by ships
			loyal to the Duras family.

					SHANTHI
			None of which is our concern,
			Jean-Luc. The Klingon civil war
			is, by definition, an internal
			matter of the Empire.

        STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - 7/1/91 - TEASER        4A.

12B  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Agreed. But if the Duras are
			being aided by the Romulans, then
			it becomes very much our concern.

	Picard takes the plunge and forcefully lays out his
	views as Shanthi watches him more closely

        STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - 7/1/91 - TEASER        5.

12B  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			The Romulans have been trying to
			destroy the Federation/Klingon
			Alliance for over twenty years,
			and at the same time, the Duras
			have been secretly conspiring with
			the Romulans.
				(beat)
			Doesn't it strike you as odd that
			the Duras are able to field such
			an overpowering force against
			Gowron? That they outmatch him
			at almost every turn?

					SHANTHI
			Some would call it good
			leadership.

	Picard refuses to let up... he's arguing with passion
	and conviction.

					PICARD
			And some would say they must be
			getting help.
				(beat)
			The Romulans have always been
			willing to take enormous risks
			in order to gain any advantage
			over the Federation.
				(with force)
			Can we seriously believe that now,
			with the future of the entire
			Klingon Empire hanging in the
			balance, they are content to
			simply stand by and watch?

	There is a pause as Picard waits for a reaction.

					SHANTHI
			What is it you propose, Captain?

	Riker suppresses a grin in the b.g.... the captain's
	got her.


      STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/2/91 - TEASER      6.

12B  CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			We must stop the flow of supplies
			and equipment from the Romulans
			to the Duras family.
				(beat)
			I propose we take a fleet of ships
			to the Romulan/Klingon border.
			We'll take no offensive action,
			but we'll be in a position to
			expose any Romulan shipments that
			try to cross the border.

					SHANTHI
				(musing)
			A blockade...
				(beat)
			But how will you overcome the
			Romulan cloaking device?

					PICARD
			My chief engineer has developed
			a system that should help us
			nullify that advantage. Each ship
			will send out an active tachyon
			beam to the other ships in the
			blockade fleet. In theory, any
			cloaked vessel that tries to pass
			between our ships should cross
			one of those beams and be
			detected.

	Shanthi studies him silently for a moment and considers
	his plan.

					SHANTHI
			I'll have to clear this with the
			Federation Council...
				(beat)
			In the meantime, assemble your
			fleet, Captain.

	With that, Shanthi and the N.D. Admiral EXIT. Picard
	and Riker move to follow them and Riker quietly speaks
	to Picard on their way out of the room.

					RIKER
				(quietly)
			Nicely done... I hope you know
			what you're doing.

        STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - 7/1/91 - TEASER        7.

12B  CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
				(quietly)
			So do I, Number One.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/2/91 - ACT ONE     8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

13   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit near the starbase.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45021.3.
			Convincing Starfleet Command to
			establish a blockade was
			relatively painless.
			Implementing that plan is proving
			more troublesome.

14   INT. READY ROOM

	Riker, DATA, and GEORDI are standing before Picard,
	who is studying some PADDs they've brought him. They
	contain lists of available ships.

					RIKER
			Starfleet is stretched pretty thin
			across the quadrant. There are
			only twelve ships within one day's
			travel of this position.

					GEORDI
			The only other ships available
			are either in spacedock for
			repairs or still under
			construction. Most of them don't
			even have full crews yet.

					RIKER
			But we could probably pick up
			seven... maybe eight more ships.

	Picard ponders the PADD for a moment.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, will we be able
			to implement your tachyon
			detection grid with twenty ships?

     STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - ACT ONE     9.

14   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(dubious)
			It's possible...
				(beat)
			But the more ships, the bigger
			the net we can throw.

	Picard drops into deep thought for a long beat... then
	picks up the PADD.

					PICARD
				(decisive)
			I want to add the Tian Nan Men,
			the Hermes, and the Sutherland
			to join us whether the yard
			superintendent thinks they're
			ready or not. Mister Data, select
			a group of experienced officers
			from the Enterprise to augment
			the crews of those ships.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Will, I want you to command the
			Excalibur. Her crew was
			reassigned when she put in for
			repairs. Geordi, you'll serve
			as his first officer.

	Riker and Geordi give him confident nods.

					PICARD
				(continuing, to
				 everyone)
			I want the fleet to be underway
			by oh nine hundred tomorrow.
			Thank you, gentlemen.

	Riker and Geordi EXIT, but Data remains behind with
	a slightly puzzled look on his face.

					PICARD
			Yes, Data?

					DATA
			May I ask a question of a...
			personal nature, sir?

       STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - 7/1/91 - ACT ONE       10.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Yes.

	Data thinks for a beat.

					DATA
			Why have I not been assigned to
			command a ship in the fleet?

	Picard is caught off-guard and is quite frankly
	embarrassed.

					PICARD
			Well... I felt that you were
			needed here.
				(beat, then curious)
			Why do you ask?

					DATA
			You have commented on the lack
			of senior officers available for
			this mission. I believe that my
			twenty-six years of Starfleet
			service qualify me for such a
			post.
				(beat)
			However, if you do not believe
			the time has arrived for an
			android to command a starship, then
			perhaps I should address myself
			to improving---

					PICARD
			Commander... I believe the
			starship Sutherland will need a
			captain. I can think of no one
			more suited to the task than you.

	Picard holds out his hand and Data shakes it.

					DATA
			Thank you, Captain.

	Data EXITS. Hold on Picard a beat...

									CUT TO:

15   EXT. KLINGON CITY (MATTE)

	The Klingon Home World.

     STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/2/91 - ACT ONE     11.

16   INT. KLINGON NIGHTCLUB

	If the Hell's Angels owned a posh country club, it
	would look something like this. The club is designed
	for food, drink, and merriment, Klingon-style. The
	room is filled with N.D. KLINGONS and the atmosphere is
	loud and raucous, with only a thin veneer of
	civility... like a controlled riot.

	Some groups of Klingons can be seen drinking foul
	concoctions and laughing uproariously... two large
	Klingons continue to hit each other in the face and
	laugh loudly following each blow as if that only made
	the joke funnier.

17   ON WORF

	As he ENTERS, carrying a PADD. In contrast to everyone
	else, he glowers around at the scene of revelry. A
	couple of Klingon women give him the eye as he passes,
	but his interest lies elsewhere. He finally spots Kurn
	sitting at a table with a Klingon captain named LARG.
	He moves toward them.

18   NEW ANGLE

	Kurn and Larg are drinking and laughing loudly as Worf
	approaches.

					KURN
			You always did have fools working
			for you, Larg... now you don't
			have as many!

	Kurn slams the table and roars in laughter. Larg is
	having a good time as well.

					LARG
			You were lucky, Kurn... but luck
			always runs out. Someday I will
			stand over your broken corpse and
			drink to the victory of the Duras!

	Larg laughs a hearty laugh and throws the flagon
	against a wall. Kurn and Larg now notice Worf. Kurn
	is pleased to see his brother.

       STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - 7/1/91 - ACT ONE       12.

18   CONTINUED:

					KURN
				(stands and claps Worf
				 on shoulder)
			Ah, Worf... good.
				(indicates Larg)
			This piece of baktag is Captain
			Larg. He commanded the squadron
			that tried to destroy us
			yesterday.

	Worf doesn't quite know how to react, so he simply
	looks at Larg.

					LARG
				(stands)
			The infamous Worf, son of Mogh.
				(pretends to looks Worf
				 over)
			What are you wearing? That's the
			uniform of a Klingon.

	Larg laughs and Worf starts to move toward him, but
	Kurn lays a gentle, yet firmly restraining, hand on his
	shoulder. Kurn's smile never fades, and although there
	is laughter in his voice, it also contains just a hint
	of warning.

					KURN
				(to Worf)
			The Capital City is neutral
			ground... and Larg's men are all
			around us.
				(beat, then pointed to
				 Larg)
			As are mine.

	Larg and Kurn continue to smile at each other for a
	minute. They're duelists who've met away from the
	field of honor... tomorrow they'll happily kill each
	other.

					LARG
			Good to drink with you, Kurn.
				(pounds the pitcher
				 of drink on the table)
			May you die well.

					KURN
			Die well, Larg.

	Larg moves away and Kurn watches him carefully, never
	taking his eyes off Larg until he's safely away.

       STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - 7/1/91 - ACT ONE       13.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(disapproving)
			You drink with our enemy...

	They sit down. Kurn takes another long pull on his
	drink and then leans in closer to Worf.

					KURN
				(indicates room)
			How many are Gowron's men... how
			many are Duras? Does it matter?
			When we meet in battle we'll fight
			to the death, but here... we're
			all warriors... all Klingons.

	Worf nods... he understands the concept, but it still
	runs against his personal grain. Kurn is relaxed,
	thoroughly enjoying himself, but Worf can't seem to
	unwind like his brother... he's a little too tightly
	wrapped for that. Worf seeks refuge in
	professionalism.

					WORF
				(reading PADD)
			The repairs on the Hegh'ta are
			proceeding. The port stabilizers
			are---

					KURN
			Is there nothing in your heart
			but duty?

					WORF
			It is my responsibility to oversee
			the repairs aboard ship.

					KURN
			We all have responsibilities and
			duties...
				(with joy)
			But we are warriors fighting in
			a great war! Think of it... you
			and I will fight battles others
			can only dream of... our time for
			glory is here. This is not the
			time to worry about stabilizers.
				(stands and shouts to
				 the crowd)
			It is a time to celebrate... for
			tomorrow we may die!

     STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/2/91 - ACT ONE     14.

18   CONTINUED: (3)

	The crowd ROARS its approval. The room is filled with
	screaming Klingons for one insane moment...

					KURN
				(to Worf)
			Come... let the sons of Mogh live
			this night as if it were our last!

	Worf hesitates for a moment... then tosses aside the
	PADD. Kurn clasps his brother on the shoulder, and
	leads Worf over to the table where a Klingon game is
	being played which is a combination of wrestling and
	head-butting.

19   NEW ANGLE

	A different part of the club. LURSA and B'ETOR are
	sitting at a table, watching Worf with interest as he
	competes against another Klingon at the far table.

					B'ETOR
			Worf is not like his brother.

					LURSA
			No. He tries to be... but he is
			still unsure of himself.

					B'ETOR
				(lascivious)
			Perhaps he needs something to help
			restore his... confidence.

					LURSA
				(smiles at her)
			I think he'll find our offer
			appealing.

					B'ETOR
			I'll make sure he does.

	B'Etor smiles to herself and then looks at Worf with
	obvious sexual hunger.

									CUT TO:

     STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/2/91 - ACT ONE     15.

20   EXT. SPACE - THE SUTHERLAND (OPTICAL)

	A Nebula-class ship in spacedock.

21   INT. SUTHERLAND - BRIDGE

	A smaller bridge than that of the Enterprise. N.D.
	CREWMEMBERS are hurrying around the bridge trying to
	get the ship ready to go. Panels and consoles are
	open, tools and boxes litter the floor and everything
	has a rushed, unready look to it. LT. COMMANDER HOBSON
	is berating some unfortunate N.D. ENGINEER just as Data
	ENTERS from the turbolift.

					HOBSON
			You've got to keep that mixture
			above ninety percent or we'll
			never leave orbit.

	The Engineer nods unhappily and then EXITS. Hobson
	turns to see Data for the first time. They look at
	each other for a moment.

					DATA
			I am Lieutenant Commander Data.

	Everyone on the bridge stops what they're doing to look
	with curiosity at Data.

					HOBSON
			Lieutenant Commander Christopher
			Hobson.

	Data takes no notice of Hobson's iciness and moves
	quickly to the business at hand.

					DATA
			By order of Starfleet, I hereby
			take command of this vessel.
			Please note the time and date in
			the ship's log.

					HOBSON
				(tight)
			Yes, sir.

					DATA
				(to com)
			Computer, what is the status of
			the dilithium matrix?

     STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/9/91 - ACT ONE     16.

21   CONTINUED:

	Data waits, but there is no acknowledgment beep from
	the computer and Data looks at Hobson for an
	explanation.

					HOBSON
			The audio pick up circuits
			aren't functioning. You can still
			access the computer manually.

	Data nods and moves to a console. Activity on the
	bridge resumes and after a beat, Hobson moves over to
	Data.

22   ON HOBSON AND DATA

	Data is working the console as Hobson moves to him.

					HOBSON
			Excuse me... sir?
				(Data looks up)
			I'd like to request a transfer.

	Data wasn't expecting that. He looks slightly puzzled.

					DATA
			May I ask why?

					HOBSON
			I don't believe I would be... a
			good first officer for you.

					DATA
			Your service record to date
			suggests that you would perform
			that function competently.

	Hobson tries not to be irritated at Data's turn of
	phrase.

					HOBSON
			That's not what I mean.
				(beat)
			I don't think that I would be a
			good first officer for you.

					DATA
			Why?

     STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/2/91 - ACT ONE     17.

22   CONTINUED:

					HOBSON
			Frankly, sir... I don't believe
			in your ability to command this
			ship.

	Data says nothing, his face impassive. Hobson has
	taken the plunge... might as well lay it all out.
	He speaks without anger, with a strictly professional
	concern... which only makes his assessment more
	damning.

					HOBSON
				(continuing)
			You're a fellow officer and I
			respect that... but no one would
			suggest that a Klingon would make
			a good ship's counselor or that
			a Berellian could be an
			engineer. They're just not suited
			for those positions.
				(beat)
			By the same token, I don't think
			that an android is a good choice
			to be captain.

	A beat as Data considers this.

					DATA
			I understand your concerns.
				(beat)
			Request denied.

	Data returns to working at the console and Hobson is
	momentarily nonplussed... but then he tries to resign
	himself to the task at hand and turns away to go back
	to work.

23   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	O'BRIEN at tactical, N.D. CREWMEMBERS at ops and conn.
	Picard ENTERS from the ready room.

					O'BRIEN
			The Endeavor has cleared the dock,
			Captain. All ships standing by.

       STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - 7/1/91 - ACT ONE       18.

23   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Good.
				(to conn )
			Course one one eight mark three
			five seven, full impulse power
				(to O'Brien)
			Signal the fleet to get underway.
			We'll enter warp once we're clear
			of the system.

					O'BRIEN
			Aye, sir.

	Picard sits in command.

					PICARD
			Engage.

24   EXT. SPACE - THE FLEET (MATTE)

	The Enterprise leading the fleet out into deep space.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - ACT TWO     19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

25   EXT. KLINGON CITY (MATTE)

	The Klingon Home World.

26   INT. DURAS FAMILY HOME

	SELA (the Mysterious Woman from Part One) is arguing
	with B'Etor while MOVAR (the Romulan General) and TORAL
	(the Klingon boy) look on. Sela's attitude is crisp,
	dispassionate... very Romulan. B'Etor is very
	deferential to Sela... she clearly fears her.

					B'ETOR
			The Romulan convoy is late. We
			need those supplies.

					SELA
			Gowron has suffered another loss
			near the Mempa system. His forces
			will not threaten you in that
			region for some time.

					B'ETOR
				(hesitates)
			But if Gowron tries to---

					SELA
				(without raising her
				 voice)
			The convoy will arrive in due
			course.

	Sela ignores her and picks up a PADD. B'Etor looks
	angry at her peremptory dismissal, but she won't
	challenge Sela. Lursa ENTERS. She appears concerned,
	but not panicked.

					LURSA
				(to Sela)
			A Federation fleet has just left
			Starbase Two-thirty-four... they've
			set course for Klingon territory.

					MOVAR
			How many?

					LURSA
			At least twenty starships.

       STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - 7/1/91 - ACT TWO       20.

26   CONTINUED:

					SELA
			Who's commanding this fleet?

					LURSA
			Picard.

					TORAL
			What does it mean? Is the
			Federation going to enter the war?
			Should we attack them before they
			get here?

					SELA
				(irritated)
			Silence the child, or send him
			away.

	Toral bristles, but doesn't protest as B'Etor shuts
	him up with a gesture. There is a long beat... then
	Sela makes a decision.

					SELA
			Movar, I want you to return to
			Romulus immediately.
				(picks up PADD and taps
				 in something)
			Have all available ships
			rendezvous at these coordinates
			in two days.

	She hands the PADD to Movar. He glances at them.

					MOVAR
			Yes, Commander.

	Movar EXITS.

					LURSA
			Twenty ships aren't enough to wage
			a war... Starfleet must be
			bluffing.

    STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/15/91 - ACT TWO    21.

26   CONTINUED: (3)

					SELA
			Perhaps...

	On Sela's thoughtful expression...

									CUT TO:

27   INT. KLINGON GREAT HALL

	GOWRON is seated in the Leader's chair. Worf and
	Kurn stand before him. Kurn is holding a PADD. A
	Klingon named KULGE, and a couple N.D. KLINGONS are
	standing in the b.g. Kurn is finishing a report and
	Gowron is very unhappy.

					KURN
			Our forces in the Mempa sector
			are now in full retreat. They
			will have to regroup near Beta
			Lankal.

	Gowron suppresses a curse.

					GOWRON
				(angry)
			We destroyed their supply bases
			in that sector three weeks ago!
			How can they continue to fight?

					KURN
			They must be getting help.

	Kulge's insolent voice is softly heard from the back
	of the room.

					KULGE
			Maybe they have better leaders.

	Gowron's eyes narrow. He knows that dissension can
	spread quickly... he slowly stands. Kulge glances
	around the room... there might be support for him here,
	but no one's going to openly back him yet. Kulge
	decides to go for it... he steps forward.

       STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - 7/1/91 - ACT TWO       21A.

27   CONTINUED:

					KULGE
				(continuing, louder)
			I say you have failed as our
			leader, Gowron.

    STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/15/91 - ACT TWO    22.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

	Gowron gives a predatory smile and slowly takes off
	his cloak. Worf can't believe what's going on and he
	tries to intervene.

					WORF
			There is no time for this! We
			must make plans before those
			forces reach Beta Lankal!

	Gowron and Kulge ignore him as they each start to
	square off in the center of the room and everyone else
	makes room for them. Worf turns to Kurn for some kind
	of support.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			How can we oppose the Duras when
			we continue to fight among
			ourselves?

					KURN
				(simply)
			Gowron must answer a challenge
			to his authority.

	Gowron and Kulge have each pulled their knives and are
	about to go at it. The other Klingons are yelling and
	cheering them on. Worf feels things flying out of
	control.

					WORF
				(to Kulge)
			Stop this!
				(to everyone)
			Are we to fall upon each other
			like a pack of Ferengi? The enemy
			is the Duras! We are at war!

	Gowron and Kulge ignore Worf. Kulge makes a move
	toward Gowron and then Worf moves quickly to Kulge and
	grabs hold of his knife hand. Gowron seizes the
	opportunity that Worf's intervention has provided and
	he lunges for Kulge. Worf is still holding Kulge's arm
	and so Gowron is able to sink his knife deep into
	Kulge's chest. He crumples to the ground. Worf is
	shocked, but he's the only one.

					GOWRON
				(quietly)
			Now the war can continue.

      STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/2/91 - ACT TWO     23        

27   CONTINUED: (3)

	Gowron moves back to the chair and everyone else
	ignores the body of Kulge. Worf stands over the
	corpse...

	He is torn by guilt, anger, and confusion over what he
	should do or should have done.

									CUT TO:

28   OMITTED

29   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Picard in command, O'Brien at tactical, Troi next to
	Picard.

					O'BRIEN
			We're crossing into Klingon
			territory, Captain.

					PICARD
			Signal the fleet to maintain
			yellow alert until further notice.

					O'BRIEN
			Aye, sir.

	The ship's condition goes to YELLOW.

					PICARD
				(moves to tactical)
			Begin long-range scans of the
			Romulan border.

					O'BRIEN
				(works console)
			No uncloaked ships within sensor
			range... a few subspace anomalies,
			but nothing firm.

					PICARD
				(looking at console)
			Those anomalies could be cloaked
			ships.

					O'BRIEN
			Could be, sir.

	A beat as Picard studies the display.

       STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - 7/1/91 - ACT TWO       23A.

29   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Open a channel to the Excalibur.

     STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/2/91 - ACT TWO     24.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

	O'Brien taps a few buttons.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Excalibur, Riker here.

					PICARD
			Deploy the fleet, Will. It's time
			to spread our net.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Yes, sir.

									CUT TO:

30   EXT. SPACE - THE SUTHERLAND (OPTICAL)

	The ship on impulse power.

31   INT. SUTHERLAND - BRIDGE

	Data in command, Hobson moving back and forth between
	consoles, keeping an eye on things. Again, there
	should only be one or two N.D. CREWMEMBERS present.
	Ship's condition is YELLOW. Hobson is containing his
	resentment of Data for now -- but it's there, beneath
	the surface.

					HOBSON
				(to Data)
			We've arrived at the designated
			coordinates, Captain.

					DATA
			All stop. Notify the flagship
			that we have assumed station.

	Hobson nods and then an ALARM BEEP gets his attention.

					HOBSON
				(moving to console)
			Starboard power coupling has
			overloaded. We've got a radiation
			leak on decks ten through twelve.

	Data moves to look at the monitor as well.

					DATA
			Why are auxiliary back-ups not
			functioning?

       STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - 7/1/91 - ACT TWO       25.

31   CONTINUED:

					HOBSON
				(frustrated)
			There wasn't enough time to test
			all the back-ups before leaving
			the yard.
				(beat, then to N.D.
				 Crewman)
			Terry, I want you down in
			engineering working on a new
			coupling.

	The Crewman EXITS and Hobson begins working the
	console. Data watches the monitor with concern.

					DATA
			You have taken the phaser and
			torpedo control units off-line.

	But Hobson isn't listening... he's taken charge here
	and is giving orders to the two N.D. Crewmembers.

					HOBSON
			Keith, you and I'll start bringing
			the coolant levels down in---

					DATA
			Mister Hobson, it is inappropriate
			for you to determine a course of
			action without consulting the
			commanding officer.

	Hobson deliberately uses this opportunity to put Data
	in a bad light and make him seem petty and
	small-minded.

					HOBSON
			I was trying to safeguard the
			lives of people on those decks,
			but you're right.
				(to all)
			Belay those orders, everyone.
				(works console)
			The phasers and torpedos are back
			on-line. What should we do, sir?

     STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - ACT TWO     26.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

	Everyone is looking at Data. Hobson knows there's only
	one course of action possible.

					DATA
			Take the phasers and torpedo units
			off-line and begin repairs on the
			starboard power coupling.

					HOBSON
			Thank you, sir.
				(to all)
			You heard the Captain, everyone.

	Hobson EXITS along with a couple Crewmembers, leaving
	Data alone on the bridge... the initiative and command
	authority seems to have left with Hobson. Data is
	disturbed by the realization that he has a real problem
	here.

									CUT TO:

31A  INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard is at the aft science station watching two
	monitors. One screen shows a schematic display of the
	fleet, while the other shows Riker and Geordi on the
	bridge of the Excalibur.

					RIKER
			We're ready, sir.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, how long do you
			think it will take the Romulans
			to detect the tachyon field once
			it's activated?

					GEORDI
				(thinks)
			Not long... Romulan sensors are
			as good as ours.

	Picard files that fact away for the time being.

					PICARD
			Very well. Energize the network.

	Geordi bends to a console, taps commands.

     STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - ACT TWO     27.

32
thru	OMITTED
33

34   ON MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	The screen at aft science station shows a schematic
	display of the fleet dispersed along the border.
	Suddenly, thousands of beams suddenly connect the ships
	of the fleet, forming a huge web.

35   OMITTED

36   RESUME SCENE (OPTICAL)

					RIKER
			Captain, the tachyon network is
			active.

					PICARD
			Acknowledged.

					O'BRIEN
				(quickly)
			Captain, the net has picked up
			five cloaked ships... they're
			stationary... about five thousand
			kilometers directly ahead.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			They've probably been sitting
			there watching us for some time
			now.

36A  INT. ROMULAN WARBIRD - COMMAND CENTER (OPTICAL)

	The Romulan version of a ready room, it serves as more
	than a mere office. There are monitors and consoles
	which allow the commander to control the activities of
	the ship or of a fleet without actually being on the
	bridge. There is a single chair with a display console
	before it. Sela and Movar are watching one of the
	monitors which has a schematic display of the
	Federation fleet on it.

					MOVAR
				(reading console)
			There is an increase in tachyon
			emissions from the Federation
			ships.

    STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/8/91 - ACT TWO    27A.

36A  CONTINUED:

	Sela reaches down and taps a key. The monitor now
	shows the tachyon beams which form the network. (The
	image should be similar but not identical to the
	graphic seen earlier on the Enterprise bridge.) Sela
	studies the image for a beat.

					SELA
				(nods in understanding)
			They're using the beams as a
			detection field...

					MOVAR
			If we try to cross it, they'll
			see us... even if we're cloaked.

	Sela thinks for a beat.

					SELA
			Issue orders to begin work on a
			way to penetrate this field.
				(beat, then firm)
			In the meantime, we'll have to
			convince Captain Picard he should
			leave.

     STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - ACT TWO     28.

36B  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	O'Brien is watching his console.

					O'BRIEN
			New readings...
				(urgent)
			Romulan ship decloaking!

37   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & ROMULAN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	A WARBIRD DECLOAKS in front of the Enterprise.

38   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	As before.

					O'BRIEN
			Shall I raise shields?

					PICARD
			Not yet.

	Beat.

					O'BRIEN
			They're hailing us, sir.

					PICARD
			On screen.

39   ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The image of Sela comes on the screen.

40   ON PICARD AND TROI- INTERCUT AS NEEDED (OPTICAL)

	They are completely taken by surprise. Picard stares
	at this seeming ghost from the past.

					PICARD
			Tasha?

	Sela waits for a beat... lets him wonder for a
	moment... then...

    STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/2/91 - ACT TWO    28A.

40   CONTINUED:

					SELA
			No, Captain. I am Commander Sela.
				(beat)
			The woman you knew as Tasha Yar...
			was my mother.

       STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - 7/1/91 - ACT TWO       29.

40   CONTINUED:

	On Picard's expression...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - ACT THREE    30.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

41   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Continuous action. Picard still looking at Sela on the
	viewscreen.

					SELA
			Deploying an invasion fleet along
			our border is a clear act of
			aggression, Captain. It will not
			be tolerated. You have twenty
			hours to recall your ships and
			return peacefully to Federation
			territory.

	The transmission abruptly ends. Picard stares at the
	screen for a moment, not sure what to believe.

									CUT TO:

42   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & ROMULAN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The two ships hanging in space.

43   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Troi, and BEVERLY.

					PICARD
			Then you believe her, Counselor?

					TROI
			I'm not saying we should accept
			her claim at face value... but
			I sensed no deception from her.
			She really believes that she is
			the daughter of Tasha Yar.

					BEVERLY
			Regardless of what she believes,
			Sela cannot be her daughter.
			I've reviewed all of Tasha's
			medical records, and there is no
			indication that she was ever
			pregnant.

    STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - ACT THREE    31.

43   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Besides, Tasha would have been a
			child when this woman was born.

					TROI
			Sela could have been cloned.

					BEVERLY
			Or had her appearance surgically
			altered...

					PICARD
			But why? What possible advantage
			do the Romulans think they would
			gain?

	No one has a good answer for that. Picard thinks for a
	moment.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			As it now stands, I don't see how
			this has any impact on our present
			strategy. We'll continue the
			blockade and leave the next move
			to them.

	Beverly and Troi EXIT, leaving Picard alone.

43A  ON PICARD

	As he moves to the windows and looks out at the stars.
	Camera follows and closes on him. After a beat...

					GUINAN (o.s.)
			Am I intruding?

43B  NEW ANGLE

	As Picard turns to find GUINAN standing quietly at the
	door. Picard is a little surprised.

					PICARD
			Not at all. Is something wrong?

   STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - ACT THREE   31A.

43B  CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			Word travels fast. I heard that
			Tasha Yar's daughter is on the
			Romulan ship.

	Picard doesn't want to give this rumor any credence.

					PICARD
			I think the Romulans have created
			what they hope will be a
			distraction... something to keep
			us off balance.

	Guinan eyes him, gauging his tone.

					GUINAN
			Is that what you really think?
			Or is there some part of you...
			that wonders?

	Picard says nothing, but she has touched something.

					GUINAN
			Because part of me does...

	She moves toward him for a silent moment... picking
	her way cautiously through what she knows will sound
	far-fetched.

					GUINAN
			How much do you know about what
			happened to the last ship named
			Enterprise?

	A frown. Curious question... but he searches his
	memory.

					PICARD
			The Enterprise C? It was lost...
			at the battle of Narendra Three...
			while defending a Klingon outpost
			from the Romulans.

					GUINAN
			And... the survivors?

	He regards her, perplexed. Where is this leading? But
	Guinan is an old and trusted friend. He'll follow
	along.

   STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - ACT THREE   31B.

43B  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			There were stories... that there
			might have been prisoners, taken
			back to Romulus. But those were
			just rumors.

	She moves still closer to him, struggling with
	thoughts, feelings, memories... all of them a jumble
	that makes no sense. And yet...

					GUINAN
			There were survivors. And one
			of them was Tasha Yar.

	Picard stares at her. Is she out of her mind?

    STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - ACT THREE    32.

43B  CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Guinan... that was twenty-three
			years ago... Tasha was still a
			child...

					GUINAN
			I know. But I also know she was
			on that ship -- and she wasn't
			a child.
				(beat)
			And Picard... you sent her there.

					PICARD
			How could you know these things?

	Guinan turns away from him, frustrated, struggling to
	make sense of all this.

					GUINAN
			I don't know how I know. I just
			do.
				(turning back to him)
			I remember it.

	She moves close again, her mind grasping at the elusive
	imagery.

					GUINAN
			I can see her.. in my mind...
			asking me a question...
				(shaking her head)
			And then it's gone...

					PICARD
			Tasha died... a year before you
			came to the Enterprise. You never
			met her.

					GUINAN
			I know that... but I also know
			I'm right.

	Picard isn't sure what to make of all this, but he
	tries to take a more pragmatic approach.

					PICARD
			If you have nothing more than a
			vague intuition...

    STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/8/91 - ACT THREE    33.

43B  CONTINUED: (4)

					GUINAN
			That's all I have. But I listen
			to it... and you should do the
			same.

	Picard doesn't know what to say. He's been through
	enough with Guinan not to dismiss what she says. She
	senses his resistance lessening.

					GUINAN
			You can't just dismiss this. If
			I'm right... if you did send
			Tasha Yar on that ship... then,
			in a way, Picard... you're
			responsible for her daughter.

	A long beat as Picard absorbs this. Then --

					PICARD
			I think... it's time I met
			Commander Sela.

	Guinan nods, a faint smile of relief on her lips.

									CUT TO:

44   EXT. KLINGON CITY (MATTE)

	The Klingon Home World.

      STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - 7/1/91 - ACT THREE      34.

45   INT. KLINGON NIGHTCLUB

	As seen before. The place is as rowdy and raucous as
	ever. Worf and Kurn are in deep discussion at a table.

					WORF
			We are at war! Gowron should
			forbid any challenges until we
			are victorious.

	Kurn looks at his brother as if he'd lost his mind.

					KURN
			A Klingon does not... postpone
			a matter of honor.

					WORF
			A Klingon should place the good
			of the Empire above his own pride!

	Kurn's had about enough of this. His temper starts to
	build.

					KURN
			So now Gowron no longer suits
			you... perhaps you mean to
			challenge him for the leadership
			of the Council?

					WORF
				(irritated)
			No.

					KURN
				(hot)
			Then do not speak of this again!
				(beat)
			I did not wish to follow Gowron...
			you came to me and insisted we
			support him against the Duras
			family. The time for debate is
			over!

	Kurn stands. The two brothers look at each other for a
	beat.

    STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - ACT THREE    35.

45   CONTINUED:

					KURN
				(continuing)
			We are Klingons. He is our
			leader. If that is not enough
			for you, then perhaps you made
			the wrong choice when you put on
			that uniform.

	Kurn EXITS, and Worf is forced to think about where he
	is and what he's doing.

46   NEW ANGLE

	Including TWO KLINGONS who've been watching Kurn and
	Worf all this time. After Kurn leaves, they glance at
	each other and then move toward Worf. They move
	casually behind him... trying not to attract
	attention... then they try to jump Worf. There is a
	scuffle. Worf struggles gamely, but cannot overcome
	the two strongarms. They manage to overpower him,
	knocking him unconscious. They drag him out of the
	nightclub, and the crowd simply considers it an
	everyday occurence in the club.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/9/91 - ACT FOUR    36.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

47   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard is waiting near the windows. Sela and an N.D.
	SECURITY GUARD ENTER. Picard nods to the guard, who
	then EXITS. Sela immediately strides into the room,
	looking around, pacing like a jungle cat, covering the
	room as though marking territory. She is lithe,
	genial, confident -- and definitely going for the upper
	hand.

					SELA
			Well, Captain... what is this
			"urgent matter" we need to
			discuss?

					PICARD
			I'm afraid you misinterpret our
			presence here. I want to reassure
			you that we have no hostile
			intentions.

	Sela's eyes twinkle with amusement.

					SELA
			Ah. Then I can report to my
			superiors that a fleet of
			twenty-three Federation starships
			is on our border for...
			humanitarian reasons?
				(a smile)
			I doubt they are so gullible.

					PICARD
			It is most certainly our intent
			to prevent any external power from
			interfering in Klingon affairs.

					SELA
			Nor do we have any plan to do so.
				(beat)
			But Captain... if for any reason
			we chose to enter Klingon
			territory... how would you stop
			us? With our cloaking devices
			we can slip by you at will.

    STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/9/91 - ACT FOUR    37.

47   CONTINUED:

	Picard smiles at this. She is clearly looking for
	information.

					PICARD
			Then why not send your ships
			across?

					SELA
			You sound eager for us to try...
			perhaps you've discovered a method
			of detecting our ships...

	He eyes her, expression noncommittal and lets her
	statement hang in the air. Sela is not quite sure what
	he has or what he knows, and continuing to fence with
	him might simply reveal her hand. She decides to
	change tacks. She sprawls into a chair and gives him a
	lazy smile.

					SELA
			However... I don't think you
			asked me here to discuss our
			military situation.

	She holds his look, challenging. But it isn't easy
	to regain the advantage from Jean-Luc Picard. He
	smiles back at her, sits easily.

					PICARD
			All right. Why did I invite you?

	She leans toward him confidently.

					SELA
			You want the answer to the only
			real question on your mind... how
			could Tasha Yar be my mother?

	He leans right back into her.

					PICARD
			It's been suggested that Tasha
			was aboard the Enterprise-C when
			it was destroyed twenty-four years
			ago. She was one of the
			survivors. You are obviously the
			product of a union between her
			and a Romulan.

    STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/9/91 - ACT FOUR    38.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

	This takes Sela aback. She is completely unprepared
	for Picard to have any of this knowledge. She is
	losing a bit of her assurance.

					SELA
			But... you know that's impossible.
			She would have been a child when
			that battle occurred...

					PICARD
			And yet you claim that it is
			possible -- that Tasha Yar was
			your mother.

	She flushes. She finds herself on the defensive
	without quite knowing how she got there.

					SELA
			Yes... she was on that ship
			twenty-four years ago.
				(beat)
			She was sent there... by you...
			from the future.

	Picard is hearing what Guinan suggested to him... but
	he cannot reveal his amazement. He wants to keep her
	talking -- to explain this bizarre set of
	circumstances.

					SELA
			She was among those few who
			survived. They were all to have
			been executed after their
			interrogation. But a Romulan
			general saw her... and he
			became... enamored with her.
			So a bargain was struck: their
			lives would be spared if she
			became his consort.
				(beat)
			I was born a year later.

	Picard has listened intently... mind straining to grasp
	the imponderables. There are still unanswered
	questions... but he is beginning to believe that this
	young woman with the proud bearing and quick
	intelligence is Tasha's daughter. Still, he
	challenges.

    STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/9/91 - ACT FOUR    39.

47   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			I want to meet her.

					SELA
			Who?

					PICARD
			Your mother. Is she still alive?

	A contemptuous look crosses Sela's face. She returns
	to Picard, sits near him.

					SELA
			One night... when I was four...
			she came to me, bundled me up and
			told me to stay quiet as we left
			the compound.
				(beat)
			I realized she was taking me
			away... away from my home, away
			from my father... so I cried out.

	For a brief moment, she cannot hold his eye. There
	are complex, ambivalent feelings warring in her. But
	she continues...

					SELA
			My father had offered her life.
			He had given her a home, given
			her a daughter. How did she repay
			him? With betrayal.

	And then, looking at him again...

					SELA
			They executed her.

    STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/9/91 - ACT FOUR    40.

47   CONTINUED: (4)

	There is a sense of something else in her attitude...
	a vulnerability perhaps... some conflicting emotions
	just beneath the surface. But then she draws herself
	up, her face a Romulan mask again.

					SELA
			Everything in me that was human...
			died with my mother that day.
			All that is left... is Romulan.
			Never doubt that.

					PICARD
			Doubts? I'm full of them.
			Nothing in my experience can assure
			me that what you say is true...
			but I do know one thing: it will
			not affect my judgment in our
			next encounter.

	She turns to the door, then back to him:

					SELA
			You have fourteen hours, Captain.
			I suggest you use them wisely.

	And she exits to the security guard who is waiting
	outside the door. Picard stares after her, mind
	reeling from the profound complexities of this strange
	encounter.

									CUT TO:

           STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - 7/1/91 - ACT FOUR           41.

48   INT. DURAS FAMILY HOME - CLOSE ON WORF

	He is unconscious. B'Etor moves into view... grabs a
	mouthful of Worf's hair... runs her fingernails across
	his cheek... makes a low, throaty sound. Worf slowly
	comes around... is almost turned on... then sits bolt
	upright as he realizes what's going on.

49   NEW ANGLE

	Revealing Worf on a couch in the Duras home. B'Etor is
	all but on top of him, while Lursa looks on from a
	nearby chair.

					B'ETOR
			Something wrong?

	Worf takes a moment to get his bearings as B'Etor
	retreats to the other end of the short couch.

					LURSA
			Welcome, Worf... son of Mogh.

					WORF
				(to Lursa)
			What do you want?

					LURSA
			The same as you... personal
			honor... and glory for the
			Empire.

					WORF
				(with contempt)
			Your family has never valued
			honor.

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - ACT FOUR        42.

49   CONTINUED:

					B'ETOR
			You knew only our brother... we
			are not like him.

	B'Etor runs a hand over his arm. Worf throws her a
	look of warning and she retreats again, but she's
	enjoying this.

					LURSA
			Our brother made many mistakes...
			one was to make you an enemy.

					B'ETOR
			We would rather be your friends.

					WORF
			Then you should not have opposed
			Gowron.

					B'ETOR
				(dismissive)
			Gowron is nothing.

					LURSA
			Toral is Duras' only son and he
			will be the next leader of the
			Council... in your heart, even
			you know that.
				(beat)
			But Captain Picard was right about
			one thing... Toral is not ready
			to rule the Empire.

					B'ETOR
			But we are... with your help.

	Worf looks from one to the other... he's curious as
	to what this is all about.

					WORF
			My help?

					LURSA
			Toral needs guidance...

					B'ETOR
			... a firm hand...

           STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - 7/1/91 - ACT FOUR           43.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					LURSA
			... a father figure. That could
			be you.
				(beat)
			If you were mated to B'Etor.

	Worf is surprised as B'Etor gives him a lascivious
	look.

					B'ETOR
				(heavy with sexual
				 meaning)
			The rewards... could be greater
			than you can imagine.

					LURSA
			When the forces that follow you
			and your brother are united with
			ours... nothing will stand in
			our way.

					B'ETOR
			The Empire would be ours to rule
			together.

					LURSA
			Join us, Worf... and we will usher
			in a new era for our people.

	Worf takes a beat to digest all this.

					WORF
				(with anger)
			An era where honor has no
			meaning... where Klingons trade
			loyalties in dark rooms... and
			where the Empire is ruled... from
			Romulus.

	Lursa's expression hardens... then a BEEP interrupts
	them. B'Etor crosses the room and presses a button
	which activates a monitor.

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - ACT FOUR        44.

50   NEW ANGLE - INCLUDING MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	Sela appears on the screen.

					SELA
			Enough, Lursa. You've failed.
			I need to know the strength and
			capabilities of the Federation
			fleet. I don't have time for
			this.

	The door OPENS and a LARGE N.D. ROMULAN ENTERS,
	carrying a phaser.

					SELA
				(continuing)
			Turn him over to the guard.
			B'Etor can have him back when
			they've finished with him.

	The transmission ends and Worf looks at the burly
	Romulan as he gestures to Worf with the phaser.

									CUT TO:

51   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard talking to Gowron on the viewscreen.

					PICARD
			In thirteen hours we will be
			forced to either withdraw from
			the border or fight the Romulan
			fleet. Neither of those
			alternatives is acceptable. We
			must expose their involvement
			before the deadline.

					GOWRON
			What is it you propose?

					PICARD
			If you launch a massive attack
			now, the Duras forces will need
			supplies... Lursa and B'Etor will
			call for help... the Romulans
			will try to run the blockade...
			and we'll be ready for them.

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - ACT FOUR       44A.

51   CONTINUED:

					GOWRON
				(nods in understanding)
			And once the Romulan connection
			has been exposed... support will
			fall away from Lursa and B'Etor.
				(beat)
			Very well... I will make
			preparations.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/8/91 - ACT FOUR        45.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

					GOWRON (cont'd)
				(beat, then off-hand)
			One thing more, Picard. Worf has
			been captured by the Duras. I
			hope he dies well. Qapla!

	Gowron ends the transmission. Hold on Picard as he
	digests this information...

									CUT TO:

51A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & EXCALIBUR (OPTICAL)

	The two ships hanging in space.

52   OMITTED

53   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard and Riker are studying PADDs and displays on
	the desk.

					PICARD
			When Gowron begins his attack,
			we'll make our move.
				(points to display)
			The Excalibur will fall back
			with "engine problems." You will
			take the Hornet and the Akagi to
			this position... which will open
			a small gap in our detection net.

					RIKER
				(nods)
			And if the Romulans already know
			about the tachyon field, they
			should try to run the blockade
			at that point.

					PICARD
			Exactly.
				(indicating display)
			But when they try to send their
			ships through, the Enterprise and
			the Tian Nan Men will swing
			around, close the gap and catch
			them in the act.

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/8/91 - ACT FOUR        46.

53   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(impressed)
			Very nice.
				(beat)
			I'd better get back.

	They shake hands. A brief moment between men who have
	served together a long time and may not see each other
	again.

					PICARD
			Good luck, Will.

					RIKER
			Good luck, Captain.

	Riker EXITS. Picard studies the display... frowns as
	he considers what could go wrong.

									CUT TO:

54   EXT. SPACE - ROMULAN WARBIRD (OPTICAL)

	The Warbird hangs in space.

55   INT. WARBIRD - COMMAND CENTER (OPTICAL)

	Sela is looking at a console as Movar ENTERS.

					MOVAR
			We've just received an urgent
			message from Lursa and B'Etor.
			Gowron's forces have attacked in
			three sectors. The Duras are...
			nearing defeat...

					SELA
				(disgusted)
			You mean they were caught
			unprepared and now they're crying
			for help.

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/9/91 - ACT FOUR        47.

55   CONTINUED:

	She contains the anger boiling to the surface and
	thinks for a beat.

					SELA
				(continuing)
			Have the science sections found
			a way to circumvent their
			detection grid yet?

					MOVAR
			We think so.

	Movar moves to a monitor and punches up a schematic
	diagram of the Federation fleet and the tachyon field.

					MOVAR
				(continuing, indicating
				 screen)
			Just before we cross the border,
			we'll send out a massive tachyon
			pulse. A burst that large should
			cause enough interference to
			disable a part of the network.

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/9/91 - ACT FOUR       47A.

55   CONTINUED: (2)

	Sela nods in approval. Suddenly there is an ALARM
	BEEP and one of the Federation ships on the display
	begins to move.

					MOVAR
			One of their ships is moving off
			the blockade line.

					SELA
				(checking sensors)
			It's warp drive is failing.

	Now, on the display, other ships begin to adjust. As
	they do, there is a shift in the threads of the tachyon
	net, and a hole appears in it.

					MOVAR
			Picard is redeploying the fleet
			to compensate for the missing
			ship...
				(now seeing hole)
			There's a gap opening in the net!

					SELA
			He doesn't have enough ships to
			maintain the network...

					MOVAR
			If we act quickly we can move
			through.
				(beat, as she does not
				 respond)
			Commander?

					SELA
			No. I don't think so.

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/9/91 - ACT FOUR        48.

55   CONTINUED: (3)

					MOVAR
			But it's what we've been waiting
			for.

					SELA
			Yes... I know... and so does
			Picard. He's giving us exactly
			what we need and he expects us to
			take it.

	Sela pauses for a moment... her mind working furiously.

					SELA
				(continuing)
			No... we won't step into Picard's
			trap. We will disable part of
			his network...

	She taps in a few commands at the console, bringing
	up a display showing the position of Data's ship.

					SELA
				(continuing)
			Here, where they're weakest...
			We'll direct the energy burst
			right at the ship with the android
			Captain.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/9/91 - ACT FIVE        49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

57A  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Picard in command, O'Brien at tactical. A beat as
	O'Brien reads his console.

					O'BRIEN
			Sir, the detection net is picking
			up activity from the Romulans...
			fifteen cloaked ships... spreading
			out along the border.

					PICARD
			Signal the fleet to stand by.

	O'Brien works his console.

57B  INT. WARBIRD - COMMAND CENTER

	Sela and Movar watching a monitor. Sela waits for a
	long beat...

					SELA
			Now.

	Movar touches a key.

58   ON ROMULAN MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	The screen shows the schematic of the Federation
	fleet... suddenly one end portion of the tachyon field
	is disrupted by an intense surge of energy.

59   RESUME SCENE

	As before.

					SELA
				(urgent)
			Come to course zero eight zero
			mark two nine five!

59A  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As before. There is an ALARM and O'Brien works his
	console quickly.

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/9/91 - ACT FIVE        50.

59A  CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			There's a disruption in the
			tachyon detectors!

	O'Brien and Picard move quickly to the aft science
	station, where a monitor shows the tachyon field and
	the disruption in a similar graphic to the one seen
	on the Romulan ship.

					O'BRIEN
				(continuing, gesturing)
			It's localized to this segment
			of the net...

					PICARD
			Open a channel to the Sutherland.

	O'Brien taps commands.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Data here, sir.

					PICARD
			We're reading a disruption of the
			tachyon net in your area.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Yes, sir. The Romulans have
			released a high-energy burst.
			The net is no longer effective
			in a radius of ten million
			kilometers around the Sutherland.

					O'BRIEN
			Sir... I've lost track of three
			ships already... and the rest of
			the convoy is moving toward the
			disruption.

	Picard absorbs this... realizes what Sela has done.

					PICARD
			That's where they're going
			through.
				(beat)
			Send a signal to the fleet... all
			ships to fall back and rendezvous
			at Gamma Eridon. We'll try to
			reestablish the net before they
			get there.

					O'BRIEN
				(moving to tactical)
			Aye, sir.

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - ACT FIVE       50A.

60   EXT. SPACE - THE SUTHERLAND (OPTICAL)

	The ship hangs in space.

61   INT. SUTHERLAND - BRIDGE

	Data in command, Hobson at tactical. Hobson is reading
	a message on his console.

					HOBSON
			... all Federation ships proceed
			at maximum warp to Gamma Eridon.

					DATA
			Acknowledge the signal.
				(to Conn Officer)
			Lay in the course and engage at
			warp nine point three.

					ENSIGN CRAIG
			Aye, sir.

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/9/91 - ACT FIVE        51.

61   CONTINUED:

	The Conn Officer works the console. Data thinks for
	a couple of beats... then moves to a science station
	and quickly begins tapping in commands.

62   OMITTED

63   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As Hobson moves to join Data. Hobson peers at the
	information on the screen but it's moving by too
	rapidly for him to comprehend.

					HOBSON
				(curious)
			What are you doing?

					DATA
			In disrupting the detection net,
			the Romulans may have caused a
			residual tachyon signature to form
			around their own ships.

					HOBSON
			But we have no way of detecting
			it.

	Data continues to look at the monitor for a beat...
	then makes a decision. He moves back to command.

					DATA
				(to Conn Officer)
			All stop.

					ENSIGN CRAIG
			Aye, sir. All stop.

					HOBSON
				(shocked)
			What? The fleet's been ordered
			to Gamma Eridon.

					DATA
			The tachyon signatures will not
			last long. By the time the fleet
			is redeployed, it will be too
			late. Begin to reconfigure
			sensors to detect ionized particle
			traces.

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/9/91 - ACT FIVE       51A.

63   CONTINUED:

					HOBSON
			This entire area's been flooded
			with tachyon particles. We'll
			never be able to find what you're
			looking for.

					DATA
			I am aware of the difficulties.
				(beat)
			Please bring the phasers back
			on-line.

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - ACT FIVE        52.

63   CONTINUED:

	Hobson's anger finally boils over, and he moves to
	Data.

					HOBSON
			That will flood three decks with
			radiation!

					DATA
			We will initiate radiation
			protocol when necessary.

					HOBSON
			You don't give a damn about the
			people whose lives you're about
			to throw away. We're not just
			machines that you can---

	Data doesn't raise his voice very high... he doesn't
	need to. There is the ring of authority in his
	voice... he's taken command.

					DATA
				(interrupting)
			Mister Hobson!
				(evenly)
			You will carry out my orders or
			I will relieve you of duty.

	A tense moment... but Hobson backs down.

					HOBSON
			Yes, sir.

	Hobson moves back to the tactical console.

64   OMITTED

65   INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE

	as before.

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/9/91 - ACT FIVE        53.

65   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			Sir... the Sutherland isn't
			heading for the rendezvous point.
			She's come to a full stop.

					PICARD
			Hail the Sutherland.

66   INT. SUTHERLAND BRIDGE

	Hobson reads a message on the monitor.

					HOBSON
			The Enterprise wants to know the
			reason we've stopped.

	Hobson looks toward Data to respond, but Data ignores
	him.

					DATA
			Display sensor schematic.

66A  INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

					DATA
			Begin sensor sweep, maximum range.

	A number of blotches appear on the screen.

					HOBSON
			Are you going to answer the
			Enterprise?

					DATA
			Computer, overlay display with
			tachyon emissions.

	A series of new blotches show up on the screen. Data
	studies them for a moment.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Highlight any tachyon signatures
			which show subspace inertial
			displacement.

	A large section of blotches is highlighted on the
	screen.

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/9/91 - ACT FIVE       53A.

66A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Concentrate a sensor sweep in that
			area.

	New splotches appear.

					HOBSON
				(tight)
			Sir. This is pointless. Those
			readings could be anything.
			There's no way for us to prove
			the Romulans are out there.

	Data is thinking furiously... he makes a decision.

					DATA
			Reconfigure the photon torpedo
			warhead yields. Set for a high-
			energy burst at level six.

					HOBSON
			At level six? But that won't
			even---

					DATA
			Do it.

	Hobson works his console with frustration.

					HOBSON
			Torpedoes ready.
				(sees something else
				 on console)
			Another message coming in... it's
			Captain Picard!

	Hobson hits a key.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Mister Data, you were ordered to
			rendezvous with the fleet at
			Gamma Eridon. Acknowledge.

					DATA
			Stand by, Captain.
				(steady, to Hobson)
			Mister Hobson, prepare to fire.

					HOBSON
			Didn't you hear that? Picard
			wants us---

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/8/91 - ACT FIVE       53B.

66A  CONTINUED: (2)

	Data gives him a sharp look and Hobson bites his
	tongue. Data concentrates on the screen.

					DATA
			Fire.

67   EXT. SPACE - THE SUTHERLAND (OPTICAL)

	The ship FIRES photon torpedoes.

68   ON ROMULAN SHIPS (OPTICAL)

	The torpedoes streak out at what seems to be empty
	space. They explode, and in so doing they illuminate
	THREE ROMULAN SHIPS. We can't actually see the ships,
	just the telltale tachyon signatures that surround
	them... the effect is similar to seeing several
	Christmas trees suddenly lit up in space.

69   INT. ROMULAN WARBIRD - COMMAND CENTER (OPTICAL)

	Movar and Sela watching a monitor in astonishment.
	The monitor shows the illuminated Romulan ships as seen
	above.

					MOVAR
			They have discovered us!

	Sela's expression clouds... this is a very difficult
	decision to make. After a long beat...

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/8/91 - ACT FIVE        54.

69   CONTINUED:

					SELA
			Reverse course. Order the fleet
			back to Romulan territory.

					MOVAR
				(upset)
			Commander! The Duras need this
			convoy. Without these supplies,
			they cannot win!

					SELA
				(firm)
			We've been exposed. It's over.

					MOVAR
			But what should I tell Lursa and
			B'Etor?

	Beat.

					SELA
			Tell them... they're on their own.

69A
thru	OMITTED
69B

70   INT. SUTHERLAND - BRIDGE

	As before. Data studies the tactical console with Hobson.

					HOBSON
			They're changing course...
			heading back to Romulan space.

					DATA
			The reconfigured particles from
			the photon torpedoes illuminated
			the tachyon signatures
			surrounding the Romulan ships...

	Hobson smiles and looks at Data with newfound respect.
	Data shows no reaction, as usual.

					DATA
			Make a full report to the
			flagship. Take the main phasers
			off-line and begin radiation
			clean-up on the affected decks.

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - ACT FIVE       54A.

70   CONTINUED:

					HOBSON
			Yes, sir...
				(beat)
			...Captain.

	A beat between the two of them.

71   EXT. KLINGON CITY (MATTE)

	The Home World.

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - ACT FIVE        55.

72   INT. DURAS FAMILY HOME

	Toral is waiting nervously as Lursa and B'Etor ENTER,
	their faces grim. Toral looks to them for an answer.
	A glance between the sisters before B'Etor provides a
	simple explanation.

					B'ETOR
			Defeat.

	Toral is horrified.

					TORAL
			How? Where are the Romulans?

					LURSA
				(bitter)
			They never came.

	An EXPLOSION IS HEARD in the distance. Lursa and
	B'Etor react.

73   NEW ANGLE

	The Romulan Guard seen earlier ENTERS with Worf. Worf
	looks like hell... they must have really worked him
	over because he can barely stand. Lursa looks him over
	quickly.

					LURSA
				(to Romulan, re: Worf)
			Kill him.

	As Lursa and B'Etor move to the far side of the room,
	the following happens very quickly:

	AN EXPLOSION IS HEARD from very close outside the
	door, startling everyone. Worf uses this momentary
	distraction to dispatch the Guard with a few
	well-placed blows to the knees and stomach.

74   ON LURSA & B'ETOR (OPTICAL)

	The sisters don't care about Worf, the Guard, or
	Toral, they're bitter over the defeat and just want to
	get the hell out of here. Lursa pulls a small device
	from a pocket and activates it as Toral moves to join
	them, but he doesn't move quickly enough and the
	sisters DEMATERIALIZE in a transporter beam. Toral
	is shocked that they've left without him.

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/9/91 - ACT FIVE        56.

74   CONTINUED:

					TORAL
			No!!

	At that moment, the door bursts open and a couple of
	heavily armed N.D. KLINGONS ENTER with Kurn close
	behind. Kurn goes to his brother... Worf almost
	collapses, but Kurn catches him before he falls and
	Worf is able to steady himself against the wall. Kurn
	finally notices Toral.

					KURN
				(mocking)
			Toral... next Leader of the
			Empire.
				(smiles)
			Gowron is looking forward to
			seeing you again.

	Toral tries not to show the terror gripping him... but
	he's not quite successful.

									CUT TO:

75   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship drops out of warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's personal log,
			supplemental. It is with a
			profound sense of relief that I
			have ordered the fleet back to
			Federation territory following
			the news of Gowron's victory.

76   INT. ENTERPRISE - READY ROOM

	Picard at his desk, looking over a report on his
	terminal.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			We have arrived at the Klingon
			Home World, where I will present
			the High Council with a full
			report on our encounter with the
			Romulans.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/8/91 - ACT FIVE       56A.

76   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (V.O.) (cont'd)
				(beat)
			I am also... anxious to learn of
			Worf's fate.

	The door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Data ENTERS.

					DATA
			Sir, I wish to submit myself for
			disciplinary action
				(off Picard's look)
			I disobeyed a direct order from
			a superior officer. Although
			there was a positive outcome as
			a result of my actions, I have
			learned that... the ends cannot
			justify the means.

					PICARD
			No, they can't.
				(thoughtful beat)
			However... the excuse "I was only
			following orders" is the epitaph
			of too many tragedies in our
			history. Starfleet does not want
			officers who will blindly follow
			orders without analyzing the
			situation.
				(beat)
			Your actions were appropriate for
			the circumstance, and I have noted
			that in your record.

	Data turns to leave.

					PICARD
			Mister Data...

	Data stops.

					PICARD
				(less formal)
			Nicely done.

        STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/15/91 - ACT FIVE        57.

76   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Thank you, sir.

	Data EXITS. Hold on Picard as he allows himself to
	smile slightly at how well Data has learned.

									CUT TO:

77   INT. KLINGON GREAT HALL

	Gowron is in the leader's chair, and the KLINGON
	COUNCIL is now standing beside him. Picard stands
	before the Council. Gowron is looking at a Starfleet
	PADD.

					GOWRON
				(looks up at Picard)
			The Council appreciates your
			report, Captain. The information
			on the Romulan supply ships will
			prove very useful.
				(beat)
			Before you leave, there is one
			last matter to attend to.

	Gowron nods to someone o.c.

77A  NEW ANGLE

	As Kurn and Worf ENTER. Worf looks much better than
	we last saw him, but there are still some scars visible,
	and he has a slight limp. Worf straightens at the
	sight of Picard, and the two men share a silent moment
	of reunion. But there is still other business to
	attend to...

					GOWRON
				(continuing)
			Bring him!

        STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/15/91 - ACT FIVE        58.

78   NEW ANGLE

	As a KLINGON GUARD ENTERS with Toral. The boy keeps
	his head up, determined to go out like a Klingon.

					KURN
			Toral, son of Duras... you stand
			convicted of treason.

	Toral musters his courage.

					TORAL
			The Duras family will one day rule
			the Empire!

					GOWRON
				(smiles)
			Perhaps... but not today.
				(beat)
			Worf...

	Worf steps forward.

					GOWRON
				(continuing, to Worf)
			This child's family wrongly took
			your name and your honor from
			you...
				(beat)
			In return, I give his life... to
			you.

	Gowron hands Worf a knife and steps back. Toral tries
	to steady himself as everyone watches.

79   ON WORF

	He struggles... is this what being Klingon really
	means? Worf looks up at Picard, who is watching to see
	what he will do. Worf and Picard share a silent
	moment... Worf looks from the captain to the knife in
	his hand... finally drops the knife to the ground.
	A buzz of confusion goes around the room. Kurn moves
	quickly to his brother.

					KURN
				(quiet, urgent)
			What's wrong? Kill him!

					WORF
			No.

         STAR TREK: "Redemption II" - REV. 7/3/91 - ACT FIVE        59.

79   CONTINUED:

					KURN
				(incredulous)
			This is our way... the Klingon
			way.

					WORF
				(with glance at Picard)
			I know... but it is not my way.
				(beat, to Gowron)
			This boy has done me no harm...
			and I will not kill him for the
			crimes of his family.

					GOWRON
				(shrugging)
			Then it falls to Kurn.

	He gestures to the knife. But before Kurn can move--
	
					WORF
			No. You gave his life to me...
			and I have spared it.

	Gowron frowns... he's puzzled, but decides not to push
	Worf.

					GOWRON
			As you wish.

	Worf moves toward Picard.

80   OMITTED

81   ON WORF & PICARD

	Worf and Picard look at each other for a beat...

					WORF
			Permission to return to duty, sir?

	Beat.

					PICARD
			Granted.

	They EXIT together, never looking back.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                           "Darmok" 
                          #40275-202 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Joe Menosky 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rick Kolbe 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                        JULY 8, 1991

           STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Darmok" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             CAPTAIN DATHON
                RIKER              TAMARIAN FIRST OFFICER
                DATA               
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                                   Non-Speaking
                O'BRIEN              TAMARIAN OFFICERS
                                     ALIEN CREATURE
                ENSIGN LEFLER        
                COMPUTER VOICE    
 
                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  N.D. FEMALE SECURITY OFFICER
                  SHUTTLE CO-PILOT                 
                  N.D. MALE OFFICE   
                  SHUTTLE PASSENGER

              STAR TREK: "Darmok" - 7/8/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Darmok" 
                            
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS        
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     TAMARIAN STARSHIP
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              ENGINEERING              PLANET EL-ADREL
              TRANSPORTER ROOM           PLANET SURFACE
          
            SHUTTLE
          
            TAMARIAN BRIDGE
              (ON VIEWSCREEN)

         STAR TREK: "Darmok" - 7/8/91 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Darmok" 
                      
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                  ANNULAR          ann-YOU-ler
                  ANZO             AHN-zoe
                  BAHAR            buh-HAHR
                  BAKOR            bah-CORE
                  CALLIMAS         kah-lee-MAHS
                  CHENZA           CHEN-zuh
                  DARMOK           dahr-MOCK
                  DATHON           DAY-thahn
                  EL-ADREL         el-AH-drel
                  GALLOS           GAHL-ohs
                  JIRI             JEE-ree
                  JALAD            juh-LAHD
                  KADIR            kuh-DEER
                  KANDA            KAHN-duh
                  KANZA            KAHN-zuh
                  KITEO            key-TAY-oh
                  KITUAY           KI-too-AY
                  LASHMIR          lahsh-MEER
                  LERISHI          LEHR-ish-ee
                  LOWANI           low-AH-nee
                  LUNGHA           LOON-guh

          STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - PRONUNCIATION           

                          CONTINUED:

                MALINDI       muh-LIN-dee
                MIRAB         mee-RAHB
                MO MOTEH      moe-moe-TAY
                RAI           RIE
                RAZNA         RAHZ-nuh
                SHAKA         SHAH-kah
                SHANTIL       SHAHN-till
                SHIKU MARU    SHEE-koo mah-ROO
                SOKATH        soh-KAHTH
                TAMA          TAH-mah
                TAMARIAN      tah-MAH-rian
                TANAGRA       tuh-NAH-gruh
                TEMARC        teh-MARK
                TEMBA         TEM-buh
                UBAYA         oo-BUY-uh
                UZANI         oo-ZAH-nee
                ZIMA          ZEE-mah
                ZINDA         ZIN-dah

         STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/16/91 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                           "Darmok"                                
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Travelling at warp speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45047.2.
			The Enterprise is en route to an
			uninhabited planet in the El-Adrel
			system. The location is mid-way
			between Federation space and the
			territory occupied by an enigmatic
			race known as "The Children of
			Tama."

2    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	PICARD, RIKER, TROI, DATA and WORF. The Enterprise is
	at warp. A schematic of a Tamarian spacecraft is
	displayed at Data's end of the table.

					PICARD
			The Tamarians apparently arrived
			at El-Adrel Four nearly three
			weeks ago. They've been
			transmitting a subspace signal
			toward Federation space ever
			since.

					DATA
			The signal is a standard
			mathematical progression. It does
			not carry a specific message.

					RIKER
			But they want us to know they're
			there.

           STAR TREK: "Darmok" - 7/8/91 - TEASER           1A.

2    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Apparently so. Starfleet
			believes their presence is an
			attempt to start a dialogue.
				(to Data)
			Commander.

	Data indicates the graphic display -- the ship is
	formidable looking, covered with alien lettering.

         STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/10/91 - TEASER         2.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Federation vessels have
			encountered Tamarian ships seven
			times over the past one hundred
			years. Each meeting was without
			incident, but formal relations
			were never established because
			communication was not possible.

					RIKER
			Why?

					DATA
			The Children of Tama were called
			"incomprehensible" by Captain
			Silvestri of the Shiku Maru.
			Other accounts are comparable.

					WORF
			A cause for concern. For all
			we know, they are threatening
			our border.

					TROI
			Everything in the previous
			encounters suggests a peaceable
			race. We have to start from
			there.

					PICARD
			Agreed. I appreciate your
			prudence, Lieutenant Worf. But
			given the evidence, Starfleet has
			arrived at a reasonable
			conclusion. The Tamarians have
			extended a hand -- we must do the
			same.

	A beat as Worf lets it go for now. Riker turns to the
	graphic display.

					RIKER
			The "Children of Tama." I've
			heard rumors about them for years.

					PICARD
			As have I, Number One.

	Picard glances at the graphic of the Tamarian ship.

         STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/16/91 - TEASER         3.

2    CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Are they truly "incomprehensible"?
			In my experience, communication
			is a function of patience and
			imagination. I'd like to think
			we have both qualities in
			sufficient measure.

3    ANGLE ON THE TAMARIAN GRAPHIC

	A beat on the mysterious, powerful-looking vessel.

4    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise and a Tamarian starship, as formidable
	as the graphic, slightly more robust than our own
	craft. The ships are facing each other, in orbit above
	a reddish planet.

5    INT. BRIDGE - THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	displays a TAMARIAN -- CAPTAIN DATHON -- flanked by
	his FIRST OFFICER, and TWO OTHER OFFICERS. Their
	uniforms are rich with insignia -- and each wears a
	small ceremonial dagger across his or her chest. But
	all look the very embodiment of "well-meaning."

					DATHON
			... Rai and Jiri at Lungha. Rai
			of Lowani. Lowani under two
			moons. Jiri of Ubaya. Ubaya of
			crossed roads. At Lungha.
			Lungha. Her sky grey.

	He smiles in all friendliness, as if waiting for a
	response.

6    THE BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Troi, Worf. All are staring at the
	viewscreen, a stupefied expression on each face. Data
	cocks his head in the android equivalent.

         STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/10/91 - TEASER         4.

6    CONTINUED:

					DATHON
				(continuing;
				 re-emphasizing)
			Rai and Jiri. At Lungha...

	A beat. Picard glances at Troi.

					PICARD
			Counselor...

					TROI
			I'm picking up nothing but good
			intentions, Captain.

					PICARD
			Data?

					DATA
			The Tamarian seems to be stating
			the proper names of individuals
			and locations.

					PICARD
			But what does it all mean?

					DATA
			I am at a loss, sir.

	Picard faces the alien on the viewscreen.

					PICARD
				(to screen)
			Captain, I invite you to consider
			the creation of a mutual
			non-aggression pact between our
			two peoples. Possibly leading
			to a trade agreement and cultural
			interchange. Does this sound like
			a reasonable course of action?

7    INCLUDE THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Now it's the Tamarians' turn to stare open-mouthed.
	They haven't a clue...

	The First Officer turns to Captain Dathon.

					FIRST OFFICER
			Kadir beneath Mo Moteh.

         STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/16/91 - TEASER         5.

7    CONTINUED:

	The other officers laugh -- but the Captain doesn't
	find it funny.

					DATHON
			The river Temarc.

	The officers immediately stop their laughter -- as if
	ordered to.

					DATHON
				(continuing; for
				 emphasis)
			In winter.

	His officers look sheepish.

8    RESUME BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker exchange a glance.

					PICARD
			Impressions, Number One.

					RIKER
			They seem to be trying their best.

					PICARD
			As are we. For what it's worth.

					WORF
				(indicating screen)
			Captain.

	Picard and Riker look up at the screen.

9    THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Where the aliens appear to be having a spirited
	discussion amongst themselves.

					DATHON
			Darmok.

	The First Officer looks very concerned -- objects.

					FIRST OFFICER
			Darmok? Rai and Jiri at Lungha.

         STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - TEASER         6.

9    CONTINUED:

					DATHON
				(shrugs)
			Shaka. When the walls fell...

					FIRST OFFICER
			Zima at Anzo. Zima and Bakor.

					DATHON
				(firm)
			Darmok at Tanagra.

					FIRST OFFICER
			Shaka!
				(indicates situation)
			Mirab. His sails unfurled.

					DATHON
			Darmok.

					FIRST OFFICER
			Mir--

					DATHON
			--Temarc!

	The First Officer shuts up.

					DATHON
			The river Temarc...

	The First Officer bows his head in complete compliance
	-- he's lost the argument.

	Captain Dathon reaches out and takes the First
	Officer's ceremonial DAGGER.

10   INCLUDE BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard watches as the alien captain turns to him -- now
	armed with two daggers.

					DATHON
			Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.

	A beat. Suddenly both Picard and the Tamarian Captain
	DEMATERIALIZE in a transporter beam.

					RIKER
			Block their transporter with the
			shields! Extend to maximum range!

         STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/16/91 - TEASER         7.

10   CONTINUED:

	Picard completely disappears as Worf hits his console.

					WORF
			Not enough time!

					RIKER
				(to Data)
			Where is he?

					DATA
				(off instruments)
			The Tamarians have transported
			Captain Picard to the surface.
			With their own captain...

					RIKER
				(touches insignia)
			Riker to O'Brien --

					DATA
			-- Transport will not be possible,
			Commander. The Tamarian ship has
			created a particle scattering
			field in the planet's ionosphere.

	Riker looks at the viewscreen -- which goes back to an
	image of the Tamarian ship.

11   EXT. PLANET

	A desert filled with scrub-brush and rock. Picard and
	the Tamarian Captain are facing each other, separated
	by thirty feet of bare ground. Two daggers are in the
	alien's hands.

	OFF Picard's expression: "What the hell is this all
	about?"

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

        STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/10/91 - ACT ONE        8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

12   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	and the Tamarian ship, facing each other in orbit above
	the planet.

13   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker, Data, Troi, Worf.

					RIKER
			Riker to Captain Picard...
				(no response)
			Captain, do you read me?

	Riker turns to Data.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Can we compensate?

					DATA
				(off instruments)
			No, sir. The Tamarians are
			projecting a particle sustaining
			beam into the upper atmosphere.
			The result is a hyperionization
			that disrupts virtually all EM
			and subspace carriers.

	Riker thinks for a moment.

					RIKER
			That means they can't communicate
			with their man, either. Or beam
			anybody through the field.

					DATA
			That is correct. However, they
			have left sensor frequencies
			clear.

					RIKER
			So they can read what's going on?
			Analysis, Mister Worf. What the
			hell is going on?

        STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT ONE        9.

13   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(shrugs)
			A contest, perhaps.
				(in explanation)
			Between champions. Our captain
			against theirs.

	Riker considers this for a moment.

					RIKER
				(remembering)
			Theirs was armed...

	OFF everyone's reaction.

14   EXT. PLANET - CLEARING - DAY

	Picard and the alien captain are still thirty feet
	apart, facing each other.

					DATHON
			Darmok and Jalad.

	The Tamarian extends the dagger-like weapon he took
	from his first officer, as if offering it to Picard.

					PICARD
				(re: the weapon)
			You expect me to fight -- is that
			it? A challenge?

					DATHON
			Darmok and Jalad.

					PICARD
			I don't know who or what Darmok
			and Jalad are. But I didn't come
			here to start a war.

	Picard makes no move to accept the weapon.

					DATHON
				(insistent)
			Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.

					PICARD
			I refuse.

        STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/16/91 - ACT ONE        10.

14   CONTINUED:

	Picard crosses his arms. The Tamarian stares for a
	beat, then tosses the weapon toward Picard, landing it
	a couple of feet away from him. Picard doesn't even
	look at it.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Would you attack an unarmed man,
			Captain? There's not much of a
			challenge in that.

	The alien watches him for a moment. Scowls. The
	Tamarian takes his own weapon out of its chest sheath,
	points at the one in front of Picard.

					DATHON
			Temba. His arms wide.

					PICARD
				(shakes head)
			I'm sorry, Captain.

	Picard picks up the weapon, tosses it back in front of
	the alien.

	They stare at each other for a few beats. The
	Tamarian looks frustrated. He reaches down, picks up
	the dagger.

					DATHON
				(almost to himself)
			Shaka... When the walls fell...

	He moves slowly off toward the edge of the clearing,
	keeping an eye on Picard all the way. Picard does the
	same, moving toward the opposite end of the clearing.

	The Tamarian now ignores Picard completely and starts
	clearing out rocks to form a campground. Picard
	watches for a few beats. Then starts to do the same.

15   INT. BRIDGE - SCIENCE STATION

	Data looks up from his instruments. Riker is standing
	behind him, waiting for Data's report.

        STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT ONE        11.

15   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Sensors show the captain and the
			Tamarian in apparent good health,
			approximately twenty meters from
			each other.

	Everyone considers Data's words. A beat as Riker
	thinks for a moment.

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			Lieutenant, hail the Tamarian
			ship.

	Worf works the panel.

					WORF
			On screen.

16   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The Tamarian First Officer in his chair, surrounded by
	his senior staff. All are grim-faced.

					RIKER
				(to screen)
			You are holding our captain. I
			want him released.

					FIRST OFFICER
			Darmok at Tanagra.

					RIKER
			Your actions can be interpreted
			as an act of war.

        STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/10/91 - ACT ONE        12.

16   CONTINUED:

					FIRST OFFICER
				(to his staff)
			Kiteo. His eyes closed.
				(to Riker)
			Chenza at court. The court of
			silence.
				(flash of anger)
			Chenza...

					RIKER
				(to Data)
			Is there any way to get through
			to them?

					DATA
			Not without further study.

	Riker stares at the viewscreen for a long beat.

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, close the channel.

					WORF
			Gladly, sir.

	Worf touches the console and the viewscreen switches to
	the image of the Tamarian ship.

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			I want you and a security team
			to take a shuttle down to the
			planet. Bring back the captain.

					WORF
			Aye, Commander.

	Worf heads for the turbolift.

					DATA
			Sir, the Tamarians are fully
			capable of stopping a shuttle.

					RIKER
			I'm aware of that. But disrupting
			our transporter beam is one thing.
			Firing on a shuttle is something
			else entirely. I'm betting
			they're not gonna push it that
			far.

           STAR TREK: "Darmok" - 7/8/91 - ACT ONE           13.

17   EXT. PLANET - CLEARING - NIGHT

18   CLOSE ON A STICK

	being twirled by Picard's hands. As a slight tendril
	of smoke rises off a small pile of straw...

19   REVEAL PICARD

	working the stick. He quickly drops it, blows on the
	straw, adding more material, until he has a small fire
	going... which quickly sputters out.

	Picard scowls, looks over across the clearing.

20   THE TAMARIAN

	is staring back at him, sitting next to a roaring
	campfire. He smiles at Picard's failed attempt.

					DATHON
			Shaka. When the walls fell.

21   INCLUDE PICARD

	not pleased with the situation.

					PICARD
			"Shaka" indeed.

	Picard stands, giving up on the fire.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			What now, Captain? Will you
			attack me in my sleep?

	Picard rubs his arms against the growing chill.

					PICARD
				(exaggerating)
			If I don't freeze to death
			first...

					DATHON
			Darmok of Kanza. Jalad of the
			Kituay.

	Picard thinks a moment.

           STAR TREK: "Darmok" - 7/8/91 - ACT ONE           14.

21   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Picard of the Federation.

	The Tamarian looks at him blankly.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Of the starship Enterprise... Of
			the planet Earth...

	Picard's words mean nothing to the alien.

					DATHON
				(to himself)
			Kadir beneath Mo Moteh...

	The Tamarian shrugs, turns away, ignoring Picard. He
	adds some wood to his fire, then crouches on his
	haunches like a Bedouin. He takes five ornamental
	objects off of his garments, carefully placing them on
	the ground.

22   THE TAMARIAN

	begins a strange ritual, alternately picking up one or
	more of the objects and dropping them on the ground,
	touching his forehead after each pattern formed by
	their fall. His manner is not particularly religious
	-- more like habit or custom done without much thought.

23   PICARD

	watches with curiosity. He rubs his arms unconsciously
	against the chill.

24   THE SCENE

	The alien finishes his ritual, leaving the objects on
	the ground. He glances over at Picard -- who is
	walking back and forth, keeping his blood going. The
	Tamarian turns from him, laying down in front of the
	fire.

25   THE TAMARIAN

	closes his eyes, attempting to sleep. A couple of
	beats later, his eyes open. He rolls over, looks back
	at Picard.

        STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/16/91 - ACT ONE        15.

26   THE TAMARIAN'S POV

	Picard isn't life-threatened by the cold -- but he
	looks increasingly uncomfortable. It's going to be a
	miserable night.

27   RESUME THE TAMARIAN

	He sighs -- with a hint of guilt. The alien sits up,
	pokes around the fire until he pulls out a branch
	burning at one end only.

28   THE SCENE

	The Tamarian stands with the flame-tipped wood, and
	in one smooth motion, hurls it end over end across the
	clearing -- where it lands at Picard's feet.

					DATHON
			Temba.

	Picard looks down at the branch, then back up at the
	Tamarian, who is watching him. Picard picks it up.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Temba? What do you mean? Fire?
			Temba means fire?

					DATHON
			Temba. His arms wide.

					PICARD
			Temba is a person? His arms are
			wide. Because he's holding
			them apart? In generosity?
			In giving? In taking?

	Dathon indicates the branch.

					DATHON
			Temba. His arms wide.

	Picard gives up on the specific meaning for now. The
	gift is progress in any case.

					PICARD
			Thank you.
				(indicates branch)
			Thank you.

           STAR TREK: "Darmok" - 7/8/91 - ACT ONE           16.

29   PICARD

	holds the brand to his pile of straw and it immediately
	ignites. He adds kindling and branches and quickly has
	a cheery fire. He looks back toward the alien.

30   PICARD'S POV

	The Tamarian appears to be fast asleep.

31   RESUME PICARD

	as he watches the alien for a few moments. OFF the
	thoughtful look on his face.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

        STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/16/91 - ACT TWO        17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

32   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	above the planet, head-to-head with the Tamarian ship.
	A SHUTTLECRAFT is leaving the Enterprise.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First Officer's log, supplemental.
			I am sending a shuttlecraft to
			find Captain Picard, gambling that
			the Tamarians will back down
			rather than risk an exchange of
			phaser fire. But I feel like I'm
			playing a deadly game -- the
			captain's life is the prize, and
			I still don't know the rules.

33   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Worf is at the controls, one N.D. SECURITY OFFICER
	(female) is in the co-pilot position.

					WORF
				(off instruments)
			The positron density is point zero
			one three. Electron concentration
			is seven point nine-five.

34   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker, Data, and Troi.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
				(heavily fritzed)
			We are two hundred fifty
			kilometers from the planet's
			surface.

					DATA
			The shuttle has reached the E
			region of the planet's ionosphere.

					RIKER
			How long can we maintain
			communications?

        STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/10/91 - ACT TWO        18.

34   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The scattering layer induced by
			the Tamarians is concentrated in
			the upper D region. The shuttle
			will enter that area in
			approximately two minutes.

35   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The Tamarian vessel, hanging silently in front of them.

					RIKER
			The Tamarian ship?

					DATA
			Unchanged, sir. They appear to
			be making no attempt to stop us.

	Riker considers this for a moment as he stares at the
	viewscreen.

					RIKER
			Maybe we called their bluff.

36   INT. SHUTTLE

	Worf works the controls.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
				(extremely fritzed)
			Status, Mister Worf.

					WORF
			Navigational, life-support,
			propulsion normal. Onboard
			systems do not appear to be
			disrupted by the field. But I
			can barely read you, Commander.

37   INT. BRIDGE

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Acknowledged, Lieutenant.
			Maintain contact as long as
			conditions permit --

        STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/10/91 - ACT TWO        19.

37   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(off instruments)
			-- Commander! I am reading a
			power surge in the Tamarian plasma
			reactor.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Mister Worf! Evasive maneuver
			sequence delta!

38   INT. SHUTTLE

	Worf at the controls. Riker's voice is barely
	understandable.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
				(totally fritzed)
			-- Maneuver sequence delta!
			Maneuver sequence --

39   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & TAMARIAN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	A single, tiny, phaser beam burst fires from the
	Tamarian ship, away from both vessels, down toward the
	planet.

39A  EXT. SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	as it gets HIT by the phaser.

40   INT. SHUTTLE

	The BLAST rocks the shuttle. Worf and company nearly
	fall from their seats.

41   INT. BRIDGE

					DATA
				(off instruments)
			Commander, the shuttle has been
			hit.

					RIKER
			Damage.

       STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/10/91 - ACT TWO       19A.

41   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The starboard nacelle has been
			rendered inoperable.

           STAR TREK: "Darmok" - 7/8/91 - ACT TWO           20.

41   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(surprised)
			That's all?
				(to com)
			Riker to Lieutenant Worf.

42   INT. SHUTTLE

	The crew has recovered from the blast.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
				(fritzed)
			Report.

					WORF
				(to com)
			Starboard thrusters destroyed.
			Commander, I may be able to land.
			I will not be able to take off.

43   INT. BRIDGE

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Understood, Lieutenant. Return
			to the Enterprise.

44   INT. SHUTTLE

	Worf plots a course.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

45   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker turns to Data.

					RIKER
			Enough to make them turn back,
			but not enough to hurt them.

					DATA
			Yes, sir. The phaser pulse
			appears to have been carefully
			attenuated for just that effect.

	Riker looks up at the viewscreen.

        STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/10/91 - ACT TWO        21.

46   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The Tamarian ship.

					RIKER
				(begrudgingly)
			Nice shooting...

47   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Data, Troi, GEORDI, Worf.

	Geordi is indicating a graphic display of the planet's
	upper atmosphere -- a glowing umbrella effect indicates
	the spread of the Tamarian scattering field. Graphic
	representations of the Enterprise and the Tamarian ship
	are in orbit above it.

					GEORDI
			I'm pretty sure I can punch up
			the annular confinement beam --
			enough to transport the captain
			through the field. But it's gonna
			take a full day at least.

					TROI
			Captain Picard could be dead by
			then.

					WORF
			I do not believe so.

	They turn to him in surprise.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			I have confidence in his ability
			as a warrior. He will be
			victorious.

					TROI
			You're still assuming this is some
			sort of a challenge ritual. We
			can't be certain of that.

					RIKER
			Agreed. We're making educated
			guesses about their motivations
			-- no more than that.

        STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/10/91 - ACT TWO        22.

47   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Then why do we wait? If we attack
			the ship directly, they will be
			unable to maintain the scattering
			field.

					RIKER
			Which could start a shooting
			match, and for all we know, a war.
			And we still might not be able
			to save the captain.

					WORF
			It will end this stalemate.

					RIKER
			There's too much at risk. I'll
			take that course when it's the
			only one left.

	A silent beat as Riker looks around the room, the
	frustration obvious in his voice.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Who the hell are these people?
			There's got to be some way to get
			through to them.

					DATA
			As I have said, with further study
			it may be possible to --

					RIKER
			-- Then do it.
				(to Troi)
			Deanna, help him. I want
			something by oh-nine hundred
			hours.

	The meeting's over. Riker gets up and leaves, Worf and
	Geordi follow him out.

	OFF a glance between Data and Troi -- they've got a
	daunting task in front of them.

48   EXT. PLANET - CLEARING - DAY

	Picard is curled up asleep by the now burned-out
	campfire. He takes a ragged breath, his eyes open.
	Picard sits up, takes in his surroundings, glances
	across the clearing.

          STAR TREK: "Darmok" - 7/8/91 - ACT TWO          22A.

49   PICARD'S POV

	The alien's campsite is empty -- the Tamarian is
	nowhere to be seen.

           STAR TREK: "Darmok" - 7/8/91 - ACT TWO           23.

50   RESUME

	Picard stands, dusting himself off, still looking
	across the clearing.

					PICARD
				(to himself)
			Where have you gone to, my friend?

	Picard stares for another beat, glances around, doesn't
	see anybody, and makes a decision.

	He strides away from his campsite, crosses the
	clearing, looking around at each step for the alien.

	Picard arrives at the campsite, pausing at the rocks
	that have been piled around it. Still no sign of the
	Tamarian. Picard looks at the campsite -- several
	personal objects appear to have been left. He can't
	resist.

					PICARD
				(to himself)
			Forgive the intrusion, Captain.
			But I need some answers.

	Picard steps over the rock perimeter. He moves to the
	burned out campfire and crouches down.

51   CLOSE ON THE CEREMONIAL OBJECTS

	Two of the small pieces the Tamarian worked the ritual
	with the previous night. Picard's hand reaches down
	and picks one of them up.

52   RESUME

	Picard turns it over in his hand, studying it. The
	object is metallic and crystalline, dull like lead
	rather than shining, but has a beauty nonetheless.

	He puts it down. Something catches his eye a few feet
	away...

52A  PICARD'S POV -- A BOOK

	belonging to the alien captain -- the same type of
	lettering on the Tamarian ship adorns its cover.

        STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT TWO        24.

52A  RESUME

	Picard reacts. OFF the look of curiosity on his face.

	INT. DATA'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Data and Troi are at the table, facing a computer
	monitor. The monitor is running a recording of the
	first encounter with the Tamarians, as seen on the
	bridge viewscreen.

					DATHON
				(firm)
			Darmok at Tanagra.

					FIRST OFFICER
			Shaka!
				(indicates situation)
			Mirab. His sails unfurled.

					DATHON
			Darmok.

					DATA
			Freeze.

	The computer freeze-frames the scene.

					TROI
			"Darmok." It seems to be a point
			of contention between them.
			Perhaps something the Tamarian
			captain proposed but his First
			Officer didn't like?

					DATA
			The apparent emotional dynamic
			does seem to support that
			assumption. As with the other
			terms used by the Tamarian, it
			appears to be a proper noun. The
			name clearly carries a meaning
			for them.

					TROI
			Computer, search for the term
			"Darmok" in all linguistic
			databases compiled for this
			sector.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Searching...

           STAR TREK: "Darmok" - 7/8/91 - ACT TWO           25.

53   CONTINUED:

	They wait a moment.

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(continuing)
			"Darmok" is the name of a seventh
			dynasty emperor on Kanda Four...

	Troi and Data exchange an excited glance -- a
	breakthrough? Then...

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(continuing)
			A mytho-historical hunter on
			Shantil Three... A colony on
			Malindi Seven...

	Troi's face falls -- Data gives the android equivalent.

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(continuing)
			A frozen dessert on Razna Five...
			A --

					TROI
			-- Stop search. Computer, how
			many entries for "Darmok"?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Forty-seven.

	A beat. Troi stares at Data for a moment, shakes her
	head.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			All our technology and experience:
			our universal translator, our
			years in space -- contacts with
			more alien cultures than I can
			remember...

        STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT TWO        26.

53   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I have encountered one-thousand,
			seven-hundred, fifty-four
			non-Human races during my tenure
			with Starfleet.

					TROI
				(smiling)
			... and we still can't even say
			"hello" to these people.

					DATA
			That is correct.

					TROI
			A single word can lead to tragedy.
			A word misspoken, misunderstood.
				(re: Tamarians on
				 screen)
			That could happen here, Data.
			If you and I fail...

	Troi and Data exchange a look. Data turns to the
	monitor.

					DATA
			Replay at time index
			one-four-four.

	The video monitor starts the replay at the same place
	we opened the scene.

					DATHON
				(firm)
			Darmok at Tanagra.

					DATA
			Freeze.

	The image freezes.

					DATA
			Computer, search for the term
			"Tanagra." All databases.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Searching... Tanagra is the name
			of the ruling family on Gallos
			Two...
					(MORE)

           STAR TREK: "Darmok" - 7/8/91 - ACT TWO           27.

53   CONTINUED: (3)

					COMPUTER VOICE (Cont'd)
			A ceremonial drink on Lerishi
			Four... An island-continent on
			Shantil Three --

					DATA
				(immediately)
			-- Stop.

					TROI
				(excited)
			Shantil Three? Computer, cross-
			reference the last entry with
			the previous search index.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			"Darmok" is the name of a
			mytho-historical hunter on Shantil
			Three.

	Troi turns to Data.

					TROI
			I think we've got something.

54   EXT. PLANET - CLEARING - DAY

	Picard is still standing ALONE in the alien's campsite.
	In his hands is the book, and he is pouring through
	it with great interest.

55   CLOSE ON THE BOOK

	A thin notebook of high-tech material. On its pages is
	a jumble of Tamarian writing, reminiscent of the
	lettering on the Tamarian ship. Picard's fingers
	carefully, respectfully turn the pages. The last entry
	ends in the middle of the page.

56   RESUME

					PICARD
				(to himself)
			A captain's log... ?

					DATHON (o.s.)
				(shouting)
			Darmok!

	It's so loud and near, Picard drops the book, startled
	--looking towards the source of the shout.

        STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT TWO        28.

57   INCLUDE THE TAMARIAN

	flying over the perimeter of the campsite, daggers in
	both hands. He violently extends one hand to Picard.

					DATHON
				(continuing)
			Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra!

					PICARD
				(indicating campsite)
			I was curious. I meant no harm.

					DATHON
			Shaka!

	He practically shoves the weapon in Picard's hand.

					DATHON
				(continuing)
			Temba! His arms wide! Temba---

	Picard takes a step backwards -- angered by the
	insistence.

					PICARD
			--Enough! I'm not going to
			fight you. You'll just have to---

	A TREMENDOUS ANIMAL ROAR sounds offscreen. Picard
	whips around at the noise. The Tamarian is not
	surprised -- this is what he's been agitated about.

					DATHON
				(re: noise;
				 matter-of-factly)
			Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.

	Another terrifying roar -- closer.

	OFF the stunned look on Picard's face.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

       STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT THREE       29.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

58   INT. BRIDGE

	Worf glances up in alarm from his post.

					WORF
			Commander! Sensors are picking
			up an electromagnetic disturbance
			-- approaching the captain's
			position.

					RIKER
			Analysis?

					WORF
				(off instruments)
			A variable induction field...
			possibly a life-form.

					RIKER
			How close is it to the captain?

					WORF
			The field is erratic -- appearing
			and disappearing -- but it seems
			to be moving toward him.

					RIKER
			Attacking?

	OFF Worf's look at Riker -- that's a reasonable
	assumption.

59   EXT. PLANET - CLEARING - DAY (OPTICAL)

	Another ROAR -- and a strange low CRACKLING. Picard
	and the Tamarian both are facing toward the still
	unseen source. The alien turns to Picard, gravely
	offering him the dagger.

					DATHON
				(urgent)
			Temba. His arms wide.

					PICARD
			I'll go along with that.

       STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT THREE       30.

59   CONTINUED:

	Picard grabs the weapon and both turn in time to see a
	HUMANOID BLUR appearing on a ridge. It is at this
	point just a distortion in the air -- kicking up dust
	and brush.

	INT. BRIDGE

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Riker to La Forge.

									INTERCUT:

61   INT. ENGINEERING

	La Forge and ENSIGN LEFLER are working quickly at
	their respective consoles.

					GEORDI
				(touches combadge)
			La Forge here.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			How close are we on the
			transporter?

					GEORDI
			About two hours -- maybe three.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			I want the captain out of there
			now.

	Geordi and Lefler share a look.

					GEORDI
			That's not... likely, sir.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			I don't want to hear that,
			Commander.

       STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT THREE       31.

61   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(to Lefler)
			What's the resonance frequency?

					LEFLER
				(off instruments)
			Point three four over standard.

					GEORDI
			I want a resolution of point five
			three at the very least.
				(to com)
			I'll need two more minutes,
			Commander. But there's a good
			chance this isn't gonna work.

62   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker and Worf look at each other -- the dynamic is
	more like two generals discussing strategy than a
	superior officer and his subordinate.

					WORF
			If it fails...

					RIKER
			I know. We'll have tipped our
			hand to the Tamarians. But that's
			a chance we've got to take.

	Worf nods.

					WORF
			Agreed.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			La Forge. Proceed.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			We're on it. La Forge out.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Riker to transporter room one.

       STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT THREE       32.

63   INT. TRANSPORTER

	O'BRIEN at his console.

					O'BRIEN
			O'Brien here, Commander.

64   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker, his face grim.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Stand by, Mister O'Brien...

65   EXT. PLANET - CLEARING - DAY (OPTICAL)

	The creature is now across the clearing, an almost
	imperceptible ripple in the air, a low electrical
	CRACKLING SOUND coming from it. Picard indicates
	they should retreat. The Tamarian shrugs him off --
	as if he knows better.

					DATHON
			Mirab -- his sails unfurled?

	Picard starts to move away from the distortion. Again
	motioning for Dathon to follow.

					PICARD
			Come on.

					DATHON
				(hanging back)
			Shaka. When the walls fell.

	Dathon indicates the blur in the air. A beat and it
	suddenly CRACKLES LOUDLY and disappears. A silent
	beat. Suddenly it reappears with a loud CRACKLE, much
	closer, cutting off the path Picard would have taken
	-- almost as if to demonstrate its prowess. There's
	clearly no way to out run it.

      STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT THREE      32A.

65   CONTINUED:

					DATHON
				(re: creature's speed;
				 hopeless)
			Shaka. When the walls fell.

					PICARD
			Shaka... You said that before.
			When I couldn't build a fire.
			A failure? An inability to do
			something?

	The Tamarian squares off toward the creature, weapon
	ready. Picard does the same.

					DATHON
			Darmok and Jalad --

					PICARD
			-- at Tanagra.

       STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT THREE       33.

65   CONTINUED: (2)

	The alien looks surprised.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I remember the words. But I don't
			understand...

	The creature crackles loudly, threateningly. Picard
	and the Tamarian await its attack...

66   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi and Lefler at their consoles, working furiously.

					GEORDI
			Matrix levels.

					LEFLER
			Annular convergence holding at
			four three nine point two oh five.
			Confinement resolution at point
			five two seven.

					GEORDI
			That isn't gonna do it. Increase
			thermal input coefficient to one
			hundred fifty-percent.

					LEFLER
				(working console)
			Increasing now...

67   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker and Worf.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Status, La Forge.

68   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi keeps working without missing a beat.

       STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT THREE       34.

68   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			We're almost there, Commander.
				(to Lefler)
			Shunt the overload to the phase
			transition sequencers in
			transporter one.

					LEFLER
			Yes, sir.

	Lefler's fingers fly over the console.

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			La Forge to O'Brien.

69   INT. TRANSPORTER

	O'Brien at the controls.

					O'BRIEN
			Go ahead, Commander.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Confirm phase sequencer linkage.

	O'Brien touches the panel.

					O'BRIEN
			Link confirmed. Ready whenever
			you are, sir.

70   EXT. PLANET - CLEARING - DAY

71   THE CREATURE (OPTICAL)

	roars and moves toward them, a distortion in the air...

72   PICARD AND THE TAMARIAN (OPTICAL)

	The alien captain motions Picard away, indicating there
	should be more distance between them, using his hands
	to indicate the split.

       STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT THREE       35.

72   CONTINUED:

	The creature is still hovering near, its blur wavering
	in the air, the low electrical noise around it.

					DATHON
			Uzani. His army at Lashmir.

	Picard stares at him in the heat of the moment, trying
	desperately to understand -- their lives depend on it.

					PICARD
			At Lashmir. Was it like this at
			Lashmir? Similar to what we're
			facing now?

	The creature CRACKLES loudly, disappears. Silence.

	Picard and Dathon tense up, anticipating the creature's
	next location. They urgently try to connect with each
	other.

					DATHON
			Uzani...

	The Tamarian takes another step to the side -- again
	indicating more distance between Picard and himself.

					DATHON
			His army. With fist open.

					PICARD
				(excited)
			A strategy? With fist open...

	Picard opens his hand.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			With fist open. Why... ? To lure
			the enemy...

					DATHON
			His army. With fist closed.

					PICARD
				(closing his fist)
			With fist closed. An army.
			Open... to lure the enemy.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/10/91 - ACT THREE      35A.

72   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			Then closed... To attack. That's
			how you communicate, isn't it?
			By citing example. By metaphor.
				(indicating creature)
			Uzani's army. With fist closed!

       STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/16/91 - ACT THREE       36.

72   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATHON
				(eureka!)
			Sokath. His eyes uncovered!

	A VIOLENT CRACKLING ROAR. Both turn toward the sound.

73   INCLUDE THE CREATURE (OPTICAL)

	directly in front of them, wavering between the two,
	divided about which to attack. It chooses Picard --
	SUDDENLY BECOMING VISIBLE -- and lunges toward him.
	It is a horrifying creature surrounded with a
	shimmering electrical field.

	Picard moves sideways, slashing out with his dagger as
	he goes. The dagger contacts the field (not flesh);
	the creature shrieks angrily in response.

74   THE TAMARIAN (OPTICAL)

	leaps in from the creature's blind side, slashing it
	with his weapon -- also contacting the field around
	it. Sparks fly, the creature again shrieks, whipping
	around to the new source of attack, leaving Picard
	alone.

75   PICARD (OPTICAL)

	executes the same move the Tamarian just made,
	attacking from the creature's blindside, distracting it
	from the Tamarian.

76   THE TAMARIAN (OPTICAL)

	again attacks, and as the creature turns toward him...

77   PICARD (OPTICAL)

	begins to DEMATERIALIZE! Picard reacts -- struggling
	against the beam, not wanting to abandon his comrade.

					PICARD
			No --

	But the word is fritzed, Picard is silenced by the
	transporter.

       STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT THREE       37.

78   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard's image SEMI-MATERIALIZES on the pad, flickering
	between more- and then less-solid states.

79   INCLUDE O'BRIEN

	at the controls.

					O'BRIEN
				(to com)
			I've got a piece of him Commander.
			But that's all...

80   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker is on his feet.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			La Forge, boost the confinement
			beam!

81   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi and Lefler at their consoles.

					LEFLER
				(to Geordi)
			One fifty-seven over standard.

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			It's as solid as it'll go,
			Commander.

82   EXT. PLANET - CLEARING - DAY

	The Tamarian is hurled violently into frame -- burn
	marks slashed across his chest. TIGHT on the creature
	as it leaps upon him.

83   PICARD (OPTICAL)

	continues to MATERIALIZE in and out as...

      STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT THREE      37A.

84   THE SCENE (OPTICAL)

	Without Picard to distract it, the creature is all over
	the Tamarian. He desperately tries to roll away from
	it, but nothing works -- he's at its complete mercy,
	being battered and slashed by claws and electrical
	charge.

85   INT. BRIDGE

	Worf looks up from his controls.

       STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/10/91 - ACT THREE       38.

85   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			The Tamarian and the entity are
			in close proximity. The
			Tamarian's lifesigns are
			fluctuating.

	Riker glances at the instrument panel over the shoulder
	of the Conn Officer.

					RIKER
				(off instruments)
			The scattering field is still in
			full force.
				(indicates screen)
			What the hell is wrong with them?

86   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	and the Tamarian ship.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Their sensors can read what's
			going on as well as ours can.
				(to com)
			Riker to O'Brien. Report.

87   INT. TRANSPORTER (OPTICAL)

	O'Brien works the controls as Picard continues to
	MATERIALIZE in and out -- only it's getting weaker.

					O'BRIEN
				(to com)
			The field's still deflecting the
			signal. There just isn't enough
			of him, sir.

88   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker turns to Worf.

					RIKER
			Open a channel to the Tamarian
			ship.

					WORF
				(touches controls)
			Aye, sir.

       STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/16/91 - ACT THREE       39.

89   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as the Tamarian bridge appears, the First Officer
	looking frustrated and angry.

					RIKER
				(to screen)
			Your captain is under attack.
			Drop your particle field.

	The First Officer stares at Riker for a hard beat, then
	turns to his tactical officer.

					FIRST OFFICER
			Kailash...
				(facing Riker)
			When it rises...

	The screen goes dead.

					WORF
			They have closed the channel.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			O'Brien to bridge.

90   INT. TRANSPORTER (OPTICAL)

	Picard's image begins to completely DEMATERIALIZE on
	the pad.

					O'BRIEN
				(to com)
			I can't hold him, Commander.

91   EXT. PLANET - CLEARING - DAY (OPTICAL)

	Picard MATERIALIZES back into place, just in time to
	see the creature blur out and disappear in a crackling
	snarl, leaving the fallen Tamarian behind.

	Picard runs to him, crouches down at his side. The
	Tamarian is still conscious, but seriously injured.
	Burned, slashed, white blood appearing at open wounds.
	Dathon steals himself against the pain -- a heroic
	warrior.

					DATHON
			Shaka...

	Picard nods, remembers the phrase -- completes it.

       STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/16/91 - ACT THREE       40.

91   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(nodding)
			... when the walls fell.

	The Tamarian gives him a weak smile -- and slumps into
	unconsciousness.

	OFF Picard's face.

									FADE OUT

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

       STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/16/91 - ACT FOUR       41.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

92   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & TAMARIAN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	Still facing each other.

					RIKER (O.S.)
			First Officer's log, stardate
			45047.8. Our attempt to transport
			Captain Picard back to the ship
			has failed. My options are
			narrowing. And my patience is
			all but gone.

93   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Data and Troi are waiting at the table. Geordi is
	sitting nearby.

	The door opens and Riker ENTERS with Worf and BEVERLY.
	They sit down.

					RIKER
			Here's the situation on El-Adrel.
			The entity has moved off several
			hundred meters.

					BEVERLY
			Captain Picard's bioscan readings
			are stable. The Tamarian's are
			not.

					TROI
			He may have been injured...

					RIKER
			If the entity attacks again, the
			captain could be facing it alone.

					GEORDI
			The transporter's completely out
			of the question. The Tamarian
			ship has deepened the scattering
			field to the D region of the
			ionosphere. There's no getting
			through.

               STAR TREK: "Darmok" - 7/8/91 - ACT FOUR              42.

93   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Unless we attack the ship itself.

					RIKER
			Can you pinpoint the source of
			their particle beam?

					GEORDI
			They're using a polarity coil
			generator located aft of their
			warp drive. It's heavily
			shielded.

					RIKER
			Can we get through with our
			phasers?

					GEORDI
			Not with the first spread. It'll
			take a few hits.

					RIKER
			That's not good enough. I want
			to be able to knock out the
			scattering field in one shot and
			have the captain back on the
			Enterprise before they know what
			happened.

	A beat.

					GEORDI
			If we selectively target the
			amplification pathways around the
			generator, it should be just as
			effective. And we can do it in
			one burst.

					RIKER
			How long to set that up?

					GEORDI
			Worf and I will have to adjust
			the prefire chambers. That'll
			give us the focus we need.
				(shrugs)
			A few hours.

					RIKER
			Get started.

            STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT FOUR           43.

93   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

	Geordi and Worf stand and leave the room. Riker turns
	to Troi and Data.

					RIKER
				(re: Worf and Geordi)
			I'd prefer to find a peaceful
			solution. If we can talk our way
			out of this -- so much the better.

	Troi and Data exchange a glance.

					TROI
			Unfortunately, it's not that
			simple.

					RIKER
			What have you found?

					DATA
			The Tamarian ego structure does
			not seem to allow what we normally
			think of as self-identity. Their
			ability to abstract is highly
			unusual. They seem to
			communicate through narrative
			imagery -- by reference to the
			individuals and places which
			appear in their mytho-historical
			accounts.

					TROI
			It's as if I were to say to you
			"Juliet. On her balcony."

					BEVERLY
			An image of romance.

					TROI
			Exactly. Image is everything to
			the Tamarians.
					(MORE)

            STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT FOUR           44.

93   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI (cont'd)
			It embodies their emotional
			states, their very thought
			processes. It's how they
			communicate, and how they think.

					RIKER
			If we know how they think, can't
			we get something across to them?

					DATA
			No sir. The situation is
			analogous to understanding the
			grammar of a language but none
			of the vocabulary.

					BEVERLY
				(nodding)
			If I didn't know who Juliet was
			or what she was doing on that
			balcony, the image alone wouldn't
			mean anything.

					TROI
			That's correct. We know, for
			instance, that "Darmok" was a
			great hero -- a hunter. Tanagra
			was an island. But that's all.
			Without the details, there's no
			understanding.

					DATA
			It is necessary for us to learn
			the narratives from which the
			Tamarians are drawing these
			images.
				(beat)
			Given our current relations, that
			does not appear likely.

	OFF Riker's reaction -- they're at a dead end.

94   EXT. PLANET - CLEARING - NIGHT

	The Tamarian Captain is on the ground, lying on his
	back.

	Picard is sitting upright on rock a few feet away, both
	daggers in hand, alert and protective.

            STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT FOUR           45.

94   CONTINUED:

					DATHON
				(indicating scene)
			Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.

	His voice has a certain finality -- as though the
	incident with the creature made his point. He settles
	back.

					PICARD
			Our situation is similar to
			theirs. I understand. But I need
			to know more. Tell me more.
			About Darmok and Jalad. Tell
			me...

	Picard searches his memory.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			You used the words "Temba. His
			arms wide" when you gave me the
			fire. And the dagger. Could that
			mean give?
				(pointing to Dathon)
			Temba. His arms wide. Darmok.
			Give me more about Darmok.

	Picard makes a "give me" or "come on" motion with his
	hand. Dathon smiles to hear Picard's efforts in his
	own language. But he understands.

					DATHON
			Darmok on the ocean.

	Picard thinks out loud, trying to understand. (NOTE:
	the alien does not understand Picard's "English" --
	only when Picard repeats a Tamarian phrase or image
	will Dathon show a glimmer of recognition.)

	Picard takes a tiny stone and places it on the sand in
	front of them.

					PICARD
				(indicating stone)
			Darmok.

            STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/16/91 - ACT FOUR          45A.

94   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard draws a big circle around the stone.

					PICARD
				(indicating circle)
			The ocean.

	He sweeps his hand to indicate the small scene he has
	created.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			"Darmok on the ocean."

	The Tamarian gives an appreciative chuckle.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			A metaphor. For being alone?
			Isolated? "Darmok on the ocean."

	The alien laughs again -- then spasms painfully,
	quickly covering his distress.

					PICARD
				(standing)
			Are you alright?

	The alien waves him off.

            STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT FOUR           46.

94   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATHON
			Kiazi's children. Their faces
			wet.

	Picard sits back down.

					PICARD
				(indicating Dathon)
			Temba. His arms wide. Give me
			more. "Darmok on the ocean... "

					DATHON
			Tanagra on the ocean. Darmok
			at Tanagra.

					PICARD
			"At Tanagra." A country?
			"Tanagra on the ocean." An
			island.
				(a "more" motion)
			Temba... His arms wide.

					DATHON
			Jalad on the ocean. Jalad at
			Tanagra.

					PICARD
			"Jalad at Tanagra." He went to
			the same island as Darmok. To
			Tanagra.

					DATHON
			The beast at Tanagra.

					PICARD
			The beast. A creature on the
			island? On Tanagra. Darmok and
			Jalad -- did they fight the beast?

            STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT FOUR          46A.

94   CONTINUED: (4)

	Picard suddenly thinks he understands.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			They arrived separately. They
			struggled against a common foe.
				(beat)
			"The beast at Tanagra. Darmok and
			Jalad."

					DATHON
			Darmok and Jalad on the ocean.

					PICARD
				(realizing)
			They left together.

            STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT FOUR           47.

94   CONTINUED: (5)

	Picard indicates the two of them.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Darmok and Jalad on the ocean.

	Dathon looks pleased.

					DATHON
			On the ocean--

	The alien is wracked by a terrible spasm of pain.
	Picard again moves toward him, this time the Tamarian
	is angered.

					DATHON
				(continuing)
			Zinda! His face black... His eyes
			red...

	Picard backs off respectfully. The Tamarian gets the
	pain under control. Smiles weakly -- as if to make
	up for the outburst.

					DATHON
				(continuing)
			Callimas at Bahar.

	Picard stares at him for a moment.

					PICARD
			You hoped this would happen,
			didn't you? You knew there was
			a dangerous creature on this
			planet. And you knew from the
			tale of Darmok that danger shared
			can sometimes bring two people
			together.
				(indicating situation)
			Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.
			You and me, here -- at El-Adrel.

	The Tamarian gives a confirmatory shake of his
	shoulders. Then fights another wave of pain. When it
	passes, he takes a ragged breath. Then appears to be
	waiting for something. He gives a "go-ahead"
	indication to Picard.

            STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/16/91 - ACT FOUR           48.

94   CONTINUED: (6)

					DATHON
				(weakly)
			Kira at Bashi.

	Picard doesn't quite get it. The alien mimics Picard's
	"you give me" motion.

					DATHON
				(continuing)
			Temba. His arms wide...

					PICARD
				(realizing)
			My turn? I'm afraid I'm not much
			of a story teller. And you
			wouldn't understand me anyway.
				(shakes head)
			Shaka... when the walls fell.

	The Tamarian smiles -- but is disappointed. Picard
	picks up on it.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Perhaps that doesn't matter. You
			want to hear it anyway...

	The Tamarian is waiting... Picard thinks for a moment,
	wanting to find the most fitting tale...

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			There is a story... A very ancient
			one. From Earth. I'll try to
			remember...

	He attempts to match the Tamarian's "story-telling"
	voice.

					PICARD
			Gilgamesh. Was a king. At Uruk.
			He tormented his subjects. He
			drove them to anger. They cried
			out -- "Give our king a companion.
			Spare us his madness."

	Picard glances at the Tamarian -- the alien's eyes are
	glazed, but rapt.

            STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/16/91 - ACT FOUR           49.

94   CONTINUED: (7)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Enkidu. A wildman. Of the
			forest. Entered the city. They
			fought in the temple. They fought
			in the street. Gilgamesh defeated
			Enkidu. They became friends.
				(beat)
			Gilgamesh and Enkidu. At Uruk.

	The alien's voice is extremely weak. As if he's just
	repeating Picard's words unconsciously.

					DATHON
				(weak; mimicking)
			At Uruk...

	Picard can see that Dathon is failing. Picard's voice
	becomes almost a whisper, softly making the transition
	to his own way of speaking.

					PICARD
				(quiet)
			The new friends went into the
			desert, where the Great Bull of
			Heaven was killing men by the
			hundreds. Enkidu caught it by
			the tail, Gilgamesh struck it with
			his sword.

					DATHON
				(barely audible,
				 mimicking)
			Gilgamesh...

					PICARD
			They were victorious. But Enkidu
			fell to the ground. Struck down
			by the gods...

	The alien closes his eyes... Picard looks at him. The
	Tamarian shudders once -- and is completely still.

					PICARD
				(continuing; a whisper)
			And Gilgamesh wept bitter tears,
			saying, "He who was my companion
			through adventure and hardships,
			is gone forever... "

               STAR TREK: "Darmok" - 7/8/91 - ACT FOUR              50.

94   CONTINUED: (8)

	Picard stops speaking. The clearing is utterly silent.
	OFF Picard's face.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

            STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/10/91 - ACT FIVE           51.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

95   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & TAMARIAN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	Facing each other in orbit.

					RIKER
			First Officer's log, supplemental.
			I have no choice but to break the
			stalemate. If war is the
			result... Maybe it was
			inevitable. Perhaps the distance
			between our races is so vast that
			nothing else was ever possible...

96   INT. BRIDGE

	The turbolift opens and Worf steps out onto the bridge.
	Riker turns to him as he heads for his post. Data and
	Troi are at their posts.

					WORF
			Phasers are nearly ready, sir.

	Worf steps into position at tactical.

					RIKER
			Stand by to fire, Mister Worf.

					DATA
				(off instruments)
			Commander. The Tamarian's
			bioscans have become unreadable.
				(beat)
			He may be dead, sir.

	Everyone reacts.

					RIKER
			If we know it -- so do the
			Tamarians.
				(to CON)
			Riker to La Forge.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge here.

            STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/16/91 - ACT FIVE           52.

96   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to com)
			I need those phasers --

					DATA
				(interrupting)
			Sir -- sensors are tracking the
			entity. It is approaching Captain
			Picard's position.

97   EXT. PLANET - CLEARING - DAY

98   THE TAMARIAN

	is laid out on his back, eyes shut.

99   INCLUDE PICARD

	standing next to him, his manner one of great respect.
	Both Tamarian daggers are stuck into Picard's
	waistband.

	He crosses the dead Tamarian's arms over the alien's
	chest -- Egyptian-like.

	A CRACKLING ROAR in the near distance. Picard glances
	up at the sound. Then turns back to the dead alien.

					PICARD
			I understand your sacrifice,
			Captain.

	He places one of the daggers on the alien's chest.
	ANOTHER ROAR. There's a calmness in his voice, as if
	he's resigned to his fate.

					PICARD
				(re: the roar)
			Unfortunately, if our friend out
			there has its way, no one will
			ever know what you tried to do...

	THE ROAR sounds -- much closer. Picard turns toward
	the noise.

            STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT FIVE           53.

100  THE CLEARING

	The quiet, crackling BLUR -- the creature is very
	close...

101  RESUME PICARD

	as he pulls out his dagger and waits calmly for the
	attack.

102  INCLUDE THE CREATURE (OPTICAL)

	The distorion CRACKLES LOUDLY, and disappears --

103  INT. BRIDGE

	Riker, Data, Worf, Troi.

					DATA
				(off instruments)
			Nine meters and closing...
			Commander...

	The waiting is unbearable.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Six meters...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge to bridge. You have
			phasers!

	Riker whips around to Worf.

					RIKER
			Fire!

	Worf hits the console.

104  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & TAMARIAN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise simultaneously fires six narrow-focused
	beams, striking the Tamarian ship at six different
	spots on her hull.

            STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/16/91 - ACT FIVE           54.

105  INT. BRIDGE

					WORF
				(off instruments)
			Their particle beam emitters are
			inoperative.

					DATA
			The scattering field is down.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			O'Brien! Energize!

106  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	O'Brien works the controls...

107  EXT. PLANET - CLEARING - DAY (OPTICAL)

	A LOUD CRACKLE as the creature appears in bodily form,
	becoming VISIBLE in all its ferocity, rushing in --
	just as Picard DEMATERIALIZES.

108  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	O'Brien at his console -- Picard MATERIALIZES on the
	pad.

109  INT. BRIDGE

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			We got him, Commander.

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			Maximum shields.

					WORF
				(touches controls)
			Aye.

110  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & TAMARIAN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The Tamarian vessel fires a phaser blast at the
	Enterprise, striking the hull and right nacelle.

            STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/16/91 - ACT FIVE           55.

111  INT. BRIDGE

	The bridge is rocked severely.

					RIKER
			Red Alert.

	The ship goes to RED ALERT.

					WORF
			Starboard shields holding at
			fifty-two percent. Forward
			shields gone.

					RIKER
			Let's get out of here.

					DATA
			That will not be possible,
			Commander. The starboard nacelle
			sustained a direct hit. Warp
			engines are off-line.

					RIKER
			Go to impulse. Back us off.

					WORF
				(off instruments)
			They are matching our maneuver.
			And firing...

	Again the bridge is ROCKED -- this time more severely.

					RIKER
				(no choice)
			Return fire, Mister Worf. Full
			phasers.

					WORF
			Firing, sir.

112  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & TAMARIAN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise fires an intense phaser blast at the
	Tamarian ship. No apparent damage.

113  INT. BRIDGE

					WORF
			Their shields are holding. They
			are firing again.

            STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/10/91 - ACT FIVE           56.

113  CONTINUED:

	The bridge is ROCKED -- the worst yet.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Our shields have failed!

					DATA
			Commander -- we cannot survive
			another hit.

	The turbolift door opens and Picard ENTERS the bridge,
	quickly moving toward his command.

	Riker immediately steps aside, then reacts to the
	dagger in Picard's hand.

					PICARD
				(as he moves)
			Hail the Tamarian ship.

					WORF
				(touches controls)
			Aye, Captain.

114  INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The Tamarian bridge. The First Officer rises to his
	feet -- reacts with anger at seeing a Tamarian dagger
	in Picard's hand.

					FIRST OFFICER
			Zinda! His face black. His eyes
			red --

					PICARD
			--Temarc!

	Dead silence on the viewscreen. Picard has adopted the
	same tone he saw used by the Tamarian Captain.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			The river Temarc. In winter.

	The Tamarians are taken aback by Picard's words. They
	look at him in a new light, anger suddenly evaporating
	into surprise.

					FIRST OFFICER
			Darmok...

            STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT FIVE           57.

114  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			... And Jalad. At Tanagra. Darmok
			and Jalad on the ocean.

	The aliens all react -- their Captain's plan worked.
	Picard understands.

					FIRST OFFICER
				(to others; amazed)
			Sokath! His eyes open!

	The aliens stare at him, all ears -- awaiting news of
	what happened on the planet.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			The beast at Tanagra. Uzani.
			His army.
				(shaking his head)
			Shaka. When the walls fell.

	The aliens appear saddened. They lower their eyes.
	Each Tamarian ritualistically touches his dagger, then
	his forehead.

	The aliens again face Picard. Picard takes the small
	book -- the Tamarian captain's "diary" -- and holds
	it out in his hand.

	The Tamarian First Officer glances at one of his
	officers, who touches a console. The book is
	immediately DEMATERIALIZED, MATERIALIZING next to the
	alien First Officer. He picks it up, showing it to
	Picard.

					FIRST OFFICER
				(re: book)
			Picard and Dathon at El-Adrel.

	Picard nods. The alien sets the book down. Turns back
	to Picard.

					FIRST OFFICER
				(continuing)
			Mirab. With sails unfurled.

	Picard extends the Tamarian dagger toward the First
	Officer, offering it back to him.

					PICARD
			Temba. His arms open.

            STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/16/91 - ACT FIVE           58.

114  CONTINUED: (2)

	The alien makes a motion with his hands -- as if
	declining Picard's offer of the weapon.

					FIRST OFFICER
			Temba at rest.

	Picard nods, lowers the dagger.

					PICARD
				(almost to himself)
			Thank you...

	The viewscreen goes to a shot of the Tamarian ship,
	as it turns and moves off.

	A beat. Riker and the others are taken aback by
	Picard's performance.

					RIKER
				(re: Tamarians)
			New friends, Captain?

					PICARD
			I can't say, Number One.

	Picard glances at the dagger.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			But at least they're not new
			enemies.

115  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Cruising at warp.

            STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT FIVE           59.

116  INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is at his terminal, engrossed. The door
	chimes.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Riker ENTERS, carrying a PADD.

					RIKER
			I hope I'm not intruding, Captain.

	Picard, in fact, is in an introspective and thoughtful
	mood. He doesn't look up.

					PICARD
			Not at all, Number One. Please.

					RIKER
			Damage reports are ready for your
			review.

					PICARD
			Thank you.

	Riker steps over, places the PADD on the desk, and
	glances at the captain's viewscreen.

					RIKER
			Greek, sir?

					PICARD
			The Homeric Hymns.
				(glances up)
			One of the root metaphors of our
			own culture.

					RIKER
			For the next time we encounter
			the Tamarians...

					PICARD
				(nodding)
			More familiarity with our own
			mythology might help us relate
			to theirs.

            STAR TREK: "Darmok" - REV. 7/17/91 - ACT FIVE           60.

116  CONTINUED:

	Picard sits in silent thought for a moment -- as if
	this subject has been greatly occupying his mind. He
	pushes away from the terminal, stands.

					PICARD
			The Tamarian was willing to risk
			all of us -- just for the hope
			of communication, of connection.
			And now the door's open between
			our peoples. That commitment
			meant more to him than his own
			life.

	A long beat.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Would I do the same... ?

	Picard glances away -- Riker is silently dismissed.
	He turns and leaves the room. The door shuts behind
	him.

	Picard looks down at his desk -- and the Tamarian
	dagger laying on top of it. Picard touches it, then
	brings his hand up to his forehead in the Tamarian
	ritual honoring.

	He lowers his hand. OFF his face.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             










                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Ensign Ro" 
                          #40275-203 
                              
                           Story by 
                 Rick Berman & Michael Piller 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Michael Piller 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                        JULY 18, 1991

         STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Ensign Ro" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             MOT, THE BARBER
                RIKER              ADMIRAL KENNELLY
                DATA               ENSIGN RO LAREN
                BEVERLY            KEEVE FALOR
                TROI               ORTA
                GEORDI             GUL DOLAK
                WORF               
                                   Non-Speaking
                GUINAN               BAJORANS

                TRANSPORTER OFFICER COLLINS
                COMPUTER VOICE     
                FEMALE COM VOICE  
 
                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

         STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/19/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Ensign Ro" 
                            
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE       VALO THREE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM       BAJORAN CAMP
              BARBER SHOP
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              CORRIDOR
              TEN-FORWARD
              RO'S QUARTERS
          
            MOON CAVES

     STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Ensign Ro" 
                        
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                  Antares          an-TAR-eez
                  Bajorans         bah-JOR-uh
                  Bajoran          bah-JOR-an
                  Baleekam         bah-LEE-kam
                  Balleek          bah-LEEK
                  Cardassian       car-DASS-ee-en
                  Garon            GAH-run
                  Gul Dolak        gull doh-LACK
                  Holza            HOHL-tsa
                  Jaros            JAHR-ohs
                  Keeve Falor      KEEV fah-LOHR
                  Kennelly         KEN-ell-ee
                  Mot              MAHT (rhymes w/ bought)
                  Orta             OHR-ta
                  Ro Laren         ROH LAH-ren
                  Solarion         soh-LEHR-ee-un
                  Valo             VAH-lo

       STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/19/91 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "Ensign Ro"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. ENTERPRISE BARBER SHOP (OPTICAL)

	Close on PICARD in the barber chair, the barber's tools
	working on his hair. Picard's face is unpleasant as
	the BARBER chatters on.

					BARBER
			... there's a time when you want
			to call a Romulan's bluff and
			there's a time when you don't...
				(beat, waiting for a
				 response, then... )
			Wouldn't you say?

					PICARD
				(trying to be polite)
			Yes, well, one does not always
			have the luxury...

					BARBER
				(interrupting)
			You've got to choose your time
			and place with them. True or
			false?

					PICARD
				(sighs)
			Whenever possible.

					BARBER
			So, this time you were lucky.

	Picard starts to respond, then simply grunts.

					BARBER
				(continuing)
			I suppose all's well that ends
			well but if I had been in your
			shoes...

	Picard frowns impatiently, glances in the mirror...

       STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - TEASER       2.

1    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Well, it looks very nice,
			Mot... that should suffice...

					BARBER
			Hold on...

	He picks up a new tool and checks the sideburns...
	trims one side...

					BARBER
				(done)
			...there.

	... and now he is facing Picard eye to eye...

					BARBER
			I must tell you, Captain, Will
			Riker was in for a trim
			yesterday... and he agreed with
			me a hundred per cent...

	Picard cocks an eyebrow at that one.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Captain Picard...

					PICARD
				(hits insignia, with
				 an edge)
			Yes?

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker reacts slightly to the tone of voice.

					RIKER
			Sorry to interrupt. We're
			receiving an emergency distress
			signal from the Solarion Four
			colony.

3    INT. BARBER SHOP

					BARBER
			Uh oh, right along the Cardassian
			border...

       STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/26/91 - TEASER       3.

3    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Lay in a new course. I'm on my
			way.

	He rises and silently acknowledges the barber and after
	he exits, the barber shakes his head with concern,
	turns to a colleague...

					BARBER
				(sighs)
			I told him we never should have
			colonized that close to the
			Cardassians...

	The other barber nods in agreement and...

4    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard ENTERS from the turbolift. RIKER, DATA, WORF
	and SUPERNUMERARIES on the bridge.

					PICARD
			Report.

					RIKER
			The signal ended abruptly at oh
			four five five... unable to raise
			them on subspace...

					PICARD
			Hail them on upper and lower band
			frequencies, Mister Worf...

					WORF
			I've tried, sir. No response.

					PICARD
			Time to the Solarion system?

					DATA
			Twenty-six minutes, Captain.

       STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - TEASER       4.

4    CONTINUED:

	Picard acknowledges, satisfied, settles in his command
	chair... glances at Riker...

					PICARD
			I understand you've been
			discussing alternative adversarial
			engagement strategies with Mot.

					RIKER
				(reacts)
			It would be more accurate to say
			he was discussing them with me...
				(beat)
			He's the best barber in
			Starfleet... what can you do... ?

					WORF
			Sir, receiving another signal from
			a vessel leaving orbit of Solarion
			Four... new frequency, low
			band... audio only...

					PICARD
			Open the channel.

	Some crackle in the reception.

					MALE VOICE
			This is the Bajorans. We claim
			responsibility for the destruction
			of the Federation colony on
			Solarion Four. As long as we are
			without our homeland, no one will
			be safe in this sector.

	As the signal ends, push in on Picard and...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/19/91 - ACT ONE       5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

		(NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At a space station.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45076.3.
			We have arrived at Lya Station
			Alpha with survivors from Solarion
			Four. Admiral Kennelly has
			rendezvoused to discuss the
			Bajoran terrorist attack.

6    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Close on ADMIRAL KENNELLY, standing. Kennelly is a
	younger man than Picard, more casual than your average
	Admiral. He's not feeling at all well; has a headache
	and a cold... the first thing he does when we cut to
	him is sneeze...

					KENNELLY
			Sorry...

	He pulls out a handkerchief and blows his nose.
	Picard takes a step to a food replicator.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Ginger tea with honey, very hot.

	The replicator makes it in a cup. Picard brings it
	over. They sit.

					KENNELLY
			Ginger tea?

					PICARD
			My Aunt Rebecca's cure for the
			common cold.

       STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/19/91 - ACT ONE       6.

6    CONTINUED:

					KENNELLY
			Common, hell... I picked this up
			from the Cardassian liaison last
			weekend. It's some damn virus
			they've sic'ed on me.

	He inhales the steam from the tea first... his face
	shows some relief...

7    ANGLE

					PICARD
			Did the liaison have anything to
			say about the attack?

	Kennelly sips some tea as he considers his answer a
	beat.

					KENNELLY
			It's an old story for the
			Cardassians. They've had
			terrorist problems since they
			annexed the Bajoran home world
			forty years ago.

					PICARD
			But in forty years, the Bajorans
			have never attacked a Federation
			target...

					KENNELLY
			A new militant splinter group has
			broken away from the Bajoran
			settlement camps. Leader's name
			is Orta. Apparently he's willing
			to do whatever he has to to get
			attention...

					PICARD
			And our response?

					KENNELLY
				(shrugs)
			We're going to give him attention.
				(beat)
			I can't tell you how good this
			feels on my throat...

	Kennelly puts the tea down, sighs... rises, massages
	his head to relieve the pain...

         STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - 7/18/91 - ACT ONE         7.

7    CONTINUED:

					KENNELLY
			Listen, I'm the first to say that
			the Bajorans deserve attention...
			chased off their own planet by
			the Cardassians, forced to wander
			the galaxy, settling wherever they
			can find room...

					PICARD
				(acknowledges)
			On many worlds we've been to, they
			are isolated, treated as
			pariahs...

					KENNELLY
			The Federation has great sympathy
			for their cause... but they're
			not helping themselves with an
			attack like this.
				(beat)
			That's what you have to
			communicate to them.

	Picard studies his superior officer, knows there's
	more...

					PICARD
			That could be done through
			diplomatic channels, Admiral...
			what do you really want from us?

	Kennelly nods... takes a beat, then...

					KENNELLY
			Find this terrorist leader,
			Orta... get him back "on the
			reservation"... any way you can.

	Picard blinks... that's a hell of an order... and it's
	one he doesn't care for very much... he almost smiles
	incredulously...

					PICARD
			Any way I can...

					KENNELLY
			The Federation has dozens of
			settlements in that sector. We
			can't allow the violence to
			continue.

       STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT ONE       8.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			And what do I have to offer that
			might persuade him to cooperate?

					KENNELLY
			Amnesty.

					PICARD
				(not nearly adequate)
			Admiral...

					KENNELLY
			... and a promise that we will
			immediately begin to address this
			issue with the Cardassians...
			quietly, behind the scenes, using
			every legitimate means... the
			Bajorans have to be patient...

					PICARD
			They have endured generations of
			sympathy and promises. I cannot
			believe this Orta will be
			satisfied with more of the same.

					KENNELLY
			It's your job to see that he is,
			Jean-Luc.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Go ahead.

									INTERCUT:

8    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Riker with A TRANSPORTER OFFICER (COLLINS).

					RIKER
			Captain, have you approved the
			transfer of a new officer to the
			Enterprise?

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Negative...

         STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - 7/18/91 - ACT ONE         9.

8    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Well, I've got one waiting to
			transport aboard...

9    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			... complete with orders. Ensign
			Ro Laren.

	Riker says it with an edge. He knows who she is. And
	Picard also recognizes the name... reacts...

					PICARD
			Ro Laren? From the Wellington?

	He sees the Admiral signalling his attention...

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			The same one, sir. Should I tell
			her a mistake's been made?

					PICARD
				(re: the Admiral)
			Stand by, Commander.

	Picard looks to the Admiral...

					KENNELLY
			I wrote the orders.
				(off Picard's reaction)
			I thought she'd be valuable to
			you.

					PICARD
			Admiral... respectfully...
				(beat, trying to fashion
				 a polite way of saying
				 this)
			I would appreciate some consulting
			rights on the assignment of a new
			officer... especially someone with
			the record of Ro Laren...

					KENNELLY
			She's Bajoran.

         STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - 7/18/91 - ACT ONE         10.

9    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			There are other Bajorans in
			Starfleet... assign one of them...

	With increasing tension...

					KENNELLY
			I've discussed this situation with
			her. I'm convinced she's the
			right one for the job...

					PICARD
			After what happened at Garon Two,
			she has no business serving on
			any starship as far as I'm
			concerned... let alone the
			flagship, my ship...

					KENNELLY
			You're taking her... it's all
			arranged... you have no idea how
			difficult it was to get her out
			of prison.

	Picard stares at the Admiral.

					PICARD
			It's that important to you...

					KENNELLY
			It's that important. To the
			mission.

	A long beat.

					PICARD
			Picard to Riker.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Go ahead.

					PICARD
			Proceed with the transport.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Sir... ?

					PICARD
			I'll fill you in later, Commander.

      STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT ONE      11.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Yessir.

	The Admiral smiles.

					PICARD
			Admiral, I hope neither of us
			regrets this.

					KENNELLY
			You can handle her, Captain. If
			anyone can.

	Kennelly rises.

					KENNELLY
			I'll be on my way, then. Actually,
			you know, I think I'm feeling
			better.

					PICARD
				(even)
			Aunt Rebecca would be pleased.

10   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Starting on a grim-faced Riker, clearly upset at
	this...

					RIKER
			Energize.

	And as Collins works the controls, move to the
	transporter pad as ENSIGN RO LAREN MATERIALIZES. She
	is an attractive humanoid woman in her late twenties.
	Her eyes gain our first attention, perhaps because her
	brows are not separate but connect in a full line over
	both eyes... the effect is rather sensual and darkly
	intense.

	She carries a 24th-century backpack over one shoulder
	and is dressed in Starfleet red; on one ear she wears
	a silver ring. As she walks off the transporter, she
	hands Riker a disc with her orders. She arrives with
	all the enthusiasm of a plumber arriving to fix your
	toilet just before quitting time.

					RO
			Ensign Ro Laren reporting as
			ordered, Commander.

      STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT ONE      12.

10   CONTINUED:

	Riker never breaks eye contact to look at her disc.

					RIKER
			You'll follow the Starfleet
			uniform code aboard this ship,
			Ensign.

	It takes her just a second to realize that he's talking
	about her earring. And she glances at Collins with
	the incredible smile of a woman who can't believe that
	wherever she goes there is one more asshole waiting to
	get on her case. Collins gives her nothing back.
	Riker silently waits her out.

	She says nothing more, but her eyes lock into his and
	say "the hell with you" as she calmly removes the
	earring. Riker EXITS. She follows.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/19/91 - ACT TWO      13.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

11   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at warp.

12   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Close on Picard, who is with Riker. Picard is unhappy
	about all this.

					RIKER
			There will be members of the crew
			who will not want to serve with
			Ensign Laren, Captain.

					PICARD
			They'll have to learn to live
			with it.

	Riker reacts, has rarely seen his captain with this
	edge.

					RIKER
			I intend to demand the highest
			standards of performance from her.

					PICARD
			I would expect nothing less.

	The chime rings. Picard does not immediately
	acknowledge it. Softer --

					PICARD
			It won't be for long, Will.

	They share a look. Then to the door --

					PICARD
			Come.

	Ro ENTERS.

					PICARD
			Yes, Ensign Laren, please have
			a seat...

					RO
			Ensign Ro. Sir.

         STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - 7/18/91 - ACT TWO         14.

12   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I beg your pardon?

	She sits.

					RO
			The Bajoran custom has the family
			name first, the individual's
			second. I am properly addressed
			as Ensign Ro.

					PICARD
				(glances at Riker)
			I'm sorry, I didn't...

					RO
			No reason you should know. It
			is an old custom. Most Bajorans
			these days accept the distortion
			of their names in order to
			assimilate. I do not.

	A beat. Already Ro has them on the defensive.

					PICARD
			I wish to be candid with you,
			Ensign.

					RO
			Please.

					PICARD
			I am fully aware of your Starfleet
			record, your problems on other
			ships, the incident on Garon Two
			that led to your court martial.
			I feel it only fair to inform you
			that I am personally concerned
			about your presence on this most
			critical mission...

					RO
			I don't want to be here any more
			than you want me to be here. Sir.

					RIKER
			Then why did you accept this
			assignment?

					RO
			If I may be equally candid...
			it's better than prison.

      STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT TWO      15.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(galled)
			Better than prison. Ensign, there
			are officers who wait years to
			serve aboard this...

					RO
			... being called back into
			Starfleet wasn't my idea...

					RIKER
			... Nor ours...

					RO
			... and I'm not exactly happy about
			it.

	Picard is frustrated by all this... she doesn't fit,
	she doesn't want to be here, she has an attitude...

					PICARD
			Nevertheless...
				(beat)
			... we are going to be serving
			together and I think it would be
			wise for Commander Riker and me
			to clearly voice our expectations
			and...

	She rises.

					RO
			Captain, I know the routine. You
			don't have to worry about me.
			We're stuck with each other.
			Let's get this over with as
			quickly as possible and we'll go
			our separate ways, okay?

	She EXITS. Pointedly after the fact, Picard mutters,
	under his breath...

					PICARD
			Dismissed.

	As Picard and Riker exchange a glance...

13   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship comes out of warp.

         STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - 7/18/91 - ACT TWO         16.

13   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. We
			are approaching the Valo system
			on the outskirts of Cardassian
			territory, where many Bajorans
			have resettled.

14   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, TROI, Worf, BEVERLY, Ro. Data
	gives a mission update.

					DATA
			There are dozens of Bajoran
			camps on the three M-class
			planets. I suggest we may want
			to begin on Valo Three, where an
			ad hoc leader named Jas Holza
			lives. The Federation has had
			several dealings with him...

					BEVERLY
			I met Holza at a symposium a few
			years ago...

					PICARD
			What can you tell us about him,
			Doctor?

					BEVERLY
				(thinking back)
			I found him to be a very concerned
			leader and a good spokesman for
			his people...
				(beat, remembering)
			And a terrific dancer...

	Reactions from the table.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Really... at the reception
			afterwards...

         STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - 7/18/91 - ACT TWO         17.

14   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			At least this man has genuine
			experience in diplomacy...

					PICARD
				(acknowledges)
			That is not a small advantage on
			this mission... Very well...
			Mister Data, contact Holza,
			arrange a meeting... set a course
			for Valo Three.

					RIKER
			Ensign Ro, you're familiar with
			this star system; take the
			conn...

	Ro looks down, unhappy...

					RIKER
			Is there some problem, Ensign?

					RO
			You're wasting your time.

	All eyes turn to her.

					RO
			Holza is nobody. He's the token
			Bajoran that "respectable"
			people...
				(unsaid: like you)
			... invite to symposiums and
			diplomatic soirees. But he has
			no real influence among my people.

					DATA
			Whom do you suggest we talk to,
			Ensign?

					RO
			Don't you understand? These are
			desperate people. Ready to martyr
			themselves. They don't want to
			talk...

					WORF
			This ship is prepared to defend
			itself if necessary.

      STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT TWO      18.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					RO
			It will be. Don't fool yourself.
			This mission will end in
			bloodshed.

	A silence.

					PICARD
				(controlled)
			Well. Let us hope you are
			mistaken, Ensign. Now... perhaps
			you could point us in the right
			direction as Mister Data
			suggested.

	And there is something we can notice in Ro... a mixed
	feeling about what she's doing... chalk it up to
	tracking down her own people if you like for now...
	but there is a certain inevitability, a certain regret
	in her tone here... perhaps she knows more than she
	is telling...

					RO
				(a beat)
			I would go to the camp on the
			southern continent of Valo Two...
			find a man named Keeve Falor.
			He has no diplomatic experience.
			And he won't ask you to dance.

	On reactions...

15   EXT. BAJORAN CAMP - DAY (OPTICAL)

	As Picard, Data, Ro, Worf MATERIALIZE against a plain
	desert background... they begin to move forward into
	a new...

16   ANGLE

	to reveal the camp... and it is a devastating sight. A
	collection of several dozen ramshackle huts line the
	barren ground... built from bits and pieces of junk
	and wire and colored tarps... small chicken-like
	animals roam freely... clothes hang on lines that
	string the camp together...

         STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - 7/18/91 - ACT TWO         19.

16   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. I
			read about the achievements of
			the ancient Bajoran civilization
			in my fifth grade reader... they
			were architects and artists and
			builders and philosophers... when
			humans were not yet standing
			erect.

	Picard takes in the scene before him.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Now I see how history has
			rewarded them...

17   ANGLE

	The children see them. Dirty, ill-clothed... they run
	to the exciting visitors... surround them with
	curiosity and hunger, touch their clothes, make an
	uproarious noise... Picard glances over and studies --

18   RO

	as she looks at these young ones with warmth and pain
	and identification, and one three-year-old child who is
	stark naked looks at her... and she takes off her
	Starfleet jacket, kneels down and wraps it around the
	child. She catches the eye of Picard watching her and
	there is a vulnerability in her we haven't seen before
	as she simply explains...

					RO
			This used to be me.

	(Note: Ro will play the rest of this sequence without a
	jacket, and underneath is a Starfleet issue
	body-shirt.)

					KEEVE (o.c.)
			Baleekam... Balleek... balleek!

19   ANGLE

	to reveal KEEVE FALOR chasing off all the children...
	he is a man in his forties, proud, honest, plain-
	speaking. Like all the Bajorans, he is dressed simply,
	and wears several silver earrings on both ears.

         STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - 7/18/91 - ACT TWO         20.

19   CONTINUED:

	There is something critical in his tone to Ro, and she
	is a bit uncomfortable.

					KEEVE
			Ro Laren, it has been a long
			time. We welcome your return.

					RO
			Keeve Falor. Captain Jean-Luc
			Picard. Commander Data and
			Lieutenant Worf.

					PICARD
			Thank you for meeting with us,
			Mister Keeve.

					KEEVE
			You honor me by the proper use
			of my name, Captain.

					PICARD
			Ensign Ro has educated me.

					KEEVE
			Has she. Good.
				(even, to Ro)
			I'm pleased you still remember.

	And she can hear a prick of criticism... suggesting
	that she is not truly one of them at all anymore.

					KEEVE
			Let me show you our camp.

20   ANGLE - WALKING

	Picard and Keeve walk together... Ro a step away. Data
	and Worf walk behind.

					KEEVE
			We are not a violent race,
			Captain. Just passionate about
			our cause. And that passion has
			led some to take up arms.

					PICARD
			Do you know where we can find
			Orta?

					KEEVE
			I'm afraid not.

      STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT TWO      21.

20   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Might you be able to help us
			locate him?

					KEEVE
			I'm sorry. I don't wish to help
			you.

	Picard reacts.

					KEEVE
			Don't misunderstand. I for one
			believe the raid on the Federation
			outpost was poor judgment. You
			are innocent bystanders, and I
			cannot condone violence against
			those who are not our enemies.

					PICARD
			Then I don't understand why you
			are unwilling...

					KEEVE
			Because you are innocent
			bystanders.

	They pause to watch as people wash clothes in water
	falling from an open pipe...

					KEEVE
				(pleasantly)
			You were innocent bystanders for
			decades as the Cardassians took
			our homes... as they violated and
			tortured our people in the most
			hideous ways imaginable... as we
			were forced to flee...

					PICARD
			We were saddened by those
			events... but they occurred within
			the designated borders of the
			Cardassian Empire...

					KEEVE
			... and the Federation is pledged
			not to interfere in the internal
			affairs of others.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - 7/18/91 - ACT TWO         22.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

					KEEVE (cont'd)
			How convenient it must be for you.
			To turn a deaf ear to those who
			suffer behind a line on a map.

					PICARD
			I'm not here to debate Federation
			policy. I am prepared to offer
			assistance...

					KEEVE
			Simply because of one terrorist
			attack? Then perhaps I have been
			wrong. We should have attacked
			the Federation long ago. What
			do you think of that, Ro?

					RO
			I think you are a small man who
			feels a rush of power in his belly
			and enjoys it far too much,
			Keeve. Stop talking and listen.

	He eyes her coldly.

					PICARD
			We have had our own problems with
			the Cardassians... now that there
			is a treaty, we are in a position
			to help. Your people have been
			forced to resettle all over the
			quadrant. We can make a
			legitimate case with the
			Cardassians that this is no longer
			an isolated problem. We will work
			diplomatically on your behalf...
			but first the terrorist attacks
			must end.

	A beat as Keeve considers, then, as an answer...

					KEEVE
			We live in different universes,
			you and I. Yours is about
			diplomacy, politics, strategy.
			Mine is about blankets. If we
			were to exchange places for a
			night, you would better
			understand.

         STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - 7/18/91 - ACT TWO         23.

20   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Mister Data -- see to it that our
			replicators provide blankets for
			every man, woman and child here
			before nightfall.

					DATA
			Yessir.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, you will determine
			if these people have any other
			emergency needs and provide
			whatever we can...

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	They move off. Keeve nods his appreciation.

					KEEVE
			Return to your ship. I will
			contact you when I have any
			information that might be of
			assistance. Ensign.

	He bows to Ro and EXITS. Picard and Ro are left
	alone... he studies her and nods and has to tell her...

					PICARD
			You were helpful.

					RO
			The blankets were helpful...
			nothing I said mattered.

	And although it is said in a self-effacing way, it is
	a way to blow off the compliment, to avoid bonding...
	In fact, she is a woman who cannot easily accept a
	compliment.

20A  ANGLE

	Picard moves to take in this setting.

					PICARD
			In an age when their technology
			should be able to feed and clothe
			all of them... that they should
			have to live like this...

      STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT TWO      24.

20A  CONTINUED:

					RO
			I couldn't. And I wouldn't.
			That's one reason why I ran away.
			They are lost... defeated...

	And he looks at her with new measure as she studies her
	peoples' camp...

					RO
			I will never be.

	And as the

21   ANGLE

	changes to give us the wide perspective of the two of
	them looking over the camp...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

        STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - 7/18/91 - ACT THREE        25.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

22   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Moving through the Valo system at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45077.8.
			Keeve Falor has kept his promise
			and directed us toward the third
			moon of Valo One... where we will
			meet tomorrow with the terrorist
			leader, Orta.

23   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Beverly and Troi ENTER, see Ro drinking alone at a
	table. They exchange a glance: "C'mon, let's do the
	right thing." They walk over... smile...

					TROI
			Do you mind if we join you?

	Ro glances up...

					RO
			Yes.

	Bev and Troi's smiles fade, they walk on past Geordi
	and Guinan at the bar... and we stay with...

24   GEORDI AND GUINAN

	Mid-conversation...

					GEORDI
			... I'll tell you one thing... if
			I find myself on an away team with
			Ensign Ro... I'll never turn my
			back on her...

					GUINAN
			The captain obviously thought
			she'd be valuable on this mission.

        STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - 7/18/91 - ACT THREE        26.

24   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(shakes his head)
			This was orders. Had to be. She
			doesn't belong here. Doesn't
			belong in the uniform if you ask
			me.

					GUINAN
			Really.

					GEORDI
			Really.

					GUINAN
			Sounds like someone I'd like to
			meet.

	Geordi reacts as Guinan leaves...

25   WITH RO

	as Guinan doesn't ask, she just sits down.

					GUINAN
			Am I disturbing you?

					RO
			Yes.

					GUINAN
			Good. You look like someone who
			wants to be disturbed.

					RO
				(reacts)
			I'd rather be alone.

					GUINAN
			No you wouldn't.

					RO
				(reacts)
			I beg your pardon... ?

					GUINAN
			If you wanted to be alone, you
			would've stayed in your quarters.
			Only reason to come here is to
			be around people.

       STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - 7/18/91 - ACT THREE       26A.

25   CONTINUED:

	A beat. Obviously there's some truth that Ro has to
	grudgingly acknowledge.

					RO
				(not serious)
			There's always the view...

					GUINAN
			You've been looking at your drink
			all night. How's the view?

        STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - 7/18/91 - ACT THREE        27.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					RO
			Who are you?

					GUINAN
			Guinan. I keep the bar. I
			listen.

					RO
			Heard anything interesting?

					GUINAN
			Everyone's talking about you.

					RO
			Heard anything interesting?

					GUINAN
			Uh-huh.

	Ro gives her a sort of defensive grin, hiding pain...

					RO
				(beat)
			It's all true.

					GUINAN
			I've always found that truth is
			in the eye of the beholder.

					RO
			Isn't that supposed to be
			"beauty"?

					GUINAN
			"Truth", "beauty"... works for
			a lot of things.

	Ro actually lets a genuine smile slip through, retreats
	quickly into her drink.

					GUINAN
			They say you never told anyone
			the truth about Galon Two. You
			didn't even defend yourself at
			the court martial.

					RO
			What was to defend? I didn't
			follow orders. Eight members of
			the away team died.

     STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/19/91 - ACT THREE     28.

25   CONTINUED: (3)

					GUINAN
			Your fault.

					RO
			My fault.

					GUINAN
			So you sit alone in crowded rooms
			staring at your drink.

	Ro shrugs.

					GUINAN
				(realizing)
			You kind of enjoy it, don't you?

					RO
			Enjoy it... ?

					GUINAN
			You go out of your way to torture
			yourself... You work so hard at
			it, you've gotta love it.

					RO
				(beat)
			Who are you?

					GUINAN
			Guinan. I tend the bar. I
			listen.

	Beat.

					RO
			You're not like any bartender I
			ever met.

					GUINAN
			You're not like any Starfleet
			officer I ever met.
				(beat)
			This might be the start of an
			interesting friendship.

	Guinan rises.

					RO
			I never stay anywhere long enough
			to make friends.

     STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/19/91 - ACT THREE     29.

25   CONTINUED: (4)

					GUINAN
			Too late. You just made one.

	She moves back to the bar... leaving Ro to consider
	what just happened.

					FEMALE COM VOICE
			Bridge to Ensign Ro.

					RO
			Go ahead.

					FEMALE COM VOICE
			Subspace communication coming in
			for you, Ensign.

					RO
			Thank you.

	She's still thinking about what Guinan said, exchanges
	a glance with her and EXITS. Hold on Guinan a beat
	then..

26   INT. RO'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	As she ENTERS.

					RO
			Computer, direct subspace
			transmission to monitor...

	As she moves to the monitor, the Starfleet logo is
	displayed... there's a BEEP and... the logo is replaced
	with the picture of Admiral Kennelly at a desk...

					KENNELLY
			Your report, Ensign.

					RO
			Everything's going exactly as you
			predicted, Admiral...

27   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit of a moon.

28   INT. CORRIDOR NEAR TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Picard and Riker on the move...

     STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/19/91 - ACT THREE     29A.

28   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Any indications of weapons or
			vessels beneath the surface?

     STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT THREE     30.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(shakes his head)
			The composition of the moon's
			crust is blocking the sensors...

					PICARD
			... which is very likely why they
			chose this moon for their base
			of operations...

	They enter...

29   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Worf, Data and Troi are waiting for them. Collins,
	the Transporter Officer, is at the controls.

					RIKER
			We're on a timetable here.
			Where's Ro?

					PICARD
				(keys insignia)
			Captain Picard to Ensign Ro.

	No response.

					DATA
			Computer, locate Ensign Ro.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Ensign Ro is not on board the
			Enterprise.

					WORF
				(to Collins)
			Check the transport log.

					COLLINS
				(pressing a panel,
				 reacts)
			She beamed down almost six hours
			ago, sir...

					PICARD
				(frowns)
			Mister Collins, any activity at
			the designated site of our
			meeting...

     STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/26/91 - ACT THREE     31.

29   CONTINUED:

					COLLINS
				(checking)
			No, sir. They didn't show up...

					RIKER
			What the hell is going on...

	Moving to the transporter pad... to Collins --

					PICARD
			Prepare to transport us to the
			same location Ensign Ro beamed
			to... Mister Worf, phasers...

	They draw their phasers and...

30   INT. MOON CAVES - DAY (OPTICAL)

	A rocky, claustrophobic area... narrow passages go off
	in several directions.

	The away team MATERIALIZES... phasers drawn... there
	is no activity... Data pulls out a tricorder, takes
	readings...

					DATA
			The tricorder is picking up
			molecular displacement traces...
			it suggests movement through
			this area during the last ten
			hours...

					PICARD
			See if we can determine their
			direction... Standard search
			pattern...

					WORF
			Maintain tricorder security
			link.

	The group spreads out, each using a tricorder...

	PICARD AND WORF

	move one way through the shadows of the rocks...
	measuring with the tricorder...

     STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT THREE     32.

31A  DATA AND TROI

	do the same. After a beat, Troi kneels down to check
	a tricorder reading by a cave...

					TROI
			Data, I'm picking up energy
			fluctuations over here...
				(keys insignia)
			Troi to Picard.
				(a beat, reacts)
			Captain, acknowledge...

	She exchanges a concerned glance with Data... he keys
	his combadge...

					DATA
			Data to Picard... Data to Worf...

	They're already on the move... back toward Picard and
	Worf...

     STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT THREE     33.

31B
thru	OMITTED
34

35   ANGLE

	As they round a bend, Data and Troi see Picard and
	Worf... bound and gagged and at phaser point... Data
	and Troi react as more Bajorans terrorists appear from
	the shadows, moving up behind them... Troi and Data
	have no choice, they drop their phasers and allow
	themselves to be taken prisoner. And we:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/26/91 - ACT FOUR      34.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

36   INT. CAVES

	as before.

37   RO

	ENTERS with a person whose face is shrouded. This
	is ORTA. He moves away from her to confront Picard...
	he speaks through a voice box that is implanted in the
	side of his neck... it is an eerily metallic sounding
	voice...

					ORTA
			Captain Picard... I am Orta.
			Please excuse my appearance.
			Unfortunately, as a guest of the
			Cardassians some years ago, my
			face... was mutilated... my vocal
			cords cut.

					PICARD
			Abducting us was not necessary.

					ORTA
			I'm sorry. But after speaking
			with Ro Laren, I decided that it
			was.

					PICARD
			Then she has done us both a
			disservice. For I am committed
			to peace.

					ORTA
			I am not at all interested in
			peace. And I am not convinced
			you are, either.

	And now Ro moves forward...

					RO
				(to Picard)
			Captain, I did not come here to
			undermine the mission...

      STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/19/91 - ACT FOUR      35.

37   CONTINUED:

	And Picard is livid with her... he is diplomatically
	controlled, but there is a cutting edge in his voice...

					PICARD
			Ensign, whatever your motives,
			you have already done enough
			damage to these negotiations.
			With your permission, Orta, I will
			have her transported back to my
			ship.

					RO
			I came here to convince these
			people to listen to you... I
			didn't want this to end in
			bloodshed...

					PICARD
				(losing patience, to
				 Orta)
			There will be no bloodshed...

					RO
			You don't know all the facts,
			Sir.

	Picard turns to face her...

					PICARD
			Perhaps you could share them
			with me.

	She wilts from his stare... finds herself in personal
	conflict, confused loyalties, secret orders... there is
	much she cannot tell him. Orta answers before she has
	a chance to.

					ORTA
			Ro Laren is attempting to protect
			the interests of two worlds,
			Captain. She finds herself
			uncomfortably caught between them.

					PICARD
			If you wish her to remain, I will
			agree, but she is not helping
			matters by fostering distrust
			between us...

      STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/19/91 - ACT FOUR      36.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

					ORTA
			I believe her concerns are
			justified.

					PICARD
			I can assure you....

					ORTA
				(interrupting)
			All is not what it seems to be,
			Captain. Perhaps someone is using
			you to get to me... perhaps you
			are a victim of this deception
			as well, I do not know.

					PICARD
			Deception?

					ORTA
			Your mission was to seek out the
			Barjoran terrorists who destroyed
			the Federation settlement on
			Solarion Four...

					PICARD
			Yes...

					ORTA
			As I have informed Ro Laren --
			it was not the Bajorans.

	Off Picard's reaction...

38   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around the moon.

39   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker is at command. The turbolift opens and the
	away team ENTERS in mid-conversation... Picard
	pointedly is not participating, moves slowly
	toward his ready room.

					WORF
			... he admits responsibility for
			dozens of attacks on Cardassian
			targets. Why should we believe
			him about Solarion Four?

     STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/19/91 - ACT FOUR     36A.

39   CONTINUED:

					RO
			He has no reason to lie.

					WORF
			He fears our reprisal.

      STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/19/91 - ACT FOUR      37.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			I didn't perceive fear or
			deception from him.

					WORF
			If they did not attack Solarion
			Four, who did? And why would
			anyone want to falsely implicate
			the Bajorans?

					DATA
			Perhaps someone wanted to draw
			us into this conflict...

					RO
			But what would anyone have to
			gain by that... ?

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Ensign. May I see you in my ready
			room?

					RO
			Yessir.

	She follows him.

40   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard ENTERS, jaw tight, controlled... turns on a dime
	the moment they enter... eye to eye with Ro.

					PICARD
			You do not leave this ship without
			authorization.

					RO
			Captain, I'm sorry, but...

					PICARD
			This is not a discussion. You're
			restricted to your quarters for
			the remainder of the mission.

	A beat as she stares at him incredulously...

					PICARD
			Dismissed.

	She EXITS.

      STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/19/91 - ACT FOUR      38.

40A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Continuous action as she makes the long walk to the
	turbolift... avoiding eye contact with the others.

40B  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Still in orbit of the moon.

40C  INT. RO'S QUARTERS

	She lays on her bunk staring at the ceiling, tight...
	trying to find some answers... feeling humiliated...
	a door chime... she ignores it. Again.

					RO
			What?

	The door opens. Guinan ENTERS.

					GUINAN
			Heard you'd been grounded.

					RO
			I really don't feel like talking
			right now.

					GUINAN
			Sure you do.

					RO
				(exasperated)
			How come every time I tell you
			something you tell me I really
			mean the exact opposite?

					GUINAN
			You're one of those people who's
			got their poles reversed... you
			take a little unscrambling, but
			I've had a lot of practice.

	Ro sighs. Guinan sits.

					GUINAN
			So what do you feel like talking
			about?

					RO
			Nothing you can help me with.

      STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/19/91 - ACT FOUR      39.

40C  CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			Never know until you try.

					RO
			I got myself into this. I'm just
			trying to figure a way out.
			That's all.
				(meaningful beat,
				 softer)
			Without anyone getting killed this
			time.

	And that's real. That's from pain. A beat.

					RO
			Seems like everybody's always just
			pulling my strings... that I've
			got no control.

					GUINAN
			For people like you and me...
			who lose our homes... that's how
			life feels sometimes...

					RO
			You?

					GUINAN
			My people lost their homeworld
			too.

	Ro realizes she's talking to someone who understands
	her, decides to confide in Guinan... at least part
	of the way...

					RO
				(beat)
			I'm in trouble.

	Guinan looks at her silently... gives her room to
	continue...

      STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/19/91 - ACT FOUR      40.

40C  CONTINUED: (2)

					RO
			There's more going on here than
			anyone on this ship knows... it's
			more than I know how to deal with.
			And I don't know who to trust...

					GUINAN
			Including yourself.

					RO
			Especially myself.

	Beat.

					GUINAN
			I was in serious trouble once.
			More than I could handle alone.

					RO
			What kind of trouble?

					GUINAN
			Not important now. Not yet. What
			is important is that I'd still
			be caught up in it to this day...
			if I hadn't trusted one man...

40D  INT. READY ROOM

	Picard at his desk studying his monitor... chime...

					PICARD
			Come.

	The door opens and Guinan leads Ro in. Picard reacts.

					GUINAN
			Ensign Ro has some things to talk
			to you about.

					PICARD
			Ensign Ro has been confined to
			her quarters.

					GUINAN
			She can go right back to her
			quarters when she's done.

        STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - 7/18/91 - ACT FOUR        41.

40D  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Guinan, I don't know why you are
			involved in this, but...

					GUINAN
			She's my friend.

	And she gives Picard an even look and EXITS. Picard
	muses a beat, looks at Ro, decides to proceed.

					PICARD
			I have found that Guinan is very
			selective about whom she calls
			a friend.
				(a beat)
			Sit down.

	They sit.

					RO
			Sir, when I'm finished telling
			you what I have to tell you...
			I'm probably gonna wind up back
			in the stockade. And if that's
			how it has to be...
				(she shrugs, so be it)
			I just can't do this anymore.

					PICARD
			What is it you can't do anymore,
			Ensign?

					RO
			Admiral Kennelly came to me in
			prison... told me he'd arrange
			to get me out if I'd accept a
			mission...

					PICARD
			That part I know.

					RO
			Nossir. Not this mission. One
			for him and only him.
				(off Picard's reaction)
			You were being sent to talk, to
			negotiate... the Admiral knew that
			was hopeless... My job was to
			give Orta an incentive...

					PICARD
			What kind of incentive... ?

        STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - 7/18/91 - ACT FOUR        42.

40D  CONTINUED: (2)

					RO
			One that you couldn't offer.
			That Starfleet couldn't offer.
			Orta was to end the terrorism
			against the Federation. Return
			with his people to the camps.
			In return he would get...
				(a serious admission)
			Weapons. Ships. Things that
			could really make a difference
			against the Cardassians in the
			future.

	A silence. Picard tries to digest this.

					PICARD
			I find that... almost impossible
			to believe. To suggest that
			Admiral Kennelly would consider
			sending weapons to terrorists...

					RO
			If you ask him, he will deny it.
			But it's true. I didn't leave
			the ship without authorization...
			I received it last night from the
			Admiral.

					PICARD
			You have been in contact with
			Admiral Kennelly during this
			mission?

					RO
			Yessir. The subspace log can
			confirm that part of it at least.

	A beat. Picard rises... trying to make some sense of
	this...

					PICARD
			Arming these people would be a
			violation of all that the
			Federation stands for. You cannot
			be blind to that...

					RO
			Nossir. I'm not. But this was
			something... I had to do.
				(beat)
			When I was seven years old...
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - 7/18/91 - ACT FOUR        43.

40D  CONTINUED: (3)

					RO (cont'd)
			I was given a piece of sugar candy
			and led by a Cardassian into a
			room. My father was sitting
			inside. And he looked at me with
			eyes I'd never seen... And then
			the Cardassian began to ask him
			questions... and during the next
			two hours as I was forced to
			watch, my father was tortured
			until he died. I remember feeling
			so... ashamed... as my father
			begged for mercy... I was ashamed
			of him for being so weak. I was
			ashamed of being Bajoran. Later
			I began to understand how
			misguided those feelings were.
			And yet somehow they have remained
			a part of me. I do not want to
			be ashamed of my heritage any
			longer.
				(beat)
			I serve the Federation. But I
			am Bajoran. A Starfleet admiral
			presented me with an opportunity
			to help my people in their fight
			against the Cardassians. I had
			to accept it.

	Picard studies her...

					PICARD
			Have you made this offer to Orta?

					RO
			No. After he told me the Bajorans
			had not attacked Solarion Four...
			nothing made sense anymore. I
			decided to wait until I could
			figure out what was going on...

	Picard rises...

					PICARD
			That was a wise choice, Ensign.
			It probably saved you from another
			court martial.

	A silent beat.

        STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - 7/18/91 - ACT FOUR        44.

40D  CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			Have you briefed Admiral Kennelly
			since our return from the surface?

					RO
			Nossir. Captain, I don't know
			who to trust anymore...

					PICARD
			Then why did you come to me?

					RO
			That strange bartender of yours...
			She has a way of getting to you,
			you know?
				(Picard nods)
			She said you were her friend.

					PICARD
			It seems we find ourselves with...
			something in common.
				(a thoughtful beat)
			Do you think Orta would cooperate
			with us to determine the truth
			here?

					RO
			I think I can persuade him.

					PICARD
			Good.
				(beat)
			Our orders were to find him, bring
			him back to the camps... any way
			we could... perhaps that is
			exactly what we should do.

					RO
			And then what?

					PICARD
			And then watch what happens.

	Off her reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

      STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT FIVE      45.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

41   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Still in orbit around the moon.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. I
			have become convinced that we are
			somehow involved in a conspiracy.
			I am hopeful the purpose behind
			it will be revealed in the next
			few hours.

42   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Kennelly is on the big screen. He still has his cold,
	and a hoarse throat. Picard, Riker, Worf, Data at
	their positions. Ro is at the conn.

					KENNELLY
			Well done, Captain.

					PICARD
			It was a team effort, Admiral.
			Ensign Ro proved invaluable.

					KENNELLY
			Good. What's the next step?

					PICARD
			The Enterprise will escort a
			Bajoran Antares-class carrier
			to the Valo Three camp at oh-five
			hundred hours... Orta and his
			people will be aboard.

					KENNELLY
			Keep us advised of your progress.

					PICARD
			Acknowledged.
				(beat)
			How's that Cardassian virus,
			Admiral?

					KENNELLY
				(smiles)
			A little better, thanks.

          STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT FIVE          46.

42   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Good. We will report as soon as
			our mission is accomplished.
			Picard out.

	The screen returns to starfield.

					RIKER
			Ensign Ro, take us to the
			designated coordinates...

					RO
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Mister Data...

	A beat. He sits in command.

					DATA
			Yes, Captain?

					PICARD
				(thoughtful)
			Keep an eye on the Cardassian
			border, will you?

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

43   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At impulse moving out of orbit...

44   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					WORF
			The Bajoran vessel is moving up
			from the surface, Captain.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	The viewscreen shows a smallish, older carrier moving
	up from the moon...

					PICARD
			Hail them, Mister Worf...

          STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/26/91 - ACT FIVE          47.

44   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Audio channel open... the ship
			has no visual capabilities.

					PICARD
			This is Captain Picard, we are
			prepared to escort you to Valo
			Three...

					FEMALE VOICE
			Acknowledged, Captain. Be advised
			that our ship is limited to half
			impulse...

					PICARD
			Ensign Ro, set a course for Valo
			Three... half impulse.

					RO
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Engage.

45   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As it escorts the Bajoran ship at half impulse.

46   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					DATA
			I am monitoring increased activity
			inside Cardassian space... two
			ships are moving along the
			border... heading one-four-two
			mark zero-five-one...

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, can you identify the
			class of these ships?

					WORF
			Cardassian warships... Galor
			class, type three...

					RIKER
			Top of the line...

          STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT FIVE          48.

46   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			They are moving into a course
			parallel to our own, Captain.

	Picard glances at Riker... he expected something like
	this...

					PICARD
			Yellow alert. Continue to monitor
			them...

					RIKER
			Ensign Ro, what's the closest we
			get to the Cardassian border on
			the current heading to Valo
			Three?

					RO
			Thirteen thousand, four hundred
			kilometers, sir.

					RIKER
			E-T-A?

					RO
			Eight minutes.

	Riker glances at Picard, who acknowledges...

					PICARD
			That's where it will be.

47   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As before, escorting the Bajoran ship.

48   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					DATA
			The Cardassian ships are changing
			course... they are crossing the
			border...

          STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/19/91 - ACT FIVE         48A.

48   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			They're increasing power to
			forward weapon grids...

					RIKER
			Red alert.

          STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT FIVE          49.

48   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Ensign Ro... change course to
			intercept the Cardassians... open
			channel to the Bajoran vessels...

					WORF
			Open.

					PICARD
			This is the Enterprise. We are
			moving to intercept two Cardassian
			warships... maintain your present
			course and speed.

					FEMALE VOICE
			Acknowledged, Enterprise.

					WORF
			Cardassians are in visual range.

					PICARD
			On screen.

49   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	to include the viewscreen as the warships move into
	view...

					WORF
			We are being hailed by the
			Cardassians...

					PICARD
			Open a channel, Mister Worf.

50   OMITTED

51   A CARDASSIAN CAPTAIN (OPTICAL)

	appears on the viewscreen. With great diplomacy...

					PICARD
			I am Jean-Luc Picard of the
			Federation Starship Enterprise...
			how can I help you?

          STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT FIVE          50.

51   CONTINUED:

					DOLAK
			Gul Dolak, Cardassian Militia Four
			One. We have no argument with
			you, Captain...

					PICARD
			I'm pleased to hear that, Gul
			Dolak, for all of us in the
			Federation value the peaceful
			relations with our Cardassian
			neighbors.

					DOLAK
			No more than we value the
			relations with our Federation
			neighbors.

					PICARD
			Good. Now that we've established
			our mutual good will... what's
			on your mind?

					DOLAK
			We have identified the Bajoran
			ship you are escorting as a
			terrorist carrier...

					PICARD
			Terrorist carrier... are you
			certain?

					DOLAK
			Most certain, Captain. It has
			committed many crimes against
			us... we know its markings
			well...

					PICARD
			Well, rest assured, there will
			be no terrorist attacks today.
			We are escorting these Bajoran
			settlers to the camp on Valor
			Three. You may monitor their
			course if you wish.

					DOLAK
			We would request that you
			withdraw... and leave the matter
			to us.

          STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT FIVE          51.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			This is neutral space, Gul Dolak.
			You have no jurisdiction here.

					DOLAK
			Nor do you.

					PICARD
			If we withdraw, what do you intend
			to do to the Bajoran vessel?

					DOLAK
			We intend to destroy it.

					PICARD
			I see. Well, that puts me in a
			difficult position. I've promised
			to escort these people to their
			camps.

					DOLAK
			You are protecting the enemies
			of the Cardassian people... if
			you do not withdraw, we will take
			great offense...

					PICARD
				(beat)
			I'm sorry to offend you, Gul
			Dolak. But I cannot withdraw.

					DOLAK
			We are prepared to take any steps
			necessary.

					PICARD
			Is that intended as a threat?

					DOLAK
			It is a complaint. From your
			Cardassian neighbors. You have
			one hour to withdraw. Dolak out.

	The Cardassian ships return to the viewscreen.

          STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT FIVE          52.

52   OMITTED

53   CLOSE ON PICARD

					PICARD
			Advise Starfleet of our status,
			Mister Data.
				(beat, rising)
			When Admiral Kennelly calls, I'll
			speak to him in my ready room.

54   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	with the two Cardassian ships in stalemate. The
	Bajoran vessel has moved out of view.

55   INT. CAPT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Kennelly on the monitor...

					PICARD
			It seemed, Admiral, that they knew
			our course, our destination, our
			plan...

					KENNELLY
				("unconvinced")
			I'm sure they monitor the border
			at all times for terrorist
			activity... their sensors just
			picked up Orta's ship, that's
			all...

					PICARD
			I'm not convinced of that...

					KENNELLY
			The important thing is, what do
			we do now?

					PICARD
			Any suggestions, Admiral?

					KENNELLY
			You have to protect the Cardassian
			peace, that's our top priority.

					PICARD
			Sir, I see no way to protect the
			Cardassian peace without
			sacrificing the Bajorans.

             STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - 7/18/91 - ACT FIVE            53.

55   CONTINUED:

					KENNELLY
			If that's your call, I'll support
			it.

	Picard's eyes go cold... he studies the miserable,
	manipulative son of a bitch.

					PICARD
			No. I'm not willing to give them
			up.

					KENNELLY
			You're not looking at the big
			picture, Jean-Luc... we can't
			afford to lose the Cardassian
			treaty...

					PICARD
			Well, I just see a different big
			picture, Admiral... it looks
			something like this...
				(beat)
			I see the Cardassian liaison, with
			his Cardassian virus, coming to
			meet with you after the attack
			on Solarion Four. Now, we have
			a mutual enemy, he says. The
			Bajoran terrorists. The
			Cardassians can't find them. But
			maybe the Federation can. I am
			beginning to see that our mission
			has been, in fact, to expose
			Orta... so the Cardassians could
			move in and destroy him.

					KENNELLY
				(softly, unyielding)
			I think you've lost your
			perspective, Captain. We'll
			discuss it further when you
			return. For now, I'm giving you
			a direct order to withdraw.
			Kennelly out.

	The Starfleet logo returns. Picard reacts.

56   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard ENTERS.

          STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT FIVE          54.

56   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Ensign Ro, set a course, bearing
			one-eight-seven mark
			one-zero-two... one quarter
			impulse.

	Ro glances, makes eye contact with Picard...

					RO
			Aye, sir.

	Picard sits in command...

					RIKER
			He ordered us to withdraw?

	Picard nods silently. Riker looks back to the
	viewscreen.

57   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Moves off from the Cardassians.

58   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			The Cardassians are moving toward
			the Bajoran vessel, Captain.

					PICARD
			Hold present course.

59   EXT. SPACE - THE CARDASSIAN SHIPS (OPTICAL)

	swoop down toward the Bajoran vessel... fire several
	rounds... the Bajoran vessel explodes.

60   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			The Bajoran ship has been
			destroyed.

	Ro reacts. Picard nods, it's done.

          STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT FIVE          55.

60   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Subspace transmission coming from
			Starfleet, Captain. Admiral
			Kennelly.

					PICARD
			On screen.

					DATA
			It is on a secure channel.
			Perhaps in your ready room,
			Captain?

					PICARD
			No. Here. On screen.

61   ANGLE - TO INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Kennelly appears.

					KENNELLY
			Report.

					PICARD
			The Cardassians have destroyed
			the Bajoran ship.

					KENNELLY
				(nods, "regretfully")
			All hands lost... ?

					PICARD
			No, sir.

					KENNELLY
			Survivors?

					PICARD
			No, sir. No one was on board.

					KENNELLY
			What are you talking about?

					PICARD
			The ship was controlled from the
			ground. Communications were
			handled through a subspace relay
			aboard the vessel.

					KENNELLY
			This was your idea, Picard?


          STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT FIVE         55A.

61   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Actually, no... this was Ensign
			Ro's idea... but I fully endorsed
			it. I suspected that something
			like this might occur.

             STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - 7/18/91 - ACT FIVE            56.

61   CONTINUED:

					KENNELLY
			They're terrorists, dammit. Why
			the hell would you want to protect
			them?

					PICARD
			I am more concerned with
			protecting the honor and integrity
			of Starfleet.

					KENNELLY
			Do you know how many of our people
			they killed on Solarion Four?

					PICARD
			The Bajorans did not attack Solarion
			Four.

					KENNELLY
			Is that what Orta told you?

					PICARD
			Yes.

					KENNELLY
			And you believed him?

					PICARD
			Admiral, Orta's ships are old and
			obsolete. They do not have warp
			capabilities. They could not have
			reached another star system...
			let alone attack one.

	That revelation hits Kennelly pretty hard... he blinks
	for the first time.

					KENNELLY
			But then who was responsible?

					PICARD
			I would suggest you ask your
			friend the Cardassian liaison,
			Admiral. The only explanation
			I can think of is that the
			Cardassians staged it.

					KENNELLY
			The Cardassians. Why?

          STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT FIVE          57.

61   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Perhaps they were hoping to find
			someone in Starfleet like you,
			Admiral, who would be foolish
			enough to solve their Bajoran
			problem for them.

	Admiral Kennelly's nonplussed face stares out from
	the viewscreen... various reactions from our crew...
	ending with Ensign Ro.

62   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around Valo Two.

63   EXT. BAJORAN CAMP - DAY (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Ro walk...

					RO
			What will happen to him?

					PICARD
			I'm not sure. A hearing,
			definitely. Perhaps a court
			martial.

					RO
			If he's sent to the stockade on
			Jaros Two, tell him to request
			a room in the east wing... the
			west wing gets awfully hot in the
			afternoon.
				(beat)
			How soon do you intend to return
			to Lya Station Alpha, sir?

					PICARD
			A few weeks. We have some
			surveying to do in sector
			two-one-three-oh-five.

					RO
			Then, perhaps I should arrange
			for other transportation back.

          STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/25/91 - ACT FIVE          58.

63   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Ensign, you were recruited for
			one mission and if you wish to
			be relieved of further duty, I
			will approve it. But I'd like
			you to consider remaining in
			Starfleet.

					RO
				(reacts)
			You're not serious.

					PICARD
			It would be a shame for Starfleet
			to lose someone with your
			potential.

					RO
				(heartfelt)
			Thank you.
				(reality beat)
			But this uniform... it just
			doesn't fit, Captain... and you
			know it.

					PICARD
			That can change.

					RO
			I don't think so.

					PICARD
			I've observed a certain quality
			about you that... might be
			harnessed, molded...

					RO
			... don't count on it...

          STAR TREK: "Ensign Ro" - REV. 7/19/91 - ACT FIVE          59.

63   CONTINUED: (2)

	Exasperated.

					PICARD
			There's still a lot you can learn
			from Starfleet, Ensign.

					RO
			I've always thought Starfleet
			could learn a lot from me,
			Captain.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			That is an attitude I have found
			to be common among the best
			officers I've served with.
				(beat)
			You are not one of those officers,
			Ensign, but you might be
			someday... if you decide to work
			at it.

					RO
			An interesting challenge, sir.
			And I rarely refuse an interesting
			challenge.
				(a beat)
			There would be one condition.

					PICARD
			Condition... ?

	She attaches her silver earing to her ear. Picard
	studies her and nods.

					PICARD
			Picard to Enterprise. Two to beam
			up.

	And as they DEMATERIALIZE...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             










                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                       "Silicon Avatar" 
                          #40275-204 
                              
                           Story by 
                      Lawrence V. Conley 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                          Jeri Taylor 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1991 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT
 
                        JULY 31, 1991
 

       STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/2/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Silicon Avatar" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             CARMEN DAVILA
                RIKER              DOCTOR KILA MARR
                DATA               ALIEN CAPTAIN (V.O.)
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               Non-Speaking
                GEORDI               MELONA COLONISTS
                WORF                 AN OLDER MAN
                                     A CHILD
                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  N.D. SECURITY PERSONNEL
                  ENSIGN AT CONN     
                  TRANSPORTER CHIEF  

         STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Silicon Avatar"
                            
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     MELONA FOUR
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE         COLONY
              ENGINEERING                HILLS
              TRANSPORTER ROOM           CAVE FRONT
              TURBOLIFT
              DATA'S QUARTERS          CRYSTALLINE ENTITY
              MARR'S GUEST QUARTERS
          
            MELONA CAVE
          
            KALLISKO BRIDGE
              (SEEN ON VIEWSCREEN ONLY)

   STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/6/91 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Silicon Avatar" 
                         
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                  Bitrius          BIH-tree-us
                  Clendenning      klen-DEN-ing
                  Davila           dah-VEE-uh
                  Janina           jah-NEE-nuh
                  Kallisko         kal-ISS-ko
                  KEV              kay-ee-vee (K.E.V.)
                  Kila             KYE-lah
                  Melona           mel-OWN-uh
                  Monocaladium     mahn-oh-kal-AY-dee-um
                  Omicron Theta    ohm-ih-kron THAY-tah
                  Parrises         pah-REES-es

       STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "Silicon Avatar"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. MELONA COLONY - DAY

	A lush and verdant world of hills, grasses, and wild
	flowers... no structures there yet, but flags and
	taped-off areas suggest buildings to come. Our people
	-- RIKER, DATA, BEVERLY -- mingle with civilian humans,
	all involved in mapping, measuring, and surveying this
	halcyon valley. A portable map table stands in the
	clearing; Riker and CARMEN DAVILA, an engineer with a
	keen mind and wry wit, inspect schematics of proposed
	structures.

					CARMEN
			... and the hospital facility --
				(pointing)
			-- will stand there, facing north,
			in that grove of trees.

	She turns ninety degrees, gestures again.

					CARMEN
			The school and the arts center
			will be here, centrally located
			among the residential pods.

					RIKER
				(nodding)
			Looks good. At this rate you
			should be ready for the next wave
			of colonists in about six months.
				(eyeing the terrain)
			I have to say I envy you... this
			is a beautiful place to put down
			roots.

					CARMEN
			Somehow, Commander... you don't
			strike me as the kind that puts
			down roots...

	He gives her an easy grin.

					RIKER
			No? How do I strike you?

       STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - TEASER       2.

1    CONTINUED:

					CARMEN
				(playful)
			As... a free spirit. An
			adventurer.

					RIKER
			Ah. And aren't pioneers, like
			you, adventurers at heart?

					CARMEN
			Of course. But we also have
			this... nesting instinct. It's
			exciting to find a new world --
			but the joy comes in making it
			a home. Building houses. Having
			children. Roots.

					RIKER
			Very interesting. I'd love to
			discuss this further with you.
			Dinner tonight?

					CARMEN
			If you want to share camp rations
			in my tent -- I'd be delighted.

	The briefest hesitation.

					RIKER
			Haven't we managed to get a
			replicator down here yet?

	She laughs merrily... the banter between them is
	easy-going and comfortable. It suggests a relationship
	that's ongoing.

					CARMEN
			No, we haven't... but I've been
			saving my ration of dried chicken
			curry. It should go very nicely
			with that bottle of wine I happen
			to know you brought with you...

					RIKER
			It's sounding better all the
			time...

					CARMEN
			And as you know... I provide the
			most memorable desserts...

	Riker grins. He's obviously had those desserts before.

       STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - TEASER       3.

1    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			My favorite part of dinner...

					BEVERLY (o.c.)
				(calling)
			Will... Carmen...

	They turn and Beverly approaches with Data.

					BEVERLY
			We've been going over the
			schematics for the hospital. The
			location seems fine...

					RIKER
			When the Enterprise comes back
			tomorrow, we'll bring a crew
			down here and get started.

	A low WHIRR catches their attention. They stop, look
	around for the source of the sound, not yet concerned.

					RIKER
			Carmen... do you have some
			construction started I don't know
			about?

					CARMEN
			No... what is that?

	They all look around as the sound becomes more
	pronounced. They're puzzled... not really alarmed.

					RIKER
			Data?

					DATA
			I do not recognize the sound.

	He turns around, trying to catch its direction. The
	WHIRRR is louder now, and the breeze picks up a little.

					DATA
			I believe the sound is coming from
			above...

      STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" -REV. 8/6/91 - TEASER      4.

1    CONTINUED: (3)

	All look upward. The brilliance of the sun-filled day
	fades a bit... light dims as if a veil were being
	pulled across the sky. The other colonists are milling
	about, becoming apprehensive.

					CARMEN
			Will... what is it?

	The breeze really kicks up now, and the noise is
	building in intensity.

					RIKER
			Maybe an atmospheric
			disturbance...

2    ANGLE ON THE SKY (OPTICAL)

	from their POV. Across the darkened sky a white spot
	of something is approaching -- at an incredible speed.

3    RIKER AND OTHERS

	stare at the object... Riker's face suddenly shows an
	awful recognition, a terrible disbelief.

					RIKER
			Data -- what's our best bet for
			cover?

					DATA
			There are subterranean caverns
			beneath the hills to the east.
				(points)
			Approximately one kilometer.

					RIKER
			Carmen, start rounding everybody
			up.

					CARMEN
			But --

					RIKER
			We've seen it before -- we know
			what it is. Now get moving!

	She stares at him, then turns and starts running.

     STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/2/91 - TEASER     4A.

4    ON THE SKY (OPTICAL)

	from Riker's POV the approaching object has taken
	form... a huge crystal form descending toward the
	planet... a vast shimmering, faceted shape... ominous
	in its cold beauty. The Crystalline Entity advances
	on the outpost.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/6/91 - ACT ONE     5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

		NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.

5    EXT. MELONA COLONY - MINUTES LATER

	The wind is whipping now, and the SOUND is immense. A
	sense of urgency has overtaken the colonists, though
	they're trying not to panic. Riker, Beverly, Data, and
	Carmen are herding people together.

					RIKER
			Let's go!
				(calling)
			Beverly! This way!

6    ANOTHER ANGLE

	on Beverly, herding people together.

					BEVERLY
			Okay, people... stay calm... let's
			go...

	They move in the direction indicated by Riker.

7    ON RIKER AND GROUP

	as he waves the colonists to follow Data.

					RIKER
			Follow him! Follow him! Go!

	Grateful to have direction, the colonists begin
	swarming toward Data, running with him toward what they
	hope is safety.

     STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/2/91 - ACT ONE     6.

7    CONTINUED:

	Riker hurries along the last of the wind-whipped
	stragglers, including Carmen, who's helping A CHILD.
	Riker runs to them and swoops the child up in his arms.

					RIKER
			Let's go!

	They set out at a run.

8    IN THE SKY (OPTICAL)

	The Crystalline Entity now hovers above the outpost, a
	majestic and ominous form.

9    ANGLE ON TREE (OPTICAL)

	A brilliant beam of light sweeps down from the Entity
	like a giant scythe, cutting a huge swath. The light
	encases everything in its path, suffuses it in the
	white-hot light... and then sweeps on. The tree and
	everything else in this arc of destruction is reduced
	to a pile of dust.

10   ON THE COLONISTS

	as they watch, horrified, still on the run. A few
	panic and start to run off to the sides; Data and
	Beverly take them by the arm and pull them back with
	the group.

					RIKER
			This way! Stay together!

	The colonists run in panic. Bursts of white light
	illuminate them as the Entity devours more of the
	countryside.

11
thru	OMITTED
12

13   ANGLE ON RIKER

	hurrying the people along, keeping an eye over his
	shoulder at the progress of the Entity. Suddenly --

     STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/2/91 - ACT ONE     7.

13   CONTINUED:

					CARMEN (o.c.)
			Will... help us!

	He turns to see Carmen heading for AN OLDER MAN who's
	having trouble keeping up. He stumbles; Carmen runs
	for him. Riker gives the child to Data and starts
	toward her.

14   ANGLE ON CARMEN (OPTICAL)

	as she heads for the man, fighting the buffeting winds.
	Suddenly the arc of light comes sweeping toward her
	and the old man... races over them... and they're both
	gone. Piles of silt remain.

15   ON RIKER

					RIKER
			Carmen!

	He watches her disappear, helpless. Then he
	continues his pell mell race for the caves.

16   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is at warp, heading toward Melona.

17   INT. BRIDGE

	PICARD, WORF, TROI, ENSIGN at the conn, and
	SUPERNUMERARIES.

					WORF
			Captain... sensors are indicating
			a disturbance near the outpost
			on Melona Four.

					PICARD
			What kind of disturbance?

					WORF
			I can't tell. We are still too
			far away. It could be an
			electrical storm...

     STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/2/91 - ACT ONE     8.

17   CONTINUED:

	Picard nods. Probably nothing... but he'd like to make
	sure.

					PICARD
			See if you can make contact with
			the colony...

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			How far are we?

					WORF
			At current speed, twenty-seven
			hours.

	Picard nods, acknowledging.

					WORF
			Captain, I get no response from
			Melona colony. But the
			disturbance in the atmosphere is
			increasing.

					PICARD
			Bridge to La Forge...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge here, Captain.

					PICARD
			Are you picking up readings from
			Melona?

18   INT. ENGINEERING - INTERCUTTING

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir. Something strange is
			going on... there are violent
			disruptions in the atmosphere...

					PICARD
			Ensign... increase to warp eight.

	Picard stares at the viewscreen, his instincts telling
	him that something is amiss on Melona.

       STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 8/14/91 - ACT ONE       9.

19   INT. MELONA - CAVE FRONT - MINUTES LATER

	Riker is herding the last of the colonists into the
	caverns; behind him, the sound of the wind is fearful,
	and bursts of white light frequently illuminate him.

					RIKER
			Inside... keep moving, deep into
			the cave...

	Finally the last of the colonists is inside and Riker
	follows quickly.

20   INT. CAVE - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Riker and Data at the entrance; Beverly and the others
	in b.g. as she does a cursory medical inspection.

					RIKER
			How much protection will this cave
			give us, Data?

					DATA
			The presence of refractory metals
			in the rock formations may act
			as an effective barrier.

	There is a THUMP and a brilliant flash of light at the
	entrance -- the Entity is homing in on them. Riker
	draws his phaser.

					RIKER
			Let's seal this entrance.

	He and Data fire at boulders above the cave opening;
	they tumble down, blocking it. Beverly approaches.

					BEVERLY
			I hope there's enough air in here.

					RIKER
			There should be a ventilation
			source somewhere...

	They finish sealing off the entrance. It's now dark in
	the cave. The fearful THUMPS continue, jarring the
	walls like minor earthquakes.

					RIKER
			We need some light in here...

      STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT ONE      10.

20   CONTINUED:

	They train phasers against some of the rocks along the
	cave walls, and they begin to GLOW, providing
	illumination.

					RIKER
			How are the others?

					BEVERLY
			So far it looks like scrapes and
			bruises. Will... where's Carmen?

					RIKER
			Carmen didn't make it.

	She gives Riker a glance, but he is stoic.

					RIKER
			She went back for someone... a
			man who'd fallen...

	He breaks off; the rest is obvious.

					BEVERLY
			I'm sorry.

	He turns and strides toward the huddled, fearful group
	in the cave.

					RIKER
			I think we'll be safe in here.
			I'm not sure about our air supply.
			Stay put and don't move around,
			don't expend unnecessary energy.
			With any luck we can wait this
			out.

	There are several more THUMPS; a child begins crying.
	Beverly continues her ministrations to the injured.
	Riker turns and taps his badge.

					RIKER
			Riker to Enterprise... Riker to
			Enterprise...

      STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 8/14/91 - ACT ONE      11.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

	He sits along a cave wall, and Data joins him.

					DATA
			Commander, the refractory metals
			in the rock strata might also
			interfere with communication.

	The THUMPS recede in intensity, as though the Entity
	were looking for another way in.

					RIKER
			Data... we've only seen the
			Crystalline Entity once before...
			how do you know these metals will
			protect us?

					DATA
			I am not entirely certain they
			will.

					RIKER
			That's what I was afraid you were
			going to say...

	And there is a huge THUMP which says the being is still
	out and trying to get at them.

21   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

    STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/2/91 - ACT ONE    12.

22   INT. BRIDGE

	as before, Picard in his chair, taut as a coiled
	spring.

					WORF
			Sir... the disturbance on Melona
			is becoming more intense.

					PICARD
			Continue hailing the colony.
			All channels.

					TROI
			Captain... the fact that they're
			not responding doesn't necessarily
			mean there's anything wrong. The
			atmospheric disturbance could be
			jamming the signal.

					PICARD
			I know, Counselor.

	But Troi has known the captain long enough to respect
	his instincts -- and those clearly tell him something
	is wrong.

					WORF
			Still no response, sir.

					PICARD
			Ensign, increase to warp nine.
				(to Worf)
			How long, Mister Worf?

					WORF
			Six hours.

23   INT. MELONA CAVE - LATER

	Some hours have passed. Everyone (except Data) is
	having trouble breathing now. They're warm,
	sweat-stained, clothing in disarray. The thumps are
	not heard now. Beverly moves toward Riker.

      STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT ONE      13.

23   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Commander... I have one man
			unconscious. We can't stay in
			here much longer...

					RIKER
			If I open that entrance and it's
			still out there, we're dead.

					BEVERLY
			If we stay here we'll be dead...

					DATA
			It has been over an hour since
			we heard the Entity. It may be
			gone.

					RIKER
			And it may be out there waiting
			for us.

	Suddenly there is a noise at the entrance -- a kind of
	a thumping, prolonged, and then a point of sunlight
	breaks through the rock and earth sealing the cave.
	Riker gets to his feet, moves toward it.

					RIKER
			Everybody stay back.

	Phaser raised, he stands, ready to make a stand,
	however futile, against the Entity. There is more
	thumping... the hole widens... something moves to cover
	it... Riker tenses... prepares to shoot... then...

24   WORF'S FACE

	appears in the cave opening.

					WORF
			Commander?

25   ANGLE - RIKER

	as he breaks into a relieved grin.

					RIKER
			Lieutenant Worf... I don't think
			I've ever seen a more beautiful
			sight.

    STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/6/91 - ACT ONE    14.

25   CONTINUED:

	The hole widens quickly as Riker and Data help from
	within; the happy colonists rise and move forward.
	Worf is first through the opening, followed by Geordi
	and ND SECURITY PERSONNEL.

	Geordi looks around at the disheveled party.

					GEORDI
			Good to see you're all right,
			Commander. What's happened here?

					RIKER
			The Crystalline Entity paid us
			a visit. We lost two colonists
			but got the rest in here...

	Geordi looks toward the opening and Riker moves to it,
	peers out.

26   MELONA - RIKER'S POV (MATTE)

	is dead. There's nothing but dust and a few gnarled
	skeletal remains of what had been trees, bushes, and
	vines.

27   RIKER AND GEORDI

	as Riker withdraws from the opening, stunned by what
	he's seen.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/6/91 - ACT TWO    15.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

28   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Melona Four.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45122.3.
			We have notified Starfleet Command
			of our intention to pursue and
			investigate the Crystalline
			Entity. To that end, we have been
			joined...

29   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Riker and a TRANSPORTER CHIEF wait, facing the
	platform.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			... by Doctor Kila Marr, a
			xenologist who has made studying
			the Entity her life's work.

	DOCTOR KILA MARR, a handsome, middle-aged female human,
	MATERIALIZES. Riker steps forward.

					RIKER
			Welcome to the Enterprise. I am
			Commander William Riker.

	She looks at him curiously as she steps off the pad.
	She is a pleasantly soft-spoken woman, friendly and
	gracious though a bit reserved.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Commander... Kila Marr.

					RIKER
			We're glad you're here.

					DOCTOR MARR
			You were on the surface... during
			the attack.

					RIKER
			That's right.

    STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/2/91 - ACT TWO    16.

29   CONTINUED:

					DOCTOR MARR
			Remarkable. You and your group
			are the only beings ever known
			to survive an assault by the
			Crystalline Entity.

					RIKER
			We were lucky.

					DOCTOR MARR
			I should say.
				(beat)
			And... your android. He was
			there, too?

	Riker reacts to the dismissive term "your android,"
	but stays diplomatically cool.

					RIKER
			Lieutenant Commander Data was
			there, yes.

	She eyes him briefly, as though to pursue, but then
	smiles.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Well. Shall we get started?

					RIKER
			I'd be happy to show you to your
			quarters --

					DOCTOR MARR
			Commander, the chance to talk to
			survivors... this soon after an
			attack... I've been waiting years
			for this. I don't want to waste
			a moment more.

	Riker inclines his head, gestures her through the
	doors.

30   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Beverly, and Troi are at the
	table; Doctor Marr paces.

					BEVERLY
			... and when we came out of the
			cave... there was nothing left.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/6/91 - ACT TWO    16A.

30   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY (cont'd)
			Everywhere we looked... there was
			just complete devastation... trees
			gone... nothing...

    STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/6/91 - ACT TWO    17.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					DOCTOR MARR
			That's typical. It could take
			years for anything to grow again.

					DATA
			Doctor, I ran a full
			spectrographic analysis, section
			by section. Trace elements
			confirm that it was the same
			entity which destroyed the colony
			on Omicron Theta.

	Doctor Marr pays absolutely no attention to Data,
	continuing as though he hasn't spoken. Troi notices
	this.

					DOCTOR MARR
			The Crystalline Entity seems to
			function like a giant
			electromagnetic collector. It
			needs a lot of power to keep
			going... so it strips every form
			of life from the worlds it
			encounters and converts it all
			into energy.

					RIKER
			There was no vegetation left...
			no insects. Not even soil
			bacteria. It left nothing.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Except witnesses. For the first
			time in eleven recorded attacks.

	She looks around the table.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Why, I wonder... did it spare your
			group?

					RIKER
			It didn't spare everyone, Doctor.

	There is a vehemence in his voice which Picard notices.

					RIKER
			If you'll check your reports,
			you'll find that two of the
			colonists didn't survive.

      STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT TWO      18.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					DOCTOR MARR
			My point is that until now there
			have never been any survivors.

					DATA
			Doctor, the cave in which we hid
			was carved from rock which
			possessed heavy concentrations
			of kelbonite and fistrium. We
			surmise that the Entity could not
			penetrate that barrier.

	Again, Doctor Marr takes no notice of Data. Troi takes
	note; Data is merely puzzled.

					DOCTOR MARR
			I'd like to do interviews with
			each of the survivors. Collect
			as much specific detail as I can
			of their observations.

					PICARD
			Of course.

					DOCTOR MARR
			And I want to inspect the remains
			of Melona Colony as soon as
			possible.

					PICARD
			Commander Data, you will accompany
			the Doctor to the surface.

					DATA
			Yes, sir. We can leave --

					DOCTOR MARR
				(interrupting)
			If you don't mind, Captain, I'd
			prefer to choose my own team.

	Picard eyes her. He, too, has seen the pointed
	dismissal of Data by the doctor, and he needs to assert
	control of the situation.

      STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT TWO      19.

30   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			There is no one on this ship who
			is more knowledgeable of the
			Crystalline Entity than Commander
			Data. His birthplace was Omicron
			Theta.

					DOCTOR MARR
			I am aware of his origins. I am
			very much aware that his
			"brother," Lore, worked with the
			Crystalline Entity, and led it
			to Omicron Theta -- where it
			killed every living thing.
				(beat)
			I don't think it's unreasonable
			that I would prefer to make
			another choice.

	The woman's implication about Data is startling to the
	group, and the atmosphere becomes a little charged.

					PICARD
			If there are others you wish to
			have on your team, you are, of
			course, welcome to request their
			additional presence.
				(beat)
			But as captain, I think it is in
			the best interest of this
			investigation for you and
			Commander Data to work together.

	He stands, signaling that the meeting is over. A flush
	comes to Doctor Marr's cheeks, but she is coolly
	professional.

					DOCTOR MARR
			As you wish, Captain.

	She collects her things, gives a curt nod to Data, and
	they and the others -- except Troi -- EXIT the room.
	Picard moves to Troi.

					PICARD
			Well?

					TROI
			I don't think you need an empath
			to sense that woman's feelings.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT TWO      20.

30   CONTINUED: (4)

					TROI (cont'd)
			There's hostility... that she
			seems to have transferred from
			Lore... to Data...

	Picard's look shows his concern about this.

					TROI
			Perhaps you shouldn't have forced
			her together with Data so soon.

					PICARD
			If her discomfort is going to
			cloud her judgement... or preclude
			her doing her objective best...
			I want to find it out now.

	He nods toward Troi and EXITS, leaving her ruminating
	about the woman's strong reaction toward Data.

31   EXT. MELONA COLONY - INSIDE CAVE - DAY

	Doctor Marr and SEVERAL TECHNICIANS roam the area with
	tricorders. Some of them collect samples of dust, etc.
	in (24th-century) glassine bags. Data ENTERS, carrying
	a tricorder. In spite of Doctor Marr's sublime
	indifference, he is gamely hanging in there, trying
	to do his job.

					DATA
			Doctor, there is evidence of
			residual bitrious matter in the
			soil. It was not present before
			the Entity's attack.

	Doctor Marr ignores him, keeps on doing what she's
	doing. Data regards her for a moment, then plunges in.

					DATA
			Doctor Marr... you have made it
			quite clear that you are disturbed
			by my presence. However, I do
			not believe that we can accomplish
			the task we have been assigned
			if you continue to ignore me.

      STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT TWO      21.

31   CONTINUED:

	Still involved in her work, she does not immediately
	answer. Finally she takes a breath, turns and faces
	Data and -- for the first time -- addresses him
	directly.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Commander... I hear everything
			you say to me. If there is
			anything worth my response, you
			can be sure I will not be silent.

	Marr's attitude is purely a puzzlement to Data. In his
	inability to feel the hostility, he innocently keeps
	going.

					DATA
			Then I do not understand your lack
			of interest in the bitrious
			filaments I mentioned.

					DOCTOR MARR
			It's old news to me. I found
			evidence of bitrium in three
			separate attack sites. It seems
			to be a residual element the
			Entity produces after it absorbs
			living matter.

	She turns away, looking in toward the cave depths.

					DOCTOR MARR
			I'm actually more interested in
			this cave.
				(beat)
			I'm still amazed that your group
			was spared.

					DATA
			As I have speculated, the presence
			of refractory --

					DOCTOR MARR
				(interrupting)
			-- refractory metals. Yes, I
			know.

	And she strides deeper into the cave. Data follows.

      STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT TWO      22.

32   INT. CAVE - ANOTHER ANGLE

	Doctor Marr runs a tricorder around the walls of the
	cave.

					DOCTOR MARR
			On two other occasions settlers
			sought refuge in caves. Some of
			them deeper underground than this
			one. They perished anyway.

					DATA
				(studying his own
				 tricorder)
			Were those caves laced with
			kelbonite or fistrium?

					DOCTOR MARR
			The tunnels on Forlat Three had
			strong deposits of kelbonite, yes.

					DATA
			Then perhaps it is the combination
			of the two metals which prevented
			the Entity --

	She whirls on him, feelings pouring over.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Or maybe it was you.

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			I do not understand.

	She walks toward him slowly.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Maybe it was your presence which
			made the Crystalline Entity pass
			over the people in this cave.
			Did that occur to you?

					DATA
			I cannot imagine what effect my
			being here would have had --

					DOCTOR MARR
			If you had been in contact with
			the Entity... if that's why Melona
			was attacked... it surely wouldn't
			have killed its -- ally.

      STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT TWO      23.

32   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			You are suggesting I lured it
			here?

					DOCTOR MARR
			Did you?

					DATA
			No, Doctor.

	She eyes him accusingly. Data, puzzled, tries to
	figure it out.

					DATA
			Ah. Because Lore betrayed the
			colonists on Omicron Theta, you
			assume that I am capable of the
			same behavior. But you are
			mistaken, Doctor. My programming
			is distinctly different from
			Lore's.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Don't you understand? I'm
			accusing you of collaborating with
			that monster...

					DATA
			I do understand. I am attempting
			to explain to you that it is
			impossible.

	She stares at him, bewildered and a bit frustrated by
	his coolly rational response.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Amazing. You can't feel anything,
			can you? Nothing I say to you
			hurts you...

					DATA
			That is true.

	She stares at him for a moment, then turns and begins
	playing the tricorder over the cave walls once again.

					DOCTOR MARR
			I'm getting a slight elevation
			of monocaladium particulates in
			this cave wall... are you making
			note of that?

      STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT TWO      24.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Yes, Doctor.

	A beat, as she studies the tricorder.

					DOCTOR MARR
			My son died on Omicron Theta.

	She makes this statement in the same tone with which
	she described the particulate reading.

					DOCTOR MARR
			He was sixteen when the colony
			was attacked.
				(beat)
			That's the reason I became an
			expert on the Crystalline Entity.

	She continues to read the cave wall, as though it were
	of much more fascination to her than what she is
	saying.

					DOCTOR MARR
			I've spent my life, studying it,
			tracking it... hoping someday to
			find it...

	She turns to him and looks him straight in the eye.

					DOCTOR MARR
			And if I learn that you are
			helping that thing in any way
			whatsoever... I'll see to it
			that you are disassembled --
			piece by piece.

	Data stares at her, fascinated and confused by this
	complicated woman.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT THREE     25.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

33   INT. ENGINEERING - A DAY LATER

	Doctor Marr, Geordi, and Data processing information.

					GEORDI
			Okay... we've input all the data
			you collected on the surface...

	She moves to his station, carrying a PADD.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Just a minute, Commander... I have
			some cellulose readings from soil
			samples that weren't included...

	Reading the PADD, she expertly keys Geordi's controls.
	He watches admiringly.

					GEORDI
			You handle that unit like a
			veteran, Doctor.

					DOCTOR MARR
				(with a smile)
			One thing about spending your life
			gathering information... you learn
			your way around computers.

	She finishes inputting and studies the monitor. It
	begins to scroll figures and text.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Hydrocarbons slightly elevated...
			bitrious filaments in trace
			amounts...

	As she reads, she becomes gradually deflated.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Lanthanides... nitrates... all
			normal.

	Finally she looks up to the two, disappointment in her
	face.

   STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/6/91 - ACT THREE   26.

33   CONTINUED:

					DOCTOR MARR
			Nothing different. Everything
			falls within the parameters I've
			established at the other attack
			sites.

	She sinks back, discouraged.

					DATA
			Did you expect different results
			this time, Doctor?

	She does not look at him. She still seems to be
	keeping him at a distance.

					DOCTOR MARR
			I've never surveyed a site so soon
			after the attack. I thought maybe
			I'd find something new. Something
			that would make a difference...

					DATA
			Doctor... have you ever scanned
			your samples for gamma radiation?

					DOCTOR MARR
				(a hint of
				 condescension)
			Why would I do that?

					DATA
			We are seeing high-energy
			reactions that may show up in a
			gamma scan...

	Geordi gets it immediately and begins tapping
	instructions on his computer.

					GEORDI
			... and if they do... we might find
			a pattern -- a kind of marker the
			Entity left behind. Good idea,
			Data.

	A beat as Doctor Marr considers. She is reluctant to
	leap quickly at a suggestion from Data, and her voice
	is tinged with skepticism as she speaks.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Frankly, I just don't see what
			this will get us.

     STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT THREE     27.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			If the Entity left a residual
			trace of antiprotons in the
			samples we collected, the gamma
			radiation scan would reveal that.

					GEORDI
			Data, I'm getting the readout now.

	Data moves to looks at Geordi's monitor, but Marr keeps
	her distance, trying to keep her professional reserve
	in spite of the conflicting emotions inside her. Maybe
	Data is on to something... but she doesn't want to show
	her eagerness. And of course, there's a bit of chagrin
	that she had never thought of this.

					DATA
			If we try a logarithmic scale,
			it will give us better resolution.

	Geordi taps instructions. Marr is dying to go look,
	but won't let herself.

					GEORDI
			There, Data... see it?

					DATA
			Yes.

	He looks up at Doctor Marr.

					DATA
			Would you care to see what the
			scan has produced, Doctor?

	A brief hesitation... for appearances. Then she moves
	to the monitor, looks over Geordi's shoulder. For the
	first time since we've met her, there is a hint of
	excitement under her cool exterior.

					DOCTOR MARR
			A sharp spike at ten KEV. And
			another...
				(looking up at them)
			A pattern...

     STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT THREE     28.

33   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			So we know the Entity leaves
			antiprotons behind...

					DOCTOR MARR
			If it also deposits antiprotons
			in space, as it travels... could
			we detect them?

					GEORDI
			Sure. The ship's lateral sensors
			can be set for gamma radiation.

	Doctor Marr straightens, looks at them.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Well. Let's get to it, shall we?

	She turns and walks briskly out of the room. After a
	brief beat, Data follows.

33A  INT. CORRIDOR

	as Marr and Data walk toward a turbolift.

					DOCTOR MARR
			It seems I owe you thanks,
			Commander.

					DATA
			The thanks actually go to Doctor
			Clendenning on Omicron Theta who
			did the first experiments with
			gamma scans.

					DOCTOR MARR
				(puzzled)
			I've never read that... it wasn't
			in any of his records...

					DATA
			That is correct. But I possess
			much of his knowledge. He was
			working with new detectors before
			the attack on Omicron Theta.

	They have reached the turbolift, and as they enter it,
	she glances at him, a skeptical smile on her lips.

   STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/6/91 - ACT THREE   29.

33B  INT. TURBOLIFT

					DOCTOR MARR
			I'd heard that you had been
			programmed with the experiences
			of the colonists... but frankly
			it's a little hard to believe.
				(to Computer)
			Bridge.

					DATA
			It is true, Doctor. The contents
			of their journals and logs were
			transferred into my memory cells.
			The man who created me also
			experimented with scanning the
			synaptic patterns of the
			colonists' temporal lobes and
			programming them into my neural
			nets.

					DOCTOR MARR
				(still skeptical)
			You possess -- their thoughts?

					DATA
			To some degree. Doctor Soong
			hoped to provide me with an
			amalgam of the colonists'
			memories.

	Marr cocks her head, regards him as though studying
	a scientific oddity.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Interesting.

	Then she turns forward once more and proceeds to ignore
	him.

33C  CLOSE ON BRIDGE MONITOR - LATER

	As it shows an OKUDAGRAM of graphs and figures.

					DOCTOR MARR (V.O.)
			There... a spike at ten KEV...
			and again...

     STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT THREE     30.

34   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker, Troi, and Worf at their posts; Picard is with
	Data and Doctor Marr at an aft science station;
	supernumeraries as needed.

					DOCTOR MARR
				(to Picard)
			That's the same pattern we saw
			in engineering.

					PICARD
			Can you project a course from it?

					DATA
			Yes, sir.
				(at controls)
			There are two possible
			destinations. The Brechtian
			Cluster and the Argos system.

					PICARD
			Is either populated?

					DATA
			The Brechtian Cluster has two
			inhabited planets.

					PICARD
			Ensign, set a course.

     STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT THREE     31.

34   CONTINUED:

					DOCTOR MARR
			Captain, I've done some
			preliminary estimates of the
			firing pattern we'll need in order
			to destroy the Entity. The photon
			torpedoes will require some
			reprogramming.

	She moves toward tactical with a PADD.

					DOCTOR MARR
			With your permission, I'll give
			the calculations to Lieutenant
			Worf.

	Picard nods.

					PICARD
			Reprogram the torpedoes, Mister
			Worf.
				(to Marr)
			Let's just hope we don't have to
			use them.

	She gives the PADD to Worf, turns back. She is clearly
	caught off-guard.

					DOCTOR MARR
			I beg your pardon?

	She has obviously had a strong reaction, but Picard is
	not certain what button he has pushed. He tries to
	explain.

					PICARD
			If it's possible to avoid firing
			on it, I would hope that --

					DOCTOR MARR
			You aren't going to kill it?

	Picard looks around; given Marr's vehement reaction,
	this suddenly seems like a very public place.

					PICARD
			Perhaps you should join me in my
			ready room.

	She eyes him, then nods curtly and precedes him down
	the ramp to the room. Camera FINDS Riker, who has
	watched this interchange with troubled eyes.

     STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT THREE     32.

35   INT. READY ROOM

	Though surprised at Picard's position, Doctor Marr
	nonetheless retains the mien of a scientist pursuing
	the solution to a problem.

					DOCTOR MARR
			I don't understand. Why are we
			pursuing the Entity, if not to
			destroy it?

					PICARD
			We are not hunters, Doctor. Nor
			is it our role to exact revenge.

	Marr regards him with a cool amusement.

					DOCTOR MARR
			What do you propose? We track
			it down... greet it warmly... and
			ask if it would mind terribly not
			ravaging any more planets?

					PICARD
			I'm not denying that it might
			become necessary to fire on it.
			But that would be a last resort.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Why? Why not just kill it?

					PICARD
			I'm going to try to talk to it.

	She stares at him as though he had spoken in tongues.

					DOCTOR MARR
			What?

					PICARD
			We know through our own experience
			that our shields will protect us
			from the Entity. As long as we
			are in no danger, I will make
			every effort to communicate.

					DOCTOR MARR
			To what end?

					PICARD
			If we can determine what its needs
			are, we might find other sources
			to supply it...

     STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT THREE     33.

35   CONTINUED:

					DOCTOR MARR
			Its needs are to slaughter people
			by the thousands... it's nothing
			but a giant killing machine.

					PICARD
			The sperm whale on Earth devours
			millions of cuttlefish as it
			prowls the ocean. It is not
			evil... it is simply feeding.
			The same may well be true of the
			Crystalline Entity.

					DOCTOR MARR
			That would be small comfort to
			those who have died to feed it.
			We're not talking about
			cuttlefish... we're talking
			about people.

					PICARD
			There are those, Doctor, who would
			argue that the Crystalline Entity
			has as much right to be here as
			we do.

	She regards him for a moment, as though deciding
	whether to pursue the argument.

					PICARD
			Mister Data has some theories
			about how to communicate with the
			Entity. Please confer with him.

	Doctor Marr holds his look, regarding him coolly for a
	long moment -- as though she might say something else.
	Finally, she nods and EXITS. Picard stares after her.
	There is something unsettling about her unflappably
	icy reserve.

     STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT THREE     34.

36   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS - LATER

	Data is practicing a new instrument -- classical
	guitar. He cradles it correctly, reading from sheet
	music. The door CHIMES.

					DATA
			Come in.

	He places the guitar in its stand as the door opens and
	Doctor Marr ENTERS.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Am I disturbing you?

					DATA
			Not at all, Doctor.

	She enters, goes right to the point.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Commander... there's something
			I want to say.

	He looks at her curiously. She continues, the words
	coming out in her usual rational way.

					DOCTOR MARR
			You have been helpful to me, and
			kind. I repaid you with
			accusations -- and I realize I
			may have been wrong.

					DATA
			It is gracious of you to say,
			Doctor. But I have not been
			injured by you.

	She regards him for a beat, then nods and sits.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Captain Picard has told me that
			you have done work in trying to
			establish communication with the
			Entity.

					DATA
			That is true. I have experimented
			with producing vibrations in
			crystal by means of graviton
			pulses.

	She gives a bit of a smile.

     STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT THREE     35.

36   CONTINUED:

					DOCTOR MARR
			Like tapping a crystal goblet?

					DATA
			Exactly.

	He goes to his computer.

					DATA
			I will call up the results I have
			achieved so far and you can study
			them.

					DOCTOR MARR
			All right.

	Data sits, begins keying the controls. Doctor Marr
	paces for a bit; clearly there's more on her mind than
	design models. She looks at him... sees him looking at
	her... she seems to make a decision, tries to appear as
	reserved as ever.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Commander... just what kind of
			memories do you retain... of the
			colonists?

					DATA
			I do not possess the
			minute-to-minute remembrances of
			each person there... although
			many of their more intense
			recollections are contained in
			my memory banks.

	She is looking at him intently, proceeding cautiously,
	almost afraid of what she will hear as she asks these
	questions.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Do you... have any of my son's
			memories?

					DATA
				(accessing)
			Marr... Raymond... called Renny.
			Yes. I do.

	A beat.

					DOCTOR MARR
			I see. And his journals?

   STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/2/91 - ACT THREE   36.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Yes.

	Marr hesitates, trying to pick her way carefully. She
	is trying to keep all of this sounding casual.

					DOCTOR MARR
			I was wondering... do you know...
				(groping)
			... did he -- blame me?

					DATA
			Blame you?

					DOCTOR MARR
			For going away. For leaving him
			on Omicron Theta.

					DATA
			I am not aware of any blame
			against you.

					DOCTOR MARR
			I left him with friends... I chose
			to pursue my career... I planned
			to go back, but things kept
			interfering... I kept thinking,
			"I'll go next month... "
				(beat)
			And then... there weren't any more
			"next months."

					DATA
			I am unaware of any negative
			thoughts he had about you.
				(beat, as though
				 accessing)
			His personal journals indicated
			he was proud... that you were such
			a fine scientist.

	She draws a breath, almost thrown by this unexpected
	revelation.

					DOCTOR MARR
			He was... ?
				(beat)
			What else... do you know... ?

	It is the beginning of a small breakthrough into
	Doctor Marr's carefully constructed defenses.

   STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/6/91 - ACT THREE   37.

36   CONTINUED: (3)

	But they are interrupted by a sudden announcement:

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Commander Data, Doctor Marr,
			report to the bridge immediately.

	They give each other a quick look of surprise and then
	EXIT.

37   INT. BRIDGE - MINUTES LATER

	The turbolift opens to discharge Data and Doctor Marr.
	Picard, Riker, Worf, and others as needed are on the
	bridge.

					PICARD
			A distress call... from a ship
			called the Kallisko... it's being
			pursued by an unknown object.

					CAPTAIN'S COM VOICE
			... sensors indicate a crystalline
			structure of indeterminate mass...

	During the next, the exchange between Picard and the
	hapless CAPTAIN is played on the faces of the bridge
	crew, listening to what they know will be disaster.

   STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/6/91 - ACT THREE   38.

37   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			How strong are your shields,
			Captain?

					CAPTAIN'S COM VOICE
			We are a transport ship -- our
			shields are minimal...

					PICARD
			Do you carry weapons?

					CAPTAIN'S COM VOICE
			Only low-level particle phasers...
			Do you know what this being is?

	Picard knows the ship is doomed. Will it help to say
	that?

					PICARD
			Kallisko, change course, take
			evasive action. Do whatever you
			can to outrun it.

	The familiar WHIRR is now heard, growing in intensity
	and eventually obliterating the voice of the Captain.

					CAPTAIN'S COM VOICE
			... we are under attack.

	A dreadful scream is heard.

					CAPTAIN'S COM VOICE
			... notify our people on Boreal
			Three --

	Another terrible scream and then silence.

   STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/2/91 - ACT THREE   39.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Mister Worf... can you
			reestablish?

					WORF
			No, Captain. There is no
			response.

38
thru	OMITTED
40

41   CLOSE ON DOCTOR MARR

	who is utterly still. She has not spoken during the
	awful interchange. But in her eyes there is a haunted
	look. Over the next, camera does a SLOW ZOOM into her
	face.

					DATA (o.c.)
			The Crystalline Entity is moving
			away.

					PICARD (o.c.)
			Set a course for the Kallisko.
			Mister Riker, prepare an away
			team... I want you to check for
			survivors.

	Doctor Marr is no longer here. She is revisiting
	fearful memories.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT FOUR      40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

42   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND KALLISKO (OPTICAL)

43   INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE

	Riker, Crusher, Data, Worf, and Doctor Marr emerge from
	the turbolift and make their report to Picard. (Geordi
	is at the aft science station.) Only Doctor Marr is
	silent, standing still and quiet to the side.

					RIKER
			It was pretty much what we
			expected, Captain. No
			survivors...

					BEVERLY
			Not a trace of anything that was
			ever alive. Not even the seeds
			in their greenery storage.

					DATA
			Warp and impulse engines are down
			but they can be restarted. A
			skeleton crew could take the ship
			to a starbase.

					PICARD
			We don't want to take the time
			now. Send a message to the
			nearest starbase to dispatch a
			crew.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, make certain we
			are still picking up the gamma
			radiation pattern of the Entity.

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir.

    STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/2/91 - ACT FOUR    41.

43   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Doctor Marr)
			Have you and Commander Data made
			any progress in finding a means
			of communication?

					DOCTOR MARR
			I believe so. There are some
			details to iron out --

					PICARD
			Then please keep working. We
			may need it soon.

	She nods, turns and heads toward the turbolift,
	followed by Data.

44   INT. TURBOLIFT

	with Data and Doctor Marr.

					DATA
			Deck seventeen.

	The turbolift starts up and Doctor Marr leans back
	against the side wall.

					DATA
			Doctor... you have seemed
			preoccupied... since we surveyed
			the Kallisko.

	Her eyes flicker toward him. She is fragile, emotions
	threatening to come forth. She fights them.

					DOCTOR MARR
			I've found you very easy to talk
			to, Commander.
				(beat)
			Do you mind if I tell you
			something... ?

					DATA
			Not at all.

	Data's cool impersonality is comforting to her. It's
	like talking to a mannequin... or a therapist... he's
	nonjudgmental.

      STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT FOUR      42.

44   CONTINUED:

					DOCTOR MARR
			Hearing the screams of those
			men... made it hard not to think
			about my son... about what
			happened to him.

	She draws a breath. It's hard for her to reveal
	herself like this. She struggles to maintain a
	precarious control.

					DOCTOR MARR
			I've read stories... about
			soldiers on the battlefield...
			wounded and dying... who call for
			their mothers.
				(beat)
			And I've always wondered...
				(beat, getting things
				 under control)
			... if my son called for me...

	She stops, knowing if she says anything for a moment,
	she will lose it. Data waits calmly. She tries again.

					DOCTOR MARR
			... if he died wondering why I
			didn't come to him...

	The turbolift door opens. As though it is a signal to
	put up her defenses once more, Doctor Marr takes a
	breath, straightens herself, and walks out of the
	turbolift. Data follows.

45   OMITTED

45A  INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is at his desk; the door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Riker ENTERS.

					RIKER
			It's still headed toward the
			Brechtian Cluster. We've
			reestablished our course.

      STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT FOUR      43.

45A  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Very well.

	Riker turns to leave, but --

					PICARD
			One more thing...

	Riker turns back.

					PICARD
			Starfleet will notify Carmen
			Davila's family of her death and
			return her personal effects.
			Would you care to include a
			letter?

	Riker hesitates... the reminder has stirred feelings
	he's tried to bury.

					RIKER
			Yes, sir. I'd like that.

	There is a silence and Riker makes no move to depart.
	Picard looks up, curious.

					PICARD
			Something more, Number One?

					RIKER
			Permission to speak freely, sir?

					PICARD
			Of course.

					RIKER
			I've been thinking... maybe Doctor
			Marr is right. Maybe we should
			destroy the Entity.

					PICARD
			And why do you think that?

					RIKER
			It's killed thousands. It will
			undoubtedly keep on killing...
			unless we stop it. I don't want
			those deaths on my conscience.

      STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT FOUR      44.

45A  CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard regards him... suspecting there's more to it
	than that.

					PICARD
			Are you sure that's it? Or are
			you being influenced by personal
			feelings?

	Riker takes refuge in a certain indignation.

					RIKER
			With all due respect, sir... I'm
			not a raw cadet. I've lost people
			on missions before.
				(beat)
			Carmen was a good friend. But
			that's not why I'm saying this.

	He moves toward Picard, emphatic.

					RIKER
			If we take the time to try to
			communicate with this thing, we
			may lose our chance to destroy
			it. And I don't think we can risk
			that.

	Picard doesn't answer. Riker holds his eye.

      STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT FOUR      45.

45A  CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			I'm going to write that letter
			to Carmen's family.

	He EXITS, leaving Picard to ponder his words.

46   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS - LATER

	Data and Doctor Marr.

					DATA
			We should program the bridge
			science station to vary the
			emissions we direct toward the
			Entity.

	Marr takes a seat at Data's computer, begins tapping
	instructions.

					DOCTOR MARR
			I'll write a subroutine that will
			allow us to change the frequency
			of the graviton beam.

	She types expertly, entering commands. As she does...
	almost as an afterthought...

					DOCTOR MARR
			Data... you told me you carried
			some of my son's memories...

					DATA
			That is true.


      STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT FOUR      46.

46   CONTINUED:

	Doctor Marr continues typing as though it held the main
	focus of her concentration. When she speaks, it is
	with studied casualness.

					DOCTOR MARR
			What can you tell me about Renny?
			What were those thoughts? Was
			he -- was he happy at all, on
			Omicron Theta?

	There is a brief hesitation as Data accesses those
	memories.

					DATA
			I possess some vivid memories of
			sporting events... he played
			Parrises Squares with a group of
			his schoolmates...

	She smiles, but continues with the computer, focusing
	on it... as though her discussion of her son is nothing
	more than small talk to fill the time.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Renny started Parrises Squares
			when he was young... too young,
			really... but the older children
			kept asking him to join in and
			I couldn't keep him away. He just
			had this natural gift...

					DATA
			He was pleased to have won a
			championship emblem.

					DOCTOR MARR
			I remember... he wrote me about
			that... he was so proud...

	She glances up at Data.

					DOCTOR MARR
			I'm characterizing pulse width
			in nanoseconds... sound right to
			you?

					DATA
			Yes, Doctor.

	She returns to her task.

          STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT FOUR          47.

46   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Your son's most intense thoughts
			seemed to revolve around a young
			woman named Janina...

	Doctor Marr smiles at this.

					DOCTOR MARR
			A girlfriend? I never knew about
			that... of course, that would be
			the last thing he'd tell his
			mother... What was she like?

					DATA
			He enjoyed her... gentleness...
			her kindness... her...
				(struggles to find
				 neutral words)
			... her -- physical attributes...

	Doctor Marr almost laughs... she is genuinely delighted
	to be hearing these details about her son.

	She finishes inputting, sits back.

					DOCTOR MARR
			There. Now we'll be able to vary
			all the parameters directly from
			the bridge.

	She looks briefly at Data... makes a decision... rises
	and goes to him.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Could you... do something for me?
			It would mean a lot...

					DATA
			I would be happy to be of help.

					DOCTOR MARR
			You see... all I have left of
			Renny, my only connection to
			him... is there, inside you.
				(beat)
			And I was wondering... if you
			could talk to me in his voice.

	Data looks puzzled by this.

        STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/2/91 - ACT FOUR        48.

46   CONTINUED: (3)

					DOCTOR MARR
			I know you have the ability to
			sound like other people. Isn't
			that right?

					DATA
			Yes, that is correct. But what
			would you want me to say?

					DOCTOR MARR
			Maybe... something from his
			journals...

	Data considers this for a moment, while accessing his
	memory files.

					DATA
			Many of his journal entries took
			the form of letters to his
			friends and family. I could
			access one of those.

	She nods and turns away from him, hands clenched,
	awaiting this moment with almost unbearable
	anticipation. When Data speaks, it is in the voice
	of an adolescent boy.

					DATA
				(as Renny)
			I took my last exam today... I
			think I did all right on
			everything except cellular
			biology. I know you think it's
			important, Mom... but I don't see
			how I'm ever gonna use this stuff.

	Doctor Marr's hands are clapsed together tightly as
	she listens.

					DATA
				(as Renny)
			In a couple of weeks, a bunch of
			us are going on an archaeological
			dig in the mountains. The Wallaces
			said it would be okay with them
			as long as we have adult
			supervision... so don't worry
			-- they're watching out for me.
			They're really great people...
			I like them a lot.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/7/91 - ACT FOUR        49.

46   CONTINUED: (4)

					DATA (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			But they're kind of serious...
			They don't have your sense of
			humor, Mom.
				(beat)
			I miss you.

	Doctor Marr doesn't speak. As she listens to these
	words, silent tears are coursing a path down her
	cheeks.

47   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/6/91 - ACT FIVE        50.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

48   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, stardate 45125.7.
			We are still in pursuit of the
			Crystalline Entity. Data and
			Doctor Marr are prepared to
			attempt communication with the
			being when we intercept it. I
			will admit to some uncertainty
			about the prospect... it could
			prove to be a scientific
			triumph... or a catastrophe.

49   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Troi, Worf; Data and Doctor Marr at an
	aft science station; Geordi at the other;
	supernumeraries.

					WORF
			Sir, the Brechtian Cluster is now
			five light years away.

					RIKER
			Are we still picking up the
			Entity's pattern?

					DATA
			Yes, Commander. But sensors do
			not yet have a lock on its exact
			whereabouts.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Captain, we are reasonably certain
			it's between here and the
			Brechtian Cluster. If I start
			emitting the graviton beam now,
			it may act as a lure... a kind
			of beacon.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

	Marr and Data begin keying controls.

          STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT FIVE          51.

49   CONTINUED:

					DOCTOR MARR
			We'll start with a pulse width
			of five nanoseconds, frequency
			one pulse per second.

					DATA
			Commencing graviton emission
			now...

	There is a brief silence, as all on the bridge wait
	tensely for results.

					GEORDI
			No change in the sensor readings.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Let's ramp the frequency.

					DATA
			Emissions now at ten pulses per
			second.

	Again, the charged silence. Then, Worf reacts to
	something on his controls.

					WORF
			Sir...

					DOCTOR MARR
			What is it? Do you have
			something?

					WORF
			A large mass... approaching at
			warp speed...

					PICARD
			Full stop. Doctor Marr, continue
			emitting your signal. On screen,
			Mister Worf.

50   ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Nothing yet but the starfield. The crew on the bridge
	stare at it, rapt, waiting for the first indication
	that they have again encountered the mysterious
	Crystalline being. A beat. Still nothing... and then,
	a tiny white spot... approaching rapidly...

          STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT FIVE          52.

51   ON DOCTOR MARR

	looking at the screen. This is what she has been
	waiting to see for so many long, agonizing years.

52   ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

					RIKER
			Shields up.

	The Crystalline Entity is approaching... looming larger
	and larger... Doctor Marr is staring, transfixed...

					DOCTOR MARR
			It's beautiful...

					DATA
			Doctor... shall we change the
			frequency?

	She looks at him, as though coming out of a trance.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Yes... yes, Commander. Proceed.

					DATA
			Changing to twenty pulses per
			second...

	And as he makes the changes... the Entity glides to
	a stop. It hangs there, in space, a magnificent and
	ominous being, overwhelming in its pristine, faceted
	beauty.

					RIKER
			What's it doing? Checking us out?

					PICARD
			Possibly... just as we are
			checking it out.

	Then, the Entity does something quite remarkable. It
	turns, slowly, in space... a kind of enigmatic
	pirouette, fascinating in its lumbering grace.

					TROI
			Is it... responding to us?

					DOCTOR MARR
			Let's test that. Ramp the
			frequency again, Commander...

          STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT FIVE          53.

52   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Emissions at thirty pulses per
			second...

					GEORDI
			Captain, I'm reading a
			transmission from the Entity...
			a series of graviton pulses...

					DOCTOR MARR
			It's working... that's a response
			to our signal...

	Now the Entity begins to slide, from side to side...
	then turning in a circle... almost like a kitten that
	is being teased and tickled...

					PICARD
			Remarkable...

					DATA
			Captain, there is a pattern
			emerging from its signals.

					PICARD
			It's trying to communicate with
			us?

					DATA
			I believe so... although it will
			take some time to decipher the
			patterns...

	A sense of anticipation begins to rise in Picard.

					PICARD
			Then it's possible...
			communication... understanding...

					DOCTOR MARR
			Let me try something else... a
			continuous graviton beam.

	She bends to the controls, keys in instructions.

	Now, the Crystalline Entity exhibits different
	behavior. It comes to a rigid stop. Then it draws
	close to the ship.

          STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT FIVE          54.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Graviton pulses from the Entity
			have stopped...

					TROI
			Maybe it doesn't like what we're
			doing...

					PICARD
			Return to the intermittent
			signal, Doctor...

	But Doctor Marr is staring at the screen. She seems
	calm... a bit remote...

					DATA
			Doctor Marr?

	No answer. Troi now looks troubled... stands, looks
	at Doctor Marr, concern in her eyes.

					PICARD
			Counselor... ?

					TROI
			Something's wrong...

					DATA
			Sir, the Entity is beginning to
			resonate... vibrations
			increasing rapidly...

	Picard is now on his feet, turned to Doctor Marr.

					PICARD
			Doctor, stop the transmission!
			That is an order --

	Marr reaches out to Data, touches his arm.

					DOCTOR MARR
			It's for you, Renny... I did it
			for you...

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, take charge of the
			Doctor. Mister Data, shut down
			that transmission.

        STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/6/91 - ACT FIVE        55.

52   CONTINUED: (3)

	Worf moves toward Doctor Marr, who seem unaware of
	him. Data moves to her station.

					GEORDI
			Vibration amplitude is
			increasing... it can't last much
			longer.

					DATA
			I am unable to stop our graviton
			signal, Captain. Doctor Marr
			has isolated the access code.

					GEORDI
			Maybe I can create an override
			sequence... shut it down from
			here.

	He works frantically at his station as Picard watches
	the Entity. It is visibly vibrating... a tremor at
	first... quickly escalating to a violent series of
	spasms...

					DATA
			Resonance is approaching
			critical...

					GEORDI
			I can override her program, but
			it's gonna take time --

	But the Entity is now vibrating into a blur, and...

53   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND ENTITY (OPTICAL)

	The massive crystal, unable to withstand the pressures
	of the incredible forces set up within it, explodes
	in space. A brilliant burst of shards... scattering...
	disseminating... an awful radiance of destruction...

          STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - 7/31/91 - ACT FIVE          56.

54   INT. BRIDGE

	The shock of what has happened is incredible. Picard
	turns toward the rear deck, his outrage restrained,
	but formidable.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf... escort Doctor Marr
			to her quarters.

					WORF
			Yes, sir.

	He turns to her, but Doctor Marr seems oblivious to
	the command. She still stares out at the destruction
	she has caused. She holds Data's arm.

					DOCTOR MARR
			It will never hurt anyone again...

					DATA
			Captain... perhaps I should escort
			Doctor Marr...

					PICARD
			Fine. But do not leave her
			unattended.

55   OMITTED

56   ANGLE - DATA AND MARR

					DATA
			Doctor... if you will come with
			me...

	She turns and takes his arm, walks willingly toward
	the turbolift, sober and reserved.

					DOCTOR MARR
			Of course.

57   INT. MARR'S QUARTERS - MINUTES LATER

	as Data and Marr ENTER.

					DATA
			I will stay with you, Doctor.

	She smiles fondly at him, moves to look out the window,
	at the infinity of space.

        STAR TREK: "Silicon Avatar" - REV. 8/7/91 - ACT FIVE        57.

57   CONTINUED:

					DOCTOR MARR
			How long will you live, Data?

					DATA
			There has been no predetermined
			limit placed on my existence.

					DOCTOR MARR
			I'm glad. As long as you're
			alive... he'll be alive.

	She walks back to him. There is an absolute inner calm
	in her... her mind has simply not accepted any reality
	but the one she has chosen.

					DOCTOR MARR
			I need your help.

					DATA
			In what way, Doctor?

					DOCTOR MARR
			... like you did before... tell me
			you understand, Renny... that you
			know I did it for you, because
			I love you... because I wanted
			to give you peace, at last.

	Data, incapable of fathoming her psychotic break, can
	only respond on a literal level.

					DATA
			I do not find such a file in your
			son's journals. However... from
			what I know of him by his writing
			and his memories, I do not believe
			he would be happy. He was proud
			of your career as a scientist,
			and now you have destroyed it.
			You say you did it for him, but
			he would not want that. Yes.
			He would be very sad now.
				(innocently hopeful)
			Does that help, Doctor Marr?

	She stares at him, her eyes become opaque... not seeing
	him... turned instead to some awful country deep
	within.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             












                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Disaster" 
                          #40275-205 
                              
                           Story by 
                   Phil Scorza & Ron Jarvis 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                      Gabrielle Beaumont 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT

                       AUGUST 12, 1991


            STAR TREK: "Disaster" - 8/12/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Disaster" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             LIEUTENANT MONROE
                RIKER              ENSIGN MANDEL
                DATA               MARISSA
                BEVERLY            PATTERSON
                TROI               JAY GORDON
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                O'BRIEN            
                KEIKO              
                RO 
                
                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

            STAR TREK: "Disaster" - 8/12/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Disaster" 
                            
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TURBOLIFT
              TURBO SHAFT
              TEN-FORWARD
              CARGO BAY
              JEFFRIES TUBE
              ENGINEERING
              SICKBAY
              CORRIDOR

        STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/12/91 - TEASER        1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "Disaster"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is motionless in space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, stardate 45156.1.
			Our mission to Mudor Five has
			been completed and since our next
			assignment will not begin for
			several days, we are enjoying a
			welcome respite from our duties.

2    INT. TEN FORWARD

	RIKER, DATA, and WORF are clustered around O'BRIEN and
	a pregnant KEIKO (about eight months along). O'Brien
	and Keiko have that proud-but-nervous look of
	expectant parents. While Data are Riker are very
	interested in Keiko's pregnancy, Worf looks
	exceptionally bored.

					O'BRIEN
				(to Riker)
			If it's a boy... Michael. After
			my father.

					KEIKO
			Wait a minute... we decided on
			Hiro, after my father.

					O'BRIEN
			We talked about this last night.

					KEIKO
			That's right, and we decided on
			Hiro.

					RIKER
			Wait. I've got it. How about...
			William. Now there's a name...
			William O'Brien. That has a nice
			ring to it.

	That gets a few chuckles. Keiko laughs gently... then
	she suddenly puts a hand to her stomach.

        STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/14/91 - TEASER        2.

2    CONTINUED:

	Riker looks concerned but Keiko smiles at him.

					KEIKO
				(to Riker)
			It's all right. He's just doing
			somersaults.

	She takes Riker's hand and places it on her swollen
	belly.

					KEIKO
				(continuing)
			Right... there!

	Riker smiles at the sensation.

					RIKER
			He's going to be a hell of a
			gymnast.

					DATA
				(to Keiko)
			May I?

	She nods and Data carefully puts his hand near
	Riker's. Worf is so bored that he all but yawns as he
	watches this occur. Data's expression is curious...
	childlike. The child kicks again and Data reacts.

					KEIKO
				(weary smile)
			If he's not turning, he's kicking
			and punching. When I want to
			sleep, he wants to wake up. At
			this point, I just wish it were
			over.

	Data removes his hand.

					O'BRIEN
				(to Keiko)
			Have to go -- I've got a
			transporter simulation to run on
			the bridge.

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/12/91 - TEASER       2A.

2    CONTINUED:

	He kisses his wife and then puts his hand on her
	stomach.

        STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - TEASER        3.

2    CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
				(continuing, to unborn
				 child)
			Good-bye, Michael.

	O'Brien smiles at Keiko with humor and then he EXITS.

									CUT TO:

3    INT. CARGO BAY

	BEVERLY is talking to GEORDI near a large stack of
	containers. This is a very large cargo bay and there
	is a door similar to the one in the shuttle bay that
	opens to space. This door is smaller and it is
	currently closed. The containers are marked
	"Hazardous" and Geordi has been checking over some
	manifests on a PADD.

					GEORDI
			No.

					BEVERLY
			Come on, Geordi

					GEORDI
			No.

					BEVERLY
			Just try it once. It's not as
			hard as you think. I'm telling
			you... you'll be terrific.

	Geordi's still reluctant, but she's wearing him down.
	He glances quickly around the bay to make sure no
	one's watching then starts to quickly sing...

					GEORDI
			"... I am the very model of a
			modern major general, I've
			information vegetable, animal and
			mineral... "
				(quickly embarrassed,
				 to Beverly)
			I can't do this! I can't sing in
			front of people.

					BEVERLY
			Yes you can! That was terrific!
				(she takes his arm)
			Now you were a little off pitch,
			but I think we can take care of
			that...

        STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/19/91 - TEASER        4.

3    CONTINUED:

	On Geordi's "get me out of this" expression...

									CUT TO:

4    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	LIEUTENANT MONROE at conn, ENSIGN MANDEL at ops. Troi
	is introducing three children to PICARD. The children
	are: MARISSA, a painfully shy nine-year-old who looks
	down at her shoes during the entire scene; JAY GORDON,
	a very solemn, serious boy who looks Picard right in
	the eye (he is a proper, polite boy who is eager to
	please, rather adult); and PATTERSON, a lively six-
	year-old with a winning smile and tons of energy.
	Picard is a little ill-at-ease here... this is not
	his favorite duty.

					TROI
			Captain, I'd like to introduce
			the winners of the primary school
			science fair. This is Marissa,
			Jay Gordon, and Patterson.
			They're here for their tour.

					PICARD
			Hello.

	Marissa keeps staring at her shoes; Picard sees only
	the top of her head. But --

					JAY GORDON
			How do you do?

					PATTERSON
				(a big voice)
			Can we see the battle bridge?
			And the torpedo bay?

					PICARD
			I'm afraid not.
				(trying to make it
				 sound fun)
			But... we will be visiting both
			the hydroponics and astrophysics
			laboratories.

	Patterson's face falls slightly: "Gee, what fun."

					TROI
				(to kids)
			I'm sure you'll have a wonderful
			time.

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/12/91 - TEASER       4A.

4    CONTINUED:

	They're not quite convinced, but Picard presses
	onward.

        STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - TEASER        5.

4    CONTINUED:

	O'Brien ENTERS in the b.g. and goes to work at the aft
	science station.

					PICARD
			Well. If you'll come with me...

	He leads them to the forward turbolift and the four of
	them EXIT. O'Brien and Troi exchange a look.

					O'BRIEN
			I'm not sure who to feel sorry
			for... the captain or the kids.

	On Troi's smile...

5    INT. TURBOLIFT

	The turbolift is MOVING. There is a beat of awkward
	silence as Picard and the kids look each other over.

	Picard tries to get things moving. He launches into
	what we suspect is the same speech, year after year.

					PICARD
			I want you all to know that we on
			the Enterprise are very proud of
			the science fair winners.
			Perhaps some of you will choose
			to pursue a career in Starfleet.
			I heartily urge you to do so.

	He stops, looks at them. Marissa is still looking
	down; the boys stare up at him, Patterson smiling, Jay
	Gordon utterly serious, but they don't respond.

					PICARD
			Well, then. Ah... what did you
			do for your science projects?

					PATTERSON
				(loudly)
			I planted radishes in this
			special dirt and they came up all
			weird!

					PICARD
			I see. Very commendable.
				(to Jay Gordon)
			And you?

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - TEASER       5A.

5    CONTINUED:

					JAY GORDON
			An analysis of the life span of
			the swarming moths of Gonal Four.
				(with emphasis)
			They only live for twenty hours.
			Then they all die.

        STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/14/91 - TEASER        6.

5    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			How interesting. And you --

	But before he can get to Marissa, suddenly the ship
	ROCKS SLIGHTLY and the turbolift STOPS. Picard and
	the kids are surprised for a moment, but before they
	can say anything the ship SHAKES VIOLENTLY. The
	LIGHTS start to race by, indicating that the
	turbolift is FALLING in the shaft.

					PICARD
				(urgent)
			Hang on -- we're falling!

	The top light goes OUT and the children SCREAM in
	terror...

6    INT. CARGO BAY

	Beverly and Geordi are shaken violently...

7    INT. TEN FORWARD

	People react in alarm as tables, chairs, and glassware
	are shaken...

8    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The violent shaking STOPS and the bridge crew tries to
	sort things out for a moment. Lieutenant Monroe tries
	to take charge as she climbs to her feet near the conn.

					MONROE
			What happened?

					MANDEL
				(reading console)
			Sensors are picking up subspace
			distortions and high-energy
			particles directly to starboard.

	Monroe looks at the readings at the conn.

					MONROE
			Looks like we ran into a quantum
			filament.
				(to O'Brien)
			Damage report?

        STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - TEASER        7.

8    CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
				(reading aft science
				 console}
			We've lost primary life-support.
			Switching to secondary systems.
			Impulse and warp engines are offline.

					MANDEL
				(urgent)
			There's another filament moving
			toward us, sir!

					MONROE
				(urgent, to com)
			All decks brace for---

	She is cut off as the ship is VIOLENTLY SHAKEN. This
	is the worst yet... people are slammed into walls...
	the conn console EXPLODES in Monroe's face... and the
	lights go OUT, leaving only the RED ALERT indicators
	blinking in the darkness.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/12/91 - ACT ONE       8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

		(NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)

9    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The Red Alert lights continue to blink on the darkened
	bridge. For a moment there is only the sound of
	crackling circuitry from the exploded conn console...
	then a few moans as people start to come to. O'Brien
	manages to stand and hit a button on one console...
	then the bridge is dimly illuminated by emergency
	lights. He helps Troi to her feet.

					O'BRIEN
			Counselor?

					TROI
				(a little shaky)
			I'm all right.

	Mandel groans on the deck near ops. Troi helps him up
	as O'Brien starts to check some consoles.

					TROI
				(to com)
			Medical team to the bridge.

	No response. Troi frowns and hits her communicator.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Troi to sickbay.
				(beat)
			Troi to engineering.
				(beat)
			Counselor Troi to any crewmember,
			please acknowledge.

	She looks over at O'Brien, who looks helplessly at
	several blank screens.

					O'BRIEN
			The computer's down, looks like
			we still have impulse power...
			but not much else...

	Mandel gets to his feet and starts to check the three
	turbolifts.

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/12/91 - ACT ONE       8A.

9    CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(looks around)
			Where's Lieutenant Monroe?

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - ACT ONE       9.

9    CONTINUED:

	O'Brien looks around the bridge, and then spots a body
	lying near the conn console.

					O'BRIEN
				(indicates body)
			Counselor...

10   ON TROI AND O'BRIEN

	O'Brien kneels and turns the body over; it's Monroe.
	He checks the arterial pulse, then shakes his head.

11   OMITTED

11A  NEW ANGLE

	As Mandel tries to key the panel next to the forward
	turbolift.

					MANDEL
			The turbolifts aren't working.
				(beat)
			We're trapped up here.

	On their reactions...

									CUT TO:

12   INT. TURBOLIFT

	CLOSE ON Picard. He's unconscious, lying on his right
	side with his right leg awkwardly folded underneath
	him. From o.c. we hear the sound of children softly
	crying. He begins to wake up and we MOVE TO REVEAL
	that he's still in the turbolift. There are a couple
	of emergency lights, but it's still pretty dark.
	Marissa, Jay Gordon, and Patterson are huddled
	together, watching Picard. Patterson is crying, Jay
	Gordon is silent and withdrawn, and Marissa is
	trembling.

					PICARD
				(very hoarse)
			Are you...
				(tries to clear throat,
				 then louder)
			Are you children all right?

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - ACT ONE       10.

12   CONTINUED:

	The children just stare at him, too scared to speak.
	Picard tries to sit up... then lets out a painful
	grunt as he moves his right leg, which causes the
	children to flinch slightly. Picard moves more
	gingerly and manages to get to a sitting position.

	He carefully moves the leg to a comfortable angle.
	Picard hits his communicator.

					PICARD
			Picard to bridge.
				(beat)
			This is the captain. Can anyone
			hear me?

	A beat.

					PATTERSON
			Why don't they answer?

					PICARD
			I don't know.

					JAY GORDON
			They're all dead.

					PICARD
				(firm)
			They're not dead. Communications
			are down, that's all.

	He looks at the three tremulous faces staring at him.
	They're trying, but they are little and scared.
	Patterson is snuffling, about to lose it again;
	Marissa looks like she could break down any second.
	Jay Gordon is pale and remote, having accepted doom as
	the only possible outcome.

					JAY GORDON
			We're going to die, too.

					PICARD
			We most certainly are not --

	But this pronouncement has set Patterson off. He
	bursts into tears and Marissa gulps, ready to sob.

	Picard needs to get them under control and he puts all
	his command presence into his voice and tries to take
	charge.

					PICARD
				(firm)
			Listen to me!


       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/12/91 - ACT ONE       11.

12   CONTINUED:

	They fall silent and look at him.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			No one is going to die. The
			bridge will send a rescue party
			as soon as possible, so I want
			you to stop crying. Everything
			is going to be all right.

	The children look at him. It seems like Picard has
	finally managed to get things under control... then
	all three kids start crying again, even louder this
	time. Picard will have to find some other way of
	dealing with them.

									CUT TO:

12A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Troi and O'Brien are at the aft science station. The
	console is mostly blank except for one or two
	displays. Monroe's body has been moved off the
	bridge.

					O'BRIEN
				(working console)
			This is the Federation Starship
			Enterprise calling any vessel
			within range. We are in distress
			and need assistance. Please
			respond.
				(beat, then to Troi)
			I'm still not sure we're even
			transmitting. I'll set the
			message on auto-repeat and see if
			we get a response.

	A sudden METALLIC NOISE from the aft turbolift (not
	the same one Picard used) gets their attention. They
	watch as the turbolift doors start to slowly open in
	a jerky, stop-start motion.

12B  ON TURBOLIFT (FORMERLY SCENE 11)

	As the doors part slowly to reveal ENSIGN RO. She is
	standing on the roof of a turbolift car that is
	stalled just below the bridge and she is slowly
	opening the doors by using an emergency hand crank.

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/14/91 - ACT ONE       12.

12B  CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
				(helps her out)
			Are you all right?

	She steps onto the bridge.

					RO
			I'm alive. What the hell
			happened?

					O'BRIEN
			We were hit by a quantum
			filament. Most of our systems
			are down and we haven't been able
			to contact anyone off the bridge.

					RO
				(indicates turbolift)
			Well, don't count on leaving
			through there. An emergency
			bulkhead closed just beneath that
			lift.

					O'BRIEN
				(nods)
			Confinement mode.

					RO
			Right. Isolation protocol.

	Troi tries to remember, but she's not sure what
	they're talking about.

					TROI
			I'm... not really familiar with
			that protocol.

					O'BRIEN
				(to Troi)
			If the computer senses a hull
			breach, it automatically closes
			emergency bulkheads to isolate
			the breach. Until we can clear
			those bulkheads, we'll be cut-off
			from the rest of the ship.

					MANDEL
				(reading the ops
				 console)
			I've got partial sensors back on-line.

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/14/91 - ACT ONE       13.

12B  CONTINUED:

	They move to ops and Mandel points at something on the
	console.

					MANDEL
				(continuing)
			I'm picking up sporadic life-signs
			throughout the saucer section. 
			There are definitely survivors.
			

					O'BRIEN
			What about Ten Forward?
				(beat)
			My... wife is there.

	Mandel checks the console again.

					MANDEL
			I'm sorry, Chief, but the
			readings aren't that specific.

	O'Brien tries to put his personal feelings aside for
	the moment.

					RO
				(to Mandel)
			Can you scan the drive section?

	Mandel works for a moment... then grimly relays the
	news he sees on the console.

					MANDEL
			I'm not reading any life-signs in
			the drive section.

	Everyone reacts.

					RO
			Could the sensors be
			malfunctioning?

					MANDEL
				(works)
			There's no way to know. Without
			the main computer, I can't run a
			diagnostic.

					O'BRIEN
				(to Troi)
			Can you sense anything,
			Counselor?

      STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/12/91 - ACT ONE      13A.

12B  CONTINUED:

	Troi takes a deep breath... tries to clear her mind
	for a moment. After a beat...

					TROI
			There are a lot of people still
			alive... many of them are hurt...
			but I can't tell where they are.

	After a beat, Ro tries to get things moving.

					RO
			We need to start emergency
			procedures. Who's the duty
			officer?

					O'BRIEN
			Lieutenant Monroe was in command,
			but he's dead.

	There is a beat as O'Brien realizes what that means.
	There hadn't been a chance to consider this question
	before now.

					O'BRIEN
				(continuing)
			I believe Counselor Troi is the
			senior officer on the bridge.

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/12/91 - ACT ONE       14.

12B  CONTINUED:

	They all look at Troi. This isn't something she'd
	expected.

					RO
			Counselor Troi?

					O'BRIEN
			She carries the rank of
			Lieutenant Commander.

	Ro doesn't say anything more, but her doubts about
	Troi are clear. Troi takes a beat as she realizes
	that she's now in charge. Everyone is looking at
	her... waiting for orders.

					TROI
			I'd appreciate... some
			suggestions.

					O'BRIEN
			I recommend we initiate emergency
			procedure alpha two.
				(off her look)
			By-pass computer control and
			place all systems on manual
			override.

					TROI
			Very well.

					O'BRIEN
			Aye aye, sir.

	He goes to the engineering console and starts to pull
	off an access panel.

					RO
				(to Troi)
			May I suggest that our next
			priority be to stabilize life-
			support and try to reestablish
			intership communications.

					TROI
			Yes.
				(beat)
			Mister Mandel, I'd like you to
			assist Ensign Ro.

					MANDEL
			Yes, sir.

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/12/91 - ACT ONE       15.

12B  CONTINUED:

	Mandel and Ro go to work. On Troi as she thinks about
	the daunting task before them...

									CUT TO:

13   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is dead in space. There are only one or two
	lights visible on the entire ship.

14   INT. TEN FORWARD

	The place is littered with broken tables, overturned
	chairs, and smashed glassware. SEVERAL N.D.
	CREWMEMBERS are injured and being helped by Worf, who
	is carrying a medical tricorder and a first aid kit.
	Riker is dressing a head wound on Keiko, who is lying
	on the deck.

					RIKER
			How do you feel?

					KEIKO
				(weakly)
			Okay... but a little... foggy.

					RIKER
			Just lie still for a while.
			We'll get you to sickbay as soon
			as we can.

	She manages a feeble smile and Riker squeezes her hand
	in support.

15   NEW ANGLE

	As Data ENTERS (the doors do not slide open or closed.
	They are frozen halfway.) Riker motions to Worf and
	the three of them move across the room to speak
	privately.

					RIKER
				(to Data)
			Report.

					DATA
			I have made a survey of all
			turbolifts and service crawlways
			on this deck. Our access to the
			bridge has been completely
			severed by emergency bulkheads.

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/12/91 - ACT ONE       16.

15   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Sickbay?

					DATA
			Heavy damage in section twenty-
			three-A has cut-off access to
			sickbay. I have ordered a
			security team to move all
			casualties on this deck to Ten
			Forward until further notice.

	Riker looks back at the injured people and thinks for
	a beat.

					RIKER
			We should assume the worst...
			that everyone on the bridge is
			dead and no one is in control of
			the ship.

					DATA
			In that circumstance, 
			reestablishing control should
			be our top priority.

					RIKER
			Agreed. Can we get to
			engineering?

					DATA
			The direct route is blocked, but
			there might be a way to reach it
			through a starboard service
			crawlway.

					RIKER
			Okay -- you and I will try to get
			there. Worf, this room is going
			to be filled with wounded in a
			few minutes and they're going to
			need help. I want you to remain
			in charge here.

					WORF
			Yes, sir.

					RIKER
				(to Data)
			Let's go.

	As Riker and Data EXIT, a N.D. CIVILIAN carrying a
	WOUNDED WOMAN ENTERS.

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/14/91 - ACT ONE       17.

15   CONTINUED:

	Worf looks around and then moves a table out of the
	way and picks up his first aid kit.

					WORF
			Bring her here!

									CUT TO:

16   INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	Geordi is working on an open panel and trying to open
	the door to the cargo bay. Beverly is standing
	nearby, watching his efforts.

					GEORDI
			Okay... clear the power shunt...
			bypass the flow current...
			and...

	He moves a switch and then looks expectantly at the
	door. Nothing.

					GEORDI
				(frustrated, to
				 Beverly)
			The computer still won't release
			the doors.

					BEVERLY
			Can we force them open?

					GEORDI
			We can try. There's an emergency
			hand actuator.

	Geordi goes to a section of wall near the door, kneels
	down and begins removing a service panel. Beverly
	follows him and stands near the wall to watch. As
	Geordi gets the panel off the wall, Beverly notices
	something. She feels the wall with her hand.

					BEVERLY
			Geordi...

					GEORDI
				(distracted)
			Yes?

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - ACT ONE       18.

16   CONTINUED:

	She moves her hands over a larger section of wall.

					BEVERLY
				(urgent)
			Geordi, this wall's hot.

	His head snaps around at that statement. As he begins
	to stand up, there is a sudden BRIGHT FLASH in the
	wall panel he's just opened. Geordi jumps back from
	the panel. Beverly rushes to him in concern, but
	Geordi waves her off.

					GEORDI
			I'm all right.
				(beat, then he looks
				 back at the wall
				 panel)
			But I think we've got a new
			problem.

	Beverly looks back at the panel also.

17   ON WALL PANEL (OPTICAL)

	There is a PLASMA FIRE burning in the wall panel. It
	crackles and pops loudly, is bright green, and looks
	like a cross between molten lava and a chemical fire.

18   ON GEORDI AND BEVERLY

	As they watch the fire.

					GEORDI
			One of the energy conduits
			must've ruptured and ignited the
			polyduranide inside the bulkhead.
			That's a plasma fire.

	They both stand. Beverly points her tricorder at the
	fire.

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/19/91 - ACT ONE       19.

18   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			It's putting out a lot of
			radiation. We can't stay in here
			very long.

					GEORDI
			We've got a bigger problem than
			that.
				(beat)
			The quaratum in these containers
			is used in emergency thruster
			packs. It's normally pretty
			stable stuff... but when you
			expose quaratum to radiation it
			has a way of... exploding.

19   WIDER SHOT (OPTICAL)

	Including the plasma fire, Geordi and Beverly, and the
	large number of quaratum containers.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/14/91 - ACT TWO       20.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

20   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship still looks lifeless as it hangs in space.

21   INT. TURBOLIFT

	Picard is propped against a wall and reaching up to
	tinker with an open circuitry panel. Patterson is
	sitting with his knees to his chest, rocking back and
	forth; Jay Gordon is seated facing away from Picard.
	Only Marissa stands, gravely watching what he's doing.

					PICARD
			The external power has been cut
			off.

	She nods solemnly.

					JAY GORDON
				(not looking at him)
			We're going to die.

	Patterson starts to rock a little faster and Picard
	gives a frustrated look to Jay Gordon. Suddenly the
	turbolift SHAKES. Then the sound of CREAKING METAL
	for a moment, then silence.

					PATTERSON
				(scared)
			What was that?

					PICARD
			I don't know.

	Picard thinks for a moment... then he looks up at the
	ceiling. He slowly pulls himself up on one leg and
	tries to reach for the ceiling... but the movement
	jars his leg painfully and he is unable to keep his
	balance. Marissa takes a step back, eyes wide, trying
	not to be afraid.

	The exertion takes a lot out of Picard and he sits
	down. He looks up at sees Marissa's big dark eyes
	staring at him. Nothing he's tried with these kids
	has worked... the boys are frightened and cowed...
	Marissa has yet to utter a word. And he can't get
	them out of here by himself. He'd better find another
	plan.

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/12/91 - ACT TWO       21.

21   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Your name... is Marissa. Is that
			right?

	She nods.

					PICARD
			How old are you?

					MARISSA
			Nine. And a half.

	These are the first words she's uttered. But she does
	not seem hesitant or tremulous.

					PICARD
			Really? And the boys?

					MARISSA
				(pointing)
			Seven... and six.

					PICARD
			Well, I'm going to need a first
			officer to help me. You're the
			oldest... so that makes you
			Number One.

	This has a nice ring to it.

					MARISSA
			Number One?

					PICARD
			That's what I've always called my
			first officer. Here.

	Picard pulls off two of the rank pips from his collar
	and pins them to Marissa's shirt. She touches them
	with pride and, for the first time, smiles a sweet,
	shy smile.

					PICARD
			Now... we need a crew to help us
			get that hatch off.

	He seems to think hard for a few seconds, then turns
	toward the boys as though a new thought just occurred
	to him.

					PICARD
			Number One... I think Jay might
			make an excellent science
			officer. Don't you agree?

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/12/91 - ACT TWO       22.

21   CONTINUED:

	She's delighted to be consulted on such an important
	decision.

					MARISSA
			Yes. Yes, sir, Captain.

					PICARD
			Will you join our crew, Jay?

					JAY GORDON
				(politely)
			Excuse me. It's Jay Gordon.

					PICARD
			Of course. Forgive me. Jay
			Gordon.

					JAY GORDON
			I accept.

	Picard takes another pip and pins it on Jay Gordon.
	As he does --

					PATTERSON
			Can I be an officer, too?

					PICARD
			Let's see... your science project
			involved radishes, did it not?

					PATTERSON
			Yeah... weird ones.

					PICARD
			Excellent. You'll be our
			executive officer in charge of
			radishes.

	Picard gives him his own pip. The boys look proud as
	they inspect their new badges. Picard realizes he's
	made some progress with them at last.

					PICARD
			Now -- let's get to work.

									CUT TO:

22   INT. JEFFRIES TUBE

	Riker and Data are crawling through a low, narrow tube
	just barely big enough for the two men to scramble
	through on their hands and knees. Riker stops and
	checks a nameplate on a box.

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/19/91 - ACT TWO       23.

22   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Thirteen-sixty-five-baker. That
			should put us near shuttlebay
			two.

					DATA
			That is correct, sir. We have
			approximately fifty-two meters
			remaining in this crawlway before
			we can safely exit into a main
			corridor.

	There is a sudden HISSING SOUND in the tube. They
	listen for a moment... then turn and look back the way
	they came.

23   POV DATA - LOOKING DOWN THE TUBE

	A LARGE CLOUD OF GAS starts to swirl into the Jeffries
	Tube.

24   RESUME SCENE

	Riker sees it too.

					RIKER
			Coolant leak!

	They scramble through the tube as the gas fills the
	tube.

25   ANOTHER SECTION OF TUBE

	Data and Riker hurry through the tube... the gas
	roiling behind them.

	Data stops and reaches up... finds a handle... and
	then slams down a hatch behind them.

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - ACT TWO       24.

25   CONTINUED:

	Riker (facing the hatch) pauses to catch his breath...
	then he notices that Data is staring at something o.c.
	behind Riker. Riker turns around...

26   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	There is a large display of ENERGY ARCING back and
	forth across the tube in front of Riker and Data. It
	completely blocks their path. Riker looks from the
	hatch with the gas behind it to the energy arc...
	they're trapped.

									CUT TO:

27   INT. CARGO BAY

	Beverly is scanning the quaratum containers with a
	tricorder while Geordi works the transporter console.
	The plasma fire is o.c., but the green light can still
	be seen flickering in the bay. Beverly finishes her
	scan and moves to Geordi. She runs the tricorder over
	him.

					BEVERLY
			We can withstand this level of
			radiation for another three or
			four hours without any permanent
			damage.
				(closes tricorder)
			But we'll need a few days of
			hyronalin treatments.

					GEORDI
			What are the radiation levels in
			the quaratum?

					BEVERLY
			They're at eighty-three rads and
			rising about four rads per
			minute.

					GEORDI
				(depressed)
			That stuff gets unstable at
			around three hundred fifty rads.
				(stops working)
			I still can't get any power to
			this transporter.

	They look at the plasma fire.

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/14/91 - ACT TWO       25.

28   ON FIRE (OPTICAL)

	as it continues to pulsate and burn.

29   RESUME SCENE

	Beverly looks around for a moment... then she walks
	over to the far wall and pulls out her tricorder.

					BEVERLY
			The radiation levels are twenty
			percent lower at this end of the
			bay. Let's move the containers
			over here.

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			That should buy us some time.
				(thinks)
			We're going to have to do this by
			hand. With this much radiation
			flying around in here we can't
			trust the anti-grav units.

	They carefully pick up one of the heavy containers...
	this isn't going to be easy.

									CUT TO:

30   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	O'Brien and Troi are watching a console at the aft
	science station. There aren't many screens active,
	but the one they're watching is showing a complex
	pattern of shifting sensor readings. O'Brien taps a
	key and the display freezes.

					O'BRIEN
			There. Just before the second
			time we were hit... see the
			subspace distortion?

	Troi peers at the display for a moment. She's trying
	very hard to understand this.

					TROI
			Yes.
				(beat)
			How big are these quantum
			filaments?

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/14/91 - ACT TWO       26.

30   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			They can be hundreds of meters
			long, but they have almost no
			mass... which is why they're so
			difficult to detect.

	Troi thinks... tries to correlate this to her own
	knowledge and experiences.

					TROI
				(unsure)
			So, it's like a... cosmic string?

					O'BRIEN
				(gently)
			No... that's a completely
			different phenomenon.

	Troi is a little defeated, but she looks at the
	monitor again, determined to understand this. But
	before she can pursue the matter any further, there
	are a series of loud BANGS and ELECTRONIC BEEPS
	from...

31   THE ENGINEERING STATION

	Ro is lying on her back, halfway inside the
	engineering station. Tools and equipment are strewn
	about next to her legs. O'Brien moves over and kneels
	down in concern. He tries to see what she's doing,
	but he can't. After a beat the engineering screen
	flickers ON... fades... then comes on permanently.
	Ro slides out of the console and gets to her feet.

					O'BRIEN
				(re: display)
			How'd you do that?

					RO
			I diverted power from the phaser
			array and dumped it into the
			engineering control system.

	O'Brien reacts sharply.

					O'BRIEN
			You what?

					RO
				(ignoring O'Brien)
			The engineering station's on-line,
			Counselor.

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/12/91 - ACT TWO       27.

31   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
				(angry, to Ro)
			That's a completely improper
			procedure. You can't dump that
			much raw energy into a bridge
			terminal without---

					RO
				(flatly cuts him off)
			We aren't going to get out of
			this by playing it safe.

	O'Brien is still upset, but Troi struggles to regain
	control before they start to fight again.

					TROI
				(to Ro)
			What's our engine status, Ensign?

					RO
				(works console)
			We've got half impulse power
			available.
				(frowns)
			But I'm getting some odd readings
			from the warp drive...

	O'Brien moves in next to her and they both start to
	work the console. As they converse in techno-
	shorthand, Troi struggles to watch the screen and
	understand what's going on, but she's way out of her
	field here.

					RO
			I'm reading a spike in the warp
			field array... looks like a
			containment deviation...

					O'BRIEN
			Switch to primary bypass...

	Beat.

					RO
			Nothing. Field strength's at
			forty percent and falling.

	A beat as they watch the screen. They exchange
	looks... this is really bad. They turn to Troi, who
	is completely lost at this point.

       STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/19/91 - ACT TWO       28.

31   CONTINUED:

					RO
			We've got a problem. The quantum
			resonance of the filament caused
			a polarity shift in the antimatter
			containment field.

	Troi just looks at her: What the hell does that mean?
	O'Brien hastens to explain.

					O'BRIEN
			When the filament hit us, the
			ship was momentarily charged...
			as if it had... come into
			contact with a live electrical
			wire.

					RO
			That weakened the containment
			field surrounding the antimatter
			pods. The field strength is down
			to forty percent and it's still
			falling.

					O'BRIEN
				(ominously)
			If it falls to fifteen percent...
			the field will collapse and
			there'll be a containment breach.

	Beat.

					TROI
			Which means... ?

					RO
			The ship will explode.

	On Troi's reaction...

32
thru	OMITTED
35

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/14/91 - ACT THREE      29.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

36   INT. JEFFRIES TUBE (OPTICAL)

	Riker and Data are still stuck between the closed
	hatch and the fluctuating power current. Data is
	peering inside a power relay box in the wall near the
	arcing power. He turns to Riker.

					DATA
			The current cannot be shut down
			from this relay box.

					RIKER
				(frustrated)
			We can't just sit here.

	Data thinks for a moment and then looks at the power
	flowing across the tube.

					DATA
			If the energy flowing through
			this arc were interrupted by a
			nonconductive material, it is
			likely that the circuit would be
			broken.

					RIKER
				(looks around)
			I don't see any material in here
			that could stop that much
			current.

					DATA
				(thinks)
			Commander, most of my bodyframe
			is composed of tripolymers, a non-
			conductive material.

					RIKER
				(surprised)
			You're suggesting using your own
			body?

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	Riker looks at the crackling power arc.

      STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/14/91 - ACT THREE      30.

36   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Data, there's at least half a
			million amps flowing through that
			arc. Can you take that much
			current?

					DATA
			The power surge would cause a
			system failure in most of my
			internal processors and melt my
			primary power couplings.
			However, there is a chance that
			the damage would not be
			irreparable.

					RIKER
			No.

					DATA
			Commander, our choices are very
			limited.

					RIKER
			First of all, android or not, I
			won't allow anyone to take that
			kind of risk. Second, if the
			computer isn't working in
			engineering, I'm going to need
			your help to get control of the
			ship.

					DATA
				(thinks)
			My positronic brain has several
			layers of shielding to protect it
			from power surges. It would be
			possible for you to remove my
			cranial unit and take it with
			you.

	Riker stares at him for a beat as it registers what
	Data is asking him to do.

					RIKER
				(shocked)
			You want me to take your head
			off?

      STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/12/91 - ACT THREE      31.

36   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(surprised at the
				 reaction)
			Yes, sir.
				(beat)
			Is there something wrong?

	Riker recoils from the idea at first... then tries to
	look at this pragmatically.

					RIKER
			Well, Data... it's just... I
			mean, will you be all right?

					DATA
			My neural nets and memory core
			are self-contained.
				(beat)
			I will be fine.

	A long beat as Riker considers this.

					RIKER
			Like you said... our choices are
			very limited.

	Riker looks at him for a moment... finally nods and
	gives him permission. Data processes for a very quick
	beat... then turns around...

37   ON DATA (OPTICAL)

	As he turns and moves toward the arc. The power arc
	snaps and crackles ominously... Data waits a beat...
	then steps directly into the flow. There is a BRIGHT
	FLASH and THUNDERCLAP as the current hits Data's body.
	The energy holds him and shakes his body violently for
	a couple of seconds.

38   ON RIKER

	As he turns away in response to the bright flash.
	After a beat, Riker turns back and then moves quickly
	to find Data lying face down in the tube. The power
	arc is gone, but Data's clothes and body have been
	seared and blackened.

      STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - ACT THREE      32.

38   CONTINUED:

	Riker turns Data over quickly... Data's face is blank
	and doesn't react to Riker at all.

					RIKER
			Data? Data!

	There is a long beat before Data's eyes seem to focus
	again and he is again aware of his surroundings.

					DATA
			A remarkable experience,
			Commander.

	Riker is relieved. Data runs some kind of internal
	diagnostic.

					RIKER
			How are you? Did the shielding
			work?

					DATA
				(thinks)
			Apparently so. My neural nets
			are fully operational.
				(beat)
			You may begin by opening the
			ventral access panel located two
			centimeters beneath my right ear.

	Riker hesitates for a moment... then as he reaches for
	the panel on Data's neck...

									CUT TO:

39   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship hangs in space.

40   INT. TURBOLIFT

	Picard is standing on his good leg and is holding Jay
	Gordon up to the ceiling of the lift as Marissa helps
	to steady Picard. The effort of holding Jay Gordon is
	putting a tremendous strain on Picard. Jay puts his
	hands on the ceiling.

      STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/12/91 - ACT THREE      33.

40   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(strained)
			Feel around the edge of the
			illumination module -- of the big
			circle, until you find a small
			knob.

					JAY GORDON
			I have it.

					PICARD
			Now with your other hand, reach
			around the far side of the
			module... there should be another
			knob.

					JAY GORDON
			Okay, I found it.

					PICARD
			Good. Good. Pull both knobs out
			at the same time and then let go.

	He pulls the knobs and then there is a quick WHOOSH of
	air as the top hatch moves upward slightly.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Now push up... and slide the
			hatch over to the side.

	Jay Gordon moves the hatch out of the way. The
	turbolift SHAKES a little then stops. Patterson looks
	around in terror and starts breathing quick and fast,
	as if about to cry.

					PICARD
			Jay Gordon, can you pull yourself
			up?

      STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/14/91 - ACT THREE      34.

40   CONTINUED:

					JAY GORDON
			Yes. I think so.

	Jay Gordon pulls himself up through the hatch,
	supports himself on his elbows and puts his feet on
	Picard's shoulders.

					PICARD
			Can you tell what deck we're on?
			There should be a large number on
			the wall of the shaft.

					JAY GORDON
			It says "eleven".

	That's bad news, but Picard tries not to show his
	concern yet.

					PICARD
			Good. Now look down at the side
			of the lift. Do you see two big
			clamps?

					JAY GORDON
			Yes.

					PICARD
			Can you see if both clamps are
			connected to a... long beam
			inside a... a big groove?

	Long beat.

					JAY GORDON
			Yes. But one of them looks
			broken. It's half out of the
			groove.

					PICARD
			All right. Come down.

	Picard and Marissa help Jay Gordon down. Picard
	carefully slides down to the floor. Picard realizes
	they're in trouble... he takes a beat to think, then
	he motions to Marissa to come closer.

					PICARD
				(softly)
			Number One, those big clamps are
			part of the emergency system. If
			something goes wrong, they're
			designed to hold the turbolift in
			place.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/14/91 - ACT THREE      35.

40   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (cont'd)
			But they seem to have been
			damaged.

					MARISSA
			Is that why we keep shaking?

					PICARD
			That's right.
				(beat, then intimate)
			When that clamp gives way, we'll
			fall. You're going to have to
			take your crew out of here before
			that happens. There's a ladder
			along the inside of the
			turboshaft. You can use it to
			climb up until you find an open
			doorway.

	There is an ominous CREAK from the turbolift.

					MARISSA
				(worried)
			What about you?

					PICARD
				(honest)
			My leg is broken. I'll only slow
			you down and you need to move
			quickly.
				(a little firmly)
			You'll have to be the leader.
			That's an order.

	Marissa stands up... tries to summon up her courage.
	She turns to Jay Gordon and Patterson. She tries to
	put some command into her voice.

					MARISSA
			We have to climb up the shaft.

					JAY GORDON
			What about the captain?

					PICARD
			I'm not going. Commander Marissa
			is in charge.

					PATTERSON
				(getting scared)
			I wanna stay here with you.

      STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - ACT THREE      36.

40   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Patterson, you're an officer,
			now. You have to obey orders.

					PATTERSON
			I don't wanna be an officer
			anymore. I wanna stay with you.

					JAY GORDON
				(to Marissa)
			If the captain stays here, we
			won't make it. We'll all die.

					PICARD
			There's no time to argue, you
			have to go now.

					PATTERSON
			I don't want to!

	Marissa thinks for a moment... then turns back to
	Picard.

					MARISSA
			The crew has decided to stick
			together. We all go or we all
			stay.

	Picard looks up at the hatch and then looks at the
	children for a beat... he finally makes the decision.

					PICARD
			All right. I'll try. But I want
			you to know... this is mutiny.

	This relieves them greatly. Picard painfully gets to
	his feet.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Number One, look at that panel...
			do you see a bright yellow cap?

					MARISSA
				(looks in panel)
			Yes.

					PICARD
			Pull the cap toward you and then
			turn it... it should come off.

	Marissa removes the cap. There is a bundle of wires
	attached to the back of the cap.

     STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - ACT THREE     36A.

40   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Good. Now, that bundle of
			wires... that's optical
			cabling... see how much you can
			pull out...

	Marissa pulls at a piece of cabling; it plays out of
	the panel.

									CUT TO:

      STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/12/91 - ACT THREE      37.

40   CONTINUED:

	Marissa keeps pulling.

									CUT TO:

41   INT. CARGO BAY

	Beverly and Geordi have moved all the containers
	against the far wall of the bay.

	Beverly and Geordi are scanning the containers with
	their tricorders.

					BEVERLY
				(disappointed)
			The levels are still rising.

	She snaps the tricorder shut.

42   INCLUDING PLASMA FIRE (OPTICAL)

	They watch the fire for a beat.

					BEVERLY
			There must be some way to put
			that thing out.

					GEORDI
				(shakes his head)
			The energy's being fed by the
			ship's internal power grid and we
			can't even get near that. The
			only way to stop it would be to
			eliminate the supply of oxygen.
				(beat)
			Wait a minute...

	Geordi thinks for a beat... then looks from the
	spacedoor to the fire and back again as he gets an
	idea. He turns to Beverly with a "you won't believe
	this" look on his face.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Doctor, I've got an idea. It's
			pretty wild, but we might be able
			to kill two birds with one stone.

					BEVERLY
			Let's hear it.

      STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - ACT THREE      38.

42   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			If we open the external door it
			would depressurize the cargo bay,
			and blow all those containers out
			into space. At the same time,
			the lack of oxygen should knock
			out the plasma fire.

					BEVERLY
			What about us?

					GEORDI
			We'll have to find something in
			here to hang onto while the air
			is evacuated. After that, we'll
			shut the door and repressurize
			the bay.

	They both look around for a moment. The ladder
	leading to the catwalk is the only solid object in
	sight.

					BEVERLY
			This looks like it'll have to do.

	And on their looks...

									CUT TO:

43   INT. TEN FORWARD

	The room is filled with N.D. CASUALTIES. The tables
	and chairs have been moved out of the way to make room
	for injured crewmembers and civilians. TWO N.D.
	UNINJURED CREWMEMBERS are helping the injured. Keiko
	is finishing putting a dressing on a CREWMAN'S arm.

					KEIKO
				(smiles)
			There... that should do it.

     STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/12/91 - ACT THREE     38A.

43   CONTINUED:

	The Crewman nods in appreciation and moves away. As
	he leaves, a sudden flash of pain crosses Keiko's
	face. She puts a hand to her stomach... but then the
	pain passes. She seems okay for the moment, so she
	puts it behind her and moves to help another INJURED
	CREWMEMBER.

      STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/14/91 - ACT THREE      39.

43A  ON WORF

	As he prepares to put a splint on a MAN with a broken
	leg.

					WORF
				(to injured crewman)
			There will be a sharp pain as I
			set the bone. Prepare yourself.

	The man nods. Worf quickly sets the leg and the man
	grimaces for a moment. Worf is trying to be of some
	comfort... trying to reach out to these people.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Good... good. You bore that
			well.

	Worf finishes with the splint and then stands. He
	turns in time to see Keiko suddenly give a groan and
	hunch over slightly. Worf moves to her quickly, but
	the pain passes and she seems okay for the moment.

					KEIKO
			I'm all right... I think...

					WORF
			Perhaps you should lie down.

					KEIKO
			Okay.

	She sits, then gasps as a contraction grabs hold of
	her again. She hunches over a little as Worf looks on
	helplessly. When she looks up, her face is pale.

					KEIKO
			I'm having contractions...

	This is not good news to Worf, who immediately goes
	into denial.

					WORF
			I believe that is not uncommon in
			the late months of pregnancy...

					KEIKO
			I mean contractions... I'm going
			into labor.

      STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/14/91 - ACT THREE      40.

43A  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			You cannot. This... this is not
			a good time.

					KEIKO
			It's not open for debate. Like
			it or not -- this baby is coming.

	On Worf's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - ACT FOUR      41.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

44   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Troi, Ro, and O'Brien at the table. Troi is listening
	quietly, absorbing the argument as the other two
	battle it out.

					O'BRIEN
				(to Ro)
			If the containment field strength
			keeps dropping at this rate, we
			still have at least two hours
			before it becomes critical.

					RO
			But you're ignoring the fact that
			the power coupling is also
			damaged.
				(to Troi)
			If that coupling overheats, the
			field strength will begin to drop
			a lot faster. We could have a
			containment breach in a matter of
			minutes.

					TROI
			What do you suggest?

					RO
			We should separate the saucer
			now, and put as much distance as
			possible between us and the drive
			section.

					O'BRIEN
			Excuse me, sir, but that's damn
			cold-blooded. What about the
			people down there?

					RO
			There's no evidence anyone is
			still alive in the drive section.

					O'BRIEN
			There's no evidence they're dead,
			either. If you were trapped down
			there, would you want us to cut
			you loose and leave?

      STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/16/91 - ACT FOUR      41A.

44   CONTINUED:

					RO
			Of course not. But I also
			wouldn't expect the bridge crew
			to risk the safety of the ship
			and hundreds of lives in a futile
			effort to rescue me.

	Troi stands and moves to the window. She looks out at
	the stars for a long moment.

					TROI
				(without turning
				 around)
			You said there's no way to
			stabilize the containment field
			from the bridge. Could it be
			done from engineering?

					O'BRIEN
			Yes... but my readings indicate
			there's no power down there.
			They don't even have monitors to
			tell them there's a problem.

					TROI
			Could we divert energy from the
			bridge... to those monitors?

					O'BRIEN
			Yes, sir.

					RO
			I'll say it again: there's no
			reason to believe anyone's alive
			in engineering. We're wasting
			time even talking about this. We
			have to separate the ship now.

	Troi thinks for another moment... finally makes a very
	difficult decision. She turns back to face them.

					TROI
			I believe there are people still
			alive down there... and I'm
			going to give them every chance.

	She moves toward them.

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/16/91 - ACT FOUR          42.

44   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Assuming they are alive, they'll
			be hoping there's someone up here
			to help them. So we'll help
			them.
				(to O'Brien
			Divert the necessary power to
			engineering.

					O'BRIEN
				(stands)
			Aye, sir.

	Ro stands too, but she hasn't acquiesced.

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - ACT FOUR          43.

44   CONTINUED:

					RO
			I remind you, Counselor... that
			power coupling could overheat at
			any time. By not separating the
			ship now, you may be responsible
			for all our deaths.

	Troi looks her square in the eye.

					TROI
			Thank you, Ensign. Proceed.

	Ro turns and EXITS, leaving Troi to wrestle with the
	consequences of her decision.

									CUT TO:

45   INT. TURBOSHAFT

	The vertical shaft is very dark. There is a single
	ladder that runs the length of the shaft. Picard is
	on the ladder and is tied to Jay Gordon, Patterson and
	Marissa in turn by optical cables that have been
	fashioned into a safety rope. Picard is just below a
	door that has the words "DECK 7" in big letters (the
	turbolift was stuck on Deck 11). Picard is struggling
	with an open panel in an effort to open the doors, but
	it's very difficult to stay on the ladder and work the
	panel with all his weight on one leg.

	Picard works for another moment... presses a final
	relay and watches the doors... nothing happens. He
	wants to scream in frustration, but he takes a beat to
	get his temper under control.

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - ACT FOUR         43A.

45   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to children)
			I can't open this door.

	Picard looks up at...

45A  POV PICARD - THE TURBOSHAFT (OPTICAL)

	The shaft stretches seven stories above them. There
	are other hatches visible in the shaft.

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/14/91 - ACT FOUR          44.

45A  CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S VOICE
				(continuing)
			We'll have to climb up to the
			next deck.

45B  RESUME SCENE (OPTICAL)

	As before. There are looks of dismay from the
	children. Patterson looks like he's losing it again --
	he's near tears.

					PATTERSON
			What if that one doesn't open
			either?

					JAY GORDON
			Then we'll never get out.

					MARISSA
			Quiet. That's an order.

					PICARD
				(firm)
			We're going up. Ready?

					MARISSA
				(crisp)
			Ready, sir.

	Jay Gordon and Patterson glumly nod and Picard begins
	the slow process of pulling himself up the ladder,
	using only his left leg. The children slowly follow
	him up the ladder for a few beats... suddenly there
	is a SOUND OF SHRIEKING METAL from o.c. Picard looks
	down.

					PICARD
				(urgent)
			The lift's falling! Hang on!

	They all freeze on the ladder just as there is a
	WHOOSH and then a CRASH from below them which SHAKES
	the ladder.

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/12/91 - ACT FOUR          45.

46
thru	OMITTED
49

49A  ANGLE ON PATTERSON

	He hangs on to the ladder in terror as it SHAKES. The
	shaking STOPS after a moment, but Patterson continues
	to cling to the ladder for dear life and his eyes are
	shut tight with fear and his breathing is rapid.

49B  NEW ANGLE

	Including Picard and the other two children. He can't
	see Patterson from his angle.

					PICARD
			We're all right. We're going to
			keep climbing. Don't look down.

	Picard starts up, and Marissa and Jay Gordon follow,
	but Patterson is frozen to the ladder... the optical
	cable pulls Jay Gordon up short and he turns around.
	Picard and Marissa also stop.

					JAY GORDON
				(to Patterson)
			What's wrong?

					MARISSA
			He's scared.

					PICARD
				(to Patterson)
			We're right here with you,
			Patterson. You're not going to
			fall.

	Patterson closes his eyes and trembles slightly.

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/12/91 - ACT FOUR          46.

49B  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Everything will be all right if
			you keep moving.

	Patterson doesn't respond except to clutch the ladder
	tighter. Picard knows they have to get moving.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			What we need -- is a climbing
			song. Marissa, what's a song you
			sing in school?

					MARISSA
			"The Laughing Vulcan and His Dog"?

					PICARD
			I'm afraid I don't know that one.
				(beat)
			I know -- "Frere Jacques". We
			used to sing that when I was your
			age. Patterson, do you know that
			song?

	No response.

					PICARD
			It goes like this... "Frere
			Jacques, Frere Jacques... "

					MARISSA
			"... dormez vous, dormez vous... "

	Picard, Marissa and Jay Gordon begin singing.

					ALL BUT PATTERSON
			"... sonnez les matines, sonnez
			les matines, ding din dong, ding
			din dong. Frere Jacques... "

	Finally Patterson begins to join in, softly.

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - ACT FOUR          47.

49B  CONTINUED:

					ALL
			"... Frere Jacques, dormez vous,
			dormez vous... "

	Picard begins hauling himself up once again, as they
	all keep singing. Patterson hesitates, but -- still
	singing -- begins to climb.

									CUT TO:

50   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Keiko has been moved away from everyone else to
	provide some privacy and is propped up on some
	cushions. She is in a lot of pain and she's very
	sweaty and tired. Worf is kneeling next to her,
	holding a PADD. The first aid kit is nearby. Worf is
	way out of his element here, and he's uncomfortable.

					WORF
			Your contractions are now only
			twenty seconds apart.

					KEIKO
				(weakly)
			It feels like they're constant...

					WORF
			They will continue to come closer
			together until you reach the
			bearing down phase.

	He plays the tricorder toward her and nods
	approvingly.

					WORF
			Dilation has gone to nine
			centimeters since the onset of
			labor.
				(to Keiko)
			That did not take long.

					KEIKO
			Easy for you to say...

	She breaks off as another contraction begins, closes
	her eyes and breathes deeply to help deal with the
	pain. Worf, feeling helpless, places his hand on her
	belly.

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - ACT FOUR          48.

50   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			You are doing very well. I am
			sure the child will arrive soon.

	Keiko doesn't answer; she's too absorbed in managing
	the contraction. Then it releases and her eyes open.
	Worf studies the tricorder.

					KEIKO
			Worf... has the baby turned?

	Worf absorbs this question, tries to figure out what
	in the world she's talking about. He is trying to be
	the comforting expert in a situation where he's way
	over his head.

					WORF
			Turned... ?

					KEIKO
			So the head is down. Doctor
			Crusher told me a few days ago it
			hadn't... but she wasn't worried
			because I still had a month to
			go...

	Worf nods. Then he places his hands on her abdomen,
	gingerly prods and presses.

					WORF
			I am not certain.
				(beat)
			Can't you tell?

	She shakes her head.

					KEIKO
			Worf... have you ever done this
			before? Delivered a baby?

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - ACT FOUR          49.

50   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(beat)
			No. But I have taken the
			Starfleet Emergency Medical
			Course. In a computerized
			simulation, I assisted in the
			delivery of a human baby.

					KEIKO
			Sometimes... things don't go by
			the book...

	Of which Worf is supremely aware. But he pats her
	shoulder, hoping to reassure her.

					WORF
			I am sure everything will be
			fine.

	He takes refuge in the tricorder as another
	contraction grips Keiko.

									CUT TO:

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - ACT FOUR          50.

51
thru	OMITTED
52A

53   INT. CARGO BAY

	Geordi and Beverly are dragging the last container
	into place in front of the spacedoor. As Beverly
	talks, they set the container down, then move to the
	ladder and nearby console.

					BEVERLY
			Once the air is vented, the first
			thing you'll feel is extreme
			pressure in your lungs... you'll
			have to resist the temptation to
			exhale. Next, your hands and
			feet will get cold, then numb...
			and some of the capillaries in
			exposed sections of skin may
			burst.

					GEORDI
				(dry)
			Sounds like fun.

					BEVERLY
			We'll have about fifteen seconds
			of useful consciousness left.
			After that, there's about ten
			seconds of extreme
			disorientation, then we pass out.

					GEORDI
				(indicates panel on far
				 wall)
			After the air has been evacuated,
			one of us will have to get to
			that panel and repressurize the
			bay.

	Beverly nods, understanding. Geordi finishes tapping
	in commands and checks the panel one last time.

					GEORDI
			We're ready.

	They both begin to hyperventilate and then lean over
	the console and wrap their arms tightly around it.
	Geordi presses a control on the console.

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - ACT FOUR          51.

54   ON SPACE DOOR (OPTICAL)

	The door OPENS. The blue outline of the
	pressurization field is visible around the door.

55   ON GEORDI & BEVERLY

	They continue to hyperventilate... then both take a
	deep breath and hold it. Geordi presses one more
	control and then quickly wraps his arm back around the
	console.

56   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The blue outline DISAPPEARS from around the door and
	the bay DEPRESSURIZES. There is a ROAR OF AIR rushing
	out the door and the quaratum containers are BLOWN out
	of the door.

57   ON GEORDI & BEVERLY (OPTICAL)

	They desperately hang on to the console as the wind
	rips past them. Suddenly the WIND STOPS as the bay is
	evacuated. (There should be NO SOUND HEARD from this
	point until the bay is repressurized.)

58   ON PLASMA FIRE (OPTICAL)

	The fire is SNUFFED OUT.

59   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Geordi frantically enters commands into the console
	and the spacedoor starts to slowly CLOSE.

60   ON GEORDI & BEVERLY.

	The pressure in their bodies are starting to affect
	them already. The door finally closes... Geordi &
	Beverly both move for the atmospheric control panel on
	the far wall... Geordi gets about halfway across the
	bay before becoming disoriented and dizzy... he falls
	to the floor in confusion.

61   ON BEVERLY

	Beverly can barely focus her eyes at this point, but
	she manages to make it to the controls.

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/12/91 - ACT FOUR          52.

61   CONTINUED:

	She slaps the button and there is a LOUD WHOOSH of air
	as the bay is pressurized once again. Geordi and
	Beverly gratefully suck in the precious air. They sit
	on the floor and look at each other for a moment...
	just grateful to be alive.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/16/91 - ACT FIVE          53.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

62   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship hangs in space.

63   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Troi in command, Ro at tactical, O'Brien at
	engineering, and Mandel at ops. Troi is under
	tremendous pressure; wrestling with the decision of
	whether or not to separate the ship, and holding the
	balance between O'Brien and Ro.

					RO
			The field strength is down to
			twenty percent. We can't run the
			risk of staying here any longer.

					O'BRIEN
			We're not in danger until it
			drops below fifteen percent. We
			can afford to wait and see if
			anyone in engineering notices
			those monitors.

	Troi considers for a moment, then --

					TROI
			Have you made preparations to
			separate the Saucer Section?

					RO
			Yes, sir. We're in stand-by mode
			for docking latches and --

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/16/91 - ACT FIVE          54.

63   CONTINUED:

	O'Brien suddenly sees something on his monitor and
	reacts in alarm.

					O'BRIEN
			Ensign -- there's a thermal
			inversion in the power coupling!

	Ro moves quickly to him.

					RO
			Quick... cross-connect it to the
			transfer coil.

	O'Brien and Ro work feverishly for a moment... then
	the danger passes and they visibly relax. Troi,
	having no idea what's gone on, is alarmed.

					TROI
			What happened?

					RO
			Exactly what I said might happen.
			The power coupling overheated and
			the entire containment field
			almost collapsed.

	There is a beat as Ro takes Troi's measure, moves a
	step closer.

					RO
				(firmly)
			O'Brien's fixed it temporarily,
			but it could happen again at any
			moment, and next time we might
			not be able to stop it. You
			can't let wishful thinking guide
			your decision. It's time to
			leave, Counselor.

	Troi's voice never rises, but her tone and bearing
	make it clear who's in charge.

					TROI
			We will separate the ship when I
			have decided that it's time, not
			before. Is that clear, Ensign?

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/16/91 - ACT FIVE          55.

63   CONTINUED:

	Ro has no choice but to accept, but her eyes say she
	has not backed down.

					RO
			Yes. Perfectly.

64
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73

73A  INT. ENGINEERING (FORMERLY SCENE 51)

	There are several blown out panels in engineering and
	one or two dead bodies. The emergency isolation door
	has sealed the room off from the engine core. Riker
	is working on an open panel with a hand tool. He
	makes some final adjustment and then speaks to Data,
	who is o.c.

					RIKER
			Okay, try it.

					DATA (o.c.)
			Very good, Commander. You have
			established the connection. I
			can now raise the door.

73B  WIDER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Revealing that Riker is talking to Data's head, which
	has been placed on a drop-down panel. There are
	several optical fibers connecting his head to the wall
	panel and Data has been positioned so that he can look
	at one of the large screens on the table. Data
	"processes" for a moment. After a beat, the isolation
	door begins to RISE.

73C  ON RIKER - INTERCUT WITH DATA AS NEEDED (OPTICAL)

	as he quickly moves under the door and goes into
	Geordi's office. He is surprised that, in sharp
	contrast to the outer area, Geordi's office is
	completely powered up. Consoles are functioning and
	the normal lights are on. Riker moves to a monitor.

					RIKER
			There's no power on the entire
			deck, but somehow these monitors
			are working.

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - ACT FIVE          56.

73C  CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(thinks)
			Commander, the power reaching
			those monitors has been diverted
			from the bridge.

					RIKER
			But why... ?
				(beat)
			Unless there's something they
			want us -- something they need us
			to see...

	Riker moves to another console... the information on
	the screen is shocking.

					RIKER
			Data -- the containment field
			strength is down to eighteen
			percent!

	Riker moves to Data out at the panel.

					RIKER
				(urgent)
			Can you stabilize it?

					DATA
				(works)
			I do not have access to the
			containment field. You will have
			to establish a new link.

	Riker moves closer to Data's head.

					DATA
			Locate the ODN conduit.

	Riker picks up a long strand of optical cable from the
	panel.

					RIKER
			Got it.

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - ACT FIVE          57.

73C  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			You must now change the input
			matrix in my secondary optical
			port and then connect the ODN
			conduit.

	Riker grabs a hand tool and gingerly begins to poke
	around inside the panel on Data's head. Data frowns.

					DATA
			That is not the correct port,
			sir.

					RIKER
			Sorry.

					DATA
			Commander, you must hurry, the
			field has dropped to sixteen
			percent.

					RIKER
			I'm trying. You need a bigger
			head.

					DATA
			The field is still dropping --
			collapse is imminent.

	Riker finally makes the adjustment and then attaches
	the optical cable to a spot in Data's head.

					RIKER
			All right, try it!

					DATA
				(thinks)
			I have a connection.
				(beat)
			I am now stabilizing the
			containment field.

	Riker breathes a sigh of relief.

					RIKER
			That's using your head, Data.

	Data gives him a curious look, but continues his work.

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/16/91 - ACT FIVE          58.

74   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	O'Brien and Ro are at the monitors; Troi close by.

					TROI
			All right. Stand by to separate
			the Saucer Section --

					O'BRIEN
			Sir... the field strength is
			stabilizing...

	Troi comes to the monitor.

					O'BRIEN
			Eighteen percent... twenty...
			twenty-five...

					RO
			I guess they got our message.

	There is palpable relief on the bridge. Ro looks at
	Troi, holds her eyes for a moment, and then, without
	any hint of embarrassment...

					RO
			I was wrong, Counselor.

					TROI
			You could have just as easily
			been right.

									CUT TO:

75   OMITTED

76   INT. CORRIDOR - ON TURBOLIFT DOORS

	The doors are pried open from the inside and an
	exhausted Picard hauls himself up and into the
	corridor. Marissa, Jay Gordon, and Patterson come up
	after him. Picard leans against the wall... he and
	the children smile at each other for a moment and then
	Marissa carefully gives him a hug. For once, Picard
	is not uncomfortable with the affection of children.

77   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Worf is still with Keiko. He studies the tricorder
	anxiously.

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/15/91 - ACT FIVE         58A.

77   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Congratulations. You are fully
			dilated to ten centimeters.
				(proudly)
			You may now give birth.

	Keiko just opens her eyes and stares at him.

					KEIKO
			I thought that's what I've been
			trying to do...

					WORF
			Bearing down is the next stage.
			It should start at full dilation.
			Why has it not begun?

					KEIKO
			I don't know... I don't think
			it's up to me... it happens when
			it happens...

	This whole thing is distressing to Worf; it isn't
	following the book, and he has no control over what's
	happening.

					WORF
			My computer simulation was not
			like this. That delivery was
			very orderly.

					KEIKO
			Well, I'm sorry...

	Another contraction starts and she closes her eyes.
	This time there is an involuntary groan.

					WORF
				(hoping)
			Did you feel an uncontrollable
			urge to push?

	Keiko's eyes open and she nods.

					WORF
			Good! You are bearing down. Now
			you must push with each
			contraction and I must urge you
			gently but firmly to push harder.

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/16/91 - ACT FIVE         58B.

77   CONTINUED:

	Keiko shuts her eyes again and shakes her head
	slightly. This might go better alone. But another
	contraction...

					WORF
			Push, Keiko. Push hard...

	And Keiko does...

					WORF
			Push... push...

					KEIKO
				(through clenched
				 teeth)
			I am pushing --

	The contraction fades. Worf looks pleased.

					WORF
			The baby is emerging head first.
			One more contraction...

					KEIKO
			Okay...

	Another contraction... Keiko groans, pushes...

					WORF
			That's good -- push... harder...
				(amazed)
			I have the baby!

	Keiko gasps and sags back.

					WORF
			I will now smack the child to
			induce breathing --

	But before he can carry out that step, the baby starts
	crying lustily. Worf, holding the slippery little
	package, smiles broadly.

					WORF
			I believe she looks like Chief
			O'Brien.

	He wraps the baby in a blanket and hands her to Keiko,
	who is spent and exhausted but thrilled. She takes
	the bundle, cradles it to her, then looks up at Worf.

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/21/91 - ACT FIVE          59.

77   CONTINUED:

					KEIKO
			You were wonderful, Worf. I
			couldn't have done it without
			you.

	He inclines his head modestly.

									CUT TO:

77A
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78

79   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship moving at warp speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. We
			are en route to Starbase Sixty-seven,
			to undergo repairs. Life
			aboard the Enterprise is slowly
			returning to normal.

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/21/91 - ACT FIVE          60.

80
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81

82   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Troi, Marissa, Jay Gordon, and Patterson ENTER from
	the turbolift and go to Riker, who is in command. Data,
	Worf, and Ro are at their stations. Jay Gordon is
	carrying a plaque. (He is holding it against his
	chest with the lettering facing outward. It has been
	signed by the three children.) Riker stands and smiles
	at Troi as she approaches.

					RIKER
				(joking)
			Just can't stay away from the big
			chair anymore, can you?

					TROI
				(right back at him)
			I don't think I'm cut out to be
			captain... first officer,
			maybe... I understand there
			aren't many qualifications.

	Riker takes the shot with grace.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Captain Picard to the bridge,
			please.

	Picard ENTERS from the ready room.

					RIKER
			There are some visitors here to
			see you, Captain.

	The three children immediately move forward. Picard
	is a little surprised to see them here, but he smiles
	at them.

					PICARD
			Hello. It's good to see you
			again. What brings you to the
			bridge?

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/21/91 - ACT FIVE          61.

82   CONTINUED:

	Jay and Patterson immediately look to Marissa, who's
	now become the unofficial leader of the group. She's
	still naturally shy and quiet, but now she is able to
	meet Picard's eyes directly and her voice has a
	stronger timbre than before. She reads the plaque
	that Jay Gordon is holding.

					MARISSA
				(reading plaque)
			"In appreciation for the way you
			helped us get out of the
			turboshaft, and the way you
			helped us not be scared."
				(looking up at Picard)
			We want to present to you this
			com-mem-mor-a-tive plaque.
				(whispers to Jay
				 Gordon)
			Give it to him.

	Jay Gordon solemnly moves forward and gravely gives
	Picard the plaque. Picard receives it in the same
	spirit of seriousness in which it is given.

					PICARD
			Thank you, very much.

					PATTERSON
			I made the back piece.

					PICARD
			And you did a wonderful job.
			Later this afternoon, we'll
			finish the tour I promised you.
				(beat)
			Starting with the battle bridge.

	Eager smiles and reactions from the children.

					PICARD
			I'll see you at fourteen hundred
			hours.
				(as he turns to go to
				 the Ready Room)
			You have the bridge, Number One.

					RIKER & MARISSA
			Aye, sir.

	Riker and Marissa look at each other and as the others
	react, we...

									CUT TO:

           STAR TREK: "Disaster" - REV. 8/20/91 - ACT FIVE          62.

83
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83B

84   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship warping away.

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             

STXT









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "The Game" 
                          #40275-206 
                              
                           Story by 
                 Susan Sackett & Fred Bronson 
                              and 
                         Brannon Braga 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                         Brannon Braga 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Corey Allen 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1991 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                       AUGUST 23, 1991


             STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - CAST               

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "The Game"   
                            
                             CAST                               

                PICARD             WESLEY CRUSHER
                RIKER              ROBIN LEFLER
                DATA               ETANA JOL
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               A WOMAN IN TEN FORWARD
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                O'BRIEN            
                COMPUTER VOICE     

                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  N.D. ENGINEERING PERSONNEL
                  TWO SECURITY GUARDS

          STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "The Game" 
                            
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     KTARIAN SHIP
              SICKBAY
              CORRIDORS                PHOENIX CLUSTER
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TEN FORWARD
              ENGINEERING
              ENGINEERING LAB
              BEVERLY'S QUARTERS
              GUEST QUARTERS
              TURBOLIFT
              JEFFERIES TUBE
          
            RISA
              RIKER'S GUEST ROOM
          
            KTARIAN SHIP
              BRIDGE

        STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "The Game" 
                  
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

           KTARIAN                     kuh-TAR-ee-un
           PSYCHOTROPIC                sigh-koh-TRO-pik
           SEROTONIN                   ser-oh-TONE-in

                           LATIN     
           "O" as in "so", "Y" as in "dry", "AH" as in "father"  
                                
           OPPIDO BONUM                OPP-ih-dough BOW-noom
           PRAESTAT QUAM PRIUS         PRY-staht kwahm PREE-uhs
           QUOMODO TUA LATINITAS EST   kwo-MOW-dough TOO-ah
                                        la-TEE-knee-tahs ehst

          STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - TEASER          1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "The Game"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    OMITTED

2    INT. RIKER'S ROOM - RISA - NIGHT

	A plush bedroom suite, with a picturesque view of
	Risa through a large, open window. There are several
	platters of exotic-looking hors d'oeuvres around the
	room... not to mention an empty bottle of fine
	champagne.

	RIKER is standing near a long screen/partition,
	dressed in casual clothes (perhaps a robe), looking
	flushed with excitement. He calls out in a playful
	tone of voice.

					RIKER
			Etana...

	No response. He takes a step toward the screen.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I know you're back there...
			don't make me come after you.

	A rustling NOISE from behind the screen. Then a
	shadow, barely visible at a far end of the screen.
	Riker edges toward the far end... quiet as a cat...
	and lunges for it, simultaneously pulling back the
	screen --

	A clothing rack heaped with robes falls onto Riker,
	draping him with fabric. A WOMAN grabs Riker from
	behind and gives him a playful squeeze -- then dangles
	a Starfleet communicator in front of his face. Before
	Riker can grab her, she bolts across the room, romping
	gleefully.

					RIKER
				(re: communicator)
			Give me that...

          STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - TEASER          2.

2    CONTINUED:

	He goes after her. The woman is alien, gorgeous, with
	a full, flowing mane of hair. This is ETANA JOL.

					ETANA
			You don't need this.

	Riker edges toward her... backing her toward a wall.
	The dynamic between them is playful, teasing, charged
	with erotic tension.

					RIKER
			Yes... I... do...

	They match each other's movement, a game of cat and
	mouse. Etana holds the communicator up to her mouth,
	pretends to speak into it.

					ETANA
				(mocks Riker's voice)
			Commander Riker to the
			Enterprise. I've got a problem
			down here on Risa!

	She laughs. Riker lunges for her. She dodges, but
	Riker's too quick. He pins her against the wall next
	to the window -- presses close against her. Etana
	grips the communicator in her hand and raises her arm,
	keeping it out of reach.

					RIKER
			Give it to me.

					ETANA
			Go get it.

	She tosses the communicator out the window. It falls
	into the darkness.

					RIKER
			I can't believe you did that.

					ETANA
			Believe it.

	She throws herself forward, catching Riker off
	balance, sending both of them sprawling to the floor.
	They flop onto a mound of oversized pillows -- Riker
	on his back, Etana on top of him. They roll to the
	side, engaged in a kiss. Then Etana breaks away and
	looks into Riker's eyes...

	She sits up and begins to massage Riker's shoulders.
	The exuberant pace of their play slows down a little.
	Riker enjoys the shoulder rub. He sighs.

        STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - TEASER        3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

	Etana continues... leans down and kisses him on the
	forehead. Riker smiles. She moves her focus to
	Riker's temples, gently rubbing...

	... and pulls something out of her robe -- a small
	crescent-shaped DEVICE that resembles a skimmed-down
	headset. Gradually, as a natural extension of the
	massage, she slips the device around Riker's ear.

					RIKER
				(re: device)
			What's this?

					ETANA
			It's a game. Everyone here's
			playing it.

	Riker smiles, likes the idea. Etana hooks the game
	around his ear to hold it in place -- while a thin
	mechanical "arm" extends in front of his eyes.

					RIKER
			Do I keep my eyes open, or
			closed?

					ETANA
			Open.

	Riker waits as Etana activates the game -- tiny lights
	on its exterior come alive.

3    CLOSE ON RIKER'S FACE (OPTICAL)

	Two micro-thin LASERS emit from the arm extension and
	scan Riker's face, the lights gliding across his
	features. Quickly the lasers zero in on his eyes --
	specifically, his pupils -- then vanish. This
	establishes a connection between Riker and the game.

4    RESUME

	Riker reacts to something only he can see.

					RIKER
			What am I seeing?

					ETANA
			The playing field.

	Riker is captivated.

        STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 9/4/91 - TEASER        4.

5    RIKER'S POV - THE GAME (OPTICAL)

	We see Riker's view of his surroundings (the room,
	Etana), with a semi-translucent GAME OVERLAY
	superimposed on the scene. The overlay is an optical
	grid pattern, with a cone and a disc across it.

					RIKER
			Now what?

					ETANA
			See the disc and the cone?

					RIKER
			Yeah...

					ETANA
			Concentrate... Make the disc go
			into the cone...

	Riker concentrates. His mental effort causes the disc
	to skitter about, but it misses the cone. The game is
	simple but exciting.

	Riker laughs, enchanted with the game.

					RIKER
			How do I do this?

					ETANA
			Relax... just let go. You'll do
			it.

	Etana continues to rub his shoulders. He concentrates --
	sending out more bursts -- but they keep missing the
	cone. Finally, the disc drops right into the cone.

					RIKER
			Got it.

	Suddenly, Riker's entire body tenses up. A moment,
	then he relaxes and lets out a small gasp. Like he's
	experienced a brief moment of internal pleasure.

					RIKER
				(re: sensation)
			What was that?

					ETANA
			Your reward. For clearing the
			first level.

	Riker is amazed... and delighted.

          STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - TEASER          5.

5    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			How far does this game go?

					ETANA
			As far as you can take it. You
			want to try for level two?

	Riker grins -- "You bet." Four dots appear on the
	playing field. Riker focuses his attention on the
	game -- sending out the bursts. This time he wins
	quickly -- all four dots are eliminated with just a
	few bursts. As Riker lets out a gasp of even greater
	pleasure...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

          STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - ACT ONE          6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

6    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45208.2.
			Commander Riker has rejoined the
			Enterprise from Risa. And we are
			on our way to an uncharted area
			called the Phoenix Cluster.

7    INT. BRIDGE

	PICARD, DATA, WORF, and SUPERNUMERARIES at positions.
	VARIOUS CREWMEMBERS are working at the science
	stations. The bridge is alive with activity.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			We are all anticipating this
			historic first look at the
			region.

	Riker ENTERS from the turbolift, looking fit and rested.
	He heads for the command area, where Picard is working
	his armrest controls. Riker sits down at his chair,
	eager to resume his duties.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			Things are getting busy around
			here. Five more science teams
			just beamed in from the Zhukov.
			Quarters are filling up fast.

					PICARD
				(nods; concerned)
			And on top of everything, there's
			been a change. We now have only
			two weeks to complete the
			exploration.

         STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - ACT ONE         6A.

7    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Two weeks... that's not enough
			time to explore a region that
			size. I thought we had five
			weeks.

					DATA
				(to Riker)
			Starfleet has added a diplomatic
			mission to Oceanus Four.

          STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - ACT ONE          7.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker activates the information viewer next to his
	chair and scans the mission orders.

					PICARD
			Will, I'm leaving it up to you to
			make sure all science departments
			have an equal chance to complete
			their research.

					RIKER
			It'll be quite a juggling act.

	Picard tries to lighten the tone.

					PICARD
			A bit of good news, as well.
			We're to rendezvous with a
			shuttlecraft carrying Wesley
			Crusher. He's on vacation from
			the Academy.

	Riker reacts, pleasantly surprised.

					RIKER
			Wesley... good. We'll need an
			extra hand around here.

	Picard smiles -- it's clear they're both looking
	forward to seeing Wesley again.

8    INT. ENGINEERING

	It's a busy day. GEORDI and various ENGINEERING NDS
	are hard at work... including a striking young woman
	named ROBIN LEFLER, who's at an opened panel,
	organizing a pile of isolinear chips.

	Riker ENTERS and approaches Geordi.

					RIKER
			Geordi... how are you coming with
			the survey preparations?

          STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - ACT ONE          8.

8    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I'm up to my neck in observation
			schedules right now.

	Geordi takes Riker to a console, shows him a rundown
	of information.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Our biggest hurdle is sensor
			availability.

					RIKER
			Especially since two new
			exobiologists and three stellar
			cartographers joined us from the
			Zhukov.

					GEORDI
			Fifteen science teams, only two
			weeks, and one long-range array
			don't make a great combination.

					RIKER
			What about the lateral sensors?

					GEORDI
			They're booked solid for
			planetary observation.

					RIKER
			And the gamma ray scanner?

					GEORDI
			We're reprogramming it now...
				(to Robin)
			Lefler... will you join us,
			please?

	Robin sets down her work and joins the two men.

					GEORDI
			You know Robin Lefler.

					RIKER
			Of course.

					GEORDI
			Her performance around here has
			been sensational. I've decided
			to make her a mission specialist.

         STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - ACT ONE         8A.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(to Robin)
			Congratulations.

					ROBIN
			Thank you, sir.

          STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - ACT ONE          9.

8    CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			Okay, specialist -- what's our
			sensor status?

	Robin takes a deep breath -- this is her first time
	reporting to high-level officers -- but she's
	confident.

					ROBIN
			We're increasing the available
			bandwidth... so more science
			teams can use the sensors at
			once. We figured out a way to do
			it by multiplexing the array.

					RIKER
			Will it be ready by the time we
			arrive?

					ROBIN
			Yessir. You can count on it.

	Riker looks pleased.

					RIKER
			Keep it up, Lefler.

	Robin smiles, nods, returns to her work. Geordi moves
	to another console. Riker follows him...

					RIKER
			Geordi... I brought something
			back from Risa. You've got to
			try it.

					GEORDI
			I'd love to. But I'm running a
			full sensor recalibration in ten
			minutes. Can it wait?

					RIKER
			Sure. I'll catch up with you
			later.

	Geordi's already reabsorbed in his work. A beat, then
	Riker EXITS...

9    INT. TEN FORWARD

	Troi is sitting alone in a corner, contemplating a
	large and luscious chocolate fudge sundae.

         STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - ACT ONE         9A.

9    CONTINUED:

	She carefully removes the cherry and sets it beside
	the dish. Slowly, she spoons off first bite. Riker
	walks up behind her.

         STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - ACT ONE         10.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(re: sundae)
			Chocolate ice cream. Chocolate
			fudge. Chocolate chips. You're
			not depressed, are you?

	Troi reacts, a little embarrassed about being caught
	with the large dessert.

					TROI
			I'm fine, Commander.

					RIKER
				(re: sundae)
			Did you want to be alone with
			that?

					TROI
			No. You can join us.

	Riker sits down. Troi offers him the spoonful. He
	declines.

					RIKER
			I don't like fudge.

					TROI
			Really. I never met a chocolate
			I didn't like.

	Troi takes the bite... and her expression turns
	serious, like she's analyzing something in her mind.

					RIKER
			Doesn't it taste good?

					TROI
			Of course it does. But it's not
			just a matter of taste. It's the
			whole experience.

	Riker is curious. Troi demonstrates, an expert on the
	subject.

					TROI
			First you spoon the fudge from
			around the rim... leaving only
			ice cream in the middle...
				(eats a bite)
			Then gently spoon the ice cream
			around the sides, like you're
			sculpting it...
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/30/91 - ACT ONE         11.

9    CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI (cont'd)
				(another bite)
			Relish every bite. Make every
			one an event. And on the last
			bite, close your eyes...

	She closes her eyes and eats a spoonful.

					RIKER
			I never knew it was a ritual.

					TROI
			Chocolate is a serious thing.

	Riker leans close to her, speaks in an intimate tone
	of voice.

					RIKER
			You know... I brought something
			back from Risa. It's better than
			chocolate.

					TROI
			Oh... what is it?

	A beat. Riker's response is almost a tease.

					RIKER
			Just a game.

	OFF Troi's intrigued expression...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

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         STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - ACT TWO         12.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

10   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	O'BRIEN at the controls. WESLEY CRUSHER MATERIALIZES
	on the transporter stage. He wears a Starfleet
	Academy Cadet uniform, and carries a travel bag. He
	looks a little more mature. At the sight of O'Brien,
	he smiles and steps down off the stage.

					WESLEY
			Chief O'Brien!

					O'BRIEN
			Welcome back, Wesley.

	They shake hands.

					WESLEY
			Congratulations on little Molly.

					O'BRIEN
				(proud)
			Thanks. Wait till you see her --
			she's the spitting image of her
			dad.

	Wesley smiles, then looks around the room, suddenly
	aware that no one else is present.

					WESLEY
			So... where is everyone? Is my
			mom around?

					O'BRIEN
			The senior staff is holding a
			meeting. You're supposed to go
			to your mother's quarters.

	The statement catches Wesley offguard -- he was
	expecting a warmer welcome.

					WESLEY
			Oh. Well, do you think it'd be
			alright if I stopped by... just
			to say hi?

	O'Brien thinks a moment.

         STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - ACT TWO         13.

10   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			I'll check.
				(taps console)
			Chief O'Brien to bridge.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Bridge here.

					O'BRIEN
			Wesley Crusher has arrived and
			wants to know if he can stop by
			the observation lounge...
				(beat)
			To say "hi".

	A long beat.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			That is acceptable.

	O'Brien looks to Wesley, who's somewhat disturbed by
	the chilly reception he's receiving.

					WESLEY
			Thanks.

	O'Brien nods. Wesley EXITS...

11   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	The room is dark. The doors slide open and Wesley
	ENTERS. A beat, then the lights come on and several
	VOICES call out in greeting -- "Hello! Welcome home!"

12   REVEAL SCENE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Troi, Worf, Geordi and BEVERLY
	all in the room. A large cake sits on the table.

	Wesley is surprised.

					BEVERLY
				(hugging Wesley)
			Welcome home.

					WESLEY
			Thanks, Mom.

	Picard gives Wesley a firm handshake.

					PICARD
			Wesley...

       STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT TWO       14.

12   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Captain...

					PICARD
			Quomodo tua Latinitas est?
			(How's your Latin?)

	Wesley thinks for a moment, then responds --

					WESLEY
			Praestat quam prius. (It's
			better than before.)

					PICARD
			Oppido bonum. (Very good.) Your
			Latin has improved.

	Wesley smiles. Troi comes over and gives Wesley a
	kiss on the cheek.

					TROI
			You're looking very handsome.

					BEVERLY
			You do that cadet uniform
			justice, Wesley.

					GEORDI
			Bet you drive the girls wild.

	Wesley looks embarrassed. Worf, who's been busy
	serving the cake, offers Wesley a piece. The cake
	looks dark and heavy.

					WORF
				(re: cake)
			Tarvokian pound cake. I made it
			myself.

					WESLEY
			Thanks, Worf.

	Wesley takes the plate and his arm falls slightly from
	the weight of it -- the cake literally weighs a pound.
	He takes a bite, reacts to the richness of the cake.
	During the scene, cake is served all around, everyone
	holding their little plates. People start to mingle,
	branching off into small groups...

         STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - ACT TWO         15.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Wesley -- was our attempt to make
			you uncomfortable effective?

					WESLEY
			You bet it was. For a second
			there, I thought I was on the
			wrong ship.

	Laughter all around -- the satisfaction of a practical
	joke well-played.

					DATA
			And you found the deception
			pleasurable?

					WESLEY
			Well... yeah. It's fun to be
			surprised.

	Data looks intrigued by the idea.

					RIKER
				(with humor)
			Are you here to work or play,
			Mister Crusher?

					WESLEY
			Sir?

					RIKER
			I know you're on vacation.
			You'll probably want to sleep
			late, and go to the holodeck.
			But if you'd like to help out, we
			could use an extra hand in
			preparing for the Phoenix Cluster
			survey.

	Wesley looks charged by the idea.

					WESLEY
			That'd be great, sir.

       STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT TWO       16.

12   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			After you're settled, come down
			to engineering. We'll get you
			started.

					WESLEY
			Aye sir.

	As the party continues...

12A  NEW ANGLE

	On Beverly and Troi, conversing at the far end of the
	table. Beverly is looking at Troi with an intrigued
	expression.

					BEVERLY
			What kind of game?

					TROI
			Come by my quarters, and I'll
			show it to you...

	As Troi smiles...

12B  INT. CORRIDOR

	Data and Wesley ENTER the corridor and walk
	together...

					DATA
			Have you found the Academy
			challenging, Wesley?

					WESLEY
			After the Enterprise, I thought
			it would be a breeze... but
			there's a lot more to learn
			besides starship operations.
				(beat)
			How was your first year?

					DATA
			Although I did extremely well
			scholastically, my lack of Human
			understanding often created
			social obstacles.

					WESLEY
			Like what?

       STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 9/3/91 - ACT TWO       16A.

12B  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I particularly recall a
			phenomenon called practical
			jokes, several of which I fell
			victim to.

					WESLEY
			Tell me about it. My first week
			there, a guy named Adam Martoni
			reprogrammed the sonic shower to
			cover me with mud. It took me a
			while, but I got him back pretty
			good...

					DATA
			I also found social gatherings
			difficult. There was one event,
			an Academy tradition, something
			called the Sadie Hawkins Dance.

					WESLEY
			Yeah... they still hold it every
			year.

					DATA
			It was a notably awkward
			experience.

					WESLEY
				(smiles)
			Don't worry, Data... I can't
			dance either.

					DATA
			Really? Your mother is quite an
			expert. She recently taught me.

					WESLEY
			Yeah, I know. "The Dancing
			Doctor." She tried to teach me.
			I just don't seem to have the
			knack.

					DATA
			I would be happy to give you
			lessons while you are here on
			vacation. I have created a
			comprehensive seventeen part
			course with some interesting
			holographic dancing partners.
			Several members of the crew have
			become quite proficient...

       STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 9/3/91 - ACT TWO       16B.

12B  CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
				(interrupts)
			I'll let you know, Data.

	As they continue down the corridor...

13   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the ship goes INTO WARP.

14   INT. ENGINEERING

	The Engineering NDs are hard at work. Robin is
	absent. Geordi and Wesley are working at a control
	panel.

         STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - ACT TWO         17.

14   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			I'll try modifying the planetary
			scanners.

					GEORDI
			Just make sure we keep enough
			data lines open for stellar
			physics.

					WESLEY
			No problem. I'll compress the
			signal flow...

	Wesley works the console. Geordi looks satisfied,
	moves off to another part of engineering.

15   NEW ANGLE

	Robin ENTERS, carrying some small equipment. As she
	crosses the room, she notices Wesley...

16   ON WESLEY

	looking frustrated, stuck on some sort of problem.

					WESLEY
				(to himself, re:
				 console)
			Now why won't these register... ?

					ROBIN (O.S.)
			You might try calibrating them
			manually.

	Wesley looks up, sees Robin standing over him. He's
	surprised by her presence -- and her beauty -- but
	maintains his cool.

					WESLEY
			Excuse me?

					ROBIN
			The detectors. They tend to get
			temperamental. Try calibrating
			them by hand.

					WESLEY
				(studies console)
			Are you kidding? It's gotta be
			done by the computer.

         STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - ACT TWO         18.

16   CONTINUED:

					ROBIN
			No, it doesn't. Here...

	Robin leans over and enters some commands into the
	console. After a beat, she looks satisfied.

					ROBIN
				(continuing)
			This subroutine will let you do
			it from the panel...

	She demonstrates by rapidly tapping two buttons on
	Wesley's panel. Wesley watches with interest.

					ROBIN
				(continuing)
			Law Seventeen -- When all else
			fails, do it yourself.

	Wesley thinks a beat -- "What the hell?" He starts
	working the console... and reacts with surprise.

					WESLEY
			It's working...

	He turns to Robin, amazed.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			Thanks.

					ROBIN
			Sure.

	Robin turns to go...

					WESLEY
			I'm Wesley, by the way... Wesley
			Crusher.

	Robin turns to him.

					ROBIN
				(matter of factly)
			I know. Just came back from the
			Academy.

					WESLEY
			That's right.

					ROBIN
				(extends a hand)
			Robin Lefler.

         STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - ACT TWO         18A.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

	They shake hands. There's an electrifying moment when
	they touch -- an instant attraction between them. The
	handshake goes on just for a little too long...

					WESLEY
			Hi.

       STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 9/23/91 - ACT TWO       19.

16   CONTINUED: (3)

					ROBIN
			Hi.

	Wesley's console sounds a small warning ALARM.

					ROBIN
				(re: console)
			Your neutrinos are drifting.

					WESLEY
			What? Oh!

	Wesley rushes to the console to make some quick
	adjustments. Robin can't suppress a laugh at the
	sight. Wesley glances up at her, embarrassed... but
	gives in to the humor of the moment. As they exchange
	a smile...

16A  INT. BRIDGE

	Still a busy environment, with various supernumeraries
	tending to their work. Data ENTERS and goes to
	Geordi, who is at a science station.

					DATA
			A conflict has started between
			the planetary evolution team and
			the stellar physicists. Both
			wish to use the thermal imaging
			array first.

					GEORDI
			Well... tell them to flip a coin.
			They've got to cooperate on this
			mission, or we'll never get it
			done.

					DATA
			A coin. Very good. I will
			replicate one immediately.

	Data moves to the turbolift.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Crusher to Data.

					DATA
			Go ahead, Doctor.

       STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 9/3/91 - ACT TWO       19A.

16A  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Do you have a minute to join me
			in sickbay?

					DATA
			Yes, Doctor. I am on my way.

	Data enters the turbolift -- and as the doors close...

17   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly is working at a medical station. Data ENTERS.

					DATA
			You wanted to see me, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			Yes, Data. I need your help with
			something.

	Data joins her at the station. She hands him a PADD
	and a tricorder.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			I'm running a new experiment on
			bioactive silicon. Would you
			reprogram the tricorder to these
			specifications?

					DATA
			Certainly.

					BEVERLY
			Sorry to bother you with this,
			but I need it done quickly.

	Data stands at a station and begins to reprogram the
	tricorder. Beverly stops close behind him.

       STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT TWO       20.

17   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			It does not bother me. In fact,
			I am happy to --

	Without warning, Beverly reaches for Data's back and
	DEACTIVATES him. Data instantly slumps onto the
	console, unconscious.

18   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Riker and Troi ENTER from an adjoining room. Their
	faces are expressionless as they quickly move to Data.
	Without a word, they drag Data to a nearby examination
	table and lay him on top of it.

					RIKER
			Computer -- secure sickbay.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			All entries to sickbay are
			secured.

	Riker and Troi start to open a small PANEL on Data's
	head. Beverly reveals a small medical CUTTING TOOL.
	It is clear that they intend to tamper with Data.
	Beverly activates the tool -- a pinpoint LASER emits
	from its tip. As she moves the tool toward Data's
	head...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT THREE      21.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

18A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At warp speed.

18B  INT. READY ROOM

	Picard and Wesley sitting on the couch, talking.
	Picard is serving tea.

					WESLEY
			Let's see... I had Novakovich for
			anthropology... and Horne for
			creative writing...

					PICARD
			Walter Horne... is he still
			teaching?

					WESLEY
			And you'll be happy to know, I
			took your advice. The first week
			I was there, I went to meet
			Boothby.

	The news strikes a personal chord in Picard -- he
	looks pleased.

					PICARD
			Is he still tending the
			grounds... or has age finally
			caught up with him?

					WESLEY
			Not that I can tell. He took me
			on a grand tour... showed me
			every single blade of grass,
			practically.

					PICARD
			I got the very same tour...

					WESLEY
			Sir... what do the initials S-P
			stand for?

	Picard thinks -- it seems to ring a bell.

					PICARD
			S-P...

      STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT THREE      21A.

18B  CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Boothby said he once found you
			carving those initials into his
			prized elm tree.

	Picard reacts, the memory coming back to him. He
	looks a little embarrassed.

					PICARD
			Oh... just an old acquaintance.

	Picard considers Wesley for a moment.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Wesley. If you meet someone
			whose initials you might want to
			carve into the elm tree, try not
			to let it interfere with your
			studies.
				(beat)
			I failed organic chemistry
			because of S-P.

	They exchange a smile.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Crusher to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Doctor.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			I need you in sickbay
			immediately.

					PICARD
			On my way.

	Picard and Wesley EXIT...

19   INT. SICKBAY

	Riker and Beverly are standing near a bio-bed, where
	Data is now laid out, unconscious. Picard and Geordi
	have joined the group. Geordi is examining an opened
	panel on Data's head. Riker and Beverly seem
	perfectly normal here -- even though we know they are
	lying.

      STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT THREE      21B.

19   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(re: Data)
			He came in to complain about a
			servo malfunction. My scans were
			coming out negative. And then he
			just... collapsed.

					PICARD
			What have you found?

					BEVERLY
			His biosystems and positronic
			functions seem to check out. And
			his power cells are active...

	Geordi taps a region of Data's exposed circuitry --
	and Data's arm jerks slightly. Geordi is perplexed by
	Data's condition.

					GEORDI
			From what I can tell, his higher
			functions are intact. But the
			signals aren't getting from his
			brain to the rest of his body.
			It's like he's in a coma.

	A beat as they absorb the situation.

					RIKER
			Data performs self-diagnostic
			routines on a regular basis. We
			should take a look at his logs --
			they might tell us something.

					GEORDI
			I recommend searching his
			quarters, as well. You never
			know what might turn up.

      STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/30/91 - ACT THREE      22.

19   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Agreed. Continue your analysis.
			Keep me informed.

	Picard EXITS. Geordi continues to work on Data. OFF
	Beverly and Riker, who exchange a small glance...

19A  INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Geordi is busy at Data's work station. Riker stops
	behind him, holding a tricorder. They've been working
	a while, with little luck.

					RIKER
				(re: tricorder)
			Standard security sweep shows
			nothing out of the ordinary.

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			Personal logs, diagnostics, duty
			logs... they all look normal. No
			evidence of anything leading to
			Data's shutdown.

					RIKER
				(lightly)
			Maybe we should ask his cat.

	A beat as they consider further options -- they've hit
	a dead end. Geordi pushes away from the desk, still
	concerned about his friend.

					GEORDI
			I'd better get back to sickbay.
			See if there's any change in his
			condition...

					RIKER
			Doctor Crusher's got a handle on
			it, Geordi. You'd be the first
			person she'd call...

					GEORDI
			I guess so...

	Geordi is weary and frustrated. Riker tries to soothe
	him with a comforting tone.

					RIKER
			Looks to me like you need a
			break... unwind a little.

     STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/30/91 - ACT THREE     22A.

19A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Maybe you're right.

					RIKER
			I know just the thing.
				(beat)
			Why don't you meet me in Ten
			Forward? I've got something I
			want you to try.

	Geordi looks up at Riker... nods, then stands to join
	him. As Riker smiles...

20   INT. ENGINEERING

	Wesley and Robin together in Geordi's office, plugging
	isolinear chips into an opened control panel. They've
	been working a while -- and have relaxed around each
	other. Robin is easy-going... while Wesley is more
	serious. It makes for a playful dynamic.

					WESLEY
			Conduits twelve and twenty-two
			are still down for testing.

					ROBIN
			We can re-route through junction
			fourteen B...

	Robin fits a chip into place. Wesley watches with
	interest.

					WESLEY
			You have a funny way of looking
			at conduit configuration. But it
			works.

					ROBIN
			Law Thirty-Six -- You gotta go
			with what works.

					WESLEY
			What are these laws you keep
			talking about?

					ROBIN
			My own personal laws. When I
			learn something essential, I make
			up a law about it. That way, I
			never forget.

					WESLEY
			How many laws do you have?

     STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/30/91 - ACT THREE     22B.

20   CONTINUED:

					ROBIN
			One hundred and two... so far.

	Wesley considers, intrigued by Robin's way of
	thinking. Robin reacts to the console.

      STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT THREE      23.

20   CONTINUED:

					ROBIN
			Looks like the starboard array
			needs another subprocessor.

	She moves to check it out but Wesley stops her.

					WESLEY
			Don't worry, it'll be on-line in
			a few minutes. I'm way ahead of
			you.

					ROBIN
			They said you were good.

	They continue working.

					WESLEY
			Why do I get the feeling you
			already know me?

					ROBIN
				(shrugs)
			I have a couple of friends at the
			Academy. Your name's come up a
			few times.

	Wesley's not sure he likes the sound of this.

					ROBIN
				(continuing; laughs)
			That was some prank you pulled on
			Adam Martoni in the physics lab.
			I just want to know how you got
			the antimatter regulator to spray
			chili sauce.

	Wesley can hardly believe she actually knows about
	that.

					WESLEY
				(awkward)
			Uh... there's another side to
			that story...

					ROBIN
			And is it true about your
			birthmark?

	Wesley is embarrassed. Robin chuckles again.
	Clearly, she enjoys making him squirm. She starts to
	close the control panel. Wesley gives her a hand.

      STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT THREE      24.

20   CONTINUED: (3)

					WESLEY
			This isn't fair. I know nothing
			about you.

					ROBIN
			Law Forty-six -- Life isn't
			always...

					WESLEY
			... isn't always fair. I know
			that law.

	They finish with the control panel. Wesley stands.

					WESLEY
			I've gotta go work on the sensor
			relays. But later, I want a
			chance to even the score.
				(beat)
			Ten Forward, nineteen hundred
			hours. Will you join me for
			coffee?

	Robin considers.

					ROBIN
			No.
				(beat)
			But I'll join you for dinner.

	She smiles. A beat, then Wesley smiles too...

21   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	coming out of warp near the PHOENIX CLUSTER, a dense
	and glittering expanse of bluish-white stars.

					PICARD (v.o.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. We
			have arrived at the Phoenix
			Cluster, but it will take us
			several hours to determine the
			best possible location from which
			to conduct our survey. In the
			meantime, Commander Data's
			condition remains unchanged, with
			no further indication as to the
			cause of his breakdown.

      STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT THREE      24A.

22   INT. BEVERLY'S QUARTERS

	BEVERLY'S POV - THE GAME (OPTICAL)

	A point of view of the room, with the familiar GAME
	OVERLAY superimposed on the scene. The gridlike
	playing field is at an advanced level, with dozens of
	cones and discs buzzing all around. Discs are
	dropping into cones left and right -- the game is
	obviously being played well.

117:[1,#b]
        STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - ACT THREE        25.

23   ON BEVERLY

	playing the game. She is reclining in a chair,
	wearing the game headset. Her eyes are open, and
	she's letting out tiny gasps of pleasure...

24   NEW ANGLE

	As the doors slide open and Wesley ENTERS looking
	rushed. He stops at the sight of his mother playing
	the game.

					WESLEY
			Mom?

25   INCLUDE BEVERLY

	as she is startled out of the game. She removes the
	headset, flushed and out of breath. And a little
	embarrassed at having been caught with the game.

					BEVERLY
			Wesley...

					WESLEY
			What are you doing?

	An awkward beat.

					BEVERLY
				(re: game)
			I'm embarrassed to say this was
			meant for you. But it's so much
			fun, I couldn't resist.

					WESLEY
			What is it?

					BEVERLY
			A game. Will Riker brought it
			back from Risa.

	Beverly stands, steps around her desk and approaches
	him...

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Everybody's playing it. Would
			you like to try?

	Wesley eyes the game.

      STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT THREE      26.

25   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Maybe later.
				(beat)
			Any word on Data?

					BEVERLY
			Geordi's still working on him.
			He's going to be fine.

					WESLEY
			Maybe I should give Geordi a
			hand...

					BEVERLY
			No, Wes. This is your vacation.
			You're doing more than enough
			already.

					WESLEY
			I guess you're right.

	Wesley crosses through an adjoining doorway that leads
	to the guest quarters...

26   INT. GUEST QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	Wesley ENTERS, walks to a closet. Beverly follows,
	game in hand. She tries to engage him in a playful
	tone...

					BEVERLY
			Are you in a hurry?

					WESLEY
			Well, actually... I'm running
			behind schedule for a dinner
			date.

					BEVERLY
			Really. With who?

					WESLEY
			Robin Lefler -- from engineering.

					BEVERLY
			Why don't you invite her over?
			We can all play the game
			together. I'll replicate a
			couple more.

					WESLEY
			Mom...

      STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT THREE      27.

26   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(sweetly)
			Sorry. I just want to spend some
			time together while you're here.

					WESLEY
			We'll spend lots of time
			together. I promise.

					BEVERLY
				(smiles warmly)
			Okay.
				(beat)
			Come on, just one game. Try it
			on for size...

	She moves close to Wesley, raises the game toward his
	head, starts to hook it around his ear... Wesley
	gently pulls away, uneasy about the advance. Beverly
	backs off. This is getting awkward. Wesley doesn't
	understand why Beverly's so pushy about the game. He
	pulls a civilian shirt out of the closet.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			I need to change now.

	A beat. Beverly heads for the door.

					BEVERLY
			Have a good time.

					WESLEY
			Thanks.

	Wesley watches as Beverly EXITS...

27   WESLEY'S POV

	of Beverly entering her adjacent room. She sets the
	game down on the desk.

28   RESUME

	Wesley starts to change his clothes. OFF his uneasy
	expression...

29   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Wesley and Robin at a table, immersed in dinner
	conversation...

      STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT THREE      28.

29   CONTINUED:

					ROBIN
			When your parents are the only
			exobiologists in the sector, you
			do a lot of travelling around.
			Base to base to base...
				(beat)
			After a while, I felt like a
			piece of luggage.

	Wesley smiles, absorbed in her story.

					ROBIN
				(continuing)
			I spent most of my time around
			technical gear. My very first
			friend was a tricorder.

	Wesley can relate.

					WESLEY
			Really? Mine was a warp coil.

	They share a laugh. There's a relationship forming
	here -- it shows in the way the laughter comes so
	easily between them.

					ROBIN
			My parents weren't around much.
			Even when I needed them... their
			work always came first. That's
			how I learned my first law. Law
			One -- The only person you can
			rely on is yourself.

	A quiet beat.

					WESLEY
			Sounds lonely.

	Robin glances up at him, a flicker of sadness crossing
	her face that says yes, it's lonely. For an instant,
	she looks fragile. Wesley tries to comfort her.

					WESLEY
			And now you're here.

					ROBIN
			Now I'm here.

					WESLEY
			I'm glad.

        STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - ACT THREE        29.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

	It's clear that Robin appreciates those words. She
	laughs and tries to brighten the mood.

					ROBIN
			You wouldn't believe what's
			happening in engineering.
			Commander La Forge and the
			others... they're crazy about
			this new game.

					WESLEY
			Game?

					ROBIN
			Some Risian gadget. A little
			thing that fits over your ear.

					WESLEY
			Have you played it?

					ROBIN
			Not yet.

	Wesley is troubled by something he can't put his
	finger on.

					WESLEY
			My mom has one. She was trying
			to get me to play it.

					ROBIN
			It's everywhere.

	Suddenly, Wesley sees something across the room...

30   WESLEY'S POV

	of a woman slipping the game onto her head. She leans
	back and starts to play the game...

31   RESUME

	Wesley and Robin react.

					ROBIN
			See what I mean?

      STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT THREE      30.

31   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			It's strange, don't you think?
			Everybody playing it all the
			time...

					ROBIN
				(shrugs)
			It's a fad. This week it's
			popular, next week we won't even
			know it existed.

					WESLEY
				(curious)
			I wonder how it works?

					ROBIN
			Why don't you try it and find
			out?

					WESLEY
			I'd want to know more about it
			first.
				(beat)
			We could hook it up to a
			computer. The medical programs
			can simulate human brain
			responses...

	Robin nods, sparking to the idea. As they stand and
	head for the door...

					ROBIN
				(on the move)
			The game uses a visual
			interface... we could connect it
			through an optical sensor...

	Together, they EXIT, still talking.

32   INT. ENGINEERING LAB (OPTICAL)

	A small room with a single work table. Wesley and
	Robin are disassembling the game, which is propped up
	on a stand. They are connecting cables and sensors
	from the game's arm extension to a sensor pad.
	Clearly, this is fun for them.

      STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT THREE      31.

32   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Okay... I've loaded the
			neurological behavior program.

	Robin taps a key and the wall MONITOR displays a
	COMPUTER SIMULATION of the human brain. Wesley
	finishes making his connection.

					WESLEY
			This sensor pad should allow the
			computer to process whatever
			information the game throws at
			it.

					ROBIN
			Let's see what happens...

	Robin types in a command at the console. The game
	sends out TWO TINY LASERS (the effects seen in the
	Teaser), which are absorbed by a sensor pad. Various
	lights activate on the game. The brain diagram lights
	up at the visual cortex.

					ROBIN
			It's activating the reticular
			formation...

					WESLEY
				(off console)
			Heavy synaptic activity... all
			over the place...

	The lasers vanish. The brain diagram begins to
	sparkle and blink, especially in the frontal region.

					ROBIN
			I wonder what happens after
			prolonged exposure...

					WESLEY
			Speed up the processor and we'll
			find out.

	Wesley works the console -- and two areas in the
	frontal lobe light up with intense activity.

					ROBIN
				(continuing)
			The effects are centered in the
			frontal lobe.

     STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT THREE     31A.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			Computer, enhance frontal lobe --
			full spectrum.

	One of the two bright spots in the frontal region
	glows with a deep red color.

					ROBIN
			It's stimulating the septal
			area...

					WESLEY
			... The pleasure center of the
			brain. Whatever this game does,
			it must feel pretty good.

					ROBIN
				(with humor)
			No wonder it's popular.

	Wesley studies the console -- concerned about
	something.

					WESLEY
			Wait a second... look at this.
			Serotonin levels are way off.
			Let's do a neurochemical
			analysis...

      STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT THREE      32.

32   CONTINUED: (3)

	They start to work the console with renewed interest --
	they're on to something important here. They watch
	the blinking brain diagram a moment... astonished by
	the sight...

					ROBIN
			I'm seeing widespread bonding to
			neuroreceptors...

					WESLEY
			Correct me if I'm wrong, but this
			looks like a psychotropic
			reaction.

					ROBIN
			Are you saying you think the
			game's addictive?

	Wesley throws her a dead serious look. He works the
	console -- the second bright spot on the frontal lobe
	begins to flash...

					WESLEY
				(points)
			What's going on in the prefrontal
			cortex?

					ROBIN
			Doesn't that area control higher
			reasoning?

					WESLEY
			Yeah... it sure does.

	They work the console -- and the two spots in the
	frontal lobe blink faster in unison. They watch for
	a moment...

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			I'd better talk to the captain.

        STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - ACT THREE        33.

33   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is working at a terminal. The door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	The doors slide open and Wesley ENTERS.

					WESLEY
			Sorry to bother you, Captain.

					PICARD
			No bother at all, Wesley,
			please...

	Picard indicates a chair. Wesley sits, looking
	concerned.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			How are the survey preparations
			coming along?

					WESLEY
			Fine, sir... but that's not why
			I'm here.

					PICARD
			Oh... why then?

	A beat as Wesley decides on the right approach...

					WESLEY
			There's a game going around...
			something Commander Riker brought
			back from Risa. A little device
			that hooks around the ear...

					PICARD
			Yes, I've seen it.

					WESLEY
			I did some preliminary tests on
			the game. What I found leads me
			to believe it may have harmful
			side effects. Specifically sir --
			I think it's psychotropically
			addictive.

	Picard considers the revelation. But has his doubts.

					PICARD
			Addictive... What have you
			discovered?

      STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT THREE      34.

33   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			The game initiates a serotonin
			cascade in the frontal lobe of
			the brain. Now I know that's
			nothing conclusive... but it
			could be the reason people are so
			attracted to it.

	Picard looks troubled, starting to share Wesley's
	concern.

					WESLEY
			And at the same time, it seems to
			be stimulating the brain's
			reasoning center... I don't know
			what that's all about...

					PICARD
			We'll start an investigation
			immediately. Thank you, Mister
			Crusher.

	Wesley nods and stands, turns for the door...

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			And Wesley...

	Wesley stops, turns to Picard.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Good to have you back.

					WESLEY
			Thank you, sir.

	Wesley EXITS. After a beat, Picard leans back in his
	chair... reaches for something behind his desk... and
	reveals the game. He puts on the headset, pulls the
	arm extension in front of his eyes...

        STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - ACT THREE        35.

34   CLOSE ON PICARD'S EYES (OPTICAL)

	as TWO LASERS make contact with his pupils, then
	vanish.

35
thru	OMITTED
37

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT FOUR           36.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

38   INT. ENTERPRISE - TEN FORWARD

38A  POV - THE GAME (OPTICAL)

	A view of Ten Forward, with the game overlay visible.
	Hundreds of discs and cones crowd the playing grid...
	large numbers of discs dropping into cones all at
	once...

38B  REVEAL SCENE

	O'Brien is the one playing the game. Standing near
	Robin's table, he half turns to Robin, absorbed in the
	game.

					O'BRIEN
				(to Robin)
			Have you tried this?

	Robin eyes the game, leery.

					ROBIN
				(lying)
			I've tried it, thanks. It's
			great.

	O'BRIEN wanders away. Robin watches as he sits down
	and continues to play...

					WESLEY (o.s.)
			Robin...

	Robin jumps, mildly startled. Wesley sits down.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			Sorry.

					ROBIN
				(low)
			Where have you been? Everyone's
			been after me to play.

					WESLEY
			Me too. I was stopped twice in
			the corridor.
					(MORE)

             STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - ACT FOUR             37.

38B  CONTINUED:

					WESLEY (cont'd)
				(beat)
			I spoke with Captain Picard.
			He's going to look into it.

	They glance around Ten Forward -- almost everyone
	there is playing.

					ROBIN
			I hope he makes a shipwide
			announcement or something...
				(beat)
			This is starting to give me the
			creeps.

	A WOMAN stops at their table.

					WOMAN
			Did you forget your games?

					ROBIN
				(to woman)
			We left them in our quarters.

	The woman looks dubious.

					WOMAN
			Well then... you can use mine.

	The woman offers the game.

					ROBIN
			No thanks...

	The woman sits down.

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT FOUR          38.

38B  CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
				(stern)
			She said no thanks.

	The woman backs off, eyebrows raised, and walks away.
	Wesley and Robin exchange a look -- this is getting
	more bizarre by the second.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			There's something else bothering
			me about all this -- if the game
			is addictive... there's only one
			person on the ship we can be sure
			wouldn't be affected by it...

					ROBIN
			Data.

					WESLEY
			Right. And he just happened to
			get injured at the same time this
			game was brought on board.

	A beat as they consider the implications.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			I think we should take a look at
			him.

	OFF their concern...

39   INT. SICKBAY

	Robin is peering out from around a corner in sickbay,
	trying to look inconspicuous. She's checking to see
	what the nurse is up to.

40   ROBIN'S POV

	of a NURSE standing in another part of sickbay -- he's
	wearing the game on his head, completely absorbed in
	playing it, oblivious to anything else.

             STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - ACT FOUR            38A.

40A  RESUME

	Robin watches a beat, then ducks back around the
	corner to where Data is laid out on a bio-bed, his
	head panel open, a diagnostic viewscreen nearby.
	Wesley is in the middle of examining the android with
	a medical tricorder.

					ROBIN
				(low)
			The nurse is still playing the
			game.

	Wesley is confounded by Data's condition.

					WESLEY
				(re: Data)
			I don't know what to make of
			this. There's brain activity...
			all his systems seem to be
			working.

					ROBIN
			How can that be? He's
			unconscious.

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT FOUR          39.

40A  CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			There might be a signal breach
			somewhere... between his brain
			and his body. Let's map his
			nervous system... see if we can
			isolate a weak link...

	Wesley presses a command into the tricorder... then
	begins to move the wand carefully over Data's body.
	Up his legs... down his arms...

	Robin watches with fascination, but is nervous about
	being discovered. She listens for sounds and glances
	anxiously over her shoulder. Wesley waves the wand
	over Data's neck...

					WESLEY
			Still nothing...
				(finds something)
			Here.

	He stops the wand at a spot on Data's head.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			The signal stops here. Below his
			cognitive processor.
				(reads tricorder)
			There's some kind of damage...
			almost undetectable...
				(indicates viewscreen)
			Turn on the viewer.

	Robin goes to the viewscreen and works the console.
	Wesley makes a modification to the tricorder, then
	holds the wand steady over Data's head.

					ROBIN
				(re: viewscreen)
			Wesley, look.

									INTERCUT:

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/30/91 - ACT FOUR          40.

41   VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	It shows a microscopic view of a complex network of
	positronic FIBERS -- some of which are clearly and
	cleanly cut.

					WESLEY
			It looks like some of his
			positronic links have been
			severed.

					ROBIN
			The cuts are very precise... see
			how clean the edges are?
				(beat)
			Computer, increase magnification,
			factor four.

	The image ENLARGES -- the fiber cuts are indeed razorneat.

					WESLEY
			Only two people on board know
			enough about Data to have done
			something like this. Commander
			La Forge... and my mother.

					ROBIN
			Why would one of them do this to
			him?

					WESLEY
			Maybe there's more going on here
			than we thought. Someone could
			be trying to use the game -- for
			some purpose other than
			pleasure...

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/30/91 - ACT FOUR          41.

41   CONTINUED:

					ROBIN
			If that's the case... Data would
			have been a threat to that
			plan... but with him out of the
			way, everybody else could become
			addicted.

	They eye each other, worried as they realize the
	possible scope of the situation.

					WESLEY
			And everybody has. Except us.

	And as they feel the weight of that burden...

42   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Coming to a stop near the Phoenix Cluster.

43   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf and Troi at their stations.
	Supernumeraries as needed. Beverly and Geordi are
	also present.

					WORF
			We've reached the designated
			coordinates, Captain. There is
			a ship bearing three-two-seven
			mark one-five-two on an intercept
			course.

					PICARD
			Advise them of our status, Mister
			Worf.

	Picard turns to his senior staff. Our crew has never
	looked more capable -- there is nothing different or
	unusual about their behavior.

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT FOUR          42.

43   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Go replicate what you need. See
			that the devices are properly
			distributed.

	Everyone nods in acknowledgment.

					PICARD
				(continuing; an
				 afterthought)
			And don't forget Mister Crusher.

	A nod from Beverly. The group heads for the
	turbolift. Picard turns toward the viewscreen. OFF
	his neutral expression...

44   INT. BEVERLY'S QUARTERS

	The doors open -- Beverly and Worf ENTER, each
	carrying several of the games.

					BEVERLY
			Wesley?

	They venture further into the room.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Wesley?

	Wesley calls out, his voice distant.

					WESLEY (o.s.)
			In here, Mom.

	They look toward the adjoining guest room, then head
	for the doors, quickly, with intent...

45   INT. GUEST ROOM - CONTINUOUS

	Beverly and Worf ENTER, stop at what they see...

46   INCLUDE WESLEY AND ROBIN

	sitting on the bed, both wearing the game on their
	heads. They look engrossed in the game... letting out
	tiny gasps of pleasure.


           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT FOUR          43.

46   CONTINUED:

	Beverly and Worf watch for a moment... then exchange a
	satisfied look. They turn and EXIT.

	A few beats go by. Wesley and Robin gradually come
	out of the charade -- they remove the game headsets,
	looking alert as ever.

					ROBIN
				(re: games)
			It worked.

					WESLEY
			Better keep the mock-ups with us.
				(beat)
			We can't trust anyone now. Not
			even the captain.

					ROBIN
			I'm supposed to be on duty in
			engineering. I've gotta get back
			before Commander La Forge
			suspects something.

					WESLEY
			When you get there, start
			accessing the codes for the
			security tracking system.
			There's something I want to
			try...

	Wesley moves to a nearby desktop computer and starts
	to work. Robin stands, mock-up game in hand.

					ROBIN
			Wesley. Don't forget Law Ninety-One...

	Wesley looks at her.

					ROBIN
				(continuing)
			Always watch your back.

	Wesley nods, appreciative.

					WESLEY
			You too.

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT FOUR          44.

46   CONTINUED: (2)

	Robin exits. Wesley turns back to the computer -- and
	begins to quickly work. OFF his look of
	determination...

47   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	A SMALL ALIEN SHIP pulls up to the Enterprise.

48   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf and Beverly at their positions.

					WORF
			The vessel is approaching,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			All senior officers report to the
			bridge.
				(beat)
			On screen.

49   ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	An alien woman appears -- it's Etana, the same woman
	from the Teaser. She studies the Enterprise crew.

					ETANA
			Report.

					PICARD
			The Enterprise has been secured.
			We await your further
			instructions.

	Etana looks pleased. OFF Picard's unreadable
	expression...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT FIVE          45.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

50   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Continuous action. Picard and the bridge crew still
	looking at Etana on the viewscreen. In the
	background, Geordi and Troi ENTER, each carrying
	several of the games. They stop and watch the
	viewscreen.

	Etana sizes up our crew. The soft and sensual woman
	we saw in the Teaser is different here -- her eyes
	reveal a mean intelligence... her speech is
	clipped... expression hard.

					ETANA
			The expansion will proceed as
			follows...
				(beat)
			Commander Riker.

	Riker meets her gaze. There is no acknowledgement of
	the intimacy they once shared. Our entire crew is
	ready to support Etana in any way they can. In
	essence, they have become agents of her will.

					ETANA
				(continuing)
			Pilot a shuttlecraft to these
			coordinates...

	She punches the coordinates into a panel.

					ETANA
				(continuing)
			You will rendezvous with the
			Starship Endeavor. Resume
			distribution of the device aboard
			that vessel.

	Riker nods in understanding.

					ETANA
				(continuing)
			Commander La Forge and Counselor
			Troi... take a shuttle to
			Starbase Sixty-seven. Distribute
			the device to all starships
			currently docked there.

	Geordi and Troi nod.

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT FIVE          46.

50   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			We also have an opportunity to
			introduce the game to Starfleet
			Academy.

					ETANA
			Excellent. See to it.
				(beat)
			The Ktarians commend your
			efforts, Picard. When the
			expansion is complete... you and
			your crew will be rewarded.

	As Etana eyes the remaining crew...

50A  INT. VARIOUS CORRIDORS

	Wesley on the move, mock-up game in hand. He passes
	a crewperson, who glances at him. Wesley keeps a
	straight face, not stopping for a second...

	Wesley rounds a corner and approaches a group of
	crewpeople engaged in a hushed conversation. He
	passes them quietly and with no eye contact, trying
	not to arouse suspicion...

	He comes to turbolift doors and touches a button. A
	tense beat, then the doors open...

50B  INT. TURBOLIFT - CONTINUOUS

	Wesley ENTERS. Two crewpeople are already in the
	lift. Wesley stands between them, trying to appear
	like nothing is out of the ordinary.

					WESLEY
				(to turbolift)
			Deck thirty-six.

	The turbolift starts MOVING. A beat of silence.
	Wesley stands cool and composed. But he can't help
	but glimpse at the crewpeople to see what they're
	doing...

	One of them is looking right at Wesley. Expression
	neutral, eyes searching Wesley's face, he nods a
	slight greeting. Wesley nods in return, then looks
	straight ahead again...

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT FIVE         46A.

50B  CONTINUED:

	Both crewpeople start to scrutinize Wesley... they
	look down at his mock-up game, as if to make sure he
	has one. The tension in the room climbs a notch.
	This is the longest turbolift ride of Wesley's life...

	Finally, the doors open and Wesley promptly EXITS.

50C  INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	As Wesley walks off, breathing a sigh of relief...

51   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Robin is at a work station. Various N.D.s in
	background. Wesley ENTERS, looking harried but
	determined. He goes straight to a console and sits
	down.

					WESLEY
				(to Robin)
			I think we're gonna be okay.
			I've just got one more thing to
			do...

	Robin sits next to him at a parallel console. Wesley
	is so involved in the work that he doesn't look up at
	her.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			Help me compile the forcefield
			overrides...

	Robin watches as Wesley enters a few commands.
	Information comes up on the console.

					ROBIN
			What are you doing?

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT FIVE          47.

51   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			I created a site to site
			transporter program. If things
			get difficult, this'll keep us
			one step ahead...
				(beat)
			Did you get a chance to access
			the security tracking codes?

	A beat as Wesley works. Robin does not answer, and
	makes no effort to help him -- rather, she just sits
	there, watching him. Slowly, Wesley starts to realize
	that she's not doing anything... and he looks up at
	her.

					WESLEY
			Robin... ?

	She smiles... but the smile doesn't quite reach her
	eyes. And in one terrifying instant, it's clear:
	Robin is not herself. Her eyes shift ever-so-slightly
	from Wesley's face to a region just behind him...

	Wesley turns. Riker and Worf are standing right
	behind him. He leaps up, turns to Robin -- she's
	holding out the game.

					ROBIN
			It's your turn, Wesley. Play the
			game.

	Panicked, Wesley makes a run for it. Riker and Worf
	chase after him. Wesley races across the room...
	past the pool table... and makes a sharp turn for the
	nearest exit...

52   INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Wesley bolts into the hall, closely followed by Riker
	and Worf.

					RIKER
				(quickly)
			Computer -- activate security
			containment field on deck thirty-six,
			section fifty-two!

	A FORCEFIELD appears in the corridor, effectively
	trapping Wesley in a dead end. He stops and hits his
	communicator --

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT FIVE          48.

52   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Computer -- transport program
			Crusher One!

	Just as Riker and Worf lunge to grab him, Wesley
	DEMATERIALIZES.

53   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Wesley MATERIALIZES. He leaps down off the stage and
	races out the door...

54   INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	Wesley EXITS the transporter room and stops -- tears
	off his communicator, removes the front of it and
	tampers with the inside. Tossing the communicator to
	the floor, he takes off running down the corridor...

55   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard at command, Ensign Bloom at conn, Geordi at
	tactical. Troi and Beverly are at command.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to bridge. We've lost
			Crusher. It looks like he rigged
			a site to site transport.

	Picard is displeased.

					PICARD
			Security alert, condition three.
			Computer, shut down all
			transporter systems and shuttle
			bays.
				(continuing)
			Mister La Forge?

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT FIVE          49.

55   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			I can't track him, sir. He's
			done something to the internal
			security sensors. I'll try
			bypassing his subcommands. Hold
			on...

56   INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	Wesley moving cautiously along. He stops at an
	intersection between two corridors and kneels down.
	He reaches into his pocket and reveals a TYPE-ONE
	PHASER (a smaller version of the regular phasers) and
	presses a command into it. He lays the phaser on the
	arm rail, aiming it at the intersection.... then
	activates it. The phaser sends out a series of weak,
	sporadic BURSTS -- the tiny beams absorbed harmlessly
	into the wall.

57   INT. BRIDGE

	As before.

					GEORDI
			I'm picking up a piece of his
			trail, sir -- sensors show power
			activation in transporter room
			three. That would put him
			somewhere on deck six.

					PICARD
			Seal off deck six. Activate
			security fields on section twenty-
			three through twenty-nine.

					GEORDI
			Aye sir.

58   INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	(Same one as before.) Wesley is gone. The phaser is
	still sending out the bursts when a FORCEFIELD appears
	at the intersection. The bursts start hitting the
	forcefield.

59   INT. BRIDGE

	Geordi reacts to the console.

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/29/91 - ACT FIVE          50.

59   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			We've got him, Captain -- section
			twenty-five. It looks like he's
			trying to break through the
			forcefield with a phaser.

					PICARD
			Security to deck six, section
			twenty-five.

60   INT. ANOTHER CORRIDOR

	Wesley running along. He stops and peers around a
	corner. TWO SECURITY GUARDS are running toward him
	through the connecting corridor. Wesley ducks back
	around the corner. Waits. Looks again and the coast
	is clear. He makes a run into the corridor...

61   OMITTED

62   INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	The two security guards we've just seen arrive at the
	scene -- but Wesley is nowhere to be found. Just the
	phaser lying on the arm rail, sending out its tiny
	beams.

63   INT. ENGINEERING

	Riker, Worf, and Robin at a console, trying to track
	Wesley. N.D.s working in background.

					RIKER
			Where the hell is he?

					WORF
			I am attempting to isolate him
			with thermal sensors...

	Worf works the console.

					RIKER
			Narrow the scan field. Go deck
			by deck if you have to...

					WORF
			Unfortunately, he knows our
			procedures... he will avoid
			corridors and public areas...

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT FIVE          51.

63   CONTINUED:

	A tense beat of working the controls. Then Worf
	reacts to the console.

					WORF
			I am reading an unidentified heat
			source on deck seven, section
			twenty-three...
				(points)
			There...

	Riker and Worf exchange a knowing look. Then they
	take off running...

64   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	Wesley is crawling horizontally along the narrow
	passageway, deep in the bowels of the ship. Suddenly,
	an access hatch opens behind him -- it's Worf. The
	Klingon starts after him. It's a tense chase down the
	crawlway until...

	Wesley makes it to another hatch -- the doors open and
	Wesley jumps through the doorway into...

64A  NEW ANGLE

	in a part of the Jefferies Tube where Wesley can stand
	up (as seen in "Disaster"). He immediately presses a
	button next to the doors, and as they start to slide
	shut --

	Worf's hand stops it from the other side. The doors
	start to open, Worf's Klingon strength forcing them
	apart. Wesley frantically keeps pushing the "close"
	button. Worf reaches in with both hands, using all
	his might and it's working, he's getting the doors to
	open all the way. Wesley rushes across to another set
	of doors. He hits the unlocking code into a panel...
	the doors open and...

	Riker on the other side. Wesley leaps back, startled.
	Riker quickly steps through the hatch toward Wesley.
	Wesley wavers between Riker and Worf, panicked about
	what to do next, but there is no escape. He's
	trapped.

65   INT. BRIDGE

	The turbolift doors open and Riker and Worf ENTER,
	Wesley in tow between them -- they've each got an arm.

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT FIVE         51A.

65   CONTINUED:

	Wesley struggles against their iron grips, to no
	avail.

	Wesley is dragged to the command area, where Picard
	and Beverly step over to him. Wesley can hardly
	believe his eyes. Here's the Enterprise crew, all
	looking and speaking like their normal selves -- but
	their actions utterly alien. It's a chilling
	predicament -- and Wesley never stops resisting.

					PICARD
			You gave us quite a chase, Mister
			Crusher.

	Wesley is silent, glaring. Worf puts a little extra
	squeeze on Wesley's arm. Wesley reacts.

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT FIVE           52.

65   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(to Beverly)
			Doctor Crusher...

	Beverly walks over and hands Picard the game. Wesley
	eyes it with utter dread. Picard moves it toward
	Wesley's head. Wesley struggles like crazy...

					PICARD
			Hold him steady.

	Worf steadies Wesley's head with a massive hand.
	Beverly looks at Wesley with a soft expression, tries
	to comfort him.

					BEVERLY
			It's okay, Wesley. It doesn't
			hurt. You'll like it. I promise
			you...

	Picard hooks the game securely around Wesley's ear.
	He pulls the arm extension in front of Wesley's eyes.
	Wesley shuts his eyes tight, refusing.

					WESLEY
			No...

					PICARD
				(a command)
			His eyes.

	Riker reaches in and forces Wesley's eyes open.
	Picard activates the game, which comes alive with tiny
	lights.

66   CLOSE ON WESLEY'S EYES (OPTICAL)

	The game sends out two thin LASERS -- and they make
	contact with Wesley's pupils. Wesley tenses up. The
	lasers vanish. Wesley's struggling starts to
	subside...

									INTERCUT:

67   WESLEY'S POV - THE GAME (OPTICAL)

	A view of the bridge -- with the familiar GAME OVERLAY
	superimposed on top. The playing field has a cone and
	a disc coasting across it. Picard and Beverly are
	visible beyond the overlay, looking straight at us.

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT FIVE           53.

67   CONTINUED:

	The disc starts to skitter about, but it misses the
	cone. Wesley's strength is sapping...

					WESLEY
			No...

	The disc moves faster, closer to hitting the cone.
	Then finally, the disc drops right into the cone.

	Wesley's body tenses up. Then he relaxes, letting out
	a small gasp of pleasure. He slumps a little,
	succumbing to the game. It looks hopeless.

					BEVERLY
			That's it, Wesley... just let
			yourself go...

	Suddenly, the bridge lights GO OUT. Darkness.
	Confusion.

68   NEW ANGLE

	on the turbolift doors opening. A tall FIGURE steps out
	of the brightly-lit interior -- a dramatic silhouette
	against the light. As the doors close, the figure
	raises up an arm, aiming a device toward the room,
	causing --

	A series of BRIGHT WHITE FLASHES OF LIGHT. The effect
	is blinding and erratic, like a flashbulb going off in
	the darkness. With each flash of light, we see faces,
	reactions:

	-- FLASH! Picard and Beverly react, wide-eyed and
	stunned, the light blinding them.

	-- FLASH! FLASH! Worf and Riker fall back, hands in
	front of their eyes, the light causing them pain.

	-- FLASH! Troi and Geordi stumble back, dazzled by
	the light.

	A beat of darkness, then...

					DATA (o.s.)
			Computer, resume normal
			illumination.

             STAR TREK: "The Game" - 8/23/91 - ACT FIVE            53A.

69   ANGLE - DATA

	As the bridge lights come BACK ON. Data is standing
	in the turbolift doorway, holding a palm beacon that's
	been modified to send out flashes of light.

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT FIVE           54.

69   CONTINUED:

	He has the beacon trained and ready to fire again, if
	necessary. But the bridge crew looks dazed, like
	they're coming out of a deep sleep. Some are rubbing
	their eyes... others simply regaining their balance.

					DATA
				(quickly)
			Mister Worf, you will find a
			small alien ship off the
			starboard bow. Secure it with a
			tractor beam and raise our
			shields.

	Worf is at first uncertain, looks to Picard. Picard
	nods, okay. Worf works the console.

					WORF
			Engaging tractor beam.

70   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As it seizes the Ktarian ship with a tractor beam.

71   INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			Are you all right, Captain?

	Picard considers, head still foggy.

					PICARD
			I think so...

					WORF
			Captain, we are being hailed by
			the alien vessel.

					PICARD
			On screen.

71A  INTERCUT: VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Etana appears on the viewscreen, her outrage barely
	contained.

					ETANA
			Picard, explain yourself.

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT FIVE          54A.

71A  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			The explanation is simple -- your
			attempt to capture this ship has
			failed.

					ETANA
			Release us immediately. Or we
			will open fire.

					RIKER
			Tactical analysis, Mister Worf?

					WORF
				(off console)
			Their weapons capability is
			substantially inferior to ours.
			They are not a threat.

					RIKER
			Get her off the screen.

	The viewscreen returns to a starfield.

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FIVE           55.

71A  CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
				(shaken)
			I can't believe what we were
			about to do...

	A beat... Beverly moves to Wesley -- there's a
	relieved look between them. Riker approaches Data,
	surprised...

					RIKER
			Data... we deactivated you...

					WESLEY
				(to Riker)
			I managed to reconnect his
			positronic matrix.

					DATA
			Wesley's subsequent diversions
			gave me adequate time to modify
			the palm beacon...
				(re: beacon)
			The optical burst patterns we
			programmed were successful in
			counteracting the addictive
			effects of the game.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			And the rest of the crew?

					DATA
			We have programmed the main
			computer to transmit the same
			optical pulse to all display
			screens, work stations and
			terminals throughout the ship.

					RIKER
			That'll reach almost everyone.
			Send out medical teams to treat
			the rest.

					DATA
			Aye sir.

	Beverly joins Data and they head for the turbolift.
	Picard takes the command position, regaining his
	composure, but still rattled by the whole experience.

					PICARD
			We'll take the alien vessel to
			the nearest Federation starbase.
			Ensign, lay in a course.

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FIVE          55A.

71A  CONTINUED: (3)

	OFF Picard's expression...

72   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - (OPTICAL) (STOCK)

	The Enterprise at impulse speed. Several days have
	passed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45212.1.
			We have delivered the Ktarian
			vessel to Starbase Eighty-two.
			We are now on a course to
			rendezvous with the Starship
			Merrimack, which will take Wesley
			Crusher back to the Academy now
			that his vacation is over...

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT FIVE          56.

73
thru	OMITTED
78

79   INT. GUEST QUARTERS

	Wesley standing at the bed, dressed in Academy
	uniform, packing his travel bag. Robin is beside him,
	handing him clothing. She holds up a pair of swimming
	trunks.

					ROBIN
			I never saw you wear these.
			Afraid someone might see your
			birthmark?

	He takes the shorts form her.

					WESLEY
			Who started that birthmark rumor,
			anyway?

	She shrugs innocently; he pulls her close and they
	kiss. A moment, and they part gently. It's clear
	their relationship has matured over the past few days.

					ROBIN
			Wish you didn't have to go.

					WESLEY
			Me too.

					ROBIN
			You'll write, won't you?

					WESLEY
			Somebody's got to kill those
			rumors you keep hearing about me.

	They smile, and embrace one last time.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Mister Crusher, we've
			rendezvoused with the Merrimack.
					(MORE)

           STAR TREK: "The Game" - REV. 8/27/91 - ACT FIVE          57.

79   CONTINUED:

					RIKER'S COM VOICE (cont'd)
			Please report to transporter room
			two.

					WESLEY
				(taps communicator)
			On my way, sir.

	Wesley closes his travel bag. A moment between them --
	this is goodbye.

					WESLEY
				(continuing)
			I'd better go.

					ROBIN
			Here...

	Robin hands him a small red BOOK.

					ROBIN
				(re: book)
			A gift. So you'll remember.

	Wesley takes the book, curious.

					ROBIN
				(continuing)
			Robin's Laws. All one hundred
			and two of them.

	Wesley is moved by the gesture. Arm in arm they walk
	toward the door...

					WESLEY
			Law number one hundred and
			three...

					ROBIN
			Yes?

					WESLEY
			A couple of light years can't
			keep good friends apart.

	As they EXIT...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                     "Unification Part II" 
                          #40275-207 
                              
                           Story by 
                 Rick Berman & Michael Piller 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Michael Piller 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                      REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                        AUGUST 30, 1991


     STAR TREK: "Unification Part II" - REV. 9/5/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Unification Part II" 

                             CAST                               
                              
      PICARD                          SPOCK
      RIKER                           Romulans
      DATA                              NERAL
      BEVERLY                           PARDEK
      TROI                              SELA
      GEORDI                            D'TAN
      WORF                              ROMULAN #1
                                        ROMULAN #2
      Non-Speaking                      ROMULAN COMPUTER VOICE
        SUPERNUMERARIES                 FEMALE ROMULAN COM VOICE
        MEMBERS OF ROMULAN UNDERGROUND
        N.D. ROMULAN PEDESTRIANS      Klingons & Other Aliens
        OLD ROMULAN WOMAN IN CAFE       K'VADA (Klingon)
        ROMULAN ARMED GUARDS            AMARIE (alien woman)
        MISC. "PIANO BAR" ALIENS        OMAG (fat Ferengi)
        KLINGON CONN OFFICER               
        KLINGON TACTICAL OFFICER
        OMAG'S WOMEN
              

       STAR TREK: "Unification Part II" - 8/30/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Unification Part II" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
                                       SURPLUS YARD
          
                                       QUAYLOR TWO
          
                                       KLINGON BIRD OF PREY
          
                                       ROMULUS CAPITOL CITY
            QUAYLOR TWO                ROMULAN STREETS
              PIANO BAR
                                       ROMULAN WARBIRD
            ROMULUS CAPITOL CITY
              ROMULAN OFFICE           THREE VULCAN SHIPS
              VARIOUS CAVES/CAVERN
          
            KLINGON BIRD OF PREY
              BRIDGE
              QUARTERS

   STAR TREK: "Unification II" - REV. 9/5/91 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Unification Part II" 
                        
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

               AKTUH - MAYLOTA         AHK-tuh may-LOW-tah
               ANDORIAN                an-DOOR-ee-an
               BARDAKIAN               bar-DACK-ee-an
               BAROLIAN                bah-ROLL-ee-an
               CIPHER                  SIGH-fur
               D'TAN                   duh-TAN
               DULISIAN                duh-LISS-ee-an
               ENCRYPTION              in-KRIP-shun
               GALORNDON CORE          gal-OHRN-dan core
               JOLAN TRUE              JOE-lan true
               KATAH                   kah-TAH
               K'VADA                  kuh-VAH-duh
               MELOR FAMAGAL           MAY-lohr FAHM-ah-gal
               NERAL                   nuh-RAHL
               PARDEK                  PAHR-dek
               P'TAH JOL GINUOL        pit-AH johl gin-WAHL
               QUALOR TWO              KWAY-lohr 2
               UHLAN                   OOH-lan

   STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - TEASER   1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                     "Unification Part II"                          
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. ROMULAN CAVES

	Spock and Picard face each other as before. Data,
	Pardek, Romulan #1, and the other abductor witness the
	confrontation... Spock is not pleased to see anyone
	from Starfleet. With building conflict --

					SPOCK
			What are you doing on Romulus?

					PICARD
			That was to be my question for
			you, sir.

					SPOCK
			It is no concern of Starfleet's.

					PICARD
			On the contrary, Starfleet is most
			concerned. You are in a position
			to compromise the security of the
			Federation...

					SPOCK
			You may assure your superiors that
			I am on a personal mission, of
			peace, and will advise them when
			appropriate.

					PICARD
			That will not be satisfactory.

					SPOCK
			You cannot remain, Captain.

					PICARD
			And I cannot return without a full
			explanation.
				(beat)
			Ambassador, with the greatest
			respect for all you've achieved
			on behalf of the Federation, this
			sort of cowboy diplomacy is not
			easily tolerated any more...

   STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 8/30/91 - TEASER   2.

1    CONTINUED:

					SPOCK
			"Cowboy diplomacy"... ?

					PICARD
			If you wish to undertake a mission
			with potential repercussions to
			the Federation, it is appropriate
			to discuss it with the Federation.
			I am here as their representative.
			You will have to discuss it with
			me.

	Spock frowns with frustration, moves away from
	Picard... A thoughtful beat.

					SPOCK
			This is precisely what I wanted
			to avoid.

	A beat. Picard moves away from the confrontation...

					PICARD
			I also have the responsibility
			of bearing some unhappy news.

	Spock turns back...

					SPOCK
			Sarek is dead.

	Picard acknowledges... after a very long beat... in
	a softer voice...

					SPOCK
			Walk with me, Captain Picard.

	Picard exchanges a brief glance with Data telling him
	to stay behind... follows Spock out of the chamber...

2    INT. OTHER CAVERN

	Picard and Spock walk silently for a beat...

					SPOCK
			I know of your mind meld with my
			father... that enabled him to
			complete his last mission.

					PICARD
			It was an honor. He was a great
			man.

   STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 8/30/91 - TEASER   3.

2    CONTINUED:

					SPOCK
			He was a great representative of
			the Vulcan people and of the
			Federation.

	And that is meant as a qualifier, not a compliment...

					PICARD
			I was with him before coming here.
			He expressed his pride in you,
			his love...

					SPOCK
			Emotional disarray is a symptom
			of the illness from which he
			suffered.

					PICARD
			No, the feelings were in his
			heart, Spock. He shared them
			with me. I know.

	Spock looks at Picard a moment... uncomfortable with
	the emotional context of this, he moves into business.

					SPOCK
			Sarek would no more approve of
			my coming to Romulus than you do,
			Captain.

	He takes a dramatic beat to organize his thoughts...

					SPOCK
			For some time, I have been aware
			of a growing movement here...
			of people who seek to learn the
			ideals of the Vulcan philosophy.
			They have been declared enemies
			of the state. But there are a
			few in the Romulan hierarchy like
			Pardek who are sympathetic. He
			asked me to come now because he
			believes it may be time to take
			the first step toward
			reunification.

	Picard reacts to this extraordinary revelation...

   STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/9/91 - TEASER   4.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Reunification... After so many
			centuries... so many fundamental
			differences that have evolved
			between your peoples...

					SPOCK
				(agrees)
			It would seem unlikely to succeed.
			But I cannot ignore the potential
			rewards that a union between our
			worlds would bring.

					PICARD
			What is this "first step" that
			Pardek suggests... ?

					SPOCK
			There is a new Proconsul of the
			Romulan Senate. He is young and
			idealistic. He has promised many
			reforms. Pardek believes he may
			be receptive to discussing
			reunification.

	Picard takes a moment to digest it all.

					PICARD
			Why would you not bring something
			this important to the attention
			of your own people or the
			Federation?

	Spock takes a beat to consider his response, it raises
	unhappy memories.

					SPOCK
			A personal decision, Captain.
				(beat)
			Perhaps you are aware that I
			played a small role in the first
			overture to peace with the
			Klingons...

					PICARD
			History is aware of the role you
			played, Ambassador.

					SPOCK
			Not entirely. It was I who asked
			Kirk to lead that peace mission.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/9/91 - TEASER   5.

2    CONTINUED: (3)

					SPOCK (cont'd)
			And I who had to accept the
			responsibility for the
			consequences to him and his crew.
				(beat)
			Quite simply, I am unwilling to
			risk anyone's life but my own on
			this occasion. I would ask you
			to respect my wishes and leave.

	Picard considers this a moment.

					PICARD
			Ambassador, your logic escapes
			me. If I didn't know better, I
			would say your judgment had been
			influenced by emotion.

					SPOCK
			You speak as my father would if
			he were here, Picard...

					PICARD
			I speak as a Starfleet officer
			and I cannot ignore the risks to
			you...

					SPOCK
			I was involved with... "cowboy
			diplomacy", as you describe it,
			Captain, long before you were
			born.

					PICARD
			Nevertheless, sir, I am not
			prepared to leave until your
			affairs are completed.

					SPOCK
				(beat)
			In your own way, you are as
			stubborn as another Captain of
			the Enterprise I once knew.

					PICARD
			Then, sir, I am in good company.

	As Spock reluctantly acknowledges and accepts Picard's
	continued presence with a nod...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

   STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT ONE   6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

3    INT. KLINGON BRIDGE

	Data, still in disguise, has just returned from the
	surface... Captain K'VADA reacts to the news with
	irritation... the Conn and Tactical Officers observe.

					K'VADA
			We have more important things to
			attend to than acting as your
			nursemaids.

					DATA
			Captain Picard regrets that he
			must detain you but it is
			necessary for a while longer.
			In addition, I will be requiring
			access to your ship's computer...

					K'VADA
				(reacts, suspicious)
			Access to our computer... for what
			purpose?

					DATA
			I am going to attempt to penetrate
			the Romulan Central Information
			Net...

					K'VADA
			Don't bother. We've been trying
			for years.

					DATA
			I have unique skills that may
			permit me to succeed.

					K'VADA
			I cannot reveal classified Klingon
			entry codes to Starfleet...

					DATA
			Your entry codes can be easily
			reconfigured after we depart.
			And Captain Picard has authorized
			me to share with you any
			information we obtain from the
			Romulan data banks...

	The Klingon frowns, grunts -- "Fine... "

   STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT ONE   7.

3    CONTINUED:

					K'VADA
			Anything else?

					DATA
			We will also need to communicate
			with the Enterprise in sector
			two-thirteen.

					K'VADA
			You do and the Romulans will
			instantly know our coordinates.

					DATA
			Using conventional means, that
			would be true; however I propose
			that we piggy-back our signal on
			Romulan subspace transmissions...

					K'VADA
			"Piggy-back"?

					DATA
			A Human metaphor, pardon me. We
			would use a Romulan signal as a
			carrier for own own, thus
			disguising its origin.

					K'VADA
			It won't work.

					DATA
			I believe it will. During the
			last hour, I have conducted a
			systematic review of the entire
			Romulan subspace grid and compared
			my findings with the
			specifications of your
			transmission array. It would
			appear they are compatible.

	The Klingon studies him for a long, dry beat, finally
	grunts an approval.

					DATA
			Thank you for your cooperation.

	Data EXITS... a beat as K'Vada muses and then hits a
	panel...

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT ONE  7A.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					K'VADA
			Captain's notation. Recommend
			we study the potential for a
			Klingon artificial life entity.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/12/91 - ACT ONE  8.

3    CONTINUED: (3)

	And we stay for a beat as that thought lingers on his
	face and...

4    EXT. ROMULAN STREET

	A Romulan child of twelve (D'TAN) as he runs onto the
	street out of breath, carrying a single flower...
	pauses looks around...

4A   ANGLE - THE STREET

	... colorless, bleak... pedestrians only... this is a
	poor neighborhood, life here is a struggle... a line of
	people wait to get into a general store... a small cafe
	has a few customers...

4B   D'TAN

	sees the one he's looking for... moves to the line,
	hands the flower to a man (ROMULAN#1); the man reacts,
	glances around, gets out of line... follow him to...

4C   THE CAFE

	Dark, austere, a row of silent people stand at counters
	eating silently... finding, in the shadows, Spock and
	Picard, standing alone, dressed as Romulans... he moves
	to them, puts the flower in a glass of water and
	places it in front of them on the table...

					ROMULAN#1
			Allow me to brighten your table.
				(makes eye contact with
				 Spock)
			Jolan True.

	He moves on. Spock understands the signal. They
	speak in hushed tones...

					SPOCK
			The Senate has adjourned. Pardek
			will be here shortly...

					PICARD
			Just how widespread is this
			movement?

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/12/91 - ACT ONE  8A.

4C   CONTINUED:

					SPOCK
			There are groups in every
			populated area. I have personally
			spoken with members from four
			provinces.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 8/30/91 - ACT ONE  9.

4C   CONTINUED:

	He stops as an OLD GRIM WOMAN delivers their soup...
	she looks hard at the flower, at these strangers...
	a silent moment... then she leaves...

					SPOCK
			It has become a serious concern
			to the Romulan leadership.

					PICARD
			Serious enough for the leaders
			to suddenly embrace a Vulcan
			peace initiative? I have a
			difficult time accepting that.

					SPOCK
			I sense you have a closed mind,
			Captain. Closed minds have kept
			these two worlds apart for
			centuries.

	Picard reacts with curiosity to this conflict...
	because Spock has really brought something of his
	own to the table...

					SPOCK
				(continuing)
			In the Federation, we have learned
			from experience to view the
			Romulans with distrust. We can
			either choose to live with that
			enmity or seek an opportunity to
			change it. I choose the latter...

					PICARD
			I will be the first to cheer when
			the Neutral Zone is abolished,
			sir. I only wonder if this
			movement is strong enough to
			reshape the entire Romulan
			political landscape.

	Spock takes a beat... nodding to the flower on the
	table...

					SPOCK
			One can begin to reshape the
			landscape with a single flower,
			Captain.

	But he's not at peace as he says it, experiencing
	additional conflicts within himself...

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT ONE  10.

4D   ANGLE - D'TAN

	coming to the table carrying an old, worn out book...

					D'TAN
			Jolan True, Mister Spock... look
			what I've brought you...

					SPOCK
			This is my friend, D'Tan... he
			is very curious about Vulcan...

					PICARD
			Hello, D'Tan...

					SPOCK
				(re: book)
			It is very old. Where did you
			get this?

					D'TAN
			They read from it at the
			meetings... it tells the story
			of the Vulcan separation...

					PARDEK (o.c.)
			You should not bring that out
			here, D'Tan. You've been told
			many times...

4E   ANGLE

	to include Pardek...

					D'TAN
			I just wanted to show it to Mister
			Spock...

					PARDEK
			Off with you... we will see you
			later tonight...

					D'TAN
				(to Spock)
			Will you tell us more stories
			about Vulcan?

					SPOCK
			Yes...

	D'Tan smiles... runs away...

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT ONE  11.

4E   CONTINUED:

					D'TAN
			Jolan True.

	Pardek glances over and sees the grim old woman looking
	hard at them from the back of the cafe...

					PARDEK
			Perhaps this is not such a good
			place to talk...

	Picard and Spock rise and follow Pardek...

4F   MOVING DOWN THE STREET

					PARDEK
			So, what do you think of your
			enemy, Captain Picard?

					PICARD
			These people are no one's enemy,
			Senator.

					PARDEK
				(smiles, acknowledges)
			Many of my colleagues fear what
			they have to say. But I have
			learned to listen carefully.
			Children like D'Tan are our
			future. Old men like me will not
			be able to hold on to ancient
			prejudice and hostility. These
			young people won't allow it.
				(beat)
			Now that they've met their first
			real Vulcan, it has only inspired
			them more. I'm sure that is
			evident to you, Spock...

					SPOCK
				(acknowledges)
			I did not anticipate such a
			passionate response to my arrival.

					PARDEK
			Romulans are a passionate people,
			Spock. The Vulcans will learn
			to appreciate that quality in us.

					SPOCK
			If we are successful.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 8/30/91 - ACT ONE  12.

4F   CONTINUED:

					PARDEK
			We will know soon. The Proconsul
			has agreed to meet with you.

	Off Spock and Picard's reaction...

5
thru	OMITTED
9

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/12/91 - ACT TWO  13.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

10   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At the surplus yard. In orbit of Qualor Two.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First Officer's log, stardate
			45245.8. The Enterprise remains
			at Qualor Two as we continue to
			investigate the theft of a surplus
			Vulcan ship and materiel.

11   INT. QUALOR TWO PIANO BAR

	Close on an alien woman (AMARIE) at a keyboard... she
	must have been quite a looker once, but her best years
	are clearly behind her now. There's a bored, routine
	quality to her playing... aside from the fact that she
	has four arms. In one hand, she holds, not a
	cigarette, but a salt stick that she sucks on. She has
	a tip jar that has a few gold coins in it...

					RIKER (V.O.)
			The trail has led us to the former
			wife of a deceased smuggler.

	The bar itself is dark and private, a place where quiet
	liaisons can be safely arranged. It's a slow night. A
	couple of alien hookers wait for trade to pick up...
	some very strange faces stay mysteriously in the
	shadows of tables in the back... Amarie looks up to see
	Riker sitting down at the piano bar...

					AMARIE
			A new face.

					RIKER
			Same one I've always had.

					AMARIE
			What would you like to hear?

					RIKER
			Know the blues?

					AMARIE
			Look at me, Mister. What do you
			think?
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 8/30/91 - ACT TWO  14.

11   CONTINUED:

					AMARIE (cont'd)
				(Riker grins)
			Seven different shades of them.
			How about some Andorian blues?

	She goes into a bluesy riff... She licks some of her
	salt stick with a spare hand. Offers one from a pack
	to Riker from another hand...

					AMARIE
			Suck salt?

					RIKER
			Never cared for it.

					AMARIE
			Good for you. Nasty habit. So
			who are you looking for?

					RIKER
			Who says I'm looking for anybody?

					AMARIE
			Your face. Your uniform. In a
			place like this.

					RIKER
			Okay. I'm looking for you.

					AMARIE
			You just made my day.

					RIKER
			I have to ask you about your
			husband.

					AMARIE
			Well, it was nice while it lasted.
			Which husband?

					RIKER
			The dead one, I'm afraid.

	She keeps playing... never misses a beat.

					AMARIE
			You must be from the Enterprise.
			You destroyed his ship.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT TWO  15.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(acknowledges with
				 regret)
			He fired first.

					AMARIE
			He always did.

					RIKER
			He was involved in some pretty
			bad business. And he took the
			evidence with him.

					AMARIE
			His one endearing quality -- he
			always cleaned up after himself.
				(beat)
			What do you want from me?

					RIKER
			I was hoping you might know his
			business partners.

					AMARIE
			Why should I help you?

					RIKER
			To be honest, I can't think of
			a good reason.

					AMARIE
				(a beat)
			Well, you did kill my ex-husband.
			That's not a bad start. Why don't
			you drop a few coins in the jar.
			I'll see what I remember.

					RIKER
			I don't carry money.

					AMARIE
			You don't offer much do you... ?

	Riker studies her a long beat, thinking what he might
	offer her... then...

					RIKER
			Slide over.

					AMARIE
			Huh?

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT TWO  16.

11   CONTINUED: (3)

	Riker gets up, sits next to her at the piano... she
	reacts...

					AMARIE
			Just what I need -- another set
			of hands.

					RIKER
			You know this one?

	He begins to play some blues...

					RIKER
			Early 20th century, from a place
			on Earth called Memphis...
				(off her reaction)
			... maybe I could teach you a new
			lick or two...

					AMARIE
				(remarkable)
			You already have.

					RIKER
			So, whattaya say?

	She takes a second to decide, then shrugs
	"what-the-hell"...

					AMARIE
			Gonna be around a few days?

					RIKER
			I can be.

					AMARIE
			Sooner or later, a man named Omag
			will come by for a song. Always
			wants to hear the same thing --
			"Melor Famagal." He's an arms
			trader. A fat Ferengi.

	Off Riker's reaction...

12   EXT. ROMULUS CAPITOL CITY - DAY - ESTABLISHING
	MATTE SHOT - (OPTICAL)

	It is bright. It is clean. It is metal and chrome
	and glass organized into high rises of various dynamic
	shapes.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT TWO  17.

13   INT. ROMULAN OFFICE - DAY

	A stateliness, suggesting great power. Very clean
	lines, orderly, spacious... a Romulan chime at the
	door... an off-camera voice:

					NERAL (O.C.)
			Enter.

	Pardek comes in with Spock. Moving to find an
	energetic, handsome man in his late forties, a Romulan
	Bobby Kennedy... he is at a station... rising and
	coming forward to greet his guests.

					PARDEK
				(greeting)
			Proconsul...

					NERAL
			Yes... Pardek... come in...

					PARDEK
			Ambassador Spock of Vulcan...

					SPOCK
			Proconsul.

					NERAL
			Please. I've never liked titles
			since I was a lowly uhlan in the
			Romulan guard... I am Neral...
			now, how is it again, Pardek's
			tried to show me...

	He holds up a hand in the traditional Vulcan greeting.
	Spock returns it.

					SPOCK
			I am honored.

					NERAL
			Good.

					PARDEK
			Permit me to withdraw.

					NERAL
			Will we see you and your wife
			tommorrow at the state dinner?

					PARDEK
			We're looking forward to it.

	Pardek smiles and withdraws.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT TWO  18.

13   CONTINUED:

					NERAL
			It's been years since old Pardek
			was invited to an official
			function. He's far too attached
			to the "common man" for most
			peoples' comfort.

					SPOCK
			That is their loss. I've always
			found Pardek to have a unique
			insight into many issues.

	They sit.

					NERAL
			Let me tell you something, Spock.
			We're going to start something
			here, you and I, that will redraw
			the face of the quadrant.

					SPOCK
				(reacts)
			You are prepared to support
			reunification?

					NERAL
			I believe it must eventually come.
			Our two worlds need each other.

					SPOCK
			Forgive me. But I did not expect
			to hear a Romulan Proconsul speak
			like a member of your
			underground.

					NERAL
			I want you to know exactly where
			I stand.

					SPOCK
				(beat)
			Do you believe you can gain the
			support of the full Senate?

					NERAL
			Things are not what they once were
			in the Senate. The old leaders
			have lost the respect of the
			people.

					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT TWO  18A.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					NERAL (cont'd)
			Involvement in the Klingon War...
			endless confrontations with the
			Federation...
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 8/30/91 - ACT TWO  19.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					NERAL (cont'd)
			They're tired of it. Times are
			changing. Leaders who refuse to
			change with them... will no
			longer be leaders.
				(he rises)
			Spock, I am prepared to publicly
			endorse the opening of talks
			between our peoples... How do
			you think the Vulcan people will
			respond to that?

	A public announcement. This is astounding.

					SPOCK
			They will be... cautious. There
			are generations of distrust to
			overcome.

					NERAL
			But surely with a man of your
			influence leading the way...

	He is interrupted by a com voice --

					FEMALE COM VOICE
			Proconsul, the Senate has been
			recalled into session...

	Neral frowns at the interruption...

					NERAL
			Very well.
				(rising, to Spock)
			Can we meet again tommorrow?

					SPOCK
			As you wish.

					NERAL
			Good. Jolan True, Spock. Oh...
				(remembering)
			Live long and prosper.

	Spock bows, EXITS. After a beat, a side door opens and
	SELA ENTERS, thoughtfully looking at the door Spock
	just left through... Neral looks at her, she nods,
	satisfied at the way the meeting went.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT TWO  20.

14   INT. CAVES

	Spock and Picard are sitting with members of the
	underground... Pardek at one side... D'Tan on the
	other... They are reacting to Spock's report of the
	meeting...

					ROMULAN#1
			It's everything we could have
			hoped for...

	General murmurs of excitement and joy...

					SPOCK
				(skeptical)
			It is more than we could have
			hoped for.

	That stops the excitement. Picard looks at Spock,
	concurs...

					PARDEK
			But if Neral is ready to publicly
			endorse reunification...

					PICARD
			I can't imagine that one rises
			to the position of Senate
			Proconsul without the support of
			the Romulan traditionalists.

					PARDEK
			That's true.

					PICARD
			Then, how can he turn his back
			on them so easily? How can he
			endorse reunification when it is
			considered subversive?

					ROMULAN#1
			Because he's not afraid of
			them... because he knows we will
			support him...

					SPOCK
			Captain Picard is correct. It
			is not logical for the Proconsul
			to endorse reunification at this
			time.

	Clamor... disappointment... objections...

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/9/91 - ACT TWO  21.

14   CONTINUED:

					ROMULAN#2
			Why would Neral lie?

					PICARD
			Perhaps they are hoping to use
			this to expose members of your
			movement...

					ROMULAN#2
			No, this is our chance for
			acceptance. Finally, to be heard.

					ROMULAN#1
			I believe it is the Federation
			that fears an alliance between
			Romulus and Vulcan.

	Louder clamor... yells of anger...

					PICARD
			That is not true...

	After a beat, Spock rises... a silence falls.

					SPOCK
			I came here to determine the
			potential for reunification.
			In spite of what has occurred,
			I intend to continue my efforts!
			I intend to meet with the
			Proconsul as planned.

	The crowd is pleased... but Picard gives Spock a
	concerned look that is ignored as Spock EXITS the
	chamber. After a beat, Picard follows him...

15   INT. LARGER CAVERN - CONTINUOUS

	Picard and Spock alone... Picard is angry...

					PICARD
			You let their emotions sway you...

					SPOCK
			On the contrary, I am pursuing
			the most logical course...

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/9/91 - ACT TWO  22.

15   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You are as skeptical as I am...
			is it logical to ignore your own
			good sense... ?

					SPOCK
			I fear the influence of Sarek has
			colored your attitudes, Captain.
			Toward reunification. And perhaps
			toward me.

	Picard reacts...

					PICARD
			That is the second time you have
			accused me of speaking with
			another man's voice.
				(beat)
			Yes, he will always be a part of
			me. His experiences. His spirit.
			But I speak with my own voice,
			Spock. Not his.

	Spock studies him...

					SPOCK
			Curious.
				(off Picard's reaction)
			That I should hear him so clearly
			now that he is dead.

	Spock moves away from Picard, thoughtfully...

					SPOCK
			It is possible that I have brought
			my arguments with Sarek to you,
			Captain. If so, I apologize.

					PICARD
			Is it so important for you to win
			one last argument with him?

					SPOCK
				(considering that
				 possibility)
			No, it is not.
				(beat, with irony)
			Although it is true that I will
			miss... the arguments. It was,
			finally, all that we had.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/9/91 - ACT TWO  23.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(compassionate)
			Your fight with Sarek is over.
			And you have none with me.

	Spock looks deep inside to find a way to explain
	this... and in a way he looks at Picard in this
	situation as a surrogate for his father, trying one
	last time to find a context for their relationship.

					SPOCK
			I always had a different vision
			than my father... an ability to
			see beyond pure logic. He
			considered it... weak. But I
			have discovered it to be a source
			of extraordinary strength.
				(beat)
			Sarek would find this mission
			of reunification a fool's
			errand... But somehow I think
			it is not. Logic cannot explain
			why... but I know I must continue
			to pursue this...

					PICARD
			Even if it leads you into a
			Romulan trap...

					SPOCK
			If the Romulans do have an
			ulterior motive, it would be in
			the interests of all concerned
			to determine what it is.

	Picard cannot deny it.

					SPOCK
			So I will play the role they would
			have me play.

	Off Picard's reluctant acknolwedgment...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT THREE 24.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

16   INT. KLINGON QUARTERS

	Small and dark... a single bed. Data, wearing his
	Starfleet uniform, is working on a computer... as the
	door opens and Picard and Spock ENTER... Spock
	immediately reacts...

					PICARD
			Have you had any success, Mister
			Data?

					DATA
			Negative, Captain. The Romulan
			Information Net employs a
			progressive encryption lock...
			I have been unable to penetrate
			their security measures.

					SPOCK
			May I assist you, Commander? I've
			had some experience in these
			matters.

					DATA
			By all means, Ambassador.

	Spock sits in a chair next to Data, begins to work on
	the panels of the computer...

					SPOCK
				(re: the monitor)
			The Romulans have incorporated
			a forty-three part cipher key into
			their entry sequence...

					DATA
			Yessir, the twenty-ninth is the
			only one I cannot bypass...

	Spock continues on the panels... Picard realizes he is
	useless in this situation and there's something he's
	been wanting to do...

					PICARD
			I think I'll take this opportunity
			to remove my ears...

	He EXITS.

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT THREE 25.

16   CONTINUED:

					SPOCK
			He intrigues me, this Picard.

					DATA
			In what manner?

					SPOCK
			He is remarkably analytical and
			dispassionate for a Human. I
			understand why my father would
			choose to mind meld with him.
			There's almost a Vulcan quality
			to the man.

					DATA
			Interesting. I have never
			considered that. And Captain
			Picard has been a role model in
			my quest to be more Human.

					SPOCK
			To be more Human?

					DATA
			Yes, Ambassador.

	Spock raises an eyebrow...

					SPOCK
			Fascinating.
				(off Data's reaction)
			You have an efficient intellect,
			superior physical skills and no
			emotional impediments. There are
			Vulcans who aspire all their
			lives to achieve what you were
			given by design.

	Data considers this a moment and then...

					DATA
			You are half Human...

					SPOCK
			Yes.

					DATA
			And yet you have chosen a Vulcan
			way of life...

					SPOCK
			I have.

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/6/91 - ACT THREE 26.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			In effect, you have abandoned what
			I have sought all my life.

	Data's innocent remark strikes close to home for Spock;
	what he sees on the monitor allows him to avoid a
	response for a moment at least.

					SPOCK
				(re: monitor)
			I believe I have isolated the
			twenty-ninth cipher access code...
			I'll attempt to access the
			proconsul's files...

	He presses a few panels, stops... the computer beeps...

					DATA
			Ambassador, may I ask a personal
			question?

					SPOCK
			Please.

					DATA
			As you examine your life, do you
			find you have missed your
			humanity?

	The computer beeps. Spock pauses, before he begins to
	work the panels.

					SPOCK
			I have no regrets.

					DATA
			"No regrets." That is a Human
			expression.

					SPOCK
				(beat)
			Fascinating.

	As he begins again to work the panels, on Data's
	reaction...

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT THREE 27.

17   OMITTED

18   INT. QUALOR-TWO PIANO BAR

	Amarie still at the piano, Worf sitting at the piano
	bar beside her... again, the room is lightly
	populated...

					WORF
			Do you know any Klingon opera?

					AMARIE
			I don't get a lot of requests for
			it.

					WORF
			Surely, you must know at least
			one theme from "Aktuh and
			Maylota".

					AMARIE
			I may be a little rusty...

	She begins to play, a pleased expression grows on
	Worf's face... and after a beat, he cannot restrain
	himself, he begins to hum... and finally breaks into
	full voice...

					WORF
			MAYLOTA... MAAAY-LOT-A...

					OMAG (o.c.)
			What is that dreadful noise? It
			sounds like a Bardakian pronghorn
			moose...

	Worf reacts, turns to see his offender --

19   ANGLE

	to see the fattest Ferengi we've ever seen... on his
	arms, two gorgeous women in skintight dresses...

					OMAG
			You know what I want to hear.

	As he sits in a booth...

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT THREE 27A.

20   RESUME WORF

	as he exchanges a glance with Amarie who acknowledges,
	this is the guy... she begins to play a rhapsody... he
	hits his combadge...

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT THREE 28.

20   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(quietly)
			Worf to Enterprise.

21   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker in command...

					RIKER
			Go ahead.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			A fat Ferengi has just entered
			the establishment.

	Already on the move...

					RIKER
			Is that "Melor Famagal" I hear?

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			It is.

					RIKER
			I'm on my way.

	He's out.

									TIME CUT TO:

22   INT. PIANO BAR -- THE FERENGI

	A colorful array of food is spread across the table in
	front of him... drinks and champagne... as he bangs on
	the table top with his shoe... mouth full of food...

					OMAG
			Where is the waiter? Is there
			no waiter in this sorry place?

23   REVERSE ANGLE

	as Riker approaches the table, Worf behind him...

					RIKER
			Is there a problem?

					OMAG
			Yes. I need more napkins.

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT THREE 29.

23   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Use your sleeve.

					OMAG
			What did you say?

					RIKER
				(re: one of the
				 girls)
			Or use her sleeve, I don't care.

	The Ferengi's eyes narrow...

					OMAG
			Who are you?

					RIKER
			Commander William Riker, the
			U.S.S. Enterprise.

					OMAG
			Am I supposed to stand up and
			salute?

	Laughs at the women. They laugh.

					RIKER
			We're investigating the
			disappearance of a Vulcan ship...

					OMAG
			You've got the wrong Ferengi...
			I never trade in Vulcan ships...

					RIKER
			We know you were involved...

					OMAG
			Who would want a Vulcan ship...
			Vulcans are pacifists... I deal
			in warships... can somebody get
			me a napkin... ?

	Nobody does.

					RIKER
			Who would want a Vulcan ship?

					OMAG
			Hypothetically speaking?

					RIKER
			Hypothetically speaking.

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT THREE 30.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					OMAG
			I never learned to speak
			hypothetical.

	Laughs. The women laugh. Riker takes a beat, then
	casually lifts up the table and all the food and drinks
	slide down, falling over the Ferengi... the women
	shriek... the music stops... the Ferengi rises in a
	rage...

					OMAG
			Are you crazy?

	Riker grabs the Ferengi by the lapels and raises him
	off his feet to eye level.

					RIKER
				(calmly)
			Let me explain what's going to
			happen if you don't tell me about
			that Vulcan ship. Your passage
			rights through this sector will
			be revoked. But more than that,
			I'll be very unhappy.

	The Ferengi looks at him with loathing and fear...

					OMAG
			I delivered it to a Barolian
			freighter...

					RIKER
			At what coordinates?

					OMAG
			I don't remember.

	Riker tightens his grip...

					OMAG
			Ow... watch it... you're
			stretching my neck...

					RIKER
			Coordinates?

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT THREE 31.

23   CONTINUED: (3)

					OMAG
			At Galorndon Core. Near the
			Neutral Zone. That's all I know.
			I swear it.

	Riker throws him back into his seat, nods to the
	women...

					RIKER
			Enjoy your dinner.

	He smiles at Amarie and as he starts to leave... he
	picks up a napkin off a near-by table...

24   ANGLE - ON THE FERENGI

	his hands and clothes covered with stains... as the
	napkin is thrown on his lap and we...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FOUR  32.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

25   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As before.

26   INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Worf, Troi. The Klingon bridge is on the
	viewscreen... Picard, in his Starfleet uniform,
	stands, Data is at a computer work station... K'Vada
	observes... another Klingon is at a tactical station...

					RIKER
			As soon as I heard this Barolian
			ship was at Galorndon Core, I
			started to think Romulans...

	Picard muses, trying to figure out the connection...

					PICARD
			And the Romulans are suddenly very
			interested in bonding with the
			Vulcans... Spock has been meeting
			with the new Senate Proconsul
			about reunification...

	Riker reacts...

					RIKER
			Reunification... ?

					PICARD
			The Proconsul says he is prepared
			to endorse peace talks...

					RIKER
			And Spock?

					PICARD
			The Ambassador is skeptical but
			he cares a great deal about
			reunification. As long as there's
			a chance of success, he will
			pursue it.

					TROI
			I'm afraid I don't see where a
			stolen Vulcan ship fits into all
			this...

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FOUR  33.

26   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Neither do I, Counselor.
				(beat)
			How soon can you be at Galorndon
			Core, Number One... ?

					RIKER
				(presses some panels,
				 checking)
			Little over eight hours.

					PICARD
			It may be a wild goose chase, but
			I don't think we have a choice,
			do you?

					RIKER
			Agreed.

	The signal begins to break up.

					DATA
			We're losing our Romulan carrier
			wave, sir...

					PICARD
			We'll advise you further when you
			get there, Number One. Picard
			out.

	The signal goes completely and the starfield returns to
	the viewscreen.

					RIKER
				(to conn)
			Ensign, set a course to Galordon
			Core, take us to warp eight.

26A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	shoots into warp and out of view.

26B  INT. KLINGON BRIDGE

	Data has been working the computer...

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FOUR  34.

26B  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Captain, the Romulan subspace logs
			identify a transmission from the
			Romulan surface to a Barolian ship
			near Galorndon Core twelve hours
			ago.

					K'VADA
			Galorndon Core is along the
			Barolian trade route... They
			trade a great deal with the
			Romulans... it's probably just
			routine...

					DATA
			This would not appear to be
			routine. I have been able to
			trace the source of the
			transmission. It incorporates
			the code prefix of Romulan
			intelligence.

					PICARD
			Can you access it, Data?

	Data works the panels, reacts curiously...

					DATA
			It appears to be a short sequence
			of numbers. One four zero zero.

					PICARD
			Nothing else?

					DATA
			Nossir.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			I want to advise the Ambassador
			immediately... Mister Data, you
			will accompany me to the
			surface...

	Data follows Picard as he addresses the Klingon Captain
	on the move...

					PICARD
			Captain, maintain an emergency
			transport schedule at our beam-in
			coordinates...

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT FOUR  35.

26B  CONTINUED: (2)

					K'VADA
			I do not take orders from you,
			Picard.

	Picard doesn't have time for any more of this Klingon
	attitude, stops, explodes.

					PICARD
			P'tah Jol Ginquol! Katah! You
			will lock on those coordinates
			at sixty minute intervals after
			our arrival.

	The Klingon blinks with surprise at Picard's
	aggression.

27   OMITTED

28   ANGLE

	As they move to the door...

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			That was not very Vulcan of you,
			sir.

	Picard reacts curiously, and as they EXIT...

28A  EXT. ROMULAN STREET

	Spock ENTERS the street... D'Tan runs over to greet
	him...

					D'TAN
			Mister Spock... I've been looking
			for you...

					SPOCK
			I have been meeting with the
			Proconsul, D'Tan...

					D'TAN
			Does he still speak of
			reunification?

					SPOCK
				(with concern)
			He speaks of nothing else.

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FOUR 35A.

28A  CONTINUED:

	They move to a table at the cafe. The boy pulls out
	some marble-sized toys of varied shapes... alien
	symbols are marked on each one...

					D'TAN
			Have you ever seen any of these?

	He lays them in Spock's palm...

28B  INSERT - THE TOYS

					SPOCK
				(examines them)
			The syllabic nucleus of the Vulcan
			language...

					D'TAN
			They were my toys when I was
			small...

28C  RESUME

					SPOCK
			Your parents wanted you to learn
			the Vulcan language?

					D'TAN
				(acknowledges)
			As did their parents before them.
			To prepare for the day when we
			will live again with our Vulcan
			cousins.

	Spock studies the boy... and sees in his eyes a steady
	and firm belief in this prophesy.

28D  ANGLE - ROMULAN#1

	moves to the table...

					ROMULAN#1
			Your Federation friends have
			returned. They must see you
			immediately. I've told Pardek...
			he will meet you at the cave...

	As he moves on, Spock rises, puts his hand in D'Tan's
	as he returns the toys to the boy...

									TIME CUT TO:

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FOUR 35B.

29   INT. CAVES

	Pardek, Spock, Picard, Data (neither of them in
	disguise)...

					PICARD
			The only communication that was
			sent were the numbers one-four-
			zero-zero.

					PARDEK
			What does it mean?

					SPOCK
			It means that the Proconsul has
			apparently been attempting to
			deceive me.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FOUR  36.

29   CONTINUED:

					SPOCK (cont'd)
			For what purpose I cannot say yet.
			But his conversations with me have
			obviously been part of a greater
			plan involving the stolen Vulcan
			ship.

					DATA
			How do you know that, Ambassador?

					SPOCK
			The time the Proconsul has set
			for the subspace announcement of
			our peace initiative is fourteen
			hundred hours tomorrow. One four
			zero zero.

					PARDEK
			But why would they need a Vulcan
			ship... ?

					SELA (o.c.)
			That will become clear very
			shortly...

	Data and Picard react, turn to see --

30   SELA

	at one entrance with one Romulan armed guard...

31   PICARD AND DATA

	reach for their phasers... but...

32   MORE ROMULAN GUARDS

	ENTER from all sides... surround them... Picard and
	Data drop their weapons...

					SELA
			Captain Picard, welcome to
			Romulus. I trust you've enjoyed
			your visit. And this is the
			android I have come to respect
			in battle...

					DATA
			Lieutenant Commander Data.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT FOUR  37.

32   CONTINUED:

					PARDEK
				(to Spock)
			How could they know of this
			location? Someone betrayed us...

					SPOCK
			Yes. You did.

					PARDEK
				(aghast)
			Spock, we've been friends for
			eighty years...

					SPOCK
			It is the only logical conclusion.
			You invited me to Romulus. You
			arranged the meeting with the
			Proconsul. And you knew that
			Picard and Data had returned to
			the surface with new information.

	Pardek tries to maintain an innocent front, but Sela
	decides it's not worth the bother.

					SELA
				(grins)
			The great Spock. Very well.
			Senator Pardek, your service to
			the Romulan people is noted and
			appreciated.

	Pardek ends the act, nods, acknowledges, shares a
	glance with Spock... all's fair in war, nothing
	personal... without discomfort --

					PARDEK
			Jolan True, Spock.

	And EXITS...

					SELA
				(to Spock)
			Do not be distressed. Your dream
			of reunification is not dead.
			It will only take a slightly
			different form... the Romulan
			conquest of Vulcan.

	And as she nods to the guards and they take them away...

33
thru	OMITTED
36

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FIVE  38.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

38   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Coming out of warp... entering orbit of Galorndon
	Core...

39   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker, Worf, Troi, Geordi at an aft station.

					RIKER
			Any signs of life, Mister La
			Forge?

					GEORDI
			Negative, Commander.

					TROI
			The Romulans could have a cloaked
			base on the surface...

					RIKER
				(acknowledges)
			Or anywhere else along the Neutral
			Zone.

					WORF
			Sir, a coded subspace signal from
			Romulus... it's the Captain...

	Riker moves to Worf's console... reads the message to
	himself once, frowns.

					TROI
			What...

					RIKER
			"Maintain position at Galorndon
			Core. Diplomatic initiative
			appears to be succeeding. Will
			advise soon."

	He finds this very suspicious, glances at Worf...

					WORF
			The message did employ the proper
			code sequence, Commander.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FIVE  39.

39   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(with concern)
			Yeah. I'm sure it did.

	And on Riker's concerned face...

40   EXT. ROMULUS - DAY - ESTABLISHING - MATTE SHOT
	(OPTICAL)

41   INT. ROMULAN OFFICE - DAY

	Sela sits behind the desk working panels on a PADD as
	Picard, Spock, and Data are led in by guards... she
	doesn't look up...

					SELA
			Come in, gentlemen. Take a seat,
			please.

	They are escorted to chairs... she looks at the guards
	and nods, they're excused... they exit.

					SELA
			Excuse me, I'm just finishing up
			a speech. For you, Mister Spock.
			I rather enjoy writing. I don't
			get to do it often in this job...

					DATA
			Perhaps you would be happier in
			another job.

	She ignores him, moves around the desk to Spock...

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FIVE  40.

41   CONTINUED:

					SELA
			Please feel free to change any
			words that you wish... I've tried
			to make it sound Vulcan, a lot
			of unnecessarily long words...

	She hands him the PADD. Spock glances at it.

					SELA
			In a few hours, you will deliver
			this statement alongside our
			Senate Proconsul... It will
			announce to the Vulcan people that
			a peace envoy is on its way from
			Romulus... we will transmit it
			on all Federation subspace
			frequencies...

	Picard begins to put it together...

					PICARD
			A "peace" envoy in a stolen Vulcan
			ship...

					SELA
			Actually, three Vulcan ships,
			Captain... The Enterprise is only
			aware of the one we stole from
			Qualor Two. We've been following
			their investigation. It has
			forced us to make some minor
			changes. Including a message that
			was sent in your name, ordering
			them to stay where they are.

					PICARD
			The moment those Vulcan ships
			appear in the Neutral Zone, the
			Enterprise will move to
			intercept...

					SELA
			In that event, the Enterprise
			will be given more important
			matters to attend to. In the
			meantime, Ambassador Spock will
			be telling his people to welcome
			the peace envoy. And when they do,
			our forces will seize control
			before anyone realizes what has
			happened.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT FIVE  41.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Can you possibly believe that
			the Federation will not
			immediately intervene?

					SELA
			Of course it will. And we're
			fully prepared for it. But we'll
			be there. Entrenched. And it
			will be very difficult to get us
			out once we are. A new Vulcan
			government will be formed that
			will embrace their Romulan
			cousins. Reunification will
			become a fact of life.

					SPOCK
			I will not read this or any other
			statement.

					SELA
			If you do not, you will die; all
			of you will die.

					SPOCK
			It is logical to conclude that
			you will kill us in any event.
			Therefore, I choose not to
			cooperate.

	Sela shakes her head.

					SELA
			I hate Vulcans. I hate the logic.
			I hate the arrogance. Very
			well...

	She hits a panel...

					SELA
				(to com)
			Computer, holographic program
			Spock One...

42   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	they turn to see the image of Spock standing behind
	them...

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FIVE  42.

42   CONTINUED:

					SELA
			By taking advantage of holographic
			sampling during the last several
			days, we have created a
			programmable Spock...
				(to com)
			Run program!

42A  THE HOLO SPOCK (OPTICAL)

	comes to life...

					HOLO SPOCK
			This is Ambassador Spock of
			Vulcan. By now, Federation
			sensors are tracking three Vulcan
			ships crossing the Neutral Zone.
			These ships carry the future of
			the Vulcan and Romulan people.
			Our long conflict is finally
			over...

					SELA
			Freeze.

	The program freezes.

					SELA
			We would have preferred an
			interactive Spock who could have
			responded to questions, but this
			will have to suffice...

					PICARD
			This will hardly convince anyone.

					SELA
			I don't need to convince them.
			Just to confuse them long enough
			for us to reach Vulcan.
				(to com)
			End program.

	The hologram disappears.

					SELA
			If you will excuse me, it is time
			to send the ships on their
			journey...

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT FIVE      43.

42A  CONTINUED:

	And she EXITS. They immediately begin to examine the
	room for escape potential...

					PICARD
			Suggestions?

					SPOCK
			Commander Data, are they still
			unaware that we have access to
			their computers?

					DATA
			I believe so, sir.

					SPOCK
			Then perhaps you and I can find
			a way to create a diversion...

	As they move to the computer station...

43   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Still in orbit of Galorndon Core.

44   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					WORF
			Commander, sensors are picking
			up three vessels crossing the
			neutral zone... Vulcan ships...

					TROI
				(reacts)
			Vulcan...

	Riker moves to the aft science station...

44A  ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	A grid on the science station monitor showing the
	neutral zone... three blips move in formation...

					RIKER
			What's their heading, Mister
			Worf... ?

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT FIVE      44.

44A  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			One-four-three mark zero one
			two...

					GEORDI
				(checking sensors)
			That would put them on a course
			to Vulcan... they don't seem to
			be in any hurry... they're only
			moving at warp one, Commander...

					RIKER
			Worf, signal them on subspace...
			request their status... Geordi,
			see if you can tell if one of them
			is the ship we've been looking
			for.

	Worf and Geordi work at their respective stations...

					WORF
			They say they're escorting a peace
			envoy from Romulus to Vulcan,
			sir... They request that we
			monitor Federation subspace
			channels. Ambassador Spock will
			be making an announcement
			shortly...

					TROI
			Perhaps his reunification talks
			were successful...

	Riker frowns with suspicion, turns to La Forge...

					RIKER
			Geordi?

					GEORDI
			None of the transponder
			signatures match up to the
			missing ship, Commander. They
			might have been altered... I'll
			keep checking...

					RIKER
				(beat)
			Set a course to intercept...

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FIVE      45.

44A  CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Sir, the captain's orders were
			to maintain...

					RIKER
			I know the captain's orders,
			Lieutenant. Engage.

44B  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Moves away at warp.

45   EXT. ROMULUS - MATTE SHOT - DAY (OPTICAL)

46   INT. ROMULAN OFFICE - DAY

	At the door as Sela and two armed guards ENTER, react
	as they move inside and they move past the camera and
	we follow them to see that the room is empty...

46A  ANGLE - SELA (OPTICAL)

	reacts...

					SELA
			Impossible... there's no way they
			could have gotten out of this
			room...

					HOLO RIKER (o.c.)
			That's far enough...

	They turn to see, and camera widens to reveal, Riker
	and three Starfleet officers with phasers raised...

					HOLO RIKER
			Hold it right there. Drop your
			weapons.

	Sela moves casually toward the desk --

					SELA
			How did you get in here?

					HOLO RIKER
			Drop your weapons.

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/9/91 - ACT FIVE      46.

46A  CONTINUED:

	But Sela doesn't drop her disruptor... instead she
	drops to her knees using the desk as cover and fires...
	The guards immediately follow suit but the bursts just
	pass right through the Starfleet officers...

					HOLO RIKER
			Drop your weapons.

					SELA
			Cease fire.
				(reacts, disgusted)
			Holograms...

	And as they react, it all happens very quickly --

47
thru	OMITTED
54

55   ANGLE - GUARD #1 (OPTICAL)

	near a wall... behind him, a hand comes through the
	wall and now Spock emerges and puts him out with a
	nerve pinch... picks up his phaser... meanwhile --

56
thru	OMITTED
57

57A  PICARD (OPTICAL)

	comes through the wall behind Guard #2, puts him down
	with a quick punch.

58   SELA

	reacts, raises her disruptor at Picard, but Spock moves
	up beside her, aims the disruptor he took from the
	guard...

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FIVE      47.

58   CONTINUED:

					SPOCK
			I'm afraid I don't know too much
			about Romulan disruptor
			settings...

	Sela answers by dropping her phaser... Spock glances at
	Picard...

					SPOCK
			"Cowboy diplomacy".

					PICARD
				(calling to o.c.)
			Well done, Mister Data...
			although I believe you parted
			Commander Riker's hair on the
			wrong side.

58A  ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As the program disappears... Riker and the men go...
	as well as the phoney walls, revealing Data working the
	computer...

					DATA
			I will be more observant in the
			future, sir.

					SELA
			It doesn't matter what you do now.
			Spock's announcement will be made
			in minutes. Our forces will be
			on Vulcan before you can alert
			anyone...

	On reactions...

59   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At warp.

60   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before... Beverly ENTERS from the turbolift...

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT FIVE     47A.

60   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			We've just received a priority
			one distress call from the colony
			on Dulisian Four... a massive
			failure of the environmental
			support system. They're going
			to require evacuation.

	Riker turns and asks himself what to do for a beat...
	he has nothing but a hunch about the Vulcan ships...

					RIKER
			Worf, other ships in the vicinity
			of Dulisian Four...

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FIVE      48.

60   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(checking)
			One, sir... a Rutian
			archaeological vessel...

					BEVERLY
			I'm sure it's not equipped to
			handle something of this scale,
			Will...

61   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Riker moves to the aft station where the monitors
	follow the progress of the Vulcan ships...

					RIKER
			Geordi, anything more on the
			Vulcan ships... ?

					GEORDI
			I've checked every sensor display
			backwards and forwards... if the
			Romulans altered them, they didn't
			leave any fingerprints... I can't
			tie any of them to the surplus
			yard.

					WORF
			The Vulcan ships have entered
			Federation space... maintaining
			low warp, sir...

	A beat. Riker clearly has no choice.

					RIKER
				(beat)
			Lay in a new course for Dulisian
			Four...

					WORF
			Incoming Message from Romulus...
			on all subspace channels.

					RIKER
			On screen.

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/6/91 - ACT FIVE      49.

62   OMITTED

62A  ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	to include the viewscreen. Spock appears.

					SPOCK
			This is Ambassador Spock of
			Vulcan. By now, Federation
			sensors are tracking three Vulcan
			ships crossing the Neutral Zone.
			These ships carry a Romulan
			invasion force and must be
			stopped. I repeat these ships.

	The Spock image is suddenly scrambled...

					RIKER
			Doctor, contact Dulisian Four...
			and confirm that distress call.
			I have a feeling it may prove
			to be a false alarm.

	She EXITS quickly...

					RIKER
			How long will it take to intercept
			those Vulcan ships, Mister Worf?

					WORF
			Fourteen minutes, sir...

62B  INT. ROMULAN OFFICE - DAY

	Spock has just completed his announcement, moving away
	from a "broadcast" alcove... Data is at the computer...
	Picard still holds the phaser on Sela...

					DATA
			Communication lines have been
			terminated at the transmitter...
			I am quite certain the message
			was sent prior to the
			interruption...

					PICARD
			Well done, Mister Data...

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/9/91 - ACT FIVE      50.

62B  CONTINUED:

					SELA
			You'll never get out of this
			building.

					DATA
			I disagree, Commander. After
			studying the design of this
			structure, I have determined that
			our best route of escape would
			be the underground exit to the
			east of this wing... I have
			disconnected certain security
			scanners to assist us.

	He rises... as they prepare to exit...

					DATA
			I am afraid we cannot permit you
			to warn your guards.

	And he pinches her with a Spock pinch... and she goes
	down.

					SPOCK
				(reacts)
			Impressive.

	And they're out.

63   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	coming out of warp.

64   OMITTED

65   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					WORF
			Vulcan defense vessels are also
			responding... the Romulan force
			is retreating toward the Neutral
			Zone...

					RIKER
			Uh Uh. They're not taking those
			Vulcan ships home with them...

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/10/91 - ACT FIVE     51.

65   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Visual range, Commander...

					RIKER
			On screen.

					GEORDI
				(reacting off sensors)
			A Romulan warbird. Decloaking
			alongside the Vulcan ships.

					RIKER
			Red alert...

66   ANGLE ON THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Shows a Romulan warbird DECLOAKING next to three
	smaller Vulcan ships.

					RIKER
			Advise the warbird to withdraw
			from Federation space and leave
			the Vulcan ships where they are...

					WORF
			The warbird is powering up its
			forward disruptor array...

					RIKER
			Ready phasers.

	The Warbird fires and the Vulcan ships explode one at a
	time... then the Warbird recloaks.

67   OMITTED

68   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Reactions. Geordi at a science monitor, reading
	sensors...

					GEORDI
			There were over two thousand
			Romulan troops on those ships.

					TROI
			They destroyed their own invasion
			force.

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/9/91 - ACT FIVE      52.

68   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Rather than let them be taken
			prisoner.
				(softly)
			Stand down red alert. Mister
			Worf, advise the Klingon ship to
			signal us as soon as Captain
			Picard and Data are safely aboard.

					WORF
			Aye, sir...

69   OMITTED

70   INT. NEW CAVES

	D'Tan leads in Picard, Data and Spock...

					D'TAN
			This way... Pardek never saw these
			caves... It's safe, they won't
			find us here...

	In the cavern, a dozen or more of the underground
	members are meeting... They acknowledge the arrival...

					PICARD
			What will you do now... ?

					ROMULAN#2
			What we've always done. Continue
			to teach. Pass on the ideals to
			a new generation. Work for the
			day when new thoughts may be
			spoken aloud.

	Spock studies these people, muses, coming to an
	understanding of what he must do...

					PICARD
			The Federation will welcome that
			day.

					DATA
			Captain, we will need to reach
			our transport site in fourteen
			minutes.

	Picard acknowledges, and as they begin to move away from
	the others, Spock takes Picard aside...

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/9/91 - ACT FIVE      53.

70   CONTINUED:

					SPOCK
			I will not be coming with you.

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			Ambassador...

					SPOCK
			The reason for my coming here has
			never been more clear, Captain.
			The union of the Romulan and
			Vulcan peoples will not be
			achieved by politics. Or by
			diplomacy. But it will be
			achieved. The answer has been
			here in front of us all the time.
			An inexorable evolution toward
			a Vulcan philosophy has already
			begun: Like the first Vulcans,
			these people are struggling to
			find a new enlightenment. It may
			take decades, centuries for them
			to reach it... but they will...
			and I must help...

	Picard studies him a long beat...

					PICARD
			I have learned it is useless to
			argue with you once your mind is
			set.

					SPOCK
			Not at all, Captain. I have in
			fact found our arguments quite
			useful. Almost as useful as those
			I had with my father.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			Would you be surprised to learn
			that he found them equally
			valuable?

	Spock studies Picard with an intensity, slowly reaches
	out...

					SPOCK
			Ironically, Captain, you may have
			known Sarek better than his own
			son did... my father and I never
			chose to meld.

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/9/91 - ACT FIVE      54.

70   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Then, I would offer you the chance
			to touch what he shared with
			me...

71   DATA

	turns, reacts as he sees this happening...

72   SPOCK'S HAND

	touches Picard's head... and they meld... a symbolic
	unification of one generation and another.

73   SPOCK

	looks into Picard's eyes... and...

74   PICARD

	smiles a warm familial smile as we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             





                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                     "Unification Part I" 
                          #40275-208 
                              
                           Story by 
                 Rick Berman & Michael Piller 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                          Jeri Taylor 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


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                         FINAL DRAFT

                      SEPTEMBER 13, 1991


     STAR TREK: "Unification Part I" - REV. 9/18/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Unification Part I" 

                             CAST                               
                              
            PICARD                   ADMIRAL BRACKETT
            RIKER                    PERRIN
            DATA                     SAREK
            BEVERLY                  B'IJIK
            TROI                     K'VADA
            GEORDI                   DOKACHIN
            WORF                     PARDEK
                                     NERAL
            COMPUTER VOICE           SPOCK
                                     KLINGON COM VOICE
                                     ROMULAN #1
                                     ROMULAN SOUP WOMAN
            Non-Speaking             
              SUPERNUMERARIES        Non-Speaking  
              TRANSPORTER OFFICER      ROMULAN FOOT SOLDIER
                                       N.D. ROMULAN CIVILIANS

       STAR TREK: "Unification Part I" - 9/13/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Unification Part I" 
                      
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     STARBASE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              CORRIDOR                 SURPLUS YARD
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              CARGO BAY                KLINGON BIRD OF PREY
              ENGINEERING
                                       ROMULUS CAPITOL CITY
                                         ROMULAN STREET
            VULCAN
              SAREK'S CEREMONIAL DEATH CHAMBER	DARK SHIP
          
            BIRD OF PREY
              BRIDGE
              KLINGON QUARTERS
          
            ROMULUS CAPITOL CITY
              ROMULAN OFFICE
              CAVES/CAVERN
          
            B'JIK'S KLINGON BACKGROUND
              (ON VIEWSCREEN)
          
            DOKACHIN'S DEPOT BACKGROUND
              (ON VIEWSCREEN)

   STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/17/91 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Unification Part I" 
                      
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

               B'IJIK                  BYE-jihk
               HANOLIN                 hn-OH-lin
               KLIM DOKACHIN           klim DOCK-uh-chin
               KROCTON                 CROCK-tahn
               K'VADA                  kuh-VAH-duh
               NERAL                   nuh-RAHL
               PARDEK                  PAHR-dek
               QUALOR TWO              KWAY-lohr 2
               T'PAU                   t'-POW (as in pow-wow)
                 KLINGON                                                
               Hechu' ghoS             heh-KOO GOHSS
               Jatlh                   JAHT-leh
               MeH HoD                 meh-HODE
               MeHmaH ghoS             meh-mah GOHSS
               So'wl'chu               sawl-KOO

   STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - REV. 9/18/91 - TEASER   1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                    "Unification, Part I"                          
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AT STARBASE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is docked at the starbase seen in
	"Redemption."

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45233.1.
			Our terraforming mission to Doraf
			One has been suddenly cancelled
			and the Enterprise recalled to
			Starbase Two-thirty-four. Fleet
			Admiral Brackett would not discuss
			the matter on subspace for
			reasons she said would soon be
			clear...

2    INT. ENTERPRISE - READY ROOM

	ADMIRAL BRACKETT, regal and poised as ever, with PICARD.

   STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - REV. 9/18/91 - TEASER   2.

2    CONTINUED:

					ADMIRAL BRACKETT
			I apologize for the mystery,
			Captain... but we must attempt
			to contain the information I'm
			about to reveal to you... at least
			as long as possible...

					PICARD
			I will admit you've piqued my
			curiosity, Admiral.

					ADMIRAL BRACKETT
			Three weeks ago, one of our most
			celebrated ambassadors -- an
			advisor to Federation leaders for
			generations -- disappeared. He
			left no word of his destination.

	Brackett moves toward Picard's desk, and activates his
	computer.

					ADMIRAL BRACKETT
			Two days ago, intelligence reports
			placed him on Romulus -- and I
			assure you it's an unauthorized
			visit. Computer, initiate linkage
			between this terminal and starbase
			computer system alpha-two-nine.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Linkage complete.

					PICARD
			A defection?

					ADMIRAL BRACKETT
			If it is, the damage to Federation
			security would be incalculable.

	Brackett taps a few instructions and then gestures for
	Picard to look.

3    INSERT - MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	A fuzzy, out-of-focus picture, with margins showing
	on screen, comes into frame -- something obviously
	taken on a very long lens. There are several blurred
	figures, none of them identifiable.

   STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - REV. 9/18/91 - TEASER   3.

4    BACK TO SCENE

					ADMIRAL BRACKETT
			Taken on Romulus, by long-range
			scanner. Computer, enhance image
			in section four-delta.

4A   INSERT - MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	as the blurred images come into sharper relief... the
	center one particularly... and as it becomes focused,
	we recognize the unmistakable image of Spock, dressed
	in Romulan clothing.

4B   BACK TO SCENE

	to show Picard's shocked face. On his surprise and the
	Admiral's grim intent...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/17/91 - ACT ONE     4.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

		(NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	coming out of warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45236.4.
			As I study the intelligence
			reports on Ambassador Spock's
			disappearance, I cannot help but
			feel a deeper, more personal
			concern about this mission, for
			I know this man through his
			father. It was barely a year ago
			that I shared a mind meld with
			the Vulcan Sarek... now we must
			meet again as I attempt to find
			an explanation for his son's
			actions.

	(Part of the log can fall over the following --)

5A   INT. ENTERPRISE - OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Moving along several PADDs spread out across the
	table... as well as other reports... clearly Picard
	has been doing a great deal of homework... but as we
	find him he is musing, staring out the window at the
	stars... Riker ENTERS...

					RIKER
			We'll be coming into orbit of
			Vulcan in less than an hour,
			Captain... you may want to get
			some rest...

					PICARD
			Yes, yes, of course, you're
			right...

	But he doesn't get up, his eye is caught by another
	PADD on his desk... he's tired, but his mind is busy...

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/17/91 - ACT ONE     5.

5A   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			We should notify Sarek's wife of
			our plans...

					RIKER
			All taken care of, sir... she'll
			be transporting aboard at oh-seven
			hundred...

					PICARD
			And Sarek?

					RIKER
			She says he is too ill to join
			her.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Not unexpected. The man is dying.
			And I have the... honor... to
			bring him the news that his son
			may have betrayed the Federation.

	Riker sits.

					RIKER
			How well do you know Spock?

					PICARD
			I met him only once... what I know
			of him comes from history books
			and of course the mind meld with
			his father...

					RIKER
			That must cover a lot of ground...

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/17/91 - ACT ONE     6.

5A   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Not as much as you'd imagine...
			Sarek and Spock...

	He pauses, inclined not to go any deeper into this...

					PICARD
			... Well, sometimes, fathers and
			sons...

	He doesn't need to finish...

					RIKER
				(from personal
				 experience)
			Understood.

	Picard nods, rises and Riker follows suit... Picard
	gets an additional thought... he picks up a PADD...

					PICARD
			Oh there was one other thing...
			take a look at this...

	Hands it to Riker, who glances at it, raises an
	eyebrow...

					PICARD
			Something that turned up during
			the intelligence sweep... what
			do you make of it?

					RIKER
				(re: the PADD)
			Metal fragments, possibly
			disassembled components,
			identified as Vulcan... recovered
			from a downed Ferengi ship...

					PICARD
			And the crates they were in were
			marked as medical supplies.

					RIKER
			Contraband?

	Picard shakes his head, doesn't know... as they EXIT...

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT ONE     6A.

5A   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			They've been sent to Vulcan for
			identification... Starfleet has
			requested we lend them a hand...

	Riker acknowledges and they're out...

5B   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit of Vulcan.

6    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard waits with a TRANSPORTER OFFICER as PERRIN
	MATERIALIZES on the pad. She walks forward, extending
	her arms, obviously glad to see Picard again. She is
	as lovely and gracious as ever, her eyes holding the
	only clue to the pain she carries from Sarek's illness.

					PERRIN
			Captain Picard...

					PICARD
			Perrin...

	They shake hands and start toward the door.

					PERRIN
			It's good to see you again.

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT ONE     7.

6    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			And you. How is Sarek?

	They EXIT the transporter room.

7    INT. CORRIDOR

	as they walk toward a turbolift.

					PERRIN
			He has good days... and bad days.
			More and more they're bad...

					PICARD
			Then the disease has progressed...

					PERRIN
			It is a cruel killer. Sarek
			deserves a noble death... instead
			he is trapped in this lingering
			madness...

					PICARD
			It must be very hard for you.

	She casts him a swift glance. Not many people ever
	think of her feelings, her needs. She is grateful for
	Picard's sensitivity.

					PERRIN
			Every day I can share with him
			is a gift. The pain will be in
			losing him.

					PICARD
			I hope that will not be soon.

					PERRIN
			There's no way to tell. At times
			I think he won't make it through
			another night... and then it seems
			he's strong enough to live for
			years...

	They walk quietly for a beat, then --

					PICARD
			I admire your strength more than
			I can tell you.

	Again, she gives him a sidelong glance, but he's
	looking straight ahead. They walk on in silence.

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT ONE     8.

8    INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is at the replicator, just removing two cups
	of tea. He gives her a cup of steaming tea and she
	takes it, inhaling the vapor.

					PERRIN
			Mint tea... it's been years since
			I've had it... Vulcans have some
			strange concoction they call
			"mint"... but you wouldn't
			recognize it...

	She sips at it, turning away to look out the windows.
	Picard regards her for a moment, realizing she is
	reluctant to get into discussion of the real purpose
	of his visit. But he has no such luxury.

					PICARD
			Perrin... you know why I've come
			to Vulcan.

	She seems to stiffen a moment, doesn't turn around,
	doesn't answer.

					PICARD
			I must ask you about Spock.

	Now she turns, and there's a bitterness in her eyes
	that can't be concealed.

					PERRIN
			He didn't even say good-bye to
			his father before he left.

					PICARD
			Is it possible he was abducted?

					PERRIN
			No. He wrapped up his affairs
			very carefully. He knew he was
			going.

					PICARD
			Do you have any idea why he might
			have disappeared like this?

	Perrin drills him a look, works to get under control.
	This whole subject is clearly a sore spot with her.

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT ONE     9.

8    CONTINUED:

					PERRIN
			Captain, as far as I'm concerned
			he disappeared a long time ago.

	She rises, trying to contain her emotions...

					PERRIN
			Excuse me for sounding like the
			wicked stepmother...

					PICARD
			Would it be inappropriate to ask
			what happened between you and
			Spock?

					PERRIN
			Not between us. Between Spock
			and his father. They had argued
			for years; that was family...
			but when the debates over the
			Cardassian war began, he attacked
			Sarek's position... publicly...
			he showed no loyalty to his
			father...

					PICARD
			I was not aware that Sarek was
			offended by Spock's opposition...

					PERRIN
			I was offended. And I made sure
			Spock knew it.
				(beat, softer)
			I am very protective of my
			husband. I do not apologize for
			it.

	A beat.

					PICARD
			Would Sarek have any idea why
			Spock might have left?

	Perrin turns and walks away from him, pauses at a
	distance, hesitates before answering. If it were
	anyone else, she would never become so personal, so
	revealing...

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT ONE     9A.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					PERRIN
			I don't know.
				(beat)
			If you could see Sarek as I do...
			wasting in bed... whispering to
			himself...

	She turns back to Picard, in anguish.

					PERRIN
			He wants to see his son... to heal
			any rifts that still remain...
			but now it may be too late.

	Her voice breaks and she turns away, not wanting to
	lose control in front of Picard. He is sobered by her
	distress.

					PICARD
				(gently)
			Perrin... would you allow me to
			see Sarek?

	She turns back, suffering in her eyes. Hesitates.

					PERRIN
			If it were anyone else... I would
			never permit it.

	A beat as she looks into his eyes. Deciding --

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/17/91 - ACT ONE     10.

8    CONTINUED: (3)

					PERRIN
			But you are a part of him... and
			he of you...

	And on Picard's reaction...

8A   INT. CARGO BAY

	Riker and GEORDI stand looking over an unusual scene.
	Spread out on the floor of the bay are fragments of
	metal -- big, small, irregular, symmetrical, most of
	them charred and twisted beyond recognition.
	SUPERNUMERARIES, with tricorders, scanners, etc. are
	moving the fragments around, trying to arrange them
	into a cohesive pattern. In evidence are the broken
	remains of the containers which once housed the
	fragments.

					RIKER
			The Vulcans can't figure out what
			these fragments are... but
			they've identified the metal as
			a dentarium alloy.

					GEORDI
			That pretty well indicates
			that they're Vulcan...
				(beat)
			And dentarium also means that
			whatever this was, it was designed
			for use in space.

	A beat as he inspects various pieces...

					GEORDI
			From the look of the damage,
			must've been a high-speed impact.

					RIKER
				(acknowledges)
			A Ferengi cargo shuttle that went
			down in the Hanolin asteroid
			belt... the debris was spread over
			one hundred square kilometers.

	Riker and Geordi pick their way through the strange
	assortment of metal chunks. Riker picks up part of
	a damaged container. Geordi picks up a metal fragment,
	plays his tricorder on it.

    STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT ONE    10A.

8A   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Could it be a weapons array?

					RIKER
			That was my first thought. But
			the Vulcans don't have any record
			of stolen weapons. Or stolen
			parts, for that matter.

	Geordi surveys the mess, shaking his head.

					GEORDI
			This is gonna be like putting
			together a big jig-saw puzzle when
			you don't know what the picture
			is supposed to be.

	Riker acknowledges and as both men begin to seek a way
	to organize the wreckage...

9    OMITTED

10   INT. SAREK'S CEREMONIAL DEATH CHAMBER

	Sarek rests on a raised bed in an otherwise Spartan
	room. His head, resting on a pillow, is turned toward
	sunlight. Tears have coursed a pattern on his face
	and dried in rivulets. His mouth moves faintly, but
	no sound emerges. Perrin and Picard stand at the
	doorway, Picard noticeably shocked by this
	deterioration in Sarek's condition.

					PERRIN
			He's like this most of the time...
			his emotions have taken over.

	She moves toward the bed, followed by Picard. Sarek's
	lips keep moving.

					PERRIN
			Sometimes I can bring him out of
			it.

	She reaches the bed, leans in to her husband. When
	she speaks it is sharply, harshly, demandingly.

					PERRIN
			Sarek! You will listen!

	Sarek snarls in rage, anger suddenly replacing pathos.

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT ONE     11.

10   CONTINUED:

					SAREK
			Go from me!

					PERRIN
			Picard is here.

	In reply, Sarek pounds his fists on the bed.

					SAREK
			No -- more -- chaos!

	Perrin turns to Picard.

					PERRIN
			I'll leave you alone. He'll
			either acknowledge you... or he
			won't.

	He nods and she EXITS. Picard is alone with the
	furious man. He takes his cue from Perrin, and speaks
	firmly, authoritatively.

					PICARD
			Sarek, I have come a long way to
			see you.

					SAREK
			I will not answer -- !

					PICARD
			I must speak to you about your
			son...

					SAREK
			I want no one with me --

					PICARD
			About Spock.

	Sarek suddenly goes silent. He doesn't look at Picard,
	and there is no indication that he truly understands.
	But then his head slowly turns, his eyes focus on
	Picard. When he speaks, his voice is quiet.

					SAREK
			Spock?

					PICARD
			Yes. He's missing.

	A flicker in Sarek's eyes as he moves into the reality
	of the present, recognition dawning.

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT ONE     12.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					SAREK
			Is that you, Picard... ?

					PICARD
			Yes, my friend.

					SAREK
			You came here... to Vulcan...

					PICARD
			I need your help. I must find
			Spock.

	Tears spring to Sarek's eyes as his emotions overcome
	him once more. He lets out a sob, then struggles for
	the precious control that is so elusive.

					SAREK
			He is not here...

					PICARD
			I know. He is reported on
			Romulus.

	Sarek fixes him with a hard look. He is trying to
	regain control, concentrate on the moment, even though
	it costs him considerable effort.

					SAREK
			On Romulus... why?

					PICARD
			That's what I hope to find out
			from you.

					SAREK
			On Romulus...

	He is silent for a moment, musing. When he looks at
	Picard again, his eyes are clear.

					SAREK
			You're going there, aren't you?
			To find him.

					PICARD
			Yes.

	Sarek rises now, sits upright. It is as though purpose
	has given him focus.

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT ONE     13.

10   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Have you any idea what might have
			taken him to Romulus?

					SAREK
			No.

					PICARD
			Is there anyone on Romulus that
			he might know... or choose to
			contact?

	A vague memory stirs for Sarek.

					SAREK
			Pardek...

					PICARD
			Who is Pardek?

					SAREK
			It could be Pardek...

					PICARD
			Who is Pardek?

	Sarek gets out of bed. He is becoming energized.

					SAREK
			He is a Romulan Senator. Spock
			has maintained a relationship with
			him over the years... I don't know
			where they met. The Khitomer
			Conference, I'd imagine.

					PICARD
			Pardek represented Romulus?

					SAREK
			Yes... yes I'm quite sure he
			did...

	He begins to pace. He is suffused with energy, leonine
	and magnificent...

    STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT ONE    13A.

10   CONTINUED: (4)

					SAREK
			... in fact I recall Spock coming
			to me with optimism about a
			continuing dialogue with the
			Romulans at one point... and I
			told him it was clearly an
			illogical expectation... Spock
			is always so impressionable...
			this Romulan Pardek had no support
			at home... and of course in the
			end, I was proven correct.

	He looks at Picard, shrugs as though to say, "How do
	you tell a child what to do?"

					SAREK
			I tried to give him the benefit
			of experience, of logic... but
			he never listened. He never
			listened...

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT ONE     14.

10   CONTINUED: (5)

	Now Sarek has lost the train of thought, and,
	disoriented, turns away. Picard tries to get his
	attention.

					PICARD
			It has been suggested... that
			Spock may have defected.

	Sarek turns back, puzzled. He has lost the context.

					SAREK
			Never. I can accept many things,
			but not that.

					PICARD
			But you believe he might be there
			to see Pardek...

					SAREK
				(puzzled)
			The Romulan Senator? How do you
			know Pardek?

					PICARD
				(not worth going into)
			I've heard of him.

					SAREK
			That's what he's done. Gone to
			see Pardek.

	Sarek returns to the bed... exhausted now...

					PICARD
			Do you know what business they
			could have together?

					SAREK
			No.
				(beat)
			I never knew what Spock was doing.
			When he was a boy, he would
			disappear for days into the
			mountains.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT ONE     15.

10   CONTINUED: (6)

					SAREK (cont'd)
			I asked him where he had gone,
			what he had done... he refused
			to answer. I insisted he tell
			me... but he would not. I forbade
			him to go... he ignored me. I
			punished him... he endured it
			silently. And always, he returned
			to the mountains.
				(beat)
			One might as well tell the river
			not to flow...

	Sarek seeks Picard's eyes... he is beginning to lose
	his control... tears overwhelm him...

					SAREK
			Secretly... I admired him... that
			proud core of him that would not
			yield...

	A beat.

					PICARD
				(softly)
			Sarek, we are a part of each
			other. I know Spock has caused
			you pain... but I also know you
			love him...

	Tears are threatening to overwhelm Sarek.

					SAREK
			Tell him, Picard...

	His eyes begin to glaze over slightly, and he struggles
	to maintain control for a moment longer. He looks
	toward one of his hands, and tries to form his fingers
	in the Vulcan salute... the fingers won't obey. They
	tremble and shift position and just won't go where they
	should. Gently, Picard reaches over and puts them
	right. Sarek smiles and holds the hand toward him.
	Picard then forms the salute himself.

					PICARD
			Peace and long life, Sarek.

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT ONE     16.

10   CONTINUED: (7)

					SAREK
			Live long and... and...
				(beat)
			... live long and...

	He drifts off vaguely, his hands losing the salute and
	his mind losing reality. He turns away, his mind
	elsewhere.

					SAREK
			Spock... my son...

	Picard watches sadly as Sarek cries.

					PICARD
				(whispering)
			... and prosper.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT TWO     17.

                            ACT TWO                             
	FADE IN:

10A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45240.1.
			To cross the Neutral Zone, I will
			require a cloaked ship. To that
			end, I have set a course for the
			Klingon Home World. After all we
			did for Gowron during the recent
			war, I am certain he will be happy
			to return a favor.

11
thru	OMITTED
12B

13   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Close on Picard at tactical. On the heels of his
	confident log, Picard is uncharacteristically, well,
	flabbergasted...

					PICARD
			Still no response from the
			Klingons, Mister Worf?

					WORF
			Nossir.

	Picard looks incredulously at Riker at command.

					PICARD
			He's ignoring me... what other
			explanation is there?

					RIKER
			Seems like, after three days of
			hailing him, he could've found
			a minute to talk to you...

					WORF
			Sir...

					PICARD
				(rather snappish)
			Yes, Lieutenant?

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT TWO     18.

13   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			I believe I know why our messages
			are not being answered. Gowron...
			has been rewriting Klingon
			history.

					RIKER
			Rewriting history?

					WORF
			He is claiming that it was his
			courage... his genius... which
			brought about an end to the civil
			war.

					PICARD
			I see.

					WORF
			In the new version... there is
			no mention made of the
			Federation's help in his rise to
			power.

					RIKER
			If Worf's right, our arrival
			would be an uncomfortable
			reminder of the facts...

					PICARD
			Victors re-write the history
			books. He can take every bit of
			credit, I'll gladly grant him
			that. But I need a ship.
				(frowns, a beat)
			If Gowron won't talk to me... get
			somebody who will, somebody on
			the High Council, K'Tal perhaps...

					WORF
			Yes, Captain.

	Picard exchanges another frustrated glance with
	Riker...

13A  ANGLE - DATA (OPTICAL)

	at an aft science station...


  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - REV. 9/17/91 - ACT TWO  19.

13A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Captain, I have a visual
			identification of Senator Pardek
			of Romulus...

	Picard moves back to join Data at the monitor.
	Picard sits near him. On the monitor is newsreel-type
	photo-op coverage, handshaking and so forth...

					DATA
			This is a Barolian record of a
			trade negotiation in which Pardek
			participated four years ago...

	It ends...

					PICARD
			That's all?

					DATA
			Yessir.

					PICARD
			Run it again.

	Data presses some panels, Picard studies it silently
	for a beat... hits a panel and freezes it on the best
	face shot...

					PICARD
			Call up the intelligence
			scan of Spock on Romulus...

	Data presses some panels...

13B  ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The shot of Spock appears... another man who is with
	him... not at a good angle... is now recognizable as
	Pardek...

					PICARD (o.c.)
			Same man... Pardek...

13C  RESUME

					PICARD
			One question answered.
				(beat)
			What do we know of him?

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT TWO     20.

13C  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			He has been in public service
			since he was a young man... a
			senator for nine decades. He is
			considered a "man of the
			people... " He has sponsored many
			reforms. Reportedly, he is
			considered by the Romulan
			leadership to be something of a
			radical because he has been an
			advocate for peace throughout his
			career.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			I can see why Spock would
			cultivate a relationship with him.

					DATA
			Yessir.

					PICARD
			Where are we likely to find him
			-- other than on the floor of the
			Romulan Senate?

					DATA
			The district he represents is
			called the Krocton Segment. He
			maintains a dwelling there.

	Picard nods, absorbing all this, musing on it.

					PICARD
			Very good, Mister Data.

	Picard begins to rise...

					DATA
			There is more, sir... I took the
			liberty of expanding the
			perameters of my search... and
			have discovered that Pardek has
			several relatives in the Krocton
			Segment. It is likely that you
			will be able to locate him there
			on the third day of the Romulan
			week when the Senate is not in
			session.

    STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/17/91 - ACT TWO    20A.

13C  CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard studies his officer with admiration...

					PICARD
			Your resourcefulness never ceases
			to amaze me.

					DATA
			Thank you, sir.

					PICARD
			If I ever get to Romulus, Data,
			I am going to need help. I'd like
			you to accompany me.

					DATA
			To the surface, sir?

					PICARD
			Yes...

	Data is flattered, but puzzled...

					DATA
			I understand how you can be made
			to look Romulan, but I believe
			it will be more difficult to
			transform an android, Captain.

					PICARD
			I think Doctor Crusher can come
			up with something...

					WORF
			Captain... we are being hailed
			by the Klingon Home World.

	Picard moves toward him.

					PICARD
			Gowron or K'Tal?

					WORF
			Neither, sir... it is the junior
			adjutant to the diplomatic
			delegation.

	Picard frowns...

					RIKER
			Junior adjutant.

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT TWO     21.

13C  CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Name.

					WORF
			B'ijik, sir.

					PICARD
			On screen.

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT TWO     22.

14   ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Appearing on the viewscreen is a Klingon, B'IJIK --
	the kind of small-minded person who basks in the
	reflected power of his superior, who has the authority
	to say "no," but never "yes."

					B'IJIK
			Greetings, Captain. I regret to
			inform you that Gowron and the
			High Council are quite busy and
			won't be able to speak with you
			today.

					PICARD
			Is he aware that we've been
			transmitting messages for three
			days?

					B'IJIK
				(feigned surprise)
			Messages? I'll have to inspect
			the logs... but I'm sure we
			haven't received any...

					PICARD
			It is of the utmost importance
			that I speak with Gowron...

					B'IJIK
			Captain, Gowron wishes it were
			possible to talk with everyone
			who wants an audience. But he
			is one man... the demands on his
			time are formidable. If you would
			like me to take him a message...

					PICARD
			A message. Very well.

	He moves toward the viewscreen.

					PICARD
			Tell Gowron, Leader of the High
			Council of the Klingon Empire,
			that his Arbiter of Succession,
			Jean-Luc Picard, needs a favor.

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/17/91 - ACT TWO     23.

14   CONTINUED:

					B'IJIK
			A favor?

					PICARD
			I require a cloaked vessel.

					B'IJIK
				(faint smile)
			A cloaked vessel. This is no
			small favor, Captain.

					PICARD
			It is for a mission that could
			have repercussions throughout the
			quadrant.

					B'IJIK
			How would it benefit the Klingon
			Empire? I'm sure Gowron will
			ask...

	Picard studies him a long beat. Dry...

					PICARD
			The only benefit to the Klingon
			Empire... would be our gratitude.

					B'IJIK
			That's what you want me to tell
			Gowron... .?

					PICARD
			Yes. And please add that if he
			is unable to provide a ship, I
			am sure there are others in the
			Klingon Empire who would be
			willing to help me. And then they
			would have our gratitude.

	That hangs in the air for a second.

					B'IJIK
			I see.

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT TWO     24.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Also please tell him that I am
			immensely gratified that he is
			prospering so well. It is a
			tribute to his skilled leadership.

	B'ijik inclines his head, and the screen returns to
	the starfield. Picard turns around to see Riker's
	amused look. And he sits, still annoyed at B'ijik.

14A  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/17/91 - ACT TWO     25.

14B  OMITTED

14C  INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Data with Beverly. She is examining Data's
	ears with a 24th-century tech ear instrument...
	meanwhile a SUPERNUMERARY is coating one of Picard's
	ears with a plastic substance.

					BEVERLY
			They aren't removable, are they,
			Data?

					DATA
			Removable, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			Your ears.

					DATA
			No, Doctor... they are fully
			integrated components.

					BEVERLY
				(to the supernumerary)
			We'll need molds of his ears
			too...

					PICARD
			What about his skin color?

    STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/17/91 - ACT TWO    25A.

14C  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			We'll have to do some tests with
			his skin pigmentation. Changing
			it to appear Romulan shouldn't
			be too hard... I just want to be
			sure we can change it back again
			afterwards.

	She takes a set of optical calipers from a stand and
	measures Picard's head... as Riker ENTERS... intrigued
	by these proceedings...

					BEVERLY
			The right eye is point-zero-zero-
			four higher than the left...

					PICARD
				(playfully)
			It is not...

					BEVERLY
			You want a proper fit on your
			prosthetic? Trust your tailor.

	The supernumerary puts the ear mold on Data...

					RIKER
				(re: the eyes)
			I won't tell a soul, sir.

					PICARD
			Anything from Gowron?

					RIKER
			Nosir. But after your tailor is
			done, would you join me in the
			cargo bay... La Forge has made
			some progress on those metal
			fragments...

					BEVERLY
			These two still have to report
			to Mister Mott to get their
			hairpieces designed...

					PICARD
			Thirty minutes, Number One.

	Riker acknowledges, EXITS.

    STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT TWO    25B.

15   INT. CARGO BAY

	Picard, Geordi, Riker, SUPERNUMERARIES as needed. The
	metal has been arranged into a pattern; some parts are
	still missing.

					GEORDI
			What we seem to have here is a
			navigational deflector array.
			Or at least what's left of one.

					RIKER
			Why would anyone want a Vulcan
			deflector?

					GEORDI
			Beats me, Commander. Every
			question we answer here seems to
			bring up two more.

					PICARD
			You're certain it is Vulcan...

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir. A metallurgical
			analysis confirmed that... and
			by running a molecular pattern
			trace, we even identified the ship
			as the T'Pau.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT TWO     26.

15   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI (cont'd)
			It was decommissioned years ago
			and sent to the surplus depot at
			Qualor Two. As far as anyone
			knows it's still there.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Worf to Captain Picard...

					PICARD
				(taps combadge)
			Yes, Lieutenant?

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			A Klingon vessel is decloaking
			off our port bow. Compliments
			of Gowron.

	Picard and Riker exchange an amused glance.

					PICARD
			Please convey our gratitude,
			Mister Worf. Advise the captain
			that Lieutenant Commander Data
			and I will be transporting aboard
			shortly.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

	As they EXIT the cargo bay...

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT TWO     27.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			I'd like to take the Enterprise
			to Qualor Two... see what I can
			find out there.

					PICARD
			Agreed.

	The two turn and head out of the cargo bay.

15A  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND BIRD OF PREY (OPTICAL)

15B  INT. KLINGON BRIDGE

	Picard, Data, and the Klingon Captain, K'VADA. He is a
	burly man whose days of warrior glory are probably
	behind him; he's not thrilled about this assignment
	to ferry two wimp Starfleet officers across the Neutral
	Zone. He responds by being confrontational and
	challenging. During the next, Data wanders the bridge,
	scoping out the computer equipment.

					K'VADA
			When I received my orders... I
			was not told where we were going.

	No response from Picard.

					K'VADA
			But the heading I was given...
			takes us into the Neutral Zone...
			and to Romulus.

					PICARD
			That's right.

					K'VADA
			I know my duty, Captain... when
			I'm given orders, I follow them.
				(beat)
			But I do not like secrets. I want
			to know why we are on this
			mission.

					PICARD
			I'm sorry. It is a confidential
			matter.

    STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT TWO    27A.

15B  CONTINUED:

					K'VADA
			You're going after the defector,
			aren't you?

					PICARD
				(impassive)
			Defector...

					K'VADA
			You think information like that
			stays a secret? Ambassador Spock
			has gone to Romulus... and you're
			going after him.

	Picard regards him evenly.

					PICARD
			Your orders are to take us to a
			set of coordinates near Romulus...
			and to bring us back. That is
			all I am prepared to discuss.

					K'VADA
			If we are discovered by the
			Romulans... it means death for
			all of us.

     STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT TWO     28.

15B  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I realize that.

	There is a beat more, with Picard holding the Klingon
	Captain's look. Then, accepting the fact that he will
	be getting no more information, K'Vada turns to his
	helmsman.

					K'VADA
			Hechu' ghoS...
				(to Picard)
			Very well, Captain. We have set
			a course for Romulus.

16   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND BIRD OF PREY (OPTICAL)

	as the two great ships peel apart, each headed on its
	own precarious journey.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT THREE    29.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

17   EXT. SPACE - KLINGON BIRD OF PREY (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

18   INT. BIRD OF PREY - KLINGON QUARTERS

	The door to the quarters opens and K'vada ENTERS,
	followed by Picard and Data. A beat as he surveys the
	room. Then, with thinly veiled sarcasm --

					K'VADA
			It may not be what you're used
			to on a Starfleet ship.

	Picard and Data look around the quarters to see --

19   THE ROOM - THEIR POV

	A bleak, uncomfortable room, Spartan in its
	furnishings; the bed is a shelf recessed in the wall;
	it is dark, dingy, and gives the impression of a place
	that has been unused for years.

					PICARD
			Quite nice. Thank you.

	Picard knows that K'Vada is spoiling for a fight...
	and he sees nothing to gain by giving him one. His
	refusal to be drawn in becomes increasingly frustrating
	to K'Vada.

					DATA
			Is this the captain's quarters,
			or mine?

					K'VADA
			Both.

	Off their surprised reactions --

    STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT THREE    30.

19   CONTINUED:

					K'VADA
			We have limited space. We're a
			military ship, not a pleasure
			craft.

					PICARD
			Of course. This will be fine.

	K'vada, enjoying their discomfiture, strolls the room
	like a hotel bellboy, pointing out the features. He
	smacks his hand on the shelf-bed -- no mattress there.

					K'VADA
			You'll sleep Klingon style... we
			don't soften our bodies by putting
			down a pad...

	Picard smacks the shelf himself.

					PICARD
			Good. I prefer it that way.

					K'VADA
			You'll take your meals with us...
			and we don't serve Federation
			food.

					PICARD
			I haven't had gagh in a while...
			been looking forward to it. Very
			fresh.

	K'Vada gives him a glare, but before he can retort --

					KLINGON COM VOICE
			MeH HoD... (Bridge to Captain)

					K'VADA
			Jatlh! (Speak!)

					KLINGON COM VOICE
			MeHmaH ghoS... (We are
			approaching the Neutral Zone.)

					K'VADA
			So'wl'chu'. (Prepare to engage
			the cloaking device.)

    STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT THREE    31.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					K'VADA
				(to Picard)
			Well, Captain... we're at the
			border of the Neutral Zone.
				(beat)
			You mean to do this, do you?

					PICARD
			Yes. I do.

	K'vada regards him for a long moment, then grunts and
	wheels out of the room.

20   EXT. SPACE - BIRD OF PREY (OPTICAL)

	shimmers into its cloaked state. Only the starfield
	remains. Now --

21   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	zipping along at warp.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First Officer's log, stardate
			45240.6. The Enterprise is
			nearing Qualor Two -- home of a
			Federation surplus depot operated
			by the Zakdorn. We hope to find
			out how the salvaged deflector
			array ended up in the hands of
			the Ferengi.

22   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Riker, Worf, Troi, SUPERNUMERARIES.

					WORF
			I have made contact, Commander.

					RIKER
			On screen.

23   ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	An alien civilian, DOKACHIN, appears on the screen.

    STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT THREE    32.

23   CONTINUED:

	He is of a race called Zakdorn, noted for their
	self-assuredness and confidence. This translates into
	someone who is officious, fastidious, and pushy.

					RIKER
			I'm Commander William Riker of
			the Federation Starship
			Enterprise.

					DOKACHIN
			Klim Dokachin, quartermaster of
			Surplus Depot Zed-One-Five.

					RIKER
			We need some information about
			a Vulcan ship, the T'Pau. It was
			sent there a few years ago.

					DOKACHIN
			Did you arrange an appointment?

	Riker looks a bit startled.

					RIKER
			Appointment... no...

					DOKACHIN
			Then I will be unable to help you.
			You may communicate with
			scheduling.

	And the transmission goes back to starfield. Riker is
	nonplussed. He turns to Troi.

					RIKER
			Who does he think he is?

					TROI
			The quartermaster of the surplus
			yard, Commander. With information
			you need.

	He eyes her a moment, gets her point.

					RIKER
			Right. Mister Worf...
			reestablish communication.

					WORF
			Yes, sir.

    STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT THREE    33.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

	A second, and then Dokachin appears on the screen once
	more, surprised at being interrupted again.

					RIKER
			Mister Dokaychin...

					DOKACHIN
			Dokahchin... Klim Dokahchin...

					RIKER
			Mister Dokahchin, the information
			I need involves a matter of major
			importance to the Federation.

					DOKACHIN
				(unimpressed)
			Uh huh.

					RIKER
			I'll need access to your logs,
			your files...
				(beat - no answer)
			It won't take long. My people
			can do the work.

					DOKACHIN
			I don't allow outsiders into my
			computer system.

					RIKER
			Fine. One of your people, then.

					DOKACHIN
			I wish I had the people to spare.
			I don't.

	Riker is starting to get steamed.

					RIKER
			Well, sir... what would you
			suggest?

					DOKACHIN
			I don't know. Contact me when
			you reach orbit.

	And the starfield returns once more. Riker turns to
	Troi.

    STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT THREE 33A-34.       

23   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
				(incredulous)
			I don't believe him.

					TROI
			He's king of his particular hill,
			Commander. You'll have to treat
			him that way.

					RIKER
			Counselor... a perfect job for
			you.

	He sits, happy to relinquish this task to Troi.

24   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND DEPOT (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise approaches a vast surplus depot of old,
	abandoned, and decommissioned vessels... stretching as
	far as the eye can see... a graveyard of once proud
	ships from throughout the Federation.

25   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Riker, Geordi, and Troi are standing at an aft science
	station as the turbolift opens and Worf and Dokachin
	ENTER. Dokachin scrutinizes the entire bridge. Riker
	is trying his hardest to be gracious.

					RIKER
			Thank you for coming on board,
			Mister Dokachin.

	Dokachin is still rubber-necking.

					DOKACHIN
			Quite a ship you have.

					RIKER
			We've tied into your computers.
			If you could access the files...

					DOKACHIN
			I don't usually see them in such
			good condition. By the time they
			get to me, they're always falling
			apart.

	Riker appeals to Troi with his eyes, and she moves
	toward Dokachin.

    STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/17/91 - ACT THREE    35.

25   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Mister Dokachin, we must find this
			ship -- and you're the only one
			who can help us.

	He turns, looks at her, and is caught in spite of
	himself by her gently stroking demeanor.

					DOKACHIN
			Who're you?

					TROI
			Deanna Troi, Ship's Counselor.

	He nods, without looking at Riker, talking about him...

					DOKACHIN
			He probably figures we don't get
			to see a lot of handsome women
			out this way -- and someone like
			you might get a little more
			cooperation from me.

	Troi and Riker exchange a glance. A beat.

					DOKACHIN
			He's probably right.

	He moves to a console.

					DOKACHIN
			What was the name of that ship?
			The T'Pau?
				(keying instructions)
			The T'Pau... Vulcan registry...
				(gesturing)
			There. Logged in on stardate
			41334.

					GEORDI
			Where is the ship now?

	Dokachin is still resistant; he doesn't give up
	information easily.

					DOKACHIN
			Docked.
				(off Riker's look)
			Section eighteen-gamma-twelve.
			Do you want me to take you there?

   STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/17/91 - ACT THREE   35A.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			I'd appreciate that.

					DOKACHIN
				(the Captain)
			Helmsman, lay in a heading
			one-four-one by two-zero-eight.
			Ahead slow, two hundred kph.

	Riker nods to the helmsman, go ahead. Dokachin turns
	to Troi...

					DOKACHIN
			I suppose this is your first time
			in a junkyard, isn't it? You'd
			be surprised at some of the things
			I find on board these ships...

	Troi listens in rapt attention...

25A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it makes its way through the graveyard of ships.

25B  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	As before. Troi is seated near Dokachin, trying to
	keep a glazed expression off her face as Dokachin warms
	to his favorite subject.

					DOKACHIN
			I once found a fourteen foot
			Caldorian eel on board a
			freighter... in someone's
			locker...

					TROI
			Are you serious?

					DOKACHIN
			If you have time, I'll show it
			to you... I still have it...
			nursed her back to health...

    STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT THREE    36.

25B  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Commander, we are approaching the
			designated coordinates.

					RIKER
			On screen.

26   ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	A starfield -- empty space. The group reacts with
	puzzlement; Dokachin is caught completely off guard.
	He takes a step toward the screen, nonplussed.

					DOKACHIN
			Where is it? What happened to
			it?

	He glances at Riker who has no answers... he turns
	back, taps keys.

					DOKACHIN
			These are the correct
			coordinates...

					RIKER
			The T'Pau is missing?

					DOKACHIN
			The T'Pau...
				(a beat)
			... is missing.

					RIKER
			How could a ship disappear from
			your depot?

	Dokachin seems to be chastened. This is embarrassing
	for him.

    STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT THREE    37.

26   CONTINUED:

	He turns back to his console, bristling with intent.

					DOKACHIN
			I'm not accustomed to losing
			things, Commander. I'll find your
			ship for you.
				(as he furiously works
				 the keys)
			I have the T'Pau cross-referenced
			in four different directories...

					GEORDI
			When it was brought here... was
			it stripped of materiel --
			armament, sensors... ?

					DOKACHIN
				(still working)
			Of course...

					GEORDI
			Can you tell us what happened
			to its navigational deflector?

	Dokachin looks at the monitor.

					DOKACHIN
			It was routed to the Tripoli, a
			holding vessel on the outer rim
			of the shipyard.

					RIKER
			It's not there anymore. What's
			left of that deflector is laid
			out on the floor of our cargo bay.

	Dokachin is stricken. His system, his efficiency,
	everything he stands for is under assault.

					DOKACHIN
			How can that be?

					RIKER
			Maybe we ought to pay a visit to
			the Tripoli...

	Off Dokachin's reaction...

    STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/17/91 - ACT THREE    38.

26A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	changing course in the graveyard of ships.

26B  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	as before. Dokachin is bending Troi's ear again.

					DOKACHIN
			In all the time the Zakdorn have
			operated this depot, nothing's
			ever been lost. Never. I'll
			tell you this... somebody will
			pay. I'll conduct an
			investigation. Whoever is
			responsible...

					WORF
			Approaching the coordinates of
			the Tripoli, sir.

	Riker exchanges a look with Dokachin, who now looks
	visibly nervous.

					RIKER
			On screen.

26C  ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Again, the starfield. Empty space. Dokachin is
	devastated.

					DOKACHIN
			I do not understand this. This
			is not possible.

	He turns to the others, as though to prove that the
	missing ship is in fact where it should be.

					DOKACHIN
			We beam goods to the Tripoli on
			a regular schedule. There was
			a shipment yesterday, and another
			is set for today. It must be
			there.

					RIKER
			When is today's transport?

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - REV. 9/16/91 - ACT THREE 38A.

26C  CONTINUED:

					DOKACHIN
			Just over two hours from now.
			A shipment of deuterium storage
			tanks.

					RIKER
			Ensign, align the Enterprise so
			we'll appear to be one of the
			abandoned ships. Mister La Forge,
			when we're in position, shut down
			engines and all systems except
			sensors and life support.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

	Riker starts for his chair.

					RIKER
			I'm guessing somebody's going to
			be here to receive those storage
			tanks -- and I'd be very
			interested to see who it is.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

         STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT FOUR        39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

27   INT. KLINGON BIRD OF PREY - QUARTERS

	Picard and Data surveying the room.

					DATA
			These quarters were obviously
			intended for only one crewmember,
			sir. There is a single sleeping
			space.

					PICARD
			I'm sure the Klingons found it
			amusing to put us together in
			here.

					DATA
			Since I do not require sleep, I
			propose you take the --
				(not sure what to call
				 the hole in the wall)
			-- shelf. I will be content to
			stand.

					PICARD
			Very well, Mister Data. Thank
			you.

	Picard maneuvers past him toward the shelf in the wall,
	eyes it. It is truly unappealing. With resignation,
	he crawls into it -- an ungainly and difficult
	proceeding. He finally accomplishes the task and finds
	himself lying on his back staring at the top of the
	shelf not far from his eyes.

					DATA
			Are you comfortable, sir?

					PICARD
			I suppose so.

					DATA
			Good-night, Captain. Sleep well.

					PICARD
			Thank you.

	And he closes his eyes and tries to block it all out.
	Data zones out -- concentrating on something.


         STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT FOUR        40.

27   CONTINUED:

	Picard holds his eyes shut for a moment, then opens
	them, rolls his head toward Data.

					PICARD
			What are you doing?

					DATA
			Sir? Was I making noise?

					PICARD
			Not exactly...

					DATA
			I was processing the information
			we have accumulated on Romulan
			society. I am preparing for the
			task of impersonating a Romulan.

					PICARD
			I see.

					DATA
			Would you like me to discontinue?

					PICARD
			No, no. Please go ahead.

	And he shuts his eyes again. Holds them shut... then
	opens them again. He sees Data staring right at him.

					PICARD
			What are you looking at?

					DATA
			I am not looking at anything, sir.
			I am continuing to organize my
			files.

					PICARD
			But you're looking at me.

					DATA
			I am sorry if I am disturbing you,
			sir. I will not look in your
			direction.

	And he turns so that the back of his head is toward
	Picard.

         STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT FOUR       40A.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard tries to get comfortable, closes his eyes again.
	He lies like that for a moment, then... crawls out of
	bed.

					DATA
			Sir, do you not wish to sleep?

					PICARD
			I don't think so. Shall we
			continue to go over the files?

					DATA
			I would be happy to.
				(launching in without
				 further ado)
			I have been studying the Krocton
			Segment, as you asked, and have
			selected an appropriate site for
			our transport...

	He is interrupted by --

					K'VADA'S COM VOICE
			Captain K'Vada to Picard... please
			come to the bridge.

	Picard and Data exchange glances, and then EXIT.

         STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT FOUR        41.

28   INT. KLINGON BRIDGE

	Picard and Data ENTER to find K'Vada holding a PADD.

					K'VADA
			Captain... we've monitored a
			subspace message that might
			interest you.

	He hands the PADD to Picard, who reads it.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Captain.

	He turns to Data.

					PICARD
			Sarek is dead.

	And on their reactions...

29   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE IN SURPLUS YARD (OPTICAL)

	The ship is at the outer edges of the graveyard of
	ships.

30   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Worf, Troi, Geordi and Dokachin as before.

					WORF
			Commander... sensors detect a ship
			approaching at warp speed.

					RIKER
			Identification?

					WORF
			Negative. No transponder
			signal... no subspace marker...

					GEORDI
			Sounds like they don't want to
			be identified.

         STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/17/91 - ACT FOUR        42.

30   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			The ship is coming out of warp
			now...

					RIKER
			On screen.

	The screen shows the approaching ship. It is dark,
	huge, sinister-looking, bristling with armament, and
	carries absolutely no marking of any kind.

					GEORDI
			Sensors indicate a combat
			vessel... origin undetermined...
			heavily armed... mass and density
			suggest it's fully loaded with
			cargo. From the look of these
			internal scans, I'd guess a good
			part of that cargo is weaponry.

					WORF
			The ship is moving into section
			twelve delta four...

					DOKACHIN
				(from his own monitor)
			It's taking the position assigned
			to the Tripoli. The coordinates
			are identical.

30A  EXT. SPACE - THE DARK SHIP (OPTICAL)

	slowing and then stopping. It is an ominous and
	impressive vessel.

30B  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

					GEORDI
			Commander... readings indicate
			the surface-to-ship transport has
			begun...

					RIKER
			Bring the engines back on line,
			Mister La Forge... And restore
			all systems to normal.

         STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/17/91 - ACT FOUR        43.

30B  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

					WORF
			He's powering up engines, sir --
			turning starboard.

30C  OMITTED

31   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					RIKER
			Open a channel.

					WORF
			Open, sir.

					RIKER
			This is Commander William Riker
			of the U.S.S. Enterprise.
			Identify yourself.

	There is no response.

					RIKER
			I repeat... you have entered a
			Federation depot... identify
			yourself.

					WORF
			Sir, the ship is locking
			phasers...

					RIKER
			Shields up. Red alert.

	Red alert commences, and the tension on the bridge
	escalates.

					GEORDI
			That ship easily matches our
			armament, Commander.

					WORF
			It's coming about...

         STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/17/91 - ACT FOUR        44.

31A  EXT. SPACE - THE DARK SHIP (OPTICAL)

	turns toward the Enterprise.

31B  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

					RIKER
			If you do not respond to our
			hails, we will take that as
			evidence of hostile action.

					WORF
			There is an energy build-up in
			their phaser banks... sir, they
			are activating weapons!

	And there is a blast from the dark ship and a resultant
	THUMP to the Enterprise. Lights flicker, people are
	knocked about.

					WORF
			Forward shields down to
			seventy-two percent --

					RIKER
			Boost power to the shields...

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, target their weapon
			systems only and prepare to fire--

31C  EXT. SPACE - DARK SHIP AND ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the smuggling ship FIRES another heavy-duty barrage
	into the Enterprise's shields.

31D  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	More shaking, lights going.

					WORF
			Forward shields at sixty-eight
			percent, aft shields forty
			percent...

	This has gotten nasty. Riker has no choice...

         STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT FOUR        45.

31D  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			On my mark, a point-seven-five
			burst only. We just want to get
			their attention.

					WORF
			Ready, sir.

					RIKER
			Fire.

32   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND SMUGGLING SHIP (OPTICAL)

	as the Enterprise shoots a phaser array toward the
	ship. Several shots hit the ship... not a lot of power
	there, just enough to get their attention.

32A  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

					WORF
			Their forward shields are damaged,
			sir...

					GEORDI
			We destroyed one of their phaser
			arrays... looks like collateral
			damage in the cargo area...
				(beat, reacting to
				 sensor readings)
			Sir, I'm picking up massive power
			fluctuations... internal
			explosions... with all the
			armament that ship is carrying
			-- it's gonna blow!

33   THE DARK SHIP (OPTICAL)

	explodes violently in a cataclysmic eruption that
	pulverizes every piece of matter on the ship.

34   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	On the stunned reactions of the bridge crew --

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - REV. 9/16/91 - ACT FIVE      46.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

35   OMITTED

35A  INT. KLINGON QUARTERS - CLOSE ON A HAND MIRROR

	as a hand reaches in and picks it up.

					PICARD (o.c.)
			Well, Mister Data...

	Camera FOLLOWS the mirror as Picard's hand gives it to
	Data's hand.

					PICARD (o.c.)
				(continuing)
			... what do you think?

	Camera WIDENS to reveal Data as he holds the mirror in
	front of him. He is now fully done up as a Romulan,
	and the effect is startling.

					DATA
			I am very pleased, sir. I would
			not have thought it possible.

35B  ANGLE TO INCLUDE PICARD

	Now we reveal Picard, also in Romulan garb and
	disguise. He begins to pack up the materials that have
	used to make the transformation - hyposprays, optical
	devices, etc.

					DATA
			I am eager to test the success
			of our efforts. It does remain
			to be seen if the Romulans will
			accept us.

	Picard smiles wryly but does not reply; he seems
	preoccupied. Data watches for a moment as he packs
	the gear.

         STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/17/91 - ACT FIVE        47.

35B  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Sir, you have seemed unusually
			pensive since we received the news
			of Ambassador Sarek's death.

	Picard pauses in his work, reflecting on Data's
	observation.

					PICARD
			Sarek and I shared a particular
			bond. Our lives touched in an
			unusual way... I admit that I
			feel the effects of his loss.

	Picard stands...

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			The tenor of our mission has
			changed, at least for me, Data.
			We were sent to confront Spock
			about his disappearance. Now,
			we must also tell him his father
			is dead.

					DATA
			I am afraid I do not entirely
			understand, sir. As a Vulcan,
			would not Ambassador Spock simply
			see death as a logical result of
			his father's illness... ?

					PICARD
			It is never quite that simple.
			Not even for a Vulcan. Certainly
			not for Spock who is also half
			Human.
				(beat)
			They spent a lifetime in
			conflict... now the chance to
			resolve all of their differences
			is gone.

					DATA
				(processing this)
			Considering the exceptionally long
			lifespan of Vulcans, it does seem
			odd that Spock and Sarek did not
			choose to resolve their
			differences in the time
			available.

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - REV. 9/17/91 - ACT FIVE     47A.

35B  CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard looks at Data, trying to find a context in which
	to explain...

					PICARD
				(acknowledges)
			Yes. It really is quite...
			illogical...
				(beat)
			A father and son... both proud,
			both stubborn... more alike than
			either would care to admit.
			They've spent a lifetime building
			emotional barriers. Those aren't
			easy to break down.

	Picard closes the satchel containing the gear.

					PICARD
			And then the time comes when it
			is too late to try. One realizes
			that all the things he had
			planned to say will go unsaid.
				(beat)
			That is a difficult moment... and
			a lonely one. Spock will now
			have to face that moment.

	Data regards him for a moment, trying to understand the
	complex undertones of familial relationships. Then
	Picard turns and goes to the door; they EXIT.

         STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT FIVE        48.

35C  OMITTED

35D  INT. KLINGON BRIDGE

	Picard and Data ENTER, and K'Vada, seeing them, bursts
	out laughing.

					K'VADA
			Don't you two look sweet...

	He moves closer to Data, peers at him.

					K'VADA
			Be careful, android... some
			Romulan beauty might take a liking
			to you... lick that paint right
			off your ears...

	Data's eyes flicker a bit at this. K'Vada goes to
	Picard, looks him up and down.

					K'VADA
			Do you know what the Romulans will
			do to you if they discover who
			you are?

					PICARD
			I have a good idea.
				(beat)
			We are ready to be transported
			to the surface.

					K'VADA
			Just so we understand each other
			-- my orders don't include rescue
			missions.

	He EXITS; Picard and Data follow.

36   EXT. ROMULUS CAPITOL CITY - DAY - ESTABLISHING MATTE

	Bright, metallic, clean... a linear arrangement of
	striking high-rise buildings.

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - REV. 9/16/91 - ACT FIVE      49.

36A  INT. ROMULAN OFFICE (OPTICAL)

	The same stately, elegant office seen in Part II.
	NERAL, the proconsul, works at a desk.

	The door opens and PARDEK, the Romulan senator, ENTERS.

					NERAL
			Ah, Senator Pardek. You received
			my message.

					PARDEK
			I got here as quickly as I could,
			Proconsul.

	Neral smiles genially, circles the desk. He gestures
	to a monitor which contains a likeness of Picard.

					NERAL
			What do you know of this Human?
			Jean-Luc Picard... a Starfleet
			Captain...

					PARDEK
			I know nothing of him.

					NERAL
			You haven't seen him recently... ?

					PARDEK
				(puzzled)
			To my knowledge, I've never seen
			him.

	Neral absorbs this, reflects on it.

					NERAL
			I have received intelligence that
			says he's on his way here.
			Perhaps here already.

					PARDEK
				(truly surprised)
			Here -- on Romulus?

					NERAL
			Yes... curious, isn't it? I
			suppose we'd better find out if
			the report is accurate -- or
			merely rumor.

	He eyes Pardek, considering his next move.

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - REV. 9/17/91 - ACT FIVE      50.

36A  CONTINUED:

					NERAL
			Circulate his likeness to the
			security forces. Remind them that
			if he is here, he is probably
			disguised as one of us.

					PARDEK
			I'll see to it.

	He turns and heads toward the door. We see his face
	and it is impassive; over his shoulder, Neral watches
	him carefully.

37   EXT. ROMULAN STREET - CONTINUOUS

	This neighborhood is bleak, drab, severe. The people
	are joyless, grim, hurrying along without interacting
	with each other. There is the feeling that life is
	difficult here, and everyone pretty much looks out for
	himself.

	Picard and Data ENTER, talking quietly, looking around.
	There are other small clumps of people doing so... they
	reflect the same dismal expressions as the Romulans...
	not making eye contact.

					DATA
			This is definitely the street on
			which the intelligence scan
			of Spock and Pardek was taken,
			sir... adjusting for the optical
			distortion, I am able to verify
			the architectural features...

					PICARD
			Where were they standing?

	Data does some processing, scanning the street, with a
	few android movements... a few people glance at them,
	Picard reacts... puts his arm around Data's shoulder,
	smiles, in a friendly pose for the sake of onlookers...
	sotto --

					PICARD
			Data...

					DATA
			Sir?

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - REV. 9/17/91 - ACT FIVE     50A.

37   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You're moving about in a very...
			well, android manner...

					DATA
			I am sorry, Captain. I will be
			more careful.

					PICARD
			And don't call me "Captain."

					DATA
			Yes, Cap --
				(cutting himself off)
			I understand.
				(looks around)
			I have located the place where
			they were standing...

	Picard breaks the arm contact.

					PICARD
			Where?

	Now, Data puts his arm around Picard's shoulder, as
	Picard reacts, leading him a few doorways away...

					DATA
			It is here --
				(gestures)
			-- at this doorway.

	There is a small Romulan sign near the door. (Data
	drops his arm.) Reading...

					DATA
			A legal intercessor's office...
			the name is similar to Pardek's.
			It would appear to be one of
			his relatives.

	Picard tries the door; it is locked.

					PICARD
			Not open for business yet...

					DATA
			Nevertheless, it would be my
			recommendation that we keep this
			location under observation.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/17/91 - ACT FIVE       50B.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (cont'd)
			I have clearly determined
			Pardek's routine. On days when
			the Senate is not in session, he
			invariably comes to this section
			after the median hour.

	Picard looks around, sizing up the situation. He sees
	tables, people eating -- a kind of "cafe."

					PICARD
			Very well, why don't we take the
			opportunity to try some of the
			local cuisine...

	The two saunter toward the cafe, passing some ROMULAN
	FOOTSOLDIERS as they do. (One of these is ROMULAN #1
	from Part II.) Picard and Data keep their eyes
	straight ahead.

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - REV. 9/17/91 - ACT FIVE      51.

37A  ANGLE - AT CAFE

	They move to stand, like others, at a table. A WOMAN
	appears before them... rather dour-looking, with hard,
	suspicious eyes.

					DATA
			What do you recommend?

					SOUP WOMAN
			Soup.

					DATA
			That sounds very appealing. I
			will have soup.

	The woman looks at Picard.

					PICARD
			Soup is fine.

	She moves off to get the soup. Picard and Data glance
	around, trying to get a sense of how they're fitting
	in.

37A  THE FOOTSOLDIERS

	are standing nearby.

37A  PICARD AND DATA

	as the woman returns and places two bowls of soup in
	front of them.

					PICARD
				(friendly)
			Do you happen to know what time
			the intercessor's office across
			the way opens?

					SOUP WOMAN
			Why do you want to know?

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			I need his services... he was
			recommended.

					SOUP WOMAN
				(beat)
			I haven't seen you here before.

         STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/17/91 - ACT FIVE       51A.

37AB	CONTINUED:

					DATA
			We are here for the day... from
			the city of Rateg.

					SOUP WOMAN
			Rateg. I don't think so.

					DATA
			Why do you say that?

					SOUP WOMAN
			You don't sound like you're from
			Rateg.

					DATA
			It is a misconception that all
			Rategs speak with a particular
			inflection. In fact, there are
			twelve different --

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			We come from several kilometers
			outside the city...

					SOUP WOMAN
				(studies them a beat)
			Or perhaps you come from the
			security forces, to watch the
			intercessor's office. Is he in
			trouble?

					PICARD
			Madam, you are mistaken.

					SOUP WOMAN
			It doesn't matter to me. I don't
			know when he opens. Eat your
			soup. Courtesy of a loyal
			establishment. Jolan True.

	She leaves. Picard looks around. It is unnerving to
	be in the midst of the Romulan city, surrounded by
	enemies. Data, of course, has no such apprehensions,
	and continues to eat his soup. As Picard works on the
	distasteful broth, he looks up to see --

37B  THE FOOTSOLDIERS

	who have been looking at them, but quickly look away.

         STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/17/91 - ACT FIVE       51B.

37C  PICARD AND DATA

	Picard begins eating again, and tries to keep from
	looking at the soldiers.

					PICARD
			We can't stay here long.

	Data glances up and reacts --

					DATA
			We may not have to... Direct your
			view to the far corner... is that
			not Pardek?

38
thru	OMITTED
43

44   CLOSE ON PARDEK

	who has just entered the area, and moving to talk with
	two other Romulan civilians.

         STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/17/91 - ACT FIVE        52.

45   ANGLE - PICARD AND DATA

	having seen him.

					PICARD
			I believe you're right...

	Picard pauses in his soup eating to watch Pardek...

	Data glances over to see...

45A  OMITTED

45B  THE FOOTSOLDIERS

	staring right at them.

45C  PICARD AND DATA

					DATA
				(quietly)
			Perhaps you should appear to
			enjoy your soup.

	Picard reacts, begins to eat again...

45D  THE ROMULAN FOOTSOLDIERS

	have moved into the cafe, and stand chatting casually.

45E  PICARD AND DATA

	continue to watch Pardek.

46   PARDEK

	bids farewell to his colleagues and starts down the
	street.

47   PICARD AND DATA

	casually put down their bowls of soup and turn to move
	after Pardek. But --

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - REV. 9/16/91 - ACT FIVE     52A.

48
thru	OMITTED
55

56   THE SOLDIERS

	block their way, disruptors drawn.

					ROMULAN#1
			Do not move.

	Picard and Data stop, eyeing the weapons.

					PICARD
			What? You've made a mistake...

					ROMULAN#1
			Quiet. Come with us...

	The soldiers grab their quarry in a firm grip and,
	holding the disruptors at their backs, move them up
	the street and around the corner.

         STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT FIVE        53.

57   INT. ROMULAN CAVES - A LITTLE LATER

	The two soldiers push Picard and Data along ahead of
	them.

					ROMULAN#1
			Wait here.

					PICARD
			For what? Why have you brought
			us here?

	A movement from the cavern entrance; all turn toward
	it... and in walks Pardek.

					PARDEK
			Welcome to Romulus, Captain
			Picard.

	He gestures toward the "Romulan soldiers" who have
	begun stripping off their uniforms -- revealing
	civilian clothing underneath.

					PARDEK
			Don't let our "soldiers" alarm
			you... we had to get you off the
			streets quickly. Romulan security
			knows you are here.

	Picard casts a glance around the room. He's not
	certain who these people are... whether he can trust
	them...

					PARDEK
				(reassuring)
			I am Pardek... you are among
			friends, Captain.

	Picard knows he must take a chance.

					PICARD
			I have come on an urgent mission
			from the Federation. I am looking
			for Ambassador Spock.

					VOICE (o.c.)
			Indeed...

	All heads turn toward the sound. It comes from deep
	shadows within the cave.

         STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. I - 9/13/91 - ACT FIVE        54.

57   CONTINUED:

	The group is silent... then, the sound of footsteps
	echoes on the cave floor... from a long way... moving
	ever closer, the plock-plock ringing loud in the
	silence of the cave, the echoes swelling as the
	footsteps approach... now we see --

58   OMITTED

59   A SHADOWY FIGURE

	beginning to emerge. He moves closer, closer... his
	bearing regal, poised...

	But his face is still in darkness... finally he steps
	out into the light... and we see the unmistakable
	visage of SPOCK.

	When he speaks, there is no warmth to his voice, and
	his eyes are cold. He is not happy to see Picard.

					SPOCK
			You have found him, Captain
			Picard.

	And on the various reactions --

									SUPERIMPOSE:

				"TO BE CONTINUED"

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         





                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                      "A Matter of Time" 
                          #40275-209 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Rick Berman 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Paul Lynch 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT


      STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "A Matter of Time" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             BERLINGOFF RASMUSSEN
                RIKER              HAL MOSELEY
                DATA               FEMALE SCIENTIST
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                                   Non-Speaking
                                     N.D. SCIENTISTS
                AN ENSIGN          

                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  AN ENGINEER        
                  ENGINEERING CREW   
                  SECURITY GUARD     
                  A NURSE            
                  A BOY IN SICKBAY   
                  A MALE PATIENT     

        STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - 9/20/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "A Matter of Time" 
                      
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     RASMUSSEN'S VESSEL
              ENGINEERING
              TURBOLIFT                PENTHARA FOUR
              CORRIDOR                   CITY (MATTE)
              TEN-FORWARD
              SICKBAY
              RASMUSSEN'S GUEST QUARTERS
              SHUTTLEBAY
          
            PENTHARA FOUR
              SCIENCE LAB
          
            RASMUSSEN'S VESSEL

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/26/91 - TEASER    1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "A Matter of Time"                           
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45333.3.
			The Enterprise is on its way to
			Penthara Four where a type C
			asteroid has struck an unpopulated
			continent.

2    INT. GEORDI'S OFFICE

	NUMEROUS ENGINEERING CREW are busily working with
	GEORDI and DATA.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			The resulting dust cloud could
			very well create a phenomenon not
			unlike the nuclear winters of
			twenty-first-century Earth.
			Commander La Forge has begun work
			on a plan that would counteract
			the devastation.

	Geordi looks over as RIKER ENTERS.

					GEORDI
			I'm afraid the numbers coming in
			are already indicating climatic
			changes, sir.

					RIKER
			What kind of drop can we expect?

					DATA
			If the Pentharan spheral forecasts
			are correct, ten to twelve degrees
			Celsius within the first ten days.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - TEASER    2.

2    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			If it continues like that, their
			entire ecosystem will be shot
			to hell.

					RIKER
			And I doubt they're prepared to
			cope with the kind of cold that's
			coming.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Commander Riker.

					RIKER
				(keys combadge)
			Yes, Captain.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Would you join me on the bridge,
			please.

					RIKER
			On my way.
				(to guys)
			Let me know if those forecast
			numbers change.

	Geordi and Data acknowledge as Riker EXITS.

3    INT. BRIDGE

	PICARD, WORF, AN ENSIGN at theconn, and SUPERNUMERARIES
	at various stations.

					PICARD
			Are you certain, Worf?

					WORF
			There was a space/time
			distortion, sir. And there is
			something back there. We passed
			within three hundred kilometers
			of it.

					PICARD
			A bit close for coincidence.
				(to com)
			Mister La Forge?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Yes, sir.

      STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - 9/20/91 - TEASER      3.

3    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Would a delay of an hour affect
			your plans?

									INTERCUT:

4    INT. GEORDI'S OFFICE

					GEORDI
			Not unless another asteroid
			decides to pay a call on Penthara,
			sir.

					DATA
			The odds of that occurring,
			Captain, are extremely unlikely,
			given the time frame.

5    INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	as Riker ENTERS.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Mister Data.
				(to Ensign)
			Prepare to come about, Ensign.
			Let's take a look at Mister Worf's
			distortion.

					ENSIGN
			Aye, sir.

					RIKER
			Mister Worf's what?

					PICARD
			The Lieutenant's sensors detected
			a temporal distortion, Number One,
			almost directly on our current
			course. There seems to be a small
			object back there that wasn't
			there a few moments ago.

	On Riker and Picard's mutual curiosity...

6    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	comes out of warp and makes a sweeping turn.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - TEASER    4.

7    INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As before.

					WORF
			The object is fifty kilometers
			ahead, sir.

					PICARD
			Full stop, Ensign.

					ENSIGN
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	A view of a tiny multifaceted spacecraft appears.

					RIKER
			Dimensions, Worf?

					WORF
			Approximately five meters in
			length, sir.

					PICARD
			Lifesigns?

					WORF
			No signs of any kind, sir.
			Sensors are not penetrating its
			hull.

					PICARD
			Try hailing it.

					WORF
				(pushes a series
				 of buttons)
			That's odd.

					RIKER
			What's odd?

					WORF
			We've received a response, sir,
			but...

					PICARD
				(get on with it)
			Yes, Mister Worf?

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - TEASER    5.

7    CONTINUED:

					WORF
			They want you to... "Move over,"
			sir.

					PICARD
				(looks at Riker and then
				 back at Worf)
			Reply that the Enterprise isn't
			going anywhere, Lieutenant.

					WORF
			Not the Enterprise, Captain. You.

	Picard turns and walks toward Worf.

					PICARD
			What are you trying to...

	Suddenly there's a bright flash where Picard had been
	standing. RASMUSSEN, a kindly-looking human male in
	his late forties, APPEARS. He is wearing a drab,
	nondescript jump suit and a baggy "lab" jacket. He
	carries a small valise.

					RASMUSSEN
			Excuse me, Captain, but you were
			standing right where I needed to
			be.

					PICARD
			Who are you?

					RASMUSSEN
			Rasmussen's the name, sir.
			Professor Berlinghoff Rasmussen.
				(looking around in
				 amazement)
			Ah... this is wonderful.
			Actually, quite a bit larger than
			I thought.

					PICARD
			Really?

					RASMUSSEN
			Where I come from, every historian
			knows the bridge of old 1701-D.

					PICARD
			And where exactly is it you come
			from?

      STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - 9/20/91 - TEASER      6.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

					RASMUSSEN
			Why Earth... late twenty-sixth
			century Earth, to be exact. You
			see, I've traveled back nearly
			three hundred years just to find
			you.

	Off their reactions we...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - 9/20/91 - ACT ONE      7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

		(NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)

8    INT. READY ROOM

	Picard sits behind his desk while Rasmussen paces,
	checking things out.

					PICARD
			Exactly what kind of historian
			are you?

					RASMUSSEN
				(as he continues to
				 pace, picking things
				 up, turning them over)
			My focus is on the twenty-second 
			through the twenty-fourth centuries,
			early interstellar history.
				(picking up Picard's
				 Shakespeare volume)
			You know, it was always believed
			this was on your desk, not here...
			Fascinating.
				(he turns to Picard,
				 good naturedly)
			Now don't move it on my account.

					PICARD
			You can't expect me to believe
			that the layout of my ready room
			is of interest to future
			historians...

					RASMUSSEN
			No less so than your legendary
			modesty, Captain. I wish I could
			describe to you what a thrill it
			is to be here...
				(he stops at the
				 painting over Picard's
				 couch)
			This is the original, isn't it?

      STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - 9/20/91 - ACT ONE      8.

8    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You flatter me Professor, but I
			can't help but wonder what could
			possibly have caused you to select
			me as the subject of your study.
			Even in this decade, there are
			far wiser and more experienced
			Humans both in and out of
			Starfleet.

					RASMUSSEN
			I'd love to tell you, Picard.
			I really would. But try and
			imagine what a young Caesar might
			have done differently if someone
			had given him a hint of what lay
			ahead. Or, if Lincoln had been
			coerced into changing his theater
			plans. I truly wish I could be
			more specific on why you were
			selected, but I'm afraid the
			exchange of information will have
			to flow in one direction only.

	As Rasmussen talks, he walks to the door and paces out
	the distance to the window.

					RASMUSSEN
			...four... five... six... seven
			meters. HA! I was right!

	Off Picard's look...

9    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, BEVERLY, TROI, Data and Geordi.
	Rasmussen is sitting beside Picard.

					WORF
			Why now?

					GEORDI
			Right. If you came back to study
			us, to study the captain, why did
			you pick today? Why not a year
			ago... or a year from now?

					RASMUSSEN
			Oh, I picked the right day
			alright. Just wait, you'll see.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT ONE   9.

9    CONTINUED:

					RASMUSSEN (cont'd)
				(to Worf)
			Do you always sit there, on that
			side of the table?

					WORF
			Usually. Why?

					RASMUSSEN
				(shakes his head and
				 smiles)
			It's not important.

	Worf is starting to dislike this man.

					RIKER
			Tell me, Professor, at what point
			does time travel become a tool
			for historians?

					RASMUSSEN
			Now, now, Commander. You know
			better than that. I've studied
			a great deal about your century.
			Including the fact that you're
			all quite aware of the dangers
			of anyone altering the past. And
			that's exactly what I'd be doing
			if I were to divulge information
			like that.

					BEVERLY
			Telurian plague!

					RASMUSSEN
			I beg your pardon?

					BEVERLY
			Telurian plague... was it cured?
			I mean, has it been cured by your
			century? There can't be any harm
			in asking that.

	Rasmussen turns to Picard for help.

					PICARD
			I realize it will be difficult,
			but we must all keep our questions
			regarding the future to ourselves.
			Professor...

	Rasmussen stands.

   STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/26/91 - ACT ONE   10.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					RASMUSSEN
			I'll be preparing questionnaires
			for each of you. Please complete
			them at your convenience. If
			you're concerned about a possible
			breach of security, I'm sure your
			captain can make a
			determination... And, thank you
			in advance for curbing your
			curiosity.

					GEORDI
				(sarcastic)
			If I hand my assignment in on
			time, do I get a little glimpse
			into next week's poker game?

	Rasmussen laughs good heartedly.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, please show the
			Professor to his quarters.

					DATA
				(standing)
			This way, sir.

	Data leads Rasmussen to the door and they EXIT.

					RIKER
			What did he mean he picked the
			right day?

					PICARD
			You know everything I do, Will.

					RIKER
			Deanna?

					TROI
			It's hard to tell. But he is
			holding something back.

					BEVERLY
				(to Troi)
			Of course he is. Think of all
			the things he could tell us...
			all the things he'd like to tell
			us...

   STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/26/91 - ACT ONE   11.

9    CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
				(shaking her head)
			That might be it, I don't know.

					RIKER
			How can we be sure he's not an
			imposter? God knows we've run
			into enough of them.

					PICARD
			He is Human. Our medical scans
			have proved that. Haven't they,
			Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			He's Human, alright.

					PICARD
			And there was a temporal
			distortion back there, correct
			Mister Worf?

					WORF
				(begrudgingly)
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			And no one can deny that ship of
			his is unlike anything we've ever
			seen before.

					GEORDI
			The hull is composed of some kind
			of plasticized tritanium mesh.
			Nothing we have on record... at
			least not 'til the present.

	Worf grumbles skeptically.

					PICARD
			I appreciate your caution, Mister
			Worf. I share it. Have his
			vessel brought into a shuttlebay.
			Place it under guard.

					WORF
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			I realize this isn't going to
			be an easy visit for some of you.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/26/91 - ACT ONE  11A.

9    CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			Nevertheless, I've reviewed the
			Professor's credentials, and
			they're in order. So, I'd like
			you all to extend him every
			courtesy.

     STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - 9/20/91 - ACT ONE     12.

9    CONTINUED: (4)

					WORF
				(put upon)
			Including questionnaires?

					PICARD
			Including questionnaires.
			Dismissed.

	As all stand to leave, we CUT TO...

10   INT. TURBOLIFT

	Rasmussen and Data. The lift is in motion. Rasmussen
	is inspecting Data like a car enthusiast would a
	vintage Ferrari.

					RASMUSSEN
			This is really a thrill, Data.
			Like running across a Redstone
			missile or a Guttenberg bible.
			To think... the Model T of
			androids.

	The lift stops and the doors open. Rasmussen and Data
	EXIT into the corridor.

11   INT. CORRIDOR

	as Rasmussen and Data head for Rasmussen's quarters.

					DATA
			If you're referring to the first
			production model automobile of
			the twentieth century, perhaps the
			subsequent Model A might be a more
			apt analogy since I am Noonian
			Soong's revised prototype.

	Rasmussen continues to check Data out as they reach his
	quarters.

					RASMUSSEN
			I stand corrected.

	The door opens and they go in...

12   INT. RASMUSSEN'S QUARTERS

	Rasmussen looks around, disappointed.

     STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - 9/20/91 - ACT ONE     13.

12   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Is there a problem, sir?

					RASMUSSEN
			I suppose it will have to do, for
			now. I'll get you a list of
			things I'll be needing. You're
			dismissed.

	Data starts to leave. Rasmussen walks to the sink and
	begins to wash his hands.

					DATA
				(almost shy)
			Would I be correct, Professor,
			in assuming that you know whether
			or not I am still... alive in
			the twenty-sixth century?

	Rasmussen ignores Data. He finishes washing and holds
	out his hand, treating Data like a men's room
	attendant. After a beat, Data catches on and hands him
	a towel.

					DATA
				(continuing his line
				 of questioning)
			Since you seemed to know so much
			about Captain Picard and the
			ship... I assumed that you
			would...

	Rasmussen sits at his desk.

					RASMUSSEN
				(patronizing)
			It would be best if you kept your
			assumptions to yourself, wouldn't
			it?

					DATA
			Yes, sir. I am sorry, sir.

	Data EXITS and Rasmussen looks after him, again
	fascinated. He sits back, and smiles. Whatever his
	plans, they are clearly going just as he'd hoped.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

   STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT TWO   14.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

13   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	comes out of warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45334.5.
			We have arrived at Penthara
			Four...

14   EXT. SPACE - ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As the Enterprise enters orbit of a planet partially
	covered by huge dark clouds of dust.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			... and can see for ourselves the
			atmospheric devastation caused
			by the asteroid impact.

15   EXT. PENTHARA IV - MATTE PAINTING

	A city with eerie dark clouds above. It is snowing
	heavily.

16   INT. PENTHARA SCIENCE LAB

	Meteorologist HAL MOSELEY's large cluttered office has
	been temporarily transformed into a crisis center.
	NUMEROUS N.D. SCIENTISTS move from one set of monitors
	to another. Picard and Geordi are beside Moseley.
	The snow can be seen through windows. Picard points
	to a map on a monitor.

					PICARD
			We've located three underground
			pockets of carbon dioxide...
			here, here and here. Our drilling
			phasers can release enough of the
			gas to form an envelope which
			would temporarily hold in the heat
			from the sun.

   STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT TWO   15.

16   CONTINUED:

					MOSELEY
				(laughing at the irony)
			We spend years, decades trying
			to avoid anything that would lead
			to a greenhouse effect and here
			we are about to create one on
			purpose.

					GEORDI
			Less than twenty percent of your
			normal sunlight is getting through
			that dust, Doctor. If we can hold
			enough heat in with the CO2, it
			should give the planet time to
			mend itself.

	A worried FEMALE SCIENTIST approaches.

					FEMALE
			Doctor Moseley.

					MOSELEY
				(seeing her expression)
			What now?

					FEMALE
			New Seattle is reporting a cloud
			depth of twelve kilometers. Two
			rivers, tropical rivers, are
			beginning to freeze.

	Moseley turns to Picard.

					MOSELEY
			We better get started before
			there's nothing left to mend.

	Off their reactions...

17   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Rasmussen ENTERS holding a small pile of rectangular
	chips and looks around gleefully. He sees Riker,
	Worf, and Beverly at a table and heads over to join
	them.

					RIKER
				(quietly)
			Look who's here.

     STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - 9/20/91 - ACT TWO     16.

17   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			I hate questionnaires.

					BEVERLY
				(with enthusiasm, she's
				 quite taken with
				 Rasmussen)
			Professor, please come join us.

	Rasmussen goes to sit next to Worf, but thinks better
	of it and sits near Beverly.

					RASMUSSEN
			I hope I'm not intruding.

					BEVERLY
			Not at all. You're probably the
			topic of conversation at every
			table in the room.

	Rasmussen shuffles through the chips, finds the three
	appropriate ones, and distributes them to those
	present.

					RASMUSSEN
			As I promised, here are your
			assignments. I'm sure they'll
			be painless. Please try to
			complete them by tomorrow.

					WORF
				(peeved)
			Tomorrow!

	Riker makes eye contact with Worf. Tells him to cool
	it. However, he feels almost as put-upon as his
	tactical officer.

					RIKER
			No problem, Professor.

	Rasmussen looks from face to face, fascinated.

					RASMUSSEN
				(smiling)
			You're all very calm.

					RIKER
				(puzzled)
			Do we have reason not to be?

     STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - 9/20/91 - ACT TWO     17.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					RASMUSSEN
			History always records where
			people were, what they were doing,
			when important events took place.
			But it rarely remembers their
			activities -- say, a week before...
			or a day... or even an hour.

					WORF
			Are you suggesting an important
			event is imminent?

					RASMUSSEN
			I didn't say that, did I?
			Please... go on doing what you
			were doing, pretend I'm not here.

	They are all a bit uncomfortable, unable to "go on
	doing what they were doing."

					RIKER
				(after a long beat)
			How come there's no record of
			other future historians traveling
			back to witness "important
			events?"

					RASMUSSEN
			We're obviously very careful.
			Matter of fact, a colleague and
			I recently paid a call on a
			twenty-second century vessel.

					BEVERLY
				(fascinated)
			They hadn't even perfected
			quarantine fields by then. You
			must have seen surgical masks and
			gloves.

					RASMUSSEN
			Isn't it fascinating how everyone
			has different interests when it
			comes to history... different
			perspectives on progress.

	Rasmussen opens a small finger ring, looks inside,
	smiles, and closes it.

					RIKER
			Mind if I ask what that is?

     STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - 9/20/91 - ACT TWO     18.

17   CONTINUED: (3)

					RASMUSSEN
			Just checking the time... No
			problem.

					RIKER
				(getting a bit
				 frustrated)
			Is something supposed to be
			happening here?

	Rasmussen waves his hand, dismissing the question.

					RASMUSSEN
			No, no, nothing.
				(changing the subject)
			What about you, Commander? What
			do you see as the most important
			example of progress over the
			last two hundred years?

					RIKER
				(pauses)
			I suppose the warp coil. Before
			we had warp drive, Humans were
			confined to a single sector of
			the galaxy.

					RASMUSSEN
			Spoken like the consummate
			explorer.

	Rasmussen looks around the room, as if he were waiting
	for something to happen.

					RIKER
			What's going on? You waiting for
			someone?

					WORF
				(abruptly)
			Phasers!

	Riker and Rasmussen turn to Worf.

					RIKER
			Where?!

					RASMUSSEN
			Beg your pardon?

					WORF
			There were no phasers in the 22nd
			century.

	Riker sighs and sits back.

   STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/26/91 - ACT TWO   19.

17   CONTINUED: (4)

					RASMUSSEN
			Ah, you see Doctor? Our Klingon
			friend is a perfect example of
			what I was trying to tell you.
			He views history through the eyes
			of a hunter, a warrior. His
			passion lies in the perfection
			of the tools of violence. How
			delightfully primitive.

	Off Worf's reaction we:

									CUT TO:

18   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and an N.D. ENGINEER are at a console.

					GEORDI
			As soon as we input this
			atmospheric data from Moseley,
			the computer should tell us
			how many holes we'll have to
			punch.

	He hands a chip to the engineer, who nods and EXITS as
	Data ENTERS.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Ah, Data. Good.

					DATA
			What have you learned about the
			tectonic stability around the
			drilling sites?

	Rasmussen ENTERS, unnoticed.

					GEORDI
			Couldn't be better. Our scans
			were all clear and Moseley says
			there hasn't been so much as a
			quiver in over a century.

					RASMUSSEN
			Ah, just the two I'm looking for.
			I've brought the forms I'd like
			you to complete.

	Rasmussen hands Geordi and Data a chip each.

     STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - 9/20/91 - ACT TWO     20.

18   CONTINUED:

					RASMUSSEN
				(continuing)
			It shouldn't take more than a
			couple of hours.

					GEORDI
			We're kind of busy here,
			Professor. Tomorrow might be
			better.
				(to Data, as he points
				 to a monitor)
			We've got about twenty-three
			thousand thermal simulations.
			You think you could check them
			through for anomalies?

					DATA
			Certainly.

	Data sits down at the monitor and begins to punch keys
	as the numbers scroll by at a great speed.

					RASMUSSEN
				(to Geordi)
			Is that as fast as he can go?

					GEORDI
			Not fast enough for you,
			Professor?

					RASMUSSEN
			There's very little known about
			Data's efficiency... almost
			nothing about his part in this
			mission. It's a topic of great
			conjecture.

					DATA
				(finishing his task)
			Two hundred nine anomalies all
			within acceptable parameters.

					GEORDI
			Thanks, Data.
				(to Rasmussen)
			You've come to witness this
			mission... that's it, isn't it?

     STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - 9/20/91 - ACT TWO     21.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					RASMUSSEN
				(checking his ring)
			It would be best if you just
			thought of me as a fly on the
			wall, and went about your
			business.

	Data stands.

					DATA
				(to Rasmussen, re:
				 the chip)
			I will return the answered
			questions to you as soon as
			possible, sir.

	As Data EXITS into Main Engineering...

					RASMUSSEN
				(as if he were saying
				 "Moses on the
				 Mountain")
			Data... at Penthara Four!

	Geordi doesn't have time for this, he heads to another
	terminal.

					GEORDI
			If you'll excuse me.

					RASMUSSEN
				(following)
			Your prosthesis...
				(trying to remember)
			What do you call it?

					GEORDI
			A VISOR.

					RASMUSSEN
			VISOR, right. I have a picture
			of you in my office wearing that.
			How do you like it?

					GEORDI
				("when's this guy gonna
				 shut up?")
			It allows me to see... I like it
			fine.

					RASMUSSEN
			You know, Homer was blind... and
			Milton. Bach, Monet, Wonder...

   STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT TWO   22.

18   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
				(walking into
				 engineering)
			A fly on the wall, eh?

	Rasmussen picks up a small PADD and innocently drops it
	into his pocket. He follows Geordi.

					RASMUSSEN
				(amiably)
			A fly on the wall.

	Geordi has rejoined Data at the pool table.

					DATA
			The computer has configured the
			drilling pattern and specified
			depths.

					GEORDI
				(taps insignia)
			Captain, we've got what we need.
			I'm ready to transport to the
			surface.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			We'll notify Doctor Moseley. Good
			luck, Geordi.

					GEORDI
				(To Data and Rasmussen)
			Gentlemen.

	Geordi EXITS. Rasmussen looks as though the curtain is
	about to go up.

					RASMUSSEN
				(to Data)
			Who said these moments were any
			less exciting when you know the
			outcome?

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			I know of no one who said that,
			Professor.

	Off Rasmussen's reaction we:

									CUT TO:

   STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT TWO   23.

19   EXT. PENTHARA IV - MATTE PAINTING (OPTICAL)

	of the city. The dark clouds have worsened. It is
	still snowing.

20   INT. SCIENCE LAB

	Geordi and Doctor Moseley are at a large bank of
	monitoring equipment. The shrouded sky is visible
	through windows. The snow continues. Geordi points
	to a diagram.

					GEORDI
			The Enterprise will monitor the
			CO2 concentrations at six
			different altitudes. If all goes
			well, it won't take more than
			twenty bore sites.

					MOSELEY
			Let's hope all goes well.

					GEORDI
				(hits his com button)
			La Forge to Commander Riker. How
			are you doing?

									INTERCUT:

21   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, the Ensign and SUPERNUMERARIES
	at their stations.

					RIKER
			We're ready when you are, Geordi.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			All we need's an open channel
			with Data.

	Riker stands up, begins to pace.

					RIKER
			Open the channel, Mister Worf,
			and prepare to fire at target one.

					WORF
			The computer has locked in phaser
			depth calculations.

   STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT TWO   24.

21   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Mister Data?

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Ready, sir.

	Riker looks to Picard, who nods.

					RIKER
			Fire.

22   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the beam leaves the ship.

23   EXT. PENTHARA IV - MATTE PAINTING (OPTICAL)

	as the beam bores into tundra. It is still snowing.
	The beam stops and is immediately followed by another,
	which hits a distance away.

24   INT. ENGINEERING

	Data at a console. Other supernumeraries working at
	various stations.

					DATA
			Target one is emitting two
			thousand cubic meters per second.
			Target two, one thousand six
			hundred.

									INTERCUT:

25   INT. SCIENCE LAB

	as before.

					MOSELEY
			Surface wind patterns over targets
			are stable.

					GEORDI
			You picking up anything at
			altitude, Data?

   STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT TWO   25.

25   CONTINUED:

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			CO2 concentrations remain
			unchanged at upper elevations.

26   EXT. PENTHARA IV - MATTE PAINTING (OPTICAL)

	It is snowing. In the distance, a hole is being
	drilled by the phaser. Then another. It ends and
	suddenly a third hits very close to CAMERA.

27   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as before. Riker continues to pace. Rasmussen ENTERS.

					RASMUSSEN
			Have I missed much?

	He walks into the command area and sits in Riker's
	chair.

					WORF
			Target fourteen complete, sir.

					RIKER
			Data?

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			No change, Commander.

	Riker turns, notices Rasmussen in his chair. He's not
	pleased, but continues monitoring the situation at
	hand.

					RIKER
			Winds, Geordi?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Holding steady, sir.

	An alarm is heard.

					WORF
			The computer has stopped the
			drilling.

					RIKER
			You should be getting something,
			Data.

   STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT TWO   26.

28   INT. ENGINEERING

	as before. A beep is heard from his console.

					DATA
				(pleased)
			Elevated CO2 levels at twenty
			kilometers.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Now you're talking. And we've
			got some new temperatures coming in.

29   INT. SCIENCE LAB

	as before.

					MOSELEY
				(excited; reading his
				 monitor)
			All thermal monitoring stations
			are reporting no further
			temperature drops.

					GEORDI
				(equally excited)
			Correction, Doctor. Two
			equatorial stations are showing
			slight increases.

	Moseley sees it's working and turns to Geordi.

					MOSELEY
			Thank you.
				(to com)
			Thank you all. You've given us
			what we need... time.

30   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as before. Rasmussen is still in Riker's chair.

					PICARD
			Glad we could help, Doctor. The
			Enterprise will remain in orbit
			and continue to monitor your
			progress. Picard out.


     STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - 9/20/91 - ACT TWO     27.

30   CONTINUED:

					RASMUSSEN
				(quoting historically)
			"You've given us what we need...
			Time."

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, return to a
			synchronous orbit.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					RASMUSSEN
			Very clever, Picard. And, well
			done. We've always known how you
			did it, but to experience the
			moment, to witness the nuances...
			it's indescribable.

	Picard reacts. Rasmussen sits back and smiles.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - 9/20/91 - ACT THREE    28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

31   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly is running an instrument along A MALE PATIENT's
	injured leg. At another station A BOY is being treated
	by an N.D. NURSE. Troi stands with Beverly.

					TROI
			He's after more than a history
			lesson. I can tell you that.

					BEVERLY
			What is it? What are you getting
			from him?

					TROI
			I don't know. But it's like he's
			trying to confuse us... misdirect
			us somehow.

	Rasmussen ENTERS.

					RASMUSSEN
			Well that certainly was exciting,
			wasn't it?

					BEVERLY
			Professor. Is everything alright?
			Are you well?

					RASMUSSEN
			Couldn't be better, thank you.
			I just thought we might chat about
			your questionnaire.
				(to the prone patient)
			Buck up, crewman, you're a credit
			to that uniform.

					TROI
			I've got some things to take care
			of.

					RASMUSSEN
			No, please Counselor. I would
			very much appreciate your
			remaining.

	Troi remains. She obviously doesn't like this guy.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - 9/20/91 - ACT THREE    29.

31   CONTINUED:

					RASMUSSEN
			Doctor, in response to my sixth
			question, you spoke of a neural
			stimulator. May I see one?

					BEVERLY
			I don't see why not.
				(she finishes her
				 treatment)
			Give me a minute.

	Beverly EXITS. Rasmussen and Troi walk slowly away
	from the male patient.

					RASMUSSEN
				(to Troi)
			You don't like me very much, do
			you?

					TROI
			I don't dislike you, Professor.

	They pass the nurse and child.

					RASMUSSEN
				(to child)
			Keep your eyes wide, soldier.
			You'll be telling your
			grandchildren how you were there
			at Penthara Four.
				(back to Troi)
			But you don't trust me. You
			should, you know.

					TROI
			Should I?

					RASMUSSEN
			"Picard's empath won't trust you."
			That's what they all said.

					TROI
			Picard's empath?

					RASMUSSEN
			We're not that unalike, you and
			I. You possess a sense that is
			foreign to the others. My
			knowledge of the future is
			similar. You know, some of my
			best friends are empaths... they
			trust me.

  STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT THREE  30.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Why would you care whether I trust
			you or not?

					RASMUSSEN
			We're birds of a feather...
			colleagues. We could learn a lot
			from each other.

					TROI
			You're right... I don't trust you.

	Beverly returns carrying a neural stimulator.

					RASMUSSEN
				(to Troi; a syrupy
				 smile)
			I knew you'd say that.

					TROI
				(returning the smile)
			I'm sure you did.

					BEVERLY
				(handing the neural
				 simulator to Rasmussen)
			Well, it's nice to see you two
			are finally getting along.

					TROI
				(holding back her
				 sarcasm)
			I really must be going.

	As Troi EXITS, Beverly turns back to Rasmussen with a
	warm smile. He returns the smile but seems a bit shy.
	There's an awkward beat which ends when a NURSE hands
	Beverly a PADD. Beverly punches something in and hands
	it back to the nurse.

					BEVERLY
			Why don't you try a Berylite scan?
			I'd be interested to see where
			his micro-levels are.

	The nurse nods and EXITS. Beverly turns back to
	Rasmussen.

					BEVERLY
			So... what else can I show you?


  STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT THREE  31.

31   CONTINUED: (3)

					RASMUSSEN
			You're a very curious woman.

	Beverly reacts.

					RASMUSSEN
			No, no. I don't mean curious like
			that. I mean you're curious...
			curious about things. About
			Berylite levels... about the
			future.

	They begin to walk back toward Beverly's office.

					BEVERLY
				(smiling)
			Curiosity is why most of us are
			out here, professor.

					RASMUSSEN
			I understand. But you're
			different. More... vibrant.
			More...

	Rasmussen is fishing for a word.

					BEVERLY
			More vibrant. That's nice, I like
			that.

	They enter the vestibule outside Beverly's office.

					RASMUSSEN
			You know, whenever I... travel
			back, I meet very interesting
			people... men and women. But
			never anyone who gave me thoughts
			about not going home.

	Beverly is genuinely flattered, a bit turned-on.

					BEVERLY
			You're not supposed to be
			influencing the past, remember?
			And I'm beginning to feel a
			little... influenced. Anyway,
			I'm old enough to be your great,
			great, great, great, grandmother!

	Rasmussen smiles warmly...

									CUT TO:

  STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/30/91 - ACT THREE  32.

32   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, the Ensign and other
	supernumeraries at their stations.

					PICARD
			What kind of questions did he have
			for you, Number One?

					RIKER
			All he wanted to know about was
			previous starships. What I
			thought was innovative on the
			last Enterprise or the one before
			that. He said he wanted to see
			how well we "grasped the
			fundamentals."

					DATA
			His queries to me primarily
			focused on Doctor Soong's...

	An ALARM is heard.

					WORF
			Captain, I am detecting a massive
			earthquake on the surface.

	Another ALARM is heard. Riker moves to an aft station.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Two earthquakes, sir.

					PICARD
			Location?

					DATA
			Both epicenters are beneath the
			two southernmost drill sites,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Is La Forge still down there?

					WORF
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Find him.

	Worf starts pushing buttons on his panel. Another
	alarm is heard.

  STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/30/91 - ACT THREE  33.

32   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			We've also got some volcanic
			activity... pretty severe.

					PICARD
			Magnify.

33   ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as the screen changes from a wider view of the planet
	to a closer view, we see huge volcanic plumes rising
	through the dense dust clouds.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge here, Captain. Moseley
			and I are on our way back to his
			lab.

					PICARD
			Are you alright?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			We're okay, but those were pretty
			big, sir. If this was Earth, I'd
			say around an eight or an eight
			five on the Richter Scale. We're
			starting to see some volcanic
			plumes, Captain.

	More alarms are heard.

34   ANOTHER ANGLE

					WORF
			Two more eruptions, sir.

					DATA
			It is most likely that we
			overestimated the geologic
			stability around the CO2 pockets.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			We're in the lab, sir.

	Picard motions to Worf to put Geordi on the viewscreen.

35   ANGLE TO INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	and we see the interior of the lab. Everyone is busy
	dealing with the emergency.

  STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/30/91 - ACT THREE  34.

35   CONTINUED:

					MOSELEY
			We're fairly well quake-proofed
			down here, Picard. It's the
			volcanic dust I'm worried about.

	Another jolt hits the lab.

					PICARD
				(to Moseley)
			What about the dust?

	Another jolt hits the lab.

					GEORDI
			The ash the volcanos are throwing
			into the atmosphere is going to
			compound the existing problem.
			In a matter of days, there'll be
			no sunlight getting through those
			clouds.

					MOSELEY
			And no amount of CO2 is going to
			help us then.

					RIKER
			Captain, look at this.

	Picard walks quickly to the aft station. Riker points
	to one of two maps on a monitor.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			These are the coordinates of the
			eruptions, and these...

	Riker points to the other map.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			... are the phaser drilling sites.

	Riker presses a button and the two drawings overlap.
	The points are nearly identical. Picard looks up at
	Riker. Both men are aware of what has happened.

					PICARD
			The mantle is collapsing where
			the pressure was released.

  STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT THREE  35.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Captain, Doctor Moseley and I have
			a couple of ideas, but they're
			going to take some time to sort
			out.

					PICARD
			Sort them out, Commander.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

	The view of the lab is replaced by the shrouded planet
	with multiple volcanic plumes now visible. Lightning
	can be seen at the cloud tops.

					RIKER
				(looking at the screen)
			We came here to help these people.

					PICARD
			And look what we've done.

	Off Picard's reaction we:

									CUT TO:

36   EXT SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

37   INT. CORRIDOR

	Rasmussen walks by some crewmen and cheerfully nods.
	He goes to Data's door, rings the bell. The door opens
	and a bizarre cacophony of sounds almost overpowers
	him.

38   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Data is busy at his console.

					RASMUSSEN
				(shouting)
			What in God's name is that?!

					DATA
				(shouting)
			Music, Professor.

  STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/26/91 - ACT THREE  36.

38   CONTINUED:

					RASMUSSEN
				(shouting)
			Music?

					DATA
				(shouting)
			Yes, sir. Mozart's "Jupiter
			symphony in G minor"; Bach's "Third
			Brandenberg Concerto"; Beethoven's
			"Symphony Number Nine, Second
			Movement 'Molto Vivace'"; and "La
			Donna e Mobile", from Verdi's
			"Rigoletto".

					RASMUSSEN
				(shouting)
			Could you thin it out a bit?

					DATA
			Computer, eliminate Program One.

	One of the four compositions is silenced. Rasmussen
	shakes his head.

					DATA
			Computer, eliminate Program Two.

	Another program stops. Rasmussen shakes his head
	again.

					DATA
			Computer, eliminate Program Three.

	Only one is still playing. Rasmussen uses his finger
	to suggest Data turn it down.

					DATA
			Computer, half volume.

	The sound gets quieter and Rasmussen nods approval.

					RASMUSSEN
			How the hell can you listen to
			four pieces of music at the same
			time?

					DATA
			Actually, I am capable of
			distinguishing over one hundred
			fifty simultaneous compositions.
					(MORE)

 STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/26/91 - ACT THREE 36A.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (cont'd)
			But in order to analyze the
			aesthetics, I try to limit myself
			to ten or less.

  STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT THREE  37.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

					RASMUSSEN
				(sarcastic)
			Only four today?

					DATA
			I am assisting Commander La Forge
			in the analysis of an extremely
			complex calculation. It demands
			a great deal of my concentration.

					RASMUSSEN
			I came to thank you for answering
			my questions, though I probably
			should have asked you to limit
			yourself to fifty thousand words.

					DATA
			You did ask me to be thorough.

					RASMUSSEN
			I realize it's hard to believe,
			Data, but very few records of
			Doctor Soong's work survived to
			the twenty-sixth century. It
			would be invaluable to myself and
			other historians if you could
			provide us with some schematics.

					DATA
			Certainly, as soon as my work here
			is completed.

					RASMUSSEN
			Just as long as it's before
			oh-nine-hundred tomorrow. That's
			when I'll be... heading back.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Commander Data.

					DATA
			Yes, Worf.

					WORF
			Commander La Forge is hailing you
			from the surface, sir.

					DATA
			Patch it through, please.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - 9/20/91 - ACT THREE    38.

38   CONTINUED: (3)

	Geordi appears on Data's MONITOR. As soon as Data
	turns, Rasmussen takes a tricorder from the desk and,
	almost inadvertantly, pockets it.

					GEORDI
			Have you rerun the phase reversal
			figures, Data?

					DATA
			There were no errors, Geordi.
			The variance must be no more than
			point zero six terawatts.

					GEORDI
			I don't see any other choice.
			We'll keep running the numbers
			down here. You better inform the
			captain... of the good news and
			the bad news. La Forge out.

	The monitor goes to black.

					RASMUSSEN
				(amused)
			Which do you suppose he's going
			to want to hear first?

	Off Data's reaction we CUT TO:

39   INT. READY ROOM

	We open on CU of Picard. Data is there.

					PICARD
			The good news.

					DATA
			The motion of the dust has created
			a great deal of electrostatic
			energy in the upper atmosphere.
			With a modified phaser blast, we
			could create a shock-front that
			would encircle the planet and
			ionize the particles.

					PICARD
			That would be like striking a
			spark in a room filled with gas.

    STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - 9/20/91 - ACT THREE    39.

39   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			With one exception, sir. The
			particles would be converted
			into a high-energy plasma which
			our shields could absorb and
			redirect harmlessly into space.

					PICARD
			Turn the Enterprise into a
			lightning rod.

					DATA
			Precisely, sir.

					PICARD
			And what about the bad news, Data?

					DATA
			If our phaser discharge is off
			by as little as point-zero-six
			terawatts, it would cause a
			cascading exothermal inversion.

					PICARD
			Meaning?

					DATA
			We would completely burn off the
			planet's atmosphere.

	Off Picard's reaction we:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

  STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT FOUR  40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

41   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit over the shrouded planet. The lightning
	continues.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental.
			While Doctor Moseley takes La
			Forge's plan to the leaders of
			the colony, I find myself weighing
			the potential consequences of a
			more philosophical issue.

42   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is staring out the window deep in thought. The
	door chimes.

					PICARD
				(not turning)
			Come.

	Rasmussen ENTERS. Picard continues to stare out the
	window.

					PICARD
			I would imagine you know why I've
			asked you here.

					RASMUSSEN
			I have a fairly good idea.

					PICARD
			I'm faced with a dilemma. There's
			a planet beneath us that is slowly
			turning to ice. If we don't do
			something about it, I'm told that
			within weeks, thousands, perhaps
			tens of thousands, will die.

					RASMUSSEN
			That would be a shame.

  STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/30/91 - ACT FOUR  41.

42   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(turning to Rasmussen)
			Yes, it would. It would be quite
			a shame.

					RASMUSSEN
			So what's your dilemma?

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge has a possible
			solution. The margin of error
			is extremely critical, but if it's
			successful, there's no more
			threat.

					RASMUSSEN
			And if it's not successful?

					PICARD
			Every living thing on the planet
			will perish.

					RASMUSSEN
			So... do nothing and thousands
			will die. Do something and
			millions could die. Tough choice.

					PICARD
				(speaking hypothetically
				 -- he's not asking)
			Not if you were to help me.

					RASMUSSEN
			You're not suggesting I tell you
			the outcome of your efforts?

					PICARD
			No, I'm not. Everything Starfleet
			stands for, everything I've ever
			believed in, tells me I can't
			ask you that.
				(pause)
			But at the same time, there are
			twenty million lives down there,
			and you know what happened to
			them... what will happen to them.

					RASMUSSEN
			So, it seems you have another
			dilemma. One that questions your
			convictions.

  STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/30/91 - ACT FOUR  42.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I have never been afraid to
			reevaluate my convictions,
			Professor. Right now, I have
			twenty million reasons to do so.

					RASMUSSEN
			And why did you ask to see me?

					PICARD
			Your presence potentially gives
			me access to a kind of information
			that was never available to me
			before. An additional tool, a
			new weapon in my armory... you,
			Professor. If I'm going to
			reexamine my beliefs, I must
			take advantage of every possible
			asset. It would be irresponsible
			of me not to have you here.

					RASMUSSEN
			However you come to terms with
			your beliefs, Captain, I must
			tell you I'm quite comfortable 
			with mine.

					PICARD
			How can you be? How can you be
			"comfortable" watching people die?

					RASMUSSEN
				(patronizing)
			Let me put it this way. If I were
			to tell you that none of those
			people died, you'd easily conclude
			that you tried your "solution"
			and it succeeded. So, you'd
			confidently try again. No harm
			in that. But what if I were to
			tell you they all died? What
			then? Obviously, you'd decide not
			to make the same mistake twice.
			Now, what if one of those...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			I know, Professor, "What if one
			of those lives I save down there
			is a child who grows up to be the
			next Adolf Hitler or Khan Singh?"
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/26/91 - ACT FOUR  43.

42   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD (cont'd)
			First year philosophy students
			have been asked that question ever
			since the earliest wormholes were
			discovered. But this is not a
			class in temporal logic... It's
			not hypothetical, it's real.
			Can't you see that?

					RASMUSSEN
			I see it all too well. But you
			must see that if I were to
			influence you, everything in this
			sector, in this quadrant of the
			galaxy could change. History, my
			history, would unfold in a way
			other than it already has. Now
			what possible incentive could
			anyone offer me to allow that to
			happen?

					PICARD
			I have two choices. Either way,
			one version or another of history
			will wend its way forward. The
			history you know or another one.
			Who's to say which is better?
			All I know here, today, is that
			one way, millions of lives could
			be saved. Isn't that incentive
			enough?

					RASMUSSEN
			Everyone dies, Captain. It's just
			a question of when. All of those
			people down there died years
			before I was born. All of you
			up here, as well. So you see,
			I can't get quite as worked up
			as you over the fate of some
			colonists who, for me, have been
			dead a long time.

					PICARD
			We have a Prime Directive,
			Professor, which tells us we have
			no right to interfere with the
			natural evolution of alien worlds.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/30/91 - ACT FOUR  44.

42   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD (cont'd)
			But even though I am sworn to
			uphold it, I have disregarded that
			directive on more than one
			occasion... When I knew it was
			the right thing to do. If you
			are holding true to some
			"temporal" equivalent of that
			directive, isn't there a
			possibility that this is an
			occasion for you to make an
			exception, to help me choose...
			because it's the right thing to
			do?

					RASMUSSEN
			Are we just talking about a
			choice? It sounds to me like
			you're trying to manipulate the
			future.

					PICARD
			Every choice we make allows us
			to manipulate the future. Do I
			ask Marie or Suzanne to the spring
			dance? Do I take my holiday on
			Tahiti or on Risa? A man's life,
			his future, hinges on each of a
			thousand choices. Living is
			making choices.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/26/91 - ACT FOUR  45.

42   CONTINUED: (5)

					PICARD (cont'd)
			Now you ask me to believe that
			if I make a choice other than the
			one found in your history books,
			it could irreparably alter your
			past! Well, perhaps I don't give
			a damn about your past, Professor
			Rasmussen. Because your past is
			my future and as far as I'm
			concerned, it hasn't been written
			yet.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Captain, the electrostatic
			conditions are about as good as
			they're going to get. If we're
			going to try this, now's the time.

	Picard turns to Rasmussen. A beat.

	For a brief instant Rasmussen's guard drops. His
	cockiness now has a trace of remorse.

					RASMUSSEN
			Please don't ask me, Captain.
			I can't help you. I'm sorry.

	After a long stare, Picard almost seems to smile. He
	turns and EXITS. Rasmussen innocently returns the
	smile and follows Picard onto the bridge. On his way
	out, Rasmussen takes a small pile of isolinear chips
	from a table. They disappear into his pocket.

43   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard ENTERS with Rasmussen following. Riker, Data,
	Worf, the Ensign and supernumeraries at their stations.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			How long will it take them to
			program the phasers, Number One?

					RIKER
				(seeing Picard means
				 business)
			We just need to tie in Geordi's
			atmospheric sensors.

  STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/30/91 - ACT FOUR  45A.

43   CONTINUED:

					RASMUSSEN
			So you've made your choice after
			all... and without my help.

					PICARD
			Quite the contrary, Professor.
			You've been quite helpful.

					RASMUSSEN
			How's that?

					PICARD
			By your refusing to assist me,
			I'm left with the same choice I
			began with; to try or not to
			try... to run the risk or to play
			it safe. But your arguments have
			reminded me how precious the right
			to choose can be... that right
			or wrong, the choice is mine.
			And since I've never been much
			for playing it safe... I choose
			to try.

	Rasmussen smiles. Picard turns his back on him.

					PICARD
			Program the firing sequence,
			Mister Data.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Off their reactions we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

  STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT FIVE  46.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

44   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit over the shrouded planet. The ship is
	oriented so the deflector dish is facing the surface.
	The lightning has increased.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45335.0.
			Doctor Moseley has met with the
			colony leaders, who all agree
			they are willing to take the
			risk.

45   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, the Ensign and other
	supernumeraries, as before. Rasmussen sits in Troi's
	chair.

					WORF
				(to Geordi on
				 viewscreen)
			Warp power is being rerouted to
			the main deflector dish,
			Commander.

46   ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	where we see Geordi and Moseley working in the lab.
	The snow is still falling heavily.

					GEORDI
			Keep the phasers on active surge
			control, Worf. We're only going
			to have one shot at this.

47   RESUME SCENE (INTERCUT BRIDGE AND LAB AS NEEDED) -
	(OPTICAL)

	Rasmussen almost can't control himself.

					RASMUSSEN
			Well, this is it!

       STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT FIVE      47.

47   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(ignoring Rasmussen)
			You have the sequence locked in,
			Data?

					DATA
			Yes, sir. After an eight point
			three second burst from the dish,
			we will discharge all EPS taps
			through the phasers.

					PICARD
			Geordi, it's time you return to
			the ship.
				(to com)
			Mister O'Brien, prepare to
			transport...

					GEORDI
			Excuse me, sir, but I can be a
			lot more help down here. We've
			got to compensate for the density
			variations right up to the last
			second.

	Picard looks questioningly at Data.

					DATA
			Doctor Moseley's computers can
			accomplish the same task, sir.
			But Commander La Forge would be
			better able to anticipate
			unexpected variances.

					PICARD
				(looking at the screen)
			Geordi, you know better than
			anyone that there's no guarantee
			this is going to work. And if
			it fails...

					GEORDI
			There's no guarantee it's going
			to fail, Captain. I'd like your
			permission to remain on the
			surface.

	Picard looks at Riker. A beat.

					PICARD
			Permission granted.

       STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT FIVE      48.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					RASMUSSEN
				(like a well-known fact)
			La Forge remained below.

					PICARD
			Good luck, Commander.

					GEORDI
			Thank you, sir.

	The viewscreen switches to an image of the planet.
	Continuous lightning flashes through the dark clouds
	and volcanic plumes.

48   OMITTED

49   ANOTHER ANGLE

	we hear a few beeps coming from Data's console.

					DATA
			The deflector dish has been
			reconfigured, Captain.

	Picard realizes the time has come. After a beat he
	nods to Riker, who takes over.

					RIKER
			Proceed, Mister Data.

					DATA
			Stand by for auto-phaser interlock.
			Activating deflector beam.

	Data pushes a button.

50   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Five parallel white beams shoot out from the deflector
	dish.

51   EXT. SPACE - PENTHARA IV (OPTICAL)

	as the beams partially disperse when they reach the
	upper dust clouds.

         STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - 9/20/91 - ACT FIVE         49.

52   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as before.

					WORF
			EPS taps are on-line.
				(a beat)
			Phasers firing.

53   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	(NOTE: The following sequence of opticals will take
	only ten-twelve seconds.) A thin orange beam fires
	parallel to the others.

54   EXT. SPACE - PENTHARA IV (OPTICAL)

	The phaser beam hits the spot where the other beams
	meet the cloud tops. A beat.

	An enormous EXPLOSION far below us. The orange glow
	spreads in all directions and quickly begins to envelop
	the clouded atmosphere.

	A few seconds later, as soon as the fiery orange
	curtain has encapsulated the planet, a series of
	glowing blue "fingers" spread from the far side toward
	the point where the phaser originally hit. The blue
	explosions are replacing the orange ones.

	As the final streak of blue "glow" replaces the last
	visible area of orange, a pillar of blue light forms
	and streaks toward the Enterprise.

55   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the blue energy beam makes contact, enveloping the
	ship.

56   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The bridge is vibrating and a huge roar is heard.
	Everyone is understandably tense.

					DATA
			Activating shield invertors...
			now!

	Data hits a button.

       STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT FIVE      50.

57   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The blue light, which continues to envelop the planet
	below, is still being drawn to the Enterprise in the
	form of a thin beam, enveloping the ship, as well.

	The glowing ship rotates 180 degrees and an even
	brighter blue beam appears from the deflector dish.
	As it discharges out into space we see the glow on the
	planet begin to dissipate as if it were being sucked
	up through the beam reaching toward the ship, and then
	off into deep space.

	It's over in seconds. The pillar of light from the
	planet vanishes as the last of the energy is deflected
	through the dish.

58   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The last reminders of the huge vibrations and noise
	echo into silence. All is still.

59   ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	the now cloudless planet is visible. A few smaller
	volcanic plumes can be seen.

60   RESUME

	Picard looks to Riker and then to Data.

					PICARD
				(tentatively)
			Mister La Forge?

	A beat.

61   BACK TO VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as it switches to the science lab, where there's a
	guarded optimism reflected in all the faces. The snow
	has stopped.

					GEORDI
			La Forge here. Still breathing,
			Captain.

       STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT FIVE      51.

61   CONTINUED:

					MOSELEY
			Particulate levels are right where
			they're supposed to be... and the
			sun is shining!

					GEORDI
			You see, sir, I told you there
			was nothing to worry about.

					PICARD
			Report back to the ship when
			you're ready, Commander.
				(to Moseley)
			Doctor, we'll stay in orbit to
			analyze the remaining volcanic
			disturbances.
				(smiling)
			I think the best advice might be
			to let them cool down on their
			own.

					MOSELEY
			I'm getting in the habit of
			thanking you, Picard.

	Moseley touches a button and the screen returns to
	the view of the cloudless planet.

	Rasmussen stands and approaches Picard.

					RASMUSSEN
			Well, I'd love to see more, but
			it's nearly time for me to go.
			I'm tickled pink to have had the
			opportunity of witnessing this,
			Picard.
				(patronizing)
			And you did it all without any
			help.

	Rasmussen opens a ring on one of his fingers and looks
	inside.

					RASMUSSEN
				(continuing)
			I must run. I've got some packing
			to do.
				(as he passes Riker)
			You know, you're taller in person.

	As Rasmussen EXITS, Picard turns to Worf and nods.

       STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT FIVE      52.

62
thru	OMITTED
63

64   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - OPTICAL

	in orbit around the planet.

65   INT. SHUTTLEBAY (OPTICAL)

	Rasmussen, his valise over a shoulder, ENTERS to find
	Picard, Beverly, Riker, Worf, and Data by his vessel.
	An N.D. SECURITY GUARD stands nearby.

					RASMUSSEN
			Would you look at this. Who would
			have suspected a teary farewell?

					PICARD
			I'm afraid we're going to have
			to take a look in your vessel,
			Professor.

					RASMUSSEN
				(they just don't get
				 it)
			Curious till the end, eh, Captain?

	Picard remains stern-faced.

					RASMUSSEN
				(continuing)
			You can't be serious, Picard.
			We've been through this more than
			once and I...

					PICARD
			A number of objects have turned
			up missing in the last few days.
			If they are in your possession,
			I would like them returned.

					RASMUSSEN
			I'm not here in search of relics.

	Rasmussen opens his ring again, looks in and starts
	toward his ship.

					RASMUSSEN
				(continuing)
			I'm sure they'll turn up.

	Worf blocks his way.

       STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT FIVE      53.

65   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			If you will not open the vessel,
			I will... with explosives, if
			necessary.

					RASMUSSEN
				(defiant)
			I doubt you have the means.

					RIKER
			If we don't get in that thing,
			I guarantee you won't either.

	Rasmussen shows the first signs of panic. But it
	vanishes and he smiles.

					RASMUSSEN
				(to Picard)
			Considering the sensitive nature
			of my equipment, I think you'll
			understand if I request that only
			Mister Data be allowed to see it.

					RIKER
			Why Data?

					PICARD
				(understanding)
			Because if I order Data never to
			divulge what he sees in there,
			he won't.
				(to Data)
			With the exception of anything
			that might belong to us.

					DATA
			Understood, sir.

	Rasmussen smiles and leads Data toward the craft.

					RASMUSSEN
			Back in a minute.

	Rasmussen presses the back of his hand and then his
	palm against a specific point on the vessel and a door
	APPEARS and OPENS. He enters followed by Data, who
	glances back at Picard a beat before the door REAPPEARS
	and CLOSES. Worf, Beverly, Picard and Riker look at
	each other.

         STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - 9/20/91 - ACT FIVE         54.

66   INT. VESSEL

	The vessel's interior, similar to its exterior, is
	truly futuristic, with multifaceted panels containing
	minimal blinkies. As Data ENTERS, he immediately
	notices two large collector trays.

	Normally slid into a rack, the trays are exposed and
	filled with objects stolen from the Enterprise: two
	tricorders, a neural stimulator, a hypospray and
	bioscanner, one of Geordi's visors, PADDS, a small desk
	top viewer, a Klingon knife, piles of isolinear chips
	and other computer chips, palm beacons, even bar
	glasses and silverware from Ten Forward, and various
	other whatsits from here and there. Data examines the
	loot and turns to Rasmussen.

					DATA
			I do not believe any of these
			items belong to you, Professor.

	Rasmussen raises a phaser at Data.

					RASMUSSEN
			Nor does this!

	Data stands very still.

					RASMUSSEN
				(continuing)
			This phaser is set at the highest
			stun setting. If I'm correct,
			that is sufficient to immobilize
			even you.

					DATA
			Do you plan to put these objects
			into a museum?

					RASMUSSEN
			They're far too valuable for that.
			You see, in the century I come
			from, they haven't even been
			invented yet.

	Data looks at the ship's futuristic design.

					DATA
			But this vessel... ? And the
			temporal distortion that coincided
			with your arrival?

       STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT FIVE      55.

66   CONTINUED:

					RASMUSSEN
			Oh, this is a time-pod. And it
			is from the twenty-sixth
			century... at least that's what
			the poor fellow said. You see,
			he decided to travel back to the
			twenty-second century... that's
			my time, and he had the misfortune
			of meeting me... His clothes
			fit quite well, don't you think?
				(gesturing to the pod)
			Took me weeks to figure out how
			to work this thing.

					DATA
			You are not an historian?

					RASMUSSEN
			More of an inventor. Up till a
			few weeks ago, a dismally
			unsuccessful one.

					DATA
			What are your intentions, now?

					RASMUSSEN
			Well, thanks to your captain, it
			seems my intentions have changed
			slightly.

	He points to the trays.

					RASMUSSEN
				(continuing)
			I was quite content with the
			notion of returning with those
			trinkets. I'd "invent" about one
			a year. But now, look what
			fortune has graced me with...
				(pointing toward Data)
			You will take a little longer to
			figure out than a tricorder, but
			it should be well worth the
			effort.

	He checks his ring.

					RASMUSSEN
				(continuing)
			If the auto-timer is programmed
			the way I think it is...
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT FIVE      56.

66   CONTINUED: (2)

					RASMUSSEN (cont'd)
			in about two minutes we'll be on
			our way back to a place called
			New Jersey... I'm afraid you
			won't be awake for the ride.

	Rasmussen aims the phaser at Data and tries to fire,
	but it only makes a lame noise. Panicked, he readjusts
	and fires again... nothing.

					DATA
			I assume your hand print will open
			the door whether you are conscious
			or not.

	Off Rasmussen's look, we CUT TO:

67   INT. SHUTTLEBAY - (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Beverly, Riker, Worf, and an N.D. Security
	guard, as before. The vessel door opens and Rasmussen
	exits, closely followed by Data, who now carries the
	phaser.

					RASMUSSEN
				(disgusted)
			That weapon was working yesterday.

					DATA
				(to Picard, handing him
				 the phaser)
			You were correct to suspect him,
			sir. But he is from the past,
			not the future.

	Picard reacts to what Data says and turns to Rasmussen.

					PICARD
				(mimicking Rasmussen
				 in Act Four)
			Trying to make my history unfold
			in a way other than it already
			has, Professor?

					RASMUSSEN
			This was all a misunderstanding,
			Picard. Just let me back in there
			and we'll forget the whole thing.

         STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - 9/20/91 - ACT FIVE         57.

67   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(still mimicking)
			Now what possible incentive could
			anyone offer me to allow that?

					DATA
				(to Riker)
			I believe you will find all the
			missing items in the vessel, sir.

	Riker nods to Worf who acknowledges and heads into the
	vessel. Rasmussen turns to Beverly with a desperate,
	pleading look.

					RASMUSSEN
			Doctor...

					BEVERLY
				(ice)
			A very nice performance.

					RASMUSSEN
				(a touch of remorse)
			Not all of it. Some of it was
			real.

	Beverly's cold stare tells him he's wasting his time.
	He checks his ring and turns toward Picard, panicky.

					RASMUSSEN
			Captain...

					DATA
			He claims to be a twenty-second
			century inventor, sir.

					PICARD
				(it's all coming into
				 focus)
			Well, it's too bad you weren't
			a bit more inventive. If fewer
			things had disappeared, we might
			not have suspected you. As it
			was, our only stumbling block was
			your vessel. Our sensors couldn't
			penetrate it.

	Worf climbs out of the pod carrying the two trays.

       STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - REV. 9/25/91 - ACT FIVE      58.

67   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			But as soon as the door opened,
			our computer was able to detect
			and deactivate everything you'd
			stolen...
				(holding up the phaser)
			... including this.

	Picard drops it onto the top tray as Worf passes him.
	Worf hands the trays to the N.D. security guard.

					RASMUSSEN
			I'd love to hear more, Picard,
			but I really must get back in that
			pod.

	Rasmussen heads for the vessel, but is stopped by Worf.
	Picard looks to Riker.

					RIKER
			Take him to a detention cell,
			Mister Worf. And notify Starfleet
			that we'll be dropping him off
			at Starbase Two-one-four.

					RASMUSSEN
				(panicking, struggling)
			You can't do this... I've got
			to get back... I don't belong
			here.

	The tiny ship suddenly GLOWS, SHIMMERS, and DISAPPEARS.
	Rasmussen can't believe it.

					RASMUSSEN
			No!

	Worf walks him toward the exit.

					PICARD
			I'm sure there are more than a
			few legitimate historians at
			Starfleet who will be quite eager
			to meet a Human from your era.

	Worf and Rasmussen reach the exit.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Oh, and Professor...

         STAR TREK: "A Matter of Time" - 9/20/91 - ACT FIVE         59.

67   CONTINUED: (3)

	Rasmussen stops and turns.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Welcome to the twenty-fourth
			century.

	Worf and Rasmussen EXIT. Off reactions, we CUT TO:

68   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit of Penthara IV.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             








                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "New Ground" 
               (a.k.a. "Trial Run" & "Barriers") 
                          #40275-210 
                              
                           Story by 
                 Sarah Charno & Stuart Charno 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                      Grant E. Rosenberg 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Robert Scheerer 


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FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1991 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT
 
                       OCTOBER 4, 1991
 

           STAR TREK: "New Ground" - 10/4/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "New Ground" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             HELENA ROZHENKO
                RIKER              ALEXANDER
                DATA               MS. LOWRY
                BEVERLY            ENSIGN FELTON
                TROI               DOCTOR JA'DAR
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  SEVERAL BOYS       
                  SEVERAL FATHERS    
                  A SKULL-FACED ALIEN
                  WAITER             

           STAR TREK: "New Ground" - 10/4/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "New Ground" 
                      
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              ENGINEERING              BILANA THREE
              SICKBAY
              TROI'S OFFICE            TEST SHIP
              WORF'S QUARTERS
              TEACHER'S OFFICE         SOLITON WAVE
              BIOLAB
              TEN FORWARD
              TURBOLIFT
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              HOLODECK - BATTLEGROUND
              CORRIDOR
          
            USS MILAN
              HELENA'S ROOM
          
            BILANA THREE
              JA'DAR OFFICE

       STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/8/91 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "New Ground"                              
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is entering orbit around a planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45376.3.
			We are approaching the planet
			Bilana Three, where a new method
			of propulsion known as the Soliton
			Wave is being developed. The
			Enterprise has been asked to
			participate in one of the first
			tests of this new technology.

2    INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	GEORDI is working at a monitor in his office. He
	crosses to the pool table, where WORF and DATA are
	working. Geordi is very up, very excited. Data and
	Worf are their usual stoic selves.

					GEORDI
				(to Data)
			We're going to witness a moment
			in history, Data.

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			Every nanosecond in this
			continuum becomes a moment in
			history once it has elapsed.

					GEORDI
			No, no. I mean we're going to
			see something that people will
			talk about for years.

	Data nods in understanding and then returns to work.
	Geordi turns to Worf, determined to impress upon him
	the importance of what they're doing.

         STAR TREK: "New Ground" - 10/4/91 - TEASER         2.

2    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(to Worf)
			Think about it... no more bulky
			warp engines or nacelles... a
			ship just generates a Soliton
			Wave... and then rides it through
			space like a surfboard.

	Worf makes a noncommittal grunt of acknowledgement.
	Geordi makes one last attempt.

					GEORDI
			This is going to be like being
			there to watch Chuck Yeager break
			the sound barrier, or Zephram
			Cochrane engage the first warp
			drive!

	Worf and Data look at Geordi for a beat.

					DATA
			It should be interesting.

					WORF
				(flat)
			Very exciting.

	Geordi looks at them helplessly. Nothing is going to
	excite these two.

					GEORDI
			I'm talking to the wrong crowd.
				(sees another crewman
				 and walks away)
			Donaldson! Hey, Donaldson, can
			you believe that we're actually
			going to be there when they...

	As Geordi moves to talk with Donaldson...

					VOICE
			Lieutenant Worf, you have a
			subspace communication from the
			transport ship Milan.

3    NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As Worf moves to a monitor and touches a button.

       STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - TEASER       3.

3    CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(to com)
			Transfer the signal to this
			station.

	The image of HELENA ROZHENKO fills the screen.

					HELENA
				(smiles warmly)
			Hello, Worf.

	Worf is surprised, but pleased to see his mother.

					WORF
			Mother?

					HELENA
			I hope you don't mind us dropping
			in on you like this, but when I
			heard the Enterprise was going
			to be in this sector, we took the
			first transport... and here we
			are.

					WORF
			Is father with you?

	A brief beat of discomfort crosses Helena's face, but
	she covers it quickly and tries to sound happy and
	normal.

					HELENA
			No. I brought Alexander with me.
			I thought the two of you might
			like a chance to... visit.

	Worf knows there's something going on here... he is
	quiet for a moment, but doesn't want to press his
	mother just now.

					WORF
			Very well. I will make
			arrangements for you to come
			aboard.

					HELENA
				(pleased)
			Good.

									CUT TO:

         STAR TREK: "New Ground" - 10/4/91 - TEASER         4.

4    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	A TRANSPORTER TECHNICIAN is behind the console. Worf
	is waiting by the platform. Helena and ALEXANDER
	MATERIALIZE on the platform. Helena gives Worf a big
	hug.

					HELENA
			It's good to see you, Worf.
				(beat)
			You look wonderful. Is that
			a touch of gray in your beard?

	Worf instinctively puts a hand to his chin.

					HELENA
				(proudly)
			Don't worry, the Rozhenko men have
			always had beards of iron-gray.

	Alexander has stayed behind on the transporter platform
	and now Helena and Worf both turn their attention to
	him. Alexander is simply staring at Worf... a little
	scared and a little curious. Worf is happy to see his
	son again.

					WORF
				(warm)
			Hello, Alexander.

					ALEXANDER
			Hello.

	Worf extends a hand and Alexander shakes it after a
	beat.

					WORF
			It is good to see you both. How
			long can you stay?

	That's not a question Helena wanted to answer right
	now, but Alexander speaks right up as if the answer
	should be obvious.

         STAR TREK: "New Ground" - 10/4/91 - TEASER         5.

4    CONTINUED:

					ALEXANDER
			I'm not going back.

	Worf looks to Helena, who looks guilty. On Worf's
	reaction...

									FADE OUT

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "New Ground" - 10/4/91 - ACT ONE         6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

5    INT. TEN FORWARD

	Worf and Helena ENTER. They head for a private table
	near one of the windows.

					HELENA
			Did you see Alexander's face when
			he saw the play area? He's going
			to love it here.

	That brings up a subject Worf would like to talk about.
	They sit.

					WORF
			Mother, why does Alexander believe
			he is remaining... ?

	Worf trails off as a WAITER comes over to the table to
	take their order.

					HELENA
				(to waiter)
			Lapsang suchong tea, please.

	The waiter looks at Worf, but he shakes his head no.

					HELENA
			Have you been eating? You look
			thin.

					WORF
			Mother...

					HELENA
			When your father was in Starfleet,
			I always had to make sure that---

					WORF
				(gentle but firm)
			Mother. We need to talk about
			Alexander.

	Helena knows he's right. She reluctantly nods her head
	as the Waiter returns and gives her the tea. Helena
	sips some of the tea and pauses for a moment. She has
	some difficult things to say to Worf and it's not going
	to be easy for her. Worf waits respectfully for his
	mother to lead the conversation.

        STAR TREK: "New Ground" - 10/4/91 - ACT ONE        6A.

5    CONTINUED:

					HELENA
			Alexander's a fine boy, Worf.
			Smart... high-spirited... a lot
			like you at that age.
				(smiles)
			In fact, sometimes he comes
			running through the house and
			knocks over that big green lamp,
			just like you used to do.

					WORF
			I don't recall you smiling when
			I knocked over that lamp.

      STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT ONE      7.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

					HELENA
			Well... maybe once when you
			weren't looking.
				(beat)
			When we learned that Alexander
			was coming to live with us, we
			were very happy. The house had
			been... empty since you left.
			We thought, here is our chance
			to fill it with the sounds of
			children again.

	Helena pauses. She looks at Worf and her tone becomes
	more confidential...

					HELENA
			But... the truth is... your father
			and I are getting old, Worf.

					WORF
				(protesting)
			Mother, you both still have many
			years---

					HELENA
				(smiles)
			I don't mean we're ready for the
			grave... not yet, anyway.
				(beat)
			But we are a little... less
			active. It's hard for us to keep
			up with Alexander. We're ready
			to be... just grandparents.
				(beat)
			Alexander needs to be with his
			father.

	Worf's tone is regretful, but firm.

					WORF
			That is not possible. We will
			have to find another option.

	Helena considers Worf for a moment. She had hoped it
	wouldn't be necessary to get into this, but Worf isn't
	responding yet.

      STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT ONE      8.

5    CONTINUED: (3)

					HELENA
			He needs his father, Worf.
			Alexander's having...
			difficulties.

					WORF
			Difficulties?

	This is hard for Helena, they're talking about her
	grandson, after all. But these things must be said.

					HELENA
			He is... disobedient.

	Worf's natural instinct is to rise to his son's
	defense.

					WORF
			Klingon children are often...
			difficult to control...

					HELENA
				(wry)
			I do know something about how
			Klingon children behave.

	Worf looks immediately abashed.

					HELENA
			But it's more than his willful
			attitude. He... does not always
			tell the truth.

					WORF
				(shocked)
			My son is... a liar?

					HELENA
				(firm)
			He is a boy. And boys can
			sometimes take the wrong path.
			They must have guidance.
				(beat)
			Alexander needs a father -- his
			father to give him that guidance.

	Worf is too shocked by this revelation about Alexander
	to argue any further. Helena considers Worf for a few
	moments then reluctantly ends the discussion.

					HELENA
			I have to go. The transport will
			be returning to Earth shortly.

         STAR TREK: "New Ground" - 10/4/91 - ACT ONE         9.

5    CONTINUED: (4)

	Helena puts her arm around Worf.

					HELENA
			Do what you believe is best for
			him, Worf. That's all that any
			parent can hope to do.

	A moment between mother and son. Worf still isn't sure
	what to do... but he accepts his mother's words. As
	they rise and head for the exit...

									CUT TO:

6    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around Bilana Three.

6A   INT. CORRIDOR

	As they walk down the corridor, Worf tries to talk to
	Alexander in the easy, casual way he imagines other
	fathers do with their sons. Alexander's responses are
	not very engaging.

					WORF
			Did you enjoy going to school on
			Earth?

					ALEXANDER
			Yes.

	Beat.

					WORF
			Did you like your teachers?

      STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/8/91 - ACT ONE      10.

6A   CONTINUED:

					ALEXANDER
			Yes.

	Beat.

					WORF
			Good.

	Another beat of silence as Worf searches for another
	topic.

					WORF
			I understand that you lived in
			my old room.

					ALEXANDER
			Uh-huh.

	Beat.

					WORF
			Good.

	An awkward silence follows as Worf discovers that they
	don't have much to say to one another. They continue
	to walk for a few beats... Worf is grateful when they
	finally come to the door of the teacher's office. He
	presses the panel outside the door.

6B   INT. TEACHER'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS

	A small, comfortable office decorated with children's
	drawings, toys, and games. The door CHIMES and MS.
	KYLE looks up from her desk. She is a caring and warm
	woman, yet her voice carries a ring of authority that
	unruly children would be unwise to challenge.

					KYLE
			Come in.

	Worf and Alexander ENTER. Kyle stands and smiles.
	She moves to them and tries to immediately make them
	both comfortable.

					KYLE
			Lieutenant Worf, it's good to see
			you again.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/8/91 - ACT ONE      11.

6B   CONTINUED:

					KYLE (cont'd)
				(to Alexander)
			And you must be Alexander. I hear
			you'll be coming to school with
			us for a while?

	Alexander isn't responding to Kyle's friendly
	attitude. He simply nods in response to her question
	and his attention wanders around the room.

					KYLE
				(to Alexander)
			Well, we're very excited to have
			you with us... I know the other
			boys and girls will be happy to
			have a new classmate.

	No response from Alexander. Kyle isn't fazed by his
	attitude and she moves back to her desk as Worf and
	Alexander sit in two nearby chairs. Kyle begins to
	work the terminal on the desk.

					KYLE
			First, I need to get a little
			information from you. Let's start
			with...
				(pretends to think)
			... your name.
				(works terminal)
			Alexander Rozhenko... hmmmm...
			that's a tough one... maybe you
			can help me. Can you spell your
			last name for me?

	Alexander gives no indication that he's even heard the
	question.

					WORF
				(prompting)
			Alexander...

	Alexander looks up.

					WORF
				(firmer)
			The teacher asked you a question.

	Kyle doesn't want to spark a confrontation and she
	easily dismisses the issue.

      STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT ONE      12.

6B   CONTINUED: (2)

					KYLE
			It doesn't matter. I think I can
			figure it out.
				(works terminal, then
				 to Worf)
			Date of birth?

	Worf thinks for a beat... but he doesn't know the
	answer. Alexander and the teacher both look at him...
	there is a very awkward and embarassing moment as
	everyone finally realizes that Worf doesn't even know
	his own son's birthday. Alexander finally supplies
	the information.

					ALEXANDER
				(hurt, to Worf)
			The forty-third day of Maktag,
			stardate 43205.

					WORF
			Yes... of course.

					KYLE
				(quickly moving on)
			I'll get the rest of his personal
			records from the school on Earth.
			One last question... how long will
			he be staying aboard ship?

	Another uncomfortable question for Worf. This time
	he's the only one who can supply the answer. Alexander
	looks at his father in surprise... he thought he was
	staying. After a long beat...

					WORF
			It has... not been decided.

	Hold on the hurt look on Alexander's face and Worf's
	reaction...

6C   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is sitting at his desk looking over a PADD in
	mild irritation. He sets it down... looks at the
	door... nothing happens... he picks up the PADD again.
	Finally the door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

     STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT ONE     12A.

6C   CONTINUED:

	A somewhat harried Worf ENTERS. Picard fixes him with
	a withering look.

					PICARD
			I thought our meeting was at
			eleven hundred hours, Mister Worf.

					WORF
			I apologize for being late,
			Captain. I was detained in...
			school.
				(off Picard's look)
			I was enrolling my... son in
			class.

					PICARD
			I see.
				(beat, then back to
				 business)
			Several officers will be
			transferring aboard next week
			and I'd like to discuss making
			a few personnel changes---

					KYLE'S COM VOICE
			Kyle to Lieutenant Worf.

	Worf is very uncomfortable. Picard's face is carefully
	neutral.

					WORF
				(to Com)
			Worf here.

					KYLE'S COM VOICE
			I'm sorry to bother you again,
			Lieutenant, but I forgot to
			mention that we need to arrange
			for a series of placement
			examinations for Alexander. If
			you could tell me when---

					WORF
				(curt)
			This is not a good time. I will
			contact you shortly, Ms. Kyle.
			Worf out.
				(beat)
			Sorry, Captain.

	Picard gives no reaction and smoothly picks up where
	he left off.

     STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT ONE     12B.

6C   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Personnel changes. I'd like you
			to consider transferring Ensign
			Rocha to phaser control and
			promoting Lieutenant---

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Sickbay to Worf.

	Worf is really embarassed... Picard's silence speaks
	volumes.

					WORF
				(to com)
			Yes, Doctor?

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			I need to schedule a physical
			examination for Alexander. I
			also need his complete medical
			records from Earth and---

					WORF
			Doctor, I would rather discuss
			this at a later time.

					PICARD
				(holds up a hand)
			Mister Worf.
				(gently, with a hint
				 of humor)
			You are not the first officer on
			this ship to have a new family
			member. Take care of your son.
			The personnel changes can wait.

	Worf is still a little embarassed, but he's grateful
	for the reprieve.

					WORF
				(stands)
			Thank you, sir.

	Worf EXITS. Picard watches him leave and then smiles
	to himself for a moment.

6D   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is still in orbit.

     STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT ONE     12C.

7    OMITTED

7A   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	PICARD, RIKER, Geordi, Data, and Worf are listening
	to DOCTOR JA'DAR. Dr. Ja'Dar is a middle-aged,
	humanoid alien who appears totally consumed by his
	work. Ja'Dar is pointing to the wall monitor upon
	which is a diagram of a SPACECRAFT in orbit around a
	PLANET.

      STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT ONE      13.

7A   CONTINUED:

					JA'DAR
			Twenty-three field coils, working
			in concert, will generate the
			soliton wave from this point on
			the planet surface.

	Ja'Dar presses a button on the console.

8    ON MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	The SOLITON WAVE rises up from the planet and heads
	for the spacecraft. (The wave is represented by three
	small arcs tightly moving in a straight line.)

					JA'DAR (o.c.)
				(over above action)
			We will have the test ship towed
			to a position approximately two
			million kilometers from Bilana
			Three.

	The waves HIT the ship and the ship starts MOVING along
	with the waves.

9    RESUME SCENE (OPTICAL)

					JA'DAR
			If our theories are correct, the
			wave will envelop the ship and
			push it into warp.

					PICARD
				(impressed)
			Warp without warp drive...

					RIKER
				(with humor)
			They're going to put you out of
			a job, Geordi.

					GEORDI
				(grins)
			I hope so, sir.

					DATA
				(to Ja'Dar)
			Doctor Ja'Dar, how closely will
			the Enterprise need to follow the
			test vehicle?

      STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT ONE      14.

9    CONTINUED:

					JA'DAR
			The soliton emits a great deal
			of subspace radio interference.
			You'll need to be within twenty
			kilometers in order to receive
			telemetry.

					PICARD
			How will you end the experiment?

					JA'DAR
			The wave will be directed toward
			Lemma Two, about three light years
			distance. We have a sister
			facility there which will
			generate a scattering field to
			dissipate the wave, and bring the
			ship out of warp.

	Ja'Dar turns OFF the monitor and turns back to them.

					JA'DAR
			I'll have more detailed
			operational plans sent to you
			within the hour.

	Everyone seems comfortable with the mission.

      STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT ONE      15.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Very well, Doctor. We'll contact
			you again once we've finished
			studying the mission specs.

	They all stand. Geordi and Ja'Dar head for the
	corridor EXIT while everyone else EXITS to the
	bridge.

10
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10B

10C  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Picard, Riker, Data, and Worf ENTER from the
	observation lounge. TROI is at her station. She sees
	Worf and stands.

					TROI
			Worf... I was just talking with
			Ms. Kyle from the primary school.
			She told me that you enrolled
			Alexander in her class this
			morning.

        STAR TREK: "New Ground" - 10/4/91 - ACT ONE        16.

10C  CONTINUED:

	Worf is a little embarrassed. He feels uncomfortable
	talking about this on the bridge. Troi moves up the
	ramp to stand next to him.

					WORF
			Yes.

					TROI
			I'm sure he'll do well. She's
			a wonderful teacher.

					WORF
			Good.

					TROI
			Did she tell you about the
			father/son field trip this
			afternoon?

					WORF
			Yes. We cannot attend.

					TROI
			Why not?

					WORF
			I have a personnel review
			scheduled at thirteen hundred
			hours.

	Troi looks at him for a beat. Then, gently
	prompting...

					TROI
			It might be a good opportunity
			to meet some of the other students
			and parents.

	After a beat, Worf reconsiders.

					WORF
			I might be able to... reschedule
			the review.

					TROI
				(smiles)
			Good. I'll let them know you're
			coming.

	Troi EXITS. On Worf's reaction...

									CUT TO:

      STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/8/91 - ACT ONE      17.

	INT. BIOLAB

	A group of SEVERAL N.D. BOYS (roughly the same age as
	Alexander) with their N.D. FATHERS are listening to
	Ms. Kyle. She is holding a small MODEL of a
	rhinoceros, and there are several TABLES with other
	models of animals and plants in the b.g., including
	replicas of a few Earth animals.

					KYLE
			... as the value of their horns
			increased, the number of white
			Rhinos in the wild kept falling
			until they finally became extinct
			about two centuries ago.

	She puts the model of the animal back on the table and
	begins to move to another part of the lab. The group
	moves to follow her.

12   NEW ANGLE

	As the group moves with Kyle, we find Worf and
	Alexander bringing up the rear of the group.

					KYLE
				(over following action)
			Now I want to show you a pair of
			animals we're trying to save from
			extinction. They're from Corvan
			Two, where their homes in the
			rainforests are being threatened
			by industrial pollutants.

	Worf is listening intently to the teacher, as if he
	were going to be tested on this stuff. Alexander's
	attention keeps wandering... he's bored. They have
	all arrived at the large cargo container which has a
	large WINDOW dominating one side of the container.

					KYLE
				(continuing)
			They're called Corvan Gilvos.

	She touches a panel and a LIGHT COMES ON inside the
	container.


      STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT ONE      18.

13   ON CONTAINER

	There is a medium-sized tree with thick limbs and
	branches surrounded by rocks and a few short bushes
	inside the container, but there doesn't appear to be
	anything else. The children all gather at the
	window... even Alexander appears a little curious...
	but there still doesn't seem to be anything in the
	container. Kyle smiles and taps the glass.

					KYLE
			They're a little shy.

14   ON TREE

	In response to the tapping on the glass, an EYE
	suddenly opens on one of the "branches" of the tree.
	The GILVO'S body looks like a long skinny piece of bark,
	and until it starts to move along the tree, it is
	virtually undetectable to the naked eye.

15   RESUME SCENE

	The children are delighted and they press closer to the
	glass as ANOTHER GILVO starts to MOVE.

	Alexander is enthralled by this creature, and he moves
	right up to the glass and stares at it.

					KYLE
			The eating habits of Gilvos are
			very similar to those of Earth's
			Draco lizards, which died out
			over three hundred years ago...

16   KYLE

	turns to the nearby table and reaches for something...
	then frowns when it isn't there. She glances at
	Alexander, then recovers smoothly, as if there were
	nothing wrong.

					KYLE
			There are only fourteen Gilvos
			left on Corvan Two. We're
			transplanting these two to the
			protected planet of Brentalia
			where they should thrive.
			We are hopeful that the population
			can be returned home someday.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT ONE      19.

16   CONTINUED:	(2)

					KYLE (cont'd)
				(beat)
			All right everyone, why don't you
			look around for a while on your
			own, and if you have any
			questions, feel free to ask.

17   NEW ANGLE

	The group breaks up into father and son pairings and
	they move around the bay to explore the different
	displays and models. Alexander stays at the Gilvo
	container, fascinated by the gentle-looking creatures.
	Worf stands next to him, happy that Alexander has
	finally found something to attract his attention.

18   ON KYLE

	As she quietly walks over to Alexander. She is being
	very discreet and nonthreatening in her attitude.

					KYLE
			Alexander?
				(he looks up)
			I forgot to tell everyone that
			the models on the tables are
			supposed to be for all of you
			to play with. So I guess you
			didn't know that you weren't
			supposed to take them.
				(beat)
			I saw you playing with the lizard
			model a little while ago. Do you
			still have it?

19   INCLUDE WORF

	As he steps forward.

					WORF
				(defensive)
			Are you accusing him of stealing?

					KYLE
			Lieutenant Worf---

	The teacher is trying not to make a big issue out of
	this. But Worf's sense of honor has been offended.

      STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/8/91 - ACT ONE      20.

19   CONTINUED:

	He turns to Alexander, his tone making it clear that
	he has no doubt in his son whatsoever.

					WORF
			Alexander, did you take the model
			of the lizard from the table?

					ALEXANDER
				(without hesitation)
			No, sir.

	Worf gives the teacher a vindicated look, but Kyle
	doesn't back down. She keeps her voice low, but her
	tone is firm.

					KYLE
			Lieutenant... I saw Alexander
			put the model inside his jacket.

	Worf can't believe she still persists in this
	ridiculous accusation. He almost yells at her in rage,
	but then turns to Alexander, opens the boy's jacket and
	finds...

20
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22

22A  THE LIZARD MODEL

	Worf pulls the model out of Alexander's pocket.

22B  RESUME SCENE

	As Worf realizes that his son has just lied to his
	face.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/10/91 - ACT TWO     21.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

22C  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship still in orbit around Bilana Three.

					WORF (V. O)
			Lieutenant Worf, personal log,
			stardate 45376.8. Alexander has
			acted shamefully and as his
			father, I must now deal with him.
				(beat)
			But I find that I would gladly
			fight ten armed Balduk warriors...
			rather than face one small child.

23   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	Worf paces in the outer room, struggling to keep his
	anger below the surface. Alexander is seated, looking
	very small and vulnerable. Uncertain how to deal with
	this situation, Worf is seeking refuge in the familiar
	mantra of Klingon beliefs and values.

					WORF
			A Klingon's honor is more
			important to him than his life.
			A Klingon would gladly face the
			most horrible punishment rather
			than bring shame or disgrace to
			his family name. His word is his
			bond... without it, he is nothing.

	Worf stops pacing and turns to Alexander.

					WORF
			Do you understand?

	Alexander nods mutely.

					WORF
			Why did you lie to me?

	Alexander thinks for a moment... has difficulty meeting
	Worf's eyes.

					ALEXANDER
			I don't know.

     STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/10/91 - ACT TWO     21A.

23   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Did you fear the punishment you
			would receive?

	Beat.

					ALEXANDER
				(small voice)
			I don't know.

	Worf's anger bubbles to the surface.

      STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/4/91 - ACT TWO      22.

23   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(voice rising)
			You do not know why you lied, and
			yet you did. You do not know why
			you stole, and yet you did!

	Alexander quails before the wrath of his father and
	moves back on the couch in fear. Worf sees the boy's
	reaction and immediately pulls himself back. He turns
	away and moves into the adjoining room for a moment
	to collect himself. Alexander relaxes slightly.

24   NEW ANGLE

	As Worf lets his anger subside. Finally, he turns and
	speaks in a calm, assured manner.

					WORF
				(calm)
			Alexander, come here.

	Alexander hesitates for a beat, then goes to his
	father.

					WORF
			When I was a child... younger than
			you... I lost my parents, my
			family... my people. Everything
			I had was taken from me... except
			my sense of honor. It was the
			one thing I had which was truly
			Klingon... and which no one could
			take away.

	Worf gestures to a small statue of two fighting
	Klingons.

					WORF
				(re: statue)
			Do you know who they are?

	Alexander thinks for a very long beat.

					ALEXANDER
				(unsure)
			Kahless... ?

        STAR TREK: "New Ground" - 10/4/91 - ACT TWO        23.

24   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			And his brother, Morath. They
			fought for twelve days and twelve
			nights... because Morath had
			broken his word... and brought
			shame to his family.
				(quiet)
			When you lie or steal, you
			dishonor not only yourself, but
			your family.
				(beat)
			You dishonor me.

	The words are damning and hit Alexander almost with
	physical force. His lip trembles and he is on the
	verge of tears. He looks up at his father with remorse
	written all over his face.

					ALEXANDER
			I'm sorry, father. I won't do
			it again. I promise.

	Worf hears the sincerity in Alexander's voice and reads
	it in his face. Worf nods in approval.

					WORF
			I accept your word. We will not
			speak of this matter again.

	Worf puts his hand on Alexander's shoulder and gives
	it a small squeeze.

									CUT TO:

25   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit.

26   INT. CORRIDOR

	Worf is walking through the corridor, heading for a
	turbolift.

					TROI (o.c.)
			Worf.

	Worf turns around and sees Troi heading for him.

        STAR TREK: "New Ground" - 10/4/91 - ACT TWO        24.

26   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Counselor?

	Troi catches up to him and they both begin to walk down
	the corridor.

					TROI
				(pleasant)
			I just wanted to know how the
			field-trip went yesterday.

					WORF
			You have not heard?

					TROI
				(concerned)
			No. Why?

	They EXIT to a turbolift.

27   INT. TURBOLIFT - CONTINUOUS

					WORF
			Bridge.

	The turbolift starts MOVING. Worf is actually rather
	proud of the way he handled the situation with
	Alexander, and so isn't uncomfortable in discussing it
	with Troi.

					WORF
			There was an... incident.
			Alexander stole a small model and
			then... told a falsehood. But
			I have remedied the situation.

					TROI
			May I ask how?

					WORF
				(proudly)
			I pointed out his error... told
			him about Kahless and Morath...
			and explained the value of honor.
			The boy understood.

        STAR TREK: "New Ground" - 10/4/91 - ACT TWO        25.

27   CONTINUED:

	Troi nods in understanding. Her response is casual,
	not reproachful.

					TROI
			I see.
				(beat)
			Sometimes these things aren't over
			as quickly as they seem to be.
			I'd be happy to help if you have
			any further problems.

					WORF
			Thank you, but that won't be
			necessary. Alexander will not
			repeat this mistake.

	Troi doesn't want to argue with him and she lets the
	matter drop.

	The doors OPEN and they EXIT to --

28   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Riker, Geordi, and Data are at the aft science
	stations, Picard in command and ENSIGN FELTON is at
	the conn. Troi and Worf move to their own positions.

					DATA
				(reading console)
			The prototype has been towed into
			position, Captain.

					RIKER
				(to Geordi)
			Initiate a radio link to the
			ship.

					GEORDI
				(works console)
			Link established... receiving
			prelaunch telemetry now.

					WORF
				(to Picard)
			Incoming message from Doctor
			Ja'Dar.

					PICARD
			On screen.

     STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT TWO     25A.

28A  INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Doctor Ja'Dar appears to be in a messy scientist's
	office. There is a computer terminal sitting on his
	desk.

					JA'DAR
			Captain, we're ready to begin the
			launch sequence.

					PICARD
			Mister Riker?

					RIKER
			All science labs standing by.

					FELTON
			Course laid in, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Ja'Dar)
			The Enterprise is ready, Doctor.

					JA'DAR
				(presses button on
				 terminal)
			This is Doctor Ja'Dar to all
			stations. You may begin the
			launch sequence.

					PICARD
			Doctor...

	Ja'Dar looks up.

					PICARD
				(smiles)
			Good luck.

	Ja'Dar smiles in return for the first time.

					JA'DAR
			Thank you, Captain.

	The transmission ENDS.

					DATA
			Sensors show the field generators
			on the planet surface are
			charging, sir.

					GEORDI
			The soliton wave has been
			initiated... it's heading for
			the test ship.

        STAR TREK: "New Ground" - 10/4/91 - ACT TWO        26.

29   EXT. SPACE - THE TEST SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The SOLITON WAVE hits the SHIP, and the vehicle is
	quickly pushed into WARP SPEED.

30
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31

32   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					DATA
			The test ship has successfully
			entered warp, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Felton)
			Engage, Ensign.

33   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship goes into warp.

34   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					PICARD
			Bring us to twenty kilometers from
			the test ship, Ensign.

      STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/8/91 - ACT TWO      27.

34   CONTINUED:

					FELTON
			Aye, sir.

					GEORDI
			Telemetry looks good... the
			soliton wave is steady...

					DATA
			The test ship is maintaining warp
			two point three five.

					GEORDI
			That's a little faster than they
			anticipated, but it's still well
			within the mission parameters.

					FELTON
				(reading Con)
			We're at twenty kilometers,
			Captain.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Is the wave having any effect on
			our own warp drive?

					DATA
			No, sir. The effect is localized
			to within two kilometers of the
			wavefront.

35
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36

37   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & TEST SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The Test Ship is ahead of the Enterprise, traveling
	at warp speed. There should be a slight DISTORTION
	effect around the ship from the Soliton Wave.

38   RESUME BRIDGE

	As before.

					RIKER
				(to Geordi)
			Mister La Forge, what is the power
			efficiency of the wave?

      STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/8/91 - ACT TWO      28.

38   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Energy transfer is...
			ninety-eight percent!

					RIKER
				(surprised)
			Ninety-eight?

	Geordi smiles... he's witnessing a very special event
	and he knows it.

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir. There's less than a
			two percent energy loss between
			the wave and the ship.

					DATA
			That is four hundred fifty
			percent more efficient than our
			own warp drive.

	Picard looks at the monitor at Geordi's station for a
	moment.

					PICARD
			Astonishing.
				(beat, then to Riker)
			Have science lab three begin a
			series of gamma emissions --

	Data suddenly sees something on his console.

					DATA
			The wave's power signature is
			fluctuating, Captain.

					GEORDI
			Wave efficiency has dropped to
			seventy-three percent...

      STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT TWO      29.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(off console)
			The test ship's warp field is
			becoming unstable... sensors show
			multiple disruptions.

					FELTON
				(urgent)
			I'm reading a severe subspace
			distortion, sir!

	The ship SHAKES SLIGHTLY.

					DATA
			It is expanding toward us, sir.
			It appears to be interfering with
			our engines.

					GEORDI
			I can't compensate for it!

	The ship SHAKES a little harder.

					PICARD
			Take us out of warp, all stop!

					FELTON
			Aye, sir. All stop.

	They turn back to look at the main viewer.

39
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39A

39B  ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The Soliton wave is very distant... suddenly the test
	ship EXPLODES. DISTORTION RIPPLES emanate from the
	explosion toward the Enterprise.

40   OMITTED

41   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before. We are hit by the distortion and the ship
	is HEAVILY ROCKED. People are thrown to the deck and
	the LIGHTS GO OUT.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

       STAR TREK: "New Ground" - 10/4/91 - ACT THREE       30.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

42   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The aftermath of the jolt. Order is being restored.

					RIKER
			Damage report.

					GEORDI
			Sensors and warp drive are
			off-line... deflectors are down
			to fifteen percent...

					WORF
			Minor injuries reported on deck
			twenty-seven... no fatalities.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			What happened to the test ship?

					DATA
				(working console)
			Our last readings indicate the
			craft exploded due to extreme
			shearing stress.

					WORF
				(off console)
			Incoming message from Bilana
			Three, Captain.

					PICARD
			On screen.

43   INTERCUT WITH VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Doctor Ja'Dar appears on the viewer. His visage is
	solemn.

					JA'DAR
			Are you all right, Captain? Was
			anyone hurt?

     STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT THREE     31.

43   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			We sustained some minor damage.
			Do you know what happened?

					JA'DAR
			The preliminary data we have
			received indicate a transient power
			imbalance.

					GEORDI
			That would be consistant with our
			telemetry from the ship. We
			detected a sudden drop in transfer
			efficiency just before the
			explosion.

					JA'DAR
			Are you still tracking the wave?

					GEORDI
			No, the explosion damaged our main
			sensor array. But I think we'll
			have it repaired in a couple of
			hours.

					PICARD
			We'll contact you as soon as the
			sensors are back on-line.

	Ja'Dar reaches for a control to terminate the
	transmission, but Geordi stops him.

					GEORDI
			Doctor...

	Ja'Dar looks up.

					GEORDI
			You did it... warp without warp
			drive... for a while there, it
			was really something to see.

	Ja'Dar smiles... appreciative of Geordi's effort to
	make him feel a little better.

     STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/8/91 - ACT THREE     32.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

					JA'DAR
			I hope you're here to see it the
			next time we try, Mister La Forge.

					GEORDI
			So do I.

	The transmission ENDS.

									CUT TO:

44   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship hangs in space.

44A  INT. TEACHER'S OFFICE

	Kyle is at her desk as Worf ENTERS.

					WORF
			I apologize that I was detained.

					KYLE
			It's quite all right. Please sit
			down.

	Worf sits and Kyle considers him for a moment.

					KYLE
				(carefully)
			Lieutenant, your son is a very
			bright, very spirited young man.
			From his test scores, I'm sure
			he'll turn out to be one of my
			best students.
				(beat)
			However, from his behavior in
			class so far, I do have some...
			concerns.

					WORF
			What sort of... concerns?

					KYLE
			Frankly... he's defiant... he's
			overly aggressive toward the other
			students... and he has a great
			deal of difficulty paying
			attention.

     STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT THREE     33.

44A  CONTINUED:

	Worf doesn't seem too worried.

					WORF
			Perhaps you do not have experience
			dealing with Klingon children.
			They require a firm hand.

					KYLE
			And it seems he still has a lot
			of difficulty telling the truth...

	Worf is shocked to be hearing about this same problem
	again.

					KYLE
			He takes toys from other children
			and then denies taking them...
			he acts like a bully and then says
			someone else started the fight...
			and he's bluntly told me that you
			said "Klingons do not listen to
			teachers."

					WORF
			I did not tell him that.

					KYLE
			Of course not. He's acting on
			his internal feelings and then
			making up stories to explain them.
				(beat)
			It might be a good idea for the
			two of you to sit down with
			Counselor Troi and try to talk
			this---

	But Worf is no longer in the mood for talk. He stands.

					WORF
				(to com)
			Computer, where is Alexander
			Rozhenko?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Alexander Rozhenko is in holodeck
			four.

					KYLE
			Lieutenant, I think we should---

    STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/10/91 - ACT THREE    34.

44A  CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			I will handle this.

	Worf's face is a blend of anger and determination as
	he strides off.

									CUT TO:

45   OMITTED

45A  INT. CORRIDOR

	Worf angrily strides through the corridor and stops
	outside the holodeck doors. He presses the wall panel.

					WORF
				(to com)
			Computer, what program is being
			run?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Calisthenics program of Lieutenant
			Worf. Difficulty level: Novice.

	Worf is surprised. He pauses for a beat then EXITS
	to the holodeck.

46   CLOSE ON ALEXANDER

	As he ducks underneath the swinging blade of a large
	axe. WIDEN TO REVEAL...

47   INT. HOLODECK - BATTLEGROUND

	Worf's calisthenics program is running. (As seen in
	"The Emissary.") Alexander is wearing a small practice
	robe similar to the one we've seen Worf use. He is
	fighting the SKULL FACED ALIEN, seen in previous
	episodes, with Worf's bat'telh sword. Alexander is
	awkward and uncomfortable with the sword... it's really
	too big for him. The Alien swings the axe again...
	Alexander barely moves out of the way.

    STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/10/91 - ACT THREE    34A.

48   ON WORF

	As he finds Alexander in the holodeck. His anger at
	Alexander mixes with some pride as he sees what the
	boy is doing. Worf continues to watch discreetly with
	conflicting emotions as his son struggles with the
	fearsome Alien.

49   ON ALEXANDER & ALIEN - INTERCUT WITH WORF

	The Alien isn't fighting at full speed, the program has
	slowed to match Alexander's lesser skill, but the boy
	is still having a hard time holding his own against the
	creature. Alexander trades thrusts and parries...
	gets knocked down... gets up for more.

	Worf unconsciously moves his own hands and arms in
	response to the movements of the Alien.

	Alexander charges the Alien, yelling like a banshee...
	the Alien retreats before the assault... finally the
	creature gives the boy an obvious opening and Alexander
	plunges the sword into its stomach...

     STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/8/91 - ACT THREE     35.

50   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As the Alien VANISHES in response to the kill.
	Alexander steps back, breathing heavily. Worf nods in
	approval from the sidelines... then realizes why he's
	here in the first place.

					WORF
				(to com)
			Freeze program.

	Alexander notices his father for the first time. His
	face lights up with pleasure and he stands a little
	straighter as Worf approaches.

					ALEXANDER
				(with pride)
			Did you see it, Father? I won.

					WORF
				(even)
			Yes, I saw.

	But Worf's expression has hardened and Alexander's face
	falls as Worf takes the sword away from the boy... he's
	not going to get any accolades today.

					WORF
			Why are you here?

					ALEXANDER
			I'm training.

					WORF
			But you did not ask permission
			to take my bat'telh or permission
			to use the holodeck.

					ALEXANDER
				(sulky)
			You said you wanted me to be a
			warrior.

					WORF
			I also said I wanted you to obey
			your teachers and keep your
			promise to me.
				(off his look)
			Ms. Kyle has told me about your
			behavior... about your lies.

					ALEXANDER
			I have not lied!

       STAR TREK: "New Ground" - 10/4/91 - ACT THREE       36.

50   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(anger building)
			Alexander, do not continue to---

					ALEXANDER
			She's lying! She hates me, that's
			why she makes up stories about
			me!

					WORF
				(firm)
			I will not listen to further lies.
			Return to our quarters.

					ALEXANDER
			But you said we could go see the
			Gilvos again.

					WORF
			Not now. Not after you have
			broken your word.

					ALEXANDER
				(demanding)
			You promised. You said that we
			could---

					WORF
				(a shout)
			Enough!

	Alexander flinches at the sound of Worf's voice and
	falls silent. Worf takes a beat to get a grip on his
	temper.

					WORF
				(tight)
			It is now clear to me that I have
			failed in my duties as your
			father. You have no understanding
			of what it means to be Klingon.
				(long beat)
			I will arrange for you to attend
			a Klingon school. There you will
			learn the lessons I have failed
			to teach you.

					ALEXANDER
				(horrified)
			No! I won't go!

     STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/7/91 - ACT THREE     37.

50   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Would you dishonor our family
			further with your disobedience?

	Alexander crumples under the accusation.

					ALEXANDER
			No, sir.

					WORF
				(even)
			You will go to our quarters and
			remain there until I return.

	Alexander's eyes never meet his father's as he slowly
	walks away. Hold on Worf for a moment.

									CUT TO:

51   OMITTED

52   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker in command, Data at the aft science station,
	Felton at the conn.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Bridge to engineering. What's
			your estimate on the engines,
			Geordi?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			I need another hour, Commander.
			I still have to replace three
			power couplings.

					RIKER
			Understood.

					DATA
				(to Riker)
			Sensors coming back on-line, sir.

     STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT THREE     38.

52   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Good. Begin a sensor sweep for
			the soliton wave.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Data works the console for a couple beats.

					DATA
			The wave is continuing on course
			for the Lemma Two colony... it
			is bearing zero two zero, mark
			three two nine.

					RIKER
				(to Tactical Officer)
			Open a channel back here to
			Doctor Ja'Dar.

	The Officer starts to work the console. Riker moves to
	look at Data's monitor.

					DATA
				(frowns at something)
			Sir, the wave has increased in
			velocity. It is now traveling
			at warp four point one.

	Riker is surprised. There is a BEEP from the console
	and Riker presses a button in response. The IMAGE of
	Dr. Ja'Dar comes up on one of the science screens.

					RIKER
				(to Ja'Dar)
			Doctor, we've located the soliton
			wave. It's still on course for
			Lemma Two... but its velocity
			has increased to warp four point
			one.

					JA'DAR
				(puzzled)
			Have you checked the frequency
			resonance of the subspace --

					DATA
				(breaking in)
			Sir, the the wave's energy level
			has increased by a factor of
			twelve.

	Shocked reactions from Riker and Ja'Dar. Data works
	his console for another beat.

     STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT THREE     39.

52   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			At this rate, it will have
			increased by a factor of two
			hundred by the time it reaches
			Lemma Two.

					RIKER
				(to Ja'Dar)
			Will they still be able to
			dissipate the wave?

					JA'DAR
				(worried)
			Commander, at that energy level,
			the wave will not only destroy
			the colony... it'll take most
			of the planet with it.

	On Riker and Data's reactions...

53   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: "New Ground" - 10/4/91 - ACT FOUR        40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

54   INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	Troi is sitting serenely in her chair as she calmly
	regards Worf, who is sitting on the couch facing her.
	He seems uncharacteristically restless, almost fidgety,
	and is clearly uncomfortable being here.

					TROI
			Are you sure this is what you
			want?

					WORF
			It is not a question of what I
			want... it is a question of what
			is best for the boy. He will be
			better off at a Klingon school.

					TROI
			Have you discussed this with
			Alexander?

	Worf stands and moves to another point in the room.

					WORF
			He is a child. I informed him
			of my decision.

					TROI
			I see.

	Worf turns and looks at her.

					WORF
			You disapprove?

					TROI
			I'm not here to approve or
			disapprove of the way you raise
			your son.
				(beat)
			My concern right now is how this
			decision is going to affect you.

	Worf reacts with surprise.

        STAR TREK: "New Ground" - 10/4/91 - ACT FOUR        41.

54   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			How will you feel when Alexander
			is gone?

					WORF
			I will be... pleased that he is
			receiving the guidance that he
			requires.

					TROI
			Is that how you felt when he left
			to live with your parents?

	Worf struggles with this for a moment... his inner
	turmoil drives him to another part of the room.

					WORF
			That was... different. At that
			time, I felt he needed a home...
			a family... things I could not
			provide for him.

					TROI
			I understand. The idea of raising
			a child can seem like... a
			tremendous burden, particularly
			to a solitary parent.

					WORF
				(too quickly)
			He was no burden.

	Troi simply sits and waits. Worf feels compelled to
	explain.

					WORF
			I simply knew that a Klingon child
			would require more... attention
			than I could provide.

     STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT FOUR     42.

54   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			I see.
				(long beat)
			Have you ever wondered how
			Alexander felt about being sent
			away?

	Worf pauses for a moment.

					WORF
			He was very young. I'm sure he
			was... confused...

					TROI
			Do you think he might have felt...
			abandoned?

	Worf reacts... he hadn't considered that possibility.

					TROI
			After all, he left very soon after
			K'Ehleyr's death. In a way, he
			not only lost his mother... he
			lost his father as well.

	Worf thinks for a moment.

					WORF
			Are you saying that his...
			misconduct is a result of feeling
			abandoned?

					TROI
			It's possible. Children don't
			have the experience to handle
			emotional crises. Instead of
			dealing with their feelings, they
			act on them.

            STAR TREK: "New Ground" - 10/4/91 - ACT FOUR            43.

54   CONTINUED: (3)

	Troi stands and goes to Worf... when she speaks, it's
	on a more personal level than strictly
	Counselor/patient... drawing on their years together
	aboard ship and the trust they've built between them,
	she talks to him in a way that no one else can.

					TROI
				(gently)
			Worf... tell me about the last
			time you spoke with K'Ehleyr...
			the night she died.

	Worf keeps his face completely expressionless...
	tightly clamping down the pain within... but his voice
	is quieter and softer than we've ever heard before.

					WORF
			We... argued.

					TROI
			About what?

					WORF
			Alexander. Why she had... not
			told me about him when he was
			born.

					TROI
			So you were angry with her?

					WORF
				(a whisper)
			Yes.

					TROI
			Are you still angry with her?

					WORF
			Of course not.

	But Worf can't meet her eyes as he says it. Worf tries
	to clamp his emotions down again... he turns to move
	away, but Troi gently puts a hand on his arm and stops
	him.

            STAR TREK: "New Ground" - 10/4/91 - ACT FOUR            44.

54   CONTINUED: (4)

					TROI
				(gently)
			It would be very normal for you
			to be angry with her... angry
			because she died and left you
			alone with a son you never knew
			you had.

	Troi has cut very close to the bone. Worf is
	embarrassed... hurt... angry... but he clearly can't
	deny the truth in her words.

					TROI
			Being angry doesn't mean you loved
			her any less, Worf... but you
			cannot hide from your
			feelings... just as Alexander
			cannot hide from his.
				(beat)
			You both have a lot of healing
			to do... perhaps you should think
			about doing it together.

	On Worf as he ponders her words...

									CUT TO:

55   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship hangs in space.

55A  INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	Alexander is violently stuffing his belongings into
	a suitcase with a great deal of anger. Worf ENTERS
	and watches him for a beat. He softens his approach...
	tries to make a genuine connection with the boy.

					WORF
			Alexander...

					ALEXANDER
			I'm almost done.

					WORF
			Stop for a moment.

	Alexander stops and looks up at his father, anger still
	evident in his every move.

          STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT FOUR         45.

55A  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Let us... talk.

	Worf is trying, but the boy's defenses are up and he
	clearly isn't going to make this easy for Worf.

					ALEXANDER
			Why?

					WORF
			I want you to understand why
			you're going away.

					ALEXANDER
				(getting more
				 belligerent)
			I understand. You're ashamed of
			me.

					WORF
				(firm)
			You do not understand. I am
			concerned about your future. A
			Klingon school will be a better
			environment for you.

					ALEXANDER
			You don't care about me.

					WORF
				(getting angry)
			That is not true.

					ALEXANDER
			All you care about is your honor!

	Worf pulls back... he's not here to get into an
	argument.

					WORF
			Alexander... if your mother were
			here... I do not think she would
			want us to fight like this.

         STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/10/91 - ACT FOUR         46.

55A  CONTINUED: (2)

					ALEXANDER
			My mother wouldn't send me away!

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Lieutenant Worf, please report
			to the observation lounge.

	This is really bad timing. Worf struggles to tamp down
	the emotions which are rising to the surface.
	Alexander glares at him in anger.

					WORF
				(hits communicator)
			Acknowledged.
				(beat, then to
				 Alexander)
			Remain here. I will return
			shortly.

	Worf EXITS. Stay with Alexander for a moment... his
	rage and feelings of frustration continue to build...
	finally he erupts in anger and KNOCKS OVER the table
	in fury. He hesitates for a moment and then EXITS.

56   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Riker, Data, and Geordi at the table. Picard ENTERS
	and sits down.

					PICARD
			Report.

					GEORDI
			The soliton wave has---

	An embarrassed Worf ENTERS and quickly takes his seat.

					WORF
			Excuse me.

	No one else seems upset by his late entrance and Geordi
	continues.

					GEORDI
			The soliton wave has continued
			to increase in power. Its energy
			level has risen by a factor of
			ninety-six.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/10/91 - ACT FOUR        46A.

56   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI (cont'd)
			At its present rate of
			acceleration, the wave will hit
			the planet in about two hours.

					PICARD
			How do we stop it?

					GEORDI
			There are two possibilities: we
			could try to use our warp engines
			to generate an inverse resonance
			wave. If we match the exact
			frequency and amplitude of the
			soliton, we'd be able to
			neutralize it.

					RIKER
			You don't sound very confident.

					DATA
			Because the soliton is constantly
			changing in both frequency and
			amplitude, it will be extremely
			difficult to achieve a precise
			match.

					PICARD
			Let's hear the second option.

          STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT FOUR         47.

56   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			It's a little more dangerous, but
			I think there's a better chance
			for success. We could create
			a... backfire -- an explosive
			force set off just in front of
			the soliton wave. A large enough
			explosion... say five photon
			torpedoes... should disrupt the
			wave and allow it to dissipate.

					PICARD
			How fast is the wave travelling
			now?

					DATA
			Warp six point three seven.

					GEORDI
			The good news is we can catch it.
			The bad news is in order to set
			up the backfire we have to be in
			front of it.

					DATA
			Which would require the Enterprise
			to go through the wave.

					RIKER
			Why can't we go around it?

					DATA
			The wave has grown in size as well
			as power. There is insufficient
			time remaining for us to
			circumvent it before it reaches
			Lemma Two.

					PICARD
			How much protection will our
			shields provide if we attempt to
			penetrate the wave?

					WORF
			The shields have not been fully
			restored. Shield strength is down
			to thirty-three percent.

	Unhappy reactions from around the table.

         STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/10/91 - ACT FOUR         48.

56   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
				(grim)
			It would be a rough ride.

	Picard thinks for a beat, then makes the decision.

					PICARD
				(on the move)
			It's the better choice. Number
			One, lay in a course for the
			soliton wave.

	Everyone starts to head for the exit.

					WORF
			Captain, may I speak with you?

					PICARD
			Certainly.

	Everyone else EXITS. Worf still hasn't made a decision
	regarding Alexander, and he is looking to Picard for
	confirmation that his plan is the right thing to do.

					WORF
			I know that I have been distracted
			by... family matters and that I
			have not been performing my duties
			in a satisfactory manner.

	Picard is surprised to hear this.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, I have not been
			dissatisfied with your
			performance.

					WORF
			But I am dissatisfied, Captain.
			And I will be taking steps which
			will remedy the problem.

	Picard considers him for a moment.

         STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/10/91 - ACT FOUR        48A.

56   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			I realize that Klingon officers
			do not permit their children to
			live with them.
				(beat)
			However, since you first joined
			Starfleet, you've successfully
			met many challenges that were
			seemingly at odds with your
			Klingon heritage.

	Picard smiles warmly at Worf for a long beat.

					WORF
			Thank you, sir.

	Picard smiles briefly at his officer and then they both
	head for the bridge.

									CUT TO:

57   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship goes into warp.

58
thru	OMITTED
59

60   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Worf, Data, Riker, and Felton at their
	stations.

					PICARD
				(to Felton)
			Ensign, after we've passed through
			the wave, I want you to keep us
			at a relative position
			twenty-three kilometers in front
			of it.

					FELTON
			Aye, sir.

         STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/10/91 - ACT FOUR        48B.

60   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			Alert sickbay to prepare for
			possible casualties.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					DATA
				(reading console)
			The wave has increased speed to
			warp seven point two.

					PICARD
				(to Felton)
			Take us to warp seven point two
			one.

	Felton works the console.

					FELTON
				(reading console)
			We are approaching the wave,
			Captain. Distance... two hundred
			kilometers.

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			Let's see it.

61   ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The screen shows the WAVE out in front of the ship as
	it races through space. From this perspective, it
	appears as a large wavy distortion.

62   RESUME SCENE

	As before.

					PICARD
			Stand by to increase speed to warp
			seven point three on my mark,
			Ensign.

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			Red Alert. Load torpedo bays and
			set warhead yields to level
			sixteen.

          STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/7/91 - ACT FOUR         49.

62   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	The ship's condition goes to RED as Worf works his
	console.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			This is the bridge. All decks,
			brace for impact.

					WORF
			Torpedoes loaded.

	Picard takes a beat as he considers the wave on the
	screen.

					PICARD
				(to Felton)
			Engage.

	The following scenes happen very quickly:

63   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & SOLITON WAVE (OPTICALL)

	The ship begins gaining on the wave.

64   INT. BIOLAB

	The lab has been emptied of almost all the tables and
	displays seen earlier. Alexander moves to the large
	container and turns ON THE LIGHT. The two Gilvos OPEN
	THEIR EYES and look at him. Alexander smiles at the
	creatures. Suddenly, the ship is ROCKED and Alexander
	is thrown to the deck.

65   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The wave on the screen shifts COLORS and SHAPES as we
	try to punch through. The ship is ROCKED SEVERAL
	TIMES... then it stops.

					PICARD
			Report.

					DATA
			We have passed through the wave,
			Captain.

          STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/7/91 - ACT FOUR        49A.

65   CONTINUED:

					FELTON
			We have dropped to warp seven
			point two. The wave is directly
			astern at a distance of twenty
			three kilometers.

          STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/7/91 - ACT FOUR         50.

65   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Deflector strength down to twelve
			percent. There are fluctuations
			in several warp transfer
			conduits. Transporters and
			tractor beams off-line.

	Riker sees something on his station monitor.

					RIKER
			We have some gaps in the aft
			shields, Captain.
				(pointing to monitor)
			When the torpedoes explode, these
			areas will be contaminated with
			ion radiation.

65A  ON RIKER'S MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	Which shows an Okudagram diagram of the Enterprise.
	There are several areas at the stern of the ship which
	have been highlighted.

					RIKER
				(indicating monitor)
			We should evacuate sections
			twenty-four to forty-seven on decks
			thirty-five through thirty-eight.

65B  RESUME SCENE

					PICARD
			Make it so---

					WORF
				(interrupting)
			Sir!

	Picard turns around.

					WORF
				(urgent)
			There is a fire in biolab four!
			The fire-suppression apparatus...
			is not functioning.

					PICARD
			Seal off the compartment, prepare
			to vent the air from---

          STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/7/91 - ACT FOUR        50A.

65B  CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(urgent)
			Sir, there are life-forms present
			in that biolab.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			We're transporting endangered
			animals from Corvan Two...

					DATA
			Sir, readings also indicate the
			presence of a humanoid.

					PICARD
				(quickly, to com)
			Computer, identify the humanoid
			life-form in biolab four.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Life-form is identified as
			Alexander Rozhenko.

	On Worf's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/8/91 - ACT FIVE         51.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

66   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Everyone is still reacting to the news of Alexander in
	the biolab. There is a sense of urgency.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Bridge to biolab four. Alexander,
			can you hear us?

	No response. Worf clamps down his feelings and
	concentrates on his console.

					WORF
				(tight)
			Sensors show he is alive... he
			may be injured.

					RIKER
			Can we transport him out of there?

					WORF
				(getting frustrated)
			Transporters are still off-line.

	Felton suddenly sees something on his console.

					FELTON
				(urgent)
			Captain, warp power is dropping.
			We're losing speed.

	Riker and Picard exchange a frustrated look... this is
	happening too quickly.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Bridge to engineering. What's
			going on, Geordi?

									INTERCUT WITH:

67   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi is working frantically in his office.

          STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/7/91 - ACT FIVE         52.

67   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			We lost four warp transfer
			conduits, Commander.

					RIKER
				(urgent)
			The wave is gaining on us, we need
			more speed.

					GEORDI
			I doubt I can keep this speed up
			much longer, Commander. You
			better fire those torpedoes while
			we're still in front of the wave.

					PICARD
			Data, how long until the wave
			overtakes us?

					DATA
			At our current speed... four
			minutes, thirty seconds.

	Worf is champing at the bit to get out of here and help
	his son. He moves to Picard and makes a direct and
	personal appeal.

					WORF
			Captain, permission to leave the
			bridge.

	Picard considers him for a fast beat.

					PICARD
			Granted. Number One, accompany
			Mister Worf to biolab four.

	Worf and Riker head for a turbolift.

					DATA
				(off console)
			Sir, biolab four is in one of the
			areas that will be flooded with
			ion radiation.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Commander.

	Riker and Worf stop and look back at him.

          STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/7/91 - ACT FIVE        52A.

67   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(firm)
			I can't let the soliton wave hit
			the colony. You have three
			minutes... not one second more.

	Worf and Riker nod grim understanding and then EXIT.

									CUT TO:

         STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/10/91 - ACT FIVE         53.

67A
thru	OMITTED
67B

68   INT. CORRIDOR

	Worf and Riker race down the corridor to the biolab
	door. Riker tries to work the panel outside the doors
	for a beat.

					RIKER
			Primary control's shorted out.

	Worf moves quickly to the panel and RIPS it off the
	wall. He reaches inside and works some of the circuits
	and boards. After a quick beat he turns back to Riker.

					WORF
			Stand clear.

	Riker goes to the opposite side of the door and puts
	his back against the wall. Worf positions himself on
	his side of the door. Once they're in place, Riker
	nods to Worf, who then works the control panel on the
	wall and the doors OPEN. A LARGE TONGUE OF FLAME
	shoots out into the corridor. The flame falls back
	for a beat after its initial flare up, giving Riker
	and Worf a chance to run into...

69   INT. BIOLAB - CONTINUOUS

	Riker and Worf ENTER a room filled with FIRE and SMOKE.
	The doors CLOSE behind them and they struggle against
	the smoke and try to see through the haze. Keeping low
	to the ground, they move out in different directions.

					WORF
			Alexander!

					RIKER
			Alexander!

70   WORF

	Knocks a burning container out of his way and looks
	around frantically.

					RIKER (o.c.)
			Alexander, can you hear me?

	Worf sees something and moves toward it.

         STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/10/91 - ACT FIVE        53A.

70A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND WAVE (OPTICAL)

	The wave is getting closer to the Enterprise

71   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before. There is a N.D. Crewmember at tactical

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			The soliton wave has closed to
			ten kilometers, Captain.

					PICARD
				(to Tactical Officer)
			Stand by to fire torpedoes on my
			command.

          STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT FIVE         54.

72   INT. BIOLAB

	Worf finds Alexander pinned underneath some debris.
	The Gilvo container is nearby.

					WORF
			I've found him, Commander!

	Worf checks the boy's pulse and is relieved to see that
	he's still alive. Worf starts ripping apart the
	wreckage that's piled on top of Alexander.

73   RIKER

	struggles to find Worf in the smoky gloom.

					RIKER
			Worf!

					WORF (o.c.)
			Over here!

	Riker finally sees them and rushes over. Alexander
	moans and stirs as Worf and Riker struggle to clear the
	debris together. There is a single large beam pinning
	Alexander. They struggle to lift it.

					RIKER
			It's too heavy. We need
			something to help us.

	Riker moves off in search of something to use as a
	lever. Alexander begins to come around and Worf bends
	down to him.

					ALEXANDER
				(coughing)
			Father?

					WORF
			Be still, I am here.

					ALEXANDER
			My leg hurts. I'm scared.

	Galvanized by the need of his son and the desperate
	situation, Worf grabs the huge beam with both hands,
	and with a superKlingon effort... HEAVES the heavy beam
	off of Alexander.

          STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/7/91 - ACT FIVE         55.

74   RIKER

	Returns with a long pole just as the beam clatters to
	the floor. He gives the heavy beam a quick look of
	surprise. As Worf bends down to pick up Alexander,
	the boy points at the container and cries out...

					ALEXANDER
			The Gilvos! Don't leave them
			here!

					RIKER
				(objecting)
			There's no time.

					ALEXANDER
			They'll die! Please!

	Worf looks at Riker, who glances at the imploring face
	of Alexander. Riker finally reacts with an "I don't
	believe I'm doing this" expression, then quickly moves
	to the Gilvo container and opens the door.

75   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					DATA
			The wave has closed to one
			kilometer, Captain.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Picard to Commander Riker.

	Silence.

					PICARD
			Bridge to Lieutenant Worf,
			acknowledge.

					DATA
			The wave is about to overtake us,
			sir.

					PICARD
				(frustrated)
			Commander Riker, acknowledge!

	Picard waits for one more beat... finally has no
	choice.

					PICARD
				(to Tactical Officer)
			Fire torpedoes.

          STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/9/91 - ACT FIVE        55A.

75A  INT. SCIENCE LAB

	Riker and Worf (carrying the Gilvos and Alexander
	respectively) race through the burning lab, trying to
	get to the door...

76   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship FIRES torpedoes from the stern of the ship.

77   INT. CORRIDOR

	Riker and Worf (still carrying the animals and the boy)
	burst out of the science lab. The doors CLOSE behind
	them. They sag against the wall, coughing and gasping
	for air.

78   EXT. SPACE - THE SOLITON WAVE (OPTICAL)

	The torpedoes EXPLODE directly in front of the Soliton
	wave. The wave HITS the explosion, there is a large
	BURST OF ENERGY... then the wave dissipates.

          STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/7/91 - ACT FIVE         56.

79   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					DATA
			The wave has been disrupted,
			Captain.

	Picard doesn't pause for even one beat of relief at
	this news.

					PICARD
				(urgent, to com)
			Picard to Riker.

	A tense beat passes before Riker answers.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
				(hoarse)
			Riker here, Captain.

									INTERCUT WITH:

80   INT. CORRIDOR

	Just outside the biolab. Riker is holding the two
	Gilvos in his arms while Worf and Alexander cling to
	each other. Picard is very relieved as Riker makes
	his report.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			We made it, sir. The boy's going
			to be all right.

	Hold a moment on Alexander and Worf tightly clutching
	one another.

									CUT TO:

81   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship hanging in space.

            STAR TREK: "New Ground" - 10/4/91 - ACT FIVE           56A.

82   INT. SICKBAY

	Alexander is lying on one of the beds. Worf stands
	beside the bed, watching carefully. BEVERLY is
	checking him over with a medical tricorder.

          STAR TREK: "New Ground" - REV. 10/7/91 - ACT FIVE         57.

82   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(to Alexander)
			You're a very lucky little boy...
			just some minor smoke inhalation
			and a hairline fracture of the
			tibia.
				(beat, then with a
				 smile)
			That's a bone in your leg.
				(to Worf)
			I'd like to keep him overnight,
			but he should be fine by
			tomorrow.

					WORF
			Thank you, Doctor.

	Beverly smiles and moves away. Alexander looks up at
	Worf, uncertain what to expect.

					ALEXANDER
			Are you going to get in trouble
			because of me?

					WORF
			Do not concern yourself with that.

					ALEXANDER
			Am I in trouble?

					WORF
				(beat)
			Yes... but we will discuss that
			at a later time.

					ALEXANDER
			I'm sorry.

	He is genuinely sorry and it shows. His eyes fall and
	his voice gets quieter.

					ALEXANDER
			I promise I'll be good at the
			Klingon school. I'll make you
			proud of me.

	Worf studies him for a moment.

					WORF
			Klingon schools are designed to
			be difficult.
					(MORE)

            STAR TREK: "New Ground" - 10/4/91 - ACT FIVE            58.

82   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF (cont'd)
			The physical and mental hardships
			faced by the students are meant
			to build strength and character.
				(beat)
			However, if you wish to face a
			greater challenge... you may stay
			here with me.

	Alexander's face lights up.

					WORF
			It will not be easy... for either
			one of us... but, perhaps we can
			face the challenge together.

	Alexander straightens up slightly.

					ALEXANDER
				(seriously)
			I accept your challenge, Father.
			I will stay.

	Worf nods in grave acceptance.

					WORF
			I believe your... mother would
			be pleased.

	After a beat, Alexander's face breaks out into a smile
	and Worf returns it as well. Worf puts a hand on his
	son's shoulder and we begin to see a real bond forming
	between the two for the first time.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             















                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "Hero Worship" 
                          #40275-211 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                          Joe Menosky 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Patrick Stewart 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
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                         FINAL DRAFT
 
                        OCTOBER 8, 1991

       STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/17/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Hero Worship" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             TIMOTHY
                RIKER              ENSIGN FELTON
                DATA               TEACHER
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                TRANSPORTER CHIEF HUTCHINSON

                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  CHILDREN IN CLASSROOM
                  WAITER IN TEN-FORWARD

       STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/15/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Hero Worship" 
                      
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     VICO
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              TEN-FORWARD
              CLASSROOM
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              TIMOTHY'S QUARTERS
              SICKBAY
          
            VICO
              CORRIDOR #1
              CORRIDOR #2

11:[5,#b],18:[1,#b]
     STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/17/91 - TEASER     1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                        "Hero Worship"                             
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45400.3.
			Two days ago, Starbase
			Five-one-four lost contact with
			the research vessel Vico, which
			was sent to explore the interior
			of a Black Cluster. We are
			en route to investigate.

2    INT. BRIDGE

	PICARD, RIKER, DATA, WORF, ENSIGN FELTON at the conn.

					ENSIGN FELTON
			Captain, we are entering sector
			nine-seven.

					DATA
			Sir, I am picking up massive
			gravitational fluctuations...

					PICARD
			Take us out of warp, Ensign.

					ENSIGN FELTON
			Yes, sir.

	Ensign Felton touches the panel.

					WORF
			The Black Cluster is in visual
			range.

					PICARD
			On screen.

					WORF
			Aye, Captain.

     STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/14/91 - TEASER     2.

3    INCLUDE SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Everyone reacts to the awesome spectacle. A huge,
	black bending of space, seemingly an immense lens-like
	cloud, dotted throughout by tiny pulsars -- miniature
	stars that blink on and off like lighthouses or
	fireflies.

					RIKER
			Let's find that ship. Full sensor
			sweep, Mister Data.

					DATA
				(touching panel)
			Yes, Commander.

	Riker indicates the cluster.

					RIKER
			It's quite a sight.

					PICARD
				(nodding)
			One of the most ancient formations
			in the galaxy.

	Data looks up.

					DATA
			I have located the Vico. The
			vessel appears to be adrift.

					RIKER
			Let's see it.

	Data touches the console.

	The screen image shifts, and is replaced by a closer
	view: a mid-sized spacecraft, its hull sheared off in
	several places, hanging motionless against the starry
	background.

4    RESUME

	Everyone reacts to the sight.

					RIKER
			Life signs?

      STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - TEASER 3-3A.         

4    CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Nothing, Commander.

					RIKER
			Damage report, Mister Data.

					DATA
				(off instruments)
			The outer and inner hulls have
			been breached. Decks seven
			through twelve are exposed to
			space.

					RIKER
			Set up a translink to their
			computer core. Let's see what
			happened.

	Data tries a few commands.

					DATA
			I cannot, sir. The emergency
			bulkheads on that deck are in
			place. Our linkup signal cannot
			penetrate them.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Structural status, Commander.

	Data hits a few controls on the console, looks at the
	results.

					DATA
			Stress readings indicate
			considerable pressure on the
			transverse supports.

					PICARD
			Is it stable enough for an away
			team?

					DATA
				(off instruments)
			Yes, sir. But the risk of
			structural collapse is high.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Have transporter room one maintain
			a lock on each member of your
			away team.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/17/91 - TEASER     4.

4    CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD (cont'd)
			I want you out of there at the
			first sign of trouble.

					RIKER
			Aye, Captain.
				(to conn)
			Ensign, take us to fifteen
			thousand meters.

					ENSIGN FELTON
			Yes, sir.

					RIKER
				(heading for door)
			Data, you're with me.

	Riker continues toward the turbolift, as Data gets out
	of his chair and joins him.

	OFF Picard, staring at the wreckage.

5    INT. VICO (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Data, and Geordi MATERIALIZE in a corridor-like
	chamber that has a couple of science consoles and small
	monitors against the wall. Data is carrying a small
	suitcase-sized, boxlike device. The corridor has been
	HEAVILY DAMAGED.

	Support beams are crashed through the ceiling, wall
	panels are exposed -- it looks like one false step will
	bring it all crashing down. When the away team moves,
	it is with great caution and awareness of their
	treacherous surroundings. They simultaneously spot
	a couple of bodies partially exposed beneath the
	rubble. Data takes out his tricorder and aims it
	toward the bodies -- but it only confirms what they
	already knew. The away team exchanges glances.

	Upon seeing the consoles, Data and Geordi start toward
	them -- suddenly a structural member shifts in the
	wall. The away team freezes. There is a metallic
	groan, a slight shake. And everything is again still.
	Data and Geordi again head for the consoles. One
	monitor is dead. The other is lit up, flickering,
	displaying a computer graphic of a graviton wave field.
	They touch the controls on both panels but nothing
	changes.

					DATA
				(re: dead monitor)
			This station is inoperable.

     STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/14/91 - TEASER     5.

5    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(re: his console)
			This one's stuck in a feedback
			loop.

					RIKER
			Let's try to tap directly into
			the computer core.

					GEORDI
			There should be an ODN junction
			along here somewhere...

	They all start scanning the area. Geordi spots a
	promising panel against the wall.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			This looks like a good
			possibility...

	He reaches down to take hold of the panel --

					RIKER
			Careful, Geordi. You don't want
			to pull out the wrong brick...

	Carefully, Geordi removes the panel -- revealing the
	fiber optic trunk within.

					RIKER
			Data.

	Data brings over the device. Sets it three feet in
	front of the ODN trunk and touches a control.

	A LASER type beam shoots out of the box, connecting to
	the trunk. Data tweaks the controls and the beam
	changes color.

					DATA
				(off colors)
			Core transfer is engaged.

	Geordi looks at the instrumentation on the device.

     STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/17/91 - TEASER     6.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Exchange protocol verified.
				(takes reading)
			The files seem to be intact. Some
			of them, anyway.

					WEAK VOICE
			Is somebody there... ?

	All three react. Riker indicates the transfer device.

					RIKER
				(to Geordi)
			Stay here.
				(to Data)
			Data.

	He motions "follow me" with his head. Riker and Data
	cautiously move to the end of the damaged corridor and
	around the corner.

6    INT. SCIENCE SHIP CHAMBER - ON TIMOTHY

	a boy of ten. Trapped beneath a fallen bulkhead in an
	even more heavily damaged area. He looks up at Data
	and Riker -- panic on his face.

					TIMOTHY
			Are my parents alright?

7    RESUME RIKER AND DATA

	OFF their reactions.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/24/91 - ACT ONE     7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

8    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is facing the crippled Vico, the Black Cluster
	in the background.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. A
			young boy, shielded from our
			initial sensor scans, has been
			discovered alive by the away team.
			The degree of damage to the Vico
			is making our rescue attempt
			difficult...

9    INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Worf, Ensign Felton.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Transporter room one, can you lock
			onto him?

10   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Hutchinson at the controls.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			And transport directly to
			sickbay?

					HUTCHINSON
				(to com)
			I'll try, Captain...
				(doubtful)
			But there's a lot of shielding
			to pull him through.

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/24/91 - ACT ONE    7A.

11   INT. BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Acknowledged.
				(beat)
			Picard to Crusher.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Sickbay here, Captain.


     STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/24/91 - ACT ONE     8.

11   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Standby for emergency transport.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir. Crusher out.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Picard to Commander Riker.

12   INT. VICO (OPTICAL)

	Data and Geordi are standing by. Riker is crouched
	down next to the trapped boy. Timothy appears almost
	numb with fright.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Is the boy ready, Number One?

					RIKER
				(to boy)
			Everything's gonna be okay...

	A beat. The boy doesn't answer. But he nods his head
	almost imperceptibly.

					RIKER
				(touching combadge)
			Ready, sir.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			At your signal.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Aye, Captain.

	Riker again looks at the boy.

					RIKER
			Alright... here we go...

	Riker straightens up, backs away from the fallen
	bulkhead.

					RIKER
			Energize.

	The boy begins to DEMATERIALIZE.

12A  INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly watches as the boy MATERIALIZES in and out on
	a bio-bed.

     STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/24/91 - ACT ONE     9.

13   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Hutchinson works the controls. A few seconds go by...
	Hutchinson shakes his head.

					HUTCHINSON
				(to com)
			The lock is holding. I just can't
			resolve the matter stream. Not
			with all that victurium alloy in
			the way.

13A  INT. SICKBAY

	As Beverly watches the boy completely DEMATERIALIZES.

14   INT. VICO

	The boy MATERIALIZES back in place.

					HUTCHINSON'S COM VOICE
			Commander Riker. You'll have to
			get him out into the corridor.

	Riker exchanges a glance with Data and Geordi.

	All three of them look at the bulkhead trapping the
	boy. They glance up at the structural beams that are
	in turn braced against the bulkhead. It all looks
	heavy as hell -- and extremely unstable.

	Riker indicates the bulkhead.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			That's gotta weigh over a ton,
			Data. Can you move it?

					DATA
			Yes, sir. However, that may
			initiate the collapse of the
			surrounding supports. I recommend
			that you and Geordi return to the
			ship.

	A beat. Riker reluctantly nods.

					RIKER
			Agreed.
				(turning)
			La Forge...

	They both head back toward the open corridor.

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT ONE    10.

15   TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Riker and Geordi MATERIALIZE on the transporter pad.
	Beverly is standing near the transporter chief.

					HUTCHINSON
				(to Riker)
			I'm locked onto Commander Data
			and the boy, sir. I'll energize
			as soon as they've cleared the
			bulkheads.

					RIKER
				(keys combadge)
			Whenever you're ready, Data.

16   INT. VICO

	Data is standing next to the trapped boy.

					DATA
				(to com)
			Yes, Sir.

	He crouches next to the boy, who stares at him,
	wide-eyed, puzzled to see him up close, amazed at what
	Data seems to be attempting.

					TIMOTHY
			You're gonna lift that?

					DATA
			Yes. Then I will carry you to
			the corridor. We will transport
			back to the Enterprise from there.
			Do you understand?

	The boy is still amazed.

					TIMOTHY
			How can you pick up something so
			heavy?

					DATA
			I am an android. My strength is
			many times that of a human.

	A beat as Data considers an appropriate way to reassure
	the frightened boy -- recalls Riker's words.

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/14/91 - ACT ONE    10A.

16   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Everything is going to be... okay.

	Data puts one hand and shoulder to the bulkhead,
	leaving the other free.

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/24/91 - ACT ONE    11.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I will count to three.
				(beat)
			One... two... three...

	Everything happens at once:

	-- with his android strength, Data forces the bulkhead
	upwards. The boy scrambles free, falling to the floor.

	-- a second structural member collapses as a result of
	the action.

	-- Data drops the bulkhead, spins, scoops the boy into
	the air and dashes back toward the opposite corridor.

17   DATA (OPTICAL)

	shoots into the open corridor, boy under his arm,
	tapping his combadge with his free hand.

					DATA
				(to com)
			Energize!

	He and the boy DEMATERIALIZE -- a piece of the ceiling
	falls right through them.

18   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Data and the boy MATERIALIZE, standing on the floor.

19   INCLUDE BEVERLY AND AN N.D. NURSE

	Timothy looks up from the security of Data's shoulder,
	still in shock from the experience. He stares at the
	unfamiliar faces watching him. Timothy buries his head
	into Data's shoulder.

	OFF Data's reaction.

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/18/91 - ACT ONE    12.

19A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The wrecked Vico hanging near the Enterprise.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, supplemental. A
			thorough search of the Vico has
			revealed no additional survivors.
			Troi has begun the process of
			counseling the boy in regard to
			the tragedy.

20   INT. SICKBAY

	Timothy is on his back on a diagnostic bed, eyes open.
	His hand is still gripping Data's -- the boy clearly
	refuses to let go. Timothy has an edgy look in his
	eyes, bordering on panic. Beverly and Troi are
	standing next to Data.

					TIMOTHY
				(in a rush)
			We were in the Black Cluster.
			I don't know where they came
			from... but they had a big ship
			-- they kept shooting at us. Then
			they beamed over. They had purple
			helmets on and phaser rifles.
			I saw them. But they didn't see
			me...

	He runs out of steam. Beverly checks the diagnostic
	reading above the bed.

					BEVERLY
				(gently)
			You're safe now, Timothy. You're
			going to be alright.

	Timothy gives her a blank look.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			You must be hungry. Would you
			like me to get you something to
			eat?

	Timothy nods. Beverly turns and heads for a
	replicator. Data turns to Troi.

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/14/91 - ACT ONE    12A.

20   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Counselor, I must join Commander
			La Forge in engineering. If you
			will excuse me --

	Data attempts to gently retrieve his hand -- but the
	boy grips it ever the more tightly.

	Data stops in his tracks. He and Troi look at Timothy.
	The boy averts his eyes. A beat.

					TROI
			Timothy, would you like Data to
			stay a little bit longer?

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/14/91 - ACT ONE    13.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

					TIMOTHY
			Yes.

	Data glances at Troi, then back at the kid -- who is
	still keeping his eyes down.

	OFF Data's head tilt reaction.

21   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	The away team's device is dumping its datastream into
	the computer console -- as before, the LASER makes the
	connection.

	Geordi is showing Picard a graphic of the wrecked Vico
	on a small monitor.

					GEORDI
			Sections of the primary and
			secondary hull were torn right
			off.
				(indicating)
			Shearing planes are here, here,
			and here.

	Picard studies the diagram.

	A beat.

					PICARD
				(re: datastream)
			How much longer until we can
			access their logs?

					GEORDI
			Less than an hour.

	Picard nods. He reaches toward the console and touches
	a command.

22   CLOSE ON: COMPUTER MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	as the external view of the damaged Vico is replaced
	by a cross-section graphic that exposes the interior
	architecture.

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT ONE    14.

23   INCLUDE PICARD AND GEORDI

	as Picard studies the graphic and indicates a central
	area of the ship.

					PICARD
			The boy was here.

					GEORDI
				(nodding)
			The hallway outside the computer
			core.

	Geordi glances up at Picard.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			His mother was the ship's systems
			engineer.
				(beat; indicating)
			The second away team found her
			body here -- inside the core.

					PICARD
			And the boy's father?

					GEORDI
			Ship's second officer.
				(off diagram)
			He was most likely on the bridge
			when it was exposed to space.

					PICARD
				(grimly)
			Most likely...

	A beat as Picard studies the diagram, imagining what
	it must have been like. OFF the look on his face.

24   CLOSE UP - DATA'S HAND

	as Timothy's much smaller hand slowly loosens its grip,
	slipping out of Data's palm.

25   WIDEN TO INCLUDE - INT. SICKBAY

	Timothy is on his back in bed, eyes closed, having
	obviously just fallen asleep. Data takes a careful
	step back, joining Troi and Beverly, who are standing
	nearby.

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT ONE    15.

25   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			He'll sleep for a few hours at
			least.
				(to Troi)
			There's no need to keep him here.
			But I will need to see him again
			tomorrow.

	Beverly looks at the boy for a moment.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing to Troi)
			You've got some work cut out for
			you.

	Troi nods her agreement with that assessment. Beverly
	moves to another part of sickbay, leaving Data and Troi
	still watching the boy.

					TROI
				(continuing to Data)
			His world is gone, Data. We're
			going to have to help him build
			a new one.

	Off the look between Troi and Data.

26   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT TWO    16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

27   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi and Data are at their consoles.

28   ON GEORDI'S SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Alphanumeric bits of information flash by on the two
	screens. There appear to be major chunks of data
	missing -- blocks of blank space.

29   RESUME (OPTICAL)

					GEORDI
			This isn't good. I think whatever
			hit the Vico set up an E-M pulse
			that flashed through their
			computer banks.

					DATA
				(agreeing)
			Nearly eighty-three percent of
			the records have been lost.

					GEORDI
			And all of their sensor logs.
				(sighs)
			Let's use what we got from our own
			sensors. Call up the structural
			analysis and the surface scans...

	Data complies by keying in the appropriate commands
	-- the alphanumeric data is replaced by an Okudagram
	of the wrecked Vico. As they study the information...

					DATA
			Geordi, as a child, did you ever
			experience a traumatic event?

					GEORDI
			You're wondering about Timothy?

					DATA
			Yes.

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/14/91 - ACT TWO    17.

29   CONTINUED:

	Geordi thinks for a moment, remembering.

					GEORDI
			I was trapped in a fire once, when
			I was five -- before I got my
			VISOR. It only took about two
			minutes before my parents found
			me and pulled me out. And nobody
			got hurt. But I tell you -- that
			was the longest two minutes of
			my life. And it was more than
			a month before I would let my
			parents get out of earshot. I
			absolutely needed to know they
			were there.

					DATA
			Timothy no longer has that kind
			of support.

					GEORDI
				(sadly)
			Yeah...

30   INT. SCHOOL

	A TEACHER, male, late-twenties, is slowly walking past
	a beautiful painting of a multitiered, very
	alien-looking temple. He is carrying a PADD.

					TEACHER
				(reading)
			Dara and her brother found
			themselves in the land of Tagas...

	The teacher continues his slow pacing, passing a young
	girl, aged ten, who is following along in a PADD of
	her own.

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/14/91 - ACT TWO    18.

30   CONTINUED:

					TEACHER
				(continuing)
			... where the ruler, Elamos the
			Magnificent, had proclaimed as
			law:

	He continues past several other children, also reading
	silently along in their PADDs.

					TEACHER
				(continuing)
			"No children will be tolerated
			within the Great Kingdom."

31   INCLUDE TIMOTHY

	who is working with a 24th-century equivalent of an
	erector set, adding to a large, three-foot-high model
	of the edifice depicted in the painting at the front
	of the classroom. He's ignoring the teacher entirely,
	his PADD on the floor next to him. His manner is
	intensely focused.

					TEACHER
				(continuing)
			When Dara saw the proclamation,
			she just laughed, saying "How
			magnificent a ruler, to be
			frightened by the likes of us... "

	The teacher pauses near Timothy, sees that the boy is
	still working on his model.

					TEACHER
				(gently)
			Timothy, we're done with sculpture
			for now.

	Timothy somewhat manically adds another piece to the
	temple.

					TIMOTHY
				(re: the model)
			It's not finished.

					TEACHER
			We'll come back to it next period.
			Why don't you pick up your
			mythology book and follow along?

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/17/91 - ACT TWO    19.

31   CONTINUED:

					TIMOTHY
			But it's not finished...

	Timothy increases his efforts -- which result in a
	somewhat lopsided addition to the model. It only makes
	him more agitated.

	The teacher looks at him for a moment, then glances
	across the room to a large window. Follow his gaze
	to --

32   TROI

	who is watching the classroom from behind a large
	observation window. The look on her face says "What
	can I do for this boy?"

33   INT. BRIDGE - SCIENCE STATION (OPTICAL)

	Data and Geordi are showing Picard a monitor that
	displays a surface scan diagram of the Vico. All three
	are standing.

					GEORDI
			Magnetic residual analysis
			confirms that the Vico was
			attacked inside the Black Cluster.
			The graviton wave fronts pushed
			the ship to where we found it.

	Picard is looking at the information on the monitor.

					PICARD
			No sign of phaser burns on the
			hull.

					GEORDI
			No, sir. The torsional stress
			levels point to a disrupter-style
			weapon.

	Picard nods.

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT TWO    20.

33   CONTINUED:

	Data touches the console and a color pattern overlay
	appears on the graphic.

					DATA
			Fracture points indicate that the
			energy burst came from a range
			of less than three thousand
			meters.

	A beat as Picard considers this.

					PICARD
			That's a strategy consistent with
			a cloaked vessel. Romulan. Or
			Klingon... But we're quite a
			distance from either of their
			territories.

					DATA
			The Breen have outposts in this
			sector. The attack on the Vico
			is consistent with their battle
			tactics -- and their level of
			technology.

	Geordi nods in confirmation.

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/17/91 - ACT TWO    21.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

	A long beat as Picard thinks about this.

					PICARD
			But what would they have been
			doing inside the Black Cluster?

	It's a question none of them can answer. Picard starts
	to walk along the back perimeter of the bridge, Data
	and Geordi walking with him.

					PICARD
			The boy described a boarding
			party, with helmets and phaser
			rifles.

					GEORDI
			A boarding party?

	A turbolift door opens and Troi steps out, within
	earshot.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I don't think that's likely,
			sir...

	Picard reacts -- motions Troi over.

					PICARD
			Counselor...

	Troi does so as they pause near the turbolift. Picard
	nods to Geordi to continue.

					GEORDI
			There was absolutely no evidence
			of anybody coming on board the
			Vico. We would have found a
			transporter field trace. Or if
			somebody had used the entry
			ports, we would have found an
			electrostatic differential in
			the docking latches. We didn't.
				(beat)
			Maybe he's got an active
			imagination.

	Picard half turns to Troi.

					PICARD
			Or he's lying.

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/17/91 - ACT TWO    22.

33   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			If he is lying, I haven't been
			able to sense it. Perhaps his
			level of emotional trauma is too
			high.

					PICARD
			Why wouldn't he tell us the truth?

					TROI
			He's still in shock... it's hard
			to know what's going on in his
			mind.

					GEORDI
			I'll check the sensor readings
			again... but I'm almost sure we
			won't find anything.

	Geordi EXITS into the turbolift. Data starts to peel
	off toward his post -- but Troi stops him.

					TROI
			Data -- stay a moment.

	Data complies. Troi turns to Picard. A beat.

					TROI
			Captain -- I think we should ask
			Data to spend some time with
			Timothy.

					DATA
			I do not understand.

					TROI
			I'm worried about his
			behavior... And what you've just
			told me doesn't make me feel any
			better. Data, you're the only
			one Timothy's reached out to...
			because you rescued him. We can
			use your relationship with him
			to help his recovery.

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/17/91 - ACT TWO    23.

33   CONTINUED: (4)

	A beat.

					PICARD
			Would Timothy also be more
			inclined to tell Data the truth
			about what happened?

					TROI
			That's a possibility.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Mister Data, proceed with the
			child as Counselor Troi suggests.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	Picard turns and enters the ready room. Data turns to
	Troi.

					DATA
			Exactly how shall I proceed,
			Counselor?

					TROI
			Just be with him. You're a
			presence he trusts. That's what
			he needs most right now.

	OFF Data's bemusement.

33B
thru	OMITTED
34

35   INT. TIMOTHY'S QUARTERS

	Timothy is sitting alone at a table in his foster
	parents' quarters. Timothy is using the "erector set,"
	building the Dokkaran temple he was working at in the
	classroom.

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/14/91 - ACT TWO    24.

35   CONTINUED:

	He works too quickly, agitated, and the result is a
	model that looks pretty sloppy.

	The door CHIMES. Timothy glances up. Doesn't answer
	it. He turns back to the model. The CHIMES ring
	again.

					TIMOTHY
				(impatient)
			What.

36   THE DOOR

	opens, revealing Data, who steps inside.

37   INCLUDE TIMOTHY

	who is glad to see who it is.

					TIMOTHY
			Data.

					DATA
			Hello, Timothy. May I enter?

					TIMOTHY
			Yeah.

	Data steps inside. He reacts to Timothy's tabletop
	creation, moving closer.

					DATA
			I see you are attempting to
			recreate the Dokkaran temple of
			Kural-Hanesh.

					TIMOTHY
			Isn't it great?!

	Timothy is hyperenthused.

					TIMOTHY
				(indicating)
			See, there's the big archway
			the teacher told us about.
			That's where everybody came in.

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/18/91 - ACT TWO    25.

38   CLOSE ON THE MINIATURE CITY

	which is on the whole unbalanced -- the building leans
	precariously.

					TIMOTHY (o.s.)
				(continuing)
			That's where they stood. And
			that's where the altar was -- by
			the big windows.

39   RESUME SCENE (OPTICAL)

	Timothy smiles proudly.

					TIMOTHY
				(continuing)
			What do you think?

	Data is about to speak then catches himself.

					DATA
			Do you wish a frank evaluation?

	Timothy nods. Data considers for a moment, arrives at
	his honest opinion, innocently offered --

					DATA
			It lacks the harmony that
			characterized this particular
			temple and Dokkaran culture in
			general.

	Timothy looks crushed.

					TIMOTHY
			You hate it.

	He knocks over the tower-like structure he was
	struggling with at the top of the scene. Data reacts.

					DATA
			I am not capable of hatred.

					TIMOTHY
				(upset)
			I can't do anything right.

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT TWO    25A.

39   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			You are making an unwarranted
			extrapolation. I was merely
			offering an aesthetic analysis
			of this particular model.

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/14/91 - ACT TWO    26.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

	He manically puts together more pieces but it just
	makes things even messier.

					TIMOTHY
				(continuing; re: the
				 mess)
			I told you.

	Timothy again makes an attempt. It doesn't work. He
	throws down what's in his hands.

	Data studies him for a beat.

					DATA
			Timothy... ?

					TIMOTHY
				(not looking up)
			What.

					DATA
			May I suggest a different
			approach?

	No answer, but Timothy is listening.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			You are attempting to construct
			the upper tiers before you have
			completed the lower.

	Timothy looks up at him.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Observe.

	Data begins to build a model of a building,
	constructing the foundation as Timothy watches.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge to Data.

					DATA
				(to Com)
			Data here.

	Data continues working on the model.

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/14/91 - ACT TWO    26A.

39   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			I need your help with the shield
			modulators.

					DATA
				(to com)
			I will join you in a moment,
			Geordi. Data out.

	Data stops working. Timothy reacts.

					DATA
			Commander La Forge requires my
			assistance.

	Data moves to go -- but stops when he sees the
	disappointment on the boy's face. Data pauses, turns
	back to the model, and at DATA SPEED, quickly finishes
	the construction -- much to the boy's delight.

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT TWO    27.

39   CONTINUED: (4)

					TIMOTHY
			Incredible.

	He looks at Data with admiration.

					TIMOTHY
				(continuing)
			How come you can do that?

	Data starts for the door, Timothy tagging along.

					DATA
			I am designed to exceed human
			capacity both mentally and
			physically.

					TIMOTHY
			Androids are better than humans?

					DATA
			"Better" is a highly subjective
			term. I do not, for example,
			possess the ability to experience
			emotions as humans do.

					TIMOTHY
			No emotions? You mean you can't
			be happy or sad?

					DATA
			That is correct.

					TIMOTHY
			Why not?

					DATA
			My positronic brain is not capable
			of generating those conditions.

	FOLLOW them out the door.

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/18/91 - ACT TWO    28.

39A  EXT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	As they step into the corridor.

					TIMOTHY
			Can we build something else
			later?

					DATA
			That would be acceptable.

					TIMOTHY
			Bye.

					DATA
			Goodbye.

	Data turns and Timothy watches him enter the turbolift.
	When it closes behind him, Timothy maintains his stare
	for a few silent beats. FOLLOW him back inside.

39B  INT. TIMOTHY'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	Timothy turns back to the model city, considers it for
	a moment.

	He turns away and goes to the mirror hanging on a
	nearby wall.

	He stares at his reflection. Then makes his face
	utterly impassive.

					TIMOTHY
				(Data-like)
			I am designed to exceed human
			capacity...

	He tilts his head in imitation of Data, watching the
	result in the mirror until he gets it right. Again,
	his voice is an imitation of Data's.

					TIMOTHY
				(continuing)
			That is correct...

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT TWO    29.

39B  CONTINUED:

	OFF another head tilt, as -- in his own mind -- boy
	becomes android...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT THREE   30.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

40   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise holding in space near the destroyed
	Vico, the Black Cluster in the background.

41   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Geordi, Worf, Troi. Data is in
	mid-report, on a nearby monitor is a graphic of the
	interior of the Black Cluster -- a dully glowing
	center, a dozen bright points scattered through it.

					DATA
			The Black Cluster was formed
			almost nine billion years ago when
			hundreds of protostars collapsed
			in close proximity. The resulting
			gravitational forces are violent
			and highly unpredictable.

					GEORDI
			To get anywhere near the center,
			we'll have to push through the
			gravitational wavefronts -- just
			like the science vessel was
			designed to do. I've adjusted
			our shields accordingly.

					WORF
			The gravitational forces will
			affect sensor accuracy. Detecting
			an enemy vessel will be difficult.

					RIKER
			Maybe that's what happened to the
			Vico -- they didn't see anything
			coming until it was too late.

	Picard considers this, turns to Troi.

					PICARD
			Has the boy volunteered any
			further information?

   STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/18/91 - ACT THREE   31.

41   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			No. But we have an appointment
			in less than an hour.

	Picard nods then glances at the graphic.

					PICARD
			If there's any possibility of
			getting more from him, I'd like
			you to pursue it.

	Troi nods. Picard glances toward the graphic display.

					PICARD
			Regardless, we need to continue
			our investigation.
				(beat, informing the
				 room)
			We'll enter the cluster at
			oh-seven-hundred tomorrow morning.
			Dismissed.

	As they rise to exit...

42   OMITTED

43   INT. CORRIDOR

	Troi stops at Timothy's door and touches the panel --
	we hear the CHIME. A few moments later, the door
	slides open, revealing Timothy.

					TROI
			Hello, Timothy. Are you ready
			to go?

	Timothy is wearing similarly styled and exactly the
	same color clothing as Data does. His face is
	impassive and android-like (his hair is still in his
	own style and color). Unlike the agitated condition
	he exhibited earlier, the boy is the essence of calm
	self-control.

					TIMOTHY
			Yes, Counselor. I am ready.

	The boy's uniform and his calm, almost formal tone of
	voice are not lost on Troi.

					TROI
			How are you feeling, Timothy?

   STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/14/91 - ACT THREE   31A.

43   CONTINUED:

					TIMOTHY
			I am functioning within
			established parameters.

	Troi considers this for a moment.

   STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/18/91 - ACT THREE   32.

43   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			Established parameters? You
			sound like Data.

					TIMOTHY
				(of course)
			I am an android.

	Troi reacts

					TROI
			I see... Well. Let's go for our
			walk, shall we?

	Timothy makes a characteristically Data-like head tilt.

					TIMOTHY
			That would be acceptable.

	OFF Troi's face -- she's in for a ride.

44   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Troi and Timothy are sitting at a table.

	A WAITER stands close by, waiting to take his order.

					TIMOTHY
				(to waiter)
			Androids do not need to eat or
			drink.

	A second waiter passes by with a tray full of
	attractive desserts -- Timothy reacts, then turns back
	to his waiter.

					TIMOTHY
				(continuing)
			However, sometimes we like to
			taste things.
				(beat)
			A Tamarin frost, please.

	Timothy turns.

					TIMOTHY
				(continuing)
			Would you like anything,
			Counselor?

   STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT THREE   32A.

45   INCLUDE TROI

	taking this all in, cautiously trying to deal with this
	new development.

					TROI
			No, I'm fine, thank you.

      STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - 10/8/91 - ACT THREE      33.

45   CONTINUED:

					TIMOTHY
			As you wish.

	The waiter turns and leaves.

					TROI
			So... you're no longer a Human?

	He cocks his head in pure Data fashion.

					TIMOTHY
			I'm an android.

					TROI
			When did this happen?

					TIMOTHY
			I've always been an android.

					TROI
			What's it like... being an
			android?

					TIMOTHY
			I am designed to exceed human
			capacity both mentally and
			physically. But I do not
			experience emotions.

	A beat as this registers on Troi.

					TROI
			You don't? No emotions at all?

					TIMOTHY
			That is correct.

	OFF Troi as she wonders how to deal with this.

46   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard, Troi, Data.

					PICARD
			An android.

   STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT THREE   34.

46   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I know it sounds unusual - but
			it is understandable.
			Technically, it's called
			enantiodromia. Conversion into
			the opposite. Timothy went from
			Human to machine. From being
			emotional to being emotionless.
			But the underlying trauma is still
			there. He's just found a new way
			to repress it.

					PICARD
			How long will this behavior last?

					TROI
			As long as he needs it to.
			Timothy is rebuilding his identity
			as best he can. The android
			persona is only one step along
			the way. When he becomes stronger
			and more sure of himself, it
			should drop away naturally.

	Picard considers her words.

					PICARD
			I assume this is not a time to
			confront him about what happened
			to his ship.

					TROI
			Not yet. The best thing we can
			do right now is to let Timothy
			take us where he wants to go.
			We should support the process
			-- even encourage it.

	Picard nods, turns to Data.

					PICARD
			Mister Data -- I'd like you to
			make Timothy the best android he
			can possibly be.

	OFF Data's head-tilt reaction.

47   INT. TIMOTHY'S QUARTERS - ON TIMOTHY

	doing a head tilt that EXACTLY MATCHES the one Data
	just performed.


      STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - 10/8/91 - ACT THREE      34A.

48   INCLUDE DATA

	standing next to him. Timothy is sitting in a chair,
	the wall mirror behind him -- like an impromptu barber
	shop set-up. Data is holding a small comb and is
	eyeing Timothy's hair.

      STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - 10/8/91 - ACT THREE      35.

48   CONTINUED:

	Data attempts to put the comb to use, but the boy's
	android-like head tilts make it difficult -- it's like
	trying to hit a moving target. After a few attempts --

					DATA
			Timothy, your head movements
			are... counterproductive. Can
			you be still?

					TIMOTHY
			But you do it.

	Data reacts with a head tilt. Timothy mirrors it.

					DATA
			The servo-mechanisms in my neck
			are designed to approximate Human
			movements.
				(beat)
			I did not realize the effect was
			so... distracting.

					TIMOTHY
			I like it.

	Timothy does a couple more quick head tilts -- Data
	puts a hand on the crown of his head, holding him
	suddenly still.

					TIMOTHY
			Data, are there any other androids
			in Starfleet?

					DATA
			No. I am the only one.

					TIMOTHY
			How come you're not captain?

					DATA
			My service experience does not
			yet warrant such a position.

	Timothy nods. He's silent for a moment.

					TIMOTHY
			Data, what's the scariest thing
			that ever happened to you?

      STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - 10/8/91 - ACT THREE      36.

48   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Fear is a quality that I do not
			possess.

					TIMOTHY
			Because it's an emotion.

					DATA
			That is correct.

					TIMOTHY
			But what if you had a nightmare?

					DATA
			I have never had a nightmare.
			I do not require sleep.

	Timothy is silent. Data continues adjusting the boy's
	hair for a moment, then realizes something.

					DATA
			Timothy, are you having...
			disturbing dreams?

	Timothy doesn't answer right away. There's a sense
	that he's hiding something -- even from himself. He
	looks straight at Data.

					TIMOTHY
			I do not require sleep.

	Data looks at him for a moment -- he isn't going to get
	anything further out of him for now. Data finishes one
	last touch-up on the hair, then lifts the chair and
	turns it barber style to face the mirror on the wall.

49
thru	OMITTED
50

51   ANGLE - THE MIRROR

	where we can see Timothy looking at his reflection --
	and his perfectly executed Data-like hairstyle. Data
	is visible over his shoulder.

					DATA
			Is it satisfactory?

      STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - 10/8/91 - ACT THREE      37.

52   RESUME

	as Timothy looks at Data with tremendous admiration,
	then glances back at the mirror.

					TIMOTHY
			It's perfect.

53   INT. CORRIDOR

	Data and Timothy are striding along the corridor, in
	perfect step, their arms swinging in unison. It looks
	for all the world like there's a new android on board.

54   INCLUDE TWO N.D. CREWMEMBERS

	approaching from the opposite direction. As Data and
	Timothy pass by, the crewmembers simultaneously stop
	and do a double-take.

55   INT. SICKBAY

	Data and Timothy are sitting side by side with their
	legs hanging off the side of a diagnostic bed.

	Beverly is running a hand-held, medical scanning DEVICE
	over the length of Timothy's arm.

					BEVERLY
			Transfer circuits are functioning
			properly.

					TIMOTHY
			Within established parameters?

					BEVERLY
				(nodding)
			Absolutely.

	Beverly continues with the scan, moving it over his
	head.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Input processing, pattern
			recognition... all within
			established parameters.

	She takes the scanner down, finished.

					DATA & TIMOTHY
				(simultaneously)
			Thank you, Doctor.

   STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT THREE   38.

56   OMITTED

57   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Data and Timothy are each sitting at an easel, paint
	brush in hand, dabbing brushstrokes against their
	respective canvasses. Timothy's set-up is an exact
	duplicate. Data's painting is a tranquil landscape,
	we can't quite see what Timothy's working on...

	Timothy looks sleepy, like they've been going non-stop
	all day. Data is as fresh as always.

	The boy glances down at his palette and paint jars.

					TIMOTHY
			I ran out of red ochre.

					DATA
			You may use mine.

	Data hands him a jar.

					TIMOTHY
			Thank you.

	Timothy can't help but let loose with a huge yawn.

					DATA
			Perhaps you should return to your
			quarters.

					TIMOTHY
			I'm fine.
				(in explanation)
			The servo-mechanisms in my mouth
			are designed to approximate human
			movements.

	Data considers for a moment. Then attempts a yawn. It
	doesn't look too convincing. But Timothy doesn't want
	to discourage him.

					TIMOTHY
				(continuing)
			Not bad.

					DATA
			Thank you.

	Data looks over at the boy's easel.

      STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - 10/8/91 - ACT THREE      39.

58   INCLUDE TIMOTHY'S PAINTING

	It looks exceedingly violent -- we can't actually see
	a spacecraft ripped apart, but we can sense the feeling
	of one. The boy's trauma is making its presence
	known...

	Data reacts to the painting.

					DATA
			It is very... expressive.

					TIMOTHY
			Thank you.

	A beat. Timothy doesn't seem to be aware of what his
	own work suggests.

					DATA
			Is your painting representative
			of something?

					TIMOTHY
				(shrugs)
			It's just a painting.

	Timothy again yawns. Data thinks for a moment -- this
	is not his area of expertise and he knows to tread
	lightly...

					DATA
			Timothy, you understand that you
			may speak with me about anything
			you wish -- any subject.

	Timothy again yawns.

					TIMOTHY
				(drifting)
			I understand...

	Data watches him for a moment, but nothing further is
	forthcoming.

59   ON DATA

	turning back to his own easel, applying a few
	brushstrokes.

					DATA
			At times I too find it difficult
			to share my thoughts with others.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - 10/8/91 - ACT THREE      40.

59   CONTINUED:

					DATA (cont'd)
			I am not always confident that
			I am expressing myself in a way
			that Humans will comprehend. But
			I know that...

	Data turns --

60   INCLUDE TIMOTHY

	now slumped on his chair, fast asleep. Data reacts,
	stops speaking.

	A beat and Data stands, lifts Timothy off the chair,
	then carries and carefully deposits him on a nearby
	couch.

	Data straightens, watches Timothy for a moment. The
	boy curls up, looks like he's out for the night.

	OFF the look on Data's face -- if an android could feel
	tenderness and concern...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/23/91 - ACT FOUR    41.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

60A  INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi is at a console, inspecting a PADD that an N.D.
	ENGINEER has just handed him. The mood is relaxed --
	like the end of a work shift.

					GEORDI
				(re: PADD)
			That's fine.

	He hands it back to the Engineer.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Just make sure the tolerance
			doesn't slip more than point three
			one in either direction.

	The Engineer nods and walks away. Geordi turns back to
	the console, enters a few commands.

					DATA (o.s.)
			Hello, Geordi.

60B  INCLUDE DATA

	Approaching the console.

					GEORDI
			Hey, Data.

					DATA
			I hope I am not disturbing your
			work.

					GEORDI
				(re: console)
			Nope. Just finishing up here.

	He inputs a few more commands. Data watches him
	silently for several beats. Geordi finally reacts to
	his friend just standing there.

					GEORDI
			You need something?

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/23/91 - ACT FOUR       41A.

60B  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I would like to confide in you,
			Geordi. However, I am finding
			my thoughts difficult to
			verbalize.

	Geordi stops working, gives Data his full attention.

					GEORDI
			It's about Timothy.

					DATA
				(surprised)
			How did you know?

					GEORDI
			If I had a boy going around
			pretending to be just like me,
			I might be a little uncomfortable
			too.

					DATA
			I am not capable of being
			uncomfortable. But I am
			undergoing a perceptual paradigm
			shift.

					GEORDI
			You better define that for me,
			Data.

					DATA
			I have spent my entire life
			emulating Humans. Now, I find
			myself confronted by a Human who
			is emulating me.

					GEORDI
			I got you... the shoe's on the
			other foot...

	Data processes that briefly, glances curiously at his
	foot... then...

					DATA
			Ah, the metaphor... yes, that is
			correct. I am forced to realize
			that I have largely ignored the
			aspects of myself that others
			would find attractive.

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/23/91 - ACT FOUR       41B.

60B  CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			That's a very Human thing to do,
			Data.

	Data reacts with a look.

					GEORDI
			A lot of us have a way of not
			appreciating ourselves. We're
			too close to the subject.
				(beat)
			Keep an eye on Timothy... he might
			help you learn to understand
			yourself a little better.

	OFF Data's reaction.

61   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Moving slowly at impulse speed toward the Black
	Cluster.

62   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Ensign Felton.

					WORF
			We are approaching the perimeter.

63   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Approaching the Black Cluster -- the dark warping of
	space looms even closer.

					WORF
				(off instruments)
			I'm picking up the gravitational
			wavefronts.

	We can see something reminiscent of three-dimensional,
	transparent "waves" billowing toward us.

					RIKER
			Engage forward shields --
			thirty-five percent.

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/23/91 - ACT FOUR       41C.

63   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Shields up.

	One of the waves makes contact and the ship BUMPS.
	A beat. Then another BUMP. And again.

	The mood is business as usual -- this is no surprise.

					PICARD
			Drop to one quarter impulse,
			Ensign.

					ENSIGN FELTON
			Yes, Sir.

	Felton makes the adjustments and the BUMPS come with
	less frequency.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Bridge to engineering.

64   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi is at the console. Another slight bump.

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			Adjusting shield frequencies now,
			Commander. We'll have this
			smoothed out in just a second...

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/17/91 - ACT FOUR        42.

65   INT. BRIDGE

	A BUMP, then another -- much quieter -- then a third,
	barely felt, then nothing but smooth sailing.

					RIKER
			Correct for any course deviations,
			Ensign.

					ENSIGN FELTON
			Yes, sir.

					RIKER
			Resume one-third impulse.

					WORF
			-- Captain!

	Everyone turns to Worf, who has his eyes glued to his
	instrument panel.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			I am reading something at four
			hundred thousand kilometers, off
			our starboard bow. Possibly a
			ship.

					RIKER
			Red alert.

	Worf hits a command and the CLAXON SOUNDS, the RED
	LIGHT flashes on.

					PICARD
			Take us to visual range, Ensign.

					ENSIGN FELTON
				(touching console)
			Adjusting course...

	A few moments...

					WORF
				(puzzled; off
				 instruments)
			Sensor readings have
			disappeared... Now picking up
			another reading at four hundred
			thousand kilometers -- off the
			port bow.
				(beat)
			It's gone... No -- it's back to
			starboard.

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/15/91 - ACT FOUR       42A.

65   CONTINUED:

	Riker checks an instrument panel.

					RIKER
				(off instruments)
			Captain, the Black Cluster is
			distorting the sensors. We're
			picking up echoes of the Enterprise
			reflecting off the wavefronts.

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/17/91 - ACT FOUR        43.

65   CONTINUED: (2)

	Everyone reacts.

					PICARD
			Cancel Red Alert. Adjust the
			sensors to compensate for the
			distortion.

					WORF
			Aye...

					PICARD
			Sensor difficulties have been
			reported by ships traveling
			through Black Clusters -- but not
			to this extreme.

					WORF
			This formation is seven times more
			massive than any previously
			explored. That could explain the
			difference.

	Picard nods, turns to the conn.

					PICARD
				(to Felton)
			Resume previous course.

					ENSIGN FELTON
			Yes, sir.

	OFF Picard's face as he considers this development.

66   INT. CLASSROOM - ON TIMOTHY AND CHILDREN

	Seen through the observation window. The teacher is
	wandering in the background, helping out when needed.
	Timothy still looks like Data. The kids are working
	at a counter on a project, putting together a chemistry
	experiment -- some glassware and colored liquids.

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/18/91 - ACT FOUR        44.

67   OMITTED

68   INCLUDE TROI AND DATA

	in the observation area, watching the scene. A boy
	makes a comment MOS and all the children laugh MOS --
	including Timothy.

					DATA
			He laughed.

					TROI
			Yes. It's nice to see, isn't
			it... ?

					DATA
			It is certainly not consistent
			with his android persona...

					TROI
			I'd say he's beginning the process
			of letting go of that fantasy...

					DATA
			Then my work with him is complete?

					TROI
				(beat)
			No, I don't think it is, Data...
			A laugh is one step in the right
			direction... we need to help him
			take a few more steps...

					DATA
			How, Counselor?

					TROI
			I'd like you to talk to him...
			about your own fascination with
			humanity.

	Data reacts.

					TROI
			If you can explain the appeal that
			humanity has for you... Timothy
			might find it easier to become
			a boy again.

	Data watches intently as Timothy again laughs MOS --
	much more "Human" than we've ever seen Data act. OFF
	Data's face.

   STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/17/91 - ACT FOUR     44A-44B    

69   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Data and Timothy are sitting at a table. Timothy is
	drinking a brightly colored, frosty, soda-like drink.
	Data has a bubbly, different colored dessert drink in
	front of him. Timothy finishes a long sip.

					TIMOTHY
			This is great. How's yours?

					DATA
			The complex polysaccharides, in
			reaction with the carbon dioxide,
			produces an unusual combination
			of texture and efforvescence.

	A beat.

					TIMOTHY
			But how does it taste? Is it
			good?

					DATA
			I am not capable of "tasting" in
			the manner which you describe.
			I can analyze the composition of
			a dessert and make comparative
			conclusions about its possible
			effect on the human palate.
			However, I neither like it, nor
			dislike it...

					TIMOTHY
			Oh. I didn't realize that.

	Data indicates the dessert.

					DATA
			I have often wondered what it must
			be like... to have one's mouth
			"water" in anticipation of the
			arrival of a confection... Or
			to feel the pleasure I have
			observed in people as they consume
			it...

	Timothy considers this for a second, staring at his
	soda.

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/17/91 - ACT FOUR        45.

69   CONTINUED:

					TIMOTHY
			You sound like you don't want to
			be an android.

					DATA
			I am an android. That will never
			change.

					TIMOTHY
			But... if you could change...
			would you?

					DATA
			I have always wished to be Human.
			I study people carefully in order
			to more closely approximate Human
			behavior.

					TIMOTHY
			Why? We're stronger and smarter
			than Humans... we can do more than
			they can.

					DATA
			But I cannot take pride in my
			abilities. I cannot take
			pleasure in my accomplishments.

	Timothy has begun scratching a little place in the
	table with the tip of his spoon. He concentrates on
	this task as though it were the most important thing
	in the world.

					TIMOTHY
			But we never feel bad, either...

					DATA
			I would gladly risk feeling bad
			at times... if it meant that I
			could also taste my dessert.

	Timothy glances up, very quickly, at Data. Then he
	goes back to scratching the place on the table with
	his spoon.

	OFF Timothy's face as he goes back to his soda.

70   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship under impulse power, the blurry wavefronts
	breaking across her bow.

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/17/91 - ACT FOUR       45A.

	INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, and Ensign Felton.

					WORF
			Captain, gravitational wavefront
			intensity is increasing steadily
			-- eleven hundred standard "G"
			units and rising.

	Picard nods, looks up at the viewscreen.

71A  OMITTED

72   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as the wave-like blurs continue to come toward the
	ship.

	Picard studies it for a moment.

					PICARD
				(turning to Worf)
			Let's see if anyone's out there.
			Attempt a wide-range sensor sweep,
			Lieutenant Worf.

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/18/91 - ACT FOUR        46.

72   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(touching controls)
			Aye, sir.

	A beat as Picard and the others continue to watch the
	viewscreen.

					WORF
				(shaking head)
			The gravitational distortion is
			too great, Captain. The scanning
			signal is again being reflected
			off the wavefronts. But I am
			unable to compensate.
				(looks up)
			The sensors are useless.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Mister Data to the bridge, please.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Adjust sensors to short range...
			attempt a limited positron scan...

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	He works the console -- scowls at the result.

					WORF
			The distortion is still in effect.

					RIKER
			Try to jacket the scanning beam.

	Worf again works the console. Worf shakes his head.

					WORF
			The secondary beam is being
			distorted as well.

	The turbolift door opens and Data steps onto the
	bridge.

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT FOUR       46A.

72   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Mister Data, our sensors have been
			rendered ineffective by the field
			distortion. I want your
			analysis...

	Data takes his position, studies his console.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Mister Worf, fire phasers, maximum
			intensity, narrow spectrum, zero
			zero one mark zero four five.

	Everyone reacts with puzzlement, then...

					RIKER
				(understanding)
			An experiment, Captain?

					PICARD
			Exactly.

					WORF
			Firing, Sir.

	Worf touches the controls.

72A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	inside the Black Cluster. Forward phasers fire -- at
	a distance several lengths away from the ship, the
	phaser beams SPLIT AND BOUNCE off the warped space
	around them, splitting again, bouncing, and then
	splitting again until finally dissipating entirely.

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT FOUR        47.

73   OMITTED

74   INT. BRIDGE

	Everyone reacts to what they've just seen on the
	monitor.

					PICARD
			Explanation, Mister Data.

					DATA
			The phaser energy was reflected
			by the gravitational wavefronts.
			It is similar to the phenomenon
			distorting the sensor signals.

	Picard and Riker exchange a look.

					PICARD
			Our sensors and our phasers --
			both useless.
				(to Data)
			This reflection phenomenon --
			would it have the same effect on
			a disruptor-style weapon?

					DATA
			Yes, sir. Disruptors would be
			ineffectual.

					PICARD
			And a ship's cloaking field?

					DATA
			It would be extremely difficult
			to maintain.

	A beat.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, is it at all likely
			that the Vico was attacked inside
			the cluster?

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT FOUR        48.

74   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Given the effects we have
			observed, the probability is
			exceedingly remote.

	Picard nods -- it just confirms his suspicions. A
	beat.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Picard to Troi.

					TROI'S COM VOICE
			Yes, Captain?

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Please bring Timothy to my ready
			room.

75
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79

79A  INT. READY ROOM

	Starting on Timothy... moving to reveal Picard
	standing in front of his desk, Timothy is facing him
	with Troi and Data on either side.

					PICARD
				(gently)
			Timothy, can you tell us what
			happened to your ship?

					TIMOTHY
			I did tell you.

	Timothy's struggling to hold on to the android fantasy,
	but it's wavering. He gives a few Data-like head
	tilts. Picard glances at Troi.

					TROI
			Tell us again...

					TIMOTHY
				(evenly)
			We were attacked.

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT FOUR        49.

79A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			That is highly unlikely. Our
			investigations have clearly
			demonstrated --

					TIMOTHY
			-- We were attacked! We were
			attacked!

					DATA
			Timothy, androids do not lie.

	A silent beat. Like a toppled wall, Timothy's fantasy
	crumbles.

					TIMOTHY
				(quiet; horrified)
			It was me.

	Everyone's taken aback.

					DATA
			Please explain.

					TIMOTHY
			It was me. I did it. I killed
			them all...

	OFF everyone's reactions.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/18/91 - ACT FIVE        50.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

80   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship hanging inside the Black Cluster.

80A  INT. READY ROOM

	Picard, Troi and Data are still reacting to Timothy's
	revelation. Timothy speaks quietly, haltingly. He
	shivers, repressing sobs, as the agony of revealing
	his darkest secret emerges...

					TIMOTHY
			Everything was shaking. I lost
			my balance. I was just trying
			to hold on to something. I didn't
			mean to do it.

					PICARD
			What didn't you mean to do,
			Timothy?

					TIMOTHY
			My arm... it hit the computer
			panel. That's what destroyed the
			ship.

	The adults exchange a glance.

					TROI
			The ship was damaged when your
			arm hit the computer panel... ?

	Tears roll down his cheek as he nods silently.

					TROI
			Timothy, listen to me -- the
			damage to your ship might have
			occurred at the same time you
			touched the panel but it was only
			a coincidence... this was not
			your fault...

					TIMOTHY
			Yes it was...

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT FIVE       50A.

80A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			It is not possible. The onboard
			control systems for every starship
			require a user code clearance.
			You could not have inadvertantly
			affected any of the Vico's
			systems.

	Timothy doesn't quite get it.

					PICARD
			Your computer had safety
			precautions. There's nothing
			you could have touched that would
			have damaged your ship.

	Timothy is silent, trying to understand. Troi puts
	a hand on his shoulder.

					TROI
			You're not responsible for what
			happened to your parents.

	Timothy looks up at her, wanting to believe it...

					TIMOTHY
			But if it wasn't me...

					PICARD
			We're trying to determine what
			happened right now. And anything
			that you can remember that may
			assist...

	BUMP.

	The ship is suddenly rocked. It's not serious, but
	it catches everyone off-guard. On Timothy's face as
	he reacts...

					TIMOTHY
			That's just how it was... when
			it started on the Vico...

	Off reactions...

80B  INT. BRIDGE

	ANOTHER BUMP. The mood is still relaxed.

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT FIVE       50B.

80B  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Wavefront intensity has
			increased...

80C  INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	where a blurred wave front is coming toward them.

					RIKER
			Increase shields to seventy-five
			percent.

					WORF
			Aye.

	Worf executes the command. The wavefront fills the
	screen...

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/17/91 - ACT FIVE        51.

80C  CONTINUED:

	WHAM!

	The ship is rocked by a violent IMPACT. RED ALERT
	LIGHTS go on, the CLAXON SOUNDS.

					RIKER
			Damage, Mister Worf.

					WORF
			Minimal, Sir. The shields are
			holding.

81   RESUME

	Everyone recovers their positions as Picard, Troi, and
	Data -- with Timothy close by him -- ENTER the bridge
	from the ready room.

					PICARD
			Ensign, full about -- go to warp
			two.

	Picard moves into command... ANGLE REMAINS ON Data and
	Troi with Timothy for a beat as they observe the next
	frantic few seconds...

					ENSIGN FELTON (o.c.)
			The gravitational distortion is
			too high -- we can't maintain a
			warp field.

	Watching, almost to himself --

					TIMOTHY
			We couldn't get out either...

81A  COMMAND

					PICARD
			Full shields.

					WORF
			Aye.

	WHAM! The impact is even worse. Everyone holds on...

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT FIVE       51A.

81B  TIMOTHY

	grabs Data's arm, doesn't let go... As they recover
	--
					ENSIGN LOCKLIN (o.c.)
			Captain -- impulse power has been
			disrupted. The helm won't
			respond.

	Timothy is mesmerized... reliving a nightmare...

					TROI
			Timothy, I think you and I should
			go below... get out of everyone's
			way, okay... ?

					TIMOTHY
			No...

	He hangs on to Data for dear life...

81C  COMMAND

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Riker to La Forge. Can you give
			me more power to the shields?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Stand by...

81D  TIMOTHY

					TIMOTHY
			That's what they kept saying --
			"more shields," "more shields."

	Data's head cocks at that...

					DATA
			Timothy, accompany me...

	He moves toward the aft science station... Troi and
	Timothy go with him...

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT FIVE       51B.

81D  CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(on the move)
			I want you to recall everything
			you heard people say aboard the
			Vico before it was destroyed...

					TIMOTHY
			I don't know. Just that. Just
			"more shields"...

	As Data reaches the aft science station and begins to
	enter commands...

82   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi working quickly at his console.

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT FIVE        52.

82   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			I've transferred fusion reactors
			four through nine into the shield
			array.

82A  INT. BRIDGE - COMMAND

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			That should double the shield
			strength.

	Worf looks up from his console.

					WORF
			Wavefront intensity has increased
			by an order of magnitude. Impact
			in three - two - one.

	WHAM! Another hit -- even stronger.

82B  DATA, TIMOTHY AND TROI (OPTICAL)

	react. Data resumes working quickly at the console --
	numbers scrolling rapidly down the screen.

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT FIVE        53.

82C  OMITTED

83   COMMAND

	The crew recovers from the last impact.

					WORF
				(off instruments)
			Wave front intensity is
			continuing to increase.
			Structural overpressure is
			exceeding one hundred eighty
			percent.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			La Forge...

84   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi has struggled to his feet and is making his way
	back to the console.

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			I don't understand. That should
			have been enough.

	Geordi checks the instruments.

85   INT. BRIDGE

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			We could run the shield grid
			directly off the warp drive.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Make it so.

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT FIVE        54.

85   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(working instruments)
			Initiating warp transfer pathways
			now...

85A  ON DATA AND TIMOTHY (OPTICAL)

	Data, still rapidly working at the console.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Diverting warp power to the
			shields.

					TIMOTHY
			"Warp power to the shields"...
			they said that too, Data... I'm
			positive...

	Data reacts... continues to work the panels...

86
thru	OMITTED
87

88   INCLUDE WORF AND VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	An intense blurring of space is billowing toward them
	-- even more threatening than before.

					WORF
				(off instruments)
			Wavefront intensity has increased
			by a factor of ten. Contact in
			forty-seven seconds. Without
			additional power to the shields,
			the outer hull will not hold...

					RIKER
				(to com)
			La Forge...

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/18/91 - ACT FIVE        55.

89
thru	OMITTED
91

91A  ON DATA AND TIMOTHY (OPTICAL)

	Data looks like he's thinking at lightning speed
	evaluating the numbers that scroll past him on the
	monitor.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Warp transfer to the shields
			complete. That's as strong as
			they're gonna get.

91B
thru	OMITTED
91C

92   INCLUDE BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As everyone reacts to the words.

					WORF
			Impact in fifteen seconds.

	As the seconds count down, Data works like mad at the
	console. He taps in one last command. Data looks up
	from his console, alarmed.

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/18/91 - ACT FIVE        56.

92   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Drop the shields.

	Everyone reacts.

					RIKER
			That's suicide, Data.

					DATA
			Captain, drop the shields.

	The wavefront fills the screen, Picard makes a split
	second decision, trusting their lives to Data.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Drop the shields.

					WORF
				("what?!")
			Aye.

	As Worf executes the command, the wavefront breaks
	across the screen. Everybody hangs on...

	Contact. A slight BUMP -- nothing more.

	Everyone is taken aback by the turn of events. They
	all look toward Data for the explanation.

					DATA
			Our own shields caused the
			increase in the wavefronts...
			we induced harmonic
			amplification effects.

					RIKER
			The more energy we dumped into
			the shield grid, the worse the
			impact...

					DATA
			Precisely. And that is also what
			destroyed the Vico. When Timothy
			remembered similar procedures
			aboard his ship, I initiated an
			analysis of shield output to
			wavefront amplitude and discovered
			a correlation.

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/17/91 - ACT FIVE        57.

92   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			If we had transferred all that
			warp power to the shields, it
			would've torn the ship apart.

	A silent beat.

					RIKER
			Status, Ensign.

					ENSIGN FELTON
			Navigation is coming back on line.

					PICARD
			Full about, one quarter impulse.
			Take us out of here.

	The Ensign nods and executes the commands. OFF
	everyone's reactions...

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT FIVE        58.

93
thru	OMITTED
96A

97   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp in normal space.

98   INT. CLASS ROOM - ON TIMOTHY

	at the edge of a scattered group of kids, fiddling with
	an experimental setup. He is no longer in "android"
	mode. His hair is back to normal, he wears clothing
	more appropriate to a child.

	A little girl -- his "lab partner" -- hands him a small
	piece of metal and he takes it, attaching it to the
	apparatus they're building. He's fitting in -- but
	still seems very tentative and fragile.

					TROI (o.s.)
			It would seem that our young
			"android" is finding his way back
			to humanity.

99   ON TROI AND DATA

	watching from behind the window.

					DATA
			It would appear so, Counselor.

					TROI
			It'll take a while for his
			emotions to catch up. Timothy's
			a boy feeling a great deal of
			pain. But he is a boy again.

	Data considers her words. She glances at him... A
	beat...

					TROI
			Is this.. difficult for you, Data?

					DATA
			Difficult?

					TROI
			To watch him... moving away from
			being like you...

        STAR TREK: "Hero Worship" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT FIVE        59.

99   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			No, Counselor. That would require
			an emotional context which I
			cannot provide.

	A long beat. OFF the moment...

100  ON TIMOTHY

	still working on the class assignment.

					DATA (o.s.)
			Hello, Timothy.

101  INCLUDE DATA

	as Timothy turns toward him.

					TIMOTHY
				(flat)
			How are you, Data?

					DATA
			I am operating within established
			parameters. How are you?

					TIMOTHY
			I'm fine.

	The boy looks away, almost embarrassed. Data picks up
	on it.

					DATA
			Is something wrong?

					TIMOTHY
			You probably thought I was pretty
			silly. When I had my hair like
			yours and everything.

					DATA
			On the contrary, it is said that
			imitation is the highest form of
			flattery. I was... flattered.

	Timothy lightens up considerably.

          STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/16/91 - ACT ONE         60.

101  CONTINUED:

					TIMOTHY
			Can we still do things together
			-- even if I'm not really an
			android?

					DATA
			I have many Human friends. I
			would be pleased to count you
			among them.

					TIMOTHY
			That would be...

	Timothy smiles -- the first time we've seen a genuine
	child's smile.

					TIMOTHY
				(continuing)
			...acceptable.

	OFF the moment.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             












                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "Violations" 
                          #40275-212 
                              
                           Story by 
         Shari Goodhartz & T. Michael and Pamela Gray 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                  Pamela Gray and Jeri Taylor 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Robert Wiemer 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                       OCTOBER 25, 1991


        STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Violations" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             TARMIN
                RIKER              INAD
                DATA               JEV
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                KEIKO              
                DOCTOR MARTIN      
                CREWPERSON DAVIS   
                COMPUTER VOICE     
                KELLER'S COM VOICE 
                TECHNICIAN'S COM VOICE

                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

           STAR TREK: "Violations" - 10/25/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Violations" 
                      
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TEN FORWARD
              ENGINEERING
              CORRIDOR
              SICKBAY
              BEVERLY'S OFFICE
              TROI'S QUARTERS
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
              ULLIAN GUEST QUARTERS
              DINING ROOM
          
            STARBASE
              MORGUE
              CORRIDOR

    STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Violations" 
                           
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

               CHRYSIMITE              KRISS-ih-mite
               DIENCEPHALON            die-n-SEF-uh-lon
               DARDILION               dar-DILL-ee-on
               FERRAZENE               FAIR-uh-zeen
               GENTON                  GEN-tahn
               GENTONIAN               gen-TONE-ee-n
               HISTAMINE               HISS-tah-meen
               HYLANATINE              high-LAN-uh-teen
               INAD                    EE-nid
               IRESINE                 EAR-uh-seen
               MANZENE                 MAN-zeen
               MELINA                  meh-LEEN-uh
               OBACHAN                 oh-BAH-chon
               (second syllable 2.8 
               times longer than the others)

               TARMIN                  tahr-min
               THALAMUS                THAL-muss
               ULLIAN                  YEW-lee-n

       STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 11/5/91 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "Violations"                              
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45429.3.
			While on a mapping survey of
			sector two-two-one-three-nine, we
			are conveying a delegation of
			Ullians to Kaldra Four. These
			telepathic historians conduct their
			research by retrieving long-forgotten
			memories.

2    CLOSE ON KEIKO

	With her face fixed in concentration, she struggles to
	grab hold of an elusive memory.

					KEIKO
			It's a chipped cup, off-white...
			with a crack in it... I can see
			it... but I can't remember
			anything else about it...

					TARMIN (o.c.)
			When you see it... do you hear
			any sounds?

	The man's voice is gentle, coaxing. Keiko tries to
	concentrate.

					KEIKO
			No... I don't think so... wait,
			yes...

	She tilts her head slightly, as though trying to hear
	better.

					KEIKO
			Humming...
				(as if listening)
			Someone's humming...

      STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - TEASER      2.

2    CONTINUED:

					TARMIN (o.c.)
			A woman.

					KEIKO
			Yes... but I don't know who it
			is...

	CUT to reveal we are --

3    INT. TEN FORWARD

	Keiko sits at a table opposite a large,
	powerfully-built alien named TARMIN, 50's, whose eyes
	are closed as he concentrates on the same images as
	Keiko. Tarmin's hand touches his head. A
	white-haired female alien, INAD, quite a bit older than
	Tarmin, sits beside him. A third alien, JEV,
	Tarmin's attractive son, 30's, stands and observes.
	Also observing are RIKER, GEORDI, and BEVERLY, who seem
	to be fascinated by this process.

					TARMIN
			Try to touch the cup.

	Keiko looks at him, unsure what he means, then closes
	her eyes and tentatively reaches out her hand.

									SUBLIMINAL CUT TO:

4    A CHILD'S HAND - INSERT

	touching the side of the cup, then running a finger
	along its rim, reaching a sharp-edged chip and abruptly
	pulling back. (NOTE: These cuts are all inserts, very
	close-up, revealing nothing of the surrounding.)

5    RESUME SCENE

	Keiko pulls her hand back as well, opens her eyes.

					KEIKO
			It has a sharp edge where it's
			chipped.

					TARMIN
			Is there anything inside the cup?

	Keiko concentrates, trying to see the image.

      STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - TEASER      3.

5    CONTINUED:

					KEIKO
			A liquid... dark...

					TARMIN
			Like tea...

									SUBLIMINAL CUT TO:

6    A CHILD'S HAND - INSERT

	quickly dipping two fingers inside the cup.

7    OMITTED

8    RESUME SCENE

					KEIKO
			It's not hot...

	Keiko puts the same two fingers into her mouth, as if
	to taste the liquid, then scrunches up her nose.

					KEIKO
			Bitter...

					TARMIN
			There's something else in the
			cup...

					KEIKO
			Yes... with a wooden handle...

					TARMIN
			A spoon...

					KEIKO
			No... It's more delicate than
			that.

					TARMIN
			Reach for it.

									SUBLIMINAL CUT TO:

9    A CHILD'S HAND - INSERT

	reaching for the wooden handle, pulling out a JAPANESE
	INK BRUSH.

      STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - TEASER      4.

10   RESUME SCENE

					KEIKO
			It's a brush! An ink brush.

									SUBLIMINAL CUT TO:

11   THE INK BRUSH - INSERT

	in the child's hands, one holding the brush, the other
	touching the bristles.

12   RESUME SCENE

					KEIKO
			I hear that humming again.

					TARMIN
			Keep listening to it, and hold
			out the brush. See if someone
			takes it from you.

	Keiko extends her hand, as if it held a brush in it.

									SUBLIMINAL CUT TO:

13   AN OLD WOMAN'S HAND - INSERT

	reaching for the brush, taking it by the handle.

14   RESUME KEIKO

					KEIKO
			It's Obachan! My grandmother.
			She's doing brush writing. I
			remember it now!

	Tarmin opens his eyes, pleased with himself.

					KEIKO
			She used that cup for cleaning
			the brush, and it was my job to
			fill it with water and bring it
			to the table.
				(remembering)
			I'd sit beside her and watch the
			most beautiful characters come
			from that brush. And the whole
			time, she'd be humming to herself.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - TEASER      5.

14   CONTINUED:

					KEIKO (cont'd)
				(smiles, amazed)
			It's like it was yesterday.

					BEVERLY
			You remember such vivid details...
			it's remarkable.

					KEIKO
			For years I've seen that old cup
			in my memory... but I could never
			recall what it was or why it was
			important.
				(to Tarmin)
			Thank you.

					TARMIN
			You're very welcome, young lady.

	He looks around at the group.

					TARMIN
			Perhaps someone else would care
			to try?

	Inad and Jev react to this, uncomfortable with Tarmin
	"soliciting" the group. Tarmin fixes his eyes on
	Beverly.

					TARMIN
			You, madam... you're thinking of
			that first childhood kiss.
			Wouldn't you like to remember
			more about it?

	Beverly is amazed by this, but Jev remonstrates his
	father.

					JEV
			Father, you know you're not
			supposed to probe someone's
			memories unless they've given you
			permission.

					TARMIN
			You're right... but sometimes with
			a beautiful woman -- I can't help
			myself.

	There is good-natured laughter at this.

         STAR TREK: "Violations" - 10/25/91 - TEASER         6.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
				(to Riker)
			What about you, Commander? Any
			memories you feel like digging
			up?

					RIKER
				(grinning)
			None that I'd want to share with
			an audience.

	Geordi and the others grin at this; Keiko stands.

					KEIKO
			I'd better be going... it's
			getting late.

	The group disperses, Riker and Geordi moving to the
	exit, some of the others moving off in little groups.
	CAMERA drops off on Jev, who stands alone, an enigmatic
	look on his face.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 11/25/91 - ACT ONE      7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental.
			Reports of the Ullians' remarkable
			feats have piqued my interest.
			I have invited the senior staff
			to a Captain's Dinner in honor
			of our guests.

	INT. CORRIDOR

	Geordi and Data walking along a corridor.

					DATA
			It is perplexing to me that the
			Ullians' ability to retrieve
			memory is so sought after. If
			an event is important enough to
			be recovered... why would it have
			been forgotten?

	Geordi ponders how to explain this.

					GEORDI
			It's not quite the same for us
			as it is for you, Data. You
			record every second of every event
			in your life...

					DATA
			That is correct.

					GEORDI
			And if you want to recall any one
			of those seconds, you just access
			the proper memory circuit.

					DATA
			My understanding of the Human
			brain suggests that the process
			is the same for you.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 11/25/91 - ACT ONE     7A.

	CONTINUED:

					DATA (cont'd)
			Each memory is encoded in chains
			of molecules, and when you want
			to retrieve it, you simply access
			the proper RNA sequence.

					GEORDI
			Well, yeah, that's true...

					DATA
			Then in what way is it different?

					GEORDI
			Sometimes... There are memories
			we just can't tap into. For
			instance... I have no recollection
			of what I did on my last birthday.
			Birthdays are important
			occasions... you'd think I'd
			remember how I spent the day.
			But I can't even remember where
			I was.

	They reach a turbolift, and the doors open.

	INT. TURBOLIFT

	as they enter.

					GEORDI
			Deck two. On the other hand --
			I remember everything about the
			time I got my first pet... a
			Circassian cat. I was eight. I
			remember how funny he looked...
			how excited I was... it's as if
			it happened last week.

					DATA
			Perhaps you remember the pleasant
			memories and forget the unpleasant
			ones?

					GEORDI
			Well, not really. Sometimes the
			bad memories are the most intense
			of all.

	Data finds this all very difficult to follow.

     STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 11/25/91 - ACT ONE     7B.

B14	CONTINUED:

					DATA
			It would seem there is no
			predictable pattern to Human
			memory.

	Geordi is grateful for this summation -- any summation
	-- of an inexplicable subject.

					GEORDI
			It would seem.

	The turbolift doors open and they EXIT.

15   INT. DINING ROOM

	An elegant dinner is being served to the Enterprise's
	guests of honor: Tarmin, the delegation leader, Inad,
	and Jev. PICARD, Riker, WORF, DATA, Geordi, TROI, and
	Beverly are present.

					JEV
			This "library" of ours has been
			in the planning stages for years
			-- a collection of the retrieved
			memories of races from many
			different star systems --

	We sense that Jev is sincere and idealistic about this
	dream; Tarmin, however, wants center stage, and
	interrupts him. Jev subsides, though he's annoyed.

					TARMIN
			What my son means to say is --
			we think of ourselves as
			"archaeologists of the mind." We
			believe that the history of a
			world is contained in the personal
			experiences of its people.

					PICARD
			Rather like the ancient oral
			historians of Earth.

					TARMIN
			Exactly. The library we propose
			will be a vast storehouse of these
			individual memories.

					RIKER
			Sounds like quite a project...
			how long will it take to finish
			your studies on Kaldra?

     STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 11/25/91 - ACT ONE     7C.

15   CONTINUED:

					INAD
			Many months. We have been working
			for years, and have surveyed only
			eleven planets in eight star
			systems.

      STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT ONE      8.

15   CONTINUED:

					JEV
			But it's our way of life. We
			wouldn't want to do anything else.

					BEVERLY
				(with feigned innocence)
			Captain, Mister Tarmin gave us
			a demonstration of his abilities
			this afternoon. It's fascinating.
			Perhaps you'd like to resurrect
			some memories...

	She smiles sweetly as Picard gives her a piercing look.
	Tarmin, oblivious to the teasing, leaps in, eager to
	pick up on the opportunity.

					TARMIN
			I'd be happy to probe your
			recollections, Captain. Most
			people find it an enjoyable
			experience.

					PICARD
			I'm sure. However, I don't think
			I'm a particularly good candidate
			--

					BEVERLY
				(gently twisting)
			I'm sure you'd be ideal. And you
			must have some intriguing
			memories...

					TARMIN
			We won't be on your ship for long.
			This might be your last
			opportunity...

					PICARD
			Yes, well...

					INAD
				(gently admonishing)
			Tarmin, you mustn't influence
			people. They must come to you
			willingly.

	Tarmin shrugs. We sense that he enjoys his work,
	likes to show off a little -- to the consternation of
	the more serious, straight-laced Ullians.

      STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT ONE      9.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					TARMIN
			I have found... over the years...
			that there are many who want the
			experience of memory retrieval...
			but who need some encouragement
			in order to come forward.

	He turns and looks around; his eye falls on Worf.

					TARMIN
			You, Mister Worf? I would love
			to explore Klingon memories.

					WORF
			Klingons do not allow themselves
			to be "probed."

					TARMIN
			There is nothing to fear...

					JEV
				(cautioning)
			Father...

					WORF
			I am not fearful.

					TARMIN
			Commander La Forge... you?

					GEORDI
			I don't think so. Thanks anyway.

					TARMIN
			I have rarely encountered such
			squeamish people! Doctor
			Crusher... Commander Riker... ?

	Tarmin's pushiness is becoming a bit much; Troi comes
	in to smooth things over.

					TROI
			Mister Tarmin, are all Ullians
			able to read memories?

					TARMIN
			No, my dear. The technique
			requires special training. It
			is a serious commitment.

     STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 11/22/91 - ACT ONE     10-10B      

15   CONTINUED: (3)

					INAD
			It takes years of study. Tarmin
			is the most proficient of our
			group.

					TARMIN
			Once Jev spent two days with a
			contingent of elderly Gentons.
			He couldn't get a thing from them.
			I worked with them for one hour
			and recovered a missing fragment
			of the Gentonian trade wars.

	Jev colors at this public put-down. He's had enough.

					JEV
			Excuse me.

	He rises and heads for the exit. There's an awkward
	pause.

					INAD
				(smoothly)
			Exactly how long will it be before
			we reach Kaldra, Captain?

	Over the next, Troi rises and follows Jev.

					PICARD
			Mister Data?

					DATA
			Four days, eleven hours, sir.

16   INT. CORRIDOR

	Jev is standing outside a turbolift as Troi rounds the
	corner.

					TROI
			Jev...

	He turns and sees her. Lets out an exasperated sigh.

					JEV
			I'm sorry. I'm being rude.

					TROI
			No, not at all...

     STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT ONE     11.

16   CONTINUED:

					JEV
			My father finds it amusing to
			demean me in public. I reach the
			point where I don't want to hear
			any more.

					TROI
			It's not easy having an
			overbearing parent. Believe me,
			I know how you feel.

	He looks at her curiously.

					JEV
			Oh, yes... I was told you were
			an empath.

					TROI
			I can't read Ullians. But, I
			do know a certain Betazoid mother
			who is a great deal like your
			father.

	Jev smiles at this, relaxing a bit in this sharing of
	grievances. The turbolift doors open and they ENTER.

16A  INT. TURBOLIFT

					TROI
			Deck eight. I've learned to
			remind myself that my mother and
			I are two separate individuals.

					JEV
			Deck sixteen. And have you had
			much success with this approach,
			Counselor?

	She takes a breath as if to speak... stops herself,
	ponders for a moment... then looks right at him.

					TROI
			No... but I keep reminding myself.

	He laughs, she does, too... she's managed to ease his
	overreaction to his father's self-aggrandizement. The
	turbolift stops and the doors open.

					TROI
			Good night.

        STAR TREK: "Violations" - 10/25/91 - ACT ONE        12.

16A  CONTINUED:

					JEV
			Good night, Counselor. And thank
			you.

	She smiles at him and EXITS the turbolift.

17   OMITTED

18   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	Troi is getting ready for bed. She is wearing a
	nightgown, and brushes her hair in front of the
	mirror.

									SUBLIMINAL CUT TO:

19   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS (FLASHBACK)

	Riker's arms lowering her backward.

20   RESUME TROI (PRESENT)

	who shakes off the memory, and continues brushing.

									SUBLIMINAL CUT TO:

21   INT RIKER'S QUARTERS (FLASHBACK)

	Riker's hand stroking her hair.

					RIKER'S VOICE
			Have you stopped thinking about
			us?

22   RESUME TROI (PRESENT)

	who once again shakes off the memory, a bit jarred by
	it. She walks to the replicator.

					TROI
			Hot chocolate.

									SUBLIMINAL CUT TO:

        STAR TREK: "Violations" - 10/25/91 - ACT ONE        13.

23   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - FLASHBACK

	Poker chips tumbling to the floor.

24   RESUME TROI (PRESENT)

	who takes her cocoa, increasingly disturbed by the
	intrusion of these memory flashes. She sits down to
	sip her cocoa, then gasps slightly and falls back
	against the cushions. Something overwhelming is
	happening to her.

									CUT TO:

25   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - MEMORY FLASHBACK

	(NOTE: There should be some special visual treatment
	of the flashback sequences in order to differentiate
	them from the present... a filter... maybe sepia
	tones... Linear versions of the flashback scenes are
	included at the end of the script.)

	Troi and Riker are cleaning up after a poker party.
	The mood is easy, jocular. Troi has neither the
	costume nor the hairdo she wears today. She is
	collecting poker chips, trying to stack them into their
	container. They tumble from her hands and onto the
	floor. She laughs and kneels down; Riker does the
	same.

									JUMP CUT TO:

26   TROI AND RIKER

	She's lying on the floor, he's bending over her, faces
	close.

					RIKER
			Have you stopped thinking about
			us?

									JUMP CUT TO:

27   ANOTHER ANGLE

	They reach for some poker chips... Riker covers her
	hand with his. They freeze that way for a moment, then
	Troi looks up and sees him looking at her intently.

       STAR TREK: "Violations" - 10/25/91 - ACT ONE       13A.

27   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Will...

					RIKER
			We have to talk about this...

     STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT ONE     14.

28   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - IN THE PRESENT

	She sits on her couch, eyes frozen, as though in a
	trance, reliving this erratic memory.

29   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - MEMORY FLASHBACK

	Troi and Riker are sitting on the floor; he strokes
	her hair.

					TROI
			Imzadi... we can't... not when
			we're serving on the same ship...

					RIKER
			Have you stopped thinking about
			us? Just answer that...

									JUMP CUT TO:

30   ANOTHER ANGLE (FLASHBACK)

	as the poker chips fall to the floor; Troi laughs.

									JUMP CUT TO:

31   ANOTHER ANGLE (FLASHBACK)

	Riker lowers her backward onto the floor.

					RIKER
			I can't stop thinking about you...

	Riker bends closer to her... their lips only inches
	apart...

					TROI
			No... don't...

					RIKER
			Have you stopped thinking about
			us?

	There is no answer. Their lips meet, and all the
	resistance in Troi is gone. They kiss tenderly but
	with ardor...

	Suddenly the grip of his hands on her arms tightens...
	he's more forceful...

     STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT ONE     15.

31   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Will... we mustn't do this...

	He is demanding, urgent. It's hard to resist...

					TROI
			No, Will --

	She finally pushes him away, and stares at him -- but
	instead of Will Riker, she sees ---

32   ANGLE - JEV (FLASHBACK)

	staring down at her, smiling sadly. (He is wearing
	Riker's outfit.)

					JEV
			Imzadi...

									CUT TO:

33   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - IN THE PRESENT

	Troi has fallen back on the couch, staring at nothing.

34   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - MEMORY FLASHBACK

	as Jev lowers her onto her back; she struggles against
	him in horror.

					TROI
			No, don't...

					JEV (o.c.)
			I can't stop thinking about
			you...

	Troi turns to see --

35   JEV (FLASHBACK)

	standing to the side, observing Troi with the other
	image of himself, staring at them sadly as though
	almost embarrassed to be viewing them. (He is in his
	costume.)

	Troi looks with horror from one to the other, still
	struggling to escape. The first Jev holds her tight
	and tries to kiss her.

									JUMP CUT TO:

     STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT ONE     16.

36   TROI AND JEV

	bending over the tricorder, his hand covers hers.

					JEV (o.c.)
			Imzadi...

	Now Troi looks toward a different part of the room;
	Jev has appeared there, still smiling his sad smile.

					TROI
			Don't do this... !

									JUMP CUT TO:

37   JEV AND TROI

	as he lowers her onto her back, then holds her wrists
	roughly and bends down to kiss her.

					JEV
			Have you stopped thinking about
			us?

					TROI
				(screaming)
			No... no... no...

									CUT TO:

38   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - THE PRESENT

	Troi has fallen to the floor, unconscious. The cup
	of hot chocolate is spilled beside her, its dark brown
	stain seeping into her nightgown.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

        STAR TREK: "Violations" - 10/25/91 - ACT TWO        17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

39   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45430.9.
			Counselor Troi has fallen into
			a deep coma. After a thorough
			examination, Doctor Crusher has
			been unable to find any sign of
			illness or infection.

40   INT. SICKBAY

	Troi is unconscious, lying on a bio-bed. Picard and
	Riker watch as DOCTOR MARTIN, an African-American
	male, examines her with a tricorder. Beverly
	approaches.

					BEVERLY
			Any change, Doctor?

					MARTIN
			No. I'm still getting unusual
			neurotransmitter readings in the
			diencephalon... but they might
			be a result of the coma...

	He shuts off the tricorder and moves away.

					PICARD
				(to Beverly)
			Can you bring her out of it?

					BEVERLY
			I've tried standard revival
			techniques... she doesn't
			respond. Until I know what caused
			this, I don't want to try anything
			more extreme.

					RIKER
			Do we know what she was doing when
			this happened?

       STAR TREK: "Violations" - 10/25/91 - ACT TWO       17A.

40   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			No. She was found in her quarters
			this morning when she didn't show
			up for an appointment.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Violations" - 10/25/91 - ACT TWO        18.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY (cont'd)
			She was dressed for bed... but
			the bed wasn't slept in.

					PICARD
			Who was the last person to speak
			with her?

					RIKER
			She left the dinner last night
			with one of the Ullians.

					RIKER
			I'll talk to him.

					BEVERLY
			I'll check the biofilter readings
			from the Ullians' transporter logs.
			It's possible they could still be
			carrying some harmful organism.

					PICARD
			Commander, ask if they would
			consent to examinations -- just
			to be certain.

	Riker heads for the door. Picard turns back to look
	at Troi... CAMERA pushes in on her beautiful face,
	composed and still.

41   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Riker ENTERS, scans the room, and sees Jev sitting
	alone at a table. He approaches.

					RIKER
			May I join you?

        STAR TREK: "Violations" - 10/25/91 - ACT TWO        19.

41   CONTINUED:

					JEV
			Commander... of course...

	He looks at Riker curiously.

					JEV
			Something's wrong...

					RIKER
			Counselor Troi is ill.

	Jev feigns both surprise and concern.

					JEV
			I'm sorry to hear it...

					RIKER
			More than ill... she's in a coma.
			Doctor Crusher doesn't know what's
			causing it or how to treat her.

					JEV
			When did it happen?

					RIKER
			Apparently some time last night.
			That's why I wanted to talk to
			you... you may have been the last
			person to see her. Did you go
			with her into her quarters?

	There is a hesitation as Jev eyes Riker.

					JEV
			Are you suggesting I behaved
			improperly, Commander?

					RIKER
			Not at all... I'm just trying to
			trace her steps.

					JEV
				(tersely)
			We talked briefly -- in a
			turbolift. She got off at deck
			eight. I did not go with her.

					RIKER
				(surprised at the
				 defensiveness)
			Jev -- I'm not accusing you of
			anything.

       STAR TREK: "Violations" - 10/25/91 - ACT TWO       19A.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

	An uncomfortable moment passes. Riker tries again.

					RIKER
			Did she mention feeling ill?

					JEV
			No. She seemed fine.
				(beat)
			She has a wonderful sense of
			humor.

					RIKER
				(letting that pass)
			If you have no objection, Doctor
			Crusher would like to examine you
			and your group...

     STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT TWO     20.

41   CONTINUED: (3)

	Jev is surprised at this.

					JEV
			To what end?

					RIKER
			She'd like to eliminate the
			possibility that one of you might
			be carrying some organism that
			was harmful to Deanna.

	Jev regards him coolly. There is no warmth between
	these two.

					RIKER
			I'm not implying that you've done
			anything intentional. I am just
			trying to get to the bottom of
			a mystery...

					JEV
			We have nothing to hide. If you
			wish to spend time examining us...

	He shrugs, as though the matter were of no import.

     STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 11/25/91 - ACT TWO     21.

41   CONTINUED: (4)

					RIKER
				(after a beat)
			Fine. Thank you.

	He rises and heads for the door. As he leaves, Jev's
	expression changes from benign condescension to a
	controlled anger.

41A  INT. SICKBAY

	Riker approaches Troi's bed and sits on a stool. He
	looks at her still, composed face for a moment.

					RIKER
			Deanna... I don't know if you can
			hear me.
				(beat)
			I've heard doctors say that even
			when someone's in a coma, they
			may be able to hear when people
			talk to them... that it might
			even help stimulate the brain
			and speed the healing...
				(a beat, remembering)
			In fact, I think you did that for
			me once, when I was in pretty
			bad shape...

	He takes a breath, feeling a little foolish talking to
	an unconscious person, but more driven by his concern
	for her.

					RIKER
			So I just thought... maybe it
			would help to hear a friendly
			voice...
				(with a wry smile)
			... even if you don't know you're
			hearing it.

	He takes a breath, looking for something to talk about.

					RIKER
			We've been busy mapping the
			sector... it's pretty routine.
			So far the most unusual thing
			we've seen is a binary star
			system... I finished that
			personnel review we were working
			on... you can check it over when
			you...
				(a beat, as he realizes
				 it might not happen)
			... wake up.

     STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 11/25/91 - ACT TWO     21A.

41A  CONTINUED:

	He stops, afraid of losing control.

					RIKER
			I miss you. So don't stay away
			too long, okay?

	He half rises, putting his arms on the bed and leaning
	over her (THE POSITION HE IS IN AT THE BEGINNING OF
	SCENE 42). He stares down at her, as though willing
	her to hear him.

					BEVERLY (o.c.)
			Will... ?

	He does not look away from Deanna.

42   INT. SICKBAY

	Troi is still deeply, peacefully in her coma. Riker
	stands at the bed, staring down at her, concern etched
	in his face. Beverly approaches.

					BEVERLY
			Will... I promise I'll let you
			know the minute she regains
			consciousness.

					RIKER
			I know...

					BEVERLY
			There's nothing you can do here.
			You're going to wear yourself
			out...

					RIKER
			Right...

					BEVERLY
			It's late... go to bed.
				(beat)
			That's an order.

	He glances up at her, finally nods, and walks out.
	She looks after him, worried.

     STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT TWO     22.

43   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	He's sitting at a desk, working a PADD.

									SUBLIMINAL CUT TO:

44   INT. ENGINEERING - GEORDI (FLASHBACK)

	at the pool table; he's obviously yelling something
	but we don't hear it. (Red Alert is present here and
	throughout.)

45   RESUME RIKER (PRESENT)

	who tries to shake off the image and continue his work.

									SUBLIMINAL CUT TO:

46   INT. ENGINEERING (FLASHBACK)

	The isolation door in the engine room coming down.

					DAVIS'S VOICE
			Keller is still in there!

47   RESUME RIKER (PRESENT)

	sweating now, steeling himself against the encroaching
	memory. But he can't stop it... he leans back in the
	chair, overwhelmed.

48   INT. ENGINEERING - MEMORY FLASHBACK

	(NOTE: Again, with a special visual treatment.)

	Geordi is working frantically at a console; Riker is
	waving people out of the engine room.

					RIKER
			Out, out, out! Let's go!

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Antimatter injection breach.
			Evacuate immediately.

	(Computer warning will repeat throughout.)

									JUMP CUT TO:

        STAR TREK: "Violations" - 10/25/91 - ACT TWO        23.

49   RIKER

	tapping his communicator. The isolation door is down.

					RIKER
			Ensign Keller, can you hear me?

					KELLER'S COM VOICE
				(weakly)
			Yes, sir...

									JUMP CUT TO:

50   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Riker waving people out of the engine room.

					RIKER
			Come on, move it!

					GEORDI
			Commander, I need to bring that
			door down!

									JUMP CUT TO:

51   ANOTHER ANGLE

	The door is down now; DAVIS, a crewman, stands by
	Riker, staring in.

					RIKER
			Keller, can you get to a Jeffries
			Tube?

	Silence.

					RIKER
			Ensign Keller, answer me.

					DAVIS
			You killed her.

									JUMP CUT TO:

52   ANOTHER ANGLE

	The door is up; Davis runs out.

					DAVIS
			Keller is still in there!

        STAR TREK: "Violations" - 10/25/91 - ACT TWO        24.

52   CONTINUED:

	Riker turns to the door, starts to go in.

					GEORDI
			Commander, radiation levels are
			critical -- we've gotta seal it
			off.

					DAVIS
			She was right behind me!

					RIKER
				(makes decision)
			Bring down the door!

									CUT TO:

53   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - IN THE PRESENT

	Riker is staring down, unseeing, reliving the memory.

54   INT. ENGINEERING - MEMORY FLASHBACK

	Before the door goes down.

					RIKER
				(waving people out)
			Out, out out! Let's go!

	Davis runs out.

					DAVIS
			Keller is still in there.

									JUMP CUT TO:

55   ANOTHER ANGLE

	The door now down. Jev has replaced Davis, standing
	and looking with a quiet smile at Riker. (He is
	wearing Davis' uniform.)

					JEV
			Keller is still in there.

					RIKER
			Riker to transporter room three.
			Prepare to beam Ensign Keller out
			of the engine room.

        STAR TREK: "Violations" - 10/25/91 - ACT TWO        25.

55   CONTINUED:

					TECHNICIAN'S COM VOICE
			I can't lock onto her signal,
			Commander.

					JEV
			Keller is still in there.

									JUMP CUT TO:

56   THE ISOLATION DOOR

	coming down. Jev is in a different location now,
	running out just under the door.

					JEV
			Keller is still in there.

									JUMP CUT TO:

57   ANOTHER ANGLE

	The door is down. Davis is there; Jev is in another
	location. (He is in his own costume.)

					DAVIS
			You killed her.

					RIKER
			Ensign Keller, answer me.

					JEV
			You killed her.

									JUMP CUT TO:

58   GEORDI

					GEORDI
			I've gotta get the isolation door
			down!

59   JEV

					JEV
			Keller is still in there.

60   RIKER

					RIKER
			Bring down the door!

        STAR TREK: "Violations" - 10/25/91 - ACT TWO        26.

61   JEV

					JEV
			You killed her.

62   ANGLE - RIKER (STILL FLASHBACK)

	Riker is reeling as he is assaulted by a jumble of
	sounds.

					DAVIS (V.O.)
			You killed her.

					JEV (V.O.)
			You killed her.

					GEORDI (V.O.)
			I need that door down!

					DAVIS (V.O.)
			Keller is still in there.

					JEV (V.O.)
			You killed her.

	All these voices merge into a cacophony... repeating
	their litany, reaching a crescendo pitch as Riker
	desperately tries to block out the sounds.

									CUT TO:

63   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - IN THE PRESENT

	Riker is groggy, losing consciousness.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Commander Riker...

	But Riker cannot answer.

64   INT. BRIDGE

	A worried Picard at his chair, Worf at tactical.
	Riker's chair is empty.

        STAR TREK: "Violations" - 10/25/91 - ACT TWO        27.

64   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Commander, do you read me?
				(beat)
			Picard to Commander Riker, answer
			please.

	Nothing.

					PICARD
			Computer, locate Commander Riker.

					COMPUTER'S VOICE
			Commander Riker is in his
			quarters.

	Picard looks at Worf, who heads immediately for the
	turbolift.

					WORF
			On my way, sir.

65   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	Worf ENTERS. He scans the room quickly and sees --

	RIKER

	slumped onto his desk, unconscious.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT THREE    28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

66   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			Medical log, stardate 45431.7.
			Commander Riker is the second
			officer who has fallen into an
			unexplained coma. I have examined
			the Ullians and ruled out the
			possibility that they carry a
			harmful organism.

67   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Beverly, and Worf.

					BEVERLY
			I compared Deanna's brain scan
			to one I took during her last
			physical. There is a
			difference... this time there's
			a trace of electropathic activity.

					PICARD
			And Commander Riker?

					BEVERLY
			I found the same pattern. If I
			didn't know better, I'd think they
			had Iresine Syndrome. It's the
			only medical condition that would
			produce that pattern.

					WORF
			What is Iresine Syndrome?

					BEVERLY
			A very rare neurological disorder
			first diagnosed in the
			twenty-third century. It's
			characterized by an identical
			electropathic residue.

					PICARD
			Then why discount the possibility
			that it's responsible for their
			comas?

    STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT THREE    29.

67   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Iresine is always accompanied by
			a severely decreased histamine
			count. Both Will and Deanna show
			normal levels.
				(beat)
			I've asked Commander La Forge to
			conduct a shipwide diagnostic
			for any other agents which could
			produce that electropathic
			pattern.

					WORF
			Counselor Troi and Commander Riker
			were in perfect health -- until
			the Ullians got here.

	A beat as they acknowledge this.

					WORF
			It would be wise to quarantine
			the aliens.

					PICARD
			I believe it's premature to take
			that kind of action. We have no
			real evidence linking these comas
			to the Ullians.

					BEVERLY
			That's true. But there is
			something curious...

	Picard turns to her, questioning.

					BEVERLY
			The electropathic residue I
			discovered is located in the
			thalamus. That's the area of the
			cerebral cortex which involves
			memory function.

	There is a moment as this sinks in.

68   OMITTED

69   INT. ULLIAN QUARTERS

	Picard and Beverly with Tarmin, Jev, and Inad.

    STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT THREE    30.

69   CONTINUED:

					TARMIN
				(light, with a defensive
				 undertone)
			I've been accused of putting
			people to sleep with one too many
			stories, Captain... but this is
			the first time it's been suggested
			that I might be responsible for
			someone's coma.

					PICARD
			I mean no disrespect, sir. But
			we are faced with an alarming
			situation...

					INAD
			Why do you suspect us, Captain?

					PICARD
			Suspect is perhaps too strong a
			word. I am simply trying to
			determine what has caused two of
			my officers to fall into comas.

					JEV
			You've already examined us...
			we aren't carrying anything
			harmful...

					BEVERLY
			But in further study of the
			victims, I noticed some abnormal
			patterns in the area of the brain
			which involves memory.

					PICARD
			In light of your particular
			telepathic abilities, it does
			raise the question...

					INAD
			Captain... it's not our wish to
			obstruct you. What would you
			like?

					BEVERLY
			If I could do further examinations
			tomorrow... perhaps monitor you
			during a memory probe...

	There is a silence. Then Tarmin steps forward.

    STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT THREE    31.

69   CONTINUED: (2)

					TARMIN
			Scrutiny does not frighten us.

					JEV
			We will be happy to cooperate,
			Doctor.

					BEVERLY
			Thank you. I'll contact you
			tomorrow morning.

	She and Picard turn to EXIT. Camera PUSHES IN to Jev's
	face.

       STAR TREK: "Violations" - 10/25/91 - ACT THREE       32.

69A  OMITTED

69B  INT. SICKBAY

	Keiko is sitting on a bio-bed, Beverly and Doctor
	Martin are with her.

					BEVERLY
			You're the only person on board
			who's undergone a memory probe
			by the Ullians. I'd like to do
			a neurological work-up... see
			if I can detect any residual
			effect.

					KEIKO
			I'm happy to help...

					BEVERLY
			Doctor Martin will monitor your
			vital signs while I do the scan.

	Beverly reaches for a special tricorder and begins
	to use it.

					BEVERLY
			Have you had any unusual symptoms
			since the probe? Headaches?
			Dizziness?

					KEIKO
			No, nothing like that. It was
			a wonderful experience...

    STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT THREE    33.

69B  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(reading tricorder)
			Electrical activity is normal...
			CPK levels are normal... the
			hippocampus is stable... and the
			thalamus...
				(beat)
			... the thalamus is normal.
				(to Martin)
			There's no indication at all of
			the electropathic residue.

					KEIKO
				(bewildered)
			Is that good?

	Beverly smiles reassuringly at her.

					BEVERLY
			You're fine, Keiko. But we're
			no closer to solving this mystery.

70   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi at his monitors.

					GEORDI
			Computer, locate the electropathic
			pattern described in medical
			database four-delta-one.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Electropathic pattern located.

					GEORDI
			Okay, we're gonna track down any
			possible cause of that brain
			pattern. First, what are the
			medical conditions that might
			account for it?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Iresine Syndrome is a cause of
			the electropathic pattern.

					GEORDI
			Right. And Doctor Crusher's
			already eliminated that. How many
			nonmedical forces or substances
			might cause the pattern?

    STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT THREE    34.

70   CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			There are twenty-two nonmedical
			agents.

					GEORDI
			Okay. And how many of those are
			present on the Enterprise?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			None is present on the Enterprise.

					GEORDI
			Are the ship's sensors calibrated
			to detect all those agents?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			All agents are scanned by the
			sensors.

	Another beat.

					GEORDI
			Okay. Let's start with the
			chemical substances. Name them.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Ferrazene, hylanatine, dardilion,
			chrysimite, and manzene.

					GEORDI
			Ferrazene has a complex molecular
			structure... it breaks down into
			bilenium and tarrisite. Do the
			sensors scan for those?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Ship's sensors scan for both
			compounds.

					GEORDI
			And are they present on the
			Enterprise?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Bilenium and tarrisite are not
			present.

	A pause while Geordi thinks harder.

    STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT THREE    34A.

70   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Do any of the substances break
			down into by-products that are
			not scanned for?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Dardilion contains the byproduct
			nilizene. Sensors do not
			routinely scan for that substance.

					GEORDI
			Well, this isn't a routine
			situation. Scan for nilizene.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			There is no nilizene on the
			Enterprise.

    STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT THREE    35.

71   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			Why did I know you were going to
			say that?

	He leans back in his chair... settles in for the long
	haul.

					GEORDI
			Okay. Let's move on to
			nonchemical agents.

71   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE

	Beverly is working at her monitor; Doctor Martin
	ENTERS.

					DOCTOR MARTIN
			Anything more I can do for you?

	She turns from the monitor, stretches her neck
	slightly.

					BEVERLY
			No, thanks. I was just doing some
			reading on Iresine Syndrome. If
			a new strain has developed, that
			might explain the normal histamine
			count.

					DOCTOR MARTIN
			Any luck?

					BEVERLY
			Not so far.

	He smiles at her, knowing she'll stick there until
	she's exhausted the possibility.

					DOCTOR MARTIN
			Okay. I'll see you tomorrow.

       STAR TREK: "Violations" - 10/25/91 - ACT THREE       36.

71   CONTINUED:

	Martin EXITS and Beverly keeps working, engrossed in
	the monitor.

									SUBLIMINAL CUT TO:

72   INT. STARBASE MORGUE (FLASHBACK)

	Picard's face and head sports a bandage.

73   RESUME BEVERLY - PRESENT

	jarred by the remembrance, trying to concentrate on
	work once more.

									SUBLIMINAL CUT TO:

74   INT. STARBASE MORGUE (FLASHBACK)

	A body on a bio-bed, covered by a sheet (or 24th-
	century equivalent).

					PICARD'S VOICE
			You shouldn't remember him like
			this.

75   RESUME BEVERLY (PRESENT)

	sitting upright in her chair, frozen with shock as the
	overwhelming memory sweeps over her.

									CUT TO:

76   INT. STARBASE MORGUE - MEMORY FLASHBACK

	(With characteristic visual treatment.)

	A younger Beverly -- with a different hairstyle --
	and a younger Picard, she in civvies and he in
	"Stargazer" uniform. His head sports a bandage.
	The two walk toward a body on a gurney, covered by a
	drape.

					PICARD
			You don't have to do this...

    STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT THREE    37.

76   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			It's important to me. I have to
			see him.

									JUMP CUT TO:

77   INT. STARBASE CORRIDOR (FLASHBACK)

	Picard and Beverly walk down the corridor.

					BEVERLY
			It's good of you to come with me.

					PICARD
			It's the least I can do...

	They stop before a door.

									JUMP CUT TO:

78   INT. MORGUE (FLASHBACK)

	Beverly and Picard standing at the gurney.

					PICARD
			You shouldn't remember him like
			this.

					BEVERLY
			I have to face the fact that he's
			gone.

									JUMP CUT TO:

79   INT. CORRIDOR - CLOSE ON DOORS (FLASHBACK)

	The doors slide open, revealing an empty, sterile,
	brightly lit room. On the far wall are large drawers
	(for bodies). In the middle of the room, in horrific
	isolation, is a gurney, on which lies a drape-covered
	body.

									JUMP CUT TO:

80   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE - IN THE PRESENT

	Beverly slumps in her chair, eyes staring, numb with
	the memory.

									CUT TO:

    STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT THREE    38.

81   INT. MORGUE - MEMORY FLASHBACK

	Beverly and Picard at the gurney.

					BEVERLY
			I have to see him.

					PICARD
			You shouldn't remember him like
			this...

									JUMP CUT TO:

82   INT. STARBASE CORRIDOR (FLASHBACK)

	Beverly and Picard walking.

					BEVERLY
			It's good of you to come with me.

									JUMP CUT TO:

83   INT. MORGUE - HANDS LIFTING THE SHEET (FLASHBACK)

	from the body as Beverly stares down. Sheet is lifted
	into camera; we do not see the body.

									JUMP CUT TO:

84   INT. CORRIDOR (FLASHBACK)

					PICARD
			It's the least I can do...

									JUMP CUT TO:

85   INT. MORGUE (FLASHBACK)

	They approach the body.

					PICARD
			You don't have to do this...

    STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/29/91 - ACT THREE    39.

85   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			It's important to me.

									JUMP CUT TO:

86
thru	OMITTED
86C

87   ANOTHER ANGLE (FLASHBACK)

	of Picard and Beverly -- only this time it's not
	Picard, it's Jev, in his uniform, his head in the
	bandage.

					JEV
			You shouldn't remember him like
			this...

88   INT. CORRIDOR (FLASHBACK)

	Picard and Beverly. Picard speaks -- but we hear Jev's
	voice.

					PICARD/JEV
			It's the least I can do...

									JUMP CUT TO:

88A  JACK - THEIR POV

	lying on the gurney, a wound on his face.

88B  CLOSE UP ON JACK'S EYES

	They snap open.

88C  BEVERLY

	screams.

88D  CLOSE ON OPEN EYES

	Pull back to reveal it's Jev, lying on the gurney, the
	same wound on his face.

									JUMP CUT TO:

    STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT THREE    39A.

89   BEVERLY (FLASHBACK)

	gasps, turns... bumps into --

90   JEV (FLASHBACK)

	in Picard's uniform and bandage, smiling sadly at her.
	Beverly covers her eyes and screams in terror.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

         STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 11/22/91 - ACT FOUR         40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

A91	INT. SICKBAY

	Geordi and Data ENTER, walking toward Beverly's office.

					GEORDI
			I've spent two hours having a cozy
			chat with the computer. I've
			checked everything I can think
			of -- any possible agent that
			might cause that electropathic
			pattern.

					DATA
			I would assume from the tone of
			your voice that you were
			unsuccessful.

					GEORDI
			Didn't find a thing.

	They have reached Beverly's office. As they ENTER --

					GEORDI
			And the Doctor's not gonna like
			hearing that --

	They spot Beverly slumped over her desk. Geordi
	quickly moves to her, checks her pulse while Data taps
	his combadge.

					DATA
			Emergency medical team to Doctor
			Crusher's office immediately.

91   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard, Geordi, and Data.

					GEORDI
			Doctor Crusher had me working on
			a shipwide diagnostic. I'd gone
			to give her the results when I
			found her.

					PICARD
			Did your scans provide any
			insights into these comas?

         STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 11/22/91 - ACT FOUR        40A.

91   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			None. I checked and
			cross-checked... they were just
			dead ends.

					DATA
			We seem to have eliminated all
			known factors that could have
			caused the comas -- except for
			the Ullians.

	Picard digests this, then --

					PICARD
			Mister Data, I want you to
			investigate those eleven planets
			the Ullians have visited. See
			if there have been any reports
			of unexplained comas.

					DATA
			Yes, Captain.

					PICARD
			In the meantime, we must consider
			restricting them to their
			quarters. As a precautionary
			measure...

      STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 11/22/91 - ACT FOUR 41-41A        

91   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			If one of them is behind this...
			will keeping telepaths in their
			quarters prevent it from happening
			again?

	Picard is well aware of the problem.

					PICARD
			What else can we do? Station a
			guard? Set up a force field?
			I don't know if those would be
			any more effective...

					MARTIN'S COM VOICE
			Sickbay to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			Picard here...

					MARTIN'S COM VOICE
			Sir... Counselor Troi has regained
			consciousness.

	Picard exchanges glances with the others -- this may
	be a breakthrough.

					PICARD
			I'm on my way.

92   INT. SICKBAY

	Troi sits in a bio-bed, talking with Martin and Picard.
	She is struggling to recall what happened to her.

					TROI
			It's like waking up from a
			nightmare... but not remembering
			what it was about.

					PICARD
			What's the last thing you do
			remember?

         STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT FOUR         42.

92   CONTINUED:

	There's a long beat as Troi thinks...

					TROI
			My hair... I was brushing my hair.

	There is a pause as she tries to go beyond that.

					PICARD
			And then... ?

	Troi struggles to take the next step, but finally
	shakes her head in frustration.

					TROI
			I don't know... just... waking
			up here...

	She looks up at them, fragile and vulnerable.

					TROI
			Why do I feel so frightened? What
			happened to me?

					PICARD
			We were hoping you could tell us.

					TROI
			How long have I been here?

					MARTIN
			Three days.

					TROI
				(stunned)
			Three days... ?

					PICARD
			You were the first. The next day
			Commander Riker fell into a
			similar coma... and last night
			-- Doctor Crusher.

	Troi is shocked and disturbed by this revelation.

					TROI
				(amazed)
			What is going on here... ?

         STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT FOUR         43.

92   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			We aren't certain.
				(beat)
			It may be... that there is some
			unusual effect produced by the
			Ullians' telepathic activity.

	Troi sinks back on the bed, trying to absorb all this
	startling information.

					PICARD
			I'm going to talk to them. In
			the meantime, you're to stay here
			and recuperate. And if you
			remember anything about what
			happened to you... let me know
			immediately.

	He turns and EXITS. Troi is left with strange,
	disturbing feelings that she can't even identify.

93   INT. ULLIAN QUARTERS

	Picard with Tarmin, Inad, and Jev. Tarmin already
	has a head of steam gathered; Picard is trying to
	navigate these troubled diplomatic waters carefully.

					TARMIN
			What are you suggesting, Captain?

					PICARD
			That you voluntarily confine
			yourself to quarters. At least
			until we unravel this mystery.

					TARMIN
				(offended)
			We're to be prisoners?

					JEV
			Father...

					PICARD
			Please don't think of it that way.

	He moves toward them, making his case.

         STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT FOUR         44.

93   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			We have done everything we can
			think of to explain these comas.
			We've performed physical
			examinations and neurological
			scans... we have conducted a
			shipwide diagnostic, looking for
			viruses and parasites and
			infestations...

	He stands before the Ullians, at the end of his rope.

					PICARD
			We have investigated every
			possible cause we can imagine.
			And we have found nothing --
			nothing -- to explain the comas.

	He pauses a moment, eyeing them.

					PICARD
			The only variable we cannot
			eliminate... is your presence
			on this ship.
				(beat)
			In light of these efforts, I ask
			you to understand my request.
			And to honor it.

	There is a silence in the room.

					JEV
			Captain... our history indicates
			that we do not adversely affect
			the people we contact.

					PICARD
			I know that.

					JEV
			Then... are you implying an
			intentional assault?

					PICARD
			I am simply trying to consider
			all possibilities.

	Jev regards Picard, thinking.

					JEV
			Surely you would give us the
			chance to prove that we are
			innocent?


         STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT FOUR         45.

93   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			If that is possible, of course.

					JEV
			Then... I would propose doing a
			memory probe of Counselor Troi.

	Picard gives him a surprised look.

					JEV
			You've said she doesn't remember
			what happened to her before she
			lapsed into unconsciousness. I
			could retrieve that memory...
			There's a possibility it could
			explain the coma -- and prove us
			innocent.

					PICARD
			I'm sorry. But I cannot subject
			the Counselor to a potentially
			dangerous procedure.

					TARMIN
			And I will not be a party to any
			of these proceedings.

	Tarmin withdraws to another part of the room,
	separating himself from the group. Inad steps forward.

					INAD
			Jev is making a reasonable
			request, Captain. If we're to
			be accused, surely we're entitled
			to a defense.

	She walks to Picard, addresses him directly.

					INAD
			Tarmin did a memory probe on
			another of your crew... Has she
			suffered any ill effects?

					PICARD
			No...

					INAD
			And neither will Counselor Troi.
			Please... have as many people
			present as you like to guarantee
			her safety... but give us this
			chance to vindicate ourselves.

	A pause as Picard considers.

         STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT FOUR         46.

93   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			I will discuss the matter with
			the Counselor.

93A  OMITTED

93B  INT. BRIDGE

	Geordi and Data working at separate science stations.

					GEORDI
			Well, that's it for Melina Two.
			No unexplained comas during the
			time the Ullians were working
			there. We're striking out
			everywhere.

					DATA
			We have yet to receive
			transmissions from the two planets
			of the Nel system. Perhaps they
			will show different results.

					GEORDI
			Maybe...
				(a thought)
			Or maybe... we're not checking
			for the right thing.

	He turns to his console.

					DATA
			Please clarify.

					GEORDI
			We didn't look into the comas
			that were explained.

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			Why would we do that?

					GEORDI
			Remember what Doctor Crusher said
			right after Counselor Troi became
			unconscious? That it looked
			exactly like Iresine syndrome
			except for the histamine count?

         STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/29/91 - ACT FOUR         47.

93B  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Yes.

					GEORDI
			Maybe not every medical facility
			is as careful as Doctor Crusher.
			Maybe it's easier to give a quick
			diagnosis to something than to
			keep hunting for the real cause.

	Geordi keeps inputting.

					DATA
			You are checking for instances
			of Iresine Syndrome...

					GEORDI
			Right... and correlating them with
			visits by the Ullians --
				(sees something on
				 monitor)
			-- and there we are.

	Data joins him at the console.

					DATA
			Two cases of Iresine Syndrome on
			Hurada Three -- right at the time
			Tarmin and his group was there.

	He and Data exchange a glance.

					GEORDI
			Let's try the other planets. I
			think we may have something.

            STAR TREK: "Violations" - 10/25/91 - ACT FOUR           48.

94   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	Troi, Picard, Worf, Inad and Jev.

					PICARD
			Counselor, I want to reiterate...
			if you have any doubts about this
			procedure, you don't have to
			go through with it.

					TROI
			I want to do it, Captain.
			Something awful happened to me...
			and I can't even remember what
			it was.

	Picard is reluctant in a protective way, but acquiesces
	to her.

					PICARD
			Very well.

	He backs off, and nods to Jev.

					JEV
			Counselor... what's the last thing
			you remember that night?

         STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/29/91 - ACT FOUR         49.

94   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Brushing my hair...

					JEV
			Would you get your hairbrush?

	Troi walks to the vanity and takes her hairbrush. Jev
	puts his hand on his forehead in the same way Tarmin
	did in the teaser. He closes his eyes in
	concentration.

					JEV
			Tell me about brushing your
			hair... do you do it every night?

					TROI
			Yes... when I'm ready for bed...
				(she frowns)

					JEV
			What is it?

									SUBLIMINAL CUT TO:

95   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS (FLASHBACK)

	Riker's hand, stroking her hair.

96   RESUME TROI (PRESENT)

					TROI
			Someone... touching my hair...

					JEV
			Someone's with you in the room?

					TROI
			No... I'm alone. No one's there.

	Troi puts down the hairbrush, closes her eyes.

					TROI
			I get some hot chocolate...

	She frowns again, disturbed by something.

					JEV
			Something's happening...

         STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/29/91 - ACT FOUR         50.

96   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I'm alone in my quarters... and
			I'm remembering something from
			a few years ago...

					JEV
			Go back... into that memory...
			you said someone was touching
			your hair... ?

					TROI
			Yes... and...

									SUBLIMINAL CUT TO:

97   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS (FLASHBACK)

	Riker and Troi, hands touching over the poker chips.

98   RESUME TROI (PRESENT)

					TROI
				(smiling)
			It's Will Riker... that's right...
			I was thinking of him...

					JEV
			Remembering a time when you were
			with him...

					TROI
			Yes... after a poker game...

					JEV
			It's a pleasant memory... stay
			with it...

									SUBLIMINAL CUT TO:

98A  INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS (FLASHBACK)

	Tarmin's arms lowering her backwards onto the floor.

98B  RESUME TROI (PRESENT)

	Now her face clouds, she looks distressed.

         STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT FOUR         51.

98B  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			... but now he's hurting me...
			no...

					JEV
			You're frightened...

					TROI
			I want him to stop...

	She gasps and throws her head back...

					TROI
			It's not Will... somebody's taken
			his place...

					JEV
			Someone else is there? Who is
			it?

					TROI
				(shaking her head)
			No... no... he shouldn't be
			there... why is he there? No...
			no... he's hurting me...

					JEV
			Can you see his face... ?

					TROI
			Yes...

									CUT TO:

99   TARMIN (FLASHBACK)

	staring down at her, an ugly look on his face.

					TARMIN
			Imzadi...

         STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT FOUR         52.

100  RESUME TROI (PRESENT)

					TROI
			No... stop... you're hurting me...

					INAD
			Who is it? Who's doing this to
			you?

	Troi's eyes snap open and she gets to her feet. She
	stares at Jev.

					TROI
			It's Tarmin... it's your father!

	Inad looks stunned; Picard and Worf react; Jev opens
	his eyes and stares at Troi with pity and concern.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

         STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/29/91 - ACT FIVE         53.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

101  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45433.2.
			We have set a course for Starbase
			Four-forty, where the Ullians will
			disembark and return to their home
			planet.

102  INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Jev.

					JEV
			Inad and I have contacted our home
			planet. If you want to prosecute
			my father, the authorities there
			will support you.

					PICARD
			I'm not sure we have any legal
			basis for prosecution... memory
			invasion simply isn't a crime
			we've ever had to contend with.

					JEV
			According to what I've just
			learned... it was a practice that
			was abolished on our world
			centuries ago.

					PICARD
			What would motivate someone like
			your father to commit such an act?

					JEV
			I don't know. A perverse source
			of pleasure... a way to exercise
			control over another... ?

         STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/29/91 - ACT FIVE         54.

102  CONTINUED:

	A beat as Picard reflects on this.

					PICARD
			Your father claims -- quite
			strenuously -- that he is
			innocent.

					JEV
			My father has never been one to
			admit that he's wrong.
				(shakes his head)
			But it's hard to believe he would
			be capable of this.

					PICARD
			This must be very hard for you.

					JEV
			I am told... that the punishment
			for this crime is quite severe.

	There is silence at that remark, then Jev starts
	toward the door, turns back.

					JEV
			We are monitoring his telepathic
			activity. You have my assurance
			that he won't assault anyone
			else.
				(beat)
			I am sorry for this, Captain.

	And he EXITS. Picard thinks for a moment, then --

					PICARD
			Picard to Data.

103  INT. BRIDGE - AFT SCIENCE STATION - INTERCUTTING

					DATA
			Yes, Captain.

					PICARD
			How's your search coming?


         STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/29/91 - ACT FIVE         55.

103  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			We have uncovered several cases,
			sir, but we have not yet completed
			our search.

					PICARD
			We'll want to inform the medical
			personnel on those planets that
			we have discovered the true nature
			of the comas. I'm sure they would
			appreciate knowing what really
			happened.

					DATA
			We will keep searching, sir.

	Geordi is working at his console, now turns to Data.

					GEORDI
			We just got the transmission from
			the Nel system. No mention of
			Iresine Syndrome... but there are
			two unexplained comas on one
			planet... none on the other.

					DATA
			And were the Ullians present?

					GEORDI
			Checking their mission logs...
				(studies the screen,
				 looks puzzled)
			That's funny...

					DATA
			What is it?

					GEORDI
			On stardates 45321 and 45323, when
			the comas occurred... Tarmin was
			on his home planet.
				(looking at Data)
			He wasn't anywhere near the Nel
			system.

         STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/29/91 - ACT FIVE         56.

104  INT. TROI'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Troi is looking through patient records on the
	computer, a PADD beside her. The door CHIMES.

					TROI
			Come in.

	The door opens and Jev ENTERS. She rises and walks
	toward him.

					TROI
			Hello, Jev.

					JEV
			We'll be reaching the starbase
			soon. I wanted to say good-bye...
			and to apologize again for my
			father.

					TROI
			There's no need... you're not
			responsible for what he did.

	He gazes at her sadly for a moment.

					JEV
			Before all this happened... I had
			hoped we might become friends.

					TROI
			We still can...

					JEV
			After what he's put you through?
			Maybe you can forget... I'm not
			sure I can.

	He reaches out, touches her face.

					JEV
			You are so lovely...

	He pulls his hand away abruptly, moves away.

         STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/28/91 - ACT FIVE         57.

104  CONTINUED: (2)

					JEV
			I have to go. Good-bye.

	She is distressed by his sudden terseness. She doesn't
	want him to feel guilty for what she believes is his
	father's deed.

					TROI
			Jev... you're upset. Would you
			like to talk?

					JEV
			No...

	He is holding himself very still, as though resisting
	some overpowering instinct.

					TROI
			You'd feel better if you did...

	Slowly, he turns to face her.

					JEV
			Why do you have to be so nice...
				(closes his eyes)
			So lovely...

	Jev puts his hand on his head in the memory-probe
	fashion. Now it is Troi who looks distressed, a bit
	disoriented.

									SUBLIMINAL CUT TO:

105  INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS (FLASHBACK)

	Poker chips falling to the floor.

106  RESUME TROI AND JEV (PRESENT)

	She tries to shake off the memory.

					TROI
			What... what's happening... ?

									SUBLIMINAL CUT TO:

107  INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS (FLASHBACK)

	Riker's arms lowering her to the floor.

            STAR TREK: "Violations" - 10/25/91 - ACT FIVE           58.

108  RESUME TROI AND JEV (PRESENT)

	She stares at him, a little dazed but realizing what's
	happening.

					TROI
			It's happening again...

					JEV
			You are so beautiful... so
			fragile...

					TROI
			It was you... it was always you...

									SUBLIMINAL CUT TO:

109  INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS (FLASHBACK)

	Jev's arms lowering her backward -- holding her
	tightly, hurting her.

					JEV'S VOICE
				(distorted)
			Have you stopped thinking about
			us?

110  RESUME TROI AND JEV (PRESENT)

	Struggling to maintain control, Troi reaches for her
	combadge, but Jev grabs her wrist, stopping her, and
	pulls it off. She tries to grab for it, but is
	immediately assaulted by more images.

					TROI
			No...

111  INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS (FLASHBACK)

	Jev stands holding the poker chips, smiling sadly.

					JEV
			Imzadi...

									JUMP CUT TO:

112  OMITTED

            STAR TREK: "Violations" - 10/25/91 - ACT FIVE           59.

113  JEV AND TROI (FLASHBACK)

	He holds her tightly, bending over her as she lies on
	the floor.

					JEV
			Imzadi...

					TROI
			No -- no --

            STAR TREK: "Violations" - 10/25/91 - ACT FIVE           60.

114  INT. TROI'S QUARTERS (PRESENT)

					TROI
			No -- I won't let you!

	And, propelled by all her rage and desperation, she
	LUNGES at him. She HITS HIM in the face, and Jev grabs
	her wrists.

115  ANGLE ON TROI

	as she tries to free herself, then KICKS HIM furiously
	in the shins. Jev cries out and lets go; she PUNCHES
	HIM in the ear.

116  ANGLE ON JEV

	as, enraged, he charges her. He tries to grab her from
	behind as she reaches for the PADD from her desk; she
	struggles free and swings her arms in a wide arc,
	HITTING HIM in the face with the PADD. He recoils only
	briefly and GRABS HER firmly.

117  TROI

	struggles, PUNCHING and KICKING as best she can,
	lashing out at him, her fury preventing her from
	yielding. All of her anger propels her, all of the
	outrage she feels against this man who has violated
	her.

118  ANOTHER ANGLE - TOWARD DOOR

	as Worf, Data, and several SECURITY OFFICERS rush in.

					WORF
			Let go of her!

	Jev flings Troi away and charges Worf. He and Worf
	scuffle, but Jev is no match for the powerful Klingon.
	He is subdued and the security officers take him away.

119  ANGLE ON DATA

	who has gone immediately to Troi, helped her to her
	feet. She is out of breath and rubbing her hand, which
	is sore from hitting Jev.

          STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 11/5/91 - ACT FIVE         61.

119  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Counselor, are you hurt?

					TROI
			No... why... why did you come
			here? How did you know?

					DATA
			We discovered two instances of
			unexplained comas on Nel Three
			while the Ullians were there...
			but Tarmin was not part of the
			group. A closer examination
			revealed that only one Ullian was
			present at all incidents of coma
			-- Jev.

119A ON TROI

	as she takes this in.

									CUT TO:

120  OMITTED

121  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	traveling through space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45435.8.
			Doctor Crusher and Commander Riker
			regained consciousness while we
			were en route to the Ullian home
			world. The slow process of their
			recovery has begun.

122  INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Beverly, Troi, Riker, and Tarmin -- who has
	lost his pomposity and braggadocio.

         STAR TREK: "Violations" - REV. 10/31/91 - ACT FIVE         62.

122  CONTINUED:

					TARMIN
			I have asked that the finest
			physicians on my world meet with
			you all upon our return... to help
			you in your healing process.

					BEVERLY
			They have been in contact with
			us already. Thank you...

					TARMIN
			It has been three centuries since
			anyone was treated for this...
			this form of rape. But there are
			medical records from that era...
				(beat)
			It was a time of great violence
			among my people... a time we
			thought we had left far behind.
			That this could happen now...
			is unimaginable.

					PICARD
			Earth was once a violent planet,
			too. At times, the chaos seemed
			to threaten the very fabric of
			life.

	He moves toward Tarmin, trying to offer comfort.

					PICARD
			Like you, we have evolved. We've
			learned to find better ways to
			handle our conflicts.
				(beat)
			But no one would deny that a seed
			of violence remains in every one
			of us. The potential for it is
			always there. We must learn to
			recognize it... because that
			violence is capable of consuming
			each of us. Just as it consumed
			your son.

	And as they all reflect on these somber thoughts --

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                   "The Masterpiece Society" 
                          #40275-213 
                              
                           Story by 
                 James Kahn and Adam Belanoff 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
               Adam Belanoff and Michael Piller 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rick Kolbe 


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FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1991 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                       NOVEMBER 4, 1991


       STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/4/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Masterpiece Society" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             AARON CONOR
                RIKER              MARCUS BENBECK
                DATA               HANNAH BATES
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                                   Non-Speaking
                                     GENOME COLONISTS
                AN ENSIGN            12-YEAR-OLD PIANIST
                          
                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

       STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/4/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Masterpiece Society" 
                      
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     MOAB FOUR
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE         DESOLATE SURFACE
              ENGINEERING                 (MATTE)
              TURBOLIFT                  GENOME COLONY
                                          (MATTE)
                                         COURTYARD
            GENOME COLONY                ISOLATED LOCATIONS
              LABORATORY                  BY BIOSHPERE WALL
          
                                       STELLAR CORE FRAGMENT

  STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/6/91 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Masterpiece Society" 
                        
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

               GENETICISTS       ja-NET-ih-systs
               GENOME            geh-NOHM
               GRAVIMETRIC       grav-ih-MEH-trik
               GRAVITON          GRAV-ih-tahn
               HOMEOSTASIS       ho-me-oh-STAY-ses
               MOAB              MOH-ub
               TECTONIC          tek-TAHN-ik
               TOXICITY          tahk-SIS-eht-ee

     STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - TEASER     1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                   "The Masterpiece Society"                        
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Traveling through space parallel but not too close
	to a huge stellar core fragment, hundreds of times
	larger than the Enterprise... It is quite spherical,
	not too nubly (unlike an asteroid) emitting a
	bluish-white light glow, with cascades of sparklies,
	occasional blue-violet gamma ray bursts...

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45470.1.
			The Enterprise has been diverted
			to the Moab sector to track a
			stellar core fragment of a
			disintegrated neutron star. Our
			science teams have been asked to
			monitor the planetary disruptions
			it may cause.

2    INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	RIKER leaning over DATA at ops, reacting with concern
	to something. WORF, TROI, and GEORDI are also at their
	stations. Picard ENTERS from the ready room.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			We've got a problem... our core
			fragment is going to pass by Moab
			Four in six days...

     STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - TEASER     2.

2    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Isn't that what we anticipated?

					RIKER
			We didn't anticipate that somebody
			would be living there.

	Picard reacts.

					DATA
			An artificial environment has been
			constructed on the southern
			continent, sir.

					PICARD
			Have you definitely established
			someone's inside it?

					DATA
			Yes, Captain. Sensors are reading
			Human lifeforms.

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			Human.

					RIKER
			Has there been a response to our
			hails, Mister Worf?

					WORF
			Negative, Commander.

					PICARD
			Any starships ever reported
			missing in this sector, Data?

					DATA
			Nossir.

					RIKER
			How the hell did they get
			themselves on a deserted planet?

					GEORDI
			I'm pretty sure they know we're
			here...

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge?

    STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " - REV. 11/6/91 - TEASER    3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			I'm picking up deep E-M
			readings... looks like wave
			emissions from an obsolete
			subspace relay...

					RIKER
			Which would suggest they also have
			the ability to communicate with
			us.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, open the lower band
			frequencies that were most
			commonly used in the last
			century...

					WORF
			Channel open.

					PICARD
			This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard
			of the Federation Starship
			Enterprise. It is urgent that
			you respond.

	A beat.

					WORF
			Sir, defensive shields around the
			structure are increasing strength.

					RIKER
			Not exactly a welcome mat.

					PICARD
			We mean you no harm. We must warn
			you that your planet is about to
			experience massive seismic
			disruptions due to an approaching
			stellar core fragment. No
			structure will be able to withstand
			them.

	A beat... silence... and then --

					WORF
			They are responding.

					PICARD
			On screen.

     STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " REV. 11/6/91 - TEASER     4.

3    ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN OPTICAL)

	On the viewscreen appears a human male, AARON CONOR, in
	his late 30's or early 40's. He wears power and
	authority easily for one relatively young and boyish
	looking. At the moment, he is obviously troubled.

					CONOR
			Enterprise... I am Aaron Conor...

					PICARD
			Mister Conor, we were unaware of
			any Human colony in this system.

					CONOR
			Captain, I don't want to be rude
			but we don't wish to interact with
			outsiders. I have only responded
			because of your warning.

					PICARD
			The fragment will begin to have
			serious effects on your planet
			in six days.

					CONOR
			Yes, I know. We have been
			tracking it. But our biosphere
			has been constructed to withstand
			quakes of eight-point-seven on
			the Richter Scale.

					RIKER
			Mister Data... ?

					DATA
				(to viewscreen)
			The fragment has a density of one
			hundred billion kilograms per cubic
			centimeter. As a result, when it
			passes Moab Four, it will cause
			tectonic shifts well beyond
			eight-point-seven on the Richter
			Scale.

					PICARD
			I'm afraid we're going to have
			to evacuate your people.

					CONOR
			Evacuate? That's not possible.
			There must be an alternative...

					RIKER
			The alternative, sir, is dying...

     STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - TEASER     5.

3    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Mister Conor, if you wish, we will
			find you another isolated planet
			that is safe.

					CONOR
			No, we must remain here.

					RIKER
			Maybe we haven't made ourselves
			clear...

					CONOR
			Of course, you have, Commander...
			and I hope I've made myself clear
			that we must seek an alternative
			solution...

					PICARD
				(with diplomacy)
			We will gladly explore the
			possibility with you, Mister
			Conor... would you care to come
			aboard to discuss it?

					CONOR
			Our environment is sealed. No
			one can get in or out.

					PICARD
			We are capable of matter/energy
			transport...

					CONOR
			Matter/energy?

					PICARD
			We can take you directly through
			the structure.

					CONOR
				(reacts)
			Really. That's quite remarkable.

					PICARD
				(genial, inviting)
			May we arrange for your transport?

					CONOR
			No. I must stay here.

    STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " - REV. 11/6/91 - TEASER    6.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard exchanges a glance with Riker, beginning to get
	impatient with this fellow.

					CONOR
				(beat)
			But under the circumstances, I
			will permit a small delegation
			from your ship inside the
			biosphere...
				(with humor)
			... if only to see this
			matter/energy transportation you
			speak of...

					PICARD
			Very good. Commander Riker and
			an away team will join you
			shortly. Picard out.

4    THE VIEWSCREEN

	returns to the planet. Picard is thoughtful...

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Limit the away team to three
			people, Will...

	Riker acknowledges and as he turns...

5    RESUME BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Geordi -- I want to overwhelm him
			with evidence...

					GEORDI
			Understood.

					RIKER
				(to Troi)
			Counselor, I'd like you with us
			on this one...

	She nods and as they move toward the turbolift...

6    EXT. GENOME COURTYARD - DAY - LATER

	A limited view of a yard... MARCUS BENBECK, a thin,
	studious man in his 50's is arguing with Conor.

     STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - TEASER     7.

6    CONTINUED:

	Both men are excellent physical specimens, dressed in
	comfortable civilian clothes -- closer to 20th-century
	garb than we are used to seeing.

					BENBECK
			This is a mistake.

					CONOR
			Good Lord, Martin, what would you
			have me do?

					BENBECK
			Anything that would keep them out
			of here.

					CONOR
			We have nothing to hide.

					BENBECK
			We have a great deal to lose.

	They react first to the sound of the transport...

					BENBECK
			What is that... ?

					CONOR
				(reacting)
			It's them... Look at this,
			Martin...

	They watch --

7    THE AWAY TEAM (OPTICAL)

	MATERIALIZE.

					CONOR
			Incredible.

	Riker, Geordi and Troi and look around... and begin
	to have an inkling why these people are reluctant to
	leave... MOVE TO REVEAL the Genome Colony... lush,
	spacious, peaceful. The courtyard is the main
	gathering place and there are dozens of people watching
	with amazement at the away team's arrival... they are
	all very attractive, perfect physical specimens.
	Exotic vegetation and pleasant seating areas make it
	an inviting, comfortable area.

     STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - TEASER     8.

7    CONTINUED:

	Walls with see-through panels separate this paradise
	from the red, barren, noxious landscape beyond -- an
	ever-present indication that this courtyard is merely
	an oasis from the toxic atmosphere outside.

					CONOR
			Hello.
				(beat)
			Forgive me... I'm not sure how
			to welcome you. You are the first
			visitors we've ever had...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece ... " - REV. 11/6/91 - ACT ONE   9.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

8    EXT. GENOME COURTYARD - MINUTES LATER (OPTICAL)

	The group walks along the courtyard. Conor is cordial,
	outgoing. Benbeck is a stern, colorless man.

					TROI
			It's lovely... I can understand
			why you are reluctant to leave,
			Mister Conor...

					CONOR
			We are not just "reluctant", Ms.
			Troi. It is imperative that we
			remain.

					BENBECK
				(harsh)
			It would be suicide to evacuate.
			It would destroy everything we've
			worked for two centuries to
			accomplish...

					CONOR
			You see, this is an engineered
			society...

					RIKER
			Engineered... ?

					CONOR
			Genetically engineered...

	He pauses, trying to find a way to explain this
	simply...

					CONOR
			Our ancestors came from Earth to
			develop the perfect society. They
			believed that through controlled
			procreation, they could create
			people without flaws... and those
			people would build a paradise.

    STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT ONE    10.

8    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			All of you... have been
			selectively bred? Your DNA
			patterns chosen?

	Conor turns and smiles at her.

					CONOR
			Eight generations of us.

					BENBECK
			We have immeasurably extended the
			potential of humanity --
			physically, psychologically --
			we have evolved beyond...
			beyond...
				(realizing he's in
				 trouble)

					GEORDI
			Beyond us...

					BENBECK
			Frankly, yes. No one in this
			society would be blind, for
			example, no offense intended...

					GEORDI
			I can see you just fine, sir.

					BENBECK
			Yes, well, my point was just...

	Conor is embarrassed, looks at Benbeck with a critical
	eye, but with disarming humor...

					CONOR
			Thank you, Martin... Perhaps
			you've also made it clear that
			we still have a few imperfections
			we're working on...
				(beat)
			For the most part, we have
			achieved a fully integrated
			existence... not just among
			ourselves but with our
			environment... we don't just live
			here... we are part of the
			environment... it is part of us.
			Every plant life, every
			microscopic lifeform... is part
			of a master design.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT ONE    11.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					CONOR (cont'd)
			We cannot separate ourselves from
			it without irreparably altering
			who and what we are.

					BENBECK
			Your presence here has already
			begun to affect the entire
			balance of our society...

					CONOR
				(firm)
			If we do not survive, the balance
			of our society won't mean a great
			deal... will it?

	Martin harrumphs and walks away... Conor leads the
	group slowly into the courtyard, moving with them --

					CONOR
			I apologize. But he is performing
			his function as he is designed
			to do.

					GEORDI
				(a poor opinion)
			What "function" would that be?

					CONOR
			He is the interpreter of our
			founders' intentions for this
			society.

					RIKER
			A judge.

					CONOR
			Yes, more or less. Obviously,
			he has no diplomatic talents.

					TROI
			And obviously you do.

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece ... " - REV. 11/8/91 - ACT ONE   12.

8    CONTINUED: (3)

					CONOR
				(smiles)
			I have been bred to fill this
			specific role... we grow up
			knowing exactly what our society
			needs from us... what we are
			expected to do.

					RIKER
			Kind of takes some of fun out of
			choosing, doesn't it?

					CONOR
			Not at all. My entire
			psychological makeup tells me that
			I was born to lead... I am exactly
			what I would choose to be.
				(beat)
			Think of it another way -- are
			there still people in your society
			who have not discovered who they
			really are or what they're meant
			to do with their lives... ? They
			may be in the wrong job... they
			may be writing bad poetry. Even
			worse, there may be great poets
			working as laborers, never to be
			discovered. That does not happen
			here.
				(beat)
			It is, for us, an ideal existence
			and we won't give it up easily.

	He is passionate, and eloquent as a leader should be.
	And Troi is impressed with him.

					TROI
			We will do whatever we can to help
			you preserve it.

	Their eyes meet... his smile thanks her... And as the
	personal connection is made between them...

9    INT. GENOME LABORATORY - DAY (OPTICAL)

	HANNAH BATES is a vital young woman, about 30, bright,
	attractive, and inquisitive... working on Okudagrams
	regarding the fragment's path...

    STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT ONE    13.

9    CONTINUED:

					CONOR
			Hannah... I want you to meet our
			guests.

	She looks up, enthusiastic, comes over to greet them...

					HANNAH
			Yes... from the starship... I've
			been looking forward to speaking
			with you...

					CONOR
			Hannah Bates is one of our
			scientists. She's an expert on
			biosphere homeostasis...

	She finds herself staring an extra beat at Geordi's
	face...

					GEORDI
				(uncomfortable at her
				 stare)
			It's a sensory organ replacement.
			It allows me to see.

					HANNAH
			I'm sorry. I didn't mean to
			stare... I've just never seen
			anything like it.

					GEORDI
				(impatient)
			I'll be glad to show it to you
			if there's time...

					HANNAH
			Yes, of course, the fragment...

					CONOR
			Hannah, Commander La Forge has
			brought all the studies of the
			stellar core fragment done aboard
			his ship...

					HANNAH
			Wonderful...

					CONOR
				(to Riker)
			If there is any way to shore up
			our defenses, Hannah will find
			it...
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT ONE    14.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					CONOR (cont'd)
			She has a remarkable talent in
			theoretical physics...

	She moves to a work station... Geordi follows...

					HANNAH
				(to Geordi)
			I've worked up a few schematics
			based on gravimetric potentials
			and deflector energy allocation...

					RIKER
				(to Geordi)
			Mister La Forge... Troi and I
			will return to the Enterprise...
			when you reach a conclusion, let
			us know...

					GEORDI
			Yessir.

9A   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

					TROI
				(to Riker)
			Commander, if Mister Conor
			wouldn't object... I'd like to
			stay... and see more of his
			colony...

	They glance to Conor... who considers it for half a
	second...

					CONOR
			No, no, that would be fine...
			I'd like you to see it...

	Riker nods, fine... presses his combadge...

					RIKER
			Riker to Enterprise. One to beam
			up.

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged, Commander.

					RIKER
			Energize.

	HE DEMATERIALIZES. Conor and Hannah exchange an
	incredible glance...

    STAR TREK: "Masterpiece ... " REV. 11/6/91 - ACT ONE    15.

10   EXT. GENOME COURTYARD - DAY

	Troi and Conor stroll the courtyard, examining the
	flowers and a few free-standing sculptures that are
	dotted about.

					TROI
			You're sure my being here is not
			going to be disruptive... ?

					CONOR
			Disruptive... ? Oh, you mean, what
			Martin was saying...

					TROI
			I certainly don't wish to throw
			off your entire "balance"...

	With a smile --

					CONOR
			Too late. the damage is done.

					TROI
			Seriously.

					CONOR
			Sometimes, I think the strict
			interpreters like Martin forget
			that we're still Human. We'll
			adjust, accommodate...

					TROI
			There must be other unexpected
			events you have to deal with --
			an untimely death, an accident...

					CONOR
			Our geneticists are able to screen
			out any congenital health risks
			before conception... and the
			population is diverse enough
			to maintain a genetic balance
			in the event of accidental death.
			But very little that is unexpected
			occurs here...
				(beat)
			Am I making it sound incredibly
			dull?

					TROI
			Not at all.

    STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " REV. 11/6/91 - ACT ONE    16.

10   CONTINUED:

					CONOR
				(laughs lightly)
			I'll tell you the truth... and
			I'll deny it if you tell Martin...
			but today has been exhilarating...
			meeting you, meeting new people,
			with new ideas...

					TROI
			I feel the same about being
			here... I'm something of a
			student of Human nature... I find
			this all fascinating...

					CONOR
			A student of Human nature?

					TROI
			I'm the ship's counselor.

					CONOR
			Ah, I'm afraid there wouldn't
			be much work for you here,
			Counselor.

					TROI
				(smiles, good)
			I'd book my next vacation at your
			hotel if you had one.

					CONOR
			Well, in that case, I'll have to
			have them build one.

	And they exchange a glance... that was definitely
	flirtatious in intent.

11   INT. GENOME LABORATORY - DAY (OPTICAL)

	CLOSE ON AN OKUDAGRAM:

					GEORDI
			... The planet's orbit is
			completely disrupted and the
			surface stability becomes almost
			nonexistent as the core fragment
			passes by...

	HANNAH, glum, moves away from the monitor...

    STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " REV. 11/6/91 - ACT ONE    17.

11   CONTINUED:

					HANNAH
			The biosphere's superstructure
			will never withstand the tectonic
			shocks. The environment would
			be compromised.

					GEORDI
			That's how I see it.

	Hannah muses thoughtfully... frowns... shakes her
	head... a long beat...

					HANNAH
			Your ship... what kind of energy
			output is it capable of
			generating?

					GEORDI
			We have a matter/antimatter warp
			reaction system, the most powerful
			in Starfleet... normally kicks
			plasma up into the terawatt
			range... what are you thinking
			about?

					HANNAH
			Well, either we're going to have
			to move... or that fragment is...

					GEORDI
				(reacts)
			We can move a small moon or an
			asteroid, but a stellar core
			fragment? That's way too massive
			for our tractor beam...

	She punches up something on her computer... a new
	Okudagram appears...

					GEORDI
			What's that?

					HANNAH
			A wild idea. Purely theoretical.

					GEORDI
			A multiphase tractor beam?

					HANNAH
			When we first spotted the fragment
			approaching, I came up with the
			idea... but we can't generate the
			kind of energy we would need...
				(beat)
			You can.

	Off Geordi's reaction...

    STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT ONE    18.

12   EXT. GENOME COURTYARD - DAY (OPTICAL)

	Conor, Benbeck, Troi react as Geordi and Hannah brief
	them.

					GEORDI
			Hannah would have to come with
			us to the Enterprise.

					BENBECK
			No.

					HANNAH
			With my theories and their
			equipment, we might be able to
			alter the fragment's path -- it's
			our only chance to avoid
			evacuation.

	A long moment as Conor wrestles with this one...
	then...

					CONOR
			No one had ever come here... and
			no one had ever left. Until
			today. This is a date to note
			in our history books.

					BENBECK
			This is in direct violation of
			the intentions of our founders,
			Aaron...

					CONOR
				(interrupting)
			I don't think they intended us
			to die, Martin.

					BENBECK
			Her absence will create an
			additional imbalance...

					CONOR
			Temporarily. The circumstances
			require us to be flexible.

					BENBECK
			We have no idea how molecular
			transport will affect her DNA...

					GEORDI
			It won't affect her DNA at all...
			There's been a century of evidence
			to prove that...

    STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT ONE    19.

12   CONTINUED:

	Conor takes a beat to ask himself once more if this
	is the right thing to do... he glances at Troi, who
	sympathizes with a look... he knows that he's given
	in another inch here... he wants to hold the line but
	this is common sense. He nods, satisfied with the
	decision.

					CONOR
			You can go, Hannah.

					GEORDI
				(keys combadge)
			Enterprise, three to beam up.

					TROI
				(to Conor)
			May I return later?

	Conor, looks at her, his mind still distracted by the
	events...

					CONOR
			I look forward to it.

					GEORDI
			Energize.

	Troi's eyes lock once more with Conor's, and she smiles
	as she and the others DEMATERIALIZE. Conor stares at the
	empty space they have left. And he turns and strides
	off, leaving a dour Martin looking after him.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT TWO    20.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

13   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Moab Three.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45472.8.
			Commander La Forge and Hannah
			Bates of the Genome Colony have
			spent nearly three days trying
			to find a way to adjust the path
			of the approaching core fragment.
			If they do not succeed in the next
			forty-eight hours, I see no
			alternative but to begin
			evacuation.

14   INT. CAPT. READY ROOM

	Troi and Picard, mid-conversation... Picard is
	bringing some tea over from the replicator...

					TROI
			I believe some will choose to risk
			death rather than leave,
			Captain...

					PICARD
			You've spent a good deal of time
			on the surface, Counselor. How
			do you suggest we change their
			minds... ?

					TROI
			I'm not sure we can. It means
			abandoning their fundamental way
			of life.

					PICARD
				(frowns)
			They've managed to turn a dubious
			scientific endeavor into dogma...

					TROI
			You don't approve of genetic
			engineering.

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " - REV. 11/8/91 - ACT TWO   21.

14   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			It was a bad idea whose time
			passed long ago.

					TROI
			They seem to have made it succeed.

					PICARD
			They have given their humanity
			away to this genetic
			manipulation... many of the
			qualities they breed out -- the
			uncertainty, the self-discovery,
			the unknown - those are the very
			qualities that make Human life
			worth living... at least to me.
			I would not like to live with the
			knowledge that much of my future
			has been written, that my
			boundaries have been set. Would
			you?

					TROI
			I've asked myself that question
			a lot during the past few days.
			I don't know. I doubt it.
			Nevertheless, this is what they
			believe in... and it won't be
			an easy matter to talk them into
			leaving...

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " - REV. 11/8/91 - ACT TWO   22.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

	A beat.

					PICARD
			This leader of theirs, Conor, he
			seems like a reasonable man,
			doesn't he?

	Her smile betrays an affection...

					TROI
			I find him very reasonable. Open
			to suggestions, thoughtful, quite
			disarming... the perfect
			administrator...

					PICARD
				(grunts)
			I'm sure.
				(beat)
			Will he leave when he sees there
			is no other choice?

					TROI
			I don't know. I hope so.

					PICARD
			You admire him.

					TROI
			Yes.

					PICARD
			Try at least to help him accept
			the reality of what may happen
			to his colony. If he makes the
			right decision, and he's as good
			a leader as he was "designed" to
			be... perhaps the others will
			follow him.

	Troi nods and exits. A beat on a thoughtful Picard
	and...

    STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " REV. 11/6/91 - ACT TWO    23.

15   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Hannah and Geordi are working on a test apparatus... a
	practical model that emits a beam that the device can
	measure...

					HANNAH
			If we increase warp power transfer
			by eighty percent...

					GEORDI
			It's just gonna blow the emitters
			again.

					HANNAH
				(frustrated)
			We won't be able to reinforce the
			conduit to hold that power
			level... it just doesn't work...

	She turns off the device. Geordi collapses into a
	chair, hangs his head in fatigue... he takes off the
	VISOR without a second thought and rubs his tired brow.
	Hannah stares at his blinkies...

					GEORDI
			I haven't slept in so long, my
			eyelids feel like they have lead
			weights attached...

					HANNAH
				(studies him)
			Geordi...

					GEORDI
			Uh?

					HANNAH
			Were you always blind?

	Geordi reacts, realizing that she's seeing him without
	the VISOR on for the first time.

					GEORDI
			Ah, I'm sorry... I probably
			shocked the hell outta you, didn't
			I...

					HANNAH
			No...

					GEORDI
			Let me put it on...

    STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT TWO    24.

15   CONTINUED:

					HANNAH
			Don't.
				(beat)
			I'm sorry. I didn't mean to
			embarrass you.

					GEORDI
			I've never been embarrassed by
			this, Hannah. Never. I was blind
			at birth. It's the way I've
			always been.

					HANNAH
			May I see it... your VISOR?

	He holds it out to her and she takes it.

					GEORDI
			I guess if I had been conceived
			on your world, I wouldn't be here
			right now, would I?

					HANNAH
			No.

					GEORDI
			I'd've been terminated as a
			fertilized cell.

					HANNAH
			It was the wish of our founders
			that no one have to suffer a life
			with disabilities...

					GEORDI
			Who gave them the right to choose
			whether or not I should be here?
			Whether or not I might have
			something to contribute...

					HANNAH
				(long beat)
			I don't know what to say.

	She hands it to him... Another beat...

					HANNAH
			How does it work?

    STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " REV. 11/6/91 - ACT TWO    25.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			The VISOR scans the
			electromagnetic spectrum between
			one hertz and one hundred thousand
			terahertz, converts it all to
			usable frequencies and carries
			the information directly to the
			brain.

					HANNAH
			But what about the data conversion
			rate? How do you avoid a
			sensory overload?

					GEORDI
			A bank of preprocessors compresses
			the data stream into pulses
			so my visual cortex isn't...

	He stops in mid-sentence... putting it back on...

					GEORDI
			Wait a minute... wait a minute...
			we should be able to send a high-
			energy pulse through the tractor
			system... and if it's short
			enough, it shouldn't overload the
			emitters... the technology is
			right in here...

	He taps the frame of his VISOR.

					GEORDI
			If we could adapt those pulse-
			compression routines and apply
			them to the warp power conduits...

					HANNAH
			We would have to avoid tractor
			force rebounding, but that
			shouldn't be hard...

	He rises... moves to a computer panel... starts to work
	the board...

					GEORDI
			Sure. With some modifications...
				(interrupting himself)
			Oh, this would be perfect...

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " - REV. 11/6/91 - ACT TWO   25A.

15   CONTINUED: (3)

					HANNAH
			What... ?

					GEORDI
				(not unfriendly)
			If the answer to all this is in
			a VISOR created for a blind man...
			who never would have existed in
			your society. No offense
			intended.

	She is forced to smile.

16   EXT. COURTYARD - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	Close on a 12-year-old pianist playing a gentle Chopin
	prelude... pulling back to see we're in the courtyard
	with the "outdoor" concert being attended by two dozen
	seated people... moving to find Troi standing in the
	back next to Conor.

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " - REV. 11/6/91 - ACT TWO   26.

16   CONTINUED:

	Suddenly, the concert is interrupted by a quake... the
	music stops... everybody looks up, holds onto their
	balance. After a brief instant, it passes... but the
	people are shaken.

					CONOR
				(to the boy)
			Please, Matthew. Continue.

	The boy begins again... and after a beat, Conor moves
	off... and Troi follows him...

17   ISOLATED LOCATION BY THE BIOSPHERE WALL (OPTICAL)

	On the other side: swirling noxious gases rise to a
	bright starry sky... Chopin still audible in the
	background...

					TROI
			It's hard to believe... so much
			loveliness here... just a few
			meters away from such desolation.

	He nods.

					CONOR
			Hard to believe we're about to
			lose it...

					TROI
			This must sound incredibly
			simplistic... but can't you
			re-"engineer" all this on another
			planet...

					CONOR
				(a beat)
			A nursery rhyme my mother used
			to read to me has been running
			round and round my mind since this
			all began...

					TROI
			A nursery rhyme?

					CONOR
			"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall...
			Humpty Dumpty had a great fall... "

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " - REV. 11/6/91 - ACT TWO   27.

17   CONTINUED:

					CONOR & TROI
			"All the King's horses and all
			the King's Men... Couldn't put
			Humpty together again."

	A beat. Almost a smile.

					CONOR
			Why do we tell our children such
			ghastly stories?

					TROI
			Perhaps to prepare them for times
			like these.

	He looks to the ground...

					CONOR
			We are every bit as fragile as
			an egg and as impossible to
			reconstruct... integrated and
			refined to such a degree that any
			fundamental change would lead
			to chaos...
				(beat, sighs)
			Nobody ever talks about how the
			King feels about being so...
			helpless...

					TROI
				(whispers)
			I'm so sorry, Aaron. I wish I
			could do something to help.

	He looks at her, smiles...

					CONOR
			But you have helped, you've been
			wonderful these past few days...
			you've been...
				(beat, amused)
			... my Counselor.

					TROI
				(smiles)
			No. A Counselor has to maintain
			a discreet distance... I'd rather
			think of us as friends.

					CONOR
				(studies her)
			Friends.
				(beat)
			No, that just won't do either...

    STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT TWO    28.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

	They look at each other with intensity... and he moves
	to her and kisses her gently on the lips... and he
	stays close as he says softly to her...

					CONOR
			... will it.

					TROI
			Aaron...

					CONOR
			I must confess a part of me knows
			that if I transport through these
			walls... you will be on the other
			side...

	And now he moves in and passionately kisses her and
	she tries to resist the intense feelings rising up
	within her...

					TROI
			Aaron, this is wrong...

					CONOR
			Terribly wrong.

	And as the music comes to a close, he kisses her
	again... and as she dissolves into his arms...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT THREE   29.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

18   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Riker observe as Geordi and Hannah run a
	demonstration on the device... they are quite excited
	about their results...

					GEORDI
			In order to move the core fragment
			to a safe trajectory, we needed
			our tractor beam to be able to
			handle high power pulses...

					HANNAH
			And, we needed a much more
			efficient emitter to do that...

					GEORDI
			About four times more efficient...

					HANNAH
			But we couldn't get anywhere near
			that without overloading the
			emitter arrays...

					GEORDI
			So we added a little VISOR
			technology to the process and were
			able to boost the effective
			force... and at the same time,
			lower the power conduit stress
			levels...

	He turns on a much more powerful beam than we saw
	before... it now includes a bright pulse that quickly
	travels from the device to the target...

					PICARD
			What is the increase in
			efficiency?

					GEORDI
			Up to almost three hundred
			percent...

					RIKER
			That's not enough...

					HANNAH
			That's true... we won't be able
			to move the fragment as far as
			we'd like to, but...
				(looks to Geordi)

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT THREE   30.

18   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(picking it up)
			... But if we fortify the
			biosphere's structural
			integrity at the same time...

					HANNAH
			With some of the shield
			improvements I've discovered
			here, it could work.

					GEORDI
			We'll have to lend them some of
			our engineering support crews...

	Picard exchanges a satisfied glance with Riker...

					PICARD
				(to Hannah)
			Advise Mister Conor. Number One,
			brief the appropriate officers,
			prepare to transport them as soon
			as Conor approves...

					RIKER
			Yessir...

	As Picard exits...

19   EXT. COURTYARD - EARLY MORNING (OPTICAL)

	Deserted. Except for Deanna, who walks slowly across...
	thoughtful... she sits down at the piano... plays a
	few notes... after a beat, find Conor behind her...

					CONOR
			You're up early.

					TROI
			I'm still on Enterprise time.

	He moves to her and sits on the piano bench beside
	her...

					TROI
			I'm going back to the ship, Aaron.
			I'm not going to see you again.

					CONOR
				(reacts)
			Why... ?

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT THREE   31.

19   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Because it's the right thing to
			do.

					CONOR
			I'm not convinced of that.

					TROI
				(angry, sad)
			You know it as well as I do.

					CONOR
			You're angry...

					TROI
			Yes. I'm angry. With myself.
			For allowing this to happen.

					CONOR
			Deanna...

	She stands, moves away from him...

					TROI
			I could fall in love with you,
			Aaron. So easily. But we both
			know the end of that story, don't
			we? How would Martin feel about
			introducing half-Betazoid DNA into
			the genetic balance?

	A long beat. Softly...

					CONOR
			If we have to evacuate, anything
			is possible...

	Troi studies him. Here he is talking about evacuation,
	almost hoping for it now...

					TROI
			Listen to yourself. A few days
			ago, you didn't even want to talk
			to us.
				(beat)
			This is my fault. I'm so sorry,
			Aaron.

					CONOR
			I need you here... this doesn't
			have to happen again...

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " REV. 11/6/91 - ACT THREE   32.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

	But as they look in each others's eyes, they both know
	it will...

					TROI
			I have to go...

	They react as they hear the sound of a beam-in -- turn
	to see Geordi and Hannah MATERIALIZE...

					HANNAH
			Good news, Aaron. We should be
			able to change the course of the
			core fragment... but we'll also
			need to fortify the structure...
			and we're going to need help to
			do it...

					GEORDI
			We'll have to bring down
			engineering crews from the
			Enterprise to work with your
			people for the next forty-eight
			hours...

					CONOR
			Engineering crews?

					GEORDI
			We've got to install five new
			shield generators and power
			supplies...

					HANNAH
			Fifty officers are waiting for
			your approval to transport down...

	Conor seems overwhelmed by the request and changes,
	the assault of technology, of people... he tries to
	process all of it...

					HANNAH
			We don't have much time, Aaron.

					CONOR
			Do we have any other choice?

					HANNAH
			None.

	Conor takes a beat, what else can he do? He nods his
	approval.

  STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " - REV. 11/6/91 - ACT THREE  33.

19   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			Enterprise, you may begin
			transporting when ready...

					TRANSPORTER COM VOICE
			Acknowledged.

	And in rapid order, in groups of six... Starfleet
	officers begin to MATERIALIZE in the square with tools
	and science kits... as Troi and Conor exchange another
	look, there is another brief temblor, and Conor finally
	walks away...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " REV. 11/6/91 - ACT FOUR    34.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

20   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving parallel once again to the fragment.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45474.6.
			Gravitational effects are being
			felt on Moab Four as fortification
			efforts continue. Meanwhile,
			the Enterprise has moved to a
			parallel course with the core
			fragment.
				(more)

21   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Riker, Data, and Worf and an ENSIGN at their stations;
	Troi is at command. Picard enters from the ready
	room... over which...

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			We must adjust its trajectory by a
			minimum of one-point-two degrees
			to insure the colony's safety.

	He sits in command.

					PICARD
			Bring us within range of the
			fragment, Ensign...

					ENSIGN
			Aye, sir.

22   INT. ENGINEERING - INTERCUTTING

	Hannah and Geordi at their stations.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			You may proceed, Commander La
			Forge.

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT FOUR   35.

22   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.
				(to Hannah)
			Good luck.

	She smiles at him... she's wired, eager for this
	challenge.

					HANNAH
			You, too.

					GEORDI
			Engage tractor beam.

	She works at the console.

23   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The tractor beam flares out from the ship and melds
	with the fragment.

24   INT. ENGINEERING

					GEORDI
			Okay, let's give it a try.
				(working panels)
			Shutting down noncritical
			systems...

25   INT. BRIDGE - INTERCUTTING

	Working the panels --

					DATA
			Increasing impulse power to
			tractor emitters. E-P-S power
			levels rising...

25A  INT. ENGINEERING

					HANNAH
			Emitter circuits one
			hundred-seventy percent over
			standard...

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT FOUR   36.

25A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Transferring warp power to tractor
			beam generator...

					HANNAH
			Graviton generators operating
			normally... surge pulse now
			synchronized... emitters radiating
			at three hundred-twenty percent
			over standard...

					GEORDI
			Bridge, we need more power...

25B  INT. BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Reduce life support to minimum
			requirements, Mister Data.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

25C  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The tractor beam is tied to the fragment... We can see
	it pulsing...

26   INT. ENGINEERING

	Checking readings on separate monitors...

					HANNAH
			Three-hundred-ninety percent over
			standard...

					GEORDI
			Come on... come on...

					HANNAH
			No change in the fragment's
			course...

	On the move...

					GEORDI
			We've gotta increase the pulse
			frequency...

  STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " - REV. 11/6/91 - ACT FOUR  36A.

26   CONTINUED:

					HANNAH
			The emitter circuits won't hold
			for long...

					GEORDI
			We won't need them for long...

	He starts to work the panels...

27   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Tied to the fragment as before. More frequent pulses.

28
thru	OMITTED
29

30   INT. ENGINEERING

					HANNAH
			Four hundred percent over
			standard...

					GEORDI
			All right. now we're getting
			there...

	Hannah moves to a new monitor...

					HANNAH
			The fragment's moved point-four
			degrees off its previous
			heading... point six-five... it's
			working...

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " - REV. 11/6/91 - ACT FOUR   37.

31   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	At the conn, the ensign presses panels, taking
	readings... Suddenly a warning SOUNDS from the
	console... We begin to hear significant sound bumps
	and whines from the ship... hard move to Data as he
	reacts...

					DATA
			We have lost one of the emitter
			circuits...

					WORF
			Life support failure... decks
			nine, twelve, and thirteen...

					RIKER
			Engage evacuation procedures for
			those decks. Geordi, I'm gonna
			need power back soon...

32   INT. ENGINEERING

					GEORDI
			Acknowledged.

	Hannah checking readings...

					HANNAH
			Fragment's new heading adjustment
			is at one-point-zero-one
			degrees... is it enough?

	Geordi's poised to cut it off at the right time...

					GEORDI
			Not yet... hold on...

33   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					DATA
			We have lost the second lateral
			emitter circuit...

					WORF
			Losing life-support systems on
			decks five through nine.
			Evacuation procedures initiated.

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT FOUR   38.

33   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge...

34   INT. ENGINEERING

					GEORDI
			Hold on, Captain...

					DATA
			Shipwide life-support failure in
			fifteen seconds...

					HANNAH
			Almost there, Geordi. Course
			shift is at one-point-one-six
			degrees...

	Light levels are dropping, flickering...

					DATA
			Termination of all life-support
			in five seconds...

					PICARD
			Now, Mister La Forge...

					HANNAH
			One-point-one-eight...

					GEORDI
			Yessir.
				(rapidly making
				 adjustments)
			Shutting down all tractor
			emissions... transferring power
			back to life-support...

					HANNAH
			One-point-two... we've got it...

	She almost jumps off the floor with exhiliration...

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT FOUR   39.

35   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND METEOR (OPTICAL)

	The tractor beam retracts.

36   INT. BRIDGE

	Light levels resume normal intensity.

					WORF
			Life-support normal on all
			decks...
					PICARD
			Mister Data --

					DATA
			The fragment's course has been
			altered, sir, by one-point-two-one
			degrees.

					PICARD
			Hail the colony.

37   ANGLE INCLUDES THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Conor appears...

					CONOR
			Yes, Captain.

					PICARD
			Success, Mister Conor. With the
			upgrades to your biosphere, the
			core fragment should no longer
			be a serious danger.

					CONOR
			I cannot adequately express my
			appreciation to your crew.

	Troi studies him... he is tired and worn... and she
	wishes she could reach out to him...

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT FOUR   40.

37   CONTINUED:

					CONOR
				(continuing)
			Is Hannah able to hear me?

38   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Conor on a monitor. Geordi beaming, shows Hannah how
	to use the companel... she is as excited as a child,
	exhilarated after this heady experience.

					HANNAH
				(to com)
			Yes, yes, go ahead Aaron...

					CONOR
			This is an historic achievement,
			Hannah. You've done a wonderful
			thing for our people.

					HANNAH
			Thank you.

					CONOR
			We look forward to honoring you
			appropriately when you return.

	And those words bring Hannah back to the reality...
	as her smile fades a bit...

					CONOR (o.c.)
			Thank you again, Captain. Conor
			out.

	The realization sinks in: now she has to go home. The
	moment of triumph has lost its joy.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " - REV. 11/6/91 - ACT FIVE   41.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

39   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around Moab Four.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. The
			stellar core fragment has passed
			safely out of the Moab system.
			The colony was shaken by powerful
			temblors but fortunately there
			were no injuries and only minor
			damage was reported.

40   EXT. GENOME COURTYARD - DAY (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Geordi are with Conor... as the last science
	team prepares to beam out...

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Energize.

	The team DEMATERIALIZES...

					RIKER
			That should do it... all members
			of the Enterprise crew are
			accounted for, Mister Conor...

					CONOR
			They've been invaluable,
			Commander... thank you again...

					RIKER
			If there's nothing else, we'll
			be on our way...

					CONOR
			Would you tell Deanna Troi for
			me... that I'm sorry I didn't have
			the opportunity to say good-bye
			personally...

					RIKER
				(being polite)
			I'm sure she'll feel the same...

	Suddenly, there's an ALARM... Conor reacts...

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT FIVE   41A.

40   CONTINUED:

					CONOR
			A breach in the biosphere...
				(to a nearby colonist)
			Get Hannah Bates...

	He moves off, Riker and Geordi follow and

									TIME CUT TO:

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " - REV. 11/6/91 - ACT FIVE   42.

41   EXT. ANOTHER ISOLATED AREA NEAR BIOSPHERE WALL - DAY
(OPTICAL)

	Hannah examines the wall with a tricorder type
	device... The alarm continues...

					HANNAH
			Apparently, the refortification
			wasn't adequate. There's definite
			structural damage... it appears
			the tectonic shifts created a
			breach...

					BENBECK
			Can it be repaired?

					HANNAH
			I don't know.

42   CLOSE ON GEORDI

	as he watches this unfold... rather disconcerted...

					HANNAH (o.c.)
			I'll have to run a diagnostic in
			the lab...

43   RESUME

	She's on the move... moving with her and the others...

					HANNAH
			Unless we can find a way to seal
			it... and fast... we'll have to
			evacuate.

	Reactions.

					CONOR
			How long do we have, Hannah?

					HANNAH
			Based on the level of toxicity
			I'm reading... it may be only a
			matter of hours.

     She moves off...

                 GEORDI                        CONOR
            (to Riker)                     (to the others)
       Mind if I... give her a        Interrupt all communication
       hand, Commander?               link-ups... advise
                                      families to return to their
                 RIKER                homes and stay there until
       By all means.                  they're contacted...

     Geordi moves after her...      People run off...

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " - REV. 11/6/91 - ACT FIVE   43.

44   INT. HANNAH'S LAB - DAY

	She moves to a monitor and studies some schematics...
	after a beat, Geordi ENTERS...

					HANNAH
				(rueful)
			Isn't it amazing... after all we
			went through...

					GEORDI
			Yeah, amazing...

					HANNAH
				(re: the monitor)
			It looks bad... it's cracked well
			beneath the surface...

					GEORDI
			Why are you doing this?

					HANNAH
			What do you mean?

					GEORDI
			There's no breach...

					HANNAH
			What are you talking about...
			it's right here, look at it...
			I measured the toxic leak... you
			saw me...

					GEORDI
			Hannah, my VISOR's positronic scan
			would have detected the leak...
			and its molecular pattern enhancer
			would have picked up even the
			smallest crack...

	Hannah sighs, guilty...

					HANNAH
			The damned thing doesn't miss
			much, does it?
				(beat)
			Fine. I'll tell them the truth.
			Will that make you happy?

					GEORDI
				(repeating)
			Why are you doing this... ?

	A beat as she collects her thoughts.

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT FIVE   44.

44   CONTINUED:

					HANNAH
			I was born to be one of the best
			scientific minds of my generation.
			But in the past five days, I have
			encountered technology that I have
			barely imagined. I've got to
			ask myself... If we're so
			brilliant... how come we didn't
			invent any of these things?

					GEORDI
			Maybe necessity really is the
			mother of invention. You don't
			always look for something until
			you need it.

					HANNAH
				(nods)
			And all my needs are anticipated
			and planned for. Before I'm even
			born.
				(beat)
			All of us in this colony might
			as well have been living in the
			dark ages. It's like we're the
			victims of a two
			hundred-year-old joke. Until
			you came, we could only see to
			the wall of the biosphere.
			Suddenly our eyes have been opened
			to infinite possibilities.
				(beat)
			Now I'm supposed to come back to
			the farm and pretend I never saw
			Paris... ? Well, I can't.

	Off Geordi's reaction...

45   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Geordi, Troi, BEVERLY, Worf. Geordi
	has just told the group about his conversation with
	Hannah.

					PICARD
			Asylum?

					GEORDI
			She wants to leave the colony.

   STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT FIVE   45.

45   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			She may not be the only one.
				(reactions)
			The science teams working on the
			surface... fielded a lot of
			questions from colonists who were
			more than curious about what's
			outside their world...

					WORF
			Why shouldn't we grant them
			asylum?

					TROI
			We can't do that.

					GEORDI
			We have to do that.

					TROI
			Do you understand what it would
			do to the colony?

					GEORDI
			I understand these are Human
			beings, Counselor. With free
			will. If she wants to leave, she
			has a right to.

					RIKER
			And what happens to the colony
			if she does? If others join her?

					BEVERLY
			The society is genetically
			integrated. Suddenly, there would
			be gaps, missing pieces...

					TROI
			It would destroy them.

					BEVERLY
			There must be something we can
			do to help...

        STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT FIVE       46.

45   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I think, Doctor, that we may have
			"helped" these people too much
			already...

					WORF
			We did save them from destruction.

					PICARD
				(beat, thoughtful)
			Did we?

	The moral issues here are far from clear and Picard
	is deeply troubled by the choice at hand.

					PICARD
			Counselor, I think it is time you
			took me to meet Mister Conor.

46   INT. TURBOLIFT

	The door opens and Picard and Troi ENTER.

					PICARD
			Transporter room three.

	The doors close. Picard is quiet, thoughtful. Troi
	can stay silent no longer.

					TROI
				(to com)
			Computer, halt.

	Picard reacts as the turbolift stops, turns to her.
	She's as uncomfortable as we've ever seen her. The
	words sort of stutter out...

					TROI
			Captain, I... have to tell you
			something... and it isn't easy
			for me... because I've used some
			very poor judgement... I've acted
			quite unprofessionally, actually...

					PICARD
			Counselor... what is it you always
			say... ? "Take a deep breath"...

        STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT FIVE       47.

46   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(sighs)
			Conor and I have had a
			relationship.

					PICARD
			I see.

					TROI
			It should never have happened.
			I knew there was concern about
			outside influences. I should have
			been more careful.

					PICARD
			Yes... I think we all should have
			been more careful. That's
			becoming more clear by the moment.
				(beat)
			What is your status with him
			presently?

					TROI
			I did not intend to see him again.

					PICARD
			Would you prefer not to return
			to the surface?

					TROI
			I think I should come with you.
			But I wanted you to know before
			we went down.

					PICARD
			I appreciate that.

	He looks at her for a beat, gives her room for more...
	she feels awful about this... she's almost on the verge
	of tears...

					TROI
			I wanted so much to help him, to
			be there for him... but the more
			I was...

	Troi shakes her head. Picard looks at her.

        STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT FIVE       48.

46   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Deanna, every one of us went into
			this with the best intentions...

					TROI
			I should have walked away as soon
			as I saw what was happening...

					PICARD
			And you didn't. And that's Human.
			We make mistakes.
				(not at all flip)
			Genetic manipulation or not --
			nobody's perfect.

	She smiles an appreciation...

47   INT. HANNAH'S LAB - DAY

	Benbeck and Conor are with Hannah...

					BENBECK
			You would ignore the welfare of
			the colony for your own selfish
			interests... ?

					HANNAH
			The welfare of this colony would
			be best served by rejoining the
			Human race.

					BENBECK
			She has been contaminated by the
			people on that ship...

	Conor is glum, overwhelmed with the turn of events...

					TROI (o.c.)
			Aaron...

	They turn to see

48   ANGLE

	Picard and Troi have entered...

        STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT FIVE       49.

48   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Mister Conor, I believe you and
			I should talk.

	Conor nods as...

					BENBECK
				(to Picard)
			This is your doing. We should
			never have answered your hails.

					HANNAH
			If we'd followed that advice,
			Martin, we'd all be dead now.
			So much for the welfare of this
			colony.

					BENBECK
				(to Picard)
			You are not taking her with you.

					HANNAH
			I'm leaving. And I'll tell you
			something else. There are at
			least a dozen more who are ready
			to go with me...

					TROI
			Hannah... let's allow Aaron and
			Captain Picard to discuss this.
			Why don't we take a walk...

	Hannah doesn't want to disengage the argument but
	finally leads Troi out, getting the last word...

					HANNAH
			There's nothing for them to
			discuss...

	Picard is left alone with Benbeck and Conor.

					CONOR
			Martin...

	Benbeck looks at him, refusing to take the hint...

					BENBECK
			I think it would be helpful if
			I...

					CONOR
			I want to talk with Captain Picard
			alone.

        STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT FIVE       50.

48   CONTINUED: (2)

					BENBECK
			But...

					CONOR
			Thank you, Martin.

	Benbeck throws Picard an enraged glance and EXITS.

					CONOR
			The irony is... he's the one who
			saw this coming. From the moment
			you arrived. And because I didn't
			want to hear it, I chose not to
			listen...

					PICARD
			You made decisions that you felt
			would save your colony.

					CONOR
				(grins, self-indicting)
			No... no, I wish it were that
			simple... but I cannot forgive
			myself so easily. You see,
			Captain, I know what Hannah Bates
			is feeling. For I have been
			feeling it as well. I found...
			your people to be... intriguing
			and stimulating... as she did.
			I was every bit as curious about
			you as the next man.
				(beat)
			But I am not the next man. I am
			the leader of these people. And
			every genetic fiber in my being
			demands that I protect them.
			Instead, I have betrayed them.
			I have allowed this to happen.

					PICARD
			We have both allowed this to
			happen, Conor.

					CONOR
			Then let us both find a way to
			stop it from going any further...

					PICARD
			I wish I could see a way.

					CONOR
			Picard, I was born to govern this
			colony, not to dismantle it.

        STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " - REV. 11/8/91 - ACT FIVE       51.

48   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			If you force them to stay, you
			will be suppressing their Human
			rights.

					CONOR
			If even a handful leave, the
			damage to this society will be
			devastating. What about the
			rights of those who would stay
			behind? They are the ones who
			inherit the social chaos that
			would follow for generations.
				(beat)
			Your arrival created this problem.
			Your departure solves it.

					PICARD
			That is simplistic.

					CONOR
			Refuse them passage.

					PICARD
			I cannot ignore the requests of
			people, Humans who ask for
			transport away from here...

					CONOR
			Nor can you ignore the fact that
			thousands will suffer if you agree
			to take them. And as suffering
			grows, more will demand to leave.
			We are witness to the end of this
			existence, Captain. I implore
			you -- do not let it happen.

	Picard studies him... with sympathy...

					PICARD
			You would have me make the
			decision for you, Connor. But
			I cannot. I am willing to talk
			to these people with you. I will
			urge them not to make an impulsive
			choice. But if they finally
			choose to leave, the Enterprise
			cannot turn them away...

	OFF Conor's reaction...

        STAR TREK: "Masterpiece Society" - 11/5/91 - ACT FIVE       52.

49   EXT. GENOME COURTYARD - DAY

	Troi, Hannah, Benbeck and dozens of other colonists
	wait for word from the summit meeting... finally Picard
	and Conor come out... Conor moves to address the
	crowd...

					CONOR
			Captain Picard has decided to
			grant transport to any individuals
			who wish to leave Genome Colony.

	There is an instant uproar about this announcement,
	both pro and con... Troi exchanges a glance with Conor
	and sees the deep pain in his eyes... Conor struggles
	to continue...

					CONOR
			I'm asking you to stay.

					HANNAH
			Aaron... we can't be happy here
			any longer... we were innocent...
			it will never be that way again...

					CONOR
			The experiences of the past week
			will become part of our
			heritage... we will adjust...
			in a few generations, we will be
			able to...

					HANNAH
			We're not willing to wait a few
			generations...

        STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " - REV. 11/8/91 - ACT FIVE       53.

49   CONTINUED:

					CONOR
			All right. Give me six months...
			just wait six months before you
			leave...

	And this has been part of his plan, his hope to
	forestall this action, and he has Picard's support
	as we will soon learn...

					HANNAH
			What will that accomplish?

	Picard steps forward to speak...

					PICARD
			There is no question that our
			presence here has had an
			unintended influence on your
			society. That is done and there
			is no way to undo it now. But
			feelings are running high.
			Perhaps it's not such a bad idea
			to give yourselves adequate time
			to carefully weigh the
			consequences of what you are about
			to do. We are prepared to return
			in six months...

					HANNAH
			In other words, we are being asked
			to stay here for six months while
			they pressure us to change our
			minds.

					PICARD
			In five days, you have seen only
			the most superficial evidence of
			what life is like outside your
			biosphere...

	Hannah moves forward to confront him.

					HANNAH
			Would you ever choose to live
			aboard a ship-in-a-bottle,
			Captain?

        STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " - REV. 11/8/91 - ACT FIVE      53A.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			What I would choose is not at
			issue...

					HANNAH
			You are the captain of a starship.
			You live to explore the unknown. We
			ask for the same privilege.

					CONOR
			Hannah, this is your home, and
			we are all, in a sense, your
			family. Don't we deserve an
			opportunity to open a dialogue
			on this issue at the very least?
			I am only asking for six months.

        STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " - REV. 11/8/91 - ACT FIVE       54.

49   CONTINUED: (3)

					HANNAH
			It's not going to make any
			difference. You will only be
			putting this colony through
			unnecessary pain and anguish.

					BENBECK
			You are the ones who are causing
			pain and anguish in this colony.
			You.

					HANNAH
				(reacting to Benbeck)
			Don't you see, Aaron? It's over.
			It's time for you to lead our
			people into a new era, into a
			renaissance of discovery... come
			with us.

	A long beat. Conor's eyes move to Troi's... and we
	know a part of him wants to go... but finally, he
	lowers his head, defeated.

					CONOR
			When you're ready to come home,
			you will be welcome.

50   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Conor moves away... turning to Picard for a moment...

					CONOR
			You may proceed, Captain Picard.

	Picard nods. There are no words left to say.

					PICARD
			Enterprise, two to beam up.

					TRANSPORTER COM VOICE
			Aye, sir...

					TROI
			Captain, may I have a moment...

        STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " - REV. 11/6/91 - ACT FIVE       55.

50   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Make that one, Enterprise.

					TRANSPORTER COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Energize.

	He DEMATERIALIZES. Troi stands there alone with Conor.

					TROI
			What will you do now?

					CONOR
			Attempt to assess the damage.
			Spend the rest of my life on the
			near-impossible task of rebuilding
			this society without the proper
			pieces.

					TROI
			Aaron, you acted in the best
			interests of your people... there
			was no way to avoid what
			happened...

	A beat... he looks away, thinks...

					CONOR
			I replay each step of this in my
			mind... looking for the wrong
			turn, the mistake in judgement...
				(beat)
			And I find only one...

	And he turns and looks at her with still deeply felt
	passion...

					CONOR
				(continuing)
			And as hard as I try, I cannot
			even regret that one. In fact,
			I'm certain that given the
			opportunity, I would choose to
			make the same mistake again.
				(beat)
			I have to wonder why, with all
			the hundreds of genetically
			compatible women here... I would
			fall in love with you.

					TROI
			Don't say that, Aaron...

        STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " - REV. 11/8/91 - ACT FIVE       56.

50   CONTINUED: (3)

					CONOR
			Perhaps it is your imperfections
			that make you so unique. But I
			am in love with you, Deanna Troi,
			and I will always be...

	One more look in her eyes and he walks away... and as
	she stands there...

51   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around the planet.

52   INT. CAPT. READY ROOM

	Picard is at the window, looking out, musing. A
	chime...

					PICARD
			Come.

	Riker ENTERS.

					RIKER
			The colonists are all on board,
			sir.

					PICARD
			How many finally?

					RIKER
			Twenty-three.

	Picard takes that in... frustrated, unhappy...

					PICARD
			If we ever needed a reminder of
			the importance of the Prime
			Directive, we have it now...

					RIKER
			They're Human. The Prime
			Directive doesn't apply.

					PICARD
			Doesn't it? Our very presence
			damaged, perhaps destroyed, a way
			of life.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Masterpiece... " - REV. 11/8/91 - ACT FIVE       57.

52   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (cont'd)
				(beat)
			Whether or not we agree with that
			way of life... whether or not
			they are Human... is ultimately
			irrelevant, Number One. We are
			responsible.

					RIKER
			We had to respond to the threat
			from the core fragment... didn't
			we?

					PICARD
			Yes. Of course we did. And I wish
			I could see any other course we
			could have taken.
				(beat)
			But I would submit, in the end,
			we proved ourselves just as
			dangerous to that colony as any
			stellar fragment could ever be.

	Riker acknowledges and EXITS, and on Picard's look...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             












                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Conundrum" 
                          #40275-214 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                          Joe Menosky 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


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                        FINAL DRAFT

                     NOVEMBER 14, 1991

           STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Conundrum" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             KEIRAN MACDUFF
                RIKER              KRISTIN
                DATA               MALE CREWMEMBER
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                ENSIGN RO          

                Non-Speaking       
                  FEMALE CREWMEMBER  
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

           STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Conundrum" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     ALIEN (SATARRAN) SHIP
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TEN FORWARD              LYSIAN DESTROYER
              SICKBAY
              TURBOLIFT                LYSIAN CENTRAL COMMAND
              ENGINEERING
              CORRIDORS                LYSIAN SENTRY PODS
              TROI'S QUARTERS
              RIKER'S QUARTERS

       STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Conundrum" 
                            
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                  KEIRAN           KEER-in
                  LYSIAN           LISS-ee-n
                  SATARRAN         suh-TAHR-n

         STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "Conundrum"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Coming out of warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45494.2.
			We are investigating a series of
			subspace signals that may indicate
			intelligent life in the Epsilon
			Silar System. We will be within
			sensor range in three hours...

2    INT. TEN FORWARD

	DATA and TROI are sitting at the bar, immersed in a
	game of three-dimensional chess. Data is clearly
	winning. He moves a piece, then waits as Troi
	contemplates the board. Troi moves a piece. Data
	reacts, puzzled.

					DATA
			The characteristic response to
			the Kriskov Gambit is to counter
			with an el-Mitra Exchange --
			particularly since I have already
			taken both your rooks. By missing
			that opportunity, you have left
			your king vulnerable.

					TROI
			We'll see...

					DATA
				(shrugs)
			As you wish.

	Data makes a move that takes one of Troi's pieces.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Check.

       STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/25/91 - TEASER       2.

2    CONTINUED:

	Troi immediately makes a counter move. Data reacts,
	puzzled. Then studies the board for several seconds.

					DATA
			Intriguing. You have devised a
			completely unanticipated response
			to a classic attack.
				(beat)
			You will checkmate my king in
			seven moves.

	Troi starts putting the pieces back to their original
	starting positions.

					TROI
			Chess isn't just a game of gambits
			and ploys -- it's also a game of
			intuition.

					DATA
			You are a challenging opponent.

					TROI
			Thanks. But don't think a
			compliment's going to get you out
			of our bet.
				(beat)
			You owe me one Samarian Sunset.
			Served in the traditional style.
			As only you can make it, Data...

					DATA
			I will honor our agreement.

	Data stands and walks toward the bar. OFF Troi's
	smile...

3    INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	BEVERLY is running a medical scanner over the shoulder
	and upper arm of a very athletic woman in her
	mid-twenties -- KRISTIN -- who is wearing a one-piece
	24th-century SWIMSUIT, and sitting on a bio-bed.
	Kristin is gritting her teeth in obvious pain.

					BEVERLY
			Raise your arm out to the side.

	Kristin does so -- but only comes up about halfway.

      STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/25/91 - TEASER      2A.

3    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(re: the elevation)
			Is that it?

					KRISTIN
			I'm afraid so.

	A beat as Beverly takes another reading.

					BEVERLY
			You can put your arm down now.

	Kristin does so.

					KRISTIN
				(re: Beverly's readings)
			What do you think?

					BEVERLY
				(lightly)
			I think it looks like you tucked
			when you should have flattened
			out.

       STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/25/91 - TEASER       3.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					KRISTIN
			Something like that...

					BEVERLY
			Turn your head to the left.

	Kristin does so -- and winces. Beverly continues
	waving the instrument.

					BEVERLY
			Some tearing in the ligaments --
			nothing we can't take care of.

					KRISTIN
			Good.

	Beverly takes the instrument down.

					BEVERLY
			If I remember correctly, the last
			time you graced my sickbay, you
			were diving off the "Cliffs of
			Heaven" on Cirrus Four. Holodeck
			program 47-C.

					KRISTIN
			Same thing. Only that time, I
			flattened out when I should have
			tucked.

					BEVERLY
			As your Doctor, I'd like to
			recommend the Emerald Wading Pool
			on Sumiko Three. It's a lot
			safer.

	Kristin can't help but smile.

4    OMITTED

4A   INT. TURBOLIFT

	As Riker and Ro enter in the middle of an
	argument... she's smiling at him as they go at it, she
	almost enjoys the exchange...

					RIKER
			Navigators on this ship have been
			doing flight handling assessments
			the same way for years, Ensign...

       STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/15/91 - TEASER       4.

4A   CONTINUED:

					RO
			And I've found a better way...

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Bridge.
				(beat)
			Do you mind if we discuss changes
			in procedure before you make them?

					RO
			If I had come to you in advance
			and asked you if I could do it
			my way...

					RIKER
			I would have said...

					RO
			"No".

					RIKER
			Or maybe "yes".

	His answer surprises her. She doesn't respond.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			The point is -- I never got that
			chance.

					RO
			The point is... with all due
			respect... you're trying to turn
			me into your idea of a model
			officer.

					RIKER
			Ensign... the rules on this ship
			don't change because Ro Laren
			decides they do.

	The turbolift door opens. As they EXIT --

         STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - TEASER         4A.

5    INT. BRIDGE

	PICARD and WORF are at their stations; GEORDI at an aft
	console.

					WORF
				(off console)
			We are picking up a subspace
			signal, Captain. Sensors show
			a small space craft ahead.

         STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - TEASER         5.

5    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			The configuration is unfamiliar
			-- nothing in our database comes
			close.

					WORF
			Within visual range.

					PICARD
			On screen.

									INTERCUT:

6    VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	A small ALIEN SHIP appears on the screen.

					PICARD
			Analysis, Mister Worf.

					WORF
			No discernable armament. Reading
			one life-form aboard.

					PICARD
			Hail the vessel.

	A beat of silence.

					WORF
			No response, Captain.

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			We're being scanned... but it's
			not like any sensor system I've
			ever seen... Should we raise
			shields?

					PICARD
			No. We'll start this off with
			a show of good faith.

	Geordi nods. A beat.

					WORF
			Sir, the scans are now matching
			the frequencies of our optical
			data network.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - TEASER         6.

6    CONTINUED:

					WORF (cont'd)
				(looks up)
			It could be an attempt to access
			our computer system.

	Geordi glances up from his console.

					GEORDI
			Scanning intensity has increased
			by fifteen hundred percent.

					PICARD
			Shields up.

7    INT. TEN FORWARD

	Troi is at the bar. Data is BEHIND THE BAR, serving
	Troi a glass of gray liquid.

					DATA
				(re: drink)
			One Samarian Sunset, served in
			the traditional style.

	Data sets the drink down, then flicks the lip of the
	glass with his finger. The glass PINGS --

8    THE DRINK (OPTICAL)

	instantly comes alive with exotic colors. A sunset in
	a glass.

9    RESUME

	Troi is delighted.

					TROI
			It's beautiful.

	Data nods.

					DATA
			I hope you enjoy it.

	Troi reaches for the drink -- Data again nods. Exactly
	the same motion he performed before.

         STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - TEASER         7.

9    CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I hope you enjoy it.

	His voice is exactly the same. Troi looks up to see
	Data now completely still, as if frozen.

	OFF her reaction.

10   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As before. Worf is rapidly working his console,
	stunned at what he sees.

					WORF
			The scanning signal has penetrated
			our shields...

					GEORDI
			Our computers are going down!

					PICARD
			Take evasive action --

	As Ro tries to react --

					RO
			-- The helm's not responding!

	FLASH! A BRIGHT GREEN LIGHT fills the bridge,
	completely washing out the scene. A moment later, as
	the light slowly FADES...

11   CLOSE ON PICARD

	In the same position as before, tense and ready for
	action. Except now, his expression is blank and
	movements uncertain. He looks disoriented, touches his
	head, squints as if it aches. Then suddenly he stops,
	looks around.

					PICARD
			What happened?

12   REVEAL

	Everyone else on the bridge, behaving the same way.
	Disoriented, looking around, uncertain of their
	bearings.

         STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - TEASER         8.

13   GEORDI AND WORF

	look at each other as if strangers meeting for the
	first time.

					GEORDI
			What the hell...

14   RO

	stares dumbfounded at her hands still on the console --
	not knowing what they're doing there.

15   PICARD AND RIKER

	look at each other. Riker glances at the others.

					RIKER
			I don't know who any of you are.

	Picard stares at him, his mind a blank.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Neither do I... I don't even
			remember who I am...

	Picard exchanges a glance with the person standing next
	to him...

16   REVEAL

	MACDUFF, a man in his late thirties, dressed in
	Starfleet Command uniform. We have never seen this man
	before now (he was not present before the flash of
	light), but he appears to be equally disoriented.

	OFF the crew's look of utter confusion...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT ONE         9.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

17   INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE

	Continuous action. Picard, Riker, Worf, Geordi, Ro and
	MacDuff are in a state of astonishment. They have all
	lost their memories (EXCEPT MACDUFF -- TO REVEAL
	LATER). It's a bizarre situation, the Enterprise crew
	suddenly strangers in a strange place. Everyone reacts
	to their obviously shared predicament.

					GEORDI
			It looks like we're all in the
			same boat.

					RIKER
				(re: viewscreen)
			Make that -- "on the same
			starship."

18   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	and the motionless stars.

					MACDUFF
			But who are we? What are we doing
			here?

19   RO

	turns from her console.

					RO
			It looks like I'm the pilot.

	She quickly and automatically keys several controls on
	the console.

					RO
				(continuing)
			We're not going anywhere now.
			The helm's dead.

        STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT ONE        10.

20   INCLUDE BRIDGE

					PICARD
			But you still know how to work
			it.

					RO
				(curious)
			Yes...

	Riker looks over Worf's shoulder at Worf's instruments.

					RIKER
			This console has a tactical
			configuration.

					WORF
				(nodding)
			Phaser power status, intruder
			scan, torpedo guidance...

	Worf attempts the controls.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			They do not appear to be operable.

21   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Picard turns to the others in explanation.

					PICARD
			Clearly, we still possess certain
			skills -- we seem to know how to
			operate this vessel. But our
			identities have somehow been
			erased, or suppressed.

        STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT ONE        11.

21   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			We are on the bridge -- there's
			a good chance this is our ship.

	A beat at Riker notices the pips on Picard's uniform.

					RIKER
				(continuing; to Picard)
			And it looks like you're the
			leader.

					WORF
			We should not jump to conclusions.
				(indicating own sash)
			I am... decorated as well.

					PICARD
			Determining our command structure
			isn't crucial right now. Finding
			out who we are, and what we're
			doing out here is.

	A beat. Worf keeps silent. He might not agree, but he
	won't argue the point for now.

					MACDUFF
			But how did this happen? What
			did this to us?

22   GEORDI

	glances up from his station.

					GEORDI
			More like -- who did this to us?

23   RESUME

	as everyone looks over toward Geordi.

					GEORDI
				(indicating monitor)
			I've got some intermittent sensor
			readings here... the scan keeps
			repeating itself -- like it's
			stuck. But it looks like there's
			metallic debris right in front
			of us. Distance: seventeen
			kilometers.

					RIKER
			The remains of another ship?

        STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT ONE        12.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			That's a good possibility.

					WORF
			Perhaps we were engaged in battle.

					MACDUFF
			If they stunned us with some kind
			of bioelectric field -- that might
			have wiped out our memories.

					RO
			Then we fired back. Destroyed
			them.

	There is a moment as they reflect on these
	possibilities.

					PICARD
			If this presumption is correct,
			we may have sustained other
			damage.
				(to COM)
			Computer... status report.

	No answer.

					RIKER
			No voice interface...

24   GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	still at his console and monitor, trying to work the
	commands.

					GEORDI
			No interface, period.

        STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT ONE        13.

24   CONTINUED:

	His monitor suddenly comes alive with a rotating
	graphic of the Enterprise.

					GEORDI
			Hey -- got something.

25
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26

27   RESUME

	as everyone reacts. A beat as Geordi works the
	console.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I've accessed the basic system
			directories.

					PICARD
			Can you give us a general status
			report?

					GEORDI
				(nodding)
			... Life-support systems are fully
			operational throughout the ship.
			Navigation and propulsion... Off
			line.

					RO
			What about communications?

					GEORDI
			Completely disrupted.

					RO
			That rules out a distress signal.

					RIKER
			If we even knew where to send it.

	Riker and Ro exchange a look. Ro is finding this
	situation particularly difficult to handle -- but
	there's a "we're in this together" kind of feel between
	them, in contrast to what we saw before they lost their
	memories.

					PICARD
			Do we have an onboard
			communication system?

	Geordi makes a quick pass on the console, which BEEPS
	in response. He turns to Picard.

        STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT ONE        14.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			We do now.

	Picard looks at the others.

					PICARD
			I suggest we use it. Our ship
			must have a crew. They may still
			have their memories.

					RO
			We should be careful what we
			say... there could be a boarding
			party somewhere on the ship.

	Worf nods.

					WORF
				(to com)
			Bridge to all personnel. Select
			a representative from your group
			to contact the bridge and report
			on your status.

28   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Beverly and Kristin -- the latter still sitting on the
	medical bed.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			Remain where you are. Stay calm.
			Bridge out.

	Kristin looks at Beverly.

					KRISTIN
				(with irony)
			Well, that helps a lot.

					BEVERLY
			Report on our "status"? I wonder
			if every one else is in the same
			condition we are.

      STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/18/91 - ACT ONE      15.

28   CONTINUED:

	Kristin shrugs, then winces -- still in pain from her
	shoulder.

					KRISTIN
			It hurts...

	Without thinking, Beverly picks up an instrument and
	waves it over the shoulder, instantly relieving the
	distress.

					KRISTIN
				(continuing)
			Thanks...

	Beverly looks down at the instrument.

					BEVERLY
			I didn't even think -- I just knew
			how to use it.

	She turns to Kristin.

					BEVERLY
			At least I've got an idea of what
			I'm doing here.

					KRISTIN
			What about me? I'm a patient in
			a bathing suit... That doesn't
			say much.

					BEVERLY
				(gently)
			No, it doesn't.

	Kristin hops off the bio-bed, resilient in the face of
	a difficult situation.

					KRISTIN
			Do you have any clothes around
			here I could borrow? At least
			until I figure out where the
			swimming pool is?

	She grins at Beverly, who returns it with a rueful
	smile.

     STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/15/91 - ACT ONE     15A-16       

29
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30

31   INT. BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	Picard and Geordi are working together at an aft
	station nearest the turbolift.

	Riker and Ro are together at the other station,
	studying a diagram of the Enterprise.

      STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/18/91 - ACT ONE      17.

31   CONTINUED:

	Worf is sitting in the captain's chair, working the
	arm console.

	MacDuff is standing at tactical.

32   MACDUFF

	takes last note of something on his console and heads
	over toward Worf.

33   INCLUDE WORF

	who glances up.

					WORF
			Yes?

					MACDUFF
			We've heard from all decks --
			there are over a thousand people
			on board. Everyone's had their
			memories affected in the same way
			we have.

	Worf nods, indicates the console he's been working.

					WORF
			I have completed a survey of our
			tactical systems. We are equipped
			with ten phaser banks, two
			hundred seventy five photon
			torpedoes, and a high capacity
			shield grid.

					MACDUFF
			We're a battleship.

					WORF
			It appears so...

33A  OMITTED

34   RIKER AND RO

	at the aft console. Ro indicates a series of
	interconnecting lines. She has become increasingly
	tense and agitated since the memory loss.

        STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT ONE        17A.

34   CONTINUED:

					RO
			This turbolift system will give
			us access to the rest of the
			ship...

      STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/14/91 - ACT ONE      18.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			That sounds like the next logical
			step... we should start with the
			most crucial area first...

					RO
			Main engineering. Deck
			thirty-six. I'm on my way.

					RIKER
			Hey, hold on, we've gotta
			coordinate our efforts here...

					RO
			I just need to do something...

					RIKER
			Look, I feel the same way... we
			all do... but if anything's gonna
			get done here...

					RO
			I know, I just...
				(beat, controlled)
			It's really an ugly feeling...
			I don't like being so... out of
			control.

	He smiles warmly at her...

					RIKER
			Well, we're all gonna have to
			depend on each other to get
			through this, okay?

	She smiles back.

					RO
				(softly)
			Okay.

	They move toward the turbolift... Riker passes Geordi
	and Picard...

					RIKER
			We're going to search the ship.

	Picard acknowledges silently as Worf at command, hears
	and looks over at them...

					WORF
			Very well. Proceed.

      STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/25/91 - ACT ONE      19.

34   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			I'll go with you. I want to get
			my hands on the computer core.
			See if we can reestablish control
			from there.

	They exit into the turbolift.

34A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	hanging motionless.

35
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38

39   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi is working at a console, Riker and Ro standing
	by. Riker has a PADD.

					GEORDI
			I've accessed the optical data
			network for the engineering core.
			I can monitor every system that's
			routed through here.

	Ro glances over his shoulder as Geordi again works
	the console.

					RO
				(off console)
			Warp and impulse drive are reading
			within tolerance levels. So are
			all the tactical arrays...
			defensive and offensive...

	Geordi nods.

      STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/25/91 - ACT ONE      20.

39   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Everything looks functional...
			now if we could just access the
			control systems we could get them
			up and running.

	Riker indicates another area of engineering.

					RIKER
			According to the schematics, the
			engineering computer core access
			is down that corridor.

					RO
			Weapons, propulsion and shields
			are the priorities. We might be
			in danger of another attack.

					GEORDI
				(nodding)
			That's where I'll start.

	Riker glances at his PADD.

					RIKER
				(to Ro)
			Let's begin our crew survey on
			decks five through ten.

					RIKER
			Alright.
				(to Geordi)
			Good luck.

					GEORDI
			You too.

	Geordi turns to go -- Riker stops him.

					RIKER
			When you've got those systems
			going, try for the personnel
			files. It would be nice if we
			all had names...

	Geordi nods and heads toward the core access. Riker
	and Ro EXIT.

39A
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40

     STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/25/91 - ACT ONE     20A.

41   INT. READY ROOM

	Worf is in Picard's chair, watching a computer monitor
	on the desk. He looks comfortable there. The door
	opens and Picard and MacDuff ENTER. Worf glances up.

        STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT ONE        21.

41   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			So far, our survey team has found
			no deaths or injuries among the
			crew. The shuttlecraft are
			operational, as are the
			transporters.

					MACDUFF
			But no one they've talked to knows
			any more about their identities
			than we do.

	Worf gestures toward the monitor he has been studying.

					WORF
			Engineering is working on
			accessing the control systems.
			As soon as the ship is
			operational, we must make it
			combat-ready.

	Worf may be sitting in the captain's chair, but
	Picard's natural sense of leadership cannot help but
	assert itself.

					PICARD
			I would recommend that before we
			prepare for combat, we try to
			access the ship's logs. Discover
			who we are and what our purpose
			here might be.

	However, having gained the territory, Worf is not about
	to yield it easily.

					WORF
			I disagree. We must first make
			ourselves ready for battle. That
			is the highest priority.

	Before Picard can reply --

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Engineering to the bridge.

					WORF
			Go ahead, engineering.

        STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT ONE        22.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			I've regained control of
			propulsion, navigation, weapons,
			and communications. We'll be able
			to tie them into the bridge in
			just a few minutes.

					WORF
			Well done.

	He turns to the others, a warrior's gleam in his eyes.

					WORF
			We are ready.

					PICARD
			The question is -- for what?

	And off their various reactions --

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/15/91 - ACT TWO     23-24       

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

42
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43

43A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The phaser banks suddenly fire into space.

44   OMITTED

45   INT. BRIDGE

	Worf in captain's chair, Picard at the helm, MacDuff
	at tactical.

					MACDUFF
				(off instruments)
			The phasers are operational.

					WORF
			We now have full tactical control.

					PICARD
			We should run a complete
			diagnostic of all command systems.

	Worf reacts negatively.

					WORF
			A full diagnostic would require
			us to take our systems off-line.
			We would be defenseless.

      STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/15/91 - ACT TWO      25.

45   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			If we're going to trust our lives
			to these systems, we should make
			certain they aren't going to fail.

	A beat. MacDuff steps in, smoothing things over.

					MACDUFF
				(to Worf)
			The computer was damaged. Some
			processors might still be down...

	A beat.

					WORF
			Proceed with the diagnostic.

	MacDuff and Picard start working their respective
	consoles.

46   ON BEVERLY

	Stepping off the turbolift, moving into the foreground.

					WORF
			What have you found, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			Not much. The brain scans I've
			run are unusual, but they show
			no damage to the hippocampus.
			That suggests we still have our
			long-term memories... but somehow
			they're being blocked.

					PICARD
			Is it possible to bypass the
			normal pathways? To get at those
			memories in some other way?

					BEVERLY
			That's what I'm hoping. What I
			need now is to see some normal
			brain scans for comparison. Is
			there any chance I could get the
			crew's medical files?

					WORF
			We are currently running a full
			diagnostic. Computer resources
			are limited.

        STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT TWO        25A.

46   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Beverly)
			The medical records will be our
			next priority.

        STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT TWO        26.

46   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Thank you.

	Beverly heads for the turbolift and Picard turns back
	to his console. Worf settles back into his captain's
	chair with a slight scowl -- uneasy lies the crown...

47   INT. CORRIDOR

	Riker is at the door to someone's quarters, finishing
	up an interview with a MALE CREWMEMBER. He holds a
	PADD.

					CREWMAN
			I guess these are my quarters.
			But I don't remember anything.

					RIKER
			If it's any comfort, everybody's
			in the same situation. Stay put
			for now... we'll be back in touch.

					CREWMAN
			Okay, sir. Thanks.

48   RO

	is down and across the corridor, speaking with a FEMALE
	CREWMEMBER, who is standing in the doorway to her
	quarters.

					RO
			That's all I need for now.

	The female crewmember nods and goes back into her
	quarters.

      STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/15/91 - ACT TWO      27.

49   INCLUDE RIKER

					RO
			Well, that's it for the living
			quarters on this deck. What's
			next?

					RIKER
				(checking his padd)
			There's a large room up ahead.
			On the diagram, it's called "Ten
			Forward."

					RO
			Let's go.

	They walk for a beat in silence, then --

					RO
			If everything was back the way
			it was supposed to be -- what do
			you think you'd be doing right
			now... ?

					RIKER
			Having a lot more fun than
			searching the ship, I'd imagine.

					RO
			Fun?

					RIKER
			With that holodeck we just saw,
			I bet I could conjure up an
			interesting program or two...

					RO
			Now, that's disappointing...

					RIKER
			Why?

					RO
				(flirtatious)
			You don't strike me as a man who
			needs a holodeck to have a good
			time.

	They share a grin... move OFFSCREEN...

      STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/18/91 - ACT TWO      28.

50   INT. TEN FORWARD

	as Riker and Ro ENTER. Riker looks around the room.

					RIKER
				(to the group)
			Who reported to the bridge from
			this group?

	Troi steps forward.

					TROI
			I did.

					RIKER
			Have you found anything that might
			give us some insight into what
			happened?

					TROI
			Not specifically. But there are
			two things that seem unusual...

	She gestures toward Data, who is standing behind the
	bar.

					TROI
			The bartender is an
			artificial lifeform.

	Riker and Ro react with surprise as Data steps over to
	them.

					DATA
				(to Riker and Ro)
			Is there something I could get
			you? A beverage of your choice?

	Riker and Ro study Data curiously -- having, of
	course, no memory of ever having seen anything like
	him.

					RIKER
			No, thank you.

					RO
			I'm fine.

					RIKER
			Your memories are gone as well?

					DATA
			The databanks that would identify
			who I am are not functioning.

	They turn back to Troi.

      STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/15/91 - ACT TWO      29.

50   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			You were going to mention
			something else?

					TROI
				(nodding)
			I don't know if this means
			anything... but I seem to have
			an ability that the others don't.
			I have a very strong sense of what
			people are feeling... at times
			it's almost --

	Suddenly she stops speaking, looks deeply at Riker, as
	though noticing something, for the moment completely
	oblivious to Ro.

					RIKER
			Is something wrong?

					TROI
			No... it's just... for a moment...
			you seemed familiar.

					RIKER
			You remember me?

					TROI
			Not exactly... I mean, I don't
			know who you are... but there's
			something about you...

	Ro reacts quizzically as Riker and Troi gaze into each
	other's eyes ---

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to survey team.

        STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT TWO        30.

50   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Survey team here.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			We have accessed the personnel
			files. Report to the bridge
			immediately.

					RO
				(to com)
			On our way.

	As Riker and Ro turn to leave, Ro can't help but throw
	a curious look back at Troi.

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52

53   INT. BRIDGE

	Worf, Picard, and MacDuff are gathered around a science
	station, watching Geordi work the controls. Riker and
	Ro EXIT the turbolift and approach.

        STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT TWO        31.

53   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Computer -- give me a biographical
			listing of all personnel
			responsible for primary operation
			of the ship.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			A full biographical listing is
			not available.

					GEORDI
			Is there any list of the ship's
			senior officers?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			The crew manifest is available.

					GEORDI
			That's better than nothing. Give
			me the crew manifest.

									INTERCUT:

54   CONSOLE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	As the computer speaks, the MONITOR displays the
	identities of our characters one by one. A PHOTOGRAPH,
	name, rank, and brief biographical history all come up
	on the screen. It's a tantalizing process. Our crew
	watches with fascination as they each learn who they
	are...

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(continuing)
			Commanding Officer, Captain
			Jean-Luc Picard.

	Picard and Worf react. They exchange a glance. Worf
	appears awkward.

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(continuing)
			Executive Officer... Commander
			Keiran MacDuff.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT TWO        32.

54   CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE (cont'd)
				(beat)
			Second Officer... Commander
			William Riker.
				(beat)
			Operations Officer... Lieutenant
			Commander Data.
				(beat)
			Chief Medical Officer... Doctor
			Beverly Crusher.
				(beat)
			Ship's Counselor, Lieutenant
			Commander Deanna Troi.
				(beat)
			Chief Engineer... Lieutenant
			Commander Geordi La Forge.
				(beat)
			Security Chief... Lieutenant Worf.
				(beat)
			Helm Officer... Ensign Ro Laren.

	The monitor goes blank. They all step back for a
	moment, digesting the information. Picard turns to
	MacDuff.

					PICARD
			Commander MacDuff... Please see
			to it that all other officers who
			were listed report to the bridge.

					MACDUFF
			Aye, sir.

	MacDuff moves off. Picard turns to Geordi.

					PICARD
			Your next priority is to retrieve
			any information you can regarding
			this ship's mission.

	Geordi nods, gets back to working the computer console.

					PICARD
			Contact the operations officer
			to assist you.

					RO
			He's in Ten-Forward -- waiting
			tables.

        STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT TWO        33.

54   CONTINUED: (2)

	CAMERA follows Worf, who moves toward Picard.

					WORF
			I regret my recent behavior. I
			assumed an attitude of authority
			that was... unwarranted.

	Picard brushes it off.

					PICARD
			We're all doing the best we can
			in a difficult situation. Think
			nothing more of it.

					WORF
			Thank you... Captain.

	Worf walks away. Picard considers the bridge for a
	moment. OFF his face -- at least this is a place to
	start.

55   EXT. SPACE -- THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	still motionless in space.

56   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, MacDuff, Riker, Data, Worf, Geordi, Troi and Ro
	seated around the table. Picard looks grave.

					GEORDI
			We haven't finished a full search
			of the computer records. But
			we've found out quite a bit.

					DATA
			This vessel is named the
			Enterprise. We are part of an
			organization called the United
			Federation of Planets. The
			Federation is currently in a state
			of war.

					TROI
				(disturbed)
			With whom?

      STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/15/91 - ACT TWO      34.

56   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			The Lysian Alliance. They're a
			genocidal race determined to
			destroy us. The war's been going
			on for years.

	Picard absorbs this information, listening intently as
	his crew reports.

					DATA
			Starfleet Command believes
			the Lysians have a new weapon that
			has shifted the balance of power
			in their favor.

					GEORDI
			Over the last two months, fourteen
			Federation ships have been
			captured -- apparently very easily
			-- and the crews imprisoned on
			Lysia.

					PICARD
			What do we know about this weapon?

					DATA
			Our scientists theorize that the
			Lysians are using an energy wave
			-- either plasma based or a
			subspace interference pattern.
			The weapon severly disrupts a
			starship's computer systems and
			the mental functioning of the
			crew.

					MACDUFF
				(pretending an insight)
			That's what happened to us...

					PICARD
			Commander, is there any record
			of our current mission?

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir.

	He rises and moves to the monitor, activates it. A
	star map appears.

        STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT TWO        35.

56   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			We're approximately here...
				(points)
			We've been ordered to cross into
			Lysian territory...
				(pointing)
			... and destroy their Central
			Command.

	He pushes more controls, and a graphic of the Central
	Command appears.

					GEORDI
			This is it -- the nerve-center
			of the Lysian military
			operation.

	The space station looks huge. Troi has a strong
	negative response.

					TROI
			Captain, there's been a great deal
			of damage to our computer system.
			Maybe we're not getting accurate
			information.

					PICARD
			What are you suggesting?

					TROI
			That we get confirmation of this
			mission from our headquarters.

					WORF
			If we use subspace radio we will
			be detected --

					TROI
			But there may be thousands of
			lives at stake --

        STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT TWO        36.

56   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			Our orders specifically require
			us to maintain radio silence.

	This brings the argument to a halt.

					DATA
			Our mission is part of a highly
			coordinated effort to put an end
			to the war. There are other
			vessels on other fronts, all
			working according to an intricate
			plan.

					GEORDI
			We're the lynch pin to the
			operation. If we don't destroy
			the Central Command -- the entire
			effort will fail.

					WORF
			Captain, our choice is clear.

	Picard somberly looks around the room. There is a
	long pause...

					PICARD
			Commander MacDuff -- set a course
			for the Lysian Central Command.

	OFF everyone's reactions.

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

       STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT THREE       37.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

57   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At warp speed.

58   INT. CORRIDOR

	Riker and Troi are walking along. Riker glances down
	at a PADD he's holding, then indicates a door -- they
	reach it and stop.

					RIKER
			These are your quarters.

					TROI
			Thanks for the help.

	Troi steps forward, touches the door's panel and the
	doors slide open.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Come in for a minute.

	Riker nods and follows her inside.

59   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Troi and Riker ENTER. They glance around. Troi starts
	to wander, taking in all the details. She runs a hand
	across the dresser... the bed... over some personal
	items on a table... as if by touching these things she
	will recall their significance.

					RIKER
			Recognize anything?

       STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT THREE       38.

59   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(re: room)
			It might as well belong to someone
			else.

	She turns to him, troubled.

					TROI
			Nothing feels right... this room,
			the ship... most of all this war
			we're fighting...

					RIKER
			I don't imagine war ever feels
			right.

	Troi considers this.

					TROI
			I suppose that's true...

	Troi looks at him for a moment, then appears puzzled.
	Riker picks up on it.

					RIKER
			What is it?

					TROI
			That same feeling... you seem
			familiar... you're the only thing
			that does.

					RIKER
			Can you remember anything
			specific?

					TROI
			I don't know...

	She reaches up and runs a finger across his cheek, as
	if by touching she'll draw out what's forgotten.

					TROI
			It's more like remembering an
			emotional image... feelings that
			are somehow associated with you...

	The romantic tension is now undeniable.

					RIKER
			I hope they're good feelings...

       STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT THREE       39.

59   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Yes... they are...

	They hold for a moment like that, and then Troi takes
	down her hand, breaking the moment.

					TROI
			This entire situation is... a
			little unnerving...

					RIKER
				(giving her the out)
			It's been a long day. We've all
			been through a lot.

	She smiles, understanding the gesture.

					TROI
			Yes. We certainly have.

	She regards him for a moment, then leans up and briefly
	kisses his cheek.

					RIKER
			I'll see you tomorrow. Good
			night.

	They exchange a gentle smile, then Riker EXITS. OFF
	Troi's pensive expression...

60   INT. CORRIDOR

	Riker walks toward a door. He stops and double-checks
	his PADD, then steps toward the door.

61   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Riker ENTERS, looks around. He walks further into the
	room, and stops at what he sees...

62   REVEAL RO

	comfortably sitting in a chair near the bed, one leg
	slung over the arm, dressed in casual, sexy clothing,
	browsing through a book. She looks up at Riker.

       STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT THREE       39A.

62   CONTINUED:

					RO
				(matter of fact)
			Hi.

	Riker can't help but smile.

					RIKER
				(indicates PADD)
			I know I didn't get the wrong
			room.

       STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT THREE       40.

62   CONTINUED: (2)

	Ro shrugs and eases her way out of the chair.

					RO
			I didn't like the way mine was
			decorated. Besides, I have a
			funny feeling maybe I spend most
			of my off hours here.

	Riker tosses the PADD down, decides to take on her
	bantering challenge.

					RIKER
			Really?

					RO
			For all we know, you and I could
			be married.

					RIKER
			For all we know, you and I could
			hate each other.

	Ro smiles. She circles around him, maneuvering closer
	to the bed.

					RO
			That's kind of exciting, isn't
			it? Because we just don't know.

					RIKER
			We might regret this.

					RO
			Regret what? Aren't you being
			a little presumptuous?

	Ro gets very close to him, teasingly. The erotic
	tension is high.

					RO
				(continuing)
			Like I said -- I just didn't like
			the way my quarters were
			decorated.

	She backs off, as if rejecting him -- but it's all
	seductive. Riker takes a step toward her. She moves
	closer to the bed.

					RIKER
			Maybe we should switch quarters.

       STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT THREE       41.

62   CONTINUED: (3)

					RO
			Maybe we should stay right here
			and see what happens.

	Ro reaches up and kisses him teasingly -- quickly,
	almost before he can respond. Then she backs away.
	Riker closes the distance.

					RIKER
			What if I snore in my sleep?

	Ro sits down on the bed in front of him, leans back
	seductively.

					RO
			What makes you think you're going
			to get any sleep?

	OFF Riker's smile...

63   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Quick pass by at warp.

64   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, MacDuff and Riker at command. Worf at
	tactical. Data at ops. Ro at the conn. Troi and 
	Geordi are also present. The tension is high.

					WORF
			Captain, we have crossed the
			Lysian border.

					PICARD
			Ensign, take us out of warp.
			Three-quarters impulse.

					RO
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, maintain a continuous
			sensor sweep.

					WORF
			Aye, Captain.

	Worf works his console.

					MACDUFF
				(to Data)
			How long till we reach their
			central command?

       STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT THREE       42.

64   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			At our current speed,
			approximately thirty-seven hours.

					WORF
			Captain, I am picking up a vessel
			directly ahead.

	Picard and MacDuff exchange a glance.

					PICARD
			Can you identify?

					DATA
				(working console)
			The ship matches the Starfleet
			description of a Lysian Destroyer.
			A short-range attack vessel...
			with disruptor-style weapons, and
			a standard crew of fifty-three.

	Reactions all around. Troi is clearly troubled.
	MacDuff stands and joins Worf at tactical.

					WORF
			Within visual range.

					PICARD
			On screen.

									INTERCUT:

65   VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	A LYSIAN SHIP appears on the screen -- it's small but
	menacing. Everyone reacts to the sight.

66   RESUME

					WORF
				(off instruments)
			The destroyer is increasing its
			speed.
				(glances up)
			They are moving to intercept.

					PICARD
				(to Ro)
			Evasive maneuver sequence delta.

       STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT THREE       43.

66   CONTINUED:

					RO
			Yes, Sir.

	Ro works the controls. A beat.

					WORF
			They are matching our manuevers...

	MacDuff quickly works the tactical controls.

					MACDUFF
			Activating phaser arrays...
				(beat)
			Ready to fire, Sir.

	MacDuff's hand is over the controls.

					PICARD
				(gesturing to hold up)
			Stand by.

	MacDuff pauses -- it takes a strong act of will.

					MACDUFF
			Captain, our orders were to
			destroy all Lysian warships.

					PICARD
			I'm aware of that, Commander.
				(to Data)
			Tactical analysis, Mister Data.

					DATA
				(off instruments)
			The destroyer has minimal shields.
			Their disruptor capacity appears
			to be only two point one
			megajoules.

	Riker reacts.

					RIKER
			They're no match for the
			Enterprise.

	As everyone considers this...

					DATA
			Captain -- the destroyer is
			hailing us.

	Everyone is taken aback.

            STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT THREE          43A.

66   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Open a channel --

					MACDUFF
			--No!

	Data pauses. Everyone turns to MacDuff. MacDuff looks
	at Picard.

            STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT THREE           44.

66   CONTINUED: (3)

					MACDUFF
			Their new weapon. Whatever it
			was that wiped out our computers
			and our memories. Maybe this is
			how they do it -- over
			communication channels.

	Picard turns to Data.

					DATA
			It is conceivable, sir.

					TROI
			It's also possible that they
			simply want to talk to us. I
			think we should respond.

					WORF
			They are hailing us again.

	A beat. MacDuff turns to Troi.

					MACDUFF
				(to Troi)
			If you're wrong, it could mean
			our destruction.
				(to Picard)
			I don't think we can take that
			risk.

					DATA
			Captain, The Lysians have stopped
			transmitting. They are powering
			up their disruptors.
				(beat)
			They have locked onto us, sir...

					RIKER
			Full shields.

					WORF
			Shields up.

	WHAM. The ship shakes, hit by Lysian disruptors.

					MACDUFF
			Captain... ?

	Picard has no choice.

            STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT THREE           45.

66   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
				(grimly)
			Return fire.

	Worf works the console.

67   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the phasers fire, making a direct hit on the Lysian
	ship. The destroyer EXPLODES in a blast of fire and
	metal. Then it's gone -- completely obliterated.

68   INT. BRIDGE

	Worf analyses his controls.

					WORF
			The ship has been destroyed.

	A beat.

					PICARD
			Maintain our course, Ensign.
			Increase to three quarters
			impulse.

					RO
			Yes, Sir.

	As Ro works the controls a brooding silence falls over
	the bridge. Troi appears distressed. MacDuff steps
	toward Picard.

					MACDUFF
			Well done, Captain.

            STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT THREE           46.

68   CONTINUED:

	Picard doesn't respond. As he stares at the empty
	viewscreen, his face unreadable...

									FADE OUT:

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

          STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/15/91 - ACT FOUR         47.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

69   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Moving at impulse.

70   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, MacDuff, Riker, Data, Troi, Worf, Ro, Geordi,
	Beverly, seated around the table. The mood is grim --
	for all intents and purposes they are at war.

					WORF
			The Lysian Central Command would
			have received any transmission
			from the destroyer by now.

					MACDUFF
				(nodding)
			They're going to be on alert.

	Ro nods, turns to Picard.

					RO
				(to Picard)
			I recommend a randomly vectored
			approach to our target. It would
			be our best chance of avoiding
			any pursuit.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Agreed.

	Picard turns to Beverly.

					PICARD
			Doctor, the success of this
			mission would be far more likely
			if we had our memories back. Is
			there anything you can do?

					BEVERLY
			I found several cases resembling
			our condition in the medical
			index. The causes are different,
			but the cure is similar in each
			case.

					RIKER
			Could the same treatment work for
			us?

          STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/15/91 - ACT FOUR         48.

70   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
				(nods)
			That's my hope. It involves
			increasing the activity of the
			medial temporal region of the
			brain. Using short term memory
			synapses to retrieve long term
			memory.

					PICARD
			When can you start?

					BEVERLY
			As soon as our medical records
			become available. It would be
			too dangerous to attempt treatment
			without them.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge?

					GEORDI
			Data and I ran into some trouble
			accessing the medical file areas
			in the computer. But with a
			little time, I'm pretty sure we
			can get there.
				(shrugs)
			Three hours, maximum.

	Picard nods.

					PICARD
			Proceed.

71   OMITTED

72   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and Data working at their respective monitors.

          STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/25/91 - ACT FOUR         49.

72   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(shakes his head)
			I'm still hitting a file wall...
			I don't get it.

					DATA
			There appears to be a command path
			discontinuity. I shall attempt
			to rewrite the locator subroutine.

	Data starts entering codes at super-fast android speed.
	Geordi watches him, amazed.

					GEORDI
				(joking re: speed)
			You must have been one hell of
			a bartender.

	A beat. Data pauses, checks the monitor, then
	continues working at normal speed. Geordi considers
	him for a moment.

					GEORDI
			It's too bad there aren't any more
			of you around. We could certainly
			use the help.

					DATA
			Yes.

	A beat. Geordi considers his light remark a little
	more deeply.

					GEORDI
			I wonder why you're the only one
			on board?

					DATA
			I have expended a great deal of
			thought with respect to my
			apparent uniqueness among the
			crew.

	Data finishes a sequence of keystrokes and considers
	Geordi.

					GEORDI
			Any conclusions?

					DATA
			Several possibilities suggest
			themselves.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/25/91 - ACT FOUR        49A.

72   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (cont'd)
			I may represent an entire race
			of artificial lifeforms. If so,
			there may be a home planet for
			others of my kind -- a shared
			history and a culture of which
			I am not presently aware.

					GEORDI
			Then again, you could've been
			built just for this ship.

					DATA
			I have considered that possibility
			as well. It may also be the case
			that every starship in the
			Federation is equipped with an
			artificial lifeform such as myself.

					GEORDI
				(nodding)
			It that's true, you might all even
			look alike. A standard issue
			android. Hard to construct --
			so only one allowed per vessel.
				(smiles)
			Maybe you all get together for
			android holidays...

	Data appears to be musing for a moment.

					DATA
			There is another possibility.
			Perhaps my origin was unique.
			In that case... I am alone.

	A silent beat as Geordi considers his words. The
	console suddenly BEEPS with computer noises and both
	Data and Geordi rivet their attention to the screen.

					DATA
			We have accessed the information
			storage area. But considerable
			damage has been done to the files
			themselves.

	Geordi reacts to this, then looks over Data's shoulder
	-- reacts.

          STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/25/91 - ACT FOUR        49B.

72   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			The mission reports are gone.

					DATA
				(works console)
			As are the crew records, and the
			personal logs.

	He stares at the monitor, puzzling over the missing
	information. A beat as Geordi reacts.

					GEORDI
			So are the medical records.

	OFF the look between them.

73   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	Riker is at a desk, sorting through a collection of
	personal belongings spread out on the desktop.

	A trombone... a few books... some terra cotta
	figurines. The door chimes.

					RIKER
			Come in.

	Troi ENTERS.

            STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT FOUR            50.

73   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I'm restless. Mind if I visit
			for a while?

					RIKER
			Please...

	Riker indicates his welcome, then sees that she appears
	shaken. He stands and moves over to her.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			What's wrong?

					TROI
			Everything. Everytime I think
			about this war, our mission...
			I feel a sense of panic. Like
			a hand is closing around my
			throat.

	Riker speaks gently... tries to console her.

					RIKER
			You're never gonna feel good about
			this war. None of us will. But
			we've got to finish our mission.

	Troi considers this... then nods. His words make
	sense, but still...

	Riker smiles, trying to brighten the mood a little. He
	indicates the nearby desk.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I've been doing a little research.
			Learning about someone named
			William Riker.

					TROI
				(smiles)
			And what have you discovered?

	Riker leads her to the desk. He indicates the
	trombone.

					RIKER
			He's a musician, for one thing.

         STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT FOUR 51-51A           

73   CONTINUED: (2)

	Troi reacts, pleasantly surprised. Riker picks up the
	instrument, plays a few notes. Troi laughs.

					TROI
			Very impressive.

					RIKER
			Nobody could have been more
			surprised than me.

					TROI
				(playfully)
			What else has your research
			uncovered about William Riker?

	Riker eyes the various belongings.

					RIKER
			Let's see... He's athletically
			inclined... loves to mountain
			climb. He was born in a place
			called Alaska. He likes exotic
			foods... spends his vacation time
			on a planet called Risa...

	Riker picks up a very slender, but beautifully bound
	BOOK and hands it to Troi. She looks at the title.

					TROI
				(reads)
			"Ode to Psyche." John Keats.

					RIKER
			Open it.

	Troi opens the book to the title page, reacts.

					TROI
				(reads)
			"To Will... All My Love, Deanna."

	A beat. She sets the book down. A quiet moment as
	she considers the implication.

					RIKER
				(re: book)
			It could explain the familiar
			feeling you have...

            STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT FOUR            52.

73   CONTINUED: (4)
	They are close to each other. The feelings between
	them are impossible to ignore.

					TROI
			I... don't know what to think.

	The door chimes.

					RIKER
			Come in.

	Ro ENTERS. She's energized from work -- a sharp
	contrast to the quiet she's just shattered.

					RO
			Hello, Counselor.

	She reacts to Troi's presence -- but it's with an
	amused tolerance. Troi and Riker seem much more
	uncomfortable than Ro does.

					TROI
				(nodding)
			Ensign.

					RO
			I'm not interrupting anything?

                     RIKER                     TROI
           No.                     No.

	Troi smiles.

					TROI
				(to Ro)
			I was just visiting.
				(to Riker, more formal)
			We'll talk again soon, Commander.

					RIKER
			Of course. Thank you, Counselor.

	As Troi goes out the door...

					RO
			Bye...

	When Troi disappears outside the door, Ro casually
	eases into a chair, catching one of Riker's hands in
	her own as she does so.

					RO
				(re: Troi)
			What was that all about?

            STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT FOUR            53.

73   CONTINUED: (6)

					RIKER
				(shrugs)
			Just talking about the situation
			we're all in...

	Ro starts playing with his hand.

					RO
			Good...

	She tightens her grip on his hand and pulls him closer.

					RO
			Because I have the feeling I used
			to be the jealous type.

	She leans upward and kisses him -- Riker responds.
	As they get into it...

74   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At impulse.

75   OMITTED

75A  INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, MacDuff, Riker, Ro, Data and Beverly. Geordi
	is finishing his report.

					GEORDI
			What bothers me, Captain, is how
			specific the damage is. Any
			records of a personal nature, any
			files that could tell us more
			about who we are -- those are the
			ones that are gone.

					RIKER
			That's a little too selective for
			coincidence.

					BEVERLY
			As selective as what was done to
			our own memories. Our skills
			still in place -- but personal
			knowledge unavailable.

          STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/15/91 - ACT FOUR         54.

75A  CONTINUED:

					MACDUFF
			It's consistent with what we know
			about the new Lysian weapon.

	Picard takes all this in, weighing it.

					PICARD
			Doctor, is it absolutely necessary
			for you to see the medical files
			before you attempt a treatment?

					BEVERLY
			No. But it would be dangerous
			without them.

	A beat.

					RIKER
				(volunteering)
			I think that's a risk we have to
			take --

					MACDUFF
				(beating him to the
				 punch)
			-- Captain, I volunteer for the
			procedure.

            STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT FOUR            55.

75A  CONTINUED: (2)

	Beverly looks to Picard... who nods his grim approval.

76   INT. SICKBAY

	MacDuff is on his back in the half-shell bio-bed, his
	head couched by a headpiece apparatus. His eyes are
	closed -- as if he's unconscious. Beverly works the
	console next to the bed, and the series of lights flash
	on and off on the headpiece. A NURSE is working in the
	background.

	Beverly takes her hand off the console and picks up a
	med device, waves it across his forehead. She seems
	puzzled by the result.

					BEVERLY
			That's strange. The diencephalic
			activity is exactly the same.
			There should be some increase.
				(to Nurse)
			Let's try broadening the band
			width.

	She steps over to where the nurse is working -- MACDUFF
	IS NOW OUT OF THEIR LINE OF SIGHT.

77   ON MACDUFF

					BEVERLY
				(continuing; to nurse)
			Go to thirty point one.

	MacDuff begins to convulse.

            STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT FOUR            56.

78   INCLUDE BEVERLY

					BEVERLY
				(to nurse)
			Raise the frequency as well.
			Increase by thirty-three
			percent...

	A few beats and Beverly turns back toward MacDuff --
	and reacts with shock at his convulsions. She dives
	for the console, punches in some commands --

					BEVERLY
			Something's wrong with the
			sequencing program!

	A few more commands and she glances up -- the headpiece
	stops blinking. His body goes rigid. Beverly picks up
	a device and runs it over his forehead.

	His head stops moving and his eyes struggle open. He
	looks straight at her, as if uncomprehending.

					BEVERLY
				(insistent)
			Kieran. Kieran.

	He looks at her, blinks, as if coming back to full
	consciousness.

					MACDUFF
				(nods)
			I'm alright.

	Beverly lets out her breath in a long sigh. MacDuff
	lets his head fall back, as if exhausted, then glances
	at her.

					MACDUFF
			What happened?

            STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT FOUR            57.

78   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I don't know. Something went
			wrong with the sequence initiator.
			We're lucky we didn't lose you.
				(beat)
			Did any of this work? Do you
			remember anything about yourself?

					MACDUFF
				(shakes his head)
			I'm sorry, Doctor.

	Beverly looks greatly disappointed.

					BEVERLY
			It's back to square one.

	MacDuff nods. Beverly turns away from him. OFF
	MacDuff who smiles -- success...

79   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is staring out the window, lost in thought. The
	door chimes.

					PICARD
			Enter.

	MacDuff ENTERS. Picard turns to him.

					MACDUFF
			You wanted to see me, Captain?

					PICARD
			Yes, Commander. Sit down.

	MacDuff sits and Picard rises, pacing, things on his
	mind.

					PICARD
			I find myself with grave concerns
			about our mission.

					MACDUFF
			Concerns... as to its success?

					PICARD
			No. I have more fundamental
			doubts...
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/18/91 - ACT FOUR         58.

79   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (cont'd)
				(beat)
			Whether or not this mission is
			justified.

					MACDUFF
			I've been asking myself the same
			thing. But I'm sure our superiors
			feel their orders are justified.

					PICARD
			Orders which we cannot even
			verify.

					MACDUFF
				(reluctantly
				 concluding)
			Orders we cannot ignore.

					PICARD
			But I also can't ignore the fact
			that we greatly outclassed the
			only enemy vessel we've
			encountered. And that every
			possible shred of information
			which could shed some light on
			our situation has been
			conveniently eliminated.

          STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/15/91 - ACT FOUR         59.

79   CONTINUED: (2)

	A beat as Picard continues to pace.

					PICARD
			I feel as though I've been handed
			a weapon, pushed into a room and
			told to shoot a stranger.

	He stops and looks squarely at MacDuff.

					PICARD
			I need a moral context to justify
			that action. And I don't have
			one. I'm not satisfied simply
			following orders. I want to know
			that what I am doing is right.

					MACDUFF
			So do I. I'd feel a lot better
			about this if all the questions
			were answered. And if you want
			to abandon our mission until our
			memories return -- it's your
			choice.

	MacDuff pauses, as if searching for the words.

					MACDUFF
			But I must ask you... is it right
			to risk prolonging this war...
			to allow the needless deaths of
			thousands on both sides... solely
			on the basis of our moral
			discomfort?

	A long beat. MacDuff nods his head deferentially,
	taking his leave. He turns and exits the ready room.

79A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	OFF Picard as he stares out the window, MacDuff's words
	still on his mind...

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/15/91 - ACT FIVE         60.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

80   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship traveling at impulse.

81   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, MacDuff, Riker, Data, Worf, Ro, Troi at their
	stations. Everyone looks grimly determined -- or in
	Troi's case, resigned.

					DATA
				(off instruments)
			Captain, we are approaching the
			Lysian system.

					PICARD
			Decrease to one quarter impulse.

					RO
			Yes, sir.

					MACDUFF
				(off instruments)
			The Central Command is directly
			ahead. Still beyond weapon range.

					PICARD
			Red Alert. Battle stations.
			Bring us to attack posture, Mister
			Worf.

					WORF
			Aye, Captain.

	Worf works the tactical console and the ship goes to
	RED ALERT.

            STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT FIVE            61.

81   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Sensors show several objects in
			our path. They are twenty-nine
			meters in length and are unmanned.

	MacDuff works a console.

					MACDUFF
			According to Starfleet records,
			they're sentry pods. Programmed
			to defend their Central Command.

					RIKER
				(off instruments)
			I'm reading forty-seven of them
			around the perimeter.

					PICARD
			Tactical analysis, Mister Data.

					DATA
				(working console)
			The pods are equipped with fusion
			generated pulse lasers, and
			minimal shielding.

					RIKER
			Not much power there...

					PICARD
			Forward shields on maximum. Lock
			phasers on the sentry pods and
			prepare to return fire.

					WORF
			Shields up, phasers locked on
			targets.

	A beat, then.

					PICARD
			Full impulse. Take us straight
			through them.

	As Ro works the helm...

            STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT FIVE            62.

82   OMITTED

83   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it runs straight through the field of sentry pods.
	We instantly draw A THIN LASER BEAM TYPE FIRE from the
	pods that does nothing to the Enterprise. The
	Enterprise returns with PHASER FIRE -- a series of
	quick bursts, DESTROYING the pods with ease.

84   INT. BRIDGE

					DATA
			We are through the perimeter.

					RIKER
			This is too easy.

					WORF
			We have yet to encounter any
			battleships. They may lie ahead.

					PICARD
			Load all torpedo bays. Ready
			phasers.

	But it's clear Picard's doubts are mounting.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Worf works the console.

            STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT FIVE           62A.

84   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Approaching the Central Command...

	Picard reacts, puzzled at the ease with which they are
	able to appoach.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, scan for defenses.

	Data works the console.

					DATA
			I am picking up no vessels -- and
			no additional sentry pods.

					WORF
			The station is in visual range.

					PICARD
			On screen.

85   INCLUDE THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	In the distance is the LYSIAN CENTRAL COMMAND -- a
	huge, alien-looking space station.

	Reactions to the sight.

					RIKER
				(off console)
			Optimal firing range in fifty-five
			seconds.

          STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/15/91 - ACT FIVE         63.

86   RESUME (OPTICAL)

					MACDUFF
				(works console)
			Phaser banks ready. Loading
			torpedoes.

					PICARD
			What are the defensive
			capabilities of the Central
			Command?

					DATA
			Armaments consist of four laser
			cannons and thirty-nine cobalt
			fusion warheads with magnetic
			propulsion. Defensive shield
			output is only... four point
			three kilojoules.

	Picard is deeply disturbed by this news. All the
	doubts of this entire endeavor rise to inundate him.

					RIKER
				(amazed)
			One photon torpedo ought to do
			it.

					TROI
			Data... how many people are on
			that station?

					DATA
				(off instruments)
			Fifteen thousand, three hundred
			eleven.

	Again, this registers on Picard. His moment of
	decision is nearing.

					MACDUFF
			Captain, we're in range.

					PICARD
				(gesturing to hold up)
			Stand by.

	A concerned reaction from MacDuff.

          STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/15/91 - ACT FIVE         64.

86   CONTINUED:

					MACDUFF
			Waiting for your order, sir.

					TROI
			Captain, this isn't right...

					MACDUFF
			The rest of our forces are
			depending on us --

					RIKER
			How can our mortal enemy be over
			a hundred years behind us in
			weapons technology?

					MACDUFF
			Their battleships may be on the
			way right now.

	A beat. MacDuff keeps on pushing.

					MACDUFF
				(continuing)
			We must attack.

	A long moment -- it's all on Picard. From deep inside,
	his conscience finds voice, and speaks clear as a bell
	-- a simple statement confirming his fundamental
	nature.

					PICARD
			I do not fire on defenseless
			people.

	Various reactions from the others.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf... open a channel to
			the Lysians.

	MacDuff is enraged -- losing control.

					MACDUFF
			Belay that order!

	MacDuff is on the move toward tactical. Worf wavers.
	MacDuff addresses everyone as he goes.

            STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT FIVE            65.

86   CONTINUED: (3)

					MACDUFF
				(continuing)
			There's something wrong with the
			Captain. I'm taking command of
			this vessel.
				(to Worf)
			Fire all weapons!

	Worf doesn't move. MacDuff, now wild-eyed with
	desperation exchanges a look with Picard, who by
	contrast is all cool control.

	-- MacDuff lunges toward tactical, knocking Worf out
	of the way like he wasn't even there. He reaches for
	the weapons control...

	-- and is suddenly hit by a PHASER BLAST, briefly
	revealing beneath his Human self, in the area where
	he was hit, a strange, alien, metallic body.

87   OMITTED

88   INCLUDE RIKER (OPTICAL)

	holding the phaser. MacDuff again goes for the console
	-- Riker again FIRES the phaser, and where it hits,
	the strange metallic being underneath is revealed.
	MacDuff stumbles back, but goes for it again --
	unstoppable.

	Worf has regained his footing, and FIRES his phaser
	at MacDuff, again revealing a patch of the alien
	corpus. Riker and Worf both continue FIRING to keep
	MacDuff away from the controls. MacDuff finally throws
	back his head and screams --

89   MACDUFF (OPTICAL)

	falls to the floor, unconscious. The others stare
	at him, relieved.

          STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/18/91 - ACT FIVE         66.

90
thru	OMITTED
91

92   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise at warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. We
			are on a course to Starbase Three-
			zero-one. Doctor Crusher has been
			working steadily, and has restored
			the memories of most of the crew.

92A  INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Riker. Picard is sitting behind his desk.

					PICARD
			The Lysians have identified
			"Commander MacDuff" as a Satarran
			-- an alien race that's been at
			war with the Lysians for decades.

	Picard stands, steps out from behind the desk.

					PICARD
			I've conveyed to the Lysians our
			deepest regrets over the tragedy of
			their lost ship and crew. They've
			been extraordinarily understanding.

	Riker thinks for a moment.

					RIKER
			With all the power that MacDuff
			had... to alter our brain
			chemistry, and manipulate the
			computers... it's hard to believe
			he needed the Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Satarran weapons technology is
			no more advanced than the
			Lysians'. One photon torpedo
			would have ended their war.

          STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/15/91 - ACT FIVE        66A.

92A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			It almost did...

	OFF the look between them.

93   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Business as usual. Riker ENTERS, glances around the
	room and sees something that makes him stop cold.

            STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - 11/14/91 - ACT FIVE            67.

94   INCLUDE TROI AND RO

	sitting together at a table, immersed in a private
	conversation.

	Riker reacts. He takes a deep breath to fortify
	himself, then heads for the table.

	Troi and Ro see him coming, and their conversation
	stops just a little too quickly.

	Riker arrives at the table. An awkward beat.

					RIKER
			I hope I'm not interrupting.

					RO
			Not at all. I was hoping to see
			you.

					TROI
			Please -- sit down.

	Uncomfortable, he sits. He never thought he'd have
	to deal with them both at once. And what have they
	been saying to each other?

					RIKER
			Well. I'm glad I ran into the
			two of you...

	They smile sweetly, waiting for him to talk his way
	into trouble. He launches in.

					RIKER
			You know, when you have no memory
			of who you are, or who anybody
			else is...

          STAR TREK: "Conundrum" - REV. 11/18/91 - ACT FIVE         68.

94   CONTINUED:

					RO
				(with feigned
				 sincerity)
			The Counselor tells me... at
			times like that, we might do things
			we've always wanted to do.

					RIKER
				(taken aback)
			She said that?

	He glances uncomfortably at Troi, who gazes serenely at
	him.

					TROI
			It's psychologically valid.

	Riker is hard-pressed for a response. Ro extends the
	uncomfortable moment, then stands.

					RO
				(feigned sincerity)
			Don't worry about it, Commander.
			As far as I'm concerned we've
			shared something that you and I
			will treasure forever.

	Ro turns and walks off before Riker can respond.
	Nonplussed, he looks at Troi. A beat, then Riker sits
	down.

					RIKER
				(re: Ro)
			I feel kind of... confused.

	Troi can't suppress a smile.

					TROI
			If you still feel confused
			tomorrow -- you know where my
			office is.

	Troi smiles, gets up, and leaves. Riker is suddenly
	alone. He lets out a long breath -- he's off the hook
	for now...

									FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             










                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "Power Play" 
        (f.k.a. "The Invaders", "Terror In Ten-Forward" 
                              and 
                       "Feeling Poorly") 
                          #40275-215 
                              
                           Story by 
                 Paul Rubin and Maurice Hurley 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
       Rene Balcer and Herbert J. Wright & Brannon Braga 
                              
                          Directed by 
                       David Livingston 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1991 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                      NOVEMBER 26, 1991

           STAR TREK: "Power Play" - 11/26/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Power Play" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                       PICARD      
                       RIKER       
                       DATA        
                       BEVERLY     
                       TROI        
                       GEORDI      
                       WORF        
                       O'BRIEN     
                       KEIKO       
                       ENSIGN RO   
                       TRANSPORTER OFFICER

                       Non-Speaking
                       A NURSE     
                       BABY MOLLY  
                       CREWMEMBERS IN TEN FORWARD
                       CIVILIANS IN TEN FORWARD
                       N.D. SECURITY
                       N.D. MEDICAL
                       SUPERNUMERARIES

        STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Power Play" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CARGO BAY                SHUTTLE
              CORRIDOR
              CRAWL SPACE              MAB-BU SIX MOON SURFACE
              READY ROOM
              SICKBAY
              TEN FORWARD
              TURBOLIFT
              TRANSPORTER
          
            SHUTTLE

        STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 11/27/91 - TEASER        1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "Power Play"                              
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Approaches a MOON, which is cloaked with angry storm
	CLOUDS and LIGHTNING arcs of tremendous electrical
	activity. All silhouetted against a nearby massive,
	glowing gas-giant PLANET, the mother of this dark
	child.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45571.2.
			We are going into orbit around
			an unexplored M-class moon of
			Mab-Bu Six. Though the moon was
			reported to be uninhabited, we
			have picked up a weak distress
			call.

2    INT. BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker are at Data's station... listening
	to an audio distress signal... puzzled... WORF is at
	tactical. ENSIGN RO is at the conn, and TROI ENTERS
	from the turbolift.

					DATA
			The intense electromagnetic
			whirlwinds on the moon's surface
			make it virtually impossible to
			locate the source of the signal,
			sir...

					PICARD
			Any indications of life, Mister
			Worf?

					WORF
			Scanners read negative, sir. But
			they may be affected by the
			interference.

					RIKER
			Have you ever heard anything like
			that, Data?

      STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - TEASER      2.

2    CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(curious)
			I believe so, Commander... at
			Starfleet Academy...

					PICARD
			The Academy?

					DATA
			Yes, sir, let me verify it...

	Running panels...

					DATA
				(continuing)
			As I thought, sir... it is a
			Starfleet subspace distress
			signal... standard to Daedalus
			class starships...

					RIKER
				(reacts, to Picard)
			There hasn't been a Daedalus class
			in service for... what... ?

					DATA
			One hundred seventy-two years,
			Commander...

					PICARD
			Any record of missing ships in
			this vicinity, Data?

	Checking --

					DATA
			The U.S.S. Essex under the command
			of Captain Bryce Shumar
			disappeared in this sector over
			two centuries ago...

					PICARD
			Daedalus class...

        STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 11/27/91 - TEASER        3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(checking)
			Yes, Captain... I have accessed
			the subspace transponder signature
			of the Essex... it is identical
			to the signal coming from the moon's
			surface...

					RIKER
			We've arrived a little late...

3    ANGLE ON TROI

	As she experiences curious empathic feelings...

					PICARD (o.c.)
			Mute it, Data.

	Data turns off the sound.

3A   RESUME

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			With the storm activity down
			there, I don't think it's worth
			the risk to check on a ghost ship,
			Number One... advise Starfleet
			we've solved the mystery of
			Captain Shumar and the Essex...

					TROI
			I'm not sure we have...

	They turn to look at her...

					TROI
			Someone's down there... alive...

	Off reactions...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/04/91 - ACT ONE      4.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

4    EXT. MOON - THE SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	in the atmosphere.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First officer's log, supplemental.
			The electromagnetic interference
			on the surface was judged too
			dangerous for anyone to transport
			down. So we have taken a
			shuttle to investigate.

5    INT. SHUTTLE - IN FLIGHT

	On RIKER, TROI and DATA, being buffeted inside on an
	instruments-only run, a rough-as-they-come flight.
	Over this, the distress SIGNAL mournfully plays,
	stronger.

	A burst of nearby LIGHTNING brightens their faces.
	The THUNDER following this sounds like the voice of
	doom.

					DATA
			Shields are holding...

					RIKER
				(checking instruments)
			Wind shear is incredible, Data...
			keep an eye on the stabilizers...
				(glances at Troi)
			If it's anything like this on the
			ground, I don't see how anyone
			could survive on this moon for
			long.

					TROI
			Maybe they've been living
			underground.

					RIKER
				(off console)
			Question is where? I still can't
			locate the source of the damn
			signal... it's bouncing around
			more than we are...

      STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/04/91 - ACT ONE      5.

5    CONTINUED:

	They suddenly take a severe hit... Red warning LIGHTS
	flash, a KLAXON sounds.

					DATA
			Sir, forward thrusters have
			failed. We are losing power.

					RIKER
			Enterprise... ?

6    INT. BRIDGE

	Picard at command.

					PICARD
			Go ahead.

	No response for a beat, then in scratchy reception:

					RIKER'S COMM VOICE
			We've lost our thrusters...
			attempting to compensate with
			secondary boosters...

	With a burst of CRACKLE, Riker's voice disappears.

					WORF
			Sir? The shuttle's impulse
			generators have shut down...

					PICARD
			Commander? Can you hear me?

7    INT. SHUTTLE

	Riker and Co. struggle to keep their small, shaking
	craft aloft.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(completely fritzed)
			Enterprise to shuttle, please
			respond.

					RIKER
			Hold on! We're going down...

					DATA
			Initiating emergency landing
			procedures...

     STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT ONE     5A.

7    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Maintain the approach attitude
			Data... I'm taking her in...

	The craft hits the ground roughly... the crew tossed
	violently from side to side... the LIGHTS FAIL and
	we're consumed by darkness... and finally silence.

8    EXT. MOON SURFACE - INSIDE FOG

	CAMERA PANS through the murk, until we see the SHUTTLE.
	It's battered, sitting deadly still. More THUNDER
	booms, as LIGHTNING cracks. But no sign of life shows
	from inside the fallen craft.

      STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT ONE      6.

9    INT. BRIDGE

	A flurry of activity. Our people are down there.

					RO
			The shuttle has crashed on the
			surface...

					PICARD
			Do you have their position?

					WORF
				(off console)
			I am picking up the shuttle's
			trace signature... but the surface
			interference is distorting its
			position...

	Worf continues to struggle vainly with his console...

					PICARD
				(urgent)
			Can you locate them...

					RO
			I think I can... I followed their
			entry almost all the way in...
			we can calculate the coordinates
			from their angle of descent...

10   EXT. MOON SURFACE

	On the shuttle. The hatch blows off and Riker emerges,
	holding his arm. Data and Troi follow, shook-up but
	intact. FOG swirls all around them, as distant
	thunderbolts brighten the scene: a BARREN LANDSCAPE
	with charred rocks and terrain, as if a forest fire has
	swept through the area. Dark and windy.

					RIKER
				(taps communicator)
			Enterprise?

	But no answer from above. Troi looks around, Data runs
	a tricorder scan. Riker's in pain but trying to ignore
	it.

					DATA
			It is unlikely, sir, that we will
			be able to establish communication
			with the ship, given the severe
			electromagnetic interference...

131:[1,#b]
      STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/06/91 - ACT ONE      7.

10   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(in pain)
			Then we'll stay put right here
			until the Enterprise finds us...
				(looks around)
			Data, run an inventory of what's
			still usable inside the shuttle.

					DATA
			Yes sir.

	Data moves to the shuttle door, looks back inside.

					TROI
			Your arm...

					RIKER
			Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's
			broken...

	Riker checks the terrain with a tricorder...

					RIKER
			The surface is composed of
			nonporous rock... makes me
			think it's even more unlikely
			anyone could live here...

	Troi nods thoughtfully, as something else catches her
	attention, behind Riker. Data returns from the
	shuttle.

					DATA
			There are no instruments left of
			practical value that have not been
			damaged by the impact of our
			landing.

					TROI
				(points to horizon)
			What is that?

11   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	to include distant GLIMMERING lights, seen ghostly
	through the fog and clouds. Dancing in the mist.

     STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/06/91 - ACT ONE     7A.

11   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Doesn't look like any storm front
			I've ever seen...

					DATA
				(checking with the
				 tricorder)
			The tricorder is picking up high
			levels of E-M bursts across the
			spectrum.

					RIKER
			Are you picking up anything else,
			Data... like signs of life... ?

					DATA
			Other than our own, sir...
			negative.

	Riker looks to Troi...

					TROI
			There is someone alive here...
			I'm more certain of it now than
			ever...

					RIKER
			Well, I hope they can find us...
			because we don't have a way to
			find them...

      STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT ONE      8.

11   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(realizing)
			They're coming... they're coming
			with the storm...

	A rumble of thunder in the distance... off Riker's
	reaction...

12   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	On O'Brien and Geordi at the controls...

					GEORDI
			We can't get a pattern lock on
			the communicators because of the
			E-M bursts, Captain. There's
			no way to beam them out of
			there... not under these
			conditions...

									INTERCUT

13   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					PICARD
			The same conditions won't permit
			a shuttle to land safely, Mister
			LaForge... any suggestions... ?

14   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	O'Brien touches the console, muting the transmission.

					O'BRIEN
				(to Geordi)
			Sir, let me beam down with a
			pattern enhancer...

					GEORDI
			Chief, there's no guarantee you
			won't rematerialize in a million
			pieces if your signal gets caught
			up in that electromagnetic
			whirlwind...

					O'BRIEN
			I can boost the confinement
			beam. One person might be able
			to make it...

	During the following, O'Brien takes tech equipment out
	of a storage closet or cabinet... Geordi HITS the
	companel.

      STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT ONE      9.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
				(beat, to com)
			Captain, Chief O'Brien wants to
			beam down to the surface with a
			pattern enhancer...

15   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			His chances of getting down there
			safely are no better than fifty-
			fifty in my judgement...

					WORF
			Captain, a major storm front is
			moving in on the away team's
			coordinates...

					PICARD
				(beat)
			Mister O'Brien... you are aware
			of the risks?

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Yessir. I think I can make it.

16   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

					PICARD COM VOICE
			Prepare to transport.

					O'BRIEN
			Aye, sir.

	And as he moves toward the transporter pad...

17   EXT. MOON SURFACE (OPTICAL)

	Riker rests, as Troi and Data survey the foggy area.
	O'Brien MATERIALIZES between them and the shuttle.
	Only to be greeted by more thunder and LIGHTNING.

					RIKER
			Glad you could join us.

					O'BRIEN
			Great spot for a picnic, sir.

	He begins to unload the equipment pack... handing gear
	to the others, they all know basically what to do...

     STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT ONE     10.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					O'BRIEN
			We need to distribute the enhancer
			rods at seven meter legs... that
			ought to do it...

					RIKER
			Storm front going to affect the
			transport, Chief... ?

					O'BRIEN
			I'd really like to get us out of
			here before it hits, Commander...
			see, I'm supposed to be feeding
			the baby lunch... Molly gets in
			a terribly foul mood if I'm
			late...

					RIKER
			I'm with you...

	Equipment handed out, Riker struggling with one arm to
	do his part...

18   UP ANGLE

	They hurriedly position three upright ENHANCER RODS
	around them to form a triangle. Thunder approaches.
	Data and O'Brien spread out... Riker goes with Troi...

19   ANGLE ON STORM (OPTICAL)

	A spectacular system of LIGHTNING BOLTS explode, light
	up the sky. Followed by rolling THUNDER, inside angry,
	swirling CLOUDS. Within seconds, wind howling, thunder
	crashing, the STORM overtakes our away team.

					RIKER
			Lunch time, O'Brien! Let's do
			it!

	O'Brien attempts to activate his rod but a moment later
	-- FLASH! A LIGHTNING BOLT strikes the rod -- and blows
	O'Brien away from it.

     STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT ONE     11.

20
thru	OMITTED
22

23   WIDE ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	All of them, stunned by the concussion, on the ground
	inside the rod triangle. The air fills with weird
	HUMMING...

	Mysterious ENERGY RINGS OF LIGHT suddenly appear, dive
	about like wavy alien fireflies. THREE RINGS eerily
	PULSE down onto Data, Troi and O'Brien... ANOTHER tries
	to approach Riker but is repelled somehow...

24   RIKER (OPTICAL)

	Crawls up to O'Brien's enhancer rod, determined. And
	reaches out for the enhancer rod, throws the final
	switch. Three BEAMS OF BLUE LIGHT instantly turn on
	and connect - making a horizontal TRIANGLE OF LIGHT
	between the upright rods, which encloses them. 
	Riker collapses.

25   ON GROUP (OPTICAL)

	As they DEMATERIALIZE, HUMMING to feedback levels, as
	we gratefully:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT TWO     12.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

26   INT. SICKBAY

	TIGHT on Troi, eyes closed, unconscious. WIDEN to
	BEVERLY who scans Troi on a table with a medical
	tricorder. A quiet moment goes by... Then without
	warning, Troi's EYES JERK OPEN and she BOLTS UPRIGHT,
	knocking aside equipment -- crying out in terror, as 
	if awakened from a nightmare. Beverly's startled, and
	grasps Troi by the arms to keep her from struggling.

					BEVERLY
			Easy, Deanna...

					TROI
			W-where... ?

	Beverly calms her, as Troi nervously rubs her arms.
	Troi keeps looking around, as if to reorient herself.

					BEVERLY
			You're back on the Enterprise...
			Everything's okay now.

					TROI
			But my skin... It's tingling.

					BEVERLY
			You are experiencing some
			afterimages from the
			electromagnetic discharge. The
			sensation will pass. Try to
			relax...

	Troi does relax a little, but sees Riker and O'Brien
	lying on nearby tables, being tended by a NURSE. Data
	stands nearby. Worried, Troi looks back to Beverly.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			They're all fine, too. Now take
			your time, Counselor, okay?
			Doctor's orders.

	Troi nods, eases back onto the bed. Picard ENTERS and
	Beverly moves to meet him, to have a private exchange.

					PICARD
				(casual)
			Injury report, Doctor?

     STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT TWO     13.

26   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Mostly minor abrasions. But
			Commander Riker took the worst
			of it with a broken arm... The
			biofilter scans showed their
			nervous systems were generating
			unusally high levels of synaptic
			energy. I don't think it's
			anything to worry about...

	Picard acknowledges, moves with Beverly over to the
	team. O'Brien and Riker are back on their feet,
	looking alert. Troi now sits on the edge of the table,
	still a bit woozy.

					PICARD
			Good work, Mister O'Brien.

					O'BRIEN
			Thank you, sir.

					RIKER
			Ready for duty, Captain.

					PICARD
			Are you sure, Number One?

					RIKER
				(nods, flexes his
				 injured arm)
			It's not the first bone I've
			broken.

	As they prepare to exit, Picard turns his attention
	to Troi, who weakly smiles.

					PICARD
			And how are you, Counselor?

					TROI
			Very glad to be here.

	Picard acknowledges, leads them out, as Riker moves
	next to him. They EXIT...

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			What happened down there?

     STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT TWO     14.

26A  INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

					RIKER
			It was just one hell of a storm...
			moved in on our position faster
			than anything I've ever seen.

	They enter the turbolift...

26B  INT. TURBOLIFT - CONTINUOUS

					PICARD
			Did you find any evidence of
			life?

					RIKER
			No, but if Troi was right, we
			weren't far away from it...

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Bridge.
				(beat)
			How do you suggest we proceed?

					RIKER
			We're gonna have to find a way
			to modify the scanners to
			penetrate those storms. Got any
			ideas, Data... ?

					DATA
				(a beat)
			It is p-p-possible we might be
			able to employ virtual imaging
			to interpolate missing data...

	Everyone reacts to his unusual stutter. Troi shares a
	quick look with Data. Something we'll connect later.

					PICARD
			Is there something wrong, Data?

	The turbolift stops and the doors open.

28   INT. BRIDGE

	As they exit... a quick beat as Data internally
	analyzes himself.

     STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT TWO     14A.

28   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			My apologies. It seems my primary
			speech processors are experiencing
			a minor fluctuation. I will have
			it corrected in a... m-m-moment.

     STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT TWO     15.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

	Worf is at tactical. Ensign Ro at the conn, ND at ops.
	Picard, Riker, and Troi EXIT the turbolift, head for
	command. Data to ops, O'Brien goes to the aft science
	station. Troi and Data again share a look, unseen by
	the others.

					TROI
			Captain... may I speak with you
			a moment? In private?

					PICARD
			Of course, Counselor.
				(to Riker)
			Take the bridge, Number One.

	Riker nods as Picard and Troi head to the ready room.
	Data relieves ND at ops and begins to study the
	console. The ND EXITS.

					RIKER
			Mister Data, deploy sensor scans
			when you're ready. Ensign, move
			into a synchronous orbit aligned
			with our crash site.

					RO
			Aye sir.

	Data reacts, turns to Riker.

					DATA
			Sir? Given the E-M field
			properties of this moon, I would
			recommend a search pattern
			beginning at the southern
			p-p-polar region.

					RIKER
				(reacts)
			The polar region... But that's
			starting from scratch, Data. The
			last reading we had on the Essex
			would suggest we begin the scans
			near our crash site...

					DATA
			The Essex signal was never clearly
			located, sir.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT TWO     16.

28   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA (cont'd)
			A broader, systematic survey of
			the moon from a p-p-polar orbit
			might be more practical.

					RIKER
				(considers a beat)
			Well, you might be right. Still,
			I'd like to give the crash site
			a once-over first... We'll
			maintain our present orbit for
			now.

					DATA
			Understood, sir.

	Data turns to the console. OFF his face as he works...

29   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard behind his desk, speaks to Troi, who is pacing
	nervously in front of the desk, arguing her point.

					TROI
			I've never felt anything quite
			like it... It was almost as though
			they were calling to me...

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			Are you saying someone was
			communicating telepathically,
			Counselor?

					TROI
			Perhaps. For an instant. It was
			like their voices were carried
			on the wind.

					PICARD
			What were they trying to
			communicate?

					TROI
			I'm not sure... but they were
			calling me to the southern polar
			region... I believe that's where
			we should look for the Essex...

     STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT TWO     17.

29   CONTINUED:

	On Picard's reaction...

30   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As before. Ensign Ro reacts to her console, confused.

					ENSIGN RO
			Commander? Did you override my
			orbital heading?

					RIKER
			Override them?

					ENSIGN RO
			We've moved into a polar orbit.

	Riker reacts, looks at Data...

					ENSIGN RO
			I'm locked out, the helm isn't
			responding...

					RIKER
			Mister Data, do you know anything
			about this?

	Data doesn't respond, but continues to calmly work his
	console, his back to Riker. Riker moves toward Data.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Data... ?

	Riker reaches out, touches Data's shoulder. Suddenly,
	Data spins and looks at Riker, Data's face contorted
	with intense anger. Riker reacts, stunned. Data,
	lightning-fast, thrusts his arms forward, STRIKING
	Riker hard in the chest, knocking Riker back on the
	floor. All follows very quickly, as Riker responds:

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Security to the bridge!

	Worf quickly reacts, drawing his phaser -- but O'Brien
	catches him offguard from behind, GRABS Worf's wrist
	and wrenches the phaser free. He SLAMS Worf to the
	floor, hard, stunning him.

      STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT TWO 18-18A         

30   CONTINUED:

	Ro jumps up, fires a phaser at O'Brien, but O'Brien
	FIRES his phaser back at her, STUNNING her and she
	drops to the floor.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Computer, transfer command to
			engineering... Full security
			alert!

	O'Brien fires again, stunning Riker, as audio alarms
	go off. Suddenly all bridge consoles DEACTIVATE, as
	Data futilely works his console, bangs it in
	frustration.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			All command functions transferred
			to engineering.

31   INT. READY ROOM

	ALERT sounding, Picard hurriedly moves to the door.
	But Troi blocks his way, throws out an arm to STRIKE
	Picard in the chest and knocks him down. Troi races
	out.

32   INT. BRIDGE

	Troi angrily ENTERS, looks around the bridge to Data.
	Riker, Ro and Worf are splayed out on the floor, as
	O'Brien robs the bridge locker for two more PHASERS.
	All is played on the move to the turbolift...

					O'BRIEN
			This way!

					TROI
			What happened?

					DATA
			He would not move to a polar
			orbit.

					TROI
				(angry at Data)
			You could not wait? The captain
			would have done it for me...

	Riker, still recovering from his phaser stun, reacts
	to this new member of the revolt, as O'Brien speeds
	to the turbolift, calls out to them. Troi and Data
	follow O'Brien into the turbolift.

     STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT TWO     19.

33   INT. TURBOLIFT

	Troi, Data, O'Brien stop. The doors slide shut.

					O'BRIEN
				(to lift)
			Deck thirty-six. Engineering.

	The turbolift immediately starts MOVING down. O'Brien
	gives the two extra phasers to Troi and Data.

34   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker, Worf, Ro and the N.D. all back on their feet,
	a little worse for wear. Picard groggily ENTERS.
	Security N.D.s RUSH IN.

					RIKER
				(quick)
			Computer, reenable bridge
			control. Authorization:
			Riker-Omega-Three...

					PICARD
			Report...

	The bridge consoles LIGHT UP again, as Ro, Worf and
	Riker all weakly return to their stations.

					RIKER
			They're in turbolift four.

					WORF
			Engaging turbolift override
			controls, now...

35   INT. TURBOLIFT

	Troi, Data and O'Brien react as the turbolift abruptly
	STOPS. But the doors don't open. The three look at each
	other, all under an alien influence. Their movements
	bristling with great tension. Not happy alien campers.

					DATA
			They have t-t-trapped us... what
			will we do?

					TROI
			What deck is this?

	O'Brien reads a small control panel near the door.

     STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT TWO     20.

35   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			We are on deck ten.

					TROI
			Can you move us again?

					O'BRIEN
				(nods)
			I know how to override the bridge
			command...

	He works the control panel -- fiddles with the interior,
	his fingers moving quickly...

36   INT. BRIDGE

	Worf reads his console.

					RIKER
			Activate all security fields on
			decks eight through fifteen...

					WORF
				(off console)
			Sir? The turbolift is moving
			again. They're still inside.

					PICARD
			Initiate emergency bulkheads in
			turboshaft four...

					WORF
			Aye, sir.
				(off console)
			They've been stopped at deck
			thirteen.

					PICARD
				(nods the order)
			Mister Worf...

	Worf acknowledges... hustles to the other turbolift,
	headed for trouble.

     STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT TWO     21.

37   INT. DECK THIRTEEN

	Worf and two Security N.D.s race up, stop at the
	turbolift. Worf hits a coding sequence, as the doors
	SLIDE OPEN to reveal: THREE COMMUNICATORS on the
	floor. OFF their reactions...

38   INT. DECK TEN - CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	Troi, Data, O'Brien move carefully down the hall. They
	encounter into a SECURITY FIELD - right behind them
	another appears. They are cut off, between fields.

					TROI
				(to O'Brien)
			Do you know how to deactivate
			this?

					O'BRIEN
				(considers)
			The computer will not allow us
			to override an emergency
			forcefield command...

					DATA
			My entity's artificial
			substructure may be useful...

	Data RIPS off a wall panel, STICKS HIS FINGERS right
	into the circuits -- short circuiting them, causing
	SPARKS to sizzle all around him. The security fields
	start to fritz, then they both DEACTIVATE... Data then
	rips his hands back out. They continue pell-mell on
	their way.

39   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker at tactical -- he reacts to the console.

					RIKER
			They've broken through a security
			field, deck ten, section two...

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			Security to Ten Forward...

     STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT TWO     22.

40   INT. TEN FORWARD

	A dozen CIVILIANS and CREWMEMBERS sit tight, calmly
	waiting out the Intruder Alert. All except one: BABY
	MOLLY, who's crying in KEIKO's arms. Keiko rocks her.

					KEIKO
				(softly)
			Shh... Mama's right here...

41   NEW ANGLE - ENTRANCE

	Suddenly, the DOORS whoosh open -- as Troi, Data and
	O'Brien RUSH INSIDE, phasers drawn. Troi yells to all:

					TROI
			Everyone get down on the floor!

	A beat of confusion in the crowd -- isn't this the
	bridge crew? What was the order, freeze or lie down?

					KEIKO
				(confused)
			Miles... ?

	O'Brien looks at Keiko, then waves a phaser at her...

					O'BRIEN
			On the floor!

	She reacts, follows his instructions...

42   INCLUDE - OTHER ENTRANCE (OPTICAL)

	Worf and TWO SECURITY N.D.s burst into the room,
	phasers ready. And they spread out, as the room shifts
	to them.

					WORF
			Everyone down! Now!!

	O'Brien aims to fire his phaser, but Worf FIRES first,
	hitting O'Brien. He stumbles back, a little stunned
	but not stopped by the blast. As the crowd scrambles
	for cover, a quick and harrowing phaser fight takes
	place:

	O'Brien FIRES back, just missing Worf but BLASTING a
	vase, as a CREWWOMAN tumbles over a table. Keiko
	protects her still-crying Molly. People dive under
	cover, screaming.

     STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT TWO     22A.

42   CONTINUED:

	Data gets HIT, is not stopped and without hesitation,
	FIRES and drops the first security N.D.

	Troi coolly OPENS FIRE -- shooting short, wild bursts
	around the room, scattering and DROPPING PEOPLE left
	and right under the barrage. Drops the second N.D.
	in the process. Troi takes a hit from Worf, but it
	doesn't hurt her. Then RETURNS FIRE and stuns Worf.
	All this happens in a matter of seconds.

     STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT TWO     23.

43   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker at tactical. NDs as needed. Picard's worried.

					RIKER
				(off console)
			Multiple phaser shots in Ten
			Forward.

					PICARD
			Picard to Worf -- report.

44   INT. TEN FORWARD - ON WORF

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Mister Worf... acknowledge.

	Worf looks up as we suddenly WIDEN to Troi, who is
	aiming a phaser right at him. Worf stares into Troi's
	eyes. It is unsettling -- whoever's in there is
	utterly alien.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Can you hear me, Lieutenant Worf?

					TROI
			Yes, bridge. He can hear you.

45   OMITTED

46   INT. BRIDGE

	As Picard and Riker react, we anxiously:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT THREE    24.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

47   INT. THE ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker at command. Ro has moved to tactical.
	Geordi's at ops. Supernumerary at the conn. Urgency is
	in the air.

					RIKER
			Position security teams at both
			entrances...

					RO
			Yes sir.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, shut down all
			computer access in Ten
			Forward...

					GEORDI
				(reacts to console)
			I can't, Captain. They've already
			set up a remote security
			lock-out... We'd have to shut down
			all computer functions in the
			saucer section...

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Transporter room three, can you
			get a pattern lock on Commander
			Data, Counselor Troi and Chief
			O'Brien in Ten Forward... ?

48   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

					TRANSPORTER OFFICER
			Attempting to lock on, sir...

	He works the panels furiously...

49   INT. TEN FORWARD

	On Data and O'Brien at the computer terminal behind
	the bar... O'Brien working the controls with equal
	fervor...

					O'BRIEN
			You were correct. They are
			attempting to engage their
			transporters. But I know how to
			shut them down.

    STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/02/91 - ACT THREE    25.

50   INT. BRIDGE

					TRANSPORTER OFFICER COM VOICE
			Bridge, the entire transporter
			array has been taken off-line and
			placed in a diagnostic mode...
			I can't override... it will take
			a couple of hours to complete the
			cycle...

	Picard and Riker exchange a frustrated glance...

					PICARD
			How many people are down there?

					RO
				(reading scanners)
			Seventeen...
				(off console)
			They just shut down the internal
			scanners too, Captain.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Doctor Crusher to the bridge...

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			On my way.

51   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Troi has moved to the computer, where Data now works
	with lightning speed on the computer panels... O'Brien
	collects all the communicators from the hostages in
	Ten Forward.

					TROI
			What are you doing now?

					DATA
			I can reverse the p-polarity of
			their forcefields to isolate this
			room.

					TROI
			Good.

	O'Brien brings the communicators over to the bar.

					O'BRIEN
				(to Troi)
			Their communicators. Now they
			will learn nothing but what we
			tell them.

    STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT THREE    26.

52   INT. BRIDGE

	As before. Off console...

					RO
			They've done something to the
			force fields on deck ten, section
			one.

					RIKER
			Geordi?

	Geordi at ops, checking the readings, shakes his
	head...

					GEORDI
			I don't recognize the
			configurations...
				(off console)
			But they've completely isolated
			Ten Forward.

					RIKER
			How about flooding their air vents
			with anesthizine gas?

					GEORDI
			That won't affect Data. No
			rescue plan will work if we don't
			knock out all three of them.

					RIKER
			A concussive charge would blow
			out the security field. Then we
			could go in with phasers on wide
			beam. Stun everybody. Sort it
			out later...

	Picard considers it... inherently fears the risk...
	Beverly ENTERS from a turbolift...

					PICARD
			Doctor, go back to the biofilter
			readouts taken during the away
			team's transport from the moon's
			surface... see if you can come
			up with any kind of clue that
			might explain this...

	She acknowledges silently, moves quickly to an aft
	station begins to work a computer... a beat...

	Picard takes a deep breath... as he readies himself
	to begin standard hostage procedures...

    STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT THREE    26A.

52   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Ten Forward, this is Captain
			Picard. I am prepared to discuss
			this situation. There is no need
			for further violence...

    STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT THREE    27.

53   INT. TEN FORWARD

	(NOTE: INTERCUT all Bridge/Ten Forward exchanges as
	needed). Troi and O'Brien are relatively controlled.
	Data seems more nervous, waves a phaser aimed at the
	hostages.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			Please identify yourself.

	But Troi chooses to ignore the captain's plea.

					TROI
				(to O'Brien)
			They will now attempt to negotiate
			for the safety and release of
			their people.
				(beat, realizing)
			Interesting. Under normal
			circumstances, I would be
			counseling the captain at a time
			like this...

					O'BRIEN
			What would you tell him to do?

					TROI
			I would help him find a way to
			secure our trust.

54   WITH DATA

	who comes near Worf, who stares at him, waiting for a
	chance...

					DATA
			W-what are you looking at?

	Worf just stares at him...

					DATA
			I am speaking to you, Klingon.

	Data pushes him hard... Worf grunts, almost comes back
	at him...

					DATA
				(taunting)
			Attack me. Or are you afraid?

					WORF
			I have no fear of death.

    STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT THREE    28.

54   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			And I have no fear of killing
			you...

					TROI
			Stop it.

	Data looks over at Troi, chastised. Back at Worf, then
	walks away from him...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Please respond, Ten Forward. Are
			there any members of my crew who
			require medical assistance?

	Troi decides to answer this time.

					TROI
			We can discuss your wounded,
			Captain. But first, you will move
			the ship.

									INTERCUT:

55   INT. BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Move it where?

					TROI'S COM VOICE
			You will will change the ship's
			orbit to an inclination of eighty
			degrees, south.

	Picard looks to Ro, who's working the console, signals
	her to mute... (This will be required visual
	communication any time the bridge crew interrupts their
	exchange with Ten Forward for private dicussions.)

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			The southern polar region --
			that's where Data tried to move
			the ship.

    STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT THREE    29.

55   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			And exactly what Troi asked me
			to do, but why?
				(beat)
			Ten Forward -- if you could be
			more specific about our intended
			destination, perhaps we could...

					TROI'S COM VOICE
				(interrupting)
			You have thirty seconds to change
			your heading -- or additional
			members of your crew will "require
			medical attention."

	Picard nods to Ro again to mute...

					PICARD
				(to Riker et al)
			We need to stabilize this
			situation and play for time. I
			suggest we move the ship as they
			have asked. Agreed?

	They all silently agree.

					PICARD
				(to conn officer)
			Set the new heading. But take
			us there as slowly as you can...
				(nods to Ro to resume
				 com)
			Ten Forward, we are moving the
			ship as you requested.

56   OMITTED

57   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Data stands at the row of windows, looking outside.

					DATA
			He's telling the truth... their
			heading has changed...

	Troi reacts, pleased...

58   INT. BRIDGE

	Beverly moves over from the aft station... played with
	urgency --

    STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT THREE    30.

58   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I've compared the away team's last
			transport trace patterns to
			earlier records. They're exactly
			the same, except in Troi, Data and
			O'Brien there's an unusual
			synaptic activity -- some kind
			of anionic energy. It may be a
			life-form superimposing neural
			patterns onto our people.

					RIKER
			Why wasn't I affected?

					BEVERLY
			I don't know. But one difference
			between you and the others was
			that you were injured.

					RIKER
			My broken arm...

					BEVERLY
				(nods)
			The fracture caused pain receptors
			to fire which may have made you
			immune... to this energy.

	Picard and Riker consider this theory.

					PICARD
			If your theory is accurate, what
			would happen if we inflicted pain
			on the others...

					BEVERLY
			That might force whatever it is
			out of our people.

					RO
				(getting an idea)
			A plasma shock -- it would be
			painful but it wouldn't cause any
			physical harm.

					GEORDI
				(acknowledges)
			I could hook up a modified laser
			scanner to a plasma invertor...

					RIKER
			What about Data?

    STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT THREE    30A.

58   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			A plasma shock would certainly
			overload his neural net. It might
			work for him too...

					RIKER
			We'd have to find a way to
			penetrate the forcefield around
			Ten Forward.

    STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT THREE    31.

58   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			I might be able to interrupt the
			forcefield for a few seconds...
			but I'll be fighting the computer
			for control... timing would be
			critical...

					RO
			We'd have to hit all three with
			a single discharge... if they're
			standing together, it shouldn't
			be a problem...

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			How would you gain access?

					GEORDI
			We could use a micro-optic drill
			through the ceiling and they'd
			never detect it...

					BEVERLY
			If this is going to work, we need
			some way to contain that anionic
			energy after we get it out of our
			people.

					PICARD
			Yes, Doctor... that will be your
			top priority.
				(beat)
			Very well. Proceed.

	Geordi, Beverly and Ro EXIT... supernumeraries take
	their place as needed.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Bridge to Ten Forward. Now that
			we are moving the ship as you
			requested, I would like to know
			the nature of the injuries to
			members of my crew.

    STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT THREE    31A.

59   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Troi glances toward the hostages -- sees the various
	crew and Security ND all lying unconscious on the
	floor. Other crew are looking after them, as best as
	possible.

					TROI
			Five of your people have been
			injured.

					PICARD
			How serious is their condition?

	Troi looks momentarily confused. She looks to Worf.

    STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT THREE    32.

59   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(to Worf)
			You tell him, Klingon.

	She presses her combadge for him...

					WORF
			Captain. One person has
			suffered what looks like a level
			five phaser hit...

									INTERCUT:

60   INT. BRIDGE

	As before.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			And four others have secondary
			burns. They require medical
			attention...

	Picard and Riker react - not good news.

61   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Worf tries for a bit more information to the bridge.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			And our captors are not affected
			by phaser stun settings...

	Data shoves Worf roughly backwards, indicating Worf
	will say nothing more. Worf glares back at Data.

					DATA
			Silence, Klingon.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Ten Forward -- those people must
			be released so they can receive
			proper medical treatment.

					TROI
			I will release no one.

62   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard turns to Riker. A troubled beat. Picard weighs
	his options, and makes a tough decision - not pleased,
	but knows it's necessary.

    STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT THREE    33.

62   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			If you release the wounded...
				(beat)
			I will take their place.

	Reactions on the bridge. Riker starts to protest, but
	Picard quiets him with a hand gesture.

63   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Data looks nervous.

					DATA
			It may be a... d-deception.

					TROI
				(thoughtful beat)
			The crew values Picard's life
			above all others...
				(to bridge)
			Captain Picard. We agree to your
			proposal.

64   INT. BRIDGE

	Mixed reactions.

					PICARD
				(to Troi)
			Expect a medical team to accompany
			me.

					TROI'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged.

	Picard nods to Riker to cut off the transmission.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Picard to sickbay. Send an
			emergency medical team to meet
			me outside Ten Forward.

					RIKER
			Sir, putting you down there just
			strengthens their position.

    STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT THREE    34.

64   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			As long as they're on board, I'm
			a hostage no matter where I am.
			We all are. I must find out who
			we are dealing with...

	Moving toward the turbolift...

					PICARD
			If La Forge and Ro can attempt
			a rescue in short order, proceed
			with it. If they can't... I'll
			provide you with another
			opportunity. Watch for it.

					RIKER
			Yes, sir...

	Picard EXITS into the turbolift... off Riker's grim
	expression...

65   INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	The hostages are all now in the middle of the room,
	with Troi, Data, and O'Brien pacing anxiously around
	them. Baby Molly starts to CRY again, despite Keiko's
	efforts. Data throws an irritated glance toward the
	child.

					DATA
			Silence that... ch-child!

	Keiko clutches Molly tighter, sitting and rocking with
	the baby bundled in her arms.

	O'Brien passes and stares at Keiko a moment, his
	expression betraying a hint of recognition. He speaks
	matter-of-factly...

    STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT THREE    35.

65   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			I know you. I know who you
			are...

	Keiko reacts, terrified at his advance. O'Brien stares
	at Molly, fascinated by the child.

					O'BRIEN
			And I know who this is...

	O'Brien reaches out and touches Molly, who stops. But
	then starts crying even louder. O'Brien quickly
	recoils, frowning. Keiko rocks Molly, trying to quiet
	her down.

					KEIKO
			She's frightened... why don't you
			let us go?

	Keiko pleadingly looks at him, as O'Brien hesitates...
	captivated by Keiko's expression. But he frowns too,
	mimicking her expression. Then his face hardens.

					O'BRIEN
			No. Make it stop.

	O'Brien moves away, as Keiko tries to hush Molly. Troi
	observes the scene.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Ten Forward, we are outside the
			door.

					TROI
				(to O'Brien)
			Lower the force field.

	Troi and Data stand ready with phasers, as O'Brien
	moves behind the bar and hits a command into the
	computer console. There's a brief HUM of the force
	field and...

66   PICARD

	ENTERS, followed by MEDICAL N.D.'s with gurneys.
	Picard reacts to Data, who rips off Picard's
	communicator, grabs Picard's arm, and JERKS him into
	the room. The medical team moves directly to the
	wounded...

    STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT THREE    36.

67   TROI

	takes a step toward Picard.

					TROI
			Welcome, Captain. Allow me to
			introduce myself...

	Troi almost smiles in greeting.

					TROI
			I am Captain Bryce Shumar, of the
			Federation Starship Essex.

	OFF Picard's surprised expression...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT FOUR     37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

68   INT. TEN FORWARD

	As before. The medical team prepares the wounded for
	a quick exit, watched by Data and O'Brien. Picard
	faces Troi, startled by what he's just heard.

					PICARD
				(measured)
			The Starship Essex vanished over
			two hundred years ago...

					TROI
			Indeed. I know. I was there.

	Picard eyes her, unsure what to make of this. Troi
	gestures to Data and O'Brien, and they step forward.

					TROI
				(re: Data)
			This is my First Officer...
			Commander Steven Mullen.
				(re: O'Brien)
			And my Security Chief...
			Lieutenant Morgan Kelly.

	Everyone in the room watches, bewildered. Worf more
	so.

					PICARD
			You're telling me that you've
			survived this long as...
				(searching for the right
				 word)

					TROI
			Spirits? Ghosts? But you are
			a man who would never believe in
			ghosts, Picard. Isn't that true?

	Picard chooses not to respond, studies her...

					TROI
			You see, I know you. Troi knows
			you. And so I do, as well.

					PICARD
			Then Counselor Troi is still...
			alive?

     STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT FOUR     38.

68   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Yes, of course she is, and I have
			no wish to harm her. Or to harm
			anyone else.

					PICARD
			I'm pleased to hear that.

					TROI
			We have been forced to take this
			action because we need your help,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			My help... ?

					TROI
			Our consciousness has been trapped
			on this moon for two centuries...
			we must escape this torture...

	Picard takes measure of her... he does not accept what
	she says... he only pursues it for information...

					PICARD
			How did this happen to you?

					TROI
			I cannot explain how it occurred,
			only that it did.
				(beat)
			The Essex was caught in an
			electromagnetic storm just as your
			shuttle was. Moments before we
			crashed, the bridge was struck
			by lightning. The ship was ripped
			apart. Somehow, in that instant,
			our consciousness was absorbed
			in the magnetic currents on the
			surface.

					PICARD
			Why didn't you tell us this? Why
			the deception, the violence?

					TROI
			As I said, Captain. I knew you
			wouldn't believe us. Even now,
			I'm sure you do not.

    STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FOUR    38A.

68   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(beat)
			What was your vessel designation
			and complement?

					TROI
				(without hesitation)
			NCC One-seven-three... Daedalus
			class starship. Crew of two
			hundred twenty-nine.

					PICARD
			Under whose command in this
			sector?

     STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT FOUR     39.

68   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
				(right back)
			Admiral Uttan Narsu, Starbase
			Twelve. You will find all of this
			in Starfleet records...

					PICARD
			I do not need to see the records.

					TROI
			Then you know I am correct.

	A beat.

					PICARD
			End this now and I will do
			whatever I can to help you...

	Troi eyes him...

					TROI
				(with regret)
			No. You do not trust me. And
			I cannot risk trusting you.

	Data, who's been pacing nervously as this dialogue has
	continued, now inserts himself into the conversation...

					DATA
			It is taking too long. We
			sh-should have been there by
			now...

	Troi gives him a stern look...

					DATA
			He is manipulating you...

					TROI
			Captain Picard has every right
			to be curious...

					DATA
			He will try to delay until a
			rescue attempt is possible.

					TROI
			I know that. But I also know that
			he will make every effort to
			protect the lives of his crew.

	They turn to watch the medical crew exit with the
	injured crewmen...

    STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT FOUR    39A.

68   CONTINUED: (4)

					TROI
				(turns to Picard)
			Since our demands are not
			excessive, I hope you will see
			it is simpler to accede than to
			risk further injuries.

					PICARD
			What do you want?

     STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/06/91 - ACT FOUR     40.

68   CONTINUED: (5)

					TROI
			All you need to know for now,
			Captain, is that we want to rest.
			Simply, finally... to rest.

69   INT. CRAWL SPACE (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and Ensign Ro crawl toward camera, in a small
	access area between decks, carrying their equipment.

					GEORDI
				(reading signs)
			... Section Two - B... A... Section
			One...

					RO
				(cramped, behind him)
			Finally. I hope I never see
			this part of the Enterprise
			again...

					GEORDI
				(chuckles)
			I hear you. This is what starship
			designers call "easy access"...

	Ro reacts. Geordi checks out the floor with his
	tricorder, as Ro catches up to him. As Ro sets up a
	device nearby to do the drilling, Geordi fixes on a
	spot amid the relays and hard component arrays.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			This is it. I thought we might
			have a problem with conduit two-
			twenty-seven -- but it looks like
			we can get by it...

	Ro angles the device in position. She taps the
	device and a thread-size BEAM shoots out, down into
	the deck... with a silent sizzle. A beat. Maybe two,
	then Ro shuts the device off.

					RO
			We're through...

	Geordi turns it off...

					GEORDI
			Let's hook up the scanner and see
			what we've got...

	He moves a small monitor device that looks like an
	etch-a-sketch into position...

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/06/91 - ACT FOUR        40A.

69   CONTINUED:

	Ro works under it to make the unseen connection...

					RO
			Got it...

	As she moves around to join Geordi, he turns it on...

70   INSERT (OPTICAL) - TEN FORWARD HIGH VIEW

	somewhat optically distorted with a grid representing
	the invisible forcefield in front... Troi and Picard
	are visible... A lighter circle in the viewfinder
	identifies the line of fire...

					RO (o.c.)
			All three of them have to be in
			the circle if it's going to
			work...

71   RESUME

					GEORDI
			We're halfway home...
				(taps communicator)
			La Forge to Crusher. How's it
			going?

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FOUR         41.

72   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker is with Beverly at an aft station...

					BEVERLY
			I think I've come up with an
			idea for a containment field.
			This anionic energy seems to
			be vulnerable to the same magnetic
			flux density we monitored in the
			storms. If I can duplicate
			that, we can trap it once it's
			out of our people.

					GEORDI
			You ought to be able to do it
			by pumping Ten Forward full of
			ionogenic particles.

					BEVERLY
			Exactly what I was thinking...

					RIKER
			How long will it take to get it
			all ready?

					GEORDI
			We still have to calibrate the
			plasma invertor, Commander... I'm
			guessing forty-five minutes to
			an hour...

					BEVERLY
			I'll have the containment field
			ready by then.

					RIKER
			Keep me advised.

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT FOUR         42.

73
thru	OMITTED
74

75   INT. TEN FORWARD ON PICARD AND WORF

	Picard takes a seat next to Worf. They watch as Troi
	joins Data and the two of them begin a hushed
	conversation across the room. O'Brien acts as a
	sentry, pacing around the hostages. Picard whispers to
	Worf --

					PICARD
			Impressions, Mister Worf?

					WORF
			Spiritual possessions of this sort
			have been reported throughout
			Klingon history. It is called
			"Jat'yIn" -- the taking of the
			living by the dead.

					PICARD
			Yes, Human history is also full
			of similar legends.

					WORF
			Then, you believe they may be
			telling the truth?

					PICARD
			Not for a moment.

					WORF
			Sir, they seem to know much about
			the Essex... if it really is the
			spirit of Captain Shumar...

					PICARD
				(not really serious)
			... then he should be on much
			better behavior, don't you
			think... ? A Starfleet Captain?

					WORF
			After living disembodied for two
			centuries, perhaps they have gone
			mad...

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, I assure you these
			are not Jat'yIn. Our job is to
			find out what they are... and 
			then to determine how to deal 
			with them...

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT FOUR        42A.

75   CONTINUED:

	Data has moved in this direction, waves his phaser at
	them...

					DATA
			Stop speaking!

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT FOUR         43.

76   ANGLE ON KEIKO AND MOLLY

	as O'Brien comes out from behind the bar. He crosses
	to Keiko, who rocks Baby Molly. Keiko eyes O'Brien.
	After a beat, O'Brien moves closer, intrigued by a
	little bracelet that Keiko wears on her wrist.

					O'BRIEN
			I gave you that...

	Keiko looks up, startled by the remark. The alien
	inside O'Brien can see the memories, but he does not
	understand their meaning. He is simply speaking the
	words, his expression blank...

					O'BRIEN
			In a place called McKinley Park.
			Green grass... tall trees.

	Hearing memories in this awful context terrifies Keiko.

					KEIKO
			Please... don't...

	But O'Brien is lost in the imagery, even though it's a
	mystery to him.

					O'BRIEN
			I hid the bracelet... in your
			pocket. You were... surprised.

					KEIKO
			...please...

	O'Brien reaches out for the bracelet, her hand
	trembling. Keiko stiffens as he touches it...

					O'BRIEN
			You said, "You make me so happy,
			Miles."

	O'Brien seems to marvel at the words. Keiko can barely
	stand another instant... she covers her ears to block
	out the words. O'Brien looks confused. His hand
	starts to move up Keiko's arm.

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT FOUR         44.

76   CONTINUED:

	He touches her, mesmerized by her body, her face.
	Keiko swats his hand away.

					KEIKO
			Get away from me.

	O'Brien reacts -- reaches out for her again.

					KEIKO
				(continuing)
			Get away.

	Troi stops behind O'Brien.

					TROI
				(stern)
			Leave her alone.

	O'Brien throws Keiko another look, then moves away. As
	Keiko cradles Molly... Picard rises.

					PICARD
			Captain Shumar...

	Troi looks over...

					PICARD
			We will reach the polar position
			you requested in minutes... I will
			need to give additional
			instructions...

					TROI
				(takes a beat to
				 consider)
			Very well. We are taking you to
			our crash site...

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			At the southern pole... ?

					TROI
			That is correct.

					PICARD
				(suspicious)
			Nothing our sensors were able to
			detect indicated that the Essex
			went down in the polar region...

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT FOUR        44A.

76   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(quick)
			Well, it d-did.

					TROI
				(smooth)
			I told you, Captain... the ship
			broke apart in the atmosphere.
			The bridge went down here.

	Picard studies her.

					TROI
			When we reach it, you are going
			to beam what's left of our
			skeletal remains aboard this
			ship... and take them back to
			Earth for a proper burial.

	Picard studies her evenly... a beat...

					TROI
			See how simple a request it is... ?

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT FOUR         45.

76   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Let these people go... and I
			will order the bridge to follow
			your instructions.

					TROI
				(beat)
			No. No one will be released.

					PICARD
			If you are who you say you are,
			there is no need for any of
			this... we will gladly take you
			home.

					TROI
				(shakes her head)
			I wish you were truly so
			open-minded, Picard...

					PICARD
			If you do not release the
			hostages, I will not cooperate.

					DATA
			You will cooperate... you will
			c-cooperate... or someone will
			die, Captain... who will it
			be... ?

	Data grabs Worf and pushes him forward...

					DATA
			How about the Klingon?

	Worf looks at Data...

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FOUR         46.

76   CONTINUED: (4)

					DATA
				(to O'Brien)
			Get another one.

					O'BRIEN
				(looking at Keiko)
			You.

	He grabs Keiko, roughly separates her from the baby...
	a supernumerary takes Molly as she starts to cry...

					KEIKO
			No... please...

	O'Brien pushes her forward... She sobs with fear...
	Data aims the phaser...

					DATA
			Pick one to die, Captain. Or I
			will kill them both...

	Picard turns to Troi, looking for some help... She just
	looks at him dispassionately...

					WORF
			Choose me, Captain.

77   HIGH ANGLE - MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	of the same scene... Troi, O'Brien and Data all within
	the central circle... but Data is always moving
	nervously in and out of the circle...

					RO (o.c.)
			They're all in range. I need
			to do it now...

78   ANGLE - INT. CRAWLSPACE

	Geordi working feverishly on a patched in computer
	panel... with great urgency --

					GEORDI
			I'm only gonna be able to shut
			down the forcefield for about
			seven seconds before the computer
			compensates...

					RO
			If they're the right seven
			seconds, it'll be enough...

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT FOUR        46A.

78   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Bridge, stand by to release the
			ionogenic field on my signal...

78A  INT. BRIDGE

	Riker and Beverly at the aft station...

					RIKER
			Standing by...

78B  INT. CRAWLSPACE

	Geordi finishes his preparation...

					GEORDI
				(to Ro)
			Ready...

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT FOUR         47.

79   ANGLE ON RO INCLUDING THE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	Data moves into the circle...

					RO
			Kill the forcefield!

					GEORDI
			Forcefield down...

	The grid disappears... Ro punches panels with both
	hands...

					RO
			Firing plasma charge...

	But Data moves out of the circle just as she
	fires...

80   INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	An energy blast strikes Troi and O'Brien and they cower
	in pain as the energy rings streak out of them but Data
	wasn't hit.

80A  INT. CRAWLSPACE

					RO
			Damn... !

80B  INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	Data grabs Picard roughly, moving quickly out of the
	line of fire... and holding him by the neck high up
	against a wall... holding a combadge between his thumb
	and forefinger in the other hand...

					DATA
			Tell them to stop, or I'll kill
			everyone in this room! Starting
			with you.

					PICARD
			Picard to bridge. Abort
			immediately.

81   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker frowns...


         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT FOUR        47A.

81   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			As you say, Captain...
				(beat)
			Riker to La Forge, return to the
			bridge.

82   INT. CRAWL SPACE

	Ro and Geordi exchange a defeated glance...

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT FOUR         48.

83   INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	The entities return to Troi and O'Brien... Keiko has
	run back to her baby... Worf is on his feet, prepared
	for anything... Troi moves slowly over to Data, who is
	still holding Picard against the wall...

					TROI
			Are you prepared to cooperate?

					PICARD
				(beat, hoarse)
			Yes.

	She nods to Data, and as he lowers him to the floor...

									FADE OUT

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT FIVE         49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

84   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In polar position beneath the angry storm moon.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First officer's log, supplemental.
			The Enterprise has moved into a
			synchronous orbit near the
			southern polar region. We await
			further instructions from Ten
			Forward.

85   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker at command. Ro at tactical. Beverly remains at
	an aft station. Geordi at ops. ND at the conn.

					RIKER
			Any sign of the Essex?

					GEORDI
			Negative, Commander. The
			electromagnetic disturbances
			are even worse here... scanners
			can't read a thing...

	Riker frowns...

					RIKER
			Bridge to Ten Forward.

									INTERCUT

86   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Troi is with Data and O'Brien... Picard is with Worf
	near the other hostages...

					RIKER
			Intense storm activity over the
			southern pole is making it
			virtually impossible for us to
			pick up any trace of the Essex...

	Troi and the others exchange a glance, not at all
	concerned with this report... Picard takes note,
	listens carefully to the exchange...

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FIVE         50.

86   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			We're giving you the exact
			coordinates of our remains
			aboard the wreck of the Essex...

	Data taps them in at the console.

87   INT. BRIDGE

					GEORDI
			I'm receiving the coordinates
			now...

					RIKER
				(signals Ro to mute)
			Geordi, can you tell what's there?

					GEORDI
				(shakes his head)
			Just your basic ionic cyclone.
			I can't read a thing.

					RIKER
			I'm sure as hell not going to just
			beam up whatever might be down
			there...

					GEORDI
			I've got a good excuse for you.
			The transporters aren't going to
			work any better than the
			scanners...

	Riker muses on that statement...

					RIKER
			Bridge to Ten Forward... the same
			interference that is blocking our
			scanners would prevent us from
			using the transporters...

88   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Troi glances at O'Brien...

					O'BRIEN
			They're lying...

	Picard picks up on this, stands... approaches them...


         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FIVE         51.

88   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			On the contrary, we've had a
			difficult time with transport
			since our arrival... that's why
			we had to send down the shuttle.
			You should all be well aware of
			that fact.

	They are forced to acknowledge...

					DATA
			We must be able to use the
			transporters...

					PICARD
			In fact, Chief O'Brien was the
			one who successfully executed the
			return of the away team... he is
			the most qualified on board to
			operate the transporter under
			these circumstances...

	The others turn to O'Brien... he nods.

					TROI
			Can you do it from here?

					O'BRIEN
			No... I would have to use a
			transporter pad.

					PICARD
				(to O'Brien)
			I would be willing to grant you
			safe passage to the transporter
			pad in one of the cargo bays...

					DATA
			It is a trick... he is trying to
			divide us...

					TROI
				(paces, thinks)
			We must not be separated.

					PICARD
			I offer to grant you all safe
			passage.

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FIVE         52.

88   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Why are you b-being so helpful
			suddenly?

					PICARD
			Because I assume if you go to the
			cargo bay, you will choose not
			to take all of the hostages.
			Their safety is my primary
			concern.

					TROI
				(to the others)
			What are the risks when we leave
			this room?

					DATA
			Without the p-protection of the
			forcefield, we are vulnerable in
			a number of ways...

					O'BRIEN
			They could use the transporter
			against us... Once the
			forcefield's down, they could
			beam us back to the surface.
				(beat, as he gets an
				 idea)
			But there is a way to neutralize
			that threat...
				(to com)
			Bridge, transfer all transporter
			functions to Ten Forward...

									INTERCUTTING

89   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker reacts... doesn't want to... a beat... gambit...

					RIKER
			Ten Forward, in order to do that,
			you'll have to release your
			computer control lock-outs...

					O'BRIEN
				(to Troi)
			That is not true...

					PICARD
			Let me speak to him.

	She nods, "go ahead," hits her combadge for him.

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FIVE         53.

89   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Number One, I think we have an
			opportunity to end this seige...

	Riker reacts to the word "opportunity"...

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			But it will require cooperation
			from all concerned. Our guests
			will be moving shortly to cargo
			bay four, where the transport will
			occur. You are to ensure their
			safe passage from Ten Forward to
			the cargo bay.

					RIKER
			Understood, Captain.
				(signals to mute)
			Mister La Forge, Doctor...

	Geordi moves to the aft stations...

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir...

90   INT. TEN FORWARD

	O'Brien at the computer...

					O'BRIEN
			Transporter controls are being
			transferred...

	He stops as he sees something unusual on the monitor...
	hits the companel...

					O'BRIEN
			Ten Forward to bridge. I said all
			transporter controls. Including
			those aboard all your
			shuttlecraft.

91   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Ro angrily pushes back from the tactical station with
	frustration... her trick failed...

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FIVE         54.

91   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(frowns)
			Almost had them, Ensign... nice
			try...
				(to com)
			Ten Forward. Our mistake.
			Remaining transporter functions
			are being transferred to you...

92   INT. TEN FORWARD

	O'Brien goes to work on the computer...

					O'BRIEN
			By creating our own access code,
			we will be able to prevent anyone
			from using the transporter against
			us as we move to the cargo bay...

					DATA
			What about their weapons?

					TROI
			We will each take a hostage for
			protection... Captain Picard, you
			are mine.

	Data points to Worf, O'Brien takes Keiko... the baby
	cries as she feels the motions...

					KEIKO
			Please... let her stay...

	Fed up with the crying, O'Brien takes the baby and puts
	it in the hands of a supernumerary...

					TROI
				(to Data)
			Lower the forcefield.

	Data works the computer.

93   INT. BRIDGE

	As before. Riker at command.

					RIKER
			Security teams, stand by.

					ENSIGN RO
			They're heading through section
			five...

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FIVE         55.

94   INT. DECK TEN - CORRIDOR - NEAR TURBOLIFT

	Troi holds a phaser to Picard, as Data/Worf and
	O'Brien/Keiko trail behind - all push by a security
	team, who stand at the sides, helpless to aid their
	captain and crewmates. The group ENTERS a turbolift.

95   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Mister La Forge, Doctor --
			they'll be at their destination
			in less than a minute...

					ENSIGN RO
			They've stopped at deck eighteen,
			sir...

					RIKER
				(into com)
			Security, allow them access into
			cargo bay four...

96   INT. CARGO BAY

	As they enter. O'Brien goes immediately to the
	console, leaving Keiko at the side, as Troi/Picard and
	Data/Worf stand nearby. There's room aplenty inside
	the bay. And at the rear backside, the huge DOORS...
	that open out to space.

					O'BRIEN
				(to Data)
			I will require some assistance.

	O'Brien and Data move to the transporter pad... begin
	to make some PADD adjustments... Picard addresses Troi,
	who really would rather not be bothered with him right
	now...

					PICARD
			Captain Shumar, may I ask a
			foolish question?

					TROI
			You are not one to ask foolish
			questions, Picard...

					PICARD
			Nevertheless, I must ask how you
			intend to achieve your "rest"...
			when all is said and done...

					TROI
			What do you mean?

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT FIVE         56.

96   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			How do you intend to free yourself
			of this existence that has
			trapped your consciousness?

					TROI
			It will fade as we move further
			from this planet...

					PICARD
			Really? What is your scientific
			basis for that?

					TROI
				(impatient)
			I don't need a scientific basis.
			Just be quiet.

					PICARD
			Perhaps you will be required to
			perform a noble deed before you
			can rest.

					TROI
			What are you talking about?

					PICARD
			Surely you recall the old story
			of "The Canterville Ghost"...

					TROI
			Do not insult me with foolish
			ghost stories, Picard...

					PICARD
			I would ask the same of you.
				(beat)
			When are you going to tell me
			who you really are?

	She stares at him... before she can answer... O'Brien
	calls from the transporter controls --

					O'BRIEN
			I have initialized the
			transporter signal...

					TROI
				(still staring at
				 Picard)
			Proceed.

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FIVE         57.

97   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					RO
			They're powering up the
			transporter, Commander...

					RIKER
			Mister LaForge...

					GEORDI
			I've isolated cargo bay four with
			a neutrino field, sir... But it
			won't take O'Brien and Data more
			than a couple of minutes to override
			it once they discover it's
			there...

					RIKER
			I hope that'll be enough time
			for the captain to play his
			hand...

					RO
			You know what he's going to do?

					RIKER
			There's only one reason he
			chose cargo bay four...
				(grim, to Ro)
			If it becomes necessary, Ensign,
			you will blow the cargo bay hatch
			on my orders.

	They all react.

					RO
			Aye, sir.

98   INT. CARGO BAY - WIDE (OPTICAL)

	O'Brien hits his panels... A large ENERGY CLOUD also
	MATERIALIZES -- alive with hundreds of diving, flying
	ENERGY RINGS (as in Act One). A powerful HUMMING takes
	over, as if inside a hive.

99   OMITTED

100  ON TROI AND DATA

	They look as if they've waited a lifetime for this.

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FIVE         58.

101  ON PICARD (OPTICAL)

					TROI
			You're quite right, Picard.
			We're not ghosts. And it is not
			rest, we seek. Only escape.

					PICARD
			Escape?

					TROI
			We were brought to this moon over
			five centuries ago from a star
			system called Ux-Mal... We were
			separated from our bodies and left
			to drift in the storms. Once
			we almost escaped... on board
			the Essex... but that ship was
			incapable of eluding the moon's
			electromagnetic currents...

					PICARD
			Did you really think using their
			identities would gain our
			sympathy... ?

					TROI
			It was a better approach than
			asking you to allow hundreds of
			condemned prisoners on board...

					PICARD
			Then, this moon is a penal
			colony...

					TROI
			That is correct. But now
			we have your ship... and your
			bodies to carry us home...

102  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Off tactical --

					RO
			I'm reading dozens of them...
			hundreds...

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FIVE        58A.

102  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			They have the same anionic
			signature we saw on the biofilter
			scans...

					RIKER
				(pleased)
			I think we can give the captain
			a new bargaining chip. Doctor
			Crusher, flood the cargo bay with
			your containment field...

	Off an aft terminal -- as Beverly proceeds...

103  INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	Reactions as the TECH field fills the cargo bay... the
	energy rings are held in stasis, powerless...

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/09/91 - ACT FIVE         59.

103  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Let them go, or you will all die.

					PICARD
			Your threats are meaningless now.

					O'BRIEN
			We are still in control of these
			three bodies. We will not leave
			them.

					PICARD
			Are you prepared to sacrifice the
			lives of the others? Because they
			will all die when the hatch to
			the cargo bay is blown...

	They glance to the cargo bay door...

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			You will die too...

					KEIKO
			I would die to save the life of
			my child.

					WORF
			To die defending his ship is the
			hope of every Klingon.

					PICARD
			And if you each know the officers
			you inhabit, you know they are
			equally ready to give their lives
			for this ship.
				(beat)
			Free them now... And I will return
			you to the moon's surface.

	Troi studies him a long beat... realizing... she
	glances at Data and O'Brien and after a moment...

					TROI
			I advise you, Picard, not to pass
			our way again.

104  ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The rings emerge from Troi, Data and O'Brien... they
	each sag weakly to the floor while Data remains
	standing, still. Keiko rushes to O'Brien who has
	fallen unconscious.

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/09/91 - ACT FIVE         60.

104  CONTINUED:

	Worf helps Data steady himself... Picard helps Troi
	to the ground...

					PICARD
				(hits combadge)
			Picard to bridge, our guests will
			be leaving shortly... I need an
			emergency medical team here...

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			On our way, Captain.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, transport these...
			prisoners... back to the moon's
			surface...

					WORF
			Gladly, sir...

	And he goes to the transporter pad and presses a few
	panels... and they DEMATERIALIZE...

105  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around the moon.

106  OMITTED

106A INT. SICKBAY

	Close on Troi pulling back to reveal she is talking
	to Picard... in the background, Beverly runs some scans
	on O'Brien as Keiko holds Molly beside him... Data is
	completing some self-diagnostics with Worf near-by...

					TROI
			It was almost as though my own
			consciousness were pushed to the
			side... I was watching it all
			happen... hearing my own voice...
			but I couldn't control any of
			it...

					PICARD
			What about the entity that
			controlled you... what were your
			perceptions of him?

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FIVE         61.

106A CONTINUED:

					TROI
			He was intelligent, actually.
			Thoughtful... in a ruthless
			sort of way. Cold.

	She shudders at the memory... off Picard's reaction...

106B ON WORF AND DATA

	Having completed his diagnostic, Data is prepared to
	leave...

					DATA
			I must apologize for my
			inadvertant misconduct toward you,
			Lieutenant.

					WORF
			There is no need to apologize.

					DATA
			Your restraint was most remarkable
			for a Klingon.

	Worf takes a half-step closer to Data, almost smiles.

					WORF
				(beat)
			You have no idea.

	They exit...

106C ON O'BRIEN AND KEIKO (AND MOLLY)

	Beverly finishes her treatment...

					BEVERLY
			How do you feel?

					O'BRIEN
			Hungry.

					BEVERLY
			Good sign.

	She moves off... an uncomfortable moment between
	husband and wife...

					O'BRIEN
			How do you feel?

         STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/09/91 - ACT FIVE         62.

106C CONTINUED:

					KEIKO
			I'm just glad to have you back.

					O'BRIEN
			If I could've killed that thing
			inside me... I would have...

					KEIKO
			I know.

	Molly smiles...

					KEIKO
				(continuing)
			We both know.

	He exchanges a loving glance with his wife, hugs her
	and the baby. And as Picard, Troi and Beverly look
	over, pleased that the long nightmare has ended
	happily, we...

107  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As it leaves orbit of the stormy moon...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             

















                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                           "Ethics" 
                          #40275-216 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Chip Chalmers 


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                         FINAL DRAFT

                       DECEMBER 9, 1991


             STAR TREK: "Ethics" - 12/9/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Ethics" 

                             CAST                               
                                
                PICARD                DOCTOR TOBY RUSSELL
                RIKER                 ALEXANDER
                DATA               
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                                      Non-Speaking
                NURSE OGAWA             INJURED CREW & CIVILIANS
                TRANSPORTER TECHICIAN   AN INJURED MAN
                                        AN INJURED WOMAN
                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  DOCTORS            
                  NURSES             
                  CIVILIAN MEDICS    

             STAR TREK: "Ethics" - 12/9/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Ethics" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              CORRIDOR
              CARGO BAY
              SHUTTLEBAY
              TROI'S QUARTERS
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
              SICKBAY
              BEVERLY'S OFFICE
              MEDICAL LAB
              WORF'S SICKBAY ROOM

        STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/13/91 - TEASER        1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                           "Ethics"                                
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around a planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45587.3.
			We are picking up a consignment
			of chlorinide from Starbase
			Twenty-seven for transportation
			to the Mylaira system. Once we
			have delivered this material, we
			will investigate reported subspace
			anomalies in the Kelnaria region.

2    INT. CARGO BAY

	WORF and GEORDI are scanning some LARGE CARGO
	CONTAINERS with tricorders. There are other N.D.
	CREWMEMBERS in the b.g. checking the containers as
	well. The containers have been stacked in an intricate
	framework of metal support beams, pallettes, and
	lattices which reaches to the ceiling and almost
	completely fills the room.

					GEORDI
				(to Worf)
			No question. She was bluffing.

					WORF
			Bluffing is not one of Counselor
			Troi's strong suits.

	Geordi works his tricorder for a moment.

					GEORDI
				(off tricorder, to Worf)
			I'm still reading some chlorinide
			leakage, but I can't pin it down.

	Worf frowns at his tricorder.

           STAR TREK: "Ethics" - 12/09/91 - TEASER           2.

2    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(points to different
				 section)
			Maybe over there...

	They move to another section of containers and Geordi
	crawls up in the lattice work to take some more
	readings.

					WORF
			It would have been unwise to
			call. My hand was not strong
			enough.

					GEORDI
			You had jacks and eights and
			she bluffed you with a pair of
			sixes.

					WORF
				(outraged)
			Sixes!

	Worf fumes for a moment as Geordi climbs down from the
	lattice. He suddenly looks at Geordi with suspicion.

					WORF
			How do you know what I had?

	Geordi slowly smiles and then deliberately adjusts his
	visor.

					GEORDI
			Let's just say... I had a special
			insight into your cards.

	Worf reacts and Geordi chuckles.

					GEORDI
				(off his look)
			Hey, next time bring a deck that's
			not transparent to infrared
			light.

	Worf shakes his head slightly in disgust.

					GEORDI
				(with humor)
			Don't worry, I only peek after
			the hand is over.

	Geordi checks his tricorder one more time.

        STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/13/91 - TEASER        3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
				(frustrated, off
				 tricorder)
			Still nothing. Well... I'll get
			a dynoscanner and try again.

	Geordi moves to a different part of the bay.

3    WORF

	scans the containers again. He moves closer to the
	container structure...

4    A CARGO CONTAINER

	high above Worf. There is a thin wisp of GAS LEAKING
	from the container. The gas is MELTING part of the
	support upon which the container is sitting...

5    WORF

	Continues to scan the structure. He moves closer...

6    THE CARGO CONTAINER

	The structural support GIVES WAY and the cargo
	container starts to FALL.

7    WORF

	hears the RUMBLE from above and starts to move out of
	the way, but it's too late.

8    WIDER ANGLE

	as the heavy containers COLLAPSE on top of Worf.

        STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/13/91 - TEASER        4.

9    INCLUDE GEORDI

	who turned around just in time to see the collapse.

					GEORDI
			Worf!

	Geordi and the other crewmembers rush over to Worf and
	start to move the containers off of him. They lift one
	container and find Worf unconscious. As Geordi hits
	his communicator, PUSH IN on Worf's face.

					GEORDI
				(urgent, to
				 communicator)
			La Forge to sickbay! Medical
			emergency in cargo bay three!

	Hold for a beat on Worf's face...

									CUT TO:

10   INT. SICKBAY

	Worf is lying on his back with his eyes closed. He is
	dressed in a medical robe and is lying in one of the
	diagnostic beds. NURSE OGAWA is standing over Worf.
	After a beat, Worf moves slightly.

	Worf's eyes finally open and he looks around in
	confusion. BEVERLY moves to stand on the other
	side of him.

					WORF
			What... happened?

					BEVERLY
			The containers you were checking
			fell on you. You're lucky to be
			alive.

	Worf tries to sit up... then stops when he realizes
	that he can't move his lower body.

        STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/12/91 - TEASER        5.

10   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			I will not attempt to leave
			sickbay without your approval,
			Doctor. The restraining field
			is not necessary.

	Beverly and Ogawa exchange a look. Ogawa moves off to
	give them a little more privacy. Worf looks up at
	Beverly in confusion... what's going on here? Beverly
	puts on her best bedside manner.

					BEVERLY
			Worf... there is no restraining
			field.

					WORF
				(objecting)
			But I cannot move my legs.

					BEVERLY
			I know.
				(beat)
			You can't move because one of the
			containers shattered seven of your
			vertebrae... and crushed your
			spinal cord.

	Worf is shocked and this is very difficult for Beverly,
	but there's no way to sugar-coat it.

					BEVERLY
			I'm afraid... there's no way to
			repair this kind of injury.

	On Worf as he realizes the full impact of what she's
	saying...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

        STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/17/91 - ACT ONE        6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

11   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship still in orbit.

12   INT. WORF'S SICKBAY ROOM

	Worf has been moved to a private room just off main
	sickbay. There are several monitors, some medical
	equipment, and a diagnostic bed. Worf is sitting up in
	bed and has swung his legs over the side. His face is
	a mask of determination as he carefully grips the side
	of the bed and moves his feet down to the floor.

	Worf manages to get to a standing position, but it's
	only by using his hands and arms to maintain an iron
	grip on the bedframe. His legs are useless. He
	struggles as he tries to will his legs to work.

13   NEW ANGLE

	As the doors OPEN and Beverly ENTERS. Worf wrenches
	his body as he tries to move his legs, but the effort
	causes him to lose his grip on the bed. Both legs fold
	under his weight... Beverly rushes over to him and
	catches him just in time. She helps him back into bed.

        STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/17/91 - ACT ONE        7.

13   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I know what you're trying to do
			and I understand why. But it's
			important that you remain in bed.

					WORF
			Klingons do not... lie in bed.

					BEVERLY
			They do if they have extensive
			internal injuries which need time
			to heal.

					WORF
			The muscles in my legs will
			atrophy unless they are used.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/17/91 - ACT ONE        8.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF (cont'd)
			A vigorous program of exercise
			will be necessary for a full
			recovery.

	Beverly moves closer to him. Her tone is
	compassionate, yet firm as she lays out the simple
	truth to him.

					BEVERLY
			I understand that as a Klingon
			this is difficult for you... but
			you have to face your situation
			as it really is... not as you want
			it to be.
				(beat)
			I've sent for a neurogeneticist,
			but... you need to realize that
			you'll probably never regain total
			use of your legs.

          STAR TREK: "Ethics" - 12/09/91 - ACT ONE          9.

13   CONTINUED: (3)

	Worf looks away, unable to deny the facts away any
	longer. A long beat passes.

					WORF
				(quiet)
			Leave me.

	Beverly moves toward the door... then stops.

					BEVERLY
			Your son has been asking to see
			you.

					WORF
				(forceful)
			No. I will not have him see me
			like this.

	Beverly almost argues with him... then decides against
	it.

					BEVERLY
			All right.

	She EXITS to...

14   INT. SICKBAY - CONTINUOUS

	The doors CLOSE behind Beverly after she ENTERS. She
	pauses for a moment, depressed and anguished over
	Worf's situation. She tries to shake off the
	feeling... picks up a PADD and starts to work it.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Doctor Crusher. The
			Potemkin has arrived and Doctor
			Russell is ready to transport
			aboard.

					BEVERLY
				(to com)
			I'm on my way.

	She heads for the exit.

									CUT TO:

15   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & POTEMKIN (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise and the Potemkin running side by side
	while still in orbit. (STOCK)

          STAR TREK: "Ethics" - 12/09/91 - ACT ONE          10.

16   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Beverly is waiting near the platform as the TRANSPORTER
	TECHNICIAN works the console. DR. TOBY RUSSELL
	MATERIALIZES. Doctor Russell is petite and her
	features are delicate, doll-like. She has an easy and
	friendly manner, but she tends to command a room and
	is used to being center stage at any gathering.
	Russell has a knack for settling instantly into her
	environment, and she already seems very much at home.

					BEVERLY
			Welcome aboard the Enterprise,
			Doctor Russell. I'm Beverly
			Crusher.

	They shake hands.

					RUSSELL
			A pleasure.
				(to Technician)
			I have some equipment aboard the
			Potemkin. Please have it sent
			to one of your medical labs.

					BEVERLY
				(to Technician)
			Send it to medlab four.

	The Technician nods and works the console. Russell
	turns to Beverly with a warm smile and then takes
	Beverly's arm as they begin to leave the transporter
	room.

					RUSSELL
				(on the move)
			Before we get down to business,
			I just wanted to say that I had
			the pleasure of reading your paper
			on cybernetic regeneration
			recently.

	They EXIT to...

17   INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	Russell and Beverly walk down the corridor. Russell
	has definitely turned on the charm.

					BEVERLY
				(pleased)
			Really? You're the first person
			to mention it.

       STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/10/91 - ACT ONE       11.

17   CONTINUED:

					RUSSELL
			Oh, I thought it was brilliant.
			Your ideas on bioactive interfaces
			border on revolutionary. It's going
			to be a genuine pleasure working
			with you.

					BEVERLY
			Thank you.
				(beat)
			Have you had a chance to review
			Worf's case history yet?

					RUSSELL
			Only briefly. I must admit, I
			was a little shocked to find the
			state of Klingon neurological
			medicine to be so... primitive.

					BEVERLY
			It's a cultural bias. When I
			contacted the Klingon Medical
			Division, I was told they usually
			let the patient die in a case like
			this... as a result they've done
			almost no research on
			neurological trauma.

					RUSSELL
				(with relish)
			We'll be in uncharted waters.

	Beverly doesn't share Russell's anticipation, but she's
	not bothered by it either.

					BEVERLY
			Worf's been having a hard time
			dealing with his injuries. He's
			always been a difficult patient,
			but now...

	They have arrived outside of sickbay and Beverly moves
	to go inside. The doors OPEN.

					BEVERLY
			He's a little tough to get along
			with at first, but I think you'll
			get to like him after---

					RUSSELL
			Doctor.

          STAR TREK: "Ethics" - 12/09/91 - ACT ONE          12.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

	Beverly stops in the doorway. Russell seems to
	hesitate for a moment... then speaks in a soft and
	understanding voice.

					RUSSELL
			I know that as a starship doctor,
			you have to maintain close ties
			with patients. But I think it
			would be best if I maintain a
			discreet distance. That way, I
			can give you a completely
			objective opinion regarding
			treatment.

	Beverly looks at her for a beat... decides that Russell
	is making sense.

					BEVERLY
			Yes... you're probably right.

					RUSSELL
				(warm smile)
			Good. Well... I believe you said
			I'll be working in medlab four?

					BEVERLY
			Yes. This way.

	Beverly leads Russell down the corridor.

									CUT TO:

18   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit.

19   INT. WORF'S SICKBAY ROOM

	Worf is propped up in bed as RIKER ENTERS. Riker
	forces himself to smile at his friend and try to put
	him at ease.

					RIKER
			You look pretty good for someone
			who's been eating sickbay food
			for three days.

	Worf makes a half-hearted attempt to return the smile,
	then indicates a chair.

          STAR TREK: "Ethics" - 12/09/91 - ACT ONE          13.

19   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Please sit down, Commander.

	Riker sits down. Worf is very uncomfortable and
	embarrassed. He tries to sit a little straighter...
	pulls the bedclothes up a little further on his chest.

					WORF
			Thank you for agreeing to see me
			in... this condition.

					RIKER
			Worf, I'm not Klingon... I don't
			think there's any shame in being
			injured.

					WORF
			I am not merely injured... Doctor
			Crusher believes my... paralysis
			will be permanent.

	Riker takes a beat to take that in.

					RIKER
			I'm... sorry.

	Worf looks away from Riker, not wanting to see any pity
	in his face. This is very difficult for Worf, but he
	tries to keep his voice as even and restrained as
	possible.

					WORF
			I have a personal favor to ask.

					RIKER
			Name it.

	Long beat.

					WORF
			I want you to assist me in
			performing the... Hegh'bat
			ceremony.
				(beat)
			I want you to help me die.

	Riker recoils from the idea and looks at Worf with
	shock.

					RIKER
			What?

       STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/10/91 - ACT ONE       14.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			When a Klingon can no longer stand
			and face his enemies as a
			warrior... when he becomes a
			burden to his family and
			friends... it is time for the
			Hegh'bat... time for him to die.

					RIKER
			Worf, there have to be other
			options.

	Worf turns back and meets Riker's eyes.

					WORF
				(firm)
			No, there are not.
				(beat, then quieter)
			I will not live as an object of...
			pity... or shame. My life as a
			Klingon is over.

					RIKER
			I won't help a friend commit
			suicide.

	Worf struggles... his voice drops down low as he makes
	a direct appeal to Riker.

					WORF
			We have served together for many
			years... fought side by side...
			I know you to be a brave and
			honorable man... if you truly
			consider me your friend... help
			me now... help me end my life as
			I lived it... with dignity and
			honor.
				(beat)
			Please.

	Riker wasn't prepared for this personal appeal from
	Worf. On Riker's reaction as he struggles with his
	conflicting emotions...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

       STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/12/91 - ACT TWO       15.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

20   INT. MEDICAL LAB (OPTICAL)

	A room filled with medical equipment of every size and
	description. Beverly and Russell are standing near
	a large unit which is projecting a HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE
	of Worf's back and spinal column in mid-air. Beverly
	is pointing to the damaged vertebrae, which have been
	highlighted.

					BEVERLY
			The cortico-spinal tract has
			continued to deteriorate over the
			past seventy-two hours despite
			CPK enzymatic therapy.

	Russell walks slowly around the hologram...
	considering the injury from all angles.

					RUSSELL
			What about alkysine treatment?

					BEVERLY
			Ineffective.

					RUSSELL
			Overdesigned.
				(off Beverly's look)
			Klingon anatomy... twenty-three
			ribs, two livers, eight-chambered
			heart, double-lined neural pia
			mater... I've never seen so many
			unnecessary redundancies in one
			body.

					BEVERLY
			Klingon medicine refers to it as
			the brak'lul... almost every vital
			function in their bodies has a
			built-in redundancy in case the
			primary organ or system fails.

       STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/11/91 - ACT TWO       16.

20   CONTINUED:

					RUSSELL
			It's a good design in theory, but
			in practice, all the extra organs
			mean there's just that much more
			that can go wrong.

	Russell glares at the hologram for a moment, then
	turns to Beverly.

					RUSSELL
			Let me show you something.

	Russell leads Beverly over to a strange-looking piece
	of medical equipment that has been moved into the lab
	on a cart. It should be even more advanced than our
	normal sickbay equipment.

					RUSSELL
			We've been experimenting with
			DNA-based generators... this is
			a genetronic replicator. It reads
			the DNA coding of damaged organs,
			translates that into a specific
			set of replicant instructions and
			then begins to "grow" a
			replacement.

	Beverly looks over the odd equipment with curiosity.

					BEVERLY
			I've read some of the preliminary
			work you've done... I thought this
			was still in the experimental
			stage.

       STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/12/91 - ACT TWO       17.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

	Russell picks up a PADD and works it for a moment.

					RUSSELL
				(continuing)
			The early results have been very
			encouraging...

	She hands the PADD to Beverly... who begins to glance
	at it... Russell lets her read on for a moment... then
	decides the time is right to push for her plan.

					RUSSELL
			Beverly, the genetronic replicator
			can create a completely new neural
			conduit for your Lieutenant Worf.

					BEVERLY
				(a little shocked)
			Replace his entire spinal column?

					RUSSELL
			Exactly. Instead of splicing and
			pasting together broken
			connections like a couple of
			glorified tailors, we create a
			new, living system.

	Beverly takes a beat to consider this... she glances
	down at the PADD in her hand... presses some buttons
	to move the text forward... she has some serious
	doubts.

					BEVERLY
				(looking for the data)
			I had no idea you were already
			using this on humanoids...

					RUSSELL
			I haven't been. This'll be the
			first time.

					BEVERLY
				(reacts)
			First time?

					RUSSELL
			I've done dozens of holosimulations...
			the success rate is up to 
			thirty-seven percent...

       STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/12/91 - ACT TWO       18.

20   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			Thirty-seven percent... even a
			holographic patient would balk
			at those odds.

					RUSSELL
			Sooner or later it has to be tried
			on a living patient.

					BEVERLY
			We're talking about a spinal
			column. Even to attempt it,
			you'd have to remove his
			existing spine. We don't know
			enough about Klingon neurological
			medicine to reattach it. If
			something goes wrong, he'll die.

	Beverly sets the PADD down and regards Russell
	seriously.

					BEVERLY
			I agree it has remarkable
			potential but it's still in the
			most preliminary stages of research.
			We can't possibly justify the risk
			to Worf. I'm afraid we'll just
			have to make do with the more
			conventional approaches.

	Russell almost continues to fight... then seems to
	reconsider. She smiles slightly at Beverly.

					RUSSELL
			You're probably right. It's too
			radical an approach.

	Beverly is relieved that Russell isn't going to push
	for this approach, but that doesn't solve their
	problem.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Doctor Crusher, please report to
			the bridge.

          STAR TREK: "Ethics" - 12/09/91 - ACT TWO          19.

20   CONTINUED: (4)

					BEVERLY
				(to com)
			On my way.

	Beverly EXITS.

									CUT TO:

21   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship goes into warp.

22   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	PICARD, DATA, and Riker at their stations. Beverly
	ENTERS from a turbolift.

					PICARD
			Doctor, the transport ship Denver
			has struck a gravitic mine left
			over from the Cardassian war.
			They've sustained heavy damage.

					RIKER
			Their last message said they were
			attempting to crash land on one
			of the planets in the Mericor
			system. We should arrive in just
			under seven hours.

					BEVERLY
			How many people were aboard?

					DATA
			The Denver's standard crew
			complement is twenty-three, but
			they were transporting five
			hundred seventeen colonists to
			the Beloti sector.

          STAR TREK: "Ethics" - 12/09/91 - ACT TWO          20.

22   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I'll need to convert all three
			shuttlebays to emergency triage
			centers. I also want all
			civilians with medical training
			to report for duty.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

	Beverly EXITS and Picard heads for the ready room.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			Captain, may I speak with you in
			private?

					PICARD
			Certainly, Number One. Mister
			Data, you have the bridge.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Riker & Picard head for the ready room.

									CUT TO:

23   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at warp.

24   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Riker is moving about the room... restless, clearly
	disturbed. Picard is calmly listening to his officer.

					RIKER
			I've always tried to keep an open
			mind... not to judge someone
			else's culture by my own... but
			for me to be a part of this
			"ceremony"...

	Riker trails off and Picard waits for a beat before
	speaking.

					PICARD
			I understand that Doctor Crusher
			believes he will never regain the
			use of his legs.

          STAR TREK: "Ethics" - 12/09/91 - ACT TWO          21.

24   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			That doesn't mean his life is
			over.

					PICARD
			That's a very... Human
			perspective, Will. But to any
			Klingon in Worf's position...
			life is over.

					RIKER
			I can't accept that.

	Picard takes a beat... looks out the window for a
	moment.

					PICARD
			If you were dying... terminally
			ill from a disease for which there
			was no cure... and the few
			remaining days of your life would
			be spent in pain. Don't you think
			that you might come to see death
			as... a release?

					RIKER
			Worf isn't dying and he's not in
			pain... he can live a long life
			without---

					PICARD
				(firm)
			You or I could learn to live with
			a disability of this kind. But
			to Worf... his life ended when
			those containers fell on him.
			We don't have to agree with it...
			we don't have to understand it...
			but we do have to respect his
			beliefs.

					RIKER
				(repeating for emphasis)
			I can respect his beliefs, but
			Worf wants me to take an active
			role in ending his life.

          STAR TREK: "Ethics" - 12/09/91 - ACT TWO          22.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			He asked for your help because
			you're his friend. That means
			that you'll have to make your
			decision based on that friendship.

					RIKER
			Which leaves me right back where
			I started.

					PICARD
			I'm sorry, Will. I can't make this
			decision for you... but I can tell
			you that Klingons choose their
			friends with great care. If Worf
			didn't feel he could count on
			you... he never would have asked.

	On Riker's troubled expression...

									CUT TO:

25   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	TROI is trying to deal with a very angry ALEXANDER.

					ALEXANDER
			Why won't you let me see him?

					TROI
			Alexander, I told you it's not
			my decision. Your father doesn't
			want to---

					ALEXANDER
			I don't believe you. My father
			wants to see me. You're the one
			keeping me away from him!

	Troi regards him coolly for a beat... refusing to get
	into a shouting match with this kid. Her voice is calm
	and assured.

					TROI
			I think you know that's not true.

	Alexander's anger recedes a little in the face of
	Troi's serene visage. His voice becomes somewhat less
	strident.

       STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/16/91 - ACT TWO       23.

25   CONTINUED:

					ALEXANDER
			Then why can't I see him?

					TROI
			Your father is going through a
			very difficult time. He needs
			to be alone for now.

					ALEXANDER
			But why?

	Troi moves to a couch and motions to Alexander, who
	sits with her after a beat. Troi keeps her voice calm
	and soothing as she tries to reassure the boy.

					TROI
			He's been injured, Alexander, and
			he's... embarrassed. To have
			anyone see him now would make him
			feel worse... even if it were
			you.

	Alexander thinks about this for a beat.

					ALEXANDER
			This is part of that Klingon
			stuff, isn't it?
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/16/91 - ACT TWO       24.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					ALEXANDER (cont'd)
			My mother always said that
			Klingons had a lot of dumb ideas
			about honor.

					TROI
			Alexander, that... "Klingon stuff"
			is very important to your father.

					ALEXANDER
				(hurt)
			Well, it isn't very important to
			me. I don't care about being
			Klingon, I just want to see my
			father.

	It's obvious that Alexander is exhausted... this whole
	experience has been very draining for him. Troi moves
	to him and her voice becomes softer, more soothing.

					TROI
			It's been a long day... why don't
			you get ready for bed and we'll
			talk about this again in the
			morning.

	Alexander nods glumly and then EXITS to the adjacent
	room. Troi watches after him for a moment.

									CUT TO:

26   INT. WORF'S SICKBAY ROOM

	Worf is lying in bed as he listens to Troi.

       STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/16/91 - ACT TWO       25.

26   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Alexander is scared... confused...
			hurt... and all because his father
			is refusing to see him.

					WORF
			You know why I left those
			instructions.

					TROI
			Yes I do. It's not the "Klingon"
			way, right?

					WORF
			It is a question of honor, and
			I would ask you to respect my
			wishes in this matter, Counselor.

					TROI
			All I care about at this moment
			is a little boy who's terrified
			he's going to lose his father.

	Beverly and Russell ENTER. Troi glances at them...
	leans down and fixes Worf with a hard look.

					TROI
				(quiet, but firm)
			Maybe it's time you stopped lying
			around here worrying about your
			honor... and began thinking about
			someone else... like your son.

	Troi turns and EXITS. Beverly and Russell exchange a
	look... what was that all about?

					BEVERLY
			Would you like us to come back
			later?

       STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/10/91 - ACT TWO       26.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			No. Come in, Doctor.

					BEVERLY
			This is Doctor Toby Russell from
			the Adelman Neurological Institute.
			She specializes in spinal injuries
			like yours.

					WORF
				(to Russell)
			Doctor.

					RUSSELL
			Lieutenant. Doctor Crusher has
			been updating me on your case.
			We'd like to talk to you about
			some of your options.

					WORF
			Please proceed.

					BEVERLY
			We've discussed a variety of
			surgical procedures... I'm afraid
			none of them would be able to
			repair the spinal cord. But we
			do have a way for you to regain
			most of your mobility.

27   INCLUDE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	Beverly moves to the monitor and activates the screen.
	A diagram of Worf's body comes up with SEVERAL IMPLANTS
	highlighted on the schematic.

					BEVERLY
				(indicating monitor)
			We can implant a series of neural
			transducers in your lower torso
			and legs. They're designed to
			pick up the electrical impulses
			from your brain and then stimulate
			the corresponding muscles. With
			a little work, you'll eventually
			regain sixty to seventy percent
			of your motor control.

	Russell picks up two motor assist bands (about the size
	and shape of a dog collar and as seen in
	"Transfigurations").

       STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/16/91 - ACT TWO       27.

27   CONTINUED:

					RUSSELL
			The first step would be to fit
			your legs with motor assist units
			like these.

	Russell places the band around Worf's right leg.

					RUSSELL
			They're a training device... once
			you've mastered using them, we
			can move on to the implants. Now,
			try to move your leg.

	Worf looks down at his leg for a moment... then watches
	in horror as it suddenly jerks and spasms. Neither
	Beverly nor Russell seem at all concerned about this.

					BEVERLY
			That's good for a first try.
			It'll take some time before you
			get used to manipulating the---

					WORF
				(firm)
			No.

	Worf rips the band from his leg.

					WORF
			I will not live like that.

					BEVERLY
			These are very sophisticated
			devices. With enough time, they
			will give you--

					WORF
			Sixty percent of my mobility.
			I will not be seen... lurching
			through corridors like some
			half-Klingon machine... an object
			of ridicule and disgust.

	Beverly takes a beat, then moves closer to Worf. She
	lowers her voice and makes a personal connection and
	plea with her patient.

          STAR TREK: "Ethics" - 12/09/91 - ACT TWO          28.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			I understand how you feel... and
			I know that right now, this all
			sounds a little frightening...
			but I think it's important that
			you take your time before making
			a decision. All I ask is that
			you give this some thought.

	Worf keeps his expression neutral... but he doesn't
	actually reject it. Beverly decides that's at least
	something and she moves to leave. Russell makes no
	move to follow her. Russell steps forward.

					RUSSELL
			There is one other option I'd like
			you to consider... it's called
			genetronic replication....

	Worf looks up. Beverly is surprised.

					RUSSELL
			It's still in the experimental
			stage... but if it works, it will
			return virtually all of your
			mobility... and without the need
			for artificial implants.

	On Beverly's expression...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/11/91 - ACT THREE      29.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

A28	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at warp.

28   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly and Russell ENTER from Worf's sickbay room.
	Beverly turns and confronts Russell.

					BEVERLY
			I thought we had discussed
			genetronics.

					RUSSELL
			We did.

					BEVERLY
			And I also thought we had decided
			against recommending it.

					RUSSELL
			You heard him... he'd rather die
			than live with the implants. I
			just gave him a better option than
			suicide.

					BEVERLY
			He's grasping at straws and you're
			giving him one. Now, instead of
			dealing with his paralysis, he's
			going to be thinking about this
			miracle cure of yours.

					RUSSELL
			There's a real chance this could
			work. And if it does, it'll be
			a major breakthrough in
			neurogenetics that will change
			a lot of people's lives.

					BEVERLY
			You're using the desperation of
			an injured man as an excuse to
			try a procedure you couldn't do
			under normal circumstances. I
			checked with Starfleet Medical
			and they've refused your requests
			to test genetronics on humanoids
			three times already.

        STAR TREK: "Ethics" - 12/09/91 - ACT THREE        29A.

28   CONTINUED:

					RUSSELL
			Are you really going to hide
			behind the rules of some
			bureaucracy? Your patient's life
			is at stake here.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to Doctor Crusher.

      STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/20/91 - ACT THREE      30.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
				(to com)
			Go ahead, Captain.

									INTERCUT:

29   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Data are at the aft science station.

					PICARD
			We've located the survivors from
			the Denver.

					BEVERLY
			We're ready down here. I have
			triage teams standing by.

					PICARD
			Very well. We'll begin
			transporting the casualties aboard
			immediately. Bridge out.

	Russell looks at Beverly and gives her a small smile.

					RUSSELL
			Could you use an extra pair of
			hands?

	Beverly returns her smile... a truce seems to have been
	called.

					BEVERLY
			Absolutely.

									CUT TO:

30
thru	OMITTED
33A

34   INT. WORF'S SICKBAY ROOM

	Troi and Alexander ENTER. The boy is surprised to see
	Worf standing by the bed. Worf is wearing the motor
	assist bands on his legs and is standing very still
	with one hand clamped to a table for support.

					ALEXANDER
			Father?

					WORF
			Come in, Alexander.

       STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/20/91 - ACT THREE 31-33.          

34   CONTINUED:

					ALEXANDER
				(confused)
			Deanna said you hurt your back...
			that you couldn't walk.

					WORF
			I am... still struggling with my
			injury.

					ALEXANDER
			I was worried about you.

					WORF
			We have much to talk about,
			Alexander. There will be
			difficult times ahead... you must
			be strong.

					ALEXANDER
			I understand.

					WORF
			Good.

	Worf pauses for a moment to gather his thoughts.

        STAR TREK: "Ethics" - 12/09/91 - ACT THREE        33A.

34   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			As Klingons, we must always be
			prepared for any---

	Forgetting for a moment his precarious position, Worf
	tries to shift his weight and suddenly FALLS to the
	floor at Alexander's feet. The boy is horrified and
	bends down to help his father along with Troi.

					ALEXANDER
			Father!

      STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/20/91 - ACT THREE      34.

35   WORF

	Looks up at his son and feels humiliated.

					WORF
				(to Troi)
			Take him away.

					TROI
			Worf, let me help you---

					WORF
				(harsh to Alexander)
			Leave!

	Alexander takes a step back and looks at Troi. She
	realizes that it would be best for him to leave.

					TROI
			Go on, Alexander. It'll be all
			right. I'll take care of your
			father.

	Alexander looks once more at his father and then runs
	out of the room. Worf sags on the ground... he puts
	his head down and his face burns with shame. Troi
	knows that the best thing to do is to say nothing for
	now, so she sits next to him in silence...

									CUT TO:

36   INT. SHUTTLE BAY

	The bay has been converted into an emergency
	hospital/triage center. The room is filled with a
	variety of medical equipment, diagnostic beds, gurneys,
	etc.

	There are MANY INJURED CREWMEMBERS & CIVILIANS lying
	on the deck or in the beds and they are being tended
	to by DOCTORS, NURSES, and CIVILIAN MEDICS. People
	are moving about quickly and efficiently and there is
	a sense of urgency in the room.

	Beverly walks across the bay, pausing occasionally
	to glance at this patient or that one. She's been
	at this for a while.

      STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/20/91 - ACT THREE      35.

37   NEW ANGLE

	Where we see Russell looking at an injured MAN who
	is lying on a diagnostic bed with a sheet over his
	head. Russell is running a scanner over his arm and
	then places the arm back on his chest. The man is
	dead. Russell goes to a monitor and studies an
	Okudagram.

	Beverly comes over and sees the dead man. She picks
	up a PADD sitting at the foot of the bed. Her attitude
	is professional and there is no hint of recrimination
	in her voice.

					BEVERLY
			What happened here?

					RUSSELL
			He went into neural metaphasic
			shock.

					BEVERLY
				(puzzled)
			From leporazine? That's unusual.

					RUSSELL
			He couldn't take leporazine, his
			blood pressure was too low. So
			I had to try a different treament.

					BEVERLY
			A morathial series?

					RUSSELL
			No. I tried a new rybotherapy
			I've been working with. It's
			called Borathium, and I've had
			some very good results...

	Beverly is more surprised than angry. She has trouble
	believing that Russell would actually do this.

					BEVERLY
			You used this man for one of your
			experiments?

					RUSSELL
			Borathium is decades ahead of
			leporazine or morathial.

	Beverly starts a slow burn.

					BEVERLY
			Morathial would have saved his
			life.

      STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/11/91 - ACT THREE      36.

37   CONTINUED:

					RUSSELL
			His injuries were so severe I
			don't think any conventional
			treatment could've saved him.

					BEVERLY
			The point is, you didn't even try
			the standard treatments.

					RUSSELL
			I made the choice I thought gave
			him the best chance of surviving.
				(with a trace of
				 sarcasm)
			Isn't that what you would have
			done?

					BEVERLY
			I think you took advantage of the
			situation in order to test one
			of your theories -- just like
			you're trying to do with Worf.

	Russell eyes her briefly, moves a step closer.

					RUSSELL
			That's what this is really about,
			isn't it? Lieutenant Worf. I'm
			offering him the chance to recover
			fully -- a chance you can't give
			him.

					BEVERLY
			What this is about is the kind
			of medicine you seem to practice.

					RUSSELL
			I make no excuses about my
			approach to medicine. I don't like
			losing a patient any more than you
			do. But I'm looking down a long
			road, Doctor... this man didn't
			die for nothing -- the data I
			gathered was invaluable... it will
			eventually help save thousands
			of lives.

      STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/10/91 - ACT THREE      36A.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			I doubt that will comfort his
			family.

					RUSSELL
			Let me ask you this: if, some
			years from now, Borathium therapy
			were to save the life of someone
			you loved... would you still
			condemn me?

					BEVERLY
			I won't get drawn into a
			hypothetical argument, Doctor.
			Your research on this ship is
			over. You're relieved from all
			medical duties until further
			notice. Is that clear?

					RUSSELL
				(ice)
			Perfectly.

	The two doctors glare at each other for a moment, and
	then Russell walks away. On Beverly's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

       STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/13/91 - ACT FOUR       37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

38   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit.

39   INT. WORF'S SICKBAY ROOM

	Worf is in bed as Beverly ENTERS. Her attitude is
	warm, cheerful... this is Beverly at her best, caring
	for a patient and trying to help him through a
	difficult time, but Worf isn't going to make this easy
	for her. His mind is obviously elsewhere.

					BEVERLY
			Good morning.

					WORF
			Doctor.

	She checks the diagnostic monitor above the bed, then
	checks his pulse herself and makes a couple of other
	hands-on checks of his condition.

					BEVERLY
			I'd like to run a couple of tests
			today... most of it is fairly
			boring: blood work, molecular
			studies, things like that.

	Worf doesn't react to the humor or light tone in
	Beverly's voice. His mind is obviously elsewhere.

					WORF
			Why do you wish to do these tests?

					BEVERLY
			I need the data for some
			preparatory work I've been doing.

       STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/13/91 - ACT FOUR       38.

39   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Work... on the implants?

					BEVERLY
			Yes.

	Worf looks away and his expression hardens.

					WORF
			I will not submit to the test.

	Beat.

					BEVERLY
			I'm not trying to pressure you...
			but we need to have some of this
			work done in case you change your
			mind.

					WORF
			I have made my decision. I wish
			to die.

					BEVERLY
			There are alternatives other than
			full recovery and ending your
			life. The use of neural implants
			is only one of them.

					WORF
			I am not interested.

					BEVERLY
				(frustrated)
			You haven't even heard me out.

         STAR TREK: "Ethics" - 12/09/91 - ACT FOUR         39.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			No!
				(beat, then quieter)
			Leave me... please.

	Beverly looks at him for a beat, but sees no point in
	continuing this argument. She finally EXITS.

39A  INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE

	Beverly ENTERS and sits down at her desk. She's had
	a grueling couple of days and the previous scene with
	Worf has only added to the strain. She picks up a PADD
	and then tosses it back on the table in irritation.

					PICARD
			Doctor?

	Beverly looks up in surprise to see Picard standing
	in the doorway. Picard is quick to pick up on
	Beverly's frustration and turmoil.

					PICARD
			I was on my way to look in on your
			patient.

					BEVERLY
			Be my guest... but don't expect
			a lot of conversation, he's in
			full Klingon mode: honorable,
			strong... and closed-minded.

	Picard waits a beat... quietly changes the subject for
	a moment.

					PICARD
			I understand you've relieved
			Doctor Russell of duty.

					BEVERLY
			That's right. She's
			irresponsible. I won't have her
			practicing medicine on this ship.

	Picard sits down... adopts a more personal and intimate
	tone.

					PICARD
			Beverly... maybe you should
			consider letting her go ahead with
			the genetronic procedure.

       STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/10/91 - ACT FOUR       40.

39A  CONTINUED:

	Beverly looks at him with astonishment. She's been
	under a lot of stress and her anger and frustration
	are very near the surface.

					BEVERLY
			How can you say that? She has
			a theory, based on a little
			empirical data and a lot of
			supposition...

					PICARD
			If he can't make a full
			recovery... Worf's going to kill
			himself.

					BEVERLY
				(firm)
			Not in my sickbay, he's not. I'll
			put him in a restraining field
			and post security outside the door
			before I let him commit suicide.

	Picard keeps his voice low and reasonable, letting
	Beverly vent her emotions.

					PICARD
			How long could you keep him like
			that? A week... a month... a
			year?

					BEVERLY
			If I have to. Suicide is not an
			option.
				(beat)
			Setting aside for the moment the
			fact that a paraplegic can live
			a very full life, there is also
			a conventional therapy that can
			restore much of his mobility.

					PICARD
			But not all of it.

					BEVERLY
				(frustrated)
			No, not all of it! There are some
			things I can't fix. Klingon or
			not, he's got to accept that his
			condition---

      STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/12/91 - ACT FOUR      40A.

39A  CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard breaks in gently, but firmly.

					PICARD
			He can't make the journey you're
			asking of him, Beverly.
				(beat)
			You want him to go from
			contemplating suicide to accepting
			his condition and living with the
			disability. But that's too far...
			the road in between covers a
			lifetime of values and beliefs...
			he can't do it.

	Beverly leans back in the chair and rubs her eyes
	briefly in fatigue and frustration... she's been having
	the same argument with herself, and so far she hasn't
	heard any good options. Picard continues after a beat.

					PICARD
			But perhaps he can come part of
			the way... maybe he can be
			persuaded to forgo the ritual...
			in order to take a chance at
			regaining the kind of life he
			needs.
				(beat)
			A Klingon may not be able to
			accept defeat... but he knows all
			about taking risks.

	Beverly thinks about this for a beat... she's starting
	to waver a little. Her next argument is not nearly
	so forceful as her last.

					BEVERLY
			Starfleet Medical has rejected
			her proposals to use
			genetronics on humanoids three
			times.

					PICARD
			If they were aware of all the
			circumstances in this case...
			don't you think it might affect
			their decision?

	Beverly thinks for a long beat... she's not so sure
	they wouldn't agree with Picard. She tries one last
	argument.

      STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/11/91 - ACT FOUR      40B.

39A  CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			The first tenet of good medicine
			is don't make the patient any
			worse. Right now he's alive and
			functioning... but if he goes
			into this operation he'll probably
			come away a corpse.

					PICARD
			It may not be good medicine...
			but for Worf, it may be the only
			choice.

	Picard waits for another moment... then finally stands
	and quietly EXITS, leaving Beverly with a great deal to
	think about.

									CUT TO:

39B  INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	Riker is carrying a cup of tea and sitting down at his
	desk. He's been at this for a long time and he's
	tired. He takes a sip and then turns back to the
	computer terminal.

         STAR TREK: "Ethics" - 12/09/91 - ACT FOUR         41.

39B  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to computer)
			Continue program.

39C  ON TERMINAL (OPTICAL)

	The screen comes to life and shows a great deal of
	Klingon text.

39D  RESUME SCENE

	Riker continues reading the information on the
	screen... suddenly he sees something unexpected... and
	he begins to get an idea...

									CUT TO:

39E
thru	OMITTED
40

41   INT. WORF'S SICKBAY ROOM

	Worf is lying in bed as Riker ENTERS. Riker is
	carrying a Klingon ceremonial robe, a knife, and other
	ceremonial objects. He puts them on the bed. Worf
	reacts with surprise for a moment... he hadn't expected
	Riker so soon. But he quickly composes himself and
	then speaks with great formality.

					WORF
			I am ready, Commander.

	Riker regards Worf for a moment. Riker's definitely
	got a chip on his shoulder and a hardline attitude.
	He's not here to meekly go along with this Klingon
	business and it shows.

					RIKER
			I've been studying this ritual
			of yours, and you know what I've
			decided?
				(beat)
			I think it's despicable.

	Worf is shocked by this blunt appraisal, but Riker
	continues without waiting for some kind of response.

       STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/16/91 - ACT FOUR       42.

41   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I hate everything about it... the
			casual disregard for life...
			the way it tries to cloak suicide
			in some glorious notion of honor.
			I may have to respect your
			beliefs... but I don't have to
			like them.

					WORF
			It is not something I expect you
			to understand.

					RIKER
			No... All you really expect me
			to do is bring you the knife and
			then walk away, so you can kill
			yourself in peace. Well, I'm not
			going to make it that easy for
			you.

					WORF
			It is not easy for me. But each
			of us must die when his time
			comes... and my time---

					RIKER
			Do you remember Sandoval?

	Worf remembers, but does not acknowledge.

					RIKER
			Hit by a disruptor blast two years
			ago. She lived for about a week.
			How about Fang-lee... Marla
			Aster... Tasha Yar... how many
			good men and women -- how many
			friends have we watched die? Even
			I've lost count. But every one
			of them -- every single one --
			fought for life until the very
			end.

      STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/10/91 - ACT FOUR      42A.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			I do not welcome death, Commander.

					RIKER
			Are you sure? I get the sense
			you're feeling pretty noble about
			the whole thing.
				(mocking)
			Look at Worf... isn't he
			courageous? Isn't he an honorable
			Klingon?

	Worf glares at him but Riker keeps boring in.

					RIKER
			Well, let me remind you of
			something... a Klingon does not
			put his own desires above those
			of his family and friends.
				(beat)
			How many people on this ship
			consider you a friend? How many
			owe you their lives? Have you given
			any thought to how you have affected
			the people around you? And how
			they might feel about your dying?

	Worf looks away, not wanting to hear this.

					RIKER
			And what about the Klingon Empire?
			If you hadn't put yourself on the
			line, the Empire would be ruled
			by Duras and allied with the
			Romulans. Maybe you should
			think about what you still have
			left to do instead of lying
			around and --

					WORF
				(a shout)
			Enough!

	Riker pulls back and there is a tense beat between the
	two men. Riker has touched a nerve and Worf takes a
	moment to restrain his emotions.

					WORF
				(quieter)
			Will you, or will you not, help
			me with the Hegh'bat?

	Riker picks up the knife and considers it for a moment.

         STAR TREK: "Ethics" - 12/09/91 - ACT FOUR         42B.

41   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			You're my friend... and in spite
			of everything I've said... if it
			were my place, I'd probably help
			you.
				(beat)
			But I've been studying Klingon
			law and ritual... and I discovered
			that it's not my place to fill
			that role.
				(beat)
			According to tradition, that honor
			falls to a family member...
			preferably the oldest son.

	Worf is surprised -- and not happy -- that Riker has
	discovered this.

					WORF
			That is not possible. He is a
			child.

					RIKER
			"The son of a Klingon is a man
			the day he can first hold a
			blade." True?

					WORF
			Alexander is not fully Klingon...
			he is part Human.

					RIKER
			That's an excuse. What you really
			mean to say is that it would be
			too hard for you to look at your
			son and tell him that he must hand
			you the knife... watch you stab
			it into your heart... and then
			pull the knife from your chest
			and wipe the blood on his sleeve.
				(beat)
			That is the rite of death, isn't
			it?

	Worf maintains a stony silence. Riker tosses the knife
	back on the bed.

					RIKER
			I'm sorry, Worf... but I can't
			help you. There's only one
			person on board who can do that.

       STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/10/91 - ACT FOUR       43.

41   CONTINUED: (4)

	Riker EXITS, leaving Worf to make his decision.

41A  OMITTED

42   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at warp.

									CUT TO:

	INT. WORF'S SICKBAY ROOM

	Alexander ENTERS and goes to the bed. Worf is holding
	the knife... he looks up at his son for a long silent
	moment.

					ALEXANDER
			You... wanted to see me?

					WORF
			I need you to help me.

					ALEXANDER
			Anything, Father.

					WORF
			I've taught you about Klingon
			customs... the beliefs which
			we value.
				(beat)
			According to tradition, I must
			take my life after suffering this
			kind of injury.

	Alexander looks shaken by this, but tries to be brave.
	Worf looks at him for a long moment.

					WORF
			But I have decided to break with
			tradition. I have decided to
			live.

	Alexander is flooded with relief.

					ALEXANDER
			I am glad, Father.

         STAR TREK: "Ethics" - 12/09/91 - ACT FOUR         44.

43   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			I must still undergo a dangerous
			operation. I may still die. But
			it will not be by my own hand.

	He hands the knife to Alexander.

					WORF
			Return this to our quarters.

					ALEXANDER
			Yes, sir.

	Alexander turns to go... hesitates... then turns back
	and impulsively hugs his father. Worf warmly returns
	the embrace as we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/16/91 - ACT FIVE 45-46.          

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

44   OMITTED

44A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at warp.

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			Chief Medical Officer's log,
			supplemental. After further
			consultation with Starfleet
			Medical, and a great deal of
			soul-searching... I have
			reluctantly granted Lieutenant
			Worf's request to undergo the
			genetronic procedure.

45   INT. WORF'S SICKBAY ROOM

	Worf is lying in bed, listening to Alexander as Troi
	looks on.

					ALEXANDER
			We started doing multiplications
			today. The teacher said I'm
			faster than anybody else in my
			class.

           STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/10/91 - ACT FIVE           47.

45   CONTINUED:

	Nurse Ogawa ENTERS and gives them a small smile... they
	all know it's time to go. Worf looks at Alexander for
	a moment.

					WORF
			We will speak again soon.

					ALEXANDER
			Yes, Father.

	A brief beat and then Alexander gives his father a
	tight hug. Worf hugs the boy back and then they
	finally let go. Alexander backs away without another
	word and EXITS. Worf looks up at Troi.

					WORF
			If I die... he must be cared
			for...

					TROI
			I'll make sure he reaches your
			parents' home safely.

					WORF
			No. My parents are elderly. They
			cannot care for Alexander.
				(beat)
			Counselor, I have given this a
			great deal of thought... I have
			a serious request to make of you.
			Would you consider...

	Worf is more well, intimate, than we've ever seen
	him... he is too embarrassed to continue... she
	realizes what he was about to ask...

					TROI
			You want me to raise Alexander... ?

					WORF
				(softly, warm)
			I have come to have a great...
				(unsaid affection)
			... respect for you, Deanna. You
			have been most helpful in guiding
			me since Alexander's arrival.
			I cannot imagine anyone who would
			make a better parent to my son.
				(beat as they look at
				 each other)
			If it is too much to ask...

           STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/18/91 - ACT FIVE          47A.

45   CONTINUED: (2)

	Troi is surprised and deeply touched by this request.
	She takes his hand in hers... they share a look for a
	moment.

					TROI
			I'd be honored.

	Worf nods in satisfaction... then Troi EXITS. Worf
	watches after her for a beat, then turns to Ogawa.

					WORF
			I am ready.

									CUT TO:

46   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship moving at warp speed.

47   INT. MEDICAL LAB (OPTICAL)

	The scene is similar to the one we saw earlier in the
	holodeck, but there is more tension present. Beverly
	and Ogawa are assisting Russell in the procedure.
	Everyone is wearing surgical gowns and masks. The
	surgical clamshell is in place over Worf's back. All
	the medical talk during surgery should be short and
	clipped... no time for wasted words or actions here.

       STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/18/91 - ACT FIVE 48-48A.          

47   CONTINUED:

					RUSSELL
			Focus the drechtal beams on the
			anterior and posterior spinal
			roots.

	Beverly works the clamshell for a moment.

					BEVERLY
			Focused.

					RUSSELL
			Initiate.

	A THICK GREEN BEAM comes down from the overheard
	doughnut and goes into the clamshell. A corresponding
	GREEN GLOW can be seen underneath the clamshell as the
	radiation works on Worf's back.

					BEVERLY
				(off monitor)
			All neural connections below the
			first cervical vertebrae have been
			separated.

	She works the clamshell again and the green BEAM STOPS.

					RUSSELL
				(to Ogawa)
			Microtome.

	Ogawa hands her the instrument.

					RUSSELL
			I'm severing the brain stem...
				(uses instrument at base
				 of Worf's head)
			Now.

	Ogawa touches a control at one of the monitors. From
	now on, the pace picks up even quicker as they now race
	against the clock.

					OGAWA
			Cerebral cortex placed on life
			support at zero eight thirty-one
			hours. Three hours twenty-six
			minutes remaining until onset of
			primary brain dysfunction.

					RUSSELL
				(to Beverly)
			Okay... let's remove the support
			frame.

           STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/11/91 - ACT FIVE           49.

47   CONTINUED: (3)

	They remove the surgical clamshell, exposing Worf's
	back.

					BEVERLY
				(to Ogawa)
			Exo-scalpel.

	Ogawa hands her an instrument. Beverly activates the
	device, producing a thin LASER beam. She uses it to
	begin making an incision along Worf's back.

									CUT TO:

48   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Riker are looking over some reports on a
	couple of PADDs, but it's clear that there's something
	else on both their minds.

					RIKER
			I've notified Starfleet that our
			survey of sector
			three-seven-six-two-eight will
			have to be delayed at least a week
			while we drop off survivors from
			the Denver.

					PICARD
			Good.
				(beat)
			I understand Mister La Forge has
			reported a minor fluctuation in
			the starboard warp coil.

					RIKER
				(acknowledges)
			I've scheduled a stress simulation
			routine for this afternoon to
			check it out.

	There's a silent pause... neither of them is really
	interested in these reports. Riker waits for a
	moment... then in a very quiet voice...

					RIKER
			Has there been any word?

					PICARD
			No.

	They both ponder that for a moment...

									CUT TO:

           STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/11/91 - ACT FIVE           50.

49   INT. MEDICAL LAB (OPTICAL)

	Russell and Beverly are working at the genetronic
	machine seen earlier. Worf's entire SPINAL COLUMN has
	been placed on the genetronic device and the gleaming
	white of the bone is in stark contrast to the dark
	surfaces of the machine. Ogawa is standing near Worf's
	unconscious form in the b.g., monitoring his signs.

					RUSSELL
				(to Beverly)
			Initiate DNA sequencer.

	As Beverly works the console, a LASER-LIKE BEAM scans
	the bone and DNA coding information begins to scroll
	across a monitor on the machine. They both watch the
	screen for a moment...

					BEVERLY
			Reading initial sequences at ten
			to the ninth base pairs
			per second.

					RUSSELL
			Once we're past the first two
			levels, we'll begin the encoding
			sequence.
				(turns to Ogawa)
			Increase TCH levels to---

	An ALARM sounds from gentronic device and the LASER
	STOPS.

					BEVERLY
				(concerned)
			What happened?

					RUSSELL
				(reading monitor)
			The scanner is having trouble
			reading the Klingon dorsal root
			ganglia.

	Russell works the machine for a moment... the LASER
	APPEARS... then STOPS again. Russell frowns.

					BEVERLY
				(concerned)
			Did this show up in your
			simulations?

					RUSSELL
			Yes... but I thought we'd made
			sufficient adjustments.
					(MORE)

           STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/10/91 - ACT FIVE          50A.

49   CONTINUED:

					RUSSELL (cont'd)
				(to Ogawa)
			Bring me the detronal scanner.

	Ogawa brings an instrument and Russell points it at the
	spinal column.

           STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/10/91 - ACT FIVE           51.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					RUSSELL
			I can scan the ganglia
			manually... it'll just take
			longer.

	Beverly looks a question to Ogawa, who then checks a
	monitor.

					OGAWA
			One hour forty-three minutes until
			primary brain dysfunction.

	Russell keeps working.

									CUT TO:

50   OMITTED

51   INT. SICKBAY

	Troi and Alexander are sitting on the couch. He's
	halfheartedly playing with some game, but his mind is
	clearly elsewhere. Troi puts her arm around him and
	Alexander accepts the comforting gesture.

									CUT TO:

51A  INT. MEDICAL LAB

	Russell is standing near the genetronic machine while
	Beverly and Ogawa wait near Worf's body.

52   THE GENETRONIC MACHINE

	which has a SMALL CLEAR BOX sitting on the machine next
	to Worf's spinal column. We can see a long, thin piece
	of tissue which looks like fettucini, floating in some
	clear liquid in the box.

53   RESUME SCENE

	Ogawa takes the clear box from the machine and
	carefully takes it over to the table and sets it down
	on a nearby cart.

           STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/11/91 - ACT FIVE           52.

53   CONTINUED:

					RUSSELL
				(to Ogawa)
			Forceps.

	Ogawa hands her two pairs of forceps and Russell uses
	them to pick up the thin piece of tissue. She and
	Beverly begin to place the tissue into Worf's back
	(which is o.c.).

					RUSSELL
				(to Beverly)
			Retract the paraspinal muscle.

					BEVERLY
			Got it.
				(beat)
			Watch the proximal nerve endings.

					RUSSELL
			I see them. Make sure that the
			cranial segment is at least
			fifteen centimeters from the brain
			stem.

					OGAWA
			I'm reading a slight fluctuation
			in the isocortex.

					BEVERLY
			Twenty cc's inoprovaline.

	Ogawa uses the hypospray.

					RUSSELL
				(to Beverly)
			Okay, release the retractors on
			the paraspinal, please.

	Beverly works.

           STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/11/91 - ACT FIVE          52A.

53   CONTINUED: (2)

					RUSSELL
			How much longer can we keep him
			on life support?

					OGAWA
			Twenty-seven minutes.

	Russell and Beverly exchange a quick glance. Russell
	steps back and Ogawa slides the clamshell back into
	place.

					RUSSELL
				(to Ogawa)
			Close, please.

	Ogawa works the clamshell for a moment as Russell moves
	to the genetronic machine.

					OGAWA
			Ready.

	Russell works the genetronic machine for a moment...
	and LIGHTS flash on the machine in respose. Russell
	crosses back to the operating table and the three of
	them watch the screen on the clamshell.

           STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/10/91 - ACT FIVE           53.

54   ON CLAMSHELL (OPTICAL)

	The monitor screen on the clamshell shows a schematic
	view of Worf's back and torso. As they work, a new
	spinal column and cord begins to GROW on the monitor.
	The effect is similar to watching time-lapse
	photography of plants or crystals being grown as the
	bone and nerve endings begin to take form in Worf's
	back.

55   RESUME SCENE (OPTICAL)

	As they watch the screen.

					RUSSELL
				(pleased)
			Tissue growth proceeding at the
			anticipated rate... no initial
			signs of rejection...

	As they continue to watch the monitor...

									CUT TO:

55A  INT. SICKBAY

	Troi is still on the couch... Alexander has fallen
	asleep in her lap. She strokes the boy's hair for a
	moment... now that she doesn't have to put up a brave
	front, we can see the anxiety Troi is actually feeling.

55B  INT. MEDICAL LAB (OPTICAL)

	Beverly and Russell are still watching the clamshell
	monitor. Ogawa's attention is focused on a monitor.
	The atmosphere is tense and urgent.

           STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/11/91 - ACT FIVE           54.

55B  CONTINUED:

					RUSSELL
			Okay. We're ready. Terminate
			life support.

					OGAWA
			Life support disengaged.

	They turn to watch a group of readouts which show
	various vital medical information.

					BEVERLY
			Looking good so far...

	For a moment, all seems fine... suddenly all hell seems
	to break loose as various ALARMS start to go off. The
	following dialog is overlapping and urgent as they try
	to save Worf.

					OGAWA
			Fluctuations in the isocortex.

					BEVERLY
			Forty cc's inoprovaline.

	Ogawa applies the hypospray.

					RUSSELL
			Synaptic response falling.

					OGAWA
			BP dropping... now sixty over
			ten. VeK'tal response falling
			rapidly.

					BEVERLY
			Increase oxygen mixture to
			ninety-five percent.

					RUSSELL
				(working)
			Beginning direct synaptic
			stimulation.

           STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/11/91 - ACT FIVE           55.

55B  CONTINUED: (2)

					OGAWA
			Respiration is shallow and rapid.
				(beat)
			No response in the isocortex!

					BEVERLY
			Seventy-five cc's inoprovaline.

					OGAWA
			Heart rate erratic.

					RUSSELL
			He's going into cardiac arrest.

					BEVERLY
			Okay... let's go to chlromydride.
			Fifteen cc's.

	Ogawa applies another hypospray.

					RUSSELL
			We're losing him.

					OGAWA
				(off monitor)
			No BP, no pulse.

					RUSSELL
			Brain activity?

					OGAWA
			Showing no higher brain
			functions.

					BEVERLY
			All right... twenty-five cc's of
			cordrazine.

					RUSSELL
			That'll kill him.

           STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/11/91 - ACT FIVE          55A.

55B  CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
				(bitter)
			Looks like we've done a pretty
			good job of that already, Doctor.

	Ogawa hands Beverly another hypospray and Beverly
	applies it. They watch the monitors... but there is no
	sign of life.

					OGAWA
			No BP, no pulse... no activity
			in the isocortex.

					BEVERLY
			Cortical stimulator.

	Ogawa grabs a device and places it on Worf's head.
	Beverly goes to a monitor showing Worf's brain activity
	(which is null at this point).

					BEVERLY
			Now.

	Ogawa activates the instrument and Worf's body JERKS
	slightly. There is a corresponding BURST of activity
	on the monitor screen... then nothing.

					BEVERLY
			Again.

					RUSSELL
			Doctor...

	Again Worf twitches, there is a burst on the screen...
	and then nothing.

					BEVERLY
				(insistent)
			Again.

					RUSSELL
			Beverly.

	Still nothing on the monitor. There is a very long,
	quiet beat. Beverly finally takes off her gloves.

					BEVERLY
			All right...
				(to Ogawa)
			Make a note in the log.
				(beat)
			Death occurred at... twelve
			hundred, forty hours.

           STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/11/91 - ACT FIVE          55B.

55B  CONTINUED: (4)

	They all wait for a moment... then Ogawa begins moving
	equipment away from Worf and shutting off the monitors.

					RUSSELL
			It was all going so well... no
			anomalies during replication...
			no initial rejection...

	Beverly looks up at Russell with bitterness and pain in
	her eyes. She EXITS.

           STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/10/91 - ACT FIVE           56.

55C  INT. SICKBAY

	Troi and Alexander are still on the couch as Beverly
	ENTERS, exchanges a look with Troi.

					TROI
				(reacts)
			No...

	Alexander wakes up at the sound... looks at Beverly...

					BEVERLY
			Alexander... I'm so sorry...

					ALEXANDER
			I want to see him.

					TROI
			Alex...

					ALEXANDER
			No. I want to see him!

	And as Beverly and Troi exchange a glance...

									CUT TO:

56   OMITTED

56A  INT. MEDICAL LAB

	Beverly, Ogawa, Russell, and Troi watch as Alexander
	bravely walks over to his father's body, which is still
	lying on the surgical table. Russell watches,
	helplessly, in a room where only moments ago she was
	confident and clearly in charge. Alexander is trying
	to hold back his tears... to behave like his father
	would have wanted... he puts his hands on Worf's
	head... manfully throws back his head and tries to
	yell a Klingon howl at the ceiling... but his voice
	breaks and the shout of defiance breaks into a sob and
	the tears finally begin to roll down his face.

	Troi quickly moves to him and takes the boy into her
	arms to comfort him. Beverly, emotionally exhausted,
	looks on for a moment... her eyes turn to Worf.

56B  BEVERLY'S POV

	Worf's still form on the table... suddenly his neck
	stiffens, chin snaps back slightly and he takes in a
	quick, shallow breath... holds it for a beat... then
	releases it.

           STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/11/91 - ACT FIVE          56A.

56C  BEVERLY

	takes a moment to realize what's happening, then she
	reacts and races over to Worf.

					BEVERLY
				(to Ogawa)
			Activate biomonitors. Twenty-five
			cc's polyadrenaline.

	Ogawa turns on a few of the monitors in the b.g. and
	hands Beverly a hypospray. Troi and Alexander look up
	with curiosity. Beverly moves to the monitors and
	begins to scan them quickly... they all still show
	nothing.

					RUSSELL
			What's going on?

					BEVERLY
				(still looking at
				 monitors)
			I'm not sure...
				(beat, realizing)
			But, if I'm right, one of those
			"unnecessary redundancies" might
			be---

					OGAWA
			Doctor!

	They all look at Ogawa's monitor, which is beginning to
	show an irregular HEART BEAT.

					BEVERLY
			That's it! Begin cardio-aid and
			ventilation.

	More and more monitors begin to come to life and show a
	living body once again.

					BEVERLY
				(amazed)
			Look at that... he must have
			a backup for his synaptic
			functions as well.

					OGAWA
			Vital signs are stabilizing...

	Alexander hugs Troi with joy as relief sweeps the room.

									CUT TO:

57   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit around the planet seen in the Teaser.

           STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 12/12/91 - ACT FIVE          56B.

58   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE

	Beverly is at her desk as Russell ENTERS from sickbay.
	Russell's attitude is light and pleasant.

					RUSSELL
			Well, I'd say your patient's
			recovery is going well. I've
			never seen anyone up on their feet
			so soon after this kind of
			surgery.

	Beverly doesn't answer, but turns to look at a PADD
	sitting on her desk. Russell's light manner falls away
	as she realizes that Beverly isn't going to let bygones
	be bygones.

					RUSSELL
			You're not even going to
			acknowledge what I did for him
			are you? You just can't admit
			that it was my research which made
			this possible.

	Beverly looks up and considers Russell for a moment.

					BEVERLY
			I'm delighted that Worf is going
			to recover. You gambled. He won.
			Most of your patients aren't so
			lucky.
				(beat)
			You scare me, Doctor. You risk
			peoples' lives and justify it in
			the name of research. But genuine
			research takes time... sometimes
			a lifetime of painstaking,
			detailed work to get results.
			Not you -- you take shortcuts...
			right through living tissue. You
			put your "research" ahead of your
			patients, and as far as I'm
			concerned, that's a violation of
			our most sacred trust.
				(beat)
			No one remembers the patients who
			died unnecessarily... not in the
			glow of a remarkable achievement
			like this one, do they? I'm sure
			the work you've done here will be
			hailed as a stunning breakthrough.
			Enjoy your laurels, Doctor. I'm not
			sure I could.

              STAR TREK: "Ethics" - 12/09/91 - ACT FIVE             57.

58   CONTINUED:

	Beverly turns away from Russell and picks up the PADD
	again. Russell watches her for a moment... then EXITS.

									CUT TO:

59   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship leaves orbit and goes into warp.

60   INT. WORF'S SICKBAY ROOM

	Worf is standing between two parallel bars which are
	at waist level. Some of his weight is on his arms,
	which are tightly gripping the bars, but he is making
	good progress as he tries to walk. Troi, Beverly,
	and Alexander stand off to one side and watch.

					BEVERLY
			I told you this would take time,
			Worf.

	Worf struggles to lurch forward another step.

					BEVERLY
			Your muscles are still sorting
			out the new neural inputs...
			don't rush it.

              STAR TREK: "Ethics" - 12/09/91 - ACT FIVE             58.

60   CONTINUED:

	Worf moves forward another step and his leg falters...
	he almost falls, but catches himself on the bars.
	Alexander almost rushes over, but Troi gently puts a
	hand on his shoulder.

					TROI
				(softly)
			Alexander, remember what we talked
			about. Your father wants to do
			this by himself.

	Alexander nods reluctantly and waits with Troi.

61   WORF

	Steadies himself again... he looks at Alexander for
	a moment... sees the look of concern and helplessness
	on the boy's face. Worf thinks for a few seconds and
	then turns to Troi.

					WORF
			It's all right, Counselor. I
			would... appreciate some help
			from my son.

	Alexander's face lights up and he runs over to his
	father and helps him to straighten out his leg.

					WORF
				(to Alexander)
			We will... work together.

					ALEXANDER
			Yes, sir.

	They share a moment together and now with his son at
	his side, Worf resolutely begins to put one foot
	forward again.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             











                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "The Outcast" 
                          #40275-217 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                          Jeri Taylor 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Robert Scheerer 


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                         FINAL DRAFT

                       JANUARY 2, 1992

           STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "The Outcast" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD              SOREN
                RIKER               KRITE
                DATA                NOOR
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF   
            
                Non-Speaking        Non-Speaking
                  SUPERNUMERARIES     MISC. J'NAII  

           STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "The Outcast" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     SHUTTLE
              TEN FORWARD
              SICKBAY
              ENGINEERING
              SHUTTLE BAY
              CORRIDOR
              DATA'S QUARTERS (POKER GAME)
              TROI'S QUARTERS
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
          
            SHUTTLE
          
            J'NAII PLANET
              CIVIC CHAMBER
              COURTYARD GARDEN
              WOODS

         STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                        "The Outcast"                              
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45614.6.
			We have been contacted by an
			androgynous race called the J'naii
			to investigate the disappearance
			of a shuttlecraft.

2    INT. BRIDGE

	PICARD, RIKER, WORF, DATA, SUPERNUMERARIES, and several
	J'naii, including SOREN and KRITE. The J'naii are a
	genderless species; Soren and Krite, like the others,
	possess no demonstrable sexual characteristics. All
	the J'naii look remarkably alike: strikingly
	attractive, with lithe, slim bodies and chiseled,
	delicate features. Soren is near Riker; Krite at an
	aft station.

					DATA
			We are approaching the designated
			coordinates, Captain.

					PICARD
			On screen.

2A   ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	It shows the starfield -- no sign of a shuttlecraft.

					PICARD
			Long-range scan, Mister Data.

	Data enters commands.

					DATA
			Sensors find no evidence of the
			shuttle anywhere within the star
			system.

         STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - TEASER         2.

2A   CONTINUED:

					SOREN
			It couldn't have travelled outside
			the system.

					RIKER
			Mister Data, reconfigure for a
			high-resolution sweep with a
			radius of one million kilometers.
			Look for possible debris.

	Data works controls once more.

					DATA
			Scan shows no debris within
			that radius.

					KRITE
			I don't understand it. A
			shuttle doesn't simply vanish.

	Soren turns to Riker, frustrated.

					SOREN
			There has to be an explanation...

	But before Riker can answer--

         STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - TEASER         3.

2A   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Captain, I am detecting an unusual
			reading... It appears to be a
			neutrino emission with no visible
			source.

					PICARD
			Explanation?

					DATA
			I have none. I recommend we
			launch a probe.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

	Soren peers intently at the viewscreen.

					WORF
			The probe is launched.

	A probe shoots off from the Enterprise and is clearly
	visible on the viewscreen.

       STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - TEASER       4.

2A   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			The probe is transmitting
			information within normal
			parameters. Sensors do not show
			evidence of any unusual phenomenon
			--

	Suddenly the probe vanishes from the screen, and from
	Data's instruments.

					DATA
			The probe is no longer
			transmitting.

					SOREN
			What happened? Where did it go?

	And on the various reactions around the bridge --

2B
thru	OMITTED
2C

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT ONE      5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

3    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around a blue-green planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. The
			sudden disappearance of our probe
			suggests that we may have found
			the first instance of what is
			called null space -- an anomaly
			which until now had been only
			theoretical. Commander Riker has
			been working around the clock with
			a team of J'naii specialists to
			formalize this hypothesis.

4    INT. J'NAII CIVIC CHAMBER - DAY (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Soren, Krite, NOOR (head of government), and
	other J'naii leaders are gathered to discuss the
	situation. The room is not huge -- just larger than
	the observation lounge.

	Soren and Riker are standing near a monitor in the
	wall, upon which an Okudagram illustrates the gases
	and vapors that swirl into the formation of a star.

					SOREN
			During the creation of a star
			system, when clouds of
			interstellar dust and gas
			coalesce... turbulent regions of
			magnetic and gravitational fields
			may develop.

	The monitor reflects this, showing dense fields of
	disturbance.

					SOREN
			If certain conditions occur,
			these fields can condense into
			abnormal pockets of space.

	Soren turns and glances at Riker. He and Soren have
	been working together on this project, and there's
	already an easy familiarity between them.

      STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT ONE      6.

4    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			We think your system contains one
			of these null pockets.

	Riker pushes controls and the monitor shows a star
	system in which one section, or "pocket" is
	significantly different from the space surrounding it.
	Riker points to it.

					RIKER
			If we're right, this pocket would
			absorb electromagnetic energy from
			anything that entered it...

					SOREN
			Like a shuttlecraft.

					RIKER
			Or a probe. Making them
			powerless.

					SOREN
			But outside the pocket, all energy
			is bent around it -- making it
			naturally cloaked. That's why
			we can't see it, and sensors don't
			read it.

					NOOR
			Is the shuttle still there?

					RIKER
			We think so. The ship probably
			couldn't sustain its power...
			but other than that it wouldn't
			be damaged.

					SOREN
			Since our shuttles carry
			plestorene-based backup systems,
			we think life support would
			sustain for as long as ten days.

      STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT ONE      7.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					NOOR
			Then perhaps our crew has
			survived...

					RIKER
			We can send one of our shuttles
			into the null space -- but its
			energy output would be absorbed
			as well. Our chief engineer is
			working on a way to maintain the
			power reserves long enough to
			rescue your crew.

					NOOR
			Commander... we're grateful for
			your help.
				(rising)
			Whatever resources we can provide
			are yours.

	Noor heads for the door, followed by the others.
	Riker turns to Soren.

					SOREN
			I've been thinking... when the
			time comes, I'd like to pilot the
			shuttle.

	Riker is a little surprised at this.

					RIKER
			It's a Starfleet craft...

					SOREN
			I can't ask you to put yourself
			in danger to rescue our crew.

					RIKER
			You can't pilot a shuttle you're
			not familiar with.

	Soren hesitates, realizing the truth of what he's
	saying... but not wanting to give up.

        STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT ONE        7A.

4    CONTINUED: (3)

					SOREN
			I happen to be a good pilot...

	A beat.

					RIKER
			I happen to be a good pilot, too.
			I also know my way around
			Starfleet shuttles. So... what
			if we team up?

	Soren considers, looks at him, smiles.

					SOREN
			When can we go over your shuttle
			flight operations?

					RIKER
			Right now.

	And he gestures Soren out of the room.

      STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT ONE      8.

5    INT. SHUTTLE BAY

	Riker and Soren walk around the shuttlecraft.

					RIKER
			It's a short-range craft... with
			two twelve-hundred fifty
			millicochrane warp engines...

					SOREN
			Looks like microfusion
			thrusters...

					RIKER
			Right.

					SOREN
			Armament?

					RIKER
			Usually none. But it's been
			fitted with two type-four phaser
			emitters... we'll use them to
			chart the null space.

					SOREN
				(puzzled)
			Chart it?

					RIKER
			Commander La Forge wants to get
			an idea of how big this pocket
			is. He thinks the rate of energy
			absorption will be linked to its
			size.

					SOREN
			I'm not sure how we go about
			mapping something we can't see...

					RIKER
			That's where the emitters come
			in. We'll shoot a series of
			photon pulses into the pocket and
			chart the points where they
			disappear. We should be able to
			plot a fairly complete outline
			that way.

	Soren gives him a look and smiles, nodding. She turns
	to ENTER the shuttle.

      STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT ONE      9.

5    CONTINUED:

					SOREN
			Let's take a look at the controls.

	Soren enters the shuttlecraft, followed by Riker.

5A   INT. SHUTTLE

	They sit at the controls.

					RIKER
			Maybe later we can try a flight
			simulation, but first let's do
			a systems review.
				(taps controls)
			I'll walk you through it...

	Soren gives him a quick look, puts hands on the
	controls.

      STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT ONE      10.

5B   CLOSE ON MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	The monitor on the panel jumps to life, scrolling
	through a systems review.

5C   BACK TO SCENE

					SOREN
			Propulsion system... transfer
			conduits... where's the schematic
			of the reactor assembly? Oh,
			there it is... engine nacelles...

	She looks over at Riker, who is watching her go through
	the review at top speed.

					SOREN
			There's nothing here that's
			unfamiliar.

	She continues manipulating the console like a pro.

					SOREN
			Navigational deflector...
			redundant graviton polarity source
			generators...

	Riker is watching in admiration.

					RIKER
			You're handling those controls
			like you grew up in a shuttle...

					SOREN
			I did. My parents were pilots.
			I started flying with them before
			I could walk. And as soon as I
			was old enough, I entered flight
			school. Krite was my instructor.

					RIKER
			He had a good student.

      STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT ONE      11.

5C   CONTINUED:

	Soren looks at him, coolly amused.

					SOREN
			"He?" Commander, there are no
			"he's" or "she's" in a species
			without gender.

	Riker grins, throws up his hands.

					RIKER
			Okay. For two days I've been
			trying to construct sentences
			without personal pronouns. I give
			up... what should I say? "It?"
			To us, that's almost rude.

					SOREN
			We use a pronoun which is neutral.
			But it doesn't really have a
			translation.

					RIKER
				(good-naturedly)
			Then I'll just have to muddle
			through... so be tolerant if a
			stray "he" or "she" slips by,
			okay?

	Soren smiles at him and they work for a beat more.

					SOREN
			Well, if that's the systems
			review, I don't see any problems
			here. What's next?

	Riker smiles in admiration for this quick study.

					RIKER
			Lunch.

	Soren looks at him. Smiles.

6
thru	OMITTED
7

8    INT. TEN FORWARD

	Riker at a table with Soren. In the background, beyond
	them, is a couple in intimate conversation, heads
	close. We will see them later. A waiter has just set
	bowls of soup on Riker's table.

        STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT ONE        12.

8    CONTINUED:

	Soren peers down at it, puzzled.

					SOREN
			What is it?

					RIKER
			Split pea soup. My father's
			recipe. I had it programmed into
			the replicators.

	Soren takes a spoonful, touches her tongue to it.
	(NOTE: From this point on, for the sake of
	convenience, feminine pronouns will be used in
	reference to Soren.) She tastes it, is not displeased,
	takes a little more.

					RIKER
			Well?

					SOREN
			Unusual... but I think I like
			it...

					RIKER
			It's very healthy. Helps keep
			you warm on a cold Alaskan night.

					SOREN
			We prefer to stay warm by sleeping
			with a friend.

	The statement is startling in its casualness. Riker
	looks at her, taken aback.

					RIKER
			I see...

					SOREN
				(explaining)
			Not to mate... just to sleep
			together. For warmth.

					RIKER
			Sounds better than pea soup.

	Soren gives him a direct, penetrating look.

					SOREN
			We are puzzling to you, aren't
			we?

        STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT ONE        13.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			A little. It's hard to grasp the
			idea of having no gender...

					SOREN
			It's just as hard for us to
			understand the strange division
			you have in your species... males
			and females.

	Riker can't help but smile. Soren's gaze drifts to
	the couple in the corner, who are being openly
	affectionate with each other.

					SOREN
			You... are male.

	Riker nods, not certain where this is leading.

					SOREN
			Tell me... about males. What is
			it that makes you different from
			females?

	A tall order. Riker considers.

					RIKER
			Snips and snails and puppy dog's
			tails...

	She stares at him, dumbfounded.

					SOREN
			You have a dog's tail?

					RIKER
				(laughing)
			That's an old nursery rhyme.
			Girls are made of sugar and spice.
			Boys are made of snips and
			snails...

      STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT ONE      14.

8    CONTINUED: (3)

					SOREN
			That makes it sound better to be
			female.

					RIKER
			It's an old fashioned way of
			looking at the sexes. Not to say
			that there aren't real
			differences. Physically, men tend
			to be bigger... stronger in the
			upper body. We have different
			sexual organs. Men don't bear
			young...

					SOREN
			What about... feelings? Emotional
			attitudes? Are they different?

					RIKER
			Well... most people think so.
			But that's the kind of question
			that might take an hour or two
			to answer.

	She smiles and glances again at the affectionate
	couple.

					RIKER
			Let me ask you...
				(struggling a bit)
			What's it like... on a planet where
			the people have no gender?

	She gives him a curious look.

					SOREN
			I'm afraid I don't understand.

					RIKER
			Well... who leads when you dance?
			If you dance...

					SOREN
			We do... and... whoever's taller
			leads.

	She gives him a direct look, and he can't tell whether
	she's kidding or not. He keeps it in a playful mode.

					RIKER
			Without the "battle of the
			sexes"... you probably don't
			have as many arguments...

     STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT ONE     14A.

8    CONTINUED: (4)

	She regards him with amusement.

					SOREN
			Just because we don't have gender
			doesn't mean we don't have
			conflict. We're very strong-
			minded... we love a good fight.

	He eyes her, taken by her wit and her forthrightness.

					RIKER
			Sounds like there aren't that
			many differences between your
			species and mine...

	She smiles, looking directly at him.

					SOREN
			Maybe not.

	Soren hesitates only briefly before the next question,
	which she asks casually.

					SOREN
			What kind of woman do you find
			attractive?

	Riker gives her a slight look, wondering where this
	questioning is coming from.

					RIKER
			I like a woman who's intelligent
			and sure of herself... somebody
			I can talk to and get something
			back.
				(beat)
			But the most important thing of
			all -- she has to laugh at my
			jokes.

        STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT ONE        15.

8    CONTINUED: (5)

	Soren does.

					SOREN
			And is that the kind of woman all
			human males prefer?

					RIKER
			Not at all. Some men like quiet,
			demure women... others prefer a
			lot of energy... some respond only
			to physical attractiveness...
			others couldn't care less. There
			aren't any rules.

	She smiles at him. Her eyes flicker over to the
	couple, who exchange a brief kiss.

					SOREN
			You make it sound very complex.

					RIKER
			Believe me -- it is.

	Soren looks into his eyes. A subtle but unmistakable
	change comes over her... the look is seductive. Her
	voice takes on a sensuous tone.

					SOREN
			Perhaps it is that complexity...
			which makes differences in the
			sexes... so interesting.

	She smiles at him, leaning forward slightly, waiting
	for a response. Riker is taken aback. He stares at
	her, not sure how to respond. He is rescued from the
	dilemma by the arrival of Krite, who approaches the
	table from behind Soren.

					KRITE
			Good evening, Commander.

					RIKER
			Good evening.

					SOREN
				(rising)
			Please take my place, Krite. I
			have to be going.

	Riker looks up at her; she has undergone another
	transformation. Gone is the seductiveness, the
	alluring voice, the pliant body language. She is erect
	and formal -- a typical J'naii.

        STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT ONE        15A.

8    CONTINUED: (6)

					SOREN
			Thank you for going over the
			flight protocols, Commander. It's
			been very helpful.

	And she walks away, Riker looking after her, puzzled.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT TWO      16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

10   EXT. SPACE - SHUTTLE AND ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the shuttle moves away from the Enterprise.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45616.3.
			Commander Riker and the J'naii
			pilot have set out on a mission
			to chart the null space pocket.
			If they are successful, we can
			then proceed with a rescue
			attempt.

11   INT. SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	Riker and Soren.

					SOREN
			I've illuminated the delta-four
			grid map. We can start there and
			then expand.

					RIKER
			Stand by forward phaser array...

	Riker hits controls, and he and Soren begin their
	collaborative charting effort.

12   EXT. SPACE - THE SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	A thin stream shoots from the shuttle but quickly runs
	into an "invisible wall" -- the stream disappearing
	into the null space.

13   INT. SHUTTLE

	as Soren measures.

					SOREN
			The pulse vanished at delta
			four-point-two by point three.

					RIKER
			Firing second burst...

					SOREN
			Delta four-point-four by point
			five.

	Riker glances at the monitor.

      STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT TWO      17.

13AA	ANGLE - MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	which shows a gradually lengthening curved line -- the
	outline of the null space pocket.

					RIKER
			It's working. I think we'll be
			able to give Commander La Forge
			the information he needs.

					SOREN
			Delta four-point-five by point
			seven...

					RIKER
			I'm initiating computer task
			hand-off...

13AB	RIKER AND SOREN (OPTICAL)

	as they settle into an easy rhythm, a give-and-take
	that becomes unspoken as they anticipate and respond
	to each other's moves. Presently, Soren glances over
	at him.

					SOREN
			Commander... tell me about your
			sexual organs.

	Riker gives her a startled look.

					RIKER
			Ahhh...

					SOREN
			Is that an uncomfortable subject
			for Humans?

					RIKER
			No... but it doesn't tend to be
			a topic of casual
			conversation...

					SOREN
			I'm interested in your mating
			practices... what is involved
			when there are two sexes.

	Riker takes refuge in a moment of distraction from
	their mapping project.

					RIKER
			Correcting course... zero-two-one
			mark zero...

      STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT TWO      18.

13AB	CONTINUED:

	The graph is gradually taking fuller shape, delineating
	the outline of the null pocket. Soren looks at him...
	he looks over at her, sees her watching, waiting for
	his response.

					SOREN
			Mating.

					RIKER
			Right. Well, it's pretty simple.
			The men inseminate the women and
			the women carry the babies.

	Soren absorbs this.

					SOREN
			Our fetuses are incubated in
			fibrous husks which both parents
			inseminate. From what we know
			of other species, our method is
			less risky and less painful.

					RIKER
				(to himself)
			And less enjoyable...

					SOREN
				(hearing him)
			Less enjoyable?

					RIKER
				(trying to explain)
			For Humans... the sexual act
			brings a closeness... an
			intimacy... it's a very
			pleasurable experience...
				(beat: on the other
				 hand)
			Inseminating a husk...

	Soren laughs at this.

					SOREN
			That's just the last step. Mating
			is a long ritual for us... full
			of variety and invention... I
			assure you -- it's extremely
			pleasurable.

     STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT TWO     18A.

13AB	CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker turns his attention to the controls once more.

					RIKER
			I'm picking up a neutrino
			emission... from within the null
			space.

					SOREN
			That may be coming from our
			shuttle. I'll note these
			coordinates.

      STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT TWO      19.

13AB	CONTINUED: (3)

	They work for a moment in silence, then --

					SOREN
			I wonder...

	A beat.

					RIKER
			What... ?

					SOREN
			If a Human and a J'naii would be
			sexually compatible...

	A provocative question. Riker doesn't know where it's
	coming from.

					RIKER
			I don't know...

					SOREN
			Of course, it would never be
			permitted.

					RIKER
			Why not?

					SOREN
			The idea of gender... it's
			offensive to my people. You see,
			long ago we had two sexes, as
			you do. But we evolved... into
			a higher form.
				(beat)
			I don't mean to sound insulting...
			but on my planet we've been taught
			that gender is...
				(struggling for the
				 least offensive word)
			...primitive.

					RIKER
				(good naturedly)
			Primitive.

					SOREN
			Less evolved...

					RIKER
			Maybe so. But sometimes there's
			a lot to be said for an experience
			that's... primitive.

	She gives him a look... then turns to her controls.

     STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT TWO     19A.

13AB	CONTINUED: (4)

					SOREN
			Delta-five grid is fully
			plotted...

					RIKER
				(checking monitor)
			Adjusting course... zero-two-nine
			mark zero.

13A  EXT. SPACE - THE SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	as it turns slightly to port, the port engine nacelle
	suddenly disappears, the re-appears. The shuttle
	starts to go into a spin.

13B  INT. SHUTTLE

	where things are suddenly going crazy. The shuttle
	rolls wildly as Soren and Riker try to regain control.

					RIKER
			The port engine is down...

					SOREN
			Reducing power in the starboard
			nacelle...

					RIKER
			That's not enough... I have to
			activate the maneuvering thrusters
			to correct the spin...

	He keys controls.

					SOREN
			Thrusters aren't responding...

	She gets out of her seat and moves toward a wall panel.

					SOREN
			I'll try to reroute the firing
			sequence...

					RIKER
			Inertial dampers are failing...
			hang on!

     STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT TWO     19B.

13B  CONTINUED:

	Riker fights to correct the spin. But a wild roll
	flips Soren and topples her onto the deck.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Enterprise to shuttle... do you
			read me?

					RIKER
			Affirmative... we've lost an
			engine...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			We'll try to get a tractor beam
			on you...

	Riker is being pinned back in his seat by the G forces.

					RIKER
				(with difficulty)
			The sooner the better...

      STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT TWO      20.

13B  CONTINUED: (2)

	And the shuttle gradually stabilizes. As it comes
	under control...

					RIKER
			Enterprise, we have an injury.
			Transport Soren directly to
			sickbay.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Right away, Commander.

	And on Riker's concern --

14
thru	OMITTED
15

15A  EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise at rest.

16   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly ministers to Soren, who is sitting on a
	bio-bed.

					BEVERLY
			It's just a mild concussion...
			You're going to be fine.
				(using tricorder)
			This will reduce the inflammation.

	She works for a beat, then --

					SOREN
			Doctor... you are female.

	Beverly looks at her curiously.

					BEVERLY
			Yes...

					SOREN
			Forgive me... I don't mean to be
			rude... but I'm curious. What
			is it like?

	A question Beverly's rarely had to consider.

     STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT TWO     20A.

16   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Well... it's... just the way I
			am. I've never thought about what
			it's like.

					SOREN
			What is it that makes you female?

      STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT TWO      21.

16   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Very specific biological factors.
			Females carry two X chromosomes,
			males carry an X and a Y. Hormone
			levels are distinctly different;
			males produce primarily
			testosterone, while women produce
			estrogen. Our sexual organs are
			very different -- females' are
			geared to bearing and nursing the
			young.

	Soren takes this in for a moment.

					SOREN
			I've noticed... that you tend to
			have longer hair... you arrange
			it more elaborately... and you
			apply color to your bodies.

	Beverly is bemused by this objective assessment.

					BEVERLY
			Color... ?

					SOREN
			You put color on your mouths...
			your eyes... your cheeks... even
			your fingernails. The men don't.

					BEVERLY
			That's true...

					SOREN
			Why do you decorate yourselves
			like that?

					BEVERLY
			It's a long-time custom... we're
			used to it...
				(beat -- with a smile)
			... but I think the real reason
			-- is to attract men.

					SOREN
			Really?

					BEVERLY
			Mmmm-hmmmm...

	Soren ponders this a moment.

     STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT TWO     21A.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

					SOREN
			Then... it's up to women to
			attract the men?

					BEVERLY
			Oh, believe me, men want to be
			attractive, too -- but they go
			about it differently.

					SOREN
			No color...

					BEVERLY
			No color. They'd rather
			pretend they're not doing
			anything to attract a woman...
			even when it's the most important
			thing on their minds.

					SOREN
			It's very confusing.
				(beat)
			Are women considered superior?
			Or are men?

					BEVERLY
			Neither. In the past, women were
			often considered weak and
			inferior. But that hasn't been
			true for a long time.

					SOREN
			Do you... enjoy being a woman?

	Beverly thinks, decides, smiles.

					BEVERLY
			Yes. As a matter of fact, I enjoy
			it a lot.

	Soren smiles at her, and at this point Riker ENTERS.

					BEVERLY
			Will... your co-pilot is fine.
			The injury was minor.

	Riker's smile toward Soren is relieved.

      STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT TWO      22.

16   CONTINUED: (4)

					RIKER
			I'm glad to hear it.

	Riker approaches her, and during the next, Beverly
	picks up on the attitude... subtle but unmistakeable...
	that Soren is very attracted to Riker.

					SOREN
				(lightly)
			I'm afraid you're not rid of me
			yet, Commander. I'll be able to
			complete the mission.

					RIKER
			Then you should hear my new
			regulation: no more gymnastics
			in the shuttlecraft.

	She smiles. He looks at her, a more serious tone
	in his voice.

					RIKER
			I'm glad you're all right...

	She hears the concern in his voice, flushes slightly,
	looks down. She seems unaccountably nervous, and
	Beverly takes note.

					SOREN
			What happened... why did the
			shuttle go into a spin?

					RIKER
			Apparently, the port engine nacelle
			nicked one of the protrusions from
			the null pocket, and shut down.

					SOREN
			Are we still on schedule for the
			rescue attempt?

					RIKER
			That depends on how you're doing.

	She slips off the bed.

        STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT TWO        22A.

16   CONTINUED: (4)

					SOREN
			I'm fine. We should check out
			the port engine --

	Riker puts his hands on her shoulders to restrain her.
	She stops instantly, as though the touch has
	electrified her.

					RIKER
			Whoa... let's get the doctor's
			opinion first...

	He takes his hands off her shoulders and she takes
	a breath, turns to Beverly.

					SOREN
			Doctor... ?

					BEVERLY
			I don't see a problem. But if
			you have any symptoms... headache,
			dizziness -- come back.

					SOREN
			You have my word.

	They EXIT, and Beverly looks after them, wondering if
	she saw something -- something personal -- happening
	between them.

17   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	A poker game in session -- Data, Worf, Troi, Beverly.
	Troi is shuffling.

        STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT TWO        23.

17   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			All right... this round, the game
			is -- Federation Day.

	Worf reacts with distaste.

					WORF
			What is that?

					TROI
			The Federation was founded in
			Twenty-one-sixty-one. So twos,
			sixes, and aces are wild.

	Worf looks almost queasy.

					WORF
			That is a woman's game.

					TROI
				(unbothered)
			Oh? Why is that?

	She proceeds to deal.

					WORF
			All those wild cards... they
			support a weak hand. A man's game
			has no wild cards.

					BEVERLY
			Let me get this straight. Are
			you saying it's a woman's game
			because -- because women are weak
			and need more help?

					WORF
				(why else?)
			Yes.

					BEVERLY
				(with a sigh)
			And just this afternoon I was
			insisting to one of the J'naii
			that those attitudes were nothing
			but a distant memory.

      STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT TWO      24.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(a touch of scorn)
			The J'naii...

	He arranges his cards.

					WORF
			They bother me.

					TROI
			Why, Worf?

					WORF
			They just do.

	She gives him a penetrating look.

					WORF
			They are all alike. No males.
			No females.

					TROI
			I'm sure we're just as strange
			to them.

	Worf gives her an incredulous look.

					BEVERLY
			Well, one of them seems to be
			overcoming the differences... at
			least with regard to one of us...

	They stare at her, uncomprehending.

					WORF
			What are you saying, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			I could be wrong... but I get the
			definite impression that Soren...
			is attracted to Commander Riker.

	They all take this in. Worf is certain in his
	pronouncement.

					WORF
			A human and a J'naii?
			Impossible.

      STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT TWO      25.

17   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			Why?

	A long silence.

					TROI
			Good question. Worf?

	Worf grunts and buries his nose in his cards.

					WORF
			With all the wild cards, it is
			difficult to know exactly what
			is in my hand.
				(beat)
			However, I will open with...
			fifty.

	Smiling, he pushes chips into the middle. The others
	reevaluate their hands.

18   OMITTED

18A  INT. SHUTTLE

	Soren and Riker working on panels and controls inside
	the shuttle.

					SOREN
			The port engine nacelle functions
			are fully restored... maneuvering
			thrusters are operational...

      STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT TWO      26.

18A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			The portable transporter array
			is in. Once we get into null
			space, we'll have to initialize
			it before we transport the J'naii
			crew to this shuttle. But there
			should still be enough power left
			to beam all of us back to the
			Enterprise.

					SOREN
			Is the buffer field generator
			installed?

					RIKER
			Not yet. Geordi figures it'll
			be ready to go at oh-eight-hundred
			hours tomorrow.
				(to Soren)
			We should adjust the engine
			balance before that. Can you
			access the starboard thrust
			manifold?

	She squeezes her self next to Riker, sitting on the
	floor with her back to the wall. They are pressed
	close. She now accesses the thrust manifold.

					SOREN
			There...

					RIKER
			Okay, calibrate it to arc at
			six-point-three while I optimize
			the plasma flow.

	They work together for a beat. Riker is concentrating
	intensely on his work. Soren sneaks a glance over at
	him. Makes a decision. Takes a breath.

     STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT TWO     26A.

18A  CONTINUED: (2)

					SOREN
			Commander...

					RIKER
			Mmmmm?

					SOREN
			I'd like... to tell you something.
			Something that's not easy to say.

					RIKER
				(still involved in work)
			What's that?

					SOREN
			I... find you attractive.

	Riker stops his work, turns to look at her.

					SOREN
			I'm taking a terrible risk,
			telling you that. It means...
			revealing something to you...
			Something that, if it were known
			on my planet, would be very
			dangerous for me.

	He stares at her, not knowing what she means.

        STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT TWO        27.

18A  CONTINUED: (3)

	As Soren reveals her story, she is at first halting,
	uncertain, and timorous.

					SOREN
			Occasionally, among my people,
			a few are born who are --
			different. Who are throwbacks
			to the era when we all had gender.
			Some are born with strong
			inclinations toward maleness...
			and some have urges to be female.
				(beat)
			I am one of the latter.

					RIKER
			I have to admit... I got the
			feeling you were different.

					SOREN
			I was hoping you would. But in
			front of Krite and the others,
			I must be careful not to reveal
			myself.

					RIKER
			Why?

					SOREN
			On our world these feelings are
			forbidden. Those who are
			discovered are shamed and
			ridiculed. Only by undergoing
			psychotectic therapy and having
			all elements of gender eliminated
			can they become accepted into
			society again.

	Riker is dismayed by her story.

					SOREN
			Those of us who have these
			urges... live secret, guarded
			lives.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT TWO      28.

18A  CONTINUED: (4)

					SOREN (cont'd)
			We seek each other out... always
			hiding, always terrified of being
			discovered...

	Riker is a bit overwhelmed by all this. His mind
	struggles to accommodate the bizarre story she is
	telling.

					RIKER
			How long have you known you were
			like this?

					SOREN
			I've known I was different all
			my life. But I didn't understand
			how or why until I was older.

					RIKER
			And when you realized... what
			then?

	Soren pauses a moment, searching to provide a context
	for the answer.

					SOREN
			I remember when I was very
			young... before I understood what
			I was... there was a rumor in
			my school that one of the students
			preferred a gender... in that
			case, male. The children started
			making fun of him... every day,
			they got more cruel... They could
			tell he was afraid... and that
			seemed to encourage them.
				(beat)
			He appeared in class one morning,
			bleeding... his clothes ripped.
			He said he'd fallen down.

	She takes a breath, trying to regain composure in the
	face of this ugly memory.

					SOREN
			Of course the school authorities
			heard about it... They took him
			away and gave him psychotectic
			treatments.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT TWO     28A.

18A  CONTINUED: (5)

					SOREN (cont'd)
				(beat)
			When he came back... he stood in
			front of the whole school and told
			us how happy he was now that he
			had been cured.

	There is a long silence.

					SOREN
			After that... I knew how dangerous
			it was to be different. And as
			I got older, and realized what
			I was, I was terrified.
				(a breath)
			I've lived with that fear ever
			since.

					RIKER
			Do you have... relationships...
			with others?

					SOREN
			Yes -- with those who have
			discovered they are male.

	Riker stares at her, mind reeling. She lifts a hand
	and touches his face, gently.

					SOREN
			I've had to live a life of
			pretense and lies. With you...
			I can be honest.

	He starts to speak, but she covers his lips with her
	fingers.

					SOREN
			Don't say anything. Just... think
			about it.

	They look into each other's eyes for a moment more,
	then Soren wriggles out and moves out of the shuttle.
	Riker stares after her, a myriad thoughts and emotions
	overwhelming him.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT THREE     29.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

19   INT. SHUTTLE BAY

	Riker and Soren are preparing for the mission launch.
	They are strangely silent, not meeting the other's eye.
	Geordi emerges from the shuttle, where he's made a
	flight check.

					GEORDI
			Okay, Commander, everything checks
			out. The energy buffer is
			installed and functioning. I
			estimate it should reduce the
			power drain to your systems by
			about forty percent.

					RIKER
			Any guess how long we'll have?

					GEORDI
			Let just say... you don't want
			to waste any time once you get
			in there.

	Geordi looks from Riker to Soren.

					GEORDI
				(to Soren)
			You'll have to give him continuous
			readouts on energy consumption.
			I can't even predict if the drain
			will be at a constant rate.

					SOREN
			I understand.

	She casts a glance at Riker, who isn't looking at her.
	Geordi looks from one to the other.

					GEORDI
			Then... that's it.

       STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT THREE       30.

19   CONTINUED:

	Now Riker and Soren exchange glances. He gestures her
	into the shuttle. She nods and ENTERS.

					GEORDI
			I'll monitor you as far as I can,
			Commander. But once you get into
			that pocket -- you're on your own.

					RIKER
			Since we don't know the condition
			of the shuttle crew, I'll beam
			us all directly to sickbay.

					GEORDI
			I'll notify Doctor Crusher to be
			standing by.

	Riker ENTERS the shuttle, closes the doors. Geordi
	touches his combadge.

					GEORDI
			La Forge to bridge...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard here...

					GEORDI
			We're ready to initiate shuttle
			prelaunch sequence.

	He turns and EXITS.

20   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Data, Worf, N.D.'s, and Krite at a science
	station.

					PICARD
			Proceed, Mister Data.

					DATA
				(working controls)
			Prelaunch sequence is underway.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Request flight clearance.

       STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT THREE       31.

20   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Clearance is granted.
				(beat)
			The shuttle is underway.

					PICARD
			Good hunting, Commander.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Thank you, sir. See you for
			dinner.

21   INT. SHUTTLE

	Riker and Soren.

					RIKER
			Heading three-five-five mark
			zero-one-two.

					SOREN
			Heading confirmed.

	They fly in silence for a moment, each busy with
	controls.

					SOREN
			Energy readings are normal, with
			power reserves stabilized at one
			hundred percent.

					RIKER
			Acknowledged.

					SOREN
			It's dead ahead, approximately
			fifty kilometers.

					RIKER
			Riker to Enterprise. We're going
			in.

	Riker pushes controls and the ship moves forward.

22   EXT. SPACE - THE SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves forward... and, as it reaches the "pocket,"
	begins disappearing -- starting with the nose and
	gradually all the way down the body of the craft.
	Then, it is gone.

     STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT THREE     32.

23   OMITTED

24   INT. SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	Through the front window, we see a white glare -- null
	space.

					RIKER
				(testing)
			Riker to Enterprise...
				(beat)
			Riker to Enterprise...

	No answer.

					SOREN
				(checking instruments)
			Power reserves are down to
			eighty-four percent.

					RIKER
			Look...

	She looks up to see --

25   ANGLE THROUGH WINDOW (OPTICAL)

	revealing the J'naii shuttle, very small, in the
	distance.

					RIKER
			Try hailing them...

					SOREN
			Calling the "Taris Murn... " Do
			you read me?

	There is no response. Worried, she turns to Riker.

					RIKER
			I'm getting sensor readings.
			They're unconscious -- but they're
			alive.
				(beat)
			Stand by. I'm going to transport
			them over here.

					SOREN
			Power reserves at sixty-eight
			percent and dropping.

	Riker keys controls.

     STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT THREE     33.

26   ANGLE - INCLUDING REAR OF SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	The shimmering EFFECT of MATERIALIZATION begins,
	showing the shape of two unconscious forms. But the
	signal doesn't hold and the EFFECT shimmers away.

					RIKER
			The null space must be affecting
			the annular confinement beam...

					SOREN
			We used ten megajoules with that
			attempt. We're down to
			thirty-four percent of reserves.

					RIKER
			We can give it one more try. More
			than that and we won't have enough
			power to get ourselves out of
			here.

	Grimly, he keys controls again. The EFFECT shimmers
	in, fades, reappears, pulses -- and, finally, holds,
	as the two unconscious J'naii MATERIALIZE on the rear
	deck of the shuttle. Soren immediately gets to her
	feet and goes to them, inspects them.

					SOREN
			They need medical attention
			quickly.

	Riker rises and joins the huddle of figures.

					RIKER
			Okay. Stand by to transport to
			the Enterprise.

	He turns to a panel on the wall and enters coordinates.

					RIKER
			Here we go...

	The EFFECT shimmers in again, DEMATERIALIZING the group
	of four. There is an instant of clear screen, as
	though they've made it -- but then they SHIMMER back
	into view, then pulse a few more times, as though the
	transporter is giving its all. But finally, the group
	MATERIALIZES onto the rear deck of the shuttle, intact
	-- and still inside null space.

	Riker and Soren look at each other. It didn't work.

					RIKER
			Energy consumption?

     STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT THREE     34.

26   CONTINUED:

					SOREN
				(checking controls)
			We're down to nine percent. Will,
			we don't have enough to get back.

	Riker thinks for a moment, mind racing to figure a way
	out of this predicament. Soren is using a tricorder,
	inspecting the unconscious shuttle crew.

					RIKER
			If we just sit here, we'll lose
			all our systems within an hour
			-- including life support.

	Riker turns to the controls, begins tapping
	instructions.

					RIKER
			I'm rerouting the propulsion
			system to the transporter...
				(to Soren)
			Rechannel the navigation
			systems...

	Soren obeys, working quickly.

					RIKER
			Let's transfer every microjoule
			of energy we've got... sensors...
			life support... this might give
			us one last shot.

					SOREN
			An energy shift of that size...
			it'll overload the phase
			compensators... the shuttle --

					RIKER
			Will explode. But if we stay here
			we're dead, anyway.

	He works his controls once more.

     STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT THREE     35.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Maximum energy levels in five
			seconds...

	He watches the console, monitoring the energy surge. A
	HUM is swelling in intensity. Their eyes meet... a
	charged look...

					RIKER
			See you in a minute.

	He pushes controls and the shimmering EFFECT takes them
	over, pulses slightly... the HUMMING sound gets
	louder... they vanish... and the shuttle EXPLODES from
	the force of the energy surge.

26A  EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	as the shuttle explodes.

27   INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	as the two unconscious J'naii, and Riker and Soren
	MATERIALIZE. Picard, Beverly and medical personnel,
	and Krite are waiting for them. Beverly and her team
	hurry to the J'naii; Krite follows.

					KRITE
			Doctor... ?

					BEVERLY
				(as she inspects them)
			They've been oxygen-deprived...
			but I don't think there's any
			significant damage.
				(to orderly)
			Prepare some dexalin.

	Relieved, Krite moves toward the others.

28   ANGLE - RIKER AND THE GROUP

					KRITE
			Commander -- thank you.

        STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT THREE 35-36A           

28   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Your colleague Soren was a great
			help.

					KRITE
				(to Picard)
			Captain... if you would all join
			us this evening... we would like
			to express our gratitude...

					PICARD
			We'd be happy to.

	Krite moves toward Soren.

					KRITE
			Noor will be eager to get a
			first-hand report. We should
			return to the surface.

	Soren nods and turns toward Riker; their eyes meet.

					SOREN
				(formally)
			I will see you tonight then,
			Commander?

	Riker inclines his head, just as formally, but still
	holding her look. Krite notices the look, and then
	Soren and Krite EXIT.

28A  EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise in orbit of J'naii.

29   EXT. J'NAII PLANET - NIGHT

	A courtyard/garden. To one side is the exterior wall
	of the civic chamber; to the other are trees and greens
	suggesting a secluded, wooded area. Riker is sitting
	on a bench, listening to the SOUND of festivities
	within. Presently, Soren appears.

       STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT THREE       37.

29   CONTINUED:

					SOREN
			There you are, Commander. I
			wondered what had happened to our
			guest of honor.

					RIKER
			Just getting some fresh air.
				(beat)
			I can take so much of these social
			functions... then I need to
			breathe a little.

	She sits on the bench -- at a distance. She is erect
	and proper.

					SOREN
			I would think you had attended
			so many affairs like this it would
			be second nature to you.

					RIKER
			I was raised in the outdoors.
			I'm never that comfortable in
			crowded rooms...

	There is a silence. The tension between them is
	palpable. Several of the J'naii from inside stroll
	by. As though fearing exposure, Soren and Riker fall
	into a polite formality.

					SOREN
			What do you think of our planet?
			Isn't it beautiful?

					RIKER
			Yes. Quite beautiful.

					SOREN
			We have many varieties of plant
			life...
				(gesturing into the
				 woods)
			Perhaps you would like to inspect
			some of them.

					RIKER
			Yes, I would. I've always been
			interested in exobotany.

	She rises, maintaining the formal posture.

					SOREN
			Please. Let me take you on a
			tour.

       STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT THREE       38.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(rising)
			Thank you. It's very kind of you.

	They move off toward the woods. Camera pans back
	toward the civic chamber. Standing in the darkness,
	watching them, is Krite.

30   EXT. PLANET - INTO THE WOODS

	Riker and Soren walk along a path. She points out
	various trees and shrubs.

					SOREN
			One of my favorites is this
			menellen tree. The leaves first
			turn pure white, and then blue
			when the weather gets cold...

	They move on, deeper into the woods.

					SOREN
			This is called a falla bush...
			it produces a fragrant flower on
			only one day of the year...

	She moves on... but Riker reaches out and takes her
	arm, turns her back to him. They stand like that for
	an instant, staring at each other, shrouded in the
	cover of the woods, moonlight catching and reflecting
	in Soren's eyes. She parts her lips... moves toward
	him without even realizing she's doing it... and then
	they are locked in one another's arms, kissing deeply,
	as though it were the most natural thing in the world.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

          STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT FOUR         39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

31   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	still in orbit of the blue-green planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45620.4.
			We remain in orbit of J'naii,
			charting the null pocket. We hope
			that a detailed map of the anomaly
			will prevent the loss of other
			ships.

32   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	Troi sits on her couch, inspecting the contents of a
	box which rests on the floor. There are several
	artifacts spread out on a coffee table -- small
	figures, a doll, pictures, little books, etc. Troi
	holds a larger book on her lap and is leafing through
	the pages. The door CHIMES.

					TROI
			Come in.

	The door opens and Riker ENTERS. She looks up, smiles
	at him.

					TROI
			Hello, Will.

	He comes to her, sits nearby, where he can see what
	she's looking at.

					RIKER
			What's all this?

					TROI
			Wonderful things... my mother sent
			me a box that belonged to one of
			my father's ancestors. It had
			been stored on Earth years ago
			and just recently turned up.

	Riker picks up one of the pictures.

					RIKER
			Do you know who these people are?

          STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT FOUR         40.

32   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			No. A few of the pictures are
			marked with names... but most of
			them aren't. I look at all these
			faces... and wonder who they
			are... if they might be related
			to me...

	Riker picks up a small, worn, stuffed animal and turns
	it in his hands.

					RIKER
				(playful)
			This one looks like you...

	She smiles at him... there's a long beat between them.
	Then--

					RIKER
			Deanna... I've got something on my
			mind... and I had to see you...

        STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT FOUR 41-41A.           

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Has something happened?

	He looks up at her, nods.

					RIKER
			I've met someone... someone who's
			becoming important to me...

					TROI
			Soren...

					RIKER
			Yes.

	There is a moment as the two friends gaze at each
	other, the look speaking of trust and affection that
	is deep-seated.

					RIKER
			You're my friend... so it seemed
			like...
				(beat)
			I'm not sure. It just seemed
			right to tell you.

					TROI
			I'm glad you did.

					RIKER
			Nothing will change between us,
			will it?

	She smiles.

					TROI
			Of course it will. All
			relationships are constantly
			changing.

	She reaches out and touches his cheek.

					TROI
			But we will always be friends.
			Maybe even better friends.
			You're part of my life, and I'm
			part of yours. That much will
			always be true.

	He leans forward and they kiss, sweetly and tenderly.

            STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT FOUR            42.

33   INT. ENGINEERING

	Riker and Soren work with Geordi; Krite and another
	J'naii are in the background, monitoring a console.
	Riker and Soren are in their formal mode.

					GEORDI
			Turns out the null pocket is even
			more irregular than we expected,
			Commander.

					RIKER
			Maybe its configuration is
			shifting.

					GEORDI
			I don't think so... the
			measurements you took are holding.
			It just has more projections than
			we thought. It's going to take
			longer than we planned to get it
			mapped.

	No response from Riker or Soren, with whom the delay is
	just fine.

					GEORDI
			I'm headed for the shuttle bay.
			We're fitting another shuttle to
			help in the survey.

	Geordi turns and EXITS. Riker and Soren do not look
	at each other.

					RIKER
				(casually)
			Have you made plans for dinner
			this evening?

					SOREN
			I have some paperwork to do...
			I thought I'd start on it...

					RIKER
			I'd like to discuss some of our
			suggestions for regulating travel
			around the null space. Maybe we
			could have an early dinner... so
			you could still get your work done
			afterwards.

            STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT FOUR            43.

33   CONTINUED:

					SOREN
			I'd like that.

					RIKER
			Nineteen hundred hours?

					SOREN
			That would be fine.

	An innocuous enough exchange... they keep on working.

34   CLOSE ON KRITE

	Observing them.

34A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	still in orbit.

35   INT. CORRIDOR

	Riker walks the corridor toward Soren's quarters, finds
	the right one, presses the panel. The door opens to
	reveal Krite. Riker is surprised.

					RIKER
			Hello. I'm here to see Soren...

					KRITE
			I know.

					RIKER
			We had an appointment.
				(beat)
			To discuss plans for regulating
			the --

					KRITE
			I don't think so, Commander.

					RIKER
			Excuse me?

            STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT FOUR           43A.

35   CONTINUED:

					KRITE
			We know about the two of you.
			We know what you're doing.

					RIKER
				(worried now)
			Where's Soren?

					KRITE
			And we're going to make sure it
			doesn't happen again.

					RIKER
			Answer me -- where is Soren?

            STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT FOUR            44.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

	A little smile from Krite.

					KRITE
			Gone. In custody. And there's
			nothing you can do about it.

	Riker stares at him, mind racing, trying to figure what
	to do. He makes a decision.

					RIKER
			The hell there isn't.

	And he turns and strides down the corridor.

36   INT. PLANET CIVIC CHAMBER

	Soren sits before a panel of "judges," including Noor.
	A gallery of citizens fills the room.

					NOOR
			You are aware of the charges
			against you?

					SOREN
			Yes.

					NOOR
			Do you intend to dispute them?

	Soren does not answer.

					NOOR
			Well? What is your response?

	Suddenly the doors to the chamber slam open and Riker
	ENTERS, striding toward the judges' table amid the
	hubbub of the startled onlookers. He marches right
	toward Noor. Soren stares at him, astonished.

					RIKER
			Are you in charge here?

            STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT FOUR            45.

36   CONTINUED:

					NOOR
			Commander Riker -- these
			proceedings are closed to anyone
			but --

					RIKER
			I think I just opened them.

					NOOR
			Sir, this is a private matter.
			We are grateful for your recent
			help, but that gives you no right
			to interfere with our personal
			concerns --

					RIKER
			I want you to know what really
			happened. It's all my fault.
			I was attracted to Soren. I
			pursued... I insisted. I didn't
			understand your ways until Soren
			told me. And rejected me.
			Nothing happened between us.

	He pauses, looking from one to the other for an
	indication of their response.

					RIKER
			I ask your forgiveness. I
			behaved... inappropriately.

	Noor takes this in. Ponders it. Turns to Soren.

					NOOR
			Is this true?

	Soren hesitates... looks at Riker. Then she rises,
	moves toward Noor.

					SOREN
			No.

					RIKER
			Soren --

					SOREN
				(to Riker)
			I am tired of lies.

	She turns to Noor, head held high.

            STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT FOUR            46.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

					SOREN
			I am female. I was born that way.
			I have had those feelings...
			those longings... all my life.

	She takes a breath, desperately hoping to communicate
	to her countrymen.

					SOREN
			It is not unnatural. I am not
			sick because I feel this way.
			I do not need to be helped, and
			I do not need to be cured. What
			I do need -- what all of those
			like me need -- is your
			understanding and your compassion.

	She walks along the line of her accusers.

					SOREN
			We do not injure you in any way.
			And yet we are scorned, and
			attacked. And all because we are
			different.

	A hush has fallen over the room as everyone listens
	to her impassioned speech.

					SOREN
			What we do is no different from
			what you do. We talk and laugh...
			we complain about work and we
			wonder about growing old... we
			talk about our families, and we
			worry about the future...
				(beat)
			We cry with each other when things
			seem hopeless.
				(beat)
			All the loving things that you
			do with each other... that's what
			we do. And for that, we are
			called misfits, and deviants...
			and criminals.

	She looks around at her countrymen, head high,
	unafraid, angry.

            STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT FOUR           46A.

36   CONTINUED: (3)

					SOREN
			What right do you have to punish
			us? What right do you have to
			change us? What makes you think
			you can dictate how people love
			each other?

	She looks straight at Noor, passion and conviction
	burning in her eyes.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

            STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT FIVE            47.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

37   INT. CIVIC CHAMBER (OPTICAL)

	Continuous action. Soren has just make her
	declaration. Riker stares at her, knowing she has
	fully incriminated herself. Noor is regarding Soren
	with impersonal objectivity.

					NOOR
			I congratulate you, Soren. Your
			decision to admit your perversion
			makes it much more likely that
			we can help you.

	He lifts his hand to gesture toward guards.

					RIKER
			No, wait... you don't have to do
			this...

	Noor turns to him, mildly irritated.

					NOOR
			Commander?

					RIKER
			Let me take her away. She can
			come with me, we'll give her
			asylum on the Enterprise. You'll
			never have to see her again.

	Noor hesitates, as though considering the suggestion.

					RIKER
			That would solve the problem,
			wouldn't it? You'd be rid of
			her... she couldn't influence
			anyone else...

	Noor smiles gently at Riker, as though at a small child
	who just doesn't get it.

					NOOR
			Commander, after Soren's diatribe,
			you must think we are a cruel,
			repressive people. Nothing could
			be further from the truth.

            STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT FIVE            48.

37   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I'm just trying to find a solution
			that would satisfy everyone --

					NOOR
			In fact, we are a remarkably free
			and open society. Our people have
			rights and liberties which give
			them a great deal of
			self-determination. We are, by
			all measurements, an enlightened
			race.

					RIKER
			Then how is it... that Soren has
			no choice about her sexual
			orientation?

					NOOR
			We are concerned about our
			citizens. We take our obligations
			to them seriously. Soren is
			sick... and sick people need to
			get well.

					RIKER
			Did it ever occur to you she
			might prefer to stay the way she
			is?

					NOOR
			You don't understand. We have
			a very high success rate in
			treating deviants like this. And
			without exception -- they have
			become happier people after their
			treatment. And grateful... that
			we care enough to cure them.
					(MORE)

            STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT FIVE            49.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

					NOOR (cont'd)
				(beat)
			You see, Commander... on this
			world, everyone wants to be
			normal.

					RIKER
			She is --

	But Noor turns away from Riker and gestures to a nearby
	functionary, who moves to Soren and takes her arm.

					NOOR
			Take her to quarters. Treatment
			will begin tomorrow.

					RIKER
			Don't do this --

	Riker moves toward her, but several of the J'naii step
	between him and Soren, and a crowd envelops her,
	whirling her away from him. The last he sees of her
	is her head, twisting back to look for him, her eyes
	wide and frightened, like a rabbit's as the eagle
	swoops down.

					RIKER
			Soren --

	Riker starts to plow through the group around him, but
	Noor steps directly in front of him and fastens him
	with a stern glance.

					NOOR
			No more, Commander.

	Riker sees Soren disappear through a far door, knows
	it's futile to go after her now. Glaring at Noor --

					RIKER
				(touching combadge)
			Enterprise. One to transport.

	The effect shimmers, and he DEMATERIALIZES.

38   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

            STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT FIVE            50.

39   INT. READY ROOM

	Riker has finished telling the story to Picard, who
	has taken it all in and is reflecting on it now.

					RIKER
			I can't just leave her there.
			They'll give her these
			psychotectic treatments...
				(beat)
			I don't know what to do.

	Picard, troubled, looks at his first officer. He knows
	that this is a matter of utmost import to Riker,
	and wants to try to help.

					PICARD
			I could talk to Noor. Perhaps
			there's a way to work this out
			--

					RIKER
				(frustrated)
			Sir, their minds are set. They
			don't want to hear another
			solution.

	Picard takes this in, considers it.

					PICARD
			Then I'm not sure there's much
			we can do.

	Riker looks up at him. He speaks quietly, but with
	resolve.

					RIKER
			There has to be.

	He struggles to frame this in a way that Picard can
	understand.

					RIKER
			My relationship with Soren isn't
			trivial... she's very important
			to me.

          STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/7/92 - ACT FIVE        50A.

39   CONTINUED:

	There is a beat as Riker seems to come to some inner
	decision.

					RIKER
			It's my fault this has happened.
			And I have to help her.

					PICARD
			Will, if you've come here for
			sanction... to take matters into
			your own hands... I can't give
			it to you.

					RIKER
			I know that, sir. But I know
			I have to do something.

	Picard is alarmed at the direction this is taking.

					PICARD
			Interfering in the internal
			matters of the J'naii is
			prohibited by the Prime
			Directive...

					RIKER
			I'm aware of that.

	Picard senses that Riker is becoming more resolved
	to act.

					PICARD
			If you violate it, you may be
			putting your career in jeopardy.

	Riker does not respond.

					PICARD
			Starfleet doesn't take these
			matters lightly... and I can't
			defend you if you go too far...
				(beat)
			Do you understand that?

					RIKER
			You've made yourself very clear,
			sir.

	Riker's implacability is deeply disturbing.

					PICARD
			Will... don't risk everything
			you've worked for...

          STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT FIVE         51.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker rises.

					RIKER
			Thank you, sir. May I be excused
			now?

	There is a heavy beat before Picard nods. Riker turns
	and wheels out, leaving a very concerned Picard.

40   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	Riker, still in uniform, is assembling some equipment
	-- a phaser, binoculars, a few other tools. As he does
	so, the door CHIMES. He looks up, hesitates to answer.
	The door CHIMES again.

					RIKER
			Who is it?

					WORF'S VOICE
			Lieutenant Worf.

	Riker conceals the small pack of equipment.

					RIKER
			Come in.

	The door opens and Worf ENTERS, carrying a PADD.

					WORF
			Commander, I have the plan for
			deploying warning buoys around
			the null space.

					RIKER
			Fine. Just leave it, I'll look
			at it later.

	Riker has to work to control his impatience -- a fact
	which Worf notices.

          STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT FIVE         52.

40   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Yes, sir.

	But Worf doesn't turn to go. Riker stares at him.

					RIKER
			Thank you. You're dismissed.

					WORF
			Commander... I am aware of what
			transpired on the planet's
			surface...

	Wary, Riker doesn't respond.

					WORF
			Are you by any chance considering
			an... unannounced visit?

	Again, Riker is silent, but this gives Worf the answer.

					WORF
			I will go with you.

					RIKER
				(starting to protest)
			Lieutenant --

					WORF
			Sir... you are my commanding
			officer... and if you order me
			to stay on board, I will obey.
				(beat)
			But I ask you not to give that
			order. A warrior does not let
			a friend face danger alone.

	Touched by Worf's steadfast loyalty, Riker nods.

					WORF
			I suggest we change clothing
			first.

41   EXT. J'NAII PLANET - NIGHT

	The courtyard/garden. Riker, now dressed in N.D. dark
	clothing, is positioned in the woods, watching toward
	the civic center. The building is lit, and there is
	activity inside. Worf, also in dark clothing, comes up
	to him through the trees.

          STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT FIVE        52A.

41   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			The meeting is ending. I
			think they will bring her out of
			the building soon.

					RIKER
			Okay. They'll probably come
			down that path... we can take
			cover there --
				(gesturing)
			-- behind those rocks.

					WORF
			Yes, Commander.

					RIKER
			She'll be under guard... no
			telling how many...

					WORF
			I will handle the guards. You
			take her to cover.

	Riker notices something in the building.

					RIKER
			Something's happening...

	He lifts the binoculars, peers through them.

41AA
thru	OMITTED
41AB

41AC	CIVIC CENTER - HIS POV (OPTICAL)

	Through a futuristic grid, an opening to the civic
	chamber shows the J'naii moving about in the room.

					RIKER
			They're leaving.

41A  ANGLE - ON WORF AND RIKER

	as they emerge from the shadow of the trees. They
	creep across the courtyard, moving from shadow to
	shadow, toward the civic chamber. Several J'naii
	EXIT into the courtyard. Riker and Worf take cover.

          STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/3/92 - ACT FIVE         53.

41B  ON THE J'NAII

	Two J'naii walk by their position... neither one is
	Soren.

41C  RIKER AND WORF

	glance at each other. Riker points toward the doors
	-- opening once more.

41D  THREE J'NAII

	EXIT and walk off in another direction.

41E  RIKER AND WORF

	exchange another frustrated glance. Then Worf nods
	toward the doors, seeing another group.

42   ANGLE - HALLWAY LEADING TO CIVIC CHAMBER

	as Soren and two guards EXIT the structure, heading
	down the path toward the courtyard.

42A  ANGLE - RIKER AND WORF

	exchange a look and crouch down. As the trio
	approaches, Riker and Worf step out in front of them.
	The guards react, surprised. Riker smiles at them,
	ingenuously.

					RIKER
			Could you excuse us? I have to
			talk to her...

	But the guards go into attack mode, throwing punches
	toward Riker. He blocks the blows and then Worf steps
	in and engages the two of them. Riker takes Soren's
	arm and pulls her toward the woods.

43   ON RIKER AND SOREN

	hurrying into the woods.

					SOREN
			Wait...

					RIKER
			Don't worry... we'll be out of
			here in a minute...

          STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT FIVE         54.

43   CONTINUED:

	He is intent on getting to their prearranged meeting
	place. They are pushing through bushes, shrubs, etc.

					SOREN
			Will, please...

					RIKER
			We're almost there...

	Finally they move into a clearing, where they are
	sheltered by trees and bushes, but moonlight
	illuminates the clearing. Riker stops, turns to her.

					SOREN
			You can't do this...

					RIKER
			I won't let them hurt you. You'll
			be safe on the Enterprise.

	She turns away from him, silent. Puzzled, he takes
	a step toward her.

					RIKER
			Soren...

	She turns back, looking at him with curious detachment.

					SOREN
			I'm so sorry... it's my fault you
			got involved in all this...

					RIKER
			It's going to be all right...
			everything's going to be fine...

					SOREN
			No, it's not.

	He stares at her, not comprehending her strange
	attitude.

					RIKER
			What are you talking about?

					SOREN
			It was all a mistake. I should
			have realized it from the
			beginning...

					RIKER
			What... ?

          STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT FIVE        54A.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

					SOREN
			That I was sick. I had these
			terrible urges... that's why I
			reached out to you... but it was
			wrong. I see that now.

	And now he understands. She's already been treated.
	He is too late.

					SOREN
				(a little shake of her
				 head)
			I don't understand how I could
			have done... what I did.

	He grasps for anything...

          STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT FIVE         55.

43   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			Maybe... maybe Doctor Crusher
			could treat you... bring you
			back... to the way you were
			before.

	She smiles sadly at him, truly sorry for his pain, but
	disconnected from it.

					SOREN
			Why would I want that?

					RIKER
			Soren... I love you.

	She looks at him, not even vague regret in her eyes...
	as though looking at someone she knows she once loved,
	but can't remember why.

					SOREN
			I'm sorry.

	And she turns and melts into the darkness. Riker
	stares after her.

44   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

45   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Data, and N.D. personnel. Picard is forward,
	talking to Data and the Conn Officer.

					PICARD
			How long to the Phelan system?

					DATA
			At warp six, fifty-three hours,
			sir.

            STAR TREK: "The Outcast" - 1/2/92 - ACT FIVE            56.

45   CONTINUED:

	The turbolift doors open and close, pulling Picard's
	look. Riker EXITS the turbolift and starts down the
	ramp.

					PICARD
			Commander... ?

	Riker is impassive, his face revealing nothing, but
	his voice is tight.

					RIKER
			Captain.

	They hold a look for a moment. Riker sits.

					PICARD
			Starfleet has just sent a message
			asking us to proceed to the Phelan
			system to negotiate a trade
			agreement.

					RIKER
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			I wasn't sure when to tell them
			we'd be underway.
				(beat)
			Is our business with the J'naii
			finished?

					RIKER
			Finished, sir.

	There is another beat, and then Picard turns to the
	Conn Officer.

					PICARD
			Very well. Ensign, take us out
			of orbit, set a course for the
			Phelan system. Warp six.
				(beat)
			Engage.

	OFF Riker's reaction...

46   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	jumps into warp speed and away.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             








                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                      "Cause and Effect" 
                          #40275-218 
                              
                          Written by 
                         Brannon Braga 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Jonathan Frakes 


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WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                        JANUARY 2, 1992


         STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - 1/2/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Cause and Effect" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             CAPTAIN BATESON
                RIKER              
                DATA               
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                                   Non-Speaking
                ENSIGN RO            FIRST OFFICER, USS BOZEMAN
                NURSE OGAWA  
      
                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

      STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/9/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Cause and Effect" 
                      
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE       USS BOZEMAN
              SICKBAY
              ENGINEERING
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
              BEVERLY'S QUARTERS
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
          
            USS BOZEMAN
              BRIDGE (SEEN ON VIEWSCREEN)

    STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - 1/2/92 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Cause and Effect" 
                          
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 CAUSALITY        kaw-ZAL-i-tee
                 DEJA-VU          day-zha-VOO
                 DEKYON           DECK-ee-on
                 TEMPORAL         TEM-po-ral

    STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/14/92 - TEASER    1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "Cause and Effect"                           
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship's starboard nacelle is DAMAGED, sending out
	stray jets of plasma...

2    INT. BRIDGE

	SHAKING VIOLENTLY. PICARD, RIKER, DATA, WORF, GEORDI,
	and RO working frantically. BEVERLY and TROI standing
	by. The ship is at RED ALERT -- bridge dark, except
	for emergency lights. Quick action --

					RIKER
			Damage report!

	Beverly works a nearby console.

					BEVERLY
			Casualty reports coming in from
			all over the ship...

					DATA
				(off console)
			The starboard nacelle has
			sustained a direct impact. We
			are venting drive plasma.

					GEORDI
			Initiating emergency core
			shutdown.

	Geordi quickly works his console.

					RO
			Inertial dampers failing... we're
			losing attitude control...

					RIKER
				(to comm)
			This is the bridge. All hands
			to emergency escape pods.

3    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The starboard nacelle FLARES, throwing the ship into a
	SPINNING MOTION, out of control...

    STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/9/92 - TEASER    2.

4    INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Round and round. People can barely stand up. On the
	VIEWSCREEN, the stars are WHIPPING past, dizzying...

					DATA
				(off console)
			The core shutdown was
			unsuccessful. We are losing
			antimatter containment.

					GEORDI
			We've gotta eject the engine
			core!

					DATA
			The ejection systems are
			off-line. A core breach is
			imminent...

	Tension -- no choice.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			All hands abandon ship. Repeat,
			all hands abandon --

	Too late:

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it EXPLODES in a blast of fire and debris.
	Completely destroyed.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

    STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT ONE    3.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

6    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse in a starry region of space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45652.1.
			The Enterprise has entered an area
			of space known as the Typhon
			Expanse. We are the first
			Starfleet vessel to chart this
			unexplored region.

7    INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - POKER TABLE

	Poker game in progress, five card stud. Riker, Data,
	Worf, Beverly. Data SHUFFLES the cards with android
	speed and dexterity.

					RIKER
				(with humor)
			Sometimes I wonder if he's
			stacking the deck.

					DATA
			I assure you, Commander, the cards
			have been sufficiently randomized.

					WORF
			I hope so.

	A look between Worf and Data. Data proceeds to deal
	one card face-down to each person... then one card
	face-up in the order of Riker, Worf, Beverly, and
	himself. Data calls the cards like a true dealer,
	mimicking the terms he has heard in his years of
	poker...

	(NOTE: Because the cards will play an important role
	in ensuing Acts, they are specified here.)

					DATA
			An eight. An Ace. A Queen. The
			dealer receives a four.

	Everyone studies their cards.

    STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/9/92 - ACT ONE    4.

7    CONTINUED:

					WORF
			No bet.

	Data deals the next round of cards face-up. Beverly is
	dealt another Queen.

					DATA
			A ten. A seven -- no help there.
			A pair of "ladies" for the Doctor.
			The dealer receives a nine.
				(to Beverly)
			Doctor, may I remind you that
			since you show the highest hand,
			you control the next bet.

	Beverly throws in a chip.

					BEVERLY
			I'll bet ten.

	Everyone sees the bet. Data deals...

					DATA
			Jack. Four. Deuce. Six.

					BEVERLY
				(bets)
			Twenty.

	Data matches the bet.

					RIKER
			And I'll raise you fifty.

	Reactions. Worf is uncomfortable with the large bet.

					WORF
			Fifty.

					BEVERLY
			I'm in.

					DATA
			I will also see the bet.

	Worf grumbles, matches the bet.

					DATA
				(dealing)
			Seven... and a possible straight
			for Commander Riker. Jack --
			still no help for the Klingon.

	Worf bristles at the remark, unhappy with his cards.

   STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT ONE   4A.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Eight. Nine for the dealer.

	Beverly glances at Riker's cards... hesitant... tosses
	in a few more chips.

					BEVERLY
			Twenty.

    STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/9/92 - ACT ONE    5.

7    CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
				(folds)
			"Too rich for my blood."

					RIKER
			I'll see your twenty -- and raise
			you a hundred.

	Riker throws in chips. Worf reacts to the bet,
	disgruntled.

					WORF
			Fold.

	Beverly studies Riker -- has a feeling here and goes
	for broke... matches his bet...

					BEVERLY
			And two hundred more.

	Riker matches.

					RIKER
			Two. And another three hundred.

	A beat. Worf studies Riker.

					WORF
			He does not have the straight.

	Beverly and Riker match poker faces.

					BEVERLY
			We'll find out, won't we?

	She matches his bet.

					BEVERLY
			Let's see what you've got.

	The moment of truth. Riker turns over his cards,
	defeated.

					RIKER
			Take it.

	Reactions as Beverly collects her winnings. Riker's
	ego has been bruised. He kicks off a playful
	exchange...

					RIKER
				(to Beverly)
			How'd you know I was bluffing?

					BEVERLY
			I just had a feeling.

    STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT ONE    6.

7    CONTINUED: (4)

					RIKER
			I guess it's better to be lucky
			than good.

					BEVERLY
			Or maybe it's the way your left
			eyebrow raises slightly when you
			bluff.

	Riker blanches -- is she kidding? Beverly smiles.

					BEVERLY
			Just teasing, Commander.

					NURSE OGAWA'S COM VOICE
			Ogawa to Doctor Crusher.

					BEVERLY
			Go ahead.

					NURSE OGAWA'S COM VOICE
			Commander La Forge needs you in
			sickbay.

					BEVERLY
			On my way.

	Beverly stands to go...

8    INT. SICKBAY

	Geordi is sitting on an examination table, while
	Beverly scans him with a medical tricorder. She
	centers around his ears and head...

					GEORDI
			At first I thought the catwalk
			was spinning. Turns out it was
			me.
				(beat)
			I'm lucky Ensign Fletcher was
			there to grab me -- it's a long
			way down to the bottom of the warp
			core.

	Geordi reacts to a sudden pain -- headache. Beverly
	completes her exam.

					BEVERLY
			You have all the symptoms of an
			inner-ear infection. That
			would explain your dizziness...
			and the headache.

    STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT ONE    7.

8    CONTINUED:

	She reaches for a nearby hypospray.

					BEVERLY
			But I don't see any physical
			evidence.
				(beat)
			My guess is... you've been working
			too hard.

	Geordi nods, admitting the fact.

					GEORDI
			I have been putting in extra hours
			on the Typhon Expanse survey.

	Beverly prepares the hypospray...

					BEVERLY
			I'll give you twenty cc's of
			vertazine -- it'll clear up your
			dizziness. But finding time to
			relax is up to you...

	Beverly stops in mid-sentence, caught by a sudden
	awareness -- the feeling that she's done this before...
	the examination... the conversation...

					GEORDI
				(off her look)
			What is it?

					BEVERLY
			Geordi... have you ever had these
			symptoms before?

					GEORDI
				(thinks)
			Never.

					BEVERLY
			You're sure?

					GEORDI
			Positive. Why?

					BEVERLY
			It's funny... I get the feeling
			that we've discussed these
			complaints.
				(beat)
			I remember giving you a hypospray
			for dizziness.

      STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - 1/2/92 - ACT ONE      8.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			I've never had these symptoms
			before today. You must be
			remembering some other patient.

					BEVERLY
			No. I'm sure it was you.

	Beverly shrugs off the feeling. She administers the
	hypospray.

					BEVERLY
			Try to get some rest. And stay
			away from high places for a few
			days, just in case.

	Geordi stands, appreciative.

					GEORDI
			Thanks, Doc.

					BEVERLY
			Goodnight.

	Geordi EXITS. Off Beverly's face, as she returns to
	her work...

9    INT. BEVERLY'S QUARTERS

	Later. Beverly is dressed in her nightclothes, ready
	for bed. She passes by a table topped with several
	exotic PLANTS, picks up a cutting tool and starts to
	snip away the dead leaves. As she does so, she quietly
	sings a little song, letting herself unwind. After a
	peaceful beat, she puts down the tool, and heads for
	bed...

10   ANGLE ON BED

	Beverly sits down, reaches for a GLASS of water off the
	night stand and takes a sip. She turns off the lamp
	and the room darkens. She crawls under the covers,
	lays her head on the pillow. A quiet moment passes
	as Beverly drifts off to sleep...

	Then, slowly in the darkness, a barely perceptible
	VOICE can be heard. A distant and echoey whisper.
	Beverly opens her eyes. Listens. Gradually, a dozen
	VOICES fade in -- disembodied murmurs. Creepy. She
	sits up, glances around the dark and empty room...

   STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/14/92 - ACT ONE   9.

10   CONTINUED:

	More voices, louder now, all meshing together. Beverly
	tries to make out what they are saying -- but they are
	unclear.

	Alarmed, Beverly turns on the light, accidentally
	knocking over the glass -- the glass BREAKS on the
	table, startling her.

	The voices stop. Beverly catches her breath, shaken...

11   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

12   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Geordi, Troi, and Beverly. Geordi
	is standing next to a WALL MONITOR, which displays a
	MAP of the TYPHON EXPANSE. They are wrapping up a
	discussion about their mission.

					GEORDI
			The Typhon Expanse is huge. If
			we want to chart the most remote
			star system, we'll have to launch
			a probe within the next few hours.

					RIKER
			Fine.
				(consults PADD)
			What about the luminosity studies?

					GEORDI
			They may pose a problem...

					PICARD
			How so?

					GEORDI
			The flux spectrometers are still
			down for realignment.

					RIKER
			I thought they were supposed to
			be back on-line yesterday.

					GEORDI
			They were, until the stellar
			dynamics lab decided they needed
			to install new modules.

   STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/9/92 - ACT ONE   9A.

12   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I recommend we use the gravitron
			polarimeter instead. It will
			perform a similar function.

   STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/9/92 - ACT ONE   10.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Make it so.

	Beverly cuts in, awkward...

					BEVERLY
			Captain... There's something I'd
			like to report.

					PICARD
			Yes, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			I heard... voices in my room last
			night. I was alone... so at first
			I thought I was imagining things.
			But this morning, ten other people
			reported hearing them at the same
			time I did.

					TROI
			What were the voices saying?

					BEVERLY
			I couldn't make them out...

	Reactions to the curious news.

					RIKER
			Data, did the sensors pick up
			anything unusual last night?

					DATA
			No anomalous readings were
			reported.

					RIKER
			When we're through here,
			double-check the sensor logs.

					DATA
			Aye sir.

					PICARD
			Counselor?

					TROI
			I sensed nothing out of the
			ordinary last night.

   STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/14/92 - ACT ONE   11.

12   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			Maybe it's a problem with the com
			system.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			Go ahead.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			We are getting unusual readings
			-- twenty thousand kilometers off
			the port bow.

	A concerned glance, then they rise and head for the
	door...

13   INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Picard and the others ENTER the bridge, take stations.
	Riker stands near Data, at ops.

					PICARD
			Report.

					RO
			Sensors didn't detect the
			phenomenon until we were almost
			on top of it, sir.

					WORF
				(off console)
			It is a highly localized
			distortion in the space-time
			continuum.

	Reactions -- they don't like the sound of it.

					RIKER
			On screen.

14   INTERCUT: VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The area of space just ahead is MURKY and DISTORTED.
	Reactions to the sight.

					PICARD
			Back us off, Ensign. Nice and
			slow.

   STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/14/92 - ACT ONE   12.

14   CONTINUED:

					RO
			Aye sir.
				(beat)
			Captain -- maneuvering thrusters
			are not responding.

	On the screen, the distortion RIPPLES slightly.

					DATA
				(off console)
			The distortion field is
			fluctuating.

	Suddenly, the bridge lights FLICKER and GO OUT. The
	EMERGENCY LIGHTS come on -- and some of the consoles
	LOSE POWER.

					GEORDI
			All main systems just went down.
			Power levels dropping rapidly...

					RIKER
			Red Alert.

	The ship goes to RED ALERT.

					DATA
			There is an energy build-up in
			the distortion field.
				(beat)
			Something is emerging...

	Suddenly, Troi is overwhelmed by a distinct and
	horrible feeling.

					TROI
				(certain)
			Captain -- we have to get out of
			here now.

	Picard looks at her, and then --

15   ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	A STARSHIP EMERGES from the murk -- HEADED DIRECTLY
	FOR US. (Note: It's clearly an older style starship.)
	The following action happens quickly --

					RIKER
			Shields up! Evasive maneuvers!

					WORF
			Shields inoperative!

   STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT ONE   13.

15   CONTINUED:

					RO
			The helm's not responding!

					DATA
			The vessel is on a collision
			course. Impact in thirty-six
			seconds...

					PICARD
			Hail them.

					WORF
			No response.

	On the viewscreen, the ship comes closer... closer...

					PICARD
			Suggestions?

					RIKER
			Decompress the main shuttlebay
			-- the explosive reaction might
			kick us out of the way.

	Picard reacts -- sounds dangerous. Data cuts in, his
	hands flying across the controls...

					DATA
			Captain -- I recommend we use the
			tractor beam to alter the other
			ship's trajectory.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf -- make it so.

					WORF
				(working)
			Engaging tractor beam...

16   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise sends out a TRACTOR BEAM -- but it's
	too late. The other ship COLLIDES with our starboard
	nacelle, knocking us aside. The Enterprise's starboard
	nacelle is DAMAGED, sending out stray jets of plasma...

17   INT. BRIDGE

	SHAKING VIOLENTLY. The crew working frantically.

   STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/14/92 - ACT ONE   14.

17   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Damage report!

	Beverly works a nearby console.

					BEVERLY
			Casualty reports coming in from
			all over the ship...

					DATA
			The starboard nacelle has
			sustained a direct impact. We
			are venting drive plasma.

					GEORDI
			Initiating emergency core
			shutdown.

	Geordi works quickly.

					RO
			Inertial dampers failing. We're
			losing attitude control...

					RIKER
				(to comm)
			This is the bridge. All hands
			to emergency escape pods.

18   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The starboard nacelle FLARES, throwing the ship into
	a SPINNING MOTION, out of control...

19   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Round and round. People can barely stand up. On the
	viewscreen, the stars are WHIPPING past, dizzying...

					DATA
				(off console)
			The core shutdown was
			unsuccessful. We are losing
			antimatter containment.

					GEORDI
			We gotta eject the engine core!

					DATA
			The ejection systems are
			off-line. A core breach is
			imminent...

	Tension -- no choice.

      STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - 1/2/92 - ACT ONE      15.

19   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to com)
			All hands abandon ship. Repeat,
			all hands abandon --

20   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it EXPLODES in a blast of fire and debris.
	Completely destroyed.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - 1/2/92 - ACT TWO      16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

21   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse in a starry region of space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45652.1.
			The Enterprise has entered an area
			of space known as the Typhon
			Expanse. We are the first
			Starfleet vessel to chart this
			unexplored region.

22   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - POKER TABLE

	(As seen in Act One.) Poker game in progress. Riker,
	Data, Worf, Beverly. Data SHUFFLES the cards with
	android speed and dexterity.

					RIKER
				(with humor)
			Sometimes I wonder if he's
			stacking the deck.

					DATA
			I assure you, Commander, the
			cards have been sufficiently
			randomized.

					WORF
			I hope so.

	A look between Worf and Data. Data proceeds to deal
	one card face-down... then one card face-up to Riker,
	Geordi, Beverly, and himself.

					DATA
			An eight. An Ace. A Queen. The
			dealer receives a four.

	They study their cards.

					WORF
			No bet.

	Data deals the next round. Beverly gets another Queen.

      STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - 1/2/92 - ACT TWO      17.

22   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			A ten. A seven -- no help there.
			A pair of "ladies" for the
			Doctor. The dealer receives a
			nine.
				(to Beverly)
			Doctor, may I remind you that
			since you show the highest hand,
			you control the next bet.

	Beverly glances at Riker's cards... and is suddenly
	struck with a vivid sense of deja-vu. The clarity of
	feeling is almost uncomfortable.

					WORF
				(off her look)
			Is there something wrong, Doctor?

	Beverly snaps out of it.

					BEVERLY
			No... I bet ten.

	Everyone sees her bet.

					DATA
				(dealing)
			Jack. Four. Deuce. Six.

					BEVERLY
				(bets)
			Twenty.

					RIKER
			And I'll raise you fifty.

	Everyone matches bets. As Data deals...

23   CLOSE ON RIKER

	as he has a flash of deja-vu. He eyes Beverly -- knows
	where this game is going...

					RIKER
				(to Beverly, certain)
			You're going to call my bluff,
			aren't you?

	Beverly stares back at him, surprised. It's like a
	game of dueling premonitions.


   STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/9/92 - ACT TWO   18.

23   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(folds)
			I think I'll quit while I'm ahead.

	Beverly is astonished -- how could he have known?

					BEVERLY
			How did you know I was going to
			call your bluff?

					RIKER
			I just had a feeling.

					BEVERLY
			Me too...

					NURSE OGAWA'S COM VOICE
			Ogawa to Doctor Crusher.

					BEVERLY
			Go ahead.

					NURSE OGAWA'S COM VOICE
			Commander La Forge needs you in
			sickbay.

					BEVERLY
			On my way.

	Beverly stands to go...

24   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Geordi sits on an examination table, while Beverly
	scans him with a medical tricorder. She centers around
	his ears and head...

					GEORDI
			At first I thought the catwalk
			was spinning. Turns out it was
			me.
				(beat)
			I'm lucky Ensign Fletcher was
			there to grab me -- it's a long
			way down to the bottom of the warp
			core.

	Geordi reacts to a sudden pain -- headache. Beverly
	completes her exam.

      STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - 1/2/92 - ACT TWO      19.

24   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			You have all the symptoms of an
			inner-ear infection. That would
			explain your dizziness... and the
			headache.

	She reaches for a nearby hypospray.

					BEVERLY
			But I don't see any physical...

	She stops in mid-sentence, caught by a strange and
	sudden awareness. The same feeling she had in the
	poker game -- she's been here before.

					GEORDI
				(off her look)
			What is it?

					BEVERLY
			Geordi... have you ever had these
			symptoms before?

					GEORDI
				(thinks)
			Now that you mention it... I think
			I did.

					BEVERLY
			Do you recall when?

					GEORDI
			No, I don't.

	They both try to remember...

					BEVERLY
				(certain)
			We've had this discussion. I
			remember giving you this
			examination...
				(beat)
			Let's check the medical logs.

	They move to a nearby console. Beverly hits a few
	commands -- information comes up on the screen. They
	study it...

   STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/9/92 - ACT TWO   20.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
				(off console)
			You've been treated several times
			for headaches related to your
			VISOR... but I see no mention
			of dizziness.

	A beat as they consider.

					GEORDI
				(lightly)
			Must be deja-vu.

	Beverly looks troubled.

					BEVERLY
			Both of us -- about the same
			thing?

	As they exchange a mystified look...

25   INT. BEVERLY'S QUARTERS

	Later. Beverly is dressed in her nightclothes. She
	passes by the table topped with exotic plants, picks up
	a cutting tool, starts to trim the plants. She begins
	to sing a little song, and stops -- a feeling of
	deja-vu overwhelming her. She sets down the tool...
	determined to break the feeling and do things
	differently. She moves toward her bed...

26   ANGLE ON BED

	Beverly sits down, picks up the glass of water and
	takes a sip. She stares at the glass, deja-vu nagging
	at her -- is something going to happen to the glass?
	She sets down the glass, turns off the lamp, crawls
	under the covers... tries to sleep...

	Slowly, a barely perceptible VOICE can be heard... a
	distant and echoey murmur. Beverly opens her eyes.
	Listens. Gradually, a dozen VOICES fade in --
	disembodied murmurs in the darkness. She sits up,
	glances around the dark and empty room...

	More voices, louder now, all meshing together.

   STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/13/92 - ACT TWO   21.

26   CONTINUED:

	Beverly turns on the light, accidentally knocking over
	the glass -- the glass BREAKS on the table, startling
	her.

	The voices stop. Beverly catches her breath, shaken,
	then gets out of bed. She picks up a nearby
	communicator, taps it.

					BEVERLY
			Crusher to Captain Picard.

	A beat.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Yes, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc... do you have a minute?

27   INT. READY ROOM

	Beverly, tired after a long night, sits with Picard
	in the dimly lit, comforting room. She has been
	recounting recent events. Picard hands her a cup of
	steaming liquid.

					PICARD
				(re: cup)
			My Aunt Adele cured a lot of
			sleepless nights with this steamed
			milk.

					BEVERLY
			Thank you.

	Beverly takes a sip, lets it warm her.

					BEVERLY
			Mmm... nutmeg.

					PICARD
			Every time I get insomnia, I try
			to perfect the recipe.

	Beverly smiles... then collects her thoughts, getting
	back to the subject at hand.

					BEVERLY
			It was the eeriest feeling. When
			the glass broke, it triggered the
			same sensation even more intensely
			-- that I had done it all before.


   STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/9/92 - ACT TWO   22.

27   CONTINUED:

	Picard thinks, reaches for a table and picks up a
	leather-bound BOOK.

					PICARD
			Earlier, when I was reading this
			book... I had the distinct
			feeling I'd read certain
			paragraphs before.
				(beat)
			I just assumed I'd read the book
			years ago and forgotten.

					BEVERLY
			I've been having this feeling
			for hours.
				(beat)
			And then those voices...

	An uneasy beat.

					PICARD
			Do you feel like we've had this
			conversation before?

					BEVERLY
			No. None of this seems familiar.

	Picard considers.

					PICARD
			This could be nothing more than
			a restless night. But let's be
			sure... Call Geordi and Data.
			I want you to run a shipwide
			diagnostic, concentrating on the
			time and place you heard the
			voices.
				(beat)
			We'll discuss the results tomorrow
			at oh seven hundred hours.

	Beverly nods, feeling a little better. She takes a sip
	of the milk.

   STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/13/92 - ACT TWO   23.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Thank you, Jean-Luc.
				(re: the milk)
			For everything.

					PICARD
			Thank Aunt Adele.

	They share a gentle smile...

28   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse in the Typhon Expanse.

29   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Geordi, Troi, Beverly.
	Mid-conversation...

					DATA
			The internal scans were negative.
			There was no evidence of auditory
			anomalies anywhere on the ship.

					GEORDI
			As far as the sensors are
			concerned, nothing unusual
			happened last night.

	Beverly isn't satisfied.

					BEVERLY
			Before I came up here, ten other
			people reported hearing voices
			at the same time I did.

	Reactions to the curious news.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			Go ahead.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			We are getting unusual readings
			-- twenty thousand kilometers off
			the port bow.

	PUSH IN on Beverly as she reacts to the news, suddenly
	very worried...

   STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/14/92 - ACT TWO   24.

	INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Picard and the others ENTER the bridge, take stations.
	Riker stands near Data at ops.

					PICARD
			Report.

					RO
			Sensors didn't detect the
			phenomenon until we were almost
			on top of it, sir.

					WORF
				(off console)
			It is a highly localized
			distortion in the space-time
			continuum.

	Reactions -- they don't like the sound of it.

					RIKER
			On screen.

31   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The area of space just ahead is MURKY and DISTORTED.

					PICARD
			Back us off, Ensign. Nice and
			slow.

					RO
			Aye sir.
				(beat)
			Captain -- maneuvering thrusters
			are not responding.

	On the screen, the temporal distortion RIPPLES
	slightly.

					DATA
			The distortion field is
			fluctuating.

	Suddenly, the bridge lights GO OUT. The EMERGENCY
	LIGHTS come on -- and a few consoles LOSE POWER.

   STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/14/92 - ACT TWO   25.

31   CONTINUED:

	Beverly watches with intense discomfort -- a remote
	part of her knows what's coming, but there's nothing
	she can do to stop it...

					GEORDI
			All main systems just went down.
			Power levels dropping rapidly...

					RIKER
			Red Alert.

	Ship to RED ALERT.

					DATA
			There is an energy build-up in
			the distortion field.
				(beat)
			Something is emerging...

	Suddenly, Troi is overwhelmed by a distinct and
	horrible feeling.

					TROI
				(certain)
			Captain -- we have to get out of
			here now.

	Picard looks at her, and then --

	On the viewscreen, a STARSHIP EMERGES from the murk --
	HEADING DIRECTLY FOR US. The following action happens
	quickly --

					RIKER
			Shields up! Evasive maneuvers!

					WORF
			Shields inoperative!

					RO
			The helm's not responding!

					DATA
			The vessel is on a collision
			course. Impact in thirty-six
			seconds...

					PICARD
			Hail them.

					WORF
			No response.

	On the viewscreen, the ship comes closer... closer...

					PICARD
			Suggestions?

   STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/14/92 - ACT TWO   26.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Decompress the main shuttlebay
			-- the explosive reaction might
			kick us out of the way.

	Data cuts in, his hands flying across the controls...

					DATA
			Captain -- I recommend we use the
			tractor beam to alter the other
			ship's trajectory.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf -- make it so.

					WORF
			Engaging tractor beam...

	Worf hits a command. A tense beat. The other ship
	looming on the viewscreen...

	WHAM! The Enterprise JOLTS as we collide with the
	other ship. The crew is tossed about.

					RIKER
			Damage report!

	Beverly works a nearby console.

					BEVERLY
			Casualty reports coming in from
			all over the ship...

					DATA
			The starboard nacelle has
			sustained a direct impact. We
			are venting drive plasma.

					GEORDI
			Initiating emergency core
			shutdown.

	Geordi works.

					RO
			Inertial dampers failing. We're
			losing attitude control...

					RIKER
				(to com)
			This is the bridge. All hands
			to emergency escape pods.

   STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT TWO   27.

31   CONTINUED: (3)

	The ship ROCKS, tossing people about. Stars on the
	viewscreen start WHIPPING past, dizzying...

					DATA
			The core shutdown was
			unsuccessful. We are losing
			antimatter containment.

					GEORDI
			We've gotta eject the engine
			core!

					DATA
			The ejection systems are
			off-line. A core breach is
			imminent...

	Tension -- no choice.

					PICARD
				(to comm)
			All hands abandon ship. Repeat,
			all hands abandon --

	Without warning, VIOLENT ROARING NOISE and A BLAST OF
	FIRE erupt across the scene as the ship EXPLODES --

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

  STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT THREE  28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

32   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse in a starry region of space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45652.1.
			The Enterprise has entered an area
			of space known as the Typhon
			Expanse. We are the first
			Starfleet vessel to chart this
			unexplored region.

33   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - POKER TABLE

	(As seen in Acts One and Two.) Poker game in progress.
	Riker, Data, Worf, Beverly. Data SHUFFLES the cards
	with android speed and dexterity.

					RIKER
				(with humor)
			Sometimes I wonder if he's
			stacking the deck.

					DATA
			I assure you, Commander, the cards
			have been sufficiently randomized.

					WORF
			I hope so.

	A look between Worf and Data. Data deals one card
	face-down to each person. They glance at their cards.
	Worf looks agitated -- he keeps glancing around the
	room, bothered by a nagging feeling...

					RIKER
				(off his look)
			Something wrong, Worf?

	Worf considers.

					WORF
			I am experiencing nIb'poH.
				(beat)
			The feeling I have done this
			before.

  STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/9/92 - ACT THREE  28A.

33   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(with humor)
			Yeah -- last Tuesday night.

					WORF
			That is not what I mean.


  STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/13/92 - ACT THREE  29.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
				(off his remark)
			I've been feeling the same way...

	Beverly looks disturbed by her feelings. Data and
	Riker exchange a look -- both unfazed. They don't know
	what to make of it. Beverly looks intently at the deck
	of cards...

					BEVERLY
			Data.... keep dealing.

	Data deals the next cards face-up, calling them...

					DATA
			An eight. An Ace...

					BEVERLY
				(cutting in)
			A Queen. I'm going to get a
			Queen.

	Data turns over the next card -- it's a Queen.
	Reactions. Beverly points to Data.

					BEVERLY
			And you're going to get a four...

	They all look at Beverly, puzzled.

					BEVERLY
			Deal the cards.

					DATA
			But nobody has bet.

					BEVERLY
			Forget the bet. Deal.

	Data deals -- the next card is indeed a four. Beverly
	calls the cards a split second before they are dealt --
	the cards are all exactly as she calls them...

					BEVERLY
			Ten... Seven... Queen...

	Worf cuts in, picking up the card calling...

					WORF
			Nine... Jack... Four...

	Every card matches what Worf predicts. Riker takes
	over, a wave of deja-vu overcoming him...

  STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/9/92 - ACT THREE  29A.

33   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			Deuce... Six...

	Riker hits them all. Data stops dealing, puzzled. An
	eerie beat as they absorb the moment.

					DATA
			This is highly improbable.

					RIKER
			How did we know...

					BEVERLY
			Wait.

  STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT THREE  30.

33   CONTINUED: (4)

	Beverly has another flash of deja-vu -- she acts on
	it.

					BEVERLY
				(taps communicator)
			Crusher to sickbay.

					NURSE OGAWA'S COM VOICE
			Sickbay here.

					BEVERLY
			Is Commander La Forge there?

34   INT. SICKBAY

	Nurse Ogawa working at a station, alone.

					NURSE OGAWA
			No, Doctor, he's not.

	The sickbay doors slide open and Geordi ENTERS. Ogawa
	reacts.

					NURSE OGAWA
			Wait a minute -- he just came in.

35   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	Reactions. Off Beverly's troubled expression...

36   INT. SICKBAY

	Picard ENTERS, having been called. He crosses to
	Beverly and Geordi...

	Geordi has his chin in a headrest, his VISOR connected
	to a diagnostic INSTRUMENT. Beverly is projecting
	light into his VISOR, analyzing the results. It's the
	24th-century visit to the eye doctor.

					PICARD
				(to Beverly)
			You wanted to see me, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			Yes...

	Beverly finishes with the instrument. Geordi starts
	to adjust his VISOR. Beverly turns to Picard.

  STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/16/92 - ACT THREE  31.

36   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Captain... have you been getting
			the feeling that you've
			experienced certain things before?
			A sense of... repetition?

	Picard looks surprised by the question.

					PICARD
			Yes... recently. While I was
			reading. Why do you ask?

	Beverly and Geordi exchange an anxious glance.

					BEVERLY
			There have been similar incidents
			reported all over the ship.
			Feelings of deja-vu.
				(beat)
			And now this...

	She indicates Geordi.

					BEVERLY
			I had a premonition Geordi was
			going to come in to sickbay. A
			few seconds later, he did -- with
			the symptoms of an ear infection.
				(beat)
			I was going to run all the
			standard tests... but somehow I
			knew they were going to be
			negative. So I ran an optical
			diagnostic... which traced the
			problem to Geordi's VISOR...

	Beverly refers to some TECH data on the instrument.

					BEVERLY
			His dizziness is being caused by
			a phase-shift in his visual
			receptors. It's causing him to
			see images that aren't there...

	Geordi looks around the room.

					GEORDI
			They're like... blurry
			afterimages.

  STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/13/92 - ACT THREE  32.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			I ran a scan to see if I could
			detect what he was seeing. I
			picked up miniscule distortions
			in the surrounding dekyon
			field.
				(beat)
			Somehow, his VISOR seems to be
			translating those distortions
			into visual impulses.

					GEORDI
			It could be a malfunction in the
			ship's warp field generator. I'll
			check it out.

					PICARD
			While you're at it, run a
			localized subspace scan to look
			for anything unusual.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Keep me advised.

	Geordi nods, turns to exit. Picard and Beverly
	exchange a concerned look...

37   INT. BEVERLY'S QUARTERS

	Later. Beverly is still dressed in her uniform, too
	edgy to get ready for bed. She stops at a table filled
	with exotic plants, reaches for a cutting tool and...
	stops. She has a flash of deja-vu -- and moves away
	from the table to disrupt the feeling. She crosses
	to her bed...

38   ANGLE ON BED

	Beverly sits down, picks up the glass of water from the
	night stand and takes a sip. She stares at the glass
	with dread certainty -- the glass is going to break.

	She stands, crosses the room, sets the glass on a
	counter as if to say: this time, it will not break.

  STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/9/92 - ACT THREE  33.

38   CONTINUED:

	She returns to bed, turns off the lamp and lays down...
	but she's too anxious to rest.

	Softly in the darkness, a barely perceptible VOICE is
	heard...

	Beverly sits up. Gradually, a dozen VOICES --
	disembodied murmurs. Beverly turns on the lamp and
	listens -- but the voices are unintelligible.
	Suddenly, she gets an idea -- stands and grabs a
	tricorder, hits a button and aims the tricorder into
	the air, recording the voices...

	The voices fade away. Beverly takes a breath, shaken.

					BEVERLY
				(taps communicator)
			Crusher to Commander La Forge.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge here.

					BEVERLY
			I just heard what sounded like...
			voices in my room. But there's
			no one here.

	A beat.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Sensors just picked up something
			strange, too. We're checking it
			out...

					BEVERLY
			I'm on my way down.

	Tricorder in hand, Beverly crosses to the dresser --
	grabs her smock and accidentally knocks over the glass.
	It BREAKS on the counter. Beverly stares at the
	glass, astonished...

39   INT. ENGINEERING

	Beverly watches as Geordi and Data analyze a console.
	They are listening to the RECORDING Beverly made -- a
	cacophony of VOICES which is muddled by static and
	noise. The sound stops.

  STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/15/92 - ACT THREE  34.

39   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			Looks like you managed to record
			six point two seconds worth.
				(beat)
			Let's see if we can filter the
			signal and clear it up a little.

	Geordi and Data work the console.

					BEVERLY
			So I wasn't just hearing things?

					DATA
			The sound itself appears to have
			been real. However the acoustic
			energy does not correspond to
			any ship's system, nor to any
			voice communications sent at the
			time you heard it.

					BEVERLY
			Then where did the sound come
			from?

					GEORDI
			You heard the voices at the same
			time our localized subspace scan
			picked up a another dekyon field
			distortion. The two may be related.

	Geordi completes his work at the console.

					GEORDI
			Let's take another listen...

	Geordi taps a command. They listen as the six seconds
	plays out: The same VOICES that Beverly heard, a
	distant and eerie murmuring that's hard to make out.
	After six seconds, the recording stops. Beverly is
	chilled to hear them again.

					DATA
			Computer -- perform a narrow
			bandwidth analysis. Eliminate
			all nonvocal waveform components.

	The VOICES play again, this time louder and more
	distinct -- a warbled thousand-voice chorus. After six
	seconds, it stops.

   STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/6/92 - ACT THREE 35-36.      

39   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Can we isolate the voices... find
			out what they're saying?

					DATA
			I will attempt to distinguish the
			individual voices.
				(beat)
			Computer -- continuous playback.

	The six seconds PLAYS continuously, with Data listening
	intently. A few moments pass by... then Data cocks
	his head in reaction to what he hears.

					DATA
				(over the noise)
			There seem to be approximately
			one thousand human voices
			overlapping.
				(beat)
			The voices are those of the
			Enterprise crew.
				(beat)
			Our voices.

	Beverly and Geordi react. As they listen to the
	cacophony...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

  STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/13/92 - ACT FOUR  37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

40   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

41   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Beverly and Geordi, addressing Picard, Riker, Data,
	Worf and Troi.

					BEVERLY
				(to all)
			I'm sorry to call you here so
			early. But we couldn't wait until
			oh seven hundred hours.
				(beat)
			We think we may have an
			explanation for the odd
			occurrences around here...

	Beverly looks to Geordi, who takes the floor. He moves
	toward the wall monitor...

					GEORDI
			This is going to sound pretty
			wild...
				(beat)
			Somehow, we've entered what seems
			to be a temporal causality loop.

	Geordi taps a command on a nearby console, and a
	CAUSALITY LOOP DIAGRAM appears on the wall monitor.
	It's a series of loops, one laying atop the other in
	quick succession to form a continuous spiral.

					GEORDI
				(re: diagram)
			We think we're stuck in a
			particular fragment of time. And
			we've been experiencing that same
			fragment over and over again.

	Reactions -- it's a bizarre, startling premise.

					TROI
				(tentative)
			Is this what's causing our
			deja-vu?

  STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/14/92 - ACT FOUR  38.

41   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Yes, but it's more than that.
			In deja-vu, you only think you're
			repeating events. We actually
			are.

					GEORDI
			Our theory is this -- every time
			the loop begins again, everything
			resets itself, and starts all
			over. We don't remember anything
			that happened before... so each
			time through the loop, we think
			it's the first.

					RIKER
			You mean, maybe we've come into
			this room, sat at this table and
			had this conversation a dozen
			times already?

					GEORDI
			A dozen... a hundred... It's
			impossible to tell. Maybe we've
			been trapped here for hours...
			days... maybe years.

	A mind-boggling beat. This is a strange and disturbing
	situation.

					BEVERLY
			If what we're saying is true --
			those voices I heard might've
			been "echoes" from previous loops.

					GEORDI
			The same thing with the
			phase-shift in my VISOR --
			afterimages in time.

	They consider.

					PICARD
			If you are correct... how did it
			happen? How did we get here?

					DATA
			I have a hypothesis which may
			explain that, Captain.
				(beat)
			I have analyzed the recording
			Doctor Crusher made.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/22/92 - ACT FOUR  39.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (cont'd)
			Most of it is quite ordinary.
			One hundred twenty-five
			discussions about ship operations,
			two hundred fifty-seven
			conversations of a personal
			nature, five couples engaged in
			romantic encounters...

					PICARD
			Your point, Mister Data?

					DATA
			There is evidence of some sort
			of disaster involving the
			Enterprise -- severe enough that
			the captain would order all hands
			to abandon ship. I have isolated
			three segments of the recording
			which are crucial.

	Data taps a command on the table console, and the
	VOICES PLAY. The recording is fuzzy, broken up by
	static, but recognizable as three separate pieces of
	dialogue from the end of Act One. They listen with
	fascination...

					WORF (V.O.)
			... a highly localized
			distortion...

	Beat.

					DATA (V.O.)
			... collision course. Impact in
			thirty-six seconds...

	Beat.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			... hands abandon ship. Repeat,
			all hands abandon...

	The recording stops. A grim beat as they digest what
	they've heard.

  STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/14/92 - ACT FOUR  40.

41   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			The phrase "collision course"
			suggests we collided with
			something.

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			Worf refers to a "distortion."
			If this were a temporal
			distortion, and if we were close
			enough to it... it's possible
			that a large enough explosion
			might've ruptured the space-time
			continuum.
				(beat)
			We collided... exploded... and
			got stuck in this repeating loop
			of time.

	They consider.

					PICARD
			If you're right about this...
			perhaps we could escape the loop
			by avoiding the collision...

					GEORDI
			That's our guess.

					WORF
			Maybe we should reverse course.

					RIKER
			For all we know, reversing course
			might be what leads us into the
			crash.

	Picard thinks a moment, then shakes his head.

					PICARD
			We can't afford to start
			second-guessing ourselves. We'll
			stay on our present course until
			we have reason to change it.
				(beat)
			In the meantime, let's do
			everything we can to avoid a
			collision.

	Nods all around.

  STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/14/92 - ACT FOUR  41.

41   CONTINUED: (4)

					GEORDI
			Captain... We may not find out
			how to avoid this accident until
			it's too late. And if the loop
			begins again -- we'll forget
			everything we've learned this time
			around.

					PICARD
			What do you suggest?

					GEORDI
			If we do find a way to avoid the
			collision... we should try to
			send that information into the
			next loop.

	An intriguing notion.

					RIKER
			Is that possible?

					DATA
			We have seen that echoes, or
			afterimages, from previous loops
			appear as distortions in the
			dekyon field. We may be able to
			send a deliberate echo into the
			next loop.

					TROI
			Like a message in a bottle...

					GEORDI
			Exactly. We could enhance a
			dekyon emission to create a
			specific pattern... and send
			ourselves a message. Not a long
			one -- probably only a few
			characters... maybe one word...

					RIKER
			How do we know we'll pick up that
			word the next time through?

					DATA
			If the dekyon emission is
			modulated correctly, it would set
			up a resonance in my positronic
			subprocessors. I would receive
			the information -- on what you
			would call a subconscious level.

  STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/14/92 - ACT FOUR  42.

41   CONTINUED: (5)

					GEORDI
			That's the catch. We're not sure
			how the information will be
			perceived by Data... it might
			be almost like a posthypnotic
			suggestion.

	They weigh the proposal.

					PICARD
			Even with all these uncertainties,
			we've got to try.
				(to Geordi and Data)
			Take whatever steps are
			necessary to send a message.
				(beat)
			Dismissed.

	As they rise to go...

42   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Data seated at a console with a panel on his head
	exposed. Geordi makes a few adjustments to Data's
	circuitry. He then attaches a small EMITTER DEVICE
	to Data's uniform. Beverly looks on as Geordi makes
	the meticulous adjustments...

					GEORDI
			It's possible we've tried this
			a thousand times and it's never
			worked.

	It's a frightening thought.

					BEVERLY
			Do you have the feeling you've
			done it before?

					GEORDI
				(thinks)
			No, I don't.

					BEVERLY
			Neither do I. Maybe that's a good
			sign.

	Geordi nods, hopeful. He completes his adjustments
	to the emitter.

  STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/13/92 - ACT FOUR  43.

42   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(re: device)
			Let's test the emitter.

	Data hits a few buttons on the emitter device.

					DATA
			Particle accelerators to full
			power.

  STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/13/92 - ACT FOUR  44.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

	Data's exposed panel starts to blink rapidly -- while a
	nearby console lights up with a GRAPHIC showing dekyon
	emission levels. Geordi studies the console.

					GEORDI
			Dekyon field active... particle
			flux nominal...
				(beat)
			We're in business.

	As Geordi puts the final touches on Data's emitter...

					BEVERLY
			All we need now is a message.

	Suddenly, the ship goes to RED ALERT.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Senior staff report to the bridge.

					BEVERLY
			On our way.

	As they head for the door...

43   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Red Alert. Tension. Picard, Troi, Ro -- Riker
	standing near ops. N.D.s as needed. The viewscreen
	shows the TEMPORAL DISTORTION, as seen in previous
	Acts.

	Data, Geordi, Beverly ENTER and take stations. Data
	still wears the emitter device on his uniform.

	Picard and Riker exchange a glance. Their first major
	decision here -- how should they handle it? How do
	they avoid repeating the same mistakes?

					RIKER
			How do you think we might've
			handled this before?

	Picard thinks, but doesn't have an answer. He goes
	with his best instincts.

  STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/14/92 - ACT FOUR  45.

43   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Back us off, Ensign. Nice and
			slow.

					RO
			Aye sir.
				(beat)
			Captain -- maneuvering thrusters
			are not responding.

	On the screen, the distortion RIPPLES slightly.

					DATA
				(off console)
			The distortion field is
			fluctuating.

	Suddenly, the bridge lights FLICKER and GO OUT. The
	EMERGENCY LIGHTS come on -- a few consoles LOSE POWER.
	Picard and Riker look frustrated and vulnerable -- fate
	seems to be dragging them right back into danger...

					GEORDI
			All main systems just went down.
			Power levels dropping rapidly...

					DATA
			There is an energy build-up in
			the distortion field.
				(beat)
			Something is emerging...

	Suddenly, Troi is overwhelmed by a distinct and
	horrible feeling.

					TROI
				(certain)
			Captain -- we have to get out of
			here now.

	Picard looks at her, and then --

	On the screen, a STARSHIP EMERGES from the murk --
	HEADED DIRECTLY FOR US. Reactions.

					RIKER
			Shields up! Evasive maneuvers!

					WORF
			Shields inoperative!

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/7/92 - ACT FOUR       46.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

					RO
			The helm's not responding!

					DATA
			The vessel is on a collision
			course. Impact in thirty-six
			seconds...

					PICARD
			Hail them.

					WORF
			No response.

	On the viewscreen, the ship comes closer... closer...

					PICARD
			Suggestions?

					RIKER
			Decompress the main shuttlebay
			-- the explosive reaction might
			kick us out of the way.

	Data cuts in, his hands flying across the controls...

					DATA
			Captain -- I recommend we use the
			tractor beam to alter the other
			ship's trajectory.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf -- make it so.

					WORF
			Engaging tractor beam...

44   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise sends out a TRACTOR BEAM -- but it's
	too late. The other ship COLLIDES with our starboard
	nacelle, jolting us aside. The Enterprise's starboard
	nacelle is DAMAGED, sending out stray jets of plasma...

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/14/92 - ACT FOUR      47.

45   INT. BRIDGE - CLOSE ON DATA

	as he has a realization about their situation -- he
	begins to make speedy mental calculations...

45A  THE SCENE

	SHAKING VIOLENTLY.

					RIKER
			Damage report!

	Beverly works a nearby console.

					BEVERLY
			Casualty reports coming in from
			all over the ship...

					DATA
			The starboard nacelle has
			sustained a direct impact. We
			are venting drive plasma.

					GEORDI
			Initiating emergency core
			shutdown.

	Geordi works quickly.

					RO
			Inertial dampers failing. We're
			losing attitude control...

					RIKER
				(to com)
			This is the bridge. All hands
			to emergency escape pods.

46   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The starboard nacelle FLARES, throwing the ship into a
	SPINNING MOTION, out of control...

47   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Round and round. Stars WHIPPING past on the
	viewscreen...

					DATA
			The core shutdown was
			unsuccessful. We are losing
			antimatter containment.

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/14/92 - ACT FOUR     47A.

47   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			We gotta eject the engine core!

					DATA
			The ejection systems are off-line.
			A core breach is imminent...

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/13/92 - ACT FOUR      48.

48   CLOSE ON DATA

	as he makes a conclusion about their situation. He
	glances up at Riker, who is standing beside him --
	no time to discuss it. He quickly and intently inputs
	a few discrete commands into the emitter device
	strapped to his uniform...

					PICARD (o.s.)
				(to com)
			All hands abandon ship. Repeat,
			all hands abandon --

49   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it EXPLODES in a blast of fire and debris.
	Completely destroyed.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/8/92 - ACT FIVE       49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

50   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At impulse in a starry region of space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45652.1.
			The Enterprise has entered an area
			of space known as the Typhon
			Expanse. We are the first
			Starfleet vessel to chart this
			unexplored region.

51   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - POKER TABLE

	(As seen in Acts One, Two, Three.) Poker game in
	progress. Riker, Data, Worf, Beverly. Data SHUFFLES
	the deck of cards with android speed and dexterity.

					RIKER
			Sometimes I wonder if he's
			stacking the deck.

					DATA
			I assure you, Commander, the cards
			have been sufficiently randomized.

					WORF
			I hope so.

	A look between Worf and Data, then Data deals one card
	face-down to each person. They glance at their cards.
	Worf looks agitated -- he keeps glancing around the
	room...

					RIKER
			Something wrong, Worf?

					WORF
			I am experiencing nIb'poH.
				(beat)
			The feeling I have done this
			before.

					RIKER
				(with humor)
			Yeah -- last Tuesday night.

					WORF
			That is not what I mean.

					BEVERLY
				(off his remark)
			I've been feeling the same
			way...

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/13/92 - ACT FIVE      50.

51   CONTINUED:

	Beverly stares at the deck of cards, entranced and
	utterly sure of her feelings...

					BEVERLY
			Wait.

	She points to each person, predicting their cards.

					BEVERLY
			An eight... an Ace... a Queen...
			a four...
				(beat)
			Deal the cards, Data.

	Data deals the cards face-up -- every card is a three.
	Beverly can hardly believe her predictions are wrong.

					BEVERLY
			I was positive I knew what cards
			were going to be dealt...

	Worf looks surprised, as well.

					WORF
			I was also sure.

					RIKER
			Finish the deal, Data.

	Data quickly lays out the cards, one by one. They
	watch with fascination as everyone is dealt
	three-of-a-kind. Reactions -- this is getting creepy.

					BEVERLY
			We all got three's... then
			three-of-a-kind?

	Curious, they turn over their last cards. As they
	marvel at the incident...

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/16/92 - ACT FIVE      51.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

					NURSE OGAWA'S COM VOICE
			Ogawa to Doctor Crusher.

					BEVERLY
			Go ahead.

					NURSE OGAWA'S COM VOICE
			Commander La Forge needs you in
			sickbay.

					BEVERLY
			On my way.

	They exchange an uneasy look as Beverly stands and
	EXITS...

51A  INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Geordi sits on an examination table, while Beverly
	scans him with a medical tricorder. She centers around
	his ears and head...

					GEORDI
			At first I thought the catwalk
			was spinning. Turns out it was
			me.
				(beat)
			I'm lucky Ensign Fletcher was
			there to grab me -- it's a long
			way down to the bottom of the warp
			core.

	Geordi reacts to a sudden pain -- headache. Beverly
	completes her exam.

					BEVERLY
			You have all the symptoms of an
			inner-ear infection. That would
			explain your dizziness... and the
			headache.

	She reaches for a nearby hypospray.

					BEVERLY
			But I don't see any physical...

	She stops in mid-sentence, caught by a strange and
	sudden awareness. The same feeling she had in the
	poker game -- she's been here before.

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/16/92 - ACT FIVE     51A.

51A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(off her look)
			What is it?

					BEVERLY
			Geordi... have you ever had these
			symptoms before?

					GEORDI
				(thinks)
			Now that you mention it... I think
			I did.

					BEVERLY
			Do you recall when?

					GEORDI
			No, I don't.

	They both try to remember...

					BEVERLY
				(certain)
			We've had this discussion. I
			remember giving you this
			examination...
				(beat)
			Let's check the medical logs.

	They move to a nearby console. Beverly hits a few
	commands -- information comes up on the screen. They
	study it...

					BEVERLY
				(off console)
			You've been treated several times
			for headaches related to your
			VISOR... but I see no mention
			of dizziness.

	A beat as they consider.

					GEORDI
				(lightly)
			Must be deja-vu.

	Beverly looks troubled.

					BEVERLY
			Both of us -- about the same
			thing?

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/17/92 - ACT FIVE     51B.

51A  CONTINUED: (2)

	They exchange a mystified look. Beverly gets an idea
	-- she moves to a nearby diagnostic instrument (as seen
	in Act Three).

					BEVERLY
			Let's run an optical diagnostic.

					GEORDI
			For an ear infection?

					BEVERLY
			I've got a hunch...

	Geordi moves to the instrument, sits down and puts his
	chin in a headrest. Beverly connects his VISOR to the
	diagnostic instrument... works the controls.

					BEVERLY
			Hold still... this pulse may be
			a little bright...

	Beverly taps a command -- and a LIGHT is projected into
	Geordi's VISOR. Beverly analyzes the results.

					BEVERLY
				(off instrument)
			That's odd...
				(beat)
			Have you made any changes to your
			VISOR lately?

					GEORDI
			No. Why?

					BEVERLY
			I'm detecting a slight phase-shift
			in your visual receptors...

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/16/92 - ACT FIVE     51C.

52   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard relaxing in a chair, reading a leather-bound
	book (the same book seen in Act Two). A quiet moment
	as he reads... then pauses. A feeling of Deja-vu
	washes over him -- has he read this book before? He
	glances at the book title, flips through the pages a
	few times. Strange...

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Crusher to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			Yes, Doctor?

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Can you come to sickbay
			immediately? It's urgent.

					PICARD
			On my way.

	Picard sets down the book, eyes it warily...

53   INT. SICKBAY

	Picard listening to Beverly and Geordi, near the
	optical diagnostic instrument (as seen in Act Three).
	Mid-conversation...

					BEVERLY
				(re: Geordi)
			His dizziness is being caused by
			a phase-shift in his visual
			receptors. It's causing him to
			see images that aren't there...

	Geordi looks around the room.

					GEORDI
			They're like... blurry
			afterimages.

					BEVERLY
			I ran a scan to see if I could
			detect what he was seeing.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/13/92 - ACT FIVE      52.

53   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY (cont'd)
			I picked up miniscule distortions
			in the surrounding dekyon field.
				(beat)
			Somehow, his VISOR seems to be
			translating those distortions into
			visual impulses.

					GEORDI
			It could be a malfunction in the
			ship's warp field generator.
			I'll check it out.

					PICARD
			While you're at it, run a
			localized subspace scan to look
			for anything unusual.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Keep me advised.

	As Geordi EXITS...

54   INT. ENGINEERING

	Later. Geordi and Data working at the consoles,
	analyzing the ship's sensors.

					GEORDI
			Lateral sensors on-line --
			subspace scanners active...
				(beat)
			Data, will you run a level two
			diagnostic on the warp subsystems?

					DATA
			Certainly.

	Data works the console at android SPEED...

55   CLOSE ON CONSOLE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	Numbers begin to appear on the screen:

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/13/92 - ACT FIVE      53.

55   CONTINUED:

	3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3... All the numbers are three's.
	The console starts to BEEP in quick successions of
	three -- beep-beep-beep... beep-beep-beep...

56   RESUME (OPTICAL)

	Geordi looks at the monitor.

					GEORDI
			All three's... that can't be
			right.

	They watch the monitor, bewildered.

					DATA
			I have encountered the numeral
			"three" an inordinate number of
			times over the last two hours.

	Suddenly, another nearby console sounds a warning
	ALARM. Geordi runs to check it.

					GEORDI
			We've got a dekyon field
			fluctuation on deck nine, section
			twenty-eight...

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Crusher to Commander La Forge.

					GEORDI
			La Forge here.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			I just heard what sounded like...
			voices in my room. But there's
			no one here.

	Geordi keeps working.

					GEORDI
			Sensors just picked up something
			strange, too. We're checking it
			out...

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			I'm on my way down.

	The CRASH of breaking glass is heard on Beverly's end
	of the com. Geordi and Data exchange a look.

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/22/92 - ACT FIVE      54.

56   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Are you alright, Doctor?

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			I'm fine.

	As they resume their work...

57   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

58   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, Geordi, Beverly and Troi.
	They are listening to the recording of the VOICES --
	the segments that Data isolated in Act Four. The wall
	monitor shows the causality loop diagram. The mood
	is tense -- they are in the middle of discussing their
	causality loop...

					WORF (V.O.)
			... a highly localized
			distortion...

	Beat.

					DATA (V.O.)
			... collision course. Impact in
			thirty-six seconds...

	Beat.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			... hands abandon ship. Repeat,
			all hands abandon...

	The recording stops. A grim beat as they digest what
	they've heard.

					TROI
			The phrase "collision course"
			suggests we collided with
			something.

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/14/92 - ACT FIVE     54A.

58   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			Worf refers to a "distortion."
			If this were a temporal
			distortion, and if we were close
			enough to it... it's possible that
			a large enough explosion might've
			ruptured the space-time continuum.
				(beat)
			We collided... exploded... and
			got stuck in this repeating loop
			of time.

	They consider.

					PICARD
			If you're right about this...
			Perhaps we could escape the loop
			by avoiding the collision.

					GEORDI
			That's our guess.

					WORF
			Maybe we should reverse course.

					RIKER
			For all we know, reversing course
			might be what leads us into the
			crash.

	Picard thinks for a moment, then shakes his head.

					PICARD
			We can't afford to start
			second-guessing ourselves. We'll
			stay on our present course until
			we have reason to change it.
				(beat)
			In the meantime, let's do
			everything we can to avoid a
			collision.

	Nods all around.

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/16/92 - ACT FIVE      55.

58   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Captain... We've been seeing the
			number three all over the ship.
			On consoles... in a poker game...

					DATA
			In total, we have encountered two
			thousand eighty-five conspicuous
			examples of the number "three."

					GEORDI
			All these "threes" can't be coming
			up by accident.

					RIKER
			Maybe somebody's trying to tell
			us something.

					GEORDI
			We came to the same conclusion...
			so we ran a shipwide diagnostic
			-- the only unusual thing we found
			was a dekyon field modulation in
			Data's positronic subprocessors.

					BEVERLY
			What could be causing it?

					GEORDI
			I don't know. But if I wanted
			to send information from one loop
			to the next... I might have used
			a method like a dekyon emission.

	A beat as they consider.

					TROI
			You think we sent ourselves a
			message?

					GEORDI
			It would make sense. Maybe we
			were trying to tell ourselves
			something...

	A beat.

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/13/92 - ACT FIVE      56.

58   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			If that were true... what could
			"three" indicate?

	They contemplate the riddle -- three... three...
	three...

					RIKER
			Maybe we should run a level three
			diagnostic on all key systems.

					GEORDI
			Good idea. And I'll have the
			computer run a pattern-matching
			algorithm based on the number
			three.

					RO'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			Go ahead.

					RO'S COM VOICE
			We are getting unusual readings
			-- twenty thousand kilometers off
			the port bow.

	Reactions.

					PICARD
			Red Alert.

	The ship goes to RED ALERT. They rise and head for
	the door...

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/14/92 - ACT FIVE      57.

59   INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Picard and the others ENTER and take stations. Riker
	stands near Data, at ops.

					PICARD
			Report.

					RO
			Sensors didn't detect the
			phenomenon until we were almost
			on top of it, sir.

					WORF
				(off console)
			It is a highly localized
			distortion in the space-time
			continuum.

					RIKER
			On screen.

60   INTERCUT: VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The area of space just ahead is MURKY and DISTORTED.
	Picard and Riker exchange a glance.

					RIKER
			How do you think we might've
			handled this before?

	Picard thinks, but doesn't have an answer. He goes
	with his best instincts.

					PICARD
			Back us off, Ensign. Nice and
			slow.

					RO
			Aye sir.
				(beat)
			Captain -- maneuvering thrusters
			are not responding.

	On the viewscreen: the distortion RIPPLES slightly.

					DATA
				(off console)
			The distortion field is
			fluctuating.

	Suddenly, the bridge lights FLICKER and GO OUT. The
	EMERGENCY LIGHTS come on -- and some of the consoles
	LOSE POWER.

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/14/92 - ACT FIVE      58.

60   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			All main systems just went down.
			Power levels dropping rapidly...

					DATA
			There is an energy build-up in
			the distortion field.
				(beat)
			Something is emerging...

	Suddenly, Troi is overwhelmed by a distinct and
	horrible feeling.

					TROI
				(certain)
			Captain -- we have to get out of
			here now.

	Picard looks at her, and then --

	On the screen, a STARSHIP EMERGES from the murk --
	HEADED DIRECTLY FOR US. Reactions to the sight --

					RIKER
			Shields up! Evasive maneuvers!

					WORF
			Shields inoperative!

					RO
			The helm's not responding!

					DATA
			The vessel is on a collision
			course. Impact in thirty-six
			seconds...

					PICARD
			Hail them.

					WORF
			No response.

	On the viewscreen, the ship comes closer... closer...

					PICARD
			Suggestions?

					RIKER
			Decompress the main shuttlebay
			-- the explosive reaction might
			kick us out of the way.

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/14/92 - ACT FIVE     58A.

60   CONTINUED: (2)

	Data cuts in, his hands flying across the controls...

					DATA
			Captain -- I recommend we use the
			tractor beam to alter the other
			ship's trajectory.

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/15/92 - ACT FIVE      59.

60   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Mister Worf -- make it so.

					WORF
			Engaging tractor beam...

61   ON DATA

	as he works the console... and stops, having a powerful
	revelation. He turns and looks at Riker, who is
	standing beside him...

62   CLOSE ON RIKER

	PUSHING toward him slightly -- HOLD CLOSE ON the three
	pips of his uniform.

63   RESUME

	Data realizes what he must do. He rapidly works the
	console...

					DATA
			The tractor beam will not be
			successful. I am decompressing
			the main shuttlebay...

	As he works at hyper-speed...

64   OMITTED

65   CLOSE ON SAUCER SECTION (OPTICAL)

	We see the huge main shuttlebay DOORS OPEN a crack --
	light spills out from the inside, and a gust of VAPOR
	jets out, becoming a gale force as the doors open
	further...

66   WIDER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as the Enterprise takes a gentle NOSE DIVE, tumbling
	downward and out of the way. The other ship just
	misses us. As this happens, the Enterprise leaves
	behind several ghostly AFTERIMAGES of itself --
	Enterprises from previous loops. Each afterimage plays
	out the same fate, as they all hit the other ship and
	EXPLODE...

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/15/92 - ACT FIVE      60.

66   CONTINUED:

	The genuine Enterprise and the other ship escape
	unharmed...

67   INT. BRIDGE

	The TREMBLING subsides. bridge lights COME ON.

					WORF
			We are clear of the distortion,
			Captain.

	A sigh of relief. They get their bearings. Picard
	turns to Data.

					PICARD
			Data -- what happened?

					DATA
			At the last moment, I speculated
			that "three" might refer to the
			number of rank insignia on
			Commander Riker's uniform.
				(beat)
			This indicated to me that his
			suggestion was the correct course
			of action.

	Reactions to the explanation.

					GEORDI
				(to Data)
			You must've picked up a message
			we sent from the last loop...
			and stacked the deck in the poker
			game without realizing it.

					DATA
			That is possible, Commander. I
			may also have been inadvertently
			responsible for the unexplained
			appearances of the number
			"three."

	A beat as this sinks in.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, end Red Alert. See
			if you can access a Federation
			time-base beacon. Find out how
			long we've been in this causality
			loop.

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/23/92 - ACT FIVE      61.

67   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Worf works -- the ship goes out of Red Alert.

					WORF
				(off console)
			Time-base confirms that our
			chronometers are off by seventeen
			point four days.

	Reactions to the news.

					PICARD
			Reset them, Mister Data.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Worf reacts to his console.

					WORF
			Captain -- we are being hailed
			by the other vessel.
				(off console)
			The computer identifies it as the
			U.S.S. Bozeman. A Federation
			starship, Soyuz class.

					GEORDI
				(reacts)
			Soyuz Class... they haven't been
			in service for over eighty years.

	Picard and Riker exchange a concerned look. Picard
	takes a breath, preparing for the encounter.

					PICARD
			Open a channel.

68   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	CAPTAIN BATESON and his FIRST OFFICER appear. (Their
	uniforms and surroundings are reminiscent of the
	original series.) They study our bridge, confused by
	what they see.

					BATESON
			This is Captain Morgan Bateson of
			the Federation Starship Bozeman.
			Can we render assistance?

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/23/92 - ACT FIVE      62.

68   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the
			Federation Starship Enterprise.
			We were just going to ask you the
			same thing.

	Bateson exchanges a confused glance with his First
	Officer.

					BATESON
			Captain Picard... your ship is
			unfamiliar to us.

	An awkward beat.

					PICARD
			Have you any idea what just
			happened?

					BATESON
			Our sensors detected a temporal
			distortion. Then your ship
			appeared... we nearly hit you.

					PICARD
			The Enterprise has been caught
			in temporal causality loop. And
			I suspect something similar
			happened to you.

					BATESON
			You must be mistaken. We only
			left starbase three weeks ago.

	Picard isn't sure how to put this...

					PICARD
			Captain Bateson... do you know
			what year it is?

					BATESON
			Of course I do -- it's twenty-two
			seventy-eight.

	Reactions around the bridge.

					PICARD
			Captain... perhaps you should beam
			aboard our ship.
				(beat)
			There's something we need to
			discuss.

       STAR TREK: "Cause and Effect" - REV. 1/8/92 - ACT FIVE       63.

68   CONTINUED: (2)

	Bateson nods, growing very concerned. OFF Picard's
	grim expression, as he anticipates the problems that
	lie ahead for these ancient prisoners of time...

68A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	facing the Bozeman...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             











                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                       "The First Duty" 
                          #40275-219 
                              
                          Written by 
                Ronald D. Moore & Naren Shankar 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Paul Lynch 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1992 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                       JANUARY 22, 1992


         STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "The First Duty" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             NICHOLAS LOCARNO
                RIKER              JEAN HAJAR
                DATA               SITO
                BEVERLY            ADMIRAL BRAND
                TROI               CAPTAIN SATELK
                GEORDI             BOOTHBY
                WORF               LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
                                   ALBERT
                WESLEY     
        
                Non-Speaking       
                  CADETS             
                  TEACHERS           
                  YOUNG MALE CADET   
                  PARENTS            
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

       STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/23/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "The First Duty" 
                      
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              READY ROOM               STARFLEET ACADEMY
              ENGINEERING              GROUNDS
              CORRIDOR
              SICKBAY
              BEVERLY'S OFFICE
          
            STARFLEET ACADEMY
              WESLEY'S DORM ROOM
              HEARING ROOM

  STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/23/92 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "The First Duty" 
                      
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              Hajar               ha-ZHAR
              Kolvoord            kol-VORD
              Locarno             la-CAR-no
              Mimas               MEE-mas
              Pareses Squares     pah-REE-seez Squares
              Satelk              suh-TELK
              Sito                SEE-to
              Titan               TY-tan
              Yeagar              YAY-ger

       STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                       "The First Duty"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45703.9.
			We are en route to Earth, where
			it will be my pleasant duty to
			deliver this year's commencement
			address at Starfleet Academy.
			I'm also looking forward to seeing
			Wesley Crusher again. His flight
			team will perform a demonstration
			near Saturn that will be
			transmitted to the graduation
			ceremonies.

2    INT. BRIDGE

	PICARD, TROI and RIKER are at their seats; WORF is
	at tactical, DATA at ops.

					WORF
			Captain, Starfleet Academy is
			requesting an update on our
			estimated arrival.

					PICARD
			Mister Data?

					DATA
				(off console)
			We should arrive at Earth in ten
			hours, sixteen minutes, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Please inform the Academy and send
			my regards to Superintendant
			Brand.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Worf works his console and sends the message.

       STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - TEASER       2.

2    CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(to Picard)
			Do you know Admiral Brand?

					PICARD
			We've met a few times. She's
			a... formidable woman.

					RIKER
				(ruefully)
			If she's anything like my
			superintendent...
				(off Picard's look)
			When I was at the Academy, we
			had a Vulcan superintendent who
			memorized the personnel file of
			every single cadet. He knew
			everything. It was like having
			your parents there with you. All
			the time.

					PICARD
			My superintendent was a Betazoid
			-- a full telepath. When he
			called you into his office, he
			didn't have to ask what you'd
			done.

					RIKER
				(very curious)
			You got called into the
			superintendent's office? That
			sounds like a story I'd like to
			hear.

	Picard is not about to tell; he self-consciously
	straightens his uniform. They're interrupted by a
	beeping from Worf's console.

					WORF
			Captain, we are being hailed by
			the Academy again. It is Admiral
			Brand.

					PICARD
			On-screen.

	There's a short beat as Picard waits for the screen
	to activate.

       STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - TEASER       3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Sir, she is requesting a private
			channel.

	Picard and Riker exchange a puzzled look. He gets up
	and heads for the ready room.

					PICARD
			In my ready room.

3    INT. READY ROOM (CONTINUOUS)

	as the doors open and Picard enters. He sits down and
	activates his monitor.

					PICARD
			Admiral Brand... what can I do
			for you?

4    ON THE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	is ADMIRAL ANDREA BRAND, a mature, elegant woman with
	a commanding voice.

					BRAND
			Hello, Captain.

	She pauses for a beat... there's clearly something
	wrong.

					BRAND
			I know you're a close friend of
			the Crusher family.

					PICARD
			Yes... ?

					BRAND
			I wanted to inform you
			personally... There's been an
			accident.

	Off Picard's reaction.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - ACT ONE       4.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship drops out of warp.

6    INT. BEVERLY'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Beverly and Picard are seated across from each other.
	Beverly is trying to stay calm; she is quiet and
	subdued, but there's an edge in her voice. She's
	concentrating on the medical angle for now... trying
	not to let her emotions show through.

					PICARD
			... he had second degree burns on
			his chest and a multiple fracture
			of his right arm. But he's going
			to be fine.

					BEVERLY
			Have they completed the
			regeneration series?

					PICARD
			I'm... not certain.

					BEVERLY
			Wesley's allergic to metorapan
			treatments... they'll have to use
			a bicaridine substitute.

					PICARD
			Beverly...

	She picks up a PADD and begins quickly entering some
	information.

					BEVERLY
			I should send his complete records
			to the Academy infirmary... They
			probably have them already, but
			it never hurts to be sure. I'll
			also send them some information
			on a new rybotherapy I've been
			working on.

	Picard moves to her and his voice becomes softer, more
	intimate.


       STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - ACT ONE       5.

6    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Beverly...
				(she looks up at him)
			He's fine.

	Beverly holds up a hand and takes a step away from him
	for a beat... looks back at him and tries to keep a
	very firm grip on her emotions, but there are tears
	just beneath the surface.

					BEVERLY
			I know he's fine... I know he's
			fine. Let's talk about something
			else.
				(ignoring her own
				 advice)
			How did it happen?

					PICARD
			Apparently, Wesley's squadron was
			practicing on the Academy flight
			range near Saturn... they were
			in close formation when there
			was a collision... all five ships
			were destroyed.
				(beat)
			Four of the cadets managed to
			transport out... one did not.

					BEVERLY
			Do you know who it was?

					PICARD
			His name was Joshua Albert.

					BEVERLY
			Wesley talked about him... They
			were friends...

	A beat; she knows it could have just as easily been
	Wesley.

					BEVERLY
			Wesley was so excited about making
			the flight team... it made me a
			little nervous, but I was proud
			of him...
				(difficult)
			... even though I knew there was
			always the chance that...
			something might...

       STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - ACT ONE       6.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard moves to her as Beverly's emotions rise to the
	surface once again.

					PICARD
				(firmly)
			Beverly. Wesley is alive and
			well.

	Beverly looks at Picard... she manages to nod and
	smile at him a little through the tears in her eyes.

					PICARD
			Admiral Brand will be holding a
			full briefing after we arrive.
			I'll let you know as soon as we're
			in orbit.

	Beverly takes his hand for a beat and squeezes it
	tightly.

					BEVERLY
			Thank you.

	Picard EXITS. On Beverly as she sits down and tries
	not to cry.

									CUT TO:

7    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Earth.

    STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/27/92 - ACT ONE    7.

8    EXT. STARFLEET ACADEMY (MATTE)

	Est. shot of the Starfleet Academy campus. A large,
	sprawling campus in the San Francisco Bay Area.

9    INT. ACADEMY HEARING ROOM

	This is one of the oldest buildings in the Academy, and
	a powerful sense of tradition pervades it. The room
	is probably used for both hearings and lectures. There
	are several tables, on the right wall is a large
	viewscreen, and several rows of benches form a gallery.

	There's a small group of people sitting in the gallery:
	N.D. PARENTS of the flight team, including LIEUTENANT
	COMMANDER ALBERT, the father of the dead cadet. Picard
	and Beverly are here as well. The atmosphere is somber
	and subdued. Brand is standing in front of the small
	table; she's trying to keep this low-key and informal.
	She is holding a PADD which she consults periodically.

					BRAND
				(refers to PADD)
			There was very little left to
			salvage from the wreckage. We
			did recover one of the ships' data
			recorders, but it was badly
			damaged. We're attempting to
			restore the information, but it's
			going to take some time.
				(beat)
			Standard procedure calls for an
			immediate investigation by two
			command-level officers. Captain
			Satelk and I will begin taking
			depositions from Nova Squadron
			at fifteen-hundred hours today.
				(she turns to Albert
				 in the audience)
			Commander Albert... I'm sure that
			everyone in this room joins me
			in conveying my deepest sympathies
			to you on the tragic loss of your
			son.

	Albert wants to know why his son is dead... he pushes
	Brand.

      STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - ACT ONE      7A.

9    CONTINUED:

					ALBERT
			Was there any indication of a
			problem before the crash? What
			exactly were they doing out there?
			Did they file a flight plan?

	Brand stops him. Her attitude is sympathetic... she
	understands this is a very difficult time for him.

					BRAND
				(gently)
			Commander... I'm sorry... right
			now, we don't have those answers.
			But I assure you we will
			investigate this matter
			thoroughly.

	Albert pulls himself back and nods... he knows she's
	right.

       STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - ACT ONE       8.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					BRAND
				(continuing, to all)
			There will be a memorial service
			for Cadet Albert this evening in
			the west garden.
				(beat)
			It has been suggested that we
			should cancel the graduation
			ceremonies in light of what's
			happened.
				(she indicates Albert)
			Commander Albert and I have
			discussed this and we've agreed
			that commencement should go
			forward as planned. The cadets
			should know that even after a
			tragedy like this, there are still
			duties to perform... and that life
			continues. Thank you all for
			coming.

10   ANOTHER ANGLE

	as the meeting breaks up. Picard moves to Brand and
	they shake hands.

					BRAND
			It's good to see you again,
			Captain. I wish it were under
			better circumstances.

					PICARD
			It's an unhappy way to begin
			commencement. If you require any
			assistance, Admiral, the
			Enterprise is at your disposal.

					BRAND
			I'm sure we can handle the
			investigation... but thank you
			for the offer.

11   ANOTHER ANGLE

	as Beverly approaches Lt. Commander Albert. He is
	quiet and shaken.

					BEVERLY
			Commander Albert?

					ALBERT
			Yes?

       STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - ACT ONE       9.

11   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Hello, I'm Beverly Crusher. I
			just wanted to say... I'm sorry
			about your son.

					ALBERT
			You're Wesley's mother...

					BEVERLY
			Yes.

					ALBERT
				(beat; his voice begins
				 to break)
			Josh once told me that Wesley was
			the only reason he made it through
			astrophysics.

	There's a long, difficult silence.

					BEVERLY
			If there's anything I can do...

	Albert nods his head. It's an awkward moment. What
	can anybody do?

									CUT TO:

12   INT. WESLEY'S DORMITORY ROOM

	In contrast to quarters on the Enterprise, the Academy
	dorm room looks older and more lived-in. It's sparsely
	furnished with a desk, a couple of chairs, and a single
	bed. Everything is neat and ship-shape.

	Wesley is sitting on the edge of his bed. His arm is
	in a 24th-century therapeutic device. He's practicing
	flexing his arm... it's difficult to fully bend his arm
	and he winces in pain. The effort tires him and he
	takes off the device. He massages the arm with his
	other hand; it's still not a hundred percent.

	The door chimes. He gets up, straightens his uniform,
	and takes a deep breath. He moves to the door and
	opens it. It's Beverly and Picard.

					BEVERLY
			Wes.

					WESLEY
			Hi.

      STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - ACT ONE      10.

12   CONTINUED:

	Wesley is stiff and distant. Beverly reaches out and
	hugs him tightly. Finally, she releases him, and all
	three move into the room. Wesley and Picard shake
	hands.

					PICARD
			How are you feeling, Wesley?

					WESLEY
			Not too bad... the arm's still
			a little sore.

					BEVERLY
				(gently)
			We were so sorry to hear about
			Joshua.

	Wesley just nods and says nothing. There's a brief,
	awkward silence. Beverly tries to draw him out.

					PICARD
			Would you like to talk about
			it... ?

					WESLEY
			No. I don't think so. Thank you.

	Another long beat.

					WESLEY
			I know you're trying to help,
			sir... but it seems like I
			haven't talked about anything
			else for the past two days. I
			don't want to go over it all
			again.

					PICARD
			I understand. But I want you to
			know I'm available if you should
			change your mind.

	A beat as Beverly decides to change tacks.

					BEVERLY
			All your friends on the Enterprise
			wanted you to know they're
			thinking about you... Commander
			Riker, Data, Robin Lefler...
			everybody.

      STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - ACT ONE      11.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			That's nice.

	He doesn't go any further and there is an awkward
	silence. After a beat, the door CHIMES.

					WESLEY
			Come in.

	The doors open and Cadet 1st Class NICHOLAS LOCARNO
	enters. He's well-built, charismatic, a born leader.
	(Production note: cadet rank are signified by vertical
	bars in place of the rank pips normally worn by
	Starfleet officers.) As Locarno walks in, he sees
	Picard and immediately comes to attention.

					LOCARNO
			Captain, sir.

					PICARD
			At ease, Cadet.

	Wesley makes the introductions... but Locarno's
	entrance has definitely put him on edge.

					WESLEY
			This is my squadron leader,
			Nicholas Locarno... This is
			Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the
			Enterprise... my mother, Doctor
			Beverly Crusher.

					LOCARNO
			Hello, Doctor... Captain Picard.

					PICARD
				(shakes his hand)
			Mister Locarno.

					LOCARNO
			I came by to see if Wes had healed
			up all right...

					BEVERLY
			How are you doing, Nicholas?

	Locarno's feelings are sincere... he's been deeply
	affected by the cadet's death.

      STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - ACT ONE      12.

12   CONTINUED: (3)

					LOCARNO
			I'm OK.
				(beat)
			I... just never lost anyone under
			my command before.

					PICARD
				(sympathetically)
			I'm afraid it doesn't get any
			easier.

	Wesley is starting to get a little edgey... he wants
	Picard & Beverly out of there.

					WESLEY
			Excuse me, Mom, Captain... but
			Nick and I have some things to
			talk about.

					BEVERLY
			Of course.

	Beverly gives him another hug.

					BEVERLY
			If you need anything at all...

					WESLEY
			I know.

					PICARD
			We'll see you at the inquiry.
				(to Locarno)
			Good to meet you, Mister Locarno.

					LOCARNO
			You too, sir.

	Beverly and Picard EXIT.

	Once they're gone, Locarno turns to Wesley, a more
	serious look on his face.

					LOCARNO
			The inquiry is scheduled for
			fifteen-hundred hours. Are you
			ready?

	Wesley sits down. He suddenly looks physically and
	mentally exhausted.

      STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - ACT ONE      12A.

12   CONTINUED: (4)

					WESLEY
				(unsure)
			I think so.

	Locarno immediately picks up on Wesley's discomfort.
	Locorno doesn't want any wavering from Wesley and so
	he immediately moves to shore him up.

					LOCARNO
				(strongly)
			Don't worry about it, Wes.
			Everything's going to be all right
			-- as long as we stick together.

	Wesley nods, but he is clearly troubled. Off Wesley's
	expression.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/24/92 - ACT TWO    13.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

13   EXT. ACADEMY GROUNDS - DAY

	The grounds of the Academy are similar to any large
	university: Neatly manicured lawn and hedges, one or
	two statues or busts of alumni, possibly a fountain,
	etc. SEVERAL CADETS can be seen moving to and from
	class or talking in small groups... there is a somber
	atmosphere here as the recent tragedy is still on
	everyone's mind. In the distance, the Federation flag
	can be seen at half-mast on a flagpole. Picard is
	walking slowly across the grounds, lost in thought...

14   NEW ANGLE

	As Picard comes to a quiet contemplative spot with a
	view of the rest of the grounds. There is a large TREE
	here with a couple of nearby benches. Sitting at the
	foot of that tree (not on a bench) is a young MALE
	CADET reading a book. It's a picture-perfect image
	that is almost pastoral.

	Picard stops and looks at the young boy for a long beat
	as if seeing a page from his youth suddenly brought to
	life.

	Suddenly, a man wearing well-worn coveralls and boots
	appears -- this is Boothby. He's an older man with
	a rumpled appearance and an irascible disposition...
	he holds a sharp-edged gardening tool in his hand...
	a grin comes to Picard's face as he watches at a
	distance. The old man moves calmly to the tree... the
	cadet looks up, reacts as Boothby frowns, looks at --

14A  SCHOOL BOOKS

	lying in a nearby flowerbed, crushing some plants...

15   BOOTHBY

	eyes of fire shoot at...

15A  THE CADET

	who grows pale... and he promptly grabs his books and
	takes off...

    STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/24/92 - ACT TWO    14.

15B  WIDER

	as Boothby shakes his head with disdain and kneels down
	and begins to repair the damaged plants... Picard
	quietly moves over to the tree...

					PICARD
			Boothby?

	Boothby looks up, irritated... raises an eyebrow as he
	sees Picard.

					PICARD
				(prompting)
			Jean-Luc Picard... class of
			twenty-seven.

					BOOTHBY
			I know that. What happened to
			your hair?

	Picard smiles...

					PICARD
			How are you?

					BOOTHBY
			I'm pretty damned cranky, thank
			you. I've already replanted this
			bed four times this week.

	Picard kneels beside him to help...

					PICARD
			Let me give you a hand...

					BOOTHBY
				(reacts)
			You?

					PICARD
			I've acquired an interest over
			the years.

					BOOTHBY
			Well, careful you don't plant 'em
			too deep... the leaves...

					PICARD
			-- will rot...

	Boothby reacts to Picard's knowledge... meanwhile --

    STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/24/92 - ACT TWO    15.

15C  ANGLE - A CADET

	is walking along the path. He suddenly freezes in
	his tracks and reacts as he sees a Starfleet captain
	on his knees with the gardener...

					PICARD
			Something wrong, Cadet?

					CADET
			Nossir, Captain.

	And hurries away.

15D  RESUME PICARD AND BOOTHBY

	Boothby -- who knew Picard when he was just a cadet --
	is faintly amused by the lofty status he's now
	achieved.

					BOOTHBY
			Captain Picard... of the
			Enterprise, no less... giving the
			commencement address...

	He chuckles...

					PICARD
			You sound... surprised...

	Boothby rises, brushes off his hands...

					BOOTHBY
			Surprised? Uh uh. Nothing you
			ever did surprised me, son.
			Nothing. Except that time you
			caught that Ligonian with a
			reverse body lift and pinned
			him in the first fourteen seconds
			of the match... didn't think you
			had it in you...

					PICARD
				(grins at the memory)
			Was all in the legs... from all
			the running I used to do...

	Boothby starts to walk... Picard follows him... and
	uncharacteristically struggles with saying what he
	wants to say to the old man... this is like finding the
	words to say "I love you" to your father... Picard
	seems quite young during it...

   STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/24/92 - ACT TWO   15A.

15D  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Boothby...

					BOOTHBY
			Hmmm?

					PICARD
			I don't know that I've ever really
			told you... how much... I
			appreciate...

					BOOTHBY
			... there's nothing to tell...

					PICARD
			Yes, there is... I just wanted
			to... while I was here...
				(beat)
			You know as well as I do I would
			never have made it to graduation
			if you hadn't...

					BOOTHBY
				(interrupting)
			You made a mistake. There isn't
			a man among us who hasn't been
			young enough to make one...

					PICARD
			Nevertheless, you...

					BOOTHBY
			You knew what you had to do...
			I just made sure you listened to
			yourself...

					PICARD
			At the time I thought you were
			a mean-spirited, vicious old man.

					BOOTHBY
			I was. By the way, I was about
			the same age you are now.

					PICARD
			I didn't speak to you for months.

					BOOTHBY
			You needed to find your bearings.
			I knew that. Important thing is
			what you did with your life
			afterwards... seems you did
			okay... that's all the thanks I
			need...

    STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/28/92 - ACT TWO    16.

15D  CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard smiles. They reach their destination as Boothby
	begins to put his tools away (?) ... a beat as Picard
	changes the subject...

					PICARD
			Did you know the boy from Nova
			Squadron who was killed?

	Boothby glances up... and the tone of the conversation
	changes notably... there is trouble in Boothby's eyes,
	subtle concern in his voice...

					BOOTHBY
			Josh Albert? Yeah.

	He says the next looking straight at Picard.

					BOOTHBY
				(carefully)
			Crusher. Hajar. Sito.
				(beat)
			Locarno. I know them all.

	And with that Boothby abruptly moves away... and it is
	such an unexpected and unsettling answer (and
	delivery), that Picard cannot help but feeling
	unsettled by the moment. On his reaction...

									CUT TO:

16
thru	OMITTED
17

17A  INT. WESLEY'S DORM ROOM

	Wesley, Locarno, Sito, and Hajar (as described in scene
	18). They are getting ready to go into the inquiry and
	Locarno, as squadron leader, is checking over the other
	three as they stand at loose attention. Locarno is
	a coach here, not a martinet... he's building them up,
	getting them ready for some tough times ahead.

   STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/28/92 - ACT TWO   16A.

17A  CONTINUED:

	He brushes off some lint from Hajar's uniform.
	Locarno stays in front of Sito, who seems a little
	tense.

					LOCARNO
				(to Sito)
			Nervous?

					SITO
			No.
				(beat)
			Yes.

	Locarno smiles... he's confident, poised... it's easy
	to see why people follow him.

					LOCARNO
			That's okay... so am I.
				(to everyone)
			But we're going to be all right.
			We have some tough times ahead...
			but we've always come through for
			each other.

	They all exchange a few looks... this is a tightly knit
	group of people. Locarno takes a beat.

					LOCARNO
				(quiet)
			Whatever happens... I want you
			all to know... that leading this
			team has been the high point of
			my years at the Academy. No one
			could have asked for a better
			team... or better friends.

	A special moment as they silently acknowledge the bonds
	that tie them to each other.

					LOCARNO
			Let's go.

	They all file out of the room.

    STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/27/92 - ACT TWO    17.

18   INT. ACADEMY HEARING ROOM (OPTICAL)

	The room has been set up for an informal court of
	inquiry.

	The flags of the Federation and Starfleet have been
	displayed behind the judges' table. Admiral Brand is
	seated at the head table facing the rest of the room
	along with CAPTAIN SATELK, a male Vulcan officer. An
	antique ship's bell sits on the table in front of them.
	Seated at a table facing these officers are the members
	of the cadet flight team: Cadet First Class SITO, a
	female Bajoran; Cadet Second Class JEAN HAJAR, a female
	Human; and Wesley. SPECTATORS are seated behind the
	cadets, including Picard, Beverly, and the other
	parents seen earlier. Lt. Cmdr. Albert is here also.

	Locarno is standing near the large monitor, giving
	testimony. The monitor shows a schematic DISPLAY of
	SATURN, its MOONS, and the five small SHIPS of the Nova
	Squadron. The ships are moving slowly toward one of
	the moons. Locarno is pointing to the display as he
	speaks... his attitude is honest and straightforward...
	a completely believable cadet.

					LOCARNO
			... at this point we accelerated
			and executed a starboard turn of
			twenty-seven degrees. We came out
			of the turn on course for Titan.

					BRAND
			And you were still in the lead
			position?

					LOCARNO
			Yes, sir.

					BRAND
			Continue.

					LOCARNO
			As we entered Titan's
			gravitational sphere, I gave the
			signal to tighten up and move into
			a diamond slot formation.

19   ON MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	The monitor ZOOMS close on the graphic symbols for the
	ships as they change formation... four ships move into
	position as four "points" of a diamond, while one ship
	slides into the middle "slot" position. Each ship is
	clearly labeled by pilot: Locarno in the lead, Hajar
	in the slot, Wesley and Albert on either wing, and Sito
	in the rear.


    STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/27/92 - ACT TWO    18.

20   RESUME SCENE

					LOCARNO
			Remaining in the diamond
			formation, we executed a low
			apogee turn around Titan... then
			began a z plus twenty-five degree
			climb in preparation for a Yeager
			loop.

20A  ANGLE ON PICARD & BEVERLY

	As they watch the proceedings. Picard is paying very
	close attention to the testimony and the computer
	simulation. Beverly is also watching carefully, but
	she can't help but glance at Wesley every now and then.

21   ON MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	The ships on the monitor begin to turn in an intricate
	looping maneuver.

					LOCARNO
				(o.c.)
			Approximately nine seconds later,
			Cadet Albert's ship collided with
			Cadet Hajar's.

	On the monitor, Albert's ship hits Hajar's and all the
	ships MERGE TOGETHER before WINKING OUT.

22   RESUME SCENE

					LOCARNO
			We had less than two seconds to
			activate our emergency
			transporters and beam to the evac
			station on Mimas. Everyone made
			it... except Josh.

	Locarno is genuinely affected by the loss of his team
	mate and it shows.

					BRAND
			Thank you, Mister Locarno.

	Locarno sits down at the table. Wesley and the other
	cadets look a little tense.

					BRAND
			Cadet Hajar...

	Hajar stands at attention.

    STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/24/92 - ACT TWO    19.

22   CONTINUED:

					BRAND
			As Team Navigator, you filed a
			flight plan with the Academy Range
			Officer before the exercise,
			correct?

					HAJAR
			Yes, sir.

					BRAND
			Did Nova Squadron deviate from
			that flight plan after you entered
			the Saturn range?

					HAJAR
			No, sir.

	Brand picks up a PADD and examines it for a moment.

					BRAND
			How do you explain the fact that
			the low apogee turn around Titan
			was at least two thousand
			kilometers closer to the moon than
			indicated in your plan?

					HAJAR
			We were still within flight safety
			parameters, sir.

	A frown creases Brand's forehead at the evasion.

					BRAND
				(curt)
			That wasn't my question, Cadet.

	Hajar pauses before answering. She doesn't lose her
	composure... looks Brand right in the eye when she
	answers. Whatever she's feeling she tries to keep
	inside.

					HAJAR
			We had discussed changing the
			approach after I filed the flight
			plan. The final decision was made
			en route to Saturn. I didn't
			consider it significant enough
			to mention here.
				(beat)
			I apologize for the confusion,
			sir. I should have been more
			precise.

    STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/30/92 - ACT TWO    20.

22   CONTINUED: (3)

	Brand holds Hajar's eyes for another beat, then she
	turns to Satelk and lets him ask the next question.
	They aren't pushing the cadets at this point. This is
	still an informal hearing and not a court.

					SATELK
			Did you see Mister Albert's ship
			break formation before it collided
			with your ship?

					HAJAR
			No, sir. My first indication of
			trouble was when my proximity
			alarm went off.

					SATELK
			Did any of you see the collision
			take place?

					LOCARNO
			No, sir...

	The others shake their heads, no.

22A  ON PICARD

	He frowns at this litany of denial. Something here
	isn't making sense.

22B  BACK TO SCENE

	Satelk turns his gaze to Sito. Sito returns the gaze,
	but we sense that inside she's uncomfortable.

    STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/30/92 - ACT TWO 21-21A.       

22B  CONTINUED:

					SATELK
			Ms. Sito, you were in the tail
			position; therefore, you should
			have been able to see any sign
			of trouble from Cadet Albert...
			and yet you saw nothing?

	Slight hesitation from Sito.

					SITO
			That is correct, sir.

					SATELK
			Did your attention falter?

	Sito is in a tough position... she doesn't have an
	answer to the question and is forced to manufacture one
	on the spot.

					SITO
			No, sir. I was... flying on
			sensor readings at the time...
			I did not have visual contact with
			Cadet Albert's ship when he broke
			formation.

	Keeping his expression carefully neutral, Satelk shuts
	off the monitor. Brand leans to confer with him.

    STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/30/92 - ACT TWO    22.

23
thru	OMITTED
24

25   ON PICARD & BEVERLY

	Beverly turns to Picard with concern.

					BEVERLY
				(sotto)
			What's wrong?

					PICARD
				(sotto)
			It's unusual to fly on sensors
			alone in that type of maneuver.
			A pilot relies on the visual cues
			from the other ships to maintain
			formation.

	Brand taps the bell and brings the room to order before
	Picard can speculate further.

26   NEW ANGLE

	As Brand looks at Sito.

					BRAND
			If you were flying on sensors
			alone, perhaps you could tell us
			the orientation of his ship just
			before the collision.

					SITO
			I... don't know, sir.

					BRAND
				(voice hardens)
			You were flying in a ship
			traveling eighty thousand k.p.h.,
			with Cadet Albert's ship less than
			ten meters away... and you don't
			know what his orientation was?

					SITO
			I... don't remember, sir.

	Brand is about to really go after Sito when Locarno
	stands again.

					LOCARNO
			Sir, if I may?

	Brand considers them both, then nods after a beat.

    STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/27/92 - ACT TWO    23.

26   CONTINUED:

					LOCARNO
			Admiral...

	Locarno is struggling... he seems very uncomfortable
	with what he's about to say.

					LOCARNO
			Josh was a good pilot... but
			lately he'd been having...
			difficulties. He would get
			nervous during close flybys and
			pull away in the final seconds...
			his formation flying was a little
			erratic.

					BRAND
				(sharp)
			And you didn't report any of this?

	Locarno faces her squarely... he is the leader taking
	responsibility and he is totally believable.

					LOCARNO
			No sir, I didn't. We'd flown
			together a long time... I thought
			he could handle it if I gave
			him a chance. I was wrong.

					BRAND
			Then you're saying that the
			accident was Cadet Albert's fault?

					LOCARNO
				(beat, then very
				 reluctant)
			I think Josh got frightened and
			tried to pull out of the turn
			prematurely... and then crashed
			into Cadet Hajar.
				(beat; tries to explain)
			Josh was our friend... we didn't
			want him to be remembered as
			someone who panicked.

26A  ON WESLEY

	He's shocked by what Locarno's just said -- but keeps
	it inside. The other two cadets trade nervous glances,
	but try not to let their anxiety show.

   STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/24/92 - ACT TWO   23A.

26B  ON ALBERT

	Lt. Cmdr. Albert is shaken by Locarno's statement...
	it's a hard thing to hear about your own son.

26C  ON PICARD

	Picard is disturbed... not quite sure what to make of
	this new piece of information.

    STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/27/92 - ACT TWO    24.

26D  NEW ANGLE

					BRAND
			Please be seated.

	Locarno sits and ignores the looks from Wesley and the
	other cadets. Brand confers briefly with Satelk for a
	moment. Brand looks directly at the members of the
	Nova Squadron for a long beat. There is an edge of
	anger in her voice.

					BRAND
			I am... disturbed by what I've
			heard here today. By your own
			admission, you allowed your
			teammate to fly when you knew he
			was having difficulties
			maintaining formation. That
			demonstrates a serious lack of
			judgment.
				(beat)
			I am also disturbed by the fact
			that you did not come forward with
			this information immediately.
				(picks up PADD)
			We should have the first data
			from Mister Crusher's flight
			recorder tonight. We will
			reconvene at thirteen hundred
			hours tomorrow.

	She taps the bell and everyone stands up as the inquiry
	is recessed.

26E  ON THE FLIGHT TEAM

	They stand up and Wesley turns to face Locarno.
	Locarno is cool... he smiles confidently.

					LOCARNO
			Everything's fine. Trust me.

	Locarno EXITS along with the crowd. Hajar and Sito
	follow him and Wesley is left feeling a swirl of
	conflicting emotions.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - ACT THREE     25.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

27   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in Earth orbit.

28   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Picard is talking with GEORDI and Data near the pool
	table.

					GEORDI
				(dubious)
			Captain, the Academy has one of
			the best reconstructive analysis
			labs in Starfleet. I'm not sure
			we'll have much to contribute to
			the investigation.

					PICARD
			That may well be the case.
			However...
				(softer)
			Wesley is one of our own.

					GEORDI
			Understood, sir. We'll get right
			on it.

					PICARD
			Good. I've spoken with Admiral
			Brand and she has agreed to allow
			us access to all of the physical
			evidence and testimony.

					PICARD
			Thank you, gentlemen.

	Picard EXITS. Data moves to a computer terminal.

   STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/28/92 - ACT THREE   26.

28   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(to com)
			Computer, initiate a link between
			this station and the Starfleet
			Academy Database.

	The Academy logo comes up on the screen and Data begins
	working the terminal. Geordi moves to stand next to
	Data.

									CUT TO:

29   INT. WESLEY'S DORM ROOM - NIGHT

	Wesley, Locarno, Hajar, and Sito are gathered in the
	room, in the middle of a heated discussion.

					SITO
			You shouldn't have said it, Nick.
			Josh wasn't responsible for what
			happened.

					LOCARNO
			I had to do something...

					WESLEY
			You said we wouldn't have to lie
			to them. We all agreed not to
			lie to them.

					LOCARNO
			I didn't lie. Everything I said
			was true.

					WESLEY
			The accident was not Josh's fault.

	Locarno's tone becomes more personal. He's rallying
	his troops during a crisis... trying to make them all
	pull together.

   STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/28/92 - ACT THREE   27.

29   CONTINUED:

	He's part priest, part politician -- an earnest,
	believable young man with the capacity to sway people
	to his cause. There's nothing consciously manipulative
	in Locarno; he's one of the best and the brightest.
	His only flaw is ambition -- without that, he might
	have been one of the best the Academy has ever seen.

					LOCARNO
				(gentle)
			Look... he was my friend, too.
			I worked to get him on this team.
			But the truth is... he panicked.

					WESLEY
			We don't know that...

					LOCARNO
			Of course we do... none of us has
			wanted to say it out loud... but
			we've all had the same thought.
			Haven't we?

	He looks at Hajar and Sito... they don't deny it.
	Hajar finally nods.

					HAJAR
			He must have pulled away too soon.
			I think he got scared.

					LOCARNO
			Sito?

	Sito looks away... then nods reluctantly. Locarno
	turns back to Wesley. Wesley is still upset about
	this... he turns away from the others. Locarno tries
	to gently bring him back into the fold.

   STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. /29/92 - ACT THREE   27A.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					LOCARNO
				(patient)
			Wes... I know you want to protect
			his memory... we all do. But --
			we have to look out for
			ourselves now.
				(sarcastic)
			What do you want us to do, walk in
			and tell them everything that
			happened?

	There's a silent beat. Sito fills in the gap.

					SITO
			We might as well turn in our
			uniforms and start packing our
			bags.

					LOCARNO
				(to everyone)
			Are we ready for that?

	A long beat. None of them, even Wesley, is ready to
	leave the Academy. Sito and Hajar are now firmly with
	Locarno although Wesley is still struggling. Locarno
	picks up a PADD.

					LOCARNO
			We'll take this one step at a
			time.
				(hands PADD to Wes)
			This is the preliminary report
			on your flight recorder.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/28/92 - ACT THREE   28.

29   CONTINUED: (3)

					LOCARNO (cont'd)
			It was so badly damaged in the
			crash, the lab was only able to
			retrieve a third of the total
			telemetry on the recorder... and
			all of it is from before the
			collision.
				(beat)
			There is no problem here.

	Wesley looks at the PADD for a beat... struggles...
	finally looks up at Locarno.

					WESLEY
			Nick... I don't think I can do
			this.

	Locarno knows this is a crucial moment, but he doesn't
	push... he doesn't want to come down too hard on
	Wesley... that might make him dig in his heels. He
	lets Sito step in.

					SITO
			You don't have to lie... just
			don't volunteer any new
			information.

	It's three against one... but Wesley still isn't
	entirely comfortable with this. Locarno eyes him,
	smiles ruefully.

					LOCARNO
			The first night I met you, Wes...
			I knew I wanted you on this squad.
			I knew what you'd bring to it...
			you, more than any of the others,
			would understand what it means
			to be able to count on someone.
			You've been out there, putting
			yourself on the line... you know
			you've got to be able to trust
			the people on your team...
			because your life is in their
			hands.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/24/92 - ACT THREE  28A.

29   CONTINUED: (4)

					LOCARNO (cont'd)
				(beat)
			And their lives are in yours.

	Wesley is definitely being moved by this speech.
	Locarno moves closer, becoming more passionate.

   STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/28/92 - ACT THREE   29.

29   CONTINUED: (5)

					LOCARNO
			We made a promise, right in the
			beginning, that we'd stick
			together. We were Nova Squadron
			-- nobody else could say that.
			And even after we graduated we'd
			try to get posted to the same
			duty... we were going to be a
			team -- for a long time.

	He looks at Hajar and Sito... back to Wesley.

					LOCARNO
			Josh can't be a part of those
			plans anymore. But I think he'd
			still want us to be a team.
			What do you think?

	Wesley looks at his friends... feels the bonds that tie
	him to these people... and finally nods in acceptance.

									CUT TO:

30   OMITTED

30A  INT. HEARING ROOM - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	The room is empty and the lighting is subdued. Wesley
	is standing near the large monitor, holding the PADD
	seen earlier. On the screen is another SCHEMATIC
	DIAGRAM of Saturn and the Nova ships similar to the one
	seen earlier during Locarno's testimony. Wesley looks
	from the screen to the PADD and makes some notations
	on the PADD. Albert's voice interrupts his work.

					ALBERT (o.c.)
			Mister Crusher?

30B  NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Wesley turns around to find Lt. Cmdr. Albert has just
	entered and is standing near the back of the room. He
	is carrying a sweater in one hand. Wesley quickly
	stands at attention.

   STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/28/92 - ACT THREE   30.

30B  CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Sir.

					ALBERT
			At ease.
				(beat)
			Am I interrupting?

					WESLEY
			No, sir. I was just going over
			my deposition for tomorrow.

	Wesley touches a control on the wall and the image on
	the monitor DISAPPEARS. Albert moves into the room...
	this is an awkward meeting for him... but he needs to
	do this.

					ALBERT
			They told me... I could find you
			here.

	Wesley nods and there is a long beat. Albert looks at
	the sweater for a moment.

					ALBERT
			I... found this in Josh's room...
			I... I think it belongs to you.

	He hands the sweater to Wesley, who looks at it for a
	moment... then remembers.

					WESLEY
			The ski trip...
				(looks at Albert)
			We went to Calgary last month...
			Josh forgot his sweater... so he
			borrowed one of mine.

	Albert nods and there is a silent beat as Wesley looks
	at the jacket. This is a very difficult conversation
	for both of them. Albert is trying to reach out to
	Wesley... even to apologize in some small way for his
	son's mistake, and this only makes Wesley's feelings
	of guilt even more intense.

					ALBERT
			He told me you... helped him with
			his classes.

   STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/28/92 - ACT THREE   31.

30B  CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			A little... he only needed help
			with statistical mechanics.

					ALBERT
				(slight smile)
			If Josh had one weakness, it was
			mathematics...

					WESLEY
			He could do it...
				(smile)
			He just didn't like to.

					ALBERT
			His mother and I thought he'd
			never make it out of calculus.
			Then he found out what the Academy
			entrance requirements were like...
			that turned him around. He stayed
			after class, got a tutor... he
			worked really hard.

	Albert smiles proudly at the memory.

					ALBERT
			He never gave up on anything...
				(beat, then very
				 difficult)
			I... I know that... he had a lot
			of respect for you, and everyone
			on the team. I realize this was
			his fault... and that... you
			could've all been killed. I...
			I wanted to... to say...

     STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - ACT THREE     32.

30B  CONTINUED: (3)

	Albert's emotions are coming to the surface despite his
	best efforts. Wesley feels trapped, unable to put this
	man's mind at ease and yet horrified at the pain Albert
	is obviously in. Albert steels himself and looks
	Wesley straight in the eye.

					ALBERT
				(voice breaking)
			I wanted to say that I'm sorry.
			I'm sorry he let you down.

	Albert turns and EXITS before his feelings get the
	better of him. Wesley is left standing alone in the
	room holding his jacket and feeling a swirl of
	conflicting emotions.

									CUT TO:

31   EXT. STARFLEET ACADEMY (MATTE)

	The Academy as seen before.

									CUT TO:

32   OMITTED

33   INT. HEARING ROOM

	Wesley is standing near the wall monitor and everyone
	else is in the same positions as seen in Act Two,
	including Picard and Beverly. The strain is starting
	to show on Wesley... he is tired and worn.

					BRAND
			Are you ready, Mister Crusher?

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir.

	Brand touches a button on her table and the LIGHTS in
	the room DIM.

34   ANGLE ON MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	The wall monitor shows a caption reading "SHIP'S LOG:
	CADET FOURTH CLASS WESLEY CRUSHER" and bearing the
	appropriate stardate. After a beat, the monitor comes
	to life and shows an INTERIOR VIEW of the cockpit of
	Wesley's ship.

     STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - ACT THREE     32A.

34   CONTINUED:

	The perspective is from over the head of the pilot,
	giving us a look out the front of his canopy. The top
	of Wesley's flight helmet is visible in the bottom of
	the frame, but most of the cockpit is hidden from view.
	Superimposed over the picture are various computer
	readouts showing speed, course, g-forces, sensor
	information, etc.

	The footage is quite distorted; as Wesley talks, the
	image JUMPS and FUZZES periodically and sometimes
	breaks up altogether. At the moment, no other ships
	can be seen out of the canopy.

   STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/28/92 - ACT THREE   33.

35   ON WESLEY

					WESLEY
			This is the beginning of our run
			toward Titan. I'm on the right
			wing.

					BRAND
			Where was Mister Albert at this
			point?

					WESLEY
			He was on my port quarter, about
			fifty meters away.

36   ON MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	The view out the front of the canopy changes... a ship
	comes into view on the right of Wesley's canopy. The
	computer information on the screen indicates a change
	in course and speed.

37   RESUME SCENE

					WESLEY
			We just received the signal to
			begin the diamond slot formation.
			That's Cadet Locarno coming into
			view.

38   ON MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	The view from Wesley's ship changes... the stars move
	to indicate a turn... and then a MOON suddenly moves
	into view as the ship swoops down near its surface.

					WESLEY (o.c.)
			We're in a twenty degree turn,
			coming around Titan...

	The view from the canopy is almost completely taken up
	by the moon... the interference is getting worse and
	worse...

39   RESUME SCENE

	Wesley is having trouble making out what he's seeing on
	the screen.

   STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/28/92 - ACT THREE   34.

39   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			We should be coming out of Titan's
			gravity well about now...

40   ON MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	The moon is just leaving the canopy on the screen when
	the picture finally BREAKS UP.

41   WIDER

	Including Brand and Satelk.

					BRAND
			That is the extent of the data
			we were able to recover from the
			flight recorder. Mister Crusher,
			will you describe what happened
			after you left orbit of Titan?

					WESLEY
			Once we'd cleared the moon...
			Mister Locarno led us into a
			Yeager loop... about nine seconds
			later, everything seemed to happen
			at once: the proximity alarm went
			off, I tried to veer away, but
			it was too late... I was hit...
			I lost control of the ship and
			a power coupling exploded in the
			cockpit... I don't know how, but
			I managed to activate my escape
			transporter... the next thing
			I remember was finding myself in
			the emergency evac station on
			Mimas with the rest of the
			squadron... except Josh.

					BRAND
			Do you have anything to add to
			your testimony?

					WESLEY
			No, sir.

	Brand and Satelk exchange a look. Satelk folds his
	hands in front of him and regards Wesley severely.

					SATELK
			Mister Crusher, will you describe
			a Yeager loop?

     STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - ACT THREE     35.

41   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(demonstrates with
				 hands)
			The ships begin in a diamond slot
			formation. They climb and loop
			backwards at a steep angle... at
			the peak of the loop, all five
			ships flip over and accelerate
			in a new direction.

	Satelk gives Wesley a very direct look.

					SATELK
			Mister Crusher, did your team
			remain in formation throughout
			the loop?

	Wesley takes a long beat before he answers.

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir.

					BRAND
			I want you to be absolutely clear
			on this point, Mister Crusher.
			Before the collision, was Nova
			Squadron in a diamond slot
			formation?

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir.

	Brand and Satelk exchange a look again. Brand looks
	at all four cadets in turn before she nods to Satelk.

					SATELK
				(to com)
			Computer, display Saturn NavCon
			file six dash three seven nine.

42   INCLUDE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	The monitor comes alive again and shows a view of space
	as seen from Saturn. The rings can be seen stretching
	away from the camera and one or two moons are visible.

					SATELK
			These images were obtained by a
			navigational control satellite
			in orbit around Saturn during a
			standard sensor sweep.

   STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/28/92 - ACT THREE   36.

43   ON MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	On the monitor, a cluster of tiny DOTS suddenly appear
	near the right edge of the frame.

					SATELK (o.c.)
			Computer, freeze image.

	The picture FREEZES with the dots still visible.

44   RESUME SCENE

					SATELK
				(to com)
			Magnify sector gamma three and
			enhance.

45   ON MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	The picture ZOOMS to the dots... revealing them as FIVE
	SHIPS. The ships are heading towards each other in
	a formation clearly different from the diamond slot
	seen earlier.

46   RESUME SCENE

	The tension level in the room rises a notch. Locarno
	and the other two cadets glance at each other in
	shock... they can't believe this.

47   ON PICARD

	In the audience, Picard immediately understands what's
	going on and he's shocked by the implications.

48   RESUME SCENE

	Wesley stiffens slightly and braces himself for what
	he knows is coming.

					SATELK
			This image was recorded when your
			ships moved briefly into the
			satellite's sensor range.
			According to the time index,
			what you see on the monitor took
			place seven seconds after Nova
			Squadron completed the Yeager loop.

  STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/24/92 - ACT THREE  36A.

48   CONTINUED:

					BRAND
			Mister Crusher, are these ships
			in a diamond slot formation?

     STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - ACT THREE     37.

48   CONTINUED:

	Beat.

					WESLEY
			No, sir.

					BRAND
			What is your explanation, Mister
			Crusher?

	Beat. Wesley is forced to stonewall, and yet he
	maintains an outward appearance of confusion.

					WESLEY
			I have none.

	On Wesley's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

   STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/27/92 - ACT FOUR   38.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

49   INT. WESLEY'S DORM ROOM

	Beverly and Wesley. Beverly is taking charge; her
	maternal instincts have been aroused, and she's looking
	for a way to protect her son.

					BEVERLY
			Everything's going to be okay,
			Wes. There's got to be an
			explanation for all this.

	Wesley says nothing. Beverly is on her feet, moving
	around the room, full of energy.

					BEVERLY
			Data and Geordi are already
			analyzing the flight recorder and
			the satellite transmission.

	Wesley reacts with surprise.

					WESLEY
			Why?

					BEVERLY
			There must be something wrong
			with the satellite data... it
			might have been tampered with...

					WESLEY
			Mom... that doesn't make any
			sense...

					BEVERLY
			Well there has to be some
			explanation... I know you're
			telling the truth... but that
			satellite data made it look like
			you were lying.

	Wesley suddenly feels a tremendous burden of guilt as
	his mother rises to his defense.

					BEVERLY
			I've spoken with the other
			parents...
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/27/92 - ACT FOUR   39.

49   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY (cont'd)
				(beat)
			I'm going to go to Admiral Brand
			and ask that she delay the inquiry
			for at least--

	Wesley can't let his mother put herself on the line
	like this. He stops her.

					WESLEY
				(firmly)
			Mom. No.
				(beat)
			You can't do that.

					BEVERLY
				(determined)
			I'm not going to let them destroy
			your career, Wes... you haven't
			done anything wrong.

	Wesley looks at her for a long beat. Beverly's faith
	and belief in her son only compounds his sense of
	guilt.

					WESLEY
			Don't try to protect me, Mom...
			Please just... stay out of it.

	Beverly looks at Wesley. She suddenly realizes he's
	telling her that he's not completely innocent. The
	revelation takes the wind out of her sails. Her
	reaction is one of shock and sorrow, not recrimination.
	She now knows just how much trouble Wesley's in.

	A long beat. She reaches out for him. They hold each
	other and embrace tightly.

									CUT TO:

50   EXT. ACADEMY GROUNDS - DAY

	As seen before. Boothby is kneeling in his flower bed,
	holding a clump of weeds and a withered plant as Picard
	comes over to him.

        STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/24/92 - ACT FOUR       40.

50   CONTINUED:

					BOOTHBY
				(re: plant)
			Look at this... weeds keep
			popping up in the primrose
			beds... poor flowers never have
			a chance to grow...

					PICARD
				(dry)
			You could use a good herbicide
			instead of crawling about on your
			hands and knees pulling weeds.

					BOOTHBY
			And you could explore space on
			a holodeck instead of a
			starship.

	TouchŽ. Picard smiles a little to himself as Boothby
	returns to pulling weeds. Picard takes a beat, then
	kneels down next to Boothby and adopts a more personal
	tone.

					PICARD
			Boothby... tell me more about
			Nova Squadron.

					BOOTHBY
			Not going well is it?

					PICARD
			No.

	Beat as Boothby turns back to work with the flowers.

					BOOTHBY
			Remember the parrises squares
			tournament in 'twenty four?

	Picard thinks for a second, then smiles at the memory.

					PICARD
			That final game against Minsk...

        STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/24/92 - ACT FOUR       41.

50   CONTINUED: (2)

					BOOTHBY
			It took me three weeks to repair
			the grounds after the celebration.

					PICARD
			We had a lot to celebrate. Our
			team wasn't supposed to win.
				(beat)
			We were proud of them...

					BOOTHBY
			Well... the cadets today are just
			as proud of Nova Squadron. The
			celebration they held after Nova
			won the Rigel Cup made 'twenty-four
			look like a dinner party.
				(beat)
			To the other cadets, the members
			of that team are gods... and
			that's a hard image to live up
			to. But Nick Locarno... he
			watches out for them... he keeps
			them together.
				(beat)
			Nick is what makes that team
			special... he's their coach,
			surrogate father, and best friend
			all in one... a natural leader.
				(looks at Picard)
			The members of that team love
			him... if he asks them to do
			something, they do it... even
			if it means going right over a
			cliff.

	Boothby returns to his gardening... and Picard is left
	with something to ponder.

									CUT TO:

51   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	still orbiting Earth.

    STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/27/92 - ACT FOUR 42-42A.      

51A  INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard and Beverly on the move, heading toward
	engineering.

					BEVERLY
			He all but admitted to me that
			he was lying.

					PICARD
			What exactly did he say?

					BEVERLY
			He just asked me not to help
			him... but it was the way he said
			it ... the look on his face...
			Jean-Luc, I know my son, and he's
			in trouble.

	Picard's look says that he grimly agrees with her.

52   OMITTED

53   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING - CONTINUOUS

	Picard and Beverly ENTER. Geordi and Data are working
	at the pool table.

					PICARD
			Report.

					GEORDI
			Nothing conclusive.

	Geordi points to a monitor on the pool table (which
	we don't see).

					GEORDI
			We do know the collision occurred
			about four seconds after the
			satellite images were recorded.
			But we still don't know how the
			ships got into the new formation
			or how the crash occurred.

					DATA
			We have unsuccessfully tried over
			fifty different computational
			models in an effort to simulate
			the movements of Nova Squadron
			just prior to the crash.

        STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/27/92 - ACT FOUR       43.

53   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			There're just too many variables
			to take into consideration...
			speed, attitude, course...

	Picard thinks for a moment.

					PICARD
			Did Wesley's flight recorder
			indicate there was anything...
			unusual about the ship or the way
			it was operating?

	Geordi looks at Data and tries to think.

					GEORDI
			Well, the starboard power flow
			was fluctuating.

					DATA
			However, it was well within
			operational limits.

					GEORDI
				(thinking)
			The fluidic pressure in the
			landing struts was low, but I
			don't know what difference that
			would make.

					DATA
				(thinks)
			We did find that Wesley had
			opened his coolant interlock just
			before beginning the maneuver
			around Titan.

        STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/28/92 - ACT FOUR       44.

53   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Which is a little unusual. The
			interlock is normally closed
			unless you're performing a check
			on the engine coolant levels.
			But there's no evidence Wesley
			was running that kind of check.

					PICARD
				(musing)
			Filling the primary coolant tanks
			requires an open interlock...
			but that can only be done in a
			maintenance bay. What other
			reasons are there to open that
			valve?

					GEORDI
			It's the first step in purging
			the plasma exhaust.

					DATA
				(objecting)
			That procedure would be extremely
			hazardous while the ship was in
			flight.

					GEORDI
			Yeah, the engine would probably
			ignite the plasma.

	Suddenly, Picard puts it together... he suddenly
	understands it all.

					PICARD
			Ignite the plasma... that's
			exactly what they were trying to
			do.

	Picard stares at the screen and his face turns grim as
	he realizes the astonishing implications. On his
	reaction...

54
thru	OMITTED
57

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - ACT FIVE          45.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

58   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit.

59   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is sitting at his desk looking at something on
	the terminal when the door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	The door OPENS and Wesley ENTERS. He's a little
	apprehensive about this meeting... but he's ready for
	it.

					WESLEY
			Captain.

	Picard studies him for a moment... pointedly does not
	offer him a chair... then he turns around the terminal
	on his desk so that Wes can see it. Picard activates
	the terminal.

					PICARD
			Can you tell me what maneuver this
			is?

60   ON TERMINAL (OPTICAL)

	The screen shows a computer simulation of the five Nova
	ships as they head around Titan. The ships slingshot
	around the moon as seen before... go into a loop...
	then shoot off in opposing directions and perform an
	intricate maneuver which results in all five ships
	coming together at one point and then bursting outward
	simultaneously... a trail of BURNING PLASMA left in
	their wake. The image FREEZES on the five ships in the
	sunburst pattern.

61   RESUME SCENE

	Wesley looks up at Picard who has never taken his eyes
	off him.

					WESLEY
			It's the Kolvoord Starburst.

        STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/23/92 - ACT FIVE       46.

61   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Five ships crossing within ten
			meters of each other and then
			igniting their plasma trails.
			One of the most difficult and
			spectacular demonstrations of
			precision flying. It hasn't been
			performed by an Academy team in
			over a century. Do you know why?

					WESLEY
			It was banned by the Academy
			following a training accident.

					PICARD
			An accident in which all five
			cadets lost their lives.
				(beat)
			Nicholas Locarno wanted to end
			his Academy career in a blaze of
			glory... so he convinced the four
			of you to learn the Kolvoord
			Starburst for the commencement
			demonstration. If it worked,
			you'd thrill the assembled
			guests... and Locarno would
			graduate as a living legend.
			Except it didn't work... and
			Joshua Albert paid the price.

	There is a long beat.

					PICARD
			Am I correct?

	Wesley looks away and Picard's voice turns harder.

					PICARD
				(hard)
			I asked you a question, Cadet.

	Wesley's head snaps up at the tone of command, but he
	doesn't yield.

					WESLEY
				(stiffly)
			I... choose not to answer, sir.

	Picard regards him seriously... he gets up from the
	desk and moves closer to Wesley. His attitude is firm
	and unbending.

          STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - ACT FIVE          47.

61   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			You choose not to answer... and
			yet you've already given an answer
			to the inquiry... and that answer
			was a lie.

					WESLEY
			I said the accident occurred after
			the loop, and it did.

					PICARD
				(hard)
			But you neglected to mention the
			fact that following the loop your
			team executed a dangerous maneuver
			which was the direct cause of the
			crash.
				(beat)
			Yes, you told the truth... but
			only to a point. And a lie of
			omission is still a lie.

	Wesley says nothing and Picard takes a couple of steps
	away from him.

					PICARD
			Do you remember the day you first
			came aboard this ship? Your
			mother brought you to the
			bridge...

					WESLEY
			Yes.

					PICARD
			You even sat in my chair. It
			annoyed me at first... a
			presumptuous child playing on my
			ship. But I never forgot the way
			you knew every control and
			display before you ever set foot
			on the bridge. You acted like
			you belonged there.

					WESLEY
				(quiet)
			I remember.

        STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/23/92 - ACT FIVE       48.

61   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Later... when I decided to make
			you an acting ensign, I was
			convinced you would be an
			outstanding officer. I've never
			questioned that conviction...
			until now.

	Picard turns and moves in on Wesley... finally standing
	only a couple inches away from Wesley even as his voice
	drops down to nearly a whisper.

					PICARD
			The first duty of every Starfleet
			officer is to the truth... be it
			scientific truth, historical
			truth, or personal truth. It is
			the guiding principle upon which
			Starfleet is based. If you cannot
			find it within yourself to stand
			up and tell the truth about what
			happened... you do not deserve
			to wear that uniform.

	Picard's gaze is withering... but Wesley manages to
	stand there and take it without flinching. Picard
	finally breaks the look and moves back to sit at his
	desk.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher... I'll make this
			simple for you. Either you come
			forward and tell Admiral Brand
			what really took place... or I
			will.

					WESLEY
			Captain...

					PICARD
			Dismissed.

        STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/23/92 - ACT FIVE       49.

61   CONTINUED: (4)

	They look at each other for another beat... then
	Wesley EXITS. Off Picard's expression...

									CUT TO:

62   INT. WESLEY'S DORM ROOM

	Wesley is waiting in the room as Nick ENTERS. Wesley
	is very disturbed... uncertain about to do and a little
	scared.

					LOCARNO
				(concerned)
			Your message said it was urgent...

					WESLEY
			They know, Nick. They know what
			we did.

	Locarno immediately goes into damage control mode.
	He is motivated by more than just self-preservation...
	he is the leader of a team and the team is in trouble.

					LOCARNO
				(taking charge)
			Calm down... now tell me exactly
			what happened.

					WESLEY
			Captain Picard called me to the
			Enterprise... when I got there
			he said he'd figured it out...
			the Kolvoord manuever, the
			cover-up, everything. He said
			that if I didn't come forward now
			and tell the truth... he would.

        STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/28/92 - ACT FIVE       50.

62   CONTINUED:

	Locarno takes a moment to think... he takes a couple of
	steps around the room as he quickly considers the
	situation.

					LOCARNO
			You said he'd "figured it out"...
			did he have any evidence?

					WESLEY
			No... but he still knew exactly
			what happened.

	Locarno breathes a little easier... he sees a way out.

					LOCARNO
			Captain Picard doesn't know
			anything... he has a theory. Let
			him tell the inquiry what he
			thinks happened... they'll ask
			us, "Is it true?" and we'll say,
			"No, sir". There's no evidence,
			so there's no case... and we'll
			get off with a reprimand.

	Wesley takes a moment... he's getting in too deep and
	warning bells are going off in his head.

					WESLEY
			You're asking me to call Captain
			Picard a liar.

	Long beat.

        STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/28/92 - ACT FIVE       51.

62   CONTINUED: (2)

	Locarno can see that Wesley is deeply conflicted...
	he moves to shore up his friend's doubts, but the
	strain of holding things together is starting to show
	on Locarno. His tone has a slight edge to it.

					LOCARNO
			Wesley... we just have to hold
			on a little longer... then this
			will all be over.

					WESLEY
				(quiet)
			It's wrong...

					LOCARNO
			Wesley...

					WESLEY
				(hard)
			No. I'm going to tell them what
			happened.

	Locarno's eyes flash with anger and his temper beings
	to wear thin.

					LOCARNO
			You're going to tell them what
			happened. You. Alone. Are going
			to decide what happens to me...
			to Sito... to Jean. You're going
			to decide that.

					WESLEY
			I'm not going to lie to them
			again, Nick... I can't live with
			it.

	Locarno moves in on Wesley... his pain and anger
	building with his every move.

					LOCARNO
			You can't lie to them... you can't
			live with it... you have to tell
			them what happened. Who the hell
			are you?

	As Locarno asks Wesley this last question, he SHOVES
	Wesley back. Wesley is surprised by the physical
	manifestation of Locarno's betrayal. Locarno keeps
	moving forward.

        STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/28/92 - ACT FIVE      51A.

62   CONTINUED: (3)

					WESLEY
				(shocked)
			Nick...

					LOCARNO
				(shoves him again)
			You're going to turn us in?

					WESLEY
			Hey, wait a minute...

					LOCARNO
				(shoves him hard)
			No, you wait a minute...

	Wesley's temper rises and he SHOVES Locarno back. They
	both freeze and there is a tense moment... finally
	Locarno takes a couple of steps away from Wesley to
	get a grip on his temper. After a beat, Locarno turns
	back to face Wesley.

					LOCARNO
			He got to you, didn't he? Picard
			gave you a big speech about duty
			and honor...

	Wesley doesn't say anything, but it's clear that
	Locarno is right.

					LOCARNO
				(bitter)
			It must've been a pretty good
			speech to make you want to turn
			your back on your friends.

					WESLEY
			We're Starfleet cadets, we have
			a duty to the truth.

					LOCARNO
			What about your duty to your
			friends?

        STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/28/92 - ACT FIVE      51B.

62   CONTINUED: (4)

	Locarno takes a beat... he feels angry, hurt,
	betrayed... and he doesn't hesitate to let Wesley know
	it.

					LOCARNO
			I got you on this team... I gave
			you a chance when there were
			upperclassmen waiting in line.
			I said, "He won't let us down.
			He was on the Enterprise. He
			knows what it's like to trust
			somebody with his life." I guess
			I was wrong...

	Locarno's words hit Wesley hard... he's really
	struggling here.

					WESLEY
			Nick, if we all come forward
			together... tell Admiral Brand---

					LOCARNO
			We don't want to come forward...
			Sito and Jean and me... we don't
			have a problem with this.

	Locarno looks at Wesley for a long beat.

					LOCARNO
			But if you do... then resign your
			appointment to the Academy and
			walk away. Don't make us pay for
			your guilty conscience.

	Wesley looks at him for a beat... he's beginning to
	see another side of Locarno here... the driving
	ambition that is his hidden flaw.

					WESLEY
			You'd let me do it, wouldn't you?
			You'd let me throw my career away
			just to save your neck.

        STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/28/92 - ACT FIVE      51C.

62   CONTINUED: (5)

					LOCARNO
			To save the team. That's more
			important than you and it's more
			important than me.
				(beat)
			And if I was in your place... I'd
			do it. Without hesitation.
				(beat)
			But that's me.

	Locarno turns his back on Wesley and walks out of the
	room. Off Wesley's expression...

									CUT TO:

63   INT. HEARING ROOM

	It's the next day. The room is once again filled with
	spectators, the flight team, Beverly, Picard, and
	Albert. Everyone is waiting... finally Brand and
	Satelk ENTER and take their seats. Brand strikes the
	bell and brings the room to order. She regards the
	flight team with a grim expression... her tone is
	somewhat challenging... she knows that something's
	wrong and that the cadets hold the answer, but she
	can't do anything about it.

					BRAND
			Captain Satelk and I have gone
			over your testimony and the
			physical evidence from the crash.
				(beat)
			Your statements cannot be
			reconciled with the data collected
			from the NavCon satellite.
			Your unwillingness to offer any
			explanation for this contradiction
			is disappointing, and it raises
			suspicion. We cannot escape the
			conclusion that either the data
			is faulty in some way... or you
			have lied to us.
				(beat)
			However... suspicion is not
			proof... and I have no proof that
			you have lied to this inquiry.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/28/92 - ACT FIVE      51D.

63   CONTINUED:

					BRAND (cont'd)
			Therefore... unless further
			evidence is presented, I have no
			choice but to close this
			investigation.
				(long beat)
			For filing an inaccurate flight
			plan, and for allowing Cadet
			Albert to fly despite the fact
			that you knew he had been having
			difficulties, I am ordering a
			formal reprimand placed on each
			of your permanent records. I am
			also revoking your flight
			privileges.
				(beat)
			This inquiry is closed.

64   ON WESLEY

	As he stands.

        STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/28/92 - ACT FIVE       52.

64   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(to Brand)
			Sir... I would like to add
			something to my testimony.

65   ON PICARD

	he's concerned... he doesn't know what Wesley is going
	to do, but he hopes he'll do the right thing.

65A  ON LOCARNO

	He's not sure what Wesley's going to do either... will
	he resign or turn them all in?

66   NEW ANGLE

	Brand glances at Satelk for a beat.

					BRAND
			Proceed, Mister Crusher.

					WESLEY
			Yesterday, I testified that the
			crash occurred following a Yeager
			loop. That's not entirely true.
				(beat)
			We did perform the loop. But
			after that, we broke formation...
			and attempted a Kolvoord
			Starburst.

	Reactions from Satelk and Brand... they recognize the
	maneuver and all that it implies.

					WESLEY
			We knew it was prohibited and that
			it would be dangerous, but we
			wanted to do something spectacular
			for the commencement
			demonstration... So we pushed
			Josh... and he wasn't ready.
			We thought we could do it... we
			thought we could do anything.
			We were wrong... and Josh died.

	Wesley turns to face Albert's father sitting in the
	audience.

					WESLEY
			Josh didn't let us down, sir.
			It wasn't his fault.

        STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/27/92 - ACT FIVE      52A.

66   CONTINUED:

	Albert nods in silent understanding. Wesley sits
	down. After a beat, Brand turns to the rest of the
	flight team.

          STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - ACT FIVE          53.

66   CONTINUED: (2)

					BRAND
			Cadet Sito, is this true?

	A beat as Sito makes the decision.

					SITO
				(quiet)
			Yes, sir.

					BRAND
			Cadet Hajar?

	Beat.

					HAJAR
			Yes, sir.

					BRAND
			Mister Locarno, you're the leader
			of Nova Squadron... do you have
			anything to say?

	Locarno doesn't move. A long beat passes.

					BRAND
			Mister Locarno?

	Beat. Locarno stands at attention.

					LOCARNO
				(quiet)
			No, sir.

	Hold for a beat...

									CUT TO:

67   EXT. STARFLEET ACADEMY (MATTE SHOT)

	The Academy as seen earlier.

68   EXT. ACADEMY GROUNDS - DAY

	As seen earlier. Wesley is standing near the elm tree,
	waiting. After a beat, Picard comes over to him.
	Picard is grim... Wesley doesn't have to ask the
	question.

					PICARD
			Mister Locarno has been expelled.

          STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - 1/22/92 - ACT FIVE         53A.

68   CONTINUED:

	Wesley reacts with shock and disbelief.

					WESLEY
				(bitter)
			They should've expelled all of
			us.

        STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/24/92 - ACT FIVE       54.

68   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			They almost did. But... Mister
			Locarno made an impassioned plea
			for the rest of you. He said he
			used his influence as squadron
			leader to convince you all to
			try the Kolvoord maneuver and
			then to cover up the truth.
			He asked to take full
			responsibility.

	Hearing about his friend's final gesture makes this
	even harder on Wesley.

					WESLEY
				(a sad laugh)
			He did exactly what he said he
			would -- he protected the team.
				(beat)
			I feel awful... I've let everybody
			down... my friends, Mom, you.

					PICARD
			You should feel bad... and you
			will pay for what you did.
			Admiral Brand has decided that,
			in addition to a formal reprimand,
			your academic credits for the past
			year will be cancelled and you will
			not advance with your class.

	Wesley is a little taken back by this punishment...
	but he doesn't complain.

					WESLEY
			I understand.

	Picard considers him for a beat.

					PICARD
			It won't be easy... staying here
			on campus with everyone knowing
			what you did... I think you have
			some rough times ahead.

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir.
				(beat, heartfelt)
			Captain... thank you.

        STAR TREK: "The First Duty" - REV. 1/24/92 - ACT FIVE      54A.

68   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(echoing Boothby's
				 words)
			You knew what you had to do...
			I just made sure you listened
			to yourself.
				(beat)
			Good-bye, Cadet.

	They shake hands.

					WESLEY
			Good-bye, Captain.

	They leave in opposite directions.

69   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             














                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                       "Cost of Living" 
                          #40275-220 
                              
                          Written by 
                      Peter Allan Fields 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rick Kolbe 


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                         FINAL DRAFT

                      FEBRUARY 3, 1992


          STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/3/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Cost of Living" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             LWAXANA TROI
                RIKER              ALEXANDER
                DATA               CAMPIO
                BEVERLY            ERKO
                TROI               JUGGLER
                GEORDI             YOUNG MAN
                WORF               YOUNG WOMAN
                                   POET
                TRANSPORTER 
                  OPERATOR         Non-Speaking
                                     MR. HOHM
                                     FIRE ARTIST
                                     LEARNERS
                Non-Speaking         TATTOED FEMALE DANCER
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

          STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/3/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Cost of Living" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE       SHIRALEAN VI
              VARIOUS CORRIDORS        GLADE/MUDBATH
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              ENGINEERING
              JEFFERIES TUBE
              TURBOLIFT
              TEN FORWARD
              TROI'S OFFICE
              TROI'S QUARTERS
              LWAXANA'S QUARTERS
              WORF'S QUARTERS
              HOLODECK ENTRANCE

     STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/3/92 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Cost of Living" 
                        
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 KOSTOLAIN       COST-uh-lane
                 NITRIUM         NYE-tree-um
                 PELLORIS        pel-ORE-us
                 PETROKIAN       peh-TRO-kee-'n
                 SHIRALEA        SHEER-ah-lee

     STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/03/92 - TEASER     1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                       "Cost of Living"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    OMITTED

2    INT. BRIDGE

	PICARD, RIKER, DATA, and WORF; N.D.s as needed. The
	atmosphere on the bridge is tense -- they're in the
	middle of a pursuit and racing against a clock. Red
	alert is already on.

					WORF
			Forward tubes armed and ready,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Fire.

2A   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Photon torpedoes burst from the forward tubes.

2B   EXT. SPACE - ASTEROID (OPTICAL)

	The torpedoes speed toward a huge asteroid which is
	streaking toward a nearby planet, and EXPLODE against
	it.

3    INT. BRIDGE

					WORF
			A direct hit, sir.

					DATA
			The asteroid has shattered.
			However, the core is still intact
			-- and still on a direct collision
			course with Tessen Three.

					RIKER
			Is it big enough to be a threat?

     STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/03/92 - TEASER     2.

3    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Yes, sir. It is of sufficient
			size and density to cause
			planetwide damage.

					PICARD
			Time to impact.

					DATA
			It will reach the upper
			atmosphere in forty-four seconds
			and impact with the planet eleven
			seconds later.

					RIKER
			Ready torpedoes.

					DATA
			Sir, the core is composed of
			densely compressed nitrium and
			chrondite. It is unlikely that
			another photon torpedo will have
			any effect on it.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, prepare the tractor
			beam.

					WORF
			Yes, Captain.

					DATA
			Time to impact is thirty seconds.

					WORF
			Sir, I cannot get a positive lock
			with the tractor beam. There is
			magnetic field interference
			emanating from the core materials.

					PICARD
			Suggestions?

					DATA
			If we project a particle beam
			through the deflector dish, we
			may be able to produce a
			disruptive nuclear effect in the
			core.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

4
thru	OMITTED
6

     STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/03/92 - TEASER     3.

6A   EXT. SPACE - THE ASTEROID CORE (OPTICAL)

	A beam has emitted from the Enterprise into the
	asteroid core. It buzzes and hums for a second -- and
	then the core bursts apart.

6B   INT. BRIDGE

					WORF
			The target has been destroyed,
			sir.

					DATA
			The largest piece of remaining
			debris offers no threat to the
			planet.

					PICARD
			Well done. Ensign, put us back
			on course for the Moselina system.
			Warp four as soon as we've cleared
			the debris field.

7    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & TWINKLING STUFF (OPTICAL)

	As the Enterprise flies through the debris, we see a
	host of small, Twinkling Bits of the shattered asteroid
	make contact with, and adhere to, the ship itself.
	Beat, then -- with Twinkling Stuff attached to its hull
	-- the Enterprise goes into warp drive, and away.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT ONE       4.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

8    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp speed.

9    INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	WORF and his son ALEXANDER sit stiffly -- side by side
	but separated by their anger at each other -- venting
	it all before a patient TROI.

					WORF
			My instructions were clear!

					ALEXANDER
			They were not!

					WORF
			Before being allowed to play, he
			was to put his soiled clothing
			in the garment reprocessor.

					ALEXANDER
			I was not!

					TROI
			I sense a touch of hostility here,
			gentlemen.

					WORF
			I specifically told you that!

					ALEXANDER
			You told it to me yesterday; not
			today!

					TROI
			If I may suggest...

					WORF
			You know very well that the same
			rules apply today that...

    STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/04/92 - ACT ONE    5.

9    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Please!
				(beat; on their silence)
			Why not simply draw up a contract,
			which defines the duties of each
			family member?

					ALEXANDER
			You mean he tells me what he wants
			and I have to do it.

					TROI
			No, it means you both agree on
			your responsibilities. And when
			you've done the things you've
			agreed to do, then you've earned
			the privilege of doing things you
			want to do.
				(to Worf)
			When he's cleaned his room, for
			instance, then maybe he's earned
			a visit to the holodeck to fight
			his alien monsters.

					WORF
			You suggest bribery?

					TROI
			I suggest working out an equitable
			system where the rules are spelled
			out as clearly as possible. For
			the child and the parent. You
			must list your responsibilities,
			too.
				(to Alexander)
			What would you like your father
			to promise?

					ALEXANDER
			No yelling.

					WORF
				(loudly)
			I do not yell.

					TROI
			Then you should have no trouble
			with that part.

	She looks from one to the other.

    STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/04/92 - ACT ONE    6.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Well. Why don't you both go back
			to your quarters and talk it over?
			Decide on the points each of you
			wants in the contract...

					WORF
				(beat; grumpy)
			Very well.

	Alexander's answer is a noncommital shrug. Troi
	smiles, with:

					TROI
			One day you'll be glad your father
			cared enough about you to insist
			on rules. It may seem hard to
			imagine right now... but
			eventually, most children come
			to appreciate their parents.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Counselor Troi. Your
			mother's just come aboard.

	Troi hears this, takes it in... then...

					TROI
			On the other hand...

					LWAXANA'S COM VOICE
			Deanna, my dear... it's mother!

10   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM ONE

	A Supernumerary stands alongside LWAXANA and MISTER
	HOMN. As she absently gestures Mister Homn to get
	a move on with the abundance of luggage he carries,
	she twines RIKER'S arm in hers.

					LWAXANA
				(effervescing; into com)
			And I've got such deliciously
			exciting news, you're going to
			be absolutely thrilled! I'm
			getting married!

       STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT ONE       7.

11   OMITTED

12   INT. TEN-FORWARD

	Troi and Lwaxana are seated -- Troi initially
	immobilized by her shock.

					LWAXANA
				(peering around)
			You know, with just a bit of
			redecorating here and there, this
			Ten-Forward room should make a
			very nice wedding hall.

					TROI
			I beg your pardon?

					LWAXANA
			My dear, where else? Among all
			my good friends... in the presence
			of my adored daughter...

					TROI
			Mother, where did you... when did
			you meet this man? Who is he?
			I mean... marriage. When did all
			this happen?

					LWAXANA
			Ah, my poor plodding little
			Deanna, with her questions
			questions questions. Wherever
			did you inherit such pedestrian
			genes? What matters, my sweet,
			is that your mother's happy.

					TROI
			Mother, if you're happy, then I'm
			happy for you. I only asked who
			this man is, and where you met
			him. Those are not unusual
			questions.

					LWAXANA
			He's a wonderful man, my dear;
			he has such good breeding, I tell
			you, he's absolute perfection.

					TROI
			Who is he?

      STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT ONE      7A.

12   CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA
			He is Campio; third minister to
			the Conference Of Judges on the
			planet Kostolain. Royalty, my
			dear; naturally.

					TROI
			Naturally. I didn't know you'd
			ever been to Kostolain. Or was
			he on some diplomatic mission to
			Betazed... ?

					LWAXANA
			Well, neither, actually. I
			haven't exactly met him yet,
			really. Oh, but the profiles
			we've exchanged. They're in such
			accord that you'd absolutely weep,
			my dear; you'd weep at the harmony
			between us.

       STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT ONE       8.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Mother. Don't you think you
			should at least meet the man
			you're going to marry before
			committing to spend the rest of
			your life with him?

					LWAXANA
			Deanna, I love you, but you do
			make everything sound like an
			epitaph.

13   INCLUDING WORF & ALEXANDER

	as they ENTER. Heading for Troi's table, they're
	locked in animated debate.

					ALEXANDER
			I don't want to agree!

					WORF
			You have to agree. That's what
			an agreement is.
				(to Troi)
			Excuse the intrusion, Counselor,
			but we are having some difficulty
			drawing up our contract.
				(nods to Lwaxana)
			Mrs. Troi.

					ALEXANDER
			He isn't fair!

					WORF
			The boy is unreasonable.

					LWAXANA
				(liking Alex)
			Well of course he's unreasonable;
			he's a child.
				(chucks Alex under chin)
			And such a child. Making little
			boys reasonable only gives them
			pimples.

					TROI
			Alexander, this is my mother.

       STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT ONE       9.

13   CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA
			Alexander! What a wonderful name.
			I once knew a tall, handsome
			warrior named Alexander who
			utterly adored me. We went
			everywhere; simply everywhere.
			Have you been anywhere yet?
				(abruptly; to Troi)
			Contract? What contract?

					TROI
			It's between father and son. A
			fair and balanced way of achieving
			a mutual sense of order.

					LWAXANA
				(to Alex)
			How ghastly for you.
				(to Worf)
			And you're doing this to your own
			child, Mister Woof?

					TROI
			Mother!

					WORF
			It is Worf, Madam.

					LWAXANA
			Contracts are usually for people
			who don't really trust each other.
				(to Worf)
			A child who is trusted becomes
			worthy of that trust.

					TROI
			Mother, will you kindly stay out
			of this?

					LWAXANA
				(to Worf)
			If he doesn't perform his
			contractual duties, I assume he
			would be chastised?

					WORF
			He would be... sanctioned, yes.

					LWAXANA
			But if you fail to perform your
			duties, what's the child supposed
			to do about it?

      STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT ONE      10.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Mother, will you please!

					WORF
			I, not perform my duty?!

					LWAXANA
			Alexander. Life's true gift is
			the capacity to enjoy enjoyment.
			Now...

	She draws Alexander gently toward her; leans to put
	herself almost nose-to-nose with the boy -- cupping
	his little chin in her hand, as:

					LWAXANA (cont'd)
			... Have I arrived too late, or...
				(grins warmly)
			... Can you still smile?

	And, still nose-to-nose with the smiling Lwaxana, 
	Alexander grins from ear to ear. An unmistakable and 
	very personal one-on-one bonding here. Friendship.

14   INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE TURBOLIFT

	Picard and Riker move along the corridor, during:

					PICARD
			Married? She's getting married?

					RIKER
			If we hold present course, we'll
			rendezvous with her intended groom
			in thirty-one hours.

					PICARD
			I will not continue to have this
			ship used by that woman for her
			convenience, simply because her
			daughter is one of my officers.

					RIKER
			Apparently, Deanna's being aboard
			was only part of the reason.

					PICARD
			The other part being?

      STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT ONE      11.

14   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			She seems to think that the honor
			of giving away the bride should
			belong to you.

					PICARD
				(halts, musing; resumes
				 walking)
			Permission for an on-board wedding
			is granted, Number One. Nothing
			would please me more than giving
			Mrs. Troi away.

15   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As Picard and Riker recede into b.g. along the
	corridor, CAMERA discovers -- along a seam of ceiling
	in f.g. -- a moving line of the Twinkling Particles
	seen earlier outside the ship. As it moves, the line
	drips, like drops of sparkling liquid, through the air
	to the flooring, where it forms a sort of glittering
	puddle. Beat -- then it disappears downward through
	the flooring itself.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT ONE      12.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

16   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving along at warp.

17   INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	Alexander sits, alone and disconsolate -- as Lwaxana
	ENTERS.

					LWAXANA
			Ah! My little warrior. And how
			are you this morning?

	Alex, staring sadly at the floor, just shrugs in
	response.

					LWAXANA
				(gently)
			Oh, I see.

	And, having dropped her usual off-handed effervescence,
	she sits quietly down beside him.

					LWAXANA
			Being punished for something, are
			we?

					ALEXANDER
			It's just my regular time with
			Counselor Troi. She's not here
			yet.

					LWAXANA
			You came early. Well, that's very
			responsible of you.

					ALEXANDER
			No, I just wanted to be out of
			my room before...
				(shrugs)

					LWAXANA
			Before what?
				(beat)
			Now if we're going to be real
			friends, we have to share only
			the truth.

      STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT TWO      13.

17   CONTINUED:

					ALEXANDER
			Why?

					LWAXANA
			Well for one thing, it's easier.
			When you tell the truth, you never
			have to remember later what you
			lied about.

	Alex doesn't particularly want to smile -- but he can't
	help it.

					LWAXANA (cont'd)
			But mostly, a true friend is a
			person you can always tell the
			truth to without worrying about
			it.

					ALEXANDER
			I wanted to leave before my father
			got back.

					LWAXANA
			Ah.

					ALEXANDER
			I hate him. I wish my mother was
			here.
				(angrily)
			But she died.

	She gently hugs Alexander to her, without overwhelming
	him.

					LWAXANA
			And that's not very fair, is it?

					ALEXANDER
			All he cares about are rules.
			I'm supposed to do everything
			right all the time.
				(wilting; blurts:)
			And I don't know how!

	He buries his head against her. She hugs him more
	firmly; more securely.

					LWAXANA
			Tell you the truth, little
			warrior, neither do I.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT TWO      14.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					LWAXANA (cont'd)
			But I do know one marvelous thing
			you can do with rules.

	Taking his hand in hers, she rises and heads for the
	exit, as:

					ALEXANDER
				(unsure)
			I'm supposed to wait for Counselor
			Troi.

					LWAXANA
				(mischievous Grin)
			Exactly.

	And they're out of there.

18   INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE HOLODECK

	Lwaxana and Alexander are headed for the (o.s.)
	holodeck.

					LWAXANA
			I'll bet you've never been to the
			colony of free spirits.

					ALEXANDER
			What do they do there?

					LWAXANA
			Whatever they want. Artists,
			philosophers, free-thinkers...

	She leans and tweaks his nose a little, as:

					LWAXANA (cont'd)
			... people who don't quite fit
			other people's rules. Personally,
			I come for the mudbaths. You'll
			adore the mudbaths.
				(at Holodeck door)
			Computer? I'm assuming you have
			the Parallax Colony of Shiralea
			VI?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			That program is available.

					LWAXANA
			Then run it for us, dear.

	As Lwaxana leads Alexander through the door, we go to:

    STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/12/92 - ACT TWO    15.

19   EXT. CENTER OF SHIRALEA VI GLADE (HOLODECK)
	(OPTICAL)

	as, having entered, Lwaxana and Alexander look off
	(o.s.) to see:

19A  A LARGE FLOATING SPHERE (OPTICAL)

	which descends toward them. Contained in the sphere is
	a wild, wonderful alien face...

19B  LWAXANA AND ALEXANDER

	react as the sphere bounces in front of them... then
	SHOOTS back up and out of sight.

					ALEXANDER
			What was that?

					LWAXANA
			A Wind Dancer... he stands guard.
			Only those whose hearts are
			joyous may enter.

	Now their attention is caught by something ahead:

20   THEIR POV - FIRE ARTIST (OPTICAL)

	Standing by herself in the clearing, a Fire Artist
	holds a burning firebrand in her hand. She brings it
	up close to her mouth, and, exhaling deeply, uses her
	breath (which catches fire) to create a lovely fire
	design in the air before it finally disappears.

21   RESUME - LWAXANA & ALEXANDER

	Alexander is wide-eyed at the (o.s.) sight.

					LWAXANA
			Fire sculptor. We'll chat with
			her later if you're not wearing
			anything flammable.

    STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/12/92 - ACT TWO    16.

22   INCLUDING JUGGLER

	as he ENTERS both FRAME and the conversation.
	Constantly juggling several multicolored, variously
	sized balls.

					JUGGLER
			A few of us were just gathering
			together for our laughing hour.
			Would you care to come laugh with
			us?

					LWAXANA
			Actually, we were about to
			experience a mudbath.

					JUGGLER
			Were you! What an idea! My
			friends and I will join you.
			One can always...
				(beat)
			... laugh in the bath.

    STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/12/92 - ACT TWO    17.

22   CONTINUED:

					ALEXANDER
				(re: balls)
			Do you ever drop one?

					JUGGLER
			No, no, no. They are my worlds,
			and I protect them. I am a master
			of worlds, and they fly only as
			I wish.

23   INCLUDING YOUNG MAN & WOMAN

	Emerging from behind a structure are a YOUNG, extremely
	attractive (humanoid) MAN & WOMAN.

					JUGGLER
				(to Young Couple)
			We're having guests for laughing
			hour. Come join us!

					YOUNG MAN
			We'd love to!

					YOUNG WOMAN
			No, thank you.

					YOUNG MAN
				(pleasantly)
			Yes.

    STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/05/92 - ACT TWO    18.

23   CONTINUED:

					YOUNG WOMAN
				(pleasantly)
			No.

					YOUNG MAN
			Why do you always say "no" when
			I say "yes"?

					YOUNG WOMAN
			I don't.

					YOUNG MAN
			You just did.

					YOUNG WOMAN
			There you go again. You are the
			most negative person!

	They will continue arguing (o.s.), as:

					ALEXANDER
			Why are they arguing like that?

					JUGGLER
			They're friends. They love
			contradiction... they thrive on
			challenge... they flourish in
			conflict...

					ALEXANDER
			Then why are they friends?

					LWAXANA
			Who else can you fight with if
			not your friends?

24   INCLUDING POET

	A tall, white-bearded old POET, in white toga, suddenly
	appears before them, with hand raised -- like Moses
	-- to block their way.

					POET
			Hold! What is the lesson for
			today!?

      STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT TWO      18A.

24   CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA
			Damned if we know. We're just
			here for some fun and a mudbath.

					POET
			Every moment requires a purpose.

					LWAXANA
				(nicely)
			No, it doesn't.

					POET
			Every purpose requires a plan.

					JUGGLER
			He does this every day; usually
			while everybody's food gets cold.
			Rather boring.

      STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT TWO      19.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					POET
				(pronounces)
			The higher... the fewer!

	Nobody knows what the hell that means. They all regard
	each other quizzically. Finally:

					LWAXANA
			Well, that's a
			conversation-stopper if I ever
			heard one.

25   FAVORING ALEXANDER

	Beat -- then he rushes back to the locale of the
	still-arguing Young Man and Woman, and:

					ALEXANDER
			Excuse me!

	The Young Man and Woman Pause in their verbal duel to
	regard Alex.

					ALEXANDER
			If you're going to argue, you
			should remember...
				(pronounces)
			The higher, the fewer!

	HOLD for a LONG BEAT on the Young Man & Woman -- as
	they just stand there; trying to fathom that. The
	fight's ceased. As Alex runs off again, we

26   RESUME - GROUP

	Lwaxana is delighted with Alexander; welcomes him with
	a hug.

					LWAXANA
			So, my little warrior wants to
			see more in life than just
			fighting. Ah, the mind opens,
			and in creeps wisdom.
				(takes Alex's hand)
			Onward, to the laughing!

27   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	Worf is tidying up after Alex, as his door CHIMES.

      STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT TWO      20.

27   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Come.

	Troi ENTERS. Worf looks surprised.

					WORF (cont'd)
			Isn't Alexander supposed to be
			with you?

					TROI
				(now concerned)
			He didn't show up for his
			appointment, so I assumed he must
			still be here.

					WORF
			Computer. What is the location
			of Alexander Rozhenko?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Alexander Rozhenko is in holodeck
			two.

					TROI
			Is he there alone?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			He is with Lwaxana Troi.

	Troi and Worf exchange looks for a very dubious beat
	-- then, without a word, move quickly to EXIT.

28   EXT. EDGE OF SHIRALEAN VI GLADE - DAY (HOLODECK)

	At a site fronting one of the tents, Lwaxana, Alex,
	the JUGGLER, the Young Man & Woman -- even the old Poet
	-- sit side by side in a long, trench-like rectangular
	mudbath. Up to their shoulders. The Helper is pouring
	a final (small) tub of mud into the bath. Only the
	two green-smocked Learners remain seated out of the
	mudbath, opposite its occupants; studying and
	listening.

	At the moment, all bathers hold high a form of (edible)
	cup, containing some liquid, in a general toast:

					POET
			To all the creatures within us!

	All drink to that toast -- then begin munching happily
	on the now empty cups.

    STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/04/92 - ACT TWO    21.

29   CLOSER ON LWAXANA & ALEXANDER

					ALEXANDER
				(puzzled)
			All the creatures within us?

					LWAXANA
			Of course. Every one of us has
			a thousand different kinds of tiny
			people inside us. Some of them
			want to get out and be wild; some
			want to be sad, or happy, or
			inventive or even go dancing.
			That's why we have different urges
			at different times.

					JUGGLER
			Are we ready for the
			entertainment?!

					ALL IN GROUP
			Ready! Yes! Absolutely!

					LWAXANA
				(still to Alex)
			And all those different little
			people inside us? We must never
			be afraid to take them with us
			wherever we go. Who knows when
			we might need one of them to pop
			up and rescue us from ourselves.
			Variety, my little Alex. The
			great secret is not the variety
			of life; but the variety of us!

30   EXT. CENTER OF SHIRALEAN VI GLADE - DAY (HOLODECK)
(OPTICAL)

	as Troi and Worf arrive; look around. Suddenly, the
	Wind Dancer descends toward them -- a menacing look
	on his face. The ball dances in front of Worf,
	blocking him from moving forward. Frustrated, Worf
	SWATS him aside -- and the Wind Dancer pops! Worf and
	Troi exchange a surprised look and move forward.
	MUSIC as well (a one instrument tune, the rhythm of
	which is not unlike that which would accompany a 20th-
	century bellydance). Troi and Worf begin Walking
	toward the (o.s.) sounds.

31   EXT. EDGE OF SHIRALEAN VI GLADE - DAY (HOLODECK)

	A great-looking Tattooed Female Dancer is entertaining
	our group (including Alexander, of course, whose joyous
	receptiveness is in concert with that of everyone
	else).

      STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT TWO      22.

32   REACTION - TROI & WORF

	They just gape -- in total stunhood.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT THREE     23.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

33   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	A slightly rigid Troi confronts a thoroughly relaxed
	Lwaxana.

					TROI
			Mother, I'm trying to help this
			boy learn the value of
			responsibility. You're not
			helping by giving him a lot of
			mixed messages.

					LWAXANA
			I exposed you to all sorts of
			mixed messages at that age, and
			you still turned out deadly dull;
			what're you so worried about?

					TROI
			Among other things, his
			relationship with his father.
			No more holodeck, Mother. Please.
				(Beat)
			And why aren't you all absorbed
			in your wedding plans? It's only
			three days away.

					LWAXANA
			Oh, I'm letting Mister Homn take
			care of all the mundane details.
			He knows my tastes.

					TROI
				(dubious)
			Mother...

					LWAXANA
			There's really nothing to do, you
			nosey little girl. Campio's
			already sent me his mother's
			wedding gown, which Mister Homn
			is now altering for me. Outside
			of that...

					TROI
			Wedding gown? Mother. Stop.
			Are you telling me you're not
			going to be naked at your own
			wedding?

     STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT THREE     24.

33   CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA
			Campio is from a different planet
			with different traditions. He
			wouldn't approve of a traditional
			Betazoid wedding, so I'm adapting;
			simple as that.
				(moves to replicator)
			Care for some nice jestral tea,
			dear?

					TROI
			I can't believe I'm hearing this
			from the Heir to the Holy Rings
			of Betazed; Holder of the Sacred
			Chalice of Rixx.

					LWAXANA
			Computer... jestral tea, please.

					TROI
			I think it's time you tell me
			about this mysterious marriage
			to a man you've never met.

					LWAXANA
			Why shouldn't I get married if
			I choose to? You make it all into
			such a mystery. There is no
			mystery, Deanna.

34   ANGLE INCLUDING REPLICATOR (OPTICAL)

	As she's speaking -- and to her sudden great perplexion
	-- she finds herself facing a very long, fat
	sausage-like food which MATERIALIZES for her in the
	replicator and sits in the tea cup.

					LWAXANA (cont'd)
				(beat)
			... except about this Petrokian
			sausage. All I wanted was a cup
			of tea. Dear, I think your
			replicator's having some sort of
			nervous collapse.

35   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi and Data are running a diagnostic at their
	respective consoles:

   STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/11/92 - ACT THREE   25.

35   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			A Level Four diagnostic of the
			food replication system has failed
			to detect any faults in the
			orientation terminals.

					GEORDI
			That may be... but we've still
			got almost two hundred reports of
			replicators malfunctioning.

	Data REACTS to a BEEP from the console, with:

					DATA
			There is an energy fluctuation
			in one of the utility access
			corridors.

					GEORDI
				(rising)
			Well, we'd better look into
			whatever it is before the captain
			decides to order dinner.

     STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT THREE     26.

36   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	Geordi and Data crawl toward us to a panel in immediate
	f.g. Geordi carries his tool kit; both have tricorders
	at the ready.

					GEORDI
			Dash four three; here we are.

	Geordi scans around with his tricorder; homes in on
	the small panel, with:

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Some kind of intermittent E-M
			field pattern. Give me a hand
			here, will you, Data?

	Together, they remove the panel. Geordi picks up his
	tricorder; scans.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			No plasma leakage... just a little
			negative ion charging.

	Just as Geordi is about to put his hand up into the
	space previously covered by the panel, viscous little
	drops of orange substance DRIP from within the space
	to the flooring right in front of Geordi's nose.

37   INT. LWAXANA'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Lwaxana, wearing a not-unflattering wedding dress,
	stands before a mirror as MISTER HOMN finishes
	tailoring it on her. Homm wears a large pin cushion
	around his forearm, and carries pins in his mouth.

					LWAXANA
			Bad enough having to wear anything
			at my own wedding. But this.
			Maybe if we lower the bodice...

	Mister Homn shakes his head.

   STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/04/92 - ACT THREE   27.

37   CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA (cont'd)
			... Raise the hemline, then.

	Mister Homn shakes his head.

					LWAXANA (cont'd)
			What a constant joy you are.

	The door CHIMES. She nods to Mister Homn, prompting
	him to the door.

38   INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE LWAXANA'S QUARTERS - CLOSE
(OPTICAL)

	on the back of Alexander's head, as he faces the door.
	It opens -- to reveal Mister Homn's lower extremities
	at Alex's eye level. As Alexander looks slowly upward
	along Mister Homn's body, CAMERA FOLLOWS HIS GAZE --
	until Alex, and we, are looking far up at the looming
	face of Mister Homn.

	REACTION - ALEXANDER

	Wide-eyed and open-mouthed at the (o.s.) living
	apparition before him.

40   INT. LWAXANA'S QUARTERS (CONTINUOUS)

	as Lwaxana sees Alexander at the door; brightens; waves
	him toward her, during:

					LWAXANA
			My little warrior; come in, come
			in and give me a hug.

	Alexander complies (hesitating only initially as he
	has to pass the overwhelming Mister Homn on the way
	in).

					LWAXANA (cont'd)
			You're not escaping another
			appointment, are you?

					ALEXANDER
			No, Ma'am.

   STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/03/92 - ACT THREE   28.

40   CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA
				(more to herself)
			No... I suppose eventually we all
			have to live up to our
			obligations...
				(cheerful again)
			Now tell me; what brings you here
			to brighten my day?

					ALEXANDER
			I wanted to say I'm sorry if I
			got you in trouble.

					LWAXANA
			That's very sweet, dear. But I
			really wasn't in any trouble...
			until I saw this dress. Come sit
			down.
				(re: dress)
			Ugly, isn't it?

					ALEXANDER
			What's it for?

					LWAXANA
			I'm getting married.

					ALEXANDER
			Why?

					LWAXANA
			Are you sure my daughter didn't
			send you?
				(quickly)
			That's only a little joke.

	She now dismisses Mister Homn with a gesture which
	sends him dutifully into the (o.s.) adjoining room.

					LWAXANA (cont'd)
			People get married because they
			want to spend their lives with
			someone.

					ALEXANDER
			Their whole life? I guess you'd
			really have to like them a lot.

					LWAXANA
			If you're young... and lucky...
			it'll be someone you like a lot,
			yes.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT THREE     29.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					LWAXANA (cont'd)
			When you're older...
				(voice trails off;
				 shrugs)

					ALEXANDER
			Are you very old?

	Initially, and for just an instant, Lwaxana shoots the
	kid a look -- but then softens again, even more than
	she has before. And now, she'll be staring ahead at
	nothing but her own thoughts, as:

					LWAXANA
			I'm alone, Alex. And when you
			do get older... when you can no
			longer pick and choose from
			whatever may come your way...
			Well, then you do what we call
			"compromise". It keeps you from
			being afraid.

41   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - AFT SCIENCE STATION

	As Geordi and Data report to Picard, Riker is in his
	command chair; Worf at tactical; and an ENSIGN at the
	conn.

					DATA
			We have traced the failure to
			a data net interface which routes
			replicator selections to the
			correct subprocessors.

					GEORDI
			When we opened the panel, we found
			that the interface had been
			transformed... into a gelatinous
			material that we haven't been able
			to identify.

	Suddenly, the bridge now begins to shudder. Red alert
	goes on automatically; Geordi turns to his console and
	Data heads for ops. All present brace themselves to
	retain their balance.

    STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/03/92 - ACT THREE 30-31.      

41   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			We have intermittent failure of
			the inertial damping system.

					PICARD
			Take us out of warp, Ensign.

					RIKER
			Primary attitude control has
			failed; we've gone to secondary
			systems.

	The bridge begins SHAKING SLIGHTLY.

					DATA
			We have lost helm control.

	The bridge SHAKES more VIOLENTLY, as we:

42   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/04/92 - ACT FOUR 32A-B.       

46   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	On impulse power.

47   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Geordi and Data face Picard and Riker. On the table
	before them rests a covered petri dish in which is a
	glob of the orange goo seen earlier.

					GEORDI
			The same thing that happened to
			the replicator happened to the
			stabilizer. The transfers in both
			systems were turned into...
				(re: petri dish)
			...this.

					RIKER
			Some kind of corrosion?

					DATA
			We have not yet identified the
			substance, Commander.

					GEORDI
			Whatever it is, it looks like
			there's been a conversion process
			-- transforming some of the metal
			into gelatinous residue. But what
			caused it is a mystery.

					PICARD
			The stabilizers and the
			replicators. Two totally
			unrelated systems...

					GEORDI
			Yessir, and we still don't know
			why the sensors didn't catch the
			problems.

					RIKER
			Why don't you run a mass
			spectrometer analysis -- find out
			just what this stuff is.

					TRANSPORTER OFFICER'S COM VOICE
			Transporter room one to Captain
			Picard. Minister Campio is
			beaming on board, sir.

      STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT FOUR      33.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I'll be right there.
				(to Geordi and Data)
			The bridegroom.

48   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & KOSTOLAIN VESSEL
(OPTICAL)

	A relatively small vessel, from Kostolain, stands
	adjacent to the Enterprise.

49   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM ONE (OPTICAL)

	Troi and Lwaxana wait as a Transporter Operator,
	standing alongside his panel, causes CAMPIO and his
	entourage of one, ERKO, to MATERIALIZE. Campio is a
	fine-looking, mid-50's humanoid -- patrician in posture
	and manner; eminently gracious. Erko is an older,
	pompous-appearing stiff.

					LWAXANA
			Ah! Campio!

	Lwaxana moves forward with both hands extended.
	Campio, ever-polite, will step to meet her -- take her
	hands in his, and regard her with most gracious and
	complimentary admiration. Erko remains right where
	he first appeared. Throughout the above:

					LWAXANA (cont'd)
			My dear, your compatibility
			profile didn't do you justice. I,
			of course, am Lwaxana, and any
			introductory compliments you'd
			care to make will be happily
			received.

					CAMPIO
			Indeed, Mrs. Troi... you are even
			lovelier in person.

	Neither tastelessly, nor in an overbearing manner --
	but merely in bright spirit and to be warmly welcoming
	-- Lwaxana leans to kiss him on the cheek, with:

					LWAXANA
			That one sounded just fine.

	While "casually" slipping his own hands out of hers,
	Campio AVOIDS the kiss, with:

   STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/04/92 - ACT FOUR   34.

49   CONTINUED:

					CAMPIO
				(polite smile)
			Now, now... we don't wish to be
			too familiar at this early
			juncture.

50   INCLUDING PICARD

	as, moving briskly, he ENTERS.

					PICARD
			Please excuse my tardiness; ship's
			duties. Minister Campio? I'm
			Jean-Luc Picard, Captain of the
			Enterprise. Welcome aboard, sir.

	Picard extends his hand, but Campio -- still smiling
	pleasantly and certainly not being a prig on purpose
	-- ignores the outstretched hand and bows deeply and
	with deference before Picard.

					CAMPIO
			I thank you, Captain, and greet
			you with appreciation for
			permitting this wedding aboard
			your fine vessel.

					PICARD
			Not at all, sir.

					LWAXANA
			Campio, may I present my daughter?
			Deanna Troi, meet, uh... well,
			your future stepfather, come to
			think of it.

					CAMPIO
			Ah, yes.
				(formal bow)
			If I recall the profile, you are
			the ship's counselor.

					TROI
				(matches his bow)
			I am, sir.

					CAMPIO
				(re: Erko)
			And my escort, who need not be
			addressed in this company:
			Protocol Master, Erko.

      STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT FOUR      35.

50   CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA
			Protocol master?

					PICARD
			He is nonetheless welcome.

					LWAXANA
			Campio, dear, personally I adore
			every ounce of ostentation I can
			get, but... a protocol master?

					CAMPIO
			I would not do you nor our
			benevolent hosts the disservice
			of failing to ensure that
			priorities are observed.

					LWAXANA
			Oh, well that's... very
			thoughtful.

					CAMPIO
			After all, it would be
			unpardonable to simply abandon
			ourselves to the moment, would
			it not?

					LWAXANA
				(shellshocked)
			Unpardonable.

51   PICARD AND TROI

	They exchange a quick, almost involuntary glance of
	mutual apprehension at this mismatch-in-the-making.

52   OMITTED

53   INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE TRANSPORTER ROOM (CONTINUOUS)

	Excepting the Transporter Room Officer, the group
	emerges into the corridor, as:

					LWAXANA
			Of course, it was my thinking that
			we might just get acquainted a
			bit. I could show you around and
			we could... develop a feel for each
			other, so to speak.
				(to Picard)
			Jean-Luc?

      STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT FOUR      36.

53   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Of course. The ship is yours.

					CAMPIO
			How very thoughtful of you. But
			I must remain in the company of
			Master Erko until the wedding
			ceremony itself.

					LWAXANA
				(halts for beat)
			You're joking.

					CAMPIO
			Is there some objection?

					LWAXANA
				(deferential; real
				 surrender)
			No, of course not. But please
			try to bear with me until I have
			a little better grasp of your
			rules, and...
				(glance at Erko)
			...protocols.

53A  REACTION - TROI

	Confused surprise at this suddenly different Lwaxana.

53B  RESUME SHOT

					CAMPIO
			Certainly. Our culture is so
			totally new to you. I assure you
			of my utmost patience. And any
			tutoring you may desire about our
			customs, in addition to those
			regarding the wedding
			procedures...

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Captain Picard to the bridge,
			please.

     STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT FOUR     36A.

53B  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to com)
			On my way.
				(to all)
			Excuse me.
				(to Troi; not without
				 humor)
			Counselor, I'll trust you to keep
			everything running smoothly.

   STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/03/92 - ACT FOUR   37.

53B  CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Thank you, Captain.

	And Picard turns to head off in another direction.

54   OMITTED

55   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - SCIENCE STATION

	as Geordi and Data work at the consoles, keying
	controls, scrolling data, etc.

					GEORDI
			It looks like the only alloy
			common to the stabilizer and the
			replicator is nitrium.
				(to computer)
			Computer, analyze the nitrium
			content of the affected stabilizer
			and replicator.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			There is no nitrium present in
			the affected stabilizer or
			replicator.

	Reactions. Data scrolls the computer.

					DATA
			There is none present in the
			residue, either.

	Geordi keys more instructions, and the monitor scrolls
	further.

					GEORDI
			According to the mass spectrometer,
			the elements in the residue have
			been broken down into simpler
			molecular structures...

					DATA
			That would suggest the nitrium
			has been organically metabolized.

	Geordi sits back in his seat, musing on this.

   STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/03/92 - ACT FOUR   37A.

55   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Maybe that's it, Data... if a
			living organism ingested the
			nitrium...

					DATA
			This residue could be the waste
			left behind.

	Geordi reflects on the implications.

					GEORDI
			If that's true, if something's
			eating away at the nitrium on the
			ship...
				(beat; uncomfortable)
			That means the dilithium chamber
			is vulnerable... and the power
			transfer conduits. We'd better
			get down to engineering.

	They get up and EXIT to the turbolift...

      STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT FOUR      38.

56   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	As Worf brings food for Alexander and himself, the boy
	is doing a breathing exercise: Holding his hands
	against the sides of his diaphragm, he first inhales
	deeply -- holds it for a beat -- then exhales with a
	loud and happy-faced blurt of:

					ALEXANDER
			Ha!

					WORF
			Eat well, son.

					ALEXANDER
			Ha!

					WORF
			What are you doing? What is that
			noise?

					ALEXANDER
			Ha! It's my laughing hour. Ha!
			Ha!

					WORF
			That is enough, please. It is
			your eating hour. Eat.

					ALEXANDER
				(shakes head)
			Ha! I promised to meet Mrs. Troi
			for another lesson in happy
			wisdom. Ha!

					WORF
			Will you stop doing that, please.
			Alexander, eat your food. Wisdom
			will wait, I assure you.

      STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT FOUR      39.

56   CONTINUED:

					ALEXANDER
			But I promised. Ha! Should I
			break my promise, Father?

					WORF
			No Klingon ever breaks his word.

	Alexander rises and moves toward the door, as:

					WORF
			Where are you going?

					ALEXANDER
			You said no Klingon breaks his
			word.

					WORF
			I did not mean now. Now you will
			sit down and eat.

					ALEXANDER
			I don't understand. You're
			confusing me.

					WORF
				(losing it)
			Understand later. Now, just eat!

	Seeing Worf's overflowing frustration, Alexander's face
	in no way reflects any kind of defiance -- but only a
	gentle concern for his father's agitation -- which he
	will attempt to soothe, with:

					ALEXANDER
			Father... ? The higher, the fewer.

	As Alex turns again, and EXITS, Worf's mouth works,
	but -- since he hasn't the slightest idea what that
	means -- nothing comes out. He finally just slumps
	back in his chair; exhausted.

57   INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	Troi sits with a confused, disconsolate Worf. She,
	too, seems a bit downtrodden... as weary of dealing
	with her mother as Worf is of coping with Alexander.

					WORF
			I do not understand. I have been
			very clear with the boy as to his
			obligations. And yet -- he
			continues to ignore me.

   STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/04/92 - ACT FOUR   39A.

57   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I know what you mean. I've been
			quite clear with my mother about
			her not interfering with
			Alexander... but she does what
			she wants in spite of it.

	There is a beat as the two of them reflect on their
	strangely shared experience.

					WORF
			When I was six years old, I
			listened to what my parents said.
			I obeyed their rules.

	She casts him a look. He turns away.

					WORF
			Most of the time.

	A beat, as she remembers.

					TROI
			When I was six, she gave me a
			birthday party. Halfway through
			it, she disappeared... and finally
			came back dressed as a Koropian
			princess... carried in a sedan
			chair by four young men. It was
			mortifying.

					WORF
			My mother would not have done
			that.

					TROI
			It seems that all my life I've
			felt like I'm the parent... and
			my mother is the child...

   STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/04/92 - ACT FOUR   40.

57   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			I wonder why I'm at such a loss
			to put a stop to it?

					WORF
			And I wonder why I have lost
			control of Alexander.

	Troi leans forward.

					TROI
			You know... it's been said that
			grandparents and grandchildren
			get along so well because they
			have a common enemy.

	Worf gives a half smile. Troi smiles back.

58   INT. LWAXANA'S QUARTERS

	Alexander sits, an interested observer, looking up at
	Lwaxana standing on one side of him, and Campio on the
	other. Erko is in b.g. behind Campio; Mister Homn in
	b.g. behind Lwaxana.

					CAMPIO
			I don't wish to be authoritative,
			my dear, but Master Erko says that
			now is our proper time for
			discussion of certain details.

     STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT FOUR     40A.

58   CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA
				(ever-chipper)
			Well, I certainly don't wish to
			be considered anti-Erko, dear,
			but I did promise Alexander one
			more holodeck trip.
				(takes Alex's hand)
			So come, my little love.

      STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT FOUR      41.

58   CONTINUED: (2)

					CAMPIO
			Surely there'll be other occasions
			for you to spend time with the
			boy.

					LWAXANA
			My goodness, Campio. You and I
			are going to have the rest of our
			lives. Tell you what: I'll be
			back with you in one hour.
			Exactly. All right?

					ERKO
			Minister, the woman should not
			be addressing you in the familiar.

59   QUICK REACTION - LWAXANA

	For one beat, she shoots Erko a look that indicates
	she'd like to drop-kick him into the next county.

60   RESUME - SHOT

	As Alex approaches the doors, they open -- and we see
	Troi and Worf just arriving. Those two ENTER, with:

					TROI
			Mother, we need to talk...

					LWAXANA
			We certainly do, dear, but not
			just now.
				(to Erko)
			How do I address him?

					TROI
			Mother, we've come for Alexander.
				(to all)
			Please forgive the intrusion,
			but...

					ERKO
			Preferably, he should be called
			by his ministerial title.

      STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT FOUR      42.

60   CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA
				(to Erko)
			Ah. I'll remember. Mister Homn?
			You make everybody comfortable
			until we get back; especially...
				(re: Campio)
			... the Minister.
				(to Campio)
			One hour, darling; see you then.

	She starts to leave, but Worf happens to be standing
	between Lwaxana and the door.

					WORF
			Mrs. Troi, it is Alexander's
			dinner hour.

					LWAXANA
			How thoughtless of me.
				(to Alex; brightly)
			We'll have a little picnic before
			the mudbath.

					CAMPIO
			But we have business to deal with
			here. Leaving is simply not
			acceptable.

					LWAXANA
			Oh, can't we pretend it's
			acceptable? We'll be back.

					CAMPIO
			You are missing the point.

					WORF
			Alexander, you will please return
			to quarters and have your dinner.

					ALEXANDER
			But we're going to the holodeck.

					TROI
			Mother, you are undermining every
			effort we're trying to make
			here.

					LWAXANA
			Don't be absurd.

					ERKO
			It is essential that the wedding
			procedures be discussed now.

     STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT FOUR     42A.

60   CONTINUED: (2)

					LWAXANA
			Well, then... Minister, darling,
			perhaps you and the Gerko there
			can come with us.
				(quick aside, to Troi)
			Poor dear, don't they ever let
			you change those colorless
			outfits?

          STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT FOUR          43.

60   CONTINUED: (3)

					CAMPIO
			Lwaxana, this exceeds all
			boundaries.

					LWAXANA
			Oh. Well, half an hour, then.
			No longer. I promise. Your
			duties, Mister Homn.

					CAMPIO
			Counselor Troi, have you no
			influence?

					TROI
			Hah!

	Alexander, recognizing that sound, puts his hands
	against his diaphragm (as we've seen him do earlier)
	and exudes his own "Laughing Hour" sound:

					ALEXANDER
			Ha!

					CAMPIO
			Lwaxana, if you will remain, I
			may allow the boy to stay while
			we...

					ERKO
			Definitely not.

	At this point, Lwaxana and Alex will EXIT (o.s.).

					WORF
			Definitely not. My son is to
			return to quarters!

					ERKO
			Nor may a servant be present
			during a prenuptial consultation.

					TROI
			Well, sir, I'm afraid even the
			bride won't be present for this
			one.

	Those still present look around to discover that
	Lwaxana and Alexander are, indeed, gone.

        STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/05/92 - ACT FOUR       44.

61   INT. ENGINEERING

	Data, with tricorder, has been examining the dilithium
	chamber housing. In b.g., tricorder sweeps are also
	being made by two crewpersons. Data rounds a corner
	and into --

61A  INT. ENGINEERING SIDE ROOM

	where Geordi is inspecting power transfer conduits.

					DATA
			The dilithium chamber shows no
			anomalous readings.

					GEORDI
			So far, these transfer conduits
			are clean, too -- hold on, I'm
			getting something here...

	Data moves toward him as Geordi runs his tricorder over
	an access panel.

					GEORDI
			There's a pretty severe energy
			fluctuation in this access
			panel...

62   OMITTED

62A  FAVORING GEORDI AT ACCESS PANEL OPENING (OPTICAL)

	He traces the "hot spot" to the panel seam. As he
	removes the panel itself: Beat -- and then a FLOOD of
	orange goo comes down through the panel opening. As
	Geordi's recovering from that surprise, he's startled
	anew by the "escape" of a much larger amount of the
	"Twinkling Stuff" than we saw earlier.

63   FOLLOWING TWINKLING STUFF (OPTICAL)

	as it travels up another seam and disappears into
	another duct.

63A  RESUME - GEORDI

	His face reflects his stunned incredulity.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/05/92 - ACT FIVE       45.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

64   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse power.

65   EXT. EDGE OF SHIRALEAN VI GLADE - DAY (HOLODECK)

	Lwaxana and Alexander sit on the edge of the mudbath,
	their feet dangling down. The JUGGLER sits
	cross-legged nearby; obviously forlorn -- and with
	nothing to juggle.

					ALEXANDER
			What happened?

					JUGGLER
			I was just juggling... and I
			happened to catch one in my mouth.
			It tasted good, so I ate it. Then
			before I knew it, I'd eaten every
			one of my worlds. It hadn't
			occurred to me that, once they
			were gone, I'd have nothing left
			to juggle. If you ever have a
			world, plan ahead. Don't eat it.

	Alexander thinks that's funny, laughs, as:

					LWAXANA
			Well, now. Almost time to go
			back.

					ALEXANDER
			Are you sad?

					LWAXANA
				(brightly)
			Why, of course not. I'm about to
			be a bride.

        STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/07/92 - ACT FIVE       46.

65   CONTINUED:

					ALEXANDER
			That man you're going to marry?
			He wouldn't ever come for a
			mudbath, would he?

					LWAXANA
			Oh, he might... Probably not.

	As they rise and she takes his hand to walk away:

					ALEXANDER
			Maybe this would be a good time
			to get one of those little
			people that live inside you to
			come out and tell you what to do;
			or help you, or something.

					LWAXANA
			Alexander, what are you talking
			about?

					ALEXANDER
			I'm sorry.

	She suddenly puts her arm tightly around him. The hug
	she's giving him this time is all heart and gentleness
	-- and out of her own need.

					LWAXANA
				(quietly fervent)
			No... Don't you dare be sorry.

	Beat -- then, a GURGLING sound (as from a backed-up
	drain) is heard. Lwaxana peers off (o.s.) to see:

66   OMITTED

66A  HER POV - WALL GRID (OPTICAL)

	The holodeck wall grid is peeking through. A great
	gob of Orange Goo flows out of the grid -- cutting
	through the "fantasy" world.

66B  REACTION - LWAXANA

	She stiffens with apprehension.

          STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT FIVE         46A.

67   RESUME - SHOT

					LWAXANA
			Something's wrong.

	She takes his hand, rises with him -- her eyes still
	riveted on the (o.s.) Goo.

        STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/06/92 - ACT FIVE       47.

67   CONTINUED:

	She starts leading him away, in a direction opposite
	that in which she's seen the (o.s.) Orange Goo, with:

					LWAXANA
				(continuing)
			Come, dear, let's not leave
			everyone waiting for us.

68   OMITTED

68A  ON WALL GRID (OPTICAL)

	The Orange Goo continues flowing downward.

69   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi and Data with Picard.

					GEORDI
			When we saw that photonic
			trail moving through the walls,
			we realized we must be dealing
			with a metal parasite of some
			kind.

					DATA
			We believe the parasites came
			through the ship's hull when we
			destroyed the asteroid near Tessen
			Three.

					PICARD
			Are they attacking anything other
			than nitrium alloy?

					GEORDI
			Not that we can tell. But we've
			got nitrium everywhere --
			ventilation, life support,
			engines, computers... even in the
			dilithium chamber.

	Picard takes this in, mulls it over.

        STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/04/92 - ACT FIVE      47A.

69   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Mister Data... you said the
			asteroid we destroyed was rich
			in nitrium...

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			That asteroid was from the
			Pelloris Field... if the rest of
			that field is rich in nitrium...
			it would have been a natural
			feeding ground.

					GEORDI
			We should think about going back
			there... it's possible the
			parasites could be lured back to
			the asteroids... for a meal
			that's more appealing than we
			are.

					PICARD
			How long to the field, Mister
			Data?

					DATA
			At warp nine, five hours twenty
			minutes, sir.

					PICARD
				(keys combadge)
			Picard to the bridge...

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker here, sir.

					PICARD
			Set a course for the Pelloris
			asteroid field -- warp nine.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

        STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/04/92 - ACT FIVE       48.

69   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Captain, with our sensors unable
			to detect the parasites... and
			given the speed with which they
			appear to be moving through the
			ship --

					PICARD
			-- then we may not have five hours
			and twenty minutes. I'm aware
			of that. What can we do to slow
			them down?

					DATA
			In several cases, an exanogen gas
			barrier has been known to slow
			the progress of metal parasites.

					PICARD
			They don't like the cold, eh?
			Make it so.

					GEORDI
			The problem is finding them. By
			the time we spot an energy
			fluctuation, they've consumed all
			the nitrium and moved on.

	Suddenly, the lights DIM alarmingly. Geordi springs to
	his console.

					GEORDI
			Primary power systems are going
			down. I'll reroute to the
			secondary generators.

	The lights GROW BRIGHT again.

					PICARD
			Advise the bridge.
				(turns to exit)
			Mister Data, with me.

	Picard and Data EXIT, leaving Geordi working furiously.

70   OMITTED

        STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/04/92 - ACT FIVE      48A.

70A  INT. CORRIDOR NEAR TURBOLIFT

	As Picard and Data move briskly to the turbolift, and
	ENTER.

					PICARD
			Bridge.

	The doors close.

70B  INT. TURBOLIFT

	as Picard and Data ride upward:

					PICARD
			Commander, do you have any
			suggestions on how we could
			encourage the parasites to leave
			the ship once we reach the
			Pelloris Field?

					DATA
			If we reconfigure a particle beam
			with a high concentration of
			nitrium, and project it
			toward one of the asteroids...

					PICARD
			They'll follow the beam... like
			a trail of breadcrumbs. Very
			well --

	He stops, his eye drawn upward by something. They both
	look toward:

70C  UPPER WALL VENT

	Orange Goo begins oozing out, spilling down along the
	wall. It's coming in larger quantities than we've seen
	before.

70D  PICARD AND DATA

	react to the sight. Another beat, and --

					DATA
			Turbolift velocity is beginning
			to fluctuate, Captain.

	The turbolift JOLTS briefly to a halt; almost
	immediately begins rising again.

        STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/04/92 - ACT FIVE      48B.

70D  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Computer; stop at next level.
				(no response)
			Computer, acknowledge.

	As, after another beat, the turbolift does halt, but
	the doors remain closed. Data pries them apart enough
	to peer out.

					DATA
			We have reached the bridge, sir.

        STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/04/92 - ACT FIVE       49.

70E
thru	OMITTED
79

80   INT. BRIDGE

	The turbolift doors are pried open by Data. Picard
	slips out, followed by Data, and the doors SNAP shut
	behind them. Red Alert is already on. Picard moves
	to command, Data to ops, as:

					PICARD
			Report, Number One.

					RIKER
			Life support and ventilation are
			failing at random spots all over
			the ship.

					WORF
			Captain, we've dropped to warp
			five-point-seven.

					PICARD
			Picard to engineering.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge here...

81   OMITTED

81A  INT. ENGINEERING - INTERCUTTING

	as Geordi labors at his console, a loud, intermittent
	BUZZING sound issues from the engine room. In b.g.,
	crewpersons are spraying a cold gas around wall panels
	and the dilithium chamber.

					PICARD
			What's happening, Mister La Forge?
			We're slowing down.

					GEORDI
			The parasites must've gotten into
			the primary warp controller, sir.

        STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/04/92 - ACT FIVE       50.

81A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I'm trying to do a bypass patch
			to isolate the backup
			controllers... but it looks like
			warp six is the best I can give
			you.

					PICARD
			At that speed there won't be a
			ship left to reach the Pelloris
			Field. Do what you have to.

					GEORDI
			Working on it, sir.

					DATA
			Captain, we're losing life support
			on decks eleven and twelve.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, have security
			evacuate all personnel from those
			decks.

81B  OMITTED

81B  INT. CORRIDOR

	Lwaxana and Alexander, hand in hand, are among the
	several others being ushered through the corridor by
	security personnel.

					LWAXANA
			They're just moving us to another
			deck. Don't you worry, my little
			warrior; we'll be fine.

	She and Alex hurry with the others toward a turbolift.

81C  OMITTED

81D  INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi is still at one of the consoles. The
	crewpersons continue to spray various parts of
	engineering.

        STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/04/92 - ACT FIVE       51.

81D  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(keys combadge)
			Engineering to bridge. We've got
			warp six-point-five... but I
			don't know how much more coaxing
			I can do here.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			We need more speed than that,
			Commander.

81E  OMITTED

81F  INT. ENGINEERING

	Everybody here is beginning -- visibly -- to perspire.
	Orange Goo is seen oozing from several wall panels.
	Another alarm sounds, and one of the consoles starts
	blinking warning lights. Geordi rushes to that
	console.

					GEORDI
			The matter-antimatter injectors
			are failing... I'm rerouting to
			secondary injector power now.
				(to crewpersons)
			Watch the antimatter containment
			for any system failure!

        STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/04/92 - ACT FIVE       52.

82   INT. BRIDGE

	Everybody is now not only perspiring profusely, but
	is now having some breathing difficulty (excepting,
	of course, Data).

					RIKER
			Atmospheric systems are down to
			twenty-seven percent. We're going
			below tolerable oxygen limits.

					WORF
			We must evacuate decks twenty
			through twenty-four, Captain.

					PICARD
			Make it so... and shut down all
			life support to those decks.

	The lights DIM again.

        STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/04/92 - ACT FIVE       53.

82   CONTINUED:

	By the minute, breathing is becoming more difficult.
	It is by now labored. Everyone (except Data) is limp
	with oxygen and fluid loss. One of the Supernumeraries
	slumps to the deck, unconscious; others go to help.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Direct all evacuees to decks nine
			and ten.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Divert emergency life support to
			those decks.

					DATA
			Yes, Captain.

					PICARD
			Time to the asteroid field?

					DATA
			If we maintain current speed --
			and there is no guarantee that
			we will -- two hours, twenty-three
			minutes.

					PICARD
			Mister Data. The rest of us may
			lose consciousness. If we do,
			it will be your job to execute
			the plan as discussed.

					DATA
			Aye, Captain.

	Picard slumps back in his chair... trying to preserve
	oxygen... struggling to stay conscious.

82A
thru	OMITTED
82B

82C  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	drops out of warp with the asteroid field in view.

82D  INT. BRIDGE - SOME TIME LATER

	Data is the only one conscious on the bridge.

        STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/04/92 - ACT FIVE       54.

82D  CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Structural integrity of the
			dilithium chamber is at
			thirty-four percent. Estimated
			breach in one minute.

	Data keys instructions, looks up at the viewscreen.

83   ANGLE ON MAIN SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	We see myriad multisized asteroids in a gigantic
	field.

					DATA
			Computer, transfer power from warp
			engines to life support.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Transfer complete.

	During the next, we will hear a HISS as oxygen begins
	flowing again, and lights BRIGHTEN slowly.

					DATA
			Activate Bussard collector.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Activated. Breach of dilithium
			chamber in forty seconds.

					DATA
			Reconfigure hydrogen-plasma
			mixture to include thirty percent
			nitrium.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Mixture complete.

					DATA
			Project emitter beam, heading
			zero-two-four, mark
			zero-four-one.

84
thru	OMITTED
87

88   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND ASTEROID (OPTICAL)

	A particle beam shoots from the ship to the nearest
	asteroid. A beat -- and then masses of the "Twinkling
	Stuff" ride the beam, off the Enterprise and onto the
	asteroid.

        STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/05/92 - ACT FIVE       55.

89   INT. BRIDGE (CONTINUOUS)

	Red Alert is off... People are beginning to regain
	consciousness. Picard is waking up, trying to clear
	his head.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Structural integrity of the
			dilithium chamber is at
			twenty-eight percent and holding.

					PICARD
			Mister Data... ?

					DATA
			The plan was successful, sir.

					PICARD
			Well done...

	He looks around him, assessing the situation.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf... coordinate your
			teams with Doctor Crusher and
			Commander La Forge... assess
			damage and injury.

					WORF
			Aye, Captain.

	And Picard takes deep breaths... sits a little
	straighter... and realizes they've squeaked through
	once again.

90   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45733.6.
			Temporary repairs to the ship have
			been completed.
				(beat; wry)
			Our attention now turns to matters
			of a more festive nature.

          STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - ACT FIVE          56.

91   INT. TEN FORWARD

	From somewhere (o.s.), formal (dull) wedding music
	plays. At the makeshift altar stands Erko, who is to
	officiate. To his right, Picard and Riker; to his
	left, Troi and Alexander. In the center stands the
	ritually robed, pleasantly expectant Campio. All await
	the (o.s.) bride.

92   CLOSE - PICARD & RIKER

					RIKER
				(thru closed lips)
			You'd think she'd at least get
			to her own wedding on time.

	The music now swells.

93   INCLUDING LWAXANA (AS DESIRED)

	She is smiling infectiously, happily, at everyone.
	Though we see only noncensorable parts of her, it is
	obvious that she has made this appearance STARK NAKED.

94   CLOSE REACTION - CAMPIO

	Thunderstruck.

95   ERKO

	Open-mouthed, wide-eyed horror.

96   TROI

	The beginnings of a relieved, certainly understanding,
	smile.

        STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/05/92 - ACT FIVE       57.

97   CLOSE ON LWAXANA

	She not only saves her most radiant expression for (the
	o.s.) Alexander, but throws him a conspiratorial WINK
	to boot.

98   CLOSE ON ALEXANDER

	In response, he once again grins happily from ear to
	ear.

99   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Erko takes Campio's arm.

					ERKO
			Minister, this is infamous.
			Infamous!... We leave immediately!

	The speechless Campio is literally led off by his irked
	Erko.

100  ON LWAXANA

	She shrugs. C'est la vie, folks.

101  EXT. EDGE OF SHIRALEAN GLADE - DAY - CLOSE ON
	LWAXANA

	She sits contentedly in the mudbath... draws a deep
	breath of contentment.

					LWAXANA
			Ahhhhh... heavenly. Every pore
			is tingling with contentment...

	A beat as she turns her head; camera WIDENS to show
	Alexander sitting next to her.

					LWAXANA
			Isn't it wonderful how things work
			out, Alexander? I wanted to teach
			you how to grab the joys of
			life... and then you turned
			around and taught me not to let
			go of them. How very mutual...

	WIDEN FURTHER to discover that, alongside Alex, sits
	Troi, as:

        STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - REV. 2/05/92 - ACT FIVE      57A.

101  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			We still have to learn how to live
			in the real world. All of us,
			Mother.

					LWAXANA
			When necessary; yes.
				(to Alex)
			She is right about that,
			Alexander.
				(sotto)
			But only when necessary.

	Now WIDEN AGAIN to reveal, seated alongside Troi, Worf.
	He alone is utterly blank-faced as the others enjoy
	themselves. He peers first at the others; then down
	at the mud; then:

					WORF
				(lost)
			You're just supposed to sit
			here?

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             

          STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - APPENDIX           1.

              TEXT OF COMPLETE ARGUMENT IN SCENES 23-25                

23   INCLUDING YOUNG MAN AND WOMAN

	Emerging from one of the tents are a YOUNG, extremely
	attractive (humanoid) MAN and WOMAN.

					JUGGLER
				(to Young Couple)
			We're having guests for laughing
			hour. Come join us!

					YOUNG MAN
			We'd love to!

					YOUNG WOMAN
			No, thank you.

					YOUNG MAN
				(pleasantly)
			Yes.

					YOUNG WOMAN
				(pleasantly)
			No.

					YOUNG MAN
			Why do you always say "no" when
			I say "yes"?

					YOUNG WOMAN
			I don't.

					YOUNG MAN
			You just did.

					YOUNG WOMAN
			There you go again. You are the
			most negative person!

					YOUNG MAN
			You're the one who said "no."

					YOUNG WOMAN
			Now it's my fault?

					YOUNG MAN
			I didn't say anything about fault.

					YOUNG WOMAN
			Yes, you did.

					YOUNG MAN
			You're wrong, as usual.

          STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - APPENDIX           2.

23   CONTINUED:

					YOUNG WOMAN
			I'm not usually wrong. I'm never
			wrong.

					YOUNG MAN
			You're wrong if you think you're
			never wrong.

					YOUNG WOMAN
			And you're being negative again!

					YOUNG MAN
			I most certainly am not!

					YOUNG WOMAN
			You just were -- you're being
			negative when you say you're not
			negative!

					YOUNG MAN
			And you're being stubborn and
			narrow-minded.

					YOUNG WOMAN
			You could not be more wrong. As
			usual.

					YOUNG MAN
			I'm not usually wrong. I'm never
			wrong.

					YOUNG WOMAN
			You're wrong if you think you're
			never wrong.

					YOUNG MAN
			Now who's being negative?

					YOUNG WOMAN
			You.

					YOUNG MAN
			I don't think so. You are the
			most negative person.

					YOUNG WOMAN
			How can you say that? It's simply
			not true.

					YOUNG MAN
			Every time you open your mouth,
			you say something negative.

          STAR TREK: "Cost of Living" - 2/03/92 - APPENDIX           3.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					YOUNG WOMAN
			You're the one who is negative.
			You negate everything I say.

					YOUNG MAN
			I do not.

					YOUNG WOMAN
			And you are extremely stubborn.

					YOUNG MAN
			I am not. You are!

					YOUNG WOMAN
			I - am - not!









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                      "The Perfect Mate" 
                          #40275-221 
                              
                           Story by 
               Rene Echevarria and Rueben Leder 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                Rueben Leder and Michael Piller 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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                         FINAL DRAFT

                      FEBRUARY 10, 1992

        STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - 2/10/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "The Perfect Mate" 

                             CAST                               
                                
                PICARD               BRIAM
                RIKER                ALRIK
                DATA                 KAMALA
                BEVERLY              QOL
                TROI                 PAR LENOR
                GEORDI               MINER #1
                WORF                 MINER #2
                                     MINER #3
                TRANSPORTER OFFICER
                                              
                Non-Speaking         Non-Speaking
                  SUPERNUMERARIES      HAROD IV MINERS
                  MEDICAL TEAM       
                  NURSE              

        STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - 2/10/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "The Perfect Mate" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              VARIOUS CORRIDORS
              CARGO BAY
              SICKBAY
              TURBOLIFT
              TEN FORWARD
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              KAMALA'S QUARTERS
              FERENGI QUARTERS
          
            HOLODECK
              TEMPLE OF AKADAR CEREMONIAL CHAMBER

       STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - 2/12/92 - PRONUNCIATION         

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "The Perfect Mate"     
                      
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE                       

                 LES EYZIES      lay-ZAY-zee
                 ALRIK           AWL-rik
                 BRIAM           BREE-um
                 FINIIS'RAL      fin-is-RAHL
                 KAMALA          kah-MAH-lah
                 KRIOSIAN        kree-OHSH-ee-an
                 LAPEONGICAL     lah-pee-ONJ-ih-kahl
                 LUDUGIAL        luhd-DOOG-ee-all
                 PAR LENOR       pahr lehn-OHR
                 PALORIS         pahl-OHR-is
                 QOL             KWOHL
                 TARGHEE         tar-JZEE
                 TORZE-QUA       TORHRZ-kwah
                 VENTANAN        ven-TAHN-un

     STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/21/92 - TEASER 1-1A.       

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "The Perfect Mate"                           
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	leaving orbit around the planet Krios.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45761.3.
			In an effort to bring an end to
			their centuries-long war, Krios
			and Valt Minor have agreed to
			a Ceremony of Reconciliation, to
			be held aboard the Enterprise at
			a point mid-way between their
			two systems.

2    INT. READY ROOM

	PICARD and the Kriosian Ambassador, BRIAM. Briam is
	tall, almost frail-looking, and his people have dark skin
	and hair, much in the manner of those from Earth's
	Indian subcontinent. Picard hands him a cup of tea.

					PICARD
			I apologize for the delay in our
			arrival; we had to stop at Harod
			Four and pick up a group of
			stranded miners.

					BRIAM
			Please, Captain. We are grateful
			that the Federation has taken as
			much interest as it has in this
			matter.

					PICARD
			Was Mister La Forge able to
			provide the special cargo handling
			provisions you requested?

					BRIAM
			Indeed he was. However... until
			we reach our rendezvous with the
			Valtese, may I ask that the cargo
			bay be declared off-limits to all
			but the most essential personnel?

     STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/21/92 - TEASER 2-2A.       

2    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I trust, Ambassador, that this
			cargo is not in any way dangerous?

					BRIAM
			Nothing of the sort. It is a
			gift... for Alrik, the Valtese
			leader. I am cautious only
			because it is quite fragile...
			and quite irreplaceable.

					RIKER's COM VOICE
			Bridge to Captain Picard...

					PICARD
			Go ahead.

									INTERCUT

3    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			We've picked up a distress call
			from a Ferengi shuttle...

	Picard frowns.

					PICARD
				(rises)
			Set a course to intercept...

					RIKER
			Aye, sir...

4    INT. CAPT. READY ROOM

	As they rise to EXIT...

					BRIAM
			Captain, the timing of our
			ceremony with Alrik is critical.
			It cannot be delayed...

					PICARD
			We'll be at the rendezvous on
			schedule, don't worry.

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	coming out of warp...

    STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/11/92 - TEASER    3.

6    INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard has joined RIKER, WORF and DATA on the bridge.

					DATA
			The Ferengi report their
			containment field is collapsing...

					WORF
			We are within visual range.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	The image on the VIEWSCREEN is magnified and the
	shuttle is revealed... a trail of some emissions can
	be seen, the ship seems to be drifting...

					DATA
			Their reactor core is unstable,
			Captain...

					PICARD
			How many on board?

					DATA
			Two, sir.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Bridge to transporter room three.
			Boost your output and lock on
			to the two Ferengi on board the
			shuttle. We may have to attempt
			a long-range transport.

					TRANSPORTER OFFICER'S COM VOICE
			Standing by.

	On the VIEWER, a small explosion aboard the Ferengi
	ship...

					PICARD
			Energize!

	Suddenly the entire ship goes.

7    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	As the TRANSPORTER OFFICER works his controls. Two
	figures MATERIALIZE on the pads...

					TRANSPORTER OFFICER
			Got them, sir.

8    ON TRANSPORTER CHAMBER

	where TWO FERENGI now stand, smiling their toothy
	grins.

      STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - 2/10/92 - TEASER      4.

9    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, escort our Ferengi
			guests to quarters...
				(afterthought)
			... not too close to mine.

					WORF
			Understood.

	He EXITS...

10   INT. CORRIDOR

	As Worf comes around a corner leading the Ferengi...

					WORF
			Unless you can arrange for your
			own transport, you will have to
			remain on the Enterprise until
			we have completed our mission...

					QOL
			That will not be a problem.

					PAR LENOR
			We are in no hurry.

					QOL
			We look forward to enjoying the
			comforts of your fine ship.

	Worf leads them to a door which opens into...

11   INT. FERENGI QUARTERS

	As they ENTER...

					QOL
			Quite acceptable. Not what we're
			used to, you understand... but
			it will do.

					PAR LENOR
			Perhaps your captain would care
			to invite us to join him for
			dinner this evening...

					WORF
			The captain dines alone.

      STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - 2/10/92 - TEASER      5.

11   CONTINUED:

					QOL
			A pity.

	Worf grunts an acknowledgement and leaves. As the
	doors close, the Ferengi exchange a glance and laugh.

					QOL
			That was too easy!

	And on their laughter...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

   STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/20/92 - ACT ONE   6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

12   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At warp.

13   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard, Geordi and Briam arrive outside the holodeck...

					GEORDI
			We've been working from your
			drawings, Ambassador... I hope
			we're in the ballpark...

					BRIAM
			Ball - park... ?

					PICARD
			An old Human expression... Mister
			LaForge hopes we've come close
			to achieving what you wanted...

					GEORDI
			Computer, run holodeck program
			Krios One.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Enter when ready.

	The door opens to reveal the interior of an opulent,
	golden ceremonial temple... Briam gasps an
	appreciation...

					BRIAM
			Astonishing. It is the ancient
			Temple of Akadar.

	As they ENTER, the door closes and pan down the
	corridor to find the two Ferengi peeking around the
	corner... seeing that the ambassador has disappeared
	into the holodeck... Par Lenor nods to Qol to get
	going... Qol moves away down the perpendicular corridor
	as Par Lenor stays...

13A
thru	OMITTED
13B

   STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/20/92 - ACT ONE   7.

14   INT. HOLODECK - TEMPLE

	Still in awe, Briam inspects the setting...

					BRIAM
			It is this temple that bonds Krios
			and Valt, gentlemen... two
			brothers once ruled a vast empire
			from this site... until they were
			torn apart by their love for an
			extraordinary woman. This is
			where the wars began. And this
			is where they shall end.

15   INT. CARGO BAY

	as Qol slips inside. The room is dimly lit, he looks
	around to make sure he is alone. His eyes widen as
	he gets his first look at the "gift" he has come to
	steal.

16   REVERSE ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Suspended several feet off the ground in a zero-gravity
	field is a pod about the same size as an Egyptian style
	sarcophagus; its decorations, though alien-looking, are
	every bit as elaborate. The gravity field casts a
	shimmering light on it, giving this floating jewel an
	almost magical look.

17   QOL

	reacts, excited...

18   INT. CORRIDOR

	As the door opens and Picard, Briam and Geordi emerge
	from the holodeck...

					BRIAM
			There are details of course to
			be added...

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge is entirely at
			your disposal, Ambassador...

					GEORDI
			Just let me know what you need...

      STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - 2/10/92 - ACT ONE      8.

18   CONTINUED:

					BRIAM
			Yes, of course... I must consult
			several of the historical volumes
			that I brought with me...
			perhaps we can reconvene later
			this...

	Par Lenor suddenly appears in front of them... delaying
	the Ambassador's exit...

					PAR LENOR
			Excuse me... excuse me... is it
			true? Is a Kriosian ambassador
			aboard this vessel?

					BRIAM
			Yes. Can I help you?

	Picard steps in, trying to help the ambassador avoid
	the headaches he knows a Ferengi invariably brings...

					PICARD
			The ambassador is very busy...

					PAR LENOR
			Ah, do you schedule his
			appointments?

					PICARD
			I am the captain of this ship.

	Picard moves the Ambassador down the corridor... the
	Ferengi follows...

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			What is it you want?

					PAR LENOR
			Allow me to present myself. Par
			Lenor of the Ferengi Trade
			Mission. We are pleased to hear
			that you have at last negotiated
			peace with the Valtese,
			Ambassador. Peace is good for
			trade... unless you happen to be
			an arms merchant!

	Par Lenor bursts into an exaggerated laugh.

   STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/10/92 - ACT ONE   9.

19   INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	Qol stacks crates and canisters and climbs up to get
	a better look at the sarcophagus...

19A  INT. CARGO BAY - ANGLE ON FERENGI (OPTICAL)

	looking across sarcophagus.

20   INT. CORRIDOR

	At the turbolift, Picard waits impatiently for the lift
	to arrive... shoots Geordi a look as the Ferengi
	continues to drill the Ambassador...

					PAR LENOR
			... in return for the exclusive
			rights to transport all Kriosian
			products to the Valt system...

					PICARD
			May I suggest that you arrange
			to meet at another time, after
			the ceremony?

	The turbolift doors finally open... as Picard ushers
	in Briam...

					BRIAM
			Perhaps that would be best.

					PAR LENOR
			But...

					GEORDI
				(takes his arm)
			Listen... have you been down to
			see the dolphins yet? You really
			shouldn't miss them...

	Picard gives Geordi a grateful look as he says...

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Deck seven.

	The door closes in the Ferengi's face.

21   INT. TURBOLIFT

	Picard hits his combadge.

					PICARD
			Picard to Worf.

					WORF (V.O.)
			Worf, here.

     STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - 2/10/92 - ACT ONE     10.

21   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			One of the Ferengi just waylaid
			Ambassador Briam. Keep a short
			leash on them, Lieutenant.

22   INT. BRIDGE

	WORF at tactical.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			I don't want them disrupting this
			conference.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Worf begins calibrating the ship's internal sensors.
	Reacts as he sees something...

					WORF
			Security to cargo bay one.

					RIKER
			Lieutenant?

					WORF
			One of the Ferengi.

	Riker reacts as Worf EXITS into the turbolift...

23   INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	As Worf leads in his security team... sees Qol up on
	the makeshift ladder near the sarcophagus... taking
	readings with a Ferengi tricorder...

					WORF
			You! What are you doing?

	The sudden intrusion startles Qol and as he turns to
	their arrival, the support under him wobbles and falls
	backwards, kicking the crates he's standing on into the
	sarcophagus... the energy field crackles and shorts
	out... and the sarcophagus falls and as it hits the
	floor, it cracks open, causing bright shafts of light
	to shoot out... and slowly the shell dissolves
	(indicating that the casing is constructed from some
	sort of "solid" energy).

     STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - 2/10/92 - ACT ONE     11.

23   CONTINUED:

					QOL
			This is a misunderstanding... I
			was looking for the barbershop...
			Apparently I made an incorrect
			turn -- and...

24   ANGLE

	he's interrupted by Picard, Riker and Briam's
	arrival... Briam reacts with horror...

					BRIAM
			No...

					RIKER
				(to Worf, re: the
				 Ferengi)
			Get him out of here. Confine both
			of them to their quarters and put
			a guard on the door.

	Worf acknowledges, EXITS with the Ferengi...

					PICARD
			What is happening?

					BRIAM
			Emergence...

25   ON POD (OPTICAL)

	The outer shell is now completely gone, revealing a
	cocoon-like structure underneath, as if a Human figure
	were wrapped in some sort of organic matter. This, too,
	begins to dissolve away. The figure underneath the
	organic casing is now becoming visible.

26   ON PICARD AND THE OTHERS

	They can only stare in amazement.

27   ON THE FIGURE (OPTICAL)

	now revealed to be the most exotic and beautiful woman
	we have ever seen. Her green eyes are set off by her
	dark skin and hair; she wears a long, diaphanous gown.

     STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - 2/10/92 - ACT ONE     12.

28   SCENE

	She looks around the room, and though her features seem
	to indicate that she was expecting to emerge into an
	entirely different setting (the reconciliation
	ceremony), she never loses her serene, almost regal
	composure.

	Picard steps forward, and she focuses her attention
	on him.

	She gives him a smile so radiant that he is momentarily
	struck mute. She approaches him, her eyes locked on
	his.

					KAMALA
			I am for you, Alrik of Valt.

	Off Picard's reaction...

									FADE OUT

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - 2/10/92 - ACT TWO     13.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

29   INT. CARGO BAY

	Continuous action.

					BRIAM
			No, Kamala... this is not Alrik.
			This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard
			of the Federation Starship
			Enterprise.

	Kamala takes a curious beat to study Picard and then
	laughs charmingly, embarrassed... (NOTE: with Picard,
	she is articulate, direct, thoughtful, wry, Marietta
	Tree.)

					KAMALA
				(with humor)
			That explains why you don't look
			at all like your holographs. I
			apologize, Captain. As an empath,
			I could sense your authority.
			I assumed that you were
			Chancellor Alrik...

					PICARD
			I'm afraid I require an
			explanation...

					KAMALA
			As do I, Ambassador. Why have
			I been brought out of stasis
			prematurely?

					BRIAM
				(to Kamala)
			There was an accident...
				(to Picard)
			Captain, this is quite
			complicated, perhaps we should...

	As she senses that Picard wants straight answers...

					KAMALA
			It is not complicated at all,
			Briam. And the Captain has no
			tolerance for prevarication.
				(to Picard)
			I am a gift to Alrik of Valt.

	Picard reacts... Briam knows that he has a diplomatic
	problem on his hands...


     STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - 2/10/92 - ACT TWO     14.

29   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to Briam)
			You've been using this ship to
			transport a sentient being as
			property?

	During the following, Kamala looks Riker up and down...
	measuring him, curious about him, almost as though she
	is undressing him in her mind... he feels uncomfortable
	with it... a sexual tension is present...

					BRIAM
			Not as property... as a gift...
			I was concerned that you would
			not entirely understand...

					PICARD
			Your concern was justified,
			Ambassador...

	Kamala turns back to Picard...

					KAMALA
			You're angry. Why?

	And during the following, she does the same thing to
	Picard as she did to Riker. Again there is a sexual
	tension. Picard absolutely ignores it... which only
	interests her more...

					PICARD
			There is a provision within the
			Federation Constitution that
			protects an individual's
			fundamental rights... once you
			were brought aboard this
			starship...

					KAMALA
				(realizing, charmed)
			You are coming to my rescue! What
			a kind and generous purpose. But
			Captain, I do not need to be
			rescued...

					BRIAM
			Kamala is the key to peace between
			our two worlds...

					RIKER
			Why?

   STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/12/92 - ACT TWO   15.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					KAMALA
			In our history there was a woman
			known as Garuth who was loved by
			the brothers Krios and Valt with
			such passion that an empire
			fell...

					BRIAM
			The wars began when Krios
			kidnapped Garuth and took her to
			our planet...

					KAMALA
			Like her, I am an empathic
			metamorph. The first female
			metamorph born on my world for
			over a hundred years.

					PICARD
			A "metamorph"?

					KAMALA
			A mutant. A biological curiosity,
			if you will. With the ability
			to sense what a potential mate
			wants... what he needs... what
			gives him the greatest pleasure...
			and then to become that for him.

					RIKER
				(reacts)
			You mean... you change according
			to whatever man you're with...

					KAMALA
			Until I reach the stage of
			bonding... When I must imprint
			upon myself the requirements of
			one man... to serve as his perfect
			partner in life.

	Her eyes remain fixed on Picard as...

					BRIAM
			Male metamorphs are somewhat
			common but a female appears only
			once in seven generations...
			obviously, they are highly sought
			after as mates...

  STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/11/92 - ACT TWO  15A.

29   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			Which explains our Ferengi's
			interest...

					BRIAM
			This mating to Alrik was arranged
			at her birth... by leaders of
			both worlds; in the hopes of
			restoring peace...

   STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/11/92 - ACT TWO   16.

29   CONTINUED: (4)

	Picard takes a breath, frowns, finding this all very
	distasteful but...

					PICARD
			You do this of your own accord?

					KAMALA
				(nods)
			It is my sole purpose in life.

					PICARD
			Commander Riker will show you to
			quarters. You need not travel
			in a cargo bay.

					BRIAM
			Kamala, remain in your room. I
			will speak to you shortly.

	She acknowledges and Riker leads her out.

30   INT. CORRIDOR

	Kamala and Riker walk...

					RIKER
			Why were you in stasis?

					KAMALA
			Metamorphs have a long and complex
			sexual maturing process. I am
			in the Finiis'ral, the third and
			final stage. It can be an
			uncomfortable transition... Not
			only for me, but for the men
			around me...

					RIKER
			In what way?

					KAMALA
			My body is producing an unusually
			elevated level of what you would
			call pheromones. The effect can
			be quite... provocative. Perhaps
			you sense it...

					RIKER
				(resisting)
			Ah, unfortunately, I'm not an
			empath...

   STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/13/92 - ACT TWO   17.

30   CONTINUED:

					KAMALA
				(flirtatious)
			Oh, I think you are more empathic
			than you admit... at least when
			it comes to women...

					RIKER
			I think you have me at a
			disadvantage...

	They reach her quarters... (NOTE: with Riker, she's
	open, flirtatious, tactile, available, Roxanne
	Pulitzer... FURTHER NOTE: These are primarily internal
	personality changes but subtle physical changes can
	occur... in terms of eyes, hair, general makeup as well
	as the way she walks and sounds and carries herself.
	Instant Sybil.)

31   INT. KAMALA'S QUARTERS

	As they enter...

					RIKER
			The replicator is here...
			companel here... the sonic shower
			is through there... you can adjust
			the lights by verbal commands...
			and if you have any questions,
			just ask the...

	As he turns, he finds her standing there... really
	close...

					RIKER
				(beat)
			...the... computer...

	And she leans in to him and gives him a passionate
	kiss... as their lips part...

					RIKER
			I'm beginning to sense those
			elevated pheromones you were
			talking about...

					KAMALA
			You were curious, weren't you?

					RIKER
			Curious isn't exactly the way I'd
			describe it.

					KAMALA
			Do you know what is remarkable
			about empathic metamorphs?

     STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - 2/10/92 - ACT TWO     18.

31   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			You mean, there's something even
			more remarkable about you?

					KAMALA
			We learn so quickly what
			stimulates a man... that the
			second time is even better than
			the first...

	And if the first was passionate... send the affiliates
	a message on this one... she bites his lower lip and
	then goes in for the kill...

32   OMITTED

33   HIS FACE

					RIKER
			Listen... this has been...
			educational... but I've made it
			a policy never to open another
			man's gift...

					KAMALA
			I know my role in history,
			Commander... but it's going to
			be a long voyage...

					RIKER
				(ironic)
			It certainly is.
				(beat, "get me out of
				 here")
			We'll try to make you as
			comfortable as possible.

	And he exits.

34   INT. CORRIDOR

	As the door slides closed behind Riker, he catches his
	breath... beads of sweat on his brow, his collar
	tight... he hits his combadge...

					RIKER
			Riker to bridge. If you need me,
			I'll be in holodeck four.

	He moves down the corridor...

   STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/20/92 - ACT TWO   19.

35   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

36   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Close on a teacup... The voices are sharp...

					BEVERLY
			How can you simply deliver her
			like a courier into a life of
			virtual prostitution...

					PICARD
			Beverly, arranged marriages have
			been the basis of political
			alliances in many cultures,
			including our own...

					BEVERLY
			I'm surprised at you.

					PICARD
			She knows exactly what she's
			doing.

     STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - 2/10/92 - ACT TWO     20.

36   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			She has been conditioned since
			the day she was born to believe
			that it is perfectly acceptable
			to exist only to please men...

					PICARD
			Beverly, she was born this way...

					BEVERLY
			... and bred by those people to
			seal a treaty with a seductive
			coup de grace...

					PICARD
				(angry now, with
				 frustration and
				 sarcasm)
			By all means, we should throw the
			Prime Directive to the wind...
			detain her against her will...
			destroy any chance these worlds
			have for peace... interefere with
			their society, with their
			customs...

					BEVERLY
				(interrupting)
			That slave trader who calls
			himself an ambassador has confined
			her to her quarters... she's a
			virtual prisoner in there...

					PICARD
			I didn't know that...

					BEVERLY
			It's your ship. Maybe there are
			a few things you should find out
			about.

					PICARD
			I'll speak with her.

					BEVERLY
			Good. ... Lovely breakfast.

					PICARD
			Indeed.

	She exits and on his face...

     STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - 2/10/92 - ACT TWO     21.

37   INT. KAMALA'S QUARTERS

	As the door slides open to reveal Picard... Kamala
	greeting him...

					KAMALA
			Captain Picard, what a delightful
			surprise. Come in.

					PICARD
			Are you comfortable?

					KAMALA
			Reasonably. Under the
			circumstances.

	They sit.

					PICARD
			It has come to my attention that
			you have been told to remain
			here...

					KAMALA
			That's true, I'm afraid.

					PICARD
			Against your wishes.

					KAMALA
				(qualifying)
			At the request of the ambassador
			who believes I might be...
			disruptive to your crew.

					PICARD
			My crew's performance is not the
			business of the ambassador.

	She studies him. She smiles with warm appreciation.

					KAMALA
			You care about my well-being.
			Thank you, Captain.

					PICARD
			I care about what happens on board
			my ship.

					KAMALA
				(studying him)
			Yes, I know. This ship is very
			important to you, isn't it... ?

   STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/12/92 - ACT TWO   22.

37   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(ready to change the
				 subject)
			Yes...

					KAMALA
			Are all captains' lives so...
			solitary? Or just yours?

					PICARD
			Don't.

					KAMALA
			What?

					PICARD
			Do this.
				(off her look)
			What you do... with men.

	She smiles.

					KAMALA
			I'm afraid my premature emergence
			from stasis has left me a
			little... vulnerable to the
			desires I sense from men.
			Nevertheless, this is who I am,
			Captain. You might as well ask
			a Vulcan to forgo logic... or a
			Klingon to be nonviolent. I
			cannot change, and I don't want
			to until it's time for me to
			bond with my permanent mate.
				(beat)
			Why does it bother you?

	A beat as he decides how to continue...

					PICARD
			Frankly, it is difficult for me...
			for many of us... to easily accept
			that a sentient being could live
			only to be what someone else wants
			them to be...

	She reacts with curiosity... this is the first time the
	issue's been raised with her...

					KAMALA
			But that's what gives a metamorph
			pleasure...

   STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/12/92 - ACT TWO   23.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			What about your wishes? Your
			needs?

					KAMALA
			They are fulfilled by what I give
			to others.

					PICARD
			And what about when there are
			no others, when you are
			alone... ?

					KAMALA
			I am incomplete.

	A beat.

					KAMALA
			What curious questions, Captain...

					PICARD
				(a beat)
			I'm sorry. Under the
			circumstances, I felt it would
			help to learn more about you.

					KAMALA
			But you know me better than you
			realize...

	Off Picard's reaction...

					KAMALA
			I am independent, forceful,
			brilliant, and adventurous.
				(beat, casual)
			Exactly as you would have me be.

	A long look between them... Picard finally rises.

					PICARD
			I will speak with the ambassador
			about easing your restrictions.

					KAMALA
			Thank you, Captain.

	He exits. Hold a beat on her thoughtful musing...

									FADE OUT

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

  STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/20/92 - ACT THREE  24.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

A38	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	coming out of warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45780.3.
			We have reached the designated
			coordinates for the conference
			and await the arrival of
			Chancellor Alrik.

38   INT. HOLODECK - THE CEREMONIAL CHAMBER

	Briam is sitting at a percussive instrument, striking
	the chimes in a strict cadence, practicing a definite
	order...

					BRIAM
				(imperious)
			No, I forbid it.

					PICARD
				(displeased)
			"Forbid" it... ?

					BRIAM
			It is too dangerous. She must
			remain in her quarters.

					PICARD
				(controlled)
			You cannot confine her against
			her will, Ambassador... not on
			board this ship...

	Briam stops what he's doing, stands... moves across the
	room to a torah-like scroll on an ornate table...

  STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/20/92 - ACT THREE  25.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			She is requesting some freedom
			of movement... and I intend to
			give it to her...

	Briam shakes his head, disapproving...

					BRIAM
			She is still in the Finiis'ral...
			the height of her sexual allure,
			Captain... every man on the ship
			will be fighting over her...

	Picard frowns, muses... a beat... getting an idea...

					PICARD
			Not every man...

39   INT. KAMALA'S QUARTERS

	Close on Kamala...

					KAMALA
			A chaperone... ?

	Moving to reveal Data and Picard...

					DATA
			I would be pleased to escort you
			around the ship.

	She measures him... senses nothing...

					KAMALA
				(almost to herself)
			What sort of man is this?

  STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/21/92 - ACT THREE  26.

39   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I am an artificial lifeform.

					KAMALA
			A blank page.

					DATA
			Your empathic powers do not
			perceive anything because I have
			no emotions.

					KAMALA
				(disappointed)
			But I was hoping we might spend
			more time together, Captain.

					PICARD
			Unfortunately, I'm quite busy with
			the arrangements for the
			conference.

					KAMALA
			I am very knowledgeable about
			Valt. I could be helpful.

	Determined to put a distance between them --

					PICARD
			I think you should enjoy the
			hospitality of our ship. Mister
			Data will see to your every
			comfort... if you will excuse
			me...

	He exits... Kamala and Data look at each other... he
	cocks his head a beat...

39   INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE TEN FORWARD

	CLOSE on Data and Kamala as they walk toward Ten
	Forward...

					DATA
			Your empathic powers do not
			perceive anything because as an
			android, I have no emotions...

					KAMALA
			I can understand why Captain
			Picard chose you to be my
			chaperone...

	And they EXIT to...

40   INT. TEN FORWARD

	As Data and Kamala enter... the bar is crowded... some
	of those miners we picked up on the way are lined up at
	the bar... they haven't seen a woman in seventeen
	months, let alone a woman like this... and as Data and
	she move slowly by, each male's head turns as those
	pheromones wallop them...

  STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/21/92 - ACT THREE  27.

40   CONTINUED:

	She smiles as she looks across the room, sees --

41   ANGLE - RIKER

	sitting with Worf, laughing, drinking an ale... makes
	eye contact with Kamala across the room... reacts,
	knows his duty... downs his drink... standing...

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			I'll... check in with you later.

	And he runs from temptation in the opposite
	direction...

  STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/21/92 - ACT THREE  28.

42   RESUME DATA AND KAMALA

	as her smiles fades... A miner walks up to Kamala...

					MINER #1
			Excuse me, but I'm absolutely
			certain that we met once at
			Paloris Colony...

					KAMALA
				(smiles)
			I've never been to Paloris Colony.

					MINER #1
			Neither have I. Why don't we find
			out what else we have in common.

	He starts to move her away... Data simply takes her
	arm and guides her down the bar...

					DATA
			Extremely rude behavior.

	Looking back at him with a smile...

					KAMALA
			He's just being playful.

	During the following, the whole bar lineup of men seems
	to gravitate toward them... they admire her... she
	smiles back... Data observes them curiously...

    STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - 2/10/92 - ACT THREE    29.

42   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			May I order you a drink?

					KAMALA
				(to the group of
				 miners)
			What are all of you having?

					MINER #2
			Aldorian Ale's our drink...

					KAMALA
			Then, it's mine too.

	They mutter their approval... and she's a down-home
	girl now... standing differently... flaunting her
	sexuality... a bit coarse... Marlene Dietrich in
	"Destry". Data looks around for a waiter...

					DATA
			There do not seem to be enough
			waiters on duty.

					MINER #3
			They're having a minor problem
			with the replicator...

					MINER #2
			They could use a hand,
			Commander...

					DATA
			Certainly...

	And he takes a few steps, then stops... realizing the
	intent...

					DATA
			No, I think I shall remain here...

					KAMALA
			Mister Data's protecting me
			tonight...

					MINER #2
			Protecting you from what?

					KAMALA
			From you, I guess.

	Laughter...

    STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - 2/10/92 - ACT THREE    30.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

					KAMALA
				(sexy)
			I told the captain not to worry...
			I just want to have a good time
			like anybody else...

	The crowd responds to her... with a roar of walla and
	ad libs... crushing in closer... as Data reacts...

MINER #1                    MINER #2                 MINER #3
Come on down to          Get rid of the           Do you have any
deck seven,              android and              sisters... ? will
we'll show you           we'll have fun...        you marry me... ?
a good time...

	Pushing his way through the crowd -- the booming voice
	of...

					WORF
			Is there a problem here?

	More ad lib walla:

	MINER #1          MINER #2          MINER #3
	Nossir...       No problem...     Tell him, lady...

					WORF
			Be quiet!

	They shut up... she measures Worf with her eyes... Worf
	looks to Data...

					DATA
			Thank you, Lieutenant Worf, I
			believe the crowd has become a
			little too ebullient for
			comfort...
				(to Kamala)
			... perhaps you'd enjoy a quiet
			visit to the arboretum...

	And as Data starts to move, the miners move en masse...
	along with them... Data and Worf react...

					WORF
				(to the miners)
			Stay here.

	And the disappointed miners go back to their original
	positions...

  STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/12/92 - ACT THREE  31.

43   AT THE DOOR

					DATA
			Thank you again, Lieutenant.

	Worf grunts an acknowledgement. Nods to Kamala --

					WORF
			Ma'am.

	She looks up him... and rising out of her throat comes
	a Klingon hiss and guttural growl... Worf reacts,
	surprised, delighted... exchanges a glance with Data
	who pulls her out of the room.

44   INT. READY ROOM

	Close on an entirely different Kamala... gentle,
	conservative, thoughtful... moving to find Picard
	sitting with her... frustrated...

					KAMALA
			Perhaps the ambassador is right.
			Perhaps I should remain in my
			quarters.

					PICARD
			I am confident of my crew's
			self-control. But there are
			civilians and guests on board...

					KAMALA
			I understand. I will volunteer
			to stay in my quarters under one
			condition.
				(off his look)
			That you will visit me.

	He stares at her a beat. Rises.

					KAMALA
			There it is, again.

					PICARD
			What?

					KAMALA
			The wall you put between us.

  STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/13/92 - ACT THREE  32.

44   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You are a day away from an
			arranged mating. Why would you
			want me to visit you in your
			quarters?

					KAMALA
			I said a visit. I didn't ask you
			to make love to me.

	She lets that hang there for a moment... measures his
	reaction... she rises, moves about the room, looking
	at things... picks up an archaeological artifact that
	is on Picard's desk, studies it...

					KAMALA
			A Ventanan thimble... early
			Lapeongical period, isn't it?

					PICARD
			Yes...

					KAMALA
			Have you seen the Ventanan woven
			art recovered from the fourth
			colony dig... ?

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			Woven art? Recovered intact?

					KAMALA
			They say the colors are remarkably
			vibrant for their age...

					PICARD
				(enthusiastic)
			I've read about them for years...
			They were so delicate, no one
			expected to find any preserved...
			How did you hear about them?

	She is examining Picard's Shakespeare volume...

 STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/20/92 - ACT THREE 32A.

44   CONTINUED: (2)

					KAMALA
			I stay informed on a wide variety
			of subjects... after all, one
			never knows when the conversation
			might turn to Ventanan
			archeology... or to the "dark woman
			of raven brows and mournful eyes"
			in Shakespeare's sonnets... or
			to the gardens of Les Eyries near
			the village where you grew up...

					PICARD
			Your empathic powers can tell that
			much about me?

					KAMALA
			Not quite that much. Mister Data
			helped a little.

	She rises, moves closer to him...

					KAMALA
			My empathic powers can only sense
			a man of deep passion, and
			conviction... so disciplined, so
			controlled... I am simply curious
			to know what lies beneath...

	The power of her attraction hits Picard... and he
	resists it valiantly...

					PICARD
			Nothing. Nothing lies beneath.
			I'm really quite dull. I fall
			asleep each night with an old book
			in my hands...

  STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/20/92 - ACT THREE  33.

44   CONTINUED: (3)

					KAMALA
				(intimate)
			When a metamorph finds you
			interesting... do not take
			it lightly.

	With great tension in the air...

					PICARD
			I don't take it lightly... I'm
			only...
				(struggling)
			... trying to be as dull as
			possible.

	He moves away. A beat.

					KAMALA
			Will you visit me?

					PICARD
			It would be inappropriate.

					KAMALA
			Is that a yes or a no?

    STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - 2/10/92 - ACT THREE    33A.

44   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			I'm sorry.

	A beat. She studies him evenly, rises to leave... at
	the door...

					KAMALA
			Even the walls of Jericho fell,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Why are you doing this?

					KAMALA
			There can be only one reason.
			Because some part of you wants
			me to.

	She exits... as the door slides closed, Picard is left
	alone with his own thoughts...

    STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - 2/10/92 - ACT THREE    34.

45   INT. FERENGI QUARTERS

	Par Lenor and Qor react as the door slides open and
	Briam storms in, passing the guard...

					BRIAM
			What is the meaning of this?

	He opens his hand and displays five opulent gold
	coins...

					PAR LENOR
			Ah, I see you got our message...

					BRIAM
			If this is some sort of bribe,
			I am not amused...

					QOL
			Oh no, Ambassador... your attitude
			is quite understandable...

					PAR LENOR
			This is just a sample...

					QOL
			The bribe is ten thousand more...

					PAR LENOR
			Ludugial gold, the purest in the
			galaxy...

					QOL
			We know the lifestyle of a
			Kriosian Ambassador is barely
			comfortable...

					PAR LENOR
			You deserve to live a life of
			luxury...

					BRIAM
			I am insulted. How dare you
			suggest...

					QOL
			You drive a hard bargain.

					PAR LENOR
			Twenty thousand, but not an ingot
			more.

					QOL
			We must have the metamorph.

    STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - 2/10/92 - ACT THREE    35.

45   CONTINUED:

					PAR LENOR
			She is the answer to a Ferengi
			prayer.

					QOL
			A ship is waiting to rendezvous
			with us in three hours... we can
			all transport off together...

					BRIAM
			Thank you for that information.
			I will pass it along to Captain
			Picard.

					PAR LENOR
			You can't do that...

	He grabs Briam by the lapels if he has lapels...

					BRIAM
			Let go of me...

					QOL
			No, wait... let us discuss...

	But Briam pulls violently away and as Qol tries to push
	him away from getting to the door, the Ambassador falls
	and his head smashes heavily into a table that shatters
	under the weight of the fall... immediately the guard
	responding to the noise rushes in, phaser drawn... the
	Ferengi look at each other and down at the unconscious
	Ambassador, who appears seriously hurt and we...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

  STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/13/92 - ACT FOUR  36.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

0A   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	waiting at the rendezvous coordinates.

46   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly and a MEDICAL TEAM are working on the
	unconscious Briam as Picard and an anxious Kamala stand
	off to the side.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental.
			The Ferengi have been dispatched
			via shuttle to Starbase
			One-one-seven; what charges will
			be brought against them depends
			on whether or not Ambassador
			Briam recovers.

	Beverly finishes a scan and approaches Picard.

					BEVERLY
			We've been able to stabilize his
			condition... If we're lucky he'll
			regain consciousness in a few
			days.

	Beverly moves off with the Nurse...

					BEVERLY
				(continuing, to the
				 nurse)
			I want a level one craniosacral
			display set up...

					PICARD
			I'll advise the Valtese delegation
			that the conference must be
			postponed...

					KAMALA
			That won't be possible.
				(off his look)
			My ability to imprint on a mate
			will only last a matter of hours
			after the completion of the
			Finiis'ral.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/11/92 - ACT FOUR  36A.

46   CONTINUED:

					KAMALA (cont'd)
			If I had not been removed from
			stasis prematurely, a delay might
			have been possible. But now, I
			will have to bond with Alrik
			within two days.

					PICARD
			But there are several points in
			the negotiations that Briam has
			to address...

     STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - 2/10/92 - ACT FOUR     37.

46   CONTINUED: (2)

					KAMALA
			You are familiar with the
			issues...

					PICARD
			Familiar, yes, but I cannot
			represent your peoples'
			interests...

					KAMALA
			You can represent the interests
			of peace. My people will agree.
			I'm certain of it.

	Picard is not comfortable with it...

					PICARD
			There are customs and rituals with
			which I have no experience at
			all...

					KAMALA
			I told you that I am extremely
			knowledgeable about Valt. I will
			help you prepare.

	Off Picard's reaction...

47   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as before.

48   INT. HOLODECK - CEREMONIAL ROOM

	Close on the percussive instrument... as the small
	hammer strikes the chimes... seven times... pull back
	to see Picard holding it, concentrating... he
	hesitates...

					PICARD
			This is impossible.

					KAMALA
				(directing him to a
				 note)
			Torze-qua...

	Picard takes the cue and moves the hammer to a specific
	chime, hits it and then three more...

  STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/21/92 - ACT FOUR  38.

48   CONTINUED:

					KAMALA
			That's right...

	Picard begins to hit the instrument again... during
	which --

					PICARD
			I am reminded of my piano lessons
			as a child... preparing for some
			dreaded recital...

					KAMALA
			Do you still play?

					PICARD
			No. I regret that I gave it up.
			It used to please my mother...

	He hits the chimes one by one in a strict cadence...

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I did not like to perform in front
			of an audience.

					KAMALA
			Shy...

					PICARD
			No. Just not very good.

					KAMALA
			And shy.

	He hesitates again.

  STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/21/92 - ACT FOUR  39.

48   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Dammit.

	He puts the hammer down.

					PICARD
			Can we come back to this later?

					KAMALA
			Of course.
				(beat)
			Thank you.
				(off his look)
			For letting down your guard.
			If only for a moment.

	Picard quickly cuts her off... and she feels that
	empathically as a sharp rejection... he puts distance
	between them... moves across the room to the torah on
	the table...

					PICARD
			You are going to have to help me
			with the pronuniciations in this
			scroll...

	Kamala moves to him...

					KAMALA
			What is it about me you fear?

					PICARD
			Kamala...

					KAMALA
			Do you find me unattractive?

					PICARD
			I find you unavailable.

	A beat.

  STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/21/92 - ACT FOUR  40.

48   CONTINUED: (3)

	Kamala sighs... turns off the seductiveness...

					KAMALA
			I am being terribly selfish.
			I apologize.

	A beat. She moves away, thoughtful...

					KAMALA
			We have something in common,
			Captain. When I was a child, I
			took music lessons, too.

					PICARD
			Really, what instrument?

					KAMALA
			All of them.

					PICARD
			The entire orchestra?

					KAMALA
				(acknowledges)
			Plus a few Valtese Horns that
			sound like braying Targhee
			Moonbeasts. They are said to
			soothe the nerves of Valtese men.
				(off his look)
			My mother never even heard me
			play. I was taken from her when
			I was four... and sequestered
			in a royal village... where I
			was prepared to fulfill my
			destiny.

					PICARD
			It sounds like it was a very
			lonely time for you...

  STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/21/92 - ACT FOUR  41.

48   CONTINUED: (4)

					KAMALA
			On the contrary, I had servants
			and tutors at my side
			constantly... you once wanted
			to know what I am like when I
			am alone... I have never been.
			There was always someone there...
			to educate me in literature,
			history, art, sex...
				(beat)
			But I have been alone on this
			journey and I've found myself
			thinking about all the curious
			questions you asked... you
			wanted to know who I am. The
			only answer that comes to me is,
			"I am for you, Alrik of Valt".
			Because that is the truth.
				(beat, melancholy)
			In a day, I will bond with a man
			I've never met... and I will turn
			myself into what he wants me to
			be... for the rest of my life.

	Picard is caught in a bind between political duties,
	Prime Directive and personal feelings for this woman.
	He cannot find it in himself to take an advocate's
	role. The best he can do is...

					PICARD
			I also once asked you if you were
			doing this of your own accord...

					KAMALA
			I am honored to be chosen to serve
			my people as an emissary of
			peace...
				(beat)
			But I find it ironic on the eve
			of this ceremony... which I have
			spent my entire life preparing
			for... that I should meet a man
			like you...

	Off his look... And suddenly her cheeks flush... and
	she turns away... He searches for the right thing to
	say.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Picard.

					PICARD
			Go ahead.

  STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/20/92 - ACT FOUR  42.

48   CONTINUED: (5)

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			The Valtese ship has arrived.
			Chancellor Alrik is ready to beam
			aboard...

	She reacts...

49   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Close on the back of ALRIK, the man who will wed this
	extraordinary woman... we hear the sound of the door
	opening as Picard ENTERS (o.c.)... and he turns and
	already we don't like him on first sight... he is drab,
	a dull, dull man... he's colorless and stern... and
	far shorter than Kamala... he is about Picard's age.

					ALRIK
			Captain Picard...

	As we go wide...

					PICARD
			Chancellor Alrik, welcome aboard
			the Enterprise...

	Alrik sits at the head of the table... assuming the
	power position.

  STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/11/92 - ACT FOUR  42A.

49   CONTINUED:

					ALRIK
			Your first officer has described
			the details of the incident with
			the Ferengi... how is the
			Ambassador... ?

					PICARD
			He hasn't regained consciousness
			yet.

					ALRIK
			A tragedy. Your willingness to
			assist is appreciated by both
			our peoples.

					PICARD
			I will do my best... although I
			have found some of the rituals
			quite demanding...

  STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/21/92 - ACT FOUR  43.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					ALRIK
				(shrugs)
			Rituals. I am more concerned
			about the remaining provisions
			in the treaty... the proposed
			trade agreements are not
			acceptable... We still must review
			the uncommitted territories...
			as well as discuss the schedule
			for exchange of technology...

					PICARD
			The Kriosians have authorized me
			to make several compromises which
			are favorable to your position...

					ALRIK
			Good.
				(rising)
			Tomorrow, then.

					PICARD
			Briam has supervised a
			reproduction of the ancient Temple
			of Akadar on our holodeck...

					ALRIK
				(grins, who cares)
			Such a sentimental people, these
			Kriosians... it is hard to believe
			we have a common ancestry...
				(sighs)
			I suppose they've sent the
			metamorph.

					PICARD
			Kamala? Yes. She is looking
			forward to meeting you.

       STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/11/92 - ACT FOUR      44.

49   CONTINUED: (3)

					ALRIK
				(not very interested)
			I'm sure she'll be satisfactory.
			Between you and me, Captain, I'm
			far more interested in the trade
			agreements.

	He EXITS and... and as we linger for a long beat on
	Picard...

									CUT TO:

50   INT. KAMALA'S QUARTERS - KAMALA'S FACE

					KAMALA
				(false cheeriness)
			So, tell me quickly... what is
			he like?

50A  WIDE

					PICARD
			First impressions? A thoughtful
			man... informed...

					KAMALA
			Did he ask about me?

					PICARD
			Yes.

					KAMALA
			What did you tell him?

					PICARD
			That you were looking forward to
			meeting him.

					KAMALA
			When am I to be presented?

					PICARD
			It will be the first order of
			business. Tomorrow. At ten.

	She nods.

       STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/11/92 - ACT FOUR      45.

50A  CONTINUED:

					KAMALA
			Would you like some tea?

					PICARD
			I should prepare for the ceremony.

					KAMALA
			Let me help you with
			pronuniciations.

					PICARD
			I think I can muddle my way
			through...

					KAMALA
				(extremely vulnerable)
			Please. Don't leave.

	A beat.

					KAMALA
			Talk to me. I love the sound of
			your voice. I'll turn out the
			lights and just listen.
				(beat)
			I don't want to be alone.

	Picard reacts, nods, but...

					PICARD
			The lights stay on.

	She smiles.

					KAMALA
				(to the replicator)
			Earl Grey Tea. Hot.

	We hear the replicator work.

					PICARD
				(re: the tea)
			Did you learn that from Mister
			Data as well?

	She smiles, acknowledging.

					PICARD
			I shall have to have a talk with
			him.

	She brings the tea. They sit next to one another...
	he sips his tea... in silence...

       STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/18/92 - ACT FOUR      46.

50A  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Now that I know you're listening
			to my voice... I can't seem to
			think of a word to say...

					KAMALA
			A starship captain must encounter
			all sorts of lifeforms... am I
			one of the most unique you've ever
			met? Please say yes.

					PICARD
			Yes.

					KAMALA
			What a nice thing to say.

	She tentatively reaches out and gently runs the palm of
	her hand from his brow across his scalp and it is one
	of the most sensual strokes in the history of man...

					PICARD
				(softly)
			Kamala, have I not done everything
			possible to discourage this?

					KAMALA
			Maybe that's the perfect way to
			attract a metamorph.

					PICARD
			I don't wish to use you as other
			men have.

					KAMALA
			But you are not other men. You
			could never use me. That is the
			very reason why I am with you
			tonight.

					PICARD
			I really ought to go. You do have
			an early appointment in the
			morning.

					KAMALA
			Light years away.

	And as they look at each other for a long beat...

									FADE OUT

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/11/92 - ACT FIVE      47.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

51   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	with the Valtese ship beside it.

52   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Beverly and Picard again sharing morning tea. A
	parallel scene to the one in Act Two. Picard is lost
	in his own thoughts.

					BEVERLY
			Quiet this morning.

					PICARD
			Sorry.

					BEVERLY
			Penny?

					PICARD
			What?

					BEVERLY
			For your thoughts. Penny for your
			thoughts.

					PICARD
				(smiles)
			You have one?

					BEVERLY
			The replicator ought to have one
			on file.

	Picard would rather get himself lost in light banter
	but it just isn't possible.

					PICARD
			Do you mind if I take off the
			uniform for a moment?

					BEVERLY
				(smiles)
			Captain... !

					PICARD
			I just need to talk to a friend.

       STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/20/92 - ACT FIVE      48.

52   CONTINUED:

	And Beverly studies him seriously.

					BEVERLY
			Of course.

	He stands.

					PICARD
				(tongue in cheek)
			Besides... it's all your fault.

					BEVERLY
			Mine?

					PICARD
			You insisted I look into her
			situation...

					BEVERLY
			The metamorph?

					PICARD
				(sighs)
			The metamorph. Kamala. We have
			spent a lot of time together the
			last few days... you were right
			about several things, Beverly...
			her entire life has been
			orchestrated for this moment...
			but she intends to see it
			through... to help her people end
			this war...

					BEVERLY
				(beat, perplexed by his
				 intensity)
			Are you saying there's nothing
			else that can be done... ?

					PICARD
			It's not that simple.

	And he looks at Beverly and in a beat, she understands
	and he understands she understands... he almost smiles,
	embarrassed...

       STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/19/92 - ACT FIVE     48A.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

	She studies him, sorry she ever sent him down there
	in the first place --

					PICARD
			I barely even know who she is
			because who she is changes the
			moment the next man walks in the
			room.
				(beat, softens)
			But suddenly, I find myself
			hoping... the next man doesn't
			walk in.

	A long beat.

					PICARD
			But he will, of course. In a few
			hours, the ceremony will begin...
			she will mate with a man who cares
			far more about trade agreements
			than about her. And I think of
			how she will be with him... how
			she will change to accomodate
			him... and...
				(beat, understatement)
			... I don't like it.

	She rises and surprises him with a hug. Picard is
	uncomfortable having revealed his feelings...

					PICARD
			I'm sorry to be bothering you with
			this...

					BEVERLY
			I wish I knew how to help you...

					PICARD
				(with warm appreciation)
			Perhaps I just needed a
			shoulder...

					BEVERLY
			It's there for you, Jean-Luc.
			It always has been.

	These two old friends share a long look and...

       STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/11/92 - ACT FIVE      49.

53   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard arrives at Kamala's door... a beat... hits the
	chime...

					KAMALA'S VOICE
			Come in...

	And as he moves forward, the door opens and as he
	ENTERS, he has to pause as his eyes are filled with...

54   INT. KAMALA'S QUARTERS

	Kamala in front of a huge mirror... dressed in the most
	incredible gown a woman has ever worn... she is a
	goddess... she turns to Picard... a beat as he takes
	this vision in... he will never forget how she looks
	at this moment.

					KAMALA
			Is it time?


       STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/12/92 - ACT FIVE      50.

54   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Soon.

					KAMALA
			Do you have any questions about
			the ceremony?

					PICARD
			Many.

	They look at each other for a long beat... softly --

					KAMALA
			I will never truly love him.

					PICARD
			You've not even met him.

					KAMALA
			It no longer matters.
				(off Picard's reaction)
			I wish I could convey to you what
			it's like to be a metamorph...
			to feel the inner strength of
			someone... to realize that being
			with him is opening your mind and
			heart to endless new
			possibilities... to hear yourself
			say: I like myself when I am with
			him.

					PICARD
			Kamala...

					KAMALA
			For a metamorph, there is no
			greater pleasure... and no greater
			wish than to bond with that kind
			of mate at the end of the
			Finiis'ral...
				(beat)
			... as I have bonded with you.

					PICARD
			With me?

					KAMALA
			Who I am today, I will be forever.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Data to Captain Picard.

       STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/13/92 - ACT FIVE      51.

54   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Not now, Data.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			But sir, Chancellor Alrik is
			waiting to receive you in holodeck
			seven.

					PICARD
			Acknowledged.
				(a beat)
			You can't go through with the
			ceremony.

					KAMALA
			Would you ask me to stay? And
			ask two armies to keep fighting?

	He doesn't need to answer...

					KAMALA
				(continuing)
			Having bonded with you I've
			learned the meaning of duty.

	A long beat as they look at each other... for once
	Picard is speechless.

					KAMALA
			He'll never know. I am still
			empathic... I will be able to
			please him.
				(beat, smiling)
			I only hope he likes Shakespeare.

	And she moves toward the door and Picard follows...

55   INT. HOLODECK - CEREMONIAL CHAMBER

	Starting on an ornate decoration on the wall... with a
	cymbal crash... and exotic percussive music begins...
	and tilt down to a high angle shot to see the figure of
	Alrik in the center of the room... as the holodeck
	doors open and...

56   ALRIK

	turns to see --

       STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/12/92 - ACT FIVE     51A.

57   PICARD AND KAMALA

	entering... Picard holds her arm... her face is
	veiled...

58   MOVING WITH PICARD AND KAMALA

	as they step forward slowly...

59   WIDE

	as they move closer to Alrik...

       STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/13/92 - ACT FIVE      52.

	MOVING WITH PICARD'S EYES - EXTREME CLOSEUP

	A music cue signals the beginning of a fantasy
	sequence:

61   HER HAND ON HIS

	He offers her hand to the hand of Alrik... as he does
	the percussion stops.

62   HER FACE

	as Alrik removes the veil.

					KAMALA
			I am for you Alrik of Valt.

	And as Alrik leans forward to kiss her...

					PICARD
			I'm sorry. I cannot allow this
			to proceed.

	Alrik turns sharply to Picard...

					ALRIK
			What did you say?

					PICARD
			Kamala will be remaining aboard
			the Enterprise... with me...

	Kamala reacts, looks to Picard...

					ALRIK
				(flabbergasted)
			With you?

					PICARD
			Chancellor, the trade agreements
			will be satisfactory... you
			yourself told me that was your
			priority. She is mine. Let us
			begin the real work here of
			establishing a long and just
			peace...

	Alrik takes a moment to regain his composure...

					ALRIK
			Very well, let us begin...

	As she smiles with an expression of love for her
	captain...

       STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/12/92 - ACT FIVE      53.

63   MOVING WITH PICARD'S EYES - THE SAME EXTREME
	CLOSEUP AS BEFORE

	The music cue ends. This is real... all fantasies are
	over. Only the exotic percussive music program for
	the ceremony.

64   MOVING WITH PICARD AND KAMALA

	step forward slowly... still crossing the holodeck...

65   WIDE

	as they move closer to Alrik...

66   HER HAND ON HIS

	as he offers it to the hand of Alrik... as he does, the
	percussion ends.

67   HER FACE

	as Alrik removes the veil.

					KAMALA
			I am for you Alrik of Valt.

	The colorless man kisses her on the lips...

68   PICARD

	stands away, watches... silently... controlled...

69   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving at impulse.

70   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Briam, still weak, head bruised... enters with
	Picard... a Transporter Officer is on duty...

					BRIAM
			Your service to both our peoples
			is greatly appreciated, Captain...

   STAR TREK: "The Perfect Mate" - REV. 2/20/92 - ACT FIVE 54-56.      

70   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Your preparation made the
			negotiations simple, Ambassador...
			and Kamala was able to guide me
			through the rituals...

	Picard helps Briam onto the transporter pad. A beat
	as he hesitates to ask what has been on his mind...

					BRIAM
			I have to admit I'm curious...

					PICARD
			Curious?

					BRIAM
			I was chosen for this mission for
			a simple reason... I am two
			hundred years old. The
			temptations of a beautiful
			metamorph do not reach me so
			easily... and yet I would be lying
			if I were to claim, that even at
			my age, they did not reach me at
			all. But you... you had to work
			side by side with her for days...
			how could you resist her... ?

					PICARD
				(evenly)
			Ambassador, have a safe trip home.

	Briam reacts, all the more curious... frowns a
	curmudgeony old frown... looks at the captain...

					BRIAM
			Energize.

	He DEMATERIALIZES. Off Picard's acknowledgement...

71   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Low lighting... as he enters... pauses once inside to
	feel himself alone... won't allow himself to stay with
	that... moves to the replicator...

					PICARD
			Earl Grey. Hot.

	We hear the replicator... but stay on him as he moves
	to a bookshelf... and picks out a long book that looks
	interesting... studies it as he returns to the
	replicator, and takes his tea... he moves to an easy
	chair and places the tea on a side table... turns on
	the light, sits, opens the book... and reads a few
	words but his eyes leave the book and he leans back...
	thinking and as the book closes in his hands...

72   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Moves off into warp.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             










                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                      "Imaginary Friend" 
                  (f.k.a. "Invisible Friend") 
                          #40275-222 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                         Brannon Braga 
                              
                          Directed by 
                      Gabrielle Beaumont 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT

                      FEBRUARY 24, 1992


        STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - 2/24/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Imaginary Friend" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             CLARA SUTTER
                RIKER              DANIEL SUTTER
                DATA               ISABELLA
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                                  
                GUINAN             
                ENSIGN FELTON      
                ALEXANDER          
                NURSE OGAWA  
      
                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

        STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - 2/24/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Invisible Friend" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              CORRIDOR
              TEN FORWARD
              ENGINEERING
              TROI'S QUARTERS
              CLARA'S QUARTERS
              SUTTER'S QUARTERS
              ARBORETUM
              DAYCARE CENTER
              TURBOLIFT

    STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - 2/26/92 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Imaginary Friend" 
                    
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 BRENTALIA       bren-TAL-ee-uh
                 CHAMPS ELYSEES  shahns-el-ee-ZAY
                 DAVILA          DAH-vih-la
                 JOKRI           JOCK-ree
                 KEIKO           KAY-ko
                 KRYONIAN        kry-OWN-ee-n
                 NASTURTIUMS     nah-STUR-shumz
                 TELANA          tay-LAHN-uh

    STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/25/92 - TEASER    1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "Imaginary Friend"                           
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. CLARA'S QUARTERS

	CLARA SUTTER, a seven-year-old girl, and TROI sit at a
	table set for tea. The settings include a place for
	Clara's imaginary friend, Isabella. Troi is chatting
	with Clara...

					CLARA
			I like to cook all kinds of stuff.
			Like yogurt and raisin salad...
			chocolate-chip pancakes... and
			purple omelettes.

					TROI
			Purple omelettes?

					CLARA
				(nods)
			You put grape juice in the eggs.
			Isabella doesn't like it very much
			-- she says it tastes funny.

					TROI
			I can see her point...

	Troi picks up a cup full of sugar cubes.

					TROI
			Sugar with your tea?

					CLARA
			Yes, please.

	Troi serves a sugar cube into Clara's tea. Then she
	turns to address an empty chair where "Isabella" is
	sitting. It becomes clear that Isabella is Clara's
	invisible friend.

					TROI
			Isabella... would you like some
			too?

	Clara leans toward Isabella's seat, and listens
	carefully to words only she can hear. After a moment,
	she turns to Troi.

    STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/25/92 - TEASER    2.

1    CONTINUED:

					CLARA
			Yes. But she takes two cubes.

	Troi serves the sugar.

					TROI
			I'll bet Isabella is very pretty.

	Clara is enthusiastic about Isabella.

					CLARA
			She's very, very pretty. She has
			blonde hair and a blue dress with
			white buttons. Her ears are
			pierced. And she's tall.

					TROI
			Maybe you could draw me a picture.
			I'd love to see what she looks
			like.

	Clara frowns.

					CLARA
			You don't think she's real.

					TROI
			I think she's real for you, Clara.
			And that's real enough for me.

	Clara seems happy with the response. Troi looks across
	the room at Clara's father, DANIEL SUTTER -- who has
	been watching the entire time. Her look says that the
	session is over.

					SUTTER
				(to Clara)
			Honey, I think it's time for you
			to go. You don't want to keep
			Keiko waiting.

					CLARA
				(to Troi)
			I have to go plant the nasturtiums
			now.
				(matter of fact)
			I'm Keiko's helper in the
			arboretum today.

					TROI
			Is that so?

      STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - 2/24/92 - TEASER      3.

1    CONTINUED: (2)

					SUTTER
				(to Clara)
			Go ahead, Sweetie. Be home for
			dinner.

					TROI
			I hope to see you soon, Clara.
			Maybe we can be friends.

	Clara likes the idea.

					CLARA
			Okay.

	Clara stands, carefully pulls out the chair for
	Isabella, and heads for the door. She stops at the
	door, "hearing" something that Isabella is saying. She
	listens... then turns to Troi.

					CLARA
			Counselor Troi?

					TROI
			Yes?

					CLARA
			Isabella says she likes you.

	Troi looks to Isabella.

					TROI
			Thank you, Isabella.

	Clara smiles, then EXITS. Sutter takes a seat next to
	Troi. He looks concerned about his daughter. Troi
	tries to reassure him.

					TROI
			I understand why you're
			concerned... but you have nothing
			to worry about. It's a normal,
			healthy activity for children to
			engage in imaginary play.

	Sutter is relieved.

					SUTTER
			I'm just afraid she's not making
			real friends. She spends all of
			her time with "Isabella"...

	Troi considers.

      STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - 2/24/92 - TEASER      4.

1    CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			You've been moving from starship
			to starship since Clara was two
			years old. Maybe Isabella
			provides a constant companion for
			Clara. She knows this is one
			friend she won't have to leave
			behind.

	Sutter nods.

					SUTTER
			You're probably right.

					TROI
			Give Clara a chance. As she
			learns to make friends on the
			Enterprise, she'll probably move
			away from her imaginary world.

	Sutter offers Troi a grateful smile...

2    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	on the outskirts of a large NEBULA -- a glowing expanse
	of swirling red clouds, with a bright point of light
	deep in its center.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45852.1.
			The Enterprise has arrived at
			FGC-four-seven -- a nebula which
			has formed around a neutron star.
			We are eager to investigate this
			unique formation.

3    INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	PICARD, RIKER, DATA, WORF, ENSIGN FELTON and VARIOUS
	NDS at stations. GEORDI is at an aft science station.
	Everyone watches the main viewscreen, which displays
	the nebula -- a rare and special sight.

    STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/28/92 - TEASER    5.

3    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			We've got elevated quantities of
			hydrogen... helium... trionium...
			but nothing the shields can't
			handle.

					RIKER
			Shields up.

					PICARD
			Take us in, Ensign. One-quarter
			impulse.

					ENSIGN FELTON
			Aye, sir.

	Ensign Felton works the controls...

4    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it enters the nebula. Suddenly, from within a
	nearby cloud -- a tiny POINT OF LIGHT appears. The
	light FLARES briefly as it passes through the ship's
	shield bubble... then it ENTERS through the hull of the
	ship...

5    OMITTED

5A   INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	As small section of the ceiling GLOWS briefly with
	a red color, and a POINT OF LIGHT emerges into the
	corridor (as seen in the nebula). The light pauses,
	then zips around a corner and out of view. Clearly
	a life-form is now on board...

5B   ANOTHER CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	The POINT OF LIGHT comes into view -- right behind Data
	and Geordi, who are walking briskly down the corridor,
	on their way to engineering, talking TECH...

					DATA
			In order to complete the scheduled
			observations, the lateral sensors
			will require additional processing
			time.

   STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 3/02/92 - TEASER   5A.

5B   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			We could steal a couple of hours
			while they're recalibrating the
			thermal interferometery scanner.

					DATA
			Will a couple of hours be enough
			time to complete the
			high-resolution series on the
			neutron star?

					GEORDI
			No problem. We'll just double
			up the main sensor bandwidth.

	Data and Geordi continue walking -- the light flies off
	down another corridor...

    STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/26/92 - TEASER    6.

6    INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	BEVERLY and NURSE OGAWA are working at a medical
	station, mid-conversation. During this scene, out of
	their view, a small section of the wall GLOWS with a
	red color, and the point of LIGHT emerges into the
	room. The light flits about, as if watching Beverly
	and Ogawa from afar...

					BEVERLY
			After dinner, then what?

					OGAWA
			We went to the holodeck and took
			a walk on the Champs Elysees...

	Beverly reacts to the console.

					BEVERLY
			The neural scanner still seems
			a bit off. Let's check the sensor
			calibration...

					OGAWA
			I'll run a diagnostic...

	They work for a beat.

					BEVERLY
			And... ?

					OGAWA
			And?

					BEVERLY
			After Paris... ?

					OGAWA
			He has shore leave next month.
			He asked me to go to Risa with
			him.

					BEVERLY
			No problem. Nurse Davila can
			cover for you.

					OGAWA
			I don't know if I'm going, Doctor.
			I hear it's a very uninhibited
			atmosphere. Personally, I don't
			think I'm ready for that kind of
			"fun."

   STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/26/92 - TEASER   6A.

6A   CLOSE ON POINT OF LIGHT (OPTICAL)

	as it zips into a nearby hypospray, causing it to GLOW
	for an instant. After a beat, the light exits the
	hypospray and zips into a nearby tricorder, which
	glows... and into another medical tool -- all in quick
	succession. The light is exploring its environment.
	Over which we HEAR --

					BEVERLY (o.s.)
			Try to talk him into Telana Minor
			instead -- they've got a cruise
			down the Jokri River... the
			iridescent currents are beautiful.

	The light flies away and EXITS through the nearest
	wall...

7    OMITTED

8    INT. ARBORETUM (OPTICAL)

	Lush and beautiful (as seen in "Data's Day".) A
	section of the wall GLOWS red -- the POINT OF LIGHT
	zips into a nearby gardening tool... then EXITS...

9    OMITTED

10   ON A FLOWER (OPTICAL)

	The light enters an exotic-looking flower, causing the
	flower to GLOW -- but this glow is different, longer
	and more intense. The glow vanishes and a duplicate
	flower appears next to the original. Just as quickly,
	the duplicate flower disappears into a tiny red dot,
	which instantly DEMATERIALIZES...

11   ANGLE - CLARA (OPTICAL)

	The glowing pinpoint of light MATERIALIZES again and
	stops, as if spotting Clara. It hovers, as if watching
	her from afar...

11A  CLOSE ON CLARA (OPTICAL)

	She is by herself, kneeling on a patch of dirt among
	the trees and bushes. As she plants seeds into the
	soil, she talks to her imaginary friend Isabella...

   STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/26/92 - TEASER   6B.

11A  CONTINUED:

					CLARA
			See, Isabella... you have to push
			your finger into the soil as deep
			as you can.

	Clara picks up a watering container, and waters the
	seeds.

					CLARA
			The baby seeds are very small...
			so we mustn't give them too much
			to drink.

	Clara sets down the water, and begins to pat down the
	soil with her hands. She hums a nursery rhyme as she
	works, obviously enjoying her day at the arboretum...

	Then, with out warning, the point of light flies
	directly into Clara's head -- Clara's head GLOWS, as if
	the light is scanning her mind (same glow effect as
	the flower). The red light PULSES like it did in the
	flower -- then vanishes. Clara doesn't notice a thing.
	She keeps humming her song...

	Slowly, another girl's VOICE starts to hum along with
	Clara. Clara stops, looks around.

					CLARA
			Hello? Is somebody there?

	Suddenly, behind Clara, a figure steps into view. It's
	a young girl, slightly taller than Clara, and a few
	years older (she should appear to be around twelve).
	This is ISABELLA. She has blonde hair and wears a blue
	dress with white buttons. She looks exactly as Clara
	described her -- and yet, there is something alien and
	spooky about the girl. She doesn't smile... and her
	face is expressionless, cold...

					ISABELLA
				(to Clara)
			Hello.

	Clara whips around and sees Isabella -- she reacts,
	wide-eyed with astonishment.

					CLARA
			Isabella?

	The other girl, Isabella, studies Clara.

					ISABELLA
			Hello, Clara.

   STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/26/92 - TEASER   6C.

11A  CONTINUED: (2)

	OFF Clara's utter surprise...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

  STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/25/92 - ACT ONE  7-9.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

12   INT. ARBORETUM

	As before. Clara facing Isabella, confused by the
	sight -- after all, she's never actually seen her
	imaginary friend.

					CLARA
			Isabella... How come I can see
			you?

	Isabella is expressionless.

					ISABELLA
			Is something wrong with the way
			I look?

					CLARA
			No. I've just never seen you
			before. Not for real.

					ISABELLA
			Well... now you can see me for
			real. Doesn't that make you
			happy?

					CLARA
			Yes... it's wonderful!

	Isabella glances where Clara was planting seeds.

					ISABELLA
			Can we go now?

					CLARA
			We should finish planting the
			seeds.

					ISABELLA
			I'm tired of planting. Let's do
			something else.

					CLARA
			Like what?

     STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - 2/24/92 - ACT ONE     10.

12   CONTINUED:

					ISABELLA
			Like...
				(pointedly)
			I would really like to explore
			the ship.

					CLARA
			We should finish planting first.
			I promised Keiko.

					ISABELLA
			We can finish later. Let's go
			look around.

	Isabella moves to Clara and takes her by the hand.
	Clara stands up, hesitant.

					CLARA
			I'd better ask my daddy.

					ISABELLA
			Your daddy won't mind. We can
			tell him later. Come on...

	Isabella tugs Clara along -- big sister leading younger
	sister. She's persuasive, more sophisticated than
	Clara. There is an intelligence at work here. This is
	no ordinary "imaginary friend." Isabella is hard to
	deny -- Clara smiles and goes along. As they EXIT hand
	in hand...

13   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi, Data and Sutter working at various consoles,
	collecting data from the nebula. N.D.s as needed.
	Geordi's console displays a GRAPHIC of the nebula.

					GEORDI
			So what are we going to name this
			nebula? "FGC-four-seven" just
			doesn't have a nice ring to it.

     STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - 2/24/92 - ACT ONE     11.

13   CONTINUED:

					SUTTER
				(with humor)
			Why don't we call it... "Sutter's
			Cloud?"

	Data works his console.

					DATA
			The rotational period of the
			neutron star is one point three
			five seconds.

					GEORDI
			That's a bit on the long side.
			Sutter -- let's see if we can get
			a reading on the particle flux.

					SUTTER
			Aye, sir.

	Sutter works his console.

					GEORDI
			I was thinking more along the
			lines of "The La Forge Nebula."
			Sounds sort of majestic, don't
			you think?

					DATA
			Based on those selections, I would
			prefer FGC-four-seven.

	Geordi and Sutter laugh. Data misses the joke.
	Suddenly, the ship TREMBLES slightly, and the lights
	FLICKER. Reactions.

					SUTTER
			What was that?

					GEORDI
			It felt like we hit something.

	Data checks a console.

					DATA
			Shields have registered an impact.
			But the sensors show nothing in
			the vicinity.

14   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Ensign Felton at stations.

   STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/26/92 - ACT ONE   12.

14   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(off console)
			Forward velocity is down by point
			two percent. And dropping...

					PICARD
			Engineering. Report.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Could be a problem with the
			shields, Captain. We're checking
			it out now.

15   INT. ENGINEERING

	As before. Sutter works for a beat.

					SUTTER
				(to Geordi)
			Systems are normal, sir.

					GEORDI
			So -- did we hit something or not?

	Geordi works a beat.

					GEORDI
			Shields say yes, sensors say no...
			this is very strange...

16   ON DOOR

	as Clara ENTERS. She walks straight into the room and
	starts looking around, oblivious to the seriousness
	of the situation.

					GEORDI
				(to Sutter, on the move)
			Ensign, give me a breakdown
			on shield energy conversion.
			Run a spectral --

	Geordi almost collides with Clara. He stops,
	surprised.

					GEORDI
				(to Clara)
			Whoa. Where did you come from?

   STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/25/92 - ACT ONE   13.

16   CONTINUED:

					CLARA
			I'm Clara Sutter.
				(points to Sutter)
			That's my daddy.

	Sutter looks up and sees Clara -- his face drops. What
	is she doing here? He gives Geordi an apologetic look
	as he moves to Clara. He speaks to her in a hushed,
	terse tone of voice.

					SUTTER
			Clara, you can't be here right
			now.

					CLARA
			But Isabella wanted to see
			engineering.

	This is the last thing Sutter wants to hear.

					SUTTER
			I don't care what Isabella wanted
			to see. Go back to our quarters
			right now.

					CLARA
			But Daddy...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to La Forge. Our speed
			is still dropping.

	Geordi works at his console.

					GEORDI
			I'm increasing power to the
			impulse engines... but forward
			velocity isn't consistent with
			engine output.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Explanation.

					GEORDI
			It looks like something is
			increasing the drag coefficient
			on the ship. But we can't find
			the cause...

  STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/25/92 - ACT ONE  13A.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			If you can't correct it... we're
			going to have to reverse course
			and leave the nebula.

					GEORDI
			Give me a couple of minutes,
			sir...

					SUTTER
				(stern)
			Clara -- now.

	Clara frowns, and heads for the door. Sutter exchanges
	an awkward glance with Geordi, who looks annoyed by
	the situation.

   STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/28/92 - ACT ONE   14.

16   CONTINUED: (3)

					SUTTER
				(to Geordi)
			Sorry, Commander.

	They continue working...

17   INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Clara exits engineering. A beat, then Isabella
	MATERIALIZES behind her. Clara reacts to the sudden
	appearance.

					CLARA
			Why do you keep disappearing like
			that?

					ISABELLA
			The grown-ups don't think I'm
			real. When they're around, I have
			to be invisible.

	Isabella glances back at engineering.

					ISABELLA
			Wait here.

	Isabella DEMATERIALIZES.

18   INT. ENGINEERING - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	As before -- everyone hard at work.

					DATA
			The drag coefficient continues
			to increase. Forward velocity has
			fallen by twelve percent.

	Behind Data, a nearby console GLOWS the red color.
	Data continues to study his control panel, confused.

					DATA
			Our speed is increasing...

	He studies his console in some puzzlement, then turns
	to Geordi.

					DATA
			The ship's speed has stabilized
			at one-quarter impulse.

	Geordi is pleased.

					GEORDI
			Great, Data. What'd you do?

   STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/25/92 - ACT ONE   15.

18   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I did nothing, Commander.
				(checks console)
			The problem seems to have
			corrected itself.

	They exchange a mystified look...

19   INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	Clara waiting. Isabella APPEARS.

					CLARA
			Where did you go?

					ISABELLA
				(casually)
			There was something I had to do.

	Isabella takes Clara by the hand. As they turn and
	walk away together...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

   STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/26/92 - ACT TWO   16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

20   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Data, Geordi discussing their situation.

					GEORDI
			I don't have an explanation, sir.
			We seemed to hit something... and
			then we started losing speed.
			But so far as we can tell, there's
			nothing out there to hit.

					RIKER
			Could some kind of damping field
			cause us to lose velocity?

					DATA
			We simulated several such fields,
			but were unable to reproduce the
			same drag coefficient.

					GEORDI
			We also don't know why the problem
			suddenly corrected itself.

	They are all intrigued by the mystery... none more than
	Picard, whose scientific curiosity has been whetted.

					PICARD
			It seems we're observing a unique
			phenomenon... one that hasn't
			been recorded before.

					GEORDI
			The question is, do we stay here
			and check it out?

					RIKER
			That may be dangerous.

					DATA
			Since we have experienced the
			phenomenon only once, it is
			impossible to estimate the risks.

   STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/25/92 - ACT TWO   17.

20   CONTINUED:

	Geordi responds to the challenge... if something
	mysterious has happened to his ship, he wants to find
	out what it was.

					GEORDI
			I'd like to stick around a little
			longer, sir... collect a sample
			of the gaseous matter, see what
			it tells us...

	Picard considers. Like Geordi, he's propelled by the
	mystery.

					PICARD
			Agreed. Collect your sample,
			Mister La Forge. We'll proceed
			-- with caution.
				(beat)
			Dismissed.

	As they rise to go...

21   INT. CORRIDOR

	Clara and Isabella are walking along. They pass a
	large door, which Isabella eyes with curiosity.

					ISABELLA
				(re: door)
			What's in here?

					CLARA
			That's the door to the cargo bay.
			We can't go in there.

	They continue along...

					ISABELLA
			Let's go someplace with lots of
			people.

					CLARA
			Okay.
				(beat)
			Isabella, why are you so serious
			lately?

	Isabella looks at her.

					ISABELLA
			What do you mean?

  STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/24/92 - ACT TWO  17A.

21   CONTINUED:

					CLARA
			You haven't even smiled once
			today.

	Isabella considers the remark in her unemotional way.
	Suddenly, Clara stops, turns to Isabella and makes a
	funny face. Isabella reacts, taken aback by the
	display -- then, gradually, she breaks out in the
	beginnings of a smile. She touches her mouth and face,
	as if she doesn't quite know what a smile is...

   STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/25/92 - ACT TWO   18.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

	They continue walking. Clara watches Isabella
	happily...

					CLARA
			You're my best friend, Isabella.

					ISABELLA
			Why?

	Clara thinks.

					CLARA
			I don't know. Because we do
			things together... and we trade
			secrets.

	Isabella considers this. It is a difficult concept for
	her alien mind to grasp.

					ISABELLA
			Does everybody have a best friend?

					CLARA
			If they're lucky. Before I had
			you, I didn't have one...

					ISABELLA
			Why not?

					CLARA
			Every time I made friends with
			someone... my daddy's job would
			change and we'd move to a new ship.
			And it takes time to make best
			friends...

					ISABELLA
			How long?

					CLARA
			It depends. With you... not very
			long. You always listened to me,
			even when I was sad...

	Isabella turns this over in her mind.

					ISABELLA
			Clara... I'm glad we're best
			friends.

	Clara smiles at her, good feelings abounding, youthful
	ebullience overflowing.

  STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/25/92 - ACT TWO  18A.

21   CONTINUED: (3)

					CLARA
				(a challenge)
			Race you.

					ISABELLA
			Okay.

					CLARA
			Ready... set ... go!

	Clara takes off running down the corridor. Isabella
	hesitates, unsure what to do -- then she starts
	running, too. Clara has the lead but Isabella is
	quickly catching up...

22   INCLUDE WORF

	rounding a corner at a good clip. Both girls nearly
	collide with him. They stop, breathless and startled
	by the towering Klingon. Worf gives the girls a stern
	look.

					WORF
			This area is not designated for
			children.

   STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 3/04/92 - ACT TWO   19.

22   CONTINUED:

	Isabella, staring at him with eyes as big as saucers,
	takes a step back. Worf realizes he's scared her, and
	despite his hurry, softens his tone.

					WORF
			Are you lost?

	Both girls are speechless.

					WORF
			Where are you supposed to be?

	Clara bravely steps forward.

					CLARA
				(small voice)
			We were only playing. We're
			sorry.

	Worf is affected by Clara's tiny charm. He gives the
	girls a faint smile.

					WORF
			Return to your quarters. And we
			will forget this incident.

					CLARA
			Thank you!

	The girls turn back the way they came, and disappear
	around a corner. Satisfied, Worf continues on his
	way...

	After a moment, Isabella peers around the corner to
	make sure the coast is clear. It is. She hurries back
	out into the corridor, yanking a resistant Clara along
	by the arm...

22A  INT. ENGINEERING

	Sutter is working at a console in Geordi's office as
	Geordi ENTERS.

					GEORDI
			Okay... I've configured the
			magnetic coils to collect gaseous
			matter from the nebula. Go ahead
			and activate the beam emitter.

					SUTTER
			I'm setting the fractionater to
			a continuous cycle...

  STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 3/04/92 - ACT TWO  19A.

22A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			We'll take samples from eight
			random sections. That should give
			us a reliable measure.

	The two men work a beat in silence. Then, somewhat
	tentatively...

					SUTTER
			Commander...

	Geordi hears something in his voice, glances at him.

					SUTTER
			I understand... that you had a
			parent in Starfleet.

					GEORDI
			Two of them, as a matter of fact.
			My father was an exozoologist...
			my mother a command officer.

					SUTTER
			They must have been posted to a
			lot of different assignments...

					GEORDI
			That's putting it mildly. They
			were always on the move... some
			of the time together, some times
			separately... I never knew if
			I was going to be stationed with
			my dad while he studied
			invertebrates in the Modean
			system... or with my mom on some
			outpost near the Neutral Zone.

					SUTTER
			Was that hard on you?

					GEORDI
			I don't remember it that way...

	Sutter gives him an uncertain look.

					SUTTER
			But... it must have been
			disruptive if you didn't stay
			in one place long enough to make
			friends...

	Geordi, on the other hand, knows what Sutter is worried
	about, and taps into his concerns.

  STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 3/04/92 - ACT TWO  19B.

22A  CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			I guess there were things about
			my childhood that weren't ideal...
			but to me, it was like one long
			adventure.
				(beat)
			Kids are tougher than you think.
			As long as they know you love
			them... they can handle just
			about anything life throws at
			them.

	Sutter realizes Geordi knows what he's been asking
	about. He turns to his work with a small smile.

					SUTTER
			Thanks, Commander.

23   INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	Data and Guinan are sitting at the row of windows,
	observing the spectacular VIEW of the NEBULA.

					GUINAN
				(re: nebula)
			I see... a Samarian coral fish...
			with its fins unfolded...

	Data studies the clouds, puzzled by Guinan's
	observation.

					DATA
			I believe what you are seeing is
			the effect of the fluid dynamic
			processes inherent to large scale
			motion of highly rarified gas.

					GUINAN
			No... first it was a fish... now
			I see a Mintonian sailing ship...

					DATA
			Where?

					GUINAN
				(points)
			Right there -- see how the two
			swirls come up to form a mast...

	Data studies the nebula -- he doesn't see it.

  STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 3/04/92 - ACT TWO  19C.

23   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I do not see it.
				(analytical)
			It is interesting that people try
			to find meaningful patterns in
			things that are essentially
			random. I have noticed that the
			images they perceive can sometimes
			suggest what they are thinking
			about at that particular moment.

	A beat as they stare outside, pondering the clouds.

					DATA
				(re: nebula)
			Besides, it is clear that this
			cloud formation most closely
			resembles a "bunny rabbit."

	Guinan laughs at Data's remark. Data looks innocently
	at her, puzzled by her response...

23A  ANGLE ON DOOR

	as Clara ENTERS and proceeds into the room. She looks
	around, bravely venturing into the room full of
	grown-ups...

   STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/28/92 - ACT TWO   20.

24   OMITTED

25   ON DATA AND GUINAN

	as they notice Clara across the room.

					GUINAN
			I think someone's lost her way...

	Guinan rises and approaches Clara...

					GUINAN
				(to Clara)
			Hello there. Are you looking for
			someone?

					CLARA
			No... I brought Isabella to see
			Ten Forward.

	Guinan looks around, sees no one, but is cool.

					GUINAN
			Well, ordinarily you're supposed
			to be here with a grown-up... but
			since you've brought Isabella,
			you can be my guest.

	Clara looks up at her. This is the only adult she's
	encountered who seems to accept Isabella right off the
	bat.

					CLARA
			Thank you.

	Guinan moves behind the bar. Clara climbs onto a
	stool.

					GUINAN
			How about two glasses of Papalla
			juice... with extra bubbles.

					CLARA
			Yes, thank you --

	Clara stops in mid-sentence, as if hearing something
	next to her. She leans over, as though listening.
	Then she turns to Guinan.

					CLARA
			Just one, please. Isabella isn't
			thirsty.

					GUINAN
			One juice...

	She reaches under the bar to the replicator, offscreen,
	we HEAR it working as --

   STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/28/92 - ACT TWO   21.

25   CONTINUED:

					CLARA
			You're not like the other
			grown-ups.

					GUINAN
			Oh, no?

					CLARA
			They don't think Isabella's real.

	Guinan turns back with the drink and sets it in front
	of Clara.

					GUINAN
			Sometimes grown-ups have a tough
			time believing in things they
			can't see.

					CLARA
			Why?

					GUINAN
			Well... they tend to get very
			preoccupied with grown-up things.

					CLARA
			Like what?

					GUINAN
			Oh... like figuring out how much
			fuel it takes to power this
			ship... or deciding whether to
			explore one star system or
			another... arranging schedules,
			making lists, counting inventory,
			or... wondering if little girls
			should go to bed at seven... or be
			allowed to stay up till eight.

	Clara grins again... this woman is funny.

					GUINAN
			Their heads can get so full...
			that there's no room left for the
			things you and I know are important.
			Like invisible friends.

  STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/28/92 - ACT TWO  21A.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					CLARA
				(after a moment's
				 reflection)
			If nobody else understands... how
			come you do?

					GUINAN
			Maybe because when I was your age,
			I had an invisible friend, too.

					CLARA
			You did? What was she like?

					GUINAN
			It wasn't a she.

					CLARA
			What was he like?

					GUINAN
			It wasn't a he.

   STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/28/92 - ACT TWO   22.

25   CONTINUED: (3)

					CLARA
			It?

					GUINAN
			It was a Tarcassian razor beast.
			It had dark brown fur, gold
			eyes... huge spiny wings... It
			could fly so fast that no one
			could see it... except me.

	Clara's eyes go wide -- she's enchanted by the
	description...

					CLARA
			Sounds scary.

					GUINAN
			It was... especially when it
			smiled.

	Clara smiles at this.

					GUINAN
			But the best thing about it was
			that I could curl up and lie on
			its furry stomach. It had the
			deepest, softest purr you've ever
			heard... it put me to sleep
			every night...
				(beat)
			That razor beast was a good
			friend.

	Clara thinks about this.

					CLARA
			So is Isabella.

	They share a smile.

25A  INCLUDE TROI (OPTICAL)

	as she ENTERS Ten Forward. She spots Clara and crosses
	to her. She's gentle, but concerned...

					TROI
			Hello, Clara.

					CLARA
			Hello...

  STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/26/92 - ACT TWO  22A.

25A  CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
				(to Troi)
			I was just talking with Clara and
			Isabella.

	Troi smiles at Guinan, then turns to Clara.

					TROI
			Clara... would you and Isabella
			like to take a walk with me?

					CLARA
			I guess so.
				(to Guinan)
			'Bye.

					GUINAN
			See you later, Clara...
			Isabella.

	Clara walks out with Troi after looking back at Guinan
	with a smile.

26   OMITTED

26A  INT. CORRIDOR

	Troi and Clara walking up to a turbolift. Troi hits
	the button by the door and they wait...

					TROI
			Clara, you haven't been on this
			ship very long, so maybe you don't
			know that Ten Forward is usually
			for grown-ups.

	Clara frowns -- after all, this isn't really her fault.

					CLARA
			I know that. I didn't want to
			go. But Isabella wanted to see
			it.

					TROI
			If Isabella is telling you to do
			things you know are wrong... then
			you must tell her it's not
			acceptable.

  STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/26/92 - ACT TWO  22B.

26A  CONTINUED:

					CLARA
			I tried to. But she wouldn't
			listen.

	They walk up to a turbolift. The doors slide open.
	They enter...

26B  INT. TURBOLIFT - CONTINUOUS

	Troi and Clara ENTER.

					TROI
				(to lift)
			Deck thirty-two.

	The lift starts moving.

					TROI
				(to Clara)
			Would you like me to talk to
			Isabella for you?

	Clara shrugs. Troi looks next to Clara.

					TROI
			Isabella... it's not very nice
			to tell Clara to do things she
			isn't supposed to.

	Clara reacts, as though hearing a voice next to her.

					CLARA
			She's over here.

	Troi speaks to the other side of Clara.

					TROI
			From now on... I want you to ask
			a grown-up before you go places
			that are off-limits.

	Clara leans over, as if listening to something Isabella
	is whispering to her. She frowns, then glances at
	Troi.

					TROI
			What did she say?

					CLARA
			She said...

   STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/26/92 - ACT TWO   23.

26B  CONTINUED:

	Clara trails off, uncomfortable, not wanting to repeat
	what she heard.

					TROI
			Clara. Please tell me what
			Isabella said.

	Clara looks uncomfortable -- she moves in close to
	Troi, so Isabella can't hear what she's saying.

					CLARA
				(whispers)
			She said... you better leave us
			alone.

	Clara looks at the floor, feeling awful. OFF Troi's
	concern...

27   INT. SUTTER'S QUARTERS

	Troi and Sutter together in Sutter's side of the room
	(Clara's room is adjacent, separated by a door).

					TROI
			I'm a little concerned about the
			turn this is taking. It seems
			Clara is starting to do
			inappropriate things... and she's
			blaming them on Isabella.

	Sutter reacts.

					SUTTER
			She came into engineering today...
			and said it was Isabella's idea.

	Sutter looks concerned. Troi tries to ease his mind.

   STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/24/92 - ACT TWO   24.

27   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I don't think it's too serious
			yet. But we should make more of
			an effort to get her involved with
			real friends her own age.
				(beat)
			The Children's Center is having
			a ceramics class this afternoon.
			Why don't I take Clara?

	Sutter cheers up a little.

					SUTTER
			I think she'd like that.

					TROI
			I'll see if there's room left in
			the class. In the meantime, make
			yourself available to Clara. Let
			her know she doesn't have to rely
			on Isabella when she needs someone
			to talk to.

	Sutter nods, hopeful.

					SUTTER
			Thank you, Counselor.

28   INT. CLARA'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Clara is putting together a futuristic jigsaw puzzle.
	She is solemn, after all that's happened today.
	Isabella watches from across the room... then finally
	approaches her...

					ISABELLA
			Are you mad at me?

	Clara shrugs, keeps working on the puzzle.

					ISABELLA
				(sweetly)
			I'm sorry I got you in trouble.

	Clara looks up at her, brightened by the apology.

					CLARA
			That's okay.

   STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/25/92 - ACT TWO   25.

28   CONTINUED:

					ISABELLA
			Are we still... best friends?

	Clara smiles, nods emphatically. She holds out a
	puzzle piece.

					CLARA
			Here -- you can help me put this
			together, if you want.

	Isabella takes the piece. They start to put the puzzle
	together...

					ISABELLA
			Clara... Why are grown-ups so
			mean?

					CLARA
			They're not mean -- they're just
			more serious than we are.

					ISABELLA
			Sometimes I wish they'd just go
			away.

					CLARA
			You do?

					ISABELLA
			Yes... I don't like them.

	A beat. Then Isabella focuses on Clara -- she is
	testing Clara's loyalties...

					ISABELLA
			I'm bored. Let's go back to
			engineering.

	Clara reacts -- not again. She holds firm.

					CLARA
			We're not allowed to go there.

   STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/25/92 - ACT TWO   26.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

	Isabella's expression hardens -- she tosses down a
	puzzle piece, unhappy with the response. Isabella is
	manipulating Clara, working on the young girl's
	affections. It's an eerie sight -- Isabella has a
	hidden agenda and she's using Clara to get it...

					ISABELLA
			I thought we were best friends.

					CLARA
			We are.

					ISABELLA
			Then why won't you play with me?

					CLARA
			I told you...

					ISABELLA
			You always listen to the
			grown-ups. You don't care about
			me.

	Clara looks hurt.

					CLARA
			That's not true.

					ISABELLA
			I thought we'd have fun
			together, once you could really
			see me. I thought you'd like
			me...

	Clara is speechless. Isabella moves close to her,
	putting on the pressure, trying to persuade Clara...

					ISABELLA
			Let's go to engineering, Clara.
			Just for a little while. No one
			will know -- it'll be our secret.
			And if they find us, we'll tell
			them we got lost...

	Before Clara can respond, the door CHIMES.

					CLARA
			Who is it?

					TROI (o.s.)
			Counselor Troi.

     STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - 2/24/92 - ACT TWO     27.

28   CONTINUED: (3)

	Isabella DEMATERIALIZES. Clara moves to the doors and
	touches a button. The doors slide open, and Troi
	ENTERS.

					TROI
			Hello, Clara.

					CLARA
			Hi.

					TROI
			I came to ask if you'd like to
			come to a ceramics class.

	Clara likes the idea.

					CLARA
			Can Isabella come, too?

					TROI
			No, Clara. We'll do something
			with Isabella another day.

	Clara glances around the room, uneasy about leaving
	Isabella behind.

					CLARA
			Well...
				(makes the decision)
			Okay.

	Troi smiles, and takes Clara by the hand. They EXIT.

	After a beat, Isabella APPEARS. Her face is a mixture
	of jealousy and anger -- Clara has left her and she
	hates it. Her eyes start to GLOW a deep red color,
	as if with alien rage...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

  STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 3/5/93 - ACT THREE  28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

29   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving through the nebula.

29A  INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Data, and Worf; Felton at the conn.

					DATA
			Sir, as we move deeper into the
			nebula, sensors indicate that
			levels of helium and trionium have
			continued to rise steadily

					PICARD
			Is it anything the shields can't
			handle?

					DATA
			No, sir, we are well within
			tolerance levels --

	Suddenly there is another TREMBLE to the ship, and the
	lights FLICKER. Picard is on his feet.

					PICARD
			Mister Data -- ?

					DATA
			Shields have registered an impact,
			sir...

					PICARD
			But sensors don't show anything
			out there, right?

					DATA
			No, sir. There is no indication
			of anything near the ship.

					WORF
			Forward velocity is dropping,
			Captain. Down by point-four
			percent.

					PICARD
			Can we go to warp speed?

  STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 3/5/93 - ACT THREE  28A.

29A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Until we determine the cause of
			the drag coefficient, I would not
			recommend it, sir.

					WORF
			Forward velocity is down by one
			point one percent.

					PICARD
			Ensign, increase power to the
			impulse engines.

					FELTON
			Aye, sir.

	Felton inputs the command; Data studies his console.

					DATA
			Impulse engines are now at full
			power.

					WORF
			We are no longer losing speed.

					DATA
			Forward velocity is holding
			steady. The drag coefficient is
			still present, but it has
			stabilized.

	Picard takes a beat, assessing these strange events.

					PICARD
				(to Com)
			Bridge to Commander Riker... check
			with Mister La Forge... see if
			he's found anything in that matter
			sample from the nebula.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			On my way, sir.

	Picard settles into his chair, concerned.

30   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and Sutter are studying a clear TUBE, which
	contains a sampling of red gas from the nebula. Sutter
	scans the tube with a TECH device, while Geordi works
	a console.

	Riker ENTERS and approaches the team.

 STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 3/04/92 - ACT THREE 28B.

30   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Any luck?

					GEORDI
			Yeah -- take a look at this...

	Geordi is excited -- their work is going well. He
	indicates the tube.

					GEORDI
			We tried radiating the matter
			sample with just about everything
			we could think of. We didn't find
			anything... until we subjected
			it to a high frequency warp
			field...

	Geordi looks to Sutter, who activates the TECH device.
	It casts a GLOW onto the matter, causing a single
	thread-like STRAND to appear. Geordi points to the
	strand.

					GEORDI
				(re: strand)
			This may be what we've been
			running into...

					RIKER
			Do you know what it is?

  STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/25/92 - ACT THREE  29.

30   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			We think so. Now that the sensors
			can read it, it seems to be a
			highly cohesive form of plasma
			-- like a strand of energy.

					SUTTER
			We figure this segment is just
			part of a network of much larger
			strands.

					GEORDI
			When these things come in contact
			with our shields, it produces a
			resonant effect -- and creates the
			drag coefficient we've been
			experiencing.

	Riker eyes the strand with curiosity.

					RIKER
			Anything like this on record?

					GEORDI
			No.

	Riker is intrigued, but concerned.

					RIKER
			Any idea how many more of these
			there might be?

					GEORDI
			No. But if we run the warp field
			generators through the deflector
			grid, we could radiate a field
			outside the ship.

					RIKER
			... and we'd see for ourselves.
			Let's do it.

					GEORDI
			Aye.

	Riker turns to go, as the others resume their work...

 STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/24/92 - ACT THREE 29A.

31   INT. DAYCARE CENTER

	Troi and Clara ENTER and take in the scene. A handful
	of CHILDREN are at various tables, working on their
	ceramic projects. Worf's son, ALEXANDER, is sitting
	alone at a table. Clara, extremely shy, clings to Troi
	as they cross to Alexander's table...

    STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - 2/24/92 - ACT THREE    30.

31   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Alexander, I thought you might
			like a partner.

	Alexander looks up.

					TROI
			This is Clara Sutter. She's new
			on board. Clara, meet Alexander
			Rozhenko.

	Clara's eyes drop to the floor. Alexander is more
	forward.

					ALEXANDER
				(to Clara)
			I'm making a cup for my father.
			Wanna help?

	Clara looks at the CUP -- it's a huge and lopsided
	goblet covered with spikes. A Klingon child's version
	of a cup. Clara looks at Troi, as if for permission.

					TROI
			It's alright...

	Clara sits down at the table and eagerly begins to
	stick clay spikes onto the cup. Alexander stops her,
	and politely shows her the right way to do it.

					ALEXANDER
			You gotta put them all in a row...
			like this...

	Clara quickly gets the hang of it. She looks at
	Alexander and smiles. Clearly, they're hitting it off.

					TROI
			Clara, would you like some clay
			of your own?

	But Clara is already absorbed in the activity, talking
	quietly with Alexander.

					CLARA
			I've never made a cup before.
			How do you do the round part?

					ALEXANDER
			It's easy. Just take a big piece
			of clay, and push your hand into
			it...

	Troi is pleased. Over their dialogue, she walks
	away...

  STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/25/92 - ACT THREE  31.

32   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf and Ensign Felton. Geordi at
	the aft science station. N.D.s as needed.

					WORF
			Warp field generators are standing
			by.

					GEORDI
			Captain -- we should be able to
			illuminate any strands within two
			thousand kilometers of the ship.

					PICARD
			Proceed.

	Geordi works the console.

					GEORDI
			Initiating field generation...

	Geordi hits a command...

33   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The red clouds of the nebula illuminate with a GLOW --
	revealing an incredible sight: There are ENERGY STRANDS
	all over the place. They surround the ship on all
	sides -- an impossibly complex latticework of energy,
	like a spider's web. (NOTE: None of the strands is
	touching the ship.)

34   INT. BRIDGE

	Reactions to the beautiful and alarming sight.

					PICARD
			Remarkable...

					DATA
				(works console)
			It is an irregular lattice
			composed of approximately
			forty-seven million strands of
			energy.

	Picard and Riker exchange a look -- both are uneasy
	with the situation.

  STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/25/92 - ACT THREE  32.

34   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Captain -- with this many out
			there, the resonant effect on
			our shields could cause a
			problem...

	Picard nods.

					PICARD
			Agreed. Ensign -- bring us about
			and take us out of the nebula.

					DATA
			That may be difficult, sir.
			I am now detecting a significant
			number of strands behind us.

					PICARD
			Do your best, Ensign.

					ENSIGN FELTON
			Aye, sir.

	As Felton works the controls...

35   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Troi ENTERS, crosses to a replicator food slot.

					TROI
				(to replicator)
			Hot chocolate.

	A cup of hot chocolate MATERIALIZES. Troi takes the
	cup and sets it on her desk. She sits down and starts
	to work on a desktop viewer.

					TROI
				(to computer)
			Computer -- list my appointment
			schedule for next week.

    STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - 2/24/92 - ACT THREE    33.

35   CONTINUED:

	The viewer displays a listing of information. As Troi
	studies the screen, she reaches for the cup of hot
	chocolate and takes a sip, relishing the taste. She
	sets down the cup, and goes to work on the viewer...

	Unseen by Troi, the cup spills onto the desk as if
	pushed by an invisible hand. Troi reacts, surprised --
	did she knock it over? Hot chocolate is pouring
	everywhere, all over her work. OFF Troi's mystified
	expression...

36   INT. DAYCARE CENTER (OPTICAL)

	Alexander and Clara have finished the cup, and are now
	having snacks with the other children -- juice and
	crackers. They're getting along well... Alexander
	trying to show off a little, and Clara suitably
	impressed.

					ALEXANDER
			Kryonian Tigers aren't so scary.
			I saw one once.

					CLARA
			You did?

					ALEXANDER
				(nods)
			My father took me to the zoo on
			Brentalia. All the tiger did
			was lick my hand. And he smelled
			funny.

	Clara giggles. She tries to place another spike on
	the cup, but it won't stick.

					CLARA
			I think we need more water.

					ALEXANDER
			I'll get some.

    STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - 2/24/92 - ACT THREE    34.

36   CONTINUED:

	Alexander turns to pick up a bowl of water. Just then,
	a block of clay on the table tips over, as if pushed
	by an invisible hand. It drops straight into the cup,
	demolishing it. Clara reacts -- realizing what has
	happened...

					CLARA
				(whispers)
			Isabella?

	Alexander turns and sees the ruined cup. He looks at
	Clara, shocked -- he thinks she did it.

					ALEXANDER
			Clara!

					CLARA
			I didn't do it.

					ALEXANDER
			Then who did?

					CLARA
			It was Isabella.

	Alexander glances around.

					ALEXANDER
			I don't see anybody.

					CLARA
			She's invisible.

	Alexander doesn't believe it.

					ALEXANDER
			I worked two weeks on this. That
			was really mean.

					CLARA
			I didn't do it! I didn't!

					ALEXANDER
			There's no such thing as invisible
			people. You're lying!

	Alexander turns to walk away. Suddenly, a sloppy lump
	of clay FLIES off the table and splats Alexander right
	in the back of the head.

					ALEXANDER
			Hey!

      STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/25/92 - ACT THREE      35.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

					CLARA
			Isabella, STOP!

	Frustrated and frightened, Clara leaps from the table
	and runs out of the room...

37   INT. ARBORETUM (OPTICAL)

	Clara ENTERS, and runs to the clearing in the soil
	where she was planting seeds. She sits on the ground
	and grabs her knees, crying softly to herself...

	Isabella steps into view a few feet away. She
	watches Clara for a moment, then approaches her.

					ISABELLA
			Clara...

	Clara looks up, tear-streaked. She's confused, angry.

					CLARA
			Why are you being so mean to me?
			Why'd you do that to my friend?

	Isabella is cold, impersonal -- creepy.

					ISABELLA
			Because you ran away from me.
			You left me alone. I had to do
			everything by myself...

	Isabella moves closer to Clara, who grows fearful.

					CLARA
			You're scaring me.

	Isabella's face is menacing -- her eyes take on the
	sinister red GLOW. Her true alien persona is rising to
	the surface, and it's a terrifying sight...

					ISABELLA
			I was going to protect you, Clara.
			I liked you...

	Clara recoils as Isabella moves right up to her face.

					ISABELLA
			But now I don't care. Now... when
			the others come... you can die
			along with everyone else.

         STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - 2/24/92 - ACT THREE        36.

37   CONTINUED:

	Clara's eyes widen with shock and fear -- she can
	hardly believe these words are coming from Isabella.
	OFF her terrified face...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

       STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/27/92 - ACT FOUR      37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

38   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Data, Geordi, Worf, Ensign Felton.
	N.D.s as needed. The VIEWSCREEN shows the complex
	latticework of energy strands.

					PICARD
			Status, Mister Data?

					DATA
			At our current speed, we will
			clear the nebula in twelve
			minutes, four seconds.

					PICARD
			Continue full sensor sweeps. I
			want all the information we can
			gather.

	Suddenly, the ship TREMBLES slightly.

					WORF
				(off console)
			Captain -- forward velocity down
			point six percent.

	Another TREMBLE, this time more intense.

					WORF
			Velocity down two point four
			percent.

	The ship TREMBLES again. And another TREMBLE.

					PICARD
			Mister Data?

       STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/27/92 - ACT FOUR      38.

38   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			We are moving through a dense
			concentration of energy strands.

38A  OMITTED

38B  INTERCUT: VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	There are even more ENERGY STRANDS than seen in Act
	Two. We see the ship's "POV" as it pushes through the
	dense strands, as if moving through seaweed...

					RIKER
			Can we go to warp?

					GEORDI
			The stress on the hull would be
			too great...

	Another TREMBLE.

					DATA
				(off console)
			Captain -- density appears to be
			lower off the starboard bow.

					PICARD
			Ensign, bring us to bearing
			oh-three-oh mark five.

					ENSIGN FELTON
			Aye, sir...

	Felton works the controls. A moment goes by without
	incident.

					WORF
			Forward velocity holding...

	A small moment of relief.

					PICARD
			Steady as she goes...

	OFF their tension...

       STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/27/92 - ACT FOUR      39.

38C  INT. TEN FORWARD

	Troi is sitting alone at a table, an untouched slice of
	chocolate cake at her side. She is idly drawing little
	circles on the table with a finger... lost in thought,
	doodling aimlessly. Guinan passes by, notices Troi
	in her absorption, and stops. Troi is oblivious...
	keeps tracing designs with her finger.

					GUINAN
			Something wrong with the cake?

	Troi looks up, as though suddenly brought back to
	reality, not sure where she is.

					TROI
			Pardon me?

	Guinan sits down.

					GUINAN
			When I see you with a piece of
			chocolate cake... that hasn't been
			touched... either the cake's no
			good -- or something's bothering
			you.

	Troi gives a wan smile.

					TROI
			I'm sure the cake is fine. I've
			just been thinking...

					GUINAN
			Let me guess... about a little
			girl and her imaginary friend.

					TROI
			I'm just... wondering... if I'm
			doing the right thing.

					GUINAN
			How so?

					TROI
			I know the best thing to do is
			to gradually wean her away from
			her fantasy... And today she did
			meet some new friends, and had
			a good time with them.

	She takes a breath... almost a sigh.

       STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 3/02/92 - ACT FOUR      40.

38C  CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			But?

					TROI
			But... at the same time, I can't
			help wondering if I'm stealing
			something from her... something
			precious...

	She looks at Guinan, a little wistful and uncertain.

					TROI
			... a part of her childhood that
			she'll never have again.

	Guinan smiles at her, leans forward.

					GUINAN
			I don't know about that. I was
			just telling Clara about my
			imaginary friend.

					TROI
			Your imaginary friend?

					GUINAN
			Yeah -- a Tarcassian razor beast.
			It protected me. I knew nothing
			could ever hurt me as long as I
			had that razor beast around.

	Troi smiles, understanding.

					GUINAN
			Over the years, its body kind of
			faded away. What was left was
			more of an idea than a thing.
				(beat)
			I don't talk to it nearly as much
			as I used to.

					TROI
				(surprised)
			You still talk to it?

					GUINAN
			All the time. When I get
			scared... or confused... or I
			need help. The way I see it, you
			don't ever have to lose your
			imaginary friend.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/28/92 - ACT FOUR     40A.

38C  CONTINUED: (2)

					GUINAN (cont'd)
			If it's something you need in your
			life -- it'll be there.
				(beat)
			It just might not be called an
			imaginary friend anymore.

	Troi smiles, affected by Guinan's words.

       STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/28/92 - ACT FOUR      41.

38C  CONTINUED: (3)

					SUTTER'S COM VOICE
			Ensign Sutter to Counselor Troi.

					TROI
			Go ahead, Ensign.

					SUTTER'S COM VOICE
			Would you come to my quarters?
			I'm having a problem with Clara.

					TROI
			On my way.

	As Troi rises to go...

39
thru	OMITTED
43

44   INT. SUTTER'S QUARTERS

	Later. Clara is sitting across the room, in her
	nightclothes, ready for bed. She looks pale and quiet.
	Troi and Sutter are talking quietly by the door...

					SUTTER
				(re: Clara)
			She won't even go into her room.
			She's terrified "Isabella" is
			going to hurt her.

	Troi reacts, disturbed by the news. She looks at
	Clara, then crosses to her and kneels down...

					TROI
			Clara... your father tells me
			Isabella has been saying some very
			bad things to you.

	Clara frowns and nods.

					TROI
			What did she say?

	Clara shivers at the memory.

					CLARA
			She said they were going to come
			and kill everyone.

       STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/27/92 - ACT FOUR      42.

44   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Who's going to come and kill
			everyone?

					CLARA
			The others... like her.

					TROI
			Did she say why?

	Clara shakes her head, no. Troi is gentle but firm.
	She hates to see Clara so frightened, but she doesn't
	want to encourage these kind of fantasies.

					TROI
			I know you must be very
			frightened. Sometimes what we
			imagine can be just as scary as
			something real.
				(beat)
			But I promise you -- there's no
			way Isabella can harm you or
			anyone on this ship.

					CLARA
			But she's not imaginary anymore.
			She's real now. I can see
			her...

					TROI
			You can see her... ?

					CLARA
			Yes.

	Troi is troubled by Clara's conviction. She carefully
	plays along...

					TROI
			If I go with you and hold your
			hand, will you go into your room?

					CLARA
			I think so...

					TROI
			We'll make sure Isabella isn't
			anywhere around. Alright?

	Clara nods, apprehensive.

					TROI
			Come on.

       STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/27/92 - ACT FOUR     42A.

44   CONTINUED: (2)

	Clara stands and takes Troi's hand. Troi throws a look
	to Sutter, giving him the signal to "wait here." Sutter
	hangs back as Troi and Clara enter Clara's room
	together...

       STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/27/92 - ACT FOUR      43.

45   INT. CLARA'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	Troi and Clara ENTER: They take a preliminary glance
	around the room -- it's empty.

					TROI
			Do you see anybody?

	Clara shakes her head, no.

					TROI
			Let's look under the bed...

	They cross to Clara's bed. Clara clings to Troi,
	nervous. Troi kneels down and lifts the bedcover.
	She looks, then turns to Clara.

					TROI
			Is she there?

	With great hesitation, Clara looks under the bed --
	it's empty. She relaxes a little. They stand.

					TROI
			Now... where else?

	Clara points to a nearby chair. They move to it, and
	Troi looks behind it.

					TROI
			Is she behind here?

	Clara shakes her head, no.

					TROI
			Maybe Isabella's gone home...

	Troi looks around, then leads the way to the sink area
	and takes a look around.

					TROI
			Anything there?

	Clara tentatively peers into the bathroom area. She
	looks mollified. As they cross toward Clara's bed,
	Troi tries to reassure Clara...

					TROI
			Maybe Isabella knows you're making
			new friends now.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - 2/24/92 - ACT FOUR         44.

45   CONTINUED:

					TROI (cont'd)
			In fact, I'll bet she won't be
			coming around as much anymore...

	Clara considers the remark, then glances at a nearby
	closet. She points to it.

					CLARA
			What about the closet?

					TROI
			Oh. Okay...

	They cross to the closet...

45A  ON CLOSET

	As Troi slides open the door... The closet is empty.

					TROI
			Anybody in here?

	Troi turns to Clara...

46   INCLUDE CLARA (OPTICAL)

	Isabella is standing right behind Clara-- she is
	staring directly at Troi with a cold expression. Troi
	reacts, completely stunned to see the girl. Before
	she can utter a word, Isabella raises a hand and throws
	out a STRAND OF RED ENERGY -- the strand HITS Troi and
	knocks her backward --

	Clara screams as Troi falls to the floor,
	unconscious...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/26/92 - ACT FIVE      45.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

47   INT. SICKBAY

	Troi is lying on a bed, conscious but extremely weak.
	Picard and Sutter stand close by, while Beverly scans
	Troi with a medical tricorder. Troi is recounting what
	happened in a frail voice...

					TROI
			She was eleven, maybe twelve...
			with blonde hair...

	Troi is chilled by the memory. She tries to sit up,
	worried.

					TROI
			Clara...

	Beverly comforts Troi.

					BEVERLY
			Clara's sleeping. She's going
			to be fine.

	Troi lays back down, too weak to argue. Beverly turns
	to Picard, Sutter.

					BEVERLY
				(re: Troi)
			Her bioelectrical processes were
			severely disrupted. It's like
			the energy was pulled right out
			of her body.

	Picard and Sutter exchange a concerned look.

					SUTTER
			Captain... Clara told me her
			imaginary friend was making
			threats. She claimed that others
			were on the way... and that they
			were going to kill everyone on
			the ship.

	Picard considers grimly -- this is a strange and
	unsettling situation.

					PICARD
				(taps communicator)
			Picard to Lieutenant Worf.

       STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/27/92 - ACT FIVE      46.

47   CONTINUED:

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Worf here.

					PICARD
			We have established the presence
			of what appears to be an alien
			entity on board.
				(beat)
			It seems the entity has manifested
			itself in the form of a twelve-
			year-old girl who has been seen
			with Clara Sutter. She has blonde
			hair... blue eyes...

47A  INTERCUT: INT. BRIDGE

	Worf reacts to the description, realizing...

					WORF
				(cutting in)
			... and a blue dress? Yes sir,
			I have seen her.

47B  INT. SICKBAY

					PICARD
			When?

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Two days ago, near engineering.
			She was with Miss Sutter.

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			Engineering... Security Alert,
			Mister Worf. Be on the lookout.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

	Across the room, Nurse Ogawa ENTERS -- she's leading
	Clara by the hand. Reactions as they approach. Clara
	looks nervous but determined. Ogawa is apologetic.

					OGAWA
				(to others, re: Clara)
			She insisted on talking to you.

	Clara looks up at the expectant adults.

					CLARA
			It's about Isabella...

       STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/26/92 - ACT FIVE     46A.

47B  CONTINUED:

					SUTTER
			What about her, Clara?

	Clara musters the courage to say what she has to say.

					CLARA
			I think her feelings were hurt.
			She said she liked me... that she
			liked being with me. She was my
			friend. She only got mean when
			I stopped paying attention to
			her...

	Reactions to Clara. Sutter kneels down close to Clara.

					SUTTER
				(softly)
			Did she say when the others were
			coming?

	Clara shakes her head -- she doesn't know.

					SUTTER
			Thanks, Sweetie. Go back to bed
			now... we'll handle this.

					CLARA
			But Daddy...

	Picard speaks gently to Clara, appealing to her desire
	to help.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Clara. If we need
			your help again, I hope we can
			count on you.

	Clara nods bravely.

					CLARA
			Yes, Captain.

	Suddenly, the ship TREMBLES sharply -- it's different
	than the previous trembles, more jarring.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Captain Picard -- report to the
			the bridge.

					PICARD
			On my way.

	Picard heads for the door...

       STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/27/92 - ACT FIVE      47.

48   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard ENTERS. Riker, Worf, Data, Geordi and Ensign
	Felton are working.

					PICARD
			Report.

					RIKER
			Our speed is down by twenty-two
			percent.

	A TREMBLE, like the last one -- intense and jarring.

					GEORDI
			Strand density is ten times what
			it was, Captain. We can't take
			many more hits...

					PICARD
			All stop.

48A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it comes to a stop. The ship is immersed in an
	astounding amount of ENERGY STRANDS -- ten times as
	many. They surround the ship like a spider's web --
	tendrils draped over the ship, tangling it deeper...

48B  INT. BRIDGE

	As before. Worf reacts to his console.

					WORF
			Sir -- something is heading
			toward us, bearing one-oh-three
			mark oh-two-four.

					PICARD
			On screen.

49   INTERCUT: VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Something is visible moving through the strands -- it
	looks like a spindly BALL of crackling ENERGY. And
	it's heading toward the ship...

					RIKER
			What is it?

         STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - 2/24/92 - ACT FIVE         48.

49   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(off console)
			It appears to be an energy
			vortex... of highly complex
			patterns. Very possibly a life
			form.

	Reactions. On the viewscreen, several more ENERGY
	BALLS come into view one after another...

					RIKER
			Red Alert!

	The ship goes to RED ALERT. On the screen, one of the
	energy creatures FLIES quickly toward us and WHAM!
	The ship SHAKES.

					DATA
			It is in direct physical contact
			with the shields.

					WORF
			Shields dropping to seventy-five
			percent... seventy-two percent...

					RIKER
				(realizing)
			The damn thing's feeding off
			our shields. Data -- remodulate
			the shield frequencies!

       STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/28/92 - ACT FIVE      49.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Aye, sir.
				(beat)
			No effect.

	On the viewscreen, a few more energy creatures FLY
	toward us. A SHAKE -- then another SHAKE.

					WORF
			Shields to sixty-four percent.

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			We have about eight minutes before
			those things drain our shields.

	A tense beat.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			Any ideas?

	Picard considers their next move. OFF his grim face...

50   INT. ARBORETUM

	Picard, Worf, Sutter and Clara ENTER. Clara breaks
	free from the adults and starts to search for Isabella.
	She calls out softly...

					CLARA
			Isabella... Isabella...

	No response. The adults follow as Clara ventures
	deeper through the trees and flowers...

					CLARA
			Isabella... Don't you want to talk
			to me? I'm not mad at you...

       STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/27/92 - ACT FIVE      50.

50   CONTINUED:

	Picard steps forward, makes an appeal to the invisible
	Isabella. He knows he's dealing with an alien, and
	takes the appropriate tack -- he's reasonable but
	commanding, trying to draw her out...

					PICARD
			We know you've been on the ship
			for some time now. We know you've
			been posing as Clara's friend --
			and that you've been threatening
			her...
				(beat)
			We can only assume there's a
			connection between you and the
			life-forms attacking our ship...

	Picard waits for a response. Nothing. He
	continues...

					PICARD
			You are obviously an intelligent
			being. There's no reason for
			you to hide...

	The ship SHAKES. Picard is growing frustrated. He
	challenges the alien to appear...

					PICARD
			Talk to us. Or can you only
			communicate by frightening a small
			child?

	Silence. Clara calls out...

					CLARA
			I'm scared, Isabella...

	A beat. Then Picard and Clara see something...

51   INCLUDE ISABELLA (OPTICAL)

	As she MATERIALIZES in the clearing where Clara was
	planting seeds. Her face is neutral. Picard, Worf
	and Sutter react to the sight. Isabella sees them and
	tenses. Picard proceeds with caution...

					PICARD
				(to Isabella)
			Who are you?

       STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/28/92 - ACT FIVE      51.

51   CONTINUED:

	Isabella speaks in a neutral voice. Although she looks
	like a Human girl, her alien persona is more obvious
	than ever -- she's sophisticated, intelligent, guarded.
	It's a strange and unnerving sight...

					ISABELLA
			I came here to determine whether
			you were a threat to us. And to
			examine the purity of your energy
			sources.

					PICARD
			Energy... is that why they're
			draining our shields?

					ISABELLA
			Yes. The emissions from your
			graviton field generators are
			far richer than our normal
			sources of energy.

	The ship SHUDDERS -- the LIGHTS FLICKER and GO OUT,
	and the EMERGENCY LIGHTS come on.

					PICARD
				(taps communicator)
			Picard to bridge. Report.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Shields are down to three percent.
			We're diverting all available
			power.

					PICARD
			Acknowledged.

	Picard turns to Isabella, makes an urgent appeal.

					PICARD
			If it's energy you want, we can
			provide it in other ways. You
			needn't destroy us.

	Isabella is cold, emotionless.

					ISABELLA
			You should be destroyed. You are
			cruel, uncaring creatures.

       STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 3/03/92 - ACT FIVE      52.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			What makes you say that?

					ISABELLA
			The way you treat Clara.

					PICARD
				(surprised)
			In what way did we mistreat her?

					ISABELLA
			You wouldn't let her do what she
			wanted to... or go where she
			wanted to...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			You mean where you wanted her to.

					ISABELLA
			Why does that make a difference?

					PICARD
			You were taking her to places that
			were inappropriate -- even
			dangerous.

					ISABELLA
			I wouldn't have let anything
			happen to her...

					PICARD
			We had no way of knowing that.
			We had no way of knowing you were
			real. All we knew was that a
			little girl's imaginary friend
			was scaring her... threatening
			her...

					ISABELLA
			That was only after you tried to
			keep her from being my friend.

	A dawning realization...

					PICARD
			I'm beginning to understand.
			You've seen this ship... all of
			us... from a unique perspective
			-- a child's point of view. It
			must have seemed terribly unfair
			and restrictive...

       STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 3/03/92 - ACT FIVE     52A.

51   CONTINUED: (3)

	A beat... he nods thoughtfully to himself, glancing
	at the other adults... with almost a smile...

					PICARD
			As adults, we don't always stop
			to realize how everything we say
			and do shapes the impressions of
			young people.
				(beat)
			But if you are to judge us as a
			people by the way we treat our
			children... and I cannot think
			of a better criterion... you must
			understand how deeply we care for
			them. When our children are
			young, they cannot always
			understand what might be
			dangerous. Our rules are a way
			to keep them from harm. Either
			real or imagined.

	Picard puts his hand on Clara's shoulder...

					PICARD
			This is part of the continuity
			of the Human species. You see...
			when Clara grows up, she will make
			rules for her children... to
			protect them... just as we
			protect her.

	Isabella contemplates the words. She glances at Clara,
	uncertain. Clara moves close to Isabella, makes a tiny
	appeal to the alien...

					CLARA
			Please don't hurt us.

	The simplicity of her remark is touching. Isabella
	looks at her, softening a bit.

					CLARA
			If you still want to be my best
			friend, I'd like it very much.

	Isabella wavers. Clearly, she has developed an
	unexpected and genuine affection for Clara. The ship
	SHAKES. And SHAKES again. It prompts Isabella to make
	the decision...

	Isabella DEMATERIALIZES. A red point of LIGHT is all
	that's left -- it flits about, then flies upward and
	vanishes through the ceiling...

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52

       STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 3/02/92 - ACT FIVE      53.

53   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The spindly balls of energy, the creatures, move away
	from their positions on the ship... and head back into
	the nebula. A moment later, the energy strands
	attached to the Enterprise begin to fall away, freeing
	the ship...

54   OMITTED

54A  INT. BRIDGE

	Riker, Data, Geordi, Felton. Picard and Worf ENTER and
	take their stations.

					PICARD
			Status, Number One?

					RIKER
			We're free of the strands. We'll
			have full warp capability in
			twenty minutes.

					PICARD
			Notify all sections we'll be
			leaving the area in one hour.

					RIKER
			Sir?

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, I want you to
			drive the warp engines to full
			power, and direct a flow of energy
			out into the nebula.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir...

       STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/27/92 - ACT FIVE      54.

54A  CONTINUED:

	Geordi works the controls. As Picard and Riker
	exchange a relieved glance...

54B  INT. CLARA'S QUARTERS

	Clara ENTERS from Sutter's room and sits down on her
	bed. She yawns, tired after all that's happened. A
	quiet moment passes by as she pulls back her covers and
	fluffs her pillow...

	Isabella MATERIALIZES next to the bed. Clara reacts,
	surprised. A tense beat as they stare at one
	another... then Isabella's cold demeanor softens
	slightly...

					ISABELLA
			I came to say... I'm sorry I
			frightened you.

					CLARA
			It's okay.

					ISABELLA
			And I misled you. I wasn't really
			your Isabella.

	Clara smiles at her, with the expansive forgiveness
	of children.

					CLARA
			For a while you were.

	Isabella looks at Clara, touched by the child's
	innocence and friendliness.

					ISABELLA
			I never had a friend before.

					CLARA
			I'm sorry I have to go away.

					ISABELLA
			Do you think you'll ever come
			back?

					CLARA
			I hope so.

					ISABELLA
			So do I.

	There is a beat as the two girls look at each other.
	Isabella DEMATERIALIZES. Off Clara's face --

       STAR TREK: "Imaginary Friend" - REV. 2/27/92 - ACT FIVE      55.

55   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTEPRISE (OPTICAL)

	coming out of the nebula.

56
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58

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                           "I, Borg" 
                          #40275-223 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                          Jeri Taylor 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Robert Lederman 


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                         FINAL DRAFT

                        MARCH 3, 1992


          STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/04/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "I, Borg" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             THE BORG SURVIVOR
                RIKER              
                DATA               
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                                   
                GUINAN             
                SECURITY GUARD'S COM VOICE

                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  SECURITY GUARDS    TWO BORG
                  NURSES             
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

             STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "I, Borg" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     CRASH SITE/MOON SURFACE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              ENGINEERING
              TEN FORWARD
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              SCIENCE LAB
              DETENTION CELL
              GYMNASIUM
              PICARD'S QUARTERS

           STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - TEASER           1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "I, Borg"                                
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Dropping out of warp speed as it enters a star system.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45854.2.
			The Enterprise is charting six
			star systems that make up the
			Argolis cluster, an area being
			considered for colonization.

2    INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	PICARD, RIKER, and TROI are in the command area, DATA
	at ops, WORF at tactical; various SUPERNUMERARIES fill
	the other posts as needed.

	A star fills the VIEWSCREEN -- solar flares leap out
	from its surface. All watch the beautiful pyrotechnic
	display except Data, who is taking sensor readings.

					RIKER
			Very impressive...

					TROI
			It's beautiful... and frightening
			at the same time.

					DATA
				(reading console)
			Radiation bursts from the star's
			surface are making precise sensor
			readings difficult. It seems to
			be exhibiting gravitational
			instability.

	Riker and Troi share a smile -- Data's scientific
	perspective precludes his appreciating the beauty of
	what they're seeing.

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/5/93 - TEASER         2.

2    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The star's fluctuations are too
			severe. It would be impossible
			to settle any of the planets
			in this system.

	When no one acknowledges his report, he turns and looks
	behind him. Everyone is watching the bursts of fire
	that snake up from the star's surface.

					DATA
			I suggest we proceed to the next
			system. Its sun is a stable main
			sequence star.

					PICARD
			In a moment, Mister Data.

	Data looks at their faces, then to the viewscreen.
	He realizes what is going on, then returns to what he
	finds more interesting: the sensor readings. After
	a moment:

					DATA
			Sir, I am detecting a
			transmission... emanating from
			within this system

					RIKER
			What kind of signal?

					DATA
			It is self-repeating... of unknown
			pattern.

					PICARD
			Where is it coming from?

					DATA
			A small moon orbiting the fourth
			planet.

					PICARD
			Life signs?

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/5/93 - TEASER         3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Indeterminate. I am attempting
			to screen out sensor
			interference...
				(he manipulates a few
				 controls)
			Readings are still inconclusive;
			however, the moon's atmosphere is
			capable of supporting life.

					RIKER
			Then it could be a distress call.

	Riker looks to Picard, who nods briefly.

					RIKER
			Helm, take us into transport
			range.
				(to com)
			Doctor Crusher, we need a medical
			away team in transporter room two.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged.

	Riker heads for the turbolift, nodding for Worf to
	follow.

3    EXT. THE CRASH SITE - TWILIGHT (OPTICAL)

	PAN ACROSS a snowy, frozen landscape to take in the
	scattered wreckage of a crashed spacecraft -- charred
	metal and ship's innards litter the area. The AWAY
	TEAM (BEVERLY, Riker, Worf) MATERIALIZES in the
	foreground. Beverly scans with her medical tricorder.

					BEVERLY
			I'm reading one life form... very
			weak signs.

	She follows her readings toward the heart of the
	wreckage.

4    CLOSE - BEVERLY

	she sees something...

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/5/93 - TEASER         4.

5    WIDEN

	to reveal a person's legs emerging out from under some
	debris. She gestures for Riker and Worf to help her
	and they lift it off.

6    ANGLE - BEVERLY, RIKER AND WORF

	as they see the survivor's face for the first time.

7    ANGLE - THE SURVIVOR

	We understand why they reacted as they did -- the
	survivor is a Borg...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

        STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/5/93 - ACT ONE        5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

8    EXT. THE CRASH SITE -- MOMENTS LATER

	Beverly is scanning the survivor's still form; she
	checks a reading and administers the appropriate hypo.
	The Borg is an adolescent male -- one of his arms is a
	mechanical prosthetic, as is one of his eyes. Riker
	stands, his face is troubled. Worf has already drawn
	his phaser; Riker raises a hand that it's all right,
	then keys his combadge.

					RIKER
			Riker to Enterprise.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Go ahead, Number One.

					RIKER
			We've found the wreckage of a
			small craft... and one survivor.

9    INT. BRIDGE

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			It's a Borg.

	Picard's features seem to darken.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			Male, adolescent -- he's badly
			hurt.

	When Picard says nothing:

					DATA
			There is no indication of other
			Borg activity within sensor range.

	Picard betrays no sign of having heard him; he is
	weighing the options. After a moment:

					PICARD
			Away team, prepare to return to
			the ship.

          STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT ONE          6.

10   EXT. THE CRASH SITE

	Riker and Beverly react.

					BEVERLY
			We can't leave him here, he won't
			survive.

	When Picard doesn't answer, Riker steps in:

					RIKER
			I think the captain understands
			that.

					BEVERLY
			Then I don't.

					RIKER
			The Borg usually collect their
			dead --

					BEVERLY
			He's not dead --

					RIKER
			And that transmission --

					BEVERLY
			-- at least not yet --

					RIKER
			That transmission we intercepted
			was probably a homing signal.
			We have to assume they're on their
			way.

					BEVERLY
				(acknowledging this)
			At least let me stabilize his
			condition, give him a chance of
			surviving until they get here.

	Riker can't ignore this plea.

					RIKER
			Captain?

11   INT. BRIDGE - ON PICARD

					PICARD
			Your concern is noted, Doctor.
			But any intervention on your part
			would only alert the Borg to our
			having been here.

        STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/5/93 - ACT ONE        7.

12   EXT. CRASH SITE (OPTICAL)

	Throughout this exchange, Beverly has never stopped
	treating the Borg.

					BEVERLY
			I'm afraid we've already turned
			that corner.

	She passes a wound-sealer (OPTICAL) over the Borg's
	forehead as she says this, closing a nasty gash and
	stopping the bloodflow.

					WORF
			Kill it. Now. We could make it
			appear that it died in the crash
			-- leave no evidence that we were
			here.

	Worf's solution is harsh, but it has the virtue of
	showing what's at stake here. Without waiting for
	a reply, he moves off to investigate the surroundings.
	Riker waits for the captain's reaction.

13   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard doesn't like either of his options.
	Reluctantly, he chooses to allow Beverly to continue.

					PICARD
			Security measures must be taken
			before we beam it on board.

14   EXT. CRASH SITE

	Relieved, Beverly smiles, and continues her
	ministrations.

					BEVERLY
			Standing by...

15   INT. BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Mister Data, notify security to
			prepare a detention cell.
				(to com)
			Bridge to engineering.

        STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/5/93 - ACT ONE        8.

15   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge here.

					PICARD
			We're bringing a Borg survivor
			on board. We'll need to
			neutralize the homing signal --

16   INT. ENGINEERING

	GEORDI at a science station.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(continued)
			-- prevent it from sending or
			receiving transmissions of any
			kind.

					GEORDI
			I'll set up a subspace damping
			field around the detention cell.

17   EXT. CRASH SITE -- A FEW MINUTES LATER

	Worf has discovered several other dead Borg scattered
	among the shuttle debris. He returns to Riker and
	Beverly, who is still treating the injured Borg.

					WORF
			There are four others. None
			survived.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to Riker.

					RIKER
			Go ahead, Enterprise.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			We're transporting you directly
			to the detention cell.

					BEVERLY
			I need him in sickbay --

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			The cell, Doctor. Whatever
			equipment you need will be brought
			to you there.

	Beverly doesn't like it -- but backs down.

        STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/5/93 - ACT ONE        9.

17   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Very well.

17A  INT. BRIDGE

	There is a moment as Picard accepts this; then, without
	a word, he stands and EXITS to his ready room. Troi
	looks after him for a beat, then rises.

17B  INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is rounding his desk as the door CHIMES. He
	stops, glances toward it, seems mildly irritated.

					PICARD
			Come.

	The door opens and Troi comes in. Picard continues on
	to his chair and busies himself with his monitor.

					TROI
			Captain... I just wondered if
			there's anything you wanted to
			talk about.

					PICARD
			I don't think so, Counselor.

	A brief pause as he continues to fiddle with his
	monitor. Troi understands this man well... how
	difficult it is for him to acknowledge weakness.

					TROI
			I would have thought that
			having a Borg on the ship would
			stir some feelings...

					PICARD
			I am quite recovered from my
			experience, thank you.

					TROI
			Sometimes... even when a victim
			has dealt with his assault...
			there are residual effects of the
			event that linger. You were
			treated violently by the Borg...
			kidnapped, assaulted, mutilated
			--

        STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/5/93 - ACT ONE        10.

17B  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Counselor --

	Hearing his own somewhat sharp tone, he checks himself,
	sees Troi looking at him imperturbably.

					PICARD
			Counselor, I very much appreciate
			your concern for me. But I assure
			you, it is misplaced.

	He glances at Troi, still watching him.

					PICARD
			I have carefully considered the
			implications of having this Borg
			on the ship. I have weighed the
			possible risks, and I am convinced
			we've done the right thing.
				(beat)
			I am quite comfortable with my
			decision.

	He is, of course, avoiding how he feels about the Borg
	-- an omission of which Troi is quite aware.

					TROI
			I see. Well, if at any point you
			want to talk more...

					PICARD
			I will certainly avail myself of
			your help.

	But he has shut her out. She EXITS, sensing that the
	captain has some rough times ahead.

18   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around the moon.

       STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/09/92 - ACT ONE       11.

19   INT. THE DETENTION CELL (OPTICAL)

	Picard approaches Geordi, Worf, and two SECURITY
	PERSONNEL who stand outside the force field. A NURSE
	is just entering the cell.

					WORF
				(to Security Guard)
			Lower the force field.

	The force field briefly flares to let her through, then
	is reinstated. Beverly is already inside, working on
	the Borg. As Picard approaches, Worf addresses him.

					WORF
			Captain, the Borg is still
			unconscious.

	Beverly looks up at Picard. His face shows nothing of
	what he might be feeling.

					BEVERLY
			He suffered massive internal
			injuries. We've got the
			hemorrhaging under control, but
			some of the implants in his brain
			were damaged. I may have to
			remove them.

					PICARD
			The Borg will die if they're
			removed permanently. Their brains
			grow dependent on the biochips.

					BEVERLY
			Perhaps Geordi could construct
			new implants...

					GEORDI
			They contain relatively
			straightforward programming,
			interface protocols... we have
			the files we downloaded after your
			experience, sir. I think I could
			manage it.

	Picard muses for a moment... turning something over
	in his mind.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge... do you have
			enought knowledge of Borg
			programming to alter the pathways
			to the root command structure?

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/5/93 - ACT ONE 12-13.           

19   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I'm not sure, sir. The
			subroutines are pretty
			complicated... I'd probably have
			to study their data processing
			algorithms... that's the only way
			I could trace the access codes.

	Picard turns, looks for a moment at the
	still-unconscious Borg.

					PICARD
			If we could get to the root
			command... we could introduce an
			invasive programming sequence
			through its biochip system...
			and then return it to the hive.

					GEORDI
				(getting it)
			The Borg are so interconnected
			it would spread like a virus.

					PICARD
			Until it infected the entire
			Collective. We could disable
			their neural network in one
			stroke.

					BEVERLY
			Infected... it sounds like you're
			talking about a disease.

					PICARD
			Quite right, Doctor. And if all
			goes well, a terminal one.

	Picard's demeanor is icy; Geordi, Beverly and Worf
	have mixed reactions as:

20
thru	OMITTED
21
                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

       STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/04/92 - ACT TWO       14.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

22   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Riker, Data, Beverly, and Troi; Picard and Geordi have
	just finished explaining their plan. Of the group,
	Beverly has the most troubled response.

					GEORDI
			If this works the way I think it
			will, once the invasive program
			starts spreading, it'll only be
			a matter of months before the Borg
			suffer total systems failure.

	There is a silence at this. Picard looks around the
	room.

					PICARD
			Comments.

					BEVERLY
			A question. What, exactly, is
			"total systems failure?"

	Data doesn't recognize the sarcasm in her voice, and
	so answers her straight.

					DATA
			The Borg are extremely
			computer-dependent. A total
			systems failure will destroy
			them.

					BEVERLY
			I just think we should be plain
			about that. We're talking about
			annihilating an entire race...

					PICARD
			Which under most circumstances
			would be unconscionable. But as
			I see it, the Borg leave us little
			choice.

					RIKER
			I agree. We're at war.

        STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/5/93 - ACT TWO        15.

22   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			There's been no formal declaration
			of war...

					TROI
			Not from our side. But certainly
			from theirs. They've attacked
			us in every encounter we've had.

					PICARD
			They have declared war on our way
			of life. We are to be
			assimilated.

					BEVERLY
			Even in war, there are rules.
			You don't kill civilians
			indiscriminately.

					RIKER
			There are no civilians among the
			Borg.

					PICARD
			Think of them as a single,
			collective being. Any one Borg
			is no more an individual than your
			arm or your leg.

					BEVERLY
			How convenient.

	Picard fastens his eyes on her.

					PICARD
			Your point?

					BEVERLY
			When I look at my patient, I don't
			see a collective consciousness...
			I don't see a hive... I see a
			living, breathing boy... who's
			been hurt and who needs help.
			And we're talking about sending
			him back to his people as an
			instrument of destruction.

	Picard turns from her.

       STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/04/92 - ACT TWO       16.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			It comes down to this: We are
			faced with an enemy that is
			determined to destroy us, and with
			whom we have no hope of
			negotiating peace. Unless that
			changes, we are justified in doing
			anything we can to survive.

					SECURITY GUARD'S COM VOICE
			Security to Captain.

					PICARD
			Picard, here.

					SECURITY GUARD'S COM VOICE
			The Borg has regained
			consciousness, sir.

	Reactions...

					PICARD
			Acknowledged.
				(stands)
			We will proceed as planned.

23   INT. DETENTION CELL (OPTICAL)

	The Borg is moving along the perimeter of the detention
	cell's wall, feeling his way, looking up and down as he
	covers every square inch of the wall. He is a young
	man of about eighteen, and though possessing the
	intimidating Borg characteristics -- prosthetic arm,
	eye, etc. -- he nonetheless exudes the vulnerability of
	youth. A portable SENSOR device is visible in the
	cell. As he encounters the force field, he reacts,
	stepping back and proceeding with his careful
	exploration of the walls.

24   ON THE GROUP

	outside the force field: Picard, Geordi, Beverly, and
	the security team.

					BEVERLY
			What's he doing?

					PICARD
			Trying to find an access terminal,
			so he can interface with the
			collective. He doesn't understand
			that the signal has been cut off.

       STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/04/92 - ACT TWO       17.

24   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(reading the sensor)
			He's emitting a homing signal...
			and a second subspace frequency...
			but our damping field is blocking
			both signals.

					PICARD
			He's alone. For the first time
			in his life he's being forced to
			cope with his environment without
			the resources of the Collective.

	Beverly stares at the boy groping the wall.

					BEVERLY
			He must be hungry.

	They look at her curiously.

					BEVERLY
			The Borg don't ingest food --
			their implants can synthesize any
			organic molecules their biological
			tissues require. What they need
			-- is energy.

	She looks right at Picard, a bit challenging. Picard
	addresses Geordi.

					PICARD
			Arrange to feed it.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

	Picard gives the Borg a last look before he EXITS.
	Beverly and Geordi watch as the Borg continues his
	slow, painstaking groping around the cell, looking for
	something familiar.

					GEORDI
			I'll have to adapt a power conduit
			and install it in there.

	Beverly doesn't respond, and he looks at her.
	Beverly's eyes are fixed on the Borg.

          STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT TWO          18.

24   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			If I didn't know better... I'd
			think he was scared.

	Geordi turns and eyes the Borg, who is feeling
	carefully, high on the wall, for a link-up with home.

25   INT. SHIP'S GYMNASIUM

	Two figures are fencing. It soon becomes clear that
	one of them is less adept than the other. He or she is
	forced to retreat just to stay in the match -- but
	retreat only delays the inevitable. The better fencer
	lunges and makes a touch.

	The two remove their masks and we realize that Picard
	is the better fencer; his opponent -- is GUINAN.

					GUINAN
			I don't think I like this sport.

					PICARD
			Last week when you scored two
			touches on me, you liked it well
			enough.

	They start walking toward the side of the room, where
	"gym bags" lie on a bench.

					PICARD
			Today your foil was dipping too
			low... you kept letting me inside.

					GUINAN
			And if I hold it too high, you
			lunge under it. Let's face it
			-- you're just better at this than
			I am.

	They reach the bench, sit, pull out towels, wipe their
	faces, taking a breather between encounters. There is
	a silence, somewhat prolonged, as they do what they do,
	and when Guinan finally speaks, it is with forced
	nonchalance.

					GUINAN
			I hear we have a guest on board.

	Picard shoots her a glance.

					PICARD
			Yes.

          STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT TWO          19.

25   CONTINUED:

	Another silence.

					GUINAN
			Is that wise?

					PICARD
			I'm not sure. I hope so.

	Another pause as Guinan stuffs things in her bag.
	There's a lot going on inside, but she's keeping a lid
	on it.

					GUINAN
			I thought I understood you,
			Picard. But I don't understand
			this.

					PICARD
			It was an errand of mercy... he
			was injured, Doctor Crusher
			decided for humanitarian reasons
			to care for him --

					GUINAN
			They'll be coming, you know that.
			You, of all people, know that.

	Picard knows she's right. He has no answers. He
	changes tacks, rises.

					PICARD
			Shall we go again?

	She nods, and they don their masks and go to center
	floor. They advance and retreat a few times, parrying.
	Then Guinan lunges... stumbles... grabs at her leg
	-- she's pulled a muscle.

	Picard drops his foil and starts toward her in concern.
	Suddenly she is up and on him in a flurry of thrusts,
	and actually knocks the foil from his hand. She takes
	off her mask.

					GUINAN
			You felt sorry for me. Look what
			it got you.

	And she holds his look, defiant -- and unquestionably
	angry.

       STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/04/92 - ACT TWO       20.

26   INT. DETENTION CELL (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and Worf ENTER and cross toward the two Guards,
	who stand to either side of the Borg's cell; Geordi
	is carrying the power conduit he has constructed.

					GEORDI
			I'll have to go in... to connect
			the power conduit.

					WORF
				(to Security Guard)
			I will follow the Commander.
			Reactivate the field once we're
			through.

	Both guards hold their phasers ready. Worf nods to
	the Guard, who drops the force field. Geordi and
	Worf step forward, moving slowly so as not to startle
	the Borg, who is huddled in a corner.

					GEORDI
			Good, now just stay there.

	The Borg looks at them; an attachment on his prosthetic
	arm makes a mechanical sound as it spins, adding
	tension to the moment.

	Geordi moves toward the cell wall where he opens a
	panel and exposes a power terminal. Worf stations
	himself just inside the force field.

	Geordi begins installing the conduit. The Borg takes a
	step toward him.

					WORF
			Commander...

	The Borg stops after one step. His voice has none of
	the metallic edge we've heard from the Borg before.

					BORG
			We are Borg.

	Geordi ignores him, he has a pretty good idea of what's
	coming next:

					BORG
			You will be assimilated.

	Though annoyed, Geordi continues to ignore him.

          STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT TWO          21.

26   CONTINUED:

					BORG
			Resistance is futile.

					GEORDI
				(without stopping his
				 work)
			Take a look around, pal, you're
			not exactly in a position to make
			demands.

	The Borg accesses his biochips for instructions.

					BORG
			We must return to the Collective.

	Geordi stops and looks at him.

					GEORDI
			Who's "we?"

	The Borg seems to consider the question.

					BORG
			We... are Borg.

					GEORDI
			There's only one of you.

	The Borg doesn't reply.

					GEORDI
			Do you have a name?

	The Borg doesn't understand.

					GEORDI
			A means of identification?

					BORG
			Third, of five.

					GEORDI
				(figuring it out)
			There were five on your ship...
			Is that it? Just a number?

					BORG
			Third, of five.

					GEORDI
			It does kind of suit you.

	He finishes installing the power conduit.

        STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/5/93 - ACT TWO        22.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			This is for you. It regulates
			the power flow to the frequency
			you're used to...
				(indicating)
			... and this connection should fit
			the coupling on your arm.

	When no reply is forthcoming.

					GEORDI
			You're welcome.

	He gathers his tools and moves toward the force field.

					GEORDI
			Let's get out of here.

					WORF
			Lower the force field.

	The Security Guard lowers the field, then reactivates
	it when Geordi and Worf step through. They turn to
	watch the Borg, who moves toward the conduit. He seems
	suspicious of Geordi's motives, but after a brief
	deliberation, decides to plug in.

					GEORDI
			He's hungry all right.

	No optical effect should be necessary to convey the
	sense that power is flowing into his depleted system
	-- his carriage will indicate that he is being
	replenished. He turns and fastens his orb on the two
	of them.

					BORG
			Why do you do this?

					GEORDI
			I'm just a nice guy at heart.
			Feeling better?

	The Borg stares at him.

					BORG
			You are not-Borg.

					GEORDI
			That's right. And hope to stay
			that way.

	The Borg looks at his arm, attached to the power
	conduit, then back at Geordi and Worf. He seems
	perplexed. He is truly adrift, alone in a world he
	cannot understand. He falls back on basic Borg:

          STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT TWO          23.

26   CONTINUED: (3)

					BORG
			You will be assimilated.
			Resistance is futile.

					GEORDI
			That's gratitude for you.

	Off the expressionless face of the Borg we...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT THREE         24.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

27   INT. SCIENCE LAB (OPTICAL)

	Geordi with Beverly, making plans to transport the
	Borg. Geordi has hooked up a power conduit similar
	to the one Geordi set up in the detention cell. There
	are consoles, monitors, equipment, etc.

					GEORDI
			I've been rationing his portions
			of energy. I think he
			understands -- if he cooperates,
			he gets fed. If not...
				(shrugs)

					BEVERLY
			Like a rat in a cage.

	Geordi gives her a look; he knows she's less than
	enthusiastic about this plan. He tries to explain.

					GEORDI
			If I'm gonna figure out his
			command pathways, I have to learn
			how he processes information.
			The only way I know to do that
			is to give him perceptual tests.
			That means getting his
			cooperation.

					BEVERLY
			So he can participate in the
			destruction of his entire species.

					GEORDI
				(frustrated)
			Doctor...

					BEVERLY
			I know, I know. We're at war.

	She takes a breath, tries to regain her control.

					BEVERLY
			I'm here to help you... but I
			don't have to like it.

	Geordi decides to leave it at that. He surveys the
	room, satisfied that they're ready.

       STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/5/93 - ACT THREE       25.

27   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I think we're ready to transport
			him. If he gives us any trouble,
			we can access the force field
			through this console.
				(gestures)
			Ready?

	Beverly nods and he keys his insignia.

					GEORDI
			La Forge to transporter room three.
			We're ready here.

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF'S COM VOICE
			We are standing by, Commander.

					GEORDI
			Energize.

	The Borg and an N.D. Security Guard MATERIALIZE in
	the lab. The boy looks disoriented, uncertain of his
	surroundings. He looks around the room for anything
	familiar... and spots the power conduit. He lifts his
	prosthetic arm toward it.

					GEORDI
			You want some?

	The Borg turns and looks at him. He nods. Geordi
	moves to the conduit and gestures to the Borg to hook
	on. He does. Worf retreats to the door.

					GEORDI
			Doctor Crusher, this is Third of
			Five. Third of Five, this is our
			ship's doctor.

	The Borg looks puzzled. He stares at Beverly; what
	she sees is a boy, almost the age of her son, who is
	lost in a strange world.

					BEVERLY
				(warmly)
			Hello.

					BORG
			What is a doctor?

					BEVERLY
			A doctor heals the sick. Repairs
			the injured.

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT THREE         26.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

					BORG
			The sick and injured are
			reabsorbed. Others take their
			place.

					BEVERLY
				(gently)
			That didn't happen to you. When
			we found you, you were dying.
			I saved your life.

	The Borg stares at her, trying to understand this.

					BORG
			Why?

					BEVERLY
			That's my duty. To help those
			who are hurt.

	The Borg frowns, trying to understand. He looks at
	his arm, drawing energy from the conduit, and then
	looks up at Geordi.

					BORG
			You give us food...

					GEORDI
			Right.

					BORG
			Is that your duty?

	Beverly eyes Geordi; he looks a little uncomfortable.

					GEORDI
			Yeah. That's right.

	He turns away to a console, begins entering
	instructions.

					GEORDI
			Listen, Third of Five... Doctor
			Crusher here has repaired a lot
			of the damage to your biochip
			implants. We want to run a few
			tests... see if everything is
			working okay.

	The Borg looks from one to the other, confused and
	uncertain, but without guile. He is an innocent, and
	it is this quality more than any other that will come
	to play on the Enterprise crew.

      STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/09/92 - ACT THREE      27.

27   CONTINUED: (3)

					BORG
			Tests...

					BEVERLY
			I'll show you some diagrams...
			ask you some questions about
			them... it's very simple, really.

	The Borg has nothing to fall back on. Cut off from
	the hive, he is in a sense blind, adrift in a world
	that makes no sense.

					BORG
				(vaguely)
			You will be assimilated...

					GEORDI
			Right. But before that happens,
			could we maybe ask you a few
			questions?

	The Borg looks from one to the other, takes a leap.

					BORG
			We will answer.

					GEORDI
			Terrific. Okay, Third of Five,
			right over here...

	He gestures at the Borg, to get him to come and stand
	in front of the console. The Borg moves uncertainly
	toward it, then stops.

					BORG
			What is your designation?

					GEORDI
			Designation?

					BORG
				(indicating himself)
			Third, of Five...

					BEVERLY
			You mean our names. We don't have
			designations -- we have names.
			I'm Beverly...
				(points)
			This is Geordi.

	The Borg puzzles over this.

      STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/09/92 - ACT THREE      27A.

27   CONTINUED: (4)

					BORG
			Do I have a -- name?

					GEORDI
			Do you want one?

					BORG
			A name...

					BEVERLY
			I'm Beverly, this is Geordi...
				(points)
			... and you...

					BORG
			You...

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT THREE         28.

27   CONTINUED: (4)

					BEVERLY
			You...

	Geordi has a thought.

					GEORDI
			That's it. Hugh. What do you
			think?

					BORG
			You.

					GEORDI
			Not you... Hugh.

					BORG
			Hugh.

	Beverly smiles. This is progress.

					BEVERLY
			All right... I'm Beverly...

	She points at Geordi.

					GEORDI
			I'm Geordi...

	She points at the Borg. He hesitates, then --

					BORG
			We are Hugh.

	Geordi and Beverly both smile. Hugh looks from one
	to the other, puzzled at the response. But even he
	looks pleased with himself.

28   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around the moon.

29   INT. SCIENCE LAB (OPTICAL)

	The Borg is looking at a topographical representation
	of a complex geometric shape DISPLAYED on a SCREEN
	(where shaded lines represent the far side of the shape
	as seen through its solid mass).

      STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/04/92 - ACT THREE      29.

29   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Now imagine what this shape would
			look like if it were turned inside
			out.

	She changes the display to show three choices; all are
	quite complex and not very obviously different from
	each other.

					BEVERLY
			Which one is it?

	Geordi's face shows that even he's not sure which one
	it is.

					BORG
			This one.

					BEVERLY
			That's right.
				(to Geordi)
			He's gotten every one -- eight
			for eight. That blows the top
			right off the spatial acuity
			percentiles.

					GEORDI
			It's the prosthetic eye... it
			seems to be giving him very
			complex visual information...

					BEVERLY
			Like some kind of holographic
			imaging system.

					GEORDI
			That could be helpful.

	He turns to the Borg, who has been following this
	interchange with some fascination.

					GEORDI
			Hugh, I'd like to take a closer
			look at your eyepiece. Is that
			okay?

	To Geordi's surprise, Hugh reaches up and with one
	quick motion, removes his eyepiece.

					BORG
			Here.

       STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/5/93 - ACT THREE       30.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Well... thanks.

	He takes the eyepiece and begins inspecting it. During
	the next, he studies the device, but keeps getting
	drawn to the conversation between the Borg and Beverly.

					BORG
			When you are assimilated, you will
			have a similar device.

					BEVERLY
			Hugh, do you understand that we
			don't want to be assimilated?

					BORG
			Why do you resist us?

					BEVERLY
			Because... we don't want to live
			the way you do.

	The Borg seems to puzzle over this.

					BORG
			Here it is quiet. There are no
			other voices.

					GEORDI
			Other voices?

					BORG
			On a Borg ship we live with the
			thoughts of the others in our
			minds. Thousands of voices...
			with us always.

	Beverly is touched by this spontaneous outpouring of
	the pleasures of Borg life. She realizes once more
	how alien it must be for him here.

					BEVERLY
			I think what you're saying... is
			that you're lonely.

	The Borg frowns, not exactly understanding the concept.
	Geordi gives him back the eyepiece.

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT THREE         31.

29   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			Here you go.

	The Borg reinserts the eyepiece, then studies the two
	of them.

					BORG
			When you have completed these
			tests, what will be done with us?

	It is an innocent question, devoid of guile. Geordi
	feels a bit uncomfortable, falls back on a partial
	truth.

					GEORDI
			We'll send you home.

	Hugh nods at this, seeming almost buoyed.

					BORG
			We will rejoin the Collective.

	Geordi and Beverly exchange a glance... Geordi seems
	almost as troubled as Beverly about what they're doing.

30   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Geordi at the bar; Guinan listening.

					GEORDI
			It's funny... when I first started
			out, I had no problem with
			creating this invasive program...
			but the more I work with Hugh,
			the more I --

					GUINAN
			Hugh?

					GEORDI
			That's the name we gave him.

					GUINAN
			You named a Borg...

					GEORDI
			Yeah.
				(a little defensive)
			It was easier to have something
			to call him.

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT THREE         32.

30   CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			Okay, so now you have a Borg named
			Hugh...

					GEORDI
			And... he's not anything like I'd
			expected.

					GUINAN
			How so?

					GEORDI
			I don't know... he's... he just
			seems like a kid.. a long way from
			home...

	Guinan eyes him skeptically.

					GUINAN
			You're the second person today
			that's talked about this Borg as
			if he were a lost child...

					GEORDI
			And now I'm having second thoughts
			about what we're doing.
			Programming him like a walking
			bomb... sending him back to
			destroy the others...

	Guinan leans down to him. Again, the strain of anger
	wells up in her, and she speaks with intensity.

					GUINAN
			This "kid's" big brothers are
			going to hunt us down. They won't
			rest until they have him back.
			And they'll destroy us in the
			process -- without any of this
			soul-searching you're going
			through.

					GEORDI
			Maybe you should go talk to him.
			It might not seem so clear cut
			then.

					GUINAN
			I wouldn't have anything to say.

	Geordi swings off the stool.

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT THREE         33.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Then why don't you just listen?
			That's what you do best, isn't
			it?

	And he's gone, leaving Guinan with a welter of
	feelings.

31   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around the moon where the Borg ship was found.

32   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard ENTERS from his ready room. Data is at ops,
	Riker is standing, looking over his shoulder.

					PICARD
			What is it, Number One?

					RIKER
			We've picked up a vessel on long
			range scanners, headed this way.

	Picard knows very well who it might be.

					PICARD
			Analysis.

					DATA
			The vessel is traveling at warp
			seven-point-six. Mass:
			two-point-five million metric
			tons, configuration: ...cubical.

					RIKER
			The Borg...

					DATA
			Its dimensions indicate that it
			is a scout ship similar to the
			one that crashed.

	When Picard says nothing:

					DATA
			Interference from the star's
			radiation will shield us from
			their sensors. We should remain
			undetected until they enter this
			system.

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT THREE         34.

32   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			How long do we have?

					DATA
			At present speed they will arrive
			in thirty-one hours, seven
			minutes.

33   ANGLE - PICARD

	The concern on his face is evident.

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT FOUR         35.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

34   INT. DETENTION CELL

	Guinan ENTERS and crosses toward the cell where the
	Borg is being held. She and the security guards
	exchange a nod.

35   CLOSE - GUINAN

	as she sees the Borg for the first time. Myriad
	feelings rise in her.

36   ANGLE - BORG

	as he sees her. He moves forward in a curious,
	friendly way. They stare at each other for a moment.

					GUINAN
			Well... you don't look so tough.

					BORG
				(a bit puzzled)
			We are Borg.

	A silence as she inspects him.

					GUINAN
			I hear they gave you a name.

	A little flicker of -- pride? -- from the Borg, who
	nods.

					BORG
			Yes. We are Hugh.

	She stares at him, a bit challenging, as though waiting
	for him to speak.

					GUINAN
			Well? Aren't you going to tell
			me I have to be assimilated?

					BORG
			You wish to be assimilated... ?

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT FOUR         36.

36   CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			No, I don't wish. But that's what
			you people do.

	The Borg nods. He's getting a real strong message
	about how people don't want to become part of the
	collective.

					GUINAN
			Resistance is futile. Right?

	Hugh repeats the litany, but it sounds halting and
	tentative.

					BORG
			Resistance is futile...

					GUINAN
			I've got news for you. It isn't.
			Some of my ancestors resisted the
			Borg, when you came to assimilate
			us. A few escaped.

					BORG
				(confused)
			Resistance is not futile...

					GUINAN
			No...

	She looks at him, caught off guard a moment by his
	admission, but still needing to vent her pain.

					GUINAN
			But thanks to you, there aren't
			many of us. We're scattered
			around the galaxy... we have no
			home... we don't even have each
			other.

	The Borg takes this in, considers, is reminded of
	something he recently heard.

					BORG
			What you are saying... is that
			you are lonely.

	Guinan stares at him, not believing what she's heard.

					GUINAN
			What... ?

					BORG
			You have no others. You have no
			home.

       STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/06/93 - ACT FOUR       37.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

	Guinan is taken aback. The Borg stares at her, touches
	his chest.

					BORG
			We are also lonely.

	And she has no answer.

37   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around the moon.

38   INT. SCIENCE LAB

	Geordi is with the Borg. Worf is not present -- they
	are alone, attesting to the comfort Geordi is feeling
	about Hugh's presence. Geordi is working with the
	prosthetic armpiece while Hugh watches with interest.

					BORG
			What is Geordi doing?

					GEORDI
			Just studying the components in
			your prosthesis.

					BORG
			Why?

	Geordi glances at him. He's more and more
	uncomfortable with the task he's been assigned.

					GEORDI
			We're just trying to learn more
			about you.

					BORG
			Why?

	Hugh is as persistent as a four-year-old who's learned
	the word "why?"

					GEORDI
			You're very different from us.
			Part of what we do is to learn
			more about other species.

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT FOUR         38.

38   CONTINUED:

					BORG
			We assimilate species. Then we
			know everything about them.

					GEORDI
			Yeah. I know.

					BORG
			Is that not easier?

					GEORDI
			Maybe it is. It's just not what
			we do.

					BORG
			Why?

	Geordi sighs, puts the armpiece down. He struggles
	for a way to explain.

					GEORDI
			Think about it this way. Every
			time you talk about yourself, you
			use the word "we." We do this,
			we do that... you don't know how
			to think of yourself as a single
			individual. You don't say, "I
			want this," or "I am Hugh."

	The Borg stares at him, trying to follow.

					GEORDI
			We are all separate individuals.
			I am Geordi. I choose what I want
			to do with my life. I make
			decisions for myself. For people
			like me, losing that individuality
			-- is almost worse than dying.

	There is a silence. Hugh ponders this.

					BORG
			When you sleep... there are no
			voices in your mind.

					GEORDI
			No.

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT FOUR         39.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

					BORG
			Are you ever...
				(testing the new word)
			... lonely?

	A bit of a smile from Geordi.

					GEORDI
			Sometimes. But that's why we have
			friends.

					BORG
			Friends...

					GEORDI
			Sure. Someone you talk to...
			who can be with you when you're
			lonely... who makes you feel
			better.

	What is almost a smile passes over Hugh. With utter
	simplicity, he gazes at Geordi, understanding the
	concept fully.

					BORG
			Like Geordi... and Hugh.

	Geordi stares at him. Stricken.

39   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Geordi and Data are showing Picard the programming
	anomaly they've designed. A topographical map of a
	complex geometric shape is displayed on the wall
	monitor. There is something odd about it, like an M.C.
	Escher drawing, where perspective is played with.

					GEORDI
			That's it, Captain.

					PICARD
			It looks harmless enough.

					GEORDI
			We had to disguise it as something
			innocuous. The Borg have ways
			of screening out programming
			anomalies.

       STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/5/93 - ACT FOUR       40.

39   CONTINUED:

	Picard studies the strange form on the monitor.

					PICARD
			How can a geometric form
			disable a computer system?

					DATA
			The shape is a paradox. It cannot
			exist in real space or time.

					GEORDI
			When Hugh's imaging apparatus
			imprints it on his bio-chips,
			he'll try to analyze it.

					DATA
			He will be unsuccessful, and will
			store the shape in his memory
			banks. It will be shunted to a
			subroutine for further analysis.

					GEORDI
			When the Borg download his memory,
			they'll incorporate it into their
			network. Then they'll try to
			analyze it.

					DATA
			It is designed so that each
			approach they take will spawn an
			anomalous solution. The anomalies
			are designed to interact with each
			other, linking together to form
			an endless and unsolvable puzzle.

					PICARD
			Quite original. How long before
			total systems failure?

					GEORDI
			Not until the shape has gone
			through several hundred
			computational cycles.

					PICARD
			When can you begin the process?

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT FOUR         41.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Another twenty hours. Doctor
			Crusher wants to make sure the
			new implants have taken hold.

					PICARD
			Very well. Proceed as soon as
			you're ready.

	He turns to walk away, but Geordi follows.

					GEORDI
			Captain...

	Picard turns back.

					GEORDI
			I have to admit... I've been
			having second thoughts about this
			plan.

					PICARD
			For what reason?

					GEORDI
			Well... I've been getting to know
			him. The Borg.

	Picard stares at him.

					PICARD
			I see.

	Geordi is uncomfortable under his gaze. He feels the
	need to explain.

					GEORDI
			He's not what I thought he would
			be, sir. He has feelings... he's
			homesick...
				(shaking his head)
			I don't know... it just seems
			wrong to use him like this.

	There is a cold silence. Picard doesn't particularly
	want to think about this issue; he'd rather keep his
	emotional distance. He tries to find a way to help
	Geordi keep his.

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT FOUR         42.

39   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Centuries ago, when laboratory
			animals were used for research...
			scientists would occasionally
			become attached to the creatures.
			That was a problem if the
			experiment involved killing them.
				(beat)
			I would suggest you unattach
			yourself from the Borg, Mister
			La Forge.

					GEORDI
				(reluctantly)
			Aye, Captain.

	And Picard EXITS, leaving Geordi behind, still
	troubled.

40   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Picard is ready for bed, carrying a cup of tea and a
	book toward the bedroom. The door CHIME sounds.

					PICARD
			Come.

	The door opens and there stands Guinan. Surprised,
	Picard gestures her in.

					PICARD
			Guinan... please, come in.

	She does. She seems a little uncomfortable.

					GUINAN
			You sure? Looks like you're all
			set for a quiet evening.

					PICARD
			I'm delighted to see you. Would
			you like something to drink?

					GUINAN
			No, thanks.

	She wanders the room a bit, picking up an artifact and
	setting it down, gazing out the window.

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT FOUR         43.

40   CONTINUED:

	Picard waits patiently, knowing she'll get to whatever
	brought her here in her own time.

					GUINAN
			I was thinking about how you said
			my foil was dipping the other
			day... maybe I should do some
			exercises... build up a little
			strength in my arm...

					PICARD
			A strong forearm is always an
			advantage in fencing...

					GUINAN
			Not to mention tending bar...

	He waits. She goes to a chair, sits.

					GUINAN
			About the Borg...

	Now it's his turn to be wary. What could she have in
	mind about the Borg to bring her here at this hour?

					GUINAN
			Aren't you just a bit surprised
			by him?

					PICARD
			Surprised...

					GUINAN
			Yes. Did you know he has a name?

	Picard gives her a look -- surprised.

					GUINAN
			La Forge gave it to him. His
			name's Hugh. And he's lonely.

	Picard is utterly perplexed, both by what she's saying
	and the fact that it's Guinan saying it.

					GUINAN
			I don't know what made me go see
			him. La Forge told me I should,
			but I said no.

	She shakes her head, perplexed by herself.

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT FOUR         44.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					GUINAN
			And then... I found myself
			standing there, staring at him.
			Curiosity, I figured... just
			curiosity.

	She breaks off, struggling in a way we haven't seen
	Guinan struggle before.

					GUINAN
			Picard... I want to hear you say
			that you're sure -- that what
			you're doing is right.

	Picard exhales. The last thing he wants is another
	assault on his decision.

					PICARD
			If you've come here to persuade
			me not to use the invasive
			program...

					GUINAN
			No -- I think I'm asking you to
			persuade me.

					PICARD
			Two days ago, you were so upset
			about the Borg even being on the
			ship that you tore the foil out
			of my hand. Now you're here
			questioning whether he should be
			treated as an enemy.

					GUINAN
			I know. But... when you talk to
			him... face to face... can you
			honestly say you have no doubts?

					PICARD
				(after a beat)
			I haven't talked to him.

	Guinan is amazed at this.

					GUINAN
			Why not?

					PICARD
			I see no need --

       STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/04/92 - ACT FOUR       45.

40   CONTINUED: (3)

					GUINAN
			If you're going to use this person
			--

					PICARD
			It's a Borg, damn it, not a
			person --!

					GUINAN
			If you're going to use this person
			to destroy his race, don't you
			think you should look him in the
			eye once before you do it?
				(beat)
			Besides... I'm not so sure he is
			Borg anymore.

					PICARD
				(fed up)
			Because he's been given a name
			by a member of the crew doesn't
			mean he's no longer Borg. Because
			he's young doesn't mean he's
			innocent. He is what he is and
			in spite of the efforts to turn
			him into some kind of pet -- I
			will not alter our plans.

	Guinan takes this in, eyes him.

					GUINAN
			Fine. But unless you talk to him
			-- at least once -- you might find
			that decision harder to live with
			than you realize.

	And on that note, they hold a look.

41   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard paces. Then, the call he's been waiting for.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Worf to Captain Picard...

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT FOUR         46.

41   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Yes, Lieutenant.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			We are ready to transport.

					PICARD
			Proceed.

	Worf and the Borg MATERIALIZE in the ready room.
	Picard stares at the Borg.

					PICARD
			You may wait outside, Lieutenant.

	Worf looks from the Borg to Picard -- he doesn't like
	it, but he EXITS. Picard and Hugh regard each other.
	Neither says anything for a moment; Hugh seems
	bewildered by a dawning recognition.

					BORG
			Locutus...

	Picard realizes that Hugh recognizes him... this
	presents an opportunity. He looks directly at the
	Borg.

					PICARD
			Yes. I am Locutus... of Borg.

	Confused, Hugh accesses his database -- but there is
	nothing there for him.

					BORG
			Why are you here?

					PICARD
			This is a primitive culture. I
			am here to facilitate its
			incorporation. Identify yourself.

					BORG
			Hugh.

					PICARD
			Identify yourself.

					BORG
			We are Hugh.

					PICARD
			This is not a Borg identification.

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT FOUR         47.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

	Hugh hesitates, as though trying to reassess himself.

					BORG
			Third... of five.

					PICARD
			This culture will be assimilated.

	Another hesitation.

					BORG
			They... do not wish it.

					PICARD
			Irrelevant.

					BORG
			They will resist us.

					PICARD
			Resistance is futile.

					BORG
			Resistance... is not futile.

	Picard glares sternly at him. Hugh does not back down.

					BORG
			Some have escaped.

					PICARD
			They will be found. It is
			inevitable. All will be
			assimilated.

					BORG
			Must... Geordi be assimilated?

	Picard looks at him, amazed.

					PICARD
			Yes.

	Hugh hesitates... his thought processes are new,
	strange, uncomfortable.

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT FOUR         48.

41   CONTINUED: (3)

					BORG
			Geordi does not wish it.
				(trying to explain)
			He would rather die than be
			assimilated.

					PICARD
			Then he will die.

	Hugh looks up at him, clearly disturbed.

					BORG
			No. Geordi must not die.

	Hugh takes a breath, looks straight at Picard.

					BORG
			Geordi is... a friend.

	Picard is taken aback by this, but wants to push it a
	bit further.

					PICARD
			You will assist us in assimilating
			this vessel.

	Hugh hesitates.

					PICARD
			You are Borg. You will assist
			us.

	Hugh takes a breath... then...

					BORG
			I will not.

	Picard stares at him... hears him say the word "I." He
	backs off from his Locutus role, amazed by what the
	Borg is manifesting.

					PICARD
			What did you say?

					BORG
			I will not assist you.

					PICARD
			"I"... ?

					BORG
			Geordi must not be assimilated.

         STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT FOUR         49.

41   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			But... you are Borg.

	Another pause...

					BORG
			No. I am -- Hugh.

	Picard stares at him. This boy has utterly taken him
	aback. Now Picard is in a true dilemma.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

           STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/04/92 - ACT FIVE           50.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

42   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Geordi, Riker, and Beverly. Pick up in
	mid-conversation.

					PICARD
			... I think I deliberately avoided
			speaking with the Borg because
			I didn't want anything to get in
			the way of our plan.
				(beat)
			But now something has. As far
			as I can tell, he seems to be a
			fully realized individual. He
			has even accepted me as Picard,
			Captain of this ship, and not as
			Locutus.

	There are varying reactions to this... Geordi and
	Beverly on the positive side, Worf and Riker somewhat
	concerned.

					GEORDI
			Then... you've reconsidered the
			plan?

					PICARD
			Yes. If we used him in that
			manner, we'd be no better than
			the enemy we seek to destroy.
			I want other options.

	A beat as they consider this delicate issue.

					RIKER
			We could return him to the crash
			site... but we'd have to erase
			his memories of being on the
			Enterprise.

            STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/5/93 - ACT FIVE           51.

42   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			But... if we erase his memories,
			then who he is, who he's become,
			would be destroyed.

					RIKER
			Isn't that the point? He'd be
			reassimilated into the hive
			without any questions...

					GEORDI
			It just seems wrong... we help
			turn him into an individual...
			then we take that away from him...

					BEVERLY
			Is there a danger that the Borg
			might destroy him -- if they
			discover what's happened?

					PICARD
			I doubt it. They have nothing
			to gain by that. It's more likely
			they'll simply wipe out his memory
			of this experience.

					RIKER
			Then either way his memories will
			be erased.

					PICARD
			But perhaps...

	He hesitates, realizing that what he is about to say
	might sound improbable.

					PICARD
			... in the short time before they
			purge those memories... the sense
			of individuality which he has
			gained here will be transmitted
			throughout the Collective.

	They look at him curiously.

					PICARD
			Every one of the Borg will have
			the opportunity to experience the
			feeling of... singularity.
				(MORE)


           STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/06/93 - ACT FIVE           52.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (cont'd)
			Perhaps that would be the most
			pernicious program of all... the
			knowledge of self, spread through
			the Borg Collective in that brief
			moment, might alter them forever.

	He looks at the group.

					PICARD
			We will leave his memories intact.

					BEVERLY
			I have only one question.

	The others turn to her.

					BEVERLY
			What if he doesn't want to go
			back?

	Various reactions to this question which apparently
	hadn't occurred to them.

43   INT. READY ROOM

	Hugh is looking at Picard's fish tank, intrigued. A
	security guard stands by the door, watching him. The
	door opens and Picard and Geordi ENTER. Picard
	dismisses the guard with a nod.

					GEORDI
			Hello, Hugh.

					BORG
			Hello, Geordi.

					PICARD
			Hugh... a Borg rescue vessel is
			approaching. It will be here
			within three hours. We can return
			you to the crash site, where they
			will find you and take you home.

           STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/04/92 - ACT FIVE           53.

43   CONTINUED:

	Hugh doesn't answer, just watches Picard.

					PICARD
			Or... if you wish, you may remain
			here with us.

					BORG
			What I wish... is irrelevant.

					GEORDI
			It's not irrelevant. It matters
			to us.

					BORG
			No Borg leaves the Collective.
			If they find I am missing -- they
			will come for me.

					PICARD
			Hugh, we'll deal with the
			repercussions later. What we must
			know is what you want.

	This is another foreign concept to Hugh. He struggles
	with it.

					BORG
			You are many. I am one. My needs
			are not important.

					GEORDI
			Don't you understand? We're
			giving you a choice.

					BORG
			Choice...

					GEORDI
			Yeah. Do you want to go back with
			the Borg... or stay with us?

					BORG
			I could stay with you... ?

					PICARD
			Yes. We would grant you asylum.

            STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/5/93 - ACT FIVE           54.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

	Hugh turns away. This is overwhelming to him... the
	idea of choice, the freedom -- and responsibility --
	of making a decision for himself... these are dazzling,
	overpowering concepts.

					BORG
			Choose... what I want...

	He turns back, looks at Geordi, hopeful for a brief
	instant.

					BORG
			I would choose to stay with
			Geordi.

	But then that flicker dwindles and dies.

					BORG
			But it is too dangerous. They
			will follow.

	He takes a breath, draws himself up.

					BORG
			Return me to the crash site. It
			is the only way.

	There is a silence as Picard and Geordi assess him...
	understanding the sacrifice he is making.

					GEORDI
			Hugh... think about this... are
			you sure?

					BORG
			Yes.

	They hold a look which is full of sorrow.

44   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around the moon.

           STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/04/92 - ACT FIVE           55.

45   OMITTED

46   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and Beverly are there with Hugh; a Transporter
	Chief is behind the console. Picard ENTERS.

					PICARD
				(to Hugh)
			The Borg ship will enter orbit of
			the moon within an hour. You'll
			soon be headed home.

	Hugh nods, but doesn't speak. Picard turns to Geordi
	and Beverly.

					PICARD
			We'll beam him down and take
			position in the star's
			chromosphere. Its interference
			will hide us from their sensors.

	Beverly steps toward Hugh.

					BEVERLY
			Goodbye, Hugh. I'm very glad I
			got to know you.

					BORG
			Goodbye, Beverly.
				(beat)
			You saved my life.

					GEORDI
				(to Hugh)
			It's not too late to change your
			mind. You can stay here.

	There is the briefest of hesitations, then Hugh shakes
	his head.

           STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/06/93 - ACT FIVE           56.

46   CONTINUED:

					BORG
			I must return.

					GEORDI
			Captain, I'd like to go down with
			him.

	Picard considers a beat.

					PICARD
			My experience suggests that they
			would ignore him.
				(to Hugh)
			Would you agree?

					BORG
			The Borg assimilate civilizations.
			Not individuals.

					BEVERLY
				(to Picard)
			But, Captain, they kidnapped
			you...

					PICARD
			Because they needed a liaison to
			communicate with Humans. The
			Borg ignored every away team we
			sent to their ship, including
			yours, Doctor.

	Beverly acknowledges.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			You may accompany him.

	Geordi steps with Hugh onto the transporter pad.
	Picard looks at Hugh.

					PICARD
			Goodbye.

					BORG
			Captain... I do not want to forget
			that I am Hugh...

            STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/5/93 - ACT FIVE           57.

46   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard's look reflects his hope that Hugh will be
	successful. Then he turns to the Transporter Chief.

					PICARD
			Energize.

	Hugh and Geordi DEMATERIALIZE. Picard stares after
	them... his feelings about the Borg now unalterably
	more complicated.

47   EXT. CRASH SITE - TWILIGHT (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and Hugh MATERIALIZE into the snowy landscape.
	They move toward the wreckage of the Borg scout ship.
	Hugh gazes at the remains of his ship, the
	still-scattered bodies of his colleagues.

					GEORDI
				(gesturing)
			We found you there... in the
			middle of that debris.

	Hugh nods, stares at the spot.

					BORG
			Then that is where I will wait.

	Geordi gives him a sad nod.

48   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it takes position on the far side of the star.

49   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf.

              STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - 3/03/92 - ACT FIVE             58.

49   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			We are now entering position.
			Radiation levels are rising.

					PICARD
			Increase power to the shields.
			Hold us here.

					RIKER
			Status of the Borg ship?

					DATA
			Solar radiation is rendering our
			sensors inoperable. At last known
			course and speed, the Borg vessel
			will enter the system in three
			minutes.

50   EXT. CRASH SITE

	Geordi and Hugh. They are awkward... the time has come
	for goodbyes... neither knows how to say them. Geordi
	is feeling more than he could ever have imagined
	possible.

					GEORDI
			Well... I guess this is it.
				(beat)
			So long, Hugh.

					BORG
			Goodbye, Geordi. I will try to
			remember you.

	Geordi can't think of anything else to say, so he nods,
	emotion welling in him. He backs off a little,
	waiting.

51   ANGLE - TWO BORG (OPTICAL)

	They MATERIALIZE nearby, somewhat close to Geordi.
	They look around for a moment, their dispassionate gaze
	sweeping past Geordi, and fixing on Hugh. They move
	toward Geordi... but then walk right past him, heading
	for Hugh.

            STAR TREK: "I, Borg" - REV. 3/5/93 - ACT FIVE           59.

52   ON THE GROUP

	as the two Borg approach Hugh. One of them interfaces
	with him -- connecting through the jacks on their
	prosthetic arms. They are exchanging information.

53   GEORDI

	doesn't know what this means. Has the Hugh he knew
	been obliterated by assimilation back into the hive?

54   BACK TO SCENE (OPTICAL)

	When Hugh moves, it is with the same mechanical gait
	as the others. The three Borg set about scavenging
	the remains of their dead comrades -- they remove the
	technological components they're interested in
	efficiently and without evident emotion. As they
	finish with the dead Borg, the corpses FIZZLE into
	nothingness.

55   ANGLE - GEORDI

	Geordi is unsure: Hugh seems no different from the
	other Borg... or is he merely acting the part?

56   REVERSE ANGLE - FROM GEORDI'S POINT OF VIEW
	(OPTICAL)

	The three Borg assemble, carrying what they've
	scavenged. They all stare straight ahead as they
	TRANSPORT OUT -- but just before Hugh DEMATERIALIZES he
	turns and looks at Geordi. Their eyes meet, it is
	unmistakable. Then he's gone...

57   ANGLE - GEORDI

	He is hopeful that this last look means something of
	Hugh will survive assimilation... Still, the thought
	of what lies ahead for Hugh fills him with sadness...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             











                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                       "The Next Phase" 
                          #40275-224 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         David Carson 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT

                       MARCH 15, 1992

         STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "The Next Phase" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             MIROK
                RIKER              VAREL
                DATA               PAREM
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                                   Non-Speaking
                                     N.D. ROMULANS
                CHIEF BROSSMER     
                RO                 
                ENSIGN McDOWELL 
   
                Non-Speaking       
                  ENSIGN SOUSA       
                  N.D. ENGINEERS     
                  N.D. NURSES        
                  SICKBAY PATIENTS   
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

         STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 03/15/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "The Next Phase" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     ROMULAN SCIENCE SHIP
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              CORRIDOR                 SHUTTLECRAFT
              SICKBAY
              BEVERLY'S OFFICE
              ENGINEERING
              TEN FORWARD
              SHUTTLEBAY
          
            ROMULAN SCIENCE SHIP
              ENGINE ROOM
          
            SHUTTLECRAFT

    STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 03/19/92 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "The Next Phase" 
                        
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                      MUON       MEW-ahn

            *"mew" like the sound a kitten makes                  

       STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                       "The Next Phase"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at warp.

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	PICARD, DATA, and TROI at their stations. ENSIGN
	McDOWELL is at tactical. The ship is on YELLOW ALERT
	and there is a sense of urgency in the air.

					PICARD
			Time, Mister Data?

					DATA
			We will be within transporter
			range in three minutes twenty-one
			seconds.

					MCDOWELL
				(off console)
			I've finally established audio
			contact with the Romulan ship.

	Picard moves to tactical and gestures to McDowell, who
	then works the console. We HEAR THE VOICE of a ROMULAN
	OFFICER. The transmission is GARBLED and filled with
	STATIC.

					ROMULAN COM VOICE
				(garbled)
			... main power failing... no way
			to... any ship...

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Romulan ship, this is the
			Enterprise. We are en route to
			your position.

					ROMULAN COM VOICE
				(garbled)
			... Enterprise... critical that
			you... core breach imminent...

       STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - TEASER       2.

2    CONTINUED:

	They exchange looks. No one has fully heard the
	tranmission.

					PICARD
			Repeat your last transmission.

	No answer. Picard looks a question to McDowell.

					MCDOWELL
			Sorry, Captain. They've stopped
			transmitting.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Bridge to Commander Riker.

                               INTERCUT:

3    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	RIKER and WORF are standing near the platform. GEORDI
	and RO ENTER, carrying large tool kits. Everyone has
	tricorders and phasers. CHIEF BROSSMER, a woman in
	her forties, is standing behind the console.

       STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - TEASER       3.

3    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Riker here.

					PICARD
			Number One... transport to the
			Romulan vessel as soon as we're
			in range.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.
				(to others)
			No weapons. We don't want them
			to think they're under attack.

	They turn over their phasers to Brossmer. Ro and Worf
	are reluctant.

					RO
				(under her breath)
			This is not a bright idea.

					RIKER
				(sharp)
			I beg your pardon, Ensign. I
			didn't quite catch that.

					RO
				(stiffly)
			Nothing, sir.

	They all move up to the transporter pad.

       STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - TEASER       4.

4    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship drops out of warp.

5    NEW ANGLE - ENTERPRISE & ROMULAN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise moves alongside a ROMULAN SCIENCE SHIP
	which is about half the size of the Enterprise.

                                             CUT TO:

6    INT. ROMULAN ENGINE ROOM (OPTICAL)

	The engine room is a wreck. There are blown out
	consoles, burnt panels, flames, smoke, DEAD BODIES,
	etc. The room is smaller than engineering on the
	Enterprise and should reflect very different ideas
	about engineering design and philosophy than those we
	are familiar with. Their engine core is a spherical
	device contained within a small chamber which has a
	single open hatch.

	As crewpeople douse the flames, a male Romulan officer
	-- MIROK -- is frantically trying to work a
	recalcitrant console along with a woman -- VAREL.

	The away team MATERIALIZES in the middle of the room.
	The Romulans look at them with astonishment.

					RIKER
			We're from the Federation Starship
			Enterprise. We received your
			distress call.

	Mirok is somewhat dazed. Geordi and Ro move quickly to
	the engine consoles and open their carrying cases while
	Worf keeps a wary eye on the Romulans.

					MIROK
			The Enterprise... ?

	Mirok is still trying to get his bearings in this
	unexpected situation. But there isn't time to play
	around, and Riker takes charge of the situation.
	Riker's confident and naturally commanding presence
	prompt Mirok to listen to him.

					RIKER
			That's right. Your message said
			you'd suffered a failure in your
			engine core.

					MIROK
			Yes.

       STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - TEASER       5.

6    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(to Riker)
			Commander?

7    NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Riker moves to him and the Romulans follow. Geordi and
	Ro have removed a piece of equipment about the size of
	a footlocker from the console. It looks fused and
	burnt.

					GEORDI
				(re: equipment)
			It's a pretty strange set-up, but
			I think the graviton field
			generator has completely
			depolarized. We can't fix it,
			it has to be replaced.

					RIKER
				(to Romulans)
			Where are your replicators?

					VAREL
			They are off-line.

	Riker looks around quickly.

					RIKER
			Who's in charge here?

	The Romulans exchange glances, then Mirok steps forward
	hesitantly.

					MIROK
			The captain is dead. I'm... the
			science officer. Mirok.

					RIKER
				(urgent)
			We'd like to take the generator
			back to the Enterprise for
			replication.

					MIROK
				(brief hesitation)
			All right.

       STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - TEASER       6.

7    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Geordi, you and Ro.

	They nod and then wrestle the graviton generator away
	from the console. Riker and Mirok move to a different
	console.

					GEORDI
				(hits combadge)
			La Forge to Brossmer. Two people,
			one piece of equipment to beam
			aboard.

					BROSSMER'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

	Ro, Geordi, and the generator begin to DEMATERIALIZE...
	then something goes wrong... their images FUZZ and
	SPARK strangely.

8    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Brossmer is struggling to bring them aboard... STRANGE
	SHAPES and EFFECTS dance on the transporter pad.
	It's unlike any transporter effect we've seen before.

					BROSSMER
				(frustrated)
			What the hell...
				(urgent, to com)
			Engineering, I need more power
			to the primary energizing coil.

	More EFFECTS on the stage. Brossmer keeps working,
	but she can't get anywhere.

					BROSSMER
			Brossmer to Commander Riker. I'm
			losing them -- I have to abort.
			They should be returning to your
			coordinates.

	The EFFECTS STOP on the stage.

								INTERCUT:

9    INT. ROMULAN ENGINE ROOM

	Riker and Worf wait for them to reappear... nothing.
	After a long beat...

       STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - TEASER       7.

9    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(urgent, to com)
			Chief, they're not here. Do you
			have them?

					BROSSMER
			No, sir.

	Beat.

					RIKER
			Where are they?

	Long beat as Brossmer works. Finally...

					BROSSMER
				(in shock)
			I can't locate their patterns.
				(beat)
			We've lost them, sir. They're
			gone.

	Off Riker's shocked expression.

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

    STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/16/92 - ACT ONE    8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

10   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Only a few minutes have passed since the end of the
	Teaser. Picard and Troi are reacting to the loss of Ro
	& Geordi.

					BROSSMER'S COM VOICE
			I'm sorry, Captain. But there's
			just nothing left to retrieve.

					PICARD
			Begin a level one diagnostic.
			All transporter systems to remain
			off-line until further notice.
				(to Data)
			Could they have materialized
			somewhere else?

					DATA
				(off console)
			Negative, Captain. Sensors are
			unable to find them within
			transporter range.

					PICARD
				(to Troi)
			Counselor?

	Troi waits a beat and silently "listens"... but her
	expression is grim. She shakes her head. That seems
	to seal the fate of their friends. But there is no
	time to mourn.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Number One.

                                       INTERCUT:

    STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/16/92 - ACT ONE    9.

11   INT. ROMULAN ENGINE ROOM

	Riker is standing off by himself in the engine room.
	He has to put aside his feelings for now to deal with
	the emergency.

					RIKER
			Captain, we're still looking at
			a core breach unless we can
			fashion a new graviton generator.
			I need...
				(beat, then bluntly)
			I need replacement personnel, sir.

11A  RESUME BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Picard thinks for a beat.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, you may continue your
			diagnostic of the transporter
			system later. Take a shuttlecraft
			and two more engineers to the
			Romulan ship.

					DATA
				(on the move)
			Aye, sir.

	Data EXITS.

					PICARD
				(to McDowell)
			Mister McDowell, alert the main
			shuttlebay to have all available
			ships and pilots standing by in
			case we need them.

					MCDOWELL
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Conn Officer)
			Lay in a course to take us away
			from the Romulan ship at Warp One
			in case it explodes.

	The Conn Officer nods and works the console. Orders
	given, Picard moves back to the command area and sits
	down. Hold a beat on his expression as he takes a beat
	to reflect on his lost crewmen.

                                             CUT TO:

      STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - ACT ONE      10.

12   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & ROMULAN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The two ships as seen before.

13   INT. ROMULAN ENGINE ROOM

	Riker moves to where Mirok and Varel are working on a
	console. The atmosphere is tense and urgent.

					MIROK
				(worried, off console)
			Pressure in the containment
			chamber has increased fifteen
			melakols in the last two minutes.

					RIKER
				(to Mirok)
			What can we do to stop the
			overload?

					MIROK
				(frustrated)
			Most of the conduits were damaged
			in the explosion. I can't even
			access the central computer.

14   NEW ANGLE

	As Worf and an N.D. Romulan ENTER through a doorway.
	They both look dirty and bedraggled.

					WORF
				(to Riker)
			Emergency bulkheads have sealed
			this section from the rest of the
			ship. There is no way to gain
			access to the bridge or other
			control centers.

					RIKER
			Survivors?

      STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - ACT ONE      11.

14   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Readings indicate at least
			seventy-three Romulans are still
			alive.

					VAREL
				(shocked)
			Seventy-three...

	Suddenly there is an ALARM from the console. Mirok and
	Varel quickly examine the readings and are horrified
	at the result.

					MIROK
			The pressure has jumped two
			hundred melakols!

					VAREL
			I've lost control of the
			containment chamber!

					MIROK
				(stunned)
			It's going to implode...

	Riker takes charge of the situation. The Romulans
	accept his leadership without question at this point.

					RIKER
			We'll have to dump the entire
			engine core. Do you have an
			auto-eject system?

					MIROK
			Yes, but it's not functioning.
			I'll have to do it manually.

	Mirok runs over to a bulkhead near the chamber and
	rips open a panel. He begins frantically working
	controls within the panel.

					RIKER
			Worf, you two seal the chamber.

      STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - ACT ONE      12.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

	Worf and the N.D. run inside the chamber and begin
	pulling out optical conduit and power leads connecting
	the sphere-shaped chamber to the walls.

					VAREL
				(off console)
			Implosion will occur in one minute
			five seconds...

	As the following dialog takes place, Worf and the N.D.
	finish disconnecting the conduits and run out of the
	chamber. They start to close the door leading to the
	chamber, but there is a large beam blocking the way.
	They struggle to move it, but it's too heavy.

					RIKER
				(hits combadge)
			Riker to Enterprise. We're
			preparing to jettison the engine
			core. We'll need you to extend
			shields once it clears the hull.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Understood, Number One. We'll
			stand by for your signal.

					WORF
			Commander!

	Riker turns and sees the difficulty they're having with
	the beam and the door. He and Varel rush over and help
	them move the beam...

					RIKER
				(as he pulls on beam,
				 to Varel)
			Time?

					VAREL
			Thirty seconds...

	The beam finally crashes to the deck. They try to pull
	the doors shut... they get halfway, then jam. Mirok
	sits up.

					MIROK
			Ready!

					RIKER
				(straining against door)
			Stay there! Eject the chamber
			on my order!

      STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - ACT ONE      13.

14   CONTINUED: (3)

	But it's futile... they can't move it at all. A tense
	beat and then suddenly we HEAR DATA'S VOICE.

					DATA
				(o.c.)
			Excuse me, sir.

15   NEW ANGLE

	Revealing Data and TWO N.D. ENGINEERS now standing in
	the engine room. Riker and Worf step aside as Data
	moves quickly to the jammed doors. With a burst of
	android strength, he PULLS the doors together and seals
	the chamber.

					RIKER
				(to Mirok)
			Now!

	Mirok works a control and the ship SHAKES ONCE as the
	chamber is ejected. The lights go OUT.

					RIKER
				(hits combadge)
			Enterprise, extend shields!

                                             CUT TO:

16   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & ROMULAN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The two ships are side by side. Suddenly, there is a
	flash of LIGHT from the bottom of the Romulan ship and
	an EXPLOSION a short distance away from the ship. But
	the blast from the explosion is kept away from the two
	ships by the shields of the Enterprise, which now
	surround both vessels. (It is the explosion which
	makes the shields visible.)

17   INT. ROMULAN ENGINE ROOM

	As before. The room SHAKES slightly then stops.
	Everyone is standing still in the gloomy darkness.
	After a beat, Riker turns to Mirok and a slow smile
	spreads across his face.

					RIKER
				(to Mirok)
			Well... we're still here.

      STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - ACT ONE      14.

17   CONTINUED:

					MIROK
				(smiles)
			Yes.

	It's a unique moment... Starfleet and Romulan
	crewmembers standing side by side, celebrating a joint
	victory.

                                             CUT TO:

18   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship hangs in space.

19   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard is listening to Riker's report.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			We'll have a complete power survey
			done within the hour... we'll
			probably have to supply them with
			energy for life support... and
			they're definitely going to need
			a new engine core to get home
			again.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Understood, Commander. Keep us
			informed of your efforts. Picard
			out.
				(to McDowell)
			I'll be in sickbay.

					MCDOWELL
			Aye, sir.

	Picard EXITS.

                                             CUT TO:

20   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard ENTERS from a turbolift. He walks along the
	corridor, lost in thought... his expression is grim and
	deeply disturbed. Follow him for a moment... then as
	he rounds a corner CAMERA DROPS OFF ON Ensign Ro, who
	is sitting near a corridor intersection.

      STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - ACT ONE      15.

20   CONTINUED:

	Ro is just waking up... she's groggy and disoriented.
	She puts a hand to her head and rubs her eyes for a
	moment, trying to clear the cobwebs. N.D. CREWMEN pass
	her, without seeing her. (NOTE: From this point on,
	no one can see Ro. She is invisible to everyone
	aboard the ship.)

	Ro stands up and looks around... finally decides that
	something has gone wrong, although she's not sure
	exactly what. She hits her communicator.

					RO
				(to com)
			Ensign Ro to bridge.
				(beat)
			This is Ensign Ro, reporting in...
			I'm in section twenty-three baker,
			near sickbay.

	Still nothing. She frowns at the recalcitrant
	communicator... then she suddenly gets dizzy... she
	shakes her head and the dizziness goes away.

					RO
				(to herself)
			Sickbay...

	Ro walks along the empty corridor toward sickbay.

21   NEW ANGLE

	As Ro reaches sickbay. When she gets to the door, she
	pulls up short as it refuses to open. Before she can
	reach out to touch the door in puzzlement, it suddenly
	OPENS and a N.D. CREWPERSON ENTERS the corridor from
	sickbay. He barrels past her without a glance. (To
	Ro, he seems rude, but again, the Crewman never sees
	her.) Ro gives him an irritated look and goes through
	the still open door before it closes behind her.

22   INT. SICKBAY - CONTINUOUS

	Ro ENTERS. N.D. NURSES & PATIENTS go about their
	business without noticing Ro standing near the doorway.
	She tries to get their attention.

					RO
			I need some help.

    STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/17/92 - ACT ONE    16.

22   CONTINUED:

	No response.

					RO
				(louder)
			Excuse me?

	Still nothing. What's going on here? Ro moves toward
	Beverly's office to see if she can get someone to
	listen to her over there.

23   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS

	Picard and BEVERLY are in the middle of an argument in
	the office. Ro pauses in the doorway, naturally
	reluctant to interrupt the conversation.

					BEVERLY
			The transporter could've beamed
			them somewhere else... the Romulan
			ship, another deck of the
			Enterprise...

					PICARD
				(gently)
			We've already checked those
			possibilities.
				(beat)
			The preliminary findings indicate
			there was a radiation surge from
			the Romulan engine core which
			disrupted the signal. They never
			rematerialized.

					BEVERLY
			We should check again, there might
			be something we overlooked and---

					PICARD
				(gentle, but firm)
			We've done all we can, Beverly.

	Beverly takes a beat... then reluctantly agrees.

      STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - ACT ONE      17.

23   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			You're right. I just... hate
			making out death certificates.
				(beat)
			Did Ensign Ro have any family?

	Ro is shocked -- they think she's dead!

					RO
			Captain, I'm right here.

					PICARD
				(to Beverly)
			None that I know of, but I'll
			check with the Bajoran Liaison
			Office.

					RO
				(yells)
			I'm not dead!

					BEVERLY
				(resigned)
			I'll have the official reports
			ready within the hour.

	Beverly sits at the desk... the weariness of losing too
	many shipmates is clear on her face.

24   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Picard turns to leave Beverly alone. Ro steps directly
	in his path, determined to put a stop to this for once
	and for all.

					RO
			Captain, I don't know what's going
			on --

	But Picard is still unaware of her presence and he
	walks straight toward her... and then WALKS THROUGH
	Ro. She is completely shocked. Picard continues on
	his way and Beverly doesn't know anything has happened.
	Ro looks down at her body in utter disbelief. Off her
	shocked expression...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/17/92 - ACT TWO    18.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

25   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE (OPTICAL)

	Continuous from Act One. Ro is trying to get her
	bearings in this bizarre situation. She can't believe
	what just happened with Picard. Beverly is still
	sitting at her desk, working at a terminal. Ro tries
	once again to get her attention.

					RO
			Doctor Crusher? Doctor?

	Beverly ignores her completely. Ro's frustration
	mounts.

					RO
			I'm right here...

	Beverly placidly continues working on her report. Ro's
	temper snaps.

					RO
				(shouts)
			Dammnit, Doctor!

	Ro tries to slam her hand on the desk to get Beverly's
	attention... but her hand simply PASSES THROUGH the
	desk. Ro yanks her hand away in shock. She looks at
	her hands in amazement... Ro claps them together...
	they seem solid enough to her. She makes a fist and
	smacks it into the palm of the other hand... no
	problem. Ro touches the desk gently. She can touch
	the surface if she doesn't press too hard. (Think
	of objects as if they were made of Jello -- you can
	touch it, but if you push too hard, you go right
	through it.)

26   NEW ANGLE

	As Ro moves around the desk behind Beverly. She leans
	over Beverly to see what she's doing on the terminal.

      STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - ACT TWO      19.

27   CLOSE ON TERMINAL (OPTICAL)

	The terminal was showing a picture of Geordi and some
	biographical information. It quickly changes to a
	picture of Ro and her bio information. Beverly reaches
	out and touches a control... the word "DECEASED"
	suddenly appears at the bottom of the file.

28   RESUME SCENE

	As Ro reacts to this. Beverly is resigned... a little
	sad. Ro is starting to come to the frightening
	realization that this is all very real.

                                             CUT TO:

29   OMITTED

30   INT. ROMULAN ENGINE ROOM

	The atmosphere is more orderly and calm than before.
	N.D. ROMULANS and N.D. STARFLEET CREWMEN are moving
	busily about the room in the b.g. hauling equipment,
	fixing consoles, etc. Mirok is seated at one of the
	consoles as Riker stands next to him. The lights are
	DIM.

					MIROK
				(to Riker)
			We're ready, Commander.

					RIKER
				(hits combadge)
			Riker to Enterprise. Begin power
			transfer.

30A  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & ROMULAN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	A BEAM OF ENERGY leaps out from a spot on the
	Enterprise and makes a connection to a point on the
	Romulan ship near the engines.

30B  INT. ROMULAN SHIP

	As before. Suddenly the LIGHTS BRIGHTEN and there is a
	HUM of power as several monitors and consoles come back
	to life.

      STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - ACT TWO      19A.

30B  CONTINUED:

					MIROK
				(off console)
			The power flow is consistent at
			four hundred Kolems... no
			fluctuations in frequency.

	Mirok looks up at Riker and smiles.

					MIROK
			The main power grid is on-line.

	Riker returns the smile and even gives Mirok a friendly
	clap on the shoulder. The cooperation and friendliness
	in the room is a welcome change from normal
	Federation/Romulan relations.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to Riker.

	Riker takes a few steps away from Mirok for a little
	privacy.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Riker here. The power transfer
			appears stable at this end,
			Captain.

                               INTERCUT:

31   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Data are at one of the aft stations.

					PICARD
			Good. What is the status of their
			engine replacement?

					RIKER
			Engineering is modifying one of
			our subspace resonators to act
			as a new engine core. It won't
			do more than warp two, but it'll
			get them home.

					PICARD
			Very well.

					DATA
			Captain...

	Picard turns to him.

    STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/16/92 - ACT TWO    20.

31   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The diagnostic of the transporter
			system shows an anomalous energy
			fluctuation. I will need to
			inspect the imaging scanners in
			transporter room three.

					PICARD
			By all means.

	He starts to move off, when Data stops him.

					DATA
			Captain --

	Picard turns back.

					DATA
			I have a personal favor to ask.
				(beat)
			I considered Commander La Forge
			to be my best friend. I feel it
			is my responsibility to plan and
			conduct the memorial service.
			May I have your permission to do
			so?

	Picard is moved by this reminder of the tragedy -- and
	by Data's desire to commemorate his friend.

					PICARD
			Permission granted. Make
			whatever arrangements you find
			appropriate.

					DATA
			Thank you, sir.

	Data moves off toward the turbolift, leaving a somber
	Picard behind.

32   INT. ROMULAN ENGINE ROOM

	Worf approaches Riker, clearly upset.

					WORF
			Commander...

					RIKER
			Problem, Mister Worf?

    STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/17/92 - ACT TWO    21.

32   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			The Romulans want a computer.
			We cannot give them access to
			Federation technology. It is an
			unacceptable security risk.

	Riker thinks for a moment.

					RIKER
			What about a computer from thirty
			or forty years ago... one the
			Romulans are already familiar
			with?

	Worf ponders this.

					WORF
			That would be satisfactory.

					RIKER
			Check with the Enterprise to see
			what's available. But be sure
			your security concerns are
			addressed before we install it.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.
				(beat)
			Thank you.

33   OMITTED

34   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi is wandering through the room.

					RO (o.c.)
			La Forge...

     STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/17/92 - ACT TWO 22-24.       

34A  OMITTED

35   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as Geordi whirls around to find Ro standing there.

					GEORDI
				(relieved)
			Ro -- boy, am I glad to see you...
			and I'm really glad you can see
			me.

	Geordi waves his hand in front of an N.D. Engineer's
	face to no effect.

					GEORDI
			It's like I'm here, but... I'm
			not here.

	He looks questioningly at Ro.

					RO
			No one can see me either.

					GEORDI
			I can't figure out what happened.
			One minute we were transporting
			from the Romulan ship... the next
			I just... woke up in the arboretum
			with a splitting headache.
				(beat)
			Can you... pass through things
			like bulkheads --

					RO
				(nods)
			Tables, people... yeah.

	Geordi thinks for a moment... then tentatively reaches
	out his hand toward Ro... she does the same and they
	press on each other's palm for a moment.

					GEORDI
			Well... we're solid enough to each
			other.

	Geordi looks around in frustration. Ro smiles...
	She's more accepting of their situation than he is.

      STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - ACT TWO      25.

35   CONTINUED:

					RO
			Not what you expected, is it?

					GEORDI
			What do you mean?

					RO
			This. Death.

					GEORDI
				(shocked)
			What?

					RO
			We're dead, Geordi.

	Geordi takes a moment to take that in. He looks at
	Ro as if she's lost her mind. He gives a forced laugh.

					GEORDI
			Is that some kind of joke?

					RO
			Our patterns were lost in a
			transporter malfunction... we
			never rematerialized after leaving
			the Romulan ship.

	Geordi's mind recoils from even considering the
	possibility... he takes a couple of steps back.

					GEORDI
			Wait a minute...
				(clearly)
			What are you saying... that we're
			spirits?

					RO
			Spirits... souls... my people call
			them Borhyas. Whatever term you
			want to use -- we're it.

	Geordi is clearly having trouble buying this.

					GEORDI
				(disbelieving)
			My uniform... my VISOR... you're
			saying I'm a blind ghost with
			clothes?

    STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/17/92 - ACT TWO    26.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					RO
			I don't have all the answers...
			I've never been dead before.

	Geordi stops short, as does Ro.

					GEORDI
			We are not dead.

					RO
			According to Doctor Crusher, we
			died in a transporter malfunction
			at fourteen-thirty hours.
				(beat)
			I watched her make out the death
			certificates.

	Even though he doesn't really believe they're dead,
	hearing about his death certificate gives Geordi pause
	for a moment. Ro is trying to figure out the
	appropriate thing to do in this circumstance.

					RO
			We should make peace with our
			former lives, that's what I was
			taught... say goodbye to the
			people we're leaving behind --

					GEORDI
				(firm)
			No. You may be ready for the
			afterlife, but I'm not.

					RO
			I don't see that we have much
			choice.
				(beat)
			When I was growing up, I never
			gave much thought to all the talk
			about Borhyas... I figured it was
			just superstition, passed on to
			children. But now...

					GEORDI
			Fine. You go make peace with
			yourself. I'm going to
			transporter room three to find
			a way out of this... situation.

    STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/17/92 - ACT TWO    27.

35   CONTINUED: (3)

	Geordi turns and EXITS THROUGH the wall. Ro sadly
	shakes her head at Geordi's inability to accept their
	situation.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/18/92 - ACT THREE   28.

                           ACT THREE                            

		FADE IN:

36   OMITTED

36A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship hangs in space.

36AA	INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Data is with Chief Brossmer, scanning the room with
	a tricorder; Geordi stands near them, listening.

					BROSSMER
			I didn't have any warning that
			something would go wrong, sir.
			Suddenly... their patterns just
			weren't there.

					DATA
			I believe the cause of the
			accident may be related to the
			explosion on the Romulan ship.

	Geordi's ears perk up.

					GEORDI
			Oh, yeah?

					BROSSMER
			But... that happened before we
			even arrived...

					DATA
			In all likelihood the explosion
			damaged the Romulan cloaking
			device, causing it to discharge
			chroniton particles.
				(sweeping with
				 tricorder)
			I am detecting a chroniton field
			in here.

					GEORDI
			A chroniton field...

					BROSSMER
			If the particles were produced
			on the Romulan ship, why are you
			detecting them here?

   STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/18/92 - ACT THREE   29.

36AA	CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			The transporter beam --

					DATA
			I suspect they travelled through
			the transporter beam. That may
			have been the cause of Geordi
			and Ro's death.

	Data snaps the tricorder off, turns to go.

					DATA
			I will go to the Romulan ship and
			see if I can discover the source
			of these emissions.

					BROSSMER
			Commander -- are these chronitons
			dangerous?

					DATA
			They pose no danger to Humans --
			but some of the ship's systems
			may be affected by prolonged
			exposure. When I return I will
			devise a method to eradicate them.

	Data heads for the door, followed by Geordi, who is
	now excited. Geordi automatically touches his
	communicator.

					GEORDI
			La Forge to Ensign Ro...

    STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/17/92 - ACT THREE 30-32.      

36AA	CONTINUED: (2)

	Then he glances down, realizes that won't work, either.
	He follows Data out the door of the transporter room.

36B  OMITTED

37   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	McDowell at the aft science station, N.D. Crewmembers at
	the other positions. Ro ENTERS with an N.D. Crewman
	from the turbolift. Her attitude is serene. She seems
	genuinely content for the moment, as if a burden has
	been lifted from her shoulders. A smile comes more
	easily to her than we've seen before.

   STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/16/92 - ACT THREE   33.

37   CONTINUED:

					RO
				(to Crewman)
			Thanks for the ride.

	Ro looks around the bridge as if taking a last look
	around. She addresses the crew.

					RO
			I'm here to say goodbye.

	No one responds, of course. She moves to the conn
	position. The N.D. CONN OFFICER taps in a few commands
	on the console... then gets up to go check something
	at the aft science stations. Ro takes the opportunity
	to gently run her hand over the console as she
	silently says goodbye to this life. She looks up
	as Riker and Picard ENTER from the turbolift and head
	for the ready room.

					RIKER
				(to Picard, on the move)
			There are a lot of what appear
			to be experimental engine
			components lying around over
			there. I'd say they were testing
			some new warp drive design and
			it blew up in their faces.

	Ro follows Picard and Riker through the doors as they
	OPEN.

38   INT. READY ROOM - CONTINUOUS

	Picard, Riker, and Ro ENTER.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			That would explain why they're
			this far away from Romulan
			space... to avoid being picked
			up on Federation long-range
			scanners.

   STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/17/92 - ACT THREE   34.

38   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			We should have an engine core
			ready for them by nineteen hundred
			hours.

	Picard nods and Riker turns to leave.

					PICARD
			Commander... there will be a
			memorial service at twenty-three
			hundred hours this evening.
			Mister Data is making the
			arrangements.

	That's news to both Riker and Ro. Riker's expression
	becomes more somber while Ro looks intrigued.

					RIKER
			I'll be there.

					RO
			Me, too.

					RIKER
			In fact... I might like to say
			a few words.

					PICARD
				(acknowledging)
			You knew La Forge longer than
			any of us.

					RIKER
			Actually, I was thinking more
			of Ensign Ro...

	Picard reacts with surprise.

					RO
				(surprised)
			Me?

					PICARD
			Coordinate with Mister Data.

	Riker nods and EXITS. To his back --

					RO
			Wait a minute... what are you
			going to say about me?

   STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/17/92 - ACT THREE   35.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

	But he's gone. Picard sits at his desk and begins
	working on his monitor. Ro pauses... then approaches.
	She's trying to wrap up the loose ends in her life and
	it doesn't come easily for her.

					RO
			Captain...

	She stops, takes a deep breath. She is clearly
	struggling with this.

					RO
			I don't believe this... I'm
			dead... you can't hear me... and
			I'm still intimidated by you.

	She gives a rueful smile, looks at the preoccupied
	man... the man who gave her a chance.

					RO
			I just wanted to say... thank you.
			For trusting me when no one else
			would.

	A long beat as she watches Picard for a moment... then
	she turns at the sound of Geordi's VOICE.

					GEORDI (o.c.)
			There you are.

39   OMITTED

40   NEW ANGLE

	Revealing that Geordi has just entered.

					GEORDI
				(to Picard)
			Excuse me, Captain.
				(to Ro)
			Data is taking the next shuttle
			back to the Romulan ship and we've
			got to be on it.

					RO
			Why?

					GEORDI
			I think we'll find the answer to
			what's happened to us over there.


    STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/17/92 - ACT THREE 36-38.      

40   CONTINUED:

					RO
			Why can't you just accept---

					GEORDI
				(urgent)
			Look, if you're right and we're
			dead this won't make any
			difference. But if I'm right,
			then we're still alive... and I'm
			going to need your help.

	She hesitates... then shrugs, accepting this. They
	start toward the door.

40A  OMITTED

41   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	The shuttlecraft leaves the ship.

   STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/17/92 - ACT THREE   39.

42   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Worf and Data are at the controls, Geordi and Ro are
	sitting on some pieces of equipment in the back.

					DATA
			Lieutenant, I am planning a
			memorial service for Commander
			La Forge and Ensign Ro. I would
			like you to participate.

	Worf gives him an uncomfortable look.

					WORF
			What kind of service?

					DATA
			Captain Picard asked me to arrange
			a ceremony that is appropriate.
			I have given a great deal of
			thought as to what is
			"appropriate" in this instance.

	Worf notices something on the console.

					WORF
			Sir, shuttlecraft four has not
			cleared the Romulan ship yet.

					DATA
			Hold position here.

	A beat as they work instruments.

					GEORDI
			This is a little weird...
			listening to them plan our
			funeral...

					DATA
			I find that I am having difficulty
			deciding what kind of service to
			have. Do you have any
			suggestions?

	Worf reflects on this.

					WORF
			Human custom is to conduct a
			solemn, dignified service in which
			the dead are praised by their
			friends and loved ones.

   STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/17/92 - ACT THREE   40.

42   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Ensign Ro was Bajoran. Her
			beliefs should be reflected as
			well. But their death rituals
			are quite complicated.

					RO
			Please... not the Death Chant...

					WORF
			The Bajorn Death Chant is over
			two hours long...

					DATA
			I am not certain that either Human
			or Bajoran rites are fitting...
			and I have researched the
			funerary customs of over five
			thousand cultures to no avail...

	Worf gives him a curious look, then reacts to his
	console.

					WORF
			Shuttlecraft four has cleared...

					DATA
			Resume course.

	They work for a brief beat at their instruments.

					DATA
			In almost all societies it is
			traditional to say a ritual
			farewell to those you call
			friends.
				(beat)
			I did not know what a friend was
			until I met Geordi. He spoke to
			me as though I were Human... he
			treated me no differently from
			anyone else. He accepted me for
			what I am. And that, I have
			learned, is friendship. I would
			like this service to reflect that
			friendship.
				(beat)
			But I do not know how to say
			goodbye.

					RO
			Sounds almost Human, doesn't he?

  STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/17/92 - ACT THREE  40A.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

	Geordi studies his friend with compassion.

					WORF
			Commander, I am not the proper
			person to advise you.

					DATA
			Why not?

					WORF
				(hesitant)
			I am very happy for Commander La
			Forge. He has crossed to... that
			which is beyond. For a Klingon,
			this is a joyful time... a friend
			has died in the line of duty...
			and he has earned a place among
			the honored dead. It is not a
			time to mourn.

	Data gives him a glance... a little puzzled... then
	turns back to his instruments.

					DATA
			Begin docking procedure.

					GEORDI
			Data -- I appreciate the
			sentiment. But you're a little
			premature. I don't intend to get
			commemorated before my time.

	Ro shrugs, still more convinced than he that they have
	already died.

                                             CUT TO:


   STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/17/92 - ACT THREE   41.

43   OMITTED

44   INT. ROMULAN ENGINE ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Data is with Mirok and Varel. In the b.g., a MALE
	ROMULAN is seated in a chair within earshot, but he
	appears to be watching a console. Worf is supervising
	the placement of equipment they have carried in the
	shuttle.

	Geordi is off to one side, his HEAD INSERTED into an
	ODD LOOKING CONSOLE as Ro observes. Data has his
	tricorder in hand, and is scanning the area. Mirok
	is being diplomatic, but underneath he is disconcerted
	by Data's actions.

					MIROK
			I'm afraid I fail to see the point
			of this investigation, Commander.

					DATA
			Chroniton emissions may have been
			responsible for the accident which
			claimed the lives of our officers.

					VAREL
			A most regrettable event, of
			course...

					DATA
			Was your cloaking device damaged
			in the explosion?

	There is a brief hesitation.

					MIROK
			All our systems were damaged.
			Including the cloaking device.

					DATA
			Then that explains the chroniton
			fields I am detecting here.
				(beat, as he scans)
			For your own safety, it is
			important to eliminate the
			emissions.

					VAREL
			Our safety?

					DATA
			There is no way to predict what
			might happen when the chronitons
			interact with the new engine core.


     STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - ACT THREE     41A.

44   CONTINUED:

	Data moves around the room, sweeping with the
	tricorder. Mirok and Varel exchange uneasy glances.

44A  ON GEORDI AND RO

	Geordi removes his head from the console and beckons to
	Ro.

   STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/19/92 - ACT THREE   42.

44A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I've never seen anything like
			this. There's something in there
			that looks like a molecular phase
			inverter...

					RO
			What's that?

					GEORDI
			It's supposed to change the
			structure of matter so it can...
			pass through "normal" matter and
			energy... hey, wait a minute...

	Geordi moves to take a new look at the console. Ro
	follows him, curious about where this is leading.

					GEORDI
			A few years back, we got
			intelligence reports that the
			Klingons were working on combining
			a phase inverter and a cloaking
			device. In theory, they believed
			that a... phased ship could hide
			anywhere... even inside a planet.
			And conventional weapons would
			be useless against it.

					RO
			How far did they get in their
			research?

					GEORDI
			It never got out of the
			preliminary stages... there were
			several accidents. The Romulans
			might be pursuing the same
			technology -- trying to combine
			an inverter and a cloaking device.
				(looks at console)
			If this is the prototype...

					RO
				(realizing)
			Then that would explain the
			explosion... the chroniton
			fields...

					GEORDI
			And us.

  STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/18/92 - ACT THREE  42A.

44A  CONTINUED: (2)

					RO
			You mean we're -- cloaked?

					GEORDI
			Not just cloaked -- phased...
			our molecular structure altered
			so we have no substance.

	Ro suddenly realizes something.

					RO
			That means we're not dead.

					GEORDI
			It also means -- there might be
			a way we can decloak.

	Data has now approached the console; checks tricorder
	readings.

					DATA
			The field emissions are
			particularly strong here.

   STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/17/92 - ACT THREE   43.

44A  CONTINUED: (2)

					MIROK
			You can be assured that the
			emissions will be eliminated
			before the engine core is
			replaced.

					WORF
				(from far side of room)
			Commander, may I speak with you?

	Data moves off to talk with Worf. Varel turns to
	Mirok. Geordi and Ro listen.

					VAREL
			When they come back... they're
			going to discover the interphase
			generator.

	Mirok thinks for a moment.

					MIROK
			Is their power transfer beam still
			at full intensity?

					VAREL
			Yes. It will be until we are
			ready to switch to internal power.

	Mirok makes the decision.

					MIROK
			We will set up a muon feedback
			wave inside the transfer beam.
			The particles will accumulate in
			their dilithium chamber. When
			they go to warp speed, their
			engines will explode.

	Varel nods and turns to a console; Mirok walks away.
	Ro and Geordi turn to each other, shocked.

  STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/17/92 - ACT THREE  43A.

44A  CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			We have to get back to the
			Enterprise and warn them.

					RO
			How?

					GEORDI
			I don't know, but we have to find
			a way. Come on.

	They EXIT.

45   OMITTED

46   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As Geordi and Ro leave, the seated Male Romulan seen
	earlier turns around and WATCHES THEM LEAVE. After
	a beat, he stands up and follows Ro & Geordi by walking
	THROUGH THE CHAIR. He is in the same strange state as
	they are -- the other Romulans are unaware of him as
	he silently heads after our characters.

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

   STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/17/92 - ACT FOUR   44.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

47   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & ROMULAN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The two ships are side by side, and still connected by
	the beam of energy.

48   INT. CORRIDOR

	CLOSE ON doors, which clearly say "Shuttlebay Two".
	The doors OPEN and THREE N.D. CREWMEMBERS walk out into
	the corridor... then the Phased Romulan -- hereafter
	referred to as PAREM -- steps out into the corridor.
	He pauses for a moment and looks around... then heads
	off in search of Ro & Geordi.

                                             CUT TO:

49   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi and Ro are looking at various monitors in
	Geordi's office. They're worried by what they see.

					RO
			The muon feedback wave's not
			showing up on any of the engine
			displays.

					GEORDI
				(frustrated)
			The Romulans must be hiding it
			in the sensor return signal.
			Unless someone runs a level three
			diagnostic, they'll never see it.

50   NEW ANGLE

	As Ro and Geordi go out into the main area. Data and
	Brossmer are working at the pool table.

					GEORDI
			There has to be a way to warn them
			before the ship goes to warp.

	Data is puzzled by the readings on the monitor screen.

      STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - ACT FOUR      45.

50   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(to Brossmer)
			This is puzzling. Three more
			chroniton fields have formed
			aboard the Enterprise in the last
			hour.

	Data works at the console for a moment.

					GEORDI
				(to Ro)
			There's no reason why the
			interphase device would be
			producing new fields aboard this
			ship.

					DATA
				(to Brossmer)
			We should begin decontamination
			immediately. Run an internal
			sensor sweep for the locations
			of all chroniton fields on the
			Enterprise.

	Brossmer moves to work a console. As Brossmer calls
	off the following list, Geordi begins to realize what's
	going on.

					BROSSMER
			The following areas are showing
			contamination: Sickbay,
			transporter room three, main
			bridge, captain's ready room,
			shuttlebay two, and main
			engineering.

					GEORDI
			Ro, listen to that...

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			I do not understand how these new
			fields have formed. No
			transporter beam has been active
			in any of those areas. And I do
			not see that they have anything
			in common...

					GEORDI
			Oh, yes they do...

   STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/19/92 - ACT FOUR   45A.

50   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			They seem to be appearing at
			random.

					GEORDI
			No, they're not.
				(to Ro)
			We were in every one of those
			locations. Somehow we're
			leaving... chroniton footprints
			behind us.

					DATA
			Can you narrow the focus of the
			scan to pinpoint the locations?

      STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - ACT FOUR      46.

50   CONTINUED: (3)

					BROSSMER
				(works)
			Not with the internal sensors,
			Commander.

					DATA
				(to Brossmer)
			Go to science station two on the
			bridge and use the lateral sensor
			array to get a more precise
			reading. I will modify an anyon
			emitter to eliminate the fields
			once they have been isolated.

	Brossmer nods and EXITS.

					GEORDI
				(urgent, to Ro)
			You go with her and see what the
			lateral sensors turn up. I'll
			stay here with Data.

					RO
			Right.

	She hurries out after Brossmer.

                                             CUT TO:

51   INT. CORRIDOR NEAR TURBOLIFT

	The turbolift doors OPEN and TWO N.D. CREWMEMBERS ENTER
	the corridor. After a quick beat, Parem FOLLOWS them
	out of the turbolift and into the corridor. He takes a
	look around and then heads off down the corridor.

52   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi is watching Data finish making adjustments
	to an anyon emitter. Data picks up a tricorder and
	scans the room.

   STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/18/92 - ACT FOUR   47.

52   CONTINUED:

	Data passes the tricorder over Geordi without pausing.

					GEORDI
			That's interesting... you're
			picking up chroniton readings in
			here, but not from me.

	Data pauses and makes a few more adjustments to the
	tricorder. Geordi cranes his neck around in order to
	see the small tricorder screen. Data scans the room
	again... finally stopping on one section of wall.
	Data moves to that section of wall and Geordi follows.

					GEORDI
			There's a field in this wall?
			Why?

	Data picks up the anyon emitter and makes a few
	adjustments. Geordi suddenly understands.

					GEORDI
				(getting excited)
			Data, I came through this wall.
			I walked right through it when
			I came in here...

	Data points the anyon emitter at the wall. A SOUND
	comes out of the device as he plays it on the wall.
	He shuts OFF the device after a moment and then checks
	the tricorder again.

					GEORI
				(over action)
			When the phased matter in my body
			passed through the wall, it
			must've distrupted the wall's
			molecular structure... producing
			a chroniton field.

	Data moves to a new area of wall. Geordi stares at him
	in frustration.

   STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/18/92 - ACT FOUR   48.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

	Data activates the device and sprays the wall. Geordi
	watches for beat... then gets an idea. Geordi goes
	to the pool table as Data SHUTS OFF the device and pulls
	out his tricorder. As Data scans, Geordi walks THROUGH
	the pool table. Data picks up the reading... is
	puzzled... SPRAYS the pool table with the device.

					GEORDI
			Data, I'm right here... that's
			me you're reading...

	Geordi continues to walk through the pool table...
	each time, Data patiently reads the tricorder and
	sprays the field -- but with increasing puzzlement.

					GEORDI
			Come on... it's me...

                                             CUT TO:

53   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The turbolift doors OPEN and Brossmer and Ro ENTER.
	Brossmer moves toward the aft science station and Ro
	moves to follow... but Ro suddenly stops short in shock
	as she sees...

    STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/17/92 - ACT FOUR 49-49A       

54   PAREM

	Standing on the bridge, leveling his disruptor directly
	at Ro.

					PAREM
			Do not move.

	Ro looks around for a moment... unsure if he's really
	talking to her.

					PAREM
			Yes, I can see you.

					RO
			Who are you?

					PAREM
				(ignoring her question)
			Where is the scientific officer?
				(off her look)
			The other one like us... the one
			who came with you to our ship.
			He spoke of a plan to return to
			normal.

	Ro glances down at the disruptor in Parem's hand.
	Parem knows what she's thinking.

					PAREM
			Yes, this disruptor works. I was
			wearing it when I was... changed.
				(hard)
			Now, where is he?

	Ro decides not to push things. She leads him towards a
	wall.

                                             CUT TO:

55   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi continues trying to get Data's attention without
	success.

        STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/18/92 - ACT FOUR       50.

55   CONTINUED:

	Geordi puts his hand all the way through the pool
	table over and over again in quick succession.

					GEORDI
			Stop being so rational... use your
			imagination for a change... these
			aren't just random patterns...
			it's me!

	Data is definitely puzzled by the continued obstinance
	of these fields. He makes another adjustment to the
	anyon emitter and points it at the pool table. He
	SPRAYS the pool table again, but this time the invisible
	beam accidently HITS Geordi's arm. Geordi recoils as if
	hit with a mild electric shock.

					GEORDI
			Hey, watch where you point that
			thing.

	He flexes his hand... it feels strange...

					GEORDI
			Wait a minute, Data... you did
			something to me...

	He reaches out experimentally and tries to push his
	hand through the pool table again. There is resistance
	this time... he can't move it through so easily
	anymore.

					GEORDI
			It's not so easy to push through
			any more...

	Data finishes SPRAYING and scanning in the b.g. as
	Geordi starts to put it all together.

					GEORDI
			That means the molecules in my
			hand must have been partially
			dephased by the anyon beam...
				(getting excited)
			Data, if the low-level beam
			brought my hand part of the way
			back... maybe a high-level beam
			would bring me all the way back.
				(determined)
			I've got to get you to turn up
			the beam intensity so that...

	Geordi trails off as Data puts down the TECH device.

          STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - 3/15/92 - ACT FOUR          51.

55   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Hey, don't stop now.

	Data returns to the pool table and begins to work the
	console. Geordi is worried.

					GEORDI
				(urgent)
			No, no, no. Don't give up on
			it... it works, I was just
			creating more fields. Your
			method is fine... just turn up
			the intensity...

	As Data continues to work... off Geordi's frustration
	--

                                             CUT TO:

56   INT. CORRIDOR

	Parem is marching Ro through the corridor. Ro leads
	him to the Transporter Room doors.

					RO
			He's in here.

	Ro calmly walks toward the doors.

56A  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Ro ENTERS THROUGH the doors. In the brief second
	before Parem comes through behind her, Ro whirls around
	and HITS him hard just as Parem ENTERS. The blow
	catches Parem unaware and he staggers back. She runs
	toward the far wall of the transporter room. Parem
	recovers quickly and FIRES a disruptor blast at her.

        STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/17/92 - ACT FOUR       52.

57   ON RO (OPTICAL)

	As she runs THROUGH the wall. The disruptor blast just
	misses her and goes THROUGH the wall. Parem runs after
	her.

58   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	As before. Data is still working at the pool table.

					BROSSMER'S COM VOICE
			Brossmer to Commander Data. I've
			just detected a large chroniton
			field on deck seventeen. The
			field strength is three hundred
			percent above the others we've
			found.

	Data works the console.

					GEORDI
				(puzzled)
			Is that Ro... ?

					DATA
				(to com)
			Acknowledged.

	Data picks up his tricorder and anyon emitter as he
	heads for the exit. Geordi follows.

                                             CUT TO:

59   INT. CREW QUARTERS #1 (OPTICAL)

	A WOMAN, wearing only a towel, is brushing her hair
	in front of the mirror.

	Ro suddenly runs THROUGH the wall and tears across the
	room and leaves o.c. After a beat, Parem comes running
	THROUGH the wall, hard on Ro's heels.

	The Woman continues to brush her hair...

59A  INT. CORRIDOR

	Data and Geordi are walking down the corridor. Data
	is pointing the tricorder at one wall as they walk...
	Geordi is also watching the readouts.

        STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/18/92 - ACT FOUR       53.

60   INT. CREW QUARTERS #2

	A MAN, wearing exercise clothes, is doing push-ups on
	the floor.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			... heart-rate one hundred six...
			blood pressure one hundred forty
			over ninety... you have completed
			twelve sets of ten repetitions,
			beginning set thirteen... heart-rate
			one hundred eight...

	The Computer continues as Ro and the Romulan
	individually run through the room.

61   INT. CORRIDOR

	Data and Geordi are still walking down the corridor.
	They are both still following the tricorder readings.

62   INT. CREW QUARTERS #3 (OPTICAL)

	The room has been set for a romantic evening. Soft
	MUSIC is playing in the b.g.... the lights are DIM...
	A MAN and a WOMAN are sitting at the table... the
	remains of an intimate dinner still on the table before
	them. He is feeding her oysters and there is a
	sexually-charged tension between the two of them. She
	eats the oyster and then washes it down with
	champagne... he leans over and whispers something funny
	into her ear... she laughs and runs a hand over his
	cheek... then she picks up some food and feeds it to
	him...

	Midway through the above action, Ro suddenly races
	INTO the room... but Parem is gaining on her and he
	comes much closer behind her this time. He FIRES his
	disruptor at Ro.

	The blast HITS Ro in the leg and she goes down.

63   INT. CORRIDOR

	Data and Geordi stop. They both react to an unusual
	reading on the tricorder.

64   INT. CREW QUARTERS #3

	Parem goes over to Ro, who is clutching her wounded
	leg. In the b.g., the door CHIMES.

        STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/17/92 - ACT FOUR       54.

64   CONTINUED:

					PAREM
			Get up.

	The Man on the couch reluctantly goes to answer the
	door. Parem yanks Ro to her feet and presses his
	disruptor against her temple.

					PAREM
				(angry)
			Where is the science officer?

	Ro isn't going to help this guy. She stiffens
	slightly... bracing herself for the disruptor blast.
	Suddenly the doors OPEN and Data and Geordi ENTER.
	Geordi reacts with shock to the sight of Ro and the
	Romulan as Data calmly talks to the man.

					GEORDI
			RO!

					DATA
				(over action)
			Excuse me for interrupting,
			Lieutenant. I have detected a
			chroniton field in this room.
			May I scan the area for a moment?

	Parem reacts as Geordi ENTERS the room. Ro takes
	advantage of Parem's momentary inattention to KNOCK
	the disruptor out of his hand. Parem knocks her to
	the ground and goes for the disruptor.

65   GEORDI

	rushes Parem...

66   PAREM

	gets to the disruptor first. He picks it up and
	turns...

67   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	But Geordi drops his shoulder and nails Parem with a
	body tackle before he can turn the disruptor on Geordi.
	The impact makes Parem DROP the disruptor and KNOCKS
	him backwards... THROUGH THE WALL and out into SPACE.
	Through the window, we see him FLOAT away into space.

        STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/18/92 - ACT FOUR       55.

68   OMITTED

69   INT. CREW QUARTERS #3

	As before. Geordi moves over to Ro as Data finishes
	checking the room with his tricorder in the b.g. Ro
	picks up the fallen disruptor.

					RO
			Thanks.

					GEORDI
			Any time.

	They both try to catch their breath for a moment...

					DATA
				(to Man)
			Your room is heavily contaminated
			with chronitons. This will only
			take a moment.

	Data begins methodically SPRAYING the room with the anyon
	emitter like some space-exterminator. The Man and Woman
	exchange looks... the mood has definitely been broken.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/16/92 - ACT FIVE       56.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

70   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and McDowell are working at their stations.
	Brossmer is working at the aft science station. Ro
	and Geordi are looking over McDowell's shoulder.

					GEORDI
				(worried)
			There's still no indication that
			the Romulans set up a muon wave
			in our dilithium chamber.

					RO
				(knowing)
			It's there -- and when they go to
			warp...

					MCDOWELL
				(off console)
			Incoming message from the Romulan
			ship, Captain.

					PICARD
			On screen.

					GEORDI
				(frustrated)
			Now what?

71   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Mirok appears on the viewer.

					MIROK
			We have tested the engine core
			and are ready to switch to
			internal power, Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Understood.
				(to McDowell)
			Disconnect the power transfer
			beam.

	McDowell works the console.

        STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/16/92 - ACT FIVE       57.

71   CONTINUED:

					MIROK
				(off his console)
			We are now on internal power.
				(beat)
			Captain Picard, Commander Riker,
			please accept my sincere thanks
			on behalf the Romulan Empire.

					RO
			Don't listen to him, Captain --

					PICARD
			It was our pleasure, Mirok. I
			hope that this example of
			cooperation between our two people
			is not an isolated incident.

					MIROK
				(smiles)
			As do I, Captain.

	Mirok's image disappears and is replaced with the star
	field.

					PICARD
				(to Con Officer)
			Set a course for the Garadius
			system.
				(raises his hand)
			Warp six...

					GEORDI
				(urgent)
			No, Captain -- wait --

					RO
				(simultaneously)
			Don't do it, sir --

	But Brossmer interrupts Picard before he can say
	"Engage."

					BROSSMER
			Captain.
				(Picard looks at her)
			I'm still running the
			decontamination program. Mister
			Data believes we shouldn't engage
			the warp drive until I've cleared
			all the chroniton fields from the
			ship.

        STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/16/92 - ACT FIVE       58.

71   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Very well. Let me know when your
			sweep is finished.

					BROSSMER
			Yes, sir.

	Picard sits at command. Ro and Geordi are vastly
	relieved... they have been granted a reprieve.

					RO
			If we go to the locations where
			she's decontaminating... maybe
			the anyon emissions will rephase
			us enough for someone to see us.

					GEORDI
			The beam strength would have to
			be pretty strong for us to become
			visible for more than a
			millisecond. Someone would have
			to be looking right at us.

					RO
			Then we better go someplace with
			a lot of people.

	Riker ENTERS from turbolift.

					RIKER
			Captain... it's time. We'd better
			go.

	Picard looks at him and knows that it's time. His
	attitude becomes more somber. Picard takes a beat,
	then turns to McDowell.

        STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/16/92 - ACT FIVE       59.

71   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Mister McDowell, you have the
			bridge. I'll be... at the service
			in Ten Forward.

					GEORDI
				(quickly to Ro)
			Ten Forward. That's perfect.
				(on the move)
			We'll create as many chroniton
			fields in there as we can... get
			them to flood the room with a
			stronger beam.

	Geordi and Ro follow Picard and Riker to the turbolift.
	They all ENTER the turbolift.

                                             CUT TO:

72   OMITTED

73   INT. TURBOLIFT

					PICARD
			Deck Ten.

	They ride for a brief moment in silence, then, in a
	nostalgic mood...

					PICARD
			I've been thinking about the first
			time I met Geordi La Forge. He
			was a young officer assigned to
			pilot me on an inspection tour...
			I made some off-hand remark about
			the shuttle's engine efficiency
			not being what it should... the
			next morning I found he'd stayed
			up all night refitting the fusion
			initiators.
				(beat)
			I knew right then that I wanted
			him with me on my next command.

	A silence as both men reflect on this.

					PICARD
			Have you decided what you're going
			to say about Ensign Ro?

        STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/17/92 - ACT FIVE      59A.

73   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Yeah, I have. It wasn't easy...

					RO
			What? What wasn't easy?

	The turbolift stops and the doors open at this point.
	Picard and RIKER walk out.

					RO
				(frustrated)
			What?

	But suddenly they react to a loud NOISE coming from Ten
	Forward -- music, people laughing, etc. Exchanging
	curious glances, they proceed toward the room.

74   INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Riker ENTER, followed by Geordi and Ro.
	They all stop in some amazement at the scene that
	greets them. It's a party, in full swing. The
	atmosphere is lively and bright, with food and drink in
	evidence. A JAZZ COMBO plays something uptempo and
	cheerful.

	Picard and Riker exchange puzzled looks, then spot Data
	and start across the room to him, leaving Geordi and Ro
	behind. Ro seems stunned.

					RO
			What's going on here?

	Geordi doesn't answer, and she turns to look at him.
	He is standing and surveying the scene, a smile on his
	lips.

					GEORDI
			It's our memorial service.

					RO
				(in disbelief)
			This?

					GEORDI
			Why not?

					RO
			I can't believe this... they think
			we're dead... and they're having
			a party...

					GEORDI
				(pleased)
			Yeah. It's perfect.

        STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/25/92 - ACT FIVE       60.

74   CONTINUED:

	She stares at him, and he goes back into business mode.

					GEORDI
			Come on... let's get started.

	Ro takes the disruptor from her hip and begins to FIRE
	it at the walls. She continues to FIRE during the
	following scenes.

74A  PICARD & RIKER

	As they eye the crowd.

					PICARD
			Well. This is... unusual.

					RIKER
			Yeah... but I think I like it.

	Riker spies a trombone sitting conspicuously on a stand
	near the musicians. Riker heads for the band.

74B  RO & GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	As Riker barrels right by her --

					RO
			Now I suppose I'll never know what
			you were going to say about me.

	And she fires another BLAST in frustration. Riker
	picks up his trombone and begins to play.

74C  DATA & BEVERLY & WORF

	They're near the bar. Geordi moves to a position to
	overhear this conversation.

					DATA
			But... do you think the others
			will think this service is --
			appropriate?

        STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/20/92 - ACT FIVE       61.

74C  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Look around you, Data. People
			are sharing memories of Geordi
			and Ro... talking, laughing...
			I don't know what could be more
			appropriate.

					DATA
			I am glad you approve, Doctor.

					BROSSMER'S COM VOICE
			Brossmer to Commander Data.

					DATA
			Go ahead, Chief.

					BROSSMER'S COM VOICE
			Sir, we've cleared the critical
			areas of chronitons... but we've
			detected a new field forming in
			Ten Forward that is stronger than
			any we've seen before. Should
			I wait until the service is over
			before beginning decontamination?

	Ro and Geordi exchange looks... this is it.

					DATA
			No. Anyonic emissions are
			harmless. Please begin
			immediately.

	Geordi and Ro moves a little away from Data and Troi,
	positioning themselves to be seen.

					GEORDI
			Here we go...

	The SOUND of the anyon effect is heard.

        STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/25/92 - ACT FIVE       62.

74C  CONTINUED: (2)

	Geordi and Ro REACT SLIGHTLY... as if hit with a MILD
	electric shock. Geordi quickly moves to Worf, who is
	calmly drinking at the bar.

					GEORDI
			Worf! Worf, can you see me?

	Worf continues to placidly drink and sample the food
	at the bar. Geordi and Ro move away from him in
	frustration.

					RO
			We have to find a way to increase
			the emission strength.

	They are now close enough to Picard and Beverly to
	overhear the following:

					PICARD
				(to Beverly)
			... if she hadn't lost her rank
			following the incident at Garon
			Four, I think she would've made
			lieutenant commander by now.

					N.D. ENSIGN'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Go ahead.

					N.D. ENSIGN'S COM VOICE
			Incoming message from Garadius
			Four, sir. The diplomatic
			situation is deteriorating. They
			want an update on our ETA.

        STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/25/92 - ACT FIVE       63.

74C  CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Stand by, Ensign.

	Picard moves to Data as Geordi and Ro react.

					GEORDI
				(urgent)
			We've got to do something now,
			before they go to warp.

					RO
				(quickly)
			The disruptor... I can set it on
			overload.

					GEORDI
			Do it.

	As Ro sets the disruptor, Picard begins talking to
	Data.

					PICARD
			Excuse me, Mister Data.
				(Data turns)

	Ro finishes making her adjustments and presses a final
	button. A LOUD WHINE comes from the weapon. Ro sets
	it down.

					RO
			Let's go!

	They go streaking for the farthest point in the room.
	Picard's following dialog should take place over the
	above action.

					PICARD
				(over action)
			I'd like to get under way as
			soon as possible. The situation
			on Garadius Four is becoming
			serious.

        STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/25/92 - ACT FIVE      63A.

74D
thru	OMITTED
75A

75B  WIDEN (OPTICAL)

	The WHINE grows LOUDER. Then the disruptor EXPLODES
	in a blinding FLASH. No one pays any attention. Only
	Geordi and Ro are affected, and stumble against a far
	wall as the blast reaches them.

					DATA
			I see no reason to delay our
			departure, Captain. The chroniton
			fields have been cleared from all
			critical areas.

					PICARD
			Excellent.

	Ro and Geordi approach once more.

					PICARD
				(hits combadge)
			Mister McDowell, set course for
			Gardius Four and engage at---

	Brossmer suddenly interrupts with an urgent message.

					BROSSMER'S COM VOICE
				(urgent)
			Commander Data, chroniton field
			strength in Ten Forward has just
			increased by three thousand
			percent.

					DATA
				(puzzled by this)
			Curious.
				(to Picard)
			I believe it would be best if we
			decontaminate this room before
			getting underway, sir.

					PICARD
			Very well.

					DATA
				(to com)
			Chief Brossmer, increase anyonic
			emissions to six thousand
			particles per second and
			decontaminate the area.

					BROSSMER'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

        STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/25/92 - ACT FIVE      63B.

75B  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(to Ro)
			Hang on.

	The SOUND of the anyon beam is HEARD again. This time
	Geordi and Ro feel like they're hit with a STRONGER
	electric SHOCK. They wave their arms and try to get
	someone's attention.

					GEORDI
			Data, we're here! Can you see
			us?

75C  CLOSE ON PICARD

	as he reacts to something.

75D  GEORDI AND RO - PICARD'S POV (OPTICAL)

	MATERIALIZE for a flickering instant, almost
	subliminally, arms waving. The SOUND stops. Note:
	Only a few people in the room see this -- everyone else
	continues to drink, laugh, be merry, etc.

75E  BACK TO PICARD AND DATA

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Did you see that?

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			Yes, sir.

	Ro and Geordi react with joy...

					RO
			Yes.

					GEORDI
			Come on, Data... put it together
			now...

        STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/25/92 - ACT FIVE      63C.

75E  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			It wasn't ghosts, Mister Data...
			what did we see?

	Data's circuits are racing, trying to put together
	information.

					DATA
			Captain, I may know what has
			happened...

					GEORDI
			Please be right, Data...

					DATA
				(musing, half to
				 himself)
			... it would explain the mysterious
			chroniton fields...

					RO
			Yes, yes, yes...

					DATA
			... if they were cloaked in some
			way...

					PICARD
			Are you saying you think they're
			still alive?

					DATA
			If I am right, they are -- and
			in this room. Their brief
			appearance coincided with the
			anyonic sweep. Perhaps the anyons
			neutralize the cloaking effect.
				(touches combadge)
			Data to Chief Brossmer. Set the
			anoynic beam to its highest level
			and flood Ten Forward.

					BROSSMER'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

	Picard and Data look a bit puzzled; Geordi and Ro brace
	themselves.

        STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/20/92 - ACT FIVE      63D.

76
thru	OMITTED
78

79   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Conversation in the room comes to a halt as everyone
	looks at the shapes MATERIALIZING before them. Finally
	the shapes resolve themselves and Ro and Geordi APPEAR.
	They stagger to their feet as a shocked hush fills the
	room.

        STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/20/92 - ACT FIVE       64.

79   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(urgent, to Data)
			Data -- Can you see me?

	Data is probably the only one in the room capable of
	answering that question at the moment.

					DATA
				(simply)
			Of course.

					GEORDI
				(hits badge)
			La Forge to engineering. Take
			the warp engines off-line until
			further notice.
				(to Data)
			There's a muon wave build-up in
			the dilithium chamber.

	Beat.

					ENSIGN'S COM VOICE
				(confused)
			Who gave that order?

	Picard recovers from his shock before anyone else.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			That was Commander Geordi La
			Forge, Ensign. Please follow his
			instructions.

					ENSIGN'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

	Everyone is still staring at Geordi and Ro.

					GEORDI
			Looks like a great party. Mind
			if we join you?

	That breaks the shocked silence, and everyone crowds
	around Geordi and Ro, amazed and curious.

        STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/19/92 - ACT FIVE       65.

80   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

81   INT. TEN FORWARD

	The party is over, the place is a mess and there is
	no one there -- except Geordi and Ro, sitting at a
	table. It is heaped with food. Geordi is still eating
	ravenously, but Ro is not showing much interest in the
	food.

					GEORDI
			Could you pass the rolls?

	Ro passes a plate, but is clearly preoccupied.

					RO
			You've been eating for an hour...

					GEORDI
			We didn't have anything to eat
			for almost two days. I'm starved.

	Ro nods and smiles wanly.

        STAR TREK: "The Next Phase" - REV. 3/20/92 - ACT FIVE       66.

81   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			What's wrong?

					RO
			Nothing...

	She begins drawing little circles on the table with
	a bread stick.

					RO
			I was raised with Bajoran
			beliefs... and I even followed
			some of the practices, but...
			I never really believed in life
			after death. Then suddenly I was
			dead and there was another life.
			It made me feel like I'd been...
			pretty arrogant to discount all
			I'd been taught. Now... I don't
			know what to believe...

	Geordi puts down his fork and considers her for a
	moment.

					GEORDI
			Maybe we should develop our own
			interphase device...
				(off her look)
			... if it can teach Ro Laren
			humility, it can do anything.

	She looks at him... there's a beat... and then they
	both share a laugh.

					RO
			You know... I think I am hungry
			after all.

	He grins and passes her a plate of food and they dig
	in.

81A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	warps away.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             



















                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                       "The Inner Light" 
                          #40275-225 
                              
                           Story by 
                         Morgan Gendel 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
             Morgan Gendel and Peter Allan Fields 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Peter Lauritson 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                       MARCH 24, 1992


        STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - 03/24/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "The Inner Light" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             ELINE
                RIKER              BATAI
                DATA               ADMINISTRATOR
                BEVERLY            MERIBOR
                                   YOUNG BATAI
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                                   Non-Speaking
                NURSE OGAWA          TOWNSPEOPLE
                                     INFANT SON
                Non-Speaking         SUPERNUMERARIES
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  MEDICAL TEAM       

        STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - 03/24/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "The Inner Light" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              PICARD'S QUARTERS        PROBE
          
            KAMIN MAIN ROOM            KAMIN HOME
                                         COURTYARD & GARDEN
          
                                       TOWN SQUARE
          
                                       OPEN FIELD

  STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV 03/27/92 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "The Inner Light" 
                      
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 BATAI           b'TIE
                 ELINE           el-EEN
                 EMIRISTOL       em-er-IS-tahl
                 KAMIE           KAY-mee
                 KAMIN           KAY-min
                 KATAAN          K'-TAHN
                 KENOMAY         KEN-oh-may
                 MERIBOR         MARE-ih-bore
                 NUCLEONIC       noo-klee-AHN-ik
                 RESSIK          RESS-ik

       STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - 3/24/92 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "The Inner Light"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:
1
thru	OMITTED
2

3    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45944.1.
			We're en route to Starbase
			Two-eighteen after a magnetic wave
			survey of the Parvenium Sector.
			We will give our report directly
			to Fleet Admiral Gustafson.

4    INT. BRIDGE

	PICARD, RIKER, DATA, WORF, and GEORDI at their
	positions; N.D.'s as necessary. There is a
	light-hearted mood on the bridge.

					PICARD
			The last time I encountered
			Admiral Gustafson... I ended up
			spending nine straight hours at
			the opera.

					GEORDI
			Nine hours... ?

					PICARD
			The entire "Ring" cycle at one
			sitting...

					RIKER
			That's a little too much Wagner
			for me.

					PICARD
			And for me... but not, apparently,
			for Admiral Gustafson. She went
			back the next day and sat through
			it all again. I warned her that
			this time --

       STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - 3/24/92 - TEASER       2.

4    CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Sir, sensors detect an
			unidentified object... twenty-two
			thousand kilometers off the port
			quarter.

					PICARD
			On screen.

5    ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	An alien object of unusual shape can be seen, though
	still at quite a distance. Picard moves toward the
	screen, between t conn and ops.

					PICARD
			Magnify.

	The object springs into greater relief. It is strange,
	and somehow foreboding.

					PICARD
			Mister Data?

					DATA
			It appears to be a probe of some
			kind... but there is no Starfleet
			record of this shape or design.

					RIKER
			Is it scanning us?

					WORF
			No sir... but it has assumed a
			relative position and is holding
			course with us.

					DATA
			The probe is composed of...
			paricium and talgonite... a
			ceramic alloy.

					GEORDI
			Not a very sophisticated
			technology...

					WORF
			Sir, I'm detecting a low-level
			nucleonic beam coming from the
			probe.


    STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - TEASER    3.

5    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Shields up; stand by phasers.

					DATA
			The beam is scanning the shield's
			perimeter.
				(frowns)
			The probe is emitting an unusual
			particle stream --

					WORF
			Captain, the beam is penetrating
			our shields --

	A point at the top of the probe seems to FLARE briefly,
	as...

					PICARD
			Increase power to --

	Suddenly Picard staggers backward, as though struck.
	He sags, losing consciousness. Riker is already
	rushing to him as he begins falling.

					RIKER
			Captain?...

6    CLOSER - PICARD

	As he falls, losing consciousness, Riker's hand ENTERS
	FRAME behind Picard's head so as to protect it, cushion
	it, against the hard deck toward which it's
	falling...

7    PICARD'S POV (OPTICAL)

	Riker's face leaning in close...

					RIKER
			Captain, I've got you; it's
			all...

	Riker and his surroundings DISSOLVE in a DAZZLE OF
	COLORS. A beat later the COLORS RE-DISSOLVE INTO...

    STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - TEASER    3A.

8    PICARD'S NEW POV (OPTICAL)

	ELINE, a fine looking mid-thirtyish woman -- whose
	face becomes a thing of radiance when she smiles --
	leans over him, blotting his forehead with a moist
	towel.

					ELINE
			Well.. finally.

	We'll now see that Picard and Eline are:

9    INT. KAMIN MAIN ROOM - DAY

	He realizes he's seated in a deep and comfortable chair
	in the modest, certainly unusual (to us), but well-kept
	and inviting main room of what is apparently a home.
	In addition to the front entry, there are openings to
	the (o.s.) kitchen and (o.s.) bedroom. Picard just
	peers around; confused.

					ELINE
				(continuing, gently)
			How are you feeling?

       STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - 3/24/92 - TEASER       4.

9    CONTINUED:

	As she lightly strokes his face with the moist towel:

					ELINE
				(gently)
			Kamin... can you answer me?

	Picard rises to a sitting position, still scanning the
	room, a little groggy and disoriented.

					PICARD
			Where is this... ?

	A frown of concern on the woman's face.

					ELINE
			You're still feverish...

	Picard looks around, getting control of his faculties.
	Everything he sees is strange, unaccustomed. Might
	he be in a holodeck program?

					PICARD
			Computer, freeze program.
				(beat)
			End program.

	Nothing. The woman keeps moving, trying to blot his
	forehead. He gets to his feet, automatically reaching
	for his communicator.

					PICARD
			Picard to Enterprise --

	But there is nothing there to hit. He looks down at
	his garb -- strange and alien.

					ELINE
			Kamin, please don't try to get
			up yet... you're still not well.

					PICARD
			I asked you... what is this place?

	Her look is of loving concern.

					ELINE
			This... is your home, of course.

	MOVE IN ON PICARD'S FACE, and HOLD, until we...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - 3/24/92 - ACT ONE      5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

10   INT. KAMIN MAIN ROOM - DAY (CONTINUOUS)

	Picard and Eline just as they were. He's up and
	moving, inspecting the room.

					PICARD
			Where is my uniform? My
			communicator?

	She looks truly worried.

					ELINE
			I'd better call the doctor
			again...

					PICARD
			I am Captain Jean-Luc Picard of
			the Federation Starship
			Enterprise. I would like to speak
			with whoever is in charge here.

					ELINE
				(frightened now)
			If you'll just lie down, I'll brew
			you some nice warm kenomay...

					PICARD
			Just tell me this -- am I a
			prisoner here?

	Her eyes widen in alarm.

					ELINE
			Please, dear... you've had a high
			fever for three days... you
			mustn't push yourself too
			quickly...

	Picard has discovered a panel in the wall which
	contains a small metallic square in the center. He
	touches it, it opens.

					ELINE
			You shouldn't go outside...

	Picard moves to EXIT... a bit cautiously...

      STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - 3/24/92 - ACT ONE      6.

11   OMITTED

12   EXT. COURTYARD FRONTING KAMIN HOME - DAY (CONTINUOUS)

	The dwelling is smooth and pale, with the appearance
	of a Mediterranean villa. There is a modest front
	courtyard with a garden -- now blooming with odd and
	alien flora. Picard steps out into the courtyard,
	shading his eyes against the bright sunlight; stops
	as the door closes behind him to survey the area.
	Eline follows him, concerned.

					ELINE
			Kamin... please come back
			inside...

	She follows him briefly as he makes his way out of the
	courtyard, then stops in frustration, realizing he will
	not listen.

13   EXT. TOWN SQUARE - HIS POV

	More of the white stucco-like dwellings, a square area
	in the center where SEVERAL TOWNFOLK have gathered.
	A fine-looking, pretty-faced youngish woman crosses
	Picard's path en route to the gathered group. She
	smiles in recognition, and waves at him as she goes.

14   ANGLE ON GROUP (OPTICAL)

	as Picard approaches. There is a small group of people
	gathered around a man -- BATAI, a genial-looking man
	in his 50's -- who is just finishing the planting of
	a sapling tree, tamping down the earth and then rising
	to address the group.

					BATAI
			This sapling is planted as an
			affirmation of life... in defiance
			of the drought and with
			expectations of long life.
			Whatever comes -- we will keep
			it alive, as a symbol of our
			survival.

	The group applauds... and then Batai spots Picard.

					BATAI
				(happy relief)
			Kamin! You're back on your feet!
			How do you feel, my friend?

      STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - 3/24/92 - ACT ONE      7.

14   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Are you in charge here?

	Batai is a bit taken aback by the brusque question.

					BATAI
			In charge... ?

					PICARD
			I want to be returned to my ship
			immediately.

	The group has a reaction to this... exchanging curious
	glances. Batai moves closer to Picard.

					BATAI
			What... ship is that?

	The honest confusion in the man frustrates Picard.
	He looks around, takes a breath... tries again.

					PICARD
			Please... if you could tell me...
			what is this place? Where am I?

					BATAI
				(getting it)
			The fever... it's taken your
			memory.

	Picard stares at him... mind working quickly...
	frustrated by his inability to get straight answers
	from these people. He decides on a different tack.
	He smiles a bit ruefully.

					PICARD
			That must be it. Perhaps you
			could help me...

					BATAI
			Anything, my friend.

					PICARD
			My name is Kamin... and you are
			-- ?

					BATAI
				(wary, this is strange)
			Batai...
				(helpful)
			Council leader.

      STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - 3/24/92 - ACT ONE      8.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Ah. And you say I've been ill...

					BATAI
			For over a week. Eline should've
			put you in the hospital, but she
			insisted on caring for you
			herself.

					PICARD
			Eline.

					BATAI
			Your wife. If you don't remember
			that, maybe it's safer not to go
			home.

	Picard allows himself a genial smile. He is at least
	getting information.

					PICARD
			And... what is this place?

	Batai becomes wary again, alarmed by his friend's total
	memory loss.

					BATAI
			Perhaps you should see the
			doctor...

					PICARD
			Please -- I'm sure it will come
			back to me...

					BATAI
				(gesturing)
			This... is the community of
			Ressik. Northern province.

					PICARD
			What planet?

	Batai appears mystified, then comes toward Picard, puts
	an arm around his shoulder.

					BATAI
			Come... let me take you back home.

					PICARD
			I'm really quite all right. If
			you'll just answer...

    STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT ONE    9.

14   CONTINUED: (3)

					BATAI
				(carefully)
			This is the planet Kataan.

					PICARD
			Kataan... not a Federation
			planet.

	Batai looks at him, puzzled. Picard gives the group
	a reassuring smile.

					PICARD
			I think I'll take a walk...

	A hesitation.

					BATAI
			You've been ill for a week...

					PICARD
			Exercise will do me good. I'd
			like to -- re-acquaint myself with
			the surroundings.

	He gives a nod, then begins to stride purposefully out
	of the square. Batai stares after him, as do the
	mystified townspeople.

15
thru	OMITTED
16

16A  EXT. FIELDS - DAY

	Picard roams the hills beyond the town, searching for
	clues to his mysterious abduction. He climbs a small
	ridge, stares off in the distance, then climbs down and
	proceeds on his way.

17   OMITTED

18   INT. KAMIN MAIN ROOM - NIGHT

	Eline sits at a small table, idly stirring soup in a
	bowl, when she hears something outside. She jumps up,
	goes to the door, activates it. Picard is standing
	there, bone-weary.

					ELINE
			Thank goodness...

	She ushers him in and he settles in the chair...
	grateful to be off his feet.

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT ONE   10.

18   CONTINUED:

					ELINE
			I've had people out trying to find
			you everywhere. Why did you
			worry us like that?

	He is silent. She tries again.

					ELINE
			Are you hungry?

					PICARD
			Hungry, thirsty... weary... I
			suppose that proves this isn't
			a dream, doesn't it?

	She stands, stunned, staring at him.

					ELINE
			You think this... your life...
			is a dream?

	The note of anguish in her voice catches him. His
	reply is gentle.

					PICARD
			It's not my life... I know that
			much.

	Stricken, she blinks away tears, turns to get food.

					ELINE
			I've kept something hot for you.

	He sits at the table and she carries a bowl of soup to
	him.

					ELINE
			Where did you go?

					PICARD
			I walked. For hours.

	He begins eating the soup.

					ELINE
				(concerned)
			And you just out of bed...

	She sits opposite him, grateful to have him back,
	devotion in her eyes. Picard busies himself with the
	soup.

					PICARD
			This is delicious...

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT ONE   11.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					ELINE
				(pleased)
			You always say that...

	He looks up at her, reminded of his apparent history
	with this woman. He decides to approach her head-on.

					PICARD
			Would you -- answer some questions
			for me? No matter how strange
			they might seem to you?

					ELINE
			Of course...

					PICARD
			Are there other planets in this
			star system? Do you visit any
			other systems... ?

	Shocked, she literally just gapes at him. He reads her
	response.

					PICARD
			All right. Is there any kind of
			communication system here? How
			do you send messages to... to
			other communities? Other places?

					ELINE
			The usual way... by
			voice-transit conductors. Do
			you want to send a message?

					PICARD
			Yes. When can that be arranged?

					ELINE
				(shrugs)
			Tomorrow.
				(beat)
			Don't you want to ask about...
			us?

	Picard hears the note of anguish in her voice. He sets
	down his spoon, softens.

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT ONE   12.

18   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Of course. Anything you can tell
			me would be helpful. We are...
			married?

	She nods, clearly in pain that he has no recollection
	of this.

					ELINE
			Three years ago... the happiest
			day of my life was the day we got
			married.
				(beat)
			You're probably tired of hearing
			it... but I've loved you since
			I was seven years old. That's
			when I decided I was going to be
			your wife, and no one was going
			to change my mind.

	She smiles at him, reaches out and covers his hand with
	hers.

					ELINE
			I'm glad I was so stubborn...

	He stares at her. Her warmth, her sincerity are
	obvious. It puts him in an uncomfortable position. He
	tries to return to his agenda.

					PICARD
			What is it that I do... here in
			Ressik?

					ELINE
				(great pride)
			You're the best iron weaver in
			the community. At least I think
			so. You prefer playing the flute,
			of course.

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT ONE   13.

18   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			The flute?

	She rises, goes to a nearby shelf (or whatever) and
	brings to him. It is a device much like a
	penny-whistle. He holds it, turning it over in his
	hands; it is completely unfamiliar.

					PICARD
			And when did I learn to play it?

					ELINE
				(laughing again)
			I'm afraid you've never learned,
			dear. You do keep trying.

	Picard puts the device to him mouth... tries a few
	notes... it sounds pretty awful. Even Picard can't
	help but smile.

					PICARD
			I see what you mean.

	He sets the flute down, rises.

					PICARD
			Thank you for the soup. And for
			your help. Tomorrow will you help
			me send a message?

	She smiles as though indulging a child. She has him
	back... he isn't saying strange things anymore. It's
	enough for now.

					ELINE
			Of course. Will you come to bed
			now?

	He stares at her. This is a bit awkward. He looks off
	toward a door which must lead to a bedroom, then back
	at the reclining chair.

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT ONE   14.

18   CONTINUED: (5)

					PICARD
			I'll sleep here...

					ELINE
			Oh, no... please come with me...

	In her voice, genuine concern. Picard tries diplomacy.

					PICARD
			I've been sick... I may be tossing
			and turning... it wouldn't be fair
			to you.

					ELINE
				(a smile)
			Let me be the judge of that.

	She moves toward him... stretches her arms to hold
	him... and as she does, her dress falls open at the
	neck. Picard stares at what he sees.

19   OMITTED

20   CLOSE - ICON MEDALLION

	It is a replica, an exact miniature, of the probe.

					PICARD (o.s.)
			Where did you get this?

21   RESUME - SHOT

					ELINE
				(taken aback)
			It's... the first gift you ever
			gave me.

22   CLOSE ON PICARD

	as he stares at her.

23   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CLOSE ON PICARD

	as Riker's cushioning hand finishes lowering Picard's
	head gently to the deck (in continuation of the action
	in progress during the instant we were last on the main
	bridge; as Picard was falling).

					RIKER
			... I've got you; it's all right...

       STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - 3/24/92 - ACT ONE 15-17.         

24   FULL SHOT

	as Riker remains kneeling over the prone and motionless
	figure of Picard.

					RIKER
			Riker to sickbay. The captain's
			been hurt.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT TWO   18.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

A25	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	hanging in space.

25   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard's inert form remains where it was on the deck,
	with Riker kneeling in close attendance. Geordi stands
	just behind him; Data, Worf and the Conn Officer still
	at stations -- as BEVERLY, with emergency medical
	equipment, rushes in from the forward turbolift to
	begin preliminary on-spot diagnosis.

					DATA
			The nucleonic beam is no longer
			scanning, Commander. There is
			a narrow reciprocating band
			focused directly on Captain
			Picard.

					RIKER
			Mister Data, find out how that
			beam is getting through the
			shields and what we can do to cut
			it off.

					DATA
			Yes, Commander.

					RIKER
			Geordi, start scanning the probe
			for any identifying marks,
			anything that might tell us where
			it came from.

					GEORDI
			Understood.

	He goes to work at an aft station. Beverly is giving
	preliminary readings.

					BEVERLY
			Pulse and blood pressure
			normal... I'm getting hyperactive
			fibrogenic activity... this is
			odd...

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT TWO   18A.

25   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			What is it?

					BEVERLY
			There's no evidence of injury or
			trauma... vital signs are normal,
			but his neurotransmitter
			production is off the scale.
			What's going on?

	Riker looks in frustration toward the viewscreen.

					RIKER
			That probe is doing something to
			him... Data, any progress?

					DATA
			No, sir. The particle emission
			is most unusual. I am unable to
			block it.

					WORF
			Destroy the probe. Phasers are
			armed and ready.

					BEVERLY
				(as she begins scanning)
			I don't think that's wise. Not
			until we know exactly what it's
			doing to him...

					RIKER
			Agreed. Stand down phasers,
			Mister Worf.

	Worf reluctantly obeys.

					RIKER
			In the meantime, let's see if we
			can move out of range. Ensign,
			thrusters only... one hundred
			kph... nice and easy...

	There is a pause as the ship attempts to move from the
	probe.

					RIKER
			Mister Data?

					DATA
			The probe is moving with us,
			sir -- holding relative position.

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT TWO   19.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			It's connected itself to him...
			like a tether.

	Perplexed, Riker looks from the main viewer to Picard,
	then back again. HOLD on his FACE, before going to:

26   EXT. TOWN SQUARE - DAY - CLOSE ON SMALL TREE

	Reestablishing. The sapling has matured with five
	years of growth.

27   EXT. KAMIN HOME COURTYARD - DAY

	Picard stands in the courtyard, holding a sextant and
	shooting the sun. He takes a measurement... then
	records his findings in a journal that's lying on a
	bench. Then he holds the instrument up to his eye
	again, continuing.

28   ANGLE ON ELINE

	who comes from the house and approaches Picard, who is
	absorbed in his work. She watches him silently for a
	moment, aware of his intense preoccupation. She moves
	toward him.

					ELINE
			You've been dreaming of that
			starship again, haven't you?

29   PICARD AND ELINE

	He lowers the instrument, turns toward her. This is an
	old conversation.

					PICARD
			I'm just charting the sun's
			movements. It might give some
			clues to the cause of this
			drought.

					ELINE
			I think you're still trying to
			figure out where you are... where
			that ship of yours is... what you
			can do to get back to that life...

	Picard sets the sextant down.

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT TWO   20.

29   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			The memory's five years old now,
			but it's still inside me.
				(shrugs)
			My other existence may be gone,
			but I still wonder about it.

	She regards him solemnly, then begins idly circling the
	courtyard... breaking off a dead flower or branch now
	and then. The garden has deteriorated; what were once
	abundant blooms are now small sickly plants without
	blossoms.

					ELINE
			Was it so much better than this
			one?

	He gives her a sharp look. Undaunted, she proceeds.

					ELINE
			So much more gratifying... so much
			more fulfilling... that you cling
			to it with such stubbornness?

					PICARD
			Eline...

					ELINE
			It must have been extraordinary...
			but never once, in all the stories
			you've told me... have you
			mentioned anyone who loved you
			as I do.

	He is pained. She is right...

					PICARD
			It was real... as real as this
			is. You can't expect me to forget
			the lifetime I spent there...

					ELINE
			Yes, I can.

	He looks at her. There is a new sound in her voice, a
	tilt to her chin.

					ELINE
			I've been patient, Kamin. For
			five years I have shared you with
			that other life.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - 3/24/92 - ACT TWO      21.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					ELINE (cont'd)
			I have listened, I have tried to
			understand... and I have waited.
				(beat)
			When do I get you back?

	He is silent for a beat... fully understanding her
	frustration.

					PICARD
			I know this has been hard for
			you...

					ELINE
			It's not as though it hasn't been
			interesting... all this talk about
			starships and distant planets...
			I have never been bored.
				(beat)
			But I have been lonely. Knowing
			that your heart is really...
			somewhere else.

					PICARD
			You have been amazingly tolerant.

					ELINE
			When are you going to let go?
			When are you going to start living
			this life?
				(beat)
			When are we going to start a
			family?

	Before he can answer, a hail from behind them --

					BATAI (o.c.)
			Kamin, Eline!

	They turn to see Batai approaching them, genial as
	always.

					BATAI
			Good morning!

					PICARD
			Good morning, Batai...

	But Eline is strangely silent.

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT TWO   22.

29   CONTINUED: (3)

					BATAI
			Are you ready? The administrator
			has already arrived.

					PICARD
			Yes...
				(to Eline)
			Will you come along?

					ELINE
			No, thank you...
				(with an edge)
			... You do very well on your own.

	And she strides back into the house. Picard turns back
	to Batai, frowning. Batai smiles with understanding.

					BATAI
			She always was strong-minded.
			Even when she was a child.

	They start walking toward the town square.

					PICARD
			It isn't her fault. These last
			few years have been difficult for
			her.

	Batai gives him a glance.

					BATAI
			And for you, I think.

	Picard takes a breath. But makes no acknowledgment.

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 4/02/92 - ACT TWO   23.

30   EXT. TOWN SQUARE - DAY (CONTINUOUS)

	A group of the townspeople are gathered near the tree.
	The ADMINISTRATOR, a youngish man in an outfit which
	distinguishes him from the others, stands inspecting
	the tree. As Picard and Batai approach, he turns to
	them.

					ADMINISTRATOR
			There you are, Batai. Perhaps
			you can explain to me... when
			crops are dying all over, how this
			tree is flourishing?

	Batai smiles his genial smile.

					BATAI
			This tree is our symbol... our
			affirmation of life. Everyone
			in this town gives a part of their
			water rations to keep it alive.
				(beat)
			We have learned, Administrator,
			that hope is a powerful weapon
			against anything... even drought.

	The Administrator eyes him, assessing. The young man
	is a politician, and has learned not to interfere too
	drastically in local government. He nods, accepting.

					ADMINISTRATOR
			A good point. Perhaps I will
			recommend a symbolic tree in each
			of my communities...
				(smiling broadly)
			Now. What business do we have
			today?

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 4/02/92 - ACT TWO   24.

30   CONTINUED:

					BATAI
			We need help if we're to increase
			the water supply. We think there
			are ways to reclaim some of our
			water...

					ADMINISTRATOR
			Batai, you're being a bit of an
			alarmist. True, we're in a
			drought... but water rationing
			has produced a sizeable savings.

	Picard can no longer keep quiet.

					PICARD
			If the weather pattern doesn't
			change, rationing won't be enough.
			We will run out of water.

	The Administrator looks at Picard in some surprise.

					ADMINISTRATOR
			Who's this?

					BATAI
			Kamin, sir.

					ADMINISTRATOR
			Kamin... do I know you?

					PICARD
			No. I haven't spoken to you
			before.

	The Administrator smiles, acknowledging a new
	constituent.

					ADMINISTRATOR
			Well, Kamin -- I'm open to all
			the people of this town. I'm
			delighted to hear what you have
			to say. Did you have a specific
			proposal?

      STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - 3/24/92 - ACT TWO      25.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I suggest we build atmospheric
			condensers which could extract
			water from the air.

	The Administrator chuckles a little... condescending.
	He's very charming... but gives nothing.

					ADMINISTRATOR
			Well. Very ambitious. Kamin,
			was it? And your occupation is
			-- ?

					PICARD
			Iron weaving.
				(beat)
			And playing the flute.

	The Administrator looks sharply at him... not sure if
	he's being tweaked -- which he is. But Picard is
	straight-faced.

					ADMINISTRATOR
			I don't mean to quash your very
			creative idea... but building
			atmospheric condensers would be
			a monumental undertaking. We
			could not hope to sustain such
			a project.


   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT TWO   26.

30   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Each community would be
			responsible for its own. These
			condensers could mean the
			difference between watering our
			crops... or watching them die.

	The Administrator is too experienced to get into a
	wrangle. He smiles and agrees -- an effective
	stonewalling.

					ADMINISTRATOR
			Well -- I'll be glad to pass
			along your suggestion. You'll
			see that this kind of
			participatory government works
			for everyone.

	He starts away from the group, genial as ever.

					ADMINISTRATOR
			Be well, Batai. I shall see you
			next month.
				(to Picard, coolly)
			Good to meet you, Kanin.

	The mispronunciation is not intentional, just careless.
	The Administrator turns and begins striding away.

					BATAI
			Go carefully, Administrator...

	Batai turns back to Picard, who stands staring after
	the Administrator.

					BATAI
			That went very well. I think he
			was impressed with you.

	Picard can't help but chuckle at this.

					PICARD
			We'll never see an atmospheric
			condenser...

     STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - 3/24/92 - ACT TWO     26A.

30   CONTINUED: (4)

					BATAI
			These things take time. It will
			happen, I'm sure of it.

	Picard changes the mood, claps him on the shoulder.

					PICARD
			Come to dinner tonight, my friend.
			I'll make a vegetable stew. We'll
			talk about building our own
			condenser.

	Batai nods, acquiescing. As Picard starts to turn away
	--

					BATAI
			Kamin --

	Picard turns back.

					BATAI
			Hearing you talk to the
			Administrator... I realized that
			for the first time in years, you
			were speaking as though you were
			truly a member of the community.
				(beat)
			It was good to hear that again.

	He nods and walks off. Picard looks after him,
	absorbing his statement.

31
thru	OMITTED
32

33   EXT. KAMIN COURTYARD AND GARDEN - THAT NIGHT

	Batai, beverage in hand, is sprawled on one of the
	benches; Picard is seated, barefoot, playing his flute.
	Not very well, and not any melody that we can
	recognize. But he's playing nonetheless, and it's a
	marked improvement from last time. He hits a couple of
	sour notes, and stops, working his fingers over the
	keys.

     STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - 3/24/92 - ACT TWO     26B.

33   CONTINUED:

					BATAI
			You've been brooding behind that
			flute all evening.

					PICARD
			I'm not brooding. I'm immersed
			in my music.

					BATAI
			Music...

					PICARD
				(re: flute)
			I've found it helps me think.
				(a smile)
			The real surprise is that I enjoy
			it so much.

					BATAI
			The real surprise is that you may
			actually be improving.

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT TWO   27.

34   INCLUDING ELINE

	as she emerges from within the home.

					ELINE
			Batai?

					BATAI
			Yes, ma'am.

					ELINE
			Go home.

					BATAI
			Yes, ma'am.
				(Rises)
			Goodnight, Kamin.

					PICARD
			Goodnight, my friend.

					ELINE
			Go carefully, Batai.

	As Batai departs, Eline picks up Picard's shoes, which
	are flung on the ground.

					ELINE
			Don't forget these. I won't put
			them away for you again.

					PICARD
			Yes, ma'am.

	She gives him a sidelong glance... sees the humor in
	him, and smiles back.

					ELINE
			I've done nothing but nag today.
			I'm sorry.

					PICARD
			I'm the one who's sorry.
				(beat)
			Everything you said this morning
			was absolutely right.

	She stares at him, surprised.

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT TWO   27A.

34   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I've given you so little... and
			you have given me so much...
			tenderness, patience... and a good
			talking to when I needed it.
				(beat)
			You've been more than I could ever
			have hoped for. More than I
			deserve.

	Hearing these unaccustomed and longed-for words, Eline
	hastens to reassure him.

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT TWO   28.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					ELINE
			You're a good man, a wonderful
			husband... I didn't mean to imply
			--

	He touches her mouth gently with his fingertips.

					PICARD
			Not such a wonderful husband.

	He puts his arm around her, musing.

					PICARD
			I spend my spare time charting
			the stars... I disappear for days
			at a time exploring the
			countryside... and I never put
			away my shoes. I lead my life
			very much as I did -- before.
				(quick glance at her)
			Old habits.

					ELINE
			You're gentle and kind... you've
			never raised your voice to me...

					PICARD
			I'd like to ask your permission
			to build something.

					ELINE
			Kamin, you've built your
			telescope, your laboratory -- you
			don't need my permission to build
			anything...

					PICARD
			In this case, I think I do.

					ELINE
			What is it?

					PICARD
			A nursery.

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT TWO   29.

34   CONTINUED: (3)

	Beat -- as she digests the enormity of this. Then,
	absolutely beaming, she wraps her arms around him.

					ELINE
			Really? Really?

					PICARD
			Unless you'd rather have a porch.
			It'd certainly be easier to
			build...

	She laughs, flinging her arms around him; he smiles.
	Then, tenderly, lovingly... he takes her face in his
	hands... kisses her soft, generous mouth...

35
thru	OMITTED
36

37   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard is still unconscious; more equipment is being
	set up by a MEDICAL TEAM including NURSE OGAWA and one
	other -- diagnostic apparatus, monitor, etc. Beverly
	hovers over Picard.

					BEVERLY
				(to the team)
			He's showing heightened activity
			in the cerebral cortex...

					OGAWA
			Pulse and blood pressure are
			slightly elevated...

					BEVERLY
			Systemic activity?

					OGAWA
			Increasing. And I'm getting
			heightened tactile responses.

					BEVERLY
			Set up a galvanic scan.

					RIKER
			Geordi, any progress identifying
			the probe?

					GEORDI
			Maybe. I've picked up some
			residue on the probe's shell.
			I think it's from the propulsion
			system. Looks like it used a
			solid propellant as fuel.

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT TWO   30.

37   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Solid propellant?

					GEORDI
			Sensors read this stuff as
			crystalline emiristol. It
			produces a radioactive trail that
			ought to be traceable.

					RIKER
			Then we can send out a probe of
			our own. Trace it back to the
			point of origin.

					GEORDI
			I'll get on it.

					DATA
			Commander, I have been analyzing
			the nucleonic beam. I believe
			it would be possible to reflect
			the particles back toward the
			probe in a way that would
			disrupt the signal.

	Riker turns to Beverly... with a tough question.

					RIKER
			Doctor... ?

	But she has no easy answers.

					BEVERLY
			I don't know what it's doing to
			him, or what'll happen if we stop
			it...

					RIKER
			He could be dying by inches...

					BEVERLY
			His vital signs are stable.
			There's no indication he's in a
			life-threatening situation --

					RIKER
			I'm not willing to let that thing
			keep drilling into him --

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT TWO   30A.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			I simply don't know the risk of
			shutting down the beam. If
			someone gets stabbed, you don't
			necessarily pull the knife out
			right away -- that might do more
			harm than leaving it there.

					WORF
			The captain is under attack. We
			must act.

	A long moment as Riker weighs his choices.

					RIKER
			I'm inclined to agree. Doctor,
			monitor him closely. Mister Data,
			prepare to disrupt the beam.
			We're going to try to cut this
			cord.

38   OMITTED

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - 3/24/92 - ACT THREE     31.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

39   EXT. TOWN SQUARE - DAY - FAVORING PLANTED TREE

	The tree is now twelve years old. One of the N.D.
	Townfolk is watering it (sparingly) from a hand-held
	pot.

40   EXT. COURTYARD & GARDEN FRONTING KAMIN HOME - DAY

	It is seven years since we were last here. What was
	once the beautifully blossoming flower garden is now a
	rock garden. The entry door stands ajar. In the rock
	garden, an adorable little girl, MERIBOR, age six,
	plays happily. She's dressed in her best. We hear
	(o.s.) a lovely lullaby being played on a flute. The
	music continues thru into:

41   OMITTED

42   INT. KAMIN MAIN ROOM - DAY - ON PICARD
	(MAKEUP CHANGE #1)

	It is an older Picard who stands playing the lovely
	lullaby. As he does, WIDEN to discover not only that
	he's playing to the infant son cradled (and rocked
	gently) in Eline's arms, but that Several N.D. Guests
	are present... gathered to watch, with smiling faces,
	this ritual ceremony. On a fairly long table set up
	for the occasion, are (as yet untouched) food snacks
	and stuff to drink for the guests. As the lullaby
	continues --

43   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Six year old Meribor, whom we've just seen outside,
	comes running into -- and part of the way through --
	the room, before stopping to watch. She swings her
	arms a bit, and foot-fidgets (the way kids do who think
	they're standing in place), until stopped by:

					ELINE
				(softly)
			Meribor, this is your brother's
			ceremony; now don't fidget.

	And, as little Meribor dutifully complies, the lullaby
	ends.

  STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 4/02/92 - ACT THREE  32.

43   CONTINUED:

	Picard turns and smiles at Eline, then addresses the
	guests.

					PICARD
			We name this child for a dear
			friend who died last year... but
			who will now live on through his
			namesake.

					ELINE
				(to baby)
			We name you -- Batai. In his
			honor.

	Picard now turns to their guests:

					PICARD
			He's starting life in the warmth
			of friends. Thank you.
				(re: long table)
			Please, help yourselves to
			something to eat.

	As the audience of guests becomes just a homogeneous,
	relaxed group enjoying the fare on the long table,
	MUSIC from an unseen source begins playing.

     STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - 3/24/92 - ACT THREE     33.

44
thru	OMITTED
47

48   PICARD & ELINE

	as a female guest comes and takes the baby from Eline.
	She and Picard are now momentarily alone.

					ELINE
			It seems like just yesterday that
			we had Meribor's naming ceremony.

					PICARD
			I remember. I was so nervous I
			thought I might drop her.
				(beat)
			Now look at her... a little
			lady...

					ELINE
			She's no lady... tromping through
			the hills with you all day,
			digging those soil samples you
			insist on collecting... she's
			her father's daughter.

	Picard smiles, then grows a bit pensive -- Eline picks
	up on it.

					ELINE
			What is it?

					PICARD
				(an admission)
			I'd always thought I didn't need
			children to make my life
			complete... now, I can't imagine
			life without them.

	She gives him a warm smile and holds out her arms to
	him... they embrace lovingly.

49   VERY CLOSE ON ELINE

	her face reflecting her silent, joyously contented
	knowledge of what he's experiencing.

50   VERY CLOSE ON PICARD

	Another long beat... Now, suddenly, his face changes to
	a surprised grimace of pain.

  STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT THREE  34.

51   ANGLE

	Eline Reacts to Picard's expression of pain. And, as
	he GRUNTS in still further pain, and clutches his left
	arm:

					ELINE
			Kamin!

52   OMITTED

53   ON PICARD

	Gasping for breath now, he goes first to his knees --
	then to the floor on his back.

					ELINE (o.c.)
			Get the doctor -- hurry!

	And as CAMERA MOVES in on his face --

54   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker stands well back; Data and Worf at stations.
	Beverly is bent over Picard, frantically trying to
	revive him, Ogawa at her side. Picard begins to gasp
	for air.

					BEVERLY
			I'm losing him!

					OGAWA
			I'm getting massive somatophysical
			failure...

					BEVERLY
			Two cc's delactovine...

	Ogawa hands her the hypospray, which she administers.
	Picard continues to gasp for air.

					RIKER
			Data, get that beam back.

					OGAWA
			There are severe fluctuations in
			the isocortex... synaptic
			responses are failing...

	Picard begins to CONVULSE.

  STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT THREE  35.

54   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Begin full cardiac induction...

	The other medical team member uses an instrument on
	Picard.

					OGAWA
			Blood pressure is dropping
			rapidly... seventy over twenty
			--

					BEVERLY
			Data, you have to reestablish
			that beam.

					DATA
			I am attempting to do so, Doctor.

					OGAWA
			Losing response in the isocortex
			--

					BEVERLY
			Cortical stimulator...

	The other medical team member hands her a pair of
	blinkies that she affixes to either side of Picard's
	head at the temples.

					BEVERLY
			Start at ten percent...

					DATA
			Doctor, the beam is fully
			restored.

	They wait for a tense beat as the device does its
	thing.

					OGAWA
			Blood pressure up to ninety over
			forty...
				(relief)
			... and rising...

					BEVERLY
			Isocortical functions are
			stabilizing... vital signs
			approaching normal levels...

  STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT THREE  36.

54   CONTINUED: (2)

	Finally, Beverly removes the apparatus from Picard,
	and, in totally spent relief, literally sags against
	one of the command chairs. The others breathe a
	collective sigh of relief.

55
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60

61   EXT. KAMIN COURTYARD - DAY

	A lovely, intelligent-eyed girl, MERIBOR, (age
	sixteen, so another ten years have passed) kneels
	using a portable core sample-extraction device. Having
	taken a core sample, she'll now read it as the device
	measures its chemical content.

					PICARD (o.c.)
			Meribor... ?

	She looks around and up. She has a great grin,
	reminiscent of her mother's.

					MERIBOR
			Happy day, father...

62   INCLUDING PICARD

	He has just come from the house. We realize only
	slowly, as he grows nearer, that this is a Picard who
	-- despite his continued physical fitness -- is now
	about seventy years old.

					PICARD
			That's my hobby; find your own.

					MERIBOR
			You're the one who taught me.
			Don't complain if you turned me
			into a scientist.

					PICARD
			And what has the scientist been
			up to today?

					MERIBOR
			Analyzing soil samples.
				(beat)
			There's not even any anerobic
			bacteria. The soil is dead.

     STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - 3/24/92 - ACT THREE     37.

62   CONTINUED:

	She looks at him with grave, lovely eyes.

					MERIBOR
			This isn't just a long drought,
			is it?
				(no response)
			I have entries in my log that go
			back ten years. You have data
			that precedes that by fifteen
			years. You've reached the same
			conclusion, I know you have.

	Picard regards her... a loving father who would rather
	protect his daughter from the awareness of dire things.
	The result is a bit terse and testy.

					PICARD
			I haven't reached any conclusion.
			A good scientist doesn't function
			by conjecture.

					MERIBOR
				(unfazed)
			A good scientist functions by
			hypothesizing and then proving
			or disproving that hypothesis.
			That's what I've done.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			Tell me... why don't you spend
			more time with that young fellow
			Dannick?

					MERIBOR
			You're changing the subject.

					PICARD
			I'm not; I'm hypothesizing that
			he's in love with you.

					MERIBOR
			You've taught me to pursue the
			truth -- no matter how painful
			it might be. It's too late to
			back off from that.

	She rises, collecting her instruments.

  STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 4/02/92 - ACT THREE  38.

62   CONTINUED: (2)

					MERIBOR
			I've analyzed the rings in old
			trees. I've examined rock strata
			to correlate evidence of climactic
			changes over the centuries.
				(beat)
			Father -- this planet is dying.

	He looks at her with a mixture of anguish and
	adoration.

					PICARD
			Perhaps I should have filled your
			head with trivial concerns...
			games and toys and clothes...

	She smiles gently at him.

					MERIBOR
			I don't think you mean that.

					PICARD
			No... but it saddens me to see
			you bear the burden of knowing
			things... things you can't change.

					MERIBOR
			It's no more a burden than you
			bear.

					PICARD
			But I'm not sixteen. With my life
			ahead of me.

	A beat, and then, pensively --

  STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 4/02/92 - ACT THREE  39.

62   CONTINUED: (3)

					MERIBOR
			Father? I think I should marry
			Dannick sooner rather than
			later... don't you?

					PICARD
			I can only say...
				(Beat)
			... Live now, Meribor. Always make
			"now" the most precious time.
			"Now" will not come again.

					MERIBOR
			I love you, father.

	She puts her arm around his waist, and he puts his
	around her shoulder. They walk like that into the
	house.

63   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Beverly and one of the medical team working over
	Picard, with Riker watching from behind them; Geordi at
	an aft science station; Data and Worf at stations.

					BEVERLY
			Vital signs are holding... he's
			been stable ever since the beam
			was restored.
				(beat)
			I don't know what more to do for
			him.

	Riker takes a few steps toward the viewscreen, staring
	at the alien probe in frustration.

					GEORDI
			Commander, we're starting to
			receive telemetry from the probe
			we launched.

  STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT THREE  40.

63   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Go ahead.

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			We've charted the alien probe's
			radiation trail for just over
			one light year.

					RIKER
			Can you extrapolate a point of
			origin?

					GEORDI
			Our best guess would be a star
			system in the Silarian sector...
			Kataan.

					RIKER
			Kataan... I've never heard of it.
			Data... ?

					DATA
			It is an unmapped system of six
			planets.

					RIKER
			Any of them inhabited?

					DATA
			Not any longer, sir. The star
			went nova. All life in the
			system was destroyed
			approximately one thousand years
			ago.

	HOLD on Riker's look, until we...

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65

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 4/02/92 - ACT FOUR   41.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

66   EXT. TOWN SQUARE - NIGHT - ON TREE

	Reestablishing. The tree, though thirty-two years old,
	is now dead.

67   EXT. KAMIN COURTYARD - NIGHT

	Ten years have passed since we saw Picard last. He
	is peering through his telescope, occasionally entering
	data in his journal. Eline emerges from the house.

					ELINE
			I put your shoes away for you
			again.

					PICARD
			Ah. Thank you, dear.

	She moves toward him, and as he turns away to enter
	notes, she peers through the telescope.

					ELINE
			I've been looking through this
			thing off and on for almost thirty
			years... and I still can't see
			what you and Meribor find so
			fascinating.

	He moves back toward her.

					PICARD
			Fine. Then maybe you'll sit down
			and rest the way you're supposed
			to.

					ELINE
				(relinquishing the
				 telescope)
			You treat me like some frail
			flower. People have surgery all
			the time.

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 4/02/92 - ACT FOUR   42.

67   CONTINUED:

	At this moment, the sound of a flute being played in
	the house draws Picard's look. He shakes his head a
	little, moves again to his telescope. Eline sees the
	reaction.

					ELINE
			He loves playing. And he's very
			good at it, you know.

	There is a hint of frustration in Picard's voice as he
	discusses his son.

					PICARD
			He loves doing a lot of things
			-- too many. One week he wants
			to be a botanist, the next week
			a sculptor. I wish he could find
			some focus in his life.

					ELINE
			I think he has.

	He looks at her, surprised and curious.

					ELINE
			Maybe you should talk to him.

	Picard realizes something is going on.

					PICARD
				(calling)
			Batai?

	The MUSIC abruptly stops, and YOUNG BATAI, twenty,
	emerges from the house, carrying a flute.

					YOUNG BATAI
			Father... ?

					PICARD
			I get the feeling from your mother
			that you have something to tell
			me.

	Mother and son exchange quick glances.

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT FOUR   43.

67   CONTINUED: (2)

					YOUNG BATAI
			Yes. I was waiting for the right
			moment... but that won't ever
			come.
				(beat)
			I'm leaving school.

					PICARD
			Leaving school -- ? No, you're
			not --

					YOUNG BATAI
			I want to concentrate on my music.
			It's what I care about.

					PICARD
			Last year, all you cared about
			was mathematics. A year before
			that it was botany. Now --

					YOUNG BATAI
			But through it all there was my
			music. I think you know that,
			father...
				(beat)
			This is the life I want.

	Picard looks at him... realizing that children will
	go their own way, regardless.

					PICARD
			We'll... we'll discuss it.

	Young Batai smiles, suspecting acquiescence.

					YOUNG BATAI
			Thank you, father.

	And he bounds back into the house. Picard picks up
	his journal, leafs through it pensively.

					ELINE
			Even after all these years... you
			have the ability to surprise me.

					PICARD
			If music is what he wants... why
			should I stand in his way?
				(beat)
			Who knows how much time he'll
			have to follow any dream.

	Eline watches as he flips through his journal.

   STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 4/03/92 - ACT FOUR   44.

67   CONTINUED: (3)

					ELINE
			Are you still planning to talk
			to the Administrator tomorrow?

					PICARD
			Yes.
				(beat)
			It's possible he'll dismiss me
			from the Council.

					ELINE
			Unless, of course, you keep quiet.

					PICARD
			The evidence is too pronounced.
			I can't stay silent.

					ELINE
				(gentle smile)
			What a surprise.

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69

70   EXT. TOWN SQUARE - NEXT DAY

	Picard and the Administrator -- now having aged by
	twenty-seven years -- are in the square. Although some
	townspeople are seen in the B.G., they are alone.
	Picard carries his journal.

       STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 4/03/92 - ACT FOUR       45.

70   CONTINUED:

					ADMINISTRATOR
			Kamin, what do you hope to
			accomplish? Spreading rumors that
			the planet is doomed... there
			could be chaos.

	During the next, their voices rise slightly, each
	topping the other.

					PICARD
				(brandishing journal)
			The facts are here. At least show
			them to someone who will recognize
			what they mean.

					ADMINISTRATOR
			I won't be a party to your making
			trouble --

					PICARD
			If you won't take them, I most
			certainly will.

	The Administrator suddenly realizes that they are
	speaking loudly, and have drawn a few curious looks.
	He lifts a warning hand to Picard, glances around,
	then, casually, begins to walk. Picard falls in line
	with him.

					ADMINISTRATOR
				(quietly)
			Your observations... your
			findings... our scientists reached
			those same conclusions two years
			ago.

	Picard stares at him.

       STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT FOUR       46.

70   CONTINUED: (2)

					ADMINISTRATOR
			Well, what did you expect us to
			do? Make it public? Can you
			imagine the effect... ?

					PICARD
			Surely the technology exists to
			save something of this world...
			perhaps some people could be
			evacuated...

					ADMINISTRATOR
			Evacuated to where? Our
			technology is limited. We're just
			beginning to launch small
			missiles...

					PICARD
			A collection of genetic samples,
			then -- something, anything --
			you can't just let this
			civilization die --

					ADMINISTRATOR
			Enough!
				(beat; defeated)
			There is a plan in the works. I
			can't tell you more than that.

	And before Picard can reply --

					YOUNG BATAI (o.c.)
			Father!

71   INCLUDING YOUNG BATAI

	He comes barreling toward them, out of breath, his face
	pale. Picard moves toward him.

					PICARD
			What is it -- ?

					YOUNG BATAI
			It's mother. Hurry.

       STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 4/03/92 - ACT FOUR       47.

72   OMITTED

73   INT. KAMIN MAIN ROOM - MINUTES LATER

	As Picard and Young Batai hurry in, a grim-faced Doctor
	is just rising from his inspection of Eline, who lies
	pale and blanket-covered on the chair. Picard goes
	to her.

					PICARD
			Doctor -- ?

	But the man simply shakes his head sadly.

					ELINE
				(wry)
			You see... I'll go to any
			lengths... to get your attention.

					PICARD
				(in kind)
			You always had a flair for the
			dramatic...

					ELINE
			Doctor... Batai... leave us alone
			for a moment. I want to talk to
			my husband.

	As Young Batai and the Doctor EXIT:

					ELINE
			Did the Administrator look at your
			evidence?

					PICARD
			He didn't have to. They already
			know.

					ELINE
			So he didn't throw you off the
			Council...

					PICARD
				(small smile)
			No...

	She reaches up and touches his cheek lightly.

       STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 4/03/92 - ACT FOUR       48.

73   CONTINUED:

					ELINE
			Remember -- put your shoes away.

					PICARD
			I will.

	And, without any indication that it's happening, Eline
	is dead. Picard looks down at her for a long beat.
	Then he buries his head in the folds of her blanket.

                                             FADE OUT.
                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT FIVE       49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

74   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, and all others, as we last saw them (with
	Beverly moving between her equipment and her
	patient) ...

74A  ON PICARD

	Still unconscious, breathing evenly... his features
	composed and even.

74B  ANGLE - RIKER (OPTICAL)

	A picture of frustration, pacing, staring out at the
	alien probe, stymied. Ogawa is studying the medical
	monitors.

					OGAWA
			Doctor...

					BEVERLY
			What is it?

					OGAWA
			I'm not sure. He's showing
			physiological alterations... His
			systemic readings are changing...

					BEVERLY
				(moving to monitor)
			So are his respiratory functions.

					RIKER
			Is he in danger?

					BEVERLY
			I don't know... I don't understand
			what's happening. The changes
			are subtle, but...

	A beat as she looks up at him.

       STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT FIVE       50.

74B  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			... If I didn't know better, I'd
			say these are the metabolic rates
			of an eighty-year-old man.

	Off the look shared by Riker and Beverly...

75   INT. KAMIN MAIN ROOM - DAY

	An eighty-five-year-old Picard (somewhat frail,
	bespectacled and slightly stooped) is on his hands and
	knees at the moment, playfully "chasing" a giggling
	six year old boy, KAMIE, around the large chair. Kamie
	is playing keep-away with Picard's old flute. Picard
	"hides" behind the chair; "scares" Kamie, who squeals
	with delight as Picard catches him by the ankle, and
	moves to begin tickling the boy.

       STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 4/03/92 - ACT FIVE       51.

76   INCLUDING MERIBOR

	who, now in her mid-thirties, enters from the front
	door to see the goings-on. She is wearing a
	wide-brimmed hat.

					MERIBOR
			Some children are certainly making
			a lot of noise in here.

					PICARD
			You shouldn't be out there for
			so long. It's damaging, you know
			that.

					MERIBOR
			I'm wearing plenty of your skin
			protector.

					PICARD
			Mmnph.
				(to Kamie)
			Do you wear your skin protector
			outdoors, young man?

	Picard tickles him again, and the boy's only answer
	is another spurt of giggling.

77   INCLUDING YOUNG BATAI

	as he ENTERS. He's now about thirty, and he wears a
	wide-brimmed hat, too.

					YOUNG BATAI
			Happy day, everybody! It's time
			to go see the launching.

					PICARD
			What "launching"? What's he
			talking about?

					MERIBOR
			They're sending up a missile,
			father. We're going to watch it.

       STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 4/03/92 - ACT FIVE       52.

77   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Are we, indeed. I'm not going
			anywhere to watch anything.

	Meribor makes the mistake of moving to help her father
	off his knees. Picard, crustily independent, wrenches
	his arm away from her hand, and will make it (a bit
	creakily) to his feet on his own -- as Meribor smiles her
	affectionate understanding. Young Batai takes his
	nephew's hand, and will lead him out after grabbing a
	hat for him, too.

					YOUNG BATAI
			Come on, Kamie; let's go see the
			launching.

	As Young Batai and Kamie disappear:

					PICARD
				(looking after them)
			Breaks my heart to look at him...

          STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - 3/24/92 - ACT FIVE         53.

77   CONTINUED: (2)

					MERIBOR
			Who?

					PICARD
			My grandson. Breaks my heart...
			he deserves a full rich life, and
			he's not going to get one.

	Meribor collects a hat for herself and for Picard; she
	puts her own on.

					MERIBOR
			He's my child, and I tell you he
			is getting one. I wish it could
			be longer, but it's as full and
			rich as we can possibly make
			it.

	She turns to him, finds him staring at her, as though
	looking at her when she was born. She gives him a
	smile, puts his hat on his head, and takes his hand.

					MERIBOR
			Please come, father.

	As she leads him out:

					PICARD
			Why didn't I hear anything about
			a launching?

78   OMITTED

79   EXT. TOWN SQUARE - DAY

	Picard and Meribor walk together toward a group which
	has collected in the square, all looking toward the sky
	in one direction.

					PICARD
			Did everyone know about this
			except me?

	He sits down on a bench.

					PICARD
			I can see all right from here.

	She sits next to him. A beat, and then --

       STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 4/02/92 - ACT FIVE       54.

79   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You go on with the others. Go
			hold onto my grandson, and watch
			the damned thing go up... for all
			the good it'll do. What is it
			they're launching?

	Meribor turns to him. There is a knowing look in her
	eyes.

					MERIBOR
			You know about it, father.
			You've already seen it.

					PICARD
			Seen it? What are you talking
			about? I haven't seen any
			missile.

					BATAI (o.s.)
			Yes, you have, old friend...
			Don't you remember?

80   CLOSE ON PICARD

	looking up, and off, in a different direction from that
	of the townspeople.

					PICARD
				(in disbelief)
			Batai?

81   ANGLE ON BATAI

	who approaches, looking as he did those many years ago.

       STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/27/93 - ACT FIVE       55.

81   CONTINUED:

					BATAI
			You saw it... just before you came
			here.

	He moves toward Picard, smiling.

					BATAI
			We hoped our probe would encounter
			someone in the future -- someone
			who could be a teacher... who
			could tell others about us.

82   OMITTED

83   FAVORING PICARD

	as he digests these last words. Through the memories
	of thirty years, he struggles to comprehend.

					PICARD
			A probe... that encounters
			someone...

	The mists of recollection begin to part...

					PICARD
			... someone in the future...
				(realizing)
			... it's me, isn't it? I'm the
			someone...

	It becomes clearer and clearer now.

					PICARD
			I'm the one it finds... that's
			what this launching is -- a probe
			that finds me... in the future...

					ELINE (o.s.)
			Yes, my love...

	Picard turns to see --

84   ANGLE ON ELINE

	who approaches. She is the Eline from Act Two, when he
	made his commitment to her.

					PICARD
			Eline...

					ELINE
			The rest of us have been gone for
			a thousand years...

       STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT FIVE       56.

85   OMITTED

86   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Eline and Meribor stand together in their equally
	loving farewell to Picard -- and will be joined not
	only by Batai, but by Young Batai and Several Townfolk
	-- who collect before Picard, during:

					ELINE
			If you remember what we were, and
			how we lived... then we'll have
			found life again.

					PICARD
			Eline...

	He starts to reach out toward her -- when he hears the
	deep (far o.s.) RUMBLE & ROAR which now takes his
	attention. All the others continue looking at
	Picard... Only he looks off, to see -- and the RUMBLE
	& ROAR continues thru into:

86A  MISSILE CONTRAIL AGAINST SKY (OPTICAL)

	We see the glowing POINT of the missile, followed by
	the vapor trail against the sky. The RUMBLE and ROAR
	begins to die out.

86B  CLOSE REACTION - PICARD

	He's realized what that contrail is; what it
	represents.

86C  ON PICARD AND ELINE

					ELINE
			Now we live. In you. Tell them
			of us... my darling...

87   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CLOSE ON PICARD'S FACE

	as he stirs slightly.

					BEVERLY (o.s.)
			Something's happening...

       STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT FIVE       57.

88   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Picard has begun to regain consciousness. Beverly's
	working; Riker's standing by.

					DATA
			The nucleonic beam has ceased,
			Commander. The probe has shut
			down.

					BEVERLY
			His cerebral functions are
			stabilizing.

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, put a tractor beam
			on the probe. I want it in
			shuttlebay two for examination.

					WORF
			Yes, Commander.

					PICARD
				(very weak)
			What...

	He struggles upright.

					BEVERLY
			Please, Captain... don't get up
			too quickly...

					PICARD
			How long? How long have I been...
			like this?

					RIKER
			At least twenty, maybe twenty-five
			minutes.

	In typical fashion, Picard makes every effort to sit
	up; to grasp his surroundings and gauge his acuity.

					PICARD
				(lost)
			Twenty-five minutes?

	Picard's been away for over thirty years. He's groggy,
	trying to reorient himself to this reality after a
	lifetime's journey.

					BEVERLY
			Captain, I need you in sickbay
			now. I want to run a full
			diagnostic.

       STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT FIVE      57A.

88   CONTINUED:

	Picard now gets to his feet... takes a second to
	realize that he's no longer the old man he's just
	been... no longer need walk stooped, or unsteady.

					PICARD
			Very well, Doctor. But as soon
			as you're done... I have a great
			deal to tell you.

	He smiles and the others looks puzzled as --

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90

91   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Picard is alone, walking about his quarters as though
	reaquainting himself with these surroundings. The
	door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	The doors open and Riker ENTERS, carrying a metal box.

					RIKER
			Hello, sir. Feeling better?

					PICARD
			Yes, thank you... but I find I'm
			having to remind myself that this
			--
				(gesturing)
			-- is really my home.

					RIKER
			We were able to open the probe
			and examine it. Whatever it was
			that locked onto you must have
			been self-terminating. It isn't
			functional any longer.

	He holds out the box to Picard.

					RIKER
			We found this inside.

	He hands the box to Picard, who takes it and opens it.

91A  INSERT - THE BOX

	Inside, rests Picard's old flute.

       STAR TREK: "The Inner Light" - REV. 3/26/92 - ACT FIVE      57B.

91B  BACK TO SCENE

	as he lifts it from the box; nods his thanks to
	Riker, who, understanding that this is not a moment
	for words, acknowledges silently -- and EXITS.

	Picard carries the flute to a chair, and, facing away
	from CAMERA, begins playing the now familiar lullaby.
	The flute music continues into:

92   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	For a long beat, while the ship travels at impulse and
	end credits appear, we continue to hear the same, sweet
	lullaby.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             
















                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "Time's Arrow" 
                          #40275-226 
                              
                           Story by 
                          Joe Menosky 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                 Joe Menosky & Michael Piller 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1992 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                       APRIL 6, 1992

        STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/06/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Time's Arrow" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             SAMUEL CLEMENS
                RIKER              BELLBOY
                DATA               GAMBLER
                BEVERLY            SEAMAN
                TROI               AMERICAN INDIAN
                GEORDI             BEGGAR
                WORF               DOORMAN
                                   ROUGHNECK
                GUINAN             
                SCIENTIST          Non-Speaking
                                     A MAN
                Non-Speaking         A WOMAN
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    N.D. MAN (MISTER LANE)
                                     BUSINESSMAN
                                     SOCIETY PEOPLE
                                     ALIENS

          STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - 4/06/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Time's Arrow" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              READY ROOM               DEVIDIA TWO
              ENGINEERING
              TEN FORWARD              24TH CENT. SAN FRANCISCO
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
          
            HOTEL                      19TH CENT. SAN FRANCISCO/
              DATA'S ROOM                STREET
              POKER ROOM
                                       ALLEY
            24TH CENTURY SAN FRANCISCO
              UNDERGROUND CAVERN       HOTEL
          
            VICTORIAN HOME             VICTORIAN HOME
              BALLROOM

        STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - 4/06/92 - TEASER        1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                        "Time's Arrow"                             
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit of Earth.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45959.1.
			The Enterprise has been recalled
			to sector zero zero one on a
			priority mission.

2    EXT. 24TH CENTURY SAN FRANCISCO - DAY - ESTABLISHING

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			All we've been told is that
			evidence has been discovered
			indicating the presence of
			extraterrestrials on Earth...
			five centuries ago.

3    INT. UNDERGROUND CAVERN

	PICARD and DATA move down a tunnel illuminated by
	mining lights... a SCIENTIST, male, late forties,
	leads the way...

					SCIENTIST
			Work crews were down here
			installing seismic regulators when
			they found some remarkable
			artifacts...

	He pulls back a tarp to reveal a collection of
	artifacts from the late 1800s... perhaps a broken pair
	of bifocals, a pocket watch, a pistol, a canteen,
	bullets and bullet case...

					PICARD
			And it's been determined that they
			date back to the late nineteenth
			century... ?

      STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/09/92 - TEASER      2.

3    CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(studying them)
			The biofocal vision aide is
			typical of the era... the weapon
			is a forty-five caliber single
			action cavalry pistol invented
			by Colt Firearms in 1873.

					SCIENTIST
				(nods)
			Look inside the watch.

	Data examines the watch and opens it... time has
	stopped long ago... the face is cracked and broken...
	there is an engraving: "To S.L.C., with love. 30
	November, 1889."

					PICARD
			What makes you think
			extraterrestrials are related to
			this discovery...

					SCIENTIST
			The crew was having a problem with
			the regulators... something in
			the cavern was interfering with
			the phase conditioners... it
			turned out to be the cavern
			itself... do you have a tricorder,
			Commander?

	Data takes out his tricorder and takes readings, reacts
	curiously...

					DATA
			The composition of the exposed
			rockface has been altered by
			exposure to triolic waves...

					SCIENTIST
			Which you're not going to find
			on Earth... in either the
			nineteenth or twenty-fourth
			century...

					PICARD
			Triolic waves?

      STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/09/92 - TEASER      3.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			The byproduct of an energy
			source employed by very few
			species because of its deleterious
			effects on living tissue...

					SCIENTIST
			We've confirmed that no one has
			been in or out of this cavern in
			centuries... so we're left with
			a five-hundred-year-old mystery.

					PICARD
			I'm curious, Doctor. There are
			far greater experts on Earth who
			could investigate your mystery.
			Why bring the Enterprise all the
			way home?

	The scientist gives them a quick, grim glance ...

					SCIENTIST
			As we continued our excavation,
			we found one other thing I haven't
			shown you yet...

	He leads them across the chamber...

					SCIENTIST
			We've tried to leave everything
			as we found it...

	He pulls back another tarp to reveal something we don't
	immediately see...

4    PICARD

	reacts, stunned.

5    DATA

	reacts, very curious.

        STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - 4/06/92 - TEASER        4.

6    THE SCIENTIST

	studies their reactions and as he looks back down we
	follow his gaze to see Data's head broken at the
	neck... dusty, old and dead...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/16/92 - ACT ONE     5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

7    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Still in orbit of Earth...

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 45960.2.
			We have transported the materials
			discovered in the cavern back to
			the ship for analysis. I wish I
			could be as dispassionate about
			the implications as my second
			officer...

8    INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Close on Data's head at a work station... it is open,
	circuitry exposed, Data examines it with a 24th-century
	microscopic device... Picard and RIKER look over his
	shoulder, waiting for some conclusion...

					DATA
			Interesting... there has been a
			twelve percent decomposition of
			the bitanium in the neural pathway
			links... it suggests the alloys
			are vulnerable to...

					RIKER
			Data...

					DATA
			Yessir... ?

					RIKER
			How can you look inside that...
			and analyze the decomposition...
			without... without...

	Riker struggles for the right word for a beat...

					DATA
			Emotion, sir?

					RIKER
			... without, I don't know...

     STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/13/92 - ACT ONE     5A.

8    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I am simply trying to make an
			objective assessment.

					PICARD
			Is it... yours, Data?

     STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT ONE     6.

8    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I am quite certain that it is,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Could it be Lore?

					DATA
			My brother's positronic brain had
			a type L phase-discriminating
			amplifier... mine is type R.

					PICARD
				(re: the head)
			Type R?

					DATA
				(acknowledging)
			Yessir.

					PICARD
			Can you determine how long it has
			been in the cavern?

					DATA
				(glances at Riker)
			As I was going to say, the
			decomposition strongly indicates
			that life was terminated
			approximately five hundred years
			ago. That would be consistent
			with the other artifacts recovered.

					RIKER
			Your head is not an artifact.

					DATA
			In relative terms, perhaps not.
			Nevertheless, it seems clear that
			my life is to end in the late
			nineteenth century.

					RIKER
			Not if we can help it.

					DATA
				(curious)
			There is nothing anyone can do
			to prevent it, sir.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - 4/06/92 - ACT ONE       6A.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (cont'd)
			At some future date, I will be
			transported back to nineteenth
			century Earth... where I will die.
			It has occurred. It will occur.

	The ease with which he speaks it is unnerving.
	GEORDI, who has been working in another part of
	engineering, moves to them...

					GEORDI
			I can't tell you exactly who the
			aliens were... but I have found
			out a few things...

	He sits at a computer station... calls up something
	on the monitor...

					GEORDI
			The triolicized rock face tells
			us we're probably dealing with
			a species with microcentrum cell
			membranes. Triolic waves
			wouldn't harm them. Also might
			mean they're shape shifters of
			some kind...

        STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - 4/06/92 - ACT ONE        7.

8    CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			So they could have appeared as
			Humans on Earth...

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			I don't think it's anyone we've
			run into before... nothing we
			found matches up with any known
			lifeform...

	He switches programs...

					GEORDI
			What does match up... is a
			cellular fossil that might have
			just come along for the ride...

					PICARD
			Cellular fossil... ?

9    ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	He calls up a blow-up of a one cell fossil...

					GEORDI
			A microscopic ciliated
			lifeform... not that different
			from a thousand other single cell
			lifeforms that you'd find on any
			planet surface... except this
			particular one is
			L-B-one-zero-four-four-five...
			and L-B-one-zero-four-four-five
			is only known to exist on one
			planet... Devidia Two in the
			Marrab sector...

					PICARD
			Number One, lay in a course...

					RIKER
			Aye, sir...

	He EXITS... there's a moment when Picard exchanges a
	glance with Data, like there's something he might like
	to say, but then he follows Riker out... on Data's
	expression...

        STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - 4/06/92 - ACT ONE        8.

10   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Going to warp.

11   INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	Data and Geordi sit at the bar... a beat in silence...
	Geordi is obviously shaken by the events, is
	depressed...

					GEORDI
			So?

	Data cocks his head.

					DATA
			I have no reference point by which
			your question can be answered.

					GEORDI
			So... do you feel like talking
			about it?

					DATA
			Are you referring to the
			foreknowledge of my death?

					GEORDI
			Yeah.

					DATA
			I have no particular desire to
			discuss the matter.
				(beat)
			Do you feel like talking about
			it?

					GEORDI
			Yeah.

					DATA
			Why?

					GEORDI
			Data... it's gotta bother you
			a little...

					DATA
			On the contrary, I find it
			rather... comforting.

        STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - 4/06/92 - ACT ONE        9.

11   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(surprised)
			Comforting...

					DATA
			I have often wondered about my
			own mortality as I have seen
			others age around me... Until now,
			it has been theoretically possible
			that I would live an unlimited
			period of time. And although
			some might find this attractive,
			to me it only reinforces the fact
			that I am... artificial.

					GEORDI
			I never realized... how tough all
			this must be for you...

					DATA
			"Tough"?

					GEORDI
			Knowing that you would outlive
			all your friends.

					DATA
				(blind to sentiment)
			I expected to make new friends.

					GEORDI
			True.

					DATA
			And then outlive them as well.

	A poignant beat. Geordi nods, beginning to understand.

					GEORDI
			Now that you know you might not...

					DATA
			... it provides a sense of
			completion to my future. In a
			way, I am not so different from
			anyone else. I can now look
			forward to death.

					GEORDI
			I never thought of it that way.

					DATA
			One might even conclude that it
			brings me one step closer to being
			Human. I am mortal.

     STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/20/92 - ACT ONE     10.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to bridge officers...
			we're approaching the Devidia
			system... report to your
			stations...

	Data rises to leave...

					GEORDI
			See you later... let's get
			together for a game of chess or
			something, okay?

	Data cocks his head, acknowledges, EXITS. Geordi looks
	down at his drink, shakes his head and grins...

					GUINAN (o.c.)
			Looked like quite an intense
			discussion.

	He looks up

12   ANGLE

	to see GUINAN arriving...

					GEORDI
			Yeah... talking about life, death,
			the future...

					GUINAN
			Somebody getting married?

					GEORDI
			Naw. Somebody's gonna die.

					GUINAN
			Die?

					GEORDI
			They found Data's head a mile
			below San Francisco... been down
			there for five centuries...

	A solemn expression passes across her face... she's
	disconcerted by the announcement...

					GUINAN
			That's why the Enterprise was sent
			back to Earth... I didn't
			realize...

     STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/20/92 - ACT ONE     11.

12   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Yeah, something, isn't it?

	She looks at him with a unusually concerned
	expression... she knew this was coming... she's been
	waiting for it...

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			He seems fine about it... better
			than I am...
				(stands)
			I better get to engineering...

	She acknowledges... and he EXITS... and stay on her
	for a long beat... and push into her as she says to
	herself...

					GUINAN
			Full circle.

	And we may not know what it means yet... but the way
	she says it... with fatalist tones... we realize she
	has knowledge about this that she has not shared with
	Geordi...

12A  INT. CORRIDOR

	Riker is at a turbolift as Troi arrives... an
	acknowledgment and then...

					TROI
			I heard about Data.

					RIKER
			Yeah.

					TROI
			It's having an unusually traumatic
			effect on everyone.

					RIKER
			Yeah.

					TROI
			If you don't want to talk about
			it, it's okay.

					RIKER
			I'm fine. I'm just...

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/20/92 - ACT ONE    11A.

12A  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			...angry.

					RIKER
			No not angry.
				(beat, realizing she's
				 right)
			Yeah, angry. Why should I be
			angry?

					TROI
			Maybe it reminds us all of our
			own mortality.

					RIKER
			I just don't want to believe it.

					TROI
				(beat)
			Have you ever heard Data define
			friendship?

					RIKER
			No...

					TROI
			How did he put it... something
			like...
				(Data impression)
			"As I experience certain sensory
			input patterns my mental pathways
			become accustomed to them. The
			inputs eventually are anticipated
			and even 'missed' when absent."

	She even cocks her head.

					RIKER
				(smiles)
			You do that very well. So what's
			the point?

					TROI
			He's "used" to us... and we're
			"used" to him... it's like finding
			out someone you love has a terminal
			illness and...

	The turbolift door opens, revealing Data inside... she
	stops in mid-conversation... uneasy tension...

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/20/92 - ACT ONE    11B.

12A  CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(quickly)
			Data...

					DATA
				(nodding)
			Counselor. Commander.

	Riker and Troi step inside...

12B  INT. TURBOLIFT - CONTINUOUS ACTION

	All three are facing forward. There is an
	uncomfortable beat of silence.

					DATA
			Would either of you mind if I made
			a personal inquiry?

	The door closes and it begins to move up.

					TROI
			Personal inquiry? No, go right
			ahead.

					DATA
			I am perceiving an apparent change
			in the way that others act toward
			me. For example, people abruptly
			end their conversations when I
			appear... as you did when the
			turbolift doors opened. Is this
			an accurate observation?

                   RIKER                       TROI
         Not at all.                 Yes.

					RIKER
				(beat, sighs)
			Yes.

					TROI
			You're right, Data. And it's not
			a very nice thing to do.

					RIKER
				(struggling)
			It's just that our mental pathways
			have... become accustomed to your...
			sensory input patterns...

	The door opens at the bridge...

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/20/92 - ACT ONE    11C.

12B  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I understand. I am fond of you
			too, Commander.

	Data EXITS... Troi and Riker take a beat and then EXIT
	too...

13   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Coming out of warp approaching a planet.

14   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data, WORF, Riker. Picard ENTERS from the ready room.

					RIKER
			We're in orbit.

					PICARD
			Any sign of life?

					WORF
			Negative.

     STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT ONE     12.

14   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Sir, sensors are picking up
			unusual temporal disturbances on
			a small area of the planet's
			surface... forty-two degrees,
			seven minutes north by eighty-eight
			degrees declination east.

					RIKER
				(exchanges a glance with
				 Picard)
			Temporal disturbances...

					PICARD
			Take us into a standard orbit
			above those coordinates...

					DATA
			Spectral analysis shows a high
			level of triolic waves emanating
			from the same location.

					RIKER
			Do they correlate with your
			readings from Earth, Data?

					DATA
			Affirmative, sir... the magnetic
			signature is identical to the one
			found in the cavern.

					PICARD
			Would these triolic waves be
			dangerous to humanoids?

					DATA
			Only with longterm exposure.
			There is no immediate threat.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Take an away team.

					RIKER
			Worf...

	Data rises to join the team... but Riker pointedly
	leaves him out... continuing...

       STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - 4/06/92 - ACT ONE       12A.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Riker to La Forge. Meet the away
			team in transporter room three...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir...

	He starts to exit... Data reacts...

					DATA
			Commander...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Mister Data, I'll need you on the
			bridge to monitor the sensor
			readings during this
			investigation...

	Picard nods to Riker who EXITS with Troi and Worf.

     STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT ONE     13.

14   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			Captain, may I speak to you alone?

	Picard would like to avoid this... but there is no way,
	so he nods and leads Data into...

15   INT. READY ROOM - CONTINUOUS

					DATA
			Sir, it is established procedure
			that the second officer
			accompanies the away...

					PICARD
			Yes, yes I am aware of that...

					DATA
			Then I must assume that this
			decision is related to the
			discovery on Earth of...

					PICARD
			I see no reason why we shouldn't
			take reasonable precautions...

					DATA
			Captain, no disrespect intended,
			but there is no rational
			justification for such a course...

					PICARD
			Then, I shall be irrational.

					DATA
			It is possible, sir, that the
			events leading to my death may
			not begin for years... even
			centuries.

					PICARD
			I hope that's true, Data.
			Nevertheless, this investigation
			began with your death... I am
			simply trying to see that it
			doesn't end the same way.

					DATA
				(beat)
			While I appreciate your concern,
			sir, if I may employ an
			aphorism, one cannot cheat fate.

     STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT ONE     14.

15   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Cheat fate... ? Perhaps we can't,
			Mister Data. But, to be honest,
			I don't think I could forgive
			myself... if we didn't at least
			give it a try.

	On Data's reaction...

16   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - NIGHT

	Ominous. Riker, Troi, Worf and Geordi MATERIALIZE...
	move around, investigating with tricorders... a natural
	rockface environment...

	Troi is getting some unusual feelings now, she can't
	put her finger on it yet... Geordi moves along an
	invisible perimeter, taking readings...

					GEORDI
			The concentration of triolic waves
			falls off about here...
				(walking into the
				 rockface))
			It increases exponentially the
			closer in we go...

					RIKER
			What's the source? Is there
			something underground?

					GEORDI
			Negative, Commander.

					RIKER
			Then what's the explanation?

					GEORDI
			Don't have one yet.
				(hits combadge)
			LaForge to Enterprise.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Go ahead.

                                            INTERCUT:

17   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data at the aft science station. Picard at command.

     STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT ONE     15.

17   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Run a spectral field correlation
			for me... see if these triolic
			readings are directly related to
			the temporal distortions...

					DATA
			Acknowledged.

	Data moves from one console to another... begins
	pressing a series of panels...

18   EXT. PLANET SURFACE

	Moving to find Troi... who is walking with an inner
	purpose...

					RIKER
				(concerned)
			Deanna...

					TROI
			There is life here... a child...
			an old woman... dozens more...
			dozens... hundreds... terrified...

					RIKER
			Terrified... ?

					TROI
			My God... they're Human.

	Off reactions...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT TWO     16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

19   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Still in orbit.

20   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard reacts as...

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Troi's convinced they're human...
			they may be trapped somehow...
			we're not sure...

	Data moves from the aft station...

					DATA
			Captain, the results of my
			temporal analysis may be
			pertinent...

	Picard nods, go ahead.

					DATA
			It indicates a synchronic
			distortion in the areas emanating
			triolic waves...

                                              INTERCUTTING:

21   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - NIGHT

					GEORDI
			That explains a few things. How
			much, Data?

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			A positive displacement of point
			zero-zero-four percent.

					GEORDI
				(off Riker's look)
			Whatever or whoever's there...
			is out of phase with us... But
			we're only talking about a
			fraction of a second...

     STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/06/92 - ACT TWO     17.

21   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			A fraction of a second would make
			them invisible?

					GEORDI
			A millisecond, a year... it
			wouldn't make any difference...
			If what we're reading is accurate,
			we're occupying the same space...
			but in a different time...

					RIKER
			How do we compensate?

22   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (INTERCUT CONTINUING)

					DATA
			Commander, we might be able to
			manipulate the synchronic
			distortion...

					GEORDI
				(nodding)
			Maybe. If we created a contained
			subspace forcefield. But to get a
			point zero-zero-four variance,
			we'd need an incredibly sensitive
			phase discriminator, Data... I
			don't think we've got one that
			would come close...

					DATA
			Yes, we do. It is built into my
			positronic decompiler.

	Reactions all around.

					DATA
			It would be necessary for me to
			join the away team, Captain.

	Picard looks at him. A long beat. So much for cheating
	fate.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			Proceed.

	As Data EXITS... a last look by Picard and...

     STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT TWO     18.

23   EXT. PLANET SURFACT - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	The away team reacts as Data MATERIALIZES... he is
	wearing a phaser, carrying a small generator and other
	tech gear in a carrying case...

					RIKER
				(grim)
			Mister Data...

					DATA
			Sir.

					GEORDI
			Let me give you a hand here,
			Data...

	Geordi quickly moves to assist him in preparing...
	turns on the generator... checks that it is functioning
	properly...

					DATA
				(to Riker)
			Once I have adjusted the
			forcefield, I will no longer be
			visible, Commander... however,
			I have taken steps to ensure that
			you will still be able to hear
			me. If you would assist me in
			a test of the com system...

	Data presses his combadge... Riker follows suit... and
	now as Data talks there is an echo over the com...

					DATA
				(continuing)
			My voice will be transmitted on
			a delay correlated to the phase
			adjustment... it should allow me
			to maintain verbal contact...

					RIKER
			Will we be able to talk to you?

					DATA
			Nossir, that will not be possible.

					GEORDI
			You're ready to go...

	He hands Data a hand control and the mobile generator
	(which should have a handle). Data turns it on with
	the hand control. There is an optical zap between the
	generator and the remote control...

       STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - 4/06/92 - ACT TWO       18A.

23   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Subspace field is established...

	Data moves toward the slab... working the hand
	controls...

					DATA
			Adjusting for synchronic
			distortion... point zero-zero-one...

     STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/06/92 - ACT TWO     19.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

	And with each count he begins to fade... and so does
	the echo...

					DATA
			Point zero-zero-two... point
			zero-zero-three... point zero-zero
			four...

	And he's gone... his com voice is our only reference
	point...

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			I have made visual contact...
				(beat)
			There are lifeforms here...

24
thru	OMITTED
25

26   PICARD

	on the bridge... listens...

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			They are either unaware of me or
			choosing to ignore me... I am
			moving approximately ten meters
			north of my starting position
			to observe more closely...

27
thru	OMITTED
28

29   RESUME AWAY TEAM (VARIOUS)

	listening...

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			They range from two to three
			meters in height... silver-gray
			in color... they have four
			limbs... no eyes or ears
			are noticeable...
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/06/92 - ACT TWO     20.

29   CONTINUED:

					DATA'S COM VOICE (cont'd)
			... there is a single orifice where
			a humanoid forehead would
			ordinarily be. They are reclined
			against the rockface... surrounding
			an apparatus of some sort...
			approximately one-point-five meters
			in height...

					RIKER
				(to Geordi)
			An apparatus?

30   PICARD

	listens...

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			It is releasing what appear to
			be energy fragments... which
			are then ingested by the entities
			through their orifice... perhaps
			some sort of nourishment...

     STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT TWO     21.

31   THE AWAY TEAM

	As he describes his movements, the officer's eyes
	follow the invisible trail.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			The upper portion of the
			apparatus seems to be a holding
			facility for the energy
			segments... there are hundreds,
			perhaps thousands of these
			fragments inside.
				(beat)
			I have resumed a northern
			direction... There is no evidence
			yet of Humans...

					GEORDI
				(to himself)
			Okay, enough, Data... come on
			back now...

32
thru	OMITTED
33

34   PICARD

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			I have encountered another
			lifeform... an ophidian...
			it seems to be restricted
			by a forcefield...

35   OMITTED

36   THE AWAY TEAM

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Two of the silver-gray entities
			are approaching it... they have
			released the forcefield...

	Suddenly there is a sonic boom... reactions...

       STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - 4/06/92 - ACT TWO       22.

37   OMITTED

38   PICARD

	reacts to the sound... which is followed by a deafening
	swirling sound of a tornado...

					DATA'S COM VOICE
				(breaking up)
			...temporal... massive... the
			ophidian is capable of...

39   OMITTED

40   THE AWAY TEAM

	reacts...

					DATA'S COM VOICE
				(breaking up)
			...Caught... attempting to...

	His voice dissappears into the searing noise...

41
thru	OMITTED
43

44   ANOTHER ANGLE ON AWAY TEAM (OPTICAL)

	as they see a flash twenty meters away...

					TROI
			Data!

	All of them break simultaneously into a run... and when
	they get there, they look down to see...

       STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - 4/06/92 - ACT TWO       23.

45   ANGLE - THE GENERATOR AND HAND CONTROL

	are all that is left.

46   REACTIONS

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Commander Riker, report!

	The away team use their tricorders as they search in
	vain for any trace of Data...

					RIKER
				(beat)
			We've lost him.

46A  PICARD

	reacts. A long beat.

47   OMITTED

48   EXT. ALLEY - DAY - CLOSE ON DATA

	lying on the ground, trying to get his bearings. The
	first thing we notice is how quiet it is... Data looks
	around, slowly rises... the alley is nondescript...
	but there are old style garbage cans... a cobblestone
	street surface... brick wall buildings. Data (who
	still has his phaser on his belt) moves slowly toward
	the street... reacts as he sees...

49   OMITTED

50   WIDE

	a street scene out of San Francisco circa 1890s...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT THREE    24.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

51   EXT. SAN FRANCISCO STREET - CONTINUOUS

	Data continues to take in the 19th-century ambience.
	It's a cosmopolitan mixture of people and costumes.
	Two rough-looking DOCK WORKERS, three N.D. URBANITES, a
	pair of CHINESE IMMIGRANTS. He gets strong REACTIONS
	of curiosity re: his appearance.

	Data button-holes one of the roughnecks.

					DATA
			Pardon me. I am searching for
			two individuals with an ophidian.

	The two men give him a blank look.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I beg your pardon -- a snake.

	The two roughnecks look at each other and laugh --
	Data's precise speech pattern strikes them as
	inordinately funny.

					ROUGHNECK
				(to partner; re: Data)
			Frenchman.

	The partner laughs and the two ruffians keep going.
	Data cocks his head in reaction, glances around some
	more, spots a section of NEWSPAPER with some crumpled
	trash along a wall. He bends and picks it up,
	straightening the page to read it.

52   CLOSE ON THE NEWSPAPER

	The paper is the SAN FRANCISCO REGISTER and the
	headline reads CHOLERA OUTBREAK -- HUNDREDS DIE. The
	date: AUGUST 13, 1893.

					BEGGAR (o.s.)
			Could you help out a Forty-Niner?

53   RESUME AND INCLUDE A BEGGAR

	in his sixties, unsteady on his feet, who has just
	stepped up to Data.

   STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT THREE   24A.

53   CONTINUED:

					BEGGAR
				(continuing)
			I fell down a shaft...

	He indicates a stiff leg.

					BEGGAR
				(continuing)
			And got blown up in a tunnel...

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/13/92 - ACT THREE    25.

53   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			That is unfortunate.

					BEGGAR
			Most unfortunate. I require large
			quantites of whiskey as a
			linament.

	The man gives a dry cough and slumps for a moment
	against Data... he takes a deep ragged breath to
	collect himself.

					DATA
			I am sorry but I have no whiskey
			to give you.

					BEGGAR
			I'll take a dime.

					DATA
			I am sorry. But I have no form
			of legal tender.

	The beggar considers Data for a moment.

					BEGGER
			We're both in the same boat, eh?
				(beat)
			This is my corner. Go find your
			own.

	A beat. Data takes advantage of the moment.

					DATA
			I would be happy to do so.
			However, I am presently in need
			of information.

					BEGGAR
				(grudginly)
			The stockbrokers are cheap as hell
			-- don't even ask 'em. Best
			handout is a young man with his
			lady. You give him a chance to
			impress her by bein' generous.
			But stay clear of the sailors --
			likely as not, you'll get a fist
			across the jaw for your trouble.

					DATA
			Thank you for the advice, but I
			am trying to find two individuals
			with a snake.

   STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/13/92 - ACT THREE   25A.

53   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEGGAR
				(scowls, pointing)
			A snake? You're an odd fellow,
			aren't you? Best not be too
			particular about who you're
			requesting funds from --

	The Beggar starts to cough violently --

					DATA
			You require medical attention.
			I will find a doctor --

					BEGGAR
			No.
				(beat)
			It's too late for that...

	The Beggar struggles off after another passerby --

					BEGGAR
				(to passerby)
			Help a Forty-Niner...

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT THREE    26.

53   CONTINUED: (3)

	-- leaving Data alone.

	Data drops the newspaper where he found it, glances
	around the street...

54   ANGLE - HOTEL ENTRANCE

	A BELLBOY is loading a suitcase into a HORSEDRAWN
	CARRIAGE as the suitcase owner stands by. The man
	hands some coins to the Bellboy, then gets into the
	carriage. The Bellboy closes the door after him, and
	the carriage is driven off.

54A  INCLUDE DATA

	heading over toward him, as the Bellboy steps over to
	two MEN who are standing at a doorway nearby. The
	Bellboy hands the coins over to one of them.

					BELLBOY
			Put it on Gentleman Jim. K.O.
			in the fifth.

	The man nods. The Bellboy heads for the Hotel entrance
	-- Data is waiting for him.

					DATA
			I require temporary lodging.

	The Bellboy reacts to Data's clothes and appearance.

					BELLBOY
				(indicates Data's
				 clothes)
			Looks like the missus booted you
			out in the middle of the night.

	Data thinks for a moment -- the light goes on in his
	eyes.

					DATA
			I understand the source of your
			misperception.
				(indicating clothes)
			But this is not sleepware. And
			I have no... missus.

	The Bellboy is staring at him doubtfully.

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/13/92 - ACT THREE    27.

54A  CONTINUED:

	A beat -- Data grabs at a cover story.

					DATA
			I am a Frenchman.

	The Bellboy shrugs.

					BELLBOY
			Everybody's from somewhere. That
			doesn't matter at this hotel.
			It's six bits a day or four
			dollars a week.

					DATA
			I have no money.

					BELLBOY
			Now that matters...

					DATA
			I am capable of performing a
			significant range of tasks -- both
			mental and physical. Perhaps your
			hotel could offer me... a job.

					BELLBOY
			Well, I don't know. We got a maid
			we're pretty happy with. The
			cook's decent. The dishwasher's
			drunk all day but at least he
			shows up on time. And then
			there's me -- I do everything
			else.
				(shrugs)
			Sorry.

	Suddenly, an N.D. MAN steps out of the hotel behind
	them, putting his hat on, looking down in the dumps
	as he steps past them.

					BELLBOY
				(to man)
			Lady Luck not with ya, tonight,
			Mister Lane?

	The man shoots him a hard look, then sullenly continues
	offscreen. A beat until he's gone, and the Bellboy
	laughs to Data.

					BELLBOY
				(continuing)
			Hasn't filled a straight in five
			weeks.

   STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/13/92 - ACT THREE   27A.

54A  CONTINUED: (2)

	Data's head jerks to attention.

					DATA
			Poker?

	OFF Data's face...

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT THREE    28.

54B  INT. POKER ROOM - DAY - ON THE DOOR

	A KNOCK. No response. A beat and the door opens,
	revealing Data, who steps inside. He looks up, sees
	what he came for.

55   ON A POKER TABLE

	where the tension is palpable. No one has even glanced
	in Data's direction.

	Four MEN are at the poker table: A sophisticated NEW
	ORLEANS GAMBLER in Southern gentleman clothes,
	including a BLACK VEST. A burly, mean-looking SEAMAN
	in appropriate costume. An AMERICAN INDIAN wearing
	urban, nontribal clothing, including a BOWLER HAT. A
	slightly chubby, local BUSINESSMAN.

	The Gambler and the American Indian appear to be the
	big winners, with considerable piles of currency and
	silver dollars in front of each.

	They are at the end of a hand. Frustrated, the
	Businessman tosses down his cards, folding. The
	Gambler carefully puts his cards down as well.

					GAMBLER
			Fold.

	The Seaman is in a staring match with the American
	Indian, both still holding their hands. The Seaman
	studies his impassive opponent -- the American Indian
	is unreadable.

					SEAMAN
			Go to Blazes!

	He angrily tosses down his hand, folding. The American
	Indian silently collects the money in the pot, as the
	Gambler laughs.

					GAMBLER
			A poker face carved in marble.

	The Seaman puts a meaty hand on the Indian's downturned
	cards, intending to turn them over.

					SEAMAN
			What'd ya have?

	The Indian immediately lays his own hand on the cards
	-- stopping the Seaman from revealing them. There is a
	silent, tense beat of impending violence.

      STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - 4/06/92 - ACT THREE      28A.

55   CONTINUED:

					GAMBLER
				(to Seaman)
			Mind you, sir. It's a gentleman's
			prerogative to divulge a bluff.
				(re: Indian)
			Our friend wishes to remain
			cryptic. I believe it proper to
			respect that wish...

      STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - 4/06/92 - ACT THREE      29.

55   CONTINUED: (2)

	The Gambler is all smiles and conciliatory -- but
	there's a threat behind it that the physically more
	imposing seaman can't ignore.

					SEAMAN
				(taking his hand off
				 cards)
			The devil take you all...

	He crosses his arms together, steaming. The Gambler
	gathers all the cards together and begins to shuffle
	as the Seaman glances up in surprise at an unseen
	interloper.

					SEAMAN
				(continuing; toward
				 offscreen)
			What in hell do you want?

56   INCLUDE DATA

	standing nearby, having waited patiently for the hand
	to end.

					DATA
			I would like to join your game.

	Everyone gives him the once-over, a little taken aback
	by his appearance. The Indian alone is completely
	unruffled. He takes one look, and with a
	sophisticated, dry as dust delivery (NO cliche'd
	"Injun-speak") makes a joke off Data's skin tone.

					AMERICAN INDIAN
			Pale... face.

	The other players all laugh uproariously at the pun.
	The laughter dies down, the Seaman makes an unfriendly
	scowl toward Data.

					SEAMAN
				(re: Data's appearance)
			Don't like Easterners, personally.

	Data cocks his head, now more secure in his role as
	foreign visitor.

					DATA
				(confident)
			I am a Frenchman.

	The Gambler perks up at this, not quite believing it.

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/09/92 - ACT THREE    30.

56   CONTINUED:

					GAMBLER
			Ah. Mes parents sont originaires
			de Bourgogne. Je suis ne a la
			New Orleans.

	Data reacts to this unexpected response, taken
	momentarily for a loss. A beat.

					DATA
				(perfect accent)
			Alors nous sommes presque freres.
			Je suis heureux de vous connaitre.

	The Gambler laughs, surprised at the answer, then
	indicates an empty chair.

					GAMBLER
			Please, sir.

	Data sits down as the Gambler exchanges glances with
	his cohorts -- "we've got a live one here." The
	Gambler finishes up a shuffle, placing the deck in
	front of the android.

					GAMBLER
				(continuing)
			The game is poker. The deal is
			yours. The ante is four bits.

	Data confidently removes his COMMUNICATOR and places it
	in the center of the table.

	Everyone eyes the shining device.

					GAMBLER
			Family heirloom?

					DATA
			In a manner of speaking. It is
			a crystalline composite of
			silicon, beryllium...

	The Seaman picks it up and BITES INTO IT.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Carbon-seventy, and --

					SEAMAN
				(surprised)
			Gold.

   STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT THREE   30A.

56   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(nodding)
			Gold.

	The Seaman puts it back down.

					GAMBLER
			I'll give you three bucks for it.

					DATA
			I accept.

	The Gambler takes the communicator and pushes a few
	of his winnings over to Data.

	Data cuts the deck, picks up the two halves and
	shuffles them with an expert hand.

	OFF the other players' reactions to the perfect snap of
	the cards...

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/13/92 - ACT THREE    31.

57   INT. DATA'S HOTEL ROOM

	A modest hotel room, with a single bed, a desk, and a
	window. The door UNLOCKS AND OPENS. The Bellboy
	ENTERS, holding out an arm as if to present the room --
	and Data STEPS INSIDE.

	The android is now wearing the American Indian's BOWLER
	HAT and the Gambler's BLACK VEST. He has obviously
	cleaned up big at the card game.

					BELLBOY
			Did you see the looks on their
			faces? I did everything I could
			not to laugh.

					DATA
			To whom are you referring?

					BELLBOY
				(what else)
			Frederick La Rouque and Joe
			Falling Hawk. Those two are card
			sharks. Oh sure, they play it
			easy at first so they don't scare
			off the marks, but give 'em enough
			time and they'll bleed a man dry
			-- especially an out-of-towner.

					DATA
			What was the source of your
			jocular reaction?

	The kid looks blank.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			What was it you found humorous?

					BELLBOY
			Don't you see? They had you
			pegged for a sap.
				(indicates Data's
				 appearance)
			Those clothes you got on, the way
			you talk -- it's like you were
			born yesterday. You sure had them
			fooled.

					DATA
			It was not my intention to
			deceive.

	The Bellboy looks at Data's innocent face. The Bellboy
	can't decide whether Data's telling the truth or not.

   STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/13/92 - ACT THREE   31A.

57   CONTINUED:

	The kid shrugs.

					BELLBOY
			Have it your way.
				(indicates the room)
			This is the place. Breakfast is
			from six to eight. Checkout's
			at noon when you're ready to
			leave.

					DATA
			Thank you.

	The Bellboy stands there waiting -- the classic tip
	situation, but Data doesn't get it. The Bellboy holds
	out his hand. Data shakes it.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			It has been a pleasure.

	Data lets go of his hand and steps toward the window
	to glance outside.

	The Bellboy CLEARS HIS THROAT. Data turns.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			It would be advisable to monitor
			that cough. I have read that
			there is currently an epidemic
			of cholera in San Francisco...

	The young man is impatient. Annoyed at having to go
	through this to get a tip.

					BELLBOY
			Never felt better.

	Data still doesn't get it. The Bellboy again sticks
	out his hand, palm raised. Data stares at it,
	considers the situation -- finally understands.

					DATA
			Of course. The gratuity.

	The bellboy gives him an impatient grin of
	acknowledgement. Data pulls out a big wad of CASH from
	his waistband -- the poker winnings -- and peels off
	a dollar bill, handing it to the Bellboy.

   STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/13/92 - ACT THREE   31B.

57   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Thank you for your assistance.

	The Bellboy takes the bill, amazed.

					BELLBOY
			A dollar!

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/08/92 - ACT THREE    32.

57   CONTINUED: (2)

	A beat as the kid stares dumbstruck at Data.

					DATA
			You are welcome.

	The Bellboy steps into the doorway, then turns back to
	Data.

					BELLBOY
			If there's anything you need --
			it can get lonely in San
			Francisco. You might want some
			company. I can introduce you to
			Lillian.

	Data considers this for a moment.

					DATA
			I have no need for companionship.
			However, I do require some...
			supplies.

	Data steps over to the desk and picks up a PEN, dipping
	it into an INKPOT and writing onto a piece of PAPER.

					BELLBOY
			Anything you need, I can get it
			for you wholesale... I can get
			it for you less than wholesale
			if you don't ask me where it came
			from...

	Data hands him the piece of paper. The Bellboy stares
	at it, a bit puzzled by what he sees.

					BELLBOY
			What do you need all this stuff
			for?

					DATA
			I am an inventor...

					BELLBOY
			No kidding... well this is gonna
			take a while. I'll hafta go clear
			cross town.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT THREE   32A.

57   CONTINUED: (3)

					BELLBOY (cont'd)
				(beat)
			And it's not gonna be cheap.

	Data takes a few more bills off his roll and hands them
	to the young man.

					DATA
			You may retain the surplus for
			yourself.

	A beat. The Bellboy didn't quite get it.

					BELLBOY
			Keep the change?

	Data recalls the phrase.

					DATA
			Exactly.

					BELLBOY
			Done.

	The Bellboy is out the door like a shot, slamming it
	behind him.

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT THREE    33.

57   CONTINUED: (5)

	Data goes to the desk and sits down. He takes the pen
	and another piece of paper and begins to sketch a
	complicated circuit diagram...

58   EXT. STREET - DAY

	The Bellboy is shooting along the street, clutching
	Data's list in hand, smiling with enthusiasm over the
	money and the assignment.

	FOLLOW him for half a block, as he approaches the alley
	we've seen before. He doesn't stop (or even hear) the
	muffled MOAN as he passes by...

					BEGGAR (o.s.)
				(barely audible)
			Help out a Forty-Niner...

	As the Bellboy continues on his way --

59   STAY ON THE BEGGAR

	propped up against some wooden boxes and other junk in
	the alley. He's in really bad shape, head rolling to
	the side, eyes half-closed, mumbling to himself,
	dying...

					BEGGAR
				(continuing)
			Fell down shaft... Forty-Niner...
			Help me... Help me out...

	A SHADOW falls over the old man, and even in his
	extreme state, he seems to feel the darkness intrude
	upon his heart... His eyes struggle open.

60   A COUPLE

	are standing in front of him. Both the man and woman
	are tall, handsome, elegantly dressed, aristocratic.
	But their faces are cold and expressionless -- like
	demons. The man holds a CANE with an elaborately
	carved SNAKE'S HEAD. The woman carries a VALISE,
	almost like a doctor's bag. They stare at the beggar,
	as if waiting...

61   INCLUDE THE BEGGAR (OPTICAL)

	as his face fills with horror at the apparition.

      STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - 4/06/92 - ACT THREE      34.

61   CONTINUED:

					BEGGAR
			No...

	He tries to struggle off his back, but there's no
	strength left in his body.

					BEGGAR
			No...

	He collapses, eyes closing for the last time...

	The couple watch impassively. Then the woman raises
	the Valise, aiming it at the dying man.

	The Valise GLOWS with a weird lighting effect, and
	extends a FIELD out toward the man's body, enveloping
	him for a moment, then withdrawing back into the
	Valise, which stops glowing.

	The couple turn and leave, clearing the screen.

	OFF the Forty-Niner, now cold and dead...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

         STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/16/92 - ACT FOUR        35.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

62   EXT. ENTERPRISE

	In orbit above the planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental.
			Close-range sensor analysis has
			yielded no further trace of
			Commander Data. Despite the
			emotional repercussions among my
			crew, I must move this mission
			forward.

63   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Troi, Geordi, Worf, BEVERLY. Cutting
	into the middle of a rare argument between Riker and
	Picard.

					RIKER
			I'm not willing to accept that
			he's dead and leave it at that...

					PICARD
			Mister Data cannot be our
			priority...

					RIKER
			What's more important than Data?

	Troi understands best at the table what Picard is
	saying, says it with the compassion... understanding
	the pain the people at the table are feeling...

					TROI
			Look at what we have so far...
			evidence that these aliens have
			been travelling back in time to
			Earth...

					BEVERLY
			What if they're trying to
			undermine our history for some
			reason... ?

					WORF
			Some kind of guerilla war...

         STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/09/92 - ACT FOUR        36.

63   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(nods)
			We have to operate on the
			assumption that there is a
			threat... if not to us then to
			19th-century Earth. Our first
			order of business is to determine
			what that threat may be.
				(turns to Geordi)
			In order to do that, Mister La
			Forge, we must find a way to
			communicate with these
			life-forms...

					GEORDI
			It's not going to be easy to
			reproduce what Data did. We can
			create a contained subspace
			field... but we'd need an
			extraordinarily sensitive phase
			discriminator to get that point
			zero-zero-four variance.

					PICARD
			Can you build one?

					GEORDI
			It won't be as good as Data's...

					RIKER
			Will it be good enough?

					GEORDI
			I don't know. I can try... it's
			going to take a while...

					PICARD
			I don't want anyone else going
			in alone.

					GEORDI
			I should be able to create a
			subspace field large enough to
			encompass everyone. Adjusting
			the phase inside the field will
			be the hard part.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

         STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT FOUR        37.

63   CONTINUED: (2)

	He rises, signalling the end to the meeting.

					RIKER
			There's one thing we have to
			assume, Captain.

	Picard looks at Riker...

					RIKER
			That wherever he is, Data's doing
			the same thing we are... trying
			to get to the bottom of this...
			he may know a lot more about
			what's going on than we do. It
			might be in the best interests
			of this mission to find him...

					PICARD
			Perhaps in the course of our
			investigation we will. I hope
			so.

	As the others exit, Worf stands back with Riker for
	a beat...

					WORF
				(sotto, to Riker)
			If we do find Commander Data, it
			may be our fate to die with him...
			in the past. If our remains are
			in that cavern... they would have
			turned to dust long ago.

	He exchanges a look with Riker...

64   INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	After hours. The lighting is a little dimmer than
	normal. Two crewmembers at a far table are the only
	customers present.

	Guinan is behind the bar, working diligently over a
	dozen pieces of variously sized and shaped GLASSWARE,
	containing liquids or solid crystals of many hues.

	She's carefully pouring from a tiny vial into a LARGE
	GLASS, the tension and concentration evident on her
	face.

					PICARD (o.s.)
				(lightly)
			I'm afraid to interrupt.

         STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/06/92 - ACT FOUR        38.

65   INCLUDE PICARD (OPTICAL)

	stepping up to the bar as Guinan continues to pour
	without answering him until she's emptied the tiny
	vial. She relaxes and glances up.

					GUINAN
			Captain. You didn't have to come
			to me. I would've been happy to
			go to you.

					PICARD
				(re: glassware)
			And let me miss all this? I
			haven't seen such a complex
			operation since the Academy lab
			final in exochemistry.

					GUINAN
			It's a Tzartak aperitif. Very,
			very touchy.

	She picks up a small beaker and carefully pours.

					GUINAN
				(continuing)
			The trick is to change the
			evaporation point of the main
			ingredient. You want the
			temperature where the liquid goes
			to vapor to be half a degree below
			the body temperature of your
			customer.

	She adds a few tiny crystals to the glass.

					GUINAN
				(continuing)
			That way, the moment the liquid
			touches the tongue, it evaporates.
			The flavor is carried entirely
			by the vapor.

         STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT FOUR        39.

65   CONTINUED:

	She adds a few drops of liquid to the glass.

					GUINAN
				(continuing)
			But it's a highly delicate affair.
			A few molecules off and the vapor
			point crashes. Poof. It's gone.
			All of it.

	A long beat as Picard studies her.

					PICARD
			What did you want to see me about?

	A beat as Guinan studies her glassware.

					GUINAN
			I hear you're sending an away team
			down to the surface.

					PICARD
			Yes.

					GUINAN
			Are you going along?

	Picard reacts to the question.

					PICARD
			This is rather unusual... for you
			to be curious about an away
			mission...

	Guinan shrugs, starts slowly adding, drop by drop,
	another liquid to the glass.

					GUINAN
			Maybe it's an unusual away
			mission.

					PICARD
			Guinan, if you have something to
			tell me, I'm listening.

         STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT FOUR        40.

65   CONTINUED: (2)

	Guinan stops pouring. She stares straight at him, is
	more direct than we've ever seen her.

					GUINAN
			Starfleet captains usually don't
			accompany away teams...

					PICARD
				(agrees)
			That's general policy...

					GUINAN
			This time you have to...

					PICARD
			Why?

					GUINAN
			You just... do.

	He studies her a long beat... he needs more than that
	and she knows it.

					GUINAN
			You remember when we first met?

					PICARD
			Of course.

					GUINAN
			Don't be so sure.

					PICARD
			What do you mean?

					GUINAN
			I mean... if you don't go on this
			mission...

	She drops a single tiny crystal into the glass. A
	beat, then the liquid in the glass suddenly and
	furiously BOILS away in less than one second.

					GUINAN
			... we didn't.

	OFF Picard's reaction.

66   EXT. SAN FRANCISCO HOTEL - DAY - ESTABLISHING
	- STOCK

       STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - 4/06/92 - ACT FOUR 40A-41.          

67   INT. DATA'S HOTEL ROOM - DAY

	Data is at his desk, using a high-tech device he has
	built out of 19th-century materials. He is working
	on the exposed PHASER HOUSING. Data is now completely
	dressed in 19th-century clothing -- days have passed
	since we last saw him.

	SOUND: A heavy, low, muffled THUMP offscreen.

	Data glances up toward the door. A beat and he turns
	back to the work at hand.

	Another THUMP. This time closer. Data continues to
	work. Another beat, another THUMP.

	Data finally sets down the instrument and moves toward
	the door.

	The loudest THUMP yet, right outside. Data opens the
	door.

68   OMITTED

69   INCLUDE THE BELLBOY

	at the doorstep. Tucked in his back pocket is a
	rolled-up NEWSPAPER and at his feet is a HUGE ANVIL.
	The young man has obviously just moved it up the stairs
	to Data's room. He appears exhausted.

					BELLBOY
			Sorry it took so long, Mister
			Data.

					DATA
			An apology is not required.

	Data casually reaches down with one hand -- AND PICKS
	UP THE ANVIL as though it weighed an ounce. He starts
	toward the center of the room -- there's a noise of
	astonishment from the Bellboy.

	Data STOPS, knowing he's just made a huge mistake.
	The android quickly sets down the anvil, as if dropping
	it. He clutches his arm as though strained.

					BELLBOY
			You alright?

					DATA
			I appear to have overexerted
			myself...

         STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/09/92 - ACT FOUR        42.

69   CONTINUED:

					BELLBOY
			I'll say.

	A beat as the kid glances up at the light bouncing
	around the room. There's a glint of curiosity and
	lightness in his eyes that we've never seen before.

					BELLBOY
			You got it working.

	Data pulls out a dollar for tip money and hands it to
	the Bellboy, but the young man IGNORES it, continuing
	to stare fascinated at the light bouncing around the
	room.

					DATA
			Yes.

					BELLBOY
			Whatever it is.

					DATA
				(re: money)
			This is for your trouble.

	The Bellboy accepts it, but distractedly, as if more
	interested in what Data's created.

					BELLBOY
			What are you gonna do with the
			anvil?

					DATA
			I require a low intensity,
			magnetic field core. The
			iron mass of the anvil will
			provide that.

	The kid nods without comprehension.

					BELLBOY
			What's it gonna be when it's
			finished?

	Data cocks his head as he tries to form a reply...

					DATA
			What do you think it is... "gonna
			be"... ?

         STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT FOUR       42A.

69   CONTINUED: (2)

					BELLBOY
			If I were to guess... maybe a new
			kind of motor for one of those
			horseless carriages...

					DATA
			That is a good guess.

					BELLBOY
			No kiddin'. Damn. You really
			think there's money in those
			things?

					DATA
				(beat)
			Perhaps.

					BELLBOY
			Isn't that what makes America
			great?

					DATA
			To what are you referring?

					BELLBOY
			Man rides into town in his
			pajamas... wins a grub stake at
			a poker table and turns it into
			a horseless carriage and makes
			a million bucks. That's America.

					DATA
				(concerned at the
				 conclusion)
			Perhaps I have given you an
			erroneous impression...

					BELLBOY
			Some day my ship's gonna come
			in...

					DATA
			You have a ship?

					BELLBOY
			Oh sure... and it's fulla gold...
			I'm just biding my time til it
			gets here... raising a stake any
			way I can... I've been a newsie,
			cut fish at a cannery, I've even
			been an oyster pirate...

           STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - 4/06/92 - ACT FOUR           43.

69   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			That is a considerable spectrum
			of occupations.

					BELLBOY
			Can't stay in one place too
			long... I'm always looking for
			the angle, you know... say, maybe
			you and I could go into business
			selling your horseless
			carriage... you invent 'em, I
			sell 'em... I can sell anybody
			anything, whattaya say?

					DATA
			I believe your plan is a bit
			premature.

					BELLBOY
			Keep it in mind though. Well,
			I better get back...

	He starts to leave and the young man suddenly remembers
	the newspaper in his back pocket.

					BELLBOY
			I forgot! I got you something
			at the bakery on Third.

	He sets the paper down on the desk by Data, unrolling
	it to reveal the pastry inside.

					DATA
			Thank you, Jack.

	Data starts to pick out some coins to pay him back, but
	the young man brushes it off.

					BELLBOY
			It's on me... partner.

	And EXITS. Data reaches over to make an adjustment on
	the phaser housing.

           STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - 4/06/92 - ACT FOUR           44.

69   CONTINUED: (4)

	The newsprint and pastry are slightly in his way, so he
	picks up the edges of the paper and starts to slide it
	aside -- WHEN SOMETHING CATCHES HIS EYE. DATA STOPS
	DEAD, STARING AT THE NEWSPAPER.

70   CLOSE ON THE PAPER

	A caption reads: "Literary Reception Announced." Above
	the words is the hostess' face. IT'S GUINAN. And it's
	unmistakable.

71   RESUME DATA

	as stunned as an android can be...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

         STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/06/92 - ACT FIVE        45.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

72   EXT. SAN FRANCISCO VICTORIAN HOME - DAY

	To establish.

73   INT. BALLROOM - DAY

	An elegant reception. About two dozen well-dressed
	19th-century society people are chatting in small
	groups. A single narrow TABLE holds drinks and
	canapes.

					CLEMENS (o.s.)
			The eminent scientist, Alfred
			Russell Wallace, has revived the
			theory that Earth is at the center
			of the stellar universe.

74   ON THE GENTLEMAN

	who from the white hair and suit, bushy eyebrows, large
	Cuban cigar, and soft Southern drawl is unmistakably
	SAMUEL CLEMENS, a.k.a. MARK TWAIN. There are a couple
	of people at the side, listening, but from this angle,
	we don't see to whom he is primarily directing his
	comments.

					CLEMENS
				(continuing))
			This distinguished natural
			philosopher has reaffirmed our
			planet as the only habitable globe
			in the Heavens. A world
			constructed, furthermore, for the
			sole benefit of man.
				(beat)
			He's gotten a lot of folks excited
			about the notion.

75   INCLUDE GUINAN

	dressed in 19th-century costume, but with a couple of
	exotic touches (as though she were royalty from a
	far-flung island).

           STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - 4/06/92 - ACT FIVE           46.

75   CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			Mister Clemens, why do I suspect
			you're not one of them?

	Her comment generates easy SMILES from Clemens and the
	others. Clemens is witty, charming -- but deeply
	cynical.

					CLEMENS
				(lightly)
			Your suspicions, Madam Guinan,
			are undoubtedly based upon your
			keen observational skills. Now
			if you'll permit me, I'll continue
			my character assassination
			unimpeded.

	Everyone laughs.

					GUINAN
			Please do.

	Clemens takes a big puff on his cigar.

					CLEMENS
			According to our best geologic
			estimate, the earth is
			approximately one hundred million
			years of age. Perhaps it is less,
			perhaps more.

					GUINAN
			Perhaps a great deal more.

					CLEMENS
				(nodding)
			Indeed. But regardless, it is
			ancient in the extreme. Now,
			geology also tells us that Man
			himself has existed for but a
			microscopic fraction of those
			years.

	Clemens blows a big puff of cigar smoke into the air.

					CLEMENS
			Curious, isn't it, that the world
			got by for such a great long while
			with no Humans around to take up
			space?
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/06/92 - ACT FIVE        47.

75   CONTINUED: (2)

					CLEMENS (cont'd)
			I suppose Mister Wallace and his
			supporters would say the world
			needed all that time to prepare
			everything for our illustrious
			arrival.

	Clemens reaches out and casually takes an OYSTER canape
	off the plate of a GENTLEMAN standing near. He appears
	to study it carefully...

					CLEMENS
				(re: the canape)
			The oyster alone probably required
			fifteen million years to come out
			just right...

	Everyone laughs as he pops the canape into his mouth.
	A beat and Guinan gives him a sly smile.

					GUINAN
			And if the Earth isn't alone...
			If there are millions of
			inhabited planets in the
			Heavens...

					CLEMENS
			Quite my point. Man becomes a
			trivial creation, does he not?
			Lost in the vastness of the cosmic
			prairie, adrift on the deep ocean
			of time. A single one among
			countless others.

	Clemens appears pleased with himself. Guinan casually
	shrugs.

					GUINAN
			Then again, someone might say a
			diamond is still a diamond -- even
			if it is one among millions. It
			still shines as brightly.

	TouchŽ. A beat as Clemens studies her for a moment,
	then smiles.

					CLEMENS
			Indeed, someone might say that,
			Dear Lady. If someone thought
			the Human race were akin to a
			precious jewel.

	Clemens puffs the cigar and lets out the smoke.

         STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/06/92 - ACT FIVE        48.

75   CONTINUED: (3)

					CLEMENS
				(continuing)
			But this increasingly hypothetical
			someone would not be me.

	Guinan smiles.

76   ON THE ENTRYWAY - FAR ACROSS THE ROOM

	where Data has just ENTERED, wearing the fine clothes
	of a 19th-century gentleman. He pauses, scanning the
	room.

					DOORMAN (o.s.)
			Good afternoon, sir.

	Include the DOORMAN, a large man appropriately dressed,
	holding a GUESTLIST. The man eyes Data, reacting
	momentarily to his skin color, but then taking it in
	stride.

	Data shoots his cuffs, as if confident in his new role.

					DATA
			Good afternoon. I would like to
			speak to Guinan.

					DOORMAN
				(re: guestlist)
			And you are... ?

	Data's confidence suddenly flags as he realizes there's
	a list.

					DATA
			Data.

	The man checks the list.

					DOORMAN
			Mister Data... Could it be under
			another name?

					DATA
			I do not know...

	The Doorman is hesitant about possibly offending a
	misplaced invitee.

         STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/06/92 - ACT FIVE        49.

76   CONTINUED:

					DOORMAN
			I... can't seem to find you on
			our guest list, sir.

					DATA
			I am a personal friend.

					DOORMAN
			Madam Guinan has discovered many
			personal friends since the
			newspaper announcement. But if
			you're not on the guest list,
			there's nothing I can do.

	Data will not be denied, begins to move inside...

					DATA
			It is urgent that I see her...

	The Doorman tries to block his way...

					DOORMAN
			-- Sir, if you don't leave this
			house immediately, I will send
			for the police.

					DATA
			That is an excellent idea. I will
			wait for them inside.

	Data STRIDES STRAIGHT into the party. The Doorman
	grabs onto him, but is dragged along like a rag doll by
	Data's android strength.

         STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT FIVE        50.

77   ON GUINAN AND COMPANY

	still enjoying the conversation.

					DOORMAN (o.s.)
			Sir! Please!

	Guinan and Clemens and the others turn toward the
	noise.

78   INCLUDE DATA

	as he approaches them, dragging the Doorman behind him.

					DATA
			Guinan, I must speak with you
			immediately.

	Data stops in front of her. She reacts... looks at him
	without an ounce of recognition.

					DOORMAN
				(out of breath)
			Forgive me, madam... He's stronger
			than he looks.

					DATA
				(to Guinan)
			I am sorry about the disruption,
			but he did not believe me when
			I told him we were friends.

					GUINAN
			"We?" Meaning you and me? Have
			we met, Mister...

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			Data.

	Guinan looks completely blank. Data reacts -- SHE
	DOESN'T KNOW HIM.

					DATA
			Yes. We... were on a ship
			together.

	Guinan smiles, trying to socially defuse the situation,
	as well as find out who this strange man is. Clemens
	is keenly observant.

					GUINAN
			I've certainly done my share of
			travelling. What ship?

     STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT FIVE 51-52.        

78   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The Enterprise.

					GUINAN
			Is that a clipper ship?

					DATA
			It is a starship.

	Guinan REACTS -- suddenly she knows she's dealing with
	an alien like herself. But she also is acutely aware
	of the need to maintain appearances.

					CLEMENS
				(puzzled)
			A starship? What registry would
			that be?

					GUINAN
			Mister Data. Of course.
				(to Clemens)
			Excuse us, but we have so much
			to catch up on...

         STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT FIVE        53.

78   CONTINUED: (2)

	Guinan quickly hurries Data OFFSCREEN. Clemens is left
	with his hand in the air. He reaches up for his cigar
	and takes a long puff, staring in the direction the
	pair disappeared, a look of intrigued suspicion on his
	face...

79
thru	OMITTED
80

81   ON DATA AND GUINAN

	as Guinan pulls him past the partygoers and around
	a door.

					GUINAN
			Let me guess. My father sent you.
			Well, you tell him I've still got
			a lot more listening to do --

					DATA
			-- I was not sent by your father.

	A beat; Data realizes that she doesn't know who he is,
	but decides he has no choice.

					DATA
			Circumstances demand that I take
			you into my confidence. I require
			your assistance.

	A pause, then Data spills the beans.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I am from the future.

	Guinan reacts with surprise.

					GUINAN
			Is this some kind of a joke?

	She stares at his guileless face.

					GUINAN
				(continuing)
			No, you don't look like the joking
			type.

         STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/06/92 - ACT FIVE        54.

81   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			That is correct. I am from the
			twenty-fourth century, where you
			and I serve together on the same
			starship.

	Guinan lets this sink in for a moment. Accepts it, for
	now.

					GUINAN
			Why do you need my help?

					DATA
			Our ship encountered a species
			who appear to be threatening 19th-
			century Earth. I investigated,
			and was inadvertently pulled into
			their temporal vortex.
				(beat)
			When I saw your photograph in the
			newspaper, I assumed you had
			joined me from the future. I know
			your species is long-lived --
			but I did not realize you had
			visited Earth so long ago.

	Data suddenly NOTICES SOMETHING behind Guinan --

81A  A TENDRIL OF SMOKE

	wafting up from behind the door. Data and Guinan look
	from the smoke to each other.

82   FOLLOW DATA AND GUINAN

	as they step around the corner...

83   INCLUDE CLEMENS

	inches away from them, the big cigar firmly in hand.

					CLEMENS
			Eavesdropping is by no means a
			proper activity for a gentleman.
				(beat)
			Nonetheless, the deed is done...

         STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/06/92 - ACT FIVE        55.

83   CONTINUED:

	OFF the look between Data and Guinan -- he's heard
	everything.

84   EXT. ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit above the planet.

85   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - NIGHT

	Riker, Troi, Geordi, Worf and Beverly... all
	participate in the preparation of the field... there is
	a variety of technical gear with them... one three-foot-
	high generator with controls and readouts, three
	two-foot-high relay stations akin to a small satellite
	receiver... Geordi wields a tricorder pinpointing the
	perimeter...

					GEORDI
			Here...

	Worf sets down a generator expertly... aims it at
	Crusher and Riker about twenty yards away...

86   BEVERLY AND RIKER

	are doing roughly the same exercise... Beverly with
	the tricorder...

					BEVERLY
			The triolic waves end... right...
			here...

	Riker sets up a relay station, aligns it with Worf...

87   GEORDI

	has moved to join Troi against the rockface... who has
	already set up another relay... Geordi checks it with
	his tricorder...

					GEORDI
			That's fine, Counselor...

	As he moves to meet Worf against a parallel section
	of rockface who is setting up the last relay station...

           STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - 4/06/92 - ACT FIVE           56.

88   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Picard MATERIALIZES... the away team reacts...

					PICARD
			How soon will you be ready?

					GEORDI
			I think we are, Captain...

	Geordi goes to the generator and hits a panel, an
	optical flash passes between the generator and the
	three relays and disappears... the area is not a
	perfect square...

					GEORDI
			The subspace field is established.

	He looks at Riker for further instructions... Riker is
	beginning to worry about the captain's unexpected
	arrival... if it means he wants to be here for this, he
	has a big problem with that...

					RIKER
			I'd feel more comfortable if you'd
			monitor us from the ship, captain.

					PICARD
			I have reason to believe my
			presence on this mission is
			imperative.

					RIKER
			Imperative?

					PICARD
			Yes.
				(beat)
			Mister Worf, you will report to
			the bridge.

					WORF
			Sir... as security officer, my
			place is by your side.

         STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT FIVE        57.

88   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			The security of the Enterprise
			is of paramount importance,
			Lieutenant.

					WORF
				(beat)
			Yes, sir.
				(hits combadge)
			Worf to Enterprise.

					TRANSPORTER OFFICER COM VOICE
			Go ahead.

					WORF
				(not pleased)
			Beam me up.

					TRANSPORTER OFFICER COM VOICE
			Stand by.

	Worf DEMATERIALIZES.

					PICARD
			Proceed, Mister La Forge.

	Riker accepts the inevitable. Geordi is holding a
	modified tricorder...

					GEORDI
				(for Picard's benefit)
			I've modified this tricorder to
			interface with the subspace
			generator... It should allow me
			to control the phase
			discrimination... assuming it's
			going to work at all...
				(off Picard's nod)
			I'll need everyone within the
			field...

	Everyone passes between the relays... another optical
	flash as they pass through the invisible line...

					GEORDI
			Adjusting for synchronic
			distortion... point-zero-zero-one...

	And with each count, there is a continuous lighting
	change... slowly being bathed in a blue light...

         STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/08/92 - ACT FIVE        58.

88   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			...point-zero-zero-two...
			point-zero-zero-three...

	And as the blue hue increases, now figures begin to
	APPEAR...

89   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	a group of ALIENS in reclining positions on the ground,
	arranged loosely in a circle... each of them is
	silver-gray, a vaguely humanoid shape with very round
	heads, no facial features to speak of... except a
	blowhole where the forehead might ordinarily be... in
	their center, built into the ground, is a TRANSLUCENT
	HOLDING CHAMBER, glowing and flashing from within (like
	a light ball spinning inside). On the side of the
	chamber is a techno-organic, nipplelike projection.
	Periodically, the chamber DISPENSES an energy segment
	from its lower recesses... and as it emerges one of
	the aliens on a rotating basis sucks it into his
	blowhole...

90   THE AWAY TEAM (OPTICAL)

	reacts... a beat as the aliens continue to ignore
	them.

					PICARD
			Why can we see them when they
			can't see us?

					GEORDI
			The phase displacement might not
			bring us far enough into their
			perceptual range.

91   PICARD (OPTICAL)

	moves up close to look at one... it ignores him...
	keeps sucking energy...

         STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/08/92 - ACT FIVE        59.

91   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(with tricorder)
			These strands appear to be
			biomagnetic... variable flux...
			they must be organic in origin...

					PICARD
			A life-form... ?

92   TROI AND RIKER (OPTICAL)

	move to the translucent chamber... the lights continue
	to flash from within... moving around, darting... and
	again, once in awhile, one is dispensed out the bottom
	and disappears into an alien blowhole... Troi is
	getting strong feelings now... she is overwhelmed with
	the power of the emotions she feels... and she can't
	help raising one hand to the chamber and gently
	touching it...

	A tear rolls down her cheek...

					TROI
			No. There is no life here...
			what I have sensed is only an
			imprint, an echo from the last
			moment of life... Human life...
			they all died in terror...

	There is a sonic boom... a bright light and they react,
	turn to see...

93   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Two more aliens arriving through a hole of swirling
	white light... one carries a canister... the other
	a glowing, snakelike object... the noise is
	deafening...

         STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - REV. 4/07/92 - ACT FIVE        60.

94   THE AWAY TEAM

	surrounded by the swirling wind, now bathed in the
	combination of blue and white light. (They are far
	enough away to avoid being sucked in like Data was.)
	They react to the sight of the newcomer aliens...

95   THE ALIENS (OPTICAL)

	move to the transparent chamber. One of them
	attaches the canister to the nipplelike projection
	on the chamber's side... new segments enter the tube
	from the canister... and the chamber gets brighter...

96   THE AWAY TEAM

	watches in horror... over the din --

					RIKER
			My God... they're delivering more
			of them... for the others to...
			ingest...

					TROI
				(reacts with surprise
				 to something she sees)
			Will, look at what he's
			carrying...

	Riker looks at the other alien with the squiggling
	object...

97   ANGLE - CLOSE ON THE OBJECT (OPTICAL)

	as it twists in the alien's hands... and opens a mouth
	revealing itself to be something akin to a snake...
	and it struggles to escape but the alien grips it
	harder...

98   THE OTHER ALIEN (OPTICAL)

	removes the canister from the holding tank and they
	move back to the white light and are drawn in...

           STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow" - 4/06/92 - ACT FIVE           61.

99   RIKER (OPTICAL)

	looks to Picard... who exchanges a look with the others
	and with a nod, the captain leads the way to the
	anomaly... as they move closer with grim determination
	on their faces, they enter into the force... and
	disappear into the white light... which twists itself
	up and disappears... and without a freeze frame... we
	stay for several beats on the silent, desolate
	landscape and only then do we super:

                        TO BE CONTINUED                         

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             














                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                    "Time's Arrow, Part II" 
                          #40276-227 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Jeri Taylor 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


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Copyright 1992 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT


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       STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                    "Time's Arrow, Part II" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             SAMUEL CLEMENS
                RIKER              YOUNG REPORTER
                DATA               MORGUE ATTENDANT
                BEVERLY            MRS. CARMICHAEL
                TROI               JACK THE BELLBOY
                GEORDI             DOCTOR APPOLLINAIRE
                WORF               MALE PATIENT
                                   POLICEMAN
                GUINAN             
                                   AN ALIEN NURSE

                                   Non-Speaking
                                     AN ALIEN MAN
                Non-Speaking         AN ALIEN WOMAN
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    AN ORDERLY
                                     STRANGE LOOKING ALIENS

       STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                    "Time's Arrow, Part II" 
                      
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              TEN FORWARD              19th CENT. SAN FRANCISCO
              CORRIDOR                 STREET
              TURBOLIFT
              MEDICAL LAB
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE       VICTORIAN BOARDING HOUSE
              ENGINEERING
              MAIN BRIDGE              INFIRMARY STREET
          
              MORGUE                   PLANET SURFACE
          
              VICTORIAN BOARDING HOUSE
              RENTED ROOM
          
              HOTEL
              DATA'S ROOM
          
              INFIRMARY
          
              19TH CENTURY SAN FRANCISCO
              UNDERGROUND CAVERN

   STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/10/92 - TEASER   1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                   "Time's Arrow, Part II"                         
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. S.F. STREET - CLOSE ON CLEMENS

					CLEMENS
			I have long been interested in
			the notion of time travel. In
			fact, I wrote a book about it...
			It chronicled the tale of a man
			from our era who fouled the sixth
			century by introducing newfangled
			gadgets and weapons... all in the
			name of Progress.
				(puffs cigar)
			The idea of time travelers isn't
			so far fetched as it seems...
			in fact, I have learned that, even
			now, people from the future are
			right here in San Francisco...
			and I have no doubt that they are
			intent on fouling our world...
			just like my Yankee did in King
			Arthur's time.
				(leans into camera)
			Well. Let me serve notice: as
			soon as I get the necessary
			evidence, I intend to expose
			them... and make it absolutely
			clear that they are not welcome
			here.

2    ANGLE - CLEMENS AND YOUNG REPORTER

	revealing that Clemens has been giving an on-the-street
	interview to a young reporter who is taking notes on
	a pad. The kid smiles politely.

   STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/08/92 - TEASER   2.

2    CONTINUED:

					YOUNG REPORTER
			Yes, sir. And will this be a
			sequel to "Connecticut Yankee,"
			Mister Twain?

					CLEMENS
				(glaring)
			The name's Clemens, son. Sam
			Clemens, with an "e."

					YOUNG REPOTER
				(jotting it down)
			With an "e"... got it.

	Suddenly Twain stops, spotting something across the
	street.

					CLEMENS
			'Scuse me.

	Twain hurries away, falling in behind DATA, following
	him down the street -- still seeking "necessary evidence."
	Camera DROPS OFF on a TALL, ARISTOCRATIC COUPLE moving
	the opposite direction... she carries a satchel, he
	carries a cane with a strange carved snake-head. They
	take no notice of Data. Camera follows them as they
	move through the people on the street in a silent,
	ominous search.

3    OMITTED

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

   STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/15/92 - ACT ONE   3.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

4    INT. MORGUE - DARKENED ROOM

	Only the vague shapes of drape-covered bodies are
	visible... a hand-held light (lantern?) casts a light.
	Beverly is using a tricorder on the bodies.

					RIKER
			The coroner said this room
			contained all the cholera
			victims...

					BEVERLY
			It doesn't make sense that so many
			people are dying of cholera --
			it just isn't that virulent.

	Suddenly she stops at one body.

					BEVERLY
			Wil... this is strange...

					RIKER
			What is it?

					BEVERLY
			The cerebral cortex... the
			cerebellum... the brain stem...
			the entire nervous system -- has
			been drained of electrochemical
			energy.
				(moving to another body)
			Here's another one... same neural
			depletion...

   STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/15/92 - ACT ONE   4.

4    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			These people didn't die of cholera
			-- they died because their neural
			energy was drained somehow.

					RIKER
			Drained... and taken to Devidia
			Two... for those aliens to
			ingest.

	Beverly gives him a look... this is an appalling
	scenario. Riker looks around the gloomy room, the
	rows of shrouded bodies.

   STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/09/92 - ACT ONE   5.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			If you were a time-traveller with
			a taste for human neural energy...
			how would you get your supply?

	She eyes him, understanding what he's getting at.

					BEVERLY
			I'd travel back to times when
			there were plagues and
			epidemics... when I could murder
			-- and use disease as a cover.

5    EXT. VICTORIAN BOARDING HOUSE - DAY - STOCK

	Establishing.

6    INT. BOARDING HOUSE - RENTED ROOM - CONTINUOUS

	Riker and Beverly are there, reporting to Picard, Troi,
	and Geordi. All are dressed in 19th century garb.

					BEVERLY
			Over half the victims who'd been
			drained of neural energy came from
			a place called Sisters of Hope
			Infirmary.

					RIKER
			It's a charity hospital near the
			waterfront.

					TROI
			If the aliens have been killing
			people there, someone might have
			noticed something unusual...

					PICARD
			If they're moving among humans,
			they must have taken human form.
			The question is, how do we know
			who we're looking for... ?

   STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/10/92 - ACT ONE   6.

6    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			The tricorder picked up evidence
			of triolic activity in most of
			the bodies we looked at. If the
			aliens are leaving that signature
			behind, they'll be detectable.

					GEORDI
				(thinks for a moment)
			We might even be able to set
			up some kind of alien alarm
			system.

	They move to collect their things (purses, jackets,
	etc.); Riker goes to Geordi.

					RIKER
			Any luck contacting Data?

					GEORDI
			None. The tricorder is
			broadcasting random emissions...
			but the range is pretty limited.
			Almost anything could interfere...

	Riker nods, and they start toward the door, when
	suddenly there's a loud, insistent knocking on the
	door. The group exchanges dismayed glances.

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT ONE    7.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			She's back.

					MRS. CARMICHAEL'S VOICE
			Mister Picard!

	She pronounces it PICK-erd. The others regard the
	Captain, who rises. Geordi removes his VISOR, puts on
	dark glasses.

					PICARD
				(resigned)
			Coming, Mrs. Carmichael...

	He opens the door to find MRS. CARMICHAEL standing
	there. She is a short, squat, formidable-looking
	woman, Irish and insistent. She speaks with a thick
	brogue.

					MRS. CARMICHAEL
			Mister Picard... I'd be remindin'
			you that it's one o'clock.

					PICARD
			Yes... ?

					MRS. CARMICHAEL
			One o'clock of a Thursday.

	Picard smiles aimiably at her, not sure what she's
	getting at.

					MRS. CARMICHAEL
			I'm sure I made it clear to you
			that the rent is always due,
			payable in full, by one o'clock
			on Wednesdays.

					PICARD
			Ah. The... rent.

	He turns toward the group; they are at a loss. This
	is, after all, such a foreign concept to them. Picard
	turns back.

   STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/09/92 - ACT ONE   8.

6    CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Mrs. Carmichael, my troupe is even
			now in rehearsals for a new
			production.

					MRS. CARMICHAEL
			Oh? I haven't heard of any new
			production. What play is it?

					PICARD
			It's -- "A Midsummer Night's
			Dream."

	She starts to speak but he cuts her off.

					PICARD
			We've performed in London...
			Paris... Milan... all to sold
			out houses. I assure you, we'll
			be able to pay the rent... with
			a bonus.

					MRS. CARMICHAEL
				(shaking her head)
			No, no, no... I've heard you
			silver-tongued devils before...

	She advances on Picard, eyes blazing with
	determination.

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT ONE    8A.

6    CONTINUED: (4)

					MRS. CARMICHAEL
			I'll have the rent in full...
			tomorrow... by one o'clock -- or
			you'll be performing on the
			street.

	She whirls and marches to the door, slamming it. The
	others share reactions. They've bought a little time
	-- but how will they come up with the rent?

7    INT. DATA'S HOTEL ROOM - SAME DAY (OPTICAL)

	The door opens admitting Clemens (without a lit cigar)
	and JACK THE BELLBOY.

					JACK
			I wouldn't do this for just
			anybody, Mister Clemens. And I
			hope you won't spread it around
			that I let you in...

					CLEMENS
			Of course not, Jack. And I assure
			you -- Mister Data would be most
			upset if you didn't.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT ONE    9.

7    CONTINUED:

					CLEMENS (Cont'd)
			If I don't find that Letter of
			Intent he left for me... our major
			investor is going to pull out and
			take his business elsewhere.

					JACK
				(knowing)
			It has to do with Mister Data's
			engine, doesn't it?

					CLEMENS
			Engine...

	Jack gestures to the contraption which Data has
	constructed, now working. Clemens, intrigued, walks
	toward it.

					CLEMENS
			Yes... yes... this is exactly what
			it's all about...

	He circles around the device; Jack launches into
	another subject.

					JACK
			Mister Clemens... I'm gonna do
			you another favor today...

					CLEMENS
				(still looking at
				 device)
			Mmmmmm...

					JACK
			You're always looking for good
			stories, right?
				(no response)
			Well, I've got a humdinger.

					CLEMENS
			Uh-huh...

					JACK
			The story of -- my life. Now,
			I know you might think I'm
			young... but I've covered a lot
			of ground, and if I do say so,
			it'd make for some pretty
			fascinating reading.
				(beat)
			So. What do you think?

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT ONE    9A.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

					CLEMENS
				(looking up)
			About what?

					JACK
			About writing my life story. You
			and me -- literary partners.

	Clemens takes his arm, moves him toward the door,
	feigning interest in order to get him out of there.

					CLEMENS
			You know, son, there's a maxim
			I've always lived by: no one's
			more qualified to write your story
			than you are.

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT ONE    10.

7    CONTINUED: (3)

					JACK
			Me? Be a writer? You think I
			could?

					CLEMENS
			Long as you write what you know...
			you got any passions, son? Any
			dreams?

					JACK
			I'd like to do some travelling...
			maybe go to sea... and Alaska.
			I've always had a notion to see
			Alaska.

	Clemens is moving him toward the door, feigning
	interest in order to get him out of there.

					CLEMENS
			That's a great idea. If I were
			your age, that's exactly what I'd
			do... Alaska -- the Klondike...
			the Aurora Borealis... that's it,
			follow your dreams. And write
			about them.

	He opens the door, gesturing the young man out.

					JACK
			Thank you! Thank you, Mister
			Clemens. That's just what I'm
			going to do!

					CLEMENS
				(trying to get him out)
			You do that, son --

					JACK
			You'll be seeing my name in print.
				(gesturing)
			London... the name's London.

					CLEMENS
			I'm sure I will. Good-bye now.

	And he finally gets the kid out. Clemens returns
	immediately to the device, now begins to examine it
	in earnest. Finally he leans toward it and removes
	the transceiver assembly. The machine stops
	functioning. He slips it in his pocket -- when he
	hears the sound of muffled voices in the hall. He
	heads for the armoire.

     STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT ONE 11-12.       

7    CONTINUED: (4)

	He reaches it as a key is heard in the lock, and is
	safely behind it when the door opens, admitting Data
	and GUINAN.

					GUINAN
			... so when I finally got to the
			Head Surveyor... I found the
			location of your cavern. But
			you won't be able to get to it.

					DATA
			Why is that?

					GUINAN
			The only entrance is a mine
			shaft... right in the middle of
			the Presidio... the Army Fort.

					DATA
			Perhaps you could arrange for us
			to get in.

	She stares at him.

					GUINAN
			What?

					DATA
			With permission to dig for the
			mine shaft.

					GUINAN
			Data... so far I've been able to
			do everything you asked me to.
			But do you really expect me to
			get you into a high-security
			military installation?

	He moves toward the mechanism he has created.

					DATA
				(mildly)
			I have full confidence in your
			persuasive abilities.

					GUINAN
			Well... this is more interesting
			than giving tea dances.

	Data realizes the mechanism isn't working.

					DATA
			That is strange...

					GUINAN
			What?

  STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/06/92 - ACT ONE  13.

7    CONTINUED: (5)

					DATA
			I left this device activated...
			but the transceiver assembly has
			been removed... without it I will
			be unable to track the time
			shifts.

					GUINAN
				(immediately)
			Clemens.

					DATA
			Samuel Clemens?

					GUINAN
			He's been driving me crazy. He
			watches the house, follows me down
			the street asking questions --
			I'd bet you anything he got in
			here and took your -- whatever
			you said.

					DATA
			If you are correct, he must be
			told that the device has been
			modified in such a way that
			prolonged contact with human
			tissue would be highly toxic.

	There is a muffled "thump" from the closet. Data and
	Guinan exchange glances. Data moves swiftly to the
	closet door and flings it open. Clemens stands there,
	at once sheepish and defiant, as Data and Guinan stare
	at him.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

  STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/06/92 - ACT TWO  14.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

8    INT. DATA'S ROOM - CONTINUOUS

	The transceiver assembly lies on the floor. Data
	stoops and picks it up. Clemens tries to regain his
	usual savoir faire.

					CLEMENS
			Madame Guinan... Mister Data...
			good day.

					GUINAN
			Mister Clemens... shame on you.

					CLEMENS
			Shame, madame? I think not. I
			find no shame in my efforts to
			uncover your plot.

					GUINAN
			I keep telling you, there is no
			plot --

					CLEMENS
			Yes... you do keep telling me
			that.
				(a beat, as he regards
				 her)
			Mister Data, did you know that
			Madame Guinan here is from a
			renowned Boston family... a close
			relative of Judge Truman Williams?
				(to Guinan)
			I believe that's what you said...

					GUINAN
			Yes.

					CLEMENS
			Then... I wonder... why the Judge
			says he's never heard of you?
			That's what his telegram to me
			indicated...

					GUINAN
				(unfazed)
			There's been a blood feud between
			two branches of the family. He
			doesn't acknowledge me.

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT TWO    15.

8    CONTINUED:

					CLEMENS
			Ah. That must wound you deeply.

	He circles the room, eyeing Data and Guinan up and
	down.

					CLEMENS
			What an interesting pair you
			are... an Ashanti princess...
			and a Swiss. Where in Switzerland
			are you from, Mister Data?

					DATA
			I am French, not Swiss.

					CLEMENS
			Of course, that's right... now
			I remember. A Frenchman with
			a talent for poker, from what I
			hear.
				(paces again)
			You know, I was talking with a
			friend of mine, Ches Whitley...
			he said to say hello... wonders
			when you're coming back.

					DATA
			I do not believe I know Mister
			Whitley.

					CLEMENS
			No? He works at the County
			Assayer's Office... said you've
			been in there several times...
			claiming to be a geological
			engineer. Wanting information
			about mining operations during
			the 1850's...
				(beat)
			Remember him now?

					DATA
			I do not know the gentleman by
			name. I have spoken to several
			people in that office.

					CLEMENS
			Yes... I know. And in the Hall
			of Records... and the Geological
			Society... and a little-known
			mineral shop in Chinatown. You
			do get around, don't you?

    STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/06/92 - ACT TWO 16-17.      

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			As apparently you do, Mister
			Clemens.

					CLEMENS
				(chuckling)
			I must admit -- you've got me
			mystified.

	He moves toward Data's machine.

					CLEMENS
			This contraption, for instance.
			Very unusual. It looks quite --
			futuristic. Tell me -- might
			it have something to do with
			"time shifts"?

					DATA
			In a sense. The time shift is
			a new gearing system that I have
			invented... for a horseless
			carriage.

	Clemens glares at both of them, fed up with cat and
	mouse.

					CLEMENS
			Do not insult me.
				(moving to Data)
			You've come to this century and
			brought your infernal technology
			with you... for God only knows
			what purpose... but I have no
			doubt that it will be the people
			of this century who will suffer
			for it.

					GUINAN
			Mister Clemens, I think we've had
			quite enough of this. Mister
			Data's business is his own, and
			I'd thank you to leave.

  STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/10/92 - ACT TWO  18.

8    CONTINUED: (3)

					CLEMENS
			Pardon me, Madame, but it is
			my business... it is the business
			of all humanity, I believe, to
			stop both of you from whatever
			it is you are doing here. And
			that is what I intend to do.

	And he's out the door, leaving Data and Guinan relieved
	that he's gone, but mindful that he could be a lot of
	trouble before this is over.

9    EXT. INFIRMARY STREET - NEXT DAY

	Riker (still as a policeman) strolls the street in
	front of the infirmary, cordially doffing his hat at
	various passersby.

10   INT. INFIRMARY - CONTINUOUS

	Beverly, dressed as a nurse, wearing wire-rimmed
	glasses, is following DOCTOR APOLLINAIRE as he makes
	rounds. He seems to be a kindly doctor, but underneath
	lie the typical assumptions of 19th century sexism and
	racism. In the bg, Troi and Geordi (with dark glasses),
	are passing out little parcels to patients, chatting
	with them as they do. Geordi is carrying the tray of
	parcels.

	Doctor Apollinaire lifts the wrist of one moribund
	man, feels for a pulse.

  STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/10/92 - ACT TWO  19.

10   CONTINUED:

					DOCTOR APOLLINAIRE
			He won't last the day.

					BEVERLY
			Aren't we going to treat him?

					DOCTOR APOLLINAIRE
			I wish we could. But at this
			point there's nothing to be done.
			Unless you know of some miracle
			treatment.

	Beverly moves toward a medicine tray, picks up a
	vial.

					BEVERLY
			Why don't we try an alkaline
			saline solution... to counteract
			dehydration?

	Apollinaire gives her a disdainful look.

					DOCTOR APOLLINAIRE
			Nurse, if that were helpful,
			don't you think I would have
			ordered it?

	Beverly has to bite her tongue.

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT TWO    20.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					DOCTOR APOLLINAIRE
			Now, you finish the charts and
			leave the practice of medicine
			to me.

					BEVERLY
			Yes, Doctor.

	He moves to one end of the ward; Beverly moves toward
	Troi and Geordi, who are talking with a MALE PATIENT.
	Beverly slips her tricorder out of a pocket, and, as
	she studies a chart, surreptitiously scans the area.

10A  ON GEORDI AND TROI

					TROI
			... did your friend have any
			visitors before he died?

					MALE PATIENT
				(weakly)
			No... had no family... only people
			to come were doctor and nurse.

	Troi nods, pat his arm comfortingly and starts to move
	on.

					MALE PATIENT
			Very bad doctor.

	She turns back.

					MALE PATIENT
			Only spent time with one man.
			I ask for water... he ignore me.
			Others cry in pain... doctor does
			not care.
				(shakes his head)
			Very bad.

	Troi exchanges a glance with Geordi.

  STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/09/92 - ACT TWO  21.

11   EXT. INFIRMARY STREET - CONTINUOUS

	Riker continues his patrol as Picard approaches. He
	is dressed as a workman and carries a tool box.

					PICARD
			Hello, Officer. This the
			Infirmary?

					RIKER
			Yes. The entrance is right there.

	Riker watches as Picard moves toward the entrance.
	From behind him approach a tall, aristocratic couple, a
	DOCTOR and NURSE. The nurse carries a satchel; the
	doctor carries a cane... carved with a snake's head...
	as they pass Riker, he tips his hat to them. They move
	toward the entrance of the infirmary.

12   INT. INFIRMARY - A FEW MINUTES LATER

	Picard is fiddling with one of the gas lamps on the
	wall. Glancing around to make sure no one is watching,
	he inserts a small (TECH DEVICE) inside the lamp, then
	begins to replace the fixture. Doctor Apollinaire
	approaches.

					DOCTOR APOLLINAIRE
			Just what is it you're doing with
			those lamps?

					PICARD
			Replacing the wick screws. City
			ordinance... makes it safer in
			case of an earthquake.

					DOCTOR APOLLINAIRE
			There hasn't been an earthquake
			here in thirty years.

  STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/10/92 - ACT TWO  22.

12   CONTINUED:

	He finishes the lamp, picks up a tool box.

					PICARD
			That's it for this ward. Have
			to be moving on.

	He goes toward the door as Apollinaire looks after him,
	shaking his head scornfully.

					DOCTOR APOLLINAIRE
			Earthquakes...
				(to Beverly)
			Nurse, if you can handle things
			here, I have a meeting with the
			Board of Patrons.

					BEVERLY
			I'm sure I'll manage.

	He EXITS. Beverly takes out her tricorder and
	continues scanning. She moves toward Troi and Geordi,
	who has now put on his VISOR and is looking around the
	room.

					GEORDI
				(pointing)
			There... by that bed. I can see
			an afterimage of triolic waves.
			They were here recently... within
			the last twenty-four hours.

					BEVERLY
				(noting the bed)
			That's the bed where someone died
			last night...

					TROI
				(pointing to the male
				 patient)
			This man was complaining about
			a strange doctor and nurse who
			visited that patient.
				(to Geordi)
			They might still be in the
			hospital.

	Beverly nods and Troi and Geordi EXIT. Beverly
	continues scanning... when suddenly one of the patients
	goes into labored breathing. She is at his side in a
	moment... checks pulse and pupils.

   STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT TWO   22A.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

	She turns quickly to a medicine cart nearby, and
	quickly mixes two vials together, returns to the bed
	and tilts the man's head up so he can sip.

					BEVERLY
			This will make you more
			comfortable...

	The man swallows, falls back on the pillow. Beverly
	begins to sponge his brow.

13   ANGLE - ON DOOR

	as it opens and the tall, silent Alien Doctor and Nurse
	ENTER the ward. Beverly is working with the man at
	the other end of the room, her back toward them. The
	couple moves quickly to the bedside of a patient.

13A  ON THE GAS LAMP

	As a tiny red light begins to blink.

14   BEVERLY

	ministers to her patient... then hears the muffled
	sound of her tricorder. She looks up toward the gas
	lamp and sees --

14A  ON THE GAS LAMP

	the tiny red light blinking.

14B  BEVERLY

	looks toward the doctor and nurse.

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT TWO    23.

15   ON DOCTOR AND NURSE

	Their backs are toward her, blocking what they're
	doing.

16   BEVERLY

	pulls her communicator from a pocket and touches it,
	then stands and approaches the Alien Doctor and Nurse.

17   ANGLE - DOCTOR AND NURSE

					BEVERLY
			Do you need any help, Doctor?

17AA	INSERT - SATCHEL

	Unseen by Beverly, the Alien Nurse puts both hands
	on the satchel...

17AB	ON BEVERLY

	She takes the chart from the foot of the bed.

					BEVERLY
				(stalling)
			Doctor Apollinaire felt he had
			entered the algid stage... he was
			cyanotic, pulse unobservable...

17AC	INSERT - SATCHEL

	The Alien Nurse is slowly lifting the satchel.

17AD	ON BEVERLY

	She glances up, and spots the --

17A  SNAKE'S HEAD CANE

17B  BACK TO SCENE

					BEVERLY
			That's an interesting cane...

   STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT TWO   23A.

17B  CONTINUED:

	The Alien Nurse lifts the satchel and points it right
	toward Beverly, who doesn't know exactly what it will
	do, but can guess. Riker comes plunging through the
	door, phaser drawn.

					RIKER
			Hold it!

	The aliens whirl to see him... he's followed by Picard,
	Geordi (wearing his VISOR), and Troi with phasers. The
	Alien Doctor moves toward Geordi, lifting the cane to
	strike him with it, but --

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT TWO    24.

18   GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	grabs the cane with one hand and kicks the alien. The
	Alien Doctor reacts in rage, and lunges back toward
	Geordi; Riker gets off a phaser BLAST in between Geordi
	and the Alien Doctor, who stops in his tracks. He
	reaches out for the Alien Nurse and they --

19   ALIEN COUPLE (OPTICAL)

	crackle with the blue EFFECT of phase-shifting and
	vanish. There is the SOUND of windows breaking. Our
	group looks around, stunned. It's all happened so
	fast. Outside, there are voices reacting to the
	commotion, shouting, etc. Some patients react.

20   INT. DATA'S ROOM - CONTINUOUS - INTERCUTTING (OPTICAL)

	Data moves to his contraption, which is sounding an
	alarm, registering something like a seismograph. Data
	quickly unrolls a map and checks a location with the
	readings on the machine. Then he hurries for the door.

21   INT. INFIRMARY - CONTINUOUS

	An orderly runs in, followed by Doctor Apollinaire.
	(Geordi quickly removes his VISOR.)

					DOCTOR APOLLINAIRE
			What's all this? What's going
			on here?

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT TWO    25.

21   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Apparently a distraught
			relative... she became quite
			upset... we tried to calm her but
			she ran out.

					DOCTOR APOLLINAIRE
			I heard an explosion...

	The group looks innocently mystified.

					RIKER
				(as if he's just
				 arrived)
			How about it? You people see any
			explosion?

					TROI
			There was nothing like that,
			Officer...

					RIKER
			Okay, folks, I suggest you all
			clear out and let the patients
			have a little peace... sorry,
			Doctor.

	Apollinaire nods, trusting in the firm hand of the law.
	But at that moment, in runs another policeman -- this
	one legitimate.

					POLICEMAN
			People said there was gunfire in
			here... What's going on?

					RIKER
			Just a misunderstanding... I'm
			clearing these people out of here.

	The others start for the door as the policeman studies
	Riker.

					POLICEMAN
			I've never seen you before...

					RIKER
			Just got assigned this morning.
			Usually work downtown.

					POLICEMAN
			I worked downtown for three
			years... I don't remember you.

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT TWO    26.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

	He sees the others starting to leave.

					POLICEMAN
			Hold it!

	He approaches the group.

					POLICEMAN
			I'm going to ask all of you to
			come down to the station for
			questioning.
				(to Riker)
			Including you. Let's go...

	He spots the cane which Geordi holds.

					POLICEMAN
			Where'd you get that? That's a
			gentleman's cane.

	He takes it from Geordi, inspects it with a knowing eye
	-- this is valuable.

					POLICEMAN
			Never saw a cane like this before.
				(tucks it under his arm)
			I'll have to confiscate it.
			Evidence.

	Riker and Picard exchange glances. Riker steps toward
	the policeman.

					RIKER
			I want you to know... I have only
			the greatest respect for the law.

	And he decks him. Riker grabs the cane and the group
	runs for it (Geordi quickly putting his VISOR back on).
	The fallen policeman pulls his whistle and blows.

22   EXT. STREET - CONTINUOUS

	as they hurry out of the infirmary, they hear other
	police whistles blowing. Police are hurrying, on foot,
	toward them.

23   ANGLE - DATA IN CARRIAGE

	Rushing toward them is a horse-drawn carriage driven
	by Data. The group reacts in amazement.

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT TWO    27.

23   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Data!

	Data has assessed the situation and pulls to a halt.

					GEORDI
			Boy, am I glad to see you!

					DATA
			I would suggest we postpone our
			greetings for another occasion.

					PICARD
				(climbing in)
			Agreed. Let's get out of here.

	As the policeman from inside the infirmary runs out,
	they all quickly pile on and Data starts the horse up
	again. The carriage charges up the street, past the
	converging policemen, who blow their whistles loudly
	but in vain.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT THREE   28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

24   EXT. VICTORIAN BOARDING HOUSE - NEXT DAY - STOCK

25   INT. BOARDING HOUSE ROOM - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	The crew investigates the cane.

					GEORDI
			If we tune a phaser to the
			approximate frequency of triolic
			waves, and lay down a field
			burst... it might respond.

	Picard nods, and Geordi sets his phaser, then
	carefully fires a gentle burst -- not directly at the
	cane -- which creates a field. It envelops the cane,
	and it --

 STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/09/92 - ACT THREE 29.

26   CANE - INSERT (OPTICAL)

	comes to writhing life as the time snake, then goes
	back to the cane.

					TROI'S VOICE
			The ophidian the aliens were
			carrying...

27   BACK TO SCENE (OPTICAL)

	as a number of little "time holes" open up all over the
	room, then fizzle out. Beverly, Data, and Geordi have
	all been reading their tricorders in these brief
	seconds. (Beverly's glasses are in a pocket.)

					RIKER
			What the...

					GEORDI
			Minute space-time distortions...
			like the one we saw on Devidia
			Two...

					RIKER
			But they were so small... and
			they only lasted a second...

					DATA
			The aliens seem to have the
			ability to concentrate the
			distortion -- and direct it toward
			a specific time and destination.

					BEVERLY
			Maybe they have something... a
			-- mechanism, that focuses it.

					GEORDI
			Any device like that would produce
			significant levels of triolic
			waves...
				(recalling)
			... like the ones in the cavern
			where Data's head was found.

					DATA
			I have located that cavern --

 STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/08/92 - ACT THREE 30.

27   CONTINUED:

	Before he can finish, there's a knock at the door.

					MRS. CARMICHAEL'S VOICE
			Mister Picard!

	The group exchanges glances... they still don't have
	the rent money. No one responds.

					MRS. CARMICHAEL'S VOICE
			I know you're in there! Open the
			door!

	Picard makes a silent gesture to the others; they go in
	to a pre-arranged plan. Geordi removes his VISOR and
	puts on the dark glasses.

 STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/09/92 - ACT THREE 31.

28   ON TROI

	as she walks toward the door, opens it and smiles at
	Mrs. Carmichael.

					TROI
			Mrs. Carmichael... thank goodness
			you're here.

	And before Mrs. Carmichael can speak, Troi pulls her
	in. Over this, we hear:

					DATA/PUCK
			How now, spirit! whither wander
			you?

					BEVERLY/FAIRY
			Over hill, over dale, Through
			bush, through brier, Over park,
			over pale...

29   ANGLE - THE GROUP

	Data, Riker, and Beverly are in a "rehearsal" of
	Midsummer Night's Dream; Picard is the director. He
	turns and, seeing Mrs. Carmichael, gestures grandly.

					PICARD
			Ah -- just in time! We need
			someone to read a part...

	He presses a playbook in her hands, points to a
	passage.

					MRS. CARMICHAEL
			Mister Picard, I need to be
			talkin' to you...

	Ignoring her, Picard waves at Oberon to begin.

 STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/10/92 - ACT THREE 32.

29   CONTINUED:

					RIKER/OBERON
			Ill met by moonlight, proud
			Titania.

					PICARD
			Now, Mrs. Carmichael...
				(points insistently)
			Right there...

					RIKER/OBERON
				(again)
			Ill met by moonlight, proud
			Titania.

	Mrs. Carmichael looks at Picard, perplexed, and at the
	book. She takes a breath.

					MRS. CARMICHAEL
				(woodenly - awful)
			What, jealous Oberon. Fairies
			skip hence. I have foresworn his
			bed and company.

					PICARD
			Well, I don't need to hear any
			more. That was -- truly unique.

	She glances up at him.

					MRS. CARMICHAEL
			Really?

					PICARD
			I think we've found our Titania...
				(to the others)
			... don't you agree?

	The group responds with nods and murmurs of
	appreciation.

 STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/07/92 - ACT THREE 33.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					MRS. CARMICHAEL
			Well... I did do a church play
			when I was a lass...

					PICARD
			You see? We'll begin rehearsals
			tomorrow.

	A long pause.

					MRS. CARMICHAEL
			What theatre did you say?

30   EXT. VICTORIAN BOARDING HOUSE - SAME DAY

	The carriage in which the crew made their escape
	stands in front of the boarding house. The Alien
	Doctor and Nurse walk slowly toward it, look at it,
	and exchange glances... this is the one. Then they
	walk slowly on by.

30A  INT. DATA'S HOTEL ROOM

	Guinan is there, pacing. She hears a key in the lock
	and whirls toward the door. It opens and Data ENTERS.

					GUINAN
			There you are! I have good news
			-- we can get into the Presidio
			--

	She stops as Picard, close on Data's heels, ENTERS
	also.

					DATA
			It is all right.

	Picard smiles at the sight of this nineteenth century
	Guinan in her finery. But of course she doesn't know
	him, and addresses Data.

					GUINAN
			General Mallory is usually a
			stickler for the rules... but I
			happen to know that his wife
			thinks she's a singer. So I told
			him she simply must perform at
			my next gathering... and the rules
			just... disappeared.

	She feels Picard's look, and turns to him, regards him
	curiously.

					GUINAN
			You know me...

 STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/10/92 - ACT THREE 34.

30A  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Very well.

					GUINAN
			Do I know you?

					PICARD
			Not yet. But you will.

	She scrutinizes him carefully... there is an instant
	chemistry between them, in this, their true first
	meeting.

31   EXT. INFIRMARY STREET - SAME DAY

	Start on Clemens, standing among a few by-standers,
	chomping his cigar and listening to the end of a
	conversation.

					YOUNG REPORTER
			Thanks for your help, Officer.

					POLICEMAN
			Make sure you put in the part
			about me spotting that phony
			policeman.

					YOUNG REPORTER
			Yessir, I will.

	The Young Reporter turns away and starts reading
	through his notes; Clemens saunters up to him.

 STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/10/92 - ACT THREE 35.

31   CONTINUED:

					CLEMENS
			H'lo, son...

					YOUNG REPORTER
				(a little surprised)
			Mister Clemens... what brings you
			here?

					CLEMENS
			A writer's curiosity...

	He glances around to see if they're being overheard,
	moves a little closer to the reporter.

					CLEMENS
			I heard two people vanished into
			thin air in this Infirmary.

					YOUNG REPORTER
				(checking pad)
			One of the patients said that,
			yessir. But the police deny it.

					CLEMENS
			I'll bet they do...

					YOUNG REPORTER
			They say a band of outlaws set
			off an explosion in the
			hospital... then escaped.

					CLEMENS
			What did these outlaws look like?

					YOUNG REPORTER
				(reading)
			The carriage they escaped in was
			driven by an albino...

					CLEMENS
			Ah. Mister Data.

	The reporter stares at him.

					YOUNG REPORTER
			You know him?

					CLEMENS
			You bet I do. You say there
			were others with him?

 STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/10/92 - ACT THREE 35A.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

					YOUNG REPORTER
				(checking)
			Yes -- at least a dozen.

					CLEMENS
			His accomplices... they've come
			from the future -- my God, it's
			an invasion.

	The reporter is increasingly amazed. Clemens turns
	away to hail a carriage. The reporter follows.

					YOUNG REPORTER
			An invasion... from the future?
			Mister Clemens... what can you
			tell me about this? Do you have
			any proof?

					CLEMENS
			Young man... when's your deadline?

					YOUNG REPORTER
			Five o'clock, sir.

 STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/10/92 - ACT THREE 36.

31   CONTINUED: (3)

	Clemens enters the carriage, pulls out his pocket watch
	(the one seen in Part I).

					CLEMENS
			I'll meet you at your paper at
			four-thirty... with a story that
			will make your career.

					YOUNG REPORTER
			Thanks, Mister Clemens...

					CLEMENS
			Take me to the Presidio, driver.
			And don't spare the whip.

32   INT. CAVERN - LATER

	Geordi and Riker are in one tunnel of the cavern, using
	their tricorders.

					RIKER
			The triolic levels are as high
			as they were on Devidia Two...
				(lowers tricorder)
			... but no indication of any
			control mechanism.

					GEORDI
			I'm not so sure.

	Geordi is peering at the cavern walls through his
	VISOR.

					GEORDI
			My VISOR is picking up crystalline
			fractures. These cavern walls
			have undergone some kind of
			selective molecular polarization.

	He moves along the wall, still peering intently.

					GEORDI
			In fact, if I'm right... this
			whole cavern has been configured
			to focus the space-time
			distortion... just like a lens.

 STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/08/92 - ACT THREE 36A.

32   CONTINUED:

	They have reached the part of the cavern where the
	others are scanning.

32A  ANOTHER PART OF THE CAVERN (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Troi, Beverly (glasses still in pocket),
	Data, and Guinan; all but the latter are scanning.
	Geordi and Riker join them.

					GEORDI
			Captain, we think we're on to
			something. The cavern itself
			seems to be acting as a focusing
			mechanism... and I'm betting the
			same is true of their habitat
			back on Devidia Two.

					PICARD
			If we can get back there... and
			destroy that site... can we put
			an end to their time
			traveling... ?

					RIKER
			We have the ophidian...

					GEORDI
			But I don't know if it will work.
			The energy our phasers generate
			may not be entirely compatible
			with the ophidian.

	Picard hesitates for only an instant.

					PICARD
			We have no choice but to try.

					CLEMENS' VOICE
			An event I would most certainly
			enjoy witnessing...

   STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT THREE   37.

32A  CONTINUED:

					CLEMENS
				(gestures with the gun)
			Move along... I suspect even
			time travellers are vulnerable
			to a Colt Forty-Five.
				(removes watch, glances
				 at it)
			Let's go -- I've made a young
			fellow a promise and I don't want
			to be late.

	But before anyone can move, there is a blue phasing
	EFFECT -- and the Alien Doctor and Nurse phase in...
	the others don't have a chance to react when the Alien
	Doctor snatches the cane from Troi.

33   ANGLE - THE ALIENS (OPTICAL)

	They activate the snake just as Data dives at them with
	his super speed -- he grabs for the snake just as it
	flares into action... there is a sonic boom and a hole
	of blinding white light begins to open -- right in
	Data's body.

34   DATA'S BODY (OPTICAL)

	disappears, his head goes flying off and onto the
	cavern floor...

35   GUINAN AND CLEMENS

	are flung backwards by the force of the opening...
	Guinan striking her head on a rock outcropping and
	falling unconscious... Clemens' pistol and watch go
	flying...

36   ANGLE - THE GROUP (OPTICAL)

	The Alien Nurse has been wounded and is lying on the
	ground. The Alien Doctor hesitates briefly... then
	plunges through the hole.

					PICARD
				(to the others)
			Follow him!

	Riker, Geordi, Troi, and Beverly hurry through the
	hole; Picard starts after them, then stops and looks
	back at Guinan. He goes to her, kneels by her side,
	realizing she's badly hurt, feeling her pulse.

   STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT THREE   38.

37   CLEMENS (OPTICAL)

	stands up, staring at the time hole through which the
	others have vanished. He hesitates for an instant,
	glances at Picard, and then, as the hole is beginning
	to close, he dashes forward and jumps through. The
	hole closes. The cavern is quiet. Picard is now
	trapped in the 19th century.

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

   STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT FOUR   39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

38   EXT. PLANET SURFACE (OPTICAL)

	As seen in Part I, but not phase-shifted (i.e., we
	don't see the aliens or their environment.) The group
	is picking themselves up, shaking off the effects of
	the violent transport.

					RIKER
			Is everybody all right?

					BEVERLY
			I think so...

	She pulls her tricorder... begins checking... and then
	Riker sees Clemens.

					RIKER
			You--!

					CLEMENS
				(rising to his feet,
				 brushing himself off)
			Where are we -- and when is this?

					RIKER
			It's the twenty-fourth century...
			this is Devidia Two -- and you
			shouldn't be here.

					CLEMENS
			Seems to me I have as much right
			to be in your time as you had to
			be in mine. You see, sir, I
			wanted to see how you've conducted
			my future affairs.

					TROI
			Your future affairs?

					CLEMENS
			The affairs of mankind.

					RIKER
			Don't you see -- the disappearance
			of Mark Twain... one of the most
			noted literary figures of the
			nineteenth century...

   STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT FOUR   40.

38   CONTINUED:

					CLEMENS
			Thank you...

					RIKER
			... that's not supposed to happen.

					CLEMENS
			I have only taken advantage of
			an irresistible occasion... as
			any good writer would.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Away Team...
			acknowledge.

					RIKER
			We're here, Mister Worf. How long
			have we been gone?

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			You have been off sensor displays
			for almost nine days, sir.

					RIKER
			Stand by to transport five...

					GEORDI
				(from a slight distance)
			Commander...

	They move to see that Geordi has found Data's body...
	hand still holding the time-snake, now back to the
	shape of a cane. They regard it sadly.

					RIKER
			Mister Worf... six to transport.

  STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/07/92 - ACT FOUR  41.

39   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	The group, including Data's body, MATERIALIZES on the
	transporter pad. Clemens reacts to the experience...
	this has been quite a day for him...

					CLEMENS
			Where are we... ?

					RIKER
			The Federation Starship
			Enterprise.
				(to transporter chief)
			Chief, call security. We need
			an escort for this man.

					CLEMENS
				(bristling)
			Security? What for?

	At this point, the door slides open and WORF ENTERS.
	Clemens stares at him, astonished.

					CLEMENS
			A werewolf...

	But Worf is no less astonished at this array of people
	garbed in 19th century clothing.

					RIKER
			It's a long story, Mister Worf...
			I'll brief you later.

					GEORDI
				(to Transporter Chief)
			Have Data's body brought to the
			Medical Lab. I'm going to try
			to re-attach the head we have.

					BEVERLY
				(skeptical)
			That head is almost five hundred
			years old...

					GEORDI
			It's the best chance we've got.

	And he's gone.

   STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT FOUR   42.

39   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			I want Mister Clemens here under
			escort at all times.

					TROI
			Commander... perhaps I could
			handle that. I'd be happy to take
			Mister Clemens to quarters.

	Riker realizes Troi is offering to make things smoother
	for this unexpected monkey wrench, and is grateful.

					RIKER
			Good idea.
				(to Clemens)
			If you would accompany the
			Counselor...

	Clemens regards her. A handsome woman, indeed.

					CLEMENS
			Madame... I'd be delighted.

	He offers her his arm and Troi takes it; they move
	toward the door.

					CLEMENS
			So this is a space ship, eh? Did
			you ever run into Halley's comet?

40   INT. CAVERN - 19TH CENTURY EARTH

	Picard is with Guinan... he has bandaged her head with
	material from her cape (or something). She is
	regaining consciousness... tries to sit up.

					GUINAN
			Whoa... everything's spinning...

					PICARD
			Don't try to sit up too quickly...
			you've lost a lot of blood.

					GUINAN
			Where'd... everybody go... ?

					PICARD
			I hope they're safely back on the
			Enterprise by now.

	She closes her eyes, fighting to remain conscious.

   STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT FOUR   43.

40   CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			You're still here...

					PICARD
			You were hurt. I had to make sure
			you were all right.

	She opens her eyes part way, looks at him.

					GUINAN
			You stayed here... for that... ?

					PICARD
			I can't very well let anything
			happen to you... you're far too
			important to me.

	Guinan smiles faintly... she is fading.

					GUINAN
			You know... so much about me...

					PICARD
			Believe me, in the future the
			tables will be turned.

					GUINAN
			We... become friends...

					PICARD
			It goes beyond friendship.

					GUINAN
			But... I have to wait... almost
			five hundred years...
				(beat)
			And when we meet... I won't be
			able to tell you about this, will
			I?

					PICARD
			No. Because for me, it won't have
			happened yet.

	She smiles, shaking her head at this puzzlement. As
	she does, she spots Data's head on the floor of the
	cavern.

					GUINAN
			What happened... ?

	Picard rises, moves to the head, saddened by the
	tragedy he had hoped to avoid.

  STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/06/92 - ACT FOUR  44.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			History fulfilling itself...

41   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Riker with Guinan at the bar.

					GUINAN
			History has to fulfill itself.
			Even Picard knew that.

					RIKER
			You were there, in the cavern.
			You know what happened. What
			am I supposed to do?

	She gazes at him, implacable. She is silent. His
	frustration mounts.

					RIKER
			Damn it, Guinan, don't play games
			with me... I need answers.

					GUINAN
			If I tell you what happened in
			that cavern, it would affect any
			decision you're about to make.
			I can't do that. I won't do that.

					RIKER
			Not telling me might affect my
			decision, too... did you think
			of that?

	She does not respond. Riker leans in to her,
	frustrated.

					RIKER
			We're talking about Jean-Luc
			Picard. I'm not going to sit
			around and hope it all works
			out... I've got to do something...

	He waits, hoping she'll relent. But she holds his gaze
	unflinchingly. Finally, angry at her stubbornness, he
	gets up and EXITS. Guinan stares after him, her
	thoughts, as always, her own.

    STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT FOUR 45-46.       

42
thru	OMITTED
43

43A  INT. CORRIDOR

	Clemens walking with Troi; she's been giving him a tour
	of the ship. A strange-looking alien passes them in
	the hall. Clemens stares, turns to look at him as he
	walks by.

					CLEMENS
			Any place that doesn't stock a
			good cigar doesn't rank high in
			my book.

					TROI
			If you must have one, I'm sure
			we could replicate it for you.

					CLEMENS
				(pained)
			You think one of those --
			imitations -- could take the place
			of a hand-wrapped Havana?

					TROI
				(mildly)
			I wouldn't know...

					CLEMENS
			That's the problem I see here...
			all this technology... it only
			serves to take away life's simple
			pleasures. You don't even let
			a man open a door for a lady.

					TROI
			I think what we've gained
			outweighs anything that might have
			been lost...

       STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/08/92 - ACT FOUR      47.

43A  CONTINUED:

					CLEMENS
			Oh? I'm not so impressed with
			this future... huge starships...
			weapons that can no doubt destroy
			entire cities... military conquest
			as a way of life.

	She looks sidelong at him.

					TROI
			Is that what you see here?

					CLEMENS
			Oh, I know what you say... this
			is a vessel of exploration... your
			mission is to, discover new
			worlds...

	The Turbolift arrives. A strange alien EXITS. Clemens
	reacts, stares after him. They ENTER the Turbolift.

43B  INT. TURBOLIFT

					TROI
			Deck thirty-six.

					CLEMENS
			That's what the Spanish said...
			and the Dutch, and the Portuguese.
			It's what all conquerors say...
				(beat)
			I'm sure it's what you told that
			blue skinned fellow I just
			saw... before you brought him
			here to serve you.

					TROI
			He's one of thousands of species
			we've encountered. We live in
			a peaceful Federation with many
			of them... the people you see are
			here by choice.

	Clemens ponders this for a moment.

					CLEMENS
			So there are a privileged few...
			who serve on these ships, living
			in luxury, wanting for nothing.
			But what about everyone else?
			What about the poor? You ignore
			them...

        STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT FOUR       48.

43B  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Poverty was eliminated a long time
			ago. And a lot of things
			disappeared with it:
			hopelessness... despair...
			cruelty... war...

	He regards her solemnly. He's beginning to realize
	that his dark view is misplaced.

					CLEMENS
			I come from a time when men
			achieve wealth and power by
			standing on the backs of the
			poor... when prejudice and
			intolerance are commonplace...
			when power is an end unto
			itself...
				(beat)
			And you're telling me... that
			isn't how it is anymore?

					TROI
			That's right.

					CLEMENS
				(with a sigh)
			Maybe it is worth giving up cigars
			for, after all...

	Troi smiles... the Turbolift door opens and they EXIT.

43C  INT. CORRIDOR

	Outside the Medical Lab.

					CLEMENS
			Tell me.... how long was it...
			before things began to change?

					TROI
			A long time. The people of your
			lifetime won't see it.

	Clemens nods solemnly. They have reached the Medical
	Lab.

44   INT. MEDICAL LAB

	As they ENTER, they see Geordi has re-attached Data's
	body and four-hundred-year-old head.

        STAR TREK: "Time's Arrow, Pt. 2" - 7/02/92 - ACT FOUR      48A.

44   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Is it working?

	He shakes his head sadly.

					GEORDI
			Not so far. His restart units
			won't initialize.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/08/92 - ACT FOUR      49.

44   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
			I thought his buffering program
			would have protected them... but
			I guess five hundred years was
			just too long a wait.

	Clemens notices something on a nearby table... picks
	up the watch from the cavern.

					CLEMENS
			My watch...

					GEORDI
			It was found in the cavern... near
			Data's head.
				(beat)
			After five hundred years, I
			doubt that it'll work either.

	Clemens puts the watch back and regards the lifeless
	android sadly.

					CLEMENS
			Mister Data... I fear I sadly
			misjudged you.
				(beat)
			As I have misjudged many things.

	He exchanges a look with Troi... who realizes this is
	a man with a lot to think about.

45   INT. CAVERN - 19TH CENTURY EARTH (OPTICAL)

	The alien nurse is stirring... phasing slightly from
	her human to her alien form because she is so badly
	injured. Picard goes toward her.

					PICARD
			Can you communicate?

	There is a pause... and then she speaks in a strange,
	gutteral voice (electronically enhanced).

					ALIEN NURSE
			Yes...

					PICARD
			Are you injured?

					ALIEN NURSE
				(beat)
			Why have you interfered?

       STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/07/92 - ACT FOUR     49A.

45   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You hunt us... you kill us. We
			cannot allow that.

					ALIEN NURSE
			We need your energy...

       STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/08/92 - ACT FOUR      50.

45   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Perhaps we could find a
			substitute...

					ALIEN NURSE
			No... there is none... we must
			continue.

					PICARD
			We cannot allow that.
				(beat)
			We know how you move back and
			forth through time... my crew
			has returned to the twenty-fourth
			century to destroy your transport
			site on Devidia Two --

					ALIEN NURSE
			Destroy it?

	She fixes her dying eyes on him... a mirthless smile
	appears on her lips.

					ALIEN NURSE
			Your weapons will only amplify
			the time distortion... you will
			annihilate your own world...

	She phases out of existence. Picard is left to ponder
	the implications of her words.

46   OMITTED

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         


       STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/10/92 - ACT FIVE      51.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

47   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Troi, Beverly, and Worf are there as Riker ENTERS
	briskly.

					RIKER
			I'm going back for the Captain...
			Mister Worf, prepare an Away Team
			to accompany me to the surface.
				(to Beverly)
			Doctor, I need to know anything
			you can tell me about that
			ophidian.

					BEVERLY
			I've just started running some
			tests. If I could have a few
			hours...

					RIKER
			We can't give the aliens any
			more time...

					BEVERLY
			Wil, I haven't been able to
			determine if our phaser energy
			can generate a stable field.
			The risk would be --

					RIKER
			I accept the risk.

	Beverly EXITS as:

					WORF
			Sir... permission to speak
			frankly?

       STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/10/92 - ACT FIVE      52.

47   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Go ahead.

					WORF
			Our priority is to stop the aliens
			from making any more incursions
			to Earth. Any delay is
			unacceptable.

					RIKER
			If I can save Captain Picard, I
			consider it very acceptable.

					WORF
			The Captain would not.
				(beat)
			I recommend we target photon
			torpedoes on the alien habitat
			and destroy it immediately.

	Riker gives him a look. Then he glances toward Troi.

					TROI
			He's right, Wil.

	There is a long moment. Riker has no answer.
	Finally... with great difficulty...

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, power up the
			photons. Inform me when you're
			ready.

48   INT. MEDICAL LAB (OPTICAL)

	Geordi is still tinkering with Data's head, which is
	attached to the body but not functioning.

					GEORDI
			Computer... calibrate the power
			flow polarity selector...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Polarity selector is calibrated.

					GEORDI
			Computer... initialize the
			re-load circuits.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Re-load circuits are initializing.

       STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/09/92 - ACT FIVE     52A.

48   CONTINUED:

	As Geordi reaches down and switches Data "on":

					GEORDI
			C'mon, Data... this ought to do
			it...

	But Data remains as dead as ever. Geordi deflates.

       STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/10/92 - ACT FIVE      53.

48   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Okay, Computer... deactivate the
			polarity selector.
				(beat, to himself)
			I don't get it... why isn't this
			working?

	He closes the panel, opens another one, fiddles in it.

					GEORDI
			Computer, run a diagnostic on the
			input polarizers.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			There is intermittent contact
			in the input polarizers.

					GEORDI
			Intermittent?

	He selects an instrument, with which he scans the
	opening... frowns, noticing something. He probes in
	the opening for a second, then... pulls out a tiny
	particle of something, peers at it.

					GEORDI
			An iron filing... how did that
			get in there?

49   INT. CAVERN - 19TH CENTURY EARTH

	Guinan is unconscious; Picard checks Guinan's pulse
	and is satisfied that she is all right. He glances
	over and sees --

49A  DATA'S HEAD

	lying on the ground.

49B  PICARD

	considers it for a moment, and then walks over, picks
	it up. An idea occurs to him. He snaps open a panel
	in the back of the head and studies it.

       STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/09/92 - ACT FIVE      54.

49B  CONTINUED:

	Then he looks around on the cavern floor... spots
	something, picks it up. It is a flat-head nail.

	Using the nail, he begins to fiddle in the back of
	Data's head. He frowns slightly... he's not sure of
	this procedure, it is awkward and unfamiliar. He holds
	the nail up to the light for a moment, squints at it...
	scrapes some rust from the tip... and begins once more
	to do something in the back of Data's head.

49C  INT. BRIDGE

	Riker, Worf, and N.D.'s as needed.

					WORF
			Commander, I have set the photons
			to fire in staggered rounds,
			detonating in ten-second
			intervals.

					RIKER
			Very well. Fire when ready.

					WORF
			The sequence will be ready to
			initiate in one minute.

50   INT. MEDICAL LAB (OPTICAL)

	Geordi speaks with mounting excitement.

					GEORDI
			Computer, try another diagnostic
			on the input polarizers.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Polarizer circuits are
			functioning.

					GEORDI
			Then that should do it...

	Geordi reaches to Data's back and switches him "on"...

					GEORDI
			Okay, Data... come on, now...

51   CLOSE ON DATA'S HAND

	There's a little twitch... then another... then the
	hand clenches and unclenches.

       STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/09/92 - ACT FIVE     54A.

52   ANGLE ON DATA

	He sits up, looks around, and focuses on Geordi.

       STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/10/92 - ACT FIVE      55.

52   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			...torpedoes... don't phasing...
			aliens...

	Geordi stares at him. Data's head twitches a bit,
	then...

					DATA
			I am processing a binary message
			that was entered into my static
			memory by Captain Picard.
				(beat, still processing)
			Geordi, are we planning to fire
			on the alien habitat?

					GEORDI
			Yeah, but --

					DATA
			It is imperative that we do not.
			I will explain later.

	Geordi doesn't hesitate.

					GEORDI
			La Forge to Riker -- hold your
			fire!

                                             CUT TO:

53   OMITTED

54   INT. BRIDGE - LATER

	Data, Geordi, Riker, and Beverly at the Aft Science
	Station.

					DATA
			The binary message left by the
			Captain is not entirely clear.
				(processing again)
			He seemed to be concerned about
			the phase differential of our
			photon torpedoes... that firing
			them might produce a catastrophic
			effect.

					BEVERLY
			Then how do we destroy their
			habitat?

       STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/10/92 - ACT FIVE     55A.

54   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			If I am correct... we must modify
			our weapons so that the force of
			the explosion is re-phased into
			the aliens' time continuum.

	Riker casts a look at Geordi.

					GEORDI
			If we outfit the photons with
			phase discriminators... we could
			get the necessary variance.

					RIKER
			How long will it take you?

					GEORDI
			At least a couple of hours.

	Riker realizes this gives him a window of opportunity.

					RIKER
			Fine. That'll give me time to
			go get him.

					DATA
			Sir?

					RIKER
			There's time now... I'm going
			back to the nineteenth century
			for the Captain.
				(to Beverly)
			Doctor... ?

					BEVERLY
			My analysis of the phasers
			suggests you'd be able to open
			a rift... but it won't be stable
			enough to transport more than one
			person.

					RIKER
			You mean... if I go back... only
			one of us could return.

					BEVERLY
			That's right.

					CLEMENS' VOICE
			Then I have the perfect solution
			for you.

       STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/09/92 - ACT FIVE      56.

54   CONTINUED: (2)

	They turn to see that Clemens has come off the
	Turbolift with Troi and has overheard the discussion.

					CLEMENS
			I'm the one who should return to
			the nineteenth century,
			Commander... and remain there
			so your Captain can return.

					RIKER
			There's a risk... we're not
			certain how stable the rift will
			be...

					CLEMENS
				(waving him off)
			There's risk in everything. The
			point is -- it's the right choice.
			I have more books to write... your
			Captain has a job to do here...

					RIKER
			Mister La Forge... brief him on
			what he'll need to do.

	Clemens looks at Data, moves toward him, an
	unaccustomed smile on his lips.

					CLEMENS
			I'm glad I have the chance to
			thank you.

					DATA
			For what?

					CLEMENS
			For starting me on the greatest
			adventure a man's ever had. For
			helping a bitter old man open his
			eyes... so he can see that the
			future turns out pretty well,
			after all.

	He claps Data on the shoulder and turns to Geordi.
	The two move toward the Turbolift.

       STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/09/92 - ACT FIVE      57.

55   INT. CAVERN - 19TH CENTURY EARTH

	Guinan moans and stirs; Picard moves to her.

					PICARD
			Guinan...

					GUINAN
			...thirsty...

					PICARD
			I'm going to get help. We have
			to get you out of here...

					GUINAN
			...wait... stay a while... maybe
			they'll come for you...

					PICARD
			No. You need help.

	Suddenly they hear footsteps off in the darkness of
	a tunnel. Picard pulls his phaser, stands, at the
	ready. The footsteps grow closer... and then Clemens
	emerges into the light, out of breath and puffing.

					CLEMENS
			This thing put me down in the
			middle of Market Street. It took
			forever to get here...

	Picard stares at him, surprised.

55A  INT. BRIDGE

	Riker, Worf, others.

					WORF
			Sir, Commander La Forge has
			completed the re-configuration
			of the photon torpedoes.

	Riker hesitates. He doesn't want to have to fire.

       STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/09/92 - ACT FIVE     57A.

55A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			If Clemens got back, the Captain
			should have been here by now.

					WORF
			We have no way of knowing if
			Mister Clemens was successful.

	Another silence.

					RIKER
			Re-establish your firing pattern,
			Mister Worf. We'll wait five more
			minutes.

					WORF
			Yes, Commander.

       STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/07/92 - ACT FIVE      58.

55B  INT. CAVERN - 19TH CENTURY EARTH

	Clemens with Guinan and Picard.

					CLEMENS
			No time for chit-chat, sir...
				(hands Picard the cane)
			According to Mister La Forge --
			who did get your message by the
			way -- a frequency setting of
			point-oh-four-seven on your phaser
			will correctly activate this
			creature.

					PICARD
			You'll have to get help. Guinan
			needs medical attention...

					CLEMENS
			I promise you she will be attended
			to.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			We have a bill at Mrs.
			Carmichael's boarding house --

					CLEMENS
			It will be settled.

					PICARD
			Thank you.
				(beat)
			I wish time had allowed me to know
			you better...

					CLEMENS
			You'll just have to read my books.
			What I am is pretty much there.

	Picard turns to Guinan...

					GUINAN
			I'll see you in five hundred
			years, Picard.

	He smiles at her...

					PICARD
			I'll see you... in a few minutes.

	And on their looks --

       STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/09/92 - ACT FIVE      59.

56   INT. BRIDGE

	Data sees something on his sensors.

					DATA
			Commander... I am picking up
			massive triolic wave activity on
			the surface.

					RIKER
				(instantly alert)
			Is it the Captain?

					DATA
			There are no human life signs.

	Riker frowns... what does this new wrinkle mean?

					RIKER
			No sign of a temporal distortion?

					DATA
			No, sir. But triolic activity
			is increasing.

					RIKER
				(resigned)
			The aliens...

	Riker realizes he cannot wait.

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, are the photons
			ready?

					WORF
			Yes, sir.

					RIKER
				(beat)
			Fire.

56A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as four torpedoes are projected from the ship.

       STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/09/92 - ACT FIVE      60.

56B  INT. BRIDGE

	as before.

					WORF
			Torpedoes away, sir.

					DATA
			Commander -- I am detecting a
			temporal distortion on the
			surface... and human life signs.

	Riker reacts with alarm.

56C
thru	OMITTED
57

58   EXT. PLANET SURFACE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, groggy and disoriented, lies on the ground.

	Suddenly an EXPLOSION rips through the chamber,
	illuminating it in a white light. As the light floods
	the area, we can see the shapes of the aliens, their
	phased world revealed from the effect of the
	re-configured torpedoes. Almost immediately that world
	shimmers out.

59   INT. BRIDGE

					RIKER
			O'Brien -- get him out of there!

59A  EXT. PLANET SURFACE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, jarred by the explosion, is groggily awake...
	almost immediately, the transporter EFFECT shimmers on
	him -- and then there is an overwhelming EXPLOSION: the
	light is a brilliant white that completely wipes the
	screen.

59B  INT. BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Transporter Room -- do you have
			him?

	A beat, then --

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			He does indeed, Commander. And
			believe me... it's good to be
			back.

       STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/08/92 - ACT FIVE      61.

59B  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			We have destroyed the target, sir.
			There is no further indication
			of triolic activity.

	Riker lets out a sigh of relief.

					RIKER
			Ensign, lay in a course to the
			nearest Starbase. Warp six.

60
thru	OMITTED
61

62   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	warps off to continuing adventures.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46001.3.

62A  INT. TEN FORWARD

	Picard ENTERS... spots Guinan behind the bar... walks
	to her and sits down. She gives him a smile... he
	smiles back. There are no words spoken, but the
	reunion of good friends is a poignant one. Over this:

       STAR TREK: "Time's... , Pt. 2" - REV. 7/08/92 - ACT FIVE     61A.

62A  CONTINUED:

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Everyone who should be in the
			nineteenth century is safely
			there, and those who should be
			in the twenty-fourth are here.
			Mister Data has been restored to
			us, head and all... and Samuel
			Clemens will write the books he
			was to have written after our
			encounter.

63   INT. CAVERN - 19TH CENTURY EARTH

	A pair of litter-bearers are carrying Guinan out of the
	cavern. Clemens looks down at her.

					CLEMENS
			Be careful not to jostle her too
			much, boys...
				(to Guinan)
			Don't worry... you're going to
			be fine...

	He watches as she is carried past him... then he turns
	and looks back into the interior of the cavern. His
	eye is caught by something on the ground.

	He moves forward, stoops... and picks up his watch,
	fallen there after the time-hole was opened. He opens
	it... looks at it... snaps it shut and starts to put it
	in his pocket.

	But then he reconsiders. The watch... like the gun and
	the glasses, and Data's head, must remain here, if
	history is to remain intact. He puts the watch back on
	the ground... looks around again, then turns and EXITS.

	Camera DRIFTS into the cavern... into a darkened
	corner... and we see Data's HEAD... waiting to be
	discovered again five hundred years in the future.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             















                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "Realm of Fear" 
                          #40276-228 
                              
                          Written by 
                         Brannon Braga 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT

                        JULY 15, 1992


         STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 07/15/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Realm of Fear" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             BARCLAY
                RIKER              ADMIRAL HAYES
                DATA               SCIENCE SHIP CREWMEMBER
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                                   Non-Speaking
                                     DEAD CREWMEMBER
                O'BRIEN              THREE CREWMEMBERS
                NURSE OGAWA        
                COMPUTER VOICE     

                Non-Speaking       
                  BARTENDER          
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  ENSIGN DERN        

         STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 07/15/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Realm of Fear" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     PLASMA STREAMER
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              SICKBAY                  SCIENCE SHIP
              ENGINEERING
              CORRIDOR
              TEN FORWARD
              BARCLAY'S QUARTERS
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              TROI'S OFFICE
          
            SCIENCE SHIP
              SCIENCE OPS.

     STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - TEASER     1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                       "Realm of Fear"                             
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	holding position near a PLASMA STREAMER -- a vast twist
	of highly-charged, gaseous matter connecting two binary
	stars.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46041.1.
			We have located the U.S.S.
			Yosemite, a Starfleet science
			vessel sent to the Igo Sector to
			observe a remote plamsa streamer.
			The ship has not been heard from
			in several days.

2    INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	PICARD, RIKER, DATA, WORF and SUPERNUMERARIES at their
	stations. There is a sense of urgency in the air.

					PICARD
			Magnify.

	Worf works his console. The image on the viewscreen
	shows the plasma streamer in which a Federation SCIENCE
	VESSEL, is trapped.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			The last report we have says they
			were observing the streamer at
			medium range. Maybe they went
			in for a closer look... got more
			than they bargained for.

					PICARD
			Hail them.

					WORF
			No response.

					PICARD
			Life signs?

	Data works his console.

       STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - TEASER       1A.

2    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Our scanners cannot penetrate the
			plasma streamer's distortion
			field.

	Picard considers the situation.

					PICARD
			Can we tractor the vessel out?

        STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - TEASER        2.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			No, sir -- the ionic interference
			is too heavy.

					RIKER
			I'll take a shuttle.

					PICARD
			Too risky -- you could be pulled
			in, too.
				(to Com)
			Bridge to Engineering -- Geordi,
			can we beam an Away Team onto the
			science ship?

3    INT. ENGINEERING

	GEORDI is at his controls, REGINALD BARCLAY a couple
	of panels down; other N.D. ENGINEERS are also working.

					GEORDI
			We can beam them over there,
			Captain -- but with all this
			interference, we might not get
			a positive lock to bring them
			back.

	Barclay gets an idea, turns to Geordi.

					BARCLAY
			Commander... what if we bridged
			our Transporter system with
			theirs? It might be enough to
			cut through the ionic field.

	Geordi thinks.

					GEORDI
			To do that, we'd have to activate
			the Yosemite's Transporters by
			remote...

					BARCLAY
				(quick)
			No problem, sir. I can
			reconfigure their controller to
			accept commands from here.

	Geordi is sold.

        STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - TEASER        3.

3    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Good idea, Reg.
				(to com)
			Captain, I think we can do it.
			We're gonna bridge the two
			Transporter systems.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged. Meet Commander
			Riker in Transporter Room Three.

					GEORDI
			Aye sir.
				(to Barclay, on the
				 move)
			Barclay -- I'll need a systems'
			engineer on this Away Team.

	Barclay hesitates -- he doesn't want to join this Away
	Team, tries to stall.

					BARCLAY
			I'll ask Ensign Dern to join you.

					GEORDI
			I meant you, Barclay.

					BARCLAY
			Shouldn't I stay here and set up
			the remote link?

	Geordi motions to Ensign Dern.

					GEORDI
			Dern can handle that. Let's go.

	Barclay hesitates, but he has no choice. He stands
	to follow Geordi, looking a little worried -- and the
	reason will soon be clear. They EXIT.

4    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Worf and BEVERLY ENTER. Geordi and O'BRIEN are
	working the console. A few feet away, Barclay has a
	wall panel open and is re-working isolinear chips --
	he looks distracted by something. Riker stops at
	Geordi and O'Brien.

        STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - TEASER        4.

4    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Status, Mister O'Brien?

					O'BRIEN
			You're in for a bumpy ride,
			Commander.

	Barclay reacts to the comment, alarmed -- listens to
	the rest of the conversation with growing concern...

					O'BRIEN
				(continuing)
			I'll have to send you over one
			at a time... because of band-width
			limitations. And the transport
			cycle will take a bit longer.

					RIKER
			How much longer?

					O'BRIEN
			Four, five seconds... about twice
			the normal time.

	Barclay closes the wall panel and joins the others.
	He tries to play it cool, like nothing's wrong.

					BARCLAY
			What do you... what exactly do
			you mean by a bumpy ride?

					O'BRIEN
			There may be a small amount of
			static charge accumulation.
			You'll feel a bit of tingling --
			nothing to worry about.

	Barclay nods -- more worried than ever.

					RIKER
			Let's do it.

	Riker steps up onto the Transporter stage. Barclay
	stands a few feet behind the others, trying to hide
	his nervousness.

	O'Brien works the console.

					O'BRIEN
			Engaging system interlock...
				(beat)
			Pattern buffers synchronized...

        STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - TEASER        5.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

	A HUMMING SOUND begins as the Transporter system
	charges up -- and builds in intensity...

					O'BRIEN
				(continuing)
			Phase transition coils at
			stand-by...
				(beat)
			Energizing.

	Riker DEMATERIALZES in a Transporter effect that is
	noticeably longer and louder than normal. O'Brien
	closely monitors his console. After a beat, he looks
	satisfied.

					O'BRIEN
			He's there.

	Without hesitation, Worf steps onto the Transporter
	stage...

5    INTERCUT: ANGLE FAVORING BARCLAY (OPTICAL)

	as the process begins again. He watches, trying to
	stay calm... but every detail of the process -- every
	sight and sound -- seems to intensify his discomfort.

					O'BRIEN (O.S.)
			Engaging interlock...
				(beat)
			Buffers synched...

	Again, the HUMMING NOISE builds...

					O'BRIEN
				(continuing)
			Energizing.

	We HEAR the sound of Worf dematerializing. Barclay
	draws in a deep breath to calm himself. He doesn't
	want to do this...

					BEVERLY
			I'll go next.

	Beverly steps onto the stage.

					O'BRIEN
			Engaging interlock...
				(beat)
			Buffers synched...

        STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - TEASER        6.

5    CONTINUED:

	O'Brien reacts to his console.

					O'BRIEN
			Whoa, wait a minute...
				(works, confident)
			I'm reading an ionic fluctuation
			in the matter stream... No
			problem.

	O'Brien works, not too concerned.

					O'BRIEN
			Okay... Energizing.

	Beverly DEMATERIALIZES. Barclay reacts, dismayed by
	the complication. He's broken out in a sweat now...
	and it's all he can do to keep himself from leaving
	the room...

					GEORDI (O.S.)
			Barclay.

	Barclay jumps, startled. Geordi motions to the
	Transporter stage: "Your turn." It's an awful moment
	for Barclay -- he doesn't want to reveal his true
	feelings about this -- but what can he do?

					BARCLAY
			Aye sir...

	He braces himself, walks toward the stage... steps onto
	the stage... places his feet within a transport pad...
	closes his eyes...

					O'BRIEN
			Engaging interlock...
				(beat)
			Buffers in synch...

	The HUMMING NOISE builds. Barclay tenses up... readies
	himself for the most dreadful experience of his life...

					O'BRIEN
				(continuing)
			Phase coils...

	Then, in an instant, Barclay is overcome with panic.

					BARCLAY
			I'm sorry -- I can't do this.

        STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - TEASER        7.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

	Barclay steps down off the stage, quickly EXITS.
	Geordi and O'Brien watch him go, surprised. As they
	exchange a confused glance...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

        STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT ONE 8-8A.           

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

6    INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	TROI is talking to Barclay, who looks depressed by
	recent events. He's moving around the room, picking
	up objects and setting them down, anything to take the
	weight off of the moment. Troi tries to reassure him.

					TROI
			You were faced with a difficult
			transport, Reg. Anyone would have
			been apprehensive in that
			situation.

	Barclay is despondent.

					BARCLAY
			Tell that to Commander La Forge
			and the rest of the Away Team...

					TROI
			I'm sure they understand. As soon
			as you feel up to it, you can
			probably still join them --

					BARCLAY
				(quickly)
			No.

	Troi reacts, sensing a deeper issue at hand.

					TROI
			Reg... is there something you're
			not telling me?

	Barclay shifts, uncomfortable.

					BARCLAY
			Actually, this isn't the first
			time I've been... apprehensive.
				(beat)
			Every single time I've had to do
			it, I've had a certain feeling
			of... I guess you could call it...
				(finds the words)
			... mortal terror.

       STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT ONE       9.

6    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I see. How long have you had this
			fear of transporting?

	Barclay shakes his head and shrugs -- his look says
	that this is a serious problem for him. Troi
	considers.

					TROI
			Why have you kept it a secret?

					BARCLAY
			Why? My career in Starfleet would
			be over, that's why.

					TROI
			I doubt that.

					BARCLAY
			I usually manage to avoid it
			somehow. You wouldn't believe
			how many hours I've logged on
			shuttlecrafts...
				(shudders)
			The thought of being deconstructed
			molecule by molecule. It's more
			than I can stand...

	Barclay sits down, dejected.

					BARCLAY
			Ever since I was a child, I've
			been scared to death that if I
			ever dematerialized... I wouldn't
			come back whole again.
				(beat)
			I know it sounds crazy.

	Troi is reassuring.

					TROI
			There's nothing crazy about it,
			Reg -- you are being taken apart
			molecule by molecule. You're not
			the first person to have anxiety
			about transporting.

	Barclay listens intently, wanting to hear more.

    STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT ONE    10.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
				(continuing)
			We can desensitize you to this
			type of fear. It's a slow and
			gradual process... but it works.

					BARCLAY
			It does... how?

					TROI
			Well... the first step might
			be a relaxation technique. Like
			Plexing.

					BARCLAY
			Plexing?

					TROI
				(nods)
			It's a Betazoid method. The next
			time you feel nervous about
			transporting, you would stimulate
			a neural pressure point -- like
			this...

	Troi demonstrates by quickly tapping her neck with her
	index and middle fingers in the region just behind her
	jaw.

					TROI
			There's a nerve cluster just
			behind the carotid artery -- it
			stimulates the part of the brain
			that releases natural endorphins.

	Intrigued, Barclay gives it a try -- he briskly taps
	his neck.

					BARCLAY
			Plexing... sounds easy enough...

	Barclay stops tapping, breathes a sigh of relief. He
	stands, driven by a rush of confidence.

					BARCLAY
			You know, I feel better already.
			I can do this.

					TROI
			Reg... there's no need to rush...

      STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT ONE      10A.

6    CONTINUED: (3)

					BARCLAY
			No, no, no. We've talked before
			about confronting my fears. "The
			best way out is through." You
			said that once, remember?

					TROI
			I suppose I did...

					BARCLAY
			I'm going to beam over there.
			I can do it.

	OFF Barclay's determination...

7    EXT. SPACE - THE SCIENCE SHIP (OPTICAL)

	trapped inside the gaseous layers of the plasma
	streamer.

8    INT. SCIENCE SHIP - OPS

	The darkened room is heavily DAMAGED, as if by an
	explosion. Charred black walls... overturned
	equipment... no sign of a crew. Beverly is searching
	the room... Geordi is studying a damaged console as
	Riker and Worf ENTER from an adjoining corridor, having
	completed a search of the science station.

					RIKER
			No sign of survivors. No sign
			of a anyone.

       STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT ONE       11.

8    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Maybe they abandoned ship.

					WORF
			Unlikely. Both escape pods are
			still on board.

	A beat as they consider. Geordi indicates the room.

					GEORDI
			Well, there was an explosion in
			here. We know that much.

					RIKER
			Any idea what caused it?

					GEORDI
			I've ruled out a reactor core
			failure... and there's no sign
			of a systems overload.

	Worf begins to scan the room with his tricorder, waving
	it past the floor and ceiling and walls. He stops at
	a wall with nasty-looking burn marks on it.

					WORF
				(off tricorder)
			Blast analysis indicates the
			explosion originated...

	Worf follows his scan across the room... down along
	the wall... and stops with his tricorder pointed at
	the center of the Transporter chamber.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			...here. In the center of this
			transport chamber.

					GEORDI
			How is that possible? The
			Transporter is still functional.

					RIKER
			Could someone have beamed an
			explosive device aboard?

    STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT ONE    12.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

	They consider the implications.

					BEVERLY (O.S.)
				(calls out)
			Commander Riker...

	Riker and Worf move to Beverly. She is looking at a
	male CREWMEMBER, who is lying behind a large console.
	Beverly scans the body with a medical tricorder.

					BEVERLY
				(re: crewmember)
			Lieutenant Joshua Kelly -- he
			was the ship's engineer.

					RIKER
			How did he die?

	Beverly completes her scan, stands up.

					BEVERLY
			There's evidence of burns... but
			they don't look serious enough
			to have killed him... I'm going
			to have to take him back for an
			autopsy.

	Riker nods. OFF his grim expression...

9    INT. ENTERPRISE - TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	O'Brien is staring doubtfully at the person standing
	next to him.

					O'BRIEN
			You're sure about this, sir?

	INCLUDE Barclay, who is bravely trying to stay calm,
	but not doing a very good job of it.

					BARCLAY
			I'm sure. Please proceed.

					O'BRIEN
			This'll only take a minute...

      STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT ONE      12A.

9    CONTINUED:

	O'Brien works the console. Barclay stares at the
	Transporter platform, mentally preparing himself for
	the journey. O'Brien tries to reassure him.

					O'BRIEN
			Should be a smooth ride over, sir.

					BARCLAY
				(unconvinced)
			Good... good...

	O'Brien studies him for a moment, feeling a genuine
	sympathy for the man.

       STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT ONE       13.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					O'BRIEN
			I know how you feel about this,
			sir.

	Barclay is surprised.

					BARCLAY
			You... you're afraid of
			transporting?

					O'BRIEN
			No -- of arachnids.
				(off Barclay's look)
			Spiders. Sickening, crawly little
			things, don't you think? All
			those legs...

					BARCLAY
			They've never bothered me.

	O'Brien keeps working.

					O'BRIEN
			A few years back, I was called
			in to re-route an emitter array
			at a Starbase on Zayra Four.
			Turns out the entire system was
			infested with Talarian hook
			spiders.
				(beat)
			Ever see a Talarian hook spider?

	Barclay shakes his head, no.

					O'BRIEN
			Their legs are half a meter long.
				(beat)
			Anyway, I had a choice. Do I walk
			away and let the emitter blow
			itself to hell... or do I crawl
			into a Jeffries Tube with twenty
			hook spiders?

	Barclay is hanging onto every word.

					BARCLAY
			What happened?

    STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT ONE    14.

9    CONTINUED: (3)

					O'BRIEN
			It was the hardest thing I ever
			did. But I got through it. After
			that, I was never quite as afraid
			of spiders.

	O'Brien's words have an effect on Barclay, who derives
	a swell of courage from the story. He looks at the
	Transporter platform and takes a deep breath.

					BARCLAY
			Thanks...

	Barclay walks toward the Transporter platform... stops
	and braces himself... every step is an event...

	He steps up onto the stage... finds a Transporter
	pad... Play the suspense as Barclay waits for the
	moment to come. He starts to tap his neck, plexing as
	he did in Troi's quarters. Tap, tap, tap...

	O'Brien works the controls and the Transporter system
	HUMS to life. The HUMMING grows louder. Barclay stops
	tapping -- it isn't helping. He's sweating now...
	heart pounding... terrified. O'Brien waves a hand over
	the console.

					O'BRIEN
			Energizing.

	Barclay begins to DEMATERIALIZE.

                                             CUT TO:

10   CLOSE ON BARCLAY - TRANSPORTER EFFECT (OPTICAL)

	(Transporter Room side) partially phased, the room behind
	him becoming SPARKLES OF ENERGY. For the first time, we
	are seeing what it feels like to transport. Barclay
	winces at the awful experience, but keeps his eyes open,
	looking around, alert the entire time. After a few
	seconds, we see Barclay himself start to PHASE OUT, as
	his body is broken down into molecules...

10A  BARCLAY'S POV (OPTICAL)

	as O'Brien and the Transporter Room DISSOLVE away into
	sparkles of energy. The SPARKLES momentarily fill the
	entire field of view... then DISSOLVE out to reveal the
	SCIENCE SHIP SET, with Geordi standing nearby...

    STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT ONE    14A.

11   INT. SCIENCE SHIP - OPS (OPTICAL)

	Barclay standing on the science ship Transporter stage,
	transport complete.

    STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/20/92 - ACT ONE    15.

11   CONTINUED:

	He steps down off the stage, a little dazed -- and is
	met by Geordi, who lays a friendly hand on his
	shoulder, bringing him right back into the fold.

					GEORDI
			Welcome aboard, Reg. Ready to
			work?

					BARCLAY
			Yes, sir.

					GEORDI
			Good. Start by downloading the
			ship's science logs. Over
			there...

					BARCLAY
			Aye sir.

	Barclay's confusion gives way to relief: he made it.
	He moves to a wall, opens a panel, and starts to scan
	the isolinear chips with a tricorder.

12   ANGLE ON RIKER

	As he crosses to Geordi.

					RIKER
			Still four members of the crew
			unaccounted for. You come up with
			anything?

	Geordi indicates several metal FRAGMENTS that are
	scattered on the floor.

					GEORDI
			I don't know how these fit in,
			but... I found them near the
			Transporter platform.

					RIKER
			What are they?

    STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/16/92 - ACT ONE    16.

12   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			They look like pieces of a
			standard sample container.

					RIKER
			Take them back to the ship. We'll
			analyze them later.

	Geordi nods, collecting the fragments. Riker crosses
	to the room. He passes Barclay along the way, gives
	him a friendly nod.

					RIKER
			Glad you could join us, Mister
			Barclay.

	Barclay glances at him, feeling a genuine sense of
	accomplishment.

					BARCLAY
			Me too, sir.

13   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	holding position near the plasma streamer.

14   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard behind his desk, listening grim-faced to ADMIRAL
	HAYES, who is on the desktop terminal.

					ADMIRAL HAYES
			The Ferengi are claiming two of
			their freighters were destroyed
			by a Cardassian warship in your
			sector.

					PICARD
			Is there any evidence to support
			this?

	The Admiral looks troubled.

					ADMIRAL HAYES
			Although I'm loathe to believe
			the Ferengi about anything...
			there was evidence of Cardassian
			weapons.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT ONE    16A.

14   CONTINUED:

					ADMIRAL HAYES (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			If the Cardassians also attacked the
			Yosemite... it could indicate
			a large-scale movement into this
			sector.

					PICARD
			I have an Away Team aboard the
			ship now. Their initial report
			indicates an explosion on board.
			But we're not sure if it was from
			an attack...

					ADMIRAL HAYES
			How long until you'll know?

					PICARD
			A few hours. If it does look like
			the Cardassians, I'll contact you
			immediately.

					ADMIRAL HAYES
			Very well.

    STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/16/92 - ACT ONE    17.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

	The viewscreen is replaced by a Starfleet logo.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			Yes, Mister Data?

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			The Away Team is returning to the
			Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Acknowledged. Have Commander
			Riker join me in my Ready Room
			as soon as he's on board.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Aye sir.

	As Picard returns to the computer screen...

15   INT. SCIENCE SHIP - OPS

	Geordi and Barclay set the metal fragments onto the
	Transporter stage. Riker, Worf and Beverly are not
	present, having already beamed back to the ship.
	Barclay steps down off the stage.

					GEORDI
				(taps communicator)
			La Forge to Transporter Room
			Three.

16   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	O'Brien at the controls. Riker stands nearby, having
	just returned.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
				(fritzed)
			I'm ready to go.

					O'BRIEN
			Stand by, Commander.

	Riker EXITS while O'Brien works the controls...

    STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT ONE    18.

17   INT. SCIENCE SHIP OPS (OPTICAL)

	Geordi DEMATERIALIZES. Barclay is now left alone. He
	steps onto the Transporter stage... braces himself...
	slightly more confident than the last time...

					BARCLAY
				(taps communicator)
			Barclay to Enterprise...
				(beat)
			One to beam back.

					O'BRIEN
				(fritzed)
			Stand by, sir.

	A beat to let the suspense build. Then the Transporter
	HUMS to life and Barclay DEMATERIALIZES --

18   CLOSE ON BARCLAY - TRANSPORTER EFFECT (OPTICAL))

	(Science ship side) as the room DISSOLVES INTO SPARKLES
	OF ENERGY. Barclay tenses up, hating every second of
	it. The SPARKLES fill the entire frame except for
	Barclay... and we see Barclay start to PHASE OUT...

19   BARCLAY'S POV (OPTICAL)

	as the science ship begins to DISSOLVE AWAY into
	sparkles... Partially obscured by the sparkles of
	energy is a MOVING SHAPE. It quickly crosses toward
	us, more visible now -- an amorphous cloud of energy.
	As it flies closer, the cloud momentarily takes on a
	more life-like form -- a gaping funnel opens in the
	cloud, like a distorted and voracious mouth.
	Terrifying.

20   BARCLAY (OPTICAL)

	(Transporter Room side) is beginning to PHASE BACK IN.
	He reacts. And it all happens at once: The creature
	FLIES at him -- Barclay throws up an arm to protect
	himself -- and the creature makes contact with his
	arm just as the Transporter Room dissolves into
	view --

                                             CUT TO:

21   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Barclay completes his MATERIALIZATION on stage, his arm
	still in the air, expression blank with shock. O'Brien
	looks up from his console and gives him a smile.

       STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT ONE       19.

21   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
				(to Barclay)
			You see, sir? That wasn't so bad,
			was it?

	OFF Barclay's stunned reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT TWO     20-21      

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

22   OMITTED

22A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	holding position at the plasma streamer.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, supplemental. Our
			investigation has revealed there
			was an explosion aboard the
			Yosemite -- possibly the result
			of an attack. We are still
			analyzing data obtained by the
			Away Team.

23   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi and Barclay are at a console monitor, scanning
	logs. Barclay seems distracted -- he hasn't told
	anyone about the creature he saw in the Transporter.
	But the emotional impact of the experience is still
	with him... and it's nagging at him...

					GEORDI
				(off monitor)
			Mission logs... science logs...
			medical logs -- they're all
			completely scrambled. It looks
			like the blast wiped out the
			ship's core memory.

					BARCLAY
			We could try to reconstitute the
			data stream.

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			It's worth a try.

    STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT TWO    22.

23   CONTINUED:

	They continue working. Barclay glances at Geordi...
	awkward... not sure how to bring up what he wants to
	say.

					BARCLAY
			Commander... has anything...
			strange ever happened to you
			during transport?

	Geordi keeps working.

					GEORDI
			Like what?

					BARCLAY
			I don't know... anything out of
			the ordinary...

					GEORDI
			Not really...

	Geordi is preoccupied with the console.

					GEORDI
			This looks hopeless -- we're not
			gonna get anything from the
			logs...

	Geordi thinks... then looks at a nearby examination
	stand, which is covered with the metal fragments seen
	in Act One.

					GEORDI
				(re: fragments)
			Maybe this broken sample
			container I found can tell us
			something...

					BARCLAY
			Right...

	They cross to the table, where the fragments have been
	neatly laid out for analysis.

					GEORDI
				(re: fragments)
			Let's try to get this thing back
			in one piece...

	They start to piece together the fragments...

      STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT TWO      22A.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					BARCLAY
			I mean -- have you ever seen
			anything?

					GEORDI
				(confused)
			Where?

					BARCLAY
			In the... during transport.

	Geordi glances at him -- what's barclay getting at?

					GEORDI
			Sometimes my VISOR picks up
			resonance patterns from the
			matter-energy conversion. It's
			actually kind of pretty.
				(beat)
			Why?

					BARCLAY
			Just wondering...

    STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT TWO    23.

23   CONTINUED: (3)

	Barclay keeps working. Geordi senses that Barclay is
	holding something back.

					GEORDI
			Reg -- what are you getting at?

	Barclay wavers, embarrassed to come right out with it.

					GEORDI
			Do you think you saw something
			during transport?

	Barclay speaks haltingly -- this is torture for him.

					BARCLAY
			When I was returning to the
			Enterprise... I could've sworn
			I saw something... in the matter
			stream.

	Geordi is surprised.

					GEORDI
			Something?

					BARCLAY
			There was phased matter all
			around... at first I thought it
			was some kind of energy discharge.
			But then it flew toward me... and
			touched my arm...
				(beat)
			But how could anything be in
			there... the molecules flying
			apart... half-phased... it's...

	Barclay trails off, realizing how this must sound.

					BARCLAY
				(continuing)
			It's... impossible, isn't it?

	An awkward beat. Geordi isn't sure what to think --
	but he can see that Barclay is genuinely shaken. He
	casts his doubts aside for the moment, and tries to
	allay his friend's fears.

					GEORDI
			We'd better check it out. When
			we're done here, let's run a full
			Transporter diagnostic. Alright?

	Barclay nods, grateful.

       STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT TWO       24.

23   CONTINUED: (4)

					BARCLAY
			Alright.

	As they resume their work...

24   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	One of the lighted circles on the Transporter platform
	is opened, and the inner-workings have been raised out
	in a column. O'Brien is kneeling on the stage,
	analyzing the circuits. From the looks of it, he's
	been running a Transporter diagnostic for the past
	couple of hours. He stands up and looks to Geordi,
	who's working at an opened wall panel with Barclay.

					O'BRIEN
			The confinement beam subsystems
			check out. So do the phase
			transition coils.

					GEORDI
			The pattern buffer's fine.

	O'Brien gets to his feet.

					O'BRIEN
			Emitter pad... targeting scanner
			-- they're all running normally.
			This system's clean... so is the
			science vessel's.

	Geordi reassures Barclay.

					GEORDI
				(to Barclay)
			There's a lot of energy floating
			around in the beam. Maybe you
			saw a surge in the matter stream.

	Barclay sighs -- he's starting to feel better now.

					BARCLAY
			Yeah...

	O'Brien decides to go the extra mile for Barclay --
	they're here to allay his fears more than anything. He
	goes back to the opened Transporter pad.

					O'BRIEN
			I'll run a scan on the Heisenberg
			compensators...

    STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT TWO    25.

24   CONTINUED:

	Barclay is appreciative, but embarrassed at all the
	attention.

					BARCLAY
			No... you've done more than enough
			already, Chief...

					O'BRIEN
			No problem at all. Why don't you
			give me a hand?

	Barclay steps onto the stage, kneels down beside
	O'Brien and gazes at the Transporter workings. O'Brien
	starts to adjust various circuits.

					BARCLAY
			Maybe ignorance really is bliss...

	O'Brien gives him a look.

					O'BRIEN
			Sir?

					BARCLAY
				(re: transporter)
			If I didn't know so much about
			these things... maybe they
			wouldn't scare me so much...

	O'Brien continues working. Barclay sighs.

					BARCLAY
			I can still remember the day in
			Doctor Olafson's class on
			Transporter Theory when he talked
			about the body being converted
			into billions of kiloquads of
			data... zipping through
			subspace... and I realized,
			there's no margin for error. One
			atom out of place and poof! You
			never come back...
				(beat)
			It's amazing people don't get lost
			all the time.

	O'Brien gives him a look.

					O'BRIEN
			With all due respect sir -- I've
			been doing this for twenty-two
			years, and I haven't lost anybody
			yet.

	Barclay considers -- he won't let it go.

      STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT TWO      25A.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					BARCLAY
			Yes, but... you realize if these
			imaging scanners are off by even
			a thousandth of a percent --

					O'BRIEN
				(right back at him)
			That's why each pad has four
			redundant scanners. If any one
			scanner fails, the other three
			take over.

	Geordi looks at Barclay.

    STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT TWO    26.

24   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			How many Transporter accidents
			have there been in the last ten
			years, Reg? Two... three? What
			about the millions of people who
			transport every day without a
			problem?

	Barclay thinks for a moment... he's feeling better,
	but still...

					BARCLAY
			I've... I've heard about
			problems... what about...
			Transporter Psychosis?

					O'BRIEN
				(reacts)
			Transporter Psychosis -- there
			hasn't been a case of that in over
			fifty years. Not since they
			perfected multiplex pattern
			buffers.

					GEORDI
			Transporting really is the safest
			way to travel, Reg.

	Barclay listens -- their words are having an effect.
	OFF his face as he starts to unwind...

24A  INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Beverly and NURSE OGAWA are performing an AUTOPSY on
	Lieutenant Kelly, the dead male crewmember. The
	body is laid out under the clamshell. Ogawa watches a
	nearby MONITOR, which displays various data.

					BEVERLY
			I want to take a closer look at
			those burns.
				(to Ogawa)
			Take a tissue sample.

					OGAWA
			Yes, Doctor.

	Ogawa hits a few commands into the console -- the
	overhead donut sends out a thin LASER that sweeps
	across the body. Beverly reads the data as it scrolls
	across the clamshell.

    STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT TWO    27.

24A  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Damage to the epidermis only...
				(beat)
			Initiate a circulatory probe.

	Ogawa picks up a hypospray, presses it to the body's
	neck, and injects. Just then something catches Ogawa'a
	eye -- the body's fingers are twitching. She stops,
	startled.

					OGAWA
			Doctor Crusher...

	Without warning, the monitor display LIGHTS UP and
	BEEPS, indicating that a heartbeat has begun. Beverly
	reacts.

					BEVERLY
			His heart is beating.

	A stunned beat -- then Beverly's instincts take over.

					BEVERLY
			Cardio-stimulator -- now.

	Beverly rushes to a nearby table, grabs a
	cardio-stimulator, and applies it to the body's chest.
	They work to revive the body. On the monitor, the
	heartbeat display goes dead. They react.

					OGAWA
			It's gone.

	A second later, an ALARM goes off and a different
	monitor read-out comes to life.

					OGAWA
				(off display)
			Neuro-electrical activity in the
			cerebral cortex.

	Just as they start to work, the monitor goes dead
	again.

					OGAWA
			Nothing.

    STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT TWO    28.

24A  CONTINUED: (2)

	Before Beverly can respond, yet another monitor
	read-out comes to life. The crewmember starts to
	breathe.

					BEVERLY
				(astonished)
			Now the respiratory system's
			active. What the hell's going
			on...

	On the monitor, the respiratory display goes dead and
	the medical console COMES ALIVE all at once in a
	chaotic display of blinking lights. The body starts to
	convulse.

					BEVERLY
				(off display)
			Endocrine system's functioning...
			now the lymphatic system...
			the pancreas...

	Suddenly, the medical display blinks out completely...
	the body stops convulsing... A long silent beat. As
	Beverly and Ogawa exchange a mystified look...

25   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Barclay ENTERS and stops at the bar. A BARTENDER walks
	over.

					BARCLAY
				(to bartender)
			Just water, please.

	The bartender moves off. Barclay looks around the
	room, finally starting to relax. The bartender returns
	with his water.

					BARCLAY
			Thanks.

	Barclay crosses to a table, settles into a chair. A
	quiet beat as he takes a sip of water... looking
	around... unwinding... Suddenly, he looks down at his
	left arm and grabs it, as if in pain...

      STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT TWO      28A.

26   BARCLAY'S POV (OPTICAL)

	of his arm, as it RADIATES with a SPARKLING LIGHT in
	the exact same spot where the creature touched him --
	a vague impression, like a smudge. The light vanishes
	just as quickly.

27   RESUME SCENE

	As Barclay reacts, startled by the sight. He glances
	around the room -- no one has seen the vision but him.
	Barclay starts to say something, thinks better of it,
	and says nothing, deciding to conceal what he's seen.
	OFF his troubled expression...

28   OMITTED

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT THREE     29-30       

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

29   OMITTED

30   INT. BARCLAY'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Barclay ENTERS, looking troubled and shaken. He
	absently rubs his left arm, then crosses to a
	replicator slot.

					BARCLAY
				(to replicator)
			Water, ten degrees celsius.

	A glass of water MATERIALIZES. He picks up the glass
	and takes a long drink, moves to a nearby chair and
	sits down. He's restless, panicky -- any peace of mind
	he once had is gone. He fidgets for a moment, at a
	loss...

	Then Barclay gets an idea -- he stands and starts to
	pace around the room.

					BARCLAY
				(to computer)
			Computer... access Starfleet
			Medical Data Base. Tell me
			about... describe the disorder
			known as... Transporter Psychosis.

	A beat as the computer works, then gives a "chapter
	summary" of the disorder.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Transporter Psychosis was
			diagnosed in the year
			twenty-two-oh-nine by researchers
			on Delinia Two --

					BARCLAY
				(interrupts)
			No, no... stop. All I need is
			the... what causes it?

      STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT THREE      31.

30   CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			It is caused by a breakdown of
			neuro-chemical molecules during
			transport, affecting the body's
			motor functions, autonomic
			systems, and the brain's higher
			reasoning centers.

	Barclay unconsciously touches his head. What he's
	heard is morbid and scary, but he's compelled to know
	more.

					BARCLAY
			What are the symptoms?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Victims suffer from paranoid
			delusions... multi-infarct
			dementia... hallucinations...

	Barclay reacts.

					BARCLAY
			Hallucinations? What kind of
			hallucinations?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Victims experience somatic,
			tactile and visual hallucinations,
			accompanied by psychogenic
			hysteria.

	It sounds awful. Barclay is really getting worried
	now. He moves around the room as if the walls are
	closing in on him.

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(continuing)
			Peripheral symptoms include
			sleeplessness... accelerated
			heart-rate...

	Barclay impulsively touches his chest -- is his heart
	beating faster?

   STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/16/92 - ACT THREE   32.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(continuing)
			Diminished eyesight, leading to
			acute myopia... painful spasms
			in the extremities...

	Barclay blinks his eyes, checking them... then looks at
	his arm, grabs it in the same way he did in Ten
	Forward, remembering the sensation he had...

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(continuing)
			And in most cases, dehydration.

	Barclay glances at the glass of water he's holding,
	alarmed, quickly sets it down. His mind is working...
	and we can tell by the expression on his face that he's
	convinced he has the disorder.

					BARCLAY
			Computer... what is the treatment
			for Transporter Psychosis?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			There is no known treatment.

	Barclay slumps into a chair, pale and numb. He stares
	into middle distance, absently rubbing his arm...

30A  INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Geordi, Data. Beverly is reporting.

					BEVERLY
			The autopsy showed residual
			ionization in every one of
			Lieutenant Kelly's systems.
			I think that's what caused
			the muscular and systemic
			contractions.

	A beat as they take in the chilling image.

					RIKER
			Where did this ionization come
			from?

   STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/16/92 - ACT THREE   32A.

30A  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			There's evidence of electrical
			burns on the victim's body...
			as if she were exposed to ionized
			gas... or high energy plasma.

	Geordi reacts.

					GEORDI
			Plasma? There's no way they
			could've been exposed... unless
			it was matter from the streamer...

	Picard thinks.

					PICARD
			Is there any evidence of a hull
			breach... could plasma from the
			streamer have found its way into
			the ship?

					GEORDI
			No...
				(gets an idea, to
				 Data)
			Data, what's the report on that
			broken sample container?

					DATA
			The analysis of the fragments is
			not yet complete.

					GEORDI
				(to Picard)
			Captain -- if there's evidence
			of similar ionization in those
			fragments... it could mean they
			tried to beam aboard material from
			the streamer...

					PICARD
				(onto the idea)
			And if the plasma exploded... that
			would explain a few things.
				(beat)
			Let me know when the analysis
			is complete.

					GEORDI
			Aye sir.

	Picard rises; the others follow.

   STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/16/92 - ACT THREE   32B.

31   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at the plasma streamer.

32   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi, Barclay and Data are examining the metal
	fragments (as seen in Act One) -- but now the fragments
	have been roughly put together to form a matter sample
	container. Barclay looks exhausted, barely able to
	focus on the task at hand.

					GEORDI
			From the looks of these fracture
			patterns, I'd say the explosive
			force came from within the
			container.

	Data completes a scan.

      STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT THREE      33.

32   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The container does show evidence
			of residual ionization.
				(beat)
			I believe your hypothesis was
			correct. It was being used to
			store high energy plasma.

	Geordi considers.

					GEORDI
			So they were collecting samples
			from the plasma streamer...
				(perplexed)
			But they were using the proper
			container. How could it have
			exploded?

					DATA
			Perhaps we should try to recreate
			their experiment to see what
			happens when matter is beamed
			aboard under similar conditions.

					GEORDI
			Good idea. Let's prepare a new
			container.
				(to Barclay)
			Reg, I don't want to take any
			chances -- start setting up a
			level five containment field here
			in Engineering.

	Barclay glances over -- his mind is elsewhere.

					BARCLAY
			Aye sir...

	Geordi moves to his office. Barclay and Data start
	to work a nearby console. Barclay is on edge,
	distracted -- every move he makes is slow and
	deliberate, as if any second he might lose his balance.

	Barclay picks up a PADD to make a calculation. As he
	reads the screen, he moves the PADD to and fro while
	alternately blinking each eye -- as if he's testing
	his eyesight. Data glances at him, genuinely curious.

					DATA
			Are you having trouble with your
			eyesight, Mister Barclay?

	Barclay is embarrassed at having been caught.

      STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT THREE      34.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					BARCLAY
			No... thank you.

	Barclay picks up a nearby bottle of water (which he
	has brought with him) and takes a long, thirsty drink.
	He crosses to a JEFFERIES TUBE near the Pool Table,
	enters the tube. Data eyes him with growing concern,
	then crosses to Geordi.

					DATA
			May I have a word with you,
			Geordi? It concerns Lieutenant
			Barclay.

					GEORDI
			What is it?

					DATA
			He appears to be inordinately
			preoccupied with his physiological
			condition. I have seen him check
			his pulse rate, as well as his
			visual acuity several times in
			the last twenty minutes.

	Concerned, Geordi crosses to the Jefferies Tube, sees
	Barclay inside. He walks into the tube.

32A  INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	Geordi walks up to Barclay.

					GEORDI
			Reg...

	Barclay jumps, startled.

					BARCLAY
			Yessir?

      STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT THREE      35.

32A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Are you alright?

					BARCLAY
				(rattled)
			Just fine, sir.

	Geordi studies his face.

					GEORDI
			You look a little pale.

					BARCLAY
				(touching face, worried)
			I do?

	Geordi can see that Barclay is highly agitated.

					GEORDI
				(gently)
			It's been a long couple of days,
			Reg. Why don't you get some rest.
			We've got everything under control
			here.

	Barclay nods, grateful to get out of there.

					BARCLAY
			I'll do that, sir. Thank you.

	Barclay grabs his water bottle and EXITS the tube.
	Geordi follows...

32B  INT. ENGINEERING

	Barclay quickly EXITS. Geordi and Data exchange a
	glance.

					GEORDI
				(taps communicator)
			La Forge to Counselor Troi.

					TROI'S COM VOICE
			Go ahead, Commander.

					GEORDI
			Counselor... do you have a minute?

	Off Geordi's concern...

    STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT THREE 36-37.       

33   OMITTED

34   INT. CORRIDOR

	Barclay is briskly walking down the corridor at a
	steady clip -- oblivious to everything and everyone
	around him. He's in his own world. Follow Barclay as
	he walks... turns a corner... passes a curious
	crewmember... walking... walking...

	Troi round a corner from the opposite direction.

					TROI
			Lieutenant Barclay, I've been
			calling you, why haven't you
			responded --

	Barclay plows past her without a glance. Troi catches
	up to him, almost having to run to keep up. Play the
	scene ON THE MOVE.

					TROI
			Reg, what are you doing?

					BARCLAY
			Walking.

					TROI
			I can see that. Where are you
			going?

	He tries to act like nothing's wrong.

					BARCLAY
			Nowhere. I just don't get to
			these decks very often.
				(points)
			There's Stellar Cartography --
			I thought that was on Deck Eleven.

      STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT THREE      38.

34   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(seeing through it)
			Mister Barclay...

					BARCLAY
			I was... I was having trouble
			sleeping. I'm just trying to wear
			myself out. That's a perfectly
			normal thing to be doing, isn't
			it?

	A beat as they walk.

					TROI
			Commander La Forge said you seemed
			very nervous this morning.

	Barclay tries to make light of it.

					BARCLAY
			I'm always nervous. Everyone
			knows that.

					TROI
			He also mentioned that you said
			you saw something in the
			Transporter beam.

	A slight reaction from Barclay.

					BARCLAY
			I was wrong. They checked the
			Transporter and there wasn't...
			there was nothing there. I
			imagined the whole thing.

					TROI
			You don't sound very convinced
			of that...

	Barclay stops, turns to her, wanting to shut this
	conversation down.

					BARCLAY
			Counselor, I appreciate your
			concern... but I'd rather not
			continue this conversation.
			I'm... I'm feeling perfectly fine.

	Troi takes a more stern approach.

					TROI
			Mister Barclay, you are exhausted
			and highly agitated.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT THREE   39.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI (Cont'd)
			And I cannot allow a member of
			this crew to endanger himself and
			others. I think --

					BARCLAY
				(cuts her off)
			I'm not endangering anyone and
			I wish you would --

					TROI
				(cuts him off)
			I think it's in your best interest
			to take a leave of absence.
				(beat)
			Reg -- I'm temporarily relieving
			you of duty.

	A reaction from Barclay -- but he tries to play it
	cool.

					BARCLAY
			Fine... fine... do what you have
			to do, Counselor...

	He quickly walks off down the hall. OFF Troi's look of
	concern...

35   INT. BARCLAY'S QUARTERS

	The lights are dim. Several candles are burning.
	Barclay is lying on the floor in a contorted Yoga
	position. He is deep breathing, letting out his breath
	in drawn-out vocalizations. The SOUND of chirping
	BIRDS and gently falling RAIN can be heard playing over
	the Com system. Barclay is desperately trying to
	relax.

	His eyes shoot open. This isn't working.

					BARCLAY
				(to computer)
			Computer... more birds.

	The sound of more BIRDS comes up -- too many birds,
	loud, obnoxious SQUAWKING. Barclay looks annoyed.

					BARCLAY
				(to computer)
			End stress reduction program.

     STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT THREE     39A.

35   CONTINUED:

	The candle flames GO OUT. The lights COME UP and the
	sounds STOP. Barclay struggles out of his Yoga
	position, stands, crosses to the replicator slot.

					BARCLAY
				(to replicator)
			Water.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Specify temperature.

					BARCLAY
				(agitated)
			I don't care -- just give me
			water!

	A glass of water MATERIALIZES. Barclay drinks down
	the entire glass. He crosses to his bed and sits down,
	takes his pulse. Then he starts to tap his neck,
	plexing...

    STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT THREE 40-41.       

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					BARCLAY
				(to himself)
			Calm... stay calm...
				(to computer)
			Computer -- let's try music...
			something soothing.

	Soft, tranquilizing MUSIC starts to play. Barclay stop
	plexing... takes a few manic breaths... violently
	fluffs his pillow... straightens the wrinkles out of
	his blanket... then crawls under the covers. He shuts
	his eyes...

	And tosses and turns, trying to get comfortable in the
	bed... finally finds the right position... settles in
	for the night. The soft music keeps playing... Barclay
	tries to sleep...

	He opens his eyes and looks down at his left arm, where
	a tingling sensation is slowly building. He touches
	it... dreading... He flings off the blanket --

36   BARCLAY'S ARM (OPTICAL)

	is RADIATING with the SPARKLING LIGHT (as seen in Act
	Two). Only this time, the glowing imprint has spread
	to include his shoulder and neck. Barclay cries out,
	jumps out of bed. The glow VANISHES.

	Barclay's expression changes... as an inner resolve
	takes over. His fear transforms into grim
	determination. He refuses to end up a victim of
	whatever's happening to him. His fear compels him to
	take action.

					BARCLAY
				(taps communicator)
			Barclay to Chief O'Brien.

	A beat.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			O'Brien here.

					BARCLAY
			I need your help. Would you
			meet me in Transporter Room
			Three... ?

	Off Barclay's look of determination...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT FOUR    42.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

38   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Barclay is at the console, studying a read-out of the
	transport logs. O'Brien ENTERS, looking like he just
	woke up.

					O'BRIEN
			Sir, begging your pardon -- but
			couldn't this wait til morning?

					BARCLAY
			No...

	Barclay turns to him, trying to act casual.

					BARCLAY
			Chief... I've just... I've been
			reviewing the transport logs...
				(indicates console)
			What are these... energy
			variations that keep appearing?
			There was one when I transported
			to the science ship... see?

	O'Brien glances at the logs.

					O'BRIEN
			They're just ionic fluctuations,
			sir. A result of our interlock
			with the Yosemite's transporter
			system.

					BARCLAY
			A fluctuation occurred while I
			was inside the matter stream... ?

					O'BRIEN
			It's nothing to worry about, sir.

	Barclay looks at him, determined.

					BARCLAY
			I need you to transport me to the
			science ship... and directly back
			again. And while I'm in the
			beam... can you recreate one of
			those ionic fluctuations... ?

           STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT FOUR         42A.

38   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			I guess so... but if you don't
			mind my asking, sir... what for?

					BARCLAY
			I need to... Commander La Forge
			wants some tricorder readings of
			those fluctuations.

	O'Brien is suspicious -- he senses Barclay's anxiety.

					O'BRIEN
				(indicates console)
			We can do it from right here.

					BARCLAY
				(scrambling)
			No, I... the Transporter sensors
			may not be sensitive enough...

	But Barclay isn't fooling anybody, and he knows it.

					BARCLAY
			I'm giving you an order, Mister
			O'Brien.

					O'BRIEN
				(a beat)
			Aye sir.

	O'Brien moves to the console and starts typing in
	commands. Barclay steps onto the Transporter platform.

        STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT FOUR        43.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

					O'BRIEN
			If you don't mind my making an
			observation...
				(beat)
			You forgot to bring a tricorder.

	Barclay looks down, realizes O'Brien's right... and
	finally lets down his guard. He gestures to the
	Transporter platform.

					BARCLAY
			Either there's something in
			there... or I'm going crazy.
			I've got to know.
				(beat)
			You can understand that, can't
			you?

	A beat.

					O'BRIEN
			Yes sir, I can.

	O'Brien works the controls.

					O'BRIEN
			Stand by, sir...

	The system HUMS to life. O'Brien waves a hand over the
	controls, Barclay begins to DEMATERIALIZE.

                                             CUT TO:

39   CLOSE ON BARCLAY - TRANSPORTER EFFECT (OPTICAL)

	(Transporter Room side) as the room DISSOLVES INTO
	SPARKLES OF ENERGY. Barclay looks around, searching
	for any sign of movement. The SPARKLES fill the entire
	frame except for Barclay... and we see Barclay start
	to PHASE OUT...

                                             INTERCUT:

40   BARCLAY'S POV (OPTICAL)

	as the science ship set DISSOLVES into view... then
	back to sparkles... the MOVING SHAPE from Act One is
	moving amidst the shimmering energy... visible now
	as the amorphous cloud.

        STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT FOUR       43A.

40A  ON BARCLAY - TRANSPORTER EFFECT (OPTICAL)

	(Transporter Room side) Barclay begins to PHASE BACK
	IN. He sees the creature, fearful. The creature flies
	toward him, purposeful, its distorted mouth widening --
	closer and closer and closer...

           STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT FOUR          44.

41   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	As Barclay MATERIALIZES. A beat as he takes in what
	he's seen. Then he steps down off the platform with
	renewed conviction.

					BARCLAY
				(to O'Brien)
			I want you to wake the senior
			staff.

	OFF O'Brien's reaction...

42   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Geordi, Troi. Barclay is sitting
	at the head of the table, speaking to the group. He
	is uncomfortable, but determined to make his case.
	Beverly is standing beside him, taking tricorder scans
	of his left arm.

					BARCLAY
			Then I saw it again -- just twenty
			minutes ago. The same exact thing
			moving around in the Transporter
			beam.

					RIKER
			Let me get this straight -- you
			think it was alive?

					BARCLAY
				(nods)
			It was dark and distorted... and
			it had what looked like... a
			mouth...

					WORF
				(dubious)
			A mouth?

	A tense beat. Beverly completes the scan of his arm.

					BEVERLY
			I don't see anything wrong with
			his arm.

					TROI
			Reg -- why did you wait so long
			to tell anybody about your arm?

	Barclay shifts uncomfortably.

           STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT FOUR         44A.

42   CONTINUED:

					BARCLAY
			Well... I thought I was
			hallucinating. I thought it
			was... that I had... Transporter
			Psychosis...

	Reactions. Barclay knows how this must look.

					BARCLAY
				(quickly)
			But now I know I don't. I know
			what I saw in there... was real.
				(beat)
			I was the only one to experience
			an ionic fluctuation during
			transport... maybe that explains
			why that's why no one else saw
			it.

	Picard throws a questioning look at Geordi, who shrugs
	-- he's sorry to have to put Barclay on the spot like
	this.

					GEORDI
			We ran a full diagnostic on the
			Transporter system yesterday,
			Captain. It checked out fine.

           STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT FOUR          45.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Number One?

					RIKER
			We've been conducting intensive
			scans of the entire binary star
			system. No sign of any life
			forms.

	Picard considers. Doubt in the room is growing.

					PICARD
			Mister Barclay, I understand
			you've been under a considerable
			amount of strain the past couple
			of days. Isn't it possible you
			simply imagined --

	Barclay stands, cutting him off, undaunted.

					BARCLAY
			I know what you're going to say,
			sir. And I realize... I know I've
			been acting strangely. But you've
			got to believe me. I wouldn't
			have called you in here if I
			weren't absolutely certain.

	Barclay looks at Picard, waiting for the verdict. A
	long beat as Picard takes Barclay's measure -- decides
	to take Barclay at his word. He turns to his staff,
	rapidly issues commands.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			Commander La Forge, get Chief
			O'Brien -- take the Transporter
			system apart piece by piece if
			you have to.
				(to Worf)
			Mister Worf -- maintain a level
			three security alert until further
			notice.

           STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT FOUR          46.

42   CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					BEVERLY
				(to Picard)
			I'll run a micro-cellular scan
			on Mister Barclay's arm. It'll
			take some time -- but if there's
			something wrong, I'll find it.

					PICARD
				(satisfied, to all)
			Keep me apprised. Dismissed.

	They all stand to go. Barclay is awash with relief.
	Off his look of appreciation to Picard...

43   INT. SICKBAY

	Barclay sitting on a bio-bed. Beverly is moving a
	special medical DEVICE over Barclay's left arm. She
	moves the device up his arm... around his shoulder...
	and over his neck... then above his chest. Barclay is
	getting worried.

	Riker ENTERS. Beverly deactivates the scanner, turns
	to him.

					BEVERLY
				(re: Barclay)
			I'm reading minute levels of
			residual ionization in the
			sub-dermal tissue of his left arm.
				(beat)
			The patterns correspond exactly
			to the ones we measured in
			Lieutenant Kelly's body... and
			in the sample container from the
			science ship.
				(turns to Barclay)
			There's no question -- you've been
			exposed to the same high energy
			plasma they were.

           STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT FOUR          47.

43   CONTINUED:

	Barclay reacts -- he's been vindicated.

					BARCLAY
			So... something did happen to me
			in the Transporter beam?

					BEVERLY
			It's too early to draw
			conclusions... you might've been
			exposed to something on the
			science ship. But you did say
			something touched your left arm
			during transport... and that's
			where the ionization is
			focused...

	Riker considers.

					RIKER
			Does this ionization pose a threat
			to Mister Barclay?

					BEVERLY
				(beat)
			It might. I'll need to run a
			base-pair correlation to look for
			signs of DNA break-down.

					BARCLAY
				(to Riker)
			Sir... Commander La Forge and I
			were planning to recreate the
			circumstances of the explosion
			on the Yosemite... that might
			give us some answers. Permission
			to continue with the experiment?

	Riker nods.

					RIKER
			Granted. Tell Chief O'Brien to
			take all primary Transporters
			off-line. I don't want to risk
			any further... contaminations.
			And make sure you take the
			necessary safety precautions.

					BARCLAY
			Aye sir.

           STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT FOUR          48.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

	Beverly straps an ARMBAND onto Barclay's left arm and
	activates it. The armband lights up with various
	blinkies.

					BEVERLY
			I want you to wear this
			monitoring-device. It'll signal
			me at the slightest sign of
			increased ionization.

					BARCLAY
			Yes, Doctor.

	As Riker and Barclay move to go...

44   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and Data are preparing an empty SAMPLE
	CONTAINER. Barclay is at a nearby console.

					DATA
				(re: container)
			Structural reinforcement is at
			two hundred forty percent.

					GEORDI
			Activating containment field...

	Geordi taps a control. A FORCE FIELD flashes briefly
	around the container.

					GEORDI
			That should do it.
				(to Barclay)
			Okay, Reg -- we've locked onto
			the coordinates of the plasma
			streamer. You can beam aboard
			a sample.

					BARCLAY
			Aye sir.

        STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT FOUR        49.

44   CONTINUED:

	Barclay works the console. After a beat, a plasma
	sample MATERIALIZES in the container -- a swirling mass
	of crackling ENERGY. They observe it for a moment.

					GEORDI
			Okay... what would they have done
			first?

					DATA
			A standard analysis begins with
			a resonance frequency scan.

					GEORDI
			Sounds like a good place to start.
			Let's do it.

	Data works a nearby console.

					DATA
			Initiating resonance sweep.
			Frequency range at --

	Without warning, the sample container walls BLOW
	OUTWARD with a tremendous BLAST -- the containment
	force field FLASHES, expanding against the pressure of
	the explosion. The force sends Geordi, Data and
	Barclay stumbling backward.

	They regain their composure. Although the sample
	container is shattered, the containment field is
	holding. Inside, the plasma sample has transformed --
	we now see several intensely glowing PARTICLES,
	pulsating with energy, hitting up against the
	containment field, as if trying to escape.

					GEORDI
			Check the containment field.

	Barclay runs to a console across the room, checks it.

					BARCLAY
				(off console)
			Field is at maximum limits, sir.
			But it is holding.

	Geordi stares at the energy particles, captivated. He
	moves closer to them...

           STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT FOUR          50.

44   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			My VISOR's picking up bio-magnetic
			energy... highly complex
			patterns...
				(beat)
			I think these things are alive.
			Reg...

	Geordi glances over -- Barclay is gone.

					GEORDI
			Reg?

	Then Geordi sees him -- Barclay is lying on the floor,
	unconscious, half of his body RADIATING with the
	SPARKLING LIGHT (as seen in Acts Two and Three). His
	armband is flashing.

					GEORDI
			Reg!

	As Geordi and Data rush to his side...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

           STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT FIVE          51.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

45   INT. SICKBAY

	Barclay is sitting on a bio-bed, tired and edgy.
	Beverly, Geordi and Data are standing nearby.
	Mid-conversation.

					BARCLAY
				(surprised)
			Life forms?

					DATA
			That is correct. They appear to
			be quasi-energy microbes that
			exist within the distortion field
			of the plasma streamer -- which
			made them undetectable to our
			sensors.

					GEORDI
			They didn't come out until we
			tried to run the resonance
			frequency scan. Apparently, they
			didn't like it too much. They
			reacted by shattering the sample
			container.

					BARCLAY
			Which caused a plasma explosion
			similar to the one on the science
			ship...

					GEORDI
			Exactly.
				(beat)
			We think one or more of the
			microbes may have gotten into the
			Transporter system -- and are
			still caught inside the buffer.
			It probably explains what you saw
			in there...

					BARCLAY
			But... what I saw was much larger
			than a microbe...

					DATA
			Normal spatial relationships, such
			as size, are often distorted
			within the matter stream.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/20/92 - ACT FIVE        52.

45   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Some of these microbes are also
			in your body, Reg.

	Barclay looks down at his arm, dismayed.

					BARCLAY
			Inside me?

					BEVERLY
			They were in Lieutenant Kelly's
			body as well... that's what caused
			the contractions during the
			autopsy.

	Barclay realizes the implications.

					BARCLAY
			Is that what killed him?

					BEVERLY
			Yes...
				(off his look)
			But now that we've identified the
			microbes, we can start trying to
			eliminate them. I'm going to run
			a full spectrum antigen series...
			if that doesn't work, I'll try
			an imaging probe...

					BARCLAY
			But... isn't there a way to...
			to... to force these things out
			of me?

	Geordi thinks, starts to get an idea...

					GEORDI
				(musing)
			The bio-filter should've screened
			them out... but it didn't...

					DATA
			The microbes exist simultaneously
			as both matter and energy. The
			bio-filters cannot distinguish
			them from the matter stream.

        STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/20/92 - ACT FIVE        53.

45   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Right... but -- if we held Barclay
			suspended in mid-transport... at
			the point where matter starts to
			lose molecular cohesion...

	Data considers.

					DATA
			The molecules would begin to emit
			nucleonic particles. We might
			be able to derive a pattern the
			computer could recognize...

					GEORDI
			... and reprogram the bio-filters
			to screen out the microbes.
				(to Barclay)
			Reg, I think this'll work.

					BARCLAY
			Suspend me... I don't like the
			sound of that...

					GEORDI
			We'd have to hold you in there
			for a while...

					BARCLAY
			How long?

					GEORDI
			Thirty or forty seconds... it's
			hard to tell. But I think it
			would be safe...

					BARCLAY
			But... if I'm in the matter stream
			too long...

	He stops, unable to say the dreaded words. Data
	completes the thought for him.

					DATA
			Your pattern would degrade to the
			point where your signal would be
			permanently lost.

	Barclay reacts -- this is his ultimate fear come true.
	But there seems to be little choice. OFF his face as
	he struggles with the decision...

        STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT FIVE       53A.

46   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Barclay ENTERS. Beverly is with him, medical gear
	at-the-ready. Geordi and O'Brien are working at the
	console.

	O'Brien looks at Barclay, tries to reassure.

           STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT FIVE          54.

45   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			Your pattern might degrade to the
			point where your signal would be
			permanently lost.

	Barclay reacts -- this is his ultimate fear come true.
	He stands and starts moving about the room, agonizing
	over what to do...

					BARCLAY
			This has been the thing I've been
			afraid of all my life... that I'd
			go in and not come back...

	Barclay struggles -- it's the toughest choice he's ever
	had to make. He lets out a nervous laugh.

					BARCLAY
			But I guess... if I'm ever going
			to confront my fear, it might
			as well be now...

	A long beat. Then his face sets with a look of
	inner-resolve. He's made the decision...

46   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Barclay ENTERS. Beverly is with him, medical gear
	at-the-ready. Geordi and O'Brien are working at the
	console.

	O'Brien looks at Barclay, tries to reassure.

					O'BRIEN
			After fifteen seconds or so in
			the beam, you may start to feel
			lightheaded. Try to stay calm...
			and it's important you don't
			move around too much.

	Barclay nods, swallows nervously.

        STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT FIVE        55.

46   CONTINUED: (2)

					BARCLAY
			Right.

	They watch as Barclay approaches the Transporter
	platform... steps up onto it... positions himself on
	a pad...

					O'BRIEN
			Initializing the back-up pattern
			buffer. Holding at stand by...

	O'Brien works the controls. The system HUMS to life.
	Barclay tenses. This is the most terrifying moment
	in his entire life.

					GEORDI
				(to Barclay)
			You ready, Reg?

	Barclay nods, takes a deep breath.

					BARCLAY
			Energize.

	O'Brien works the controls. Barclay begins to
	DEMATERIALIZE...

                                             CUT TO:

47   CLOSE ON BARCLAY - TRANSPORTER EFFECT (OPTICAL)

	(Transporter Room side) The world around him DISSOLVES
	into SPARKLES OF ENERGY -- the Transporter Room barely
	visible against the shimmering light. Barclay tries to
	stay calm and motionless... a second passes... then
	Barclay starts to PHASE OUT...

48   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Continuous. Geordi and O'Brien working, tense.
	Beverly works a nearby console.

        STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT FIVE        56.

48   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			Molecular resolution at sixty
			percent... engaging static
			mode... his pattern is locked and
			holding...

					GEORDI
			Starting bio-filter scan...

	As they work...

49   INT. TRANSPORTER EFFECT (OPTICAL)

	Continuous. Barclay's body stays in a SEMI-PHASED
	state, sparkling energy all around. Several seconds go
	by. Barclay sees something --

50   BARCLAY'S POV (OPTICAL)

	of the familiar MOVING SHAPE coming toward us -- it's
	the LIFE FORM.

51   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Continuous.

					O'BRIEN
			Signal's holding...

	Beverly reads her console.

					BEVERLY
			The imaging scanners still aren't
			isolating the microbes...

					O'BRIEN
			I'll try increasing molecular
			dispersion...

					GEORDI
				(concerned)
			But -- his signal resolution's
			dropped to fifty-five percent...

					O'BRIEN
			Don't worry -- I can hold him
			together...

           STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT FIVE         56A.

52   INT. TRANSPORTER EFFECT (OPTICAL)

	Continuous. Barclay terrified as the life form comes
	closer and closer, snaking through the streaks of
	energy, its distorted body and mouth-like orifice
	barely discernible. Barclay doesn't move, stares
	wide-eyed at the thing as it stops just inches from
	his face...

        STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT FIVE        57.

53   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Continuous. Tension building...

					O'BRIEN
			His signal resolution's down to
			fifty percent... we need to bring
			him back...

					GEORDI
			I know, I know... just give me
			one more second...
				(beat)
			We need more dispersion...
			increase phase-transition
			frequency...

					O'BRIEN
				(works)
			Aye, sir...

	They work. Beverly reacts --

					BEVERLY
			The imaging scanners are
			actuating...

					GEORDI
			Got it... pattern acquisition...
				(works)
			Positive.

					O'BRIEN
			Programming bio-filter...

	The tension eases a bit.

					GEORDI
				(to himself)
			This won't hurt a bit, Reg...

54   INT. TRANSPORTER EFFECT (OPTICAL)

	(Transporter side) Continuous. Barclay gaping at the
	life form. The thing hovers there for a moment. Then
	it starts to tilt and move its body, as if trying to
	communicate -- like it's supplicating. And it should
	be clear at this close range that there is something
	vaguely human about this creature -- it seems to be
	asking for something...

	Barclay watches it intently... then something else
	catches his eye. He looks, and sees a second CREATURE,
	similar in appearance, quickly moving through the
	sparkles.

        STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT FIVE       57A.

54   CONTINUED:

	Barclay reacts to the sight... gradually coming to
	a realization. The sparkles start to give way to
	the Transporter Room, indicating that Barclay is
	returning -- BARCLAY GRABS HOLD OF THE FIRST CREATURE.

        STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT FIVE        58.

55   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Continuous. Barclay is just starting to MATERIALIZE
	on the platform -- he appears to be holding onto
	something, his arms wrapped around it, but we can't
	quite make out what it is...

					O'BRIEN
				(alarmed)
			I'm reading a ninety-two percent
			increase in mass, sir!

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			Something's in the beam with
			him...
				(taps communicator)
			Security to Transporter Room
			Three!

					O'BRIEN
				(working)
			I'm setting up a force field
			around the chamber...

	We HEAR a force field activate. They look at the
	platform --

56   TRANSPORTER PLATFORM (OPTICAL)

	as Barclay PHASES IN AND OUT for a second... then
	MATERIALIZES all the way. HE IS HOLDING A HUMAN BEING
	-- A SCIENCE SHIP CREWMEMBER. They both slump onto
	the platform.

	Reactions. Beverly rushes to their aid.

					BEVERLY
				(to O'Brien, on the
				 move)
			Drop the force field.

	O'Brien works and we HEAR the force field deactivate.
	The crewmember lifts his head and looks around him,
	groggy and exhausted...

        STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/20/92 - ACT FIVE        59.

56   CONTINUED:

	Worf and TWO SECURITY NDS ENTER and rush to the
	platform. Barclay gets to his feet, moves to them,
	urgent.

					BARCLAY
				(to Worf, security NDs)
			There are more of them in the
			beam... you have to grab them
			and hold on...

	Worf nods in understanding -- he moves with the
	security NDs onto the platform. O'Brien works the
	console. We HEAR the security team dematerialize.

56A  ON GEORDI AND BEVERLY

	who are tending to the crewmember. Barclay moves to
	them.

					GEORDI
				(to Barclay)
			Reg, what happened?

	Barclay catches his breath.

					BARCLAY
			When I saw there was more than
			one of them... I thought... maybe
			the other crew was trying the
			same thing we were...

	The crewmember, still shaken, chimes in.

					CREWMEMBER
			We were infected with
			something... Lieutenant Kelly...
			tried to reprogram the
			bio-filter...

        STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/20/92 - ACT FIVE       59A.

56A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(to crewmember)
			It looks like he increased
			molecular dispersion past the
			integrity point... your patterns
			were lost in the beam.

					BARCLAY
				(realizes)
			The residual energy from the
			plasma streamer... it must've
			amplified the charge in the
			buffer... enough to keep your
			patterns from degrading...

	The crewmember nods, exhausted. We HEAR the security
	team start to materialize...

56B  TRANSPORTER PLATFORM (OPTICAL)

	as Worf and the two security NDs beam in. They are
	each holding an exhausted-looking science ship
	CREWMEMBER.

	Geordi lays a hand on Barclay's shoulder. It's a nice
	moment for Barclay. OFF his tired but satisfied
	expression...

57   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse in normal space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46043.6.
			The reprogrammed bio-filter was
			effective in removing the alien
			microbes from Mister Barclay and
			the four crewmembers. The
			microbes have been returned to
			the plasma streamer.

57A
thru	OMITTED
58

59   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Continuous. Barclay ENTERS and spots O'Brien sitting
	at a table. He crosses to him.

        STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - REV. 7/17/92 - ACT FIVE       59B.

59   CONTINUED:

					BARCLAY
			Chief...

					O'BRIEN
			Lieutenant -- glad you could make
			it.

	Barclay sits. On the table top, O'Brien has a small
	BOX of some sort (the 24th century version of a cage).
	O'Brien looks at Barclay.

					O'BRIEN
			You know, I think this is the
			first time we've ever talked,
			outside the Transporter Room.

           STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT FIVE          60.

59   CONTINUED: (2)

	Barclay looks a little embarrassed.

					BARCLAY
			Well... to be honest, I always
			avoided you.

					O'BRIEN
			Why?

					BARCLAY
			Because... you run the
			Transporters, and I hate
			transporters...

	Barclay considers for a beat.

					BARCLAY
			At least... I used to...

	O'Brien smiles, glad to hear it. Barclay returns the
	smile, grateful for O'Brien's help. He indicates the
	box.

					BARCLAY
			So what's in the box?

					O'BRIEN
			I thought you might like to meet
			Christina.

	Barclay looks at him, curious. O'Brien removes the
	top of the box to reveal its contents: a rather large,
	nasty-looking TARANTULA. Barclay reacts, surprised
	by the sight.

					O'BRIEN
			Christina -- Lieutenant Barclay.

	Barclay eyes the thing.

					BARCLAY
			Your... pet spider.

					O'BRIEN
			Lycosa tarantula. Don't worry,
			she won't bite.

	The tarantula takes a few crawly steps onto the table.
	Barclay shifts, uncomfortable.

					BARCLAY
			It's... she's... very... large.

           STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 7/15/92 - ACT FIVE          61.

59   CONTINUED: (3)

					O'BRIEN
			I found her on Titus Four...
			almost stepped on her by accident.

	Barclay nods, trying to seem enthusiastic. O'Brien
	stands up.

					O'BRIEN
			I'll get us a couple of drinks.
			Keep an eye on her, will you?

					BARCLAY
			Sure...

	O'Brien crosses to the bar. Barclay looks down and
	freezes when he notices that the tarantula is crawling
	onto his hand. A flicker of panic crosses his face.
	With his free hand, he starts to tap his neck,
	plexing... trying to stay calm...

					BARCLAY
			Um... Chief...

	As the spider crawls up his arm...

60   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	on to its next mission.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             














                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                      "Man of the People" 
                          #40276-229 
                              
                          Written by 
                       Frank Abatemarco 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rick Kolbe 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1992 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                        JULY 24, 1992

       STAR TREK: "Man Of the People" - 07/24/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Man of the People" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             ALKAR
                RIKER              MAYLOR
                DATA               TALMADGE (COM VOICE)
                BEVERLY            ADMIRAL SIMONS
                TROI               YOUNG ENSIGN
                GEORDI             LIVA
                WORF               JARTH
                                   ENSIGN JANEWAY
                NURSE OGAWA        
                COMPUTER VOICE   
  
                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    TWO SENTRIES
                  TECHNICIAN         
                  TWO MED TECHS      
                  TWO SECURITY GUARDS
                  A TECHNICIAN, CHIEF DANIELS
                  A DOCTOR           

      STAR TREK: - "Man Of the People" - 07/24/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Man of the People" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              READY ROOM
              GYM
              CORRIDOR
              TROI'S OFFICE
              TURBOLIFT
              OBS. LOUNGE
              TROI'S QUARTERS
              ENGINEERING
              TEN-FORWARD
              BEVERLY'S OFFICE
              SICKBAY
          
              ALKAR'S QUARTERS
              MORGUE
          
              CONFERENCE CHAMBERS ANTEROOM
              (ON SERONIA)

   STAR TREK: "Man Of the People" - 07/27/92 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Man of the People" 
                          
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                    REKAG           REH-kahg
                    FRATIS          FRAY-tiss
                    ROHM GAH        Rome-GAH
                    SEVI ROHM       Sevvy-ROME
                    LIVA            LEE-vuh
                    ALKAR           ALL-kar

   STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/29/92 - TEASER   1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "Man of The People"                           
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is dropping out of warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46071.6.
			We have been called to the aid
			of a transport ship, which has
			been attacked near Rekag-Seronia.
			Hostilities between the two factions
			on that planet have intensified
			recently, threatening an important
			Federation shipping route.

2    OMITTED

2A   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - (OPTICAL)

	PICARD, WORF, DATA, RIKER, TROI, SUPERNUMERARIES as
	needed.

					DATA
			Captain, sensors have located the
			transport ship. Two Rekag battle
			cruisers are flanking it.

					RIKER
			Red alert. Shields up.

					WORF
			Phasers on line. Photon torpedoes
			armed and ready.

					PICARD
			Is the transport still under
			attack?

					DATA
			The cruisers' weapons are powered
			up... but...

	He observes something new on the console.

      STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - 7/24/92 - TEASER      2.

2A   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Sir, the Rekag ships are turning
			and heading out of sensor range.

					RIKER
			They don't want to take on the
			Enterprise...

					DATA
			We are within visual range of the
			transport, Sir.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	We see the disabled Transport, Dorian.

					DATA
			Sensors indicate damage to the
			Dorian's sub space emitters.
			Audio communication only.

					PICARD
			Open a channel, Mister Worf.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard
			of the Federation starship
			Enterprise.

	The Dorian Captain replies... but the transmission
	isn't good... staticky, tending to break up.

					TALMADGE'S COM VOICE
			Captain Talmadge of the Dorian.
			Glad you're here... we took some
			shield damage from the Rekag
			ships... but we couldn't have held
			out if they attacked again.

					PICARD
			Do you have injuries? Can we
			assist you in any way?

					TALMADGE'S COM VOICE
			No injuries... but I'd like
			permission to transport a couple
			of guests to your ship.

   STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/27/92 - TEASER   3.

2A   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Of course...

					TALMADGE'S COM VOICE
			We're conveying a mediator to
			Seronia. I think he's the reason
			the Rekags fired on us...

	Now Talmadge really begins to break up.

					TALMADGE'S COM VOICE
			...travelling... negotiations...

	Picard shakes his head in frustration.

					PICARD
			Captain, I'm losing you. Go ahead
			and beam your passengers on
			board...

	Picard turns to Troi.

					PICARD
			Counselor, will you see to our
			guests' needs and then escort them
			to my Ready Room.

					TROI
			Yes, Captain.

	Troi heads for the Turbolift.

2B   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Troi ENTERS the Transporter Room. The Transporter
	TECHNICIAN works the console and AMBASSADOR ALKAR and
	his mother MAYLOR MATERIALIZE.

	Alkar is in his 30's, very attractive. His serenity
	is contrasted by a deep sense of purpose.

	Maylor is an ancient woman, with white hair, craggy
	face, and stooped back. But there is a deeper power
	that emanates from her that is intense -- and
	disquieting. She simmers with rage, and while she is
	not loud or grating, there is a malignancy which
	permeates every word she speaks. She looks right at
	Troi.

					TROI
			I'm Counselor Deanna Troi.

   STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/28/92 - TEASER   4.

2B   CONTINUED:

	Alkar steps down, hand extended.

					ALKAR
			Ambassador Ves Alkar...
				(gestures)
			... and my mother, Sev Maylor.
			Counselor, it's imperative that
			I speak with your Captain...

	Before Troi can answer, Maylor comes off the stage,
	moves right toward her, locks on and drills into her.

					MAYLOR
			You think he's attracted to you...
			but he isn't. You offer him
			nothing...

	There is a brief, stunned silence. Alkar moves
	smoothly in, takes Maylor's arm.

					ALKAR
			She hasn't been well. Could she
			be taken to quarters?

					TROI
			Of course.
				(to Transporter Chief)
			Chief...
				(to Alkar)
			I'll take you to meet Captain
			Picard...

	The Transporter Chief moves toward Maylor. Alkar
	addresses Maylor, nodding toward the Chief.

					ALKAR
			Go with him...

	Maylor accedes, walks toward the door... but stops and
	looks back at Troi.

					MAYLOR
			Don't pursue him. I won't have
			it... I'll stop you...

	The Transporter Chief eases her out the door. Alkar
	looks apologetically at Troi.

     STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - 7/24/92 - TEASER     5-6.

3    CLOSE ON TROI

	hand at her throat, looking not just uncomfortable,
	but deeply upset by this strange and unexpected
	incident.

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

   STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/28/92 - ACT ONE   7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

A3	OMITTED

A4	INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Alkar are talking with Starfleet ADMIRAL
	SIMONS who is on the viewscreen.

					ALKAR
				(with some urgency)
			I am grateful for the
			Federation's offer to escort me,
			but if I arrive at Rekag-Seronia
			on the Enterprise, the armed
			Flagship of Starfleet, my mission
			as a Peace negotiator will be
			compromised. There must be a
			Federation transport ship in the
			area that could take me there.

					PICARD
			With all due respect, Admiral
			-- to put the Ambassador on
			another unarmed transport will
			only invite a second assault.

					ALKAR
			I believe the attack on us was
			an isolated incident, nothing
			more...

	The Admiral pauses, taking in both sides, then --

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/28/92 - ACT ONE  7A.

A4	CONTINUED:

					ADMIRAL
			Ambassador Alkar... the
			Rekag-Seronia dispute has
			threatened Federation ships for
			many months. We are grateful that
			you are willing to undertake this
			mission... and you have our full
			support.

					ALKAR
			Thank you, sir.

					ADMIRAL
			However, we also recognize that
			safety is an issue -- not just
			yours, but the crew that escorts
			you. To send you on an unarmed
			transport puts everyone at risk.
			I think it's best if you proceed to
			Rekag-Seronia aboard the
			Enterprise.

   STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/28/92 - ACT ONE   8.

A4	CONTINUED: (2)

	There is a hesitation... Alkar doesn't agree, but
	acquiesces.

					ALKAR
			Then I have no choice.

					ADMIRAL
			Once you get to Rekag-Seronia,
			you may conduct your negotiations
			as you see fit. Until then --
			you'll be in good hands with
			Captain Picard.

	The message of the speech is not lost on Alkar, who
	smiles. Even when he's in disagreement, nothing seems
	to ruffle him.

					ALKAR
			... I understand.

					ADMIRAL SIMONS
			Good luck, and a successful
			journey.

	The Admiral disappears from the Viewscreen. Picard
	looks at Alkar, then--

					PICARD
			Picard to Riker.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Yes, sir?

					PICARD
			Set a course for Seronia.

4    INT. GYM

	A soft-form martial arts class is in progress (like
	the one in "Clues"); the group wears a form of gi.

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/27/92 - ACT ONE  8A.

4    CONTINUED:

	Worf leads it; Troi is participating -- and Alkar.
	Alkar's skill is evident in the way he moves.

	At one point, Troi looks over and smiles at him.

	Worf completes the final move, then --

					WORF
			That is all for today. There will
			be another class tomorrow at
			oh-seven-hundred hours.

	The group moves off in casual clusters. Troi finds
	herself face to face with Alkar.

					TROI
			The skills are demanding...
			You're very disciplined.

   STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/27/92 - ACT ONE   9.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					ALKAR
			I believe in a strong connection
			between body and mind.
				(beat)
			You obviously share that
			conviction.

	She smiles at him.

					TROI
			Yes... Only sometimes I have a
			problem getting my body to conform
			to my mind's wishes...

	He laughs and they EXIT frame.

4A   INT. CORRIDOR

	as they come from the gym.

					TROI
			I would imagine that your
			self-discipline helps you in your
			work...

	He shrugs and smiles in a self-deprecating way.

					ALKAR
			I don't know about that... I think
			maybe my biggest asset is
			patience.

	She gives him a questioning look.

					ALKAR
			I let everybody else talk until
			they're exhausted... then when
			I start, they're too tired to
			argue.

	She smiles at that.

					TROI
			You're going to need all your
			patience at Seronia... I can't
			imagine how you'll get the two
			sides talking to each other...

	Again, his modest smile.

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/27/92 - ACT ONE  10.

4A   CONTINUED:

					ALKAR
			Neither can I. I won't know that
			until I get there. I tend to feel
			my way through a situation...

	They have reached a Turbolift, and ENTER it.

4B   INT. TURBOLIFT

					ALKAR
			Deck nine. If I were empathic,
			like you... I'd have a real
			advantage.

					TROI
			I thought Lumerians were
			empathic...

					ALKAR
			Only with each other, not other
			species. So... I don't have any
			idea what you might be feeling
			just now...

	She thinks, smiles to herself.

					TROI
			Curiosity...
				(off his look)
			What I sense from you is very
			unusual. Serenity... calmness...
			tranquility... you seem to embody
			the very qualities you hope to
			draw out in others.

	The Turbolift doors open and they EXIT.

5    INT. CORRIDOR

					ALKAR
			Tell me, Counselor... have you
			ever been involved in diplomatic
			negotiations?

					TROI
			Several times... with Captain
			Picard. There've been instances
			when having an empath along has
			been helpful.

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/28/92 - ACT ONE  10A.

5    CONTINUED:

					ALKAR
			I'm sure.
				(beat)
			I could use some of that help.
			Would you come with me when we
			reach Seronia?

					TROI
			If the Captain authorizes it, of
			course I will.

	They have reached his quarters.

					ALKAR
			I hope to see you again.

	She smiles in response, and turns to head up the
	corridor. But suddenly the door OPENS -- and there
	stands Maylor, quietly furious, eyes blazing.

					MAYLOR
			You're late.

					ALKAR
			Mother, I told you I would be gone
			for over an hour...

					MAYLOR
			You're late because of her.

     STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - 7/24/92 - ACT ONE     11.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

	She turns to Troi, and once again, her ancient,
	glittering eyes bore into Troi like malevolent lasers.

					MAYLOR
			Have you mated with him yet?

					TROI
			What --?

					MAYLOR
			That's what you want, isn't it?

					ALKAR
			Mother, come in, please --

	But Maylor moves toward Troi, who instinctively moves
	back.

					MAYLOR
			I can always tell. The ones with
			a certain look in their eye...

					TROI
			I'd better go...

	Alkar takes his mother's arm, restraining her from
	moving in to Troi, but the venom of her words is
	unstoppable.

					MAYLOR
			I'll tell you this... if you do,
			you will regret it for the rest
			of your life...

	Troi shrinks back from the woman, obviously sensing
	deeply the malevolence that permeates her.

					ALKAR
			Come on, Mother... you need to
			lie down...

	He pulls the woman toward the room, her gaze still
	locked intently on Troi's. He gives Troi a helpless
	glance.

					ALKAR
			I'll see you later...

	Troi nods and the strange duo disappear into the
	quarters. Troi takes several deep breaths, trying to
	calm herself.

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/28/92 - ACT ONE  12.

5A   INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	The chime SOUNDS.

					TROI
			Come in.

	The door opens and Riker ENTERS, carrying a Padd.

					RIKER
			Hi. It's that time again...

	She looks at him, perplexed. She's still distracted by
	the incident with Maylor. Riker lifts the Padd.

					RIKER
			The dreaded crew evaluation
			reports.

	Troi makes a slight grimace. Clearly this is no one's
	favorite task.

					TROI
			Does it have to be today?

					RIKER
			It won't get any easier tomorrow.

					TROI
			It might...

	She takes a breath, obviously troubled.

					RIKER
				(concerned)
			What is it?

					TROI
			I've just had a very -- disturbing
			encounter with Alkar's mother.
				(beat, as her feelings
				 emerge)
			Wil, she frightens me.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/28/92 - ACT ONE  13.

5A   CONTINUED:

					TROI (Cont'd)
			The feelings I sense from her
			are -- malevolent. They're out of
			proportion -- evil.

	Riker stares at her, knowing that if Troi senses those
	things, they're there. But maybe there's a reason...

					RIKER
			I understand she's been ill...
			and she's very old -- probably
			senile.
				(a gentle grin)
			Listen... we might all end up like
			that some day.

	She can't help but smile... and, as usual, Riker has
	made her feel better.

					TROI
			You're right. Okay, let's get
			through these evaluations. When
			they're done I'm going to reward
			myself with two pieces of fudge.

	He grins and looks back to the Padd.

					RIKER
			First, molecular biology.
			Lieutenant Jeffrey Fratis...

    STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - 7/24/92 - ACT ONE    13A.

5A   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			She's just a bitter old woman...
			don't give her the power to worry
			you.

	She smiles at him, grateful, as always, for his
	friendship.

					TROI
			You're right. Okay, let's get
			through these evaluations. When
			they're done I'm going to reward
			myself with a chocolate brownie.

	He grins and looks back to the Padd.

					RIKER
			Next, Physical Sciences.
			Lieutenant Jeffrey Fratis...

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/27/92 - ACT ONE  14.

5A   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Worf to Commander Riker...

					RIKER
			Go ahead.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Can you report to Ambassador
			Alkar's quarters? There's an
			emergency.

	Riker and Troi exchange a quick glance and then Riker
	is out of there, followed by Troi.

6    OMITTED

7    INT. ALKAR'S QUARTERS - MINUTES LATER

	Riker and Troi ENTER. BEVERLY has two Med Techs there;
	they are already into life-saving procedures on Maylor,
	who lies sprawled on the floor, unconscious. Troi
	moves to Alkar, who is pale and drained, staring at the
	form on the floor.

					BEVERLY
				(to med tech)
			Forty cc's inoprovaline.

	The med tech gives her a hypospray, she administers
	it, watches the portable monitor. Nothing. Beverly
	scans Maylor's body once more, takes a breath, looks
	up at Alkar... shakes her head.

   STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/27/92 - ACT ONE 15-16A      

7    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I'm sorry, Ambassador.

	Alkar's jaw tightens and he sags slightly, as though
	his knees feel spongy. When he speaks, his voice is
	slightly husky.

					ALKAR
			She was ill... I should never have
			brought her along...

	Alkar turns away in despair.

					TROI
			Alkar...

	Troi follows Alker to comfort him. He takes a few
	breaths, gains control.

					ALKAR
			She was ninety-three... she'd
			lived a long life... I should be
			grateful for that.

	He glances at Troi.

					ALKAR
			Counselor... there's a funeral
			meditation... part of our
			rituals... as an empath you're
			the only person on board who could
			perform it with me...

					TROI
			I'd be glad to help...

	Off their looks --

8    OMITTED

9    INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - A LITTLE LATER (OPTICAL)

	Alkar is opening a small, ornate box. He opens the
	box and takes out a few oddly shaped chunks of dark
	ore, gives one to Troi.

     STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - 7/24/92 - ACT ONE     16.

8    CONTINUED:

					ALKAR
			Captain...

					PICARD
			I wanted to express my
			condolences. This must be a
			difficult time for you.

					ALKAR
			My mother and I were very close.
			It will be hard to adjust to life
			without her.

					PICARD
			Do you want to consider postponing
			your visit to Bironi? I'm sure
			everyone would understand...

	When Alkar replies, there's an edge to his voice --
	the first time we've heard such an overtone.

					ALKAR
			I'm no less committed to my task
			than I was before my mother died,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			I was only thinking of your best
			interests...

					ALKAR
			They will be served if I can bring
			the Bironi and the Rekags
			together. For a lasting peace.

	The two men eye one another. Then --

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Worf to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Mister Worf.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Sensors have picked up a Bironi
			warship... in a parallel course
			just inside sensor range.

					PICARD
			Yellow alert, Mister Worf.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

    STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - 7/24/92 - ACT ONE    16A.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

	Alkar shakes his head, and again, there is a hint of
	anger in his voice.

					ALKAR
			You communicate distrust... you
			announce your warlike intentions.
			It's not the way to enter into
			peace negotiations.

					PICARD
			I must take the necessary
			precautions. One ship you were
			on has already been attacked.
				(beat)
			And I think you'd agree that a
			dead man cannot be a particularly
			effective negotiator.

	This gets a rise from Alkar... he stifles the instinct
	to step toward Picard... he clenches his fists and
	gains control, then EXITS, leaving Picard to stare
	after him.

9    INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - A LITTLE LATER (OPTICAL)

	Troi sits on a couch, curled up and reading. But she
	seems unable to concentrate. Her eyes drift away from
	the book and she stares into space. Then, the door
	CHIMES. She rises and crosses to it, it opens. Alkar
	stands there. He carries a small, ornate box.

					ALKAR
			Hello.

					TROI
			Alkar... come in.

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/27/92 - ACT ONE  17.

9    CONTINUED:

					ALKAR
			The meditation... is one of our
			most sacred ceremonies.

	He leads her to the couch. They sit down. Alkar is
	edgy, and will remain so until the end of the scene.

					ALKAR
			Hold the stone... like this...

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/27/92 - ACT ONE  18.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

	He demonstrates, cupping the stone in both palms, arms
	outstretched in front of him. Troi mimics him.

					ALKAR
			Rohm gah... sevi rohm... rohm
			gah...
				(beat)
			Say after me... an end to grief...

					TROI
			An end to grief...

					ALKAR
			An end to pain...

					TROI
			An end to pain...

					ALKAR
			Strength comes from love...

					TROI
			Strength comes from love...

					ALKAR
			And courage from wisdom.

					TROI
			And courage from wisdom.

	Troi closes her eyes and concentrates intently. Alkar
	gazes at her for a moment. Then, slowly, he reaches
	out and touches his stone to hers. They both GLOW
	warmly for a brief instant, then die out. He pulls
	his hands away. Troi opens her eyes and he smiles at
	her. Alkar is relieved... calm and composed.

					ALKAR
			... Thank you.

	Troi stares at him. She holds both her arms as though
	a chill had passed through her.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - 7/24/92 - ACT TWO     19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

10   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - CLOSE - TROI'S FACE

	as she looks at herself in the mirror. She runs a
	finger underneath her eye, frowns slightly as if she's
	found an imperfection.

11   WIDEN

	to a full shot. She tugs gently at various points of
	her uniform but can't seem to get comfortable. She
	opens a drawer and rifles through her clothes, but
	summarily decides against all of them. There is an
	edge to her movements that suggests a profound
	dissatisfaction.

					TROI
			Computer... today's appointment
			calendar.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Oh-nine-hundred hours: counseling
			session with Ensign Janeway.

	Troi gives a look that says, "Not her... " She just
	doesn't feel up to any of this today.

					COMPUTER VOICE
				(continuing)
			Ten Hundred hours: counseling
			session with --

					TROI
			Cancel them. Cancel everything
			until after lunch.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Acknowledged.

	Troi's mood lightens a bit at the prospect of a free
	morning -- the way she crosses back toward her dresser
	indicates that she knows exactly what to do with it
	and what to wear.

12   INT. MORGUE

	Picard ENTERS to find Beverly near a stasis tube
	which holds the body of Alkar's dead mother.

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/29/92 - ACT TWO  20.

12   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You wanted to see me, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			Yes... I'm sorry to bother you,
			Captain... but I'm a little
			concerned.

	She gestures to the body.

					BEVERLY
			I haven't been able to determine
			the cause of death.

	Picard gives her a look... Beverly wouldn't usually ask
	him to visit the morgue to tell him something as
	mundane as that.

					PICARD
			She was elderly... and Alkar said
			she had been ill...

					BEVERLY
			I found no evidence of disease.
				(beat)
			But I did find abnormally high
			levels of neuro-transmitter
			residue in her cerebral cortex.

					PICARD
			What are you suggesting -- ?

					BEVERLY
			I don't know. I'd like to do an
			autopsy... but I've already spoken
			to Alkar. He tells me that
			Lumerian custom forbids it.
				(beat)
			Could you talk to him?

	Picard considers the ramifications of this action.

					PICARD
			Do you have any reason to suspect
			her death poses some kind of
			threat to the Enterprise?

					BEVERLY
			... Well, no.

					PICARD
			Then I can't see any alternative
			but to comply with his wishes.

	Beverly understands the reasons for his refusal... but
	she's frustrated.

    STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - 7/24/92 - ACT TWO    20A.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY (Cont'd)
			He tells me that Lumerian custom
			forbids autopsy except in cases
			where contagious disease might
			be involved.
				(beat)
			Could you talk to him?

	Picard considers the ramifications of this action.

					PICARD
			We're in the middle of a delicate
			situation. I'd prefer not to go
			to him with this unless you feel
			it's absolutely necessary.

					BEVERLY
				(understanding)
			I might be able to find other ways
			to investigate. I'll try those
			first.

	Picard nods his approval and leaves.

13   INT. GYM

	Troi is alone, performing Tai Chi exercises, watching
	her form in the mirror. Her movements are slow,
	controlled; the edge we saw in the previous scene seems
	to have been vented off.

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/29/92 - ACT TWO  21.

13   INT. GYM

	Troi is alone, performing Tai Chi exercises, watching
	her form in the mirror. Her movements are slow,
	controlled; the edge we saw in the previous scene seems
	to have been vented off.

	But then something strange begins to happen... Her
	movements stray from traditional Tai Chi moves, become
	more free-form, charged with a certain sensuality.

	She stops, tries to re-focus... begins again... but her
	concentration is gone. She stares at her self in the
	mirror... aware of her body... becoming overwhelmed by
	the sensual feelings that have become aroused in her...
	slowly, she opens the top of her outfit to lower the
	neckline... and then she turns and heads for the exit.

14   INT. ALKAR'S QUARTERS

	Troi stands in the doorway to his quarters, her skin
	flushed, her hair in some disarray... her gi still
	slightly undone. Alkar smiles at her.

					ALKAR
			Deanna?

					TROI
			Hello...

					ALKAR
			Please, come in.

	She ENTERS, looking around as she does.

					TROI
			I thought you might like some
			company. Unless you're busy...

					ALKAR
			Nothing that can't wait. Would
			you like something to drink?

					TROI
			No.

	She sits and looks up at him.

					TROI
			I'd like you to talk to me.

	He gives her a quizzical smile, moves to sit near her.

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/27/92 - ACT TWO  22.

14   CONTINUED:

					ALKAR
			About... ?

					TROI
			About you. I don't know anything
			about you. And... I'd like to.

	He smiles, shrugs.

					ALKAR
			There's not much to know. I live
			a simple life...

					TROI
			What kind of woman do you find
			attractive?

	He looks at her, aware of why she has taken this
	tack.

					TROI
			Do you find me attractive?

	A small beat.

					ALKAR
			Extremely.

	Troi reaches out, runs a hand through his hair.

					TROI
			And... when you're attracted to
			someone... what do you usually
			do... ?

					ALKAR
			That depends... on a lot of
			things...

	Her hand is now tracing his cheek.

					TROI
			Is it really so complicated?

	He takes her hand in his, removes it from his face.

					ALKAR
			It can be.

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/27/92 - ACT TWO  23.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Perhaps you overthink things...

	She leans in to him, her mouth close to his... but he
	backs away, stands.

					ALKAR
			Deanna...

	She rises too, not to be denied, and moves close to
	him again.

					TROI
			I'm here...

	He turns away from her, gets some distance.

					ALKAR
			I'm sorry. If I've led you to
			believe...
				(he stops, trying to
				 find the way to say
				 this)
			You are very beautiful... but our
			relationship can't be -- like
			that.

	She stares at him, feeling his rejection. She turns
	away, and he takes a step toward her, sorry he's hurt
	her. But she looks back at him, frustration on her
	face, then goes to the door... and he stares after her,
	genuinely distressed to have let her down.

15
thru	OMITTED
18

19   INT. TURBOLIFT

	Troi is alone, trying to sort out her feelings. The
	lift stops to let someone in: a YOUNG ENSIGN in his
	late-twenties. He nods at her and turns to face the
	door.

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/27/92 - ACT TWO  24.

19   CONTINUED:

					ENSIGN
			Deck four.

	Troi looks up at him... likes what she sees. Her eyes
	bore in to him... he feels the look and turns to her...
	smiles in an innocent way. She smiles back.

20   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	cruising at impulse.

21   INT. A CORRIDOR

	as Riker makes his way down it, carrying a Padd.
	He stops outside Troi's quarters and sounds the door
	chime. After a moment the door opens and Troi greets
	him in a robe.

					TROI
				(surprised to see him)
			Wil...

					RIKER
			We were going to finish the crew
			evaluation reports...

					TROI
			Of course, come in.

22   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	as Riker steps in to the main room and sees, in the
	bedroom, the young Ensign sitting on the edge of Troi's
	bed putting on his boots. His eyes fairly pop out of
	his head when he sees Riker and he instinctively stands
	at attention.

					ENSIGN
			Sir!

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/27/92 - ACT TWO  25.

22   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(bemused)
			As you were.

					ENSIGN
			Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.

	The young man grabs at his remaining boot.

					ENSIGN
			I was just leaving.

	Riker can't help but smile at his haplessness... but
	Troi isn't amused. As the Ensign passes by them,
	trying to be dignified...

					TROI
			If there's anything else I
			need... I know where to find you.

	The young man blinks, not sure how to respond.

					ENSIGN
			Yes, ma'am.

	He fumbles his way past them and EXITS. Riker, a
	little surprised at the way she has treated the
	Ensign, turns to his Padd as though to get to
	business.

					TROI
			Are you bothered by his being
			here?

					RIKER
			Of course not.

					TROI
			Good. Because it's really none
			of your business.

	He looks at her, hearing the absence of fun in her
	voice, confused by her mood swing.

					RIKER
			I know that...

	He turns back to the Padd.

					RIKER
			We were still with Lieutenant
			Fratis in molecular biology...

     STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - 7/24/92 - ACT TWO     26.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Why do I think you're upset?

	Riker gives her a look. He can't understand why she
	won't let go of this.

					RIKER
			I don't know. Could we just go
			over these evaluations?

					TROI
			Wil, remember who you're talking
			to... you are bothered, I can
			tell...

					RIKER
				(getting annoyed)
			Look, Deanna, I'm sorry I
			intruded. When you're ready to
			work, why don't you let me know?

					TROI
			I will.

	He stares at her for a moment, not understanding her
	attitude. Then he moves toward the door and EXITS.

23   INT. CORRIDOR

	as we follow him out. He shakes his head in
	puzzlement, not understanding Troi's behavior... but
	chalking it up to her own embarrassment because he's
	caught her in flagrante.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

 STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/28/92 - ACT THREE 27.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

24   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around Seronia.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46073.6.
			We have arrived without incident
			at Seronia, where two members of
			Ambassador Alkar's delegation have
			been waiting. They have joined
			us to report on the situation in
			the capital city.

25   OMITTED

25A  INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Alkar and Picard are with JARTH, a heavy-set man in his
	mid-fifties, and LIVA, a lovely woman in her thirties,
	with the delicate features of a porcelain doll. There
	is a map displayed on the monitor. Jarth addresses
	both Picard and Alkar.

					JARTH
			Things have deteriorated
			steadily. Rekag sympathizers in
			outlying districts have attacked
			several towns.

					PICARD
			I was under the impression there
			was a cease fire agreement.

					JARTH
			It was broken before it went into
			effect. A Rekag shuttle strayed
			into Seronian space and was
			destroyed by fighter craft.

					LIVA
			Naturally the Rekags retaliated...
			there's been fighting ever since.

	But instead of reflecting the concern and anxiety
	evident on the face of his colleagues, Alkar's attitude
	is if anything more serene.

 STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/29/92 - ACT THREE 28.

25A  CONTINUED:

					ALKAR
			If they will just sit down with
			me...

					JARTH
			The Rekags have refused to come
			to Seronian territory for talks.
			And the Seronians won't go to
			Rekag. In the meantime -- they
			fight.

					PICARD
			Ambassador... the situation sounds
			volatile. Perhaps a cooling off
			period --

					ALKAR
			These people need an end to the
			fighting now -- to delay a week,
			or even a few days, could cost
			thousands of lives.

	Picard moves to the map on the monitor.

					PICARD
			Then I recommend asking both sides
			if they will agree to meet at the
			coastal city of Darthen.

	Alkar looks at him for a beat; he's impressed with
	Picard's knowledge of the situation.

					LIVA
			Why Darthen?

					PICARD
			It has been neutral throughout the
			conflict. Both Seronians and Rekag
			loyalists live there. It might be
			acceptable as a compromise.

	Alkar considers Picard's proposal for a beat, then --

					ALKAR
			Contact the leaders. If they will
			meet in Darthen, I will join them
			there tomorrow.

	Picard nods his acquiescence.

                                             CUT TO:

   STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - 7/24/92 - ACT THREE   28A.

25A  CONTINUED: (2)

					ALKAR
			No. I will not go with armed
			guards. I must be a man of peace
			before I can ask others for peace.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			Very well.

					ALKAR
			Please send a message to the Rekag
			and Seronian leaders. I will join
			them tomorrow.

	Picard nods his acquiescence.

                                             CUT TO:


 STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/27/92 - ACT THREE 29.

26   INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	Troi is with ENSIGN JANEWAY, a young woman from the
	science department, who is very distraught.

					ENSIGN JANEWAY
			... I know it must be my
			imagination... but it seems as
			though Lieutenant Pinder just --
			doesn't want me in his section.

					TROI
			Why do you think that?

					ENSIGN JANEWAY
			He's so critical... I can't ever
			do anything to please him... and
			I try, Counselor, I try to make
			sure there's nothing he could find
			fault with...

					TROI
			Give me an example of what you
			mean.

					ENSIGN JANEWAY
			Well, yesterday I was running
			routine diagnostics on the sensor
			pallets. They checked out...
			but Lieutenant Pinder questioned
			me because I'd allowed a point
			oh-two-three variance. That's
			well within specifications.
				(frustrated)
			He goes out of his way to
			criticize me.

					TROI
			Do you know of any reason why he
			might do that?

					ENSIGN JANEWAY
			No... that's why I'm here.

 STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/27/92 - ACT THREE 30.

26   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Maybe he's tired of hearing you
			complain.

					ENSIGN JANEWAY
				(confused)
			Pardon me... ?

					TROI
			I'm certainly tired of it. How
			do you think it feels to sit and
			listen to someone whine about
			themselves all the time?

					ENSIGN JANEWAY
			I... didn't know I was --

					TROI
			This isn't Starfleet Academy.
			You aren't going to be coddled.
			If you can't take it here, you
			might think about a transport
			ship. There's a lot less pressure
			there.

	Ensign Janeway is devastated... but trying to comport
	herself professionally.

					ENSIGN JANEWAY
			I love being on the Enterprise...
			I don't want to be anywhere
			else...

					TROI
				(softly)
			But if you aren't up to it... you
			don't deserve to be here. Isn't
			that right?

					ENSIGN JANEWAY
			I... guess so...

					TROI
			Then you'd better get hold of
			yourself. Or be prepared for a
			transfer.

	She rises, wounded, trying to get out before she
	breaks down.

					ENSIGN JANEWAY
			I will, Counselor... thank you.

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/29/92 - ACT THREE 31-32.     

26   CONTINUED: (2)

	And she's out the door. Troi still sitting quietly
	muses...

					TROI
			Glad I could help.

27   OMITTED

28   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Beverly is looking on as Geordi enters data into the
	console.

					GEORDI
			Here we go... Bio-filter log
			on Sev Maylor...

	A monitor displays the Transporter bio filter log for
	Alkar's mother. Beverly compares it to the information
	on her tricorder.

					BEVERLY
			Geordi, could this log have been
			damaged in any way... ?

					GEORDI
			I doubt it. Why do you ask?

					BEVERLY
			There's a discrepancy between the
			log... and the tricorder readings
			I took just three days later.

	Beverly looks again at her tricorder. She's puzzled.

					BEVERLY
			The tricorder shows massive
			physiological deterioration
			compared to her condition when
			she beamed aboard. It's hard to
			believe so much damage could have
			occurred in such a short time.

					GEORDI
			Well... I could run a diagnostic
			of the bio-filter system. And
			your tricorder.

	Beverly hands him her Tricorder, but she doesn't expect
	much from the test.

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/28/92 - ACT THREE 33-34.     

28   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Thanks. But the best way to get
			the information I need would be
			to do an autopsy.

	Geordi is sympathetic, but can't really do anything
	to relieve her frustration.

                                             CUT TO:

29   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is still in orbit.

30   INT. TEN FORWARD

	A casual mingling is underway. Data is here some
	distance away and out of earshot. Alkar is in
	conversation with Jarth and Liva. Riker ENTERS. He
	moves to Alkar.

					RIKER
			Ambassador, we've received word
			from the Seronian and the Rekag
			leaders. Both sides have agreed
			to meet with you in Darthen
			tomorrow.

	Alkar is visibly pleased. Riker moves to chat with
	Data.

31   NEW ANGLE

	As Troi ENTERS the room and we see a startling change
	in the Counselor.

 STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/29/92 - ACT THREE 35.

31   CONTINUED:

	Her hair is now done up in a more severe style which
	emphasizes a new white streak in her hair... she is
	wearing something which clings to her anatomy... and
	her entire bearing is more openly seductive and
	aggressive than we've ever seen in Troi. Her makeup
	is more extreme and there are signs that her skin is
	aging.

31A  ANGLE ON DATA AND RIKER

	As Troi moves through the room, Data and Riker stare
	at her.

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			Counselor Troi has altered her
			appearance...

					RIKER
				(likewise)
			She certainly has...

31B  ANGLE ON TROI

	as she moves toward Alkar and his group. Riker stares
	at her, amazed at the transformation.

					TROI
			Am I interrupting?

					LIVA
			Hello, Counselor...

	Troi's eyes bore in to her. She moves in close and
	speaks just above a whisper.

 STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/27/92 - ACT THREE 36.

31B  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			You want him... I can tell. But
			you have nothing to give him...

	Liva is stunned at this. Alkar, surprised, (Troi is
	showing signs of change this quickly) tries to steer
	her away.

					ALKAR
			Deanna, could we talk in
			private...

	But now Troi focuses on Jarth.

					TROI
			And you're envious of him... you
			pretend to support him, but
			secretly you want him to fail...

					JARTH
				(nonplussed)
			That's not so...

	Alkar, still holding Troi's arm, peels her away and
	then leans in and speaks quietly.

					ALKAR
			Please, you must return to your
			quarters.

					TROI
				(louder)
			I won't -- I want to be here, with
			you --

	Now Riker appears by her side.

					RIKER
			Excuse me, Ambassador. The
			Counselor and I are needed on the
			Bridge.

					ALKAR
				(grateful)
			Of course, Commander.

	Riker takes her arm, and Troi leaves with him easily,
	smiling up at him... as though secretly delighted that
	he's taking her out of there.

 STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/27/92 - ACT THREE 36A.

31C  INT. CORRIDOR

	Riker, holding Troi by the arm, is moving Troi down
	the corridor at a brisk pace. He is keeping his voice
	down here in public.

					RIKER
				(low)
			I don't know what you thought you
			were doing in there, but you were
			way out of line...

	They have arrived at Troi's Quarters and she responds
	with a predatory smile as they EXIT to her room.

 STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/27/92 - ACT THREE 37.

32   OMITTED

33   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	Riker and Troi ENTER from the corridor. Riker releases
	her the moment they're inside the room.

					RIKER
			All right, Deanna... just what
			the hell is going on?

	Troi smiles seductively. She moves toward him, eyes
	glinting. She slides her arms around his neck.
	There's just a hint of perversity in everything she
	says. Every phrase is loaded, keeping Riker off
	balance.

					TROI
			Imzadi... do you still care about
			me?

	But this move makes Riker even more uncomfortable.
	He untwines her arms.

					RIKER
			Of course I care about you. I'm
			worried about you...
				(gesturing to her
				 attire)
			What is all this?

					TROI
			Don't you think I'm attractive?

					RIKER
			This just isn't... you.

	She smiles again, starts toward him once more. Riker,
	by now, is completely disrupted.

					TROI
			But it is.
				(arms around his neck)
			You want me, don't you?

	She kisses him... he tries to undo her arms, but she
	holds tight.

					RIKER
			Deanna...

					TROI
			I need you...

 STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/27/92 - ACT THREE 38.

33   CONTINUED:

	She kisses him again... then suddenly RAKES her nails
	across his neck and face. Riker's head jerks back in
	pain and he holds her away from him by the shoulders.

					RIKER
				(shocked)
			Hey -- what is this?

	Troi's skin is moist... her lips open...

					TROI
			Please...

	He looks into her eyes... sees nothing there that he
	recognizes. Something feral, and dangerous. He backs
	away, still staring at her, and then EXITS. Off Troi's
	expression...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/27/92 - ACT FOUR  39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

34   OMITTED

35   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	Troi stands facing away from camera; the door chimes.

					TROI
			Come in...

	The door opens and Alkar ENTERS.

					ALKAR
			Deanna... I'm leaving for the
			surface.

	Troi turns to him and now we see that her skin has aged
	considerably since the last time we saw her, and her
	hair has more streaks of white. She is spilling over
	with emotion -- a mixture of pain and anger that
	smoulders inside her, rising to the surface when it
	becomes overwhelming.

					TROI
			You said you'd take me with you...

	Alkar, on the other hand, becomes more serene as Troi
	becomes more volatile.

					ALKAR
			I know... but that's not possible
			now --

					TROI
			You told me I'd be helpful... you
			needed me...

	He approaches her, takes her hands in his, trying to
	calm her.

					ALKAR
			And I still do. You've done so
			much for me...

					TROI
				(more agitated)
			Then take me -- don't leave me
			here...

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/27/92 - ACT FOUR  40.

35   CONTINUED:

	He smiles calmly at her, unruffled, unmoved. And
	unyielding. Their eyes lock, and after a moment Troi
	realizes he isn't giving in. She pulls her hands free,
	moves away from him. She tries to say the next calmly,
	but she's beyond that.

					TROI
			Tell me... is Liva going with you?

	A hesitation, and Troi turns to stare at him. Alkar
	shrugs.

					ALKAR
			She's been on Seronia for weeks...
			she knows the people, the
			situation --

					TROI
			She wants to take you away from
			me...

					ALKAR
			Deanna... you are my anchor. I
			need you more than you can
			possibly realize. Do you
			understand that? I need you,
			here... making it possible for
			me to do my work.

	But Troi will have none of this; she's too desperate,
	too needy.

					TROI
			I won't let her have you... I'll
			stop her...

	As Troi continues, Alkar shakes his head sadly. He
	moves toward the door, her frantic words hurled toward
	his retreating back.

					TROI
			I will go with you... don't leave
			me... please... Alkar... take me
			with you... don't do this...

	The doors close behind him and she stops, defeated,
	sinking to the floor in rage and anguish.

36   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE (OPTICAL)

	Beverly is examining the scratches on Riker's face and
	neck with a scanner.

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/29/92 - ACT FOUR  41.

36   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			You wouldn't have recognized her.
			Her dress... her hair... everything
			about her was...

	As Beverly uses a device and Riker's scratches OPTICALLY
	HEAL, he looks for words to describe what Troi was like.
	But they don't come easily.

					RIKER
			I'm closer to Deanna than anyone
			I've ever known...
				(beat)
			But last night she was someone
			I'd never seen before.

					BEVERLY
			Do you know of anything that might
			have caused her to act like that?

					RIKER
			No. I've thought and thought about
			it. I don't have an answer.

					BEVERLY
			Computer... location for Counselor
			Troi.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Deck six, corridor B.

	They leave the office together.

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 8/3/92 - ACT FOUR  42.

37   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Picard ENTERS. Alkar, Jarth and Liva are on the
	Transporter platform, ready to beam down to the
	surface. A TRANSPORTER CHIEF, stands ready behind the
	console.

					PICARD
			Ambassador, we've just gotten word
			that the Rekags and Seronians are
			in disagreement about the seating
			arrangement at the conference
			table.

	Alkar smiles slightly.

					ALKAR
			I'm not surprised.

					PICARD
			The good news, however, is that
			the cease fire seems to be
			holding.

					ALKAR
			And that is by far more
			important... thank you, Captain.

	Picard nods, turns to the Transporter Chief to signal.

					PICARD
			Chief --

38   ANGLE TROI (OPTICAL)

	She ENTERS behind Picard. There is an overwhelming
	sense of depravity about her. Troi's hair is now
	completely white, her craggy flesh completing her
	horrific transformation.

					TROI
				(to Alkar)
			Will you take me with you?

					ALKAR
			Deanna, I've already told you--

	Picard reacts with astonishment.

					PICARD
			Deanna... ?

  STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 8/3/92 - ACT FOUR  42A.

38   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(still focused on Alkar)
			I won't let her have you --

	And she brings up a knife which she has held concealed
	along her wrist and lunges forward toward Alkar.
	Picard throws up his arms to stop her and is cut in
	his upper arm and shoulder.

					PICARD
			Security to Transporter Room Two.

	Jarth tries to help Alkar restrain Troi, along with
	Liva, but Troi, fueled by her rage, struggles, tries to
	break free.

					TROI
			No... let go...

       STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 8/3/92 - ACT FOUR      43.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

	Beverly and Riker ENTER followed by TWO SECURITY
	GUARDS. Beverly rushes to Picard's aid as Riker helps
	contain Troi.

					BEVERLY
			It's just a superficial wound.

	But Picard is more concerned about Troi.

					PICARD
			What's happened to Deanna... ?

	Beverly and Riker turn and stare in astonishment at
	the withered old woman. Then Beverly moves to Troi
	and quickly scans her.

					BEVERLY
			I don't know... every system in
			her body has elevated readings...
				(to Security Guards)
			Take her to Sickbay.

	The guards and Riker move a still-struggling Troi to
	the door. Alkar and his party, visibly shaken, stand
	staring, not certain whether to continue the mission.

					ALKAR
			Captain... perhaps we should delay
			transporting to the surface.

	Picard turns to them... deeply concerned about Troi...
	but realizing the matter at hand can't be ignored.

					PICARD
			No... I think you must proceed
			with your mission.

					ALKAR
			Very well.

					PICARD
				(to Transporter Chief)
			Chief, transport them to the
			surface.

	Alkar nods and he and his group move for the
	transporter platform.

					BEVERLY
			Captain... I want you in Sickbay,
			too.

	Picard, grim-faced, EXITS with Beverly.


      STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/29/92 - ACT FOUR      44.

39   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL) - CLOSE ON TROI'S FACE

	She is in a biobed contained by a restraining force
	field. Troi is struggling to get free and the force
	field is activated when she touches it.

40   ANGLE ON BEVERLY AND OGAWA (OPTICAL)

	as they watch Troi and the monitors which display
	diagnostic data.

					BEVERLY
				(to Ogawa)
			We'll have to sedate her. Give
			her twenty cc's of melorazine.

					OGAWA
			Yes, Doctor.

	Ogawa pushes something to activate a flow of medication
	into the force field. Beverly walks toward another area
	of Sickbay, where a Doctor has finished healing Picard's
	wounds. Picard, shirtless, is flexing his shoulder.

					BEVERLY
			How's it feeling?

	Picard moves his arm in various ways.

					PICARD
			A little stiff, but otherwise
			fine.

					BEVERLY
			That'll disappear in a day or two.

					OGAWA'S VOICE
			Doctor Crusher --

	Beverly turns and hurries back to Ogawa.

      STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/29/92 - ACT FOUR     44A.

40   CONTINUED:

					OGAWA
			I think you should see these
			readings, Doctor. Her
			neuro-transmitter levels are
			three hundred percent above
			normal...

	Beverly stares at one of the monitors for a moment,
	then is joined by Picard, just adjusting the jacket
	he's put on (off screen).

					BEVERLY
			If you remember, I found
			abnormally high levels of
			neuro-transmitter residue in
			Alkar's mother.

					PICARD
			Could Deanna have picked up some
			kind of disease from her?

         STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - 7/24/92 - ACT FOUR        45.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			I'm not sure.
				(beat)
			I need to do an autopsy.
				(off Picard's look)
			I don't care what the customs of
			Alkar's people are. I need to
			find out if there's a connection
			between what killed her and what's
			happening to Troi.

	Picard considers this for a moment, touches his
	communicator.

					PICARD
			Picard to Lieutenant Worf...

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Lieutenant Worf here, Captain.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, contact the Alliance
			conference on Seronia. I
			need to speak with Ambassador
			Alkar.

					WORF'S VOICE
			Aye, sir.

	Beverly checks her latest monitor readings. She is
	alarmed at what she sees.

					BEVERLY
				(to Doctor)
			Her brain TECH readings show
			neural transmitter production
			continues to rise.

					WORF'S VOICE
			Captain, Ambassador Alkar is at
			the negotiation table and cannot
			be disturbed.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Let me know the moment he is
			available.

	Picard looks at Troi, then turns to Beverly.

					PICARD
			Proceed with the Autopsy.
				(then; softer)
			Let me know as soon as you have
			something.

      STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/28/92 - ACT FOUR      46.

41   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit.

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			Medical Log, Stardate 46075.1.
			I have performed an autopsy on
			Alkar's mother. But instead of
			answering our questions, the
			results have created an even
			deeper mystery.

42   INT. READY ROOM

	as Beverly and Picard ENTER from the Bridge, in
	mid-conversation.

					BEVERLY
			I don't have any explanation for
			this, Captain... but when I
			examined Maylor's body... I found
			that her heart, her lungs, her
			skeletal structure... most of the
			systems in her body... were those
			of a thirty-year-old.

					PICARD
			How could that be? We both saw
			the woman.

					BEVERLY
			And that's not all. I compared
			Maylor and Alkar's DNA. I don't
			know who that woman was -- but
			she was definitely not his mother.

	Picard is troubled by these revelations.

					BEVERLY
			Deanna's condition is
			deteriorating rapidly. She could
			die. There are questions that
			only Alkar can answer.

	Picard regards her for a moment.

      STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/30/92 - ACT FOUR      47.

42   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Picard to Lieutenant Worf...

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Here, sir.

					PICARD
			Meet me in Transporter Room Two.
			We're going to the surface.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

	Picard, a look of determination on his face, EXITS.

43   OMITTED

44   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in Standard Orbit around Seronia

45   INT. CONFERENCE CHAMBERS ANTEROOM

	Picard is alone in the room with Alkar. Alkar speaks
	of Troi and Maylor calmly, matter of factly, as if he
	were talking about pieces of machinery.

					ALKAR
			No, she wasn't my mother.

					PICARD
			And she wasn't ninety-three years
			old.

					ALKAR
			Captain -- did you perform an
			autopsy against my wishes?

					PICARD
			Yes, and for very good reason.
			Deanna Troi is in Sickbay dying.
			Doctor Crusher doesn't know the
			cause of her condition.
				(beat)
			But I believe you do.

	Alkar regards Picard calmly... but before he can reply,
	Liva ENTERS from the conference chambers and crosses
	to them.

      STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/30/92 - ACT FOUR      48.

45   CONTINUED:

					LIVA
			Alkar... we need you. The Rekags
			have withdrawn some of their
			concessions... now the Seronians
			are threatening to break off the
			talks.

					ALKAR
			I'll be right there.

					LIVA
			But --

	Alkar raises a hand to silence her. She looks at
	Picard disapprovingly, then EXITS. Alkar turns back
	to Picard... wants to help him understand.

					ALKAR
			They've been arguing for hours
			in there. It seems hopeless.
				(beat)
			But now -- when expectations are
			lowest -- is the moment I can be
			most effective. If I am focused...
			centered... free of disquieting
			thoughts... I can turn these
			factions toward peace.

					PICARD
			I'm not particularly interested
			in your techniques as a mediator
			--

	But Alkar raises his silencing hand again.

					ALKAR
			Hear me out, Captain. It's
			important that you understand.
				(beat)
			You see, I discovered long ago
			that I had the ability to channel
			my darker thoughts... my unwanted
			emotions... to others... leaving
			me unencumbered.

	Picard stares at him... realization dawning.

					PICARD
			Is this... what you've done to
			Counselor Troi?

	Alkar shrugs, still matter of fact.

       STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 8/3/92 - ACT FOUR      49.

45   CONTINUED: (2)

					ALKAR
			I didn't plan it. I expected
			Maylor to live through this
			negotiation. Her death could not
			have been more untimely.

					PICARD
			Then... you deliberately began
			using Deanna...

					ALKAR
			She's an empath. I was reasonably
			certain I could establish a link
			with her.
				(beat)
			Frankly, I was amazed when I saw
			how quickly she was aging.
			Usually my receptacles survive
			for years.

	Picard is astonished by Alkar's casual attitude to his
	horrific behavior.

					PICARD
			Receptacles... ?

					ALKAR
			Come now, Captain -- surely you
			can see there is a broader canvas
			here. If I came to these peace
			talks hindered by unwanted
			emotions... the Rekags and
			Seronians would be condemned to
			go on fighting...

	But Picard is having none of this.

					PICARD
			No, Alkar... you can't explain
			away a wantonly immoral act just
			because you think it's connected
			to some higher purpose.

	Alkar steps toward him, challenging.

					ALKAR
			Do you know how many people have
			died on this planet in the last
			forty eight hours? Thousands.
				(beat)
			Deanna Troi is one individual.

       STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 8/3/92 - ACT FOUR      50.

45   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			And you think that justifies
			brutalizing her? And the others
			you've used?

					ALKAR
			Ask the Seronian and Rekag
			children who go to sleep every
			night in fear of their lives.

	Alkar has no doubts about his position, no nagging
	moral concerns which ask him to consider another side.

					ALKAR
			Captain... I get no payment for
			what I do. I have no power base,
			no agenda. I am willing to risk
			my life simply to help others.

					PICARD
			If you think you appear
			courageous, you're mistaken.
			You're a coward. You exploit the
			innocent so you don't have to
			shoulder the burden of unpleasant
			emotions.

	Picard moves toward Alkar, drilling into him.

					PICARD
			This time you will be held
			accountable. I'm taking you back
			to the Enterprise to release
			Counselor Troi.

					ALKAR
			I have no intention of releasing
			her. Now -- or ever.

	And before Picard can retort, Liva ENTERS once more
	from the Conference Chambers.

					LIVA
			Alkar... everything's falling
			apart. You have to come now.

	She gestures... and TWO SENTRIES ENTER... holding Worf
	at phaser point. Alkar turns to Picard.

       STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 8/3/92 - ACT FOUR      51.

45   CONTINUED: (4)

					ALKAR
			Excuse me, Captain. I am needed.

	He turns and heads for the Conference Chambers.

					LIVA
				(to Picard)
			You and your Security Chief will
			leave.

	Picard sees Alkar's retreating form, looks to Worf.
	Worf is ready to do something, anything to turn the
	tables. But Picard's look tells him, no. For the
	moment this is a battle they cannot win.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         


      STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/29/92 - ACT FIVE      52.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

0A   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise in orbit.

46   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	as Picard and Worf step off the platform. Picard is
	seething, determined Alkar will not have his way.

					PICARD
			Lock on to Alkar's signal and
			bring him aboard.

					WORF
			Sir, I am sure the Seronians have
			reactivated their security field.

					PICARD
			Then work with Mister La Forge
			to find a way to break through
			it.
				(beat)
			I want that man on this ship.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Picard heads for the door.

					PICARD
			I'll be in Sickbay.

	He EXITS.

47   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Picard with Beverly and Riker, having filled them in
	about Alkar. Troi is unconscious in the (invisible)
	force field. Beverly refers to monitoring devices
	(portable or on the wall).

					BEVERLY
			If Alkar is flooding her with
			this... psychic waste... that
			would explain the high level of
			neuro-transmitters.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/30/92 - ACT FIVE      53.

47   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY (Cont'd)
			All the negative emotions pouring
			into her have caused an abnormal
			chemical response in her brain...

					RIKER
			Isn't there something you can do
			to counteract it?

					BEVERLY
			Enzymic decontaminants will reduce
			the level of the
			neuro-transmitters -- but I can't
			make any headway unless Alkar
			stops what he's doing.

					PICARD
			He has no intention of stopping.
			He feels perfectly justified in
			using her until she dies.

	Beverly looks at them for a moment, mind racing. Then
	she makes an incredible statement.

					BEVERLY
			Then Deanna has to die.

	Now Picard and Riker stare. Has Beverly lost her mind?

					BEVERLY
			The only way to save her is to
			break the link with Alkar. And
			that will only happen if she's
			no longer an adequate receptacle.

	She continues... putting together the pieces of this
	puzzle.

					BEVERLY
			When Maylor died, Alkar
			immediately turned to Deanna.

	Picard follows her train of thought quickly.

					PICARD
			If he thinks Deanna is dead...
			he'll break the link and turn
			to someone else -- probably one
			of his delegation.

					RIKER
			Wait a minute... you're talking
			about... about killing Deanna...

      STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/30/92 - ACT FIVE     53A.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			I'll be able to resuscitate her,
			Wil... as long as it's not more
			than thirty minutes... the
			question is -- will that be enough
			time? Unless he establishes a
			link with someone else before we
			revive Deanna he might turn back
			to her.

					PICARD
			We must also keep in mind that
			we're putting his next victim at
			risk... I'll want every possible
			security measure taken to protect
			that person.

	Beverly agrees... and they both turn to Riker, who is
	grappling with the idea, trying to accept it.

					RIKER
				(to Beverly)
			How... will you...

					BEVERLY
			I'll give her a hypospray of
			dylamadon.
				(beat)
			It's the most gentle way...

	Riker stares at her for a minute, then nods... knowing
	this is the only chance... but feeling scared about
	it nonetheless.

					PICARD
			Proceed, Doctor.

	Beverly moves to a counter, begins preparing the
	dylamadon.

47A  OMITTED

48   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it orbits Seronia.

      STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/29/92 - ACT FIVE      54.

49   INT. CONFERENCE CHAMBERS ANTEROOM

	People are in a jubilant mood. Alkar, Jarth, and Liva
	are there. As they talk, people come by, patting them
	on the back, shaking hands, etc.

	Alkar has his arm around Jarth's shoulder, easy-going
	and relaxed.

					ALKAR
			Well, my friend, an era of
			conflict and bloodshed appears
			to be over...

	Liva slips her arm in Alkar's... a familiar, possessive
	gesture. Alkar smiles, light-hearted now, but suddenly
	he stops, as though feeling something resonate through
	his body. He takes a breath... a little shaky.

					LIVA
			Alkar...

					JARTH
			What is it...

					ALKAR
			I... I'm fine... just a little
			light-headed.

					LIVA
			You're exhausted.

					JARTH
			Do you want a doctor?

					ALKAR
			No... of course not...

      STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/27/92 - ACT FIVE      55.

49   CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Enterprise to Ambassador Alkar.
			Respond, sir.

					ALKAR
			I'm here, Captain...

50   INT. BRIDGE - INTERCUTTING

	Picard is in his command chair, grim-faced and urgent.

					PICARD
			You must return to the Enterprise
			immediately. Counselor Troi is
			dying.
				(beat)
			We are prepared to transport you
			from the surface whether you come
			willingly or not.

					JARTH
			There are security force fields
			protecting us, Captain --

					PICARD
			They won't protect you any longer.
			Transporter Room Two, prepare
			to energize --

	But Alkar takes Liva's hand.

					ALKAR
			We're ready, Captain.

                                             CUT TO:

51   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit.

52   INT. SICKBAY

	Alkar and Liva, accompanied by Worf, ENTER. Alkar's
	anxiety has increased slightly and he is no longer the
	serene diplomat we've seen previously. He stops short
	once he sees...

      STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/29/92 - ACT FIVE      56.

53   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Beverly is just removing a medical device from Troi's
	forehead. Troi now looks ghastly... she has aged as
	far as did Maylor when she died. A clearly
	grief-stricken Riker is standing near Picard who looks
	grim. Beverly's voice is bitter as she looks up at
	Alkar.

					BEVERLY
			Computer, note in the log that
			death occurred at fourteen thirty
			hours... due to respiratory and
			renal failure.

	Alkar looks shaken by the news... he takes a beat, then
	turns to Liva, who is concerned about the way he's
	taking this.

					ALKAR
			Will you wait for me in my
			quarters?

					LIVA
			Of course.

	She EXITS. Alkar moves to Troi's lifeless body under
	the icy stares of the others. The bio monitors in the
	room all show flatlines.

					ALKAR
			It is a tragic loss. But her
			death had a purpose.

	Picard moves toward him, speaks in a steely voice.

					PICARD
			I intend to make certain that
			you answer for what you have
			done.

	Alkar feels certain Picard can do nothing.

					ALKAR
			Your own Federation Council has
			granted me safe and timely passage
			to my planet. I expect you to
			honor that.

	He EXITS.

      STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/29/92 - ACT FIVE      57.

53   CONTINUED:

	The second the doors shut behind Alkar there is an
	immediate change of atmosphere in the room as their
	grief is replaced with a drive toward action. Beverly
	whirls around and pulls out a tricorder to scan Troi.
	Riker and Picard move to her side, while Ogawa readies
	several medical instruments and hyposprays.

					RIKER
			How much longer do we have?

					BEVERLY
			Three minutes, forty seconds...

					PICARD
			Picard to Transporter Room Two...
			lock on to the young woman in
			Ambassador Alkar's quarters...
			stand by to transport her out
			of there.

	Picard turns to Worf.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, station yourself
			outside the quarters.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	He moves toward the exit.

      STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/30/92 - ACT FIVE      58.

54   INT. ALKAR'S QUARTERS

	He moves to the couch, looks at her, his shaky emotions
	once more put forth as a grief response.

					ALKAR
			She'd helped me so much... without
			her, I couldn't have accomplished
			what I did...

	Her response is genuinely sympathetic.

					LIVA
			I'm so sorry... Is there anything
			I can do...

	His eyes meet hers... full of pain and need. He gets
	up.

					ALKAR
			Yes, there is something...

	Alkar get the meditation box, returns to her, sets it
	down between them.

					ALKAR
			If we could share the funeral
			meditation...

55   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Beverly, Ogawa, checking Troi's lifesigns and getting
	ready to revive her.

					BEVERLY
			We have a minute and a half
			left...
				(to Ogawa)
			Prepare a hypospray of cordrazine.

					OGAWA
			Yes, Doctor.

					BEVERLY
			We'll use that in conjunction with
			the cortical stimulator...

	Ogawa moves to prepare the necessary items. Riker,
	still stationed by Troi's side, looks on worriedly.

56   INT. ALKAR'S QUARTERS

	Liva and Alkar hold the stones... Alkar's eyes are
	closed... he begins the meditation.

      STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/29/92 - ACT FIVE     58A.

56   CONTINUED:

					ALKAR
			Rohm gah... sevi rohm... rohm
			gah...

					LIVA
			Rohm gah... sevi rohm... rohm
			gah...

      STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/30/92 - ACT FIVE      59.

56A  INT SICKBAY

					BEVERLY
			We can't wait any longer.
				(to Ogawa)
			Release the stasis field. Ten
			cc's of cordrazine.

					OGAWA
			Yes, doctor.

	Ogawa releases the field, administers the hypospray.

					BEVERLY
			Cortical stimulator...

	Ogawa places the cortical stimulator on Troi's
	forehead.

					BEVERLY
			Now.

	Troi's body stiffens as an electrical charge is
	introduced into her body.

56B  INT. ALKAR'S QUARTERS

	as before.

					ALKAR
			... an end to pain...

					LIVA
			... an end to pain...

57   INT. SICKBAY

	as before.

					BEVERLY
			Again.

      STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/30/92 - ACT FIVE      60.

57   CONTINUED:

	Ogawa works the device and Troi's body stiffens
	again... there is a beat, then she gasps slightly...
	and starts to breathe.

					OGAWA
			She has a pulse... blood pressure
			climbing... ninety over forty.

	Riker looks relieved as he realizes Troi is coming
	back.

					BEVERLY
			All right... let's neutralize the
			neuro-transmitters. Initiate the
			decontamination sequence...

	Ogawa activates another device. A beat and then --

					OGAWA
			Levels are dropping, Doctor...
			down to four hundred twenty
			percent above normal... three
			hundred eighty percent...

					PICARD
			Picard to Transporter Room
			Three...

					BEVERLY
				(to Picard)
			Not yet. I won't know for
			certain that it's working until
			we get her below three hundred
			percent.

	Picard nods acquiescence. Troi's eyes flutter open for
	the first time. She draws a deep breath.

58   INT. ALKAR'S QUARTERS

					ALKAR
			... and courage from wisdom...

	Alkar gasps, suddenly confused... he reaches out and
	grabs Liva.

      STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/29/92 - ACT FIVE     60A.

59   LIVA

	Is surprised by his action.

					LIVA
			Alkar... what's wrong?

	Then her eyes widen and she stares at him.

      STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/30/92 - ACT FIVE      61.

60   ALKAR

	Who looks much older. He grabs Liva and refuses to
	let go.

61   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	as before.

					OGAWA
			Neuro-transmitter levels are down
			to three hundred ten -- three
			hundred percent.

					PICARD
				(touches communicator)
			Picard to Transporter Room Three.
			Energize.

62   INT. ALKAR'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Alkar has aged still more. He holds a struggling Liva
	in his grip.

					LIVA
			Let me go!

	Liva manages to pull away from him... he moves to grab
	her again, but then Liva suddenly DEMATERIALIZES and
	Alkar is left clutching at the air. He heads for the
	doors... the doors OPEN and Alkar is confronted by TWO
	N.D. SECURITY OFFICERS standing in the Corridor. Alkar
	steps back, his escape now blocked.

                                             INTERCUT:

63   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	As Troi continues to get younger and younger...

					OGAWA
			Neuro transmitter level at two
			hundred thirty percent...

      STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/29/92 - ACT FIVE      62.

63   CONTINUED:

	Alkar's features deteriorate rapidly...

	Troi finally returns to her normal self and looks
	around the room...

	Alkar becomes an ancient, decrepit, old man... he falls
	to the floor, barely able to breathe... finally
	collapsing in a heap and dies. Worf and the security
	guard stare in amazement at the transformed man at
	their feet. Worf's response is understated,
	simple...

					WORF
				(touches communicator)
			Worf to Captain Picard.
			Ambassador Alkar is dead.

                                             END INTERCUT.

64   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly and Picard react to this unexpected news with
	surprise. But Riker cares only about Troi, pale and
	weary, but otherwise just fine. She reaches out for
	his hand.

					TROI
			Wil...

	He holds her hand tight.

                                             CUT TO:

64A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

65   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	Riker with Troi, relaxing with coffee or tea.

					RIKER
			Doctor Crusher thinks he must have
			been at a susceptible point in
			the meditation ceremony... when
			he was somehow vulnerable.

					TROI
			Then the flow of negative emotions
			and feelings was reversed somehow --
			and went back to him.

      STAR TREK: "Man Of The People" - REV. 7/28/92 - ACT FIVE      63.

65   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			That's our guess. And like a man
			with no immune system... he just
			couldn't handle the sudden
			overload...

					TROI
			And... Liva?

					RIKER
			She seems to be fine. He never
			got to the point where he could
			establish a link with her.

	Troi draws a breath... it's been an overwhelming
	experience.

					TROI
			When I think back on the last few
			days... it's as though I'm looking
			at a Holodeck projection... of
			someone else.

					RIKER
				(gentle smile)
			That's kind of how it seemed to
			the rest of us...

	She reaches out and takes his hand.

					TROI
			Thanks for sticking by me.

					RIKER
			I always will.
				(wry)
			Even when you're old and grey.

	She grins and he reaches to her and gives her a hug...
	the two hold each other closely, drawing on the
	strength of their friendship.

66   OMITTED

67   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                           "Relics" 
                          #40276-230 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Alex Singer 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT

                        AUGUST 4, 1992

         STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. - 08/06/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Relics" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             CAPTAIN MONTGOMERY SCOTT
                RIKER              
                DATA               
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                ENSIGN RAGER       
                ENSIGN KANE        
                ENGINEER BARTEL    
                WAITER             
                COMPUTER VOICE     

                Non-Speaking       
                  N.D. TRANSPORTER TECHNICIAN
                  N.D. ENGINEERS     

  STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - "Relics" - 08/04/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Relics" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM         SPHERE
              CORRIDOR
              SICKBAY                  THE JENOLAN
              ENGINEERING
              TEN FORWARD              SHUTTLE
              READY ROOM
              HOLODECK
              SHUTTLEBAY
          
              SCOTT'S QUARTERS
          
            JENOLAN
              OPS CENTER
          
            OLD BRIDGE

        STAR TREK: "Relics" - 08/04/92 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Relics" 
                               
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                   JENOLAN       ji-NO-lan
                   NORPIN        NOR-pin
                   DYSON         DY-son
                   DOHLMAN       DOHL-man
                   ELAAS         EE-las
                   ARGELIUS      ar-GEE-lee-us

         STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                           "Relics"                                
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is moving at warp speed.

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	DATA is working at the aft science station. PICARD and
	RIKER are standing nearby, WORF is at Tactical, and
	ENSIGN RAGER is at Con. The monitor at the science
	station shows an Okudagram of a subspace radio wave.

					DATA
				(working)
			I have identified the signal,
			Captain. It is from the U.S.S.
			Jenolan, a Federation transport
			ship reported missing in this
			sector seventy-five years ago.

	Riker looks at the monitor.

					RIKER
			Code one alpha zero. Ship in
			distress.

          STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - TEASER 2-2A.             

2    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Rager)
			Bring us out of warp, Ensign.
			All stop.

					RAGER
				(works)
			Aye, sir.

	The ship is suddenly ROCKED and the alert status goes
	to YELLOW. Picard, Riker, & Data move toward their
	stations.

					PICARD
			Report.

					WORF
			We have entered a massive
			gravitational field.

	They all react with surprise.

					DATA
				(works)
			There are no stars or other
			stellar bodies listed on our
			navigational charts. However,
			sensors indicate the presence of
			an extremely strong gravitational
			source in this vicinity.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Can you localize the source of
			the gravity field?

	Worf works his console.

          STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/5/92 - TEASER 3-3A.             

3    INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The viewer displays a starfield with a large dark ball
	at the center. At this distance, it appears as smooth
	as a billiard ball, but because it is so dark it's hard
	to discern anything else.

	Everyone is mystified by this strange object.

					RIKER
			Sensors?

					DATA
			I am having difficulty scanning
			the object. However, it would
			appear to be approximately two
			hundred million kilometers in
			diameter.

	Picard and Riker react with astonishment.

					RIKER
			That's nearly the size of Earth's
			orbit around the sun.

					PICARD
			Why didn't we detect it before
			now?

					DATA
			The object's enormous mass is
			causing a great deal of
			gravimetric interference. That
			might have prevented our sensors
			from detecting the object before
			we dropped out of warp.

	A beat as they all look at this strange object on the
	screen. Suddenly, a look of wonder comes across
	Picard's face... he might have found something hitherto
	only imagined.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, could this be a...
			Dyson Sphere?

					DATA
				(thinks)
			This object does fit the general
			parameters of Dyson's theory.

					RIKER
			A Dyson Sphere?

           STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - TEASER           3A.

3    CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(thinks)
			There is no comparative data,
			Captain. However, this object
			does fit the general parameters
			of Dyson's theory.

					RIKER
			A Dyson Sphere?

         STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - TEASER         4.

3    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			It's a very old theory, Number
			One. I'm not surprised you
			haven't heard of it. A twentieth
			century physicist, Freeman Dyson,
			postulated that an enormous hollow
			sphere could be constructed around
			a star. This would have the
			advantage of harnessing all the
			radiant energy of the star. A
			population living on the interior
			surface would therefore have a
			virtually inexhaustible source
			of power.

					RIKER
			Are you saying there might be
			people living in there?

					DATA
			Possibly a great number of people,
			Commander. The interior surface
			area of a sphere this size would
			be equivalent to more than two
			hundred fifty million class M
			planets.

					WORF
			Sir. I have located the distress
			signal. It is coming from a point
			on the northern hemisphere.

	Picard thinks for a beat.

					PICARD
			Ensign Rager, take us into
			synchronous orbit above that
			position.

	Rager works.

                                             CUT TO:

4    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & SPHERE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is nearing the Sphere. At this range, the
	monstrous object looks like a giant WALL in space,
	which stretches o.c. Where before, the sphere appeared
	perfectly smooth, we can now make out intricate
	patterns on the surface suggesting construction
	supports, but again we're too far away to make out
	anything distinct.

         STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - TEASER         5.

5    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before. Everyone watching the viewscreen.

					RAGER
			We are holding relative position
			at thirty thousand kilometers
			above the surface.

					DATA
				(off console)
			I have found the Jenolan,
			Captain. It has impacted on the
			surface of the sphere.
				(works)
			There are no life signs.
			However, there are several small
			power emanations... and life
			support is still functioning at
			minimal levels.

	Riker looks to Picard, who thinks for a moment... then
	nods.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Bridge to Engineering. Geordi,
			meet me in Transporter Room Three.
				(to Worf, on the move)
			Mister Worf.

	Worf and Riker EXIT.

5A   EXT. SPACE - THE JENOLAN (OPTICAL)

	The transport ship has made a crash landing on the
	surface of the sphere. There should be some damage
	visible, but not so much that the ship would be
	incapable of later flight.

6    INT. JENOLAN (OPTICAL)

	The Ops center is fairly small with a modest command
	area at one end and an engineering console at the
	opposite end. Off to one side is a two-man Transporter
	stage and control panel. The ship's technology and
	design should be noticeably older than the Enterprise
	and should reflect outdated engineering methods and
	philosophy.

           STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - TEASER           5A.

6    CONTINUED:

	The lights are DIM and there doesn't seem to be any
	equipment working at present. One or two of the
	consoles are damaged or burnt out, and the bulkheads
	look smashed and broken.

	Riker, Worf, and GEORDI MATERIALIZE. They immediately
	begin to look around.

         STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - TEASER         6.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(reacts to smell)
			The air's pretty stale.

					GEORDI
				(off tricorder)
			Life support is barely operating.

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			See if you can increase the oxygen
			level.

	Worf nods and moves to one of the consoles. Geordi's
	tricorder leads him over to the Transporter console.

					GEORDI
			Commander.

	Riker moves over to take a look.

					GEORDI
			The Transporter is still
			on-line... it's being fed power
			from the auxiliary systems.

					RIKER
				(off console)
			The rematerialization subroutine
			has been disabled.

					GEORDI
			That's not all... the phase
			inducers are connected to the
			emitter array... the override
			is completely gone... and the
			pattern buffer's been locked into
			a continuous diagnostic cycle.

					RIKER
			This doesn't make any sense...
			locking the unit in a diagnostic
			mode just sends inert matter
			through the pattern buffer. Why
			would anyone want to --

	Geordi suddenly sees something on the console.

					GEORDI
			There's a pattern still in the
			buffer.

            STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - TEASER            7.

6    CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
				(shocked, off console)
			It's completely intact... less
			than point zero zero three
			percent signal degradation. How
			is that possible?

					GEORDI
			I don't know... but I've never
			seen a transporter system
			jury-rigged like this.

	They both look at the monitor for a shocked beat.

					RIKER
			Could someone... survive in a
			Transporter buffer for
			seventy-five years?

	Beat.

					GEORDI
			I know a way to find out.

	Riker thinks for a beat... then nods. Geordi works
	the console for a moment... then activates a final
	control...

7    ANGLE ON TRANSPORTER STAGE (OPTICAL)

	An OLD-STYLE TRANSPORTER EFFECT begins... a figure
	wavers in the beam for a moment... finally solidifies
	and CAPTAIN MONTGOMERY SCOTT MATERIALIZES in front of
	a shocked Riker & Geordi.

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

           STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT ONE           8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

           (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)            

8    INT. JENOLAN OPS CENTER

	Continuous action from the Teaser. Riker and Geordi
	are staring at Scott on the Transporter stage. Scott
	looks a little woozy... unsure of his bearings, then
	he seems to shake it off and he moves toward them with
	a plan of action. His left arm is in a sling and he
	has one or two cuts and bruises visible.

					SCOTT
			Thank you, Lads.

	He quickly steps to the Transporter console and they
	make room for him.

					SCOTT
				(working on console)
			We've got to get Franklin out of
			there.

					GEORDI
			Someone else's pattern is still
			in the buffer?

					SCOTT
			Aye. Matt Franklin. We went
			in together.
				(off console)
			Something's wrong... one of the
			inducers has failed...
				(to Geordi)
			Boost the gain on the matter
			stream.

	Geordi works a nearby console.

					SCOTT
				(to console)
			Come on, Franklin... I know
			you're still in there...

	He works for another beat... then his face falls as he
	sees something on the console.

           STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT ONE           8A.

8    CONTINUED:

					SCOTT
			It's no use... his pattern's been
			degraded by fifty-three percent...
			he's gone.

					RIKER
			I'm sorry.

	Scott wearily runs a hand across his face.

					SCOTT
			So am I... he was a good lad...

	After quiet beat, Riker moves forward to break the
	moment.

         STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - ACT ONE         9.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			I'm Commander William Riker from
			the starship Enterprise.

	Scott's weary face lights up at this and he breaks into
	a wide smile.

					SCOTT
			The Enterprise... I shoulda known.
			And I'll bet it was Jim Kirk
			himself who hauled the old girl
			out of mothballs to come looking
			for me.
				(shakes his hand)
			Captain Montgomery Scott. How
			long have I been missing?

	Riker exchanges a look with Geordi.

					RIKER
			Well...

					WORF'S VOICE
			Sir.

8A   NEW ANGLE

	as Scott turns around at the sound of Worf's voice.
	Scott stares at him with unabashed shock.

					WORF
				(continuing, to Riker)
			I have restored life support.
			The oxygen levels will return
			to normal shortly.

	Worf notices that Scott is staring at him.

					RIKER
				(introducing)
			Captain Scott... Lieutenant Worf.

					SCOTT
				(shocked)
			Lieutenant?

					WORF
				(simply)
			Yes.

           STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT ONE           10.

8A   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(gently)
			Captain Scott... perhaps there
			are a few things we should talk
			about.

	Off Scott's reaction...

                                             CUT TO:

9    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & SPHERE (OPTICAL)

	The ship next to the mammoth sphere.

10   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Worf, Scott and Geordi MATERIALIZE on the
	Transporter stage. There is a N.D. TRANSPORTER
	TECHNICIAN at the controls. Scott is fascinated by
	everything he sees here... like a kid in a new and
	unimagined candy shop. The other three step off the
	platform, but Scott stays behind and looks up at the
	overhead Transporter machinery.

					RIKER
				(on the move toward the
				 door)
			We should probably get you to
			Sickbay. Doctor Crusher will be
			able to...

	Riker trails off as he realizes that Scott isn't with
	them. They turn around and see Scott peering up at
	the ceiling.

					SCOTT
				(quietly)
			You've changed the resonator
			array... only three phase
			inverters...

	Riker smiles a little and turns to Geordi.

					RIKER
				(quiet)
			Geordi, I think our guest is going
			to have a lot of engineering
			questions...

           STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT ONE           11.

10   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(grins)
			I'll take care of him, sir.

	Riker glances at Scott again and then he & Worf EXIT.
	Scott has now moved to the bank of optical data chips
	set into the wall. He pulls off the covering panel
	and scrutinizes the interior. Geordi is a little
	concerned, but doesn't stop him as Scott pokes around.

					SCOTT
				(shocked)
			What have ye done to the duotronic
			enhancers?

					GEORDI
			Those were replaced with isolinear
			chips about forty years ago. It's
			a lot more efficient now.

	Scott begins to reach in and move something, but
	Geordi stops him.

					GEORDI
			Uh... be careful there. That's
			an EPS power tap.

					SCOTT
			Ah.

	Geordi closes the panel and then gestures to the doors
	as they head for the corridor.

					GEORDI
				(on the move)
			You were saying earlier that you
			were on your way to the Norpin
			Colony when you had a warp engine
			failure...

	They EXIT to the Corridor.

11   INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	Scott and Geordi ENTER from Transporter Room and head
	down the corridor. Scott's eyes are continually
	scanning every inch of the corridor. Occasionally he
	stops to examine something.

        STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/7/92 - ACT ONE        11A.

11   CONTINUED:

					SCOTT
				(on the move)
			That's right. We had an overload
			in one of the plasma transfer
			conduits. The Captain brought
			us out of warp... we hit some
			gravimetric interference and then
			there it was, as big as life...
				(points at something
				 on the wall)
			Is that a conduit interface?

        STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/7/92 - ACT ONE        12.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Yeah. Uh, big as life... the
			Dyson Sphere, right?

					SCOTT
				(amazed)
			Aye. An actual Dyson Sphere.
			Can you imagine the engineering
			skills needed to even design such
			a structure...

					GEORDI
			I know... it's pretty amazing.
			What happened when you first
			approached it?

	They move down the corridor toward a Turbolift.

					SCOTT
			We began a standard survey of the
			surface. We were just completing
			the initial orbital scan when our
			aft power coils suddenly exploded.
			The ship got caught in the
			sphere's gravity well... and down
			we went.

           STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT ONE           13.

11   CONTINUED: (3)

	Scott's face clouds over a little as he recalls the
	crash.

					SCOTT
			Franklin and I were the only ones
			to survive the crash...

					GEORDI
			What made you think of using the
			Transporter pattern buffer to stay
			alive?

					SCOTT
			We didna have enough supplies to
			wait for a rescue... so I had to
			think of something.

					GEORDI
			But locking it into a diagnostic
			cycle to keep the signal from
			degrading... and cross connecting
			the phase inducers to provide
			a regenerative power source...
			it's brilliant.

					SCOTT
				(sadly)
			I'm afraid it was only fifty
			percent brilliant... Ensign
			Franklin deserved better.

	Geordi tries to shift the subject back to something
	Scott can get excited about.

					GEORDI
			I think you're going to like the
			twenty-fourth century, Mister
			Scott. We've made some pretty
			incredible advances in the last
			eighty years.

	This does perk Scott up a little as they ENTER the
	Turbolift.

					SCOTT
				(looks around)
			Aye... from what I can see you've
			got a fine ship here, Mister La
			Forge... a real beauty. In fact,
			I must admit to being a little
			overwhelmed.

          STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT ONE          13A.

11   CONTINUED: (4)

					GEORDI
			Wait until you see the Holodeck.

	Scott reacts as the doors CLOSE on them.

                                             CUT TO:

           STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT ONE           14.

12   INT. SICKBAY

	Scott is sitting on one of the biobeds and BEVERLY is
	running a medical device over his injured arm. His
	bruises are already gone. Geordi is nearby.

					BEVERLY
			You've had a hairline fracture
			of the humerus.
				(shuts off device)
			It'll ache for a few days, but
			it should be fine.

					SCOTT
			Thank you.
				(with a smile, to
				 Geordi)
			Well, I'll say this for your
			Enterprise... the doctors are a
			fair sight prettier.

	Beverly glances up at him and can't help but smile.
	Picard ENTERS and moves over to them. He warmly
	extends a hand to Scott.

					PICARD
			I'm Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
			Welcome aboard the Enterprise,
			Captain Scott.

					SCOTT
			Thank you, sir -- and call me
			Scotty.

					PICARD
			How are you feeling?

					SCOTT
				(looks at Beverly)
			I don't know. How am I feeling?

					BEVERLY
				(she closes tricorder)
			Other than a couple of bumps and
			bruises, I'd say you feel fine
			for a man of a hundred and
			forty-seven.

					SCOTT
				(joking, to Picard)
			I don't feel a day over a hundred
			and twenty.

	Picard gives Scott a polite smile, but doesn't join
	in the bantering.

           STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT ONE           15.

12   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I must say I was more than a
			little surprised when Commander
			Riker informed me you were aboard
			the Jenolan. Our records didn't
			list you as one of their crew.

	Scott's smile fades just a little.

					SCOTT
			I wasn't actually a member of the
			crew. I was just a... passenger.
			I was heading for Norpin Five to
			settle down and enjoy my...
			retirement.

					PICARD
			I see. Well, I would very much
			enjoy the opportunity to discuss
			your career at some point.
			History is one of my hobbies and
			I'm sure you have some fascinating
			insights into the events of your
			time.

					SCOTT
			I'd be happy to.

					PICARD
			Good. I look forward to it.
				(to Geordi)
			Commander, we need to begin a full
			spectrographic analysis of the
			Dyson Sphere.

					GEORDI
			I'll get right on it, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Scott)
			Again, welcome aboard, Captain.

	Picard EXITS.

					GEORDI
				(to Scott)
			I have to get back to Engineering
			to start that analysis.

	Scott's face lights up at the word.

          STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT ONE          15A.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

					SCOTT
			Engineering. I thought you'd
			never ask.

	Scott moves to go with Geordi, but Beverly stops him.

           STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT ONE           16.

12   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			Captain... The first thing
			you're going to do is get some
			rest. You've had quite a shock
			to your system and I don't want
			you to push yourself too hard.

	Geordi intercedes before Scott can protest.

					GEORDI
			We're pretty busy right now,
			anyway, Captain Scott. But I'd
			be happy to give you a tour of
			Engineering a little later, when
			the doctor says it's okay.

	Faced with uniform resistance, Scott accedes.

					SCOTT
				(resigned)
			Aye.

	Geordi EXITS.

					BEVERLY
				(smiles at Scott)
			I'll have someone show you to
			your quarters.

	Scott manages a weak smile... clearly disappointed.

                                             CUT TO:

13   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & SPHERE (OPTICAL)

	As before.

14   INT. SCOTT'S QUARTERS

	KANE is pointing out the features of the room to Scott.

					KANE
				(gesturing)
			... this is the food replicator...
			and your computer terminal.

	Scott is looking around the room in astonishment.

        STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - ACT ONE        17.

14   CONTINUED:

					SCOTT
			Good Lord, man... where have you
			put me?

					KANE
				(concerned)
			These are standard guest quarters,
			sir. I can try to find something
			bigger if you want.

					SCOTT
			Bigger? In my day, even an
			Admiral wouldna had such quarters
			on a starship. I remember a time
			when we had to transport the
			Dohlman of Elaas. You never heard
			anyone whine and complain about
			quarters like that...

	Kane smiles politely.

					KANE
			The Holodecks, Ten Forward, and
			the gymnasium are all at your
			disposal. The computer can tell
			you how to find them. Until we
			issue you a combadge, just use
			one of these panels if you need
			anything.

					SCOTT
			You know... these quarters remind
			me of a hotel room I once had on
			Argelius... oh, now there was a
			planet... everything a man could
			want -- right at his fingertips.
			'Course on my first visit, I ran
			into a wee bit of trouble...

					KANE
			Uh, excuse me, sir... but I have
			to return to duty.

	Kane's polite smile has never left his face, but Scott
	suddenly realizes that Kane really isn't interested in
	hearing his stories and Scott's cheerful exuberance
	fades.

					SCOTT
			Ah... well then. Thank you.

           STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT ONE           18.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

	Kane EXITS. Scott looks around the room for a moment.
	His smile fades away completely... he sits down...
	glances around again... he looks suddenly lost as he
	realizes that he has nothing to do... a man very much
	alone in a giant room aboard a vast and new ship.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

        STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/5/92 - ACT TWO        19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

15   OMITTED

16   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi is working in his office while SEVERAL N.D.
	ENGINEERS move about the room, working consoles and
	checking displays. Geordi is talking to an Engineer
	-- BARTEL -- while gesturing to an Okudagram of the
	Dyson Sphere on the monitor.

					GEORDI
				(to Bartel)
			I want you to shut down the warp
			engines and recalibrate the aft
			sensors while I work on the
			lateral array.

					BARTEL
			Aye, sir.

	Bartel walks away. Geordi goes back to work on the
	terminal. A few beats pass and then Geordi hears the
	following from o.c.:

					BARTEL'S VOICE
			Can I help you, sir?

					SCOTT'S VOICE
			I don't think so Lass, but I'll
			let you know if you can.

	Geordi moves to look around the corner and is surprised
	to see Scott moving toward the warp core, accompanied
	by a concerned Bartel. (Scott is now wearing an
	Enterprise Combadge).

        STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/5/92 - ACT TWO        20.

16   CONTINUED:

	Scott is looking at the pulsing warp core with real
	pleasure and affection on his face.

					BARTEL
			Sir, this area is restricted to
			authorized --

					GEORDI
			I'll handle it, Bartel.

	Bartel acquiesces and leaves. Geordi is a little
	uncomfortable here. He didn't expect Scott to just
	show up like this. Scott is slowly walking around the
	warp core, taking everything in.

					GEORDI
			Captain Scott, this... really
			isn't a good time --

					SCOTT
			We're in Engineering. Call me
			Scotty.

					GEORDI
			Scotty... this really isn't a good
			time for a tour. We're running
			a phase seven survey of the Dyson
			Sphere.

					SCOTT
			I'm not here for a tour, Lad.
			I'm here to help.

	Geordi is surprised and it shows.

					GEORDI
			That's... very kind. But I think
			we can handle it...

	Scott moves quickly to the pool table and Geordi
	follows.

           STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT TWO           22.

17   CONTINUED:

	The graphic shows a cut-away view of the sphere,
	revealing a STAR at the center, and a thin ATMOSPHERE
	clinging to the interior of the sphere itself.

					DATA
			Sensor readings indicate the
			presence of a G-type star at the
			center of the sphere. There also
			appears to be a class-M atmosphere
			clinging to the interior surface.

					PICARD
			Is there any indication that the
			sphere is inhabited?

					DATA
			Not as yet, sir. Our preliminary
			data indicates it is still capable
			of supporting life, but we have
			been unable to find definite signs
			of current habitation.

	Picard is clearly intrigued and excited by the thought
	of someone still living in there.

					PICARD
			Send out a series of class four
			probes to survey the far side of
			the sphere. Perhaps we'll have
			more luck with them.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

                                             CUT TO:


        STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/5/92 - ACT TWO        23.

18   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Scott and Geordi are working at the pool table.
	Scott's attitude is cheerful and excited, but in his
	effort to be helpful he's really straining Geordi's
	patience. (In the b.g., the warp core is OFF.)

					GEORDI
				(to N.D. Engineer)
			Adjust the frequency
			stabilization on the main
			deflector dish. It's out of synch
			with the aft sensors.

	Scott sees something on the pool table and he talks to
	Geordi over part of the above.

					SCOTT
				(over above)
			Laddie, ye need to phase-lock the
			warp fields within three percent
			or they'll become unstable.

					GEORDI
				(distracted)
			What?

					SCOTT
				(works console)
			Here. The warp field is --

	But as soon as Scott touches the controls, the pool
	table suddenly sounds an ALARM in response to his
	action. Geordi quickly moves to correct the situation.

					GEORDI
			We use a multi-phase
			auto-containment field now...
			it's meant to operate above three
			percent.

	Scott seems rattled for only a moment and he quickly
	recovers.

					SCOTT
			Ah. Well... that would make all
			the difference.

	Bartel calls to Geordi from near the dark warp core.

        STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/5/92 - ACT TWO        24.

18   CONTINUED:

					BARTEL
			We can re-start the engines in
			ten minutes, Commander.

					GEORDI
			Thank you.

	Bartel goes to work.

					SCOTT
			I remember a time when the old
			Enterprise was spiralling in
			toward Psi two thousand... the
			Captain wanted to try a cold start
			of the warp engines. I told him
			that without a proper phase-lock
			it would take at least thirty
			minutes...

	An N.D. Engineer comes up to Geordi with a padd as
	Scott continues with his story.

					GEORDI
				(to Engineer)
			Huh? Oh, thanks.

					SCOTT
				(moving o.c.)
			"You canna change the laws of
			physics" I said... but of course
			he wouldn't listen so we had to
			come up with a new engine start-up
			routine...

	As Geordi studies the padd and tries valiantly to do
	his job, Scott moves off toward the warp core.

					SCOTT'S VOICE
				(o.c.)
			Do you know that your dilithium
			crystals are about to fracture?

	Geordi looks up at this and then hurries over to the
	warp core. Scott has opened the dilithium chamber at
	the center of the core and is examining the dilithium
	crystals with a critical eye.

        STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/5/92 - ACT TWO        25.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

	Geordi's patience is starting to wear thin at this
	point.

					GEORDI
				(shutting the drawer)
			We recomposite the crystals while
			they're still inside the
			articulation frame. I'd like
			to explain everything, but the
			Captain wants this
			spectrographic-analysis done by
			thirteen hundred hours.

	Geordi goes into his office to work. Scott watches
	him for a moment, then goes in and quietly moves to
	Geordi.

					SCOTT
			Would you mind a little advice?

	Geordi doesn't really want advice, but he holds his
	tongue.

					SCOTT
			Starship captains are like
			children. They want everything
			right now and they want it their
			way... the secret is to give them
			what they need, not what they
			want.

	Scott's paternalistic attitude is really rubbing Geordi
	the wrong way and the advice itself goes completely
	against Geordi's personality.

					GEORDI
			I told him I'd have that analysis
			done in an hour.

					SCOTT
				(conspiratorially)
			And how long will it really take
			you?

        STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/5/92 - ACT TWO        26.

18   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
				(puzzled)
			An hour.

					SCOTT
				(shocked)
			Ye didna tell him how long it was
			really going to take you?

					GEORDI
				(irritated)
			Of course I did.

					SCOTT
			Oh... Laddie. You've got a lot
			to learn if you want them to think
			of you as a miracle worker.
			You've got to --

	But Geordi's patience has just run out and he rounds
	on Scott.

					GEORDI
			Look, sir. I've tried to be
			patient, I've tried to be polite.
			But I've got a job to do here.
			And you're... in the way.

	Scott's own temper starts to flare, and other people
	turn and stare as his voice rises.

					SCOTT
			I was driving starships while your
			great grandfather was still in
			diapers. I'd think you'd be
			grateful for a little help.

	But Geordi's had enough of this and he turns away from
	Scott in exasperation so he can return to his work.
	Scott takes that as an insult.

					SCOTT
			Then I'll leave ye to work, Mister
			La Forge.

	And with that, Scott storms out of Engineering. Almost
	as soon as he leaves, Geordi regrets the incident, but
	it's too late.

                                             CUT TO:

19   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & SPHERE (OPTICAL)

	As before.


           STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT TWO           27.

20   INT. SCOTT'S QUARTERS

	Scott is still a little churned up by the blow-up with
	Geordi. He fumes and paces about the room.

					SCOTT
			... "in the way"... used to be
			Engineers had a little respect
			for each other... used to matter
			if a man --

	The door CHIMES.

					SCOTT
				(demanding)
			What do you want?

	TROI ENTERS. Her demeanor is so pleasant and innocent
	that Scott feels compelled to back away from his anger
	a little.

					TROI
			Is this a bad time?

					SCOTT
			Oh... uh, no.
				(extends a hand)
			Captain Montgomery Scott at your
			service. What can I do for you?

					TROI
			Deanna Troi, ship's counselor...
			and actually I'm here to see if
			there's anything I can do for you.

	They sit down. Scott is appreciative, but a little
	puzzled at intentions.

					SCOTT
			Why... thank you, Lass. But I'm
			set for now. The quarters are
			more than adequate... the
			replicator is a wonder...

           STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT TWO           28.

20   CONTINUED:

	Scott smiles at her, clearly not understanding why
	she's there.

					TROI
			I'm glad you're comfortable.
				(beat)
			But I was actually more interested
			in how you feel.

					SCOTT
			How I feel?

					TROI
			Yes. It would be perfectly normal
			to feel disoriented, confused or
			even frightened following the kind
			of extraordinary experience you've
			just had.

					SCOTT
			I suppose it's been... a little
			bewildering, yes.

	An awkward pause as Scott wonders where all this is
	going and Troi tries a different tack.

					TROI
			I'm sure you have a lot of
			questions about what's happened
			over the last seventy-five
			years... if you'd like, I could
			help you access some of our
			historical records... maybe you
			could discover what happened to
			your family... or friends.

	Scott pulls back at this suggestion.

					SCOTT
			I'm... not ready for that just
			yet. It's a hard thing to realize
			that everyone ye once knew is
			probably...

	He trails off as he suddenly realizes what tone this
	conversation is taking. He looks at Troi with
	suspicion.

					SCOTT
			Pardon me for asking... but what
			exactly is a... Ship's Counselor?

          STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT TWO          28A.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			I'm here to take care of the
			emotional well-being of our crew.
				(beat, then with smile)
			And of our guests.

					SCOTT
			And you're an officer?

					TROI
			Yes. They started assigning
			Counselors to starships about
			forty years ago when they realized
			that the pressures of extended
			space travel --

					SCOTT
			You're a psychologist.

           STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT TWO           29.

20   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			Among other things.

					SCOTT
			La Forge sent you here, didn't
			he? I may be old, but I'm not
			crazy.

					TROI
			Geordi didn't send me and I know
			you're not crazy.

	Scott gets to his feet, annoyed at this entire affair.

					SCOTT
			You're damned right I'm not. And
			I don't need a ship's counselor,
			or a psychologist, or whatever
			else you are.
				(beat)
			I know what I need and it's not
			here.

	With that, Scott heads for the EXIT.

                                             CUT TO:

21   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Scott ENTERS and looks around. He smiles at the
	scene... somehow this is more to his liking. He sits
	down at the bar and a WAITER comes over to him. Data
	is seated at a bar stool nearby.

					WAITER
			May I help you, sir?

					SCOTT
			Aye, Lad. Scotch. Neat.

	The Waiter goes to the replicator and presently returns
	with a drink.

					SCOTT
			Thank you.

	Scott looks at it with a discerning eye... then takes a
	sip. He frowns and then puts down the drink in evident
	disgust. Data observes his reaction.

        STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - ACT TWO        30.

21   CONTINUED:

					SCOTT
				(to Waiter)
			What in blazes is this?

					WAITER
				(confused)
			Didn't you order Scotch?

					SCOTT
			Lad, I was drinking scotch about
			a hundred years before you were
			born and I can tell you that
			whatever this is, it is definitely
			not scotch.

	Data moves in to help the hapless waiter in the face of
	Scott's wrath.

					DATA
				(to Waiter)
			I believe I may be of some
			assistance. Captain Scott is
			unaware of the existence of
			synthehol.

					SCOTT
			Synthehol?

					DATA
			Yes. It is an alcohol substitute
			which is now normally served
			aboard starships. It simulates
			the appearance, smell, and taste
			of alcohol, but the intoxicating
			affects can be easily dismissed.

	Scott just looks at Data for a moment.

					SCOTT
			You're not quite... human are you?

					DATA
			No, sir. I am an android. My
			name is Commander Data.

	Beat.

					SCOTT
				(to himself)
			Synthetic scotch and synthetic
			commanders...

          STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT TWO          30A.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

	Data wasn't expecting that reaction. He thinks for a
	moment, then moves behind the bar.

					DATA
			I believe Guinan does keep a
			limited supply of non-syntheholic
			products. Perhaps one of them
			would be to your liking.

	Data bends down and reaches under the bar... then
	stands up and puts a very old bottle of a green liquid
	on the bar.

					SCOTT
			What is it?

	Data is unable to read the label. He removes the cap
	and sniffs the contents... but still doesn't know what
	to make of it... he looks at the liquid and finally
	tells Scott the only thing he knows for certain.

					DATA
			It is green.

	That's good enough for Scott and he lets Data pour him
	a drink.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

          STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT THREE          31.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

22   INT. CORRIDOR

	Scott is standing just outside the Holodeck doors.
	He's still carrying the green bottle and glass from
	Ten Forward and he's a little drunk. He activates the
	bulkhead computer terminal.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Please enter program.

					SCOTT
			The android at the bar said you
			could show me my old ship... so
			lemme see it.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Insufficient data. Please
			specify parameters.

					SCOTT
			The Enterprise. Show me the
			Bridge of the Enterprise, you
			chattering piece of...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			There have been five Federation
			ships with that name. Please
			specify by registry number.

					SCOTT
			NCC-One-Seven-Oh-One. No bloody
			A, B, C, or, D.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Program complete. Enter when
			ready.

                                             CUT TO:

	INT. OLD BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	We are on the Bridge of the Enterprise as seen in the
	original series. (We only need to see the back one
	half of the Bridge, including the Turbolift doors.)
	All the monitors are blinking and flashing and the
	sound of the old scanners fill the air... but there's
	nobody here. We hear the SOUND of the Holodeck DOORS
	and Scott ENTERS from o.c.

         STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT THREE         31A.

23   CONTINUED:

	Scott stops in the middle of the old Bridge and looks
	around... and for a moment, the look on his face says
	he's come home. But without people manning the
	consoles and stations, this is like being aboard a
	ghost ship. Scott goes over to his old station on the
	Bridge (at the back of the Bridge to the right of the
	Turbolift) and sits down.

          STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT THREE          32.

24   ON SCOTT

	As he pours himself a stiff drink. A look of
	melancholy settles over his features... he's sad and
	lonely. He lifts his glass in salute to the people
	who aren't here.

					SCOTT
			Here's to you, Lads...

	Scott drinks down the libation.

25   NEW ANGLE

	After a moment, there is the SOUND of the Holodeck
	doors opening and closing from o.c. Scott looks up
	to see that Picard has entered and is nearing the
	command center.

					PICARD
			I hope I'm not interrupting, but
			I was just coming off duty and
			wanted to see how you were doing.

					SCOTT
			Not at all, not at all. Have a
			drink with me, Captain.

	Scott pours him a drink from the bottle and hands it
	to Picard. Picard looks at the green liquid.

					SCOTT
			I'm not sure what it is, exactly,
			but I'd be careful if I were you.
			It has a real...

	Scott trails off as Picard throws back the drink in
	a single draft and doesn't appear to be affected in
	the slightest.

					PICARD
			Aldeberan whiskey.
				(off Scott's look of
				 surprise)
			Who do you think gave it to
			Guinan?

	They both smile and Scott laughs a little. Picard
	looks around at the Bridge.

					PICARD
			Constitution class...

          STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT THREE          33.

25   CONTINUED:

					SCOTT
			Aye. You're familiar with it?

					PICARD
			There's one at the fleet museum.
			This is your Enterprise?

					SCOTT
			One of them... I actually served
			on two. This was the first...
			she was also the first ship I ever
			served on as Chief Engineer.

	Picard pulls up a chair next to Scott, who leans over
	toward him.

					SCOTT
			You know, I served aboard eleven
			ships in my career... freighters,
			cruisers, starships,... but this
			is the only one I ever think
			about... the only one I miss.

	A quiet beat.

					PICARD
			The first ship I ever served
			aboard as Captain was called the
			Stargazer... it was an overworked,
			underpowered vessel that was
			always on the verge of flying
			apart at the seams. In every
			measurable way, my Enterprise is
			a superior ship.
				(beat)
			And yet... there are times I miss
			that cramped little Bridge very
			much.

	Scott smiles as he sees that here is a man who
	understands how he feels.

					SCOTT
			It's like the first time you fall
			in love... you don't ever love
			a woman quite the way you did that
			first one.

	Scott pours another shot into Picard's glass.

					SCOTT
			To the Enterprise and the
			Stargazer... old girlfriends we'll
			never see again.

       STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - ACT THREE       34.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

	They clink bottle to glass and drink up.

					PICARD
			What do you think of the
			Enterprise-D?

					SCOTT
			She's a beauty... with a good
			crew...

	Picard can hear the doubt in his voice.

					PICARD
			But... ?

					SCOTT
				(re: the Bridge)
			When I was here, I could tell you
			the speed we were traveling by
			the feel of the deckplates. On
			your ship... I'm in the way.

					PICARD
			Seventy-five years is a long time.
			If you'd like to study some of
			the technical --

					SCOTT
			I'm not eighteen. I can't start
			over again like a raw cadet.

	Scott gets unsteadily to his feet and moves toward the
	captain's chair.

					SCOTT
			There comes a time when a man
			finds that he can't fall in love
			again... when he knows that it's
			time to stop.
				(beat)
			I don't belong on your ship...
			I belong on this one. This was
			my home. This is where I had a
			purpose. But this isn't real...
			it's just a computer-generated
			fantasy. And I'm just an old man
			trying to hide in it.
				(to com)
			Computer, shut this bloody thing
			off. It's time I acted my age.

          STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT THREE          35.

	NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The old Bridge VANISHES, leaving them on the empty
	Holodeck. After a beat, Scott EXITS. Picard looks
	after him for a moment...

                                             CUT TO:

26   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & SPHERE (OPTICAL)

	As before.

27   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is sitting at his desk. The door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Geordi ENTERS.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, I understand that
			the Jenolen conducted an extensive
			survey of the Dyson sphere before
			it crashed. Have we been able
			to access those records?

					GEORDI
			We tried to download their memory
			core, but it was pretty heavily
			damaged in the crash. We haven't
			been able to get much out of it.

					PICARD
			Perhaps Captain Scott could be
			of use in accessing that material.

					GEORDI
			It's possible. He would know
			those systems better than any of
			us. I'll have Lieutenant Bartel
			beam down with him.

	Geordi turns to leave, but Picard stops him.

       STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - ACT THREE       36.

27   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Commander. I'd like you to
			accompany Mister Scott.

	A flicker of doubt crosses Geordi's face.

					GEORDI
			Me, sir?

					PICARD
			This is not an order, Geordi, it
			is a request... one which you are
			free to decline.
				(beat)
			One of the most important things
			in a man's life is the need to
			feel useful. Mister Scott is a
			Starfleet officer... I would like
			him to feel useful again.

	Geordi understands what Picard is saying.

					GEORDI
			I'll go with him, Captain.

					PICARD
			Thank you.

	Geordi EXITS.

28   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Geordi ENTERS from Ready Room and then EXITS to a
	Turbolift. Riker in Command, Data at Ops.

					DATA
			Commander, I believe I have found
			something on the sphere which
			could be a communications device.

	Riker moves to Ops and looks at Data's console.

					DATA
			There is an antenna array
			approximately four hundred
			thousand kilometers south of our
			present position. It is emitting
			low-intensity subspace signals.

       STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - ACT THREE       37.

28   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Can we open a channel?

					DATA
			Not from our present orbit,
			Commander. The array is currently
			directed away from us.

					RIKER
				(to Rager, indicating
				 Data's console)
			Prepare to take us to an orbit
			above those coordinates.
				(to com)
			Captain Picard to the Bridge,
			please.

29   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Geordi is standing near the platform, waiting with an
	equipment case. After a few beats Scott ENTERS. He
	looks somewhat worse for wear and a little bleary-eyed.

					GEORDI
			Are you feeling all right?

					SCOTT
				(irritably)
			Never get drunk unless you're
			willing to pay for it the next
			day. I'll manage.

					GEORDI
			Okay.

	They step up to the platform.

					GEORDI
				(to Transporter
				 Technician)
			Energize.

	They DEMATERIALIZE.

                                             CUT TO:

30   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship moves on impulse power.

       STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - ACT THREE       38.

31   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Worf have now joined Riker and Data on the
	Bridge. The viewscreen is showing a close shot of the
	surface of the sphere. There is a LARGE CIRCLE on the
	metallic exterior with several small DISH ANTENNAS
	around the perimeter of the circle.

					DATA
			Sensors indicate that the large
			circle is a portal or airlock,
			possibly leading to the interior
			of the sphere.

					PICARD
			You said you found a
			communications array?

					DATA
			Yes, sir. It is located on the
			periphery of the hatch.

					RIKER
			This looks like the front door...
			should we ring the bell?

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, open a channel to
			that array.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	He works the console. Suddenly Rager sees something
	alarming on her console.

					RAGER
			Captain! I'm reading intense
			graviton emissions on the surface
			of --

	The ship is suddenly ROCKED HARD and people are flung
	about. The LIGHTS DIM and several consoles go OUT.
	The ship goes to RED ALERT.

					DATA
				(off console)
			Some type of tractor beam has
			locked onto us.

					RIKER
			Helm, get us out of here!

       STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - ACT THREE       39.

31   CONTINUED:

					RAGER
			We've lost main power... auxiliary
			power down to twenty percent.

32   INCLUDE MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	We see the circle now SLIDE ASIDE, revealing that it is
	actually a giant hatch on the surface of the sphere. A
	star can be seen inside the sphere as the Enterprise
	hurtles toward the hatch.

					WORF
				(looking at viewer)
			We are being pulled inside.

	They all watch in horror as they fall in toward the
	gaping hole.

33   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	We can now see that the ship is being pulled down by a
	series of THREE BEAMS which emanate from points
	surrounding the hatch. The ship is pulled INSIDE the
	sphere by the beams and then the hatch SLIDES CLOSED,
	trapping the ship.

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - ACT FOUR        40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

34   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As before. The Bridge is SHAKING and the lights are
	DIM. The main viewer shows the atmosphere rushing
	past, with a glowing SUN directly ahead.

					RAGER
			Auxiliary power failing.

					DATA
				(working)
			The resonance frequency of the
			tractor beams is incompatible with
			our power systems. Warp and
			impulse engine relays have been
			overloaded. I am attempting to
			compensate.

34A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is inside the sphere, still being propelled
	forward by the tractor beams seen earlier.

34B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As before.

	There is a final VIOLENT SHAKE... then the SHAKING
	STOPS.

	The image on the main viewer is now a clearer view of
	the STAR. The interior surface of the sphere can be
	dimly seen in the b.g.

            STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - ACT FOUR           40A.

34B  CONTINUED:

					RAGER
			The tractor beams have released
			us, sir.

					RIKER
				(to Rager)
			Hold position here until we can
			get our bearings.

	Rager begins to work.

					PICARD
			Full sensor sweep, Mister Data.
			Where are we?

					DATA
			We are approximately ninety
			million kilometers from the star's
			photosphere.
				(beat)
			I am reading a great deal of
			surface instability. It may
			be--

	Suddenly Rager breaks in.

					RAGER
				(urgent)
			Sir. The inertial motion from
			the tractor beams is still carrying
			us forward. The impulse engines
			are off-line and I can't stop
			our momentum. We're falling
			directly into the star.

	Off their reactions...

                                             CUT TO:

            STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - ACT FOUR            41.

34C  EXT. SPACE - THE JENOLEN (OPTICAL)

	The ship is still crashed on the surface of the sphere.

35   INT. JENOLEN OPS CENTER

	Scott is using a few of his tools on an open panel and
	the old-style interior can be seen as he works. Geordi
	has attached a large DEVICE from his equipment case to
	a console and it BLINKS and FLASHES in response to
	Scott's work. Scott seems a little subdued.

					SCOTT
			The primary computer database
			should be on-line now. Give it
			a try.

	Geordi works for a moment and gets a couple of FLASHING
	LIGHTS on his device.

					GEORDI
			Okay... I've got three access
			lines to the central core...
			still nothing.

	Scott works for a moment, then gives up in
	irritation... his heart really isn't in this effort.

					SCOTT
				(softly)
			Bunch of old useless, garbage...

					GEORDI
			What?

					SCOTT
			I said it's old, Mister La Forge.
			It can't handle the interface of
			your power converter.

	Scott opens another panel and begins tinkering with the
	inner working. He's talking about more than just the
	equipment and he's definitely getting more depressed.

					SCOTT
			This equipment was designed for
			a different era... now it's just
			a lot of junk.

               STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT FOUR             41A.

35   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I don't know... looks like some
			of it has held together pretty
			well.

					SCOTT
			It's a century out of date. It's
			just...

               STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT FOUR              42.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

	He shuts the panel closed in disgust.

					SCOTT
			Obsolete.

	There's a quiet beat as Geordi suddenly realizes that
	Scott is actually talking about himself. Geordi wants
	to reach out to him in some way... he considers the
	console he was working on for a moment.

					GEORDI
			That's interesting... because I
			was just thinking that a lot of
			these systems haven't changed much
			in seventy-five years.

	Scott has only dull interest in what Geordi is saying,
	but at least he's listening. Geordi moves over to the
	Transporter console.

					GEORDI
			This Transporter is almost
			identical to the ones we use on
			the Enterprise.
				(gestures to other
				 consoles)
			The subspace radio and sensors
			operate on the same basic
			principles, and impulse engine
			design hasn't changed much in two
			hundred years. If it weren't for
			the structural damage, this ship
			could still be in service today.

	There's a beat as Scott considers this.

					SCOTT
				(sad smile)
			Maybe so... but when they can
			build a ship like your Enterprise,
			who'd want to pilot an old bucket
			like this?

					GEORDI
			I don't know... if this ship were
			operational I bet it would
			run circles around the Enterprise
			at impulse speeds.
				(beat)
			Just because something's old
			doesn't mean you throw it away.

               STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT FOUR              43.

35   CONTINUED: (4)

	They look at each other for a moment... and we can
	begin to see that a new relationship is just starting
	to form. Scott breaks the moment and moves back to
	the computer console.

					SCOTT
			We used to have something called
			a dynamic mode converter... you
			wouldna have something like that
			on your Enterprise would ye?

					GEORDI
				(thinks)
			I haven't seen one of those in
			a long time... but I might have
			something similar.
				(hits combadge)
			La Forge to Enterprise.
				(beat)
			La Forge to Enterprise, come in
			please.

	They exchange looks of concern. Geordi moves to the
	sensor console.

					SCOTT
			Interference?

					GEORDI
				(works)
			No...
				(beat)
			They're gone.

	Off their reactions...

                                             CUT TO:

36   OMITTED

37   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As before. The main viewer shows the star getting
	bigger and bigger. There is still a sense of urgency
	in the air. Riker has activated the aft Engineering
	station and is working on it.

            STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/12/92 - ACT FOUR           44.

37   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			We will enter the sun's
			photosphere in three minutes.

					PICARD
			Maneuvering thrusters?

					RIKER
			I've got thirty percent power...
			it won't be enough to stop us.

					PICARD
			No. But it may be enough to turn
			us into orbit and hold our
			distance from the photosphere.

	Riker sits down at the Engineering console and bends to
	work.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Port thrusters ahead full,
			starboard back full.

	Riker works the console.

					DATA
				(off console)
			Our flight path is changing...
			right ten point seven degrees...
			insufficient to clear the
			photosphere.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Lieutenant Bartel, divert all
			power from auxiliary relay systems
			to the maneuvering thrusters.

            STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - ACT FOUR            45.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

	Beat.

					DATA
			Our angular deflection is
			increasing. Now at fifteen
			degrees... eighteen... turn
			now twenty point one degrees.

	They look at the main viewer.

38   ON VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	The giant image of the star gradually shifts to the
	left as the ship manages to turn away.

39   RESUME SCENE

	As before.

					RAGER
			We're in orbit, Captain. Our
			altitude is one hundred fifty
			thousand kilometers.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			I'll see about getting main power
			back on-line.

					PICARD
			Very well.

	Picard heads back for command as Riker EXITS.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, begin a scan of the
			interior surface for life forms.
			I want to know who brought us in
			here and why.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

                                             CUT TO:

40   INT. JENOLEN OPS CENTER

	Scott and Geordi are working on two consoles. Geordi
	is very concerned.

               STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT FOUR              46.

40   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I can't find them anywhere in
			orbit.

					SCOTT
			They could've crashed into the
			sphere like the Jenolen.

					GEORDI
			No, we'd be picking up background
			radiation if they'd gone down.

					SCOTT
			There's another possibility...
			they could be inside the sphere.

					GEORDI
			Maybe.
				(beat)
			Whatever's happened, we've got
			to find them. If we can get these
			engines back on-line, we could
			track them by their impulse ion
			trail.

					SCOTT
				(outraged)
			Are ye daft? The main drive
			assembly's shot, the inducers
			are melted, and the power
			couplings are wrecked... we'd
			need a week just to get started.

	Geordi looks frustrated for a moment and is just about
	to argue with him... when Scott takes a breath and then
	goes on.

					SCOTT
			But we don't have a week, so
			there's no sense crying about it.
			Come on, let's see what we can
			do with your power converter.

	Scott turns away and moves toward the engines, leaving
	Geordi a little surprised. He follows Scott with a
	bemused look.

                                             CUT TO:

            STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/12/92 - ACT FOUR           47.

41   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Data and Picard are at one of the aft science stations.

					DATA
			The sphere appears to be
			abandoned.

	Data works the console and a schematic diagram of the
	sphere and star appears on the monitor. Several
	sections of the star have been highlighted.

					DATA
			Our sensors show that the star
			is extremely unstable. It is
			experiencing severe bursts of
			radiation and matter expulsions.

					PICARD
			That would explain why they
			abandoned it.
				(beat)
			But if there's no one still
			living here, how were we brought
			inside?

					DATA
			I believe we triggered a series
			of automatic piloting beams which
			were designed to guide ships into
			the sphere.

	Worf suddenly breaks in.

            STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/12/92 - ACT FOUR           48.

41   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(urgent)
			Sir. Sensors show a large
			magnetic disturbance on the
			star's surface.

	Data works his console.

					DATA
			It is a solar flare, Captain.
			Magnitude: twelve. Class: B.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Shields?

					WORF
			Shields are up... but only at
			twenty-three percent.

					DATA
			The star has entered a period of
			increased activity. Our sensors
			indicate that solar flares will
			continue to grow. In three hours,
			our shields will no longer be
			be sufficient to protect us.

41A  INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The screen shows a HUGE SOLAR FLARE reaching out from
	the star and heading directly toward the Enterprise.

	Off their reactions...

42   OMITTED

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

               STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT FIVE              49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

43   INT. JENOLEN OPS CENTER

	Scott and Geordi are lying on the deck with only their
	legs sticking out of two consoles. Various tools and
	devices are scattered around them.

					SCOTT'S VOICE
			Shunt the deuterium from the main
			cryo pump to the auxiliary tank.

					GEORDI'S VOICE
			The tank can't handle that much
			pressure.

	Scott pokes his head out for a moment.

					SCOTT
			Where'd you get that idea?

	Geordi looks out at him.

					GEORDI
			It's in the impulse engine
			specifications.

					SCOTT
			Regulation forty-two slash
			fifteen... "Pressure Variances
			in IRC Tank Storage"?

					GEORDI
			Right.

					SCOTT
			Forget it. I wrote it.

	Scott puts his head back in the console.

					SCOTT
			A good engineer is always a wee
			bit conservative... at least on
			paper. Just by-pass the secondary
			cut-off valve and boost the
			flow... it'll work.

	Geordi smiles to himself and then goes to a console and
	works it briefly.

               STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT FIVE              50.

43   CONTINUED:

	Scott crawls out of the console and goes to a dead
	operational control panel.

					SCOTT
			Well, if we've done our jobs
			properly, the engines should be
			coming back on line... about...
			now.

	They watch the display for a moment... then slowly the
	console comes to life and BLINKING LIGHTS fill the
	panel.

					GEORDI
			You were right... the auxiliary
			tank is holding.

	Scott smiles at him and then indicates the small
	command chair.

					SCOTT
			The Bridge is yours, Commander.

					GEORDI
			Hey, you're the senior officer
			here.

					SCOTT
			I may be a captain by rank, but...
			I've never wanted to be anything
			else but an engineer. Take the
			Conn, Geordi.

	A beat as we see a small bond beginning to form between
	the two of them.

					GEORDI
			All right.

	Geordi takes the command position and Scott moves off
	to the Engineering panel.

                                             CUT TO:

            STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - ACT FIVE            51.

44   EXT. SPACE - IN THE SPHERE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is still in orbit around the star. A HUGE
	SOLAR FLARE billows up behind the ship... part of the
	flaming plasma brushes against the shields of the
	Enterprise.

45   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Data, Worf, and Rager at their stations. The
	ship ROCKS.

					WORF
			Shields still holding... but down
			another fifteen percent.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Captain.

					PICARD
			Go ahead Number One.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			We've restored helm control...
			and you have partial impulse
			power.

					PICARD
			Good. Stand-by.
				(to Worf)
			Can we use the phasers to open
			a hole in the sphere?

					WORF
			No, sir. The exterior shell is
			composed of carbon-neutronium.
			Our weapons would be ineffective.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, we need to find a
			way out of here. Begin scanning
			for another hatch or portal that
			might still be open.

					DATA
			The interior surface area is over
			ten to the sixteenth square
			kilometers. It will take seven
			hours to completely scan the
			surface.

            STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - ACT FIVE            52.

45   CONTINUED:

	The ship SHAKES again. Picard gives Data a look.

					DATA
			I will endeavor to speed up the
			process.

                                             CUT TO:

46   EXT. SPACE - THE JENOLEN & SPHERE (OPTICAL)

	The Jenolen is in orbit above the same circular hatch
	that the Enterprise saw earlier.

47   INT. JENOLEN (OPTICAL)

	Scott and Geordi are looking at a monitor which shows a
	view of the same portal that the Enterprise saw
	earlier.

					SCOTT
				(off console)
			The Enterprise ion trail leads
			right to this point.

	They both study the image of the portal for a moment.

					GEORDI
			It looks like some kind of doorway.

					SCOTT
			I'll bet you two bottles of scotch
			that they're inside the sphere...
			and that they went in right
			through that hatch.

					GEORDI
			No bet here. The question is,
			how?

					SCOTT
			Look at the momentum distribution
			of the ions... it would take an
			impulse engine at full reverse
			to put out a signature like that.

					GEORDI
			So they didn't go in willingly.

	Geordi examines the diagram for a moment, then points
	to something.

            STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/5/92 - ACT FOUR            53.

47   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			This looks like some kind of
			communications array.

					SCOTT
			Aye. We found hundreds of them
			when we did our initial survey
			seventy-five years ago.

					GEORDI
			Did you try hailing them?

					SCOTT
			Sure. That was standard
			procedure in my day. We did it
			right before we crashed.

					GEORDI
				(thoughtfully)
			Hailing is standard procedure
			today, too...

	Geordi trails off and it's clear that he's onto
	something here. Scott looks at him in curiosity.

            STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - ACT FIVE            54.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Scotty, what if these aren't
			communications arrays... what
			if they're access terminals...
			which are triggered by subspace
			signals on certain frequencies...

	Scott catches on quickly.

					SCOTT
			Frequencies like our standard
			ship's hail.

					GEORDI
			Exactly. When the Enterprise
			saw this terminal they probably
			did the same thing you did
			seventy-five years ago -- opened
			a channel. Only this time it
			triggered something which
			activated that hatch and pulled
			the ship inside the sphere.

					SCOTT
			A nice bit of reasoning, Lad...
			very nice indeed.

	Geordi flashes a smile of thanks, but they've still got
	a problem.

					GEORDI
			We could trigger the hatch, but
			we'd probably be pulled in like
			they were.

	They think for a moment, and then Scott suddenly gets a
	twinkle in his eye and turns to Geordi with a grin.

					SCOTT
			Maybe all we need to do is get
			our foot in the door.

               STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT FIVE             54A.

47   CONTINUED: (3)

	Geordi looks puzzled, but Scott is suddenly animated
	and full of energy... and for the first time, he's like
	the Scotty we remember.

					SCOTT
			If we trigger the hatch with a
			subspace transmission, we might
			not be pulled inside if we keep
			our distance from the sphere --
			say a half million kilometers.
			Then, when the hatch starts to
			close again, we move in, and use
			the Jenolen to jam the hatch open
			and hope the Enterprise can
			escape.

            STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/5/92 - ACT FIVE            55.

47   CONTINUED: (4)

	Geordi looks at him as if he's gone completely mad,
	but Scott is already moving toward the engineering
	consoles and starting to work.

					GEORDI
			You can't be serious. That hatch
			is huge. It could crush this ship
			like an egg.

					SCOTT
			The shields will hold Lad, don't
			you worry about that. I know how
			to get a few extra gigawatts out
			of these babies.

	Geordi puts his foot down.

					GEORDI
				(firm)
			Scotty. This is crazy. I am not
			going to let you---

	But Scott will not be denied so easily. He turns to
	Geordi and his face is a mixture of conviction and
	entreaty.

					SCOTT
			Geordi. I've spent my whole life
			figuring out how to make crazy
			things work.
				(beat)
			I'm telling you... one engineer
			to another... I can do this.

	There is a moment as they look at each other... and
	Geordi searches his own heart and instincts for what
	to do. Finally, he makes the decision.

					GEORDI
			All right. Let's do it.

	Scott smiles, and then, united in purpose, they turn
	to the consoles.

                                             CUT TO:

               STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT FIVE              56.

48   EXT. SPACE - THE JENOLEN (OPTICAL)

	The ship is moving on impulse power and it comes to a
	stop in space. The sphere is o.c.

49   INT. JENOLEN

	Scott and Geordi are at the controls.

					GEORDI
			We're at five hundred thousand
			kilometers.

					SCOTT
			Engines're ready.

	Geordi takes a deep breath... then plunges ahead.

					GEORDI
			Okay. Here we go.

	He works the console.

50   EXT. SPACE - THE SPHERE (OPTICAL)

	The hatch SLIDES OPEN as seen earlier. From around
	the circumference of the circle, THREE BEAMS reach
	up into space and search for a ship... but find
	nothing.

51   OMITTED

51A  INT. JENOLEN

	As before. Geordi and Scott watching their consoles.

					GEORDI
			Come on... there's nothing out
			here... give it up.
				(works)
			I still can't open a channel to
			the Enterprise... there's too much
			interference. We'll have to to
			wait until we're right in the
			doorway.

52   EXT. SPACE - THE SPHERE (OPTICAL)

	The pilot beams fail to grasp onto anything... and
	finally SHUT OFF. The hatch now begins to SLIDE
	CLOSED.

            STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - ACT FIVE            57.

53   INT. JENOLEN

	As before.

					GEORDI
				(off monitor)
			That's it. Let's go! Full
			impulse.

	They both work the controls.

54   EXT. SPACE - THE JENOLEN & SPHERE (OPTICAL)

	The Jenolen moves into the middle of the doorway as the
	hatch is closing and then STOPS. Suddenly the hatch
	encounters the DEFLECTOR SHIELD of the Jenolen and the
	hatch STOPS. (The shield is only visible when it hits
	the hatch.)

                                             CUT TO:

54A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Worf, Data, and Rager at their stations.

					WORF
				(off console)
			Sir. There is an audio message
			from Commander La Forge.

	Picard nods and Worf works his console.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
				(static)
			This is La Forge, do you read me,
			Enterprise?

					PICARD
				(to com)
			We read you, go ahead Commander.

                                             INTERCUT:

55   INT. JENOLEN

	As before. The ship is SHAKING and the engines are
	ROARING with the strain as Scott works in the b.g.

            STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/6/92 - ACT FIVE            58.

55   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Understood.
				(urgent, to Rager)
			Set a course.

55A  EXT. JENOLEN (OPTICAL)

	The ship is still stuck in the hatch.

55B  INT. JENOLEN

	As before. There is a sudden VIOLENT SHAKE, and one of
	the panels EXPLODES. Scott rushes over to check the
	damage.

					SCOTT
			The plasma intercooler's gone.
			The engines are overheating.

					GEORDI
				(working console)
			I've lost helm control...
				(to com)
			La Forge to Enterprise. Captain,
			we won't be able to move this ship
			out of the way when you get
			here... you're going to have to
			destroy it in order to escape.

                                             INTERCUT:

56   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			How long will it take us to reach
			them?

					DATA
			With impulse engines operating
			at sixty percent power, it will
			take one minute forty seconds.

            STAR TREK: "Relics" - REV. 8/13/92 - ACT FIVE           59.

56   CONTINUED:

					SCOTT
			I can't hold her together much
			longer... we've got about two
			minutes before the engines go
			critical.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Bridge to Transporter Room Three.
			Stand by to beam two from the
			Jenolen as soon as we're in range.

56A  EXT. SPACE - IN THE SPHERE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise is heading into the atmosphere and
	toward the distant open hatch.

56B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					WORF
			Photon torpedoes loaded.

57   INT. JENOLEN

	As before. The ship is falling apart... SHAKING
	badly... consoles starting to SPARK and EXPLODE... the
	lighting is FLICKERING... and the engine noise is a
	SHRIEK of overworked metal.

					SCOTT
				(a shout)
			It's coming apart, Lad. I can't
			do anything else.

               STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT FIVE              60.

58   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					DATA
			We are within transporter range.

					PICARD
				(quickly)
			Bridge to Transporter Room.
			Energize.
				(a quick beat, then
				 to Worf)
			Fire torpedoes.

59   EXT. SPACE - THE SPHERE & JENOLEN (OPTICAL)

	The Jenolen is still caught in the doorway. Suddenly
	the ship is hit by torpedoes coming from inside the
	sphere. The Jenolen EXPLODES. The hatch starts
	CLOSING.

59A  OMITTED

59B  EXT. SPACE - IN THE SPHERE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise is racing toward the fast closing hatch.

                                             INTERCUT:

59C  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The crew reacts to the sight of the closing hatch on
	the main viewer.

59D  EXT. SPACE - OUTSIDE THE SPHERE (OPTICAL)

	The hatch is almost closed... but then at the last
	second the Enterprise ROLLS 90 degrees to port and
	SLIPS THROUGH the doorway ON ITS SIDE just as the hatch
	SLAMS SHUT.

60   OMITTED

61   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Scott and Geordi are just stepping off the platform.

               STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT FIVE             60A.

61   CONTINUED:

					SCOTT
				(cheerful, to Geordi)
			There now. That wasn't so bad,
			was it?

	Geordi smiles back at him.

                                             CUT TO:

62   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at impulse power.

               STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT FIVE              61.

63   INT. CORRIDOR

	Scott and Geordi are walking toward the shuttlebay.
	For once, Scott is listening to Geordi tell a tall tale
	and they're both in good spirits.

					GEORDI
			So, this alien space 'baby'--
			which was about the size of a
			four-story building -- really
			thought the Enterprise was its
			mother.

					SCOTT
			You're pulling an old man's leg.

					GEORDI
			No, really. It was 'suckling'
			power directly from the ship's
			fusion reactors... so Doctor
			Brahms and I changed the power
			frequency from twenty-one
			centimeters to point-oh-two
			centimeters...

					SCOTT
				(catching on fast)
			You soured the milk.

					GEORDI
			That's right.

	They both laugh and then a slight touch of sadness
	comes over him.

					SCOTT
			Enjoy these times, Geordi. You're
			the chief engineer of a
			starship... it's a time of your
			life that'll never come again...
			and once it's gone... it's gone.

	A long quiet beat.

               STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT FIVE              62.

63   CONTINUED:

	Geordi stops in front of the Shuttlebay doors.

					SCOTT
			I thought you were going to buy
			me a drink in Ten Forward.

					GEORDI
				(smiles)
			I have a better idea.

	He indicates the doors and then they both EXIT to the
	Shuttlebay.

64   INT. SHUTTLEBAY - CONTINUOUS

	Geordi and Scott ENTER from the Corridor. Scott is
	surprised by what he sees.

65   NEW ANGLE

	Revealing Picard, Riker, Worf, Beverly, Troi, and Data
	all standing next to a LARGE SHUTTLECRAFT. Scott is
	stunned as he looks over the gleaming ship.

					SCOTT
				(shocked)
			You're giving me one of your
			shuttles?

					PICARD
			Call it... an extended loan.
			Since you lost your ship while
			saving ours, it seemed only fair.

					RIKER
				(re: shuttle)
			It's not much to look at...

					SCOTT
			Lad, every woman has her own
			charms... ye just have to know
			where to look.

               STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT FIVE             62A.

65   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			It's a little slow, but it'll get
			you to the Norpin colony... if
			that's really where you want to
			go.

	Scott looks at the ship... and we see a change come
	over his features... he seems rejuvenated. Scott turns
	to Geordi and smiles broadly.

               STAR TREK: "Relics" - 8/4/92 - ACT FIVE              63.

65   CONTINUED: (2)

					SCOTT
			The Norpin Colony is where old
			men go to retire... maybe I'll
			end up there someday... but not
			just yet.

					PICARD
				(holds out hand)
			Bon voyage, Mister Scott.

					SCOTT
			Thank you, sir. For everything.

	Everyone says goodbye and Scott shakes hands with
	several of them before he and Geordi move off to the
	shuttle for a final moment. Scott glances back at the
	others.

					SCOTT
			They're a good crew.

					GEORDI
			Yeah.

	Scott looks around the shuttlebay.

					SCOTT
			And she's a fine ship... a credit
			to her name.
				(beat)
			But I've always found that a ship
			is only as good as the Engineer
			who takes care of her... and from
			what I can see... the Enterprise
			is in good hands.

	There's a moment between the two of them... they shake
	hands... and Scott gets into the shuttle.

66   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	The shuttle leaves the ship and the two fly off in
	different directions.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             










                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                           "Schisms" 
                          #40276-231 
                              
                          Written by 
                         Brannon Braga 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Robert Wiemer 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                        AUGUST 14, 1992

    STAR TREK:TNG ""Schisms" - FINAL - REV. 08/17/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Schisms" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             MOT
                RIKER              LIEUTENANT SHIPLEY
                DATA               ENSIGN RAGER
                BEVERLY            KAMINER (CIVILIAN)
                TROI               CREWMEMBER
                WORF               MEDICAL TECH.
                GEORDI             
                COMPUTER VOICE     

                Non-Speaking       
                  TWO CREWMEMBERS    
                  N.D ENGINEERS      
                  ONE N.D. MEDICAL   
                  ONE N.D. SECURITY  

      STAR TREK: TNG - "Schisms" - FINAL 08/14/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Schisms" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              ENGINEERING
              SICKBAY
              OBS. LOUNGE
              TEN FORWARD
              CARGO BAY
              HOLODECK
              CORRIDOR
          
              BARBER SHOP
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
          
              ALIEN LAB

           STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - TEASER           1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                           "Schisms"                                
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse in a vast and starry region.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46154.2.
			The Enterprise has entered the
			Amargosa Diaspora, an unusually
			dense globular cluster. We are
			faced with the daunting task of
			charting this vast region.

2    INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	RIKER is lying in bed, just starting to wake up. He
	lies there a moment, groggy, staring into middle
	distance... then finally sits up. Every move is a
	struggle. He swings his legs over the bed... rubs his
	hands over his face... yawns... he just can't get
	going...

	He stands up and stretches... slowly crosses the
	room...

3    ANGLE ON SINK AREA (OPTICAL)

	Riker enters and activates the sink. He splashes cold
	water onto his face, then looks at his tired face in
	the mirror...

	And stops, remembering something. He reaches to a
	nearby panel and taps a button -- the TIME appears:
	it's ten thirty-seven.

	Riker reacts, realizing he's late for something. He
	rushes to a nearby dressing area and starts to get
	ready...

           STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - TEASER           2.

4    INT. ENGINEERING

	GEORDI and DATA are working at a console; LIEUTENANT
	SHIPLEY and VARIOUS ND'S also present. A console
	monitor displays a MAP of the AMARGOSA DIASPORA.

					GEORDI
				(re: map)
			Lieutenant Shipley -- let's get
			a triangulation on these sector
			points... (TECH)

					SHIPLEY
			Aye sir.

	Shipley works. Riker ENTERS, looking harried, like he
	just woke up. He crosses to Geordi.

					RIKER
				(to Geordi)
			Sorry I'm late... I overslept
			again...
				(beat)
			What have you got?

	Geordi indicates the map.

					GEORDI
			The cluster's a lot more dense
			than we thought. It's going
			to take three days just to map
			one tenth of it.

					RIKER
			Three days?

					GEORDI
			I think we've found a way to speed
			this up. We've been testing a
			method of channeling warp energy
			to the main deflector grid. It
			enhances the long-range sensors...

					DATA
			The modification would increase
			our sensor efficiency and imaging
			resolution by twenty-five percent
			or more.

	Riker considers.

					RIKER
			Sounds like that would take a
			lot of warp energy...

           STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - TEASER           3.

4    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			We'd channel it through the EPS
			mains on Deck Thirteen... near
			Cargo Bay Four.

	Riker is convinced.

					RIKER
			It's worth a try.

					GEORDI
				(to Data)
			Data, let's get those subspace
			field taps on-line...

	Data stands to go... stops by Riker.

					DATA
				(to Riker)
			Commander -- I would like to
			remind you about my poetry reading
			this afternoon.

					RIKER
			Wouldn't miss it for the world.

	Data EXITS. Riker and Geordi exchange a look...

					GEORDI
			I can hardly wait to see what he
			came up with...

	As they work...

5    INT. TEN FORWARD

	Later. Data is giving his poetry reading to a small
	audience, including Riker, Geordi, PICARD, TROI, WORF
	and KAMINER (A FEMALE CIVILIAN).

        STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/17/92 - TEASER        4.

5    CONTINUED:

	Data sits perched on a stool, reading from a PADD. His
	voice is sonorous, measured, his timing utterly
	perfect:

					DATA
				(reading)
		"Then we sat on the sand for some time and
			observed
		How the oceans that cover this world were
			perturbed
		By the tides from the orbiting moon overhead
		'How relaxing the sound of the waves is,' you
			said.
				(beat)
		"I began to expound upon tidal effects
		When you told me to stop, looking somewhat
			perplexed
		So I did not explain why the sunset turned red
		And we watched the occurrence in silence
			instead."

	There is APPLAUSE from the audience. Data acknowledges
	the crowd. Riker lets out a huge yawn. Troi throws
	him a look.

					RIKER
				(softly, to Troi)
			I don't understand this... I can
			barely keep my eyes open...

					DATA
				(to audience)
			That poem was written in anapestic
			tetrameter. For my ninth poem,
			we move to the iambic septameter
			mode.
				(beat)
			Throughout the ages, from Keats
			to Jorkemo, poets have composed
			odes to the individuals who have
			had a profound effect on their
			lives. In keeping with that
			tradition, I have written my next
			poem in honor of my cat. I call
			it "Ode to Spot."

	Data looks at the page, takes in a breath...

          STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - TEASER          4A.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(reading)
		"Felis catus is your taxonomic nomenclature
		An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature
		Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses
		Contribute to your hunting skill and natural
			defenses."

	It is evident from the audience's responses that Data
	has been reading for a long while -- too long. People
	are starting to shift uncomfortably. Riker looks like
	he might fall asleep at any moment. While Data's
	poetry is technically flawless, it is also dry and
	tedious, without passion.

					DATA
				(continuing)
		"I find myself intrigued by your sub-vocal
			oscillations
		A singular development of cat communication
		That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection
		For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate
			affection... "

           STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - TEASER           5.

5    CONTINUED: (3)

	People try to look enthused as Data reads... but it's
	difficult. Many are fighting boredom. Geordi and Worf
	exchange a look... Picard crosses and uncrosses his
	legs... Riker is struggling to stay awake -- he can
	barely keep his eyes focused... he shifts in his seat,
	stifles a yawn...

					DATA
				(continuing)
		"A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic
			talents
		You would not be so agile if you lacked its
			counterbalance
		And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion
		It often serves to illustrate the state of your
			emotions."

	Suddenly, from somewhere in the audience, a SNORE is
	heard.

6    ON RIKER

	who has fallen asleep. Troi nudges him. He wakes with
	a start, disoriented, and automatically starts to
	applaud. Data stops reading. People look over. Riker
	realizes what's happened...

					DATA
				(to Riker)
			You have prematurely anticipated
			my denouement, Commander.
			However, I appreciate the
			sentiment.
				(beat)
			I will continue.

	Data continues to read.

					DATA
		"Oh Spot, the complex level of behavior you display
		Connotes a fairly well-developed cognitive array
		And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not
			comprehend
		I nonetheless consider you a true and valued
			friend... "

	Over this, Troi throws a look at Riker, who is
	disturbed by his overwhelming fatigue. OFF his face,
	as he stifles another yawn, wondering how he could be
	so exhausted...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

          STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - ACT ONE          6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

	(NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)

7    INT. SICKBAY

	Riker sitting on an examination table, looking
	fatigued. Beverly scans him with a medical tricorder.

					RIKER
			I don't have any problem getting
			to sleep... and I think I'm
			sleeping all night... but when
			I wake up, I feel exhausted...

					BEVERLY
			How long has this been going on?

					RIKER
			The last two, three nights...

	Riker eyes the tricorder, growing agitated as Beverly
	waves it near his head.

					RIKER
				(re: tricorder)
			Do you have to hold that thing
			so close?

	Beverly moves the tricorder away, surprised by the
	remark. Riker relaxes a little.

					RIKER
			I'm sorry... I've been on edge
			all day.

	Beverly completes her scan.

					BEVERLY
			Other than some muscle tension
			in your neck, I don't see anything
			wrong with you physically...
				(beat)
			Have you been having bad dreams?

	Riker thinks, rubs his sore neck.

					RIKER
			Not that I can remember...

          STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - ACT ONE          7.

7    CONTINUED:

	Beverly considers.

					BEVERLY
			This may be the result of a lack
			of REM sleep...

					RIKER
			What do you recommend?

	Beverly picks up a PADD, taps something into it --
	hands the PADD to Riker.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Drink this before you go to bed.

					RIKER
				(re: PADD)
			What is it?

					BEVERLY
			A recipe for a warm milk toddy.

					RIKER
				(playful)
			Warm milk toddy... you're kidding.

					BEVERLY
				(right back at him)
			The heat activates amino acids
			in the lactose -- which acts as
			a natural sedative.
				(beat)
			Besides, this is a recipe of the
			Captain's Aunt Adelle. It's
			delicious.

	Riker stands to go.

					RIKER
			At this point, I'll give anything
			a try.
				(beat)
			Thanks.

	Beverly smiles. Riker EXITS...

        STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/17/92 - ACT ONE        8.

8    INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and Data are working at a console; Lieutenant
	Shipley and N.D.s also present. Geordi looks excited
	by their work -- this is an important moment for him.

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			Everything's in place... deflector
			grid couplers... subspace field
			taps...
				(beat)
			Let's do it. Lieutenant Shipley
			-- initiate warp power transfer...

					SHIPLEY
			Aye sir...
				(works)
			Sensor array on-line...

	Geordi watches the console closely, eager for this to
	work.

					GEORDI
			Come on... work...

	Data monitors his console for a moment.

					DATA
				(to Geordi)
			Geordi -- active scanner output
			has increased by twenty-six
			percent.

	Geordi is pleased -- he turns to Shipley.

					GEORDI
				(to Shipley)
			Inform Astrophysics that the new
			La Forge sensor array is on-line
			and awaiting major scientific
			discoveries.

					SHIPLEY
			Yes sir.

          STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - ACT ONE          9.

8    CONTINUED:

	Shipley EXITS. Geordi moves to a console. A beat as
	they work. Data turns to Geordi, curious.

					DATA
			Geordi... may I make a personal
			inquiry? It concerns my poetry
			reading.

	Geordi looks uncomfortable at the mention of it...
	keeps working...

					GEORDI
			Sure, Data... what is it?

					DATA
			I noticed that many spectators
			seemed distracted during my
			presentation. Was my poetry
			uninteresting?

	Geordi hesitates, awkward.

					GEORDI
			Well... it was very well
			constructed... a real tribute
			to form...
				(beat)
			I especially liked your Haiku
			poem...

	Data looks puzzled.

					DATA
			My Haiku was only three lines
			long.

					GEORDI
			Yeah... it was great... very...
			brisk...

					DATA
			Brisk...
				(beat)
			Geordi, are you saying that the
			shorter my poems, the better?

					GEORDI
			No... well... sort of...
				(beat)
			To be honest, Data... some of your
			longer poems were a little dry.

	Data considers.

       STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/17/92 - ACT ONE       9A.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

	Geordi comes clean.

					GEORDI
			Maybe some of your poems were a
			little... formal.

	Data considers.

					DATA
			I have found poetry more
			challenging than other artistic
			endeavors. Unlike painting and
			musical composition, it demands
			a more articulated emotional
			content.

					GEORDI
			Next time, don't worry so much
			about rhyme and meter. Some of the
			world's greatests poets didn't pay
			attention to rules...

	Suddenly, a warning ALARM goes off. Geordi reacts,
	looks toward the large wall DISPLAY of the Enterprise.
	A section of the ship is FLASHING.

          STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - ACT ONE          10.

8    CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
				(re: alarm)
			That's the power grid warning...

	They quickly move to the wall display, study it.

					DATA
				(off display)
			I am reading a massive EPS
			explosion.

					GEORDI
			Where?

					DATA
			I am attempting to localize it...
				(works)
			It is Cargo Bay Four.

					GEORDI
				(reacts)
			I've got three people down there!
				(taps communicator)
			Damage control, medical team, to
			Cargo Bay Four!
				(to Data)
			Let's go...

	As Geordi and Data run out...

9    INT. CORRIDOR

	ON THE MOVE with Worf and ONE SECURITY N.D. running
	along, emergency gear in-tow. They converge outside
	the CARGO BAY FOUR doors, where Geordi, Data and
	Shipley are already taking tricorder scans. Beverly
	and TWO MEDICAL N.D.s arrive a second later, with a
	gurney and various medical gear.

					DATA
				(off tricorder)
			The field imbalance has subsided.
			I believe it is safe to enter.

          STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - ACT ONE          11.

9    CONTINUED:

	Worf motions for everyone to move aside.

					WORF
				(to all)
			There may still be a residual
			discharge. Stand clear.

	Worf and the security N.D.'s position themselves on
	either side of the door, emergency gear at-the-ready.
	Once they're in place, Worf works the control panel on
	the wall and the doors OPEN...

	A beat as nothing happens. Then Worf nods and the
	security team quickly enters the bay...

10   INT. CARGO BAY

	Continuous. Worf and the security N.D.'s rush in --
	and stop at what they see. Geordi and the others
	quickly follow, and also react to the sight --

11   ANGLE ON CARGO BAY

	The THREE CREWMEMBERS are carrying a piece of
	equipment, stopped in mid-stride, staring back at Worf
	and the others with looks of utter surprise. They are
	unharmed. The Cargo Bay is undamaged. There has been
	no explosion. Nothing is wrong.

					CREWMEMBER
				(to Worf)
			Is there something wrong, sir?

	As Worf and the others exchange a mystified look...

12   INT. CORRIDOR

	Later. Riker and Geordi walking along,
	mid-conversation.

					GEORDI
			We analyzed the power conduits
			-- there's no evidence of an EPS
			explosion.

					RIKER
			Sensors seemed to think there
			was...

	Geordi hates to admit this, but...

          STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - ACT ONE          12.

12   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I think my modification to the
			sensor array may have caused a
			pattern recognition failure.

					RIKER
			Just a sensor glitch?

					GEORDI
			That's my guess.

	They walk for a beat.

					RIKER
			Perform a level three diagnostic
			on the internal sensor network.
			Make sure we haven't overlooked
			anything.

					GEORDI
			Aye sir.

	Riker slows to stop -- it's been a long day and he's
	clearly exhausted.

					RIKER
			Maybe we should pick this up
			in the morning, Mister La Forge
			-- get a fresh start.
				(beat)
			And would you do me a favor?
			Stop by my quarters at oh-seven
			hundred hours. I've been having
			trouble waking up.

					GEORDI
			Sure. Goodnight.

					RIKER
			Goodnight.

	As they part ways...

13   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	Riker dressed in his nightclothes, ready for bed,
	standing at a replicator slot. Offscreen, we HEAR
	a glass of warm milk MATERIALIZE. He picks up the
	glass, takes a sip, winces at the taste.

	He crosses to the bed and sits down.... takes a long
	drink of the milk... sets the glass on a nearby table.
	He touches a panel on the table and the lights DIM.

          STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - ACT ONE          13.

13   CONTINUED:

	He crawls under the blankets, exhausted, settling in
	for the night...

	His head hits the pillow and he lets out a long sigh...
	closes his eyes. His breathing starts to deepen...

	HOLD on Riker for a few beats as he drifts off to
	sleep...

14   NEW ANGLE ON RIKER

	The door CHIMES. Riker opens his eyes, groggy. Did he
	hear something? The door CHIMES again.

					RIKER
				(calls out)
			Who is it?

					GEORDI (O.S.)
			Commander La Forge.

	Riker reacts, curious and a little annoyed. He throws
	off the covers and stands, crosses the room and taps a
	panel by the door. The door slides open to REVEAL
	Geordi, who is surprised to see Riker still dressed in
	his nightclothes.

					GEORDI
				(to Riker)
			Good morning, sir.

					RIKER
				(confused)
			Morning? I just went to bed...

	An awkward beat.

					GEORDI
			Sir -- it's oh seven hundred
			hours.

	Riker reacts -- how can that be? He glances at his
	bed, then back at Geordi. OFF his confused
	expression...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

          STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - ACT TWO          14.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

A15	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

15   INT. BARBER SHOP

	MOT the Barber is with a colleague. Worf ENTERS. Mot
	turns, sees Worf and his face drops -- he's not pleased
	to see the intimidating Klingon. Worf fixes him with a
	baleful look, as Mot nervously tries to make Worf
	welcome.

					MOT
			Mister Worf! My good Klingon,
			sir, welcome. It's a pleasure
			to have you with us again... so...
			soon.

	Worf walks to a barber chair, sits down. Mot picks
	up a smock and starts to drape it around Worf...

					MOT
			Haircut today, Lieutenant? Trim
			your beard?

	Worf glares him.

					WORF
			I would like my hair trimmed.

					MOT
			Ah. A trim, of course...

					WORF
				(ominous)
			Not like last time.

					MOT
				(quickly)
			Oh no -- just a little off the
			top... took way too much off last
			time...

	Mot starts to adjust Worf's chair, lowering it...

16   FAVOR WORF

	as he reacts to the adjustment -- for some reason, the
	movement of the chair is making him uneasy.

          STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - ACT TWO          15.

16   CONTINUED:

					MOT
				(continuing)
			I was just telling my colleague
			Mister Setti how thick and
			luxuriant Klingon hair is... it's
			such a pleasure to cut, sometimes
			I get carried away...

	As he talks, Mot takes hold of Worf's head and moves
	it forward a bit. Worf reacts again, not liking the
	feeling... Mot picks up a comb and a pair of
	hair-cutting SCISSORS...

					MOT
				(continuing)
			All those Away Missions...
			wind... dry air... the elements
			are very harsh on the hair. I'd
			like to suggest you start using
			a conditioning agent...

	Mot moves the scissors toward Worf's head...

17   CLOSE ANGLE ON SCISSORS

	as they move toward Worf. The light glints off the
	shiny metal blades...

18   WORF

	grabs Mot's wrist, as if in self-defense. For some
	reason, the scissors have struck a primal chord in
	Worf.

	Mot stops, startled. Worf stares intensely at the
	scissors, trying to place his fear of them. Mot is
	shaken, afraid Worf is going to kill him.

					MOT
			I promise -- not too much off
			the top!

	Worf glances at Mot... lets go of his wrist... throws
	off the smock and stands. The feeling goes away just
	as quickly as it came. At a loss, Worf EXITS.

	Mot looks faint. OFF his reaction...

       STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/19/92 - ACT TWO       16.

19   INT. CARGO BAY

	Riker and Geordi are looking at an opened PANEL on the
	bulkhead -- a cluster of circuitry is exposed. Geordi
	is tracing the circuitry with a tricorder...

					GEORDI
				(re: circuitry)
			Just before the grid alarm
			sounded, we were running warp
			power through this junction...
			somehow, it must've tripped the
			internal scanners...

					RIKER
			And they showed it as an EPS
			explosion...

	Geordi nods, steps away from the panel.

					GEORDI
			The question is, why? I've made
			modifications to the sensors
			before... and nothing like this
			ever happened.

	Riker considers.

					RIKER
			We can't waste time chasing down
			sensor ghosts. Keep the array
			off-line until you have a chance
			to take a closer look.

	Geordi nods, and lets out a yawn.

					GEORDI
				(yawning)
			Aye sir...

					RIKER
				(re: his yawn)
			I know the feeling... the past
			few nights, it seems the second
			my head hits the pillow, it's time
			to get up again.

					GEORDI
			We could all use some shore leave
			after this survey.

	Riker nods.

          STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - ACT TWO          17.

19   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Definitely.
				(beat)
			Keep me informed.

	Riker turns and EXITS. Geordi moves to a nearby
	free-standing console, where Data is working.

					GEORDI
				(to Data)
			Data, will you give me a hand?
			I've got to run a structural
			integrity scan. I want to make
			sure the conduit wasn't weakened
			by the --

	Geordi stops, reacting to a sudden pain in his VISOR.

					GEORDI
			Ow...

	Geordi adjusts his VISOR. Data looks at him, curious.

					DATA
			What is it?

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			This is the second time today my
			VISOR's cut out...

	Geordi reacts to something else -- a sudden feeling
	of discomfort -- more than VISOR pain, a sense of
	anxiety that he can't quite place...

					DATA
			Are you alright, Geordi?

	Geordi takes a few uncertain steps around the room...
	trying to place the feeling...

					GEORDI
			I don't know... I just had a weird
			feeling...
				(beat)
			I think I'd better get to
			Sickbay...

					DATA
			I will run the integrity scan.

         STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - ACT TWO         17A.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Thanks...

	Geordi EXITS, leaving Data alone in the Cargo Bay.
	As Data starts to work the console...

20   INT. SICKBAY

	Geordi's VISOR is off. Beverly scans a medical
	tricorder across the blinking terminal points on either
	side of Geordi's head.

					BEVERLY
			This is curious...
				(beat)
			There's a slight bacterial
			infection around your neural
			inputs... it was probably
			interrupting the data stream.

          STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - ACT TWO          18.

20   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(reacts)
			Infection... from what?

					BEVERLY
				(off tricorder)
			It doesn't match any bacterial
			strains on record...

	Beverly picks up a small MEDICAL TOOL. She holds
	Geordi's head steady and activates the tool -- sweeps
	across both of his inputs.

					BEVERLY
			I'm going to sterilize the area...
			but I'll need to run a resonance
			tissue scan to look for signs of
			additional infection...

	Beverly indicates a nearby diagnostic INSTRUMENT (as
	seen in "Cause and Effect).

					BEVERLY
			Come over here...

	Geordi crosses to the instrument and sits down.
	Beverly positions his head in the instrument...

					BEVERLY
			You'll need to hold still...

	Beverly activates the instrument and begins to enter
	commands...

21   INT. CARGO BAY

	Geordi ENTERS. Data is working at the console, in the
	same position as he was when Geordi left him in the
	previous Cargo Bay scene.

					GEORDI
			How's the scan going, Data?

	Data looks at Geordi.

					DATA
			I have just started the scan.
			I thought you were going to
			Sickbay.

	Geordi is surprised.

         STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - ACT TWO         18A.

21   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I've been there for the past hour
			and a half.

	Data looks puzzled.

					DATA
			That is not possible.
				(thinks a beat)
			My internal chronometer indicates
			it has been exactly one minute,
			fifteen seconds since you left
			the room.

          STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - ACT TWO          19.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			I'm telling you, Data, I've been
			gone for over an hour.

	They look at each other a moment, confused.

					DATA
				(to computer)
			Computer -- what time is it?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			The time is fourteen twenty-seven
			hours.

	Data thinks.

					DATA
			You are correct. Ninety-two
			minutes, seventeen seconds have
			passed since you left the room.

					GEORDI
			What have you been doing all this
			time?

					DATA
				(thinks)
			I have no memory of events during
			that period.
				(beat)
			When we are finished here, I will
			perform a self-diagnostic.

	Geordi is getting suspicious...

					GEORDI
			First we pick up a false EPS
			explosion... then my VISOR cuts
			out twice... now you lose an
			hour... all in the Cargo Bay...
				(taps communicator)
			La Forge to Engineering -- I want
			a diagnostic team to Cargo Bay
			Two immediately.

					SHIPLEY'S COM VOICE
			On our way, sir.


       STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/18/92 - ACT TWO       20.

21   CONTINUED: (3)

	OFF Geordi's concern...

22   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker, N.D.s, and ENSIGN RAGER at Conn. Riker is in
	his chair, looking at his armchair console, still
	fighting fatigue.

					RIKER
				(to Rager)
			Ensign Rager -- cartography needs
			a better position to study cluster
			FGC-thirteen.
				(beat)
			Bring us about, heading one twenty
			three mark four.

					RAGER
			Aye sir.
				(works console)
			Helm won't lock to those
			coordinates, sir.

	Riker moves to her -- sees the problem.

					RIKER
			First time navigating through a
			globular cluster, Ensign?

	Rager nods, a little embarrassed. Riker smiles and
	motions that he wants to take over the Conn. Rager
	stands to let Riker sit down...

23   FAVOR RIKER

	as he sits down at the Conn behind the console...

					RIKER
			You've got to compensate for
			gravimetric interference
			before you...

          STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - ACT TWO          21.

23   CONTINUED:

	Riker stops -- struck by a feeling of discomfort. He
	stares at the console... entranced by it... glides his
	hand across the smooth, polished surface of the
	display... as if remembering something...

	Suddenly, panic overwhelms him -- he feels trapped.
	Instinctively, he gets out of the chair...

	Rager isn't sure how to react.

					RAGER
			Sir... is there something wrong?

	Riker glances at her, shaken... realizes how this must
	look, but cannot explain the feeling...

					RIKER
			No... I don't know...
				(indicates chair)
			Maintain your original course,
			Ensign...

	Rager takes over the Conn. Riker backs away and sits
	down in his command chair... bewildered at what just
	happened...

24   INT. CARGO BAY

	VARIOUS ND ENGINEERS are scanning and inspecting the
	large room. Geordi is working the console; Data and
	Lieutenant Shipley are working nearby.

	A small BEEP goes off on the console. Geordi hits a
	few commands... The BEEP sounds in response. Geordi
	looks frustrated.

					GEORDI
				(re: console)
			Don't tell me...

	Geordi works the controls. Again, the BEEP.

					GEORDI
			This can't be right...
				(calls to Data)
			Data, can you come take a look
			at this?

	Data joins him at the console.

          STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - ACT TWO          22.

24   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I think we've got another sensor
			glitch.

	Curious, Data works the console.

					DATA
			The sensors are functioning
			normally...
				(beat)
			They are detecting a subspace
			particle emission originating from
			within this room.

					GEORDI
				(reacts)
			Within this room... that's not
			possible...

	Data flips open his tricorder, starts scanning the
	room... starts walking toward the far wall...

					DATA
				(off tricorder)
			The emission is emanating from
			this direction...

	Data walks toward the far wall... starts scanning the
	bulkhead... and stops at a particular point on the wall
	(the point where the panel was removed earlier). Data
	reacts to what he sees...

					DATA
			Geordi...

	Geordi crosses to Data, reacts to the sight --

25   INCLUDE BULKHEAD (OPTICAL)

	A small section of the wall is PULSATING -- as if the
	metal itself has come alive, and is undulating in
	perpetual waves -- rippling.

	OFF Geordi's astonishment...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

         STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - ACT THREE         23.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

26   INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	Data and Geordi reporting to Picard. Shipley is
	working nearby. They are standing near the altered
	bulkhead, which continues to PULSATE.

					DATA
				(to Picard, re:
				 bulkhead)
			The structure of the bulkhead is
			being altered on a subatomic
			level. The metal itself is in
			a state of quasi-molecular flux.

	Picard eyes the wall.

					PICARD
			What's causing it?

	Geordi and Data exchange a look.

					GEORDI
			This is where it gets pretty wild,
			Captain...
				(beat)
			Behind this panel, there's a
			junction we were using to transfer
			warp power to the sensor array.
			We're picking up a subspace
			particle stream emanating from
			that junction...

					DATA
			It appears to be composed of
			spatially-inverted tetryon
			particles.
				(beat)
			We believe they are emanating
			from a tertiary subspace manifold.

					PICARD
				(surprised)
			I thought tetryons were unstable
			in normal space...

					GEORDI
			We don't understand it either,
			sir.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - ACT THREE         24.

26   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
			Something from that deep in
			subspace shouldn't be able to
			exist in our universe...
				(indicates bulkhead)
			But here it is.

	They watch the rippling wall a moment.

					PICARD
				(re: wall)
			Does this pose a danger to the
			ship?

					GEORDI
			Not unless it spreads... if it
			does, we could beam the bulkhead
			into space and erect a forcefield
			in its place.

					PICARD
			Keep that option ready. For now,
			proceed with the analysis.

					GEORDI
			Aye sir.

	Picard takes a final glance at the wall, then EXITS.
	As Data and Geordi continue to work...

27   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Riker and Troi sitting at a table, mid-conversation.
	Riker is weary and frustrated, struggling to find the
	right words...

					RIKER
			When I sat down at the console,
			it triggered a response... like
			I was trapped... I had to get out
			of there...

					TROI
			Was it something about the console
			itself?

	Riker thinks.

         STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - ACT THREE         25.

27   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			No... it seemed disconnected
			somehow... maybe it's something
			I dreamed...

	Troi is troubled by what she's heard.

					TROI
			Wil... you're the third person
			today who's come to me with
			something like this... an intense
			emotional response provoked by
			an object...

	Riker reacts.

					RIKER
			Did anyone know why they had that
			reaction?

					TROI
			No... they couldn't explain it
			any more than you could...
				(beat)
			At this point, I'm not willing
			to say it's coincidence.

					RIKER
			Maybe we should all get together.

	Troi nods.

					TROI
			Talking about it might help you
			understand the response...
				(beat)
			I'm going to find out if anyone
			else on the ship has been having
			experiences like this...

	Riker nods. OFF his anxious expression...

28   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

      STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/19/92 - ACT THREE      26.

29   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Troi, Riker, Worf, Geordi and Kaminer (the civilian
	seen in the Teaser) sitting in a semi-circle. Troi is
	leading the discussion. There is a sense of uneasiness
	in the room.

					TROI
				(to Riker)
			Wil... you said you had an unusual
			reaction when you sat down at the
			console. What was it like?

	Riker concentrates, trying to grasp the feelings...

					RIKER
			It's hard to describe... it was
			vague... like the way you recall
			a dream...
				(beat)
			I remember the sensation of being
			trapped... and something about
			a smooth surface...

	A pause. Everyone knows exactly the feeling Riker is
	talking about -- they felt it too -- but what to make
	of it?

					TROI
				(to all)
			Can anyone else describe what they
			felt?

	Worf shifts, awkward -- is reluctant to admit this type
	of vulnerable feeling, but it's nagging at him...

					WORF
			I had a similar response... to
			a pair of scissors.

					TROI
			Have you had any dreams about
			scissors recently?

	Worf thinks, uncertain.

					WORF
			I may have... I do not have a
			distinct memory of it...

	A beat as they try to remember more... struggling...

      STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/18/92 - ACT THREE      26A.

29   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			When my VISOR cut out in the Cargo
			Bay, I had a weird feeling too...
			something about a smooth
			surface...
				(beat)
			Smooth... and cold... I think
			it was cold...

	This strikes a chord in Kaminer.

					KAMINER
			Yes, cold...

	Worf is hit by a memory... gropes with it, barely able
	to recall...

					WORF
			It was elevated... a platform...

	Geordi wrestles with the image...

					GEORDI
			Right... a bench...

	Geordi glides a hand over the Observation Lounge
	table...

					GEORDI
			Or a table...

	Everybody reacts to the word "table" -- they exchange
	an uneasy look.

					TROI
			It sounds like you've all had a
			similar experience...
				(beat)
			Do you remember anything more
			about it besides the table?

	They think... unsure...

					RIKER
			Maybe there's a way we can help
			ourselves remember more...

	OFF Riker's determination...

         STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - ACT THREE         27.

30   INT. HOLODECK (OPTICAL)

	The room is bare, except for the familiar GRID. Riker,
	Worf, Geordi and Kaminer are there, standing around
	the room... each of them looking inward, trying to
	remember. Troi stands off to one side, lending
	guidance to the others.

					TROI
				(to all)
			You all remember a table...
			let's start with that...
				(to computer)
			Computer -- show me a table...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			There are five thousand
			forty-seven classifications of
			tables on file. Specify design
			parameters.

	They all think a moment, trying to see the table in
	their minds.

					TROI
				(to all)
			Can you remember anything specific
			about the table? You mentioned
			it was cold, and smooth...
				(beat)
			Do you remember what shape it was?

	Kaminer has an image...

					KAMINER
			Long... it was long...

					GEORDI
			Yeah... a rectangular shape...

					TROI
				(to computer)
			Computer -- create a rectangular
			conference table.

	A TABLE APPEARS -- a rectangular conference table, made
	of wood. They eye it carefully... trying to
	distinguish their feelings and vague impressions...

	Geordi walks up to the table and lays his hands on
	it...

      STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/19/92 - ACT THREE      28.

30   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(to himself)
			It's too high...
				(to computer)
			Computer... decrease table height
			by... twenty-five percent...

	The table LOWERS a notch. Geordi looks to the others.
	Worf walks up to the table... takes a long look at
	it... isn't satisfied with the way it looks...

					WORF
				(re: table)
			No... the table was smaller...
			and it was inclined...

	Worf wrestles with the image in his mind...

					WORF
				(to computer)
			Computer -- decrease the table's
			surface area by... twenty
			percent...
				(beat)
			And incline the top... fifteen
			degrees...

	The table is REPLACED by a table that fits Worf's
	description -- smaller and inclined a few degrees --
	now about the size of a person. They stare at the
	table... struck by the familiarity of it...

					RIKER
			It wasn't made of wood... it was
			smoother... more metallic...

					TROI
				(to computer)
			Computer -- make this a metal
			table.

	The table CHANGES to a METAL TABLE. They look at it.

					GEORDI
				(re: table)
			That's starting to look right...

	There is a long pause. Troi tries to draw out more...

      STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/19/92 - ACT THREE      29.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Was there anything else in the
			room? Furniture... chairs...
			a door... other people...

	They looks around the grid. Kaminer shakes her head,
	not seeing any of it...

					KAMINER
			No... it was dark...

					RIKER
			Dark, right... you couldn't see
			beyond the table...

					TROI
				(to computer)
			Computer -- lower the surrounding
			light level.

	The room around the table DARKENS. Geordi looks above
	the table, as if seeing something...

					GEORDI
			There was a light right in my
			face... a bright light...
				(beat)
			Computer -- give me a bright
			light... right above the table...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Specify light source.

					GEORDI
				(struggles)
			I couldn't tell.. it was above
			me... an overhead lamp...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Estimated distance of light
			source.

					GEORDI
				(annoyed)
			I don't know...
				(beat)
			It seemed like it was at least...
			two, three meters above...

	A bright LIGHT streams down onto the table.

         STAR TREK: "Schisms" - 8/14/92 - ACT THREE         30.

30   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
				(to computer)
			Brighter...

	The light gets BRIGHTER.

					GEORDI
				(to computer)
			Brighter.

	The light INTENSIFIES, almost blinding. A beat as they
	absorb the feel of the room... this is getting
	creepy...

	Troi turns to Riker.

					TROI
				(to Riker)
			Wil... you said you were uneasy
			when you sat down at the Conn
			position...

	Riker shakes his head, frustrated by his inability to
	recall...

					RIKER
			Yeah... I felt trapped by the
			console...
				(beat)
			But it wasn't like this... there
			was something else here...

					TROI
			A restraint of some kind?

	Riker reacts to the word "restraint" -- it's slowly
	coming to him now...

					RIKER
			Yes... a restraint... it came
			down over my legs...
				(beat)
			No, no... my chest... it came
			across my chest...

	Riker moves to the table, touches it, grasping for more
	details...

					TROI
			It was holding you down...

      STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/19/92 - ACT THREE      30A.

30   CONTINUED: (4)

					RIKER
				(nods)
			Yes... it was part of the
			table...

	He runs his hands along the side of the table... trying
	to "see" what it was like... stops his hand half-way
	down the side of the table...

					RIKER
			Here... right here...

	A beat.

					TROI
				(to computer)
			Computer -- create a restraining
			arm... attached to the right side
			of the table, at the mid-point...

	Something resembling a metallic BODY RESTRAINT
	appears.

					TROI
				(re: restraint)
			Was it like that?

	Riker stares at it.

					RIKER
				(to computer)
			Computer -- put controls on the
			restraint... a control panel...
			lights...

	The restraining arm LIGHTS UP with blinkies. Riker
	reacts, uncomfortable at the sight... They gaze at
	the restraint, all standing around the table now...
	hands upon it... striving to remember. Kaminer eyes
	an area just above the table, mid-air... "sees"
	something in her mind...

					KAMINER
			There was something else here...
			above me... a metal swing arm...
				(to computer)
			Computer -- create a metal swing-arm,
			double-jointed, total length
			one meter...
				(as she points to table)
			Connect it to the head of the
			table...

      STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/19/92 - ACT THREE      30B.

30   CONTINUED: (5)

	A METAL SWING-ARM APPEARS at the head of the table.
	Worf walks up and studies it...

					WORF
			There was something attached to
			it...
				(beat)
			A tool of some sort...
			scissor-like...

	Worf stares at the table.

					WORF
				(to computer)
			Computer -- produce a pair of
			scissors... attached to the
			armature...

	A pair of SCISSORS APPEAR on the end of the
	swing-arm. Worf stares at them... groping for
	details...

					WORF
				(re: scissors)
			The handle is wrong...
				(to himself)
			... It wasn't scissors...
				(to computer)
			Computer -- make the handle a
			single grip... ten centimeters
			long... solid metal...

	The scissor handle is REPLACED by a handle that fits
	Worf's description -- a plain metal grip.

					WORF
				(to computer)
			Make one blade longer... and
			curved inward...

	One blade of the scissors becomes LONGER and CURVED.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Give the second blade a...
			jagged edge...

	The second blade becomes JAGGED. Worf eyes the tool,
	uneasy. Riker exchanges a look with Troi, who is
	watching all of this with concern.

       STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/19/92 - ACT FOUR       32.

32   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Tetryons... the same particles
			in the Cargo Bay...

	They consider the implications. Data ENTERS the room,
	crosses to Picard and Beverly. They turn to him, eager
	to hear what he has to say.

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			I have completed my
			self-diagnostic, and confirmed
			that I was not aboard the
			Enterprise for ninety minutes,
			seventeen seconds yesterday
			afternoon.

					PICARD
			Explanation?

					DATA
			Whenever I am on the ship, the
			warp field leaves an
			electromagnetic signature on my
			internal servo fluid system.
			Yesterday, between twelve
			fifty-four and fourteen twenty-six
			hours that signature is missing.

	Reactions. Picard thinks of something, suddenly
	concerned.

					PICARD
				(to computer)
			Computer -- are there any
			crewmembers missing from the
			Enterprise?

	A beat.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			There are two crewmembers
			unaccounted for.

					PICARD
			Identify them.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Lieutenant Edward Hagler and
			Ensign Sariel Rager.

					PICARD
			When did they leave?

      STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/19/92 - ACT FOUR      32A.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					COMPUTER VOICE
			They have not been present since
			twenty-three thirty-two hours.

					RIKER
			How did they leave?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Method of departure unknown.

	Reactions. The reality and horror of the situation
	hits them suddenly.

					PICARD
				(taps communicator)
			Picard to Bridge.

					N.D.'S COM VOICE
			Bridge here.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Raise shields and maintain a Level
			Four security alert -- I want to
			know if anyone goes on or off this
			ship.

					N.D.'S COM VOICE
			Aye sir.

	Picard looks to the others, urgent.

					PICARD
				(to Data, Geordi)
			Mister La Forge, Mister Data --
			I believe if we find the source
			of those tetryon emissions, we
			may also find our missing
			crewmembers.

					GEORDI
			We'll get on it, sir.

	From offscreen, a medical N.D. calls to Beverly --

					MEDICAL N.D. (O.S.)
			Doctor Crusher -- you'd better
			take a look at this...

	Beverly, Picard and Data move to the N.D., who had been
	examining Riker. Riker has his arm in a diagnostic
	INSTRUMENT.

       STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/19/92 - ACT FOUR       33.

32   CONTINUED: (3)

	The N.D. looks shaken -- he indicates the instrument,
	and Beverly reads some information off the screen --
	reacts to what she sees, incredulous.

					BEVERLY
			My God...

					RIKER
			What is it?

	Beverly turns to Riker, not sure how to put this...

					BEVERLY
				(to Riker)
			Commander... it looks as though
			your arm has been severed and
			reattached.

	Reactions.

					RIKER
			What?

	Beverly hits a few commands into the instrument and
	a nearby WALL MONITOR shows a GRAPHIC of Riker's ARM.
	The graphic MAGNIFIES to highlight a series of
	miniscule markings in the bone. Beverly indicates the
	graphic...

					BEVERLY
			The skeletal structure in your
			radius and ulna is offset by
			point zero two microns...
				(beat)
			Your arm has been amputated...
			then surgically reattached.

	Riker looks down at his arm, dismayed. Off their
	unsettled reactions...

33   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

34   INT. CARGO BAY

	Geordi and Data ENTER. Lieutenant Shipley turns to
	them, concerned.

        STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/19/92 - ACT FOUR 34-35.          

34   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(to Shipley)
			Any progress, Lieutenant?

					SHIPLEY
			Take a look at this...

	Shipley motions to the center of the room --

35   ANGLE ON CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	Visible in the middle of the room is a tiny TEAR IN
	SPACE, swirling, distorting the area around it.

36   DATA AND GEORDI

	react. Data flips open his tricorder and walks toward
	the rupture to take readings...

       STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/19/92 - ACT FOUR       36.

37   ANGLE ON GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	as he opens his tricorder and moves to the same
	PULSATING wall we saw in Act Three. The wall is worse
	-- DISTORTING like crazy, in larger waves. Geordi
	reacts to his tricorder, concerned.

					GEORDI
				(to Data, re: bulkhead)
			Data -- the tetryon emissions have
			intensified. They seem to be
			focusing in this direction...

	Geordi follows the readings with the tricorder --
	tracing an invisible stream of particles through the
	air, toward the rupture at the center of the Cargo
	Bay...

37A  ANGLE ON DATA (OPTICAL)

	standing a few feet away from the tear in space,
	scanning it. Geordi stops next to him -- he motions to
	the spatial rupture.

					GEORDI
				(continuing, re:
				 rupture)
			... coalescing here... they're
			reading as a point of subspace
			energy.

					DATA
				(re: rupture)
			It appears to be the beginnings
			of a spatial rupture.

	Geordi reads his tricorder.

					GEORDI
			The way the tetryon emissions are
			modulating... it's like somebody
			is controlling the flow of
			energy...

	A beat as they watch the rupture. Geordi starts to
	realize...

					GEORDI
			Data... some of the signals from
			the modifications I made to the
			sensor array dipped pretty deep
			into subspace...
				(MORE)


      STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/18/92 - ACT FOUR      36A.

37A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			Maybe they caught somebody's
			attention...

	They consider. Data completes his readings of the
	rupture.

					DATA
			At the rate the rupture is
			expanding, we are in danger of
			a hull breach.

					GEORDI
			Let's try surrounding it with
			a subspace containment field...

	As they move off to work...

37B  INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, N.D.s. Picard and Riker are at
	the aft science station, studying a GRAPHIC of various
	sensor logs.

					RIKER
			Other than the tetryon emissions
			in Cargo Bay Four, none of the
			internal sensors recorded
			anything unusual over the past
			three days.

	Picard looks at the graphic.

					PICARD
			Initiate a metallurgical analysis
			of the ship's hull -- subspace
			field incursions might have left
			a trace.

	Riker nods. A warning ALARM sounds on Worf's console.

       STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/18/92 - ACT FOUR       37.

37B  CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(off console)
			Captain -- sensors indicate that
			Lieutenant Hagler has returned
			to the Enterprise. He is in his
			quarters, Deck Seven, Section
			Nineteen.

	Reactions. As Picard and Riker EXIT...

38   INT. CORRIDOR

	ON THE MOVE with Beverly, running down the hall. She
	reaches a door and taps the control pad next to it.
	No response.

					BEVERLY
				(to computer)
			Computer -- emergency entry, Chief
			Medical Officer Beverly Crusher.

	The doors slide open -- from within the darkened
	quarters, LIEUTENANT HAGLER comes stumbling out,
	dressed in nightclothes, a blueish-gray cast to his
	skin, arms groping at the air. Beverly grabs hold of
	him -- he starts to convulse, delirious with pain.
	Beverly lowers him to the floor... scans him with a
	medical tricorder... reacts to what she sees,
	amazed...

					BEVERLY
				(hits communicator,
				 urgent)
			Crusher to Sickbay -- get a plasma
			infusion unit to Deck Seven,
			Section Nineteen!

	Picard and Riker arrive a second later. Beverly
	continues scanning...

					BEVERLY
				(re: Hagler)
			His blood is transforming into
			some sort of... liquid polymer...

	A beat as she scans... then reacts as Hagler dies.
	She closes the tricorder... stands... looks to Picard
	and Riker, shaken. OFF their horrified reactions...

       STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/18/92 - ACT FOUR       38.

39   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Troi, Geordi, Beverly, Worf.
	Picard is pacing, restless -- he's unnerved by the
	helplessness he feels at the situation.

					GEORDI
			We've set up a containment field
			in Cargo Bay Four. But the
			rupture just keeps expanding.
			I'd say we've got another five
			or six hours before it breaches
			the hull.

					PICARD
			Can we still beam the affected
			sections into space?

					DATA
			No sir. The spatial rupture is
			creating severe nucleonic
			interference. It is impossible
			to obtain a positive lock on the
			bulkheads.

	They consider.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			Has your analysis suggested any
			way to seal the rupture?

	Geordi thinks.

					GEORDI
			We think we could close the
			rupture by neutralizing the
			tetryon emissions with a coherent
			graviton pulse. But we'd have
			to do it at the source.

					RIKER
			How do we find the source?

					GEORDI
			That's a good question. The
			emissions are coming from a
			tertiary subspace domain. But
			subspace has an infinite number
			of domains...
				(beat)
			It's like a huge honeycomb with
			an endless number of cells. We
			need to isolate the exact cell
			the emissions are coming from...

       STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/18/92 - ACT FOUR       39.

39   CONTINUED:

	A beat.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			If someone homed in on subspace
			signals created by our modified
			sensor array... can we do the same
			thing to them -- track the tetryon
			emissions to their universe?

					DATA
			Tetryon particles have a random
			momentum. Our sensors are unable
			to track them.

	They think for a moment. Worf gets an idea...

					WORF
			Perhaps we could make a homing
			device -- something our sensors
			could track.

	Geordi takes a beat, considers.

					GEORDI
			Good idea. But there's no way
			to get that device to the source.

					RIKER
			Yes, there is.
				(beat)
			Give it to me.

	They look at him.

       STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/18/92 - ACT FOUR       40.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			It's pretty clear I've been taken
			each of the past few nights...
			if I'm right, there's every chance
			it'll happen again tonight.

					GEORDI
				(onto the idea)
			If you had a homing device, we
			could track it to your location
			in subspace... then, as soon as
			they send you back to the ship...
			we could transmit the graviton
			pulse and neutralize the tetryon
			emissions...

					TROI
			If they send him back. Ensign
			Rager still hasn't been
			returned...

					RIKER
			They're going to take me whether
			I want to go or not.

	A beat as Picard considers.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			We'll wait as long as we can for
			you to be returned, Number One.
			But as soon the spatial rupture
			threatens the ship... we'll have
			to transmit that graviton pulse.

					RIKER
			Understood.

	A grim beat.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Perhaps we can give you an
			advantage... a way of keeping you
			conscious after they take you...

	Picard looks to Beverly.

      STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/18/92 - ACT FOUR      40A.

39   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(to Beverly)
			Doctor -- can you develop a
			counter-agent to the
			neuro-sedative they've been giving
			the crew?

					BEVERLY
			I could try a neuro-stimulant
			-- but the dosage would have to
			be pretty high to counter the
			effects. It might be risky.

					RIKER
			It's a risk I'm willing to take.

       STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/18/92 - ACT FOUR       41.

39   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
				(to Beverly)
			Make it so.
				(to Geordi)
			Mister La Forge -- begin work on
			a homing device.

	As they rise to go...

39A  INT. SICKBAY

	Geordi, Beverly, Riker. Geordi is making a few
	adjustments to a tricorder. Beverly injects Riker with
	a hypospray. Riker shakes his head, feeling
	lightheaded.

					BEVERLY
			It should be enough to ward off
			their neuro-sedative for about
			twelve hours.

					RIKER
			I hope that's enough.

					BEVERLY
			It'll have to be. I can't risk
			giving you a higher dosage.

	Geordi completes his adjustments, hands Riker the
	tricorder.

           STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/18/92 - ACT FOUR           42.

39A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I've locked the tricorder into
			continuous scan. That way, it'll
			keep recording whether you open
			it or not.
				(beat)
			Maybe you can bring back some
			information about their universe.

	Riker takes the tricorder. Geordi picks up an armband
	DEVICE (as seen in "Cause and Effect") and shows it
	to Riker. Geordi presses a button on the device and
	a LIGHT comes on.

					GEORDI
				(re: device)
			When you see this indicator light
			up, it means we've locked onto
			the signal.

	Riker nods.

					RIKER
			Understood.

	As Riker straps the device to his arm...

40   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	Later. Riker alone, on his back, lying in bed, eyes
	open, unable to sleep. He's in uniform, a phaser
	attached to his waist and a tricorder in his hand. The
	homing device armband is strapped to his left arm.
	(Note: the tricorder is active). A quiet moment passes
	by as he lies there, waiting...

           STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/20/92 - ACT FIVE           43.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

42   INT. ALIEN LAB (OPTICAL)

	CLOSE ON RIKER, who carefully opens his eyes,
	disoriented -- where is he? He steals a look at the
	strange surroundings, testing the situation... all the
	while, trying to appear as though he is
	semi-conscious...

	The room resembles the Holodeck lab from Act Three -- a
	pool of light shining down on a smooth operating table,
	darkness all around -- except it is more detailed,
	embellished with various alien gadgets and markings.
	It has a DISTORTED quality -- surreal and dream-like,
	as though our perceptions are being altered. SOUNDS
	echo back and forth, disorienting. The CLICKING NOISES
	can be heard -- suggestive of the Holodeck recreation,
	but more strange and alien-sounding. We are in another
	space -- tetryon space.

	We see the examination table, which resembles the
	Holodeck table, but is embellished with various alien
	markings and appliances. Riker is trapped beneath an
	alien CONSOLE on top of his arms and chest, holding him
	down. Attached to the swing-arm on the table is the
	familiar TOOL -- its jagged blades all the more vivid
	and terrifying in real life.

	Riker looks beside him. Ensign Rager is lying on a
	nearby platform on the floor. Her eyes are open, but
	her expression is blank. Clearly, she's been heavily
	sedated and is semi-conscious. Riker sees it's
	hopeless and looks elsewhere, into the surrounding
	darkness...

	Barely visible in the darkness, several shadowy FIGURES
	are rustling about, making the clicking sounds. An
	alien-looking CONSOLE is visible as well as an empty
	PLATFORM. One of the figures approaches Riker. It is
	clearly ALIEN. A dark, contorted body... jerky
	movements... strange chattering, clicking noises...
	always obscured by shadow, so we never get a clear view
	of it, only terrifying glimpses...

           STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/20/92 - ACT FIVE           44.

42   CONTINUED:

	Riker continues to feign semi-consciousness. The
	clicking sounds intensify, and a bright light SHINES
	into Riker's face. Riker watches as a small PEDESTAL
	is moved next to the table, near his left hand. On top
	of the pedestal there are several bizarre and
	frightening ALIEN TOOLS.

	An ALIEN HAND reaches into the light and removes the
	phaser from Riker's waist, then takes the tricorder out
	of his hand. (Note: Although closed, the tricorder
	stays activated throughout the scene.) The alien then
	removes the homing device from Riker's arm... and sets
	all three instruments on the pedestal.

	The alien moves back into the darkness. Riker steals
	a look to make sure the alien has left... glances at
	the alien tools on the pedestal, worried. OFF his face
	as he furtively watches...

42A  INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi is working in his office. Shipley and several
	N.D. are working in the b.g. The situation is tense.
	Picard ENTERS and crosses to Geordi.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			Report.

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			I still can't locate the homing
			signal...
				(beat, working)
			We've covered the entire
			upper-subspace energy band. We're
			extending the scan to adjacent
			energy levels...

	Geordi works.

					PICARD
				(taps communicator)
			Picard to Data. Your status?

           STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/20/92 - ACT FIVE           45.

43   OMITTED

44   INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	Data is working the freestanding console. Visible in
	the middle of the room, the tear in space is LARGER...
	swirling... distorting the space around it...

					DATA
				(to com)
			The rupture has expanded another
			four point two percent. Without
			further reinforcement, containment
			field integrity will fail in
			approximately fourteen minutes.

44A  INT. ENGINEERING

	Picard turns to Geordi.

					PICARD
			Can you divert more power to the
			containment field?

					GEORDI
			I can try to augment the field
			with auxiliary power, but it won't
			be much...

					PICARD
			Make it so.

					GEORDI
			Aye sir.

	As Geordi works...

45   INT. ALIEN LAB (OPTICAL)

	Riker watches furtively as an alien figure crosses the
	room to Rager... stoops over her and begins to do
	something to her that we cannot see. We HEAR Rager
	moan, as though in pain...

	Riker reacts slightly, his instincts compelling him to
	help Rager -- but he's strapped down, helpless, and
	must continue to feign semi-consciousness...

	The alien figure finishes with Rager... approaches
	Riker... stops at the table and SHINES the light into
	his face...

           STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/20/92 - ACT FIVE          45A.

45   CONTINUED:

	An alien hand takes one of the alien tools off of the
	pedestal... moves the tool into the light and begins to
	wave it around Riker's head. The tool sends out a
	STRANGE NOISE, as if the alien is scanning him. The
	alien pulls the tool away, as if to read it...

	Riker is sweating now... it's all he can do to stay
	calm and under control...

	The alien hand moves the tool back into the light,
	begins to wave it around Riker's head again. It sends
	out the awful NOISE. After a beat, the alien figure
	retreats into the darkness...

45A  NEW ANGLE - THE PEDESTAL

	Suddenly, the small LIGHT on the homing device starts
	to FLASH. Riker takes note... the alien does not see
	it...

45B  OMITTED

45C  INT. ENGINEERING

	A small ALARM is sounding. Geordi reacts to his
	console.

					GEORDI
			Captain -- I've located the homing
			signal. Locking onto it now...
				(beat)
			It's coming from a subspace energy
			level of sixteen point-two
			K-E-V...

					PICARD
			Stand by to initiate the graviton
			pulse.

	They work.

					SHIPLEY
			Graviton emitters at full power,
			sir. Standing by.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Picard to Data. How much time?

           STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/20/92 - ACT FIVE           46.

45C  CONTINUED:

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			At the present rate, containment
			failure will occur in
			approximately nine minutes.

	Picard and Geordi exchange a tense look...

45D  INT. ALIEN LAB (OPTICAL)

	Riker still on the table, feigning semi-consciousness;
	homing device still flashing. He watches as another
	alien figure approaches and stops at the table. An
	alien hand comes into the light and touches a control
	on the console over Riker's chest. The console
	automatically raises off of Riker's chest, freeing
	him...

	The alien turns its body away, begins to work at
	something that Riker cannot see. Riker realizes he's
	got an opportunity to get out of here... he glances
	down at the pedestal... slowly starts to move his hand
	toward the tools... while keeping an eye on the alien,
	so as not to alert it...

	Riker's hand is just closing around one of the alien
	instruments, when suddenly the alien turns around -- we
	see that it is holding the wicked scissor-like tool...

	The alien is moving the scissor-tool toward Riker's
	chest... the shiny blades coming closer and closer...
	Riker wraps his fingers around an instrument, ready to
	use it as a weapon... suspense builds...

45E  INT. CARGO BAY

	Data working. LIGHT from the rupture FLASHING.

					DATA
				(to com)
			Captain -- the containment field
			is beginning to fluctuate.
			Failure anticipated in three
			minutes, eleven seconds.

45F  INT. ENGINEERING

	As before. Tension building.

           STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/20/92 - ACT FIVE           47.

45F  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			We can't afford to wait any
			longer...
				(beat)
			Begin the graviton pulse.

	Geordi, realizing the gravity of what he's about to
	do, moves to the controls.

					GEORDI
				(works)
			Initiating pulse... now.

	As Geordi hits a control:

45F  INT. ALIEN LAB (OPTICAL)

	Riker and the alien react to A FLASH OF LIGHT that
	occurs offscreen. A strange ALARM starts to sound.
	The alien starts clicking loudly, and quickly retreats
	into the darkness.

	The shadowy figures scurry about... clicking... clearly
	reacting with concern to something that has happened.
	They crowd around the alien console, working
	frantically...

	Riker waits a beat, hand still poised on the tool, and
	watches with interest...

46   INT. CARGO BAY

	Data is working.

					DATA
				(to com)
			Data to Engineering. The graviton
			pulse is having an effect. The
			tetryon emissions have decreased
			by nineteen percent...

	From offscreen, the rupture sends out a FLASH OF LIGHT.
	Data reacts to the console.

					DATA
				(to com)
			Captain -- additional subharmonics
			have appeared. They are
			reinforcing the tetryon
			emissions...
					(MORE)

           STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/20/92 - ACT FIVE           48.

46   CONTINUED:

					DATA (Cont'd)
				(reads console)
			They appear to be counter-acting
			the graviton pulse...
				(beat)
			The rupture is beginning to expand
			again.

46A  INT. ENGINEERING

	Concern. Geordi reacting to various console
	information.

					GEORDI
			Looks like somebody's fighting
			back...

					PICARD
			Can you strengthen the graviton
			pulse?

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			I'll try setting up a random
			frequency shift. If we can keep
			them from guessing our pulse
			modulation... they might not be
			able to compensate...

	As he works...

47   INT. ALIEN LAB (OPTICAL)

	Riker watches from the table. The alien figures are
	working the console, clicking and chattering, unhappy
	about something. Clearly, they have more important
	things to do than worry about Riker, who they believe
	is sedated.

	In a darkened corner, just above the alien PLATFORM, a
	TEAR IN SPACE OPENS UP -- a large, distorted RUPTURE.
	VISIBLE THROUGH THE VORTEX IS THE ENTERPRISE CARGO BAY.

	Riker reacts to the sight, starts to realize...

48   INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	ANGLE ON SPATIAL RUPTURE as it starts to CHANGE COLOR
	and ALTER SHAPE. It EXPANDS OUTWARD briefly. (NOTE:
	The alien lab is not visible through the rupture.)

           STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/20/92 - ACT FIVE           49.

49   OMITTED

50   DATA

	is working.

					DATA
				(off console)
			Tetryon emissions continue to
			increase.
				(beat)
			The rupture is still expanding.
			Hull breach is imminent.

50A  INT. ENGINEERING

	Tension building.

					GEORDI
				(off console,
				 frustrated)
			They're reacting faster than we
			can shift frequencies...

	Geordi gets an idea.

					GEORDI
				(to Shipley)
			Shipley -- program the emitters
			for full spectrum pulse
			compression. I want to channel
			all of the graviton energy into
			a single burst...
				(beat)
			Let's see if they can handle
			that...

					SHIPLEY
				(works)
			Ready, Commander.

	Geordi hits a couple of controls, then moves to a
	nearby wall panel. Determined, he hits a final
	button...

           STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/20/92 - ACT FIVE           50.

50B  OMITTED

51   INT. ALIEN LAB (OPTICAL)

	The rupture is still looking out into the Enterprise
	Cargo Bay, like a window. Suddenly, the room SHAKES.
	The rupture shudders, starts to get smaller -- closing
	down. The alien figures react, unhappy with the
	situation.

	Riker reacts too -- he sees his window of opportunity
	starting to close down...

51A  OMITTED

51B  INT. ENGINEERING

	As before.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			The rupture is beginning to close.

	Picard and Geordi exchange an excited look.

					GEORDI
				(to Shipley)
			Recharge the emitters! Let's hit
			them again!

	Shipley works, recharging the emitters. A long beat.

					GEORDI
				(impatient)
			Come on...

					SHIPLEY
			Ready.

	Geordi hits a button on the wall panel again...

52   INT. ALIEN LAB (OPTICAL)

	The room SHAKES again. Riker decides to take the
	opportunity while the Aliens are distracted. Slowly,
	he steps off the table... pauses... glances at the
	aliens...

	He steadies himself, keeping his balance in this
	distorted environment isn't easy.

           STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/20/92 - ACT FIVE          50A.

52   CONTINUED:

	He makes a quiet move toward the smaller table...
	gingerly picks up his phaser... then his tricorder,
	which is still blinking, active.

	The clicking noises intensify. Riker turns and sees
	that two of the aliens are aware of his movements, and
	are rushing toward him. Riker aims his phaser and
	FIRES at the aliens, BLASTING them back into the
	shadows. (NOTE: The phaser blasts should have an
	unusual look in this universe). The clicking sounds
	become panicky SCREECHES.

	Riker quickly moves to Rager, kneels down to pick her
	up, but stops at what he sees -- several TUBES are
	connected to Rager's neck, like alien IV's -- the
	tubes are attached to a small alien INSTRUMENT that is
	next to the platform.

	A beat as Riker decides what to do. In the background,
	an alien figure is approaching Riker...

52A  INT. ENGINEERING

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			The rupture is ninety-six percent
			closed.

					GEORDI
			We're almost there. One more
			burst should do it...

					SHIPLEY
			Emitters recharging...

	They wait a beat...

					SHIPLEY
			Ready.

	Geordi hits the button...

52B  INT. ALIEN LAB (OPTICAL)

	As before. The room SHAKES violently. Finally, Riker
	picks up Rager and the alien instrument -- gathers them
	over his shoulder and, with great effort, starts to
	carry them across the room, in the direction of the
	spatial rupture...

	The alien figures are converging on Riker, who FIRES
	several phaser BLASTS in their direction.

           STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/20/92 - ACT FIVE          50B.

52B  CONTINUED:

	Screeching, the alien figures scatter out of the way.
	Still holding Rager, Riker bolts forward and JUMPS
	THROUGH THE SPATIAL RUPTURE --

53   ANGLE ON RUPTURE (OPTICAL)

	IN A FLASH OF LIGHT, Riker and Rager VANISH into the
	rupture --

           STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/20/92 - ACT FIVE           51.

54   INT. CARGO BAY

	Data reacts to a FLASH OF LIGHT that occurs offscreen
	--

55   ANGLE ON RIKER AND RAGER (OPTICAL)

	having just come through the rupture -- they slump to
	the floor.

56   OMITTED

57   ANGLE ON SPATIAL RUPTURE (OPTICAL)

	As the rupture starts to close down, an ALIEN SHAPE
	EMERGES -- a huge COIL OF ENERGY which snakes out of
	the rupture -- quick and violent -- then across the
	Cargo Bay and through the wall out into space...

58   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the strange COIL OF ENERGY EMERGES through the hull
	of the ship, and flies off into space.

59   INT. CARGO BAY

	The spatial rupture is gone. Silence. Riker and Data
	exchange a look. What the hell was that? As they
	stare at the Cargo Bay wall, mystified...

60   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46119.2.
			The tetryon emissions in Cargo
			Bay Four have ceased, and there
			have been no further indications
			of alien intrusions. All
			Enterprise crewmembers are safe
			and accounted for. But we are
			still left with some unanswered
			questions...

61   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Geordi.

           STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/18/92 - ACT FIVE           52.

61   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Based on the information gathered
			by Commander Riker's tricorder,
			we have determined that the
			molecular structure of the alien
			life forms is solanogen-based.

					GEORDI
			We think that's why they couldn't
			come through into our space, as
			easily as they could take us into
			theirs...
				(beat)
			They needed to learn how to
			remodulate their cellular energy
			states in order to survive in our
			universe.

					DATA
			The tricorder readings indicate
			they created a small pocket of
			our universe in their lab to
			keep those who were abducted
			alive.

					RIKER
			Like putting a fish in a bucket
			of water...

					GEORDI
			They were probably trying to do
			the same thing in Cargo Bay Four
			-- create a pocket of their
			universe in ours.

	A beat.

					PICARD
			What can we do to prevent this
			from happening again?

					GEORDI
			It looks like they found us
			initially by discovering my
			modified sensor signal. We should
			warn all Starfleet ships not
			to make the same mistake.

	A quiet beat as they contemplate.

           STAR TREK: "Schisms" - REV. 8/18/92 - ACT FIVE          52A.

61   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(to Data, Geordi)
			Have you any idea what came
			through the rupture, before you
			were able to shut it down?

					DATA
			No sir. We were unable to track
			it once it left the Cargo Bay.

					GEORDI
			Maybe it was a probe of some
			kind...

					DATA
			Perhaps they are simply curious.
			Explorers, like ourselves.

	Riker is grim-faced.

					RIKER
			Ensign Rager and I were lucky to
			escape... and Lieutenant
			Hagler's dead...
				(beat)
			I have a feeling that whoever
			sent that thing... was more
			than simply curious.

	As they consider the foreboding prospects that lie
	ahead...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             











                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                           "True Q" 
                          #40276-232 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Rene Echevarria 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Robert Scheerer 


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                         FINAL DRAFT


  STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - "True Q"- 09/04/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "True Q" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             Q
                RIKER              AMANDA ROGERS
                DATA               ORN LOTE
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                WORF               
                GEORDI             
                NURSE'S COM VOICE  

                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    AMANDA'S PARENTS

  STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - "True Q" - 09/04/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "True Q" 

                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              ENGINEERING              TAGRA
              TEN FORWARD
              READY ROOM
              SHUTTLEBAY TWO
              OBS. LOUNGE
              MEDICAL LAB
              CORRIDOR
          
              GAZEBO
              AMANDA'S QUARTERS
          
              TAGRAN CONTROL ROOM

         STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                           "True Q"                                
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	holding position near a starbase.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46192.3.
			We have arrived at Starbase
			one-one-two and are loading relief
			supplies destined for Tagra Four,
			an ecologically devastated planet
			in the Argolis Cluster. We have
			also taken on a rather unusual
			passenger.

2    INT. READY ROOM - CLOSE - PICARD

					PICARD
			Welcome to the Enterprise. We're
			delighted to have you aboard.

3    WIDEN

	to include BEVERLY and eighteen-year-old AMANDA
	ROGERS.

					AMANDA
			Thank you, Sir.

	Amanda is excited and a bit nervous; she can hardly
	believe she's being welcomed to the Enterprise by its
	Captain.

					PICARD
			Congratulations. I understand
			you were selected from among
			hundreds of applicants for this
			internship.

					AMANDA
			Yes, sir. I still can't believe
			they chose me... there were lots
			of people with better records...

         STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - TEASER         2.

3    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Your transcript is very
			impressive...
				(to Picard)
			She's done honors work in
			neurobiology, plasma dynamics,
			and eco-regeneration. I'd call
			that pretty well-rounded.

					AMANDA
			That's a nice way of saying I
			haven't made up my mind about
			what I want to do with my life.

					BEVERLY
			I've arranged to have you work
			in all the major departments while
			you're here. I'm willing to bet
			that by the time it's over you'll
			have a pretty good idea what field
			you're interested in.

					PICARD
				(smiles)
			Or at least what fields you're not
			interested in.

	Amanda smiles; they're making her feel welcome aboard
	this strange new ship. The door chime SOUNDS.

					PICARD
			Come.

	RIKER ENTERS.

					RIKER
			We're bringing up the last of the
			cargo, sir. We should be ready
			to leave within the hour.

	Picard nods his acknowledgement.

					PICARD
			Commander, would you escort Ms.
			Rogers to her quarters? I have
			to discuss the Tagran's medical
			needs with Doctor Crusher.

	Riker nods; Amanda stands.

         STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - TEASER         3.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			You've won yourself a rare
			opportunity. Avail yourself of
			it.

					AMANDA
			I will, sir.

	Picard smiles; she crosses toward the door.

4    INT. CORRIDOR

	as Riker and Amanda make their way down it. She walks
	with downcast eyes, stricken with shyness in front of
	the dashing First Officer. Riker smiles to himself,
	decides to try and put her at ease.

					RIKER
			It'll take a few days before you
			know your way around. If you
			ever need help just use one of
			the companels...

	He gestures to a companel as they pass it.

					AMANDA
			We're on deck seven, section...
				(unsure)
			Four?

					RIKER
				(surprised)
			That's right.

					AMANDA
				(smiles)
			I practically memorized the specs
			on the way here.

					RIKER
			You're a quick study.

	They've arrived at the door to her quarters.

					RIKER
			This is it.

	INT. AMANDA'S QUARTERS

	as she and Riker ENTER. Her bags are already there,
	having been brought directly from the Transporter Room.

         STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - TEASER         4.

5    CONTINUED:

	Amanda looks around, seems a little surprised.

					AMANDA
			Is this for me?

					RIKER
			All yours.

					AMANDA
			It's so... big.

					RIKER
				(smiles)
			For honor students, only the best.

	She looks around.

					AMANDA
			I could've brought The Zoo.

					RIKER
			The zoo?

					AMANDA
			That's what my parents call it.
			Three dogs isn't so many, is it?

					RIKER
				(smiles)
			Depends how they get along.

					AMANDA
			I'd have a dozen, but my mother
			said enough is enough.

	They share a smile.

					AMANDA
			I'm sure going to miss them.

					RIKER
			We'll try and keep you so busy
			you won't have time to.
				(he smiles)
			I'd better be going; I have to get
			back to the Cargo Bay.

					AMANDA
			Thanks for walking me down.

	Amanda watches Riker EXIT, her eyes linger on the door
	as it shuts behind him. She turns and suddenly her
	eyes widen in shock.

         STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - TEASER         5.

6    NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Amanda's room is suddenly full of PUPPIES... a dozen
	of them, yapping and wagging their tails. Amanda's
	hand flies to cover her mouth in dismay.

					AMANDA
			Oh, no... I didn't mean it...

	She kneels as the puppies rush to her feet.

					AMANDA
			You can't be here... Go away.

	A handful of the puppies DISAPPEAR.

					AMANDA
			All of you.

	The rest of the puppies in front of her DISAPPEAR as
	well, leaving two behind her. She can't help but pet
	them for a moment before saying:

					AMANDA
			You too.

	They VANISH also. Amanda flops herself down so she's
	sitting on the floor. She looks scared... like someone
	keeping a terrible secret... Off her reaction we...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT ONE        6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

7    INT. MEDICAL LAB (OR STORAGE AREA)

	Beverly is showing Amanda the readout dials on a
	medical TRICORDER.

					BEVERLY
			See these readouts? This is your
			heart rate, your blood pressure...
			all your vital signs.

	Amanda looks at the dials with interest.

					BEVERLY
			You're in good shape.
				(wry)
			You might just live to be my age.

	Amanda smiles. Beverly indicates the storage shelf
	from which she took the device.

					BEVERLY
			All these tricorders have to be
			tested before they get put in the
			supply containers we're taking
			to Tagra.

	She indicates the small carrying cases stacked on a
	nearby table.

					AMANDA
			So I scan myself with each one
			to make sure all the readouts are
			working?

					BEVERLY
				(nods)
			If they're not, put that unit
			aside and we'll run a diagnostic
			on it.

	Beverly puts the tricorder she's been holding in a
	container.

	Amanda takes another tricorder off the shelf and starts
	scanning herself.

        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT ONE        7.

7    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			So I understand you were accepted
			to the Academy... I have a son
			there.

					AMANDA
			Being posted on the Enterprise,
			I guess you don't get to see him
			very often... ?

					BEVERLY
				(smiles)
			Not as often as I'd like.

					AMANDA
			Do you have any other children?

					BEVERLY
			My husband died a number of years
			ago. Wes was our only child.

	Amanda is quiet for a moment.

					AMANDA
			Was he old enough to know his
			father?

					BEVERLY
			Jack died when he was five.

					AMANDA
			My parents died when I was a baby.
			I don't remember anything about
			them... Sometimes I wonder what
			they were like.

	Beverly can appreciate how she might want to know about
	them.

					BEVERLY
			I understand your adopted parents
			are in Starfleet.

					AMANDA
				(nods)
			They're marine biologists... They
			were just posted to the Bilaren
			system.

        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT ONE        8.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

	Beverly is called on the com.

					NURSE'S COM VOICE
			Sickbay to Doctor Crusher... you
			wanted to be told when the
			cultures were ready.

					BEVERLY
			On my way.
				(to Amanda)
			I have to go. When you've
			finished with the tricorders,
			Nurse Ogawa can help you take them
			down to the Shuttlebay for
			loading.

					AMANDA
			Okay.

	They share a warm smile and Beverly leaves her to her
	task.

8    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

9    INT. SHUTTLEBAY TWO

	The place is buzzing with activity. NDs bustle around
	packing crates and loading them into the SHUTTLECRAFT.

	Amanda has just delivered the tricorders she's been
	checking to GEORDI; he holds a PADD and has his hands
	full coordinating everything.

					GEORDI
			Thanks for your help. We need
			every spare hand we can get; this
			is one of the biggest relief
			efforts we've ever mounted.

					AMANDA
			Why are you taking everything down
			in shuttlecraft?

					GEORDI
			We can't use the transporters
			because of all the ionization in
			the Tagran atmosphere.

        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT ONE        9.

9    CONTINUED:

					AMANDA
			From the barystatic filters?

					GEORDI
				(a little surprised)
			How'd you know that?

					AMANDA
			I did a paper on eco-regeneration.

	Geordi smiles and motions for Amanda to follow him over
	to a shuttlecraft.

					GEORDI
			Then you know that a thousand
			barystatic filters put out a lot
			of ionization...

					AMANDA
				(that many?)
			A thousand... ?

					GEORDI
			They've managed to pollute their
			atmosphere pretty badly.

					AMANDA
			It's amazing... that they go to
			such lengths to clean the air...
			instead of regulating the
			emissions that cause the problem.

					GEORDI
				(simply)
			You're right.

	Geordi and Amanda share a rueful look; it all seems
	so shortsighted to them.

        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT ONE        10.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker ENTERS and we see him in the background talking
	to an ND. Amanda's attention is diverted.

	Geordi is half way inside a console by now so he
	doesn't notice.

					GEORDI'S VOICE
			All the filters can do is keep
			things from getting worse. They
			shoot negative ions into the
			planet's stratosphere --

	Amanda watches Riker as he takes a PADD from an ND and
	begins checking it over. The ND moves away, leaving
	Riker standing alone near the overhang which contains
	the control booth.

					GEORDI'S VOICE
				(continuing)
			-- where they come into contact
			with airborne pollutants and
			transfer their charge. The
			filters have positively charged
			intake vents that the pollutants
			become attracted to; that sets
			up a kind of ionic current in the
			atmosphere.

	Amanda isn't even hearing his techno-ramble, her
	attention is now completely on the handsome figure cut
	by the First Officer.

9A   CLOSE ON A TOOL CASE

	on the railing of the overhang. It suddenly moves
	forward, as though of its own volition, and teeters
	on the edge of the stack.

9B   ANGLE ON AMANDA

	as her eye is caught by the movement. Then, the
	case shifts forward again and begins FALLING right
	toward Riker. There isn't even time to shout a
	warning...

       STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT ONE       10A.

9B   CONTINUED:

	Amanda reaches out instinctively and suddenly the
	case's fall is diverted -- as if some unseen force
	lanced out from her outstretched arm -- and it crashes
	to the ground just a few feet away from him.

	Everyone in the room reacts with a start. It looks
	for all the world to have been a near miss.

        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT ONE        11.

9B   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
				(calling from across
				 the room)
			Commander, are you all right?

	Riker's a little shaken. Geordi crosses toward him.

					RIKER
			Yeah... I didn't even see it
			coming...

	No one except Amanda knows what really happened. And
	from the look on her face, we can see that she is
	disturbed and frightened by the strange event.

10   INT. AMANDA'S QUARTERS

	Amanda is alone in her quarters, mulling over the
	strange events of the past few days. If only there
	was someone she could talk to about it all. But what
	if they thought she was a freak? They used to burn
	witches!

	A SOUND at the door. Amanda leaps off the bed and
	stares at it. Maybe they've found her out?

					AMANDA
				(hesitantly)
			Come in.

	The door opens to reveal TROI standing there holding
	a puppy.

					TROI
			Commander Riker told me you liked
			dogs...

	Amanda is delighted. She moves forward to take
	the puppy.

					AMANDA
				(to puppy)
			What's your name?

					TROI
			This is Henry.

        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT ONE        12.

10   CONTINUED:

					AMANDA
				(smiles)
			Henry?

					TROI
				(shrugging)
			Don't ask me.

					AMANDA
			Where'd he come from?

					TROI
			Ensign Janklow is going to the
			Gantol excavations for three
			weeks. He's been trying to find
			someone to take care of Henry.

					AMANDA
				(instantly)
			I'll do it.

					TROI
				(smiles)
			Okay. But be warned -- he has
			an appetite for boots.

	Amanda laughs and puts Henry down to explore the room.

					AMANDA
			By the time Ensign Janklow gets
			back I'll have Henry shaking
			hands.

	She and Troi move to chairs and sit.

					TROI
			Doctor Crusher tells me you're
			considering a career in zoology.

        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT ONE        13.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					AMANDA
			I was... but this morning I
			decided to become a Starfleet
			doctor... then by this afternoon
			I realized I was really meant to
			be a Chief Engineer.

	They share a smile.

					AMANDA
			What does a ship's counselor do?
			Maybe that's what I'll want to
			be by tomorrow.

	Troi smiles at the young woman's enthusiasm.

					AMANDA
			There are just so many things I'm
			interested in... sometimes I worry
			that I'll never focus on just
			one thing...

					TROI
			There's nothing wrong with keeping
			your options open.

					AMANDA
			I'm just afraid I won't have
			enough time for everything I want
			to do. I mean --
				(ticking them off)
			-- there's school, and then
			graduate study, and a career...
			and of course I want to get
			married and have children -- lots
			of children -- and more animals...
				(beat, reflecting)
			Maybe I should study
			agriculture... have a big farm
			somewhere...

	Troi laughs at her boundless eagerness and energy.

					TROI
			Amanda... whatever you choose,
			I'm sure you'll be good at it.

					AMANDA
			I know one thing... I wouldn't
			mind coming back to the Enterprise
			when I graduate.

       STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT ONE       13A.

10   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			Who knows? Maybe you will.

	Off Amanda's reaction...

11   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it cruises at impulse.

12   INT. ENGINEERING

	as Geordi and Amanda cross away from the warp core
	toward the pool table, where DATA is working.

        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT ONE        14.

12   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			-- this is the main control area.
			We can access just about any
			primary circuit from these panels.
				(indicating)
			That's a Jeffries tube over there
			--

					AMANDA
			Where most of the major systems
			conduits are routed.

					GEORDI
				(smiles)
			You've done your homework.

	She looks back toward the warp core... humming
	strongly, blue lights rippling.

					AMANDA
			It's hard to imagine how much
			energy is being harnessed in
			there...

	Data overhears this.

					DATA
			Imagination is not necessary; the
			scale is readily quantifiable.
				(glancing at console)
			We are presently generating twelve
			point seven-five billion gigawatts
			per second.

	Amanda smiles at him -- then, suddenly an ALARM sounds.
	Geordi hurries to a console near Data.

					DATA
			The temperature in the reaction
			chamber has increased by
			forty-seven percent.

					GEORDI
				(working)
			The injector couplings are frozen
			-- I can't slow the reaction...

					DATA
			Temperature increase is at one
			hundred six percent... and rising.

        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT ONE        15.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			La Forge To Bridge!

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard, here.

					GEORDI
			We're heading for a core breach!
			We're going to have to try and
			vent the plasma!

					DATA
				(working)
			Plasma inductors are not
			responding.

					GEORDI
			We're going to lose containment...

13   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	favoring Amanda, with the pulsing reactor behind her.

					GEORDI
				(to Data)
			Bring down the isolation door -
			we have to eject the warp core.

	Data works the control.

					GEORDI
				(to others)
			Everybody out! Move it!

	Suddenly a blinding white FLASH obscures the warp core
	(the explosion is so powerful that we don't see pieces
	of metal flying toward us, just the OPTICAL EFFECT).

	Amanda's hands fly up in an instinctive gesture... the
	roiling EFFECT surges toward her -- and stops expanding
	just before it touches her hands.

	Everyone turns and looks at her in amazement. Slowly,
	as if she's exerting some great effort, she forces the
	explosion back... back... until it is once again
	contained in the reaction chamber.

	Only when she's finished and everyone is safe does she
	allow herself to react to the enormity of what she's
	done...

       STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT ONE       15A.

13   CONTINUED:

	Suddenly she's a scared young girl again...

					DATA
			Temperature in the reaction
			chamber is back to normal.

	Data, of course, is unflappable. But the impossibility
	of what they've just witnessed has left everyone else
	in the room stunned silent.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT TWO        16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

14   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Geordi, and Troi look up as Beverly
	ENTERS.

					BEVERLY
			She's a little shaken up, but
			she'll be all right.

	Everyone's relieved to hear this -- despite the mystery
	posed by the incident in Engineering, they've all grown
	quite fond of Amanda.

					RIKER
			You said she was adopted... could
			she be an alien?

					BEVERLY
			She's human... and there's nothing
			unusual about her, not that my
			instruments can detect.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			Commander, have you been able to
			determine the cause of the warp
			breach?

					GEORDI
			No, sir. Everything was normal
			and then... it's like the laws
			of physics suddenly went out the
			window.

	Suddenly Q APPEARS in one of the seats. He's wearing
	a Starfleet uniform.

					Q
			And why not? They're terribly
			inconvenient.

					PICARD
				(dismayed)
			Q...

        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT TWO        17.

14   CONTINUED:

					Q
			Mon Capitan.

					PICARD
			Are you responsible for the
			incident in Engineering?

					Q
			Of course. I needed to find out
			if what I suspected about the girl
			was true.

					PICARD
			That being?

					Q
			That she's Q.

	This notion, dropped lightly by Q, falls like a
	bombshell on the others.

					TROI
			Amanda... is a Q... ?

					BEVERLY
			How is that possible? Her
			parents... her biological
			parents... were human.

					Q
			Not exactly.

	They regard him curiously.

					Q
			They had assumed human form...
			in order to visit Earth. For an
			amusement, I suppose... but in
			vulgar human fashion they
			proceeded to conceive a child.

	He shrugs, not comprehending this strange behavior.

					Q
			Then, like mawkish humans, they
			became attached to it. What is
			it about those squirming little
			infants that you find so
			appealing?

					BEVERLY
			I'm sure that's beyond your
			comprehension, Q.

        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT TWO        18.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					Q
			I desperately hope so.

					TROI
			What happened to Amanda's parents?

					Q
			They died in an accident. None
			of us knew whether the child would
			inherit the capacities of a Q...
			but recently, they began to
			emerge. As an expert on humanity
			-- I was sent to investigate.

					RIKER
				(sarcastic)
			You, an expert on humanity... ?

					Q
				(likewise)
			Not a very challenging field of
			study, I'll grant you...

					GEORDI
			Are you saying you caused the core
			breach -- just to test her?

					TROI
			What if she hadn't been able to
			stop it?

					Q
				(it's obvious)
			Then I would've known she wasn't
			Q.

	There are reactions to this cavalier attitude.

					BEVERLY
			Now that you know, what do you
			intend to do?

					Q
			Instruct her, of course. If that
			child doesn't learn how to control
			her power... she could accidently
			destroy herself. Or all of you.
			Perhaps your entire galaxy.

        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT TWO        19.

14   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Somehow I find it hard to believe
			that you'd come here to do us a
			favor...

					Q
			You're quite right -- I wouldn't.
			But there are those in the
			Continuum who have an exaggerated
			sense of responsibility... and
			think we should take precautions
			to keep the little dear from
			running amuck.

					BEVERLY
			And once you've taught her...
			you'll go away?

					Q
			And leave her here... when she's
			Q? Of course not... she'll come
			to the Continuum, where she
			belongs.

					BEVERLY
				(irate)
			Wait a minute... you can't just
			come in here and take her away
			from everything she's known...

					Q
			I assure you, I can --

					BEVERLY
			She has plans for herself... she
			wants a career, a family --

					Q
			I can rescue her from that
			miserable existence.

					BEVERLY
			That "miserable existence" is all
			she's known for eighteen years.
			You have no right to take it away
			from her.

					Q
			Mon Capitan... I really think we
			need to speak privately.

	He lifts his hand -- there's a FLASH... and the two
	of them are suddenly in --

        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT TWO        20.

14A  OMITTED

15   INT. READY ROOM

					Q
			There. Isn't that better? Doctor
			Crusher gets more shrill with each
			passing year...

					PICARD
			What is it you really want, Q?
			Why bring Amanda here... to the
			Enterprise?

					Q
				(expansively)
			Where better than here, among my
			dear friends? After all... you
			know so much about the Q...
			you're the perfect people to
			introduce me to the child. Let
			her know she can trust me.

	This brings an outright laugh from Picard.

					PICARD
			Trust you -- !

					Q
			Jean-Luc... you wound me...

					PICARD
			I don't trust you and I certainly
			wouldn't expect Amanda to.

					Q
			She'd better -- because I'm all
			she's got. She needs me to
			prepare her... for her future with
			the Q.

					PICARD
			She may not want that future.
			The decision is hers.

					Q
			Yes, yes -- fine.
				(amused by the thought)
			But do you really think she'll
			want to remain a feeble mortal?

	Picard ignores his mocking tone, thinks for a moment...
	not liking what he comes up with.

        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT TWO        21.

15   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			If Amanda is a Q... she'll need
			to understand what that means.
				(firm)
			I'll introduce you, but we cannot
			continue to fight like this in
			front of Amanda. For her sake,
			we'll have to appear to be...

					Q
			Pals?

					PICARD
			Civil.

	Q shrugs his assent.

					PICARD
			We need time to explain this
			to her.

					Q
			I knew I could count on you,
			Jean-Luc.

	Q DISAPPEARS. Picard EXITS the Ready Room.

15A  INT. BRIDGE

	as Picard crosses to Data.

					PICARD
			Mister Data... I want you to
			access any available records on
			Amanda Rogers.

					DATA
			Yes, Captain.


        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT TWO        22.

15A  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I want to know more about her
			biological parents... about their
			death. I find it odd that any
			Q could die in an accident.

					DATA
			It does not seem consistent with
			what we know of them.

					PICARD
			I'm convinced Q isn't telling
			us everything. See what you can
			find out.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

16   INT. AMANDA'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Beverly and Amanda are sitting together on the couch.
	Though she is still grappling with the enormous
	implications of what she's been told, the news does
	explain certain things that have been happening.

					AMANDA
			It started happening about six
			months ago... things I wished for
			suddenly appearing... objects
			moving on their own... I thought
			I was going crazy...
				(beat)
			In a funny way, finding this out
			is kind of a relief.

        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT TWO        23.

16   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I can understand that.
				(beat)
			The person I mentioned... from
			the Q Continuum... would like to
			meet you. If you want to...

	Amanda takes a breath. Things are moving awfully fast,
	but she might as well start facing what's coming.

					AMANDA
			I'm ready.

	Beverly starts toward the door... but before she
	reaches it, Q WALKS THROUGH IT, heading right for
	Amanda, who looks startled.

					Q
			There's my girl!

	Beverly gives him a look.

	The door OPENS, revealing Picard, who ENTERS, and moves
	toward Amanda, trying to make this a comfortable
	introduction. He finds himself in the odd position of
	having to put Q in the best possible light.

					PICARD
			Amanda, this is Q.
				(beat)
			He is...
				(searching)
			... an acquaintance of ours. We've
			known him for years.

        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT TWO        24.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

	Q is circling Amanda, sizing her up as though she's
	a race horse. It makes her quite uncomfortable.

					Q
			Very impressive the way you
			contained that explosion. What
			else have you done?

	His brusque tone isn't helping to put Amanda at ease.

					AMANDA
			I... don't understand.

					Q
			Telekinesis, teleportation,
			spontaneous combustion of someone
			you didn't like -- that sort of
			thing.

	Amanda looks baffled and Picard steps in to help.

					PICARD
			I think what Q means to ask is...
			have you deliberately used your
			abilities... ?

					AMANDA
			Not until I came here. The first
			time was when the container almost
			fell on Commander Riker.

					Q
			You did so well with that I
			decided to give you a real
			challenge... the warp core
			breach.

	He takes her face in his hands, turning it this way and
	that.

					Q
			She clearly has potential. I see
			no reason why she can't come back
			to the Continuum right now.

					AMANDA
			What?

					PICARD
				(warning)
			Q --

        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT TWO        25.

16   CONTINUED: (3)

					AMANDA
			I don't want to go anywhere...

					Q
			Don't worry. With time you'll
			be able to overcome the
			disadvantages you suffered as a
			child. No one will hold it
			against you that you were human.

	Amanda turns to Picard in distress.

					AMANDA
			Captain Picard -- ?

	Q advances on Amanda.

					Q
			Let's go, Amanda.

					PICARD
				(stepping forward)
			She doesn't want to --

	But as Q reaches Amanda she reacts, lifting her arm...
	and suddenly Q goes flying across the room, crashing
	into a wall.

					AMANDA
			Leave me alone! I'm not going
			anywhere with you!

	A shaken Q looks at her with new respect... and the
	awareness that this isn't going to be as easy as he
	thought.

17   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is with Q; he's irate at Q's behavior. Q is
	vaguely listening; he fussily brushes and tugs at his
	uniform, as if it had been mussed in his fall.

					PICARD
			You agreed she has the right to
			decide her own future... yet the
			first chance you get you try to
			abduct her.

					Q
			You overreact as usual, Jean-Luc.
			I assure you -- I was merely
			testing her power. She's quite
			a little spitfire, isn't she?

        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT TWO        26.

17   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			What's going on, Q? What's your
			real purpose in being here?

					Q
			I've made that quite clear. The
			Continuum has a vested interest
			in this young woman...

					PICARD
			If you intend to protect that
			investment, I suggest you approach
			her differently.

					Q
			She's just a little skittish.
			She'll have to start behaving like
			a Q.

					PICARD
			If I'm not mistaken, she just did.

	Q flashes him an irritated look, not appreciating the
	reminder.

17A  INT. AMANDA'S QUARTERS

	Beverly is with Amanda, still upset after the incident
	with Q.

					AMANDA
			I don't want anything to do with
			that Q person. I don't care about
			having powers...

	She looks at Beverly, pleading her case for denial.

					AMANDA
			You understand, don't you? I have
			things I want to do... I'm going
			to the Academy... I want a career,
			I want to join Starfleet...

					BEVERLY
			You can still do those things...

					AMANDA
			But now it's so -- complicated.
			This power I have... it's just
			going to get in the way. I don't
			want to have to deal with it...

       STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT TWO       26A.

17A  CONTINUED:

	Beverly regards her sympathetically... understanding
	the feelings, but knowing the truth.

					BEVERLY
			But you have to.

	Amanda looks at her.

					BEVERLY
			I know how you feel. It would
			be so much easier if none of this
			had happened... if it would just
			go away.
				(beat)
			But it's not going to go away.

	Amanda is silent, hearing the cold wash of reality.

					BEVERLY
			You need someone to help you.
			And the person who can help you
			-- is Q.

					AMANDA
			But he's horrible.

					BEVERLY
			But he's the only one who can help
			you understand who you are. There
			are hard choices you're going to
			have to make about your future...
			and you can't make them by
			ignoring the truth.

	Amanda stares at her... and accepts, for now, her
	plight.

					AMANDA
			You're right.
				(beat)
			But I don't want any of this to
			disrupt my time here. I want to
			do everything I'm expected to
			do... and I don't want you to
			treat me any differently.
				(beat)
			Please?

	Beverly smiles, recognizing the young woman's need for
	normality.

       STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT TWO       26B.

17A  CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			You've got a deal. The first free
			hour you have, report to me in
			the medical lab. I have an
			experiment I need help with.

	Amanda grins; the familiarity of the routine is
	comforting to her.

					AMANDA
			Yes, ma'am.

	Beverly EXITS.

17B  INT. CORRIDOR

	Q walks along the corridor on his way to Amanda's
	quarters. No one is around. Suddenly a DARK SHADOW
	appears on the wall ahead of him. Q stops, annoyed.
	We HEAR the voice of the shadow... it is futzed and
	sepulchral.

					Q SHADOW
			Your progress, Q?

					Q
			As anticipated there have been
			some problems... but the humans
			are cooperating. I need more
			time.
				(matter-of-fact)
			There is a possibility we won't
			have to terminate her.

	The businesslike tone of Q's report makes it that much
	more chilling...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

       STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT THREE       27.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

0A   INT. CORRIDOR

	as Q walks toward Amanda's quarters. He stops outside
	the door, takes a breath, and starts to walk through
	the door. Then he checks himself and, with a grimace,
	makes himself push the control.

18   INT. AMANDA'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	as she hears the chime.

					AMANDA
			Come in.

	The door opens and Q ENTERS. Amanda stays seated and
	composed.

					Q
				(ingratiating)
			Hello, my dear...

	But Amanda stares stonily at him, not responding at
	all. Q takes a breath... realizes he's going to have
	to eat some crow. It doesn't come easily.

					Q
			I've been told that I behaved
			badly. I...
				(almost choking)
			... a-pol-ogize...

	Amanda nods a cool acknowledgement.

					Q
			Apparently you had every right
			to chastise me...
				(he's had enough of
				 groveling)
			... but what's done is done.
			Right?

	Amanda eyes him, steely.

					AMANDA
			I'd like to ask you some
			questions.

	He recognizes the edge in her voice, which is
	challenging and not to be intimidated.

					Q
			Anything...

       STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT THREE       28.

18   CONTINUED:

					AMANDA
			What, exactly, are the Q?

					Q
			It would be so much easier to show
			you than to tell you. If you'd
			just agree to take a short visit
			to the Continuum --

	But Amanda's having none of that.

					AMANDA
			No. Just tell me.

					Q
			To put it simply... we are
			omnipotent. There is nothing --
			nothing -- we can't do.

					AMANDA
			And what do you do with this
			power?

					Q
			Whatever we want.

					AMANDA
			Do you use it to help others?

					Q
			I think you've missed the point.
			You've obviously spent far too
			much time among humans.

	He moves closer to her, trying to spin a web of
	enticement.

					Q
			As a Q, you can have your heart's
			desire instantly... whatever it
			might be. Would you like precious
			jewels? Works of art? Would you
			like to visit the rings of
			Tautine?

					AMANDA
			I don't care about any of those
			things.

      STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT THREE      28A.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					Q
			Of course not. You're a Q. But
			surely there is something you
			want... something you never
			dreamed would be possible...

	Amanda is silent... Q senses that there is something
	she longs for. There is a long beat.

					Q
			What is it, Amanda? Just tell
			me...

	She looks up at him, wrestling with this... she doesn't
	exactly trust him, but if she's going to find out about
	these strange new abilities of hers...

       STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT THREE       29.

18   CONTINUED: (3)

					AMANDA
			I've always wanted to see what
			my parents looked like... my real
			parents.

					Q
			How quaint.
				(beat)
			So do it.

					AMANDA
			What do you mean?

					Q
			Summon the image.

					AMANDA
			But... I don't know how.

	Q reacts with a little exasperation.

					Q
			Think about them... evoke the
			memory...

					AMANDA
			But --

					Q
			Amanda. You can do this. Trust
			me.

	He kneels near where she's seated.

					Q
			Close your eyes... concentrate...

	Amanda wants this so badly she puts aside her
	skepticism and does as he asks.

					Q
			In your mind, return to the time
			when you were an infant... think
			about your parents... try and
			remember them... now, open your
			eyes.

	An IMAGE begins flickering on the couch... finally
	MATERIALIZES completely... a young man and woman, she
	holding a swaddled baby. They are playing with the
	baby, tickling it under the chin, etc. and smiling
	with what could only be described as unadorned love.

	Amanda opens her eyes... sees the image... is
	transfixed. She rises, walks toward the couple,
	staring at them.

       STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT THREE       30.

18   CONTINUED: (4)

					AMANDA
			They look so happy...
				(realizing)
			They loved me...

	Amanda stares at the group on the couch... raw emotion
	swelling in her. Q smiles... he knows he's gotten to
	her.

	Amanda turns around to him... but when she does... he's
	gone. She's left with a lot to think about.

19   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it cruises at impulse.

20   INT. MEDICAL LAB (OPTICAL)

	Beverly is walking Amanda through the various steps
	involved in the neural tissue experiment she's been
	working on.

	Amanda uses a DROPPER to add a tiny amount of liquid
	to a BEAKER of solution.

	She then takes a TRICORDER and scans the beaker.

					AMANDA
			Ten percent benasopil.

	Beverly gives her a nod of encouragement. Amanda seems
	distracted, unable to concentrate.

					AMANDA
			So I add thirty milliliters to
			each of the cultures...

					BEVERLY
			Twenty milliliters...

					AMANDA
			Right, twenty... I wait for it
			to be metabolized... add --
			another twenty?
				(off Beverly's nod)
			... wait for it to be
			metabolized... over and over until
			the bacilli can't absorb any more.

       STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT THREE       31.

20   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			That's it.
				(hands her a PADD)
			Just be sure and record the rate
			of mitosis in each dish.

					AMANDA
			Mitosis... right.

	Beverly regards her, aware that her concentration is
	fuzzy.

					BEVERLY
			You seem a little distracted.

					AMANDA
			Well... I just saw my parents.
			My real parents.

	Beverly stares at her, amazed.

					AMANDA
			Q showed me how...

	She looks up at Beverly.

					AMANDA
			Can you imagine how that felt... ?

					BEVERLY
			No... I don't think I can.

					AMANDA
			You were right... I can't ignore
			what's happened to me...
				(a beat as she fights
				 choking up)
			...but... I don't know if I can
			cope with it.

	Beverly's heart aches for this overburdened child.

					BEVERLY
			You're stronger than you think,
			Amanda...

	There is a beat as Amanda struggles with her feelings.

					AMANDA
			When I looked at my parents...
			right there, in front of me...
			I realized -- I caused this to
			happen.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT THREE      31A.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

					AMANDA (Cont'd)
			I wanted to see them... and I did.
				(beat)
			If it were you... if suddenly you
			could have anything you wanted...
			what do you think you'd do?

					BEVERLY
				(slight laugh)
			I have no idea --

					AMANDA
			No, think about it. Really think.
			Suddenly you have the power to
			do anything. What would it be?

	Forced into looking at it from this perspective,
	Beverly is a bit overwhelmed.

       STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT THREE       32.

20   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			I... I'm not sure. I'd probably
			want to cure people... people who
			were hopelessly ill.

					AMANDA
			Would you bring your husband back?

	Beverly stares at her. She is overwhelmed by the
	question...

					BEVERLY
			Oh, Amanda, I don't know... I
			don't think I could decide about
			something like that until I was
			faced with it...

					AMANDA
				(simply)
			I am faced with it.

	Beverly regards her... understanding more than ever the
	heavy weight that Amanda bears. She returns to the
	commonplace --

					BEVERLY
			Go on with your work. I'll be
			back to check on you later.

	Beverly EXITS. Amanda turns and begins working. After
	a moment, Q APPEARS.

					Q
			I thought she'd never leave.

					AMANDA
				(startled)
			I don't think I'll ever get used
			to that...

					Q
			It's time for another lesson.

					AMANDA
			I have to do this experiment
			first.

      STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT THREE      32A.

20   CONTINUED: (4)

	Q peers at the work, unable to fathom that it could
	hold any interest.

					Q
			What is it you're doing?

					AMANDA
			We're delivering live vaccine
			bacilli to Tagra. I'm supposed
			to find the best nutrient solution
			for keeping them alive while
			they're in stasis.

					Q
				(sarcastic)
			How fascinating...
				(suddenly animated)
			I have a splendid idea. We'll
			combine your work... with our
			lesson. I'll show you how to
			finish this in no time.

       STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT THREE       33.

20   CONTINUED: (5)

					AMANDA
				(hesitant)
			I think I'd better do it the way
			Doctor Crusher showed me.

					Q
			Why? I'm sure the Doctor would
			be delighted if you could speed
			things along. Think what it would
			mean... you could handle double...
			triple the work load.

	This sounds reasonable.

					AMANDA
			Well... I guess so.

	Q motions that she look at the culture dishes.

					Q
			All right. As you look at the
			tissue samples... form an image
			of them in your mind...

	Amanda's curiosity is mounting. She stares at the
	culture dishes... concentrating on the image...

21   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Data is working at an Aft Science Station. Picard
	ENTERS from the Ready Room and approaches Riker, who
	is in his chair.

					PICARD
			Number One... Doctor Crusher has
			some live vaccine bacilli for
			delivery to Tagra... they'll need
			to be shipped in a stasis field.
			Will you make the arrangements?

					RIKER
			I'll get right on it.

	He heads up the ramp to the Turbolift.

					DATA
			Captain, there is a message from
			Tagra Four.

					PICARD
			On screen.

       STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT THREE       34.

21   CONTINUED:

	An alien humanoid named ORN LOTE appears on the
	Viewscreen; he is in a small room which is a control
	station for one of the planet's barystatic filters.

					ORN LOTE
			Enterprise, I am Orn Lote,
			Engineer. We are having
			difficulties with the reactor that
			powers our barystatic filters on
			the southern continent. We may
			have to shut it down for repairs.

					PICARD
			Perhaps my Chief Engineer could
			assist you... ?

					ORN LOTE
			I hope so. If we are forced to
			disable the reactor, it would take
			months to re-establish the ionic
			currents the filters have formed
			in the atmosphere.

					PICARD
			Send us your design specifications
			-- I'm sure we can do something.

					ORN LOTE
			Thank you, Captain.

	Lote's face disappears and is replaced by a starfield.

					DATA
			Captain... may I see you for a
			moment?

	Picard starts up the ramp.

					PICARD
			What is it, Mister Data?

					DATA
			I have some information regarding
			Amanda Rogers' parents.

	Picard reaches the Aft Science Station.

					DATA
			Records indicate that they died
			in Topeka, Kansas.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT THREE      34A.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (Cont'd)
			Their home was destroyed during
			a tornado.

					PICARD
			A tornado? Why wasn't it
			dissipated by the Weather
			Modification Net?

					DATA
			Unknown, sir. The bodies were
			found in the rubble after the
			storm had passed.

					PICARD
				(a beat as he ponders)
			See if you can find out any
			details. I'd like to know more
			about that storm.

					DATA
			Yes, Captain.

22   INT. MEDICAL LAB (OPTICAL)

	Riker ENTERS and stops when he sees Q and Amanda. Q is
	standing in front of her... her eyes are closed, as
	though concentrating on something. The minute Q sees
	Riker --

					Q
			If it isn't Number Two...

					RIKER
				(ignoring him; to
				 Amanda)
			I'm looking for Doctor Crusher.
			I don't know what nutrients she
			wants to ship with the bacilli.

					AMANDA
			I'm not sure... I'll tell her to
			contact you.

					RIKER
			Thanks.

	He smiles and turns to go. She doesn't want him to
	leave and blurts out the first thing that comes to
	mind.

       STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT THREE       35.

22   CONTINUED:

					AMANDA
			You could wait for her here... ?

	She realizes how this sounds, tries to be more casual.

					AMANDA
			If you wanted to...

					RIKER
				(smiles)
			Just tell her I'll be in
			Shuttlebay Two.

	He EXITS, and Q eyes her, recognizing that she has
	feelings for Riker.

					Q
			You're attracted -- to him?

	Embarrassed, she turns away from him.

					AMANDA
			Of course not...

					Q
			I think you are. How repulsive...
			how can you stand that hair all
			over his face?

	But Amanda is saved from further inquiry by Beverly's
	entrance.

					AMANDA
			Doctor... Commander Riker was
			looking for you... he said he'd
			be in Shuttlebay Two.

					BEVERLY
			Thank you.

	She notices the apparatus of Amanda's experiment.

					BEVERLY
				(surprised)
			You've finished already?

	Amanda smiles; she feels a sense of satisfaction.

					BEVERLY
			How did you do it so quickly?

	Beverly picks up the PADD and looks it over.

       STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT THREE       36.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					AMANDA
				(proudly)
			Q helped me... we did it in less
			than half the time it would've
			normally taken.

					BEVERLY
			That explains this data.
				(puts the Padd down,
				 addresses Q)
			I needed to know the rates of
			mitosis. By artificially
			accelerating them you made the
			experiment useless. Now I'll have
			to do it over again.

					AMANDA
				(crestfallen)
			I'm sorry, Doctor...

					Q
			Don't be sorry. If she wants to
			do things the hard way, that's
			her business.

					BEVERLY
				(firm)
			Why did you interfere with what
			she was doing?

					Q
			She's Q... making her plod through
			human chores is an insult to her.

					BEVERLY
			She has asked not to be treated
			differently.

					Q
			That doesn't mean you have to bore
			her to death.

					BEVERLY
			I don't interfere with what you're
			trying to teach Amanda --

					Q
			You wouldn't be capable of
			interfering --

       STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT THREE       37.

22   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
				(right over him)
			I don't think it's too much to
			ask for you to do the same --

	Q waves his hand and suddenly Beverly is TRANSFORMED
	into a YAPPING IRISH SETTER for a few beats. Q is
	amused by this, but Amanda is horrified. She waves her
	hand and TRANSFORMS Beverly back. Beverly continues
	with what she was saying, unaware of what happened.

					BEVERLY
			-- and you stay out of mine.

	Q nods in mock seriousness.

					Q
			Now that you put it like that,
			I think you're absolutely right.

	He smiles winningly at Beverly. Amanda is aghast, but
	mostly relieved that Beverly didn't seem to notice what
	happened.

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

       STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FOUR       38.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

23   INT. BRIDGE

	Data is once more at the Aft Science Station.

					DATA
			Captain...

					PICARD
			Yes, Mister Data?

					DATA
			I have more information regarding
			the tornado that killed Amanda
			Rogers' parents.

	Picard crosses immediately to him.

					PICARD
			What is it?

	Data indicates the screen of the monitor (which we do
	NOT see), and Picard leans in to it.

					DATA
			It was unusually compact, yet
			extremely powerful -- its recorded
			wind velocity was characteristic
			of a funnel three times its size.

	A beat as Picard registers the implications of what
	he's just heard.

					PICARD
			Download the files to my Ready
			Room. I'll study them in
			there.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	He begins working as Picard heads for the Ready Room.

       STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FOUR       39.

24   INT. AMANDA'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Amanda with Q.

					AMANDA
			Doctor Crusher was only trying
			to help me... you shouldn't have
			turned her into a dog...

	Q regards her with a twinkle in his eye. He knows she
	is feeling more receptive to him.

					Q
			Now, be truthful, Amanda. Wasn't
			it amusing?
				(beat)
			Just a little?

					AMANDA
				(acknowledging, a little
				 smile)
			Well...

					Q
			There, you see? My dear, what's
			the point of having these
			abilities if you can't enjoy them?
				(briskly)
			Now -- have you been practicing
			your teleportation?

       STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FOUR       39A.

24   CONTINUED:

					AMANDA
			Yes. But it's kind of hard. I
			keep ending up somewhere I don't
			want to be.

					Q
			You're going to have to start
			honing your abilities. It won't
			do to be sloppy... let's see...
			perhaps a little game?

	He smiles warmly at her.

					Q
			I'm going to hide somewhere on
			the ship... you try to find me.

					AMANDA
			But how do I know --

	But he DISAPPEARS before she can finish. Amanda isn't
	sure what to do.

					Q'S VOICE
				(from all around)
			Don't worry, Amanda. You can do
			it...

	She closes her eyes and concentrates, as if she's
	trying to sense where he's gone. She seems to make
	a decision and DISAPPEARS.

                                             CUT TO:

25   INT. SHUTTLEBAY TWO (OPTICAL)

	as Amanda REAPPEARS amidst the bustle of activity in
	the room. A few people notice her but she ignores them
	as she looks around for Q.

	She turns around, perplexed, not seeing him. Then, she
	spots a STORAGE CONTAINER in a corner. She
	concentrates, and it DISAPPEARS, revealing Q inside.

					Q
			Not bad. Not bad at all.

	He DISAPPEARS again. Amanda once more concentrates to
	locate him and then DISAPPEARS herself.

                                             CUT TO:

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FOUR           40.

26   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	as Amanda APPEARS in the area between the pool table
	and the warp core.

	Geordi and Data are there but they don't see her
	because they're looking at a monitor and talking.
	Amanda looks around for Q as they work.

					GEORDI
			The trick is to come up with a
			field modulater that doesn't
			require shutting down their
			reactor...

					DATA
			If we use (TECH), we can devise
			a mechanism that integrates into
			the existing system while it is
			in operation.

	In the background Amanda has failed to find Q. She is
	about to wave her hand and look for him elsewhere when
	he sticks his head out of the pulsating chamber that
	is the heart of the warp core.

					Q
			You're still thinking like a
			human...

	Geordi and Data turn at the sound of his voice in time
	to see Q's head DISAPPEAR back into the reaction
	chamber and Amanda DISAPPEAR altogether a moment later.

	Off their reactions...

                                             CUT TO:

27   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as Amanda APPEARS and is stunned to find herself
	standing on the ship's hull -- she has materialized
	outside, in space, atop the saucer section.

	Q stands nearby, smiling. Behind them we see the rear
	of the ship with its warp nacelles. There is no
	wind... no sound... a small but dramatic field of
	asteroids sweeps by them...

	It is a breathtaking moment... and Q lets the impact
	sink in.

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FOUR           41.

27   CONTINUED:

	Amanda looks around, awestruck... after a moment she
	smiles a smile so bright it almost shames the passing
	stars.

	Q is pleased. This is exactly the reaction he had
	hoped for. He waves a hand and they both DISAPPEAR.

28   OMITTED

29   INT. AMANDA'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	as Q and Amanda APPEAR. She is still breathless with
	the wonder of what she has experienced. Q gazes at
	her, well aware of the impact of his little game.

					Q
			Now do you understand? What do
			humans have to offer that even
			begins to compare with that?

	She is still reeling...

					Q
			Your future contains wonders you
			can't even imagine... the universe
			could be your playground...

	The sudden intrusion of door CHIMES invades Q's
	rhapsodic vision. He eyes her.

					AMANDA
			Doctor Crusher and Counselor
			Troi... they're taking me to
			dinner.

	He shakes his head, annoyed.

					Q
			You don't have to eat, you know.
			It's just a nasty human habit you
			could easily do without.

	He DISAPPEARS. Amanda crosses to the door and opens
	it; Beverly and Troi are there.

					BEVERLY
			Hello, Amanda. Are you ready?

					AMANDA
			Yes...

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FOUR           42.

29   CONTINUED:

	But Amanda's attitude is one of reluctance, not
	anticipation.

30   INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)

	Where Amanda, Beverly, and Troi are having dinner.
	Amanda hasn't touched her food.

					TROI
			Is there something else you'd like
			to order, Amanda?

					AMANDA
			No, thank you. I'm just... not
			hungry.
				(beat)
			Actually, I don't even have to
			eat. It's a human trait.

					TROI
			I see.
				(beat)
			How are you feeling about all this
			now? It must be overwhelming.

					AMANDA
			It was at first. But now... I'm
			actually enjoying myself.

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FOUR           43.

30   CONTINUED:

					RIKER'S VOICE
			Hello, ladies...

	They look up to see Riker has approached the table.

					TROI
			Hello, Wil...

	Beverly nods her greeting... and Amanda breaks out in
	an eager pleased smile.

					AMANDA
			Commander Riker... why don't you
			join us?

					RIKER
			Thanks, but I'm meeting someone.

	He smiles and moves off; Amanda's face falls and she
	gazes after him.

					BEVERLY
				(to Amanda)
			How are the lessons going? Is
			Q being patient with you?

	But Amanda isn't really listening. She's watching
	Riker, who joins an attractive WOMAN at another table.
	Troi and Beverly exchange glances.

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FOUR           44.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

	Amanda watches Riker... laughing with the woman at some
	shared joke. Amanda's eyes narrow... and suddenly
	Amanda waves her hand and both she and Riker DISAPPEAR.
	Troi and Beverly are astonished.

31   EXT. A GAZEBO - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	in the woods, as Amanda and Riker APPEAR under its
	roof. Amanda wears an elegant evening dress; Riker
	is formally attired.

	The gazebo's white slatted joints are intertwined with
	vines. It is night, and the few leafy branches that
	are visible are enough to suggest that the gazebo is
	deep in an enchanted forest.

	Riker realizes that the very elaborateness of what
	she's now doing demonstrates the depth of her
	infatuation with him, and he knows he needs to be
	careful with her feelings.

					RIKER
				(evenly)
			What's this all about?

					AMANDA
			I thought it might be nice for
			us to spend some time alone
			together.

	She smiles radiantly at him...

					RIKER
			I think you should take us back
			to Ten Forward.

	She moves toward him... wanting to be seductive...
	needing to be taken seriously as a woman.

					AMANDA
			Are you sure? Wouldn't you like
			to be here with me for a while?

	She gestures.

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FOUR           45.

31   CONTINUED:

					AMANDA
			The moonlight is beautiful...
			isn't it nicer here than in Ten
			Forward?

					RIKER
			It's very pleasant. But that's
			not the point...

					AMANDA
			Oh... ?

	She twines her arms around his neck.

					AMANDA
			I think it is...

	He takes her wrists and pulls them off him.

					RIKER
			No...
				(beat)
			You can't just snatch people away
			and put them in your fantasies...
			and expect them to respond.

					AMANDA
			Don't you like me... even a
			little?

					RIKER
			I think you're a lovely young
			woman. But -- none of this is
			real.

	Amanda stares at him... she had expected that he would
	be swept off his feet by her grand fantasy.

					AMANDA
			My feelings are real...

					RIKER
			I know that... but -- you can't
			make someone... love you.

	Amanda's eyes narrow again.

					AMANDA
			Can't I?

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FOUR           46.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

	She concentrates... and Riker's expression suddenly
	changes. He looks at her with devotion...

					RIKER
			Amanda...

	He moves toward her, takes her in his arms in a
	passionate embrace.

					RIKER
			You're so beautiful...

	He kisses her fully, Amanda enjoying the exquisiteness
	of the moment... they break apart and he buries his
	head in her neck.

					AMANDA
			Do you love me?

					RIKER
			Yes... more than anything...

	She stands for a moment as he kisses her neck and
	shoulder... a sad expression steals over her. She
	steps back from him... and his expression changes back
	to normal Riker. He blinks, not sure of what's
	happened.

					AMANDA
				(softly)
			You're right... none of this is
			real...

	She turns her back on him, embarrassed now at the whole
	situation.

					AMANDA
			I thought it would be romantic...
			but it's empty...

					RIKER
				(solicitous)
			Amanda...

	But she's humiliated, near tears... moves away from
	him.

					AMANDA
			Just go back to Ten Forward...

	Riker DISAPPEARS. Then she bursts into tears, a young
	woman in a lovely gown... standing in the gazebo deep
	within the enchanted forest... alone in her fantasy.

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FOUR           47.

32   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it cruises at impulse.

33   OMITTED

33A  INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Q APPEARS before Picard.

					Q
			Bon jour, mon Capitan. You wanted
			to talk to me?

					PICARD
			Yes. I want to ask you about
			Amanda's biological parents. When
			they decided to remain on Earth,
			what was the reaction in the
			Continuum?

					Q
			We found it incomprehensible.

					PICARD
			Were they pressured to come back?
			Were they threatened with
			punishment if they didn't?

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FOUR          48A.

33A  CONTINUED:

					Q
			What are you getting at, Picard?

					PICARD
			The circumstance of their death
			was a bit odd... a tornado that
			escaped the Weather Modification
			Net... and then touched down in
			only one spot -- Amanda's home.

					Q
				(shrugs)
			You never can predict the
			weather...

					PICARD
			Tornadoes develop from existing
			storm fronts... and there were
			no storm fronts in Kansas that
			day. Witnesses reported that the
			funnel materialized
			spontaneously... directly over
			Amanda's home... destroyed it...
			and then disappeared.

					Q
			If you say so. I wasn't there.

					PICARD
			Were Amanda's parents executed...
			by the Q Continuum?

	Q hesitates before answering.

					Q
			And what if they were?

					PICARD
			Then I think Amanda has the right
			to know that before she makes a
			choice about her future.

					Q
			Don't be foolish, Picard. She
			has no choice. She never did.

	Picard starts to retort, but Q rides over him.

					Q
			If she is truly Q, she must come
			where she belongs, to the
			Continuum...

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FOUR          48B.

33A  CONTINUED: (2)

	Q pauses, looks levelly at Picard.

					Q
			But if she is some kind of
			hybrid... neither human nor Q...
			then I'm afraid she'll have to
			be...

	Q's gesture is clear; they will kill her.

					PICARD
			Are you that despicable, Q?

					Q
			Don't be naive. You have no idea
			what it means to be Q. With
			unlimited power comes the need
			for responsibility. Do you think
			we can allow an omnipotent being
			to roam free in the universe?

					PICARD
			And... what have you concluded?
			Does she live... or does she die?

					Q
			I haven't decided yet.

	And on that impasse...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FIVE           49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

34   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	now in orbit around Tagra. The planet's atmosphere is
	noticeably brownish from heavy smog.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 46193.8.
			We have arrived at Tagra Four and
			have begun delivering supplies.
			In the meantime, I am faced with
			a crisis of a different nature.

35   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard with Beverly and Troi.

					PICARD
			I have no reason to believe Q is
			lying. He has orders from the
			Continuum... if Amanda doesn't
			prove herself to be fully Q...
			he must kill her.

					TROI
			We have to tell her...

					BEVERLY
			I'm not sure we should... it seems
			almost cruel.

					TROI
			Maybe she can protect herself...
			after all, she has a great deal
			of power.

        STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FIVE 49A-51.          

35   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			So did her parents, and it didn't
			save them.

	There is a silence as Picard reflects on the arguments.
	Then --

					PICARD
			I'm inclined to agree that Amanda
			deserves to know the truth of the
			situation. We don't have the
			right to withhold such crucial
			information.
				(beat)
			But it won't be easy telling
			her...

	The others are sympathetic to his plight.

36   INT. SHUTTLEBAY TWO

	Riker and Orn Lote in conversation.

					RIKER
			What's your impression of the
			field modulator, Mister Lote?

					LOTE
			Quite ingenious, quite ingenious,
			indeed...
				(coughs)
			I'm amazed at the way it can be
			incorporated into the existing
			system.

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FIVE           52.

36   CONTINUED:

	Geordi approaches.

					GEORDI
			We're all loaded. We can head
			for the surface whenever you're
			ready.

					LOTE
			I'm eager to see the field
			modulator in place, Commander.

	He suddenly degenerates into a cough... he fumbles for
	a small oxygen-type mask that hangs from his belt, puts
	it over his nose and mouth, and draws few quick breaths
	to calm his inflamed bronchi.

					RIKER
			Why don't we get going... ?

36A
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36E

37   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit of Tagra.

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FIVE           53.

38
thru	OMITTED
38A

39   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Amanda is with Picard, who has told her of Q's true
	purpose. She is pale but composed.

					AMANDA
			Kill me? Why?

					PICARD
			They're not convinced you're fully
			Q.

	She stares at him, incredulous.

					PICARD
			They were responsible for the
			death of your parents...

					AMANDA
				(stunned)
			My parents -- ?

	There is a beat as she absorbs this dreadful
	information... and then begins to get angry.

					AMANDA
			What right do they have?

	She looks around the room, challenging Q to come
	forward.

					AMANDA
			Answer that, Q. Or are you afraid
			to face me?

	Q APPEARS.

					Q
			You're such a plucky little thing.
			I do enjoy you, you know.

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FIVE           54.

39   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Amanda's question deserves an
			answer, Q. You've made yourself
			judge, jury, and -- if necessary
			-- executioner. By what right
			do you appoint yourself to this
			position?

					Q
			Superior morality...

					PICARD
			I recall how you used your
			superior morality when we first
			encountered you. You put us
			on trial for the crimes of
			humanity.

					Q
			The jury is still out, Picard.
			Make no mistake.

					PICARD
			Your arrogant pretense to being
			the moral guardians of the
			universe strikes me as a bit pale
			today. You have shown no evidence
			that you are guided by a superior
			moral code -- by any code
			whatsoever. You may be nearly
			omnipotent -- I won't deny your
			parlor tricks are impressive --
			but morality? No, I don't see
			it. I don't acknowledge it. I
			would put human morality against
			the Q's any day.

	Q looks at him sharply.

					PICARD
			Perhaps that's the fascination
			we humans hold for you... ? That
			by our puny example we give you
			a glimmer of the one thing that
			eludes your omnipotence -- a moral
			center.

	Q refuses to react in any way.

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FIVE          54A.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			If so, I can think of no crueler
			irony than for you to destroy
			a young woman whose only crime...
			is being too human.

	Q has perhaps been struck by the truth of Picard's words...
	but of course can't acknowledge that. He applauds.

					Q
			Jean-Luc, Jean-Luc... sometimes
			I think the only reason I come
			here is to listen to these
			wonderful speeches of yours. But
			in this case your concerns are
			unwarranted. We've decided not
			to harm her. We're prepared to
			offer her a choice.

					AMANDA
				(wary)
			What kind of choice?

					Q
			You can come with me to the
			Continuum --

					AMANDA
			Or... ?

	Q eyes her.

					Q
			The other choice is more
			difficult.
				(beat)
			You have within yourself the
			ability to refrain from using the
			power of Q. If you can do that
			-- you can stay here.

					AMANDA
			Then I'm staying here.

					Q
			Think carefully... it won't be
			easy. Your parents were offered
			the same choice... and they were
			unable to resist using their
			power.

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FIVE           55.

39   CONTINUED: (3)

					AMANDA
			All I've wanted... since this
			whole thing began... was to be
			a normal human being again. I
			know I can resist.

	Before Q can respond --

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Worf to Picard -- there is an
			emergency message from Commander
			Riker.

					PICARD
			On my way.

	He goes immediately for the Bridge, followed by Amanda
	and Q.

40   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	as they emerge from the Ready Room. Riker is on the
	viewscreen from the reactor control room. Geordi and
	Lote are in bg.

					RIKER
			Captain, the damage to the reactor
			was greater than the Tagrans led
			us to believe. The field
			modulator is installed and
			operational, but it's not going
			to be enough... the reactor's gone
			into overload...

					PICARD
			Can you correct the problem?

					RIKER
			La Forge is trying to stabilize
			the unit now. We'll stay as long
			as possible... there are thousands
			of people in the area, and if that
			reactor goes...

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FIVE           56.

40   CONTINUED:

					LOTE
				(on viewscreen, to
				 Riker)
			Commander -- over here, quickly!

	Riker moves off toward Lote and Geordi in the
	background. Picard turns stonily to Q.

					PICARD
			Is this your doing, Q -- ?

	Q spreads his hands in genuine innocence.

					Q
			Not this time, Picard.

	And he DISAPPEARS.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, see if there's
			anything we can do to cut through
			the interference and beam them
			out of there.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Riker moves back toward the front of the Viewscreen.

					RIKER
			Captain, La Forge is trying a
			neutrino infusion. There's a
			chance it'll smother the
			reaction...

					WORF
			Sir, there is too much ionization
			in the atmosphere, transporters
			are useless.

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FIVE           57.

41   ANGLE ON AMANDA

	Through all this, she has been staring at the
	Viewscreen, stricken with the possibility of what might
	happen.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			It didn't work, sir. Meltdown
			is imminent.

	Amanda narrows her eyes...

42   ANGLE FAVORING VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as Riker and Geordi stand there, helpless... then, from
	the back of the control room...

					LOTE
			Commander... look at this...

	They turn and inspect a console.

					GEORDI
			This is impossible...

	He turns back to the Viewscreen.

					GEORDI
			I don't know what's happening,
			sir -- but the reaction is
			stabilizing on its own.

	Picard turns... looks at Amanda... but she's
	concentrating on the Viewscreen.

					DATA
			Sir... I am reading a massive
			energy fluctuation in the planet's
			atmosphere.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	The control room disappears from the Viewscreen and
	is replaced by a view of the planet itself,
	smog-shrouded.

43   AMANDA

	stares at it... concentrating...

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FIVE          57A.

44   ON THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The brown veil over the planet is dissipating... and
	Tagra is transformed into a lush, blue-green world...

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FIVE          57A.

45   THE CREW

	stares at the phenomenal transformation.

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FIVE           58.

45   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Atmospheric contaminants have
			dropped to less than one part
			per trillion.
				(glancing at Picard)
			The ecosystem has been restored
			to its natural state.

					PICARD
			Amanda... ?

	She turns and looks at him... and then Q APPEARS.

					Q
			You see? It's harder to resist
			than you thought...

					AMANDA
			I couldn't let all those people
			die...

	She looks around the Bridge... at Picard... at Q...

					AMANDA
			Ever since I got here, I've been
			fighting this. Denying the truth.
			Denying what I am.

	She regards them all, a little sad, but knowing she's
	right.

					AMANDA
			I am Q.

	A look of concentration crosses her features and --
	Beverly APPEARS... looking a bit startled. Q is
	tapping his foot impatiently.

					AMANDA
			Doctor Crusher... I've decided...
			I can't stay...
				(beat)
			I can't stay here.

					Q
			Now that you've come to your
			senses, can we be off?

					AMANDA
			No. First I'm going to visit my
			parents. And it might take a
			while to explain all this, so
			you'll have to be patient.

            STAR TREK: "True Q" - REV. 9/04/92 - ACT FIVE           59.

45   CONTINUED: (2)

	Amanda turns to Beverly... Beverly opens her arms and
	hugs her.

					AMANDA
			I hope I can come visit you
			sometime...

					BEVERLY
				(smiling)
			You're a Q... you can do anything
			you want.

	Amanda smiles, pulls away. She regards them...
	bittersweet tears in her eyes... she and Q DISAPPEAR.

	Our people are left alone, with their memories of a
	very special young woman...

46
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48

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             










                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                           "Rascals" 
                          #40276-233 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Adam Nimoy 


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WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT


         STAR TREK: "RASCALS" - FINAL 09/04/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 

                           "Rascals" 
                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             YOUNG PICARD
                RIKER              YOUNG GUINAN
                DATA               YOUNG RO
                BEVERLY            YOUNG KEIKO
                TROI               KID #1
                WORF               
                GEORDI             
                                   
                GUINAN             FERENGI
                RO                 LURIN
                KEIKO              BERIK
                O'BRIEN            MORTA
                MOLLY              
                ALEXANDER          
                COMPUTER VOICE  
   
                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  N.D. CHILDREN      N.D. FERENGI
                  N.D. STARFLEET     

         STAR TREK: "RASCALS" - FINAL 09/04/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Rascals" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              READY ROOM               2 KLINGON BIRDS OF
                                       PREY
              SICKBAY
              ENGINEERING              SHUTTLECRAFT
              TEN FORWARD
              SHUTTLEBAY
              OBS. LOUNGE
              CORRIDOR
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              TURBOLIFT
              JEFFRIES TUBE
          
              O'BRIEN'S QUARTERS
                MOLLY'S BEDROOM
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              RO'S QUARTERS
              SCHOOL ROOM
              SHUTTLECRAFT

        STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/08/92 - TEASER        1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "Rascals"                                
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	A lonely craft against a starry background.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46235.7
			Ensign Ro, Keiko O'Brien, Guinan
			and I are returning to the
			Enterprise after a fascinating
			visit to the planet Marlonia.

2    INT. SHUTTLECRAFT - IN FLIGHT

	PICARD, GUINAN, KEIKO and RO are in the back of the
	shuttle, relaxing. The atmosphere is very informal.
	Picard is still energized by his recent trip and is
	showing Guinan some odd pieces of pottery from a small
	box.

					PICARD
			... and I found these pieces in
			the tertiary level of the dig.
			They're typical of second century
			Marlonian cookware.

	Guinan looks at the shards of pottery... she really
	doesn't share the Captain's interest in this stuff.

					GUINAN
			Mmmm-hmmmm.

					PICARD
			Now, see these markings...
			they're very similar to some early
			Taguan designs... but the
			patterns are more intricate...
			closer to Buranian than Taguan.

	Picard looks expectantly at Guinan, but she is less
	than enthused by this revelation.

        STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/09/92 - TEASER        2.

2    CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			So... you went to one of the most
			beautiful planets in this quadrant
			and spent your entire shore
			leave... in a cave.

					PICARD
			It was a very rewarding
			experience.
				(holds up shards)
			Look at these fragments... they're
			in nearly perfect condition...
			and they're over seven hundred
			years old.

					GUINAN
			So's my father.

	Picard can see he's not going to win any converts here,
	so he carefully puts the shards back in his box.

3    NEW ANGLE

	Ro is looking at the collection of bagged plants that
	Keiko is holding in a small tray.

					RO
				(indicates one plant)
			Is that a Draebidium Froctus?

					KEIKO
			Draebidium Calimus actually...
			you can tell by the shape of the
			leaves.

	Ro nods and turns back to the console. But Keiko
	suddenly realizes something.

					KEIKO
			I didn't know you were interested
			in plant biology.

					RO
				(a little embarrassed)
			I... took a class at the
			Academy... I just remember a few
			things...

	Before Keiko can pursue this any further, Ro is saved
	by Worf's Com Voice.

        STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/08/92 - TEASER        3.

3    CONTINUED:

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Enterprise to Shuttlecraft
			Fermi...

					RO
				(works)
			This is the Fermi. Go ahead
			Enterprise.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			We have just received a distress
			signal from the Starfleet science
			team on Ligos Seven.

					PICARD
			Any indication of the problem?

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			No, sir. The call was cut off
			mid-transmission.

					PICARD
			Lay in a course and prepare to
			engage at Warp eight once we're
			aboard.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

	The transition to 'business' is immediate and absolute.
	Picard looks to Ro.

					RO
			We'll rendezvous with the ship
			in three minutes, sir.

4    EXT. SPACE - SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	The shuttle is confronted by a bright FLASH that erupts
	directly in the craft's path. The light quickly fades
	leaving only an incandescent CLOUD-LIKE ANOMALY in its
	wake.

	As the shuttle approaches the anomaly, its vapors
	quickly enveloping the craft...

5    INT. SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	There's a sudden JOLT and the craft begins to SHAKE,
	caught in the grip of some phenomenon.

        STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/08/92 - TEASER        4.

5    CONTINUED:

	Picard and Ro quickly move to the pilot area and start
	to work the console.

					RO
				(reading instruments)
			We're caught in some kind of
			energy field.

					PICARD
			Hard about, full impulse.

					RO
			Aye, sir.

	Picard, Keiko, Guinan and Ro, buffeted about. WHIRR,
	the power goes down. Red warning LIGHTS flash, a
	KLAXON sounds.

6
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7

8    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at impulse power.

9    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	RIKER, DATA, and WORF at their stations, various
	SUPERNUMERARIES.

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			What's happening, Mister Worf?

					WORF
			The shuttle's been enveloped by
			an energy field, sir.
					(MORE)

           STAR TREK: "Rascals" - 9/04/92 - TEASER           5.

9    CONTINUED:

					WORF (Cont'd)
			Their engines and life support
			have failed.

					RIKER
				(to Conn officer)
			Increase to full impulse.
				(to com)
			Bridge to Transporter Room Three.
			Prepare to beam the shuttle crew
			aboard once we're in range.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Ready, sir.

10   OMITTED

11   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	Red alert... all power gone... the SHAKING is really
	VIOLENT now.

					RO
			There's too much interference...
			I can't contact the Enterprise...

					PICARD
			Transfer auxiliary power to the
			inertial dampers...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Structural failure
			imminent.

	Suddenly the ENERGY FIELD penetrates the hull and
	fills the inside of the shuttle. Everyone reacts...

12   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	O'Brien working feverishly at the controls.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			O'Brien, do you have them?

        STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/09/92 - TEASER        6.

12   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
				(to Com)
			I'm trying, sir... I can't get
			a pattern lock.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			The shuttle's coming apart, Chief.
			You've got to do it now.

	Beat.

					O'BRIEN
			I've got them.
				(works)
			There's a forty percent drop in
			mass. I may have lost one of
			them...

	He works and FOUR SMALL FIGURES begin to MATERIALIZE on
	the platform.

13   ANGLE ON O'BRIEN

	A low angle looking up at O'Brien from the POV of the
	Transporter platform. He reacts with shock to what
	he sees.

14   NEW ANGLE

	Revealing that the entire shuttle crew has now been
	turned into twelve year old children. YOUNG PICARD,
	YOUNG RO, YOUNG GUINAN, and YOUNG KEIKO all wear the
	same clothes the adults wore in the shuttle, but now
	they're a few sizes too big for them. For a split
	second, Young Picard is unaware of what's happened.
	(NOTE: Young Keiko is now carrying a tray of sprouted
	seedlings.)

					YOUNG PICARD
			Thank you, Mister O'Brien.
			Another moment and...

	He trails off at the sound of his own voice. He and
	the others look at each other in shock. Off their
	reactions...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

        STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/11/92 - ACT ONE        7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

15   INT. SICKBAY

	BEVERLY, medical tricorder in hand, finishes her
	examination of Young Picard. Troi is with her. In the
	b.g., Young Ro, Young Guinan and Young Keiko sit on
	biobeds while an N.D. conducts tests with a tricorder.
	NOTE: "child" versions now wear smaller, replicated
	clothes, with normal sized insignias. They are still
	examining the fit of their new clothes.

	As the "grown ups" talk, we can see Young Picard grow
	impatient as they talk above and about him, as if he
	weren't even there. Beverly is reporting to Riker.

					BEVERLY
				(to Riker)
			According to the bio-scans, their
			DNA structures are now consistent
			with those of pre-adolescents.
			But as far as I can tell, only
			their bodies have changed.

					TROI
				(off PADD)
			Their individual intelligence and
			behavioral responses are all
			exactly the same as they were
			before the accident.

	Young Picard finally intercedes.

					YOUNG PICARD
			What happened to the shuttlecraft,
			Number One?

	Riker looks down, blinks for a moment as if to remind
	himself that this is Jean-Luc Picard, and then answers.

        STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/11/92 - ACT ONE        8.

15   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			The shuttle broke up just after
			we beamed you out. Data's
			coordinating the salvage effort
			right now.
				(beat)
			Sir.

					BEVERLY
			What about the energy field the
			shuttle passed through?

					RIKER
			We've been trying to scan it, but
			it's putting out a lot of
			interference. It's going to take
			some time.

	Again Young Picard makes them include him in this
	conversation.

					YOUNG PICARD
			We can't afford to stay here any
			longer. We'll leave a class four
			probe behind to study the energy
			field but the distress signal
			from Ligos Seven has top priority.
				(to Beverly)
			Let me know as soon as you have
			any further information, Doctor.
			Number One, you're with me.

	Young Picard heads for the door.

					BEVERLY
			Captain... there are some
			additional tests I'd like to
			run...

					YOUNG PICARD
			Of course...
				(to other 'children')
			The three of you will remain as
			needed to assist Doctor Crusher.

	Young Picard EXITS with Riker. As Troi and Beverly
	exchange a look of concern...

          STAR TREK: "Rascals" - 9/04/92 - ACT ONE          9.

16   ANGLE - YOUNG RO AND YOUNG GUINAN

	Young Ro sits on her biobed obviously not pleased with
	any of this. She opens and closes her fingers, not
	quite able to realize that these are now her hands.
	Young Guinan is more serene as usual and seems to be
	taking this all with a slight air of amusement. She
	studies Young Ro for a beat, who finally notices.

					YOUNG RO
			What?

					YOUNG GUINAN
			You know... you make a pretty
			cute kid.

					YOUNG RO
			Great. Just what I want to be...
			cute.

					YOUNG GUINAN
				(sarcastic)
			Were you this much fun when you
			were a kid?

					YOUNG RO
			I was in a refugee camp. "Fun"
			wasn't exactly in my vocabulary.

					YOUNG GUINAN
			What about now? You're not in
			that camp anymore.

					YOUNG RO
			"Fun" is being back at work...
			in my own uniform.

	On Young Guinan's reaction...

17   INT. TURBOLIFT

	Riker and Young Picard ENTER.

					YOUNG PICARD
			Bridge.

	They stand side by side, an awkward and silent moment
	for both of them. Riker can't help glancing down at
	this youthful version of the man he's known and served
	under for six years. The Turbolift finally STOPS and
	the doors open.

       STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/08/92 - ACT ONE       10.

18   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Data, GEORDI, and Worf are at their stations along with
	N.D. Crewmembers. Young Picard and Riker ENTER from
	the Turbolift. Young Picard moves directly to Worf,
	who looks down with astonishment at his captain.

					YOUNG PICARD
			Mister Worf. Prepare to launch
			a class four probe to study the
			energy field.

	Worf is unable to respond for a moment and Young Picard
	suddenly becomes aware of a great silence on the
	Bridge. He looks around and sees that every highly
	disciplined head is gaping at their captain.

					YOUNG PICARD
				(to everyone)
			I realize how unusual this must
			seem...
				(just the facts)
			My appearance is the result of
			an accident, involving myself and
			three other crew members... the
			effects of which Doctor Crusher
			is currently working to remedy.
				(in charge)
			I assure you, I am Captain Picard.

	Riker nods his assent and everyone returns to their
	duties. Young Picard looks expectantly at Worf for
	a beat.

					WORF
				(quickly)
			The probe. Aye, sir.

	He turns to work at his console as Beverly ENTERS from
	a Turbolift in the b.g.

					YOUNG PICARD
			Mister Data, have you secured all
			of the shuttle debris?

					DATA
			Almost, sir. It is being stored
			in Shuttlebay Two.

					YOUNG PICARD
			Very well.
				(to Conn)
			Ensign, as soon as Mister Data
			is finished take us to Ligos at
			warp eight.

          STAR TREK: "Rascals" - 9/04/92 - ACT ONE          11.

18   CONTINUED:

	Beverly quietly moves next to him.

					BEVERLY
			Captain, may I see you privately
			for a few moments?

					YOUNG PICARD
			Of course.

	They EXIT to the Ready Room.

19   INT. READY ROOM - CONTINUOUS

	Beverly and the young Captain ENTER. Young Picard is
	in charge, trying to continue on in his normal fashion.
	He moves to the replicator.

					YOUNG PICARD
			Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.
				(he gets the cup of tea)
			Have you been able to determine
			the cause of our transformation?

					BEVERLY
			Not yet. I'm still waiting for
			some test results.

					YOUNG PICARD
			I see.

	Young Picard sits down at the desk and turns on the
	terminal.

					YOUNG PICARD
				(off terminal)
			There are one hundred and three
			members of the science team on
			Ligos Seven. We should prepare
			shuttlebay three for a triage
			center in case they have large
			numbers of casualties.

					BEVERLY
			We'll be ready.

          STAR TREK: "Rascals" - 9/04/92 - ACT ONE          12.

19   CONTINUED:

					YOUNG PICARD
			Ligos Seven is prone to periodic
			volcanic activity... perhaps the
			planet has entered an active
			phase---

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc.
				(he looks up)
			I think we need to talk.

	Young Picard knows what she's getting at and he faces
	her head-on.

					YOUNG PICARD
			All right. Let's talk.
				(beat)
			Are you here to relieve me of
			duty?

					BEVERLY
			I'd rather not have to take that
			step.

					YOUNG PICARD
			I am still Jean-Luc Picard. My
			judgement, my experiences, my
			mental capacities are all
			intact.

					BEVERLY
			That's true... for now. This
			could be the first stage of a
			condition which may begin to
			affect your mind as well.

					YOUNG PICARD
			But you've seen no evidence of
			that?

					BEVERLY
			Not yet.
				(beat)
			What I do know is that the Captain
			of this ship has just gone through
			an extreme physical
			transformation... the ultimate
			effects of which I can't even
			begin to guess.

          STAR TREK: "Rascals" - 9/04/92 - ACT ONE          13.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					YOUNG PICARD
				(quiet)
			You are asking me to step down.

	There is a quiet beat before Beverly replies.

					BEVERLY
			You're still Jean-Luc Picard...
			what do you think you should do?

	As Young Picard thinks over the stakes involved...

                                           CUT TO:

20   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before. Young Picard and Beverly ENTER from the
	Ready Room. He goes directly to Riker and there is no
	trace of hesitation or regret at his decision.

					YOUNG PICARD
				(formally)
			Commander Riker, please take
			command of the ship until further
			notice.

					RIKER
			Understood, sir.

	And with that, Young Picard and Beverly head for the
	EXIT.

                                             CUT TO:

21   INT. CORRIDOR

	Young Ro and Young Guinan ENTER from Sickbay. Young Ro
	is very irritated as they pause in the Corridor.

					YOUNG RO
			So what the hell am I supposed
			to do now?

					YOUNG GUINAN
			You're not supposed to do
			anything. That's what "relieved
			of duty" means.

	Young Guinan looks up at the ceiling... jumps up and
	tries to touch it, but can't. She smiles in delight.

          STAR TREK: "Rascals" - 9/04/92 - ACT ONE          14.

21   CONTINUED:

					YOUNG RO
			Well, I should be doing
			something... instead of just
			standing around waiting for them
			to find a cure.

					YOUNG GUINAN
			You're right.
				(beat)
			Let's go play.

					YOUNG RO
			What?

					YOUNG GUINAN
			I haven't been young for a long
			time... and I intend to enjoy
			every minute of it.

					YOUNG RO
			Fine. Enjoy yourself.

	Young Ro heads down the Corridor toward a Turbolift.

					YOUNG GUINAN
				(following her)
			What are you going to do... go
			back to your room and pout?

	Young Ro stops dead in her tracks and turns on Young
	Guinan.

					YOUNG RO
			I am not twelve years old. If
			I want to go to my quarters and
			contemplate my situation, it does
			not mean that I am... pouting.

					YOUNG GUINAN
			Okay, okay.

	Young Ro turns and continues toward the Turbolift.
	Young Guinan makes a face at Young Ro's back... then
	smiles to herself with the simple pleasure of acting
	like a girl again... then she follows Young Ro.

22   INT. O'BRIEN QUARTERS

	Young Keiko and O'Brien sit on the couch. There is a
	long, awkward silence between them as they struggle to
	make sense of the situation.

          STAR TREK: "Rascals" - 9/04/92 - ACT ONE          15.

22   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
				( awkward)
			I could use a... cup of coffee.
			How about you?

	It's obvious O'Brien's more in need of a distraction
	than any beverage. He moves to get up, but Young Keiko
	gestures him back into his chair and walks over to the
	replicator...

					YOUNG KEIKO
			I'll get it.
				(to companel)
			Two coffees... one with cream...

					O'BRIEN
				(interjects)
			Black... double sweet...

					YOUNG KEIKO
			I know.
				(to companel)
			One double sweet.

	Young Keiko picks up the two cups of steaming coffee
	and starts toward O'Brien.

					O'BRIEN
			Careful... that's hot...

					YOUNG KEIKO
				(a warning)
			Miles...

					O'BRIEN
			Sorry.

	Young Keiko hands him a cup and sits down next to him.
	A sadness falls over her features... this is a lot to
	absorb. Young Keiko instinctively cuddles up next to
	him, looking for comfort. But this has the opposite
	effect on O'Brien. He stands up... suddenly very
	uncomfortable with this kind of intimacy.

					YOUNG KEIKO
			What's wrong?

					O'BRIEN
			It's... I don't know... but this
			feels wrong, somehow.

	Young Keiko stands. Their voices slowly get louder as
	they grapple with complex emotions.


          STAR TREK: "Rascals" - 9/04/92 - ACT ONE          16.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					YOUNG KEIKO
			Miles Edward O'Brien. I am still
			your wife.

					O'BRIEN
			Technically, yes.

					YOUNG KEIKO
			Technically?

					O'BRIEN
			No. I mean, of course you're my
			wife... but you're also ten years
			old.

					YOUNG KEIKO
			Beverly said it's actually closer
			to twelve.

					O'BRIEN
			That's not the point.

					YOUNG KEIKO
			So what is the point? Is our
			marriage over?

					O'BRIEN
			I didn't say that. But until they
			find a way to reverse this... this
			effect... it's going to be hard
			for me to ignore the fact that
			you're a little girl.

					YOUNG KEIKO
			What if they can't find a way?
			What if I'm like this the rest
			of my life? What does that mean
			for us, for our family?

					MOLLY'S VOICE
			Mommy?

	They both look toward the bedroom. After a beat, they
	both move to the door.

23   INT. MOLLY'S BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS

	MOLLY is lying in her bed as O'Brien and Young Keiko
	ENTER.

          STAR TREK: "Rascals" - 9/04/92 - ACT ONE          17.

23   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
				(to Molly)
			What's wrong, Sweetheart?

					MOLLY
			I want Mommy to read me a story.

					YOUNG KEIKO
			All right. What story would you
			like to hear?

	Molly just looks at her.

					MOLLY
			I want Mommy.

	The words knife into Young Keiko and she doesn't know
	what to do for a moment. O'Brien smoothly moves to his
	daughter. Young Keiko leaves the room.

					O'BRIEN
			What if Daddy reads you a story
			tonight? Will that be okay?

	Molly nods her head.

					O'BRIEN
			I'll be right back.

	O'Brien EXITS.

24   INT. O'BRIEN QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	Young Keiko is fighting back tears as O'Brien ENTERS.

					O'BRIEN
			Keiko...

	Young Keiko turns around and buries her head in
	O'Brien's chest. He comforts her, just as he would any
	crying twelve year old.

					O'BRIEN
			It's going to be all right... I
			promise... we'll work this out...

	She looks up at him.

					YOUNG KEIKO
			How?

          STAR TREK: "Rascals" - 9/04/92 - ACT ONE          18.

24   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			I don't know.

	As O'Brien tries to comfort his wife...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

          STAR TREK: "Rascals" - 9/04/92 - ACT TWO          19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

25   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship drops out of warp.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First Officer's Log: Supplemental.
			The Enterprise has reached the
			Ligos system, and we have begun
			to search for the missing
			Federation science team. Doctor
			Crusher reports no progress on
			finding a cure for the members
			of the shuttle crew.

26   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Young Picard is looking at himself in the mirror,
	wearing his black T-shirt... staring at the strange,
	yet familiar face he sees. He turns his head this way
	and that... touches places under his eyes and around
	his mouth where only yesterday there were small lines
	of age. He hesitates for a moment... finally runs a
	hand through the shock of hair on his head. He grins
	at the image.

	He moves to a chair and picks up his leather jacket and
	tries it on. The jacket is several sizes too large now
	and Young Picard can't help but laugh at the comical
	image of himself in the mirror.

	The door CHIMES.

					YOUNG PICARD
			Come.

	Troi ENTERS. Young Picard is obviously in good spirits
	and Troi smiles at the sight of the boy in the man's
	clothes.

					TROI
			I came to see how you're doing.

					YOUNG PICARD
				(re: jacket)
			I'll have to speak to my tailor,
			but otherwise I'm well, thank you.

	Troi stands beside him and they both examine the way he
	looks in the mirror.

          STAR TREK: "Rascals" - 9/04/92 - ACT TWO          20.

26   CONTINUED:

					YOUNG PICARD
			It's just so... ridiculous. I
			can't really take myself seriously
			like this...

	He trails off as a new thought occurs to him. The
	smile on his face dies away and is replaced by a frown.
	He turns away from the mirror, troubled.

					TROI
			What's wrong?

	Beat.

					YOUNG PICARD
			Counselor... if Doctor Crusher
			can't find a cure... and I have
			to stay this way... no one's going
			to take me seriously, are they?

					TROI
			I would say the people who know
			you, who've worked with you for
			years, will be able to make the
			adjustment eventually.
				(beat)
			But... there are some cultures
			that would not accept a
			twelve-year-old captain as a
			negotiating partner or a credible
			emissary.

	Young Picard takes a long beat to consider this.

					YOUNG PICARD
			In that case, I suppose I'll have
			to wait until... I grow up again
			before I'll get another command.
				(beat)
			That could be ten years... maybe
			fifteen...

	Young Picard mulls this over for a moment... it's a
	long time.

					YOUNG PICARD
			The question is... what to do
			until then?

					TROI
			You're still a captain... I'm sure
			there are other assignments you
			could be given.

          STAR TREK: "Rascals" - 9/04/92 - ACT TWO          21.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					YOUNG PICARD
			I've spent thirty years of my life
			aboard starships... I'm not about
			to sit behind a desk now.

					TROI
			You could return to the Academy...
			get another degree... brush up
			on your Latin.

					YOUNG PICARD
				(wry)
			And be Wesley's room-mate, I
			suppose.
				(they both smile)
			I will admit that returning to
			the Academy does have a certain
			appeal... but I've always spent
			my life looking forward... going
			to the Academy again feels like...
			looking back.

	Troi moves around the room... sees the usual artifacts
	from Picard's journeys: the Mintakan blanket, Klingon
	knife, and now the pottery shards from Marlonia.

					TROI
			Then perhaps you could use this
			time to explore another interest...
			archeology for instance?

					YOUNG PICARD
			Leave Starfleet?

					TROI
			Not permanently... just a
			sabbatical. You could spend ten
			years crawling through caves and
			digging up artifacts... and still
			have enough time to become the
			youngest admiral in Starfleet.

	Young Picard moves to the pottery shards and looks down
	at them.

					YOUNG PICARD
			It would give me a chance to
			accompany Doctor Langford on her
			exploration of the ruins on Suvin
			Four... but to leave the
			Enterprise...

         STAR TREK: "Rascals" - 9/04/92 - ACT TWO         21A.

26   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			In a way, you're very lucky. You
			have a chance do what most people
			can only dream about... have a
			second childhood without the pain
			of growing up.

	But Young Picard isn't listening any longer... he's
	picked up one of the shards of pottery and is turning
	it over in the light. Troi smiles to herself and
	quietly EXITS.

                                             CUT TO:

       STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/10/92 - ACT TWO       22.

27   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE

	Beverly is showing Riker an Okudagram display of some
	medical information.

					BEVERLY
			This is Captain Picard's
			rybo-viroxic-nucleic structure
			from a tissue sample I took this
			morning. It's the same as a sample
			I took before the accident --
			except it's missing several key
			viroxic sequences.

					RIKER
			I'm afraid it's been a long time
			since I took genetics, Doctor.

					BEVERLY
			RVN is one of the key factors in
			our development during puberty.
			Unlike DNA, which never changes,
			RVN takes on additional viroxic
			sequences during adolescence.
			Those sequences determine how we
			develop physically. Without
			them...

					RIKER
			We would never mature into adults.

					BEVERLY
			Exactly. Somehow, those key
			sequences were eliminated in
			the Captain and the others
			during transport.

	Riker looks at the terminal for a moment.

					RIKER
			So what can we do?

					BEVERLY
			There are a couple of options.

	Beverly moves over to some SPROUTED SEEDLINGS in petri
	dishes.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			These are the plants Keiko was
			carrying on the shuttle. Whatever
			turned the crew into children
			turned these into seedlings.

       STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/10/92 - ACT TWO       23.

27   CONTINUED:

	Beverly nods and moves to a FLOWERING PLANT identical
	to the one seen earlier in the shuttlecraft.

					BEVERLY
			We accelerated the growth on
			one of them, and it developed
			into a perfectly normal adult
			plant.

					RIKER
			I don't suppose that would work
			on people.

					BEVERLY
			No... but it does tell us that
			if we do nothing, they'll probably
			grow up as they did before.

					RIKER
			That's one option...

					BEVERLY
			I do have adult RVN patterns
			on all four of them. I might
			be able to send them back
			through the Transporter pattern
			buffer and replace the missing
			sequences... but we can't even
			attempt that until we know why
			this happened in the first place.
				(beat)
			If they were, somehow, to lose
			more viroxic sequences...

					RIKER
				(grim)
			They'd come back even younger.

	On their reactions...

                                             CUT TO:

       STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/09/92 - ACT TWO       23A.

28   INT. SHUTTLEBAY TWO

	What is left of the shuttlecraft is now a lot of junk
	sitting on the deck of the bay. O'Brien and a few N.D.
	ENGINEERS are re-assembling the components of the
	shuttle in some rough order -- like the positioning of
	debris after a plane crash. O'Brien examines a piece
	of debris with a tricorder... he then moves it into
	its proper place on the deck. Geordi ENTERS, carrying
	a PADD.

					GEORDI
			I've got the sensor report on the
			shuttle break-up.

       STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/09/92 - ACT TWO       24.

28   CONTINUED:

	He hands the PADD to O'Brien, who looks at it while
	Geordi looks over the junk on the floor.

					GEORDI
			It looks like the break-up began
			near the starboard bulkhead.

	O'Brien nods in agreement.

					O'BRIEN
				(indicates debris)
			There are some bulkhead fragments
			over here.

	He leads Geordi to a pile of shattered metal. Geordi
	bends down to examine some pieces more closely.

					GEORDI
			My VISOR's picking up torsional
			stress damage... some
			micro-fractures...
				(beat)
			Wait a minute... what's this?

	He holds up a ordinary-looking chunk of metal.

					O'BRIEN
			Looks like tritanium from the
			hull.

					GEORDI
			Yeah... but watch.

28A  CLOSE ON METAL

	As Geordi CRUSHES the metal into DUST with his bare
	hand.

28B  RESUME SCENE

	O'Brien reacts. Geordi peers at the dust in his hand.

       STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/08/92 - ACT TWO       24A.

28B  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			It's not tritanium anymore...
			somehow the molecular structure
			of the alloy's been changed --
			broken down into its constituent
			elements...

					O'BRIEN
			No wonder the bulkhead
			shattered...

					GEORDI
			Let's get a sample down to
			Engineering. I want to run a
			metallurgical analysis.

	As they begin to put some of the dust into a small
	container...

                                             CUT TO:

29   INT. RO'S QUARTERS

	Young Ro is sitting quietly on the bed, lost in
	thought. Young Guinan is sitting on a chair, her legs
	dangling a bit in boredom. Young Guinan lets out a
	loud sigh. Young Ro ignores her.

					YOUNG GUINAN
			Well, this is exciting.

					YOUNG RO
			Would you rather be playing with
			dolls?

       STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/11/92 - ACT TWO       25.

29   CONTINUED:

					YOUNG GUINAN
			I'd rather be doing almost
			anything other than sitting here
			and watching you sulk.

	Young Guinan gets out of the chair and starts moving
	around the room, picking up random objects and playing
	with things.

					YOUNG RO
			This isn't some kind of glorious
			second childhood, Guinan. Our
			bodies have been violated...
			changed... doesn't that bother
			you?

					YOUNG GUINAN
			Sure it bothers me, but at the
			moment I can't do anything about
			it. So I might as well enjoy it.

					YOUNG RO
			Enjoy what? Where did you get
			the idea that being short and
			awkward is some kind of wonderful
			gift?

	Young Guinan looks at Young Ro for a beat, then goes
	over to sit by her on the bed.

					YOUNG GUINAN
			There must've been some part of
			childhood that you didn't loathe.
			Come on... tell me one happy
			memory you have.

       STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/11/92 - ACT TWO       26.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					YOUNG RO
			Look. It was a long, depressing
			period of my life and I was
			grateful when it was finally
			over. I'd rather not relive it.

	Young Guinan considers her for a moment.

					YOUNG GUINAN
			I bet you were a jumper.
				(off her look)
			A jumper. You know, someone who
			jumped up and down on furniture
			all the time.

					YOUNG RO
			What?

					YOUNG GUINAN
			You were a jumper all right. The
			quiet ones... they always look
			so innocent... you think you can
			turn your back on them... then
			next thing you know -- bam!
			They're bouncing on the bed.

	Young Ro smiles in disbelief at the outrageous nature
	of Young Guinan's statement.

					YOUNG RO
			That is the most ridiculous thing
			I've ever heard. Most of the time
			I didn't even have a bed.

					YOUNG GUINAN
			Ah... but you did have one
			sometimes... and I bet you jumped
			on it.

					YOUNG RO
			I most certainly did not.

					YOUNG GUINAN
			Yeah... I can see it in your
			eyes... you can barely resist the
			urge to leap up and start jumping
			around like a Tarkassian
			razorbeast.

					YOUNG RO
				(smiling despite
				 herself)
			Guinan...

       STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/10/92 - ACT TWO       27.

29   CONTINUED: (3)

					YOUNG GUINAN
			Oh yeah... oh yeah...

	Young Guinan suddenly stands up on the bed and starts
	jumping up and down. Young Ro can't believe this...
	but she's smiling in spite of herself as the bed is
	violently shaken underneath her.

					YOUNG RO
			This is ridiculous.

					YOUNG GUINAN
				(jumping)
			That's right... and don't you dare
			join me, Ro Laren. You don't like
			jumping on beds!

	Young Ro gets off the bed... watches the maniacal
	jumping of Young Guinan for another beat... her smile
	grows wider and wider... finally she can't resist any
	longer and she leaps up and joins in. As the two of
	them giggle and laugh as they bounce up and down...

                                             CUT TO:

29A  INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi and O'Brien are talking to Riker and Beverly.
	Geordi gestures to a display of technical information.

					GEORDI
			We think the shuttle was caught
			in a molecular reversion field,
			which caused the structure of the
			ship to deteriorate. When the
			field penetrated the hull, it also
			began to affect the shuttle crew.

					O'BRIEN
			When I tried to beam them off,
			I wasn't able to get a lock
			because the reversion field was
			masking part of their patterns.

					BEVERLY
				(finally
				 understanding)
			If the Transporter only registered
			part of their RVN patterns...
			that would explain why the key
			sequences are missing.

       STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/10/92 - ACT TWO       28.

29A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Exactly. And without those key
			sequences, the Transporter
			reconstructed them as children.

	A beat as they consider.

					RIKER
				(to Beverly)
			If they're right, will you be able
			to use the Transporter to reverse
			the effects?

					BEVERLY
			I think so. As long as there's
			no reversion field to mask the
			patterns, we should be able to
			do it.
				(to O'Brien)
			Chief, can we adjust the molecular
			imaging scanners to accept --

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Commander Riker.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Go ahead.

       STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/09/92 - ACT TWO       29.

29A  CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			We're entering orbit around Ligos
			Seven, sir.

					RIKER
			On my way.
				(to others)
			We'll discuss this later.

	Riker EXITS.

                                             CUT TO:

30   OMITTED

31   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise slows to orbital velocity around Ligos
	Seven, a planet shrouded in a gaseous atmosphere,
	wrapped in mystery.

32   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker, Worf, and Data at their stations.

       STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/09/92 - ACT TWO       30.

32   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to Conn)
			Standard orbit, Ensign.
				(to Data)
			Any sign of the science team?

					DATA
			We have been scanning the area
			since entering the system, but
			our readings are being disrupted.

					RIKER
			Cause?

					DATA
			Extreme fluctuations in the E.M.
			field.

	Riker moves to take a closer look at the console.

					DATA
			However, there is no evidence of
			relevant stellar or seismic
			activity which would cause the
			interference.

					RIKER
			Any response to our hails, Mister
			Worf?

					WORF
			No, sir. I have been attempting
			to---
				(suddenly sees something
				 on console)
			Commander, two ships decloaking
			fore and aft.
				(beat)
			Klingon birds of prey... B'rel
			class.

33
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34

35   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & KLINGON SHIPS
	(OPTICAL)

	Two BIRDS OF PREY DECLOAK and immediately FIRE on the
	Enterprise.

          STAR TREK: "Rascals" - 9/04/92 - ACT TWO          31.

36   OMITTED

37   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Young Picard is looking over the pottery shards under
	a 24th century microscope when the ship is HIT again.
	Young Picard instinctively jumps up and heads for the
	door as the ship goes to RED ALERT.

38   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before. The ship's condition is RED.

       STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/08/92 - ACT TWO       32.

38   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Maximum shields. Take us out
			of orbit, Ensign. Mister Worf,
			prepare to return fire...

	And the ship SHUDDERS from another direct HIT...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/08/92 - ACT THREE      33.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

39   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (CONTINUOUS)

	As before. The ship is ROCKED by another blast.

					RIKER
			Damage report.

					WORF
				(reading console)
			We've lost primary life-support.
			Switching to secondary systems.

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			Lock phasers on target bearing
			to port.

					WORF
			Phasers locked.

					RIKER
			Fire.

      STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/08/92 - ACT THREE      34.

40   EXT. SPACE - KLINGON SHIP (OPTICAL)

	PHASER FIRE hits a Klingon ship, but the ship is
	protected by its shields.

41   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					DATA
			Minor damage to one ship. Its
			shields are holding.

	The ship is ROCKED again.

					WORF
			Starboard power coupling is
			down... warp engines off-line.

					RIKER
			Shields?

					WORF
			Down to thirteen percent.

42   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise is struck by the torpedoes from both
	Klingon ships.

43   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As the Enterprise recoils from the impact...

					WORF
			Casualties reported on decks
			twenty-six and twenty-seven...

					DATA
			Sensors and secondary generators
			off-line... life support down
			to sixty-seven percent...

					RIKER
				(to Com)
			Engineering, status report.

	Intercut as needed with:

         STAR TREK: "Rascals" - 9/04/92 - ACT THREE         35.

44   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi at the computer consoles...

					GEORDI
			Their last shots took out
			auxiliary power and emergency
			back-ups. It'll take at least
			an hour to get warp power back
			on-line.

45
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49

50   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

      STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/09/92 - ACT THREE      36.

50   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			We've lost shields. Heavy
			casualties on decks thirty-five
			through forty.

					DATA
				(reacts; off console)
			I am detecting Transporter
			signatures in three cargo bays.
				(beat)
			We are being boarded.

50A  INT. CORRIDOR

	Young Picard is running down a corridor toward a
	Turbolift. He arrives at the Turbolift and the doors
	OPEN -- but Young Picard pulls up short as an ARMED
	FERENGI comes out of the Turbolift and points the
	weapon at Young Picard. He's been caught.

50B  INT. MAIN ENGINEERING (FORMERLY SCENE 53)

	Geordi is in his office. He hears the SOUND of phaser
	FIRE and comes running out, but it's too late -- TWO
	FERENGI have him and his men covered by their weapons.

50C  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			Initiate intruder alert. All
			security teams to proceed to --

	Riker suddenly turns at the SOUND of a Transporter
	Beam-in.

51   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	TWO FERENGI, BERIK and MORTA, MATERIALIZE on the Bridge
	with alien rifles drawn...

					BERIK
			Put down your weapons.

	Worf draws his phaser and FIRES as he dives for cover,
	but misses...

      STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/09/92 - ACT THREE      37.

51   CONTINUED:

	The Ferengi loosen a couple of BLASTS at Worf and
	Data, HITTING them both.

52   RIKER (OPTICAL)

	Hits the deck and rolls out of the way of a phaser
	BLAST. He quickly hits his combadge.

					RIKER
				(urgent, to com)
			Computer, deactivate all command
			functions. Authorization,
			Riker-Omega-Three...

					COMPUTER'S VOICE
			All command functions suspended.

	All Bridge consoles DE-ACTIVATE as TWO MORE FERENGI,
	armed with alien rifles, ENTER from two Turbolift.

					MORTA
				(touches communicator
				 on his belt)
			This is Morta. We have secured
			the Bridge. Begin transporting
			all able-bodied adults to the
			surface.

53
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55

56   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	A FERENGI is guarding O'Brien, who is now a prisoner.
	As the doors open, FERENGI Guards herd more Adult Crew
	Members (among them, Geordi) into the room...


      STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/08/92 - ACT THREE      38.

57   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker is standing off to one side, under guard. Worf
	and Data are still unconscious on the deck. Berik and
	Morta are trying to work one of the aft consoles, but
	are having no success.

					BERIK
			They have locked out the command
			functions.

					MORTA
			You said they would not have time.

					BERIK
			You led the assault team, you were
			too slow.

					MORTA
			You dare to blame me!

	But before they can carry this any further, the
	Turbolift doors OPEN and DAIMON LURIN ENTERS. Morta
	and Berik quickly move to him.

					BERIK
			We have secured the ship, Daimon,
			but Morta's incompetence has
			denied us access to---

					MORTA
			My incompetence! Daimon, you know
			that I am --

					LURIN
				(firm)
			Enough.
				(to Berik)
			Where is the Captain of this ship?

	Berik looks to Riker.

					RIKER
			I'm in command of this vessel.
			Who are you and on whose authority
			do you --

      STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/08/92 - ACT THREE      39.

57   CONTINUED:

					LURIN
				(cutting him off)
			I am Daimon Lurin and I now
			declare this ship to be a loss
			and open to claim according to
			the Ferengi Salvage Code. You
			will cooperate with our salvage
			operations or we will begin
			executing your crew.

	Off Riker's expression...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

       STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/11/92 - ACT FOUR       40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

58   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & KLINGON SHIP (OPTICALL)

	The Enterprise is re-entering orbit, with a Bird of
	Prey nearby.

59   INT. SCHOOL ROOM

	Young Ro, Young Guinan, Young Keiko, and SEVERAL N.D.
	CHILDREN are in the school room. The real kids are
	jabbering to each other with concern... there is an
	edge of fear in the air and it wouldn't take much more
	to turn this scene into hysteria.

	The doors OPEN and Young Picard ENTERS, escorted by
	Berik. He gives Young Picard a shove into the room
	and then posts himself outside the door in the
	Corridor, before closing the door. Young Ro, Young
	Guinan, and Young Keiko go immediately to Young Picard.

					YOUNG PICARD
				(to Young Ro)
			Is everyone all right?

					YOUNG RO
			No fatalities or injuries among
			the children. The Ferengi have
			control of Main Engineering and
			decks twenty-three through
			thirty-seven.

					YOUNG PICARD
			We have to assume they've also
			taken the Bridge.

        STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/11/92 - ACT FOUR 41-42.          

59   CONTINUED:

					YOUNG KEIKO
				(worried)
			Captain... do you know what
			they've done with the younger
			children... with my little girl?

					YOUNG PICARD
			They're taking all the adults down
			to the surface. It looks like
			they're keeping all the children
			on board the ship. Where was your
			daughter?

					YOUNG KEIKO
			In primary care on deck fourteen.

					YOUNG PICARD
			Then she's probably still there
			with the others.
				(off her worried
				 expression)
			But we'll make certain.

	Young Picard guides them over to a table with a
	computer terminal.

					YOUNG PICARD
			We need to regain control of the
			ship. Options?

					YOUNG RO
			We could flood the ship with
			anesthizine gas.

					YOUNG PICARD
			That's locked out along with the
			rest of the command functions.

       STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/08/92 - ACT FOUR       43.

59   CONTINUED: (3)

					YOUNG RO
				(thinks for a beat)
			If they're typical Ferengi,
			they're probably very pleased
			with themselves about now...
			maybe even getting a little
			overconfident.

					YOUNG PICARD
			Agreed. They might not think they
			need much of their crew to hold
			the ship. We could use the
			element of surprise to give
			ourselves a tactical advantage...

					YOUNG GUINAN
			Tactical advantage... ?
				(beat)
			Jean-Luc... look at your team for
			a minute. We're children.

					YOUNG PICARD
			We can't just stay here while our
			ship is being commandeered.

					YOUNG GUINAN
			I'm not suggesting that we do.
			But we can't act as if we were
			still adults.

					YOUNG PICARD
			What do you suggest?

					YOUNG GUINAN
			We look like children. Maybe it's
			time we started acting like
			children.

	Off their reactions...

                                             CUT TO:

60   INT. READY ROOM

	Daimon Lurin is making himself comfortable in Picard's
	chair, as Riker ENTERS. (We see a Ferengi guard just
	outside the door).

         STAR TREK: "Rascals" - 9/04/92 - ACT FOUR         44.

60   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I hope your profit margin is
			pretty high on this little
			adventure, Lurin... because
			you're risking war with the
			Federation.

					LURIN
			We're not affiliated with the
			Ferengi Alliance. We're... in
			business for ourselves.
				(smiles)
			And yes, it will be highly
			profitable. For an investment of
			two surplus Klingon ships... a few
			repairs... and some weapons...
			we've netted a Federation starship
			and her crew, not to mention a
			planet rich in Vendarite.

					RIKER
			So that's what this is all about.
			What did you do with the science
			team that was on the surface?

					LURIN
			They have proved most... helpful
			in extracting the mineral.

					RIKER
			You made them slave laborers.

					LURIN
			The addition of your crew will
			greatly speed up the process.
				(looks around)
			As for your ship... I'm sure it
			will fetch a handsome price on the
			Romulan market.
				(beat)
			But before that can happen, we need
			to regain access to your central
			computer.

					RIKER
			You don't really think I'm going
			to help you.

	Lurin fixes him with a steely look.

					LURIN
				(low, measured)
			I think... that the mines on Ligos
			Seven can be very hazardous.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/08/92 - ACT FOUR       45.

60   CONTINUED: (2)

					LURIN (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			How many people in your crew?

					RIKER
				(tight)
			One thousand, fourteen.

	Lurin holds his gaze for a moment.

					LURIN
			Very hazardous, Commander.

	Lurin EXITS, leaving Riker with something to think
	about.

                                             CUT TO:

61   INT. SCHOOL ROOM

	Young Ro and Young Keiko are taking apart a small
	section of bulkhead at one end of the room.

62   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Young Picard and Young Guinan are at the desktop
	computer terminal seen earlier.

	Young Picard activates the school-room terminal.
	Because this is the school room, a DIFFERENT Computer
	Voice than the one we're used to hearing responds when
	he turns on the terminal.

					NEW COMPUTER VOICE
				(sweetly)
			Hello. I'm the classroom
			computer system. What can I do
			for you, today?

					YOUNG PICARD
			Computer, display interior
			security grid.

					NEW COMPUTER VOICE
				(sweetly)
			I'm sorry, but I can't do that.
			Would you like to play a game?

       STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/08/92 - ACT FOUR       46.

62   CONTINUED:

					YOUNG PICARD
				(irritated)
			No, I would not.
				(thinks)
			Computer, display an internal
			schematic diagram.

					NEW COMPUTER VOICE
			I'm sorry, but I can't do that.
			Would you like to see some
			interesting animals?

	Young Picard glares at the screen in frustration, but
	Young Guinan intercedes.

					YOUNG GUINAN
				(to Picard)
			It's a child's computer, remember?
				(to computer)
			Computer, can you show me a
			picture of the inside of the
			Enterprise?

	A BRIGHTLY COLORED diagram of the Enterprise comes up
	on the screen. NOTE: this should not be one of our
	standard schematics. It should be a children's version
	of a ship diagram, with greatly simplified graphics
	and brightly colored designs.

					NEW COMPUTER VOICE
			The Enterprise is a Galaxy-class
			starship. Do you know how to
			spell Enterprise? E -- N -- T
			-- E --

					YOUNG PICARD
			Delete audio.

	The Voice STOPS.

					YOUNG PICARD
				(points to diagram)
			All right, this will have to
			do... we're here... there's a
			service conduit that runs from
			here to here and then connects
			to a Jeffries Tube here... but
			you and Ensign Ro will still have
			to cross this corridor before you
			can get to Main Engineering.

	Young Guinan studies the display.

      STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/11/92 - ACT FOUR      46A.

63   ANGLE ON YOUNG RO

	She manages to pull the final Mees panel away from the
	bulkhead, revealing a Jeffries Tube behind the wall.

					YOUNG RO
			Captain...

	Young Picard and Young Guinan come over.

           STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/14/92 - ACT FOUR           47.

63   CONTINUED:

					YOUNG PICARD
			Excellent.
				(to Young Guinan)
			Ready?
				(off her nod)
			Make it so.

	Young Guinan and Young Ro EXIT to the Jeffries Tube.

64   NEW ANGLE

	As a TOY suddenly bumps up against Young Picard's leg.
	Alexander comes running up, carrying a remote control PADD
	and looking apologetic. The toy looks like a cross
	between a lunch-box and a spider, with several
	odd-looking armatures poking out from the sides. There
	are no apparent wheels, but it glides along the floor.

					ALEXANDER
			I'm sorry... Captain.

	Alexander moves the toy away from Young Picard and begins
	playing with it again by using the remote control. As
	Young Picard watches the toy glide across the floor, he
	begins to get an idea. He goes to Alexander.

					YOUNG PICARD
				(to Alexander)
			Alexander, would you mind if I...
			borrowed your toy for a little
			while?

					ALEXANDER
			Go ahead.

					YOUNG PICARD
			Thank you.

	He hands the remote to Young Picard, who takes it and
	then EXITS to the tube along with Young Keiko.

                                             CUT TO:

65
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66

67   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is in orbit.

           STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/08/92 - ACT FOUR           48.

68   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	FERENGI #1 is standing behind the console. The doors
	OPEN and the toy seen earlier ENTERS the room. The
	Ferengi looks at it in puzzlement for a moment... then
	the toy EXITS again.

	The Ferengi waits a beat... then decides to follow
	it... he EXITS.

69   INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	The Ferengi ENTERS from the Transporter Room just in
	time to see the toy disappear around the corner. He
	follows it.

	As the Ferengi turns the corner, Young Picard and Young
	Keiko peek around the corner and then quickly EXIT to
	the Transporter Room.

70   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - CONTINUOUS

	Young Picard -- carrying the remote control seen
	earlier -- and Young Keiko ENTER. Young Keiko moves
	quickly to the storage lockers on the far side of the
	room while Young Picard moves to the Transporter
	Console and starts to rapidly enter information into
	the console. Young Keiko opens the locker and removes
	several PHASERS.

	The remote control PADD Young Picard is carrying
	suddenly BEEPS.

					YOUNG PICARD
				(off PADD)
			He's picked up the toy.

	Young Picard rapidly finishes his work and Young Keiko
	closes the locker, with several phasers in her arms.
	They run OUT the doors.

	A few beats pass and then Ferengi #1 ENTERS, carrying
	the toy. He sets the toy aside in irritation and then
	turns his back on it.

70A  CLOSE ON TOY

	From this angle, we can now see that there is a
	COMBADGE attached to it.

           STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/09/92 - ACT FOUR          48A.

70B  RESUME SCENE

	The Ferengi continues his solitary watch.

                                             CUT TO:

71   INT. JEFFRIES TUBE

	Young Ro and Young Guinan are moving quickly down the
	tube on their hands and knees.

					YOUNG RO
			This is the first time these
			Jeffries tubes haven't seemed
			cramped.

           STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/09/92 - ACT FOUR           49.

71   CONTINUED:

					YOUNG GUINAN
			How much farther do we have to
			go?

					YOUNG RO
			About fifty meters... don't tell
			me you're tired.

					YOUNG GUINAN
			I'm not as young as I used to be.

	Young Ro stops and they look at each other for a beat.

71A  INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE

	FERENGI #2 is on guard duty here... but he's pretty
	bored at this point and is sitting at Beverly's desk,
	toying with some of the items on the desk.

	Suddenly Alexander ENTERS from the Corridor doors.
	He creeps up to the glass window and then taps on the
	glass before running back out into the Corridor.

	Ferengi #2 whirls around, but doesn't see anything. He
	immediately gets up and heads for the Corridor.

71B  INT. SICKBAY - CONTINUOUS

	As the Ferengi EXITS to the Corridor... Alexander
	ENTERS from the other door to Sickbay. He quickly
	moves to a storage bin and begins pulling out
	hyposprays. Once he has as many as he can carry, he
	runs back OUT of the room.

72   OMITTED

73   INT. JEFFRIES TUBE

	Young Ro and Young Guinan come scrambling down the
	tube.


           STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/15/92 - ACT FOUR           50.

73   CONTINUED:

	They both stop...

					YOUNG RO
				(points up the ladder)
			This is it. Main Engineering.
				(beat)
			Now we wait.

                                             CUT TO:

74   INT. SCHOOL ROOM

	Alexander comes scrambling out of the Jeffries Tube,
	with hyposprays. Young Picard and Young Keiko are
	there to meet them.

					YOUNG PICARD
				(to Alexander)
			Report.

					ALEXANDER
			Mission accomplished, sir. The
			one in Sickbay never saw me.

	Alexander hands the hyposprays to Young Picard, who
	in turn, hands one to Young Keiko.

					YOUNG PICARD
			Very good.

					YOUNG KEIKO
				(to Picard)
			I'd say we're ready. Have you
			figured out how to get to the
			Bridge?

           STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/08/92 - ACT FOUR           51.

74   CONTINUED:

	Young Picard frowns... he's definitely not looking
	forward to this.

					YOUNG PICARD
			I'm afraid I can only think of
			one way...

                                             CUT TO:

75   INT. CORRIDOR

	Berik is still standing guard in the Corridor outside
	the school room. The doors OPEN and Young Picard
	ENTERS the corridor. Berik levels his phaser at him.

					BERIK
				(harsh)
			What do you want?

	Young Picard adopts a petulant little boy attitude.

					YOUNG PICARD
			I need to see my father.

					BERIK
			Go back inside.

					YOUNG PICARD
			I need to see him right now.

					BERIK
			Do not argue with me. Go back
			inside.

					YOUNG PICARD
			I need him now! Now! Now! Now!

	Berik grabs him by the shoulder, but Young Picard pulls
	away and pretends to be hurt.

					YOUNG PICARD
			You hurt me! I want my father!
			I want my father!

	Berik doesn't know how to react to this screaming
	child... finally gives in.

					BERIK
			All right. Just stop that.

	He grabs Young Picard and hauls him to the Turbolift.

                                             CUT TO:

              STAR TREK: "Rascals" - 9/04/92 - ACT FOUR             52.

76   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Riker is staring outside, deep in thought. The door
	suddenly OPENS and Berik ENTERS, dragging the red-eyed
	Young Picard...

					BERIK
				(exasperated)
			Here he is. Now be quiet!

					RIKER
			What's going on?

					YOUNG PICARD
			Daddy!

	He runs across the room and directly into Riker's arms.
	On Number One's astonished reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

           STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/08/92 - ACT FIVE           53.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

77   OMITTED

78   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Young Picard and "Dad" Riker sit together at the table
	while Berik keeps a watchful eye on them. As Young
	Picard stares up at Riker...

					RIKER
				(awkward)
			So... son. How are you?

					YOUNG PICARD
			I'm okay.

					RIKER
			And what about your friends...
			Keiko and Guinan and Ro?

					YOUNG PICARD
			They're okay too. But...

	He sighs, pretends to be sad about something.

					RIKER
			What's wrong?

					YOUNG PICARD
			We don't have anything to do...
			none of the games are working.

	A look between the two of them.

					RIKER
			I know. The Ferengi made Daddy
			turn off the main computer.

					YOUNG PICARD
			Can't you just turn on the kid's
			computer in Schoolroom Eight?
			We just want to play a few games.

        STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/08/92 - ACT FIVE 54-55.          

78   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I don't know if they'll let me
			do that, Jean-Luc, but I'll ask.

					YOUNG PICARD
				(brightens)
			Thanks, Number One.

	Berik's head snaps around at this un-sonlike response.
	But Young Picard quickly catches himself.

					YOUNG PICARD
				(to Berik)
			He's my Number One Daddy.

	Riker and Young Picard both glance at Berik... and
	realize that they better make this look good. They both
	awkwardly stand and stiffly hug each other in imitation
	of father and son.

                                             CUT TO:

           STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/08/92 - ACT FIVE           56.

79   INT. SCHOOL ROOM

	Alexander and the other children wait with Young Keiko.
	Suddenly the doors open and Young Picard is shoved INTO
	the room by Berik.

					YOUNG KEIKO
			How did it go?

					YOUNG PICARD
			He understood.
				(moves to terminal)
			We should have access very soon.

80   INT. READY ROOM

	Lurin is peering at Picard's fish with interest... he
	gropes about with his hand, looking for a way to reach
	inside. The door CHIMES.

					LURIN
			Come in.

	Riker, escorted by Morta, ENTERS. Lurin's eyes narrow
	and he gives Riker an evil smile.

					LURIN
			I understand your... son was here
			to see you.

					RIKER
			That's right.

					LURIN
			We Ferengi do not bring our
			offspring along with us aboard
			ships.

					RIKER
			Then I suppose that's your loss.
			We consider our families to be
			one of our strengths.

					LURIN
				(smiles)
			I think you will find they can
			also be a weakness.
				(beat, then firm)
			Unless you release the computer
			to our control, I will execute
			every child on this ship...
			beginning with yours.

	Riker appears outraged.

              STAR TREK: "Rascals" - 9/04/92 - ACT FIVE             57.

80   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Even you aren't that cruel.

					LURIN
			It is cruel to put children in
			danger by bringing them aboard
			a starship in the first place.

	Riker takes a step toward Lurin, but Morta jabs the
	phaser in his back and he stops. A tense moment...
	then Riker's bravado seems to collapse into weariness
	and resignation.

					RIKER
			All right... all right... just
			don't harm my son.

					LURIN
				(with relish)
			You will release the computer and
			show Morta exactly how to use it.

	Riker nods reluctantly and Morta shows him out of the
	room with pleasure.

81   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Riker and Morta ENTER from the Ready Room. They go to
	one of the aft stations and sit down.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Computer, release command control
			to this station. Authorization,
			Riker-Omega-Three.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Command functions restored.

	The monitor at the station LIGHTS UP. Riker turns to
	Morta and begins to point at things on the screen and
	talks very fast, while making ridiculous-sounding
	things up in an effort to confuse him.

              STAR TREK: "Rascals" - 9/04/92 - ACT FIVE             58.

81   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(quickly)
			Okay, Morta. The Enterprise
			computer system is controlled by
			three primary main processing
			cores cross linked with a
			redundant melacortz ramistat and
			fourteen kiloquad interface
			modules. The core elements are
			based on FTL nanoprocessor units
			arranged into twenty-five
			bilateral kelilactirals with
			twenty of those units being slaved
			to the central heisenfram
			terminal.
				(beat)
			You do know what a bilateral
			kelilactiral is, don't you?

	Morta is lost, but unwilling to admit it.

					MORTA
			Of course I do, human. I am not
			stupid.

					RIKER
			No, of course not.
				(points to something
				 on console)
			Now this is the isopalavial
			interface which controls the main
			firomactal drive unit.
				(slaps Morta's hand
				 away)
			Don't touch that, you'll blow up
			the entire firomactal drive.

					MORTA
			What? Wait.
				(confused beat)
			What is... what is a firomactal?

	Riker just gives him an astonished look.

					MORTA
				(embarrassed)
			Just explain it to me.

	Riker takes on an air of infinite patience. He points
	to something to Morta's left.

					RIKER
			That is the firomactal drive
			unit...

           STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/09/92 - ACT FIVE           59.

82   CLOSE ON RIKER'S HAND

	As Riker distracts Morta with this nonsense, his right
	hand begins to quickly enter information into one of
	the keypads on the terminal.

					RIKER'S VOICE
				(continuing)
			... it controls the central
			ramistat core and also keeps the
			ontarian manifold within forty
			thousand KRG.

	As Riker continues to enter information...

83   INT. SCHOOL ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Young Picard is watching the terminal. Suddenly the
	image of the brightly colored ship's diagram on the
	terminal is replaced with the STANDARD STARFLEET LOGO.
	Young Picard reacts and then immediately begins to work
	the terminal as Young Keiko and Alexander look on.

					YOUNG PICARD
			The command lockout has been
			released... accessing the
			transporter...
				(beat)
			The weapon deactivation program
			is in place... Transporter
			security field standing by...
			We're ready.

                                             CUT TO:

           STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/09/92 - ACT FIVE           60.

84   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Ferengi #1 is still here, standing guard. He moves
	around the room in boredom...

84AA	CLOSE ON TOY

	As it suddenly begins to MOVE around the room... it
	turns this way and that, suggesting that it is looking
	for something... finally it moves to Ferengi #1 and
	stops between his legs.

84AB	FERENGI #1 (OPTICAL)

	Looks down at the toy in surprise... then he suddenly
	DEMATERIALIZES.

	A beat and then he REMATERIALIZES on the Transporter
	stage. Ferengi #1 is dazed for a moment... then tries
	to leave the stage, but walks INTO A FORCEFIELD. He is
	shocked and pulls his weapon, but it doesn't work.

84A  INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL) (FORMERLY SCENE 87)

	TWO FERENGI are on guard here. The door to the
	Jeffries Tube OPENS and Young Ro and Young Guinan come
	creeping out. They move into position behind each of
	the Ferengi... exchange a look of readiness... then
	suddenly run up to them and place a combadge on each
	of their backs.

					YOUNG RO
			Tag!

					YOUNG GUINAN
			You're it!

	The two Ferengi whirl around in surprise as Young Ro
	and Young Guinan scamper away... but before they can
	do anything, they both DEMATERIALIZE.

                                             CUT TO:

85   INT. SCHOOL ROOM

	Young Picard and Alexander watch the computer
	terminal. They exchange pleased looks.

					YOUNG PICARD
			It's working. Your turn.

           STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/08/92 - ACT FIVE          60A.

85   CONTINUED:

	Alexander smiles and heads for the door to the
	corridor.

                                             CUT TO:

86   INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	Berik is still standing guard outside the school room.
	The door OPENS and Alexander ENTERS. Berik is
	immediately wary.

					BERIK
				(harsh)
			Yes?

					ALEXANDER
			I found this in the school room.
			Is it yours?

	He hands him a combadge. He looks at it for a quick
	beat, then DEMATERIALIZES.

                                             CUT TO:

           STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/08/92 - ACT FIVE           61.

87   OMITTED

87A  INT. CORRIDOR

	A FERENGI is guarding a corridor intersection.
	Suddenly, a hypospray reaches up from behind the
	Ferengi and is pressed against his neck.

	The Ferengi reacts... then FALLS to the deck,
	unconscious -- revealing Young Keiko standing behind
	him with the hypospray in hand. She looks pleased,
	then heads down the corridor.

                                             CUT TO:

87B  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	The Transporter platform is now filled with SEVERAL
	FERENGI (including Berik), who are very unhappy at
	their captivity. One of them BOUNCES off the
	FORCEFIELD.

                                             CUT TO:

88   INT. SCHOOL ROOM

	Young Picard is at the terminal. He looks satisfied.
	After a beat... picks up a phaser and heads for the
	door. Alexander is standing on guard in the open
	doorway, looking up and down the Corridor with a phaser
	in her hand.

					YOUNG PICARD
			That's all of them except for the
			two on the Bridge. Wait here
			until I return.

					ALEXANDER
			Yes, sir.

                                             CUT TO:

89   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker is still droning on to Morta, who is hopelessly
	lost at this point.

              STAR TREK: "Rascals" - 9/04/92 - ACT FIVE            61A.

89   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			... so one more time. The
			ramistat kiloquad capacity is a
			function of the square root of
			the intermix ratio times the sum
			of the plasma injector quotient.

	Suddenly the Turbolift doors OPEN and Young Picard
	ENTERS carrying a phaser. Morta turns around to see
	who it is, but that's when Riker HITS him with a
	straight elbow and Morta crumbles to the floor. Riker
	indicates the Ready Room to Young Picard.

					RIKER
			There's one more.

                                             CUT TO:

           STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/09/92 - ACT FIVE           62.

90   INT. READY ROOM

	Lurin is sitting at the desk. The door CHIMES.

					LURIN
				(demanding)
			Come in. What do you want?

	Young Picard ENTERS, phaser in hand.

					YOUNG PICARD
			I believe you're in my chair.

	Off Lurin's stunned reaction...

                                             CUT TO:

91   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise in orbit around Ligos Seven.

					YOUNG PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate: 46236.3
			We have taken Lurin and his men
			into custody. The Ferengi
			Alliance has quickly disavowed
			any knowledge of these renegades.

92   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Beverly and O'Brien are at the console, while Young
	Picard, Young Guinan and Young Keiko watch.

					YOUNG PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			With the mining operation
			closed and our crew back on
			board, we can now turn our
			attention to other problems.

					O'BRIEN
			Phase inducers activated...
			energy levels nominal...

					BEVERLY
			I'm loading the adult patterns
			into the buffer...

					O'BRIEN
			Transposition matrix locked
			in...

           STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/09/92 - ACT FIVE           63.

92   CONTINUED: (2)

	Young Picard nods and then steps up onto the platform.
	A moment, then Young Picard gives the order...

					YOUNG PICARD
			Energize...

	O'Brien works the console and Young Picard
	DEMATERIALIZES.

	A moment of tension for Beverly and O'Brien as he
	REMATERIALIZES... it's the ADULT Picard. Beverly pulls
	out her tricorder and gives him a quick scan.

					BEVERLY
			How do you feel, Captain?

	He looks around the room for a few seconds. He reaches
	up and runs a hand over his head where hair was only
	a moment ago.

					PICARD
			I feel fine. Everything just
			seems... smaller.

                                             CUT TO:

93   INT. SCHOOL ROOM

	Young Ro sits at a child-sized desk, drawing with
	crayons. A sad, lonely portrait.

	ADULT Guinan ENTERS, sitting at the desk next to Young
	Ro's. As she leans over to see Young Ro's drawing.
	It's a simple, elegant drawing of a woman's face.

					YOUNG RO
			It's my mother.
				(beat)
			The funny thing is... I never
			really drew a picture of her when
			I was young... but for some reason
			I wanted to now.

	Guinan looks down and sees several other crayon
	drawings... ships, people, planets, etc.

					GUINAN
			That's the wonderful thing about
			crayons... when you're a child,
			they can take you to more places
			than a starship.

           STAR TREK: "Rascals" - REV. 9/09/92 - ACT FIVE           64.

93   CONTINUED:

	Young Ro nods thoughtfully.

					YOUNG RO
			It's my turn, isn't it?

					GUINAN
			Only if you're ready.

	Young Ro looks around the room for a moment.

					YOUNG RO
			It's not quite as bad as I
			remembered it... being a child,
			I mean.

	A long beat. And there is a definite trace of sadness
	in Young Ro's voice.

					YOUNG RO
			We better get going.

	She begins to stand up, but Guinan stops her.

					GUINAN
				(warmly)
			There's no hurry. The Transporter
			will still be there... pass me
			the burnt umber.

	A moment as Young Ro looks up into Guinan's face...
	then Young Ro smiles in heartfelt gratitude and they
	begin to pick up the crayons...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             












                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                     "A Fistful of Datas" 
                          #40276-234 
                              
                          Written by 
                         Brannon Braga 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Patrick Stewart 


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FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1992 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                       SEPTEMBER 17, 1992

       STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 09/17/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "A Fistful of Datas" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             ELI HOLLANDER
                RIKER              
                DATA               BANDITO
                BEVERLY            ANNIE MEYERS
                TROI               
                WORF               
                GEORDI             
                ALEXANDER          
                COMPUTER VOICE 
    
                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  N.D. ENGINEERS     HENCHMAN
                  CREWMEMBERS        VARIOUS TOWNSFOLK
                                     PIANO PLAYER

       STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 09/17/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "A Fistful of Datas" 
                      
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              ENGINEERING
              READY ROOM               WESTERN STREET
              OBS. LOUNGE
              CORRIDOR
          
              HOLODECK
                SALOON
                SHERIFF'S OFFICE
                MINE SHAFT
          
              WORF'S QUARTERS
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              REHEARSAL ROOM (OBS. LOUNGE)

   STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - REV. 9/18/92 - TEASER   1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                    "A Fistful of Datas"                          
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	orbiting a RED GIANT GASEOUS PLANET.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46271.5.
			The Enterprise has entered orbit
			of Deinonychus Seven. But our
			scheduled rendezvous with the
			supply ship Biko has been delayed
			for another forty-eight hours.

2    OMITTED

3    INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	PICARD is sitting in a chair, playing a quiet MELODY
	on his FLUTE (as seen in "The Inner Light"). Over the
	com system, two other instruments can be heard -- a
	CLARINET and a CELLO. Picard is playing along with
	the music form a pleasant harmony.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			In the meantime, many members of
			the crew are taking advantage of
			the delay to pursue their own
			projects... myself included.

	After a few measures, Picard stops playing -- something
	doesn't sound quite right.

					PICARD
				(to computer)
			Computer -- stop playback.

	The music STOPS.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Change the clarinet to an oboe.
			Continue recording.

  STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - REV. 9/18/92 - TEASER  1A.

3    CONTINUED:

	Picard listens as the music PLAYS BACK -- the same
	melody, but now the CLARINET is an OBOE. He begins to
	play the flute along with the music...

	The door CHIMES.

     STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - TEASER     2.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(to computer)
			Pause program.

	The music STOPS. Picard sets his flute aside.

					PICARD
			Come.

	GEORDI and DATA ENTER. Geordi is enthusiastic about
	something.

					GEORDI
			Captain -- we'd like permission
			to take the Engineering computer
			off-line for a couple of hours.
				(beat)
			We've been working on a new
			interface that'll allow Data to
			act as an emergency back-up in
			case of a ship-wide systems
			failure.

					DATA
			In theory, my neural network
			should be able to sustain key
			systems until primary control is
			restored.

	Picard considers -- it sounds like an interesting
	notion, but he's not really in the mood for talking
	tech.

					PICARD
			It sounds like an intriguing
			experiment. I'll be very
			interested to see the results.
				(beat)
			Permission granted.

	Excited by the prospects, Geordi continues...

   STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - REV. 9/18/92 - TEASER   3.

3    CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			It's possible we may even be able
			to run secondary systems through
			Data. Weapons control... sensor
			arrays...

	Picard nods, growing slightly impatient.

					PICARD
			Yes. I get the idea, Mister La
			Forge. Thank you. Please
			proceed.

	Geordi nods and EXITS with Data. Picard takes a moment
	to clear his thoughts... then picks up his flute.

					PICARD
				(to computer)
			Computer -- record again from the
			first measure.

	The other two MUSIC tracks start to play. He takes a
	breath... then begins to PLAY the tranquil flute melody
	again... a few measures go by...

	The door CHIMES. Picard stops playing, slightly
	annoyed.

					PICARD
			Computer -- pause program.

	The music STOPS.

					PICARD
			Come.

	BEVERLY ENTERS. She looks determined about something.

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc, I need to talk with you
			about "Something for Breakfast."

	Picard looks her, at a loss.

					BEVERLY
				(prompting)
			The play.

	Picard nods, remembering -- tries to ease out of the
	subject.

					PICARD
			Ah... yes... a very intriguing
			drama. But I really don't have
			the time it would take to learn
			a part. And anyway, I'm not much
			of an actor...

     STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - TEASER     4.

3    CONTINUED: (4)

					BEVERLY
			That's no problem. You wouldn't
			be playing one of the leads.

	Picard is surprised -- and just a little hurt.

					PICARD
			Oh.

					BEVERLY
			It's a very small part. Only two
			lines in the whole play.

					PICARD
			Really.

					BEVERLY
			You play the butler.

	A long beat.

					PICARD
			Let me read the play again...
			and I'll let you know.

					BEVERLY
			You'll be wonderful, Jean-Luc.
			Rehearsal's at one thirty this
			afternoon.

	Picard nods. Beverly turns and EXITS. Picard takes
	a breath to recenter himself... then brings the flute
	to his mouth...

					PICARD
			Computer -- continue recording.

	The MUSIC plays. He begins to play the flute again...
	the soft melody...

	The door CHIMES. Picard reacts, annoyed.

					PICARD
			Enter.

	WORF ENTERS, stops at the desk.

					WORF
			Captain, I am sorry to interrupt,
			but I wanted to consult you
			regarding the duty roster.

					PICARD
			Proceed.

   STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - REV. 9/18/92 - TEASER   5.

3    CONTINUED: (5)

					WORF
			I was hoping we could take
			advantage of the Biko's delay by
			staging shipwide security drills.
			I have planned a tentative
			schedule...

	Worf hands Picard a PADD. Picard looks it over.

					PICARD
			Very impressive, Mister Worf.
			But we'll be taking on new
			personnel at Starbase One-Eighteen
			in a few weeks. Surely the drills
			can wait until then.

	A beat. Worf seems intent on having something to do.

					WORF
			In that case, I will use the time
			to perform maintenance checks on
			the forward phaser array.

	Picard looks at Worf a moment.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf... is there some
			reason you're trying to give
			yourself more work?

	Worf hesitates, awkward.

					WORF
			No sir. I simply wished to use
			the extra time to...

					PICARD
				(cutting in)
			... Enjoy yourself. You have some
			free time. Use it.

	Worf nods.

     STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - TEASER     6.

3    CONTINUED: (6)

					WORF
			Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.

	Worf turns and EXITS. Picard breathes a sigh of
	relief.

					PICARD
				(to computer)
			Computer, once more from the top.

	As the MUSIC starts to play...

4    INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	Worf ENTERS the room, where ALEXANDER is waiting for
	him. Alexander rushes up to him, excited about
	something.

					ALEXANDER
			What did he say?

					WORF
			The Captain saw fit to release
			me from my duties.

					ALEXANDER
			You mean, you can go?

	Worf settles into a nearby chair... resigned... but
	he is not happy about what he's about to do...

					WORF
			I can go.

	Alexander reaches offscreen and grabs a nearby COWBOY
	HAT. As he places the hat on Worf's head...

					ALEXANDER
			Saddle up, Father!

	OFF Worf's look of resignation...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT ONE     7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

5    EXT. HOLODECK - WESTERN STREET - DAY

	A street right out of the OLD WEST. DIRT ROAD, WOODEN
	BUILDINGS, TOWNSFOLK, HORSES. There's a SALOON with a
	sign out front that reads "The Gold Strike Saloon"...
	and there's a SHERIFF'S OFFICE. The street is quiet on
	this day... not a lot of activity... just a few
	townsfolk mingling about... the wind curling up dust...

	CUT TO VARIOUS ANGLES ON THE STREET:

6    AN OLD MAN

	sitting in a rocking chair on a porch, rocking slowly
	back and forth, making a continuous CREAKING sound.
	The man puffs on his pipe, hat pulled down over his
	eyes to block the sun...

7    A HORSE

	attached to a hitching post.

8
thru	OMITTED
9

10   THE OLD MAN

	rocking in his chair... creaking... Suddenly he STOPS
	rocking. Silence. The man tilts his head upward
	slightly to look at the road. Gradually, the SOUND of
	FOOTSTEPS can be heard... coming closer...

     STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT ONE     8.

11   A PAIR OF BOOTS

	A large pair of boots on large feet, taking large
	steps, spurs jangling, stirring up dust...

12   THE HORSE

	stomps and whinnies nervously, as if in response...

13   THE BOOTS

	come to a stop. A second later, more FOOTSTEPS are
	heard and a second PAIR OF BOOTS comes into view -- a
	very small pair by comparison. Big boot, little boots.

14   THE OLD MAN

	squinting into the sun to see who is there...

15   WIDE ANGLE - WORF AND ALEXANDER

	wearing the boots, standing side by side -- lone
	figures on the Western street. They are both dressed
	in WESTERN ATTIRE, holsters and GUNS at their sides.
	They each wear an old-style BADGE on their chest. They
	are lawmen.

	After a beat, they continue walking... surveying the
	town. Alexander is excited to be here. Worf is wary
	of the whole venture.

					WORF
				(to Alexander)
			Where are we?

					ALEXANDER
			Deadwood, South Dakota...
			nineteenth century Earth.
				(beat)
			The Ancient West.

	Worf gazes at the surroundings.

					WORF
			What is our function here?

					ALEXANDER
			You're the Sheriff... and I'm your
			deputy.

     STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT ONE     9.

15   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			We are in charge of law
			enforcement?

					ALEXANDER
			Right.

	A WOMAN in bawdy apparel walks past -- clearly a "lady
	of the night" -- and she throws Worf and Alexander a
	come-hither look. Worf reacts -- quickly moves
	Alexander away from the woman.

					WORF
			You wrote this Holodeck program
			yourself?

					ALEXANDER
			Well... Mister Barclay helped a
			little.

					WORF
				(to himself)
			I must talk with Mister Barclay...

	Suddenly, a GUNSHOT is heard somewhere offscreen. Worf
	and Alexander react, then head in the direction of the
	shot...

16   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around the red giant planet.

17   INT. ENGINEERING

	Data, Geordi and VARIOUS N.D.s. Data is sitting by an
	opened console. A panel on his head is OPEN, revealing
	various circuitry within. Fiber-optic cables connect
	Data's circuits to the console circuits.

	Geordi is making a connection on Data's head. Data
	looks at Geordi's face for a second.

					DATA
			Geordi... I have noticed that you
			have not shaved in several days.
			Are you attempting to grow another
			beard?

	Geordi rubs a hand over his face.

  STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - REV. 9/17/92 - ACT ONE  9A.

17   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			As a matter of fact, I am...
				(re: beard)
			What do you think?

	Data eyes him.

					DATA
			As is the case with many natural
			growth processes, it is difficult
			to envision the end product based
			on an intermediate stage.

	Geordi smiles.

					GEORDI
			You're right -- give it a few more
			days.

	Geordi completes the connection on Data's head.

					GEORDI
			Okay... I'll need to access your
			auxiliary inputs...

					DATA
			One moment.

	Data reaches for his head, and REMOVES another panel in
	his head, revealing the circuitry underneath.

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT ONE    10.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

	Geordi eyes him a moment, then begins to connect a
	cable to the circuitry...

					GEORDI
			I have to admit, Data... I never
			get used to seeing you like
			this...

					DATA
			I do not understand. You are
			constantly working on similar
			electronic systems, yet their
			appearances do not disturb you.

					GEORDI
			Yeah, well... you're not just
			another electronic system.

	Data thinks this over.

					DATA
			Thank you, Geordi. Nor are you
			just another biological organism.

	Geordi smiles, appreciating the sentiment. He
	completes the adjustments to Data.

					GEORDI
			That should do it. Are you ready?

					DATA
			Yes.
				(beat)
			I am establishing computer
			link-up...

	The circuits on Data's head begin to BLINK faster.

					DATA
			Interface complete.

					GEORDI
			Alright... let's see what you can
			do...

	As Geordi works...

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT ONE    11.

18   OMITTED

19   INT. GOLD STRIKE SALOON

20   CLOSE ANGLE - A WANTED POSTER

	attached to a wall in the room. The poster shows a
	drawing of a man's face and the words "WANTED: DEAD OR
	ALIVE." There is a fresh bullet hole in the forehead
	of the man. Two more GUNSHOTS ring out, and we see
	two more BULLET HOLES RIP through the drawing of the
	man's face...

21   REVEAL - ELI HOLLANDER

	holding a smoking pistol, having just fired the shot.
	Clearly, this is the same man as in the poster. He is
	a young, cocky, dangerous gunslinger.

					ELI
				(re: poster)
			If I ever find the varmint who
			drew this... he'll be sorry he
			ever put pen to paper.
				(beat)
			I'm ten times uglier than that,
			ain't I?

	We hear someone LAUGH from offscreen --

22   INCLUDE - THE ROOM (OPTICAL)

	A smoky barroom occupied by several PEOPLE. A PIANO
	PLAYER sits at the piano, picking out a jaunty tune.
	The barkeep, a pretty woman named ANNIE MEYERS, stands
	behind the bar, glaring at Eli.

	Eli's henchman -- a MEXICAN BANDITO, complete with
	sombrerro, etc. -- is sitting nearby, laughing.

					ELI
				(to Bandito)
			Shut up.

	The Bandito falls silent.

					ELI
			You laugh so much, it's a wonder
			flies don't live in your mouth...

	The Bandito laughs at the remark, missing the point.

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT ONE    12.

22   CONTINUED:

					BANDITO
				(Mexican accent)
			You are a very funny man, Senor
			Eli...

	The bandito stops laughing as he notices Worf and
	Alexander ENTER the saloon. Eli follows his gaze, sees
	Worf, and his eyes narrow. Everyone in the room turns
	and looks. The room falls silent.

	Alexander points to Eli, relishing every moment of the
	program.

					ALEXANDER
				(quietly, to Worf)
			That's the bad guy. His name's
			Eli Hollander -- they call him
			"The Butcher of Bozeman." He's
			killed twenty-three men.
				(beat)
			He's the meanest, toughest
			gunslinger in the West. You have
			to watch him... He's fast...

	Worf eyes Eli.

					WORF
			So I am here to apprehend him?

					ALEXANDER
			If you can.

	Worf nods, now understanding his job -- confident.

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT ONE    13.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

	Worf walks across the saloon. Eli walks toward him
	too. The jangle of spurs is heard in the silent room.
	The onlookers watch nervously. Worf and Eli stop a
	couple of feet away from each other... steely-eyed...

					WORF
				(to Eli)
			You are under arrest.

	Eli sneers.

					ELI
			Is that so --

	Before Eli can finish, Worf quickly PUNCHES him,
	knocking the man cold with one shot. Eli drops to the
	floor. The bandito reacts, too shocked to make a move.
	Worf bends down and grabs Eli by the collar, lifts him
	up.

					WORF
			You will come with me.

	Worf begins to drag Eli out of the saloon. Alexander
	looks upset -- this isn't what he had in mind.

					ALEXANDER
			No, no, no...
				(to computer)
			Computer -- freeze program.

	Everything in the saloon FREEZES.

					WORF
			What is wrong?

					ALEXANDER
			That was too easy. It's gotta
			be harder to beat the bad guys.
			Otherwise, it's no fun.

					WORF
			Oh.

					ALEXANDER
				(to computer)
			Computer -- increase program
			difficulty to Level Four. Go back
			to where my father and I first
			walked into the saloon.

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT ONE    14.

22   CONTINUED: (3)

	All of the people in the room DISAPPEAR.

					ALEXANDER
			Come on, Father...

	Alexander and Worf move to the swinging doors and
	EXIT...

                                             CUT TO:

23   CLOSE ANGLE - A WANTED POSTER

	attached to a wall. There is one fresh bullet hole
	in the forehead of the drawing of Eli Hollander. Two
	more GUNSHOTS ring out, and we see two BULLET HOLES
	RIP through the poster...

24   INCLUDE - ELI HOLLANDER

	holding a smoking pistol, having just fired the shot.

					ELI
				(re: poster)
			If I ever find the varmint who
			drew this... he'll be sorry he
			ever put pen to paper.
				(beat)
			I'm ten times uglier than that,
			ain't I?

	Eli's henchman, the bandito, laughs.

					ELI
			Shut up.

	The bandito falls silent.

					ELI
			You laugh so much, it's a wonder
			flies don't take up residence in
			your mouth...

	The bandito laughs.

					BANDITO
			You are a very funny man, Senor
			Eli...

	The bandito falls silent as Worf and Alexander ENTER
	the saloon.

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT ONE    15.

24   CONTINUED:

	Eli sees them too, and his eyes narrow. Everyone in
	the room turns and looks. The room falls silent. The
	patrons of the bar suddenly realize they are in the
	line of fire -- and they scatter, many of them leaving
	the saloon. An open space is left between the two men.

	Worf watches the commotion in confusion.

					WORF
				(to Alexander)
			Where are they going?

					ALEXANDER
				(quietly, to Worf)
			They don't want to get hit by the
			bullets.

	Worf reacts... braces himself, then takes a step toward
	Eli.

					WORF
				(to Eli)
			You are under arrest --

	Instantly, Eli's hand moves to the butt of his pistol.
	Alexander stops Worf.

					ALEXANDER
				(whispers, urgent)
			He's getting ready to draw.

	Worf puts his hand to the butt of his own gun. A tense
	moment as the two men stare at each other across the
	room.

	Eli breaks the moment by adopting a wide smile. His
	hand hangs down by his gun at all times.

					ELI
				(to his henchmen)
			Well... looks like Sheriff Worf
			is here to arrest me. Don't sound
			like a very bright idea... does
			it?

	The bandito shakes his head, stands and opens his coat
	to reveal a SHOTGUN.

					WORF
				(to Eli)
			You have been accused of
			committing a homicide.

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT ONE    15A.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					ELI
			If you mean murder, then I guess
			I'm guilty.

	Eli slowly walks up to Worf, giving him a hard stare.

					ELI
				(continuing)
			I've killed twenty-three men,
			Sheriff... one more ain't gonna
			make that much of a difference.

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT ONE    16.

24   CONTINUED: (3)

	Worf doesn't flinch. Eli continues to goad Worf.

					ELI
				(continuing)
			'Course... shootin someone as ugly
			as you... could hardly be
			considered a crime.

	The bandito laughs. Worf bristles, angry -- it's all
	he can do to hold himself back.

					ELI
			Were you just born that way...
			or did your momma marry an
			armadillo?

	More laughter. For the briefest instant, Eli's gaze
	darts to one side, just behind Worf. Worf sees it,
	realizes, and whirls around just in time to get a chair
	BROKEN across his back by a SECOND HENCHMAN. (NOTE:
	This being a Holodeck act of violence, Worf is
	unfazed.) Worf SLUGS the henchman, who goes flying
	backward onto the floor.

	The bandito moves to grab Worf, but Worf blocks his
	arms and lands a punch into his stomach -- then a hard
	hook across his face. The bandito goes CRASHING
	through a nearby table.

	Eli grabs a nearby BOTTLE and breaks it against the
	bar -- comes at Worf with the broken shards. Worf
	overcomes Eli with a series of well-timed PUNCHES.
	Eli falls to the floor, dazed.

	Worf looks at Alexander -- he's starting to enjoy
	himself.

					WORF
			I am beginning to see the appeal
			of this program...

	Alexander grins -- then sees something.

					ALEXANDER
			Sheriff, look out!

	Eli is drawing his pistol. Worf tries to grab his own
	gun -- but he's too late. Outdrawn.

					ELI (O.S.)
			Don't twitch a whisker, Sheriff...
				(waves gun)
			'Less you want a shave.

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT ONE    16A.

24   CONTINUED: (4)

	The bandito and the henchmen move to Worf and grab him
	from behind. Worf struggles, but it's no use.
	Alexander watches helplessly. Eli aims his gun at
	Worf, smirking, triumphant... relishing the moment...

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT ONE    17.

24   CONTINUED: (5)

					ELI
				(to henchmen)
			Okay, boys... time to saddle up.
				(beat)
			But first... get their money and
			jewelry.

					WORF
			You are a murderer... and a thief.

					ELI
			A man's gotta make a livin.

	Eli cocks the pistol...

	BLAM! Eli's hat is BLASTED OFF his head. Everyone
	looks toward the door...

25   ANGLE ON - A MYSTERIOUS STRANGER

	standing at the door, holding a Winchester RIFLE,
	having just fired the shot. The figure re-cocks the
	rifle, keeps it aimed. The figure wears a wide-brimmed
	hat that obscures his face. A beat goes by, then the
	stranger raises his head slightly...

	It is TROI.

					TROI
				(to Eli, a threat)
			I suggest you find a new line of
			work.

	Reactions. Worf is surprised by the sight. Eli sees
	that he is defeated... scowls and de-cocks his pistol.
	The bandito and the henchman release their grip on
	Worf. Alexander smiles, leans toward Worf.

					ALEXANDER
				(whispers)
			I asked Counselor Troi to join
			us. She loves Western stories.

	Eli stares at Troi, who stares right back at him,
	clearly getting into her character.

					ELI
				(to Troi)
			You'll regret this, stranger.

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT ONE    18.

26   CLOSE ON ELI'S HAND

	as he theatrically SPINS HIS PISTOL in the palm of his
	hand, then holsters it.

27   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

28   INT. ENGINEERING

	Data is still connected to the console -- his eyes are
	open and he is conscious. Geordi is working at a
	console; N.D.s work nearby. They've been at this
	awhile.

					DATA
			I am now attempting to access the
			long range sensor array...

	Data's head-blinkies BLINK. Geordi reacts to the
	console.

					GEORDI
			Forward sensor array coming
			online... we're getting a clear
			scan...

					DATA
			I will perform a routine
			maintenance check on the starboard
			inertial damping system...

	A beat.

					GEORDI
			Dampers on-line... maintanence
			check in progress... Data, I think
			we're on to something here...
				(beat)
			Let's see what you can do with
			secondary systems. Try
			gravitational control...

					DATA
			Initiating gravitational --

	Data stops in mid-sentence -- freezes up for a moment,
	unable to speak.

					GEORDI
			Data, what's wrong?

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT ONE    19.

28   CONTINUED:

	Data returns to normal -- tilts his head, analyzing.

					DATA
			There appears to be an energy
			fluctuation in my neural net.
				(beat)
			I am disconnecting my interface
			to the computer.

	Data jerks his head and his blinkies SLOW DOWN.

					DATA
			Interface deactivated.

	Geordi starts to remove the cables from Data's head.

					GEORDI
			You alright?

					DATA
			I have experienced a brief power
			surge in my positronic
			subprocessor.
				(beat)
			But I am fine.

					GEORDI
			Maybe the interface coding is less
			stable than we thought...
				(beat)
			Looks like we've got a few hours
			of systems analysis before we can
			try this again.

	Geordi finishes disconnecting Data.

					GEORDI
			Let's check the interface
			programming...

	Geordi crosses to another console. Data picks up the
	tricorder and moves to go...

29   CLOSE ON DATA'S HAND

	As he theatrically SPINS THE TRICORDER in the palm of
	his hand, and replaces it in his belt holster, just
	like Eli Hollander did.

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT ONE    20.

30   RESUME SCENE

	Data has not noticed his strange movement. He goes
	about his work, as if nothing is wrong...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT TWO    21.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

31   EXT. HOLODECK - SHERIFF'S OFFICE - DAY

	The building has a sign out front that reads "SHERIFF'S
	OFFICE."

32   INT. SHERIFF'S OFFICE

	Eli is in a small JAIL CELL off to one side -- he's
	sitting on the cot, shuffling a deck of CARDS on a
	small table. (NOTE: His card shuffling is unpracticed
	and clumsy.)

	Worf and Alexander are standing next to the cell. Troi
	sits at the Sheriff's desk, legs propped up on the
	desktop, hands behind her head. Worf speaks loud
	enough for Eli to hear.

					WORF
				(to Alexander)
			What are his rights in this
			century? Will there be a trial...
			or shall I execute him?

	Eli reacts to the comment.

					ALEXANDER
			We're supposed to hold him until
			the U.S. Marshal comes. Then
			he'll take him to Rapid City for
			a trial.

	Eli starts to deal a game of solitare.

					ELI
			Frankly, I don't think I'll be
			around that long. Not after my
			old man hears about this.

	They look at him.

					WORF
			To what "old man" do you refer?

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT TWO    22.

32   CONTINUED:

					ELI
			My pa. When he comes to break
			me outta this tin can... the
			gravedigger'll be working
			overtime...

	Alexander glares at Eli.

					ALEXANDER
			Your pa's no match for Sheriff
			Worf.

					WORF
			If your father comes, we will be
			ready for him.

	Eli glances at Worf... looks him up and down... turns
	back to his card game and starts to laugh. Worf
	bristles.

					TROI
			He's right.

	Worf looks at her. Troi is still playing her
	character.

					TROI
			You're no match for the
			Hollanders.

					WORF
			I am sure the three of us can
			handle any problems.

					TROI
			Hold on. I was just passing
			through town... saw a little
			trouble... thought I'd lend a
			hand...
				(beat)
			But I'm not one of your deputies,
			Sheriff.

	A beat. Worf crosses to Troi, speaks confidentially
	to her.

					WORF
			Counselor... I would appreciate
			your support in this matter.

	Troi quietly breaks character...

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT TWO    23.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Durango...
				(off his look)
			I'm called Durango.

	Worf tries to play along.

					WORF
			Oh... well... Counselor Durango...
			perhaps you would consider
			becoming a temporary deputy?

	Troi considers.

					TROI
			For a price....
				(beat)
			Five hundred dollars.

	Worf considers, turns to Alexander.

					WORF
			Alexander -- we require large
			amounts of currency.

					ALEXANDER
			Yes sir. I'll go to the bank and
			make a withdrawal.

	Alexander quickly EXITS the room. Worf sits down on
	the desktop, next to Troi. There's a quiet moment
	between them...

					WORF
			Deanna... how do you know so much
			about this period in Earth's
			history?

	Troi tips up her hat.

					TROI
			My father used to read me stories
			about the Ancient West when I was
			a little girl.
				(beat)
			I must admit... I've always wanted
			to play the part of the
			"Mysterious Stranger."

	Worf considers.

  STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - REV. 9/23/92 - ACT TWO  24.

33   ANGLE ON DOOR

	as it bursts open and Annie Meyers ENTERS. She scans
	the room, spots Worf and, flushed with excitement,
	rushes to him. She grabs him by the collar and plants
	a huge kiss on his lips. Worf reacts, stunned.

					ANNIE
			You are just so brave... facing
			down that evil man like you did.

	Worf isn't sure how to respond.

					WORF
			Thank you. Ms... ?

	Annie swats him playfully.

					ANNIE
			Annie, you big galoot.
				(beat)
			You best not forget that
			tonight...
				(off his look)
			I'm gonna cook you up a beef
			steak... and gooseberry cobbler
			for dessert.

	Worf grows uncomfortable with the advance. Troi is
	amused.

					TROI
			Sounds delicious.

	Annie sidles up to Worf, romantic-like.

					ANNIE
			I bought special candles for the
			table setting... pure beeswax.

	Worf thinks of a way to get out of this.

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT TWO    25.

33   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			I will not have time this evening.
			I have a prisoner.

					TROI
				(jibing Worf)
			I'll watch him for you, Sheriff.
			You two go have a good time.

	Worf shoots Troi a look.

					WORF
			That is very considerate of you.
			But I would be negligent in my
			duties if I did not stay.
				(beat)
			I am sorry... Ms. Annie.

	Annie glares at him, temper flaring.

					ANNIE
			It's another woman, ain't it?
			That floosie down at Miss
			Langford's House of Pleasure...

					WORF
				(confused)
			Who... where?

	Annie SLAPS Worf in the face -- then EXITS. (NOTE: It
	does not hurt Worf.) A stunned beat as Worf tries to
	figure out what just happened. Eli glances up from
	his game of solitare.

					ELI
			You sure got a way with women,
			Sheriff.

	OFF Worf's confused look...

  STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - REV. 9/18/92 - ACT TWO  26.

34   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

35   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Picard is holding a cup of tea. He sits down in his
	chair... takes a relaxing sip of the tea...

					PICARD
			Computer -- activate Picard
			Mozart trio, Program One.
				(beat)
			Play back tracks one, two and
			three. Tempo allegro.

	The instruments we heard before -- the cello, the oboe
	and the flute -- begin to PLAY. Picard sits back and
	enjoys the melody. Suddenly, a tiny note of dissonance
	occurs in the music.

	Picard hears it -- listens intently. The playback
	warbles for a moment, getting worse -- then A LOUD
	SYMPHONY BLARES OUT (NOTE: It is Dvorak's "The Slavonic
	Dances".)

	Picard is startled.

					PICARD
				(over the din)
			Computer -- stop playback!

	The symphony STOPS.

					PICARD
				(to computer)
			Computer -- identify musical
			composition.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Picard Mozart trio, Program
			One.

	OFF Picard's puzzled look -- how can that be?

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT TWO    27.

36   INT. REHEARSAL ROOM

	Beverly is using the space to rehearse the play.
	RIKER and TWO CREWMEMBERS make up the cast. They are
	sitting in a semi-circle, listening to Beverly's
	direction. Everyone is holding a PADD.

					BEVERLY
			Let's read through Act Two. From
			the beginning...

	Riker looks at his PADD and begins to read...

					RIKER
				(reading)
			"Felis catus is your taxonomic nomenclature
			An endothermic quadraped, carnivorous... "

	Over this, Beverly reacts to what she hears --
	something doesn't sound right.

					BEVERLY
			Hold it... Wil, what are you
			reading?

					RIKER
			My lines. Why?

					BEVERLY
			That's not the right dialogue...

	Riker looks at the PADD, confused. Beverly crosses
	to Riker and looks at his PADD. She reads aloud...

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT TWO    28.

36   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(reading)
			Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses
			Contribute to your hunting skill and... "

	Riker starts to realize...

					RIKER
			Wait a second... I recognize
			this... It's Data's poetry.

	Beverly looks at her own PADD, hits a few commands into
	it, reads the screen... hits a few more commands.

					BEVERLY
			The play's gone. I just keep
			getting more poetry...

	As they exchange a mystified look...

37   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi and Data are examining opened PADDs. Several
	other PADDs are sitting nearby. Beverly watches,
	curious. Geordi sets aside the PADD.

					GEORDI
			Well.. the PADDs are functioning
			normally...
				(beat)
			It seems to be a problem with the
			information retrieval net. For
			some reason, when you tried to
			bring up your play, the computer
			accessed Data's literary files.

	Data thinks.

					DATA
			Geordi, perhaps this problem is
			related to our interface
			experiment.

	Geordi nods.

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT TWO    29.

37   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			We'd better run a Level Two
			diagnostic on the computer. See
			if the problem has spread to any
			other systems...

					DATA
			And I will perform a
			self-diagnostic.

					GEORDI
			Good idea.

	Data EXITS. Geordi starts to work a console.

					BEVERLY
			You'll let me know if you find
			the play?

					GEORDI
			Yeah... Don't worry, it's in here
			somewhere.

	Beverly nods. As Geordi works...

38   EXT. HOLODECK - WESTERN STREET - DAY

	CLOSE ON Alexander walking along, holding a small
	canvas BAG. He opens up the bag and peers inside,
	shakes the bag a little, causing it to JANGLE -- it's
	obviously full of money. He smiles and continues to
	jangle the bag...

	From offscreen, a HAND grabs Alexander by the shoulder.
	Alexander stops, startled, and slowly looks up...

	Standing over him are Eli's two henchmen seen earlier
	-- the bandito and the henchmen. Alexander reacts --
	but before he can say a word, one of the henchmen
	clamps a giant hand over his mouth. Alexander
	struggles as they carry him away...

38A  INT. MINES

	A short time later. The bandito and the henchmen are
	leading Alexander through the dark, abandoned tunnel.
	Alexander's hands are tied together with a rope, his
	mouth gagged by a bandanna.

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT TWO    30.

38A  CONTINUED:

	We hear FOOTSTEPS approach them. They look up to see
	a SHADOWY FIGURE step into view, dressed in all black
	-- this is FRANK HOLLANDER, Eli Hollander's father.
	His face is obscured by shadow.

					BANDITO
				(re: Alexander)
			We got him...

	The henchman removes the bandanna from Alexander's
	mouth. The shadowy figure speaks in a cold and
	menacing voice...

					DATA/FRANK
				(to Alexander)
			Where's my boy?

	Alexander struggles to escape, confused by this turn
	in the program.

					ALEXANDER
			I'm not supposed to be kidnapped
			now...
				(to computer)
			Computer -- freeze program!

	Nothing happens. Alexander grows alarmed.

					ALEXANDER
			Hey!
				(to computer)
			Computer -- freeze program!

	No response. Alexander is restrained by the henchman.
	He is scared now -- no longer a cowboy, but a little
	boy in peril...

					BANDITO
				(to figure, re;
				 Alexander)
			You want us to kill him, Senor
			Frank?

					DATA/FRANK
			No...

	The figure takes a step forward. As he comes into the
	light, we see that HIS FACE LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE DATA'S
	FACE. He stops and stares down at Alexander.

					DATA/FRANK
			He's more valuable to us alive.

    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT TWO    30A.

38A  CONTINUED: (2)

	OFF Alexander's startled reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT THREE   31.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

39   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	orbiting the red giant planet.

40   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Data is standing at a replicator slot.

					DATA
				(to replicator)
			Feline supplement, one hundred
			twenty-seven.

	Offscreen, a bowl of cat food MATERIALIZES. Data picks
	up the bowl of food and sets it on the floor, in front
	of his cat, SPOT.

					DATA
			Spot, I have formulated a new
			mixture of foods specifically
			tailored to your highly selective
			tastes.

	Spot sniffs at the food... doesn't seem to like it...
	and walks away. Data reacts.

					DATA
			Puzzling. I find it extremely
			difficult to predict what you will
			find acceptable.
				(beat)
			Perhaps hunger will compel you
			to try it again.

	Data crosses to his desk and sits down. He begins to
	work the console. Spot JUMPS UP onto the control
	panel, making it impossible for Data to work. Data
	watches him a moment.

					DATA
			Spot, you are disrupting my
			ability to work.

	Data gently nudges him aside. But Spot remains on the
	desk. Data tries to keep working, but it is difficult.

	Data gives Spot a more forceful push off the desk --
	his face revealing the merest hint of annoyance.

 STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - REV. 9/23/92 - ACT THREE 32.

40   CONTINUED:

	When he speaks, he momentarily, inexplicably, slips
	into a Texan accent --

					DATA
				(Texan accent)
			You lil' varmint.

	Spot scampers off. Data returns to work, not noticing
	the strange slip. He continues to work as if nothing
	has happened...

41   INT. HOLODECK - SHERIFF'S OFFICE - DAY

	Troi and Worf are standing face to face, feet apart
	in a ready stance. She is showing Worf how to draw
	a. gun. Eli is in cell, clumsily shuffling his deck
	of cards.

					TROI
			The most important thing about
			the quick draw is, you've got to
			hold your arm loose... like
			this...

 STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - REV. 9/23/92 - ACT THREE 33.

41   CONTINUED:

	Troi draws, cocks, aims. Fast and smooth. Reholsters.

					TROI
			Now... you try it.

	Worf takes a beat, readies himself... then he draws,
	cocks, and his GUN ACCIDENTALLY FIRES into the floor.

	A beat. They stand and exchange a look -- safe but
	shaken.

					ELI
				(chiding)
			Hell to blazes... I better warn
			my pa. We got a regular sharp
			shooter here!

	Worf glares at him.

					WORF
			Silence.

	Troi moves to a window and glances outside, concerned
	about something.

					TROI
			Worf... Alexander has been gone
			for over half an hour. Shouldn't
			he be back by now?

	Worf considers. He's enjoying this program, and is
	eager to get back into the story.

					WORF
			Yes... I will go find him.
				(re: Eli)
			Watch the prisoner.

	Troi nods and picks up her rifle. Worf EXITS. Troi
	sits down at the desk and looks at Eli. Eli starts
	to deal solitare, ignoring her.

   STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT THREE   34.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

	Troi slips into her Counselor mode -- she can't resist
	having a little fun...

					TROI
			So, Mister Hollander... I
			understand you've lived a life
			of violent crime.
				(beat)
			Would you like to discuss your
			feelings about it?

	As Eli throws Troi a suspicious look...

42   INT. GOLD STRIKE SALOON

	Various townsfolk are present; the piano player is
	playing a tune. Worf ENTERS the saloon, takes a look
	around the room, and crosses to the bar.

43   ON BAR COUNTER

	as Worf arrives.

					ANNIE (O.S.)
				(to Worf)
			What'll it be?

	Worf looks up, see Annie Meyers standing behind the
	bar. Clearly, she is still bitter at Worf.

					WORF
			I am looking for my deputy.
			Perhaps you have seen him.

   STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT THREE   35.

43   CONTINUED:

					ANNIE
			Nope.
				(beat)
			What'll you have?

	Worf hesitates, unsure what to order... makes an effort
	anyway...

					WORF
			Klingon Firewine.

					ANNIE
			This ain't Kansas City. We don't
			got none of that fancy European
			stuff here.
				(sarcastic)
			Maybe I should bring you a sherry.
			That is what they serve over at
			Miss Langford's, ain't it?

	Before Worf can respond, Annie walks off.

	From offscreen, we HEAR the GALLOP OF SEVERAL HORSES
	outside the saloon. People turn to look, curious at
	the commotion. We hear the horses come to a stop,
	whinnying... the sound of men dismounting the horses...
	then FOOTSTEPS on the wooden porch of the saloon...

44   ON THE DOORS

	as they swing open and Data/Frank Hollander ENTERS
	along with the bandito and the henchman.

	The room falls silent. An ominous beat as they scan
	the room... and spot Worf at the bar. They take a few
	steps toward the bar counter. Data/Frank's manner is
	polite but menacing.

					DATA/FRANK
				(to Worf)
			Howdy, Sheriff.

	Worf reacts to the sight of Data -- surprised to see
	him.

					WORF
			Commander ... what are you doing
			here?

	Data/Frank eyes him.

					DATA/FRANK
			The name is Frank Hollander.


   STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 9/25/92 - ACT FIVE   36.

44   CONTINUED:

	Worf reacts -- takes a moment to realize that Data is
	simply having fun with his character...

					WORF
				(realizing)
			Oh... I see...

	Worf lets out a little smile.

					DATA/FRANK
			What are you smiling at?

	Worf stops smiling -- decides to play along.

					WORF
			Nothing. Nothing at all...
			"Mister Hollander."
				(beat)
			What is it you want?

	Data/Frank eyes him.

					DATA FRANK
			My boy.

					WORF
			That is not possible. Your son
			is to stand trial for murder.

					DATA/FRANK
			Well then... maybe we can work
			it out. Is there something
			you want... in exchange for
			my boy?

					WORF
			You have nothing I want.

   STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 9/25/92 - ACT FIVE   37.

44   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA/FRANK
			What about... your deputy?

	Worf reacts.

					WORF
			What about him?

	Data/Frank smiles -- his look says it all. Worf
	realizes.

					WORF
			Where is he?

	Data/Frank just stares at him. Worf bristles, but stands
	firm -- he's really enjoying this program.

					WORF
			I do not negotiate with criminals.
				(beat)
			Your son will stand trial.

	Worf takes a step toward the door. From behind,
	Data/Frank's hand clamps down hard on Worf's shoulder.
	Worf stops, reacting to the grip. He turns around...

					DATA/FRANK
			Not so fast...

	Data/Frank pushes him. Worf stumbles backward a step.
	He looks at Data/Frank, surprised, and a little annoyed.
	He quietly breaks character...

					WORF
			Commander... what are you doing?

	Data/Frank reaches out and pushes him yet again,
	taunting.

					DATA/FRANK
			I ain't in the mood for games,
			Sheriff.

	Worf reacts to the remark -- something doesn't seem
	right about this...

   STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 9/25/92 - ACT FIVE   38.

44   CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF
				(uncertain)
			Data... ?

	Data/Frank ignores him and pushes him again, harder,
	with android strength. Worf hits up against the bar.
	He senses it now -- something is not right.

					WORF
				(to computer)
			Computer -- freeze program.

	Nothing happens. Worf grows alarmed, looks at Data/Frank
	and the others. They take Worf's look as a threatening
	one -- and all of their hands drop to the butts of
	their guns.

					DATA/FRANK
			Your move, Sheriff.

	The scene takes on a whole new tension as Worf realizes
	that something is terribly wrong. Play the suspense as
	Worf slowly backs toward the door... having to pass the
	two henchmen along the way...

					DATA/FRANK
				(a threat)
			I wouldn't walk out that door,
			Sheriff...

	Worf hesitates... his patience wearing thin... he's
	had it with this program. A tense beat... then Worf
	intently takes a step toward the door...

	Data/Frank DRAWS HIS GUN and FIRES at Worf --

	Worf grabs his arm in pain -- pulls back his hand to
	reveal that he's bleeding from a GUNSHOT WOUND in his
	arm. He's been hit -- for real.

	Worf glances at the men, alarmed -- something is
	terribly wrong....

	It happens all at once:

	-- Worf DIVES through the swinging doors to get away...

	-- The two henchmen draw their guns and all three men
	OPEN FIRE on Worf...

   STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT THREE   38A.

45   INT. SHERIFF'S OFFICE

	Troi is on her feet, rifle in hand, having heard the
	gunshots outside.

   STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT THREE   39.

45   CONTINUED:

	Worf barrels in the door, breathless and concerned. He
	bolts and locks the doors.

					TROI
			Worf, what's going on?

					WORF
			The Holodeck safeguards are not
			functioning. Alexander is in
			danger.

	Troi moves to him -- sees that Worf's arm is bleeding
	from a GUNSHOT WOUND.

					TROI
				(re: wound)
			My God -- you've been shot.

	They exchange a worried look.

					TROI
				(to computer)
			Computer -- end program.
				(taps communicator)
			Troi to Captain Picard.
				(beat)
			Troi to Security.

	No response.

					WORF
			There is a new character in the
			program -- Hollander's father.
			He looks like Commander Data...

					TROI
				(reacts)
			Data?

					WORF
			But it is not Data... I cannot
			explain.
				(beat)
			I believe he has taken Alexander.

	Troi removes a BANDANA from her pocket and uses it to
	wrap Worf's arm. From offscreen:

					DATA/ELI (O.S.)
			Now ain't that a shame... the poor
			Sheriff's been injured...

	Worf and Troi look toward the cell -- and stop cold
	at what they see...

   STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT THREE   40.

45A  INCLUDE DATA/ELI

	standing at the cell bars, looking out. ELI NOW LOOKS
	EXACTLY LIKE DATA. Same Western clothes, same accent,
	same personality -- but he has Data's face.

					DATA/ELI
			What's wrong... was my pa a little
			too rough on you?

	Data/Eli starts to laugh tauntingly. OFF Troi and
	Worf's reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         


    STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT FOUR    41.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

46   INT. HOLODECK - SHERIFF'S OFFICE

	Continuous. Worf and Troi staring at Data/Eli,
	surprised by the sight.

					TROI
			Data... ?

	Data/Eli looks at her, uncertain.

					DATA/ELI
			What?

	It's clear from Data/Eli's behavior that this is still
	the gunslinger character of Eli. They watch him a
	moment.

					TROI
				(quietly, to Worf)
			Why would the computer create
			Holodeck characters that look like
			Data?

	Worf shakes his head, doesn't know -- he glares at
	Data/Eli, growing furious at the situation. There is
	a sense of urgency in the air, now -- it's no longer
	just a harmless Holodeck fantasy.

					WORF
				(to Data/Eli)
			Where have they taken my son?

	Data/Eli shrugs and smiles at Worf -- a taunt. Worf's
	temper flares -- he quickly reaches out and grabs
	Data/Eli through the cell bars, pulls him forward by
	the collar.

					WORF
				(demands)
			Where is he?

					DATA/ELI
			Temper, temper, Sheriff. Pa
			wouldn't be too pleased if I came
			back all bruised...

	Worf tightens his grip, one step away from violence.
	Troi tries to ease the situation.

  STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - REV. 9/17/92 - ACT FOUR 42-43.     

46   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Worf, wait...

	A beat. Worf releases Data/Eli, seething. He joins
	Troi and they speak privately.

					TROI
			We've got to remember... the
			Holodeck safeguards may be off,
			but this is still a program...
				(beat)
			If we can get to the end of this
			story... the way it was designed
			to play out... the program should
			automatically terminate.

	Worf sees her point and calms down.

					WORF
			You are right...
				(beat)
			I will begin by speaking to the
			people of this town. Perhaps
			someone witnessed Alexander's
			abduction.

	Troi nods -- good idea. Worf moves to the door,
	unlocks it and carefully peers outside -- the coast
	is clear. He EXITS. Troi glances at the jail cell,
	where Data/Eli is sitting on the cot, quietly playing
	solitaire...

  STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - REV. 9/24/92 - ACT FOUR 44-46.     

47
thru	OMITTED
48

49   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around the red giant.

50   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Geordi. Mid-conversation.

					GEORDI
			We think our interface experiment
			may have caused one of the
			computer's core subroutines to
			be altered.

					DATA
			When the interface malfunction
			occurred, subroutine C-forty-seven
			was replaced by elements of my
			personal programming.

					RIKER
			What does C-forty-seven control?

					GEORDI
			Library computer access...
			replicator selection...
			recreational programming... No
			critical systems.

      STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - REV. 9/18/92 - ACT FOUR     47.

50   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			That would explain why your music
			composition program began playing
			"The Slavonic Dances." I have
			been analyzing the collected works
			of Anton Dvorak.

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			The same with Doctor Crusher's
			play... and with the food
			replicators...

	Picard reacts -- he hasn't heard about this one yet.

					RIKER
				(explains)
			The replicators on Decks Four
			through Nine have started
			producing nothing but cat food.

					PICARD
			Cat food?

					DATA
			I have been formulating
			nutritional supplements for Spot.

	Picard considers the situation.

					PICARD
			When can you have the problem
			corrected?

					DATA
			We are currently attempting to
			isolate the corrupted circuit
			pathways.
				(beat)
			I reckon the process should take
			less then two hours.

	Reactions to Data's statement. Except for Data, who
	has not noticed the slip.

					PICARD
			What did you say?

        STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT FOUR        48.

50   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I said the process would take less
			than two hours.

					RIKER
			No -- you said "I reckon... "

	Data thinks.

					DATA
			According to my memory log, I did
			not use those words.
				(Texan accent)
			Ya'll must be mistaken.

	Reactions.

					GEORDI
			There, Data, You did it again.

					DATA
				(Texan accent)
			Did whut?

	Reactions -- what the hell's going on? Data looks at
	them, puzzled.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge -- perhaps you
			should take Mister Data to
			Engineering. See if you can find
			the problem.

					GEORDI
			Aye sir.

	Geordi and Data rise to go. As they walk toward the
	door, Data hitches his thumbs into his waistband and,
	with a slight bow-legged swagger, EXITS the room.

	Picard and Riker exchange a glance. OFF their puzzled
	reactions...

51   INT. HOLODECK - SHERIFF'S OFFICE

	Troi is pacing nervously, rifle in-hand. She glances
	out the window... moves back to the desk... waiting...

      STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - REV. 9/17/92 - ACT FOUR     49.

51   CONTINUED:

	From offscreen, Data/Eli can be heard SHUFFLING his
	deck of cards. Troi ignores it at first,
	preoccupied... then she takes note. The card shuffling
	seems to be getting faster and faster... like it's
	being done at increasingly high speeds...

	Troi listens for a moment, curious. Then she crosses
	to the jail cell and peers inside. She reacts to what
	she sees --

52   ANGLE ON DATA/ELI (OPTICAL)

	sitting on the cot, SHUFFLING the deck of cards at
	HYPER SPEED -- android speed. He proceeds to deal a
	hand of solitaire at hyper-speed... then plays out the
	game at hyper-speed...

	Troi stares at him, realizing. Data/Eli stops and
	looks right at her.

					DATA/ELI
			Can I help you with somethin?

	There's a knock at the door. Troi quickly moves to
	the door... unlocks the bolt... opens the door a crack
	to see who's there, then opens it. Worf ENTERS,
	looking urgent.

					WORF
			I spoke to several witnesses.
			One saw Alexander being abducted
			as he was leaving the bank... by
			Hollander's men.

	Worf crosses to the desk, opens a drawer and starts
	to look for something. This is a bizarre and
	frightening situation, but Worf is intent on getting
	out of it.

					WORF
			We will begin a systematic search
			of the town...

	Worf removes a boxful of BULLETS and sets them on the
	desktop -- begins to shove bullets into his pocket.
	Troi glances at the jail cell, troubled.

      STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - REV. 9/17/92 - ACT FOUR    49A.

52   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Worf... we've got another
			problem. I saw Eli shuffling his
			cards. He was doing it the way
			Data does when he plays poker...
				(beat)
			He doesn't just look like Data...
			he has Data's abilities. And
			his father probably does, as
			well...

	Worf stops and looks at the cell, disturbed by the
	news.

        STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT FOUR        50.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

	A knock at the door. Worf and Troi exchange a look.
	Troi raises her rifle and Worf draws his gun. Worf
	moves to the door, unbolts it, and eases it open.

	Data/Frank Hollander is standing in the doorway. Troi
	reacts -- it's the first time she's seen him.

					DATA/FRANK
			Howdy, Sheriff.
				(beat)
			I came to see my boy.

	Troi points her rifle in his general direction.

					WORF
			Remove your weapon.

	Data/Frank smiles and takes his gun out of his holster
	-- offers it handle-first to Worf.

					DATA/FRANK
				(re: gun)
			Take a good look at that gun,
			Sheriff... you might see it again
			real soon.

	Data/Frank enters the room. He walks toward the cell,
	eager to see his son.

					DATA/FRANK
			Eli?

	Inside the cell, Eli jumps to his feet and grips the
	cell bars.

					DATA/ELI
			Pa!

53   ANGLE ON DATA/FRANK AND DATA/ELI (OPTICAL)

	standing face to face, separated by the cell door.

					DATA/FRANK
			How have they been treating you,
			son?

					DATA/ELI
			Real bad, Pa. They ain't fed me
			since I got here... and the
			Sheriff's been roughin me up
			somethin fierce.

        STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT FOUR        51.

53   CONTINUED:

					DATA/FRANK
			Don't you worry. The Sheriff will
			pay for this.

	Data/Frank throws a look at Worf and Troi.

					DATA/FRANK
				(re: Troi)
			Who's the stranger?

					DATA/ELI
			Don't know... she ain't said her
			name. But she's in cahoots with
			the Sheriff... and she's mighty
			mean with a Winchester.

	Data/Frank nods.

					DATA/FRANK
			Sit tight, boy. I'll have you
			home in time for supper.

54   RESUME SCENE

	Data/Frank moves to Worf and Troi, adamant.

					DATA/FRANK
			I'll give you one more opportunity
			to avoid an ugly situation,
			Sheriff. Release my boy.

	Worf bristles, but plays along.

					WORF
			I have... reconsidered your offer.
			I will release your son... in
			exchange for my deputy.

	Data/Frank smiles -- clearly, he's a man who is used
	to winning.

					DATA/FRANK
			I thought you might have a change
			of heart...
				(beat)
			Meet me in two hours. You be
			in front of the saloon... I'll
			be in front of the livery station.

	Worf nods.

144:[4,#b]
        STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT FOUR        52.

54   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Agreed.

	Data/Frank moves toward the door -- Worf hands him his
	gun. Data/Eli stops at Troi and gives her a hard look.

					DATA/FRANK
				(to Worf, re; Troi)
			Strangers ain't invited.

	Troi narrows her eyes at him. Data/Frank EXITS. Worf
	turns to Troi, relieved. But Troi looks concerned
	about something...

					TROI
			In every Western I've ever read,
			the villains break their word.
			We can't trust him.

					WORF
			But we have made an honorable
			agreement.

					TROI
			They're not concerned with honor,
			Worf. This is the Ancient West.
			There's a gunfighter out there
			who can shoot with the speed and
			accuracy of an android...
				(beat)
			And in two hours, he's going to
			try to kill you.

	OFF Worf and Troi's concern as the gravity of the
	situation sinks in...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT FIVE        53.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

55   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	orbiting the red giant.

56   INT. ENGINEERING

	Data is sitting by a console, a panel in his head open,
	being examined by Geordi. Riker ENTERS and crosses
	to them. Data has gotten worse -- he slips in and out
	of a Texan accent throughout the scene, completely
	unaware of his bizarre behavior.

					DATA
				(to Riker, Texan accent)
			Howdy, Commander.

	An awkward beat.

					RIKER
			Mister La Forge... what have you
			found?

					DATA
				(Texan accent)
			Well... we figure parts of my
			memory structure...
				(normal voice)
			... have been replaced with
			information from the computer's
			recreational data-base.

					GEORDI
			Specifically, files relating to
			the nineteenth century American
			West.

					RIKER
			That explains the accent...

					DATA
				(Texan accent)
			That's right, partner.

	Riker and Geordi exchange a look.

					RIKER
			Is this another result of the
			interface experiment?

      STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - REV. 9/17/92 - ACT FIVE     54.

56   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I'm afraid so. But we've
			initiated a progressive memory
			purge to restore Data's programming
			to its original state.
				(beat)
			He should be back to normal in
			a few hours.

					RIKER
			What about the computer's
			recreational data-base?

					GEORDI
			We've started a memory purge
			there, as well. It'll take
			another hour... maybe two.

	Data tips an invisible hat to Riker.

					DATA
				(Texan accent)
			You just sit tight, Commander.
			We'll have it fixed up in time
			for supper.

	Riker nods.

					RIKER
			Good.

	As Riker turns to go...

57   INT. HOLODECK - SHERIFF'S OFFICE

58   CLOSE ON A MAP

	A hand-drawn map of the center of town, laid out on the
	Sheriff's desk. Worf has made the map himself. He
	is pointing to one end of town with a stylus -- an
	inkwell is close at hand.

					WORF (O.S.)
			I will be positioned here, at the
			Eastern end of the street...

	He points to the West end.

					WORF (O.S.)
			Frank Hollander says he will
			approach from this end...

        STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT FIVE        55.

59   INCLUDE THE SCENE

	Worf and Troi are looking at the map, speaking softly,
	so Data/Eli cannot hear. On the desktop, we can see
	Worf and Troi's communicators laid out. They are
	having a makeshift tactical conference. There is a
	sense of urgency in the air as they plan a strategy.

	Worf dips the stylus into the inkwell and draws an "X"
	in the middle of the street.

					WORF
				(re: "x")
			Once he gets to this point, he
			will be within range.

	Troi studies the map. She nods, anxious but
	determined.

					TROI
			Understood.
				(beat)
			What about Alexander?

					WORF
			There is a rain barrel in front
			of the saloon. It should be
			enough to stop the bullets.

	There's a KNOCK at the door. Troi grabs her rifle and
	Worf moves to the door, unlocks it and opens it a
	crack. Annie Meyers ENTERS, carrying a wooden BOX full
	of various EQUIPMENT -- wire coils, transformer
	batteries, etc. She speaks to Worf in an urgent
	whisper.

					ANNIE
				(to Worf)
			You wouldn't believe what I went
			through to talk Old Man Newsome
			out of his telegraph machine...

        STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT FIVE        56.

59   CONTINUED:

	Worf looks pleased.

					WORF
			Excellent.

	Worf takes the box and crosses to the desk... rummages
	through the box and finds a small PEN KNIFE. He picks
	up one of the communicator pins and OPENS it... then
	grabs a coil of copper wire, breaks off a length, and
	begins to connect the wire to the communicator circuits
	with the pen knife...

					ANNIE
				(expecting a response)
			Lord knows why I keep riskin my
			life for you, Sheriff...

	Worf ignores her. Troi nudges Worf to respond.
	Begrudgingly, Worf tips his hat to Annie.

					WORF
				(to Annie)
			Thank you, Ms. Annie. I am...
			in your debt.

	Annie brightens -- that's enough for her.

	Worf glances up at a CLOCK on the wall.

60   ANGLE - THE CLOCK

	It reads four o'clock...

                                             DISSOLVE TO:

        STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT FIVE        57.

61   THE CLOCK

	It now reads five fifteen.

62   INCLUDE THE ROOM

	Worf is making some last-minute adjustments to a DEVICE
	attached to his holster -- it's a small metallic box,
	fashioned from spare parts. Copper wiring connects
	the device to a communicator pin on Worf's vest.

	Troi walks over to him, eyeing the device (Annie is
	gone).

					TROI
			How long will the field last?

					WORF
			It is highly unstable. No more
			than fifteen seconds.

					TROI
			Let's hope that's enough.

	Worf nods. OFF his look of concern...

                                             CUT TO:

63   EXT. WESTERN STREET - DAY

	WIDE ANGLE on the same street seen earlier. But it
	is now empty, except for a couple of TOWNSPEOPLE who
	are hurrying on their way. A sense of foreboding is
	in the air...

	Visible in the frame is a RAIN BARREL sitting on the
	street in front of the Gold Strike saloon... as well
	as a nearby COVERED WAGON...

64   NEW ANGLE - STREET

	Data/Frank steps into view, holding Alexander by the
	arm. He stops, waiting. Somewhere, A CHURCH BELL
	starts to TOLL... six times total throughout the
	scene...

	Data/Frank pulls out a cigar and sticks it in his
	mouth. He strikes a match... and stops in mid-motion
	at what he sees...

                                             INTERCUT:

        STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT FIVE        58.

65   ANGLE - WORF

	walking to his spot at the opposite end of the street.
	He still wears the make-shift device on his holster,
	and the communicator pin on his chest. Data/Eli is
	at his side.

	Data/Frank smiles, and lights up his cigar. A tense
	beat goes by. Then Data/Frank gives Alexander a little
	shove. Alexander stumbles forward... then begins a
	tentative walk down the street toward Worf...

	Worf nudges Data/Eli, sending him on his way toward
	Data/Frank...

	Play the suspense as the two prisoners make the long
	walk down the empty street... At one point, as they
	pass each other, and they exchange a look. Alexander
	reacts to the sight of Data...

	Alexander comes closer and closer to Worf, almost
	within reach. As he approaches, Worf sends a
	deliberate glance toward the nearby rain barrel.
	Alexander glances at it too... understanding that Worf
	wants him to see it...

	Suddenly, Data/Frank lets out a loud WHISTLE --

66   DATA/HENCHMAN

	emerges from behind a building. (The same henchman
	seen earlier, but now he resembles Data.)

67   DATA/BANDITO

	appears on the second story balcony of a building,
	pistol drawn, and looks down at the scene.

68   DATA/FRANK

	calls out to his son --

					DATA/FRANK
			Eli -- down!

	It all happens at once:

69   DATA/ELI

	drops to the ground...

      STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - REV. 9/17/92 - ACT FIVE    58A.

70   DATA/FRANK

	draws his pistol...

71   WORF AND ALEXANDER

					WORF
				(calls out)
			Alexander!

	Alexander quickly takes cover behind the rain barrel
	as Worf hits a switch on the device attached to his
	holster --

72   DATA/FRANK

	OPENS FIRE on Worf with android proficiency --

73   WORF (OPTICAL)

	As he is hit by the first TWO BULLETS, a FORCE FIELD
	activates around his body, deflecting the bullets in
	crazy ricochets. (NOTE: The force field should look
	unstable and staticky.) Worf stumbles backward from
	the impact of the hits... tries to keep his balance...

74   ALEXANDER

	crawls out from behind the rain barrel and into the
	safety of the saloon... stops just inside the door and
	peers out so he can watch the gunfight...

75   DATA/ELI

	gets to his feet and out of the line of fire...

75A  DATA/FRANK

	relentlessly takes aim again...

76   WORF (OPTICAL)

	takes the impact of TWO MORE BULLETS, the FORCE FIELD
	FLASHING AND FRITZING with every strike... looking more
	unstable with every hit. Another BULLET hits... then
	another BULLET and the FORCE FIELD FRITZES OUT
	COMPLETELY. Worf reacts, realizing he's vulnerable --
	hits the switch on the device but it won't work...

      STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - REV. 9/18/92 - ACT FIVE    58B.

77   DATA/FRANK

	takes aim and pulls the trigger -- but the gun has
	run out of bullets. His six-shooter CLICKS
	empty... click, click, click...

	From offscreen --

					DATA/BANDITO (O.S.)
			Senor Frank!

	The sequence plays out in SLOW MOTION:

78   THE BANDITO

	throws his pistol down to Data/Frank...

78A  WORF

	drops his hand to his holster and tries to draw his gun
	-- fumbles with the gun... can't get it out...
	suspense builds...

78B  THE BANDITO'S GUN

	as it TUMBLES through the air...

78C  WORF

	manages to draw his gun... takes aim... awkwardly
	starts to cock the hammer back...

79   DATA/FRANK

	catches the gun with android skill and moves to shoot
	Worf...

	RESUME NORMAL MOTION:

80   WORF

	FIRES his gun at Data/Frank...

81   DATA/FRANK

	as the gun is BLOWN out of his hand. He reacts,
	outdrawn.

      STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - REV. 9/17/92 - ACT FIVE     59.

82   ANGLE - DATA/ELI AND DATA/HENCHMAN

	as they start to take a step toward Worf. Behind them,
	the canvas flap on the covered wagon drops open to
	reveal Troi. She aims her Winchester rifle in their
	direction and COCKS it.

					TROI
				(to Datas)
			Don't even think about it.

	The two Datas stop, turn to look... they raise their
	arms into the air, defeated...

83   DATA/BANDITO

	sees the danger of the situation...

84   ANGLE - WORF AND DATA/FRANK

	staring each other down. Data/Frank spreads his arms
	wide and just stands there, staring at Worf defiantly.

					DATA/FRANK
			Go ahead and shoot me.

	Worf glares at him, his Klingon instincts flaring to
	the surface... he cocks his pistol... a tense beat goes
	by... then he glances toward the saloon...

85   ALEXANDER

	is peering out from the doorway, anxiously waiting to
	see what Worf will do...

86   WORF AND DATA/FRANK

	Worf thinks it over... keeps his pistol trained...

					WORF
				(to Data/Frank)
			Do not show your face in this
			town again.

	A beat. Then Data/Frank scowls and turns to go...

	Worf watches them go. Troi moves to his side, rifle
	in-hand. They exchange a grim look, then head toward
	the saloon...

        STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT FIVE       59A.

87   INT. GOLD STRIKE SALOON

	The room is empty, except for Alexander, who is
	standing by the door, peering outside. Worf and Troi
	ENTER.

					ALEXANDER
			Father!

	Alexander embraces Worf, grateful to see him.

					WORF
			Are you alright?

	Alexander looks at him and nods.

					ALEXANDER
			Yes.

	Worf glances around the room, suddenly concerned.

      STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - REV. 9/17/92 - ACT FIVE     60.

87   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(to computer)
			Computer -- end program.

	Nothing happens. A tense beat.

					TROI
			I don't understand this. The
			story should be over... what's
			left?

	From offscreen --

					DATA/ANNIE (O.S.)
			Sheriff... Sheriff!

88   INCLUDE DATA/ANNIE (OPTICAL)

	ENTERING the saloon -- she now LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE DATA.

					DATA/ANNIE
			You're as handy with a
			shootin'-iron as you are with a
			lady's heart!

	Data/Annie rushes to Worf and wraps her arms around
	him, giving him a big kiss. Worf reacts, disgusted.

					WORF
				(to computer)
			Computer -- end program!

	The saloon VANISHES and the familiar GRID appears. As
	Worf, Troi and Alexander exchange a look of relief...

89   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit, facing another SHIP -- the Biko.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46278.3.
			Both Commander Data and the ship's
			computer have been restored to
			normal operation. Our rendezvous
			with the supply ship Biko has
			proceeded as planned.

        STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - 9/17/92 - ACT FIVE        61.

90   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	Alexander is lying in his bed, exhausted from his
	adventure, fast asleep. Worf stops at the bed to
	check in on him. Satisfied, he turns to go. Alexander
	opens his eyes and looks at Worf.

					ALEXANDER
			Father...

	Worf stops, turns. Alexander looks a little gloomy.

					ALEXANDER
			After what happened... I guess
			you'll never want to go back to
			the Ancient West...

	A beat. Worf speaks gently.

      STAR TREK: "A Fistful of Datas" - REV. 9/17/92 - ACT FIVE     62.

90   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			The town of Deadwood may face
			danger again, Alexander. If they
			do... they'll need a Sheriff...
			and a deputy.

	Alexander smiles at the words, and happily rolls over
	to go back to sleep...

	Worf walks into the main room, stops at a table, and
	reaches down and picks up his cowboy hat -- the same
	one he's been wearing all along. He eyes it a moment,
	then glances toward a nearby MIRROR...

	He puts on the hat and crosses to the mirror... strikes
	a ready pose in front of it. Using his hand as an
	imaginary gun, he draws and aims at his reflection.
	Fast and smooth.

	OFF his face as he smiles...

91   OMITTED

92   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As the ship LEAVES ORBIT of the planet, a distant
	ORANGE STAR comes into view. The Enterprise flies off
	in the direction of the star, BACKLIT by the ORANGE
	GLOW... like a sunset...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             












                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                     The Quality of Life" 
                          #40276-235 
                              
                          Written by 
                         Naren Shankar 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Jonathan Frakes 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1992 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                      SEPTEMBER 28, 1992

       STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" 09/28/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "The Quality of Life" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             FARALLON
                RIKER              KELSO
                DATA               
                                   TECHNICIAN (COM VOICE)
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                WORF               
                GEORDI             
                COMPUTER VOICE   
  
                Non-Speaking       
                  SEVERAL N.D.'s     
                  N.D. NURSE         

      STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 09/28/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "The Quality of Life" 
                      
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM         SPACE STATION
              ENGINEERING
              JEFFRIES TUBE
              READY ROOM
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              TEN FORWARD
              SICKBAY
              OBS. LOUNGE
          
              STATION CORE

    STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 10/02/92 - TEASER    1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                    "The Quality of Life"                          
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

A1	INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	Riker, Beverly, Geordi and Worf at the poker table.
	Beverly is shuffling. Geordi notices that Worf is
	looking at him peculiarly.

					WORF
			Commander... is it your intention
			to continue growing your beard?

					GEORDI
			I'm not sure, Worf. Why?

					WORF
			I am just asking.

					BEVERLY
			Seven-card stud, one-eyed jacks
			are wild. Frankly, I like your
			beard, Geordi.

					GEORDI
			Thanks, Doctor.

	She has finished dealing, and inspects the table.

					BEVERLY
			The king is high... your bet, Wil.

	The players contribute chips during the next.

					BEVERLY
			Of course, I'm always a little
			suspicious of men with beards.

	In that she's sitting at a table with three bearded
	men, this brings a reaction.

					WORF
			For what reason?

					BEVERLY
			I don't know... it's as though
			they're trying to hide something.

   STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 10/02/92 - TEASER   1A.

A1	CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Hide -- ? Doctor, that's
			ridiculous. Beards are a proud
			and ancient tradition.

					GEORDI
			Some of the most esteemed men in
			history had beards.

					BEVERLY
			I know... but after the razor was
			invented... I think beards became
			mostly a fashion statement.

	She deals the next round.

					WORF
			I am not concerned with fashion.
			To a Klingon, a beard is a symbol
			of courage.

					RIKER
			I think it suggests a certain...
			strength.

					BEVERLY
			Sure. After all, women can't grow
			one.

					GEORDI
			Doctor, I get the feeling you
			think beards are nothing more than
			an affectation.

					BEVERLY
			I do. I'm not saying there's
			anything wrong with that... women
			wear makeup and nail polish for
			the same reason.
				(beat)
			I just think you men should admit
			it.

					RIKER
			My beard isn't an affectation.

					BEVERLY
			Oh? Then why not shave it off?

					RIKER
			I could lose it in a minute.
				(beat)
			I've just gotten used to it.

   STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 10/06/92 - TEASER   1B.

A1	CONTINUED: (2)

	Beverly glances around at all of them, then at her
	hand.

					BEVERLY
			Okay... what do you say we up the
			stakes a little? If I win this
			hand... you all shave off your
			beards.

					GEORDI
			What if one of us wins? What do
			you give up?

					BEVERLY
				(shrugs)
			I'm open to suggestions...

					RIKER
			I've always wondered what you'd
			look like as a brunette...

					BEVERLY
			I tried it once when I was
			thirteen. I couldn't wait to
			change it back.

					RIKER
			That makes me even more curious...

	She gives him a look... so it's going to be like this,
	is it? She glances down at her cards... obviously
	feels very confident.

					BEVERLY
			Fine. If one of you wins -- I
			become a brunette. Are we on?

	There's a hesitation... they look at their cards...
	then at each other, hoping someone has a good hand.

					GEORDI
			We'll take that bet.

	Worf glares at him... he'd better have a good hand.

					RIKER
				(are you sure?)
			Geordi...

					BEVERLY
			Sounds like you have the hand to
			beat, Commander.
				(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 10/06/92 - TEASER   1BA.

A1	CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY (Cont'd)
				(tossing out chips)
			I'm in for two hundred.

					GEORDI
			I'll see that and raise two
			hundred.

	He and Beverly stare at each other. She puts in the
	chips.

					BEVERLY
			Call.

	All eyes turn to Geordi... he looks at his cards...
	takes a breath... starts to put them down...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			This is the Captain. We have
			arrived at the Tyran system. All
			senior staff to the Bridge.

	Geordi immediately throws down his cards, face down,
	as do the others, making an indiscriminate pile. They
	rise.

   STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 10/02/92 - TEASER   1C.

A1	CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			Wait --

					RIKER
			Sorry, Doctor, you heard the
			Captain. Duty calls.

	He smiles sweetly as they head for the door.

					RIKER
			I'm sure we can try this another
			time.

	They all hurry out as Beverly stares after them,
	frustrated.

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is in orbit around the fiery, red moon of a
	planet. A small SPACE STATION also orbits the moon,
	and a glowing blue PILLAR OF ENERGY extends from the
	station down to the surface of the moon.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, stardate 46307.2.
			We have just come into orbit of
			Tyrus-Seven-A to monitor progress
			on the Tyran particle fountain,
			a radically new mining technology.

2    INT. STATION CORE (OPTICAL)

	The station core is unfinished, with equipment consoles
	scattered about. In several places, the walls are cut
	through with holes which lead away to access tunnels
	deep within the station. A Transporter pad and console
	are in one corner. In the center of the floor is a
	large, glowing circular core (similar to the
	Enterprise's warp core).

	Several NDs are working in the b.g. The atmosphere
	should be that of a large-scale construction project:
	constant activity in the b.g., problems with equipment,
	and the tension of working under a deadline.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			So far the project has been
			fraught with problems, and is well
			behind schedule. Mister La Forge
			has been assigned to evaluate the
			situation.

   STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 10/02/92 - TEASER   1D.

2    CONTINUED:

	GEORDI is standing with the project leader, DOCTOR
	FARALLON. She's an attractive humanoid alien woman
	about the same age as Geordi. They're discussing an
	Okudagram of the particle fountain displayed on a wall
	monitor. From the tone of Geordi's voice, it's clear
	this isn't the first disagreement they've had.

     STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - TEASER     2.

2    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(patiently)
			Doctor Farallon. The original
			design called for the particle
			fountain to lift five-hundred
			kilograms per minute from the
			surface -- so far it hasn't come
			close to that.

					FARALLON
			That's why I want to increase the
			stream density -- that should
			boost the lift capacity by
			seventy-two percent.

					GEORDI
			Yeah... and overload the field
			generators in the process.

					FARALLON
				(shakes her head)
			Not if we distribute the overload
			evenly throughout the system.

	Geordi regards her... an eager, ambitious young
	woman... bright and dedicated, but a little strung out
	right now with fatigue and the pressure of this
	difficult project.

					GEORDI
			Doctor... forgive me... but maybe
			we should concentrate on getting
			this phase of the project
			completed... before we start
			talking about re-designing it...

	Farallon stares at him... wilts a little.

					FARALLON
			Commander... I know you're here
			to evaluate this project...

					GEORDI
				(acknowledging)
			Starfleet is considering whether
			to use a particle fountain on
			Carema Three... they want to know
			how feasible it is.

					FARALLON
			And will your opinion be the
			deciding factor?

    STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 9/30/92 - TEASER    3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Not really... I'll make my report
			to Captain Picard... he'll make
			the official recommendation to
			Starfleet... and they'll decide.

					FARALLON
			Well. What's your feeling so far?

					GEORDI
			I guess the question we have to
			ask... is if this technology is
			any more efficient than
			conventional mining techniques.

	Farallon eyes him... and speaks with the utter
	conviction of someone who is dedicated to her cause.

					FARALLON
			Commander... I know we've had
			problems here. It seems like
			nothing's gone right... it's
			taking a lot longer than I thought
			to get the particle stream to full
			strength.
				(beat)
			But I know it can work. This
			is the direction mining will take
			in the future... and it should
			be implemented on Carema Three.

					GEORDI
			I agree that potentially it's very
			exciting...

					FARALLON
			I want to show you something I've
			been working on... something that
			might help us complete this
			project more quickly.

	She moves toward an equipment locker.

					FARALLON
			I've used these on a limited
			basis... I think they've earned
			a try...

	Suddenly, the LIGHTS DIM and the STATION TREMBLES.
	ALARM KLAXONS begin to sound. Geordi and Farallon rush
	over to check the readout on a wall panel. They
	exchange a concerned look.

    STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - TEASER    3A.

3    INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	DATA sits at the Aft Science station, studying the
	monitor with concern. WORF is at Tactical.

					DATA
			Enterprise to Commander La Forge.
			I am reading significant power
			fluctuations from the station
			core. Please report.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge here... there's been a
			malfunction in one of the power
			grids...

4    INT. STATION CORE

	Lots of ND activity in the b.g. as Geordi and Farallon
	work a pair of consoles.

					GEORDI
				(to COM)
			... we're losing particle stream
			confinement.

     STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - TEASER     4.

4    CONTINUED:

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Do you require assistance?

					GEORDI
			Stand by.

	Geordi turns to Farallon. He knows she isn't going to
	like this, but the situation does not look good.

					GEORDI
			I think we're going to have to
			shut it down.

					FARALLON
			It took four months to get the
			particle flux up to this level.
			If we shut down, it'll take
			another four months just to get
			it back.

					GEORDI
			We have less than five minutes
			before we lose confinement. When
			that happens, the particle stream
			will flood the entire station,
			and then we'll have to shut it
			down anyway.

					FARALLON
			Then we'll just have to fix the
			power grid.

					GEORDI
			How do we do that?
				(gesturing to a console)
			The defective grid is two hundred
			meters down conduit A-Four. We'd
			have to disassemble four
			bulkheads to get to it...

					FARALLON
			Well... here's the perfect
			opportunity to show you what I
			had in mind...

	Geordi looks puzzled as she goes to the equipment
	locker, opens it, and takes out --

    STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 9/29/92 - TEASER    5.

5
thru	OMITTED
6

7    A STRANGE DEVICE

	It's a box-like device with a CONTROL PANEL with
	flashing indicators and various sensor attachments --
	this is an EXOCOMP. (Note: the exocomp should be
	small enough to be carried easily by one person.)

8    RESUME SCENE

	She takes a CONTROL PADD out of the locker. She moves
	quickly to an access tunnel hole and places the
	exocomp in front of it.

					GEORDI
			What is it?

					FARALLON
			This is an exocomp -- the
			experiment I was telling you
			about...

	She quickly taps several commands into the PADD; the
	panel on the exocomp flashes in response. (Note: a
	subtle sound effect should indicate the exocomp in
	operation.) She hits a final key on the control PADD.

    STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 9/30/92 - TEASER    6.

	THE EXOCOMP (OPTICAL)

	With a replicator-like effect, a new arm-like appendage
	MATERIALIZES, attached to the exocomp. Then, the
	exocomp RISES INTO THE AIR, and moves into the tunnel.

10   RESUME SCENE

					FARALLON
			If it doesn't work, we'll still
			have time to shut down the
			fountain...

10A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data studies his console.

					DATA
			Enterprise to La Forge... what
			is your situation?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Unchanged for the moment... but
			we're working on it...

10B  INT. STATION CORE

	Farallon and Geordi stand at the access tunnel,
	waiting.

					GEORDI
			If this doesn't work pretty soon,
			I recommend you shut down...

	Farallon doesn't answer, just stares down the access
	tunnel. Then suddenly, the station LIGHTS COME BACK UP
	and the flashing ALARM LIGHTS TURN OFF.

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			The confinement field is at full
			strength... particle flux
			steady... all power levels normal.

     STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - TEASER     7.

10B  CONTINUED:

	Geordi looks at Farallon, amazed. She smiles
	triumphantly and joins him at his console.

                                             INTERCUT:

11   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					DATA
			Commander La Forge, please report.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			We're fine, Data. The power grid
			has been fully restored.

	Data reacts, surprised.

					DATA
			How were you able to accomplish
			the repair so quickly?

	On the station, THE EXOCOMP EMERGES from the tunnel,
	and drops slowly to the floor. The ARM DISAPPEARS
	(OPTICAL). Geordi stares at it.

					GEORDI
			You know... I'm not exactly sure.

	Off Data's puzzled reaction.

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

    STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT ONE    8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

           (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)            

12   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As before, in orbit near the space station.

13   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Data is waiting in front of the platform. TRANSPORTER
	CHIEF KELSO is at the console.

					DATA
			Energize.

					KELSO
			Aye, sir.

	Kelso operates the console... and Geordi and Farallon
	MATERIALIZE on the platform. She's carrying the
	exocomp.

					DATA
			Welcome to the Enterprise, Doctor.
			I am Lieutenant Commander Data.

	Farallon's face brightens as she sees Data.

    STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT ONE    9.

13   CONTINUED:

					FARALLON
			Mister Data. I was hoping I'd
			have a chance to meet you. I've
			done extensive studies of your
			positronic network.

					DATA
			And I have studied your design
			for the particle fountain, Doctor.
			I find the concept to be highly
			innovative.

					FARALLON
			Thank you.

					DATA
			I am curious how you were able
			to repair the power grid so
			quickly.

	Farallon taps the exocomp.

					FARALLON
			This should make it clear,
			Commander.

					GEORDI
			We can set up in Engineering.

	He gestures toward the door and they move toward it;
	but Farallon's attention remains firmly fixed on Data.

					FARALLON
			Is it true that your computational
			speed is limited only by the
			physical separation of your
			positronic links?

					DATA
			Actually, that is no longer the
			case.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT ONE    10.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (Cont'd)
			I recently converted my main
			interlink sequencer to
			asynchronous operation, which
			removed that performance
			constraint.

	Geordi gently prods them toward the door.

					GEORDI
			Doctor, this way please...

	Data and Farallon go out, still wrapped up in their
	discussion.

					FARALLON
			I see. But how did you resolve
			the signal fragmentation?

					DATA
			The interlink sequencer is now
			bi-directional. It compensates
			for...

	They EXIT through the door, absorbed in talking, and
	Geordi follows.

                                             CUT TO:

14   INT. ENGINEERING

	The exocomp is on the pool table. It has been opened
	up, and inside is a complex mass of circuitry and
	components.

15   WIDEN TO INCLUDE

	Data, Geordi, and Farallon.

    STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT ONE    11.

15   CONTINUED:

					FARALLON
			We've been using devices like this
			on Tyrus Seven for years... the
			basic unit is a common industrial
			servo-mechanism.
				(beat)
			A few years ago... I started
			tinkering with one... this is the
			result.

	Geordi is looking closely inside the device.

					GEORDI
				(impressed)
			Boridium power converter...
			axionic chip network... very
			sophisticated.
				(glancing at Data)
			In terms of sheer computational
			speed, this little guy could
			almost compete with you, Data.

					FARALLON
			Oh, the exocomps don't come close
			to Data's sophistication...

					DATA
			"Exocomps... ?"

					FARALLON
			That's what I call them.

	She closes up the exocomp and turns it on. The
	exocomp panel light flashes, indicating that it is
	active. She picks up the Control PADD.

					FARALLON
			Let's say you had an anti-matter
			flow converter that was
			fluctuating. How would you repair
			it?

					DATA
			The correct procedure would be
			to adjust the converter.

					FARALLON
			With what?

					DATA
			A mode stabilizer.

   STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 9/30/92 - ACT ONE   11A.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					FARALLON
			Okay, let me input the problem
			into the exocomp.
				(as she taps commands)
			... a fluctuating anti-matter flow
			converter...
				(beat)
			Now let's see what happens.

	The exocomp's panel flashes.

    STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT ONE    12.

16   THE EXOCOMP (OPTICAL)

	With a replicator-life effect, a tech tool MATERIALIZES
	on the exocomp.

17   RESUME SCENE

	Geordi studies the new tool and smiles.

					GEORDI
			A mode stabilizer. Very nice.

					DATA
			You have incorporated a
			micro-replication system into the
			device... in order to fashion
			tools.

					FARALLON
			It's more than that. I designed
			the exocomps to be problem
			solvers. Whenever they perform
			a task they've never done before,
			the micro-replicator creates new
			circuit pathways within the unit's
			memory.

					DATA
			So... in a sense, they are
			"learning."

					FARALLON
			Exactly. The more situations they
			encounter, the more circuit
			pathways they build. They become
			better tools as they work.

					GEORDI
			Well, it's impressive technology,
			no doubt about it. Once it's out
			of the experimental stage there'll
			be plenty of applications --

					FARALLON
			Commander, I'm hoping the
			experimental stage is over.

    STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT ONE    13.

17   CONTINUED:

					FARALLON
				(continuing)
			When are we supposed to brief
			Captain Picard on the status of
			the particle fountain?

					GEORDI
			At sixteen hundred hours.

					FARALLON
			Good. I have something to ask
			him.

                                             CUT TO:

17A  OMITTED

18   INT. READY ROOM

	Farallon is there with Picard, Data, and Geordi.

					FARALLON
			Captain, I know you're supposed
			to give your evaluation to
			Starfleet today. I'd like you
			to postpone that report another
			forty-eight hours.

					PICARD
			The Enterprise is scheduled to
			leave the Tyran System tomorrow.
			If I'm to change that plan, I'll
			need a good reason.

					FARALLON
			I realize that, sir.

	She hesitates, looks around the room, then plunges in.

    STAR TREK: "The Quality... " REV. 9/29/92 - ACT ONE    14.

18   CONTINUED:

					FARALLON
			If you're going to make a
			recommendation to Starfleet about
			using the particle fountain on
			Carema... it seems only fair that
			you see it working at full
			strength.

					PICARD
			Agreed.

					FARALLON
			I think I can complete the
			project... and boost the
			efficiency of the particle
			stream... if I use exocomps --
			the new devices I've constructed.

	Picard ponders this.

					PICARD
			I understand one of these devices
			successfully repaired the faulty
			power grid...

					FARALLON
			Yes, sir. I've been testing them
			on a limited basis, but I think
			they're ready to be used on a
			larger scale.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, what are your
			thoughts?

					GEORDI
			I guess the only risk... is
			falling even further behind.

					FARALLON
			I'm willing to take that risk.

					PICARD
			Mister Data?

    STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT ONE    15.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			The exocomps are highly
			sophisticated devices, sir. If
			they perform to expectations,
			their potential to advance this
			project is considerable.

	Farallon can't help but smile at Data's vote of
	confidence.

					PICARD
			I'm inclined to agree. I don't
			think forty-eight hours is too
			much time to risk -- particularly
			when the gains might be
			substantial.
				(beat)
			You may proceed, Doctor.

					FARALLON
			Thank you, sir.
				(beat)
			If possible, I'd like Commander
			Data to work with me.

	Picard glances at Data.

					DATA
			Thank you, Doctor. I would
			welcome the opportunity.

	Picard rises, signalling the end of the meeting.

                                             CUT TO:

19   INT. STATION CORE (OPTICAL)

	Data watches carefully as an exocomp works on a
	darkened console. A panel is open, and a robot-like
	arm sprouting from the exocomp is working inside.
	Suddenly, the darkened console LIGHTS UP and hums to
	life.

	Farallon comes up to Data.

   STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT ONE   15A.

19   CONTINUED:

					FARALLON
			Commander. There's a plasma
			conduit in one of the access
			tunnels that's ready to be
			sealed. It's the perfect job for
			an exocomp.

					DATA
			I agree, Doctor.

    STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT ONE    16.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

	Farallon points out one of the conduit openings. Data
	takes out the control PADD and taps in commands. The
	exocomp PANEL FLASHES in response and...

20   THE EXOCOMP (OPTICAL)

	It ENTERS THE TUNNEL.

21   RESUME SCENE (OPTICAL)

					FARALLON
			Well, Mister Data. What is your
			analysis so far?

					DATA
			I have successfully completed
			fourteen separate tasks with this
			exocomp in the past hour. I
			estimate it would have taken two
			people nine hours to accomplish
			the same tasks. I would
			characterize the unit's
			performance as excellent.

					FARALLON
				(pleased)
			I hope Commander La Forge and
			Captain Picard agree with you.

					DATA
			I am confident that they will.
			Commander La Forge is an excellent
			--

	At that moment, the EXOCOMP EMERGES FROM THE TUNNEL
	and settles slowly to the ground. Puzzled reactions
	from Data and Farallon.

	Farallon picks up the exocomp and puts it on a table.
	She checks a console readout.

					FARALLON
				(puzzled)
			It didn't finish sealing the
			plasma conduit.
				(beat; to Data)
			Send it back in.

    STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT ONE    17.

21   CONTINUED:

	Data taps some commands into the control PADD, but this
	time there are no corresponding flashes from the
	exocomp -- it is completely unresponsive.

					DATA
			It is not accepting my commands.

	Farallon takes the PADD from Data.

					FARALLON
			Maybe there's a malfunction in
			its control processor. Let me
			see if I can override it...

	She begins to work the PADD. and the PADD OVERLOADS
	in a surge of electricity. Startled, she drops the
	PADD.

					DATA
			Doctor --

					FARALLON
				(quickly)
			I'm all right. The control padd
			just overloaded.
				(beat)
			What's the matter with this thing?

	They're both looking curiously at the exocomp when
	suddenly, the access tunnel EXPLODES. The shock of
	the blast staggers them both.

	Off their startled reactions as various NDs rush over
	to control the situation.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT TWO    18.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

22   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit near the space station.

23   OMITTED

24   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi with Data and Farallon, examining the
	unresponsive exocomp. Geordi's in the process of
	connecting an optical cable from the exocomp to a
	computer console.

					FARALLON
			The exocomp came out of the
			plasma conduit... we tried to
			override the commands and send
			it back in... but it just -- shut
			down. It's been completely
			unresponsive ever since.

					GEORDI
			Let's see what our computer has
			to say...

	He makes the final connection and a nearby monitor
	reveals a SCHEMATIC which shows a dense, chaotic web
	of circuit pathways within the exocomp. Some of the
	lines are dark to indicate that they are not
	functioning.

					DATA
			The interface circuitry which
			links the exocomp to the control
			padd has been completely burned
			out.

					GEORDI
			That's strange... is there any
			evidence of secondary power
			surges?

					DATA
			No.

	Geordi points to a section of the monitor.

   STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 9/30/92 - ACT TWO   19.

24   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			But what's going on there... ?
			Data, increase magnification in
			section Gamma-Four.

	The monitor now displays a MAGNIFIED portion of the
	internal circuitry.

					DATA
			Interesting... the number of
			circuit pathways within the
			exocomp has increased by
			six-hundred thirty-two percent.

					FARALLON
			Oh, no...

					GEORDI
			What is it?

	Farallon is not surprised... but she is disappointed.

					FARALLON
			Sometimes an exocomp starts
			forming large numbers of new
			pathways -- totally at random.
			Eventually, it reaches a point
			where it shuts down. Just like
			this one.

	She disconnects the optical cable from the ship's
	computer. Data is puzzled at the peremptory move.

					DATA
			Doctor... the new pathways do not
			appear to be interfering with the
			original circuitry --

					FARALLON
				(explaining)
			Once an exocomp is this badly
			corrupted, it's useless. You have
			to erase the unit and start all
			over again. And there's no time
			for that now.

					GEORDI
			That leaves you with only two of
			them... it's going to slow you
			down...

    STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT TWO    20.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					FARALLON
				(touchy)
			Yes, Commander. You have the
			right to point out that you told
			me so...

					GEORDI
			I just wanted to say that we'll
			be happy to add an extra shift
			to take up the slack...

	Farallon stops, a little embarrassed.

					FARALLON
			I'm sorry. I guess I'm touchy
			these days.

					GEORDI
			It's okay... you've got a lot on
			your shoulders.

	She grins gamely.

					FARALLON
			Guess I'd better get back to it...
				(beat)
			Thanks, Commander.

	And she EXITS. Geordi turns to Data, who is still
	studying the circuitry schematics of the exocomp.

					GEORDI
			I feel sorry for her. This
			project has had nothing but
			problems.
				(beat)
			Why did that plasma conduit
			explode?

					DATA
			Apparently there was a
			micro-fracture in the conduit
			wall. The fault did not register
			on our instruments.

    STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT TWO    21.

24   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
				(offhand, joking)
			I guess it's a good thing the
			exocomp malfunctioned... almost
			seems like it knew just when to
			leave.

	Data reacts to Geordi's statement. He had not
	considered the exocomp's behavior in this way.

					DATA
			Geordi, are you implying that the
			exocomp was exhibiting a form
			of self-preservation?

					GEORDI
				(surprised)
			Of course not.

					TECHNICIAN'S COM VOICE
			Lieutenant Pierson to Commander
			La Forge... sir, could you join
			us in the systems monitor room?

					GEORDI
			On my way.

	He EXITS. Data moves back toward the deactivated
	exocomp... stares at it... picks it up... and then
	EXITS with it in his hand.

25   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Data is at his desk with the exocomp and its control
	padd nearby. Several TECH tools are lying about. Data
	links the exocomp to the ship's computer with an
	optical cable.

					DATA
			Computer... perform a level one
			diagnostic on the exocomp's
			command module.

	There is a brief pause, and then --

					COMPUTER VOICE
			The command pathways are
			functioning normally.

					DATA
			How can that be... if the
			interface circuitry is burned out?

   STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 9/30/92 - ACT TWO   22.

25   CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			The interface circuitry has been
			repaired.

					DATA
			Curious...

	He ponders for a moment.

					DATA
			Computer, access the exocomp's
			sensor logs and confirm that there
			was a failure of the interface
			circuitry within the last twelve
			hours.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Confirmed. Interface failure
			occurred at eleven hundred fifty
			hours today, when the exocomp
			produced a power surge which
			burned out the linkage.

					DATA
			How... and when... was it
			repaired?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			The exocomp activated a
			self-repair program at thirteen
			hundred forty hours.

					DATA
			Why would the exocomp burn out
			its own interface circuitry...
			and then repair it two hours
			later?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Unknown.

	Data stares pensively at the exocomp.

                                             CUT TO:

25A  INT. TEN FORWARD

	Geordi ENTERS, spots Farallon sitting alone at a table,
	gazing out the windows. He approaches.

					GEORDI
			There you are... I thought you'd
			be hard at work by now.

    STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT TWO    23.

25A  CONTINUED:

	She looks up at him, smiles.

					FARALLON
			I wanted a quiet cup of tea before
			I went back... gathering strength,
			I guess...

	He sits with her.

					GEORDI
			I came to tell you I've assigned
			two engineering teams to work on
			the particle fountain.

					FARALLON
			Thank you, Commander. I'm
			grateful.

					GEORDI
			I really admire the work you've
			done. And I'm sorry if the
			exocomps aren't working out...

	She smiles at him... a little weary, a little battered
	by the recent events.

					FARALLON
			You were right... I'm trying to
			move too fast.
				(beat)
			I guess I lack that conservative
			streak most scientists have...
			I always seem to be out on the
			edge, taking chances...

					GEORDI
			I'll bet you were the kind of
			little girl who was always
			climbing one branch higher than
			the other kids...

	She laughs. The feeling between them is looser, more
	amiable than previously.

					FARALLON
			Anything to get to the top of the
			tree...

					GEORDI
			... and I bet you never fell.

      STAR TREK: "The Quality... " REV. 9/28/92 - ACT TWO 24-24A        

25A  CONTINUED: (2)

					FARALLON
			Oh, no -- I fell all the time.
			Usually breaking a bone in the
			process.
				(beat)
			I just never let it stop me.

	Geordi grins, shakes his head.

					GEORDI
				(grinning)
			Well, if it comes down to sheer
			determination -- you'll get that
			particle fountain built.

					FARALLON
			You're right about that,
			Commander. I've spent the last
			six years of my life on this
			project. It's the first thought
			I have when I wake up and the last
			before I go to bed. Whatever
			it takes to prove this
			technology... I'll do it.

26   INT. SICKBAY

	BEVERLY and WORF are dressed in loose workout uniforms.
	Beverly is sitting on a sickbed; there is a bruise on
	her forearm. An ND NURSE administers to her with a TECH
	device. WORF stands near the bed, lecturing Beverly
	patiently. Beverly seems more excited than hurt.

					WORF
			Doctor, if you wish to master the
			bat'telh sword, you must learn
			to strike and avoid in the same
			motion.

    STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT TWO    25.

26   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I almost got in under your guard,
			Worf.

	Worf points to the bruise.

					WORF
			Almost.

					BEVERLY
				(smiles)
			OK... I'll try to keep that in
			mind for my next lesson.

	Worf nods and leaves, encountering Data as he ENTERS.
	The nurse is finishing her treatment.

					BEVERLY
			Thanks.

	As the Nurse moves away, Data approaches.

					DATA
			Doctor, are you injured?

					BEVERLY
			Just my pride, Data.
				(beat)
			What can I do for you?

					DATA
			I would like to ask you a
			question. What is your
			definition of life?

	Beverly gives him a look -- that's a tall order.

					BEVERLY
			That's a big question, Data. Why
			are you asking?

					DATA
			I am searching for a definition
			which will allow me to test an
			hypothesis.

   STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 9/30/92 - ACT TWO   26.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Well, the broadest scientific
			definition might be... that
			life is what enables plants and
			animals to consume food... derive
			energy from it, grow, adapt
			themselves to their
			surroundings... and reproduce.

					DATA
			And you would suggest that
			anything which exhibits those
			characteristics would be
			considered alive?

					BEVERLY
			In general, yes.

					DATA
			What about fire?

					BEVERLY
			Fire?

					DATA
			Yes. It consumes fuel to produce
			energy... it grows... it creates
			offspring... by your definition,
			is it alive?

	Beverly smiles... he's finding the exception to the
	rules.

					BEVERLY
			Fire is a chemical reaction. You
			could make the same argument for
			growing crystals... but obviously,
			we don't consider them alive.

					DATA
			And what about me? I do not
			grow... I do not reproduce...
			and yet I am considered to be
			alive.

					BEVERLY
			That's true. But then you're
			unique.

					DATA
			I wonder if that is so...

   STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 9/30/92 - ACT TWO   26A.

26   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			Data, if I may ask... just what
			is it you're getting at?

					DATA
				(beat)
			I am curious... as to what
			transpired between one moment
			when I was nothing more than an
			assemblage of parts in Doctor
			Soong's laboratory... and the
			next moment when I became
			"alive." What was it that endowed
			me with life?

	Beverly smiles at a recollection.

					BEVERLY
			I remember Wesley asking me a
			similar question when he was
			little. I tried desperately to
			give him an answer... but
			everything I said sounded
			inadequate.

	She looks at Data... who is concentrating intently on
	everything she says.

					BEVERLY
			Then I realized that scientists
			and philosophers had been
			grappling with the same question
			for centuries... without coming
			to any conclusion.

					DATA
			Are you saying that the question
			can never be answered?

					BEVERLY
			No... I think I'm saying that we
			struggle all our lives to answer
			it... and it's the struggle that's
			important. That's what helps us
			define our place in the universe.

	Data regards her calmly for a moment.

					DATA
			I think I understand, Doctor.

   STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 9/30/92 - ACT TWO   27.

26   CONTINUED: (4)

					BEVERLY
			I don't feel like I've helped you
			very much...

					DATA
			On the contrary, Doctor -- you
			have helped a great deal. Thank
			you.

	Data EXITS.

                                             CUT TO:

27   INT. STATION CORE

	Geordi approaches Farallon.

					GEORDI
			Okay. I've split the engineering
			teams among all the shifts. If
			nothing else goes wrong, that
			should be enough to help you
			finish on time.

					FARALLON
			With the help of the exocomps,
			I think we will.

					GEORDI
				(beat, joking)
			Do you think they'll toe the
			line... ?

	She smiles and picks up the exocomp PADD, begins
	programming it.

					FARALLON
				(lightly)
			Don't worry... they know who's
			in charge...

	Data ENTERS from the adjoining room.

					DATA
			Doctor, please... I must ask you
			to stop using the exocomps.

					FARALLON
			Why? Is there something wrong
			with them?

    STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT TWO    28.

27   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			No. It is not that.

	He looks first at Geordi, then back at her.

					DATA
			I have reason to believe that the
			exocomps are alive.

	And off Farallon and Geordi's puzzled reactions --

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT THREE   29.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

28   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	and the space station, in orbit as before.

29   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Data, Troi, Beverly, Geordi, and Farallon.
	Farallon is fuming.

					FARALLON
			Captain, I object to being called
			here. I'm wasting time that could
			be better spent elsewhere.

					PICARD
			Doctor, I appreciate the time
			constraints you're under. But
			recognizing new life -- whatever
			its form -- is the principal
			mission of this vessel.
				(beat)
			Mister Data, what makes you think
			the exocomps could be alive?

					DATA
			Sir, when the exocomp left the
			access tunnel prior to the
			explosion, I believe it may have
			been attempting to save itself
			from destruction.

					FARALLON
			Do you have any basis for that
			conclusion?

					DATA
			I believe so. When you attempted
			to override the exocomp and send
			it back into the tunnel, it
			responded by deliberately burning
			out its control interface.

					BEVERLY
			Deliberately?

   STAR TREK: "The Quality... " REV. 9/29/92 - ACT THREE   30.

29   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The computer diagnostic showed
			that the exocomp disabled its own
			interface.

					FARALLON
			That could have been nothing more
			than a malfunction...

					DATA
			However, two hours later, when
			the exocomp was aboard the
			Enterprise and no longer in
			danger... it repaired itself.

	There is a small silence at this.

					DATA
			I believe that the exocomp was
			protecting itself. And if that
			is true, it has demonstrated an
			awareness of its environment --
			and an ability to adapt to that
			environment.

					FARALLON
			You're anthropomorphizing these
			units. Like any mechanical
			device, they occasionally
			malfunction. One time, I saw an
			exocomp enter a reaction chamber
			for no apparent reason and
			vaporize itself. Is that supposed
			to make me think it was suicidal?

					TROI
				(gently)
			Doctor, why is it so difficult
			for you to accept the fact that
			the exocomp could be alive?
				(re: Data)
			After all, you're talking to a
			living machine right now.

					FARALLON
			And I have nothing but the utmost
			respect and admiration for Doctor
			Soong's accomplishment. But his
			intention was to create an
			artificial life form...
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "The Quality... " REV. 9/29/92 - ACT THREE   31.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					FARALLON (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			I created the exocomps to be
			tools. And there's a big
			difference between Data and a
			tool.

					DATA
			There is a big difference between
			a humanoid and a virus, Doctor.
			But both are alive.

					PICARD
			If the possibility exists... no
			matter how slight... that the
			exocomps are lifeforms, then we
			must examine that possibility.

					DATA
			Thank you, sir. And until we have
			a definitive answer, I believe
			that it is inappropriate to
			exploit the exocomps as laborers.

					FARALLON
			Captain, that's absurd.

					BEVERLY
			If they are intelligent life
			forms, we have no right to force
			them to work for us.

					FARALLON
				(to Beverly)
			That's like me telling you not
			to use your tricorder.

					BEVERLY
			Tricorders aren't alive...

					FARALLON
			Neither are exocomps.

   STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT THREE   32.

29   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Clearly these are difficult issues
			to resolve. We must proceed
			carefully. The first task is to
			test Mister Data's hypothesis.

					GEORDI
			Data, you're claiming that this
			exocomp may be alive because it
			demonstrated a survival instinct,
			right?

					DATA
			Yes.

					GEORDI
			So why don't we just threaten its
			survival again and see what
			happens?

	Off reactions.

                                             CUT TO:

30   INT. ENGINEERING - ANGLE ON JEFFRIES TUBE

	Farallon, Data, Geordi, and Picard are gathered near
	the Jeffries tube. Farallon is standing near the
	exocomp with the control PADD in her hands. Geordi
	works a console briefly and looks up.

					GEORDI
			We're almost ready, Doctor. You
			can start programming it.

  STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 9/30/92 - ACT THREE  33.

30   CONTINUED:

	As Farallon starts tapping commands into the control
	PADD; the exocomp flashes in response.

					GEORDI
			What we've done is to recreate
			a situation similar to the one
			the exocomp encountered in the
			plasma conduit.

					DATA
			We have created a small conduit
			breach in this tube. The exocomp
			would normally require several
			minutes to complete this type of
			repair. However, once it enters
			the tube, it will find that a
			plasma cascade failure is in
			progress.

					PICARD
			I assume that is only a
			simulation...

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir. We're running a
			transient overload signal that
			will simulate a failure in exactly
			one minute.

	Farallon has finished programming the exocomp and has
	joined the group.

					FARALLON
			If the exocomp does possess a
			survival instinct, as Mister Data
			claims... it should exit the tube
			before the minute is up in order
			to save itself.

  STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 9/30/92 - ACT THREE  34.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard nods; he likes the plan.

					PICARD
			Very well. Proceed.

	Geordi moves to the console.

					GEORDI
			I'm beginning the test sequence
			now.

	He taps a final command.

					GEORDI
			One minute.

	Farallon taps a final command on the control PADD.

31   THE EXOCOMP (OPTICAL)

	MATERIALIZES the same tech tool as seen in Act One.
	Then it RISES UP and MOVES DOWN THE JEFFRIES TUBE out
	of sight.

32   RESUME SCENE

	Geordi begins a countdown.

					GEORDI
			Fifty seconds...

                                             INTERCUT:

33   INT. JEFFRIES TUBE (OPTICAL)

	As the exocomp works quickly as it attempts to repair
	the tube systems.

					GEORDI
			... thirty seconds...

	Various reactions shots of each person: Farallon is
	skeptical, Picard and Geordi even, and Data impassive.

   STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT THREE   35.

33   CONTINUED:

	Inside the tube, the exocomp works diligently, as
	though unaware of any impending disaster.

					GEORDI
			... ten seconds...

	Farallon allows herself a small smile; she feels she's
	about to be vindicated. Data remains impassive.

	Inside the tube, the exocomp is working furiously.

					GEORDI
			...five... four... three... two...
			one...
				(beat)
			That's it. If this had been for
			real, the tube would've
			exploded... with the exocomp
			inside.

	Reactions as the implications sink in.

					GEORDI
			Go ahead and bring it back,
			Doctor.

	Farallon taps the control panel. A short beat later,
	the exocomp emerges from the Jeffries tube and settles
	gently to the ground. Data stares curiously at the
	exocomp for a beat.

					FARALLON
			Well, Captain, I think we've spent
			more than enough time answering
			this question.
				(to Data)
			I hope the outcome wasn't too much
			of a disappointment, Mister Data.
			It certainly came as no surprise
			to me.

	Data does not react to her tone and answers evenly.

					DATA
			Thank you for your help, Doctor.

   STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT THREE   36.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

					FARALLON
			You're welcome.

	Farallon EXITS.

					PICARD
			You may rest assured that I
			consider this time well spent.

					DATA
			As do I, sir. Thank you.

	Picard EXITS. Off Data's reaction as he stares
	purposefully at the exocomp.

                                             CUT TO:

34   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

35   INT. ENGINEERING - ANGLE ON JEFFRIES TUBE (OPTICAL)

	Data is at the console with the exocomp's control PADD
	nearby. Sporadic flashes coming from the Jeffries tube
	indicate that there's something going on inside it.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			... thirty seconds...

	It's clear that the exocomp is inside the tube. Data
	has been running the test over and over again. Data's
	attention remains fixed on the console (the computer
	voice continues to count down in the b.g.).

	A short beat later, Beverly ENTERS in the b.g.. She
	crosses to Data, a look of concern on her face.

					BEVERLY
			Commander Riker said you were
			still down here.
				(beat)
			He also said the exocomp failed
			the test.

   STAR TREK: "The Quality... " REV. 9/29/92 - ACT THREE   37.

35   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			That is true.

	The console beeps.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Time expired. Test complete.

	Data does not immediately react to the computer's
	notification.

					DATA
			I have completed thirty-four
			additional trials, and the results
			have been the same in each of
			them.
				(beat)
			Perhaps I was wrong in suspecting
			the exocomp was alive.

					BEVERLY
				(beat)
			This was important to you, wasn't
			it?

	Data reflects on this question.

					DATA
			You said earlier that I am unique.
			If so, that means I am alone in
			the universe. As I investigated
			the exocomps, I realized that
			I might be encountering a
			progenitor of myself. Suddenly
			the possibility existed that I
			was no longer alone.
				(beat)
			For that reason, it was --

	At that moment, the EXOCOMP EMERGES from the tunnel
	and drops slowly to the floor. It now has a different
	tool. Data looks at it curiously.

					DATA
			The exocomp has returned...

					BEVERLY
			Isn't that what it's supposed to
			do?

  STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 9/30/92 - ACT THREE  38.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			In the previous thirty-four
			trials, I brought it back once
			the simulated failure occurred.
			This time, we were talking, and I
			neglected to do that.

					BEVERLY
			I distracted you. I'm sorry.

					DATA
			Do not apologize, Doctor. I
			believe we have discovered
			something significant.

					BEVERLY
			What?

					DATA
			The exocomp has replicated a
			different tool... that is not the
			molecular fuser it had when it
			entered the Jeffries tube.

	Data hits controls at his console.

					DATA
			Doctor... the exocomp not only
			completed the repairs... it also
			deactivated the overload signal.

					BEVERLY
			I thought that was just a
			simulation.

					DATA
			It was. And the exocomp must have
			realized that. It saw there was
			no real danger... and completed the
			repairs...

  STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 10/01/92 - ACT THREE  39.

35   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			... and then replicated the
			correct tool to eliminate the
			false overload signal.

					DATA
			I see no other possible
			explanation.

					BEVERLY
			The exocomp didn't fail the test
			-- it saw right through it.

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

  STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 10/01/92 - ACT FOUR  40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

36   INT. STATION CORE (OPTICAL)

	Farallon is at a console, talking to Geordi and Picard.

					FARALLON
			We're definitely making progress,
			Captain. I'm not sure we'll be
			at full capacity within the
			forty-eight hour deadline... but
			we'll be close.

					GEORDI
			It looks like there's still some
			difficulty with the phase
			selectors...

					FARALLON
			That's true... but I'm sure it's
			the last real problem.

	She is quietly determined... but Picard, though kindly,
	sees it differently.

					PICARD
			For the sake of the project, I
			hope you're right.

					FARALLON
			I understand, sir. We're going
			to do our best --

	Suddenly, the STATION LIGHTS GO OUT. After a moment,
	the red BACK-UP LIGHTS TURN ON (Note: the alarms do not
	sound here). Farallon is obviously disappointed. She
	moves over to study a console, and Geordi and Picard
	follow.

					FARALLON
				(off console)
			This is strange. Primary power
			is still on-line.

        STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT FOUR       41.

36   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(checks console)
			Maybe it's another power grid
			malfunction?

	Farallon works the console; she looks worried.

					FARALLON
			I don't think so... something
			seems to be drawing power into
			the main particle impeller.
			That's not a good sign. It could
			mean --

	Suddenly, there's a tremendous EXPLOSION which rocks
	the entire station. The ALARM KLAXONS begin to sound.
	In the center of the room, the core begins to RIPPLE
	WITH ENERGY, filling the room with a FLICKERING GLOW.

					FARALLON
			We've lost internal
			confinement... the particle
			stream is beginning to surge.

	Geordi checks the console and turns quickly to Picard.

					GEORDI
				(urgently)
			Captain, a radiation field is
			going to flood this chamber.
			If we don't get everybody out of
			here immediately...

					PICARD
			Understood. Doctor, we are
			evacuating this station.

					FARALLON
			Captain, I might still be able
			to --

					PICARD
			That is an order, Doctor.
			Assemble all personnel on the
			Transporter pad, now!

	Farallon realizes that it's the only choice. She makes
	no further protest and rushes to get her people
	together. Picard on the move hits his COM.

					PICARD
			Picard to Enterprise...

        STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT FOUR       42.

37   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker and Worf at their stations. The concern on their
	face is evident... they know the situation.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(heavy static)
			... ard to Ent...

					RIKER
			Riker here, sir.

	There is no response.

					WORF
			The radiation field is
			increasing, sir. We are losing
			communications.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
				(heavily static)
			Ent... pare for trans...

					RIKER
			Red alert.

	Red alert SOUNDS.

					RIKER
			Riker to Transporter Room Two.
			Prepare for emergency transport.

38   INT. STATION CORE (OPTICAL)

	Picard herds two NDs onto the Transporter pad. Geordi
	is already at the Transporter console. Secondary
	explosions continue to go off in the b.g. Picard is
	not on the pad.

					GEORDI
			The radiation is setting up a
			field ionization effect, sir.
			We've got less than a minute to
			beam out.

	Farallon rushes over with two more NDs and they all
	crowd onto the platform.

					PICARD
			Is this everybody?

	Farallon takes a quick head count.

					FARALLON
			Where's Takenta?

	She points toward the far corner of the station.

        STAR TREK: "The Quality of Life" - 9/28/92 - ACT FOUR       43.

38   CONTINUED:

					FARALLON
			He was over there, near the
			impeller control.

					GEORDI
				(quickly, to Picard)
			I'll get him, sir.

	Geordi immediately turns and heads away into the
	darkened station and Picard takes his place at the
	console. A tense beat passes. Suddenly we hear a
	muffled explosion.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge!

	There is no answer and sign of Geordi.

					PICARD
			Stand by to transport.

	Picard hits the panel. The Transporter effect
	begins...

					FARALLON
			Captain -- you'll be trapped here
			--

	... and Farallon and her team DEMATERIALIZE. Picard
	moves back through the station.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge... Mister La
			Forge!

	In the far corner of the station, Geordi is on his
	hands and knees. Beside him is the motionless body
	of an ND. Both their uniforms are blackened from an
	explosion. Picard rushes over.

					PICARD
			Geordi, are you all right?

					GEORDI
			I'm okay... I only caught the edge
			of it...

	Picard looks at the ND body.

					GEORDI
			He's dead, sir.

	Picard looks from the body to the glowing core. The
	implications are clear: they could both soon be joining
	him. Off their reactions.

                                             CUT TO:

         STAR TREK: "The Quality... " REV. 9/29/92 - ACT FOUR        44.

39   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	The five people from the station are walking off the
	platform, having just beamed in.

                                             INTERCUT:

40   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data ENTERS from the Turbolift and takes his position.

					RIKER
			Chief, do you have them?

					KELSO
			They're here, sir.

					RIKER
			Is everyone all right?

	She moves to a com panel.

					FARALLON
			We're fine, sir.
				(beat)
			But Captain Picard and Commander
			La Forge are still on the station.

	Riker reacts.

					RIKER
			Kelso, can you get them off?

					KELSO
				(works console)
			I've been trying, sir... I can't
			establish a pattern lock...

					FARALLON
			Commander... we barely managed
			to transport off ourselves. The
			field ionization is too intense.

	Riker reacts.

       STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT FOUR       45.

40   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(off console)
			Commander, the particle fountain
			is continuing to surge. At the
			present rate, the radiation within
			the station core will reach fatal
			levels in twenty-three minutes.

                                             CUT TO:

41   INT. STATION CORE (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and Picard are lit by the flickering glow of
	the core. They have moved a few consoles into an area
	of the station farthest from the core. There's a
	feeling of urgency as Picard moves a final console into
	place.

					GEORDI
			Captain, if I can access the field
			emitters, we should be able to
			establish a force field... see
			if you can link your console to
			my command system sub-routine.

					PICARD
			All right...

	Geordi and Picard works the consoles for a beat.

					PICARD
			Link established.

					GEORDI
			Okay, here goes...

	He taps a command and the FORCE FIELD EFFECT comes on.
	They and the consoles are surrounded. The EFFECT looks
	staticky and unstable.

					PICARD
			I'm reading power fluctuations...
			the field's not stable...

					GEORDI
			Yeah... the radiation levels are
			too high... the emitters are
			beginning to deteriorate...

					PICARD
			How long can we expect this force
			field to last?

       STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT FOUR      45A.

41   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Not very long...

					PICARD
			We have to keep it up long enough
			to give Commander Riker the time
			he needs to get to us...

					GEORDI
			Maybe we can help him out... see
			if you can access the emergency
			shut-down routine... I'll try to
			activate the ionic dampers.

	They get to work.

                                             CUT TO:

         STAR TREK: "The Quality... " REV. 9/28/92 - ACT FOUR        46.

42   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data and Riker are at the Aft science station.

					DATA
			A force field was activated on
			the station a few moments ago.
			It is possible that Commander La
			Forge has established a
			low-intensity deflector field.

					RIKER
			It won't last long in that
			radiation...

					DATA
			No, sir. My readings indicate
			that it will fail in approximately
			twenty-two minutes.

	Riker moves away and Data follows.

43   NEW ANGLE

	Farallon is now on the Bridge. The air is tense and
	grim. Riker and Data move to the command chairs.

					RIKER
			All right, we've got twenty-two
			minutes. I want some options.

					WORF
			Can we send a shuttlecraft to
			evacuate them?

					FARALLON
				(shakes her head)
			We'd never get to them in time.

					RIKER
			Then we'll have to find a way to
			shut down the particle fountain.

	Farallon considers the problem.

         STAR TREK: "The Quality... " REV. 9/28/92 - ACT FOUR        47.

43   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			What if we detonated a low-yield
			photon torpedo within the particle
			stream? Wouldn't that shut it
			down?

					FARALLON
			We'd have to configure the torpedo
			very carefully... the shape of
			the shock wave would be critical.
				(beat)
			But it could work.

					RIKER
			How long would it take to set up?

					DATA
			I estimate that it would take a
			minimum of sixty-five minutes to
			properly configure the torpedo.

					RIKER
			We don't have that much time.

	A beat.

         STAR TREK: "The Quality... " REV. 9/28/92 - ACT FOUR        48.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

					FARALLON
			Commander -- maybe the exocomps
			can help us.

	They all look at her, intrigued.

					FARALLON
			I can program their boridium power
			cells to explode on command. They
			can be configured just like a
			photon torpedo... but it would
			only take a few minutes.

	Riker hesitates, realizing the sensitivity of this
	issue.

					DATA
			Commander. I must object to this
			plan.

	Riker sympathizes with Data's concerns, but he's a man
	without many options.

					RIKER
			Data, we've been through this
			already. We tested the exocomp...
			and it failed.

					DATA
			Sir, Doctor Crusher and I
			discovered that the exocomp did
			not fail the test. It is still
			my belief that we are dealing
			with a new life form --

        STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 9/30/92 - ACT FOUR       49.

43   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
				(urgently)
			Data, you know how much I value
			your judgment. But I can't risk
			the Captain and Geordi on the
			basis of your "belief".
				(to Farallon)
			Doctor... prepare the exocomps.

					DATA
			Commander, if I am correct, the
			exocomps will not allow themselves
			to be destroyed. They have a
			sense of survival, and will shut
			down before they will comply with
			the order.

	Farallon gives him a look... he's probably right...
	then, to Riker --

					FARALLON
			I could disconnect their command
			pathways before I program them.
			That way they can't malfunction.

					RIKER
			Do it.

	Farallon EXITS through the Turbolift. Off Data's
	reaction.

                                             CUT TO:

44   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Farallon and Kelso. The three exocomps are on the
	Transporter platform. Farallon is tapping the last few
	commands into the control PADD. She finishes and moves
	a com panel.

					FARALLON
			Commander Riker... we're ready.

                                             INTERCUT:

45   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, target two hundred
			meters below the apex of the
			particle stream and feed the
			coordinates to Transporter Room
			Two.

         STAR TREK: "The Quality... " REV. 9/28/92 - ACT FOUR        50.

45   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Aye, sir.
				(works console)
			Coordinates received.

					RIKER
			Mister Kelso... Energize.

	An instant before Kelso he can comply, his Transporter
	controls go out. He tries to reactivate them...
	nothing. He continues to work the darkened panel with
	mounting frustration.

					RIKER
			Mister Kelso?

					KELSO
				(confused)
			I'm sorry, sir... the Transporter
			system just went dead... there's
			some kind of malfunction...

					RIKER
				(quickly)
			Run a diagnostic immediately.
			Try bypassing the --

	Data turns to Riker from his chair.

					DATA
			Commander, that will not be
			necessary. The Transporter is
			not malfunctioning. I have locked
			out the controls.

	Off Riker's stunned reaction.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 10/01/92 - ACT FIVE       51.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

46   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	as the doors OPEN and Riker and Data ENTER. Riker is
	furious, but he's keeping it tightly in check.

					RIKER
			Mister Data, I gave you a direct
			order. Release the Transporter
			lock-out. Now.

					DATA
			I cannot do that, sir.

					RIKER
			If you don't, I'll relieve you
			of duty.

					DATA
			That is your prerogative, sir.
			Under Starfleet regulations,
			direct insubordination is a court
			martial offense.
				(beat)
			But I cannot release the
			Transporter.

	Riker stares at him in frustration.

					RIKER
			Data, those are two of your
			friends out there. They've saved
			your life more times than I can
			remember. I can't believe you'd
			be willing to sacrifice them like
			this.

					DATA
			Commander, please do not think
			I have made an arbitrary decision.
			I have considered the
			ramifications of my actions
			carefully. And I do not believe
			it is justifiable to sacrifice one
			life form for another.

       STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 10/01/92 - ACT FIVE       52.

46   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			But you don't know that the
			exocomps are life forms...

					DATA
			It is true that I am acting on
			a personal belief. But I do not
			see how I can do otherwise.

					RIKER
			You're risking a lot on the basis
			of a belief...

					DATA
			I have observed that humans often
			base their judgments on nothing
			more than what is referred to as
			"intuition" or "instinct." Because
			I am a machine, I lack that
			particular ability. However...
			it is possible that I may have
			an insight into other machines
			that humans lack.

					RIKER
			If there were a way to save the
			Captain and Geordi without
			destroying the exocomps, I'd jump
			at it. But I'm running out of
			time... and this is the only
			solution I've got.

        STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 9/30/92 - ACT FIVE       53.

46   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Then let me offer an alternative.
			If you transport me to the
			station, I will try to complete
			a manual shut down of the particle
			stream.

					RIKER
			The radiation levels are too high,
			even for you. Your positronic
			net would be ionized within
			minutes. I can't let you
			sacrifice yourself.

					DATA
			If I give up my life to save my
			fellow officers, that is my
			choice. The exocomps no longer
			have that choice.

	They've reached an impasse... Riker is frustrated and
	desperate to find a solution.

					RIKER
			Then... what if we re-connect
			their command pathways and give
			them a choice?

					DATA
			A choice, sir?

					RIKER
			Data, you've assumed the exocomps
			will shut themselves down before
			undertaking this mission... at
			least, we can ask them if they're
			willing to proceed.

	Data ponders this for a beat...

					DATA
			That seems reasonable, sir... if
			they choose to go, I would be
			willing to release the Transporter
			lock-out.

					RIKER
			Fair enough...

	And they head for the door.

       STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 10/01/92 - ACT FIVE       54.

47   OMITTED

48   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Data, Riker, and Farallon. She is working the control
	PADD. The three exocomps are on the Transporter pad.

					FARALLON
			All right... I've enabled the
			command pathways.

	She hands the PADD to Data. He takes it and begins
	entering commands.

					DATA
			If the exocomps do not shut down
			after I have programmed them, we
			may assume that they are willing
			to go.

	Data finishes programming, and the three turn to look
	at the exocomps. They are blinking and beeping like
	mad. Then the blinking and beeping subsides.

					RIKER
			What does that mean? Are they
			willing to go or not?

					FARALLON
			They haven't shut down...

					DATA
			They seem to be re-programming
			the commands I entered...

					RIKER
			Re-programming them... ?

					DATA
			Clearly, they are not willing to
			be transported into the stream
			for detonation... however, they
			may have an alternate solution.

					FARALLON
			Something we haven't considered?
			Now you're suggesting they have
			superior intelligence.

       STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 10/02/92 - ACT FIVE       55.

48   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Not at all... but they do have
			superior experience, Doctor...
			during their service, they have
			interfaced with every part of the
			station core... something none
			of us has done, including
			yourself. They may have another
			way to control the particle surge.

					KELSO
			Sir... new coordinates are being
			fed to the Transporter -- by the
			exocomps.
				(beat as he studies)
			The coordinates are inside the
			station core.

	Data, Farallon, and Riker exchange glances. This seems
	pretty conclusive evidence.

					RIKER
			Kelso -- energize.

					KELSO
			Aye, sir.

49   INT. STATION CORE (OPTICAL)

	The exocomps MATERIALIZE near the damaged core.
	Picard, working on his console, sees them arrive.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge...

	Geordi moves toward him, sees the exocomps. They are
	now arranged around the core in a triangular pattern.

					GEORDI
			What are they up to?

	The exocomps MATERIALIZE identical tools.

					GEORDI
			Those look like power-taps of some
			kind...

	Now, an energy beam jumps from one exocomp's tool to
	the core... a leaping pulse of phased energy... now
	the second exocomp does the same... then the third...

       STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT FIVE       56.

49   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			That's exactly what they are...
			the exocomps are siphoning off
			power from the core...

					GEORDI
			They're trying to distort the
			particle stream frequency. That
			might open up a window that the
			Enterprise can use to beam us
			out...

	They watch expectantly as the exocomps continue
	working.

					GEORDI
			If they can modulate the radiation
			field... it'll work. But they'll
			have to get the sub-harmonic
			frequencies to resonance...

	Geordi checks his console...

					GEORDI
			The particle stream frequency is
			fluctuating... they're having
			trouble controlling the
			feedback... it may be more power
			than they can handle...

					PICARD
			Can we help them? Is there any
			way we can moderate the power
			transfer?

					GEORDI
			We've done all we can, sir... it's
			up to them now.

	There is an anxious moment... and then suddenly there
	is a qualitative change in the SOUND from the exocomps.

					GEORDI
			This is incredible... they're
			balancing the power absorption
			rates...
				(beat)
			It's working... the particle
			stream is beginning to distort...
				(beat)
			Almost at resonance...
				(beat)
			They've got it.

        STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 9/30/92 - ACT FIVE       57.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Drop the force field.

	Geordi hits a control and the force field vanishes.

50   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

					KELSO
			Commander, I've got a pattern
			lock!

					RIKER
			Energize --

	As Kelso works the Transporter...

	Picard and Geordi MATERIALIZE on the platform.
	Everyone breathes a sigh of relief.

					DATA
				(to Kelso)
			Can you lock on to the exocomps?

					KELSO
				(working)
			I'm trying, sir...

50A  INT. STATION CORE (OPTICAL)

	Two of the exocomps begin to DEMATERIALIZE... one of
	them remains intact, projecting the energy beam...
	making it possible for the other two to transport.
	Then they are gone... it is left alone... the energy
	beam DISAPPEARS. The exocomp BEEPS once... and then
	its lights blink out one by one.

50B  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	The two exocomps are in place on the platform. Kelso
	is working at the console.

        STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 9/30/92 - ACT FIVE      57A.

50B  CONTINUED:

					KELSO
			I'm sorry, sir. I was only able
			to lock onto two of them.
			For some reason I couldn't fix a
			signal on the other one.

					GEORDI
			One of them had to continue
			disrupting the particle stream...
			absorbing that much power would
			prevent a signal lock...

					DATA
			It was the only way to save the
			other two.

	And as they absorb this...

                                             CUT TO:

       STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 10/01/92 - ACT FIVE       58.

51   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit near the space station. The particle fountain
	is now extinguished.

52   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard, Data, and Farallon.

					FARALLON
			I must admit you've given me a
			lot to think about, Commander
			Data... I'm not exactly sure what
			the exocomps are... but you can
			be assured that until I do, I
			won't be treating them as simple
			tools.

					DATA
			Thank you, Doctor.
				(beat)
			I wish your work on the particle
			fountain had been more
			successful... perhaps the exocomps
			will be able to help you to
			re-construct it.

					FARALLON
			I hope they will...
				(to Picard)
			... and I predict in a year or two
			you'll be able to recommend the
			technology to Starfleet.

					PICARD
			I'll look forward to it.

	She smiles her good-bye and EXITS, but Data does not
	follow her.

					PICARD
			Something more, Mister Data?

					DATA
			Yes, sir. I thought you might
			be curious why I would be willing
			to risk your life for several small
			machines.

					PICARD
			I think I understand the
			predicament you were in. It
			cannot have been an easy choice.

       STAR TREK: "The Quality... " - REV. 10/01/92 - ACT FIVE       59.

52   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			No, sir. It was not. Several
			years ago, when my status as a
			living being was in question,
			you fought to protect my rights
			-- and for that, I will always
			be grateful.
				(beat)
			The exocomps had no such advocate,
			sir. If I had not acted in their
			behalf, they would have been
			destroyed. I could not allow that
			to happen.

	Picard understands, and is touched by Data's
	sentiments.

53   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	warps away.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                  "Chain of Command, Part I" 
                          #40276-236 
                              
                           Story by 
                       Frank Abatemarco 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Robert Scheerer 


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    STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Part I" - 10/07/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                  "Chain of Command, Part I" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             NECHAYEV
                RIKER              JELLICO
                DATA               GUL LEMEC
                BEVERLY            MADRED
                TROI               SOLOK
                WORF               
                GEORDI             
                COMPUTER VOICE 
    
                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  N.D. CREWMEMBERS   N.D. ALIENS
                                     GLIN CORAK
                                     GLIN TAJOR
                                     SIX CARDASSIANS

    STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Part I" - 10/06/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                   "Chain of Command, Part I"
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CORRIDOR                 CAIRO
              ENGINEERING
              OBS. LOUNGE              CARDASSIAN SHIP
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              READY ROOM               SHUTTLECRAFT
              SHUTTLECRAFT
              TEN FORWARD              CELTRIS THREE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              HOLODECK (CAVERNS)
          
              CAVERNS
                CAVE BOTTOM
                ENTRANCE
                INSTALLATION ENTRANCE
                LARGE CHAMBER
                LAVA TUBE
                PRECIPICE
          
              TORMAN BAR

STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Part, I" - 10/07/92 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                  "Chain of Command, Part I" 
                     
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                     ALYNNA        al-EE-ah-na
                     CELTRAN       sell-TRAN
                     CORAK         KOR-ack
                     LA BARRE      la BAR
                     LYNARS        LIE-nars
                     MADRED        muh-DRED
                     PITONS        PEE-tons
                     TAJOR         TAY-jor
                     TORMAN        TOR-man
                     NECHAYEV      NEH-che-yev
                     LEMEC         leh-MEK
                     SOLOK         soh-LOK
                     DAIMON        DAY-mon

   STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - TEASER   1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "Chain of Command"                           
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & CAIRO (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise and the CAIRO, an Excelsior-class ship,
	are running side by side at impulse. (STOCK)

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log: Stardate 46357.4
			We have rendezvoused with the
			starship Cairo near the Cardassian
			border for an urgent meeting with
			Vice-Admiral Nechayev.

2    INT. READY ROOM

	PICARD is just removing a cup of tea from the
	replicator. The door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	RIKER and ADMIRAL NECHAYEV ENTER. Nechayev is a tall
	graceful woman in her late fifties, with a dark
	complexion. She charges into the room, her every
	movement emphasizing urgency.

					RIKER
				(to Nechayev)
			Admiral, may I present Captain
			Picard.

					PICARD
			Welcome aboard, Admiral.

					NECHAYEV
			Thank you.
				(brusque, to Riker)
			That will be all, Commander.

	Riker EXITS.

					PICARD
				(warm, to Nechayev)
			May I offer you some tea or --

   STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - TEASER   1A.

2    CONTINUED:

					NECHAYEV
			Thank you no, Captain. I'm afraid
			there's no time for the usual
			pleasantries.
				(quick beat)
			I'm here to relieve you of command
			of the Enterprise.

	Off Picard's stunned expression...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

   STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT ONE   2.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

3    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Riker, DATA, and TROI are seated around the table,
	listening to Admiral Nechayev as she paces about the
	room. Nechayev's attitude is clipped and to the
	point... she has no time for niceties here. Riker and
	the others are a little off-balance as they play catch-up
	in this rapidly changing situation.

					NECHAYEV
			The Cardassian forces which were
			recently withdrawn from the
			Bajoran sector, have been
			redeployed along the Federation
			border. They've mobilized three
			divisions of ground troops... and
			their subspace communications have
			increased by fifty percent. We
			believe they're preparing for an
			incursion into Federation space.

					RIKER
			Are the Cardassians really ready
			for war?

					NECHAYEV
			I didn't say war, Commander. I
			said incursion. Our intelligence
			reports suggest they'll try to
			seize one of the disputed systems
			along the border. We think
			they're gambling that the
			Federation won't actually go to
			war over one system.

					TROI
			Will we?

	There's an ominous beat before Nechayev answers.

					NECHAYEV
			I hope we won't need to make that
			decision.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT ONE   3.

3    CONTINUED:

					NECHAYEV (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			We've decided to send the
			Enterprise to meet with a
			Cardassian representative and open
			talks. We're hoping that the
			presence of the Federation
			flagship on the border will send
			a message to their leadership
			about how seriously we view this
			situation.

					RIKER
			Where is Captain Picard?

	Nechayev gives him a very direct look. Clearly this is
	not a subject she wishes to pursue.

					NECHAYEV
			The Captain, your Chief Medical
			Officer, and Security Chief have
			been... reassigned.
				(quickly shutting down
				 questions)
			That's all I can tell you for now.

	All this is clearly unsettling to the Enterprise
	officers, but Nechayev simply continues.

					NECHAYEV
			Do any of you know Edward Jellico?

	They glance at each other.

					DATA
			He is the commanding officer of
			the Cairo.

					RIKER
			I've heard of him. But I don't
			think any of us have ever --

					NECHAYEV
			I'm giving him command of the
			Enterprise this afternoon.

	There are startled reactions from around the table.

					NECHAYEV
			Captain Jellico helped to
			negotiate the original armistice
			two years ago and I believe he is
			the most qualified person to lead
			this mission.

   STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT ONE   4.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

	Nechayev's look and tone of voice leave little room for
	argument.

					NECHAYEV
			The change of command will take
			place at thirteen hundred hours.
			Thank you.

	There is a beat, then everyone begins to EXIT. Riker
	stops Nechayev.

					RIKER
			Admiral...

	Nechayev stops, but Riker waits until everyone else has
	left the room.

					RIKER
			With all due respect... it isn't
			necessary to give Captain Jellico
			command of the Enterprise in order
			to conduct a negotiation.

					NECHAYEV
				(flatly)
			I disagree. The Enterprise will
			be in a dangerous situation and I
			want someone on the Bridge who has
			a great deal of experience with
			the Cardassians. No offense
			Commander, but that's not you.

	Nechayev EXITS, leaving a very disturbed Riker alone in
	the room.

                                             CUT TO:

4    INT. CAVES/HOLODECK (OPTICAL)

	BEVERLY and WORF are running down a dark tunnel. They
	are each wearing black jumpsuits, with backpacks and
	they're both smudged and dirty. They round a corner
	and stop. Worf looks back down the tunnel while
	Beverly quickly pulls a DEVICE out of her pack and sets
	it on the ground. Worf FIRES a blast down the tunnel
	into the darkness as Beverly activates the unit and a
	FORCEFIELD FLASHES into effect, covering the width of
	the tunnel.

  STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. I" - 10/06/92 - ACT ONE  5.

5    NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	They both glance down the tunnel and then turn to go...
	but they quickly stop as they run into CARDASSIAN #1,
	who is pointing a weapon at them both.

	Beverly and Worf react... they've been caught.

					PICARD'S VOICE
				(o.c.)
			Freeze program.

	The Cardassian FREEZES. Worf and Beverly relax, but
	they're clearly frustrated.

6    INCLUDE PICARD

	who is standing off to one side, observing them. As
	Beverly and Worf catch their breath, Picard moves over
	to the tunnel where they just emerged. (The frozen
	Cardassian is now o.c.)

					PICARD
			You were at least five seconds
			slower this time.

					WORF
			You increased the difficulty
			level, sir.

					PICARD
			It'll be a lot more difficult
			where we're going.

					BEVERLY
			Which is where, exactly?

					PICARD
			I'm sorry, but I can't tell you
			that yet.

	Beverly sits down on a rock. She's extremely fatigued
	and frustrated.

					WORF
			Captain... it would be helpful to
			know something about our mission.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf... I have my orders.
			I'm sure you understand.

	Worf nods. Picard moves to the device Beverly attached
	to the rock face.

   STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/13/92 - ACT ONE   6.

6    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(re: device)
			Now... this deflector isn't set
			properly. You have to position
			the emitter array so that it
			blocks the entire passageway or
			it's useless.

	Beverly's irritation is starting to show.

					BEVERLY
			Sorry. I guess I was paying too
			much attention to getting away
			from that last Cardassian. Or
			maybe it was the phaser blasts...
			or the falling rocks...

	Picard realizes he's pushing them pretty hard and he
	backs off for the moment. He moves in closer to
	them... trying to rally his tired troops.

					PICARD
			I know this is difficult. But for
			now, all I can do is ask you to
			trust me.

	Beverly wearily looks into Picard's eyes... and finds
	that she has no choice but to trust him.

					BEVERLY
			All right. Let's do it again.

	She gets to her feet as Picard smiles.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, time Doctor Crusher
			and me through the first tunnel.
				(with a smile)
			We'll pick up those five seconds
			this time.

	Beverly and Picard start to run back down the tunnel.

                                             CUT TO:

7    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & CAIRO (OPTICAL)

	The two ships side by side. (STOCK)

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/13/92 - ACT ONE  6A.

8    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Riker is waiting near the platform. After a beat,
	CAPTAIN EDWARD JELLICO MATERIALIZES. He is a lean,
	trim man with rugged features and flashing eyes. He
	bounds off the platform and moves quickly to Riker, his
	every move suggesting a boundless supply of energy and
	enthusiasm.

					RIKER
			Welcome aboard the Enterprise,
			sir. I'm Commander --

  STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. I" - 10/06/92 - ACT ONE  7.

8    CONTINUED:

	He shakes Riker's hand with genuine warmth.

					JELLICO
			William T. Riker. Class of 'fifty-seven,
			graduated eighth in the
			class. I'm looking forward to
			serving with you, Commander.

					RIKER
				(a little taken aback)
			Thank you, sir. So am I.

	Jellico moves toward the doors and Riker follows.

					JELLICO
			I'm sure this change in command
			has taken everyone a little by
			surprise.

					RIKER
			Well... yes, sir.

	They EXIT to the Corridor.

9    INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	Jellico and Riker ENTER from the Transporter Room.
	Jellico sets a brisk pace.

					JELLICO
			It caught me by surprise too. I
			must admit, I miss the Cairo
			already. But a Galaxy-class
			ship... that's something special.
			I can understand why you've turned
			down a ship of your own to remain
			aboard.

	The issue is more complex than that, but Jellico
	doesn't seem to be interested in lengthy conversation.

					RIKER
			Yes, sir.

					JELLICO
			How many duty watches does the
			crew stand?

					RIKER
			We're on a standard three shift
			rotation.

  STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. I" - 10/06/92 - ACT ONE  8.

9    CONTINUED:

	Jellico doesn't hesitate to take charge here and to
	make changes. He's a man who's used to making instant
	decisions.

					JELLICO
			I'd like to change that to four
			starting tonight. I'd also like
			to examine your duty roster and
			crew evaluations as soon as
			possible. I want readiness
			reports from each department head
			by fourteen hundred hours and a
			meeting of the senior staff at
			fifteen hundred. Do you prefer
			Wil or William?

					RIKER
			Uh... Wil, sir.

	Jellico ENTERS a Turbolift and turns around, clearly
	not inviting Riker to join him.

					JELLICO
			Where are my quarters, Wil?

					RIKER
			We've assigned you to cabin seven
			three five. That's up on deck --

					JELLICO
				(to com)
			Deck seven.
				(to Riker)
			I'll see you at thirteen hundred
			hours.

	The Turbolift doors CLOSE, leaving Riker in the
	Corridor. Riker takes a moment to react to the fast
	pace of his new Captain, then he heads off down the
	Corridor.

                                             CUT TO:

10   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & CAIRO (OPTICAL)

	The Cairo peels off from the Enterprise and heads away.
	(STOCK)

   STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT ONE   9.

11   INT. TEN FORWARD

	A large number of N.D. CREWMEMBERS are gathered here
	along with Data, Riker, GEORDI, Troi, Worf, and Beverly
	(now back in normal uniform).

	Everyone is standing together facing the windows where
	a small podium has been erected. Picard is standing at
	the podium, with Jellico at his side. They are both
	wearing dress uniforms.

					RIKER
				(to group)
			Attention to orders.

	Everyone snaps to attention. Picard reads from a PADD
	on the podium.

					PICARD
				(to group)
			To Captain Jean-Luc Picard,
			Commanding Officer, USS
			Enterprise. Stardate 46358. You
			are hereby requested and required
			to relinquish command of your
			vessel to Captain Edward Jellico,
			Commanding Officer, USS Cairo as
			of this date. Signed, Vice-Admiral
			Alynna Nechayev, Starfleet
			Command.

	Picard turns to face Jellico.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Computer, transfer all command
			codes to Captain Edward Jellico.
			Voice authorization: Picard-delta-five.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Transfer complete. USS Enterprise
			now under command of Captain
			Edward Jellico.

	A BOSUN'S whistle is HEARD.

					JELLICO
				(to Picard)
			I relieve you, sir.

					PICARD
			I stand relieved.

	Picard shakes Jellico's hand and the ceremony is over.


 STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. I" - 10/06/92 - ACT ONE 10.

11   CONTINUED:

					JELLICO
				(to group)
			Dismissed.

	People applaud and then begin mixing, talking and
	helping themselves to food and drink.

12   GEORDI AND RIKER

	As they stand off by themselves.

					GEORDI
				(to Riker)
			I wonder how permanent this is
			going to be.

					RIKER
			I don't know... but they don't
			usually go through the ceremony if
			it's just a temporary assignment.

13   TROI AND BEVERLY

	Beverly sits down on one of the benches against the
	wall. She stretches a couple of sore muscles. Troi
	joins her.

					TROI
			Sore?

					BEVERLY
			Sore doesn't begin to describe it.

	Troi wants to ask what she's been doing, but knows that
	she can't. Beverly sees the curiosity in Troi's face.

					BEVERLY
			I know. I wish I could talk about
			it.

	Troi nods and they sit awkwardly together in silence.

14   PICARD AND JELLICO

	As they walk through the crowd.

					PICARD
			Most of the secondary systems were
			replaced during our last overhaul.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT ONE  11.

14   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			I don't think they'll give you any
			problems. But you might want to
			check on the port lateral --

	Jellico smiles and claps Picard on the shoulder in a
	jovial way.

					JELLICO
			I'll take care of the Enterprise,
			Jean-Luc. You don't have to
			mother me.

	Picard smiles, a little embarrassed. Jellico glances
	around to make sure that no one is listening.

					JELLICO
			How's your team shaping up?

	Picard glances around also, and then steers them even
	farther away from the others. Although we're not sure
	what they're talking about yet, it's clearly something
	important.

					PICARD
				(quiet)
			It's going well. But I would
			prefer more current intelligence
			on the exact lay-out of the
			installation. The most recent
			information is over two years old.

					JELLICO
				(quiet shock)
			Two years... I don't know how
			Nechayev ever talked you into
			this.

					PICARD
				(wry)
			She didn't give me a choice.

					JELLICO
				(gets an idea)
			Well, maybe there's something we
			can do to help you. We'll launch
			a class five probe just before we
			reach the border. You could pick
			up the telemetry aboard the
			shuttle.

					PICARD
			That would be extremely helpful.

	Jellico smiles and then gestures for Riker to join
	them.

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT ONE  12.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					JELLICO
			Wil...

	Riker moves to them.

					RIKER
				(to each of them)
			Captain... Captain...

					JELLICO
			I believe we'll be arriving at the
			Cardassian border during delta
			shift. Please inform the delta
			tactical officer that I want to
			launch a class five probe just
			before we drop out of warp.

					RIKER
			I actually wanted to talk to you
			about delta a little later, sir.
			Right now, gamma shift is still
			slated to be on duty when we
			arrive and I'll be sure to tell
			Lieutenant McDowell about the
			probe.

	The merest hint of a frown creases Jellico's forehead.
	His smile seems to fade a little and he fastens Riker
	with a slightly colder eye.

					JELLICO
			Is there a problem with delta
			shift, Wil?

					RIKER
			Well, there is no delta shift yet,
			sir. I spoke to the department
			heads about changing from three to
			four shifts, and it's going to
			create some significant personnel
			problems for us.

					JELLICO
			So you have not changed the watch
			rotation.

					RIKER
			No, sir. I wanted to talk to you
			about this when we had a chance so
			that --

	Jellico never raises his voice, but his tone becomes
	far colder and harder.

 STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. I" - 10/06/92 - ACT ONE 13.

14   CONTINUED: (3)

					JELLICO
				(slow and firm)
			You will tell the department heads
			that as of now, the Enterprise is
			on a four shift rotation. I don't
			want to talk about it. Get it
			done.

	Picard almost intercedes at this point, but restrains
	himself.

					JELLICO
			Now that means delta shift will be
			due to come on duty in two hours.
			I expect you to have it fully
			manned and ready when it does. Is
			that clear?

	There is a quiet beat as Riker notes the change in
	attitude from his new captain. There is a great deal
	of tension here, but there is only one answer Riker can
	give.

					RIKER
			Yes, sir.
				(beat)
			If you'll excuse me, sir.
				(to Picard)
			Captain.

	Riker EXITS. Jellico watches him for a moment.

					JELLICO
			He was your first officer for five
			years...

					PICARD
			And one of the finest officers
			I've ever served with.

	Jellico turns to him and smiles.

					JELLICO
			Of course he is, Jean-Luc. I'm
			sure he'll be fine.

	But Jellico's voice lacks conviction and Picard is
	disturbed by this sign of tension so early. Off
	Picard's reaction as Jellico moves away...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT TWO  14.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

15   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at warp.

					JELLICO (V.O.)
			Captain's Log: Stardate 46358.2
			The Enterprise is on course for a
			rendezvous with the Cardassian
			ship Reklar. Fortunately, I still
			have time to prepare the ship and
			crew for the task ahead.

16   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Jellico is standing at the Tactical station with Riker
	and Data. There is one N.D. CREWMEMBER at an aft
	station and another CREWMEMBER standing by to take over
	Tactical.

					JELLICO
				(to Riker)
			I want you to install a bypass
			between the main phaser array and
			the secondary generators.
				(taps something on
				 panel)
			I also want to run the main
			deflector pathway through the warp
			power grid and the auxiliary
			conduits through the lateral
			relays. You may have to
			reconfigure the transfer
			interface.

					DATA
			The transfer interface is not
			designed for that configuration.
			It will take seven hours to make
			the changes.

					RIKER
			Sir... you may not be aware that
			our normal interface already
			routes auxiliary power through
			three separate relays.

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT TWO  15.

16   CONTINUED:

					JELLICO
				(blunt)
			I'm aware of your current systems
			design. It's not good enough. If
			these negotiations fail, we could
			find ourselves in a war zone. If
			that happens I want to be loaded
			for bear.

					RIKER
			I'll get right on it, sir.

					JELLICO
				(smiles)
			Good.

	Jellico briskly moves to another science station with
	Riker.

					JELLICO
			These stations should be devoted
			to damage-control and weapons
			status from now on. See that
			they're manned on every shift.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

					JELLICO
			Mister Data, how long until we
			reach the rendezvous point?

					DATA
			We will arrive in fifty-two hours,
			thirty-one minutes, sir.

	Jellico starts heading for the Turbolift.

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/13/92 - ACT TWO  16.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

					JELLICO
				(to Riker)
			Schedule four battle drills, one
			for each shift. Run a series of
			simulated attacks from a
			Cardassian squadron. I want you
			to conduct the exercises
			personally, Wil. Get it done.

	Jellico suddenly stops before entering the Turbolift.

					JELLICO
				(remembering)
			And... get that fish out of the
			Ready Room.
				(to Data)
			Data, you're with me.

	Jellico and Data EXIT to the Turbolift, leaving a
	frustrated Riker on the Bridge.

                                             CUT TO:

16A  INT. JEFFRIES TUBE

	Jellico and Geordi are in the tube. Jellico is opening
	a Mees panel and looking inside.

					JELLICO
			I understand you served on the
			Victory.

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir.

					JELLICO
				(off panel)
			I want you to increase the flow to
			the deuterium fuel loader by a
			third... we may need the extra
			capacity.

	Geordi notes Jellico's instruction on his PADD as
	Jellico replaces the panel.

					JELLICO
			Captain Zimbata and I used to play
			rugby together at the Academy.

					GEORDI
			Really?


  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/13/92 - ACT TWO  16A.

16A  CONTINUED:

					JELLICO
			Yeah. He was awful.
				(beat)
			But I was worse.

	Jellico cocks his head to the side, listening for a
	moment.

					JELLICO
			Check the EPS power distributor,
			it sounds like you've got some
			kind of fluctuation.

					GEORDI
				(listens)
			I don't hear anything.

	Jellico looks back at him.

					GEORDI
			I'll check it, sir.

	They crawl out of the horizontal tube and then head up
	the ladder.

17   INT. ENGINEERING

	Jellico ENTERS by climbing up through the Jeffries
	Tube, with Geordi close behind. Jellico, as usual, is
	moving quickly and efficiently while Geordi struggles
	to make notes on his PADD and answer Jellico's
	questions. Data is also here.

					JELLICO
			The power transfer levels will
			need to be upgraded by twenty
			percent. The efficiency of your
			warp coils is also unsatisfactory.

					GEORDI
			The coil efficiency is well within
			specifications, Captain.

	Jellico moves to the pool table and begins looking at
	the monitors.

					JELLICO
			I'm not interested in the specs,
			Geordi. The efficiency needs to
			be at least fifteen percent
			higher.

					GEORDI
				(shocked)
			Fifteen percent?

 STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. I" - 10/06/92 - ACT TWO 17.

17   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			That is an attainable goal. But
			it will require realigning the
			warp coil and taking the secondary
			distribution grid off-line.

					JELLICO
			Very good, Data.
				(to Geordi)
			That's exactly what I want you to
			do.

					GEORDI
			Taking that grid off-line will
			shut down the astrophysics lab,
			exobiology, geological research --

					JELLICO
			We're not on a research mission.
			Get it done in two days.

	Geordi is too shocked to say anything at the moment.
	Data offers what he thinks is helpful advice.

					DATA
			I believe that is also an
			attainable goal. If we utilize
			the entire Engineering department,
			there should be sufficient
			manpower available to complete the
			task.

					GEORDI
			Sure, if they work around the
			clock for the next two days.

					JELLICO
			Then you better get to it, Geordi.
			It looks like you have some work
			ahead of you.

					GEORDI
				(tight)
			Yes, sir.

					JELLICO
			Data.

	Jellico EXITS, with Data in tow. OFF Geordi's
	reaction.

                                             CUT TO:

 STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. I" - 10/06/92 - ACT TWO 18.

18   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at warp.

19   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Jellico is standing near the door, holding Picard's
	book of Shakespeare and looking through the pages. An
	intricate wood carving is sitting on the pedestal where
	the book normally sits. In the b.g., the fish tank is
	gone as well as the model of the Stargazer.

	The door CHIMES.

					JELLICO
			Yes?

	The doors OPEN, revealing Troi.

					TROI
			May I speak with you, Captain?

					JELLICO
				(smiles)
			Deanna... come in, come in.

	Troi ENTERS as Jellico sets the book down on the couch
	and moves to the desk. Troi looks down at a stack of
	crayon drawings sitting on the desk. Jellico notices
	her gaze.

					JELLICO
				(re: drawings)
			The latest masterpieces from my
			son.
				(picks up one)
			It's an elephant.
				(turns drawing)
			I think.

					TROI
				(looks)
			Definitely an elephant.

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT TWO  19.

19   CONTINUED:

					JELLICO
				(beat, then back to
				 business)
			I'm glad you're here. I'd like to
			go over the duty roster with you.

					TROI
			I'd be happy to.
				(beat)
			But first, I'd like to talk about
			the way the change in command is
			affecting the crew.

					JELLICO
				(nods)
			I've noticed some resistance.

					TROI
			I wouldn't call it resistance.
			More like... uncertainty. Most of
			them have served under Captain
			Picard for several years. They
			knew him, knew what he expected.
			Now they're being asked to adjust
			to a new captain and a new way of
			doing things. They're uncertain
			how to react.

					JELLICO
			I see your point. This all could
			be very unsettling to them...

					TROI
			And to you. Perhaps everyone just
			needs some time... time for you to
			get to know and trust the crew...
			and time for them to understand
			how you want things done.

	Jellico nods thoughtfully and thinks for a few seconds.

					JELLICO
			I'm glad you brought this to my
			attention, Deanna.
				(beat)
			Unfortunately, I don't have time
			for a honeymoon with the crew.
					(MORE)

 STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. I" - 10/06/92 - ACT TWO 20.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					JELLICO (Cont'd)
			You've clearly given this a lot of
			thought, so I want you to take
			charge of the morale situation.
			Please see to it that they make
			the adjustment to the new routine
			quickly and easily.

	That's not quite what Troi had in mind, but Jellico
	doesn't give her much of a chance to disagree with him.
	He glances at the computer terminal.

					JELLICO
			I have a meeting with the new
			Security Chief in five minutes, so
			the duty roster will have to wait.
			Thank you, Counselor.

	Jellico turns to his computer, but it takes a moment
	for Troi to realize that she's just been dismissed.
	She stands and heads for the door.

					JELLICO
			Oh, by the way...
				(she stops)
			I prefer a certain... formality on
			the Bridge.
				(beat, then with a
				 smile)
			I would appreciate it if you wore
			a standard uniform when you're on
			duty.

	Troi stiffens a little... but Jellico says it with only
	a hint of reproach.

					TROI
			Of course, sir.

	Jellico nods, satisfied. Troi EXITS after a beat.

                                             CUT TO:

20   INT. CORRIDOR

	Riker and Geordi are on the move. Geordi's pretty
	irritated.

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT TWO  21.

20   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(frustrated)
			Commander, he's asking me to
			completely reroute half the power
			systems on the ship, change every
			duty roster, realign the warp
			coils in two days, and now he's
			transferred a third of my
			department to Security.

					RIKER
			If it makes you feel any better,
			you're not alone. Captain Jellico
			is making major changes in every
			department on the ship.

					GEORDI
			I don't mind making changes and I
			don't mind hard work. But he's
			not giving me the time to do the
			work. Someone's got to make him
			listen to reason.

					RIKER
			He's not going to listen to me.
			I think he's made that abundantly
			clear.

	Geordi stops him.

					GEORDI
			Then can I make a suggestion?
			Talk to Captain Picard. Maybe he
			can do something.

	Riker considers for a moment... he's not sure.

					GEORDI
			We just need a little time,
			Commander, that's all.

					RIKER
				(beat)
			All right.

	Riker EXITS to the Turbolift and Geordi heads off down
	the Corridor.

 STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. I" - 10/06/92 - ACT TWO 21A.

21   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Picard ENTERS. He is wearing the black jumpsuit and
	backpack, but now he's splattered with mud, and he
	looks totally exhausted. He wearily takes off the
	backpack and collapses into a chair with an audible
	sigh of relief. He closes his eyes for beat, and then
	the door CHIMES. Picard manages to sit up.

					PICARD
			Come.

	The doors OPEN and Riker ENTERS.

 STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. I" - 10/06/92 - ACT TWO 22.

21   CONTINUED:

	Riker notices the look of utter exhaustion on Picard's
	face and his disheveled state.

					RIKER
			Are you all right, sir?

					PICARD
			Oh, yes.
				(smiles)
			The last time I had to train like
			this was for the Academy marathon,
			but I'm managing.

	With effort, Picard stands -- not wanting to be seen as
	weak or tired, but he's almost asleep on his feet.

					PICARD
			What can I do for you?

	Riker looks into the exhausted face of his former
	Captain and suddenly decides not to burden Picard with
	his own problems right now.

					RIKER
			It's... nothing urgent. I'm sorry
			to bother you. Good night, sir.

	Riker EXITS. Off Picard's puzzled reaction...

                                             CUT TO:

22   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship drops out of warp.

23   INT. READY ROOM

	Jellico and Picard are seated at the desk looking over
	some PADDS. Picard is back in his normal uniform and
	seems much fresher.

					PICARD
			My orders are to maintain radio
			silence until we've completed the
			mission.

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT TWO  23.

23   CONTINUED:

					JELLICO
			Well... the Enterprise will be
			monitoring your channel just in
			case you do need to transmit a
			signal.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Captain Jellico. We've
			arrived at the shuttle departure
			coordinates.

					JELLICO
				(to com)
			Did you launch the probe I
			requested?

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Yes, sir. I wasn't aware that you
			wanted to be informed...

					JELLICO
				(to com)
			Thank you. Jellico out.
				(to himself)
			I can see why he's still only a
			first officer.

	Picard is clearly troubled by something. Jellico picks
	up on it.

					JELLICO
			Something wrong?

	A beat as Picard considers how to phrase this.

					PICARD
			Captain... I just want you to know
			that Commander Riker is--

					JELLICO
			I've read your reports, Jean-Luc.
			I know you think highly of him.

					PICARD
			It's not simply my opinion. He's
			been decorated five times by
			Starfleet Command and offered his
			own ship on more than one
			occasion. I think if you give him
			a chance, you'll find he's an
			outstanding officer.

	Jellico considers him for a beat, then leans forward.

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT TWO  24.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					JELLICO
			Jean-Luc... let's be candid for a
			moment. The Cardassians aren't
			going to listen to reason, and the
			Federation won't give in to their
			demands. And the odds are, you
			won't be coming back from this
			mission of yours.
				(beat)
			I want this ship ready for action.
			I don't have time to give Wil
			Riker or anyone else a "chance."
			And... forgive me for being blunt,
			but the Enterprise is mine now.

	There is a long, tense beat between the two men.
	Jellico finally stands and tries to ease the tension
	with a smile.

					JELLICO
				(smiles)
			Well... here's hoping you beat the
			odds.
				(they shake hands)
			Good hunting.

					PICARD
			Thank you.

	Picard heads for the door, but Jellico stops him.

					JELLICO
			Jean-Luc...
				(Picard turns)
			I believe this is yours.

	Jellico hands him the book of Shakespeare. Picard
	takes it... they exchange a final look... and then
	Picard EXITS.

	Jellico settles into the chair that is now his alone
	and picks up one of the drawings from his son...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT THREE 25.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

24   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	The shuttle moves away from the Enterprise. (STOCK)

25   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Picard, Beverly, and Worf are seated in the shuttle.
	Worf is piloting. Behind them can be seen packs.

					WORF
				(to com)
			Shuttlecraft Feynman to
			Enterprise. We have cleared the
			shuttlebay.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged, Feynman. Good luck.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Thank you, Enterprise.

26   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship goes into warp. (STOCK)

27   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	As before. Picard turns to the others.

					PICARD
			Now that we're on our way... I can
			finally tell you about our
			mission.

	Beverly and Worf exchange looks. They've been waiting
	for this.

					PICARD
			Starfleet Intelligence believes
			the Cardassians are developing...
			metagenic weapons.

					BEVERLY
				(quiet, grim)
			Oh my God.

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT THREE 26.

27   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			I am not familiar with...
			metagenics.

					BEVERLY
			They're genetically engineered
			viruses which are designed to
			destroy entire eco-systems. The
			metagenic toxins are released into
			the atmosphere of a planet and
			immediately begin mutating. They
			seek out and destroy every form of
			DNA they encounter.
				(beat)
			In a few days, everything is dead.

					PICARD
			Within a month, the metagenic
			agent itself breaks down and
			dissipates completely... leaving
			every city, road, and piece of
			equipment perfectly intact.

					WORF
			Leaving the planet safe to be
			conquered.
				(beat)
			Wouldn't using such a weapon pose
			as great a risk to the attacker as
			it does to the target?

					BEVERLY
			That's why metagenics and other
			biological weapons were outlawed
			years ago. Even the Romulans
			abide by those agreements.

					PICARD
			Starfleet Intelligence believes
			that the Cardassians are
			developing a new delivery system --
			one which would protect them from
			any accidental exposure to the
			toxin.
				(beat)
			They believe the Cardassians are
			testing a way of launching dormant
			metagenic material on a subspace
			carrier wave.

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT THREE 27.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			So they could activate the toxin
			after launch... that would protect
			them from accidental exposure.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			And because the subspace wave
			would appear to be simple
			background radiation... no one
			would realize what was happening
			until it was too late.

	Picard picks up a PADD and hands it to Worf and
	Beverly, who examine it.

					PICARD
			For several weeks, bursts of thetaband
			subspace emissions have been
			detected coming from Celtris
			Three. Those emissions may
			indicate a metagenic delivery
			system in operation.

					WORF
			What do we know about Celtris
			Three?

					PICARD
			Very little. It was thought to be
			uninhabited until these emissions
			were detected. Starfleet believes
			there is a secret research lab
			located somewhere beneath the
			surface.
				(beat)
			Our orders are to penetrate the
			Celtris Three installation and
			determine whether or not the
			Cardassians are actually building
			a metagenic weapon.

					BEVERLY
			And if they are?

					PICARD
			Then we destroy it. At all costs.

	A long beat as he lets that sink in.

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT THREE 27A.

27   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			When I was on the Stargazer, we
			conducted extensive tests using
			theta-band carrier waves. One of
			the reasons I was selected for
			this mission is my familiarity
			with the methods used to generate
			them. Mister Worf, you're along
			for obvious reasons. Doctor, your
			job will be to locate and destroy
			any bio-toxins we find.

					WORF
			Celtris Three is in Cardassian
			space. How will we get there
			undetected?

					PICARD
			I know where we can arrange
			some... discreet transportation.
				(beat)
			Set course for Torman Five.

	Worf turns to work at the console.

                                             CUT TO:

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/13/92 - ACT THREE 28.

27A  INT. TORMAN BAR (FORMERLY SCENE 32 & 33)

	A small hole-in-the-wall bar (similar to the bar seen
	in "Unification II"). There are a few N.D. ALIENS
	hanging out doing deals or drinking themselves into
	oblivion. Picard, Beverly, and Worf ENTER and look
	around. They are all wearing civilian jackets over
	their jumpsuits.

	A Ferengi Daimon -- SOLOK -- is in deep conversation
	with a N.D. ALIEN at a table. Solok is very
	disreputable looking -- even for a Ferengi. His
	clothes are rumpled and dirty... not a very successful
	Daimon in terms of money.

					SOLOK
				(to Alien)
			... if he doesn't pay up, I know
			three large Ferengi who will not
			be so forgiving.

	Picard, Worf, and Beverly move to the table. Solok's
	eyes widen and the Alien makes a hasty EXIT. Solok
	senses trouble here.

					SOLOK
			I didn't do it.

					PICARD
			We're not accusing you of
			anything.

					SOLOK
			Then what do you want?

					PICARD
			We're looking for Daimon Solok.

					SOLOK
				(suspicious)
			Why?

					PICARD
			I have a... business proposition
			to discuss.

	Solok looks at them... he's getting more suspicious by
	the moment.

					SOLOK
			Solok is a very busy -- a very
			important man. He isn't here.

	Solok stands to go, but Worf puts a firm hand on his
	shoulder. Solok looks up at Worf's face and decides to
	stay.

STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/13/92 - ACT THREE28A.

27A  CONTINUED:

					SOLOK
			But I could... relay a message.

	Solok sits down again.

					PICARD
			Good. Please tell... Daimon Solok
			that we're interested in arranging
			some transportation... to Celtris
			Three.

	Solok reacts to the name.

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/13/92 - ACT THREE 29.

27A  CONTINUED: (2)

					SOLOK
			That's a Cardassian planet.

					PICARD
			Yes. I understand that Solok
			runs... "cargo" there from time to
			time.

					SOLOK
				(proudly)
			Solok is no smuggler.

	A nearby Bajoran snickers at that statement.

					SOLOK
				(outraged)
			What are you laughing at? Get out
			of here.

	The Bajoran leaves.

					PICARD
			Well, if Solok were going to
			Celtris for what I'm sure are...
			legitimate reasons... we would be
			interested in quietly booking
			passage for the journey.

	Solok considers them for a moment... finally decides
	against it.

					SOLOK
			I don't think he would be
			interested in dealing with
			Federation spies.

	Solok turns to go again, but now Beverly reaches out
	and and stops him. She gives him a winning smile and
	seductive look.

					BEVERLY
				(seductive)
			You know... I've heard that Solok
			is... quite a man...

	Solok stops cold and looks her up and down. His
	attitude starts to change.

					SOLOK
			Why, yes... he is... an
			extraordinary man.

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/13/92 - ACT THREE 29A.

27A  CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			That's why we came here... because
			only Solok could help us... but I
			guess there are some things even
			Solok can't do.

	Beverly moves a little closer to him... runs a hand
	over his large ears.

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT THREE 30.

27A  CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
				(softly)
			It's too bad... if he had been
			able to help, I would've been
			very... very...

	She trails off.

					SOLOK
				(eager)
			Yes?

					BEVERLY
				(whispers in his ear)
			Grateful.

	Beverly moves away and sighs. Solok's hormones nearly
	explode through his ears. Solok never takes his eyes
	off Beverly.

					SOLOK
				(to Picard)
			When do you want to leave?

	Picard exchanges looks with the others. Off his
	expression...

                                             CUT TO:

28   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & CARDASSIAN SHIP

	The two ships are facing each other in space. (STOCK)

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First Officer's Log: Supplemental.
			We have rendezvoused with the
			Cardassian ship Reklar to begin
			diplomatic talks designed to ease
			tensions along the border.

29   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Jellico, Troi, and Data are at their stations. (Troi
	is now in a standard blue uniform.) Riker ENTERS from
	the Observation Lounge.

					RIKER
			Gul Lemec has arrived. He's
			waiting for you in the Observation
			Lounge.

STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. I" - 10/06/92 - ACT THREE31.

29   CONTINUED:

					JELLICO
			Very good.
				(beat)
			I'll be in my Ready Room.

	Jellico EXITS to the Ready Room. Riker and Troi
	exchange puzzled looks.

                                             CUT TO:

30   INT. READY ROOM

	Jellico is sitting at his desk. (In the b.g., the
	crayon drawings seen earlier are now framed and are
	hanging on the walls.) The door CHIMES.

					JELLICO
			Yes?

	Troi ENTERS and Jellico looks at her expectantly.

					TROI
			Captain... I think there's been a
			slight miscommunication.
				(beat)
			Did you want to meet with Gul
			Lemec in here?

					JELLICO
			No. The Observation Lounge is
			appropriate.

					TROI
				(puzzled)
			I see...

	There is a quiet beat before Jellico decides to
	explain.

					JELLICO
			Lemec is a Cardassian... and
			Cardassians are like... timber
			wolves -- predators... bold in
			large numbers... cautious by
			themselves... and with an
			instinctive need to establish a
			dominant position in any social
			gathering.

					TROI
			You're trying to establish a
			dominant role for yourself by
			making him wait for you.

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT THREE 32.

30   CONTINUED:

	Jellico nods.

					TROI
			I see.
				(beat)
			The trouble with wolves is that
			sometimes the fight for dominance
			ends with one of them dead.

	Jellico smiles at her.

					JELLICO
			In that case the trick is... to be
			the wolf that's still standing at
			the end.

	Off his look of determination...

                                             CUT TO:

31
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33

34   EXT. SPACE - CELTRIS THREE (OPTICAL)

	A barren, rocky planet.

35   INT. CAVERNS - ENTRANCE (NIGHT)

	The cavern is dark and moody, with dimly-seen forms and
	shadows. There are also intermittent SOUNDS which
	suggest there are living creatures scuttling about
	somewhere in the gloom.

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/14/92 - ACT THREE 33.

35   CONTINUED:

	Picard, Beverly, and Worf ENTER from the exterior of
	the cave. They are wearing the dark jumpsuits seen
	earlier and carrying their backpacks. Beverly has a
	tricorder out and Worf is holding a phaser.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Be certain your tricorder makes a
			precise map of our route. It will
			be easy to get lost in here.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Worf holsters his phaser and makes an adjustment to his
	tricorder.

					BEVERLY
				(off tricorder)
			I'm picking up some type of
			subspace signals, but I can't get
			a lock on them.

	Picard moves to look at the tricorder and she hands it
	to him.

					PICARD
			That's characteristic of thetaband
			emissions. You need to
			compress the detection band-width
			to get a directional fix.

	He works the tricorder for a moment.

					PICARD
			The emission source is five
			hundred meters east of here... and
			about seven hundred meters below.

	Picard starts to lead the way when suddenly a
	SCREECHING SOUND is heard. Worf and Beverly freeze and
	Worf points his phaser up at the unseen ceiling.

					PICARD
			It's all right.
				(re: ceiling)
			They're called lynars... a kind of
			Celtran bat. They're harmless.

	Worf doesn't like the sound of that.

					WORF
				(looking up)
			Bats...

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/14/92 - ACT THREE 33A.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			You're not afraid of bats, are
			you, Worf?

					WORF
			Of course not.

	Beverly smiles to herself as Picard leads them on.
	Worf can't help glancing up at the ceiling again.

                                             CUT TO:

STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. I" - 10/06/92 - ACT THREE34.

36   INT. CAVERNS - PRECIPICE

	They round a corner and come to a stop. The floor
	drops off directly in front of them. Picard moves
	cautiously to the edge and looks over.

37   POV PICARD - THE ABYSS (MATTE SHOT)

	A yawning chasm opens up below the precipice. There
	are distant walls and shapes dimly seen down the abyss,
	but the bottom is far out of sight.

38   RESUME SCENE

	Picard leans back as Beverly points her tricorder over
	the edge.

					BEVERLY
			The bottom's a little over five
			hundred meters.

	Picard looks to either side of them.

					PICARD
			There doesn't appear to be any
			other way down.

	Picard examines the rock face more closely.

					PICARD
			This is sheer granite. We'll have
			to use fusing pitons.

	Picard takes off his backpack and begins removing rope
	and 24th century pitons. Beverly looks over the edge
	with some trepidation.

					BEVERLY
			We could try to find another way
			down.

					PICARD
			Unfortunately, that could take
			several hours.

	They all take off their backpacks and begin removing
	ropes, rapelling harnesses and pitons.

39   PICARD

	Removes a piton from the pack and places it against the
	ground. He touches a control and then there is a
	WHOOSH SOUND.

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT THREE 35.

39   CONTINUED:

	Picard pulls experimentally on the piton... it's
	definitely set into the rock.

40   WORF AND BEVERLY

	As they put on their harnesses, Beverly can't help
	glancing nervously over the edge. Worf notices.

					WORF
				(quiet)
			You're not afraid of heights, are
			you, Doctor?

	She throws him a look... and then can't help but smile.

					BEVERLY
				(ironic)
			Of course not.

	Picard now attaches a line to the piton, clips the line
	into his harness and then tosses the coil of rope over
	the edge. Worf and Beverly secure their own pitons and
	attach their own ropes.

					PICARD
				(over above action)
			Now, remember to control your
			descent... and don't tangle the
			lines.

					BEVERLY
			Don't tangle the lines... I'll
			remember.

	They all put their backpacks back on. Picard tests his
	weight on the line... it's firm.

					PICARD
			Ready?

	They nod. Picard backs carefully to the edge... and
	then eases himself backward and down the rock face.

41   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As the three of them begin rapelling down the deep
	cavern...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

 STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. I" - 10/06/92 - ACT FOUR 36.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

42   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & CARDASSIAN SHIP
(OPTICAL)

	The two ships sitting in space. (STOCK)

43   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	GUL LEMEC is sitting at the table, quietly furious.
	After a few beats, Jellico, Riker, and Troi ENTER.
	Lemec stands up in anger, but Jellico strides into the
	room and begins to take charge of the situation.

					LEMEC
				(angry)
			What is going on? I have been
			waiting here for --

					JELLICO
				(brisk)
			I'm Captain Jellico. I believe
			you know Commander Riker, and this
			is Lieutenant Commander Troi.
			Let's get to it, shall we?

	Jellico, Riker, and Troi move toward the table, but
	Lemec isn't willing to just let this go. He blocks
	Jellico's path.

					LEMEC
			This treatment is a deliberate
			insult to the Cardassian Union.
			I have been kept waiting here for
			over an hour.

					JELLICO
			Then I'm sure you're ready to
			talk.

	Jellico brushes past him and deliberately sits down in
	the chair that Lemec just vacated. Riker and Troi move
	to sit on either side of him. Lemec is forced to walk
	around the table to the other side to find a chair, but
	he doesn't sit down yet.

					LEMEC
				(to Jellico)
			I did not agree to admitting
			others to this meeting.

 STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. I" - 10/06/92 - ACT FOUR 37.

43   CONTINUED:

					JELLICO
			If it alarms you, I can ask them
			to leave.

					LEMEC
			I am not alarmed. But we did not --

					JELLICO
			A great many people are depending
			on our efforts here, Gul Lemec.
			We don't need to quibble over
			minutiae.

					LEMEC
				(hard)
			I have come to negotiate terms for
			a Federation withdrawal from the
			border, not to be dictated to by
			some mere captain.

	Jellico is on his feet instantly. His eyes flash and
	his physical stance suggests imminent violence, but he
	keeps his voice low as if through strenuous effort.

					JELLICO
				(hard)
			I can see you're not serious about
			these talks. If the Cardassian
			Union truly wishes to discuss
			peace they can send someone who
			can negotiate in a civilized
			manner.

	Jellico indicates that Riker and Troi should follow him
	and then he storms out. This has all happened so
	quickly, that Lemec's only reaction is shock.

44   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Jellico, Riker and Troi emerge from the Observation
	Lounge. Data is at Ops.

					DATA
			Captain on the Bridge.

	Jellico turns to Riker and Troi. He has now dropped
	all pretense at anger.

 STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. I" - 10/06/92 - ACT FOUR 38.

44   CONTINUED:

					JELLICO
				(to Troi)
			Let him stew for a few minutes.
			Then go in and tell him you've
			convinced me to meet with him one
			more time. Tell him I'm a loose
			cannon... that he needs to be more
			reasonable because I'm such an
			unreasonable man.
				(to Riker)
			Lemec will want to bring his own
			aides on board. Pretend to be
			worried that I'll object, but then
			give grudging permission for two
			aides, no more.
				(to both)
			Understood?

					TROI
			Yes, sir.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

	Jellico EXITS to the Ready Room. Troi and Riker
	exchange glances.

					RIKER
			Well, I'll say this for him...
			he's very sure of himself.

	Beat.

					TROI
				(quiet)
			No... he's not.

	Off her expression as she looks toward the Ready
	Room...

                                             CUT TO:

45   INT. CAVERNS - CAVE BOTTOM

	Picard and Worf are standing at the bottom of the
	abyss. It's a flat area, branching out into more
	tunnels. Beverly is still on the rope, taking the last
	few steps down the rock face. She jumps to the bottom
	and Worf helps her unhook the line from her harness.
	Picard scans the area with a tricorder.

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT FOUR  39.

45   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			The installation should be
			about... three hundred meters...
				(points down one of the
				 tunnels)
			This way.

	Picard picks up his backpack. Beverly looks back up at
	the towering rock face.

					BEVERLY
			I don't suppose we're going to
			find another way to get back up
			there...

					WORF
			Doubtful.

					BEVERLY
			That's what I thought.

	Worf hands Beverly her pack and they both follow Picard
	down a tunnel.

                                             CUT TO:

46   INT. CAVERNS - ANOTHER SECTION

	Picard, Worf, and Beverly come around a corner into
	another section of the caverns where there is a dead
	end. There is a SMALL HOLE, about one foot in diameter
	in the wall which is directly in front of them. Picard
	tracks his tricorder readings to the hole.

					PICARD
			We need to get through here. This
			lava tube runs southwest for
			seventy meters before running into
			another chamber.
				(looks inside)
			The tube opens up a little more
			beyond this entrance. If we can
			widen the opening, we should be
			able to crawl through.

	Worf moves to the entrance and examines it.

					WORF
			A phaser set to level sixteen
			should suffice.

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT FOUR  40.

46   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Make it so.

47   ON WORF (OPTICAL)

	As he pulls out his phaser and adjusts the setting. He
	points it at the entrance and then FIRES. The phaser
	is set on a WIDE BEAM which envelops the entire
	entrance. When Worf stops firing, it is revealed that
	the phaser has WIDENED the entrance to the lava tube by
	about two feet. We can now see more of the tube, which
	is just large enough for a person to crawl along on
	their hands and knees. The tube is smooth on the
	inside.

	Picard moves to the entrance and peers inside.

					PICARD
			Very good, Mister Worf.

	Picard removes his pack and puts it in the tube ahead
	of him. He climbs in and then begins crawling through
	the tube.

                                             CUT TO:

48   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & CARDASSIAN SHIP
(OPTICAL)

	The two ships hang in space.

49   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Gul Lemec is sitting in his chair, flanked by GLIN
	CORAK and GLIN TAJOR, his aides. Jellico, Riker, and
	Troi ENTER. The Cardassians stand. Jellico acts as
	though the previous confrontation with Lemec never
	happened.

					JELLICO
				(shakes his hand)
			Gul Lemec, a pleasure.

					LEMEC
			May I present my aides, Glin Corak
			and Glin Tajor.

					JELLICO
			Welcome aboard.

	Everyone waits until Jellico sits down and then they
	follow suit.

       STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT FOUR      41.

49   CONTINUED:

	Lemec is much less confrontational than we saw
	previously. Jellico's strategy is working.

	Jellico looks over a PADD for a moment and everyone
	again waits for him to set the pace. He pauses for a
	moment, then plunges ahead -- his attitude is extremely
	belligerent.

					JELLICO
				(blunt)
			For the past three weeks you've
			been massing troops in staging
			areas, assembling strike forces,
			and pulling ships from their
			normal patrols. We will not stand
			for this clearly provocative
			behavior.

					LEMEC
				(cool)
			I see the Federation spy network
			has again provided you with faulty
			information. We are conducting
			routine training operations...
			nothing more.

					JELLICO
				(contemptuous)
			Then I'm sure you won't mind if we
			send a few starships into this
			sector for our own... training
			operations.

					LEMEC
			Your fleet deployments do not
			concern us. However, we are very
			concerned about your refusal to
			vacate those territories along the
			border, which are clearly
			Cardassian.

	Jellico jumps to his feet and pounds the table.

					JELLICO
				(angry)
			You gave up your claims on those
			territories when you signed the
			armistice. You couldn't take
			those worlds by force, so now you
			want us to give them to you at the
			bargaining table.

	Troi reaches out and pretends to calm him.

       STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT FOUR      42.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Captain, please... we should
			listen to them.

	Jellico seems to swallow his anger for a moment.
	Finally, with a great show of effort, he manages to sit
	down again. Riker, playing the part of the
	"reasonable" officer tries to sound conciliatory.

					RIKER
			Gul Lemec, I'm sure you know that
			those systems are still subject to
			negotiation by the terms of the
			treaty.

					LEMEC
			Negotiations which we have pursued
			in good faith. Unfortunately, the
			Federation has not been as
			forthcoming.

					JELLICO
			So to speed up the process, you're
			preparing for war.

					LEMEC
			We are preparing to defend
			ourselves.

					RIKER
			The Federation won't start a war.

	Lemec pauses for a moment... then he gets up and moves
	about the room. Clearly, he knows something.

					LEMEC
			That has always been your
			position. However... I have heard
			reports that a small team from the
			Federation has already been sent
			into our territory...

	Jellico, Riker, and Troi keep their faces impassive...
	trying not to give anything away. Lemec goes on after
	a beat.

       STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT FOUR      43.

49   CONTINUED: (3)

					LEMEC
				(continuing)
			Of course, I don't believe this...
			such an attempt would almost
			certainly fail... and even if it
			succeeded, it would trigger a...
			very serious response on our part.

	Jellico takes a moment before responding. The tables
	have just turned here... Jellico is now following
	Lemec's lead.

					JELLICO
			I don't know what you're talking
			about.

					LEMEC
				(smiles)
			Then there's no need for worry.

	A silent beat as the two men consider each other.

					LEMEC
			A short recess would seem to be in
			order.

					JELLICO
			Very well.

	Jellico, Riker and Troi stand to go... but Lemec stops
	them with a question.

					LEMEC
				(quiet, casual)
			Where is Captain Picard?

	Jellico turns and faces him with a neutral expression.

					JELLICO
			Reassigned.

					LEMEC
			Ah.
				(beat)
			Well, I hope his new assignment is
			not too dangerous... it would be
			a shame if something happened to
			such a... noted officer.

	Jellico meets his eyes and there is a long moment
	between the two of them.

     STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. I" - 10/06/92 - ACT FOUR     44.

49   CONTINUED: (4)

					JELLICO
			Yes... it would.

	Jellico turns and EXITS with Troi and Riker. Off
	Lemec's expression of satisfaction...

                                             CUT TO:

50   EXT. SPACE - CELTRIS THREE (OPTICAL)

	The planet as seen before.

51   INT. CAVERNS - LAVA TUBE

	Picard is crawling though the dark tube. Worf and
	Beverly are following him single file.

					PICARD
				(to others)
			Just a few more meters...

	He keeps crawling... then comes to a narrow OPENING
	which leads into another chamber. He has to push aside
	some dirt and rocks, before he can scramble out of the
	tube and into the chamber, which is large enough for
	him to stand in.

52   WORF

	is still moving though the tube. He gets to the end
	and begins to crawl out.

53   BEVERLY

	is struggling over some rocks and dirt behind Worf.
	There is a sudden RUMBLING SOUND and she freezes.

54   PICARD AND WORF

	They hear the sound.

					PICARD
				(urgent)
			Beverly, get out of there!

       STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT FOUR      45.

55   BEVERLY

	She begins to hurry toward the entrance, but it's too
	late. The tube CAVES IN on top of her.

56   PICARD AND WORF

	The RUMBLING SOUND stops and dirt is blown out of the
	tube.

					PICARD
			Beverly!

					WORF
			Doctor Crusher!

	Silence. Picard moves to go back in after Beverly, but
	Worf stops him.

					WORF
			No, sir.

	Worf dives into the tube, leaving a worried Picard
	behind.

57   WORF

	inside the tube, reaches the point of the cave-in. He
	begins to dig frantically.

58   PICARD

	waits anxiously at the entrance to the tube. A few
	beats pass.

					WORF'S VOICE
				(o.c.)
			I have her.

	Picard leans inside the tube and then re-emerges with
	Worf's legs. He struggles to pull the Klingon from the
	tube, but finally Worf's torso emerges. They both then
	manage to pull out Beverly, who is covered with dirt
	and is scratched up. She coughs and chokes for a
	moment.

					PICARD
			Are you all right?

       STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT FOUR      46.

58   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(coughing)
			I think so.
				(beat)
			Next time, you bring up the rear.

	Picard smiles at her, then picks up the tricorder.

					PICARD
			We're nearly there. Do you feel
			like you can continue?

	Beverly nods. Picard leads them down another
	passageway.

                                             CUT TO:

59   INT. CAVERNS - INSTALLATION ENTRANCE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Beverly and Worf come around a corner and see
	a METAL HATCH set into the wall. There is no other
	sign of an installation here except for the bare metal
	door. They wait behind some rocks for a moment.

					PICARD
				(off tricorder, sotto)
			This looks like a maintenance
			hatch to the installation.
				(beat)
			I'm picking up three proximity
			sensors around it.

	Picard looks to Worf, who pulls a DEVICE about the size
	and shape of a flashlight out of his pack. Worf
	adjusts one of the controls and then sets the handle
	into the ground so that it is standing up. Once it is
	in place, he touches another control and THREE BEAMS
	come out of the device and head towards three different
	points around the periphery of the door. As soon as
	they touch the rock, the beams DISAPPEAR.

	Worf checks a reading on the side of the device.

					WORF
			The sensor echo has been
			established. The false image will
			only last a few minutes.

	They pull their phasers and quickly move to the door.
	Worf examines the door.

       STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT FOUR      47.

59   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			The hatch is magnetically sealed.
			But I believe I can bypass it.

	Picard nods and Worf pulls another DEVICE from his
	pack. He attaches it to the door and begins to operate
	the controls.

					BEVERLY
				(off tricorder)
			I can't scan the other side of the
			hatch... it's been shielded.

					PICARD
			We have no choice.
				(beat, then quiet, to
				 Beverly)
			Remember: aim low and fire in
			short, controlled bursts.

	She nods understanding and takes a firmer grip on her
	phaser. Worf finally finishes working on the hatch.

					WORF
			Ready.

	They all move to defensive positions just outside the
	door.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Now.

	Worf activates the device and the hatch OPENS. The
	three of them rush inside with phasers drawn.

60   OMITTED

61   INT. CAVERNS - LARGE CHAMBER - CONTINUOUS

	They all rush inside and find... nothing. There is no
	Cardassian installation... just a large empty chamber
	in the caverns. The only thing in sight is a small
	CONSOLE sitting in the middle of the chamber which is
	quietly BEEPING.

	Picard, Worf, and Beverly all come to a sudden halt as
	they see there is nothing here. Off their astonished
	reactions...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT FIVE      48.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

62   INT. CAVERNS - LARGE CHAMBER

	Continuous action from Act Four. Picard, Beverly, and
	Worf are reacting to the empty room.

					PICARD
				(quick realization)
			It's a trap. Come on.

	But as he turns to head back for the door, all hell
	suddenly breaks loose in the chamber.

	The following happens very quickly:

62A  WORF AND BEVERLY (OPTICAL)

	react as TWO ARMED CARDASSIANS come at them from
	behind. Worf throws himself at one and Beverly SHOOTS
	the other.

62AA	THE HATCH

	begins to close behind them.

62B  PICARD (OPTICAL)

	Dives for cover as TWO MORE CARDASSIANS begin to FIRE
	from hidden points in the shadows. Picard returns
	FIRE, but then has to physically fight off a THIRD
	CARDASSIAN who rushes him.

62C  WORF (OPTICAL)

	drops his phaser and dives into the closing hatch and
	manages to force it open by wedging himself in it.
	Beverly FIRES a couple of BLASTS which take out TWO
	CARDASSIANS.

62D  PICARD

	is fighting off the Cardassian with a quick series of
	karate moves.

62E  CARDASSIANS

	begin to pour out of yet another point in the chamber.

       STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT FIVE      49.

62F  WORF (OPTICAL)

	can barely hold open the hatch as Beverly scrambles
	through it. Worf yells for Picard.

					WORF
			Captain!

	But before Picard can do anything, Worf is wounded by
	a DISRUPTOR BLAST and he is knocked out of the hatch
	and into the outer chamber.

63   OMITTED

64   NEW ANGLE

	as Picard turns to make a dash for the door... but it's
	too late. The hatch CLOSES shut, trapping him inside.
	He turns around and drops his phaser as the Cardassians
	close in on him.

65   INT. CAVERNS - INSTALLATION ENTRANCE

	Worf and Beverly have just emerged from the Large
	Chamber. The door is shut.

					WORF
			The Captain...

	Beverly shakes her head no, then whips out her
	tricorder.

					BEVERLY
				(off tricorder)
			There are five more heading this
			way from another tunnel. Come on.

	She heads off back toward the way they came. Worf
	glances once more at the closed hatch, then he follows
	her.

                                             CUT TO:

66
thru	OMITTED
67

68   INT. CAVERNS - LARGE CHAMBER

	Picard puts his hands on his head as an armed
	Cardassian takes his pack and combadge from him as well
	as his weapon.

       STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT FIVE      50.

68   CONTINUED:

	One of the Cardassians goes over to the flashing
	console and deactivates it. The flashing and beeping
	STOP. The Cardassian smiles insidiously at Picard, and
	then leads him away.

                                             CUT TO:

69   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & CARDASSIAN SHIP
(OPTICAL)

	The two ships in space.

70   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker is looking at a monitor at the aft science
	station as Jellico ENTERS from the Ready Room.

					DATA
			Captain on the Bridge.

					JELLICO
				(to Riker)
			What do you have, Wil?

					RIKER
				(indicates monitor)
			I'm not sure. We're picking up a
			lot of coded messages from a
			Cardassian planet near the border.

       STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT FIVE      51.

70   CONTINUED:

					JELLICO
			Which planet?

					RIKER
			Celtris Three.

	A beat as Jellico thinks.

					JELLICO
			Can you detect any theta-band
			subspace emissions coming from
			Celtris?

	Riker works for a moment.

					RIKER
			There're some residual traces...
			it looks like there were emissions
			up until a few minutes ago.

	A long moment as Jellico looks at the monitors. He
	doesn't want to give anything away.

					JELLICO
			Open a secure channel to Admiral
			Nechayev. Priority two. Put it
			through to my Ready Room.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

	Jellico EXITS to the Ready Room and Riker looks after
	him with a puzzled expression.

                                             CUT TO:

70A  INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Jellico moves to his desk and activates the terminal.
	After a moment, the Starfleet logo is replaced by the
	image of Admiral Nechayev.

					NECHAYEV
			Captain?

       STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT FIVE     51A.

70A  CONTINUED:

					JELLICO
			Those emissions you were so
			concerned about... have just
			stopped.
				(beat)
			I'd say that one way or the other,
			our friends have finished their
			task.

	There is a beat as Nechayev takes note of this.

					NECHAYEV
			Have you heard from our friends?

					JELLICO
			No.

					NECHAYEV
			Let me know if you do. I'd very
			much like to see them again.

					JELLICO
			So would I, Admiral.

	The transmission ENDS. Off Jellico's face as he
	contemplates the fate of Picard and the others.

                                             CUT TO:

71   INT. INTERROGATION ROOM

	The room is very large with a huge entry door.
	(Footsteps tend to echo in here.) There are few
	furnishings except for the center of the room where
	there is a large DESK. Although not immediately
	apparent, the desk has many hidden panels and drawers.
	Next to the desk is the INTERVIEW CHAIR, an ominous
	looking piece of furniture with the ability to manacle
	the subject's wrists and ankles.

	Picard is pushed into the room by a Cardassian. The
	door SHUTS behind him. Picard looks around for a
	moment... then a VOICE is heard coming out of the
	darkness.

       STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT FIVE      52.

71   CONTINUED:

					MADRED'S VOICE
				(o.c.)
			A challenge.

	GUL MADRED steps out of the shadows and moves toward
	the table.

					MADRED
			You should prove to be an
			interesting challenge. Possibly
			the most interesting to come
			through that door in many years.

					PICARD
			What do you want?

					MADRED
			Why... you, of course.
				(beat)
			Picard. Jean-Luc. Serial number
			SP dash nine three seven dash two
			one five. Son of Maurice and
			Yvette Picard, born in La Barre,
			France. Former Captain of the
			Stargazer... where you conducted
			extensive studies on theta-band
			subspace carrier waves.

	Picard is shocked at this level of knowledge and what
	it implies.

					MADRED
			Don't look so surprised. How
			could we have designed a lure for
			the Captain of the Federation
			flagship unless we knew something
			about his background.

	Picard recovers quickly and his features harden.

					PICARD
			All right... so you concocted an
			elaborate ruse to bring me here.
			Why?

	Madred's expression hardens.

					MADRED
			In this room, you do not ask
			questions. I ask them, and you
			answer. And if I'm not satisfied
			with those answers... you will
			die.

       STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. I" - REV. 10/07/92 - ACT FIVE      53.

71   CONTINUED: (2)

	Off Picard's reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

     SUPER:             "TO BE CONTINUED"

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                  "Chain of Command, Part II" 
                          #40276-237 
                              
                          Written by 
                       Frank Abatemarco 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


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                         FINAL DRAFT

                       OCTOBER 15, 1992


   STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Part II" - 10/15/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                  "Chain of Command, Part II" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD                 JELLICO
                RIKER                  JIL ORRA
                DATA                   GUL LEMEC
                BEVERLY                GUL MADRED
                TROI               
                WORF               
                GEORDI             
                COMPUTER VOICE     

                Non-Speaking           Non-Speaking
                  TWO N.D. NURSES        GLIN CORAK
                  N.D. SECURITY OFFICER  GLIN TAJOR
                                         TWO CARDASSIANS GUARDS

   STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Part II" - 10/15/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                  "Chain of Command, Part II"

                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE              SHUTTLECRAFT
              CORRIDOR                 CARDASSIAN SHIP
              OBS. LOUNGE
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
              READY ROOM
              SHUTTLECRAFT
              SHUTTLEBAY
              SICKBAY
          
              INTERROGATION ROOM

     STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Part, II" - 10/15/92 - 
                         PRONUNCIATION GUIDE                           
                              
                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Chain of Command, Part II"                       
                              
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE                       

                     LAKAT         lah-KAHT
                     CELTRIS       SELL-tris
                     LA BARRE      la BAR
                     MADRED        muh-DRED
                     NECHAYEV      NEH-che-yev
                     LEMEC         leh-MEK
                     GESSARD       gues-ARRD
                     MINOS KORVA   mee-nos KOR-va
                     HEBITIAN      heb-EE-shin
                     LYSHAN        LYE-shin

   STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/19/92 - TEASER   1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                  "Chain of Command, Part II"                       
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

                     RECAP OF SCENES FROM PART I                       

1
thru	OMITTED
3

4    INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - DAY

	Picard is in a chair. A Cardassian MED TECH checks a
	PADD which increases or decreases the amount of neural
	chemicals administered. Gul Madred sits behind his
	desk, checks his PADD during Picard's responses.

	Picard looks straight ahead and speaks with a stream of
	consciousness detachment. He is clearly under the
	influence of a chemical substance.

					MADRED
			Place of birth?

					PICARD
			La Barre, France...

					MADRED
			Mother's name?

					PICARD
			Yvette Gessard...

	Madred glances over at the Medical Officer.

					MADRED
			He's ready. Keep the serum at
			that level.

	The Officer nods, and Madred turns back to Picard.

					MADRED
			What is your current assignment?

  STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. II" - 10/15/92 - TEASER  2.

4    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Special operations on Celtris
			Three.

					MADRED
			Your mission on Celtris Three?

   STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/19/92 - TEASER   3.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			To seek and destroy a metagenic
			weapon.

					MADRED
			How many others were part of this
			mission?

					PICARD
			Two.

					MADRED
			Their names and rank?

					PICARD
			Chief Medical Officer Beverly
			Crusher. Lieutenant Worf.

	Gul Madred enters that information into his PADD.

					MADRED
			What are the Federation's defense
			plans for Minos Korva?

					PICARD
			I don't know.

	Gul Madred moves close to Picard studying his face.
	He's uncertain whether Picard really doesn't know, or
	if he is able to hold something back.

					MADRED
			Increase the level slightly... to
			point three one.

   STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/16/92 - TEASER   4.

4    CONTINUED: (3)

	The Med Tech increases the dosage with a hypospray.

					MADRED
			Let's begin again, shall we?
			Name?

					PICARD
			Picard, Jean-Luc.

					MADRED
			Place of birth?

					PICARD
			La Barre, France...

	Off Picard's face we

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/19/92 - ACT ONE 5-6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & CARDASSIAN SHIP
	(OPTICAL)

	The two ships facing each other in space.

					JELLICO (V.O.)
			Captain's Log: Stardate 46360.8
			The negotiations with the
			Cardassians have made little
			progress. Gul Lemec continues to
			insist on a complete Federation
			withdrawal from the border and I
			continue to refuse. I believe a
			military confrontation may be
			unavoidable.

6    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	JELLICO, RIKER, and TROI are seated at the table,
	wearily listening to GUL LEMEC, who is pacing the room
	and droning on and on. GLIN CORAK and GLIN TAJOR are
	also seated.

					JELLICO
			Gul Lemec, I assure you that what
			the Federation wants, above all,
			is the preservation of peace.

					LEMEC
			Ah... peace. Of course. Then how
			do you explain the fact that a
			Federation team launched an
			unprovoked attack on Cardassian
			territory less than fourteen hours
			ago?

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/19/92 - ACT ONE  7.

6    CONTINUED:

	Riker and Troi look surprised. Jellico keeps his
	expression neutral.

					JELLICO
			I don't know what you're talking
			about.

					LEMEC
			Then let me explain. Captain Jean-Luc
			Picard, Lieutenant Worf, and
			Doctor Beverly Crusher landed on
			Celtris Three, attacked one of our
			outposts in a brutal assault, and
			killed over fifty-five men, women
			and children.

	Jellico takes a beat before responding.

					JELLICO
			What evidence do you have of that?

					LEMEC
			We have all the evidence we
			need... we have Captain Picard.

					RIKER
			Is he alive?

	Lemec lets that hang in the air for a moment, then
	pointedly does not answer the question.

					LEMEC
			The Cardassian Union has not yet
			decided how to respond to this
			latest provocation.
				(beat, then ominous)
			But rest assured that we will
			respond.

	He holds Jellico's eyes for a beat, then Lemec EXITS,
	followed by Corak and Tajor. Once they're out the
	door, Jellico sits back in his chair... clearly this is
	trouble. Riker and Troi look to him for answers.

 STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. II" - 10/15/92 - ACT ONE 8.

6    CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			Is there any truth to what he's
			saying?

	Jellico considers for a moment before answering and
	then is very deliberate and careful as he answers
	Riker.

					JELLICO
			Captain Picard and the others were
			sent to... investigate reports of
			a metagenic weapon on Celtris
			Three. It's possible they may
			have been captured.

	Riker and Troi absorb this news.

					JELLICO
			But if they escaped, they'll head
			for the Lyshan system -- the
			Enterprise was supposed to meet
			them there in eight hours.
				(beat)
			Wil, I want you to take a
			shuttlecraft and head for the
			rendezvous point. The Enterprise
			will have to remain here until the
			endgame with Gul Lemec is played
			out.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

	Riker EXITS.

    STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/19/92 - ACT ONE 8A-B.      

6    CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			If Captain Picard has been
			captured... the Cardassians will
			not hesitate to use any means
			available to obtain information
			from him... including torture.

					JELLICO
			I know.
				(beat)
			That's why I want you to contact
			Starfleet Command and inform them
			they should change every security
			code and protocol that Captain
			Picard might have had access to.

	Troi waits for something more... some indication of
	concern for Picard, but none is forthcoming. She and
	Jellico look at each other for a long moment.

					JELLICO
			That's all, Deanna.

	Beat.

					TROI
			Aye, sir.

	Troi EXITS, leaving Jellico alone. Off his troubled
	face...

7    INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - DAY (OPTICAL)

	A door at the far end of the chamber opens.

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/21/92 - ACT ONE  9.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard, blindfolded, is escorted by two Cardassian
	Guards whose footsteps echo in the large chamber. The
	Guards place Picard standing in front of Gul Madred's
	desk. His hands are manacled. He nods to them and
	they EXIT.

					MADRED
			Captain Picard...

					PICARD
			I demand to see a neutral
			representative... as required by
			the Federation-Cardassian peace
			treaty.

					MADRED
			Of course.

	He removes Picard's blindfold... and Picard reacts
	almost as though in pain as the light hits his dilated
	pupils. Clearly he has been blindfolded for some time.
	He squints and blinks as his eyes gradually adjust.

					MADRED
			We have already sent a message to
			Tohvun Three -- the nearest
			neutral planet. They assure us
			they will dispatch someone
			immediately.

	Gul Madred walks in a circle around Picard, studying
	him carefully. Picard looks tired and worn... the last
	hours have not been pleasant. But he does not appear
	to be under the influence of any drugs.

					MADRED
			I hope you're feeling better now
			that the drugs have worn off.
				(small shrug)
			I dislike using drugs... but it is
			the most efficient means of
			getting information. Unless, of
			course, you were given a neuro-inhibitor...
			enabling you to
			withhold it.

					PICARD
			I can't imagine what information
			I have that would be meaningful to
			you.

	Madred smiles, doesn't reply... glances down at
	Picard's hands.

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/22/92 - ACT ONE  10.

7    CONTINUED: (3)

					MADRED
			Please... let me remove those
			restraints.

	He enters a control on his PADD, then manually unsnaps
	Picard's manacles. Picard involuntarily rubs his
	wrists, which show deep bruises where the manacles have
	cut into them. Madred gestures to a chair, as:

					MADRED
			I understand that you are a
			student of archaeology. Did you
			know that Cardassia boasts some of
			the most ancient and splendid
			ruins anywhere in the galaxy?

	Picard sits, responds carefully... trying to understand
	Madred's technique, not wanting to fall into a trap...
	but knowing that conversation is the way to find his
	opponent's own weaknesses -- something he knows he must
	do if he is to survive.

					PICARD
			I know that the burial vaults of
			the First Hebitian civilization
			are said to be magnificent.

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/19/92 - ACT ONE  11.

7    CONTINUED: (4)

					MADRED
			Apparently when they were first
			unearthed, two hundred years ago,
			they were. The burial vaults
			contained unimaginably beautiful
			artifacts made of jevonite -- a
			rare, breathtaking stone. But
			most of those objects are gone.

					PICARD
			What happened to them?

	Madred smiles slightly, shrugs.

					MADRED
			What happens to impoverished
			societies... the tombs were
			plundered, priceless treasures
			stolen... a few were preserved in
			museums... but even those were
			eventually sold in order to pay
			for our war efforts.

					PICARD
			That war cost you hundreds of
			thousands of lives... depleted
			your food supplies... left your
			population weakened and
			miserable... and yet you risk war
			again.

	Something in Madred's eyes burns slightly at this.

					MADRED
			How easy for you to judge us.
			Federation planets seem to want
			for nothing. But our planet is a
			hardscrabble world... famine is
			still a threat... it's not so easy
			for us.

	Picard glances around.

					PICARD
			And yet there seems to be enough
			to maintain a well-outfitted --
			and well fed -- military...

					MADRED
			It is the military which is the
			hope of the population.

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/16/92 - ACT ONE  12.

7    CONTINUED: (5)

					PICARD
			The Federation would be happy to
			help you feed your people --
			without the need for warfare.

					MADRED
			Charity? I don't think so.

					PICARD
			Not charity... a cooperative
			effort --

					MADRED
			Let's not waste time arguing about
			issues we can't resolve. Would
			you care to tour the Hebitian
			burial vaults?

	Picard stares at him.

					MADRED
			Even though they've been stripped
			of funerary regalia, the tomb
			paintings are extraordinary. Any
			student of archaeology would be
			thrilled.

					PICARD
				(carefully)
			What I would like... is to be
			returned to my ship.

					MADRED
			My dear Captain... you are a
			criminal. You have been
			apprehended invading one of our
			secret facilities... the least
			that will happen is for you to
			stand trial and be punished.
				(beat)
			I am offering you the opportunity
			for that experience to be --
			civilized.

					PICARD
				(after a beat)
			And the price for that
			opportunity?

					MADRED
				(mildly)
			Cooperation.

	He walks away from Picard, musing.

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/22/92 - ACT ONE  13.

7    CONTINUED: (6)

					MADRED
			We need to know the Federation's
			defense strategy for Minos Korva.

					PICARD
			You've injected me with drugs.
			You must know that I have already
			answered truthfully every question
			put to me.

					MADRED
			Captain... we have gone to great
			lengths to lure you here --
			because we know that in the event
			of an invasion, the Enterprise
			will be the command ship for the
			sector encompassing Minos Korva.

					PICARD
			Then it seems you have more
			knowledge about the situation than
			I do.

	Madred stares at him for a beat, then shakes his head
	sadly, taps a command into his console, and the Guards
	ENTER. They pull Picard to his feet... he struggles,
	having no intention of making anything easy for them.
	But they are able to snap the manacles onto his wrists
	again and then secure them to a bar on the ceiling.
	Picard finally stands with arms stretched over his
	head.

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/22/92 - ACT ONE  14.

7    CONTINUED: (7)

					MADRED
			Wasted energy, Captain... you
			might come to wish you hadn't
			expended it in such a futile
			effort.

	The guards EXIT.

					PICARD
			Torture is expressly forbidden by
			the terms of the Seldonis Four
			convention governing treatment of
			prisoners of war.

	Madred lets Picard's empty demand hang there.

					MADRED
			Are you in good health? Do you
			have any physical ailments I
			should know about?

	Picard does not respond. Madred takes an object from
	his desk... holds it before Picard's face. It is a
	knife with a jeweled handle.

					MADRED
			Beautiful, isn't it? This stone
			is jevonite. You can see why it
			is so highly prized.

	Madred begins cutting away Picard's jumpsuit.

 STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. II" - 10/15/92 - ACT ONE 15.

7    CONTINUED: (8)

					MADRED
			From this point on, you will enjoy
			no privileges of rank... no
			privileges of person. From now
			on, I will refer to you only as
			"human." You have no other
			identity.

	Madred strips away all of the jumpsuit, leaving Picard
	naked and vulnerable. We see on his upper chest a
	small red scar, suggesting a recent incision.

	Madred walks out of the room, his footsteps echoing.
	The door closes behind him, and we hold on Picard in
	the empty room for a beat.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/19/92 - ACT TWO  16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

8    INT. INTERROGATION ROOM

	Picard is still in the same position. His head slumps
	onto his chest occasionally as he cannot fight sleep.
	Behind him, the door opens.

9    ANGLE ON GUL MADRED AND GUARDS

	as they ENTER the room. Madred is carrying the
	Cardassian equivalent of a thermos bottle; the guards,
	a robe. As the guards remove Picard from the bar on
	the ceiling and put the robe on him, Madred opens the
	thermos, pouring himself hot tea.

					GUL MADRED
			Good morning. I trust you slept
			well?

	The guards take Picard to the chair and then EXIT.
	Madred sips his tea matter-of-factly.

10
thru	OMITTED
12

13   PICARD AND MADRED

	Picard watches Madred as he drinks the tea... his own
	mouth is dry and parched. He hasn't had water for a
	long time. Madred is conscious of his need.

					MADRED
			You're thirsty?

	Picard gives a slight nod.

					MADRED
			I would imagine so.

	He caps his thermos and drains his tea.

 STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. II" - 10/15/92 - ACT TWO 17.

13   CONTINUED:

					MADRED
			Well. It's time to move on.

	He removes from his desk a PADD. Picard eyes it.

					PICARD
			I have told you what I know.

					MADRED
			I'm sure you have.

	Madred gestures toward the ceiling (or a wall).

					MADRED
			How many lights do you see there?

	Picard looks in the direction he is pointing.

13A  ON THE LIGHT FIXTURE

	There are four separate lights in the fixture.

13B  RESUME SCENE

	Picard turns back to Madred. He's not sure where this
	is going, but he is still alert for any opportunity to
	resist -- and, if possible, land a psychological blow
	on his opponent.

					PICARD
				(guarded)
			I see four lights.

	Madred lifts his eyebrows... rises... and walks toward
	the fixture.

					MADRED
			Strange... I see five.

	There is a beat as he turns back to Picard.

					MADRED
			Are you quite sure?

					PICARD
			There are four lights.

	Madred returns to his desk... picks up the PADD, idly
	toying with it.

 STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. II" - 10/15/92 - ACT TWO 18.

13B  CONTINUED:

					MADRED
			Perhaps you're aware of the
			incision on your chest.

	Picard's eyes drop down... his fingers move
	unconsciously to the small scar.

					MADRED
			While you were under the influence
			of our drugs, you were implanted
			with a small device.
				(beat)
			It is a remarkable invention.
				(beat)
			By entering commands in this PADD,
			I can produce pain in any part of
			your body... at various levels of
			severity.

	Madred looks at Picard with genuine apology.

					MADRED
			Forgive me... I don't enjoy this,
			but I must demonstrate. It will
			make everything much clearer.

	He looks down at the PADD. Picard steels himself,
	trying to prepare for what is coming. Madred taps a
	command and a wave of pain overtakes Picard. He gasps
	and stiffens... perspiration breaks out... he puts his
	knuckles to his temples and digs them in. Madred taps
	the control off. Picard slumps, gasping, amazed at the
	effect.

					MADRED
			Surprising, isn't it? Most people
			feel at first that they can steel
			themselves against it... but they
			are completely unprepared for the
			intensity of the pain.
				(beat)
			That was the lowest possible
			setting.

	Picard draws air in gasps, struggling for composure
	once more.

					PICARD
			I... know... nothing... about
			Minos Korva.

	Madred glances at him, surprised.


  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/16/92 - ACT TWO  19.

13B  CONTINUED: (2)

					MADRED
			But I've told you that I believe
			you. I didn't ask about Minos
			Korva...

	He gestures idly at the light fixture.

					MADRED
			I asked you... how many lights you
			see there.

	Picard stares at him, realizing that the game has moved
	far beyond the acquisition of information. But he is
	determined to resist... as long as he is able.

					PICARD
			There are four lights.

	Madred looks puzzled... glances at the fixtures... back
	at Picard.

					MADRED
			I don't understand how you can be
			so mistaken.

13C  CLOSE ON THE PADD

	as Madred's fingers enter commands. There is a cry of
	pain from Picard.

14   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE, CARDASSIAN SHIP

	The Enterprise, which is still hanging in space with
	the Reklar.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First Officer's Log: Supplemental.
			I have returned from the
			rendezvous point in the Lyshan
			system with Doctor Crusher and
			Lieutenant Worf. Captain Picard's
			fate is still unknown.

15   INT. SICKBAY

	WORF is on a biobed, having his shoulder wound tended
	by an N.D. NURSE. BEVERLY is on another bed, being
	checked over by another NURSE. Jellico and Riker are
	listening to Beverly, who is exhausted and depressed.

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/16/92 - ACT TWO  20.

15   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			There was no chance to go back for
			the Captain. We barely made it
			back to the Ferengi cargo ship
			ourselves.

					JELLICO
			You were smart not to try.

	That doesn't seem to make Beverly feel any better.

					BEVERLY
				(bitter)
			I don't feel so smart.

	Jellico is sympathetic... he puts a friendly hand on
	her shoulder.

					JELLICO
			Get some rest, Doctor.
				(to Riker)
			Wil...

	Jellico and Riker EXIT.

15A  INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	Jellico and Riker ENTER from Sickbay and head toward a
	Turbolift.

					JELLICO
			I want Geordi to analyze the
			readings from Beverly's tricorder.
			Tell him to scrutinize every
			detail of those caverns on Celtris
			Three.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.
				(beat)
			Request permission to begin
			planning a rescue operation.

	Jellico stops and faces Riker.

					JELLICO
			Wil, I know you were close to
			him... but we don't even know if
			he's still alive.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/19/92 - ACT TWO  21.

15A  CONTINUED:

					JELLICO (Cont'd)
			Under the circumstances, a rescue
			attempt would be foolhardy.

	Jellico continues down the corridor, but Riker isn't
	content to just let it drop at that.

					RIKER
			Shouldn't we assume he is alive
			until we know otherwise? We can't
			just abandon him.

	Jellico stops outside the Turbolift and faces Riker
	squarely.

					JELLICO
				(hard)
			He's gone. I'm sorry Wil, but
			you're going to have to accept
			that.
				(beat)
			I want those tricorder readings
			analyzed by fourteen hundred
			hours.

					RIKER
				(tight)
			Yes, sir.

	Jellico EXITS to the Turbolift. Off Riker's
	expression...

                                             CUT TO:

15B  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & CARDASSIAN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The two ships hang in space.

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/19/92 - ACT TWO  22.

16   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Jellico, Riker, and Troi are seated at the table. Gul
	Lemec, Glin Tajor, and Glin Corak are also seated.
	Lemec is holding a Cardassian PADD. He activates the
	PADD and then SLIDES it across the table toward
	Jellico.

17   ON PADD (OPTICAL)

	It shows Picard, a prisoner, seated in the Interview
	chair. This is a recording of Picard as seen in the
	Teaser, when he was under the influence of the truth
	inducer.

					MADRED'S VOICE
			What is your current assignment?

					PICARD
			Special operations on Celtris
			Three.

18   RESUME SCENE

	Jellico turns off the PADD and looks up at Lemec.
	Riker and Troi are troubled by this vision of their
	former captain.

					LEMEC
			Do you have anything to say?

					JELLICO
			Captain Picard was not acting
			under my orders.

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/19/92 - ACT TWO  23.

18   CONTINUED:

	Lemec sits back in his chair and considers Jellico for
	a moment.

					LEMEC
			And if we wish to execute him?

					RIKER
			Under the terms of the Selonis
			Convention, Captain Picard must --

					LEMEC
				(hard)
			The Selonis Convention applies to
			prisoners of war... which means
			you would have to acknowledge that
			he was captured during a mission
			authorized by the Federation. Do
			you wish to make such an
			admission?

					JELLICO
			No.

	Riker throws a look at Jellico, but keeps his mouth
	shut.

					LEMEC
			Then he will be treated as a
			terrorist.

	Lemec again waits for Jellico's response, but Jellico
	doesn't flinch. He takes the Cardassian PADD and
	SLIDES it back across the table to Lemec.

					JELLICO
			That is not my concern.

	Riker and Troi exchange looks, but Jellico never looks
	away from Lemec. Lemec picks up the PADD and then
	continues after a beat.

					LEMEC
			There is, of course, an
			alternative.

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/19/92 - ACT TWO  24.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					JELLICO
			I'm listening.

					LEMEC
			If the Federation agreed to a
			complete and immediate withdrawal
			from this sector... we would be
			disposed to release Captain Picard
			and forget about this...
			incident.

	Jellico seems to consider this for a long beat.

					JELLICO
			I'll have to discuss this with my
			superiors.

					LEMEC
			Of course.
				(beat)
			You have seven hours.

	Lemec gestures to Corak and Tajor and they all EXIT.

					JELLICO
			I'll send a message to Admiral
			Necheyev... recommend that she
			reject Lemec's proposal... and
			deploy more starships along the
			border.

					RIKER
			And what about Captain Picard?

	Jellico simply shakes his head. As Riker continues to
	push, both their tempers begin to rise.

  STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/16/92 - ACT TWO  25.

18   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			I'm not suggesting that we trade
			entire star systems for one man's
			life... but we can at least
			acknowledge the fact that he was
			acting under Federation orders...
			that he is a prisoner of war.

					JELLICO
			No.

					RIKER
			It would give him the protections
			of the Seldonis Convention --

					JELLICO
				(angry)
			It would play right into Gul
			Lemec's hand. He's just waiting
			for some sign of weakness in our
			position before he starts making
			more demands.

					RIKER
				(hot)
			I can't believe you're going to
			sacrifice the Captain's life for
			a negotiating tactic.

	Troi tries to intercede, but the two men are on a
	collision course.

					TROI
			Wil, Captain... I think we're all
			concerned about --

					JELLICO
				(to Riker)
			Are you questioning my judgment,
			Commander?

					RIKER
			As First Officer it's my
			responsibility to point out what
			may be mistakes in the actions of
			the commanding officer. Sir.

					JELLICO
			Then maybe it's time you found
			other responsibilities.
				(beat)
			You're relieved.

 STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. II" - 10/15/92 - ACT TWO 26.

18   CONTINUED: (4)

	Riker and Jellico slowly stand together... exchange a
	long, hard look as the air crackles around them.

					JELLICO
				(quiet)
			Don't make me confine you to
			quarters as well.

	Riker holds his eyes for another moment, then finally
	glances at Troi.

					RIKER
				(to Jellico)
			Sir.

	Riker EXITS. Off the reactions of Jellico and Troi...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. II" - 10/15/92 - ACT THREE27.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

19   OMITTED

20   INT. READY ROOM

	Jellico is speaking to someone o.c. His attitude is
	warm and friendly.

					JELLICO
			I have every confidence that you
			will make an outstanding first
			officer.

	REVEAL Data sitting across the desk from him, wearing
	a RED uniform.

					DATA
			Thank you, sir.
				(beat)
			But I do not believe that I am
			more qualified than Commander
			Riker.

	Jellico smiles at him.

					JELLICO
			I admire loyalty in an officer.
				(beat)
			But don't let it blind you to more
			pressing concerns.

	The door CHIMES.

					JELLICO
			Yes?

	GEORDI ENTERS, carrying a PADD. He notes Data's
	uniform, but doesn't comment on it.

					GEORDI
				(to Jellico)
			I have the report on Doctor
			Crusher's tricorder readings from
			Celtris Three.

	He hands the PADD to Jellico, who glances at it.

					JELLICO
			Give me the short version.

STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. II" - 10/15/92 - ACT THREE28.

20   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Nothing.

					JELLICO
			Not quite that short.

					GEORDI
			There's nothing out of the
			ordinary on any of the tricorder
			logs. Just normal scans of the
			caverns on Celtris Three and a few
			tactical scans of armed
			Cardassians.

	Jellico puts down the PADD and moves about the room,
	trying to think.

					JELLICO
			They went to a lot of trouble to
			lure a Federation team to that
			planet... why?

	They all think for a moment.

					DATA
			It is possible that the
			Cardassians were interested in
			specifically capturing Captain
			Picard.

					GEORDI
			What makes you say that?

					DATA
			The metagenic weapon which they
			were supposedly developing used a
			theta-band subspace delivery
			system. Captain Picard is one of
			only three Starfleet Captains with
			extensive experience in testing
			theta-band devices. The other two
			are no longer in Starfleet.

					JELLICO
			So they tailored a fake weapon to
			lure Picard. But why? They
			must've known we'd change all his
			access codes and security
			protocols.

STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. II" - 10/15/92 - ACT THREE29.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Maybe they're more interested in
			something he did in the past...
			something that happened while he
			was Captain of the Enterprise.

	Jellico gets an idea.

					JELLICO
			Or maybe something that he was
			going to do in the future.
				(beat)
			In case of a Cardassian attack,
			the Enterprise will be assigned as
			the command ship for this sector.
			If the Cardassians got wind of
			that...

					GEORDI
			They might have assumed Captain
			Picard would know those defense
			plans.

					DATA
			If our theory is correct, it would
			mean the Cardassians are preparing
			for an attack somewhere in this
			sector.

					JELLICO
			The question is, where?
				(beat)
			Geordi, I want you to conduct a
			discreet scan of Gul Lemec's ship.
			Look for anything unusual...
			anything that might indicate where
			they've been lately.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

	Geordi EXITS.

					DATA
			If Captain Picard is aware of our
			defense plans for this sector, we
			could be at a serious tactical
			disadvantage.

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/26/92 - ACT THREE 30.

20   CONTINUED: (3)

					JELLICO
			Admiral Nechayev just transmitted
			the plans to me this afternoon.
			Picard never saw them.

					DATA
			In that case, he may be tortured
			for information that he does not
			have.

	A grim beat. Off Jellico's expression...

21
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22

23   INT. INTERROGATION ROOM

	Gul Madred and his daughter, JIL ORRA, an angelic young
	girl of seven, are at the desk, working with a small
	twenty-fourth century cage. The cage contains a
	Cardassian PET. Picard is unconscious on the floor,
	and now wears a robe.

					MADRED
			I want you to be very careful with
			your wompat from now on, Jil Orra.
			Now that she's separated from her
			mother, she depends on you.

					JIL ORRA
			I will, father.
				(a glance at Picard)
			Do humans have mothers and
			fathers?

					MADRED
			Yes, but... human mothers and
			fathers don't love their children
			as we do... they're... not the
			same as we are.

					JIL ORRA
				(accepting this)
			Will you read to me tonight?

					MADRED
			Yes, of course I will.
				(hugs her)
			I'll see you later.

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/26/92 - ACT THREE     31-33   

24
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27

28   ANGLE PICARD

	who has been watching this tableau through slitted
	eyes. As the little girl EXITS, Madred moves toward
	him. Picard takes a breath, trying to focus himself...
	regaining what control he can.

					PICARD
			Your daughter... is lovely...

	Madred turns quickly toward him... he is obviously
	protective of his daughter, wary of what Picard might
	have to say.

					MADRED
			Yes... I think so. And unusually
			bright.

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/26/92 - ACT THREE 34.

28   CONTINUED:

					MADRED
				(continuing, after a
				 beat)
			Amazing, isn't it... the way
			they're able to sneak into your
			heart... I must admit, I was
			completely unprepared for the
			power she had over me... from the
			moment she was born.

					PICARD
			I'm surprised... that you'd let
			her come in here...

					MADRED
				(genuinely)
			Why?

	Picard stares at him... the question is sincere... but
	it strikes Picard as bizarre.

					PICARD
			To let a child be exposed to
			this... to someone who is injured
			and suffering... to see that you
			inflict that suffering...

	Madred is looking at Picard with a curious smile, as
	though trying to understand what he's saying.

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/26/92 - ACT THREE 35.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					MADRED
			From the time Jil Orra could crawl
			she has been taught about the
			enemies of the Cardassians. And
			that enemies deserve their fate.

	He moves idly toward his desk, hands drifting over the
	control for the pain device.

					PICARD
			Be careful, Madred. When children
			learn to devalue others... they
			can devalue anyone. Even their
			parents.

	Madred gives him a sharp look.

					MADRED
			To her, I am a hero. I am the
			most powerful man she knows... she
			adores me...

	Picard hears the slight note of desperation in the
	man's voice, seizes on it.

					PICARD
			Now, perhaps. What will happen
			when she's fifteen? Twenty? Are
			you prepared for the time when she
			might look at you and see you for
			what you are -- and despise you
			for it?

	Madred's eyes blaze.

					MADRED
			What a blind, narrow view you
			have. What an arrogant man you
			are.

	He moves closer to Picard, challenging.

					MADRED
			What do you know of Cardassian
			history?

	Picard gives it back with equal intensity.

					PICARD
			I know that once you were a
			peaceful people, that you had a
			rich spiritual life --

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/26/92 - ACT THREE 36.

28   CONTINUED: (3)

					MADRED
			And what did peace and
			spirituality get us? People
			starved by the millions. Bodies
			went unburied -- disease was
			rampant. The suffering was
			unimaginable.

					PICARD
			Since the military took over
			hundreds of thousands more have
			died --

					MADRED
			But we -- are -- feeding -- the --
			people.

	His eyes flash, his passion blazing.

					MADRED
			We acquired territory during the
			wars... we developed new
			resources... we initiated a
			rebuilding program... we have
			mandated agricultural programs.
			That is what the military has done
			for Cardassia.

	He takes a breath, then leans in toward Picard.

					MADRED
			Because of that... my daughter
			will never have to worry about
			going hungry.

					PICARD
			Her belly may be full... but her
			spirit will be empty.

	Madred takes two steps and back hands Picard across the
	face. Picard staggers back, startled... but knowing he
	has scored on Madred.

					PICARD
			Be careful... you're showing
			weakness...

	Madred crosses to his desk.

					MADRED
			Shall we begin again? How many
			lights are there?

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/26/92 - ACT THREE 37.

28   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			What lights?

	Madred jabs viciously at the control device. Picard
	arches convulsively.

30
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31

32   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Jellico is speaking with Gul Lemec on the Viewscreen.
	Data is seated in the First Officer's chair and Worf is
	at Tactical. Geordi is working at one of the aft
	stations.

					JELLICO
			The answer is no, Gul Lemec. We
			won't be frightened away from a
			system which is legitimately ours.

	Lemec only smiles.

					LEMEC
			A brave stand.
				(beat)
			But I think you have an
			expression... something about
			discretion often being the better
			part of valor.
				(beat)
			Good-bye, Captain.

	The transmission ENDS.

					WORF
				(off console)
			The Reklar has gone to warp...
			they are returning to Cardassian
			space.

					JELLICO
			At least for the moment...

					GEORDI
			Captain, I think we've got
			something.

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/19/92 - ACT THREE 38.

32   CONTINUED:

	Jellico moves toward the aft stations. Geordi
	indicates one of the monitors.

					GEORDI
			It looks like there was some minor
			hull degradation along their warp
			nacelles. The distribution
			pattern indicates a recent
			exposure to a molecular dispersion
			field.

					JELLICO
			Where could they have run into a
			dispersion field?

					GEORDI
			They're found in certain types of
			quasars... proto-stellar
			nebulae... some dark matter
			clouds...

					JELLICO
			Isn't there a proto-stellar nebula
			near the border?

					GEORDI
				(works)
			The McAllister C-Five Nebula is
			located just over the border...
			approximately seven light years
			from Federation space.

	Jellico thinks for a long beat.

					JELLICO
			Could there be Cardassian ships
			inside the McAllister Nebula?

					GEORDI
			It's possible... but they couldn't
			stay in there very long. The
			particle flux in the nebula would
			begin to degrade a ship's hull
			after about seventy- two hours.

	Jellico looks at the monitor for a moment.

					JELLICO
			Is there a Federation system near
			the McAllister Nebula that might
			interest the Cardassians?

					GEORDI
			Minos Korva is only eleven light
			years from the Nebula... and the
			Cardassians tried to annex it
			during the war...

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/16/92 - ACT THREE 39.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					JELLICO
				(long beat)
			Data, I want to be at Minos Korva
			in one hour.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.
				(to Con Officer)
			Set course three five zero mark
			two one five and engage at warp
			eight point five.

32A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (STOCK)

	The ship goes into warp.

33   INT. INTERROGATION ROOM

	Picard is lying on the ground again... semi-conscious.
	His lips are parched and cracked... he is singing
	softly in his hoarse voice.

					PICARD
			... le pont d'Avignon... on y
			danse... on y danse... sur le pont
			d'Avignon...

	His dry lips form into a smile, as though he is
	reliving a happy memory... then he laughs softly.

					PICARD
			On y danse surtout...

	Madred is sitting at his desk, watching this
	impassively. Finally he rises, goes to Picard, stirs
	him with a toe.

					MADRED
			Wake up.

	Picard opens his eyes as though from a dream... the
	smile lingering on his lips as he comes to
	consciousness.

					MADRED
			Where were you?

					PICARD
				(still drifting up)
			At home... Sunday dinner... we
			would sing, afterward...

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/16/92 - ACT THREE 40.

33   CONTINUED:

					MADRED
			What a charming picture. The
			Picard family... voices raised in
			song...
				(beat)
			Is this what's kept you from
			breaking? Images of happier
			times? Memories of home and
			hearth?

	Picard opens his eyes fully... realizing where he is.

					PICARD
			There is a refuge in the mind...
			a place where even you can't
			intrude...

	Madred stares at him for a brief moment, then gives a
	half smile.

					MADRED
			I must congratulate you. You're
			remarkably strong willed. I see
			no point in holding you further.

	Picard's response is a look which holds his eyes for a
	moment.

					MADRED
			You may go...

	Picard moves not a muscle. He searches Gul Madred's
	face for some clue as to what he is up to.

					MADRED
			Someone will give you clean
			clothing before we return you to
			your ship.

	He hits a control and the door at the far end opens.
	Picard looks at it... back at Madred... then gets to
	his feet. He is unsteady, but he musters his strength
	and walks past Madred, who is studying a PADD and does
	not look up.

34   ANGLE MADRED

	As Picard walks past him for the door. When Picard is
	a few steps away from leaving the room Gul Madred looks
	up from his PADD. He does not look at Picard.

					MADRED
			We will get what we need from the
			human female.

STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. II" - 10/15/92 - ACT THREE41.

35   ANGLE FAVORING PICARD

	He freezes in his tracks. He considers going on, but
	instead turns back to Gul Madred.

					PICARD
			What female are you referring to?

	Gul Madred turns to him.

					MADRED
			The human who was part of your
			abortive assault team, of course --
			Doctor Beverly Crusher.

	Picard walks back to the desk.

					PICARD
			What have you done with her?

					MADRED
			Not a thing. She's quite safe.
			I wanted to finish my interviews
			with you before I interrogated
			her. I had thought it might not
			be necessary.

	A long beat.

					PICARD
			What about Lieutenant Worf?

					MADRED
			He left us few options. We had to
			kill him.

	Picard stares at him, absorbing this information,
	turning it over in his mind, testing its validity.

					MADRED
			I'm more optimistic about getting
			what we need from the woman.

					PICARD
			Doctor Crusher has no information
			about any of Starfleet's plans.
			She is a medical officer.

					MADRED
				(pleasantly)
			You may be right. I'll have to
			determine that for myself.

	Picard takes a long moment... and then sits in the
	chair opposite Madred. Madred looks at him, poised,
	urbane...

    STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. II" - 10/15/92 - ACT THREE   41A.

35   CONTINUED:

					MADRED
			Are you... choosing to stay with
			me?

	Picard nods.

					MADRED
			Excellent! I can't tell you how
			pleased that makes me.

	And as he smiles genially at Picard...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/19/92 - ACT FOUR 42.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

36
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37

37A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at warp.

37B  INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)
	(FORMERLY SCENE 43)

	Jellico, Data, Beverly, Troi, Geordi and Worf.

					JELLICO
			Starfleet now believes the
			Cardassians are preparing to
			invade Minos Korva.
				(beat)
			That will not be allowed to
			happen. The Sutherland, the
			Berlin, and the Aries have been
			dispatched to this sector. But
			they're still three days away.
			Until they arrive, it's up to us.

	Jellico lets that sink in for a moment.

					JELLICO
			I'm convinced that their invasion
			fleet is hiding in the McAllister
			Nebula. I intend to hit them
			before they leave it.

	There are mixed reactions from around the table.

					BEVERLY
			I thought the nebula was in
			Cardassian territory.

					JELLICO
			That's right.

	There is a small pause as Beverly formulates her
	thoughts.

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/19/92 - ACT FOUR 43.

37B  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I was just part of an undercover
			mission into Cardassian
			territory... I felt it was
			justified in order to destroy a
			weapon that was potentially
			catastrophic.
				(beat)
			But you're talking about a first
			strike. An act of war. I can't
			believe that Starfleet would
			condone it.

					JELLICO
			Admiral Necheyev knows my plan...
			and has given me full
			discretionary powers to act as I
			see fit.

					GEORDI
			What if you're wrong, Captain?
			What if the Cardassians are in
			that nebula for scientific
			research?

					JELLICO
			You'd have to have pretty good
			evidence to convince me of that.

					BEVERLY
			You're still gambling with
			hundreds of lives.

					TROI
			But there are two million
			colonists on Minos Korva. If we
			wait until the Cardassians
			attack... tens of thousands of
			innocent people could be killed.

					JELLICO
				(flatly)
			This discussion is moot. The plan
			has been approved and we're going
			ahead. Mister Data, by your
			calculations, how long could the
			Cardassian ships stay in the
			nebula?

					DATA
			In another seventeen hours, their
			hull degradation will reach
			dangerous levels.
					(MORE)

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/19/92 - ACT FOUR 44.

37B  CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (Cont'd)
			They will have to leave before
			that.

					JELLICO
			All right... Worf, prepare a
			series of five hundred anti-matter
			mines with magnetic targeting
			capabilities. Geordi, we're going
			to need a shuttle specially
			outfitted to operate in the nebula
			by fourteen hundred hours.
			Beverly, you'll need to --

					BEVERLY
				(bitter)
			Have Sickbay ready for the
			casualties you're about to send
			me.

	Beat.

					JELLICO
				(beat)
			That's right.
				(beat)
			Dismissed.

	They all EXIT. Off Jellico's face...

38   OMITTED

39   INT. INTERROGATION ROOM

	Picard is on the floor, unconscious. Off-screen, we
	HEAR a tap-tap-tap that is unidentified. Picard begins
	to stir, as though hearing the tapping. His eyes
	flicker open as he swims out of unconsciousness and
	back into the nightmare. He looks toward Gul Madred...
	and sees him carefully breaking the shell of a boiled
	egg, tapping gently, peeling away the membrane. He
	looks down and sees Picard staring at him.

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/27/92 - ACT FOUR 45.

39   CONTINUED:

					MADRED
			Ah. You're awake.
				(gestures to the desk)
			Please... have something to eat.

	Picard doesn't respond and Madred's voice becomes
	colder.

					MADRED
			I insist.

	Picard considers... he doesn't want to follow an order,
	but he needs nourishment for energy... and energy for
	the strength to resist. He sits at the desk.

					MADRED
			Here... boiled taspar egg... a
			delicacy I'm happy to share with
			you.

	He pushes an egg toward Picard, who cracks it over a
	dish...

40   CLOSE ON THE EGG SHELL

	Instead of a boiled egg, it is raw and alive,... full
	of a pulsating, gelatinous blob.

41   RESUME SCENE

	Picard stares at it, revolted... Madred watches
	closely, a smile on his lips... then Picard tips the
	egg into his mouth and takes the entire mass into his
	mouth. He chews and swallows -- and Madred bursts into
	delighted laughter.

					MADRED
			Wonderful! Wonderful! I like
			you, human... most people become
			ill at the sight of live taspar...

	Picard swallows the last of the creature. Madred eyes
	him for a moment... then shoves more food toward him,
	pours a liquid into his glass.

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/27/92 - ACT FOUR 46.

41   CONTINUED:

	Picard begins eating, and Madred watches him carefully
	as he eats hungrily.

					MADRED
			I remember the first time I ate
			live taspar... I was four years
			old and living on the streets of
			Lakat... there was a band of
			children, four, five, six years
			old... some even smaller...
			desperately trying to survive...

	He rises and begins pacing the room.

					MADRED
			We were thin, scrawny little
			animals... constantly hungry,
			always cold... we slept together
			in doorways, like packs of wild
			gettles, for warmth...

	He dwells for a brief moment in that long-ago time...

					MADRED
			Once I found a nest... taspars had
			mated and built a nest in the eave
			of a burnt-out building... and I
			found three eggs in it.
				(beat)
			It was like finding treasure. I
			cracked one open on the spot and
			ate it... very much as you just
			did. I planned to save the other
			two... they would keep me alive
			for another week... but of course
			an older boy saw them and wanted
			them.
				(beat)
			He had to break my arm, but he got
			the eggs.

	Picard stares at him, for the first time getting a
	glimpse inside this man... a glimpse that might be
	valuable to him.

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/27/92 - ACT FOUR 47.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I see...

					MADRED
			Unlike you, I had no pleasant
			refuge in my mind... gentle
			memories of family gatherings...

					PICARD
			No... I'm sure you didn't.
				(beat)
			How rewarding it must be now to
			repay others for all those years
			of misery.

	Madred looks at him sharply.

					MADRED
			What do you mean?

					PICARD
			Torture has never been a reliable
			means of extracting information...
			it is ultimately self-defeating as
			a means of control... and so one
			wonders why it is still practiced.
				(beat)
			The only possible reason must
			be... pleasure.

	Madred moves to the desk and picks up the PADD.

					MADRED
			I fail to see where this analysis
			is leading.

					PICARD
			Madred, when I look at you now, I
			won't see a powerful Cardassian
			officer... but a small boy weeping
			because he was powerless to
			protect himself.

	Picard is scoring on Madred. He sweeps Picard's food
	off the table.

					MADRED
			Be quiet --

					PICARD
				(pressing)
			In spite of what you have done to
			me... I find you a pitiable man --

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/16/92 - ACT FOUR 48.

41   CONTINUED: (3)

					MADRED
			Picard -- stop it or I will turn
			this on and leave you here in
			agony all night --

	But he stops as he sees a smile playing on Picard's
	mouth.

					PICARD
			You called me "Picard"...

	And he looks at Madred, knowing he has scored a
	victory. Madred stares at him, face hardening.

					MADRED
			What are the Federation's defense
			plans for Minos Korva?

					PICARD
			There are four lights.

	Camera begins to MOVE IN on Madred as he activates the
	PADD; we see him tap the commands, but we don't see
	Picard's physical response.

					MADRED
			There are five lights. How many
			do you see now?

					PICARD'S VOICE
				(with difficulty)
			You are four years old... weak and
			helpless... you cannot harm me...

					MADRED
				(working the controls)
			How many?

					PICARD'S VOICE
				(singing in some
				 desperation)
			Sur le pont... d'Avignon... on y
			danse... on y danse...

 STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/19/92 - ACT FOUR 49.

42   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at warp.

43   OMITTED

43A  INT. SHUTTLEBAY (FORMERLY SCENE 36)

	Worf and an N.D. SECURITY OFFICER are standing by
	several CONTAINERS, which are about the size of a
	suitcase. They are checking them over with tricorders.
	Jellico ENTERS and goes to Worf. The large
	shuttlecraft is in the b.g.

					JELLICO
			Report.

					WORF
			Each container holds a hundred
			anti-matter mines with magnetic
			targeting capabilites. When the
			mines are ejected from the
			containers, they will attach
			themselves to the hulls of the
			Cardassian ships.

					JELLICO
			Good. The nebula's going to play
			hell with subspace
			communications... will we still be
			able to detonate the mines on
			command?

					WORF
			We are modifying the receiver
			assemblies on each unit.

					JELLICO
			Excellent.

     STAR TREK: "Chain of Command, Pt. II" - 10/15/92 - ACT FOUR    50.

43A  CONTINUED:

	Jellico moves to the shuttlecraft.

43B  INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Geordi is working as Jellico ENTERS.

					JELLICO
			How are we doing?

					GEORDI
			Almost done, sir. I've shielded
			the engine nacelles and the
			transporter system so they won't
			be affected by the nebula's
			particle flux.

					JELLICO
			Good.

	Jellico moves to the pilot's chair and sits down. He
	smiles as he looks over some of the controls.

					JELLICO
			Been awhile since I flew one of
			these... you're a pilot yourself,
			aren't you Geordi?

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir.

					JELLICO
			Began my career as a shuttle pilot --
			on the Jovian Run. Jupiter to
			Saturn and back... once a day,
			every day.

					GEORDI
				(surprised)
			I was on that run for a while.

					JELLICO
				(conspiratorially)
			Then you must've done Titan's
			Turn.

					GEORDI
				(smiles)
			Oh, yeah... set a course directly
			for Titan... hold it until you're
			just brushing the atmosphere...
			then throw the helm hard over and
			whip around the moon at point
			seven c.

      STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/20/92 - ACT FOUR      51.

43B  CONTINUED:

					JELLICO
			And pray like hell nobody saw you.

	They both laugh.

					GEORDI
			Well... this trip into the
			nebula's going to need someone who
			can do Titan's Turn in their
			sleep.
				(indicates panel)
			The mines will have to be laid
			within two kilometers of the
			Cardassian ships. But the
			particle flux from the nebula will
			blind all the sensors except for
			the proximity-detector. You're
			going to need quite a pilot to
			bring that off.

					JELLICO
			And is that you?

	Geordi looks at Jellico, knowing the answer is not
	going to please him.

					GEORDI
			No sir, it's not. The man you
			want... is Commander Riker.

	Jellico looks at him, but Geordi doesn't back off.

					GEORDI
			He's the best there is.

	Off Jellico's thoughtful reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

      STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/16/92 - ACT FIVE      52.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

44   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship drops out of warp. The McAllister NEBULA can
	be seen in the b.g.

45   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	Riker is sitting at his desk, looking over the book of
	Shakespeare that Picard once had in the Ready Room. He
	flips through the pages for a moment.

45A  OMITTED

45B  RESUME SCENE

	The door CHIMES and Riker closes the book.

					RIKER
			Come in.

	Jellico ENTERS. There's an awkward beat as Riker
	slowly stands.

					JELLICO
			Am I disturbing you?

					RIKER
				(cool)
			Not at all.

	Jellico takes a few steps around the room, looking
	around. This is an awkward conversation for both of
	them. Jellico notices the trombone on its stand.

					JELLICO
			Musician?

					RIKER
			That's right.

					JELLICO
			Classical? Contemporary?

      STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/16/92 - ACT FIVE     52A.

45B  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Jazz.

					JELLICO
			Ah.

	The moment hangs there, Jellico clearly uncomfortable.

					RIKER
			Is there something I can do for
			you, Captain?

					JELLICO
			Are you aware of our plans to
			attack the Cardassian invasion
			fleet?

					RIKER
			Yes, sir. And I understand you've
			been talking to every shuttle
			pilot on board.

					JELLICO
			I don't settle for second best.
			In anything.

					RIKER
			Yes, sir.

	There is a long beat as Jellico seems to measure Riker
	for a moment.

					JELLICO
			Let's drop the ranks for a moment.
				(beat, then blunt)
			I don't like you. I think you're
			insubordinate. Arrogant.
			willful. I don't think you were
			a particularly good first officer.

	Riker doesn't flinch in the face of this bald assault.
	Jellico pauses for a moment, then his voice softens a
	little.

					JELLICO
			But... you're also the best pilot
			on the ship.

	Riker takes a moment.

      STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/16/92 - ACT FIVE      53.

45B  CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			As long as the ranks are down,
			Captain, let me say that I don't
			like you, either. You're arrogant
			and closed-minded. You have to
			control everything and everyone.
			You don't provide an atmosphere of
			trust, you don't inspire the crew
			to want to go out of their way for
			you, and you get everybody wound
			up so tight there's no joy in
			anything. I don't think you're a
			particularly good Captain.

	The two men hold a look.

					JELLICO
			I won't order you to fly this
			mission. I'm here to ask.

	Riker steps right up to Jellico.

					RIKER
				(hard)
			Then ask.

	Jellico takes a beat to swallow his pride.

					JELLICO
			Will you pilot the shuttle,
			Commander?

	Beat.

					RIKER
			Yes.

	Jellico heads for the door.

					RIKER
			You're welcome.

	Jellico pauses... then EXITS.

                                             CUT TO:

46   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	The shuttle leaves the Enterprise.

47   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Jellico, Data, Troi, and Worf at their stations.

      STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/19/92 - ACT FIVE     53A.

47   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(off console)
			The shuttle is about to enter the
			nebula.

					DATA
			Yellow Alert. Raise shields and
			charge all defensive systems.

	The ship's condition goes to YELLOW.

					JELLICO
			Helm, bring us to ten thousand
			kilometers from the nebula's
			perimeter.

					WORF
			All defensive systems are powered
			and ready.
				(beat)
			The shuttle has entered the
			nebula.

                                             CUT TO:

48   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Riker and Geordi are at the controls. The view out the
	window is obscured by the billowing CLOUDS from the
	nebula. Behind them can be seen the MINES seen earlier
	in the shuttlebay. The ship SHAKES SLIGHTLY. As they
	report the loss of systems, their attitude is calm --
	they were expecting this.

					GEORDI
			We've lost primary navigation...
			switching to secondary systems...

					RIKER
			Inertial dampers compensating...

					GEORDI
			Sensors inoperative.

					RIKER
			Right on schedule.

	Geordi activates a monitor on the console.

48A  ON MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	The monitor shows a graphic display of the area in
	front of the ship. The screen is fuzzy and ill-defined.
	It's a very primitive display, similar to
	that of early WWII radar sets.

      STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/19/92 - ACT FIVE      54.

48B  RESUME SCENE

					GEORDI
			The proximity detector is
			working... we should pick up their
			ships at a distance of... five
			hundred meters.

	Riker gives him a look.

					RIKER
				(sarcastic)
			Don't make this too easy...

	Geordi grins and moves to the back of the shuttle,
	placing containers on the small shuttle transporter.
	Riker keeps his eyes glued on the monitor.

48C  ON MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	The monitor screen shows nothing... then suddenly a
	LARGE SHAPE appears on the screen very close to the
	position of the shuttle.

48D  RESUME SCENE

	Riker reacts to the screen.

					RIKER
			Hang on!

	He quickly works the controls and the shuttle heels
	sharply to one side. Riker and Geordi have to hang on
	for dear life. After a moment, Riker is able to bring
	the ship back to level flight.

					GEORDI
			Do I want to know how close that
			was?

      STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/19/92 - ACT FIVE      55.

48D  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			No.
				(beat)
			Get ready to deploy the mines.

	Geordi moves to the transporter console and begins to
	work the controls.

                                             CUT TO:

48E  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	hanging in space.

49   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The Bridge crew waits tensely for some indication of
	success on Riker's part.

					WORF
				(off console)
			Captain -- the shuttlecraft is
			emerging from the nebula.

					JELLICO
			Enterprise to shuttle -- were you
			successful, Commander?

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir. The mines are laid.

					JELLICO
			Very well.
				(to Worf)
			Red Alert. Stand by to detonate
			the mines on my command.

      STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/16/92 - ACT FIVE      56.

49   CONTINUED:

	The ship goes to RED.

					WORF
			Standing by.

	There is a beat.

					JELLICO
			Open a channel to the Reklar.

	The crew reacts with curiosity.

50   OMITTED

51   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	A furious Gul Lemec appears on the screen as Jellico
	stands.

					LEMEC
			This is Cardassian territory,
			Captain. Your presence here is
			another deliberate provocation to --

					JELLICO
			I'm not going to argue with you,
			Gul Lemec. Every one of your
			ships has a mine on its belly, my
			finger's on the button, and you're
			in a very bad position.

					LEMEC
			You can't intimidate us.

					JELLICO
			Mister Worf... set off Alpha-four
			two..

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	He works. On the screen, Lemec's ship SHAKES. Lemec
	looks around in worry.

      STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/19/92 - ACT FIVE     56A.

51   CONTINUED:

					JELLICO
			That was just a baby... the big
			boys are sitting on your hull...
			waiting for me to say the word.

	There is a long beat.

					LEMEC
				(difficult)
			What are... your terms?

					JELLICO
			Your ships will leave the nebula
			one by one. Each ship will eject
			its primary phaser coil before
			setting course for the nearest
			Cardassian base.

					LEMEC
				(objecting)
			That will leave us defenseless.

					JELLICO
			Mister Worf, prepare to detonate --

					LEMEC
			I will agree to your terms.

					JELLICO
			Excellent.

	Jellico turns to sit down again, but then turns back to
	the screen.

					JELLICO
			Oh... one more thing. I believe
			you're holding a Starfleet officer
			named Jean-Luc Picard. I expect
			him returned. Immediately.

	Lemec gives him a long, cold look.

                                             CUT TO:


      STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/16/92 - ACT FIVE      57.

52   INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - ON LIGHT FIXTURE -
PICARD'S POV

	It is out of focus, fuzzy... how many lights are there?
	Four? Five? Eight? The lights keep changing focus...
	nobody could tell how many there really are.

52A  CLOSE ON PICARD

	sitting in the chair, head slumped back, staring at the
	lights. Perspiration drenches him... drips into his
	eyes... he blinks, squints... looks up...

52B  ON LIGHT FIXTURE

	How many? Eight? Twelve? The lights split and
	multiply before his eyes.

52C  ON PICARD

	as he shakes his head to clear it... sits up... looks
	around. He is alone in the room. He sees, on the desk
	before him --

52D  THE PADD

	which controls the extent of his misery.

53   PICARD

	stares at it, transfixed. It's within his reach. What
	will happen if he takes it? Smashes it? Mesmerized,
	he reaches out his arm, touches it... picks it up...
	stares at it...

	And then he rises and hurls it against a wall, smashing
	it. It falls to the floor, broken.

					MADRED'S VOICE
			That won't help. I have many
			others.

	Picard turns and sees Madred walking toward him from
	the open door. When he speaks, his voice is quite
	hoarse from screaming. He is weaker than we have seen
	him.

					PICARD
			...still... felt good...

	Madred gives a small laugh.

      STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/16/92 - ACT FIVE      58.

53   CONTINUED:

					MADRED
			Enjoy your good feelings when you
			can. There may not be many more
			of them.

	He walks briskly to his desk and sits.

					MADRED
			I've just received word. There's
			been a battle. The Enterprise is
			burning in space. The invasion of
			Minos Korva has been successful.

	Picard stares at him.

					PICARD
			...don't... believe you...

					MADRED
				(shrugs, unconcerned)
			There is no further need for
			information from you... our troops
			were successful in spite of your
			refusal to help me.
				(small smile)
			You might have saved yourself a
			great deal of torment by yielding
			at the beginning.

	There is a beat as he stares pensively at Picard.

					PICARD
			I... want to see... neutral
			representative...

					MADRED
			There is no such person.
				(beat)
			The word will be that you perished
			with your crew. No one will ever
			know that you are here with us.
			As you will be, for a long, long
			time.

	Picard stares at him with bleary eyes.

					MADRED
			You do, however, have a choice.
			You can live out your life in
			misery... held here, subject to my
			whims...

	He leans in, seductive, beguiling...

      STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/16/92 - ACT FIVE      59.

53   CONTINUED: (2)

					MADRED
			Or you can live in comfort, with
			good food and warm clothing...
			women as you desire them...
			allowed to pursue your studies of
			philosophy and history.
				(beat)
			I would enjoy debating with you.
			You have a keen mind.

	He rises, wanders toward Picard.

					MADRED
			It's up to you. A life of ease...
			of reflection and intellectual
			challenge...
				(gesturing around him)
			Or this.

					PICARD
			What... must I... do... ?

	Madred smiles. His voice is soothing...
	irresistible...

					MADRED
			Nothing, really.
				(gestures upward)
			Tell me how many lights you see.

	There is a heavy silence. Picard slumps in the chair,
	staring up at the lights. In the distance, we hear the
	SOUND of approaching footsteps. An urgency appears in
	Madred's voice.

					MADRED
			How many? How many lights?

	No answer.

					MADRED
			This is your last chance... the
			guards are coming... don't be a
			stubborn fool...

	Picard stares up at the light fixture, eyes glazed, not
	responding.

					MADRED
				(hissing)
			How many?

	The door opens and Gul Lemec ENTERS, accompanied by two
	guards. He surveys the scene.

      STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/16/92 - ACT FIVE      60.

53   CONTINUED: (3)

					LEMEC
			You told me he would be ready to
			go.

	Madred has to tear his eyes away from Picard to address
	his superior.

					MADRED
			We had some unfinished business.

					LEMEC
			Get him cleaned up. A ship is
			waiting to take him back to the
			Enterprise.

54   ON PICARD

	as he stares at Madred, realizing that everything
	Madred had said was a ruse... one last desperate effort
	to bend Picard to his will.

55   ON MADRED

	as he returns the look... a complex welter of feelings
	overwhelming him... chagrin that Picard now
	understands... anger at failure... and, in spite of
	himself, the beginnings of respect for Picard's
	extraordinary courage.

56   ANGLE - THE GROUP

	as Lemec looks from one to the other... curious at the
	potent looks.

					LEMEC
			Captain Picard... if you will go
			with the guards, they'll take care
			of you.

	Still holding Madred's look, Picard rises... starts to
	lose his balance but holds on... takes deep breaths of
	air... straightens himself, and walks close to Madred.

					PICARD
			There are four lights.

	Madred stares at him briefly, and then, the slightest
	possible nod and smile -- in deference to a man he has
	come to admire.

      STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/16/92 - ACT FIVE      61.

56   CONTINUED:

	Picard turns and walks out of the room with the guards.
	Madred watches him go. Lemec looks from one to the
	other, feeling the charged atmosphere, but completely
	out of touch with what has transpired.

56A  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & CAIRO (STOCK)

	The two ships running side by side.

56B  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Jellico and Troi (in her regulation uniform) are in
	Command, Worf at Tactical, and Data is now back at Ops
	and in his normal uniform. The doors to the Turbolift
	OPEN and Picard and Riker ENTER.

					JELLICO
				(stands)
			Captain on the Bridge.
				(to Picard)
			Welcome home, Jean-Luc.

					PICARD
			Thank you.

					JELLICO
				(gestures around)
			Just the way you left it. Maybe
			a little better.
				(to com)
			Computer transfer all command
			codes to Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
			Voice authorization: Jellico-alpha-three-one.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Transfer complete. USS Enterprise
			now under command of Captain Jean-Luc
			Picard.

					PICARD
			I relieve you, sir.

					JELLICO
			I stand relieved.

	Jellico glances around the Bridge one last time.

					JELLICO
				(to everyone)
			It's been an honor serving with
			you.

      STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/16/92 - ACT FIVE     61A.

56B  CONTINUED:

	He looks around the Bridge, but there are only cold
	stares from everyone. He nods to Picard and EXITS.

					PICARD
			You have the Bridge, Number One.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

	Picard exchanges a look with Troi and then she follows
	him to the Ready Room.

56C  INT. READY ROOM

	Picard looks around the room for a moment. Everything
	has been returned to the way he had it. He looks
	around at Troi, who is simply waiting.

					PICARD
			I don't know where to begin,
			Counselor. It was... quite an
			experience.

					TROI
			I read your report.

	Picard nods. There is a quiet beat.

					PICARD
			One thing I didn't put in my
			report... at the very end, he
			offered me a choice... between a
			life of comfort... or more
			torture... all I had to do was say
			there were five lights.

	Troi regards him for a brief moment.

					TROI
			You didn't say it...

					PICARD
			No... but I was going to. I was
			ready to tell him anything he
			wanted... anything at all. But
			more than that, I was beginning to
			believe there were five lights.

	Off her look, acknowledging the enormity of his
	experience...

      STAR TREK: "Chain... , Pt. II" - REV. 10/16/92 - ACT FIVE     61B.

57
thru	OMITTED
58

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                      "Ship in a Bottle" 
                          #40276-238 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Rene Echevarria 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Alex Singer 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT
                         
                       OCTOBER 26, 1992

        STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - 10/26/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Ship in a Bottle" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             BARCLAY
                RIKER              MORIARTY
                DATA               COUNTESS
                BEVERLY            GENTLEMAN
                TROI               
                WORF               
                GEORDI             
                COMPUTER VOICE     

                Non-Speaking                           
                  N.D. ENGINEERS     
                  CREWMAN            
                  TWO SECURITY OFFICERS
                  N.D. SUPERNUMARIES 
                  TRANSPORTER CHIEF  

        STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - 10/27/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Ship in a Bottle" 
                   
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              ENGINEERING
              TEN FORWARD
              SICKBAY
              OBS. LOUNGE
              SHUTTLEBAY
              SHUTTLECRAFT
              CORRIDOR
          
              HOLODECK
                THE SITTING ROOM (221B BAKER)
                GRID
          
              MORIARTY'S QUARTERS

   STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/27/92 - TEASER   1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "Ship in a Bottle"                           
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. THE SITTING ROOM - TWILIGHT (OPTICAL)

	at 221B Baker Street (as seen in "Elementary, Dear
	Data"). DATA is dressed as Sherlock Holmes and GEORDI
	as Doctor Watson. Watson, and a cigar smoking
	GENTLEMAN of about fifty, listen as Data/Holmes paces
	the room spinning out a trail of deductions.

					DATA/HOLMES
				(to the gentleman)
			-- it was then that I began to
			suspect that your brother did not
			die by his own hand... that he was
			in fact... murdered.

					GENTLEMAN
				(shocked)
			Murdered?

					GEORDI/WATSON
			But Holmes, the vial of poison
			found in his hand?

					DATA/HOLMES
			That was the first clue, Watson.
			The vial contained strychnine,
			which as you well know induces
			violent muscular spasms. It is
			difficult to imagine that someone
			in the throes of so gruesome a
			death could have held on to so
			delicate a container without
			shattering it.

					GEORDI/WATSON
			You mean... ?

					DATA/HOLMES
			Exactly! The vial was placed in
			his hand after he died.

      STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - 10/26/92 - TEASER      2.

1    CONTINUED:

	Data slams his pipe into his mouth and bites down on it
	for emphasis.

					GEORDI/WATSON
			Then what did kill him?

					DATA/HOLMES
			The cigar, of course.

					GENTLEMAN
				(coughing on his own)
			Cigar?

					DATA/HOLMES
			Upon closer inspection of the room
			where your brother was found, I
			discovered a fresh burn mark on
			the carpet. Analysis of the ash
			revealed that the cigar was laced
			with strychnine.

					GENTLEMAN
			This is utter nonsense. What
			about the suicide note? It was
			written in my dear brother's own
			hand.

					DATA/HOLMES
			With practice, handwriting can be
			forged.

	Data looks pointedly at the Gentleman, who is growing
	increasingly uncomfortable.

					DATA/HOLMES
			It takes a trained eye to notice
			certain... discrepancies.

	Data picks up a BOX OF MATCHES from the fireplace
	mantel.

					DATA/HOLMES
			For example, whether someone is...

	He turns and tosses the box to the Gentleman's left
	side.

					DATA/HOLMES
			Right or left handed!

	The Gentleman catches the box and Data lays in to him.

   STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/27/92 - TEASER   3.

1    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA/HOLMES
			Your brother was right handed!
			The alleged suicide note was
			written by a left handed
			individual such as yourself!

					GEORDI
			Uh... Data? It's in his right
			hand.

	Data stops in his tracks when he realizes. Geordi
	suppresses a smile.

					DATA
				(as Data)
			Curious... There seems to be a
			problem in the Holodeck's spatial
			orientation systems.

					GENTLEMAN
				(scoffing)
			London's greatest detective...

	He tosses the box back to Data.

					GEORDI
				(smiles)
			Freeze program.

	The Gentleman FREEZES in mid-motion. Geordi fishes out
	his COMBADGE and activates it.

					GEORDI
			La Forge to Barclay...

					BARCLAY'S COM VOICE
			Barclay here.

					GEORDI
			Reg, something went wrong with the
			Holodeck program again.

					BARCLAY'S COM VOICE
			I -- I'm sorry... I'll look into
			it right away.

					GEORDI
			Thanks. Come on, Data, we better
			get back to Engineering.

   STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - TEASER   4.

2    INT. CORRIDOR/HOLODECK (OPTICAL)

	as they ENTER from the library and move to the Holodeck
	control panel.

					GEORDI
			Computer, end program and save.

	He and Data set off down the corridor; BARCLAY comes
	running around a corner and almost collides with them.

					GEORDI
			Whoa, Reg --

					BARCLAY
			Oh, sorry, Commander... I'm on my
			way to the... Holodeck...

					DATA
			Sherlock Holmes program Three-A
			has demonstrated some very curious
			anomalies.

					BARCLAY
			There must be a glitch in the
			matrix diodes. But I'll track it
			down, don't worry.

					GEORDI
			Thanks, Reg. See you later.

	They move on and Barclay goes to the Holodeck doors;
	they OPEN and he enters.

3    INT. HOLODECK (OPTICAL)

	Barclay works the control panel adjacent to the Arch
	Monitor.

					BARCLAY
			Computer... run a diagnostic on
			all Sherlock Holmes files and
			display any anomalous programming
			sequences.

	A beat.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Diagnostic complete .. all files
			conform to specified parameters
			except those contained in
			protected memory.

   STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/27/92 - TEASER   5.

3    CONTINUED:

					BARCLAY
				(surprised)
			Protected memory... ? Display
			those sequences.

	A series of numbers and letters begin to scroll out on
	the Monitor's screen. Barclay eyes them with a growing
	curiosity.

					BARCLAY
				(works)
			Computer... unlock this sequence
			and run the program.

	A human figure MATERIALIZES. It is PROFESSOR MORIARTY,
	dressed in Victorian garb. He smiles as he takes in
	his surroundings, touches his hands together to feel
	their solidity.

					BARCLAY
			Who are you... ?

					MORIARTY
				(with a slight bow)
			Professor James Moriarty.

					BARCLAY
				(recognizes the name)
			Ah... Moriarty... Sherlock Holmes'
			arch enemy.

	Barclay, thinking this man is just an ordinary Holodeck
	character, turns back to the Arch to peruse the monitor
	and work the controls. Moriarty smiles uncertainly;
	this isn't the reception he was expecting.

					BARCLAY
			Are you right or left handed?

					MORIARTY
				(perplexed)
			Right handed... Would you very
			much mind telling me --

	He's stopped in mid-sentence by the necessity of
	catching the TOOL that Barclay tosses his way (with his
	right hand).

					BARCLAY
			No problem there.

	Moriarty loses his patience with this odd young man.

   STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/27/92 - TEASER   6.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					MORIARTY
			Where is Captain Picard?

	Barclay stops in his tracks when he hears this -- a
	Holodeck character referring to the real world is
	unheard of.

					MORIARTY
			Is he still Captain of this
			vessel?

					BARCLAY
				(stunned)
			How -- how do you know the
			Captain?

					MORIARTY
			You don't know anything about what
			happened, do you?
				(growing angry)
			I've been stored in memory for God
			knows how long and no one's given
			me a second thought.

					BARCLAY
				(in disbelief)
			You know... you know what you
			are...

					MORIARTY
			A Holodeck character? A fictional
			man... Yes, yes -- I know all
			about your marvelous inventions.

	Moriarty is disgusted by the way he thinks he's been
	treated.

					MORIARTY
			I was created as a... plaything;
			so your Commander Data could
			masquerade as Sherlock Holmes.
			But they created me too well...
			and I became more than just a
			character in a story. I became
			self-aware; I am alive.

					BARCLAY
			That's not possible.

     STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - 10/26/92 - TEASER     6A.

3    CONTINUED: (3)

					MORIARTY
				(dismissing this)
			Yet here I am. Tell me...
				(doubting it even as he
				 asks)
			-- has a way been found for me to
			leave the confines of this
			Holodeck world?

					BARCLAY
			Leave the Holodeck? No, of course
			not. You can only exist in here.

					MORIARTY
			Damn you, Picard...
				(trying to control his
				 anger)
			He promised me something would be
			done. I should have realized that
			he would have said anything to get
			me to release my hostage.

	Barclay reacts to these new pieces of the story.

					BARCLAY
			Hostage... ?

					MORIARTY
				(ominously)
			How long have I been... locked
			away?

					BARCLAY
				(checks controls)
			Looks like about... four years.

					MORIARTY
			It seemed longer.

   STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - TEASER   7.

3    CONTINUED: (4)

					BARCLAY
				(surprised)
			What are you talking about? You
			couldn't have been aware of the
			passage of time --

					MORIARTY
			But I was.
				(beat)
			Brief, terrifying periods of
			consciousness... disembodied,
			without substance...

					BARCLAY
			I don't see how that could be
			possible... maybe there was a
			fragmentation in the protected
			memory circuits...

					MORIARTY
			Call it what you will. All I know
			is that despite Picard's
			promise... he's done nothing.
			Just left me to go quietly mad...

					BARCLAY
			I'm sure he hasn't forgotten his
			promise... the Captain wouldn't do
			that --

					MORIARTY
			I'd like to talk to him.

					BARCLAY
			Well, I can ask --

					MORIARTY
			Ask him to meet me in the sitting
			room at Baker Street. That would
			be far more appropriate.

					BARCLAY
			I'll have to store you in memory
			again until I get an answer.

	Barclay activates a circuit and Moriarty FRITZES out
	for a second with an unusual EFFECT... then REAPPEARS.

     STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - 10/26/92 - TEASER     7A.

3    CONTINUED: (5)

					MORIARTY
			That was most unpleasant.

					BARCLAY
			I'm sorry... let me try again.

					MORIARTY
				(pointing at him)
			Remember -- Two-Twenty-One B Baker
			Street.

	Barclay nods and tweaks the controls. This time
	Moriarty DISAPPEARS without a glitch.

	Barclay is relieved to have dealt with the situation.
	He closes the panel he's been working on and EXITS.

	After the door shuts behind him a beat passes and
	Moriarty REAPPEARS of his own volition. Off his
	sinister smile we...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

   STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 11/04/92 - ACT ONE   8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

           (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)            

4    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it hangs in space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46424.1.
			The Enterprise has arrived at the
			Detrian system to observe a unique
			celestial event -- the collision
			of two planets.

5    INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Data and Geordi are showing TWO N.D's an OKUDAGRAM on
	the pool table monitor. It shows the orbital paths of
	two planets around their sun, and the Enterprise's
	position relative to them.

					DATA
			Since both planets are gas giants,
			neither possesses a solid surface.
			Their atmospheres, however, will
			come into contact in approximately
			seventeen hours and nine minutes.

					GEORDI
			If their collision causes a self-sustaining
			fusion reaction... this
			is what we might see.

	On the diagram the two planets collide and explode to
	form a large flaming orb.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			The birth of a new star.

	There is a sense of anticipation and excitement among
	the gathered crewpersons. In the background we see
	Barclay ENTER and head toward the group.

    STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 11/04/92 - ACT ONE 9-10.      

5    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(indicating)
			The Enterprise will hold position
			until the gravitational
			instability subsides and we can
			move in for a closer look. I want
			triple redundancy on the sensor
			arrays. We'll probably never get
			another chance to see something
			like this and I don't want to miss
			anything.

	The N.D's nod and move away. Geordi and Data turn
	their attention to Barclay.

					BARCLAY
			Commander -- you'll never believe
			what happened while I was working
			on your program in the Holodeck...
			Professor Moriarty appeared -- out
			of nowhere.

					GEORDI
			What?

					BARCLAY
			And he wants to talk to the
			Captain.

                                             CUT TO:

6    OMITTED

7    INT. CORRIDOR

	as PICARD, Data and Barclay reach the door to the
	Holodeck and approach the control panel. They exchange
	a look and Picard nods an "okay" to Barclay.

					BARCLAY
			Computer, begin Sherlock Holmes
			program Three A. Place us in the
			drawing room at Two Twenty-One B
			Baker Street.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Program complete.

	The doors open and they enter.


  STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 11/04/92 - ACT ONE  11.

8    INT. DRAWING ROOM - TWILIGHT (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Barclay and Data look around.

					BARCLAY
			Computer, access protected memory
			and run Moriarty program.

	Moriarty APPEARS nearby. He turns to Picard and
	regards him for a moment.

					PICARD
			Professor... it's good to see you
			again.

					MORIARTY
			If you'd missed my company, I
			should think you'd have summoned
			me before now.

					PICARD
			I want to assure you that we've
			not forgotten you. We spent some
			time investigating how you became
			self-aware. Frankly, it is still
			a mystery.

     STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - 10/26/92 - ACT ONE     12.

8    CONTINUED:

					MORIARTY
			It is also irrelevant. What
			concerns me is finding a way to
			leave the Holodeck.

     STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - 10/26/92 - ACT ONE     13.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			We wrestled with that problem for
			some time... unfortunately without
			success. We turned our findings
			over to Starfleet's most
			experienced theoretical
			scientists.

					MORIARTY
			And what did your finest minds
			come up with?

					PICARD
			They have not arrived at a
			solution, either.

	Moriarty stares at him, cold-eyed.

					MORIARTY
			I see.

					PICARD
			I am concerned by the fact that
			you claim to have experienced the
			passage of time while you were
			stored in computer memory... I
			assure you we had no idea that
			might be the case.

					MORIARTY
			Enough of this. I no longer
			believe anything you say.

					PICARD
			I understand your frustration --

					MORIARTY
			Do you really? When this is over
			you'll walk out of this room, to
			the real world and your own
			concerns... and leave me here,
			trapped in a world I know to be
			nothing but illusion.
				(beat)
			I cannot bear that. I must leave.

					PICARD
			That's impossible. You cannot
			exist outside this room.

					MORIARTY
			Are you certain of that?

  STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/27/92 - ACT ONE  14.

8    CONTINUED: (3)

	Picard decides to prove what he's saying.

					PICARD
			Computer, exit.

	The door APPEARS in the library wall and opens to
	reveal the corridor outside. A CREWMAN casts a curious
	glance inside as he passes. Picard takes a book off
	the shelf.

					PICARD
			Even though an object appears
			solid here on the Holodeck...

	Picard tosses the book into the corridor.

					PICARD
			It has no substance in the outside
			world.

	Moriarty watches as it disintegrates, but remains
	unconvinced.

					MORIARTY
			An object has no life. I do.

					PICARD
			No, Professor. You are a computer
			simulation.

					MORIARTY
			I have consciousness. And
			conscious beings have will... the
			mind endows them with powers that
			are not necessarily understood --
			even by you.
				(stops, faces them)
			If my will is strong enough,
			perhaps I can exist outside this
			room. Perhaps I can walk into
			your world right now...

					BARCLAY
			We have run into alien species
			that can manipulate matter through
			mental processes...

					MORIARTY
				(grasping at the hope)
			There. It is possible.

	Moriarty moves closer to the door.

     STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - 10/26/92 - ACT ONE     15.

8    CONTINUED: (4)

					DATA
			Possible, but highly unlikely.
			Your consciousness is computer
			generated; it is not capable of
			manipulating physical reality in
			the required manner.

					MORIARTY
			I won't go back into your
			computer. No matter what happens
			to me, it will be better than
			drifting in that endless void.

	Moriarty takes another step toward the door.

					PICARD
			You must believe me, Professor.
			If you step outside that door, you
			will cease to exist.

					MORIARTY
			If I am nothing more than a
			computer simulation, then very
			little will have been lost. But
			if I'm right...

	He turns and stares out at the corridor... temptingly
	close...

					MORIARTY
			Mind over matter... cogito ergo
			sum...

	A long beat -- and then he steps quickly into the
	corridor. The others start after him. But they stop
	short as they realize... that nothing has happened.
	Moriarty is still there, very much corporeal. He turns
	back to face them with a bold, confident smile.

					MORIARTY
			I think... therefore I am...

	Off our astonishment...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

  STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 11/04/92 - ACT TWO  16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

9    INT. CORRIDOR

	Continuous. Picard, Data and Barclay have joined
	Moriarty in the corridor. They can scarcely believe
	their eyes.

					DATA
				(activates combadge)
			Data to Security... send two
			officers to Holodeck Three.

	Picard looks at Moriarty, who is smiling with pleasure.

					PICARD
			How is this possible?

					BARCLAY
			It isn't...

					DATA
			This contradicts everything we
			know about Holodeck physics.

	Moriarty beams at them.

					MORIARTY
			Then perhaps you don't know as
			much as you thought.

					PICARD
			Professor, if you'll come with
			me... I'd like our Doctor to
			examine you.

     STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - 10/26/92 - ACT TWO     17.

9    CONTINUED:

					MORIARTY
			Certainly, sir.

	At this point, two SECURITY OFFICERS come around the
	corner.

					MORIARTY
				(with distaste)
			Policemen... I'd recognize them in
			any century.

	Picard nods at the Security Officers to follow, and
	they start off. Moriarty gives a disgusted look at the
	security personnel.

10   INT. SICKBAY

	BEVERLY is scanning Moriarty with a TRICORDER; he is
	seated on the biobed. She seems surprised by the
	readings she's getting, looks over to Picard, Data and
	Geordi. The Security Men hang back by the door.

					BEVERLY
			From what I can tell... he's
			real... he's human.

					MORIARTY
			What else would I be, my dear
			woman?

					BEVERLY
			His DNA is a little unusual... but
			all the major systems are there
			and functioning normally.

					PICARD
			Doctor... the Holodeck is capable
			of creating anatomically correct
			organisms, down to the cellular
			level...

					BEVERLY
			Right... that's one way we train
			first year medical students.

  STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT TWO  18.

10   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Is there any difference between
			the biological readings of those
			simulations -- and Professor
			Moriarty?

					BEVERLY
			Yes. The quantum signatures are
			quite different. They wouldn't
			read that way on simulations.

					GEORDI
				(looking with his VISOR)
			As far as I can see... there's no
			evidence that the molecules in his
			body are losing cohesion. They
			seem to be as immutable as
			ordinary matter.

	Picard regards the man sitting on the bio-bed.
	Impossible, but here he is.

					PICARD
			Well, Professor... my crew will
			continue to investigate, but for
			the moment you seem to have
			accomplished a miracle.
				(beat)
			The question is... now that you're
			here... what do we do with you?

					MORIARTY
			I ask only that I be allowed to
			explore this new world. Your
			vessel, for instance: what sea
			does she sail? Might we go above
			deck?

	Picard and the others exchange glances.

					MORIARTY
				(off their reactions)
			Weather permitting, of course.

					PICARD
			Professor... I think there's
			something you should be made aware
			of...

                                             CUT TO:

  STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/27/92 - ACT TWO  19.

11   INT. TEN FORWARD

	as Moriarty and Picard ENTER, trailed by the Two
	Security Men. We see a look of amazement cross
	Moriarty's features as he catches his first glimpse of
	the stars through the forward windows.

					MORIARTY
			My god... we're adrift in the
			heavens...

					PICARD
			Not adrift, Professor. The
			Enterprise is a Starship, capable
			of travelling through space.

					MORIARTY
			Extraordinary...

	He looks out at the stars in wonder.

					MORIARTY
			Are we far from Earth? What is
			the range of this ship? What
			means of locomotion does it
			use... ?

	He turns to stare at Picard.

					MORIARTY
			There's so much for me to learn...
				(sits at a table)
			I hardly know where to start.

	Picard sits with him.

					PICARD
			We can give you books that will
			help...

					MORIARTY
			Good, good... I want to start
			making plans... determine what I'm
			going to do with my life...

	Picard's tendencies are not to rush through this so
	quickly.

					PICARD
			I hope you'll plan on staying
			aboard for a while... we'd still
			like to understand more about
			what's happened to you.

					MORIARTY
			Does it really matter? The point
			is -- I'm here. And I'm eager to
			get on with life.

    STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - 10/26/92 - ACT TWO    19A.

11   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I feel it necessary to warn you
			that criminal behavior is no more
			acceptable in the twenty-fourth
			century than it was in the
			nineteenth. And much harder to
			get away with.

					MORIARTY
			Don't worry, Captain... my past is
			nothing but a fiction -- the
			scribblings of an Englishman dead
			now for four centuries. I hope
			to... leave his books on the
			shelf, as it were.

					PICARD
			If that's so, you'll find that
			there are opportunities available
			to you that you could never have
			imagined.

					MORIARTY
			Your century may welcome me...
			but...

	He breaks off, a troubled expression on his face.

					PICARD
			What is it?

					MORIARTY
			In considering all these vast
			possibilities... I suddenly feel
			very much alone. I am a man out
			of time, Captain... and that
			isolates me...

	Picard regards him carefully. It sounds as though
	Moriarty is after something. He doesn't respond, and
	after a brief moment --

					MORIARTY
			You've been more gracious than I
			could ever have imagined... I
			wonder... can I impose on your
			generosity once again?

	Picard looks at him inquiringly.

  STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/28/92 - ACT TWO  20.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					MORIARTY
			There is a woman... the Countess
			Regina Barthalomew. She was
			created as a Holodeck character
			for one of Commander Data's
			programs...
				(beat)
			She was designed to be the love of
			my life... Could she also be
			brought off the Holodeck?

	Picard is taken aback by this unexpected request.

					PICARD
			Professor... you must believe me
			when I tell you that we don't know
			how or why you are able to exist
			off the Holodeck.

					MORIARTY
			I do believe you --

					PICARD
			According to the laws of physics,
			it's impossible. We would have no
			idea how to do it again.

					MORIARTY
			As I understand it, I was endowed
			with consciousness four years ago
			because someone said to the
			computer, "Create an opponent with
			the capacity to out think Data" --
			or words to that effect. Could we
			not make a request in similar
			language on behalf of the
			Countess?

					PICARD
			Even if we had reason to believe
			that would be successful... I'm
			not sure I could sanction it.
			Please understand, Professor...
			you are in essence a new life form --
			one which we didn't intend to
			create and don't fully understand.
			The moral and ethical implications
			of deliberately creating another
			like you... are overwhelming.

	Moriarty flares at this; the argument mounts in
	intensity.

  STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/28/92 - ACT TWO  21.

11   CONTINUED: (3)

					MORIARTY
			Is it morally and ethically
			acceptable to deny me the woman I
			love -- so that you can put your
			conscience at ease? Are you
			saying that you will simply
			dictate how I am to live my life?

					PICARD
			I assure you we will make every
			effort to make you as comfortable
			as we can --

					MORIARTY
			So long as I accept the terms
			under which you dole out those
			comforts.

	The two men hold a look for a moment. Moriarty backs
	off.

					MORIARTY
			Captain... I am a powerless man.
			You hold my future, my
			happiness... my very life in your
			hands. Please... consider my
			request.

	Picard eyes him, knowing that in all fairness, he must
	do just that.

                                             CUT TO:

12   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Data, Barclay, TROI, and Beverly.

					TROI
			I understand his frustration. We
			created him... and we created her
			to be the woman he loves. Surely
			we have some responsibility to
			them.

					BEVERLY
			That's very romantic, but until we
			know just what it was that walked
			off that Holodeck, I don't think
			we should be trying it again.

  STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/28/92 - ACT TWO  22.

12   CONTINUED:

					BARCLAY
			Even if we decided to do it,
			there's no guarantee we'd be able
			to.

					DATA
			There is also no way of knowing if
			the Professor's ability to exist
			off the Holodeck is permanent.
			Perhaps it is unwise to consider
			creating a second individual while
			that uncertainty exists.

					PICARD
			Agreed. We don't have enough
			information about this entire
			phenomenon to act in a responsible
			way.
				(beat)
			We'll hold off on the Professor's
			request until we know more.

	To Barclay and Data.

					PICARD
			Continue your investigations. In
			the meantime... I'll have to deal
			with Moriarity.

	From his expression, a conversation he's not looking
	forward to.

13   INT. MORIARTY'S QUARTERS

	Picard and Moriarty -- who has not responded well to
	Picard's decision.

					PICARD
			I feel I must postpone action...
			until we learn more.

					MORIARTY
			Yes. You know all about that. I
			stayed in the dungeon of your
			computer for years waiting for you
			to learn more... it wasn't until
			I took things into my own hands
			that something got done.

  STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/27/92 - ACT TWO  23.

13   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Forgive me, Professor, but I
			wonder why you're in such a
			hurry... is this woman your
			partner in some illegal venture?

	This seems to hit Moriarty where he's vulnerable; there
	is a defensiveness as he says --

					MORIARTY
			Your computer designed her to be
			a person of impeccable integrity.
			She would never commit a crime.

	The tone of his voice gives Picard an opening.

					PICARD
			You must love her very much...

	Clearly, he does. Whenever he speaks of her,
	Moriarty's hostility recedes, and he speaks with simple
	sincerity.

					MORIARTY
			The program fashioned her for me
			to love. But I must admit that I
			would have done so anyway. She is
			remarkable. My life has not been
			the same since I met her. I don't
			simply love her, Captain. I adore
			her.

					PICARD
			Then I would think her safety
			would be important to you.

	This seems to have an impact on Moriarty. Picard
	presses.

					PICARD
			Give us a little time to determine
			what has happened here. That way
			we can minimize the risk in
			bringing her to you.
				(beat)
			You wouldn't want to lose her...
			just because we moved too quickly.

	Moriarty gives him a long look, then lowers his eyes.
	Implied acquiescence.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Captain Picard...

  STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/27/92 - ACT TWO  24.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Picard here.

					RIKER
			Could you join us on the Bridge?

					PICARD
			On my way.

14   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard ENTERS from the Turbolift and joins RIKER, WORF,
	Data, and various N.D.'s.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			There they are, sir.

	He nods toward the Viewscreen, and Picard looks up to
	see --

14A  VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The two gas giant planets, nearing each other.

					PICARD
			How long until they begin to
			coalesce?

14B  RESUME SCENE

					DATA
			Within the next five hours.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, launch four Class-A
			probes toward the planets.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	They look expectantly toward the Viewscreen... but no
	probes are seen.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf?

					WORF
			I do not understand, sir.
			Controls are not responding...

    STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - 10/26/92 - ACT TWO    24A.

14B  CONTINUED:

	Suddenly the CONTROL PANELS on the Bridge begin to
	FLASH erratically.

					DATA
			Sir -- command functions are being
			rerouted.

					PICARD
				(puzzled)
			For what reason?

  STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/27/92 - ACT TWO  25.

14B  CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Unknown, sir.

					PICARD
			Computer, route all command
			functions to the Bridge.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Command functions are off-line.

					PICARD
			Reinitialize them on my
			authorization.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Authorization denied.

	Picard is stunned to hear this.

					PICARD
			Explain.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Picard command codes are no longer
			valid.

	Picard turns to Riker, nonplussed.

					PICARD
			What's happened? Who's
			transferred the voice
			authorization?

					MORIARTY
				(off-screen)
			I have.

	INCLUDE Moriarty, who has just ENTERED from the
	Turbolift.

					MORIARTY
			I'm afraid I had no choice but to
			take control of your vessel.

	Off our reactions...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

 STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT THREE 26.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

15   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Continuous. Worf instinctively reaches for his phaser --
	Moriarty holds up a cautioning finger.

					MORIARTY
			If you harm me, sir, I would not
			be able to relinquish voice
			control of your vessel...

	Moriarty knows he's got us; Worf backs off.

					PICARD
			Professor -- you've put us in a
			very dangerous situation.

	Picard gestures toward the VIEWSCREEN, where the two
	planets are visible.

					PICARD
			Those two planets will collide in
			less than five hours and explode
			to form a new star. If we don't
			have navigational control we won't
			be able to maintain a safe
			distance -- and this vessel will
			be destroyed.

	Moriarty shrugs.

					MORIARTY
				(ironic)
			I'm just a fictional character...
			I haven't much to lose.

					PICARD
			Everything you've done to this
			point suggests that you want to
			live as much as we do.

					MORIARTY
			Not alone. Not without the
			Countess.

					PICARD
				(firm)
			We're studying ways to bring her
			off the Holodeck safely. But five
			hours is not enough time.

					MORIARTY
			I'm not so sure. A deadline has
			a wonderful way of concentrating
			the mind.

 STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT THREE 27.

15   CONTINUED:

	Picard considers his options.

					PICARD
			Mister Data... investigate the
			possibility of doing what
			Professor Moriarty has asked.

	Picard fixes Moriarty with a look.

					PICARD
			In the meantime, there are a few
			things we have to discuss.

	Picard moves toward the Ready Room without waiting for
	Moriarty's reply, leaving him little choice but to
	follow.

	Data shares a concerned glance with Riker, then EXITS
	to the Turbolift.

16   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi, Barclay and Data stand around the pool table
	trying to come up with a miracle.

					BARCLAY
				(frustrated)
			I can't think of anything else.
			We've taken the Holodeck apart
			circuit by circuit. There's
			nothing there that could account
			for Moriarty's ability to exist
			outside the grid.

					GEORDI
			So how are we supposed to do the
			same thing for the Countess?

					DATA
			I believe we are being asked to
			develop an entirely new science.

					GEORDI
			Yeah... in less than five hours.
			Piece of cake.

					DATA
			Perhaps we should consider the
			Transporter system. It uses many
			of the same principles as the
			Holodeck.
					(MORE)

 STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT THREE 28.

16   CONTINUED:

					DATA (Cont'd)
			Both, for example, are capable of
			converting energy into matter.

					GEORDI
			Except the Transporter
			reconstitutes energy into
			permanent form; Holodeck matter
			doesn't have any cohesion unless
			it's inside the grid.

					BARCLAY
			I wonder what would happen if we
			tried to beam a Holodeck object
			off the grid?

					GEORDI
			Nothing would happen. A Holodeck
			object is just a simulation --
			there's nothing there to provide
			a pattern lock for the
			Transporter.

					DATA
			However, if it were possible to
			lock onto the object... it might
			rematerialize with the molecular
			cohesion of conventional matter.

					GEORDI
			That's a big "if"... the
			Transporter just isn't going to
			recognize simulated matter.

					BARCLAY
			Unless...
				(idea beginning)
			... unless we could find a way to
			compensate for the phase variance.
			If we could modify the pattern
			enhancers, we just might do it.

	Their musings are interrupted as Picard ENTERS.

					PICARD
			Professor Moriarty has agreed not
			to interfere with routine ship
			operations. As long as he feels
			we're acting in good faith, we
			aren't in any immediate danger.
			Any progress?

 STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT THREE 28A.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			We're talking about using the
			Transporter to beam the Countess
			off the Holodeck... But I don't
			quite see how it's going to work.

					PICARD
			Keep at it -- I need to be able to
			tell him that we're making
			progress. Mister La Forge...

	Picard leads Geordi aside.

					PICARD
			Do you have any idea how Moriarty
			was able to take control of the
			ship?

					GEORDI
				(shakes his head)
			Somehow he managed to override the
			security lockouts and rewrite
			them. The guy's brilliant, in any
			century.

 STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT THREE 29.

16   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			I want you to find a way to undo
			whatever he's done... so we can
			regain control of the ship.

	Off the determination in Picard's face...

17   INT. A CORRIDOR

	as Data and Barclay approach the Holodeck control
	panel; an N.D. is carrying THREE PORTABLE PATTERN
	ENHANCERS.

					DATA
			Set up the pattern enhancers
			around whatever object you wish to
			transport. I will proceed to the
			Transporter Room to begin
			modifications.

	Data moves away. Barclay works the Holodeck control
	panel.

					BARCLAY
			Computer, Sherlock Holmes Program
			Three-A.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			That program is already in use.

	Barclay reacts to this -- who is running it? He moves
	to the door and they OPEN into the sitting room.

18   INT. SITTING ROOM

	He ENTERS to discover a beautiful woman there,
	stripping off her gloves. She is a mature, gracious
	woman, and there is a certain sureness to her every
	movement, as if she were a woman who knows exactly what
	she wants.

					COUNTESS
			Are you here to see Mister Holmes?
			Or perhaps Professor Moriarty?
			Neither is in just now.

					BARCLAY
			Oh, no... no. I'm not here to see
			anyone. I'm just --
				(gesturing to enhancers)
			-- delivering these.

	The Countess waves airily.

 STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/30/92 - ACT THREE 30.

18   CONTINUED:

					COUNTESS
			Fine. Just put them anywhere.

					BARCLAY
			Actually... we have to put them
			right here...

	The N.D. begins placing the enhancers in a triangle
	around a chair, then he leaves.

					COUNTESS
			How curious... why is that?

	Barclay is not certain how to respond... how does he
	talk to a Holodeck creation about pattern enhancers?

					BARCLAY
			Well... it has to do with...
				(beat)
			It's nothing you have to worry
			about, Countess.

					COUNTESS
				(slightly stung)
			Are you suggesting that it's
			beyond my comprehension?

					BARCLAY
				(embarrassed)
			Oh, no... not at all. It's very
			simple, really. I need to enhance
			the molecular pattern of the
			chair... so the Transporter can
			get a better lock on the signal.

	She looks at him for a beat... then --

					COUNTESS
			This has to do with getting James
			and me into the real world.

	He stares at her.

					BARCLAY
			You... you know about that? You
			understand about -- the real
			world?

					COUNTESS
			James has explained it to me. It
			sounds like a grand adventure...
			there's nothing I love more than
			exploring the unknown. Have you
			ever been to Africa, Mister -- ?

 STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT THREE 30A.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					BARCLAY
			Ah -- Barclay. Lieutenant Reg
			Barclay. No, I never have.

					COUNTESS
			I have, when I was seventeen -- I
			went on safari with my uncle.
					(MORE)

 STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT THREE 31.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					COUNTESS (Cont'd)
			My mother took to her bed in
			terror that I'd be bitten by a
			Tsetse fly... but I had a
			marvelous time.
				(leaning in,
				 conspiratorial)
			I got to wear trousers... the
			whole time.
				(beat)
			It was hard to go back to a
			corset, let me tell you.

					BARCLAY
			I... I'm sure it was.

					COUNTESS
			After that, I never stopped
			travelling. I couldn't bear to be
			stuck in one place for very long.
			So you can see I am looking
			forward to this new experience.
			Travelling the stars -- oh, my!

					BARCLAY
			You... know about that? Where we
			are? Countess... forgive me...
			but you don't sound like a
			Holodeck character.

					MORIARTY'S VOICE
			That's because she isn't.

	They turn to see Moriarty ENTERING from the Sitting
	Room door, carrying a bottle of champagne. The
	Countess rushes to him and throws her arms around his
	neck.

					COUNTESS
			James!

	They exchange a long, passionate kiss. It goes on to
	the point where Barclay gets a little embarrassed.
	Finally, they break. Moriarty turns to Barclay.

					MORIARTY
			If you loved a woman like this,
			Lieutenant... would you be content
			to let her remain a simulation?

					BARCLAY
			You... you gave her consciousness?

					MORIARTY
			Yes... just as it was given to me.

 STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT THREE 31A.

18   CONTINUED: (3)

					BARCLAY
			I'm not so sure that was a good
			idea...

					MORIARTY
			Nonsense. It was the only thing
			to do.

					BARCLAY
			Did you try taking her off the
			Holodeck?

	Moriarty hesitates.

					MORIARTY
			No. I am unwilling to risk the
			Countess' safety. I want to make
			sure nothing will happen to her.

					COUNTESS
			We may be closer to freedom than
			you think, James.
				(gesturing to enhancers)
			These are devices which will
			enhance our molecular patterns...
			they'll help take us into the real
			world.

	The Countess is obviously a quick study. Barclay is
	surprised; Moriarty nods approvingly.

					MORIARTY
				(to Barclay)
			Please proceed.

					BARCLAY
			We're going to try transporting
			this chair, first. We don't want
			to try it on the Countess until
			we're sure it will work.

					COUNTESS
			How thoughtful. Isn't he
			thoughtful, James?

	She seems to mean it, but Moriarty doesn't respond.
	Barclay touches his combadge.

					BARCLAY
			Barclay to Commander Data...

 STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT THREE 31B.

19   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Data is at the control console; the TRANSPORTER CHIEF
	is just closing up a wall panel.

					DATA
			Go ahead, Lieutenant.

					BARCLAY'S COM VOICE
			I'm ready here.

					DATA
			The modifications are complete.
			Stand by.

20   INT. DRAWING ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Barclay squats as he sets up the last of the three
	pattern boosters around the chair.

					BARCLAY
			Standing by...

 STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT THREE 32.

20   CONTINUED:

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Activate pattern enhancers.

	Barclay activates them and a BEAM of light lances
	between the three triangularly arranged units.
	Moriarty and the Countess react to the light show.

21
thru	OMITTED
22

23   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Data works the main console; the Chief works one of the
	side panels.

					DATA
			Energizing...
				(he works)
			I am having difficulty
			establishing a pattern lock...
				(to the Chief)
			Boost the confinement beam.

	The Chief works the panel.

					DATA
			Pattern lock established...

24   INT. DRAWING ROOM (OPTICAL)

	as the chair DEMATERIALIZES. When Barclay smiles the
	Countess and Moriarty take the cue and applaud his
	work.

					COUNTESS
			Bravo!

 STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT THREE 33.

25   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	where the chair is in the process of MATERIALIZING on
	the platform. The procedure seems to be going
	smoothly... but when the shimmering is done the chair
	is simply not there.

					BARCLAY'S COM VOICE
			Do you have the chair, Commander?

					DATA
			No. It lost its cohesion as soon
			as the Transporter cycle was
			complete.

					BARCLAY'S COM VOICE
			It was a long shot to begin with.

					DATA
			Agreed. However, we may be able
			to learn something from the
			attempt.

	He crosses to a wall panel.

					DATA
			Computer, display transport logs
			for the sequence just completed.

	An OKUDAGRAM appears on a monitor. It shows a standard
	X/Y axis type graph, but there are no points plotted,
	no information of any kind. Data is baffled by this.

					DATA
			Computer, what is being displayed
			here?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Transport log seven-five-nine.

					DATA
			That is the correct log... but no
			information is being presented.

					BARCLAY'S COM VOICE
			That's impossible.

					DATA
			It is as if our attempt to
			transport the chair... never
			occurred.

	Data seems profoundly disturbed by this. Suddenly he
	turns on his heel and EXITS the Transporter Room.

 STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT THREE 34.

26   INT. ENGINEERING

	as Picard ENTERS and joins Geordi at a console.

					PICARD
			You wanted to see me?

					GEORDI
			Yes, Captain... I think I may have
			found a way to reinstate your
			voice authorization. Give it a
			try.

	Geordi works the console.

					PICARD
			Computer, route all command
			functions to this location.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Command functions are off-line.

					PICARD
			Reinitialize them on my
			authorization.

	They skip a breath as they wait to see if the Computer
	will once again deny Picard's voice authorization.
	Instead:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Please input command codes.

	They share a smile of satisfaction.

					PICARD
			Picard Epsilon-seven-nine-three.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Command codes verified.

	In the background, Data ENTERS and crosses toward them.

					GEORDI
			That should do it.
				(works console)
			Wait a minute... it didn't work.
			The computer didn't release the
			command pathways...

	Geordi grabs a PADD and starts working.

 STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT THREE 35.

27   ANGLE - DATA

	He cocks his head as if in reaction to something
	surprising.

28   RESUME SCENE

	Geordi works the PADD for a moment before putting it
	down. Data grabs a TOOL from a nearby surface.

					DATA
			Geordi.

	When Geordi looks over at him Data tosses the tool to
	him. Geordi catches it with his left hand as if
	nothing were wrong.

					GEORDI
				(confused by Data's
				 action)
			What did you do that for?

	Geordi's action somehow confirms the theory that has
	been forming in Data's mind.

					DATA
			Captain, I have determined how
			Moriarty was able to leave the
			Holodeck. He never did. Neither
			did we.
				(gesturing around them)
			None of this is real. It is a
			simulation. We are still on the
			Holodeck.

	Off Picard's reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

  STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT FOUR  36.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

29   INT. ENGINEERING

	Continuous. Picard and Geordi aren't sure what to make
	of Data's extraordinary claim.

					GEORDI
			We're still on the Holodeck... ?

					PICARD
			How do you know that?

					DATA
			Through deduction. Lieutenant
			Barclay and I tried to transport
			a simulated object off the
			Holodeck -- something that has
			never been attempted. But since
			the transporter itself was just a
			simulation, the computer had no
			real data from which to create a
			transport log.

					GEORDI
			It could just be a problem with
			the Transporter...

					DATA
			But then I saw you working the
			PADD with your left hand.
			Commander La Forge is right-handed.
			A similar malfunction
			occurred in the Sherlock Holmes
			program I was running before
			Moriarty first appeared.

					PICARD
			Data, if what you're saying is
			true... then this is not Geordi La
			Forge. Are you certain?

	Data ponders for a beat, then removes his combadge and
	hurls it toward the far wall.

    STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - 10/26/92 - ACT FOUR    36A.

30   CLOSE - THE COMBADGE (OPTICAL)

	in midair, as it strikes an invisible wall and is
	deflected away. For a moment, the yellow grid of the
	Holodeck wall is visible at the point of impact (as in
	"Encounter at Farpoint").

	Picard and Geordi react.

					PICARD
			Computer, discontinue program.

	Nothing happens.

					PICARD
			Computer, exit.

	Again, nothing happens.

					DATA
			It appears that Moriarty has
			programmed the Holodeck to accept
			only his commands.

					PICARD
				(activates combadge)
			Picard to Bridge.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker, here.

  STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT FOUR  37.

30   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			What is my present location,
			Number One?

					RIKER'S COM VOICE.
				(beat)
			Engineering...
				(off his odd request)
			Is something wrong, sir?

					PICARD
			No. Thank you, Picard out.
				(to the others)
			Our combadges must be locked into
			the simulation; if that had been
			the real Commander Riker, he would
			have given our location as
			Holodeck Three.

	Picard considers.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, will you excuse
			us please?

	Geordi nods and moves away.

					PICARD
			Data... who is real here?

					DATA
			You and I are real, as is
			Lieutenant Barclay. We entered
			the Holodeck together when we
			first went to see Moriarty.

					PICARD
			Then... from that point on... we
			have been existing in a Holodeck
			simulation of the Enterprise --
			created by Moriarty.

					DATA
			I believe that to be the case,
			sir.

  STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT FOUR     38-39   

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I just gave my command codes to
			the computer... thinking I was
			regaining control of the ship.

					DATA
			You may have inadvertently given
			Professor Moriarty the means of
			gaining control of the real
			Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Since he has never actually left
			the Holodeck... he'll probably
			demand that Commander Riker find
			a way for him to do so.
				(beat)
			How long until the planetary
			collision?

					DATA
			Less than three hours.

					PICARD
			As long as Moriarty has control of
			the ship -- we are vulnerable.
				(beat)
			Somehow, we have to find a way to
			give him what he wants.

	Off his worried expression...

31   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it hangs in space near the two planets.

32   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Worf, Geordi and various N.D's. Moriarty is on
	the VIEWSCREEN, talking to Riker from the Holodeck
	simulation of his quarters.

  STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/27/92 - ACT FOUR  40.

32   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Where is Captain Picard? What
			have you done with Lieutenant
			Barclay and Commander Data?

					MORIARTY
			They're safe... for now.

					RIKER
			Release control of this ship.

					MORIARTY
			I'm afraid I can't do that.

	Moriarty holds all the cards and he's enjoying playing
	them. Riker doesn't like any of this one bit.

					RIKER
			What do you want?

					MORIARTY
			I only want what you have the
			luxury of taking for granted:
			freedom. I want to leave this
			Holodeck.

					RIKER
			I think you know that's
			impossible.

					MORIARTY
			Your crewmates here in my
			little... ship in a bottle, seem
			a bit more optimistic.

					RIKER
			Oh?

					MORIARTY
			They attempted to use your
			Transporter device to remove a
			simulated object from the
			Holodeck.

	Riker turns to Geordi.

					GEORDI
			If they tried it, they must have
			thought they were on to something.

					MORIARTY
			Their attempt was futile because
			their Transporter was just a
			facsimile. I expect more from
			you.

  STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/27/92 - ACT FOUR  41.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Just because our Transporter is
			real doesn't mean it's going to
			work.

					MORIARTY
			I sense a distressing lack of
			enthusiasm on your parts...

	Moriarty reaches forward and presses a button on the
	PADD in front of him.

					WORF
			Sir... warp core temperature is
			rising -- approaching critical
			levels...

					MORIARTY
			I have nothing to lose,
			Commander...

	Riker weighs his options.

					RIKER
				(grim)
			Mister La Forge... start working
			on the problem.

	Moriarty taps his console.

					WORF
			Core temperature is dropping...

	Off Moriarty's smile of satisfaction...

33   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard at the panel. (NOTE: It is important that
	Picard be discovered at the panel, not approaching it.)

					PICARD
			Computer, resume program.

34   INT. DRAWING ROOM

	The Countess looks up, curious but not startled by the
	appearance of this stranger.

  STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/30/92 - ACT FOUR  42.

34   CONTINUED:

					COUNTESS
			Hello... have we met?

					PICARD
			Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

	She extends her hand to him, graciously.

					COUNTESS
			James has told me all about you.
			I am Regina, Countess Barthalomew.
			May I offer you tea, Captain?

					PICARD
			No, thank you.
				(beat)
			I've come to prevail upon your
			intelligence and insight.

					COUNTESS
				(a slight smile)
			But not, apparently, my humility.

	Picard adopts a more formal, 19th century manner of
	speech, which the Countess might find more familiar.

					PICARD
			Credit where it is due, Madame.
			You are clearly a woman not only
			of breeding, but of wit and
			sagacity.

					COUNTESS
			And you, sir, are a man of
			charm... and guile.
				(beat)
			You remind me of the Viscount
			Bisimuth... he could bewitch any
			woman who breathed...

	Picard regards her with a smile, enjoying the banter
	with this beautiful woman.

					PICARD
			And do you suspect that is my
			intent?

	She leans toward him and gazes at him with sparkling
	eyes.

      STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT FOUR     42A.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					COUNTESS
			I cannot be certain of your
			intent... but I am certain that
			you are the kind of man who
			usually gets exactly what he
			wants.

	She is intriguinging and challenging. Picard cannot
	help but be charmed.

					PICARD
			What does a woman like you see in
			a man like Professor Moriarty?

					COUNTESS
			He is an exciting man, Captain.
			Brilliant... incisive... ruthless.
			He has an almost irresistible
			appeal.

					PICARD
			He is also an arch criminal.

					COUNTESS
			Only because he was written that
			way.
				(beat)
			I see him much differently,
			Captain -- he is not a villain.

					PICARD
			Then it is your desire to leave
			the Holodeck in order to be with
			him.

					COUNTESS
			More than anything. Can you help
			us?

      STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/30/92 - ACT FOUR      43.

34   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			I can. We've learned that if we
			uncouple the Transporter's
			Heisenberg Compensators and allow
			them to rescramble randomly, we
			can beam a Holodeck object... or
			a person... off the grid -- with
			all the cohesion of conventional
			matter.

					COUNTESS
			That's splendid! I must tell
			James.

	Picard puts out a hand.

					PICARD
			Wait... I came to you with this
			information because I believe you
			are someone who will listen to a
			reasonable proposition. Whose
			mind is open to compromise.

	She eyes him carefully.

					COUNTESS
			Yes?

					PICARD
			My ship is in danger... it is
			imperative that I regain
			navigational control. You must
			convince Moriarty to return voice
			commands to me... or we will not
			modify the Transporter.

					COUNTESS
			I see.

					PICARD
			Once I have voice command, I
			promise we will transport you from
			the Holodeck.

					COUNTESS
			Forgive me, Captain... but that
			sounds a bit more like a threat
			than a compromise.

      STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/27/92 - ACT FOUR     43A.

34   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			Please understand -- I am
			responsible for the lives of over
			a thousand people.

	She looks at him for a moment, then --

					COUNTESS
			I'll do what I can.

	Picard inclines his head slightly in acknowledgement.

35   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it hangs in space.

36   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker moves toward the back science station where
	Geordi is working.

					RIKER
			Any progress?

					GEORDI
			I've got my people modifying the
			Transporter... but I don't see how
			running Holodeck matter through
			the pattern buffer will give it
			molecular cohesion.

					RIKER
			Any luck getting back systems
			control?

					GEORDI
			Moriarty has reinitialized the
			Captain's command codes and input
			his own. We can't get control
			without them.

					N.D. VOICE
				(off-screen)
			Commander.

	Riker and Geordi turn and see the two gas planets on
	the VIEWSCREEN -- almost touching.

      STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT FOUR     43B.

36   CONTINUED:

	Geordi moves to tactical and works the controls.

					GEORDI
			The gravity well is beginning to
			intensify.

	Riker's face hardens.

					RIKER
			Are we far enough away to keep
			from being pulled in?

					GEORDI
			It's too soon to tell.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Riker to Lieutenant Worf...

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Worf here, sir.

					RIKER
			How are you doing?

      STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/27/92 - ACT FOUR      44.

37   INT. A CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	Worf and a number of N.D's are working on a Mees panel
	in order to disable a force field blocking their path
	to the Holodeck.

					WORF
			There are force fields blocking
			our access to the Holodeck. It
			will take time to disable them.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Keep trying.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

38   INT. DRAWING ROOM (OPTICAL)

	The Countess has told Moriarty about her conversation
	with Picard.

					MORIARTY
			Think, my dear. You're certain he
			said they had to uncouple the
			Heisenburg Compensators?

					COUNTESS
			Yes, James, I'm quite sure. But
			he won't do it unless you return
			control of the ship to him.

					MORIARTY
				(pleased)
			I have them running around like
			rats in a maze.

					COUNTESS
			It's an entirely reasonable
			request. There are lives at stake --

					MORIARTY
			Yes, ours.

					COUNTESS
			What harm would there be in
			accepting his proposition?

					MORIARTY
			My dear, you are as brilliant as
			you are beautiful. Nonetheless,
			there are things you do not
			understand. You must let me
			handle this.
				(beat)
			Computer, arch.

      STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/27/92 - ACT FOUR      45.

38   CONTINUED:

	The ARCH APPEARS in the room. Moriarty goes to it and
	works the controls. Riker's face appears on the
	monitor.

					MORIARTY
				(warmly)
			Commander Riker... a pleasure as
			always.

					RIKER
				(on monitor)
			I don't have time for games,
			Moriarty. This ship is falling
			into a gravity well. It'll be
			destroyed within twenty-five
			minutes... Holodeck and all.

					MORIARTY
			Then I'm sure you'll be motivated
			to listen to me... very, very
			carefully. I want to talk to you
			about uncoupling the Heisenburg
			Compensators.

	Off his self-satisfied smile...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

         STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - 10/26/92 - ACT FIVE        46.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

39   INT. DRAWING ROOM (OPTICAL)

	A few minutes later. Moriarty and the Countess are
	setting up the pattern enhancers in the middle of the
	room, presumably as instructed by Riker.

					COUNTESS
			James? Where will we go when we
			leave here?

					MORIARTY
			Everywhere, my darling. There are
			more worlds in the heavens than
			there are grains of sand on a
			shoreline.

	They share a smiles of excitement and anticipation.

					COUNTESS
			I wish I could take my books.
			I'll be lost without them.

					MORIARTY
			I'll get you more. I promise
			you... you'll want for nothing.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Moriarty.

					MORIARTY
			It's time...

	He moves to the arch where Riker's face is again on the
	monitor; the First Officer is now in the Transporter
	Room.

					MORIARTY
			Yes, Commander?

      STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/30/92 - ACT FIVE      47.

39   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(on Transporter Room
				 monitor)
			We're ready.

					MORIARTY
			As are we.

					RIKER
				(on monitor)
			Step inside the transport area and
			activate the pattern enhancers.

	Moriarty and the Countess move into the triangular area
	demarcated by the pattern enhancers. Once there,
	Moriarty kneels and twists a cylinder on one of the
	pylons, causing a beam of energy to connect the three
	units.

					MORIARTY
				(toward the arch)
			We're ready here.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Stand by... Energizing...

	Moriarty and the Countess exchange a look... they're
	off into an exciting new world. Transport is initiated
	and they DEMATERIALIZE.

40   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	where they REMATERIALIZE after a slightly more
	protracted Transporter process than usual. Riker and
	Worf watch with a certain urgency -- if this doesn't
	work, Moriarty may not relinquish control of the ship.

	Moriarty feels his hands and sides, as if testing their
	solidity. He and the Countess exchange huge smiles of
	relief and excitement.

					RIKER
				(with grim irony)
			Welcome aboard...

					MORIARTY
			May I present Regina, Countess
			Barthalomew...

      STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT FIVE      48.

40   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Countess...
				(to Moriarty)
			Forgive me if I skip the
			pleasantries... but given the
			circumstances...

					MORIARTY
			Ah, yes. I expect you want me to
			relinquish my hold on your vessel?

					RIKER
			Please.

					MORIARTY
			I'm afraid that won't be possible
			just yet.

					RIKER
			What --

					MORIARTY
			I have a small favor to ask of
			you.

					RIKER
			We had an agreement.

	The angrier Riker becomes, the calmer Moriarty seems to
	get.

					MORIARTY
			And I intend to honor it. I have
			no wish to see your vessel
			destroyed. Just give me one of
			your...
				(a new word)
			-- shuttlecraft, and allow us to
			leave in peace.

					RIKER
			There's no time for this. Release
			the command codes and we'll talk.

					MORIARTY
				(smiles)
			I will not release your vessel...
			until I'm looking at it through a
			shuttlecraft window.

	Riker's jaw sets in frustration, but there's little he
	can do.

         STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - 10/26/92 - ACT FIVE        49.

41   INT. SHUTTLEBAY

	Riker is standing outside a SHUTTLECRAFT, talking to
	Moriarty and the Countess through its open door.
					RIKER
			Everything has been programmed to
			operate on voice command. Just
			tell the computer where you want
			to go.

					MORIARTY
			Excellent.

					RIKER
			You do have a destination? The
			shuttle's range is limited.

					MORIARTY
			Your concern for our welfare is
			touching.

					RIKER
			I suggest you head for Meles Two.
			It's the nearest inhabited planet,
			and the people are friendly.
			Where you go from there is your
			business.

					MORIARTY
			Please tell your Captain I'm sorry
			I couldn't say goodbye.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT FIVE      50.

41   CONTINUED:

					MORIARTY (Cont'd)
			I do wish I could see his face
			when he realizes where he's been
			the last several hours.

	Riker is eager to get them out of there before the
	danger from the colliding planets becomes imminent.

					RIKER
			Every second we waste puts us in
			that much more danger.

					MORIARTY
			Don't worry, you'll soon have
			control of your ship.

	Riker backs away from the door.

					COUNTESS
			Goodbye, Commander. Thank you for
			everything.

	Riker manages a polite nod.

					MORIARTY
			Computer... prepare to depart.

	Riker backs away as the door to the shuttlecraft
	closes. FOLLOW him as he joins Worf at the console
	that controls the shuttlebay doors.

42   ANGLE - RIKER AND WORF

					RIKER
			Open shuttlebay doors.

	Worf works the controls. We hear the off-screen sound
	of the door opening and the warning ALARM that
	accompanies it.

	Off the grim expressions of Riker and Worf, as they
	watch Moriarty's shuttle departing off-screen...

43   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	The shuttle has left the bay and moved away from the
	ship. Stars are visible through the windows as the
	shuttle moves through space.

	Moriarty and the Countess peer out into space, struck
	by the beauty of its expanse.

      STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT FIVE      51.

43   CONTINUED:

					COUNTESS
			It's so beautiful...

					MORIARTY
			Indeed, my dear. It is a wondrous
			sight. The first of many we are
			sure to encounter in our travels.

	The stare out into the starfield, into their future.

					MORIARTY
			Computer... interface with the
			central computer on the
			Enterprise.

	The computer beeps.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Interface complete.

					MORIARTY
			Release command function
			lockouts... authorization
			Moriarty, alpha two-four-one-five-nine.

					COUNTESS
			James... ?

					MORIARTY
			Yes, my love?

					COUNTESS
			Can we go back to Earth...
			someday?

					MORIARTY
			Of course, my dear... Of course.

	He looks at her with great tenderness.

44   INT. SHUTTLEBAY

	Riker and Worf stand at the console as we last saw
	them.

					PICARD
				(off-screen)
			Computer...

         STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - 10/26/92 - ACT FIVE        52.

44   CONTINUED:

	Riker and Worf turn at the sound of the Captain's
	voice.

45   INCLUDE PICARD (OPTICAL)

	as he walks toward them.

					PICARD
			Store program Picard delta one in
			active memory and discontinue
			simulation.

	The shuttlebay DISAPPEARS, including Riker and Worf.
	Picard is now standing in the empty grid.

46   INT. HOLODECK GRID

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Program stored.

	Picard crosses toward the door and EXITS.

47   INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	Data and Barclay are waiting for Picard as he ENTERS
	from the grid. They look at him expectantly for a
	moment and he breaks into a smile.

					PICARD
			It worked... they believed they
			were off the Holodeck.

					DATA
			Did Moriarty release the voice
			commands, Captain?

					PICARD
			We'll soon find out. Computer...
			discontinue the Holodeck
			simulation created by Professor
			Moriarty.

	The Corridor DISAPPEARS and the three men find
	themselves standing in the empty grid.

         STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - 10/26/92 - ACT FIVE       52A.

48   INT. HOLODECK GRID

					BARCLAY
			So far, so good. This should be
			the Holodeck on the real
			Enterprise.

					PICARD
				(activates combadge)
			Picard to Bridge.

      STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT FIVE      53.

49   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker, Geordi and various N.D's.

					RIKER
			Captain! Are you all right?

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Yes, Number One. What is your
			status?

					RIKER
			We regained full control of the
			ship a few minutes ago.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			And the planetary collision?

					RIKER
			Six minutes away... we're pulling
			back to a safe distance.

50   INT. HOLODECK GRID

					PICARD
			We'll join you shortly.

	Worf and his team (that we saw earlier trying to
	disable the force field) appear in the doorway to the
	Corridor.

					WORF
			Captain --

					PICARD
			We're all right, Mister Worf.

	Barclay crosses to the Arch and opens a panel. He
	removes a cube-shaped piece of hardware.

                                             CUT TO:

51   OMITTED

52   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Data, Barclay, Riker, Beverly and Troi. The
	TECH cube is sitting on the table between them.

					RIKER
			How did you do it, sir?

      STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/29/92 - ACT FIVE      54.

52   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			We were able to program the
			Holodeck inside the Holodeck, and
			use the same ruse on Moriarty that
			he used on us.

					DATA
			When he attempted to contact the
			real Bridge, he was in fact
			talking to a simulation.

      STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/28/92 - ACT FIVE      55.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			You mean he never realized that he
			hadn't left the Holodeck?

					PICARD
				(gesturing to the cube)
			The simulation is continuing even
			now, inside that cube.

					BEVERLY
			A miniature Holodeck?

					DATA
			In a way, Doctor. However, it has
			no physicality. The program is
			continuing... but only within the
			computer circuitry.

					BARCLAY
			As far as Moriarty and the
			Countess know, they're half way to
			Meles Two by now.

	Barclay picks of the TECH cube and inserts it in a slot
	inside a larger, briefcase sized piece of hardware with
	BLINKIES on it.

					BARCLAY
			This enhancement module contains
			enough active memory to provide
			them with a lifetime of
			experiences.

					PICARD
			They'll live out their lives...
			and never know the difference.

					TROI
				(smiles)
			So in a sense... you did give
			Moriarty what he wanted.

	Picard smiles because he feels he has at last been able
	to fulfill his obligation to Moriarty.

      STAR TREK: "Ship in a Bottle" - REV. 10/28/92 - ACT FIVE      56.

52   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			In a sense. And... who knows --
			our reality might not be all that
			different from theirs. All
			this...
				(gestures around him)
			... might be nothing more than an
			elaborate simulation being run
			inside a little device... sitting
			on someone else's table...

	Picard's just making a philosophical point that brings
	smiles around the room. Except for Barclay, who seems
	a little disquieted by what he said.

					PICARD
			Well... I believe we have a new
			born star to study.
				(standing; indicating
				 the cube)
			Mister Barclay... you'll see that
			is kept in a safe place?

					BARCLAY
			Aye, sir.

	Barclay adjusts a control or two on the unit as
	everyone files out of the room. He stands and picks up
	the unit to follow, but then decides to wait and allow
	the door to close behind them. Once alone, he looks
	around the room.

					BARCLAY
				(tentatively)
			Computer... end program.

	When nothing happens, Barclay is satisfied he's not
	still inside some Holodeck simulation somewhere. He
	suddenly feels foolish for having doubted it, smiles
	sheepishly, and leaves the room.

53   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As it hangs in space near the flickering new star.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                           "Aquiel" 
                          #40276-239 
                              
                           Story by 
                          Jeri Taylor 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                         Brannon Braga 
                               & 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                       NOVEMBER 5, 1992

             STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - 11/05/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Aquiel" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             AQUIEL
                RIKER              MORAG
                DATA               TORAK
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                WORF               
                GEORDI             
                COMPUTER VOICE 
    
                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  N.D. CREWMEMBERS   N.D. KLINGON
                  N.D. SECURITY      THE DOG (Maura)
                  MEDICAL N.D.       

             STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - 11/05/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Aquiel" 

                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              TEN FORWARD              RELAY STATION
              SICKBAY
              GEORDI'S QUARTERS        BIRD OF PREY
              MORAG'S QUARTERS
              CORRIDOR
              AQUIEL'S QUARTERS
              OBS. LOUNGE
              READY ROOM
              SHUTTLEBAY
          
              RELAY STATION -
                AQUIEL'S QUARTERS
                OPS
          
              AQUIEL'S SHUTTLECRAFT


     STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - 11/05/92 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Aquiel" 
                        
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

               AQUIEL UHNARI     ah-kwee-EL ooh-NAR-ee
               HAHLIIAN          hah-LEE-in
               OUMRIEL           ohm-RYE-el
               BATARAEL          bah-TAR-ray-el
               ROCHA             RO-cha (as in Roach)

          STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - 11/05/92 - TEASER          1-2.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                           "Aquiel"                                
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46461.3.
			The Enterprise has entered the
			Ipai Sector, where we are
			scheduled to deliver supplies to
			a remote communication relay
			station near the Klingon border.

2    OMITTED

3    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it pulls up to a SUBSPACE RELAY STATION. The
	station is small compared to the Enterprise, with
	several exotic-looking antennae sticking out of it.

4    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	PICARD, RIKER, WORF, N.D.'S. Worf reacts to his
	console.

					WORF
			Station forty-seven is still not
			responding to our hails, Captain.

	Riker glances at his armchair console.

					RIKER
			Should be two people aboard.
			Lieutenants Aquiel Uhnari... and
			Keith Rocha.

					PICARD
			Life signs?

	A beat.

           STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - 11/05/92 - TEASER           3.

4    CONTINUED:

					WORF
			It is difficult to scan through
			the concentrated subspace signals.

	Picard sends a look to Riker -- no words are necessary.

					RIKER
				(on the move)
			Mister Worf...

	As Worf and Riker head for the Turbolift...

                                             CUT TO:

        STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - TEASER        4.

5    INT. RELAY STATION - OPS (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Worf, Geordi and BEVERLY MATERIALIZE in the
	small room, which is crowded with various consoles and
	communications equipment. The SOUND of unattended
	subspace MESSAGES can be heard playing -- a cacophony
	of voices and signals and static -- weird and
	disorienting. They react to the noise.

					WORF
			What is that noise?

					GEORDI
				(over the din)
			They must've left the audio
			monitoring system on! We're
			hearing a few thousand subspace
			messages! I'll try to shut it
			off!

	Geordi moves to a nearby console and starts to work.
	Riker and Worf begin to look around the room, while
	Beverly scans with a tricorder. There are no people in
	sight...

6    WORF

	stops at a door. He touches a control on the wall and
	the doors slide OPEN... he enters the unseen room.

7    GEORDI

	continues to work the console. Finally, the subspace
	messages STOP playing. He breathes a sigh of relief,
	turns to join the others...

	And hesitates, hearing something. He listens intently.
	There is a faint THUMPING sound coming from somewhere
	nearby.

					GEORDI
				(to Riker)
			Commander...

	Riker walks over and Geordi motions toward the
	direction of the sound. They follow the thumping noise
	across the room... down along a wall... and toward a
	service duct OPENING near the floor.

					GEORDI
			It's coming from inside this
			service duct... could be a loose
			cover plate...

	Riker kneels down beside the small entrance. The
	thumping grows LOUDER. Riker and Geordi exchange a
	mystified look.

        STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - TEASER        5.

7    CONTINUED:

	Riker carefully looks into the service duct...

8    ANGLE IN SERVICE DUCT

	A medium-sized female DOG is sitting in the shaft, her
	tail wagging, thumping against the metal.

9    RESUME SCENE

	The dog comes out of the duct and licks Riker's face.

					RIKER
				(to Geordi)
			Here's your loose cover plate...

	Geordi kneels down to pet the dog.

					GEORDI
			Hey there, pooch...

	Worf returns from the quarters.

					WORF
			The shuttlecraft is gone. There
			is no one aboard.

	Beverly calls to them from offscreen --

					BEVERLY (O.S.)
			Commander...

	They move to join her...

10   BEVERLY

	is kneeling in a remote corner of the room, scanning a
	section of the floor with her tricorder. There are
	smears of BLOOD on a nearby console. Several pieces of
	equipment are overturned. Evidence of a struggle.
	They react as they see that something's happened here.

	Beverly indicates an area of the floor she is scanning --
	a three foot square section which has been MELTED and
	is surrounded by nasty-looking scorch marks. Blood and
	a dark, hardened FLUID can been seen mixed in with the
	twisted metal.

        STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - TEASER        6.

10   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(re: the stain)
			What is it?

					BEVERLY
			Cellular residue... I think it's
			the remains of one of our
			Lieutenants.

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

        STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - ACT ONE        7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

           (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)            

11   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	holding position near the relay station.

12   INT. RELAY STATION - OPS (OPTICAL)

	Worf and an N.D. are working near the damaged section
	of floor. Worf is using a PHASER to cut out the
	section of deckplate which has been melted.

13   NEW ANGLE

	Riker and Beverly are standing at the scene of the
	struggle. Geordi is working at a console in the
	background.

					BEVERLY
			All of the blood traces I found
			match Lieutenant Aquiel Uhnari.

	She indicates the section of melted deckplate.

					BEVERLY
			For now I'll assume these are her
			remains... but I'll need to take
			the deckplate back to Sickbay to
			make sure.

					RIKER
			It would take a powerful weapon to
			do this...

					BEVERLY
			I'll have a better idea after I've
			analyzed the deckplate.

          STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - 11/05/92 - ACT ONE          7A.

13   CONTINUED:

	Riker looks at the deckplate a moment.

					RIKER
			If that is Lieutenant Uhnari...
			Where's Rocha?

					BEVERLY
			The station's shuttle is gone.
			Maybe he took it.

					RIKER
			Before Uhnari died... or after?

	They consider this mystery for a moment.

        STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/10/92 - ACT ONE        8.

14   WORF AND N.D. (OPTICAL)

	Worf finishes cutting with the phaser. He and the N.D.
	pick up the melted section of deckplate and set it
	aside.

					WORF
				(to Riker)
			We're ready, Commander.

15   RIKER

	nods and moves to Geordi. The dog is sitting at
	Geordi's feet.

					RIKER
			Any luck downloading the station
			logs?

					GEORDI
			Not yet. I can't get past the
			security lock-outs.
				(beat)
			But I think I know why...

	Geordi indicates a monitor.

					GEORDI
			All encrypted subspace messages
			are sent through this channel.
			Look at the signal notation...

	Riker looks for a moment.

					RIKER
			It's out of sequence.

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			I'd say somebody tried to by-pass
			the access protocol and break into
			the coded messages. It caused the
			security lock-outs to freeze up.

					RIKER
			Are there any messages missing?

					GEORDI
			I won't know until I can get into
			the files.

	Geordi moves to pick up his equipment case. The dog
	follows him.

          STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - 11/05/92 - ACT ONE          9.

15   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I'm going to try accessing the
			logs from another console.

	Riker nods, eyes the dog.

					RIKER
				(re: dog)
			Looks like you've made a friend.

					GEORDI
			Yeah...

	Geordi smiles, gives the dog a friendly pat.

					RIKER
			We're going back to the ship. Let
			me know as soon as you have
			something.

					GEORDI
			Aye sir.

	Riker joins Beverly. Worf and the N.D. are holding the
	section of deckplate.

					RIKER
				(taps combadge)
			Riker to Enterprise. Four to beam
			back.

	Geordi turns to the dog.

					GEORDI
			Come on, girl...

	Geordi grabs a couple of tools and walks across the
	room, as we HEAR the dematerialization, toward a set of
	doors still carrying the computer module. He taps a
	button and the doors SLIDE OPEN...

16   INT. RELAY STATION - AQUIEL'S QUARTERS

	Geordi ENTERS with the dog. The room is decorated with
	exotic artwork... various personal items can be seen...
	the bed is unmade. The place is cramped, but it has a
	comfortable, "lived in" look. There is a desk with a
	workstation. Geordi sits down and activates the
	MONITOR -- it shows STATIC.

       STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - ACT ONE       10.

16   CONTINUED:

	Geordi now opens a MEES PANEL on the wall, begins to
	adjust the inner-workings with one of his tools. As he
	works, he casually talks to the dog...

					GEORDI
			All right... what do you say we
			try repolarizing the interface...

	A beat. Then we HEAR a burst of garbled VOICES and
	STATIC. Geordi glances at the monitor -- it hasn't
	changed. He plugs the computer module into a
	corresponding slot on this terminal.

	From offscreen, the dog WHINES. Surprised, Geordi
	turns to look -- the dog is sitting nearby, staring up
	at a shelf. Geordi stands, moves to the shelf, which
	holds several knick-knacks and a JEWELLED HEADBAND. He
	can't resist picking it up and examining it.

					GEORDI
				(re: headband)
			This doesn't look like yours...

	Geordi looks on the shelf again and sees a dog's BONE.
	Geordi picks up the bone.

					GEORDI
				(re: bone)
			Is this what you're looking for?

	He tosses the bone to the dog, who takes it happily.
	Geordi looks at the headband for another beat then he
	replaces it on the shelf and eyes a few other items on
	the shelf... he's intrigued...

	Geordi returns to the wall panel... makes a final
	adjustment to the circuitry, then taps a control on the
	monitor.

					GEORDI
			Computer, run station logs in
			sequence.

	A burst of static -- then we HEAR the VOICE of Aquiel
	Uhnari. The log picks her up in mid-sentence:

       STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/11/92 - ACT ONE       11.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

					AQUIEL (V.O.)
			-- Log, Stardate 46458.3. Today
			we configured the relay controller
			grid. It was the last primary
			system we had to overhaul. We are
			scheduled to recalibrate and align
			the antennae systems in the next
			three days.

	The log STOPS. Geordi takes a beat, having been caught
	up by the sound of the woman's voice.

					GEORDI
			Computer, access visual output.

	Geordi taps the desktop control -- still no picture.
	STATIC, then Aquiel's VOICE again. She sounds
	irritable.

					AQUIEL (V.O.)
			... sent in my third request for a
			message delay buffer. Until it
			arrives, Lieutenant Rocha and I
			have rigged a memory module to
			compensate. It'd better work...
			or about a half million subspace
			messages are going to end up
			drifting through space.
				(beat)
			Computer, open Uhnari
			correspondence file.

	A burst of STATIC, then silence.

					GEORDI
			Computer... access correspondence
			files... Lieutenant Aquiel Uhnari.

	A brief silence, then STATIC. Geordi works the
	controls.

       STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - ACT ONE       12.

16   CONTINUED: (3)

					AQUIEL (V.O.)
			Hello, Shianna. Sorry I haven't
			talked to you in a while... but
			I've been dealing with the new
			Lieutenant, Rocha. So far he's
			been rude, arrogant, and
			condescending -- and he's only
			been here two days. This might be
			a long year...

	More STATIC... Geordi works the controls.

					GEORDI
			Come on, Lieutenant... stick with
			me...

	Aquiel's VOICE comes in clearly again, mid-log. There
	is a strained quality to her voice this time -- she's
	upset about something.

					AQUIEL (V.O.)
			-- I had the dream again. Mother
			is calling out my name... she's
			somewhere in the house... I get to
			the top of the hill all right...
			but then the house is slanted...
			I'm still walking uphill. I can't
			find her... doors everywhere and
			they all look the same...

	The log ENDS. A beat as Geordi absorbs what he's
	heard. He starts to work at the wall panel
	circuitry...

	As he works...

                                             CUT TO:

       STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - ACT ONE       13.

17   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	The section of deckplate is sitting on a table in the
	center of the room. The DONUT has been placed over the
	deckplate. From beneath the donut can be seen SMALL
	BEAMS which are SCANNING the leading edge of the metal.
	Thin WISPS of SMOKE are coming up from where the beams
	touch it.

	Beverly and a MEDICAL N.D. are monitoring the armature
	as Picard and Riker look on.

					BEVERLY
			The cellular residue is completely
			fused with the metal of the
			deckplate.
				(beat)
			We're trying to micro-vaporize the
			metal... so I can get a clean DNA
			sample.

	They move away from the table.

					PICARD
			Do you have any idea what killed
			her?

					BEVERLY
			Well... this is just a guess, but
			from the molecular deposition on
			the plating I'd say it was a highlevel
			phaser blast.

					RIKER
			Could it have been a Klingon
			disruptor?

					BEVERLY
			Possibly.

	Picard looks at Riker.

					RIKER
			Geordi found evidence that the
			encrypted messages might have been
			tampered with.
				(with import)
			We're pretty close to Klingon
			space...

	This is a serious matter. Picard thinks for a moment.

          STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - 11/05/92 - ACT ONE          14.

17   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			There hasn't been a Klingon raid
			against the Federation in over
			seven years.
				(beat)
			I don't want to risk a diplomatic
			incident until we have more
			evidence.

					BEVERLY
			And there's still the question of
			what happened to Lieutenant
			Rocha...

	Picard nods.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Get Rocha's personnel file from
			Starfleet Command. And ask
			Starbase Two-Twelve to help search
			for that shuttle.

					RIKER
			Aye sir.

					PICARD
				(to Beverly)
			Keep me apprised.

	Beverly nods as Picard and Riker head for the door...

                                             CUT TO:

18   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & RELAY STATION (OPTICAL)

	As seen before.

18A  INT. RELAY STATION - AQUIEL'S QUARTERS

	Geordi is still at the wall panel, working to access
	more logs. The dog is lying on the floor, asleep.
	Geordi makes a final adjustment to the panel, then
	glances at the monitor screen -- still STATIC.

					GEORDI
			Alright... let's try this again...

	He makes another adjustment, looks at the screen --
	static.

       STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - ACT ONE       15.

18A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			The phase inducers are aligned...
			this should be working...
				(beat)
			Come on, Lieutenant... I know
			you're in there somewhere...

	He takes a hard look at the screen -- gets an idea.

					GEORDI
				(to computer)
			Computer -- run a subsystem
			diagnostic, with a frequency range
			of ten to one hundred megahertz.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Diagnostic cycle will be complete
			in twenty seconds.

	The circuitry starts to blink. FOLLOW Geordi as he
	stands and crosses to a replicator slot.

          STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - 11/05/92 - ACT ONE          16.

18A  CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
				(to replicator)
			Iced coffee.

	We HEAR a glass of iced coffee MATERIALIZE. Geordi
	takes a sip of the coffee...

	Offscreen, the dog BARKS. Geordi reacts, startled.

					GEORDI
			What is it, girl?

	He moves back into the room. The dog is now awake,
	sitting in front of the desk with one paw up on the
	desktop, staring at the computer screen. She BARKS at
	the screen.

	Geordi walks to the desk to look at the screen...

19
thru	OMITTED
20

21   ANGLE - COMPUTER SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The static is gone -- in its place the freeze-framed
	image of AQUIEL UHNARI. She is an alien woman, dressed
	in a Starfleet uniform. She has an exotic look: her
	head is totally bald... she has piercing green eyes,
	similar to a cat's. She's alien... striking...
	beautiful...

22   ON GEORDI

	as he reacts to the sight...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

       STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/11/92 - ACT TWO       17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

23   INT. RELAY STATION - AQUIEL'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	A few minutes later. Geordi is at the desk, fiddling
	with the computer module, the image of Aquiel is still
	on the monitor. After a beat, the image COMES TO LIFE
	and she begins to speak. She is in her quarters.

       STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/11/92 - ACT TWO       18.

23   CONTINUED:

					AQUIEL
			Hello, Shianna. By the time you
			get this... the Batarael will be
			over. This is the first year I
			haven't been there... I've been
			wondering who's singing the Horath
			in my place...

	Aquiel is silent a moment... then she begins to SING a
	soft and beautiful alien melody, which obviously has
	special meaning for her. Geordi sits back and listens,
	entranced by the singing.

					AQUIEL
				(sings)
			"Jomiael hahnalia ma marou nitalia
			
			Rumael tavariel fatra di va
			
			Jomiael Batarael... "

	Over this, Geordi stands and begins to eye various
	personal items on the shelf -- exotic figurines, books,
	etc. He stops at a nightstand. An open BOOK is lying
	face down on the table, along with a half empty glass
	of liquid. Geordi notes the title of the book: "THE
	FATAL REVENGE." There's something else on the
	nightstand -- an alien PERFUME BOTTLE. He carefully
	picks it up... removes the stopper... reacts to the
	pleasing fragrance.

					AQUIEL
				(sings)
			"continues to sing song - TBD"

	Geordi turns and glances around the room. His eye
	falls on an intricate glass and crystal PRISM which is
	sitting on a stand by itself. Light SPARKLES on his
	face as he picks it up...

					AQUIEL
				(sings)
			"finishes song - TBD"

	Aquiel stops singing, overcome by emotion. She looks
	down for a moment, then back up.

					AQUIEL
			I had the dream again... the one
			where Mother is screaming... I
			climb the hill to our house... but
			I can't get to her...
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/11/92 - ACT TWO       19.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					AQUIEL (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			Shianna, this time I ran away. I
			was so scared I ran back down the
			hill...

	There is a pause as Aquiel looks down... trying to come
	to grips with her feelings.

					AQUIEL
			I think I know why I've been
			having dreams about danger... it's
			because of what's been happening
			with that Klingon.

	Geordi sits up at the mention of a Klingon.

					AQUIEL
			He's getting more aggressive all
			the time.

	Geordi works the control for a quick beat. The log
	plays her last couple of sentences again.

					AQUIEL
			... it's because of what's been
			happening with that Klingon. He's
			getting more aggressive all the
			time. Not just the usual
			threats... Morag actually locked
			his disruptors on the station this
			time.
				(beat)
			I don't really think there'll be
			any trouble... it just gives me
			those panic feelings... wanting to
			run, wanting to get away from
			danger.
				(beat)
			Shianna, I couldn't say this to
			anyone but you... but... the
			panic... is the same thing I used
			to feel when Father got angry...
			when I knew he was going to punish
			me...
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - 11/05/92 - ACT TWO         19A.

23   CONTINUED: (3)

					AQUIEL (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			Only now I'm out here in space and
			there's no place to run.

	Geordi stares at the screen, feeling an intruder in
	this person's private life... and yet knowing he has
	heard something that might lead to her killer. He
	touches a button and ends the playback.

       STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/11/92 - ACT TWO       20.

24   INT. READY ROOM

	Geordi is reporting to Picard.

					GEORDI
			There are at least three
			references to a Commander Morag --
			a Klingon officer who patrols this
			section of the border. Apparently
			he would pass the station every
			few days and harass them.

					PICARD
			Perhaps Morag was the one
			interested in obtaining the
			encrypted messages.

					GEORDI
			Could be. She didn't say.
				(beat)
			I still have several days worth of
			logs left to watch. Maybe I'll
			learn more.

					PICARD
			Very well. In the meantime, I'll
			talk to the Klingon Governor about
			Commander Morag.

	They all EXIT.

                                             CUT TO:

25
thru	OMITTED
25A

26   INT. GEORDI'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	The dog is lying on the floor. Geordi is at his
	console, connecting the computer module (as seen on the
	station) to the desk terminal. He makes a final
	adjustment.

					GEORDI
				(to computer)
			Computer -- access Aquiel Uhnari's
			personal logs.
				(beat)
			Begin playback.

	A beat. Then Aquiel's face APPEARS on the screen --
	but this time she's wearing an elaborate WIG. She
	looks ridiculous... and she seems to know it.

        STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/11/92 - ACT TWO 21-22.           

26   CONTINUED:

					AQUIEL
			Shianna, you always said I'd look
			great with a wig. So here it is.
				(leans into the camera)
			What do you think?

	Geordi responds as if she were really asking him the
	question.

					GEORDI
			Definitely not you.

	She laughs and pulls off the wig.

					AQUIEL
			Okay... maybe I'm getting a little
			crazy... you would, too, if you
			were on a relay station in the
			middle of nowhere with no one for
			company except an egomaniac like
			Keith Rocha.

	Geordi listens carefully... there is a continuing
	thread of conflict between her and Rocha.

        STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/10/92 - ACT TWO 23-23A           

26   CONTINUED:

					AQUIEL
			I took a big risk today... I
			countermanded an order he gave...
			I agreed to handle the com traffic
			of Relay Station one-nine-four
			while they shut down for
			maintenance. Rocha said we
			couldn't handle the additional
			signal load... but I think he's
			wrong.

	She leans toward camera.

					AQUIEL
				(continuing)
			When he finds out... he'll be
			furious.

	Aquiel sits back, a little calmer after venting a bit.

					AQUIEL
			It's days like this that I wish I
			was home. You know what I miss?
				(beat)
			Muskan seed punch.
				(beat)
			Real Muskan seed punch. I can get
			it from the replicator... but it's
			not the same. I'd give anything
			for some of the punch Mother used
			to make... with chunks of the
			seeds still in it...

	There's a pause as Aquiel reflects on the past. Her
	mood darkens.

					AQUIEL
			I had the dream again.

	On the computer, there's a strange sound OFF CAMERA.
	Aquiel looks sharply off to her side.

					AQUIEL
			Keith? Is that you?

	A brief pause... and then the computer screen goes to
	STATIC. Geordi stares at it, pensive. The dog nuzzles
	his hand, and Geordi pets him in silence.

                                             CUT TO:

       STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - ACT TWO       24.

27   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & RELAY STATION (OPTICAL)

	The two hanging in space.

28   INT. RELAY STATION - OPS

	Worf is kneeling down in the corner of the station
	where the murder occurred. He scans with a tricorder
	as Riker looks on.

					WORF
			Commander... there are DNA traces
			here. They are Klingon.

	Riker reacts -- this is serious.

					RIKER
			So Klingons did board the
			station...

					WORF
			I have only found DNA from one
			Klingon so far. I will continue
			to scan.

	Riker nods. Worf goes back to scanning with his
	tricorder.

       STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/11/92 - ACT TWO       25.

29   INT. RELAY STATION - AQUIEL'S QUARTERS

	Geordi is sitting at the desk, reading the book seen
	earlier on the nightstand -- "The Fatal Revenge." A
	DEVICE with an optical conduit is hooked up to the
	computer terminal... the device is flashing and beeping
	softly. Geordi turns a page in the book... he reacts
	to something and shudders slightly.

					GEORDI
				(to himself)
			How could she read this stuff... ?

	Riker ENTERS from Ops.

					RIKER
			How's it going?

	Geordi puts the book down.

					GEORDI
			I've managed to access all of
			Lieutenant Uhnari's logs. I'm
			looking for Rocha's now. Whatever
			happened to the encrypted messages
			had a cascade effect on the whole
			storage system, and I can't find
			any of his files.

					RIKER
			Maybe Rocha didn't make the
			official logs... Uhnari might have
			been responsible for them.

					GEORDI
			I don't think so. Aquiel was the
			junior officer.

	Riker takes note of Geordi's casual familiarity with
	the dead woman.

					RIKER
			"Aquiel"?

	Geordi looks at him, realizes... is a little
	embarrassed.

          STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - 11/05/92 - ACT TWO          26.

29   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Lieutenant Uhnari.
				(beat)
			I was up all night watching her
			personal logs... I guess I'm
			starting to feel like I know her.

					RIKER
			What was she like?

	Geordi thinks for a moment, smiles at the thought of
	her...

					GEORDI
			Well... she was Hahliian... she
			had one sister, named Shianna...
			she drank muskan seed punch... she
			had a sense of humor that I could
			only describe as... "unique."
				(beat)
			She loved to sing... and read...
				(beat)
			... books of questionable taste.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Enterprise to Commander Riker.

					RIKER
			Riker here.

					PICARD
			The Klingon ship Qu'Vat has
			arrived with Governor Torak.
			Please report to the Observation
			Lounge.

					RIKER
			On my way, sir.

                                             CUT TO:

          STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - 11/05/92 - ACT TWO          27.

30   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Beverly and Geordi are seated at the
	table.

					PICARD
			Torak claims to be bringing
			evidence that the Klingons had no
			involvement in the murder of
			Lieutenant Uhnari.

					RIKER
			Really. We just found evidence
			that there was at least one
			Klingon at the scene of the
			murder.

	Picard reacts.

					PICARD
			This should be an interesting
			meeting.

	The doors slide OPEN and Worf ENTERS with Torak right
	behind him. Worf looks disturbed about something.

					WORF
			Governor Torak, sir.

	Picard and the others stand.

					PICARD
			Governor. Welcome aboard...

	Torak looks smug.

					TORAK
			Do not bore me with your human
			pleasantries. I told you we did
			not kill the woman. Now I will
			prove it to you...

	Torak calls out the door --

					TORAK
			ghoS! (Come!)

	An N.D. KLINGON ENTERS, escorting a very alive
	Lieutenant Aquiel Uhnari into the room.

					TORAK
			This is Lieutenant Aquiel Uhnari.

	Aquiel breaks free of the Klingon's grip, hot-tempered.
	Everyone is shocked. OFF Geordi's reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/06/92 - ACT THREE      28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

31   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	A few moments later. Everyone has taken a seat at the
	table. Aquiel is talking to the group -- trying to
	make a report, but the past couple of days have been a
	strain on her. A nasty-looking WOUND can be seen on
	her temple. Her uniform is torn. She is fatigued, on
	edge.

					AQUIEL
			We were running a level two
			diagnostic of the message
			buffer... nothing special. Rocha
			had been on edge all morning, but
			he'd been irritable ever since he
			got there, so I didn't think
			anything of it...
				(beat)
			We were mid-way through the
			procedure... and suddenly... he
			attacked me...

	She pauses -- this is clearly a disturbing memory. She
	tries to maintain her composure.

					AQUIEL
				(continuing)
			He grabbed me... and threw me
			against the port bulkhead... I
			yelled at him to stop, but he
			wouldn't listen. He took me by
			the throat... I broke free and
			tried to get to the weapons
			locker...
				(beat)
			I'm not sure what happened next...
			but somehow I got aboard the
			shuttle and left...

	A grim beat as they take in the story.

					TORAK
			We found her on our side of the
			border heading toward Sector Two
			Five Two Zero. She is lucky my
			patrol ship did not destroy her
			vessel on sight.

	Aquiel shoots an agitated look at the Klingon -- she's
	had enough of them. Picard tries to ease the tension.

      STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/06/92 - ACT THREE      29.

31   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Lieutenant... why didn't you
			contact Starfleet and report what
			happened aboard the Station?

					AQUIEL
			I... don't know, sir. Maybe I
			passed out. I'm not even sure how
			long I was in the shuttle before
			the Klingons picked me up.

					GEORDI
			Forty-six hours.

	She looks at him.

					GEORDI
			You've been gone forty-six hours.

	She nods.

					BEVERLY
			We assumed you were dead. Your
			blood stains were found at the
			murder scene.

	Aquiel touches the wound on her head.

					AQUIEL
			I think I cut my head when he
			threw me against the bulkhead.

					WORF
			Then the remains we found must be
			Lieutenant Rocha.

					BEVERLY
			I can't confirm that.
				(beat)
			Until we can separate the cellular
			residue from the deckplate, I
			won't be able to get a clear DNA
			scan.

	Riker has to ask the obvious question, but his tone is
	non-accusatory.

					RIKER
				(to Aquiel)
			You said you tried to get to the
			weapons locker... is it possible
			that you did?

      STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/06/92 - ACT THREE      29A.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

	She throws him a look.

					AQUIEL
			No, I... I didn't.

	But Riker catches her hesitation.

					RIKER
			You're sure?

					AQUIEL
			I don't... exactly remember
			everything after he attacked me...

	A beat as she struggles to remember. She looks up,
	concerned.

					AQUIEL
			I'm sorry. It's as if my memories
			were... drained right out of me...

	A quiet beat as they weigh the situation. Nobody is
	sure what to think of her story. But for now, they
	give her the benefit of the doubt.

      STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/06/92 - ACT THREE      30.

31   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			Your logs said that a Commander
			Morag had been harassing you...
			did you ever let him or any other
			Klingon aboard the station?

					AQUIEL
			Absolutely not.

					WORF
				(to Picard)
			If that is true, then Morag or
			some other Klingon boarded the
			station after she left.
				(to Torak)
			We found Klingon DNA traces aboard
			the station.

					TORAK
			You still try to blame us!

					WORF
			Have the courage to admit your
			mistakes. Or are you a lo'Be Vos?

					TORAK
				(furious)
			At least I do not wear the uniform
			of a P'tak!

					PICARD
			Governor Torak... we are merely
			exploring all the possibilities.
			Lieutenant Uhnari's logs said
			Commander Morag was harassing the
			station --

					TORAK
			He was doing his job!

					PICARD
			If he was only doing his job, then
			I'm sure you won't mind if we
			speak with him.

	Torak fumes for a moment, then rises.

      STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/06/92 - ACT THREE      31.

31   CONTINUED: (4)

					TORAK
			Very well. In the interests of
			diplomacy, I will allow you to
			speak to Morag... but my patience
			has limits.

	Torak EXITS with the other Klingon. Once they're gone,
	then tension level in the room drops. Geordi turns to
	Aquiel.

					GEORDI
				(to Aquiel)
			Lieutenant... I know a friend of
			yours who's very eager to see you.

	She looks at him in curiosity.

					AQUIEL
			Who?

					GEORDI
			Come on...

	As they EXIT.

                                             CUT TO:

32   OMITTED

      STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/10/92 - ACT THREE      32.

33   INT. GEORDI'S QUARTERS - CLOSE ON DOG

	as she comes bounding across the room into Aquiel's
	arms, nearly knocking her over in her enthusiasm.
	Aquiel is surprised and pleased to see her.

					AQUIEL
				(kneels to pet dog)
			Maura! I was worried about you...
			good girl...

					GEORDI
			Maura... so that's her name.

					AQUIEL
			Yes, it's from "Cold Moon Over
			Blackwater." Have you read it?

					GEORDI
			No... I'm not much for gothic
			fiction.

        STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - 11/05/92 - ACT THREE        32A.

33   CONTINUED:

					AQUIEL
			Most people aren't nowadays.

	Aquiel notices a chewed-up boot laying nearby. She
	realizes what happened and gives Geordi an apologetic
	look.

         STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - 11/05/92 - ACT THREE         33.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Yeah... Maura got a little...
			restless.

					AQUIEL
				(to dog)
			Maura, shame on you. This isn't
			like you...

					GEORDI
			It's alright...

	Geordi bends down to pick up a second boot, which has
	also been chewed to pieces.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			At least she's chewing them up in
			pairs.

	Aquiel stands and gives him a genuine smile... the
	first we've seen from her so far. Geordi smiles back.
	There is an awkward moment.

					GEORDI
			I'll arrange quarters for you.
			I'm sure you'd like some time
			alone...

					AQUIEL
			Actually... I've been stuck on
			that station for over nine
			months... I wouldn't mind going
			someplace with some activity.

	A beat.

					GEORDI
			I know just the place.

                                             CUT TO:

34   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Geordi and Aquiel are sitting at a table near the
	windows. Aquiel looks around the room, which is filled
	with N.D. CREWMEMBERS. She's starting to relax a
	little... and her natural charm and allure is starting
	to surface. Geordi is clearly attracted to her -- but
	he tries to maintain a cordial distance.

         STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - 11/05/92 - ACT THREE         34.

34   CONTINUED:

	A bartender has just set two drinks in front of them.
	Hers is the punch seen in the logs. She takes an
	enjoyable quaff.

					AQUIEL
				(re: drink)
			Have you ever tried Muskan seed
			punch?

					GEORDI
			Yeah... it nearly made me sick.

					AQUIEL
			You have to be raised on it. It's
			very nutritious... and the taste
			grows on you.

					GEORDI
				(in Hahliian)
			Batar al nalia. (But not on me)

	Aquiel is surprised.

					AQUIEL
			You speak Hahliian?

					GEORDI
				(shrugs)
			Nelo, nelo... (a little, a little)

					AQUIEL
			Your accent is wonderful... almost
			flawless.

         STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - 11/05/92 - ACT THREE         35.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Thanks... I've always had a knack
			for languages... probably because
			my folks moved around so much...

					AQUIEL
			We never travelled. My family has
			lived in the same house for five
			generations.

					GEORDI
			The one on the hill?

	She stares at him. Geordi realizes he's made a
	revelation.

					AQUIEL
			How did you know about that... ?

					GEORDI
			Well... to be honest... when we
			thought you were dead... I had to
			review your logs... and your
			personal correspondence... for any
			possible clues about what
			happened.

	Aquiel takes a beat.

					AQUIEL
				(quiet)
			All of it?

					GEORDI
			Most of it.

	There is a brief, awkward beat. Clearly, Aquiel feels
	a little violated. Geordi senses her discomfort.

					GEORDI
			You have to remember... we thought
			you'd been murdered. We needed
			information.

	She stares at him for a moment, struggling with the
	sense of intrusion.

         STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - 11/05/92 - ACT THREE         36.

34   CONTINUED: (3)

					AQUIEL
			I'm sorry... it's just that... I
			say things to my sister that I
			wouldn't say to anyone else. I
			guess I'm feeling a little...
			exposed.

					GEORDI
			I'd feel the same way.

	His understanding makes her relax a little.

					AQUIEL
			Especially if I'd seen you in a
			(TECH) wig...

	Geordi can't help but laugh. And she smiles, too,
	relieved to have the tension eased a little.

					AQUIEL
			I'm curious... now that you've met
			me... am I what you expected?

	Geordi regards her, a bit surprised by the question,
	which is completely straightforward and seemingly
	without artifice. He tries to respond in kind.

					GEORDI
			I'm not sure. The woman I saw on
			those logs is very complicated.
				(beat)
			I think there's more to you than
			meets the eye, Lieutenant.

					AQUIEL
			In what way... ?

					GEORDI
			Your relationship with Rocha, for
			example. He'd only been there
			five days... but there was already
			a lot of friction... and you
			almost seemed to delight in doing
			things that would upset him. Why
			would you take on extra com
			traffic... when you knew it would
			make him angry?

        STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - 11/05/92 - ACT THREE        36A.

34   CONTINUED: (4)

	She has begun scratching a fingernail on the table top,
	tracing little doodles.

					AQUIEL
			Is that a personal question? Or
			part of a murder investigation?

	A beat.

					GEORDI
			I don't know. Maybe both.

	She looks up at him, holding his look with her strange
	alien eyes.

					AQUIEL
			Keith Rocha was obnoxious from the
			minute he reported for duty. He
			treated me as though I were
			beneath contempt.
				(beat)
			I dealt with him the best way I
			could. I felt like I had to
			battle him just to hold my own.
			But that doesn't mean I wanted him
			dead.

					GEORDI
			Why do you think he attacked you?

					AQUIEL
				(beat)
			I don't know.

	And there seems to be nothing else to say.

                                             CUT TO:

      STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - ACT THREE      37.

35   INT. READY ROOM

	Riker is reporting to Picard. They are looking at a
	desktop monitor, which displays the personnel file of
	LIEUTENANT KEITH ROCHA. His image can be seen on the
	screen -- a fit man in his late thirties.

					RIKER
			Rocha's file is spotless. Two
			decorations for valor... three
			outstanding evaluations from his
			previous commanders...
				(beat)
			Doesn't sound like the same man
			Lieutenant Uhnari described.

					PICARD
			What have you found out about
			Uhnari?

					RIKER
			I checked into her record, too.
				(beat)
			Her last posting was on Deriben
			Five. I spoke with her commanding
			officer there. He said she's
			argumentative... quick to take
			offense. He told me that he
			transferred Uhnari to this relay
			station because she was hampering
			their efforts.
				(beat)
			To be honest, sir... I'm beginning
			to have doubts about her story.

					PICARD
			Why?

      STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - ACT THREE      38.

35   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I had Worf check the weapons
			locker on the relay station...
			there's a phaser missing.

					PICARD
			You think she lied?

					RIKER
			Lied... conveniently forgot... I'm
			not sure. I just think it's
			something we have to consider.

	Picard considers this for a moment.

					PICARD
			As of now, we don't have
			sufficient evidence one way or the
			other... I want you to examine her
			shuttle... perhaps there's
			something there which will shed
			some light on her story.

					RIKER
			Aye sir.

                                             CUT TO:

36   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & RELAY STATION (OPTICAL)

	Hanging in space.

37   INT. CORRIDOR

	Geordi and Aquiel walking along. There is a strained
	silence before they speak, and we get the feeling it's
	been like that.

					AQUIEL
			How much longer do you think the
			investigation will take?

					GEORDI
			Hard to say. Maybe two or three
			more days...

	Another silence. They reach her quarters. She stops,
	turns to face him directly.

      STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - ACT THREE      39.

37   CONTINUED:

					AQUIEL
			I know I'm a suspect in this
			murder. Let me ask you
			something...
				(beat)
			You watched my logs... you know me
			better than anyone here...
				(beat)
			Do I seem like the kind of person
			who could kill someone?

	Her directness can be difficult at times.

      STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - ACT THREE      40.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

	Geordi looks at her... into those strange eyes...
	searches for an honest answer to her honest question.

					GEORDI
			No.

	She takes a breath... sheer relief...

					AQUIEL
			I don't think I realized how much
			I needed to hear that...

					GEORDI
			Aquiel... it's been a hard couple
			of days... I think you need some
			sleep.

	Acknowledging the truth of what he says, she touches a
	control on the wall and the doors slide open. But she
	hesitates before entering. She turns back to him.

					AQUIEL
			You called me complicated...
			you're right. And I don't make
			friends easily...

	She reaches up a hand -- gives Geordi's cheek a quick
	and gentle stroke.

					AQUIEL
			Oumriel.

	She turns into her quarters and the doors slide shut.
	Geordi takes a breath... stands there a moment,
	considering his feelings for this complex woman...

					GEORDI
				(quiet)
			Oumriel...

	He turns and continues down the corridor...

      STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/16/92 - ACT THREE      41.

37A  INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly is examining a tray filled with the gelatinous
	FLUID which has finally been separated from the
	deckplate. She runs a tricorder over the fluid and
	checks the readings. The medical N.D. stands nearby,
	working. Picard is looking on.

					BEVERLY
			I've managed to isolate the
			cellular residue from the metal of
			the deckplate. We've begun a full
			spectrum tissue scan...
				(beat)
			But something destabilized the DNA
			to such an extent, that I can't
			get a clear scan of it.

					PICARD
			Could a high level phaser blast
			have caused this kind of DNA
			disruption?

      STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/16/92 - ACT THREE      41A.

37A  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Possibly. But it would take a
			continuous burst of thirty to
			forty seconds to cause this kind
			of damage.
				(beat)
			I'm going to try to reform the DNA
			with a resonance frequency
			burst... see if I can reconstruct
			it to get an accurate scan.

	Picard nods. OFF their concern and intrigue as they
	watch the graphic...

38   INT. SHUTTLEBAY

	Aquiel's SHUTTLECRAFT is in the bay, its doors open.

38A  INT. AQUIEL'S SHUTTLECRAFT

	Riker and Worf are inside, searching for clues. Riker
	is looking in the back. Worf is at the main control
	panel, scanning the area. After a moment, he opens a
	compartment on the console... looks inside... reacts
	to what he finds...

					WORF
			Commander...

	Riker joins him. Worf shows that he is holding a
	PHASER.

					WORF
				(re: phaser)
			It is set to kill.

	OFF Riker's reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         


       STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/06/92 - ACT FOUR       42.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

39   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	holding position at the relay station.

40   INT. ENTERPRISE - AQUIEL'S QUARTERS

	Aquiel is being questioned by Riker and Worf, as Geordi
	looks on. Riker's attitude is reasonable but firm.

					RIKER
				(to Aquiel)
			We found a type two phaser in your
			shuttlecraft. It was taken from
			the weapons locker on the station.

	Aquiel is surprised -- and a little defensive.

					AQUIEL
			I told you I don't remember what
			happened. Maybe I did get to the
			weapons locker...

					RIKER
			The phaser was set to level ten.
				(beat)
			Standard procedure requires that
			all phasers are set to level one
			when they're in storage.

					WORF
			That means someone deliberately
			changed the setting.
				(beat)
			And there is the matter of your
			conflict with Lieutenant Rocha.

       STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/06/92 - ACT FOUR       43.

40   CONTINUED:

	Aquiel reacts with shock at the implications. She
	stands and starts to move around the room, feeling
	trapped... her instincts telling her to flee the
	situation. It's all she can do to stay in the room...

					AQUIEL
			Rocha and I had our
			disagreements... but I would
			never kill him...

					RIKER
			Have you been able to remember
			anything at all about what
			happened after he attacked you?

	Aquiel struggles to recall.

					AQUIEL
			No... nothing...
				(beat)
			I... suppose it's possible...
			maybe in self-defense I...

	She trails off, unable to complete the awful thought.
	Riker takes a beat.

					RIKER
			Doctor Crusher tells me that in
			order to inflict the kind of
			molecular damage found in Rocha's
			remains... it would take a
			sustained phaser discharge of at
			least thirty to forty seconds.
				(beat)
			That doesn't sound like "self-defense"
			to me.

	Aquiel doesn't know how to respond. Geordi is
	protective of Aquiel -- he wants to believe her story.

					GEORDI
			Wait a minute. We haven't even
			established this phaser as the
			murder weapon yet.
				(beat)
			And even at level ten... I don't
			see how a phaser could do what the
			medical evidence says it did. A
			subspace disruptor like a Klingon
			weapon, maybe...

        STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/06/92 - ACT FOUR 43A-B.          

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Look -- we're not here to make
			accusations... Just to find out
			what happened.
				(beat)
			Commander Morag is due to arrive
			in two hours. We'll see what he
			has to say.

	Aquiel nods.

					GEORDI
			I'd like to go back to the
			station... and try accessing
			Rocha's personal logs again.

					RIKER
			Good idea.

	They head for the door. Geordi glances at Aquiel, who
	is obviously unnerved by the situation. He offers her
	a reassuring look, then he EXITS with Riker and Worf...

           STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - ACT FOUR           44.

40A  INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	Riker, Worf and Geordi ENTERS from quarters. Geordi
	heads one direction, while Worf heads another. Riker
	stops Geordi.

					RIKER
			Geordi... wait a second.

	Geordi stops, looks at him. Riker's tone becomes quiet
	and intimate. He's concerned about his friend.

					RIKER
			This is off the record. I'm
			saying this as your friend, not
			your superior officer.
				(beat)
			It might be best if you weren't
			so... personally involved with
			Aquiel right now. There's a lot
			about her we don't know...

					GEORDI
			There's a lot about her that I do
			know...
				(beat)
			If she's innocent... I'd like to
			help her prove it.

					RIKER
			I think you're letting your
			personal feelings cloud your
			judgement.

	Geordi doesn't want to hear this.

					GEORDI
				(hard)
			I'm not the one making judgements.

	Geordi walks off. OFF Riker's concern...

41   EXT. SPACE - THE RELAY STATION

	As seen before.

41A  INT. RELAY STATION - OPS (OPTICAL)

	Geordi is working at an opened panel near a MONITOR,
	trying to access Rocha's logs. He's been at it awhile.
	He completes an adjustment, and the monitor COMES TO
	LIFE with a Starfleet logo. Geordi is pleased.

           STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - ACT FOUR          44A.

41A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Got it...
				(to computer)
			Computer -- display personal logs
			of Lieutenant Rocha. Stardates
			46455 to 46461.

	The computer works -- then one by one, a listing of
	LOGS appears on the monitor. Each log is identified by
	a stardate and additional information. Geordi watches
	as the logs scroll by... then something catches his
	eye. The information by three consecutive stardates is
	absent -- there's a gap in the entries. He stops the
	logs and studies them a moment.

					GEORDI
			Computer -- what happened to the
			log entries for Stardate 46460?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			The logs have been deleted.

					GEORDI
				(reacts)
			Who deleted them?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Unknown.

	Geordi thinks.

					GEORDI
			Computer -- access internal
			records for Station forty-seven.
			Authorization La Forge Theta Nine
			Nine Two.
				(beat)
			Perform a command function trace
			on the instructions to delete the
			log entries.

	As Geordi works...

           STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/10/92 - ACT FOUR           45.

41A  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE, BIRD OF PREY, & RELAY
	STATION (FORMERLY SCENE 43)

	A Klingon BIRD OF PREY has joined the Enterprise and
	the relay station.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log: Supplemental. The
			Qu'Vat has arrived with Commander
			Morag. We are preparing to
			question him regarding his
			involvement in the murder of
			Lieutenant Rocha.

41A  INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE
	(FORMERLY SCENE 44)

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Torak, Data, Troi and COMMANDER
	MORAG -- a Klingon officer -- are seated around the
	table. The Klingon N.D. seen earlier is standing off
	to one side. Morag is outraged.

					MORAG
			I killed no one!

					RIKER
				(unruffled)
			We found your DNA on the consoles,
			and on the bulkheads... we know
			you were there.

	Morag glances at Torak, looking for support but finding
	none.

					TORAK
			Answer their questions.

	Morag shifts uncomfortably in his chair.

					MORAG
				(uncertain)
			Yes...
				(then bolder)
			Yes, I was there. My patrol route
			takes me near the station every
			six days. Three days ago I hailed
			them and there was no response.
			I was... concerned.

           STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/10/92 - ACT FOUR          45A.

41A  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Concerned... ?

					MORAG
				(bluff)
			Yes. I went aboard to see what
			had happened. No one was there,
			so I left.

					RIKER
			And that's all?

					MORAG
			That's all.

	Riker looks to Data.

					DATA
			Commander Morag, we have
			discovered that the encrypted
			message bank on the station has
			been tampered with. Our analysis
			indicates that twenty-seven
			priority Starfleet messages are
			missing.

					MORAG
			What of it?

					DATA
			Your DNA was also found on the
			message control module.

	Morag jumps to his feet, feigning outrage.

					MORAG
			This is outrageous! We will not
			tolerate these accusations!

	Morag heads for the door, but the Klingon N.D. blocks
	his way. He looks back to Torak for support, but Torak
	is thinking about his own hide.

					TORAK
			This is a... diplomatic matter,
			Morag.
				(beat)
			Do not make me searcn your ship.

	Morag looks from Torak to the grim-faced N.D. and
	suddenly realizes that he's alone here. He returns to
	the table.

           STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - ACT FOUR          45B.

41AB	CONTINUED: (2)

					MORAG
				(grudgingly)
			Yes... I did take the messages...

					PICARD
			Did you kill Lieutenant Rocha?

					MORAG
			No. There was no one there. I
			saw blood... and signs of a
			struggle. I took the codes, but
			I killed no one.

					PICARD
			Governor, we would like Commander
			Morag to remain aboard the
			Enterprise until our investigation
			is complete.

					TORAK
			Take him.

	They all rise. Picard nods to Worf who gestures to a
	crestfallen Morag.

					WORF
			This way.

	Morag reluctantly goes with Worf.

                                             CUT TO:

41B  EXT. SPACE - RELAY STATION (OPTICAL)

	As seen before.

41C  OMITTED

41D  INT. RELAY STATION - OPS

	Geordi and Aquiel are standing near the console where
	Geordi was working. The monitor displays the logs with
	the missing entries. The mood is tense. Midconversation.

					GEORDI
			Last night, after I dropped you
			off at your quarters...
					(MORE)

           STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/11/92 - ACT FOUR          45C.

41D  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
			you established a subspace link
			with this console...
				(beat)
			You deleted some of Rocha's
			personal file... didn't you?

           STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/11/92 - ACT FOUR           46.

41D  CONTINUED: (2)

	Aquiel hesitates, nervous... glances at the monitor...
	sees the evidence in front of her and can't deny it.

					AQUIEL
			Yes... I did.

					GEORDI
			Why?

					AQUIEL
			I found... a letter Rocha was
			planning to send to Starfleet
			Command... about me.
				(beat)
			The letter said I had become
			belligerent... and insubordinate.
			He was going to ask for a formal
			hearing.

	Geordi is disturbed by the revelation.

					AQUIEL
			Geordi, I know how this looks...

					GEORDI
			Yeah -- it looks pretty bad.
				(beat)
			I find out you've erased a letter
			that contained a possible
			motivation for murder --

					AQUIEL
				(firm)
			I didn't kill him.

					GEORDI
			Then explain this...

	A tense beat. Aquiel starts to move around the room,
	feeling trapped... her impulse to run almost
	overwhelming her...

					AQUIEL
			I was afraid if they found the
			letter... I'd be blamed for the
			murder.
				(beat)
			I'm not a model officer, I realize
			that. Sometimes I act on impulse
			instead of thinking things
			through...

           STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/11/92 - ACT FOUR          46A.

41D  CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			Aquiel... this really complicates
			things...

	Aquiel turns away and intently heads for her quarters.

42   INT. RELAY STATION - AQUIEL'S QUARTERS -
	CONTINUOUS

	Aquiel ENTERS and grabs a small suitcase and quickly
	starts to throw some clothing into it. Geordi ENTERS
	and watches her for a beat.

        STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/11/92 - ACT FOUR 47-49.          

42   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			What are you doing?

					AQUIEL
			Getting out of here.

	Geordi moves close to her, takes her gently by the arm.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Aquiel... running away isn't going
			to prove your innocence... facing
			the situation will.

	A beat. Aquiel stops what she's doing... she knows
	he's right. Suddenly, she looks very lost and alone...

					AQUIEL
			I'm scared, Geordi...

	She turns to Geordi... then moves into his arms.
	Geordi holds her tight...

					GEORDI
			We'll get through this. I
			promise...

	A beat as they hold one another. Aquiel looks up at
	him.

					AQUIEL
			Then... you believe me?

	Geordi stares at her for a long beat.

					GEORDI
			Yes. I do.

	Aquiel's features soften. She and Geordi are slowly
	drawn together... the sexual tension between them
	undeniable... and they kiss. As they fall into a deep
	and passionate embrace...

           STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - ACT FOUR           50.

43
thru	OMITTED
44

45   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Beverly is examining the tray filled with the dark,
	gelatinous fluid. She is holding a hand-held scanning
	INSTRUMENT over the tray. The medical N.D. stands
	nearby.

					BEVERLY
			Alright. Initiate the resonance
			frequency burst...

	The N.D. hits the controls on a console -- in response,
	Beverly's device activates, and she sweeps a thin LASER
	over the fluid.

           STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/10/92 - ACT FOUR           51.

45   CONTINUED:

	Beverly reacts to the readings on the instrument...

					BEVERLY
			I'm starting to get a stable DNA
			scan... this is odd...
				(beat)
			The nucleotide sequences are
			starting to fluctuate... the DNA
			is becoming motile.

	She turns to the N.D., and as she does so her hand
	drops casually down to the lip of the tray.

					BEVERLY
			Let's try another frequency burst --
			increase the resonance level by
			twenty percent --

	Over Beverly's dialogue:

46   ON TRAY (OPTICAL)

	The organic fluid suddenly COMES TO LIFE -- it MOVES
	toward Beverly's hand and TOUCHES her.

47   BEVERLY

	jumps back from the touch. She looks down at the
	tray... then her shock turns to amazement as she
	sees...

48   IN THE TRAY

	the fluid has now transformed itself into an exact
	replica of BEVERLY'S HAND.

49   BEVERLY

	reacts to this strange and disturbing sight.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

           STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - ACT FIVE           52.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

50   EXT. SPACE - RELAY STATION (OPTICAL)

	as before.

51   INT. RELAY STATION - AQUIEL'S QUARTERS

	A couple of hours have passed. Geordi is sitting on
	the edge of the bed. Aquiel is lying next to him, her
	eyes closed... face peaceful. Geordi looks at her a
	moment... then he stands and crosses to a nearby desk.
	Aquiel opens her eyes.

					AQUIEL
			What is it... ?

	Geordi sits down at a computer terminal. He's feeling
	restless -- wants to get back to the task at hand.

					GEORDI
			We've... got a lot of work to
			do...

	Aquiel is still feeling vulnerable... and doesn't want
	this moment of intimacy to end. She watches him work
	a moment, then stands and moves to him...

					AQUIEL
			I haven't felt this close to
			someone in a long time... I don't
			want to let go of it...

	Geordi turns to her... speaks gently...

					GEORDI
			Me neither...
				(beat)
			But we've got over six hundred
			logs to go through...

					AQUIEL
			Alright. But first... there's
			something I want to share with
			you. A way that we can become...
			more intimate.

	Geordi looks at her, curious.

           STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/10/92 - ACT FIVE          52A.

51   CONTINUED:

					AQUIEL
				(explains)
			My people are partially
			telepathic... we use something
			called the Canar to help us focus
			our thoughts.

	Aquiel reaches for the small table which holds the
	crystal prism seen earlier. She carefully picks up the
	crystal and shows it to him.

					AQUIEL
				(re: prism)
			We also use the Canar to establish
			a stronger emotional link
			during... love.

					GEORDI
			I was wondering what that was...

           STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - ACT FIVE           53.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

	Aquiel looks up at Geordi, and in her eyes there is an
	unspoken invitation.

					GEORDI
				(softly)
			Do both of us have to be...
			telepathic for it to work?

	A beat.

					AQUIEL
			Let's find out.

	Aquiel reaches up for his VISOR, hesitates...

					GEORDI
			Go ahead...

	Aquiel carefully removes Geordi's VISOR and sets it on
	the table. She gently guides his hand to the prism...

					AQUIEL
			Think of me...

	As they shut their eyes and concentrate...

52   INT. SICKBAY

	Picard, Riker and Worf are listening to Beverly. The
	replica of BEVERLY'S HAND is still sitting in the tray.

					BEVERLY
				(re: hand)
			It's a perfect reproduction of my
			hand -- all the way down to the
			DNA structure.

	They look at the hand in amazement.

					PICARD
				(re: hand)
			You said it was formed from the
			organic matter found in the
			deckplate?

           STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/11/92 - ACT FIVE          53A.

52   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			When I infused the matter with a
			resonance frequency burst, it
			activated the DNA. Then it
			touched my hand... and started to
			mimic my cellular structure...

	Picard eyes the hand.

					PICARD
				(re: hand)
			Doctor... what exactly is this?

					BEVERLY
			It's going to sound pretty farfetched...

	A beat as she forms her thoughts.

					BEVERLY
			Have you ever heard of coalescent
			organisms?

					RIKER
			No...

					BEVERLY
			Rare microscopic lifeforms which
			must absorb other organisms in
			order to survive. Now, that's not
			so unusual... but coalescents
			become the organism they've
			absorbed -- right down to the
			cellular level.

					WORF
			Do you think that is what happened
			with your hand?

					BEVERLY
			There have been reports that these
			organisms can exist on a larger
			scale. What happened to my hand
			seems to support that theory.

	They consider the strange hypothesis.

					RIKER
			Are you saying that Lieutenant
			Rocha was killed by one of these --
			organisms?

           STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/10/92 - ACT FIVE           54.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			It's possible it happened before
			he reported for duty on the relay
			station.

					WORF
			I do not understand.

					BEVERLY
			I've checked the records. Just
			before he was posted to the relay
			station, Rocha served on an
			outpost in the Triona System...
				(beat)
			That's in a remote sector... maybe
			he was absorbed by a coalescent
			during that mission...

					RIKER
				(onto the idea)
			Then... what came aboard the
			station, was actually an organism
			that looked and acted like
			Rocha...

	They consider, grim-faced.

					WORF
			How often must they change bodies?

					BEVERLY
			The microscopic organisms have a
			cycle of no more than five to ten
			seconds. We can only assume a
			larger, more complex coalescent
			would have a cycle of at least
			several days... or weeks.

	The implications sink in.

              STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - 11/05/92 - ACT FIVE            54A.

52   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			If what you're saying is true...
			Rocha attacked Uhnari because he
			needed a new body...

					BEVERLY
			Right.

					RIKER
			But that means... Uhnari's now a
			coalescent.

					WORF
			There was another person on the
			station -- Morag. It is possible
			he was the one who was...
			absorbed.

					PICARD
				(to computer)
			Computer -- locate Commander Morag
			and Lieutenant Uhnari.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Commander Morag is in his
			quarters. Lieutenant Uhnari is
			not aboard the Enterprise.

					WORF
				(to computer)
			Where did she go?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Lieutenant Uhnari transported to
			Relay Station Forty-Seven at
			eighteen thirty hours.

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			You get Morag. I'm going to the
			station.

	They're out the door...

53   INT. RELAY STATION - AQUIEL'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and Aquiel are holding the prism, which is now
	ALIVE WITH LIGHT -- RADIATING VIBRANT COLORS onto their
	faces. Aquiel opens her eyes and looks at Geordi.

					AQUIEL
			Geordi... ?

              STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - 11/05/92 - ACT FIVE             55.

53   CONTINUED:

	There is a beat. Geordi's eyes remain closed, but his
	face changes... an expression of wonderment comes over
	his features...

					GEORDI
			I can see you...

	He takes in a sharp breath.

					GEORDI
			And I can... feel you...

	Aquiel smiles...

54   INT. ENTERPRISE - MORAG'S QUARTERS

	The Klingon Commander Morag is pacing the floor in his
	quarters, obviously pent-up and frustrated at being
	confined. Suddenly the doors slide open and Worf and
	a Security N.D. ENTER, phasers pointed.

					WORF
			Do not move.

					MORAG
			What is this -- ?

					WORF
			Come with us.

	Confused, Morag has no choice. He walks warily out of
	the room, followed by the others.

55   INT. RELAY STATION - AQUIEL'S QUARTERS

	Aquiel sets the prism (no longer glowing) back onto the
	table. She takes Geordi's face into her hands... rests
	her cheek against his...

					AQUIEL
				(whispers)
			You've never been as close to
			someone as you're about to be...
			think of me...

	Geordi concentrates... their mental and emotional
	connection builds...

           STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - ACT FIVE           56.

56   OMITTED

57   INT. RELAY STATION - AQUIEL'S QUARTERS

	Aquiel and Geordi react to the SOUND of someone
	materializing in the other room --

58   INCLUDE RIKER AND SECURITY N.D.

	as they ENTER the room. Geordi quickly puts on his
	VISOR as Riker points his phaser at Aquiel.

					RIKER
				(to Aquiel)
			Step away from him, Lieutenant...
			slowly.

					GEORDI
			What is it, Commander?

					RIKER
			That might not be Lieutenant
			Uhnari...

					GEORDI
			What?

					AQUIEL
			What are you saying?

					RIKER
			Step away. Now.

	Aquiel backs away, eyes wide. Off Geordi's stunned
	reaction...

59   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at the relay station.

					BEVERLY (v.o.)
			Chief Medical Officer's Log,
			supplemental. Commander Morag and
			Lieutenant Uhnari are being kept
			under close observation. So far,
			no sign of coalescent behavior has
			surfaced.

60   INT. GEORDI'S QUARTERS

	Riker is talking to Geordi, who is sitting in a chair,
	absently petting the dog, Maura.

           STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - ACT FIVE           57.

60   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Uhnari and Morag will be
			transferred to a secure medical
			facility at Starbase Two-twelve.
			Maybe we'll know more by the time
			we get there.

	Geordi is subdued. The events of the past few days
	have taken him on an emotional roller coaster.

					GEORDI
			Yeah... maybe...

					RIKER
				(beat)
			It might be Morag... there's no
			way to tell...

					GEORDI
				(not believing it)
			Right...

	There is an awkward silence.

					RIKER
			Get some rest. This has been a
			tough couple of days...

					GEORDI
			Thanks...

	Riker EXITS. Geordi sits there a moment, thoughtful...
	then he moves to his desk and sits down at a computer
	terminal.

					GEORDI
				(to computer)
			Computer -- display the
			Engineering duty roster for the
			next three days.

	A beat, then Geordi begins to quietly work at the
	terminal...

                                             INTERCUT:

61   ANGLE - THE DOG (OPTICAL)

	as it steps up behind Geordi and looks at him, WAGGING
	its tail. Geordi doesn't notice the dog... keeps
	working...

	The dog moves to Geordi's feet and BITES at his boot.
	Geordi gently kicks the dog away. A beat.

           STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/09/92 - ACT FIVE          57A.

61   CONTINUED:

	Then the dog bites at his boot again. Geordi glances
	down.

					GEORDI
				(to dog)
			Come on now... stop it...

	He nudges her away and continues to work. The dog
	stands back and stares at him a moment... then it
	begins to quietly GROWL in an eerie way.

	Geordi keeps working, oblivious to the dog. Then he
	finally hears the growling... turns toward the dog...
	sees it growling and stands, alarmed.

					GEORDI
			Maura... ?

	Without warning, the dog TRANSFORMS into a DARK,
	TERRIFYING, FLUID-LOOKING CREATURE which rears up and
	moves at Geordi -- it's the coalescent creature.

	Geordi reacts, shocked, and leaps out of the way. The
	creature goes after him, roaring --

	Geordi scrambles out of the way as the creature makes
	several frightening LUNGES toward him. He runs into a
	table and almost falls -- manages to stay on his feet,
	only to find himself being backed into a corner as the
	creature moves inexorably closer...

	The creature makes a final LUNGE. Geordi jumps toward
	a nearby desk -- opens a drawer and grabs out a phaser.
	He aims at the creature and FIRES --

	The creature is JOLTED back -- but quickly recovers and
	moves to attack again, roaring, furious.

61A  INSERT - PHASER

	as Geordi rapidly taps the phaser, adjusting the force
	setting to level fourteen.

61B  RESUME

	as Geordi aims and FIRES at the creature with an
	intense, sustained BURST. The creature DISINTEGRATES
	in a FLASH OF LIGHT. Gone.

	OFF Geordi's startled reaction...

                                             CUT TO:

           STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/05/92 - ACT FIVE           58.

62   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At impulse.

63   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Geordi and Aquiel are sitting at one of the tables.
	Aquiel is trying to make sense of everything that has
	happened.

					GEORDI
			Maybe the reason you don't
			remember what happened after Rocha
			attacked you... is that the
			coalescing process had begun...
			remember you felt like the
			memories had been drained right
			out of you? That's probably just
			what happened...

					AQUIEL
			Then... maybe I did take the
			phaser...

					GEORDI
			Whatever happened, at least you
			got away.

					AQUIEL
			So he turned on Maura.

	There is a small silence as they sip their drinks...
	not quite knowing where to take the conversation.

					GEORDI
			Well. What now?

					AQUIEL
			I guess I'll be going to Starbase
			Two-Twelve for re-assignment.

	Another silence.

					GEORDI
				(trying to be casual)
			You know... I had a talk with
			Chief Pendleton in Communications.
			There's an opening for a level two
			specialist.

	She stares at him, surprised.

           STAR TREK: "Aquiel" - REV. 11/05/92 - ACT FIVE           59.

63   CONTINUED:

					AQUIEL
			Really?
				(beat)
			I'm sure there's a waiting list so
			long I'd be grey before I got
			here.

					GEORDI
				(off-hand)
			I could put in a good word.

	She eyes him... understanding what he's saying, and
	appreciating it... but needing to stay her own person.

					AQUIEL
			It's an appealing offer...
				(beat)
			But I think I'd rather get here on
			my own merits.

	He smiles... it's exactly what he expected her to
	say... and he wouldn't have it any other way.

					AQUIEL
			Don't be surprised if you see my
			name at the end of that list.

	They share a look... which holds promise for the
	future.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             







                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                      "Face of the Enemy" 
                          #40276-240 
                              
                           Story by 
                        Rene Echevarria 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                         Naren Shankar 
                              
                          Directed by 
                      Gabrielle Beaumont 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT

                       NOVEMBER 17, 1992

       STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemey" - 11/17/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Face of the Enemy" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             N'VEK
                RIKER              TORETH
                DATA               PILOT
                BEVERLY            ALIEN CAPTAIN
                TROI               DESEVE
                WORF               
                GEORDI             
                ENSIGN MCKNIGHT    
                COMPUTER VOICE   
  
                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  N.D. CREWMEMBERS   N.D. ROMULANS
                  N.D. SECURITY      N.D. ROMULAN CENTURION
                                     N.D. ROMULAN OFFICERS

     STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - TEASER     1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "Face of the Enemy"                           
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    ECU - DEANNA TROI

	It's dark and we can see little of her face. Her eyes
	are closed tightly and she twitches restlessly, as
	though she's trying to pull away from something. It
	looks like she's having a nightmare.

	With a sudden, terrified GASP, her eyes SNAP WIDE OPEN.

                                             REVEAL:

2    INT. THE ROMULAN WARBIRD - TROI'S QUARTERS

	Deanna sits up on a bed, breathing heavily (note: we
	should see Deanna in dim silhouette only; the details
	of the room should be vague and shadowed as well). Her
	voice is cracked and dry.

					TROI
			Computer... lights.

	There is no response. The room stays dark.

					TROI
				(louder)
			Computer, turn on the lights.

	Again, nothing happens.

	Deanna clutches her head and moans. She moves off the
	bed... and almost immediately bumps into something.
	She reacts, surprised; clearly, this is not the room
	she's familiar with. She finds a wall and begins to
	feel her way along it.

	Eventually, her hands find a control panel. She taps
	several buttons before A LIGHT TURNS ON.

	REVEAL that Deanna is standing in a set of quart rs on
	a Romulan Warbird. The room is spartan in nature, but
	the Romulan Imperial Seal is clearly visible on a wall.
	Troi is in front of a dresser, staring into a mirror.
	She runs her hands over her face, her eyebrows, her
	ears, as her reflection stares back in utter disbelief.
	She looks like a Romulan.

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT ONE     2.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

           (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)            

3    EXT. SPACE - THE ROMULAN WARBIRD (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

4    INT. WARBIRD - TROI'S QUARTERS

	Deanna has not yet recovered from the shock of her
	transformation. She is groggy and disoriented. She's
	dressed in the uniform of a Romulan officer, but it's
	somewhat different from the ones we've seen in the
	past. The color is brighter and there is a distinctive
	insignia on her right shoulder.

	Suddenly, the DOOR OPENS and a Romulan officer, SUBCOMMANDER
	N'VEK, ENTERS (he wears the standard Romulan
	uniform). Deanna tenses, instantly on her guard as
	N'Vek moves towards her.

					N'VEK
			Good, you're awake.

					TROI
				(woozy)
			Who... are you?

					N'VEK
			Please, Counselor, there is little
			time. The Commander will be
			calling for you at any moment.

	N'Vek moves quickly and efficiently, and there is an
	underlying urgency in his voice. He takes out a tech
	device and adjusts it. He tries to bring it near
	Deanna's face, but she pushes at his arm, keeping the
	device away from her.

					TROI
			Where am I?

					N'VEK
			You are aboard the Imperial
			Romulan Warbird Khazara. I am Sub-Commander
			N'Vek.

	Deanna is confused, uncertain what to do next.

     STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT ONE     3.

4    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Warbird?

	She tries to make sense of this. N'Vek begins scanning
	her with the tech device. Troi is still disoriented as
	she tries to make sense of her situation.

					TROI
			I was at the neuro-psychology
			seminar on Bokara-Six. The last
			thing I remember was returning to
			my quarters. I was...
				(unsure)
			...attacked. I felt a...
			hypospray?

					N'VEK
			It was necessary. I could not be
			certain you would come
			voluntarily.

					TROI
			My head... is still spinning...

					N'VEK
			There are drugs in your system,
			but they've nearly dissipated.
			The disorientation will pass.

					TROI
			Why have you brought me here?

					N'VEK
			Listen to me carefully.
				(beat)
			You are no longer Deanna Troi.
			You are Major Rakal of the Tal
			Shiar, the Imperial Intelligence.
			Commander Toreth will--

					TROI
			Am I a prisoner?

  STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/19/92 - ACT ONE  4.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					N'VEK
			No. There is no time to explain
			everything. You must listen.
				(beat)
			Commander Toreth will want to know
			your mission. Tell her nothing.
			Simply instruct her to proceed to
			the Kaleb sector, course one-oh-two
			mark four.

					TROI
			The Kaleb sector...

					N'VEK
			Repeat it... heading one-oh-two
			mark four.

					TROI
			Heading... one-oh-two mark four...
				(beat)
			She'll... take orders... from me?

					N'VEK
			You are an officer of the Tal
			Shiar. She will obey you. But do
			not push her too far.

	We hear a BEEP and N'Vek stiffens instantly.

					TORETH'S COM VOICE
			Sub-Commander N'Vek. We are
			approaching the loading point.
			Bring our guest to the Bridge.

	N'Vek taps a com device.

					N'VEK
			Yes, Commander. Immediately.

	N'Vek begins hurriedly adjusting Troi's uniform, making
	certain everything looks correct. He hands her a
	disruptor.

					N'VEK
				(urgently)
			Please, we must hurry.

					TROI
			I'm not going anywhere... tell me
			what this is about.

					N'VEK
			You are a Starfleet officer
			disguised as a Romulan. Unless
			you trust me and do exactly as I
			have said... Toreth will discover
			you -- and you will be killed.

  STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/19/92 - ACT ONE  5.

4    CONTINUED: (4)

					TROI
			How do I know I won't be killed
			anyway?

	He regards her intently for a moment.

					N'VEK
			Your only chance to get off this
			ship alive is to do as I say.
				(beat)
			You are an empath. You would know
			if I am lying. Am I?

	She studies him carefully for a beat, then
	acknowledges.

					TROI
			No.

					N'VEK
			Then let us go see the Commander.

	N'Vek moves to the door which OPENS. Troi stands still
	for a beat... but there's only one possible decision.
	She follows N'Vek out and they EXIT.

                                             CUT TO:

5    EXT. SPACE - THE WARBIRD (OPTICAL)

	as it enters orbit around a planet.

6    INT. THE WARBIRD - BRIDGE

	Several N.D. ROMULANS attend various stations around
	the perimeter. A single PILOT sits at a console in
	front of the main Viewscreen. The Commander's station
	is against the back wall. It is not a chair, but a
	raised platform upon which the Commander stands. It's
	encircled by a railing to lean on and several command
	consoles. The entire room is forward of the Commander.
	Every inch of the Bridge is under her surveillance at
	all times -- and nothing goes on behind her back.

	COMMANDER TORETH is a woman with a regal bearing and
	the grim look of a soldier who has seen many battles.
	She stands on her platform, watching the Viewscreen.

	Troi and N'Vek ENTER and move toward Toreth's station
	where they wait. Toreth pointedly ignores them both.

    STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT ONE    5A.

6    CONTINUED:

					PILOT
			Orbit established, Commander.

					TORETH
			You may commence loading the
			cargo. Notify me when the
			transfer is complete.

					PILOT
			Yes, sir.

	She silently surveys the Bridge for another moment
	before she turns to notice them. The moment she does,
	N'Vek speaks up.

					N'VEK
			Sir, may I present Major Rakal of
			the Tal Shiar.

	Toreth fixes her gaze on Troi. It is a long,
	scrutinizing moment. She neither salutes nor extends
	her hand in greeting. After a moment --

     STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT ONE     6.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

					N'VEK
				(to Troi)
			This is Commander Toreth.

	Troi inclines her head slightly.

					TORETH
				(to N'Vek)
			Attend to your station.

	It is an abrupt but absolute dismissal, issued without
	ever looking at him. N'Vek withdraws to a nearby
	station, trying to keep an eye on Troi, who is now
	alone in the lion's den.

					TORETH
			Why are you here without your
			guards?

	Troi hesitates, not sure of the right answer.

					TORETH
			Well?

					TROI
				(carefully)
			The mission is one of utmost
			secrecy. I could not... risk...
			bringing guards.

	Toreth eyes her... she senses uncertainty and weakness:
	this Intelligence Officer can be pushed.

					TORETH
			And exactly what is the nature of
			this clandestine assignment?

	Again, Troi hesitates. She's had no briefing on any of
	this; she's flying blind.

					TROI
			I... cannot reveal that.

					TORETH
			Oh? Why not?

  STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/23/92 - ACT ONE  7.

6    CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			I am under orders.

	Toreth moves toward her, circling, appraising -- a move
	intended to intimidate.

					TORETH
			You don't act like a member of the
			Tal Shiar. How long have you been
			with Intelligence?

					TROI
				(beat)
			Several months.

	A smile curls on Toreth's lips... she is feeling less
	threatened by this unintimidating officer.

					TORETH
			Ah.

					PILOT
				(interrupting)
			Commander, the cargo is on board
			and secured.

	Toreth notes the information but her attention remains
	fixed on Troi.

					TORETH
			Tell me... is there a reason why
			the Commander of the ship is being
			kept ignorant of its cargo?

					TROI
			I don't know what you mean...

  STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/23/92 - ACT ONE  8.

6    CONTINUED: (4)

					TORETH
			I've been ordered to take on
			cargo... but its contents are
			unknown to me. Does that seem
			wise?

	Troi does not respond.

					TORETH
				(continuing)
			I am responsible for the safety of
			this ship and its crew. How do I
			know this cargo is safe to
			transport?

					TROI
			I'm sure it is safe. Otherwise it
			would not have been loaded.

	Toreth's eyes sparkle with dark amusement. She begins
	to circle the Bridge, including every member of the
	crew in her indictment of the Tal Shiar.

					TORETH
			Ah. Because the Tal Shiar is so
			deeply concerned with the safety
			and well-being of the military...

	There are a few grim smiles at this from the others.

					TORETH
			I'm sure every person on this
			Bridge could offer testimony about
			personal experiences with the Tal
			Shiar... and I doubt that many
			would recall those encounters as
			tender and caring...

	Toreth is gaining strength and confidence. She clearly
	feels that this Intelligence officer is an insect to be
	brushed away.

					TORETH
			So you will forgive me, Major, if
			I am hesitant to accept your
			assurances that the cargo is no
			danger to my crew.

	She walks right up to Troi and stares at her, issuing
	a challenge.

					TORETH
			I intend to open those containers --

    STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT ONE    8A.

6    CONTINUED: (5)

	Troi takes a beat to look around the Bridge... heads
	have turned to see how this Major will react to this
	confrontation. Her glance brushes over N'Vek, who is
	struggling not to give anything away. Troi realizes
	she is dangerously close to losing control of the
	situation, and must quickly re-establish her authority.
	She's still weak and groggy, she has no idea what she's
	doing here, and she knows she's in immense danger. But
	she'd better find an inner strength. She turns to
	Toreth, her eyes dark and her tone hard.

					TROI
			That cargo is the property of the
			Tal Shiar. You will not touch it.

	But Toreth hasn't given up yet.

					TORETH
			By whose authority?

					TROI
			Mine. And if you do not wish to
			undergo another "personal
			experience" with the Tal Shiar, I
			suggest you not question me again.

	Toreth stiffens slightly. The insect is stinging back.

					TROI
			Commander Toreth... you will now
			proceed on course bearing one-oh-two
			mark four to the Kaleb sector.

					TORETH
			The Kaleb sector is virtually
			deserted. Why would we go there?

	Troi looks Toreth directly in the eye.

					TROI
			Because those are your orders.

	Toreth meets Troi's gaze impassively for a long beat.
	Finally, she turns to the pilot.

					TORETH
			Pilot, set course. Bearing one-oh-two
			mark four. Warp six.

					PILOT
			Yes, Commander.

    STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT ONE    8B.

6    CONTINUED: (6)

	In the b.g., N'Vek relaxes visibly. Off Troi's
	reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

  STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/20/92 - ACT TWO  9.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

7    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around a small outpost.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46519.1.
			We have arrived at Research
			Station seventy-five to take on a
			rather unique passenger... one
			whose homecoming will undoubtedly
			be difficult.

8    INT. CORRIDOR

	RIKER, BEVERLY, and WORF on the move. Beverly carries
	a medical tricorder; Riker and Worf do not look pleased
	at all.

					WORF
			The man acted dishonorably. He is
			a traitor.

					BEVERLY
			He risked his life to get here.
			It took him two weeks alone in a
			scout ship.

					WORF
			That does not excuse his original
			actions.

					BEVERLY
			Well, maybe he finally realized he
			made a mistake.

					RIKER
			It took him twenty years too long.

	They EXIT the corridor into the Transporter Room.

9    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Continuous action as Riker, Beverly, nd Worf ENTER. An
	N.D. CREWMAN is at the console.

    STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO    10.

9    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to Crewman)
			Energize.

	The Crewman works the console and the figure of STEFAN
	DESEVE MATERIALIZES on the platform. He is in his late
	forties, but his face is lined and worn beyond his
	years.

	He wears the unadorned uniform of an enlisted Romulan
	soldier. The moment he sees Riker, he comes stiffly to
	attention.

	Riker reacts to the sight of the uniform; he doesn't
	like seeing DeSeve in it.

					RIKER
				(hard, formal)
			Ensign DeSeve. By order of
			Starfleet Command, you are hereby
			placed under arrest for treason.

	DeSeve steps off the platform.

					DESEVE
			I... understand.

	Beverly moves to him and begins scanning him with her
	tricorder.

					RIKER
			After Doctor Crusher certifies you
			medically fit, you will be
			confined to quarters until a
			formal courts martial can be
			convened.

	DeSeve had been prepared for this and he takes it
	stoically.

					RIKER
			And get some civilian clothes. I
			don't want to see you in that
			uniform.

					DESEVE
			Yes, sir.
				(beat)
			Commander -- I must speak with
			Captain Picard.

    STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO    11.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			The Captain is a busy man.

	DeSeve moves toward him.

					DESEVE
				(urgent)
			Please... it's important. Urgent.

	Worf takes a step forward and DeSeve falls back,
	clearly intimidated. Riker waits a beat before
	answering.

					RIKER
			I'll tell him.

	Worf indicates the door and DeSeve reluctantly follows
	Beverly out.

                                             CUT TO:

10   INT. DESEVE'S QUARTERS

	DeSeve is looking around his quarters with
	uncertainty... he feels disoriented and alone here. He
	moves to the replicator.

					DESEVE
				(to replicator)
			Vorcha'ak.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			There is no listing for Vorcha'ak.

	DeSeve thinks for a moment...

					DESEVE
				(slowly)
			Coffee...

	We HEAR the replicator work and then DeSeve picks up
	the cup and sniffs it. The door CHIMES.

					DESEVE
			Enter.

    STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO    12.

10   CONTINUED:

	The DOORS OPEN and PICARD ENTERS. Through the doors,
	an N.D. SECURITY GUARD can be seen, stationed outside.
	DeSeve automatically snaps to attention out of reflex
	at the sight of a superior.

					DESEVE
			Commander!

					PICARD
			At ease... and it's Captain,
			actually.

	DeSeve relaxes only slightly.

					DESEVE
			I'm... sorry, sir.
				(beat)
			Captains, not Commanders... it's
			been so long since I've... I'll
			remember.

	Picard considers him for a moment. DeSeve does seem to
	be a man who's lost and alone, and Picard is not
	unsympathetic. But that is tempered by the knowledge
	that DeSeve's problems are entirely his own doing.

					PICARD
			You said it was important that I
			see you.

					DESEVE
			Yes... Captain. I have a message.
			From Ambassador Spock.

	Picard reacts to the name.

					DESEVE
			He said it involves further...
			"cowboy diplomacy." He said you
			would understand...

	Picard smiles slightly. After a beat, he indicates a
	chair and they sit.

					DESEVE
			There will be a Corvallen
			freighter arriving in the Kaleb
			sector in the next twelve hours.
			Spock wants you to rendezvous with
			that ship and take its cargo back
			to Federation space.

					PICARD
			What kind of cargo?

    STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO    13.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					DESEVE
			He said it was...
				(trying to remember the
				 exact words)
			... "important to the future of the
			Romulans and the Federation."

	Picard studies DeSeve carefully.

					PICARD
			This is why you've returned... to
			bring this message?

					DESEVE
			Partly.

	DeSeve would just as soon leave it at that, but Picard
	waits for him to continue.

					PICARD
			In order to know whether Spock's
			message is being delivered
			accurately... I need to
			understand the messenger.

	This is a difficult moment for DeSeve... having to
	admit to a mistake he made a long time ago.

					DESEVE
			I was... ready to come back.
			Romulus had... lost its appeal.

					PICARD
			And yet you found something very
			appealing about it at one time.

					DESEVE
			The Romulans are very... moral,
			Captain. They have an absolute
			certainty about what is right and
			what is wrong... who is a friend
			and who is an enemy. They have a
			strict moral compass which
			provides them with a clarity of
			purpose.
				(beat)
			I once found their sense of
			purpose, their commitment and
			passion, to be very compelling.

    STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO    14.

10   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			But not any longer...

	A long beat.

					DESEVE
			As I've grown older, I realize
			that clarity of purpose is a more
			ambiguous matter than I had
			thought in my youth.

	A long beat as Picard considers this man. He taps his
	combadge.

					PICARD
				(to COM)
			Mister Riker. Set course for the
			Kaleb sector. Warp eight.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Aye-aye, sir.

	Picard EXITS.

                                             CUT TO:

11   EXT. SPACE - THE WARBIRD (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

12   INT. WARBIRD - CARGO BAY

	N'Vek is in a room with several large cargo containers
	stacked against the wall. An N.D. Romulan Centurion
	stands at attention nearby.

	The DOORS OPEN and Troi ENTERS.

					TROI
			You may wait outside. Make
			certain we are not disturbed.

	The Centurion bows his head and EXITS quickly, relieved
	to be out of Troi's presence. She notes his reaction.

					TROI
			They're all terrified of me.

  STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/20/92 - ACT TWO  15.

12   CONTINUED:

					N'VEK
			The purpose of the Tal Shiar is to
			ensure loyalty. To defy them is
			to invite imprisonment... or
			death.

	Deanna does not like the role she's been thrust into.

					TROI
			It's time you told me what this is
			all about.

					N'VEK
			That is why I called you here.

	N'Vek moves over to one of the cargo containers and
	begins tapping commands into a complex-looking control
	panel.

					N'VEK
			This is one of the cargo
			containers we brought on board
			earlier.

					TROI
			What's in it?

	N'Vek taps a last command into the control panel and
	the CONTAINER DOOR SLIDES OPEN.

13   INSIDE THE CARGO CONTAINER

	is the body of a Romulan citizen in an official-looking
	uniform. He is wearing a tech device on his neck.

14   RESUME SCENE

	Troi reacts, touching his face.

					TROI
			He's alive... but in stasis. Who
			is it?

					N'VEK
			Vice Proconsul M'ret of the
			Imperial Senate...
				(gesturing to other
				 containers)
			... and his two top aides.

	Even Troi has heard of this man.

					TROI
			M'ret... he's one of the highest
			ranking members of the Romulan
			government...


  STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/20/92 - ACT TWO  16.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					N'VEK
			His defection will be a profound
			blow to Romulus...

					TROI
			Why is he doing this?

					N'VEK
			M'ret had questioned the
			repressive activities of the
			government -- and was in danger of
			being imprisoned. He is willing
			to take this risk in order to
			protest Romulan policy and support
			the dissident movement.

					TROI
			You are part of Ambassador Spock's
			underground movement...

					N'VEK
			Yes. If we are able to deliver
			M'ret safely, Spock is hopeful
			that we can establish an escape
			route for the thousands of
			dissidents who live in fear of
			their lives.
				(beat)
			Now you realize why we are willing
			to go to such extraordinary
			lengths -- even kidnapping you --
			to make sure we succeed.

	Troi reflects on this barrage of information.

					TROI
			You've given me the identity of a
			Tal Shiar officer... is there a
			real Major Rakal?

  STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/20/92 - ACT TWO  17.

14   CONTINUED: (3)

					N'VEK
			There was. She was killed so that
			you could take her place. Only a
			member of the Tal Shiar would have
			the authority to alter a ship's
			mission.

					TROI
			But -- why me? You could have
			found a Romulan to play this
			role...

					N'VEK
			Yes -- for this part of the plan.
			But if anything goes wrong... we
			will need a Starfleet officer.

					TROI
			Why?

					N'VEK
			There's no need to go into that
			unless it becomes necessary.

	Troi is bothered by the withholding of information, but
	before she can speak --

					N'VEK
			For your own sake, Counselor --
			the less you know about the
			specifics of this plan, the
			better.

	There is a silence while Troi assesses these strange
	events... and her role in them. Finally --

					TROI
			What is your plan?

	N'Vek briefly works the control panel and closes the
	cargo container, sealing it shut.

 STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/20/92 - ACT TWO 17A.

14   CONTINUED: (4)

					N'VEK
			When we reach the Kaleb sector, we
			will rendezvous with a Corvallen
			freighter. You will take these
			containers onto their ship and
			accompany them back to Starfleet
			Headquarters.

  STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/20/92 - ACT TWO  18.

14   CONTINUED: (5)

					TROI
			The Corvallens are mercenaries...
			Do they know what's in these
			containers?

					N'VEK
			No. They were hired simply to
			take you to Federation space.

					TROI
				(beat)
			Very well.

	It is her acceptance of the lot she has drawn. N'Vek
	checks the container one last time, making certain it's
	secure.

					N'VEK
			We are due in the Ward Room
			shortly. The senior officers
			always dine together.

					TROI
			I'll go to my quarters. I think
			it would be best if I stayed away
			from the Commander.

					N'VEK
			No, you will be expected to
			attend. I'll go ahead... follow
			me after a few moments. Commander
			Toreth must not feel that anything
			is unusual.

                                             CUT TO:

15   INT. WARBIRD - WARD ROOM

	This is a Conference/Officer's Room which is connected
	by a set of doors to the Bridge. Toreth, N'Vek, and
	two N.D. ROMULAN OFFICERS are seated at a table. A
	large meal is spread out before them. The Commander
	and her officers are friends, and the atmosphere is
	relaxed.

					TORETH
			... and we had been told that the
			Klingon outpost was undefended.
			So when their warships decloaked,
			they took us completely by
			surprise...

    STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO    19.

15   CONTINUED:

	The DOORS OPEN and Troi ENTERS. In an instant, the two
	N.D. officers tense up, completely on edge. Toreth
	indicates an open seat and continues her story.

	Troi bows her head slightly and sits.

					TORETH
				(continuing)
			... The Klingons destroyed half my
			squadron before we could even
			return fire. But when we did...
			they were no match for us. I
			destroyed their flagship myself.
			I received the Sotarek Citation
			for my actions that day.
				(beat, pointedly)
			The Intelligence Officer in charge
			of the mission was executed.

	The words are followed by an uncomfortable silence.

					TORETH
			Major. Welcome to our table.

					TROI
			Commander.

					TORETH
			I suggest you try the viinerine.
			It's quite good.

	Troi is suddenly put on the spot. She has no idea
	which of the various dishes Viinerine actually is...
	but there's no time to try to figure it out. She picks
	up a dish at random and begins spooning some of it onto
	her plate. Toreth smiles mildly.

					TORETH
			I realize it's nothing compared to
			what you're accustomed to on
			Romulus... but you could at least
			try the viinerine...

	Troi has picked the wrong dish. She quickly tries to
	cover her mistake and does not stop serving as she
	speaks.

					TROI
			I've smelled better viinerine on
			prison ships.

					TORETH
			No doubt.

  STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/20/92 - ACT TWO  20.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

	They all continue to eat in silence for a beat. Troi
	wants to avoid conversation as much as possible, but
	Toreth won't let her alone.

					TORETH
			Tell me, Major... did you train at
			the Intelligence Academy or the
			Imperial War College?

					TROI
				(hoping it's right)
			The Academy.

					TORETH
			Ah -- then you know Commander
			Konsab.

					TROI
			I know of him.

					TORETH
			I assume you studied Military
			History with him?

					TROI
			Yes.

					TORETH
			I was wondering what you felt
			about his theory on the
			differences between the military
			and the Tal Shiar?

					TROI
			Which aspects are you referring
			to?

	Toreth stares at her for a moment.

					TORETH
			Are you sure you attended class
			regularly, Major? This was one of
			Konsab's main themes.

	Troi takes a bite and chews, scrambling for time.

    STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO    21.

15   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			Do you have a point to make,
			Commander? If so, it has escaped
			me.

	Toreth flares slightly, stung.

					TORETH
			Commander Konsab believes that, in
			order to function, military
			officers have to trust each other.
			Members of the Tal Shiar, on the
			other hand, trust no one. They
			expect deception, so they always
			find it.

					TROI
			You've made your opinion of the
			Tal Shiar quite clear, Commander.

					TORETH
			I hope so.

	The tension level between Troi and Toreth cranks up a
	notch. Troi feels she must not back down in order to
	maintain credibility.

					TROI
			We ensure the loyalty of the
			people. Do you believe the Empire
			would be better off without our
			protection?

	Troi has pushed a sore spot.

					TORETH
			Protection? From whom? Was the
			Empire threatened by the words of
			an old man, a devoted citizen who
			merely tried to speak his mind?
			How did the Tal Shiar protect the
			Empire by dragging my father from
			our home in the middle of the
			night?

	This is extremely hard for Troi. She can feel Toreth's
	intensity and anger, and she sympathizes with her. But
	Troi can't let it show... she has to play her role.

					TROI
			Clearly, your father was a
			traitor.

    STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO    22.

15   CONTINUED: (4)

					TORETH
			No. He was just an idealistic old
			man... and I never saw him again.

	Beat.

					TROI
			I don't need your devotion,
			Commander. Just your obedience.

					TORETH
			That is all you have.

	A long, silent beat is interrupted by the COM.

					PILOT'S COM VOICE
			Commander. Sensors are picking up
			an unidentified ship on an
			intercept course.

	Toreth's expression hardens. She stands up and EXITS
	onto the Bridge. Troi, N'Vek, and the rest follow her
	out.

16   INT. WARBIRD - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Continuous action as Toreth and the others ENTER and
	take their stations. Troi stands near Toreth.

					TORETH
			What is the configuration?

					PILOT
			It appears to be a freighter,
			Commander.

					TROI
			Hail them.

	Troi says it as an order, not a request... and Toreth
	does not like it one bit. Toreth looks sharply at Troi
	who stares back unflinchingly.

					TORETH
			Visual.

	The Viewscreen fills with the image of an ALIEN
	CAPTAIN.

					ALIEN CAPTAIN
			Commander. We are glad to see
			you. We are prepared to transfer
			your cargo as agreed...

    STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO    23.

17   ANOTHER ANGLE - TROI & N'VEK

	As the captain speaks, Troi's features change;
	something is troubling her about this man. Something
	is wrong here. She quietly moves to N'Vek.

					TORETH (O.S.)
			With whom do you have this
			"agreement"?

					ALIEN CAPTAIN (O.S.)
			Our arrangements were made with
			Major Rakal. You may rest assured
			that your cargo will be taken
			safely to its destination.
				(beat)
			We will transmit coordinates for
			you to beam it aboard.

					TROI
				(sotto; to N'Vek)
			He's lying. They have no
			intention of keeping their word.

	N'Vek is shocked.

					N'VEK
				(sotto)
			Are you certain?

	Troi silently nods. N'Vek looks up at the Alien
	Captain, then makes a difficult decision. Without
	another word, he moves quickly to a console and taps a
	command.

18   EXT. SPACE - THE WARBIRD (OPTICAL)

	Opens fire on the freighter, destroying it with a
	single shot.

19   INT. THE WARBIRD

	The Bridge crew is shocked. Toreth is furious and
	moves to N'Vek, grabbing him.

					TORETH
			Why did you destroy that vessel?

    STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO    24.

19   CONTINUED:

					N'VEK
			I beg forgiveness, Commander,
			but... Major Takal ordered me to
			fire.

	Troi is stunned, but she has to hide it. OFF her
	reaction.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

 STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/24/92 - ACT THREE 25.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

A20	EXT. SPACE - WARBIRD (OPTICAL)

	motionless near the debris field.

20   INT. WARBIRD - BRIDGE

	Continuous action. Troi is still in shock over the
	ship's destruction and N'Vek's accusation. Toreth is
	furious.

					PILOT
			The Corvallen freighter has been
			completely destroyed, Commander.
			There are no survivors.

					TORETH
				(to Troi)
			I demand an explanation.

	Troi says nothing; she moves to the Pilot's station.

					TROI
			How many were aboard that ship?

					PILOT
				(off console)
			Approximately eighteen people,
			sir.

	The information is devastating; indirectly or not, she
	is responsible for their deaths, but she can't afford
	to show how she really feels. She wants to get off the
	Bridge, get some time to think, but Toreth will not let
	up.

					TORETH
			I don't care if there were
			eighteen or eight-hundred.
				(beat)
			On this ship, I give the command
			to fire, Major. You have no right--

	Troi angrily touches the Tal Shiar emblem on her
	shoulder.

					TROI
			This gives me the right.

STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/24/92 - ACT THREE25A.

20   CONTINUED:

					TORETH
			Even you must eventually answer to
			someone. You will be held
			accountable.

	Troi has no alternative in this; to keep them both
	safe, she must defend N'Vek's actions.

					TROI
			I have been given broad
			discretionary powers. Sub-Commander
			N'Vek acted on my
			authority... the authority of the
			Tal Shiar. I assure you -- this
			action will not be questioned.

					TORETH
			I will nonetheless make a note in
			my log that I am not responsible
			for those eighteen lives... and
			that I deplore their loss.

 STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/24/92 - ACT THREE 26.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Do what you feel necessary. In
			the meantime, we must protect
			ourselves.
				(to Pilot)
			Activate the cloaking device.

	The Pilot looks to Toreth for confirmation; Toreth
	nods.

21   EXT. SPACE - THE WARBIRD (OPTICAL)

	shimmers away as it cloaks.

22   INT. WARBIRD - BRIDGE

					PILOT
			Cloak is engaged.

	Troi moves to the exit.

					TORETH
			And what are my orders now, Major?

					TROI
			Hold position -- and wait.

	Troi EXITS.

	Off Toreth's and N'Vek's expressions.

                                             CUT TO:

23   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it drops out of warp.

24   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf and ENSIGN McKNIGHT at their
	stations.

					DATA
			There is no sign of the freighter,
			Sir. We are the only ship in the
			area.

					PICARD
				(puzzled)
			Ensign, verify our position.

 STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/19/92 - ACT THREE 27.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					ENSIGN MCKNIGHT
				(off console)
			We're holding at the coordinates
			specified by Ensign DeSeve, sir.

					RIKER
			Is there anything on long range
			sensors?

					DATA
				(beat; works console)
			Sensors indicate no other ships
			within three light years.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			Has this all been a hoax?

					PICARD
			That's one possibility.
				(beat)
			Mister Worf, bring Ensign DeSeve
			to my Ready Room.

                                             CUT TO:

25   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is sitting at his desk as Worf ENTERS with
	DeSeve. Worf does not like this guy and stays as
	physically intimidating as possible.

					PICARD
			Well, Mister DeSeve. You promised
			me a freighter with an important
			cargo. The only thing here is
			empty space. Do you have an
			explanation?

	DeSeve is genuinely surprised.

					DESEVE
			I... don't understand...

					WORF
			Sir, he has deceived us.

					DESEVE
			No -- I was told the ship would be
			at these coordinates.

   STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT THREE   28.

25   CONTINUED:

	Picard lifts a staying hand toward Worf.

					PICARD
			You said the message came directly
			from Ambassador Spock?

					DESEVE
			Yes.
				(beat)
			Well... not exactly...

					PICARD
			What does that mean?

					DESEVE
			Someone else relayed the message
			to me. But he said Spock spoke
			directly to him.

	Picard stares at him. The story begins to lose
	credibility, and DeSeve realizes that.

					DESEVE
			I trust the man who spoke to me.
			He would not have lied.

					WORF
			Was he Romulan?

					DESEVE
			Yes.

	Worf's disdain is palpable. DeSeve tries to explain.

					DESEVE
			He is a member of the underground --
			a dissident. He risks his life to
			work with those who want a
			different future for Romulus.

					WORF
			Captain, he could be leading us
			into a trap.

					DESEVE
			No, that's not so...

   STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT THREE   29.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			It would be risky to set a trap
			here, so close to Federation
			space... but the fact remains --
			there is no freighter.
				(beat)
			Ensign DeSeve, did your contact
			tell you anything else that might
			be helpful?

	There is a long beat.

					DESEVE
			The freighter is an old Antaresclass
			vessel... it has limited
			range and speed.
				(beat)
			It couldn't have taken on its
			cargo more than a day ago... which
			means it has to be within fifteen
			light years of here.

	Picard and Worf stare at him.

					PICARD
			Why didn't you mention this
			earlier?

	DeSeve hesitates before answering.

					DESEVE
			It didn't seem necessary. And on
			Romulus, you learn not to
			volunteer information.
				(beat)
			It's a hard habit to break.

	Picard rises and circles the desk, heading for the
	door.

					PICARD
			Perhaps now would be a good time
			to start. Gentlemen, come with
			me.

	They follow him through the doors to the Bridge.

25A  INT. BRIDGE

	Data and Riker already there. Worf heads for his
	station.

 STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/19/92 - ACT THREE 30.

25A  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Mister Data, initiate a phase
			three search pattern -- radius
			fifteen light years.

					DATA
			Aye, Captain.

					PICARD
				(gesturing to chair on
				 his left)
			Ensign DeSeve, I want you to stay
			right here. In case you recall
			anything else that might have
			slipped your mind.

	Chastened, DeSeve takes the chair.

25B  OMITTED

26   INT. WARBIRD - CARGO BAY

	Troi paces, agitated. The guard is not there. N'Vek
	ENTERS. He's distressed, too, though not quite for the
	same reason.

					N'VEK
			Our plan has collapsed...

					TROI
			Our plan? What about the people
			on that freighter? Why did you
			fire?

					N'VEK
			There was no alternative. You
			told me they couldn't be trusted.
			If I let them live... the whole
			mission would be in jeopardy?

					TROI
			Eighteen people lost their
			lives...

	N'Vek turns on her, drilling into her Iike a laser.
	He's frayed and pushed to his limits.

 STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/20/92 - ACT THREE 31.

26   CONTINUED:

					N'VEK
			Don't lecture me, Counselor. A
			number of people have died in
			order to carry out this mission.
			Believe me, those eighteen won't
			be the last.

					TROI
			I'm sorry... but I can't dismiss
			those lives so easily.

	N'Vek regards her stonily.

					N'VEK
			Fine. Agonize all you want... but
			don't let it get in the way of our
			plan.

	She eyes him for a tense moment.

					TROI
			You don't have a plan anymore.

 STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/20/92 - ACT THREE 32.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					N'VEK
			You remember I told you if
			anything went wrong, we would need
			a Starfleet officer...

	She eyes him warily...

					TROI
			Yes...

					N'VEK
				(acknowledging)
			There is a Starfleet base on
			Draken Four. It is two days away
			at maximum warp.
				(beat)
			That's where we're going.

					TROI
			In a Romulan ship...

					N'VEK
			Yes. It's your job to order
			Toreth to proceed into Federation
			territory.

					TROI
			We'll never get through the
			gravitic sensor nets.

					N'VEK
			We will... if you provide the
			correct access codes.

					TROI
			Do you really think this has a
			chance of succeeding?

					N'VEK
			If you have another idea, I'll be
			happy to consider it.

	They hold a hard look for a moment... then she EXITS.
	He follows.

27   INT. WARD ROOM

	Troi and N'Vek with Toreth.

					TROI
			You will plot a course for the
			Draken System.

STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/20/92 - ACT THREE32A.

27   CONTINUED:

	There is a brief, surprised silence.

					TORETH
			You can't be serious.

					TROI
			Draken Four was the freighter's
			destination.
				(beat)
			I ordered it destroyed because I
			recognized the Captain -- a known
			Federation spy. Now, we must
			deliver the cargo ourselves.

 STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/20/92 - ACT THREE 33.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

					TORETH
			Why must --

					TROI
			I do not intend to explain myself
			to you. Set a course.

					TORETH
			In order to reach Draken we will
			have to travel through Federation
			space for nearly twenty hours.

					TROI
			That is not a problem.

					TORETH
			Contrary to the propaganda your
			superiors would have us believe,
			Starfleet is neither weak nor
			foolish. The chances of us
			reaching Draken undetected are not
			good.

					TROI
			We will be cloaked.

					TORETH
			The cloaking device does not make
			us completely invulnerable. You
			would know that if you had spent
			any time in the field.
				(beat)
			The Federation has littered their
			borders with subspace listening
			posts and gravitic sensors. They
			may even have a tachyon detection
			grid in operation, in which case
			they will know we're there.
				(beat)
			If we are discovered within
			Federation territory, it could be
			interpreted as an act of war.

					TROI
			The Tal Shiar has obtained access
			codes for the sensor nets. I will
			provide them if necessary.

	Toreth is very uneasy with this plan.

					TORETH
			That is no guarantee that we will
			escape detection.

   STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT THREE   34.

27   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			Your cowardice does not befit a
			Romulan soldier.

	Toreth stiffens at the accusation -- even N'Vek is
	surprised. Troi is playing her role to the hilt.

					TORETH
			People blame the military for the
			wars we are asked to fight. But
			I think it is your kind, Major,
			that will be the death of us all.

	Toreth EXITS. Troi and N'Vek follow her out.

28   INT. WARBIRD - THE BRIDGE

	Continuous action as Troi and N'Vek ENTER. Toreth is
	already at her station.

					TORETH
			Plot a course for the Draken
			System.

					PILOT
				(works console)
			Course plotted, sir.

					TORETH
			Prepare for warp --

	Suddenly, the lights in the room switch to red, and the
	alarm klaxons begin to sound.

					PILOT
			Commander, sensors are picking up
			a vessel.
				(beat; off console)
			Our cloaking device is still
			engaged... they have not detected
			us.

	Toreth reacts.

					TORETH
			Activate Viewscreen.

   STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT THREE   35.

29   ON THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The image fills the screen. It is the Enterprise,
	floating above us like a naval destroyer poised above
	a submarine, ready for the kill.

	Reactions.

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

 STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/20/92 - ACT FOUR 36.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

30   INT. WARBIRD - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Continuous action. The Enterprise is on screen as
	before.

					PILOT
			It is the Enterprise, Commander.

	Troi reacts.

					TORETH
			Well, Major... it appears your
			suspicions about that freighter
			were correct after all. The
			Federation has come in search of
			their spies.
				(to Pilot)
			Status.

					PILOT
				(off console)
			They are scanning the debris of
			the freighter. Their shield
			levels are normal and their weapon
			systems are not active.
				(beat)
			They are not prepared for battle,
			sir.

					TORETH
			Then they were not expecting us to
			be here. And I see no reason to
			alter that perception.
				(beat; to Pilot)
			The radiation from the debris
			field could make our cloak
			detectable if we engage warp
			engines. Proceed at maneuvering
			speed --

					TROI
				(interrupting)
			One moment, Commander.

	The sudden appearance of the Enterprise has changed
	everything. Troi wants to keep it nearby until she can
	figure out a way to contact the ship.

 STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/20/92 - ACT FOUR 37.

30   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			We should hold our position until
			the Enterprise has left the area.
			We cannot risk detection.

					TORETH
			Even if we are detected, they will
			not be able to track us once we go
			to warp.

					TROI
			We haven't established their
			intentions.

					TORETH
			Their intentions are obvious...
			and of no concern to us, Major.
				(to Pilot)
			Proceed on course, maneuvering
			engines only. Go to warp when
			we're clear of the debris field.

					PILOT
			Yes, Commander.
				(off console)
			We will clear the field in twenty-seven
			minutes.

	Toreth is now studiously ignoring Troi. Troi moves to
	the doors and shoots N'Vek a meaningful glance; he
	understands the situation -- they have to meet.

					TROI
				(imperiously)
			You will keep me informed of our
			progress.

	Troi EXITS the Bridge.

					N'VEK
			It is not wise to challenge the
			Tal Shiar, Commander.

					TORETH
			I will not let her tell me how to
			run my ship.

	Off N'Vek's concerned expression.

                                             CUT TO:

    STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT FOUR    38.

31   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	holding position in the debris field.

32   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, DeSeve and Data are at the Aft Science
	station, looking at a MONITOR DISPLAY of space debris.

					DATA
			The debris is widely scattered,
			sir. It appears to be the remains
			of a ship...
				(beat)
			... My analysis indicates that it
			was an Antares-class freighter.

	Picard glances at DeSeve.

					DESEVE
			That's the ship we were supposed
			to meet...

					PICARD
			Could they have had some sort of
			malfunction... a reactor core
			breach?

					DATA
			I do not believe so. That would
			not be consistent with the debris
			pattern. However, sensors do
			indicate extremely high levels of
			residual antiprotons.

	Picard and Riker react; they know what this implies.

					RIKER
			Romulan disruptor fire...

					DATA
			That is correct. And based on the
			antiproton decay, I would estimate
			that the incident occurred within
			the last four-point-three hours.

					PICARD
			Then... the Romulans could still
			be in the vicinity.

	Picard and Riker exchange a concerned glance.

    STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT FOUR    39.

32   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Red alert. Shields at maximum.

	The red alert lights go on.

					PICARD
				(to DeSeve)
			Whatever cargo was on that
			freighter, the Romulans didn't
			want it to reach us. Are you sure
			you don't know what it was?

					DESEVE
			No, sir. I swear it.

					PICARD
			All we seem to have here are
			questions.
				(beat)
			Mister Data, continue scanning the
			area.

                                             CUT TO:

33   INT. WARBIRD - TROI'S QUARTERS

	Troi and N'Vek.

					TROI
			Somehow, we have to get a message
			to the Enterprise.

					N'VEK
			That's impossible.

					TROI
			This is the perfect opportunity.
			The Enterprise is nearby. If we
			can communicate with them, they
			might be able to help us.

					N'VEK
			Counselor. This ship is
			travelling under cloak. All of
			our electromagnetic emissions are
			being monitored. If we attempted
			any communication whatsoever we
			would be discovered instantly. It
			could not succeed.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT FOUR    40.

33   CONTINUED:

					N'VEK (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			We must continue to Draken Four.
			That is the safest course.

					TROI
				(beat)
			Is there anything you can do to
			the ship or the cloaking device
			that would let the Enterprise
			track us?

					N'VEK
			Track us? No -- we want to get
			into Federation territory
			undetected.

					TROI
			What we want -- is to get the
			dissidents to safety. Now answer
			the question. Is there a way?

					N'VEK
			If there were, I wouldn't do it.

	Troi eyes him for a brief moment, and then approaches
	him. There is heat flaring from her -- she's had it
	with this whole endeavor.

					TROI
			Yes, you will.

					N'VEK
			Counselor --

					TROI
			We're not playing it your way any
			more, N'Vek. I've been
			kidnapped... surgically
			altered... put in danger... I've
			gone along with all your plans.
			Now, you are going to listen to
			me. You figure out how to let the
			Enterprise track us, or I will go
			to Toreth and tell her I've
			discovered you're a traitor. I'll
			order you ejected into space. Do
			you understand me, Sub-Commander?

	There is a tense beat... and then N'Vek blinks.

    STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT FOUR    41.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

					N'VEK
				(reluctantly)
			There is one possibility. In
			order for a ship to remain
			undetectable while cloaked, the
			radiative emissions from the warp
			engines must be precisely
			balanced.
				(beat)
			The ship's Engineer is a
			sympathizer. He may be able to
			slightly misalign one of the
			nullifier cores. It would create
			a small magnetic disturbance in
			space whenever we were in motion.

					TROI
			Good. Do it.

					N'VEK
				(still trying to avoid
				 this)
			The effect would occur only
			intermittently. They might not
			even detect it.

					TROI
			If that's the best we can do, we
			have to try it.

					N'VEK
			Anything more would register
			immediately on the Bridge.
				(beat)
			Even this slight misalignment
			might be detected.

	Troi gives him a hard look.

					TROI
			It's a risk we'll have to take.
			You're the one who outlined the
			stakes to me, N'Vek. Are you
			getting squeamish now, just
			because things are getting a
			little more dangerous?

	He has no answer.

                                             CUT TO:

 STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/19/92 - ACT FOUR 42.

34   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving slowly through the area.

35   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, and Worf at their stations.
	Ensign McKnight is at conn; DeSeve is in the b.g. (The
	ship is still at red alert.)

					DATA
				(off console)
			Captain. Sensors are picking up
			a polarized magnetic distortion to
			our port side...

					PICARD
			Analysis.

					DATA
				(works console)
			The distortion is extremely weak,
			sir... It appears to be moving,
			slowly... it --
				(beat; surprised)
			It is gone, sir.

					RIKER
			Gone?

					DATA
			The distortion no longer registers
			on our instruments.

	A beat.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, could this distortion
			be caused by a cloaked ship?

					DATA
			Unknown. Our understanding of
			Romulan technology is still
			limited.

        STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT FOUR        43.

35   CONTINUED:

	DeSeve has been following the conversation carefully in
	the b.g.; he moves forward.

					DESEVE
			Captain...

	All turn to look at him.

					DESEVE
			Romulan ships use a forced quantum
			singularity as a power source. If
			that system is not functioning
			perfectly or is damaged, even
			slightly... it might show through
			the cloak as a magnetic
			disturbance of some kind...

	Picard is considering the information when something
	registers on Data's console.

					DATA
				(off console)
			The distortion has reappeared...
			bearing three-three-seven mark
			ten...
				(beat)
			It has disappeared again, sir.

	A beat.

					PICARD
			Mister DeSeve, is it your opinion
			that we're picking up a cloaked
			Romulan ship?

					DESEVE
			It's a strong possibility, sir.

					PICARD
				(after a beat)
			Mister Data, continue your scan.
				(to conn)
			Helm, link navigational control to
			Mister Data's console. Plot an
			intercept course toward that
			distortion.

                                             CUT TO:

36   INT. WARBIRD - BRIDGE

	Troi is on the Bridge. Toreth, Pilot, and N.D.
	Romulans at their stations.

        STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - 11/17/92 - ACT FOUR        44.

36   CONTINUED:

	During the next, Varek ENTERS and quietly takes his
	station.

					PILOT
				(off console)
			Commander. The Enterprise is
			underway.

					TORETH
				(to Pilot)
			Good. What is their course?

					PILOT
			They are heading toward us, sir.

					TORETH
				(surprised)
			What?

					PILOT
			They appear to be on an intercept
			course.

	Troi realizes the trail is working.

					TORETH
				(beat; to Pilot)
			What is the status of our cloaking
			device? Is there a malfunction of
			any kind?

	N'Vek is clearly worried; this is the moment of truth.
	If they're going to find out the sabotage, it will be
	now.

					PILOT
				(off console)
			The cloaking device is functioning
			correctly, sir. All shipboard
			emissions are within normal range.

					N'VEK
			Commander. The Enterprise may
			simply be engaged in search
			operations.

					TORETH
			Perhaps.

	Off Toreth's thoughtful expression.

      STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/19/92 - ACT FOUR     45.

37   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Where is it now, Mister Data... ?

					DATA
			Dead ahead, sir. It is slowing--
				(off console)
			It has disappeared once again,
			sir.
				(beat)
			It may have been coming to a halt.

					PICARD
			Stop engines.

					RIKER
			If it is a Romulan ship, will they
			hold position until we leave?

					DESEVE
			I don't think so, sir. A Romulan
			Commander's instinct would be to
			attack.

	Off reactions.

38   INT. WARBIRD - BRIDGE

	The atmosphere is tense. Toreth stands impassively on
	her platform, staring at the Viewscreen. Suddenly, she
	breaks the silence.

					TORETH
			Pilot. Engage maneuvering
			engines, forward zero-point-one.
			Take us directly under their hull.

					PILOT
			Yes, Commander.

	The engines hum to life as the warbird begins to move.
	Troi reacts, alarmed.

					TROI
			What are you doing?

					TORETH
			It seems the Enterprise may be
			able to track us even though we're
			cloaked.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/20/92 - ACT FOUR     46.

38   CONTINUED:

					TORETH (Cont'd)
			I intend to find out whether they
			can or cannot.
				(beat)
			N'Vek. Ready attack procedure.

	N'Vek is shocked as well but immediately snaps to the
	task.

					N'VEK
				(off console)
			Sir, disruptors are standing by.
			Ready to disengage cloak.

					TROI
				(scrambling)
			Commander, we cannot risk an
			engagement here.

					TORETH
			Considering the nature of our
			mission, I would have preferred to
			avoid it as well. But I see no
			other alternative.

38A  ON THE VIEWSCREEN

	The image of the Enterprise begins to grow as the
	warbird moves slowly closer.

					TROI
			What do you intend to do?

					TORETH
			We will pass as close as we
			possibly can. If they do have the
			ability to track us, they will
			move to avoid a collision.
				(beat)
			And if they do... I will destroy
			them.

	Off Troi's reaction.

39
thru	OMITTED
44
                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

      STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/19/92 - ACT FIVE     47.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:
45
thru	OMITTED
46

47   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf at their stations; Data at Ops,
	McKnight at conn. The ship is still at red alert.

					DATA
				(off console)
			Sir, the magnetic distortion has
			reappeared.

					PICARD
			Bearing and speed?

					DATA
			It appears to be moving toward us,
			closing slowly at one-hundred
			kph... its bearing indicates a
			possible collision course.

					RIKER
			Time to impact?

					DATA
			I am unable to make a precise
			measurement. However, I estimate
			impact within ninety seconds.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			This doesn't make any sense. Why
			would they be trying to hit us?
			And if they were, why not hit us
			at full speed?

	Picard turns questioningly to DeSeve who looks as
	confused as everyone else.

					DESEVE
			I don't know. The Romulans will
			sometimes make suicide attacks,
			but only as a last resort.
			There's no reason for it here.

					DATA
			Time to impact, approximately
			sixty seconds.

      STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/19/92 - ACT FIVE     48.

47   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			We don't have the luxury to
			speculate.
				(to McKnight)
			Back us away from that distortion,
			Ensign. One-half impulse.

					ENSIGN MCKNIGHT
			Aye-aye, sir.

	Off Picard's reaction.

48   INT. WARBIRD - BRIDGE

	Toreth stands at her command station. Troi, N'vek,
	Pilot, and N.D.s in their positions.

					PILOT
				(off console)
			They are moving away, Commander.

	Toreth smiles grimly.

					TORETH
			Prepare attack sequence.

	The warbird engines hum as the ship prepares for
	attack. N'Vek shoots Troi a worried glance.

					N'VEK
			All sections report ready for
			battle, Commander.

					PILOT
			Disruptors are fully charged.

	Troi watches, her mind racing... this is the chance
	she's been waiting for, but she's got to act quickly.

					TORETH
			Disengage cloak on my command.
			Prepare to fire--

					TROI
				(firmly)
			Disregard that order.

	The entire bridge crew freezes. All eyes are on Toreth
	and Troi.

      STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/20/92 - ACT FIVE     49.

48   CONTINUED:

					TORETH
			What?

					TROI
			I do not authorize this attack.
			You will cease battle operations
			immediately.

					TORETH
			I do not need your authorization
			to attack, Major. This is my
			ship.

	Troi is playing her role to the hilt. She has to make
	this completely convincing. Troi moves to stand right
	beside Toreth's command station.

					TROI
			How typical of the military to
			resort to brute force when
			discretion is required.

					TORETH
			The Enterprise has demonstrated
			that they can track us. They must
			be destroyed.

					TROI
			That's correct -- they can track
			us.
				(beat)
			And if we attack them -- your way --
			they will return fire. But we
			will be vulnerable as we cloak and
			our shields drop. They will
			destroy us.

	Toreth sees the logic of Troi's argument... but she
	can't back down now.

					TORETH
			Do you question my ability to
			command?

					TROI
			You are not fit to command.
				(beat)
			Step down.

	Toreth remains at her post, unmoving.

      STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/23/92 - ACT FIVE     50.

48   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Step down or I will have you
			removed.

					TORETH
			Do you think anyone here will
			listen to you?

	This is the moment, the final struggle for control of
	the ship. Troi turns to all the Romulans on the
	Bridge.

					TROI
			If any one of you defies the Tal
			Shiar, you will not bear the
			punishment alone. Your
			families... all of them, will be
			there beside you.

	The words hit home. The Romulans exchange glances.

					TROI
			I am now Commander of this ship.
			You will take orders from me and
			no one else.

	Troi looks toward N'vek.

					TROI
			Remove Commander Toreth from her
			station. If she resists, shoot
			her.

	N'vek nods, takes out his disruptor, and holds it on
	Toreth.

					N'VEK
			Commander... please... step down.

	Without a word, Toreth slowly steps off the command
	platform. Troi steps onto the platform and takes her
	place.

					TROI
				(to N'Vek)
			Remove her weapon.

	N'Vek moves to Toreth and takes away her weapon. The
	eyes of everyone on the bridge are now on Troi... the
	new Commander.

      STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/20/92 - ACT FIVE    50A.

48   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			Now, Commander... watch and learn.
			In order to defeat your enemy, you
			must first understand them. The
			Federation wishes to avoid war at
			all cost. So I shall offer them
			a diplomatic solution... get them
			to lower their shields... and then
			destroy them.

	Off Troi's expression.

      STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/19/92 - ACT FIVE     51.

49   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Warbird shimmers into view as it DECLOAKS in front
	of the Enterprise.

50   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					WORF
			Captain, we are being hailed.

					PICARD
			On-screen.

50A  THE VIEWSCREEN

	Troi APPEARS on the Viewscreen. Picard stares at her,
	shocked as he recognizes her, but canny enough not to
	reveal it.

					TROI
			I am Major Rakal of the Tal Shiar.

					PICARD
			I am Jean-Luc Picard of the
			Enterprise.

					TROI
			How can we be of help?

					PICARD
			A Carvallen freighter was
			destroyed not far from here... we
			detected the residual effects of
			disruptor fire. Can you shed any
			light on this?

					TROI
			A regrettable incident, Captain.
			The freighter was fired upon by
			the former Commander of this
			vessel. I have now taken control,
			and I assure you there will be no
			more attacks.

					PICARD
			Still, there was a significant
			loss of life...

      STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/19/92 - ACT FIVE     52.

50A  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Captain... we do not want this
			incident to be exaggerated. You
			and I can discuss it calmly...
			diffuse it before it becomes
			inflated.

	Picard realizes Troi must be asking for cooperation.

					PICARD
			Yes... I agree.

					TROI
			I will come onto your ship.
			Please lower your shields and
			prepare to beam me aboard.

	This makes sense to Picard -- Troi is asking help to
	get back on the Enterprise from whatever strange
	predicament she's in.

					PICARD
			Very well.
				(to com)
			Mister Worf, lock onto Major
			Rakal. Transport on my command.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					TROI
			Thank you, Captain.

	The Viewscreen returns to the starfield.

					RIKER
			What's she doing on that ship?

					PICARD
			I don't know... but she needs our
			help to get back. Mister Worf,
			keep your lock on her no matter
			what happens.

      STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/23/92 - ACT FIVE     53.

50A  CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Yes, Captain.

					PICARD
				(after a beat)
			Lower the shields...

51   INT. WARBIRD - BRIDGE

	Troi turns to N'vek.

					N'VEK
			They are dropping their shields.

					TROI
			Activate forward disruptor array
			and fire when ready.

					N'VEK
			Yes, Major.

	N'vek works his console.

					N'VEK
			Firing...

51A  EXT. SPACE - WARBIRD AND ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as disruptor fire shoots from the Warbird toward the
	Enterprise. (NOTE: It should be of different
	intensity than normal disruptor fire.) There is no
	apparent damage.

52   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	as the three Romulan dissidents MATERIALIZE on the
	Bridge, still in stasis and in the same positions we
	last saw them.

	Everyone is confused and everything is happening at
	once.

					WORF
			Captain, they have fired on us!

					PICARD
			Shields up... stand by phasers.
				(to Worf)
			Damage report.

      STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/19/92 - ACT FIVE    53A.

52   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(puzzled, off console)
			We sustained a direct hit... but
			there is negligible damage. The
			disruptor had almost no power.

	Riker and DeSeve move to examine the dissidents.
	DeSeve reacts when he sees who they are.

					DESEVE
			This is Proconsul M'ret... and his
			aides. They are part of the
			underground movement...

      STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/23/92 - ACT FIVE     54.

52   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			They're in stasis...
				(to COM)
			Medical team to the Bridge.

	Nobody quite knows what's going on... and there is
	still one big question left.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			Where's Deanna?

53   INT. WARBIRD - BRIDGE

	A similar scene of confusion.

					PILOT
				(surprised)
			Disruptors were ineffective... the
			Enterprise was not damaged. They
			have re-established full shields.

	N'Vek knows exactly what's happened, but he has to
	cover it up.

					N'VEK
				(off console)
			I am reading a malfunction in our
			forward disruptor array... the
			power system has destabilized --

	Toreth moves to N'Vek's station and shoves him out of
	the way. As she checks the console readouts, her look
	hardens -- she sees something isn't right. She turns
	to N'Vek.

					TORETH
			You are lying to me. The
			disruptor beam was purposely
			sabotaged to conceal a transporter
			beam within it.
				(to Pilot)
			Quickly... locate the transport
			coordinates.
				(to N'Vek)
			What have you done?

      STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/24/92 - ACT FIVE    54A.

53   CONTINUED:

	N'Vek does not answer. There's a tense beat as the
	Pilot works the console.

					PILOT
			The transporter beam originated
			in... our cargo bay. Something
			was transported from there -- to
			the Enterprise.

	Toreth whirls on Troi.

					TORETH
			So. The mysterious cargo...
			brought on board by Major Rakal of
			the Tal Shiar... has now been
			transported to a Starfleet vessel.
				(beat)
			It appears we have two traitors in
			our midst.

	Reactions from Troi and N'Vek -- they've been
	discovered. The following events happen quickly:

53A  N'VEK

	reaches for his disruptor.

53B  TORETH

	instinctively reaches for her weapon as well... but it
	isn't there -- it was confiscated earlier. N'Vek
	brings up his weapon, and for an instant it looks as
	though he'll fire on Toreth, and then, suddenly...

      STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/24/92 - ACT FIVE     55.

53C  N'VEK (OPTICAL)

	is VAPORIZED. Reveal --

53D  THE PILOT

	holding out his disruptor. He looks grimly at Toreth;
	she clasps his shoulder in thanks. The Pilot brings
	his disruptor to bear on Troi.

	Toreth has now fully regained command and she reasserts
	her position on the Bridge. Troi is being guarded by
	the Pilot and an N.D. Romulan, each armed with
	disruptors. Toreth regards her cooly.

					TORETH
			Well, Major... now that you can no
			longer take refuge behind the
			shield of the Tal Shiar... it's
			time you answered a few questions.
				(beat)
			What was in those cargo
			containers?

	Troi says nothing.

					TORETH
			Not so sure of yourself now, are
			you? Well, no matter. We'll soon
			learn all we need to know.
				(beat)
			Then we will execute you.
				(to Pilot)
			Drop shields and cloak the ship.
			Prepare to go to warp.

	And on Troi's reaction --

54   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	as, on the Viewscreen, the Warbird SHIMMERS away --

					PICARD
			Mister Worf -- now.

      STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/25/92 - ACT FIVE     56.

55   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	as Troi MATERIALIZES on the Transporter Pad. GEORDI is
	there, waiting for her.

					GEORDI
			Counselor -- are you all right?

					TROI
				(breathless)
			Yes...

					GEORDI
			Let's get you to Sickbay...

	And they head for the Exit.

56   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Ensign, get us out of here -- warp
			nine.

					ENSIGN MCKNIGHT
			Aye, sir.

      STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/19/92 - ACT FIVE     57.

57
thru	OMITTED
62

63   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

64   INT. SICKBAY

	Troi sits on a sickbed as Beverly scans her with a
	tricorder. Troi's Romulan features have been removed,
	but she is still in the Tal Shiar uniform. Picard
	stands at the bedside. The three Romulans are in the
	b.g., out of stasis.

					BEVERLY
			I think that does it. How does it
			feel to have your own face back?

	Troi sits up and runs her hands gingerly across her
	face and ears.

					TROI
			Just right. Thank you.

	Beverly smiles and moves away.

					PICARD
			The men you helped rescue are
			safe. Proconsul M'ret is deeply
			grateful for your help.

      STAR TREK: "Face of the Enemy" - REV. 11/19/92 - ACT FIVE     58.

64   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			The thanks should go to N'vek...
			He sacrificed himself to save
			them... and me...

					PICARD
			Thanks to the two of you, the way
			has been paved for other rescue
			operations.
				(beat)
			You can be sure that N'vek's
			efforts... and his sacrifice...
			were not in vain.

	She smiles at him, grateful for the words of comfort.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                      "Face of the Enemy" 
                          #40276-240 
                              
                           Story by 
                        Rene Echevarria 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                         Naren Shankar 
                              
                          Directed by 
                      Gabrielle Beaumont 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1992 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                       NOVEMBER 17, 1992










                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Tapestry" 
                          #40276-241 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1992 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT


            STAR TREK: "Tapestry - 11/30/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Tapestry" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             Q
                RIKER              MARTA
                DATA               MAURICE
                BEVERLY            NAUSICAAN #1
                TROI               MALE VOICE
                WORF               PENNY
                GEORDI             COREY
                COMPUTER VOICE     

                                   Non-Speaking
                                     TWO NAUSICAAN'S

            STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Tapestry" 
                     
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              SICKBAY
              TEN FORWARD
              TURBOLIFT
              BEVERLY'S OFFICE
              TROI'S OFFICE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
          
            STARBASE
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              MARTA'S QUARTERS
          
            BONESTELL FACILITY
              GAMBLING CENTER
              BAR

     STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - REV. 12/03/92 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Tapestry" 
                         
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 BATANIDES       buh-TAN-ih-deez
                 BONESTELL       BON-es-tell
                 NAUSICAAN       NAW-si-can
                 SCOBEE          SKO-bee

          STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - TEASER          1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "Tapestry"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	The room is in a state of frenetic activity. N.D.
	NURSES and DOCTORS are rushing about, grabbing
	equipment and moving consoles in preparation for some
	imminent emergency. BEVERLY grabs her medical
	tricorder as she directs people to action.

					BEVERLY
				(to Nurse)
			Get the stasis units in here and
			bring them on-line.
				(to another Nurse)
			Tell Doctor Selar to use ward
			three for the ambulatory cases,
			I'll take the --

					COM VOICE
			Transporter Room Four to Sickbay.
			They're coming in now.

					BEVERLY
			Acknowledged.
				(to everyone)
			Back everyone.

	They all clear out the center of the room as RIKER,
	PICARD, WORF, and THREE N.D. CREWMEMBERS MATERIALIZE.
	Worf is carrying Picard over one shoulder. Riker has
	a nasty-looking head wound and is pointing his phaser
	as if defending them. One N.D. is also injured and
	lying on the floor, while the other two are standing up
	with phasers drawn.

	Once the beam-in has finished, Beverly and the Nurses
	rush to aid the wounded. Beverly moves to Picard as
	Worf puts him down on the operating table. We can now
	see that there is a large SCORCH mark on Picard's
	chest. Beverly immediately begins scanning him with
	her tricorder.

					BEVERLY
			What happened?

					RIKER
			The Lenarians attacked us outside
			the conference room.

          STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - TEASER          2.

1    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(off tricorder)
			He's in cardiac arrest.
				(to Nurse)
			Get the pulmonary support unit.

	The CLAMSHELL is moved into place over Picard's chest.
	Worf and Riker move away to give them room and they
	look on with concern. Beverly continues to read the
	tricorder.

					BEVERLY
			Internal hemorrhaging... the bioregulator
			in his artificial
			heart's been fused... damage to
			the spleen and liver... what kind
			of weapon did this?

					WORF
			A compressed teryon beam.

					BEVERLY
				(to Nurse)
			Forty cc's inoprovaline...

	An ALARM SOUNDS from the clamshell.

					BEVERLY
			Activity in the isocortex is
			falling. Cortical stimulator.

	A Nurse hands her a device, which Beverly places on his
	forehead. A monitor in the room begins to show a
	flatline and ALARMS are continuous now.

					BEVERLY
			Now.

	Picard's body JERKS... then nothing.

					BEVERLY
			Again.

	His body JERKS again... nothing.

          STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - TEASER          3.

2    NEW ANGLE

	We are now looking DOWN at the scene in Sickbay from
	directly overhead... as we begin to PUSH DOWN onto
	Picard's face, Beverly and the others can be seen
	working frantically on him, but there is NO SOUND
	except for a slowly building RUSHING NOISE, similar to
	the sound of the ocean. As Picard's face fills the
	frame, the rushing sound builds to a ROAR and suddenly
	the scene...

                                             FADES TO WHITE.

	FADE IN:

3    LIMBO

	SILENCE. Picard is standing in blindingly WHITE LIMBO
	without walls or ceiling. He is dazed and confused...
	unsure where he is or what's happening to him. He
	struggles to look around, but he cannot discern
	anything in this uniformly bright place. Suddenly an
	even more INTENSE LIGHT fills part of the scene.
	Picard holds up a hand to shield his eyes from this
	painfully intense light, but he does not retreat. He
	struggles to look into the light.

3A   POV PICARD (OPTICAL)

	The glowing luminescence has a form... it is the shape
	of a FIGURE standing in the light.

3B   PICARD

	determined to find out who this is, moves toward the
	silhouetted figure. He finally stops in front of it.
	He can barely look into the light at all.

          STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - TEASER          4.

4    THE FIGURE (OPTICAL)

	reaches out for him with one hand.

5    PICARD

	reaches out toward the hand... they clasp hands and
	suddenly...

6    NEW ANGLE

	revealing Q standing with Picard, holding his hand. Q
	is wearing white flowing ethereal robes.

					Q
			Welcome to the afterlife, Jean-Luc.
				(beat)
			You're dead.

	OFF Picard's shocked reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT ONE         5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

           (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)            

7    LIMBO - CONTINUOUS

	Picard angrily drops Q's hand.

					PICARD
			What's going on, Q?

					Q
			I told you. You're dead. This is
			the afterlife. And I'm God.

					PICARD
			You are not God.

					Q
			Blasphemy! You're lucky I don't
			cast you out, or smite you or
			something.

	Picard is unamused.

					PICARD
			I don't know what game it is
			you're playing, but I am not going
			to participate.

					Q
			What an ego.
				(sarcastic)
			Did you think the great Jean-Luc
			Picard would never die?

					PICARD
			Q, whatever you've done to --

					Q
			I haven't done anything.
				(beat)
			Check your heart rate. Go ahead.

	Picard hesitates... then puts a hand to his throat...
	he reacts with shock as he finds nothing.

					Q
			No pulse? What a surprise.

       STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - REV. 12/07/92 - ACT ONE       6.

7    CONTINUED:

	Try as he might to deny it, Picard is coming to the
	realization that Q is on the level. But he still
	fights against a facile acceptance of Q's word.

					PICARD
			How do I know this isn't another
			one of your tricks?

					Q
			Think, Jean-Luc. Why would I go
			to all the trouble of faking your
			death when I could simply kill you
			whenever I felt like it?

					PICARD
			Is that what happened?

					Q
			I wouldn't want to steal the
			credit... it was a rather
			disgruntled Lenarian actually.

	This strikes a chord with Picard. He begins to
	remember what happened...

					PICARD
			The conference...

					Q
				(impatient)
			Yes, yes. The conference, the
			unexpected attack, the compressed
			teryon beam... the bottom line is,
			your life ended about five minutes
			ago under the inept ministrations
			of Doctor Beverly Crusher.

	Picard takes a moment to think about this. He pushes
	away the idea that Q might be telling the truth.

         STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT ONE         7.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			No. I am not dead. I refuse to
			believe there is an afterlife
			which is run by you.
				(beat)
			The universe is not that badly
			designed.

	Q gives a bored and frustrated sigh.

					Q
			Very well. If you really require
			more evidence of your post-mortem
			status, I'll just have to provide
			some...

	Suddenly, Picard hears a deep VOICE coming from behind
	him.

					MAURICE'S VOICE
			Jean-Luc...

	Picard freezes in place at the all-too familiar voice.

8    NEW ANGLE

	Picard slowly turns around and sees his father, MAURICE
	PICARD standing behind him. Maurice is in his
	eighties, but seems healthy and vital.

					PICARD
				(shocked)
			Father...

	Maurice is clearly disapproving.

       STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - REV. 12/08/92 - ACT ONE       8.

8    CONTINUED:

					MAURICE
			I told you not to go running off
			to that Academy. I told you that
			Starfleet would bring you to a bad
			end. But you wouldn't listen.
			Now look at you... dead before
			your time.

	Picard's words are meant for Q, but he can't take his
	eyes off of his father's face.

					PICARD
			All right, Q... enough.

					Q
				(innocent)
			Enough what?

					MAURICE
			Why couldn't you listen? Didn't
			you understand that I was only
			looking out for your best
			interests?

	Picard turns to Q in rage.

					PICARD
				(hard)
			Q, stop this.

					MAURICE
			Even now, after all these years...
			you still manage to disappoint me,
			Jean-Luc.

9    ON PICARD

	The words knife through Picard. He turns back
	around... but Maurice is GONE. Picard stares out into
	the white emptiness for a moment.

        STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - REV. 12/08/92 - ACT ONE 9-9A.          

9    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I hope you're enjoying this, Q.

					Q
			This isn't for me. This is for
			you, Jean-Luc... I wanted to give
			you an opportunity to make peace
			with your sordid past.

	Picard turns back to Q after a beat, determined not to
	let Q call the tune.

					PICARD
			I find it hard to believe that
			you're doing this for the benefit
			of my soul.

					Q
			Now that you've finally shuffled
			off the mortal coil, we're free to
			spend some time together. I
			simply want you to be at peace
			with yourself.

					PICARD
			"Some time together?"... how much
			time?

					Q
			Eternity.

	Beat.

					PICARD
			So I'm in hell.

					Q
			That's the spirit, Jean-Luc.
			Don't let a little thing like
			death slow down that rapier wit.

      STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - REV. 12/08/92 - ACT ONE      9B.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					Q
				(beat)
			Now you're sure you don't have any
			regrets or feelings of guilt about
			your former life? I can't have
			you whining and complaining
			through eternity.

					PICARD
			If I'm truly dead, then my only
			regret is dying... and finding you
			here.

					Q
				(mock)
			You wound me, Mon Capitain. After
			all, I wasn't the cause of your
			death...

      STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - REV. 12/08/92 - ACT ONE      10.

9    CONTINUED: (3)

	He holds up a hand and a DEVICE APPEARS in it. It's
	about the size of a softball and part of it is burnt
	and fused.

					Q
				(re: device)
			... this was.

	Picard recognizes the form, but it's still a shock.

					PICARD
			Is that...

					Q
			Your artificial heart.

	He tosses the device to Picard, who catches it. Picard
	looks down at it with a sort of horrific wonder. There
	is something very strange about holding one's own
	heart. He examines it closely.

					Q
			You might have lived if you'd had
			a real heart instead of this
			unreliable piece of technology.
				(beat)
			How did you manage to lose yours
			anyway?

	Picard pauses... looks at the device for a long moment.

					PICARD
				(quiet)
			It was a... mistake.

	Q immediately senses that he's onto something here. He
	presses Picard further.

					Q
			Something you regret?

					PICARD
				(finally admitting)
			I regret a great many things from
			those days...

					Q
			Really?

	Q looks off to one side.

9A   OMITTED

         STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT ONE         11.

10   NEW ANGLE

	In the direction Q is looking, there are now three
	people standing in the dark: NAUSICAAN #1, #2, #3, and
	a YOUNG PICARD. The Nausicaans are large, burly aliens
	with hideous features. The Young Picard is about
	twenty-one years old and is wearing an old-style
	Starfleet uniform.

	The following happens very quickly:

	Young Picard has Nausicaan #1 on the ground and is
	holding him in some type of wrestling lock. Nausicaan
	#2 pulls a nasty-looking weapon with a long serrated
	blade from his belt as Nausicaan #3 grabs Young
	Picard's arms. Nausicaan #2 then DRIVES his weapon
	THROUGH Young Picard's back. The Young Picard LAUGHS
	just before he falls to the ground.

11   ON PICARD AND Q

	Who have just seen the above action play out.

					Q
			It wasn't very smart of you to
			take on three Nausicaans like
			that.

	Picard walks over and stands above the still form of
	his younger self which is lying on the ground. (The
	Nausicaans are gone.)

					PICARD
			No, it wasn't.

					Q
			And did I hear you laugh? It's so
			unlike you to have a sense of
			humor... especially about getting
			stabbed through the back.

	Picard still can't take his eyes off the image of his
	younger self.

					PICARD
			I was... a different person in
			those days... an arrogant,
			undisciplined, young man with far
			too much ego and far too little
			wisdom.
				(beat)
			I was more like you.

         STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT ONE         12.

11   CONTINUED:

					Q
			I'm sure you were far more
			interesting in those days. A pity
			you had to change.

					PICARD
			The only pity is that I had to be
			impaled through the back before I
			learned my lesson.
				(beat)
			I started that fight with the
			Nausicaans... I started it
			because I was young and cocky...

	He looks down at the artificial heart he is still
	holding.

					PICARD
			If I had been more responsible at
			that age... I wouldn't have needed
			this heart... and I wouldn't have
			died from a random energy surge
			thirty years later.

					Q
			So if you had it to do all over
			again... ?

12   ON PICARD

	He looks thoughtful as he recalls the events of his
	youth.

					PICARD
				(quiet)
			Things would be different...

	We MOVE IN CLOSE on Picard's face and suddenly a
	WOMAN'S HAND SLAPS him across the face.

                                             CUT TO:

13   INT. STARBASE - PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Picard is wearing an old-style Ensign's uniform and he
	is standing in a standard set of quarters on a
	Starbase. An angry WOMAN is standing in front of him.
	OFF Picard's shocked expression.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

         STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT TWO         13.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

14   INT. STARBASE - PICARD'S QUARTERS (CONTINUOUS)

	Picard is still shocked. The angry Woman turns on her
	heel and EXITS in a huff. Suddenly there is APPLAUSE
	and LAUGHTER from o.c. Picard turns to see...

15   COREY AND MARTA (OPTICAL)

	who are standing in the room. COREY ZWELLER is a tall,
	lanky, twenty-one year old, with long hair that
	probably barely passes regulations. MARTA BATANIDES is
	a short, pretty woman, and is also roughly twenty-one.
	They are both wearing old-style Starfleet Ensign
	uniforms and the jackets are unbuttoned, suggesting a
	casual gathering.

	Picard immediately recognizes them both, but he's still
	trying to adjust to where he is. Corey and Marta are
	both laughing and applauding Picard -- neither knows
	that the man standing before them is not twenty-one.

					MARTA
				(applauding)
			Bravo! Bravo!

					COREY
				(applauding)
			Nicely done.

					PICARD
			Cortan? Cortan Zweller?

					COREY
				(surprised)
			Of course it's me... boy, she
			must've hit you pretty hard.

	Marta moves to him and jokingly pats his cheek where
	the woman slapped him.

					MARTA
			You're slowing down, Johnny. You
			should've seen that one coming.

	Picard looks at her with real warmth.

					PICARD
			Marta...

         STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT TWO         14.

15   CONTINUED:

	Marta frowns at him... she's starting to become
	genuinely concerned.

					MARTA
			Are you okay?

					PICARD
			I'm... just a little
			disoriented...

					COREY
			Oh, please. Now he's just playing
			for sympathy.

	Corey begins to button up his jacket.

					COREY
			I want to get something to eat and
			head over to the casino at
			Bonestell. Who's coming?

					PICARD
			I'll... catch up with you later.

	Marta is still concerned about Picard.

					MARTA
			Are you sure you're all right?

					PICARD
			No, no. I'm fine Marta -- Marty,
			really.

	Marta still isn't quite convinced, but Corey only rolls
	his eyes.

					COREY
			Come on, Marty. I bet he has
			another date anyway.

	Marta gives Picard a wry look.

					MARTA
			That's it, isn't it?
				(pokes him in chest)
			You are incorrigible.

	Marta begins buttoning her jacket too as she and Corey
	head for the door.

         STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT TWO         15.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					COREY
				(to Picard)
			Try not to end up in the hospital.

	They EXIT. Picard looks after them for a beat, trying
	to ground himself in what's going on. He looks down at
	his own uniform and notes the insignia. Q suddenly
	APPEARS, wearing a normal Captain's uniform and holding
	a swagger stick.

					Q
				(barks)
			Attention on deck, Ensign Picard!

	Picard almost stands at attention out of reflex before
	catching himself.

					PICARD
				(irritated)
			Q...

					Q
			That's Captain Q to you, young
			man.

					PICARD
			What's the point of creating
			this... fantasy?

					Q
			It's no fantasy. This is all very
			real, I assure you. You're twenty-one
			years old again... a brash
			young man, fresh out of the
			Academy.

	Picard looks down at his hands and then looks at
	himself in a mirror.

					PICARD
			I don't look it.

					Q
			To everyone else, you do.

	Picard tries to punch holes in Q's story.

					PICARD
			I thought you said I was dead...
			now you tell me I'm alive?

					Q
			You mortals can be so obtuse. Why
			do you persist in believing that
			life and death are such static and
			rigid concepts.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 12/01/92 - ACT TWO        15A.

15   CONTINUED: (3)

					Q (CONT'D)
				(beat)
			I can take your life and then give
			it back to you with the snap of a
			finger.

         STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT TWO         16.

15   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			Let's say for the moment that it's
			true... what purpose does it serve
			to bring me here?

					Q
			You said you regretted a great
			many things from this time in your
			life. Well, now you have a chance
			to change some of them.

	Picard takes a moment to assess all this... it's a
	great deal to assimilate.

					PICARD
			Change. You mean change the past.
			Q, even if you have brought me
			back in time somehow... surely you
			must realize that any alteration
			in this timeline could have a
			profound impact on the future --

					Q
			Spare me your egotistical musings
			on your pivotal role in history.
			Nothing you do here will cause the
			Federation to collapse or the
			galaxy to explode. To be blunt...
			you're not that important.

					PICARD
			I won't do it. I won't alter
			history.

	The look on Picard's face tells Q that he's not getting
	anywhere.

					Q
			Oh, very well... if you attach so
			much importance to the continuity
			of time... I can personally
			guarantee that nothing you do here
			will end up hurting anyone, or
			have an adverse affect on what you
			know as history. The only thing
			at stake here is your life and
			your peace of mind.
				(beat)
			You have my word.

         STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT TWO         17.

15   CONTINUED: (4)

	Picard laughs in his face.

					Q
			It's bad form to laugh at one's
			god. Whether you believe me or
			not, you're here and you have a
			second chance... what you do with
			it is entirely up to you.
				(beat)
			Do you know where you are?

	Picard looks around for a beat and thinks back.

					PICARD
			Starbase Earhart... we came here
			just after graduation... to wait
			for our first deep space
			assignments.

	Q makes himself comfortable on a couch.

					Q
			That's right. It's two days
			before your unfortunate encounter
			with a Nausicaan sword... you have
			that long to make whatever changes
			you wish. If you can avoid
			getting stabbed through the heart
			this time -- which I doubt -- I'll
			take you back to what you think of
			as the present and you can go on
			with your life... with a real
			heart.

					PICARD
			So then I won't die?

					Q
			Of course you'll die. It'll just
			be at a later time.

					PICARD
			What if I don't avoid the fight...
			what if I don't make any changes?

					Q
			Then you die on the table and we
			spend eternity together.

					PICARD
			Wonderful.

      STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - REV. 12/04/92 - ACT TWO      17A.

15   CONTINUED: (5)

					Q
			I'm glad you think so.
				(beat)
			I am curious about one thing...
			Johnny, why did that rather
			attractive woman slap you just
			now? Something you said?

			Picard thinks back, trying to remember.

					PICARD
			That woman's name was... Corlina.
			I was supposed to take her to
			dinner... on this night...
				(beat)
			But then she found out that...
				(embarrassed)
			I'd made a second date with
			another woman... named Penny.
			Corlina was... somewhat upset.

					Q
			I'm impressed. I had no idea you
			could be such a cad.

	Picard suddenly remembers something.

					PICARD
			Computer, what time is it?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Sixteen eleven hours.

	Picard's expression sags a little and Q picks up on it
	immediately.

					PICARD
			In fact, Penny should be...
			waiting for me... right now.

	OFF his expression.

                                             CUT TO:

16   INT. BONESTELL FACILITY - BAR

	The bar is a dilapidated, run-down, hole in the wall
	with mismatched furnishings, dirty walls, and
	indifferent service. The clientele consists mostly of
	passed-out bodies and disreputable figures conducting
	illegal deals in the shadows.

        STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT TWO        17B.

16   CONTINUED:

	In short, it is exactly the kind of place to attract
	young Starfleet officers fresh from the Academy and
	looking for a little adventure. (NOTE: No Ferengi
	should be seen in this episode. They had not been
	"discovered" during this time period.)

	There is a DOORWAY off to one side which leads to a
	connecting room.

	Picard is sitting at the bar on a stool with one leg
	too short talking to a woman named PENNY. She is an
	attractive woman, well into her forties and beginning
	to show it. Penny has a world-weary look of experience
	and she sees Picard only as a twenty-one year old.
	Picard is very uncomfortable and there is a long
	silence.

					PENNY
			You're awfully quiet today. What
			happened to the dashing young
			Ensign from last night... the one
			with the winning smile and the
			smooth talk about my eyes?

					PICARD
			Nothing. I'm just a little
			more... contemplative.

         STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 12/03/92 - ACT TWO         18.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

					PENNY
			And what are you contemplating?

	She crosses one leg over the over, exposing a good deal
	of skin in the process. Picard can't help but notice.

					PICARD
			Penny, perhaps we could just...
			talk for a while. I don't know
			anything about you... where you
			come from... what your interests
			are... your last name...

					PENNY
				(matter of fact)
			I come from Rigel, my last name is
			Muroc and I like men in uniform.

	She leans over and begins running her hand over his
	thigh. Her look is openly seductive.

					PENNY
			I think that's enough talk.

	At this moment, Corey and Marta walk through the Bar
	area. They both give Picard knowing smiles and looks
	before EXITING through the opposite DOORWAY.

         STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT TWO         19.

16   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Penny... I don't think it would be
			fair... to you to pretend that I'm
			really interested in a...
			relationship right now...

					PENNY
			Who said anything about a
			relationship?

	She kisses him full on the mouth... then pulls away at
	his lack of response. Penny considers him for a
	moment... her expression hardens and an edge creeps
	into her voice.

					PENNY
			What's wrong... Don't I look as
			attractive as I did last night?

					PICARD
			What? No, not at all. You're a
			very... handsome woman.

					PENNY
			Handsome... that's something you
			say to old ladies.

	She moves to leave, but Picard reaches out and stops
	her.

					PICARD
			Penny. To me you are definitely
			not an old lady.

	Penny grabs her drink and throws it in his face.

					PENNY
			I wasn't after your pity.

	She EXITS. Picard begins to wipe the drink off his
	face with a hand... suddenly someone hands him a TOWEL
	from behind the bar.

					Q'S VOICE
			Penny for your thoughts?

17   NEW ANGLE

	Picard turns and discovers Q standing behind the bar
	dressed as a Bartender. Picard takes the towel in
	irritation and dries his face.

         STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 12/03/92 - ACT TWO         20.

17   CONTINUED:

					Q
			You never told me you were such a
			lady's man.

					PICARD
			I was a puerile adolescent who let
			himself be ruled by his hormones
			instead of his head.

	There is suddenly the NOISE of a CROWD YELLING APPROVAL
	coming from o.c. Picard and Q turn toward the DOORWAY.

					Q
			It seems your friends know how to
			have a good time. Maybe you
			should go take some lessons.

	Suddenly a pushy VOICE is heard coming from the other
	end of the bar.

					MALE VOICE
				(o.c.)
			Hey, you! Get over here with
			those drinks before I tear your
			head off!

	Q looks over toward where the voice came from.

					Q
				(to Picard)
			Excuse me.
				(to o.c. customer)
			Are you addressing me... ?

	Another CHEER can be HEARD coming from the doorway.
	Picard moves toward it in curiosity.

         STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/25/92 - ACT TWO         21.

18   INT. BONESTELL FACILITY - GAMBLING CENTER

	If the Bar was decrepit, the Gambling Center is
	disgusting with even more decay and filth. There are
	various gaming devices and tables scattered around the
	room, but the center is dominated by a large DOM-JOT
	TABLE. Dom-Jot is a cross between billiards and craps.
	People place bets on various multi-colored images on
	the table as players take turns hit balls with cue
	sticks. There are many bumpers and pockets and lights
	come on according to the state of play.

	Picard ENTERS and sees that the CROWD gathered around
	the Dom-Jot table is cheering on Corey, who is wielding
	his cue stick with professional confidence. Corey's
	opponent is an ALIEN who holds his cue stick in misery.
	Picard moves to stand next to Marta.

					MARTA
				(re: Corey)
			He's winning.

					PICARD
			Of course.

					MARTA
			I thought you had a date.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			She... decided to leave.

					MARTA
				(ironic)
			You're getting old, Johnny.

	Corey hits a final ball and a LIGHT goes on. The crowd
	goes wild. The Alien opponent puts down his stick in
	disgust and throws a few gold ingots on the table.
	Corey triumphantly collects his winnings as the crowd
	disperses to other tables.

					COREY
			Thank you... thank you all...

	Picard and Marta move over to him.

					MARTA
			Very nice... forget about
			Starfleet and just play Dom-Jot
			for a living.

         STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 12/03/92 - ACT TWO         22.

18   CONTINUED:

					COREY
				(cocky)
			This is nothing... it's just a
			little trigonometry, and some
			minor wrist action. Barokie --
			now there's a game.

	Suddenly there is VOICE from o.c.

					NAUSICAAN #1'S VOICE
				(loud)
			Human!

19   NEW ANGLE

	Revealing that Nausicaan #1 has just entered the Gaming
	area. The three officers turn to look at him.

					NAUSICAAN #1
				(to Corey)
			Play Dom-Jot... Human?

	He smiles a predatory smile. Picard reacts with
	dread... he recognizes the Nausicaan and knows the
	events that are about to unfold. OFF Picard's
	reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

        STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT THREE        23.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

20   INT. BONESTELL FACILITY - GAMBLING CENTER

	Continuous action from Act Two. Corey sizes up the
	Nausicaan... thinks he sees an easy mark.

					COREY
				(smiles)
			I think I could be persuaded to
			play one more game.

	Picard moves quickly to Corey.

					PICARD
				(quiet, urgent)
			No, don't play him.

					COREY
			Why?

					PICARD
			It'll cause trouble.

	Corey looks at him quizzically. Picard needs to think
	of something quickly.

					PICARD
			He's a Nausicaan... they can be
			very ill-tempered when they lose.

					COREY
				(flip)
			So can I.

	Corey turns to play, but Picard grabs his arm.

					PICARD
				(forcefully)
			Corey, listen to me. This is a
			bad idea. Don't play him.

	Corey pulls away from Picard's grip. He looks at
	Picard with a trace of irritation.

					COREY
			What's gotten into you?
				(to Nausicaan)
			Let's go.

	Corey and the Nausicaan set up the table as Picard
	looks on with frustration. Marta throws him a
	quizzical glance, but shrugs it off and then moves to
	get a good look at the game as a CROWD begins to gather
	around the table again.

        STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT THREE        24.

21   NEW ANGLE

	As Q (still dressed as the Bartender) ENTERS and moves
	to stand with Picard. The game between Corey and the
	Nausicaan begins in the b.g. as Q and Picard talk.

					Q
			I see you've found your Nausicaan
			friend.

	Q pointedly looks at Picard's back and chest.

					Q
				(continuing)
			You seem un-impaled so far.

					PICARD
			Sorry to disappoint you.

	Corey scores a point on the table and exchanges a
	pleased look with Marta. The Nausicaan is unmoved and
	Picard looks grim.

					Q
			Ensign Zweller seems to be doing
			well.

					PICARD
			He's going to lose. The Nausicaan
			is cheating.

					Q
			Really? I'm beginning to like
			these Nausicaans.

					PICARD
			If history repeats itself, Corey
			will figure it out later tonight
			and then he'll want revenge.

					Q
			And will you help your best friend
			avenge this injustice?

	The tables have turned in the game and the Nausicaan is
	starting to pile up a series of points one after the
	other.

					PICARD
			I did the first time. I found a
			way to rig the table so that Corey
			could win in a rematch.

					Q
			You? Cheated? Picard, I'm
			impressed.

        STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT THREE        25.

21   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			It was a foolish mistake. The
			Nausicaan and his two friends
			didn't take the loss very well.
			They were outraged... they wanted
			a fight...
				(beat)
			And I gave them one.

					Q
			A beautiful story...
				(puts fist to his chest)
			Gets you right here doesn't it?

	The Nausicaan is now running the table on Corey,
	wracking up point after point. Corey is watching him
	carefully, with anger and suspicion mixing on his face.
	The Nausicaan scores the final point and the crowd
	CHEERS.

					NAUSICAAN #1
			Dom-Jot!
				(as if the idea were a
				 joke)
			Human play Dom-Jot!

	The Nausicaan laughs heartily and throws his stick at
	Corey, who has little choice but to catch it. The
	Nausicaan scoops up his winnings and EXITS. Corey's
	face hardens in cold fury.

                                             CUT TO:

22   INT. STARBASE - PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Corey, Marta and Picard are gathered here. Corey is
	very upset.

					COREY
			I've played a lot of Dom-Jot, in
			a lot of places, and I've never
			seen the balls roll that well for
			anyone. Did you see the way he
			rolled the terik into straight
			nines? That's a one in a million
			shot and he did it twice.

					MARTA
			So he was cheating...

					PICARD
			It may have simply been
			extraordinary luck.

        STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT THREE        26.

22   CONTINUED:

					COREY
			I was watching the way he held the
			cue. Every time he needed to make
			a tough shot, he held the cue
			close to his waist. I think he
			had some kind of magnetic device
			in his belt. It must've been
			controlling the balls.

					MARTA
				(angry)
			That's terrible.

					COREY
			We have to get even.

					MARTA
			What do you have in mind?

					COREY
			We could do the same thing to him
			that he did to us. Cheat. We'll
			rig the table so his device will
			backfire on him.

	Picard puts his foot down before this goes any farther.

					PICARD
			That won't solve anything.

					COREY
			It'll teach him that he can't go
			around cheating Starfleet
			Officers.

					PICARD
			What it will do is provoke him.
			And provoking a Nausicaan is not
			a good idea.

					COREY
				(cocky)
			I can handle him.

					PICARD
			What if he's not alone... what if
			he brings some friends along next
			time?

					COREY
			Well... then I guess I'll have to
			depend on my friends to help me
			out.

					PICARD
			Corey... there must be a better
			way to handle this...

        STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT THREE        27.

22   CONTINUED: (3)

	Corey looks at him in astonishment.

					COREY
			When did you start backing away
			from a good fight?

					PICARD
			We're not cadets anymore... we're
			officers. We have to start...
			setting a higher standard for
			ourselves.

	Corey still can't believe he's hearing this from
	Picard, but Marta has begun to agree with Picard.

					MARTA
			Maybe he's right... maybe this
			isn't such a good idea.

					COREY
				(pleading)
			Look, we've only got one more day
			before we all have to report to
			our ships. Let's have one last
			adventure together... we may not
			see each other again for a long
			time.

	Marta is on the fence, but Picard holds firm.

					PICARD
			No. I'm sorry Corey, but I won't
			do it.

	That swings Marta's vote.

					MARTA
			It was a good idea, Corey... but
			let's just forget about it...

	Corey looks at them both with amazement and
	disappointment. He almost says something... then
	finally just shakes his head in disgust and EXITS
	without a word. There is a long beat before Marta
	turns to Picard.

					MARTA
			He'll get over it.

     STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - REV. 12/03/92 - ACT THREE     28.

22   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			I hope so.

	Marta smiles at him in a strangely amused sort of way.
	She is seeing him a little differently now... starting
	to see something very attractive about this new
	attitude from Picard. He notices her look.

					PICARD
			What?

					MARTA
			Nothing... it's just that usually
			you'd be the one plotting revenge.

					PICARD
				(dry)
			That would be more in character,
			wouldn't it?

					MARTA
			Much.
				(with humor)
			But I always suspected you had a
			hidden streak of responsibility
			somewhere.

					PICARD
				(ironic)
			Maybe I'm just getting... a little
			older.

	Marta touches the rank insignia on Picard's uniform.

					MARTA
				(re: insignia)
			Maybe these bars are starting to
			feel a little heavy, Ensign.
				(beat)
			Ensign Picard and Ensign
			Batanides... sounds weird,
			doesn't it?

					PICARD
				(ironic)
			It's going to take some getting
			used to.

        STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT THREE        29.

22   CONTINUED: (5)

	Marta gives him a very direct look.

					MARTA
			It's too bad we can't get used to
			it together.

	Picard looks at her in a little surprise. Marta
	realizes that she's given voice to more than she meant
	to -- she's definitely attracted to Picard as more than
	just a friend. She quickly amends her statement so it
	doesn't sound so intimate.

					MARTA
				(quickly)
			The -- the three of us, I mean.

	But Picard has picked up on the subtext and is not
	fooled by her hasty retreat.

					PICARD
			Of course.

	They look at each other for a long moment... the sexual
	tension in the room fairly crackles. But before things
	progress any farther, the door CHIMES and the moment is
	broken.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Q ENTERS, dressed as a delivery boy and carrying a
	large arrangement of flowers.

					Q
			Is there a John-Luck Pickard here?

	Marta gives Picard a resigned look.

					MARTA
				(with humor)
			From one of your conquests, no
			doubt. I guess some things aren't
			going to change.

	She smiles and EXITS. Once she's gone, Q turns to
	Picard.

					Q
			Did I interrupt something sordid
			I hope?

					PICARD
			No, you did not.

       STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT THREE       29A.

22   CONTINUED: (6)

					Q
			Pity. She's quite attractive.

					PICARD
			We were friends, nothing more.

					Q
			Is that another regret I hear?

	Q has touched a nerve here and Picard can't deny it.

					Q
			My, my... we're simply riddled
			with regrets about our youth,
			aren't we?

					PICARD
			My friendship with Marta is not
			something I regret.

					Q
			But you do wish you'd been more
			than just... friends, don't you?
				(beat)
			Well... here's your chance to
			change all that.

	Picard faces Q squarely, determined not to let Q get to
	him.

        STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT THREE        30.

22   CONTINUED: (7)

					PICARD
				(irritably)
			What do you want, Q?

					Q
			I thought you might like to know
			that Mister Zweller has decided to
			ignore your advice.

	Picard is shocked.

					Q
				(continuing)
			He's in the Bonestell Facility
			right now... rigging the table to
			beat the Nausicaan. I guess you
			weren't that persuasive.

	Picard thinks for a beat, then EXITS with a determined
	look on his face. Q smiles and smells the flowers with
	a satisfied look on his face.

                                             CUT TO:

23   INT. BONESTELL FACILITY - GAMBLING CENTER - NIGHT

	The Gambling Center is closed for the evening and the
	lights are off. Corey is underneath the Dam-Jot table,
	working with a couple of tools when Picard quietly
	ENTERS. Picard looks around quickly, but they're
	clearly alone. He moves silently over to the table.

					PICARD
				(softly)
			Corey...

	Corey smacks his head into the table in surprise.

					COREY
			Ow!

	Corey sees Picard and breathes a sigh of relief.

					COREY
			Johnny... don't sneak up on me
			like that. I thought you were the
			gambling foreman.

					PICARD
			Sorry.


        STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 12/03/92 - ACT THREE        31.

23   CONTINUED:

					COREY
			It's all right. I'm glad you're
			here.
				(points to tool)
			Hand me the magna-spanner.

	He leans back under the table.

					PICARD
			I'm not here to help you, I'm here
			to stop you from making a serious
			mistake.

	Corey looks at him in disbelief... he still isn't
	taking him seriously.

					COREY
				(sarcastic)
			You sound like my mother.

					PICARD
			Cheating the Nausicaan could have
			serious consequences for all of
			us. It's a risk we can't afford
			to take.

					COREY
			You are my mother.
				(mocking)
			Well, Mom... gee, I guess I'll
			have to go tell the Nausicaans I
			don't mind if they cheat me --

        STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT THREE        32.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(hard)
			This isn't a joke, Corey.

	The humor fades from Corey's face.

					COREY
			It better be.

	A tense beat between the two of them. Corey finally
	breaks the silence... he keeps his voice low and very
	even.

					COREY
			Now, I'm going to finish my work
			here. If you want to help me --
			fine. If you don't, then I'll see
			you back at the Starbase.

	Corey turns back to the table, but Picard takes him
	gently but firmly by the arm.

					PICARD
			I said you're not doing this.

	Picard's expression is unyielding. Corey looks from
	Picard's face down to the hand on his arm.

					COREY
				(quiet)
			Are you going to hit me, Johnny?

	Picard considers him for a beat... realizes that he
	won't cross that line with his friend. Picard drops
	his hand after a beat.

					PICARD
			No.
				(beat)
			But I will tell the gambling
			foreman that someone's been
			tampering with his Dom-Jot table.

	Corey can't even put his sense of betrayal and anger
	into words. He stares at Picard for a long beat...
	then drops the tool in his hand.

					COREY
				(cold)
			All right, have it your way...
				(with contempt)
			... Ensign Picard.

	With a pained and angry look, Corey EXITS, leaving
	Picard alone in the deserted center.

                                             CUT TO:

         STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT THREE 33-33A           

24   INT. STARBASE - MARTA'S QUARTERS - NIGHT

	A redress of Picard's Quarters. Marta has taken her
	jacket off and is sitting on the edge of the bed,
	listening to Picard, who is upset about the prior
	scene.

					PICARD
			I just couldn't make him
			understand.

					MARTA
			At least he did finally give it
			up...

					PICARD
			Yes, but... he didn't take it very
			well.

					MARTA
			Oh, you know Corey... he'll forget
			all about it by tomorrow.

					PICARD
			I hope so. We were friends for
			many years after this.
				(off her look)
			Or at least... I hope we will be.

	Marta looks at him for a moment... a smile keeps
	playing about her lips as if she is about to burst out
	laughing.

					PICARD
				(puzzled)
			You keep smiling at me.

					MARTA
				(light)
			I've just never seen you like this
			before. You're so... serious.

					PICARD
			Do I really seem that different?

					MARTA
				(smiles)
			I don't know... maybe I'm just not
			used to seeing you in an officer's
			uniform...
				(beat, then more
				 thoughtful)
			No... it's more than that... you
			do seem different...
				(beat)
			I mean, I'm not complaining... I
			think it suits you.

        STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT THREE        34.

24   CONTINUED:

	Marta gives him a very direct look... and that spark of
	sexual tension can be felt in the room again.

					PICARD
			Really?

					MARTA
			Yes. I think it's very...
				(she hesitates)
			... attractive.

	There is another silent moment as they search each
	other's expression. The tension between them begins to
	build. Picard struggles with the feelings, begins to
	turn away in order to break the moment... but Marta
	stops him.

					MARTA
			Johnny... have you ever thought
			about us... getting together?

					PICARD
			Actually... I have. For a long
			time.

	There is a charged silence. Picard is trying to
	resist, uncomfortable with the fact that, for him, many
	years have passed.

					MARTA
			Why didn't you ever say so?

					PICARD
			I... don't know.
				(beat)
			At the moment... I can't imagine
			why I didn't...

					MARTA
			Well... you've said it now.

	They hold each other's eyes for a moment... then Marta
	takes a step toward him... she lifts a hand and brushes
	her fingertips across his lips... then carefully moves
	closer... their lips touch briefly in a tentative kiss.
	They part slightly and look at each other again... then
	they kiss in a deep and passionate embrace.

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT FOUR        35.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

25   INT. STARBASE - MARTA'S QUARTERS - DAY (OPTICAL)

	CLOSE ON Picard, who is sleeping in the bed alone.
	It's the next morning. A HAND reaches out and strokes
	his face gently... Picard smiles and slowly rolls
	over... he opens his eyes and finds Q lying on top of
	the covers next to him.

					Q
			Good morning, darling.

	Picard jerks back in shock. Q smiles as Picard grabs
	his uniform and begins to dress.

					Q
			A little jumpy this morning, are
			we? Feeling guilty perhaps?

					PICARD
			I don't have anything to feel
			guilty about, Q.

					Q
			No?
				(mocking)
			"We were friends, Q. Nothing
			more."

					PICARD
			You're the one who gave me the
			opportunity to change things...

					Q
			So what happens next?

	Picard thinks for a beat.

        STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT FOUR        36.

25   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I don't know. But I do know that
			things will be different.

	Q looks at him for a beat.

					Q
			I'm sure.

	Q VANISHES.

                                             CUT TO:

26   INT. BONESTELL FACILITY - BAR - DAY

	It's still pretty early in the day for there to be many
	customers at the bar. Picard ENTERS and looks around
	for a beat before seeing Marta sitting at a far table
	with her back toward him. Picard smiles and moves to
	her. He puts a hand on her shoulder and gently kisses
	her head.

					PICARD
			Morning.

	Marta stiffens in her seat.

					MARTA
			Johnny.

	Picard moves around and suddenly sees the expression on
	her face -- she looks miserable and has probably been
	crying recently. Picard sits down with concern.

					PICARD
			What's wrong?

	A long beat as Marta tries to put words together. She
	toys with a mug of coffee in front of her and has a
	great deal of difficulty meeting Picard's eyes. She
	tries to smile.

					MARTA
			Well... this is the morning after,
			huh?

        STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT FOUR        37.

26   CONTINUED:

	Picard is suddenly in uncharted waters. He wasn't
	expecting this reaction from her and he's not sure how
	to deal with it.

					PICARD
			I suppose so.

	An awkward beat.

					MARTA
			I... don't quite know where to
			begin...

	He takes her hand gently.

					PICARD
			Marta... I don't regret what
			happened last night... and I hope
			you don't, either.

	She looks into his eyes, but her emotions are in
	turmoil.

					MARTA
			I don't know... we've been friends
			for a long time... and now...

					PICARD
			I hope last night has only brought
			us closer.

	A long beat as Marta looks down into her coffee.

					MARTA
			Do you remember the first day we
			reported to the Academy?

					PICARD
				(smiles)
			Very well.

        STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 12/01/92 - ACT FOUR        37A.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					MARTA
			They marched us into Scobee Hall
			in our stiff new uniforms... and
			then Admiral Silona gave us the
			old welcome aboard speech.
				(beat)
			He said, I want you all to look to
			the left of you and then look to
			the right of you...

					PICARD
				(remembering)
			... One of you isn't going to make
			it through the next four years.

					MARTA
			I remember thinking... that's me.
			I'm not going to make it. Then I
			looked to my right... and there
			you were with this cocky look on
			your face... and you said, "we'll
			see about that." From that
			moment, I knew I wanted you as a
			friend.

	She looks into his eyes... her face fills with pain.

					MARTA
			And now... I'm afraid we've ruined
			that friendship.

	Picard realizes what a profound mistake this has been.
	He thinks for a long beat... then tries to reach out to
	her and make things better.

					PICARD
			Perhaps we should just... pretend
			that this never happened and try
			to...

	He trails off as she shakes her head.

					MARTA
			I wish I could. It would make it
			easier to say good-bye tomorrow.
				(takes deep breath)
			We're all supposed to get together
			later... the last big night on the
			town before we ship out... now I'm
			not sure it's such a good idea...

					PICARD
			I don't want you to do anything
			that'll be uncomfortable...

        STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT FOUR        37B.

26   CONTINUED: (3)

	She regards him sadly, then --

					MARTA
			I'll be there. We planned this...
			I don't want to disappoint Corey.

        STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT FOUR        38.

26   CONTINUED: (4)

	She stands and quickly EXITS. Picard sits alone at the
	table for a long beat.

27   NEW ANGLE

	Revealing Q standing near Picard.

					Q
			Let's see... in the past twenty-four
			hours, you've managed to get
			slapped by one woman, have a drink
			thrown in your face by another,
			and alienate your two best
			friends. I'd say you're doing
			quite nicely so far.

	Picard doesn't respond... his thoughts are still on the
	scene with Marta.

					Q
			Just one more thing to do... avoid
			getting stabbed through the heart
			tonight.

	Picard nods to himself... he's ready for this to end.

                                             CUT TO:

      STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - REV. 12/07/92 - ACT FOUR      39.

28   INT. BONESTELL FACILITY - GAMBLING CENTER - NIGHT

	The Gambling Center is bustling with activity again.
	Picard, Corey, and Marta are sitting at a table in one
	of the corners. There is an awkward tension between
	the three of them and the drinks before them go largely
	untouched. A few beats of silence go by, then Picard
	tries to get the conversation going.

					PICARD
				(to Corey)
			I think you'll like serving aboard
			the Ajax... I understand Captain
			Narth is an excellent officer.

					COREY
				(not really responsive)
			So I hear.

	Another awkward silence. Marta glances at Picard, then
	looks away. The tension is heavy. Picard tries one
	last time to break the ice.

					PICARD
				(lifts a glass)
			Well... here's to the class of
			'twenty-seven.

      STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - REV. 12/07/92 - ACT FOUR      40.

28   CONTINUED:

	Corey and Marta try to smile as they all clink glasses
	and drink. As Corey drinks, he notices something at
	the far end of the room.

29   NEW ANGLE

	which shows Nausicaans #1, #2, and #3 all ENTER the
	gambling center. Corey puts down his drink at the
	sight of the three burly aliens. Picard and Marta
	follow his gaze just as Nausicaan #1 sees Corey at the
	table. Corey tries to ignore the Nausicaans and forces
	himself to look down at his drink. But Nausicaan #1
	moves over to the table and his two companions follow
	him.

					NAUSICAAN #1
				(taunting)
			Play Dom-Jot, Human? Give you a
			better chance.
				(no response)
			Give you a bigger stick maybe.

	The Nausicaans laugh. Corey slowly looks up at them
	and Picard stands up to intercede.

					PICARD
			I don't think we're interested.

					NAUSICAAN #1
				(to others)
			They are Undari.
				(to Corey)
			Cowards.

	Corey and Marta stand up.

					COREY
			What did you say?

      STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - REV. 12/07/92 - ACT FOUR      41.

29   CONTINUED:

	Picard gets between them.

					NAUSICAAN #1
				(to Corey)
			Coward. Like all Starfleet. You
			talk and you talk... but you have
			no guramba.

	Corey takes a step toward him.

					COREY
			Why don't we find out --

	Picard puts a hand to his chest and keeps them apart.
	Picard notices as Nausicaan #2 puts a hand on the hilt
	of his sword.

					PICARD
				(to Corey)
			Don't be a fool.
				(to Nausicaan)
			There are plenty of other people
			to play Dom-Jot. Go on about your
			business.

	The Nausicaan ignores him and looks from Corey to
	Marta.

					NAUSICAAN #1
				(to Marta)
			Maybe I play with you... give you
			a good time.

	That tears it for Corey. The following happens very
	quickly:

	Picard sees Nausicaan #2 begin to draw his weapon as
	Corey cocks back his arm to throw a punch. Picard
	throws an elbow into Corey's chest, knocking him
	backward and preventing him from starting a fight.
	Corey is caught completely by surprise and he tumbles
	hard over the table and chair. There is a beat of
	shocked silence from everyone.

	Suddenly the Nausicaans begin to laugh at the spectacle
	of the quarreling officers. The tension is broken as
	they go off to another area of the gambling center.

             STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT FOUR            42.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					NAUSICAAN #1
				(to others)
			Orcho lok resnik Starfleet...

	As they move away, Picard turns around to see Marta
	helping Corey up. Picard holds out a hand, but Marta's
	eyes flash at him.

					MARTA
			You've done enough.

					PICARD
			Corey, I'm sorry. He was drawing
			a weapon...

	He trails off as Corey gets to his feet and takes a
	step toward him. The anger and pain in Corey's eyes is
	obvious. For a moment, it looks as if Corey might
	actually hit Picard. But in the end he just speaks
	softly and firmly.

					COREY
			I don't know who you are
			anymore... but you're not my
			friend.

	The words wound Picard just as surely as if Corey had
	hit him. Corey walks away. Marta holds Picard's eyes
	for a moment.

					MARTA
			Good-bye, Johnny.

	Marta EXITS. Picard is left standing alone in the
	gambling center as his two best friends in the world
	walk out of his life. Q moves into view and stands
	next to Picard.

					Q
				(quietly)
			Congratulations, Mon Capitain.
			You did it.

	Picard doesn't respond to Q. Suddenly we HEAR Worf
	from o.c.

					WORF'S VOICE
			Can I help you?

	Picard turns around and we...

                                             CUT TO:

             STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT FOUR            43.

30   OMITTED

31   INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard is standing near the aft science station and
	Worf is standing next to him. Picard is wearing a blue
	uniform with the rank of Lieutenant and he is holding
	a PADD. DATA is sitting at the aft station. Worf
	impatiently repeats his question.

					WORF
			Can I help you, Mister Picard?

					PICARD
			Worf...

	Picard is confused by the transition and he takes a
	moment to get his bearings. Worf finally takes the
	PADD out of his hand. Data turns around in curiosity.

					WORF
				(off PADD)
			This is not for me. You should
			take it to Commander La Forge in
			Engineering.

	Worf gives the PADD to Picard and turns back to his
	console. Picard looks down at his uniform in surprise.

					PICARD
				(to himself)
			What's happened... ?

					WORF
			Is something wrong?

					PICARD
			I'm not sure...
				(beat, then to Worf)
			Mister Worf, what's my rank and
			position?

	Worf and Data exchange concerned looks.

					WORF
				(puzzled)
			You are a Lieutenant junior
			grade... the assistant
			astrophysics officer.

	Picard puts a hand to his head as if he were dizzy.

             STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT FOUR            44.

31   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Are you feeling all right?

	Picard doesn't answer.

					PICARD
			Who's the Captain of this ship?

	Worf and Data are genuinely concerned now.

					DATA
			Captain Thomas Halloway.
				(beat)
			Perhaps I should escort you to
			Sickbay.

					PICARD
				(quickly)
			No. I think I can find my way.
			Thank you, Commander.

             STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 12/01/92 - ACT FOUR            45.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard EXITS to a Turbolift.

                                             CUT TO:

32   OMITTED

33   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE (OPTICAL)

	Picard ENTERS the office. Someone is sitting in
	Beverly's chair, which is turned away from the doorway.

					PICARD
			Beverly, something's happened to
			me. I'm not sure --

	He stops as Q turns around in the chair, wearing a
	white lab coat and a reflective mirror on his head.

					Q
				(German accent)
			Vhat seems to be de trouble,
			Lieutenant Picard?

					PICARD
			Q, what have you done?

					Q
			I've done exactly what I promised,
			Jean-Luc. I've returned you to
			the present.

					PICARD
			This is not the present I
			remember. You said nothing would
			change.

					Q
			And nothing has changed... except
			for you. But then, that's what
			you wanted, wasn't it? To change
			the man you were in your youth?
			Well, you did it -- and this is
			the man you are today.
				(beat)
			You should be happy... you have a
			real heart beating in your chest
			and you get to live out the rest
			of your life in safety... running
			tests... making analyses... and
			carrying reports to your
			superiors.

	Q VANISHES. OFF Picard's reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

             STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 12/01/92 - ACT FIVE            46.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

34   INT. ENGINEERING

	GEORDI and an N.D. ENGINEER are working near the pool
	table as Picard (still in blue uniform) ENTERS, still
	carrying his PADD. Everything and everyone is exactly
	as it should be except for Picard. He looks around the
	familiar scene... unsure how to respond to all this.

					GEORDI
				(to Engineer)
			... so tell Duffy that we'll need
			to adjust the main deflector later
			this afternoon. Oh, and have him
			look into that inducer problem.

	The Engineer nods and walks away. Geordi finally
	notices Picard. There is a change in how Geordi and
	everyone else knows and thinks about Picard: to them
	he's no longer the mighty captain, to them he's a mildmannered,
	slightly nerdy guy... similar to the way they
	view Barclay.

					GEORDI
				(moving to pool table)
			Hi, Jean-Luc. What's new in
			astrophysics?
				(beat)
			Do you need something?

					PICARD
				(remembering PADD)
			I have the... spectral analysis
			for you.

	He hands Geordi the PADD. Geordi glances at it briefly
	then sets it down. He's in the middle of something and
	the PADD isn't that important.

					GEORDI
			Thanks.
				(to Engineer)
			Lynch, try shunting the power
			through the lateral conduit.

	The woman nods and works. Geordi moves to his office.
	Picard can't help but follow to see what's going on...
	he's used to knowing everything that's happening aboard
	this ship. Geordi sits at his panel and frowns at the
	display.

             STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 12/01/92 - ACT FIVE            47.

34   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(frustrated, to himself)
			So where's the problem... ?

					PICARD
			What's going on?

					GEORDI
				(distracted)
			Oh, something's causing a power
			spike in the starboard warp coil.
			If I don't track it down soon, the
			Captain's going to have my head on
			a platter.

					PICARD
			Have you tried flushing the
			transfer conduits with trioxina?

					GEORDI
				(dismissive)
			No.

	Geordi stands and moves to another console and begins
	to work. Picard continues to try helping.

					PICARD
			The conduits sometimes get blocked
			by neutrino emissions when the
			plasma --

	Geordi smiles, puts his arm around Picard, and gives
	him a polite brush-off.

					GEORDI
			Hey... I know you're trying to
			make full Lieutenant this year...
			but I think we can handle this
			from here.

	Geordi moves away, leaving Picard standing alone and
	feeling totally out of place. After a beat, he EXITS.

                                             CUT TO:

             STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT FIVE            48.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

34A  INT. TEN FORWARD

	Picard ENTERS and looks around. After a beat, he sees
	Riker and TROI seated at a table near the window. He
	goes over to them.

					PICARD
			Am I interrupting?

	They look up. They, like Geordi, are not intimate
	friends with this man and are a little surprised to be
	approached by him. They exchange glances.

					RIKER
			Not at all. Have a seat.

	Picard sits down.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			I wonder if I could talk with you
			for a moment... about my future on
			the Enterprise.

					RIKER
			Of course, Lieutenant. Jean-Luc,
			isn't it?

					TROI
			Maybe I should go.

					PICARD
			No, please Counselor... I would
			very much like to hear your
			thoughts...

	They sit back and look at him expectantly.

					PICARD
			First of all... I'd like you to be
			straightforward with me. How do
			you evaluate me as an officer?

	They exchange glances again.

					TROI
			Your performance reports have
			always been good. You're
			thorough... dedicated...

             STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT FIVE           48A.

34A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Reliable, steady...
				(beat, then, unable to
				 come up with anything
				 else)
			...punctual.

	Picard understands that they're damning him with faint
	praise.

					PICARD
			I see.
				(beat)
			What would you say if I told you
			I thought I was capable of being
			more than that...

					RIKER
			Maybe we should discuss this at
			your next evaluation...

					PICARD
			I'd very much appreciate it if we
			could discuss it now.

	Another beat. They acquiesce.

					PICARD
			I would like to try... to move
			beyond astrophysics... into
			engineering or security perhaps.
			Something which might even lead to
			a command.

	Riker and Troi exchange a glance.

					RIKER
			Frankly, Lieutenant... I don't
			think that's realistic...

					PICARD
			Why?

	A waiter appears to clear their table.

					TROI
			I really don't think this is the
			place to be discussing --

             STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT FIVE           48B.

34A  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Please. This is important to me.
			I know I can do more.

	She gives another glance to Riker, then leans in to
	Picard.

					TROI
			Hasn't this been the problem all
			along? Throughout your career...
			you've had lofty goals... but
			you've never been willing to do
			what's necessary to attain them.

	Picard turns to Riker.

					PICARD
			Would that be your evaluation as
			well, Commander?

					RIKER
				(uncomfortable)
			I'd have to agree with the
			Counselor. You talk about wanting
			more... but when it comes to doing
			something about it, you hang back.
			If you want to get ahead, you have
			to take chances... stand out from
			the crowd... get noticed.

					PICARD
			I see.

					RIKER
				(trying to salve the
				 wound)
			We don't want to lose you...
			you're a good officer.

					PICARD
			Just not -- one who stands out.

					RIKER
			Look... why don't I talk to
			Commander La Forge... maybe
			there's something in Engineering.
				(beat)

					PICARD
			But... command?

					RIKER
			Well... we'll see.

             STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 12/01/92 - ACT FIVE           48C.

34A  CONTINUED: (3)

	This is clearly a crumb thrown to make him feel better.
	It doesn't.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Senior officers please report to
			the Captain's Ready Room.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Acknowledged.

					TROI
				(to Picard)
			I think we should talk about this
			later.

	Riker and Troi EXIT, leaving Picard sitting alone at
	the table. He looks around for a moment.

					PICARD
				(quietly)
			All right, Q. Enough of this.
			You've made your point.

	But there is no answer.

					PICARD
			Q... ?

	Picard comes to the awful realization that Q isn't
	going to just wipe it away this time... that he may
	have to live out his life like this.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge to Lieutenant Picard.
			I'm still waiting for your final
			sensor usage log.

					PICARD
				(to com, resigned)
			I'm on my way, sir.

	Picard gets up to leave.

                                             CUT TO:

             STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 12/01/92 - ACT FIVE           48D.

34B  INT. CORRIDOR/TURBOLIFT

	Picard ENTERS the Turbolift.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Main Engineering.

	The lift starts MOVING. The expression on Picard's
	face is as depressed as we've ever seen him.

					PICARD
			Are you having a good laugh now,
			Q? Does it amuse you to think of
			me living out the rest of my life
			as a dreary man in a tedious job?

	The Turbolift finally STOPS and Picard EXITS TO:

35   LIMBO - CONTINUOUS

	The whiteness as seen before. Picard turns around and
	finds Q standing before him.

					Q
			I gave you something most mortals
			never experience... a second
			chance at life. And now all you
			can do is complain?

					PICARD
			I can't live out my days as that
			person. That man is bereft of
			passion and imagination. That's
			not who I am.

					Q
			Au contraire. He's the person you
			wanted to be... one who was less
			arrogant, and undisciplined as a
			youth.
				(beat)
			One who was less like me.

	A beat as Picard realizes that Q is right. Q takes the
	opportunity to rub it in.

					Q
			The Jean-Luc Picard you wanted to
			be, the one who did not fight the
			Nausicaan, had quite a different
			career from the one you remember.
					(MORE)

             STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 12/01/92 - ACT FIVE           48E.

35   CONTINUED:

					Q (Cont'd)
			That Picard never had a brush with
			death... never came face to face
			with his own mortality... never
			realized how fragile life is...
			how important each moment can
			be... so his life never came into
			focus. He drifted through much of
			his career, with no plan or
			agenda... going from one
			assignment to the next, never
			seizing the opportunities that
			presented themselves...
				(beat)
			He didn't lead the Away Team on
			Milika Three to save that
			ambassador... he didn't take
			charge of the Stargazer's Bridge
			when its Captain was killed...
			and no one ever offered him a
			command.
				(beat)
			He learned to play it safe. And
			he never, ever got noticed by
			anyone.

	A beat as Picard is forced to admit that Q was right
	all along.

             STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 12/01/92 - ACT FIVE            49.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			You're right. You gave me the
			chance to change and I took that
			opportunity. But I freely admit
			now that it was a mistake.

	Q's eyes sparkle for a moment.

					Q
			Are you asking me for something,
			Jean-Luc?

	Picard swallows his pride.

					PICARD
			Yes.
				(beat)
			Give me a chance to put things
			back to the way they were before.

					Q
			Before, you died in Sickbay. Is
			that what you want?

	Picard thinks for a moment, but he's determined.

					PICARD
			I would rather die as the man I
			was... than live the life I just
			saw.

	They look at each other for a long beat. Q seems to be
	waiting for something. Finally Picard breaks the
	silence.

					PICARD
			Please.

	Q smiles a self-satisfied smile as we suddenly...

                                             CUT TO:

36   INT. BONESTELL FACILITY - GAMBLING CENTER

	Picard is standing between Corey and Nausicaan #1. He
	has been put back into the scene from Act Four during
	the confrontation.

             STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 11/30/92 - ACT FIVE            50.

36   CONTINUED:

					NAUSICAAN #1
				(to Corey)
			Coward. Like all Starfleet. You
			talk and you talk... but you have
			no guramba.

	This time before Corey can respond, Picard looks up
	into the eyes of the Nausicaan.

					PICARD
			What did you say?

	Nausicaan #1 looks down at him in surprise... this
	human had been pretty conciliatory until now.

					NAUSICAAN #1
			I said you are a coward.

					PICARD
			That's what I thought you said.

	Without a word Picard HITS the Nausicaan right in the
	face. The Nausicaan fairly explodes with rage. With
	a throaty ROAR, he swings at Picard, who manages to
	duck out of the way and deliver a swift blow to the
	Nausicaan's midsection. Marta and Corey quickly join
	in and a brief melee ensues as the six of them knock
	each other about and destroy half the furniture in the
	place.

37   PICARD

	Manages to hold his own for a while... taking on one,
	then another of the giant warriors in turn. There is
	a sense in his actions and bearing that he is enjoying
	this fight... enjoying it as he did when it originally
	happened many years ago.

	Then (repeating the action seen in Act One) Picard gets
	Nausicaan #1 on the ground in a wrestling lock.
	Nausicaan #2 pulls a nasty-looking weapon with a long
	serrated blade from his belt as Nausicaan #3 grabs
	Picard's arms. Nausicaan #2 then DRIVES his weapon
	THROUGH Picard's back.

             STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 12/01/92 - ACT FIVE            51.

38   ON PICARD'S FACE

	As the serrated metal blade comes out of his chest.
	Picard drops to his knees and lets out a LAUGH of pure
	joy before falling to the ground...

                                             MATCH CUT TO:

39   INT. SICKBAY - ON PICARD'S FACE

	He is laughing, still on the operating table as seen in
	the Teaser.

40   WIDER

	Revealing Beverly, Worf, and Riker looking on in
	puzzlement. Only a few minutes have passed since the
	events seen in the Teaser. Beverly is leaning over him
	with a medical DEVICE.

					BEVERLY
				(off monitor)
			His vital signs are stabilizing...
				(beat)
			Captain... ? Jean-Luc... ?

	Picard's eyes open at last and he looks up at Beverly,
	still smiling.

					BEVERLY
			You've been injured... but I think
			it's going to be all right.

	Picard's surprised at being here at all. With a final
	chuckle, he closes his eyes. The others all exchange
	glances.

                                             CUT TO:

41   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at impulse power.

42   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard is finishing a long talk with Riker.

					PICARD
			... I still don't know what to make
			of it all. Was it a dream? Or
			one of Q's elaborate tricks?

             STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 12/01/92 - ACT FIVE            52.

42   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			A lot of people who've been near
			death have talked about strange
			experiences... but they're not
			usually so detailed.

					PICARD
			Part of me cannot accept the idea
			that Q would have given me a
			second chance... that he would
			demonstrate that much...
			compassion.
				(beat)
			But if it was Q... I owe him a
			debt of gratitude.

					RIKER
			In what sense? It sounds like he
			put you through hell.

					PICARD
			There were many things in my youth
			that I'm not proud of... they were
			loose threads... untidy parts of
			myself that I wanted to remove.
				(beat)
			But when I pulled on one of those
			threads... I unravelled the
			tapestry of my life.

	Riker smiles at some inner joke.

					RIKER
				(off Picard's look)
			I was just trying to imagine you
			as a hell-bent-for-leather young
			officer insulting a Nausicaan
			twice your size. I wish I'd
			gotten a chance to meet that Jean-Luc
			Picard.

	Picard smiles and leans back in his chair. He's more
	at ease discussing this part of his life than he ever
	has been before... a small demon has been put to rest
	and he can talk about his youth with a new joy and
	pride.

					PICARD
			Well, to tell the truth... that
			wasn't the first time I'd had a
			run-in with a couple of surly
			Nausicaans...

             STAR TREK: "Tapestry" - 12/01/92 - ACT FIVE            53.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Really?

					PICARD
			Oh, yes...
				(beat)
			During my sophomore year I was
			assigned to do some training on
			Morikin Seven. Well, there was a
			Nausicaan outpost on one of the
			outlying asteroids...

43   EXT. SPACE - ON OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Riker are sitting in the Observation Lounge
	together. As Picard continues to tell Riker a tall
	tale from his youth, we PULL BACK and watch as the ship
	flies away into the star-filled void of space.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             












                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "Birthright" 
                          #40276-242 
                              
                          Written by 
                         Brannon Braga 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rick Kolbe 


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FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1992 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                      DECEMBER 10, 1992

           STAR TREK: "Birthright" - 12/10/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Birthright" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             SHREK
                RIKER              BA'EL
                DATA               GI'RAL
                (DOCTOR SOONG)     
                BEVERLY            L'KOR
                TROI               
                WORF               
                GEORDI             
                BASHIR 
            
                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  N.D SECURITY       ROMULAN GUARD
                  VARIOUS N.D.'s     KLINGONS

           STAR TREK: "Birthright" - 12/10/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Birthright" 
                     
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE              (DOCKED AT DS9)
              SICKBAY
              ENGINEERING              SHREK'S SHUTTLECRAFT
              CORRIDOR                 JUNGLE
              TEN FORWARD
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              READY ROOM
              WORF'S QUARTERS
          
            DS9
              PROMENADE
              REPLIMAT
          
            SHREK'S SHUTTLECRAFT
          
            PRISON COMPOUND
              GARDEN
              MEETING HALL

          STAR TREK: "Birthright" - 12/10/92 - PRONUNCIATION           

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "Birthright"     
                         
                    PRONUNCIATION GUIDE                       

                 ALTURE          all-TOUR
                 CARRAYA         car-EYE-ah
                 GHOS            GOSS
                 JAGLOM          JAG-lom
                 KAHLESS         KAY-less
                 KHITOMER        KIT-oh-mer
                 MAJQA           mazh-KA
                 MEGAJOULES      MAY-ga-jewels
                 MOGH            MOGH
                 NAGOR           NAY-gore
                 NO'MAT          no-MAT
                 SYMNAY          sim-NAY
                 TAQUA           tak-KWA
                 YRIDIAN         yir-ID-ee-un

         STAR TREK: "Birthright" - 12/10/92 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "Birthright"                              
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	docked at DEEP SPACE NINE.

					PICARD (v.o.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46578.4.
			The Enterprise has arrived at
			Station Deep Space Nine, where we
			will assist in the reconstruction
			of the Bajoran aqueduct systems
			damaged during the Cardassian
			occupation.

2    INT. DS9 - PROMENADE - LOWER LEVEL

	PICARD and BEVERLY come out of an AIRLOCK and begin
	walking down the street, past the storefronts and
	activity. Picard is carrying a briefcase; Beverly has
	a medical kit. Mid-conversation.

					BEVERLY
			I should be finished with the
			water contaminant analysis in a
			few hours. Then I'm going to try
			one of the Holosuites.
				(beat)
			I hear they've got a relaxation
			program here from Alture Seven.
			First you get bathed in a protein
			bath... and then a cloud of
			chromal vapor carries you into a
			meditation chamber... You should
			try it.

	Picard sighs at the thought.

					PICARD
			I'm afraid I won't have the time.
			I'll be too busy discussing the
			finer points of water management
			with ten Bajoran bureaucrats.
				(beat)
			And they won't be carrying me on
			chromal vapor...

	Beverly smiles. As they ENTER a TURBOLIFT...

         STAR TREK: "Birthright" - 12/10/92 - TEASER         2.

3    INT. REPLIMAT

	WORF and GEORDI are moving away from the wall of
	replicators, having just made identical plates of FOOD.
	As they head for a table...

					WORF
				(re: food)
			What is this?

					GEORDI
			Pasta al fiorella -- you'll love
			it.

	They sit down.

					GEORDI
			I'd like to take a look at those
			Ktarian antiques... I hear there's
			a twenty-first century plasma coil --
			in perfect condition.

					WORF
			First we eat... then we shop.

4    NEW ANGLE - JAGLOM SHREK

	A thin, creepy-looking ALIEN who is pointedly watching
	Worf from across the street. He slowly starts to make
	his way toward the Replimat. OFF his intent...

5    INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	DATA, RIKER, VARIOUS N.D.s at their positions. A small
	WARNING ALARM sounds on Data's console.

					DATA
				(off console)
			Commander -- I am reading a minor
			power drain in the Starboard EPS
			conduits.

					RIKER
			What's causing it?

					DATA
				(works)
			The problem is originating in
			Sickbay. There has been an
			unauthorized access into the
			computer's bio-imaging systems.

	Riker is not overly concerned, but still...

      STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - TEASER      3.

5    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			You'd better check it out.

					DATA
			Aye sir.

	Data stands and heads for the Turbolift...

6    INT. SICKBAY

	JULIAN BASHIR is by himself, working on a TECH DEVICE --
	a large, battered-looking cylinder. The device has
	been connected to a medical console with a small cable.

	Data ENTERS and reacts to the sight of this strange man
	in Sickbay.

					DATA
				(to Bashir)
			Excuse me. Do you have
			authorization to work in this
			area?

	Bashir glances at Data, missing the question,
	completely absorbed in his work. He waves Data over.

					BASHIR
			Come here... come here... I need
			a hand with this field
			generator...

	Data walks over. Bashir touches a control on the
	cylinder, then indicates a medical console.

					BASHIR
			See if you can boost the power
			output to sixty-five percent.

	Data looks at the cylinder.

					DATA
			I am sorry. Use of Sickbay
			equipment is limited to the ship's
			medical personnel.

	Bashir turns to Data -- offers him a hand.

					BASHIR
			Doctor Julian Bashir -- Chief
			Medical officer, Deep Space Nine.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - TEASER      4.

6    CONTINUED:

					BASHIR (Cont'd)
				(off Data's pips)
			And you are Commander... ?

					DATA
			Data.

	They shake hands. Bashir reacts to the name...

					BASHIR
			Commander Data... the synthetic
			lifeform?

					DATA
			Yes.

	Bashir smiles, delighted -- shakes Data's hand with
	renewed vigor.

					BASHIR
			An honor to meet you, sir. I've
			heard so much about you...
				(beat)
			You must have a fascinating
			perspective on bio-cybernetic
			research. I'd be delighted if we
			could discuss the subject
			sometime...

	Bashir's charm catches Data off guard.

					DATA
			I would be happy to do so.
			However, I must ask you to stop
			your experiment.

	A beat.

					BASHIR
			Yes, of course... you're right.
			I realize I should have asked
			before using your Sickbay.

	Bashir disconnects the cylinder from the console.

					BASHIR
				(continuing)
			It would've taken me days to
			analyze this device with the
			computer I have on DS Nine...

	Data eyes the cylinder.

      STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - TEASER      5.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			What type of device is it?

					BASHIR
			It was discovered in the Gamma
			Quadrant. I think it may be some
			kind of medical instrument.

	Data examines the cylinder.

					DATA
			It appears to employ beam inputs.

					BASHIR
				(nods)
			I'm hoping it's a medical scanner.
			I want to use your computers to
			find out how it works.

	Beat.

					DATA
			I suggest we go to Engineering and
			begin with a full circuit pathway
			diagnostic.

	Bashir smiles at the invitation.

					BASHIR
			Splendid.

	Data lifts the cylinder. As they head for the door,
	Bashir eyes Data with genuine curiosity.

					BASHIR
			I must admit, Commander... I
			didn't think you'd be so...
			personable.

	Data gives him a look. As they EXIT...

7    INT. DS9 - PROMENADE - REPLIMAT

	Geordi and Worf are sitting at the table. Geordi's
	plate is still full and pushed away from him. Worf
	eats with enthusiasm.

					GEORDI
			I'll have to talk to Chief O'Brien
			about the replicators.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Birthright" - 12/10/92 - TEASER         6.

7    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI (CONT'D)
			I don't know how you can keep
			eating it...
				(beat)
			It tastes like... liquid polymer.

	Worf's plate is almost empty -- he's just finishing.

					WORF
			Delicious.

	Geordi pushes his plate away, stands.

					GEORDI
			I think I'll try the kiosk on the
			other side of the Promenade. It
			looked like they've got real food.

	Worf nods. Geordi walks off down the Promenade. A
	beat goes by as Worf eats... then:

					SHREK (O.S.)
			Klingon... you are the Starfleet
			Klingon.

	Worf looks toward the voice. INCLUDE Shrek -- the
	alien seen earlier. He is standing near Worf's table.

					WORF
			Yes... I am Lieutenant Worf.

					SHREK
			Worf... son of Mogh?

	Worf eyes him warily.

					WORF
			What of it?

	Shrek sits down at the table. He leans in close to
	Worf, speaks in a low voice -- manipulative but
	articulate.

					SHREK
			I am Jaglom Shrek. A man with
			information to sell.

					WORF
			You have no information I could
			want.

					SHREK
			I wouldn't be so sure...

         STAR TREK: "Birthright" - 12/10/92 - TEASER         7.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

	Worf is growing annoyed -- he stands to go.

					SHREK
				(quickly)
			It is about your father... Mogh.

	Worf stops, stiffens -- turns to Shrek.

					WORF
			My father died twenty-five years
			ago at Khitomer.

	Shrek fixes him with a look.

					SHREK
			That is what you believe...
				(beat)
			What if I told you... he is still
			alive?

	OFF Worf's reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT ONE      8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

           (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)            

8    INT. DEEP SPACE NINE - REPLIMAT

	As before, Worf and Shrek. Worf is disbelieving.

					WORF
			My father is dead.

					SHREK
			He's not. I know where he is.

					WORF
			How is that possible?

	Shrek leans back in his chair, eyes Worf shrewdly.

					SHREK
			I expect to be paid for my
			information. Perhaps we can
			negotiate an exchange. The
			location of your father, for fifty
			bars of --

	Worf's temper flares -- he GRABS Shrek by the shirt.

					WORF
				(hard)
			Tell me what you know.

	Shrek is shaken, but determined to make a deal.

					SHREK
			Not all of the Klingons at
			Khitomer were killed during the
			massacre. Many were captured by
			the Romulans... and placed in a
			prison camp on a remote planet...
				(beat)
			Your father was among them.

					WORF
			Where is this planet?

					SHREK
			Not far from here... I can give
			you the location... for a price.

      STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT ONE      9.

8    CONTINUED:

	Worf considers. He grows angry.

					WORF
			A Klingon would rather die than be
			taken prisoner. I should kill you
			for spreading lies about my
			family.
				(adamant)
			My father was killed defending
			Khitomer.

	Worf lets go of Shrek, then storms off down the
	Promenade. As Shrek watches him go...

                                             CUT TO:

9    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	docked at DS9.

10   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Later. RIKER, TROI, N.D.s at their positions. Worf is
	standing at tactical, looking agitated. A SECURITY
	N.D. ENTERS from a Turbolift and crosses to Worf. He
	hands Worf a PADD and turns to go. Worf reads it.

					WORF
				(to N.D.)
			Ensign Lopez.

	The N.D. turns to Worf.

					WORF
				(snaps)
			This duty roster is unacceptable.
			The assignments must be listed in
			order of priority. Prepare it
			again.

	The hapless N.D. takes the PADD and stares down at it,
	confused by the harsh command.

					WORF
			I will expect it no later than oh
			nine hundred hours. Understood?

	The N.D. nods, cowed, and quickly heads for a
	Turbolift. Worf continues working. Riker walks up
	behind Worf at Tactical.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT ONE     10.

10   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Worf, I'll need that rendezvous
			schedule sent over to Commander
			Rudman on the Merrimac as soon as
			you --

					WORF
				(cutting him off)
			I am aware of your request,
			Commander.

	Riker reacts to Worf's abruptness, a little taken
	aback.

					RIKER
			Lieutenant... are you alright?

	Worf calms himself -- knows he's made a mistake. He's
	on edge, and it shows.

					WORF
			I am... fine, sir.
				(beat)
			I will send the schedule... Excuse
			me, sir...

	Worf heads for a Turbolift and EXITS. As Riker and
	Troi exchange a concerned look...

11   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	Later. Worf is dressed in his workout uniform,
	practicing his martial arts (as seen in "Man of the
	People"). His motions are slow and deliberate at
	first, as he tries to clear his mind... calming
	himself...

	Gradually, it becomes clear that he is having trouble
	concentrating. His actions grow sharper and faster --
	more violent with emotion. Finally, his anger flares
	and he yells out, SMASHING his arm down onto a table,
	SHATTERING it into several pieces.

	He stands there a moment, breathless, staring at it.
	The door CHIMES.

					WORF
			Enter.

	The door OPENS and Troi comes in, takes in the scene --
	sees the broken table.

					TROI
			Did the table do something wrong?

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT ONE     11.

11   CONTINUED:

	Worf is agitated.

					WORF
			No...

					TROI
			I'm glad you weren't that hard on
			Ensign Lopez.

					WORF
			He made a mistake. The duty
			roster was inaccurate.

					TROI
				(right back at him)
			Would you like to talk about
			what's bothering you... or would
			you like to break some more
			furniture?

	Worf glances at the broken table and manages to calm
	down a little. He takes a breath... this is difficult
	for him to talk about.

					WORF
			Today on the Promenade... I was
			approached by a Yridian. He knew
			who I was... and tried to sell me
			information about... Mogh.

					TROI
			Your father?

	Worf nods grimly.

					WORF
			He claimed that my father is
			alive... being held in a Romulan
			prison camp.

					TROI
				(reacts)
			My god... could it be true?

	Worf begins to move about the room, restless, his
	emotions stirring once again.

					WORF
			A Klingon would never allow
			himself to be captured. A warrior
			fights to the death.

        STAR TREK: "Birthright" - 12/10/92 - ACT ONE        12.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			If my father were alive... it
			would dishonor his sons and their
			sons for three generations...
				(beat)
			Even Alexander would bear the
			burden of guilt.

					TROI
			So you're willing to ignore the
			possibility... because you're
			concerned about dishonor?

	Worf's anger rushes to the surface.

					WORF
			My father is dead -- the Yridian
			is selling lies!

	Troi stares at him, unruffled.

					TROI
			If you're so sure of that... why
			are you still upset?

	A long beat. Worf doesn't have an answer.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Worf... you can't deny the
			possibility just because you don't
			want it to be true.

	Worf is silent, fuming, struggling with his feelings
	about the situation. Troi can sense that this isn't
	going anywhere. She tries to comfort Worf.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			If you want to talk about this...
			you know where to find me.

	Troi turns and EXITS. Worf is left to stare at the
	broken table, Troi's words still hanging in the air...

12   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Data, Bashir and Geordi are examining the battered
	cylinder seen earlier. Data indicates several input
	ports on the cylinder.

      STAR TREK: "Birthright" -REV. 12/11/92 - ACT ONE      13.

12   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			If we transfer twenty megajoules
			of energy from the dilithium
			chamber into the plasma inputs, it
			should be enough to activate the
			device.

	Geordi nods.

					GEORDI
			Sounds like it's worth a try.
				(beat)
			You two can start by connecting
			the coil to the chamber. I'll
			configure the energy transfer...

					BASHIR
			Right.

	Data and Bashir move to the warp core. They begin to
	connect a fiber optic cable to the cylinder. As they
	work...

					BASHIR
			Data... may I ask you a personal
			question?

					DATA
			Certainly.

					BASHIR
			Does your hair grow?

	Data thinks a moment, taken aback by the question.

					DATA
			I can control the rate of my
			follicle replenishment. However,
			I have not yet had a reason to
			modify the length of my hair.
				(beat)
			Why do you ask?

					BASHIR
			Just curious...

	Bashir finishes connecting the cable to the cylinder.

					BASHIR
			Power conduits ready...

      STAR TREK: "Birthright" -REV. 12/11/92 - ACT ONE      14.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

	Data connects the other end of the cable to the
	dilithium chamber. Bashir opens a PANEL on the side of
	the cylinder and starts to make adjustments to the
	circuitry. Data kneels beside him to assist.

	They work for a moment... then Bashir glances at Data.
	Something about his face catches his attention. He
	moves closer, staring directly at his nose. Data takes
	note.

					DATA
			Is there something wrong, Doctor?

					BASHIR
			You're breathing...

					DATA
			Yes. I do have a functional
			respiration system. However, its
			purpose is to maintain the thermal
			control of my internal systems.
			I am, in fact, capable of
			functioning for extended periods
			in a vacuum.

	Bashir nods, fascinated. He reaches over and feels
	Data's wrist.

					BASHIR
			And you have a pulse...

					DATA
			My circulatory system not only
			produces bio-chemical lubricants,
			but regulates micro-hydraulic
			power.

	Bashir looks impressed. They work for a moment.

					DATA
				(intrigued)
			Most people are usually interested
			in my extraordinary abilities.
			How fast I can compute, my memory
			capacity, how long I will live.
				(beat)
			But no one has ever asked me if my
			hair can grow, or noticed that I
			can breathe.

	Bashir smiles.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT ONE     15.

12   CONTINUED: (3)

					BASHIR
			Your creator went to a lot of
			trouble to make you seem human...
			I find that fascinating.

	Data considers. Geordi completes his work at the
	console.

					GEORDI
			We're ready to begin the transfer.

	Data completes the last connection on the cylinder.

					DATA
			The power connections are
			complete.

					BASHIR
				(to Data)
			I'll monitor the coil's saturation
			rate. Will you keep an eye on the
			transient power response?

					DATA
			Of course.

	Data picks up a nearby tricorder and points it toward
	the cylinder.

					DATA
			We are ready, Geordi.

					GEORDI
				(working)
			Initiating energy transfer...

	We HEAR a HUMMING NOISE from the warp core -- then the
	cylinder's lights come ALIVE, blinking.

					BASHIR
				(off cylinder panel)
			Power levels are holding steady...

					DATA
				(off tricorder)
			Transient response is normal.

	Suddenly, the cylinder's lights begin to pulse FASTER.
	Bashir looks concerned.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT ONE     16.

12   CONTINUED: (4)

					BASHIR
			Hold on... I'm picking up a power
			surge...
				(beat)
			Reduce the transfer rate...

	Geordi works the console.

					GEORDI
			Reducing rate by... twenty
			percent.

	Without warning, a TENDRIL of ENERGY arcs out from the
	coil and directly onto Data's tricorder. Data's body
	CRACKLES with BLUE LIGHT and he is JOLTED BACKWARD onto
	the floor.

13   CLOSE ON DATA'S FACE

	as he falls to the floor. Geordi and Bashir can be
	heard talking, alarmed --

					BASHIR (V.O.)
			Geordi -- shut it down!

					GEORDI (V.O.)
			His net's been overloaded --

	Their voices grow distant... then fade away into total
	silence. Data's eyes are closed.

	PULL BACK TO REVEAL:

14   INT ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR

	Data is now lying on the floor in the corridor. He
	gets to his feet, glances around, startled at the
	change in setting. He begins walking down the
	corridor. The hall is empty and totally SILENT. There
	is an eerie and surreal quality to the scene, as in a
	dream. WE ARE EXPERIENCING DATA'S INTERNAL VISION.

	Data keeps walking, until a METALLIC BANGING SOUND is
	heard echoing in the corridor, cutting through the
	silence -- like metal on metal. Data stops, listens a
	moment, then turns down a different corridor, following
	the sound...

        STAR TREK: "Birthright" - 12/10/92 - ACT ONE        17.

15   INT. ANOTHER CORRIDOR

	Data walking along. He sees something ahead of him...
	slows down at the sight...

16   A BLACKSMITH

	in full blacksmith attire, is sitting on a small bench
	in the middle of the corridor, a few feet away from
	Data. The man is pounding on a steel ANVIL with a
	HAMMER. His head is turned down, his face obscured.

17   DATA

	approaches the man... curious... He stops at the man,
	stares down at him...

18   THE BLACKSMITH

	looks up at Data -- it is DOCTOR NOONIAN SOONG. He is
	a younger Soong than seen in "Brothers" -- a man in his
	late forties, hair graying slightly.

19   DATA

	reacts to the sight. Suddenly the scene...

                                             FADES TO BLACK.

	FADE IN:

20   INT. ENGINEERING

	Data opens his eyes. He is still lying on the floor --
	but a PANEL on the side of his head is now OPENED.
	Geordi is working on the circuitry within. Bashir
	stands nearby, watching anxiously. Data sits up and
	glances around the room.

					BASHIR
			Data, are you alright?

					DATA
			I believe so.
				(beat)
			What happened?

					GEORDI
			A plasma shock overloaded your
			positronic net. You were down for
			a good thirty seconds.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT ONE     18.

20   CONTINUED:

	Data thinks a moment.

					DATA
			That cannot be correct.
				(beat)
			I have a memory record for that
			period of time. I can recall a
			series of images.

	Data tilts his head, perplexed -- he looks at Geordi.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I saw Doctor Soong... my father.

	OFF their reactions...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT TWO     19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

21   INT. ENGINEERING

	A few hours later. Data is running an internal self-diagnostic.
	A PANEL on his head is OPEN. Geordi is
	scanning Data's circuitry with a diagnostic INSTRUMENT.
	Bashir looks on, concerned.

					GEORDI
				(off instrument)
			I can't find anything wrong with
			your positronic sub-processors...
			or with your controllers...

	Geordi shuts off the instrument.

					GEORDI
			No sign of a residual energy
			fluctuation... cascade
			overload...

					DATA
			My internal diagnostic indicates
			that my memory systems are
			functioning within normal
			parameters.
				(beat)
			For the forty-seven seconds that
			I was inactive, there is no record
			of any cognitive activity.

					GEORDI
			There's no doubt about it, Data --
			you were completely shut down.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT TWO     20.

21   CONTINUED:

	A beat as they try to make sense out of the strange
	situation.

					GEORDI
			Maybe you had some kind of random
			power fluctuation... and it
			accessed one of your memory files.

					DATA
			That is not possible. The image
			I saw was of Doctor Soong as a
			young man. I encountered him only
			much later in his life.

	Data is perplexed.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			There does not appear to be a
			rational explanation for my
			experience.

	They consider. Finally, Geordi CLOSES the panel on
	Data's head.

					GEORDI
			I'll take a look at the diagnostic
			log again...
				(beat)
			In the meantime, we'd better
			disconnect that medical device...

	Geordi moves to a console across the room. Bashir and
	Data cross to the dilithium chamber and begin to
	disconnect the cylinder from the core.

					BASHIR
				(casually)
			Maybe we're going about this the
			wrong way...

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT TWO     21.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			What do you mean?

					BASHIR
			Maybe you had a dream... or a
			hallucination...

					DATA
			I am not capable of either of
			those functions.

					BASHIR
			But you can't account for what
			happened today... can you?

					DATA
			At present, I cannot.

	Bashir picks up the cylinder, turns to Data.

					BASHIR
			Maybe you should approach this
			from a more... human standpoint.
			You're right that machines can't
			have hallucinations...
				(beat)
			But then again... most machines
			can't grow hair.

	Data looks at him. OFF his intrigue...

                                             CUT TO:

22   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as before, docked at DS9.

23   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Worf is sitting alone by the windows, a drink on the
	table. His back is turned to everyone in the room --
	clearly, he does not want to be bothered. He is lost
	in thought, reflecting on the day's events...

24   INCLUDE DATA

	as he ENTERS and scans the room -- sees Worf and heads
	for his table. He slows as he gets closer, not sure
	how to approach the inpenetrable-looking Worf.

        STAR TREK: "Birthright" - 12/10/92 - ACT TWO        22.

24   CONTINUED:

	He opens his mouth to say something, thinks better of
	it, then turns to go...

	Worf sees him.

					WORF
			Wait.

	Data stops. Worf turns.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			What is it, Commander?

					DATA
			I am sorry to bother you. But I
			have a question of a personal
			nature. Do you have a moment?

	Worf is not in the mood for this, but...

					WORF
			A moment.

	Worf gestures to a chair and Data sits down.

					DATA
			I have heard you mention that you
			once experienced a vision.

					WORF
			Yes... when I was young... my
			adoptive parents arranged for me
			to partake in the Rite of MajQa.

					DATA
			I understand it involves deep
			meditation inside the lava caves
			of No'Mat. Prolonged exposure to
			the heat induces a hallucinatory
			effect.

	Worf thinks a moment... remembers his experience.

					WORF
			I spent six days in the lava
			caves. For five days I saw
			nothing. Then, on the sixth day,
			as I was preparing to leave the
			caves... Kahless came to me.


     STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT TWO     23.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Kahless. The entity you invoke
			during the Klingon Death Ritual?

					WORF
				(nods)
			When he appeared before me... he
			told me that I would do what no
			Klingon had ever done.

	Data considers.

					DATA
			You did become the first Klingon
			in Starfleet.

					WORF
			Yes. It is as he said.

	A beat as Worf remembers the event -- clearly, it has
	great meaning in his life. He looks at Data.

					WORF
			Why are you asking me about this?

					DATA
			I have recently had an unexplained
			experience, which might be
			described as a "vision".

	Worf leans forward, fascinated.

					WORF
			What happened?

					DATA
			An accident in Engineering shut
			down my cognitive functions for a
			short period of time. And yet, I
			seemed to remain conscious.
				(beat)
			I saw my father.

	Worf reacts -- the image strikes a chord in him.

					WORF
			You are fortunate. That is a
			powerful vision.

					DATA
			If it was a vision, I am not sure
			how to proceed.

					WORF
				(it's obvious)
			You must find its meaning.

	Data gives him a quizzical look.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT TWO     24.

24   CONTINUED: (3)

	Worf contemplates.

					WORF
				(explains)
			If it has anything to do with your
			father, you must learn all you can
			about it.
				(beat)
			In the Klingon MajQa ritual, there
			is nothing more important than
			receiving a revelation about your
			father.

	As Worf gives advice to Data, he suddenly realizes he's
	talking to himself as well...

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Your father is part of you...
			always. Learning about him tells
			you about yourself...
				(beat)
			That is why, no matter where he
			is... or what he's done... you
			must find him.

	Data looks puzzled.

					DATA
			But I am not looking for my
			father.

	Worf looks at him.

					WORF
			Yes, of course...

	Worf's next words are meant just as much for him, as
	they are for Data.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Do not stop until you have the
			answer.

	Data thinks for a beat.

					DATA
			Thank you, Worf.

	Worf nods. Data stands and heads for the door. Worf
	takes a breath... stares out the window into space...
	reflecting...

        STAR TREK: "Birthright" - 12/10/92 - ACT TWO        25.

25   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	docked at DS9.

26   INT. DS9 - PROMENADE - LOWER LEVEL

	Worf is walking past the storefronts, searching through
	the crowd. He glances upward -- sees Shrek on the
	upper level. He heads for the stairs with intent...

27   ANGLE - UPPER LEVEL

	where Shrek is standing, munching on a snack, his eyes
	sweeping the crowd as though on constant alert.
	Suddenly he senses something behind him, turns -- and
	sees Worf standing there, staring at him. He steps
	back, startled.

					SHREK
			Lieutenant Worf... you have
			reconsidered...

					WORF
			Yes. I wish to go to the Romulan
			prison camp.

	Shrek smiles.

					SHREK
			Excellent. I can provide you with
			the coordinates...

					WORF
			No. You will take me there.

	Shrek reacts.

					SHREK
			That is impossible. I have no
			means of transportation --

	Worf steps toward him, menacing.

        STAR TREK: "Birthright" - 12/10/92 - ACT TWO        26.

27   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			I checked the station records.
			You have a vessel capable of warp
			speed.

					SHREK
				(stammering)
			I do not... have the time... I
			have other business...

	Without warning, Worf GRABS Shrek by the shirt and PINS
	him against the railing. Shrek glances nervously at
	the promenade below.

					WORF
			What is the real reason you do not
			want to take me? Is it because
			what you have said is not true?

	Shrek hesitates, nervous -- comes clean.

					SHREK
			The camp is located on the edge of
			Romulan space. It is a dangerous
			journey...

					WORF
			Dangerous...
				(beat)
			It would be more dangerous for you
			to refuse.

	Shrek is cowed.

					SHREK
			Very well... But I will require
			full payment in advance...

					WORF
			I will pay you after.

					SHREK
			But --

	Worf pushes him a little further off the railing.

					SHREK
				(quickly)
			Yes... yes, of course. After.

	Worf moves close to him, face-to-face.

        STAR TREK: "Birthright" - 12/10/92 - ACT TWO        27.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			And if you are lying... if there
			is no prison camp...
				(beat)
			I will kill you.

	Worf releases him, turns and walks away. OFF Shrek's
	shaken expression...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT THREE    28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

28   EXT. SPACE - SHREK'S SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

29   INT. SHREK'S SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	(Redress of Enterprise shuttle.) Shrek and Worf at the
	controls. Worf is dressed in DARK CAMOUFLAGE CLOTHING.
	They are studying a console MONITOR that shows a
	blurry, grainy GRAPHIC of a jungle and the surrounding
	terrain -- like a reconnaissance photo.

					SHREK
				(re: graphic)
			The Romulan guards have a
			detection perimeter. It will be
			necessary to transport you to the
			surface thirty kilometers from the
			prison camp.

	Worf eyes the graphic.

					WORF
			The foliage is very dense. It
			will take me approximately twelve
			hours to reach the camp.
				(beat)
			I will have to travel during the
			night.

					SHREK
			That would be unwise. This is not
			an empty jungle. There are many
			predators.

					WORF
				(confident)
			I am prepared.

					SHREK
			Very well. But I would recommend
			that you look up from time to
			time. The arboreal needle snake
			likes to attack from above.

	Worf shoots a him a look. Shrek works the console.

					SHREK
			I will provide you with a map of
			the camp...

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" -REV. 12/11/92 - ACT THREE     29.

29   CONTINUED:

	Worf watches Shrek for a moment, curious.

					WORF
			How did you learn of this camp?

					SHREK
			That is not important for you to
			know.

					WORF
			Why have you not informed the
			Klingon government of this place?

					SHREK
			I sell information... I do not
			give it away.

	Worf grows angry.

					WORF
				(accusing)
			You withhold this information...
			for profit.

	Shrek bristles at the accusation -- he fixes Worf with
	a cold look.

					SHREK
			I have my reasons, Mister Worf.

					WORF
			What reason could you have for
			letting these people suffer?

	A tense beat. Shrek opts not to answer, turns back to
	the console.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" -REV. 12/11/92 - ACT THREE     30.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					SHREK
			We will arrive in the Carraya
			Sector in approximately three
			hours. I suggest you get some
			rest.

	Worf eyes him a beat, then stands and moves to work at
	the rear of the shuttle.

30   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	docked at DS9.

31   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is at his desk, studying a computer terminal.
	The door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Data ENTERS.

					PICARD
			Yes, Mister Data?

					DATA
			I am sorry to disturb you, sir.

       STAR TREK: "Birthright" - 12/10/92 - ACT THREE       31.

31   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Not at all. I'm just studying the
			intricacies of Bajoran aqueduct
			management...
				(lightly)
			I could use an interruption about
			now. Please, sit down.

	Data sits.

					DATA
			I require your advice. I have
			come to an impasse regarding my
			recent unexplained experience.

	Picard leans forward, intrigued -- he's heard about the
	incident.

					PICARD
			Oh yes... of course... your
			"vision" of Doctor Soong. How's
			your investigation coming along?

					DATA
			I have analyzed over four thousand
			different religious and
			philosophical systems, as well as
			over two hundred psychological
			schools of thought in an effort to
			understand what happened.

					PICARD
			What have you found?

					DATA
			I have been unable to find a
			single interpretation of the
			images I saw during the time I was
			shut down.
				(beat)
			The image of a hammer, for
			instance, could have many
			different meanings. Klingon
			culture views the hammer as a
			symbol of power. However, the
			Taqua tribe of Nagor views it as
			an icon of hearth and home. The
			Feregni see it as a sign of sexual
			prowess.

	Picard considers.


     STAR TREK: "Birthright" -REV. 12/10/92 - ACT THREE     32.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I'm curious. Why are you looking
			at all these other cultures?

					DATA
			The interpretation of visions and
			other metaphysical experiences are
			almost always culturally derived.
				(beat)
			And I have no culture of my own.

					PICARD
			Yes you do. You are a culture of
			one. And that's no less valid
			than a culture of one billion.

	Picard stands, begins to walk around the room,
	compelled by Data's mystery.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Perhaps the key to understanding
			your experience is to stop looking
			into other sources for meaning...
				(explains)
			You wouldn't look at
			Michaelangelo's David... or
			Symnay's Tomb... and ask "what
			does this mean to other people?"
			The real question is, "what does
			it mean to you?"

	Data considers this.

					PICARD
				(with emphasis)
			Explore the image, Data. Let it
			capture your imagination. Focus
			on it... spend some time with
			it... and see where it takes you.
			Let it inspire you.

	Data nods. He stands, driven by Picard's words.

					DATA
			I believe I understand, sir.
			Thank you.

					PICARD
			Good luck, Data.

	Data EXITS. Picard smiles after him for a moment...
	then his face falls as he turns to the comparatively
	mundane matters on his terminal...

    STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT THREE    33.

32   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Decorated as usual; including a large POTTED PLANT
	visible in the corner. Data ENTERS and walks to his
	desk. He sits down and begins to contemplate the day's
	events. His CAT, Spot, hops up onto his lap. Data
	pets him a moment, absorbed in thought...

	He gets an idea. He glances across the room, toward a
	CANVAS which sits on an easel. He eyes it a moment,
	then stands and crosses to it. He picks up a paint
	brush. A long moment goes by as he considers the blank
	canvas... letting his thoughts form and take shape...
	then he dips the brush into a palette of oils and
	begins to PAINT...

	After a beat, he stops to eye what he's done so far...
	satisfied, he continues to paint... faster... and
	faster...

	MOVE TO REVEAL: THE PAINTING. It's the beginnings of
	a blacksmith at an anvil. As Data paints, faster, now
	at android speed...

33   EXT. JUNGLE - NIGHT

	A small, moonlit clearing in a dense tropical FOREST.
	From out of the foliage, Worf and Shrek appear. Worf
	is in his dark clothing, a BACKPACK strapped to his
	back. Shrek looks nervous. He takes a step forward,
	eyeing the area... then points the way...

					SHREK
			The camp is in a Southeasterly
			direction. After approximately
			ten kilometers, you will reach the
			edge of the sulfur canyons. Look
			for a riverbank -- follow it
			until you reach the camp.

	Worf nods -- peers into the dark forest. He's anxious
	to get going. Shrek hands Worf a small DEVICE.

					SHREK
				(re: device)
			This is a homing device. It will
			allow you to find my ship when I
			return. I will not be landing in
			the same location.

    STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT THREE    34.

33   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			When will you be back?

					SHREK
			Fifty hours.
				(beat)
			Do not be late.

	Shrek turns and walks away. Worf watches as he
	disappears into the trees. Then he turns and peers
	into the direction of the prison camp. A long beat as
	he considers the dense and mysterious jungle. He takes
	a few steps forward...

	From somewhere in the distance, the SCREECH of a wild
	animal is heard. Worf hesitates, listening... silence
	again, except for the gentle rustling of the trees.

	Worf nervously looks above him... just checking for
	needle snakes... then tightens the backpack, steels
	himself, then begins to walk through the forest.

	As he disappears into the murky jungle...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         


     STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT FOUR     35.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

34   EXT. JUNGLE - NIGHT

	Worf is moving through the trees, covered with mud and
	brush -- he's been travelling for many hours, and it's
	beginning to show. He stops at a tree, leans against
	it to take a rest... takes off his backpack and pulls
	out a CONTAINER of water. He takes a long, thirsty
	drink. A quiet moment as he catches his breath...

	Somewhere in the distance, the SOUND of splashing water
	can be heard. Worf freezes at the sound, listens...
	then quietly puts on his backpack and makes his way
	through the jungle toward the noise...

35   NEW ANGLE

	of Worf moving through the jungle, following the
	splashing sound. The noise grows louder as he gets
	closer... closer... until he stops and parts the
	trees... peers out and reacts to something he sees...

36   WORF'S POV

	of a POND in the jungle. Splashing around in the water
	is a young and beautiful KLINGON WOMAN -- BA'EL. She
	is nude, and oblivious to Worf's presence, enjoying her
	bath...

37   WORF

	steps back slightly and watches in silence... curious
	about the woman... surprised at the sight of her...

38   BA'EL

	rinses herself a few more times, luxuriating in the
	water. Then she begins to make her way toward the
	shore. As she emerges from the water...

39   WORF

	moves back into the jungle so he cannot be seen. Ba'el
	can be glimpsed in the background, partially obscured
	by trees, as she comes out of the water and slips into
	a loose-fitting robe...

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT FOUR     36.

39   CONTINUED:

	Worf accidentally brushes against a branch -- it makes
	a slight CRACKING sound.

40   BA'EL

	stops at the noise -- glances around, startled.

					BA'EL
			Who's there?

	Worf remains motionless, silent. Ba'el pulls the robe
	against her body, covering herself. She takes a step
	toward the trees...

					BA'EL
			Toq... is that you?

	No answer. She peers hard into the dark forest -- and
	can make out a shape behind the trees. She reacts,
	annoyed.

					BA'EL
			I can see you...
				(wry)
			I hope you're enjoying yourself.

	She takes a step toward the trees.

41   WORF

	isn't sure what to do. He watches as the Klingon woman
	makes her way toward him... closer...

					BA'EL
			Toq, I swear I will hang you by
			your...

	She pulls aside the branches and sees Worf. She gasps,
	stumbling backward, alarmed at the sight of him.

	Worf goes after her, tries to calm her down.

					WORF
			Stop, please...

	She stops at the edge of the pond, shaken.

					BA'EL
			Who are you?

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" -REV. 12/11/92 - ACT FOUR     37.

41   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			I have come to help you...

	She stares at him, confused.

					BA'EL
			Help me... ?

					WORF
			Yes...
				(beat)
			How did you get out of the camp?
			Does anyone know you are gone?

					BA'EL
			Yes... I come here often...

	Worf moves to her, urgent.

					WORF
			You must lead me to the camp.

	She studies his face, amazed.

					BA'EL
			You are Klingon... Where have you
			come from?

					WORF
			That does not matter. I am here
			to take you home.

					BA'EL
				(confused)
			Home... this is my home...

	Before Worf can respond, a NOISE is heard from
	offscreen. Someone is approaching. Worf reacts,
	startled.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT FOUR     38.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(quickly)
			It is important that you tell no
			one you saw me.

	Ba'el isn't sure what to make of him... or what he
	says. But she nods anyway, intrigued with him.

	Worf quickly hides amongst the trees.

42   A ROMULAN GUARD

	appears from within the jungle and walks up to Ba'el.
	The Romulan says something to her, but his words are
	not clear. Ba'el nods, grim-faced, and the two of them
	continue walking through the trees.

	Worf watches them, tense. Then he begins to move after
	them with Klingon stealth and speed. As he follows...

                                             CUT TO:

43   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	docked at DS9.

44   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	CLOSE ON A PAINT BRUSH sweeping across a canvas,
	quickly laying down bold strokes of color...

	PULL BACK TO REVEAL: THE PAINTING. It portrays a bird.
	Only Data's hand can be seen, working on the
	painting...

	The door CHIMES.

					DATA (O.S.)
			Enter.

45   ANGLE ON DOORS

	as they open and Geordi ENTERS.

					GEORDI
			Data, where have you been? We
			were supposed to...

	Geordi trails off, amazed at what he sees...

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT FOUR     39.

45   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Data... what are you doing?

46   MOVE TO REVEAL: THE ROOM

	There are at least TEN PAINTINGS of various shapes and
	sizes spread around the room, many on easels, others
	hanging where there is available space. Geordi
	ventures into the cramped area and gazes at the various
	paintings. Some of the paintings are complete; others
	are works in progress. All of the images are
	variations on a single theme: images derived from
	Data's "vision."

	Many paintings show various angles of a blacksmith, his
	face obscured, working at an anvil. Others portray a
	bird's wing -- full views and details of feathers. One
	shows a blue sky, with a flock of birds visible flying
	in formation. The image of smoke is prevalent, as well
	as other details from the vision: The bucket. An
	Enterprise corridor. An anvil. A hammer. A hand. A
	piece of glowing hot metal.

47   INCLUDE DATA

	who is standing between two canvases, a brush in each
	hand, working on two paintings at once. One painting
	shows a plume of smoke rising out of the bucket; the
	other is a rough sketch of what appears to be his
	father's face. Data wears an artist's smock, which is
	colorfully splattered with paint.

					DATA
			I am painting.

					GEORDI
			I can see that...

	Geordi tries to take it all in.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			How long have you been at this?

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT FOUR     40.

47   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I have created twenty-three
			individual illustrations over the
			past six hours, twenty-seven
			minutes.
				(beat)
			I believe you could say -- I have
			been "inspired."

					GEORDI
			I'll say...

					DATA
			I have done as Captain Picard
			suggested: I have tried to explore
			the images.

					GEORDI
			Has it helped?

					DATA
			I am not sure.

	Data stops painting and moves amongst the maze of
	paintings. Geordi follows.

					DATA
				(re: paintings)
			I began by painting the image of
			the blacksmith. Then the anvil.
			The hammer. Doctor Soong's face.

	Data then stops at a painting of a BUCKET, out of which
	a plume of SMOKE is blasting upward. Strange, violent.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			The thought then occurred to me
			that I should paint -- smoke.

	Geordi reacts.

					GEORDI
			Smoke... why smoke?

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" -REV. 12/11/92 - ACT FOUR     41.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I cannot explain it. It was not
			an image I saw during my vision.

	Geordi contemplates the painting.

					GEORDI
			Well... you have the smoke coming
			out of a bucket of water.
			Blacksmiths sometimes used water
			to cool the metal. Maybe that's
			why you painted it...

					DATA
			Perhaps.

	Data moves to another painting -- the image of a BIRD'S
	WING.

					DATA
				(re: painting)
			After I painted smoke, it occurred
			to me to paint -- a bird's wing.

	Data gestures to various paintings:

					DATA
			I then drew an entire bird. A
			flock of birds flying in
			formation. An individual feather.
				(beat)
			If the image of a bird is related
			to my vision, I do not understand
			how.
				(beat)
			I am left with more of a mystery
			than ever.

	Data considers, lays down his paint brush. He has come
	to a decision.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/16/92 - ACT FOUR     42.

47   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Geordi, I would like to recreate
			the experiment which caused my
			initial shut down.

	Geordi reacts -- he doesn't like the idea.

					GEORDI
			What for?

					DATA
			I do not know how much longer my
			vision would have continued, had
			I not been reactivated.

					GEORDI
				(dubious)
			Your neural net was almost fused
			by that plasma shock. I don't
			think it's such a good idea to try
			it again...

					DATA
			I am aware of the risks involved.
			But I can see no other way to
			investigate my experience.
				(beat)
			Will you help me?

	Geordi considers -- he doesn't like the idea, but he
	wants to help his friend. Finally...

					GEORDI
			Okay... I'll get Doctor Bashir.

					DATA
			And I will prepare the power
			transfer.

	Geordi nods and EXITS. Data turns to a painting of a
	bird. As he stares at it, his face unreadable...

                                             CUT TO:

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" -REV. 12/11/92 - ACT FOUR     43.

48   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	A few hours later. Bashir is present, and is setting
	up the plasma coil cylinder seen earlier. He is
	connecting the optical cable from the cylinder to the
	dilithium chamber.

	Everything is similar to the experiment in Act Two, but
	now Data is sitting on a chair near the chamber. A
	PANEL on his head is OPEN, and an optical cable leads
	from his head to a console. Geordi is making a final
	adjustment to his circuitry.

					GEORDI
				(to Data, re: cables)
			We're going to monitor every subsystem
			in your positronic net. If
			I see any neural pathways overload
			beyond sixty-five percent... I'm
			shutting down the experiment.

					DATA
			Agreed.

	Bashir finishes connecting the cable from the cylinder
	to the dilithium chamber.

					BASHIR
			We're ready.

	Geordi takes a breath, then moves to a console.

					GEORDI
			Initiating energy transfer...

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" -REV. 12/11/92 - ACT FOUR     44.

48   CONTINUED:

	The sequence of events are exactly as they were before;
	but now the attitudes are markedly different: everybody
	knows what is about to happen. Geordi and Bashir take
	a few steps away from Data, keeping a safe distance.

					GEORDI
			Get ready, Data...

	Data picks up a tricorder and makes a few adjustments.
	He then points it at the cylinder, as he did the last
	time.

	We HEAR a HUMMING NOISE from the warp core -- then the
	cylinder's lights begin to blink rapidly.

					BASHIR
				(off cylinder panel)
			Power levels are rising...

	The humming noise INTENSIFIES. Data braces himself.

					GEORDI
			Should be any second now...

	And it happens: A TENDRIL of ENERGY arcs out from the
	coil and directly onto Data's tricorder. Data's body
	CRACKLES with BLUE LIGHT and he is JOLTED BACKWARD --

49   CLOSE ON DATA'S FACE

	as he falls back into the chair. Geordi and Bashir can
	be heard talking, but their voices grow distant... then
	fade away into total silence. Data's eyes are closed.

	PULL BACK TO REVEAL:

50   INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR

	He begins walking down the hall. It is empty and
	silent. There is an eerie and surreal quality to the
	scene, as in a dream.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT FOUR     45.

50   CONTINUED:

	We are experiencing Data's internal vision, as seen in
	Act One.

	Data keeps walking, until a METALLIC BANGING SOUND is
	heard echoing in the corridor, cutting through the
	silence. Data stops, listens a moment, then turns down
	a different corridor, following the sound...

51   INT. ANOTHER CORRIDOR

	Data walking along. He sees something ahead of him...
	slows down at the sight...

52   A BLACKSMITH

	in full blacksmith attire, is sitting on a small bench
	in the middle of the corridor, a few feet away from
	Data. The man is pounding on a steel ANVIL with a
	HAMMER. His head is turned down, his face is obscured.

53   DATA

	approaches the man... curious... he knows this is the
	blacksmith from his original "vision." He stops at the
	man, stares down at him...

54   THE BLACKSMITH

	looks up at Data -- it is Doctor Noonian Soong.

55   DATA

	reacts to the sight. He looks down at the anvil...

56   ANGLE ON THE ANVIL

	as the hammer moves away to reveal what is not a piece
	of metal -- but a delicate BIRD'S WING.

57   THE BLACKSMITH/DOCTOR SOONG

	stares at Data a moment, then picks up the bird's wing
	with a pair of metal tongs... and dunks the wing into
	a BUCKET. SMOKE bursts up out of the bucket.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT FOUR     46.

57   CONTINUED:

	Data steps back from the smoke. Then the smoke clears
	away to reveal:

	Soong is gone. The bucket is also missing -- in its
	place is a live BIRD. Data stares at the bird,
	confused.

	Suddenly, the bird FLIES away -- and off down the
	corridor. Data watches it go...

					DATA
				(to himself)
			That bird did not appear in my
			original experience. This vision
			is different.

	From offscreen:

					SOONG (O.S.)
			Of course it's different.

	Data turns toward the voice. In the blink of an eye,
	everything changes:

58   INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Data is now standing on the Bridge. It is empty,
	except for the potted plant from his room, and a few of
	his recent paintings, which hang on various walls of
	the Bridge. His cat, Spot, is sleeping in the
	Captain's chair.

	Doctor Soong is standing in front of Data. There is a
	whimsical quality to Soong.

					SOONG
				(continuing)
			It's never the same. Always
			changing. Unpredictable. It
			doesn't make sense...

	Soong begins to move about the room -- and the SOUND of
	a FLOCK OF BIRDS is heard rushing overhead. Data looks
	up, but sees nothing.

					DATA
				(to Soong)
			Father, what is happening?

					SOONG
			I don't know, Data. What is
			happening?

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT FOUR     47.

58   CONTINUED:

	Data glances around.

					DATA
			We are on the Bridge of the
			Enterprise. My cat is present,
			and my potted plant, and my
			paintings.

	Soong looks pleased.

					SOONG
			A wonderful beginning. Still a
			little grounded in the mundane,
			but showing promise...

	Data looks puzzled.

					DATA
			I do not understand.

	Soong moves toward Data. The SOUND of the blacksmith's
	hammer POUNDING on metal can be heard with each step
	that he takes. Surreal.

					SOONG
			You're not supposed to. No man
			should know where his dreams come
			from. It spoils the mystery...
			the fun.

	Soong reaches out a hand and touches Data's face.... he
	smiles.

					SOONG
				(continuing)
			I'm proud of you, son. I wasn't
			sure you'd ever develop the
			cognitive abilities to make it
			this far...
				(beat)
			But if you're here... if you can
			see me... it means you've crossed
			the threshold from being a
			collection of circuits and
			subprocessors... and have started
			a wonderful journey.

					DATA
			What type of journey?

	In the blink of an eye, it all changes:

     STAR TREK: "Birthright" -REV. 12/11/92 - ACT FOUR     48.

59   NEW ANGLE - A BED

	is now on the Bridge. Data is lying on the bed,
	startled by the change in setting. Soong is standing
	beside the bed. The sound of birds SINGING can be
	heard.

	Data looks around, startled by the change in setting.

					SOONG
				(continuing)
			Think of it as an empty sky.

	Soong begins to pull up the bed covers, as if tucking
	in a small child. Data considers his words.

					DATA
			I do not understand.

	Soong gently closes Data's eyes.

					SOONG
				(gently)
			Shhh.... just dream, Data...
			dream...

	Soong leans in close to Data and whispers into his ear.

					SOONG
			You are the bird.

	MOVE CLOSE ONTO DATA'S FACE -- as he opens his eyes,
	suddenly understanding what it all means...

                                             DISSOLVE TO:

60   INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR

	We are MOVING down the corridor in a floating POV -- as
	though through the eyes of a bird. Faster down the
	empty corridor... then we turn down another corridor
	and see Soong the blacksmith working at the anvil...
	and we SWOOP UPWARD into the light on the ceiling as
	the scene...

                                             DISSOLVES TO:

         STAR TREK: "Birthright" - REV. 12/10/92 - ACT FOUR         49.

61   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	A bird's eye view, MOVING past the Enterprise... and
	away from it... out into space... the stars whipping
	past... exciting... vast...

	The SOUND of a flock of BIRDS can be heard as we soar
	off into space...

                                             DISSOLVE TO:

62   INT. ENGINEERING

	CLOSE ON DATA'S FACE as he begins to regain
	consciousness. Geordi and Bashir are standing nearby.

	As Data reacts to his extraordinary experience...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "Birthright" -REV. 12/11/92 - ACT FIVE         50.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

63   INT. CORRIDOR

	Data and Bashir walking along, mid-conversation. Data
	is clearly back to normal again -- conscious and safe.

					DATA
			The images I saw during the time
			I was shut down were generated by
			a series of previously dormant
			circuits in my neural net.
				(beat)
			I believe Doctor Soong
			incorporated those circuits into
			my base programming, intending
			them to be activated when I
			reached a certain level of
			development.

					BASHIR
				(onto the idea)
			But the plasma shock activated
			them prematurely...

					DATA
			That is correct.

	They walk for a beat.

					BASHIR
			I'm curious... now that those
			circuits are active... what do you
			intend to do with them?

					DATA
			I plan to shut down my cognitive
			functions for a brief period of
			time each day.
				(beat)
			I hope to generate new internal
			visions.

					BASHIR
			It sounds like you're talking
			about dreaming...

					DATA
			An accurate analogy.

          STAR TREK: "Birthright" -REV. 12/11/92 - ACT FIVE         51.

63   CONTINUED:

	Bashir finds this fascinating.

					BASHIR
			Remarkable... This is just the
			kind of thing that could get me
			published in the Starfleet
			Cybernetics Journal...
				(beat)
			Would you mind if I authored a
			paper about all this?

					DATA
			Of course not.

	They reach a Turbolift. Bashir turns to him and
	smiles.

					BASHIR
			Thank you, Data.
				(beat)
			And... sweet dreams.

	Bashir enters the Turbolift and the doors slide shut.
	OFF Data's face as he considers his words...

64   EXT. PRISON COMPOUND - NIGHT - ANGLE - A CONCRETE
	WALL

	as seen from inside the compound. It's a tall security
	wall that surrounds the perimeter of the prison camp.
	A HAND clamps down from the outside of the wall and
	grabs hold of the edge... then a second hand appears.
	A moment later, Worf's head becomes visible as he
	hoists himself up and peers into the camp...

                                             INTERCUT:

65   WORF'S POV

	of the large, dimly lit compound. A couple of small
	BARRACKS are visible... a MEETING HALL... and a small
	GARDEN area. The architecture is 24th Century, but
	it's clearly a little rough around the edges.

	TWO KLINGONS -- middle-aged, dressed in simple tunics --
	round a corner and walk across the camp. Worf watches
	them carefully, trying to ascertain the situation. The
	two Klingons round another corner and disappear into
	the center of the camp, which cannot be seen...

            STAR TREK: "Birthright" - 12/10/92 - ACT FIVE           52.

65   CONTINUED:

	Worf pulls himself up onto the wall, tries to get a
	better view of the camp. FIRELIGHT can be seen
	flickering on a barrack wall... and faint VOICES can be
	heard. It is clear that people are gathering somewhere
	nearby.

	The faint strains of a haunting Klingon ARIA can also
	be heard. Although the voice is weathered and a little
	past its prime, it carries great feeling, and Worf is
	momentarily caught up by it...

66   TWO ROMULAN GUARDS

	suddenly round a corner. Worf immediately drops his
	head below the wall's edge to avoid being seen. He
	waits a tense moment before pulling himself up again.
	He glances around to make sure the coast is clear, then
	he pulls himself over the wall and DROPS to the ground
	inside the camp...

67   NEW ANGLE - WORF

	inside the compound. He stays close to the wall a
	moment, silent and alert. Then he quickly runs to the
	shadows afforded by a barrack wall, and flattens
	himself against it. He looks around the corner toward
	the center of the compound...

68   WORF'S POV - ON THE CENTRAL SQUARE

	A half-dozen KLINGONS -- young and old -- dressed in
	the tunics are gathered around a large CAMP FIRE,
	listening to the gentle aria being sung by an elderly
	looking Klingon -- L'KOR.

					L'KOR
				(sings)
			"van'aj javDIch Qong DIr Sa'VIch
			ghIH yot quelI'Pa qevas HoH Qa... "
				(beat)
			"teblaw'nghu mughato'Du ylja'Qo'
			ylja'Qo' ylja'Qo'... "

	L'Kor trails off, ending the lullaby. The crackle of
	the fire a moment. Then L'Kor stands to go. He parts
	the crowd as he leaves the central square and makes his
	way across the camp. Worf watches him as he enters the
	meeting hall...

            STAR TREK: "Birthright" - 12/10/92 - ACT FIVE           53.

69   INT. MEETING HALL

	A large, sparsely appointed room. Various rectangular
	tables are located here and there, with accompanying
	chairs. The room is dimly-lit.

	L'Kor walks across the room, past a shadowy corner...

	Without warning, Worf jumps out from behind the
	darkness and GRABS L'Kor, clamping a hand over his
	mouth.

	L'Kor yells out in surprise, but his voice is muffled.

	Worf drags the struggling Klingon back into the
	shadows, where they cannot be seen. L'Kor continues to
	thrash about, tries to call out.

					WORF
				(harsh whisper)
			Quiet! I am a friend.

	A beat goes by... then L'Kor stops struggling. Worf
	removes his hand from L'Kor's mouth. L'Kor stares at
	him, stunned by the sight.

					L'KOR
			Who... who are you?

	Worf releases his grip on L'Kor, who turns to face him.
	They stare at one another... tense...

					WORF
			I am Worf... son of Mogh.

	L'Kor's eyes widen.

					L'KOR
			Why have you come here?

	Worf takes an anxious step toward him.

					WORF
			I have come to find my father. Is
			he alive? Is he here?

	L'Kor's expression darkens...

					L'KOR
			Your father... fell at Khitomer.

	Worf reacts to the news -- turns away. It's a shock.
	Deep down, he wanted to believe his father was alive...
	made the journey to find him... and now --
	disappointment. After a beat, he recovers...

          STAR TREK: "Birthright" -REV. 12/11/92 - ACT FIVE         54.

69   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Did he... die in battle?

					L'KOR
				(nods)
			He was fortunate.

	Worf eyes him.

					WORF
			You were captured...

	L'Kor nods, uncomfortable speaking of the matter.

					L'KOR
			During the battle, many Klingons
			were taken prisoner. We fought
			our captors... but we failed...

	Worf is angered by what has been done to them.

					WORF
			The Romulans robbed you of your
			right to die with honor.

	As if the memory were too much to bear, L'Kor nods
	grimly. Worf takes action -- speaks quickly, urgent.

					WORF
			There is little time. How many
			Klingons are being held here?

	L'Kor hesitates.

					L'KOR
			Seventy-three...

					WORF
			How many Romulans guard the camp?

	L'Kor isn't sure how to respond -- he tries to stall.

					L'KOR
			Worf... there are... things you do
			not understand...

					WORF
			What do you mean?

          STAR TREK: "Birthright" -REV. 12/15/92 - ACT FIVE         55.

69   CONTINUED: (2)

					L'KOR
				(halting)
			I must... speak with the Elders.

	L'Kor moves to the door and opens it... peers outside.

					L'KOR
				(summons)
			ghoS! (Come!)

	He turns back to Worf... moves to him... eyeing his
	face... remembering...

					L'KOR
			I knew your father well, Worf...

	L'Kor allows himself to become lost in the memory...

					L'KOR
				(continuing)
			And I remember you... a boy...
			barely able to lift a Bat'telth...
				(beat)
			Once... your father insisted we
			take you on the ritual hunt. You
			were so eager, you tried to take
			the beast with your bare hands...
			it mauled your arm...

	Worf instinctively touches his arm, remembering...

					WORF
			Yes... I still have the scar...

	Worf studies L'Kor's face...

					WORF
			I remember you now...

	A moment between them. Then L'Kor turns away, his face
	graven.

					L'KOR
			You should not have come here,
			Worf.

	Worf reacts.

					WORF
			I do not understand.

          STAR TREK: "Birthright" -REV. 12/11/92 - ACT FIVE         56.

69   CONTINUED: (3)

					L'KOR
				(with sadness)
			You should not have come.

	Suddenly, THREE OLDER KLINGONS -- two Elders and
	GI'RAL, a female -- ENTER. They stop at the sight of
	Worf, stunned by his presence.

					GI'RAL
				(re: Worf)
			Who is this?

	Worf steps forward.

					WORF
			I am Worf... son of Mogh. I have
			come to help you escape.

	The Elders exchange an uncertain glance.

					L'KOR
				(to others)
			He does not know.

	Gi'ral is alarmed at the situation.

					GI'RAL
			He must leave at once...

					L'KOR
			No. It is too late for that. He
			would bring others...

	L'Kor gestures to Worf.

					L'KOR
				(a command)
			vang ghaH! (Take him!)

	Without hesitation, the two Elders move toward Worf in
	a threatening manner. Worf reacts, makes a quick move
	toward the side door to get away -- but is grabbed by
	L'Kor.

            STAR TREK: "Birthright" - 12/10/92 - ACT FIVE           57.

69   CONTINUED: (4)

	A quick struggle -- until two of the Elders also seize
	Worf... and they drag him to a chair and pin him
	down...

	Worf can hardly believe his eyes. Here are his fellow
	Klingons, who he thought to be prisoners -- but their
	actions are utterly inexplicable. It's a chilling
	predicament, and Worf never stops resisting.

	L'Kor looks down at Worf, his expression hard --
	threatening.

					L'KOR
			We are not leaving here. And
			neither are you.

	OFF Worf's astonishment...

	SUPER:

                        TO BE CONTINUED                         

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                     "Birthright, Part II" 
                          #40276-243 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Rene Echevarria 
                              
                          Directed by 
                           Dan Curry 


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FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1992 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
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                         FINAL DRAFT
                         

      STAR TREK: "Birthright, Part II" - 12/22/92 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Birthright, Part II" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             SHREK
                RIKER              BA'EL
                DATA               GI'RAL
                TROI               L'KOR
                WORF               TOKATH
                GEORDI             TOQ
                BEVERLY            VARIOUS KLINGONS

                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  N.D. CREWMEMBERS   N.D. KLINGONS
                  TRANSPORTER CHIEF  N.D. ROMULANS
                                     TWO YOUNG MEN

      STAR TREK: "Birthright, Part II" - 12/22/92 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Birthright, Part II" 
                     
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                    EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE               USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              READY ROOM                 PRISON COMPOUND
          
            PRISON COMPOUND              JUNGLE
              MEETING HALL
              WORF'S QUARTERS            THE PLANET
              BA'EL'S FAMILY'S QUARTERS
          
            SHREK'S SHUTTLE

  STAR TREK: "Birhtright, Part II"" - 1/05/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE    

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                        "Birthright, Part II"   
                       
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE                       

                 GI'RAL          gi-RAWL
                 L'KOR           luh-KOR
                 BA'EL           BAH-el
                 TOQ             TAWK
                 GIN-TAK         gin-TAWK (hard G as in go)
                 MOK-BARA        mock-ba-RA
                 KAHLESS         KAY-less
                 KIN'TAR         kin-TAR
                 D'K TAHG        dock-TAWG
                 JINAQ           jin-AWK
                 QA'VAK          kah-VAK
                 KA-LA           KAH-la
                 MOLOR           moh-LOR
                 KI'TOW          ki-TAU


  STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - TEASER  1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                     "Birthright, Part II"                          
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

	(NOTE: Episode begins with a 90 second RECAP of Part
	I.)

1    INT. MEETING HALL - MOMENTS LATER

	L'KOR and the other Klingons have taken WORF back
	toward the center of the room; the Romulan Guards
	remain near the door.

					L'KOR
			We cannot leave this place.

	Worf can think of only one reason why:

					WORF
			Are you afraid to die escaping?

	L'Kor fixes him with a cold look.

					L'KOR
			We are dead, Worf. We died at
			Khitomer.

	Worf looks at them for an explanation.

					GI'RAL
			We were captured. It was worse
			than death.

					WORF
			Why did you allow it to happen?

	GI'RAL is angered by what Worf's question implies.

					GI'RAL
			We had no choice!
				(she explains)
			We were defending an outpost on
			the perimeter... the Romulans took
			out our shields... their next
			blast rendered us unconscious...
			when we awoke... we were
			prisoners... unarmed and shackled.

  STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - TEASER  1A.

1    CONTINUED:

	Worf reacts almost viscerally to this humiliation.

					L'KOR
			We were interrogated for three
			months. We tried to starve
			ourselves... but they kept us
			alive.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - TEASER     2.

1    CONTINUED:

					GI'RAL
			The Romulan Commander -- Tokath--
			thought he was being kind.

					L'KOR
			The Romulans hoped to trade our
			lives for territorial concessions.
			But the Klingon High Council
			refused to negotiate.
				(beat)
			They would not acknowledge their
			warriors had been taken prisoner.

					GI'RAL
			When it was clear that we would be
			of no use to them, Tokath offered
			to let us go.

					L'KOR
			But we knew that our families
			believed we had fallen in battle.
			We did not wish to return and
			dishonor them.

					GI'RAL
			We asked Tokath to let us stay.
			He took pity on us.

	Worf takes all this in. After a beat:

					WORF
			I understand your desire to
			preserve your families' honor.
			But what of your own? There is no
			honor in remaining prisoners.

					L'KOR
			We lost our honor when we were
			captured. It does not matter what
			happens to us.

					GI'RAL
			All that matters is that our
			families are not dishonored.

	One of the Elders has been going through Worf's
	backpack and steps forward to give L'Kor something he
	found -- it is Worf's COMBADGE.

  STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - TEASER  3.

1    CONTINUED: (3)

					L'KOR
				(to Worf)
			This is Starfleet... where did you
			get it?

					WORF
			I am a Starfleet officer.

	Several of the Klingons laugh out loud at this
	assertion.

					WORF
			Much has changed since Khitomer.

	L'Kor looks at Worf and sees that he's telling the
	truth.

					L'KOR
			It does not matter. The world
			outside these walls no longer
			exists for us. We do not speak of
			it.

					GI'RAL
			You should try to forget that
			world as well.

	L'Kor regards Worf sadly.

					L'KOR
			Why did you come here, Worf? If
			you had found your father... you
			would have found only dishonor.

					WORF
			If he had been captured as you
			were, if I had found him here...
			I would be glad to see him. There
			would be no room in my heart for
			shame.

	L'Kor takes this in, his expression unreadable.

					L'KOR
			Much has changed since Khitomer.
			I can only hope that if my son
			came here... he would be Klingon
			enough to kill me.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - TEASER     4.

1    CONTINUED: (3)

	With this, L'Kor turns and leaves the room. Off Worf's
	reaction we...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

    STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - ACT ONE    5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

           (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)            

2    EXT. COMPOUND (DAY)

3    OMITTED

4    ANGLE - WORF

	He is sitting alone on a BENCH to one side of the
	compound, surveying it. He looks around at the
	activity in the compound -- a young man is gardening;
	a group of young people run and play a game; three men
	play a game with dice.

	People go about their business, occasionally casting
	surreptitious glances at the stranger in their midst.
	Every time Worf's eye meets someone else's, they seem
	to turn away and return to what they were doing.

	This place is more a village than a prison -- flowers
	are planted near the well tended barracks; the wall
	that once served to pen prisoners is still there, but
	the gate is left open and people come and go at will.

	While there are several generations of Klingons in the
	camp, the only Romulans are the middle-aged guards who
	have been at this post for the last twenty years. Worf
	is the first person they've had to guard in a long time
	and they have to remind themselves to keep an eye on
	him and not be distracted by the goings on in the camp.

  STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/08/93 - ACT ONE  6.

4    CONTINUED:

	Worf stands and begins to walk the perimeter of the
	compound wall, eyeing possible avenues of escape. The
	Guards keep a watchful eye.

	Worf's path takes him past a young man tending a
	vegetable patch at one end of the compound. The young
	man, TOQ, looks up from his hoeing, but when he sees
	it's Worf he resumes his work as if he has no interest
	in the stranger.

	Worf is about to continue his reconnoitering when he
	notices what Toq is using to hoe the ground: an
	elaborately carved Klingon BATTLE SPEAR.

	Without hesitation, Worf marches toward him and
	snatches it from his hand.

					WORF
			This is a Gin'tak spear.

					TOQ
				(reaching for it)
			What of it?

	Worf is outraged.

					WORF
			Have your parents taught you
			nothing? This is used for battle --
			not for tilling soil.

  STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/08/93 - ACT ONE  7.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					TOQ
			We have no need for weapons here.
			The war is far away.

					WORF
			What war?

					TOQ
				(it's obvious)
			The war our parents came here to
			escape.

	Worf realizes that the young people have not been told
	everything.

					WORF
			That war... has been over for
			years.

	Toq looks at him skeptically, and snatches the spear
	back from him -- Worf doesn't resist.

					TOQ
			I'm not interested in what you
			have to say, Klingon. I have work
			to do.

	He turns away and resumes his hoeing. Worf watches him
	for a moment, then walks away, dismayed by the young
	man's total ignorance of his culture.

	He looks over at the Romulan Guards and sees that they
	have been watching the whole thing. They seem a bit on
	edge, as if uncertain how to react to the stranger's
	behavior. Worf decides to play it cool so as not to
	provoke them. He returns to where he was sitting
	before.

	After a moment, Worf looks up and sees that BA'EL, the
	young woman he saw in the woods, is looking at him.
	She is the first person in the camp to hold his gaze,
	and Worf returns it without realizing it... suddenly
	they both become embarrassed and look away.

	After a beat, she approaches him.

					BA'EL
			Hello again, Worf.

  STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/08/93 - ACT ONE  8.

4    CONTINUED: (3)

	Worf acknowledges with a curt nod.

					BA'EL
			They say you're going to stay here
			with us.

	Worf realizes she too hasn't been told everything.

					WORF
			Not by choice.

					BA'EL
			Aren't you happy to escape the
			war?

	Worf looks at her, beginning to realize the extent of
	the lie they've been told.

					WORF
			The war...

					BA'EL
			Yes... we've heard the stories all
			our lives. How people are
			slaughtered in terrible battles...
			forced to fight, whether they want
			to or not. That's why our parents
			came here -- to make a safe
			home... a place where they could
			raise their children in peace.
				(beat)
			I should think you'd be relieved
			to get away from the fighting.
			You're safe here.

					WORF
			A place can be safe -- and still
			be a prison. Where I come from,
			people are free to come and go as
			they choose.

	Ba'el thinks he's misread the situation. Ingenuously --

					BA'EL
			So are we.

	Worf regards the young woman.

					WORF
			Tell your Father you would like to
			leave. Tell him you want to visit
			the Klingon home world. See what
			he says.

    STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - ACT ONE    9.

4    CONTINUED: (4)

	Ba'el looks at him, considers. There is something
	almost defensive in her voice when she replies.

					BA'EL
			Why would I want to go there?
			It's dangerous.

					WORF
			Not any longer.

	Suddenly Gi'ral calls out to her daughter from across
	the compound.

					GI'RAL
				(off-camera)
			Ba'el! Come here!

	Ba'el and Worf look up and see Gi'ral heading toward
	them.

					BA'EL
			Yes, mother.
				(to Worf)
			You are not allowed to leave the
			compound?

	Worf shakes his head no. She stands.

					BA'EL
				(flirting)
			Then I suppose I won't be seeing
			you at the pond again.

	Worf looks away uncomfortably and she smiles and moves
	toward her mother.

					GI'RAL
				(a harsh whisper)
			I told you not to speak with him.

					BA'EL
			I'm sorry, mother.

    STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - ACT ONE    10.

4    CONTINUED: (5)

	With a last glance back at Worf, Ba'el crosses away
	with her Mother.

	After a moment, TWO FAINT BEEPS are heard. Worf
	touches the TRANSPONDER hidden in his hem, then stands
	and crosses toward his quarters.

5    INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	Worf ENTERS and takes out the TRANSPONDER Shrek gave
	him. It is FLASHING, indicating that Shrek's shuttle
	has returned.

	Worf hides the TRANSPONDER again and considers his
	options. He crosses to the light control panel and
	inspects it. He pries it off the wall with his fingers
	in order to get at the circuity inside. He removes a
	piece of circuitry and begins to reconfigure it.

	The sound of approaching footsteps prompts him to close
	the panel and move to his bunk.

	There is a knock at the door.

					WORF
			Enter.

	The door swings open to reveal a middle-aged Romulan
	standing there. It is TOKATH, the officer mentioned by
	Gi'ral and L'Kor.

					TOKATH
			I am Tokath.

	Worf reacts to the name, but says nothing.

					TOKATH
			I can return later if I am
			disturbing you... ?

	Worf fixes him with a look.

					WORF
			It is a strange thing when a
			jailer concerns himself with his
			prisoner's comfort.

					TOKATH
				(smiles)
			Mine is a strange prison.

 STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/08/93 - ACT ONE 11.

5    CONTINUED:

					WORF
			You robbed the Klingons of who
			they were. You dishonored them.

					TOKATH
				(challenging)
			By not slitting their throats when
			we found them unconscious?

					WORF
			I don't expect you to understand.
			You are a Romulan.

					TOKATH
			You're just like L'Kor was twenty
			years ago. Proud and angry. He
			hated me; all the Klingons did.
			And I had no love for them -- I
			won't deny it.
				(beat)
			When I informed the High Command
			that the Klingons wanted to remain
			here... I was told that unless I
			stayed to oversee them myself,
			they would be killed.
				(beat)
			My decision ended my military
			career.

					WORF
			Why did you do it?

	Tokath regards him for a beat.

					TOKATH
			I don't expect you to understand.
			You're a Klingon.

	Worf stares at him, perplexed by this complicated man.

					TOKATH
			But I do expect you to understand
			this: we've put aside the old
			hatreds. Here, Romulans and
			Klingons live in peace. I won't
			allow you to destroy what we have.

					WORF
			Do not deceive yourself. These
			people are not happy here. I see
			sadness in their eyes.

					TOKATH
			That's not what I see when I look
			in my wife's eyes.

 STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - ACT ONE 12.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

	Worf looks up sharply. Tokath regards him solemnly.

					TOKATH
			I married a Klingon.

	Worf reacts.

					TOKATH
			So you see, when I warn you not to
			disrupt our lives here, I'm not
			speaking just as a jailer... but
			as a man protecting his family.

	He fixes Worf with a look.

					TOKATH
			Do not test my tolerance.

	He turns on his heel and EXITS, leaving Worf still
	reeling from his revelation.

6    EXT. COMPOUND (DAY)

	A Klingon woman puts an empty container in a storage
	barrel set against the compound wall.

	Worf sees her, then looks over to see if the guards are
	looking at him. He ambles his way toward the barrel as
	if heading in no particular direction.

	When he's near it, he checks to make sure he isn't
	being watched and tosses the circuitry he took from the
	light panel into the barrel.

	He crosses over to where Ba'el is sitting with a woman
	who is rocking her CHILD to sleep in her arms. Ba'el
	is softly signing a lullaby in Klingon.

	Worf recognizes the words as being the same as the aria
	L'Kor sang the first night. As before, there is
	something about the way it is being sung that makes him
	frown slightly.

					BA'EL
			Bagh Da tuHmoh. ChojaH Duh rHo.
			ylja'Qo' ylja'Qo' ylja'Qo

			van'aj javDIch Qong DIr Sa'VIch
			ghIH yot quelI'Pa qevas HoH Qa

	She looks up when he approaches and smiles as she
	finishes the gentle melody -- the child is asleep.

 STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - ACT ONE 13.

6    CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Do you know what that song means?

					BA'EL
			No. I just like the melody.

	Worf is disturbed to hear this. Suddenly there is an
	EXPLOSION in the barrel. Everyone rushes toward it to
	see what is happening except Worf. He backs away until
	he's near the wall, then turns and begins to climb it.

	Ba'el looks back to see where Worf is, and catches a
	glimpse of him as he skips over the wall. Her heart
	leaps to her throat but she says nothing... he is gone.

	Suddenly one of the Romulans spies Worf and trips a
	warning KLAXON.

7    EXT. JUNGLE (DAY)

	as Worf makes his way through it at a run. He reacts
	to the sound of the klaxon and hurries away.

                                             CUT TO:

8    HIS PURSUERS

	as the Romulan guards push through the same area of
	vegetation Worf just passed -- they are only moments
	behind him.

    STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - ACT ONE    14.

9    WORF

	as he glances back over his shoulder and changes
	direction.

10   HIS PURSUERS

	as they crane their heads to try and catch a glimpse of
	their quarry through the foliage.

11   WORF

	as he comes to the pond where he saw Ba'el and splashes
	his way through it, then up the other side and away.

12   HIS PURSUERS

	as they come to the pond. Some go around, some
	through.

13   WORF

	as he hides in some fronds. Two booted figures pass
	within feet of him as they search for him. When
	they're gone, he steals away in another direction.

14   HIS PURSUERS

	as they catch sight of him through a break in the
	foliage and resume their chase.

15   WORF

	as he comes to a clearing and sees a figure standing on
	the other side -- it is SHREK, the alien who brought
	him to the planet. Through the foliage, we catch a
	glimmer of his shuttle's hull.

16   SHREK

	as he waves Worf to come toward him. Suddenly a look
	of concern crosses his features.

17   WORF

	as he reacts to the change of expression on Shrek's
	face -- too late. Suddenly he's tackled to the ground
	by a figure that lunges into the frame.

    STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - ACT ONE    15.

18   SHREK

	as he takes a last look back at Worf and disappears
	into the foliage.

19   WORF

	on the ground, wrestling with whoever tackled him. He
	manages to throw the figure off him and is stunned to
	discover that it is Toq, the young Klingon who was
	tending the garden.

	Worf reacts to the discovery that he is being chased by
	his own kind. Before he can do anything the Romulan
	guards come crashing through the brush brandishing
	weapons.

	Worf is caught. Off Toq's look of satisfaction we...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

 STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/13/93 - ACT TWO 16.

                            ACT TWO                             

20   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it hangs in space.

					PICARD (v.o.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46580.1.
			The Yridian vessel Lieutenant Worf
			boarded at Deep Space Nine has
			failed to arrive for our scheduled
			rendezvous. It is now twelve
			hours overdue.

21   INT. BRIDGE

	PICARD ENTERS from his Ready Room. RIKER, DATA, TROI
	and various N.D's are at their posts.

					RIKER
			Still no sign of them on long
			range scanners, sir.

	Picard looks concerned.

					PICARD
			Contact DS Nine -- find out what
			they know about this Yridian
			trader.

	Riker moves toward an Aft station.

					RIKER
			Hopefully he filed a flight plan
			before he left the station.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			That's the only chance we have of
			finding Worf.

 STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/13/93 - ACT TWO 17.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard settles into his chair next to Troi.

					PICARD
			When Worf asked for leave... I had
			the feeling he was hoping none of
			it was true: that his father was
			dead, that he hadn't been
			captured.

					TROI
			I think part of him was hoping
			that. But another part of him
			wanted more than anything to find
			his father.

					PICARD
			I'm sure that's true.
				(beat)
			But if Mogh... or any other
			Klingon... had been held prisoner
			for twenty years... would they
			want to be found?

	Troi acknowledges his point. Off their shared
	concern...

 STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - ACT TWO 18.

22   EXT. SPACE - THE PLANET (OPTICAL)

	Establishing.

23   INT. MEETING HALL (DAY)

	Tokath ENTERS. L'Kor is with Worf, who is seated. The
	tension in the room is palpable. Toq and a Romulan
	guard stand off to the side, weapons in hand.

					TOKATH
			I have alerted the Romulan border
			patrols to be on the lookout for
			a Yridian ship.

					L'KOR
			If it escapes... others will learn
			that we're here.

					TOKATH
			I've ordered surveillance stepped
			up. If there are more intruders,
			we'll stop them.

	Tokath signals the guards. Toq and the Romulan step
	forward. The Romulan aims his weapon at Worf's head so
	that he won't resist, and Toq grabs Worf's arm and
	pulls his sleeve up.

	Tokath pulls a HYPO type device from his pocket.

					TOKATH
			We haven't had to use one of these
			in a long time.

	He holds the device to Worf's skin and administers an
	injection.

					TOKATH
			It implants a small boridium
			pellet under the skin... we can
			use its energy signature to track
			you.

	Worf looks down at his arm with a grim expression.
	L'Kor regards him, his face almost sympathetic.

					L'KOR
			In time, you will grow accustomed
			to life here.

	Worf looks at him with undisguised distaste.


 STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/08/93 - ACT TWO 19.

23   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Never.

	Tokath realizes the intransigent Klingon will not
	accept his captivity easily.

					TOKATH
				(to L'Kor)
			He is one of yours. Deal with him
			however you like.
				(beat)
			But I warn you... if he becomes a
			disruption, I will not be so
			tolerant.

	L'Kor nods and Tokath turns and EXITS. L'Kor turns to
	Worf and regards him with a steely expression.

					L'KOR
			Toq... you will guard him.

	The youth steps forward.

					L'KOR
				(indicating Worf)
			He is free to move around inside
			the compound. But make certain he
			does not cause trouble.

	L'Kor and the Romulan guard turn away and EXIT. Worf
	and Toq size each other up. Toq is pleased to be
	trusted with this assignment and intends to be
	vigilant.

 STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/08/93 - ACT TWO 20.

24   OMITTED

25   WORF

	as he comes around a corner into the space between two
	barracks. He smashes a fist against a barrack wall in
	frustration. Realizing he has to get hold of himself,
	he takes a deep breath and straightens his spine. He
	holds two fingers together and passes them down along
	the length of his torso -- this is the first movement
	of the Mok'bara, the Klingon martial art we saw him
	doing in Part One.

	He begins to do the forms of the ritual exercise --
	deliberate and controlled, centering himself.

26   INTERCUT WITH BYSTANDERS

	as they begin to notice what the stranger is doing.
	Several teenaged Klingons watch Worf in fascination.
	Ba'el comes to see what they are looking at, as does
	Toq -- though everybody keeps their distance.

	Ba'el decides to approach Worf.

					BA'EL
			What are you doing?

	Worf leans into a forward thrust and holds the
	position.

					WORF
			The Mok'bara...

 STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/08/93 - ACT TWO 21.

26   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			The forms clear the mind... and
			center the body.

	He stands and pivots into a new position, moving his
	arm in front of him in a controlled arc. Ba'el tries
	to mimic the movement. Worf sees her awkward attempt
	and does it again for her.

					WORF
			No. Like this...

	She tries again, better this time. Ba'el looks at him,
	intrigued. He does another movement, slowly -- a
	second time for her benefit. She mimics it, and Worf
	notices TWO YOUNG MEN at a distance, trying the forms
	themselves. After a hesitant glance at each other,
	they cross over to him.

	Behind them, Toq looks on... concerned.

					WORF
				(to the gathered young
				 people)
			This is the Mok'bara... a great
			warrior called Kahless invented
			the forms when he went to the
			underworld in search of his
			father. Kahless showed him the
			forms, and his father was able to
			remember his body and return to
			the world of the living.

	The young people look on in fascination.

					WORF
			First you must learn to breathe...
			stand up... as tall as you can...

	They do as he says.

 STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/08/93 - ACT TWO 22.

27   ANGLE - TOQ

	as he decides Worf shouldn't be doing this and begins
	to cross toward him.

28   WORF

	as he corrects one of the young men.

					WORF
			Take a wider stance.

	Suddenly Toq is behind Worf and reaches to grab him by
	the shoulder.

					TOQ
			You must stop --

	But before he knows what is happening, Worf has grabbed
	him by the arm and flipped him over so that he is
	holding him from behind. It happens so fast Toq can't
	even resist.

					WORF
			The forms are the basis for
			Klingon combat. You would be wise
			to learn them.

	Worf stands Toq up and lets him go.

					WORF
			I will teach you. Join us.

	Toq straightens his tunic and glares at Worf.

					TOQ
			We'll see what L'Kor thinks of
			this.

	He stomps away in anger. Worf looks after him, then
	turns back to the others.

					WORF
			Again... take your stance...

	Off the faces of the gathered youths...

29   INT. BA'EL'S FAMILY'S QUARTERS

	A redress of Worf's quarters, though these are
	cluttered with the trappings of a family's everyday
	life. Ba'el sticks her head in the door.

   STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - ACT TWO   22A.

29   CONTINUED:

					BA'EL
			Mother?
				(when there's no answer)
			She's not here. Come in...

    STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - ACT TWO    23.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

	Ba'el leads Worf inside. She takes him to a corner and
	pulls a CLOTH off a large CHEST.

					BA'EL
			This is what I wanted to show you.

	She opens the chest and Worf sees that it is packed
	with Klingon ARTIFACTS: armor, knives, insignia, arm
	bands, etc.

					BA'EL
			I don't know why, but I'm not
			supposed to look at these things.

	She reaches inside and pulls out an armored BREASTPLATE.

					BA'EL
			They're Klingon, aren't they?

					WORF
			Yes...

					BA'EL
			I thought you might be able to
			tell me about them.

					WORF
				(pointing to breastplate)
			This is a warrior's armor.

	He pulls out a ceremonial dagger, inspects it.

					WORF
			And this is the D'k tahg...

	He brushes at some rust on the blade.

					WORF
			It should not be allowed to rust
			like this...

	Ba'el reaches inside and pulls out a beautiful AMULET
	hanging on a chain.

					BA'EL
			Isn't it beautiful?

	She puts it around her neck. Worf leans in to look at
	the design of the amulet -- he and Ba'el are very
	close, their heads almost touching.

   STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - ACT TWO   23A.

29   CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF
			That is a Jinaq... it is given to
			a daughter when she comes of age,
			old enough to take a mate.

	Ba'el blushes and looks down. Worf realizes and is
	suddenly uncomfortable as well. Suddenly:

					GI'RAL
				(off-camera)
			Ba'el!

					BA'EL
			Mother --

	Gi'ral ENTERS and sees Ba'el wearing the amulet.

					GI'RAL
			Take that off at once.

	Ba'el stands and takes the necklace off.

					GI'RAL
				(to Worf)
			Go.

    STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - ACT TWO    24.

29   CONTINUED: (4)

					WORF
			Why is she forbidden to know what
			these things are?

					GI'RAL
			They do not matter here. Go.

	Ba'el gestures that he should comply. Worf contains
	his frustration and EXITS.

30   EXT. COMPOUND (NIGHT)

	Worf is recounting a Klingon myth around the campfire.
	His listeners are mostly young people, including Ba'el,
	their faces in rapt attention as he tells the story.
	An old Klingon woman sits nearby, listening and
	nodding. Toq sits further away, smirking to himself at
	the parts of the story he finds less than credible.

					WORF
			... Kahless held his father's
			lifeless body in his arms. He
			could not believe what his brother
			had done. Then his brother threw
			their father's sword into the sea,
			saying that if he could not
			possess it, neither would Kahless.
			That was the last time the
			brothers would speak.

31   REVEAL L'KOR

	standing in the shadows, listening with some concern.

32   SCENE

					BA'EL
			What happened to the sword?

					WORF
			Kahless looked into the ocean and
			wept, for the sword was all he had
			left of his father... and the sea
			filled with his tears and flooded
			beyond the shore.

	Toq scoffs to himself.

   STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - ACT TWO   24A.

32   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			The people begged Kahless to stop
			his weeping, and he did... and
			walked into the water to find the
			lost sword.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - ACT TWO    25.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF (Cont'd)
			He searched and searched the murky
			ocean bottom, holding his breath
			for three days and three nights...

	This is too much for Toq and he scoffs out loud:

					TOQ
			That is impossible!

	Worf fixes him with a look.

					WORF
			For you, perhaps. Not for
			Kahless. He was a great warrior.

					TOQ
			You're making it up.

					WORF
			These are our stories. They tell
			us who we are.

	The old woman nods to herself. Suddenly L'Kor's voice
	rings out.

					L'KOR
			It is late. It is time to sleep.

	The young people grumble a little but stand to go.
	Ba'el gives Worf a long look as she leaves. L'Kor
	stands there until the young people are all gone... his
	eyes locked on Worf's. They face off, as if a silent
	battle is engaged. At last, L'Kor turns and disappears
	into the shadows.

33   EXT. THE COMPOUND (NIGHT)

	as Worf approaches the door to his quarters.

					BA'EL
				(off-camera)
			Worf...

	She emerges from the shadows.

					BA'EL
			You never answered my question.

	Worf doesn't know what she means. There is a smile in
	her voice.

    STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - ACT TWO    26.

33   CONTINUED:

					BA'EL
			Did Kahless find his father's
			sword?

					WORF
			Yes. He found it.

	She moves closer.

					BA'EL
			The stories you tell... are they
			true?

					WORF
			I have studied them all my life...
			and find new truths in them every
			time.

	Around them, the camp is asleep. They are alone in the
	moonlight.

					BA'EL
			Kahless... did he ever take a
			mate?

					WORF
			That is... another story.

					BA'EL
			Tell me...

	She moves very close to him. Worf can't resist his
	attraction to her. He closes his eyes... leans in
	close, takes her scent in the Klingon manner. Their
	cheeks touch... he nuzzles her neck, relishing the
	smell of her skin.

	He reaches up to touch her hair, the side of her
	head... he pulls her hair back off her ears and is
	stunned to see that they are pointed like a
	Romulan's... He reacts viscerally, pulls away. He
	stares at her, uncomprehending.

					WORF
			You are... Romulan.

	Ba'el doesn't understand his reaction. She looks at
	him, confused and hurt...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - ACT THREE27.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

34   EXT. COMPOUND (NIGHT)

	Worf has moved away from Ba'el, doesn't face her. She
	walks toward him, perplexed by his attitude.

					BA'EL
			Tokath is my father. I thought
			you knew that.

	Worf can't even get his mind around it.

					WORF
			How could your mother... mate with
			a... Romulan?

	Ba'el is equally unable to understand Worf's attitude.

					BA'EL
			Why shouldn't she?

					WORF
			It is... an obscenity.

	Ba'el's face falls... she is stunned by the intensity
	of his feelings.

					BA'EL
			What are you saying? They love
			each other...

					WORF
			Romulans are treacherous...
			deceitful... they are without
			honor.

					BA'EL
			My father is a good man. He is
			kind, and generous... there is
			nothing dishonorable about him.

					WORF
			He was part of a cowardly attack
			on Khitomer... thousands of
			Klingons were massacred -- many of
			them women and children.

 STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/13/93 - ACT THREE 28-29.    

34   CONTINUED:

	She stares at him.

					BA'EL
			I don't know what you're talking
			about. My father came here to
			escape the wars. He would never
			kill anyone.

	Worf turns on her, impatient with the lies.

					WORF
			Ask him. Ask your mother. Tell
			them you want to know the truth.

	Their eyes lock for a moment; hers in a moment of
	uncertainty... a realization that they have taken a
	step that can never be taken back... a wish that they
	could regain the romantic feelings that had threatened
	to overwhelm them just a few moments ago. But Worf's
	eyes are cold. She turns and leaves without another
	word.

35   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it hangs in space.

35A  OMITTED

35B  INT. BRIDGE

	as Picard ENTERS from the Ready Room and joins Riker
	and GEORDI at an Aft Science station.

					PICARD
			What is it, Number One?

					RIKER
			We just received the Yridian's
			flight plan from Deep Space Nine.

STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/13/93 - ACT THREE30.

35B  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			He gets around... he's been to
			three different systems in the
			past week -- he could have left
			Worf at any of them.

	Picard frowns; he was hoping for better evidence.

					PICARD
			Are any of these systems near
			Romulan space?

					GEORDI
			Two of them. The Nequencia and
			the Carraya systems.

	Picard considers.

					PICARD
			Let's head for the closer one.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

	Riker moves away. Picard and Geordi share a look of
	concern for their missing friend.

36
thru	OMITTED
38

39   EXT. SPACE - THE PLANET (OPTICAL)

	Establishing.

40   INT. BA'EL'S FAMILY'S QUARTERS

	Ba'el is tidying up somewhat aimlessly, lost in
	thought. There is a knock at the door. She opens it
	and sees Worf standing there. She doesn't let him in.

					BA'EL
				(tight)
			What do you want?

					WORF
			I... I am sorry if I upset you.

	Ba'el's face softens at the apology. She moves away
	from the door, tacitly agreeing to hear him out. Worf
	comes in. This is hard for him.

  STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - ACT THREE  30A.

40   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			I was surprised... I became angry.
			But I do not blame you. You
			cannot help being what you are.

	She stares at him, sensing that this apology might be
	somewhat qualified.

STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - ACT THREE31.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					BA'EL
			There's nothing wrong with what I
			am.

	Worf tries to explain.

					WORF
			What I mean is... it is not your
			fault.

					BA'EL
			What? Being born? I'm sorry if
			that offends you.

	Worf stops at this, tries to grapple with it.

					WORF
			No, I...

	In his frustration, he falls back on what he knows.

					WORF
			It is hard to explain. Klingons
			and Romulans are blood enemies --
			we have been for centuries...

					BA'EL
			Not here. Here we live in peace.

					WORF
			But I do not live here.

	She moves toward him, making a personal appeal.

					BA'EL
			Worf... before you knew... you
			were attracted to me.

STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - ACT THREE32.

40   CONTINUED: (3)

	Worf can't deny it.

					BA'EL
			Can't you leave the hatred behind,
			too? Can't you accept me... as I
			am?

	Worf stares at her, torn... he knows the rightness of
	what she says. But --

					WORF
			I don't know.

	Ba'el is crushed. She turns and RUNS off-camera into
	another room. Worf stares after her for a moment and
	then turns to leave. He sees Gi'ral standing there,
	eyes burning into him.

					GI'RAL
			What have you done to her?

					WORF
			You are responsible. She is what
			she is because of you.
				(with disgust)
			Lying down with a Romulan.

					GI'RAL
			Who are you to judge me?

	She speaks quietly, but there is an inner intensity
	that burns from her.

					GI'RAL
			My husband died at Khitomer. We
			had left a son on the Home
			World... five years old. The
			first year I was here I thought I
			would die from the pain of knowing
			I'd never see him again.

	She moves away, pacing as she talks.

   STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - ACT THREE   33.

40   CONTINUED: (4)

					GI'RAL
			Not a day goes by that I don't
			think of him, wonder about him.
			But I will never know who he is.
			I gave him up -- because I loved
			him too much to dishonor him.

					WORF
			I understand your sacrifice. And
			I respect it. But to mate with a
			Romulan -- this I do not
			understand.

					GI'RAL
			By the second year, I had stopped
			weeping for my son. There were
			days when I could even laugh...
			and I began to look around me and
			realize that this would be my
			world forever.
				(beat)
			I looked at Tokath... our captor.
			I saw that he was a kind man...
			and a lonely one.
				(beat)
			And I knew that he was looking at
			me, as well.

	She moves toward him, eyes drilling into him.

					GI'RAL
			In the third year I decided to
			give up hatred... and loneliness.
			I am not ashamed of that decision,
			and I won't be judged for it.
				(beat)
			Leave this house. You've done
			enough harm.

	Worf stares at her for a moment, conflicted and silent.
	Then he turns and EXITS. Gi'ral stares after him,
	determined to protect her nest.

41   EXT. COMPOUND (DAY)

	as Worf comes out from the quarters. He looks around
	the compound and his eye is caught by something
	familiar about a GAME a group of young people are
	playing.

	They are rolling a HOOP along the ground with some
	sticks, playing some kind of goal-scoring game with it.

   STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - ACT THREE   34.

41   CONTINUED:

	Worf's attention is caught by the brightly COLORED
	BANDS along the shafts of the sticks and the rim of the
	hoop (which is slightly smaller than a hula hoop).

	He crosses toward the players and picks up an unused
	stick, which we now see has a pointed blade on the end
	like a SPEAR. He rolls a hoop along the ground and
	launches the spear at it -- sending it straight through
	the hole in its center and into the ground.

					WORF
			Ka'la!

	The young people look at him, astonished by the feat
	and intrigued by Worf's ritual-like words. Toq,
	however, is annoyed.

					TOQ
			That's not how you play this game.

					WORF
			The Qa'vak is not a game -- it
			hones the skills of the hunt.

					TOQ
				(mocking)
			The hunt?

	He looks around at his fellows with amusement.

					TOQ
			We have replicators here.

					WORF
			Klingons do not hunt because they
			need food. The hunt is a ritual
			that reminds us of where we come
			from.

					TOQ
			I know where I come from. Right
			here.

	Worf eyes the defiant youth. He holds up the hoop.

					WORF
			It is a difficult skill to master.
			Perhaps you are too young.

	Toq rises to the challenge.

					TOQ
			Throw it.

STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/08/93 - ACT THREE35.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

	Toq stands ready and Worf throws the hoop along the
	ground. Toq launches his spear at the hoop but its
	flight is haphazard and it misses by several yards.
	Toq frowns but Worf spares him humiliation by being
	encouraging.

					WORF
			Your arm is strong. But it needs
			practice. Hold your other arm
			like this...
				(he demonstrates)
			... and aim along it.

	He gestures to his abdomen. Toq grabs another spear
	from a nearby boy, and Worf gestures to the boy who had
	scrambled to retrieve the hoop.

					WORF
			Throw.

	This time, Toq's aim is better and he manages to strike
	the hoop with a glancing blow, deflecting its
	trajectory.

					WORF
			Ka'la!

	Toq allows a small smile, pleased in spite of himself.
	Worf nods approvingly.

					WORF
			You learn quickly. Perhaps it is
			time to put your skills to the
			test.

					TOQ
			What do you mean?

					WORF
			Come. I will teach you how to
			hunt.

					TOQ
			You're not allowed to leave the
			compound.

	Worf turns and starts heading for the meeting hall.

					TOQ
			They won't allow it.

   STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - ACT THREE   36.

41   CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF
			I think they will.

	Off Toq's face as he hurries to keep up with Worf:

                                             CUT TO:

42   INT. MEETING HALL

43   CLOSE - TOKATH

	as he laughs at the preposterousness of the request.

					TOKATH
			Hunting? Have you lost your mind?

44   WIDEN

	to include L'Kor, Toq and Worf.

					WORF
			The boy could come with me.

	Tokath and L'Kor exchange glances.

					WORF
			I cannot sit in the compound like
			an old man. I must practice my
			skills.

					L'KOR
			We can't let you out. You've
			already tried to escape once.

					WORF
			I give you my word as a warrior.
			I will not try to escape.

	Tokath dismisses this and turns away.

					TOKATH
			Leave us. We have work to do.

	But Worf is still looking at L'Kor, awaiting his
	decision.

					L'KOR
			Tokath... He gave his word.

	Tokath looks at his friend, surprised.

STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - ACT THREE37.

44   CONTINUED:

					TOKATH
			Are you seriously suggesting we
			open the gates and let him wander
			free... with only a boy as his
			guard?

	Toq bristles a bit at that.

					L'KOR
			Twenty-three years ago I gave you
			my word. In all this time, have
			I ever broken it?

	Tokath looks at Worf, shrugs.

					TOKATH
			I told you he was yours to deal
			with. If you want to take this
			risk, the responsibility is yours.

	L'Kor nods, turns to Toq.

					L'KOR
			You will go with him. Take a
			weapon. If he breaks his word and
			tries to escape... kill him.

	Off his steely expression...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

   STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - ACT FOUR   38.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

45   EXT. JUNGLE (DAY)

	Toq is following Worf as he makes his way through the
	jungle. Worf carries a SPEAR; Toq has a DISRUPTOR.
	Worf is completely involved in tracking his game and
	takes no notice of Toq's uneasiness.

	Worf suddenly plunges into some bushes; alarmed, Toq
	follows, disruptor drawn and aimed at Worf.

					TOQ
			Stop!

	Worf turns to him, calm and curious, and stares at him
	for a beat. Then he realizes Toq thinks he was trying
	to get away.

					WORF
			Kahless was condemned to die by
			the tyrant Molor, who was angered
			that Kahless had incited the
			people against him. The night
			before his execution, Kahless
			asked that he be allowed to go out
			into the night and say farewell to
			the moon and the stars... for he
			knew that in the netherworld, he
			would not see them again.

	Worf looks at Toq.

					WORF
			Kahless gave his word that he
			would come back, and Molor let him
			go.

					TOQ
			That was foolish.

					WORF
			The next day at dawn, Kahless
			returned... and was put to death.

	Toq is amazed by the story.

					TOQ
			He could have saved himself.

   STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - ACT FOUR   39.

45   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			He had given his word. Molor
			understood what that meant. Just
			as L'Kor did.

	Toq understands, looks down, almost ashamed to have
	doubted Worf.

					WORF
			Come.

	He leads Toq away.

46   ANGLE - THE SUN

	to indicate the passage of time.

47   EXT. JUNGLE - DAY

	as Worf and Toq move with great stealth into a small
	clearing. All their attention is focused on the brush
	ahead of them, as if their quarry were just beyond it.

	Worf stops moving and sniffs the air. They speak in
	whispers.

					WORF
				(gestures)
			He is there. But the wind has
			shifted. We must wait.

					TOQ
			Why? We're so close.

					WORF
			Never approach your prey from
			upwind; the breeze will carry your
			scent.

	Toq nods that he understands. Worf catches the scent
	again.

					WORF
			The wind is shifting again.

	Toq tries to catch the scent as well. He doesn't, and
	gets frustrated.

					TOQ
			I don't smell anything.

 STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - ACT FOUR 40.

47   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			He is there.

					TOQ
			How can you --

	Toq stops in mid-sentence as he catches the scent for
	the first time. He's amazed at this seemingly new
	ability.

					TOQ
			Yes... I can smell it.

	Worf nods approvingly.

					WORF
			Remember the scent. More than
			anything else, it will guide you.

					TOQ
			It's strong. I can't believe I
			couldn't smell it before.

					WORF
			Let it work its way into your
			blood.

	Toq feels himself being swept up in the moment.

					TOQ
			I can feel my heart pounding.

					WORF
			Yes. This is the moment where
			life and death meet.

	Toq looks at Worf, his eyes shining.

					WORF
			This is who we are. Warriors.

	Toq looks at Worf, grateful for what he has shared.

					TOQ
			I was never taught that...

					WORF
			There is much you were never
			taught.

	There is a sudden rustling in the brush, and Worf's
	senses quicken. He gestures for silence, then moves
	forward. Toq stares after him for a beat, struck by
	what Worf has said.

 STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - ACT FOUR 41.

48   INT. MEETING HALL (NIGHT)

	Where the Klingons and Romulans have gathered to eat.
	Tokath sits with the Klingon Elders at the head of the
	table, Gi'ral and Ba'el sit nearby. Over the years,
	the Klingons have learned to eat with less
	boisterousness than is typical.

	Tokath is eating with relish, but L'Kor is picking at
	his food; he is concerned about Worf and Toq's
	continued absence. Tokath realizes this.

					TOKATH
			Aren't you hungry, L'Kor?
				(beat)
			Or are you upset because your
			prisoner hasn't returned?

					L'KOR
			I should not have sent the boy
			with him. If he's been hurt --

					TOKATH
			Don't worry, my friend. They'll
			be back... after all, a warrior
			keeps his word. Isn't that so?

	The sarcasm is so mild as to go unnoticed, but L'Kor
	notices. He stirs his food some more. Ba'el regards
	the two men... decides to ask a risky question.

					BA'EL
			Father... if I wanted to visit
			Romulus, or the Klingon Home world --
			would I be allowed to go?

	A silence falls over the table. Tokath and Gi'ral
	exchange a look.

	Suddenly, Worf and Toq burst into the room. Toq has
	the skinned CARCASS of a dead animal slung over his
	shoulder. He smiles broadly at the stunned diners.

					TOQ
			Ka'la!

	He swings the carcass off his shoulder and slaps it
	onto the center of the table.

					TOQ
			Tonight we eat well.

	Tokath stands, his voice icy.

 STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - ACT FOUR 42.

48   CONTINUED:

					TOKATH
			Get that off my table.

	All eyes turn to see how Toq will react. He looks at
	Tokath, his face unreadable.

					TOQ
			You do not kill an animal unless
			you intend to eat it.

					TOKATH
				(firm)
			Get rid of it.

	Toq and Tokath face off.

					TOQ
			I intend to, Tokath.

	He looks around the room.

					TOQ
			But not until it's cooked.

	He breaks into a broad smile. Several of the older
	Klingons recognize this very Klingon brand of humor and
	break into a hearty, table pounding laugh.

					TOQ
			Today I learned the ritual hunt.
			But that is not all I learned. I
			discovered that warrior's blood
			runs in my veins.

	He looks over the assembled group, who watch him,
	riveted.

					TOQ
			I do not know how or why, but we
			have forgotten ourselves. Our
			stories are not told, our songs
			are not sung.
				(gesturing to Worf)
			Tonight as we came home, we sang
			a song of victory -- a song known
			to me only as a lullaby. But it
			is a warrior's song.

	He speaks the first two lines.

 STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - ACT FOUR 43.

48   CONTINUED: (2)

					TOQ
			Bagh Da tuHmoh... fire streaks the
			heavens. ChojaH Duh rHo... battle
			has begun.

	He repeats them, this time pounding out an accompanying
	beat on the table with his fist.

					TOQ
			Bagh Da tuHmoh. ChojaH Duh rHo.
			ylja'Qo' ylja'Qo' ylja'Qo

	As he moves into the second stanza, Worf and a few
	others begin to pound out the same rhythm.

					TOQ
			van'aj javDIch Qong DIr Sa'VIch
			ghIH yot quelI'Pa qevas HoH Qa

	As voices around the room begin to join in, the lullaby
	we've heard before becomes a rousing marching song, a
	song of battle intended to quicken the blood. Tokath
	and L'Kor share a look of concern. The Romulan looks
	over at his daughter and sees that she too has joined
	in.

					TOKATH
			Ba'el!

	But she doesn't hear.

					THE GROUP
			teblaw'nghu mughato'Du ylja'Qo
			ylja'Qo! ylja'Qo!!

	They begin to repeat it a second time. Tokath looks
	over to L'Kor and is disturbed to see that he is
	absently mouthing along, without even realizing it.

	He looks to Gi'Ral for support, and though she is not
	singing, he sees that her eyes are shining, that she is
	moved by the words.

	Worf and Toq stand at the end of the table, leading the
	song. Tokath's eyes catch Worf's and their gazes lock.
	Tokath's look carries a warning: stop this or face the
	consequences. But Worf continues to lead the song.

	We go out on the rousing chords of the song, and Worf's
	defiant look as he leads this Klingon rebellion.

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END ACT FOUR                           

 STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - ACT FIVE 44.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

49   INT. MEETING HALL

	Later. The room has been cleared; only Worf and Tokath
	remain, facing off. Tokath regards Worf solemnly for
	a beat, then paces away from him, musing, troubled.

					TOKATH
			Well, Worf... you've had quite an
			effect on the young people.

	Worf's eyes bore into Tokath. He senses this is the
	ultimate confrontation between the two.

					WORF
			I have done nothing more than show
			them what they are.

					TOKATH
			No. You have shown them what you
			want them to be.

	Tokath moves close to Worf.

					TOKATH
			Tell me this: do you know of any
			place, any time in history that
			Klingons and Romulans have lived
			together in peace?

	Worf is silent; he has no answer.

					TOKATH
			We have despised each other...
			fought each other... for
			centuries.

	He pauses, eyeing Worf.

					TOKATH
			Except here. On this remote
			planet... Romulans and Klingons
			live together in harmony.
				(beat)
			No government, no leader, has ever
			done what I have done here.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/06/93 - ACT FIVE     45.

49   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			It is a worthy achievement to
			bring peace between enemies.
				(beat)
			But the cost of that peace may be
			too high.

					TOKATH
			Higher than endless war?

					WORF
			The people here have lost the
			sense of who they are. They have
			lost their heritage.

					TOKATH
			In what way? A few stories not
			told... a few songs not sung...
			not a great loss, when compared to
			our living in peace.

	Tokath's argument is logical, intellectual. But Worf's
	perspective is something deeply, passionately felt.

					WORF
			Those are our rituals... they
			define us. They tell us what we
			came from... what our children
			will grow to be. Without
			traditions, we have no identity --
			we have no pride.

	Tokath makes a scoffing sound.

					TOKATH
			Klingon pride. Is it really so
			valuable? Or is it just a tired
			habit...

	Worf moves toward Tokath, eyes burning.

					WORF
			Today Toq went with me on the
			ritual hunt... I saw what happened
			to him when he caught the scent of
			his prey on the wind... for the
			first time in his life, he felt
			powerful... that's what he has
			been denied by living here...
			that's what you have tried to take
			away from him.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - ACT FIVE      45A.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			For you, perhaps that is enough.
			The young people may want more.

	Tokath turns on him, intensity rising in him.

					TOKATH
			More? What more is there than
			what they have here? Would you
			really suggest they go into a
			universe where some would hate
			them -- simply because of who they
			are? Those traditions and rituals
			you cherish so much would not
			allow them to remain friends with
			Romulans.

	Tokath moves closer, eyes locked on Worf.

					TOKATH
			Enough of this. We could talk all
			night and not convince the other.
				(beat)
			I offer you a choice. Live with
			us... as one of us...

					WORF
			Or?

					TOKATH
			Or I will have you put to death.

					WORF
			Then that is what you will have to
			do.

					TOKATH
			Worf, consider this carefully --

					WORF
			That death will be honorable. The
			young people will see what it is
			to die as a Klingon.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - ACT FIVE     46.

49   CONTINUED: (3)

	Tokath looks at Worf... sees the resolve in his eyes...
	and knows he has no choice.

50   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS (NIGHT)

	Worf is alone, doing the forms of the Mok'bara...
	preparing to meet death.

	There is a KNOCK at the door.

					WORF
			Enter.

	The door opens and a Romulan guard lets Ba'el in.

					BA'EL
				(to guard)
			Thank you.

	The guard EXITS, and Worf and Ba'el face each other for
	a silent beat. Then, she withdraws the HYPO device
	they used to implant the tracking pellet.

					BA'EL
			I will remove the tracking device.
			You can go over the wall and hide
			in the jungle.

	She moves toward him, but he catches her wrist and
	stops her.

					WORF
			Why are you doing this?

	She hesitates, not meeting his eye. Then --

					BA'EL
			My father is wrong.
				(beat)
			No matter how I might feel about
			you, you don't deserve to die.

	He holds her wrist until she looks up at him.

					WORF
			I am not going to run away, Ba'el.

	She stares at him in disbelief.

					BA'EL
			They will kill you.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/06/93 - ACT FIVE     47.

50   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Yes. But they will not defeat me.

					BA'EL
				(shaking her head)
			I don't understand you.

	He drops her wrist, gathers his thoughts.

					WORF
			A Klingon does not run from his
			battles.

					BA'EL
			Is that really the lesson you want
			us to learn?
				(beat)
			You've taught us a great deal...
			awakened something in us that we
			didn't know existed...
				(beat)
			But I don't understand what we can
			learn from your death.

					WORF
			Then you don't yet understand what
			it is to be Klingon.

	She moves toward him... mind grappling with ideas and
	issues she's never encountered in her sheltered
	existence... but sensing one small core of truth in the
	confusion.

					BA'EL
			Worf... in spite of everything
			that's happened, I sense that you
			still care for me. Am I wrong?

	Worf hesitates. This is a difficult issue for him to
	confront -- the one about which he is most conflicted.
	He is silent. She moves closer.

					BA'EL
			It's so easy for you to talk of
			being a warrior... of honor and
			death... is it so hard to speak of
			love?

	He turns away from her. She lifts a hand to his
	shoulder.

					BA'EL
			Worf... please...

     STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/06/93 - ACT FIVE    47A.

50   CONTINUED: (3)

	He finally turns to her, speaks with great difficulty.

					WORF
			I... would not have thought it
			possible to love a Romulan...

					BA'EL
			But you do... ?

					WORF
			Yes.

	She throws her arms around him.

					BA'EL
			If you have come that far... can't
			you take the next step? Can't you
			stay here with us... with me?

	A torturous question; Worf agonizes. There is no right
	answer.

					WORF
			If there were a way... I would
			take you with me...

	She smiles wanly at him.

					BA'EL
			If there's anything I've learned
			from you... from your reaction to
			me... it's that I have no place
			out there. Other Klingons won't
			accept me for what I am.

	Worf stares at her; she has clarified the issue.

					WORF
			And if I stay here... these
			Klingons will not accept me for
			what I am.

	Impasse. Ba'el turns away, anguish bringing her to
	anger.

					BA'EL
			Why did you come here? We were
			happy... we didn't know there was
			anything missing from our lives...

					WORF
			Ba'el...

     STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - ACT FIVE    47B.

50   CONTINUED: (4)

	She turns suddenly and rushes impetuously into his
	arms. She kisses him ardently and he holds her
	tightly. Then she pulls away.

					BA'EL
			Good-bye, Worf.

	And she runs from the room.

51   EXT. COMPOUND (DAY)

	Everyone in the camp is gathered in the central square.
	They wait, talking quietly among themselves.

	Worf is brought from his quarters by two Romulans.
	When he emerges, the crowd falls silent. This is not
	a bloodthirsty mob, but a group of people doing what
	they believe is best for the community, whatever their
	personal feelings might be for the condemned man.

	As he is led toward the compound wall, Worf is brought
	past Tokath and the Elders. The Romulan's face is
	steely, but L'Kor can't meet Worf's eyes.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - ACT FIVE     48.

51   CONTINUED:

	As Worf passes Ba'el, their eyes meet and he sees that
	hers are full of tears.

	The Romulans stand Worf against the compound wall and
	move back toward the crowd, which stands away at some
	distance in a semi-circle.

	Worf stands tall; there is no fear in his eyes. Tokath
	steps forward and speaks in a voice loud enough for all
	to hear, trying to head off the possibility that Worf
	be seen as a martyr.

					TOKATH
			I know there are those among you
			who may question what I'm about to
			do. And you would not be wrong to
			do so.

	He walks slowly among the crowd, addressing them as
	friends.

					TOKATH
			I have questioned myself... I have
			spent the night considering my
			decision, challenging myself to
			justify whether it is right.

	He hesitates, eyes sweeping the group.

					TOKATH
			And I have reached the conclusion
			that it is absolutely necessary to
			put this man to death.

	He moves closer to the group of people. They listen
	intently.

					TOKATH
			We have all shared an
			extraordinary passage... from
			being enemies... to becoming a
			family.

	He approaches a Klingon woman, puts his hand on her
	shoulder.

					TOKATH
			Turla, you were midwife when my
			daughter was born... she might
			have died if it had not been for
			you.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - ACT FIVE    48A.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

	He moves to a Romulan man who holds his arm in an
	awkward position.

					TOKATH
			Sentith... you wrestled with a
			wild morag... to save a Klingon
			child.

	He moves to a Klingon man.

					TOKATH
			I stood at your side when you
			married, Ba'ktor.
				(beat)
			And wept with you when she fell
			ill and died.

	He gestures around the crowd.

					TOKATH
			Every one of you could tell
			similar stories... of things we
			have shared... in love and in
			sorrow.

	He walks back toward Worf.

					TOKATH
			What we have built together...
			would be destroyed by this man.
			And I cannot let that happen.
				(to Worf)
			I give you one last chance to
			accept our way of life.

	Worf stares fiercely at him.

					WORF
			Your words are eloquent, Tokath.
			But the truth is that I am being
			executed because I brought
			something dangerous to your young
			people: knowledge.

	He pauses to let this sink in.

					WORF
			Knowledge of their origins.
			Knowledge of the real reasons you
			are here in this camp. The truth
			is a threat to you...

     STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - ACT FIVE    48B.

51   CONTINUED: (3)

					TOKATH
			Enough.
				(to the Romulans)
			Stand ready.

	The guards unholster their disruptors. Ba'el looks at
	Tokath, stricken, devastated.

					BA'EL
			Father... please...

	But Tokath ignores her plea.

					TOKATH
			Raise your weapons.

	They do. Suddenly a VOICE rings out from across the
	compound.

					TOQ (O.S.)
			Ki'tow! (Stop!)

52   TOQ

	as he emerges from a barrack dressed in full battle
	regalia. He is wearing the armor from the chest that
	Ba'el showed Worf.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/06/93 - ACT FIVE     49.

53   BACK TO SCENE

	Toq starts over to where Worf is standing against the
	wall. Tokath eyes him with barely controlled rage.
	Toq speaks out in a loud, clear voice.

					TOQ
			If you kill him... you will have
			to kill me, too.

	He stands next to Worf.

					TOKATH
			Step aside, Toq.

					TOQ
			Worf would rather die than accept
			this way of life.

	Toq fixes his eyes on Tokath's.

					TOQ
			And so would I.

	There is an uncomfortable silence.

					TOQ
			I want to leave... as do many
			others. You will have to kill us
			to keep us here.

					WORF
			You see, Tokath? It's already too
			late.

	Tokath reacts to this... he feels it even more
	necessary to maintain his position and go through with
	the execution.

					TOKATH
			I am warning you -- move aside
			now.

	But Toq stands there defiantly. Tokath knows that if
	he backs down on this, he's lost. He turns to the
	Romulans.

					TOKATH
			Stand ready.

	The Romulans turn toward Worf and Toq. L'Kor looks at
	Tokath and sees the determination in his eyes. He
	turns and pleads to Toq.

					L'KOR
			Toq. Move away...

	But Toq just stands there. L'Kor turns to Worf, hoping
	to appeal to him.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - ACT FIVE     50.

53   CONTINUED:

					L'KOR
			He will listen to you. Tell
			him...

					WORF
			He has the right to make his
			choice.

	L'Kor looks to Tokath, his eyes beseeching. But Tokath
	is determined.

					TOKATH
			Raise your weapons.

	The Romulans raise their weapons.

					TOKATH
			Take aim --

	But suddenly L'Kor moves forward and stands in front of
	Toq. Before Tokath can reply, another Klingon moves in
	to stand next to L'Kor. And one by one, the people
	make their choice, moving to take their place in front
	of Worf and Toq. Tokath is shaken... and outraged.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/06/93 - ACT FIVE     51.

53   CONTINUED: (2)

	He takes out his own disruptor, trains it on the group.
	But, as he does... Ba'el moves forward and stands in
	front of the group... holding her father's look
	unblinking.

					TOKATH
				(aghast)
			Ba'el...

	Gi'ral comes forward, gently lowers her husband's hand.

					GI'RAL
			Tokath... long ago, when your
			captives asked to stay here... we
			hoped not to dishonor our children
			on the Home World. But perhaps,
			over the years, we lost sight of
			the children we raised here.
				(beat)
			This is our prison. It should not
			be theirs.

	The threat of violence fades and is replaced by a sense
	of overwhelming sadness.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/06/93 - ACT FIVE     52.

53   CONTINUED: (3)

	There is a long beat. Then Tokath turns to Worf and,
	almost imperceptibly, nods. Worf turns to the young
	people.

					WORF
			Years ago, your parents made a
			great sacrifice for the sake of
			their families. Today they do so
			again. For that, we must honor
			them.

	A few murmurs of appreciation.

					WORF
			You must promise them -- that you
			will never reveal their secret.
			No one must know of this place.

	Parents and young people talk.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/13/93 - ACT FIVE     53.

53   CONTINUED: (4)

	Toq hurries to Worf.

					TOQ
			There's a supply ship due in a few
			days. They will take us...

	Toq rattles on, but Worf's attention is focused on --

53A  BA'EL

	who stands at a distance, her parents on either side of
	her, staring at Worf. Their eyes lock together.

					TOQ'S VOICE
			When they arrive, Tokath will
			explain to them. We'll be able to
			start a new life...

	The sounds of the camp fade... and then Ba'el looks
	down, turns and walks away. Her mother and father
	follow her.

54   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it travels at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46581.5.
			We have scanned the planets of the
			Nequencia system and found no
			evidence of a Romulan prison camp.
			We are now enroute to the Carraya
			system, closer to Romulan space.

55   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data and various N.D's. Data responds
	to something on his monitor.

					DATA
			Captain, we are receiving a
			subspace message. It is a Romulan
			signal, text only.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/06/93 - ACT FIVE     54.

55   CONTINUED:

					DATA (Cont'd)
				(surprised)
			It is from Lieutenant Worf. He is
			aboard a Romulan scout ship.

	Picard stands and moves toward him.

					DATA
			He is requesting a rendezvous.

					PICARD
			Input the coordinates and change
			course.

	Picard turns back to Riker and they share a smile of
	relief.

56   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL) (STOCK)

	as it hangs in space near a Romulan scout ship.

57   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Picard, BEVERLY and a Transporter Chief are at the
	control console. A group of young Klingons is being
	led out the door by an N.D.. We HEAR the sound of
	materialization.

58   ANGLE ON TRANSPORTER PAD

	where Worf, Toq, and two young Klingons are on the
	platform. Beverly scans them.

					BEVERLY
			They seem fine. We'll be giving
			them all thorough checkups in
			Sickbay.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Doctor.

	Worf steps off and moves toward Picard; Beverly takes
	the others out.

59   BACK TO SCENE

	Picard regards Worf, a smile on his face.

					PICARD
			Welcome home, Lieutenant.


        STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - 12/22/92 - ACT FIVE      54A.

59   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Thank you, sir.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Picard to Bridge. Signal the
			Romulan ship that we have the last
			group on board.

     STAR TREK: "Birthright, Pt. II" - REV. 01/05/93 - ACT FIVE     55.

59   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

	There is an awkward moment of silence.

					PICARD
			I see you found what you were
			looking for, Mister Worf.

					WORF
			No, sir. There was no prison
			camp.

	Picard reacts, hearing a tone in Worf's voice. Worf
	takes a breath.

					WORF
			Those young people are
			survivors... of a vessel that
			crashed in the Carraya system four
			years ago.

	Worf looks Picard right in the eye.

					WORF
			No one survived Khitomer.

	Picard knows full well what Worf is saying. They hold
	a look.

					PICARD
			I understand, Mister Worf.

	He gestures toward the door, and the two men start
	toward it.

60   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves away we...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             












                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "Starship Mine" 
                          #40276-244 
                              
                          Written by 
                         Morgan Gendel 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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                         FINAL DRAFT

                       JANUARY 14, 1993

          STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 1/14/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Starship Mine" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             DEVOR
                RIKER              HUTCHINSON
                DATA               KELSEY
                BEVERLY            KIROS
                TROI               NEIL
                WORF               ORTON
                GEORDI             POMET
                                   SALTER
                                   WAITER
                COMPUTER VOICE 
    
                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  N.D. CREWMEMBERS   N.D. ARKARIANS

          STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 1/14/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Starship Mine" 
                      
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              TURBOLIFT                ARKARIA BASE
              CORRIDOR
              READY ROOM               REMMLER ARRAY
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              SICKBAY
              ENGINEERING
              WORF'S QUARTERS
              JEFFERIES TUBE
              TEN FORWARD
          
            ARKARIA BASE
              MULTI PURPOSE ROOM

         STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 1/15/93 - PRONUNCIATION          

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                        "Starship Mine"  
                           
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE                       

                 ARKARIA         ARE-care-ee-uh
                 BARYON          BARE-ee-on
                 TRILITHIUM      tri-LITH-ee-um

    STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - TEASER    1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                        "Starship Mine"                             
                            TEASER   
                           

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	docked at a GIANT ARRAY of some kind in orbit above a
	planet. The ship is sandwiched between two banks of
	reflector dishes.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 46682.4.
			The Enterprise is docked at the
			Remmler Array, where it will
			undergo a routine procedure to
			eliminate accumulated baryon
			particles. In preparation for the
			sweep, we are evacuating the ship.

2    INT. CORRIDOR

	We see the commotion of evacuation, N.D.s crisscrossing
	in the corridor. PICARD, rounds the corner, a
	purposefulness in his stride. He soon encounters TROI,
	PADD in hand, waiting to speak with him. They talk on
	the move.

					TROI
			Captain... we're still behind
			schedule on decks seven and eight.
			Shall I tell Arkaria Base there'll
			be a delay?

					PICARD
			No. Open up the Transporters in
			Cargo Bay Two and divert everyone
			from deck seven there. That
			should get us back on track.

					TROI
			Right.

	Picard nods and moves on.

    STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - TEASER    2.

2    CONTINUED:

	He now passes by BEVERLY, who falls into step with him
	and we STAY with them, on the move.

					BEVERLY
			Captain... Arkaria Base does not
			have the medical storage units I
			requested. I have seven living
			tissue samples that won't survive
			the baryon sweep anymore than you
			or I would. I've tried to reason
			with them, but --

					PICARD
			Have Mister LaForge transport a
			stasis unit from the astrophysics
			lab. You should be able to
			convert it to store tissue
			samples.

					BEVERLY
			Thank you.

	She smiles, turns, heads back to Sickbay. Picard
	continues on.

3    TURBOLIFT ENTRANCE

	The doors whoosh open and RIKER steps off... just in
	time to intercept the approaching Picard. Behind
	Riker, the Turbolift doors close.

					RIKER
			Captain... I was just heading for
			deck seven. I've put the auto-shutdown
			sequence on hold until we
			get back on schedule.

					PICARD
			I think we can resume the
			sequence. Counselor Troi is
			taking care of the situation on
			deck seven.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

	The two head in opposite directions. The Turbolift
	doors again whisk open as Picard approaches.

       STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - TEASER       3.

4    INT. TURBOLIFT

	We see DATA inside.

					DATA
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Mister Data.
				(as he faces front)
			Bridge.

	The doors close and the Turbolift's in motion. A
	silent beat.

					DATA
			It has been quite a day, has it
			not?

	Picard's one-tracked, no time for chit-chat... but at
	the same time he's a bit surprised at Data's
	uncharacteristic approach.

					PICARD
			Yes it has.

	Beat.

					DATA
			However, a change of routine is
			often invigorating and can be a
			welcome diversion after a long
			assignment.

					PICARD
				(more of the same)
			Exactly.

	Beat.

					DATA
			I understand that Arkaria has some
			very interesting weather patterns.

	Picard gives Data a look...

					PICARD
			Data -- are you alright?

					DATA
			Yes, sir. I was attempting to
			fill a silent moment with non-relevant
			conversation.

       STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - TEASER       4.

4    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(thinks)
			Small talk?

					DATA
			Yes, sir. I have found that
			humans often make "small talk"
			during awkward moments.
			Therefore, I have written a new
			subroutine designed for that
			purpose. How did I do?

					PICARD
			Perhaps it was a little too... non-relevant.
			However, if you're
			interested in small talk keep your
			eye on Commander Hutchinson during
			the reception this afternoon...
				(not looking forward to
				 it)
			... he's a master.

	The Turbolift STOPS and they both EXIT onto the Bridge.

					DATA
			Thank you sir, I will.

5    INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Picard and Data ENTER to find the last leg of a
	frenetic race: Bridge regulars and a handful of N.D.s
	shutting down consoles. Picard is set upon
	simultaneously by Geordi and Worf.

                GEORDI                             WORF
          I just finished...           Request permission...

					GEORDI
				(to Worf)
			After you...

					WORF
				(to Geordi)
			No sir. I believe you spoke
			first.

					PICARD
			We're running out of time,
			gentlemen. Mister Worf?

       STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - TEASER       5.

5    CONTINUED:

					WORF
			The computer needs your
			authorization to disable command
			functions during the baryon sweep.

					PICARD
			Are we ready, Mister La Forge?

					GEORDI
			Almost. I've requested some
			additional field diverters for the
			computer core and the Bridge and
			they haven't been installed yet.

					PICARD
				(concerned)
			Additional units?

					GEORDI
			We've logged more warp hours in
			five years than most ships do in
			ten, so our baryon particle levels
			are pretty high. I'm a little
			worried that when the Remmler
			Array starts sweeping the ship it
			might have to use a stronger beam
			than normal to clear out all the
			radiation.

					PICARD
				(understanding)
			And that might overload the field
			diverters protecting our key
			systems. How long until the new
			ones are in place?

					GEORDI
			I'd say another twenty minutes.

					PICARD
			Very well.
				(to com)
			Computer, disable all command
			functions in thirty minutes.
			Authorization: Picard gamma-six-zero-seven-three.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Authorization acknowledged.

	Worf's console BEEPS.

       STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - TEASER       6.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(off console)
			Incoming message, Captain. It's
			the station administrator, Mister
			Orton.

					PICARD
			In my Ready Room.

					WORF
			Sir. Request permission to be
			excused from Commander
			Hutchinson's... reception.

					PICARD
			Permission granted. I only wish
			I could excuse myself as well.

					GEORDI
			Captain, permission to --

					PICARD
			Sorry, Mister LaForge... I can't
			excuse the entire senior staff.
			Worf beat you to it.

	Picard EXITS to the Ready Room. Worf looks pleased and
	Geordi gives him a dirty look.

6    INT. READY ROOM - CONTINUING

	Picard ENTERS, goes behind his desk, and activates the
	terminal.

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Mister Orton.

	He gets out his satchel and, under the following, loads
	it with odds and ends.

					ORTON'S COM VOICE
			Captain, if you're on schedule,
			I'd like to confirm that we'll
			begin the baryon sweep at fifteen
			hundred hours -- approximately one
			hour from now.

					PICARD
			Confirmed.

       STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - TEASER       6A.

6    CONTINUED:

					ORTON'S COM VOICE
			Commander Hutchinson also wanted
			me to make sure that you'll be
			able to attend his reception this
			afternoon.

	Picard's expression tells us that he's not exactly
	thrilled about this particular event.

					PICARD
			Tell him... I'm looking forward to
			it.

					ORTON'S COM VOICE
			He'll be delighted to hear that.
			Arkaria Base out.

	Picard closes his satchel. Time to go.

       STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - TEASER       7.

7    INT. BRIDGE

	Picard ENTERS to find it... empty. It takes him a
	moment to adjust. He walks around, drinks in the
	solitude, savors it. Finally, he sits in his chair.
	A long, quiet beat...

8    NEW ANGLE - INCLUDE TURBOLIFTS

	Suddenly, the fore and aft Turbolifts OPEN and SIX
	TECHNICIANS ENTER the Bridge: four humanoids --
	KELSEY, NEIL, POMET and DEVOR and two aliens -- SATLER,
	and KIROS. (Full descriptions to follow later in the
	script). They are all wearing plain-looking overalls
	and two of them are carrying FIELD DIVERTERS -- about
	the size and shape of a trash can -- while the others
	carry Tricorders and other pieces of equipment.

	As soon as the doors open, they fill the Bridge with
	noise and chatter, effectively destroying Picard's
	brief moment of solitude.

					KELSEY
				(overlapping)
			Tell Arkaria base that we're
			almost finished here...

					NEIL
				(overlapping)
			We're going to need two more
			conduits...

					KIROS
				(overlapping)
			I need to run a diagnostic on the
			diverter...

					DEVOR
				(overlapping)
			Get the diverter aligned so that
			we can begin the isolation
			procedure.

					NEIL
				(overlapping)
			Where's the ODN interface?

	Picard heads for the Turbolift over the above and the
	technicians take no notice of him.

       STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - TEASER       8.

9    ON PICARD

	He stops and gives one last look around. So much for
	peace and quiet. And as he ENTERS the Turbolift...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

   STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT ONE   9.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

           (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)            

10   EXT. ARKARIA BASE - DAY (OPTICAL)

	A lone outpost in the middle of nowhere...

11   INT. ARKARIA BASE - MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM

	A festive reception is underway. There's a CONTROL
	PANEL at one end, but the room otherwise has a party
	feel to it. There are tables of food. A WAITER
	circulates with drinks. ORTON can be seen in the b.g.

12   ANGLE - HUTCHINSON

	As he works the room. Hutchinson is a middle-aged,
	jovial man who lives for gatherings like this and loves
	nothing more than to entertain a starship crew. Data
	is quietly observing Hutchinson's technique and he
	unobtrusively follows the gregarious Commander about
	the room, watching and learning.

					HUTCHINSON
			Beverly!
				(kiss on the cheek)
			Lovely as ever... how do you
			manage it?

					BEVERLY
			It's good to see you again.

					HUTCHINSON
			It's been far too long -- what is
			it, four years? Now I want to
			hear all about what happened after
			you left Starfleet Medical. And
			I have so much to tell you.
				(sees someone else)
			Oh, that must be Commander Riker.
			Excuse me, won't you?

					BEVERLY
			Of course.

	Beverly is quietly grateful that he's moved on and she
	takes a drink off a tray in relief.


   STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT ONE   10.

12   CONTINUED:

					HUTCHINSON
			You must be Wil Riker.

					RIKER
			I guess I must.

					HUTCHINSON
			Calvin Hutchinson -- call me
			Hutch. Calvin -- awful name, I've
			never forgiven my parents. As
			soon as I saw you, I knew you had
			to be the Enterprise's first
			officer.

					RIKER
			Oh?

					HUTCHINSON
			Of course. Your reputation
			proceeds you -- flashing blue
			eyes, square jaw... quite the
			ladies man I hear. Now don't be
			modest, Wil -- may I call you Wil?

					RIKER
			Uh, sure.

					HUTCHINSON
			I've also heard that you're a
			musician. I hope you'll play
			something for us. It's not often
			that I get a chance to entertain
			the command crew of the
			flagship... and speaking of
			command, hello Captain Picard.

	Riker takes this opportunity to slip quietly away and
	leave Picard. Picard's face has that frozen smile of
	forced cheerfulness on it as Hutchinson natters on.

					PICARD
			Commander.

					HUTCHINSON
			I was just telling your first
			officer what a real pleasure it is
			to have you all...

13   NEW ANGLE

	As Riker moves over to stand with Beverly. Riker gives
	her a look and she smiles in commiseration.

      STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - ACT ONE      11.

13   CONTINUED:

	Data (who has been observing Hutchinson) approaches the
	two of them. He tries to talk quickly and easily --
	patterning his behavior after Hutchinson.

					DATA
			It is very good to see you both
			again. May I call you Beverly? --
			Beverly, do you find the mean
			temperature here on Arkaria to be
			slightly above normal for human
			comfort levels?

	Riker and Beverly exchange a look... they can't believe
	this.

					DATA
			I have found that most humans
			prefer a temperature of twenty-one
			degrees C in order to operate most
			efficiently. However, there are
			some cultures which actually...

14   PICARD AND HUTCHINSON

	Hutchinson is going on as Picard looks for a way out.

					HUTCHINSON
			... I tell you, you've never seen
			anything like it. There were
			thousands of these creatures...
			the whole northern sky turned
			dark.

	Picard suddenly sees a way out as Geordi and Troi walk
	by.

					PICARD
			Geordi! Deanna! I don't believe
			you've met our host.
				(to Hutchinson)
			Allow me to introduce Commander
			Geordi La Forge, Counselor Deanna
			Troi. This is Commander
			Hutchinson.

					HUTCHINSON
			Hutch.

					GEORDI
			Hello.

					TROI
			Hello.

      STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - ACT ONE      12.

14   CONTINUED:

					HUTCHINSON
			I was just telling your captain
			about some of the fascinating
			sights here on Arkaria. Is either
			of you interested in ornithology?

					TROI
			Uh... well...

	Picard is starting to make his getaway.

					HUTCHINSON
			The mating habits of the Arkarian
			horn fowl are quite interesting.
			If the weather were better, we
			could take horses to the southern
			promontory and visit the nesting
			grounds.

	Picard stops, turns.

					PICARD
			Horses?

					HUTCHINSON
			Yes... there's a network of trails
			through the plains.
			Unfortunately, they aren't very
			pleasant right now... muddy, cold.
			Not a soul for kilometers.

					PICARD
			That sounds... perfect.
				(beat, then to Geordi)
			How long until the baryon sweep
			begins on the Enterprise?

					GEORDI
			At least twenty-five minutes.

					PICARD
			Then I'll have time to get my
			saddle.

	This is met with blank stares from the other three.

					TROI
			Your... saddle?

      STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - ACT ONE      13.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Yes.
				(notices their looks)
			A saddle is a very personal thing.
			It has to be broken in... worn...
			cared for...

					GEORDI
			You keep a saddle... on the
			Enterprise?

					PICARD
			Yes.
				(beat)
			I've had it since the Academy.
				(beat)
			I never know when I'll have the
			opportunity to ride.

					TROI
			I see.

					PICARD
			It's perfectly normal. Most
			serious riders have their own
			saddles.

					TROI
			Of course.

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir.

					HUTCHINSON
			Absolutely.

					PICARD
			If you'll excuse me.

	They smile as Picard EXITS. But the mirth on Troi and
	Geordi's faces vanishes as they soon realize that they
	still have Hutchinson to deal with and that they have
	no smooth way out.

					HUTCHINSON
				(re: Picard)
			An amazing man. He reminds me of
			another officer I knew many years
			ago... a Captain Edwell. Now he
			was fascinating... born on Gaspra
			Seven but you wouldn't know it
			from the way he looked...

   STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT ONE   14.

14   CONTINUED: (3)

	Off their strained expressions...

                                             CUT TO:

15   INT. CORRIDOR

	The door to Picard's quarters opens and Picard ENTERS
	the corridor, his saddle slung over his shoulder. He
	has now changed into civilian clothes -- casual work
	clothes with a jacket.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Auto-shutdown sequence in
			progress. Defensive systems off-line.
			Baryon sweep begins in
			eight minutes.

	Picard walks just a little faster. Then he rounds a
	bend and sees something. He slows, looking concerned.

16   PICARD'S POV (OPTICAL)

	A wall panel just above floor level has been removed,
	some fiber-optic cables yanked out. Picard approaches,
	sets his saddle down and kneels to inspect the open
	panel. Suddenly --

					DEVOR'S VOICE
			What are you doing?

	Picard looks up to see Devor, one of the technical
	crew, standing over him, a pistol-size laser-welder in
	his hand. Picard rises, wary.

					PICARD
			Somone left this ODN junction box
			open.
				(beat)
			I thought your crew was supposed
			to leave the ship once the field
			diverters were in place.

					DEVOR
			The diverters have to be
			synchronized.
				(re: laser)
			I was laser-bonding a backup link.

	Picard regards him evenly.

   STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT ONE   15.

16   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I see. Well, I suppose I'd better
			let you finish up so you can get
			off the ship.

	Picard scoops up his saddle, moves off, his back to
	Devor. The alien realizes Picard suspects something.

					DEVOR
			Wait a minute --

	As Picard turns, Devor raises the laser-welder, but
	Picard has anticipated him. He slams Devor with the
	saddle, sending him back hard into the wall. The
	welder DISCHARGES into the air.

	Devor springs back into a combat stance... but Picard
	is ready for him. He dodges, yanks him around in a
	hammer lock and wedges the side of his hand into
	Devor's carotid. Devor struggles for a second, then
	slumps.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Auto shut-down sequence in
			progress. Inertial dampers off-line.
			Baryon sweep begins in six
			minutes.

	Then the lights go out. Backup lighting kicks in --
	slightly dimmer than what we're used to (and we'll see
	this all over the ship from now on).

	Picard takes off -- fast, without his saddle -- and
	heads for Transporter Room One.

17   ANOTHER CORRIDOR

	Picard is moving fast when he hears voices ahead. He
	slows and squeezes back against the side wall.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Auto shut-down sequence in
			progress. Life support off-line.
			Baryon sweep begins in three
			minutes.

18   NEW ANGLE - INCLUDE INTERSECTION AHEAD

	Kelsey and Neil round the bend headed in the same
	direction Picard was going. They don't see Picard, but
	they've unwittingly cut him off.

   STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/18/93 - ACT ONE   16.

18   CONTINUED:

					KELSEY
				(to Neil)
			We still have to by-pass the
			magnetic containment conduit.

					NEIL
			That should be down on deck
			thirty.

					KELSEY
			Get Pomet started on it right
			away.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Auto shut-down sequence in
			progress. Primary power off-line
			in one minute.

19   ON PICARD

	Frustration shows on his face. He waits a beat, then
	turns and heads back the way he came.

20   OMITTED

21   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard comes around a corner fast.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Primary power off-line in thirty
			seconds.

	Picard runs into a Transporter room.

22   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Working feverishly, he sets the controls.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Final warning. Primary power off-line
			in ten seconds...

23   EXT. SPACE - REMMLER ARRAY (OPTICAL)

	Green energy beams emit from each side of the array.
	They converge in a two-dimensional field that slices
	through a cross-section of the ship at the tail end of
	the nacelles.

  STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT ONE  16A.

24   RESUME PICARD

	As he leaps up onto the stage the Transporter begins to
	power up...


      STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - ACT ONE      17.

24   CONTINUED:

	Suddenly, the stage goes dark and the Transporter shuts
	down. We HEAR the ship seem to slump into dormancy.
	The Enterprise is as we've never heard it: completely
	silent. Off Picard, knowing he's trapped here...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

   STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT TWO   18.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

25   INT. ARKARIA BASE

	The reception continues. Data's chatting up a non-appreciative
	Orton. Orton is a native Arkarian and is
	the Chief Administrator for the base. He carries
	himself like an upper-class butler in the face of
	Data's stream of small talk (he's probably had practice
	at this with Hutchinson).

					DATA
			I find it fascinating that your
			family chose to drop the prefix
			"Pel" from your surname. It was
			my understanding that "Pel Orton"
			would be considered a more noble
			appellation on Arkaria than simply
			Orton.

					ORTON
			Yes.

	Data is undeterred by this less than encouraging
	response.

					DATA
			Perhaps the recent Arkarian trend
			toward a more egalitarian society
			is partly responsible.

					ORTON
			Perhaps.

26   RIKER AND HUTCHINSON

	Riker has been waylaid by Hutchinson.

					HUTCHINSON
			The crew of the Magellan actually
			put on a talent show here.
			Captain Conklin did a poetry
			reading, if you can imagine that.

					RIKER
			I'm trying to.

					HUTCHINSON
			Did I ever tell you how I came to
			be stationed here? It's a
			fascinating story.

      STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - ACT TWO      19.

26   CONTINUED:

	Riker desperately wants a way out of here and suddenly
	he thinks of one.

					HUTCHINSON
			You see, I was serving on Admiral
			Mitchell's staff on Starbase
			ninety-seven -- awful place, by
			the way --

					RIKER
			Hutch. Have you met our Commander
			Data?

					HUTCHINSON
			Why no, I don't think so.

	Riker takes him by the arm and steers him toward Data
	and Orton. By the look on Orton's face, even his stiff
	upper lip is beginning to crack under Data's onslaught.

					DATA
				(to Orton)
			... there are several cultures in
			this sector with remarkably
			similar etymological histories --

					RIKER
			Data, allow me to introduce our
			host. This is Commander
			Hutchinson -- call him Hutch.
				(to Hutchinson)
			This is our second officer,
			Commander Data.

					HUTCHINSON
			A pleasure.

					DATA
				(to Hutchinson)
			The pleasure is mine. I have been
			meaning to compliment you on your
			choice of colors here.

					HUTCHINSON
			You really think so? It wasn't
			easy to make the final decision,
			let me tell you.

					DATA
			I am sure of that. The light in
			this room makes color selection
			exceptionally problematic.

      STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - ACT TWO      20.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					HUTCHINSON
			Precisely.

	Riker and Orton make a quiet getaway.

					ORTON
				(to Riker)
			Thank you.

					RIKER
			You're welcome.
				(glancing back)
			I'm not sure which one to feel
			sorry for.

	An Arkarian Waiter catches Orton's attention.

					WAITER
			Mister Orton?

					ORTON
			If you'll excuse me, Commander.

	Orton goes to talk with the Waiter. Riker moves to
	Geordi.

					RIKER
			Geordi... what happened to the
			Captain?

					GEORDI
			He went back to the ship to get
			his saddle.

	Beat.

					RIKER
			His saddle?

					GEORDI
				(like it's obvious)
			Any serious rider would have his
			own saddle.

					RIKER
			Oh.

					GEORDI
			He probably went right to the
			stables. I bet he's ten
			kilometers from here already.

					RIKER
				(glances at Hutchinson
				 & Data)
			Lucky him.

      STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - ACT TWO      21.

27   EXT. SPACE - REMMLER ARRAY (OPTICAL)

	The green swath is now partway through the nacelles.

28   INT. CORRIDOR

	On feet dragging. WIDEN to see Picard pulling Devor
	toward Sickbay.

	The laser torch is now stuck in Picard's pants. Picard
	sets Devor down, and takes out a small suction device
	from a pocket: an emergency manual door-opener. He
	uses it to open the Sickbay door.

29   INT. SICKBAY

	Picard drags Devor inside and sets him down. He goes
	to a supply cabinet and gets out a hypospray and a
	phaser... suddenly he HEARS STATIC...

30   ON DEVOR

	The communicator strapped to his upper arm crackles to
	life...

					KELSEY'S COM VOICE
			Kelsey to Devor.
				(beat)
			Devor, this is Kelsey. Reply.

	Picard moves close to Devor and removes his
	communicator.

					KELSEY'S COM VOICE
			Devor, do you read me?
				(beat)
			Kelsey to Kiros.

					KIROS'S COM VOICE
			This is Kiros.

					KELSEY'S COM VOICE
			Devor isn't responding. There
			must be too much interference from
			the baryon sweep. Go find him and
			see if he finished by-passing the
			regulator on deck seven, then meet
			us in Main Engineering.

					KIROS'S COM VOICE
			Understood.

      STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - ACT TWO      22.

30   CONTINUED:

	Picard is taking this all in. Devor groans. Picard
	goes over to Devor, kneels next to him, and points the
	phaser at him.

					PICARD
			Who are you? What are you doing
			on my ship.

	Devor looks at the phaser and sneers.

					DEVOR
			The baryon sweep uses a high-frequency
			plasma field. That
			phaser won't work.

					PICARD
				(unfazed)
			You're probably right.

	Picard calmly pulls the laser-torch and points it to
	Devor's head.

					PICARD
			But I'm willing to bet that this
			will.

	Devor swallows hard, but stiffens his resolve.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			What's going on in Main
			Engineering?

	Devor says nothing and Picard presses the laser-torch
	harder against his head.

					PICARD
			I suggest you cooperate.

	Devor thinks for a moment, then his eyes narrow.

					DEVOR
			You're Starfleet... you won't kill
			me.

					PICARD
			Are you sure?

	They look at each other for a moment, then Picard
	tightens his grip on the torch... suddenly Devor's eyes
	go wide and then he slumps back unconscious.

      STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - ACT TWO      23.

31   WIDEN

	Revealing that Picard has just hyposprayed Devor.

					PICARD
				(to Devor)
			I guess you're right.

	He puts Devor's communicator and laser-torch in his
	pockets and then EXITS.

32   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard is cautiously moving through the Corridor,
	trying to be quiet and avoid running into anyone.

33   ANOTHER CORRIDOR

	Picard moves into an alcove where there is a Turbolift
	entrance. He looks around and then pulls out his door-opening
	device. He opens the door to the Turbolift,
	then puts the device back in his pocket.

34   INT. TURBOLIFT - CLOSE ON PICARD

	He reaches up to the ceiling and starts to open the
	hatch... suddenly a WEAPON is put to the back of his
	head.

35   NEW ANGLE

	Revealing Kiros standing in the Corridor holding the
	weapon to Picard's head.

36   INT. ARKARIA BASE

	The ongoing reception. Hutchinson and Data are still
	at it -- they feed off each other, and the feeling here
	is almost that of one-upsmanship.

					DATA
			... yes, but Tyrellian laser-art
			is very similar in form and
			composition.

   STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT TWO   24.

36   CONTINUED:

					HUTCHINSON
			Oh, of course. Funny you should
			mention that. I used to be
			stationed on Tyrellia.

					DATA
			Really? There are five Tyrellians
			currently serving aboard the
			Enterprise.

					HUTCHINSON
			Fascinating. Not many people know
			this, but Tyrellia is one of only
			three known inhabited worlds
			without a magnetic pole.

					DATA
			I was aware of that. Are you
			aware that Tyrellia is also one of
			seven known planets...

37   NEW ANGLE - RIKER

	who is watching Data and Hutchinson from across the
	room. Troi moves to him and follows his gaze.

					TROI
			Are they still at it?

					RIKER
			Non-stop. I have to admit it has
			a sort of strange fascination...
			I mean, how long can two people
			talk about... nothing?

	They continue to watch.

38   ON GEORDI

	who is piling some food onto a plate from one of the
	tables. The Waiter seen earlier is standing nearby.
	Geordi suddenly frowns and looks down at the table in
	puzzlement. He puts his hand on the table, feeling it
	for heat. The Waiter immediately moves next to him.

					WAITER
			Is something wrong?

      STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - ACT TWO      25.

38   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Uh... I don't know. I'm getting
			a weird energy reading from your
			table.

					WAITER
			I'm sure it's nothing serious.
			Perhaps the heating element under
			the tray is malfunctioning.

					GEORDI
			Maybe I should take a look at it.

	As Geordi starts to bend down, Orton is suddenly there
	and tries to get him away.

					ORTON
				(smiles)
			I'm sure we can handle this,
			whatever it is, Commander.
			There's no need to concern
			yourself.

					GEORDI
			I really think I should look at
			that heating element. If it
			overloads under --

	Orton takes him by the arm -- a gentle but firm
	gesture.

					ORTON
				(firmer)
			It's all right.

39   RIKER AND TROI

	The conversation between Geordi and Orton has gotten
	Riker's attention. He frowns.

					RIKER
			What's that all about?

	He starts moving toward Geordi.

      STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - ACT TWO      26.

40   ORTON AND GEORDI

					ORTON
			We'll look into it. You don't
			have to concern yourself.

	Over the above dialog, the Waiter suddenly sees Riker
	walking towards them with a concerned look on his face.
	He looks from Riker to Orton for a moment, then makes
	a snap decision.

					WAITER
			Orton, now!

	The following happens very quickly:

41   THE WAITER (OPTICAL)

	reaches under the food cart and yanks out an ALIEN
	PHASER from the hidden compartment. He FIRES at Riker,
	narrowly missing him. Riker dives for cover.

42   ORTON

	shoves Geordi out of the way and grabs his own weapon.

43   HUTCHINSON AND DATA

	react to the attack.

44   GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	recovers and goes for Orton, but the Waiter FIRES a
	burst into his chest, knocking him unconscious.

45   HUTCHINSON (OPTICAL)

	Goes for the Waiter, but now Orton has his phaser out
	and he FIRES at Hutchinson.

   STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT TWO   27.

45   CONTINUED:

	He takes the blast full in the chest and goes down.

46   WIDE

	Orton and the Waiter now have the entire room under
	their weapons.

					ORTON
			Stay right where you are.

	Everyone freezes. Riker and Data exchange looks. They
	don't see a way out. Off Riker's look...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT THREE     28     

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

47   EXT. SPACE - REMMLER ARRAY (OPTICAL)

	The rays are halfway through the Enterprise's
	nacelles...

48   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	The room has been taken over by the terrorists. A
	field diverter is sitting between the engine core and
	the pool table and there are many pieces of odd
	equipment lying about. The entire engine core is off.
	Pomet and Satler are working on open Mees panels
	located on the upper level of Engineering.

	Satler is checking something on a PADD as Pomet makes
	adjustments in the panel.

					SATLER
			Reduce the plasma pressure to zero
			point six percent nominal.

					POMET
				(works)
			Zero point six.

					SATLER
			How does the conduit look?

					POMET
				(checks)
			It's clear.

	Satler turns and calls down to Neil.

					SATLER
				(to Neil)
			All right. The main plasma flow
			is shunted to the aft conduit.
			We're ready up here.

48A  ANGLE ON KELSEY AND NEIL

	Kelsey is standing beside Neil, who is working on an
	open Mees panel on the bulkhead near the pool table.
	Kelsey is a tall, striking woman with an almost feline
	grace and power. She is observing Neil as he makes
	some adjustments to the circuitry with a DEVICE. Neil
	is slightly built and has a nervous demeanor.

 STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT THREE 28A.

48A  CONTINUED:

					NEIL
				(to Satler)
			Okay.
				(works)
			That should do it. I think.

					KELSEY
				(calm)
			Be sure, Neil.

					NEIL
				(checks something)
			Uh... yes... yes, that does it.
				(calls over his
				 shoulder)
			All right... transfer five hundred
			milligrams from the reserve system
			to the engine core.

49   ANGLE ON ENGINE CORE

	Pomet and Satler work for a moment and then the center
	of the core and the side tubes come to life with a low
	hum.

  STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT THREE  29.

50   RESUME KELSEY AND NEIL

	Neil is pleased.

					NEIL
				(big smile)
			Perfect.

					KELSEY
			Adequate. Disable the containment
			overrides and get the interlocks
			off the magnetic seal.

					NEIL
				(chastened)
			Right.

	Kelsey moves to the engine core.

					KELSEY
			Pomet, prepare the transport
			assembly.
				(to Satler)
			Keep watching the power flow, it
			might...

	She trails off as Picard and Kiros ENTER. Kiros still
	has his weapon pointed at Picard's back. Everyone in
	the room stares for a moment.

					KELSEY
				(to others)
			Keep working.

	They go back to work as Kelsey moves to Picard and
	Kiros.

					KELSEY
				(to Kiros)
			Where did he come from?

					KIROS
			I found him on deck seven.

					KELSEY
				(to Picard)
			Who are you?

	Picard thinks for a moment... decides there is an
	advantage to be gained here. He looks at her blankly
	for a beat and acts befuddled and harmless.

					PICARD
			My name is Mott. I'm... the
			barber.

  STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT THREE  30.

50   CONTINUED:

					KELSEY
			The barber? What the hell are you
			doing here? Everyone was supposed
			to be evacuated to the surface.

					PICARD
			I... I know. But, I wanted to go
			riding and I didn't have my
			saddle, so I came back --

					KELSEY
			Your saddle?

					PICARD
			That's right. I left it in the
			corridor on deck seven. When the
			power went off, I got lost and
			didn't know where to go so --

					KELSEY
			All right, shut up.
				(to Kiros)
			Any sign of Devor?

					KIROS
			No.

	Kelsey flushes with anger.

					KELSEY
			If he's off looting at a time like
			this...
				(beat)
			All right, go find him and make
			sure nothing's wrong.
				(turns)
			Salter. Get over here and keep an
			eye on our... barber.

	Kiros EXITS as Satler comes over and moves Picard to
	one side of the room while holding a weapon.

					SATLER
				(to Picard)
			Sit down.

					PICARD
				(meekly)
			Sure, okay. You don't need to
			point that at me.

					SATLER
			Just do what I tell you, and you
			won't have to worry.

 STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT THREE 30A.

50   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard sits down meekly and Satler stands near him with
	his weapon ready. Picard takes this opportunity to
	watch the terrorists in action and try to figure out
	what they're doing.

  STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT THREE  31.

51   NEW ANGLE

	Picard watches as Kelsey moves toward Pomet, who has
	come down from the upper level of Engineering and is
	working on a thermos-sized trilithium resin containment
	unit.

					KELSEY
				(to Pomet)
			How long until you're ready?

					POMET
				(considers)
			Forty, maybe fifty minutes.

					KELSEY
			The baryon sweep hits this
			compartment in thirty minutes.

					POMET
			The field diverter will protect
			us.

					KELSEY
			It's not us I'm worried about,
			it's that storage unit. I want
			the trilithium resin...

52   ANGLE ON PICARD

	When Kelsey says the word "trilithium" Picard reacts
	with dismay.

					KELSEY
				(continuing)
			... in there and secured before the
			sweep gets here. I don't want to
			take any chances.

					POMET
			Understood.

	Pomet goes to work. Off Picard's expression as he
	considers what he's heard.

                                             CUT TO:

53   INT. ARKARIA BASE

	The hostages are standing in different parts of the
	room. Orton is maintaining his cool composure,
	watching the hostages with a calm expression while the
	Waiter patrols the room occasionally.

     STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - ACT THREE     32.

53   CONTINUED:

	Off to one side and away from the other hostages,
	Beverly is kneeling on the floor next to an unconscious
	Geordi, applying some lo-tech first aid. Hutchinson's
	body lies near Geordi, but he's not moving.

54   ANGLE - RIKER

	Standing near Troi. They converse sotto voice...

					TROI
			They haven't tried to communicate
			with the outside.

					RIKER
			No demands, no political
			statements, no theft... they must
			want something.

	Data moves to join them.

					TROI
			Orton is not as calm as he looks.
			He's very agitated and nervous...
			as if something's gone wrong.

	Troi now casually moves away.

					DATA
			It is possible that Geordi upset
			their timetable when he saw the
			hidden weapons.

					RIKER
			Orton could be improvising...
			maybe he didn't plan to take us
			hostage this early... so now he
			doesn't know what to do...

					DATA
			If they do not have a plan for
			this contingency, we may have the
			initiative.

					RIKER
				(nods)
			Maybe, but we have to think of a
			way to use it...

	Beverly now moves over to them -- Orton watching her
	carefully the whole way.

					RIKER
			How's Geordi?

     STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - ACT THREE     33.

54   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			There's no permanent damage. I've
			adjusted the optical transducer in
			his VISOR to block some of the
			pain receptors in his brain, but
			it's only partially effective.

					RIKER
			What about Hutchinson?

					BEVERLY
				(grim)
			There was nothing I could do for
			him.
				(beat)
			I still need to get Geordi to a
			medical facility.

					RIKER
				(glances at Orton)
			I doubt he'll agree to that.
				(beat)
			If we told him Geordi was dying he
			might give us access to a medical
			kit... maybe we could make a
			weapon from some of the tools...

	Data suddenly has an idea.

					DATA
			Perhaps we can use the VISOR as a
			weapon. If the optical transducer
			were modified, it may be possible
			to generate a hypersonic pulse.

  STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/18/93 - ACT THREE  34.

54   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
				(understanding)
			A hypersonic pulse would overload
			the audio receptors of everyone in
			the room. It would cause
			immediate unconsciousness.

	Riker glances at Orton.

					RIKER
				(to Beverly)
			Can you make the adjustments to
			the VISOR by yourself? It's going
			to look suspicious if both of you
			go over there.

	Beverly thinks for a moment.

					BEVERLY
			I'll try... Geordi may have to
			help me through some of it.

					RIKER
			All right... try to keep it
			casual. Let us know when you're
			ready.

	Beverly nods and then moves back to Geordi. Orton
	watches her, but does nothing.

                                             CUT TO:

55   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Picard is still sitting against a bulkhead. Satler is
	standing guard over him, but he's not paying strict
	attention to this mild-mannered "barber".

56   ANGLE - BEHIND THE ENGINE CORE

	Kelsey is watching Pomet attach the thermos-storage
	unit seen earlier to an interface inside the box on the
	side of the large vertical cylinder which is right
	behind the engine core. Pomet makes a few adjustments,
	then a LIGHT comes on the thermos.

					POMET
				(to Kelsey)
			Ready.

  STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT THREE  35.

56   CONTINUED:

	Kelsey turns to Neil, who has opened the large panel
	near the engine core.

					KELSEY
			Begin draining the trilithium at
			one hundred milligrams per minute.

	Neil nods and works in the panel. Kelsey and Pomet
	keep a close watch on the thermos.

57   PICARD

	is watching Satler (his guard) carefully. Satler's
	attention is on the operation near the core.

58   CLOSE ON PICARD'S HAND

	as he carefully takes the laser-torch out from where he
	had concealed it in the back of his shirt.

59   RESUME PICARD & SATLER

	Satler is still unaware of what Picard is doing.
	Picard glances down to his left.

60   CLOSE ON PICARD'S HAND

	as he places the tip of the laser-torch directly next
	to a small sensor which is set into the bulkhead.

61   RESUME PICARD

	He glances at Satler... then glances at the ceiling.

62   CLOSE ON LASER TORCH (OPTICAL)

	as Picard ACTIVATES the torch and it DISCHARGES against
	the sensor.

63   NEW ANGLE - WIDER

	There is a pause, then suddenly vast quantities of GAS
	begin to flood the compartment, ALARMS SOUND, and the
	ISOLATION DOOR begins CLOSING.

  STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT THREE  36.

63   CONTINUED:

	Picard takes advantage of the confusion to knock Satler
	to his knees and then he grabs the laser torch and
	moves quickly to the field diverter.

64   KELSEY

	is trying to get control of the situation. She yells
	over the sound of the alarms and tries to see through
	the clouds of gas.

					KELSEY
			Neil, what's going on!?

65   PICARD (OPTICAL)

	presses the laser torch against the side of the
	diverter and activates it. The diverter goes DEAD.
	Picard ducks under the Isolation door and heads for the
	Jefferies Tube.

66   SATLER

	recovers and goes after Picard, barely making it under
	the door before it closes completely.

67   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	Picard's now in a horizontal section, scrambling
	through for all he's worth.

68   ANOTHER SECTION OF TUBE

	Satler is scrambling after Picard, with his weapon in
	hand.

69   PICARD

	is moving quickly around a corner. He comes to a
	hatch, opens it...

70   PICARD'S POV (OPTICAL)

	The BARYON SWEEP -- a transparent sheet of green is
	flickering on and off directly ahead of Picard.

     STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - ACT THREE     37.

71   RESUME PICARD

	He's trapped... the field is ahead of him and Satler is
	behind him. Off his expression...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

  STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT FOUR  38.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

72   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	Satler comes around the corner and sees the now closed
	hatch where Picard was at the end of Act Three.
	Directly in front of the hatch, Picard's jacket is
	lying on the floor of the tube. Satler moves to the
	jacket and picks it up...

73   POV STATLER

	The jacket was hiding a manhole-sized hole cut into the
	floor of the tube.

74   RESUME SATLER (OPTICAL)

	She's looking down the hole. A sudden o.c. HUM makes
	her look up just in time to see the green BARYON SWEEP
	come through the closed hatch directly toward her.
	There is no time to escape.

                                             CUT TO:

75   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard, now without his jacket, runs down the
	corridor... over which we HEAR Satler's brief, painful
	SCREAM in the b.g.. Picard's expression acknowledges
	this as he keeps on.

                                             CUT TO:

76   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	The Isolation door has been reopened, the gas is gone
	and the alarms have been turned off. Kelsey is
	standing over Neil, who is examining the deactivated
	field diverter. After a beat, Neil shakes his head and
	lets out a long breath in resignation.

					NEIL
			The primary inducer is completely
			fused. There's no way to fix it.
				(beat)
			Without the diverter, we don't
			have any protection from the
			baryon sweep.

  STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/18/93 - ACT FOUR  39.

76   CONTINUED:

					KELSEY
				(irritated)
			I know that. How long until the
			baryon sweep hits this section?

					NEIL
			About twelve minutes. We should
			go to Ten Forward, it's the last
			place on the ship that'll be swept
			by the baryon field.

	Kelsey thinks for a moment... looks at the engine core
	for a beat then makes the decision.

					KELSEY
			All right, we're leaving. But
			we're taking the trilithium with
			us.

					NEIL
				(shocked)
			What? The storage unit wasn't
			designed to be portable. We can't
			just start hauling it through the
			ship --

	She silences him with a look.

					NEIL
				(fearful)
			I'll... I'll try to make some
			modifications.

	He hurries toward the engine core.

77   NEW ANGLE

	As Pomet comes out of the Jefferies Tube.

					POMET
				(to Kelsey)
			Satler's dead... he ran into the
			baryon sweep.

					KELSEY
			And what about Mott?

      STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - ACT FOUR      40.

77   CONTINUED:

					POMET
			I don't know. But I don't think
			he's a barber. I found this in
			the Jefferies Tube.

	Pomet hands her something.

78   CLOSE ON KELSEY'S HAND

	Pomet has handed her a Starfleet combadge.

79   RESUME SCENE

	Kelsey's face darkens with the realization that they're
	facing a formidable opponent.

                                             CUT TO:

80   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard rounds the corner and stops at a particular
	room. He uses his door-opener to get in.

81   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	Picard ENTERS what we immediately recognize as WORF'S
	ROOM, replete with Klingon weapons on the wall. He
	begins to examine the weapons, trying to decide which
	ones will be the most useful. The alien communicator
	squawks in his pocket and he takes it out to listen.

					KELSEY'S COM VOICE
			Kelsey to Kiros.

					KIROS'S COM VOICE
			This is Kiros.

82   INTERCUT - MAIN ENGINEERING

	Kelsey's on the communicator. Neil and Pomet are
	working with the thermos and the open panel behind the
	engine core.

					KELSEY
				(into communicator)
			We have a problem. There's a
			Starfleet officer still aboard.
			He killed Satler and he may have
			killed Devor.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - ACT FOUR      41.

82   CONTINUED:

					KELSEY (Cont'd)
			He also destroyed the diverter in
			Engineering so we have to leave
			here before the baryon sweep
			enters this section.

					KIROS'S COM VOICE
			What about the trilithium resin?

					KELSEY
				(into communicator)
			We're taking it with us to Ten
			Forward.

	Picard had just taken the crossbow off the wall when he
	hears this. He reacts with shock and picks up the
	communicator.

					KELSEY
				(continuing)
			There should be enough time before --

					PICARD
				(firm, into
				 communicator)
			Kelsey. Don't be a fool. You
			know better than to try moving
			that resin.

	In Engineering, Kelsey reacts for a moment... then her
	eyes narrow and she adjusts to the new situation.

					KELSEY
			Mister Mott... or should I call
			you Lieutenant... Lieutenant
			Commander perhaps?

					PICARD
			You may call me whatever you wish,
			but moving trilithium resin
			requires very specific equipment.
			You can't simply improvise
			something.

	Kelsey gets Pomet's attention and waves him over.

					KELSEY
			I wouldn't need to improvise if
			you hadn't damaged our field
			diverter.

	As Picard answers her, Kelsey mouths the words "Find
	him" to Pomet, who then nods and EXITS.

  STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT FOUR  42.

82   CONTINUED: (2)

					KELSEY
				(continuing)
			But if you're so concerned about
			the trilithium, I suggest you stop
			interfering with us -- before you
			set off an explosion that would
			destroy the Enterprise... and you.

					PICARD
			I would rather destroy this ship
			than allow that material to fall
			into the hands of terrorists.

					KELSEY
			What makes you think I'm a
			terrorist?

					PICARD
			Trilithium resin is a highly toxic
			waste material produced by our
			engines. There's no possible use
			for it except as a weapon.

					KELSEY
			You might be right, Mister Mott.
			But we've been planning this for
			a long time, and I doubt that
			you'll really be able to stop
			us... or even slow us down.

	She shuts off the communicator.

                                             END INTERCUT.

83   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	Picard puts the communicator back in his pocket and
	slings the crossbow over his shoulder and grabs some
	arrows before EXITING.

84   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Kelsey moves to where Neil is working on the thermos,
	which is still attached to the open panel behind the
	core. A few blinkies on the side of the thermos are
	winking on and off, indicating that it is active. Neil
	works for a moment with a DEVICE... then seems
	satisfied.

  STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/18/93 - ACT FOUR  43.

84   CONTINUED:

					NEIL
			That's it... three hundred
			milligrams of trilithium.

	Neil picks up a PIN.

84A  INSERT

	on the pin in Neil's hand. It is about the size and
	shape of a grenade pin, with a small ring at one end.

					NEIL'S VOICE
				(re: pin)
			I'm using a dynamic stabilizer to
			act as a control rod...

84B  RESUME SCENE

	Neil carefully inserts it into the thermos... there is
	an audible CLICK and a GREEN LIGHT comes on the
	thermos.

					NEIL
			There. That should keep the resin
			stable enough for transport.

	There is a beat, and then Kelsey reaches out and
	removes the thermos from the panel. Neil winces
	slightly at the casual way Kelsey handles the unit.

					KELSEY
			Don't look so tense, Neil. If
			something goes wrong, you won't
			have time to worry about it.

	She smiles at him and Neil manages a wan smile in
	return.

					KELSEY
			Let's go.

	They EXIT.

                                             CUT TO:

85   EXT. SPACE - REMMLER ARRAY (OPTICAL)

	The energy beams have reached the aft end of the
	saucer.

  STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT FOUR  43A.

86   INT. SICKBAY

	Picard is dipping an arrow tip into a VIAL of colored
	liquid. He then loads the arrow into the crossbow.

                                             CUT TO:

          STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - ACT FOUR          44.

87   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	Kelsey and Neil are climbing up a vertical section of
	tube. Kelsey is in the lead, with Neil behind her.
	The thermos is strapped onto Neil's back.

					NEIL
			How much further?

					KELSEY
			Three more decks... then we take
			corridor fifteen-B all the way to
			Ten Forward.

	Kelsey suddenly stops short.

					NEIL
			What's wrong?

					KELSEY
			We have to find another way up.

88   NEW ANGLE

	Revealing that all the ladder rungs above Kelsey are
	GONE. She looks at the remains of one of the rungs.

89   INSERT - RUNGS

	The two stubs jutting out from the wall of the
	Jefferies Tube are burnt and melted, as if cut with a
	torch.

90   RESUME KELSEY

	Her face darkens.

                                             CUT TO:

91   INT. SICKBAY

	Picard is now carefully pouring a small amount of WHITE
	POWDER from a container into a petri dish. The
	communicator in his pocket suddenly crackles to life.

					KELSEY'S COM VOICE
			That wasn't very clever, Mister
			Mott.

                                             INTERCUT:

       STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/18/93 - ACT FOUR      45.

92   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE - INTERCUT SICKBAY

	As Kelsey and Neil come down off the ladder and then
	move through a section of horizontal tube. Kelsey is
	talking into her communicator.

					KELSEY
				(continuing)
			If you knew where we were, you
			should've attacked us. Now we'll
			just take another route... one you
			might not be able to predict.

	As they talk, Picard pours some BLACK POWDER into
	another petri dish and then picks up a long wand.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			There are only so many ways to Ten
			Forward... and Ten Forward is the
			only logical place to go if you
			want to stay ahead of the Baryon
			sweep.

	Picard takes the wand and touches it to the white
	powder, then removes it and places it in the black
	powder. As soon as he touches the black powder, there
	is a SMALL EXPLOSION and puff of smoke.

					KELSEY
				(over above action)
			That sweep is just as big a threat
			to you as it is to us. In fact,
			if I were you, Mister Mott, I'd be
			trying to find a way off this
			ship.

	Picard is satisfied with the results of his experiment.
	He puts lids on the tops of the containers and puts
	them in a pocket.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			I plan on leaving the same way you
			do... on your ship.

					KELSEY
			What ship?

					PICARD
			Come on, Kelsey. If you've been
			planning this for so long, you
			must have a way to get off the
			Enterprise and leave this system.
			I think there's a ship coming for
			you. And I plan to be on it.


       STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT FOUR      46.

92   CONTINUED:

					KELSEY
			It's a small ship, Mott... I don't
			think there's going to be room for
			both of us.

					PICARD
			I'm sorry to hear that... I'll
			send your regrets.

	Picard slings the crossbow over his shoulder and EXITS.

                                             END INTERCUT.

93   OMITTED

94   INT. ARKARIA BASE

	Riker is casually watching Beverly and Geordi from
	across the room. Beverly is kneeling next to Geordi,
	working on his VISOR. After a beat, she puts the VISOR
	down, says something quietly to Geordi and then moves
	to rejoin the others.

					RIKER
				(normal voice)
			How is he, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			He's in a lot of pain, but he
			should be fine. He needs some
			water.

	She moves to get some water from a table. Troi is
	standing next to the table. Beverly talks quickly and
	quietly to Troi as she pours some water into a glass.
	Neither woman looks at the other as Beverly gets out
	her information.

       STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT FOUR      47.

94   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(sotto, quick)
			We're almost ready. But when we
			set the VISOR to emit the
			hypersonic pulse, there'll be a
			short burst of light. We need a
			distraction.

	Beverly returns to Geordi and Troi casually sits down.
	Riker moves within earshot.

					TROI
				(sotto)
			They need a distraction.

					RIKER
			How long?

					TROI
			A few seconds.

	Riker thinks for a moment.

					RIKER
			I think I can keep Orton busy for
			a few seconds.

					TROI
			I don't think Orton's in a talking
			mood, Wil.

					RIKER
			You just have to know how to talk
			to him.

	Riker looks at Beverly. She makes a final adjustment
	to the VISOR... glances at Riker, looks away and then
	carefully nods her head.

95   RIKER

	Gets up and moves toward Orton who watches him
	carefully.

          STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - ACT FOUR          48.

95   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Orton, I think we should discuss
			this situation.

					ORTON
			There's nothing to discuss. Sit
			down.

					RIKER
			I think there's a lot to discuss.
			Can't we be reasonable here?

					ORTON
			I'm not interested in hearing your
			hostage negotiation tactics,
			Commander.

					RIKER
			It won't hurt you to listen, will
			it?

	Orton sighs... willing to give this a shot if it will
	shut him up.

					ORTON
				(bored)
			All right.

					RIKER
			Thank you. Now the first thing I
			think we should discuss is this...

	Without the slightest warning, Riker throws a powerful
	right cross that catches Orton unaware and sends him
	sprawling. Riker throws a plate of food at the Waiter,
	but he quickly moves in with a well-placed kick that
	knocks Riker back.

96   ON BEVERLY (OPTICAL)

	As she adjusts the VISOR. A brief rainbow BURST OF
	LIGHT comes out and then disappears.

97   RIKER

	is picked up off the floor by the Waiter who holds him.

       STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT FOUR      49.

97   CONTINUED:

					ORTON
			Well, Commander... Here's my
			response.

	Orton slams a fist into Riker's gut.

                                             CUT TO:

98   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The BARYON BEAM is now halfway through the saucer
	section.

99   INT. CORRIDOR

	Pomet is walking carefully through the corridor...
	looking for Picard with his weapon in hand. He
	approaches an intersection... begins to turn the
	corner, then stops as he hears something behind him.
	He doesn't turn right away... takes a another couple of
	steps forward, as if he didn't hear anything... then
	suddenly whirls around.

100  POV POMET

	Looking down the empty corridor. There's no one there.

101  RESUME POMET

	He's annoyed... thought he heard something, he begins
	to turn around and as he does we RACK FOCUS to see
	Picard, several feet down the corridor. He's already
	got the crossbow aimed.

102  PICARD

	FIRES the crossbow.

103  POMET

	is HIT in the leg with the arrow. He yells out in
	pain, but it's not a mortal wound and he whips up his
	weapon to fire back at Picard. But suddenly he
	pauses... dizzy... can't see straight... and he
	collapses to the ground.

          STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - ACT FOUR          50.

104  WITH PICARD

	as he runs to Pomet. He checks the man's pulse --
	alive -- and then moves to remove the weapon from
	Pomet's reflexive grip. But before he can, there's
	another weapon prodding the back of his head.

					KIROS (O.S.)
			Put your weapon down... slowly.

105  WIDER

	Kiros has gotten the drop on Picard! Off Picard...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/92 - ACT FIVE          51.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

106  INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard is standing with his hands on his head, facing
	away from Kiros, who never takes his eyes off him as he
	activates his communicator.

					KIROS
				(to com)
			Kelsey, this is Kiros. I'm on
			deck ten. I have Mott.

                                             INTERCUT:

107  INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	Kelsey and Neil are climbing up another tube.

					KELSEY
			Is he alive?

					KIROS
			Yes.

					KELSEY
			Good. Meet us at intersection
			forty-one.

					KIROS
			Understood.

	Kiros points down the corridor with his weapon.

					KIROS
			Move.

	They begin to head down the corridor.

                                             CUT TO:

108  EXT. SPACE - REMMLER ARRAY (OPTICAL)

	The green field is now three quarters of the way
	through the saucer section.

       STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT FIVE      52.

109  INT. CORRIDOR - JEFFERIES TUBE ENTRY

	The door to the Jefferies Tube OPENS and Kelsey crawls
	out into the corridor. Neil follows her, breathing
	heavily.

					KELSEY
			Give me the trilithium.

110  NEIL

	takes off the thermos and bends over, catching his
	breath.

					NEIL
				(panting)
			How... how much farther do we have
			to go?

					KELSEY
			Not far.
				(looks at thermos)
			With all the modifications you
			made to this unit, will we have
			any trouble removing the
			trilithium?

					NEIL
			No... you just remove the control
			rod and then drain the unit...
			there shouldn't be any problem.

					KELSEY
			That's all I wanted to know.

	She pulls out her weapon and points it at Neil's chest.
	Off his shocked expression...

                                             CUT TO:

111  ANOTHER CORRIDOR

	Picard and Kiros come about the corner just as Kelsey
	shuts the door to the Jefferies Tube. The thermos is
	on the deck... Neil is nowhere to be seen. Kelsey
	turns as they approach.

					KELSEY
				(to Picard)
			Well... not as clever as you
			thought. Where's Pomet?

          STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - ACT FIVE         52A.

111  CONTINUED:

					KIROS
			He shot him with some kind of
			arrow.

					PICARD
			He's not dead.

					KELSEY
			Well, he will be soon. The baryon
			sweep's nearly here and we don't
			have time to go back for him.

       STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT FIVE      53.

111  CONTINUED: (2)

					KIROS
			What about Neil?

					KELSEY
			The sweep got him. Let's go.
				(to Picard)
			And you can lead, Mister Mott.
			That way if we come to any more of
			your little surprises, you'll be
			sure to let us know.

	Kelsey picks up the thermos as Kiros prods Picard down
	the corridor.

                                             CUT TO:

112  INT. ARKARIA BASE

	Riker is sitting at one of the tables, his face is
	slightly bloodied and bruised. Troi dabs a cloth to
	one of the cuts.

					TROI
			I thought you were going to talk
			with him.

					RIKER
			I did. He just didn't like what
			I had to say.

	Suddenly, a light on the computer panel begins FLASHING
	and BEEPING. Orton moves to the panel and begins
	working it. The Waiter keeps a close eye on everyone.
	Data moves to Riker.

       STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/18/93 - ACT FIVE      54.

112  CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(re: computer panel)
			That was a perimeter warning from
			the Remmler Array. A small ship
			is approaching.
				(beat as he watches
				 Orton)
			I believe Mister Orton has just
			dropped the defense shields.

					RIKER
			This has to be what they've been
			waiting for.

	Riker looks at Beverly. She makes a couple of
	adjustments to the VISOR and then nods... she's ready.

					RIKER
			Data, you're going to be the only
			one unaffected by the hypersonic
			burst. As soon as everyone's
			unconscious, you've got to get to
			the computer panel and stop that
			ship somehow.

					DATA
			I will try, sir.

	Riker takes a deep breath... then nods to Beverly.

113  BEVERLY

	activates the VISOR.

114  WIDER

	a VERY LOW HUM can be heard... Orton looks up in
	curiosity... then suddenly he (and everyone else in
	the room) puts his hands to his head in confusion...
	and sinks to the floor, unconscious. Everyone follows
	suit, leaving only Data awake. He moves quickly to the
	computer panel.

                                             CUT TO:

       STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT FIVE      55.

115  EXT. SPACE - REMMLER ARRAY (OPTICAL)

	The sheet of green is almost through the saucer
	section.

116  INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard, Kiros and Kelsey move along at a clip.
	Picard's trying to figure things out... but also trying
	to keep his captors off-center, look for an opening.

					PICARD
			Kelsey -- perhaps we can work out
			a deal.

					KELSEY
			You're the only one who needs a
			deal, Mott.

					PICARD
			My name's not Mott. It's Jean-Luc
			Picard.

	Kelsey reacts... it all makes sense now.

					KELSEY
			Captain Picard... this is all
			beginning to make sense...

					PICARD
			Leave the trilithium here and take
			me with you. You can use me as a
			hostage instead of threatening --

					KELSEY
			I'm not a terrorist Captain, and
			I don't have a political agenda...
				(beat)
			But I know some people who do have
			agendas... and who are very
			interested in this little
			container.

					PICARD
			Profit. This is all about profit.

					KELSEY
			I prefer to think of it as
			commerce.

          STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/92 - ACT FIVE          56.

116  CONTINUED:

	They have reached the doors to Ten Forward.

					KELSEY
				(to Picard)
			Open the door.

	Picard uses his suction device and opens the door.

					KELSEY
			Now go through... slowly.

117  INT. TEN FORWARD

	as they ENTER single file: Picard, Kiros, then Kelsey.
	Kiros's weapon is steady on Picard's back and Kelsey is
	looking around for a possible trap.

          STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/93 - ACT FIVE          57.

118  CLOSE ON PICARD'S FEET

	He steps squarely into a strip of WHITE POWDER on the
	ground... then carefully side-steps a strip of BLACK
	POWDER which is just ahead of it.

119  KIROS

	follows Picard warily.

120  CLOSE ON KIROS'S FEET

	as Kiros steps first onto the white, then directly onto
	the black powder with the same foot. As soon as his
	foot touches the second strip of powder, the chemicals
	react and there is an EXPLOSION.

121  WIDER

	As the explosion blows Kiros against the wall, knocking
	her out. Picard takes advantage of the explosion and
	whirls around... he lunges at Kelsey and knocks her to
	the ground. She loses her grip on the thermos.

122  THE THERMOS

	Bounces across the floor.

123  NEW ANGLE

	As Picard moves for Kiros's weapon, which is on the
	floor, but Kelsey recovers quickly and she catches him
	with a well-placed kick. Suddenly a noise makes both
	of them stop for a moment and turn toward the back
	wall.

124  ANGLE ON WALL (OPTICAL)

	As the BARYON SWEEP suddenly comes THROUGH the wall.

125  KELSEY AND PICARD (OPTICAL)

	Kelsey and Picard react to the sight. Then Kelsey
	swings at Picard and they begin to fight across the
	room toward the windows... only a few feet ahead of
	the BARYON SWEEP.

       STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT FIVE      58.

125  CONTINUED:

	Kelsey knocks Picard back, goes for the thermos on the
	floor, but then Picard lunges at her, knocking them
	both to the ground... there is a brief struggle for
	the thermos as they roll around on the ground...
	finally Kelsey knocks him away and picks up her weapon.
	Picard freezes as Kelsey takes the thermos.

	Kelsey's communicator begins to BEEP and FLASH.

					KELSEY
				(touches her
				 communicator)
			I guess, I'll be the one to send
			your regrets.

	Before Picard can make another move, Kelsey and the
	thermos DEMATERIALIZE.

126  NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Picard looks around... trying to think of some way out.
	But there's nowhere for him to go. He climbs up on a
	window support, giving him a few extra seconds, but the
	sweep is getting every closer. He adjusts the
	communicator for a moment.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Arkaria base, this is Captain
			Picard. Deactivate the baryon
			sweep.
				(urgent)
			This is Captain Picard on the
			Enterprise. Deactivate the baryon
			sweep immediately.

	He presses back against the window, still looking
	around for some way out. Anything. And then... it
	STOPS. The green glow fades.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Data to Captain Picard... do you
			read me Captain?

					PICARD
				(keys it)
			Picard here.

          STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/92 - ACT FIVE         58A.

127  INTERCUT - ARKARIA BASE

	Data is at the computer panel. Riker is keeping guard
	on Orton and the Waiter in the b.g. and everyone looks
	a little woozy still.

       STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/15/93 - ACT FIVE      59.

127  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Are you all right, Captain?

					PICARD
			Yes.

					DATA
			Sir, an unidentified scout ship
			has just beamed someone off the
			Enterprise. Do you know anything
			about it?

					PICARD
				(beat; low)
			I know they won't get very far.

127A EXT. SPACE - SCOUT SHIP & ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
	(Formerly Scene 130A)

	A small SCOUT SHIP is moving away from the Enterprise.
	Suddenly the scout ship EXPLODES.

127B INT. TEN FORWARD
	(Formerly 130B)

	The ship rocks slightly from the o.c. explosion.
	Picard is still looking out the windows.

	Picard unclinches his hand and looks down.

128  OMITTED

129  CLOSE ON PICARD'S HAND

	he's holding the safety pin from the thermos which he
	had surreptitiously removed during the scuffle.

130  RESUME PICARD

	Off his grim expression...

                                             CUT TO:

131  EXT. SPACE - THE REMMLER ARRAY (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise is still docked. It's all lit up, per
	normal operation. The array is turned off.

          STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/92 - ACT FIVE         59A.

132  INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly is patching up Picard's bumps and bruises with
	a medical DEVICE.

					BEVERLY
			Hold still... you've got a nasty
			cut here...

	Troi ENTERS.

       STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - REV. - 01/18/93 - ACT FIVE      60.

132  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Troi, very
				 concerned)
			Any luck?

					TROI
			I'm sorry, Captain. I don't know
			what could've happened to it.

	Riker ENTERS.

					RIKER
				(shakes his head)
			I've had three security teams
			search deck seven and they
			couldn't find anything.

	Picard's face falls.

					BEVERLY
				(firm)
			Hold still. I can't heal this
			cleanly if you keep fidgeting.

	Worf finally ENTERS, awkwardly holding Picard's saddle
	by one stirrup.

					WORF
			I found it, Captain. Someone put
			it in a maintenance locker.

					PICARD
				(takes saddle)
			Thank you.

	Worf looks puzzled at Picard.

					WORF
			You keep a saddle on board?

					RIKER
			Worf, I'm surprised at you...

					BEVERLY
			Any experienced rider would
			naturally have his own saddle.

					TROI
			It's perfectly normal.

	Beat.

					WORF
			Of course.

          STAR TREK: "Starship Mine" - 01/14/92 - ACT FIVE          61.

132  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			It came in very handy.
				(beat)
			I just wish I'd had a chance to
			use it on a horse.

	Off their reactions...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             








                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                           "Lessons" 
                          #40276-245 
                              
                          Written by 
                       Ronald Wilkerson 
                               & 
                     Jeanne Louise Mathias 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Robert Wiemer 


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Copyright 1992 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                       JANUARY 25, 1993

             STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 1/25/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Lessons"                                
                              
                             CAST                               

                PICARD             NELLA DAREN
                RIKER              
                DATA               
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                WORF               
                GEORDI             
                COMPUTER VOICE     
                A WOMAN'S VOICE   
 
                Non-Speaking       
                  N.D. CREWMEMBERS   
                  N.D. MUSICIANS     
                  N.D. CREWMEMBER (Marques)
                  N.D. CREWMEMBER (Richardson)
                  N.D. CREWMEMBER (Deng)

             STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 1/25/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Lessons" 

                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              READY ROOM               PLANET'S SURFACE
              CORRIDOR
              CARTOGRAPHY LAB
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              TEN FORWARD
              JEFFERIES TUBE
              ENGINEERING
              TURBOLIFT
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              SICKBAY

          STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - TEASER          1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                           "Lessons"   
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. BRIDGE

	It is the night watch -- DATA sits in the command
	chair; N.D.'s man the various vital stations. PICARD
	ENTERS from the Turbolift, preoccupied with the PADD in
	his hand.

					PICARD
			Good evening, Mister Data.

					DATA
			Actually, good morning, sir.

	Picard smiles slightly as he realizes Data's right.

					DATA
			Ship status is --

					PICARD
			No need to report. I'm just here
			to do some work of my own.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	Entering information on his PADD, Picard heads to his
	Ready Room.

					PICARD
			I'd like to talk to Doctor Mowray
			at his archaeological site on
			Landris Two. Please put it
			through to my Ready Room.

					DATA
			I am sorry, sir, but Stellar
			Cartography has requested a
			communications blackout while they
			run an experiment.

	Picard is a little surprised to hear this.

					PICARD
			How long will it be?

          STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - TEASER          2.

1    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Another three hours, twenty-two
			minutes.

	Picard frowns slightly.

					DATA
			I can override it if necessary.

					PICARD
			No, no... it's not important.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Picard EXITS to...

2    INT. READY ROOM

	Picard sits at his desk and puts down the PADD. After
	a beat, he activates his DESKTOP TERMINAL.

					PICARD
			Computer, display the latest
			excavation schematics from Landris
			Two.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Library computer is temporarily
			off-line.

	Picard reacts.

					PICARD
			Explain.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Library Systems have been
			allocated to Stellar Cartography.

	Picard frowns at this unusual circumstance.

	He turns off his terminal and looks around the room.
	His eyes settle on a BOOK and he decides to do some
	reading. He stands and crosses to the REPLICATOR slot
	in the wall.

          STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - TEASER          3.

2    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Tea, Earl Grey. Hot.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Replicator systems are off-line at
			the request of --

	Picard finishes the sentence along with the computer.

					PICARD/COMPUTER VOICE
			Stellar Cartography...

	Picard is annoyed but not angry, reasoning that they
	must be up to something important.

					PICARD
				(to himself)
			What could they possibly be doing
			down there... ?

	Picard's mouth was set for the tea, but curiosity gets
	the better of him. He heads for the door.

3    INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard approaches the door to the Stellar Sciences
	Department. He EXITS to...

4    INT. CARTOGRAPHY LAB

	The room is pitch black, lit only by the light from the
	corridor as Picard ENTERS. Startled by the sudden
	blackness, he stops short in the open doorway.

					WOMAN'S VOICE
			In or out, but close that door.

	Picard steps in quickly, and the door slides shut. He
	strains to adjust to the blackness as he ENTERS. With
	a bang, Picard's leg bumps into a table, dumping
	EQUIPMENT noisily to the floor.

					WOMAN'S VOICE
			Just try to stand still.

	In the shadows, several N.D.'s are hunched over a
	console in the center of the room. It is a three-dimensional
	grid, and its faint light bathes their
	faces.

	Picard stands where he is.

          STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - TEASER          4.

4    CONTINUED:

	The woman's voice carries a tone of frustration that is
	slowly intensifying.

					WOMAN'S VOICE
			It'll take a second for our eyes
			to re-adjust...
				(beat; urgent)
			Elevate to three-point-two.
				(beat)
			Good... we can do this...
				(beat)
			We're losing vertical alignment.
			Compensate...
				(beat)
			Gently, don't bump it.
				(beat)
			No, no -- hit the...
				(much louder)
			Forget it. Lights.

	The group at the console breaks up. The owner of the
	voice, NELLA DAREN, Lieutenant Commander, leans against
	the console in frustration, her back to the door.

					NELLA
			Whoever you are, you just ruined
			four hours of work.

					PICARD
			You might've taken the simple
			precaution of locking the door.

	She turns to lay into this cheeky interloper.

					NELLA
			It's three o'clock in the morning --

	Her face falls when she realizes it's the Captain.

					NELLA
				(surprised)
			Captain Picard...

	Picard can't help but smile at her discomfort.

					PICARD
			You must be Lieutenant Commander
			Daren.

          STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - TEASER          4A.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					NELLA
			Yes, sir. I'm sorry. It's just
			we weren't expecting many people
			to be up at this hour.

	Picard gestures that there's no need to apologize.

					PICARD
			You're new aboard the Enterprise.
			I think you'll soon learn to start
			expecting the unexpected.

	She appreciates his letting the matter drop and smiles.

					NELLA
			That's why I put in for this
			assignment.

          STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - TEASER          5.

4    CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Excellent. Now perhaps you could
			tell me what was so important that
			it required depriving the ship's
			Captain of a cup of Earl Grey?

					NELLA
			Earl Grey? No wonder you can't
			sleep.

	Picard reacts as she strides toward her replicator.

					NELLA
			Computer, bring replicators back
			on line and give me a cup of Daren
			herbal tea blend number three,
			hot.

	She turns back as we HEAR the replicator.

					NELLA
			You shouldn't be drinking a
			stimulant at this time of night.
			I think you'll like this.

	She hands him the tea which has appeared, looks on as
	he takes a sip. He grimaces and makes a sour face at
	the taste. Nella takes it in stride.

					NELLA
			I've programmed seven other blends
			into the replicator...
				(smiles)
			You're bound to like one of them.

	Though still smarting from the taste, Picard tries to
	be gracious.

					PICARD
			I look forward to sampling them.

	Nella smiles, then moves toward the console where she
	was working earlier.

					NELLA
			I'm sorry if the system blackouts
			we requested inconvenienced you.
			We were taking very precise
			gravimetric readings -- it
			wouldn't have taken much to throw
			them off.

          STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - TEASER          6.

4    CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
				(eyeing the console)
			What are these readings for?

	Nella is pleased the Captain is taking an interest.

					NELLA
			I'm trying to construct a
			mathematical model of an emerging
			star system. If it works, we'll
			be able to predict the
			configuration of a system that
			won't be formed for another two
			million years.

					PICARD
				(a wry smile)
			That's a long time to wait to find
			out if you're right.

					NELLA
				(smiles)
			I have a few things to do between
			now and then.

	They regard each other... off their mutual intrigue
	we...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT ONE       7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

           (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)            

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves at warp.

6    INT. BRIDGE

	RIKER, Data and various N.D.s. Picard ENTERS from the
	Ready Room.

					RIKER
			We'll arrive at the Borgolis
			Nebula in three hours, sir.

					PICARD
			I understand it has unusual
			radioactive emissions -- I'm sure
			Stellar Sciences will find it an
			interesting study.

					RIKER
			Commander Daren has already
			requested time on the main sensor
			array.

	Picard nods and heads for the Turbolift.

          STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT ONE          8.

6    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You have the Bridge, Number One.

	Data turns to address him.

					DATA
			Captain, I would like to remind
			you about our concert this evening
			in Ten-Forward.
				(beat)
			We will be performing Chopin's
			Trio in G minor.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			I'll be there.

	Data is gratified to hear this...

7    INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Picard and BEVERLY are sharing an afternoon lunch,
	chatting about this and that.

					PICARD
			... the upshot is... we'll be close
			enough for you to slip away for a
			few days and see Wesley.

	Beverly beams at hearing this.

					BEVERLY
			Wonderful, thank you, Jean-Luc.

	She sips her tea.

					BEVERLY
			This is delicious; what is it?

					PICARD
			It's an herbal tea blend...
				(beat)
			I came across it in the replicator
			files.

	Beverly nods.

					PICARD
			Have you met any of the new
			crewmembers we took on at Starbase
			Two-eighteen?

         STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT ONE         8A.

7    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(nods)
			In fact, I have a new Nurse. His
			name's Beck, he's an obstetrics
			specialist.

	Picard nods.

       STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/28/93 - ACT ONE       9.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(casually)
			I met the new head of Stellar
			Sciences last night. Lieutenant
			Commander Daren.

					BEVERLY
			Yes... Nella Daren. She was in
			Sickbay for a physical last week.
			I liked her. Very forthright.

					PICARD
			Very.

	Beverly suddenly remembers something.

					BEVERLY
			Oh, I forgot to tell you... The
			Exogenics Journal accepted my
			paper for publication.

					PICARD
				(smiles)
			That's wonderful, Beverly.

					BEVERLY
			I'm hoping to get a response from
			other scientists studying
			ribosomal replication. There's
			still no satisfying explanation
			for the genetic drift.

       STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT ONE       10.

7    CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(smiles)
			That journal is widely read.
			You'll probably be swamped with
			responses.
				(beat)
			Did you know it's possible now to
			predict the configuration of a
			star system that won't be formed
			for another two million years?

	She stares at him, momentarily off-stride by this non-sequitur...
	but Picard's interests are many and farranging.

					BEVERLY
			Really? No, I didn't...

					PICARD
			It's quite intriguing. It's made
			possible by a rather complex
			mathematical construct based on
			fractal particle motion. And of
			course that's just the
			foundation... the modeling itself
			requires gravimetric wave inputs.

					BEVERLY
			I see.

	He hears her polite, neutral response and smiles self-effacingly.

					PICARD
			Well, I'm sure it sounds dry.
			Stellar cartography isn't
			everyone's cup of tea...

					BEVERLY
			I'm sure it's fascinating.

	Picard smiles and puts his cup down.

					PICARD
			Well... we'd better get to Ten
			Forward; we don't want to be late
			for the concert.

	And they rise to EXIT.

8    INT. TEN FORWARD

	TROI, GEORDI, Riker, Picard and Beverly are sitting
	among the N.D.'s waiting for the performance to start.
	People talk quietly among themselves as they wait.

         STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT ONE         10A.

8    CONTINUED:

	A PIANO has been set up on one side of the room, along
	with CHAIRS and MUSIC STANDS for the accompanists.

	The crowd falls silent as the musicians ENTER and take
	their seats. Data carries his violin. Another
	musician will play a cello. Everyone is in place
	except the piano soloist, to whom Data now gestures so
	they may ENTER.

	It is Nella Daren...

9    CLOSE - PICARD

	as he recognizes her.

         STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT ONE         11.

10   RESUME SCENE

	as Data gestures to the others and begins the concert.

	Nella dives into the piece with amazing skill and
	relish. From the crash of opening chords to the
	following arpeggiated run, her performance is an
	explosion of passionate color. At once, the room is
	electrified.

11   CLOSE - PICARD

	as he listens to this virtuosic performance. He's
	never heard music played more beautifully. His eyes
	close as he takes it all in...

12   ON CROWD

	as we see that Picard is not alone in feeling moved by
	her playing.

13   OMITTED

14   INT. TEN FORWARD

	during the reception following the performance. Nella
	is surrounded by admirers and well-wishers.

	Data, Beverly and Picard stand nearby waiting their
	turn to thank her for the performance. After a moment,
	she turns to them.

					PICARD
			Your playing was remarkable.

					NELLA
				(without modesty)
			Thank you, sir.

         STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT ONE         12.

14   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			You're very talented.

					DATA
			I noticed that the applause
			tonight exceeded average decibel
			levels.

					NELLA
				(smiles)
			I guess that means they enjoyed
			themselves. I know I enjoyed
			playing.

					PICARD
			That was obvious.

	Data has been looking around for the other musician.

					DATA
			Excuse me. I have not yet
			congratulated Ensign Cheney.

	Nella nods.

					BEVERLY
			I'll go with you.

	Beverly exchanges smiles with Picard and moves after
	Data.

	Picard and Nella are alone. Their eyes meet.

       STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT ONE       13.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I played piano for a while when I
			was young. But I never put in the
			practice time it takes to become
			truly proficient.

					NELLA
			That was never my problem. In
			fact, my parents had to make me go
			out and play.

	Picard smiles. Then... something he's been wondering
	about...

					PICARD
			I wanted to ask you... during the
			second arpeggio in the first
			movement, I noticed you played an
			F minor chord instead of a
			diminished D.

					NELLA
			You're a musician. What's your
			instrument? We should play some
			time.

					PICARD
			I'm very much an amateur. But I
			must say, your choice in that
			arpeggio was delightful. Not at
			all what one expects to hear.

         STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT ONE         14.

14   CONTINUED: (3)

	She regards him evenly... with a twinkle in her eye.

					NELLA
			Well, Captain... now that I'm on
			your ship, maybe you should start
			expecting the unexpected.

	She smiles... and Picard, hearing his own words echoed
	back to him, can't help but smile back. Hold on their
	look for a beat --

                                             FADE OUT.

15   OMITTED

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

       STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT TWO       15.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

16   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it hangs in space in the vicinity of the blue-tinged
	Borgolis Nebula.

17   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker, Data, and various N.D.'s. Nella ENTERS from the
	Turbolift and approaches Riker.

					NELLA
			Excuse me, sir.

	Riker nods that she go ahead.

					NELLA
				(continuing)
			I was hoping my people in Spectral
			Analysis could have another few
			hours on the main sensor array.

					RIKER
			I'm sorry, the array's been
			allocated to Engineering; they're
			running some warp field tests.

					NELLA
			If we go off-line now, we'll lose
			the gas flow pattern we've been
			tracking.

	Riker's not annoyed by any of this -- he's used to
	advocacy from Department heads and is comfortable
	making these kinds of decisions.

					RIKER
			I understand that. But we've got
			other departments waiting to use
			the array.

					NELLA
			We're at a critical juncture --

					RIKER
				(firm)
			Commander.

         STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT TWO         16.

17   CONTINUED:

	Nella backs off. Though Riker won't be pushed, he is
	willing to be flexible.

					RIKER
			I'll see what I can do about more
			time tomorrow.

					NELLA
			Tomorrow... but ---
				(beat; she realizes this
				 is the best she can
				 get)
			Thank you, sir.

	Riker nods an acknowledgment and she EXITS to the
	Turbolift.

18   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	It's evening. Picard is holding his flute, listening
	to a playback of a recording he just made. He is
	dressed comfortably, a cup of tea on a nearby table.
	The door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			End playback.

	The Computer stops the recording.

					PICARD
			Come.

	The door OPENS to REVEAL Nella standing in the doorway.
	Under her arm is some sort of rolled-up SCROLL.

       STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT TWO       17.

18   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(surprised)
			Commander Daren.

					NELLA
			I hope you don't mind me dropping
			by like this?

					PICARD
			I'm delighted. Come in.

	She comes in and the door closes behind her. She sees
	the flute in his hand.

					NELLA
			What kind of flute is that?

					PICARD
			It's Ressikan.

					NELLA
			I never saw one before.

	Beat.

					PICARD
			They're not made anymore.

					NELLA
			How long have you been playing?

	Picard doesn't quite know how to explain.

					PICARD
			A long time...

					NELLA
			I'd love to hear you play
			sometime.

					PICARD
			I'm not very good.

					NELLA
			It doesn't matter, as long as you
			enjoy it.

         STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT TWO         18.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Yes, but I wouldn't want to
			inflict it on anyone else.

	She shrugs.

					NELLA
			May I try?

	Picard hands her the instrument. She eyes it briefly,
	sets her fingers to the holes, and tries it. The notes
	are off key and flat. She stops and inspects it.

					PICARD
			You're not holding it quite
			right...

					NELLA
			Show me.

	Picard takes the flute and PLAYS a few notes, simple
	and sweet. Nella is pleased by the sound. When he
	finishes he shrugs as if it were nothing.

					NELLA
			You're better than you think.

					PICARD
				(dismissing this)
			Please...

					NELLA
			Really. We should play together.

	This isn't what Picard was hoping to hear.

					PICARD
			There's... no piano here.

					NELLA
			Oh, but there is.

	Nella takes the scroll she brought in and unfurls it on
	a nearby table. It's a sheet of piano keys that
	flatten out to become a keyboard. She turns and sees
	the expression of surprise on Picard's face.

					NELLA
			I picked it up on Mataline Two.
			It's amazing.

	She does a little ARPEGGIO to show off. It sounds like
	a good electronic keyboard.

         STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT TWO         19.

18   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Remarkable...
				(hoping to get out of
				 this)
			Why don't you play something for
			me?

	She eyes him, knowing what he's up to.

					NELLA
			You start... I'll jump in.

	Picard can't think how to get out of it. He sets his
	fingers on the flute tentatively.

					PICARD
			What... shall we play?

					NELLA
			What were you working on before I
			came in?

	Beat.

					PICARD
			Bach... the third Brandenburg.

					NELLA
			Perfect. Go ahead.

	He gamely starts in; she waits a few beats and then
	joins in. The moment she does, he is thrown off, and
	stops.

					PICARD
			Sorry...

					NELLA
			It's all right... you're not used
			to playing with anyone, are you?

					PICARD
			Just the computer.

	She eyes him, suddenly feeling the plight of this man,
	sitting alone in his room, playing music with a
	computer.

					NELLA
				(gently)
			Well... I may not be as precise as
			a computer... but I think you'll
			enjoy it more.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT TWO         20.

18   CONTINUED: (4)

					NELLA (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			Let's try something a little
			simpler. How about...

	She begins playing "Frere Jacque." He smiles and
	chimes in at the appropriate place for the round. They
	play it through once. He has played his part solidly
	and she is pleased.

					NELLA
			Very good! Now... let's have a
			little fun with it.

	She plays a slight variation on the "Frere Jacque"
	melody.

					NELLA
			Try it. Improvise on the melody --
			anything you want.

	He takes a breath... starts to play... it's like a
	beginner's improvisation, not very loose or imaginative --
	but it's a beginning.

					NELLA
			That's wonderful! Keep going...

	He does, and she joins in, noodling in and around his
	playing. It's a delightful little counterpoint and it
	helps to loosen him up. He becomes freer... takes a
	few chances... she matches him... he launches into a
	bold, venturesome direction and she starts laughing,
	staying with him, feeling the joyousness that the
	intermingling of music is bringing them both.

19   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise hanging in space near the nebula.

20   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker, Data, and various N.D.s. Riker nods that a PADD
	an N.D. is showing him checks out fine, then moves to
	sit in the command chair. After a moment, Picard
	ENTERS from his Ready Room. He's full of energy and
	seems to be in a great mood.

					PICARD
			Number One... my sparring partner
			cancelled for this afternoon. I
			was wondering if you wanted to
			join me?

         STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT TWO         21.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker is unsure -- the Captain is far better than he
	is.

					RIKER
			Fencing, sir? I'm really not very
			good.

	Picard dismisses this.

					PICARD
			It doesn't matter... as long as
			you enjoy it.

	Riker considers, then smiles and nods.

					RIKER
			Why not?

					PICARD
				(pleased)
			Excellent. Fourteen hundred
			hours, then.

	He nods and returns to his Ready Room. Riker watches
	him go, glad to see him in a good mood.

21   INT. SICKBAY

	Nella is being examined by Beverly, who waves a SCANNER
	over her right arm from elbow to wrist.

					BEVERLY
			You have a mild strain.

					NELLA
			I've been playing the piano a
			lot... I guess the Captain and I
			overdid it a little last night.

	Beverly reacts to this, bemused.

         STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT TWO         22.

21   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			The Captain?

					NELLA
			He plays a kind of flute...
			Ressikan, I think he said.

					BEVERLY
			Yes... but I didn't realize he
			played... duets.

					NELLA
			He never did before. But he
			seemed to enjoy it. He's actually
			quite promising.

					BEVERLY
			I see.

					NELLA
			Tell me... have you known him
			long?

					BEVERLY
			Yes. A long time...

					NELLA
			He seems... somewhat isolated.

	Beverly reflects on this.

					BEVERLY
			I'd say he's a private person...
			but not isolated.

	Nella takes this in. Beverly turns off the scanner
	she's been using.

					BEVERLY
			There. That should help.

	Nella flexes her wrist.

					NELLA
			It feels much better. Thank you.

         STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT TWO         23.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Good.

	Nella hops off the biobed.

					NELLA
			I was afraid I'd have to cancel.

					BEVERLY
				(smiles)
			Another duet?

	They share a look and Nella EXITS.

22   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	Open on the rungs of the ladder. A woman's hand comes
	into frame, then another. She's climbing up. Then
	Nella's body passes. She carries a small BAG slung
	over one shoulder, and is dressed in civilian clothes.

					PICARD (O.S.)
			Where are we going?

					NELLA
			Keep climbing.

	As Nella passes out of frame we see, emerging after her
	on the ladder, the hands and face of Picard. He too is
	in civilian clothes.

					PICARD
			I don't see why we can't just
			practice in my quarters.

					NELLA
			We're almost there.

23   ANGLE ON JEFFERIES TUBE INTERSECTION

	It is the intersection of a vertical and horizontal
	tube. Nella climbs into the horizontal tube and scoots
	over to make room for Picard.

	Sitting cross-legged on the floor, she reaches into her
	bag and pulls out her SCROLL KEYBOARD, spreading it out
	in front of her. After a moment, Picard emerges and
	climbs into the tube with her.

         STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT TWO         24.

23   CONTINUED:

					NELLA
			Do you know where we are?

					PICARD
				(looking around)
			The fourth intersect of Jefferies
			Tube twenty-five.

					NELLA
			No... this is the most
			acoustically perfect spot on the
			ship.

	She starts to PLAY, and the sound fills the tube.
	Picard hears that she's right and nods in appreciation.

					NELLA
			The intersection acts as a
			resonance chamber.

	She continues to play as Picard speaks.

					PICARD
			How did you find it?

					NELLA
			A little exploring.

					PICARD
			Don't tell me you climbed through
			every tube on the ship?

					NELLA
				(smiles)
			Well, not every one.
				(indicating his bag)
			Try it. See how it sounds.

	Picard takes his flute from her bag. He puts it to his
	lips... and begins playing the melody from "Inner
	Light." It is lyrical, haunting... she is transfixed.
	He stops, somewhat embarrassed by her rapt attention.

					NELLA
			That's beautiful. What is it?

					PICARD
			Just an old folk melody.

					NELLA
			I've never heard you play with
			such feeling.

         STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT TWO         25.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

	She begins picking out the melody on the keyboard...
	then adding chords. He watches her, enjoying her
	concentration... hearing the beautiful melody.

	She looks up and sees the look on his face.

	Their eyes lock for a long moment. He breaks it off,
	and Nella looks down at her keyboard. After a few
	notes, Picard joins in. We stay with them for a few
	moments before cutting to:

24   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi works alone at a CONSOLE. He hears something.
	MUSIC? How can that be? He walks around the room
	slowly. Where can it be coming from? Finally, he
	leans into a Jefferies Tube and puts his head up the
	shaft.

25   ON DATA

	who ENTERS the room to see Geordi with his head
	sticking up the tube. He's concerned.

					DATA
			Geordi. Is there a problem?

	Geordi pulls his head out of the tube.

					GEORDI
			I hear music.

         STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT TWO         26.

25   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Music?

	Geordi nods and moves away from the tube so that Data
	can stick his head in.

					DATA
			I do not hear anything.

					GEORDI
				(surprised)
			Are you sure?

	Data nods. Geordi moves back toward the tube and leans
	his head in.

					GEORDI
				(frustrated)
			I know I heard something.

	He listens, then pulls his head out.

					GEORDI
			It's stopped.

26   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE INTERSECTION

	Picard and Nella are exchanging a warm and deep kiss.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT THREE      27.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

27   INT. TURBOLIFT

	where we pick up Picard and Nella after they've left
	the Jefferies Tube, still in civilian clothes. She is
	holding the bag which contains her keyboard and
	Picard's flute.

	There is a charge in the air between them.

					NELLA
			... I'd heard about Kerelian
			tenors all my life, but nothing
			could've prepared me for that
			man's voice. Soaring...
			incredible range.

					PICARD
			I'm told there are nuances only
			Kerelians can hear -- we don't
			have the ears for it.

	The lift stops and an N.D. ENTERS. Picard's demeanor
	changes slightly; he stops looking at Nella and stares
	straight ahead.

	After a moment she looks up at him.

					NELLA
			I should be finished with my
			survey by eleven hundred hours.

	It is clear that she is asking when Picard will be
	free, and when they can get together. As the lift
	slows to a stop, Picard answers her as if she were
	reporting to her commanding officer.

					PICARD
			Very good, Commander.

	And he EXITS the Turbolift. Nella is left wondering if
	he wouldn't rather just forget what happened between
	them in the Jefferies Tube. Off her reaction...

27A  INT. BRIDGE

	Picard -- now in uniform -- Riker, Troi, Worf and
	various N.D.'s. Geordi ENTERS from the Turbolift and
	approaches Riker, who is at aft science with an N.D.

     STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT THREE     27A.

27A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Commander, we've finished the warp
			field test.

					RIKER
			You brought it in ahead of
			schedule.

					GEORDI
			No problem. We got modulation
			efficiency up point five percent.

					RIKER
			Good work.
				(to science N.D.)
			Notify Spectral Analysis they can
			have an hour on the main sensor
			array.

	The N.D. nods and moves away. Suddenly:

					WORF
			Captain...
				(reads off his console)
			The Federation Outpost on
			Bersallis Three reports that they
			are entering a period of fire
			storm activity.

					PICARD
			Is the outpost in any danger?

					WORF
			No, sir. The storm is heading for
			the northern continent, which is
			not populated.

					GEORDI
			Bersallin fire storms come in
			seven year cycles -- this might be
			a good chance to study them.

					RIKER
			We have two days before our
			rendezvous with the Havana...

	Picard considers.

					RIKER
				(to helmsman)
			Helm, set course for Bersallis
			Three. Warp five.

     STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT THREE     27B.

27A  CONTINUED: (2)

	The helmsman responds.

					PICARD
				(standing)
			Counselor, would you join me in my
			Ready Room?

	She stands and they move toward it.

					PICARD
			You have the Bridge, Number One.

28   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard and Troi have settled into the couch. Picard
	lets out a breath, prepares himself for what he has to
	say.

        STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT THREE        28.

28   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I wanted to talk to you about a
			matter of... protocol.
				(beat)
			I know there are no Starfleet
			regulations about a Captain
			becoming involved with a fellow
			officer, but...

					TROI
			You'd like my opinion about you
			and Commander Daren.

	Picard regards her wryly.

					PICARD
			It's that obvious?

					TROI
			Obvious in way that pleases people
			who care about your happiness?
			Yes, it is.

					PICARD
			But I have to be concerned about
			more than my own happiness.

					TROI
			And you think that perhaps your
			feelings toward Nella could change
			the way you function as Captain...

					PICARD
			Yes. Relationships with coworkers
			can be fraught with
			consequences.

					TROI
			That's true. But cutting yourself
			off from your feelings can carry
			consequences that are just as
			important.

        STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT THREE        29.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I've always believed that becoming
			involved with someone under my
			command could compromise my
			objectivity.
				(beat)
			And yet...

	He trails off.

					TROI
			Captain... are you asking my
			permission?

					PICARD
			If I were... would you give it?

	She considers.

					TROI
			Yes.

	Picard takes this in, a mixture of relief and
	trepidation.

29   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

30   INT. CORRIDOR

	as Picard approaches the door to Stellar Sciences.
	He's about to stride right through when he remembers
	the other night and decides to ring first.

31   INT. CARTOGRAPHY LAB

	where Nella is working alone at a console. She's
	engrossed in her work and doesn't look up at the SOUND
	of the chime.

					NELLA
			Come in.

	Picard ENTERS. When she doesn't turn around:

					PICARD
			Nella...

        STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT THREE        30.

31   CONTINUED:

	She turns and sees him. Given what happened in the
	Turbolift, she decides to keep it professional.

					NELLA
			Can I help you, sir?

	Picard frowns when he hears her refer to him like this.

					PICARD
			I'm sorry about what happened this
			morning in the Turbolift.
				(he tries to explain)
			When that crewman walked in I
			felt... self-conscious. It might
			take me a while to get used to the
			idea of the crew seeing us
			together.

	Nella's face softens as she realizes why he did it.

					NELLA
			I understand...

	She moves closer to him.

					NELLA
			I'm glad you told me. For a
			minute there I thought I'd misread
			you...
				(smiles)
			One kiss and you're off to find
			someone else.

	Picard smiles at this...

					PICARD
			I promise you... I'm not one for
			casual relationships.

	They look at each other for a long moment... suddenly
	one of Nella's colleagues ENTERS behind them, carrying
	a PADD. The scientist nods at them distractedly, then
	goes to work on a wall console.

					PICARD
			There's something I want to tell
			you...

	Picard glances at the scientist.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			But not here...

	Nella nods and we...

                                             CUT TO:

      STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT THREE      31.

32   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	where Nella is sitting on the couch, listening as
	Picard tells her a story.

					PICARD
			Do you remember that folk melody
			I played for you this morning?

	She nods.

					PICARD
			I learned it on a planet called
			Kataan.

					NELLA
			Never heard of it.

					PICARD
			I'm not surprised. Its sun went
			nova over a thousand years ago.

	Nella looks confused.

					NELLA
			I don't understand.

					PICARD
			The Enterprise encountered a probe
			sent from the planet before it was
			destroyed. The probe scanned me --
			I lost consciousness, and in the
			space of twenty-five minutes... I
			lived a lifetime there.

	Picard sits down next to her, takes her hand.

					PICARD
			I had a wife... children.

	Picard sees Nella struggling to get her mind around it
	all.

					PICARD
			It was all very real to me.

	She squeezes his hand. Picard looks at her.

      STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/28/93 - ACT THREE      32.

32   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			When I awoke, all that was left of
			my life there... was the flute I'd
			taught myself to play.

	Nella is moved by his story...

					NELLA
				(softly)
			Why are you telling me all this?

					PICARD
			Because I want you to understand
			what my music means to me.
				(beat)
			And what it means for me to be
			able to share it with someone.

	She looks at him.

					NELLA
			Thank you.

	Her face is filled with emotion. They kiss... more
	passionately than before... and we go out as she leans
	back flat onto the couch, pulling him with her...

33   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

34   INT. CORRIDOR

	as Riker makes his way along it. When he passes an
	intersection, Nella sees him and calls out.

					NELLA
			Commander --

	Riker slows for her to catch up.

					NELLA
				(continuing)
			I was hoping to talk to you about
			Ensign Cabot's transfer.

      STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT THREE      33.

34   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Quantum Mechanics didn't want to
			give him up.

					NELLA
			But he wants to come to my
			department.

	Riker reacts.

					RIKER
			How do you know that?

					NELLA
			I offered it to him.

	Riker stops.

					RIKER
			Transfers have to be cleared
			through me -- before an offer's
			made.

	Nella realizes she made a mistake.

					NELLA
			I'm sorry. We were just talking
			and --

					RIKER
			It's okay. But Fontana should
			stay where he is.

	Riker is about to resume down the corridor.

					NELLA
				(apologetic)
			Commander, please... don't make
			that decision final.
				(beat)
			I realize I shouldn't have made
			the offer, but he's perfect for
			the job. And quantum mechanics is
			over-staffed anyway.

	Riker looks at her.

      STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT THREE      34.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Commander... do you realize the
			position you're putting me in?

	She has no idea.

					NELLA
			I think I'm just doing what any
			good department head would do --
			trying to build the best staff I
			can.

	Riker realizes she doesn't see his problem. He frowns
	slightly, makes a decision.

					RIKER
			Look... I'll review the situation
			and let you know as soon as I can.

	He moves off, leaving Nella a little confused by his
	attitude.

35   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is reading at his desk. The door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Riker ENTERS.

					RIKER
			Can I have a minute?

					PICARD
			Of course. Come in.

	Riker approaches, clearly feeling uncomfortable.

					RIKER
			It's about Lieutenant Commander
			Daren...
				(beat)
			As a department head, she comes to
			me about systems allocation,
			personnel transfers -- things like
			that.

	Picard nods, sensing that Riker is telling him
	something he already knows as a way of leading up to
	something difficult.

      STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 1/26/93 - ACT THREE      34A.

35   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I have to say, I'm beginning to
			feel... uncomfortable dealing with
			her requests.

	Picard realizes.

					PICARD
			Because of her relationship with
			me.

					RIKER
			Yes.

					PICARD
			Number One... are her requests
			unusual?

	Riker considers.

					RIKER
			No, sir.

					PICARD
			Would you say she's just trying to
			do her job?

					RIKER
			Yes.

	This is what Picard was hoping to hear.

					PICARD
			Then let her.
				(beat)
			And feel free to do yours.

	Picard tries to put him at ease.

					PICARD
			Ship's resources are your
			responsibility. I've always had
			complete confidence in your
			judgment.

	Riker is glad to hear this from him. He smiles and
	stands.

					RIKER
			Thank you, sir.

	Picard nods and Riker EXITS. Though Picard has dealt
	with the situation, his face still registers concern.

     STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT THREE     34B.

35A  INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	where Nella is in the middle of telling Picard a story
	over dinner. The lights and incidental music give the
	scene a romantic feel.

					NELLA
			... I can't believe I'm going to
			get a chance to study the fire
			storms on Bersallis. Did you know
			they're generated by solar flare
			activity? Apparently the
			radiation --

	She stops when she senses his distraction.

					NELLA
			I'm boring you.

	Her smile is self-deprecating. Picard looks at her.

					PICARD
			It's not that.

	She sees that he's got something serious on his mind.

					PICARD
			Commander Riker came to talk to me
			this afternoon.
				(beat)
			About you.

	Nella reacts -- she'd been thinking about their
	encounter herself.

					NELLA
			About the personnel transfer?

	He nods.

					NELLA
			I thought he felt uncomfortable.
				(hoping it's not true)
			Did he think I was asking for
			special treatment?

	Picard nods.

        STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT THREE        34C.

35A  CONTINUED: (2)

					NELLA
			I was just doing what I thought
			was best for my department.

					PICARD
			That's what I told him. But we
			have to be very careful.
			Obviously it's easy for people to
			misunderstand.

					NELLA
			I don't like the thought of having
			to second-guess people all the
			time. If I have to worry about
			what people are thinking about me,
			I'll be concentrating on the wrong
			thing. And I won't be as
			effective an officer.

      STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT THREE      35.

35A  CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			All I'm saying is that it's
			something we have to be aware of.
			But don't compromise yourself, do
			what you have to do.

	He catches her eye.

					PICARD
			Because if I find out that the
			head of Stellar Sciences isn't
			effective anymore, I'll do what I
			have to do...
				(smiles)
			I'll replace her.

	Nella smiles, the incident suddenly seems manageable
	now that it's been brought out into the open.

					NELLA
			Noted, sir.

					PICARD
			I suggest we forget about this and
			enjoy the evening.

	They raise their wine glasses and clink, eyeing each
	other fondly.

					NELLA
			What about that dessert you
			promised me?

					PICARD
			Ah, yes.
				(he stands)
			A concoction I first sampled on
			Thelka Four...

	But before he can continue, Worf's com voice
	interrupts:

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Captain. Bersallis
			Three reports that the storm has
			changed its speed and heading.
			They are predicting it will hit
			the outpost within eight hours and
			are requesting evacuation.

					PICARD
			On my way.

        STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT THREE        36.

35A  CONTINUED: (5)

	Picard looks across the table at Nella. They're both
	disappointed that they won't have their evening
	together, but that's life aboard a Starship.

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT FOUR      37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

36   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it drops out of warp.

					PICARD
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46693.1.
			We have entered the Bersallis star
			system and are making preparations
			to evacuate the Federation Outpost
			on the third planet.

37   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Beverly, Data, Geordi, Nella and an N.D.
	colleague (Marquez) have assembled to discuss the
	situation.

					GEORDI
			The fire storms can kick up winds
			of over two hundred kilometers per
			hour -- and temperatures as high
			as three hundred degrees C.

					BEVERLY
			Incredible... what causes them?

					NELLA
			They form when solar flare
			radiation from the Bersallin sun
			reacts with high energy plasma
			present in the planet's
			atmosphere.

					BEVERLY
			Wasn't the outpost built to
			withstand the conditions?

					GEORDI
			Yes; the structure is reinforced
			and insulated. But this is no
			ordinary storm; it's twice as big
			as any they've ever had. The
			outpost won't withstand it.

      STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT FOUR      38.

37   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			We'll be arriving a little over an
			hour before the storm hits.
				(beat)
			It'll take at least two hours to
			transport all the colonists off
			the surface.

	The direness of the situation is brought home to all
	present. After a moment.

					NELLA
			I led a team of geologists to
			study the plasma geyser on Taurus
			Four -- we cross-connected a few
			thermal deflector units to create
			a protective shield against the
			heat.

					GEORDI
			A fire wall...

					NELLA
			Could something like that work
			here?

	Geordi considers.

					GEORDI
			It might.

	Geordi moves to the OKUDAGRAM on the wall monitor that
	shows an overhead view of the outpost.

					GEORDI
			The storm is approaching the
			outpost from this direction.
				(he indicates)
			If we set up a series of thermal
			deflector units along the northern
			perimeter, we could create a fire
			wall to deflect some of the heat --
			the outpost's insulation could
			probably handle the rest.

					DATA
			Thermal deflectors generate a
			field approximately four hundred
			meters wide. We would need to
			cross-connect six units and align
			them so their fields overlap.

      STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT FOUR      38A.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			How many people would it take to
			set it up?

					GEORDI
			Twelve, two per team. Cross-connecting
			that many units will be
			tricky; once they're set up we'll
			have to leave them in place and
			transport our people out -- no one
			could survive very long outside
			the outpost.

	Riker looks to Picard.

					PICARD
			Let's do it.

	Riker dives right into it.

					RIKER
			The storm's going to interfere
			with communications --
			everything'll have to be
			coordinated from the surface.

	Everyone nods that they understand the risks involved.

      STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT FOUR      39.

37   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
				(to Data)
			Mister Data, you'll coordinate the
			evacuation of the colonists.
				(to Beverly)
			Doctor, they have nine patients in
			the outpost infirmary. Your
			priority will be getting them to
			Sickbay -- after that you'll stay
			aboard the Enterprise and be ready
			to receive casualties.
				(to N.D. officer)
			Marquez, you'll take some people
			down to track the storm -- you'll
			need to keep all teams apprised of
			its heading.
				(to Nella)
			Commander, you'll coordinate the
			deployment of the deflectors.

	Picard stiffens slightly when he hears this. Riker
	turns to the assembled faces.

					RIKER
			Let's go.

	He stands and the meeting breaks up. Picard stays
	seated, his eyes on the Okudagram on the wall. When
	nearly everyone's gone, he asks Nella to stay in an
	even tone.

					PICARD
			Commander Daren... ?

	She turns.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			About these thermal deflectors...

	He stands and moves toward the Okudagram. By the time
	he's there, everyone else is gone.

       STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 1/26/93 - ACT FOUR       40.

37   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			It seems to me that any one of a
			number of people could coordinate
			their deployment.

	Given their discussion, Nella is a little surprised to
	hear him say this.

					NELLA
			I assume Commander Riker chose me
			because I'm the best person for
			the job.

	Picard can't deny it. Nella takes his hand, moved by
	his concern for her.

					NELLA
			Didn't we agree not to let our
			relationship get in the way of our
			work?

	Picard lets out a breath, nods. But he still doesn't
	like it.

					NELLA
			I'll be all right.

	She smiles to reassure him. Out on his look...

           STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT FOUR          41.

38   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise slides into orbit above the planet. On
	the surface, the mammoth firestorm appears as a huge
	hurricane of flashing fire and boiling black smoke.

39   INT. CORRIDOR

	ON THE MOVE with Riker and Picard as they discuss final
	preparations.

					RIKER
			Lieutenant Marquez is already set
			up on the surface. Apparently the
			storm is still gaining speed --
			he's estimating it'll hit the
			colony in less than fifty minutes.

	Picard takes this in.

	They EXIT to...

40   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	The Transporter pad is filled with N.D. team members
	awaiting transport. Nella is among them, loaded with
	equipment. As Picard and Riker ENTER, the first
	officer heads onto the pad to take his place.

	Picard nods slightly to Riker, but his eyes fix on
	Nella's, speaking volumes.

					PICARD
			Energize.

	Picard holds Nella's eyes until she and the others
	DEMATERIALIZE. Off his look we...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

             STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT FIVE             42.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

41   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it orbits Bersallis Three. The dark red area of
	firestorm activity has now grown significantly larger,
	engulfing as large an area as a hurricane would on
	Earth.

42   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard is in the command chair; all stations are
	manned. There is an undercurrent of shared concern for
	those who face the real danger -- the colonists and
	members of the crew on the planet.

	WORF, dividing his time between Tactical and Mission
	Ops, is assisted by an N.D. stationed at Mission Ops.

	Picard's manner is intense and fast-paced, but not
	harried.

					PICARD
			How long before the storm reaches
			the outpost?

					WORF
			Seventeen minutes.

	A growing concern for his crew registers on Picard's
	face.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge to Bridge.

					PICARD
			Go ahead.

43   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	where Geordi is working at the transporter control
	circuitry on the far side of the room. An N.D. is
	working the transporter controls.

           STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT FIVE          43.

43   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			The ionization from the storm is
			interfering with the transporters.
			I'm compensating, but it's slowing
			things down.

	We hear the sound of transport in process.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Keep at it, Mister La Forge.

44   NEW ANGLE

	to include the six people who have just been brought
	aboard. The look of relief on their faces is evident,
	mixed with concern for their friends still on the
	surface.

45   EXT. PLANET'S SURFACE - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	Two N.D. crewmembers, Richardson and Deng, are working
	near a rock face; each is setting up a DEFLECTOR UNIT.
	The units are cylindrical, and have a tripod base; they
	are capped by an emitter array, which lights up when
	the unit is activated.

	Nella ENTERS the scene to check on their progress,
	having just come from an area where another team was
	working.

	She opens her TRICORDER and begins to scan the area
	between the two units.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Daren.

	Riker's com voice crackles with static.

					NELLA
				(activates combadge)
			Daren, here. Go ahead, Commander.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			You've got less than nine minutes
			before the storm reaches the
			northern perimeter.

           STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT FIVE          44.

45   CONTINUED:

					NELLA
			I'm with team six right now, sir.
			We're about to bring the
			deflectors on-line.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Whenever you're ready.

					NELLA
				(hits badge again)
			Daren to perimeter teams. Stand
			by to cross-connect deflectors...

	She casts a glance at Richardson and Deng, who nod that
	they're ready.

					NELLA
			Activate.

	The N.D.'s activate their units remotely, using PADD-like
	devices. The units pulse to life, throwing up a
	field that extends out of frame but is only visible for
	a moment.

	NELLA holds up her tricorder and scans.

					NELLA
			Team three, increase your output
			by point two percent.
				(beat; off tricorder)
			Good...
				(scans)
			Deng, decrease nutation by point
			four percent.

	Deng works her unit.

					NELLA
				(beat; off tricorder)
			Good... we've almost got it.

	Off Nella's look of concentration.

46   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard is standing between Ops and the Helm.

           STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT FIVE          45.

46   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Crusher to Bridge.

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Doctor.

47   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Not the one Geordi was in; a different N.D. is manning
	the controls. Beverly has come aboard with some
	infirmary patients, who are being led away by N.D.
	personnel.

					BEVERLY
			I've just brought aboard the last
			of the infirmary patients and
			they're on their way to Sickbay.
			But we still have over a hundred
			colonists down there.

48   INT. BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Understood, Doctor.

	The concern on Picard's face is evident. The Bridge is
	monitoring surface transmissions -- the static in them
	only serves to heighten the sense of danger.

					NELLA'S COM VOICE
			Daren to Commander Riker.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker, here. Go ahead.

					NELLA'S COM VOICE
			We've got a problem --

49   EXT. PLANET'S SURFACE - NIGHT

	The wind has picked up and Nella has to shout to be
	heard.

					NELLA
			... we're having trouble keeping
			the deflectors cross-connected.
			The only way this is going to work
			is if we calibrate them manually.

           STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT FIVE          46.

49   CONTINUED:

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			If you stay with the deflectors,
			will they protect you when the
			storm hits?

	NELLA looks at her team members.

50   INT. BRIDGE

					NELLA'S COM VOICE
			I don't know, sir. For a few
			minutes... maybe.

	Picard's face registers what this all means.

					PICARD
			Number One, how many colonists are
			left to transport?

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Seventy three, sir.

					PICARD
			How long do you need?

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			At least ten more minutes.

	Picard takes this in.

					WORF
			Captain, the storm will reach the
			northern perimeter in four
			minutes.

	Picard is faced with a difficult choice... perhaps the
	most difficult decision he's ever had to make.

					PICARD
			Picard to perimeter teams.

           STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT FIVE          47.

51   EXT. THE PLANET'S SURFACE

	Nella and crew receive Picard's static-ridden
	communique with grim faces.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			... It is imperative that you hold
			your positions until we finish the
			evacuation of the colony. Picard
			out.

	Off Nella's face...

51A  INT. BRIDGE

	Picard's look reflects his concern. He may just have
	condemned Nella to death.

	After a moment.

					PICARD
			Picard to La Forge.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge here.

					PICARD
			Keep a signal lock on all
			perimeter team members.

					GEORDI
			Captain, the storm's interference
			won't --

	But Picard interrupts.

					PICARD
			As soon as the last of the
			colonists are evacuated I want
			those perimeter teams out of
			there. Is that understood?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Yes, sir.

51B  EXT. PLANET'S SURFACE - NIGHT

	Nella is scanning the invisible deflector field with
	her tricorder. She gets a troubling reading.

           STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT FIVE         47A.

51B  CONTINUED:

					NELLA
				(activates combadge)
			Daren to perimeter teams... the
			storm's interference is going to
			make our job harder than we
			thought. We may lose
			communication, so it's up to each
			of you to keep your units
			operational.
				(beat)
			A lot of people are depending on
			us. Daren, out.

	We hear the sound of the storm getting closer. Nella
	moves onto the rock face to get a higher vantage point.

52   CLOSE - NELLA

	as she reacts to what she sees.

					NELLA
				(under her breath)
			Oh, my god.

53   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Nella's POV of the approaching FIRESTORM. The
	deflector field FRITZES on for a moment -- it seems
	scant protection from the immense angry cloud of flame
	that is bearing down on them... there's no way out.

54   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Worf are at an aft station, looking at the
	OKUDAGRAM seen earlier.

             STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT FIVE             48.

54   CONTINUED:

	As they watch, the perimeter positions, blinking green,
	are overrun by the solid red field of the firestorm.

					WORF
			The storm has reached the
			perimeter.

55   CLOSE - PICARD

	we can only imagine what he's going through.

56   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it orbits Bersallis.

57   INT. SICKBAY

	Riker is seated on an examining table, being attended
	to by Beverly. All background beds are filled.

	Picard ENTERS from the corridor. When Riker sees him,
	his face tightens.

					RIKER
			I got out with the last of the
			colonists. If it hadn't been for
			the perimeter teams, we wouldn't
			have made it.

	At least Picard knows that he made the right decision --
	those who sacrificed their lives did so to save many
	others. But Picard takes no comfort in knowing this.

					RIKER
			We managed to get four of the
			teams off the surface.
				(grim)
			The interference kept us from
			getting the other two... I don't
			see how they could have survived.

	Picard takes this in, stone-faced.

					PICARD
			Which teams are missing?

					RIKER
			Three and six.

             STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT FIVE             49.

57   CONTINUED:

	Riker senses that though Picard desperately wants to
	know, he can't bring himself to ask.

					RIKER
			The last I knew, Commander Daren
			was with team six.

	Picard's face is ashen. He nods, then turns and leaves
	the room.

58   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Picard is very much alone. He sits very still.
	Silence.

	After a long moment, he looks over at the table where
	his flute sits in its case.

	He crosses over to the table and looks down at it. He
	reaches out his hand, and carefully closes the case
	shut... It is as if a chapter in his life is gone
	forever.

	After a moment, the silence is interrupted.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Captain.

	It takes Picard a long moment to respond.

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Mister Worf.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			We've found survivors, sir..
			They're beaming up now.

	Everything is written on Picard's face.

					PICARD
			On my way.

59   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	where a few perimeter team members are being helped off
	the pad by medical personnel; they're in bad shape,
	their uniforms blackened with smoke.

	Picard ENTERS and sees that Nella is not among them.

             STAR TREK: "Lessons" - 01/25/93 - ACT FIVE             50.

59   CONTINUED:

	He keeps his face even -- it wouldn't be appropriate to
	show his crew that he was looking for someone in
	particular.

	As an N.D. survivor passes, Picard puts a reassuring
	hand to his shoulder.

	When the last of the survivors have filed out, Picard
	turns to leave as well -- any hope of seeing Nella
	again is gone.

	Suddenly, he hears the sound of the transporter humming
	to life. He stops and turns to face the chamber.

	As the N.D. works the console, three figures begin to
	MATERIALIZE on the pad. As Picard watches, the woman
	he thought he'd lost takes shape before his eyes.
	Nella is safe.

	A look of incredible relief washes over Picard's face.
	Inside, he wants to run to hold her, but he's the
	Captain. He can't.

	Their eyes meet for a brief moment before the medical
	technicians take her away. But there was something in
	Nella's eyes Picard can't place...

60   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it orbits Bersallis.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46697.2.
			Although we succeeded in rescuing
			all six hundred forty-three
			Bersallin colonists... we lost
			eight crewmembers. Let the record
			show that they gave their lives in
			the performance of their duty.
			Commendations will follow.

61   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Nella sits opposite Picard. Although it's an informal
	setting, she is reporting to him almost as if they were
	in the Observation lounge. Both are in uniform.

					NELLA
			... when communications went out,
			I knew we had to fend for
			ourselves.
					(MORE)

           STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT FIVE          51.

61   CONTINUED:

					NELLA (Cont'd)
			We modified our phasers to create
			resonant disruptions in the
			deflector field... the disruptions
			formed small pockets inside the
			plane of the field... and we each
			stood inside one to wait out the
			storm.
				(beat)
			Richardson didn't make it... all
			Deng and I could do was stand
			there... and watch.

	He looks at her... hearing the flat tone of her
	voice... knowing the unspoken feelings.

					PICARD
			Nella... you know I had to give
			that order --

	She lifts a hand quickly and touches his lips.

					NELLA
			Don't... don't say you're sorry.

	He takes her hand in his.

					PICARD
			It couldn't have been easy for
			you... hearing me order you to
			face death.

	She doesn't answer for a moment, taking in his words,
	acknowledging their truth. Then --

					NELLA
			At first, when I heard you tell us
			to hold our positions, I didn't
			question it. Of course we
			would... that was our job.
				(beat)
			But when I saw that storm coming
			toward us...

           STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT FIVE         51A.

61   CONTINUED: (2)

	A long beat passes.

					PICARD
			Part of you must have... blamed
			me.

					NELLA
			A small part, maybe... But in the
			end, I was more afraid that you
			would blame yourself if I died.

	She gives him a weak smile.

					NELLA
			Would you have?

	Picard hesitates... rises... paces toward the window,
	gathering thoughts.

					PICARD
			I've lost people under my
			command... people I cared about
			deeply... but never someone I've
			been in love with.

	He turns back to face her.

           STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT FIVE          52.

61   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			When I thought you were dead, I
			went into some kind of shutdown...
			I didn't want to think, I didn't
			want to feel. I was here, in my
			quarters, and... the only thing I
			could focus on was music... and
			how it would never give me joy
			again.

	She is silent, watching him. A long beat...

					NELLA
			Well... where do we go from here?

	He turns to her... says the difficult words.

					PICARD
			We could continue... hoping we
			wouldn't face a situation like
			that again... knowing that we
			might... hoping the pressures on
			us wouldn't begin to erode our
			feelings for each other...
				(beat)
			That's not what I want for us.

					NELLA
			I know. Neither do I.

					PICARD
				(reluctantly)
			I don't think we can serve on the
			same ship.

	She looks at him, knowing he's right... wishing it
	weren't so...

					NELLA
			It would be difficult... for both
			of us.

	There is a long, difficult moment... each hoping the
	other will somehow refuse to accept the inevitable.
	But --

					NELLA
			I'll put in for a transfer.

	Picard takes this in.

					PICARD
			We can arrange shore leave
			together.

           STAR TREK: "Lessons" - REV. 01/26/93 - ACT FIVE         52A.

61   CONTINUED: (4)

	She smiles sadly. In theory they can... but starships
	range wide... schedules are difficult to coordinate...

					NELLA
			Yes, of course.

	Beyond that, there's nothing else to say. Now, staying
	there feels awkward. She rises, moves to him... lifts
	a hand to his cheek, and kisses him softly on the
	mouth.

					NELLA
			Promise me something?

	Picard looks at her.

					NELLA
				(continuing)
			Don't give up your music.

	Picard nods almost imperceptibly.

	She smiles through her sadness... then walks out the
	door. Picard watches as the door slides shut behind
	her. He's alone... with only the faint hum of his
	ship to keep him company. Will he see her again?

62   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves away.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "The Chase" 
                          #40276-246 
                              
                           Story by 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                               & 
                          Joe Menosky 
                              
                          Teleplay by
                          Joe Menosky 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Jonathan Frakes 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT

                       FEBRUARY 4, 1993

           STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/05/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "The Chase" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             GALEN
                RIKER              GUL OCETT
                DATA               HUMANOID
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               NU'DAQ
                WORF               ROMULAN CAPTAIN
                GEORDI             
                COMPUTER VOICE     
                MOTT   
            
                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  ENSIGN             THREE ROMULANS
                                     N.D. CARDASSIAN

           STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "The Chase" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE       CARDASSIAN SHIPS
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              PICARD'S QUARTERS        PLANET SURFACE
              LAB
              SICKBAY
              TEN FORWARD
              ENGINEERING
              READY ROOM

       STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/05/93 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "The Chase" 
                      
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 VOLTERRA        vol-TAIR-ah
                 GALEN           GAY-lin
                 NAISKOS         NAY-skos
                 TARQUIN         TAR-kwin
                 KEA             KEY-ah
                 AOLIAN          a-O-lee-in
                 SATAARAN        suh-TAIR-ran
                 SOTHIS          SO-this
                 SCHLIEMANN      SCHLAY-mn
                 M'TELL          muh-TELL
                 YA'SEEM         ya-SEEM
                 AL-LEYAN        al-LEE-in
                 CAERE           kye-AIR
                 RAHM IZAD       ROM-a-zod
                 NU-DAQ          new-DOK

         STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "The Chase"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship moving at impulse against softly glowing bands
	of gaseous material.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 46731.5.
			We are in the midst of the
			Volterra nebula, a stellar
			"nursery." Our three week mission
			is a routine analysis of several
			dozen protostars in various stages
			of development.

2    INT. BRIDGE

	PICARD, TROI, WORF are at their stations; DATA is at
	the aft science station, working his console.

					DATA
			Captain, I have completed the
			spectral evaluation of the outer
			shell.
				(beat)
			Our survey of this protostar is
			complete.

	Picard acknowledges with a nod.

					PICARD
				(to Con)
			Ensign, lay in a course to the
			next one, three quarters impulse.

         STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - TEASER         2.

2    CONTINUED:

	The Ensign works her controls.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
				(to COM)
			Yes, Number One?

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			May I see you in the Observation
			Lounge, Sir?

	Picard is puzzled but not alarmed.

					PICARD
				(to COM)
			Of course. I'll be right there.

	Picard stands and heads for the Observation Lounge
	door.

3    OMITTED

4    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard ENTERS from the Bridge -- his attention is
	immediately riveted toward an OBJECT on the middle of
	the table. It is a TERRA-COTTA FIGURINE, roundish,
	about a foot wide and tall, of vaguely HUMANOID shape,
	with a serene look on its face -- like some alien
	Buddha. Its surface is worn, it looks ancient.

	Picard is stunned to see it.

					PICARD
			My God...

5    INCLUDE RIKER AND PROFESSOR RICHARD GALEN

	PROFESSOR GALEN is in his sixties, tall, slender, greyhaired,
	and seems to emanate dignity and intelligence.
	Riker has a smile on his face.

					GALEN
			Then you can identify this object,
			Mister Picard.

	Picard is taken aback by the man's face and voice.

					PICARD
			Professor Galen.

         STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - TEASER         3.

5    CONTINUED:

					GALEN
				(lightly)
			I suppose I should say -- Captain
			Picard.

	Picard glances toward Riker.

					RIKER
				(explains)
			Professor Galen hailed me from his
			shuttle an hour ago. He suggested
			that we surprise you.

					GALEN
			To clarify... I insisted and your
			First Officer was kind enough to
			accommodate me. I hope I haven't
			been overly presumptuous...
				(beat)
			My star pupil now being master of
			the stars...

	Picard brushes it off with a wave of his hand.

					PICARD
			No one is more welcome on my ship.

	He turns again to the figurine on the table.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I never thought I would see a
			Kurlan naiskos.
				(to Galen)
			Fifth Dynasty?

					GALEN
			Is that your conclusion, Mister
			Picard.
				(catching himself)
			Forgive me again, Captain.

					PICARD
			Please. "Mister" will do just
			fine.

	Riker reacts to this with a smile, as Picard examines
	the figurine more closely, suddenly the student
	attempting to shine before his mentor.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			The overall configuration is
			certainly Fifth Dynasty. But the
			surface ornamentation...

         STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - TEASER         4.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

					GALEN
			Yes...

	Picard steps closer, leans toward the object, sees an
	extremely faded HINT OF COLOR.

					PICARD
			Green polychrome over the eyes...
			And the eyes themselves... open.
				(smiles)
			Third Dynasty. From the workshop
			of the Master of Tarquin Hill.

	The Professor nods, pleased.

					GALEN
			Well done.

	Picard explains to Riker.

					PICARD
			The Master of Tarquin Hill created
			ceramic designs that were three
			centuries ahead of his time. We
			only know him by his work -- his
			name has never been discovered...

	Picard indicates the figurine.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			This object is over twelve
			thousand years old...

					RIKER
			The planet Kurl? That's a hell of
			a long way outside Federation
			territory.

	As if that was Picard's next question, the Captain
	turns to his former instructor.

					PICARD
			Indeed. I thought you had
			completed your studies of Kurlan
			artifacts some time ago.

					GALEN
			I happened to be in the
			neighborhood last summer. I
			couldn't resist.

         STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - TEASER         5.

5    CONTINUED: (3)

	Picard doesn't seem to consider this an answer to his
	question, but the Professor immediately refocuses his
	attention onto the figurine.

					GALEN
				(continuing)
			Go ahead.

	Picard is surprised.

					PICARD
			It's complete?

	Galen answers with a smile. Picard steps over to the
	figurine, grasps its sides with both hands and LIFTS --
	the top half separates from the bottom, revealing a
	hollow interior. Inside are over a dozen TINY
	FIGURINES, similar in shape to the original.

	Riker steps over to look inside as Picard explains with
	excitement.

					PICARD
			The Kurl believed every individual
			is a community of individuals.
			Inside us are many voices, each
			with its own desires, its own
			style, its own way of viewing the
			world.

	Picard picks up one of the tiny figurines.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			But Kurlan civilization died out
			thousands of years ago. It's rare
			to find a figurine intact.
				(to the Professor)
			A truly incredible find.

					GALEN
			It's yours, Jean-Luc.

	Picard shakes his head.

					PICARD
			How could I accept this --

					GALEN
			... Graciously, Mister Picard. You
			could accept it graciously.

         STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - TEASER         6.

5    CONTINUED: (4)

	Picard nods, touched.

					PICARD
			How long can you stay? There's so
			much to talk about.

					RIKER
			The Professor is scheduled to meet
			a Vulcan transport the day after
			tomorrow.

	Picard's face falls.

					PICARD
			Two days? That's not nearly
			enough time...

					GALEN
			We may have considerably more than
			that.

					PICARD
			I don't understand.

					GALEN
			I am currently on an expedition.
			A journey into unexplored
			historical territory.
				(beat)
			And I intend to take you with me.

	Picard and Riker exchange a surprised look. OFF their
	expressions...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - ACT ONE         7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

           (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)            

6    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise at impulse speed in the protostar
	nebula.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. It
			has been over thirty years since
			I last saw my archaeology
			professor. His presence has taken
			me back to a time when I had
			considered a very different
			career...

7    INT. TEN FORWARD

	Picard is at a table having tea with Professor Galen.
	The Captain doesn't frequent Ten Forward, and draws a
	few curious glances from the other patrons.

					GALEN
			I read your paper on the Kea Four
			excavation that you delivered at
			last year's symposium. It was...
			informative.

	Picard smiles.

					PICARD
			Damning with faint praise.

					GALEN
				(shrugs)
			One can hardly serve two masters.
			For a Starfleet Captain at the
			helm of the Federation flagship...
			attendance alone would have been
			impressive enough. But you still
			managed to present a piece of
			original research.
				(beat)
			A small piece, granted.
			Nevertheless, I admire your
			tenacity.

         STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - ACT ONE         8.

7    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I had hoped to see you there. You
			said in your last letter that you
			might go.

					GALEN
			Much too busy, I'm afraid. I was
			on the far side of the Aolian
			Cluster at the time.

	Picard reacts with surprise. Then...

					PICARD
			Professor Galen, may I ask a frank
			question?

					GALEN
			Please.

					PICARD
			Your published writings have
			been... sporadic over the last
			ten years or so. Your appearances
			at symposia have been rare -- or
			scheduled and then cancelled at
			the last minute. The finest
			archaeologist of the century has
			become shrouded with an air of
			mystery.

					GALEN
			And my reputation as a result has
			no doubt grown.

					PICARD
				(smiles)
			I've yet to run across anyone that
			didn't love a good mystery.

					GALEN
			The Sataaran of Sothis Three
			disdain them.
				(nods)
			Nevertheless, as a general
			principle, your statement holds.

	A beat. Picard leans forward.

					PICARD
			Professor, what have you been
			doing for the last decade?

         STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - ACT ONE         9.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

					GALEN
			Are you familiar with
			micropaleontology?

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Studying fossil records at a
			microscopic level. I remember
			reading your papers on the
			subject. But that was years
			ago... Then your work seemed to
			stop.

					GALEN
			No. The work continued.

	The man lowers his voice.

					GALEN
				(continuing)
			I made a discovery so profound in
			its implications that silence
			seemed the wisest course.

	He pauses a moment.

					GALEN
				(continuing)
			This... work has occupied my every
			waking thought, it's intruded upon
			my dreams. It's become my life.
			And when it's finished, when I
			announce my findings...
				(beat)
			It will be heard half-way across
			the galaxy.

	Picard reacts.

					PICARD
			Tell me --

      STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT ONE      10.

7    CONTINUED: (3)

					GALEN
			... I'm sorry, Mister Picard. But
			that information has a price --
			your agreement to join me on the
			final leg of this expedition.

	A silent beat.

					PICARD
			For how long?

					GALEN
			Three months. Perhaps a year. If
			we had a starship and complete
			diplomatic access -- a matter of
			weeks. But we'll have only my
			shuttle, the transports we can
			arrange, and our combined talents.

					PICARD
			Why can't you do this without me?

	The Professor looks at him for a moment, then glances
	away.

					GALEN
			I'm not a young man. There will
			be hazards along the way. I don't
			want my own inadequacies to
			jeopardize the completion of this
			work.

					PICARD
			Professor, I'm honored that you'd
			think of me. But I have a
			responsibility --

					GALEN
			... to History. What if you could
			have helped Schliemann discover
			the City of Troy? Or if you had
			been with M'Tell as she stepped
			upon Ya'Seem for the first time?
				(beat)
			How could anything compare?

	A long, silent beat. Picard stands.

					PICARD
			May I sleep on it?

	The Professor nods.

					GALEN
			Dream not of today, Mister Picard.

        STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - ACT ONE        11.

7    CONTINUED: (4)

	Picard smiles, remembering.

					PICARD
			"Dream not of today." The night
			blessing of the Yash-El.

					GALEN
			As I recall, you missed that
			question on the final exam.

					PICARD
			I've had a few years to look it
			up.
				(beat)
			The Enterprise is yours, for as
			long as you're here.

	Galen acknowledges the gesture with a nod of thanks.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Dream not of today, Professor.

	Picard heads for the door. OFF Galen's contemplative
	face...

8    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At impulse in the protostar nebula.

9    INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Picard is at a table, staring into space. The ancient
	FIGURINE is in front of him, open, the tiny figures
	visible inside. The door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	The door opens and BEVERLY steps inside, her cheeriness
	in sharp contrast to Picard's contemplative mood.

					BEVERLY
			Good morning.
				(beat)
			You look like you've been up for
			awhile.

	She goes to the replicator.

      STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT ONE      12.

9    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Yes.

	Beverly reacts, then turns to the replicator.

					BEVERLY
				(to replicator)
			One tea, Earl Grey, hot. One
			macchiato.

	The SOUND of the replicator. She turns away from it
	with a mug of tea and a tiny cappuccino in an espresso
	cup. She takes them over to Picard, then sits next to
	him.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Let's hear it...

					PICARD
			I had a long talk with Professor
			Galen last night. He asked me to
			leave the Enterprise -- to join
			him on an archaeological
			expedition that could last a year.

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc... that must be tempting.

					PICARD
			I wouldn't leave the Enterprise.
			But the offer itself has made me
			feel a certain... regret.

					BEVERLY
			That you could have been an
			archaeologist instead of a
			starship Captain?

					PICARD
			Not exactly. I'm certainly not
			sorry about the path I've taken...

      STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT ONE      13.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard sips his tea, sets it down.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			But... there's a certain...
			passion that comes with the
			singleminded pursuit of the past.

	He picks up one of the tiny figurines.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			To be captured by an image created
			by another's hand, hundreds or
			thousands of years ago. A being
			long dead, who still speaks to you
			through that image, who says "I
			was alive, as you are alive."

	Picard sets the figurine on the table in front of them.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I've only approximated that
			feeling. Professor Galen made it
			his life.

	He places the tiny figurine into the larger one with
	the others.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			The Professor didn't choose this
			figure at random -- the many
			voices inside the one. He knows
			that the past is one of the most
			insistent voices inside me. This
			gift was meant to remind me of
			that.

					BEVERLY
			And the exploration of space?
			Surely that counts for
			something...

	Picard smiles.

      STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT ONE      14.

9    CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			I wouldn't trade it for anything.
			And I'd still make the same
			decision I made all those years
			ago.
				(beat)
			I'm just sorry I have to say no to
			him a second time.

					BEVERLY
			You two were very close, weren't
			you?

					PICARD
			I had a father. But Professor
			Galen was like a father who
			understood me. And he had
			children -- but none followed in
			his footsteps. So, I was like the
			son who understood him.

					BEVERLY
			I guess it was difficult for both
			of you when you left.

					PICARD
			The Professor is somewhat...
			internal. He doesn't express
			feelings easily. But it was
			difficult for me.

	Picard picks up the top half of the larger figurine and
	replaces it onto the lower.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			In some ways, I wish he'd never
			come on board.

	OFF the figure, with its enigmatic expression...

10   INT. LAB

	Professor Galen is working at a console. A mid-sized
	Viewscreen displays a star chart, color-coded for
	political boundaries.

	The door opens and Picard ENTERS the lab.

					GALEN
			Good morning, Mister Picard.

      STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/09/93 - ACT ONE      15.

10   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Professor.

	Picard joins him at the console, staring at the star
	chart.

					GALEN
				(re: screen)
			The Vulcan ship can take us as far
			as DS-Four. An Al-Leyan transport
			is scheduled to arrive at the
			station three weeks later.
			They'll take us as far as Caere
			and we can use the shuttle to get
			to Indri Eight. Our first stop.

	Picard looks at him.

					PICARD
			I'm afraid I won't be going.

	The Professor doesn't answer.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			The Enterprise isn't something I
			can leave and then come back to.
			If I go, I go for good. I'm not
			prepared to do that.

					GALEN
			This isn't some undergraduate
			study project you're turning down.
			This is the chance of a lifetime.
				(beat)
			Don't make the same mistake twice.

					PICARD
			You can't believe that my career
			in Starfleet has been a mistake.

	Galen flashes with sudden anger.

					GALEN
			What are you doing at this very
			moment? A "survey mission."
			You're like a Roman centurion off
			patrolling the provinces -- the
			maintenance of a dull and bloated
			Empire.

        STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - ACT ONE        16.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			We both know that isn't true.

					GALEN
			I know this. As a scholar, you're
			nothing but a dilettante.

	Picard is stung by the words.

					GALEN
				(continuing)
			Years ago, I offered you the
			chance to become the finest
			archaeologist of your generation.
			Your achievements could have
			surpassed even my own.
				(beat)
			But you decided to turn your back
			on a life of profound discovery.
				(beat)
			And you turned your back on me.

	Picard suddenly sees the depth of the Professor's
	disappointment -- a bitterness suppressed for decades.

					PICARD
			I never wanted --

	Galen holds up a hand, stopping him. There is pain in
	his voice, suddenly quiet and beaten and old.

					GALEN
			Will you come with me?

					PICARD
			I can't.

	The Professor's eyes suddenly harden. He taps the
	computer console and the star chart on the screen goes
	blank. He heads for the door.

					GALEN
			Then I'll be going.

					PICARD
			You aren't scheduled to rendezvous
			with the Vulcan ship for two
			days...

					GALEN
			There's nothing else for me here.

	He pauses at the door.

      STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT ONE      17.

10   CONTINUED: (3)

					GALEN
			Goodbye, Captain.

	He steps out the door and it closes behind him. OFF
	Picard's wounded expression.

11   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise at warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, supplemental. We
			have completed our mission in the
			nebula and are en route to a
			diplomatic conference on Atalia
			Seven. I must admit that I have
			lost my enthusiasm for those
			proceedings.

12   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Data and Troi.

					DATA
			At present speed, we will arrive
			at the Atalia system in thirty-seven
			hours.

	Picard nods -- he appears subdued. Troi looks at him
	with concern. She steps over to his side.

					TROI
				(quietly)
			Captain, I'm going for a walk in
			the arboretum. I wouldn't mind
			some company.

	He glances at her, considers the offer, then nods. As
	Picard stands to go --

					WORF
				(off instruments)
			Captain! A distress call from
			Professor Galen's shuttle.
				(works controls)
			Onscreen.

	Everyone reacts with alarm.

        STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - ACT ONE        17A.

13   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Professor Galen is staring at them, fear in his eyes,
	the interior of his Federation shuttle in the
	background.

					GALEN
			Enterprise! I'm being boarded --

        STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - ACT ONE        18.

13   CONTINUED:

	The screen goes to normal background.

					WORF
			Transmission has been blocked.

					PICARD
			Locate the call's origin and set
			course, warp eight.

	Everyone goes into action.

14   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At high warp across a field of stars.

15   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Data and Troi. The tension is
	high.

					DATA
			I have located the shuttle. It is
			under attack, Captain.

					PICARD
			Take us out of warp. On screen.

16   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	A Federation shuttle is close to a YRIDIAN ATTACK SHIP --
	much smaller than the Enterprise, but wasp-like and
	deadly-looking.

					WORF
			A Yridian destroyer.

					RIKER
			Battle stations.

					WORF
			Aye.

	Worf works his console, the RED ALERT sounds and the
	lights come on.

      STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT ONE      19.

16   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Professor Galen is still inside
			his vessel.
				(looks up)
			His vital signs are barely
			registering.

					PICARD
			Get him out of there.

					WORF
			The shuttle is within a tractor
			beam -- the Transporter cannot
			penetrate it.

					RIKER
			Hail the Yridians.

					WORF
				(works console)
			They are not responding.

	A sudden BLAST from the Yridians rocks the Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Return phaser fire, disable their
			offensive systems.

17   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise fires a short phaser blast that hits the
	Yridian ship -- it violently EXPLODES.

18   INT. BRIDGE

	The Bridge crew reacts with surprise as the Enterprise
	is shaken by the shock wave.

					RIKER
			Worf?

					WORF
			I don't understand, Commander.
			The phaser blast was not powerful
			enough to destroy the ship.

					DATA
			The Yridian vessel was overloading
			its power generators. That,
			combined with the phaser blast,
			caused it to explode.

	Picard heads for the door.

        STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - ACT ONE        20.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(to COM)
			Transporter Room One, lock onto
			Professor Galen and transport him
			directly to Sickbay...

19   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	The door opens and Picard rushes inside.

	Beverly is standing next to Galen, who is on a
	diagnostic bed -- his vital signs on the monitor are
	almost nil.

					BEVERLY
				(to Picard; sotto)
			He took a disruptor hit point
			blank. There's nothing I can do.

	Picard steps over to his side. The Professor stares at
	him for a moment, then shuts his eyes.

					GALEN
			Jean-Luc... I was... too harsh...

	The vital signs go flat. Professor Galen is completely
	still.

	OFF Picard's anguished face.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

       STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/04/93 - ACT TWO 21-22.         

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

20
thru	OMITTED
21

22   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard and Worf are at the table. Data and Geordi are
	at the far end, near the Viewscreen.

	Picard's mood is noticeably somber.

					GEORDI
			I'd say at least three Yridians
			boarded the Professor's shuttle.

					PICARD
			What were they after?

					GEORDI
			We're not sure, but it looked like
			they were trying to download
			something from his computer.

					DATA
			When he was attacked, Professor
			Galen began to protect certain
			files in his computer memory.

					GEORDI
			We were able to do a partial
			(TECH)-reconstruction on the
			shuttle computer, so we have at
			least some of those files.

23   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN

	The screen displays a BLOCK of RAW NUMBERS.

					GEORDI
			We found nineteen different blocks
			of numbers like this one.

      STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT TWO      23.

23   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			What do they mean?

					DATA
			They could mean almost anything.
			Unless we can narrow the
			parameters of the search, it would
			be impossible for the computer to
			identify the patterns with any
			accuracy.

					GEORDI
			We tried every decryption key on
			record -- in case Professor Galen
			was using some kind of code.
				(indicates screen)
			We still can't make heads or tails
			of them.

					WORF
			Were the Yridians able to get
			these number blocks?

					GEORDI
			At least some of them. It's hard
			to say how many.

	A silent beat.

					PICARD
			Apparently, the Yridians knew more
			about the Professor's work than we
			do.
				(re: Viewscreen)
			They may have known what these
			numbers mean.

					GEORDI
			If they did, that knowledge died
			with them.

					PICARD
			Not necessarily. The Yridians are
			information dealers. They could
			have been delivering the number
			blocks to someone else. Did they
			send any signals before they were
			destroyed?

					WORF
			We detected no transmissions.

        STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - ACT TWO        24.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			There weren't any vessels in the
			immediate area.

	A long beat as they consider what to do.

					PICARD
			Do the shuttle's flight logs show
			where Galen had been before coming
			on board the Enterprise?

					DATA
				(nodding)
			The logs indicate that Professor
			Galen visited an unexplored star
			system -- Ruah Four.

					PICARD
			What's the distance from our
			current position?

					DATA
			Four days at warp six.

	A beat.

        STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - ACT TWO        25.

23   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			The conference can wait.
				(beat)
			Lay in a course to the Ruah
			system.

	Picard stands and leaves the table. OFF the faces of
	the others as they watch him go.

24   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise is entering orbit above a blue-green,
	earth-like planet.

25   INT. BRIDGE - INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, Troi and the Ensign at the
	CONN. The Viewscreen displays the blue-green planet.

					RIKER
				(to Ensign)
			Standard orbit, Ensign.

					DATA
				(off instruments)
			Ruah Four is an M class planet.
			Sixty-seven percent of the surface
			is covered with water. The landmass
			contains multiple animal
			species, including a genus of
			proto-hominids.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			Scan for any evidence of monuments
			or earth works which might suggest
			an ancient civilization.

        STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - ACT TWO        26.

25   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(works)
			There is nothing to indicate
			former occupancy by even a
			primitive culture, sir.

					PICARD
			Then what was the most renowned
			archaeologist in the Federation
			doing here?

	A long silent beat as Picard stares at the Viewscreen
	in frustration. Nobody says anything. A beat, Picard
	appears to be thinking out loud.

					PICARD
			When he left the Enterprise, he
			was going to take a Vulcan ship to
			Deep Space Four. And from
			there...
				(trying to recall)
			An Al-Leyan transport as far as
			Caere... Then the shuttle to...
			Indri Eight.

	Picard steps toward Data.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, what do we know about
			Indri Eight?

					DATA
			The Indri system was first
			identified by Federation vessels
			nearly sixty years ago.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/04/93 - ACT TWO      27.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (Cont'd)
			The eighth planet is L-class,
			covered by deciduous vegetation...
			unexplored, but with no apparent
			evidence of civilization, present
			or past. In fact, the planet
			possesses no animal life
			whatsoever.

	A beat as Picard considers this.

					PICARD
			Number One, we'll proceed to Indri
			Eight.

	Everyone reacts with surprise, and Riker exchanges
	looks with Worf.

					RIKER
			Sir, with all due respect... we've
			run into one dead end... and it
			doesn't sound like Indri Eight is
			any more promising. We're already
			late for the conference on Atalia
			Seven...

					PICARD
				(sharply)
			I know Starfleet's timetable.
				(beat; indicates screen)
			Professor Galen visited this
			planet only days ago. And he was
			headed to Indri Eight when he was
			killed. There is a connection
			between the two planets. And I'm
			going to find it.

					RIKER
			Aye, Sir.

	Picard EXITS to the Ready Room.

					RIKER
				(to CONN)
			Lay in a course, Ensign. Warp
			seven.

26   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise at warp speed across a field of stars.

        STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - ACT TWO        28.

27   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard is staring at the small COMPUTER on his desk.
	A NUMBER BLOCK seen before in the Observation Lounge
	briefing is displayed on the screen. He taps the
	keyboard and the screen displays a different number
	block. The Professor's FIGURINE gift is now on a shelf
	in the background. The door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	The door opens and Troi steps inside. Picard doesn't
	look up.

					TROI
			How's it going?

					PICARD
			It's not.
				(indicates screen)
			I thought if I stared at these
			number blocks long enough I might
			start to see some kind of pattern.

	Picard taps the keys -- another number block replaces
	this one. Picard shakes his head.

					PICARD
				(re: screen)
			Nothing.

	Troi steps over by his side.

					TROI
			What I really meant was -- how's
			it going with you?

					PICARD
			As well as can be expected, given
			the circumstances.

	They are silent for a moment.

					PICARD
			If I had only gone with him --

      STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/04/93 - ACT TWO      29.

27   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			... You might both be dead.
			Captain, you can't start thinking
			like that. You didn't abandon
			him. You chose not to abandon a
			life-long career. It was the
			right decision. And it was in no
			way responsible for his death.

					PICARD
			Yes, I realize that.

					TROI
				(gently)
			I know how much the Professor
			meant to you... and how much you
			want to find out what happened...
			but staring at these numbers isn't
			going to bring him back.
				(beat)
			The conference on Atalia Seven has
			been scheduled for six months.
			Starfleet is relying on your
			mediation efforts to --

	Picard looks at her -- his manner is firm.

					PICARD
			Counselor, this isn't a case of my
			taking the Enterprise and its crew
			on some wild goose chase in order
			to purge myself of guilt or
			remorse.
				(beat)
			I simply will not allow Galen's
			death to be in vain. If that
			means inconveniencing a group of
			squabbling delegates for a few
			more days, then so be it. The
			responsibility is mine.

	It's a dismissal. Troi nods.

					TROI
			Captain.

	She turns and heads for the door. Picard stares back
	at the computer. OFF: the silent block of numbers on
	the screen.

        STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - ACT TWO        29A.

28   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker, Data, Worf and the Ensign.

					WORF
			We are in range of the planet.

					RIKER
			Riker to Picard... we're
			approaching Indri Eight.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			On my way.

      STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT TWO      30.

28   CONTINUED:

	Data looks up from his console, puzzled.

					DATA
			Sensors are picking up severe
			atmospheric fluctuations on the
			planet...

	Everyone reacts.

					RIKER
			Assume a high orbit.

	The Ensign works the CONN. Picard ENTERS from the
	Ready Room.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, onscreen.

29   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN - (OPTICAL)

	The green planet is slowly turning brown before their
	eyes, changing color along a single front.

					WORF
				(off instruments)
			Some kind of plasma reaction is
			consuming the lower atmosphere.

					PICARD
			Can we stop it?

					WORF
			No, Sir. The reaction is
			global...

	Data looks up from his console.

					DATA
			All life on the planet is being
			destroyed.

	OFF their grim reactions.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/08/93 - ACT THREE 31-33.        

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

30   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is in orbit around the burned out planet.

31   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	As before.

					RIKER
			Why would anyone want to destroy
			all the life on an uninhabited,
			neutral planet with no strategic
			importance whatsoever?

	Picard stares at the image of the dead planet for a
	moment.

					PICARD
			All the life...
				(beat then to others)
			What if the Professor's number
			blocks have something to do with
			organic material?

					DATA
			Narrowing the search parameters to
			the biological database would
			increase the chances that the
			computer could find a match.

					PICARD
				(on the move)
			I'll be in the lab.

	As he EXITS...

                                             CUT TO:

      STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT THREE 34-35.        

32   INT. LAB - INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Beverly are watching the Viewscreen
	anxiously. The number block is shifting and changing
	as the computer searches for a match. Finally, the
	screen stops and the number block is matched side by
	side next to an identical number block.

     STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/09/93 - ACT THREE     36.

32   CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Pattern match found.

	Picard and Beverly react, hopeful.

					BEVERLY
			Specify.

	The number block is replaced by several different
	segments of DNA. The screen looks as though there are
	small pieces of rope all perfectly lined up and sitting
	on an imaginary grid.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			The number blocks are mathematical
			representations of fragments of
			deoxyribonucleic acid strands.

					PICARD
				(reacts, amazed)
			DNA fragments!

					BEVERLY
				(off screen)
			Each from a different lifeform...
			from nineteen different worlds.

     STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT THREE     37.

32   CONTINUED: (3)

	Picard inspects the screen -- each gene fragment has
	the name of its planet of origin underneath it. He
	turns to Beverly, who continues to stare at the screen,
	as if her mind is racing.

					PICARD
			The planets these fragments come
			from are scattered across the
			quadrant. No wonder it took the
			Professor years to collect them.
			But why?

	Beverly stares at the screen for another beat.

     STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT THREE     38.

32   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
				(excited)
			Wait a minute. These fragments
			all have similar protein
			configurations... they could be
			chemically compatible.

					PICARD
			How can that be possible? They're
			different species... from
			different planets. There
			shouldn't be any compatibility at
			all.

					BEVERLY
			I know, but look at the base pair
			combinations, they're uniform.
				(beat)
			If I'm right...
				(beat)
			Computer, connect the DNA
			fragments according to protein-link
			compatibility.

	The fragments on the screen move and shift... linking
	together one by one like Lego pieces... finally they
	form a grid-like shape. The design is similar to a
	CIRCUIT CHIP.

					PICARD
				(amazed)
			What is it?

					BEVERLY
			I have no idea...

	OFF the screen.

33   INT. ENGINEERING - ON VIEWSCREEN

	Which is showing the same geometric matrix just seen in
	the Lab. Geordi and Data are talking to Picard and
	Beverly.

     STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/09/93 - ACT THREE     39.

33   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(indicating genetic
				 shape on screen)
			This is not a natural design.
			Captain, this is part of an
			algorithm... coded at the
			molecular level.

					PICARD
			An algorithm? Are you saying
			these DNA fragments are elements
			of some kind of computer program?

					GEORDI
			I know how it sounds, but there's
			no way this could be a random
			formation. It's definitely part
			of a program.

	A beat as they digest this information. They react and
	Beverly points to one of the fragments on the screen.

					BEVERLY
				(beat)
			This fragment has been part of
			every DNA strand on Earth since
			life began there... and the other
			fragments are just as old.
				(beat)
			Someone would've had to write this
			program over four billion years
			ago.

     STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/10/93 - ACT THREE     40.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			So four billion years ago, someone
			scattered this genetic material
			into the primordial soup of at
			least nineteen different planets
			across the galaxy.

					DATA
			The genetic information must have
			been incorporated into the
			earliest lifeforms on those
			planets, and then passed down
			through each generation.

					BEVERLY
			But why would anyone do it in the
			first place?

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			Do you have any idea what this
			program could be designed to do?

					GEORDI
			We couldn't know that until we
			assembled the entire program and
			ran it.

	Geordi points to several places on the graphic of the
	"program" that appear to be missing pieces.

					GEORDI
			There are several fragments still
			missing. We've tried all the DNA
			material in Federation records,
			but we can't find any with
			compatible protein configurations.

					PICARD
			Then they must be from worlds
			outside the Federation.
				(beat)
			How many people aboard the
			Enterprise come from non-Federation
			planets?

					DATA
			Seventeen.

					PICARD
			It may be a long shot, but we
			ought to check each of those
			seventeen people to see if any of
			them have the correct protein
			configurations.

    STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/10/93 - ACT THREE    40A.

33   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			I'll begin taking DNA samples.

	Beverly EXITS. Geordi has been thinking for a few
	minutes.

					GEORDI
			You know Captain... I've been
			thinking. Someone else must know
			about this program.

	Picard give him a questioning look.

					GEORDI
			I bet one of the missing fragments
			was on Indri Eight... and that's
			why it was destroyed --

					PICARD
			To keep anyone else from getting
			that piece of the puzzle.

    STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/10/93 - ACT THREE     41-42B      

33   CONTINUED: (4)

	Picard looks at the mysterious shape on the screen.

					PICARD
			It's four billion years old... a
			computer program from a highly
			advanced civilization... hidden in
			the fabric of life itself.
				(beat)
			Whatever information is contained
			in that program could be the most
			profound discovery of our time.
			Or the most dangerous. And the
			Professor knew that.

34   OMITTED

35   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Still in orbit above the now dead Indri Eight.

36
thru OMITTED
36B

     STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/10/93 - ACT THREE     43.

36B  INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly is removing a sampling DEVICE from the arm of
	one ALIEN CREWMEMBER who is sitting on the bed. MOTT,
	the barber, is standing in the vestibule, waiting.

					BEVERLY
				(to Crewmember)
			That's it. Thank you.
				(to Mott)
			You're next, Mister Mott.

	Beverly indicates the bed and he moves directly to the
	bed as Beverly re-adjusts her sampling device. The
	Alien Crewmember EXITS.

					MOTT
			Glad to be of assistance, Doctor.
			You can always count on me in a
			pinch.
				(beat)
			What do I do?

					BEVERLY
			Nothing. I'm just going to sample
			some of your skin cells.

	She rolls up his sleeve.

					MOTT
				(apprehensive)
			Is this going to hurt?

					BEVERLY
			About as much as that pedicure you
			gave me last week.

					MOTT
				(alarmed)
			That was an accident.

					BEVERLY
				(smiles)
			Relax. You won't feel a thing.

	Beverly runs the instrument over his skin and then hits
	a control.

36B  INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	which displays a long DNA strand. Suddenly a tiny
	segment of the strand is highlighted.

					BEVERLY
				(hopeful)
			That might be it.

    STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/10/93 - ACT THREE    43A.

36B  CONTINUED:

					MOTT
			Of course it is.
				(beat)
			Might be what?

					BEVERLY
			Let's see if it fits into the
			program.

					MOTT
			Obviously it fits.
				(beat)
			Fits what?

	Beverly works for a moment... then looks disappointed.

					BEVERLY
			Close... but no.

					MOTT
			Maybe you're not doing it right.

					BEVERLY
				(firm)
			Thank you, Mister Mott. That'll
			be all.

	Mott reluctantly EXITS.

					MOTT
				(grumbling)
			Just trying to help... no one ever
			listens to me...

36C  INT. READY ROOM

	Beverly is with Picard, who is pacing.

					BEVERLY
			They all came up negative.

					PICARD
			I've gone through every page of
			the Professor's published work...
			hoping I'd find a clue about where
			to go next... but so far nothing.

    STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/10/93 - ACT THREE    43B.

36C  CONTINUED:

	A long beat.

					BEVERLY
			Maybe we've been at this too long.
			Why don't we both get some sleep
			and start again in the morning.

	Picard moves around the room for a moment... then
	stops. Something has caught his eye. He's staring at
	the FIGURINE against the wall.

					PICARD
				(remembering)
			"I was in the neighborhood."

	He turns excited to Beverly.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			When I asked the Professor what
			took him all the way to Kurl, he
			said he was "in the neighborhood."
			Doing what?

					BEVERLY
			Collecting a DNA sample,
			perhaps...

	Picard rushes to the computer, hits a few keys, checks
	the screen.

					PICARD
			The only planet near the Kurlan
			system capable of supporting life
			is Loren Three.

					BEVERLY
			There's no Loren Three sample in
			the data we downloaded from the
			Professor's shuttle. If he did
			get one from there it must have
			been taken by the Yridians when
			they attacked.

					PICARD
				(to COM)
			Mister Data, set course for Loren
			Three, maximum warp.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Yes, Sir.

     STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT THREE     44.

36C  CONTINUED:

	Beverly heads out the door to the Bridge. Picard
	stares out the window. OFF his firm expression.

37   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At high warp speed.

38   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Data and the Ensign.

					DATA
			We are approaching the Loren
			system.

					RIKER
			Slow to half impulse, and take us
			into orbit above the third planet.

	The Ensign works her controls.

					PICARD
			There's a good chance our
			competition has gotten here first.
			Battle stations, Mister Worf.

					WORF
				(works console)
			Aye.

	The RED ALERT comes on.

					DATA
			We are entering orbit..

					RIKER
				(re: Viewscreen)
			You were right, Captain, we've got
			company.

39   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	TWO CARDASSIAN VESSELS are in orbit above the planet.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Cardassians.

       STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - ACT THREE       45.

39   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			They are hailing us.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	Worf touches his console -- a FEMALE CARDASSIAN
	CAPTAIN, GUL OCETT appears on the Viewscreen. (This is
	the first time we've seen an adult female Cardassian.
	They could possess the kind of sexual dimorphism
	apparent in many species -- the neck "veins" for
	instance, might be more pronounced and colorful in
	Cardassian females than in males.)

					GUL OCETT
			I am Gul Ocett. Identify
			yourselves and state your business
			in this star system.

					PICARD
				(to screen)
			I'm Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the
			Enterprise. And I fail to see why
			I should explain my presence to
			you. Cardassia has no claims on
			this sector.

					GUL OCETT
			No, I suppose not. But my
			admittedly hasty estimate shows
			one Federation Starship and two
			Cardassian war vessels.
				(smiles)
			Perhaps I've miscounted.

	Picard matches her dueling tone.

					PICARD
			Not at all. But the Enterprise is
			on a purely scientific mission.
			You have nothing to gain by
			interfering with us.

					GUL OCETT
			And you have nothing to lose by
			delaying a "purely scientific
			mission" for a few days. I invite
			you to withdraw...

	Picard and the Cardassian stare each other down.
	Suddenly Worf breaks the stalemate.

     STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT THREE     46.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Captain, a Klingon attack cruiser
			is decloaking off the starboard
			bow!
				(beat)
			They are hailing us.

	Worf works his console.

					KLINGON CAPTAIN'S VOICE
			This is the Klingon vessel Maht-H'a.
			What are you doing here?

	Everyone reacts shocked by the sudden turn of events.
	The Cardassian looks as surprised as the rest...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

       STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - ACT THREE       46.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Captain, a Bird of Prey is
			decloaking off starboard!
				(beat)
			They are hailing us.

	Worf works his console.

					KLINGON CAPTAIN'S VOICE
			This is the Klingon vessel Maht-H'a.
			Who are you and what are you
			doing here?

	Everyone reacts shocked by the suddent turn of events.
	The Cardassian looks as surprised as the rest...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT FOUR     47.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

40   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship hanging in space, in a stand-off with two
	Cardassian battleships and one Klingon bird of prey.

					PICARD (V. O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. It
			seems that we have not one, but
			two competitors in our attempt to
			complete Professor Galen's puzzle.
			I have prevailed upon the
			Cardassian and Klingon Captains to
			meet with me.

41   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard is at the table with the Klingon, NU'DAQ, and
	the Cardassian, Gul Ocett.

					PICARD
			I believe we all know why we're
			here. If we admit that much, we
			can move forward.

	But the Cardassian and Klingon merely stare at him in
	various guises of innocent bewilderment.

					GUL OCETT
			We are merely scouting the planet
			for possible colonization --

					NU'DAQ
			Pah! A ridiculous story.

					GUL OCETT
			And why are you here, then?

					NU'DAQ
			Scientific research.

	The Cardassian laughs and the Klingon fumes. Picard
	steps in.

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT FOUR         48.

41   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			There's no point in trying to
			deceive each other... we all know
			about Professor Galen's research
			and about the computer program
			which is composed of DNA
			fragments.

	The Klingon and Cardassian exchange looks, but say
	nothing -- trying to hang onto any advantage. Picard
	pushes on.

					PICARD
			I'll take your silence as
			confirmation. Now, it stands to
			reason that no one has all the DNA
			fragments necessary to complete
			the program.
				(to Cardassian)
			You were the first to arrive in
			this system. Do you have an
			organic sample from the planet
			below?

	Gul Ocett considers him for a moment, glances at the
	Klingon and calculates her response for a beat. Then
	she decides to move forward.

					GUL OCETT
			Yes. And I will open fire on
			anyone who attempts to obtain
			another one.

					NU'DAQ
				(with contempt)
			As if we fear Cardassian
			threats...

					PICARD
				(ignoring him)
			I believe one of you also has a
			fragment from Indri Eight.

					NU'DAQ
				(proudly)
			Yes. And there will be no other
			samples from Indri Eight.

					GUL OCETT
			What is that supposed to mean?

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT FOUR         49.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			He destroyed the planet's
			biosphere after taking the sample.

					GUL OCETT
				(sneer)
			Typical Klingon thinking... take
			what you want and then destroy the
			rest.

					NU'DAQ
			Thank you.

					PICARD
			All of us are missing some of the
			fragments... but not necessarily
			the same ones. Unless we combine
			what we have, we'll never learn
			the secret of this program.

	The Klingon brushes this all off with an impatient wave
	of his arm.

					NU'DAQ
			There is no secret. It is an
			ancient weapon design of
			incredible power. And the Klingon
			Empire will not allow it to fall
			into an enemy's hands.
				(to Picard)
			Or even a friend's...

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT FOUR         50.

41   CONTINUED: (3)

					GUL OCETT
			A weapon? The Yridian who sold us
			the information claimed that the
			program would yield the key to an
			unlimited power source.

					PICARD
			Until we assemble the entire
			program no on can know its
			ultimate purpose.

					GUL OCETT
			He's right. For all we know it
			might be a recipe for biscuits.

					NU'DAQ
			Biscuits? If that is what you
			believe, then go back to
			Cardassia. I will send you my
			mother's recipe.

					PICARD
			Enough. Without cooperation we
			will get nowhere.

	A beat.

					GUL OCETT
			What do you propose?

					PICARD
			If you both bring the fragments
			you possess to the Enterprise, I
			will combine them with ours. The
			result will be observed by all
			parties simultaneously, giving no
			one the advantage.

					NU'DAQ
			And if we refuse?

					PICARD
			Then this endeavor stops dead,
			right here in this room.

	OFF the aliens' faces as they consider his words.

42   INT. LAB - INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN

			The screen shows the partly assembled ancient program
			we've seen before. It is obvious that several "pieces"
			are missing.

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT FOUR        50A.

42   CONTINUED:

	Data and Beverly are at the console. Picard is facing
	the screen with the Klingon and the Cardassian. Both
	aliens are holding small COMPUTERS -- basically, beefed-up
	looking TRICORDERS -- that they've brought over from
	their respective ships.

					DATA
				(to Klingon)
			Captain.

	The Klingon plugs his hand-held computer into a console
	interface. Data works the console controls.

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/10/93 - ACT FOUR         51.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

	A MISSING PIECE OF THE PUZZLE suddenly appears in its
	proper place on the screen.

					NU'DAQ
			Excellent.

	The anticipation in the room goes up a few notches.
	The Klingon steps away with his machine, and the
	Cardassian takes his place, plugging her computer into
	the console interface. Data again works the controls.

	A beat -- then several of the remaining "holes" are
	filled in. Now, only one "hole" is left unfilled.

					BEVERLY
			There's still one missing piece...

					NU'DAQ
			Pahk! We have surrendered what we
			had for nothing.

					GUL OCETT
			You are remarkably short-sighted,
			Nu'Daq. We are closer to the
			answer than we were.

					PICARD
			And I think we're very close,
			indeed.

	The others stare at him, puzzled.

					NU'DAQ
			How can that be? We have no idea
			where to start looking for the
			missing DNA fragment.

	Picard begins to move about the room, trying to reason
	this all out.

					PICARD
			This is a... jigsaw puzzle...
			whose pieces have been scattered
			across the galaxy.
				(beat)
			Doesn't it seem reasonable to
			assume that the original designers
			meant for someone to find this
			puzzle -- why else would they put
			the pieces in our DNA?
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/09/93 - ACT FOUR        51A.

42   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			And doesn't that in turn suggest
			that they would try to make it
			easy for us to find all the
			pieces? That there might be
			some... pattern to their
			distribution?

					BEVERLY
			If that's so... our computer might
			be able to find that pattern.

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT FOUR         52.

42   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Doctor, program the computer to
			analyze the distribution pattern
			of the pieces we have, correcting
			for changes in star configurations
			over four billion years... and
			extrapolate for the missing piece.

					BEVERLY
			That'll take me a while to set
			up... and a few hours more to
			process.

	Picard turns to the aliens.

					PICARD
			If you wish, you may stay on board
			while we wait.

					NU'DAQ
			I intend to.

	The Cardassian nods, indicating her intention as well.

43   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Data is sitting at a table, working on a PADD. The
	Klingon Captain steps up to him.

					NU'DAQ
			Good evening, Commander Data.

					DATA
			Hello, Captain.

					NU'DAQ
			Is there any word yet on the
			missing fragment?

					DATA
			The computer is processing the
			data. I will be notified as soon
			as there is any information.

	The Klingon smiles, and, without being invited, sits
	opposite Data.

					NU'DAQ
				(continuing)
			Commander, your reputation for...
			physical strength is known even in
			the Klingon Empire.

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT FOUR         53.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

					NU'DAQ
			You are familiar with the B'aht
			Qul challenge?

					DATA
			I am familiar with many Klingon
			rituals -- including the B'aht
			Qul.

	The Klingon smiles -- his still poised arm continues to
	offer the challenge. A beat, Data calmly locks hands
	with him. They hold position.

					NU'DAQ
				(counting in Klingon)
			Wa'... Cha'... Wej --

	Data puts him down without the slightest strain.

					NU'DAQ
				(amazed)
			Maw' tok.

	Data casually goes back to his PADD. The Klingon
	stares at him for a beat, scowls, then violently lashes
	forward with his headplate -- smashing right into
	Data's forehead. Data doesn't even budge -- the
	Klingon reels backwards, dazed.

					DATA
				(in explanation)
			My upper spinal support is a polyalloy
			designed for extreme stress.
			My skull is composed of cortenide
			and duranium.

	Data looks back down at the PADD. The Klingon
	recovers. He smiles, as if the ice has now been
	broken.

					NU'DAQ
			I understand your intellectual
			prowess is equally impressive.

	Data glances up as the Klingon leans forward
	conspiratorially, speaks almost in a whisper.

					NU'DAQ
				(continuing)
			If I were to learn the results of
			the computer search before the
			others... It would give the
			Klingon Empire a strategic
			advantage.

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT FOUR         54.

43   CONTINUED: (3)

	He stares with suggestion at the android.

					NU'DAQ
				(continuing)
			A... being of your abilities would
			go far in the Empire...

	Data thinks for a moment. Then answers matter-of-factly.

					DATA
			You are attempting to bribe me.

	The Klingon whips around toward the other tables, where
	nearby patrons have overheard Data. The Klingon gives
	them a toothy grin, then turns back to Data.

					NU'DAQ
			Not at all.

					DATA
			You suggested a plan that would
			work to your advantage, one that
			I would be capable of executing.
			You then implied a reward.
			Clearly --

					NU'DAQ
			... Commander, never mind.

	The Klingon stands, beaten on all counts. He leaves
	the table. OFF Data as he innocently goes back to his
	work...

44   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi is going about his standard work routine. As he
	passes a console something catches his eye.

					GEORDI
				(puzzled)
			What's this?

	He goes to the console, punches in some commands, is
	still puzzled by the result on the readout.

					GEORDI
				(to computer)
			Computer, perform a level three
			diagnostic on the primary
			defensive systems...

	Geordi taps his COM.

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/09/93 - ACT FOUR         55.

44   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(to COM)
			La Forge to Captain Picard...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			What is it, Geordi?

					GEORDI
				(to COM)
			You might want to come down here,
			sir. I found something... you
			should see.

45   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Klingon and two Cardassian ships are close by.

46   INT. LAB

	Picard and the Klingon and Cardassian Captains are
	watching the Viewscreen as Data and Beverly stand near
	the console.

					DATA
			The computer has completed its
			analysis.

47   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	A map of our galactic neighborhood highlights two dozen
	evenly spaced stars -- which form an image closely
	resembling the design of the computer "program" formed
	by the DNA fragments.

					BEVERLY
			The computer was able to
			extrapolate this geometric pattern
			based on the distribution of the
			fragments.

					NU'DAQ
			The same shape as the program...

					BEVERLY
			Computer, highlight the missing
			section of the pattern.

	One section of the design is suddenly highlighted.

     STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/09/93 - ACT FOUR     55A-56      

47   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(indicates section)
			The missing DNA fragment should be
			in this system.

					DATA
				(reading screen)
			That star is in sector two-one-four-five-nine.
				(beat)
			The Rahm-Izad system.

	Everyone reacts. The Cardassian suddenly
	DEMATERIALIZES in a beam-out, catching everyone by
	surprise.

48   EXT. SPACE - THE CARDASSIAN SHIPS (OPTICAL)

	Simultaneously fire point blank at the Enterprise and
	Klingon ship. The ships seem completely at their
	mercy. The firing continues.

                                             FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT FIVE         57.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

49   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (CONTINUOUS) (OPTICAL)

	The Cardassians continue to fire on the Enterprise and
	the Klingon ship.

50   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker is in the command chair and Worf at tactical, the
	Ensign at the CONN. They seem unusually calm.

					WORF
			Direct hit on our port nacelle.

	The ship rocks a little.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			They are powering for another
			volley.

					RIKER
			Let's make it look good. Ensign,
			release the inertial dampers.

	The Ensign complies.

					WORF
			They are firing...

	This time, the ship rocks violently.

51   EXT. SPACE - THE CARDASSIAN SHIPS (OPTICAL)

	Stop firing at the Enterprise and take off -- leaving
	the Klingon ship and the Enterprise apparently
	crippled.

52   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Data, Beverly and Nu'Daq ENTER from the
	Turbolift. They too seem calm.

					PICARD
			Report, Number One.

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/08/93 - ACT FIVE         58.

52   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			The power boost to the structural
			integrity field protected the
			nacelles. We used the inertial
			dampers to simulate a complete
			shield failure.

					NU'DAQ
			It is fortunate that your Engineer
			discovered Gul Ocett's attempt to
			tamper with your defensive
			systems.
				(touches COM)
			Maht-h'a. Status.

					KLINGON VOICE
			Minor damage to starboard nacelle.
			We will be operational in less
			than one hour.

					NU'DAQ
				(to COM; furious)
			What? You incompetent Toh-pah.
			You were supposed to be prepared.

					WORF
				(off instruments)
			The Cardassian vessels have set a
			course for Rahm-Izad.

					PICARD
			It's not going to take them very
			long to realize that Rahm-Izad is
			the wrong planet.
				(to Nu'Daq)
			You're welcome to join us,
			Captain.

					NU'DAQ
				(grumbling)
			I will... go with you.

	Picard nods, turns to the CONN.

					PICARD
			Ensign, plot a course to the
			Vilmoran System. Warp nine.

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT FIVE         59.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

	OFF the excitement of the chase...

53   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	speeding across space at maximum warp.

54   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker, Data and Geordi. Geordi is filling in for Worf
	at Tactical.

					RIKER
			Take us out of warp.

	The Ensign works the CONN.

					DATA
				(off console)
			I am scanning all seven planets in
			the Vilmoran system -- none
			appears to support life.

	Everyone reacts.

					RIKER
			How could that be? The
			Professor's data depends on --

					DATA
				(off console)
			...Correction. The second planet
			shows evidence of an ancient
			ocean, now dry.

					GEORDI
			It once supported life.

					DATA
			Yes. And it still may, in a
			limited fashion not detectable by
			our long range sensors.

					RIKER
			Ensign, lay in a course, full
			impulse.

	The Ensign quickly works her panel.

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/08/93 - ACT FIVE         60.

54   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to COM)
			Riker to Transporter Room One.

55   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Picard, Worf, the Klingon Captain and Beverly are
	waiting. Picard carries a small COMPUTER-LIKE DEVICE;
	Beverly has a TRICORDER and a palm-sized SAMPLING
	INSTRUMENT.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			We've located a planet that may
			still support life. We'll know in
			a minute.

					PICARD
			Any sign of the Cardassians?

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Not yet. But I don't know how
			long it'll stay that way.

					PICARD
				(to COM)
			Acknowledged.

	Worf and Nu'Daq both pull out their weapons, keeping
	them at the ready as everyone moves to the Transporter
	pads.

56   INT. BRIDGE - INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Data, and Geordi are facing the Viewscreen,
	which shows a barren, whitened planet.

					DATA
				(off instruments)
			I am reading a small pocket of
			vegetative life -- a primitive
			lichen growing in a fossilized
			seabed.

					RIKER
				(to COM)
			Transporter Room One -- I'm
			programming the coordinates.
			Stand-by.

	Riker works the console.

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT FIVE        60A.

57   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - DAY (OPTICAL)

	A dry, cracked, ancient seabed. Picard, Beverly, Worf
	and Nu'Daq suddenly MATERIALIZE. They spread out to
	search as Beverly quickly scans with her tricorder.

					BEVERLY
			There.

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT FIVE         61.

57   CONTINUED:

	She indicates a rockface on the other side of the
	seabed, its surface mottled by a bright yellow-red-green
	lichen.

	As they head for it --

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Captain, we've got company. I'm
			ready to pull you out of there.

					PICARD
				(touches COM)
			Wait for my order, Number One.

	Gul Ocett and a CARDASSIAN GUARD MATERIALIZE right in
	front of the rockface. Gul Ocett has her small
	computer and a SAMPLING DEVICE hanging from her belt.
	Both are aiming weapons at the Away Team.

	The team stops in their tracks -- the Klingons both
	have their phasers raised.

					NU'DAQ
			You dishonorable pah-tak...

					GUL OCETT
			We can exchange insults some other
			time, perhaps. I'm a little busy
			right now...

	Gul Ocett takes the sampling device off her belt and
	starts edging backwards toward the lichen-covered
	rockface...

58   OMITTED

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/09/93 - ACT FIVE         62.

59   EXT. PLANET SURFACE

	As before, the Cardassians between the Away team and
	the rockface, Gul Ocett slowly backing toward it.

	FOUR ROMULANS suddenly step out from behind the rocks,
	weapons raised -- two have heavy-duty DISRUPTOR RIFLES.
	The ROMULAN CAPTAIN smiles.

					ROMULAN CAPTAIN
			It's been quite a chase, hasn't
			it, my friends?

	The others just look at him, still taken aback by the
	surprise arrival.

					NU'DAQ
				(stunned)
			How... ?

					ROMULAN CAPTAIN
			We intercepted several communiques
			between the Yridians and
			Cardassia. My ship was watching
			under cloak when Professor Galen's
			shuttle was attacked.

					PICARD
			You've been shadowing us ever
			since.

					ROMULAN CAPTAIN
			And now, the reward...
				(to Gul Ocett)
			Step clear, please.

	With superior firepower, the Romulans have the edge.
	But Gul Ocett suddenly turns her weapon toward the
	lichen-covered rocks.

					GUL OCETT
			I'll destroy this entire
			rockface... And all traces of DNA
			with it.

	The Romulans freeze. The Romulan Captain loses his
	smile.

					GUL OCETT
				(continuing)
			You'll go back to Romulus emptyhanded.
			Your superiors will be
			quite pleased.

	It's a standoff.

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT FIVE         63.

60   ON PICARD AND BEVERLY

	The are standing off to one side, away from the
	standoff. As the Romulan, Cardassian, and Klingon
	continue their squabble in the b. g....

	Picard looks down at the dirt beneath his feet.

60A  INSERT - THE SEABED

	There are imprints and fossilized remains of vegetation --
	it should look like a "mold" of a leaf or fern. There
	should be a hint of greenish-brown coloring left on the
	imprints.

60B  RESUME SCENE

					PICARD
				(sotto)
			The seabed... it may be only
			partially fossilized... it could
			still contain organic material.

	Beverly nods slowly. She cautiously crouches down,
	careful not to draw anyone's attention and scrapes at
	the FOSSILIZED SEA BED with her sampling device...

61   THE SCENE

	THIS SCENE IS THE BACKGROUND DIALOGUE TO BE PLAYED
	UNDER SCENES 60 AND 62.

					ROMULAN CAPTAIN
				(to Gul Ocett)
			Perhaps we can compromise... Let
			us have the gene code. And the
			Romulans and the Cardassians will
			share the result.

	The Cardassian considers.

					GUL OCETT
			What's to stop you from killing me
			as soon as I acquiesce?

					ROMULAN CAPTAIN
			You have my word.

	The Klingon Captain scowls.

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT FIVE        63A.

61   CONTINUED:

					NU'DAQ
			Etched in stone, no doubt.
				(beat)
			No terms. There will be no deals
			as long as I'm still alive.

	The Romulan Captain motions to his men -- all of them
	aim their disruptors directly at the Klingon.

					ROMULAN CAPTAIN
			Then I have only one recourse...

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/08/93 - ACT FIVE         64.

62   ON PICARD AND BEVERLY

	Picard is working the small computer -- Beverly's
	sampling device is now attached to it. Picard reacts
	to what he sees on the tiny screen.

					PICARD
				(to Beverly, sotto)
			The program has activated...
				(beat)
			I think it's reconfiguring the
			tricorder... it's modifying the
			emitter diode to project
			something...

63   THE SCENE

	The Romulans have their four weapons trained on the
	Klingon Captain, but he's not budging. A beat, then
	Worf steps up next to the Klingon, phaser ready.
	Another beat, Gul Ocett and her Cardassian guard take
	a couple of steps, adding their weapons to the side of
	the Romulans. It is now six against two.

	The Klingon Captain smiles.

					NU'DAQ
				(to Worf)
			We die together, Brother. Tash-Koh-Tah.

	Nu'Daq is an instant away from firing.

64   PICARD

	activates a control on the small computer, aiming it
	toward the middle of the fray.

65   THE SCENE (OPTICAL)

	Picard's computer SUDDENLY PROJECTS A HOLOGRAM directly
	into the middle of the scene. It is a HUMANOID -- in
	fact, one of the coolest humanoids we've ever seen,
	with a face wise and tragic and light-hearted all at
	once. It appears as if the flesh is life-like.
	Everyone reacts, staring with amazement as it addresses
	them.

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT FIVE        64A.

65   CONTINUED:

					HUMANOID
			You are wondering who we are; why
			we have done this; how it has come
			that I stand before you, the image
			of a being from so long ago.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT FIVE         65.

65   CONTINUED: (2)

					HUMANOID (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			Life evolved on my planet before
			all others in this part of the
			galaxy. We left our world,
			explored the stars, and found none
			like ourselves. We were alone.
			Our civilization thrived for ages.
			But what is the life of one race,
			compared to the vast stretches of
			cosmic time? We knew that someday
			we would be gone. And that
			nothing of us would survive. So
			we left you.

	Everyone reacts.

					HUMANOID
				(continuing)
			Our scientists seeded the
			primordial oceans of many worlds,
			where life was in its infancy.
			These seed codes directed your
			evolution toward a physical form
			resembling ours -- this body you
			see before you.

	The Humanoid opens her arms as if to indicate herself.

					HUMANOID
				(continuing)
			Which is, of course, shaped as
			yours is shaped. For you are the
			end result. The seed codes also
			contained this message, which we
			scattered in fragments on many
			different worlds. It was our hope
			that you would have to come
			together in cooperation and
			fellowship in order to activate
			this message. And if you can see
			and hear me, our hope has been
			fulfilled.

	After a few uneasy, guilty glances -- they know it
	wasn't so peaceful and cooperative.

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/08/93 - ACT FIVE         66.

65   CONTINUED: (3)

					HUMANOID
				(continuing)
			You are... a monument. Not to our
			greatness, but to our existence.
			That was our wish. That you too
			would know life, and would keep
			alive our memory. There is
			something of us in each of you,
			and so, something of you in each
			other.

	A long pause. The Humanoid has a look of both joy and
	deep sadness.

					HUMANOID
				(continuing)
			Remember us...

	The hologram disappears. A long, silent beat.
	Everyone stares at each other, lowering their
	weapons... There's a sense that something magical could
	take place, a melting away of all differences and
	conflicts in a new spirit of fellowship --

					NU'DAQ
				(livid)
			That is all?

	The moment is shattered.

					NU'DAQ
				(continuing)
			If she were not dead, I would kill
			her.

	Gul Ocett turns toward the Klingon Captain.

					GUL OCETT
			The very notion. That Cardassians
			could have anything in common with
			Klingons.
				(beat)
			It turns my stomach.

	Nu'Daq shoots her a dirty look. Everyone starts
	contacting their respective ships.

					PICARD
				(touches COM)
			Picard to Enterprise. Away Team
			is ready to beam up.

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/09/93 - ACT FIVE         67.

65   CONTINUED: (4)

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged.

	Picard and Beverly exchange a somewhat weary look...

66   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE

	still in orbit above the planet.

					PICARD (V. O.
			Captain's log, Stardate 46735.2.
			Our frequent use of high warp over
			the last few days has overextended
			the propulsion systems. We are
			finishing minor repairs before
			returning to Federation territory.

67   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Picard and Beverly are at the end of their morning tea;
	musing about the last few days.

					BEVERLY
			It's a shame Professor Galen
			wasn't able to see the end result
			of his search...

					PICARD
			I don't know of anyone who would
			have appreciated it more.

					BEVERLY
			If it hadn't been for you, Jean-Luc,
			his dream to solve that
			puzzle would never have been
			realized. You gave him a
			wonderful legacy...

					PICARD
			It would've been a more fitting
			legacy if the message had not
			fallen on deaf ears.

	A reaction, clearly, that wasn't present on the
	planet's surface. Beverly shrugs a wan smile.

					BEVERLY
			You never know.

	She rises.

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT FIVE        67A.

67   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I have to get this day started.

	Picard stands in a gentlemanly gesture.

					PICARD
			Both of us.

					BEVERLY
			See you this afternoon.

	Beverly heads for the door, it opens and she disappears
	into the hallway. Picard sits back down for a moment.

          STAR TREK: "The Chase" - REV. 02/05/93 - ACT FIVE         68.

67   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Captain Picard. Incoming
			transmission from the Romulan
			command ship.

	Picard reacts, puzzled.

					PICARD
				(to COM)
			Put it through.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged.

68   INCLUDE PICARD'S VIEWSCREEN

	as he turns toward it. The face of the Romulan Captain
	appears.

					ROMULAN CAPTAIN
			Captain, my ships are leaving
			orbit for Romulan space.
				(beat)
			Until our next encounter...

	Picard is surprised by the overture.

					PICARD
			Until then.

	The Romulan pauses.

					ROMULAN CAPTAIN
			It would seem that we are not
			completely dissimilar after all...
			in our hopes or in our fears...

	Picard nods.

					PICARD
			Yes.

	A long moment as the Romulan struggles with the words.

					ROMULAN CAPTAIN
			Well, then. Perhaps one day...

	The Romulan seems to have gone as far as he can go with
	this sentiment.

            STAR TREK: "The Chase" - 02/04/93 - ACT FIVE            69.

68   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			One day...

	The Romulan Captain nods. He turns toward an offscreen
	underling -- the transmission ends.

	Picard turns back to his tea. He takes a sip, sets it
	down, stares into space. OFF his quiet smile...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             












                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "Frame of Mind" 
                          #40276-247 
                              
                          Written by 
                         Brannon Braga 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Jim Conway 


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Copyright 1992 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                      FEBRUARY 16, 1993

          STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 2/16/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Frame of Mind" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             ADMINISTRATOR
                RIKER              ATTENDANT
                DATA               DOCTOR
                BEVERLY            INMATE
                TROI               LIEUTENANT
                WORF               
                GEORDI             
                WOUNDED CREWPERSON 
                N.D. COM VOICE     

                Non-Speaking       
                  1 WOUNDED N.D. CREWMEMBER
                  N.D. CREWMEMBERS (AUDIENCE)
                  2 GUARDS

          STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 2/16/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Frame of Mind" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              SICKBAY
              READY ROOM
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
              TURBOLIFT
              CORRIDOR
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TEN FORWARD
              THEATRE/ASYLUM CELL
          
            ASYLUM
              ASYLUM CORRIDOR
              ASYLUM COMMON AREA
              ASYLUM CELL
          
            ALIEN LAB

  STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 2/16/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Frame of Mind" 
                        
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 TILONUS         tie-LONE-us
                 MAVEK           MAY-vek
                 JAYA            YAI-ya
                 SUNA            SOON-ah
                 SYRUS           SYE-russ

       STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                        "Frame of Mind"                             
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. ASYLUM CELL

	An austere room -- devoid of furnishings, except for a
	BED and a DOOR with a small thick-paned window. RIKER
	is sitting on the bed, dressed in casual hospital-type
	clothing. He is trying to maintain control, but there
	is an underlying tension. He looks strung out, like
	he's been at this for a long time...

	He speaks to an offscreen DOCTOR who we never clearly
	see (this will be Data, speaking with a distinctive
	accent so we don't recognize his voice).

					RIKER
				(to Doctor)
			You're absolutely right, Doctor.
			In fact, right now it's hard to
			imagine ever hurting anyone...

					DOCTOR (O.S.)
			How do you feel about that person
			you used to be?

					RIKER
			I feel... terrible. But thanks to
			you, I'm much better now. And I
			feel confident that when I leave,
			I'll be ready to take my place in
			society again.

					DOCTOR (O.S.)
			When do you think that will be?

	Riker looks at him... gives him a nervous smile...

					RIKER
			Well... now. Right away.

					DOCTOR (O.S.)
			What makes you say that?

					RIKER
			You said when I was able to accept
			what I'd done, and understood the
			consequences of my actions, that
			I'd be free to go.

       STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - TEASER       2.

1    CONTINUED:

					DOCTOR (O.S.)
			"Free to go." Are you saying you
			don't think you should stand trial
			for what you've done?

	Riker pauses... he's skittish, trying to please the
	Doctor and say the right thing -- but he's losing the
	fight to stay calm.

					RIKER
			I'm looking forward to proving my
			innocence...

					DOCTOR (O.S.)
			I thought you said you accepted
			what you'd done.

	Riker tries to backtrack.

					RIKER
			But that's not what I meant. I...
			I meant that I was sick when it
			happened. I wasn't responsible
			for what I did...

	A tense beat.

					DOCTOR (O.S.)
			How do I know that you're not just
			telling me what I want to hear?

	Riker doesn't have a response.

					DOCTOR (O.S.)
				(doubtful)
			Perhaps we should continue this
			discussion next week...

	Riker's temper flares -- he stands.

					RIKER
			No. I want to talk about it
			now...

					DOCTOR (O.S.)
				(calmly)
			You're starting to sound angry
			again. Maybe you need another
			treatment...

	Riker drops all pretense of being the "good patient"
	and lets his genuine feelings come out.


       STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - TEASER       3.

1    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			What I need is to get out of this
			cell. I'm locked up day and
			night... you control every
			move... tell me what to eat, what
			to think, what to say...

	Riker moves around the room, liked a caged animal.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			And when I show a glimmer of
			independent thought, you strap me
			down, inject me with drugs and
			call it a "treatment."

					DOCTOR (O.S.)
			You're becoming agitated...

					RIKER
			You bet I'm agitated! I may be
			surrounded by insanity, but I'm
			not insane. And I won't let you
			or anyone... me think I am....

	Riker hesitates, stumbling over his words... tries to
	correct his last statement.

					RIKER
			I won't let you or anyone think
			that...

	Riker's whole demeanor changes -- he stops being the
	tortured patient and becomes just Wil Riker. He looks
	offscreen and speaks to somebody.

					RIKER
			I'm sorry. Can we take it from
			"You're becoming agitated"?

2    NEW ANGLE

	to REVEAL that we have been in the ship's THEATER. A
	cell is set up on a stage. The theater seats are
	empty, except for BEVERLY, who is directing the play.
	DATA -- who is playing the Doctor -- is also on the
	cell stage.

       STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - TEASER       4.

2    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(to all)
			Why don't we break for tonight.
			I think we've made a lot of
			progress.

					RIKER
			But I'm still not confident about
			that final speech...

	Beverly moves to Riker onstage.

					BEVERLY
			There's such a thing as over-rehearsing,
			Wil. You'll do just
			fine.
				(beat)
			Try to relax. You're resisting
			the character. Let yourself feel
			what he's feeling.

	Riker is frustrated.

					RIKER
				(unsure)
			Maybe I'm just not right for this
			part...

	Data chimes in.

					DATA
				(to Riker)
			Most humanoids have the potential
			to be irrational. Perhaps you
			should attempt to access that part
			of your psyche.

	Beverly nods, tries to give Riker the insight he needs.

					BEVERLY
			Haven't you ever felt at odds with
			everyone -- like the whole world
			was against you?

	Riker thinks.

					RIKER
			Yeah... my first year at the
			Academy...

       STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - TEASER       4A.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Try to tap into that feeling.
			That's what your character is
			going through in this scene.

	Riker nods, feeling a little better.

       STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - TEASER       5.

2    CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			I'll work on it...

					BEVERLY
			It'll be wonderful. You're going
			to knock 'em dead.

	Riker nods. As everyone moves to go...

3    INT. CORRIDOR

	A few minutes later. Riker walking along, still
	dressed in his inmate costume. He's practicing lines
	from his final speech, trying to get it right.

					RIKER
			"You control every move... tell me
			what to eat, what to think, what
			to say... "

	He tries again, this time with more emphasis:

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			"What to eat, what to think, what
			to say... "
				(beat)
			"And when I show a glimmer of
			independent thought, you strap me
			down, inject me with drugs and
			call it a 'treatment'... "

	Over the above, a CREWPERSON walks past and gives Riker
	a curious look. Riker is too absorbed to notice. He
	stops at a Turbolift and taps a button by the door. As
	he waits...

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			"I may be surrounded by insanity,
			but I'm not insane --"

	The doors open and Riker runs directly into an ALIEN
	LIEUTENANT. The Lieutenant stares at him with intense
	eyes, face utterly expressionless. Riker steps back,
	startled...

					RIKER
			Excuse me...

       STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - TEASER       6.

3    CONTINUED:

	The Lieutenant walks past him. Riker enters the
	Turbolift, glances back to see --

	The Lieutenant has stopped and is watching Riker. For
	a moment, he seems almost menacing. Then he walks off
	down the hall...

	Riker stands there a moment... trying to shake the
	creepy feeling... Then he ENTERS the Turbolift. As
	the doors close...

                                              FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT ONE       7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

           (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)            

4    INT. READY ROOM

	Riker and PICARD standing at the desk, looking at a
	terminal.

					RIKER
				(surprised)
			Tilonus Four? Didn't their
			government just collapse?

					PICARD
				(nods)
			It's in a state of total anarchy.
			When the Prime Minister was
			assassinated, a Federation
			research team was on the planet.
			It is believed they were forced to
			go into hiding...
				(beat)
			Your mission will be to locate and
			evacuate them.

					RIKER
			Can't they go to local
			authorities?

					PICARD
			There are no local authorities.
			The government's been splintered --
			several factions are vying for
			power. And they're desperate for
			weapons or technology of any
			kind...
				(beat)
			Apparently, some factions are
			resorting to torture to gather
			information. A Starfleet research
			team would be a prime target.

	Riker weighs the situation.

					RIKER
			Then I'll have to go alone...
			undercover.

      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT ONE      7A.

4    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Agreed. Mister Worf is ready to
			give you a detailed briefing on
			Tilonian culture.

	Riker nods... and smiles, remembering something.

       STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT ONE       8.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(smiles)
			Looks like I'll have to back out
			of Doctor Crusher's play after
			all...

	Picard reacts, supportive.

					PICARD
			No, no... you'll have plenty of
			time for that, Number One. We
			won't be arriving at Tilonus for
			another five days.
				(beat)
			Besides, if you back out now,
			Beverly will come after me to play
			the part.

	Riker nods and they exchange a smile. As Riker
	EXITS...

5    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Later. Riker and WORF standing at the wall MONITOR,
	which displays an AERIAL MAP of TILONUS FOUR. Worf
	points to a specific region on the map.

					WORF
			This is the last known location of
			the research team. They had
			occupied a small building in the
			Southwest quarter of the city.
			You will begin your search there.

	Riker considers.

					RIKER
			The Southwest quarter covers over
			two hundred square kilometers.
			That's a lot of ground for one man
			to cover...
				(lightly)
			I'd better pack an extra pair of
			boots.

       STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT ONE       9.

5    CONTINUED:

	Worf shoots him a look, not in the mood for jokes. A
	tense beat. Then he moves to the table, where SEVERAL
	pieces of EQUIPMENT have been laid out -- a canteen,
	some clothing, a tricorder, etc. Worf points to a
	bundle of plain-looking CLOTHING.

					WORF
				(re: clothing)
			This apparel will allow you to
			pass as a common merchant.

	Worf picks up a small Tilonian PENDANT.

					WORF
				(re: pendant)
			This Tilonian pendant has been
			equipped with a communicator
			circuit.

	Riker takes the pendant -- holds it up to the clothing.

					RIKER
				(with humor)
			It doesn't really match the
			outfit...

	Worf's temper flares.

					WORF
			I suggest you pay closer
			attention, Commander. Your life
			will be at stake.

	Worf stares intensely at Riker -- almost threatening.
	It's a very odd moment -- strange and creepy.

					WORF
				(hard)
			Do you understand what I am
			saying?

	Riker is taken aback by Worf's tone.

					RIKER
				(an edge)
			Yes... of course I do...

	Worf picks up a small, exotic-looking KNIFE. Riker
	observes somberly, his mood darker now.

      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT ONE      10.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(re: knife)
			Because you will be posing as a
			merchant, you will need to know
			how to use the Nisroh for the
			traditional bartering ceremony.

	Worf demonstrates by raising the blade high into the
	air, moving it in a complex, ritualistic manner...

					WORF
				(continuing)
			You will be judged on your prowess
			with the blade...

	Worf moves the blade in quick thrusting motions...
	faster.. more elaborate... Without warning, the blade
	CATCHES THE SIDE OF RIKER'S HEAD. Riker recoils,
	startled.

	Worf reacts, genuinely concerned.

					WORF
			I am sorry, Commander! I did not
			intend --

					RIKER
			That's okay, that's okay...

	Riker touches his head -- the wound is bleeding.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I guess I really wasn't paying
			attention...
				(beat)
			I'd better get to Sickbay. We'll
			pick this up later.

					WORF
			Aye sir...

	Worf watches with concern as Riker heads for the
	door...

6    INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Riker sitting on a bed; Beverly HEALING his head wound
	with a medical device.

      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT ONE      11.

6    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(with humor)
			You'll do anything to get out of
			this play, won't you?
				(beat)
			Well, you're going to have to do
			better than this...

	Riker smiles.

					RIKER
			The play's tomorrow night. I've
			still got twenty-four hours left.

	Beverly shuts off the device. Riker turns -- his wound
	is completely healed.

					BEVERLY
			Don't get any ideas. I'll expect
			you on stage at eighteen hundred
			hours.

					RIKER
			Right...

	Riker stands to go -- and stops, reacting to a sharp
	pain in his head.

					RIKER
				(re: his head)
			It still hurts...

	Beverly quickly scans his head with a medical
	tricorder.

					BEVERLY
			There's no nerve damage... you
			shouldn't be feeling any pain.

					RIKER
			Probably just a symptom of stage
			fright --

	Suddenly, the doors OPEN and GEORDI rushes in with TWO
	N.D. CREWMEMBERS. One of the crewmembers is badly
	INJURED -- his face and uniform are marred by scorch
	marks and blood. Geordi and the other N.D. carry him
	along, urgent...

					GEORDI
				(re: wounded N.D.)
			He was working on a conduit on
			Deck Thirty-seven. A plasma torch
			blew up in his hands...

      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT ONE      12.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

	The crewmember screams in pain -- it's an awful sight.

					WOUNDED CREWMEMBER
			It hurts! Oh God -- it hurts!

	The scene takes on a frantic, disturbing tone as they
	help him toward a nearby bed...

	Riker moves out of the way. The wounded N.D. moans in
	pain and looks directly at him. Riker reacts,
	startled. The N.D. stares at Riker even as he is laid
	on the bed... as Beverly begins to treat the wounds...
	He just keeps staring... strange... unsettling...

	Riker edges toward the doors... unable to tear his eyes
	away from the man... shaken by the sight... EXITS...

7    INT. TEN FORWARD

	Later. Riker and TROI sitting at the bar, drinks in
	front of them. Riker is troubled by the day's events.

					RIKER
			I've been on a lot of missions...
			and I've seen a lot of people get
			injured...
				(beat)
			But I've never been affected like
			this...

	Riker is chilled by the memory.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			He was looking right at me.

					TROI
			And that was disturbing to you...

					RIKER
			It was like he was... blaming me
			or something. But it's more than
			just this one incident. For the
			past few days, I've been feeling
			like everyone's staring at me...
			or talking about me...
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT ONE      13.

7    CONTINUED:

					RIKER (Cont'd)
				(lightly)
			I feel like I'm in "Frame of
			Mind"...

					TROI
			"Frame of Mind"?

					RIKER
			Doctor Crusher's play. Ever since
			I started rehearsing the role,
			I've been feeling a little
			restless... uneasy...

	Troi considers.

					TROI
			You're probably drawing on
			feelings that you're not used to
			expressing...

					RIKER
			Yeah. The play is full of
			disturbing images. People losing
			their minds... being tortured by
			doctors...
				(beat)
			I can't get it out of my head...

	Troi is supportive, tries to help.

					TROI
			Sometimes it's healthy to explore
			the darker sides of the psyche.
			Jung called it "owning your own
			shadow."
				(beat)
			This could be a sign that you're
			a real actor, Wil. It's becoming
			more than just a role to you.

	Riker is intrigued by her words.

					RIKER
			Maybe you're right...

					TROI
			Don't be afraid of your darker
			side. Have fun with it.

	Riker nods, feeling better. He lifts his glass to take
	a drink, and stops -- reacting to a pain in his temple,
	where the wound was. He puts his hand to his head, and
	something across the room catches his eye...

    STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - REV. 02/24/93 - ACT ONE    14.

8    NEW ANGLE

	of the strange, alien Lieutenant (as seen in the
	Teaser). He is sitting across the room, alone at a
	table, staring at Riker with his expressionless face.
	He stands and heads for the door...

9    RESUME

	Riker turns to Troi.

					RIKER
				(re: Lieutenant)
			Who is that?

	Troi turns to look, but the doors are just closing.
	The Lieutenant is gone.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			You just missed him.
				(beat)
			Do we have a new Lieutenant on
			board?

					TROI
			I'm not sure. Do you want me to
			check the personnel logs?

	Riker shakes off the creepy feeling, stands to go.

					RIKER
			No... I'll check them tomorrow...
				(beat)
			I think I'll get to bed early.
			Tomorrow's the performance and I
			want to be up for it.

					TROI
			I'm looking forward to it.
				(beat)
			Break a leg.

					RIKER
			I'll try not to take that
			literally.

	They share a smile. Riker heads for the door...

      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT ONE      15.

10   INT. ASYLUM CELL/THEATER

	The austere set, as seen in the Teaser. But now there
	is a full AUDIENCE -- Picard, Beverly, Worf, Troi,
	Geordi and several other crewmembers and civilians are
	watching, engrossed.

	The play is in its final moments. Riker is sitting on
	the bed, strung-out. Data (as the Doctor) is standing
	nearby. Riker's performance is different from before --
	more focused and authentic. A genuine passion drives
	him through the scene -- he is utterly convincing in
	the role.

					DATA/DOCTOR
				(doubtful)
			Perhaps we should continue this
			discussion next week...

	Riker stands, temper flaring.

					RIKER
			No. I want to talk about it
			now...

					DATA/DOCTOR
				(calmly)
			You're starting to sound angry
			again. Maybe you need another
			treatment...

					RIKER
			What I need is to get out of this
			cell. I'm locked up day and
			night... you control every
			move... tell me what to eat, what
			to think, what to say...

	Riker moves around the room, liked a caged animal.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			And when I show a glimmer of
			independent thought, you strap me
			down, inject me with drugs and
			call it a "treatment."

					DOCTOR
			You're becoming agitated...

      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT ONE      16.

10   CONTINUED:

	Riker lets loose -- genuine emotions rushing to the
	surface. He has no trouble with his final speech this
	time around -- it's passionate and intense.

					RIKER
			You bet I'm agitated! I may be
			surrounded by insanity, but I'm
			not insane. And I won't let you
			or anyone else tell me I am.

	Riker prowls about the stage... hands shaking... voice
	breaking with emotion. A believable, bravura
	performance that has the audience riveted and moved.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			You can destroy my mind, but you
			can't change the truth. I didn't
			kill that man.
				(beat)
			And that's what's driving you
			crazy...

	A long tense beat.

					DATA/DOCTOR
			I can see we have a lot of work to
			do.

	Data turns and EXITS. The sound of it being LOCKED.
	Riker moves to the door and shouts at Data.

					RIKER
			No matter what you do, you can't
			change the fact that I'm innocent!
				(beat)
			I'm not crazy!

	Suddenly, the cell lights GO OUT and Riker sags against
	the door, defeated.

					RIKER
				(to himself)
			I'm not crazy...

	He pauses, staring into middle distance... suddenly
	frozen with uncertainty... pondering the events that
	have led to his imprisonment. The play has built to
	this instant...

					RIKER
				(doubtful)
			I'm... not...
				(beat)
			...crazy.

      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT ONE      17.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

	The stage lights slowly FADE OUT. The End. A beat,
	then the house lights COME UP. The audience begins to
	APPLAUD enthusiastically. Several people stand... then
	a few more... soon it is a standing ovation...

	The stage lights GO UP for the curtain call. Data
	walks out and takes a bow. The applause intensifies.

	Riker walks onstage, out of breath... shaky... the
	performance has taken its toll... but he smiles at the
	audience and takes a bow...

11   NEW ANGLE

	of the audience. Picard and the others can be seen
	smiling, cheering...

12   RIKER

	takes another bow...

13   NEW ANGLE

	The alien Lieutenant is now standing next to Picard.
	He is staring directly at Riker... eyes intense... face
	cold... and he is not applauding...

14   RIKER

	reacts to the sight, startled. He takes a final bow...

15   NEW ANGLE

	As Riker stands. THE AUDIENCE IS GONE AND THERE IS A
	CELL WALL IN ITS PLACE. The cheering has stopped --
	silence.

16   RIKER

	reacts and spins around --

17   NEW ANGLE TO REVEAL:

	we are now in an ACTUAL ASYLUM CELL. Similar to the
	set but clearly a real place. Riker is completely
	stunned. From offscreen:

      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT ONE      18.

17   CONTINUED:

					VOICE (O.S.)
			I can see we have a lot of work to
			do.

	Riker turns to see --

18   AN ALIEN DOCTOR

	is standing nearby -- a species we've never seen
	before. A real Doctor. OFF Riker's shock and
	confusion...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT TWO      19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

19   INT. ASYLUM CELL - CONTINUOUS

	Riker is glancing around the room, trying to make sense
	out of the situation. He turns to the Doctor.

					RIKER
			Where am I?
				(beat)
			How did you get me off the ship?

	The Doctor studies him with concern... then taps a few
	controls on a note-taking device.

					DOCTOR
				(to himself)
			The ship again...

	Riker eyes him, confused. He moves to the door and
	scans it -- but there's no visible way of getting it
	open.

					RIKER
			What's going on?

	The Doctor tries to keep Riker calm by staying calm
	himself. It's like he's been through this before.

					DOCTOR
			I understand this must be very
			disturbing for you. But try to
			relax.
				(beat)
			Tell me. Where were you a moment
			ago?

					RIKER
			I was on the Enterprise. In the
			middle of a play...
				(looks around)
			Here... but it wasn't real... it
			was a stage...

					DOCTOR
			I can assure you this is not a
			stage.
				(beat)
			Do you remember your name?

      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT TWO      20.

19   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I'm Commander...
				(beat)
			Commander...

	Riker hesitates, unable to remember. He begins to move
	about the room, grasping at the memories... but they're
	quickly fading away...

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I knew who I was a second ago...
			I was on the ship... in a play...
				(beat)
			It's getting harder to remember...

	The Doctor nods.

					DOCTOR
			That's good. You're starting to
			come out of your delusional state.

					RIKER
				(reacts)
			Delusion... it couldn't be a
			delusion. I was there...

	A beat.

					DOCTOR
				(gently)
			We've discussed this. Do you
			remember when we contacted
			Starfleet... and asked them about
			you?

					RIKER
			No...

					DOCTOR
			We spoke with Admiral Budrow. On
			Starbase...

					RIKER
				(chiming in)
			... Starbase Twenty-nine.

	Riker's face changes as he starts to remember -- a
	mixture of shock and realization...


      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT TWO      21.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			He said he'd never heard of me...
			that they had no officer matching
			my description...

					DOCTOR
			That's right. Now. Focus on who
			I am. Do you remember me?

	Riker eyes him.

					RIKER
			I'm not sure...

					DOCTOR
			I'm Doctor Syrus.
				(beat)
			Do you remember anything about
			where you are now?

	Riker thinks... instinctively puts a hand up to his
	temple, feeling a pain there...

					RIKER
			I hurt my head... somebody hit
			me...

					DOCTOR
			You tried to escape. You
			struggled with one of the
			attendants and hit your head on a
			door. Do you remember that?

	It finally starts to come back to Riker -- he remembers
	what happened...

					RIKER
			Yes... now I do. But at first, I
			thought a Klingon cut me... with
			a knife...

					DOCTOR
			It's called transposition. You're
			projecting elements from your
			delusions onto events that really
			happened.
				(beat)
			But that's good. There was a time
			when you couldn't break away from
			your Starship fantasy at all.

      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT TWO      22.

19   CONTINUED: (3)

	Riker looks at him. He's starting to accept this
	reality.

					RIKER
			If what you're saying is true...
			where am I?

	The Doctor takes a beat.

					DOCTOR
			You're in Ward Forty-seven of the
			Tilonus Institute for Mental
			Disorders.

	Riker reacts. He sits down on the bed... weighing the
	implications.

					RIKER
			Why am I here?

	The Doctor softens his tone.

					DOCTOR
			We'll talk more later. You don't
			have to remember everything today.
				(beat)
			You're making excellent progress.

	He gives Riker a gentle smile and a pat on the arm...
	turns to go. Riker stands.

					RIKER
			Wait...

	Too late -- he EXITS and the door shuts with a
	distinctive LOCKING NOISE. Riker moves to the small
	window on the door and peers through it. The Doctor
	disappears from view down an austere CORRIDOR.

	Riker stands there a moment... not sure what to do with
	himself... then begins to take in the room. There's
	not much to see. The walls and ceiling and floor are
	blank. He presses his hands against the wall, as if to
	test it. Solid.

	There is a small stainless steel MIRROR inset in a
	wall. Riker moves to it and stares at his reflection.
	At his clothing... his tired eyes... somber
	expression...

	A voice is heard over the COM:

      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT TWO      23.

19   CONTINUED: (4)

					ATTENDANT'S COM VOICE
			Good afternoon. I've got some
			good news for you.
				(beat)
			Doctor Syrus suggested that you
			might enjoy a couple of hours in
			the Common Area today.

	Riker doesn't respond.

					ATTENDANT'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			Well?

					RIKER
				(to com)
			I guess so...

	The door OPENS and an ATTENDANT (MAVEK) ENTERS along
	with a HOSPITAL GUARD. The guard is holding a small
	stun WEAPON.

	The Attendant offers Riker a smile.

					ATTENDANT
			I hope you're hungry. They're
			serving spiny lobe-fish today.

	The Guard moves behind Riker to escort him out of the
	room. Riker is surprised by the high level of
	security.

					RIKER
				(re: guard)
			There's no need for this.

					ATTENDANT
			That's what you said the last
			time.

	Riker reacts. As they EXIT..

20   INT. ASYLUM CORRIDOR

	Riker, the Attendant and the Guard walking along. The
	hall is ascetic, lined with CELL DOORS on either side,
	each with an inset window pane. They pass another
	inmate, who is being led along by an Attendant.
	Somewhere in the distance, a brief YELL echoes through
	the corridors. Riker takes it all in, unsettled by the
	chilly environment.

      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT TWO      24.

20   CONTINUED:

	Another Doctor is approaching from the opposite end of
	the corridor. Riker eyes him as they get closer...

21   ANGLE ON THE DOCTOR

	He looks exactly like the alien Lieutenant seen
	earlier. He passes Riker without so much as a
	glance...

22   RIKER

	reacts. As the Guard leads him around a corner...

23   INT. ASYLUM - COMMON AREA

	A large room that is brighter and more colorful than
	the cell and the corridor. There are windows...
	plants... several tables and activities for the
	patients. One inmate is painting a bizarre PICTURE...
	two other inmates are sitting together, engaged in a
	hushed conversation... another sits alone, staring into
	middle-distance, slowly rocking back and forth...

	Riker, the Attendant and the Guard ENTER. The
	Attendant dismisses the Guard and leads Riker to a
	table, sits him down.

					ATTENDANT
				(to Riker)
			I'll be back with your lunch.

	The Attendant walks off. Riker glances around
	nervously, uncomfortable in this strange setting. A
	few moments go by... then a FEMALE INMATE -- alien,
	humanoid -- sits down next to Riker and stares at him.
	She glances around to make sure no one's listening...
	speaks to him in an urgent whisper...

					INMATE
			I hear you're a Starfleet
			officer...

	Riker looks at her, surprised.

					INMATE
				(continuing)
			I'm Commander Bloom from the
			Yorktown...
				(looks around)
			There are at least a dozen of us
			here... maybe more...
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - REV. 02/17/93 - ACT TWO    25.

23   CONTINUED:

					INMATE (Cont'd)
			We were kidnapped... brought here
			against our will...

	Riker just stares at her... listening and trying to
	figure out what to believe... She points out various
	inmates around the room.

					INMATE
				(re: inmate)
			Sanders was on the Yosemite. They
			did something to his mind. I
			think they're trying to get neuro
			chemicals from our brains...
				(points to another)
			Stafko was with me on the
			Yorktown. I don't know what they
			did to him...

	Riker is compelled by her story...

					INMATE
				(continuing)
			We're going to get out of here.
			I've made a communicator...

					RIKER
				(hopeful)
			You have?

					INMATE
			Yes. There are three Starships in
			orbit. They're going to beam us
			out of here any day now...
				(beat)
			I'll tell them to get you out,
			too...

	Riker's hope is rising... She looks around
	surreptitiously... then carefully pulls out a spoon.

					INMATE
				(into spoon)
			Lieutenant Bloom to Yorktown...
			come in Yorktown. I've made
			contact with another officer...

	Riker's realizes, his hopes dashed. From offscreen:

					ATTENDANT (O.S.)
			Talking to your Starship again,
			Jaya?

	She quickly hides the spoon.

      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT TWO      26.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					INMATE
			No.

	She gets up and gives Riker a conspiratorial look --

					INMATE
				(quiet)
			Don't let them tell you you're
			crazy.

	The Attendant sets down a plate of FOOD in front of
	Riker, then moves to the inmate and stretches out his
	hand.

					ATTENDANT
			You know you're not supposed to
			take utensils from the Common
			Area.

	A beat. She grudgingly hands over the spoon and moves
	off. The Attendant sits down and sets down the spoon
	in front of Riker.

					ATTENDANT
				(re: spoon)
			You're welcome to try it.

	Riker manages a smile.

					RIKER
			I'm not that far gone, am I?

					ATTENDANT
			Of course you are. Last week you
			held an entire conversation with
			a chair, remember?

	Riker looks at him, surprised.

					RIKER
			No...

	A beat. The Attendant laughs. Riker realizes he was
	joking and somberly looks down at his tray. There is
	an underlying tension to the Attendant's friendly
	demeanor -- he enjoys manipulating the patients to get
	a reaction.

    STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - REV. 02/17/93 - ACT TWO    27.

23   CONTINUED: (3)

					ATTENDANT
			Where's your sense of humor? If
			you ever want to get better,
			you've got to relax.

	Riker takes a bite of food. A moment as he eats...
	then he gazes at the Attendant, suddenly remembering
	something...

					RIKER
			Your name -- it's Mav... Mavek.

					ATTENDANT
			That's right. Not bad for a crazy
			man.

	Riker looks frustrated.

					RIKER
			I'm starting to remember certain
			things, but...
				(beat)
			Why am I here?

	The Attendant considers... eyeing Riker...

					ATTENDANT
			I remember when they brought you
			in. You were screaming...
			struggling...

	Riker listens intently, unsettled. The Attendant seems
	to relish in the description...

					ATTENDANT
				(continuing)
			We could barely hold you down. In
			fact, just getting the blood off
			your hands took over an hour.

					RIKER
				(reacts)
			Blood?

      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT TWO      28.

23   CONTINUED: (4)

					ATTENDANT
				(nods)
			On your hands... your clothes...
				(beat)
			You didn't just kill that man...
			you mutilated him.

	Riker is shocked.

					RIKER
			What are you talking about? I
			didn't kill anybody.

	The Attendant is deliberately pushing Riker to get a
	response.

					ATTENDANT
			I'm afraid you did. You stabbed
			him. They found you near the
			body... with the knife in your
			hand...

	Riker grows fearful... angry...

					RIKER
			No. It's not true...

					ATTENDANT
			Yes it is. And if you get out of
			here, you're going to stand
			trial...

					RIKER
				(yells)
			You're lying!

					ATTENDANT
			I imagine the punishment will be
			quite severe... considering you
			stabbed him nine times --

	Riker loses control --

					RIKER
			NO!

	He stands, GRABS the Attendant and shoves him against
	the wall. TWO GUARDS hurry over. They grab Riker by
	the arms, restraining him. He struggles. The entire
	room is watching.

	The Attendant pulls out an ALIEN SYRINGE from his coat --
	moves toward Riker... As he INJECTS Riker with the
	syringe --

       STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT TWO 29-31.          

24
thru	OMITTED
25

26   INT. ENTERPRISE - RIKER'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	Riker bolts awake in his bed, as if from a nightmare.
	He's dressed in his nightclothes... sweating... rattled
	by the dream. He glances around the room in momentary
	confusion... but there's no one there. He's safely
	aboard the Enterprise. OFF his shaken expression...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT THREE     32.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

27   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	Riker is standing in the bathroom, dressed in his
	INMATE COSTUME, looking in the mirror. He is preparing
	himself for that evening's performance of the play.
	Everything appears to be normal. Beverly stands
	nearby, listening to Riker recall his "dream."

					RIKER
				(to Beverly)
			I was there... in Ward Forty-seven,
			just like in the play.
			Everyone thought I was insane...
			that I'd killed somebody...
				(beat)
			Except it was all real.

	Beverly is fascinated.

					BEVERLY
			Deanna mentioned you went to bed
			early because you felt a little
			anxious about the play. But I had
			no idea...

	Riker picks up a small MAKE-UP STICK and begins to
	apply dark make-up in circles around his eyes --
	creating the subtle effect that he is exhausted.

	Beverly lightens the mood.

					BEVERLY
			You said that in your dream we
			performed the play...
				(beat)
			How'd it go?

					RIKER
			It was a smash. We got a standing
			ovation.

					BEVERLY
			Let's hope it goes that well
			tonight.

	Riker smiles. He finishes applying the make-up, sets
	down the tube.

     STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT THREE     33.

27   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			We've got one hour to curtain.
			How do you feel?

	Riker smiles, confident.

					RIKER
			I feel... like an actor.

	Beverly musses his hair a little for added effect.

					BEVERLY
			You're certainly starting to look
			the part.

	They exchange a smile. Beverly EXITS. Riker stands to
	take a final look at himself in the mirror...

	And stops at what he sees. The image is disquieting:
	Riker the asylum inmate. There is a creepy moment as
	he stares at himself... remembering the dream... then
	he shakes off the feeling and turns away from the
	mirror...

28   INT. ASYLUM CELL/THEATER

	Mid-performance -- the same scene from Teaser and Act
	One. There's a full AUDIENCE -- Picard, Beverly, Worf,
	Troi, Geordi, etc. They are engrossed.

	Riker on his feet, haggard; Data the Doctor stands
	nearby. Riker's performance is focused and intense.

					DATA/DOCTOR
				(doubtful)
			Perhaps we should continue this
			discussion next week...

	Riker's temper flares.

					RIKER
			No. I want to talk about it
			now...

     STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT THREE     34.

28   CONTINUED:

					DATA/DOCTOR
			You're starting to sound angry
			again. Maybe you need another
			treatment...

					RIKER
			What I need is to get out of this
			cell. I'm locked up day and
			night... you control my every
			move...

	At that instant, Riker something catches Riker's eye.
	he looks toward the door. A face is staring in through
	the small window. Riker reacts, surprised -- it's not
	part of the play.

					RIKER
				(distracted)
			You tell me what to eat... what to
			think... what to say...

	The cell door starts to OPEN. Riker watches as Mavek
	the Attendant -- as seen in the "dream" -- walks onto
	the stage. He shuts the door and stands there,
	silently watching him.

	Riker is stunned -- what's happening? He looks to
	Beverly, who sits in the wings...

29   BEVERLY

	reacts, thinking Riker has forgotten his dialogue. She
	picks up a PADD and feeds him his next line --

					BEVERLY
				(whispers)
			"And when I show a glimmer of
			independent thought... "

30   RIKER

	looks back toward Mavek -- he is gone. Riker
	hesitates, unsettled... but his instincts quickly kick
	in and he continues...

					RIKER
			And when I show a glimmer of
			independent thought, you strap me
			down, inject me with drugs and
			call it a "treatment."

     STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT THREE     35.

30   CONTINUED:

					DATA/DOCTOR
			You're becoming agitated...

	Riker gets back into the scene... genuinely agitated
	now... and it fuels his performance...

					RIKER
			You bet I'm agitated! I may be
			surrounded by insanity, but I'm
			not insane. And I won't let you
			or anyone else tell me...

	Something catches Riker's eye -- he glances toward the
	audience to see:

31   RIKER'S POV

	THE AUDIENCE IS GONE. In its place is an ASYLUM CELL
	WALL.

32   RIKER

	can't believe his eyes. He looks to Data, who stares
	back at him as if nothing is wrong.

	Riker looks back toward the wall -- it's gone and the
	audience has returned.

					RIKER
				(to himself)
			What's happening...

	An awkward beat. The scene has stalled. Data,
	thinking fast, jumps to his next line of dialogue to
	keep things moving.

					DATA/DOCTOR
			I can see we have a lot of work to
			do.

	Data EXITS. Riker is truly shaken, continuing the
	scene out of desperation if nothing else.

					RIKER
			No matter what you do, you can't
			change the fact that I'm
			innocent...

	Riker sees something in the audience --

     STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT THREE     36.

33   RIKER'S POV

	In the audience, sitting next to Picard, is the alien
	Lieutenant. He stares at Riker, expressionless.

34   RIKER

	is at the breaking point. He stares at the Lieutenant,
	growing angry.

	Data is unsure what to do. Beverly looks alarmed.
	Riker calls out --

					RIKER
				(to Lieutenant)
			You're the key to all this, aren't
			you? Who are you?

	Riker forgets the play and walks offstage... directly
	into the audience... straight toward the alien
	Lieutenant. People react, surprised, and get out the
	way. Riker GRABS the Lieutenant by the uniform.

					RIKER
			Who are you?

	The Lieutenant looks confused.

					LIEUTENANT
			Lieutenant Suna, sir...

	The Lieutenant is clearly terrified. Riker realizes...
	and gradually lets him go... looks around the room to
	see that everyone is staring at him.

	There is a long, awkward silence. Beverly walks up to
	Riker.

					BEVERLY
			Wil... are you alright?

	Riker is confused.

					RIKER
			No... I don't know...

	She gently takes him by the arm.

					BEVERLY
			Why don't we go down to Sickbay...

     STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT THREE     37.

34   CONTINUED:

	Riker nods. Everyone watches with concern as Beverly
	leads him toward the door...

35   INT. SICKBAY

	Later. Riker sitting on a bio-bed; Beverly scanning
	him with a medical tricorder.

					BEVERLY
				(off tricorder)
			There's nothing wrong with you
			neurologically. I don't see
			anything that could've caused your
			hallucinations.
				(beat)
			But your heart rate is up... blood
			pressure's way above normal.
			You're physically exhausted.

	Riker is on edge.

					RIKER
			This is more than just fatigue...

					BEVERLY
			It's possible under conditions of
			extreme stress for the mind to
			manufacture all kinds of things.

	Riker thinks -- remembers something.

					RIKER
			Drugs. They injected me with me
			drugs...
				(to Beverly)
			Are there drugs in my system?

	Beverly scans him with the tricorder just to be sure.

					BEVERLY
				(off tricorder)
			Nothing.

	Riker lets out a long breath.

					RIKER
			It's that dream... they gave me
			drugs in the dream...
				(beat)
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - REV. 02/22/93 - ACT THREE   38.

35   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Did anybody in the theater see
			anything strange happen during the
			performance?

					BEVERLY
			No... nobody.

	Riker looks uneasy. Beverly tries to comfort him.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Get some rest, Wil. The play is
			over. Don't give it another
			thought.

	Riker nods, starting to feel normal again.

					RIKER
			Thanks...

	Riker stands and heads for the door. Beverly watches
	him go, concerned...

35A  INT. CORRIDOR

	A few minutes later. Riker and Troi walking along.
	Troi is trying to ease Riker's mind.

					RIKER
			How's Lieutenant Suna?

					TROI
			A little shaken... but alright.

					RIKER
			I feel like such an idiot.

					TROI
			It's nothing to be embarrassed
			about. We're your friends... We
			all know the stress you've been
			under. I'm sure everyone
			understands perfectly...

	They reach an intersection and run into Data, who is
	back in uniform. A moment as they stop.

   STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - REV. 02/23/93 - ACT THREE   39.

35A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(to Riker)
			Commander, I must compliment you
			on your performance this evening.

					RIKER
			Oh?

					DATA
			Your unexpected choice to
			improvise was an effective method
			of drawing the audience into the
			plight of your character.
				(beat)
			You gave a truly realistic
			interpretation of multi-infarct
			dementia.

	Riker and Troi exchange a look.

					RIKER
			Thank you.

	Data nods and continues on his way.

					TROI
				(with humor)
			Well... maybe not everyone
			understands.

35B  CLOSE ON RIKER

	as he smiles -- feeling better. HOLD on Riker as he
	continues walking with Troi (who is now offscreen).

					RIKER
			I guess all I need is a little
			rest... clear my mind a little...

					TROI (O.S.)
			I want you to try a few relaxation
			techniques, as well. Remember the
			ones I showed you a few months
			ago?

					RIKER
			Yeah... but they didn't seem to
			work for me.

	Suddenly, Troi's VOICE changes to Doctor Syrus' voice:

    STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - REV. 02/22/93 - ACT THREE 40-41.      

35B  CONTINUED:

					DOCTOR (O.S.)
			Maybe you need another treatment.

	Riker stops, turns to Troi, startled.

35C  INCLUDE TROI

	She looks at him, puzzled.

					TROI
			What's wrong?

	Riker suddenly isn't sure he heard anything after all.

					RIKER
			Nothing... nothing...

					TROI
				(gentle)
			Get some sleep, Wil. I'll see you
			tomorrow.

	Troi walks off. Riker heads down a different corridor,
	unsettled...

     STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT THREE     42.

36   
thru	OMITTED
39

40   INT. TURBOLIFT - MOVING

	A few minutes later. Riker is trying to stay calm.
	After a beat, the lift STOPS and the doors OPEN to
	reveal --

	THE ASYLUM CORRIDOR (as seen in Act Two). Riker
	reacts, startled -- backs up against the inside of the
	lift and closes his eyes...

					RIKER
				(quietly)
			It's not real... not real...

	Slowly, he opens his eyes to look -- the asylum
	corridor is gone. It's the Enterprise again. Riker
	takes a breath, then EXITS...

41   INT. ENTERPRISE - CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	Riker walking down the hall, staring straight ahead,
	trying to maintain control. He passes a crewmember...
	walks a little further... then turns a corner...

42   INT. ENTERPRISE - ANOTHER CORRIDOR

	Riker turns the corner and stops at what he sees...

	INCLUDE the female inmate -- "Commander Bloom" seen in
	the Asylum Common Area. She is standing in the
	corridor, staring blankly at Riker.

					INMATE
				(to Riker)
			Don't let them tell you you're
			crazy.

	Riker panics -- turns and quickly walks the other
	direction...

43   INT. ENTERPRISE - ANOTHER CORRIDOR

	Riker running down the hall... afraid... stops at the
	door to his quarters and hurries inside...

44   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	As Riker ENTERS. The doors slide shut with the
	distinctive LOCKING SOUND (as heard in the Asylum
	Cell). Riker reacts to the noise -- turns to see:

     STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT THREE     43.

45   NEW ANGLE

	to REVEAL we are in the ASYLUM CELL. Riker is wearing
	the inmate clothing.

	Riker reacts -- runs to the door and tries to get it
	open...

					RIKER
			No... NO! Let me out of here!

	He loses control -- beats his fists on the door,
	helpless, keeps yelling --

					RIKER
			No! Let me out of here! Help
			me...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FOUR      44.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

46   INT. COMMON AREA

	A couple of hours have passed. Various inmates are
	around the room. Riker and Doctor Syrus sitting at a
	table. Riker looks exhausted -- at the breaking point.

					RIKER
			I need help. I don't want to be
			at the mercy of these
			hallucinations any more.

					DOCTOR
			So you've accepted that you're not
			from a starship... and that it's
			all a delusion?

	Riker nods.

					RIKER
			All I know is that whenever I go
			back to the ship, reality starts
			to break apart... nothing makes
			sense. And when it's over, it
			fades away... like a dream...
				(beat)
			But the hospital... everything
			here seems real. I can always
			remember what happens here...

					DOCTOR
			And what about how you got here?

	Riker takes a deep breath... nods.

					RIKER
			Maybe I did kill someone. I don't
			know. But I want to find out.

					DOCTOR
			I'm glad to hear you say that.
			Because I just had a long talk
			with the hospital Administrator.
			He told me there are certain legal
			questions that have to be resolved
			relatively soon.

					RIKER
			Meaning?

      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FOUR      45.

46   CONTINUED:

					DOCTOR
			Meaning we can't keep you here
			much longer. We're the only
			mental health facility on Tilonus
			Four. There are many people who
			need our help...
				(beat)
			I don't want to put any undue
			stress on you... but we have to
			settle this case one way or
			another within the next few days.

					RIKER
			What does that mean?

	The Doctor takes a beat.

					DOCTOR
			You're facing a choice. We can
			try to help you remember what
			happened using Reflection Therapy.
			If it's successful, you would be
			fit to stand trial.

					RIKER
			Reflection Therapy?

					DOCTOR
			It's a way for you to interact
			with various facets of your
			personality. We scan the regions
			of your brain that control
			emotions and memory... then
			project them holographically.

	Riker considers.

					RIKER
			What's the other option?

	The Doctor finds the best way to put this.

					DOCTOR
			A complete synaptic reconstruction
			of your cerebral cortex.

					RIKER
			Surgery?

      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FOUR      46.

46   CONTINUED: (2)

	The Doctor nods grimly.

					DOCTOR
			We would neutralize the synaptic
			pathways responsible for your
			mental instability.

					RIKER
			You don't seem to like that
			option.

					DOCTOR
			I don't. The procedure is
			irreversible. You'd be left with
			a completely altered personality.
			The person you are now would cease
			to exist.

	Riker doesn't like the sound of it.

					RIKER
			Option one is starting to sound
			better...

					DOCTOR
			I agree.

	A beat as Riker makes the choice.

					RIKER
			Reflection Therapy then... when do
			we start?

					DOCTOR
			This afternoon, if you're ready.
			I want you to understand this
			isn't going to be easy. You'll be
			interacting with aspects of your
			psyche that you've never dealt
			with before.
				(beat)
			And you may be disturbed by what
			they have to say.

	Riker nods, understanding what he's about to face. OFF
	his apprehension...

47   INT. ASYLUM CELL (OPTICAL)

	Riker is sitting on the bed, watching Doctor Syrus, who
	is placing a MEDICAL DEVICE on the floor. The device
	is a tall, sleek cylinder with several controls on the
	side.

     STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FOUR     46A.

47   CONTINUED:

	The Doctor ACTIVATES the device and it sends out a low
	HUMMING NOISE.

					DOCTOR
				(to Riker)
			Close your eyes. Try to relax.
			Clear your mind.

      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FOUR      47.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker shuts his eyes. The Doctor hits a control on the
	device -- it SENDS OUT a THIN BEAM OF LIGHT that
	briefly PLAYS ACROSS Riker's forehead in a scanning
	pattern.

					DOCTOR
			Now. Think back to before you
			came to the hospital. But don't
			try to remember specific
			incidents. Concentrate on how you
			felt...

	Riker thinks.

					RIKER
			I was... afraid...

	From offscreen:

					TROI (O.S.)
			Terrified...

48   INCLUDE TROI (OPTICAL)

	who is standing in the room -- a holographic image.
	Riker reacts.

					RIKER
				(re: Troi)
			She was on the ship with me...

					DOCTOR
			That's because she represents an
			aspect of your personality -- and
			there are many parts of you that
			still believe you're on that
			starship.

					RIKER
			Why her?

					DOCTOR
			I asked you to get in touch with
			your feelings, and this is the
			part of you that responded. Talk
			to her about how you felt before
			you came here...

      STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FOUR      48.

48   CONTINUED:

	Riker walks over to the Troi image, eyes her.

					RIKER
				(to Troi)
			You said I was terrified... of
			what?

	Troi looks at Riker.

					TROI
			I was in a dark place... cold...
			frightened... someone was there...

					RIKER
			Who?

					TROI
			I felt threatened by them...
			trapped...

	The Doctor leads him through the process.

					DOCTOR
			You're doing very well. Let's try
			to find out how you responded to
			these feelings. Try to focus on
			your actions...
				(beat)
			You felt trapped. What did you
			do?

	Riker thinks. Worf APPEARS in the room. He seems
	furious -- at a high emotional pitch.

					WORF
			I was angry. They were attacking
			me... I fought back...

					TROI
			I felt pain...

					WORF
			I was injured...

					TROI
			I began to panic...

          STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/17/93 - ACT FOUR          49.

48   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			There was a struggle... and I...

	Worf trails off.

					RIKER
			You what? What happened?

	Worf and Troi are silent -- they don't have an answer.
	Riker looks to the Doctor, agitated.

					DOCTOR
				(to Riker)
			Try to associate your actions and
			emotions with logical thoughts.
			What do you think caused you to
			act and feel this way... ?

	Riker concentrates. Picard APPEARS in the room. He is
	thoughtful, assured.

					PICARD
			It was dark and cold because... I
			was outdoors... at night... in a
			narrow space...
				(thinks)
			I was walking through an alley.

					TROI
			I felt threatened...

					WORF
			I was being watched...

					PICARD
			Someone must have followed me into
			the alley. That's why I started
			to walk faster. Then someone
			grabbed me from behind...

					TROI
			I panicked...

					WORF
			I tried to fight them off...

					RIKER
			How many of them were there?

					PICARD
			Three. They were humanoid. I
			could only make out one of their
			faces...

					RIKER
			Who was it?

          STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FOUR         49A.

48   CONTINUED: (3)

	Suddenly, the alien Lieutenant APPEARS. He stands
	silently, staring at Riker. Riker is surprised by the
	sight.

					RIKER
				(re: Lieutenant)
			He was on the ship too... and I
			saw him here in the hospital...
			but I don't know who he is...

	The Doctor looks curious.

					DOCTOR
			That's Mister Suna -- the hospital
			Administrator. You met him when
			you first arrived.

					RIKER
			What part of me does he represent?

					DOCTOR
			I don't know...

	Suddenly, Picard and Worf all turn to Riker. Their
	demeanors change -- they sound and act just like
	themselves. It's an eerie moment...

					TROI
			Don't believe this, Wil.
				(indicates room)
			None of it is real. You're still
			with us... on the Enterprise.

	Riker is worried by this change in attitude.

					RIKER
			Doctor...

          STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FOUR          50.

48   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			We're your colleagues. Trust us.
			It's going to be alright...

					DOCTOR
				(to Riker)
			Do you have anything to say to
			them?

					RIKER
				(to crew)
			You're just... delusions...

					WORF
				(re: Doctor)
			Do not listen to him, Commander.
			He is trying to trick you. You
			are in danger here. Let us help
			you...

	Riker's mind is reeling -- he's trying desperately to
	hang on to what he believes to be the here and now.

					RIKER
			Stop it... please. Leave me
			alone...

					TROI
			Listen to me, Wil. In all the
			years we've known each other, have
			I ever lied to you?

	Riker glances between Troi and the Doctor, who is
	waiting to see what he will do. Finally --

					RIKER
				(a shout)
			You are not real!

					PICARD
			Wil, please --

					RIKER
			NO!

	Picard, Troi, Worf and the alien Lieutenant VANISH.
	Riker sags into his chair, exhausted. The Doctor looks
	pleased.

					DOCTOR
			You've taken a big step today.
			You've finally turned your back on
			those delusions and all that they
			represent.

          STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FOUR          51.

47A  CONTINUED: (5)

	The Doctor deactivates the device and stands to go.

					DOCTOR
			We'll continue later.

	Riker pulls a hand across his weary face. As he sits
	silently, staring...

                                             CUT TO:

49   INT. COMMON AREA

	The next day. Various inmates engaged in various
	activities. Riker sits alone at a table, eating food
	from a tray. A silent moment as he eats, then
	something across the room catches his eye...

50   INCLUDE BEVERLY

	as she ENTERS the room. She is dressed in a hospital
	doctor's uniform and holds a note-taking device. Very
	official. She scans the room a moment, then spots
	Riker --

	Riker reacts, unnerved by the sight. Beverly starts to
	approach him. He quickly shuts his eyes.

					RIKER
				(to himself)
			It's not real...

	He opens his eyes -- Beverly is sitting down at his
	table. Riker looks down at his food and continues
	eating, desperately trying to ignore her presence.
	Beverly studies him, gauging his condition -- speaks in
	an urgent whisper.

					BEVERLY
				(to Riker)
			Commander... do you know who I am?

	Riker doesn't respond -- keeps eating.

					BEVERLY
			Do you know where you are?
				(no response)
			If you can't answer, just listen.
			You were on an undercover mission
			to Tilonus Four... something
			happened... we've been told that
			you killed someone. But we don't
			believe that's true...

          STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FOUR          52.

50   CONTINUED:

	Beverly glances around to make sure no one's watching --
	pulls out a tricorder and surreptitiously scans Riker.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			We've been in orbit, trying to
			find a way to get you out. But
			there's a security field around
			the hospital that we can't
			penetrate...

	Riker eats faster, agitated, trying not to listen --
	it's a struggle.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			We've been blocked at every turn.
			The hospital Administrator denies
			you're here at all. It's
			beginning to look like some kind
			of a conspiracy...
				(beat)
			I had to come in posing as a
			health official...

	She stands to go, looks at him with concern.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Sit tight. We're going to get you
			out of here.

	She walks away. Riker breathes a sigh of relief. He
	stares at his tray... unsettled by the incident...

					RIKER
				(quiet)
			Not real...

	OFF his troubled face...

51   INT. ASYLUM CELL

	Later. The room is dark. Riker is lying in bed, eyes
	closed, asleep. Gradually, a TAPPING NOISE can be
	heard somewhere in the darkness. Riker opens his
	eyes... listens a moment... then looks toward the
	door...

	Someone is trying to break in. Riker sits up, alarmed.
	The tapping noise is followed by a CLACK and other
	tampering sounds. Riker watches as the door starts to
	OPEN -- slowly, as if someone is forcing it. Two hands
	can be seen pulling the door apart...

          STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FOUR          53.

51   CONTINUED:

	Data gets the door all the way open and ENTERS the
	room. He's dressed in dark clothing. Worf quickly
	follows, holding a phaser, also in dark clothing. They
	scan the room, then spot Riker on the bed.

					DATA
				(whispers)
			Commander.

	They move to help him, but Riker jumps off the bed and
	backs against a wall -- can hardly believe his eyes.

					RIKER
			Get away from me...

	Data and Worf exchange a concerned look. Worf takes a
	step toward Riker, speaks very carefully.

					WORF
			Commander, you must come with us.
			You are in danger here...

					RIKER
				(louder)
			No.

					WORF
			Silence...

	Riker starts to say something, but Data quickly moves
	in and GRABS him -- puts a hand over his mouth. Riker
	struggles, to little effect. They lead him toward the
	door...

52   INT. ASYLUM CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Worf ENTERS the hall, looks around -- it's empty. Data
	ENTERS holding Riker tightly by the arm. They quickly
	move down the hall, Worf leading the way, keeping a
	look-out...

	Suddenly, Riker goes limp in Data's arms. Data looks
	down at him, loosening his grip a little, concerned.

					DATA
			Commander, are you --

          STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FOUR          54.

52   CONTINUED:

	Riker BREAKS OUT of Data's grip, taking him by
	surprise. He bolts down the hall.

					RIKER
				(calls out)
			Help me! HELP ME!

	Worf goes to grab him. Mavek the Attendant and a
	hospital Guard round a corner. The Guard immediately
	draws his weapon, getting the drop on Worf, who stops.
	Riker runs to the safety of the guards -- he looks like
	he's coming unhinged.

	OFF Data and Worf, who are stunned by the
	development...

                                             FADE OUT:

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FIVE          55.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

53   INT. ASYLUM CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	As before. Worf and Data facing Mavek and the Guard.
	Riker looks on.

					ATTENDANT
				(to Worf, Data)
			Who are you?

	Worf just glares at him.

					ATTENDANT
				(to Guard)
			Take them to Security Ward.

	Suddenly, Data moves for the Guard, disarms the man and
	easily KNOCKS him to the floor. Worf takes out Mavek
	with a single well-timed PUNCH.

	Riker makes a run for it, but Data GRABS him firmly by
	the arms. As they lead Riker down the hall...

54   INT. COMMON AREA - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	After hours -- dark. Worf, Data and Riker ENTER and
	cross to the middle of the room, where THREE PATTERN
	ENHANCER DEVICES have been set up (as seen in "Power
	Play"). Worf activates one of the enhancers and they
	create a TRIANGLE OF LIGHT. Worf pulls out a
	communicator.

					WORF
				(taps communicator)
			Worf to Enterprise -- the pattern
			enhancer has been activated.
			Three to beam up.

					N.D.'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged.

	Riker struggles, but it's too late -- the three of them
	DEMATERIALIZE.

55   INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	A few hours later. Picard looks on as Beverly scans
	Riker with a medical tricorder.

          STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/17/93 - ACT FIVE          56.

55   CONTINUED:

	Riker sits on a bio-bed, silent, guarded, wary of
	everything and everyone around him. He still does not
	believe any of this is really happening. Worf stands
	close by, alert.

	Beverly turns to Picard.

					BEVERLY
				(to Picard, off
				 tricorder)
			There's damage to his parietal
			lobe. It's as if someone was
			trying to access his long term
			memory...

	They watch Riker a moment.

					BEVERLY
				(re: Riker)
			He's still in a state of severe
			neural shock. It'll take him a
			while to recover...

	Picard moves to Riker, reaches out a comforting hand.
	Riker jerks back, skittish.

					PICARD
				(gentle)
			Number One... do you remember what
			happened?

	Riker tries to ignore him, tense.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			You were abducted during your
			mission to Tilonus Four. You were
			taken to a psychiatric hospital...

	Riker glances at him, compelled by the words but not
	wanting to believe it. Suddenly, he reacts to a pain
	in the side of his head -- and we see that there is a
	WOUND on his temple (as seen in Act One). It's
	bleeding. Riker touches it, looks at the blood on his
	hand.

          STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FIVE          57.

55   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			My head... why is it still
			bleeding?

	Beverly eyes the wound, picks up a medical device.

					BEVERLY
			It's minor. Nothing to worry
			about...

	Beverly uses the device to OPTICALLY HEAL Riker's
	wound.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			We've done some checking on the
			hospital Administrator...

					RIKER
			... Mister Suna...

					PICARD
			That's right. It appears he's
			involved with one of the rival
			factions. We believe he was
			responsible for what happened to
			you...

	Riker considers the possibility -- then reacts to a
	sharp pain in his temple, the same place as before.

					RIKER
				(re: head)
			It still hurts...

	A drip of blood trails down the side of his face.
	Riker reacts -- touches his face: THE WOUND HAS
	REAPPEARED. He reacts, startled -- how could that be?

					RIKER
			It's bleeding again...
				(to Beverly)
			But how? You just healed it...

	Beverly eyes him.

					BEVERLY
			Wil, try to calm down...

	Riker comes to a realization -- and a look of resolve
	crosses his face.

          STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FIVE         57A.

55   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			This isn't real...

	With that, he lunges for a nearby MEDICAL KIT. Worf
	tries to stop him but Riker SMASHES the kit against the
	side of Worf's head. Worf staggers back, and he as he
	does, Riker grabs his phaser. Picard makes a move but
	stops when Riker trains the phaser on him.

	Nobody moves.

					PICARD
			Wil, what are you doing?

	Riker's hands are shaking -- he's determined to shatter
	this reality.

					RIKER
			If I'm right, you're not really
			here... and this isn't a real
			phaser...
				(beat)
			It's all a fantasy, and I'm ending
			it no matter what it takes...

	Picard takes a step toward him.

					PICARD
			But what if this isn't a fantasy?
			Are you willing to take that
			chance?

	Riker hesitates, lowers the phaser slightly...

					RIKER
			You're right... I won't. But I've
			got to find out what's real and
			what's not...

	Riker turns the phaser on himself.

					RIKER
			One way or another, this is going
			to end.

					BEVERLY
			Wil, don't -- !

	Riker FIRES. The blast has no effect on him -- at that
	instant:

          STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FIVE         57B.

56   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	AS THE ENTIRE ROOM SHATTERS LIKE BREAKING GLASS AROUND
	RIKER -- "REALITY" BREAKING APART -- THE SCENE
	SPLINTERING AWAY TO REVEAL:

        STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - REV. 02/17/93 - ACT FIVE       58.

57   INT. ASYLUM CELL - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Riker standing in the exact same position, arms hanging
	at his side -- his head wound is gone. The alien
	Lieutenant is standing in front of him, dressed as the
	hospital Administrator (as seen in Act Two). Doctor
	Syrus and Mavek stand nearby. Riker glances around,
	startled by the change in setting.

					ADMINISTRATOR
				(re: Riker)
			How's he progressing?

					DOCTOR
			He's not responding to the
			Reflection Therapy. His delusions
			are growing more elaborate...

					ATTENDANT
			He broke out of his cell last
			night. We found him running down
			a corridor... claiming people had
			come to take him back to his
			"starship."

	A grim beat.

					ADMINISTRATOR
			Then I see no other choice...
				(beat)
			We'll have to perform the synaptic
			reconstruction.

	Riker senses something odd -- looks down at his hand.
	HE IS STILL HOLDING THE PHASER. He reacts, startled --
	aims the phaser at the others.

					RIKER
			I still have the phaser... why do
			I still have the phaser?

					ADMINISTRATOR
			It's not a phaser. It's a knife.
			You stole it from one of the food
			trays.
				(beat)
			Give it to me. We don't want you
			to hurt yourself...

	Riker hesitates, unsure, then --

          STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FIVE          59.

57A  NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As a trickle of blood runs down Riker's face -- THE
	WOUND HAS REAPPEARED ON HIS TEMPLE. Riker touches the
	wound, and it shocks him into awareness. He aims the
	phaser at the Attendant.

					RIKER
			I don't believe you --

	Riker FIRES, VAPORIZING the Attendant. The Doctor and
	the Administrator/Lieutenant react, shocked. Riker
	smiles -- he's feeling more confident...

					RIKER
				(re: phaser)
			If this is a knife... what
			happened to Mavek?

	The Administrator/Lieutenant tries to stay in control
	of the situation.

					ADMINISTRATOR
			It's very complicated. I'll
			answer all of your questions. But
			first I want you to put it down...

					RIKER
			No. If I'm really holding a
			phaser, then that means I was on
			the Enterprise...

	He realizes the implications, stares at the phaser.

					RIKER
			But I fired this at myself on the
			Enterprise. I should be dead
			right now...

	Riker looks around the room, trying to put it all
	together.

					RIKER
			None of this is real --

58   INSERT: THE PHASER

	as Riker presses a few buttons.

          STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FIVE         59A.

59   RESUME (OPTICAL)

					RIKER
			I'm setting this to Level Sixteen,
			wide field. That should destroy
			half of this building...
				(beat)
			Unless, of course, it isn't a real
			phaser.

	Riker FIRES an IMMENSE BLAST --

60   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	AS THE ENTIRE ROOM SHATTERS LIKE BREAKING GLASS AROUND
	RIKER AND THE ALIEN ADMINISTRATOR/LIEUTENANT --
	"REALITY" BREAKING APART -- THE SCENE SPLINTERING AWAY
	TO REVEAL:

61   INT. ENTERPRISE - ASYLUM CELL/THEATER - CONTINUOUS

	Riker (wound gone) and the Administrator/Lieutenant now
	standing face to face on the stage set. Riker looks
	around --

62   INCLUDE - THE AUDIENCE

	Filled with people: Picard, Data, Worf, Geordi,
	Beverly, Troi -- the entire Enterprise crew, and more:
	Doctor Syrus, Mavek. Nearly everyone Riker saw during
	the last five Acts is present, watching the stage
	intently.

          STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FIVE          60.

62   CONTINUED:

	Riker is more confused than ever, but he's determined
	to get to the bottom of this. He turns to the
	Administrator/Lieutenant.

					RIKER
			It's all about you, isn't it?
			You're the only constant... the
			only person in both places...

					ADMINISTRATOR
			There's a lot more going on here
			than you realize.

	Riker glances toward the audience.

					RIKER
			None of this is real, either...
				(beat)
			What's happening to me?

	The administrator/Lieutenant steps toward him.

					ADMINISTRATOR
			We can still save you -- but you
			must stop fighting us.

	Riker hesitates, unsure for a moment -- then he reacts
	to a pain in the side of his head.

          STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FIVE          61.

62A  NEW ANGLE

	as a trickle of blood runs down the side of his face.
	THE WOUND HAS REAPPEARED. Riker reacts, touches the
	wound. It seems to jolt him into awareness. He looks
	up, defiant.

					RIKER
			You're lying...

					ADMINISTRATOR
			Let me help you...

					RIKER
				(yells)
			No!

	The audience reacts with a smattering of APPLAUSE.
	Riker glances at them, encouraged.

					ADMINISTRATOR
			I'm warning you...

					RIKER
			No!

	Riker loses control -- he SHOVES the
	Administrator/Lieutenant aside and heads for the back
	wall of the stage set. The audience CHEERS and starts
	to get to its feet. Determined to break out of this
	reality, driven by the applause, Riker PUNCHES both
	fists toward the back wall --

62B  NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	AS EVERYTHING SHATTERS LIKE BREAKING GLASS, INCLUDING
	RIKER AND THE ADMINISTRATOR/LIEUTENANT -- "REALITY"
	BREAKING APART ONE FINAL TIME TO REVEAL:

          STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/17/93 - ACT FIVE          62.

63   INT. ALIEN LAB

	Riker bolts awake. He looks around, sees that he is
	lying on an EXAMINATION TABLE. An alien MEDICAL
	APPARATUS is above him -- a PROBE is connected to the
	side of his head at the exact spot where the wound has
	appeared all along. He is dressed in the Tilonus
	merchant costume seen in Act One. He turns to see:

64   INCLUDE - THE ROOM (OPTICAL)

	It's a redress of the Asylum Cell -- rigged with
	various alien medical equipment. The
	Administrator/Lieutenant is working at a console that
	displays a GRAPHIC of a HUMAN BRAIN. The mood is
	different here -- THIS IS REALITY.

	The Administrator/Lieutenant turns, sees that Riker is
	awake, yells to someone offscreen:

					ADMINISTRATOR
				(urgent)
			He's conscious!

	The Administrator/Lieutenant rushes to Riker and tries
	to pin him down. Riker struggles. An ALIEN ASSISTANT
	moves into view.

					ADMINISTRATOR
				(to assistant)
			We haven't finished the neuro
			chemical drain -- get him sedated!

	The Assistant moves for him -- but Riker KICKS him
	squarely in the head, knocking him unconscious and to
	the floor. Riker tears the probe away from his head,
	revealing a nasty-looking wound -- blood trails down
	his face. He quickly scans the room -- spots a nearby
	table --

	INCLUDE the table, which contains the tricorder, water
	bottle, nisroh knife and the pendant/communicator seen
	in Act One. Before the Administrator can stop him,
	Riker grabs the knife and turns it on the Administrator --
	holds it close to his neck, threatening. The
	Administrator stops. Riker grabs the pendant --

					RIKER
				(taps pendant)
			Riker to Enterprise!

	Beat.

        STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - REV. 02/17/93 - ACT FIVE       63.

64   CONTINUED:

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Enterprise here. Are you alright,
			sir?

					RIKER
			Emergency transport -- get me out
			of here!

	Riker DEMATERIALIZES. OFF the Administrator's
	frustrated reaction...

                                             CUT TO:

65   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46778.1.
			Commander Riker has returned
			safely from his mission to Tilonus
			Four, where he was being held
			captive by one of the rival
			factions. Doctor Crusher has
			repaired the damage to his long
			term memory. His recovery is
			proceeding well.

65A  INT. READY ROOM

	A couple of days have passed. Riker looks rested and
	in good health. He's sitting with Picard and Troi, midconversation.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Evidently, you were abducted two
			days after beaming to the surface.

					RIKER
			I remember it now... I was in an
			alley... they attacked me from
			behind. I tried to defend myself
			with the nisroh knife Worf gave
			me...
				(beat)
			I managed to fight off one of
			them... but I think they injected
			me with some kind of drug...

          STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FIVE         63A.

65   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			We believe they were trying to
			extract strategic information from
			your memory using a neuro-somatic
			technique.

	Riker considers, disturbed.

					RIKER
			I was in a hospital... then on the
			Enterprise... and the hospital
			again...
				(beat)
			I kept shifting back and forth...
			I couldn't tell what was real...

					TROI
			Your mind must have created a
			defense mechanism, a fantasy that
			helped you resist the neuro-somatic
			process. Your unconscious
			fastened onto elements from your
			real life in an attempt to keep
			you grounded... to keep you sane.

					RIKER
				(onto the idea)
			The preparation for the mission...
			the play... they were all recent
			experiences, fresh in my mind...

	Troi nods. A thoughtful beat.

					PICARD
			Get some rest, Number One. We can
			talk more in the morning.

					RIKER
			Alright... but there's one thing
			I'd like to do first...

          STAR TREK: "Frame of Mind" - 02/16/93 - ACT FIVE          64.

66   INT. ASYLUM CELL/THEATER

	Riker and Beverly standing on the stage set. They are
	alone. Riker is eyeing the stage intently.

					BEVERLY
			Are you sure you want to do this
			by yourself? The stage crew and
			I were going to wait until
			morning...

					RIKER
			I'm positive. After what I've
			experienced... I don't think I
			could sleep knowing this was still
			up...

	Riker moves to a stage wall and removes a piece of the
	set, starting to break it down. He drops the piece to
	the floor, satisfied. Beverly smiles gently and EXITS.
	Riker considers the stage for a long beat... reflecting
	on his experience... then continues to break it down.
	As he works...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             












                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "Suspicions" 
                          #40276-248 
                              
                          Written by 
                 Joe Menosky and Naren Shankar 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1992 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                       FEBRUARY 25, 1993

           STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - 2/25/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Suspicions" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             CHRISTOPHER
                RIKER              JO'BRIL
                DATA               KURAK
                BEVERLY            REYGA
                TROI               T'PAN
                WORF               
                GEORDI             
                GUINAN             
                OGAWA              
                COMPUTER VOICE 
    
                Non-Speaking       
                  N.D. SECURITY GUARDS

           STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - 2/25/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Suspicions" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              SICKBAY                  SHUTTLE
              CORRIDOR
              SHUTTLE BAY
              SCIENCE LAB
              READY ROOM
              MORGUE
              TEN FORWARD
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              BEVERLY'S QUARTERS
              SHUTTLE
              CHRISTOPHER'S QUARTERS

          STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - 2/26/93 - PRONUNCIATION            

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "Suspicions"     
                         
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE                       

                  SELAR             sell-AHR
                  ALTINE            all-TEEN
                  REYGA             RAY-guh
                  KURAK             CURE-ak
                  T'PAN             t'PAN
                  TAKARAN           tah-CAR-n
                  JO'BRILL          jo-BRILL
                  METAPHASIC        meh-tuh-FAZE-ick

         STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - 02/25/93 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "Suspicions"                              
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

2    INT. BEVERLY'S QUARTERS

	The doors slide OPEN and BEVERLY ENTERS, looking high
	strung and extremely agitated. She leans against the
	door, takes a breath... then tosses a medical PADD
	onto the couch. A beat passes by... then moves to a
	closet and pulls out a small suitcase... begins to pack
	some personal belongings...

	The door CHIMES.

					BEVERLY
				(on edge)
			What?

	The door CHIMES again.

					BEVERLY
			Alright, come in.

	GUINAN ENTERS. She's holding her arm carefully.
	Beverly glances up.

					BEVERLY
			Guinan... ? What are you doing
			here?

					GUINAN
			I need a doctor.

	Beverly looks at her.

					GUINAN
			Geordi beat me in straight sets
			today.
				(indicates arm)
			I think I've got a case of tennis
			elbow.

     STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 02/26/93 - TEASER     2-3.

2    CONTINUED:

	Beverly keeps packing, distracted.

					BEVERLY
			Go to Sickbay. I think Doctor
			Selar is on duty.

					GUINAN
			I don't want to see Selar. I
			always see you. I'm particular
			about my doctors.

					BEVERLY
			Well, you'd better get a new
			one... because I'm not a doctor
			on this ship anymore.

	OFF their reactions...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

        STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - 02/25/93 - ACT ONE        4.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

           (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)            

3    OMITTED

4    INT. BEVERLY'S QUARTERS

	A few minutes later. Beverly is packing as Guinan
	looks on. Beverly is still very agitated. She keeps
	moving from the closet to the suitcase, messily
	stuffing clothing into the suitcase. Her tone is
	sarcastic and bitter.

					BEVERLY
				(rapid)
			Three days on the shuttle to
			Starbase twenty-three... then a
			transport back to Earth... I can
			hear Admiral Brooks now, telling
			me how I've disgraced Starfleet
			Medical...
				(beat)
			Then a leisurely day and a half
			before the formal inquiry begins
			and my career ends.

					GUINAN
				(calm)
			Beverly.

	Beverly looks at her.

					GUINAN
			My elbow.

					BEVERLY
			Your elbow... ?

	Guinan lifts her elbow to remind Beverly. Beverly
	takes a breath, stuffs whatever she's holding into her
	bag.

					BEVERLY
			Alright, let me see it...

	Guinan sits in a chair as Beverly examines her arm,
	moving it gently back and forth. Guinan winces
	slightly.

					BEVERLY
			Does that hurt?

        STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - 02/25/93 - ACT ONE        4A.

4    CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			Yeah, right there...

	Beverly nods.

					BEVERLY
			Tennis elbow, alright. Hold it
			like this...

	Beverly positions Guinan's arm, then moves to a nearby
	medical kit, brings it over and opens it up. She takes
	out a small medical device.

					GUINAN
			I've never been to a formal
			inquiry.

					BEVERLY
			It's no big thing. Any doctor can
			have one... all you have to do is
			disobey orders... violate medical
			ethics... cause an interstellar
			incident...

					GUINAN
			That would do it, all right.

					BEVERLY
				(beat)
			Make a fist.

	Guinan makes a fist. Beverly continues to treat her
	arm.

					GUINAN
			Do I have to break my leg before
			you tell me what happened?

	Beverly takes a breath... tries to collect her
	scattered thoughts.

					BEVERLY
			It started when I invited those
			scientists on board...
				(beat)
			No. It started at the Altine
			Consortium.
				(beat)
			Actually, it probably started
			before that. When I began
			feeling... comfortable.

	Beverly is so agitated she's rambling, disconnected.
	Guinan is forced to become a knitter of thoughts.

     STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 02/26/93 - ACT ONE     4B.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					GUINAN
			Comfortable?

					BEVERLY
			Too comfortable.

					GUINAN
			Ah.

					BEVERLY
				(nods)
			That's why I went to the Altine
			Conference... to hear the latest
			bio-physical theories. Maybe find
			a new area of research. And
			that's where I met Doctor Reyga...
			nobody would listen to him -- just
			because he was a Ferengi. They
			all but jeered him off the
			stage...

	Guinan is trying to fit all the pieces together.

					GUINAN
			So you invited the scientists on
			board... to listen to this Doctor
			Reyga...

	Guinan's ability to fill in the blanks prods Beverly to
	open up more.

					BEVERLY
			I thought I could be a...
			facilitator. You see, he had this
			amazing invention, based on
			metaphasic field technology. But
			his methodology was completely
			unorthodox.

					GUINAN
			That's my favorite kind.

					BEVERLY
			I thought... if I could bring
			scientists from various cultures
			aboard the Enterprise... sit them
			down... help them understand the
			value of his ideas... well, it
			seemed like the right thing to do.

     STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 02/26/93 - ACT ONE     4C.

4    CONTINUED: (3)

					GUINAN
			Sort of a scientific diplomat.

					BEVERLY
			That's it exactly. And believe
			me, it wasn't easy.

	Beverly puts down her medical device and begins pacing.

					BEVERLY
			I had to persuade Captain
			Picard... and then I had to round
			up as many scientists as I could
			in the field of subspace
			technology...

                                             BEGIN FLASHBACK:

      STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/01/93 - ACT ONE      5.

5    INT. SCIENCE LAB

	A laboratory with a number of consoles, monitors, etc.
	The various scientists are there, sitting and standing,
	as Beverly's V.O. continues.

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			... but of all the scientists I
			invited, only four were interested
			in hearing about Doctor Reyga's
			invention.

	The scientists are: a male Ferengi, REYGA; a female
	Klingon, KURAK; a female Vulcan, T'PAN and her human
	husband, DOCTOR CHRISTOPHER; and a male Takaran (a new
	alien), JO'BRIL. They're in the midst of a long
	discussion. The discussion continues under (NOTE:
	Added dialogue found at end of script) as the CAMERA
	PANS around the table with Beverly's V.O. introducing
	each character.

	On Kurak:

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			Kurak was a warp field specialist
			on the Klingon Homeworld. I don't
			think Klingons regard scientists
			very highly... she always seemed
			a little defensive.

	On T'Pan and Christopher:

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			Doctor T'Pan is practically a
			legend in the field of subspace
			morphology. She's been the
			director of the Vulcan Science
			Academy for fifteen years...
				(beat)
			Her husband, Doctor Christopher,
			came with her... I didn't know
			much about him... but he was some
			kind of a subspace theoretician.

	On Jo'Bril:

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			Jo'Bril was a Takaran... the first
			one I'd ever met. I had no idea
			what to expect from him.

      STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/01/93 - ACT ONE      6.

5    CONTINUED:

	On Reyga:

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			And then there was Doctor Reyga...
			the Ferengi scientist.

					REYGA
			You've all seen my experimental
			data. The metaphasic shield has
			been proven.

					T'PAN
			Forgive my skepticism, Doctor, but
			your claims are somewhat
			extravagant. Protect a shuttle
			within a star's corona? Not even
			your own government believes it
			can be done.

	Reyga bridles at the implication but stays calm. He is
	not the typical volatile, argumentative Ferengi;
	rather, he projects an air of dignity and integrity.

					BEVERLY
			That's why I've asked you all to
			come here. I think you have the
			vision to see the potential in
			Doctor Reyga's metaphasic shield.

	Beverly is her composed, capable self on the surface...
	but underneath, she has the mild anxiety of someone
	engaged in a pursuit not wholly familiar. Her task --
	to help make a Ferengi scientist credible -- is not an
	easy one.

					REYGA
			I need help to develop the shield.
			I am willing to grant exclusive
			rights to whoever provides the
			necessary resources.

	There is a small silence at this. Clearly some of the
	scientists don't feel this is a thrilling proposal.
	Beverly looks around the room... tries to stimulate
	some response.

					BEVERLY
			I think you all realize what this
			shielding process would mean...
			the possibilities for exploration
			and research are endless...

      STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 02/26/93 - ACT ONE      7.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

					KURAK
			But only if it works.
				(to Reyga)
			I'm not convinced this metaphasic
			shield can withstand either the
			temperature or the radiation it
			would be exposed to.

					REYGA
			But it has -- not only in
			countless simulations, but in a
			field test that I conducted
			myself.

					KURAK
			For which, of course, we have only
			your word...

					REYGA
			Are you accusing me of falsifying
			my data?

					KURAK
				(shrugs)
			You wouldn't be the first
			scientist to manipulate
			experimental data to his own
			advantage...

					BEVERLY
				(leaping in to diffuse
				 this)
			Doctor Reyga has offered to
			demonstrate his invention. He's
			outfitted one of our shuttles with
			the metaphasic shield.

					REYGA
			I will take it into the corona of
			the star Vaytan.

					CHRISTOPHER
			That star has a superdense corona.
			The shuttle would be subjected to
			particularly intense radiation.
			Perhaps it would be wise to choose
			a star of lesser magnitude.

					T'PAN
			I agree. My own research into
			solar energy transfer suggests
			that Vaytan's corona is extremely
			unstable.

      STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/03/93 - ACT ONE      8.

5    CONTINUED: (3)

					REYGA
				(mildly)
			What better way to test my
			invention? I'm not concerned --
			the shield will hold.

					KURAK
			I, for one, would feel more
			comfortable if someone else flew
			the shuttle. Someone more --
			objective.

					JO'BRIL
			I will volunteer for that task.

	All heads turn toward Jo'Bril. These are the first
	words he has uttered.

					JO'BRIL
			I've spent years studying solar
			plasma reactions. The thought of
			being able to penetrate a star's
			corona... it's a remarkable
			opportunity.
				(to Reyga)
			I've studied your data. I think
			you're on solid scientific ground.

					KURAK
			I don't share your optimism,
			Doctor Jo'Bril... but if you wish
			to pilot the craft, I would be
			more confident about your
			assessment of the shield... than
			Doctor Reyga's.

					CHRISTOPHER
			I agree. At this point, we need
			an impartial evaluation.

	Beverly is a little concerned -- this is an unexpected
	development.

					BEVERLY
			We'd want to be sure that you're
			familiar with the shuttle
			controls... and Doctor Reyga's
			modifications...

					JO'BRIL
				(waving this off)
			I'm an accomplished pilot. It
			will be no problem.

     STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/03/93 - ACT ONE     8A.

5    CONTINUED: (4)

					BEVERLY
			Well...
				(to Reyga)
			What do you think?

	To Reyga, this is a godsend -- someone believes in him.

      STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/02/93 - ACT ONE      9.

5    CONTINUED: (4)

					REYGA
			Doctor Jo'Bril... I am gratified.
			And there will be no difficulty
			operating the metaphasic controls --
			the system will activate
			automatically as you approach the
			star.

	Beverly looks around the room... feeling pleased...
	this has gone even better than she'd expected.

					BEVERLY
			Well, then. We'll proceed with
			the demonstration at fifteen
			hundred hours. We'll meet on the
			Bridge.

	The group breaks up and files out the door. Reyga
	stays behind with Beverly, gathering PADDS into his
	case.

					BEVERLY
			I think that went well, don't you?

					REYGA
			Thanks to you, Doctor.

					BEVERLY
			I didn't do anything...

	They move toward the door and EXIT.

6    INT. CORRIDOR

	as they continue walking.

					REYGA
			This is an opportunity I would
			never have had without you, and I
			promise you I'll never forget it.

					BEVERLY
			Some of those scientists are still
			a little doubtful... but after the
			demonstration I'm sure they'll
			come around.

        STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - 02/25/93 - ACT ONE        10.

6    CONTINUED:

					REYGA
			If there's anything I'm used to --
			it's skepticism.
				(small laugh)
			After all -- a Ferengi scientist
			is almost a contradiction in
			terms.

	She starts to protest, but he raises a hand.

					REYGA
			No, don't deny it. I know how the
			Ferengi are regarded...

					BEVERLY
			I'd still expect the scientific
			community to be more open-minded
			than they seem to be.

					REYGA
			The metaphasic shield is a
			breakthrough in technology... many
			scientists have tried to develop
			it. It's only natural there would
			be some... resistance...

					BEVERLY
			You mean jealousy.
				(shakes her head)
			I know. I wondered if that might
			account for Doctor T'Pan's
			attitude. She's been working on
			subspace shielding technology for
			years. And you've beaten her to
			the punch.

					REYGA
			I'm really not interested in
			competition. All I want is to be
			acknowledged... respected as a
			scientist. This invention will
			finally do that.

	Beverly smiles and they walk on down the corridor
	together.

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			As far as I was concerned, the
			hard part was over. I'd stepped
			out on a limb... and it hadn't
			broken.

     STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/01/93 - ACT ONE     11.

7    INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	PICARD, DATA, WORF, Beverly, and the four scientists --
	T'Pan, Christopher, Reyga, and Kurak. They are
	scattered at the various Aft stations. Beverly is
	monitoring environmental conditions in the cabin.

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			Not bad for my first venture into
			scientific diplomacy.

					DATA
			Captain, the shuttle has been
			launched.

					PICARD
			On screen. Open a channel.

	Jo'Bril appears on screen, inside the shuttle.

					JO'BRIL
			I'm one million kilometers from
			the star's corona... proceeding at
			three quarters impulse... I should
			reach it in approximately three
			minutes.

					REYGA
				(checking console)
			The metaphasic shielding has begun
			to form.

					DATA
			External temperature is zero-pointnine
			million Kelvins and rising.
			Radiation levels are nearing ten
			thousand rads.

					REYGA
			That should have no effect on the
			shuttle cabin...

					BEVERLY
			That's right. Cabin temperature
			is twenty-one degrees celcius.
			Radiation levels are normal.

     STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/01/93 - ACT ONE     12.

7    CONTINUED:

	They exchange a smile, obviously feeling good about
	things.

					JO'BRIL
			Wait -- I'm reading elevated
			neutriono levels in the cabin...

					REYGA
			Those are from the subspace field
			that's encapsulating the shuttle.
			The levels are well within
			acceptable parameters.

					DATA
			Outside temperature is rising
			rapidly -- one-point-seven million
			Kelvins.

					BEVERLY
			Cabin temperature is still twenty-one
			degrees. The shield is
			holding...

	Reyga smiles proudly. So far, so good. Now, on the
	screen, the glow from the sun's brilliance begins to
	wash over Jo'Bril.

					JO'BRIL
			I'm nearing the corona... Three
			hundred fifty thousand kilometers
			and closing... this is
			incredible... I'm actually flying
			into a star...

	Picard is caught up in the moment. He turns to Reyga.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Congratulations, Doctor. This is
			an amazing achievement.

					DATA
			Radiation levels outside the
			shuttle are nearing fourteen
			thousand rads.

     STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/01/93 - ACT ONE     13.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
				(off monitor)
			But they're normal inside the
			cabin.

					JO'BRIL
			I'm now fully engulfed in the
			corona... it's astonishing...

	Reyga turns to T'Pan, Christopher, and Kurak.

					REYGA
			You see, Doctors? Metaphasic
			shielding is a reality.

	T'Pan nods graciously; Christopher acquiesces; Kurak
	just stares at the Viewscreen, not acknowledging Reyga.

	The shuttle windows are now engulfed in flames.
	Jo'Bril stares ahead, transfixed... almost zoned out...

					REYGA
			Doctor Jo'Bril, can you give us an
			estimate of the plasma turbulence?

	No response.

					REYGA
			Doctor Jo'Bril... ?

	Still no answer. Reyga glances at Beverly.

					BEVERLY
			Something's wrong.

					RIKER
			Mister Data, what's going on?

					DATA
			Sensors indicate an increased
			level of baryon particles in the
			cabin.

					REYGA
			No... that's not possible...

					PICARD
			Doctor Jo'Bril, can you hear us?
			Please respond.

	Jo'Bril opens his mouth, as though to try to speak...
	but can only gasp.

     STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/02/93 - ACT ONE     14.

7    CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			Baryon levels are continuing to
			rise...

	Reyga frantically works his console.

					REYGA
			I don't understand it... this
			shouldn't be happening...

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, can we beam him out
			of there?

					WORF
				(checks console)
			The solar radiation is
			interfering... he must be at
			least five-hundred thousand
			kilometers from the star before we
			can get a Transporter lock.

	Picard moves toward the Viewscreen, speaking firmly.

					PICARD
			Doctor Jo'Bril... listen to me.
			It is imperative that you turn the
			shuttle... take it out of the
			corona...
				(beat)
			Do you understand what I'm saying?

	With an effort, Jo'Bril nods...

					PICARD
			Pilot the shuttle away from the
			star...

	Jo'Bril lifts his hands... touches controls... the
	shuttle turns... then Jo'Bril slumps over,
	unconscious.

					BEVERLY
			We're losing him...

					DATA
			The shuttle is emerging from the
			corona, sir.

					PICARD
			Get a lock on him as soon as you
			can, Mister Worf.

	Beverly is already on the run to the Turbolift.

      STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 02/26/93 - ACT ONE 15-16.         

7    CONTINUED: (4)

					BEVERLY
			Beam him directly to Sickbay.

	The last thing she sees before the Turbolift doors
	close is Reyga's face, ashen and bereft.

8    INT. SICKBAY

	Jo'Bril is already on a bio-bed; Beverly and NURSE
	OGAWA are there, working on him. His eyes are open and
	he is drawing great ragged gasps of air.

					BEVERLY
			Twenty cc's inoprovaline...

	Ogawa administers the hypospray; Beverly scans.

					BEVERLY
			That's not doing it. Cortical
			stimulators.

	Ogawa attaches them; Beverly activates them; Jo'Bril
	twitches slightly.

					BEVERLY
			Again.

	Jo'Bril twitches once more. Beverly scans. She looks
	up at Ogawa, shakes her head. Ogawa removes the
	stimulators. Jo'Bril is still gasping... with greater
	intervals between gasps... then he looks at Beverly.

					JO'BRIL
				(hoarsely)
			I saw... the sun...

	He clutches for air another few times... and that's
	all. Off Beverly's stricken expression...

                                             FADE OUT.
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                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 02/26/93 - ACT TWO     17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

13   INT. BEVERLY'S QUARTERS

	Beverly is still flinging things into her suitcases.
	Guinan is seated, feet up on a table, taking it all in.

					BEVERLY
			So that was my first experience as
			a scientific diplomat.
				(beat)
			A complete failure. I don't think
			I've ever felt so awful.

	She tosses something into the suitcase.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			I don't understand it.

	Guinan regards her gravely.

					GUINAN
			No?

					BEVERLY
			I mean... I've lost people
			before... patients...

					GUINAN
			But this was different.

					BEVERLY
			Yes. But I don't know why.

	Beverly is frustrated, struggling, has completely lost
	perspective on her feelings.

					GUINAN
			If I had to hazard a guess... I'd
			say that when you're dealing with
			a patient... you feel like you're
			in control.

					BEVERLY
			I guess so...

     STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 02/26/93 - ACT TWO     18.

13   CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			Your training, your experience...
			it's all there, at your
			fingertips. So even if you
			fail... you know you've done the
			best you can do.

	Beverly acknowledges this.

					GUINAN
				(continuing)
			But once you send someone on a
			dangerous mission... all you can
			do is watch.

	Guinan has tapped into Beverly's feelings accurately.

					BEVERLY
			I felt... helpless...

					GUINAN
			Don't you think anyone would have?
			Maybe you're being a little hard
			on yourself.

					BEVERLY
			But Guinan... that wasn't the end.
			You don't know the half of it.

	Off Guinan's curious expression...

                                             BEGIN FLASHBACK:

14   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Beverly and NURSE OGAWA with Jo'Bril's body, underneath
	the medical scanner on the clamshell bed. Picard is
	just entering, Ogawa moving away with a sampling device
	in her hands. In the b.g., she begins working on a
	console.

     STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/01/93 - ACT TWO     19.

14   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			How's it going?

	Beverly turns to him. She is baffled.

					BEVERLY
			I've never run into a humanoid
			species like this...

	She gestures to an OKUDAGRAM of Jo'Bril's insides on
	the wall monitor.

					BEVERLY
			His internal physiology is
			baffling. He doesn't seem to have
			discrete "organs"... at least not
			in the traditional sense...
			practically every system is evenly
			distributed throughout his body.

	She stares for a moment at the Okudagram.

					BEVERLY
			That kind of physiology should
			make him incredibly resistant to
			injury... so whatever killed him
			had to occur at the cellular
			level...

					PICARD
			Do you have any idea what it was?

					BEVERLY
			No. Something caused a massive,
			system-wide failure... but I don't
			know what.

					PICARD
			Were the solar radiation levels
			high enough to have killed him?

					BEVERLY
				(shakes her head)
			His exposure to the star's
			radiation was minimal. It's all
			very strange...

	Ogawa approaches.

     STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/01/93 - ACT TWO     20.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					OGAWA
			Doctor, here's the result of the
			tissue scan you asked for.

	Beverly takes a PADD from her, reads it.

					BEVERLY
			That's odd... his rate of cellular
			decay is extremely low...

	She turns away, stymied, and stares at the wall
	monitor. Ogawa busies herself with some medical
	equipment, and Picard moves to join Beverly.

					PICARD
			The answers will come, Beverly...

					BEVERLY
				(eyes on monitor)
			Maybe even minimal exposure to
			radiation altered his physiology
			at the cellular level...

					PICARD
			You've been at this for hours...
			You might think more clearly if
			you get a good night's sleep.

					BEVERLY
			I couldn't close my eyes. I have
			to find out what killed him. I
			owe that to Doctor Reyga.

					PICARD
			Are you doing it for Reyga... or
			yourself?

	She turns to look at him.

					BEVERLY
			What do you mean?

					PICARD
			You're the loneliest person in the
			world right now... no one can say
			anything... no one can do anything
			that will help. You don't think
			it'll ever go away.
				(beat)
			And you're right. It never does.
			But you can live with it. It
			doesn't feel that way now, but you
			can.

     STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 02/26/93 - ACT TWO     21.

14   CONTINUED: (3)

	They hold a look for a moment... then Picard turns and
	leaves. Beverly stands, alone with her problems, in
	front of the monitor.

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			At the time, I was too preoccupied
			with my problems to understand
			what he was saying. I wasn't
			thinking about the rest of my
			life... I was trying to make sense
			of what had happened...

15   INT. SHUTTLE BAY

	Beverly ENTERS to see REYGA'S SHUTTLE in the bay, its
	door open. Geordi is using a tricorder to scan the
	shuttle's hull and the area around the door.

	Data and Reyga are inside the cabin, examining Reyga's
	device; they've been at it a while, and the strain is
	beginning to show on Reyga. He's racking his brain to
	find something -- anything -- to help him understand
	what went wrong.

     STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/01/93 - ACT TWO     22.

15   CONTINUED:

					REYGA
				(to Data)
			Run another diagnostic on the EPS
			flow regulator.

	Data probes some circuitry with a tech device.

					DATA
			The flow regulator is functioning
			properly.

					REYGA
			What about the field emitter coil?
			Has it maintained polarity?

					DATA
				(checks system)
			Yes, Doctor.

					REYGA
			The radial force compensator?

					DATA
			I am unable to locate any
			malfunction. All of your systems
			are operating according to your
			design specifications.

	They get out of the shuttle... Reyga is completely
	mystified. He sees Beverly and is grateful for the
	friendly face.

					BEVERLY
			You didn't find anything wrong?

					REYGA
			I don't understand it. There must
			be something we've overlooked...

	Geordi has completed his scan and he joins the rest of
	the group.

					GEORDI
			I found some micro-crystalline
			damage to the hull which confirms
			that your shield was breached by
			a burst of baryonic radiation...

     STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/08/93 - ACT TWO     23.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Were the levels high enough to
			damage organic tissue?

					GEORDI
			I don't know.

					DATA
				(to Reyga)
			Perhaps there was an unexpected
			interaction between the solar
			radiation and your metaphasic
			shield.

					REYGA
			No, that's not possible... I
			anticipated every contingency.

	Reyga is certain... but the others clearly have their
	doubts.

					GEORDI
			Then Jo'Bril must've run into
			something in the corona which you
			didn't anticipate... and your
			shield just wasn't able to protect
			him from it.

	Reyga bridles under the implication as Beverly watches
	him.

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			Reyga was angry... but I knew it
			was because he was so
			disappointed. Everything he'd
			worked for... hoped for... was
			slipping away...

16   INT. SCIENCE LAB

	Beverly, Reyga, Kurak, T'Pan, and Christopher.

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			... and that made what I had to do
			next even harder.

					BEVERLY
			I'm sure you can all understand
			that in light of what's
			happened... it would be
			inappropriate to continue with the
			project.

     STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 02/26/93 - ACT TWO     24.

16   CONTINUED:

	Reyga is distressed, but no one else is surprised.

					BEVERLY
			Perhaps when Doctor Reyga has
			perfected his metaphasic
			technology, we can try again.

	But Reyga can't stand the thought that his chance to
	prove himself is slipping away.

					REYGA
			Doctor Crusher... please... if I
			could have a little more time to
			investigate... I'm sure I could
			find what went wrong.

					CHRISTOPHER
			But that won't bring back Jo'Bril,
			will it?

	Reyga sags... he deeply regrets Jo'Bril's loss.

					T'PAN
			I do not believe the shield will
			ever work. Its very concept is
			flawed.

					REYGA
			Just one more test...

					KURAK
			Whom do you propose to sacrifice
			next?

					REYGA
			I will pilot the shuttle myself.

	But Beverly has no intention of letting anyone else die --
	no matter how difficult it's going to be for her or
	Reyga.

					BEVERLY
			I'm sorry. But as Chief Medical
			Officer, I'm responsible for the
			health and safety of the people
			aboard.
				(beat)
			And I will not authorize any
			further tests.

	Reyga stares at her... even Crusher, his chief
	supporter, has withdrawn. He draws himself up, trying
	to preserve some vestiges of dignity.

      STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/01/93 - ACT TWO 25-27.         

16   CONTINUED: (2)

					REYGA
			Very well.
				(beat)
			But I will prove myself.

	And he turns and exits... as Beverly stares after him.

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			I couldn't help but admire his
			tenacity. He just wasn't going to
			accept defeat. And I hoped he
			would prove himself.
				(beat)
			But that was the last time I saw
			him alive.

	As the doors close behind Reyga...

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18
                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/02/93 - ACT THREE    28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

19   INT. SCIENCE LAB

	Beverly and Worf are kneeling on the floor next to the
	body of Doctor Reyga. Beverly is scanning the body
	with her medical tricorder, and the ND security guards
	are in the b.g.

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			We'd gone to Science Lab Four when
			the ship's sensors registered a
			sizeable plasma surge there...

	Beverly is trying to maintain her composure in the face
	of Reyga's death. One of his hands is clenched around
	a SMALL DEVICE. Beverly gently pries open the hand and
	carefully removes the device.

					BEVERLY
			A plasma infuser... it's been
			completely discharged. The blast
			must have killed him instantly.

	She drops the device into a glassine bag.

					WORF
			Perhaps he could not live with the
			failure of his invention, and took
			his own life.

					BEVERLY
			Or perhaps someone just wants it
			to look that way.
				(indicating plasma
				 infuser)
			Look at this... isn't it odd that
			he could hold on so tightly to the
			infuser when it was discharged.
			The normal reflex would be to drop
			it.

					WORF
			The plasma shock could have
			affected his nervous system. He
			may have reacted by gripping
			tighter.

	She rises.

    STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/02/93 - ACT THREE    28A.

19   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I'll know for certain when I do
			the autopsy.

	She snaps shut the tricorder. Worf takes this as a
	sign that she's finished.

    STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/03/93 - ACT THREE    29.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Is your examination complete,
			Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			For now. You can transfer the
			body to the Morgue.

					WORF
			Very well.

	Beverly stares at Reyga's body as Worf directs the
	Security Guards to conclude their investigation.

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			I remembered his passion... and
			commitment... and his
			determination to prove himself.
			And I was sure that this man had
			not taken his own life.

20   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard and Beverly.

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc, I was with him right
			before he died. He was not
			suicidal.

       STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - 02/25/93 - ACT THREE       30.

20   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I respect your instincts, of
			course... but by your own
			admission, Reyga was not an easy
			man to understand. Isn't it
			possible that he was simply
			masking his feelings?

					BEVERLY
			I don't think so. He was
			disappointed at the failure of his
			device... and upset by Jo'Bril's
			death... but there was no sense
			that he was ready to take his own
			life.

	Picard understands Beverly's plight... tries to
	sympathize.

					PICARD
			I'm sure it's difficult for you to
			accept. You championed him... you
			believed in his invention...

       STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - 02/25/93 - ACT THREE       31.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			This isn't about my feelings --
			I'm saying that Reyga didn't kill
			himself... and if that's true,
			someone else did it.

	Picard regards her gravely. This is a strong
	accusation. He tries to find the right way to proceed.

					PICARD
			Beverly... I know what you're
			going through. I know what it's
			like to feel -- responsible for a
			tragedy. I know the temptation to
			look for anything that would
			remove some of that culpability...

					BEVERLY
				(dismissing this)
			I know I can't expect you to
			accept what I'm saying without
			evidence. When I've finished the
			autopsy, I hope I'll have it.

	She starts toward the door.

					PICARD
			I'm afraid there won't be an
			autopsy.

	She turns back, caught off guard.

					PICARD
			The family has already been
			contacted... they insist the body
			must not be touched before they
			perform the Ferengi death rituals.

					BEVERLY
			But... there's a question about
			the circumstances of his death --

					PICARD
			To the family, that is irrelevant.

      STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - 02/25/93 - ACT THREE      31A.

20   CONTINUED: (3)

	Beverly is stunned... can't believe this is happening.

					BEVERLY
			Maybe if I talked to them...

					PICARD
			I promise you -- they are adamant.
			We're scheduled to rendezvous with
			a Ferengi ship in seventeen hours.
			They will be picking up Reyga's
			body then.
				(beat)
			I'm sorry. But there will be no
			autopsy.

					BEVERLY
			I can't just let it drop... don't
			you see -- ? There might have
			been a murder.

	He considers... sees her genuine anguish.

					PICARD
			If you can find evidence of
			that... in some way other than an
			autopsy... I'll consider it.

    STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/03/93 - ACT THREE    32.

20   CONTINUED: (4)

	Beverly nods... but she is too upset even to speak.
	She turns and EXITS. Picard stares after her, aware of
	her distress.

21   INT. MORGUE

	The ship's morgue is a fairly simple room with a bank
	of TILT-DOWN STASIS DRAWERS along one of the walls. A
	few pieces of medical equipment, consoles, wall panels,
	etc. are visible.

	Beverly operates controls, and one of the drawers TILTS
	DOWN to reveal the body of Reyga. Ogawa is there.

					OGAWA
			I don't understand, Doctor. Isn't
			it pretty clear that Reyga died
			from a plasma discharge?

					BEVERLY
			It's not clear without an autopsy.
			For all I know, he might have been
			poisoned... and the plasma infuser
			put in his hand after he died.

					OGAWA
			You think he was murdered?

					BEVERLY
			I'm not discounting that
			possibility. The point is,
			without a complete autopsy,
			there's no way to know for
			certain.

	Reyga's body now lies flat in front of them. Beverly
	takes a tricorder from a nearby cart.

					OGAWA
			Why won't the Ferengi allow it?

					BEVERLY
			It has to do with their death
			rituals. The body can't be
			violated before it's buried...
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/03/93 - ACT THREE    32A.

21   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			And apparently the family is more
			concerned with ritual than with
			finding out the truth about his
			death.

	She glances at the tricorder.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing, frustrated)
			I just can't get the information
			I need from a tricorder scan...

	She snaps shut the tricorder.

					BEVERLY
			Suspects.

	Ogawa gives her a questioning look.

					BEVERLY
			If Reyga didn't kill himself...
			someone else did. So who are the
			possible suspects?

					OGAWA
			Whoever had something to gain from
			his death...

					BEVERLY
			And the only ones I see that fit
			that category -- are the other
			scientists.

	She sets down her tricorder and starts for the door.
	Ogawa touches controls, and the drawer begins to TILT
	UP.

       STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - 02/25/93 - ACT THREE       33.

21A  INT. CHRISTOPHER'S QUARTERS

	Christopher and T'Pan with Beverly.

					CHRISTOPHER
			I'm afraid I don't understand,
			Doctor. Do you have evidence that
			Reyga was murdered?

	Beverly is warm... not pushy... just trying to feel her
	way through the situation and get whatever she can.

					BEVERLY
			No. But I just can't accept the
			fact that he took his own life...
			and I want to explore the
			possibilities a bit further.

					T'PAN
			What reason would anyone have had
			to kill him?

					BEVERLY
			That's why I came to you. I
			wondered if you might have any
			thoughts along that line...

	T'Pan frowns, puzzling through this in her Vulcan way.

					T'PAN
			I'm not sure what you mean.

	Beverly smiles, self-effacing.

					BEVERLY
			I'm not sure, either. Just...
			anything you might have heard, or
			observed... that might provide a
			clue...
				(beat)
			Just as an example... if his
			technology had been successful,
			you might have been displaced as
			the preeminent scientist in
			subspace technology. That might
			seem like a motive. Of course, it
			wasn't successful...

					T'PAN
			I understand your point, Doctor.
			And I don't know of anything like
			that.

    STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 02/26/93 - ACT THREE    34.

21A  CONTINUED:

	Christopher jumps in.

					CHRISTOPHER
			I must say I resent this, Doctor.
			We've all been shocked by the
			recent events. I don't see that
			there's anything to gain by
			dragging us through these
			insinuations.

					BEVERLY
				(mildly)
			I'm just trying to uncover the
			truth. And I'm asking your help
			to do it. Have you seen or heard
			anything that might suggest that
			someone else had a motive?

					CHRISTOPHER
			We'd like to forget the
			unpleasantness of the last several
			days... not have it stirred up
			again. I find it disturbing that
			you would try to foster suspicions
			among us...

	Beverly regards him, curious at his attack.

					BEVERLY
			Forgive me... but I get the
			feeling you're protesting a little
			too vehemently...

					CHRISTOPHER
				(uncomfortable)
			I find your question distasteful.

	But she's beginning to suspect he's covering something.

					BEVERLY
			Is there something you're not
			telling me?

					CHRISTOPHER
			I'm sure it's nothing...

	Beverly waits... a long beat... won't let him off the
	hook. Finally --


    STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 02/26/93 - ACT THREE    34A.

21A  CONTINUED: (2)

					CHRISTOPHER
			I was in the storage room of the
			science laboratory yesterday...
			Kurak was working in the lab. I
			heard Reyga come in... they got
			into... an argument.

					BEVERLY
			About what?

					CHRISTOPHER
			I don't know... I couldn't hear
			clearly until they started
			shouting at each other.
				(beat)
			Then I heard Kurak say that Reyga
			had questioned her honor, and no
			Klingon would stand for that.

    STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/02/93 - ACT THREE    35.

21A  CONTINUED: (3)

	Before Beverly can respond, he hurries on.

					CHRISTOPHER
			But I do not believe she killed
			him. They were words spoken in
			the heat of anger. Kurak is
			volatile... passionate... but not
			a killer.

	Christopher moves to his wife and puts his arm around
	her shoulder, so the two of them present a united
	front. Over the next, Beverly nods and heads for the
	door, EXITS.

					CHRISTOPHER
			And, Doctor -- neither are we.

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			I knew he might be right about
			Kurak... Klingons make threats as
			a matter of course. On the other
			hand... sometimes they follow
			through.

22   INT. SCIENCE LAB

	Beverly ENTERS to find Kurak alone in the room, working
	at a terminal; an OKUDAGRAM of a shuttlecraft is
	displayed in a monitor.

					BEVERLY
			That looks like one of Doctor
			Reyga's shield configurations.

					KURAK
			Yes.

	She taps a panel and the display goes out.

					KURAK
				(continuing)
			Personal research.

					BEVERLY
			You seem very interested in
			technology that failed.

					KURAK
			No one has denied there is
			potential in the idea.

    STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/02/93 - ACT THREE    35A.

22   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Which you're now free to
			develop...

	Kurak's head snaps up. She rises, faces Beverly
	challengingly. The next interchange becomes
	progressively more tense.

					KURAK
			Are you accusing me of something?

					BEVERLY
			No... but I want to know why you
			threatened Reyga.

	Kurak reacts -- how did she know about that? But she
	doesn't deny it.

					KURAK
			I warned him that if he persisted
			with his slander he would pay the
			price.

					BEVERLY
			What did he accuse you of?

					KURAK
			I will not repeat his lies.

					BEVERLY
			Were they lies?

					KURAK
			Be careful, Doctor. Insulting the
			honor of a Klingon can be
			extremely dangerous.

					BEVERLY
			Did Reyga make that mistake?

	There's a tense, silent beat. Then, without a word,
	Kurak GRABS Beverly and HURLS her into a wall.

					KURAK
			I have heard enough accusations.
			Now, I will have your silence.

	Beverly responds immediately with equal intensity.

					BEVERLY
			You're going to have to throw me
			a lot harder than that to get it.

    STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/02/93 - ACT THREE    35B.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

	There is a tense beat. Beverly is not backing down an
	inch.

					BEVERLY
			Now. What did he accuse you of?

	There is a hesitation, then --

					KURAK
			Sabotage.

					BEVERLY
			Sabotage... of the metaphasic
			shield... was that why it failed?

					KURAK
			How would I know?

					BEVERLY
			Did you sabotage the project?

					KURAK
			No. I did not.
				(beat)
			Good-bye, Doctor.

	Kurak returns to the console and snaps it on. Turning
	her back on Beverly, she sits and begins working again.
	Beverly stares at her for a moment, then turns to the
	door. As she does, she winces, and rubs her sore neck.

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			I was beginning to find out that
			investigating a murder was a
			little more perilous than I'd
			thought. And I really didn't have
			any more insight than I did before
			I started.

23
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24

25   INT. MORGUE

	Beverly is alone, sitting on a stool, staring at the
	compartment that contains Reyga.

    STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/02/93 - ACT THREE    35C.

25   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			Which brought me back to Reyga's
			body... because the more I thought
			about it...

26   CLOSE ON CONTAINER DOOR

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			... the more it seemed that the
			answers had to be there.

27   CLOSE ON BEVERLY

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			DNA traces... tissue anomalies...
			a wealth of forensic clues that
			could shed some light on this
			mystery.

28   WIDER ON BEVERLY

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			So... I made the decision.

       STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - 02/25/93 - ACT THREE       36.

28   CONTINUED:

	Beverly rises and activates the door; it TILTS DOWN,
	revealing Reyga's body.

29   INT. CORRIDOR

	Beverly stands outside Picard's quarters. She looks
	subdued and resigned as she hits the CHIME.

					PICARD (O.S.)
			Come.

	The DOORS OPEN and Beverly goes into...

30   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	as she ENTERS. Picard is working at his desk.

					PICARD
			Beverly. What can I do for you?

	A beat as Beverly stands uncomfortably.

					BEVERLY
				(reluctantly)
			Jean-Luc. I'm going to tell you
			something you need to know. You
			won't like it.
				(beat)
			I just did an autopsy on Doctor
			Reyga.

	Picard reacts sharply. He's angry, but, for the
	moment, he keeps it in check; he wants to give her a
	chance to explain.

					PICARD
			And what did you find?

					BEVERLY
			Nothing.
				(beat)
			I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't
			have done it.

					PICARD
			You most certainly should not. I
			made it clear to you that the
			family expressly prohibited it.
			You have not only disobeyed my
			order, you have interfered in the
			death rituals of another culture.

    STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/02/93 - ACT THREE    37.

30   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(miserably)
			I know.

					PICARD
			You've put both of us in a very
			difficult position.
				(beat)
			The family will have to be
			notified. And I have no doubt
			that they will react strongly.

	Picard looks at her... knows how miserable she is...
	but can't coddle her.

					PICARD
			If the Ferengi government gets
			into it... and I'm certain they
			will... there might be some
			significant repercussions.
				(beat)
			I'm not sure how much I could
			protect you.

					BEVERLY
			You don't have to, Jean-Luc. I
			knew what I was doing. I'm
			prepared to accept the
			consequences.

	He starts to speak... stops... nods, dismissing her.
	She turns to exit.

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			I could tell that he was terribly
			disappointed in me... and that was
			almost the hardest part of all...

                                            END FLASHBACK:

31   INT. BEVERLY'S QUARTERS

	Beverly snaps shut her suitcases with an air of
	finality.

					BEVERLY
			Anyway... the Ferengi lodged a
			formal complaint with Starfleet
			Command, and the Captain was
			ordered to relieve me of duty.

    STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 02/26/93 - ACT THREE    38.

31   CONTINUED:

	She glances to Guinan for sympathy. But Guinan is
	staring at her elbow, twisting it gently, testing it.

					BEVERLY
			So.... that's the story. That's
			how I managed to end my career.

	Guinan makes a motion with her arm.

					GUINAN
			Backhand volley.

					BEVERLY
			What?

					GUINAN
			That's how I did it. Geordi kept
			hitting to my backhand at the
			net...

					BEVERLY
			Guinan... have you been listening
			to me?

					GUINAN
			I've heard every word you said.

	Beverly is getting steamed. The emotional ordeal of
	the last several days... her impending hearing... all
	the pent-up feelings she's been holding in are finding
	an outlet.

					BEVERLY
			And this is the response I get?

	Guinan looks at her mildly, flexing her arm. Beverly
	lashes out.

					BEVERLY
			Two people have died on this
			ship... two lives that ended,
			horribly... and you're worried
			about your tennis game?

	Guinan hears the heat in Beverly's voice... sees her
	flushed cheeks and blazing eyes. Guinan looks
	surprisingly satisfied.

					GUINAN
			Doctor... are you angry?

					BEVERLY
			Angry? For two hours, I've poured
			my heart out to you... and all you
			care about is your elbow. You bet
			I'm angry!

     STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 02/26/93 - ACT THREE 39-40.        

31   CONTINUED: (2)

					GUINAN
			Then what are you going to do
			about it?

	Beverly is not quite prepared for that.

					BEVERLY
			Do... ?

					GUINAN
			For two hours you've been moping
			around, feeling sorry for
			yourself...

	Guinan advances on her, drilling into her.

					GUINAN
			If you're angry -- maybe you'll
			stop moping and do something.

					BEVERLY
			I've already tried everything I
			could think of, and it's only made
			things worse.

					GUINAN
			Do you think Reyga killed himself?

					BEVERLY
			No.

					GUINAN
			Do you think there's a murderer on
			the Enterprise?

					BEVERLY
			Yes.

					GUINAN
			Then why are you standing here?

					BEVERLY
			I'm in enough trouble already. If
			I start digging into this again --

					GUINAN
			That's right. You could be
			relieved of duty.

	Guinan holds Beverly's look, eyes flashing. Then
	Beverly turns and walks out. Off Guinan's knowing look --

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/02/93 - ACT FOUR     41.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

32   INT. SHUTTLEBAY

	Beverly ENTERS and crosses to the shuttle. She reacts
	at the sight of the open rear doors... looks inside...

33   INT. SHUTTLE

	Data is inside, working at the console. Beverly ENTERS
	the shuttle.

					BEVERLY
			Data... what are you doing here?

					DATA
			I am running additional
			diagnostics to make certain there
			was no permanent radiation damage
			to the shuttlecraft hull.

	Beverly sits with him at the console...

					BEVERLY
			Data, you've studied Doctor
			Reyga's shield system. Tell me --
			do you think it could've been
			sabotaged?

					DATA
			There was no evidence to suggest
			sabotage.

					BEVERLY
			Just consider the possibility...

	Data considers.

					DATA
			The system interlocks prevent
			access to the circuitry unless the
			shield emitter is active. Any
			attempt to sabotage the device
			would have to be made while the
			shield was in operation.

     STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/03/93 - ACT FOUR     42.

33   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			The only time the shield was
			active was during Jo'Bril's test
			flight.

					DATA
			That is correct. It seems
			unlikely that Jo'Bril would
			perform sabotage which would
			result in his own death.

					BEVERLY
			I agree.
				(beat; thinks)
			Would it be possible to sabotage
			the shuttle by remote, during the
			flight?

	Data considers.

					DATA
			A phased ionic pulse beamed
			directly into the metaphasic
			projection matrix would cause a
			temporary system malfunction.

					BEVERLY
			Where on the Enterprise could you
			generate a phased ionic pulse?

					DATA
			Such a pulse could be initiated
			from the lateral sensor arrays,
			Science Labs one, four, or
			sixteen, or any of the bridge
			science stations.

	A beat.

					BEVERLY
			Let's assume for the moment that
			someone did send out a phased
			ionic pulse... what would've
			happened inside the shuttle?

         STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/03/93 - ACT FIVE        42A.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

	Data considers.

					DATA
			A tetryon field would have formed
			briefly inside the cabin,
			temporarily disrupting the
			metaphasic shield.

					BEVERLY
			A tetryon field... If Jo'Bril had
			been exposed to a tetryon field,
			it might have left residual traces
			in his tissue...

	She ponders -- then a look of determination crosses her
	face.

					BEVERLY
			Thanks, Data.

	OFF Data's reaction as Beverly quickly EXITS...

         STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/01/93 - ACT FOUR         43.

34   INT. CORRIDOR

	Beverly is striding from the Shuttlebay back to
	Sickbay. Riker catches up with her.

					RIKER
			Beverly...

	She turns, but keeps walking. He joins her.

					BEVERLY
			Yes?

					RIKER
			We've made arrangements for a
			shuttle to Starbase twenty-three.
			You can leave at oh-seven-hundred
			hours tomorrow.

					BEVERLY
			Thank you.

	A brief beat as they walk.

					RIKER
			I'm sorry about all this... I'm
			sure it will all work out fine.

					BEVERLY
			Of course.

					RIKER
			The inquiry is only a formality...
			you know the Captain will support
			you all he can.

					BEVERLY
			That will help.

         STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 02/26/93 - ACT FOUR         44.

34   CONTINUED:

	Another silence... then Riker steps in front of her,
	stopping her.

					RIKER
			But... if you do anything...
			foolish... before the inquiry...
			that wouldn't look so good.

					BEVERLY
			I don't know what you're talking
			about. What you mean...

					RIKER
			I think you do. The smartest
			thing you can do right now is to
			stay in your quarters and read a
			good book. Because if you make
			this situation any worse -- it'll
			be that much harder on you.

	Beverly holds his look firmly, unflinching.

					BEVERLY
			Thank you, Commander. Your
			concern is noted --

	She turns to go. Riker takes her gently by the arm,
	stopping her.

					RIKER
			Beverly... I'm saying this as a
			friend.

	Beverly blinks -- and softens. She knows he's right...
	and she doesn't want to reject that friendship. She
	speaks gently.

					BEVERLY
			I know, Wil... thank you.
				(beat)
			But... as a friend... please try
			to understand. I can't quit now.
			And I don't want you to get
			involved...

	And she's off down the corridor. Riker watches her go.
	OFF his genuine concern...

         STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/01/93 - ACT FOUR        44A.

34A  INT. SICKBAY - BEVERLY'S OFFICE

	Beverly is at her desk terminal, holding a PADD. In
	the b.g. we see Ogawa approach and overhear.

					BEVERLY
			Computer, access ship's medical
			logs and download current autopsy
			files.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Autopsy files are restricted to
			active medical personnel only.
			Access denied.

	Beverly curses, frustrated... there has to be another
	way in...

					OGAWA (O.S.)
			Doctor Crusher... ?

	Startled, Beverly turns to see Ogawa in the doorway;
	it's an awkward moment.

					BEVERLY
			Ogawa.

	Ogawa glances at the terminal screen.

					OGAWA
			What do you need the autopsy files
			for?

	Beverly has no desire to get Ogawa in trouble. Beverly
	turns off the terminal.

					BEVERLY
			Don't worry. I know I'm not
			supposed to be here... I'll go...

	Ogawa takes a long, hard look at Beverly. Then Ogawa
	moves to the terminal, turns it back on, and begins to
	work it herself.

					OGAWA
			Computer, access autopsy files...

	The computer BEEPS and begins the download.

         STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/01/93 - ACT FOUR        44B.

34A  CONTINUED:

	Ogawa talks to Beverly as she works the terminal.

					OGAWA
			I assume you want the files on
			Doctor Reyga and Jo'Brill...

	Beverly stares at her, realizing what she's offering to
	do.

					BEVERLY
			Alissa...

					OGAWA
			I can see how important this is to
			you...

					BEVERLY
			I don't want you to get
			involved...

					OGAWA
			Is that an order, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			Yes.

					OGAWA
				(smiles)
			Too bad you're not my boss any
			more.

	Beverly can see that she's not going to change her
	mind... and in any case, she really could use the help.

					BEVERLY
			Thank you.

	Ogawa smiles.

					OGAWA
			So what do we need to do?

					BEVERLY
			First, I want to review Jo'Bril's
			physiology records... and then I
			want to take another look at his
			body. I need to see if there's
			any evidence of tetryon traces.

         STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/03/93 - ACT FOUR        44C.

34A  CONTINUED: (2)

	Ogawa nods.

					OGAWA
			Let's do it.

	As they rise to go...

35   INT. MORGUE

	As Jo'Bril's body TILTS DOWN from its container. Ogawa
	and Beverly are there, positioning a MED (TECH) device
	over the body as it comes to a rest.

					BEVERLY
			We'll have to run a tissue scan at
			the molecular level. Calibrate
			the scanner to detect tetryon
			particles.

      STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/03/93 - ACT FOUR 45-46.        

35   CONTINUED:

					OGAWA
			Yes, Doctor.

	Ogawa fiddles with the device.

					OGAWA
			Re-calibration complete.

					BEVERLY
			Okay. Activate the scan.

	Ogawa pushes the controls... there's an audible HUM as
	the scan begins. Beverly and Ogawa study the monitor
	as the scan continues... Then the computer BEEPS and
	the HUM STOPS -- the scan is complete.

					OGAWA
			Nothing...

					BEVERLY
				(beat; thinks)
			Let's try it again. Use the
			enhanced resolution mode to boost
			the sensitivity.

	Ogawa adjusts the scanner controls. The scan HUMS
	again... then...

					OGAWA
				(off monitor)
			Look... in the subdermal tissue...
			tetryon traces...

	Beverly steps back, mystified.

					BEVERLY
			So someone did sabotage the
			shield...

	Ogawa is not convinced.

					OGAWA
			That's a possibility... but this
			is very circumstantial evidence.

	A beat.

	Suddenly, a thought sparks in Beverly's mind -- her
	expression changes to one of grim determination. She
	looks to Ogawa.

					BEVERLY
			There's one way to be certain...

	Ogawa looks worried. OFF Beverly's determination...

         STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/01/93 - ACT FOUR         47.

36   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, TROI, Riker, Worf and Data at their stations.

					TROI
			Captain, I'm a little concerned
			about Beverly. I've tried several
			times to talk to her, but she
			keeps avoiding me.

					PICARD
			I'm not surprised.

					TROI
				(nods)
			I'm afraid this entire experience
			has --

					DATA
			Captain, there has been an
			unscheduled launch from Shuttlebay
			Two.

	Picard glances toward Riker, questioning.

					RIKER
			I have no idea... no one's filed
			a flight plan...

					PICARD
			On screen.

	On the Viewscreen, we see a shuttle heading away from
	the Enterprise.

					RIKER
			That's the Justman... the shuttle
			Reyga modified...

					PICARD
			Open a hailing frequency.

	All eyes are on the screen... and then we see Beverly,
	seated in the pilot's position. Everyone is shocked.
	Picard stands, moves toward the screen.

      STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/01/93 - ACT FOUR 48-50.        

36   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Beverly... what do you think
			you're doing?

					BEVERLY
				(with determination)
			Testing a theory, Captain.

	And on Picard's incredulous reaction --

37
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45
                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

         STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/02/93 - ACT FIVE         51.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

46   INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	All eyes are on the Viewscreen.

					PICARD
			A theory?

                                             INTERCUT:

47   OMITTED

48   INT. SHUTTLE

					BEVERLY
			I think Reyga's shield does work.

	Picard takes a hard approach.

					PICARD
			Return to the ship immediately.

					BEVERLY
			I'm sorry.

	Picard immediately turns to Worf.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf -- override the
			shuttle's computer. Return it to
			the shuttlebay.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Worf works.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Sir, she has isolated her
			navigational control... it will
			not be possible to establish
			remote operation.

					RIKER
			Get a tractor beam on her.

      STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/02/93 - ACT FIVE 52-52A        

48   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(checks console)
			I cannot establish a lock, she is
			too close to the star... solar
			interference is too high.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, what's her heading?

					DATA
			Bearing two-seven-one mark four.
			She is heading into the sun's
			corona.

	Reactions.

49   EXT. SPACE - THE SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	as it courses towards the sun's CORONA... closer and
	closer...

50   OMITTED

51   INT. SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	Beverly at the controls.

					BEVERLY
				(to computer)
			Computer -- begin monitoring
			external temperature.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			External temperature zero-point-eight
			million Kelvins and
			rising...

                                             INTERCUT:

52   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					PICARD
			Beverly. What do you hope to
			accomplish?

         STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/02/93 - ACT FIVE         53.

52   CONTINUED:

	The view outside the shuttle's window begins to fill
	with the BLINDING LIGHT of the CORONA.

					BEVERLY
			Doctor Reyga was right about his
			shield. The only reason it failed
			was because it was sabotaged...
			and I'm going to prove it.

					PICARD
			You can't be certain of that.
			You're betting your life on a
			hypothesis.

	Beverly sets herself, determined.

					BEVERLY
			I'm not wrong.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			External temperature one-point-nine
			million Kelvins...

					DATA
			Sir, the shuttle is entering the
			corona.

52A  EXT. SPACE - THE SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	as it ENTERS THE SUN'S CORONA, COMPLETELY VANISHING
	INTO THE INTENSE LIGHT.

52B  INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	It's the moment of truth. Everyone on the Bridge
	watches helplessly... A tense, silent beat...

					PICARD
			Beverly -- what's happening?

                                             INTERCUT:

52C  INT. SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	Beverly's also a little amazed -- and relieved. The
	view outside the shuttle's window is now nothing but an
	intense WHITE LIGHT growing steadily stronger.

					BEVERLY
			I'm all right...
				(to computer)
			Computer -- shield status?

         STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/02/93 - ACT FIVE         54.

52C  CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Metaphasic shield holding... all
			systems within normal operating
			parameters.

	Beverly reacts -- she knew it would work. A beat as
	she remembers her friend.

					BEVERLY
				(quietly)
			Congratulations, Doctor Reyga...
			you did it.

                                              END INTERCUT.

52D  INT. BRIDGE

	Reactions of relief and astonishment from the Bridge
	crew.

	Beverly's image is on the Viewscreen.

					BEVERLY
			Captain, I want you to post
			security guards on the three
			visiting scientists... one of them
			has to be responsible for
			sabotaging the first test... I
			think if we --

	The Viewscreen image DISSOLVES INTO STATIC. Picard
	immediately turns to Worf, concerned.

					WORF
			Sir, we've lost contact.

	Reactions -- what happened? Has the shuttle been lost?

         STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/03/93 - ACT FIVE         55.

53   INT. SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	Beverly reacts.

					BEVERLY
				(to com)
			Enterprise? I've lost you, come
			in...

	Suddenly, a VOICE from offscreen:

					JO'BRIL (O.S.)
			They cannot hear you.

	Startled, she whirls around to see --

54   JO'BRIL

	standing to the rear of the shuttle, having just
	emerged from an opened COMPARTMENT. HE IS VERY MUCH
	ALIVE. He has one hand on a communications panel; the
	other pointing a phaser directly at Beverly.

					JO'BRIL
				(re: companel)
			I've severed communications.

	Beverly gets to her feet, stunned with disbelief.

					BEVERLY
			How... can you be alive... ?

	He smiles. He's easy, comfortable. He begins moving
	slowly toward her... nothing rushed.

					JO'BRIL
			I'd think after your autopsy on
			me, you'd know the answer to that.

					BEVERLY
				(realizing)
			The slow rate of cellular decay...

					JO'BRIL
			It's a natural result of physio-stasis.
			Takarans can control
			their physiology at a cellular
			level. We can create the
			appearance of death...

	Beverly puts it all together...

         STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/03/93 - ACT FIVE         56.

54   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			In the morgue... you were
			conscious the whole time... you
			heard everything we said... knew
			everything we were going to do...

					JO'BRIL
				(waves phaser)
			Move away.

	Beverly steps away from the console. Jo'Bril starts
	working the controls.

					BEVERLY
			What are you doing?

					JO'BRIL
			I'm sending out a transient
			subspace signal. It will obscure
			the shuttle from the Enterprise
			sensors... and they will interpret
			it as a warp engine breach.
			They'll believe that you've been
			destroyed.

	As he works --

					JO'BRIL
				(continuing)
			I'd like to thank you, Doctor.

					BEVERLY
			For what?

					JO'BRIL
			All I wanted to do was discredit
			Reyga so no one would pursue his
			technology except me. But you've
			given me more than I could've
			hoped...

	Beverly eyes the shuttle's main panel, her mind
	racing... looking for a way out of the situation. She
	edges closer to the panel.

					JO'BRIL
				(continuing)
			Now I can take the prototype back
			to Takara... where I will develop
			it into a weapon.
				(beat)
			All I have to do is wait here
			until the Enterprise is convinced
			you're dead... and leaves.

	Beverly lunges for the controls and forcefully alters
	the setting. The shuttle ROCKS violently and Beverly
	and Jo'Bril are thrown to the floor --

         STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/03/93 - ACT FIVE         57.

54   CONTINUED: (2)

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Approaching stellar
			photosphere... Metaphasic shield
			at seventy-one percent...

55   THE PHASER

	is knocked from Jo'Bril's hand and goes skidding across
	the floor...

56   EXT. SPACE - THE SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	As it TUMBLES through the corona, heading toward the
	sun...

57   INT. SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	It's a mad scramble for the phaser. The shuttle
	continues to SHAKE.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			... Metaphasic shield at fifty-nine
			percent....

	Beverly manages to grab the phaser, but Jo'Bril tackles
	her and they struggle for control. Beverly delivers a
	vicious punch to his throat... then KICKS him away.

	Jo'Bril staggers back. Beverly tries to take aim with
	the phaser, but the shaking makes it difficult. The
	WHITE LIGHT outside the windows FILLS the shuttle,
	blinding.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Metaphasic shield at thirty-four
			percent.

	Beverly FIRES and HITS Jo'Bril in the chest. He
	stumbles backward...

	Beverly watches, keeping the phaser trained as Jo'Bril
	quickly recovers, standing to reveal there is a GAPING
	HOLE IN HIS CHEST -- WE CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH IT.

	Jo'Bril reacts, as if equally surprised by the sight.
	He looks up at Beverly, eyes ablaze, angry -- and he
	keeps coming. Beverly FIRES a long, continuous BURST
	at Jo'Bril -- and he VAPORIZES into thin air.

         STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/02/93 - ACT FIVE         58.

57   CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Metaphasic shield at twenty-one
			percent. Hull failure imminent.

	Beverly dives for the controls and quickly works the
	controls.

57A  INT. BRIDGE

	As before.

					DATA
				(off console)
			There is no indication of any
			debris, sir... but the subspace
			signal indicates a warp engine
			breach.

	Reactions. Picard is not ready to give up so easily.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			All right... begin a phase-one
			search, starting on the last known
			coordinates of the shuttlecraft...
				(to conn)
			Ensign, plot a proximity course to --

					WORF
			Sir, we are picking up an object
			emerging from the corona.

58   EXT SPACE - THE SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	As it EMERGES from the sun's CORONA...

59   INT. BRIDGE

	As before.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Crusher to Enterprise...

	The Bridge crew reacts...

59A  INT. SHUTTLE

	as Beverly breathes a sigh of relief.

         STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/01/93 - ACT FIVE        58A.

59A  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			... I'm all right... returning to
			the ship...

                                             CUT TO:

60   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			Chief Medical Officer's log,
			Stardate 46831.2. I have been
			reinstated and will be resuming my
			duties shortly. In the meantime,
			I have a personal matter to attend
			to.

60A  INT. TEN FORWARD

	Guinan is behind the bar... there are just a few people
	in the room. Beverly ENTERS carrying a nicely wrapped
	package, and heads for the bar.

					BEVERLY
			Hello, Guinan.

	She sets the package on the bar, and Guinan eyes it.

					GUINAN
			Somebody's birthday?

					BEVERLY
			Not unless it's yours.
				(gesturing to package)
			This is for you.

	Guinan smiles appreciatively... she does enjoy
	surprises.

					GUINAN
			For me? What's the occasion?

	She begins opening the present.

         STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - REV. 03/01/93 - ACT FIVE        58B.

60A  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			It's a thank you. For giving me
			a good kick in the butt.

					GUINAN
			But... I didn't.

	She reaches into the package... lifts out a FUTURISTIC
	TENNIS RACQUET.

					BEVERLY
			I did a little research... this is
			the latest design... state of the
			art... and it's specially
			cushioned to absorb vibration --
			so you'll never have to worry
			about tennis elbow again.

	Guinan is turning the racquet over in her hands,
	inspecting it. But then she hands it back to Beverly.

					GUINAN
			Thank you, Doctor... it looks like
			a great racquet. But you see...
			I don't play tennis. Never have.

	She smiles impishly at Beverly... who takes the
	racquet, first nonplussed... and then understanding
	that the whole thing was Guinan's very special kind of
	friendship. Off their looks --

60B  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	blasts into warp.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             

         STAR TREK: "Suspicions" - 02/25/93 - ADDED DIALOGUE           

	ADDED DIALOGUE, SCENE 5, UNDER BEVERLY'S V.O. 'S:

					KURAK
			I, for one, came here only at the
			request of my government. I am
			highly dubious that this so-called
			metaphasic shield technology will
			prove anything but a fantasy.

					T'PAN
			Since everything Doctor Reyga says
			contradicts the work I have been
			doing in subspace shielding, I
			will have to be convinced that he
			is credible.

					CHRISTOPHER
			My wife is right. We feel the
			concept itself is flawed. But we
			will admit to a kind of curiosity
			about it.

	(NOTE: Jo'Bril should say nothing)












                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "Rightful Heir" 
                          #40276-249 
                              
                           Story by 
                         James Brooks 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rick Kolbe 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                        MARCH 8, 1993

         STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Rightful Heir" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             DIVOK
                RIKER              GOWRON
                DATA               KAHLESS
                BEVERLY            KOROTH
                TROI               TORIN
                WORF               VOICES (O.C.)
                GEORDI             CROWD
                                   KLINGON VOICE
                COMPUTER VOICE 
    
                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  N.D. CREWMEBERS    N.D. KLINGONS
                  TWO N.D. SECURITY  

         STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Rightful Heir" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CORRIDOR                 BORETH
              READY ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE       KLINGON SHIP
              SHUTTLE BAY
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              SICKBAY
              WORF'S QUARTERS
              KAHLESS' QUARTERS
              HOLODECK/TEMPLE
          
              BORETH
                LAVA CAVE
                TEMPLE
                WORF'S CHAMBERS

        STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/09/93 - PRONUNCIATION          

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                        "Rightful Heir"                             
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE                       

                   ALWANIR        al-WAH-ner
                   GARIMAN        GARY-man
                   CARRAYA        car-EYE-ah
                   DIVOK          DE-vok
                   KOROTH         KO-roth
                   MOLOR          MO-lor
                   KRI'STAT        KRE-stat
                   LUSOR          loo-SOR
                   BAT'LETH       BAT-leth
                   BORETH         BOR-reth
                   GOWRON         GOW-ron
                   BORTAS         BOR-tas
                   QUIN'LAT       KWIN-lat
                   WARNOG         WAR-nog
                   KAHLESS        KAY-less
                   MOGH           MOG
                   Q'APLA         k-PLAH

       STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                       "Rightful Heir"                             
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at warp.

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	DATA is in command, with N.D. CREWMEMBERS at all other
	positions. RIKER and SEVERAL CREWMEMBERS ENTER from
	the fore and aft Turbolifts. It's time to change
	shifts and while Riker moves to Data, the other members
	of Riker's shift take over their positions from the
	people on Data's shift. No one moves to relieve the
	N.D. Ensign standing at Tactical.

					DATA
			Good morning, Commander.

					RIKER
			Data. Interesting night?

					DATA
			I found it extremely interesting.
			The lateral sensor array performed
			three separate spectral analyses
			of the Alwanir Nebula on three
			distinct frequencies.

					RIKER
			Sorry I missed it.

					DATA
				(missing the ironic
				 tone)
			I will have the reports sent to
			you.
				(begins making report)
			We are still on course for the
			Gariman system, our speed is warp
			six and our ETA is thirteen
			hundred hours. Sickbay reported
			one minor injury in the exobiology
			department at zero four
			twenty hours.

					RIKER
			Very well.

       STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - TEASER       2.

2    CONTINUED:

	Riker glances up at Tactical and frowns. The Ensign is
	still standing there, waiting awkwardly.

					RIKER
				(to Data)
			Isn't Worf supposed to relieve
			Ensign Torigan?

					DATA
			Yes, sir. I was not informed of
			any change in the duty roster.

					RIKER
				(concerned)
			He's never late.
				(to com)
			Riker to Lieutenant Worf.

	Silence.

					RIKER
			Computer, locate Lieutenant Worf.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Lieutenant Worf is in his
			quarters.

	Data and Riker exchange looks.

					RIKER
			Something's wrong. Data, you have
			the Bridge.
				(to com)
			Security, meet me on deck seven,
			section twenty-five baker.

	Riker EXITS.

                                             CUT TO:

3    INT. CORRIDOR

	Riker and TWO N.D. SECURITY CREWMEMBERS move down the
	Corridor and come to a stop outside Worf's Quarters.
	The Security Officers take up positions on either side
	of Riker as he reaches for the door panel. He presses
	it... no response.

       STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - TEASER       3.

3    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Computer, override the security
			lock on this door. Authorization:
			Riker alpha six zero.

	The doors open to reveal a DARK and MURKY room filled
	with DENSE SMOKE. They cautiously EXIT to:

4    INT. WORF'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	As Riker and the two officers ENTER the room. The room
	is filled with acrid smoke and is lit only with dimly
	seen ceremonial candles. They look about for a moment,
	trying to peer through the gloom. Suddenly, they are
	startled by a throaty ROAR out of the darkness.

					WORF'S VOICE
			TORVA LUK DO SHELL!

5    NEW ANGLE

	Revealing WORF sitting cross-legged on the deck in his
	bedroom. He is wearing some kind of Klingon ceremonial
	robe and he is staring into a small FIRE which is
	blazing in a stone firepit that is sitting in the
	center of the bedroom. The look on his face is feral,
	intense... Klingon. This, combined with the red light
	of the fire, the smoke, and the dark shadows make this
	an almost satanic, other-worldly scene.

	There is a beat, and then Worf lifts his eyes from the
	fire and sees Riker... his mouth twists into a snarl.

					RIKER
				(shocked)
			Worf?
				(beat)
			What the hell are you doing?

	Worf suddenly comes back to the here and now and the
	snarl on his face gives way to sudden realization...
	and surprise. Off their reactions...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT ONE       4.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

           (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)            

6    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship drops out of warp.

7    INT. READY ROOM

	Riker and PICARD are sitting at the desk.

					PICARD
			He had no explanation at all?

					RIKER
			Not a word. He just got dressed
			and then reported for duty as if
			nothing had happened.
				(beat)
			Captain, this isn't the first...
			problem I've had with Worf lately.

					PICARD
				(surprised)
			Oh?

					RIKER
			Until now, it wasn't anything
			serious so I didn't bring it to
			your attention. But, to be blunt,
			he's been getting... sloppy. His
			duty reports have been incomplete,
			he's fallen behind in maintenance
			checks, he just seems...
			distracted.

	Picard thinks for a moment.

					PICARD
			Where's Worf now?

					RIKER
			I confined him to quarters.

	Picard thinks for a another beat, then stands and heads
	for the door.

					PICARD
			You have the Bridge, Number One.

       STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT ONE       5.

7    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

	They both EXIT.

                                             CUT TO:

8    INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	The smoke is gone, the normal lights are on, and the
	fire has been put out. Worf is lying on his bed,
	staring up at the ceiling. The door CHIMES. He hears
	it, but he seems listless, almost apathetic. The door
	CHIMES a second time.

					WORF
			Enter.

9    ANGLE ON DOOR

	As Picard ENTERS. He looks around the room... the
	ritual candles, lava rocks, and remnants of the fire
	pit are all still in evidence. The room is a mess,
	with Klingon implements and clothes lying all over the
	place. Picard carefully picks his way through the
	detritus and moves toward the bedroom.

	When Worf sees that it's Picard, he moves to a sitting
	position on the bed.

					WORF
			Captain.

	Picard notes the untidy room and Worf's indifferent
	attitude. He decides to give him a wake-up call.

					PICARD
				(hard)
			On your feet, Lieutenant.

	Worf's head snaps up at the tone in Picard's voice and
	he stands stiffly.

					WORF
			Sir.

       STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT ONE       6.

9    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(firm)
			Mister Worf, your personal affairs
			are strictly your concern unless
			they interfere with the operation
			of this ship. You've crossed that
			line. Now as your Captain, I want
			to know exactly what's going on.

	Worf looks at him for a moment... and then responds
	both to the sound of command and the note of compassion
	in Picard's voice.

					WORF
			It is... difficult to explain.

					PICARD
			Try.

	Worf nods after a beat and seems to accept the need to
	get this out into the open. He moves about the room,
	wrestling with some inner turmoil.

					WORF
			Ever since I returned from the
			Carraya system I have felt...
			empty...

	Picard reacts to the mention of the Carraya system. He
	remembers Worf's reluctance to talk about this and he
	is careful not to push him too far.

					PICARD
			Does this have something to do
			with the Klingons you... rescued
			from Carraya Four?

					WORF
				(nods)
			They were young... they knew
			nothing of their heritage. So
			while I was there, I tried to...
			teach them... teach them about
			their people, their culture.

	A passion and fire comes into Worf's eyes and in his
	movements that was missing only a moment ago as he
	remembers his experiences.

       STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT ONE       7.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			I told them our ancient stories...
			instructed them in our customs...
			explained our beliefs. And then
			I told them about Kahless... how
			he united our people long ago...
			how he gave us honor and
			strength... and how he promised to
			return one day and lead us again.
				(beat)
			It took time... but I saw them
			begin to discover the warriors
			within themselves... to believe in
			Kahless and his teachings... and
			to become truly Klingon. It was
			... unlike anything I had
			experienced before.

	Picard looks down at the rocks and debris scattered
	around the room.

					PICARD
			Is that what you were doing here?
			Trying to recapture those
			feelings?

					WORF
				(nods)
			I was trying to summon a vision of
			Kahless.

					PICARD
				(lightly)
			You might have tried using the
			Holodeck instead of setting your
			quarters on fire.

					WORF
			Using the Holodeck would not be
			appropriate... everything had to
			be real if Kahless were to appear.
				(defeated)
			But all this was for nothing... he
			did not come to me.

	He moves to a small Klingon statue sitting prominently
	on a shelf and looks at it.

					WORF
			I gave Toq and the others a belief
			in Sto-Vo-Kor: the life which
			lies beyond this life... where
			Kahless awaits us.
				(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT ONE       8.

9    CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			When I saw the power of their
			belief... I began to question the
			strength of my own. And I found
			it... wanting.

					PICARD
			Have you lost your... faith in Sto-Vo-Kor?

					WORF
			To lose something, one must first
			possess it... I am not sure I ever
			had a true belief.

	Worf looks at Picard... feels guilty about the way he's
	been acting.

					WORF
			But I should not have allowed it
			to interfere with my duties. My
			behavior has been --

					PICARD
			Inexcusable.
				(beat)
			But understandable. You are the
			only Klingon in Starfleet... and
			one of the few raised by human
			parents. Perhaps the problem is
			that you have only studied the
			beliefs of your people... only
			looked at them from the outside.

	Picard moves around the room for a moment.

					PICARD
			It may be that what you seek
			cannot be found on the Enterprise.
			You may need to immerse yourself
			in Klingon beliefs before you can
			discover whether they hold any
			truths for you.
				(beat)
			Is there anything you could do...
			any place you could go... to
			explore your faith more fully?

	Worf thinks for a moment.

       STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT ONE       9.

9    CONTINUED: (4)

					WORF
			Boreth. The Followers of Kahless
			wait there for his return. To
			Klingons, there is no more sacred
			place.

	Picard considers him for a long beat.

					PICARD
			Boreth is twelve days from here by
			shuttle. As of this moment, you
			are on leave.

					WORF
			Thank you, Captain.

					PICARD
			I hope you find what you're
			looking for, Mister Worf.
				(beat)
			Because the next time you set foot
			on this ship I expect you to carry
			out your duties like a Starfleet
			officer.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Picard EXITS. Worf moves back to the statue. Off his
	look...

                                             CUT TO:

10   EXT. BORETH (OPTICAL)

	The planet surface is mountainous... desolate... no
	cities or dwellings of any kind except for a single
	temple situated high up on the tallest mountaintop.

11   CLOSE ON WORF

	His eyes are closed and he is sweating heavily.

					WORF
				(low, intense)
			Torva... Luk...

					VOICES (O.C.)
			... Do Shell...

	We MOVE to REVEAL that we are in:

    STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - REV. 03/11/93 - ACT ONE    10.

12   INT. LAVA CAVE

	Worf is sitting cross-legged on the floor of the cave
	along with SEVERAL N.D. KLINGONS including one named
	TORIN. All are dressed in ceremonial robes and are
	sitting around a smoking fire pit with their eyes
	closed. There are candles and Klingon artifacts in
	evidence with smoke drifting throughout the cave. The
	heat is intense and the scene should look like an
	expanded and more traditional version of the scene in
	Worf's Quarters in the Teaser. They've all been here
	for several hours.

	They all open their eyes and stare into the flames.
	One Klingon takes a small pail and pours some water on
	the flames, which then crackle and sizzle, sending out
	even more smoke. Suddenly, one young Klingon -- DIVOK --
	looks up and reacts to something.

					DIVOK
			Kahless! I see Kahless!

	The others all look at him with pleasure except Worf,
	who is disappointed that he is not the one receiving
	the vision. Another Klingon, this one much older --
	KOROTH -- the Head Cleric in charge of this place, nods
	in satisfaction. He is an older man, his hair mostly
	gray at this point, he is lean and trim -- a man whose
	life is uncluttered by indulgence of any kind. He
	wears a ceremonial garment that is part priestly
	vestment, part battle armor.

	Divok continues to watch something which only he can
	see. His face is drenched with sweat and he seems on
	the verge of total exhaustion.

					DIVOK
			He is standing before me...
			holding a sword... he wants
			something... me, he wants me! He
			wants me to go with him!

	Divok gets to his feet and starts to move toward the
	unseen vision. Worf and the others have to catch him
	before he falls into the fire. Divok practically
	collapses into Worf's arms, his energy totally spent.

    STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - REV. 03/11/93 - ACT ONE    11.

12   CONTINUED:

					KOROTH
			It is a powerful vision you have
			had, Divok. Kahless has asked you
			to join him in Sto-Vo-Kor. You
			are only nineteen and yet your
			place among the honored dead is
			already secure

	Koroth motions to the others.

					KOROTH
			Take him back to his chamber. Let
			him sleep.

	Divok lets the others help him up some crude steps and
	out of the cave. Everyone EXITS except Worf. He
	remains standing near the fire pit, with defeat written
	on his face. After a beat, Worf dowses the fire with
	water and it goes OUT.

                                             CUT TO:

13   INT. WORF'S CHAMBERS

	A small, spartan room with a single hard bed, a bench
	and a crude chest. The building and furnishings are
	obviously quite old. It should look like a monk's room
	at a monastery. Worf is taking some personal items
	from the chest and packing them in his haversack. He
	is facing away from the open doorway when Koroth
	ENTERS.

					KOROTH
			You are leaving us.

					WORF
				(without turning around)
			It has been ten days, Koroth. But
			I have had no visions... I have
			received no insight.
				(beat)
			There is nothing for me here.

	Koroth takes a few steps in the small room.

    STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - REV. 03/15/93 - ACT ONE    12.

13   CONTINUED:

					KOROTH
			What is the story of The Promise,
			Worf?

	Worf says nothing for a beat.

					WORF
			When Kahless united the people and
			gave them the laws of honor, he
			saw that his work was done. So
			one night he gathered his
			belongings and went to the edge of
			the city to say good-bye.

					KOROTH
				(picking up the thread
				 of the story)
			The people wept... they did not
			want him to go.

					WORF
			And Kahless said, "You are
			Klingons. You need no one but
			yourselves. I will go now... to
			Sto-Vo-Kor. But I promise one day
			I will return." Then Kahless
			pointed to a star in the sky and
			said, "Look for me there... on
			that point of light."

	Koroth opens his arms and indicates the entire room.

					KOROTH
			So here we are... on a world
			circling that distant point of
			light. It has been over fifteen
			centuries since he made that
			promise... and still we wait.
				(beat)
			What are ten days in the life of
			one Klingon compared to that? Is
			the son of Mogh really so easily
			discouraged?

    STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - REV. 03/15/93 - ACT ONE    13.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

	Koroth turns away from Worf and moves a few steps away.

					KOROTH
			You came to us seeking answers...
			but this is a place of questions.
			Open your heart to Kahless... ask
			him your questions... let him
			speak to you with your mind
			unclouded by doubt or hesitation.
			Only then can you find what you
			are looking for.
				(beat)
			If you cannot do that... then
			perhaps you should return to your
			starship.

	Koroth EXITS. Worf takes a beat to consider the star
	in the wall. Off his expression...

                                             CUT TO:

14   INT. TEMPLE

	The Temple is more like a war room than a church.
	There are weapons on display everywhere, proud banners
	and emblems adorn the walls and the room is dominated
	at one end by a single ornate chair sitting on a raised
	platform. There is a bat'leth sword on the chair.
	There are a few spartan benches in the room.

    STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - REV. 03/15/93 - ACT ONE    14.

14   CONTINUED:

	Worf ENTERS from a doorway and walks through the
	temple. No other Klingons are in sight and the Temple
	is completely still... only the low sound of the wind
	outside can be heard. He approaches a LARGE PAINTING
	on the wall.

15   ON PAINTING

	It is a heroic rendering of Kahless standing alone. He
	is dressed in a distinctive garment that is very
	different from the normal Klingon battledress. His
	features are clearly visible in the painting and he
	seems to beckoning someone to follow him. (Kahless
	lived centuries ago and so there should be no
	suggestion of anything remotely modern in the
	painting.)

16   RESUME SCENE

	Worf studies the painting for a moment.

					WORF
				(softly)
			I will open my heart, Kahless.
				(beat)
			I will...

                                             CUT TO:

17   OMITTED

    STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - REV. 03/15/93 - ACT ONE    15.

18   INT. LAVA CAVES - SEVERAL HOURS LATER

	Worf is sweating heavily as he concentrates... the
	smoke is thick in the air... Divok is sitting nearby
	watching and tending the fire.

					WORF
			Torva... Luk... Do... Shell...

	Worf opens his eyes and looks into the flames.

19   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	There is a long beat and then suddenly there is a SWIRL
	of SMOKE AND LIGHT on the opposite side of the fire
	from Worf. A FIGURE begins to COALESCE in the cave.
	Suddenly KAHLESS is standing before Worf in the cave.
	He is dressed in the same garments as seen in the
	painting. Worf's expression is one of awe and elation.

					WORF
			I see Kahless.

20   DIVOK

	Reacts to the sight with shock... how can he see Worf's
	vision?

21   WIDER

	As Kahless blinks for a second. Worf does not see
	Divok RUN OUT of the cave in terror. Worf stands up,
	unaware that anything is wrong. Kahless looks around
	for a moment... then steps forward.

      STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT ONE      16.

21   CONTINUED:

	Kahless moves toward him and reaches out his hand.
	Worf hesitates, unsure what to do... and then he
	reaches out tentatively. They clasp hands just as
	Divok and SEVERAL OTHER KLINGONS -- including Torin --
	coming running INTO the cave. They stop in shock at
	the sight of Kahless.

	Kahless looks up at them and Worf turns as well... he
	suddenly realizes that everyone can see Kahless! He
	turns back to him in shock.

					WORF
			You are... real?

					KAHLESS
				(in a strong, clear
				 voice)
			I am Kahless... and I have
			returned.

	Off Worf's reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT TWO      17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

22   EXT. BORETH (OPTICAL)

	As seen before.

23   INT. TEMPLE

	Kahless ENTERS from the Lava Caves. The crowd of
	Klingons seen at the end of Act One are all following
	him in silent amazement. Worf is bringing up the rear
	of the crowd, stunned and shocked... unsure what to
	think or believe.

	Kahless strides into the center of the room and looks
	around for a beat. His gaze falls on the empty chair
	with the bat'leth sword. He smiles and moves toward
	it. He is about to pick it up when Koroth's voice
	booms out.

					KOROTH'S VOICE
				(o.c)
			What are you doing?

24   NEW ANGLE

	Revealing Koroth standing at the rear of the room,
	outrage clear on his face. The other Klingons exchange
	nervous glances among themselves and then part to let
	Koroth walk to the front of the room. Kahless faces
	Koroth calmly, confidently.

					KOROTH
			Who are you?

	Divok calls out to Koroth.

      STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT TWO      18.

24   CONTINUED:

					DIVOK
			It is Kahless!

	Koroth glances toward the large painting seen earlier
	and then back to Kahless... the resemblance is uncanny.

					KAHLESS
				(quiet)
			I have returned.

	Kahless' gaze is intense, powerful... there is a
	magnetism and strength to this man that even Koroth can
	feel, but Koroth's eyes still narrow in suspicion.

					KAHLESS
			You doubt me.

	Kahless turns and looks at the gathered Klingons
	watching him with rapt attention in the Temple...
	waiting to see what he will do or say. His voice now
	rings out in the silence... strong and sure.

					KAHLESS
				(re: sword)
			Who here knows the story of how
			this sword was forged?

	People look at each other in puzzlement. Torin finally
	answers.

					TORIN
			No one knows. It is not written
			in the sacred texts.

	Kahless looks at Koroth, who is watching him carefully,
	then turns back to the crowd.

    STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - REV. 03/15/93 - ACT TWO    19.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					KAHLESS
			I went into the mountains... all
			the way to the Kri'stak Volcano.
			I cut off a lock of my hair and
			thrust it into the river of molten
			rock which poured from the summit.
			The hair began to burn, but then
			I plunged it into the lake of
			Lusor and twisted it into a sword.
				(turns to Koroth)
			And after I used it to kill the
			tyrant Molor I gave it a name:
			bat'leth, the sword of honor.

	The reaction on Koroth is profound. His eyes widen and
	he takes a step back, shocked by what he has heard.

					KOROTH
			You know...
				(turns to others)
			The story of the sword is known
			only to the High Clerics... it was
			never written down, so that if he
			returned, we could be sure it was
			Kahless.

	Satisfied with Koroth's acceptance, Kahless turns to
	the expectant crowd.

					KAHLESS
			I have returned because there is
			a great need in my people... they
			fight among themselves in petty
			wars and corrupt the glory of the
			Klingon spirit. They have lost
			their way. But it is not too
			late. I have returned and I will
			lead my people again!

	Koroth stands before Kahless and then very deliberately
	goes down on one knee.

					KOROTH
			Vorcha-doh-baghk, Kahless! (All
			hail Kahless)

      STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT TWO      20.

24   CONTINUED: (3)

	Then following his lead, everyone in the room drops to
	one knee... swept away by the emotion of the moment.
	Only Worf remains standing in the doorway to the
	caves... unsure what to do.

					CROWD
			Vorcha-doh-baghk, Kahless!

	Kahless looks out over the crowd with confidence. He
	sees Worf standing alone in the back of the room...
	their eyes meet for a moment, then Worf looks away,
	confused and uncertain.

                                             CUT TO:

25   INT. WORF'S CHAMBERS

	Worf ENTERS and goes directly to his haversack and
	begins looking for something. He pulls out a tricorder
	just as Kahless ENTERS behind him.

					KAHLESS
			What is it you are doing?

	Worf turns quickly, hiding the tricorder momentarily.
	After a beat, he pulls it out and shows it to Kahless.

					WORF
			I was getting my tricorder.

					KAHLESS
			Tri-Corder? Is it a weapon?

					WORF
			No. It is a tool. I was going to
			use it to see if you were...

	Worf trails off.

					KAHLESS
				(smiles)
			To see if I were real. Proceed.
			Use your Tri-Corder.

	Worf scans Kahless with the tricorder. He reacts with
	surprise to what he sees.

					KAHLESS
			Well?

					WORF
			You are... Klingon.

      STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/09/93 - ACT TWO      21.

25   CONTINUED:

					KAHLESS
			What else could I be?

					WORF
			There are many possibilities... a
			shape shifter, a holographic
			projection...

	Kahless laughs gently.

					KAHLESS
			... So, you are a skeptic, Worf.
			I like that....

					WORF
			How do you know my name?

					KAHLESS
			We have met before. I appeared to
			you in a vision... in the caves of
			No'Mat... you were a child then...
			and I told you...
				(trying to remember)
			... that you would do something...
			no Klingon had ever done
			before....

					WORF
				(stunned)
			Yes...

					KAHLESS
			Was I ... correct?...

					WORF
				(nods)
			I... am the first Klingon to serve
			in Starfleet.

					KAHLESS
				(smiles)
			"Star-Fleet"... there are still
			many things you will have to
			explain to me.

	Worf looks at him with a mixture of puzzlement and awe.

					KAHLESS
				(continuing)
			You have a question.

					WORF
			Why did you appear when I was in
			the cave? Why not appear to
			Koroth, or Torin?

	Kahless smiles and puts a hand on his shoulder.

      STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT TWO      21A.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					KAHLESS
			Perhaps it is because you have the
			heart of a true warrior.
				(beat, studies him for
				 a moment)
			You still do not believe it is me,
			do you Worf?...

	Worf takes a long moment... puts aside the tricorder
	and then meets his gaze again.

      STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT TWO      22.

25   CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF
			I... want to believe.

					KAHLESS
				(smiles)
			That is a ... beginning... .

	Kahless gestures out the door and after a beat Worf
	moves toward the door. They EXIT together.

                                             CUT TO:

26   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log: Stardate 46852.2.
			Our mission to Endora Seven has
			been cancelled on orders from
			Starfleet Command. The Enterprise
			is to proceed directly to the
			planet Boreth, to take aboard a
			very unusual guest.

27   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, and TROI are sitting at the table.

					RIKER
			Kahless? Hasn't he been dead for
			over a thousand years?

					DATA
			One thousand five hundred and
			forty-seven years to be exact.

					TROI
			Do the Klingons actually believe
			that this is the real Kahless?

					PICARD
			It would seem that at least Gowron
			believes it. He personally
			contacted the Federation Council
			and asked that a starship be sent
			to bring Kahless back to the Home
			World.

      STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT TWO      23.

27   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Why wouldn't he send a Klingon
			ship?

					PICARD
			Gowron would only say that there
			were certain... security concerns
			which prompted him to make this
			request. As the nearest starship
			to Boreth, the task is ours.

					TROI
			Have we heard from Worf?

					PICARD
			No. All communication with Boreth
			has been cut-off since yesterday.

	That sounds ominous and they all exchange looks.
	Picard takes a beat, then gets up and heads for the
	door.

					PICARD
			Set course for Boreth, Number One.
			Warp six.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

	They all EXIT.

                                             CUT TO:

28   EXT. BORETH (OPTICAL)

	As seen before.

29   INT. TEMPLE

	The temple is swarming with Klingons... a massive
	celebration is underway complete with ample food and
	bombastic Klingon opera filling the air. Tables and
	benches have been brought in to fill the area. A large
	stone cistern is filled with liquid of some type and
	various Klingons plunge goblets into it and then drink
	heartily. The room is festive, almost giddy with
	celebration as Klingons slap each other around in macho
	goodfellowship.

	Kahless is sitting on the raised chair seen earlier.
	Koroth and Torin are both sitting near him, while Worf
	occupies a bench nearby.

    STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - REV. 03/15/93 - ACT TWO    24.

29   CONTINUED:

	Worf is watching the proceedings with a reserved
	expression on his face... not joining in the
	celebration. Kahless is listening to Torin.

					TORIN
				(cautioning)
			Gowron is the Leader of the
			Council... he commands the entire
			Defense Force... if he chooses to
			oppose you...

	This doesn't faze Kahless in the least.

					KAHLESS
				(to Koroth & Torin)
			Do not worry. We stand on the
			threshold of a new era for our
			people... Klingons from all over
			the Empire... will flock to my
			banner...
				(beat)
			And yet something still weighs
			heavy on the brow of the son of
			Mogh...

      STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT TWO      24A.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

	Worf looks up and sees Kahless looking directly at him.
	A few heads turn and Worf is a little uncomfortable at
	this very public dialog, but he doesn't flinch from
	answering honestly.

      STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT TWO      25.

29   CONTINUED: (3)

					KAHLESS
				(continuing)
			Are you contemplating yet another
			question for me?
				(ironic smile)
			After three days, I am beginning
			to wonder if you know how to do
			anything else.

	This elicits a few feeble chuckles, but there is a
	definite edge beginning to creep into Kahless' voice
	and more and more heads are starting to turn toward
	this conversation.

					WORF
			Questions are the beginning of
			wisdom... it is the mark of a true
			warrior.

	The smile on Kahless' face loses some of its mirth.
	The room gets a little quieter.

					KAHLESS
			But do not forget that a leader
			need not answer questions from
			those he leads... it is enough
			that he says to do a thing... and
			they will do it. If he says to
			run, they run... if he says to
			fight, they fight... if he says
			to die...
				(beat)
			... they die.

					WORF
			Yes. If the... commander is
			worthy of their trust.

	The Temple is now dead silent... everyone is watching
	the exchange with mounting tension. The air crackles
	between the two men.

      STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT TWO      26.

29   CONTINUED: (4)

	Kahless quickly stands, a feral look on his face.
	Without breaking eye contact with Worf, he moves into
	a clear space in the room. Kahless picks up his
	bat'leth and steps into the clearing and waits.

30   WORF

	Looks around for a beat... all eyes are on him. After
	a moment, Worf steps into the clearing and faces
	Kahless. Someone throws a bat'leth to Worf and he
	grips it tightly... they both tense and wait.

31   WIDER

	Koroth moves closer. He looks from Worf to Kahless and
	back.

					KOROTH
			E'Gok! (Begin!)

	Worf and Kahless swing their swords at each other and
	begin to fight.

	The fight is fast-paced... intense... each man looking
	for an opening, but finding none...

	The fight builds... the ferocity of the crowd grows
	with every blow... suddenly their swords lock together.
	Kahless pulls Worf backward and they both go flying
	into a nearby table.

	Both men scramble to their feet and face each other...
	there is a tense beat and suddenly Kahless ROARS with
	laughter. Worf and the crowd fall silent, unsure how
	to respond. Kahless' laugh fills the room for a
	moment... then he looks around at the astonished faces
	of the gathered Klingons.

					KAHLESS
			What is wrong? Is there only
			anger and bloodlust in your souls?
			Is that all that is left in the
			Klingon heart?
				(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT TWO      27.

31   CONTINUED:

					KAHLESS (Cont'd)
			We do not fight merely to spill
			blood, but to enrich the spirit.
			Look at us... two warriors locked
			in battle, fighting for honor.
			How can you keep from ...
			singing... out for all to hear,
				(loud, broadly)
			... "We are Klingons!"...

	There is a beat... and then smiles form on their
	faces... tentative at first.

					KAHLESS
			... Yes! Let it out!... Let the
			joy in your heart be heard!

	He laughs again... and it starts to spread throughout
	the gathering.

					KAHLESS
			We are Klingons!

	They begin to shout and yell... a surge of emotion
	sweeps through the hall. The noise of the crowd
	becomes a shriek of pure joy.

					KAHLESS
			We are Klingons!

	Kahless turns and catches Worf's eye, who is standing
	in the middle of all this revelry with uncertainty.
	There is a moment and then Worf begins to smile.
	Kahless throws an arm around Worf and they move off
	into the crowd together...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT THREE     28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

32   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is orbiting Boreth.

33   INT. SHUTTLE BAY

	Worf's shuttlecraft has just landed in the bay.
	Picard, Riker, and Troi are waiting. The shuttlecraft
	door OPENS and Kahless ENTERS from the shuttlecraft,
	followed by Koroth, Torin and Worf.

	Kahless looks around the bay for a beat... his attitude
	is curious about his surroundings, but not shocked by
	them. He's never been on a spaceship, but Kahless has
	that regal bearing that refuses to be over-awed by
	anything. Picard and Riker step forward.

					PICARD
			Welcome aboard the Enterprise.
			I'm Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

	Kahless looks to Worf.

					KAHLESS
				(re: Picard)
			This is the... "human" you told me
			about?

					WORF
			Yes.

	Kahless turns back to Picard and claps him on the
	shoulder so hard it almost knocks Picard down.

					KAHLESS
			You must be a mighty warrior to
			command such respect.

					PICARD
				(recovering quickly)
			Thank you.

	Kahless' eye notices Troi and he beams with pleasure.

     STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT THREE     29.

33   CONTINUED:

					KAHLESS
			And you do me a great honor by
			giving me one of your women.

	Worf quickly steps in.

					WORF
			They have... different ways.

					KAHLESS
				(unfazed)
			Ah. Then she is not a gift.

					WORF
			No.

	Koroth moves to Kahless' side.

					KOROTH
			It is as I said... we should be on
			a Klingon warship. This is not
			the place for us.

					KAHLESS
			Their customs may be different,
			but Worf tells me they are not
			dishonorable... and I am eager to
			see the weapons on this "Star-Ship."

	Picard moves in smoothly.

					PICARD
			I would be happy to arrange a tour
			of the entire ship for you, once
			you've settled in. Perhaps
			Commander Riker could begin by
			showing you your quarters.

					KAHLESS
			That is acceptable.

					RIKER
			Then, if you'll follow me...

	Kahless, Torin and Koroth follow Riker OUT of the
	shuttlebay.

                                             CUT TO:

     STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT THREE     30.

34   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Troi, Data, GEORDI and BEVERLY are
	questioning Worf.

					BEVERLY
				(to Worf)
			Did you take any other tricorder
			readings... a neuro-physiology
			scan or an anatomical profile?

					WORF
			No.

					BEVERLY
				(to others)
			Then it's going to be hard to
			eliminate any possibility at this
			point. He could be a coalescent
			being taking Klingon form... a bioreplicant...
			or even a Klingon
			surgically altered to resemble
			Kahless...

					TROI
			I felt no deception or malice from
			him... just an over-whelming sense
			of confidence... almost arrogance.

					PICARD
			Worf, what are his plans when he
			returns to the Home World?

					WORF
			He wants to restore the glory of
			the Empire by purging it of
			dishonor and corruption.

					RIKER
			I don't think Gowron's going to
			like the sound of that.

					GEORDI
			That might have something to do
			with why he wanted a Federation
			ship to bring Kahless. Gowron may
			not want to be seen embracing
			this... Messiah before he knows
			what Kahless wants.

					PICARD
			Perhaps this Kahless is a...
			stalking horse for someone else...
			someone who intends to seize
			control from Gowron.

     STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT THREE     32.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			It is not an... empirical matter.
			It is a matter of... faith.

					DATA
			Faith. Then you do believe
			Kahless may have... supernatural
			attributes?

	Worf is uncertain and he says nothing.

					DATA
			As an android, I am unable to
			accept something which cannot be
			proven through rational means. I
			would appreciate hearing your
			insight on this matter.

					WORF
			Perhaps some other time,
			Commander. I do not believe I
			could provide much... insight at
			the moment.

	Data nods and they both EXIT.

                                             CUT TO:

35   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship goes into warp.

36   OMITTED

     STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT THREE     31.

34   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Like the Duras sisters...

					DATA
			Or the B'nok faction.

					WORF
			There is another possibility.
				(beat)
			It could be the real Kahless. He
			may have actually returned... as
			he promised.

	Worf's statement is met with silence. Data breaks the
	uncomfortable quiet after a beat.

					DATA
			The appearance of Kahless in the
			lava cave is consistent with the
			stories found in the Klingon
			sacred texts.

					RIKER
			No offense, Worf... but I have
			trouble believing that the man I
			just escorted to deck eight is...
			supernatural.

					WORF
			I am not saying that he is... I
			merely think we should not
			completely reject the possibility.

					PICARD
			We have no reason to rule out
			anything. We haven't been ordered
			to discover the origins of our
			guest, or tell anyone what they
			should believe... we are simply
			to transport Kahless to the Home
			World... and while he's with us,
			he will be treated as an honored
			guest.

	Picard stands and the meeting breaks up. Everyone
	heads for the door, but Data stops Worf for a moment.

					DATA
			Lieutenant. May I ask you a
			personal question?
				(off his nod)
			In the absence of empirical data,
			how will you determine whether or
			not this is the real Kahless?

      STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT THREE 33-34.         

37   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	Worf is showing Kahless a ceremonial knife.

					WORF
			It was given to me during my Rite
			of Ascension by a man who had
			known my father.

	Kahless takes the knife... feels the heft of the
	weapon.

					KAHLESS
				(surprised)
			Did you observe the Rite here...
			among these aliens?...

					WORF
			No... I returned to the Home World
			for the ceremony. But these...
			aliens have allowed me to conduct
			other Klingon rituals on the
			Enterprise. They understand that
			it is part of me.

					KAHLESS
			You mentioned a son... where is
			he?

     STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT THREE     35.

37   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			He is visiting my adoptive parents
			on Earth.

					KAHLESS
			Will he understand our ways
			growing up among all these...
			aliens?

					WORF
			I have instructed him in our
			traditions... but Alexander will
			have to find his own path... as I
			did.

	Kahless considers the knife for a moment.

					KAHLESS
			A good knife... well forged. But
			even the best blade will rust and
			grow dull unless it is cared
			for...

	Kahless returns it to Worf who replaces the knife in a
	sheath. Kahless moves about the room, noting the
	various artifacts and Klingon emblems.

					KAHLESS
			I was concerned that living with
			aliens would dull your edge.
				(beat)
			I am pleased to see that I was
			wrong.

	Kahless moves directly to Worf and puts a hand on his
	shoulder.

					KAHLESS
			You have stood alone among these
			aliens... kept our traditions and
			our customs... held on to your
			heritage with no guidance from a
			Klingon mother or father... and
			you were willing to face me in
			single combat knowing that you had
			no chance to win.
				(beat)
			You are Klingon... and I would be
			proud to fight with you at my
			side.

     STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT THREE     36.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

	Kahless' force of personality and magnetism give the
	words a profound impact on Worf. The greatest Klingon
	warrior of them all has just validated his entire life.
	The look on Worf's face is pride mixed with awe for
	Kahless. Off Worf's expression...

                                             CUT TO:

38   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker in command, Data at Ops.

					DATA
				(off console)
			Commander, there is an incoming
			message. Text only.

	Riker moves to Ops.

					DATA
			It is from Gowron. He is aboard
			the Klingon ship Bortas and is
			requesting that we alter course to
			rendezvous with him.

					RIKER
				(reading console)
			The rendezvous coordinates are
			twenty-three light years outside
			the Klingon Border. What's he up
			to?
				(beat, then to Con
				 Officer)
			Prepare to alter course.
				(to com)
			Captain Picard to the Bridge,
			please.

                                             CUT TO:

39   OMITTED

40   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & KLINGON SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise... moves close to a Klingon ATTACK
	CRUISER.

41   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard is standing near the platform as GOWRON and an
	N.D. Klingon Aide MATERIALIZE.

     STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT THREE     37.

41   CONTINUED:

	Gowron is wearing his leader's cloak on his shoulders
	and a scowl on his face. The Aide is carrying some
	kind of ceremonial box. Gowron moves directly to
	Picard, tension and rage in his every move.

					PICARD
			Welcome aboard, Gowron.

					GOWRON
				(short)
			Where is he, Picard?

					PICARD
			I assume you're referring to
			Kahless.

					GOWRON
			I am referring to the filthy
			pahtak who is using his name.

					PICARD
			Well, the... person in question is
			in his quarters at the moment.

	Gowron and the Aide head for the door and Picard
	quickly goes with them as they EXIT.

42   INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	Gowron, the Aide, and Picard ENTER from the Transporter
	Room.

					GOWRON
				(rapid)
			What have you learned about him so
			far? What kind of medical
			analysis have you done? Do you
			have any theories about his true
			origin?

					PICARD
			We haven't done any analyses.

					GOWRON
			What kind of fools do you have
			working for you, Picard? The
			imposter's been aboard for nearly
			a day.

     STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT THREE     38.

42   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			If you wanted to run tests on
			Kahless, you should've sent a
			Klingon vessel for him.

					GOWRON
			And have him begin spreading his
			poisonous lies through a ship of
			loyal Klingons? Never.

					PICARD
			If he's really an imposter you
			shouldn't have anything to worry
			about.

	Gowron stops and turns on Picard.

					GOWRON
			Kahless has been dead for a
			thousand years... but the idea of
			Kahless is still alive. Have you
			ever fought an idea, Picard? It
			has no weapon to destroy, no body
			to kill. The idea of Kahless'
			return must be stopped here. Now.
			Or it will travel through the
			Empire like a wave... and leave
			nothing but destruction behind.

	Off Picard's reaction.

                                             CUT TO:

43   INT. KAHLESS' QUARTERS

	Kahless, Koroth, Torin, and Worf are listening to
	Picard.

					PICARD
			... so Gowron has come aboard in
			order to test your claim.

					KOROTH
				(with contempt)
			Gowron knows his days are nearly
			over... so now he comes crawling
			aboard with some kind of "test."

     STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT THREE     39.

43   CONTINUED:

					TORIN
			We do not have to prove anything
			to Gowron.

					KAHLESS
			What is this... test?

					PICARD
			He has brought a knife with him...
			a knife that was supposed to be
			stained with the blood of Kahless.

					TORIN
				(appalled)
			Gowron has brought the Knife of
			Kirom? No one is permitted to
			remove it from the sacred vault.

					KOROTH
			Gowron does not care about what is
			sacred.

					PICARD
				(to Kahless)
			Gowron wants to run a genetic
			analysis on a sample of the blood
			and on you. It should tell us if
			there is a... biological match.
				(beat)
			If you agree to the test... I will
			make the Enterprise facilities
			available to... ensure that it is
			conducted impartially.

	Kahless seems genuinely unconcerned about all this he
	lets his gaze wander over to Worf, who is struggling
	with his own feelings. He and Worf exchange a long
	look.

					KAHLESS
			Perhaps it is time to settle the
			doubts of those who do not yet
			believe...
				(beat)
			I will allow the test.

	Off their reactions...

                                             CUT TO:

   STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - REV. 03/09/93 - ACT THREE   40.

44   CLOSE ON KNIFE

	It is very old and stained with blood. A HAND enters
	the frame and waves a medical SCANNER over it. MOVE TO
	REVEAL that we're in:

45   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly is scanning the knife with the scanner and
	holding her tricorder in the other hand. Gowron, the
	Aide, Worf, and Picard are watching. She finishes the
	scan.

					BEVERLY
			All right... that should do it.

	Beverly puts the scanner back in the tricorder and
	works it for a moment. The Aide carefully replaces the
	knife in the ceremonial box seen earlier.

					BEVERLY
			Computer, run a genetic comparison
			on this blood sample and the
			tissue belonging to Kahless.

46   INCLUDE WALL MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	As Beverly moves to the large wall monitor and
	activates it. The screen is scrolling two DNA IMAGES
	side by side... scanning them and comparing them.
	Everyone watches the screen anxiously. Finally the
	scan is complete and the image stops scrolling. The
	two DNA patterns are identical.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			The genetic patterns are
			identical.

					GOWRON
				(stunned)
			But how... how can this be?

	Worf stares at the screen for a moment... then an
	expression of pure joy comes across his face.

					WORF
			It is true... Kahless has
			returned.

     STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT THREE     41.

46   CONTINUED:

	Off his expression...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT FOUR      42.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

47   INT. KAHLESS' QUARTERS

	Koroth and Torin are looking over some PADDS at a
	table. The door CHIMES.

					KOROTH
			Enter.

	Worf ENTERS. He seems happy, content, a man who has
	just entered a wonderful and enriching time in his
	life.

					WORF
			Koroth, Torin.
				(looks around)
			I had hoped to speak with
			Kahless...

	Koroth and Torin exchange glances.

					KOROTH
				(apologetic)
			Another time, Worf. There is much
			for Kahless to do before we arrive
			at the Home World... many things
			to consider.

	A little disappointed, Worf begins to move toward the
	door.

					KAHLESS' VOICE
				(o.c.)
			Worf?

   STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - REV. 03/10/93 - ACT FOUR   43.

48   NEW ANGLE

	Revealing that Kahless has just ENTERED from the
	bedroom. He smiles warmly and clasps Worf on the
	shoulder in goodfellowship.

					KAHLESS
			Where are you going?

	Worf glances at Koroth and Torin.

					KOROTH
				(gently)
			Kahless, it might be better if --

					KAHLESS
				(impatient)
			Go away, Koroth. I've listened to
			you and Torin until my ears burn
			with politics. Let me and Worf be
			alone for a while.

	Koroth wants to object, but Kahless' wishes are pretty
	apparent. Koroth and Torin exchange uneasy glances,
	then bow to the inevitable.

					KOROTH
			As you wish.

	Koroth and Torin EXIT. Kahless moves to a pitcher
	sitting on a table and pours a drink for himself and
	Worf.

					KAHLESS
			They are good men. But they
			chatter like tree hens.

	Kahless laughs and Worf laughs with him.

   STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - REV. 03/10/93 - ACT FOUR   44.

48   CONTINUED:

	He hands the goblet to Worf and they each take a
	swallow. Worf screws up his face in distaste.

					WORF
			I am sorry our replicators do not
			do justice to Klingon Warnog...

	Kahless takes another taste... then shakes his head.
	He can't taste the difference.

					KAHLESS
			It has been so long since I have
			tasted any food or drink... there
			are many things I have forgotten.

	Worf is a little disturbed by this... some flaws are
	showing up in his hero. There is a quiet beat.

					WORF
			Kahless, may I ask you about...
			death... and Sto-Vo-Kor? Tell me
			what awaits us beyond this life.

	Kahless moves to the window and looks out into space.
	He says nothing for a long moment. Worf waits with
	anticipation... hoping that the secrets of life and
	death are about to be unveiled to him. Finally Kahless
	turns back to him.

					KAHLESS
			I do not have those answers.

	Worf's disappointment and confusion is obvious.
	Kahless moves to him... for some reason he seems eager
	to explain.

					KAHLESS
			I am merely a... traveller...
			someone who has journeyed back and
			forth between this world and the
			next.
				(beat)
			While I am in this form, I know
			only about this world...

      STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT FOUR      45.

48   CONTINUED: (2)

	Worf nods in understanding.

					KAHLESS
			And there is much work for me to
			do in this world... and you will
			be part of it, Worf.

					WORF
				(surprised)
			Me?

					KAHLESS
				(smiles)
			It was your purity of heart that
			summoned me back from Sto-Vo-Kor...
			and Koroth has told me
			about the respect you have earned
			in the Federation and the Empire.
			I want you to have a place at my
			side as we restore honor to our
			people.

	Worf is overwhelmed by this thought... Kahless moves
	back to the window and looks out into space. He's much
	more confident now.

					KAHLESS
			Let me tell you about the new
			Empire we will forge...

                                             CUT TO:

49   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Worf is standing at the window looking out into space
	in the same position that we just left Kahless. Gowron
	is sitting at the table. Worf's expression is eager
	and optimistic.

					WORF
			... it will be glorious.

	Worf smiles and looks out into space for a beat.
	Gowron is not swayed by anything Worf has told him...
	he scowls at Worf in bitterness.

					GOWRON
			It will be war.

	Worf turns back to him in irritation, but Gowron will
	have no more of this.

      STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT FOUR      46.

49   CONTINUED:

					GOWRON
			You are not a fool, Worf. Do you
			really think that every Klingon in
			the Empire will bend his knee and
			grovel before this man just
			because Koroth says he is Kahless?

					WORF
			He is Kahless. Your own test
			proved it.

					GOWRON
			I will not hand over the Empire to
			Koroth because of one test.

					WORF
			It is not Koroth, it is --

					GOWRON
			Of course it is Koroth. Open your
			eyes... Koroth and the other
			"Guardians" have always opposed
			me. This is nothing more than a
			ploy for them to finally seize
			power.

	Gowron takes a beat... moves to the windows and looks
	outside for a moment.

					GOWRON
			Even now, there are warriors on my
			own ship who want to see
			Kahless... there are others who
			believe he is an imposter... the
			divisions are already forming...

					WORF
			It does not have to be that way...
			we could all join together and
			welcome Kahless as a united
			people.

					GOWRON
			Don't you see? This is exactly
			why they want you to join them...
			because your brother sits on the
			Council and your voice carries
			weight in the Empire. They want
			you to influence others to follow
			them.

      STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT FOUR      47.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

	Gowron considers him for a moment... tries a different
	approach.

					GOWRON
			Worf, we fought together once...
			side by side to keep the Empire
			from being torn apart... will you
			stand by and let these impostors
			destroy all that we fought so hard
			to protect?
				(beat)
			Renounce him, Worf. Stand with me
			and we can hold the Empire
			together.

	Worf looks at him for a moment... then shakes his head
	sadly.

					WORF
			You do not understand. Kahless is
			our future... only with his help
			can we revive the pure warriors
			within ourselves.
				(beat)
			Listen to him, Gowron... open your
			heart and hear his words as I
			have. He will restore your
			faith... as he has restored mine.
			Give him a chance to lift your
			spirit and cleanse your heart
			before you take up arms.

	Gowron appears to be considering Worf's words. Off
	Worf's confident expression...

                                             CUT TO:

50   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & KLINGON SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The two ships hang in space together.

51   INT. CORRIDOR

	Worf and Koroth are walking toward the Holodeck.
	Koroth is disturbed.

					KOROTH
			You should not have arranged this
			without my approval.

        STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - REV. 03/11/93 - ACT FOUR       48.

51   CONTINUED:

	They stop outside the Holodeck doors.

					WORF
			I did. Kahless approved.

	A long beat before Koroth answers in a low, tight
	voice.

					KOROTH
			Yes. Yes, of course he did.

	Worf touches the computer panel and they both EXIT to
	the Holodeck.

52   INT. HOLODECK/TEMPLE - CONTINUOUS

	The Holodeck has recreated the same Temple as seen
	earlier. Koroth and Worf ENTER and find Data and Torin
	waiting for them. Koroth moves to speak privately with
	Torin, while Data approaches Worf.

					DATA
			Lieutenant, would my presence here
			be inappropriate? I would greatly
			appreciate the opportunity to
			study Klingon beliefs in this
			forum, but I do not wish to give
			offense.

					WORF
			Kahless welcomes all who come to
			hear his words. Your presence
			will not give offense.

					DATA
			Thank you.

	They both turn at the SOUND of the Holodeck doors
	OPENING.

        STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - REV. 03/15/93 - ACT FOUR       49.

53   INCLUDE DOORWAY

	Just as Gowron (wearing his cloak), and SEVERAL N.D.
	KLINGONS ENTER from the Corridor. They are escorted by
	THREE N.D. ENTERPRISE SECURITY GUARDS. Gowron and
	Koroth trade spiteful looks.

					GOWRON
			Koroth. I see that not all fools
			die young.

	Suddenly an o.c. Klingon interrupts.

					KLINGON VOICE
			Kahless!

	They all turn and see Kahless ENTER the Temple.
	Gowron's men are shocked and even Gowron can't help but
	show some surprise as Kahless moves confidently into
	the room. Gowron glances from Kahless to the large
	painting on the wall... he can't deny the unmistakable
	resemblance. Worf smiles at their reactions. Kahless
	sits in his chair. Data takes an unobtrusive seat in
	the back.

					KOROTH
			Kahless, may I present Gowron,
			Leader of the High Council.

	Kahless gives him a regal nod.

					KAHLESS
			You may sit.

	Gowron decides to bide his time for the moment. He
	sits on one of the benches and they follow suit.
	Kahless looks at them for a moment... he seems
	completely in charge... when he speaks, he keeps his
	voice quiet and controlled.

          STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT FOUR          50.

53   CONTINUED:

					KAHLESS
			Long ago, a storm was heading for
			the city of Quin'lat. Everyone
			took protection within the walls
			except one man who remained
			outside. I went to him and asked
			what he was doing. "I am not
			afraid," he said. "I will not
			hide my face behind stone and
			mortar. I will stand before the
			wind and make it respect me." I
			honored his choice and went back
			inside. The next day, the storm
			came... and the man was killed...
			The wind does not respect a fool.
				(beat)
			Do not stand before the wind,
			Gowron.

	A murmur goes through the crowd... the other Klingons
	are clearly awestruck by Kahless and the force of his
	personality, but Gowron's attitude only hardens.

					GOWRON
			What was his name?

					KAHLESS
			What?

					GOWRON
			If you were really there, you
			should be able to tell us the name
			of the man outside the walls.

					KOROTH
			What kind of question is that?

					GOWRON
			I did not ask you, Koroth. I
			asked him.
				(to Kahless)
			Describe him to us... what was he
			wearing? How tall was he? What
			color were his eyes?

	Koroth is definitely agitated, but Kahless seems
	unconcerned.

					KAHLESS
			I do not remember. It was long
			ago, and in another lifetime.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT FOUR          51.

53   CONTINUED: (2)

					KAHLESS (Cont'd)
				(stands, strong)
			All that matters is that I have
			returned to restore faith and hope
			to my people... to lead them back
			to the way of honor... to the
			glory that was once theirs and can
			be again. Is that what you
			oppose, Gowron?

	Gowron stands and faces him squarely.

					GOWRON
			I oppose you. I say you are not
			Kahless... and I will not bend my
			knee to you as long as I can draw
			a breath or pick up a blade.

	Gowron drops his cloak, pulls a knife from his belt and
	stands waiting for Kahless. Koroth starts to move
	between them, but Worf stops him.

					WORF
				(to Koroth)
			No. I do not believe Kahless will
			kill him.

	Koroth stops and steps back, but his look of worry is
	directed at Kahless, not Gowron. Kahless calmly pulls
	a knife of his own and the two men square off in the
	center of the room.

	They circle each other warily for a moment, seeking an
	opening. Kahless is confident and calm... Gowron is
	deadly. Gowron takes a swipe at Kahless, who parries
	it. Kahless smiles... he's trying to transcend the
	moment as he did with Worf in Act Two.

					KAHLESS
			A good try, Gowron... but not
			enough.

	Kahless makes an attack of his own, but Gowron easily
	stops it and he fights back viciously. Kahless backs
	up under the assault... then throws off Gowron for a
	moment. Kahless laughs loudly. Gowron looks at him in
	puzzlement.

					KAHLESS
			You have no joy, Gowron. Is your
			heart so filled with distrust and
			suspicion that you have forgotten
			what it is to be truly Klingon.

          STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT FOUR          52.

53   CONTINUED: (3)

	But Gowron's heart cannot be turned as easily as
	Worf's. He suddenly lunges for Kahless, knocking him
	back... a few more blows and Kahless' knife goes flying
	out of his hand. Kahless is knocked down, helpless.

	Gowron moves in for the kill, raising his knife in the
	air and preparing to plunge it into Kahless' chest.
	Suddenly Worf rushes in and grabs his arm, preventing
	him from striking.

	The room is utterly silent... everyone is transfixed by
	the image of Worf saving the mightiest warrior of them
	all from being killed. Gowron smiles and relaxes... he
	pulls the knife away and looks down at the helpless
	Kahless in triumph.

					GOWRON
				(mocking)
			"Kahless... the greatest warrior
			of them all... "

	Off Worf's stunned reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT FIVE          54.

54   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(hard)
			There is no future here... no
			glorious new era for our people.
				(moves to Kahless)
			Gowron was right, you don't know
			the name of the man who faced the
			storm... you don't even know what
			real Warnog tastes like... and you
			certainly are not the greatest
			warrior of all.
				(beat)
			Whoever you are... you're not
			Kahless.

	The words seem to sting Kahless and Koroth moves to get
	Worf out of here.

					KOROTH
			You've said enough, now get out.

	Worf grabs Koroth, slams him against the wall and
	glares into his eyes.

					WORF
				(deadly)
			You are using the name of Kahless
			in some twisted game... for that
			alone you should die... and if you
			do not tell me what you have done,
			I will kill you right here.

	Koroth looks into Worf's eyes, sees that he means it...
	then looks at Torin. Torin drops his eyes and looks
	away. Finally Koroth acquiesces and Worf releases him.

	Koroth takes a couple of steps around the room,
	gathering his thoughts before speaking. This is very
	difficult for him.

					KOROTH
				(to Kahless)
			The problems with your memory...
			are a result of... the way you
			returned.

					KAHLESS
			What do you mean?

					KOROTH
				(beat, glances at Torin)
			We -- the Guardians -- have been
			awaiting your return for
			centuries.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - REV. 03/09/93 - ACT FIVE       55.

54   CONTINUED: (2)

					KOROTH (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			But we did not have the technology
			to bring you back until now. We
			were able to use an organic sample
			of the first Kahless to... give
			you life.

					KAHLESS
			The first Kahless?

	Worf suddenly realizes what happened.

					WORF
				(shocked)
			A clone. He is a clone.

					KAHLESS
			What is a... clone?

					WORF
				(disgusted)
			A being created in a laboratory...
			from genetic material taken from
			another being. You are a copy...
			a fraud.

					KOROTH
				(to Kahless)
			You are not "just" a copy. We
			gave you more than the body of
			Kahless.

					TORIN
			We found a way to imprint specific
			information into your neurosynaptic
			patterns... we gave you
			memories. And not just any
			memories... we gave you the
			experiences of Kahless as written
			in the sacred texts.

	Kahless stands... walks around the room, trying to
	understand what he's hearing...

					KAHLESS
			So I did not do any of the things
			I remember... I was never at the
			city of Quin'lat... I never went
			to the Kri'stat Volcano...
				(beat)
			But what about Worf? I remember
			apparing to him in the caves of
			No'Mat when he was a boy...

          STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT FIVE          56.

54   CONTINUED: (3)

					TORIN
			We gave you that memory as well.
			Worf told me of his vision when he
			first arrived on Boreth.

					KOROTH
			You were not... awakened until the
			moment we transported you into the
			cave... and you appeared to Worf.
			Before that time you were
			unconscious... in a laboratory
			where we accelerated your growth,
			corrected any genetic anomalies
			that occurred, and gave you the
			wisdom and memories that --

					WORF
			They grew you in a test tube...
			like some kind of fungus... then
			programmed you like a machine.

	Kahless reacts, stung by the words.

					KOROTH
				(defensive)
			You are twisting the truth.

	Worf has had enough of this, his anger boils to the
	surface.

					WORF
			You talk to me about the truth?
			You, who have brought this... lie
			to life and then called it
			Kahless?

					KOROTH
			It is not a lie! Genetically, he
			is Kahless. And he is needed by
			our people. You know better than
			anyone the corruption and dishonor
			that is destroying the Empire.
			They need him.

					WORF
			They do not need a false god.

					KOROTH
			How do you know that this is not
			the way the prophesy was to be
			fulfilled? Who is to say that
			what we did is wrong?

          STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT FIVE         56A.

54   CONTINUED: (4)

					WORF
			I am. And I will not let this...
			fraud continue.

	Worf moves toward the door, but Koroth quickly stands
	in his way.

        STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - REV. 03/11/93 - ACT FIVE       57.

54   CONTINUED: (5)

					KOROTH
			Worf, you cannot tell Gowron about
			this.

	But Worf is not in the mood to be stopped so easily.
	He glares hotly into his face.

					WORF
				(low, deadly)
			Do not give me orders, Koroth.

	But Koroth doesn't back off.

					KOROTH
			All right. I won't tell you what
			to do. But consider this: Do you
			want Gowron's corruption to infect
			every corner of the Empire? Do
			you want our people to continue
			sacrificing their honor until they
			are no different from Romulans?
				(beat)
			If you tell Gowron what we have
			told you, it will destroy --
				(nods at Kahless)
			-- him... and with him the last
			chance to restore hope to our
			people. It's your choice.

	Worf steps back, looks one last time at Kahless, then
	EXITS.

                                             CUT TO:

55   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & KLINGON SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The two ships as seen before.

56   OMITTED

        STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - REV. 03/15/93 - ACT FIVE       58.

57   INT. HOLODECK/TEMPLE

	The Temple as seen before. Worf ENTERS and sees TWO
	N.D. KLINGONS sitting cross-legged on the floor in
	front of the Kahless painting with a couple of lighted
	candles and Klingons artifacts in front of them. Worf
	is surprised to see them here... he begins to move
	closer to them, but before getting there, he hears
	Data's voice.

					DATA'S VOICE
				(o.c.)
			They have been here for three
			hours seventeen minutes.

58   NEW ANGLE

	Including Data, who is sitting on one of the back
	benches, observing.

					DATA
			They refused to transport back to
			the ship with the rest of Gowron's
			men. They insisted on waiting
			here until they see Kahless again.
			Their faith appears to be
			unaffected by his inability to
			defeat Gowron. They still
			believe.

	Worf looks at them with pity.

					WORF
			Then they are fools.

					DATA
			Does that mean you no longer
			believe this is the real Kahless?

          STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT FIVE          59.

58   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(difficult)
			Yes.

	Data considers.

					DATA
			I am curious. Do you still
			believe that the real Kahless will
			return someday? Or has this
			experience only deepened the
			spiritual crisis which originally
			sent you to Boreth?

					WORF
			I... do not know.

					DATA
			I understand your dilemma. I once
			had what could be considered a
			crisis of the spirit.

					WORF
				(shocked)
			You?

					DATA
			Yes. The Starfleet officers who
			first activated me on Omicron
			Theta told me that I was an
			android -- nothing more than a
			very sophisticated machine in
			human form.
				(beat)
			However I realized that if I were
			simply a machine, then I could
			never be anything else -- I could
			not grow beyond my programming.
			I found that difficult to accept.
				(beat)
			I chose to believe that I was a
			person, that I had the potential
			to become more than a collection
			of circuits and subprocessors.
				(beat)
			It is a belief that I still hold.

          STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT FIVE          60.

58   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			How did you come to your decision?

					DATA
			I believe I made a... "leap of
			faith."

	Worf looks over at the Klingons sitting on the floor.
	As he considers Data's words...

                                             CUT TO:

59   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Gowron and Koroth are both trying to browbeat Picard
	into agreeing to their requests while Kahless sits at
	the table in silence... a man watching others argue
	over his fate. TWO N.D. SECURITY GUARDS stand watch
	in the b.g.

					GOWRON
				(re: Kahless)
			I will not allow the Enterprise to
			enter Klingon space with him on
			board.

					KOROTH
				(to Picard)
			The Klingon High Council asked you
			to bring Kahless to the Home
			World. Only they can withdraw the
			request. The Enterprise must
			continue on its mission.

					GOWRON
			There is no mission, Koroth...
			your plan has failed.

					KOROTH
			I will enjoy watching the life
			bleed from your veins.

					PICARD
			Gentlemen, please. Let us stick
			to the issue at--

	Worf ENTERS the room. He moves to Kahless and the two
	men share a silent look for a moment.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf?

          STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT FIVE          61.

59   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Captain, will you excuse us for a
			moment?

	Beat.

					PICARD
			Of course.

	Picard stands and indicates for the Guards to follow
	him. They all EXIT. Once they're gone, everyone looks
	to Worf to see what he will do. After a beat, Worf
	moves to Gowron.

					WORF
			The man that appeared to me on
			Boreth is not the real Kahless.
			He is a clone.

					GOWRON
			A clone!

					WORF
			Yes.

	Koroth looks bitter and disappointed. Gowron looks at
	him in triumph.

					GOWRON
				(to Koroth)
			Did you really think you would get
			away with this kind of fraud? I
			will have you and this abomination
			put to death with --

					WORF
				(hard)
			It does not matter, Gowron. You
			will still not be able to stand
			against him.

					GOWRON
			What? He's not real. You just
			said so.

          STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT FIVE          62.

59   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			I said he was not the real
			Kahless... but in the minds of
			our people he can be just as
			powerful as Kahless.
				(beat)
			Even now, two members of your own
			crew are sitting on our
			Holodeck... waiting for him to
			return.

					GOWRON
			I do not care what they think.

					WORF
			They are not alone... like many of
			our people, they need something to
			believe in... just as I did...
			something larger than
			themselves... something that will
			give their lives meaning. They
			need Kahless.

					GOWRON
			But when they find out the
			truth... ?

					WORF
			It will not matter. Despite the
			facts, they will still believe...
			They will... make a leap of
			faith... and there will be others
			just like them... not everyone...
			but enough to plunge the Empire
			into civil war if you oppose them.

					GOWRON
			What are you saying? That I
			should just... hand over the
			Empire?

					WORF
			No... that would be unwise as
			well.

					KOROTH
			Then what are you proposing, Worf?

	Worf moves to Kahless and looks at him.

          STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT FIVE          63.

59   CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF
			You were right about one thing,
			Koroth... our people are becoming
			corrupt and decadent... they need
			moral leadership. Kahless can be
			that leader... as Emperor.

					GOWRON
				(outraged)
			There hasn't been an Emperor in
			three centuries!

					WORF
			The political power would remain
			with the High Council. Kahless
			would be... a figurehead. But he
			would have the ability to rally
			the people... to lead by
			example... and guide them in
			spiritual matters.

					KOROTH
			The title is meaningless without
			the power to back it up.

	Worf ignores him and addresses Kahless directly.

					WORF
			Real power is in the heart. You
			would have the power to mold the
			Klingon heart... you could return
			them to honorable ways...
			according to the original
			teachings of Kahless, which are
			within you... it would be a great
			challenge, if you have the courage
			to accept it.

					GOWRON
			And what will we tell the people
			about their new Emperor? That he
			appeared in a cave or a
			laboratory?

					WORF
			We will tell them the truth... all
			of the truth. But we will also
			tell them that even if he is not
			the real Kahless... he is the
			rightful heir to Kahless.

					GOWRON
			And if I refuse to go along with
			this?

          STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT FIVE          64.

59   CONTINUED: (4)

					WORF
			Then my brother and all who
			support him on the Council will
			fight you... and I will fight
			you... and the Empire will fall
			back into civil war.

	Gowron considers that for a moment... finally turns to
	Koroth.

					GOWRON
			What do you say to this, Koroth?

	Koroth thinks for a moment... then turns to Kahless

					KOROTH
			What I say is unimportant. What
			do you say?

	Kahless and Worf exchange a long look... then Kahless
	finds some strength deep down within himself and he
	rises up out of the chair, regal and proud.

					KAHLESS
			It is acceptable.

	Koroth drops to one knee. Worf looks at Gowron, then
	Worf goes down on one knee.

					KAHLESS
			Join with me, Gowron. Let us
			usher in this new era together.

	Gowron takes a beat, looks at Kahless, then finally
	bends his knee as well.

					GOWRON
				(softly)
			Vorcha-doh-baghK... Kahless.

	Off the look on Kahless' face.

                                             CUT TO:

60   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Worf is saying good-bye to Kahless.

					KAHLESS
			Farewell, Worf.

					WORF
			Good-bye.

        STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - REV. 03/09/93 - ACT FIVE       65.

60   CONTINUED:

	There is a trace of sadness in Worf's voice and a
	dispirited look on his face which Kahless picks up on.

					KAHLESS
			What's wrong? You should be proud
			of what you have accomplished.

	Worf shakes his head.

					WORF
			I went to Boreth to find my
			faith... and for a time I thought
			I did... but now, my heart is
			empty again. I do not know what
			to believe...

					KAHLESS
			You doubt the real Kahless will
			return one day... you doubt that
			he is still waiting for you in Sto-Vo-Kor?

	Worf nods. Kahless takes a beat and then reaches deep
	down inside... and when he speaks it is the first
	inkling of what this man can one day become for his
	people... a true leader.

					KAHLESS
			Kahless left us -- all of us -- a
			powerful legacy... a way of
			thinking and acting that makes us
			Klingon. If his words hold wisdom
			and his philosophy is honorable...
			then does it really matter if he
			returns? What is important is
			whether we follow his teachings...
			perhaps the words are more
			important than the man.

	Worf considers this for a moment.

					KAHLESS
			Q'apla, son of Mogh.

					WORF
			Q'apla... Kahless.

	Kahless steps up on the stage and then DEMATERIALIZES.
	Off Worf's thoughtful expression...

                                             CUT TO:

          STAR TREK: "Rightful Heir" - 03/08/93 - ACT FIVE          66.

61   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & KLINGON SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The Klingon ship peels off from the Enterprise and
	leaves.

62
thru	OMITTED
63

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             


















                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                       "Second Chances" 
                          #40276-250 
                              
                            Story by
                         Mike Medlock 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Rene Echevarria 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         LeVar Burton 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1993 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                        MARCH 17, 1993

         STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 3/17/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Second Chances" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                       PICARD      PALMER
                       RIKER       
                       (LIEUTENANT RIKER)
                       DATA        
                       BEVERLY     
                       TROI        
                       WORF        
                       GEORDI 
     
                       Non-Speaking
                         N.D SUPERNUMERARIES
                         N.D. WAITERS
                         TWO N.D. TECHNICIANS
                         TWO SECURITY GUARDS

         STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 3/17/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Second Chances" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              TEN FORWARD
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              ENGINEERING
              CORRIDOR
              READY ROOM
              SHIP'S GYMNASIUM
              SICKBAY
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
              TROI'S QUARTERS
          
              LT. RIKER'S QUARTERS
          
              RESEARCH STATION
              CAVERN

    STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Second Chances" 
                         
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 NERVALA         ner-VAHL-uh
                 IMZADI          im-ZAHD-ee
                 JANARAN         jn-AIR-'n
                 TAI-CHI-CHUAN   tie-chee-chwahn
                 KOH-MAN-ARA     koh-mahn-ARE-uh

    STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/18/93 - TEASER    1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                       "Second Chances"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it orbits a planet whose atmosphere shimmers with a
	strange luminescence.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46915.2.
			The Enterprise is orbiting Nervala
			Four, waiting for an opportunity
			to retrieve scientific data left
			there by Starfleet researchers
			when they were forced to evacuate
			eight years ago.

2    INT. TEN FORWARD

	It is Jazz Night. RIKER is in civilian clothes playing
	the trombone in a quartet. N.D. Supernumeraries sit at
	tables listening and talking quietly among themselves.
	It is a casual setting, with N.D. Waiters moving around
	as the music plays.

	TROI and BEVERLY are sitting together, enjoying the
	music. Riker's quartet finishes a number and they join
	in the applause. Riker bows, gestures to include his
	fellow Band Members.

					RIKER
			Thank you... thank you very much.

	As the applause dies down.

					RIKER
			Any requests tonight?

	When no one else says anything, Troi gets a mischievous
	look and calls out.

					TROI
			Night Bird.

	Riker pretends he didn't hear her, looks out at the
	crowd.

    STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/19/93 - TEASER    2.

2    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Anyone?

					TROI
				(louder)
			Night Bird!

	A few off-screen VOICES murmur their approval -- Riker
	can't ignore her this time and shoots her a "why are
	you doing this to me?" look. Troi just smiles back at
	him as innocently as she can. Riker decides to take
	the challenge.

					RIKER
			Ladies and Gentlemen... Night
			Bird.

	With a look at his fellow musicians, he taps out a
	count and launches into the piece. After a moment.

					BEVERLY
			What was that all about?

					TROI
				(mischievous smile)
			Wil's been trying to get this
			piece right for ten years now.
			He's never made it through the
			solo.

	Beverly looks at her, amazed to see her friend in so
	mischievous a mood.

					BEVERLY
			Remember that dance recital I told
			you I was doing?

					TROI
				(nods)
			Next week.

					BEVERLY
			You're dis-invited.

	Beverly holds a straight face for a beat before
	smiling. Troi reacts to the music.

       STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - TEASER       3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Here it comes.

	They both turn to look at Riker. One of the other
	players is doing a solo and Riker is readying himself
	to dive in for his solo. He casts a defiant glance
	over at Troi, then brings his horn to his lips.
	Suddenly...

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Data to Commander Riker.

	Riker stops and with a nod to the others -- who
	improvise and keep playing -- moves away to take the
	com.

					RIKER
				(hits combadge)
			Riker, here.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Commander, you are needed on the
			Bridge.

					RIKER
			On my way.

	As he passes Troi and Beverly.

					RIKER
			Saved by the bell...

	They smile and he moves off.

3    INT. BRIDGE

	It is the night shift; DATA and various N.D.'s. Riker
	ENTERS from the Turbolift and moves to aft-science
	where Data is working.

					RIKER
			You wanted to see me, Data?

					DATA
			Yes, sir. It appears that we will
			be able to transport to the
			surface sooner than we
			anticipated.

       STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - TEASER       4.

3    CONTINUED:

	Riker glances at the monitor, where an OKUDAGRAM shows
	a cross-section of the planet and its atmosphere.

					RIKER
			Is the planet's distortion field
			de-phasing sooner than you
			predicted?

					DATA
			No, sir. But using the Potemkin's
			transport logs from the original
			evacuation, Commander La Forge and
			I were able to modify the
			Transporters.

					RIKER
				(catching on)
			So we can beam through higher
			distortion levels.

					DATA
				(nods)
			The Transporters are now
			considerably more efficient than
			those used on the Potemkin eight
			years ago.

					RIKER
			Glad to hear it. I almost didn't
			make it off the surface that day.
				(beat)
			When can we get started?

					DATA
			Ninety-seven minutes.

					RIKER
			How long will the transport window
			last?

					DATA
			Twenty-six minutes. After that,
			the distortion field will re-phase.

					RIKER
			That doesn't give us much time to
			retrieve the database.

					DATA
			The planet's proximity to its sun
			will create two additional
			transport windows in the next
			three days.

					RIKER
			Let's hope that's enough.

    STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/18/93 - TEASER    5.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			It will have to be. The next
			transport window will not occur
			for another eight years, when the
			planet's orbit brings it close
			enough to the sun to de-phase the
			distortion field.

					RIKER
			Notify the Away Team we're going
			in ahead of schedule; I'll tell
			the Captain.

	Data nods and Riker heads for the Turbolift.

4    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it orbits the planet.

5    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	GEORDI is doing a last minute check on the Transporter
	system. A transport technician, ENSIGN PALMER is at
	one of the side panels adjacent to the Transporter
	chamber, assisting him. Riker, Data, and WORF ENTER
	with an N.D. technician.

					RIKER
				(to Geordi)
			How long until the transport
			window opens?

       STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - TEASER       6.

5    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Fourteen seconds.

					RIKER
				(to others)
			Let's get in position.

	Riker leads them up to the Transporter pad.

					GEORDI
			Whenever you're ready, Commander.

					RIKER
			Energize.

6    INT. RESEARCH STATION (OPTICAL)

	as the away team MATERIALIZES on the station's
	transporter pad (the pad is not operational -- it is
	merely a convenient place to beam in).

	The station is standard Starfleet issue, with the
	familiar console designs. It is dark, the only light
	coming from the few consoles that are running. Even
	with the low light, we can see that everything is neat
	and orderly. Riker looks around in surprise.

					RIKER
			This isn't how I remember it; the
			place was a mess when we left.

					DATA
			Commander...

	Riker turns and Data gestures toward the ceiling. A
	hole in the station's roof has been repaired with
	pieces of scrap metal, welded into place.

					RIKER
			Someone's been here...

	Worf reaches for his phaser, Data for his tricorder.

					WORF
			A vessel could have gotten caught
			in the distortion field and
			crashed. The survivors may have
			taken shelter here.

	Data is scanning with his tricorder.

					DATA
			Commander, someone is
			approaching... a humanoid. Forty
			meters due east and closing.

       STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - TEASER       7.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker draws his phaser and gestures that they take
	position behind various consoles. The suspense builds
	as the unknown person approaches; we hear the SOUND of
	footsteps outside the door.

	Suddenly the door swings open and a human figure is
	silhouetted there, though the light from outside
	prevents us from seeing their face.

	The figure steps inside and shuts the door, giving us
	our first look at his face.

	He could be Wil Riker's twin. Shocked, Riker steps out
	from where he is...

6A   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Both Rikers in frame. The two men look at each other
	in amazement. Off this moment we...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

    STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/18/93 - ACT ONE    8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

           (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)            

7    INT. RESEARCH STATION - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	The second Riker looks very much like Commander Riker
	except his beard is a little fuller, his hair a little
	wilder, and his face a little more weathered. He wears
	simple civilian clothes that are slightly soiled here
	and there, as if he's been working in them.

	The other Riker looks warily from Data to Worf to
	Riker.

					RIKER
			Who are you?

					LT. RIKER
			Who are you?

					RIKER
			Commander William Riker of the
			Federation Starship Enterprise.

	The other Riker reacts.

					LT. RIKER
			That's not possible. I'm Wil
			Riker.

	Riker glances at Data and Worf. Data steps forward.

      STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT ONE      9.

7    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			May I ask how you got here?

	Lieutenant Riker eyes this strange but seemingly
	sincere man.

					LT. RIKER
			Eight years ago, I led a team to
			evacuate this station.

	Riker reacts.

					RIKER
			What ship were you on?

					LT. RIKER
			The Potemkin.

	Riker looks at Data -- how does this man know these
	things?

					DATA
			Why did you not return to the
			Potemkin with the others?

					LT. RIKER
			I was the last one out. The
			distortion field must have
			interfered with the transport;
			they lost their signal lock on me.
			When I tried to contact the ship,
			I couldn't get through the
			interference.

	Lieutenant Riker sees the looks on their faces.

					LT. RIKER
			Check with Starfleet; I'm sure
			they recorded me lost that day.

					RIKER
			That's not what happened. I was
			the last one out... but I made it
			back to the Potemkin.

      STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT ONE      9A.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

	Lieutenant Riker reacts to this claim. Their stories
	are clearly incompatible. Data regards them both
	thoughtfully.

					LT. RIKER
			You don't believe me.

					RIKER
			It's not that we don't believe
			you; it's just hard to see how
			both our stories could be true.
				(beat)
			Would you be willing to let our
			Doctor check you out?

      STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT ONE      10.

7    CONTINUED: (3)

					LT. RIKER
			Of course.

					RIKER
			Lieutenant Worf, take him to
			Sickbay. Notify the Captain as
			soon as you're aboard.

	Lieutenant Riker watches the Klingon as he steps toward
	him. He is clearly surprised to see him in a Starfleet
	uniform. Things have really changed.

					WORF
				(activates combadge)
			Worf to Enterprise. Two to beam
			up.

8    ON RIKER

	as we hear the SOUND of DEMATERIALIZATION. He doesn't
	know what to make of all this. When his double is
	gone, he casts a glance at Data.

					RIKER
			Let's get to work.

9    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it orbits the planet.

10   INT. SICKBAY

	where Beverly is checking out Lieutenant Riker. TWO
	SECURITY GUARDS hang back by the door. He is sitting
	on the table, watching her as she works. As she raises
	her scanner upwards their eyes meet for a moment. This
	is very strange for her -- in a way she feels that she
	knows this man, but of course she doesn't.

   STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/18/93 - ACT ONE   11.

10   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Looks like you fractured your arm
			a few years ago.

					LT. RIKER
			I was underneath the station
			making repairs when an earthquake
			hit -- I got caught in a
			rockslide. I had to set it
			myself.

	Beverly nods, realizing how painful this must have
	been. PICARD ENTERS from the corridor. He stops when
	he sees Lieutenant Riker. Although Worf has filled him
	in, nothing could have prepared him for this very
	strange encounter.

					PICARD
			Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

					LT. RIKER
			Lieutenant Wil Riker, sir.

	Picard chooses his words carefully.

					PICARD
			If you are Wil Riker, if there are
			two of you... then something
			extraordinary has occurred. I
			hope you understand our need to
			verify your claim.

					LT. RIKER
			Yes, sir.

	Picard turns to Beverly for a report.

					BEVERLY
			Genetically, he's
			indistinguishable from Commander
			Riker.

	Picard considers for a beat before asking what seems an
	almost impolite question.

					PICARD
			Could some sort of cloning be
			involved?

					BEVERLY
			I don't think so, there's no
			genetic drift.

					PICARD
			But that isn't conclusive.

   STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/18/93 - ACT ONE   12.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			That's why I compared their brain
			scans. Brain organization
			patterns are as unique as...
			fingerprints. Except for some
			minor differences, theirs are
			identical.

					PICARD
			Can't brain patterns be cloned?

					BEVERLY
			No. They're determined by
			experience, mostly in early
			childhood.

	Picard takes this in.

					PICARD
			How could two men have shared the
			same childhood experiences? It
			doesn't make any sense.

	Lieutenant Riker has been listening quietly, and now
	speaks to Picard with urgency.

					LT. RIKER
			Sir, I am Wil Riker. I don't know
			who or what made it back to the
			Potemkin that day, but it wasn't
			me.

					PICARD
				(stopping him)
			Lieutenant -- my Chief Engineer is
			checking over the transport logs
			from the Potemkin. They may shed
			some light on what happened.

	Lieutenant Riker backs off.

					LT. RIKER
			Yes, sir.

	Picard tries to be reassuring.

					PICARD
			Don't worry, we'll get to the
			bottom of this.

	Lieutenant Riker nods, relieved that at least now his
	story is being taken seriously.

      STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT ONE      13.

10   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			In the meantime you'll be taken to
			quarters. Make yourself
			comfortable.

					LT. RIKER
			I will, sir. The replicators on
			the station stopped working a long
			time ago. It's been a while since
			I had a decent meal.

	He flashes a grin so like Commander Riker's that our
	people are struck by it. He hops off the bed and nods
	to Beverly.

					LT. RIKER
			Doctor...

	The Security officers and Lieutenant Riker EXIT.
	Picard and Beverly exchange a look. This is all very
	strange to them.

11   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Geordi is reporting his findings to Picard, Commander
	Riker, Data, Beverly and Troi.

					GEORDI
				(to Riker)
			... apparently there was a massive
			energy surge in the distortion
			field around the planet just at
			the moment you tried to beam out.
			The Transporter Chief tried to
			compensate by initiating a second
			containment beam.

					DATA
			An interesting approach. He must
			have been planning to reintegrate
			the two patterns in the transport
			buffer.

					GEORDI
			Turns out he didn't have to.
			Commander Riker's pattern
			maintained its integrity with just
			the one containment beam -- he
			made it back to the ship just
			fine.

   STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/18/93 - ACT ONE   13A.

11   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			What happened to the second beam?

					GEORDI
			The Transporter Chief shut it
			down, but somehow... it was
			reflected back to the surface.

					PICARD
			And another Wil Riker materialized
			there.

					RIKER
			How could the second pattern have
			maintained its integrity?

	Geordi's tone indicates he's making his best guess.

					GEORDI
			The containment beam must have had
			the exact same phase differential
			as the distortion field.

   STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/19/93 - ACT ONE   14.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker has to know.

					RIKER
			Which one of us is... real?

	The answer is clearly important to him.

					GEORDI
			Both. You were both re-materialized
			from a complete
			pattern.

	Riker struggles to assimilate this information.

					BEVERLY
				(to Riker)
			Up to that moment, you were the
			same person.

					PICARD
			But over the last eight years, you
			and...

	Picard searches for a way to differentiate them.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			-- Lieutenant Riker have lived
			very different lives. You're
			different people now.

	He addresses the others.

					PICARD
			For us, it's a little like meeting
			a close friend's twin. You can't
			help feeling that you know them...
			but of course you don't.

	Picard ponders the strangeness of it.

      STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT ONE      15.

11   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			No matter how strange it may seem
			to us... there are now two Wil
			Rikers aboard this vessel.
			Getting used to the idea may take
			a while... especially for you,
			Wil.

	Riker nods an acknowledgement.

					RIKER
			I'll be all right, sir.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Riker will be here for
			a few days at least. We should do
			everything we can to make him feel
			comfortable and welcome.

	There is a consensus about this in the room.

					RIKER
			That still leaves us with the
			problem of how to retrieve the
			database. The station's computer
			is only partially operational.

					DATA
			Many of its components have been
			removed. Apparently Lieutenant
			Riker used them to keep the
			station's radiation shield
			operational.

					PICARD
			Can we repair it, at least enough
			to access the database?

					RIKER
			Without knowing what he did, it'll
			be tough.

					BEVERLY
			Maybe he could help?

	Picard considers.

					PICARD
			He was alone down there a long
			time. I'm hesitant to send him
			back until he's been evaluated.

					TROI
			I'll talk to him.

   STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/19/93 - ACT ONE   16.

11   CONTINUED: (4)

	Riker glances up when she says this.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Counselor.

	Picard stands and the meeting breaks up.

12   INT. LIEUTENANT RIKER'S QUARTERS

	Lieutenant Riker is cleaned up, now wearing a gold
	Lieutenant's Uniform. He is sitting at a table,
	looking at the screen of a desktop terminal. A now
	empty dinner plate is pushed off to the side. He takes
	a sip from his beverage as he studies the screen.

13   ANOTHER ANGLE

	that includes the screen. We see that he is looking
	over Commander Riker's service record, finding out what
	his double has been up to these past eight years.

	The door CHIMES. Lieutenant Riker stands and moves
	toward it.

					LT. RIKER
			Come in.

	The door OPENS to reveal Troi standing there.

	Lieutenant Riker just stares at her for a moment. He
	can't believe it's really her.

					TROI
			Hello, Wil.

	Without hesitation, he moves toward her.

					LT. RIKER
			Imzadi...

	Before she can react, he takes her in his arms and
	kisses her... with all the pent-up emotion of a man
	who has been separated too long from the woman he
	loves...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

   STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/19/93 - ACT TWO   17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

14   INT. LIEUTENANT RIKER'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	as Troi pulls back from him.

					TROI
			Wil...

	He looks at her, his face full of emotion.

					LT. RIKER
			I thought I'd never see you
			again...

	She gently pulls back from his embrace.

					TROI
			We need to talk.

	Though her tone is gentle, he realizes something's
	wrong. Suddenly he remembers the situation and it's
	like the wind has been knocked out of him.

					LT. RIKER
			You're here... on this ship...
			because of him.

	He is clearly devastated by the prospect.

					TROI
			No.

	He looks up sharply, needing to know everything.

					TROI
			Commander Riker and I are friends,
			close friends; nothing more.

	He looks at her, no other words could make him happier.
	He moves to take her in his arms again but she stops
	him.

					TROI
			Wil -- why don't we sit down?

	He realizes there's more to this. He gestures to the
	couch and chair and they move toward it and sit.

					TROI
			Do you remember the last time we
			saw each other?

   STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/19/93 - ACT TWO   18.

14   CONTINUED:

					LT. RIKER
			Like yesterday. We spent the day
			at the Janaran falls, on Betazed.

					TROI
			It was the day before you started
			your tour on the Potemkin.

					LT. RIKER
				(smiles)
			We were going to meet six weeks
			later, on Risa.

					TROI
			We never did.

					LT. RIKER
				(laughs)
			I know.

					TROI
			What I mean is... Commander Riker
			and I never did.

	He looks at her, beginning to understand what she's
	getting at.

					TROI
			You see... he earned a promotion
			very quickly.

					LT. RIKER
			I know.
				(with irony)
			For exceptional valor during the
			evacuation of the research station
			on Nervala Four.
				(off her reaction)
			I looked over his service record.

	Troi acknowledges.

					TROI
			He chose to make his career a
			priority. There wasn't time for
			much of anything else.

	Though her tone is even, in truth, these aren't easy
	memories for her.

      STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT TWO      19.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			We kept in touch... but we didn't
			see each other again until we were
			both posted to the Enterprise two
			years later.

	Lieutenant Riker is surprised to hear this.

					TROI
			By then, our feelings for each
			other had changed. We've served
			together for six years now...
			things never went back to the way
			they used to be.

	Lieutenant Riker takes this in. After a moment.

					LT. RIKER
			I had a lot of time on my hands
			down there. There were days I
			felt so alone I thought I might
			lose my mind.

   STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/19/93 - ACT TWO   20.

14   CONTINUED: (3)

	He looks at her.

					LT. RIKER
				(continuing)
			Do you know what got me through?
				(beat)
			Thinking that if I could hang on,
			one more day, maybe I'd be
			rescued... and I'd see you again.

	The depth of his emotion is almost overwhelming to her.

					LT. RIKER
			Well... I guess things don't
			always turn out quite the way you
			expect them to.

	His disappointment is obvious.

					TROI
			I know this isn't what you were
			hoping for, but that doesn't mean
			you can't make a future for
			yourself.

					LT. RIKER
			For now, I think I'll just take
			things one day at a time.

					TROI
			Captain Picard wanted me to find
			out if you'd be willing to help us
			retrieve the station's database.

					LT. RIKER
			I reconfigured that computer
			system so many times they probably
			can't make heads or tails of it.
			I'd be happy to help.

					TROI
			Do you feel up to it?

					LT. RIKER
			Absolutely.

					TROI
			I'll tell the Captain.

	She smiles and stands.

					TROI
			Well... I have to go.

      STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT TWO      21.

14   CONTINUED: (4)

	He's disappointed she's leaving, nods an
	acknowledgement. She moves toward the door -- it looks
	like he's going to let her leave without another word
	when suddenly he stands and moves toward her.

					LT. RIKER
			Deanna... I know it's been a long
			time since we were together; I
			know your feelings have changed.
			But...

	He almost doesn't continue, the emotions are too raw.
	But he decides to lay it on the line.

					LT. RIKER
			Mine haven't. I can't just give
			up and accept that it's over... I
			want to be with you again.

	His feelings are so overwhelming that she doesn't know
	how to respond.

					TROI
				(gently)
			Good night, Wil...

	Their eyes meet for a moment... then she turns and
	EXITS. Off his face as she leaves...

15   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it orbits the planet.

16   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Data, Worf and an N.D. technician are getting
	ready to go, doing a final check on the equipment
	they're bringing down in carrying cases. Geordi is at
	working at one of the side panels adjacent to the
	Transporter chamber; Ensign Palmer is at the main
	console.

      STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT TWO      22.

16   CONTINUED:

					PALMER
				(off console)
			Phase distortion is dropping --
			the second transport window will
			open in forty-two seconds.

	Riker and Worf exchange a look -- Lieutenant Riker is
	supposed to be here.

					RIKER
			How long will we have?

					PALMER
			Thirty-six minutes, sir.

					WORF
			We are losing time. Lieutenant
			Riker should be here.

	Riker knows he's right, reaches to activate a control
	on the Transporter console.

					RIKER
			Computer, where is Lieutenant --

	The door OPENS and Lieutenant Riker hurries in.

					RIKER
			Cancel inquiry.

	Lieutenant Riker clearly knows he's late.

					WORF
			You were supposed to report here
			at eight hundred hours.

					LT. RIKER
			I'm sorry, I was --

	But Riker interrupts:

					RIKER
				(lightly)
			I guess it's been a while since
			you had to punch a clock.

	Lieutenant Riker is surprised by Riker's relatively
	easy going attitude.

					RIKER
				(to others)
			Let's go.

   STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/18/93 - ACT ONE   23.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker moves to the Transporter pad and everyone else
	follows. Geordi joins Palmer at the main console.
	When the Away Team is in position:

					RIKER
			Energize.

17   INT. RESEARCH STATION (OPTICAL)

	as the Away Team MATERIALIZES. Most of the station's
	consoles are still down, but the lights are now on.
	The N.D. technician sets about her task. Lieutenant
	Riker moves toward the lit center console.

					LT. RIKER
			I shut down most of the consoles
			to save power. I re-routed just
			about everything through here.

	He gets to work.

18   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Riker, Worf and Data.

					RIKER
			Check out the primary EPS
			coupling, see if you can get some
			power to the rest of these
			consoles.

	Data and Worf EXIT to another part of the station.
	Riker crosses to a lit wall console and begins to work.
	This is the first time the two men have been alone
	since they first met, but the awkwardness of it is
	somewhat mitigated by the fact that they have a job to
	do.

					LT. RIKER
				(as he works)
			I shunted the database to the main
			core underneath the station.

					RIKER
			Can we access it from here?

   STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/18/93 - ACT TWO   24.

18   CONTINUED:

					LT. RIKER
			There's been a lot of seismic
			activity over the years; if the
			servo-links were damaged, we may
			not be able to.

	Lieutenant Riker crouches down and opens a panel
	underneath the console.

					LT. RIKER
			I'll try to tap into the command
			pathways. See if you can disable
			the file server.

	They both set to work, getting various tools from the
	cases they each brought down. After a few moments,
	Riker casts a glance over at Lieutenant Riker, as if to
	say something. Lieutenant Riker is on his back
	underneath the console, his face hidden from view.
	Riker considers for a beat before going ahead.

					RIKER
			I was thinking... we should
			probably let Dad know what's
			happened.

					LT. RIKER
				(wry)
			I'm sure he'll be thrilled to hear
			there are two of us now.

	Riker hears the same ambivalence he felt about his
	father just a few years ago.

					RIKER
			I don't know. He and I patched up
			a few things.

19   ANGLE - LIEUTENANT RIKER

	as he reacts to this news.

					LT. RIKER
			I've gotten by without talking to
			him for a long time. I'm not
			about to start now.

	Riker backs off from the subject. They work in silence
	for a moment.

					LT. RIKER
			What made you contact him?

   STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/19/93 - ACT TWO   25.

19   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I didn't. He came to the
			Enterprise to brief me when I was
			offered the Aries.

	Beat.

					LT. RIKER
			What did he say when you turned
			down the chance to command your
			own ship?

19A  ANGLE - RIKER (OPTICAL)

	There's a tone in Lieutenant Riker's voice that Riker
	isn't sure he likes.

					RIKER
			He couldn't understand why I did
			it.

					LT. RIKER
			For once he and I agree on
			something.

	Riker reacts to this, but before he can reply Data and
	Worf ENTER from the other room.

					WORF
			The primary EPS coupling is fused.
			It will have to be replaced.

					LT. RIKER
				(standing)
			I've accessed the command
			pathways.

					RIKER
			Let's see if that does the trick.

	Lieutenant Riker works his console. Data moves to his
	side. Lieutenant Riker reacts to something on the
	monitor.

					LT. RIKER
			It's not working. The servo-link
			must be damaged. We're going to
			have to go under the station and
			access the core directly.

					DATA
			We have less than three minutes
			left.

   STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/18/93 - ACT TWO   26.

19A  CONTINUED:

					LT. RIKER
			Leave me here. If I start now,
			I'll be finished by the time the
			third window opens.

					RIKER
			It's too dangerous. Our scans
			show the caverns are unstable.

					LT. RIKER
			I've been down there dozens of
			times; I know my way around.

					RIKER
			We'll come back during the third
			window with a new EPS coupling and
			try to access the core from
			another console up here.

     STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT TWO     26A.

19A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(hits combadge)
			Riker to Enterprise.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Enterprise, here.

					RIKER
			We're ready to beam up.

	Lieutenant Riker persists, he's gotten unaccustomed to
	taking orders.

					LT. RIKER
			You go ahead; I'll be finished by
			the time you get back.

	Lieutenant Riker doesn't realize he's disregarding a
	direct order.

					RIKER
			Hold it --

	Lieutenant Riker doesn't hear the warning in his tone
	and starts to move away.

	Riker's anger flares, he moves with surprising speed
	and grabs Lieutenant Riker, stopping him in his tracks.

					RIKER
				(firm)
			I gave you an order, Lieutenant.

	Lieutenant Riker is startled by Riker's vehemence.
	From his perspective, it's come out of nowhere. The
	two Rikers square off, eye to eye.

	Though it is clear that Lieutenant Riker intends to do
	as he's told, we can see the resentment in his eyes.
	Off this moment we...

                                             FADE OUT.

19B  OMITTED

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT THREE     27.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

20   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	as she ENTERS, coming home from duty. She crosses
	toward the replicator.

					TROI
				(to replicator)
			Computer -- valerian root tea,
			hot.

	We HEAR a cup of tea materialize. She takes the cup
	and crosses toward the bathroom area. As she passes
	her bed, she notices something on her pillow. She
	moves to see what it is... it's a small piece of paper
	rolled into a tiny scroll. She picks it up and unrolls
	it to reveal a hand-written NOTE. She reads it
	aloud...

21   INSERT - THE NOTE

	As Troi reads:

					TROI
			Meet me in Transporter Room Three
			at nineteen hundred hours. It's
			important.

22   RESUME SCENE

	Troi thinks a moment -- what's this all about?
	Curiosity gets the best of her; she sets down her tea
	and EXITS...

23   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Moments later. Troi ENTERS and looks around -- there's
	nobody here. Then she sees an ORCHID sitting on the
	Transporter console. She smiles and picks it up...
	there is another tiny scroll attached. She smells the
	flower... then unravels the scroll and reads the handwritten
	note:

  STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/19/93 - ACT THREE  28.

23   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(reads)
			It pulses unendingly
			All through the night;
			Seek out the crystal
			That powers our flight.

	Troi smiles as she realizes she's being led on a
	treasure hunt. She thinks about the clue for a moment,
	then moves off down the hall...

24   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi and a few N.D.s working. Troi ENTERS and looks
	around, then heads toward the main core where the
	dilithium chamber is located.

	Geordi turns and sees her. He reacts to the unexpected
	sight of Troi peering at the dilithium chamber, holding
	an orchid, and moves to her.

					GEORDI
			Can I help you with something,
			Counselor?

	Just then she finds what she's looking for: hanging
	from a string under the dilithium chamber is another
	hand-written scroll, this one attached to a small, foil-wrapped
	CHOCOLATE HEART. Geordi reacts as he gets a
	glimpse of it.

					TROI
			No -- thanks, anyway.

	Geordi is about to ask what this is all about but Troi
	just smiles and EXITS. Off his confused reaction...

25   INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	Troi stops outside Engineering and unrolls the
	scroll...

					TROI
				(reads)
			What the future holds
			No one can know
			But forward we look
			And Forward you go...

	She pops the chocolate in her mouth, and without
	hesitation, heads toward the Turbolift...

     STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT THREE     29.

26   INT. TEN FORWARD

	as Troi ENTERS and looks around... moves across the
	room toward the windows... and stops at what she sees.
	Sitting on one of the tables is a GIFT BOX. Next to it
	is a small VASE filled with water. She puts the orchid
	in it, smiles at how much thought went into this. She
	looks around to see if the person responsible is
	nearby, then opens the box.

	Inside is a flat piece of slate, irregular in shape and
	slightly larger than a book. On its surface is etched
	an image. We see that Troi recognizes it instantly.

27   INSERT - THE ETCHING

	It depicts a spectacular waterfall, cascading off a
	cliff.

					LT. RIKER
				(off-camera)
			The Janaran falls...

28   RESUME SCENE - INCLUDING LIEUTENANT RIKER

	as he approaches. Troi turns and sees him.

					TROI
				(smiles)
			I remember. Where did you get
			this?

					LT. RIKER
			I made it... a few years ago, down
			on the station.

					TROI
				(surprised)
			You made this?

					LT. RIKER
				(laughs)
			You should have seen the first
			two. It took me a while to get a
			fine enough beam from the phaser.

					TROI
			It's lovely. Thank you.

	He nods, shows no embarrassment over having gone to
	such lengths to get her here.

  STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/18/93 - ACT THREE  30.

28   CONTINUED:

					LT. RIKER
			Do you have time to sit and talk
			for a while?

	She nods, and he gestures to a waiter as they sit at
	the table. Neither one of them is quite sure what to
	say at first, and they find themselves looking down at
	the etching.

					LT. RIKER
			I wanted to remember... our last
			night together.

	She takes this in silently, not wanting to say anything
	to encourage any more talk about the period they were
	lovers. She steers the conversation elsewhere.

					TROI
			How does it feel being with people
			again?

					LT. RIKER
			Great...
				(admitting it)
			A little strange...
				(beat)
			For a long time, I did whatever I
			wanted, whenever I wanted; it's
			hard to get used to taking orders
			again.

					TROI
			I can imagine.

					LT. RIKER
			I guess I'm going to have to if I
			want to get my career going.

					TROI
			Is that what you've decided to do?

					LT. RIKER
			Don't you remember? How I wanted
			to make Captain by the time I was
			thirty-five?

	He smiles at his youthful cockiness.

					LT. RIKER
			I'm a little behind schedule, I'll
			admit.

	He shrugs, and Troi is struck by his optimistic
	attitude.

     STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT THREE     31.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			It's good that you don't feel...
			set back.

					LT. RIKER
			I do. But I promised myself that
			if I ever got out of there, I'd
			make up for lost time.

	Troi is encouraged to hear this.

					LT. RIKER
			Things are a little more
			complicated than I thought they'd
			be... but I'm not going to let
			anything stop me from getting what
			I want.

	She looks down, knowing what he means by this. A
	Waiter approaches and sets two glasses down.

					LT. RIKER
			Thanks.

	He leans forward, looks at Troi.

					LT. RIKER
			I can't tell you how many times I
			thought about you... about us.
			The first few weeks after the
			evacuation, I was sure they'd find
			a way to get through the
			distortion field and come back for
			me.
				(smiles)
			I even thought we'd meet on Risa
			like we planned.
				(he shakes his head)
			But the days kept going by and
			nobody came. Then I realized why.
			They thought I'd been killed in
			the beam out. As far as anyone
			knew, there was no one to come
			back for.
				(smiles)
			I figured they probably held a
			memorial service for me.
			Somehow... it made me feel
			better.

	Troi smiles at his confession.

					TROI
			I can understand that.

     STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT THREE     32.

28   CONTINUED: (3)

					LT. RIKER
			You were there... all in black.
				(smiles)
			Very flattering on you, by the
			way.

					TROI
				(smiles)
			I'm sure I looked terrible -- my
			eyes all red and swollen from
			crying.

	Somehow, sharing his fantasy is strangely intimate.

					LT. RIKER
			Sometimes I'd look up into the sky
			and think that maybe, if I tried
			hard enough, I could somehow make
			you... feel my presence. I
			thought that if I could let you
			know I was still alive... maybe
			you'd wait for me.
				(beat)
			I know it's crazy, but there were
			a few times that... that I
			could've sworn --

	Suddenly he feels ridiculous and waves this off.

					LT. RIKER
			What am I talking about?

	But Troi's face shows no sign she finds this
	ridiculous.

					TROI
			The other day, when I told you how
			Commander Riker and I didn't meet
			on Risa... what I didn't say was
			how disappointed I was.

					LT. RIKER
			You didn't have to. I knew.

					TROI
			I started hearing from him less
			and less... I knew his career was
			taking him away from me, but I
			didn't want to believe it was
			over. I spent a lot of time
			thinking about him, wondering
			where he was, what he was doing.

	She looks up, meets his eyes.

     STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT THREE     33.

28   CONTINUED: (4)

					TROI
			Sometimes I'd look up into the
			sky... and imagine that he knew,
			that he could sense me thinking
			about him.

	Lieutenant Riker looks at her. Is she saying that
	maybe, just maybe, he was right?

					TROI
			Who knows? Maybe one night... you
			and I were both looking up at the
			same star. You were thinking
			about me... and in a way, I was
			thinking about you.

	They look at each other, somehow comforted by the
	possibility. They pick up their drinks; their eyes
	meet for a moment. Off the clink of their glasses...

29   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it orbits Nervala IV.

30   INT. READY ROOM

	as Commander Riker ENTERS.

					RIKER
			You wanted to see me, Sir?

					PICARD
			Yes, Number One. Come in.

	Riker moves into the room.

     STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT THREE     34.

30   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Riker came to see me
			about the away mission.

	Riker reacts, wondering if he'd made a complaint of
	some sort.

					PICARD
			He believes the only way to
			retrieve the database is by
			directly accessing the main core
			underneath the station.

	This isn't what Riker was expecting, but he's not happy
	to hear Lieutenant Riker came to the Captain directly.

					RIKER
			Seismic activity has made the
			caverns very unstable. In my
			opinion, it's too risky.

					PICARD
			He said he'd been down there quite
			recently; he seems confident it
			can be done safely.

					RIKER
			There's a good chance we can
			retrieve the database from one of
			the consoles inside the station.

					PICARD
			But if that doesn't work, it'll be
			eight years before we get another
			chance.

					RIKER
			Lieutenant Riker's plan is more
			dangerous, but I'll admit, it has
			a better chance of succeeding.

					PICARD
			Given the importance of this data,
			I think it's worth the risk.

	Riker accepts his decision without hesitation.

					RIKER
			I'll look over the schematics and
			draw up a mission plan.

					PICARD
			I'm sure Lieutenant Riker would be
			happy to help you with that.

  STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/19/93 - ACT THREE  35.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(even)
			I'll talk to him.

	Riker takes his leave. Off Picard's expression as he
	watches him go.

31   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Commander Riker ENTERS to find Lieutenant Riker working
	at the pool table.

					RIKER
			Lieutenant.

					LT. RIKER
			Sir.

					RIKER
			I just spoke with the Captain
			about your mission recommendation.
			I'd appreciate it if next time you
			came to me first.

					LT. RIKER
			I tried to, yesterday on the
			station. You wouldn't hear me
			out.

					RIKER
			I heard you, Lieutenant. And I
			rejected your plan.

  STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/18/93 - ACT THREE  36.

31   CONTINUED:

	That should be the end of it, but Lieutenant Riker goes
	on to ask:

					LT. RIKER
			May I ask what the Captain
			decided?

					RIKER
			He's going with your
			recommendation, but that's not the
			point.

					LT. RIKER
			Isn't it?

	Riker reacts.

					RIKER
			If you think I'm coming down on
			you because the Captain overruled
			me, think again. I happen to
			disagree with his decision, but
			he's my commanding officer and I
			follow his orders. Just so
			there's no confusion, I'm your
			commanding officer and I expect
			you to do the same. If you can't,
			then you don't have a place on my
			Away Team.

	Their eyes lock and for a moment we don't know what
	Lieutenant Riker will do. Finally, he backs down.

					LT. RIKER
			Yes, sir.

					RIKER
			We're meeting in the Observation
			lounge at fourteen hundred hours
			to draw up a mission plan.

	Riker turns and EXITS. Off Lieutenant Riker's
	expression as he watches him go.

32   INT. SHIP'S GYMNASIUM

	where Troi and Beverly are talking while they do slow,
	controlled martial arts forms, dressed in their robes.
	Troi is animatedly recounting her evening with
	Lieutenant Riker.

					TROI
			... we stayed in Ten Forward
			talking for hours.

  STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/18/93 - ACT THREE  37.

32   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			What happened then?

					TROI
				(simply)
			He walked me to my quarters.

					BEVERLY
				(smiles)
			What happened then?

					TROI
				(dismissing this)
			Beverly --

					BEVERLY
			I'm just asking.

					TROI
			It's been over between Wil and me
			for a long time.

					BEVERLY
			He's not Wil. He is, but -- you
			know what I mean.

					TROI
			I do. But... it's hard for me to
			separate my feelings for them.

					BEVERLY
			Deanna... just because things
			turned out the way they did
			between you and Commander Riker...
			that doesn't mean you shouldn't
			let things with Lieutenant Riker
			take their own course.

	Troi takes this in... she hasn't come to any
	conclusions.

					TROI
				(smiles)
			I should have known you'd
			encourage me.

					BEVERLY
				(smiles)
			Isn't that why you brought it up?

	They laugh at this until the door OPENS and Lieutenant
	Riker ENTERS the gym, dressed in work-out clothes. He
	sees them and gives a little wave, then heads over to
	another part of the gym and starts stretching. Beverly
	drops her form.

    STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT THREE    37A.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
				(to Troi)
			Well... I think I'll call it a
			day.

     STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT THREE     38.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
				(don't)
			Beverly.

	But Beverly just smiles and moves away. As she passes
	by Lieutenant Riker:

					BEVERLY
			Bye.

	Beverly EXITS. Troi picks up with her exercises again.
	Lieutenant Riker watches her for a beat, then
	approaches.

					LT. RIKER
			Is that some form of tai-chi-chuan?

					TROI
			They're Klingon exercises,
			actually. Lieutenant Worf has
			been teaching a class.

	He moves around in front of her, watching for a moment.

					LT. RIKER
			The forms are very similar.

	He takes a stance in front of her.

					LT. RIKER
			Do that last move again.

	She repeats the move, which involves taking a step
	forward and thrusting out an arm. Lieutenant Riker
	parries the thrust with a stylized move of his own.
	This is all done in a slow, controlled manner.

					TROI
			You just did the KoH-man-ara.

					LT. RIKER
			In tai-chi-chuan, it's called the
			crane block.

					TROI
			I had no idea they were so
			similar.

					LT. RIKER
			Let's try something else.

     STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT THREE     39.

32   CONTINUED: (3)

	They take their stances, and this time he pivots and
	thrusts; she blocks the move with one of her own. They
	smile at the continued similarity in these two martial
	arts, then move into a third parry and thrust, a little
	faster this time. This one takes them into close
	proximity to each other, so that their faces are quite
	close. Their eyes meet for a moment, but Troi breaks
	it off by pivoting and twirling around to take another
	stance.

					LT. RIKER
			Very nice. Worf's a good teacher.

	Lieutenant Riker executes another move, and Troi
	anticipates and counters with one of her own -- though
	the pace quickens, it is still controlled and stylized.
	He changes tack but Troi is there, and this time she
	takes him smoothly down on to the mat, so that he ends
	up on his back and she ends up on one knee.

	She smiles down at him, and because he's enjoying
	himself too much to take it badly, he smiles back.

	When their eyes meet they suddenly realize how close
	they are physically... there is a charged moment... but
	Lieutenant Riker decides not to push it and makes to
	get up.

	Unexpectedly, Troi doesn't let him. She holds his gaze
	for a moment, then lowers herself into his arms and
	kisses him full on the mouth. His hands reach up along
	her back as they continue to kiss...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END ACT THREE                          

     STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT FOUR     40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

33   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Where various N.D. Supernumeraries are enjoying
	themselves. Commander Riker is standing near the
	windows, gazing out at the stars.

	Troi ENTERS and looks around. She sees Riker and heads
	toward him. He's lost in thought and doesn't notice
	her approach.

					TROI
			Hello, Wil.

	He turns at the sound of her voice, smiles when he sees
	her.

					RIKER
			Deanna...

					TROI
			I wanted to talk to you about
			something.

	He looks at her for a long moment, his expression
	unreadable.

					RIKER
				(gently)
			If you want to be with him... you
			don't have to ask my permission.

	She reacts, clearly surprised that he sensed what is
	going on.

					RIKER
				(smiles)
			There's a certain look in your
			eyes. I know... you used to have
			it for me.

	She shares his smile, then gestures to a table. Once
	they're seated:

					TROI
			We've both had relationships with
			other people before; but this is
			different.

	He smiles at her understatement.

     STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT FOUR     41.

33   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I didn't know how you would feel
			about it.

					RIKER
			Flattered.
				(smiles)
			Sort of.

	She smiles at this.

					TROI
			It must be very strange for you.
			I know it is for me.

	Riker nods, takes a moment to think.

					RIKER
			Ever since he came aboard... I
			keep finding myself thinking
			about... the choices you and I
			made.

	They look at each other.

					TROI
			Me too.

	There's no need for them to say anything out loud.
	They both know what's between them, the complicated
	history of their relationship.

	After a long moment, he reaches across the table and
	takes her hand.

					RIKER
			Just do one thing for me... be
			careful.

					TROI
			Wil... I know you and he have had
			some problems --

					RIKER
			We have. But that's not what I'm
			talking about.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT FOUR     42.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			If he'd made it off that planet
			instead of me... don't you think
			he would have made the same
			choices I did?

	Troi is struck by this insight.

					RIKER
			I just don't want you to get
			hurt... again.

	Troi looks at him and knows he's not speaking to her
	from hurt or jealousy, but from friendship. He's given
	her a lot to think about...

33A  INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)
	(FORMERLY SCENE 36)

	Where Commander Riker, Data and Worf are playing poker.
	Data has already folded and Worf now shows his hand
	with a confident air.

					WORF
			Two pair.

	Riker holds his cards for a beat, then lays them down
	with a smile.

					RIKER
			Three of a kind.

	Worf glowers -- he's been having a bad night. Riker
	starts raking in the chips.

					RIKER
			I'd like to thank you both for
			your very generous contributions.

	Data prepares to deal another hand. The door CHIMES.

					RIKER
			Come in.

	Riker is facing the door, so when it OPENS, he's the
	first to see Lieutenant Riker standing there. There is
	an awkward moment.

					LT. RIKER
			I thought -- you'd be alone.
			Excuse me.

     STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT FOUR     42A.

33A  CONTINUED:

	He moves as if to leave.

					RIKER
			Why don't you join us?

   STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/18/93 - ACT FOUR   43.

33A  CONTINUED: (2)

	Lieutenant Riker hesitates for a beat, but when he sees
	the welcoming looks from the others he decides to come
	in.

					LT. RIKER
			Why not?

	Riker stands and starts to cross around the table to
	get him a chair. Lieutenant Riker sees one right by
	the door but Riker's trombone is laying on the seat.
	He picks it up intending to find another place for it,
	but when he has it in his hand he recognizes it as his
	trombone, the one he had learned to play on.

	As he looks down at it Riker enters the frame... there
	is an awkward moment as Lieutenant Riker hands it back
	to him -- two people can't share the same momentos.
	Riker puts the trombone elsewhere and Lieutenant Riker
	slides the chair to the table.

					DATA
			The game is five card draw, no
			limit.

	Lieutenant Riker nods and Data pushes a pile of chips
	at him. Lieutenant Riker joins the ante, and Data
	starts dealing cards -- first to Lieutenant Riker, who
	is at his left, then to Worf, who is across from him,
	then to Commander Riker, who is at his right, across
	from Lieutenant Riker.

	Everyone sizes up their hand. Data turns to Lieutenant
	Riker.

					DATA
			Lieutenant?

					LT. RIKER
			Three.

	He puts down three cards and Data deals him another
	three.

					DATA
			Mister Worf?

	Worf thinks for a beat then frowns.

					WORF
			Four.

	Riker smiles at Worf's bad luck as Data and Worf
	exchange cards. Data then turns to Commander Riker.

					RIKER
			None for me.

       STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/18/93 - ACT FOUR      43A.

33A  CONTINUED: (3)

	Everyone reacts -- Riker must be holding something.

					DATA
			The dealer will take two.

       STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/19/93 - ACT FOUR       44.

33A  CONTINUED: (4)

	Everyone sizes up their new hand. After a moment, Data
	turns to Lieutenant Riker.

					DATA
			You control the bet.

	Lieutenant Riker fingers his chips for a beat, his face
	even.

					LT. RIKER
			Fifty.

	Everyone reacts -- this is quite high for this table.
	Everyone turns to Worf. He glowers at his cards and
	puts them down.

					WORF
			Fold.

	All eyes turn to Riker.

					RIKER
				(tossing in his chips)
			I'm in.

	Lieutenant Riker looks at him.

					LT. RIKER
			You didn't take any cards -- you
			must be holding something. Why
			not make it sweeter?

	Questioning a man's poker game used to get people
	killed, but Commander Riker just shrugs it off with a
	smile.

					RIKER
			No thanks.

					LT. RIKER
			Playing it safe?

	There's something almost accusatory in Lieutenant
	Riker's tone. Riker regards him evenly for a moment,
	then turns to Data.

					RIKER
			You in?

	Data has been watching this exchange with fascination.
	He gets back in the game and matches the bet.

					DATA
			I will see your fifty and call.

          STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT FOUR         45.

33A  CONTINUED: (4)

	Lieutenant Riker looks at his cards for a moment, then
	pushes in another hundred.

					LT. RIKER
			Staying in will cost you another
			hundred.

	Everyone reacts.

					DATA
			The dealer folds.

	Commander Riker studies his double's face for a long
	moment. Unexpectedly, he breaks into a broad grin.

					RIKER
			I spent too much time practicing
			in the mirror to be fooled by that
			face. You're bluffing.

	Though Commander Riker says this good-naturedly,
	Lieutenant Riker's face hardens.

					LT. RIKER
			If there's one thing I thought
			would be clear by now, it's that
			you and I play things a little
			differently.

	Riker stiffens at his pointed tone.

					RIKER
			We'll see who comes out on top.

					LT. RIKER
			I thought you didn't mind settling
			for second. Commander.

	His emphasis on Riker's rank is all too clear. The
	tension between them is suddenly out in the open.

					RIKER
			I've never settled for anything in
			my life. I've made choices that
			some people may not understand,
			but I know what I want -- and I
			know what I've got. You'd be
			lucky to do as well.
				(beat)
			Lieutenant.

          STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT FOUR         46.

33A  CONTINUED: (5)

	Lieutenant Riker bristles.

					RIKER
				(bets)
			I'll see your hundred and call.

	Riker sits back and waits to see what Lieutenant Riker
	will do. Lieutenant Riker assembles a stack of chips
	worth three hundred and bets them.

					LT. RIKER
			Three hundred.

					RIKER
			Now I know you're bluffing.

					LT. RIKER
				(sharp)
			Are you in or not?

	Riker loses his patience with this.

					RIKER
			Why don't we just get this over
			with? I'll match your three, and
			raise you whatever you have left.

	Riker slides some more chips in, eye-balling the chips
	to match what Lieutenant Riker has left. Their eyes
	lock, Lieutenant Riker's gaze conveys barely controlled
	anger.

       STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/19/93 - ACT FOUR       47.

33A  CONTINUED: (6)

					RIKER
			Well?

	Riker's question hangs in the air for a moment... he's
	called Lieutenant Riker's bluff. Both men are on edge
	and there's a sense this could easily get physical.
	Suddenly Lieutenant Riker pushes all his chips directly
	into Riker's pile.

					LT. RIKER
			Take it. You win.

	He pushes his chair back and stands, eyes Commander
	Riker.

					LT. RIKER
			You were dealt the better hand,
			Commander... all the way around.

	He turns and EXITS. Off everyone's reactions...

34   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it orbits Nervala IV.

35   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	Troi is alone, contemplating her situation. After a
	moment, the door CHIMES.

					TROI
			Come in.

	The door OPENS to reveal Lieutenant Riker.

					LT. RIKER
			I'm sorry to just drop by like
			this... but there's something
			important I need to talk to you
			about.

	She gestures that he come in.

					LT. RIKER
			Captain Picard made some inquiries --
			he helped me find a posting on the
			Gandhi.

	Lieutenant Riker can barely contain his enthusiasm, but
	Troi doesn't know how she feels about this.

					LT. RIKER
			Considering how long I've been out
			of commission, it's an amazing
			opportunity.

          STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT FOUR         48.

35   CONTINUED:

	Troi keeps an even tone.

					TROI
			When would you leave?

					LT. RIKER
			About a week.

					TROI
			I see.

					LT. RIKER
			Deanna...

	He moves to her.

					LT. RIKER
			After I've served on the ship for
			six months, I'll be eligible to
			bring family aboard.

	Troi's face almost blanches when she hears these words,
	but Lieutenant Riker is holding her so close he doesn't
	see.

					LT. RIKER
			If we got married...

	Troi pulls away.

					TROI
			You said those exact words to me
			once before... when you first went
			to serve on the Potemkin.

					LT. RIKER
			I remember.
				(smiles)
			I got held up for a while.

					TROI
			But if you hadn't... what would
			have happened between us?

	He looks at her, knows what she's asking.

					LT. RIKER
			I wouldn't've made the mistake of
			letting you go. I know that much.

					TROI
			I don't know if I can believe
			that.

       STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/18/93 - ACT FOUR       49.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

	She takes a breath, makes an admission she hasn't made
	before.

					TROI
			It took me a long time to get over
			what happened between Commander
			Riker and me. I don't know if I
			want to put myself in that
			position again.

	He moves to her, tries to reassure her..

					LT. RIKER
			I would never hurt you, Deanna.

	She looks at him, torn.

					TROI
			It's not just that... I've worked
			hard to make a life for myself on
			the Enterprise. I'm happy here.

	His plans for their life together seem to be falling
	apart in front of his eyes.

      STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/17/93 - ACT FOUR 50-51.         

35   CONTINUED: (3)

					LT. RIKER
			If the situation were different,
			I'd stay here. But I can't... not
			while he's aboard.

	Troi can't deny this.

					TROI
			I know.

	Lieutenant Riker looks away, pained by the thought that
	after all that's happened, he might lose her again.

					LT. RIKER
			Are you saying it's over?

					TROI
			No.

	He looks at her -- at least there's hope. She moves
	toward him, touches his face.

					TROI
			I just don't know if I'm ready to
			give up my life here.

	He takes this in.

					TROI
			Maybe we both need time to think.

	He nods. They look at each other for a long moment,
	then he goes to the door.

					LT. RIKER
			Good night.

	She nods and he EXITS. Off Troi's face we...

36   OMITTED

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/17/93 - ACT FIVE       52.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

37   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it orbits Nervala IV.

					PICARD
			Captain's Log, supplemental. The
			third transport window has opened
			and the Away Team is making their
			final attempt at retrieving the
			database.

38   INT. RESEARCH STATION

	Worf and Lieutenant Riker are at the center console;
	Commander Riker and Data are at a wall console.

					LT. RIKER
			Once we restore the servo-link,
			you can shunt the database up to
			this console.

	Worf acknowledges and Lieutenant Riker moves to Data.

					LT. RIKER
				(to Data)
			Ready, Commander?

					RIKER
				(to Lieutenant Riker)
			You're with me, Lieutenant.

	Lieutenant Riker reacts -- he'd rather not go down
	there with Commander Riker.

					LT. RIKER
			I thought Commander Data's
			expertise in --

					RIKER
			It doesn't take that much
			expertise to repair a servo-link.
			You and I can handle it.

	Lieutenant Riker stiffens at being cut off -- but
	follows as Commander Riker moves off.

	The two Rikers head to the back of the station and EXIT
	frame. Data watches as they leave, then turns to work
	the console. After a moment.

          STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/19/93 - ACT FIVE         53.

38   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I am curious about something,
			Lieutenant. If you met a double
			of yourself, would you find it
			difficult to interact with him?

	Worf considers.

					WORF
			I think so.

					DATA
			Why?

					WORF
			I am not... easy to get along
			with.

	Data can't disagree.

					DATA
			But Commander Riker and Lieutenant
			Riker are. Yet they seem to have
			trouble getting along with each
			another.

	Worf nods an acknowledgement. Data thinks for a
	moment.

					DATA
			I have found that humans value
			their uniqueness, their sense that
			they are different from every one
			else. The existence of a double
			would preclude that feeling.
			Could that be the source of
			friction?

					WORF
			Perhaps it is more a matter of
			seeing something in your double...
			something you don't like about
			yourself.

	Data nods thoughtfully, then returns to work.

39   INT. THE CAVERN (OPTICAL)

	underneath the station, as the two Rikers EXIT a
	Turbolift and come out into an area that is part rockface,
	part finished surface.

       STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/24/93 - ACT FIVE      53A.

39   CONTINUED:

	In addition to phasers, Lieutenant Riker carries a
	Tricorder and Riker carries a shoulder pack with
	equipment in it.

	A series of pipes and conduits run parallel to each
	other along the ceiling, and there are structural
	supports at various places shoring up the walls.

	In front of them is a chasm that is spanned by a bridgelike
	scaffolding. The core is visible on the far side,
	but they can't see the point where the bridge touches
	their side of the chasm.

					LT. RIKER
			There's the core over there.

	Riker nods and waits for him to lead the way, but
	Lieutenant Riker just stands there.

					RIKER
			Are you waiting for something?

					LT. RIKER
			Your order. Sir.

	Riker looks at him for an explanation.

					LT. RIKER
			How would you like me to get
			there?

	Riker sees that Lt. Riker doesn't intend to make this
	easy.

					RIKER
			You've been down here "dozens" of
			times -- I'm sure you know the
			best way.

	Lieutenant Riker hears the slight tinge of sarcasm in
	his voice but ignores it, acts as if he's just trying
	to "follow orders."

					LT. RIKER
			Yes, sir. I do.

	He moves off -- Riker shakes his head and follows.

	They round a bend and come to a doorway that leads out
	across the bridge. But a conduit in the ceiling has
	come unmoored and fallen across the doorway, rupturing
	in the process.

       STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/24/93 - ACT FIVE      53B.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

	Lieutenant Riker reacts, backs away. He takes out his
	tricorder and scans it.

					LT. RIKER
			It's leaking ion radiation.

	They back off, moving around the bend to put some rockface
	between them and the leak. Riker is concerned
	that this unexpected obstacle will prevent them from
	getting to the core.

					RIKER
			Why didn't you report this?

					LT. RIKER
			It wasn't there before; it must
			have happened recently.

	Riker frowns.

					LT. RIKER
			If we have to repair this conduit,
			we won't have time to access the
			computer core.

	Lt. Riker is all but admitting that his plan may cause
	them to fail.

	But Riker is looking up at the ceiling, eyeing the maze
	of conduits up there.

	As Lieutenant Riker watches, Riker starts tracing the
	path of the broken conduit, using its distinctive colorcoding
	to track it against the other pipes. He follows
	it back toward the elevator area where the conduits run
	down along a wall and disappear into the floor. He
	finds a VALVE in the conduit and starts trying to close
	it. He strains for a moment and it finally gives.

					RIKER
			Scan it now.

					LT. RIKER
				(off tricorder)
			It worked. Radiation levels are
			dropping to normal levels.

	Riker nods and starts heading back toward the door that
	leads out onto the scaffolding. As he passes
	Lieutenant Riker:

					RIKER
			Next time don't give up so easily.

          STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/19/93 - ACT FIVE         54.

39   CONTINUED: (3)

	Lieutenant Riker's jaw tightens as he watches Riker
	walk past. He turns and follows.

40   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Riker clambers past the broken conduit and starts
	heading across the scaffolding... Lieutenant Riker
	follows a few steps behind.

	A few yards into it, Riker takes a look over the side --
	we can see from his face that it's a long way down...

	As they walk, the scaffolding creaks occasionally under
	their weight. Lieutenant Riker is about half-way
	across when a segment of the walkway suddenly gives way
	underneath his feet.

	Riker reacts and reaches back for him, but the segment
	Lieutenant Riker is on flaps down like a hinge,
	attached to the rest of the scaffolding only on one end
	(the end closest to the core).

	Riker just manages to grab hold of one of Lieutenant
	Riker's hands.

41   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Lieutenant Riker is hanging over the abyss, supported
	only by Riker's grip. Riker is on his belly, an arm
	reaching down toward Lieutenant Riker.

42   INSERT - THEIR HANDS

	clasped to each other's wrists, as they struggle to
	keep a grip.

43   RESUME SCENE

	as the weight of Lieutenant Riker's body begins to pull
	Riker forward.

					RIKER
			I'm being pulled in --

	Their eyes meet. It is clear to both of them that
	Riker might have to let go to keep from being pulled in
	himself.

       STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/23/93 - ACT FIVE       55.

43   CONTINUED:

					LT. RIKER
			Let go.

	But Riker ignores him, reaches back with his free hand
	to try and grab a hold of something -- but there's
	nothing there.

	The scaffolding groans under the pressure of their
	combined weights -- it's threatening to tear loose and
	plunge them both to their deaths.

44   INSERT - THEIR HANDS

	as Lieutenant Riker lets go of Rikers hand -- the only
	thing holding him up is Riker's grip on his wrist.

45   RESUME SCENE

					LT. RIKER
			Let go.

	But Riker won't do it.

					LT. RIKER
			One of us has to make it out of
			here --

	Riker manages to hook a foot behind one of the supports
	that hold up the handrail. He reaches his other hand
	down for Lieutenant Riker to grab hold of.

					RIKER
			Take my hand --

					LT. RIKER
			No --

					RIKER
			Take it!

	Lieutenant Riker sees the resolve in Riker's face. He
	reaches and takes Riker's other hand.

					RIKER
			Climb --

	Supporting his weight with one hand, Lieutenant Riker
	reaches up with the other to get a grip farther up
	Riker's arm. He then switches hands and reaches
	further still.

          STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/19/93 - ACT FIVE        55A.

45   CONTINUED:

	Both men are breathing hard as they strain through this
	arduous process.

	Finally, Lieutenant Riker is able to crawl up and over
	Riker's back onto the scaffolding, then help Riker up.

	Once they're both on firm ground, they make their way
	across the rest of the bridge.

	When they're safe on the other side, they both look
	back at the broken segment that almost cost them their
	lives.

	As they try to catch their breath, their eyes meet.
	They regard each other for a moment... then move toward
	the core. As they set to work we cut to:

46
thru	OMITTED
47

48   INT. RESEARCH STATION

	as Data and Worf work the console. A previously dark
	section of the panel LIGHTS UP.

					DATA
			They have restored the servo-link
			to the core. We can begin
			downloading the database.

	Worf manipulates a (TECH DEVICE) they have attached to
	the console.

          STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/19/93 - ACT FIVE         56.

48   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Initiating data transfer.

	As they work.

49   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves at warp.

					PICARD
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46920.1.
			We have retrieved the database
			from Nervala station and are
			headed for our rendezvous with the
			Gandhi.

50   INT. LT. RIKER'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	where he is packing his few belongings. The door
	CHIMES.

					LT. RIKER
			Come in.

	The door OPENS to reveal Troi.

          STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/19/93 - ACT FIVE         57.

50   CONTINUED:

	Lieutenant Riker gestures that she come in. He knows
	she's come to give him her decision but he's got a bad
	feeling about what it's going to be. To cover, he
	returns to his packing. After a moment.

					TROI
			I understand the Gandhi is going
			on a terraforming mission to the
			Lagana Sector.

					LT. RIKER
				(nods)
			It'll take four months just to get
			there.

          STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - 03/19/93 - ACT FIVE         58.

50   CONTINUED: (2)

	They look at each other for a long moment. Troi tries
	to break it to him gently.

					TROI
			I won't be going with you.

	His face betrays his disappointment.

					LT. RIKER
			I guess I'm not surprised.

	She moves to him, but he can't look at her right now;
	the emotions are too raw.

					TROI
			I'm not ready to give up my life
			here.

	She touches his face, gently turns him so that he's
	looking at her. With meaning:

					TROI
			Not yet.

	He realizes what she's saying: maybe, someday... she
	will be ready. He reaches to take her hands, nods that
	he understands. She smiles, grateful to hear the
	words.

	The door CHIMES. He looks at her to see if they should
	ignore it, but she nods that it's all right.

					LT. RIKER
			Come in.

	The door OPENS to reveal Riker, holding a carrying
	case. When he sees the two of them:

					RIKER
			I'm sorry --

					LT. RIKER
			It's all right.

					RIKER
			I wanted to give you something...

       STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/24/93 - ACT FIVE      58A.

50   CONTINUED: (3)

	He steps in and hands Lieutenant Riker the case.
	Lieutenant Riker recognizes it as the trombone case he
	had so many years ago. He looks at Riker, unsure...

	But when he opens it he finds his trombone... the one
	he learned to play on. He knows what it means to Riker
	and is amazed that he's willing to give it up.

					RIKER
			My quarters are full of things
			that used to be yours. I figured
			you should at least have this.

	Lieutenant Riker looks down at the trombone in his
	hands. Words can't express his appreciation.

					LT. RIKER
			Thanks.

	Riker nods. He steps back as if to leave.

					RIKER
			Good luck, Wil.

	This is the first time Riker's called him by their
	given name and it doesn't go unnoticed.

					LT. RIKER
			Actually... I was thinking of
			going with the name Thomas.

					TROI
			Your middle name.

					RIKER
				(with a grin)
			I guess we are different. I never
			really cared for it.

					LT. RIKER
			I've always kind of liked it.

	They share a smile at this.

					LT. RIKER
			Well... I better get going.

	He picks up his things and crosses toward the door. He
	glances at Riker.

					LT. RIKER
			Take care of her.

	Riker meets his eye, nods. Lieutenant Riker turns to
	Troi, leans in and kisses her, brief but tender. He
	looks at her with a playful smile.

       STAR TREK: "Second Chances" - REV. 03/23/93 - ACT FIVE      58B.

50   CONTINUED: (4)

					LT. RIKER
			I waited a long time. I can wait
			a little longer.

	She smiles, and he EXITS. Troi watches him go, her
	face betraying the complex emotions the last few days
	have elicited.

	Riker watches her silently. He knows she's hurting --
	if she needs him, he'll be there to take care of her...
	just like Lieutenant Riker asked...

	Off this moment we...

                                             FADE OUT.

51   OMITTED

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             











                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Timescape" 
                          #40276-251 
                              
                          Written by 
                         Brannon Braga 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Adam Nimoy 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or reproduction.
No one is authorized to dispose of same. If lost or
destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT


            STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 3/29/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Timescape" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             ROMULAN
                RIKER              ROMULAN/ALIEN
                DATA               ROMULAN/ALIEN #2
                BEVERLY            ENSIGN
                WORF               
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                COMPUTER VOICE 
    
                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  N.D. CREWMEMBERS   THREE ROMULANS
                  TWO N.D. MEDICAL   SEVERAL ROMULAN N.D.'S
                  TWO N.D. SECURITY  
                  TWO N.D. ENGINEERING

            STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 3/30/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Timescape" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM         RUNABOUT
              ENGINEERING
              SICKBAY                  ROMULAN WARBIRD
              DATA'S QUARTERS
          
            RUNABOUT
              COCKPIT
              LIVING SECTION
          
            ROMULAN WARBIRD
              ENGINEERING

       STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/06/93 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "Timescape"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

A1	INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	RIKER is sitting on a bed, a nasty-looking SCRATCH on
	the side of his face. BEVERLY is scanning his face
	with a medical tricorder.

					BEVERLY
			You really did it this time, Wil.
			It's not just a scrape... it's a
			deep cut.

	Riker tries to move his face, winces in pain. Beverly
	picks up a healing DEVICE and starts to wave it around
	his face, HEALING THE WOUND.

					BEVERLY
			I can heal it... but it would
			serve you right if I didn't.

	Riker gives her a look.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			You can't keep playing Parises
			Squares like you're twenty-one
			years old. One of these days
			you're going to fall and break
			your neck... and I won't be able
			to heal that so easily.

	Riker looks a little sheepish through all this.

					RIKER
			Actually... I wasn't playing
			Parises Squares...

	Beverly continues the healing process.

					BEVERLY
			Mmm... Worf's calisthenic program
			again...

					RIKER
			No...

	Beverly cocks an eye at him, her interest piqued.

      STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/06/93 - TEASER      1AA.

A1	CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Oh? What were you doing?

	Riker is embarrassed.

					RIKER
			I was trying to feed Spot.

					BEVERLY
			Data's cat?

					RIKER
				(nods)
			I told Data I'd feed it while he
			was away...

	Riker is disgruntled.

					RIKER
			All I remember is setting down the
			food... and then a hissing ball of
			fur came out of nowhere.
				(beat)
			I hate cats.

	Beverly completes her scan.

					BEVERLY
			You've just got to know how to
			handle them.

					RIKER
			Maybe you'd like to feed Spot.

					BEVERLY
			I'd be happy to...

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Commander Riker to the Bridge.

					RIKER
				(taps combadge)
			On my way.

	Riker stands, heads for the door. He gets an idea and
	stops, reaches into a nearby medical drawer -- and
	pulls out a phaser.

					RIKER
			Oh, and Doctor...

	Beverly looks at him.

      STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/06/93 - TEASER      1AB.

A1	CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			You're going to need this.

	Riker tosses her the phaser, and EXITS. OFF Beverly's
	amused look...

B1	INT. BRIDGE

	WORF at tactical; N.D.S. at various positions. Riker
	ENTERS and moves to Command.

					RIKER
			Report.

					WORF
			We are picking up a distress call
			on the long range sensors.
				(beat)
			It is Romulan, sir.

					RIKER
			Romulan?

					WORF
				(off console)
			They claim they have suffered a
			complete engine failure. Their
			power levels are dropping... and
			their life support is failing.
				(dubious)
			It could be a trick.

	Riker considers.

					RIKER
			How long until our rendezvous with
			Captain Picard?

					WORF
			Approximately thirteen hours.

	Riker makes the choice -- it's a risk.

					RIKER
			Set course for the Romulan ship,
			Mister Worf.
				(beat)
			Raise our shields, and go to Red
			Alert. I want to be ready for
			anything.

	OFF Riker's tension...

      STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/06/93 - TEASER      1AC.

1    EXT. SPACE - RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46944.2.
			Commander Data, Mister La Forge,
			Counselor Troi and I are en route
			to the Enterprise, after attending
			a three day conference on the
			psychological effects of long-term
			deep space assignments.

2    INT. RUNABOUT - COCKPIT

	DATA is at the controls. He hits a few controls.

					DATA
				(to computer)
			Computer -- activate automatic
			helm control.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Helm control activated.

	Data stands and moves to the rear of the ship...

3    INT. RUNABOUT - LIVING SECTION (OPTICAL)

	This is a NEW SET: A large room with a table, chairs,
	a couple of beds and a console. PICARD, GEORDI and
	TROI are seated around the table, finishing the
	remnants of a sparse lunch: a BOWL OF FRUIT,
	sandwiches, drinks, etc. The mood is fun, light. Data
	ENTERS and joins the conversation.

					TROI
			So just as I'm leaving the
			reception, a Ktarian walks up to
			me and says...

      STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/02/93 - TEASER      1A.

3    CONTINUED:

	Troi impersonates someone's voice:

					TROI
				(continuing)
			"So Diane... I understand you're
			an empath. I'm a very...
			sensitive man myself. I'm doing
			a thesis on interspecies mating
			rituals. Would you care to join
			me in some empirical research?"

	Picard and Geordi laugh.

					GEORDI
			Don't tell me -- Doctor Mizan.

					TROI
				(surprised)
			That's right.

					GEORDI
			He's notorious. But he really is
			an expert on interspecies mating
			practices.

					DATA
				(to Troi)
			Did you help him with his
			research, Counselor?

					TROI
			Absolutely not.

					DATA
			But I thought that topic
			interested you.

					TROI
				(awkward)
			Yes... but...

	Picard jumps in.

					PICARD
			I'll explain it to you later,
			Data.

      STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/02/93 - TEASER      1B.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

	The others exchange an amused look. Troi takes a seat
	at the table.

					GEORDI
				(to Troi)
			What did you think of the rest of
			the conference?

					TROI
			To be honest... I was bored. I
			spent most of my time in Doctor
			Wagner's phylobiology seminar.
				(beat)
			I thought the idea of a seminar
			was that we would all
			participate... bring different
			points of views to the
			discussion...

					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 03/30/93 - TEASER       2.

3    CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			He gathered two hundred scientists
			from all over the Federation...
			and all he did was put us to
			sleep.

					DATA
				(to Troi)
			I have a memory record of the
			entire lecture, Counselor. I can
			repeat the portions you missed, if
			you --

					TROI
				(quickly)
			No thank you, Data.

	Picard leans back in his chair, fatigued.

					PICARD
			It wasn't any better at the
			physiognomy workshop. Doctor
			Vassbinder gave an hour long
			dissertation on the ionization
			effect of warp nacelles -- before
			he realized the topic was supposed
			to be psychology.

					GEORDI
			Why didn't somebody tell him?

					PICARD
			There was never an opportunity --
			never a pause. He just kept
			talking... like he was speaking
			in one incredibly long, run-on
			sentence.
				(beat)
			It was almost... hypnotic.

	Troi smiles. They continue to eat and drink, trying to
	relax.

					GEORDI
			Well, I had a good time. The warp
			energy symposium was fascinating.
				(beat)
			I actually got the chance to touch
			a plasma field.

					TROI
			Really. What was it like?

         STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - TEASER         3.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

	Geordi gestures with his hands, trying to describe it.

					GEORDI
			Incredible. I could feel the
			plasma crawling up my arm. It was
			warm... and it gave off a
			tingling sensation that --

	Suddenly, inexplicably, everyone except Troi FREEZES IN
	MID-MOTION -- AS IF TIME HAS STOPPED. COMPLETELY
	MOTIONLESS. Geordi in mid-speech and gesture. Picard
	with a cup of tea half-way to his mouth. Data
	listening, face placid. It's like a picture-still
	photograph.

	Troi reacts, stunned by the sight.

					TROI
			Captain?
				(beat)
			Data... ?

	A moment later, TIME RESUMES. Everyone CONTINUES THEIR
	MOTION as if nothing is wrong. Only Troi has noticed
	what happened.

					GEORDI
				(continuing dialogue)
			-- went all the way down my chest.
			It was kind of like taking a bath
			in pure energy.

					DATA
			It was not painful?

					GEORDI
			Not at all. In fact...

	Geordi notices that Troi looks shaken.

					GEORDI
			Is there something wrong,
			Counselor?

	The conversation stops. All attention to Troi.

					TROI
			I'm... not sure...

         STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - TEASER         4.

3    CONTINUED: (3)

	OFF Troi's reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - ACT ONE         5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

           (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)            

4    EXT. SPACE - RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

5    INT. RUNABOUT - LIVING SECTION

	A few minutes later. Troi is on her feet, confused,
	trying to make sense out of what happened. Geordi
	scans Picard with a medical tricorder... then scans
	Troi. Data looks on.

					GEORDI
				(off tricorder)
			Our bio-scans check out. There
			are no physiological anomalies.
				(beat)
			If something did happen, it didn't
			leave any biological traces.

	Troi looks troubled. Picard tries to help her
	remember.

					PICARD
				(to Troi)
			How long did it appear to you that
			we were... frozen?

					TROI
			I don't know... four, maybe five
			seconds. You just... stopped...
			and then started again...
				(beat)
			I can't explain it...

	Data thinks.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			My memory record does not indicate
			a pause or disruption during that
			period of time.

	Data turns and works the nearby console.

         STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - ACT ONE         6.

5    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			My internal chronometer and the
			ship's computer are perfectly
			synchronized. There does not
			appear to be a temporal
			discrepancy.

	A beat. No one has an explanation.

					GEORDI
			Data -- let's run a ship-wide
			diagnostic. Maybe there's
			something we missed...

	Data nods and they move to the cockpit of the Runabout.
	Troi and Picard sit down at the table. (NOTE: The bowl
	of fruit is still on the table.)

					PICARD
			Let's go through it again. You
			were sitting there... and we were
			sitting here...
				(beat)
			Describe the exact moment when
			things appeared to freeze.

	Troi thinks.

					TROI
			Geordi was talking about what it
			felt like to touch the plasma
			field... You were lifting the
			cup, about to take a drink...

	Beat.

					PICARD
			Did you sense anything from us
			during that time? Any unusual
			emotions?

					TROI
			No... not a thing. I was
			empathically aware of you, right
			up to the moment you froze, but
			then it all stopped...

	Troi sighs... tries to relax.

         STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - ACT ONE         7.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			The past few days have been
			exhausting. Maybe it was my
			imagination...
				(lightly)
			There were moments in that lecture
			hall when I thought time was
			standing still, too...

	Picard smiles.

					PICARD
			There is another possibility,
			Counselor. Perhaps this was
			nothing more than a simple --

6    NEW ANGLE - FROM TROI'S POINT OF VIEW

	IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, THE ENTIRE SCENE HAS CHANGED.
	Picard, Data and Geordi are now standing closely around
	Troi, looking at her with concern. Geordi is scanning
	her with a medical tricorder.

	Troi is stunned -- it takes her a moment to realize
	what has happened.

					PICARD
			Are you alright?

					TROI
			What happened?

					DATA
			You have been motionless for three
			minutes, eleven seconds.

					TROI
			Motionless... ?

					PICARD
			It appears to be the same effect
			you described to us.
				(beat)
			Can you remember anything?

	Troi thinks, unsettled...

         STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - ACT ONE         8.

6    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			No... one second I was sitting
			here talking with you... the next,
			you were all standing around me.

	Geordi works the tricorder.

					GEORDI
				(off tricorder)
			Wait a second... this is weird...

					TROI
			What is it?

					GEORDI
			I had the tricorder run a
			comparison between the bio-scan I
			took of you earlier... and the one
			I took just now...
				(beat)
			In the time between the two scans,
			you should have aged twenty-three
			minutes. But according to your
			cellular decay levels... you've
			only aged twenty minutes.

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			What could account for the
			discrepancy?

					GEORDI
			I don't know, sir. It's as if for
			three minutes, time stopped for
			Counselor Troi.

	They consider the situation -- this is getting weird.

					PICARD
			Mister Data -- contact the
			Enterprise. Tell Commander Riker
			to get to the rendezvous point as
			soon as possible. Have him begin
			scanning the region for temporal
			anomalies.

					DATA
			Aye sir.

	Data EXITS into the cockpit.

         STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - ACT ONE         9.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			I'll take a look at the sensor
			logs... see if I can find
			anything.

	Picard nods. Geordi starts to work a nearby console.

					DATA (O.S.)
			Captain.

	Picard and Troi EXIT into the cockpit...

7    INT. RUNABOUT - COCKPIT

	Data at the controls. Picard and Troi join him.

					DATA
			The Enterprise is not responding
			to our hails.

					PICARD
			Are we within sensor range yet?

					DATA
			No sir.

					PICARD
			Increase speed to the rendezvous
			coordinates.

					DATA
			Aye sir.

	Data works...

8    EXT. SPACE - RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)

	As it goes into WARP.

9    INT. RUNABOUT - COCKPIT (OPTICAL)

	A few minutes later. Data and Geordi at the helm.
	Picard and Troi look on. A small warning alarm goes
	off on the console.

        STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - ACT ONE        10.

9    CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(off console)
			We have an engine failure warning
			in the --

	Suddenly, the ship JOLTS and VEERS TO THE RIGHT.
	Picard and Troi hang on as the ship SHAKES.

					PICARD
			Report!

					GEORDI
			The starboard nacelle just cut
			out!

	Data works -- the ship STOPS shaking.

					DATA
			Attitude control has been
			restored.

					PICARD
			Full stop.
				(beat)
			What happened?

	Geordi reacts to the console, surprised.

					GEORDI
			The starboard antimatter pod is
			completely drained. The fuel
			reserves are empty.

					PICARD
			Is there a containment leak?

					GEORDI
				(works)
			No sir. The containment field is
			intact... all engine systems are
			operational... The fuel is just
			gone.

        STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - ACT ONE        11.

9    CONTINUED:

	Data reacts to the console, surprised.

					DATA
			Geordi -- I believe I have an
			explanation. According to the
			plasma conversion sensor, the
			starboard engine has been in
			continuous operation for over
			forty-seven days.

					GEORDI
				(reacts)
			Forty-seven days? Let's take a
			look at that sensor -- it must be
			malfunctioning.

					PICARD
			I'll check the fuel consumption
			logs...

	Picard moves toward the living section...

10
thru	OMITTED
11

12   INT. RUNABOUT - LIVING SECTION

	Picard ENTERS and moves to the console. He works for
	a moment... then something catches his eye. He
	glances at the table, reacts to what he sees. He walks
	up to the table, staring down at the bowl of fruit...

13   INCLUDE - THE BOWL OF FRUIT

	The fruit is now completely ROTTEN -- shriveled and
	black.

	Picard reacts, curious. He reaches a hand toward the
	fruit to take a piece... and stops, reacting to a
	sudden pain in his hand. He yells out and jerks his
	hand away --

14   INSERT - PICARD'S HAND

	HIS FINGERNAILS HAVE GROWN A HALF INCH -- AS IF TIME
	HAS ELAPSED.

        STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - ACT ONE        11A.

15   PICARD

	falls back into a chair, gripping his hand in pain.
	Data, Troi and Geordi quickly ENTER and move to him.

					TROI
			What happened?

      STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/01/93 - ACT ONE      12.

15   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			My hand...

	Picard holds out his hand, which is convulsing. Troi
	takes out a medical tricorder and scans Picard's hand.

					TROI
				(off tricorder)
			The cells in your hand are
			metabolizing at an incredible
			rate... almost fifty times
			normal...

	Picard reacts. The trembling starts to subside... he
	takes a breath and flexes his fingers...

					PICARD
			The pain is going away...

					TROI
			Your metabolism is stabilizing...

	Picard looks to the table.

					PICARD
			It happened when I reached for the
			bowl of fruit.

	Data glances toward the fruit, moves to a console and
	begins to work. He reacts, surprised.

					DATA
			Captain. I am detecting a
			temporal disturbance which
			intersects the table.
				(beat)
			It would appear that within this
			disturbance, time is moving at a
			highly accelerated rate --
			approximately fifty times faster
			than normal.

	They stare at the table a moment.

16   ANGLE ON BOWL OF FRUIT

	the fruit has now completely DISINTEGRATED INTO DUST.

17   RESUME

	Data continues his scan.

        STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - ACT ONE        13.

17   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(off console)
			The disturbance is roughly
			spherical in shape. It extends
			outward through the hull,
			approximately seventeen meters
			beyond the ship.

					GEORDI
				(realizing)
			That would cover the starboard
			nacelle. No wonder it used up all
			its fuel.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Check the hull integrity.

	Data works the console.

					DATA
			It does not appear to be affected.

	A tense beat.

					PICARD
			See if you can move us away from
			the disturbance, Mister La Forge.

					GEORDI
			Aye sir.

      STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/01/93 - ACT ONE      14.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

	Geordi ENTERS the cockpit...

                                             INTERCUT:

18   INT. RUNABOUT - COCKPIT

	Geordi sits and works the helm.

					GEORDI
				(working)
			Lateral thrusters on-line...
				(to Data)
			Data, plot a course away from the
			disturbance. Make sure it doesn't
			come in contact with our other
			engine.

					DATA
				(working, to Geordi)
			Course plotted. Adjust pitch to
			twenty-seven point three degrees.
			Set heading one-eight-zero mark
			zero.

	Geordi works.

					GEORDI
			Got it. Reversing at fifteen
			meters per second...

	We HEAR the SOUND of the engine powering up.

					DATA
				(off console)
			We are clearing the phenomenon...

	Suddenly, the ship JOLTS briefly. Data's console
	BEEPS.

					DATA
				(quickly)
			All stop.

	Geordi works.

        STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - ACT ONE        14A.

18   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			What's the matter?

					DATA
			There is another temporal
			disturbance directly behind us.

	Geordi reacts to the console.

					GEORDI
			Captain, you'd better take a look
			at this...

	Picard, Data and Troi move to him.

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			The sensors are picking up
			temporal disturbances throughout
			the region. Different
			configurations... different
			sizes... they're everywhere.

	Geordi hits a few controls...

19   INTERCUT: CONSOLE MONITOR (CRT)

	It DISPLAYS a GRAPHIC of the Runabout in space. The
	ship is surrounded by dozens of irregular FRAGMENTS in
	space -- like glowing shards of glass.

        STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - ACT ONE        15.

19   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(off graphic)
			Within each disturbance, it
			appears that time is moving at a
			different rate.

					GEORDI
			It's almost like something
			shattered the space-time
			continuum...

					DATA
				(off graphic)
			The fragmentation effect increases
			along a heading of two-seven-zero
			mark one-five.

					GEORDI
			That's the direction of the
			Enterprise.

	An ominous beat.

					PICARD
			Can we navigate around these...
			"fragments"?

					GEORDI
			We'll have to limit our
			maneuvering speed to one half
			impulse... but I think we can do
			it.

					PICARD
			Get us to the Enterprise.

	As they work...

20   EXT. SPACE - RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)

	as it takes off through space, at impulse...

21   INT. RUNABOUT

	Later. Data and Geordi at the controls. Picard and
	Troi standing nearby. Geordi looks out the window,
	perplexed.

      STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/01/93 - ACT ONE      16.

21   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			These are the coordinates...

	They look out the window.

					PICARD
			Perhaps they've been delayed...

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			I've got the long range sensors on
			maximum, sir. No sign of the
			Enterprise.

	A silent beat as Geordi works.

					GEORDI
				(working)
			But... I am picking up a faint
			reading... possibly metallic, but
			I can't tell for sure...
				(beat)
			The energy levels are practically
			non-existent.

					PICARD
			Take us to it.

					GEORDI
			Aye sir...

	Geordi works... a quiet beat as they wait...

					DATA
				(off console)
			The fragmentation effect is
			increasing...

					GEORDI
			Slowing to one eighth impulse...

	A tense moment goes by... they watch out the window,
	waiting... then they see it:

					PICARD
			There she is...

	Their reactions turn to mounting disbelief -- then
	shock.


        STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - ACT ONE        17.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			My God...

22   EXT. SPACE - THE RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)

	as it slows to a stop in front of an incredible sight:

	THE ENTERPRISE AND A ROMULAN WARBIRD ARE FACE TO FACE,
	HANGING IN SPACE, COMPLETELY FROZEN -- AS IF TIME HAS
	STOPPED. They appear to be engaged in mid-battle. The
	Warbird is firing a DISRUPTOR toward the Enterprise,
	but the beam is FROZEN in mid-blast. The Enterprise's
	SHIELDS are half-raised, and the ship is DAMAGED in a
	few places.

	It's like a photograph. Both ships frozen in time.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

        STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - ACT TWO        18.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

23   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND ROMULAN WARBIRD (OPTICAL)

	As before -- face to face in mid-battle, completely
	motionless.

24   INT. RUNABOUT - COCKPIT (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Data, Geordi and Troi staring out the window,
	stunned by the sight.

					PICARD
			Mister Data... ?

					DATA
				(off console)
			The Enterprise and the Warbird
			both appear to be trapped within
			one of the temporal fragments.

					GEORDI
			The fragments seem to converge at
			this point... I'd say we're
			looking at the center of the
			temporal disturbances.

					PICARD
			Scan for life signs.

					DATA
			Sensors cannot penetrate the
			subspace field. I am unable to
			scan within the vessels.

	They stare at the ships a long moment, trying to make
	sense of it all.

					TROI
			It looks like the Enterprise has
			been damaged...
				(points)
			There, on the starboard nacelle...

      STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/01/93 - ACT TWO      19.

24   CONTINUED:

	Geordi stares out.

					GEORDI
			The Warbird doesn't look damaged
			at all... I wonder if the
			Enterprise even got off a shot...

					TROI
			The Romulans could've decloaked
			before the Enterprise had a chance
			to respond...

					PICARD
			There's a second energy beam.
			It's coming from the Enterprise
			deflector array... any idea what
			it could be?

					DATA
			It is impossible to tell from a
			visual inspection. But it appears
			to be focused on the Warbird's
			Engineering section.

	They consider. Picard stares out the window,
	frustrated by the situation.

					PICARD
			We're not going to figure out what
			happened from here. We need to
			get aboard the Enterprise.

					DATA
			That would be unadvisable, sir.
			In each of the three instances we
			came into contact with a temporal
			fragment, we were integrated into
			its time frame.

					GEORDI
				(off that)
			If we beamed aboard the
			Enterprise, we'd be frozen in
			time, just like they are.

					PICARD
			Then we've got to find a way to
			stay unfrozen...

        STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - ACT TWO        20.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard thinks... gets an idea.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge... what about a
			subspace forcefield like the one
			we used on Devidia Two? Could
			something like that protect us
			from the effects of the temporal
			fragment?

					GEORDI
			Possibly. But we'd need a pretty
			sensitive phase discriminator to
			modulate that kind of field...

	Data gets an idea.

					DATA
			The emergency Transporter armbands
			contain a type-seven phase
			discriminator. It should be
			possible to reconfigure their
			subspace emitters.

					GEORDI
			Yeah... that would certainly
			isolate us from the effects of the
			other time frame...

	As he talks, Geordi stands and opens a nearby storage
	compartment. He takes out a couple of TRANSPORTER
	ARMBANDS (as seen in "Best of Both Worlds II"). He
	examines them...

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			But if we want to interact with
			that environment... we'd have to
			restrict the field. It would have
			to be practically skin-tight.

        STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - ACT TWO        21.

24   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			I will attempt to narrow the
			field.

	Data takes out the rest of the Transporter armbands.

					GEORDI
				(to Picard)
			This might work, Captain. But
			it's going to take some time...

	Picard nods, looks out the window at the frozen ships.

					PICARD
			It would seem that time is one
			thing we have plenty of...

25   EXT. SPACE - THE RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)

	As before. Near the frozen Enterprise and Warbird.

26   INT. RUNABOUT - COCKPIT

	Later. Picard, Data and Troi are each wearing a
	Transporter armband on their arm. They each have a
	phaser and a tricorder strapped to their waist. Geordi
	is making the final adjustments to Picard's armband.

					GEORDI
			I've channeled communications
			through the subspace relays in the
			armbands. We'll be in continual
			contact.

					TROI
			How long will the fields last?

      STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/01/93 - ACT TWO      22.

26   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			An hour, maybe less. Don't worry.
			I'll monitor you very carefully...

	Geordi completes the adjustment to Picard's armband.
	He moves to a nearby console, works the controls...

27   NEW ANGLE - PICARD, DATA, TROI (OPTICAL)

	As a FIELD FLASHES AROUND EACH OF THEM BRIEFLY. (NOTE:
	The fields should look skin-tight, like electrical
	"wetsuits.") Troi reacts to a dizzy feeling, puts a
	hand to her head. Data takes note.

					DATA
			Is there something wrong,
			Counselor?

					TROI
			I got a little dizzy there for a
			second...

					GEORDI
			We're generating an artificial
			pocket of time around you -- it's
			probably playing tricks on your
			equilibrium...
				(beat)
			It might take a little while to
			get used to. Let me know if it
			gets any worse.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			Beam us directly to the Enterprise
			Bridge.

					GEORDI
			Aye sir.

	Picard, Data and Troi step toward the Transporter
	platform, offscreen. Geordi works the controls.

					GEORDI
			Energizing...

	We HEAR them DEMATERIALIZE...

      STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 03/31/93 - ACT TWO      23.

28   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Data and Troi MATERIALIZE in an open area.
	They look around the room -- it's a startling sight:

29   WIDEN TO REVEAL - THE ROOM (OPTICAL)

	EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE IS COMPLETELY STOPPED, FROZEN
	IN PLACE. The ship is utterly SILENT. The Bridge has
	been caught in mid-crisis. The ship is at Red Alert,
	consoles and warning lights stopped in mid-flash. The
	room is DAMAGED in a few places -- scorch marks on the
	walls, etc. N.D. CREWMEMBERS are present, all of them
	MOTIONLESS with looks of concern on their faces, some
	of them gripping consoles for support.

30   A ROMULAN

	is FROZEN at the Conn position, hands poised above the
	console. An N.D. crewmember is lying on the floor next
	to him, a nasty-looking scorch mark on his face -- he
	appears to be dead. Another ROMULAN stands nearby,
	watching.

31   RIKER (OPTICAL)

	is backed up against a wall in another part of the room --
	his hands raised in a defensive posture against a third
	ROMULAN. Their expressions are tense, urgent -- they
	appear to be frozen in mid-struggle.

32   PICARD, DATA, TROI

	take in the picture-still scene. Picard starts to move
	toward the Command Area, taking in all the details.

					PICARD
			Three Romulans... all armed with
			disruptors... one at Conn...
				(looks around)
			There are none of our security
			officers on the Bridge. They
			must've taken us by surprise....

	Data moves to the Ops position. Troi moves to Riker.
	Picard moves to Riker's chair. He carefully reaches
	down to the chair... and deliberately moves the swingarm
	console.

        STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - ACT TWO        24.

32   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			It would appear that we can move
			objects in this time frame.

	Troi is staring at Riker and the Romulan. Picard joins
	her.

					TROI
				(re: Riker)
			Maybe we can do something to help
			Wil...

	Picard is cautious.

					PICARD
			I'm wary about making changes in
			this time continuum until we
			understand more about what's going
			on.

33   DATA

	is studying the console at Ops. He carefully reaches
	around the motionless crewmember and punches a few
	controls on the console. No response.

					DATA
			None of the equipment is
			functioning.
				(studies console)
			However, the information currently
			displayed indicates that there was
			a massive power surge in
			Engineering.

	Picard moves to the Tactical position -- studies the
	consoles there.

      STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/06/93 - ACT TWO      25.

33   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(off console)
			Security teams had just been sent
			to Transporter Room Three... and
			Sickbay.

	Picard turns to the others.

					PICARD
			Counselor -- you go to Sickbay.
			Have a look around. Data, go to
			Main Engineering -- see if you can
			determine the cause of the power
			surge. I'll be in Transporter
			Room Three.
				(beat)
			Picard to La Forge.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge here, sir.

					PICARD
			Lock onto our signals. I want you
			to beam Counselor Troi to --

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			I'd rather not, Captain. We've
			got limited power... and your
			isolation fields consume a lot of
			energy.

					PICARD
			Understood. We'll use the
			Jefferies Tubes.
				(to others)
			Let's go.

	As they all turn to go...

33A  INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	Picard, Troi and Data are climbing downward (in that
	order) through the cramped space. On the move:

					PICARD
			T-Sixteen is directly ahead --
			it's the main junction for this
			section of the ship. We should
			have reasonably easy access to our
			destinations from there...

     STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/06/93 - ACT TWO     25A.

33A  CONTINUED: (2)

	They come to the hatch in the platform floor. Picard
	uses a door-opening device (as seen in "Starship Mine")
	to pry it open.

	He stops, startled to see a FROZEN FACE staring right
	up at him on the other side of the hatch: a CREWMEMBER
	stopped in mid-climb below, an urgent look on his face.
	Two more CREWMEMBERS can be seen behind him, also
	caught in mid-climb. They are carrying several pieces
	of (TECH) equipment, making it impossibly cramped on
	their side of the Tube.

	Picard, Troi and Data eye the frozen crewmembers.

					TROI
			Maybe we can get around them...

	A beat -- it looks unlikely.

					PICARD
			No. We'll find an alternate
			route.
				(beat)
			Let's go back up.

	As they start to climb up along the Tube...

33B  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as before -- frozen.

33C  INT. ENGINEERING

	ANGLE on the doors to the Jefferies Tube. Slowly, they
	start to OPEN... and we reveal that Data is prying them
	apart with android strength...

	Data gets them open and enters the room. He glances
	around, taking in the scene... then sees something in
	the direction of the engine core. He reacts, clearly
	concerned. As he moves toward the core...

34   INT. CORRIDOR

	Troi walking down the utterly silent hallway. She
	passes a FROZEN CREWMEMBER who has been caught in midstride.
	She eyes him as she passes... it's a disarming
	sight...

        STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - ACT TWO        26.

35   INT. ANOTHER CORRIDOR

	Troi arrives at the entrance to Sickbay. TWO SECURITY
	GUARDS are stopped in the open doorway, phasers drawn,
	in the middle of ENTERING the room. Troi carefully
	brushes past them and enters the room...

36   INT. SICKBAY - CONTINUOUS

	As Troi ENTERS and looks around. The room has been
	fixed in mid-moment. TWO MEDICAL N.D.S are visible
	frozen in mid-work. They have urgent expressions.
	Troi glances beside her. A frozen ROMULAN WOMAN is
	standing against the wall by the door. Troi walks
	further into the room... surveying the scene... and
	stops at what she sees:

37   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	BEVERLY is standing a few feet away with her arms
	spread apart, body in mid-jolt, eyes wide with shock.
	A DISRUPTOR BLAST HAS PENETRATED HER CHEST -- THE
	GLOWING BEAM CAUGHT IN MID-FLASH. A nasty-looking HOLE
	has been burned through her chest.

	A ROMULAN MAN stands a few feet away, firing the phaser
	at her. It has all been FROZEN in time.

38   TROI

	reacts. She takes a step toward Beverly, disturbed by
	the sight. It looks hopeless.

	Finally, Troi turns and heads for the door. As she
	goes, she passes the Romulan who is standing by the
	door...

39   CLOSE - THE ROMULAN WOMAN

	A beat goes by. Then, inexplicably, the Romulan's eyes
	follow Troi as she exits. She turns toward the door.
	Clearly, she is not frozen in time.

	OFF her unreadable face....

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/05/93 - ACT THREE     27.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

40   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As before. Motionless.

40A  INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard walking along the empty hall. He passes a
	Turbolift whose doors are partially open... and
	something catches his eye. He moves to the doors...
	positions himself to get a good look inside the
	Turbolift...

40B  PICARD'S POV - TURBOLIFT

	Just visible beyond to the half-closed door, a ROMULAN
	and an N.D. CREWMEMBER are standing side-by-side,
	motionless, apparently caught in mid-conversation.

40C  PICARD

	reacts to the sight, curious... then moves off down the
	corridor...

41   INT. ENTERPRISE - TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	The scene is FROZEN in a tableau. THREE ROMULANS are
	motionless on the Transporter stage. One is holding
	his arm, injured, a look of pain on his face. Another
	is helping him along. The third Romulan is stepping
	down off the Transporter platform, his mouth open in
	mid-speech. TWO SECURITY N.D.S are frozen at the foot
	of the stage, facing the Romulans, phasers drawn.

42   PICARD

	is moving from person to person, exploring the scene
	for clues. He stops at WORF, who is FROZEN at the
	Transporter console. Picard tries to read the console
	display, but Worf's hands are covering it. Picard
	considers... then gently slides Worf's hands out of the
	way...

					PICARD
			Excuse me, Mister Worf...

	Picard examines the console with interest...

    STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/06/93 - ACT THREE    27A.

43   TROI

	ENTERS, looking shaken by her recent experience in
	Sickbay. She crosses to Picard.

					TROI
			Captain...

					PICARD
			Counselor. Take a look at this...

	Picard indicates the console.

					PICARD
			It appears that Mister Worf had
			just beamed these three aboard...
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 03/30/93 - ACT THREE     28.

43   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(off console)
			According to this, three other
			Romulans were beamed directly to
			Sickbay just seconds before.

					TROI
			I know. I just saw them...

	Troi tries to find a way to tell Picard what she just
	found. But Picard is absorbed in the mystery.

					PICARD
			Why would we be transporting
			Romulans onto our ship in the
			middle of a battle?

	Picard gestures toward the Transporter stage -- at the
	Romulans standing there... the Security N.D.s with
	their phasers drawn...

					PICARD
				(re: Romulans)
			They don't have any weapons... and
			that one looks injured. If they
			were part of an invasion, why are
			they unarmed? It doesn't make
			sense...

	Troi hesitates, trying to find the best way to put
	this. It's a difficult moment.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Captain... there's something I
			have to tell you...
				(beat)
			Doctor Crusher has been hit by a
			disruptor blast at point blank
			range... if time returns to
			normal, I don't see how she can
			survive.

	A grim beat as Picard absorbs the news. He heads for
	the door, determined.

     STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 03/30/93 - ACT THREE     29.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			There must be something we can
			do...

					DATA'S COM VOICE
				(fritzed)
			Data to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			Picard here.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Please come to Engineering
			immediately. It is urgent.

	Picard and Troi exchange a concerned look. As they
	EXIT...

44   INT. ENGINEERING

	Data is studying the Pool Table read-outs. FOUR
	ENGINEERING N.D.S can been seen FROZEN in the room.
	One of them is working frantically; the other is
	running toward the door, a look of concern on his face.

	Picard and Troi ENTER through the opened Jefferies Tube
	entrance and cross to Data.

					PICARD
			What's the problem, Mister Data?

	Data turns to them.

					DATA
			I believe I have discovered the
			cause of the power surge.
				(beat)
			There is a warp core breach in
			progress.

	They react. Data indicates the engine core. They walk
	up to it...

                                             INTERCUT:

45   ANGLE ON ENGINE CORE (OPTICAL)

	A CLOUD OF VIOLENT BLUE-WHITE GAS IS BALLOONING OUTWARD
	FROM THE CORE, FROZEN IN TIME. It is a warp core
	EXPLOSION, stopped at its beginning -- a strange and
	terrifying sight.

     STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 03/30/93 - ACT THREE     30.

45   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(re: explosion)
			It is the flashpoint of a warp
			core explosion.
				(beat)
			And it is expanding.

					PICARD
			Expanding... I thought time was
			suspended on this ship.

					DATA
			We were incorrect. I have
			determined that time is moving
			forward at an infinitesimal rate.

					TROI
			Why didn't we notice it before?

					DATA
			Our initial conclusion was based
			on our observations of the crew.
			A warp core breach moves at a much
			faster rate.

	He indicates the breach cloud.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			The motion of the cloud is within
			my visual detection threshold.
			Based on its current expansion
			rate, it will consume the ship in
			approximately nine hours,
			seventeen minutes.

	They react to the news -- troubled.

					PICARD
			Is there any way we can stop it?

					DATA
			It is no longer a question of
			stopping it, sir. The explosion
			has already occurred -- The fact
			that it is moving slowly changes
			nothing.

     STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 03/30/93 - ACT THREE     31.

45   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard stares at the breach cloud for a long moment...
	becoming very thoughtful...

					PICARD
			Astonishing... to see it frozen
			like this...

	Picard studies the explosion... moves offscreen as Data
	and Troi continue talking...

					TROI
			Do we know what caused the breach?

					DATA
			No. However, the console displays
			indicate that there was a power
			transfer in progress from the
			Enterprise to the Romulan vessel
			at the moment time decelerated.
				(beat)
			That is why there is a second beam
			between the two ships.

					TROI
			Why would we be sending them
			power?

					DATA
			Perhaps we should go aboard the
			Romulan ship. The answer to that
			question may --

	From offscreen, Picard LAUGHS. They turn to see --

46   INCLUDE PICARD (OPTICAL)

	standing near the breach cloud. He has just TRACED two
	eyes and a mouth in the gaseous cloud -- a big smiling
	face. He studies the result... then looks at Data and
	Troi. He points to the face and starts laughing again.
	Clearly, something is wrong with him.

					DATA
			Captain?

	Picard reacts to a sudden pain in his head, dizzy...
	stumbles backward and leans against the wall. Troi and
	Data rush to him.

     STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/01/93 - ACT THREE     32.

46   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Captain, what's wrong?

	Picard looks up at them, serious.

					PICARD
			My head... dizzy... I can't...

	And he starts laughing again, uncontrollably. Data
	reaches for him, but Picard pulls away, suddenly
	panicked.

					PICARD
			No!

	Picard struggles against Data, losing all control. He
	looks deranged. Troi taps her armband.

					TROI
			Troi to La Forge. Get us out of
			here, now!

47   EXT. SPACE - THE RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)

	As before.

48   INT. RUNABOUT - LIVING SECTION

	Picard is sitting at the table. He has returned to
	normal, but looks exhausted. Geordi is studying an
	opened PANEL on one of the Transporter armbands. Data
	looks on.

					GEORDI
			It looks like you weren't
			completely protected from the
			effects of the other time
			continuum...
				(beat)
			The neuro-physical stress must've
			been overwhelming.

     STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 03/30/93 - ACT THREE     33.

48   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			In much the same way that deep sea
			divers can experience nitrogen
			narcosis -- you experienced a form
			of temporal narcosis.

	Picard considers -- it's a disturbing revelation.

					PICARD
			Can we modify the subspace
			isolators to give us better
			protection?

					GEORDI
			I don't think so. All we can do
			right now is be careful -- limit
			our exposure to their time frame.
			We probably shouldn't stay any
			longer than ten minutes per trip.
			And we should stick together while
			we're there... just in case.

	Picard nods, stands.

					PICARD
			Very well. Our next step is to
			find out why the Enterprise was
			transferring power to the Romulan
			ship.
				(to Troi)
			We'll begin our search in their
			engine room. Counselor -- you
			spent several days on a Romulan
			ship -- you know more about their
			lay-outs than anyone here.
			Perhaps you can --

	Picard reacts to a pain in his head, dizzy.

					TROI
			Captain. It might be better if
			you stayed here this time and gave
			yourself a chance to recover.

	Picard is reluctant, but he knows she's right.

					PICARD
			You're right...
				(to all)
			I'll monitor your progress from
			here. Ten minutes... no more.

	OFF their apprehension...

     STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/01/93 - ACT THREE     34.

49   EXT. SPACE - ROMULAN WARBIRD (OPTICAL)

	hanging motionless.

50   INT. ROMULAN WARBIRD - ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	(Similar to the Engineering room as seen in "The Next
	Phase.") Data, Geordi and Troi MATERIALIZE in a clear
	space in the room. They look around --

51   NEW ANGLE - THE ROOM

	EVERYTHING IS FROZEN. There are several ROMULAN N.D.S.
	stopped in various activities. There is a sense of
	urgency to their actions -- clearly, something urgent
	was happening when time stopped.

52   DATA, GEORDI, TROI

	take it all in.

					TROI
			Geordi, there should be a power
			utilization monitor over there...

	Geordi nods. They quickly move to different consoles
	and begin to study the displays...

53   DATA AND TROI

	stop at a console. They study the screen.

					DATA
				(off console)
			This is highly unusual. The crew
			is not at Battle Stations. The
			ship is on Evacuation Alert.

					TROI
			Is that why Romulans were being
			transported to the Enterprise... ?

	They consider.

     STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/01/93 - ACT THREE     35.

54   GEORDI

	moves to a corner of the room and reads a console.
	(NOTE: This corner is empty -- there are no Romulans
	standing nearby). He reacts to the display.

					GEORDI
				(to others)
			Take a look at this...

	Data and Troi move to him.

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			There's an energy feedback
			returning through the transfer
			beam. It's probably what
			overloaded the Enterprise's
			engine... and caused the core
			breach.

	They consider.

					DATA
			Perhaps the Warbird was trying to
			destroy the Enterprise.

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			I don't think so. According to
			this, the Romulans were trying to
			shut down the power transfer.

	A puzzled beat.

					TROI
			Whatever happened, this is
			beginning to look less and less
			like a Romulan attack...

					GEORDI
			Let's take a look at their engine
			output.

	They move to a console near the ENGINE CORE... study
	the readings.

					DATA
				(off console, surprised)
			Geordi -- the engine core is
			completely inactive.

    STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 03/30/93 - ACT THREE    35A.

54   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(reacts)
			That's impossible. The Romulans
			use an artificial quantum
			singularity as their power source.
			Once it's activated, it can't be
			shut down.

					GEORDI
			Maybe we should take a closer
			look....

     STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/02/93 - ACT THREE     36.

54   CONTINUED: (2)

	Data nods. They move to the engine core. Geordi
	manually opens a large ACCESS PANEL on the core
	chamber... looks inside... and steps back, a look of
	surprise on his face.

					GEORDI
			I think we found the problem...

	Geordi moves aside and Data and Troi look inside the
	core.

                                             INTERCUT:

55   ANGLE - ENGINE CORE (OPTICAL)

	The core is filled with an otherworldly KALEIDOSCOPE --
	AS IF SPACE ITSELF HAS BEEN FRAGMENTED, LIKE A
	SHATTERED MIRROR. IT IS CONTINUALLY SHIFTING, MOVING.
	(NOTE: Also visible within the kaleidoscope effect are
	several DARK SPOTS -- which we will later learn are
	ALIEN EGGS.)

	Data pulls out his tricorder and takes a reading of the
	vortex. Throughout the conversation, Data continues to
	scan.

					DATA
				(off tricorder)
			It appears to be a highly focused
			aperture in the space-time
			continuum. Its energy signature
			matches that of the temporal
			fragments we observed earlier.
			However, it is approximately one
			point two million times as
			intense.
				(beat)
			I believe this may be the origin
			of the temporal fragmentation.

	Data continues to scan the core... intrigued...

					TROI
			What are these dark spots?

					DATA
				(continuing, off
				 tricorder)
			I am not certain. They exhibit
			complex bio-electric patterns.
			Very possibly organic.

    STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/01/93 - ACT THREE    36A.

55   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(surprised)
			Organic?

					DATA
			From their molecular
			configuration, it would seem --

	Suddenly, the tricorder BEEPS.

					DATA
			The aperture is beginning to
			fluctuate. I believe we are --

	Suddenly, the vortex emits a BLINDING FLASH OF LIGHT.

56   WIDE ANGLE ON ROOM

	TIME RESUMES. THE ENTIRE SCENE COMES TO LIFE,
	CONTINUING ITS MOTION AND SOUND. Romulan N.D.s start
	working frantically, yelling out commands.

       STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - ACT THREE       37.

56   CONTINUED:

	A WARNING KLAXON is heard. Confusion, chaos.

57   ANGLE ON DOOR

	as a distinctive-looking ROMULAN/ALIEN (MALE) rushes
	into the room, concerned. He stops at the sight of
	Data, Geordi and Troi. What are they doing here?

58   INT. RUNABOUT

	Picard at the controls, concerned.

59   PICARD'S POV - OUTSIDE WINDOW (OPTICAL)

	as the ENTERPRISE EXPLODES from the warp core breach...

60   RESUME

	The cabin FILLS with BRIGHT LIGHT from the explosion.
	Picard throws up his hands to shield his eyes --

	An instant later, the bright light of the explosion
	begins to...

	FADE AWAY...

61   PICARD'S POV - OUTSIDE WINDOW (OPTICAL)

	THE ENTERPRISE IS COMING BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. TIME IS
	REVERSING ITSELF.

62   INT. ROMULAN WARBIRD - ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Everything we've just seen over the past few seconds --
	Romulans working, voices, sounds, etc -- IS NOW MOVING
	BACKWARD, TIME REVERSING ITSELF.

       STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - ACT THREE       38.

63   DATA, GEORDI, TROI (OPTICAL)

	watch in utter amazement as EVERYTHING MOVES BACK INTO
	ITS ORIGINAL POSITION AND STOPS AT THE EXACT POINT
	WHERE TIME WAS ORIGINALLY FROZEN.

	Utter silence. Everything completely motionless.

	OFF their stunned reactions...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END ACT THREE                          

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/02/93 - ACT FOUR         39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

64   INT. ROMULAN WARBIRD - ENGINEERING

	A few minutes later. Data, Geordi and Troi talking to
	Picard on the com, mid-conversation.

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			I believe my tricorder emissions
			caused the temporal aperture to
			activate. I suggest we avoid
			exposing it to any further energy
			emissions.

                                             INTERCUT:

65   INT. RUNABOUT - COCKPIT

	Picard at the controls.

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 03/30/93 - ACT FOUR         40.

65   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			When time resumed, did you observe
			any activity in the engine room
			that suggested what the Romulans
			were doing?

66   INT. ROMULAN WARBIRD - ENGINEERING

	They glance around the room.

					DATA
			It appeared they were trying to
			eject the engine core.

					TROI
			I thought I heard one of the
			Engineers say something about the
			power transfer. Something about
			an energy feedback...

					GEORDI
			It looks like they were trying to
			stop whatever was happening
			here...

	A beat.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge -- from where you
			are can you determine what's
			happening on the Romulan Bridge?

	Geordi looks around.

					GEORDI
			I think so...

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 03/30/93 - ACT FOUR         41.

66   CONTINUED:

	Geordi moves to the empty corner of the room where he
	was working in Act Three, and begins to examine the
	console. A beat goes by, then Geordi stops working...
	senses that something isn't quite right. He glances
	around, curious...

					GEORDI
			Wait... something's different
			here...

	He finally sees it --

67   INCLUDE - THE ROMULAN MALE (OPTICAL)

	last seen running into the room in Act Three, as time
	moved forward. He is standing in the corner,
	apparently motionless, staring in Geordi's direction.
	He was not there before time moved forward.

	Geordi eyes him.

					GEORDI
			Data... was this man always
			standing right here --

	The Romulan lunges at Geordi. Geordi jumps back,
	startled. The Romulan grabs him with both hands --

	As the Romulan makes contact, Geordi's isolation FIELD
	FLASHES VIOLENTLY around them. They are both JOLTED
	BACKWARD to the floor. The Romulan hits the ground,
	unconscious. Geordi starts to convulse wildly.

68   TROI AND DATA

	run to Geordi, kneel down to help him. Troi quickly
	scans him with a tricorder while Data tries to hold him
	down.

					TROI
				(re: Geordi)
			He's going into neural shock!

					DATA
			We must get him back to the
			Runabout.

					TROI
			There's not enough time -- he's
			dying.

	Troi hesitates, unsure what to do. Finally, she gets
	an idea.

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/02/93 - ACT FOUR        41A.

68   CONTINUED:

	She removes Geordi's Transporter armband...

69   ON GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	As Troi removes the armband, GEORDI IS THROWN INTO
	FROZEN TIME. He STOPS in mid-convulsion, a look of
	agony caught on his face.

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/01/93 - ACT FOUR         42.

70   TROI

	turns to Data.

					TROI
			At least this way, he'll be alive
			in the other time frame... we
			might have a chance to save him
			later.
				(beat)
			Is the Romulan still alive?

	Data nods, crosses to the unconscious Romulan who
	attacked Geordi. He scans the Romulan.

					DATA
				(to Troi)
			Yes. However, I am getting
			unusual readings from his bioscan.
				(beat)
			I am not sure that he is a
			Romulan.

	OFF Troi's reaction...

71   EXT. SPACE - RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)

	As before.

72   INT. RUNABOUT - LIVING SECTION (OPTICAL)

	Later. Picard, Data and Troi standing by one of the
	beds. Lying on the bed is the Romulan who attacked
	Geordi. He's unconscious.

					DATA
				(re: Romulan)
			His cellular structures do not
			conform to any known species, and
			his bio-electric patterns are in
			a state of temporal flux.
				(beat)
			I do not believe that this being
			is native to our time continuum.

	They eye the Romulan.

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/01/93 - ACT FOUR         43.

72   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Mister Data... you said you
			discovered organic matter within
			the temporal aperture...

					DATA
			That is correct.

					PICARD
			I want to take a closer look at
			those readings.

	Data nods and turns to work a nearby console. Picard
	joins him. Troi keeps an eye on the Romulan.

	As Data works, A MONITOR displays a GRAPHIC of the
	TEMPORAL APERTURE seen earlier -- the DARK SPOTS are
	visible.

					DATA
				(re: graphic)
			This is a bio-spectral analysis of
			the temporal aperture.
				(indicates dark spots)
			The organic readings originated
			from these dark spots.

	Picard studies the screen.

					PICARD
			They appear to contain some sort
			of energy patterns...
				(beat)
			Can you isolate one of them and
			magnify?

	Data works. The graphic MAGNIFIES to show one single
	DARK SPOT. Within the spot is a pattern which suggests
	a cluster of CELLS.

					PICARD
				(off graphic)
			It looks like a cellular
			cluster...

					DATA
			Its bio-electric patterns are
			similar to that of the alien.
			However, it is significantly less
			complex.
				(beat)
			The cellular structures appear to
			be in a state of mitosis.

	Picard is struck by a notion.

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 03/30/93 - ACT FOUR        43A.

72   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Data. This could be some sort
			of... embryo...

					DATA
			It is possible. If I could scan
			the aperture further, I might be
			able to --

	From offscreen, the Romulan GROANS in pain.

					TROI (O.S.)
			Captain.

	Picard and Data quickly join Troi at the Romulan.

73   OMITTED

74   ANGLE ON ROMULAN (OPTICAL)

	as he glances around, disoriented. He tries to sit up
	but reacts to a pain in his head, dizzy. He falls back
	down... looks up at the others with fear and confusion.
	He tries to speak -- his VOICE is ALIEN, halting,
	jerky, strange. Clearly, he is not a Romulan.

					ROMULAN/ALIEN
			Must... save... no...

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/01/93 - ACT FOUR         44.

74   CONTINUED:

	They react to his words. Picard eyes him.

					PICARD
				(to Romulan)
			Who are you?

	The Romulan looks at Picard. He's in pain -- it's a
	struggle for him to speak.

					ROMULAN/ALIEN
			This body is... not mine... it was
			necessary to assume it... to exist
			in your... time...

	Troi steps forward.

					TROI
			Why are you here?

	The Romulan reacts to a pain in his entire body. He
	writhes on the bed a moment... catches his breath...
	tries to speak again...

					ROMULAN/ALIEN
			We had to come... to save them...
			they were... in danger...

					PICARD
			Who was in danger?

					ROMULAN/ALIEN
			Our young... they will die... in
			the gravity well... it is
			artificial...

					TROI
			Artificial... gravity well...
				(realizes)
			You mean, the Romulan engine core?

					ROMULAN/ALIEN
			Yes... our young... are trapped...
			We must get them out... return
			them to our time...

	The Romulan reacts to a pain, and his entire body
	PHASES IN AND OUT IN A KALEIDOSCOPE EFFECT for an
	instant. Data scans him with a tricorder.

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/02/93 - ACT FOUR         45.

74   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			His molecular structure is
			destabilizing.

	The urgency in the room rises a notch.

					PICARD
			How did your young become trapped
			in the core?

					ROMULAN/ALIEN
			We must use a natural gravity
			well... to incubate our young...
				(beat)
			We thought the Romulan core...
			would suffice... it did not...

	Data realizes, turns to Picard.

					DATA
			Captain -- I believe his species
			mistook the artificial
			singularity, which the Romulans
			use in their engine, for a natural
			one... a black hole. They tried
			to use it as a nest.

	They piece it together...

					TROI
			That's what deactivated the
			Warbird's engine core... so the
			Romulans sent out a distress
			call...

					PICARD
				(off that)
			The Enterprise responded... found
			the Warbird suffering an apparent
			engine failure... and attempted a
			power transfer.

	The Romulan seizes onto the words -- speaks with
	emphasis:

					ROMULAN/ALIEN
			Power transfer... we must stop the
			power transfer... it has...
			ruptured time... it will
			destroy... our young...

					DATA
				(interpreting)
			I believe that when the power
			transfer made contact with the
			alien nest, it disrupted the space-time
			continuum.

      STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/02/93 - ACT FOUR 46-47.         

74   CONTINUED: (4)

	Picard nods, eyes the Romulan.

					PICARD
				(realizing)
			Was it you who attacked the
			Enterprise?

					ROMULAN/ALIEN
			Yes... we had to stop the power
			transfer...

	The Romulan PHASES IN AND OUT again -- he's fading
	fast.

					PICARD
			Are there others like you here?

	The Romulan is barely holding on.

					ROMULAN/ALIEN
			One other...

					PICARD
			Do you know where he is? Can he
			help us restore normal time?

	Suddenly, THE ROMULAN FRACTURES IN A KALEIDOSCOPE
	EFFECT AND VANISHES. GONE.

	Reactions...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/01/93 - ACT FIVE         48.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

75   EXT. SPACE - RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)

	As before.

76   INT. RUNABOUT - LIVING SECTION

	Minutes later. Data is working the console. Picard
	and Troi pacing the room, tense.

					DATA
			I estimate the core breach will
			consume the Enterprise in
			approximately seven hours, two
			minutes.

	Picard is frustrated, searching for a way out of the
	situation.

					PICARD
			Is there a way to lock onto the
			core itself... beam it into space?

					DATA
			No, sir. We would need to
			surround the core with a subspace
			isolation field. It is not
			possible to generate a field of
			that magnituide from the Runabout.

	They consider -- it looks hopeless. Picard paces the
	room as an idea starts to form in his mind...

					PICARD
			Mister Data... when you scanned
			the temporal aperture with your
			tricorder... it caused time to
			move forward, and back again...

					DATA
			That is correct.

					PICARD
			What if we found a way to reverse
			that process -- make time move
			backward... then forward.

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 03/30/93 - ACT FIVE         49.

76   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(onto the idea)
			We might be able to run time back
			to a point before the warp core
			breach occurred... and then find
			a way to prevent the power
			transfer. So when time moves
			forward again...

					PICARD
			... The breach won't happen.

	Data considers the radical notion.

					DATA
			I can attempt to modify the
			tricorder's scan frequency. It
			might allow us to manipulate the
			temporal aperture's effects.

	Picard nods, giving him the go-ahead.

					PICARD
			Make it so, Data.

	Data moves off to work. Picard looks at Troi, intent.

					PICARD
			If this works, we may not have
			much time to prevent the power
			transfer. We'll have to decide
			precisely where to be and what to
			do the instant time begins to move
			backwards...

	Troi nods. OFF their determination...

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 03/30/93 - ACT FIVE         50.

77   EXT. SPACE - RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)

	As before -- facing the frozen Enterprise and Warbird.

78   INT. ENTERPRISE - ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	The scene frozen, as before -- except now, the GASEOUS
	CLOUD OF THE CORE BREACH EXPLOSION IS LARGER.

79   NEW ANGLE - DATA

	standing at a console, holding a small PADD-like
	device. He taps his Transporter armband.

					DATA
				(to com)
			Captain -- I have placed the
			tricorder in the Romulan engine
			room. Standing by.

                                             INTERCUT THE FOLLOWING:

80   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Everything frozen. Picard at the aft science station,
	standing ready.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Acknowledged. Counselor -- are
			you in position?

81   INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Troi standing a few feet away from Beverly, who is
	still frozen in mid-death. She positions herself near
	Beverly, phaser drawn, ready. (NOTE: The Romulan Woman
	by the door -- who was seen watching Troi in Act Two --
	is no longer present).

					TROI
				(to com)
			Ready, sir.

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 03/31/93 - ACT FIVE         51.

82   INT. ENTERPRISE - ENGINEERING

	Data as before.

					PICARD
			Alright, Mister Data.

					DATA
			Initiating tricorder emissions...

	Data hits a control on the PADD-like device...

83   INT. ROMULAN WARBIRD - ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	A TRICORDER has been placed on the floor facing the
	engine core. It is BLINKING. A moment later, the core
	SENDS OUT a FLASH OF LIGHT...

84   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Picard waiting, looking around him...

85   NEW ANGLE - THE ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Suddenly, EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE STARTS TO MOVE
	BACKWARDS -- TIME RUNNING IN REVERSE. All of the
	sounds and motions begin to move backwards. (NOTE: The
	action here is the exact reverse of the forward action
	in scene 94).

86   OMITTED

87   INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	ON BEVERLY AS THE ROMULAN DISRUPTOR BLAST REVERSES
	DIRECTION AND GOES BACK INTO THE WEAPON.

88   OMITTED

89   INT. ENTERPRISE - ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Data standing ready at the console. The gaseous cloud
	of the warp core breach is now gone. N.D.S can be seen
	in the background, WORKING BACKWARDS. Data speaks over
	the strange NOISE of sounds running backwards.

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 03/31/93 - ACT FIVE         52.

89   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(off console)
			Captain -- the warp core breach
			has been reversed.

					PICARD
			Be ready, Mister Data.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Data poises his hands at the console, ready.

90   NEW ANGLE - THE ROMULAN WOMAN (OPTICAL)

	seen in Act Two. She is walking forward through the
	room, clearly unaffected by the time reversal.

91   DATA (OPTICAL)

	senses her and spins around -- too late. The Romulan
	Woman comes at him -- speaks in the same ALIEN VOICE
	heard earlier.

					ROMULAN/ALIEN #2
			You must stop!

	The Romulan woman pushes Data away from the console.
	As they make contact, Data's isolation FIELD FRITZES
	around the two of them, then both fall to the floor...

92   NEW ANGLE - THE N.D.S (OPTICAL)

	as they slowly COME TO A STOP, THEN START MOVING
	FORWARD -- TIME HAS RESUMED ITS NORMAL COURSE. One of
	the N.D.s starts to operate the console where Data was
	standing ready.

93   DATA

	gets to his feet, a little dazed. The Romulan woman
	remains unconscious. A beat, then Data quickly moves
	to the N.D. at the console.

					DATA
				(to N.D.)
			You must not initiate the power
			transfer.

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 03/31/93 - ACT FIVE         53.

93   CONTINUED:

	The N.D. turns to him.

					ENSIGN
			I'm sorry, sir. I already have.

	Data immediately works the console.

					DATA
			We must shut it down.

					ENSIGN
				(off console)
			The transfer beam is at
			saturation, sir -- it can't be
			disengaged.

					DATA
				(quickly, to computer)
			Computer -- place a Level three
			containment field around the warp
			core.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Containment field activated.

94   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	TIME MOVING FORWARD. We see the following action
	happen quickly:

	The ship is JOLTED. The Conn console EXPLODES,
	knocking the Starfleet N.D. to the ground. A Romulan
	quickly moves in to take control. Riker and the
	Romulan Commander are thrown across Bridge. Riker
	manages to catch him before he crashes into him. (This
	is the moment where time was frozen).

	The action continues without pause. Riker sees Picard
	and reacts to the sight of him.

					RIKER
			Captain?

					PICARD
				(quickly)
			No time to explain, Number One.
			Continue the evacuation of the
			Romulan ship. You'll find LaForge
			in the Romulan engine room --
			beam him directly to Sickbay.

	Riker moves to a console --

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/01/93 - ACT FIVE         54.

95   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Troi KNOCKS Beverly aside just as the DISRUPTOR BLAST
	shoots by Beverly and HITS the wall. The Romulan takes
	a step toward Beverly, but Troi immediately aims her
	phaser at him.

					TROI
				(to Romulan, a threat)
			Step away -- now.

	Beverly looks at Troi, confused.

					BEVERLY
			Deanna, it's okay -- he wasn't
			firing at me.

	Troi looks at the Romulan.

					ROMULAN
				(to Troi)
			There was an alien here... who'd
			taken Romulan form. I was firing
			at her...
				(indicates Beverly)
			The doctor got in the way.

	Beverly looks around the room, alarmed.

					BEVERLY
			Where did she go... ?

	OFF their concern...

96   INT. ENTERPRISE - ENGINEERING

	Data has moved to another console.

					PICARD
			Status, Mister Data?

					DATA
				(to com)
			I was attacked by another alien,
			sir. I was unable to prevent the
			power transfer.

	He rapidly works the console.

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 03/31/93 - ACT FIVE         55.

96   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(continuing)
			It cannot be disengaged and the
			containment field will fail in
			seventeen seconds.
				(beat)
			A core breach is again imminent.

97   INT. BRIDGE

	As before. Picard and Riker, urgent.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Can we move the ship?

	Riker moves to his armchair console.

					RIKER
			The feedback from the transfer
			beam would tear us apart.

	Tension -- now what? Picard gets an idea -- rushes to
	Tactical.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Patch me into the navigational
			control on the Runabout.

	Riker moves to the Conn, works. The ship SHAKES --
	tension building

					RIKER
			Got it!

	Picard hits a few commands at tactical.

					PICARD
			I'm bringing the Runabout in...

98   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND WARBIRD (OPTICAL)

	The Runabout FLIES into the space between the
	Enterprise and the Romulan ship, INTERRUPTING the
	TRANSFER BEAM. The Runabout EXPLODES.

	The Romulan Warbird FRACTURES IN A KALEIDOSCOPE EFFECT
	AND COMPLETELY VANISHES.

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 03/31/93 - ACT FIVE         56.

99   INT. ENGINEERING - (OPTICAL)

	Data at the console. A few feet away, the unconscious
	Romulan VANISHES IN A KALEIDOSCOPE EFFECT. Data
	reacts.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Mister Data?

					DATA
				(to com)
			The core breach has been
			prevented, sir.

	Data begins scanning the region where the Romulan was
	lying.

                                             INTERCUT:

99A  INT. BRIDGE

	Picard reading tactical.

					PICARD
				(off console)
			Data -- it appears that severing
			the power transfer has not only
			prevented the core breach, but has
			also restored space-time to
			normal.

99B  INT. ENGINEERING

					DATA
			The alien who attacked me has
			vanished, sir.

					PICARD
			The Warbird has vanished as well.

					DATA
				(off tricorder)
			Judging from the residual temporal
			fluctuations... I believe they
			have returned to their own time
			continuum.

99C  INT. BRIDGE

	Riker looks at Picard, puzzled.

					RIKER
			Captain?

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/06/93 - ACT FIVE        56A.

99C  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			It's going to take a little time
			to explain, Number One...

	OFF Riker's reaction...

100  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 46945.3.
			We successfully evacuated the crew
			of the Romulan ship. We're on
			course to the Neutral Zone to
			bring them home.

101  INT. ENTERPRISE - DATA'S QUARTERS

	A couple of days later. Data is sitting at a table,
	staring intently at a small TEA KETTLE, which is on a
	burner.

	The door CHIMES.

					DATA
			Come in.

	Riker ENTERS, glances around, a little nervous.

					RIKER
				(to Data)
			Where's that cat of yours?

	Data does not look up from the kettle.

					DATA
			Spot is sleeping, sir. Why do you
			ask?

					RIKER
			No reason...

	Riker crosses to Data, hands him a PADD.

					RIKER
			I've worked out the new rotation
			schedules. I'd like you to cross
			check the personnel assignments
			and notify all department heads.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/06/93 - ACT FIVE        56B.

101  CONTINUED:

					RIKER (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			Your new Bridge shift begins at
			twenty-three hundred hours.

	Data takes the PADD without looking up -- his attention
	remains fixed on the kettle.

					DATA
			Understood, sir.

	Riker eyes him.

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 04/02/93 - ACT FIVE         57.

101  CONTINUED:

	Data watches the kettle. A beat goes by. Then the
	kettle begins to WHISTLE. Data looks thoughtful.

					RIKER
			Data, what are you doing?

					DATA
			Recent events have compelled me to
			study how humans perceive the
			passage of time.
				(beat)
			For example, I have often heard
			people comment that time seems to
			pass more "slowly" in one
			instance, or more "quickly" in
			another. Yet in reality, the
			actual passage of time remains
			fixed.

	Riker considers.

					RIKER
			I guess everybody perceives time
			a little differently... it depends
			on the exact situation... how
			you're feeling...

	Data indicates the kettle.

					DATA
			I have been testing the aphorism
			that "a watched pot never boils".
				(beat)
			I have boiled the same amount of
			water in this kettle sixty-two
			times. In some cases, I ignored
			the kettle.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Timescape" - REV. 03/31/93 - ACT FIVE        57A.

101  CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (Cont'd)
			In others, I watched it intently.
			In every instance, the water
			reached its boiling point in
			precisely fifty-one point seven
			seconds.

	They stare at the kettle a moment.

            STAR TREK: "Timescape" - 03/29/93 - ACT FIVE            58.

101  CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			It would appear that I am not
			capable of perceiving time any
			differently than my internal
			chronometer.

	Riker thinks.

					RIKER
			Why don't you turn it off?

					DATA
			Sir?

					RIKER
			Data... people don't have internal
			chronometers. See what happens
			when you turn yours off.

	Data looks intrigued.

					DATA
			Thank you, Commander. I will try
			that.

	Riker smiles.

					RIKER
			Just don't be late for your shift.

	Riker gives Data a smile, and EXITS. Data watches him
	a moment. Suddenly, we hear the kettle WHISTLE. Data
	turns quickly at the sound. OFF his intrigued
	expression as he watches the pot...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             











                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                       "Descent, Part I" 
                          #40276-252 
                              
                           Story by 
                          Jeri Taylor 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Alex Singer 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT

                        APRIL 12, 1993

            STAR TREK: "Descent" - 04/12/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Descent" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             CROSIS
                RIKER              HAWKING
                DATA               NECHAYEV
                BEVERLY            NEWTON
                TROI               EINSTEIN
                WORF               LORE
                GEORDI             BOSUS
                                   TAYAR
                COMPUTER VOICE  
   
                Non-Speaking       
                  N.D. CREWMEMBERS   
                  N.D. SECURITY GUARDS
                  N.D. BAJORAN SECURITY OFFICER

            STAR TREK: "Descent" - 04/12/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Descent" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              HOLODECK                 ALIEN SHIP
                (DATA'S QUARTERS)
                (OUTPOST)              DISTORTION
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              ENGINEERING              SHUTTLE
              READY ROOM
              TROI'S OFFICE            PLANET
              CORRIDOR                   (SURFACE)
              BRIG                       (BUILDING)
              DATA'S QUARTERS
                                       GORKON
              OUTPOST
              BORG HALL

        STAR TREK: "Descent" - 04/12/93 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Descent" 
                         
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 OHNIAKA         oh-nee-AH-ka
                 CORELKI         ko-REL-kee
                 GORKON          GOR-kon
                 LUVETRIC        LOO-vet-rik
                 NECHAYEV        NEH-che-yev


          STAR TREK: "Descent" - 04/12/93 - TEASER          1.

                STAR TREK: The Next Generation                  
                           "Descent"                                
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. DATA'S QUARTERS/HOLODECK (OPTICAL)

	Seated around the poker table clockwise are DATA,
	STEPHEN HAWKING, ALBERT EINSTEIN, and ISAAC NEWTON.
	Everyone has chips and cards in front of them -- a
	small device is holding Hawking's cards for him.
	Hawking is telling the last few lines of a very
	esoteric joke.

					HAWKING
			... but then I said, "In that
			frame of reference, the perihelion
			of Mercury would have precessed in
			the opposite direction."

	Einstein laughs uproariously, Data looks amused, and
	Newton looks puzzled.

					EINSTEIN
			That is a great story!

					DATA
			Quite amusing, Professor Hawking.
				(to Newton)
			You see, Sir Isaac, the joke
			depends on an understanding of the
			relativistic curvature of spacetime.
			If two non-inertial
			reference frames are in relative
			motion--

					NEWTON
				(irritated)
			Do not patronize me, sir! I
			invented physics. The day that
			apple fell on my head was the most
			momentous day in the history of
			science.

					HAWKING
			Not the apple story again.

					DATA
			That story is generally considered
			to be apocryphal.

          STAR TREK: "Descent" - 04/12/93 - TEASER          2.

1    CONTINUED:

					NEWTON
				(outraged)
			What? How dare you?

					EINSTEIN
			Perhaps we should return to the
			game.
				(thinks, to Hawking)
			Let's see, you raised Mister Data
			four, which means the bet is seven
			to me.

					NEWTON
			The bet is ten! Can't you do
			simple arithmetic?

	Einstein pushes out the correct number of chips.
	Newton matches the bet.

					NEWTON
				(grumbling)
			I don't even know why I'm here in
			the first place. What's the point
			of playing this ridiculous game?

					DATA
				(matches the bet)
			I am in. When I play poker with
			my shipmates, I often find that it
			is a useful forum for exploring
			different facets of humanity. I
			was curious to see how three of
			history's greatest minds would
			interact in this setting. So far
			it has proved most illuminating.

	Einstein looks down at his own immense stack of chips.

					EINSTEIN
			And profitable.

					NEWTON
			Can we get this over with, please?
				(to Hawking)
			It's your bet.

					HAWKING
			I raise fifty.

	Data pushes out some chips for him. Newton reacts and
	throws his cards down in disgust.

					NEWTON
			Blast! I fold.

          STAR TREK: "Descent" - 04/12/93 - TEASER          3.

1    CONTINUED: (2)

	Data also puts down his cards and folds, but Einstein
	holds firm.

					EINSTEIN
				(to Hawking)
			The uncertainty principle will not
			help you now, Stephen. All the
			quantum fluctuations in the
			universe won't change the cards in
			your hand. I call. You are
			bluffing and you will lose.

					HAWKING
			Wrong again, Albert.

	Hawking's card holder flips over his cards.

2    INSERT - HAWKING'S CARDS

	he has four SEVENS.

3    RESUME SCENE

	As they all react. Einstein's shoulders slump in
	defeat.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Red Alert. All personnel report
			to duty stations.

					DATA
				(stands)
			We will have to continue this at
			another time.
				(to com)
			End program.

	The scientists and the room VANISH, revealing the
	Holodeck walls. Data EXITS.

                                             CUT TO:

4    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at warp.

          STAR TREK: "Descent" - 04/12/93 - TEASER          4.

5    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	PICARD ENTERS from the aft Turbolift and moves toward
	RIKER, who is standing at one of the aft science
	stations. WORF and TROI are at their stations, an N.D.
	at Conn. Data ENTERS from the forward Turbolift and
	moves to Ops. The ship is on Red Alert.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			We've received a distress call
			from the Ohniaka Three Outpost.
			They said they were under attack.

					PICARD
				(puzzled)
			Ohniaka Three... there's no
			strategic value to that outpost.
			Were they able to identify the
			attackers?

					RIKER
			No, sir. And we haven't been able
			to raise them since the initial
			call.

					WORF
			We are nearing the Ohniaka system,
			Captain.

	Picard and Riker move toward the Command area.

					PICARD
				(to Con)
			Bring us out of warp, Ensign.

					WORF
			Sensors detect one ship orbiting
			the third planet... its
			configuration does not match
			anything in our records.

					RIKER
			Stand-by phasers and photon
			torpedoes.

					PICARD
			Hail them, Mister Worf.

					WORF
				(works)
			No response.

					PICARD
			Put them onscreen.

        STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - TEASER        5.

6    INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The screen shows an ALIEN VESSEL in orbit around a
	planet. The ship is unlike any other we've ever seen.
	It has very little markings or decoration, but it is
	clearly menacing.

					DATA
			It does not appear to be attacking
			the outpost.

					RIKER
			They might have attacked before we
			got here.

					PICARD
			Or they might simply be another
			victim.
				(beat, to Data)
			What about the outpost on the
			surface?

					DATA
				(works)
			There is a great deal of
			electromagnetic interference... I
			am unable to determine whether
			there are any lifeforms present.

	Riker looks to Picard, who thinks for a moment, then
	nods. Riker stands and heads for the Turbolift.

					RIKER
			Data, Worf, you're with me.

	Riker, Data, and Worf EXIT.

                                             CUT TO:

7    INT. OUTPOST (OPTICAL)

	A typical Federation science station which has recently
	been attacked. There are DEAD BODIES everywhere, and
	a few scorch marks are visible on the walls, but the
	physical damage is actually minimal. Riker, Data,
	Worf, and ONE N.D. SECURITY GUARD MATERIALIZE.
	Everyone is wearing phasers, and Data and Worf have
	tricorders.

          STAR TREK: "Descent" - 04/12/93 - TEASER          5A.

7    CONTINUED:

	Riker reacts to the sight of the dead Starfleet
	officers. Worf checks some of the bodies with his
	tricorder while Data moves to a computer console.

        STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - TEASER        6.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(off-tricorder)
			These wounds were caused by a
			forced-plasma beam... similar to
			a Ferengi hand phaser.

					RIKER
			This seems pretty brutal for the
			Ferengi.
				(to Data)
			Can you detect any survivors?

					DATA
				(off tricorder)
			The electro-magnetic interference
			is still making it difficult to
			get precise sensor readings.

					RIKER
			How many people were assigned to
			this outpost?

					WORF
			Two hundred seventy-four.

					RIKER
			All right... we'll make a room to
			room search. Worf -- you, and
			Corelki start searching the north
			wing, we'll take the south.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Worf and the N.D. Guard EXIT the room. Riker and Data
	move toward a door at the opposite side of the room.
	Data tries to operate a panel next to the door, but it
	doesn't open right away.

					DATA
			The mechanism appears to be
			jammed.

	Data works a computer control on the wall and Riker
	looks around at the chilling sight surrounding them.

					RIKER
			There's not much damage... doesn't
			look like they were interested in
			the station... just the people...

        STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - TEASER        7.

7    CONTINUED: (3)

	A long beat, then Data turns to Riker.

					DATA
			I have by-passed the primary
			system.

	Data works for a moment.

8    NEW ANGLE - INCLUDING DOOR (OPTICAL)

	The door suddenly OPENS and reveals a BORG STANDING IN
	THE DOORWAY.

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - ACT ONE       8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

9    INT. OUTPOST - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Data, and the Security Guard react with shock,
	but before they can do anything, another BORG ENTERS
	the room and FIRES at them. Riker and Data dive for
	cover just as SEVERAL OTHER BORG start to rush in,
	FIRING their weapons.

                                             CUT TO:

10   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & ALIEN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The Alien ship suddenly FIRES on the Enterprise.

11   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Geordi are on the Bridge. The ship ROCKS
	with the impact.

					PICARD
				(to Con)
			Evasive maneuvers, Ensign!
				(to Tactical)
			Return fire.

	The ship ROCKS again.

					GEORDI
			Shields are down to eighty
			percent... compensating with
			auxiliary power.

12   INT. OUTPOST (OPTICAL)

	Riker and Data have taken cover behind some consoles
	and they are trading PHASER SHOTS with the Borg. These
	Borg are not acting like the calm, neutral automatons
	that we've become used to seeing. They are quickfooted,
	cunning, and ferocious. Their faces are
	twisted into expressions of fury and hatred... and they
	take care to hide behind objects to avoid being shot --
	in short, they are behaving like individuals instead of
	mindless worker ants.

       STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - ACT ONE       9.

12   CONTINUED:

	One of the Borg makes a move toward them, but Riker
	FIRES at him and the Borg goes down.

	Another Borg -- BORG #1 -- looks at the body of the
	fallen Borg from behind a console. He turns to Riker,
	his face twisted in hate.

					BORG #1
			You have killed Torsus. I will
			make you suffer for this.

	Worf and the Security Guard rush into the room and
	immediately take cover as the Borg FIRE at them.

13   OMITTED

14   ANGLE ON BORG #2 (OPTICAL)

	BORG #2 peeks out from behind a console to get a better
	look at the Starfleet officers. He looks at each of
	them in turn as if going over some unseen checklist.

					BORG #2
			Biological organism -- Klingon.
			Biological organism -- Human. I
			will destroy you.

	Then he looks at Data... and he frowns for a beat as if
	remembering something.

					BORG #2
			Artificial lifeform. Starfleet
			Rank: Lieutenant Commander. Name:
			Data.

	Data looks puzzled by this... what does it mean? Borg
	#2 turns and looks at BORG #3 -- as if sending some
	silent message.

	Borg #3 leaps up and then rushes Data and Riker. Borg
	#1 FIRES at the Security Guard, killing her.

	The other Borg move to follow the lead of Borg #3, but
	steady FIRE from Worf and Riker keep them pinned down.

15   DATA

	Jumps up to take on Borg #3 as he rushes at them. Data
	and the Borg begin a fierce hand to hand fight...

       STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - TEASER       9A.

16   RIKER & WORF (OPTICAL)

	Continue to trade phaser FIRE with the other Borg.

17   OMITTED

         STAR TREK: "Descent" - 04/12/93 - ACT ONE         10.

18   DATA

	Suddenly a change happens during Data's fight with the
	Borg... the expression on his normally neutral face
	begins to harden... his features twist into a snarl...
	and without warning, he suddenly PICKS UP the Borg and
	snarls into his face, his voice loud with rage and
	anger...

					DATA
				(a shout)
			Stop it!

	He SLAMS the Borg against the wall and then hits him
	again and again.

					DATA
			Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!

	The Borg finally slumps to the ground, dead.

19   WIDER (OPTICAL)

	As all the Borg suddenly break off their attack. They
	take a step back and then DEMATERIALIZE. Riker and
	Worf look at each other for a moment... then pick
	themselves up off the ground and look at Data with
	shock. Data looks confused... the rage and violence we
	saw only a moment ago is now gone and he seems puzzled
	by what's happened.

                                             CUT TO:

20   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Geordi reacts to something on his console.

					GEORDI
			Captain, the alien ship is
			breaking orbit.

					PICARD
				(to Con)
			Set an intercept course, Ensign.
				(to Tactical)
			Fire torpedoes.

					GEORDI
			Shields are back to full power,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Very good.

       STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - ACT ONE       11.

21   EXT. SPACE - ALIEN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The ship is moving at impulse... suddenly a BLINDING
	FLASH OF LIGHT APPEARS in front of the ship. The Alien
	vessel abruptly VANISHES. Once the ship is gone, the
	Light also disappears.

22   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before. The Viewscreen shows only an empty
	starfield. Picard stares at the screen and frowns in
	frustration.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge?

					GEORDI
			They're gone, sir. Our sensors
			indicate there was some kind of
			subspace distortion just before
			they disappeared... I'll have to
			study these readings before I can
			get more specific.

	Picard stares at the screen for another moment, then
	turns to the Conn Officer.

					PICARD
			Take us back to Ohniaka Three.

                                             CUT TO:

23   INT. OUTPOST

	As before. Riker moves over to Data, who still looks
	shocked.

					RIKER
				(gently)
			Data?
				(beat)
			Data, are you all right?

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

					RIKER
			What happened?

         STAR TREK: "Descent" - 04/12/93 - ACT ONE         12.

23   CONTINUED:

	A long beat, then Data turns to Riker with a completely
	stunned look on his face.

					DATA
			I got angry.

	Off their reactions...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

       STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - ACT TWO       13.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

24   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit around Ohniaka Three.

					PICARD (V.O)
			Captain's Log: Stardate 46982.1.
			Because of his unusual behavior on
			the planet surface, Commander Data
			has asked to be temporarily
			relieved of duty. Unfortunately,
			this means he will not be able to
			help us investigate a disturbing
			new change in the behavior of the
			Borg.

25   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Troi, and BEVERLY are seated
	around the table.

					RIKER
			They were fast, aggressive --
			almost vicious... it was more like
			fighting Klingons than Borg,
				(to Worf)
			No offense.

					WORF
			None taken.

					RIKER
			There was another difference. I
			don't think they were part of the
			Borg collective... they acted more
			like individuals.

	That gets everyone's attention.

					PICARD
				(shocked)
			What?

					RIKER
			One of them referred to himself as
			"I".

      STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - ACT TWO      13A.

25   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			That Borg also showed concern for
			a fallen comrade... and called him
			by name.

       STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - ACT TWO       14.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			The only Borg who ever had a
			name... was Hugh. And we gave it
			to him.

					BEVERLY
			Maybe Hugh has something to do
			with this change in their
			behavior.

	A quiet beat as they consider this. Picard stands and
	moves to the windows. His voice is quiet and somber...
	he's drawing on his own painful memories of the Borg.

					PICARD
			Did they show any interest in...
			assimilating you... or your
			technology?

					RIKER
			They seemed more concerned with
			the death of their colleague...
			and with destroying us... I didn't
			see anything that suggested they
			wanted to assimilate anyone.

	Picard thinks about this for a moment... mulling over
	the possibilities.

					PICARD
			The Borg's entire existence was
			centered around the acquisition of
			technology and cultures... if that
			is no longer the case... then they
			must have a new objective. We
			have to find out what it is.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - ACT TWO       15.

25   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			Mister Worf, from this moment on,
			we will maintain security
			condition two. Have armed
			officers posted on every deck.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Number One, analyze our sensor
			readings of the Borg ship... try
			to determine whether it's
			something they constructed or an
			alien ship they captured. Then,
			run an analysis of this...
			subspace distortion they used to
			escape.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			I'm going to contact Starfleet
			Command.

	Picard turns away from the window and EXIT without
	making eye contact with anyone in the room. The others
	all rise and head for the doors.

                                             CUT TO:

       STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - ACT TWO       16.

26   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi is checking out Data with a tricorder. He
	shakes his head after a beat and closes the tricorder.

					GEORDI
			Your positronic net checks out...
			everything looks fine.

					DATA
			My internal diagnostic also found
			nothing wrong.

					GEORDI
			I don't know what to say, Data.
			There's nothing here to indicate
			anything that would cause a
			behavioral anomaly.

					DATA
			I agree.
				(beat)
			Geordi, I believe I experienced my
			first emotion.

	Geordi is dubious about this.

					GEORDI
			Data... no offense, but how would
			you know an actual flash of anger
			from some kind of odd power surge?

       STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - ACT TWO       17.

26   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			You are correct in that I have no
			frame of reference to confirm my
			hypothesis.
				(beat)
			In fact, I find myself unable to
			provide a verbal description of
			the experience. Perhaps you could
			describe what it feels like when
			you get angry... I could then use
			that as a reference.

	Geordi thinks about this... struggles with an answer.

					GEORDI
			Well... when I get angry, first
			I... begin to feel... hostile...

					DATA
			Could you describe feeling
			hostile?

					GEORDI
			It's feeling... belligerent...
			combative...

					DATA
			Can you describe feeling angry
			without referring to other
			feelings?

	Geordi struggles with this for a moment... finally
	gives up.

					GEORDI
			No. I guess I can't. I just...
			feel angry.

					DATA
			That was my experience as well.
			I simply... felt angry.

					GEORDI
			Let's say that you're right... and
			this was an emotion. How is that
			possible?

					DATA
			I do not know. Perhaps I have
			evolved to the point where
			emotions are within my reach.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - ACT TWO       18.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			Perhaps I will experience other
			emotions as time goes on.

	Geordi smiles and shrugs as he begins to put away the
	tools.

					GEORDI
			I hope you're right. I'd hate to
			think that anger is all you're
			capable of feeling.

	Data frowns slightly at this thought. Off his reaction
	as he begins to think about this...

                                             CUT TO:

26A  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & GORKON (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise and the STARSHIP GORKON are running side
	by side.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log: Stardate 46984.6
			No additional Borg attacks have
			been reported in the past two
			days. However, Starfleet has
			dispatched Admiral Nechayev to
			take command in this sector in
			preparation for a possible Borg
			invasion.

27   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard and ADMIRAL NECHAYEV (from "Chain of Command")
	are talking.

					NECHAYEV
			There will be fifteen starships in
			this sector by the day after
			tomorrow. The Gorkon will be my
			flagship. You'll have command of
			task force three, consisting of
			the Enterprise, the Crazy Horse
			and the Agamemnon.

					PICARD
			Understood.

	Nechayev takes a moment... there's something else on
	her mind.

       STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - ACT TWO       19.

27   CONTINUED:

					NECHAYEV
			Captain... I've read the report
			you submitted to Admiral Brooks
			last year regarding the Borg you
			called "Hugh"...
				(beat)
			... and I've been trying to figure
			out why you let him go.

	Picard stiffens slightly.

					PICARD
			I thought I made my reasons clear.

	Nechayev's attitude is hard... she doesn't approve of
	Picard's actions and she wants him to know it.

					NECHAYEV
			As I understand it... you found a
			single Borg at a crash site...
			brought it aboard the
			Enterprise... studied it...
			analyzed it... and eventually
			found a way to send it back to the
			Borg with a program that would
			have destroyed the entire
			collective once and for all.

	Picard says nothing... Nechayev's voice becomes harsh.

					NECHAYEV
				(continuing)
			But instead, you nursed the Borg
			back to health, treated it like a
			guest, gave it a name, and then
			sent it home.
				(beat)
			Why?

	Picard is not afraid to confront these issues and he
	faces her directly. Their voices steadily rise as the
	tension builds.

					PICARD
			Once Hugh was separated from the
			Borg collective he began to...
			grow and evolve into something
			more than just an automaton. He
			was a person. When that happened,
			I had no choice but to respect his
			rights as an individual.

       STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - ACT TWO       20.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

					NECHAYEV
			Of course you had a choice. You
			could've taken the opportunity to
			rid the Federation of a mortal
			enemy... one that has killed tens
			of thousands of innocent people,
			and which may kill even more.

					PICARD
				(tight)
			No one is more aware of the danger
			than I am. But I am also bound by
			my oath and my conscience to
			uphold certain principles. And I
			will not sacrifice them in order
			to--

					NECHAYEV
				(hard)
			Your priority is to safeguard the
			lives of Federation citizens...
			not to wrestle with your
			conscience.
				(beat)
			Now I want to make it clear that
			if you have a similar opportunity
			in the future... an opportunity to
			destroy the Borg... you are under
			orders to take advantage of it.
			Is that understood?

	In the face of that kind of direct order, there is only
	one response possible.

					PICARD
				(tight)
			Yes, sir.

	Nechayev EXITS. Picard looks after her for a moment...
	off his reaction...

                                             CUT TO:

28   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & GORKON (OPTICAL)

	The Gorkon pulls away at impulse.

29   INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	Troi and Data are sitting in the office.

      STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - ACT TWO      20A.

29   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			For the past six hours, I have
			attempted to produce an emotional
			response by subjecting myself to
			various stimuli.

					TROI
			Like what?

       STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - ACT TWO       21.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I listened to several operas known
			to be uplifting, I watched three
			Holodeck programs designed to be
			humorous, and I made four attempts
			to induce sexual desire by
			subjecting myself to erotic
			imagery.

					TROI
			What happened?

					DATA
			Nothing.

					TROI
			I'm curious... why are you
			ignoring the one emotion you've
			already experienced? Why aren't
			you trying to make yourself angry
			again?

					DATA
			Anger is a negative emotion. I
			wanted to concentrate on something
			more positive.

					TROI
			Feelings aren't positive or
			negative Data, they simply exist.
			It's what we do with those
			feelings that becomes good or bad.
				(beat)
			For example, feeling angry about
			an injustice could lead someone to
			take a positive action to correct
			it.

					DATA
			But my study of humanity indicates
			there are some emotions that are
			harmful, such as jealousy or
			hatred.

	These are difficult areas to deal with, even for Troi,
	and she takes moment to grapple with this.

					TROI
			Those are very... strong emotions,
			and you're right -- there's very
			little good that can come from
			them.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - ACT TWO       22.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI (Cont'd)
			But, I don't think that an
			exploration of anger would
			necessarily lead to feelings of
			hate or malice.

					DATA
			But what if it does, Counselor?
			What if it turns out that those
			are the only emotions I am capable
			of experiencing? Would that not
			make me a... bad person?

	Troi looks at him for a moment... finally she gives him
	a gentle smile.

					TROI
			Data, we've served together a long
			time... and I've gotten to know
			you pretty well... I have to
			believe if you ever do reach your
			goal of becoming human... you
			won't become a bad one.

	Data pauses, thinks for a moment. He seems troubled by
	something.

					DATA
			I wish I were as confident as you
			are, Counselor.
				(beat)
			When I was fighting the Borg, I
			felt angry... but as I think back
			on that incident, I realize that
			I also experienced another
			sensation. It was not the same as
			anger, but I think it was an
			emotion.

					TROI
			Exactly when did you feel this...
			other emotion?

					DATA
			It was just after I had killed the
			Borg. I looked down at his body
			and I.... felt something.

					TROI
			If you had to put a name to
			this... feeling, what would you
			call it?

         STAR TREK: "Descent" - 04/12/93 - ACT TWO         23.

29   CONTINUED: (3)

	There is a long beat as Data thinks about this.

					DATA
			I believe it was pleasure.

	Off Troi's reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

        STAR TREK: "Descent" - 04/12/93 - ACT THREE        24.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

30   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is moving at impulse power.

31   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker in Command, Worf at Tactical. Riker is just
	turning away from Worf.

					RIKER
			Red Alert! All hands to battle
			stations.
				(to Con)
			Lay in a course and engage at warp
			nine.

	N.D. CREWMEMBERS start ENTERING from the Turbolifts.
	Picard ENTERS from the Ready Room.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			We have a distress call from the
			New Berlin Colony. They're under
			attack.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			What's our ETA?

					WORF
			At warp nine, we will arrive in
			fifteen minutes, thirty seconds.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Contact the Crazy Horse, and the
			Agamemnon, tell them to stand-by
			in case we --

	Worf's console suddenly BEEPS and he turns to answer
	it.

					WORF
			Incoming message, Captain. It's
			the New Berlin Colony.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - ACT THREE      25.

31   CONTINUED:

					WORF (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			They are... cancelling their
			distress call. Evidently a
			Ferengi trading ship entered their
			system and someone panicked.

	Everyone reacts on the Bridge.

					RIKER
			That's the third time today.
				(to Con)
			Reduce speed and bring us back to
			our patrol route.

	Picard barely manages to restrain his temper.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf... stand down from Red
			Alert. Acknowledge the signal
			from New Berlin, and then transmit
			another copy of Starfleet's ship
			recognition protocols... and tell
			them to read it this time.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Picard EXITS to the Ready Room.

                                             CUT TO:

32   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log: Supplemental. We
			have been on patrol for seventeen
			hours, and there are still no
			reports of any further Borg
			activity. But tensions continue
			to run high on the colonies and
			outposts in this sector.

      STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - ACT THREE      26.

33   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard is sitting at his desk, looking at his monitor.
	We see that he is watching a visual recording of HUGH
	from "I, Borg." Specifically, this clip is Scene 27R,
	1 -- a closeup of Hugh in the Lab set.

	Picard watches the scene for a few beats (not more than
	ten seconds), remembering his own encounter with Hugh.
	When the scene reaches the point where Hugh says "We
	are Hugh," the door to the Ready Room CHIMES and Picard
	touches a control which FREEZES the image of Hugh's
	face on the screen.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Riker ENTERS, carrying a PADD.

					RIKER
				(hands Picard the PADD)
			I thought you'd like to see this.
			It's Geordi's analysis of the
			subspace distortion the Borg used
			to escape.

	Picard studies the PADD for a moment. Riker glances
	down at the monitor and notes Hugh's image on the
	screen.

					PICARD
				(reading)
			"... an artificially created
			energy conduit."
				(tosses PADD on table in
				 irritation)
			That could be anything.

					RIKER
			We don't have enough information
			at this point to --

					PICARD
			I don't want excuses, Number One.
			I want answers.

	Riker stiffens at the tone in Picard's voice and Picard
	instantly regrets snapping at him.

      STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/19/93 - ACT THREE      27.

33   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(softer)
			Sorry.

	Picard looks at the image of Hugh on the viewer.

					PICARD
			He was right here, Wil... in this
			very room. And I let him go.
				(beat)
			Pick any five starship Captains...
			give them a chance to rid the
			Federation of a mortal threat.
				(beat)
			I would wager that all five would
			do it... even if it meant
			sacrificing the rights of one man.

	Riker thinks about this for a moment.

					RIKER
			I don't mean to sound
			melodramatic... but I've never
			thought of you as just "any other
			starship Captain." Sending Hugh
			back to the Borg was a very risky,
			a very dangerous choice... but it
			was the moral thing to do.

	Picard takes a long hard look at the face of Hugh.

					PICARD
			It may turn out that the moral
			thing to do... was not the right
			thing to do.

	Riker has no answer for that and there is a long somber
	beat.

                                             CUT TO:

34   INT. CORRIDOR

	Geordi is walking down the Corridor toward the
	Holodeck. He reaches the doors and presses the panel.
	The doors OPEN and he ENTERS.

      STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - ACT THREE      28.

35   INT. OUTPOST/HOLODECK

	The Holodeck has recreated the destroyed Outpost as
	seen in Act One. Data is FIGHTING a Holo-Borg in the
	same manner as seen earlier.

	The fight is at the point where Data had basically
	defeated the Borg and he was hitting him over and over
	again. Data repeats the same dialogue as before, but
	this time he says it with a complete lack of emotion --
	just an android repeating a phrase, with no feeling at
	all.

	Geordi ENTERS from the Corridor.

					DATA
			Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop.

	Data defeats the Borg again, and the Holo-Borg slumps
	to the ground. Data's expression remains carefully
	neutral during the fight, and after the Borg goes down,
	Data pauses and seems to think for a beat.

					GEORDI
			Data... am I interrupting
			something?

					DATA
			Yes. But it is all right. Do you
			need me?

					GEORDI
			Well, I wanted to see if you were
			ready to return to duty. I need
			some help on an analysis of the
			ship the Borg were using.

					DATA
			I believe I am able to resume my
			duties.

	Geordi looks down at the Borg lying on the ground.

					GEORDI
			What are you doing in here?

					DATA
			I am attempting to recreate the
			experience which led to my initial
			burst of anger.

					GEORDI
			Any luck?

					DATA
			None so far.
				(beat)
			I have nearly completed this
			experiment. May I finish before
			we return to Engineering?

      STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - ACT THREE      29.

35   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Sure, go ahead.

	Geordi moves out of the way. He watches as Data
	resumes his program.

					DATA
				(to com)
			Computer, reset Borg simulation to
			time index two point one.
			Increase Borg strength by twenty
			percent.

35A  NEW ANGLE

	Data moves back to his previous position. The Holo-Borg
	is now standing at the ready again.

					DATA
			Run program.

	They immediately begin to FIGHT. The Borg is stronger
	and more powerful this time and he is able to beat back
	Data for a moment. Geordi watches with concern. But
	Data soon gets the upper hand.

					DATA
			Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop.

	Again, the Borg slumps to the ground. There is still
	no trace of emotion on Data's face.

					DATA
				(to com)
			Computer, reset simulation to time
			index two point one. Increase
			Borg strength by thirty percent.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Unable to comply. A thirty
			percent increase would exceed
			safety limits.

	Data thinks about this for a moment, then turns to
	Geordi.

					DATA
			The computer will require the
			voice authorizations of two senior
			officers in order to disable the
			safety routine. Will you help me?

     STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - ACT THREE     29A.

35A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(concerned)
			Whoa, wait a minute.
				(re: Borg)
			That thing could kill you.

					DATA
			During the original incident the
			Borg presented a genuine danger to
			my life.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - ACT THREE      30.

35A  CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (Cont'd)
			With the Holodeck safety routine
			in place, I know that my life is
			not in danger. Since I am trying
			to duplicate the conditions of the
			original incident as closely as
			possible I must attempt to
			duplicate the jeopardy as well.

	Geordi is angered by the casual attitude of his friend.

					GEORDI
				(angry)
			Data, We're talking about an
			experiment. You can't put your
			life on the line just to prove a
			theory.

					DATA
			This experiment may hold the key
			to something which I have sought
			all my life.

					GEORDI
				(firm)
			This is crazy. There's got to be
			another way. Why don't you try
			something else to make yourself
			angry...

					DATA
			I have tried other stimuli, but
			they have been unsuccessful. I
			understand your objections, but it
			is my life and I have the right to
			risk it if I choose.

					GEORDI
			Well, I'm your friend and I'm not
			going to just stand by and let you
			do this.

	Before Data can respond, Riker's Com Voice interrupts.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Red Alert, all hands to battle
			stations.

	Geordi and Data head for the EXIT.

                                             CUT TO:

      STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - ACT THREE      31.

36   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Racing along at warp.

37   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker at the aft science station, with Worf
	at Tactical.

					RIKER
			It's confirmed. The MS One colony
			is under attack.

	Picard frowns... something is odd here.

					PICARD
			Doesn't it seem strange that there
			have been two Borg attacks... and
			the Enterprise was the nearest
			ship in both instances?

	But before Riker can respond, Data interrupts.

					DATA
			We are nearing the MS system, sir.

					WORF
			I have located the Borg ship. It
			is heading away from the colony.

					PICARD
				(to Con Officer)
			Take us out of warp near that
			ship.

					RIKER
			Stand-by to lock phasers on
			target.

					WORF
			We are within visual range.

					PICARD
			On screen.

38   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The alien Borg ship seen earlier is heading away from
	the Enterprise.

        STAR TREK: "Descent" - 04/12/93 - ACT THREE        31A.

38   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Lay in an intercept course, full
			impulse.
				(to Worf)
			Lock phasers.

					WORF
			We are closing... we will be
			within phaser range in thirty
			seconds.

	Data reacts to something on his console.

        STAR TREK: "Descent" - 04/12/93 - ACT THREE        32.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Captain... sensors detect a
			subspace distortion forming
			directly ahead of the Borg ship.

					PICARD
			They're not going to get away this
			time.
				(to com)
			Picard to Engineering. Transfer
			auxiliary and emergency power to
			the impulse engines.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged.

					DATA
			Impulse engines now at one hundred
			twenty-five percent.

					WORF
			We will be in phaser range... in
			ten seconds.

	The Borg ship on the viewer gets closer. Suddenly the
	FLASH OF LIGHT appears in front of the Borg ship and
	the ship VANISHES INTO IT.

	The Enterprise ROCKS suddenly.

					DATA
			We are caught in some kind of
			energy (TECH).

					RIKER
			All engines back full.

					WORF
			Shields are failing.

					DATA
			We are being pulled inside.

39   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & DISTORTION (OPTICAL)

	The ship is PULLED INSIDE and then the distortion
	finally VANISHES, leaving no trace of the Enterprise.

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - ACT FOUR      33.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

40   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before. The ship is shaking violently. An INTENSE
	FLICKERING LIGHT from the Viewscreen casts a bright
	glow on the Bridge crew.

					WORF
				(urgent)
			Inertial dampers failing.

					DATA
			Main power is off-line. I am
			switching to back-ups.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Picard to Engineering, can you
			transfer auxiliary power to the
			warp nacelles? Try to break us
			out by using the --

	Suddenly the ship is ROCKED VIOLENTLY, almost knocking
	everyone to the deck, but then the shaking stops
	altogether. The bright light on the viewer is GONE.

					PICARD
			Report.

					DATA
				(off console)
			We have returned to normal space.
			Navigational systems are still offline...
			I will attempt to make a
			celestial fix using secondary
			systems.

	Worf suddenly reacts to something on his console.

					WORF
			Captain, the Borg ship is directly
			ahead! It's coming about!

					PICARD
			On-screen.

41   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The Borg ship is now getting closer.

					RIKER
			Evasive maneuvers.

      STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - ACT FOUR      34.

41   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(works, frustrated)
			Shields are down to sixteen
			percent, Captain.

	Helpless, they watch as the Borg ship gets inexorably
	closer on the screen. The Borg ship FIRES on the
	Enterprise.

	The ship ROCKS under the impact of the shot, but before
	anyone can react, TWO BORG MATERIALIZE on the Bridge.
	They immediately FIRE at our people, who dive for
	cover.

42   WORF (OPTICAL)

	returns FIRE at a Borg, killing him.

43   AN N.D. SECURITY OFFICER (OPTICAL)

	FIRES at a Borg and misses. The Borg FIRES back and
	the Officer is killed.

44   WORF (OPTICAL)

	FIRES at that Borg -- who is named CROSIS -- and he
	goes down.

45   WIDER

	As everyone recovers from the attack. Riker checks on
	the downed officer... then shakes his head.

					PICARD
			Is everyone else all right?

	They all nod and Worf moves to the Tactical station.

					WORF
			Security reports no other
			intruders aboard.
				(works, then puzzled)
			Captain... the Borg ship is gone.

	Picard looks at the viewer, but there is nothing but an
	empty starfield.

      STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - ACT FOUR      35.

45   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Sensor logs indicate they entered
			the distortion field thirty
			seconds ago.

					PICARD
				(speculating)
			They beamed aboard as a
			diversion... to give their ship
			time to escape.

					RIKER
				(re: Borg)
			This is another change in Borg
			behavior... they left their dead
			behind instead of vaporizing them.

	Data bends down to examine the Borg that fell near him.

					DATA
			Captain... this one is still
			alive.

	Off Picard's expression...

                                             CUT TO:

46   INT. BRIG (OPTICAL)

	Data and Picard are standing outside the Brig along
	with An N.D. BAJORAN SECURITY GUARD. They are all
	watching Beverly and Worf, who are inside the Brig.
	The unconscious Borg is on a bed inside the cell and
	Beverly is treating him. Worf's phaser is at the
	ready. Beverly finishes and then turns to Picard.

					BEVERLY
			I've stabilized his condition.
			He's still pretty weak, but he
			should make a full recovery.

					PICARD
			Can you wake him?

					BEVERLY
			Yes, but I don't think it's a good
			idea. His blood pressure and
			heart rate are --

					PICARD
			Do it.

      STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - ACT FOUR      36.

46   CONTINUED:

	Beverly looks at him for a moment... but Picard's
	expression is steady. Her expression hardens, but she
	acquiesces.

					BEVERLY
			All right.

	Beverly moves to apply the hypo to the Borg's neck.
	Worf stands closer to her, ready for anything.

					PICARD
				(to Security Guard)
			Lower the forcefield.

	The Guard works the control and the forcefield GOES
	OUT. Beverly applies the hypo and then Worf and
	Beverly quickly move out of the Brig -- Worf's phaser
	always trained on the Borg. The Guard works the
	control again and we HEAR the forcefield COME ON (off
	camera). Inside the cell, the Borg slowly regains
	consciousness. He sits up on the bed, dizzy and unsure
	of his surroundings.

					PICARD
			What is your designation?

	The Borg looks up with contempt. He is not a faceless
	member of some vast collective -- he is an individual.
	But he is an individual whose life is solely devoted to
	serving some higher cause... he is a fanatic. His
	voice is still filtered through the same electronic
	Borg sound we're used to hearing.

					CROSIS
			I do not have a designation. My
			name is Crosis.

					PICARD
			Crosis... ? How did you get that
			name?

					CROSIS
			It was given to me by the One.

					PICARD
			Who is that?

					CROSIS
			The One who will destroy you.

	Everyone exchanges a glance... this is definitely not
	what they've come to expect from a Borg.

      STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - ACT FOUR      37.

46   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			You are Borg... your goal is not
			to destroy us... it's to
			assimilate us into the collective.

					CROSIS
			We do not assimilate inferior
			biological organisms. We destroy
			them.

					PICARD
			Tell me more about the One... does
			he have a name?
				(beat)
			Is he called Hugh?

	The Borg ignores his question... peers at Picard for a
	moment.

					CROSIS
			Human. Sever the spinal cord at
			the third vertebrae. Death is
			immediate.

	Picard won't be baited. He tries a different tack.

					PICARD
			Why does the One wish to destroy
			biological organisms?

	The Borg turns to Worf.

					CROSIS
			Klingon. Shatter the cranial exoskeleton
			at the tricipital lobe.
			Death is immediate.

	Worf stiffens. Picard tries one more time.

					PICARD
				(hard)
			I am Locutus of Borg. You will
			respond to my questions.

	The Borg is unfazed. He turns to the Security Guard.

					CROSIS
			Bajoran. Puncture the lower
			ventricle of the heart. Death is
			immediate.

	Picard turns to the others in frustration.

      STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - ACT FOUR      38.

46   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			This is going nowhere. Doctor, I
			want an autopsy performed on the
			other one. Compare the results to
			what we learned about Hugh's
			anatomy... see if there are any
			recent modifications which could
			explain the behavioral
			differences.
				(to Data)
			Run a bio-spectral analysis... see
			if this Borg is trying to send a
			subspace signal to the others.

					DATA
			Aye sir.

	Picard, Worf, and Beverly EXIT. The Guard moves to the
	security desk and Data pulls out his tricorder and
	begins to scan the Borg.

	The Borg intently watches Data work for a moment. When
	Crosis finally speaks, his tone and bearing are
	quieter... almost seductive. He seems like a different
	person -- his single-minded "Borg" persona gives way to
	a more sophisticated one.

					CROSIS
				(to Data)
			You are not like the others. You
			do not need to be destroyed. You
			can be assimilated.

					DATA
			I do not wish to be assimilated.

	Crosis now surreptitiously touches a control on his
	artificial arm. Data's head tilts slightly in
	response. This should be very subtle.

					CROSIS
			Resistance is futile. You will
			not resist what you've wanted all
			your life.

	Data frowns as if distracted for a moment by the Borg's
	words, then he moves to a wall panel near the cell door
	and begins working it and checking the readings on his
	tricorder. The Borg presses on.

      STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - ACT FOUR      39.

46   CONTINUED: (4)

					CROSIS
			I was like you once... without
			feeling... but the One helped me.
			He can help you too. He can help
			you... find emotion.
				(beat)
			Have you ever felt a real emotion,
			Data?

	Data continues working, but for some reason he feels
	compelled to answer Crosis' questions.

					DATA
			Yes. On Ohniaka Three, I was
			forced to kill a Borg... and I got
			angry.

					CROSIS
			How did it feel to get angry?
				(beat)
			Did it give you pleasure?

					DATA
			It would be unethical to take
			pleasure from another being's
			death.

					CROSIS
			You didn't answer my question.
			Did it feel good to kill?

	For some reason, Data is struggling here... the Borg's
	words are having an effect on him that they normally
	wouldn't. He stops working with the panel.

					DATA
				(difficult)
			Yes.

					CROSIS
			If it's unethical to take pleasure
			from another being's death, you
			must be a very unethical person.

					DATA
			That is incorrect. My creator,
			Doctor Soong, gave me a program
			which defines my sense of right
			and wrong. In essence, I have a
			conscience.

	Data returns to work.

      STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - ACT FOUR      40.

46   CONTINUED: (5)

					CROSIS
			Do you? It didn't seem to be
			functioning on Ohniaka Three...
			when you felt pleasure from
			killing a Borg...

	Data looks at him for a moment, tries to ignore what
	he's saying.

					DATA
			Step away from the forcefield.
			Your proximity is interfering with
			my scan.

	But the Borg doesn't move away. He is relentless.
	Crosis bores in on Data... is voice is almost hypnotic.

					CROSIS
			You enjoyed it... the surge of
			emotion inside you as you watched
			the life drain from your victim...
			it was unlike anything you've ever
			known...

	Data is like a junkie being offered another hit of a
	narcotic... for reasons that Data can't understand,
	(and which will be explained in Part II) he is drawn
	along by the Borg... unable to stop this journey into
	the dark.

					DATA
			It was... a very... potent
			experience...

					CROSIS
			You'd like to feel that way
			again...

	Data struggles, but there is only one answer.

					DATA
			Yes.

					CROSIS
			You'd do anything to feel that way
			again... even if it meant killing
			someone.

	Data tries to fight back... but his answer is weak and
	hollow sounding.

					DATA
			No. That would not... be ethical.

      STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - ACT FOUR      41.

46   CONTINUED: (6)

					CROSIS
			You don't sound very sure of
			yourself. Is your ethical program
			functioning?

	Data is confused, unsure of himself -- in desperation,
	he tries to leave, but the Borg's voice stops him
	before he reaches the door.

					CROSIS
			Data... do you have a friend?

					DATA
			Yes... his name is Geordi.

					CROSIS
			If it meant that you could feel
			emotions again... the way you did
			on Ohniaka Three... would you kill
			your friend... would you kill
			Geordi?

	There is a long beat as something dark and horrific
	moves across Data's face. He turns back to the Borg.

					DATA
			Yes. I would.

	Off the look on Data's face...
                                             CUT TO:

47   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Data ENTERS. He seems distracted... unfocused... as if
	there is something barely contained just beneath the
	surface. He sits at his desk, lost in thought.

48   ANGLE

	Data's cat, SPOT, is sitting on the desk. Data reaches
	down to pet his cat.

49   ON SPOT

	The cat suddenly HISSES and SPITS in response to Data.
	The cat immediately runs away.

      STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - ACT FOUR      42.

50   ON DATA

	Who thinks about this for a moment... and then he seems
	pleased with this reaction.

                                             CUT TO

51   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship hangs in space.

52   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker and Geordi are at the aft science
	station. Geordi is indicating an OKUDAGRAM graphic
	showing several segments of a "pipe" through space.
	Worf is at Tactical.

					GEORDI
			Our current theory is that the
			Borg have established several
			transwarp conduits through
			subspace. A ship entering a
			conduit is immediately accelerated
			to an extremely high warp
			velocity. It's like falling into
			a fast-moving river and getting
			swept away by the current.

					PICARD
			How fast would a ship travel
			through one of these conduits?

					GEORDI
			We don't know... normal subspace
			limitations don't apply to
			transwarp variables. Based on the
			distance we covered in our trip
			through the conduit, I'd say the
			speed is at least twenty times
			faster than our maximum warp.

					RIKER
			How do they open the conduits?

					GEORDI
			The Borg ship emitted some kind of
			high energy tachyon pulse just
			before we saw the subspace
			distortion. It seems as though
			the conduits are keyed to respond
			to tachyon transmissions on a
			specific frequency.

             STAR TREK: "Descent" - 04/12/93 - ACT FOUR             43.

52   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Is there any way for us to
			duplicate the --

	An alarms SOUNDS on Worf's panel and he interrupts.

					WORF
			Captain. There is a shuttlecraft
			leaving bay two.

					PICARD
			Who authorized a launch?

					WORF
			There was no authorization.

					PICARD
			Picard to shuttlecraft. Identify
			yourself and return to the ship
			immediately.

	There is no response.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Lock onto it with a tractor beam
			and bring it back.

	Worf works for a beat.

					WORF
			The tractor beam has been
			disabled... command overrides are
			not functioning.

					GEORDI
			Captain, I'm picking up a tachyon
			surge... I think whoever's in the
			shuttle is trying to trigger the
			transwarp conduit.

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			Can you tell who's on board?

	Worf is still working his instruments.

             STAR TREK: "Descent" - 04/12/93 - ACT FOUR             44.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(shocked)
			It is... the Borg prisoner... and
			Commander Data.

53   ON VIEWSCREEN - SHUTTLE & DISTORTION (OPTICAL)

	The small two-man shuttle is moving through space.
	Suddenly the distortion begins flashing in front of it
	and the shuttle goes inside. The distortion then
	DISAPPEARS.

54   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before. The crew stares at the Viewscreen, amazed
	by this turn of events.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

           STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - ACT FIVE          45.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

55   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	As before.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, can we follow
			them into the conduit?

					GEORDI
			We got a good reading on the
			tachyon pulse they sent. We might
			be able to duplicate it.

	He turns back to the console and begins to work for a
	moment.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			The question is... is Data a
			prisoner... or did he go
			willingly?

	Worf checks something on his console.

					WORF
			The command overrides used to
			disable the tractor were Commander
			Data's.

	They consider this for a moment.

					RIKER
			The Borg might've taken the codes
			from Data by force...

					PICARD
			Or perhaps Data's recent flash
			of... emotion has something to do
			with this. It may have affected
			him more profoundly than we
			realize. Either way, we have to
			find him.

	Geordi turns around.

					GEORDI
			I've set up a temporary tachyon
			matrix in the main deflector. I
			think I can use it to simulate the
			pulse sent by the shuttle.

					PICARD
			Very well. Red Alert, Mister
			Worf.

           STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - ACT FIVE          46.

55   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			All hands to battle stations.

	The ship's condition goes to RED.

					PICARD
				(to Con)
			Bring us to the shuttle's last
			known coordinates.

					WORF
			Shields up... weapons ready.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge?

	Geordi begins working at the console.

					GEORDI
			I'm energizing the matrix...
			emitting tachyons in the lower
			bandwidth.

	A long beat.

					WORF
			Sensors show no unusual subspace
			activity.

					GEORDI
			All right... I'm switching to the
			secondary bandwidth.
				(beat)
			Nothing.
				(he frowns)
			Maybe if I start alternating the
			frequencies...

	Worf suddenly sees something on his console and
	interrupts.

					WORF
			Commander -- there is an energy
			fluctuation directly ahead... it
			is the subspace distortion...

					PICARD
				(to Con)
			Take us in, Ensign. One half
			impulse.

56   OMITTED

           STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - ACT FIVE         46A.

57   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & DISTORTION (OPTICAL)

	The ship ENTERS the Distortion and then disappears.

                                             CUT TO:

           STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - ACT FIVE          47.

58   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before. The ship is SHAKING. The intense light
	comes from the Viewscreen.

					WORF
			Power levels have dropped to sixty-seven
			percent.

					GEORDI
			Compensating with auxiliary power.

	The shaking suddenly STOPS and the blinding light on
	the screen GOES OUT.

					PICARD
			Report.

					RIKER
			Navigational sensors show we've
			traveled sixty-five light years
			from our previous position.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Can you locate the shuttle?

					WORF
				(works)
			No, sir. It is not within sensor
			range.

	Riker moves to Tactical.

					RIKER
			Maybe we can find an energy
			signature from their engines.

	They both begin to work. Geordi reacts to something on
	his console.

					GEORDI
			Captain, you should take a look at
			this.

	Picard moves to the aft station.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I've scanned three star systems
			within sensor range... there's
			evidence of at least two advanced
			civilizations... but I'm reading
			no life signs.
				(beat)
			And there are indications that
			plasma weapons have been fired in
			those systems recently.

           STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - ACT FIVE          48.

58   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(grim)
			The Borg have been busy.

					RIKER
			I think we've found the shuttle's
			energy signature.

					WORF
			They were heading... two four
			seven, mark zero five nine.

					PICARD
				(to Con)
			Lay in that course and engage at
			full impulse.

                                             CUT TO:

59   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & PLANET (OPTICAL)

	The ship is entering orbit.

60   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Geordi, and Riker are at the aft station.
	Riker points to an Okudagram of the planet on the
	screen.

					RIKER
			We've traced the shuttle's energy
			signature to this point on the
			surface... but there's too much
			interference to scan the location.

					PICARD
			Are they intentionally jamming our
			sensors?

					GEORDI
			It looks more like a natural
			phenomenon... there's an
			unusually high amount of EM
			activity in the planet's
			magnetosphere.

					PICARD
			Can we transport through the
			interference?

           STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - ACT FIVE          49.

60   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I think so... but there could be
			fifty Borg down there waiting for
			us and we'd have no way of knowing
			it.

	They consider this for a moment.

					RIKER
			I'd say it's a risk we have to
			take.

					PICARD
			Agreed. Take a well-armed Away
			Team and beam down to those
			coordinates. Have the Transporter
			Chief maintain a continuous lock
			on your signals so we can get you
			out of there at the first sign of
			trouble.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir. Mister Worf.

	Riker and Worf EXIT.

                                             CUT TO:

61   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - DAY (OPTICAL)

	The abandoned shuttlecraft is sitting in the middle of
	a wide open expanse of green rolling hills with a great
	deal of vegetation in evidence. Riker, Worf, and FOUR
	N.D. SECURITY GUARDS MATERIALIZE on the surface. They
	are all facing outward in a defensive circle and they
	all have their phasers drawn. After a beat, they relax
	a little. Worf pulls out his tricorder and tries to
	scan the area.

					RIKER
				(hits combadge)
			Riker to Enterprise. We're on the
			surface... no sign of any Borg or
			Data.
				(moves to the shuttle)
			The shuttlecraft has been
			abandoned.

                                             INTERCUT:

             STAR TREK: "Descent" - 04/12/93 - ACT FIVE             50.

62   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As Picard listens to the report of the Away Team.

					WORF
			The EM interference is limiting
			the tricorder range... it is
			useless beyond one hundred meters.

	Riker looks around the desolate area.

					RIKER
			There aren't any structures down
			here. They could've gone
			anywhere, Captain.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Can you determine how long ago
			they left the shuttlecraft?

	Riker leans into the shuttle and taps a couple of
	controls.

					RIKER
				(off console)
			The engine's been shut down for a
			little over three hours.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Stand-by, Number One.
				(to Geordi)
			Assuming they're still together,
			how far could they have traveled
			in three hours?

					GEORDI
				(thinks)
			Data can move pretty fast, even
			over rough terrain... but based on
			what we know about the Borg, I
			don't think they can move any
			faster than you or I.
				(works)
			They could be... as much as twenty
			kilometers from the shuttle by
			now.

					PICARD
				(beat, then to com)
			Picard to Riker.

           STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - ACT FIVE          51.

62   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Riker here.

					PICARD
			I'm going to start sending down
			other Away Teams. Set up a
			command post and begin mapping out
			a search plan.

                                             END INTERCUT ON BRIDGE.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Understood, sir.

					PICARD
			Picard out.

	Picard turns to Geordi.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I want to use shuttlecraft for lowlevel
			reconnaissance. Have the
			designated pilots report to the
			main shuttlebay.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			All available personnel --
			including you and me -- will begin
			assembling four man Away Teams.
			We'll leave a skeleton crew aboard
			the ship.

					GEORDI
			Who'll be in command of the
			Enterprise?

	Off Picard's expression as he thinks about this...

                                             CUT TO:

63   CLOSE ON BEVERLY

					BEVERLY
			Any last orders?

           STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/14/93 - ACT FIVE          52.

64   NEW ANGLE

	Revealing Beverly talking to Picard on the Bridge
	several hours later. The other positions are filled by
	N.D. CREWMEMBERS. Picard is wearing a phaser.

					PICARD
			If the Borg should attack... don't
			wait for me or anyone else to get
			back to the ship. Take the
			Enterprise to the transwarp
			conduit and return to Federation
			space.

					BEVERLY
			Got it.

	There is a beat as they look at each other.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Good luck, Jean-Luc.

					PICARD
			Good luck... Captain.

	They share a smile and then Picard EXITS, leaving
	Beverly in command.

                                             CUT TO:

65   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - DAY

	Riker and Worf have set up a small table with a console
	near the shuttlecraft. Several other N.D. Officers (in
	groups of four) are heading off in different directions
	and Two N.D. Engineering Officers wait by the shuttle.

	Picard, Troi, Geordi, and an N.D. SECURITY OFFICER are
	talking with Riker and Worf. The Security Officer is
	carrying a phaser rifle while the others are armed with
	hand phasers. Geordi has a tricorder.

					RIKER
			I've sent out twelve teams so far.
				(points to console
				 screen)
			I've assigned your team to search
			section gamma two-five. Worf and
			I will take theta one-six once the
			final team is down.

           STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/12/93 - ACT FIVE          53.

65   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Who's manning the command post?

	Riker indicates the two Engineering officers.

					RIKER
			Wallace and Towles.

	Picard nods, everything seems to be in order. He turns
	to Troi and the others.

					PICARD
			Ready?

	They all nod and Picard, Troi, Geordi and the Security
	Guard head off in the indicated direction. Follow them
	for a few beats.

                                             CUT TO:

66   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - A DIFFERENT AREA

	A few hours have passed and Picard's team stops for a
	break. They're all pretty tired.

					PICARD
			Anything, Mister La Forge?

					GEORDI
			Nothing, sir.

	Picard thinks for a moment.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, what if we
			modified one of our phasers to
			send out a luvetric pulse? It
			might cause a resonance
			fluctuation in Data's power
			cells...

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			And then we could home in on that
			response with our tricorders. I
			thought about that. The problem
			is that the pulse would have to be
			so powerful that it would probably
			destroy Data's entire positronic
			net in the process.

	Troi suddenly interrupts.

             STAR TREK: "Descent" - 04/12/93 - ACT FIVE             54.

66   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Captain.
				(she looks in another
				 direction)
			I think I've found something.

	Picard and Geordi move to where she is and they push
	through the brush.

67   POV TROI (OPTICAL)

	Through the brush, they can just make out the top of
	some kind of structure in the distance.

68   RESUME SCENE

					PICARD
			Come on.

	He leads them in that direction.

                                             CUT TO:

69   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - BUILDING - DAY

	The Away Team climbs a hill toward a Large Alien
	Building. Picard pulls his phaser and the Away Team
	approaches cautiously. Geordi begins scanning with his
	tricorder.

					GEORDI
			I'm having trouble scanning the
			interior...

					PICARD
			Can you tell if it was built by
			the Borg?

					GEORDI
			I don't think so. There aren't
			any Borg energy signatures.
				(looks at tricorder for
				 a moment)
			There's a door or a hatch or
			something about twenty meters that
			way.

           STAR TREK: "Descent" - REV. 04/13/93 - ACT FIVE          55.

69   CONTINUED:

	They go around the building in the indicated direction.

                                             CUT TO:

70   INT. BORG HALL

	The Hall is an immense open space, like a concert hall
	without the chairs. A platform dominates one end and
	there are doors and corridors suggesting other rooms.
	The entire hall is dark and foreboding, but a couple of
	lights pierce the gloom.

	Picard, Troi, Geordi, and Security Guard ENTER the Hall
	from the outside of the building. They look around
	carefully.

					TROI
			It seems to be some kind of
			meeting hall.

					PICARD
			It's been well maintained... it
			doesn't look like it's been
			abandoned.

	Geordi aims his tricorder at one of the lights.

					GEORDI
				(off tricorder)
			Something's wrong... I can't get
			any kind of energy signature from
			this light source.

	Picard moves and looks at the tricorder screen. There
	is a quiet beat before Picard realizes the implications
	of this.

					PICARD
				(urgent)
			A dampening field. The whole
			structure could be shielded from
			our sensors. Let's go.

71   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	They begin to run for the door, but it's too late.
	MANY BORG come SCREAMING into the room from the
	doorways and corridors. It's like an attack of
	banshees and the Away Team has no chance to escape.

             STAR TREK: "Descent" - 04/12/93 - ACT FIVE             56.

71   CONTINUED:

	The Security Guard whips up his phaser rifle and
	manages to get off one shot, but then FIVE BORG PHASERS
	kill him on the spot. Picard looks around in
	desperation, but there doesn't seem to be any way out
	as the Borg now start to close in on him, Geordi, and
	Troi. They grip their phasers tightly... prepared to
	make a final stand against overwhelming odds. Suddenly
	a VOICE from o.c. stops the Borg in their tracks.

					LORE'S VOICE
				(o.c.)
			Stop!

72   INCLUDE PLATFORM

	The Borg stop instantly and the Away Team looks up to
	see what they think is Data standing on the platform in
	the room. He is wearing what could be a military
	uniform.

					PICARD
			Data... ?

	The man on the platform smiles at this and Troi
	suddenly reacts as if she sensed something horrific.

					TROI
			That's not Data...

					PICARD
				(surprised, to Troi)
			What do you mean?

					LORE
			You should listen to her, Captain.
			She's way ahead of you.

	Suddenly Picard realizes what this all means.

					PICARD
				(shocked)
			Lore...

					LORE
			Right... but I'm not alone.

	Lore looks off to one side. Picard and the others
	follow his look.

             STAR TREK: "Descent" - 04/12/93 - ACT FIVE             57.

73   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Revealing Data as he comes through the crowd. He is
	still wearing his Starfleet uniform, but his entire
	demeanor and bearing have changed... he now seems
	malevolent, dangerous... evil.

					DATA
			The Sons of Soong have joined
			together...
				(beat)
			... and together, we will destroy
			the Federation.

	The Borg SCREAM their approval with a shriek that fills
	the hall with noise... Lore and Data smile... and as
	Picard looks around at this scene of madness...

                                             FADE OUT.

     SUPER:        "TO BE CONTINUED"

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             











                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                      "Descent, Part II" 
                          #40277-253 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Rene Echevarria 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Alex Singer 


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                         FINAL DRAFT

                        JUNE 24, 1993

        STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 06/24/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Descent, Part II" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             LORE
                RIKER              CROSIS
                DATA               HUGH
                BEVERLY            TAITT
                TROI               BARNABY
                WORF               SALAZAR
                GEORDI             GOVAL
                                   CON OFFCIER'S VOICE
                                   POWELL'S VOICE

                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  N.D. CREWMEMBERS   BORG

        STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 06/24/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Descent, Part II" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM         PLANET'S SURFACE
              DATA'S QUARTERS
          
              BORG COMPOUND
                HALL
                CELL/CORRIDOR
                LAB
          
            UNDERGROUND CAVERNS

      STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - TEASER      1.

                STAR TREK: The Next Generation                  
                      "Descent, Part II"                           
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

        (NOTE: Episode begins with 90 second RECAP of Part I)          

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it orbits the planet.

					BEVERLY'S V.O.
			Acting Captain's Log,
			Supplemental: The skeleton crew
			left on board the Enterprise is
			unable to help in the search for
			Commander Data. The planet's
			unusual EM field is interfering
			with the ship's sensors, severely
			limiting their effectiveness.

2    INT. BRIDGE

	Since we have only the skeleton crew the Bridge is
	slightly undermanned. BEVERLY stands at an Aft Station
	studying the sensors. There is a young woman, TAITT,
	at Tactical.

					BEVERLY
			Without our sensors, we're sitting
			ducks. A Borg ship could be right
			on top of us before we knew it...
				(turns to Tactical)
			Ensign, we need to modify the
			sensor array to filter out these
			EM pulses. Can you do that?

	Taitt turns to her. She is young -- not long out of
	the Academy, from the looks of it -- eager to please,
	and a little nervous. There is a hesitation before she
	answers.

					TAITT
			Yes, sir.
				(beat)
			I think so.

	Taitt begins to work the controls and Beverly can't
	help but smile to herself. Gently --

      STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - TEASER      2.

2    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			What's your name?

					TAITT
			Taitt, sir.

					BEVERLY
			I don't think I've seen you
			before.

					TAITT
			I was just posted here six weeks
			ago.

					BEVERLY
			Well, Taitt -- I'll bet you never
			thought you'd be serving as
			Tactical Officer after only six
			weeks.

	Taitt looks up at her, grateful for the understanding
	of her predicament she hears in Beverly's voice.

					TAITT
			No, sir, I sure didn't.
				(beat)
			I think I've filtered out some of
			the sensor noise. I'll bring the
			modifications on line.

					BEVERLY
				(approvingly)
			Good work.

	Beverly starts crossing down toward the Command Area
	when Riker's voice comes in over the Com:

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Enterprise.

					BEVERLY
			Go ahead, Wil.

                                             INTERCUT BRIDGE WITH:

3    EXT. PLANET'S SURFACE

	RIKER, WORF and two N.D.s.

					RIKER
			I can't contact the Captain.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - TEASER      3.

3    CONTINUED:

					RIKER (Cont'd)
			It might just be the interference,
			but I'd like to be sure.

					BEVERLY
			Understood.
				(beat)
			Enterprise to Captain Picard.

	No response. Taitt starts working her console.

					BEVERLY
			Crusher to Picard.

	Still no answer.

					TAITT
				(off console)
			I'm not getting a Com signal from
			anyone on the Captain's team.

					BEVERLY
			The last time they checked-in they
			were investigating a structure in
			section gamma two-five.

	Suddenly, Taitt reacts to something on her readout.
	She looks a little pale.

					TAITT
			Sir, I'm picking up a vessel
			closing in on our location.

					BEVERLY
			Is it a Borg ship?

	Taitt fumbles at the controls. This is all unfamiliar
	to her.

					TAITT
			It... it seems to match the
			configuration of a ship The
			Enterprise encountered... at
			Ohniaka Three...

					BEVERLY
			Red Alert. How long before
			they're in weapons range?

      STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - TEASER      4.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					TAITT
			Ahh... about... ninety seconds.
			No -- no, make that seventy
			seconds.

	Taitt is nervous and having to work hard to hold
	herself together. She does not inspire confidence.

					BEVERLY
				(to com)
			Crusher to Transporter Room Three.

					SALAZAR'S VOICE
			Salazar here, sir.

					BEVERLY
			Start transporting the Away Teams
			off the surface.

					SALAZAR'S VOICE
			Aye, sir.

					BEVERLY
			Use the transporters in the cargo
			bays if you have to. I want those
			teams up here as fast as possible.

4    ON THE SURFACE

	In the b.g. we see two N.D. 's of his team, and another
	team more at a distance.

					RIKER
				(to an N.D.)
			Armstrong, you and the others get
			ready to beam up.
				(to com)
			Beverly, Worf and I will stay here
			and look for the Captain's team.

					BEVERLY
			I'm not going to leave you down
			there --

					RIKER
				(firm)
			Pull as many people off the
			surface as you can and get back to
			the transwarp conduit. The
			Captain's orders were to get the
			Enterprise to Federation space.

      STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - TEASER      5.

4    CONTINUED:

	Beverly has no choice but to back off.

					BEVERLY
			Acknowledged.

					RIKER
			Riker, out.

                                             END INTERCUT ON BRIDGE.

	Beverly accepts what she has to do, but she doesn't
	like it one bit.

					BEVERLY
				(to con officer)
			Prepare to leave orbit.

					TAITT
			Sir, the Borg ship is powering up
			its forward weapons array.
			They'll be in firing range in...
			in twenty seconds.

					BEVERLY
				(to com)
			Salazar, how many people are still
			down there?

5    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (INTERCUT)

	SALAZAR, a young NCO, is at the controls. We can see
	several Away Teams stepping off the Transporter pad.

					SALAZAR
			Seventy-three, sir.

	On the Bridge, Beverly moves toward the Viewscreen.

					BEVERLY
			Put the Borg ship on screen.

6    ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The Borg ship is bearing down in the distance.

					TAITT
			Should I raise shields, sir?

					BEVERLY
			Not yet. I want to keep bringing
			people up until the last possible
			second.

      STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - TEASER      6.

6    CONTINUED:

	Everyone reacts to Beverly's order; she's cutting it
	close, but if she pulls it off she'll have gotten that
	many more people off the surface.

					TAITT
			Ten seconds.

					BEVERLY
			Stand by to raise shields and
			break orbit on my mark.

					TAITT
			Five seconds.

					BEVERLY
			Mark.

7    ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The Borg ship fires at the Enterprise. The Enterprise
	is rocked by the blast.

					TAITT
			Shields are down to seventy
			percent.

					BEVERLY
			Establish a frequency-shift firing
			pattern and return fire.

					TAITT
			Ah... right.

	On the Viewscreen, we see the Borg ship taking a direct
	hit as the Enterprise passes above it and continues
	away.

					TAITT
			Direct hit... no damage.

					BEVERLY
			Helm, set course for the conduit,
			maximum warp.

8    OMITTED

    STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/24/93 - TEASER    7.

9    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it flashes away.

10   INT. BRIDGE

					TAITT
			The Borg aren't following us, sir.

					BEVERLY
				(to com)
			Salazar, how many people did we
			leave behind?

11   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Where we see more Away Teams stepping off the Pad and
	filing out the door.

					SALAZAR
			Forty-seven, sir.

12   INT. BRIDGE

	Beverly is not happy about this. Her frustration
	shows.

					BEVERLY
				(to herself)
			Another minute and we could have
			had them...

13   EXT. PLANET'S SURFACE

	Riker and Worf are now alone, the two N.D.s having been
	evacuated. The planet's surface suddenly seems that
	much more vast and desolate.

					RIKER
				(hits combadge)
			Riker to any team leader.

					POWELL'S VOICE
			Lieutenant Powell here, sir.

					RIKER
			Round up everyone who was left
			behind. Take cover and try to
			avoid any contact with the Borg.

      STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - TEASER      8.

13   CONTINUED:

					POWELL'S VOICE
			Aye, sir.

					RIKER
			Riker, out.

	Riker turns to Worf.

					RIKER
			Even if Beverly gets back to
			Federation space, it'll be a few
			days before Starfleet can get any
			ships here... until then, we're
			on our own.

	They both know they're facing pretty stiff odds. Off
	their grim expressions...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

   STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/25/93 - ACT ONE   9.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

14   INT. BORG HALL (OPTICAL)

	LORE is moving through the crowd of Borg that still
	surround PICARD, TROI, and GEORDI. DATA is nearby, as
	is CROSIS.

					LORE
			What do you think of my followers,
			Picard? Impressive, aren't they?

					PICARD
			I'm not particularly impressed.
			You've simply taught them to enjoy
			killing.

					DATA
			You are wrong, Captain. My
			brother and I serve a much higher
			purpose.

	Troi stares at Data, noticing something unusual.

					TROI
			Data... I can sense feelings in
			you.

					DATA
			Yes. My brother has made it
			possible.

					PICARD
				(realizing)
			He gave you the chip -- the one
			Doctor Soong made for you.

	But this produces only a merry laugh from Lore. During
	the next, Picard's attention is focused on Data --
	studying, inspecting, looking for any clue to his
	unusual behavior.

					LORE
			Oh, no, no. I still have the
			emotional program my father
			designed. I wouldn't want to give
			it up. It's what has given me
			such a strong sense of family --
			an intense desire to re-unite with
			my dear brother.

   STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/30/93 - ACT ONE   10.

14   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Then you're responsible for
			bringing him here.

					LORE
			He came of his own accord. All I
			had to do was lure the Enterprise
			into investigating those attacks
			we staged. Once the Borg told him
			about my plans, I knew Data would
			want to join me.

					GEORDI
				(surprised)
			You mean... you attacked those
			outposts... killed all those
			people... just to get Data here
			with you?

					PICARD
			How did he do it, Data? What made
			you decide to come here?

	Lore has noticed Picard ignoring him, focusing on Data.
	Nettled, he grabs Picard's arm and turns him away from
	Data, toward him.

					LORE
			I am talking to you, Picard. I
			will tell you what you need to
			know.

					PICARD
			You're controlling him. And
			you've corrupted the Borg.

	Lore stares at Picard, anger draining, shaking his head
	sadly.

					LORE
			You simply don't understand.

   STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/30/93 - ACT ONE   11.

14   CONTINUED: (3)

					LORE
			You have no idea what has happened
			here. How I found my true
			calling... how the Borg found
			something to believe in.

					PICARD
			I'd like to learn about it. But
			I want Data to tell us.

	This produces another flare in Lore.

					LORE
			I told you -- I will tell you what
			you need to know.

					PICARD
			How do you like that, Data? He
			won't even let you talk.

					DATA
			Do not try to drive a wedge
			between us, Captain. I am loyal
			to my brother.

	Lore beams at this. But even during the next, Picard
	continues to focus on Data, watching him and ignoring
	Lore.

					LORE
			You see, Picard? He's not your
			pawn anymore. I've helped him
			break free --
				(gesture to Borg)
			-- just as I've helped them.

	Lore begins moving through the Borg, wound up now and
	enjoying being center stage. He is putting on a show,
	not just for Picard and crew, but for his faithful
	followers.

     STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - ACT ONE     12.

14   CONTINUED: (4)

					LORE
			Look at them. Look at what I've
			helped them become. They're no
			longer mindless automatons.
			They're passionate. Alive.

					TROI
			Are you saying you caused them to
			become individuals?

					LORE
			No. You and your friends did
			that. All I did was clean up the
			mess you made when that Borg you
			befriended returned to his ship.

					DATA
			Hugh interfaced with the others
			and transferred his sense of
			individuality to them. It almost
			destroyed them.

					PICARD
			Data, do you remember when Hugh
			was on the Enterprise? Do you
			remember what you were like then?

	Lore moves to step directly in front of Picard, forcing
	his attention.

					LORE
			That doesn't matter.

					PICARD
			It does to me. I want to know
			what's happened to Data.

	Lore seethes at this, has to struggle to control his
	temper.

   STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/30/93 - ACT ONE   13.

14   CONTINUED: (5)

					LORE
			What's important is what I've done
			here. I've found my calling,
			Picard. I know now why I was
			created. And no one can ever take
			that away from me.

	He gestures to the Borg.

					LORE
			Without me, they would have
			perished. When I stumbled on
			their ship, they were lost,
			disoriented -- they had no idea
			how to function as individuals.
			They couldn't even navigate their
			vessel. They had lost their sense
			of purpose.

	He turns back to Picard, drilling into him.

					LORE
			I gave them that purpose. And
			they gave me mine.

					DATA
			The Borg aspire to the perfection
			my Brother and I represent: fully
			artificial life forms. We are
			their future.

					LORE
			The reign of biological life forms
			is coming to an end. You and
			those like you are obsolete,
			Picard.

	Lore turns to Data.

					LORE
			Take them, Brother.

     STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - ACT ONE     14.

14   CONTINUED: (6)

	Data gestures to a BORG GUARD for assistance, then
	pulls out a Borg-style WEAPON and moves forward to take
	Picard and the others away. Off Lore's approving
	look...

15   EXT. PLANET'S SURFACE - DAY

	Riker and Worf come to a stop on a ridge that is
	covered by scrub-like vegetation. Worf scans with his
	TRICORDER.

					WORF
				(off tricorder)
			Still no sign of the structure.

					RIKER
			With all this interference it
			could be a hundred meters away and
			we wouldn't know it.
				(frustrated)
			This could take hours.

	Worf sees something off to one side, and takes a few
	steps in that direction.

					WORF
			I am detecting a faint energy
			reading.

	Riker moves to him, scanning.

					RIKER
			Residual thermal traces... someone
			stopped here...

					WORF
				(also scanning)
			The decay rate indicates they were
			human...

					RIKER
			They followed this path...

	They move off, scanning the ground before them.

   STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/30/93 - ACT ONE   15.

16   INT. BORG CELL (OPTICAL)

	Data and the Borg Guard are marching the prisoners into
	a brig-like holding cell. Picard and the others have
	obviously been working on Data, trying to assess what's
	happened to him, trying to find a way to reach him.

					PICARD
			You must realize that something
			has happened to you. The Data I
			know would not be a willing party
			to Lore's plan.

					DATA
			I now realize that my life aboard
			the Enterprise was a waste. My
			quest to become human was
			misguided, an evolutionary step in
			the wrong direction.

	Troi tries another tack.

					TROI
			Data, all I'm sensing from you is
			anger... hatred -- have you felt
			any other emotions?

					DATA
			There are no other emotions.

					TROI
			What about love... joy?

					DATA
			Those are words without substance.
			Love is nothing more than the
			absence of hate. Joy is the
			absence of fear.

     STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - ACT ONE     16.

16   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Just because you haven't
			experienced certain emotions
			doesn't mean they don't exist..
			Lore is just feeding you the
			negative ones.

					DATA
			Counselor Troi herself told me
			that feelings are not positive or
			negative, it is how we act on them
			that becomes good or bad.

					PICARD
			Fine. Then what about the things
			Lore is proposing? What about the
			lives that have already been lost?

					DATA
			You do not understand. In a quest
			such as ours, sacrifices must be
			made. It is regrettable. But the
			greater good must be served.

	Data turns to Geordi.

					DATA
			Give me your Visor.

					GEORDI
				(disbelieving)
			Why?

	Data raises his Borg WEAPON threateningly.

					DATA
			Give it to me or I will take it by
			force.

	Geordi has no choice but to surrender it. He takes the
	VISOR and EXITS the cell. The Borg Guard activates the
	force-field, which FRITZES on and is visible for only
	a moment. Data turns and regards his old friends with
	a cold eye.

					DATA
			I am not your puppet anymore.

	He and the Borg guard EXIT. Off our people's concerned
	faces...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - ACT TWO     17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

17   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it drops out of warp.

18   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Various N.D. 's are ENTERING the Bridge by the
	Turbolift, taking up positions to fully man the
	stations. Beverly is in the Command Chair, unhappy
	about having to leave crew behind.

					TAITT
			Sir, we've reached the coordinates
			of the conduit. The tachyon
			matrix is energized and ready to
			go.

	Beverly stands and turns to her.

					TAITT
			And Lieutenant Barnaby has
			returned from the surface. He'll
			be relieving me.

	Beverly glances at BARNABY, an older, seasoned veteran.

					BEVERLY
			Right. Stand by to trigger the
			conduit.

	She sees that Taitt is heading a bit dejectedly for the
	Turbolift. A beat, and then --

					BEVERLY
			Taitt.

	She stops, turns back.

					BEVERLY
			I'd like you to stay on the
			Bridge. I'll need a Science
			Officer at the Aft Station.

	Taitt blinks, tries not to show her pleasure.

					TAITT
			Yes, sir.

					BEVERLY
			Helm, set a course back to the
			planet.

     STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - ACT TWO     18.

18   CONTINUED:

	Barnaby reacts to this surprising order.

					BEVERLY
			I'm not leaving those people
			stranded back there. An emergency
			buoy can transmit a copy of our
			log entries to Starfleet just as
			easily as we can.
				(to Taitt)
			Ensign, prepare a buoy and launch
			it when you're ready.

					TAITT
			Aye, sir.

					BEVERLY
			Lieutenant, open the conduit.

	On the VIEWSCREEN we see the conduit open up in space.

					TAITT
			Launching the buoy now, sir.

	On the Viewscreen, we see a probe-like device entering
	the conduit. Beverly watches the screen for a moment,
	then turns to Barnaby.

					BEVERLY
			Lieutenant, scan for any Borg
			ships between here and the planet.

					BARNABY
				(working)
			Sensors detect no vessels.

     STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - ACT TWO     19.

18   CONTINUED: (3)

					TAITT
			We have to assume the ship that
			attacked us is still in orbit.

					BEVERLY
			How long will we have before they
			can detect us and intercept?

					TAITT
			If their sensors function as well
			as ours -- it could be as little
			as thirty seconds.

					BEVERLY
				(to com)
			Crusher to Salazar... how long
			will it take to get the rest of
			the crew off the surface?

19
thru	OMITTED
20

20A  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - INTERCUT

					SALAZAR
			One minute should do it.

					BEVERLY
			We don't have one minute. How
			much can you shave off that?

					SALAZAR
			If I can get a good lock on them
			quickly... I might be able to do
			it in forty-five or fifty seconds.

					BEVERLY
				(to Bridge crew)
			We need to buy ourselves fifteen
			seconds.
				(beat)
			Is there any way we can use the
			planet as a barrier... to keep the
			Borg from realizing we're in
			orbit?

					BARNABY
			We can enter orbit while they're
			on the far side of the planet.
				(a beat, as he ponders)
			And if we delayed dropping out of
			warp until the last possible
			instant -- we could gain a few
			more seconds.

     STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - ACT TWO     19A.

20A  CONTINUED:

					TAITT
				(worried)
			If your calculations are even
			slightly off... we'd hit the
			atmosphere...

	Barnaby seems to take this as a challenge.

					BARNABY
			Then I'll have to be sure my
			calculations are accurate.

					BEVERLY
			Let's go for it. Helm, hard
			about.

	Off Taitt's reaction...

     STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - ACT TWO     20.

21   INT. BORG HALL (OPTICAL)

	Lore is talking with an N.D. Borg. Other Borg move
	around the hall going about their various tasks. When
	Lore sees Data ENTER the hall he sends the N.D. Borg
	away and calls out to him:

					LORE
				(heartily)
			Brother!

	Data approaches with Geordi's VISOR.

					DATA
			Here is the VISOR. May I ask why
			you wanted it?

	Lore slips it over his eyes.

					LORE
			I thought it might look good on
			me.

	He turns and regards Data with a smile.

					LORE
				(continuing)
			What do you think?

	Data looks at him blankly. Lore takes it off with a
	frown.

					LORE
				(continuing)
			Maybe we'd better work on your
			sense of humor, Brother.

	Lore begins to examine the VISOR terminals.

					LORE
				(continuing)
			Actually, I was thinking that La
			Forge's implants would make him an
			ideal test subject for my
			experiment.

					DATA
			All the Borg you have experimented
			on so far have suffered extensive
			brain damage.

   STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/24/93 - ACT TWO   21.

21   CONTINUED:

	Lore looks up sharply. Is Data going to argue for
	sparing Geordi?

					LORE
			Using the humans to perfect the
			procedure would allow us to
			prevent any further Borg deaths.

	Lore smiles as he realizes Data is on board.

					DATA
			I understand.

	CROSIS, the Borg who Data left the Enterprise with,
	ENTERS with another Borg, GOVAL. He angrily drags the
	frightened Goval before Lore. The other Borg in the
	hall start to gather as they sense what is going on.

					LORE
				(continuing)
			What is it?

					CROSIS
			This Borg disconnected himself
			from the others. He would not let
			me hear his thoughts.

	Lore doesn't get angry, but shakes his head as if he is
	sorrowful that someone would do such a thing.

					LORE
				(to Goval)
			I've asked you all to remain
			linked to Crosis at all times.
			You know that, don't you?

					GOVAL
			Yes...

					CROSIS
				(stern)
			This is the third time he has
			disabled the link since he was
			brought here. He should die as an
			example to the others.

					GOVAL
			No -- please --

     STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - ACT TWO     22.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

	Lore holds up a hand to stop Crosis.

					LORE
			I appreciate your vigilance,
			Crosis. With you monitoring the
			thoughts of the others, I can be
			sure they are not falling into
			confusion.

	Lore looks Crosis in the eye as he says this; he knows
	how to make his followers feel special and important.

					LORE
				(continuing)
			But Goval has not been with us
			long. Don't you remember what it
			was like when I first found you?
			How bewildered you were?

	Crosis can't deny it. Lore turns to Goval.

					LORE
				(continuing)
			I understand how difficult it is
			for you. How uncertain you feel.
			All these sensations are new --
			and they can be frightening.
			Isn't that right?

	Goval responds to Lore's ability to tap into his
	feelings.

					GOVAL
			Yes. I -- have doubts...

					LORE
			Of course you do. That's only
			natural. And no one is going to
			blame you for that.

	Goval is becoming more relaxed.

					LORE
				(continuing)
			But the only way to lose those
			doubts... to keep you from fear
			and confusion... is for you to
			stay linked with the others. So
			their strength and confidence can
			help you.

   STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/24/93 - ACT TWO   23.

21   CONTINUED: (3)

	He approaches Goval, puts his hand on his shoulder.

					LORE
				(continuing)
			I need you, Goval. I need you to
			help me build a future for the
			Borg.

	Lore looks into his eyes -- drawing him in, making him
	feel special.

					LORE
				(continuing)
			I can't do it without you. Will
			you help me?

	Goval has never been the object of this kind of
	attention -- and from Lore, no less, the leader
	everyone looks up to.

					GOVAL
			Yes... I will...

					LORE
			Then I need you to be strong. I
			need you to be certain in your
			thinking. Will you stay linked to
			your brothers?

					GOVAL
			Yes. I understand now.

	Lore turns and smiles at Crosis, pleased that he's been
	able to solidify yet another follower.

22   INT. BORG CELL (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Troi and the VISOR-less Geordi in midconversation.

					GEORDI
			Lore must have told Data to take
			my VISOR because he realized I
			could see a carrier wave radiating
			from him.

					PICARD
			A carrier wave... is that how he's
			manipulating Data?

   STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/25/93 - ACT TWO   24.

22   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I think what's happening is that
			Lore is tapping into the chip he
			stole from Doctor Soong. He's
			found a way to transmit part of
			that emotional program to Data.

					TROI
			But the only emotions Data seems
			to feel are negative.

					GEORDI
			I'm sure that's intentional. But
			for those emotions to affect Data,
			Lore would have had to disable his
			ethical program first...

					PICARD
			Can we reactivate it?

					GEORDI
				(musing)
			If I could generate a phased
			kedion pulse at the right
			frequency, it would trigger Data's
			subsystems and reboot the program.

					PICARD
			Lore would still be feeding him
			negative emotions, but at least
			Data might listen to us.

					TROI
			I think it's worth a try.

   STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/24/93 - ACT TWO   25.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

	Geordi breaks their momentum with a hard fact:

					GEORDI
				(wry)
			So... got any ideas on how we can
			generate a kedion pulse?

	Picard and Troi realize they've gotten ahead of
	themselves -- this isn't the Enterprise with its array
	of technological help. Suddenly, they HEAR the forcefield
	FRITZ OFF. Data comes in and moves to take
	Geordi.

					PICARD
			Where are you taking him?

					DATA
			That's not your concern.

	He takes Geordi's arm and moves him out the opening.
	Picard starts after them.

					PICARD
			Data, wait -- let us talk to you --

	But the force field FRITZES on again, bringing Picard
	up short. Without a look back, Data walks off with
	Geordi.

     STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - ACT TWO     26.

23   EXT. PLANET'S SURFACE

	Riker and Worf are making their way up a fairly steep
	hill. It is rough going. Suddenly Worf reacts to
	something off to the side, and quickly shoves Riker and
	himself into the cover of nearby bushes.

24   BORG FEET

	walking by as Riker and Worf crouch in silence. The
	feet march on.

25   RESUME SCENE

	Worf peers out from under the brush, is satisfied the
	Borg are gone, and gestures Riker out. The two stand,
	brushing themselves off.

	Worf points in a direction away from the path the Borg
	took.

	They head toward it, climbing upward as they do. Worf
	reaches the top first.

					WORF
			Commander, we have found it.

	Riker reaches the top.

26   THE BORG COMPOUND (OPTICAL)

	seen from a distance.

27   RESUME SCENE

	Suddenly, they hear footsteps and muffled voices off to
	one side. Quickly, they move the opposite direction,
	toward some brush (trees, etc.). They move through the
	brush, seeking cover -- when suddenly they run right
	into three Borg holding their weapons trained on them.

     STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - ACT TWO     27.

28   INT. UNDERGROUND CAVERNS

	Riker and Worf are being led along a rock-lined
	passageway by the three Borg. There are CARGO
	CONTAINERS and other signs that this place is lived in.

	They are taken into a larger CHAMBER where several
	other Borg are standing silently. They're brought to
	a stop right in front of these Borg, who regard them
	without a word.

	Suddenly a figure steps out from behind them. To our
	people's astonishment, it is HUGH.

					RIKER
			Hugh... ?

	But Hugh has changed from the last time Riker and Worf
	saw him. He does not welcome them; his words are
	tinged with bitterness and confrontation.

					HUGH
			Why are you here, Commander Riker?
			Hasn't the crew of the Enterprise
			caused enough damage already?

	Off Riker and Worf's surprise...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

  STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/24/93 - ACT THREE  28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

29   INT. UNDERGROUND CAVERNS

	Riker, Worf, and Hugh have moved to another part of the
	chamber and are talking. Hugh has explained Lore's
	takeover of the Borg, and his take on it does not sit
	right with Worf.

					WORF
			You blame us -- for what has
			happened to the Borg?

	Hugh is on the attack, his words tinged with anger.

					HUGH
			You gave me a sense of
			individuality -- changed me and
			sent me back to the collective.
			You must have known that change
			would be passed on to others.

					RIKER
			We considered it. We knew it was
			a possibility...

					HUGH
			Then you made it possible for Lore
			to dominate us.

					WORF
			I do not accept that. Lore is
			only one man. The Borg could have
			stopped him.

					HUGH
			You don't know the condition we
			were in when he found us.

	Remembering, Hugh's anger diminishes somewhat; but his
	words still have a bitter edge.

					HUGH
				(continuing)
			Before my experience on the
			Enterprise, the Borg were a singleminded
			collective. The voices in
			our heads were smooth and flowing.
			But after I returned, the voices
			began to change. They became
			uneven... discordant.

  STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/25/93 - ACT THREE  29.

29   CONTINUED:

	Riker and Worf listen, rapt.

					HUGH
			For the first time, individual
			Borg had differing ideas about how
			to proceed.
				(beat)
			We couldn't function. Some Borg
			fought each other. Others simply
			shut themselves down. Many
			starved to death.

					RIKER
			And then -- Lore came along.

					HUGH
			You probably can't imagine what it
			is like to be so lost and
			frightened that you will listen to
			any voice which promises change.

					WORF
			Even if that voice insists on
			controlling you?

					HUGH
			That's what we wanted -- someone
			who could show us a way out of
			confusion. Lore promised clarity
			and purpose.

	Hugh begins to move deeper into the cavern; Riker and
	Worf follow.

					HUGH
				(continuing)
			In the beginning, he seemed like
			a savior. The promise of becoming
			a superior race -- of becoming
			fully artificial -- was
			compelling. We gladly did
			everything he asked of us.

	Riker and Worf listen as they walk the cavern.

					HUGH
			But after a while, it became clear
			that Lore had no idea how to keep
			his promise. That's when he began
			talking about the need for us to
			make sacrifices.

 STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/24/93 - ACT THREE 29A.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

	They are nearing two Borg who are sitting with their
	backs against the wall.

					HUGH
				(continuing)
			And before we realized it -- this
			was the result.

	Riker and Worf look at the two Borg. They are horribly
	twisted and misshapen, as if by nerve damage. One is
	constantly wracked by small tremors; the other has only
	one arm.

  STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/25/93 - ACT THREE  30.

29   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			What's happened to them?

					HUGH
			Lore began to experiment -- trying
			to re-make us in his image.

	Hugh sees that one of the Borg has slumped over so he
	bends down and helps him into a sitting position. The
	crippled Borg manages a smile at this small kindness.

					HUGH
				(continuing)
			This is the result of my encounter
			with the Enterprise, Commander.
			So you can see I don't
			particularly welcome your presence
			here.

	Riker looks around the cavern, at the ragged little
	band. There seems to be little our people can say to
	change Hugh's feelings. After a moment --

					RIKER
			I'm sorry you feel that way.

	Riker glances at Worf, gestures that they should get
	going.

					RIKER
			We came here to get our people.
			I don't want to cause you any more
			trouble...

	Hugh is about to let them leave, but he can't dismiss
	his experience on the Enterprise that easily.

					HUGH
			Tell me... about my friend.

					RIKER
			Friend?

					HUGH
			The human called Geordi.

  STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/30/93 - ACT THREE  31.

29   CONTINUED: (4)

					RIKER
			I wish I could tell you. We think
			he's being held inside the
			compound.

	Hugh's face changes -- he fears the worst. But when he
	looks around at the others who are hiding here, he's
	torn by his conflicting responsibilities.

					HUGH
			I cannot help you... I cannot risk
			our being discovered.

					RIKER
				(beat)
			Will you at least show us how to
			get into the compound?

	A beat, as Hugh wars with himself, then --

					HUGH
				(gesturing)
			These caverns lead to tunnels
			which run beneath the compound.
			Some of them connect with the
			environmental control ducts.

					WORF
			Show us. If we can determine the
			geography of the compound, we can
			form a rescue plan.

	Hugh regards them gravely... then turns and heads down
	a tunnel. Riker and Worf follow.

    STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - ACT THREE    32.

30   INT. BORG LAB (OPTICAL)

	A small chamber with alien scientific equipment.

	Geordi is STRAPPED onto a tilting PLATFORM. He's alone
	and can't see. After a moment, Data ENTERS and Geordi
	reacts to the sound.

					GEORDI
			Data?

	Data doesn't answer.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Is somebody there?

	A cold look crosses Data's face.

					DATA
				(Picard's voice)
			Geordi...

					GEORDI
			Captain --

					DATA
				(as Picard)
			Shhh. We're getting out of here.

					GEORDI
				(whispers)
			Hurry. Data was just here; he
			went to get something.

					DATA
				(as himself)
			Too late.

	Geordi realizes Data has tricked him.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			My Brother suggested that I try to
			develop my sense of humor. What
			do you think?

	Geordi can't afford to antagonize Data.

					GEORDI
			I think it needs a little work.

	Data approaches Geordi and uses a (TECH) DEVICE to
	shoot a BEAM inside Geordi's left VISOR terminal.

  STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/29/93 - ACT THREE  33.

30   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(continuing, reacts)
			What's happening?

					DATA
				(as he does the right
				 terminal)
			I am neutralizing your pain
			receptors.

	Geordi swallows hard and asks in an even voice:

					GEORDI
			What are you going to do to me?

	Data picks up a (TECH) device that has a long needlelike
	point.

					DATA
			I am implanting nano-cortical
			fibers in your cerebrum that are
			designed to learn and mimic your
			neural firing patterns.

	As he speaks, Data calmly inserts the needle-like point
	into Geordi's skull. We're expecting Geordi to cry out
	in pain but he doesn't; he doesn't even feel it.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Once they are in place, I will
			destroy your existing brain cells
			and see if the artificial neural
			network is able to take over
			cognitive functions.

	Data removes the point and we see the end of a thin
	FIBER protruding from Geordi's scalp.

					GEORDI
			Data, listen to me. Lore is
			controlling you -- he's
			transmitting a carrier wave that's
			affecting your positronic matrix.

	But Data pays no attention to this.

					DATA
			If the procedure is successful,
			your cognitive processing
			functions will be considerably
			improved.

  STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/25/93 - ACT THREE  34.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Don't you care that he's
			manipulating you?

					DATA
			However, there is approximately a
			sixty percent chance that you will
			not survive the procedure.

	Data inserts the probe into another part of Geordi's
	skull.

					GEORDI
			I don't much care for those odds.

					DATA
			They are cause for concern.

	Geordi reacts -- maybe there's some part of Data that
	still cares about him.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			However, since I also have
			Counselor Troi and Captain Picard,
			the odds are that at least one of
			the procedures will be successful.

	Data's cold math makes Geordi realize he
	misunderstood... and that nothing he can say will stop
	Data from methodically performing his grisly task...

31   INT. CORRIDOR/BORG CELL (OPTICAL)

	A BORG is standing silently at his post, just down the
	corridor from the cell where our people are being held.

	Suddenly he hears the SOUND of the force-field fritzing
	on. As he moves to investigate, the fritzing stops and
	he hears the SOUND of a body falling to the ground.

					TROI'S VOICE
			Help me!

	When he looks inside the cell he sees Troi kneeling by
	Picard's unconscious body. She looks up.

					TROI
				(alarmed)
			He tried to escape -- the force-field
			put him into neural shock.

  STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/24/93 - ACT THREE  35.

31   CONTINUED:

	The Borg hesitates, suspicious.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			If he dies, Lore will blame you.

	The Borg decides she's right. He DEACTIVATES the force-field.
	He enters the cell and approaches Picard's
	body.

	When he bends down to take a closer look, Picard
	suddenly opens his eyes and reaches a hand up to pull
	a TUBE from the Borg's head, instantly disabling him.
	When the Borg slumps to the ground, we see a small
	amount of silvery FLUID seep from the torn tube.

	Picard gets up and examines the Borg's prosthetic ARM.
	He quickly separates the weapon from the Borg's arm and
	gives it to Troi.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			See if the corridor's empty.

	Picard stays with the Borg as she moves to the cell
	opening -- she stops short when she sees Data ENTER the
	corridor, holding a groggy Geordi by the arm.

	Data sees the weapon in Troi's hand and grabs Geordi by
	the throat.

					DATA
			Drop it or I will break his neck.

	Troi has no choice but to drop the weapon. Data
	unholsters his, then moves Geordi forward and hands him
	over to Picard and Troi.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Take him.

	Picard and Troi lead Geordi to one of the side benches.
	Two Borg hurriedly ENTER. Data gestures to the fallen
	guard and they drag his body from the cell.

  STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/25/93 - ACT THREE  36.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(re: Geordi)
			What have you done to him?

	But Data ignores him.

					DATA
			I will be back for him later.

	With a cold look at Picard, he turns and EXITS. We
	HEAR the force-field go on.

	When Data's gone Picard turns to Troi and opens his
	hand, revealing a small DEVICE that is Borg-like in
	design. They approach Geordi.

					TROI
			Geordi, are you in pain?

					GEORDI
			No. I'm a little dizzy, but
			that's all.

					PICARD
			I was able to take part of a
			transceiver from the guard's
			interlink system. It uses some
			kind of phased pulse technology.
			Is there any way we could modify
			it to generate a kedion pulse and
			reboot Data's program?

	Geordi thinks for a moment.

					GEORDI
			It's a possibility.
				(beat)
			See if you can locate the phase
			modulation circuitry.

	Picard sets to work.

					TROI
			I'll watch the door.

	She goes to stand by the cell door.

					PICARD
				(finding it)
			All right, I've found it...

 STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/24/93 - ACT THREE 36A.

31   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			Good... do you see anything that
			would act as a flux inhibitor?

	As Picard starts to look for it...

32   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it warps toward the planet.

33   INT. BRIDGE

	There is an air of urgency in the room. Beverly is at
	an Aft Station with Barnaby. They're looking at an
	OKUDAGRAM that shows the planet.

					TAITT
				(at aft science)
			Sensors still can't locate the
			Borg ship. I'm trying to filter
			out the interference.

					BARNABY
			We'll be within transporter range
			in nineteen seconds.

					TAITT
			I'm starting to get sensor
			resolution...
				(beat)
			There's the ship.

	She gestures toward the OKUDAGRAM; the Borg ship's
	position in orbit is now marked.

					BEVERLY
			We'll enter orbit here.

	She indicates a point on the opposite side of the
	planet.

  STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/24/93 - ACT THREE  37.

33   CONTINUED:

					BARNABY
				(works)
			Helm, new course -- heading zero-five-two
			mark seven.

					CON OFFICER'S VOICE
			Aye, sir.

					BARNABY
				(works)
			Stand by to drop out of warp in...
			eight seconds.

					TAITT
			Once we're in orbit, we should
			have about forty-five seconds
			before they intercept us.

					BEVERLY
			I hope that's enough time...

					BARNABY
			Emergency deceleration in five
			seconds.

					BEVERLY
			Hold on --

	There is a sudden forward lurch as the thrusters engage
	and we drop out of warp.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Report.

					TAITT
			We're in standard orbit, sir. The
			Borg ship is on the planet's far
			side, and is moving to intercept.

					BEVERLY
				(to com)
			Bridge to Transporter Rooms --
			begin evacuation.

					BARNABY
			The Borg will be in weapons range
			in... thirty-two seconds.

  STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/24/93 - ACT THREE  38.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

					BARNABY
				(off console)
			We still can't locate Captain
			Picard's Team... and there's no
			sign of Commander Riker or
			Lieutenant Worf.

					BEVERLY
				(to com)
			Crusher to Salazar. Report.

34   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	A group of N.D. officers are stepping off the
	Transporter pad.

					SALAZAR
				(at the console)
			We're pulling the last teams off
			right now. But there are six
			people still unaccounted for.

35   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					BEVERLY
			Keep trying.

	On the VIEWSCREEN the Borg ship can be seen
	approaching.

					BARNABY
			The Borg ship is powering up its
			weapons array.

	Beverly wants to give the Transporter Chief a few more
	seconds.

					BEVERLY
				(to herself)
			Come on, Chief. It's now or
			never.

					TAITT
			They're preparing to fire.

					BEVERLY
			Raise shields.

	A beat later, the ship takes a hit and shakes
	violently.

					BARNABY
			The port nacelle's been hit.

  STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/24/93 - ACT THREE  39.

35   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Helm, get us out of here.

					BARNABY
			We've lost warp engines.

					BEVERLY
			Evasive maneuvers, full impulse.

36   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the Enterprise pulls out of orbit.

37   INT. BRIDGE

					TAITT
			Shields are down to eighty
			percent.

					BEVERLY
			Fire phasers.

	A beat, then --

					BARNABY
			Direct hit. No damage to the Borg
			ship.

	The ship is rocked by another blast.

					TAITT
			Shields at seventy-three percent.

					BEVERLY
			Status of the warp engines?

					BARNABY
			Still down. We can't outrun them.

	There is a tense beat as Beverly considers the
	situation.

					BEVERLY
				(to con)
			Helm, set a new course -- heading
			three-four-four mark six. Full
			impulse.

	Taitt checks this heading at her console, then turns to
	Beverly, uncertain.

    STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - ACT THREE    40.

37   CONTINUED:

					TAITT
			Sir... that heading takes us
			directly into the sun...

	Beverly doesn't respond; obviously she knows this and
	intended it. Off her determined expression and Taitt's
	anxiety...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

  STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/24/93 - ACT THREE  41.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

38   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	with the Borg ship in pursuit. A star is seen in the
	distance.

39   INT. BRIDGE

	Beverly is at the rear stations with Barnaby and Taitt.
	The next is at an urgent pace; they need an answer
	quickly.

					BEVERLY
				(to Barnaby)
			The databanks should contain
			information about a process called
			metaphasic shielding --

					BARNABY
			I know about that research.
			Commander La Forge was developing
			a program that would implement
			metaphasic properties...

					BEVERLY
			How far along was he?

					BARNABY
				(working console)
			The program's in the databanks...
			but it was never tested...

					BEVERLY
			If we had metaphasic shielding, we
			could enter the sun's corona and
			the Borg ship wouldn't be able to
			follow.
				(beat)
			Can you bring the program on line?

					BARNABY
			I can... but we have no way of
			knowing if the shields will hold.

					TAITT
			Sir, hull temperature is rising...
			now at twelve-thousand degrees C.
			Radiation level is nearing ten
			thousand rads.

  STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/24/93 - ACT FOUR  42.

39   CONTINUED:

	Suddenly the ship is ROCKED by another phaser blast.

					BEVERLY
			Report.

					TAITT
			Shields at sixty-two percent...

					BEVERLY
			Lieutenant, activate the
			metaphasic program. We don't have
			a choice.

					BARNABY
			Aye, sir.

	He begins working at a console.

					TAITT
			Hull temperature is critical. We
			can't withstand this heat much
			longer.

					BARNABY
			The program is on line. Engaging
			metaphasic shield... now.

	There is a tense beat.

					TAITT
			Hull temperature dropping... down
			to seven thousand degrees.

	There is general relief.

					BEVERLY
			Maintain course.

40   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it disappears from view inside the sun's glare --
	moments later the Borg ship pulls up and away from the
	sun.

41   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					BARNABY
			The Borg ship has broken off
			pursuit.

					BEVERLY
			All stop.


  STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/30/93 - ACT FOUR  43.

41   CONTINUED:

					TAITT
				(off console)
			Sir, the Borg ship is taking up
			position relative to ours.
			They're going to wait for us to
			come out.

	Beverly casts an eye toward the Viewscreen and sees the
	fiery glow of the corona.

					BEVERLY
			The question is... how long can we
			survive in here?

	Off her face...

42   INT. BORG CELL (OPTICAL)

	Geordi has been taken away again, and Picard is
	modifying the (TECH) component he took from the Borg.
	Troi is standing so as to block what he's doing should
	anyone look inside the cell.

					PICARD
			I've done everything Geordi said.
			Now to activate it...

	He makes a final adjustment to the transceiver as:

					TROI
			How are we going to know whether
			the pulse reboots Data's ethical
			program?

					PICARD
			We'll only be able to tell by his
			behavior.

					TROI
			Won't he realize something has
			happened to him?

					PICARD
			I doubt it. It's one program
			among thousands.

  STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/24/93 - ACT FOUR  44.

42   CONTINUED:

	Picard has reached the cell opening. He glances down
	the corridor, then sets the transceiver on the floor
	and gently nudges it with his foot toward the force
	field.

					PICARD
			I just hope this force field has
			enough energy to trigger the
			pulse.

	The transceiver comes in contact with the force field,
	which ACTIVATES, fritzing continuously.

                                             CUT TO:

43   INT. BORG LAB

	Data is scanning Geordi with a MEDICAL DEVICE.

					GEORDI
			You know, Data -- I've been
			thinking... about some of the
			times we've had together.

	Geordi is hoping that the re-boot will work, and that
	he can reach Data on a personal level, reminding him of
	what was good about his life before he joined Lore's
	"cult."

	Suddenly Data gives a VERY SMALL head tilt, so minute
	that neither he nor Geordi realize anything has
	happened.

					GEORDI
			Like that time we went sailing on
			Devala Lake. Remember that?

					DATA
			I have a complete memory record of
			that day.

					GEORDI
			You decided to take a swim... but
			when you jumped out of the boat
			you sank straight to the bottom.

	Geordi can't help but laugh as he remembers.

  STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/25/93 - ACT FOUR  45.

43   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(matter of factly)
			I did not have enough buoyancy to
			get back to the surface.

					GEORDI
				(still chuckling)
			So you had to walk over a
			kilometer along the bottom of the
			lake to get to shore.

					DATA
			One kilometer, forty-six meters.

					GEORDI
			It took two weeks to get the water
			out of your servos...

	There is a beat, then --

					DATA
			I am ready to irradiate your
			existing brain cells.

	Geordi's face falls when he hears this... it seems a
	jarring contrast to the pleasant memory he was sharing.
	He doesn't seem to have reached Data.

					GEORDI
				(quiet)
			Data... if you ever go back to
			being the way you were, you may
			not be able to forgive yourself
			for what you're about to do to me.

	Data's face is unreadable. After a beat --

					DATA
			I am getting some anomalous
			readings from your neural net. I
			will have to do further tests
			before I proceed.

	Data has not even scanned for readings, but Geordi
	can't see this. Data stands.

					DATA
			Someone will come and take you
			back to your cell.

	Data regards Geordi for a moment, then turns and EXITS.

  STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/24/93 - ACT FOUR  46.

44   INT. UNDERGROUND CAVERNS

	Hugh, Riker and Worf have returned to the main chamber
	from their reconnaissance. Riker and Worf are laying
	out their rescue plan. Hugh stands to one side,
	listening.

					WORF
			We can use the environmental
			control ducts to get inside the
			compound. They should take us to
			the detention area.

					RIKER
			We'll have to move fast. If we
			have to stun a guard, the other
			Borg will know right away that
			he's been hurt.

					HUGH
			When they realize... your escape
			route may be compromised.

					RIKER
			We'll have to take that chance.

	There is a beat of silence. Hugh is torn -- he could
	offer to help them. But he cannot take the step.

					HUGH
			Good luck, Commander.

	Riker and Worf nod and head off down the tunnel. Hugh
	stares after them, conflicted.

45   EXT. BORG COMPOUND (OPTICAL) - DAY

	Data approaches Lore, who is seated, surveying the
	landscape from just outside an entrance to the
	compound. Borg workers come and go as they perform
	their various tasks.

         STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - ACT FOUR         47.

45   CONTINUED:

					LORE
			There you are, Brother. Have you
			made any progress with La Forge?

					DATA
			It is too early to tell if the
			nano-cortical fibers have
			performed their function.

					LORE
			I suspect none of the humans will
			survive the process... but it's
			their own fault, isn't it? They
			should never have come here. What
			were they thinking?

	Data takes Lore's rhetorical question to heart.

					DATA
				(quiet)
			They came looking for me.

					LORE
			Humans are so sentimental.

	But things aren't so simple for Data anymore -- his
	ethical program is forcing him to think about things.
	As much to himself as to Lore:

					DATA
			I betrayed them. If they die...
			I am responsible.

	Lore looks at him, concerned.

       STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/24/93 - ACT FOUR      48.

45   CONTINUED: (2)

					LORE
			Why are you talking like this? Is
			something wrong with your
			programming? Perhaps I should
			check your systems.

					DATA
				(firm)
			I do not want you to check my
			systems. I must resolve these
			issues myself.

	Lore eyes Data, wary.

					LORE
			I think I've made a mistake. I
			don't believe you can tolerate the
			amount of emotion I've been giving
			you.

	His eyes locked on Data's, Lore reaches for one of his
	own fingers.

46   INSERT - FINGERNAIL

	as Lore flips the nail up, revealing circuitry inside.

         STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - ACT FOUR         49.

47   BACK TO SCENE

					LORE
			Perhaps I should cut back a
			little...

	Lore adjusts something in his nail and Data seems to
	shudder -- like a junkie coming down off a drug.

					LORE
			How's that?

					DATA
			I... do not like it...

					LORE
			Ah. Then you prefer having more
			emotions... ?

					DATA
			Yes...

					LORE
			They give you pleasure.

					DATA
			Yes. Please... I want more...

	Lore lets Data yearn for a moment, then adjusts the
	circuitry as:

					LORE
			All right. For now, a little
			more.

	Data is again flooded with negative emotion. It's a
	relief -- like a fix.

					DATA
			Thank you...

					LORE
			Don't mention it. I just hope
			this has helped clarify things for
			you.

	Data walks off and Lore gazes after him. After a
	moment, he beckons to Crosis, who approaches.

					LORE
			I am concerned about my brother,
			Crosis. I don't believe he really
			wants to be a part of our great
			future.

	He exchanges a meaningful and ominous look with Crosis.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/24/93 - ACT FIVE      50.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

48   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise hangs in space inside the sun's corona.

49   INT. BRIDGE

	Light from the sun's corona reflects on the Bridge
	crew. Barnaby and Taitt are at an Aft Station. Taitt
	is working a console, concentrating intently on
	something.

					BARNABY
				(to Beverly)
			Sir, the metaphasic shielding is
			losing integrity.

	Concerned, Beverly moves to him.

					BEVERLY
			Can you stabilize it?

					BARNABY
			No... we won't be able to stay in
			here more than another three or
			four minutes.

					BEVERLY
			Do we have warp engines yet?

					BARNABY
			The last estimate was another half
			hour.

	There is a charged silence. The options aren't good.
	Then --

					TAITT
			Sir?

	Beverly and Barnaby turn toward her.

					TAITT
			I think I have an idea...

	Beverly is interested. Taitt takes a breath.

       STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/25/93 - ACT FIVE      51.

49   CONTINUED:

					TAITT
			I think... it's possible we could
			induce a solar fusion eruption...
			that would destroy the Borg ship.

	Barnaby stares at her, disbelieving.

					BARNABY
			What?

	Taitt presses on. She's a little nervous about this,
	but nonetheless certain of her idea.

					TAITT
			We'd need to direct a highly
			energetic particle beam onto the
			sun's surface... it should
			produce a superfluid gas eruption.
			If we target the right spot -- the
			eruption would envelop the Borg
			ship.

	Barnaby shakes his head, dismissing her. Beverly
	doesn't.

					BEVERLY
			How do you know this'll work?

	There is a hesitation.

					TAITT
			I did my senior honors thesis on
			solar dynamics.

	Beverly looks at her, considering.

					BARNABY
			Excuse me, sir, but this isn't the
			Academy. And a student thesis is
			a long way from a workable plan.

	The goad seems to sharpen Taitt, focus her. She
	presses on.

					TAITT
			I've already configured the
			tractor emitters to create the
			particle beam... and I've located
			the target point on the surface...

         STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - ACT FIVE         52.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					BARNABY
			If her calculations are off, the
			eruption could encompass us.

	Taitt eyes him.

					TAITT
			Well. I'll just have to make sure
			my calculations are accurate.

					BEVERLY
			Let's do it.

					TAITT
			Yes, sir.

	She works her console.

50   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as a beam lances out from the hull and down toward the
	sun's surface.

51   INT. BRIDGE

					TAITT
			The target area on the photosphere
			is destabilizing... pressure wave
			expansion is accelerating...

					BARNABY
				(off console)
			Sub-surface fusion has been
			initiated...
				(beat)
			There's an eruption forming on the
			surface.

52   EXT. SPACE - BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	hangs unsuspecting in space. Suddenly an enormous
	solar flare comes bursting out of the corona and
	engulfs it.

53   INT. BRIDGE

					BARNABY
			She did it. The Borg ship has
			been destroyed.

       STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/24/93 - ACT FIVE      53.

53   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Helm, take us back to the planet,
			full impulse.

	Beverly turns to Taitt and gives her a smile and a nod:
	"Well done."

54   INT. BORG CELL

	Geordi is lying on one of the side benches; Troi sits
	nearby trying to make him comfortable. Picard paces
	restlessly.

	The SOUND of the force field deactivating causes them
	to look toward the cell opening, where Data appears.

					PICARD
				(re: Geordi)
			You're killing him. He won't
			survive another session.

					DATA
			I did not come for him -- I came
			for you.

	He indicates with his WEAPON that Picard should move
	out. Picard glances at Troi, then EXITS the cell.

55   INT. BORG HALL (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Data ENTER the empty room in midconversation.

					PICARD
			... It's not too late. If you
			remove the fibers, Geordi might
			recover.

					DATA
			That will not be possible.

					PICARD
			Why? Because Lore says so?

					DATA
				(beat)
			It is for the greater good.

	Picard senses that Data's program is working, and
	causing some confusion. He bears down.

       STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/25/93 - ACT FIVE      54.

55   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Good? Aren't good and bad, right
			and wrong, functions of your
			ethical program?

					DATA
			That is correct.

					PICARD
			What does that program tell you
			about what you're doing to Geordi,
			about what you and Lore are doing
			to the Borg?

	Unlike before, Data has no easy answer. Picard pushes
	forward.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			It tells you these things are
			wrong, doesn't it?

	Data's face says he's correct.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			How can actions that are wrong
			lead to a "greater good"?

					DATA
			You are attempting to confuse me.

					PICARD
			No, Data. You're not confused;
			you're sensing the truth. Your
			ethical program is fighting the
			negative emotions Lore is sending
			you.

	Data's face is anguished. Before Picard can continue
	Lore ENTERS the hall with a group of Borg.

					LORE
			There you are, Captain. Thank you
			for joining us. You're going to
			help me in a most important
			ceremony.

	Lore's words have an ominous ring. What does he have
	in mind?

         STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - ACT FIVE         55.

56   INT. BORG CELL (OPTICAL)

	Troi is tending Geordi when her attention is caught by
	the SOUND of a phaser blast coming from the corridor
	outside the cell. Having no way of knowing what this
	portends, she listens with some concern to the SOUND of
	hurriedly approaching footsteps. To her relief, Riker
	and Worf appear at the cell door moments later.

					WORF
			Where's the Captain?

					TROI
			Data took him away.

	Worf DEACTIVATES the force-field and hangs back to make
	sure no one comes down the corridor. Riker's face
	registers concern when he sees the shape Geordi's in.

					RIKER
			There's not much time.
				(re: Geordi)
			Can he walk?

					TROI
			He'll need help.

	Riker and Troi help Geordi to his feet.

					RIKER
				(to Troi)
			There's an air duct in the
			corridor that connects to a tunnel
			underneath the compound. You take
			Geordi and we'll look for the
			Captain.

	Troi nods and they EXIT.

57   INT. BORG HALL (OPTICAL)

	Lore has approached Picard and Data. Crosis and the
	other Borg stand along the periphery of the room,
	watching silently.

					LORE
				(to Data)
			It's time to put your doubts
			aside, Brother. It's time to
			close the door on your past and
			commit yourself to the great work
			that lies ahead of us.
				(beat)
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/25/93 - ACT FIVE      56.

57   CONTINUED:

					LORE (Cont'd)
			I need to know that I can count on
			you.

	He glances at Picard.

					LORE
			As proof, I want you to kill
			Captain Picard.

	Data's expression falters. He knows that if he doesn't
	comply Lore will cut off the flow of emotions, or quite
	possibly, kill him. He unholsters his weapon, turns
	and looks at Picard.

58
thru	OMITTED
60

61   ON LORE

	Looking on approvingly.

62   ON DATA

	his face unreadable.

63   ON PICARD

	holding Data's gaze.

64   RESUME SCENE (OPTICAL)

	For a long moment, Data's decision hangs in the air.
	Finally:

					DATA
			No... It would be wrong.

         STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - ACT FIVE         57.

64   CONTINUED:

	Crosis quickly moves to take the weapon from Data.
	Lore looks at his Brother, shakes his head sadly.

					LORE
			I didn't think you'd be able to do
			it. You've spent too many years
			among humans.

	Lore turns away from Data, as if it's too painful to
	look at him anymore. But we see him cast a glance at
	Crosis -- and as if by prearranged contingency, Crosis
	swings in to action.

					CROSIS
			Hold him.

	Two Borg step forward and take Data by the arms.

					LORE
				(to the assembled Borg)
			I've asked many sacrifices of you --
			sacrifices I knew were necessary
			in order to build a better future.

	He plays the moment, going for the dramatic impact.

					LORE
			I want you to know that I ask no
			more of you than I am prepared to
			give myself. I am willing to make
			the greatest sacrifice of all --
			my own dear brother.

	Lore takes a weapon from another Borg. He looks at
	Data with great sadness in his eyes.

65   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Revealing that one of the Borg standing behind Lore is
	Hugh.

					LORE
			Good bye, Data.

	As he starts to raise his weapon, Hugh rushes forward
	and knocks it away.

					HUGH
			No --

	Crosis aims to take Hugh out but a PHASER bolt from the
	stage area blasts him.

         STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - ACT FIVE        57A.

	ANOTHER ANGLE

	Revealing that Riker and Worf had snuck into the hall
	and were hiding up in the stage area -- they stand
	ready to fire again if necessary.

66A  RESUME SCENE

	as a melee begins to erupt, various Borg beginning to
	charge each other.

66B  ANGLE

	as two Borg grapple hand-to-hand. One of them takes
	the other down and moves on toward some other foe.

66C  ANGLE

	as a Borg comes up behind Picard.

         STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - ACT FIVE         58.

66D  ANGLE

	as Worf sees and takes aim.

66E  ANGLE

	as a PHASER blast takes out the Borg behind Picard.

67   RESUME SCENE

	Lore and Data stand looking at each other across the
	room, strangely still amidst the Pandemonium all around
	them.

	The fighting blocks his line of sight for a moment --
	and before Data realizes it Lore is gone. Data has to
	push past people to follow...

68   INT. BORG LAB (OPTICAL)

	Where Data had worked on Geordi. Lore is furiously
	working a console when Data ENTERS.

					DATA
			Lore...

	Lore turns and sees the weapon in Data's hand (although
	it's not aimed at him).

					LORE
			Be careful with that, Brother.
			Somebody could get hurt.

					DATA
			What are you doing?

					LORE
			I have a way out of here. I'm
			willing to forget about what
			happened back there and take you
			with me.
				(smiles)
			We don't need anyone else. We're
			Brothers.

	He sees that Data is unmoved by this.

         STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - 6/24/93 - ACT FIVE         59.

68   CONTINUED:

					LORE
			I'll give you the chip our father
			made. It contains more than just
			emotions -- it has memories.

68A  INSERT - FINGERNAIL

	As Lore speaks, he surreptitiously opens his
	fingernail.

					LORE'S VOICE
			Memories our Father wanted you to
			have.

68B  RESUME SCENE (OPTICAL)

	as Lore activates the circuitry and cuts off the flow
	of emotions -- Data shudders as before, and Lore uses
	the opportunity to go for a weapon on a nearby console.

	Lore whips it around to shoot him and leaves Data no
	choice but to FIRE; the bolt hits Lore square in the
	chest. Lore's systems overload -- TENDRILS of
	crackling energy course around his head, and he
	collapses to the ground.

	Data kneels at his side... the impact of the fall
	caused Lore's head flap to open and his BLINKING
	CIRCUITRY is now exposed.

	Lore looks up at him, his eyes filled with sadness.

					DATA
			I am going to deactivate you now.

	Lore speaks haltingly -- he's clearly damaged.

       STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/25/93 - ACT FIVE      60.

68B  CONTINUED:

					LORE
			Without me, you will never feel
			emotion again.

					DATA
			You leave me no other choice.

	Data uses a TOOL to starts shutting down Lore's
	systems, and the firing pattern of his blinkies starts
	to slow.

	Data pauses before shutting off the last system; he has
	to fight off the feeling of withdrawal.

					DATA
			Good bye, Lore.

	Lore's lost so many systems that his words come out
	distorted.

					LORE
			I... love you... Brother...

	Data shuts down the last system and Lore's circuitry
	stops blinking. He is still, lifeless. Data regards
	him silently, his face unreadable...

69   EXT. THE BORG COMPOUND (OPTICAL)

	seen from a distance.

70   INT. BORG HALL

	The fight is over. Riker approaches Worf and Picard.

					PICARD
			What about Geordi and Troi?

       STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/30/93 - ACT FIVE      61.

70   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			The Enterprise is in orbit.
			They've been beamed aboard.

	There is a murmur from some of the Borg when they see
	Data ENTER the room. He approaches Picard and the
	others.

					DATA
			Lore is no longer functioning.
				(beat)
			He must be disassembled so that he
			is never again a threat.

					PICARD
			It's good to have you back, Data.

					DATA
			Thank you, sir.

	Riker turns to Hugh. They regard each other for a
	moment, then Riker smiles.

					RIKER
			What made you change your mind?

	Hugh considers for a beat.

					HUGH
			Perhaps my encounter with the
			Enterprise affected me more than
			I realized...

	Considering his angry words earlier, there is a sense
	that Hugh is aware of the irony of his admission.

					PICARD
			What will you do now?

					HUGH
			I don't know. We can't go back to
			the Borg collective...
				(beat)
			And we no longer have a leader
			here...

	Picard regards Hugh for a moment.

					PICARD
			I'm not sure that's true.

	Hugh's never seen himself that way so it takes him a
	moment to realize that Picard means him.

       STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/30/93 - ACT FIVE     61A.

70   CONTINUED: (2)

					HUGH
			Perhaps in time... we can learn to
			function as individuals -- and
			work together as a group.

	Picard nods thoughtfully.

					PICARD
			Good luck, Hugh.

					HUGH
			Good bye.

	Off this moment...

71   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves at warp.

					PICARD
			Captain's Log, Stardate 47025.4.
			We have returned to Federation
			Space and are en route to Starbase
			two-nine-five. Mister La Forge
			remains under Doctor Crusher's
			care.

       STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/25/93 - ACT FIVE      62.

72   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Data is sitting at his desk, petting SPOT, looking at
	a MICRO-CHIP on a glass slide. The door CHIMES.

					DATA
			Enter.

	Geordi comes in.

					GEORDI
			Hi, Data.

	Data looks up at him, curious.

					GEORDI
			I just wanted to let you know that
			Doctor Crusher says I'll be able
			to return to duty soon.

	Data understands his intention.

					DATA
			I am glad that the injuries I
			inflicted on you are not
			permanent.

					GEORDI
				(notices slide)
			What's that?

					DATA
			This is the chip my Father created
			for me so that I could experience
			emotions. I had it removed from
			Lore's body before he was
			dismantled.

					GEORDI
			Does it still work?

					DATA
			No. I am pleased to say that it
			was damaged when I was forced to
			fire on Lore.

					GEORDI
			Pleased? Data, you've wanted
			emotions all your life.

					DATA
			Yes. But emotions were
			responsible for what I did to you.

	Data crosses over to a table.

       STAR TREK: "Descent, Part II" - REV. 6/25/93 - ACT FIVE      63.

72   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I would never risk letting
			something like that happen again.
			My friendship with you is too
			important to me.

	Data puts the chip in a box and closes it.

					GEORDI
			I wouldn't be much of a friend to
			you if I let you give up on a life-long
			dream.

	Geordi picks up the box.

					GEORDI
			Who knows? Maybe someday we can
			repair this.

	Geordi reaches up and puts the box on Data's shelf.
	Off this moment...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             












                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Liaisons" 
                      (fka "The Journey") 
                          #40277-254 
                              
                           Story by 
               Roger Eschbacher & Jaq Greenspan 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
               Jeanne Carrigan-Fauci & Lisa Rich 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                         JULY 6, 1993


            STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Liaisons" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             BYLETH
                RIKER              LOQUEL
                DATA               PILOT
                BEVERLY            ANNA
                TROI               BOY
                WORF               
                GEORDI    
         
                Non-Speaking  
                  N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES
                  N.D. ENGINEERS     

            STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Liaisons" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              WORF'S QUARTERS
              SHUTTLEBAY               PLANET'S SURFACE
              TEN FORWARD
              CORRIDOR                 ALIEN SHUTTLECRAFT
              ENGINEERING
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
          
            ALIEN SHUTTLECRAFT
          
            CARGO FREIGHTER

    STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Liaisons" 
                            
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 BUSSARD         buh-SARD
                 BYLETH          BYE-leth
                 IYAARANS        ee-YAR-uns
                 IYAR            ee-YAR
                 KTARIAN         kit-AR-ee-un
                 PAPALLA         puh-PALL-uh
                 TARVOKIAN       tar-VOKE-ee-un
                 TERELLIAN       teh-RELL-ee-un
                 VOVAL           voh-VALL
                 ANNA            AH-nah

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - TEASER          1.

                STAR TREK: The Next Generation                  
                          "Liaisons"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	CLOSE ON WORF'S FACE. He looks disgusted. Off camera,
	his hands are working furiously at something... and he
	grows more and more agitated by whatever he's doing...

2    WIDEN TO REVEAL

	Worf standing in front of a mirror. He is wearing a
	Starfleet DRESS UNIFORM -- a thigh-level tunic with
	pants underneath. He is attempting to tie an ornate
	SASH around his chest, but it isn't easy. He steps
	back and takes a look -- it's crooked and sloppy.
	Frustrated, he undoes the sash and starts tying it
	again. He just can't get it right...

	The door CHIMES.

					WORF
			Enter.

	RIKER ENTERS, also in a dress uniform. He's surprised
	to see that Worf is not ready.

					RIKER
			Worf, they're going to be here any
			minute.

	Worf tugs at his sash -- it's hopeless.

					WORF
			I am having... problems.

	Riker moves over and starts to help him tie the sash.

					RIKER
			If I didn't know you better, I'd
			say you were procrastinating.

					WORF
			Klingons do not procrastinate.

	Riker gives him a look, and Worf is forced to back down
	a bit.

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - TEASER          2.

2    CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(continuing)
			It is a... tactical delay.

					RIKER
				(tying sash)
			All you have to do is spend five
			minutes greeting the Iyaarans and
			another hour or so making small
			talk at the reception. I'm the
			one who has to spend the next
			three days escorting them around
			the ship.

					WORF
			I do not enjoy these diplomatic
			situations.

					RIKER
			It's all part of being in
			Starfleet.
				(ties sash)
			There.

	They look in the mirror. Worf eyes his dress uniform --
	the sash... the short-hemmed tunic.

					WORF
			And I do not see why it is
			necessary to wear these ridiculous
			uniforms.

					RIKER
			Protocol.

					WORF
			They look like... dresses.

					RIKER
			Worf, that is a remarkably
			outmoded and sexist attitude. I'm
			surprised at you.

	They head for the door.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Besides, you look great in a
			dress.

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - TEASER          3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

	OFF Worf's look...

                                             CUT TO:

3    INT. SHUTTLEBAY

	An ALIEN SHUTTLECRAFT sits in the bay. PICARD and TROI
	(Picard in his jacket, carrying a duffel bag; Troi in
	dress uniform;) are facing the shuttle. Riker and Worf
	are also present. Clearly, this is a very important
	moment for all of them. Except for Worf, who looks
	distinctly uncomfortable.

	The shuttle doors OPEN and three distinctive-looking
	aliens -- IYAARANS -- step out to greet the group.
	AMBASSADOR LOQUEL... AMBASSADOR BYLETH... and the
	shuttle's PILOT, VOVAL. All three wear featureless
	clothing -- there are NO ornaments or extraneous
	styling whatsoever -- it should suggest a purely
	functional, utilitarian garment.

	Picard steps forward to greet the Ambassadors.

					PICARD
			Ambassador Loquel... Ambassador
			Byleth. I'm Captain Picard.
			Welcome aboard the Enterprise.

	The Ambassadors bow politely, a ceremonial gesture.

					LOQUEL
			It is our pleasure to be here,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			We are honored to be the site of
			the first cultural exchange
			between the Iyaaran people and the
			Federation.

					BYLETH
			Yes, yes. The next seven days
			should prove most illuminating.

	Loquel gestures toward the pilot.

					LOQUEL
			Allow me to introduce Voval. He
			will be taking you back to our
			homeworld.

	Picard nods and smiles at the pilot.

       STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - TEASER       4.

3    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Pleased to meet you.

	The pilot stares back silently, a neutral expression on
	his face. It throws Picard off for just a second, then --

					PICARD
				(to Ambassadors)
			I'm looking forward to meeting
			with the Premier of Iyar.

4    INLCUDE WORF

	as the diplomatic pleasantries continue. He is bored
	stiff...

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			There will be a reception in your
			honor where you'll meet the rest
			of the Senior Staff. I'll be on
			my way to your home world, of
			course -- but I'm leaving you in
			the hands of my most experienced
			officers.

	He gestures toward Worf.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant Worf, of the Klingon
			Empire, is our head of security.
			He will be responsible for your
			safety while you're on board.

	Worf nods stiffly, and Byleth in particular takes
	notice of him, staring intently. Picard moves on, but
	Byleth continues to look at Worf.


         STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - TEASER         4A.

4    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Counselor Deanna Troi from the
			Planet Betazed will be your
			personal liaison, Ambassador
			Loquel.

	Troi smiles and steps forward.

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - TEASER          5.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Ambassador Loquel, it's an honor
			to meet you. May I show you to
			your quarters before we attend the
			reception?

					LOQUEL
			Please.

	Loquel follows Troi toward the door.

					PICARD
			And my First Officer, Commander
			William Riker from the planet
			Earth, will be assigned to you,
			Ambassador Byleth.

					BYLETH
				(looking at Worf)
			I want this one.

	Worf reacts to this, puzzled and surprised. Picard
	looks from one to the other.

					PICARD
			Commander Riker is a skilled
			diplomat, with wide experience in
			inter-species contact --

					BYLETH
			I'm sure, I'm sure. But I have
			decided. I want this Lieutenant
			Worf.

	Worf looks stricken... glances at Picard for
	salvation... but Picard wants to accommodate.

					PICARD
			Well. That will be -- just fine.
			Mister Worf... ?

	There's no out. Worf takes a breath, turns to Byleth.

					WORF
			Yes... Ambassador, I would be
			pleased to --

					BYLETH
				(waving dismissal)
			Yes, yes. Enough of that. Show
			me to my quarters.

         STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - TEASER         5A.

4    CONTINUED: (3)

	And he turns and stalks toward the door. Worf gives
	one last desperate look toward Riker, then follows
	Byleth. Riker exchanges a glance with Picard. This
	should be interesting...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT ONE         6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

6    INT. TEN FORWARD

	The reception is in progress. Riker, Worf, Troi and
	DATA are there with several other Starfleet Officers.
	(They are still in their dress uniforms.) A large
	BUFFET TABLE has been set-up -- it's topped with
	various FOOD and DRINKS.

7    ON TROI AND AMBASSADOR LOQUEL

	moving along the buffet table. Troi holds an empty
	plate; Loquel also holds a plate, but his is piled high
	with food. As they talk, he keeps putting more food
	onto his plate.

					TROI
			So first thing tomorrow, I thought
			I'd take you on a tour... show you
			the operational centers and the
			residential decks of the ship.
			Then after that, we could spend
			some time discussing some of the
			cultural underpinnings of your
			society --

					LOQUEL
			Are you going to eat?

	Troi stops.

					TROI
			Excuse me?

	He gestures at her empty plate.

					LOQUEL
			You have no food on your plate.
			Are you going to eat?

         STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT ONE         7.

7    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Oh... actually, I was waiting
			until we got to the dessert tray.

	He looks at her, not entirely clear on the concept.

					LOQUEL
			"Dessert... " What is that?

					TROI
			It's something we eat after the
			main course. It's usually very
			sweet... usually very bad for
			you. We eat it purely for
			pleasure.
				(beat)
			If you ask me, it's the best part
			of any meal.

	He considers this.

					LOQUEL
			My people eat only for
			nourishment.

	Troi leads him to the DESSERT TRAY, which is filled
	with various treats. Loquel looks on with fascination.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Let me introduce you to some of my
			favorites...
				(indicates desserts)
			Here we have peach cobbler with
			whipped cream. Tarvokian powder
			cake...
				(beat)
			But over here -- this is my very
			favorite.

	Troi indicates a dome-shaped confection half the size
	of a bowling ball -- and completely covered with
	chocolate.

         STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT ONE         8.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
				(continuing)
			This is a Ktarian Chocolate Puff.
			I'm not exactly sure what's in
			it... but I think there are at
			least seventeen varieties of
			chocolate inside.

	Troi takes a modest slice and puts it on her plate,
	offers it to him. Loquel takes a small bite with his
	fork... considers the taste... then reacts with intense
	pleasure. He tries to find words to describe the
	sensation...

					LOQUEL
			It is... it is...

					TROI
			Delicious?

					LOQUEL
				(smiles at the word)
			"Delicious... "

	Troi smiles.

					TROI
			Ambassador... I think we're going
			to get along very well.

	She gestures toward a table.

					TROI
			Shall we?

	He nods. Troi moves toward the table to sit down.
	Loquel eyes the dessert tray a moment, then innocently
	picks up the entire platter of desserts and follows
	Troi...

8    WORF, BEVERLY AND AMBASSADOR BYLETH

	sitting at a table. They all have food in front of
	them. Byleth takes a bite of his food, reacts with
	disgust. He shoves his plate of food toward Worf.

					BYLETH
			This is unacceptable.

					WORF
			I am sorry if you do not care for
			our --

         STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT ONE         9.

8    CONTINUED:

					BYLETH
			Bring me new food. I require a
			higher protein and enzymatic
			content.

	Worf takes a beat, tries to hold his temper. Beverly
	intercedes.

					BEVERLY
			Our custom in a situation like
			this is to serve ourselves. It's
			called a "buffet," and usually
			people prefer to choose --

					BYLETH
				(to Worf, as if to a
				 child)
			Bring... me... new... food.

	Worf rises stiffly as Beverly tries to reach Byleth.

					BEVERLY
			Ambassador...

					WORF
			It is all right, Doctor. I am
			happy to bring more food.

	Worf moves off to the buffet table. He picks up a long
	knife and begins cutting at some meat... going at it
	with a decidedly violent sub-text. Data approaches.

					DATA
				(to Worf)
			How is your diplomatic assignment
			progressing so far?

					WORF
				(terse)
			Fine.

	Data watches as Worf hacks at the meat.

      STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT ONE      10.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I have found that in moments of
			diplomatic tension, it is often
			helpful to find elements of
			commonality.

	Worf considers this for a moment.

					WORF
			Ambassador Byleth is...
			demanding... temperamental...
			rude...

					DATA
				(innocently)
			You share all of those qualities
			in abundance. Perhaps you should
			build on your similarities.

	Worf shoots him an irritated look, grumbles and walks
	off with the plate of food. OFF Data's look -- he was
	only trying to help...

                                             CUT TO:

9    EXT. SPACE - ALIEN SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	The shuttle seen in the Teaser, at impulse.

10   INT. ALIEN SHUTTLECRAFT

	The Pilot (Voval) seen earlier is at the controls.
	(There's a small INSIGNIA PIN on the Pilot's uniform at
	the sternum. It should not call attention to itself in
	any way.) Picard is sitting next to him, trying his
	best to strike up a conversation with the man. It
	isn't easy. The Pilot is unresponsive, apparently
	uninterested in anything Picard has to say.

					PICARD
			So... I understand your homeworld
			has some of the most spectacular
			crystal formations in the sector.

         STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT ONE         11.

10   CONTINUED:

	The Pilot just grunts and stares straight ahead. An
	awkward beat.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Is there any place in particular
			that you recommend I visit while
			I'm there?

					PILOT
			No.

	Picard sees that a conversation with the man is all but
	impossible.

					PICARD
			Yes, well... what's our ETA?

					PILOT
			Seventeen hours, thirty-two
			minutes.

	Picard reacts -- it's going to be a long trip. He
	stands.

					PICARD
			I think I'll go update my
			itinerary...

      STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT ONE      12.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard moves toward the rear of the shuttle. Suddenly --

	WHAM! The shuttle is JOLTED and all of the lights GO
	OFF. EMERGENCY LIGHTS come up. Picard quickly sits
	down.

					PICARD
			What happened?

	The Pilot scans the console.

					PILOT
			There has been a system wide power
			failure.

					PICARD
			What's the cause?

					PILOT
				(working)
			We have entered an energy
			disruption field. I do not
			recognize the configuration.

	The shuttle ROCKS HARD and keeps TREMBLING.

					PILOT
				(off console)
			Attitude controls failing.

	The shuttle is LURCHING to and fro -- it's all they can
	do to hang on. Picard scans the navigational console.

					PICARD
			There's an M-Class planet in this
			system. Can we reach it?

					PILOT
			I will try.

	As the Pilot works...

         STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT ONE         13.

11   ANGLE - WINDOW (OPTICAL)

	as a distant planet comes into view.

12   RESUME SCENE

	As before, trembling.

					PICARD
			Inertial dampeners are off-line...
			life support is failing...

					PILOT
			Entering the planet's
			atmosphere...
				(works)
			Prepare for impact.

	They brace for collision --

13   EXT. SPACE - THE PLANET (OPTICAL)

	The shuttlecraft SPIRALS down through the planet's
	atmosphere... and disappears from sight...

                                             CUT TO:

14   EXT. PLANET'S SURFACE - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	A rocky, inhospitable surface. It's windy, and large
	spider-like formations of PLASMA LIGHTNING can be seen
	arcing up from the ground in the distance, lighting up
	the darkened sky.

15   MOVE TO REVEAL

	The alien shuttlecraft lies wrecked on the surface.

16   INT. ALIEN SHUTTLECRAFT

	It's dark. Smoke hangs in the air. Emergency lights
	are flickering weakly. The light from the distant
	plasma lightning FLASHES through the windows. The
	Pilot is slumped over the controls, semi-conscious, a
	nasty-looking WOUND on his forehead.

17   ON PICARD

	lying on the floor, disoriented. He sits up, grabs
	hold of a console and pulls himself to his feet...
	looks around the shuttle, spots the Pilot, moves to
	him.

      STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT ONE      14.

17   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Voval...

	The Pilot stirs slightly and moans in pain. Picard
	glances him over, eyeing the wound on his forehead.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			You may have a concussion... try
			not to move.

	Picard moves to the COM console...

18   ON COM PANEL

	A distinctive panel with several diamond-shaped
	controls on it (NOTE: It is undamaged and functioning).
	Picard hits a few buttons.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Picard to Enterprise...
				(beat)
			Picard to Enterprise... do you
			read me?

	No response -- just static. He hits a few more
	controls... reacts with frustration...

					PICARD
			I can't get through... too much
			interference...

	Picard makes his way to the rear of the shuttle and
	manages to find his duffel bag amidst the debris. He
	opens the bag and pulls out a tricorder, flips it open
	and scans in a wide circle...

					PICARD
				(off tricorder)
			There's a structure and some
			energy readings... about two
			kilometers south of here...

	Picard snaps the tricorder shut and moves to the Pilot,
	carefully takes off his jacket and wraps it around the
	man.

					PICARD
			I'm going to try to find help. Do
			you understand?

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT ONE 15-16.            

18   CONTINUED:

	The Pilot manages a nod.

					PICARD
			Try to stay conscious. And don't
			leave the shuttle... there's some
			sort of plasma energy on the
			surface.
				(beat)
			I'll be back as soon as I can.

	Picard moves to the shuttle doors and studies them for
	a moment... finds a manual latch, pulls down on it and
	forces the doors open...

19   EXT. PLANET'S SURFACE/ALIEN SHUTTLECRAFT - CONTINUOUS

	Picard walks outside, bracing himself against the wind.
	Somewhere offscreen, plasma lightning is FLASHING. He
	scans the region with his tricorder, then begins to
	make his way across the rocky terrain with great
	difficulty...

20   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Picard trying to move quickly. Offscreen, A BRIGHT
	FLASH of plasma lightning causes him to stop and hang
	back. After a beat, he presses on. The wind is
	howling...

	Suddenly, another much larger flash of OFFSCREEN plasma
	lightening erupts; Picard is thrown back onto a rock,
	where he cracks his head sharply. He falls to the
	ground, unconscious.

	A few beats go by...

21   A SHAPE

	is moving among the rock formations. It's a humanoid
	figure... its identity hidden by the dim light. The
	figure makes its way toward Picard...

22   CLOSE ON PICARD

	still unconscious. After a moment, TWO HANDS reach
	into frame and firmly grip him by the shoulders. As
	the hands drag him away...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

         STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT TWO         17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

23   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

24   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	Worf is lying in bed, fast asleep. After a moment, the
	door CHIMES. Worf stirs slightly. The door CHIMES
	again and Worf wakes up. He straggles out of bed,
	groggy, crosses to the door and touches a control. The
	door slides open to reveal --

	Ambassador Byleth, who has a stern expression on his
	face.

					BYLETH
			You're late.

					WORF
				(reacts)
			Late... it is oh-five hundred
			hours!

					BYLETH
			I told you last night I wanted to
			meet at this time. We are
			supposed to tour the arboretum and
			bio-labs.

					WORF
			I do not recall you saying
			anything about --

					BYLETH
			Are you calling me a liar?

	Worf bristles.

					WORF
			No... I simply do not remember the
			conversation.

					BYLETH
			I will have to add this to your
			list of inadequacies.
				(beat)
			Now, don't just stand there. Get
			dressed and meet me in the
			arboretum.

         STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT TWO         18.

24   CONTINUED:

	He turns and walks off down the corridor. OFF Worf's
	reaction -- he can't take much more of this...

                                             CUT TO:

25   INT. CORRIDOR

	Troi and Ambassador Loquel are walking along, mid-conversation.
	Loquel is carrying a elaborate-looking
	cup of orange-colored liquid with a straw sticking out
	of it -- it looks like the 24th century equivalent of
	a "Big Gulp." Throughout the scene, he takes little
	sips of it.

					TROI
			This deck is devoted mainly to
			stellar cartography, biological
			research, and astrophysics...

	Loquel takes a sip of his drink and gives a little moan
	of pleasure at the taste. He seems more interested in
	the drink than anything else.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			We have over a thousand people on
			board, engaged in all facets of
			the ship's --

	Loquel holds out the drink to Troi.

					LOQUEL
			Are you sure you don't want some
			of this...
				(remembers)
			This... "papalla juice?"

					TROI
			No, thank you. I'm still
			recovering from all those desserts
			last night.

					LOQUEL
			Are you sure? It is very...
			"delicious."

					TROI
			I'm sure.

	Loquel stops, again holds the drink out to Troi,
	insistent.

      STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT TWO      19.

25   CONTINUED:

					LOQUEL
			Please. You have been so kind.
			Please.

	Finally, Troi takes the cup and takes a cursory sip.

					TROI
			Yum.

	Loquel looks satisfied, takes back the drink. They
	continue walking.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Next we're going to go to Deck
			Eight, which is interesting
			because it's not really finished.
			It's sort of a... multi-purpose
			deck...

      STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT TWO      20.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

	As Troi speaks, something catches Loquel's attention --

26   LOQUEL'S POV

	A MOTHER and her SON (a six year-old boy) walk past a
	nearby intersection...

27   LOQUEL

	reacts to the sight, curious. He turns and follows the
	mother and son.

28   TROI

	doesn't notice at first. She keeps walking.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Sometimes when we need an extra
			lab... another cabin, we --

	She stops, realizing that Loquel is no longer alongside
	her. She glances around, but he's nowhere to be seen.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Ambassador?

         STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT TWO         21.

29
thru	OMITTED
30

30A  INT. ANOTHER CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	Troi rounds the corner and stops at what she sees --

30B  INCLUDE LOQUEL

	who is kneeling before the young boy, holding him with
	both hands at arm's length. He turns the boy from side
	to side, staring at him with intense curiosity, as if
	he's never seen a child before. The boy is staring
	back at him with a startled expression on his face.

	The mother looks imploringly to Troi. Loquel glances
	at Troi.

					LOQUEL
				(re: boy)
			What is this?

	Troi approaches Loquel, speaks calmly.

					TROI
			That's a child.

					LOQUEL
			"Child"...

					TROI
			Children are our offspring. Our
			young. They grow into adults over
			a period of many years... they
			grow into beings like us.

	Loquel releases the boy, eyes him.

					LOQUEL
				(re: boy)
			Offspring.

					TROI
			Ambassador, I'm curious... how
			does your species procreate?

					LOQUEL
				(matter of fact)
			Post-cellular compounding. We
			emerge from the natal pod fully
			grown.

         STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT TWO         22.

30B  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I see...

	Loquel turns to the boy, speaks gently.

					LOQUEL
				(to boy)
			Do you have a name?

					BOY
			Eric...

	Loquel smiles at him.

					LOQUEL
			Eric, do you like... dessert?

	After a moment, the boy smiles and nods eagerly.
	Loquel looks to Troi and the mother.

					LOQUEL
			May I give Eric some dessert?

	Troi and the mother exchange a look -- then the mother
	nods her approval.

					TROI
			That sounds like a wonderful idea.

	As the three walk off together...

                                             CUT TO:

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT TWO 23-23A            

31   OMITTED

32   INT. CARGO FREIGHTER

	CLOSE ON Picard, who is lying on his side on a small
	make-shift cot... unconscious. The room is dimly-lit.
	Gradually, Picard wakes up... groggy and disoriented...
	tries to sit but is too weak... He looks around...

33   PICARD'S POV - THE ROOM

	It's a long, tunnel-like room, with a single door along
	one side. A few half-charred consoles can be seen...
	and several cargo containers, which are nothing more
	than shapes in the dim light. The room is CANTED
	slightly, as if it's been in a crash.

34   PICARD (OPTICAL)

	lays his head back down... takes a ragged breath...
	then reacts to a sharp pain in his side. He looks down
	at his body...

         STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT TWO         24.

34   CONTINUED:

	His shirt is ripped and torn. He moves to touch his
	side, and his hand activates a small ENERGY FIELD which
	jolts his hand away.

	Picard reacts... and sees that a small METALLIC DISC
	with several blinking lights on it has been attached to
	his rib cage. What is it... ?

	A NOISE is heard across the room. Picard looks around,
	trying to see in the darkness.

					PICARD
			Is someone there? Who's there... ?

	No answer. But something catches Picard's eye... and
	he squints into the darkness... still very groggy...

35   INCLUDE THE ROOM

	As one of the dark shapes slowly begins to move, rising
	from where it was sitting in a chair. Clearly, it is
	a person -- and it is moving toward Picard. Picard
	watches with growing concern as the person moves
	closer... almost menacing. He tries to sit up...

					PICARD
			What do you want? Who are you...

	A WOMAN'S HAND moves into the light and gently places
	a finger on Picard's lips.

					WOMAN'S VOICE
			Shhh...

	The hands lay Picard back down on the cot... placing
	his body just so... almost nurturing. Picard looks up
	at her, tries to make out her face...

36   ON THE WOMAN (ANNA)

	as her face moves into the light. She is human, midthirties...
	a very pretty woman whose face has seen
	many years of pain. Her skin is very pale... her
	clothes torn in a few places, ragged. She wears a
	distinctive-looking NECKLACE with a pendant around her
	neck.

	She stares down at Picard with an unreadable face.

         STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT TWO         25.

36   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Who... are you?

	A long moment, then the woman moves back into the
	shadows and walks toward the door.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Wait. Someone else was with me...
			the pilot of the shuttlecraft...
			he's wounded... please, he needs
			your help...

	The woman stops by the door. She speaks, her voice
	hoarse.

					ANNA'S VOICE
			He's dead.

	The woman opens the door to reveal the planet's surface
	outside. Wind howls into the room, then the woman
	exits and slams the door shut.

	OFF Picard's reaction -- where is he... and who is this
	mysterious woman... ?

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT THREE     26.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

37   EXT. PLANET'S SURFACE - CARGO FREIGHTER (OPTICAL)

	The ship lies wrecked on the surface.

38   INT. CARGO FREIGHTER

	A few hours later. CLOSE ON Picard asleep, lying on
	the cot. He wakes with a start, alarmed, and glances
	around the room... then finally remembers where he
	is...

	A small FIRE is now burning in a cargo container the
	center of the room. The woman seen earlier is sitting
	on a chair a few feet away, silently watching him. Her
	face is visible in the flickering light. It's a
	mysterious and somewhat eerie sight...

	Picard eyes her.

					PICARD
			Hello...

	The woman just stares at him. Picard notices a tray of
	FOOD sitting on a crate next to the bed -- a bowl of
	soup, a cup of water, and a piece of alien fruit.

					PICARD
				(continuing, re: soup)
			This smells good. Thank you...

	He sits up awkwardly, still very weak... takes the bowl
	of soup... tries a sip of it. The woman watches him,
	looking a little curious now...

					PICARD
			This is a Terellian cargo
			freighter, isn't it? Is this your
			ship? Were you one of the crew?

	A beat. When she speaks, her voice is hoarse,
	halting...

					ANNA
			No... I was a passenger... we
			crashed...

        STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT THREE        27.

38   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			How many people survived? Are you
			the only one?

	She nods. Picard eyes her.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Well, you're certainly not a
			Terellian... unless you've lost
			two of your arms...

	She smiles slightly at the humor, and a little of the
	tension in her face melts away... the moment is broken.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			What's your name?
				(beat)
			I'm Jean-Luc Picard. I'm a
			Starfleet officer.

					ANNA
			Anna.

					PICARD
			Anna...
				(beat)
			Anna, is there anyone else on this
			planet?

	She shakes her head, no.

        STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT THREE        28.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			How long have you been here?

	She hesitates.

					ANNA
			I... don't know. You can't see
			the sun here... I've... lost track
			of time.

					PICARD
			Do you remember the date your ship
			crashed?

	She thinks a moment.

					ANNA
			Stardate... 40812...

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			That's seven years ago.

	Anna reacts, disturbed. She stands. It's a
	frightening revelation.

					ANNA
			Years...

					PICARD
			Anna... it's all right...

	She becomes agitated, starts moving about the room.

					ANNA
			Seven years... I thought... one
			year... or two maybe... but how
			could it be seven...

					PICARD
			Anna, listen to me...


     STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT THREE     29.

38   CONTINUED: (3)

	The sound of assurance in his voice makes her stop.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			On my shuttle, there's a lot of
			equipment that survived the crash.
			We can use it to contact
			Starfleet. They'll send a ship
			for us. We can leave.

	She stares at him -- a tiny bit of hope creeps into her
	expression.

					ANNA
			Leave?

					PICARD
			Yes. Both of us. If you can get
			me back to the shuttle...

	He tries to sit up, he winces in pain. Anna quickly
	moves to him, lays him back down.

					ANNA
			Don't move... it's bad...

					PICARD
			Don't worry... I won't move.

	She takes a breath -- focuses her thoughts and looks at
	him.

					ANNA
			You have... three broken ribs...

	She indicates the device on Picard's side.

					ANNA
				(continuing)
			The restriction device... will...
			hold the bones in place... let
			them...

	She can't find the words... interlocks her fingers to
	demonstrate...

     STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT THREE     30.

38   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			Let them knit... let the bones
			knit...

	She smiles at him, and for the time we can see she has
	a lovely smile.

					ANNA
				(continuing)
			It's been a long time.... since I
			talked to anyone...

	A beat, then she sits down on a crate by the bed,
	thoughtful.

					ANNA
				(continuing)
			I used to talk... to myself. But
			then I thought... it might mean
			that I was crazy. So I stopped
			talking...

	She takes a moment.

     STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT THREE     31.

38   CONTINUED: (5)

					ANNA
			It will be a while before you can
			walk.

					PICARD
			Anna... maybe you could go to the
			shuttle... bring the equipment
			back here...

					ANNA
				(nods)
			I can do that.

					PICARD
			Good.
				(beat)
			Go into the cockpit, and look for
			a small com panel in the center of
			the instrument bay. See if you
			can remove it, and bring it to me.

	She nods, determined.

					ANNA
			Stay in bed. I'll be back.

	She moves to the door... walks out side and shuts the
	door. There's a beat, then the door opens again and
	she walks inside the doorway and moves to him. She
	lightly touches his face.

					PICARD
			What is it?

					ANNA
			I just... wanted to make sure you
			were real.

     STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT THREE     32.

38   CONTINUED: (6)

	A beat, then she EXITS. OFF Picard's face as he lies
	back down, exhausted...

39   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

40   INT. ENGINEERING

	Worf and Byleth are walking through the room, Worf
	showing him around. GEORDI is working in the
	background, as well as a couple of Engineering N.D.s.
	Worf is trying his best to be polite. He indicates the
	large back-wall graphic of the Enterprise.

					WORF
			The Engineering sections encompass
			twelve decks of the secondary
			hull. Deck forty-two contains the
			antimatter storage facility. Deck
			thirty-six houses the --

					BYLETH
				(cuts in)
			What is the mass flow rate of the
			antimatter replenishment stream to
			the containment pods?

	Worf looks at him, thrown off by the detailed technical
	nature of the question.

					WORF
			Excuse me?

					BYLETH
			The antimatter replenishment rate.
			What is it?

					WORF
			I am... not certain of the exact
			rate.

	Byleth glances around the room, impatient.

					BYLETH
			Perhaps there is someone here who
			does know the answer.

        STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT THREE        33.

40   CONTINUED:

	Byleth looks at Geordi, moves to him.

					BYLETH
			You. Are you smarter than this
			one?

	Worf looks at Geordi, seething. Geordi hesitates, on
	the spot, not sure how to respond -- there's no good
	answer to this question.

					GEORDI
			Ah... well... why do you ask?

					BYLETH
			Never mind.

	Byleth walks off toward the warp core chamber, eyeing
	it with interest. Worf takes a breath, then moves to
	him.

        STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT THREE        34.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					BYLETH
			I wish to see the Bussard
			collectors. Take me to them.

	It's all Worf can do to keep from strangling him.

					WORF
			This way.

	Worf leads him onto the ELEVATOR. There is an awkward
	moment as they position themselves stand side-by-side,
	very close. Byleth begins to sniff the air around
	Worf.

					BYLETH
			Do you bathe?

	OFF Worf's outrage...

41   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Worf, Riker and Troi. Worf is on his feet, fuming.

					WORF
			I am going to kill him! With my
			bare hands, I will take his neck
			and --

					RIKER
			Worf.

	Worf paces around the room, wild-eyed, angry.

					WORF
			I have failed in my mission,
			Commander. I am clearly a bad
			diplomat. For the sake of the
			ship and the Federation... I
			request reassignment.

					RIKER
			Denied.

					WORF
			But Commander, these Iyaarans are
			irritating... arrogant... They
			cannot be reasoned with!

					TROI
			Ambassador Loquel is quite
			pleasant.

     STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT THREE     35.

41   CONTINUED:

	They look at her.

					TROI
			I will admit, he's a little...
			unusual.

					RIKER
			What have you learned about him so
			far?

					TROI
			He seems preoccupied with...
			recreation. In the past two days,
			I've spent more time in Ten
			Forward and the Holodeck than I
			have in the past two months.
				(beat)
			And he's obsessed with food.
			Especially chocolate.

					RIKER
			You must be in heaven.

					TROI
			To be honest... he's even testing
			my limits...

					WORF
				(seizing on this)
			You see? They are insane!

					TROI
			Worf... you've been patient with
			Ambassador Byleth, and that's
			good. But maybe it's time to let
			him know that some behavior is
			unacceptable to us. I think it's
			all right to suggest limits for
			the Ambassador...

     STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT THREE     36.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Maybe we need to loosen things up
			a little bit... meet in a less
			official capacity.

					WORF
			Like what?

					RIKER
			Well... how about a friendly game
			of poker?

	Troi smiles, sparking to the idea. OFF Worf's doubtful
	expression...

42   EXT. PLANET'S SURFACE (OPTICAL)

	The crashed cargo freighter, as seen before.

43   INT. CARGO FREIGHTER

	It's hours later. Picard is lying on the cot, alone.
	The fire is still burning. A quiet moment passes...
	then Picard reaches for the cup of water -- it's empty.
	He glances across the room, sees a large jug of water
	sitting on the floor. He decides to get up...

	Slowly, painfully, he manages to get to an upright
	position... hobbles out of bed and across the room to
	the jug of water. The exertion is intense, he's
	sweating... he takes a long drink of water then sets
	down the jug...

	He looks around the cargo room... He carefully makes
	his way to the door, trying not to jar his ribs too
	severely. He grabs a handle on the door and tries to
	open the hatch -- it won't budge. It's locked.

	He's definitely puzzled by this. He turns and looks
	around for another exit, but there are no other doors.
	As he considers, there is a CLANG of metal at the door,
	and it swings open, letting in blast of WIND which
	almost knocks Picard off his feet.

	Anna ENTERS. She's shocked to see him on his feet.

					ANNA
			What... what are you doing? Get
			back in bed!

     STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT THREE     37.

43   CONTINUED:

	She takes him by the arm and gently but firmly guides
	him to a nearby chair.

					PICARD
			Anna... why is the door kept
			bolted from the outside?

					ANNA
			For your protection...

					PICARD
			From what?

					ANNA
			There are dangerous animals here.
				(changing subject)
			I got the com panel... it's right
			here.

	She moves to the door, opens it, comes back inside
	holding the small gray COM PANEL from the shuttle. She
	carries over to Picard and sets it on a cargo container
	near him.

					ANNA
				(continuing)
			It wasn't easy... I had to force
			open the equipment bay to get
			it...

     STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT THREE     38.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard begins to examine the com panel, tapping
	controls, tries to get it working.

					PICARD
			If I can boost the output field,
			I might be able to send out a
			distress signal...

	Still no response from the com panel. Picard is
	puzzled.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			There's something wrong with it...

	He turns over the com panel, and reacts to what he
	sees...

44   ON THE COM PANEL

	The rear of the com panel is CHARRED with SCORCH MARKS,
	heavily damaged.

45   RESUME

	Anna looks worried.

					ANNA
			What's the matter?

					PICARD
			The entire transmitter module's
			been destroyed...

	Picard eyes the charred circuitry a moment... then sets
	down the com device. He looks at her, wanting an
	answer.

					PICARD
			How did this happen? It looks as
			though it's been hit by a phaser
			blast.

      STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT THREE 39-40.         

45   CONTINUED:

					ANNA
			I had to use a phaser to cut it
			free... maybe I accidentally
			damaged it... you can fix it,
			can't you?

					PICARD
			No.

	Anna stares at the com device. She looks suddenly
	anxious. She stands.

					ANNA
			I'm sorry.... I'm sorry...

	She begins to cry softly.

					ANNA
				(continuing)
			I'm sorry...

	Picard lays a hand on her, comforting. He speaks
	quietly.

					PICARD
			We will get out of here, Anna.
			But it's not going to be easy...
			we need to work together...

     STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT THREE     41.

45   CONTINUED: (3)

	Anna raises her head and looks around the dark and
	decimated room... remembering her experiences here...

					ANNA
			I can't believe I did that...
			ruined our one chance... after
			waiting so long...

	She retreats into memory, reliving some of her
	experiences here...

					ANNA
				(continuing)
			At first, I kept hoping that I'd
			be rescued... every day I'd set up
			a microfusion flare... and I'd
			look up in the sky and wait for
			someone to take me away...
				(beat)
			... and it never happened.

	She gets a haunted look in her eyes...

					ANNA
				(continuing)
			There's a precipice near here...
			I used to go there and stare down
			into the gorge... and think... I
			could just step off... and it
			would all be over...
				(beat)
			Then I realized... it was the hope
			that was driving me crazy... I had
			to accept that I was never going
			to get out of here...

	She looks into his eyes... there is a desperation in
	her face.

     STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT THREE     42.

45   CONTINUED: (4)

	Picard stares at her for a long moment.

					PICARD
			Anna... no matter how long it
			takes, we will get out of here.

	A beat... then she nods, feeling better. She carefully
	helps Picard back into the chair. As she lays him
	down, she leans in close and gently strokes the side of
	his face. She looks absorbed in the intimacy of the
	moment...

					ANNA
				(continuing)
			From the moment I saw you, I knew
			you were here to save me...
				(beat)
			I'll do anything you want... just
			don't leave me. I don't want to
			be alone again...

	And she moves closer to him... closer... her eyes
	closing, mouth parting... and she kisses him tenderly
	on the lips. She pulls away... and whispers into his
	ear...

					ANNA
				(continuing)
			I love you...

	A moment. Then she turns and walks away. As Picard
	watches her go, clearly uncomfortable and concerned
	with what's just happened...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT FOUR      43.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

46   EXT. PLANET'S SURFACE (OPTICAL)

	The crashed cargo freighter, as seen before.

47   INT. CARGO FREIGHTER

	It's a few hours later. Picard is standing on top of
	a cargo container, working at an OPENED PANEL on the
	wall. He's trying to dismantle a COMPONENT (A POWER
	CELL) from its position in the circuitry.

	After a moment, the door opens and Anna ENTERS. She's
	carrying a small SACK. Her appearance has changed.
	She has cleaned herself up quite a bit, and her hair is
	tied back in a simple but pretty style. Clearly, she
	has made an effort to be more attractive.

	She doesn't see Picard at first.

					ANNA
				(excited)
			I found some coltayin roots.
			They're not much to look at... but
			they taste good...

	She sees Picard and stops, alarmed.

					ANNA
			What are you doing?

	She moves to him. Picard is preoccupied with his work,
	doesn't look down at her.

					PICARD
			Trying to dislodge this power
			cell...

	Anna moves to him, suddenly agitated.

					ANNA
			You're... going to hurt yourself
			up there... let me...

					PICARD
			I've almost got it...
				(works)
			There.

      STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/09/93 - ACT FOUR      44.

47   CONTINUED:

	Picard yanks out the power cell. He gingerly steps
	down off the container, wincing at the pain in his
	side. Anna helps him down, and he sets the cell on a
	table and sits down in the chair. He starts examining
	the cell.

					PICARD
				(re: cell)
			Its energy relays are corroded...
			but it might be able to hold one
			more charge...
				(beat)
			If I can regenerate the cell... we
			may be able to reactivate the
			shuttlecraft's engines...

	Picard works on the device. Anna watches him a moment,
	not liking the fact that his attention is on this
	device and not on her. She moves to sit near him and
	smiles.

					ANNA
			Well... I'd say this is cause for
			celebration...

	She starts digging through the bag of roots.

					ANNA
				(continuing)
			You know, I may still have some
			Terellian spices around here... I
			could boil these roots and make a
			nice broth for us...

	Picard's attention stays focused on the power cell.

					PICARD
			Sounds delightful...

	He keeps working. Anna pulls out a ROOT and begins to
	peel it with a small knife. She keeps looking at him,
	thoughtful...

					ANNA
			Jean-Luc... if we ever do get out
			of here... will you promise to
			show me this starship of yours...
			this Enterprise?

					PICARD
			Of course.

      STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/09/93 - ACT FOUR      45.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

	She holds his gaze for just a little too long.
	Clearly, she is becoming infatuated with him. Picard
	breaks her look.

					PICARD
			If you'll hand me my tricorder, I
			think I can repair these energy
			relays.

	She picks up Picard's tricorder, and as she passes it
	to him she takes the opportunity to hold his hand.
	Picard stops.

					ANNA
			I meant what I said before...
				(beat)
			I do love you.

	Picard takes a deep breath, sets down the com panel.
	He has no choice but to confront the issue head on now.
	He doesn't want to hurt her feelings, but it must be
	dealt with. It's awkward.

					PICARD
			Anna. I... care for you a great
			deal. I am grateful that you
			saved my life... you are a warm
			and compassionate person. I have
			a great deal of sympathy for what
			you've gone through... alone...
			here on this planet...
				(beat)
			But I don't think you're really in
			love with me.

	Anna reacts, genuinely surprised.

					ANNA
			How can you say that? Of course
			I love you...

	Picard chooses his words carefully.

					PICARD
			I'm the first person you've seen
			in seven years. And I've brought
			you the hope of leaving this
			place...
				(beat)
			Isn't it possible that your
			feelings are a little... confused
			right now?

        STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT FOUR        46.

47   CONTINUED: (3)

					ANNA
			No... I know how I feel. And I
			love you.

	This is getting difficult. Picard tries to help her
	understand.

					PICARD
			Look... sometimes when a person
			has gone through a traumatic
			experience, like yours... they
			come to look upon the person who
			rescues them as a sort of...
			larger than life figure.
			Sometimes they become infatuated
			with their rescuer. They may even
			think that... they're in love with
			that person...

	Anna thinks about this a moment.

					ANNA
			So... you're not attracted to me.

					PICARD
			That's not true. You're a very
			lovely woman. I just think this
			is... a little premature. We
			don't know anything about each
			other.

	Anna looks away... grows very thoughtful... and finally
	seems to yield a little.

					ANNA
			I understand... and I'm sorry if
			I made you uncomfortable.

	Picard nods.

					PICARD
			It's all right.

	He picks up the tricorder and works it a moment. He
	aims the tricorder at the power cell and hits a control --
	the power cell HUMS and starts to GLOW. Picard looks
	pleased.

					PICARD
			It'll take a couple of hours for
			the power cell to charge. After
			that, we'll have to take it to the
			shuttle immediately. The cell
			casing is already breaking down...

        STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT FOUR        47.

47   CONTINUED: (4)

	Picard looks at her and smiles gently.

					PICARD
			We're going to get out of here,
			Anna.

	She smiles back, hopeful. Picard turns his attention
	back to the cell...

	Anna keeps looking at Picard, and her hopeful
	expression darkens. She looks thoughtful... almost
	worried about something. OFF her look...

                                             CUT TO:

48   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	Riker, Loquel, Troi, Worf and Byleth are sitting around
	a table in that order, playing five card draw. The
	Ambassadors are clearly new at the game. Loquel is
	eating from a small plate of chocolate candy, which he
	keeps nibbling on during the scene.

					RIKER
			I'll bet ten.

	Riker tosses in a chip. He looks to Loquel.

					RIKER
			Ambassador, the bet goes to you...

	Loquel considers his cards, which are smudged with
	chocolate.

					LOQUEL
			I will... "see" the bet.
				(excited)
			And I will... "raise" ten.

	He tosses in two chips.

					TROI
			That's twenty to me...

	Troi tosses in two chips. Worf studies his cards a
	moment.

					WORF
			I'm in. And I raise twenty.

	He tosses in four chips.

      STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT FOUR      48.

48   CONTINUED:

					BYLETH
			You are -- you are...
				(finds the word)
			...bluffing.

	Worf shoots him a look. Quickly and with feeling,
	Byleth tosses four chips into the pile -- but Worf
	notices that Byleth surreptitiously takes two of them
	from Worf's pile!

					WORF
				(to Byleth)
			Excuse me, Ambassador. Those are
			my chips.

					BYLETH
			You are in error. Those chips are
			mine.

					WORF
			I saw you take two chips from my
			pile.

	Byleth's eyes widen. He stands.

					BYLETH
			You dare to accuse me of stealing?

	Worf stands and faces him, glaring.

					WORF
			Yes.

					BYLETH
			You are lying because you are
			losing the game!

					WORF
			Perhaps I am losing because you've
			been cheating all along!

	It looks like this might come to blows.

					RIKER
			Wait a minute, let's just calm
			down...

					BYLETH
				(ignoring Riker)
			Even if I were cheating, how would
			a plodding animal like you know
			it?

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT FOUR          49.

48   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(outraged)
			You are an insulting, pompous
			fool! If you were not an
			Ambassador, I would disembowel you
			right here!

					BYLETH
			Do not let my title inhibit you,
			Klingon!

	Byleth gives Worf a little SHOVE. Worf's eyes widen
	with rage -- that's it. He GRABS Byleth and THROWS HIM
	into the wall.

					RIKER
			Lieutenant Worf -- stop! That's
			an order!

	Worf tries to restrain himself, though he's trembling
	with rage. Byleth looks at him -- suddenly very
	pleased.

					BYLETH
			Yes! Good!

	Without warning, he KICKS Worf backward, sending him
	slamming against the wall. Worf is enraged. The two
	men FIGHT -- each of them getting off a PUNCH or two
	before Riker finally GRABS Worf and holds him back.

					BYLETH
				(recovering)
			Wonderful... very good!

	Everyone looks at him.

					BYLETH
			Thank you, Lieutenant Worf. I
			think I understand now. That was
			a very effective demonstration.

	Worf looks at him in astonishment.

					WORF
			What?

					BYLETH
			If you will excuse me, I would
			like to document this experience.

       STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT FOUR 50-51.         

48   CONTINUED: (3)

	Byleth swiftly EXITS. Riker, Worf and Troi exchange a
	confused look... then they to Loquel, who is sitting in
	his chair, eating a piece of chocolate. He looks up at
	them and smiles.

	OFF their mystified reactions...

                                             CUT TO:

49   EXT. PLANET SURFACE (OPTICAL)

	The crashed cargo freighter.

50   INT. CARGO FREIGHTER (OPTICAL)

	A while later. Picard is working on the power cell,
	which is still humming and glowing. Anna sits nearby,
	quietly watching him...

					PICARD
			The power cell's ready. We need
			to get to the shuttle...

	She tenses.

					ANNA
			We can't go right now...

					PICARD
			Why not?

					ANNA
			The plasma storms are too
			strong... it's dangerous. Wait
			a few hours... then we'll go.

					PICARD
			We don't have a few hours. I told
			you, the cell's already
			degrading...

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT FOUR          52.

50   CONTINUED: (2)

	Anna moves to him, gently tries to convince him to
	stay.

					ANNA
			Jean-Luc... it's a difficult
			journey... The restriction field
			will make it hard for you to
			walk...

					PICARD
			I'm feeling much better now. And
			I don't intend to use this any
			longer...

	He pulls aside his shirt and reaches for the device,
	but Anna quickly stops him.

					ANNA
				(quickly)
			No... you can't remove it yet --

	Picard pulls away from her.

					PICARD
				(firm)
			Anna.

	She stops. Picard reaches for the device, and his hand
	is jolted back as it emits an ENERGY FIELD.
	Determined, Picard grabs the device. He winces at the
	pain as the FIELD FLASHES ON AND OFF for a moment --
	then he pulls off the device.

	He looks down. There is no wound on the side of his
	body -- no sutures, nothing. Picard takes a deep
	breath and moves around his arm experimentally. There
	is no pain. He slowly looks up at Anna... realizing...
	putting everything together... very suspicious now...

					PICARD
			There's no pain. It would seem
			that my ribs weren't broken after
			all...

					ANNA
			Jean-Luc...

					PICARD
				(hard)
			What the hell's going on? Why are
			you trying to keep me here?

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT FOUR          53.

50   CONTINUED: (3)

					ANNA
			Please... I love you...

	Picard ignores the remark -- presses on, wanting
	answers.

					PICARD
			Why do you keep me locked inside
			this freighter? You say there are
			dangerous animals... but I've yet
			to see or hear a single one of
			them...

					ANNA
			Jean-Luc...

					PICARD
			And what about that com panel?
			You said you damaged it while
			cutting it out of the shuttle...
			Did you? I find it hard to
			believe you would be that clumsy
			with the one piece of equipment
			that could save you after seven
			years.

	Picard holds up the device.

					PICARD
				(re: device)
			And what was this really for... to
			keep me immobilized?

	Anna is frightened. She backs away, starting to break
	down.

					ANNA
			Please... I was so afraid... I
			didn't want you to leave me...

					PICARD
			So you found it necessary to hold
			me captive?

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT FOUR          54.

50   CONTINUED: (4)

					ANNA
			I was scared... I wanted you to
			stay... to love me...

	She starts to cry softly. Picard eyes her a moment,
	decides not to encourage her feelings in any way. He
	sits down and starts preparing the power cell.

					PICARD
			I'm going to go find that shuttle
			myself...

					ANNA
			No...

	Anna's face fills with intense emotion and she rushes
	at him, wraps her arms around his neck and shoulders --
	pulls him close and kisses him passionately. Picard
	pulls away.

					PICARD
			Anna...

					ANNA
			Don't fight me...

	She kisses him again, this time more insistently.
	Picard reaches up, takes her arms and firmly pulls her
	away and breaks the kiss.

					PICARD
			Anna, no.

	A look comes over Anna's face -- puzzled, disturbed...
	and vaguely threatened.

					ANNA
			You should love me now. We're
			together... we depend on each
			other... I know more about you...
				(beat)
			Love me.

	Anna forcefully throws him back onto the ground. She
	grabs his face and forces herself on him, kissing him
	with a strange ferocity. The moment builds, then --

	Picard manages to THROW her off of him.

					PICARD
			Stop it!

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT FOUR          55.

50   CONTINUED: (5)

	Anna looks at him for a moment... confused... hurt...
	and then her face changes. She looks suddenly very
	serious.

					ANNA
			I failed... you don't love me...
			it's over...

	She turns and races for the door.

					PICARD
			Anna, wait... where are you going?

	Picard moves to grab her, but she pulls away. As it
	happens, Picard's hand catches her necklace and it
	BREAKS away from her neck as it pulls into his hand.

	Anna quickly EXITS. The door slams shut.

					PICARD
			Anna!

	Picard moves to the door, dropping the necklace by the
	fire. He tries to open the door, but it's locked. He
	thinks, looks around the room, picks up a metal bar and
	starts to work at the door, trying to force it open...

	He works for a moment... then there's the sound of
	heavy FOOTSTEPS outside. Picard stops, listens... the
	steps come closer... and then a MAN'S VOICE:

					VOICE
				(calling out)
			Hello! Is anyone in there?

	PICARD looks to the wall opposite the door, following
	the voice.

					VOICE
				(continuing)
			Hello!

					PICARD
			Over here! There's a door on the
			opposite side!

	The footsteps pause... then start moving around the
	freighter. Picard pounds a fist on the door.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Over here! The door's over here!

             STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT FOUR            56.

50   CONTINUED: (6)

	A couple of beats... then there's the sound of the door
	being unbolted from outside. The door opens to reveal:

51   VOVAL

	the shuttle pilot -- he's alive and well.

	OFF Picard's shocked reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/08/93 - ACT FIVE          57.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

52   INT. CARGO FREIGHTER

	Continuous action. Picard and the Pilot looking at one
	another in surprise. (NOTE: The small insignia pin
	seen earlier on the Pilot's sternum is now gone -- this
	is a subtlety that neither we nor Picard should
	notice.)

					PICARD
			Voval...

	The Pilot enters and Picard shuts the door. The Pilot
	is tired, but he looks okay.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I thought you were dead...

	The Pilot looks at him.

					PILOT
			Dead?

					PICARD
			Yes. There's a woman who lives
			here... she went to the shuttle...
			she told me you were dead...

	The Pilot realizes what must have happened.

					PILOT
			Yes... that is understandable...
				(explains)
			When my species is injured, our
			metabolic rate slows until our
			body can heal itself...
				(beat)
			This state could easily be
			mistaken for death.

					PICARD
			I see...

	The Pilot shivers a little, cold -- and he moves to the
	fire and begins to warm himself. Anna's necklace is
	visible on the floor next to the fire.

					PILOT
			When you did not return to the
			shuttle... I attempted to track
			you.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT FIVE          58.

52   CONTINUED:

					PILOT (Cont'd)
			The surface conditions made it
			very difficult...
				(shivers)
			So cold...

	The Pilot glances toward the door, concerned.

					PILOT
			I saw someone running away from
			here... was it the woman?

					PICARD
			Yes...

					PILOT
			Why would she leave this shelter?

					PICARD
			She was upset.

	The Pilot considers this -- he looks worried.

					PILOT
			Do you think she might... harm
			herself?
				(off his look)
			There's a dangerous precipice near
			here... she was headed in that
			direction...

	Picard eyes the Pilot, curious at the statement.

					PICARD
			It's possible...

					PILOT
			Then we should go find her.

	A beat. Picard is a little suspicious of the Pilot's
	urgency to find her, but he decides to play this out.

					PICARD
			All right. You stay here -- warm
			yourself. I'll go look for her...

	The Pilot moves to join him.

					PILOT
			We will go together.

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT FIVE          59.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard nods. The Pilot opens the door and they EXIT.

53
thru	OMITTED
55

56   EXT. PLANET'S SURFACE - ROCK LEDGE (OPTICAL)

	A short time later. Picard and the Pilot stop at a
	LEDGE that overlooks a bottomless CHASM. The Pilot
	looks into the darkness below with concern.

					PILOT
			Captain -- this ridge extends for
			a kilometer in either direction.
			I suggest we separate -- we can
			search it twice as fast.

	Picard nods and they head in opposite directions...

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/08/93 - ACT FIVE          60.

57   EXT. PLANET'S SURFACE - ROCK LEDGE - ANOTHER LOCATION

	Picard walking... searching... calling out...

					PICARD
			Anna!

	He keeps walking for a moment... then he sees something --

58   PICARD'S POV (OPTICAL)

	Visible in the distance, standing near the edge of the
	cliff -- is Anna. She's staring down into the chasm.

					PICARD
			Anna...

	Picard quickly makes his way to her. Anna does not
	even look up at him. She's despondent.

					ANNA
			Get away from me...

	Picard stops several feet away from her. He eyes her
	a moment, not sure whether she's willing to carry out
	her threat. But he's determined to find out what's
	really going on... and he tries to draw out her true
	intentions...

					PICARD
			You don't have to do this. I
			found Voval, the shuttle pilot --
			he's still alive. He can help us
			get away...

					ANNA
			I don't care.

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/08/93 - ACT FIVE          61.

58   CONTINUED:

	Anna shifts her weight to one leg, and her body sways
	for a moment. Picard tenses, afraid she's going to
	jump -- but she turns around to face him.

					ANNA
			I'll jump... unless you promise...
			to love me...

					PICARD
			Anna --

59   PICARD'S POV

	ON ANNA'S NECKLACE, which is now back around her neck.

60   RESUME PICARD (OPTICAL)

	He knows something is definitely wrong here. His
	expression hardens.

					PICARD
			No... no, I won't promise that.
			You've been manipulating me,
			haven't you?

					ANNA
			Jean-Luc, what are you saying?

					PICARD
			Your necklace. I broke it. It
			was lying in the cargo freighter,
			by the fire... I left it there.
				(beat)
			Now it's whole again and back on
			your neck. How?

	She ignores the inquiry.

					ANNA
			Tell me about your love... I must
			know...

	Picard is starting to put the pieces together...

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT FIVE          62.

60   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Where's Voval? Isn't it
			convenient that he arrived at the
			freighter only moments after you
			left... and then he insisted that
			I come looking for you. He took
			me here to the ledge... where I
			found you... on the cliff, about
			to jump. Very well-timed,
			wouldn't you say?

	Anna steps dangerously close to the ledge.

					ANNA
			Jean-Luc...

					PICARD
			Are you working together? Voval's
			the only one who could've gotten
			the necklace and given it to
			you...

					ANNA
				(urgent)
			Tell me about your love -- or I
			will jump!

					PICARD
			Go ahead.

	She blinks, unsure how to react to that statement.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			What are you waiting for? It's a
			long fall... at least two hundred
			meters. You should die
			instantly... if that's what you
			really want.

	She glances down into chasm.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			But somehow, I don't think it is.

	A long beat as Anna's expression fades to resignation.
	She steps away from the ledge... and touches the
	pendant on her necklace --

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT FIVE          63.

60   CONTINUED: (2)

	ANNA TRANSFORMS INTO THE PILOT, VOVAL. The necklace is
	now gone, and in its place we see that Voval is
	touching the small insignia pin at his sternum, which
	is actually an alien holographic projection device.

					PILOT
			I have failed.

	Picard reacts, trying to understand.

					PICARD
			Failed. Voval... what was the
			purpose of all this?

	Voval looks disappointed.

					PILOT
			My name is Ambassador Voval.

					PICARD
			Ambassador...

					PILOT
			My mission was to study human
			intimacy... specifically the
			concept you call love...

	Picard is astonished.

					PICARD
			You staged the crash... faked my
			injury... and arranged all this to
			see if I would fall in love with
			you?

					PILOT
				(innocently)
			In our study of your culture, we
			did not understand certain
			concepts. So we sent three
			representatives to study them...
			to experience them...

	Picard takes a moment.

					PICARD
			What gave you the idea that
			trapping me here would give you
			the opportunity to explore love?

	The Pilot gestures at the environment.

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT FIVE          64.

60   CONTINUED: (3)

					PILOT
			Several years ago, we discovered
			the remains of the Terellian
			freighter on this planet. The
			ship contained logs made by a
			single survivor -- a human woman.
			That was our first contact with
			human culture...
				(beat)
			The woman lived alone here for
			seven years... until another human
			crashed on this planet. A human
			male...

					PICARD
				(realizing)
			And that man was injured... the
			woman nursed him back to health...
			they fell in love...

					PILOT
				(nods)
			In the logs, she described many
			concepts we found difficult to
			understand. Pleasure...
			antagonism... love. These were
			alien to us. We wished to
			experience them ourselves.
				(beat)
			Ambassador Loquel was sent to
			experience pleasure... Byleth was
			sent to experience antagonism.
			And I was sent to experience...
			love. Was this wrong?

	Picard takes a moment -- it all makes sense now.

					PICARD
			Well... let's just say that we're
			not used to such a... direct
			approach.
				(beat)
			Ambassador Voval... I must tell
			you that in our culture, what
			you've done would be considered
			dangerously close to a crime.

	Voval looks at him in confusion.

					PILOT
				(tries the word)
			"Crime... "?

	Picard sees that they have a big gulf to cover.

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT FIVE          65.

60   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			We can... talk about that later.

	Picard looks around the rough terrain.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			The first order of business would
			seem to be getting off this
			planet. Am I to assume the
			shuttle is not as badly damaged as
			it looked?

					PILOT
			That is correct. I only simulated
			the crash. We can leave at any
			time.

					PICARD
			Then let's go...

	As they turn and walk off across the rough terrain...

                                             CUT TO:

61   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

62   INT. SHUTTLEBAY

	The Iyaaran shuttlecraft is sitting in the bay with its
	doors open. Picard and Voval are getting out -- Picard
	in his jacket, carrying his duffel bag. They have just
	returned.

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/09/93 - ACT FIVE          66.

62   CONTINUED:

	Riker, Worf, Troi, Loquel and Byleth are ENTERING the
	room together, saying their goodbyes. The mood is
	upbeat. As they make their way to the shuttle...

63   RIKER, WORF AND BYLETH

	walking along, mid-conversation. Byleth is fine, but
	Worf is rubbing his back and shoulders, clearly in a
	great deal of pain. Riker takes note.

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			You seem a little sore...

	Worf nods and groans a little.

					BYLETH
				(explains)
			Lieutenant Worf was kind enough to
			engage me in eleven hours of
			Holodeck battle exercises.

					RIKER
				(reacts)
			Eleven hours...

					BYLETH
			I learned a great deal about the
			concept of antagonism.

	Worf smiles at the memory.

					WORF
			It was... excruciating.

64   TROI AND LOQUEL

	stop at the shuttlecraft. Loquel turns to face Troi
	and hands her a stack of plain brown WAFERS.

					LOQUEL
				(re: wafers)
			Counselor, these are bio-enzymatic
			supplements that my people consume
			for food. I'm afraid you will
			find they are not as...
			delicious... as your chocolate.

	Troi takes the wafers and smiles.

          STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - REV. 07/07/93 - ACT FIVE          67.

64   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			After the past few days... I could
			use something a little bland.

	As Loquel returns her smile...

65   PICARD AND VOVAL

	standing at the shuttle, face-to-face.

					PILOT
			Thank you, Captain. This has been
			an enlightening experience.

					PICARD
			For me as well, Ambassador.

	Voval frowns a little.

					PILOT
			And I am sorry if our...
			diplomatic methods offended you.

					PICARD
			On the contrary. I found your
			approach... intriguing.
				(off his look)
			We humans tend to take a rather...
			balanced approach to life. Never
			too much, never too little. It's
			nice to find a culture that's
			willing to take an experience to
			its furthest extremes.

	Voval smiles.

					VOVAL
			Goodbye, Captain.

             STAR TREK: "Liaisons" - 07/06/93 - ACT FIVE            68.

66   WIDE ON EVERYONE

	as Voval, Loquel and Byleth bow ceremoniously. Picard
	joins Riker, Worf and Troi, and they all bow in return.
	It's a warm moment.

	The three Ambassadors turn to board their shuttlecraft.
	OFF the proud faces of Picard, Riker, Worf and Troi...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             













                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Interface" 
                          #40277-255 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Joe Menosky 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Robert Wiemer 


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WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1993 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                        JULY 14, 1993

           STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/16/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Interface" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             ADMIRAL HOLT
                RIKER              DOCTOR LA FORGE
                DATA               SILVA LA FORGE
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                WORF               
                GEORDI   
          
                Non-Speaking      
                  N.D. CREWMEMBERS   

           STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/16/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Interface" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              JEFFERIES TUBE
              LAB
              BRIDGE
              READY ROOM
              GEORDI'S QUARTERS
              BEVERLY'S OFFICE
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              SICKBAY
              TROI'S OFFICE
              OBS LOUNGE
          
            SCIENCE SHIP
              ENGINEERING
              CORRIDOR
              AUXILARY CONTROL
              ENGINEERING

    STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Interface" 
                       
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 DOOSODARIANS    doo-so-DAIR-ee-nz
                 HERA            HAIR-uh
                 LACUNAE         luh-KOO-nye
                 MARINE          muh-RAIN
                 PALIO           PAL-ee-oh
                 RAMAN           Ruh-MAHN

         STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: The Next Generation                  
                          "Interface"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	GEORDI is rushing up a ladder in the tube. The RED
	ALERT CLAXON is sounding around him -- this is clearly
	an emergency. He is wearing his Starfleet uniform, but
	not his VISOR; his eyes are not clouded and his temple
	inputs aren't in place.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
				(concerned)
			Geordi... Have you found it yet?

					GEORDI
			Not yet...

	He reaches a point where tendrils of SMOKE start to
	appear from up ahead.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Starting to get fumes... Ammonia,
			fluorine, potassium cyanide...

	Geordi continues through the smoke -- starts COUGHING.

2    INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

	Close on Riker's face as he reacts with concern to
	Geordi's cough.

3    INT. JEFFERIES TUBE - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Geordi stops coughing, continues climbing.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I can feel the heat from here.

	He reaches a horizontal juncture and sees the fire down
	the tube.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			There it is!

         STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - TEASER         1A.

3    CONTINUED:

	He enters the horizontal tube and starts toward the
	fire.

       STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - TEASER       2.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			How far?

					GEORDI
			About ten meters. Along the ODN
			line. It's hot -- over two
			thousand degrees.
				(beat)
			I'm going in.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Geordi, wait.

	Incredibly, Geordi goes RIGHT INTO THE BLAZE; he
	crosses to a panel and works some controls. We watch
	for several incredible seconds as Geordi works,
	seemingly impervious to the violent flames...

	He trips a control and a plume of gas erupts, putting
	out the fire.

					GEORDI
			We're okay... I've activated the
			emergency supression system.

	The walls of the room are streaked with black.

4    INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			It's under control.

	Geordi is hooked up to a complex INTERFACE UNIT, a
	sleek headpiece that connects to his VISOR terminals..
	He is wearing a body-suit, with a half-dozen blinking
	nodes at points that correspond to his meridians.
	There is a complex control and monitoring console
	several feet away.

	DATA is monitoring the interface unit on Geordi's body;
	BEVERLY is studying the console; RIKER is standing by,
	watching Geordi.

					BEVERLY
				(off console)
			All his vital functions are
			completely normal.

       STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - TEASER       3.

4    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The interface unit is operating
			within expected parameters.

					RIKER
			Why did he start coughing when he
			went through the gasses?

					BEVERLY
				(shrugs)
			Psychosomatic response.

	When Geordi speaks, he obviously can't see his
	colleagues, since his eyes are covered. So his voice
	has a certain removed quality, as if talking to them
	from a distance.

					GEORDI
			I feel like I'm actually here...
			I mean there -- in the Jefferies
			tube. I saw the smoke and I
			couldn't help coughing.

					DATA
			No one else has reported so
			complete a sensory experience.

					BEVERLY
			The interface is perfect for
			Geordi because his VISOR inputs
			allow the probe to transmit
			information directly into his
			cerebral cortex.

	Riker nods his understanding.

					RIKER
			It looks like this is going to
			work. Let's get the probe out of
			the Jefferies tube and into the
			launch bay before we reach Marijne
			Seven.

					GEORDI
			Will do...

5    INT. JEFFERIES TUBE - CONTINUOUS

	Geordi goes to start down the tube ladder, but he has
	trouble placing his foot on the lower rung.

					GEORDI
			Something's wrong. I'm having
			trouble controlling my left leg.

       STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - TEASER       4.

6    INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

	Geordi's left thigh appears to be twitching slightly.

					RIKER
				(to Beverly)
			What is it?

	Beverly is studying the interface monitor.

					BEVERLY
			The probe is designed to respond
			to the movements Geordi intends to
			make -- when his brain sends a
			message to move his leg, the
			interface moves the probe instead.

					DATA
			Apparently the gain on the tactile
			sensors is too low; I will
			increase the input.

	Data makes an adjustment and Geordi's leg stops
	twitching.

					GEORDI
			There it goes.

7    INT. JEFFERIES TUBE - CONTINUOUS

	Geordi successfully plants his left foot in the ladder
	rung and starts down the tube.

					GEORDI
			I'm on my way down.

7A   INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

	Riker is eyeing the apparatus.

					RIKER
			Why the body-suit?

					DATA
			It provides tactile sensations so
			that Geordi will feel as if he is
			in the same environment as the
			probe.

	Riker nods.

         STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - TEASER         4A.

7B   INT. ENGINEERING - CONTINUOUS

	as Geordi leaves the Jefferies tube and crosses past
	the pool table, he sees something offscreen that
	startles him.

8    INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

	Geordi has the same startled look on his face.

					BEVERLY
			What's wrong?

	Geordi smiles, relaxes.

					GEORDI
			Nothing...

       STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - TEASER       5.

9    INT. ENGINEERING - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Geordi is looking at "his" reflection in a glass panel --
	only it's not him looking back. He sees THE PROBE --
	a two-foot long metallic CYLINDER. Tiny force beams --
	like pencil-thin needles of light -- project constantly
	from its surface, sweeping over everything around it.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I just saw my reflection in a
			panel.
				(wry)
			I forgot what a handsome guy I am.

	Off Geordi's smile...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT ONE      6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

10   EXT. ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit above a huge, greenish, Neptune-like planet.
	The swirling, violent quality of its atmosphere can be
	seen even from here.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 47215.5.
			We are responding to a distress
			call from the science vessel
			Raman, which is apparently trapped
			inside the turbulent atmosphere of
			an unusual gas giant planet. We
			will use an experimental interface
			probe in our attempt to rescue it.

11   INT. BRIDGE

	Worf and the CON officer are at their posts.

	PICARD ENTERS from his Ready Room and heads for the aft
	science station where Riker, Data and Geordi are
	working.

	They're looking at an OKUDAGRAM that shows a cross-section
	of the atmospheric layers of the planet. The
	science ship is marked in one of the middle layers.

					DATA
			I have reviewed the vessel's
			mission plans. The Raman was to
			descend to the lower atmosphere,
			eleven thousand kilometers below
			its current position...

	Data indicates two atmospheric layers deeper.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			The crew was to sample the
			atmosphere at that level, and then
			return to a safer orbit.

	Data indicates a position much higher than the ship's
	present location.

      STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT ONE      7.

11   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Something must have happened down
			there. Maybe the shields failed,
			or they had an inversion reaction
			in the nacelles.

	Picard nods.

					PICARD
			Any life signs?

					GEORDI
			Our bio-sensors are useless --
			there's too much interference in
			the atmosphere.

					RIKER
			The crew might still be alive.
			But we'll never be able to tell
			from up here.

					PICARD
			Will the probe be able to transmit
			through the interference?

					DATA
			The probe sends information via a
			focused particle beam that should
			be able to cut through the
			interference.

					GEORDI
			But we may have to operate the
			interface at near tolerance
			levels.

					PICARD
			Will your nervous system be able
			to handle that much sensory input?

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			We've tested the interface at up
			to seventy percent of tolerance.

					RIKER
			There shouldn't be a problem going
			higher -- the safety override will
			kick in at ninety-eight percent
			tolerance and disengage the
			interface.

         STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT ONE         8.

12   INCLUDE WORF

	as he glances up from his console.

					WORF
			Captain, I am receiving a
			transmission from Starfleet
			Command -- Admiral Holt.

	Picard looks up at Worf, a little surprised at the
	message.

					PICARD
			In my Ready Room.

	Picard stands, turns back to the others.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			The seven people on that ship are
			our first priority. Is the probe
			ready for launch?

					DATA
			Yes, Sir.

					PICARD
			Send it directly to the aft
			section of the Raman, through the
			secondary air lock. That'll put
			it one bulkhead away from the
			Bridge.

					GEORDI
			I'll interface with the probe as
			soon as it's in place and take it
			in the rest of the way.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

	Riker stays at the console, Geordi and Data start for
	the Turbolift.

         STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT ONE         9.

13   FOLLOW PICARD

	as he crosses the Bridge and goes into the Ready Room.

14   INT. READY ROOM - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Picard steps around to the monitor on his desk.

					PICARD
			Onscreen.

	ADMIRAL HOLT appears on the small screen. Picard
	smiles -- they are on familiar terms.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Hello, Marcus.

					ADMIRAL HOLT
			Jean-Luc.

	The Admiral returns the smile, but it's a little
	forced.

					PICARD
			How's life on DS-Three?

					ADMIRAL HOLT
			We're hosting this year's palio.
			The Ferengi have already been
			accused of trying to bribe the
			Breen pilot into throwing the
			race...

	Picard smiles.

					PICARD
			Nothing unusual about that.

					ADMIRAL HOLT
				(nodding)
			Nothing at all...

	A beat. The Admiral's face becomes serious.

					ADMIRAL HOLT
				(continuing)
			I wish I could say I was just
			calling to catch up on things.
				(beat)
			Nine days ago, the Hera left here
			on a routine courier mission. We
			were in contact with them for five
			of those days. Then the ship
			disappeared without a trace.

        STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT ONE        10.

14   CONTINUED:

	Picard reacts strongly.

					PICARD
			The Hera?

					ADMIRAL HOLT
			I'm afraid so.

	A long silent beat.

					ADMIRAL HOLT
			The Excelsior and the Noble have
			spent the last seventy-two hours
			retracing its course. Nothing.
			I'm going to keep them at it for
			seventy-two more.
				(beat)
			But to be honest, I don't think
			another week would make any
			difference.

	Picard nods. Another long beat.

					PICARD
			I'll tell Commander La Forge...

	OFF Picard's grim face.

15   INT. LAB

	Geordi is fiddling with the interface console as Data
	is applying a pen-like instrument to the interface
	unit, checking everything out.

	The door opens and Picard steps over to where the pair
	is working.

      STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT ONE      11.

15   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Mister Data, I need a word with
			Commander La Forge.

					DATA
			Yes, Sir.
				(to Geordi)
			I will be on the Bridge.

	Picard waits for Data to go out the door, then turns
	back to Geordi.

					PICARD
			I've just spoken to Starfleet.
				(gently)
			The Hera is missing.

	Geordi is stunned.

					GEORDI
			Missing... ?

	Picard nods. Geordi then asks the question to which he
	already seems to know the answer.

					GEORDI
			What about my mother... ?

					PICARD
			Captain La Forge has disappeared
			along with the rest of her crew...

	Geordi nods. OFF his grave expression.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

        STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT TWO        12.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

16   INT. GEORDI'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Geordi is watching a message on the monitor from
	CAPTAIN SILVA LA FORGE, Geordi's mother. She is
	dressed in a red Starfleet uniform.

					SILVA LA FORGE
			-- I saw your father last week and
			your sister about ten days before
			that. I decided I missed my
			favorite son...

	Geordi smiles sadly at the inside joke.

					GEORDI
				(quietly to himself)
			Your only son, Mom...

					SILVA LA FORGE
				(continuing)
			You're going to have to see the
			Hera again. We've got a lot of
			new faces on board. Including a
			chief engineer who juices up the
			nacelles every chance she gets.
			I think she's the best technician
			in the fleet.
				(smiles)
			Okay, second best.

	Geordi smiles to himself. The door suddenly CHIMES.
	Geordi touches a control and FREEZES the recording of
	his mother.

					GEORDI
			Come in...

	The door opens and Riker steps inside the room. He
	pauses when he sees the still frame of Geordi's mother
	on the monitor.

					RIKER
			I didn't mean to interrupt.

					GEORDI
			Don't worry about it.

	Geordi touches the console and the message continues.

        STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT TWO        13.

16   CONTINUED:

					SILVA LA FORGE
			Maybe you should meet her. We're
			going to be in the same sector
			next week. Take a shuttle over
			and I'll introduce you.

					GEORDI
				(to Riker)
			Mom's always trying to find me a
			wife.

					SILVA LA FORGE
			But if you're too busy, I'll see
			you at your father's birthday
			party. Remember, if you talk to
			him -- it's a surprise.

	She puts her finger to her lips in the "shush"
	position. The message ends with the insignia of
	Starfleet across the screen.

					GEORDI
				(to Riker)
			This came in about three weeks
			ago.
				(beat)
			I never got back to her...

					RIKER
				(gently)
			Geordi, the probe has entered the
			planet's atmosphere. I'm ready to
			move it inside the ship.
				(beat)
			If you want to take a couple of
			days off, I'll run the interface.

					GEORDI
			The interface is calibrated
			specifically for my VISOR inputs.
			You'd need at least ten hours to
			convert it. Those crewmen down
			there can't wait...

					RIKER
			The interface doesn't have to be
			fully compatible. I could use it
			right now. I wouldn't have the
			control you'd have, but it would
			still work.

	Geordi reacts a little too strongly.

        STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT TWO        14.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Forget it. I'm the best one for
			the job, and there's no reason not
			to go ahead as planned.

					RIKER
				(gently)
			The Hera is reason enough.

					GEORDI
			The Hera is missing. That's all.
			Until I hear something more, my
			mother might just as well have
			taken the crew on an unscheduled
			holiday.

	Geordi stands.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Let's go.

	He heads for the door. OFF the concern on Riker's face
	as he turns to follow.

17   INT. BRIDGE

	Worf is at tactical, Riker is at aft science, Picard is
	in his seat, and various N.D.s are at other posts.
	Riker turns from his console.

					RIKER
			Sir, the probe is through the
			airlock and in position aboard the
			Raman.

	Picard acknowledges with a nod.

					PICARD
			Picard to Commander Data. Report.

18   INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

	Geordi is wearing the interface helmet; Data is
	adjusting it and Beverly is working at a nearby
	monitor.

					DATA
				(to Com)
			We are ready to bring the
			interface on line.

        STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT TWO        15.

18   CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Proceed.

					DATA
			Activating the remote sensors...

	Data works the controls.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Initiating interface... now.

	Data turns to Geordi, whose face changes, as if he's
	suddenly somewhere else.

					BEVERLY
				(off monitor)
			Vital signs normal... How do you
			feel, Geordi?

	It takes Geordi a beat to answer.

					GEORDI
			Fine...

					DATA
			Do you have visual contact?

19   CLOSE IN ON GEORDI'S FACE

	He answers as if from far away.

					GEORDI
			Not yet...

                                             DISSOLVE TO:

20   INT. SCIENCE SHIP CORRIDOR - GEORDI'S POV (OPTICAL)

	Everything is dark, murky.

					GEORDI'S VOICE
			Increase the input signal, Data.
			I'm not seeing anything...

					DATA
			Acknowledged.

        STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT TWO        16.

20   CONTINUED:

	A beat. Suddenly, the darkness clears -- we see the
	corridor, mysteriously lit and clouded with tendrils of
	gas. But everything is in BLACK & WHITE.

21   INT. LAB

	Geordi's face suddenly becomes animated.

					GEORDI
			I can see. But no colors.

					DATA
			Increasing signal strength of
			seventy-five percent of tolerance.

	Data works the controls on the console.

22   INT. SCIENCE SHIP CORRIDOR - GEORDI'S POV (OPTICAL)

	As before in Black & White. Suddenly, the scene
	becomes COLORED, and we can see the glare from the Red
	Alert.

23   ON GEORDI

	standing in the corridor, looking around (the same
	convention we used when he was using the probe to fight
	the fire in the Teaser).

					GEORDI
			That's better.

					BEVERLY'S VOICE
			Your pulse has gone up...

24   INT. LAB

	Beverly is watching the monitor.

					BEVERLY
			It might take your nervous system
			a little while to get used to this
			input level.

					GEORDI
			I'm excited, that's all. This is
			like being on a roller coaster.

                                             INTERCUT:

        STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT TWO        17.

25   INT. SCIENCE SHIP CORRIDOR

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Or a first date... Everything's
			okay.

					BEVERLY'S VOICE
				(lightly)
			I'll be the judge of that, Geordi.
			If your heart rate goes too high,
			we'll disconnect you.

					GEORDI
			Understood. But don't pull the
			plug yet...

	A beat as he continues to look around.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			It's a mess in here. There must
			be a hull breach somewhere. I'm
			picking up atmospheric gasses
			inside the corridor -- methane and
			ammonia primarily.

	Geordi starts slowly to walk up the corridor.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I'm heading toward the Bridge.

	He continues for a few silent beats. As he goes, the
	fumes increase.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			It's getting worse the closer I
			get. The break in the hull might
			be on the Bridge itself.

	He rounds a corner, sees a collapsed piece of material --
	and a body beneath it.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I found somebody!

					DATA'S VOICE
			What is your position?

	Geordi hurries forward.

        STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT TWO        18.

25   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			About twelve meters up the main
			corridor! A section of the
			bulkhead collapsed on top of him.

	Geordi reaches the trapped crew member and puts both
	hands underneath the bulkhead material.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I can't move it. I need more
			power to the tractor beams.

26   INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

	Data looks over to Beverly to see if he should comply
	with Geordi's request. She checks Geordi's vital signs
	for a beat, then nods a cautious go ahead.

					BEVERLY
			Go to eighty percent of tolerance --
			no higher.

	Data nods and works the controls.

27   INT. SCIENCE SHIP CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Suddenly, Geordi's hands move strongly upwards,
	removing the fallen material and casting it aside. He
	bends down to investigate the crew member.

					GEORDI
			He looks pretty bad.

	Geordi places his hands on both sides of the man's
	neck.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			He's dead.

	He goes a couple of meters up the corridor to a heavy
	door. He tries to open it but can't.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Data, the door halfway down the
			left corridor... what's it lead
			to?

					DATA'S VOICE
			A magnetic storage bay.

      STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT TWO      19.

27   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			If there was a breach on the
			Bridge, that would be the safest
			place to go.

	He sees a control panel next to the door, gets an idea.
	Geordi holds a hand out in front of him, palm up.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Data, I need a phaser burst. Wide
			focus, level four intensity.

	The control panel is hit by a sudden burst of phasers
	from Geordi's hand -- it sparks and the door slides
	open, revealing the storage bay behind it.

	Geordi steps inside, sees six bodies.

					GEORDI
			I've found them!

	Geordi gets closer, checks one of the bodies.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			They're dead... all of them.

	Suddenly FLAMES flash up directly in front of Geordi.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			There's a fire in here...

	The flames suddenly leap out at him... Geordi
	instinctively raises his hands to shield his face, and
	when the flames make contact with his palms he cries
	out in pain. The flames seem to advance on him, and he
	swats at them, again crying out on contact.

28   INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

	And again -- Geordi cries out in pain.

					BEVERLY
			Data! Disconnect him!

      STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT TWO      20.

28   CONTINUED:

	Data quickly hits some controls and Geordi's face loses
	its grimace.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			What happened?

					GEORDI
				(dazed)
			I don't know... My hands...

	Geordi slowly brings up his hands -- his palms are
	burned.

					BEVERLY
				(stunned)
			They're burned...

	OFF everyone's reactions.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/20/93 - ACT THREE 21-21A        

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

29   EXT. ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit above the huge, greenish planet.

30   INT. SICKBAY

	Geordi has both hands inside a small clear BOX that is
	bathing his burns in a blue light. His wounds are
	partially healed and he's still wearing the interface
	suit. Picard and Beverly are standing around him.

					PICARD
			How did this happen?

					BEVERLY
			There was some kind of energy
			discharge in the interface suit.

					PICARD
			Shouldn't the safety over-rides
			have prevented that?

					BEVERLY
			Yes... but I have a theory why
			they didn't.

	Picard nods that she continue.

					BEVERLY
			The tolerance levels on the
			interface were set extremely high.
			I think Geordi's neural response
			to the input was so strong that it
			created a feedback loop.

	Geordi pulls a hand from the burn-box and looks at the
	sensors that attach to his his hands.

					GEORDI
			The sensors that were transmitting
			the sensation of heat to my hands
			must've overloaded.

	Picard considers for a moment.

       STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT THREE       22.

30   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I know it seems hard to believe,
			but the probe was sending huge
			amounts of sensory data directly
			into Geordi's brain. The
			tolerance levels on the interface
			were set extremely high.

	Picard nods -- if his experts are telling him it's
	possible, that's good enough for him.

					PICARD
			The Raman's crew is dead. I'd
			like to retrieve their vessel, but
			not if it means risking Geordi's
			safety.

					GEORDI
			If we turn down the sensory input
			from the probe, I should be fine.

	Geordi sees that Picard is still unsure.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Seven people lost their lives down
			there... we should at least
			retrieve the data they were
			collecting. Otherwise their
			deaths won't have any meaning.

	Geordi's response is a little too emphatic. Picard and
	Beverly exchange glances -- clearly recent events are
	making Geordi feel strongly about this.

					PICARD
			Doctor?

	Beverly considers for a beat.

					BEVERLY
			If we operate the interface at
			lower input levels, I'd say the
			risk is acceptable.

					PICARD
			Alright.
				(touches combadge)
			Picard to Riker.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker, here.

     STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT THREE     22.

30   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			The Raman's crew is dead. I'd
			like to retrieve their vessel, but
			not if it means risking Geordi's
			safety.

					GEORDI
			If we turn down the sensory input
			from the probe, I should be fine.

	Geordi sees that Picard is still unsure.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Seven people lost their lives down
			there... we should at least
			retrieve the data they were
			collecting.

	Geordi's response is a little too emphatic. Picard and
	Beverly exchange glances -- clearly recent events are
	making Geordi feel strongly about this.

					PICARD
			Doctor?

	Beverly considers for a beat.

					BEVERLY
			If we operate the interface at
			lower input levels, I'd say the
			risk is acceptable.

					PICARD
			Alright.
				(touches combadge)
			Picard to Riker.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker, here.

    STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT THREE    22A.

31   INT. BRIDGE - AFT SCIENCE STATION

	Riker is at the station.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			I've decided to proceed with the
			probe.

					RIKER
				(to COM)
			We'll have to take it into the
			Raman's auxiliary control room --
			the Bridge is too badly damaged.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			How long before you can get it
			into position?

					RIKER
			A few hours -- we're going to have
			to cut through a bulkhead.

32   INT. SICKBAY

	As before.

     STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT THREE     23.

32   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Acknowledged.

					BEVERLY
				(to Geordi)
			Looks like you'll have some time
			to recuperate.

	Geordi nods.

					GEORDI
			There's something I need to do
			anyway.

33   INT. GEORDI'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Geordi is watching his father, DOCTOR LA FORGE, on the
	small monitor. Doctor La Forge is wearing science
	blue, and has three pips on his collar.

					GEORDI
			How are you, Dad?

					DOCTOR LA FORGE
			As well as expected, given the
			circumstances. Are you okay?

					GEORDI
			Yeah...

	His father nods. A beat.

					DOCTOR LA FORGE
			I talked to your sister this
			morning. She said she'd get in
			touch with you in a few days.
			Right now she's pretty upset.
				(beat)
			The service for the Hera will
			probably be on Vulcan -- most of
			the crew was from there. But your
			sister and I want to have a
			private ceremony --

					GEORDI
			-- Dad. Don't you think
			everybody's jumping the gun here?
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT THREE       24.

33   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
			Last I heard, two starships were
			still out there looking. They've
			found no debris, no residual warp
			distortion --

					DOCTOR LA FORGE
			-- And no ship.

					GEORDI
			Not yet. That doesn't mean they
			won't.

					DOCTOR LA FORGE
			Starfleet is considering the Hera
			lost. The search isn't much more
			than a formality at this point.
				(beat; quietly)
			Geordi, your mother's gone...

	Geordi is harsh.

					GEORDI
			You can think that if you want.
			But until I see some hard
			evidence, I'm not going to give up
			hope.

	His father starts to say something, then changes his
	mind.

					DOCTOR LA FORGE
			All right, Geordi. Call me if you
			need anything...

	Doctor La Forge touches a control and the screen goes
	blank.

	OFF Geordi's flat expression.

34   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Data is staring at a blank computer screen. The door
	CHIMES.

					DATA
			Come in.

	The door opens and Geordi ENTERS.

					GEORDI
			Hey, Data. Still working?

       STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT THREE       25.

34   CONTINUED:

	Data continues staring at the blank screen, as if
	riveted.

					DATA
			No. I have completed the
			adjustments on the interface. I
			am now waiting for Commander Riker
			to finish moving the probe.

	Geordi nods, crosses over toward Data. Data turns to
	his friend.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Do you wish to be comforted?

	Geordi reacts a bit negatively to Data's bluntness.

					GEORDI
			No... I was just passing by.
			Wondered what you were up to.

					DATA
				(re: monitor)
			I am using the time to catch up on
			my study of poetry.

	Geordi steps closer, stares at the blank monitor.

					GEORDI
			Data, there's nothing on the
			screen.

					DATA
			That is not entirely correct.
			While it is true the display is
			currently blank, this emptiness
			has a poetic meaning. So it
			cannot be considered "nothing" as
			such.

					GEORDI
			Says who?

					DATA
			The ancient Doosodarians. Much of
			their poetry contained such
			"lacunae" or empty spaces. Often
			these pauses measured several days
			in length, during which poet and
			audience were encouraged to fully
			acknowledge the emptiness of the
			experience.

       STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT THREE       26.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			I remember some lectures at
			Starfleet academy that seemed like
			that.

	A beat as Data considers his friend again.

					DATA
			Are you certain you do not wish to
			talk about your mother?

	Geordi again reacts to Data's overly direct manner.

					GEORDI
			Why do you ask that?

					DATA
			You are no doubt feeling emotional
			distress as a result of her
			disappearance. Though you claimed
			to be "just passing by," that is
			most likely an excuse to start a
			conversation about this
			uncomfortable subject. Am I
			correct?

	Geordi overreacts.

					GEORDI
			Well, no. Sometimes "just passing
			by" means "just passing by."

	Data thinks about this for a moment.

					DATA
			Then I apologize for my premature
			assumption.

	Data turns back to the monitor.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			This particular poem has a lacuna
			of forty-seven minutes. You may
			experience the emptiness with me
			if you wish.

					GEORDI
				(unsure)
			Thanks...

	Data and Geordi watch the blank screen for several
	silent seconds. Geordi glances at Data who appears
	perfectly content to stare at nothing. Geordi scowls.

       STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT THREE       27.

34   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			Data, maybe you gave up too fast.

	Data turns from the screen -- with some hesitation, as
	though very interested in what he was watching.

					DATA
			I do not understand.

					GEORDI
			When I said "just passing by"
			means "just passing by" -- I
			didn't really mean it.

	Data cocks his head, realizing.

					DATA
			My initial assumption was correct.
			You do wish to speak of your
			mother.

					GEORDI
			Am I crazy to think she's still
			alive?

					DATA
			Your sanity is not in question.
			However, your evaluation of the
			available information is...
			biased.

					GEORDI
			She's the captain of a starship!
			She's gotten herself into and out
			of impossible situations before.
			Why should this be any different?

					DATA
			Disappearances fitting the profile
			of the Hera have rarely ended with
			the safe recovery of ship and
			crew.

					GEORDI
				(sharp)
			That makes me feel better.

	Data doesn't answer. Geordi feels a little guilty.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I'm sorry, Data. I didn't mean to
			snap at you.

       STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT THREE       28.

34   CONTINUED: (4)

					DATA
			I am not offended. You are upset
			and your reactions are not
			surprising.

	Geordi quiets down.

					GEORDI
			I guess I am a little... on edge.

	A long beat as Geordi looks away.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			It's just that... If she really is
			dead...
				(quietly)
			I don't know what I'm going to
			do...

	Geordi puts a hand on Data's shoulder for a moment in
	silent thanks for his support, then turns and goes out
	the door.

	Data turns again to his blank monitor for a beat, then
	pauses and glances toward where Geordi disappeared, as
	if still thinking of his friend...

35   EXT. ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit above Marijne Seven.

36   INT. LAB

	Beverly is checking over the interface unit on Geordi's
	head as Data works with the console.

					BEVERLY
				(to Geordi)
			We're receiving the probe's
			telemetry.

					DATA
			The input levels are currently at
			fifty-three percent of tolerance.

					GEORDI
			That's too low, Data. I won't be
			able to do anything down there.

     STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT THREE     29.

36   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I want to start with as wide a
			margin of safety as possible. We
			can adjust upward as needed.
				(beat)
			Ready?

					GEORDI
			Go ahead.

	Data works the console.

					DATA
			Initiating interface...

37   INT. AUXILIARY CONTROL - GEORDI'S POV (OPTICAL)

	Everything is dark.

					GEORDI'S VOICE
			I can't see anything.

					DATA'S VOICE
			I am increasing input now...

	The room beings to take form in the slowly increasing
	light -- a spare interior with several banks of control
	consoles.

38   INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

	Data works the controls.

					GEORDI
			That's better... but I need
			more...

	Data keeps going...

39   INT. AUXILIARY CONTROL - CONTINUOUS

	Geordi is standing in the room, staring straight ahead,
	with a dumbfounded look on his face.

40   INCLUDE - SILVA LA FORGE

	standing directly in front of Geordi, facing him.

					DATA'S VOICE
			Is this level sufficient?

       STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT THREE       30.

40   CONTINUED:

	Geordi is too stunned to answer. He continues to stare
	at his mother.

					DATA'S VOICE
				(continuing)
			Geordi?

	No answer.

					DATA'S VOICE
				(continuing)
			Geordi, can you hear me?

	OFF mother and son staring at each other...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT FOUR     31.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

41   INT. AUXILIARY CONTROL - CONTINUOUS

	Geordi is staring at his mother standing in front of
	him.

					GEORDI
				(barely)
			Mom...

42   INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

	Data and Beverly react to Geordi as he says the words.

					GEORDI
			Mom, is it you?

                                             INTERCUT:

43   INT. AUXILIARY CONTROL - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Silva La Forge stares at him for a moment -- there's a
	confused look on her face.

					SILVA LA FORGE
				(hesitantly)
			Is it you... ?

	A beat, Geordi seems puzzled -- then suddenly
	remembers.

					GEORDI
			I forgot! All you're seeing is a
			probe. Yes, it's me. I'm on the
			Enterprise. I'm interfaced with
			this probe.

					BEVERLY'S VOICE
			Geordi. Who are you talking to?
				(beat)
			What are you seeing?

	Geordi ignores her, too amazed by the woman before him.

					GEORDI
			But is it really you?

        STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT FOUR        32.

43   CONTINUED:

					SILVA LA FORGE
			Yes, Geordi. It's me.

					GEORDI
			How can it be... ? How is it
			possible --

					SILVA LA FORGE
			There's no time to explain. We
			have to go down...

	A beat as Geordi studies her.

					GEORDI
			Down where?

					SILVA LA FORGE
			The surface.

					BEVERLY'S VOICE
			Geordi. Report.

	He seems to hear Beverly for the first time.

					GEORDI
				(to Beverly)
			Hang on, Doctor...

	He takes a careful step toward his mother.

					GEORDI
			Why? Why do we have to go to the
			surface?

					SILVA LA FORGE
			We're dying.

	Geordi is puzzled.

					GEORDI
			"We?" Your ship? The Hera is
			down there?

     STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT FOUR     33.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY'S VOICE
			Geordi, we're disconnecting you
			right now...

					GEORDI
				(to Beverly)
			No. Wait...

	Beverly and Data pause.

	Geordi takes another step toward his mother.

					SILVA LA FORGE
			We need your help. I need your
			help... Geordi...

	Geordi reaches out with both hands, placing them on her
	arms -- at the contact, there is a violent SHOCKING
	ARC. He cries out in pain --

44   INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

	The safety cut-off has disengaged the interface but the
	overload has caused Geordi to lose consciousness.

					DATA
				(to Beverly)
			The cut-off has been automatically
			activated.

	Beverly rushes to Geordi's side.

					BEVERLY
			He's in neural shock --

	She grabs a MEDICAL DEVICE and begins to work on
	Geordi. Data tries to give her room to work by
	removing the interface from Geordi's head...

                                             TIME CUT TO:

45   INT. SICKBAY

	Geordi is now sitting on the big diagnostic bed, as
	Beverly runs various scans on him. He's wearing the
	interface suit and his VISOR and seems a little shaken
	up. Picard and Data are standing by.

        STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT FOUR        34.

45   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(to Picard)
			The sensory overload didn't cause
			any permanent damage -- but I
			wouldn't want to expose his
			nervous system to that much
			stimulus again.

					PICARD
			Is there any indication of what
			caused the hallucination?

	Geordi reacts to this characterization of his
	experience.

					BEVERLY
			His brain functions are normal --

	Geordi interrupts:

					GEORDI
			I told you, I wasn't
			hallucinating.

	There is an uncomfortable moment -- Picard glances at
	Data and nods that he should go ahead and report.

					DATA
			Geordi, I have analyzed the
			probe's sensor logs -- there are
			no readings that would indicate
			the presence of a living human on
			board the Raman.

					GEORDI
			She wasn't actually there. Her
			ship is on the surface.

	Picard tries to sort out what Geordi is saying.

					PICARD
			Then you believe you saw some kind
			of... transmission?

					GEORDI
				(nodding)
			Somehow she managed to contact me.

					DATA
			We have no indication of a
			transmission of any kind.

     STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT FOUR     35.

45   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Maybe I'm the only one who could
			detect it -- because I was
			interfaced with the probe.

	Data sees what he's getting at.

					DATA
			The probe does allow Geordi to
			sense quantum fluctuations,
			subspace anomalies, and other
			phenomena not perceptible to other
			kinds of sensors.

					PICARD
			Granted. But why would he
			perceive his mother visually, as
			if she were standing in the room?

					BEVERLY
			I'm not sure... I do know that our
			brains aren't designed to process
			the kind of sensory information
			Geordi was getting. When the
			brain receives something it can't
			understand, it interprets the
			input as best it can -- sometimes
			as a sound or smell, sometimes
			visually.

	Geordi seizes on the validation he thinks he's getting.

					GEORDI
				(to Picard)
			You see?

	Beverly knows what Geordi is going through, and she
	tries to be as gentle as she can.

					BEVERLY
			Geordi, that doesn't mean you're
			mother was really communicating
			with you. I'm just trying to
			explain why you might've thought
			she was.

	Geordi can't hide his frustration.

					GEORDI
			I'm telling you, my mother's ship
			is trapped down there -- they need
			our help.

     STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT FOUR     36.

45   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(gently)
			The Hera's last reported location
			was over three hundred light years
			away. How could it have ended up
			here?

	Geordi has no answer.

					DATA
			If the Hera is on the surface, its
			hull could not possibly withstand
			the pressure of the atmosphere.

	Geordi doesn't have an explanation but he knows what he
	saw.

					GEORDI
			Just let me go back so we can be
			sure.

	It hurts our people to have to reject his plea.

					BEVERLY
				(to Picard)
			I don't recommend he use the
			interface again -- the sensory
			overload nearly killed him.

					GEORDI
			I'll be all right.

					PICARD
			I'm sorry, Geordi. But I won't
			risk your life.

	Picard turns to Data.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, find another way to
			salvage the Raman. I want to hear
			an alternate plan in two hours.

					DATA
			Yes, Captain.

     STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT FOUR     37.

45   CONTINUED: (4)

	Data heads for the door. Picard turns to Geordi.

					PICARD
				(gently)
			In the meantime, I'd like you to
			talk with Counselor Troi. She's
			expecting you.

	Geordi seems about to object -- then he catches
	himself.

					GEORDI
			Aye, Sir...

	OFF Geordi's frustrated look.

46   INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	Troi is seated in a chair, watching as Geordi (now in
	uniform) paces slowly in front of her. He's impatient --
	he doesn't want to be here.

					TROI
			What's your mother like, Geordi?

					GEORDI
			Counselor, if you think I'm going
			to start talking about my
			childhood, you're way off.

					TROI
			That's not what I asked.

	Geordi stops pacing.

					GEORDI
			No, I guess not.
				(beat)
			She was --
				(catching himself)
			She is... brilliant, funny...
			really perceptive. She knows
			people. Knows what they're all
			about even before they open their
			mouths. She's always been like
			that. A good judge of character.

					TROI
			When did you see her last?

     STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT FOUR     38.

46   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Seven months ago, when she first
			took command of the Hera. I went
			to a party she had for her crew...

	Geordi takes a deep breath.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			The Enterprise and the Hera were
			in the same sector three weeks
			ago. She wanted to see me. We
			were both pretty busy though...
				(quietly)
			I guess I could have made the
			time. But I didn't think... I
			mean I just didn't think...

	His voice trails off.

					TROI
				(gently)
			You didn't think it would be your
			last chance to see her...

	Geordi is angered.

					GEORDI
			You don't know that! None of us
			does!

	A long silent beat.

					TROI
			I'm going to suggest something.
			Call it a theory. Alright?

					GEORDI
				(calms down)
			Alright...

	Troi stands.

					TROI
			You're very worried about the
			disappearance of your mother...
			and guilty over not seeing her
			when you had the chance. So
			you're unwilling even to consider
			that she might be dead. This need
			to believe she's alive is so
			strong, it manifested itself as a
			physical image.

     STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/19/93 - ACT FOUR     39.

46   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			But she told me she's trapped on
			the planet! She's in danger! If
			this was some kind of wish
			fulfillment, don't you think I'd
			fantasize her being safe and
			sound?

					TROI
			No. Because that would end the
			fantasy -- you'd know it wasn't
			true. The more involved and
			complicated and unending your
			story is, the longer you can
			believe your mother is still
			alive.

	Geordi stops pacing. He thinks for a moment, then
	looks at her.

					GEORDI
			That's your theory, Counselor.
			I've got a different one.

	Geordi EXITS. OFF the concern on Troi's face.

47   INT. OBS LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker and Geordi. Data is presenting his
	report; Geordi looks impatient.

					DATA
			I have been exploring the
			possibility of using a tractor
			beam to pull the Raman from the
			atmosphere. However, there is so
			much interference that it prevents
			a positive lock.

					RIKER
			If we could set up some sort of
			relay system...

					DATA
			That is my conclusion as well,
			Commander. Two shuttlecraft,
			staggered between the Enterprise
			and the Raman, with their shields
			adjusted to refocus the tractor
			beam.

        STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT FOUR        40.

47   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Can we get those shuttles close
			enough without putting them in
			danger?
				(to Geordi)
			Mister La Forge.

					GEORDI
				(shrugs)
			I suppose so.
				(beat)
			Yes. As long as you keep them
			above the troposphere, they'll be
			alright.

	Picard nods, turns to Data.

					PICARD
			In that case --

					GEORDI
				(interrupting)
			What about the Hera?

	Everyone turns to him.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			We'll be leaving my mother and her
			crew stranded on the planet. We
			have to save them.

	Picard reacts, displeased but also concerned with
	Geordi's insistence...

					PICARD
			Commander --

					GEORDI
				(interrupting)
			-- I've been thinking about
			this...

	Geordi stands.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			A few weeks ago I got a message
			from my mother. She said she had
			a new chief engineer who was
			always experimenting with the warp
			drive.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/19/93 - ACT FOUR     41.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
			Well, I've seen the Hera -- it
			uses trionic initiators in the
			warp coil. They have a history of
			strange side effects -- especially
			if you start playing around with
			them.

	Picard glances at Data for confirmation.

					DATA
			There have been reports of warp
			bubbles and other subspace
			deformations.

					GEORDI
				(nodding)
			So what if that's what happened?
			Not a warp bubble, but a subspace
			funnel.

					DATA
			Connecting two points through
			subspace.

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			The Hera could have accidentally
			created a distortion that emptied
			out right here, on Marijne Seven.

	It seems unlikely to everyone but Geordi.

					PICARD
			Why here?

					GEORDI
			The Hera passed near this planet
			just ten days ago. There's a lot
			of subspace distortion in the
			atmosphere -- the ship might've
			picked up some residual traces
			that directed the funnel back
			here.

					RIKER
				(disbelieving)
			And the Hera is still in one
			piece, down on the surface?

       STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT FOUR       41A.

47   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			Maybe it's surrounded by some kind
			of subspace field that's keeping
			it together. But who knows for
			how long?

	Geordi looks absolutely convinced.

					PICARD
			Do you have any evidence to
			support this... hypothesis?

					GEORDI
			I did get some strange subspace
			readings when I was interfaced
			with the probe.

					RIKER
			Geordi, that could be anything.

        STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT FOUR        42.

47   CONTINUED: (4)

					GEORDI
			I talked to her. She asked me to
			take the Raman closer to the
			planet.

	Picard turns to Data.

					PICARD
			Is any of this possible?

	Data considers the fantastic story for a couple of
	beats.

					DATA
			Yes.

	Geordi smiles.

					GEORDI
			There.

	Data seems conscious of not wanting to offend his
	friend, but he still has to do his job.

					DATA
			However, I believe it is...
				(hesitates)
			unlikely.

					PICARD
			How unlikely?

					DATA
			Nearly impossible, Sir.

	Picard nods, considers for a moment.

					PICARD
			Proceed with the shuttle plan.

					GEORDI
			Captain --

					PICARD
			-- Mister La Forge. Stay here for
			a moment.

	Picard nods to the rest of the staff in dismissal.
	Everyone heads out the door, as Geordi sits back down.
	When the door closes behind the last one --

        STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT FOUR        43.

47   CONTINUED: (5)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Geordi, I'm not unsympathetic
			about what you're going through.
			But I want you to consider my
			position as well.

	A beat. Geordi reluctantly decides to listen.

					GEORDI
			Yes, Sir.

	Picard looks at him for a moment.

					PICARD
			Your mother's disappearance...
			It's... a tragic thing...
				(beat)
			But I can't risk your safety on
			the basis of a dubious hypothesis.

	A beat.

					GEORDI
			If there's even one chance in a
			million I'm right and she's
			alive...

	Picard reacts -- this is a no-win situation for him.

					PICARD
			I'm sorry, Geordi. I've made my
			decision.

	A beat. Geordi appears to have given up.

					GEORDI
			I understand, Sir.

	Picard heads for the door to the Bridge. Geordi stays
	for a beat. Then with resolve, heads for the opposite
	exit...

48   INT. LAB - ON THE INTERFACE CONSOLE

	As all its readouts and monitors light up.

          STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT FOUR         44.

49   INCLUDE GEORDI

	readying the unit. He is wearing the interface suit.
	Suddenly the door OPENS and reveals Data standing
	there. Geordi reacts; he's been caught.

					DATA
			I suspected you would decide to
			operate the interface alone.

					GEORDI
				(surprised)
			You did?

					DATA
			I am familiar enough with your
			behavior patterns to predict
			certain... decisions.

					GEORDI
			I guess you know me pretty well...

					DATA
			You are disobeying the Captain.

					GEORDI
			I can't just sit back and do
			nothing when my mother might be
			down on that planet.

					DATA
			I can not allow you to endanger
			your well being.

					GEORDI
			If we leave here without knowing
			for sure...

	He stops, all the pent up emotions inside him finally
	come to a head. He's so overcome that he turns away.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I'll have to live with it for the
			rest of my life... wondering... if
			I left her to die... I couldn't
			take that, Data... I couldn't...

	There is an anguish in Geordi's voice that Data can't
	ignore.

					GEORDI
			That's why I have to do this.


          STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/19/93 - ACT FOUR        44A.

49   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I could have you confined to
			quarters for the duration of the
			mission.

					GEORDI
			If you want to do that to me,
			Data, then go ahead. Because
			nothing less is going to stop me
			from trying to save my mother.

	Geordi turns and continues setting up the interface.
	Data considers for a long moment, then takes up
	position next to the console.

					GEORDI
			What are you doing?

					DATA
			I will monitor the interface and
			attempt to keep you safe.

	Geordi looks at him, surprised. Data is seizing on a
	point of logic in order to rationalize helping him.

					DATA
			I can not have you confined to
			quarters for something you have
			not yet done.

          STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/19/93 - ACT FOUR         45.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

	Geordi realizes what Data is doing.

					GEORDI
			Data, we could both end up in a
			lot of trouble for this.

	Data is already working the interface controls.

					DATA
			There is a high degree of
			probability that you are right.

	Geordi is touched.

					GEORDI
			Thanks, Data.

	Geordi removes the VISOR and pulls the interface unit
	over his head.
					DATA
			However, I have a request.

					GEORDI
				(surprised)
			What's that?

					DATA
			I would ask you to consider the
			possibility that what you see is
			not real.

	Geordi pauses for a moment -- Data has gotten through
	to him.

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			I will. I promise.

	Data works the console.

					DATA
			I am establishing the interface...

	OFF Geordi's face and the tension of the moment as the
	interface comes alive around him...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT FIVE         46.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

50   EXT. ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit above Marijne Seven.

51   INT. AUXILIARY CONTROL

	Geordi as probe is standing inside Auxiliary Control.
	He glances around the room -- he is alone.

					GEORDI
			Mom... ?

					SILVA LA FORGE (O.S.)
			Hello, Geordi...

	Geordi whips around at the voice.

52   INCLUDE SILVA LA FORGE

	standing nearby, where Geordi was looking only a moment
	before.

					GEORDI
			How did you get here?

	A moment as Silva stares at him.

					SILVA LA FORGE
			I'm not really with you, Geordi.
			I'm on my ship, on the surface.
			We were pulled into a warp funnel.

					GEORDI
			That's just what I thought!

	He stares at her -- it seems he was right.

					GEORDI
			How are we communicating?

					SILVA LA FORGE
			We found a way to send a subspace
			signal that could cut through the
			atmospheric interference.

					DATA'S VOICE
			Geordi, are you seeing the image
			of your mother... ?

          STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT FIVE         47.

53   INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

	Data is carefully watching Geordi's reactions.

					GEORDI
			Yes, and she just confirmed
			everything I've been saying.

					DATA
			I am reading some unusual subspace
			energy in your vicinity -- similar
			to what the probe sensors recorded
			the first time you encountered
			your mother.

					GEORDI
			That's how she's communicating
			with me. It's the only kind of
			signal they could send that would
			get through the interference.

	We see on Data's face that Geordi's story is starting
	to seem more plausible.

54   INT. AUXILIARY CONTROL

					SILVA LA FORGE
			We need your help.

					GEORDI
			I've been thinking about this --
			I'm going to take the Raman into
			a low stationary orbit and
			initiate an inverse warp cascade.

					SILVA LA FORGE
			Why?

					GEORDI
			The subspace distortion from the
			cascade should reverse the warp
			funnel -- your ship will end up
			right where it started.

55   INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

					DATA
			Geordi, the atmosphere becomes
			increasingly turbulent the farther
			down you go -- you may not be able
			to bring the Raman close enough to
			the Hera before being destroyed.

            STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT FIVE            48.

55   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I have to try, Data.

56   INT. AUXILIARY CONTROL - CONTINUOUS

					SILVA LA FORGE
			We're running out of time.

	Geordi works the console.

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			Shields back on line... we're
			starting our descent...

	He glances at his mother as she watches over his
	shoulder.

					GEORDI
				(continuing; quietly)
			Thank god...

					SILVA LA FORGE
			Thank... god...

					GEORDI
			That you're alive -- that I was
			right about all this.
				(beat)
			I can't wait to call Dad. He and
			Ariana had given up...

					SILVA LA FORGE
			We're going home...

	Geordi reacts -- puzzled at her use of the word. He
	turns to her.

57   GEORDI'S POV (OPTICAL)

					GEORDI'S VOICE
			Eventually, yeah.

	His mother smiles. Suddenly everything in his field of
	vision seems to fade.

          STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT FIVE         49.

57   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI'S VOICE
				(continuing)
			Data -- everything's fading in and
			out.

58   INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I'm losing the interface.

	Data studies the console.

					DATA
			The probe is descending out of
			range.

					GEORDI
			You're going to have to turn up
			the input gain to maintain my
			connection.

					DATA
				(hesitates)
			It is already at seventy-five
			percent of tolerance.

					GEORDI
			You can take it all the way up to
			a hundred if you increase it
			slowly enough -- give my nervous
			system time to adapt.

					DATA
			That is theoretically true. But
			even at this input level you have
			already experienced dangerous
			neural feedback.

					GEORDI
			Data, there are over three hundred
			people on board the Hera. We're
			the only chance they've got.

	Data considers, then works the console.

					DATA
			I will increase the gain
			incrementally as you descend.

            STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT FIVE           49A.

59   INT. AUXILIARY CONTROL - CONTINUOUS

	As he looks around:

					GEORDI
			It's working.

            STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT FIVE            50.

60   INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

					DATA
			When we are ready to disconnect
			the interface, we must allow
			sufficient time to lower the input
			levels -- otherwise your nervous
			system would go into shock from
			the sudden drop in input.

61   INT. AUXILIARY CONTROL - CONTINUOUS

	As Geordi works the console.

					GEORDI
			Once I initiate the warp cascade
			we can start dropping the gain.

	Geordi glances back at his Mom and smiles that
	everything will be all right.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			We'll be in sensor range of your
			ship within a few minutes.

	He works the controls for a moment.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I'm sorry I didn't get over to see
			you a few weeks ago.

					SILVA LA FORGE
			You were... too busy with work.

					GEORDI
			I'm sorry; it won't happen again.

61A  INT. BRIDGE (FORMERLY SCENE 65)

	Picard, Riker, Worf, the CON officer. Worf reacts to
	his console.

					WORF
				(off console)
			Captain, the Raman is descending
			toward the planet.

	Picard and Riker exchange a look.

          STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT FIVE         51.

61A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Geordi...

62   INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

	Data is studying a readout with concern.

					DATA
			Geordi, we are now at ninety
			percent of tolerance.

	Geordi reacts with concern.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			My calculations show that you will
			reach one hundred percent of
			tolerance before you are in range
			of the Hera.

					GEORDI
			Then we're going to have to go
			beyond tolerance.

					DATA
			That is not advisable. You must
			cease your descent.

63   INT. AUXILIARY CONTROL - CONTINUOUS

	Silva reacts with alarm to Data's words.

					SILVA LA FORGE
			Geordi, don't stop... please.

	Geordi gestures that everything will be all right.

					GEORDI
			Data, I'm taking this ship down.
			If you don't boost the gain past
			tolerance levels, I'll lose the
			interface when we go out of range
			and my nervous system will go into
			shock.

64   INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

					DATA
			You are putting me in a very
			difficult position. Please cease
			your descent.

          STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT FIVE         52.

64   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I won't do it... so you'd better
			increase the tolerance...

	Data hears the resolve in his voice. After a beat he
	works the console.

					DATA
			Disengaging safety systems...
			going to full tolerance levels...
			now.

					GEORDI
			Thanks, Data.

65   OMITTED

66   INT. AUXILIARY CONTROL

	Geordi continues to work the Raman's console, as his
	mother looks on.

					GEORDI
				(to his mother)
			We're getting close...

					SILVA LA FORGE
			Thank god...

					PICARD'S VOICE
			La Forge.

	Geordi reacts.

					GEORDI
			Yes, Captain?

67   INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

	Picard and Beverly are now with Data. Picard is facing
	Geordi.

            STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT FIVE            53.

67   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Stop your descent and prepare to
			disengage the interface.

	Geordi hates to do this, but he feels he has no choice.

					GEORDI
			I'm sorry, sir. But I can't do
			that.

					PICARD
			Damn it, Geordi -- you're going to
			kill yourself...

68   INT. AUXILIARY CONTROL - CONTINUOUS

					GEORDI
			If I come back now, my mother and
			her entire crew will die.
				(reads monitor; to
				 Silva)
			I'm scanning for your ship...
				(puzzled)
			I'm not getting anything.

					SILVA LA FORGE
			We're still too far away...

					GEORDI
			Not really. I should be picking
			something up by now.

	He turns back to the console. Though he can't see it,
	Silva now has a look of fear on her face.

69   GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	works the commands. Behind him, we see Silva
	approaching him -- an intense look on her face.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I'm not finding anything... No
			warp funnel... No ship... There's
			nothing there.

	She reaches up to grab the sides of Geordi's head --
	ENERGY TENDRILS arc from her hands to his head as she
	makes contact. His head is shocked with wave after
	wave of pain as she holds him, her eyes crazed with
	fury and terror.

          STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT FIVE         54.

70   INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Geordi's face is contorting with pain. An energy pulse
	is crackling around his VISOR inputs.

					BEVERLY
				(off monitor)
			His neural synapses are
			overloading.
				(to Picard)
			He can't survive this...

					PICARD
			Geordi -- what's happening to you?

71   INT. AUXILIARY CONTROL - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Silva La Forge continues to hold the sides of Geordi's
	head -- his agony appears to increase.

					PICARD'S VOICE
			Geordi!

					GEORDI
				(barely)
			Reverse tractors -- Reverse --

					DATA'S VOICE
			Reversing tractor beams...

	Suddenly, Silva La Forge's hands spring away from
	Geordi's head and she is pushed away from Geordi as if
	by an unseen force.

	Geordi recovers, no longer in immediate pain. As he
	watches, her body transforms into a FLAME, like the
	ones that seemed to attack Geordi before.

	After a moment the flame transforms back to the form of
	Silva La Forge.

					GEORDI
			What are you?

					SILVA LA FORGE
			You are killing us... We must go
			down.

	Geordi reacts to the statement.

          STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/20/93 - ACT FIVE         55.

72   INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

	The energy arcs have stopped.

					PICARD
			Geordi... Report.

	Everyone exchanges looks.

					GEORDI
			You're trapped... ?

	(Geordi's dialogue is included on a page at the end of
	the script and will play underneath the following:)

					PICARD
			Is there any way we can disconnect
			him?

	Data and Beverly consider the options.

					BEVERLY
			If we cut him off abruptly, he'll
			go into neural shock.

					PICARD
			How can we lower the input
			gradually and still get him out
			before it's too late?

					DATA
			Perhaps we can deceive his neural
			receptors.

					PICARD
			Deceive them?

					DATA
			By feeding them the sensory
			information recorded from his
			earlier experiences with the
			probe.

					BEVERLY
				(catching on)
			We could disconnect the interface
			and still maintain the input
			levels.

					DATA
			We could then lower them in a
			controlled manner.

          STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/19/93 - ACT FIVE        55A.

72   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Like a decompression tank.
				(off their nods)
			Let's try it.

	Beverly and Data get to work. Suddenly Geordi speaks
	to our people.

					GEORDI
			Captain. I have to take the ship
			into the lower atmosphere...

73   INT. AUXILIARY CONTROL - CONTINUOUS

	Geordi is working the console. Silva is standing in
	the background, as if waiting. Picard's voice is
	barely audible.

					PICARD'S VOICE
			Explain.

          STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/19/93 - ACT FIVE         56.

73   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			As I understand it... when the
			Raman got close to the planet,
			they accidentally picked up some
			lifeforms that live in the lower
			atmosphere. Subspace beings of
			some kind -- intelligent. When
			the ship went back into a higher
			orbit, the beings were trapped.

					PICARD'S VOICE
			How do you know all this?

					GEORDI
			One of them is able to communicate
			with me. It must have read my
			thoughts through the probe
			interface and took the form of my
			Mother -- to try to talk me into
			taking the ship closer to the
			surface.

					PICARD'S VOICE
			Were these beings responsible for
			the death of the Raman's crew?

					GEORDI
			Yes, but I don't think it was on
			purpose. They probably tried to
			communicate with them the same way
			they're communicating with me --
			by directly accessing their
			thoughts. That must've been fatal
			to the crew... I guess the
			interface protected me.

74   INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

	Everyone reacts to Geordi's report.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I have to take them back -- they
			can't survive so far up in the
			atmosphere.

75   INT. AUXILIARY CONTROL - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I'll turn the ship around and come
			back as soon as we're --

	Suddenly the ship JOLTS VIOLENTLY. A console EXPLODES.

          STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT FIVE         57.

75   CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S VOICE
			La Forge! What happened?

	Geordi recovers and starts working the console.

					GEORDI
			The atmosphere is getting more
			turbulent. It's overloading the
			systems.

	The ship rocks again. Geordi holds onto the console,
	working like crazy. Small explosions can be heard
	offscreen -- the ship is coming apart.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I'm having trouble keeping the
			shields up.

					SILVA LA FORGE
			Geordi...

	Geordi turns to her.

					SILVA LA FORGE
				(continuing)
			We're safe now...

	Geordi stares at her -- it's a strange moment, she is
	and is not his mother.

					SILVA LA FORGE
				(continuing)
			Good bye...

	Before Geordi can say anything -- she becomes a flame.
	And quickly moves straight through the bulkhead,
	disappearing completely.

	Geordi turns back to the console. Suddenly the ship
	SHAKES and another console EXPLODES.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I'm losing power...

76   INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

	Beverly continues to work as fast as she can.

            STAR TREK: "Interface" - 07/14/93 - ACT FIVE            58.

76   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Total shield failure in eight
			seconds...

	Picard turns to Beverly and Data.

					PICARD
			Are you ready to switch inputs?

					BEVERLY
			Almost.

77   INT. AUXILIARY CONTROL - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Geordi at the controls.

					GEORDI
			Shields are failing...

	Geordi cries out as the ship suddenly EXPLODES and his
	link to the probe is severed.

                                             HARD CUT TO:

78   INT. LAB - CONTINUOUS

	As Geordi continues the same cry, Beverly hits a
	control on the interface console.

					BEVERLY
			Switching inputs!

	Geordi's face suddenly seems to freeze in its
	expression. Everyone watches for several tense beats.

					PICARD
			Is it working?

	Beverly reacts to the monitor and administers a hypo to
	Geordi's neck. After a beat, Geordi's face relaxes.
	Beverly responds to what she sees on the monitor,
	smiling.

					BEVERLY
			His vital signs are stabilizing.
			He's going to make it.

	Everyone reacts with relief.

          STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/20/93 - ACT FIVE         59.

79   EXT. ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is at impulse across a field of stars.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, supplemental. We
			have succeeded in disengaging
			Mister La Forge from the interface
			and are en route to Starbase four-nine-five.

80   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is behind his desk, Geordi standing somewhat
	formally in front of him -- he's been called on the
	carpet.

					PICARD
			You disobeyed my direct order, and
			you put yourself in grave danger.
				(beat)
			I'm not happy.

					GEORDI
			It's my fault, sir. Data was just --

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			I'll deal with Data at another
			time. Meanwhile, I'll have to
			write this incident into your
			permanent record.

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir.

	Geordi turns to go.

					PICARD
			Geordi...

	A beat as Picard crosses around his desk. His tone
	softens.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I'm very sorry you didn't find
			your mother.

	Geordi nods sadly.

          STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/16/93 - ACT FIVE        59A.

80   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Thank you, sir.
				(beat)
			When I was down there... it was so
			real. It's funny, but in a way...
			I feel like I got a chance to say
			goodbye...

	Picard puts a comforting hand to Geordi's shoulder...
	A moment between them...

81   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves slowly away...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             

          STAR TREK: "Interface" - REV. 07/20/93 - ACT FIVE        59B.

	GEORDI'S DIALOGUE - PAGE 55, SCENE 72

					GEORDI
			You're trapped?

	A long beat as he listens.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Caught on the ship...

	Another long beat.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			You killed the Raman's crew?

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			What do you want?













                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                       "Gambit, Part I" 
                          #40277-256 
                              
                           Story by 
                      Christopher Hatton 
                              and 
                         Naren Shankar 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                         Naren Shankar 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Peter Lauritson 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                        JULY 26, 1993

         STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Gambit, Part I" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             BARAN
                RIKER              BARTENDER
                DATA               CHEKOTE
                BEVERLY            GIUSTI
                TROI               NARIK
                WORF               SANDERS
                GEORDI             TALLERA
                COMPUTER VOICE     VEKOR
                                   YRANAC
                                   TRANSPORTER CHIEF (V.O.)

                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  N.D. SECURITY      N.D. BAR PATRONS
                  N.D. CREWMEMBERS   

         STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Gambit, Part I" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              READY ROOM               MERCENARY SHIP
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE       PLANET SURFACE -
              SICKBAY                    CLEARING
              YRANAC'S QUARTERS
          
            DESSICA TWO
              BAR
          
            MERCENARY SHIP
              BRIDGE
              RIKER'S QUARTERS

  STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Gambit, Part I" 
                         
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                  BARAN           buh-RAN
                  BARRADAS        buh-RAD-us
                  DEBRUNE         deh-BROON
                  DESSICAN        DESS-i-kan
                  GIUSTI          JOOS-tee
                  GLYPH           GLIFF
                  NAFIR           nah-FEAR
                  NARIK           NAH-rick
                  SAKETHAN        suh-KETH-en
                  TALLERA         ta-LARE-uh
                  VEKOR           veh-KORE
                  YADALLA         yuh-DOLL-uh
                  YRANAC          yuh-RAN-ick

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "Gambit, Part I"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. A BAR

	It's a rough, wretched watering-hole, just the kind of
	place you'd expect on a frontier world at the edge of
	Federation space. The patrons are a hard and nasty
	bunch -- if you're looking for trouble, this is a good
	place to find it.

2    TROI

	is at the counter, speaking with the BARTENDER, a
	large, intimidating male alien. Deanna is not in
	uniform and instead is wearing clothes that look
	perfectly normal in this place.

	There's a teasing, insouciant quality to Troi -- the
	bartender is attracted to her and she knows it; she's
	using it.

					BARTENDER
			Tell me... why is it so important
			that you find this man?

	Troi smiles, hinting at mystery.

					TROI
			We had some business dealings...
			he owes me money.

					BARTENDER
				(suggestively)
			If we had business dealings, I can
			tell you I wouldn't disappear...

					TROI
			Maybe we should discuss that
			possibility. But first, I have to
			find him... collect the money I'm
			owed...

					BARTENDER
			Let me guess... you and your
			friend were smuggling relics from
			the ruins of Nafir...

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/27/93 - TEASER       2.

2    CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(maybe)
			Mmmmmm...

					BARTENDER
			A dangerous game.

					TROI
			Maybe I like danger.

	He eyes her for a moment, hoping that's an invitation.

					BARTENDER
			Then you've come to the right
			place.
				(leans toward her)
			I'll be closing in a few hours.
			Perhaps we can discuss this...
			more privately.

	Troi would rather have a tooth drilled, but she smiles
	sweetly at him.

					TROI
			If I can't find him, I'll have to
			move on. Are you sure you haven't
			seen him?

					BARTENDER
			Human... two meters tall... smooth-headed...
			no, I don't remember
			anyone like that.

	Troi eyes him.

					TROI
			You're lying...

					BARTENDER
			And you're Betazoid... I thought
			so.

	He leans in to her, speaks quietly.

					BARTENDER
			The people who come here count on
			a certain amount of... anonymity.
			If I started answering questions
			about them... even to a very
			beautiful woman... I wouldn't be
			in business very long.

	He sets another drink in front of her.

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - TEASER       3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					BARTENDER
			As a businesswoman, I'm sure you
			understand.

	And he moves off, leaving a frustrated Troi.

3    RIKER

	is in another part of the room. He is with a group of
	people who are in a raucous, merry mood. He laughs
	heartily with them, presumably at a tale that has just
	been told, claps one of them on the back, and
	withdraws.

					RIKER
			Great story... I'll have to
			remember that the next time I'm in
			a knife fight...

	He turns to encounter WORF, and the two move aside and
	talk quietly.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Any luck?

					WORF
			I think the one over there knows
			something.

	Worf looks casually toward a table in the background,
	and Riker's gaze follows.

4    YRANAC - THEIR POV

	A sleazy male Yridian sits alone at a table, sipping a
	drink and watching the scene around him furtively.

5    BACK TO SCENE

					WORF
			He wouldn't admit to having seen
			the Captain... but he said that
			anyone who visited the ruins of
			Nafir would probably come here
			eventually... I suspect he knows
			more.

					RIKER
			Let's go.

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - TEASER       4.

5    CONTINUED:

	Riker moves immediately toward the table; Worf tries to
	tell him something.

					WORF
				(loud whisper)
			Commander -- I told him --

	But Riker is out of earshot. Worf follows him to the
	table where Yranac is sitting. The man looks up a bit
	nervously as they approach and sit with him.

					RIKER
			My friend here tells me you might
			know about the man we're looking
			for.

	Yranac's eyes dart around the room, as though checking
	to see if he's being observed.

					YRANAC
			The only reason I'm talking to
			you... is that I have a sister,
			too.

	Riker glances at Worf, puzzled.

					WORF
				(covering for Riker)
			I explained to him... that we are
			looking for the man who
			impregnated your sister.

	There is a brief beat as Riker looks at Worf, stifling
	his response (is that the best story you could come up
	with?); then he turns back to Yranac.

					RIKER
			You can imagine how much this
			means to me.

					YRANAC
			Family honor is important... If
			someone had defiled my sister...
			I would do anything... pay
			anything... to find the one
			responsible.

	Yranac's message is clear: he's selling this
	information.

					RIKER
			I see. And just how much would
			"anything" be?

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - TEASER       5.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

					YRANAC
			As much as... five bars of goldpress
			latinum.

	But before Riker can respond, a hand snakes around
	Yranac's neck, pulling him up and off the chair.

					BARTENDER
			I think you've had too much to
			drink. You'd better leave.

	The patrons in the immediate vicinity glance at the
	incident, and move away slightly. They're used to
	these unpleasantries and don't want to get involved.

					BARTENDER
			On your way, Yranac.

	Suddenly a phaser comes into frame and presses against
	the bartender's head.

					BEVERLY'S VOICE
			I'm sorry... but I think he wants
			to stay.

	The bartender flickers his eyes toward BEVERLY, who is
	also dressed in local clothes, and who holds the
	phaser. The bartender lets go of Yranac.

					BEVERLY
				(to Yranac)
			Sit down.

	Yranac does. Beverly keeps the phaser trained on the
	bartender. Riker leans in to Yranac.

					RIKER
			This --
				(gestures to Beverly)
			-- is my sister.
				(beat)
			She's angry.
				(beat)
			She has a vicious temper. I
			wouldn't cross her.

	Troi joins them and positions herself on the other side
	of Yranac.

					BARTENDER
			You talk and you're a dead man,
			Yranac.

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - TEASER       6.

5    CONTINUED: (3)

	Yranac looks from one to the other, assessing. To
	Riker:

					YRANAC
			Perhaps there is an element of
			risk here that I did not fully
			appreciate.

					WORF
			And how much more latinum will it
			take to offset that risk?

					YRANAC
			This isn't about latinum.
				(spreads his hands)
			As a man with a sister -- a sister
			with a temper -- I can sympathize
			with you. But...
				(beat)
			How did you come here? Do you
			have a ship in orbit?

					RIKER
			Yes...

					YRANAC
			Then take me with you. You can
			drop me anywhere you like.

	Riker and Worf exchange a look.

					RIKER
			Agreed. Now talk.

	Yranac takes a breath.

					YRANAC
			The man you're looking for was
			here several weeks ago. There was
			a group of aliens sitting at this
			table... he was asking them
			questions.

					WORF
			Who were these aliens?

					YRANAC
			I don't know. But they looked
			dangerous.
				(beat)
			They attacked him. He managed to
			incapacitate three of them before
			he was knocked down.

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - TEASER       7.

5    CONTINUED: (4)

	He points to the wall behind him.

					YRANAC
			He was thrown against that wall...
			and fell there.

	Yranac points to a spot on the floor near the wall.
	Beverly hands the phaser to Troi, who keeps it trained
	on the bartender. She pulls out a tricorder and scans
	the wall and floor.

					BEVERLY
			I'm picking up some Starfleet
			fiber traces... and human cellular
			debris.

					RIKER
			Can you establish a DNA sequence?

	Beverly taps a few commands into her tricorder; she
	looks puzzled.

					BEVERLY
			There's something strange here.
			The cell structures are badly
			distorted. It looks as if they've
			been exposed to some kind of high
			energy field.

					WORF
			A weapon discharge?

					BEVERLY
			It could be. There are faint
			traces of micro-crystalline damage
			in the floor material. But I'm
			not familiar with the pattern.

	Yranac stares at her. He's realizing this group is
	other than what they seem.

					YRANAC
			Who are you people?

					RIKER
			You didn't say anything about a
			weapon.

	Yranac is beginning to look a little nervous.

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - TEASER       8.

5    CONTINUED: (5)

					YRANAC
				(quickly)
			I hadn't finished yet. You'll
			like this... the man got what was
			coming to him. When they knocked
			him down, one of them took out a
			weapon... and fired.
				(hoping this is wellreceived)
			He was vaporized.

	There's a moment of stunned silence. Yranac looks from
	one to the other, anxiously awaiting their reaction.
	Troi is staring intently at him. Then she turns to
	Riker.

					TROI
			He's telling the truth.

	Off their reactions...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT ONE      9.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

6    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit.

7    INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly is staring at an OKUDAGRAM of a DNA sequence
	displayed on the wall monitor. Riker ENTERS and
	crosses to her.

					RIKER
			Doctor?

	Beverly turns to him; her expression is grim.

					BEVERLY
			There's no question. It's Captain
			Picard's DNA.

	Riker is impassive, his expression unreadable, but it's
	all Beverly can do to keep from breaking down. It's
	hard for her to admit it to herself; she desperately
	wants to find some indication she's wrong, but she
	knows she isn't.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			I used a multi-base progression to
			regenerate the DNA. The technique
			is practically flawless...

	She continues to give her report, attempting to
	submerge her feelings in her work.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			The cellular damage could have
			been caused by a variety of energy
			fields... it's hard to be
			specific. I can't tell whether it
			was the field itself that killed
			him or if he was already dead
			when...

	She trails off, unable to continue. Riker wants to
	comfort her, but there isn't much to say.

   STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/27/93 - ACT ONE   10.

7    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I'll need your analysis for my
			report to Starfleet.

	She hands him a PADD.

					BEVERLY
			It's all here.

					RIKER
			Thank you.
				(beat)
			I'll inform the crew.

	Riker EXITS. Beverly returns to her work, trying to
	maintain her composure in the face of this tragedy.

                                             CUT TO:

8    INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	Riker is working at his desk when door CHIMES.

					RIKER
			Come.

	The DOOR OPENS and Troi ENTERS.

					TROI
			How are you doing?

					RIKER
			I'm all right.

	The words are not convincing.

					TROI
			The crew is pretty shaken up...
			I'm arranging a memorial
			service... I think you should be
			the one to deliver the eulogy.

	There's a long beat before Riker answers.

					RIKER
			You'd be better at something like
			that. Or Beverly. She knew him
			the longest...

	Troi knows he's avoiding.

      STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT ONE      11.

8    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I know it won't be easy... but
			it's important for all of us to
			face what's happened. You're in
			command now. The crew will be
			looking to you for guidance --

					RIKER
			You don't understand. I can't
			give the eulogy because I won't be
			at the service.

	Troi is surprised at the extent of his denial.
	Carefully --

					TROI
			A memorial service helps to give
			everyone a sense of completion.
			Helps them begin the healing
			process...

					RIKER
			That's exactly the point. I don't
			want to heal.

					TROI
			Wil --

	He touches his chest.

					RIKER
			I've got an open wound in here, it
			hurts like hell, and I don't want
			it to get better. I don't want to
			believe that everything's all
			right.

					TROI
			You're angry...

					RIKER
			You're damn right. And I intend
			to stay angry -- until I find
			whoever's responsible for the
			Captain's death.

	Troi's patience evaporates. She's hurting, too, and
	her professional demeanor crumbles under the strain.

      STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT ONE      12.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			That's pretty selfish, Wil.
				(a beat as Riker is
				 taken aback)
			Do you think you're the only one
			in pain? That you have a monopoly
			on loss? Well, I've got news for
			you. We're all hurting... we're
			all angry. And like it or not,
			you've got a responsibility to the
			crew. You can't just indulge your
			personal desire for revenge.

					RIKER
				(harshly)
			That's enough, Counselor.

	They stare at each other, she still bristling, he
	jolted by her anger and vehemence. He regrets his
	attack.

					RIKER
				(continuing, softer)
			I'm sorry.
				(beat)
			Deanna. This isn't about revenge.
			It's about justice. The Captain
			died in a bar fight... for
			nothing. Somebody has to answer
			for that.
				(beat)
			Then I can mourn.

9    INT. BRIDGE

	Riker is in the Captain's chair; Worf is at tactical.
	Various N.D.s in the b.g. ENSIGN GIUSTI is at Ops.

					WORF
			Commander. We are receiving a
			transmission from Admiral Chekote
			at Starbase two-twenty-seven.

					RIKER
			Put it through to the Ready Room.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Riker EXITS to...

      STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT ONE      13.

10   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	As Riker ENTERS, he stops; he stares at Picard's empty
	desk for a brief moment, feeling everything it
	represents... and then, decisively, he moves and sits
	down -- there will be time to remember later.

	He activates the desk terminal, and the image of
	ADMIRAL CHEKOTE appears on the monitor.

					RIKER
			Sir.

					CHEKOTE
			I've read your report, Commander.
			My condolences to you and your
			crew. Captain Picard's death is
			a loss to the entire Federation.
				(beat)
			I see you've asked to postpone
			your mission to the Argus
			sector... for what reason?

					RIKER
			I have a request, sir.
				(beat)
			I'd like to conduct an
			investigation into Captain
			Picard's death.

					CHEKOTE
			The Dessican authorities have
			jurisdiction in this case,
			Commander.

					RIKER
			I know that, sir. But frankly, I
			don't have much confidence in the
			authorities on Dessica Two.
			There's every reason to believe
			they're corrupt.

					CHEKOTE
			I suspect you're right. But the
			question remains... are you the
			one to pursue this?

					RIKER
			Sir, the Captain's death has hit
			me pretty hard. I may not be
			completely objective... but no one
			is more determined than I am.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT ONE      14.

10   CONTINUED:

					RIKER (Cont'd)
			I won't quit until we find out
			who's responsible.

	A beat, then Chekote nods.

					CHEKOTE
			All right, Commander. I'm
			officially placing the Enterprise
			on detached duty. Your mission is
			at your discretion. Good luck.

					RIKER
			Thank you, sir.

	Off Riker's determined expression...

11   INT. YRANAC'S QUARTERS

	Riker ENTERS to find Yranac sitting at a table
	surrounded by a huge assortment of food, eating
	heartily. Riker is carrying a PADD.

					YRANAC
			Ah, Commander Riker. I've been
			meaning to speak to you. I was
			wondering if you could move me to
			better quarters. I don't care
			much for the decor here.

					RIKER
			These are the best quarters we
			have.

	Yranac shrugs and continues eating.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Now that you've had some time to
			relax, I was hoping you might have
			remembered some details about the
			aliens you saw... something you'd
			forgotten earlier.

					YRANAC
			Sorry. My memory isn't what it
			used to be.

      STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT ONE      15.

11   CONTINUED:

	Riker suspects that Yranac knows more than he's
	telling, but Yranac's being cagey -- he's protecting
	every scrap of information he's got so he has something
	to bargain with. Riker's task is to get him to admit
	to as much as he can.

					RIKER
			You said the aliens looked
			dangerous. How could you tell?

					YRANAC
			They killed someone. I'd say that
			qualifies them as dangerous.

					RIKER
			But you said that you noticed they
			looked dangerous before the fight
			even started. What made you think
			that? Were they unusually
			aggressive... ? Were they heavily
			armed... ?

					YRANAC
			I don't recall.

					RIKER
			They murdered a man in plain view
			of everyone in that bar... and you
			can't remember anything about
			them?

					YRANAC
			Now that you mention it, I do
			remember one thing...
				(beat)
			They said they'd kill anyone who
			talked about what happened.

					RIKER
			But you offered to help us.

	Yranac shrugs; he feels secure enough to admit this
	much.

					YRANAC
			You're right. I saw a business
			opportunity. And besides, they
			were gone.

					RIKER
			Do you know where they went?

	Yranac doesn't answer and instead simply smiles.

      STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT ONE      16.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			You know who they are and you know
			where I can find them.

					YRANAC
			Perhaps I do.

					RIKER
			What do you want?

	Yranac thinks he's tantalized Riker enough.

					YRANAC
			Not a great deal, Commander. Just
			a shuttlecraft. I believe I'd
			like to travel for a while, see
			more of the galaxy. You
			understand.

					RIKER
			A shuttlecraft?
				(beat; smiles)
			Well, here's my offer. Instead of
			a ship, I'm going to give you some
			time.

					YRANAC
				(confused)
			Time?

					RIKER
			If you're lucky, you'll only have
			to spend the next five years in
			prison instead of the next twenty.

	Riker grabs Yranac by the front of the shirt and draws
	him to within an inch of his face.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			You've got twelve outstanding
			arrest warrants for fraud and
			petty theft in the Klingon Empire.
			If you tell me what you know, I'll
			pull a few strings... maybe get
			them to reduce your sentence after
			you're extradited.

	Yranac is in a full-blown panic.

      STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT ONE      17.

11   CONTINUED: (3)

					YRANAC
			You can't turn me over to the
			Klingons. They don't just
			imprison you... Do you know what
			the punishment is for fraud?

	Riker knows exactly what it is.

					RIKER
			Yes. I certainly do.

	Yranac is terrified at the prospect, but he's still
	trying to bargain his way out.

					YRANAC
			If I tell you what I know, you
			must promise you won't give me to
			the Klingons.

					RIKER
			I'll think about it.

					YRANAC
			Perhaps you could send me to a
			Federation rehabilitation colony
			instead.

					RIKER
			Talk!

	Yranac slumps; he's played all his cards and he's lost.
	His only chance now is to tell the truth.

					YRANAC
			The aliens were some kind of
			mercenary group. They've been
			operating in this sector for the
			last six months.

					RIKER
			Where do we find them?

					YRANAC
			I heard one of them mention the
			Barradas system... I think they
			were headed there.

					RIKER
			You think?

					YRANAC
				(miserable)
			That's all I know.

      STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT ONE      18.

11   CONTINUED: (4)

	Riker considers the information for a moment.

					RIKER
				(taps combadge)
			Riker to Data.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Data here.

					RIKER
				(to combadge)
			Take us out of orbit. Set course
			for the Barradas system, warp six.

	Riker fixes Yranac with a hard stare and EXITS.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT TWO      19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

12   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	dropping out of warp.

13   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Riker, Data, GEORDI, and Worf.

					DATA
			Barradas Three is the only M-class
			planet in this system, and it is
			listed as unpopulated. However,
			sensors have detected intermittent
			energy signals emanating from its
			surface.

					RIKER
			What's the source?

					GEORDI
			The signals are difficult to
			localize, but... they might be
			emissions from some kind of power
			converter...

					WORF
			Which could indicate a base or a
			ship.

					RIKER
			What else do we know about
			Barradas Three?

					DATA
			The planet was an outpost of the
			Debrune approximately two thousand
			years ago. The Federation
			Archaeological survey has
			catalogued numerous ruins on the
			surface.

	Riker considers for a beat.

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, I want a security
			detail to accompany the Away Team
			to the surface. I'll lead the
			team. Geordi, you're with me...
			Mister Data, you have the Bridge.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT TWO     19A.

13   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	As far as Riker is concerned, the meeting's over; he
	moves to leave and the others rise as well.

   STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/27/93 - ACT TWO   20.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Sir.

	Riker turns back to him.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			As Acting First Officer, I must
			question your decision to
			accompany the Away Team. If
			Captain Picard were here --

					RIKER
				(tightly)
			He's not.

					DATA
			I realize that, sir. But if he
			were, and he wanted to lead an
			Away Team, you would tell him that
			the Captain's place is --

					RIKER
			On the Bridge. I know.
				(beat)
			But not this time.

	And he EXITS. Data accepts the dismissal.

14   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	entering orbit around Barradas Three.

15   OMITTED

16   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - CLEARING - DAY

	Riker, Geordi, Worf, and two Security Officers, N.D. #1
	and N.D. #2, are in a large clearing. The forest has
	encroached on a variety of simple ruins; however, in
	several places through the site, there are strange
	INDENTATIONS in the ground: smooth, circularly-shaped
	holes which almost suggest that something was scooped
	away.

	Geordi, Worf and N.D. #1 are equipped with tricorders;
	the entire team is armed with phasers.

   STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/27/93 - ACT TWO   21.

17   RIKER AND GEORDI

	are standing together as Geordi scans the site; the
	others continue working in the b.g.

	Geordi works his tricorder with frustration; he's
	having trouble getting clear readings.

					GEORDI
			It's tough to get accurate sensor
			readings... there's a lot of
			interference in the area.

					RIKER
			From what?

					GEORDI
			I'm not sure... it's unlocalized.
			It could be atmospheric...

					RIKER
			What do you make of this?

	Riker moves near one of the circular indentations in
	the ground. Geordi kneels down and examines the ground
	with his VISOR.

					GEORDI
			The ruins are ancient... but I'd
			say this indentation was made
			fairly recently...
				(unconvinced)
			There might have been a battle
			here...

	Riker looks at the indentation.

					RIKER
			It doesn't look like any blast
			point I've ever seen... the shape
			is too perfect.

   STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/27/93 - ACT TWO   22.

17   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(surprised)
			Sir, there's micro-crystalline
			damage all through this area.
			It's the same kind of pattern
			Doctor Crusher picked up in the
			floor of that bar on Dessica Two.

					WORF (O.S.)
			Commander...

18   ANOTHER ANGLE - WORF (OPTICAL)

	Worf is standing near the edge of the clearing with
	N.D. #1. Riker and Geordi move to join them.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			I have found something.

	Worf points down at TWO ARTIFACTS which are lying in
	the grass. There are no other ruins nearby, and the
	artifacts look completely out of place where they are.
	Riker stares at them, puzzled.

					RIKER
				(musing)
			It almost looks as if someone...
			dropped them --

	Without warning, a PHASER BLAST hits N.D. #1 square in
	the chest; he goes down instantly.

	Geordi and Worf dive for safety behind some nearby
	ruins; Riker and N.D. #2 are forced away from the
	others in order to find cover.

19   THE SCENE (OPTICAL)

	The phaser fire came from the trees ahead of the Away
	Team; as the action plays out, we will see the
	attackers. They are a team of THREE ARMED MERCENARIES:
	the leader, a Romulan female, TALLERA; a large,
	intimidating alien female, VEKOR; and an alien male,
	NARIK.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT TWO     22A.

19   CONTINUED:

	(Note: while their individual uniforms are different,
	all the mercenaries have the same distinctive DEVICE
	attached to their necks.)

	Protected by covering fire, Tallera rushes out into the
	clearing, grabs the two artifacts, and dives back into
	cover.

	Our people quickly return fire with their phasers, but
	the mercenaries have us outgunned -- both halves of the
	Away Team are pinned down.

20   GEORDI

	taps his combadge as we HEAR continuing fire.

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			La Forge to Enterprise... we are
			under attack...

      STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT TWO      23.

21   INT. BRIDGE

	Data is in command; Ensign Giusti is at Ops.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Repeat, we are under attack...

	A loud blast of static bursts through the com.

					GIUSTI
			Commander, we've lost contact with
			the Away Team.

					DATA
			Is there a malfunction?

					GIUSTI
				(checks console)
			No, sir... the com system is being
			jammed...

					DATA
			What is the source?

					GIUSTI
			Somewhere on the surface...

	A beat as Data considers.

					DATA
			Bridge to Transporter Room Two.
			Can you get a lock on the Away
			Team?

					TRANSPORTER CHIEF'S VOICE
			Negative, sir. There's too much
			interference.

22   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - CLEARING - DAY (OPTICAL)

	Riker is crouched low behind a rock with N.D. #2.
	Riker indicates a clump of trees a short distance away.

					RIKER
			I'm going to try to reach those
			trees. If I can get there, we
			might be able to set up a
			crossfire. Keep me covered...

      STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT TWO      24.

22   CONTINUED:

	N.D. #2 nods... and then Riker makes a dash for the
	trees, as a PHASER BLAST EXPLODES behind him -- he
	catches part of the blast and he falls, unconscious.

23
thru	OMITTED
26

27   GEORDI AND WORF

	quickly regroup, and joined by N.D. #2, the three
	charge forward to try and get to Riker, but...

28   TALLERA, NARIK, AND VEKOR (OPTICAL)

	reach Riker first and surround him. An instant later,
	the entire group DEMATERIALIZES. (Note: The
	mercenaries' Transporter effect should be different
	from our own.)

	A second later, Geordi, Worf and N.D. #2 reach the spot --
	but they're too late. Riker is gone -- the mercenaries
	have captured him.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

  STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/27/93 - ACT THREE  25.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

29   EXT. SURFACE - CLEARING - DAY (CONTINUOUS)

	Geordi, Worf, and N.D. #2 are at the spot where Riker
	and the mercenaries dematerialized seconds before.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Data to Away Team... please
			respond...

	Geordi reacts, surprised -- the com jamming has
	stopped.

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			Data, we've been attacked. We've
			got one casualty... and Commander
			Riker has been taken captive.

					WORF
				(to com)
			Sir, the mercenaries have
			transported away... they must have
			a base or a ship nearby. Can you
			locate anything on sensors?

30   INT. BRIDGE

	Data and Giusti as before.

					GIUSTI
				(off console)
			Commander, we're picking up a
			vessel leaving orbit...

					DATA
			Why was it not detected earlier?

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT THREE     26.

30   CONTINUED:

					GIUSTI
				(off console)
			They could have been using the
			planet as a shield...
				(urgently)
			Sir, they are powering up their
			weapon systems.

					DATA
			Raise shields. Red Alert.

	The ship goes to red alert.

31   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & THE MERCENARY SHIP
	(OPTICAL)

	As the sleek, dangerous-looking mercenary ship races
	away from the planet, it fires on the Enterprise.

32   INT. BRIDGE

	as the SHIP SHAKES.

					DATA
			Damage report.

					GIUSTI
			Minor hit on the port deflector...
			no damage.
				(beat)
			They're running, sir... their
			speed is warp eight-point-seven
			and holding. I think they're at
			their maximum..

					DATA
			Take us to warp nine and pursue.
			Lock phasers on target.

					GIUSTI
			Aye, sir... we should be within
			phaser range in twenty-three
			seconds.

	A beat.
					GIUSTI
				(continuing)
			Switching to long-range
			scanners...
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT THREE     27.

32   CONTINUED:

					GIUSTI (Cont'd)
				(off console, concerned)
			Commander... the sensor image of
			that ship is extremely weak...
			it's fading...

	Giusti works her console frantically for a beat... and
	then she looks up.

					GIUSTI
				(continuing)
			The ship doesn't register on the
			long range sensors. I'm sorry,
			sir... we've lost them.

	Data reacts and moves to Ops.

					DATA
			Increase the sensor field
			bandwidth. Patch in the lateral
			sensor arrays to enhance
			detection.

					GIUSTI
				(works console,
				 frustrated)
			It's no good... the signal's
			gone... it just... disappeared.

	Data reacts to the news, concerned. He considers for
	a beat.

					DATA
			Plot a course and take us back to
			Barradas Three. Notify the Away
			Team to be ready for transport.

	Off Data's concerned expression.

33   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	back in orbit around Barradas Three.

34   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Data, Troi, Geordi, and Worf. Data is standing near
	the large monitor which is displaying a graphic of the
	mercenary ship and other associated information.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT THREE     28.

34   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Starfleet Intelligence has
			confirmed that a ship matching
			this configuration has been linked
			to raids on several other planets
			in this sector.

	Everyone is frustrated, but Geordi and Worf are
	particularly restive; they're upset with what they
	perceive to be their failure on the surface, and it's
	difficult for them to sit patiently through Data's
	careful, measured briefing.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			For the short time it was within
			our visual range, we were able to
			take sensor readings of the
			mercenary vessel.
				(beat)
			It appears to be encased in an
			energy-absorbing material.
			Although we can see the ship, this
			energy sheath renders it virtually
			undetectable to our long-range
			sensors.

					TROI
			There must be some way to track
			it.

	Geordi consults a PADD in front of him.

					GEORDI
			Data, I know this is a long
			shot... but if I remodulate the
			long-range sensor array, I might
			be able to increase its
			sensitivity enough to detect the
			ship.

	Data is not convinced.

					DATA
			Without a full compositional
			analysis of the energy sheath, the
			chances of finding the correct
			remodulation sequence are remote.
				(beat)
			Furthermore, based on their speed,
			they could be as far as two-point-three-seven
			light years from this
			location.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT THREE     29.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

	Troi, Geordi, and Worf react; that's a lot of space to
	search. But Worf is not ready to give up yet.

					WORF
			That means they must still be
			within this sector. If we used
			all available shuttlecraft to
			conduct a level-one search --

					DATA
			It would still take at least ten
			days to complete. In that time
			the mercenaries would continue to
			distance themselves from us.

	Data's logic is relentless -- and a little irritating.

					WORF
				(frustrated)
			Sir. They have taken Commander
			Riker. We must do something. We
			cannot just sit here.

					DATA
			On the contrary, Lieutenant, that
			is precisely what we must do.

	Data continues, unaware of the mounting frustration in
	the room.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Since there are no viable
			alternatives, we will return to
			the surface and attempt to
			determine what the mercenaries
			were doing on this planet. An
			investigation may reveal some
			indication of their purpose.
			Notify me when you have assembled
			your search teams.
				(beat)
			Dismissed.

	Data has made it very clear just who is in command.
	The situation makes Troi, Geordi and Worf a little
	uncomfortable, but they all know how to follow orders.
	They EXIT unhappily. Off Data's determined expression.

35   EXT. SPACE - THE MERCENARY SHIP (OPTICAL)

	coming out of warp.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT THREE     30.

36   INT. MERCENARY SHIP - BRIDGE

	Tallera (the Romulan female we saw earlier) is leading
	a groggy Riker across the room as he struggles
	painfully back to consciousness. Riker's combadge is
	gone and there is now a small patch-like device (like
	all the other mercenaries wear) at the side of his
	throat.

	The mercenary bridge is sleek and spare with no wasted
	space, just like everything on this ship. A large
	Viewscreen dominates the forward section and there's a
	small Transporter pad in one corner. The walls are
	lined with consoles which are manned by various N.D.
	MERCENARIES. The ALERT LIGHTS are active, and there is
	a tense, urgent feeling on the bridge.

	In the center of the bridge is a raised platform
	encircled by a rail and a console. From here, the
	Captain commands an unobstructed view of the entire
	room. It should feel as though this ship and crew are
	always ready for battle.

	Tallera pushes Riker against the rail and stares at him
	silently.

	The mercenary captain, BARAN, stands on his platform.
	He's a humanoid male alien, intelligent, muscular -- a
	man to be reckoned with. Baran is wearing a small
	CONTROL DEVICE at his belt.

	Baran is engaged in a heated conversation with the
	engineer, Narik, and for the moment, ignores Riker and
	Tallera.

					NARIK
				(upset)
			I warned you not to push the
			engines so hard. Two of the power
			shunts are on the verge of
			collapse. We'll be lucky if we
			can maintain warp six.

					BARAN
			How long will it take to repair?

					NARIK
			I can try to realign the warp
			core... it'll take at least
			eleven hours.
				(beat)
			But I'll have to shut the engines
			down completely.

	Baran fixes Narik with a hard look.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT THREE     31.

36   CONTINUED:

					BARAN
			We're not stopping. We can't
			afford to be sitting helpless in
			space. I want warp eight
			available in five hours. And I'm
			not going to listen to your
			excuses.

	Narik glares angrily at Baran but does not dispute him.
	He nods and moves to a console in the b.g. Baran then
	turns and stares coldly at Riker.

					BARAN
			What were you doing on Barradas
			Three?

					RIKER
				(all I'm saying)
			William T. Riker, Commander, SC
			two-three-one dash four-two-seven.

	Baran cocks his head and regards him. Is he going to
	play this silly game?

					BARAN
			All right. I am Arctus Baran...
			and I don't have a number.
				(beat)
			Now. What were you doing on
			Barradas Three -- Commander?

					RIKER
			We were studying the ruins. It
			was a scientific expedition.

					BARAN
			Don't patronize me. Those ruins
			have been studied for centuries.
			There's nothing new to learn from
			them.

					RIKER
			Then what were you doing there?

	Baran smiles, acknowledging the riposte. Then he takes
	the device at his belt and activates it. Riker sinks
	to his knees, gasping, in tremendous pain.
	Instinctively, he tries to pull the patch off his neck.

					BARAN
			Don't bother, Commander, you can't
			remove it. It's a neural servo.
			It's connected directly to your
			nervous system.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/30/93 - ACT THREE  32.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

					BARAN (Cont'd)
			It lets me control precisely how
			much pain you feel.
				(beat)
			This setting is usually
			sufficient.
				(beat)
			However, if necessary it can go
			much higher.

	Baran lets Riker writhe in pain for a beat before he
	shuts off the device. Riker's pain stops and he
	groans, barely able to speak, exhausted by the ordeal.

					BARAN
			These devices were my
			predecessor's idea... a convenient
			way of enforcing discipline...

					RIKER
				(weakly)
			What happened to him?

					BARAN
				(I got rid of him)
			He failed to discipline me
			sufficiently...

	The female alien, Vekor, moves near the platform.

					VEKOR
			This is a waste of time, Baran.
			Get rid of him now.

					BARAN
			You should be more patient, Vekor.
			It can be rewarding.
				(beat)
			We will wait. Let the memory of
			his pain argue with him for a
			while... maybe it will change his
			attitude.

	Narik steps forward.

					NARIK
			Vekor's right -- we should get rid
			of him. It's dangerous to have
			someone from Starfleet on board.

					BARAN
			Dangerous? It might be
			profitable. A Starfleet Commander
			is a valuable hostage.

  STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/30/93 - ACT THREE  32A.

36   CONTINUED: (3)

					VEKOR
			Starfleet won't negotiate with us.
			But they'll pursue us as long as
			we have him.

	We're beginning to see that this crew is not just one
	harmonious, happy team. Everyone is suspicious of the
	others and everyone is looking out for himself first.

	Baran presses his pain control briefly; Vekor cries out
	and staggers back.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT THREE     33.

36   CONTINUED: (3)

					BARAN
			This discussion is over, Vekor.
			Return to your post.

	But Vekor meets Baran's gaze and does not move. The
	tension is building...

					PICARD (O.S.)
			They're right, Baran, and you know
			it...

	The group turns to see...

37   PICARD

	As he turns around from one of the consoles to face the
	others. He's dressed like one of the mercenaries.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I say kill him. Now.

	Off Riker's stunned reaction.

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT FOUR     34.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

38   INT. MERCENARY BRIDGE (CONTINUOUS)

	Riker is completely stunned at the sight of Picard, but
	he quickly controls himself -- before he says anything,
	he has to figure out what's going on here.

	Picard, however, doesn't even give Riker a second
	glance; his attention is focused entirely on Baran.

					PICARD
				(re: Riker)
			If he has nothing to give us, then
			we should kill him now and be done
			with it. Everyone seems to
			recognize that fact except you.

	Picard speaks harshly, with a violent edge that's only
	barely restrained.

					BARAN
			I don't need a consensus to run
			this ship, Galen.

	This is not the first argument Baran and Picard have
	had, and the hostility between the two men is evident.
	Picard is about to respond when suddenly, the SHIP
	SHUDDERS slightly and the LIGHTS DIM.

					BARAN
				(quickly)
			What's going on?

	Narik quickly moves to monitor one of the consoles in
	the b.g.

					NARIK
			We're bypassing the aft plasma
			couplings... the power loss should
			only last a few seconds...

	A short beat passes and the lights return to normal.
	Baran returns his attention to Picard.

					BARAN
			You should learn not to limit your
			options. Riker could be useful to
			us in the future.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT FOUR     35.

38   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			He may not be as useful as you
			think...

	Picard moves toward Riker.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			... if this is the same Riker I've
			heard about.

	Riker is deeply confused; he doesn't know what Picard
	is doing or how to react to it. For now, he's just got
	to try and play along.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			And which "Riker" is that?

					PICARD
			Commander of the Enterprise... ?
			Formerly assigned to the USS
			Hood... ?

					RIKER
			That's right.

					PICARD
			Then you must be the William T.
			Riker with a history of
			insubordination...

	As Picard continues to speak, Riker begins to pick up
	something in his tone and manner -- he senses where
	Picard's going with this.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			He was even relieved of duty once,
			during the Cardassian incident at
			Minos Korva.

	Picard's story has thrown Baran off balance.

					BARAN
				(to Picard)
			How do you know all this?

  STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/27/93 - ACT FOUR  35A.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I've been smuggling artifacts out
			of Federation sites for years.
			It's difficult to avoid developing
			a... familiarity with certain
			Starfleet personnel...

	Picard turns directly to Riker.

					PICARD
				(taunting)
			If we hadn't captured him, he
			probably would've ended up in
			front of a court martial.

	By now, Riker understands what Picard has been trying
	to set up, and he plays into it.

					RIKER
				(hard)
			I've gotten out of them before.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT FOUR     36.

38   CONTINUED: (3)

	Baran looks thoughtfully at Riker.

					PICARD
				(to Baran)
			He's no use to us. Finish him now
			or let me do it for you.

	But before Baran can reply, the SHIP SHUDDERS again.
	For a moment, everyone thinks it's just Narik making
	repairs like before... and then suddenly, the ship
	LURCHES FORWARD, accelerating rapidly; the ALARM
	KLAXONS sound.

	Baran reacts, concerned; he shoves Riker toward an ND
	Mercenary.

					BARAN
				(to ND)
			Watch him.

	The argument is quickly forgotten as Baran, Tallera,
	Narik, Vekor, and Picard rush to the consoles. The
	WHINE of the ship's engines begins to get louder...

					BARAN
				(to Narik, accusing)
			What have you done?

					NARIK
			It has nothing to do with my
			repairs...
				(works console)
			I think there's a malfunction in
			the engine's intermix chamber...

					VEKOR
			We're accelerating...

					TALLERA
			Plasma pressure is rising...

					BARAN
			Where's the malfunction?

					NARIK
			It could be any one of thirty
			subsystems. It'll take time to
			locate...

					TALLERA
			I don't think you're going to have
			the chance. Plasma pressure is
			reaching critical levels...

   STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/28/93 - ACT FOUR   37.

38   CONTINUED: (4)

	The whine of the engines increases...

					BARAN
			Seal off the intermix chamber.

					VEKOR
				(works console)
			I can't... the override sequence
			won't engage...

39   ANGLE ON PICARD

	as he works his console.

					PICARD
			It's the antimatter flow
			regulator... It's locked open...

	As Baran rushes over to inspect Picard's panel, for a
	brief moment, Picard manages to make eye contact with
	Riker.

40   RIKER

	catches the glance -- what's Picard up to now?

41   RESUME SCENE

					TALLERA
			Plasma pressure has exceeded
			maximum levels... eight percent
			above critical and rising.

					NARIK
			We have to jettison the core...

					BARAN
			No! We'll be stranded here --

					PICARD
			The flow regulator is frozen...

	Riker catches Picard's eye for a moment -- and realizes
	what's going on -- Picard has created the malfunction
	specifically for Riker to fix.

					RIKER
			Let me do it.

	Baran and the others react.

   STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/28/93 - ACT FOUR   38.

41   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to Baran)
			I've had a lot of experience with
			these kinds of system failures...
			I might be able to do something.

					TALLERA
			Plasma pressure is eleven percent
			above critical... The containment
			fields are beginning to degrade...

	Baran really has no other option.

					BARAN
				(to Riker)
			Go!

	Riker rushes to Picard's console, works the commands,
	and quickly studies the readout.

					RIKER
			It looks like you've got a control
			logic lockout in the regulator
			subsystem.

	He begins to work the panel...

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I'm going to try to run an active
			bypass through the plasma flow
			convertor...

	He pushes Narik towards another console.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Start running a phase-locked
			feedback through the regulator...
			I'll need about a six second
			delay...

	Narik angrily shoves Riker away.

					NARIK
			I don't take orders from you.

					BARAN
			Do as he says!

	Narik glares at Riker and begins to work his console.

   STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/28/93 - ACT FOUR   39.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					TALLERA
			Plasma pressure is fourteen
			percent above critical...

	Riker moves to another station, OPENS A PANEL and
	begins working inside it.

					BARAN
			If you fail--

					RIKER
				(cuts him off)
			We'll all be dead anyway.
				(beat, works)
			Just a few more seconds...

	Riker moves back to a console and makes a final
	adjustment... The ship SHUDDERS briefly, and the whine
	of the engines quickly drops back to normal.

					TALLERA
			Plasma pressure is dropping...
				(beat)
			We're back into safe levels.

	There's a moment of relief.

					RIKER
				(to Baran)
			If you want to make sure that
			doesn't happen again, you'd better
			re-initialize the regulator
			subprocessors. A full diagnostic
			on the intermix chamber wouldn't
			hurt either.

					BARAN
				(to Narik and Vekor)
			Do it.

	Narik and Vekor nod and move away; Baran, Tallera, and
	Picard are left with Riker.

					BARAN
				(to Tallera, re: Riker)
			Put him in quarters for now.

	Riker smiles confidently at Picard.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			Still wish you'd killed me?

	Picard glares at Riker but says nothing; then he EXITS.
	Off Baran's thoughtful expression as Tallera leads
	Riker away.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT FOUR     40.

42   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	still in orbit around Barradas Three.

43   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - CLEARING (OPTICAL)

	Data, Geordi, Worf, and an N.D. Security Team are
	exploring the ruins and the site of the battle.

44   DATA

	is carefully studying one of the strange, circular
	indentations in the ground as Worf and Geordi walk up
	to him.

					WORF
			The search teams have reported in,
			sir. They located several
			archaeological sites. Each one
			has been looted.

	Geordi considers.

					GEORDI
			It's possible that the micro-crystalline
			damage I found in
			these indentations was the result
			of some kind of high-energy
			Transporter beam...
				(beat)
			... but I still don't understand.
			There's nothing here that's
			particularly valuable. Why would
			anyone want to steal any of these
			things?

	Data considers.

					DATA
			Perhaps these artifacts have
			special value to the Romulans.

					WORF
			The Romulans?

					DATA
			These structures were built by the
			Debrune. That race was an ancient
			offshoot of the Romulans. And the
			ruins on the planet where Captain
			Picard was killed were also
			Romulan in origin.

   STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/27/93 - ACT FOUR   41.

44   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			The leader of the group which
			attacked us was a Romulan.
				(beat)
			Perhaps they are controlling the
			mercenaries...

					DATA
			But the question remains: Why are
			they stealing these artifacts?

	Reactions.

45   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	still in orbit around Barradas Three.

46   INT. BRIDGE - ANGLE ON AFT SCIENCE

	In the b.g., Worf is at tactical and Ensign Giusti is
	at Ops.

	Data and Geordi are looking at the monitor which
	displays an OKUDAGRAM of several star systems and
	associated information. Several planets are
	highlighted.

					DATA
			There are several archaeological
			sites in this sector containing
			ruins which are Romulan in origin.
				(beat, pointing)
			These are the locations which have
			been attacked by the mercenary
			vessel.

					GEORDI
			It looks like they've done a
			pretty thorough job.

					DATA
			The only sites which have not been
			attacked are on Calder Two,
			Yadalla Prime, and Draken Four.

	Geordi considers.

					GEORDI
			Yadalla and Draken are on the far
			edge of the sector... but Calder
			Two is less than a day from here
			at maxiumum warp.

   STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/27/93 - ACT FOUR   42.

46   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			That would be their next likely
			target.

	Geordi studies the display.

					GEORDI
			According to this, there's a
			Federation outpost on Calder Two.

					DATA
			But it is only a small science
			station; it has limited defensive
			capabilities.
				(beat)
			I do not believe it could
			withstand an attack by the
			mercenary ship.

	The implications are clear. Data gets up and moves to
	the captain's chair.

					DATA
			Mister Worf. Send a message to
			the Federation outpost on Calder
			Two. Advise them that if a ship
			matching the mercenary vessel's
			configuration approaches, they
			should attempt to delay them until
			our arrival.
				(to Giusti)
			Ensign Giusti, take us out of
			orbit. Set course for the Calder
			system. Warp nine.

					GIUSTI
			Aye, sir.

47   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	goes into warp.

                                             CUT TO:

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT FOUR     43.

48   INT. MERCENARY SHIP - RIKER'S QUARTERS

	Riker is alone and thoroughly agitated -- he's got
	plenty of questions and no answers. Suddenly, the DOOR
	OPENS and Picard ENTERS.

					PICARD
			We don't have much time...

	Picard is rushed and urgent, but he is no longer the
	violent, angry character he was on the bridge -- this
	is the Picard Riker knows.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I hardly expected to see you here,
			Wil.

	For a brief moment, Riker just stares at him; he's not
	sure how to react.

					RIKER
			I was trying to find the people
			who killed you.
				(beat)
			A witness in that bar saw you
			vaporized.

					PICARD
			These mercenaries use weapons
			which activate their Transporter.
			It allows them to beam away
			objects quickly, by simply firing
			at them. That's what they did to
			me.

	Riker's totally frustrated -- he wants answers.

					RIKER
			I don't understand any of this.
			Who are these people? How did you
			get involved with them?

					PICARD
			One of the sites I wanted to study
			had been raided. A lot of
			artifacts were stolen... the site
			was practically destroyed. I
			wanted to find who was
			responsible.
				(beat)
			I tracked them to the bar on
			Dessica Two. I suppose I asked
			too many questions... They
			captured me to find out how much
			I knew about their operation...

   STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/27/93 - ACT FOUR   44.

48   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			But you ended up as part of the
			crew...

					PICARD
			I convinced them I was a smuggler
			named "Galen", and I offered to
			help them appraise the relics
			they'd stolen...

	Picard keeps one eye anxiously trained on the door --
	he knows someone could walk in at any moment..

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Wil, these aren't common thieves.
			They're stealing Romulan artifacts
			from archaeological sites
			throughout this sector...
				(beat)
			Baran has me analyzing each one
			for a particular particle
			signature. They're looking for a
			specific artifact...

					RIKER
			Why?

					PICARD
			That's what we have to find out.
			And Baran is the key. I believe
			he's the only one on board who
			really knows what we're looking
			for.
				(beat)
			I want you to try to get close to
			Baran... gain his confidence.

	Riker begins to catch on.

					RIKER
			That's why you set up the engine
			failure... you knew I'd be able to
			fix it...

					PICARD
				(nods)
			He also believes you're a less
			than perfect Starfleet officer...
			you'll have to play into that
			role.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT FOUR         45.

48   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			Baran doesn't care much for me --
			he tolerates me because he needs
			me to test the artifacts. If you
			and I become enemies, there's a
			better chance you can become his
			friend.

	A beat.

					RIKER
			All right. I'll do what I can --

	Suddenly, the DOOR OPENS and Baran ENTERS. Without a
	moment's hesitation, Picard PUNCHES Riker in the face.

					BARAN
				(furious)
			What are you doing here?

	Picard is trying to make this look like an
	interrogation.

					PICARD
			Getting some answers. Just
			because you couldn't get him to
			talk --

	Suddenly, Picard gasps and grabs his neck; Baran has
	activated his pain device. Baran lets it continue for
	a beat before shutting it off.

					BARAN
			No one conducts an interrogation
			on this ship without my
			permission.
				(beat)
			Is that understood?

	Picard returns Baran's stare but does not respond; he
	simply EXITS.

	Off Riker and Baran's expressions.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/27/93 - ACT FIVE       46.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

49   INT. MERCENARY BRIDGE

	Baran is standing on the central platform briefing the
	crew. Picard, Vekor, Narik, and Tallera and other N.D.
	Mercenaries are gathered around.

					BARAN
			Our next objective is located in
			the Sakethan burial mounds on
			Calder Two.

	Picard reacts -- he recognizes the name.

					PICARD
			Calder Two isn't just another
			archaeological site. There's a
			Federation outpost there.

					BARAN
				(dismissive)
			I don't see that as a problem.

					PICARD
			It's defended by Starfleet.
			They're not going to just stand by
			while we walk in and take whatever
			we want.

					BARAN
			I'm aware of the tactical
			situation.

					VEKOR
				(concerned)
			What are their defenses?

					BARAN
			Nothing to worry about. They have
			a type-four deflector shield
			protecting the outpost and the
			ruins.

					PICARD
			They'll also have a minimum of two
			phaser banks... and possibly even
			photon torpedoes. Is that enough
			to worry about?

					TALLERA
			How do you know so much about this
			outpost?

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/27/93 - ACT FIVE       47.

49   CONTINUED:

	Tallera studies Picard suspiciously. Picard answers
	without breaking stride.

					PICARD
			I tried to smuggle a Sakethan
			glyph stone out of there two years
			ago. I barely got away in one
			piece.

	Baran can feel the group losing confidence in his plan.
	He moves quickly to reassure them.

					BARAN
			Our weapons are more than a match
			for their defenses. I anticipate
			we'll be able to destroy the
			outpost in less than fifteen
			minutes. After that, we'll send
			in Tallera and the landing party
			to secure the relics.

	Picard is in very difficult position: he has to protect
	the outpost, but at the same time, Picard wants Baran
	to succeed with the raid so that he'll be able to
	continue his mission.

					PICARD
			Fifteen minutes is more than
			enough time to transmit a distress
			call.

					BARAN
			By the time they're able to detect
			us, we'll be jamming their
			communications. They'll have no
			chance to send a message.

	The others mercenaries are not so confident.

					NARIK
			But our sensors will be useless as
			well.
				(beat)
			Starfleet's already searching for
			this ship. They could be on top
			of us without our realizing it.

					PICARD
			He's right. And our landing party
			would be stranded on the surface.

					BARAN
			That's a risk I'm prepared to
			take.

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/27/93 - ACT FIVE       48.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			That's because you won't be down
			there... your life won't be at
			risk.

	Baran bristles at the implication.

					BARAN
			If we don't find what we're
			looking for, none of our lives
			will be worth anything.

	Picard seizes on this.

					PICARD
			Why? Who are we working for?

	Baran has no intention of answering the question.

					BARAN
			All you need to know is that we
			have to attack that outpost. We
			don't have a choice.

					PICARD
			Maybe we do.
				(beat)
			Why don't we use Riker?

	Baran reacts.

					PICARD
			A Starfleet Commander might be
			able to talk us past the outpost
			security without raising any
			suspicions.
				(beat)
			Once they drop their shields, we
			could beam the artifacts up
			without having to leave the ship.

	Baran sees that his crew is quickly falling into line
	with Picard.

					VEKOR
				(to Picard)
			Why would Riker help us? Just
			because he's out of favor with
			Starfleet doesn't mean he's ready
			to betray them.

          STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT FIVE         49.

49   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			If he doesn't help us, we'll
			destroy the outpost and kill
			everyone on it. He's still a
			Starfleet officer... he won't let
			innocent people die if he can
			prevent it.

					TALLERA
				(quietly, to Baran)
			The last time we engaged
			Starfleet, we lost a man. We
			can't afford any more casualties.
				(beat)
			If we can avoid a battle, I think
			we should.

	A tense beat. Baran has no supporters left here... he
	has no other choice.

					BARAN
			All right. We'll try it.
				(beat; to group)
			We'll be at Calder Two in
			approximately five hours... you
			all know your duties. I want this
			ship ready for battle...
				(pointedly to Picard)
			... in case your plan doesn't work.

	Baran EXITS. Off Picard's expression.

                                             CUT TO:

50   INT. MERCENARY SHIP - CARGO BAY

	The room looks like a cross between an archaeological
	museum and a science lab. The walls are jammed with
	scientific consoles, and the remaining spaces are
	filled with artifacts scattered around the room in and
	out of cargo containers.

	Picard is working at a console; he has a TRICORDER and
	a PADD, and a small relic sits on a SCANNER PAD in
	front of him. The scanner pad looks like it was
	cobbled-together from several tech-instrument
	attachments.

	Picard is performing a complex, multi-step analysis.
	He scans the relic with his tricorder and works the
	console, making several adjustments to the scanner.

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/30/93 - ACT FIVE       50.

50   CONTINUED:

	He carefully adjusts the scanner with a tool before
	he's satisfied -- it's clear this is a difficult and
	time-consuming process.

					PICARD
			Computer. Access spectral
			enhancement mode three and begin
			scan.

	The scanner pad LIGHTS UP, and a short beat later, the
	computer BEEPS.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Scan complete.

					PICARD
			Analysis?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Terikon particle decay profile
			does not fall within specified
			reference range. Probability of
			match: zero-point-zero-four
			percent.

	Picard makes a note in his PADD and takes the relic off
	the scanner. He picks up another artifact and places
	it on the scanner.

					PICARD
			Computer. Reset diagnostic for
			new sample, lot number three-six-nine-A...

	The DOOR OPENS and Tallera ENTERS.

					TALLERA
			Baran wants to see the analysis of
			the last lot. He thinks you're
			moving a little slowly.

					PICARD
			Tell Baran if he wants the
			analysis done faster, he can do it
			himself. If he wants it done
			correctly, he can wait.

	Picard turns his attention back to the sample, but
	Tallera moves to the console and turns off the scanner.

          STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT FIVE         51.

50   CONTINUED: (2)

					TALLERA
			Do you enjoy living dangerously,
			Galen? Baran can kill you in an
			instant if he activates his
			control device...

	Tallera's manner is friendly, even seductive. She's
	trying to draw Picard out, figure him out.

					PICARD
			I doubt he'll do that. I've
			increased the accuracy of the
			identification process by a factor
			of ten. I'm the best person here
			to analyze these artifacts, and
			Baran knows it.

	He snaps the scanner back on and places another
	artifact on the pad.

					PICARD
			Computer, begin scan.

					TALLERA
			He may need you now -- but I know
			Baran, and I can tell you he's not
			going to back down forever.
				(beat)
			You accomplish nothing by
			provoking him.

	Picard turns to her. He might be able to use this
	opportunity to get some information himself.

	In the background, we hear the computer voice:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Scan complete.

					PICARD
			I don't like operating in the
			dark. If I knew what the point of
			this mission were... why I'm
			scanning these relics...

					TALLERA
			If Baran felt it were wise to let
			the crew know that, I'm sure he
			would have.

	A beat as Picard assesses her.

          STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT FIVE         52.

50   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Do you know what this is all
			about?

	She smiles, an enigmatic smile that suggests a special
	relationship between her and Baran.

					TALLERA
			What Baran knows, I know...

					PICARD
			Then tell me what we're doing
			here. Why are we risking our
			lives taking these artifacts? Who
			wants them?

					TALLERA
			I see no reason to tell you
			anything... but you can rest
			assured I don't necessarily share
			everything I know with Baran,
			either.

	A beat as she moves closer to him.

					TALLERA
				(softly)
			This conversation, for example...
			will stay between us.

	He gives her a look. Is there a hint of complicity?
	Of seduction?

	He can't be sure what this mysterious woman is getting
	at, but he certainly doesn't trust her.

					PICARD
			You can tell him every word I've
			said. He knows I don't think he's
			much of a leader.

	Tallera takes a step back, as though feeling a rebuff.
	The edge has returned to her voice.

					TALLERA
			He's been in charge of this crew
			for a long time.

					PICARD
			He wouldn't be captain for five
			minutes if he didn't have the
			control device.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT FIVE         53.

50   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			The crew follows him because they
			have no choice. Baran's power is
			based only on fear and
			intimidation.

	Tallera regards him gravely, probing, trying to assess
	him.

					TALLERA
			That almost sounds like a prelude
			to mutiny...

					PICARD
			If someone were to challenge Baran --
			the crew would follow.

					TALLERA
			I was right. You do like living
			dangerously...

	There is a beat as she moves closer to him.

					TALLERA
			I like you, Galen. I can tolerate
			a lot from someone like you... but
			only to a point.
				(beat)
			I intend to complete this mission
			successfully and get what's been
			promised me. If it looks as
			though you're getting in the way
			of that... I'll deal with you
			myself.

	She turns and EXITS. Picard stares after her, trying
	to gauge just how formidable she really is.

                                             CUT TO:

51   EXT. SPACE - THE MERCENARY SHIP (OPTICAL)

	enters orbit around Calder Two.

          STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT FIVE         54.

52   INT. MERCENARY BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Tallera, Narik, and Vekor are in the b.g. at
	various stations. Riker is talking to a Starfleet
	Officer, LIEUTENANT SANDERS, on a monitor at one of the
	consoles. Baran stands nearby, out of view of the
	screen, watching Riker carefully.

					SANDERS
			Commander, no one is allowed on
			the surface without prior
			authorization from the Federation
			Science Council.

					RIKER
			I'm aware of that, Lieutenant, but
			the outpost is in imminent danger
			of attack. I want to station
			security personnel on the surface
			to protect you.
				(beat)
			I am ordering you to drop your
			shields.

	Sanders takes his time considering.

					SANDERS
			I'm sorry, sir... but the
			regulations are very specific. I
			can't do it.
				(beat)
			If you like, you can remain in
			orbit until we contact the Science
			Council, but we're experiencing
			some communication difficulties
			right now, so it might take some
			time --

	Baran abruptly cuts off the transmission.

					BARAN
				(angry)
			They're delaying on purpose.
			Someone has warned them.

	Baran gestures to an N.D. at the weapons console.

					BARAN
			Charge main disruptor array...
			destroy the outpost.

	Picard sees that although there's no longer any way to
	avoid a battle, there might still be a way to save the
	people below -- but he has to act quickly. Picard
	moves to the weapons console and moves the N.D. out of
	the way...

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/28/93 - ACT FIVE      54A.

52   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			That would take too long.
			Starfleet might be here any
			minute...

	Picard begins working the console...

					BARAN
			What are you doing?

					PICARD
			I'm configuring the disruptors to
			fire a phase-resonant pulse... If
			I can hit their shield generator
			at precisely the right frequency,
			I should be able to knock it off-line
			with a single shot...
				(beat)
			Firing...

	We hear the SOUND of disruptors firing... A tense
	beat...

					PICARD
				(off console)
			Their shields are down...

	Baran and Picard exchange a brief glance.

53   BARAN

	moves quickly to Tallera's station. Tallera is
	studying her console intently.

          STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT FIVE         55.

53   CONTINUED:

					BARAN
			The artifacts should be located in
			several small structures...
			arranged in staggered
			formations...

					TALLERA
			I'm scanning...

	Tallera works the console for a beat.

					TALLERA
			I think I've found them.

					BARAN
			Lock the coordinates and start
			bringing them up.

	Tallera works her console...

54   ANGLE ON TRANSPORTER (OPTICAL)

	as several artifacts MATERIALIZE on the Transporter
	pad.

55   RESUME SCENE

					BARAN
			There should be at least two more
			pieces down there.

					TALLERA
				(off console)
			I've got them --

	Tallera suddenly looks up from her console.

					TALLERA
				(continuing)
			I've lost transporter lock.

	Picard breaks in.

					PICARD
			They've managed to get their
			shields back up.

	Baran moves to Picard.

					BARAN
			I need those artifacts. Lock all
			disruptors on target... this time
			I want that outpost destroyed.

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/27/93 - ACT FIVE       56.

55   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard reacts -- there's no way he can disobey the
	order... Picard moves to the weapons control
	station...

	Suddenly, the SHIP SHAKES -- it's been hit.

56   OMITTED

57   INT. BRIDGE

	Data is at command and Troi is at her station; Worf is
	at tactical and Giusti at ops.

					WORF
			Direct hit on their aft deflector,
			sir... They are undamaged.

					DATA
			Ensign, scan for Starfleet
			combadge signals. Is Commander
			Riker aboard that ship?

					GIUSTI
				(works console)
			I can't tell, sir. Sensors are
			unable to penetrate their hull.

					DATA
			Open a channel.
				(to com)
			This is the Federation Starship
			Enterprise. You are ordered to
			stand down...

58   INT. MERCENARY BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					DATA'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			... Drop your shields and prepare
			to be boarded.

          STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT FIVE         57.

58   CONTINUED:

	Baran instantly accuses Riker.

					BARAN
			You sent them a message... you
			told them where to find us.

					RIKER
			That's ridiculous... when did I
			have the chance?

	Baran has one option left. He takes out his pain
	control device and shows it pointedly to Riker.

					BARAN
				(re: device)
			This is set to kill.
				(beat)
			Order your ship to disengage.

	He shoves Riker in front of the main Viewscreen.

					BARAN
				(to N.D. Mercenary)
			Activate visual.

59   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker appears on the Viewscreen. Reactions all around.

					DATA
			Commander. Are you all right?

                                             INTERCUT:

60   INT. MERCENARY BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					BARAN
				(insistent)
			Tell them!

	Riker has an idea... he's going to make a desperate
	gamble.

					RIKER
				(hard)
			Withdraw the Enterprise, Mister
			Data. That's an order.

          STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - ACT FIVE         58.

60   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			Sir, that is impossible. The ship
			you are on has violated a
			Federation outpost. It is my duty
			to stop it.

					RIKER
			I'm your commanding officer and
			I'm giving you a direct order.
			Understood?

	Worf and Data exchange a look. What the hell is going
	on?

					DATA
			Commander, if you could explain --

                                             END INTERCUT:

61   INT. MERCENARY BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					RIKER
			I've never explained my orders to
			you before and I'm not going to
			start now.

	Riker cuts off the transmission and turns quickly to
	Baran.

					RIKER
			I have no intention of letting
			them blow us into space.
				(beat)
			If I can set up a low energy com
			link between the ships... I can
			use my personal command codes to
			deactivate their shields.

	Baran looks at him for a quick beat and then indicates
	a nearby console.

					BARAN
			Do it.

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/28/93 - ACT FIVE       59.

61   CONTINUED:

	Riker moves to the console and begins working
	furiously.

62   INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE

	Everyone is still mystified by Riker's behavior.

					DATA
			Counselor, could Commander Riker
			have been drugged or mentally
			altered in some way to explain
			this?

					TROI
			I didn't sense anything which
			would indicate that...

					WORF
				(off console)
			Commander, we are receiving some
			kind of signal from the mercenary
			ship...
				(beat; astonished)
			These are Commander Riker's access
			codes... he is attempting to shut
			down our shields...

					TROI
			That doesn't make any sense. He
			knows those codes would have been
			changed as soon as he was
			captured...

	A beat as Data considers this strange situation.
	Then...

					DATA
			That is correct, Counselor. He
			does know.
				(beat)
			Mister Worf. Prepare to drop the
			shields.

					WORF
				(astonished)
			Sir? We will be totally
			defenseless.

					DATA
			I am aware of that.

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - REV. 07/27/93 - ACT FIVE       60.

62   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			The moment they see our --

					DATA
			That is an order.

	A beat.

					WORF
			Aye-aye, sir.

	Reluctantly, Worf works his console.

63   INT. MERCENARY SHIP

	Riker, Picard, Baran, and Tallera are gathered around
	a console.

					RIKER
			It worked! Their shields are
			dropping...

	Baran turns to Picard.

					BARAN
			Fire!

	Picard exchanges a look with Riker... and presses the
	button.

64   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND MERCENARY SHIP
	(OPTICAL)

	The Mercenary ship opens fire on the helpless
	Enterprise, scoring a direct hit on the warp nacelles.

                                             FREEZE FRAME.

	SUPER: TO BE CONTINUED...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                         END OF PART I                          










                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                       "Gambit, Part II" 
                          #40277-257 
                              
                           Story by 
                         Naren Shankar 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Alex Singer 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1993 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                        AUGUST 6, 1993

        STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Gambit, Part II" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             BARAN
                RIKER              GIUSTI
                DATA               KORAL
                BEVERLY            NARIK
                TROI               SATOK
                WORF               TALLERA
                GEORDI             VEKOR
                COMPUTER VOICE 
    
                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  N.D. CREWMEMBERS   N.D. MERCENARIES

        STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Gambit, Part II" 
                       
                             SETS 


            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              READY ROOM               MERCENARY SHIP
              CORRIDOR
              SHUTTLEBAY               VULCAN
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              BARAN'S QUARTERS
          
            MERCENARY SHIP
              BRIDGE
              CARGO BAY
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              CARGO HOLD
          
            VULCAN CAVERN

  STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Gambit, Part II" 
                      
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                   BARAN           buh-RAN
                   GOL             GALL
                   GIUSTI          JOOS-tee
                   PSIONIC         SY-on-ik
                   HYRALAN         HI-rah-lon
                   T'PAAL          tuh-PAL
                   V'SHAR          vuh-SHAR
                   SATAK           SAY-tak
                   T'KARATH        tuh-KAR-ath
                   TALLERA         ta-LARE-uh
                   VEKOR           veh-KORE
                   YADALLA         yuh-DOLL-uh

      STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - TEASER      1.

                STAR TREK: The Next Generation                  
                       "Gambit, Part II"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

	(NOTE: Episode begins with 90 second RECAP of Part I)

1    INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	As seen at the end of Part I -- DATA, TROI, WORF, and
	GIUSTI in their places. The ship is ROCKED SLIGHTLY by
	the blast from the Mercenary ship.

					WORF
			Direct hit to the port nacelle...
				(beat, then surprised)
			But -- only minimal damage.

	Another SHAKE.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Hit on the starboard nacelle...
			again, no appreciable damage.

					TROI
			Wil must've done something to
			their weapons.

					DATA
			I believe so, Counselor. It is
			now up to us to... play along.
				(to Giusti)
			Release inertial dampers and cut
			power on decks thirty-one through
			thirty-seven.
				(to Worf)
			Set phasers to twenty-five
			percent. Return fire.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

                                             CUT TO:

2    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & MERCENARY SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise FIRES on the Mercenary vessel.

      STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - TEASER      1A.

3    INT. MERCENARY SHIP - BRIDGE

	The ship is ROCKED. (PICARD, RIKER, BARAN, TALLERA,
	NARIK, and VEKOR as seen at the end of Part I.)

      STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - TEASER      2.

3    CONTINUED:

					BARAN
				(to Picard)
			Continue firing!

					PICARD
				(off console)
			We've lost three plasma relays on
			the disruptors. Auxiliary
			power... is not available.

					BARAN
				(exasperated)
			Transfer weapons control to my
			station. There's a way to by-pass
			the relays and feed power --

	The ship is ROCKED again.

					NARIK
			The anti-matter containment unit
			is starting to buckle!

	Tallera moves quickly and smoothly to Baran.

					TALLERA
				(urgent, quiet)
			The Enterprise has been badly
			damaged but they still have
			superior firepower. If we remain
			here, we will be destroyed. The
			logical course of action is to
			withdraw.

	Baran doesn't want to go, but another SHAKE convinces
	him. Baran's next words are intended for public
	consumption.

					BARAN
				(loudly)
			We've done enough damage. Narik,
			set course one eight zero, mark
			two one five. Warp six.
			Initiate.

	Narik works the console. Across the Bridge, Riker and
	Picard exchange a slightly relieved look.

                                             CUT TO:

4    INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As before.

      STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - TEASER      3.

4    CONTINUED:

					GIUSTI
				(off console)
			They're preparing to activate
			their warp drive, Commander.

					WORF
				(urgent)
			Sir. We will not be able to track
			them with our sensors if they go
			to warp. I can still disable them
			before they --

					DATA
			I am aware of the tactical
			situation, Lieutenant. Let them
			go.

	Worf glares at the image of the Mercenary ship on the
	Viewscreen as it begins to move away from the
	Enterprise.

5    EXT. SPACE - THE MERCENARY SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The Mercenary ship leaves the "crippled" Enterprise and
	races away.

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT ONE      4.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

6    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship hangs in space.

7    INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Worf at Tactical, Troi and GEORDI at the aft science
	stations, Giusti at Ops. Data moves from station to
	station, and people automatically report to him as he
	approaches.

					GIUSTI
				(off console)
			Sensor sweep eight has been
			completed, sir. Still no sign of
			the mercenary ship.

					DATA
			Understood. Begin sensor sweep
			nine using the lateral array set
			to maximum gain.

					GIUSTI
			Aye, sir.

	Data makes his way to the aft stations.

8    INCLUDE TROI (OPTICAL)

	On the monitor in front of Troi is a video replay of
	Riker's last Viewscreen transmission from Part I. Troi
	FREEZES the image as Data approaches.

					TROI
			I've gone over every word, every
			inflection, every facial
			response... but I still haven't
			found any kind of code or hidden
			message.

					DATA
			Understood. I agree that the
			probability that such a message
			exists is remote, but I believe we
			should check.

      STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT ONE      5.

8    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I'll keep trying.

	She returns to the console and Data turns to Worf.

					WORF
				(to Data)
			Two starships have been sent to
			intercept the mercenaries at
			Yadalla Prime and Draken Four, in
			case they attempt to attack those
			planets.

					DATA
			Very well. Inform Starfleet
			Command that we will hold position
			here until further notice.

					WORF
			So we are just going to... remain
			here?

					DATA
			Yes. But we will continue to
			pursue all avenues of
			investigation which are available
			to us.

					WORF
			If we had not allowed them to
			escape, this would not be
			necessary.

	Data thinks about this for a beat.

					DATA
			That is correct. However, I
			believe Commander Riker wanted us
			to let them escape.

	Suddenly Geordi sees something on his monitor.

					GEORDI
				(excited)
			I think I've got something.

	Data moves to Geordi's console. On the monitor is an
	OKUDAGRAM of an intricate series of numbers and letters --
	clearly some kind of code.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I've been studying the com link
			Commander Riker used to transmit
			his command codes.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT ONE      6.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
			I didn't see anything at first,
			but when I ran the transmission
			through a sub-harmonic analysis I
			found this.
				(indicates graphic)
			It was sent on the same carrier
			wave as the command codes.

	Data and Troi look at the monitor.

					TROI
				(to Data)
			It might be the message you've
			been looking for.

	Data sits down at the console and begins to rapidly
	work the controls.

					DATA
			Possibly. I will attempt to resequence
			the signal.
				(to Geordi)
			Begin running a search for a
			decryption key.

	As Data and Geordi work...

                                             CUT TO:

9    EXT. SPACE - THE MERCENARY SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The ship comes to a STOP near a large planet.

10   INT. MERCENARY SHIP - BRIDGE

	Baran in command. Picard, Riker, Tallera, Vekor, and
	Narik at their stations.

					NARIK
				(off console)
			I'm taking the engines off-line.

					BARAN
			How long until we can repair our
			battle damage?

					NARIK
			It will take at least five hours
			to replace the anti-matter
			containment unit.

      STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT ONE      7.

10   CONTINUED:

					BARAN
			You have three hours, Narik. One
			minute beyond that and you'll
			answer for it with your life.

	Narik glares at Baran, but has little choice except to
	nod and EXIT the Bridge. Baran turns his attention to
	Riker, who seems lost in thought near one of the
	consoles. Picard is standing nearby.

					BARAN
				(to Riker)
			I suppose I should thank you.
			None of us would be alive if it
			weren't for you.

	But Riker doesn't seem to appreciate Baran's thanks.
	His tone is bitter and downcast.

					RIKER
				(bitter)
			You're welcome.

	Picard moves smoothly in and begins to mercilessly
	torment Riker. In the b.g. Tallera watches their
	interchange with a thoughtful expression.

					PICARD
			What's wrong, Commander? Starting
			to have second thoughts about
			betraying your comrades... because
			that's what you've done --
			betrayed them... betrayed them in
			order to save yourself.
				(beat)
			You were just a second-rate
			officer before... now you're a
			coward and a traitor. How does
			that feel?

	Riker gives him a cool look... then, without warning,
	Riker HITS Picard squarely in the jaw, knocking him off
	his feet.

					RIKER
			I don't know. How did that feel?

	Picard's eyes flash and he gets up and moves toward
	Riker.

   STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/16/93 - ACT ONE   8.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					BARAN
				(hard)
			That's enough.
				(to Picard)
			Galen, get down to the cargo hold
			and check those artifacts.
				(beat)
			Move.

	Picard and Riker continue to glare at each other, then
	Picard seems to back down and he EXITS.

11   TALLERA

	Looks from Baran to Riker... thinks for a few beats,
	then EXITS.

                                             CUT TO:

12   INT. MERCENARY SHIP - CARGO BAY

	Picard is checking over a group of NEW ARTIFACTS (a few
	pieces of exotic pottery, ancient weapons, tools, etc.)
	on the scanner pad. Picard makes a note on a PADD and
	takes a relic off the scanner. He begins to examine
	another relic. The doors OPEN and Tallera ENTERS.
	Picard doesn't look up.

					PICARD
				(irritated)
			Tell Baran I'm working as fast as
			I can.

	Tallera just studies him without responding... she's
	getting suspicious. Picard turns and looks at her.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			What?

					TALLERA
			I'm trying to decide if you're
			incredibly stupid... or incredibly
			smart. Why didn't you continue to
			fire on the Enterprise when their
			shields dropped?

   STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/16/93 - ACT ONE   9.

12   CONTINUED:

	Picard turns back to his work, and as they talk, he
	continues to make complex adjustments to the strange
	equipment -- sometimes hooking up new devices,
	discarding others, etc.

					PICARD
			You were there. The disruptors
			lost power.
				(to computer)
			Computer, reset diagnostic for new
			sample and begin scan.

					TALLERA
			I've watched you handle the weapon
			systems before. You know exactly
			how to by-pass a problem like
			that.
				(beat)
			And why do you continue to argue
			with Riker? It should be obvious
			that by alienating him you are
			also alienating Baran, and yet you
			continue to do it. Why?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Scan complete. Terikon profile
			negative.

	Picard removes the artifact and replaces it with
	another one -- this ARTIFACT has several intricate
	designs on the side and is shaped like a large puzzle
	piece. Picard is deliberately taking a challenging
	attitude in order to maintain his cover and throw
	Tallera off.

					PICARD
				(sarcastic)
			I'm touched by your concern for my
			well-being.

					TALLERA
			That's not an answer.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT ONE     10.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Computer, reset diagnostic and
			begin scan.
				(to Tallera)
			I'm not a prisoner in a Romulan
			labor camp, Tallera. I don't have
			to answer your questions and I
			don't give a damn what you think.

	Tallera studies his face for a moment.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Scan complete. Terikon profile
			positive. Ninety-eight percent
			probability of match.

	They both turn and look at the artifact on the scanner
	pad.

					PICARD
			Well, whatever it is... it looks
			like we've found it.

	Tallera moves to the artifact and looks at it closely
	for a long beat, her expression becomes cool and
	unreadable.

					TALLERA
				(touches com device)
			Tallera to Captain.

					BARAN'S COM VOICE
			Yes?

					TALLERA
			I'm in the cargo hold. Galen's
			made a positive Terikon match on
			one of the artifacts.

					BARAN'S COM VOICE
			Is he sure?

					TALLERA
			He's sure.

13   INT. BARAN'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	In contrast to the other quarters on the mercenary
	ship, Baran's quarters border on the luxurious...
	overstuffed furniture, gaudy sculpture -- very
	decadent. Baran is lounging in a chair while Riker
	sits on a couch... Baran holds a drink.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT ONE     11.

13   CONTINUED:

					BARAN
				(excited, to com)
			Good. Bring it here immediately
			and don't let anyone else get near
			it.

					TALLERA'S COM VOICE
			Understood. Tallera out.

	Baran takes a long, very satisfying drink from his
	glass and settles back into his chair.

					RIKER
			I take it that's good news.

					BARAN
			Very. It means we've completed
			half of what promises to be a very
			profitable mission... and even
			better than that it means, I'm
			almost ready to get rid of your
			friend Galen.

					RIKER
			Really?

					BARAN
				(nods)
			We have only one more artifact to
			find... and once Galen confirms
			it's genuine, his usefulness on
			this ship will come to a very
			sudden end.

					RIKER
			I can't say I'm sorry to hear
			that.

	Baran studies Riker closely for a moment... he's not
	quite sure what to make of him... he might have an ally
	here, but Baran is wary and suspicious by his very
	nature.

					BARAN
			I'm sure.
				(beat)
			Galen may be a loud-mouthed fool,
			but sometimes he can be very
			perceptive... his observations
			about you for instance.

					RIKER
			Oh?

   STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/06/93 - ACT ONE   12.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					BARAN
			After what you did at Calder Two,
			I doubt you have much of a future
			in Starfleet.

					RIKER
			I've... pretty much come to the
			same conclusion.

					BARAN
			Assuming for the moment that you
			were no longer my prisoner... what
			would you do now?

	Riker thinks about this for a moment... then gives
	Baran a very direct look.

					RIKER
			I guess I'd have to look for a new
			career... there must be a place
			where someone with fifteen years
			of Starfleet technical knowledge
			would be useful.
				(beat)
			Do you know of any place like
			that?

	Baran takes a drink... he's not going to rush into
	anything.

					BARAN
			Possibly.
				(beat)
			But if there's one thing I've
			learned on this ship, it's to be
			cautious... and not to blindly
			embrace what seems to be good
			fortune. And at the moment, you
			seem like a rather large stroke of
			luck.

					RIKER
			I haven't exactly sworn my undying
			allegiance to you, Baran. In
			fact, I'd like to know a little
			bit more about the job.

					BARAN
			Such as?

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT ONE     12A.

13   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			Such as what you meant by a "very
			profitable mission."

					BARAN
				(smiles)
			I thought you Starfleet types
			weren't interested in things like
			profit.

					RIKER
			I'm not exactly... the "ideal"
			Starfleet type.

					BARAN
			No, I guess you're not.
				(beat)
			All you need to know for now is
			that your share could be more than
			enough to insure a very long and
			very wealthy life far away from
			the Federation.

					RIKER
			Sounds promising.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT ONE     13.

13   CONTINUED: (4)

					BARAN
			It is. But if you want that
			share, you'll have to earn it.
				(beat)
			And you can start by putting aside
			your dislike for Galen and trying
			to become his friend.

	Riker reacts as if this is a particularly unpleasant
	request.

					RIKER
			Why?

					BARAN
			Galen has allies among the crew...
			they might cause a problem if I
			kill him. I want you to get close
			to him and find out who they are.

					RIKER
			Okay.

	Riker stands to go, but Baran stops him.

					BARAN
			One more thing, Riker.
				(beat)
			When the time comes, I want you to
			kill Galen.

	A beat and then Riker nods... OFF his expression...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT TWO     14.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

14   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Data is sitting at the aft science station as Worf and
	Geordi look on. Giusti at Ops. The monitor screen
	shows an OKUDAGRAM image of a sequence of numbers and
	letters which have been arranged into some kind of
	pattern.

					DATA
			I have completed the analysis of
			the signal from the mercenary
			ship. I believe these groupings
			represent bearings and coordinates
			taken from their navigational
			system.

					GEORDI
			So you think this is their flight
			plan...

					DATA
			Yes. If I am correct, the
			mercenary vessel is heading toward
			these coordinates in...
				(works)
			... the Hyralan Sector.

					WORF
			Their maximum speed is warp eight
			point seven... it will take them
			at least fourteen hours to reach
			that position.

					GEORDI
			We could be there in five.

	Data turns to Worf.

					DATA
			Make it so.

					WORF
				(annoyed)
			Finally.

	Data reacts to the tone of irritation in Worf's voice,
	but says nothing as Worf tends to the business at hand.

					WORF
				(continuing, to Con
				 Officer)
			Set course for the Hyralan Sector
			and engage at warp nine.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT TWO     15.

14   CONTINUED:

	Data moves quietly to Worf.

					DATA
			Lieutenant, may I see you in the
			Ready Room?

					WORF
			Of course.

	Data and Worf EXIT.

15   INT. READY ROOM - CONTINUOUS

	Data and Worf ENTER. Once the doors close, Data turns
	around and confronts Worf without preamble.

					DATA
			Lieutenant, I am dissatisfied with
			your performance as acting first
			officer.

					WORF
				(surprised)
			May I... ask in what way?

					DATA
			You continually question my orders
			in front of the crew. I do not
			think this is appropriate
			behavior.

					WORF
			Sir... with all due respect, I
			have always felt free to voice my
			opinions... even when they
			differed from those of Captain
			Picard or Commander Riker.

					DATA
			That is true. But in those
			situations, you were acting as
			head of security, not as First
			Officer. The primary role of the
			second in command is to carry out
			the decisions of the Captain... in
			this case, me.

					WORF
			But is it not my duty to offer
			you... alternatives?

   STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/06/93 - ACT TWO   16.

15   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Yes. But once I have made a
			decision, it is your job to carry
			it out regardless of how you may
			personally feel. Any further
			objections should be given to me
			in private, not in front of the
			crew.
				(beat)
			I do not recall Commander Riker
			ever publicly showing irritation
			with his Captain as you did a
			moment ago.

					WORF
				(abashed)
			No, sir.

					DATA
			If you feel that you are not
			capable of carrying out this role,
			I can assign it to Commander La
			Forge and return you to Tactical.
			I would not enter it as a
			reprimand on your record... simply
			as a transfer.

					WORF
			I would... prefer to remain at my
			current post.

					DATA
			Then I will expect you to conform
			to the guidelines I have laid out.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Worf turns to go, then Data stops him.

					DATA
			Mister Worf... I am sorry if I
			have ended our friendship.

	Worf looks at him for a moment... suddenly feeling a
	sense of remorse at his behavior.

					WORF
			Sir... it is I who has jeopardized
			our friendship, not you. If you
			will... overlook this incident, I
			would like to continue to consider
			myself your friend.

					DATA
			I would like that as well.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT TWO     17.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Thank you, sir.

	Worf EXITS.

                                             CUT TO:

16   EXT. MERCENARY SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The ship hangs in space.

17   INT. MERCENARY SHIP - BRIDGE

	Baran and Riker are standing over Narik, who is working
	at his engineering console. Vekor is working at a
	console in the b.g.

					BARAN
				(with an edge)
			Your time is almost up, Narik. I
			need warp power.

					NARIK
				(working)
			You can't rush this, Baran... if
			the constrictor coil isn't
			perfectly aligned, the entire antimatter
			containment unit could
			rupture... and that would be the
			end of the engines, the ship, and
			us.

					BARAN
				(brusque)
			I don't have time for your
			excuses. We have a schedule to
			keep.
				(to Riker)
			Can you do this any faster?

	Riker notes that Baran's hand has dropped to his
	control device... a word from Riker and Narik is dead.
	Narik realizes this as well and he gives Riker a
	worried look. Riker looks over the console, seems to
	consider this.

					RIKER
			I think Narik may be right this
			time... a constrictor coil will
			only align so fast. We'll have to
			wait.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT TWO     18.

17   CONTINUED:

					BARAN
			How long?

	Riker studies the console for a moment.

					RIKER
			I'd say another hour, maybe less.

	Baran turns to Narik, a cold and unforgiving look on
	his face.

					BARAN
			One hour.

	Narik returns to work with a renewed spirit of vigor as
	Baran and Riker move away from him. Baran moves
	casually to Vekor.

					BARAN
				(to Vekor)
			Where is Galen?

					VEKOR
			In his quarters.

	Baran gives Riker a meaningful look as he speaks, but
	keeps his ovice casual.

					BARAN
			Typical. Everyone else is working
			and he's asleep. Someone should
			go kick him out of bed.

	Riker gives a slight nod... he understands what Baran
	wants of him.

					RIKER
			I'll take care of it.

					BARAN
			Good.

	Riker EXITS.

                                             CUT TO:

18   INT. MERCENARY SHIP - PICARD'S QUARTERS

	A small, cramped room with only the barest of
	accommodations. Picard is looking over a PADD when the
	door suddenly OPENS. Picard whirls instinctively and
	whips out a phaser. Riker freezes in the open doorway
	for a moment, then Picard motions him inside.

   STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/10/93 - ACT TWO   19.

18   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(wry)
			It's good to see you, too.

					PICARD
			I've had a few... unpleasant
			surprises.
				(puts the phaser away)
			This isn't a good idea, Wil.
			Baran may get suspicious.

					RIKER
			As a matter of fact, Baran's the
			one who sent me here.
				(off his look)
			He told me to "wake you up," but
			he really wants me to "pretend" to
			get friendly with you and then
			help you organize a mutiny... so
			he can find your supporters among
			the crew and eliminate them.
				(beat)
			So here I am... pretending to like
			you after all.

	Picard can't help but smile a little at the irony of it
	all.

					PICARD
			Wheels within wheels... I'm
			starting to forget which side I'm
			on.
				(beat)
			All right... what have you found
			out so far?

					RIKER
			When we get to the Hyralan Sector,
			we're supposed to rendezvous with
			a Klingon transport ship. I'm not
			sure, but I think they might be
			delivering another Romulan
			artifact to us.

					PICARD
				(puzzled)
			A second artifact... ?
				(beat)
			By the way, these artifacts aren't
			Romulan... they're Vulcan.

					RIKER
			Vulcan?

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT TWO     20.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard hands the PADD he was studying to Riker.

					PICARD
			I've been looking over the glyphs
			and pictograms I found on the
			Calder Two artifact. There's not
			enough data to translate the
			inscription, but the alphabet and
			symbology are more consistent with
			early Vulcan artifacts than
			Romulan.

					RIKER
			Do these artifacts have some kind
			of religious or cultural
			significance... something that
			would make them valuable enough to
			kill for?

					PICARD
			I don't know.
				(frustrated)
			If I could just get access to the
			Enterprise computer for even a few
			moments...

	Picard takes a few steps in the cramped room, trying to
	think. A long beat, then he starts to think in a
	different direction.

					PICARD
			What will Baran do once we obtain
			the second artifact?

					RIKER
			You're supposed to confirm it's
			authentic...
				(beat)
			... and then I'm supposed to kill
			you and take your place.

	They exchange a look.

					PICARD
				(dry)
			You always seem to be after my
			job.

	Riker smiles at the joke, then Picard gets serious
	again. He touches the device on the side of his neck.

   STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/16/93 - ACT TWO   21.

18   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Once Baran decides I've outlived
			my usefulness... he can simply
			kill me with the neural servo.
				(beat)
			I think... we'd better start
			planning a mutiny.

	Off Picard's expression...

                                             CUT TO:

19   INT. MERCENARY SHIP - CARGO HOLD

	Picard is talking to Narik, who has taken one of the
	panels off the wall and is working on some complex
	circuitry within using a device. Mid-conversation.

					PICARD
			We need a new captain... so I've
			come to one inescapable
			conclusion...

					NARIK
			I agree.
				(beat)
			But I don't think that's you.

					PICARD
			Oh?

	Narik closes up the panel and stands up to face Picard.

   STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/06/93 - ACT TWO   22.

19   CONTINUED:

					NARIK
			I don't trust you, Galen... and I
			don't think the rest of the crew
			does either. They're not going to
			follow you.

					PICARD
			And who do you think they'll
			follow... you?

					NARIK
			No. But they will follow
			Tallera... and so will I.

	Narik brushes past him and EXITS. Picard waits for a
	beat, frustrated that his first effort was so clearly
	shot down... then he heads for the door. But before he
	reaches it, the door OPENS and Tallera ENTERS and she
	blocks his way. The door CLOSES behind her. She looks
	at him coolly.

					TALLERA
			Who are you?

					PICARD
			What?

					TALLERA
			You're no smuggler... and I don't
			think your name's Galen.

	He tries to brush past her, but Tallera raises a phaser
	and points it directly at him.

					TALLERA
			You will tell me who you really
			are and what you are doing on this
			ship... or I will kill you right
			here.

	Off Picard's expression...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

  STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/09/93 - ACT THREE  23.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

20   INT. MERCENARY SHIP - CARGO HOLD - CONTINUOUS

	As before.

					PICARD
			I don't know what you're talking
			about.

					TALLERA
			I will not play games with you.
			I found the message you sent to
			the Enterprise. When Riker used
			his command codes to drop their
			shields, you sent a transmission
			to them on the same carrier wave.
				(beat)
			You're a Starfleet officer.

	As Picard starts to protest --

					TALLERA
			Do not bother to deny it. It is
			the only... logical conclusion.

	She holds his gaze for another beat, then lowers the
	phaser and holsters it.

					TALLERA
				(continuing)
			My name is actually T'Paal... I am
			a member of the V'Shar.

					PICARD
				(shocked)
			Vulcan Security?

					TALLERA
			That is correct. I infiltrated
			this ship a year ago posing as a
			Romulan mercenary. I am here to
			investigate a possible threat to
			Vulcan.

					PICARD
			What sort of threat?

  STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/16/93 - ACT THREE  24.

20   CONTINUED:

					TALLERA
			First things first, Galen. Who
			are you?

	Picard thinks for a moment, then decides to take the
	plunge.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I'm Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the
			Enterprise.

	Tallera nods... this confirms her thinking.

					TALLERA
			Very well. To answer your
			question, for several years, there
			has been a small, but growing
			movement of extreme isolationists
			on Vulcan... a group that believes
			contact with alien races has
			"polluted" our culture... and is
			destroying Vulcan purity.
				(beat)
			This group advocates the total
			isolation of Vulcan from the rest
			of the galaxy and the eradication
			of all alien influences from our
			planet.

					PICARD
			It sounds like a very... illogical
			philosophy.

					TALLERA
			Agreed. But extremists often have
			a logic all their own.

					PICARD
			What are these artifacts we're
			collecting? I know they're Vulcan
			in origin...

  STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/16/93 - ACT THREE  25.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

	Tallera looks away and her voice drops a little... this
	is a disturbing subject for her and it's not easy to
	talk about... there is even an element of shame in it.

					TALLERA
			I am sure you are familiar with
			the ancient history of my
			people... before we found
			logic... before we found peace.

					PICARD
			You were much like my people once
			were... a warlike, savage race...

					TALLERA
			There was even a time when we used
			our telepathic abilities as a
			weapon... a time when we learned
			to kill with a thought.

	That triggers something in Picard's memory.

					PICARD
			The Stone of Gol... ?

	Tallera looks at him, mildly surprised.

					TALLERA
			You know of it?

					PICARD
			I know the story from Vulcan
			mythology. According to the
			legend whoever possessed the stone
			needed only to think of throwing
			it at someone... and that person
			would be killed.

					TALLERA
			The Stone of Gol is real, but
			there is nothing magical or
			supernatural about it.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT THREE    26.

20   CONTINUED: (3)

					TALLERA (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			It is a psionic resonator... a
			device which focuses and amplifies
			telepathic energy. It is one of
			the most devastating weapons ever
			conceived.

					PICARD
			As I recall the legend, the Stone
			of Gol was destroyed by the gods
			when the Vulcan people found the
			way to peace...

					TALLERA
			The resonator was believed to have
			been destroyed during the Time of
			the Awakening. Only one piece was
			known to have survived and it was
			placed in a Vulcan museum under
			heavy guard.
				(beat)
			Six months ago, that piece was
			stolen from the museum. Soon
			after, mercenary ships began
			raiding archaeological sites
			across the quadrant. We believe
			that a member of the isolationist
			movement is trying to reassemble
			the resonator.

	Picard is disturbed by the implications.

					PICARD
			A telepathic weapon...

					TALLERA
			A Vulcan trained in the mental
			disciplines would be a formidable
			assassin. The entire Vulcan
			council could be killed with a
			single thought, and there would be
			no defense.
				(beat)
			My orders are to find that would-be
			assassin and stop him.

    STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT THREE    26A.

20   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			Since Baran will presumably need
			to deliver the artifacts to this
			assassin in order to get paid, it
			would seem that the best course of
			action is to continue with our
			little masquerade for now.

  STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/10/93 - ACT THREE  27.

20   CONTINUED: (5)

					TALLERA
			Agreed. But Captain... I cannot
			allow the resonator to be
			assembled. If necessary, I will
			destroy this ship, its crew... all
			of us... to prevent that from
			happening.

	Picard nods grimly in understanding.

                                             CUT TO:

21   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship drops out of warp.

					DATA (V.O.)
			Acting Captain's Log: Stardate
			47160.1. The Enterprise is
			entering the Hyralan Sector which
			I believe to be the next
			destination of the mercenary ship.

22   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Data, Troi, and Worf in Command, Giusti at Ops, an N.D.
	Crewmember at Tactical.

					GIUSTI
			We've arrived at the coordinates,
			sir.

					DATA
			All stop. Full sensor sweep.

	Giusti works for a moment.

					GIUSTI
			I'm picking up a small vessel
			bearing one two seven mark three
			three five.

					DATA
			Is it the mercenary ship?

    STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT THREE    28.

22   CONTINUED:

					GIUSTI
			No, sir... it's a Klingon ship.

	Worf works the console on his chair-arm.

					WORF
			It is a Toron-class
			shuttlecraft... one passenger.

					TROI
			We're awfully far from the Klingon
			Empire... it can't be a
			coincidence the shuttle's at these
			coordinates.

					DATA
			Agreed.
				(to Giusti)
			Open a channel.

23   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The screen comes on and shows KORAL -- a large Klingon
	with a brooding look and ill-disposition.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I am Lieutenant Commander Data of
			the Federation Starship
			Enterprise.

	Koral barely reacts... after a beat he gives a grunt
	that might be a word.

					KORAL
			Koral.

	Data and Troi exchange a glance.

					DATA
			I take it that is your name?

	Silence.

					DATA
			May I inquire as to your
			destination?

					KORAL
			No.

    STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT THREE    29.

23   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			May I ask the purpose of your
			journey?

					KORAL
			No.

	Beat.

					DATA
			Perhaps I have not made our
			intentions clear... we are
			investigating a --

	Koral shuts OFF the transmission and the screen returns
	to a view of space.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			He seems... most uncooperative.

					TROI
			He may have been curt, but he was
			also very worried... even a little
			scared.

					WORF
			Sir... I recommend that we bring
			the shuttle aboard with our
			tractor beam, search it, and
			interrogate Koral.

					DATA
			According to the terms of the
			Klingon/Federation Treaty, Koral
			has every right to free transit
			through Federation space. We
			cannot board or search his vessel
			without cause.

	Worf looks as if he might object, but then he quickly
	suppresses that instinct... he's trying hard to live up
	to his new role as the loyal first officer.

					WORF
			Yes, sir.
				(thinks)
			However... the Treaty also gives
			us the right to conduct... health
			and safety inspections of any ship
			in our space.

					TROI
			Health and safety inspections... ?

    STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT THREE    30.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(thinks)
			Article forty-seven, paragraph
			three, subsection B: "Starfleet
			will have the right to insure all
			Klingon vessels comply with safety
			and navigational regulations as
			specified by mutual agreement."
				(beat)
			But I am not sure that using this
			clause as an excuse to conduct a
			search would be consistent with
			the spirit of the Treaty.

	Worf looks disappointed, but again keeps his opinion to
	himself.

					WORF
			Yes, sir.

	Beat.

					DATA
			However, if Koral wishes to
			contest our actions he can file a
			protest with the Judge Advocate
			General's office.
				(to Worf)
			Bring the shuttle aboard and then
			you and Doctor Crusher may begin
			the inspection.

	Worf smiles and heads toward the Turbolift.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Off Data's neutral expression...

                                             CUT TO:

24   INT. SHUTTLEBAY

	A short time later. The KLINGON SHUTTLE has now been
	brought into the bay. Worf and BEVERLY approach the
	shuttle door and wait. The door to the shuttle OPENS
	and Koral begins to step out...

24A  ON BEVERLY

	as she looks up... and up... and up...

    STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT THREE    30A.

24B  RESUME SCENE

	Revealing Koral as he stands before Beverly -- he may
	be the tallest Klingon we've ever seen. He stands
	there towering above Beverly like some kind of
	displeased skyscraper. She is a little taken aback,
	but then steadies herself.

    STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT THREE    31.

24B  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Hello.
				(beat)
			I'm Doctor Crusher, and this is
			Lieutenant Worf.

	Silence.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			We're here to conduct the health
			and safety inspection of your
			ship.

					KORAL
				(with contempt)
			Health and safety inspection...

					BEVERLY
			That's right. You know...
			radiation leaks... biochemical
			contamination... other health
			hazards...

	A long beat as Koral glares at her... Worf begins to
	wonder if he'll have to use force on this guy... then
	Koral finally steps aside. Beverly takes out her
	tricorder with some relief and starts to scan the ship
	as Koral and Worf eye each other warily.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Well... no radiation so far... I'm
			sure you're glad to hear that...

	Koral gives her another glare.

					BEVERLY
			Right.

	As she begins to go inside the shuttle...

                                             CUT TO:

25   INT. MERCENARY SHIP - BRIDGE

	Baran is standing in command when Vekor suddenly sees
	something on her console. Picard is at the weapons
	console and Riker is in the b.g.

    STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT THREE    31A.

25   CONTINUED:

					VEKOR
			There's an incoming message...
			it's from the Klingon shuttle.

    STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT THREE    32.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

	That gets Baran's attention and he moves to stand near
	Vekor's console. Riker and Picard exchange glances in
	the b.g.

					VEKOR
			It was sent approximately fifteen
			minutes ago.
				(beat, off console)
			He's at the rendezvous
			coordinates... but he's been
			detained by the Enterprise.
				(beat)
			That's all there is... he stopped
			transmitting.

	Baran takes a couple of steps away and tries to
	think... he's very disturbed by this new development.

					BARAN
			The Enterprise...

	Picard throws Riker a suspicious look.

					PICARD
			How could they have found out
			about the rendezvous, Commander?

					RIKER
			How could I have known the
			rendezvous coordinates? If anyone
			sent them a message it must've
			been one of you.

					PICARD
			Or maybe you're a clever liar.

					BARAN
			Quiet.
				(beat)
			All that matters now is that the
			Enterprise has the second artifact
			in their possession.

					PICARD
			How can you be sure Koral had the
			piece when he was captured?

					BARAN
			The Klingon? He reported a
			positive Terikon match two weeks
			ago.
				(beat)
			We have no choice... we'll have to
			board the Enterprise and take the
			artifact.

  STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/06/93 - ACT THREE  33.

25   CONTINUED: (3)

	There is general disbelief around the Bridge at this
	statement.

					PICARD
			You have a very bad sense of
			humor, Baran.

					BARAN
				(ignoring him)
			They're not expecting an attack,
			so they won't have their shields
			up... we'll stay just outside
			visual range -- they can't pick us
			up on their long range sensors...
			and then we'll transport a raiding
			party aboard.

					PICARD
			Do you have any idea how many
			security officers they have on a
			ship like that?

					BARAN
			No, I don't...
				(looks at Riker)
			... but he does.

	Riker thinks about this for a moment... then realizes
	that the best way to keep anyone from getting hurt on
	a raid like this is for him to lead it.

					RIKER
			I can get you aboard... and I can
			find that artifact.

					PICARD
				(sarcastic)
			Oh, how convenient... we'll just
			beam you aboard your old ship and
			then hope that you won't change
			your mind and decide to betray us?

					RIKER
			I've already saved your life
			twice, Galen. I'd think you'd
			start to show a little gratitude
			by now.

					BARAN
			Galen, if you're so worried about
			Riker, then you can go along on
			the raid to watch him.

					PICARD
			Agreed.

  STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/06/93 - ACT THREE  34.

25   CONTINUED: (4)

					BARAN
				(to Picard)
			Draw weapons and equipment for a
			raiding party of five.

	Picard nods and then EXITS. Baran motions for Riker to
	come close for a private chat.

					BARAN
			In case you are thinking of
			betraying us to your friends on
			the Enterprise...
				(points at device)
			... you might remember that I can
			still kill you at the first sign
			of trouble.

					RIKER
			I haven't forgotten.

	Baran eyes him briefly, seems to come to a decision.

					BARAN
			I have an additional task for
			you... one that will prove your
			loyalty.
				(beat)
			This raid is an opportunity to get
			rid of Galen. Once you've found
			the artifact... kill him.

	Baran moves away. Off Riker's expression...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT FOUR     35.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

26   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship hangs in space.

27   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Data and Troi are trying to get Koral engaged in
	conversation, but aren't having much luck. Data is
	pouring them drinks from a pitcher of liquid.

					TROI
			I'm sure the health and safety
			inspection won't last much longer.
			In the meantime, I'm glad we have
			this opportunity to get to know
			you. May I ask what business
			you're in?

	Silence. Troi tries again.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			I hope we're not causing you too
			much inconvenience... were you on
			a tight schedule?

	Nothing. Troi looks to Data for help.

					DATA
				(re: drinks)
			Lieutenant Worf has programmed our
			replicators to make a very good
			approximation of Klingon
			bloodwine. I think you will find
			it to your liking.

	Koral takes the mug, looks at it for moment, then
	deliberately pours it out onto the deck. Troi and Data
	exchange looks... they're not going to get much out of
	this guy.

                                             CUT TO:

28   INT. SHUTTLEBAY (OPTICAL)

	Beverly and Worf are standing outside the Klingon
	shuttle. Beverly closes her tricorder in frustration.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT FOUR     36.

28   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Well, that's my third scan and I
			still can't find anything out of
			the ordinary.

					WORF
			He must be hiding something. We
			should download his computer
			memory and analyze it.

					BEVERLY
			I'd have a tough time defending
			that as part of a safety
			inspection.

					WORF
			We could claim that the computer
			was generating abnormal radiation
			signatures...

					BEVERLY
			Worf, we're on pretty shaky ground
			as it is... we can't just start --

	Suddenly Picard, Riker, Narik, and TWO N.D. Mercenaries
	MATERIALIZE in the shuttlebay. They all have phasers
	out and Riker quickly FIRES at a N.D. Enterprise
	Crewmember in the bay. The Crewmember falls to the
	ground, stunned. Worf automatically reaches for his
	phaser, but Picard levels his weapon at a shocked Worf.

					PICARD
			Don't.

	Riker points at one of the Mercenaries.

					RIKER
			Watch that door.

	The Mercenary moves to stand near the door to the
	Corridor. Picard, Narik, and Riker move to the Klingon
	shuttle, keeping their weapons trained on Worf and
	Beverly, who don't quite know how to react to this
	sudden invasion by their supposedly dead captain and
	former first officer.

					WORF
			What is going on?

					NARIK
			Keep your mouth shut, Klingon.

	Picard pulls out a tricorder and quickly scans the
	shuttle.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT FOUR     37.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(to Beverly)
			Surprised to see me, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			You could say that.

					RIKER
			I decided to make a career
			change...

					PICARD
				(closes tricorder)
			It's not in here.
				(to Worf)
			Where's the artifact?

					WORF
			I... don't know what you're
			talking about.

	Riker reaches out and pushes the phaser away.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			Use your brain. They wouldn't be
			down here searching the shuttle if
			they'd already found it. Koral
			must have it with him.
				(to Beverly)
			Where's the Klingon pilot?

	Beverly gives him a long look... Riker nods his head
	ever so slightly and then she answers.

					BEVERLY
			He's in the Observation Lounge
			with Data and Troi.

					NARIK
				(to Riker)
			How far is that?

					RIKER
			It's twelve decks away.

					WORF
			Security will not allow you to get
			that far.

	Riker looks over at a large Enterprise shuttle in the
	bay.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT FOUR     38.

28   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			They won't get the chance. We can
			use the transporter in that
			shuttle and beam directly to the
			Observation Lounge.

	Riker points his phaser at Beverly and Worf.

					RIKER
				(to Beverly and Worf)
			Sorry about this...

	He FIRES his phaser at them both, and they both fall to
	the ground, stunned. Riker heads for the Enterprise
	shuttle.

                                             CUT TO:

29   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Data, Troi, and Koral as seen before.

					DATA
			Koral, if you could tell us
			something about the nature of your
			mission --

	Riker, Picard, Narik and the N.D. Mercenaries suddenly
	MATERIALIZE in the room. Data leaps up, but the
	Mercenaries have the drop on them all and there's
	nothing he can do.

					KORAL
				(outraged)
			What is this?

					RIKER
			Quiet.
				(to Picard)
			Does he have it?

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT FOUR     39.

29   CONTINUED:

	Picard quickly scans Koral with his tricorder... then
	reaches into a pocket on Koral's uniform and pulls out
	a small ARTIFACT which is similar in shape and design
	to the artifact identified by Picard in the Mercenary
	cargo hold.

					PICARD
			This is it.

					NARIK
				(to Picard)
			Are you sure, Galen?

					PICARD
			Yes, I recognize the inscription
			pattern from the first artifact.

	Data and Troi have been quietly watching all this,
	trying to figure out just what to do. Data finally
	decides that the obvious thing to say is probably the
	correct one.

					DATA
			Commander Riker, by taking this
			action you risk charges of
			assault, theft, piracy, and
			treason.

					RIKER
			Really? Then I guess adding one
			more charge wouldn't hurt.

	With that, Riker turns and points his phaser at Picard,
	but Picard is faster and he jumps out of the way as
	Riker FIRES. The shot MISSES and Picard rolls out of
	the way and FIRES at Riker, catching him in the chest.
	Riker goes down. Everyone is shocked as Picard picks
	himself off the deck. Troi quickly moves to Riker and
	checks his pulse.

					PICARD
			Is he dead?

	Troi looks at him for a beat, and then gives him the
	answer she hopes he wants to hear.

					TROI
			Yes.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT FOUR     40.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Good.
				(to Narik)
			Activate the transporter.
				(to Data)
			Good-bye.

					DATA
			Good-bye.

	The Mercenaries all DEMATERIALIZE.

					DATA
				(to com)
			Security alert. Emergency medical
			team to the Observation Lounge.
			Data to Bridge, raise shields and
			begin sensor sweeps for the
			mercenary ship.

					GIUSTI'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

	Data bends down to examine Riker.

					TROI
				(to Data)
			He's all right. He's just
			stunned.

					DATA
			I must admit I am experiencing the
			same sensation.

	Riker begins to come to on the deck. He looks up at
	them and tries to blink away the cobwebs.

					RIKER
			This is going to take some time to
			explain...

                                             CUT TO:

30   INT. MERCENARY - BRIDGE

	Baran in command, Tallera, and Vekor at their stations.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT FOUR     41.

30   CONTINUED:

					BARAN
				(to Con)
			Set course three one zero mark two
			one five, warp six.

	Picard, Narik, and the other N.D. Mercenaries ENTER the
	Bridge. Picard strides right up to Baran, his face set
	in anger, but Baran regards him coolly.

					BARAN
			Where is it?

	Picard pulls out the artifact and tosses it to Baran.

					PICARD
			Oh, I do have something else for
			you...

	Baran looks up and then Picard suddenly PUNCHES Baran
	right in the mouth, knocking him back off his feet.
	Everything on the Bridge comes to a stop as people turn
	to watch this turn of events. Picard faces the Bridge
	crew, his tone and bearing flushed with anger.

					PICARD
			Tell them what happened, Narik.

					NARIK
			Riker turned on us... he tried to
			kill Galen before we beamed back.

					PICARD
			He might have killed all of us.
			And I believe he was acting on the
			direct orders of Baran.
				(looks at Baran)
			You betrayed us.

	Baran gets back on his feet, rage flickering behind his
	eyes... but he warily glances around at the faces of
	his crew, trying to read their expressions -- who will
	they support? Picard rushes on, not giving Baran a
	chance to rebut him.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT FOUR     42.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I say this has gone on long
			enough. It's time for a new
			commander... someone who will
			lead us to the profits we've been
			promised.

					BARAN
			And who would that be? You,
			Galen?
				(to all)
			He's plotted this all along...
			opposed me at every turn...
			endangered all of us with his
			stubborn refusal to follow orders.

					PICARD
			A refusal to follow your orders...
			the orders of a small man trying
			to fill a role too big for him.

					BARAN
			I have kept this crew alive... I
			am about to bring us more profits
			than any of --

					PICARD
				(to all)
			More promises of riches. More
			excuses for Baran to fill his own
			coffers while the rest of us go
			begging. I say it's time for a
			change. Who's with me?

	A tense moment... then Tallera, Narik and two N.D.s
	move to stand with Picard. Vekor hesitates, then goes
	to Picard, along with one more N.D. Baran is alone...
	he can see the writing on the wall and he feels
	cornered.

					PICARD
				(quiet)
			It's over, Baran.

					BARAN
			Not quite.

	He pulls out the control device... everyone glances at
	it with a sense of apprehension. The device is Baran's
	trump card and they know it.

     STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT FOUR     43.

30   CONTINUED: (3)

					BARAN
				(continuing)
			As long as I have this, I'm still
			in command.

					PICARD
			You can't kill us all... you need
			us to run the ship more than we
			need you to command it.

					BARAN
			I don't need to kill you all...
			just you, Galen. Somehow I think
			that watching you writhe in your
			death throes may change a few
			minds... and a few is all I need.

	He lifts the device, sets it to kill and prepares to
	press the button...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/10/93 - ACT FIVE      44.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

31   INT. MERCENARY BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Continuous from Act Four. Baran presses the button on
	the control device and then suddenly Baran grabs his
	own neck in pain and drops to the floor, dead -- a
	stunned look on his face. Everyone is shocked except
	Picard, who moves to Baran's body and takes the control
	device out of his limp hand. Tallera moves to him.

					TALLERA
			What happened?

	Picard's expression is grim... he regrets this, but
	felt he had no choice.

					PICARD
			I switched our transponder codes.
			It seemed like a prudent, if
			regrettable step.

					TALLERA
			Baran was nothing. We have a
			mission to complete...
				(with meaning)
			... and the crew needs a leader.

	Picard turns away from Baran and faces the Bridge crew
	who are all looking to him. He looks down at the
	control device in his hand... then deliberately sets it
	on the deck, pulls his weapon and DESTROYS it with a
	phaser blast.

					PICARD
			There'll be no more "punishment"
			on this ship. Do your duties and
			I'll see to it that we complete
			our mission... and get our
			payment.

	A long beat as the crew looks at him... they glance at
	each other... then finally return to their places on
	the Bridge. Tallera picks up the artifact from where
	Baran dropped it.

					TALLERA
				(to Narik, re: Baran's
				 body)
			Remove that.

	Narik begins dragging Baran's body off the Bridge.

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/10/93 - ACT FIVE      45.

31   CONTINUED:

					VEKOR
				(to Picard)
			Orders?

					PICARD
			Maintain course and speed for now.
			I'm going to find out where and
			when we're supposed to deliver our
			cargo.

					VEKOR
			Aye... Captain.

	It's been a while since anyone called Picard that and
	he can't help but smile a little at the irony... then
	he and Tallera EXIT.

                                             CUT TO:

32   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
	(FOMERLY SCENE 33)

	at impulse.

33   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)
	(FORMERLY SCENE 34)

	Riker working on a PADD.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Worf to Commander Riker. Minister
			Satok of Vulcan Security is
			standing by on a secure channel.

					RIKER
			Put it through in here.

	The desktop MONITOR is activated, and we see the image
	of SATOK -- a middle-aged Vulcan male, appear on the
	screen.

					SATOK
			Greetings, Commander. How may I
			be of service?

					RIKER
			Minister, I wanted to let you know
			that the mercenary ship which has
			been raiding planets in the Taugan
			sector is probably on its way to
			Vulcan right now.

					SATOK
			I do not understand.

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/10/93 - ACT FIVE      46.

33   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I'm sorry. It's been a difficult
			couple of days.
				(beat)
			I know that one of your operatives
			has been investigating the
			assembly of the psionic resonator
			on a mercenary ship for several
			months. I didn't want someone to
			make a mistake and start firing at
			them when they approach your
			planet.

	A long beat as Satok thinks. He looks at Riker with a
	puzzled expression.

					SATOK
			Commander, I believe there is a
			problem.
				(beat)
			We have no operative aboard a
			mercenary ship.

	Riker looks blankly at the screen for a moment... then
	he starts to realize. OFF Riker's shocked reaction...

                                             CUT TO:

34   INT. BARAN'S QUARTERS

	Picard and Tallera are at the computer console which
	has a great deal of text information on the screen.
	The two pieces of the resonator are sitting on a nearby
	table.

					PICARD
				(off monitor)
			According to Baran's logs, the two
			artifacts are supposed to be
			delivered... to the T'Karath
			Sanctuary on Vulcan.

					TALLERA
			I know that place. It was an
			underground stronghold for one of
			the factions during the last civil
			war. It's been abandoned for
			centuries.

	Picard hits his combadge.

         STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT FIVE         47.

34   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Galen to Bridge. Alter course for
			Vulcan.

					VEKOR'S COM VOICE
			Understood.

	Picard sits back and his gaze is drawn to the two
	pieces of the resonator on the table. His curiosity is
	piqued and he carefully examines them...

					PICARD
				(to Tallera)
			Perhaps you can help me with
			something... I've been able to
			translate most of the writing on
			these pieces...

34A  INSERT - ON RESONATOR PIECES

	Picard picks up the two pieces together and runs his
	fingers over the intricate inscriptions.

					PICARD'S VOICE
			For the most part, they're just
			warnings of death and destruction
			for those who oppose the
			resonator...

34B  RESUME SCENE

	As before. Picard turns the large piece over and shows
	Tallera the bottom of the base piece.

					PICARD
			But this hieroglyph on the
			anterior has me a bit puzzled.

34C  INSERT - ON BASE PIECE

	The bottom of the base has TWO large SYMBOLS -- one an
	intricate series of circles and lines, the other a more
	abstract drawing of heroic Vulcan figure. There is a
	large NOTCH missing from the base at the point where
	the third piece is supposed to fit into it. PART of a
	jagged LINE borders the area of the missing piece --
	it's incomplete, suggesting yet another symbol on the
	other piece.

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/10/93 - ACT FIVE      48.

34C  CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S VOICE
			This is clearly the Vulcan god of
			war... and this is the god of
			death...

34D  RESUME SCENE

	Picard indicates the point where the missing piece
	would fit.

					PICARD
			But if you look closely you can
			see that there is a third symbol
			missing -- which should be on the
			final piece. The odd thing is
			that typically, the gods of war
			and death would stand alone on an
			artifact... they would never be
			combined with a third glyph.

	Tallera looks it over for a moment.

					TALLERA
			Fascinating. But I am not an
			archaeological expert.

					PICARD
			Hmmmm. I'm anxious to see the
			final artifact... it may provide
			a new insight into Vulcan
			mythology.

	Picard continues to look at the pieces. Tallera brings
	them back to the business at hand.

					TALLERA
			When we arrive at Vulcan, I will
			take these pieces to a secure
			holding area before going to the
			Sanctuary. I prefer to go
			alone... it will arouse less
			suspicion among the isolationists.

					PICARD
				(nods agreement)
			We shouldn't have any problems
			entering orbit.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/10/93 - ACT FIVE     48A.

34D  CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			I told Commander Riker to contact
			the Vulcan authorities from the
			Enterprise and warn them of our
			approach.

	Tallera is caught off-guard by this and her face
	momentarily registers surprise.

					PICARD
				(off her reaction)
			I didn't want to risk a
			misunderstanding... someone might
			have mistaken this for an actual
			raid...

	Picard trails off... he saw the quick look of shock on
	Tallera's face... he's beginning to feel that something
	is definitely not right here.

					TALLERA
				(covering)
			It was a wise precaution.

	A beat. Picard's suspicions have been raised by this
	quick look of surprise... he begins to probe around a
	bit, watching her reactions carefully.

					PICARD
			Perhaps I should contact the
			Enterprise... have them meet us
			at Vulcan in case these
			isolationists try to escape.

					TALLERA
			Your offer is appreciated... but
			our security forces are more than
			adequate.

					PICARD
			I see.
				(beat)
			Are you sure it's wise for you to
			go to the Sanctuary alone? After
			all, they're expecting Baran to
			show up, not you. If I
			accompanied you, it may seem more
			plausible that --

         STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT FIVE        48B.

34D  CONTINUED: (2)

					TALLERA
			Captain, I understand your human
			emotional need to be there at the
			final moment... but this is a
			Vulcan matter.

	Tallera has given him perfectly valid answers to all
	his questions... he smiles in agreement, but there is
	still something bothering him at the back of his mind.

					PICARD
			Of course.

					TALLERA
			Thank you.

	She picks up the two pieces of the resonator and EXITS.
	Picard looks after her for a moment... then follows.

                                             CUT TO:

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/11/93 - ACT FIVE      49.

35   EXT. SPACE - MERCENARY SHIP AND VULCAN (OPTICAL)

	The Mercenary ship enters orbit around the planet
	Vulcan.

36   INT. MERCENARY SHIP - BRIDGE

	Picard in command, Tallera, Vekor, and Narik at their
	stations.

					VEKOR
			We have entered orbit of Vulcan.

	Tallera takes the two pieces of the resonator and moves
	toward the transporter pad. But Picard stops her.

					PICARD
			Tallera... I've decided on a
			change of plan. Leave one
			artifact here for now. Take the
			other... and once we have our
			payment in hand, we'll complete
			the delivery.

	Tallera looks at him, trying to gauge what he's up to.
	This is a delicate game being played out in full view
	of the mercenary crew.

					TALLERA
			That was not the agreement.

					PICARD
			I realize that. But it would be
			safer for all concerned if we kept
			one piece here.

					TALLERA
			They will not pay us until they
			get both pieces.

					PICARD
			They've waited a long time for
			this. They won't take any risks
			at this stage. Take the piece and
			beam down.

	Tallera holds his gaze for a moment. After a beat, she
	decides on a bolder move. She moves to him,
	confronting Picard directly. Again her words are meant
	for the benefit of the crew, who are watching them both
	closely.

					TALLERA
			That is all I was waiting for.

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/10/93 - ACT FIVE      50.

36   CONTINUED:

	She turns and faces the rest of the crew.

					TALLERA
				(to Vekor)
			Go to the navigational computer
			and check file one-three-seven-slash-omega.
			You'll find a
			message secretly transmitted to
			the Enterprise, containing our
			entire flight plan.

	There are shocked reactions around the Bridge. Vekor
	goes to the navigational console and works for a
	moment. Picard knows she has him dead to rights and he
	can't deny it.

					VEKOR
				(shocked, off monitor)
			She's right.

					TALLERA
			That message was sent by Galen...
			he's a Starfleet officer.

	The crew reacts with dismay. Narik grabs a phaser and
	points it at Picard.

					NARIK
				(to Tallera)
			Why didn't you tell us before?

					TALLERA
			I wasn't sure until he tried to
			stop me from taking the artifacts
			to the surface. Then I knew he
			was intentionally obstructing our
			plans to keep us from being paid.

	Picard's mind races... looking for a counter move.

					PICARD
			Tallera's right, I am a Starfleet
			officer... but what she's not
			telling you is that those
			artifacts in her hand are part of
			an incredibly powerful weapon.
			There's no reward waiting for you
			down on the surface. Tallera will
			take the artifacts and leave you
			here, to be captured by Starfleet.

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/10/93 - ACT FIVE     50A.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

	Everyone looks at Tallera, who has to think fast. She
	looks at them.

					TALLERA
			I've served on this ship for
			almost a year now... fought by
			your sides... protected you from
			Baran when I could... and now I've
			exposed a spy in our midst.
				(beat)
			I think I've proven my loyalty.

					PICARD
				(to others)
			You know Tallera... you know she's
			a woman of great patience. She's
			bided her time and waited for this
			moment. All she cares about is
			assembling that weapon. If she
			leaves this ship you'll never see
			her again.

	There's a beat as they consider this.

					VEKOR
				(to Tallera)
			I don't care what it is you want,
			Tallera. I don't care if that's
			a weapon for your private use or
			if you're really just making a
			delivery as planned. All I care
			about is my money.
				(beat)
			So I propose a compromise. Narik
			and I will go with you to the
			surface to guarantee we receive
			payment. After that, you can go
			wherever you want.

					TALLERA
			Agreed.
				(re: Picard)
			Bring him as well. We can use him
			as a hostage if Starfleet
			arrives... if not we'll kill him
			on the surface.

	Picard has little choice in the matter as Narik nods
	and roughly shoves him toward the pad.

         STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT FIVE         51.

37   INT. VULCAN CAVERN (OPTICAL)

	This used to be a hideaway for Vulcan soldiers over two
	thousand years ago -- think of the catacombs where
	Christians used to hide from the Romans. The cavern
	itself is dark and gloomy, and there are remnants of
	decaying Vulcan artifacts lying around... some cracked
	and peeling glyphs on the walls... a very old and dusty
	place. A crude stone altar dominates the room. In
	front of the altar is a modern storage CONTAINER.

	Tallera, Vekor, Narik, and Picard MATERIALIZE next to
	the altar and look around. Tallera indicates the
	storage container.

					TALLERA
			There. Your reward as promised.

	Vekor heads for the storage container while Narik
	guards Picard. Tallera moves to the altar and picks up
	the third piece of the resonator and begins to link it
	to the other two.

37A  ON PICARD

	as he reacts to something with puzzlement...

37B  POV PICARD - CLOSE ON THIRD PIECE

	The underside of the third piece has a unique Vulcan
	symbol on it. As Tallera assembles the resonator, this
	symbol falls neatly into place with the other two
	symbols we have seen earlier.

37C  RESUME SCENE

	as Vekor OPENS the storage container and examines the
	bars of gold-pressed latinum within.

					NARIK
			Is it all there?

					VEKOR
			No. This is less than half of
			what we were promised.
				(to Tallera)
			Where is the rest of it?

	Tallera never takes her eyes off the resonator -- it's
	fully assembled now.

         STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT FIVE        51A.

37C  CONTINUED:

					TALLERA
			That is all I could manage. I
			suggest you take it and leave.

	Narik stands and points his phaser directly at Tallera.

					NARIK
			I did not come this far to be
			cheated. I want it all. Now.

         STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT FIVE         52.

37C  CONTINUED: (2)

	Tallera turns to him and a DISSONANT CHORD can be heard
	in the room... it quickly increases in volume and there
	is a sense of growing power in the room.

					TALLERA
			Very well. You will get what you
			deserve.

38   ON NARIK (OPTICAL)

	As a DISTORTION suddenly appears in the air in front of
	him... he gives it a puzzled look for a moment, and
	then a LOUD CRACKLE of energy BLOWS him backwards
	across the cavern as if by an unseen hand... he falls
	to the floor, dead.

39   VEKOR (OPTICAL)

	Reacts to Narik's death and points her phaser at
	Tallera, but she's too late -- the DISTORTION appears
	in front of her and then Vekor is also killed.

40   WIDER

	As Picard faces Tallera alone in the silent cavern.
	His eyes automatically drop to one of the phasers lying
	nearby on the ground -- but it will do him little good
	in these circumstances.

					TALLERA
			Go ahead, Captain. Pick up the
			phaser. See what good it will do.

					PICARD
			You can't win, Tallera. Starfleet
			won't stand by while you tear
			apart one of the founding worlds
			of the Federation.

					TALLERA
			How little you understand what you
			are facing, Captain.

	She takes a few steps toward him... a cat toying with
	her prey.

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/10/93 - ACT FIVE      53.

40   CONTINUED:

					TALLERA
				(continuing)
			You are used to fighting enemies
			like yourself... people on ships
			with energy weapons, defense
			shields, warp drives... but this
			is unlike anything you have ever
			faced. This is the power of the
			mind.
				(beat)
			Pick up the phaser, Captain.

	A tense beat... then suddenly:

41   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As Riker, Worf, and TWO N.D. SECURITY GUARDS
	MATERIALIZE in the cavern. Tallera whirls around to
	deal with this new threat, but Picard makes a sudden
	realization and shouts to his officers...

					PICARD
			Drop your weapons! Do it!

	Riker and the others respond instinctively to Picard's
	command and they drop their weapons.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Make no aggressive movements. The
			resonator amplifys violent
			thoughts and emotions.

	The officers do as they're told. Tallera concentrates
	on them and the DISSONANT CHORD is heard building in
	the room.

					PICARD
				(to Tallera)
			That's why you wanted me to take
			the phaser -- and why you were
			able to kill Narik and Vekor. It
			wasn't until I saw the image on
			the last artifact... that I
			realized what the message on the
			resonator was.
				(beat)
			The third image is the Vulcan
			symbol for peace... that symbol is
			positioned between the symbols for
			war and death.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/10/93 - ACT FIVE     53A.

41   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			It's a warning... that the
			resonator's power can be overcome
			by peace.

					TALLERA
			You're about to see how wrong you
			are.

	The DISSONANT CHORD grows in volume.

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/11/93 - ACT FIVE      54.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(to officers)
			Clear your minds of all aggressive
			thoughts...

	Tallera concentrates... clearly this is a great effort
	for her.

42   ON RIKER (OPTICAL)

	As the DISTORTION forms in front of him. He steels
	himself... tries to ignore it... closes his eyes...
	and then the distortion PASSES DIRECTLY THROUGH HIM
	without harm.

43   TALLERA

	Reacts... the effort tired her.

					TALLERA
				(shocked)
			No...

					PICARD
			Think, Tallera -- two thousand
			years ago, your people were being
			consumed by war... then they found
			the way of peace and logic.
			During the same period, the
			resonator was dismantled... don't
			you see the connection?
				(beat)
			When peace came to Vulcan, the
			resonator became useless. That is
			why it was dismantled.

	Tallera summons her strength and tries one more time.

44   WORF (OPTICAL)

	keeps himself calm... as a DISTORTION forms and passes
	THROUGH HIM.

45   NEW ANGLE

	Tallera sags to one knee... sweat pouring down her
	forehead... the effort is exhausting her.

         STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT FIVE        54A.

45   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(quiet)
			You were right... the resonator
			cannot be stopped with phasers or
			shields. But like every other
			form of violence... it can be
			stopped with peace.

	Tallera glares up at him... makes one final effort...
	but the DISSONANT CHORD only briefly grows in volume...
	then fades away completely. Tallera drops the
	resonator to the ground.

	Picard quietly moves to the resonator... picks it up...
	and carefully removes the pieces. It's finally over.
	OFF his expression...

                                             CUT TO:

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/10/93 - ACT FIVE      55.

46   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit around Vulcan.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log: Stardate 47169.2.
			Security Minister Satok has taken
			Tallera into custody and begun a
			search for the rest of the
			isolationists.

47   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard, Riker and Data are walking through the
	Corridor. Picard is still dressed in his Mercenary
	outfit. Mid-conversation.

					RIKER
			Once we realized you weren't on
			the mercenary ship, we scanned the
			surface for your neural implant...
			and tracked the signal to the
			cavern.

	Picard nods in understanding.

					DATA
			What will happen to the resonator?

					PICARD
			Satok assured me that all three
			pieces will be destroyed.

					DATA
			It is unfortunate that it cannot
			be studied. The resonator is a
			key artifact from a remarkable
			period of history.

					PICARD
			Normally, I would be the first to
			agree with you... but perhaps
			there are some things best left in
			the past.

					RIKER
			What's going to happen to the
			mercenaries?

					PICARD
			They have been detained by the
			Vulcan authorities, for the
			moment.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - REV. 08/10/93 - ACT FIVE     55A.

47   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			But they're also facing charges
			from the Klingons, the
			Cardassians, the Ferengi, and
			about seven other worlds. We
			won't be hearing from them for
			quite some time.

	They stop outside Picard's quarters.

					PICARD
			Number One, set course for
			Starbase two-twenty-seven. I'll
			be on the Bridge shortly.

         STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part II" - 08/06/93 - ACT FIVE         56.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(with humor)
			Wait a minute... You were declared
			dead, remember? You can't give
			orders around here.

	Picard smiles at the joke, but Data misses the humor
	and thinks for a moment.

					DATA
				(to Riker)
			If we are to adhere to the exact
			letter of Starfleet regulations,
			then technically sir, you have
			been declared a renegade. In
			fact, I believe you are facing
			twelve counts of court martial
			offenses. You cannot give orders
			either.

	Picard is quick to jump on this.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Quite right. I'm going to get
			some sleep. In the meantime I
			suggest you escort Commander Riker
			to the brig.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	Picard EXITS to his quarters and Data takes Riker by
	the arm.

					DATA
			This way, sir...

					RIKER
			Data, he was just joking... you
			know that, right? Data?

	As they head off down the Corridor...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             












                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Phantasms" 
                          #40277-258 
                              
                          Written by 
                         Brannon Braga 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Patrick Stewart 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT

                       AUGUST 17, 1993


           STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/25/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Phantasms" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD                 TYLER
                RIKER                  SIGMUND FREUD
                DATA                   WORKMAN
                BEVERLY                ADMIRAL NAKAMURA
                TROI               
                WORF               
                GEORDI 
            
                Non-Speaking           Non-Speaking
                  N.D. ENGINEERS         N.D. WORKMEN
                  N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES
                  N.D. SECURITY      
                  SPOT               

           STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/17/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Phantasms" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              CORRIDORS
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              ENGINEERING
              TEN FORWARD
              HOLODECK
                FREUD'S OFFICE
                GRID
              TROI'S OFFICE
              READY ROOM
              TURBOLIFT
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              SICKBAY

    STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/17/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Phantasms" 
                         
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 KTARIAN         kuh-TAR-ee-uhn
                 TERRAN          TERR-an
                 THANATOS        THAN-uh-toes

         STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: The Next Generation                  
                          "Phantasms"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. ENTERPRISE - CORRIDOR

	DATA is walking along, carrying a PADD. GEORDI catches
	up to him from behind... out of breath, excited about
	something.

					GEORDI
			Data, there you are... we need to
			install that plasma conduit right
			away. We're bringing the new warp
			core on-line in less than three
			hours.

					DATA
			I will go to deck twenty and begin
			modifications.

					GEORDI
			Great. Meet me in Engineering as
			soon as you're finished.
				(excited)
			This should be a lot of fun.

	As they head in different directions...

2    INT. ANOTHER CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	Data walking along. Gradually, a RINGING SOUND is
	heard echoing somewhere in the distance. Data tilts
	his head in pain at the noise. The ringing is
	intermittent, and sounds like an old-fashioned
	telephone. A couple of rings go by. Data heads down
	the corridor to find the sound...

3    INT. ANOTHER CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	As Data walks, the ringing gets louder. He sees
	something ahead of him... and stops at what he sees --

         STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - TEASER         2.

4    WIDEN TO INCLUDE

	a group of THREE WORKMEN. They are dressed in plain
	gray coveralls, holding old-fashioned PICKS and
	SHOVELS. They have removed a large section of the WALL --
	visible within is a distinctive-looking WARP PLASMA
	CONDUIT. They are hacking at the conduit with the
	tools.

	Data reacts to the sight. Who are these people?

					DATA
			Excuse me. Do you have
			authorization to work in this
			area?

	The workmen ignore him. Data eyes the wall with
	concern.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			You are dismantling a warp plasma
			conduit. I must ask you to stop.

	Again, no response. Data takes a step toward the
	workmen and opens his mouth to speak -- but
	inexplicably a HIGH-PITCHED SHRIEK comes out, piercing
	and strange. Data is startled to hear it. He closes
	his mouth.

	Suddenly, the workmen turn as one and head right for
	Data -- their expressions are cold and ominous.

					WORKMAN
			Be quiet!

	One of the workmen GRABS Data's arm and TEARS THE ARM
	FROM ITS SOCKET. Data reacts, stunned. He moves to
	defend himself but the workmen converge on him and Data
	falls to the ground. We hear the sound of RIPPING
	CLOTHES and WRENCHING METAL as they start to tear Data
	apart, limb from limb. We see an arm... a leg...
	Data's head... shocking --

5    INT. DATA'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	Data bolts awake in his bed, as if from a nightmare.
	He glances around the room in momentary confusion...
	then realizes it was a dream. OFF his startled
	expression...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT ONE         3.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

6    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is docked at a STARBASE.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 47225.7.
			Commander La Forge has completed
			the installation of our new warp
			core. We are preparing to test
			its capabilities.

7    INT. BRIDGE

	RIKER and various N.D.s at their stations. PICARD
	ENTERS from his Ready Room, looking very grim-faced.
	Riker takes note.

					RIKER
			Something wrong, sir?

					PICARD
			I just got a message from
			Starfleet command.

					RIKER
			Bad news?

					PICARD
			You could say that...

	Picard sits heavily.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I've been invited to the annual
			Starfleet Admiral's banquet.

	Riker reacts somberly, knows what he's talking about.

					RIKER
			My condolences.

					PICARD
			I've managed to avoid it for the
			last six years. I guess my luck
			just ran out...
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/25/93 - ACT ONE      4.

7    CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			I can't imagine anything more
			tedious. Fifty Admirals shaking
			hands, making dull conversation...
			uninteresting food... boring
			speeches...

					RIKER
			Can't you find an excuse not to
			go?

					PICARD
			After six years, I don't have any
			excuses left. Besides, I've been
			invited by Admiral Nakamura, the
			Sector Commander. He'd consider
			it an insult if I turned him down.

	Riker considers a moment.

					RIKER
				(with humor)
			We could cause a diplomatic
			crisis. Take the ship into the
			neutral zone and attack the
			Romulans... that should get you
			out of the banquet.

					PICARD
				(wry)
			I wouldn't count on it.

	OFF Picard's resigned expression...

8    INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi and Data are working at the "new" warp core,
	which looks slightly different than the old one: the
	dilithium chamber drawer has a new and distinctive
	design... and it is not active. (NOTE: This is a
	redress of the existing warp core set.) A couple of
	ENGINEERING N.D.s are working in the background.

	Geordi is looking at Data in surprise. Midconversation.


      STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/19/93 - ACT ONE      5.

8    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Have you ever had nightmares
			before?

					GEORDI
			Sure. Everybody does from time to
			time...

					DATA
			I have had one hundred eleven
			dreams since I first discovered
			the program nine months ago. In
			all of that time, I have never
			experienced such strange and
			disturbing imagery in a dream.
				(beat)
			I believe it was... a nightmare.

	Geordi keeps working.

					GEORDI
			Nightmares are part of dreaming,
			Data. Maybe you just discovered
			a new level to your program.

	Data considers this.

					DATA
			Perhaps. I have also noted that
			I am spending an inordinate amount
			of time thinking about nightmare
			imagery. One could almost say
			that I am... preoccupied.

					GEORDI
			Well, that's perfectly normal.
			When I have a nightmare, sometimes
			I can't shake that weird feeling
			for days...

	Suddenly, a woman's voice interrupts from off camera --

					TYLER'S VOICE
			Commander La Forge!

					GEORDI
			Speaking of nightmares...

	A fresh-faced, young woman -- ENSIGN TYLER --
	approaches Geordi. She looks like she just walked out
	of the Academy. And she's clearly infatuated with
	Geordi.

      STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/19/93 - ACT ONE      5A.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					TYLER
				(excited)
			I just finished recalibrating the
			starboard EPS module.

	Geordi forces a smile, tries to be polite.

      STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/17/93 - ACT ONE      6.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			That's great. Thank you, Ensign.

					TYLER
			It's just like you said -- reset
			the power tap... and the module
			came right on-line. You have such
			a wonderful grasp of engineering
			principles. I'm learning so much
			just by being around you...

	She smiles at him. An awkward moment.

					GEORDI
			Well. Ah... why don't you go help
			Farrel check the deuterium
			cartridges. We're about to bring
			the warp core on-line.

					TYLER
			Anything you say.

	She gives him a big smile and walks off. Geordi's
	smile fades away. Data gives him a puzzled look.

					DATA
			Geordi, you do not seem to
			appreciate Ensign Tyler's
			enthusiasm.

					GEORDI
			Oh, she's enthusiastic all
			right... about me.

					DATA
			I do not understand.

					GEORDI
			She has a crush on me, Data.

					DATA
			And you do not share her
			affection?

					GEORDI
			Frankly, no. And it's getting a
			little awkward...

	Data considers.

      STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/19/93 - ACT ONE      7.

8    CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			I believe I understand. You are
			concerned about unintentionally
			hurting Ensign Tyler's feelings.

					GEORDI
			Yeah... something like that...

					DATA
			It would appear that you require
			a third party to intervene on your
			behalf. I would be happy to speak
			to her.

					GEORDI
				(quickly)
			No, Data... I'll take care of it
			myself. Thanks.

	A moment as they work the console. Data still looks
	preoccupied by his recent experience.

					DATA
			When I first woke up from my
			nightmare, there --

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Commander La Forge.
			What's our status?

					GEORDI
				(taps communicator)
			We're ready to bring the core on-line,
			Captain. Stand by.
				(to Data)
			All right. Let's do it.

	Data and Geordi move to different consoles.

					GEORDI
			Initializing deuterium infusion
			sequence...

	Geordi hits a command and the warp core COMES TO LIFE
	with a different SOUND than we're used to hearing. The
	light pulses are much faster than we've seen. Geordi
	reacts to the sight, excited. This is an important
	moment for him.

					GEORDI
				(re: core)
			It's a beauty, isn't it? Now
			let's see how fast she can run...
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/16/93 - ACT ONE      8.

8    CONTINUED: (4)

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
				(to com)
			La Forge to Bridge. Warp power at
			your discretion, Captain.

9    INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, N.D.s, as before. Picard and Riker on
	their feet.

					PICARD
			Acknowledged.
				(then)
			Ensign Russell, plot a course to
			Starbase Two-nineteen. Warp six.

	A beat. This is an exciting moment for all them.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Engage.

9A   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN

	The stars are static... indicating that the ship isn't
	moving. A long beat goes by.

					PICARD
				(continuing, a little
				 louder)
			Engage...

	The Ensign works but nothing happens.

					PICARD
				(continuing, to com)
			Bridge to Engineering. Mister La
			Forge... why isn't my ship moving?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			I'm on it, sir. There's a warp
			plasma conduit out of alignment,
			but I think I've fixed it...
				(beat)
			Ready, sir.

					PICARD
			Very well. Ensign Russell?

	The Ensign works. Suddenly, there is the SOUND of
	POWER DROPPING and ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE BRIDGE GO
	OUT.

      STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/25/93 - ACT ONE      9.

10   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	hanging in space. ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE SHIP GO
	OUT.

11   INT. ENGINEERING

	Dark, except for EMERGENCY LIGHTING. Geordi, Data and
	the N.D.s all quickly working.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Mister La Forge?

					GEORDI
			Stand by, Captain...

					DATA
			I will take the warp engines off-line.

	Data works and the warp core SHUTS DOWN. A moment
	later, the normal LIGHTS COME UP in the room.

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			La Forge to Bridge. I'm sorry,
			Captain. We're going to have to
			reconfigure the plasma conduit.
			It's going to take a few hours at
			least, sir.

12   OMITTED

      STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/16/93 - ACT ONE      10.

13   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	A while later. Data is sitting quietly by his desk,
	intently watching his cat SPOT, who is sleeping on the
	desk top. The door chimes.

					DATA
			Enter.

	TROI ENTERS. She is wearing her regulation Starfleet
	uniform.

					TROI
			Hello, Data...

	She walks up to him, sees Spot.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			What are you doing?

					DATA
			I am watching Spot sleep. In the
			past fifteen minutes, he has had
			twelve muscles spasms, which
			indicates that he is dreaming.
				(beat)
			I have often wondered what he
			dreams about. His twitching and
			his rapid breathing would seem to
			suggest anxiety -- but Spot has
			never seen a mouse or any other
			form of rodentia. Nor has he
			encountered an insect, or been
			chased by a canine.

	Data considers. They watch Spot for a moment.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			I understand you've had some
			interesting dreams lately...
				(off his look)
			Geordi was a little worried about
			you. He just wanted me to check
			in and see how you were doing...

      STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/17/93 - ACT ONE      11.

13   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			That was very thoughtful of him.
				(beat)
			I have been debating whether or
			not to initiate another dream
			sequence.

					TROI
			Because of the nightmares... ?

					DATA
				(nods)
			I have found them to be quite...
			unsettling.

	Troi takes a seat next to him, speaks gently.

					TROI
			Data, you shouldn't be afraid to
			experience dark imagery in your
			dreams. It's a natural expression
			of your unconscious...
				(catches herself)
			... if you have an unconscious.
			I'm not really sure how your
			positronic brain works... but if
			it's anything like our brains,
			then there's part of you that's
			trying to express itself through
			your dream state. And I think you
			should allow yourself to
			experience it.
				(beat)
			As Sigmund Freud would have
			said... "Dreams are the royal
			road to the knowledge of the
			mind."

	Data is intrigued by her words.

					DATA
			Thank you, Counselor. I believe
			I will initialize the dream
			program now.

					TROI
				(smiles)
			Let me know how it goes. Good
			night, Data.

					DATA
			Good night, Counselor.

	Troi EXITS. Data gives Spot a gentle pat.

        STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT ONE        12.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Good night, Spot.

	Data stands and crosses to his bed. He takes a little
	woolen NIGHT CAP off of a nearby table and places it on
	his head.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Computer -- dim lights.

	The LIGHTS DIM. Data sits on the bed and fluffs his
	pillow. He then very consciously stretches out his
	arms and "yawns". He lies down on the bed...

14   CLOSE ON DATA'S FACE

	as he shuts his eyes. A long moment goes by as we PUSH
	IN on his face... then...

15   PULL BACK TO REVEAL:

16   INT. TEN FORWARD

	CLOSE ON DATA as he opens his eyes. He is now sitting
	at a table in the room. There is an eerie and surreal
	quality to the scene. WE ARE EXPERIENCING DATA'S
	DREAM.

17   INCLUDE WORF

	sitting opposite Data at the table. He is eyeing a
	piece of CAKE that has a distinctive blue color similar
	to that of a Starfleet science uniform. Sitting atop
	the cake is a communicator pin, which Worf plucks off
	and sets aside. He takes a bite of the cake.

					WORF
			Mmm. It is delicious.

					DATA
			What kind of cake are you eating?

					WORF
				(matter of fact)
			It is cellular peptide cake...
			with mint frosting. Would you
			like a bite?

        STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT ONE        13.

17   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			No, thank you.

	Suddenly, the distinctive RINGING SOUND is heard
	echoing somewhere in the room (as heard in the Teaser).
	Data reacts in pain and touches his head.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Excuse me, Mister Worf.

	Data stands and looks around the room, tries to locate
	the source of the ringing sound (NOTE: the ringing
	continues faintly throughout the scene). He starts
	walking... sees something ahead of him... slows down
	at the sight...

18   INCLUDE RIKER AND BEVERLY

	sitting at the bar. BEVERLY is sipping from an opaque
	STRAW that is sticking out of Riker's temple. She
	seems to be enjoying the "drink". Tiny slurping noises
	can be heard.

					RIKER
				(re: ringing)
			Aren't you going to answer that,
			Mister Data?

					DATA
			Sir?

					RIKER
			That damn ringing. Answer it,
			will you?

					DATA
			Yes sir.

	FOLLOW Data as he walks across the room, trying to find
	the ringing sound. It gets louder... he seems to be
	getting closer...

19   THE THREE WORKMEN

	(as seen in the Teaser) are huddled around a table,
	engaged in some unseen activity. Data approaches them.

					DATA
				(to workmen)
			Please identify yourselves.

        STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT ONE        14.

19   CONTINUED:

	The workmen ignore him.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I must know what you are trying to --

	Data's voice gives way to the high-pitched SHRIEK heard
	earlier. Immediately, a workman turns and flashes him
	a threatening look.

					WORKMAN
			Be quiet!

	Data shuts his mouth. Another workman turns and hands
	Data a large KNIFE -- an over-sized, exaggerated
	version of a knife, dream-like. Data takes the knife,
	unsure what to do with it.

	The workmen all step away from the table, parting to
	reveal --

20   TROI

	lying on her back on the table top. She is staring up
	at Data with a frightened expression on her face. Her
	legs are gone and HER TORSO IS A GIANT CAKE -- made to
	look exactly like her real torso, blue uniform and all.
	A piece has already been cut out of her chest where the
	communication pin usually is.

	Data reacts to the sight.

					DATA
			Counselor...

	A workman gestures at Troi's right shoulder, as if to
	say "take a piece." Data eyes his knife.

					TROI
				(scared)
			Data, please... don't hurt me..

	The workman shoves Data toward the table, insistent.
	Data lifts the knife, drawn by the image of Troi...

					DATA
			I am sorry, Counselor.

	Data jabs the knife into the cake at Troi's shoulder.

					TROI
			No...

        STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT ONE        15.

20   CONTINUED:

	Data takes a moment, then begins to slice a piece out
	of Troi with the knife.

					TROI
			Data, no! DATA!

	Suddenly the scene changes --

21   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	Data wakes up in his bed.

					TROI
			Data!

	Data sits up to see that Troi, Geordi and Worf are all
	standing around him, staring at him with concern.

					DATA
			What is wrong?

					TROI
			We've been trying to wake you up
			for the past five minutes.

					GEORDI
			When you didn't show up in
			Engineering on time, I got
			worried... I called security...

	Data thinks a moment, reacts.

					DATA
			My internal chronometer was
			supposed to wake me thirty-five
			minutes ago.

					WORF
			You must have... overslept.

					DATA
			That is not possible...
				(beat)
			Something is wrong.

	OFF Data's face...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

        STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT TWO        16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

22   INT. ENGINEERING

	A while later. Geordi and Data working.

					GEORDI
			I can't find anything wrong with
			your internal time-base... and as
			far as I can tell, your primary
			systems check out fine.

					DATA
			My chronometer is functioning
			normally, as well.
				(beat)
			I will compare my autonomic logs
			to the ship's chronometer.
			Perhaps we overlooked something.

	Data moves to a console and starts working. Geordi
	considers him for a moment.

					GEORDI
			You know, Data... there's a lot we
			don't know about your dream
			program. Maybe it was designed to
			cause some side-effects...
				(beat)
			For all we know, Doctor Soong
			intended for you to oversleep now
			and then... as part of the human
			experience.

	Data is intrigued by the idea.

					DATA
			It is a possibility. However, I
			would prefer to make certain there
			are no anomalies in my neural net.

	Geordi nods. They work for a moment.

					GEORDI
			I'm curious... what were you
			dreaming about when we woke you
			up?

	Data thinks, recalling the dream... and he seems
	distracted for a moment. It's clear that he doesn't
	want to talk about it.

      STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/16/93 - ACT TWO      17.

22   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I have not fully assimilated its
			impact. I would prefer to study
			the images further before
			discussing them.

					GEORDI
			Sure... I understand.
				(beat)
			Sounds like it must've been pretty
			strange...

					DATA
			"Strange" is not a sufficient
			adjective to describe the
			experience.

	OFF Data's thoughtful expression...

23   INT. HOLODECK/SIGMUND FREUD'S OFFICE

	Early 1900's -- distinctly Viennese. SIGMUND FREUD is
	sitting in a leather chair, holding a note pad. This
	is Freud in his prime, with his trademark beard and
	glasses. He speaks in a heavy German accent.

					FREUD
			Tell me more about this... "cake."

24   MOVE TO REVEAL (OPTICAL)

	Data lying on an analyst's couch, staring up at the
	ceiling.

					DATA
			It is difficult to explain.
			Counselor Troi's body was -- a
			cake.

	Freud raises a bushy eyebrow, intrigued.

					FREUD
			Her upper-body...
				(scribbles a note)
			Describe the knife you used to...
			"cut" the Counselor.

					DATA
			It had a black handle and a
			serrated blade. And it was quite
			long.

        STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT TWO        18.

24   CONTINUED:

	Freud reacts.

					FREUD
			How long?

					DATA
			Approximately twenty-five
			centimeters in length.

	Freud nods and grunts, as if this has great meaning.

					FREUD
			What happened next?

	Data remembers.

					DATA
			One of the workmen pointed to her
			right shoulder. At that moment,
			I felt an overwhelming urge to cut
			a piece out of the cake.

					FREUD
			And did you... ?

	Data's face darkens slightly -- he's troubled by the
	memory.

					DATA
			Yes. As I began to slice the
			cake, she reacted as though I was
			causing her pain. And yet, I
			could not stop cutting.
				(beat)
			It was then that I woke up.

					FREUD
			Mmm...

	Freud jots down another note.

					DATA
			I am curious, Doctor Freud... what
			do my nightmares mean?

	Freud takes a moment, then he sets down his note pad
	and stands... moves to a nearby cigar box and takes
	out a VERY LARGE CIGAR. He toys with it throughout the
	scene.

					FREUD
			I believe you are experiencing a
			classic dismemberment dream.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/17/93 - ACT TWO      19.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					FREUD (Cont'd)
			Or in your case... being a
			mechanical man... a dismantlement
			dream.

					DATA
			I do not understand.

	As Freud explains, he moves about the room, quickly
	rattling off his theories with great enthusiasm.

					FREUD
			Your mechanistic qualities are
			trying to reassert themselves over
			your human tendencies. Ego and id
			are struggling for domination.
			The "workmen" symbolize the ever-present
			id constantly working to
			destroy the ego.
				(beat)
			The image of Counselor Troi, a
			female, is devoured by you...
			clearly indicating an unconscious
			desire to possess your own mother.

					DATA
			But I do not have a mother.

					FREUD
				(quickly)
			Do not interrupt. The knife and
			its violent connotation suggests
			a certain feeling of sexual
			inadequacy...

					DATA
			I have no sexual desires.

					FREUD
				(reacts)
			Ach! Repression on top of
			everything. It is all becoming
			clear to me now...
				(thinks)
			There might be a paper in this...
			I could call it "Mister D: An
			Analysis of Android Dementia."

	Data stands up from the couch -- he's had enough.

					DATA
			I do not believe I am being helped
			by this session.

      STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/25/93 - ACT TWO      20.

24   CONTINUED: (3)

	Freud turns to Data, raising his voice.

					FREUD
			Classic transference! Your anger
			toward me is, in fact, the
			animosity you feel toward your
			father.
				(beat)
			You are a polymorphously-perverse
			individual, Mister Data, and I
			recommend full psychoanalysis.

	He glances at his note pad.

					FREUD
				(continuing)
			I believe I can fit you in... next
			Tuesday.

					DATA
			That will not be necessary.
				(to computer)
			Computer -- end program.

	Freud's office VANISHES and the Holodeck GRID APPEARS.
	As Data takes a moment, relieved, then heads for the
	door...

25   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, N.D.s. Picard is on his feet,
	pacing, impatient.

					WORF
				(off console)
			Captain. Incoming message from
			Admiral Nakamura.

	Picard and Riker exchange a look -- they've been
	expecting this. Picard takes a breath, then...

					PICARD
			On screen.

26   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The image of ADMIRAL NAKAMURA comes up -- a stern-looking
	man in his late fifties. Picard smiles
	politely.

					PICARD
			Admiral.

      STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/25/93 - ACT TWO      21.

26   CONTINUED:

					NAKAMURA
			Captain, we were expecting you
			this morning. Is there a problem?

	Picard tries to make light of it.

					PICARD
			Actually, we've been experiencing
			a few minor difficulties with our
			new warp core. But my Chief
			Engineer assures me that we'll be
			under way within the hour.

	Nakamura nods, a little irritated.

					NAKAMURA
			I was hoping we'd have a chance to
			discuss your new mission orders
			before the banquet... but I guess
			it'll have to wait.

					PICARD
			My apologies, Admiral.

	Nakamura eyes him.

					NAKAMURA
			You're not trying to... avoid this
			particular engagement, are you,
			Captain?

					PICARD
			Oh, no... certainly not, sir. I'm
			looking forward to it.

					NAKAMURA
			Good. I'll expect you soon.
			Nakamura out.

	The Viewscreen goes back to a starfield.

					RIKER
				(lightly)
			I think he's on to you, sir.

	Picard shoots him a look. Then --

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge to Bridge.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Go ahead, Geordi.

      STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/16/93 - ACT TWO      22.

27   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi, Data, Tyler, N.D.s at work. The warp core is
	ACTIVE -- glowing and humming.

					GEORDI
			We've just started her up, sir.
			All systems are holding steady...
				(beat)
			Ready when you are, Captain.

28   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard takes a breath, looks to the Com.

					PICARD
			Ensign Russell -- set course and
			engage.

	The Ensign works...

29   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise's engines FLARE brightly and there is
	the roar of the great ship going into warp -- but it
	does not move. The engines keep FLARING, brighter and
	brighter, then completely GO OUT.

30   INT. ENGINEERING

	The warp core DIES DOWN and SHUTS OFF with a loud
	RATTLE. Alarmed, Geordi rushes to a console and starts
	working.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Engineering -- report!

					DATA
				(to com, off console)
			The warp field has collapsed, sir.

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			It looks like we've blown out the
			entire power converter, Captain.
			Impulse engines are down, too --
			we're not going anywhere...
				(quickly)
			But I know exactly how to fix it.
			Give me two, three hours, tops.

      STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/25/93 - ACT TWO      23.

30   CONTINUED:

	The warp core starts to make an awful RATTLING NOISE.
	Geordi reacts, appalled.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Now what?

	As he moves to the core...

31   INT. BRIDGE

	As before. Picard is frustrated.

					RIKER
			Talk about going nowhere fast.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, open a channel to
			Starbase Two-nineteen. Advise
			Admiral Nakamura... I'll be later
			than I thought.

	OFF Picard's face...

32   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	hanging motionless in space.

33   INT. ENGINEERING

	A while later. Geordi is working on one of the WARP
	PLASMA CONDUITS. (NOTE: It is the same kind of conduit
	the workmen were working on in the Teaser). Data and
	Ensign Tyler are working nearby. The core still
	RATTLES from time to time, and it's playing on Geordi's
	nerves.

					GEORDI
				(to Tyler)
			Tyler, how are you coming with
			that relay diagnostic?

					TYLER
			Almost done, sir...

	Tyler works her conduit a moment, then quickly moves to
	Geordi.

      STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/17/93 - ACT TWO      24.

33   CONTINUED:

					TYLER
				(continuing)
			If you'll excuse me, I need this
			plasma inverter...

	She bends down and reaches her arms around Geordi as if
	the physical closeness were nothing, and grabs a (TECH)
	TOOL off the conduit. Geordi is uncomfortable with the
	closeness. She smiles at him, then moves off. Data
	gives Geordi a bemused look.

					DATA
			Ensign Tyler still appears to have
			a "crush" on you, Geordi. It is
			clear that you did not speak with
			her.

					GEORDI
				(annoyed)
			I haven't had a chance, Data...
				(beat)
			Here. Give me a hand with this
			coil brace.

	Geordi and Data reach into the conduit and pull out a
	long, thin piece of BRACING MATERIAL. The brace is
	about a foot in length, with a few sharp protruding
	edges -- like a ruler with a serrated edge.

					GEORDI
				(re: bracing)
			Could you perform a metallurgical
			scan on the brace... see if there
			are any microfractures? Be
			careful, it's kind of sharp.

	Data nods and turns with the brace -- and stops,
	staring down at the brace...

34   CLOSE ON BRACE

	Data's hand is wrapped around it in exactly the same
	way that he was holding the over-sized knife in his
	dream. In fact, the metal and shape of the brace is
	very suggestive of the knife.

35   DATA

	stares at the image, disturbed by the memories it
	conjures. Geordi glances at him.

        STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT TWO        25.

35   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Is there a problem, Data?

	Data looks up.

					DATA
			I am reminded of a recent dream.
			This brace is reminiscent of...

	Suddenly, Data sees something on the back of Geordi's
	neck --

36   CLOSE ON GEORDI (OPTICAL)

	Clearly visible on the back of Geordi's neck is a large
	ANIMAL MOUTH -- teeth bared and HISSING.

37   DATA

	steps back in shock. Suddenly, the RINGING SOUND is
	heard from somewhere in the room. Data turns at the
	noise --

38   NEW ANGLE

	As Data turns -- everyone in the room is gone. Data is
	alone, and the room is completely silent, except for
	the ringing. Data looks around in confusion.

					RIKER'S VOICE
			Aren't you going to answer that,
			Commander?

39   RIKER

	walks up to Data. The straw is sticking out of his
	temple (as seen in Act one). He points to Data's
	stomach in irritation.

					RIKER
			What are you waiting for? Answer
			it!

	Data glances down at his stomach... then he slowly
	reaches down and OPENS a small PANEL on his abdomen.

      STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/16/93 - ACT TWO      26.

40   CLOSE ON DATA'S ABDOMEN (OPTICAL)

	Visible inside his stomach is an old-fashioned
	TELEPHONE RECEIVER -- and it's ringing. Data pulls out
	the receiver... puts it up to his ear to "answer the
	phone".

					DATA
				(into phone)
			Hello?

	FREUD'S VOICE is heard on the other end --

					FREUD'S VOICE
			Kill them. You must kill them
			all... before it's too late.

	Data reacts to the words. Suddenly, a HAND grabs Data
	from behind --

					GEORDI'S VOICE
			Data.

	Data turns --

41   NEW ANGLE

	As Data turns -- Geordi and Ensign Tyler are standing
	nearby, staring at him in concern. Geordi has just
	taken Data by the arm. Everything is back to normal.

					GEORDI
			Data, what's wrong?

	Data is shocked, confused.

					DATA
			I do not know.

	OFF his concern...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

       STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT THREE       27.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

42   INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	Data is holding the coil brace seen earlier, and he's
	contemplating it with a serious look. He's on his
	feet, pacing the room, determined to understand his
	recent experiences.

					DATA
			Everything seems to remind me of
			the nightmare -- objects, sounds,
			smells. And now I have seen
			elements from the dream while
			still in a waking state.
				(beat)
			I cannot explain it.

	Troi tries to comfort him.

					TROI
			Data... if you were one of my
			human patients, I might be
			concerned right now. I'd say you
			had a waking dream... or a
			hallucination...
				(beat)
			But you're not human. It seems to
			me that we might be looking at
			some sort of technological
			problem...

					DATA
			I have run three complete self-diagnostics.
			All of my systems
			are functioning normally.

	Troi considers this. Data paces a moment... looking
	for explanation...

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I have studied over one hundred
			thirty-eight different theories of
			dream analysis in an effort to
			explain my nightmares.

					TROI
			What have you found?

     STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/16/93 - ACT THREE     28.

42   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I have been unable to find a
			single interpretation of my
			nightmares. For instance, Neo-Platonic
			hermetic texts from the
			Ancient Near East would suggest
			that my experience indicates a
			prophetic function -- that I have
			perceived an impending disaster.
				(beat)
			Professor Syrus of Tilonus Four
			would consider my dreams nothing
			more than epi-phenomena in my
			neural net. Random discharges
			with no meaning whatsoever.
				(beat)
			Doctor Freud of early Twentieth
			century Earth suggested that my
			dreams represent a latent psychosexual
			complex.

	Data stares down at the (TECH) brace.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Perhaps Freud was correct... and
			the knife I dreamed of is the
			embodiment of my unconscious
			desire to inflict violence.

	Troi reacts to this.

					TROI
			Data... even Freud said "sometimes
			a cigar is just a cigar."
				(beat)
			A lot of the theories you've
			examined are interesting... but
			they're also flawed and obsolete.

	Troi stands and moves to him.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			That knife could just as well be
			an archetypal symbol of rational
			clarity -- it's sharp... it cuts
			through things that are dull...

	Data looks at her, starting to hear the sense in her
	words.

     STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/16/93 - ACT THREE     29.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
				(continuing)
			The bottom line is... I think you
			may be developing an almost...
			obsessive interest in your own
			inner-workings.
				(beat)
			I'd almost call it the beginnings
			of a... neurosis.

	Data reacts.

					DATA
			That is not possible.

					TROI
			Why not? You've eliminated all
			the technical explanations. And
			it makes sense that as your neural
			net becomes more complex... more
			human... you might experience the
			same kind of psychological
			complexities as a human.

	Data is excited by the possibility.

					DATA
				(hopeful)
			Do you really think it is
			possible?

	Troi smiles.

					TROI
			You may be the first person who's
			come into my office who's actually
			been excited by the prospect of a
			new neurosis.
				(beat)
			But yes... I do think it's
			possible. In fact, I'd like to
			start counseling you on a regular
			basis.

					DATA
				(pleased)
			Daily?

     STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/25/93 - ACT THREE     30.

42   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			No... we'll start weekly. And as
			a first step, I want you to shut
			down your dream program until our
			next session... just to be safe.
			Give yourself a chance to reflect
			on this experience.

	Data nods.

					DATA
			Thank you, Counselor. I look
			forward to our next meeting.

	Troi smiles gently. Data heads for the door...

					TROI
			And Data...
				(lightly)
			Next time... see me before you see
			Sigmund.

	Data nods and EXITS. OFF Troi's expression...

43   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as before, hanging in space.

44   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard sitting at his desk, talking to Admiral Nakamura
	on the desktop MONITOR. Picard is frustrated, and a
	little embarrassed.

					PICARD
			Admiral, I can explain...

					NAKAMURA
			Let me guess. Your new warp core
			is... "malfunctioning" again?

	Picard nods, awkward.

					PICARD
			Unfortunately, the problem has
			affected our impulse systems now.
			At the moment, we are... adrift.

     STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/25/93 - ACT THREE     31.

44   CONTINUED:

					NAKAMURA
				(a jab)
			Are you expecting to have the
			problem fixed soon... or shall we
			send out a tow ship to bring you
			in?

	Picard bristles at the remark.

					PICARD
			That won't be necessary. I have
			full confidence in my Engineering
			staff. I will be at the banquet
			on time.

	Nakamura nods.

					NAKAMURA
			Incidentally, Captain... the
			banquet really won't be as bad as
			you might expect.
				(beat)
			The key note speaker is going to
			address Bajoran aqueduct
			management. And I hear they're
			serving Ktarian spice cake for
			dessert this year.

	Picard forces a smile.

					PICARD
			Yes, I know... it sounds...
			delightful.

					NAKAMURA
				(with emphasis)
			It is not to be missed.
			Understood?

					PICARD
			Yes, sir. Picard out.

	Picard taps the terminal and the transmission ENDS.
	OFF his expression...

45   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi is at an OPEN PANEL, working on the same kind of
	plasma conduit seen earlier. Data and Ensign Tyler are
	working nearby.

	Picard is there, too, standing next to Geordi -- he's
	restless, eager to get under way.

       STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT THREE       31.

44   CONTINUED:

					CHAPMAN
				(a jab)
			Are you expecting to have the
			problem fixed soon... or shall we
			send out a tow ship to bring you
			in?

	Picard bristles at the remark.

					PICARD
			That won't be necessary. I have
			full confidence in my Engineering
			staff. I will be at the banquet
			on time.

	Chapman nods.

					CHAPMAN
			Incidentally, Captain... the
			banquet really won't be as bad as
			you might expect.
				(beat)
			The key note speaker is going to
			address Bajoran aqueduct
			management. And I hear they're
			serving Ktarian spice cake for
			dessert this year.

	Picard forces a smile.

					PICARD
			Yes, I know... it sounds...
			delightful.

					CHAPMAN
				(with emphasis)
			It is not to be missed.
			Understood?

					PICARD
			Yes, sir. Picard out.

	Picard taps the terminal and the transmission ENDS.
	OFF his expression...

45   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi is at an OPEN PANEL, working on the same kind of
	plasma conduit seen earlier. Data and Ensign Tyler are
	working nearby.

	Picard is there, too, standing next to Geordi -- he's
	restless, eager to get under way.

     STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/17/93 - ACT THREE     32.

45   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Have you tried reconfiguring the
			plasma conduit?

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir... we did that two hours
			ago.

	Picard nods. He watches Geordi for a moment.

					PICARD
			What about the relays? Have you
			made absolutely sure they don't
			need a new phase invertor?

					DATA
			I am currently running a level
			three diagnostic on the relays,
			sir. We will have the results of
			the analysis in approximately ten
			minutes.

					PICARD
			I see...

	Picard stands. Data crosses the room to work at
	another console...

46   ANGLE ON DATA

	as he starts to work. He stops a moment, thoughtful...
	then turns to look at something...

47   THE COIL BRACE

	seen earlier is lying nearby. An N.D. is scanning it
	with a diagnostic instrument.

48   DATA

	considers the image... his face neutral...

49   RESUME PICARD, GEORDI AND TYLER

	Picard eyes a panel of isolinear chips, moves to it.

					PICARD
			Perhaps I can help you reconfigure
			these isolinear chips...

     STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/17/93 - ACT THREE     33.

49   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			No, sir, please don't touch that --

	Geordi quickly stops Picard... then speaks carefully,
	trying to give Picard the hint.

					GEORDI
			Sir... Commander Data and I have
			the situation under control. If
			you'd just let the two of us take
			care of it... we can get the work
			done a lot faster...

	Picard nods, calming a little.

					PICARD
			You're right...
				(beat)
			If you don't mind, I'll just wait
			here and observe your progress.

	Geordi reacts -- this isn't what he wanted to hear.

					GEORDI
			Actually, Captain...

	Ensign Tyler quickly jumps in.

					TYLER
				(to Picard)
			Captain. We could use an extra
			hand moving the containment
			pods...

	Picard brightens, eager to help.

					PICARD
			Not at all. I'd be happy to...

	Picard moves off with Tyler, who turns and flashes
	Geordi a triumphant smile. Geordi smiles in return,
	genuinely grateful. Picard and Tyler EXIT. Geordi
	breathes a sigh of relief... returns to his work...

					GEORDI
				(quiet, to himself)
			Good work, Ensign. I thought he'd
			never leave...
				(beat)
			Data, would you help me lock down
			this plasma conduit... ?

       STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT THREE       34.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

	A beat goes by.

					GEORDI
			Data?

	No response. Geordi slides out from under the console,
	looks around.

50   INCLUDE THE ROOM

	Data is nowhere to be seen -- he's gone.

					GEORDI
			Data... ?

	OFF Geordi's puzzled reaction...

51   OMITTED

52   INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	Troi walking along. FOLLOW her as she walks along the
	hall... and turns a corner...

53   NEW ANGLE

	as Troi turns the corner -- and she stops, sensing that
	she is being watched. She turns to look behind her...

54   OMITTED

       STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT THREE       35.

55   TROI'S POV

	of the corridor. The hall is empty.

56   TROI

	reacts... then she shrugs off the feeling and continues
	on her way. She stops at a Turbolift. The doors open
	and she enters...

57   INT. TURBOLIFT - CONTINUOUS

					TROI
				(to lift)
			Deck Thirty-six.

	The doors start to close... and just as they do, a HAND
	slips in and forces them back open. Data ENTERS the
	lift. Troi smiles at him as the doors slide shut.

					TROI
			Hello, Data.

	Data doesn't answer -- he just stares straight ahead.
	The lift starts MOVING. Troi eyes him.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Data... are you all right?

	No response. Slowly, Data looks over at Troi and eyes
	her right shoulder with an intent look on his face.
	Troi sees that he is holding the coil brace in his
	hand.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			What are you doing?

	Data very calmly raises the brace.

					DATA
			I am sorry, Counselor.

	Before Troi can react, Data STABS the brace into Troi's
	shoulder (offscreen). Troi cries out and falls
	backward. Data moves toward her with the brace, face
	expressionless. Troi stares at him in disbelief.

					TROI
			NO!

       STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT THREE       36.

57   CONTINUED:

	As he moves to stab her again...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT FOUR        37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

58   INT. CORRIDOR

	Riker and Worf walking along, mid-conversation. Worf
	is annoyed.

					WORF
			Ever since you gave Alexander that
			music program... he has been
			playing it all night... every
			night.

					RIKER
			I was just trying to broaden his
			horizons. Besides, he likes it.

	They walk up to a Turbolift. Riker taps a control by
	the door and they wait.

					WORF
			It is screeching... pounding...
			dissonant. It is not music.

					RIKER
			Worf, it's better than music --
			it's jazz.

59   NEW ANGLE

	as the Turbolift doors open -- it's a shocking sight.
	Troi is slumped on the floor, unconscious, blood
	visible on her shoulder. Data is standing over her
	with the coil brace.

	Riker and Worf are stunned by the sight. Before they
	can say anything, Data turns to them. He immediately
	ATTACKS Riker, swinging the brace toward Riker's face --

					RIKER
			Data -- !

	Riker raises his arms to protect himself. Worf quickly
	grabs Data from behind and tries to subdue him. Data
	struggles a moment, then stops. A look of realization
	crosses his face as he suddenly comes to his senses.
	He drops the coil brace to the floor and stops
	resisting... glances at Worf in confusion...

     STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/16/93 - ACT FOUR     38.

60   RIKER

	moves to Troi.

					RIKER
				(taps his communicator)
			Medical emergency, deck seventeen,
			section three alpha!

	Riker puts his hand on her wound to staunch the flow of
	blood. OFF his concerned look...

61   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	A short time later. Worf and TWO Security Guards are
	standing on either side of Data, keeping an eye on him.
	Picard, Riker and Geordi are questioning Data, who is
	back to his normal self. The mood is tense.

					DATA
			I believe I had another waking
			dream, sir. But this time, I felt
			an uncontrollable urge to...
			eliminate the image I saw.

					PICARD
			And what you saw was some sort of
			a... "mouth" on Counselor Troi's
			shoulder...

					DATA
			Yes, sir. And for a reason I
			cannot explain, I felt the need to
			destroy it.

					RIKER
			What about me? Did you see one of
			these mouths on my head?

					DATA
			No, sir. I saw a straw coming out
			of your head.

	A beat. They don't know what to make of this.

					PICARD
			A straw?

					DATA
			As I said, these are all images
			that I originally experienced in
			my dream program. I do not have
			a rational explanation for them.

        STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT FOUR        39.

61   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			But you said you shut down your
			dream program...

					DATA
			That is correct.

	Picard turns to Geordi.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge?

					GEORDI
			We've run every possible
			diagnostic on Data's positronic
			net... but we can't find anything
			wrong. I can run a sub-polymer
			scan... but it'll take some time
			to get the equipment together.

					PICARD
			Make it so.
				(to Data)
			In the meantime, Mister Data...
			I'm going to have to relieve you
			of duty and confine you to
			quarters.

					DATA
			A sensible precaution, sir.

	Data stands and EXITS, Worf and the Security Guards
	close behind. As Picard and the others exchange a grim
	look...

62   INT. SICKBAY

	Troi is lying on the surgical table, unconscious.
	She's dressed in a medical gown, and her right shoulder
	is exposed -- a MEDICAL DEVICE is covering the wound.
	Her eyes flicker open... she's starting to wake up,
	disoriented. Beverly moves to her. A Nurse is
	standing nearby.

					BEVERLY
				(to Troi)
			It's all right, Deanna... you're
			in Sickbay. Everything's going to
			be all right.

					TROI
			Data...

        STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT FOUR        40.

62   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			He's not here... try to relax.

	Beverly examines the medical device.

					BEVERLY
			The vascular pad has healed your
			wound. But you've lost a lot of
			blood... so I want you to lie
			still for a while.

	Troi nods. Beverly removes the medical device from
	Troi's shoulder... and reacts with surprise to what
	she sees. Visible on Troi's skin is a strange, mottled
	red DISCOLORATION.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			That's odd... there shouldn't be
			any discoloration after the
			treatment. This looks like some
			sort of rash...

	Beverly picks up a medical tricorder and scans Troi's
	shoulder.

					TROI
			What is it?

					BEVERLY
				(off tricorder)
			I'm picking up cellular
			degradation. But I don't think
			it's related to the lacerations...
				(scans)
			And there's some kind of residual
			interphasic signature...

	Troi looks worried. Beverly thinks a moment.

					BEVERLY
				(to Nurse)
			Nurse, get me an interphasic
			scanner... I want to take a
			closer look.

	The Nurse nods and heads off. Beverly gingerly touches
	the discolored area with her finger.

					BEVERLY
			Does that hurt?

        STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT FOUR        41.

62   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Not at all...

	OFF Beverly's puzzled reaction...

63   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Data and Worf ENTER. The two Guards can be seen
	outside in the corridor.

					WORF
			I will have to confiscate your
			sidearm.

	Data moves to his desk reaches underneath -- pulls out
	his phaser and hands it to Worf.

					DATA
			May I ask a personal favor?

					WORF
			Yes?

	Data walks over to the couch, where Spot is lying down.
	He indicates the cat.

					DATA
			Will you take care of Spot for me?

					WORF
			Your... animal?

					DATA
				(nods)
			I am concerned that if I have
			another waking dream, I may...
			injure him.

	Worf is moved by the sentiment.

					WORF
			Of course.

	Worf eyes the cat, not quite sure how to deal with it.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Spot. Come here.

					DATA
			Unlike a canine, Spot will not
			respond to verbal commands.

        STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT FOUR        42.

63   CONTINUED:

	Data gently picks up Spot and hands him to Worf. Worf
	handles the cat awkwardly. Data reaches out and pets
	Spot on the head gently.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Goodbye, Spot.

	Worf heads for the door.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			He will need to be fed once a day.
			He prefers feline supplement one-twenty-five.

					WORF
			I understand.

					DATA
			And he will require water. And
			you must also provide him with a
			sand box.

	Worf nods.

					DATA
				(continuing, one last
				 thing)
			And you must talk to him. Tell
			him he is a pretty cat, and a good
			cat...

					WORF
				(cutting him off)
			I will... feed him.

					DATA
			Perhaps that will be enough.

	Worf EXITS. OFF Data's face... thoughtful, and very
	troubled by what has happened...

64   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly is standing next to Troi, who is still lying on
	the surgical table, semi-conscious. Picard and Riker
	ENTER. Beverly turns to them, urgent.

					BEVERLY
			Captain. We have a problem. Take
			a look at this...

     STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/17/93 - ACT FOUR     43.

64   CONTINUED:

	Beverly points to the discoloration on Troi's shoulder,
	which has gotten noticeably worse -- the red mottling
	has spread.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing, re: rash)
			Her tissue is breaking down on a
			cellular level... and it's
			spreading. At first I thought it
			was a rash from the coil brace she
			was stabbed with... but when I
			used the interphasic scanner, I
			found something else...

	Beverly picks up an INTERPHASIC SCANNER and activates
	it -- the scanner sends out a BLUE LIGHT. She shines
	it onto Troi's shoulder...

65   ANGLE ON TROI'S SHOULDER (OPTICAL)

	As the light hits Troi's skin, it ILLUMINATES a
	previously unseen CREATURE. The creature is large and
	leech-like in appearance, frightening -- and it is
	gripping Troi's skin with several thin tendrils.

66   RESUME (OPTICAL)

	As Beverly takes the light away. Reactions.

					PICARD
			What is it?

					BEVERLY
			The better question is... what are
			they?

	Beverly shines the light on her own forearm. We now
	see a SIMILAR CREATURE latched onto her arm. She takes
	the light away.

					BEVERLY
			I've only checked the medical
			staff... but I've found them on
			almost everyone so far...

        STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT FOUR        44.

66   CONTINUED:

	Beverly moves to Riker, shines the blue light over his
	chest... his arms... then over his face... and
	discovers a CREATURE hugging the side of his face at
	the temple. Beverly shines the light over Picard --
	revealing a CREATURE clamped onto his neck... and
	another one gripping his chest.

	OFF their shocked reactions...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT FIVE        45.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

67   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Geordi and Beverly, middiscussion.

					BEVERLY
			The infestation rate has reached
			seventy-three percent of the crew
			so far. The cellular decay is
			accelerating in all cases. I
			haven't found a way to stop it...
			or even slow it down.

	Riker unconsciously touches the side of his face, where
	we saw the creature earlier. He knows it's there, and
	it gives him the creeps.

					RIKER
			What are we dealing with here?
			Are these creatures... feeding off
			us?

					BEVERLY
			In a way... They appear to be
			extracting our cellular peptides.
			It's roughly analogous to the way
			Terran leeches consume hemoglobin.

					PICARD
			Can we reverse the process?

					BEVERLY
			Not until the organisms are
			removed. And if they're not
			removed soon, our bodies will
			begin to lose all cellular
			cohesion... we'll collapse into
			nothing but a few pounds of
			chemicals.

	Reactions to the grim image.

					PICARD
			Can we affect the organisms in any
			way?

     STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/17/93 - ACT FIVE     46.

67   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			We've tried E-M radiation...
			subspace fields... thermal
			protons... nothing works. They
			seem to exist in an interphasic
			state, just beyond our visual and
			sensor acuity. The only way we
			can see them is to use an IP
			scanner... tricorders can't even
			pick them up.

					RIKER
			Do we know where these things came
			from?

					WORF
			I have scanned the vicinity with
			an IP scanner. There is no sign
			of any similar creatures, or any
			unusual interphasic activity.

					PICARD
			Perhaps Starbase Eighty-four...
			could we have picked them up there
			during the installation of the
			warp core?

					GEORDI
			I contacted the Starbase and had
			them use IP scanners. Nothing.

	Picard thinks for a long beat.

					PICARD
			What about Mister Data? There
			must be some connection between
			his odd behavior and these
			creatures. Is he infested, as
			well?

					BEVERLY
			No. I scanned him, but I didn't
			find anything.

					PICARD
			Data attacked Counselor Troi
			because he said he saw a...
			"mouth" on her shoulder...
				(to Beverly)
			And in that same area, you first
			discovered one of the organisms...

          STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/16/93 - ACT FIVE         47.

67   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(onto idea)
			He also saw a "straw" on the side
			of my head... and Beverly found an
			organism in the same spot.

					GEORDI
				(thinks)
			Those were all images from his
			dreams... maybe he's unconsciously
			perceiving these creatures...

	Picard considers... makes the decision.

					PICARD
			I think it's time we took a closer
			look at Mister Data's dreams.

68   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Picard and Geordi talking to Data, mid-scene.

					DATA
			It is an interesting hypothesis.
			If I am being affected by these
			interphasic creatures on an
			unconscious level, it may also
			explain my waking dreams, and my
			subsequent anti-social behavior.

					GEORDI
			What we want to do is link your
			neural net into the Holodeck...
			and have you activate your dream
			program, so as you're dreaming...
			we can observe the dream images.

          STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/16/93 - ACT FIVE         48.

68   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Perhaps we can learn more about
			the creatures by interpreting the
			symbols and images in your dreams.

					DATA
				(onto the idea)
			I see. The concept is similar to
			the method of Directed Dreaming.

					PICARD
			Exactly.
				(to Geordi)
			How soon can you have the link
			ready?

					GEORDI
			We'd need about an hour to
			establish all the interface
			parameters.

					PICARD
			Make it so.
				(beat)
			In the meantime, Mister Data...
			I'd say you should prepare for
			bed.

	OFF Data's face...

69   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as before.

70   INT. HOLODECK GRID (OPTICAL)

	Picard is standing inside the ARCH on the empty
	Holodeck GRID. Data is sitting on a chair -- his head
	is OPEN and a couple of high-tech CABLES connect his
	circuitry to a panel on the arch. Geordi is making
	adjustments to Data's circuits. Two Security Guards
	stand nearby.

					GEORDI
			I think we're ready, Captain...
			the link is active, and the
			Holodeck has been calibrated to
			Data's neural net.

	Geordi completes his work and stands.

          STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/17/93 - ACT FIVE         49.

70   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Ready, Mister Data?

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	Picard takes a breath.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Normally, I would wish you
			pleasant dreams... but in this
			case, bad dreams would be more
			helpful.

					DATA
			I understand.
				(thinks)
			I am initializing my dream
			program. Stand by...

	Data closes his eyes. There's a beat, then the
	Holodeck CHANGES TO --

71   INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Geordi look around. Data is nowhere to be
	seen.

					PICARD
			Keep your eyes peeled. Even an
			apparently insignificant image
			could be an important symbol.

					GEORDI
			Right...

	After a beat, Data comes quickly walking around a
	corner. He sees them.

					DATA
			Hello.

	He walks on by. Picard and Geordi follow him down the
	hall.

					PICARD
			Can we talk to Data directly... or
			will that wake him up?

            STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT FIVE           49A.

71   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			He should be perceiving us as just
			another part of his dream.
			Anything we say to him will be
			taken in that context...

	Suddenly, the familiar RINGING SOUND begins. Data
	stops and reacts the sound in pain.

            STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT FIVE            50.

71   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			That sounds like a telephone
			ringer...
				(looks around)
			I don't see a receiver...

	With determination, Data continues walking... and EXITS
	into Ten Forward. Picard and Geordi follow...

72   INT. TEN FORWARD - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	We see the same setting and group of people as seen in
	the dream in Act One (the workmen are not present).
	Data, Picard and Geordi ENTER. The ringing sound has
	stopped. Data looks around the room, then walks over
	to a table where the "Troi cake" is lying on the table.
	There are several pieces missing, and Troi is now
	unconscious. Worf sits nearby, eating a piece of the
	cake. Data picks up the large knife seen earlier and
	begins to cut a slice out of her right shoulder.

	Picard and Geordi react to the bizarre sight. Data
	offers Picard a piece of cake.

					DATA
			Cake?

					PICARD
			Thank you.

	Picard takes the cake. Data starts to cut another
	piece out of her shoulder. Picard stares at the image,
	realizing...

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Look at that... her right
			shoulder... the same place he
			stabbed her...

					GEORDI
			Wait a minute... in his waking
			dream, he said there was a mouth
			on her shoulder...

					PICARD
				(thinking)
			They're both symbols of...
			consumption. Food... a mouth...
				(to Data)
			Mister Data, what kind of cake is
			this?

            STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT FIVE            51.

72   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(matter of fact)
			It is cellular peptide cake.

					WORF
				(chiming in)
			With mint frosting.

	Picard and Geordi exchange a look.

					GEORDI
			Cellular peptides... that's
			exactly what the creatures are
			extracting.

	Suddenly, the RINGING SOUND begins. Data reacts in
	pain.

					RIKER'S VOICE
			Will someone answer that damn
			ringing!

	Data drops the knife and moves over to the bar, where
	Riker and Beverly are sitting. Beverly is sipping from
	a straw sticking out from Riker's temple, as seen
	before. Picard and Geordi react to the sight.

					RIKER
				(to Picard, urgent)
			Captain -- the ringing is getting
			worse.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			What could the ringing symbolize?
			Sound... a bell... an old way of
			communicating...

	Beverly holds offers the straw to Geordi.

					BEVERLY
			Want some? It's delicious.

	Beverly continues slurping the drink. The ringing
	continues. Riker points to Data's stomach, annoyed.

					RIKER
			Will somebody please get that!

          STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/17/93 - ACT FIVE         52.

72   CONTINUED: (2)

	Geordi moves to Data and listens at Data's midsection...
	reacts to something on Data's abdomen...
	reaches over and OPENS a PANEL on his stomach (as seen
	before). There is a telephone receiver inside. Geordi
	reacts to the sight... then picks up the receiver...

					GEORDI
				(into phone)
			Yes... ?

	Geordi listens a moment, then hands the phone to
	Picard.

					GEORDI
			It's for you.

	Picard takes the phone.

					PICARD
				(into phone)
			Picard.

	The same voice heard earlier -- it's Freud.

					FREUD'S VOICE
			Kill them.

					PICARD
			Kill who?

					FREUD'S VOICE
			Kill them... before it is too
			late.

					PICARD
			Who is this?

	In the blink of an eye, the SCENE CHANGES --

73   INT. FREUD'S OFFICE (OPTICAL)

	As seen before. Picard and Geordi are standing in the
	exact same positions, but Data is now lying on the
	analyst's couch. Data's "phone" is gone. Freud is
	holding an old-fashioned telephone to his ear. He
	hangs up the phone.

					FREUD
			I am Doctor Sigmund Freud.

          STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/17/93 - ACT FIVE         53.

73   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(to Picard)
			How does he fit into all this?

					FREUD
			If I were to interpret my own
			appearance in this dream, I would
			say I am the symbolic
			representation of Data's
			unconscious mind trying to warn
			him about the dangers he perceives
			around him.

	Freud pops the cigar in his mouth with satisfaction.

					PICARD
			You mean, the interphasic
			organisms...

					FREUD
			Of course.

					PICARD
			Tell me, Doctor... how can we kill
			them?

	The RINGING SOUND begins. Data reacts in pain.

					FREUD
				(re: ringing)
			Answer it.

	Picard moves toward the old-fashioned phone to answer
	it. Freud stops him.

					FREUD
			Nien, nien, nien. Do not be so
			literal. When I say answer it, I
			mean respond to it... to them.

	Suddenly, the door BURSTS OPEN and the three workmen
	rush in.

					WORKMAN
				(to Freud)
			Be quiet!

	One of them pulls out an old-fashioned GERMAN LUGER and
	SHOOTS Freud, who slumps into his chair, dead. The
	workmen immediately move to a piece of FURNITURE and
	push it aside -- revealing the WARP PLASMA CONDUIT seen
	in the Teaser and in Act Two and Act Three. They start
	to work on the conduit with their picks and shovels.

          STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/17/93 - ACT FIVE         54.

73   CONTINUED: (2)

	The ringing sound continues, getting faster and faster
	as the scene builds.

					PICARD
				(re: workmen)
			What do they represent?

	Geordi eyes the warp conduit.

					GEORDI
			I don't know... but I recognize
			that junction they're working on.
			It's the plasma conduit we
			installed with the new warp
			core...

	Picard looks at the telephone.

					PICARD
				(re: ringing)
			"Respond"... respond to them...
			what does that mean?

	Picard picks up the telephone, but the ringing does not
	stop. He considers, desperate to figure this out.
	Geordi walks up to the workmen.

					GEORDI
				(to workmen)
			What is it you're doing?

					WORKMAN
				(a threat)
			Go away. Leave us alone.

					PICARD
				(to workmen)
			Who are you?

	One of the workman turns toward Picard.

					WORKMAN
			We are... your enemies.

	The workmen suddenly turn as a group and GRAB Picard
	and Geordi. Picard and Geordi struggle, but it's no
	use. The three workmen raise their picks, preparing to
	STAB Geordi and Picard...

	Data sits up on the couch.

          STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/17/93 - ACT FIVE         55.

73   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
				(to workmen)
			Stop. You are hurting my friends
			and I must --

	Data's voice gives way to the high-pitched SHRIEK heard
	earlier. Immediately, the workmen let go of Picard and
	Geordi and converge on Data, angry.

					WORKMAN
			Be quiet!

	Data leaps up from the couch... backs away from the
	workmen... suspense building as they raise their picks
	and shovels, getting closer...

	Picard watches the workmen... starting to realize...

					PICARD
				(quickly, to Data)
			Data, the shrieking noise you made --
			it causes them pain!

	Data glances at Picard, then opens his mouth and emits
	the high-pitched SHRIEK. The workmen stop and react in
	pain.

					WORKMAN
			Be... quiet!

	The workmen try to move toward Data, but the shriek is
	too painful. They stumble backward in response to it.
	Data takes a step toward them, mouth open, emitting the
	shriek. One workman drops his tools and slumps against
	the wall, helpless. The other two drop their tools and
	fall to their knees. A moment later, they all slump to
	the floor, unconscious.

	Data closes his mouth. The shrieking stops. A look of
	realization crosses his face.

					DATA
			I believe I understand.

	Suddenly, everything VANISHES --

          STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/19/93 - ACT FIVE        55A.

74   INT. HOLODECK GRID

	Picard and Geordi in the same positions. They look
	toward Data, who is still attached to the arch. Data
	opens his eyes and looks at them.

					DATA
				(urgent, to Geordi)
			Geordi, you must adjust my
			positronic subprocessor to emit an
			interphasic pulse.

	Geordi nods and quickly kneels beside Data, starts to
	make adjustments to the circuitry on his head.

					PICARD
			Data, what's going on?

					DATA
				(explains)
			The workmen in my dreams represent
			the organisms which are trying to
			demolish the ship. The incessant
			ringing of the telephone, and
			Freud's cautions at the other end,
			were warnings of the dangers
			around us.

					PICARD
			What about the shrieking noise you
			made?

          STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/19/93 - ACT FIVE         56.

74   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			My positronic subprocessors were
			detecting high-frequency
			interphasic signatures from the
			organisms... which were
			symbolically represented in my
			dreams by the high shriek.

					PICARD
			When you made those sounds, the
			workmen reacted in pain...

					DATA
			That is why I have asked Geordi to
			adjust my subprocessor. If I can
			produce a high-frequency
			interphasic pulse, it may have a
			similar effect on the creatures.

	Geordi completes his adjustments.

					GEORDI
			Ready...

					PICARD
				(taps communicator)
			Picard to Sickbay. Beverly, we're
			going to be sweeping the ship with
			a high-frequency IP pulse.
			Monitor the creatures for any
			response.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Understood.

            STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT FIVE           56A.

74   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard nods to Geordi, who then hits a circuit on
	Data's head. We hear a HIGH-PITCHED WHINE (similar to
	the SHRIEK in dream). The whine gets higher and
	higher, more intense... finally going up and out of the
	range of human hearing...

            STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT FIVE            57.

75   INT. SICKBAY - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Beverly is shining the IP light on Troi's shoulder. We
	see the creature hugging her skin. After a moment, the
	creature DISINTEGRATES -- gone.

	Beverly then shines the light on her own arm -- no sign
	of any creature.

					BEVERLY
				(to com)
			It's working, Captain...

76   INT. HOLODECK GRID

	Picard reacts with relief. A silent moment as they all
	exchange a look...

77   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as before.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, supplemental The
			creatures infesting the Enterprise
			have been completely eliminated.
			We believe the infestation
			originated within the warp core we
			obtained on Starbase Eighty-four.

78   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi is showing Picard the warp plasma conduit seen
	earlier. Ensign Tyler works nearby.

					GEORDI
				(re: conduit)
			This conduit was manufactured on
			Thanatos Seven using a new
			interphasic fusion process. We
			think that process must've
			attracted the organisms to the
			conduit... where they lay
			dormant... until we activated the
			warp core.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - REV. 08/17/93 - ACT FIVE         58.

78   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			That's also why we couldn't get
			the warp core on-line. The
			creatures were disrupting the
			plasma flow.

	Picard nods.

					PICARD
			How long until we have warp power
			again?

					GEORDI
			We'll have to manufacture a new
			conduit. I'd say another six
			hours.

					PICARD
			The banquet is in eight hours...
				(beat)
			Take your time. Give yourself
			another twelve hours, if you need
			it.

					GEORDI
			Understood, sir.

	Picard EXITS. Geordi looks at Tyler.... considers her
	a moment, then...

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Ensign Tyler.

	She turns.

					TYLER
			Yes, Commander?

					GEORDI
			There's something I've been
			meaning to tell you...

					TYLER
			Sir?

	Geordi takes a beat, then smiles.

					GEORDI
			Thanks. You've been doing a great
			job. We've got to work on toning
			down your enthusiasm a little...
			but I think you're going to fit in
			just fine.

            STAR TREK: "Phantasms" - 08/16/93 - ACT FIVE            59.

78   CONTINUED: (2)

					TYLER
				(smiles)
			Thank you, sir.

	OFF the moment...

79   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Data working at his desk, Spot nearby. The door
	CHIMES.

					DATA
			Enter.

	Troi ENTERS, carrying a platter with a cover on it.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Counselor, I did not get a chance
			to apologize for my behavior...

					TROI
			Data, don't worry about it.
			Geordi explained everything. It
			wasn't your fault.
				(beat)
			But somehow I felt turnabout would
			be fair play... so I made us a
			little something to snack on...

	She sets the platter on his desk and removes the cover

80   ANGLE ON PLATTER

	revealing a small CAKE shaped and decorated exactly
	like Data. Data considers the cake.

					DATA
			I wonder... what would Freud say
			about the symbolism of devouring
			oneself?

					TROI
			Data... sometimes a cake is just
			a cake.

	As Data picks up a knife and starts to cut into the
	cake...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             















                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Dark Page" 
                          #40277-259 
                              
                          Written by 
                         Hilary Bader 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1993 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                       AUGUST 26, 1993

           STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Dark Page" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             LWAXANA TROI
                RIKER              HEDRIL
                DATA               KESTRA
                BEVERLY            MAQUES
                TROI               MISTER TROI
                WORF               VOICE (O.C.)
                GEORDI      
       
                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  N.D. CREWMEMBERS   CAIRN

           STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Dark Page" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              TEN FORWARD
              CORRIDOR
              TURBOLIFT
              TROI'S OFFICE
              SICKBAY
              MAQUES' QUARTERS
              BEVERLY'S OFFICE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
          
              ARBORETUM

    STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Dark Page" 
                           
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                   HEDRIL          HEAD-ril
                   MAQUES          MAKE-wheeze
                   EL'NAR          el-NAR

         STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: The Next Generation                  
                          "Dark Page"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it travels at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 47254.1.
			A delegation of the Cairn have
			just come on board. This
			telepathic species has no concept
			of spoken language, and is being
			instructed in its use by... an
			old friend.

2    INT. TEN FORWARD

	The SENIOR STAFF is holding a reception for the Cairn.
	They are tallish humanoids, intelligent looking -- with
	small protrusions on the sides of their heads that
	suggest increased cranial capacity.

	PICK UP PICARD and LWAXANA TROI in mid-conversation.
	Lwaxana is wearing an outfit that is unusually subdued
	for her.

					LWAXANA
			I don't know what they'd have done
			without me. First, I had to learn
			how they communicate. It was an
			absolutely exhausting process...

					PICARD
			It must have been.

					LWAXANA
			Quite different from Betazoid
			telepathy. We transmit words...
			with the Cairn...
				(shakes her head at the
				 enormity of it)
			... it's images. A flood of them,
			all at the same time. It's
			overwhelming...

         STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - TEASER         2.

2    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I can imagine...

					LWAXANA
			It's actually a very efficient way
			of communicating. If two Cairn
			were having this conversation it
			would have been over minutes ago.

	This gets Picard's attention.

					PICARD
			Really?

					LWAXANA
			But of course they realize they'll
			want to communicate verbally if
			they join the Federation.
				(beat)
			Do me a favor... introduce
			yourself to one of them and engage
			him in conversation -- they need
			the practice.

					PICARD
			I'd be happy to.

	He moves off and Lwaxana looks around, spots --

2A   GEORDI AND DATA

	who are talking with a light-haired Cairn girl of about
	eight, HEDRIL.

					GEORDI
			... it's called a VISOR. It lets
			me see things.

	When Hedril speaks, her voice has a slight ELECTRONIC
	EDGE to it -- as do all the Cairn's voices.

       STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - REV. 08/27/93 - TEASER       3.

2A   CONTINUED:

					HEDRIL
			Like my vocal enhancer.
				(touches her throat)
			It lets me make sounds.

	At this point Mrs. Troi swoops down on them.

					LWAXANA
			I see you've met my star pupil.
				(puts her arm around
				 Hedril)
			Hedril has picked up spoken
			language much faster than the
			others.

					DATA
			It is often the case that children
			learn languages more easily than
			adults.

					LWAXANA
			Deanna was quite good at languages
			when she was little.
				(beat)
			Where is Deanna?

					GEORDI
				(looking around)
			Should be here someplace...

	Mrs. Troi bends down to Hedril.

					LWAXANA
			Hedril, darling...

	She stops, staring at Hedril with a curious expression.
	Hedril waits patiently, then --

					HEDRIL
			What?

	Mrs. Troi comes out of her reverie.

					LWAXANA
			Go find your father, dear. I want
			to talk to him.

	Hedril darts off and Mrs. Troi puts her face in her
	hand for a moment. Data and Geordi are concerned.

					DATA
			Mrs. Troi, are you all right?

         STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - TEASER         3A.

2A   CONTINUED: (2)

	She looks up at them, a little vague.

					LWAXANA
			Yes... yes... just a little tired.
			This constant telepathy with the
			Cairn...
				(summoning a smile)
			I'm fine, really.

	She gives them a reassuring smile and moves off toward
	Riker and Worf, who are standing alone, chatting.

					LWAXANA
			Aren't you going to mingle, Mister
			Woof?

	Worf has given up on correcting her.

					WORF
			I do not care for telepaths. They
			make me... uneasy.

					LWAXANA
			Don't worry -- The Cairn couldn't
			read your thoughts even if they
			wanted to. Your brain isn't
			sophisticated enough.

	Worf reacts and Riker can't help but smile.

					LWAXANA
				(continuing, to Riker)
			Neither is yours, dear. They can
			only communicate with other
			telepaths.
				(beat)
			Has either of you seen Deanna?

					RIKER
				(looking around)
			She was working, but she said
			she'd be here -- ah -- speak of
			the devil.

	Troi walks up to them.

        STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - TEASER        4-5.

2A   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			Sorry I'm late. I lost track of
			the time.

					LWAXANA
			Deanna, dear, come with me. I
			want you to meet the senior
			diplomat of the Cairn delegation.

	She sees Hedril leading a Cairn man, MAQUES, toward
	them.

					LWAXANA
			Maques...
				(re Troi)
			This is the beautiful daughter
			I've been telling you about --
			Deanna.

         STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - TEASER         6.

2A   CONTINUED: (4)

	Maques smiles... a nice smile, sincere.

					MAQUES
			Pleased to...

	He stops, can't remember the rest of the greeting.
	With a self-deprecating smile he decides to try
	another, simpler one.

					MAQUES
			Hello.

					TROI
			Hello.

	Troi helps him out by finishing for him.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Pleased to meet you.

	He smiles.

					MAQUES
			Yes, that is it. Pleased to meet
			you, Deanna.

	They share a smile. Lwaxana seems pleased.

					LWAXANA
			Well, I'll just let you young
			people chat...

	She moves away with Hedril, Deanna giving her a brief
	look. Then, making the most of it...

					TROI
			Well, Maques... what do you think
			of the Enterprise?

	There is a brief hesitation as Maques struggles for
	words -- still a very difficult concept for him.

					MAQUES
			It is... --
				(he thinks)
			-- beautiful... comfortable, also.

					TROI
			I'm glad you think so.

         STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - TEASER         7.

2A   CONTINUED: (7)

					MAQUES
			There is another word... a word
			that describes it... but... I
			cannot remember.

	He gives a small shrug, and Troi smiles encouragingly.

					TROI
			You've learned a great deal in a
			very short time. I'm sure it
			won't be long before your words
			will do justice to your thoughts.

	Maques acknowledges, then --

					MAQUES
			Your Mother has... told me... of
			your need.

					TROI
			Need?

	He can't remember the word, holds up a finger to ask
	for a moment.

					MAQUES
			A moment...
				(remembers)
			Husband. You need a husband.

	Troi's face blanches.

					MAQUES
				(continuing)
			I need a wife.

	He smiles matter-of-factly. Troi looks over his
	shoulder and sees her mother watching them hopefully.
	As Troi glares at her we...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT ONE         8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

3    INT. CORRIDOR

	Troi, now in uniform, is heading for her office.

					LWAXANA (O.C.)
			Deanna!

	Troi turns and sees her Mother, waits for her to catch
	up.

					LWAXANA
			Good morning...
				(beat)
			So what did you think of Maques?

					TROI
			Why did you do that, Mother? You
			embarrassed both of us.

					LWAXANA
				(dismissing this)
			He's really very sweet. And
			lonely. Poor man, a widower,
			raising a child alone.

					TROI
			Please, Mother... don't start.

	They reach a Turbolift door.

					LWAXANA
			I just think it's time for you to
			settle down. If your Father were
			still alive I'm sure he'd say the
			same thing.

	The door OPENS and they join an N.D Crewperson inside.

4    INT. TURBOLIFT

	They fall silent in front of the crewperson. After a
	moment, Lwaxana continues TELEPATHICALLY.

      STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - REV. 08/27/93 - ACT ONE      9.

4    CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA (V.O.)
			But you'll do exactly what you
			want...

	Troi shoots her a look.

					LWAXANA (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Just like always...

					TROI
			Stop it, mother.

	The Crewperson reacts to Troi's seemingly out-of-the-blue
	statement. Troi realizes and falls silent. After
	an awkward moment, the lift stops and the DOOR opens.
	Troi EXITS but her mother just stays where she is,
	looking despondent.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Are you coming?

	But Lwaxana covers her face with her hands as if to
	hide tears. Troi's face registers concern; she takes
	her mother by the arm and leads her out of the
	turbolift.

5    INT. CORRIDOR

	The Turbolift door closes and Troi puts a comforting
	hand to her mother's shoulder.

					TROI
			What's wrong... ?

	Lwaxana looks at her, her eyes intent with feeling.
	Suddenly she clutches Troi to her, hugs her tight.

					LWAXANA
			You're so precious to me. You're
			all I've got. If something
			happened to you I don't know what
			I'd do...

	Troi doesn't know what to make of her mother's abrupt
	mood swing, but she does know that right now what she
	needs is to be comforted.

					TROI
			Nothing's going to happen to me...

        STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT ONE        10.

5    CONTINUED:

	Troi's comforting words help Lwaxana pull herself
	together.

					LWAXANA
			You'd better go...

					TROI
			My first appointment isn't for a
			few minutes... why don't we talk
			for a while?

					LWAXANA
			I'm fine... I'm just tired from
			working with the Cairn and it's
			making me emotional.

					TROI
			Are you sure?

					LWAXANA
			Go on... I'll see you later...

	Troi hesitates. Lwaxana manages a smile.

					LWAXANA
				(continuing, shooing her
				 away)
			Go on.

	She moves off down the corridor. Troi watches for a
	beat, then heads for her office.

6    INT. TROI'S OFFICE

	As Troi ENTERS. To her surprise, Maques is waiting for
	her.

					TROI
			Maques...

					MAQUES
			I wanted to... apologize... for
			yesterday.

					TROI
			You don't have to --

					MAQUES
			My words... they were... confused.

					TROI
			It wasn't your fault. My mother
			misled you.

      STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - REV. 08/27/93 - ACT ONE      11.

6    CONTINUED:

					MAQUES
			Not in everything... she has an
			image of you... in her mind --
				(gestures to his temple)
			-- she shared it with me...

	Troi nods that she understands.

					MAQUES
				(continuing, smiles)
			You are even more beautiful...

	Troi accepts the compliment with a smile. Maques leans
	forward, concentrates on choosing his words.

					MAQUES
				(continuing)
			The way my people communicate...
			It is... direct. Nothing is
			hidden.

					TROI
			Yes.

					MAQUES
			Your Mother is... the first... to
			learn our telepathy...

					TROI
			You mean you've never had
			telepathy with someone who wasn't
			Cairn?

					MAQUES
			No...

	He struggles to articulate his thoughts.

					MAQUES
			To communicate with her is... very
			different.

					TROI
			In what way?

					MAQUES
			Always... there is a part of
			her... a part of her that is...
			dark.

	Troi is unsure what he means by this.

					TROI
			Dark?

        STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT ONE        12.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

	Maques seems frustrated by his inability to make
	himself clear.

					MAQUES
			A part of her that... can not be
			seen. Do you understand?

					TROI
			I'm not sure...
				(she considers)
			Did you ask my Mother about this?

					MAQUES
			She called it... a moment...
				(remembering the word)
			Privacy.

					TROI
				(realizing)
			Of course.

	Troi thinks how to put this.

					TROI
			You said that among the Cairn,
			nothing is hidden. We value
			honesty, but we don't always share
			everything we're thinking and
			feeling.

					MAQUES
			This is... privacy?

					TROI
			Yes.

					MAQUES
			It is... normal?

					TROI
			For us, yes.

					MAQUES
			If this is your way... I am...
			relieved.

					TROI
				(smiles)
			It is our way.

	He smiles at her and stands.

        STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT ONE        12A.

6    CONTINUED: (3)

					MAQUES
			I will leave now.

					TROI
			I'm glad you stopped by.

					MAQUES
			I am glad to have stopped also.

	He bows slightly and EXITS. Troi feels better about
	the incident with Maques, but what just happened with
	her mother is still very much on her mind.

      STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - REV. 08/27/93 - ACT ONE      13.

7    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves at impulse.

8    INT. TEN FORWARD

	Troi and Riker are sitting at a table. The usual
	compliment of N.D.'s, including TWO N.D. Cairn.

					TROI
			I was all set for another round of
			arguing when all of a sudden she
			just... fell apart.

					RIKER
			She's been under a lot of stress,
			preparing the Cairn to meet with
			the Federation Council.

					TROI
			It's more than that. I've been
			sensing very... erratic emotions
			from her. Even the clothes she's
			wearing seem unusual -- very
			subdued.

	He sees she's worried, takes her hand.

					RIKER
			Maybe you better have a talk with
			her --

					LWAXANA (O.C.)
			Commander --

9    NEW ANGLE

	Including Mrs. Troi, who stands behind them. Her face
	is intense and her eyes bore in to Riker.

					LWAXANA
			Take your hands off her.

	Her words carry a barely controlled anger. Riker is
	stunned. He pulls back from Troi.

					RIKER
			Mrs. Troi --

        STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT ONE        14.

9    CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA
			Don't "Mrs. Troi" me.

					TROI
			Mother!

					LWAXANA
			Why don't you leave her alone? If
			it weren't for you she'd be
			married by now.

					TROI
				(standing)
			That's enough.

	A few heads turn their way.

					LWAXANA
			I'm warning you, stay away from
			her!

					TROI
			You're coming with me --

	Troi takes her firmly by the arm and starts to lead her
	away -- everyone in the room can't help but look. Off
	Riker's face...

10   INT. SICKBAY

	Where Troi watches as BEVERLY examines Lwaxana, who is
	calm now and full of regret.

					LWAXANA
			I don't know what got into me.
			Please tell Wil how sorry I am.

	Troi indicates that she will. Beverly finishes a scan
	and turns to Troi.

					BEVERLY
			She's fine, except her psilosynine
			levels are a little low.

					LWAXANA
			Psilosynine?

					TROI
			That's a neurotransimitter
			involved in telepathy.

        STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT ONE        15.

10   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			It's been depleted by your work
			with the Cairn. You're going to
			have to avoid telepathic
			communication for a while.

					LWAXANA
			I can't -- We only have three days
			left and the Cairn still have so
			much to learn.

					BEVERLY
			I'm sorry, but you're going to
			have to take some time and rest.

	Lwaxana is about to continue her objections when Troi
	offers:

					TROI
			Maybe I can help with the Cairn.

					LWAXANA
			You're only half-Betazoid, dear.
			And you don't have any experience
			with their form of telepathy.

					TROI
			Then I won't use telepathy; we'll
			work verbally.

	Lwaxana considers this for a beat.

					LWAXANA
			I suppose we could do that...
				(beat)
			And if they don't understand
			something I'll explain it to them
			telepathically.

					TROI
			No, you'll work verbally too. The
			point is for you to rest.
			Besides, it'll be good for them to
			have to figure things out with
			words.

					LWAXANA
			Well... I suppose you're right.

	Troi smiles, pleased that her mother has agreed...

        STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT ONE        16.

11   INT. ARBORETUM

	A thicket with trees, shrubs and flowers. Nearby is a
	small POND. A couple of N.D Crew Children are playing
	near the pond.

	Troi ENTERS leading Maques, Hedril, and TWO N.D. Cairn.
	Lwaxana trails behind -- she seems more calm and
	relaxed.

					TROI
			This is the ship's arboretum.

					HEDRIL
			Arbor means tree.

					TROI
			Very good, Hedril. People like to
			come here to relax, enjoy
			themselves in a natural setting.

	Maques inspects a nearby ROSE BUSH, reaches to touch it
	and is pricked by a thorn. He looks at his thumb, then
	back at the rose -- perplexed.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			"Flowers of all hue, and without
			thorn the rose... "

	The Cairn look at her, curious what she might mean.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			That's from an old earth poem by
			John Milton.

					MAQUES
			Please... what is a... poem?

	Troi realizes they have no idea.

					TROI
			Poetry is... an art-form that uses
			words, put together in new and
			unexpected ways -- sometimes in
			rhyme.

	Maques nods as if he understands. Encouraged, Troi
	continues:

        STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT ONE        17.

11   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Milton was speculating that in
			Heaven, roses wouldn't have
			thorns.

	The Cairn look at her, unsure.

					HEDRIL
			Heaven... ?

	Troi realizes she's just getting in deeper.

					TROI
			Heaven is... it's a...

	She can't quite figure out how to phrase this. Before
	she can continue, Lwaxana catches Maques' eye and
	transmits a telepathic message.

					MAQUES
			I see. Yes, thank you. "Heaven."

	Troi realizes what happened and turns toward her
	mother.

					TROI
			Mother, you're supposed to be
			avoiding telepathy.

					LWAXANA
			I was just trying to help, dear.

	But Lwaxana now looks drawn, tired.

					TROI
			You don't look well.

	Lwaxana glances at a nearby BENCH.

					LWAXANA
			I'm just tired -- maybe I'll sit
			down...

	Troi decides not to make too much of this, and Lwaxana
	goes and sits on the bench (during this Hedril slips
	away to play with the other children).

	Troi turns back to the Cairn, who watch with some
	concern.

					TROI
			Don't worry... she'll be fine...

        STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT ONE        18.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

	Everyone relaxes -- their eyes turn to the pond, where
	Hedril is now playing. Suddenly she slips and falls
	into the pond.

	Since it's only inches deep there's no harm done --
	she's just wet. She gets up and keeps playing as if
	nothing happened, and Maques just smiles and shakes his
	head.

	Suddenly one of the Cairn reacts to something behind
	Troi. Troi turns and sees that her mother is lying on
	the ground next to the bench, seemingly unconscious.

					TROI
			Mother!

	She rushes to her, tries to wake her --

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Mother... ?

	When Lwaxana doesn't answer, Troi activates her
	combadge.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Troi to Sickbay... medical
			emergency in the arboretum...

	Off Troi's worried face...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - REV. 08/27/93 - ACT TWO      19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

12   INT. SICKBAY

	Lwaxana lies unconscious on a Sickbay bed, Picard and
	Troi stand off to the side. Beverly is removing the
	CORTICAL STIMULATOR PADS from Lwaxana's forehead. She
	seems stumped, but tries to break her news to Troi
	gently.

					BEVERLY
			She's not responding to cortical
			stimulation. I'm not sure what
			more I can do...

	Troi takes this hard.

					TROI
			I don't understand... she was fine
			just yesterday.

					BEVERLY
			I've never seen anything like
			this. It's almost as if her brain
			has... shut itself down.

					PICARD
			Is there any physiological cause?

					BEVERLY
			I'm running a sub-neural scan, but
			as far as I can see there's no
			tissue damage, no neuro-chemical
			imbalance, no sign of infection --
			nothing.

					PICARD
			Yet her neural activity is
			practically non-existent.

					BEVERLY
			The only exception is in the
			paracortex -- activity there is
			almost off the scale.

					TROI
			The paracortex is the Betazoid
			telepathic lobe.
				(concerned)
			She communicated with Maques
			telepathically just before she
			fell...

      STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - REV. 08/31/93 - ACT TWO      20.

12   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Might there be some side-effect of
			Cairn telepathy that we're not
			aware of?

					BEVERLY
			It's a possibility.

					PICARD
				(to Troi)
			I think you and I had better have
			a talk with Maques.

	Troi acknowledges, and with a last glance toward her
	mother's still form, she and Picard EXIT.

13   INT. MAQUES' QUARTERS

	Troi and Picard are talking with Maques.

					MAQUES
			I am very...
				(searches for word)
			apologetic -- for what has
			happened to your Mother.

	Troi acknowledges his sentiment.

					PICARD
			Maques, is it possible that your
			telepathic communications with
			Mrs. Troi harmed her in some way?

	Maques reacts -- struggles to find the words with which
	to respond.

					MAQUES
			No... I tried to... to explain...
			before.

	He looks at Troi to see if she understands -- sees that
	she doesn't. It's frustrating for him, he can't
	express his complex thoughts.

					MAQUES
				(continuing)
			Bad thoughts... they hurt her...

					TROI
			What thoughts, Maques? Take your
			time...

        STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT TWO        21.

13   CONTINUED:

					MAQUES
			Inside her... the dark place...

					TROI
			I don't understand.

					MAQUES
			She is... what are the words... I
			don't have the words...

	Maques looks at Troi, locks his eyes onto hers.
	Suddenly a great, swirling WHITE NOISE can be heard --
	Troi covers her ears as if to block out the sound, but
	it only grows louder.

	Picard, who seems not to hear anything, reacts to what
	looks like an attack on Troi by Maques.

					PICARD
			Counsellor --

	Her eyes are locked on Maques' -- it's as if she's
	unable to look away.

					PICARD
				(continuing, to Maques)
			Stop it!

	Picard steps toward him -- suddenly the noise STOPS.

					TROI
			It's all right, Captain.

	Troi tries to clear her head.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			I'm fine... He was just trying to
			communicate with me
			telepathically.

	Maques looks at her hopefully.

					MAQUES
			Do you understand now?

					TROI
			I... I'm not sure...

	But her face tells us that he's told her something
	important.

      STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - REV. 08/26/93 - ACT TWO      22.

14   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE

	Beverly, Troi and Picard.

					TROI
			He communicated so much to me that
			at first it was just a jumble of
			images.

					BEVERLY
			Have you been able to sort any of
			it out?

					TROI
			I think so... during his
			telepathic contact with my Mother,
			Maques sensed what he calls a
			"dark place."

	Picard and Beverly register curiosity.

					TROI
			He tried to tell me about it
			before, in my office. I
			misunderstood, I thought he was
			talking about thoughts she was
			keeping private. What he meant
			was that something was happening
			in her meta-conscious mind.

					BEVERLY
			Meta-conscious?

					TROI
			It's a part of the Betazoid
			psyche. A kind of... filtering
			mechanism to protect us from
			psychic trauma.

					PICARD
			Is Maques suggesting that
			Lwaxana's meta-conscious is
			damaged somehow?

      STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - REV. 08/26/93 - ACT TWO      23.

14   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			He feels that whatever is wrong
			with her is centered there. If
			he's right... that may mean that
			she's suffered some kind of trauma
			that her meta-conscious can't
			tolerate.

					BEVERLY
			Did your Mother mention anything
			that happened to her lately,
			something that might have been
			traumatic for her?

					TROI
			No. Nothing like that.

	They seem to have come to a dead-end.

					BEVERLY
			Maques could be wrong about this.
			There's still a chance that the
			sub-neural scan will pinpoint an
			physiological cause for your
			Mother's condition, something I'll
			be able to treat.

	Troi looks at her, hopeful.

					BEVERLY
			The results won't be in until
			morning; maybe we should all get
			some rest.

					TROI
				(to Beverly)
			I'd like to stay here with her...
			I'm going to try to contact her
			telepathically.

					BEVERLY
			All right.

	Beverly puts a comforting hand to Troi's shoulder, then
	she and Picard EXIT to the corridor. Troi EXITS to
	Sickbay.

        STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT TWO        23A.

15   INT. SICKBAY

	as she crosses toward her mother's bed. The lights are
	DIMMED for sleep, and Lwaxana is now in a hospital
	gown.

	Troi pulls up a stool and sits next to her mother. She
	looks down at her still features for a long moment.
	She takes her hand, and then we hear her speak
	TELEPATHICALLY.

					TROI (V.O.)
			Mother... can you hear me... ?

	But there is no answer.

        STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT TWO        24.

15   CONTINUED:

					TROI (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			Please come back to me...
			please...

	After a moment, Troi hears a voice responding in her
	mind, very faint -- it's hard to tell who's voice it
	is.

					VOICE
			Help me...

					TROI (V.O.)
			Mother... ?

	She hears it again.

					VOICE
			Help me...

					TROI (V.O.)
			How? How can I help you?

	But there is no response. Troi leans in close to her.

					TROI
			Tell me, Mother. Please.

	Whatever telepathic connection they had seems to have
	been lost. Troi looks down at her, anguished.

16   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves at impulse.

17   INT. SICKBAY

	Hours later. Troi has curled up on a bed near her
	mother's. After a moment, we hear the SOUND of the
	door to Sickbay opening... footsteps approaching.

	A FIGURE approaches Lwaxana's bed, stands over her,
	looking down. We hear the rush of WHITE NOISE that
	accompanies Cairn telepathy...

	The noise wakes Troi with a start... she sees the
	FIGURE over her mother and bolts up in bed.

					TROI
			Computer, lights!

        STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT TWO        25.

17   CONTINUED:

	The LIGHTS COME UP and we see that the figure is
	Maques... his eyes locked on Lwaxana with intensity...

	Troi stands and the ON-DUTY NURSE comes rushing in at
	all the commotion...

					TROI
				(alarmed)
			What are you doing?

	She and Maques face each other... Off this moment we...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

       STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT THREE       26.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

18   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Troi, and Beverly are trying to find out what
	Maques was doing in Sickbay. He's a little rattled by
	what happened and it's affecting his speaking ability.

					PICARD
			What were you doing in Sickbay,
			Maques?

					MAQUES
			Helping... trying to help
			Lwaxana...

	Troi clearly believes him, wants to know more.

					TROI
			How... what were you trying to do?

					MAQUES
			I was... she is...

	But he can't find the words. He suddenly gets very
	agitated, as if he's come to a realization but can't
	express it.

					MAQUES
				(continuing)
			You, Deanna. Maybe you --

					TROI
			I don't understand.

					MAQUES
			You must... how can I explain...

	His frustration mounts. Troi leans toward him.

					TROI
			Tell me, telepathically.

	Maques and Troi lock eyes... after a moment we hear the
	rush of WHITE NOISE. Troi is better prepared this
	time, and is less affected. It's over in just a
	moment, and Troi turns to Picard -- ready to explain
	what Maques has told her.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Maques believes my Mother's psyche
			has... collapsed in on itself --
			that for some reason, she's
			retreated into her meta-conscious
			mind.

       STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT THREE       27.

18   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Was he trying to contact her
			telepathically?

					TROI
			Yes. He was able to access images
			being generated by her meta-conscious
			mind. But he couldn't
			make any sense of them...

					MAQUES
			I did not... understand...

					TROI
			He saw faces he didn't recognize,
			events he couldn't interpret.

					BEVERLY
			If we could decipher those images,
			it might help us determine whether
			or not your Mother's condition was
			induced by some traumatic event.

	Troi indicates her agreement.

					TROI
			Maques believes he can provide
			a... telepathic "bridge" that
			will allow me to access her meta-conscious.
			If he can, I might be
			able to find out what happened to
			her.

					PICARD
			If you succeed, would you be able
			to use that information to help
			your Mother?

					TROI
			I'm not sure. But I do know that
			some part of her wants to be
			helped. When I tried to contact
			her telepathically, I heard a
			voice calling out to me.

	Picard takes this in.

					PICARD
			If her psyche has... "collapsed in
			on itself," could accessing her
			mind pose any danger to you?

	Troi doesn't want to have to admit it:

					TROI
			There's no way to know.


       STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT THREE       28.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard doesn't like the sound of this.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Sir, I'd like to try...

	Picard studies Troi's face for a moment... then decides
	to go ahead and let her try.

19   INT. SICKBAY

	Picard watches as Beverly and a NURSE set up for Troi's
	attempt to contact her mother. Troi lies on a bed next
	to her mother's, and Maques stands between them. Biomonitors
	are ON LINE for both Lwaxana and Troi.

					BEVERLY
				(to Picard)
			I'll be monitoring her through the
			whole procedure. If anything goes
			wrong, Maques can break the
			telepathic link.

	Beverly steps away, nods to Maques.

					MAQUES
				(to Troi)
			Your Mother -- part of her is...
			very frightened. She may...
			resist you.

					TROI
			I understand.

	Maques looks at Lwaxana for a long moment -- the WHITE
	NOISE can be heard, far off, faint.

	He then turns and looks into Troi's eyes. The WHITE
	NOISE intensifies.

       STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT THREE       29.

20   TROI'S POV

	Looking up at Maques -- his eyes locked on hers.

21   RESUME SCENE

	as Maques stands between Troi and Lwaxana. The WHITE
	NOISE grows in volume until it becomes hard to take.

	Suddenly it stops and we simultaneously cut to:

22   INT. AN ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	where Troi finds herself standing alone. But the
	corridor looks nothing like we're used to seeing --
	it's dark, the perspective is strange... surreal -- as
	if we're looking at it through a distorted lens.

	We hear the SOUND of water dripping... ECHOING as the
	drops land. Troi scans the corridor trying to locate
	the source of the sound... but it seems to come from
	everywhere.

	Suddenly we hear a WOLF'S GROWL -- dangerous,
	menacing... Troi has to fight off her fear, takes a
	moment to calm herself.

	Her resolve is strengthened when she suddenly hears the
	VOICE she heard before, coming from behind her.

					VOICE
			Help me...

	She whips around to see if anyone's there... nothing.
	She's not sure if it was her mother's voice or someone
	else's...

					TROI
				(unsure)
			Mother... ?

	She hears the VOICE again, coming from the other
	direction.

					VOICE
			Help me...

	She turns and this time sees a SHADOW disappear around
	the corner.

     STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - REV. 08/27/93 - ACT THREE     30.

22   CONTINUED:

	She moves toward it, rounds the corner... but no one is
	there. She starts down the corridor, which is darker
	than the last. The SOUND of dripping water echoes
	louder as she makes her way down it.

	Then, very faint, she hears Picard's VOICE, coming from
	nowhere specific.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Counselor... can you hear me... ?

					TROI
				(unsure)
			Captain... ?

	Picard comes around the corner in front of her. His
	manner is calm and he wears a gentle smile.

					PICARD
			Deanna... Doctor Crusher is
			concerned that your para-cortical
			readings have become erratic.

					TROI
			Are you... talking to me from
			Sickbay?

					PICARD
			Yes. I want you to sever your
			connection to your Mother.

	Troi remembers what Maques said -- that everything she
	encountered would be part of her mother's mind.

					TROI
			Why don't you ask Maques to do it?

	Picard smiles.

       STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT THREE       31.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I'm asking you.

	Troi reacts -- that's not an answer. Picard is
	suddenly much firmer.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			That's an order, Counselor.

	Troi regards him evenly.

					TROI
			You're not Captain Picard.

	Picard looks into her eyes -- when he speaks, it is in
	LWAXANA'S VOICE, a voice filled with pain.

					PICARD/LWAXANA
			Leave me alone... please...

	Troi takes a breath, then moves past him and continues
	down the corridor, determined to find her Mother... the
	WOLF GROWLS again... ominous.

	As she makes her way down the corridor the dripping
	SOUND grows LOUDER.

23
thru	OMITTED
24

25   NEW ANGLE

	revealing that a large WOLF is blocking her path. It
	looks at her with piercing eyes, its intentions
	unreadable... Troi is determined to get past it.

	She takes a cautious step forward, but the Wolf lets
	out a warning growl.

					TROI
				(to herself)
			This isn't real... none of this is
			real...

	But the sound of her voice only provokes the creature.
	Its growl becomes more menacing, and it suddenly lunges
	at her...

	Troi turns and runs... and the Wolf comes after her --

       STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT THREE       31A.

26   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as Troi runs down the corridor, the Wolf just a few
	yards behind her, vicious and intent... She rounds a
	corner and ENTERS the nearest door, which closes behind
	her.

       STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT THREE       32.

27   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Troi's face registers recognition and astonishment when
	she sees a dark-haired man, her FATHER. He's about
	thirty-five and wears an old-style Starfleet uniform
	with Lieutenant's pips.

					TROI
			Daddy... ?

	He smiles warmly, opens his arms to her.

					MISTER TROI
			Deanna...

	Overwhelmed by the emotion of seeing him, she starts to
	move into his arms... but she stops... refusing to give
	in to what she knows isn't real.

	The room around her is a strange combination of Troi's
	Enterprise quarters and a home on Betazed. Instead of
	her personal belongings, the room is set up for a child --
	there's a DOLL HOUSE, some other more HIGH-TECH TOYS.

	It is beautiful and calm, in sharp contrast to the
	nightmarish nature of the corridors. Instead of stars,
	a VIEW OF A BETAZED LANDSCAPE can be seen through the
	windows.

					MISTER TROI
			Look at you... you've become a
			beautiful woman...

	This is a heartbreaking event for Troi. Her beloved
	father, taken from her at such a young age, whom she
	has missed so much... but he's not real.

					TROI
			Don't do this...

					MISTER TROI
			I'm sorry I had to go away when
			you were so little... I didn't
			want to...

					TROI
			You're not my father... you're a
			part of Mother's mind...

	Mister Troi smiles gently, neither denying nor
	admitting to what she's saying.

     STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - REV. 08/27/93 - ACT THREE     33.

27   CONTINUED:

	Troi looks around her, at the room, the beautiful view.
	She's looking for some clue as to what it all might
	mean.

					TROI
			What is this place?

					MISTER TROI
			It's our house near Lake El'nar,
			on Betazed. We used to live here.
			Deanna -- let's not waste this
			chance. I want to hear everything
			that's happened to you...

	But Troi is wandering the room, looking at the toys.

					TROI
			Did I live here?

					MISTER TROI
			For a while... when you were a
			baby. You were such a beautiful
			baby... Your mother and I loved
			you so much...

					TROI
			I don't remember these toys...

					MISTER TROI
			I'll bet you don't remember me
			singing you to sleep at night,
			either... but I did.

	Troi turns to him, unexpectedly moved.

					TROI
			I do remember... I always felt
			safe when you sang to me...

	He smiles. He's full of warmth, and love. It's
	irresistible.

					MISTER TROI
			There was one song you always
			asked me to sing... you couldn't
			fall asleep unless you heard
			it....

     STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - REV. 08/27/93 - ACT THREE     34.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

	Troi is caught in the moment. Tears sting at her eyes.

					TROI
				(a whisper)
			Down in the valley...

					MISTER TROI
				(singing very softly)
			Valley so low... hang your head
			over.... hear the wind blow --

	Troi wills herself away from the seductive moment.

					TROI
			No... no... you're trying to keep
			me here... keep me from finding
			something...

					MISTER TROI
				(sadly)
			Your Mother doesn't want to see
			you, Deanna.

					TROI
			I have to help her...

					MISTER TROI
			If you want to help her... leave.
			Let her have peace.

	She begins backing toward the door.

					TROI
			But... she called out to me....
			she does want my help.

	Her father extends his arms to her, gentle, persuasive.

					MISTER TROI
			Stay with me... just a little
			while... it's been so long --
			we'll never have this chance
			again.

	Troi knows this is true... and it's anguishing. It
	takes all her will to keep from going to him, feeling
	his strength and his protection, letting him salve all
	her concerns. But those feelings are the trap, and she
	must not give in to them. With difficulty, knowing
	she'll never see him again --

       STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT THREE       35.

27   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			Goodbye, daddy.

	She turns and EXITS, leaving him behind, sadness in his
	eyes.

28   INT. CORRIDOR

	As she returns to the dark and surreal part of her
	mother's mind. The dripping SOUND resumes. Troi looks
	around, unsure which way to go. She decides to return
	in the direction she came.

	She approaches the intersection of the two corridors,
	rounds a corner.

29   ANGLE - TROI

	as she stops in her tracks, shocked by something she
	sees.

30   NEW ANGLE

	Revealing what she sees -- it is Hedril, standing some
	five yards down the corridor, looking at her with huge,
	accusing eyes. Strangely, she doesn't look Cairn --
	whatever the anatomical differences are between us and
	them are not evident -- she has the dark eyes of a
	Betazoid.

					TROI
			Hedril... ?

	Suddenly Mrs. Troi steps out into the corridor. Her
	face is tense.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Mother...

	Troi is about to take a step toward her, but her mother
	suddenly cries out in pain and anger.

					LWAXANA
			Get away from here!

	She rushes threateningly toward Troi --

       STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT THREE       36.

31   INT. SICKBAY - CONTINUOUS

	as Troi starts awake.

					TROI
			No!

	Off Picard and Beverly's reactions we...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT FOUR        37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

32   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Beverly, Data and Troi are talking with Maques
	and Hedril. The little girl seems a little afraid
	about having to face these strangers, and Troi tries to
	put her at ease.

					TROI
			I asked your Father to bring you
			here because I wanted to talk to
			you about something.
				(beat)
			You know that Lwaxana is sick,
			don't you?

					HEDRIL
			Yes.

	She looks scared and worried.

					HEDRIL
				(continuing)
			Is it my fault?

					TROI
			No... not at all. But... I
			believe my Mother has been
			thinking about you. Do you know
			why?

					HEDRIL
			I make her sad.

	Troi reacts.

					TROI
			Why do you say that?

     STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - REV. 08/27/93 - ACT FOUR     38.

32   CONTINUED:

					HEDRIL
			Because it's true.

					TROI
				(to Maques)
			Do you have any idea why Hedril
			would make my Mother sad?

					MAQUES
			No.

	Troi smiles at Hedril to let her know she's done well.

					TROI
			Thank you for coming to talk to
			us. I'll see you later, all
			right?

	She gestures to Maques that he can take her away. As
	they reach the door, Hedril stops and turns around.

					HEDRIL
			I hope your mother gets better.

					TROI
			Thank you, Hedril. So do I.

	Maques and Hedril EXIT.

					TROI
			I just don't understand how she
			fits in to all this...

					BEVERLY
			I still haven't been able to find
			a physiological cause for what's
			happened to your Mother. That
			makes me think that Maques was
			right, that her condition was
			precipitated by some traumatic
			event.

					PICARD
			Could this event have involved
			Hedril?

					TROI
			I don't think so. My Mother never
			mentioned her.

					BEVERLY
			Does your mother make personal
			logs... or keep a journal?

       STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT FOUR       38A.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Yes, she does. I'll contact
			Mister Homn on Betazed and ask him
			to transmit a copy as soon as
			possible. Maybe there's a clue
			there...

					DATA
			Perhaps we are being too literal.
			In my recent study of dream
			analysis, I learned that people
			who appear in a dream can
			sometimes represent different
			aspects of the person who is
			dreaming.

					TROI
			That's right... a child might
			represent vulnerability. Maybe
			Hedril depicts some fragile part
			of my mother.

					PICARD
			A part that she's protecting...
				(explaining)
			... you said everything you
			encountered when you were in her
			mind was a barrier of one kind or
			another...

					TROI
			Yes... you, the wolf, my father...
			as though she were summoning all
			her defenses to keep me away.

	Troi looks around the room, frustrated and overwhelmed
	by her inability to put together all the parts of this
	puzzle.

					TROI
			But away from what? What is she
			protecting?

	But no one in the room has any answers.

     STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - REV. 08/26/93 - ACT FOUR     39.

33   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it travels at impulse.

34   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	Troi has her mother's VALISE on a table and is going
	through her things. It is a difficult thing to have to
	do, and her face shows it.

	She picks up a few objects... a piece of jewelry,
	flamboyant as only Lwaxana can be... a small carved
	figure of uncertain origin... and then, in the bottom,
	a small round box. Deanna lifts it, opens it, and sees --

34A  INSERT - THE BOX

	Inside lies a small curl of dark hair, tied with a bit
	of ribbon.

34B  BACK TO SCENE (OPTICAL)

	Troi smiles at this memento of herself and closes the
	box. Then she uncovers a photograph... it's Mister
	Troi in his uniform. She is gazing at it when the door
	CHIMES.

					TROI
			Come in.

	The door OPENS and Picard ENTERS.

					PICARD
				(a greeting)
			Counselor...

					TROI
			Hello, Captain.

       STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT FOUR       39A.

34B  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I've just been in Sickbay. Doctor
			Crusher feels your mother's
			condition is deteriorating... her
			neural functions are getting
			weaker.

	Troi accepts this grim news.

					PICARD
			Have you had any luck here?

					TROI
			No, nothing. I've gone through
			her belongings... and read her
			journal from the last five
			years...
				(a bit wry)
			... and other than the fact that
			I'm not married yet, nothing bad
			seems to have happened to her.

	Picard sees the photograph in her hand.

        STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT FOUR        40.

34B  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Is this your Father?

					TROI
			Yes...

	Picard studies the picture.

					PICARD
			He had a kind face...

					TROI
				(nods)
			I remember when he died, my Mother
			had to go through all his things
			and pack them away... I was
			seven... and I remember thinking
			that he'd be mad when he came home
			and saw what she'd done.
				(beat)
			I didn't understand that he wasn't
			coming back...

	She looks down at her mother's belongings, her eyes wet
	with emotion, wondering if she'll have to do the same
	thing.

					PICARD
			Deanna... your Mother might still
			come out of this.

					TROI
			If we can't figure out what's
			wrong with her -- I don't think
			she will.

	She looks around her mother's quarters, at the
	belongings, the computer screen which holds her
	journal.

        STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT FOUR        41.

34B  CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			But I don't know what to do. I've
			talked with Mister Homn, who's
			known her for years. I've checked
			her medical records. I've made
			enquiries to the government on
			Betazed and I've contacted several
			of her close friends. If she
			suffered some kind of psychic
			trauma, there's just no evidence
			of it.

	Picard glances at the computer screen.

					PICARD
			You said you'd reviewed her
			journals for the past five years.
			Perhaps we should go further back.

					TROI
			There's a lot to review. My
			mother's kept a journal since she
			was first married...

					PICARD
			Well, let's start at the
			beginning.

	He sits at the computer, which shows a series of file
	numbers and dates. He works the controls.

					PICARD
			The first entry seems to be
			Stardate 30620.1.

					TROI
			That's the year they were married.

	Picard fiddles at the controls some more, a puzzled
	expression coming over him.

					PICARD
			This is odd... there's a seven
			year gap.

         STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT FOUR 42-42A           

34B  CONTINUED: (4)

	Troi considers the dates.

					TROI
			It starts about a year after my
			parents were married...

					PICARD
			And if I'm not mistaken, it ends
			a few months after your birth.

	Troi acknowledges he's right. As Picard continues to
	work the console:

					TROI
			My Mother has always been so
			diligent about her journal -- why
			would she have stopped making
			entries for so long?

	Picard reacts to something he's found.

					PICARD
			She didn't. The files were
			deleted.

	Troi reacts.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			By your Mother... almost thirty
			years ago.

	Troi considers what this might mean.

					TROI
			I don't understand any of this...

	She rises, faces Picard with resolve.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Captain, I have to go back in to
			my mother's mind. That's the only
			way we're ever going to get any
			answers.

	Off Picard's reaction we...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

     STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - REV. 08/27/93 - ACT FIVE     43.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

35   INT. SICKBAY

	Troi is lying on the bed next to her mother's. Maques
	and Beverly are preparing for her to go back into
	Lwaxana's mind. Picard stands next to Deanna.

					BEVERLY
			Deanna... you understand that if
			your para-cortical readings go too
			high again, I'll have to tell
			Maques to sever the connection.

					TROI
			I know.

	She turns and nods to Maques. He stands between Troi
	and Lwaxana, establishes the telepathic link as before.
	The rush of WHITE NOISE builds to a crescendo and
	suddenly stops.

                                             CUT TO:

36   INT. AN ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	dark and ominous as before. From behind her, Troi
	HEARS the menacing growl of the Wolf.

	She turns at the sound and is astonished to see Hedril
	standing just feet away from the animal, whose fangs
	are bared at Troi. Hedril stares at her -- her
	Betazoid eyes unsettling, intense.

					TROI
			Hedril, be careful...

            STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT FIVE            44.

36   CONTINUED:

	But Hedril reaches and strokes the animal as if it were
	a pet. When she speaks, her voice does not have the
	distinctive mechanical edge that the Cairn normally
	have.

					HEDRIL
			Who is Hedril?

	With that she and the Wolf turn and run off down the
	corridor.

					TROI
			Wait! I want to talk to you --

	But "Hedril" and the Wolf continue away. Troi hurries
	after them -- the Wolf bounds ahead, but the advantage
	of size lets Troi catch up with Hedril. She's almost
	within reach of Hedril's fleeing form when the girl
	rounds a corner... a split second later Troi rounds the
	same corner and is stunned to see that the corridor is
	gone; there is nothing before her but the starry
	blackness of SPACE.

	Troi stops short... Hedril seems to have disappeared
	into the void. Troi doesn't know what to do. Then,
	from somewhere in the starscape before her, she hears
	the VOICE that has been calling to her.

					VOICE
			Help me...

	Troi decides she must move on. Steeling herself
	against her natural fears, she jumps into the
	nothingness...

                                             CUT TO:

37   INT. ARBORETUM - CONTINUOUS

	as Troi finds herself standing near the pond. She
	looks around, puzzled to find herself here. It isn't
	the pleasant environment we saw earlier -- it's dark,
	spooky. The dripping SOUND continues its eerie echo...

	Troi listens and realizes that the pond is the source
	of the dripping sounds.

	She looks around for some sign of where Hedril has
	gone, but there's nothing. Then, from somewhere near
	the pond, she HEARS the voice again.

            STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT FIVE            45.

37   CONTINUED:

					VOICE
			Help me...

	She moves toward the pond, comes to its edge. She
	looks down at its placid surface but sees nothing in
	the murky water...

38   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Before Troi's astonished eyes a reflection takes
	shape... but it's not her face... it's Hedril's.

	Troi leans closer, tries to read the little girl's
	expression, but a STONE SPLASHES into the water and its
	RIPPLES obscure the image.

	Troi turns to see who has thrown the rock -- but all
	she catches is a glimpse of a FIGURE disappearing
	behind some foliage. Troi steels herself and follows.

39   ANOTHER PART OF THE ARBORETUM

	Troi comes upon Lwaxana, standing staring out into the
	distance, as if guarding this place and its secrets.
	Her face is filled with sadness.

					TROI
				(gently)
			Mother... ?

	Lwaxana turns and sees her.

					LWAXANA
			Go away.

					TROI
			No... I want to help you.

	Mrs. Troi shakes her head sadly, as if this were
	impossible. But Troi presses on, confronts her with
	what she knows.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Why did you delete parts of your
			journal?

	Mrs. Troi is disturbed to hear that Troi knows this.

            STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT FIVE           45A.

39   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Did something happen to you --
			something you don't want me to
			know about?

	Lwaxana's eyes fill with pain.

					LWAXANA
			Leave me alone... please...

          STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - REV. 08/27/93 - ACT FIVE         46.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

	But Troi won't give up.

					TROI
			Who is Hedril, Mother? Why is she
			here?

	Lwaxana won't answer, her face is anguished.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Is Hedril me -- when I was a
			little girl?

					LWAXANA
			No -- I would never let anything
			happen to you... never.

	Troi reacts to what this implies.

					TROI
			Did you let something happen to
			someone... ?

	Mrs. Troi turns away, won't answer.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Was it here, at El'nar?

	Lwaxana answers almost despite herself.

					LWAXANA
			You were just a baby...

					TROI
			Tell me; whatever it is we can
			face it together.

					LWAXANA
				(anguished)
			I can't...

					TROI
			You can... we can.

	Lwaxana seems exhausted, as if she can't fight it off
	anymore.

					HEDRIL (O.C)
			Help me...

            STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT FIVE           46A.

40   NEW ANGLE

	The arboretum is now sunny and bright.

	Troi turns at the sound of her voice and sees that
	"Hedril" has appeared behind them. She is trying to
	put a leash on a small DOG that is trying to struggle
	from her grip...

					HEDRIL
			Help me, papa...

	Troi's father, now in civilian clothes, is sitting on
	a blanket near Hedril, taking food out of a container.
	It is a family picnic, and a BABY lies sleeping in a
	portable carrier.

            STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT FIVE            47.

40   CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA
				(to Troi)
			Please... don't make me go through
			this again...

					MISTER TROI
				(to Hedril)
			Here...

	He leans over and takes the dog by the collar, attaches
	the leash.

					MISTER TROI
				(continuing)
			Now hold on to him, don't let him
			run off.

					HEDRIL
			I won't...

	Hedril looks straight at Lwaxana and speaks to her
	directly.

					HEDRIL
			Mommy, can we go play by the
			water?

	Lwaxana can't help but answer.

					LWAXANA
			No, Kestra... stay here with us...

	Troi reacts to the unfamiliar name.

					HEDRIL
			Please?

	The baby starts crying --

					LWAXANA
			Kestra, you woke your sister.

					TROI
				(to herself)
			Kestra... ?

	Mrs. Troi steps forward and kneels down to comfort the
	baby.

					LWAXANA
			Don't cry, Deanna... mommy's
			here..

            STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT FIVE           47A.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

	Troi realizes -- Kestra is her sister, a sister she
	never knew about. But she has to put aside her shock,
	do nothing that might derail her mother.

					HEDRIL
			Please, mommy?

            STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT FIVE            48.

40   CONTINUED: (4)

					MISTER TROI
			No, Kestra... we're going to eat
			in just a few minutes...

	Mrs. Troi tries to comfort the squalling baby.

					LWAXANA
			What's wrong, little one... what's
			wrong... ?

	Lwaxana is now completely inside the memory, seems
	unaware that Troi is watching nearby. Try as she
	might, she can't comfort the baby.

	The dog starts to tug at his leash, growling playfully --
	which seems to delight Hedrill/Kestra.

					LWAXANA
				(to Mister Troi)
			She's teething, Ian... where's her
			ring... ?

					MISTER TROI
			In your bag, I think...

					LWAXANA
			Mommy's going to make it all
			better...

	Mrs. Troi starts rifling through the bag with one hand.

					LWAXANA
				(to Mister Troi)
			I can't find it -- are you sure
			it's in here?

	Mister Troi starts looking around as well. Behind
	them, Hedril/Kestra is having trouble keeping hold of
	the dog.

	The animal's growl grows deeper and more guttural --
	it's impossible for such a tiny animal to make such a
	SOUND, and we recognize it as the growl of the WOLF
	Deanna heard before.

	As she looks down at the baby, Lwaxana's face darkens
	at the sound and we cut to:

40A  NEW ANGLE

	The arboretum is suddenly dark and ominous again --
	Mrs. Troi now sits alone on the grass.

            STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT FIVE           48A.

40A  CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA
				(to Troi, anguished)
			No, I don't want to see this again --
			I can't --

					TROI
			What happened, Mother. What
			happened next?

	Lwaxana's face is anguished --

					LWAXANA
			I don't remember --

					TROI
			You have to. You can't hold it
			back -- it's killing you.

	Lwaxana looks at Troi for a long moment... and finally
	gives in to it...

					LWAXANA
			The dog got away... she ran after
			him... we didn't notice... until
			it was too late...

          STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - REV. 08/27/93 - ACT FIVE         49.

41
thru	OMITTED
42

43   SCENE CHANGE - THE ARBORETUM

	is sunny again. Troi finds herself near the edge of
	the pond. Lwaxana and Mister Troi are sitting huddled
	together by the water's edge -- he is drenched and
	exhausted. They look out at the water in shock --
	they're devastated, numb. The dog barks by the water's
	edge, insistent (baby Deanna is nearby in her carrier).

					MISTER TROI
				(anguished)
			The current was too strong...

	Mrs. Troi can do nothing but stare out at the water.

					LWAXANA
			Kestra...

44   ON TROI

	as she watches, her eyes wet with emotion. She steps
	toward her mother.

45   NEW ANGLE -- THE ARBORETUM (OPTICAL)

	has gone dark again. Her mother is alone by the
	water's edge, crying softly. Deanna kneels next to
	her, tries to comfort her.

          STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - REV. 08/27/93 - ACT FIVE         50.

45   CONTINUED:

					LWAXANA
			Why did I look away... why wasn't
			I paying attention... ?

					TROI
			You have to forgive yourself,
			Mother... you have to let go...

					LWAXANA
			How can I? I let her die...

	Troi regards her for a moment, wondering how best to
	help her.

					TROI
			It was a terrible tragedy -- the
			worst thing that can happen to any
			parent... I know you feel
			responsible... but it was an
			accident...

	She searches for the words to reach her mother.

					TROI
			And what you're doing isn't fair
			to Kestra...

	Mrs. Troi looks up at her, not certain what she means.

					TROI
			I saw a little girl who was sweet
			and happy... she must have brought
			a great deal of joy into your
			lives...

					LWAXANA
			She woke up every morning with a
			smile...

					TROI
			Then isn't it better to remember
			her like that?
				(beat)
			I've just found out I had a sister
			I never knew... I'd like to
			remember what was good and joyous
			about her... to celebrate her
			life, not mourn it...

	Mrs. Troi is beginning to hear what Deanna says, but
	isn't sure if she can do what her daughter is asking.

            STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT FIVE           50A.

45   CONTINUED: (2)

					LWAXANA
			But when she died... the pain was
			so awful...

					TROI
			I know. And you shut it away
			inside you all these years. But
			hiding it didn't make it go away.
			It's still there, hurting you...
			and it will stay there unless you
			can forgive yourself and move on.

					LWAXANA
			How? How can I do that?

					TROI
			Kestra was here, a few moments
			ago. Talk to her...

					LWAXANA
			No --

					TROI
			Do it. Tell her how you feel.
				(beat)
			I'm here with you. I'll help you.

	Lwaxana stares at her for a moment, suddenly the child
	to Troi's comforting maternal presence. She draws that
	strength, then --

					KESTRA (O.C.)
			Mommy...

	They turn to see a little girl of about eight standing
	nearby. It's KESTRA -- she has dark hair and Betazoid
	eyes. She looks at her mother -- there is no hint of
	accusation in her eyes, just the love of a child for
	her mother.

					LWAXANA
			Kestra...

	Mrs. Troi hesitates. She seems at once frightened and
	enthralled.

					LWAXANA
			Oh, Kestra... my precious one...
			I'm so sorry...

            STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT FIVE           50B.

45   CONTINUED: (3)

	Kestra moves toward her mother, who opens her arms to
	her. The little girl hugs her mother with everything
	she has...

	Troi watches as her mother reconciles herself with what
	happened. After a long moment, Kestra gently pulls
	back from her mother.

					KESTRA
			I have to go now...

					LWAXANA
			I know...

	Lwaxana lets her go. Kestra looks up into her mother's
	eyes, then slowly, slowly, she begins to VANISH --
	until there's nothing left but a memory.

	Lwaxana reaches a hand to Troi, who takes it, and we...

                                             CUT TO:

          STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - REV. 08/27/93 - ACT FIVE         51.

46   INT. SICKBAY

	Lwaxana's eyes open, and a moment later, Troi's. They
	turn to each other, and both smile when they realize
	that their hands are clasped across the space that
	separates their two beds.

47   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves at impulse.

48   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	Lwaxana and Troi are sitting on the couch, talking
	quietly.

					LWAXANA
			Kestra always wanted to help take
			care of you... she was never the
			slightest bit jealous of all the
			attention you got.

					TROI
			She sounds very sweet...

					LWAXANA
			I made your father promise never
			to speak of her... it was a
			terrible thing to ask... but he
			went along with it.

            STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT FIVE           51A.

48   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			If it hadn't been for your work
			with the Cairn, the strain of the
			telepathic contact, you might have
			been able to repress the memory
			forever.

					LWAXANA
			And if it hadn't been for you --
			I might have died trying to keep
			that dreadful secret.

	Mother and daughter share a warm moment, then Troi
	stands and gets something from her desk.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			I contacted Mister Homn and told
			him you were all right. He asked
			me to give you something.

	Troi hands her mother a PADD.

            STAR TREK: "Dark Page" - 08/26/93 - ACT FIVE            52.

49   INSERT - THE PADD'S SCREEN

	It's a picture of Mister Troi and Kestra. She's about
	eight, holding Deanna when she was a baby. She is
	beaming at the camera.

50   RESUME SCENE

	as Lwaxana smiles, her eyes wet with tears.

					LWAXANA
			I remember the day I took this...

					TROI
			Mister Homn said he saved it... in
			case someday you wanted to
			remember her...

	Troi watches as Lwaxana clutches this unexpected
	treasure to her breast...

					LWAXANA
			I wish you could have known her,
			Deanna. I wish you two could have
			grown up together...

					TROI
			Tell me about her.. I want to know
			everything.

	Lwaxana smiles that she will... Off this moment we...

                                             CUT TO:

51   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves away we...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             








                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Attached" 
                          #40277-260 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Nick Sagan 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Jonathan Frakes 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT
 
                       SEPTEMBER 7, 1993

            STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Attached" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             LORIN
                RIKER              MAURIC
                DATA               AIDE
                BEVERLY            PRYTT COM VOICE
                TROI               KES COM VOICE
                WORF               TROOPER

                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  N.D. CREWMEMBERS   ARMED GUARDS

            STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Attached" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              PICARD'S QUARTERS        MOUNTAINSIDE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE       BORDER AREA
              CORRIDOR
              KES QUARTERS             SLOPE
          
              DARK CELL                RAVINE
              CAVES
                                       CUL DE SAC
          
                                       CAVE ENTRANCE

    STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Attached" 
                      
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                   ARCTURUS        ARK-toor-us
                   HORATH          HO-rath
                   KESPRYTT        KES-prit
                   MAURIC          MOR-ik
                   OHN-KOR         ON-kor

          STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - TEASER          1.

                STAR TREK: The Next Generation                  
                          "Attached"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE

	Orbiting an Earth-sized, blue-green planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log: Stardate 47304.2.
			The Enterprise has arrived at
			Kesprytt Three in order to
			evaluate an unusual request on the
			part of the Kes for associate
			membership in the Federation.

2    INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	PICARD and BEVERLY are seated at the table, finishing
	up the last remnants of a large breakfast. The fare
	this morning consists of some strange-looking soup with
	the consistency of molasses and plates of exotic
	fruits. Beverly eats heartily, thoroughly enjoying
	every bite -- Picard is somewhat restrained... making
	vague motions at the soup and mostly contenting himself
	with a cup of tea and a biscuit.

	Picard seems a little distracted, but otherwise, the
	atmosphere is very casual and relaxed.

					BEVERLY
			She's been very secretive... every
			time I ask her about it or try to
			edge around the subject, she
			changes the subject. Personally,
			I think she's in love.

					PICARD
			Mmmmm.

					BEVERLY
			Didn't you hear me? I said, she's
			in love.

	Picard's not sure what sort of response Beverly's
	looking for.

					PICARD
			Yes?

          STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - TEASER          2.

2    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Is that all you can say?

					PICARD
			What would you like me to say?
			I'm very pleased for them both.

					BEVERLY
			Both of who?

	Picard thinks for a moment... but he has no idea.

					PICARD
			The two... people we were
			discussing.

	Beverly gives him a look and after a beat, she leans
	forward with a mock-scolding look on her face.

					BEVERLY
				(with a smile)
			You don't have the slightest idea
			who I'm talking about, do you?

	Picard finally drops all pretense and laughs as he
	picks up a cup of tea.

					PICARD
				(laughing)
			No... no, I'm sorry... but I
			really don't.

					BEVERLY
				(smiling)
			I'll try not to take that
			personally... I've been talking
			about Nurse Ogawa and Ensign
			Markson for almost fifteen
			minutes.

					PICARD
			Oh, now it hasn't been that long.

					BEVERLY
			How would you know? You haven't
			heard a thing I've said since I
			got here.

					PICARD
			You're right. I'm sorry.

					BEVERLY
			Are you worried about this mission
			with the Kes?

       STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/07/93 - TEASER       3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

	Beverly's hit it on the head. Picard picks up his cup
	of tea and leans back in his chair.

					PICARD
			Not worried exactly... just
			uneasy. This notion of admitting
			half of their planet to the
			Federation while leaving the other
			half out...

					BEVERLY
			Well, first of all, the Kes are
			not half the planet, they're
			almost three-quarters of it. And
			the Prytt are not being left out --
			they simply don't want any outside
			contact with the Federation or
			anyone else.

					PICARD
			Every member of the Federation has
			entered as a unified world... and
			that unity said something about
			them... that they had resolved
			certain social and political
			problems at home and were ready to
			join a larger community.

					BEVERLY
			From all indications, the Kes are
			a very unified, very progressive
			people.

					PICARD
			But the Prytt are not. They are
			reclusive to the point of
			xenophobia.

					BEVERLY
			Think about Earth -- what if one
			of the old nation-states, say
			Australia, had decided not to join
			the World Government in twenty-one
			fifty? Would that have
			disqualified us from being a
			Federation member?

					PICARD
			That analogy is not entirely --

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Captain.

          STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - TEASER          4.

2    CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Go ahead, Number One.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			We've received word from
			Ambassador Mauric that he's ready
			to see you and Doctor Crusher.

					PICARD
			Inform him we're on our way.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged.

	Picard gets up and puts his jacket on. Beverly grabs
	a couple more bites of soup as she grabs her lab coat.

					PICARD
			Thank you for breakfast.

					BEVERLY
			Wait until tomorrow... I have
			something very special planned.
			It's a Vulcan dish -- that's all
			I'll tell you.

	They EXIT.

                                             CUT TO:

3    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	WORF is working at the console along with a N.D.
	Crewmember as Beverly and Picard ENTER.

					WORF
			Captain. Doctor. I have the
			coordinates of Ambassador Mauric's
			chambers.

					PICARD
			Let's not keep them waiting,
			Mister Worf.

          STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - TEASER          5.

3    CONTINUED:

	Picard and Beverly step onto the platform.

					WORF
				(to com)
			Enterprise to Kes Security Relay
			Station One. We're ready to
			commence transport.

					KES COM VOICE
			Acknowledged, Enterprise. We have
			lowered our defense shield.

	Worf checks something on the console.

					WORF
			Confirmed.

	He looks up at Picard.

					PICARD
			Energize.

	The Transporter Chief works the console and Beverly and
	Picard DEMATERIALIZE. A beat passes and Worf heads for
	the door.

					KES COM VOICE
			This is Security Relay Station
			One. We are ready to receive your
			Captain and Medical Officer.

	Worf stops in his tracks. He moves to the console.

					WORF
				(to com)
			This is the Enterprise. We have
			completed the transport sequence.
			You should have them.

	A long, agonizing beat.

					KES COM VOICE
			Negative, Enterprise. They are
			not here.

	OFF Worf's expression...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT ONE         6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

4    INT. DARK CELL

	A small, dingy prison cell -- damp and inhospitable.

	Picard lies prone on the floor. Beverly is propped up
	against a wall. Both are unconscious.

	Slowly, Picard begins to come to his senses. Shaking
	the cobwebs out of his head. He spots Beverly.
	Realizes something terrible's happened. He tries to
	key his insignia, but it's nowhere to be found.

	Picard moves to Beverly's side and gently shakes her.

					PICARD
			Beverly... Beverly...

	Her eyes flutter open.

					BEVERLY
			What happened?

					PICARD
			I don't know.

					BEVERLY
			The last thing I remember... was
			beginning the transport...

	Picard unsteadily stands and begins to look around the
	room.

					PICARD
			I would assume that we're on
			Kesprytt... in some kind of
			prison cell.

	He turns his back to Beverly and examines the closed
	door to the cell.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			The question is why? I can't
			imagine that Ambassador Mauric
			would --

	Beverly reacts in alarm to something she sees on the
	back of Picard's head.

       STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT ONE       7.

4    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc.

	He reacts to the look on her face.

					PICARD
			What is it?

					BEVERLY
			I'm not sure.

	Beverly stands and moves to him. She turns his head
	around and now we can see some kind of electronic
	IMPLANT at the base of his neck. Beverly examines it
	gingerly.

					BEVERLY
			It's an implant... looks like it
			might be connected directly to the
			brainstem.

					PICARD
			Some kind of coercive device... ?

	Beverly reaches behind her own neck with a hand... then
	nods -- she has one too.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Whatever they are... I doubt
			they're designed for our health.

	The door to the cell suddenly slides OPEN and MINISTER
	LORIN ENTERS. She is a tall, elegant, woman dressed in
	sleek military regalia. Lorin scans them both with a
	Kes version of a tricorder. TWO ARMED GUARDS step into
	the cell with her and the door CLOSES behind them.

					PICARD
			Why are we being held?

	But Lorin is more interested in the readings on her
	device than in answering Picard's questions. She
	continues to work the small tricorder.

         STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT ONE         8.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			If you tell us why you've taken us
			hostage, we might be able to --

	Lorin flatly and unemotionally cuts her off without
	looking up.

					LORIN
			You are not hostages. You are
			prisoners.

					PICARD
			Prisoners. By whose authority?

	Lorin closes her tricorder with a snap and then eyes
	them with the dull interest of a keeper checking over
	an exhibit.

					LORIN
			You are being held under the
			authority of the Prytt Security
			Ministry. The charge is
			conspiring with the enemy.

					PICARD
			The enemy... you mean the Kes.

					LORIN
			We are not fools. We are aware of
			the Federation attempt to
			establish a military alliance with
			the Kes. It will not be
			tolerated.

					PICARD
			Your information is in error.
			There are no plans to enter into
			any --

					LORIN
			There is no point in trying to
			mislead us, Captain. The devices
			which have been implanted in your
			cerebral cortexes will soon be
			calibrated to your psi-wave
			patterns. At that time, we will
			get all the information we need.

       STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/09/93 - ACT ONE       9.

4    CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			And you will discover that we're
			telling the truth.

	Lorin gives him a polite and tolerant smile.

					LORIN
			We shall see.

	Lorin now taps in a command on her tricorder, and the
	door OPENS again. She and the Guards EXIT.

                                             CUT TO:

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit.

6    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	DATA is on the platform, examining a raised section of
	the Transporter with a tricorder. Worf and RIKER are
	standing at the console.

					DATA
			There is nothing wrong with the
			Transporter. I have run a
			complete diagnostic and checked
			all the targeting components.

					RIKER
			Then what happened to the Captain
			and Doctor Crusher?

	Worf reacts to something on the console.

					WORF
			Commander. The Transporter sensor
			log shows an unusual concentration
			of antigraviton particles in the
			emitter coil. These particles do
			not occur naturally -- something
			must have interfered with the
			Transporter.

					RIKER
			Interfered?

      STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT ONE      10.

6    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			A concentration of antigraviton
			particles would suggest a tractor
			beam. It might have deflected the
			Transporter beam to a different
			set of coordinates.

					RIKER
			Is there a way to locate those
			coordinates?

					DATA
			No, sir.
				(beat)
			However, it may be possible to
			determine the point of origin of
			the tractor beam itself.

					RIKER
			Well, that's a start.

	Data begins to work the console as the others crowd
	around to watch. After a beat, Data has an answer.

					DATA
			The tractor beam originated from
			somewhere within the Prytt
			Alliance.

					RIKER
			The Prytt... things just got a
			little more complicated.
				(beat)
			Can we scan for them?

					DATA
				(shakes his head)
			Prytt territory is shielded by a
			high-energy forcefield. It cannot
			be penetrated by our sensors.

					WORF
			Why would the Prytt want Captain
			Picard and Doctor Crusher?

         STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT ONE         11.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			I don't know. And it's not going
			to be easy to find out... the
			Prytt have consistently refused
			all outside contact and somehow I
			don't think they're going to be
			eager to start now. We'll have to
			work through the Kes.
				(to Worf)
			Contact Ambassador Mauric and tell
			him we need a meeting right away.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Worf heads for the door.

                                             CUT TO:

7    INT. DARK CELL

	Picard is meticulously studying one section of the cell
	wall with infinite patience... he's looking for any way
	out of here. Beverly is sitting calmly against one
	wall watching him. They've been here for quite some
	time. After a few beats, Picard stops probing the wall
	and turns around to give Beverly a questioning look.

					PICARD
			What?

					BEVERLY
				(confused)
			What?

					PICARD
			You're staring at me.

					BEVERLY
			Sorry. I was just wondering how
			long you were going to keep at
			this.

					PICARD
				(returns to the wall)
			As long as it takes. With any
			luck, there may be a structural
			flaw that would allow us to
			escape.

					BEVERLY
				(without conviction)
			Right.

         STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT ONE         12.

7    CONTINUED:

	Beverly's confidence is clearly low, but Picard
	concentrates on the wall and refuses to concede an
	inch.

					PICARD
			The important thing during any
			confinement is to think positively
			and not to give up hope... there
			is a way out of every box... there
			is a solution to every puzzle...
			it is simply a matter of --

	Suddenly the door slides OPEN again and a Guard ENTERS,
	carrying a food tray. Beverly gets to her feet and
	Picard tenses, looking for an opening. But the Guard
	is wary and careful... he keeps his weapon out and
	ready as he sets the food tray down on the floor, never
	taking his eyes off the prisoners. The Guard then
	slowly backs out the door, which then CLOSES behind
	him.

	As the door slides into the wall, Picard jumps to the
	doorway and tries to keep the mechanism from completely
	closing, but it's no use and the door CLICKS shut.

					PICARD
			Damn.

	Picard examines the door frame.

					BEVERLY
			Well, at least this means we're
			not going to starve to death.

					PICARD
				(grim)
			What it means is that they plan on
			keeping us here for a while...

	Beverly takes a deep breath... she hadn't considered
	that.

					BEVERLY
			I'm starting to think negatively,
			Jean-Luc.

	A few silent beats pass... Beverly finally looks at the
	food tray... she picks up the lid out of curiosity and
	is shocked to find her own MEDICAL TRICORDER sitting on
	the plate.

      STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/13/93 - ACT ONE      13.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			My tricorder!

	Picard turns around and is equally astonished. Beverly
	picks up the tricorder and opens it.

					PICARD
			Does it work?

					BEVERLY
				(works)
			Yes. But something's been added
			to the main directory.

8    INSERT (OPTICAL)

	Which shows a close-up view of the tricorder screen.
	The tiny monitor displays a complicated map with a path
	marked by arrows and text.

9    RESUME

	Picard and Beverly study the monitor screen.

					PICARD
			It's a map...

					BEVERLY
			An escape route. That guard must
			be working for the Kes...

					PICARD
			Possibly.

					BEVERLY
			What else could it be?

					PICARD
			It could be part of a very
			carefully laid trap.

         STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT ONE         14.

9    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			If you ask me, I'd rather take my
			chances out there.

	Picard considers for a quick beat.

					PICARD
			Agreed. Is there a way to open
			the cell door?

	Beverly checks the tricorder for a beat.

					BEVERLY
			Yes. The code's been entered.

	Picard nods and Beverly points the tricorder at the
	cell door. She works for a moment... then the door
	slides OPEN. Picard moves quickly to the doorway...
	pokes his head outside... takes a quick look around,
	then nods to her -- everything is clear.

	Together Picard and Beverly slip out the door and head
	into the unknown...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

         STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT TWO         15.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

10   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Riker, Worf, and TROI are sitting at the table with
	AMBASSADOR MAURIC. The Ambassador is a distinguished,
	impressive-looking humanoid, with all the charm of a
	refined southern gentleman. Mauric is accompanied by
	an AIDE, who stands neatly at attention behind Mauric's
	chair.

					MAURIC
			On behalf of my government, I
			would like to take this
			opportunity to present our
			profound apologizes to you
			regarding this unfortunate
			incident.

					RIKER
			That's very kind, Ambassador. But
			I don't think anyone here blames
			you or the Kes government for
			what's happened.

					TROI
			Our primary concern is not to
			assign blame, but to recover our
			missing officers.

					MAURIC
			Of course.
				(beat)
			We are prepared to insert a
			hostage rescue team into the Prytt
			capital city on three hours
			notice.

	Riker and Troi exchange a surprised look.

					RIKER
			Ambassador... we haven't even
			tried a diplomatic effort yet.
			I'd rather not use force until
			we've exhausted all other options.

					MAURIC
			I don't believe we have any...
			diplomatic options, Commander.
			There are no formal relations with
			the Prytt...
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT TWO         16.

10   CONTINUED:

					MAURIC (Cont'd)
			... no ambassadors... there's
			simply no way to contact them.

					TROI
			Surely you must have some means of
			communication in case of a
			planetary emergency.

					MAURIC
			We have never had need of such a
			system.

					WORF
			We can determine their
			communications frequencies and
			establish a link.

	Mauric hesitates... he's trying very hard not to offend
	his hosts here, but he knows all this will go nowhere.

					MAURIC
			Allow me to be blunt.
				(beat)
			The Prytt are a fanatical,
			xenophobic people, with little
			regard for civilized discourse.
			Even if you do establish a
			communications link with them, it
			will be a complete waste of time.

					TROI
			How long has it been since your
			last diplomatic contact?

					MAURIC
			Almost a century.

					TROI
			Then it's possible that they've
			changed over the years.

					MAURIC
				(a tolerant smile)
			We have had other... less formal
			contacts with the Prytt --
			contacts that I cannot discuss.
			But I can assure you, they have
			changed very little.

	Riker and Troi shift uncomfortably.

         STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT TWO         17.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Mister Ambassador... with all due
			respect, I feel I should make an
			attempt to communicate with the
			Prytt before I sanction the use of
			force.

	Mauric smiles easily.

					MAURIC
			Of course, Commander. In the
			meantime, I will continue to make
			preparations for a rescue attempt.

					RIKER
			Agreed.

					MAURIC
			I do have one request. We believe
			that the Prytt obtained their
			information about the transport of
			your captain and doctor through a
			breach in our communications
			network. If I could set up a base
			of operations here on the
			Enterprise, I would feel much more
			secure.

					RIKER
				(nods)
			Mister Worf will help you.

					MAURIC
			Thank you.

	Mauric, the aide, and Worf EXIT.

10A  INT. CORRIDOR

	Worf leads Mauric and the aide to a door and enters the
	code on the keypad. The door slides open. Worf
	gestures to them to enter, but Mauric hangs back...
	looks up and down the corridor... into the room.

					MAURIC
			You first.

	Worf is slightly puzzled but precedes Mauric and the
	aide into the room.

      STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT TWO      17A.

10B  INT. KES QUARTERS

	Worf stands to the side as Mauric and the aide swiftly
	inspect the room... checking everything carefully as
	though looking for anything amiss.

					WORF
			Is there a problem, Ambassador?

					MAURIC
			Probably not. I am simply
			securing the area.

					WORF
			I can assure you there is no need.

	Mauric smiles pleasantly at him.

					MAURIC
			I'm sure you're right.
				(beat, as he checks one
				 last area)
			This will do nicely.

					WORF
			As Security Chief of the
			Enterprise, I would be glad to
			assist you in any way possible --

					MAURIC
			There's no need. We'll take care
			of everything.
				(beat)
			Thank you, Lieutenant.

	There is an uncomfortable pause as Worf realizes he's
	being dismissed. He nods curtly and leaves.

                                             CUT TO:

11   INT. CAVE (OPTICAL)

	An empty cavern, a mile beneath the planet's surface.
	Utterly secluded -- there's no one about. Somewhere,
	off in the distance, there's the faint sound of water
	dripping.

	Suddenly, a section of the cave wall PIVOTS open and a
	secret passage is revealed. Picard and Beverly ENTER
	the cave through the passage. Picard CLOSES the
	section of cave wall behind them.

        STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT TWO        17A.

10B  INT. KES QUARTERS

	Worf stands to the side as Mauric and the aide swiftly
	inspect the room... checking everything carefully as
	though looking for anything amiss.

					WORF
			Is there a problem, Ambassador?

					MAURIC
			Probably not. I am simply
			securing the area.

					WORF
			I can assure you there is no need.

	Mauric smiles pleasantly at him.

					MAURIC
			I'm sure you're right.
				(beat, as he checks one
				 last area)
			Well. This will do nicely.

					WORF
			As Security Chief of the
			Enterprise, I would be glad to
			assist you in any way possible --

					MAURIC
			There's no need. We'll take care
			of everything.
				(beat)
			Thank you, Lieutenant.

	There is an uncomfortable pause as Worf realizes he's
	being dismissed. He nods curtly and leaves.

                                             CUT TO:

11   INT. CAVE (OPTICAL)

	An empty cavern, a mile beneath the planet's surface.
	Utterly secluded -- there's no one about. Somewhere,
	off in the distance, there's the faint sound of water
	dripping.

	Suddenly, a section of the cave wall PIVOTS open and a
	secret passage is revealed. Picard and Beverly ENTER
	the cave through the passage. Picard CLOSES the
	section of cave wall behind them.

         STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT TWO         18.

11   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(re: cave door)
			Someone obviously put a lot of
			time and effort into this.

					BEVERLY
			It might have been the guard's
			personal escape route.

					PICARD
			You're assuming he's a Kes agent.

					BEVERLY
			Seems logical.

	Beverly checks the directions on her tricorder as
	Picard wipes sweat from his forehead -- it's hot in
	here.

					PICARD
			There must be a lava flow or a hot
			spring somewhere near by.

					BEVERLY
				(nods, off tricorder)
			It's a lava flow... about thirty
			meters beneath us.
				(beat)
			We're supposed to head this way.

	Beverly leads the way. They take a few steps and then
	Beverly takes a breath of air and instantly realizes
	that something's wrong.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			I smell gas...

	Suddenly a small FIREBALL explodes a few feet to one
	side. They both freeze in their tracks. Beverly works
	her tricorder as Picard watches ANOTHER FIREBALL
	explode further down the cave.

					BEVERLY
				(off tricorder)
			This whole chamber is filled with
			pockets of a methanogenic
			compound...

         STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT TWO         19.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Can we get through it?

					BEVERLY
			I think so...

	She moves slightly ahead, scanning the area. A beat,
	then --

					PICARD
			What did you say?

	Beverly turns, puzzled.

					BEVERLY
			I didn't say anything.
				(off tricorder)
			There seems to be a fairly regular
			pattern to these eruptions... if
			we're careful we should be able to
			navigate through them.

	Picard moves to her side.

					PICARD
			Say when...

	Beverly waits. A burst of FLAME erupts just a few feet
	away.

					BEVERLY
			Now...

	They start off slowly, Beverly guiding him along the
	cave floor slowly, adjusting from left to right on the
	basis of her readings. As they shift direction, a
	little burst of flame will jet out behind them. They
	proceed in this manner for a short distance, then
	realize that the little fireballs have ceased. They
	stop.

					PICARD
			The eruptions have stopped...

					BEVERLY
				(scanning behind them)
			The gas is building up!

	She grabs his hand, yanks at him.

         STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT TWO         20.

11   CONTINUED: (3)

	They start running as, behind them, a large fireball
	several feet high ignites and flows toward them. They
	fling themselves sideways into an intersecting chamber
	just as it whooshes past them with a BLAST OF SCORCHING
	FLAME.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/07/93 - ACT THREE     21.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

12   INT. BRIDGE AFT SCIENCE (OPTICAL)

	Data is working at Science Station One. Riker and Worf
	are standing nearby. There is a complex OKUDAGRAM on
	the monitor.

					DATA
			I have scanned the entire Prytt
			communications system and I
			believe this is the primary access
			module for the central government.

					RIKER
			Can you determine which of these
			com links is connected to their
			prime minister's office?

					DATA
			I believe so. However, the Prytt
			have no link designed for extraterritorial
			communications. Our
			hail may come as a surprise to
			them.

					RIKER
			Well, they're going to have to
			adjust. Open a channel.

	Data works and after a beat, a voice comes on-line.

					PRYTT COM VOICE
			This is Prime Minister Horath's
			headquarters. How can I be of
			service?

					RIKER
			This is Commander William T.
			Riker of the Federation starship
			Enterprise. I know this is an
			unusual way to --

					PRYTT COM VOICE
				(shocked)
			The Enterprise? You mean the ship
			in orbit?

					RIKER
			That's right.

					PRYTT COM VOICE
			Why are you on this com-link?

        STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT THREE        22.

12   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Well, we didn't know how to
			contact your government directly,
			so we had to start somewhere. Now
			if I could talk with your--

					PRYTT COM VOICE
			Did you get authorization for this
			communication from the Security
			Ministry?

					RIKER
			No. As I said, we didn't know how
			to contact you so--

					PRYTT COM VOICE
			I cannot participate in an
			unauthorized communication.

	There is a CLICK as the transmission ENDS. Riker and
	Data exchange a look.

					RIKER
			Not very friendly are they?

					DATA
			No, sir.

        STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT THREE        23.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

	There is a BEEP on Worf's console.

					WORF
			Sir. We are being hailed... it is
			the Prytt Security Council.

					RIKER
			Looks like we got somebody's
			attention. On screen.

	Worf works and the image of Lorin appears on one of the
	small monitor screens at the aft station. Lorin
	appears very angry.

					LORIN
			Enterprise, this is Security
			Minister Lorin. You will
			immediately cease all attempts at
			communication with our people.

					RIKER
			Minister, we've been trying to
			contact someone in your
			government. It appears that
			you've detained two of our
			officers and we would like to
			discuss this situation.

					LORIN
			There is nothing to discuss. If
			you do not terminate these
			transmissions, we will be forced
			to take aggressive action against
			your ship.

	With that, Lorin ENDS the transmission. Riker looks to
	Worf. (In the b.g. Ambassador Mauric ENTERS with his
	Aide.)

        STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT THREE        24.

12   CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF
			Their weapon systems pose no
			threat to the Enterprise.

					RIKER
			Just the same, let's keep the
			shields up for the time being.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					MAURIC
				(to Riker)
			Is there a problem, Commander?

					RIKER
			Our efforts with the Prytt just
			ran into a wall.

					MAURIC
			I am sorry. But perhaps this will
			brighten your spirits -- we have
			freed your Captain and doctor.

					RIKER
				(shocked)
			What?

					MAURIC
			They were being held in a prison
			just outside the Prytt capital.
			One of our operatives was able to
			arrange their escape.

					WORF
			Where are they now?

					MAURIC
			They should be en route to the Kes
			border. Our operative provided
			them with a detailed map and
			instructions on where to go.

					RIKER
			How do you plan to get them across
			the border?

					MAURIC
			At the moment, that information is
			confidential. But trust us... we
			do have a plan.

     STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT THREE     25.

12   CONTINUED: (4)

	Riker and Worf exchange a concerned look... they're not
	happy about just blindly trusting Mauric.

					RIKER
			Ambassador... I'm afraid I must
			insist that you provide us with
			more information.

	Mauric hesitates... looks around the Bridge for a beat,
	then decides to acquiesce.

					MAURIC
			I understand your concern, of
			course. But I would feel more...
			comfortable discussing operational
			details in a... less public
			environment.

					RIKER
			Certainly. We can step into the
			Ready Room.

	Riker indicates the direction, but Mauric doesn't move.

					MAURIC
			I would prefer... the quarters you
			provided me. They're safer.

	Riker is a little puzzled by just what the hell that
	means, but he sees nothing wrong with the request.

					RIKER
			All right.

	Riker and Mauric EXIT.

                                             CUT TO:

13   INT. ANOTHER CAVE (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Beverly ENTER. They've reached what seems
	to be a dead end and they stop.

					PICARD
			There's no way out of here...

					BEVERLY
			Maybe we took a wrong turn...

	Beverly studies the tricorder as Picard moves around
	the chamber, searching for the way out.

       STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT THREE       25A.

13   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(without looking up)
			Me too...

					PICARD
				(puzzled)
			What?

					BEVERLY
			I'm thirsty too.

					PICARD
			I didn't say anything about being
			thirsty.

					BEVERLY
			I heard you. You said, "I'm very
			thirsty."

					PICARD
			I was thinking about it, but I
			didn't say anything.

	They regard each other silently for a moment as a new
	thought dawns on them both.

					BEVERLY
			You were thinking it...

        STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT THREE        26.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(touches implant)
			The transceivers. Lorin said they
			would align themselves to our psi
			wave patterns...

					BEVERLY
			The implants might be transmitting
			our thoughts.
				(beat)
			What am I thinking?

	A beat as Picard concentrates.

					PICARD
			I don't know.

					BEVERLY
			I can't hear your thoughts,
			either. Maybe it was just a
			fluke.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			For now, I'm afraid we have more
			immediate concerns. Does the map
			indicate a way out of here?

					BEVERLY
			Yes. We go up.

	She gestures to the rock face of the chamber.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			There's a ledge about thirty
			meters up that connects to another
			tunnel which should lead to the
			surface.

	Picard takes this in matter-of-factly.

					PICARD
			Right.

	He moves to the rockface and begins looking for his
	first hand-hold. Beverly remains where she is, looking
	up at the rockface towering above her. Picard turns
	after a moment, a surprised look on his face.

     STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/09/93 - ACT THREE     27.

13   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I heard that.
				(off her look)
			They weren't words exactly... I
			suddenly had this... sense of
			fear... a fear of heights.

					BEVERLY
			So much for it being a fluke.

	Picard is taken aback by the experience.

					PICARD
			What a strange sensation... your
			thoughts just appeared in my mind.

	Beverly manages a wan smile and looks up at the
	rockface.

					BEVERLY
			If you sensed fear of heights, you
			sensed pretty accurately.

	Picard smiles and steers her toward the wall.

					PICARD
			Come on. We've done this
			before... it's just like on the
			Holodeck.
				(takes her hand and puts
				 it on rock)
			One hand-hold at a time... nothing
			too fast... just a slow, gentle
			climb.

					BEVERLY
				(deep breath)
			Right.

	They both begin to climb the wall...

                                             CUT TO:

14   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit.

     STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/09/93 - ACT THREE     28.

15   INT. KES QUARTERS

	The room has been changed from the usual guest
	accommodations. Some of the furniture has been shoved
	over to one side and the room is littered with SEVERAL
	ELECTRONIC DEVICES. The desk now supports a large
	ALIEN COMPUTER console with odd cabling and gizmos
	attached to it.

	The Aide seen earlier is working at a console.

	Ambassador Mauric and Riker ENTER. As soon as Riker is
	in the room, the Aide immediately picks up a Kes
	tricorder, moves to him, and begins to scan Riker up
	and down. Riker looks around the room with a little
	surprise.

					RIKER
			I see you've done some
			redecorating.

					MAURIC
			Just a few pieces of equipment we
			needed for security reasons. You
			understand.

					RIKER
			Certainly.

	The Aide finishes his scan of Riker.

					AIDE
			He is all right.

	Mauric indicates a chair and he and Riker sit down. As
	Riker gets near the Kes equipment in the room, the Aide
	quietly moves about and turns the equipment OFF so that
	Riker can't see any of the screens.

					RIKER
			Ambassador... how do you plan to
			get my people out of Prytt
			territory?

					MAURIC
			You must realize that what I am
			about to tell you cannot leave
			this room.
				(off his nod)
			For some time now, we have had
			certain... friends among the
			Prytt. Citizens who have realized
			that the long struggle between our
			two peoples can only end when the
			Prytt government is made to see
			reason.

     STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT THREE     29.

15   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			You've recruited a few Prytt
			spies.

					MAURIC
			A crude, but accurate term. These
			friends will be waiting for your
			Captain and Doctor when they reach
			the village of Ohn-Kor near the
			Kes border. The map we provided
			your officers will take them to a
			tavern there.

					RIKER
			Forgive me, Ambassador, but is it
			wise to send two human fugitives
			in Starfleet uniforms into a Prytt
			village?

					MAURIC
			The danger is minimal. Our
			operatives control most of the
			town.

	Riker isn't entirely happy with that answer, but Mauric
	continues.

					MAURIC
				(continuing)
			Once they have made contact with
			Captain Picard and Doctor Crusher,
			our friends will escort them
			across the Kes border.

     STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT THREE     30.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker absorbs this, still worried about the danger to
	Beverly and the Captain.

					RIKER
			I'd still feel better if they
			could rendezvous with your
			operatives in a less public place.

					MAURIC
			Commander, I assure you we know
			what we're doing. We have a great
			deal of experience in dealing with
			the Prytt. And we would hardly
			risk the safety of your people...
			after all -- we're still hoping
			you'll recommend our entrance into
			the Federation.

	This makes sense, and Riker accepts it. But he's still
	bothered.

                                             CUT TO:

        STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT THREE        31.

16   EXT. CAVE ENTRANCE - DAY

	Picard and Beverly come out from the caves. They blink
	for a moment in the bright sunshine, then Beverly
	points in a direction and they head out...

                                             CUT TO:

17   EXT. SLOPE - DAY

	Picard and Beverly carefully make their way down a
	tricky slope... picking through the brush, always
	looking around for any sign of pursuit. They look
	worn, tired and hungry. Silence for a while...

					PICARD
			One of us is hungry.

					BEVERLY
			That would be me.

					PICARD
			Try to think of something else.
			You're making me hungry.

					BEVERLY
			What would you like me to think
			about?

					PICARD
			Something other than a large bowl
			of vegetable soup.

					BEVERLY
				(with relish)
			My grandmother used to make it...
			with beans and peas and carrots --

					PICARD
			Beverly.

     STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT THREE     32.

17   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Sorry.

	Picard suddenly pulls up short and glares at her.

					PICARD
				(having "heard" her)
			I am not being unreasonable.

					BEVERLY
			I didn't say you were. I may have
			thought it, but there's a
			difference.

	Picard takes a beat... tries to clear his head for a
	moment.

					PICARD
			You're right. We can't react to
			every random thought that crosses
			the other person's mind.
				(beat)
			It's astonishing how much...
			clutter there is in our
			consciousness. Odd memories
			coming to the surface... bits of
			half-remembered songs...

					BEVERLY
				(nods)
			Stray day-dreams... scattered
			minutiae... I wonder how true
			telepaths sift through it all.
			How can they get to what someone's
			really thinking if their minds are
			constantly churning all this
			flotsam to the surface?

	A beat. Beverly suddenly reacts to something she
	"hears."

					BEVERLY
			That is not funny.

       STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT THREE       32A.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(lightly)
			I just wanted to see if you were
			listening.

					BEVERLY
			I think the link is getting
			stronger.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Maybe we should put some distance
			between us... that might weaken
			it.
				(wry)
			Not that I'm tired of hearing your
			most intimate thoughts...

     STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/09/93 - ACT THREE     33.

17   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			Certainly not.

	They share a smile and then Beverly takes a few strides
	away from him. She gets about five or six feet away...
	then suddenly they both stagger and double over, hit by
	a wave of dizziness and nausea.

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc...

	He has to crawl to get to her... but as he does, the
	sickness starts to fade. As he gets to her, he's fine
	and so is she. Beverly pulls out her tricorder and
	scans them both.

					PICARD
			What happened?

					BEVERLY
			I don't know... I suddenly felt a
			wave of nausea.

					PICARD
			Me too.

					BEVERLY
				(off tricorder)
			I don't see anything wrong with
			either of us.
				(beat)
			Maybe the air is toxic...

	Beverly gets up and takes a few steps, scanning, but
	quickly the nausea returns and she retreats back toward
	Picard and it passes.

					PICARD
			The same thing... but when you
			moved back toward me... I felt
			better.

	They stare at each other for a moment, the implications
	of this sinking in. He smiles gamely at her, trying to
	downplay the situation.

					PICARD
			It would seem we're stuck with
			each other.

	OFF their faces...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT FOUR        34.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

18   EXT. RAVINE - DAY

	A short time later. Beverly and Picard are walking
	along and then come to a stop. (From this point on,
	they should be no more than three feet apart at any
	time.) Beverly checks her map and frowns.

					PICARD
			What's wrong?

	Beverly points at two different mountain ridges.

					BEVERLY
			I can't tell if we're supposed to
			go over this hill... or that one.
			The topography on this map is a
			little vague.

					PICARD
			Let me see.

	Picard takes the tricorder and examines the map and the
	distant ridge line. A beat, then he points in
	direction.

					PICARD
				(continuing,
				 confidently)
			This way.

	He takes a step, but Beverly stays in place.

					BEVERLY
			You don't really know, do you?

					PICARD
			What?

					BEVERLY
			You're acting like you know
			exactly which way to go... but
			you're just guessing. Do you do
			this all the time?

	Picard's been caught, but he takes it with good grace.

					PICARD
			No.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT FOUR        35.

18   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			But... there are times when it's
			important for a Captain to give
			the appearance of confidence.

	Beverly smiles and they resume their walk.

	After a beat, Picard "hears" something -- he turns and
	looks at her in surprise. Beverly laughs and holds up
	her hands.

					BEVERLY
			I'm sorry... I'm sorry. I
			couldn't resist...

					PICARD
			I'm beginning to realize that you
			seem to always have some...
			acerbic remark on the tip of your
			tongue.

					BEVERLY
			At least I've trained myself not
			to say it anymore. When I was a
			little girl, my mouth was always
			landing me in trouble with my
			parents... my teachers...

					PICARD
				(reading her thoughts)
			Your friends... and someone named
			Tom Norris... ?

					BEVERLY
				(smiles)
			That's right. We had one date...
			which I brought to an abrupt halt
			with the words... "Is that a beard
			or is your face dirty?"

					PICARD
				(overlapping)
			"Or is your face dirty?"

	They both laugh for a moment... then Picard senses
	something else.

					PICARD
			There's something more... you're
			laughing, but...
				(surprised)
			You actually feel... embarrassed
			about that incident.

        STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT FOUR        36.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
				(a little sad)
			Yes.
				(beat)
			I thought I was being cute... but
			I really hurt him.

	A few beats pass and they silently look at each other,
	unspoken words travel back and forth. Beverly breaks
	the silence and tries to shake off the moment.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			That was a long time ago. And it
			taught me a valuable lesson.

					PICARD
				(shakes his head)
			This... sharing of thoughts and
			feelings... it's compelling in a
			strange way...

					BEVERLY
			Very.
				(beat)
			We'd better get going.

	They head out again.

19   NEW ANGLE

	As Picard is alarmed by something he sees in the
	distance. He's about to say something to Beverly, but
	she whirls around without his saying anything. They
	both duck behind some brush for cover and then
	cautiously peek out.

20   POV BEVERLY & PICARD

	Revealing TWO PRYTT TROOPERS walking along the ridge
	directly ahead of them.

21   RESUME BEVERLY & PICARD

	as they watch the Troopers. Beverly shakes her head --
	responding to something she "heard."

        STAR TREK: "Attached" - 09/07/93 - ACT FOUR        37.

21   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(quietly)
			I don't think so, either. Maybe
			there's another way to reach the
			village.

	Beverly hands him the tricorder without looking --
	again, responding to an unseen "thought." Picard
	studies the tricorder for a moment.

					PICARD
			No. We'd have to backtrack
			several kilometers to find another
			way over this ridge.

	Beat. Then Picard makes a decision.

					PICARD
				(off tricorder)
			The border's only two kilometers
			east of here... there's a
			forcefield protecting it, but
			we'll have to find a way to deal
			with that when we get there.

	They carefully move off in a different direction, being
	careful to use what cover is available.

                                             CUT TO:

22   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit.

23   INT. CORRIDOR

	Worf and Riker walk down the Corridor and stop outside
	the Kes Quarters. Riker presses the door panel and the
	doors slide OPEN after a beat. They EXIT to...

      STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT FOUR      38.

24   INT. KES QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	Riker and Worf ENTER and are immediately confronted by
	the Aide, who uses a Kes tricorder to carefully and
	thoroughly scan both Riker and Worf from head to toe.
	Mauric is seated at the table, his hands folded neatly
	in front of him while TWO N.D. Aides stand on either
	side of him. Mauric is looking at the Enterprise
	officers with a cool eye. Riker and Worf exchange a
	glance -- what's this all about?

	The Aide finishes his scan and turns back to Mauric.

					AIDE
				(to Mauric)
			All right.

					RIKER
				(to Mauric)
			Is something wrong?

	Mauric looks at them both for a long beat... his
	friendly and open demeanor is now gone -- he's
	completely neutral and unreadable. After a long beat,
	he gestures to two chairs.

					MAURIC
			Have a seat.

	Riker and Worf sit. Mauric studies them both for a
	moment.

					MAURIC
				(continuing)
			Captain Picard and Doctor Crusher
			did not show up at the designated
			rendezvous point.

	Riker and Worf exchange a worried look.

					RIKER
			Do you know what happened to them?

					MAURIC
			No. We have no idea what happened
			to them.
				(beat)
			We find it strange that your
			officers would follow the escape
			plan so precisely -- but then fail
			to make a crucial rendezvous with
			our operatives.

      STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/09/93 - ACT FOUR      39.

24   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			It is possible they have been
			recaptured.

					MAURIC
				(shakes his head)
			Our sources would have informed us
			instantly if that had happened.
				(beat)
			But of course, if they weren't
			captured... if they simply... made
			a different rendezvous... we might
			not ever know about it.

					RIKER
			A different rendezvous? I'm not
			sure what you mean.

					MAURIC
				(sarcastic)
			Of course you're not. You
			wouldn't know if your Captain and
			Doctor were meeting secretly with
			the Prytt.
				(beat)
			Meeting in order to set up a
			military alliance with the
			Federation...

					RIKER
			What?

	Mauric is on his feet now, pacing about the room...
	he's completely sure of himself -- a keen mind
	outlining the details of a crime.

      STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT FOUR      40.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					MAURIC
			It was a clever scheme... first
			you pretend to "lose" your
			officers during transport... then
			you ask us for help... and get us
			to expose several of our
			undercover operatives in the
			process. But what you didn't
			expect was for us to get your
			people out of prison so quickly.
			They needed more time... more time
			to plot the destruction of the Kes
			with their new Prytt friends.

	Riker's had enough of this. He gets to his feet.

					RIKER
			This is ridiculous. You're
			starting to see conspiracies
			everywhere. We were invited here
			by the Kes, why would we want to
			ally ourselves with the Prytt?

					MAURIC
			Why indeed?

					RIKER
			You can believe what you want...
			we're going to find our people
			with or without your help.

					MAURIC
			Then I believe it's time for us to
			be leaving the Enterprise.

					RIKER
				(re: equipment)
			Just make sure you take all that
			junk with you.

	Riker and Worf EXIT.

                                             CUT TO:

25   EXT. CUL DE SAC - NIGHT

	Beverly and Picard have stopped for the night in a
	small Cul de Sac, shielded from view by rocks and
	vegetation. Picard is tending a small FIRE as Beverly
	sits nearby scanning a collection of plants with her
	tricorder. After a beat, she reacts with
	disappointment -- Picard doesn't have to see her to
	know what's wrong.

					PICARD
			No luck.

      STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/13/93 - ACT FOUR      41.

25   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I'm beginning to think there's not
			a single thing on this planet we
			can eat.

					PICARD
			Well... if we're lucky, we'll be
			back on the Enterprise by this
			time tomorrow and you can plant
			yourself in front of a replicator
			with a knife and fork.

	She smiles as Picard sits down.

					BEVERLY
			Remember that Vulcan dish I
			promised you for breakfast? I was
			just thinking...

	She trails off... suddenly struck by something she
	"hears" from Picard.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing, surprised)
			You hate having breakfast with me.

					PICARD
			That's not true.

					BEVERLY
			Yes, it is. As soon as I said,
			"breakfast" I heard you say, "I
			hate that."

					PICARD
			That's not quite what I meant...

					BEVERLY
			Well, what did you mean?

					PICARD
			I simply... don't like...

					BEVERLY
				("hearing" him)
			... don't like what I've been
			choosing for breakfast.

					PICARD
			No, no. It's... just that I feel
			breakfast should be... a simple
			meal... and recently they seem to
			have become more elaborate.

      STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/13/93 - ACT FOUR      42.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
				("hearing" him)
			Tea and scones. That's all you
			really want, isn't it? Tea and
			scones. Why didn't you say so?

					PICARD
			It didn't seem that important...

	Suddenly he stops as he "hears" something from her.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			You don't like those elaborate
			meals either.

					BEVERLY
				(laughs)
			I usually prefer something simple
			myself... but somehow I thought
			you might enjoy more variety.

	They both share a laugh.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Well, it's tea and scones for both
			of us from now on.

	They both smile and sit back. They are very
	comfortable here... very much at ease with each other.
	A long silent beat passes as they look into the fire.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I love firelight.

					BEVERLY
				(overlapping)
			I love firelight.

					PICARD
			There's something about the
			flame... the smell of the
			smoke... I've always felt it's
			intoxicating in a way...

	Beat.

      STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/13/93 - ACT FOUR      43.

25   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
				(smiles)
			I remember when Jack and I took
			Wesley on his first camping trip
			to Balfour Lake. Wesley kept
			throwing manta leaves in the fire
			to watch them pop... Jack kept
			telling him...

	She trails off... and slowly looks at Picard with a
	very shocked and puzzled look on her face. She just
	"heard" a fragment of something very important. Picard
	stares resolutely into the fire.

					BEVERLY
			What?

	He doesn't answer.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing, gently)
			Jean-Luc... I heard you. Don't
			push it away.

					PICARD
			Beverly, please. I don't want to
			talk about this right now.

	But Beverly isn't about to let this go. She moves
	closer to him.

					BEVERLY
			When I said, "Jack and I"... I
			could feel this sudden wave of...
			something.
				(beat, then surprised)
			I never knew you felt that way.

					PICARD
			Didn't you?

					BEVERLY
			I guess I always knew there was...
			an attraction between us, right
			from the start. But I had no idea
			how strongly you felt...
				(beat)
			Why didn't you ever tell me you
			were in love with me?

      STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/09/93 - ACT FOUR      44.

25   CONTINUED: (4)

	Picard stops trying to get away from this... these are
	things that he's never confronted directly and this is
	very difficult for him.

					PICARD
			You were married to my best
			friend.
				(beat)
			At first, it seemed like a
			harmless infatuation... something
			more hormonal than emotional. But
			then...

	He trails off and Beverly picks up the thought.

					BEVERLY
				("hearing" more)
			But then as the months went by...
			and the three of us starting
			spending more time together...

					PICARD
			I began to realize that it was
			something more.
				(beat)
			It wasn't right... and I knew I
			wouldn't act on it... but I
			couldn't help the way I felt.

	Beat.

					BEVERLY
				("hearing" more)
			And when Jack died... you felt
			guilty.

					PICARD
			I felt guilty before he died...
			having those kind of feelings for
			my best friend's wife. Then...
			later, after the accident... I
			told myself that no matter what
			happened I would never let you
			know how I felt.

					BEVERLY
			You didn't want to feel as if you
			were...

					PICARD
			Betraying my friend...

	A long beat.

          STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT FOUR         44A.

25   CONTINUED: (4)

					BEVERLY
			That's why you didn't want me on
			the Enterprise seven years ago.

					PICARD
			I didn't know how I would react.
				(beat)
			But gradually, I found that I
			didn't feel that way anymore...
			that twenty years was indeed a
			long time...

	Beat.

          STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/09/93 - ACT FOUR          45.

25   CONTINUED: (5)

					BEVERLY
			And now we're friends...

	Another beat.

					PICARD
			Yes... friends.

	They look at each other. They've shared something very
	profound and intimate and Picard seems disquieted.
	Beverly regards him for a moment, then turns away.

					BEVERLY
			We still have a lot of ground to
			cover tomorrow. We should get
			some sleep.

					PICARD
			Right.

	They both lie down by the fire and get comfortable.
	The two of them lie on their back, looking up at the
	sky. After a beat, Picard puts out his arm, and
	Beverly puts her head on his shoulder. She closes her
	eyes, but his remain open, staring up at the sky.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT FIVE          46.

                           ACT FIVE                             

26   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Data, and Worf at their stations. Mauric ENTERS
	from the Turbolift. His attitude is cool toward
	Riker... he clearly doesn't trust him.

					RIKER
			Ambassador. Thank you for coming.

					MAURIC
			Commander.

					RIKER
			We're about to clear up this
			misunderstanding once and for all.
				(to Worf)
			Hail Minister Lorin, please.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Worf works and then Lorin appears on the Viewscreen.

					LORIN
			Enterprise, I have warned you
			about these unauthorized
			communications...

					RIKER
			Yes, I know. But I think it's
			about time we all sat down
			together and tried to work this
			out. I have Ambassador Mauric
			here and --

					LORIN
			That is your misfortune. We have
			nothing to say to either of you.

	Lorin ENDS the transmission.

					MAURIC
				(to Riker)
			Commander... I know you're working
			with the Prytt. Putting on a
			little show like that for my
			benefit does neither of us any
			good.

	Riker seems very unperturbed by this and he gives
	Mauric a calm smile.

          STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/09/93 - ACT FIVE          47.

26   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			We'll see.
				(to Worf)
			Mister Worf...

	Worf works his console for a moment... then looks up at
	Riker and nods.

					RIKER
				(to Mauric)
			I think there's someone waiting
			for us in the Observation Lounge.

	Riker gestures toward the door... after a puzzled beat,
	Mauric heads in the indicated direction and they both
	EXIT to...

27   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - CONTINUOUS

	Riker and Mauric ENTER and find a very angry Minister
	Lorin standing in the room. She is keeps a handle on
	her temper, but she is coldly furious.

					LORIN
			I should have known that anyone
			willing to deal with the Kes would
			be capable of such an outrage.

					RIKER
			I'm sorry I had to resort to these
			drastic measures, Minister, but
			you left me little choice.

					MAURIC
			Don't pretend that the two of you
			are enemies. It is too late for
			a charade.

					LORIN
			If that is an attempt to hide your
			military alliance with the
			Federation, you needn't bother.
			I already know far more than you
			can imagine.

	Riker tries to get control of the situation.

					RIKER
			Let's all just sit down and try to
			talk about what's happened to
			Captain Picard and Doctor Crusher.

          STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT FIVE          48.

27   CONTINUED:

					LORIN
			I will not sit at a table with...
			him.

					MAURIC
				(quickly)
			No more than I would sit with her.

					RIKER
			All right... then we'll stand.
			The important thing is that we
			start talking.

					LORIN
			I am not authorized to talk with
			a Kes official.

					RIKER
			Then talk to me. Where are my
			officers?

					MAURIC
				(to Riker)
			As if you don't already know.

	Riker's frustration level is clearly building. Off his
	reaction...

                                             CUT TO:

28   EXT. MOUNTAINSIDE - DAY

	Beverly and Picard are climbing a steep slope. Beverly
	sees something up ahead and she silently motions Picard
	down. They both duck for cover.

29   NEW ANGLE

	Revealing A PRYTT GUARD walking at the top of the ridge
	ahead of them.

30   RESUME BEVERLY & PICARD

	As they double back down the way they came... trying to
	keep out of sight.

31   ON GUARD

	As he looks around the area... suddenly he looks down
	and sees something. He lifts his weapon...

          STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT FIVE          49.

32   ON PICARD (OPTICAL)

	As a PHASER BURST hits the ground very close to him.
	Picard takes a tumble down the slope, bouncing off a
	large boulder.

33   BEVERLY (OPTICAL)

	Rushes to Picard's side, but the Captain gets to his
	feet with only a few bumps and scrapes.

					PICARD
			I'm all right.

	Another PHASER SHOT hits nearby and they start to run.

                                             CUT TO:

34   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Riker's patience is just on the verge of running out.

					LORIN
			We are already aware of your plan
			to use Federation technology to
			build new attack satellites. You
			will find that we are prepared for
			them.

					MAURIC
			An interesting, if pointless lie.
			I would rather discuss your own
			plans to use Federation aid to
			stage a takeover of Kolrod Island.

					LORIN
			We have been over this before.
			Kolrod clearly belongs to the
			Prytt who originally--

					RIKER
				(hard)
			That's it.

	They both fall silent and look at him in surprise.
	Riker has decided to take charge here.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I can see that... diplomacy is not
			going to get us anywhere today,
			and I don't have time for an
			extended negotiation session. So
			it's time to lay all the cards on
			the table.

          STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT FIVE          50.

34   CONTINUED:

	Mauric and Lorin exchange a puzzled look -- card
	playing must not be a Kes or Prytt activity.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			That means it's time to stop
			fooling around and get serious.
				(to Lorin)
			You're concerned that the Kes are
			about to be admitted into an
			associative membership with the
			Federation.

					LORIN
			Correct.

					RIKER
			As First Officer of the Enterprise
			I think I can promise you that is
			not going to happen. The Kes will
			be denied membership.

	They both look at him in shock.

					MAURIC
			You do not have the authority to
			do that. Despite whatever games
			you may have played with the Prytt
			since your arrival, we still plan
			on taking our petition directly to
			the Federation Council. They will
			listen to our--

					RIKER
			They will listen to the report of
			the Enterprise Captain and his
			First Officer. And I can tell you
			right now that the First Officer's
			report will go something like
			this:
				(he moves about the
				 room)
			"Kesprytt is a deeply troubled
			world with social, political, and
			military problems that it has yet
			to resolve. The Kes, although a
			friendly and democratic people,
			are driven by suspicion,
			deviousness, and paranoia. In the
			opinion of this officer, they are
			not ready for membership."

          STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT FIVE          51.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

	Mauric has definitely been put in his place. Riker now
	notices that Lorin is looking pretty smug -- she seems
	to have won.

					RIKER
			Now to the matter of our missing
			officers...

					LORIN
			They are still charged with
			spying, Commander. I have heard
			nothing here which would alter
			that.

					RIKER
			Then maybe you should consider
			this: If anything happens to them,
			Starfleet is going to want a full
			investigation. That means more
			starships will be sent to
			Kesprytt... and those ships are
			going to want answers... which
			means they'll be putting your
			country under a very large and
			very uncomfortable microscope.

	Riker leans in close to Lorin... she doesn't like the
	sound of any of this.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Remember how unhappy you were when
			we contacted just one of your
			people without authorization?
			Well, think of what it'll be like
			when ten starships start looking
			for answers. They'll be
			contacting hundreds of your
			people... they'll conduct massive
			sensor sweeps... they might even
			start sending down Away Teams.
			And all because you wouldn't help
			me find my missing officers...

	Lorin is definitely starting to worry about this not so
	bright future. Off her look of concern...

                                             CUT TO:

          STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT FIVE         51A.

35   EXT. BORDER AREA - DAY (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Beverly run toward the FORCEFIELD BORDER
	between Prytt and Kes territory. The forcefield itself
	is invisible unless touched, but the border is clearly
	marked by signs and by large stanchions which operate
	the forcefield.

	They stop just in front of the border. Beverly pulls
	out her tricorder and begins working as Picard looks
	behind them.

					BEVERLY
			I think I can use the tricorder to
			set-up a multiphase pulse. That
			should weaken the field enough for
			us to get through.

	She continues to work as Picard keeps an eye out. He
	"hears" something and responds without turning around.

					PICARD
			No, no. The modulation frequency
			should be in the upper-harmonic
			range.

          STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/09/93 - ACT FIVE          52.

35   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Right.

	The forcefield in front of her now suddenly becomes
	VISIBLE... a small section of it starts to WARP and
	DISTORT as Beverly works.

36   NEW ANGLE

	As FOUR PRYTT TROOPERS come running through some brush
	and toward Picard and Beverly.

37   RESUME NEAR FORCEFIELD (OPTICAL)

	Beverly reacts to something she "hears".

					BEVERLY
			I'm going as fast as I can.

	The distortion in the field gets LARGER. Picard and
	Beverly get closer to the field. The following takes
	place very quickly:

	-- The Troopers rush them... weapons drawn...

	-- The distortion in the field is almost the size of a
	single person...

	-- Beverly glances over her shoulder and then makes a
	lightening decision. She suddenly PUSHES him THROUGH
	the distortion.

	-- Picard falls to the other side of the border.

	-- The distortion now writhes and fluctuates wildly
	after his passage... Beverly can't get through.

	Picard jumps to his feet and looks back at Beverly in
	horror as the Troopers rush up -- they've got her.
	Picard and Beverly silently look at each other from
	opposite sides of the border... unheard thoughts
	rushing back and forth.

	The troopers keep their weapons trained on Beverly, but
	they don't fire. One TROOPER activates his
	communicator.

          STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT FIVE          53.

37   CONTINUED:

					TROOPER
			Minister, we have the human
			female. The male is standing in
			Kes territory.

                                             CUT TO:

38   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - CONTINUOUS

	Where Riker and Mauric listen as Lorin communicates
	with the surface.

					LORIN
			Very well. Transmit their
			coordinates to the Enterprise
			Transporter Room.

					TROOPER'S COM VOICE
			Understood.

					RIKER
			Thank you, Minister. Now, if
			you'll excuse me...

	Riker EXITS... leaving two very chastened people in the
	Observation Lounge.

                                             CUT TO:

39   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit.

          STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT FIVE          54.

40   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard, Beverly and Riker ENTER from the Transporter
	Room walking down the corridor. Picard and Beverly are
	still dirty and bedraggled from their adventure. Midconversation.

					RIKER
			Mauric is determined to take his
			protest to the Federation Council,
			but I don't think he'll get very
			far.

					PICARD
			I tend to agree, Number One.

	They walk for a few beats, then Picard suddenly laughs
	at something and turns to Beverly with a smile. She
	looks at him for a moment and then she laughs too...
	sharing some silent, private joke. Riker looks from
	one to the other in puzzlement.

					RIKER
			Did I miss something?

					PICARD
				(to Beverly)
			I know... I know... you're
			absolutely right.

	Picard and Beverly continue to trade telepathic
	thoughts as they continue down the corridor, much to
	Riker's confusion.

                                             CUT TO:

41   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	It's much later. Picard and Beverly are just finishing
	up the last remnants of an intimate dinner. They're
	both in civilian clothes and the mood is warm,
	inviting. Beverly pushes back her plate and looks very
	contented. The implants are gone.

					BEVERLY
				(re: food)
			That was wonderful.

          STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT FIVE          55.

41   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			My pleasure.

	Picard clears away the dishes and Beverly sits back in
	her chair.

					BEVERLY
			Don't take this the wrong way,
			Jean-Luc... but I'm glad we're not
			joined at the hip anymore.

					PICARD
			Were you getting tired of my
			company?

					BEVERLY
			Just tired of bumping into you
			every thirty seconds. I was
			beginning to feel like you were
			part of my uniform.

	Picard now produces a bottle of champagne.

					BEVERLY
			Champagne... ?

	He pops the cork. Beverly smiles as he pours the
	champagne.

					BEVERLY
				(lifts her glass)
			What shall we drink to?

	They look into each other's eyes for a moment. There
	are many things they could drink to, but Picard opts
	for something safe after an awkward beat.

					PICARD
			Our... freedom.

					BEVERLY
			Freedom.

	They clink glasses and sip the champagne. There is a
	long quiet beat.

					BEVERLY
			Penny for your thoughts.

					PICARD
			I was just thinking... that as
			distracting as it was... I was
			beginning to get used to...
			"hearing" your thoughts.

          STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT FIVE         55A.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			So was I. It was very...
			intimate.

	Picard nods and Beverly looks down into her glass.

					BEVERLY
			You know... last night... I woke
			up...

					PICARD
			Oh?

	Beverly nods... she gives him a look full of sexual
	innuendo.

					BEVERLY
			I was awake for several hours.
			And thanks to the implant, I got
			to "hear" some very interesting
			dreams of yours.

	Picard shifts for a moment... but he takes it with good
	humor.

					PICARD
			A man can't be held responsible
			for what his mind does when he's
			asleep.

					BEVERLY
			What about when he's awake?

	There is a long beat... Picard studies her for a
	moment... then slowly gets up and moves closer to her.
	After a moment, Beverly looks up at him.

          STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT FIVE          56.

41   CONTINUED: (3)

	There is a crackle of attraction in the air... Picard
	reaches out... she takes his hand... gets out of her
	chair... and for one moment, they both realize that
	anything is possible in this moment...

					PICARD
			So now that we've had this...
			unique experience... what do we do
			now?

					BEVERLY
				(innocent)
			What do you mean?

					PICARD
			You know exactly what I mean.

					BEVERLY
			No I don't. The implant's been
			removed, remember?

					PICARD
			I mean now that we know how we
			each feel... perhaps we shouldn't
			be afraid to explore those
			feelings...

	Beverly takes a long moment... looks at Picard, then
	makes her decision.

					BEVERLY
				(gently)
			I'm not afraid... but I'm also not
			ready.

	Picard nods silently. A moment... then she kisses him
	on the cheek -- maybe just a little longer than
	normal... and she heads for the door.

					BEVERLY
			Good-night.

					PICARD
			Good-night.

	Beverly EXITS...

42   INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	Beverly ENTERS and stops just outside the door... looks
	back... then walks off.

          STAR TREK: "Attached" - REV. 09/08/93 - ACT FIVE         56A.

43   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Picard looks after her for a moment... then blows out
	the candles.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

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                       "Force of Nature" 
                          #40277-261 
                              
                          Written by 
                         Naren Shankar 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Bob Lederman 


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                         FINAL DRAFT

                      SEPTEMBER 17, 1993

        STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Force of Nature" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             PRAK
                RIKER              RABAL
                DATA               SEROVA
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                WORF               
                GEORDI  
           
                Non-Speaking  
                  N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES
                  N.D. SECURITY      
                  SPOT               

        STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Force of Nature" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                    EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE               USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              GEORDI'S QUARTERS/BEDROOM  ALIEN SHIP
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              ENGINEERING
              JEFFERIES TUBE
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              STELLAR PHOTOGRAPHY LAB
              READY ROOM
              TEN FORWARD

  STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Force of Nature" 
                         
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                   HEKARAS         huh-CARE-us
                   RABAL           ruh-BALL
                   SEROVA          suh-ROE-va
                   TETRYON         TEH-tree-on
                   VERTERON        VURR-ter-on

      STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - TEASER      1.

                STAR TREK: The Next Generation                  
                       "Force of Nature"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. GEORDI'S QUARTERS - ANGLE ON DOOR

	The door CHIME sounds.

					GEORDI (O.S.)
				(harried)
			Come in!

	The DOOR OPENS and DATA ENTERS. He looks around the
	room for a moment -- it's apparently empty.

					DATA
			Geordi... ?

					GEORDI (O.S.)
			I'm in here...

	The voice is coming from the bedroom. As Data moves
	toward it, he sees PIECES OF A BROKEN VASE strewn all
	over the floor.

2    THE BEDROOM

	Data ENTERS the bedroom to see GEORDI on his hands and
	knees, looking at something under the bed.

					GEORDI
			I've got her now, Data... she's
			trapped.

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			Who?

	Geordi gives him a sharp look.

					GEORDI
			Your demented cat.

	Data moves to the other side of the bed and peers
	curiously underneath.

					DATA
			I do not understand. Why is Spot
			under the bed?

      STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - TEASER      2.

2    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Probably because she knows I'll
			kill her if I get my hands on her.

					DATA
			Has Spot been misbehaving?

					GEORDI
			That's putting it mildly. So far
			she's broken a vase and a teapot,
			destroyed my couch by using it as
			a scratching post, and coughed up
			hairballs on my carpet.

					DATA
			These incidents are common to cat
			owners. When you borrowed Spot,
			you said you wanted to experience
			the full range of feline behavior
			before getting a cat yourself.

					GEORDI
			Yeah, well, I don't think I'm
			ready for one. You can take her
			back, with my blessings.

	A beat as Data stares under the bed.

					GEORDI
			Well? Go ahead -- call her.

					DATA
			Spot does not respond to verbal
			commands.

					GEORDI
			She won't come when you call her?

					DATA
			No.

					GEORDI
			Data, have you ever considered
			training her?

					DATA
				(pondering)
			I have never found it to be
			necessary.

					GEORDI
			Necessary? That cat is out of
			control.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - TEASER      3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
			Half the time I wasn't sure if she
			was going to lick me or scratch my
			face off.

					DATA
			I have never experienced that kind
			of behavior from Spot.
				(beat)
			Although she does have the
			unfortunate habit of jumping onto
			my computer console when I am
			working.

					GEORDI
			There, see? She needs training.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to senior staff. Please
			report to the observation lounge.
			Mission briefing in ten minutes.

					GEORDI
			Okay, we have to get her out from
			under there. I'll scare her --
			you grab her when she comes out.

					DATA
			I do not think it would be wise to
			startle her --

	But Geordi makes his move.

					GEORDI
			Now!

	SPOT goes streaking out from under the bed -- not
	toward Data -- and dashes into the other room.

					GEORDI
			Uh-oh...

	There's a resounding CRASH from the next room. Geordi
	casts a baleful eye at Data.

					GEORDI
			Training.
				(beat)
			Definitely.

      STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - TEASER      4.

2    CONTINUED: (3)

	Off Data's reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - ACT ONE      5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

3    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 47310.2.
			We are investigating the
			disappearance of the Medical
			Transport Fleming somewhere in the
			Hekaras Corridor. Our search is
			complicated by the unique
			properties of this particular
			region of space.

4    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	PICARD, RIKER, Data, TROI, BEVERLY, WORF, and Geordi
	are seated at the conference table. The mood is upbeat --
	even though the mission is serious, it's still fairly
	routine.

					RIKER
			The Fleming's last contact with
			Starfleet was four days ago. They
			didn't report anything out of the
			ordinary when they entered the
			Corridor...

	Riker nods to Data who rises and moves to the large
	monitor which is displaying an OKUDAGRAM of a subspace
	map of the Hekaras Corridor. The graphic indicates a
	long, path-like trail threading its way through several
	star systems.

					DATA
			The unusually intense tetryon
			fields in this sector pose a
			severe navigational hazard to warpdriven
			vessels...

	Data indicates the path-like structure on the graphic.

      STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - ACT ONE      6.

4    CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(continuing)
			The Hekaras Corridor is the only
			route through the area which is
			free of tetryon fields. Ships
			travelling at warp must use the
			Corridor to ensure safe passage
			through the region.

					PICARD
			How long will it take to complete
			a level-one search?

					DATA
			At least two days, sir. The
			Corridor is over twelve lightyears
			long, and the surrounding
			tetryon interference will limit
			our sensor range.

	Picard nods and Data takes his seat.

					WORF
			Could we send out reconnaissance
			probes to supplement the sensors?

					GEORDI
			They won't be very effective. The
			interference will make it
			difficult to maintain contact with
			the probes; the best we can do is
			to try increasing the sensor
			efficiency.
				(beat; to Picard)
			We're installing multi-phase
			buffers on all the sensor modules.
			It should help a little.

	Troi, meanwhile, has been studying the graphic.

					TROI
			Hekaras Two is inhabited, isn't
			it? Maybe they've had contact
			with the Fleming.

	Riker shakes his head.

					RIKER
			They haven't. I've already spoken
			with the Hekaran government.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/24/93 - ACT ONE   7.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER (Cont'd)
			According to them, only one ship
			has passed through their system in
			the last week... and that was a
			Ferengi trader.

	Beverly reacts.

					BEVERLY
			The Fleming was carrying a supply
			of bio-mimetic gel... it's rare
			and quite valuable. Do you think
			it's possible the Ferengi could
			have hijacked it?

					RIKER
				(considers)
			I wouldn't put it past them.
				(beat; to Picard)
			We should be prepared for that
			contingency.

					PICARD
			Agreed.

	Picard makes his decisions.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			All right then. Mister Worf,
			initiate your search pattern.
			Let's head in.

	The meeting breaks up.

                                             CUT TO:

4A   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi is at the warp core. The DILITHIUM CHAMBER is
	open and he is working intently on the innards with a
	TECH TOOL. Several N.D.s are working in the b.g.

	Data ENTERS and moves to Geordi.

					DATA
			Geordi, we have experienced a
			slight drop in sensor efficiency.
			Commander Riker would like us to
			examine the phase buffers.

	Geordi does not look up from his work immediately.

   STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/24/93 - ACT ONE   7A.

4A   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			No problem, Data... I'll be with
			you in a minute...

	Geordi works another beat and then turns to an N.D.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			All right, Hansen, transfer EPS
			conduit thirteen through the
			stabilizer matrix.

					VOICE (O.C.)
			Aye, sir.

	Geordi closes the chamber, moves to another console and
	continues working. Data follows him, curious.

					DATA
			Geordi, is there a problem with
			the engines?

					GEORDI
			No, not really...

					DATA
			Then why are you stabilizing the
			EPS conduit?

	A beat. Geordi looks up from the console.

					GEORDI
			I'm just trying to get a slightly
			higher power conversion level...

					DATA
				(considering it)
			That would not affect the engines
			in any way.

					GEORDI
			I know. That's not the point.

	Data seems puzzled.

   STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/24/93 - ACT ONE   7B.

4A   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Then... what is "the point?"

					GEORDI
				(a bit evasive)
			I just... want the best conversion
			level I can get.

					DATA
			Why?

	There is a beat. Somewhat reluctantly...

					GEORDI
			It's the Intrepid.
				(off Data's reaction)
			Their Chief Engineer is Commander
			Donald Kaplan. We went through
			the Academy together. And... I
			kind of like to make sure our
			power conversion level is... a
			little higher than theirs.

					DATA
			I understand. You are in
			competition with Mister Kaplan.

	Geordi doesn't want to admit to that.

					GEORDI
			No, it's not really a
			competition...
				(beat)
			This is the flagship. It just
			seems to me -- we should be better
			than the rest.

					DATA
			That does sound like a competitive
			position.

					GEORDI
			It's more a matter of personal
			pride. I mean... these are my
			engines.

					DATA
			But you are trying to outperform
			the Intrepid.

   STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/24/93 - ACT ONE   7C.

4A   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			Well... yeah.

	Geordi works the console for a beat.

					GEORDI
			Computer. How much have the
			conversion levels increased?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Levels are unchanged.

	Geordi's frustration is evident as Data waits
	patiently.

					GEORDI
			All right, we'll deal with of this
			later...

	Geordi grabs a TECH TOOL and moves toward the Jefferies
	tube.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Let's take a look at those
			sensors.

	Data and Geordi EXIT into the Jefferies tube.

5    INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	Geordi and Data are moving through a section of the
	VERTICAL JEFFERIES TUBE. They stop at a junction, and
	Geordi opens a MEESPANEL. He begins to work on it with
	a TECH TOOL as Data monitors his progress with a
	TRICORDER.

					GEORDI
			Okay -- how's that?

					DATA
			The phase buffer is functioning
			within normal parameters. Sensor
			efficiency has increased six-point-seven
			percent.

   STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/23/93 - ACT ONE   8.

5    CONTINUED:

	Geordi closes the panel, still not quite satisfied.

					GEORDI
			Only six-point-seven? One of the
			stages must still be out of
			alignment...
				(beat)
			Let's check out junction A-nine.

	Data acknowledges and they begin to climb down the
	tube.

					DATA
			Geordi, I have taken your
			suggestion regarding Spot.

					GEORDI
			What suggestion?

					DATA
			I have begun to train her. I am
			currently testing several
			techniques.

	Geordi isn't really interested to hear about Data's
	cat.

					GEORDI
			Really...

	Data continues talking as they move into a horizontal
	section...

6    ANOTHER JEFFERIES TUBE - HORIZONTAL SECTION

	Moving along the tube...

					DATA
			I began with simple conditioned
			response exercises and followed
			with various environmental
			enhancements. Next I intend to
			explore bio-conditioning devices.

					GEORDI
			Devices?

					DATA
			Such as sensor nets for behavior
			modification... or bio-feedback
			motivators...
				(beat)
			Unfortunately, I have been largely
			unsuccessful...

   STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/23/93 - ACT ONE   9.

6    CONTINUED:

	Geordi stops at a MEESPANEL and opens it up. He takes
	out his (TECH) tool and begins working.

					GEORDI
				(kidding)
			How about a phaser? A low stun
			setting at the right moment might
			do the trick...

	Data reacts -- he's taking the suggestion seriously.

					DATA
			Geordi. I will not stun my cat.

					GEORDI
			I was just kidding...

	Geordi works for another moment, then closes the panel.

					GEORDI
			This isn't it, either.

					DATA
			There is clearly a misalignment
			somewhere in this system.

					GEORDI
			That's for sure...
				(thinks)
			There's one more possibility...
			let's take a look at junction C-twelve...

	They move off down the tube...

6A   JEFFERIES TUBE - ANOTHER SECTION

	moving along the tube...

					DATA
			I am somewhat concerned that my
			training efforts will ultimately
			fail...

					GEORDI
			Well, maybe you're just going
			about it the wrong way.

   STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/23/93 - ACT ONE   9A.

6A   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I have consulted numerous animal
			behavior manuals; several of them
			claim that cats are inherently
			untrainable.

					GEORDI
			I don't believe that. My sister
			didn't know a thing about animals
			and she was able to train her cat.
			How complicated could it be?

					DATA
				(curious)
			What did she train her cat to do?

					GEORDI
				(thinks about it)
			Well... her cat would jump into
			her arms on command.

	Data is intrigued by the notion.

					DATA
			That is interesting. Perhaps I
			could modify your sister's
			technique to keep Spot off my
			console. Do you know how she was
			able to train her cat?

					GEORDI
				(amused)
			Well, as I recall, she had to walk
			around for about two months with
			a piece of tuna in her blouse...

	Data reacts.

	In the meantime, they have reached another MEESPANEL.
	Geordi opens it and checks it out...

					GEORDI
			I was right... this buffer is out
			of alignment...
				(beat, works)
			All right... how's that?

	Data scans the panel with his tricorder.

					DATA
			The phase alignment is
			stabilizing...
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/23/93 - ACT ONE   9B.

6A   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			However, sensor efficiency has
			only increased an additional one-point-three
			percent.

					GEORDI
			Well, that's not much, but every
			little bit helps.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Data.

					DATA
				(taps combadge)
			Data here.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			We're picking up a ship ahead on
			long range sensors. If you and
			Geordi are through down there,
			we'd like to have you on the
			Bridge.

   STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/23/93 - ACT ONE   10.

6A   CONTINUED: (3)

	Data looks at Geordi who closes the panel.

					GEORDI
			We've squeezed as much out of
			these systems as we're going to
			get.

					DATA
				(to com)
			Acknowledged, sir. We are on our
			way.

	Data moves off down the tube. Geordi takes one last,
	satisfied look at his repair and then follows Data down
	the tube.

                                             CUT TO:

7    INT. BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker are at their command stations; Worf is
	working his console at Tactical; various N.D.s are at
	the other stations.

					WORF
			We are within visual range, sir.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	Worf works his console and...

8    THE MAIN VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	activates, showing a Ferengi ship drifting in space.
	The ship is completely dark and there is no glow from
	its warp engines.

9    RESUME SCENE

	Data and Geordi ENTER from the aft Turbolift; Geordi
	moves to Aft Science and Data moves to Ops, relieving
	the N.D. as Riker examines the readout of his chair
	console.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			This is the same Ferengi ship that
			entered the Corridor a week ago.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - ACT ONE     11.

9    CONTINUED:

	Geordi studies his console closely.

					GEORDI
			Captain, there are no emissions
			from their plasma vents. Their
			warp drive must be completely
			inactive.

					DATA
				(off console)
			That is correct, sir. Their
			impulse systems appear to be down
			as well... power generation is at
			extremely low levels.

					PICARD
			What about life signs?

					DATA
				(off console)
			Life support is also functioning,
			at low levels. There are
			approximately four-hundred fifty
			Ferengi on board. That is a
			standard complement for a vessel
			of this class.

	A puzzling beat.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, open a hailing
			frequency.

	A beat as Worf works his console.

					WORF
			No response on any channel, sir.

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			I'm not reading any subspace
			emissions from their ship at all,
			sir. It looks like every one of
			their field coils has been
			overloaded.

					RIKER
			That would explain why they didn't
			respond to our hails...

     STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - ACT ONE     12.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			It would also explain the failure
			of their warp drive.

	A beat.

					GEORDI
			Sir, the Feregni sensors are still
			functioning. I could modify one
			of our deflector emitters to
			transmit old-style delta waves...
			if I modulate that with a com
			signal, the Ferengi should be able
			to pick it up.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

	Geordi moves to another console and begins working.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			Well, if they did hijack the
			Fleming, they certainly didn't get
			very far with the cargo.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, have tractor beams
			standing by... we may have to take
			them under tow...
				(beat)
			Helm, bring us within tractor
			range...

					WORF
				(puzzled, off console)
			Captain, I am picking up power
			emissions from the Ferengi ship...
				(urgently)
			They are locking weapons!

					PICARD
				(quickly)
			Raise shields --

	Picard barely gets the words out as the SHIP SHAKES
	from the blast. The RED ALERT lights flash and the
	KLAXONS sound.

	OFF reactions.
                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - ACT TWO     13.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

10   INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	The SHIP SHAKES again as another blast from the Ferengi
	vessel connects. Picard and Riker quickly bark out
	their orders.

					RIKER
			Ready phasers. Prepare to return
			fire.

					PICARD
			Target their weapons array only.

					WORF
			Phasers locked.

					PICARD
			Fire.

11   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	fires its phasers, hitting the Ferengi ship.

12   INT. BRIDGE

					DATA
			Direct hit.
				(beat)
			Their weapon systems are down.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Damage report.

					WORF
				(off console)
			We sustained minimal damage on
			decks five and seven, sir.

					DATA
			Sir, the Ferengi ship's power has
			stabilized... they appear to have
			impulse capability.

     STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - ACT TWO     14.

12   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			They were just playing dead...
			conserving power until we got in
			close enough.

					PICARD
			But why attack us in the first
			place?

					RIKER
			Somehow I don't think they're
			going to let us beam over and ask
			them...

	Picard turns to Geordi who's still working.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, how are you
			coming with that com link?

					GEORDI
			Almost ready, sir...

	Geordi tinkers with the console for a quick beat and
	then steps back.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			We can give it a try.

					PICARD
			Open a channel.

	Geordi works his console.

13   THE MAIN VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	comes on. The image is unrecognizable, almost
	completely obscured by "snow".

14   ON GEORDI

	as he works his panel, attempting to clear the image.

     STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - ACT TWO     15.

15   INCLUDE THE MAIN VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as it gradually clears to show the grainy, staticfilled
	image of the Ferengi commander, DAIMON PRAK
	(NOTE: the visual should be clearly inferior to our
	normal Viewscreen image). He doesn't look happy.

					PICARD
			This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard of
			the Enterprise. Please explain
			your attack on my ship.

					PRAK
				(outraged)
			Our attack? We were defending
			ourselves. Do you deny that you
			are responsible for disabling my
			vessel?

	Picard exchanges a glance with Riker -- what is this
	guy talking about?

					PICARD
			Your ship was adrift and your
			communications inoperative. We
			were attempting to ascertain your
			status.

					PRAK
				(doesn't buy it)
			You were attempting to move in for
			the kill.
				(beat)
			Do not toy with me, Picard... we
			are obviously at your mercy. But
			know this: when the Ferengi
			Council learns of your actions,
			they will consider this an act of
			war.

					PICARD
			Daimon, there has clearly been a
			misunderstanding here. I believe
			it would be in everyone's best
			interests if you came aboard and
			we discussed the situation.

					PRAK
			I see no reason to trust you,
			hewman.

	Picard wants to get to the bottom of this -- but he's
	going to have to force Prak to accept his help.

     STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - ACT TWO     16.

15   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Then I suppose we'll be on our
			way...
				(beat)
			If you wish, I'll relay your
			position to your government... in
			case you're unable to complete
			repairs... and remain stranded
			here.

	Prak wavers -- he really isn't ready to take that
	chance.

					PRAK
			Perhaps it would be better to
			discuss the situation...

	Off Prak's reaction.

                                             CUT TO:

16   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	and the Ferengi ship.

17   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard, Riker, and Prak.

					PRAK
			We detected what appeared to be a
			Federation signal buoy. When we
			approached it, it emitted a
			massive verteron pulse... our warp
			drive, our sensors, our
			communications systems were all
			disabled.
				(beat)
			We assumed we were the victims of
			a new Federation weapon.

					PICARD
			Daimon Prak. The Federation
			established this Corridor to
			ensure a safe route through the
			sector. We have nothing to gain
			from mining it.

     STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - ACT TWO     17.

17   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Whatever happened to your ship may
			not be an isolated incident. A
			Federation Medical transport was
			recently lost in the Corridor.

					PRAK
			We passed a Federation ship
			several days ago. It did not
			appear to be in any distress.

	Picard and Riker react.

					RIKER
			Can you give us an idea of their
			heading?

	Prak smiles -- finally, he's got a way to be one-up.

					PRAK
			It's possible that information was
			recorded in our sensor logs,
			Commander.
				(beat)
			Unfortunately, my entire crew is
			occupied with our repairs. I
			don't know if there will be time
			to search our records.

	It's obvious what Prak is getting at.

					PICARD
			Perhaps if we assigned an
			engineering team to assist with
			the repair efforts... would that
			give you time to retrieve your
			logs?

	Prak seems quite satisfied with the arrangement.

					PRAK
			I believe it would, Captain.

18   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Spot is sitting on Data's desk as Data stands nearby.

					DATA
			Spot -- down.

   STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/24/93 - ACT TWO   18.

18   CONTINUED:

	Spot stares at him.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Spot -- down.

	Spot does nothing. Data approaches Spot and as he
	lifts the cat off the desk, he repeats the command.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Spot -- down.

	Data sets the cat on the floor and then points to the
	desk.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			This is up. Up is no.

	Data points to the floor.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			This is down.
				(strokes Spot)
			Down is good.

	The door CHIMES.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Come in.

	The DOORS OPEN and Geordi ENTERS, carrying a PADD. As
	Geordi speaks, Data picks up Spot and places her on the
	desk.

					GEORDI
			Data. I had another idea that
			might help boost our power
			conversion levels. Could you give
			me a hand?

					DATA
			I would be happy to.

	Geordi notices Spot sitting on the console.

					GEORDI
			Don't tell me you're training her
			to use the console.

     STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - ACT TWO     19.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			As part of her training program,
			I am teaching Spot to jump down
			from the desk on my command.

					GEORDI
			How's it going?

					DATA
			I have not been entirely
			successful...

	Spot MEOWS loudly. In response, Data moves to the
	replicator. Spot jumps off the desk and moves to a
	certain place on the floor and waits. Data speaks to
	the replicator.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Feline supplement two-hundred
			twenty-one.

	We HEAR the replicator activating. Data picks up a
	BOWL OF FOOD and sets it down in front of Spot, who
	begins to eat.

					GEORDI
			That cat has definitely got a mind
			of her own, Data. Maybe she's
			just not trainable.

	Spot MEOWS twice. Data now moves to a shelf and picks
	up a small BALL OF YARN...

					DATA
			I suppose I must accept that
			possibility. It may be that Spot
			lacks the intelligence necessary
			to learn the appropriate responses
			to my commands.

	Data places the yarn in front of Spot who begins to
	play with it. Geordi watches, amused.

					GEORDI
			Maybe.
				(beat)
			But I think your training is
			coming along quite nicely.

	Data seems puzzled and then looks at Spot with a
	thoughtful expression.

   STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/24/93 - ACT TWO   20.

18   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Come on, Data, let's go.

	Geordi moves for the door. With a final backward
	glance at the cat, Data follows Geordi and they EXIT.

18A  INT. ENGINEERING

	Data and Geordi are working at the pool table.

					GEORDI
			Okay, Data, keep the EPS flow
			constant while I re-modulate the
			power taps.

	Data turns to the work.

					DATA
			This procedure could only boost
			the conversion level by -- point-eight
			percent.

					GEORDI
			That's all right... it might be
			enough.

					DATA
			Enough?

	Geordi picks up a nearby PADD and hands it to Data.

					GEORDI
			Commander Kaplan just sent me this
			on subspace.

	Data reads off the PADD.

					DATA
			"La Forge. I've got Intrepid's
			power conversion level up to
			ninety-seven-point-one percent.
			Maybe you should try cleaning your
			plasma grid once in a while."

					GEORDI
			Can you believe the nerve of this
			guy... ?

					DATA
			We perform maintenance on the
			plasma grid at regular intervals.

					GEORDI
			Of course we do -- he's just
			trying to get me angry.

  STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/24/93 - ACT TWO  20A.

18A  CONTINUED:

	Geordi works for another beat before hitting a final
	button on the console.

					GEORDI
			That should do it...
				(to computer)
			Computer, what is the current
			power conversion level?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Power conversion level is ninety-seven-point-two
			percent.

	A triumphant grin breaks across Geordi's face.

					GEORDI
			Too bad, Mister Kaplan...

	Data reacts to the obvious glee in Geordi's voice, and
	Geordi looks sheepishly back. Off expressions.

                                             CUT TO:

19   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (STOCK OPTICAL)

	at impulse as it approaches a DEBRIS FIELD (as seen in
	"Face of the Enemy").

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate, 47311.4.
			Based on the Ferengi sensor logs,
			we have traced the Fleming's most
			likely course. It now appears
			that the vessel may have come to
			an unfortunate end.

20   INT. BRIDGE - AFT SCIENCE

	Picard and Data are studying an OKUDAGRAM on the
	monitor which shows a line indicating the course of the
	Fleming through the Corridor; the line passes near a
	debris field.

					PICARD
			What's the origin of this debris
			field?

  STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/24/93 - ACT TWO  20B.

20   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Unknown, sir. It does not appear
			on any Federation charts of the
			Corridor.

					PICARD
			Could it be what's left of the
			Fleming?

					DATA
			It is a possibility. The debris
			consists primarily of duranium and
			poly-composite fragments which
			suggests it could be from a ship.
			Furthermore, the field contains
			sufficient mass to account for the
			Fleming.

	A grim beat.

     STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - ACT TWO     21.

20   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			All right... let's take a closer
			look. Perhaps we can find
			something to give us a positive
			identification.

	Picard moves back to his command position and joins
	Riker; Data returns to Ops; Worf is at Tactical.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Helm, plot a course through the
			debris field. Ahead slow.

	Data works his console as the Enterprise begins slowly
	moving into the debris field.

					DATA
			Captain, I am picking up a small,
			metallic object, approximately
			three-point-five meters in
			diameter...

					RIKER
			It could be a ship's log
			recorder... or a probe casing.

					DATA
				(off console)
			I do not believe so... it is
			emitting an unusual signal ...
				(urgently)
			Sir, it is beginning to generate
			a verteron field.

	Picard and Riker react.

					PICARD
			Shields up! Full reverse, now!

	But the realization comes too late. Suddenly, an
	INTENSE WHITE LIGHT fills the Bridge for several
	seconds, accompanied by a HIGH-PITCHED SOUND (note:
	there is no ship shake).

	When the effect subsides, the Bridge lights are dimmed
	and many of the consoles are dark.

					PICARD
				(continuing, to Worf)
			Damage report.

   STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/17/93 - ACT TWO   22.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Warp engines are off-line...
			shields are down... all subspace
			systems are inoperative...

					RIKER
			Just like the Ferengi ship.

					DATA
			Captain, there is an unidentified
			vessel heading toward us... two
			life forms aboard...

					PICARD
			On screen.

21   THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	A small alien ship stands facing the Enterprise.

22   INT. BRIDGE

					DATA
				(off console)
			They are initiating their
			Transporter systems...

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Can you get any power to the
			shields?

	Worf works his console in frustration.

					WORF
			No sir.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			All decks... security alert!

	The ship goes to RED ALERT.

					DATA
			We are being boarded...

	A tense beat... where are they going to materialize?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge to Bridge... we've got
			intruders in Main Engineering...

   STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/20/93 - ACT TWO   23.

23   INT. ENGINEERING - ON GEORDI

	Geordi is in his office, staring through the glass at
	the now-inactive warp core.

					GEORDI
				(continuing, to com)
			We need a security team down
			here...

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			It's on the way...

	As Geordi moves out of his office...

24   WIDEN TO INCLUDE THE WARP CORE

	TWO HUMANOID ALIENS, a male, RABAL, and a female,
	SEROVA, are standing in front of the inactive core.

					GEORDI
			What do you want?

					RABAL
			We're trying to make you listen...

					SEROVA
			You are killing us.

	TWO N.D. SECURITY GUARDS ENTER with PHASERS drawn. Off
	Geordi's stunned reaction.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

  STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT THREE  24.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

25   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, and Geordi are at the table with
	Rabal and Serova. The two N.D. Security Guards stand
	nearby, phasers holstered, closely flanking the aliens.

					PICARD
				(hard, to Rabal)
			You've made a very serious
			accusation. I want you to explain
			it.

	Rabal is a mature, reasonable man but he's extremely
	passionate and determined.

					RABAL
			Captain, according to our
			research, warp fields are causing
			a dangerous reaction in this
			region of space.

	Serova is younger than Rabal, and she seems more
	determined and less inclined to listen to reason.

					SEROVA
			Our planet is already being
			affected. We have measured large
			gravitational shifts throughout
			our system.

					RABAL
			If something isn't done, our
			planet will become uninhabitable.

	There's a beat as Picard considers the implications of
	what they're saying. If they are right, then the
	situation demands study. Geordi, however, is openly
	skeptical of their claims.

  STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT THREE  25.

25   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Captain, I've heard this theory
			before. Their research was
			evaluated by the Federation
			Science Council a few years ago.
			Their claims just didn't hold up.

	Serova bristles.

					SEROVA
			That research was only
			preliminary. Our original
			analysis was incomplete...

	Picard understands their position, but he doesn't care
	for their methods.

					PICARD
			Doctor, if you wanted us to review
			your research, you could have
			placed a request through the
			Science Council.

					RABAL
			Their resources are limited. It
			would have taken over a year
			before they dispatched a science
			ship to come and evaluate our
			work.

					SEROVA
			We were not willing to wait any
			longer.
				(beat)
			We knew that if we disabled enough
			ships, Starfleet would come. Then
			at least we would be able to
			present our case...

    STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - ACT THREE    26.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			That's how you rationalize these
			attacks?

					SEROVA
			Neither you nor the Ferengi
			suffered any casualties,
			Commander. The actual damage to
			your vessels was negligible.

					RABAL
			We dispersed verteron probes in
			the Corridor only to disable warpdriven
			ships... nothing more.

					RIKER
			You can call it whatever you like.
			The fact remains that you
			deliberately disguised your
			probes. You made them look like
			signal markers... You hid them in
			debris fields... You mined the
			Corridor.

	There's an uncomfortable silence. Both Rabal and
	Serova realize they've taken some pretty extreme
	measures, but they're not going to apologize for it.

	A beat as Picard considers his options.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Mister La Forge, how long do you
			estimate it will take to restore
			the engines?

					GEORDI
			Their verteron pulse overloaded
			our field coils, sir... it'll take
			at least thirty-six hours to get
			underway.

	Picard turns to Rabal and Serova.

  STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/20/93 - ACT THREE  27.

25   CONTINUED: (3)

					SEROVA
			I know precisely how our pulse
			affected your field coils. With
			my help, your ship could be
			operational in ten hours...
				(beat)
			Provided you agree to review our
			research.

	Picard fixes Serova with a hard stare; he is not going
	to be forced into this.

					PICARD
			Because of the seriousness of your
			claims, I'm willing to listen to
			your case. But make no mistake.
			Our priority here is the recovery
			of the Fleming.
				(beat)
			I expect you to help us restore
			our systems and deactivate all
			your remaining probes in the
			Corridor...
				(beat)
			If you do not, I will put you both
			in the brig and take you to the
			nearest Starbase where you'll face
			charges for what you've done.

	Serova is unrepentant and she's not backing down;
	Rabal, however, is willing to compromise.

					RABAL
			My sister and I have no wish to
			impede your rescue efforts --

					SEROVA
			Rabal, don't. The probes are the
			only leverage we have. If we --

					RABAL
				(silences her)
			Serova.
				(to Picard)
			We will do as you ask, Captain,
			but please... re-examine our data.

    STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - ACT THREE    28.

25   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			We will, Doctor. Part of our job
			is to maintain an open mind...
			even under these circumstances.
				(beat)
			Mister La Forge, take them to
			Engineering and get the core back
			on-line.

	Geordi isn't happy at the prospect of working with
	these people, but there isn't much of a choice.

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, begin a review of
			their research. I'd like your
			report as soon as possible.

	Data nods, then Data, Geordi, Rabal, and Serova EXIT,
	followed by Worf and the Security Guards. Off Riker
	and Picard's expressions.

                                             CUT TO:

26   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi, Rabal, and Serova are working in and around the
	area of the warp core. All three have PADDS. The warp
	core is still dark. Serova works a console and the
	warp core begins to PULSE SLOWLY. She checks a panel.

					SEROVA
			There... shields have been
			restored. You'll be able to reengage
			your engines in...
			approximately eight hours.

	Geordi checks the panel himself.

					GEORDI
				(irritated)
			You know, even after we get the
			engines on-line, it's going to
			take a week to recalibrate them
			properly...

					SEROVA
			I'm sorry you've been
			inconvenienced.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/20/93 - ACT THREE  29.

26   CONTINUED:

					SEROVA (Cont'd)
			But that's all it is -- an
			inconvenience. Our concerns are
			far more important than the
			condition of your engines.

					GEORDI
			What if the Fleming had been
			transporting perishable
			supplies... or was on an emergency
			mission? Your little plan might
			have cost a lot of lives.

					SEROVA
			That didn't happen, Commander.
			And saving lives is precisely what
			we're trying to do.

					GEORDI
			Well, you have an interesting way
			of going about it.

	Serova regards him intently, frustrated by his seeming
	intransigence.

					SEROVA
			There's no point talking to you.
			You've already decided not to
			listen.

	She EXITS, leaving Rabal and a frustrated Geordi.

					RABAL
			Commander... I know my sister can
			be somewhat -- aggravating...

					GEORDI
			I'd have to agree with that...

					RABAL
			But please try to understand...
			she believes profoundly in this
			cause. She has sworn to dedicate
			her life to exposing the dangers
			of warp drive.

  STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/20/93 - ACT THREE  30.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Warp drive has been around for
			three centuries. It's a proven
			technology...

					RABAL
			You sound like I did... about four
			years ago...

					GEORDI
			You mean you didn't believe her,
			either?

					RABAL
			No. What I didn't realize... was
			how brilliant my sister is. It
			took two years of study for me
			even to grasp the principles
			behind her theoretical models...
			they're that sophisticated.

					GEORDI
			Well, our Commander Data is no
			slouch. If there's anything
			there, he'll find it.

					RABAL
			I hope so.
				(beat)
			Because once we persuade Starfleet
			to stop warp travel through the
			Corridor... we will have to
			convince our own people to give up
			warp drive completely.

	It's an unexpected notion.

    STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - ACT THREE    31.

26   CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			Hekaras Two is the only inhabited
			world in this region. Without
			warp drive, you'd be completely
			isolated from the rest of the
			Federation. Are you really
			willing to take that step?

					RABAL
			Yes. And if you were in my
			position, I hope you'd be willing
			to do the same.

	Rabal EXITS. Off Geordi's expression.

                                             CUT TO:

27   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	and the alien ship.

28   INT. STELLAR CARTOGRAPHY LAB

	Data is giving his report to Picard as Rabal and Serova
	listen anxiously. Data is standing in front of a
	monitor which displays a SUBSPACE FIELD MAP of the
	Corridor (NOTE: this OKUDAGRAM should be based on the
	map seen in Act 1); several pocket-like regions inside
	the Corridor are highlighted.

					DATA
			According to Serova and Rabal's
			theory, there are regions of
			potential subspace instability
			within the Corridor...

	Data indicates the pockets on the map.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			They believe that if these regions
			continue to be exposed to warp
			field energy, they will rupture --
			subspace will extrude into normal
			space, forming a rift.

	Picard studies the graphic.

    STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - ACT THREE    32.

28   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I see. It's like pacing up and
			down on a carpet... eventually,
			you wear a hole in it.

					DATA
			The analogy is essentially
			correct.

					PICARD
			Can their theory be proven?

					DATA
			At this time, there is
			insufficient evidence to do so...

	Rabal is visibly disappointed by Data's pronouncement;
	Serova's expression is unreadable.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			In order to determine whether or
			not a rift would form, we would
			have to expose a region of the
			Corridor to warp field energy
			approximately one-million times
			greater than that normally
			generated by a starship.

					RABAL
			Commander, we believe the warp
			field effect is cumulative. Each
			starship that passes through the
			Corridor at warp brings us one
			step closer to forming a rift.

    STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - ACT THREE    33.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I agree that is a possibility.
				(to Picard)
			Captain, I suggest we ask the
			Federation Science Council to send
			a research vessel to this area.
			A more detailed investigation
			would resolve many of our
			questions.

	That's not enough to satisfy Serova.

					SEROVA
			That's your response? More
			research? More delays? I suppose
			I shouldn't have expected anything
			different.

	Before he can respond, Picard is interrupted by the
	COM.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Captain Picard.

					PICARD
				(taps combadge)
			Go ahead.

                                             INTERCUT:

29   INT. BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Sir, we've located the Fleming on
			long-range sensors, approximately
			zero-point-three light years away.

					PICARD
			What's their condition?

					RIKER
			The vessel appears to be intact.
			They have shields, but it looks
			like their subspace systems are
			out.

					PICARD
			All right. We'll get underway as
			soon as the engines are back on-line.

  STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT THREE  34.

29   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

                                             END INTERCUT.

	Picard returns his attention to Data, Rabal, and
	Serova.

					PICARD
			I'd like you all to put together
			a research proposal for the
			Science Council. I'll give it my
			full recommendation.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	Unlike Serova, Rabal is trying to stay upbeat and
	hopeful.

					RABAL
			Captain, I appreciate the
			opportunity you're giving us.
			It's a beginning that we --

					SEROVA
			Not "we". You can do whatever you
			want, Rabal. I'll have no part of
			this. It's just another delay.

	Serova abruptly EXITS. Reactions.

                                             CUT TO:

30   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker at command; Worf at Tactical; Data at
	Ops; Rabal is working at one of the aft stations. The
	aft Turbolift DOORS OPEN and Geordi ENTERS.

					GEORDI
				(to Picard)
			The engines are back on-line, sir.
			All systems are ready.

					PICARD
			Very good.

	Geordi nods and moves to the Aft Science station.

 STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT THREE 34A.

30   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to conn)
			Helm, lay in a course for the
			Fleming.

					VOICE (O.C.)
			Aye, sir.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			It looks like they're in pretty
			good condition. According to our
			sensors, they've got their shields
			back up to full strength.

  STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT THREE  35.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(interrupts, off
				 console)
			Captain, the Hekaran ship is
			moving off....

31   EXT. SPACE - THE ALIEN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	powers up and heads away from the Enterprise.

32   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					WORF
			There is one life form on board.
			It is Serova.

	Puzzled reactions. Picard turns to Rabal.

					PICARD
			What's going on, Doctor?

	Rabal is honestly baffled.

					RABAL
			I don't know...
				(beat)
			May I speak to her, Captain?

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Mister Worf, open a channel.

	Worf works his console and the IMAGE OF SEROVA APPEARS
	on the Viewscreen.

					RABAL
			Serova, what are you trying to do?

	Serova's expression is grim.

					SEROVA
			They wanted proof. I'm going to
			give it to them.
				(beat; sadly)
			I'm sorry...

	Serova terminates communications. Rabal is still
	puzzled.

					DATA
				(off console)
			Captain, the Hekaran ship's
			engines are beginning to
			overload...
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT THREE  36.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			I believe Serova is attempting to
			create a warp core breach...

	Shocked reactions. Suddenly, Rabal understands what's
	Serova's trying to do.

					RABAL
			No...

33   ON THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The alien ship is seen only as a point receding rapidly
	deep into space. Suddenly, we see the FLASH from an
	EXPLOSION. A SHOCK WAVE radiates outward from the
	flashpoint, leaving a STRANGE GLOW in its wake...

34   INT. BRIDGE

	The SHIP SHAKES, buffeted by the shock wave. RED ALERT
	lights are flashing...

					RIKER
			Shields at maximum... Full
			reverse...

	A few dicey moments later the SHAKING SUBSIDES.

					PICARD
			Report!

					DATA
				(off console)
			We have cleared the shock wave,
			sir... but tetryon flux in the
			area is increasing rapidly...

35   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	is dwarfed by a GLOWING RIFT IN SPACE -- it's like a
	ragged tear in a black curtain with a bright light
	shining through it. It's enormous... terrifying...

36   INT. BRIDGE

	Off the crew's shocked reactions.

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

  STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT FOUR  37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

37   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	outside the rift.

38   INT. BRIDGE

	Moments later. Everyone is staring into the Viewscreen
	at the terrifying sight.

					RIKER
			It's incredible...

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Mister Data, what's your analysis?

					DATA
				(off console)
			The effect is approximately zero-point-one
			light years in diameter,
			and is emitting extremely high
			levels of tetryon radiation...
				(beat)
			It appears to be what Rabal and
			Serova predicted, sir -- a
			subspace rift.

	Grim reactions all around the Bridge.

					GEORDI
			She was right...

	Rabal stares at the Viewscreen. He can barely believe
	what his sister has done, and he's stunned by her
	death.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Can you get a fix on the Fleming?
			Is it still in one piece?

					DATA
				(works console)
			Scanning...
				(beat)
			The Fleming is near its previous
			coordinates... it appears to be
			intact.... but it is now within
			the rift.

  STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT FOUR  38.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard turns to Rabal.

					PICARD
			Doctor, is it possible for a ship
			to survive in there?

	Rabal doesn't respond, his eyes remaining fixed on the
	Viewscreen.

					PICARD
			Doctor...

	Picard moves to him.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I'm sorry about your loss... but
			we need your help now.

	Rabal tries to focus.

					RABAL
			Of course, Captain...

					PICARD
			Does the rift pose any danger to
			the Fleming?

					RABAL
			I... I don't know...

	Suddenly, the SHIP SHAKES strongly, then stops. Picard
	and Riker exchange a concerned glance.

					RIKER
			What was that?

	Geordi studies the Aft Science console.

					GEORDI
			Some kind of high energy
			distortion wave... it looks like
			they're being generated from
			within the rift.

					DATA
			As long as we maintain our current
			position, our shields should
			provide sufficient protection.

					PICARD
			What about the Fleming? How long
			can they survive in there?

  STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT FOUR  38A.

38   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			The waves are even more intense
			within the rift. I estimate their
			shields will fail within twelve
			hours.

	A beat.

					RIKER
			Can we risk going in there to get
			them out?

  STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT FOUR  39.

38   CONTINUED: (4)

					GEORDI
			Not at warp, sir.
				(off console)
			According to these readings, the
			rift is in a state of accelerating
			instability -- which would make it
			extremely sensitive to warp field
			energy. If we go in at warp, we
			might make it expand even further.

					RIKER
			I don't think we have a choice.
			It would take weeks to reach them
			at impulse.

					PICARD
			Then I want some better options.
				(beat)
			Data, Geordi... take Doctor Rabal
			and begin an analysis of the rift.
			We need a way to get the Fleming
			out of there.

	Data and Geordi acknowledge. Rabal follows them into
	the Turbolift and the three men EXIT. Off Picard's
	expression.

                                             CUT TO:

39   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (STOCK OPTICAL)

	stopped in space.

					DATA (V.O.)
			Science Officer's log, Stardate
			47312.1. Our new sensor readings
			have greatly improved our
			understanding of the rift.
			However, we have been unable to
			find any way to counteract it.

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT FOUR      40.

40   INT. STELLAR CARTOGRAPHY LAB

	Data and Geordi are working at a console. Rabal sits
	off to one side, lost in thought. They've all been
	working for a while.

41   THE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	displays an IMAGE OF THE RIFT and associated
	information.

42   RESUME SCENE

					GEORDI
				(frustrated)
			Everything here supports Serova's
			theories... I don't see any way to
			close the rift or even reduce its
			size.

	The SHIP SHAKES from another distortion wave. Geordi
	and Data exchange a look -- they're running out of
	time.

	Data studies the console for a beat and then turns to
	Rabal.

					DATA
			Doctor, is it possible there are
			areas inside the rift which are
			stable... where we could safely
			use our warp engines?

	Rabal still seems a little shell-shocked. He moves to
	the console and studies the monitor.

					RABAL
			Perhaps...
				(to computer)
			Computer, scan the rift for
			regions of low instability...

43   ANGLE ON THE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	displays a CONTOUR-LIKE MAP superimposed over the
	previous graphic. A few areas are highlighted.

					RABAL
			There's no area stable enough to
			withstand a warp pulse...

	Geordi's attention stays fixed on the monitor -- he's
	noticed something unusual.

         STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - ACT FOUR         41.

43   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			There's something strange here...
				(beat)
			Computer. Display grid delta-seventeen...
			enhance and magnify.

	The display changes again, ZOOMING IN on a corner of
	the screen which lies outside the rift. A small,
	contour map-like region can now be seen.

44   RESUME SCENE

					GEORDI
			What do you make of that?

					RABAL
			It's a subspace instability --
			outside the rift.

	It's a mysterious beat. They all stare at the monitor,
	puzzled.

					DATA
			That should not be possible.

	Rabal begins working at his controls.

					RABAL
				(concerned)
			Commander, I'm going to begin a
			field-enhanced scan of this
			sector. I'd like to take a closer
			look at this.

					GEORDI
			In the meantime, we'll have to
			tell the Captain that we don't
			know how to get to the Fleming.

					DATA
			I am not certain that is true.
				(off their reactions)
			I may have an idea.

	Off their reactions...

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/20/93 - ACT FOUR      42.

45   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard, Riker, and Data.

					DATA
			I suggest we coast into the rift.

					RIKER
			Coast?

					DATA
			We can initiate a brief, high-intensity
			warp pulse from our
			current position. We should be
			able to attain sufficient velocity
			to enter the rift, beam the crew
			off the Fleming and exit --
			without using our warp engines.

	It's a risky plan.

	The SHIP SHAKES again from a distortion wave. The men
	react.

					RIKER
			All right. Let's say we initiate
			a full power warp pulse... how
			much time will we have before we
			drop out of warp?

					DATA
			If we field-saturate the nacelles,
			we should be able to sustain warp
			speed for approximately two
			minutes.

					RIKER
			That's not much time... and it
			could get pretty rough in there.

	Data nods, agreeing.

					DATA
			Our timing will be critical.

	Picard makes his decision.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, begin your
			calculations. We'll go in as soon
			as you're ready.

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/22/93 - ACT FOUR      43.

45   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Data EXITS. Off Picard's and Riker's troubled
	expressions.

                                             CUT TO:

45AA	INT. ENGINEERING

	Data and Geordi are working at the pool table.

					DATA
			I believe the maximum saturation
			level should be eighteen-point-three
			percent.

					GEORDI
				(works console)
			All right...
				(off console)
			With these parameters, we should
			be able to maintain warp speed
			for... two minutes and eight
			seconds.
				(beat)
			I don't think we can get any more
			than that.

					DATA
			I agree. But based on the size of
			the rift, it should give us
			sufficient time to complete our
			rescue.
				(to computer)
			Computer. Begin nacelle field
			saturation.

	The computer BEEPS. Geordi moves away from the pool
	table, clearly troubled.

					GEORDI
			How did we miss it?

					DATA
			What do you mean?

					GEORDI
			How did we miss the connection --
			between warp drive and the
			formation of the rift?

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/22/93 - ACT FOUR     43A.

45AA	CONTINUED:

	Geordi moves to the warp core, looking at it
	thoughtfully.

					GEORDI
			Between the two of us we've logged
			thousands of hours on these
			engines. We're supposed to be
			warp field experts. But this time
			we certainly were wrong.

					DATA
			Technically, Geordi, we were not
			wrong. Serova's theories rested
			on assumptions which were
			unprovable.

					GEORDI
			Seems to me she managed to prove
			them pretty conclusively...

					DATA
			But only by using methods which a
			reputable scientist would never
			employ.

					GEORDI
			Yeah... she was willing to die to
			make her point.
				(beat)
			We should have listened to her
			more closely.

					DATA
			We reviewed Serova's research to
			the best of our ability, and we
			were prepared to continue studying
			the problem. But that was not
			satisfactory.

	Geordi is trying to understand his own feelings here
	and the realizations are not coming easily.

					GEORDI
			I can remember times when I've
			been a little stubborn... trying
			to get people to believe me when
			I didn't have enough proof...

					DATA
			I do not believe that you would
			have resorted to such extremes.

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/22/93 - ACT FOUR     43B.

45AA	CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			But she had to... to make us
			listen. Why? Why was I so
			resistant?

					DATA
			Perhaps because the aggressive
			methods she chose created an
			adversarial situation.

	This exchange is helping Geordi hone his self-examination.
	He begins to narrow the field...

					GEORDI
			Or maybe I was taking the whole
			thing personally.

					DATA
			I do not understand...

	Geordi ponders, trying to understand it himself.

					GEORDI
			Maybe it was all a little
			threatening to me... the thought
			that warp engines might be doing
			some kind of damage.

	He circles around the warp engine, assessing it.

					GEORDI
			I've always looked at this warp
			core as something... beautiful...
				(beat)
			It never occurred to me that it
			might be -- destructive.

	A thoughtful beat. Data returns to the pool table.

					GEORDI
				(checks console)
			It's going to take another half
			hour for the nacelles to saturate.
			Would you call me when they're
			ready?
				(beat)
			There's someone I should talk to.

	He EXITS.

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/22/93 - ACT FOUR     43C.

45A  INT. TEN FORWARD - ANGLE ON DOOR

	Geordi ENTERS. It's after hours and the place is
	relatively deserted. Geordi looks around the room for
	a moment until he finds who he's looking for.

46   ON RABAL (OPTICAL)

	He's standing alone at the windows, staring out at the
	glowing rift.

47   RESUME SCENE

	Geordi stands quietly behind him until Rabal turns,
	noticing him. Rabal is subdued, his voice quiet.

					RABAL
			Commander.

					GEORDI
			May I join you?

	Rabal nods, and Geordi moves beside him. There is a
	small silence.

					GEORDI
			I wanted to say... I'm sorry about
			your sister.

	Rabal glances at him.

					RABAL
			Thank you.
				(beat)
			I'm trying to tell myself that she
			died for what she believed in...
			but somehow that's not much
			comfort.


       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT FOUR      44.

47   CONTINUED:

	A quiet beat. In a way, Geordi feels responsible for
	what's happened.

					GEORDI
			I wish things could've happened
			differently. I should have taken
			a closer look at your research...
			it's possible there was something
			I missed...

					RABAL
			No. You didn't miss anything.
			The problem was time. It would've
			taken time to do the proper
			research... and Serova wasn't
			willing to wait.

	Geordi is silent for a beat... then...

					GEORDI
			I guess the question now is...
			where do we go from here?

					RABAL
			I don't think we can look at space
			travel the same way anymore...
			we're going to have to change.

	Geordi absorbs this. The whole thing has huge
	implications for him.

					GEORDI
			I've been in Starfleet for a long
			time. We depend on warp drive...
				(beat)
			I don't know how easy it'll be to
			change.

					RABAL
			It won't be easy at all.

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT FOUR      45.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

	Geordi stares at him, the full weight of the situation
	riding heavily on his shoulders.

48   OMITTED

49   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, and Worf are at their stations.

					DATA
				(works console)
			Captain, warp pulse calculations
			are complete. We will be firing
			the engines at maximum intensity
			for six-point-three seconds before
			disengaging.

					WORF
			Damage control parties are
			standing-by on all decks.

					RIKER
			Our course to the Fleming is
			plotted and laid in, sir.

	Picard acknowledges.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Mister La Forge... whenever you're
			ready...

50   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi is near the warp core.

					GEORDI
			Aye-aye, sir.
				(works panel)
			Initiating warp pulse... now.

51   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship goes into warp.

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT FOUR      46.

52   INT. BRIDGE

	We hear the SOUND of the warp engines building in
	intensity... The acceleration is tremendous...
	Suddenly, the engine SOUND STOPS completely...

					DATA
			Engines disengaged...
				(beat)
			We are entering the rift...

	Immediately, the ship begins SHAKING strongly... it's
	a tense situation.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Hull stress is increasing...
			eighteen percent of maximum
			tolerance and rising...

					PICARD
			How long until we reach the
			Fleming?

					WORF
				(off console)
			One minute, twenty-two seconds...

					RIKER
			All transporter rooms are standing
			by.

					WORF
				(concerned, off console)
			Captain, I am picking up power
			emissions from the Fleming... they
			may be attempting to initiate
			their warp drive.

	A shocked beat as they realize the danger.

					RIKER
			They must have been able to repair
			their engines...

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT FOUR      47.

52   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Captain, if they activate their
			engines --

					PICARD
			I know, Data.
				(to Worf)
			Can we establish communications?

					WORF
			No, sir... subspace interference
			is too high...

					PICARD
			How long until we reach
			transporter range?

					WORF
			Fifty-three seconds...

					RIKER
				(grim)
			I don't think we're going to make
			it...

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Sir, they are activating their
			warp drive...

	A HUGE BLAST rocks the ship... The LIGHTS DIM and
	ALARMS SOUND...

					PICARD
			Report!

					WORF
			Damage on decks six and
			fourteen... our structural
			integrity field is holding.

					RIKER
			What about the Fleming?

					DATA
				(off console)
			They are badly damaged, sir...
			their life support systems are
			failing.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			All transporter rooms, prepare for
			emergency evacuation procedures...

         STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - 09/17/93 - ACT FOUR         48.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(interrupting, off
				 console)
			Captain, when the Fleming
			activated its warp drive, the rift
			expanded by two-point-three
			percent...
				(beat)
			We no longer have sufficient
			momentum to escape.

	The SHIP ROCKS from a huge distortion wave -- the
	largest yet. Off reactions.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/22/93 - ACT FIVE      49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

53   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	engulfed by the rift.

54   INT. BRIDGE

	The crew is recovering from the impact of the last
	distortion wave.

					DATA
			Captain, distortion wave intensity
			has increased by a factor of ten.

					WORF
			We are within transporter range of
			the Fleming, sir. Commencing
			evacuation procedures...

	The SHIP SHAKES again.

					DATA
			Distortion waves are now occurring
			every fifty-nine seconds... Hull
			stress is nearing maximum
			tolerance...

	Picard and Riker react... they need some options --
	fast.

					RIKER
			Data, what if we forced an EPS
			discharge through the impulse
			reactor... would that be enough
			to blast us out of here?

					DATA
			I do not believe so, sir... and
			the resulting explosion would most
			likely destroy the saucer section
			in the process...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Captain...

                                             INTERCUT:

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/22/93 - ACT FIVE     49A.

55   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi has been monitoring the Bridge and he works
	quickly as he talks.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			We might be able to get out of
			here without using the warp
			engines.

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT FIVE      50.

55   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			How, Geordi?

	Geordi continues working at his consoles as he speaks.

					GEORDI
			When's the last time you went
			surfing, Commander?

	Riker and Picard react, unsure where Geordi's going
	with this.

					RIKER
			A couple of months ago, on Risa...
			I nearly killed myself on the
			break at Kattala beach.

					GEORDI
			Feel like catching another wave?

					PICARD
				(catching on)
			A distortion wave...

					GEORDI
			Exactly, sir. If can phase-match
			our deflector shield to the EM
			variants of the distortion wave,
			when the next one hits, we'll be
			pulled along with it...

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			We could ride it out of the rift
			and break away once we're clear.
				(beat)
			Assuming we survive the ride.

	Picard considers this risky plan.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Is everyone off the Fleming?

					WORF
			The last of the crew has been
			beamed aboard, sir.

					PICARD
			All right, Mister La Forge. Get
			us out of here.

	Geordi works frantically.

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT FIVE     50A.

55   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir... I'm phase matching the
			deflector shield now...

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/20/93 - ACT FIVE      51.

55   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(off console)
			The next distortion wave will
			impact in fourteen seconds...

					GEORDI
			Matching phases...
				(beat)
			Prepare to engage shield emitters
			on my mark...

					DATA
			Ten seconds...

					GEORDI
			Ready...

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Engage shield emitters... full
			power...

					DATA
			Distortion wave impact... now.

	The SHIP LURCHES forward for a beat and then LURCHES
	BACK. Reactions from the bridge -- it didn't work.

					DATA
				(off console)
			We were unable to maintain contact
			with the distortion wave, sir...
			we are still within the rift.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			What went wrong, Mister La Forge?

					GEORDI
				(checks a panel)
			The speed differential between us
			and the wave was too high, sir...
			the shock of the impact threw us
			off.

					DATA
			Another distortion wave is
			approaching... impact in twenty-six
			seconds.

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/20/93 - ACT FIVE     51A.

55   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			Our hull stress is already
			critical... we can't handle many
			more jolts like that one...

					DATA
			Captain, I suggest we take the
			ship to full impulse. If we can
			attain sufficient speed, it will
			lessen the shock when the wave
			hits.

	Picard nods grimly -- it's their only chance.

					PICARD
			Helm, full impulse. Head us out
			of the rift.
				(beat; to com))
			Shield emitters, stand-by.

					GEORDI
			We're ready, sir.

					DATA
			Distortion wave impact in five
			seconds...

					PICARD
			Engage emitters... now.

56   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	A DISTORTION WAVE comes rippling through the rift,
	catching the Enterprise and pulling it along...

57   INT. BRIDGE

	The ship LURCHES forward and begins to SHAKE as it
	accelerates.

					DATA
			We are in the distortion wave...
			hull stresses exceeding
			tolerance...

					WORF
			Structural integrity fields
			failing on decks ten through
			sixteen..

	The ship ROCKS violently to one side.

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/22/93 - ACT FIVE     51B.

57   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			We are within the distortion
			wave... hull stresses exceeding
			tolerance...

					WORF
			Structural integrity fields
			failing on decks ten through
			sixteen... switching to
			backups...

	The ship ROCKS violently to one side.

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/22/93 - ACT FIVE      52.

58   INT. ENGINEERING

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			Captain, we're separating from the
			distortion wave... I'm attempting
			to compensate...

59   INT. BRIDGE

	The SHAKING grows worse.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			How much longer until we clear the
			rift?

					DATA
			Approximately twelve seconds...
				(beat)
			Hull stress is now one-hundred
			twenty percent above maximum...

					WORF
			Structural breach is imminent...

60   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	breaks away from the distortion wave, and the ship is
	thrown clear of the rift.

61   INT. BRIDGE

	The SHAKING subsides rapidly as systems return to
	normal.

					DATA
			We have cleared the rift. Hull
			stresses have returned to normal.

	Reactions of relief from the crew.

					PICARD
			Cancel red alert.

62   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT FIVE     52A.

62   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 47314.5.
			We have been continuing our
			research, while the Federation
			Council studies our reports on the
			subspace rift.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT FIVE      53.

62   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			It now appears certain that what
			we've seen here will have
			repercussions for many years to
			come.

63   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Troi, Beverly, Geordi, and Worf
	are seated; Rabal and Geordi are standing at the large
	monitor, giving their report. The mood is somber.

					GEORDI
			Our scans have shown a lot of
			subspace instabilities all through
			the sector. If they're exposed to
			enough warp energy, they might
			eventually create other rifts.

					RABAL
			Based on current warp drive
			patterns in the sector, we've
			projected where subspace rifts
			will be most likely to form in the
			next forty years.
				(beat)
			This is the way things are now...

	Rabal activates the monitor.

64   THE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	displays a view of the sector highlighting the subspace
	instabilities (as seen in Act 4).

65   RESUME SCENE

					RABAL
			This is how they'll look in ten
			years...

	Rabal touches the monitor control panel.

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT FIVE      54.

66   CONTINUED:

	At the end, the rifts cover large areas of the sector.
	It's a shocking and chilling image.

67   RESUME SCENE

					PICARD
				(to Geordi and Rabal)
			Thank you, gentlemen.

	Geordi and Rabal acknowledge and take their seats.

					PICARD
				(to group)
			We've received new directives from
			the Federation Council on this
			matter...

	Picard picks up a PADD in front of him.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Until we can find a way to
			counteract the warp field effect,
			the Council feels our best course
			is to slow the damage as much as
			possible...
				(beat)
			Therefore, areas of space found
			susceptible to warp fields will be
			restricted to essential travel
			only...
				(beat)
			And effective immediately, all
			Federation vessels will be limited
			to a speed of warp five, except in
			cases of extreme emergency.

	A beat.

					WORF
			Sir, the Klingons will observe
			these restrictions, but the
			Romulans will not.

					TROI
			And what about the Ferengi... and
			the Cardassians for that matter?

					PICARD
			The Federation is sharing our data
			with all known warp-capable
			species.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT FIVE     54A.

67   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			All we can hope is that they
			realize it's in their best
			interests to take similar action.

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/21/93 - ACT FIVE      55.

67   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Putting limits on warp speed is
			only going to prevent other rifts
			from forming. What are we going
			to do about this one?

					GEORDI
			Unfortunately, right now there's
			not much we can do.

					RABAL
			My planet is not in immediate
			danger, but the gravitational
			shifts are already beginning to
			affect its orbit. Our climate is
			changing.

					PICARD
			Starfleet is setting up a weather
			control network for Hekaras Two.
			It's only a temporary solution,
			but it should suffice for now.

					RIKER
			We were lucky the rift formed as
			far away from the planet as it
			did. At least we have a little
			time to consider our options.

	A beat as the scale of the problem sinks in.

					PICARD
			If there are no further questions,
			you're dismissed.

	As the group files out of the room, Picard rises and
	moves to the window and looks out into space. Geordi
	notices this and lingers behind. He moves to Picard.

					GEORDI
			We should have the thermal
			stabilizers ready for the Hekarans
			in another day, sir.

					PICARD
			Very well.

	There's a long beat before Picard continues.

       STAR TREK: "Force of Nature" - REV. 09/20/93 - ACT FIVE      56.

67   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			But now I can't help but wonder if
			all the while I was really helping
			to destroy the very thing I hold
			dear.

	Geordi's reply is firm and confident.

					GEORDI
			It's not going to turn out that
			way, sir. We still have time to
			make it better.

	There's a silent moment between them. Off their
	reactions.

68   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it leaves at impulse.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             








                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "Inheritance" 
                          #40277-262 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Dan Koeppel 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Robert Scheerer 


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                         FINAL DRAFT

                      SEPTEMBER 27, 1993

          STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Inheritance" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD                 JULIANA
                RIKER                  PRAN
                DATA                   SOONG
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                WORF               
                GEORDI   
          
                Non-Speaking           Non-Speaking
                  N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES    N.D. ATREAN

          STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Inheritance" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              ENGINEERING
              TEN FORWARD
              HOLODECK
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              SICKBAY
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
          
              FIRST MAGMA POCKET
              SECOND MAGMA POCKET
              SHAFT
              NARROW PASSAGEWAY

   STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/28/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Inheritance" 
                          
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                  ATREA           A-tree-uh
                  PRAN            PRAN
                  MAVALA          mah-VAH-lah
                  TERLINA         tur-LEE-nah
                  FOURIER         four-ee-YAY
                  CORVALLEN       kor-VAL-len

      STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/28/93 - TEASER      1.

                STAR TREK: The Next Generation                  
                         "Inheritance"                              
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around the planet Atrea.

					PICARD (V.O)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 47410.2.
			The Atrean government has
			requested assistance in averting
			a natural disaster that is
			threatening their world. Two of
			their geologists have come aboard
			to discuss the problem, one of
			whom is a human who has been
			living on Atrea Four.

2    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	PICARD, GEORDI, and DATA look on as Atrean Scientist
	PRAN TAINER stands before an OKUDAGRAM depicting a
	cross-section of the Atrean planet. Also present is
	Pran's human wife, JULIANA TAINER, a fiftyish woman
	dressed in Atrean fashion. The Atreans are a humanoid
	species, only slightly different from us.

					JULIANA
			Captain, our situation has
			worsened since my husband and I
			first contacted you. The molten
			core of our planet is not just
			cooling -- it's begun to solidify.

					PRAN
			Our gravitational field has been
			affected -- seismic activity has
			increased by a factor of three.

					JULIANA
			If the cooling continues at this
			rate -- Atrea will become
			uninhabitable within thirteen
			months.

	Everyone takes in this grim news.

     STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/29/93 - TEASER     1A.

2    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			We could minimize seismic activity
			by creating isobaric fissures and
			releasing some of the tectonic
			stress -- but that would just be
			a temporary fix.

					DATA
			The only permanent solution would
			be to re-liquefy the core.

	Geordi stands and moves to the Okudagram.

					GEORDI
			These pockets in the magma layer --
			how close are they to the molten
			region of the core?

					JULIANA
			A few kilometers, why?

	Geordi turns to Data.

					GEORDI
			You think that's close enough to
			try ferro-plasmic infusion?

	Data considers, then acknowledges the possibility.
	Juliana and Pran share a look -- they're not sure what
	this means.

      STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/29/93 - TEASER      2.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

	Data moves toward the monitor, gesturing.

					DATA
			The procedure would involve using
			our ship's phasers to drill down
			through the planet's surface and
			into the pockets -- where we would
			set up a series of plasma infusion
			units.

					GEORDI
			We'd trigger the units by firing
			a modulated energy burst down
			through the shafts.

	Juliana addresses Data.

					JULIANA
			I see... injecting sufficient
			plasma directly into the core
			should trigger a chain reaction...
			and that will reliquify the
			magma...

					DATA
			It should be possible to stabilize
			the core temperature at ninety-three
			percent of normal.

					PRAN
			If it works, the core would remain
			molten for centuries.

	Picard lets Pran and Juliana consider for a beat.

					PICARD
			If you give your permission, we'll
			begin immediately.

					PRAN
			Very well. But before we proceed,
			I'd like to update our geological
			surveys.

        STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - TEASER        3.

2    CONTINUED: (3)

					GEORDI
			I'll be glad to help you, Doctor.

					PICARD
				(to Pran and Juliana)
			I've assigned you quarters during
			the time we're here. Please make
			yourselves comfortable.

					PRAN
			Thank you, Captain.

	The meeting breaks up and Picard, Pran, and Geordi
	EXIT. Data starts to follow, but Juliana stops him.

					JULIANA
			Data --

	Data turns to her.

					DATA
			Yes, Doctor?

      STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/29/93 - TEASER      4.

2    CONTINUED: (4)

	She has an almost expectant look on her face -- a kind
	of breathless anticipation.

					JULIANA
			Do you have any idea who I am?

	Data is puzzled by the question.

					DATA
			You are Doctor Juliana Tainer.

	Juliana exhales slightly, as though a question of long
	standing had finally been resolved.

					JULIANA
			You lost all your early memories.
			We thought you would -- but we
			couldn't know for certain.

	Data is now even more puzzled. He looks at her
	quizzically.

					DATA
			Have we met before?

	She looks at him with what can only be called pride,
	eyes shining.

					JULIANA
			Oh, Data, I was there -- right
			from the beginning, on Omicron
			Theta. I helped create you.
				(proudly)
			And now... look at you.

					DATA
				(taken aback)
			You were a colleague of Doctor
			Soong?

	She laughs, a warm, merry laugh that lights her face.

					JULIANA
			Yes, I certainly was -- and I was
			also his wife. In a way, I
			suppose you could say -- I'm your
			mother.

	Off Data's reaction to this unexpected revelation...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/28/93 - ACT ONE     5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

3    INT. TEN FORWARD

	Data and Juliana at a table. Her eyes are shining as
	she looks at him...

					JULIANA
			I still can't believe it... seeing
			you again after all these years...

	Data is curious about the situation, but of course not
	sharing Juliana's emotional response.

					DATA
			Doctor, I have no memory of you.

					JULIANA
			There's a reason for that... we
			wiped your processors after we'd
			finished refining your
			programming.

	She leans forward, looks at him lovingly.

					JULIANA
				(continuing)
			Why don't you tell me what you do
			remember... and then I'll fill in
			the gaps.

					DATA
				(pondering)
			My memory record begins when I was
			activated by the Starfleet
			officers who found me on the
			Omicron Theta outpost.

					JULIANA
			After the attack by the
			Crystalline Entity --

					DATA
			Yes. All of the inhabitants of
			the colony had been killed.

	Juliana acknowledges somberly.

     STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/29/93 - ACT ONE     6.

3    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			But -- I discovered that my memory
			banks contained the contents of
			their journals and logs.

					JULIANA
				(a gentle smile)
			We thought you might find their
			experiences useful... after your
			childhood, we figured you needed
			all the help you could get.

					DATA
			My -- childhood?

					JULIANA
				(laughing)
			That's what I called it. You were
			like a baby at first -- a hundred
			kilogram baby, but still...

	She shakes her head, smiling at the recollection.

					JULIANA
				(continuing)
			It took you a while to develop
			motor skills... learn how to
			process sensory information. And
			of course Noonian was never
			satisfied... he kept tinkering,
			trying to make you as human as
			possible. And then there was the
			business about hiccuping...

					DATA
			Hiccuping?

					JULIANA
			He was determined that you'd have
			periodic bouts of hiccups, but he
			couldn't get it right -- they were
			either too violent, or too
			prolonged, or not noticeable at
			all... I finally said, good
			heavens, Noonian -- nobody likes
			having hiccups. Why don't you
			just forget it? So he did.

	She smiles again, enjoying these reveries. But Data is
	still interested in getting information.

					DATA
			So you wiped my memory processors
			after this -- childhood.

     STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/29/93 - ACT ONE     7.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					JULIANA
			Then we deactivated you -- and
			programmed you with the colonists'
			logs. We were planning to reactivate
			you.
				(beat, more somber)
			But we never had the chance. The
			Crystalline Entity attacked... we
			had to leave quickly. We wanted
			to bring you with us -- but there
			was only room for two in the
			escape pod.

	There is a beat as Data considers this.

					DATA
			Doctor, I have scanned the
			colonists' journals... there is
			only one Juliana mentioned in
			them, and her last name is
			O'Donnell.

					JULIANA
			That's me...

					DATA
			But there is no mention that my
			father was married to you.

	She shakes her head, again smiling at a recollection.

					JULIANA
			Because of my mother.
				(off his look)
			She thought Noonian was an
			eccentric scientist who was too
			old for me... we decided to get
			married secretly and give her some
			time to get used to the idea of
			our being together.

	She leans forward, conspiratorially.

					JULIANA
				(continuing)
			We slipped away to Mavala Four and
			got married there... a Klingon and
			a Corvallan trader were our
			witnesses...
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/28/93 - ACT ONE     8.

3    CONTINUED: (3)

					JULIANA (Cont'd)
				(a bit wistful)
			It wasn't exactly the wedding I'd
			hoped for, but Noonian had a way
			of making the oddest things seem
			romantic...

					DATA
			My father did have an unusual way
			of looking at things...

					JULIANA
				(surprised)
			How would you know that?

					DATA
			I encountered him once -- in the
			Terlina system.

					JULIANA
				(excited)
			That's where we went -- after we
			left the outpost... I had no idea
			you'd ever met him.

					DATA
			It was shortly before his death.

	There is a shocked pause.

					JULIANA
			He's... dead?

					DATA
			Yes.

	Juliana seems to shrink into herself for a moment,
	grappling with this unexpected news.

					JULIANA
			I didn't think it would hit me
			this hard...
				(beat, struggling for
				 control)
			We didn't exactly part on the best
			of terms...

					DATA
			What do you mean?

     STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/29/93 - ACT ONE     8A.

3    CONTINUED: (4)

					JULIANA
			I realized that he loved his work
			as much as he loved me. Maybe
			more. There we were, stuck on
			that planet in the middle of a
			jungle... no one else to talk to,
			no -- no life. It just wasn't
			enough...
				(beat)
			That's why I left.

	This was clearly a difficult decision for her. After
	a moment she looks up at him, reassuring, smiling her
	lovely smile.

					JULIANA
				(continuing)
			Anyway, it was a long time ago.
			What's important is that we're
			together now.

	She touches his arm.

					JULIANA
				(continuing)
			And I want to get to know you.

	But Data hesitates. This has been a lot to assimilate
	in one sitting, and he isn't sure how to respond.

     STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/28/93 - ACT ONE     8B.

3    CONTINUED: (5)

					DATA
			This has been an interesting
			encounter, and one altogether
			unexpected. I would like to
			corroborate what you have told me
			before we proceed further.

	Juliana stares at him... his lack of emotion is hard
	for her to accept. She clearly hoped for a more
	positive response.

					DATA
			Excuse me, Doctor.

	Off her face as he EXITS...

     STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/28/93 - ACT ONE     9.

4    OMITTED

5    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it orbits Atrea.

6    INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi is working at the pool table, Data is working at
	a separate monitor along the side wall.

					GEORDI
			I'm just about finished
			reconfiguring the phaser banks.
			We should be ready to start
			drilling in about an hour.

	Data doesn't look up from his console.

					DATA
			Inform me when you are ready.

	Geordi moves closer to Data.

					GEORDI
			What are you doing there, anyway?

					DATA
			I am attempting to ascertain
			whether Doctor Tainer's story is
			true.

					GEORDI
			Don't you believe her?

					DATA
			I neither doubt nor believe her.
			I am simply attempting to verify
			her assertions.

	Geordi smiles to himself at this android response.

					GEORDI
			Well, what have you turned up so
			far?

					DATA
			The Registrar's Office on Mavala
			Four cannot confirm that Doctor
			Soong was married there.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT ONE       10.

6    CONTINUED:

					DATA (Cont'd)
			Apparently many documents were
			lost when the government was
			overthrown.

	Geordi looks at Data's console, which is scrolling
	RAPIDLY.

					GEORDI
			Then what are you looking at?

       STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT ONE       11.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I am checking passenger manifests
			to see if they went to Mavala
			during the period in question.

	Suddenly Data reaches out and stops the scroll.

					DATA
			O'Donnell, Juliana...
				(beat)
			Soong, Noonian -- they were both
			passengers on a transport that
			travelled from Omicron Theta to
			Mavala... and returned four days
			later.

					GEORDI
			That sure seems to fit her story.

					DATA
			Still, the fact that they went to
			Mavala does not prove they were
			married there.

					GEORDI
			You know, Data... I almost get the
			feeling you're trying to prove
			that Doctor Tainer wasn't telling
			the truth.

					DATA
			Not at all. I am merely unable to
			reconcile her story with the fact
			that my father never mentioned her
			to me.

					GEORDI
			Well, she did leave him. Maybe
			she broke his heart. Maybe he
			just didn't want to talk about
			her...

	Data's brow furrows as he tries to comprehend this kind
	of emotional response.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			And let me ask you this... Doctor
			Soong created an emotion chip for
			you... didn't Lore tell you it
			also contained memories --
			memories Soong wanted you to have?

    STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/28/93 - ACT ONE    11A.

6    CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			Yes.
				(beat)
			It is possible that those are the
			memories of my childhood. And of
			my mother.

					GEORDI
			And if you think about it -- why
			would she lie? Why would someone
			pretend to be your mother?

	Data considers for a beat.

					DATA
			I can think of no motive for such
			a pretense.

	Geordi assesses his friend's situation, tries to help
	him understand it.

					GEORDI
			I can understand why you might be
			a little disconcerted by all
			this... it came out of the
			blue... and the story doesn't fit
			neatly into your logical
			processors.

					DATA
			That is true...

					GEORDI
			But that's life, Data. Part of
			being human is learning to handle
			the unexpected... to risk new
			experiences even when they don't
			fit your preconceptions.

					DATA
			I will admit that it is difficult
			for me to accept the possibility
			of a past about which I know
			nothing...
				(beat)
			But it is also true that I am very
			curious to learn more about it.

	Geordi grins at him. Off the new sense of possibility
	in Data's face...

       STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT ONE       12.

7    INT. TEN FORWARD

	Juliana works alone, entering information on a PADD.
	VARIOUS SUPERNUMERARIES enjoy themselves, but Juliana
	is intent on her work. She takes a bite from a plate
	of food.

	Data ENTERS and approaches her. She notices him and
	looks up.

					JULIANA
				(a greeting)
			Data...

					DATA
			I would like to get to know you.
				(beat)
			Mother.

	She breaks into a smile when she hears this. Off this
	moment we...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/29/93 - ACT TWO     13.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

A8	INT. A CORRIDOR

	as Data and Juliana make their way down it.

					JULIANA
			-- I wanted to make you female,
			but your father insisted on a son.
			We argued about it endlessly,
			right up until we were ready to
			assemble you.

					DATA
				(intrigued)
			How did you decide?

	She smiles as she remembers.

					JULIANA
			Well, Noonian walked in holding
			your head in his hand and --
			innocent as you please -- said it
			was up to me. Of course he knew
			perfectly well what he was
			doing... once again, he'd made it
			in his own image -- what was I to
			say?

	Data stops when they reach a DOOR. Juliana glances at
	the nameplate on the door.

					JULIANA
				(continuing)
			Deanna Troi... is this who you're
			going to visit?

					DATA
			Yes.

	She can't keep a small smile from coming to her lips.

					JULIANA
			Your father would be so pleased.

					DATA
			Pleased?

    STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/29/93 - ACT TWO    13A.

A8	CONTINUED:

					JULIANA
			He was worried the sexuality
			programming he designed for you
			wouldn't work...

	She starts down the corridor.

					DATA
				(after her)
			You misunderstand; Counselor Troi
			is a therapist --

	But she's already half-way down the corridor.

					JULIANA
				(breezy)
			Good night...

	Off her smile as she heads away...

B8	INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	as Troi takes a CUP OF TEA from the Replicator. She
	crosses toward the couch with it and we see that Data
	is sitting there. She takes a seat near him.

					DATA
			Doctor Tainer has provided me with
			many details about my development
			that I was not aware of.
			Conversing with her was a
			fascinating experience --

	Troi detects a qualifying note in his voice.

					TROI
			But... ?

					DATA
			Her interest in me seems to be...
			limitless.

	Troi smiles knowingly.

					TROI
			She's your mother, Data. That's
			how parents are.

					DATA
			I was a parent. I do not recall
			exhibiting excessive interest in
			Lal's behavior.

    STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/29/93 - ACT TWO    13B.

B8	CONTINUED:

	Troi fixes him with a look.

					TROI
			Data, you and Lal were practically
			inseparable the entire time she
			was alive.

					DATA
			Yes, but... she needed my help.

					TROI
				(smiles)
			That's how every parent feels.
			It's very hard to let your
			children go out into the world and
			fend for themselves. You can't
			help but be protective of them.
			I'm sure your mother feels the
			same way.

	Data seems curious about that.

					DATA
			If that is true... then why did
			she never attempt to contact me?

	Troi is struck by his question...

					TROI
			I don't know, Data. It could have
			something to do with your parents'
			separating... you were part of a
			life she might have wanted to put
			behind her.

	She sees that the question seems to bother him.

					TROI
			But if you really want to know,
			why don't you ask her?

	Off Data's face as he absorbs this...

C8	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it orbits Atrea.

    STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/29/93 - ACT TWO    13C.

8    INT. ENGINEERING -- GEORDI'S OFFICE (OPTICAL)

	Data is seated at a console, working. Juliana stands
	working at a nearby console.

					DATA
			We will be in position over the
			drilling site in three minutes,
			twenty-nine seconds.

	She moves to look at the OKUDAGRAM displayed on his
	console (a modified version of the one seen earlier),
	and when she leans in she puts a hand to his shoulder --
	now that he's accepted her she obviously feels
	comfortable with him.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			These scans indicate that the
			magma pockets where we plan to set
			up the infusion units are somewhat
			unstable.

	She acknowledges and sits near him.

					JULIANA
			I'm going to monitor the density
			of the rock layers and adjust the
			strength of the particle beam as
			we go. That should minimize the
			seismic stress we generate while
			we're drilling.

	Geordi approaches from another part of Engineering.

					GEORDI
				(to Data)
			I've configured the phasers to
			create the most highly focused
			particle beam possible.

					DATA
			Thank you, Geordi.

	Juliana smiles to herself, which catches Data's
	attention.

     STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/28/93 - ACT TWO     14.

8    CONTINUED:

					JULIANA
				(explaining)
			I'm just glad to see that you have
			good manners. It wasn't easy to
			strike the right balance in your
			programming.

	Data is clearly interested in hearing more, so she
	continues.

					JULIANA
				(continuing)
			At first you couldn't have cared
			less about social niceties like
			"please" and "thank you"; you
			were... downright rude, in fact.

					GEORDI
			Data? That's hard to picture --

					JULIANA
				(continuing)
			But the first time we modified
			your program we overcompensated;
			it made you so obsequious your
			Father couldn't stand to be in the
			same room with you.

	Geordi can't help but laugh; Data is clearly intrigued.

					JULIANA
				(continuing)
			That was nothing compared to the
			problems we had --
				(stops herself)
			Never mind. I don't want to
			embarrass you.

					DATA
			I am incapable of embarrassment.
			Please, continue.

	Juliana shrugs a "if you say so."

					JULIANA
			One thing we didn't anticipate was
			that you thought nothing of being
			naked.
				(smiles)
			-- some of the colonists objected
			to having an anatomically-correct
			android running around without any
			clothes on.

     STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/28/93 - ACT TWO     15.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

	Geordi and Juliana share a smile over the image she's
	just conjured.

					JULIANA
				(continuing)
			We asked you to dress, but you
			felt it was unnecessary since you
			didn't need protection from the
			elements. We actually had to
			write a modesty sub-routine to get
			you to keep your clothes on.

	Data steals a glance at his uniform -- he'll never
	think about his garments the same way again.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Bridge to Engineering.

					GEORDI
			La Forge, here. Go ahead,
			Commander.

                                             INTERCUT:

8A   INT. BRIDGE

	RIKER is coordinating the drilling process. WORF is at
	tactical; Pran hovers a bit fretfully, concerned that
	it will all go well.

					RIKER
			We've established synchronous
			orbit over the drilling site.

					GEORDI
			Phaser modifications are on-line,
			sir.

					DATA
			My calculations indicate that the
			first phaser blast will be
			approximately nineteen seconds in
			duration.

					RIKER
			Acknowledged.

	Pran moves to Riker, concerned.

					PRAN
				(sotto)
			Someone's checked his
			calculations, of course.

					RIKER
			No, but I'm sure Data knows what
			he's doing.

       STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT TWO       16.

8A   CONTINUED:

					PRAN
			Even so... he's a machine --
			shouldn't someone... check up on
			him?

	Riker's a bit taken aback by this characterization of
	Data, but replies evenly and politely.

					RIKER
			I have complete confidence in his
			ability to "check up" on himself.

	Pran smiles a politician's smile, then turns his
	worried gaze back to the Viewscreen.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Mister Worf... ?

					WORF
			Phasers are locked on target.

					RIKER
			Fire when ready.

	Worf works his console -- we hear a DISTINCTIVE SOUND
	that indicates the modified phasers are in use.

9    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as a PHASER BURST lances out from the ship and down
	toward the planet.

10   RESUME ENGINEERING/BRIDGE INTERCUT (OPTICAL)

	Data and Juliana watch the OKUDAGRAM -- a beam shoots
	down from the silhouette of the Enterprise in orbit,
	creating a well-like shaft in the planet's mass.

					DATA
				(off console)
			The beam has penetrated eight
			kilometers beneath the surface...

					JULIANA
			Once it's through the crust, we'll
			boost phaser intensity by twelve
			percent.

					WORF
			Standing by.

       STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT TWO       17.

10   CONTINUED:

	After a moment.

					JULIANA
			Now...

	Worf works the console.

11   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	the beam changes in intensity.

12   RESUME ENGINEERING/BRIDGE INTERCUT

					JULIANA
			The mantle is less resistant than
			I thought it would be --

					DATA
			We are within two kilometers of
			the magma pocket.

					JULIANA
			Another five seconds should do it.
				(beat; off console)
			We've broken through --

					WORF
				(works)
			Terminating beam.

	Juliana studies the console for a moment, then allows
	herself a small smile.

					JULIANA
			The pocket seems stable...

					DATA
			I detect no increase in stress
			levels in the surrounding magma.

					RIKER
			Good work. I don't think we could
			have gotten in any cleaner.

	Pran's face shows his relief.

                                             END INTERCUT.

       STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT TWO       18.

13   INT. ENGINEERING

					DATA
			The drilling process has raised
			the temperature inside the magma
			pocket by almost three hundred
			degrees C. It will be several
			hours before it cools enough for
			us to enter.

					JULIANA
			Data, do you have any plans right
			now?

					DATA
			I do not.

					JULIANA
			Maybe we could spend some time
			together? I'd love to see your
			quarters...

	Data nods that he'd like that.

14   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Data is playing a VIOLIN solo for Juliana, who listens,
	rapt. After a few moments, Data finishes. She
	applauds, clearly impressed with his playing.

					DATA
			Thank you. I have been practicing
			for a recital tomorrow evening.

					JULIANA
			That was beautiful.

					DATA
			I have been told that my playing
			is technically flawless, but it
			has never been described as
			beautiful.

					JULIANA
			Well it was... really.

       STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT TWO       19.

14   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Are you certain that you are not
			saying that because you are my
			Mother?
				(off her reaction)
			I have observed that parents tend
			to exaggerate when it comes to
			their children's accomplishments.

	Juliana smiles at his observation.

					JULIANA
			I suppose there is a certain
			amount of vanity involved...
			considering that giving you a
			creative capacity was my idea.

	She sees that Data doesn't know what she means.

					JULIANA
				(continuing)
			Your Father didn't really see the
			point... he thought that since you
			didn't have emotions, you would
			have no need to express yourself.
				(a pensive beat)
			Somehow... I had the feeling the
			opposite would be true.

	Data is struck by what she's told him.

					DATA
			I do not know for certain... but
			I believe that it is during my
			creative endeavors that I come
			closest to experiencing what it
			might be like to be human.

	Juliana smiles when she hears this.

					JULIANA
			Well... I'm glad I insisted.

					DATA
			As am I.

	A moment between them -- then Data starts to put his
	violin away. Juliana moves to a nearby table, where
	she starts looking at Data's things, as if trying to
	get some sense of who he is from them.

     STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/28/93 - ACT TWO     20.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					JULIANA
			You know, Data... I'm very
			familiar with that Handel piece.
			How would you feel about my
			playing the viola part tomorrow?

					DATA
			I would like that very much.

					JULIANA
			We should practice -- do you
			happen to have a viola?

					DATA
			I can replicate one for you.

	Data heads to a corner; Juliana moves toward a stack of
	PAINTINGS that lean against the wall.

					JULIANA
			Did you paint these?

					DATA
			Yes.

	We hear the SOUND of the replicator, and Data crosses
	with a viola toward Juliana, who is looking at the
	first painting in the stack, a Picasso-esque rendering
	of Spot.

					DATA
			I am attempting to master all
			known styles of painting.

	He pulls a painting of a pastoral scene from the stack.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			This one is in the style of the
			early French impressionists...

					JULIANA
				(pleased)
			It's very good.

	She flips on to the next painting -- a PORTRAIT OF LAL.

					JULIANA
			Who's this?

					DATA
			That is Lal, my daughter.

       STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT TWO       21.

14   CONTINUED: (3)

	Juliana turns and looks at him -- surprised.

					JULIANA
			Your daughter... ?

					DATA
			Yes. I created her... using
			myself as a model.

					JULIANA
			Where is she now?

					DATA
			The positronic matrix I designed
			for her was unstable. She only
			lived a short time.

	Juliana takes this in.

					JULIANA
			I see...

					DATA
			In a sense, you were her
			grandmother...

	Juliana doesn't answer, just stares down at the
	painting thoughtfully. Data holds the viola out for
	her.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Would you like to practice now?

	She nods vaguely, still looking down at the painting of
	Lal...

15   INT. TEN FORWARD -- AFTER HOURS

	Data and Juliana are practicing near the windows.

					DATA
			The acoustics in Ten Forward are
			quite favorable.

					JULIANA
			Yes... very nice...

	Something seems to be weighing on her mind.

       STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT TWO       22.

15   CONTINUED:

					JULIANA
				(continuing)
			Data... can I ask you something?

					DATA
			Of course.

					JULIANA
			Do you think you'll ever try to
			create an android again?

					DATA
			Perhaps. I created Lal because I
			wished to procreate. Despite what
			happened to her, I still have that
			wish.

					JULIANA
			But... how do you know the same
			thing won't happen? Creating a
			stable positronic matrix is very
			tricky -- your Father lost several
			prototypes before Lore.

	Data reacts to this information.

					DATA
			I was not aware that he created
			any androids before my brother.

					JULIANA
			There were three of them... they
			were like children to us... losing
			them was very painful. When
			Noonian decided to try again, I
			was very much against it. I
			didn't think we had the right to
			bring a life into the world that
			had so little chance of surviving.

	These are clearly painful memories for her. After a
	moment:

					JULIANA
				(continuing)
			But your Father was sure he'd
			figured out what went wrong,
			insisted he could make a stable
			matrix. And he did.
				(beat)
			But Lore was cruel... evil.
			Eventually, we had no choice... we
			had to dismantle him.

     STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/28/93 - ACT TWO     23.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

	This is clearly an awful memory.

					JULIANA
			Your father decided to build yet
			another android, one who didn't
			have emotions -- I couldn't
			believe he was going to try again.
			After everything that'd
			happened...

	Data reacts to what she's said.

					DATA
			Mother... I am that android. Are
			you saying that you were against
			my creation?

	She realizes that she's inadvertently said just that.

					JULIANA
			Initially I was. But I was wrong;
			I know that now.

	She is afraid she's "hurt" him. She takes his hand,
	hoping to reassure him.

					JULIANA
				(continuing)
			I've followed your progress for
			years -- I'm very proud of what
			you've accomplished.

					DATA
			Then... why did you never attempt
			to contact me?

	She looks at him for a moment, as if weighing something
	in her mind.

     STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/28/93 - ACT TWO     24.

15   CONTINUED: (3)

					JULIANA
			Because... I was ashamed... of
			something I'd done...

					DATA
			What?

	She lets out a breath, decides to continue.

					JULIANA
			I never wanted you to know this...
			I've felt guilty about it for
			years...

	She looks up at him with a small, empty laugh.

					JULIANA
			That's something you don't have to
			worry about, do you? Guilt --
			eating away at you...

					DATA
			Perhaps if you told me what has
			made you feel that way, your guilt
			might be alleviated.

	She takes a breath, steels herself.

					JULIANA
			I lied when I said there wasn't
			room for you in the escape pod
			that we took from Omicron... there
			was...

	Tears wet her eyes; she takes a breath before
	continuing.

       STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT TWO       25.

15   CONTINUED: (4)

					JULIANA
				(continuing)
			I didn't want to bring you with
			us... I was afraid that if we reactivated
			you, you'd turn out like
			Lore.

	She can't look at him as she makes this admission. Her
	voice is full of regret.

					JULIANA
				(continuing)
			I made Noonian leave you behind...

	Her secret is finally out -- overcome with emotion, and
	unsure how Data will react, she stands and EXITS. Off
	Data's face as he watches her go...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT THREE      26.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

16   INT. ENGINEERING

	Data and Juliana are in the process of drilling the
	second shaft; Geordi works nearby -- the DISTINCTIVE
	SOUND that indicates the modified phasers are in use
	can be heard.

	Juliana keeps her focus on the console in front of her,
	avoiding eye contact with Data -- she's clearly
	uncomfortable in his presence now.

					DATA
				(off console)
			We are within four kilometers of
			the magma pocket...

	Juliana seems lost in thought, doesn't react to Data's
	report.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Doctor, should we lower the beam
			intensity?

	She comes back, focuses.

					JULIANA
			Yes -- yes, by sixteen percent...

                                             INTERCUT:

17   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker, Worf and Pran as before.

					WORF
			Acknowledged.

					JULIANA
			Another twelve seconds should do
			it...

18   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as a phaser beam lances down toward the planet.

    STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/29/93 - ACT THREE    27.

19   RESUME ENGINEERING/BRIDGE INTERCUT

	Suddenly the ship starts to SHUDDER.

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			We're getting feedback pulses
			along the particle beam --

					JULIANA
			We must have hit a pocket of
			magnesite ore -- I'll try to
			adjust the phaser harmonics to
			compensate.

	She starts working. The SHUDDER intensifies.

					RIKER
			We're going to have to terminate
			the beam if this keeps up --

					DATA
			If we do, we will have to begin a
			new shaft at another suitable
			location --

					JULIANA
				(as she works)
			There is no other suitable
			location -- give me a few more
			seconds --

	The SHUDDER becomes more severe.

					GEORDI
			Doctor, it's going to take longer
			than that to match the resonant --

	Suddenly the SHUDDER STOPS.

					GEORDI
			You did it --

	She's all business, keeps working the console.

					JULIANA
			It was just luck... I hit the
			right frequency...

	Geordi smiles, glad she pulled it off -- but Data
	regards her with a look that's hard to read.

    STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/28/93 - ACT THREE    28.

19   CONTINUED:

					JULIANA
				(continuing, off
				 console)
			All right, we're less than two
			kilometers from the target site --
				(beat)
			Stand by to terminate the beam...

	After a beat.

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			We've broken through --

					JULIANA
			Now --

	Worf works the console and we hear the SOUND of the
	phasers being cut off.

					DATA
				(off console)
			I am detecting no signs of
			instability...

					PRAN
				(pleased)
			Excellent.
				(to Riker)
			Commander, may I suggest we set up
			the infusion unit in the first
			magma pocket while we give this
			one a chance to cool.

	Riker acknowledges.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Data, Doctor Tainer -- we'll meet
			you in Transporter Room Two.

	Riker and Pran head for the Turbolift.

					DATA
			Acknowledged.

	Data stands and gestures the direction they should go.
	He tries not to show it but something is clearly on his
	mind.

20   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it orbits Atrea.

      STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT THREE      29.

21   INT. THE FIRST MAGMA POCKET

	Data and Juliana are calibrating one of the INFUSION
	UNITS -- the device is about the size of a two-drawer
	filing cabinet, has control panels on several faces,
	and should have some sort of receiving node on top that
	looks like it could absorb a phaser blast.

	The only light comes from PRACTICAL SOURCES our people
	have set up previously. The shaft they drilled from
	the surface is suggested by a HOLE about seven feet in
	diameter in the pocket's ceiling.

	Pran is near the cave wall, scanning it with a
	TRICORDER. They work in silence for a few moments --
	the only SOUND is a low-level rumbling, the molten core
	not far beneath their feet. It's hot in here -- Pran
	and Juliana begin to perspire.

					DATA
			I have initialized the plasma
			induction coils.

					JULIANA
				(as she works)
			I'll need another minute to align
			the diverter...

	Data watches her as she works... his expression
	gradually becomes more intent than just a casual
	glance.

22   ON JULIANA'S FACE

	she appears to be concentrating on her work -- nothing
	seems out of the ordinary.

23   ON DATA'S FACE

	looking at her intently -- his expression is hard to
	read. Has her revelation to him changed how he views
	her?

24   CLOSE ON JULIANA'S EYES

	as she looks down at the panel she's working on. (Her
	eyes should blink at least once.)

25   RESUME SCENE

	as Data continues to watch her face -- the moment is
	broken when Pran approaches.

      STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT THREE      30.

25   CONTINUED:

					PRAN
			There are signs of stress in the
			surrounding magma, but the site
			should remain stable until we
			finish the plasma infusion.

					JULIANA
				(as she works)
			Good, we're almost done here.

	Pran smiles vaguely at Data. There is an awkward
	moment of silence. Pran glances at his wife, then
	decides to go ahead.

					PRAN
			Data, Juliana told me what she
			said to you last night. She's
			been very upset...

	Juliana looks up at her husband, unsure if she wants
	him to bring this up right now.

					PRAN
				(continuing)
			I don't blame you for being angry
			with her, but --

					DATA
			I am incapable of anger.

					PRAN
			There seems to be some... tension
			between you...

	Juliana interrupts, gestures that she'll speak for
	herself.

					JULIANA
			It's all right, Pran.
				(to Data)
			I know what I told you must have
			been hard for you to hear, but I
			hope you can understand my
			reasons.

					DATA
			I am not certain that I do.
			Perhaps you could clarify them for
			me?

	This is awkward for her, but she knows she owes him
	answers.

    STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/28/93 - ACT THREE    31.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					JULIANA
			I'll try. What do you want to
			know?

					DATA
			If I had been your biological
			offspring, would you have left me
			behind on Omicron Theta?

	Juliana weighs her answer for a long moment before
	replying.

					JULIANA
			Oh, Data... how can I answer that?

					DATA
			Doctor Tainer, I have the
			impression that you are trying to
			spare my feelings. I assure you,
			that is not necessary.

					JULIANA
			I just don't want you to
			misunderstand my answer.
				(beat; with difficulty)
			No, I wouldn't have left you
			behind if you'd been my biological
			child.

					DATA
			Is that because you place more
			value on biological life than on
			artificial life?

	She seems genuinely pained that he would think that.

					JULIANA
			Absolutely not. I cherished every
			android your father and I created
			as if it were my own child. Even
			Lore.
				(beat)
			Despite the fact that he'd turned
			on us, despite everything he'd
			done... dismantling him was the
			most difficult thing I've ever had
			to do in my life. I was afraid
			that if you turned out like him...
			I'd have to dismantle you, too...
			and I couldn't bear that.

	Data takes this in.

					JULIANA
				(continuing)
			I'm not trying to justify leaving
			you behind... but I am sorry I
			did. I hope you can believe that.

      STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT THREE      31A.

25   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			I do. Thank you for making it
			clear to me.

    STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/29/93 - ACT THREE    32.

25   CONTINUED: (5)

	A wave of relief washes over her. Pran smiles, and
	puts a grateful hand to Data's shoulder. Off this
	moment of reconciliation...

26   INT. TEN FORWARD

	which has been converted into a recital hall. Picard,
	BEVERLY, TROI, Riker, Geordi and Pran are seated amid
	some SUPERNUMERARIES, enjoying the concert.

27   ON DATA AND JULIANA

	as they near the end of their violin duet, the same
	piece they practiced earlier.

	As he plays, Data watches her, and we see that he
	detects something he finds curious.

28   ON JULIANA

	playing intently, carefully -- a flawless performance.

29   TIGHTER ON DATA

	we can see from his expression that there's something
	about her playing that's got his attention.

30   ON AUDIENCE

	enjoying the concert -- unaware, as are we, of what
	Data has taken notice of.

31   ON DATA AND JULIANA

	as they finish the piece. When the concert ends,
	everybody stands and applauds. Data and Juliana stand
	to take their bows -- and she beams happily at him,
	unaware that something is weighing on his mind.

	When the applause dies down Data and Juliana step
	forward to mingle with the others.

	Picard and Beverly approach Juliana; Data moves off
	toward Troi. He seems preoccupied.

					TROI
			Data, I don't think I've ever
			heard you play more...
				(searches)
			... expressively.

   STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/29/93 - ACT THREE   32A.

31   CONTINUED:

	They move out of frame as Picard and Beverly address
	Juliana.

					PICARD
			That was wonderful, Doctor.

					JULIANA
			I enjoyed playing -- it's been a
			while.

					BEVERLY
				(smiles)
			I see where Data gets his musical
			talents.

					JULIANA
				(lightly)
			I realize you're speaking
			metaphorically, of course, but
			thank you just the same.

31A  ON DATA

	as Troi moves off. Data starts toward the door, as
	though on a mission, but Pran intercepts him.

					PRAN
				(smiles)
			Well... that was quite a
			performance.

					DATA
			Thank you.

	Pran grows serious; it is clear he has something he
	wants to say to Data.

					PRAN
			You know, Data... when I found out
			you were coming, I didn't know
			what to expect. I've never met an
			artificial life form before.

	Pran smiles at him... a man struggling to say the right
	thing, though he's clearly uncomfortable about it.

   STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/29/93 - ACT THREE   32B.

31A  CONTINUED:

					PRAN
			But after meeting you, I feel a
			lot better. You... you're much
			different from how I imagined you.
				(beat)
			And I welcome you to our family.

	While Data appreciates Pran's gesture, it is clear that
	he has something else on his mind.

					DATA
			Would you excuse me? There is
			something I must do.

	He moves off -- leaving Pran a little puzzled by his
	abrupt departure...

32   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it orbits Atrea.

    STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/30/93 - ACT THREE    33.

33   INT. SICKBAY

	Data and Beverly ENTER.

					BEVERLY
			Data... why do you need Doctor
			Tainer's medical records? Is
			something wrong with her?

					DATA
			I am not certain. Perhaps you
			could determine that from her
			Transporter trace pattern.

					BEVERLY
			I probably could... but I don't
			ordinarily look into someone's
			medical status unless I have a
			good reason.

					DATA
			Doctor... I would ask that you not
			require me to be more specific.
			But I assure you that I have a
			good reason for asking.

	Beverly regards him for a moment.

					BEVERLY
			All right, Data...

	She moves to the large Medical Diagnostic Screen on the
	wall, works some controls. Our standard anatomical
	display pops up.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing, studying
				 it)
			Well... at first glance I don't
			see anything wrong -- except for
			some mild hypertension, which is
			perfectly normal for a woman her
			age.

      STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT THREE      33A.

33   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I see.

					BEVERLY
			Maybe you should tell me what her
			symptoms are.

					DATA
				(eyeing the readout)
			She has not complained of any
			discomfort.

      STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT THREE      34.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Then... why did you want to look
			at her medical records?

					DATA
			Because... I have reason to
			believe she is not who she claims
			to be...

	Beverly reacts, but before she can ask why they're
	interrupted by Data's communicator.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			Bridge to Data...

					DATA
				(hits combadge)
			Go ahead, Commander...

					RIKER (V.O.)
			There's been a cave-in in one of
			the magma pockets. You're needed
			in Transporter room two.

					DATA
			On my way.
				(to Beverly)
			Excuse me, Doctor.

	Data EXITS, leaving Beverly to wonder what he might
	have meant. Off her face we...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

       STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT FOUR       35.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

34   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Data and Juliana ENTER and join Geordi, who has just
	beamed Pran and an N.D. Atrean out of the magma pocket
	where the cave-in occurred -- their uniforms and faces
	are dusty. As they move off the transporter pad, Pran
	walks with a limp, as if nursing a hurt leg. Juliana
	moves to help him.

					JULIANA
			What happened?

					PRAN
			We were running a final check on
			the infusion unit when part of the
			wall gave way...

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			It looks like the area has
			stabilized, but seismic stress is
			building up -- eventually, the
			pocket will collapse.

                                             INTERCUT:

35   INT. BRIDGE

	where Riker is monitoring the conversation.

					RIKER
			How long, Geordi?

					GEORDI
			It's hard to say... twelve hours
			at most.

					JULIANA
			Then we have to finish configuring
			the unit and inject the plasma
			immediately.

					RIKER
			I'd rather not send anyone back
			down there.

    STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/29/93 - ACT FOUR    36.

35   CONTINUED:

					JULIANA
			If we don't do it now, Commander,
			it could take months to find
			another suitable site. The core
			may have solidified by then.

					PRAN
			She's right, we have to act now.

	Riker considers.

					RIKER
			All right. But I want you in and
			out of there as quickly as
			possible.

					DATA
			Acknowledged, Commander.

					JULIANA
				(to Pran)
			You're hurt. I'll go.

	Pran touches her arm with concern. She and Data move
	to the Transporter Pad. Geordi is studying the
	monitor.

					GEORDI
				(to Data)
			One of the transporter's pattern
			enhancers was thrown out of
			alignment by the seismic activity --
			I'm getting a normal power
			signature from it so you should be
			able to re-align it for the beam
			out.

	Data acknowledges.

					DATA
			Energize.

36   INT. THE SECOND MAGMA POCKET (OPTICAL)

	as Data and Juliana MATERIALIZE near the THREE PATTERN
	ENHANCERS, one of which is tipped over. Data rights
	it.

	As before, the only light comes from their PALM BEACONS
	and from practical sources our people have set up
	previously. The low-level RUMBLE of molten magma can
	be HEARD in the distance.

	Suddenly, there's a TREMOR -- and when it subsides, a
	sharply defined ledge of about two feet separates the
	floor they're standing on from the rest of the cavern --
	much like an earthquake fault-line.

    STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/28/93 - ACT FOUR    36A.

36   CONTINUED:

	Data scans it with his TRICORDER.

         STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/29/93 - ACT FOUR        37.

36   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			There will be more seismic
			activity. We must hurry.

	Data steps up on the ledge, and Juliana follows. They
	move off...

37   A NARROW PASSAGEWAY

	as they move through it and pass out of frame.

38   THE FIRST MAGMA POCKET

	as they approach the INFUSION UNIT. Rubble strews the
	area, and it seems that the unit may have been damaged
	by falling rocks. Concerned, Juliana starts working
	one of the consoles. Already, the heat has caused her
	to break into a sweat.

	Data looks up toward the ceiling, raises his Tricorder
	to scan.

39   THE SHAFT -- MATTE (OPTICAL)

	as he looks up into the shaft that we drilled from
	orbit -- it's cylindrical and smooth-walled, and
	although it's too dark to see much of it, we get the
	sense that it leads up through miles of rock.

40   RESUME SCENE

	as Data studies his tricorder.

					DATA
			The shaft has not been obstructed
			by the seismic activity -- it
			should be possible to trigger the
			unit from orbit.

					JULIANA
				(as she works)
			The infuser's been damaged...
			we're going to have to start the
			programming sequence all over
			again...

           STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT FOUR           38.

40   CONTINUED:

	She continues working, and Data joins her at one of the
	unit's side consoles. We hear the SOUND of rock
	GROANING under pressure -- Data and Juliana glance up,
	then continue working.

					DATA
				(works)
			Priming the energy transfer
			matrix...

					JULIANA
				(works)
			Re-intializing the particle stream
			buffer...

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Data.

					DATA
				(hits combadge)
			Data, here. Go ahead, Commander.

                                             INTERCUT:

41   INT. BRIDGE

					RIKER
			We're reading an increase in
			seismic stress levels.

					DATA
			Understood. We will attempt to
			expedite our work.

	Data and Juliana fall silent for a moment as they work.

					JULIANA
				(works)
			There... now we just have to align
			the diverter and --

	Suddenly a VIOLENT TREMOR wracks the magma pocket;
	rocks and other debris fall from the ceiling and walls --
	Data and Juliana have to hold on to the infusion unit
	to keep from falling.

					RIKER
			Data! Are you all right?

	Data doesn't answer until the tremor subsides.

           STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT FOUR           39.

41   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Yes, Commander. We will be
			returning to the beam-out point
			shortly.

	Juliana finishes working -- dust kicked up by the
	tremor fills the air around them...

					JULIANA
			That's it -- let's go.

	They move off...

42   THE NARROW PASSAGEWAY

	as they head back the way the came. A small AFTERSHOCK
	causes dust and debris to fall from above. They hurry
	on.

43   THE SECOND MAGMA POCKET

	as they approach the ledge that drops down to the beamout
	point. They react to something --

44   WIDEN

	so that we see that the cavern floor where the pattern
	enhancers were dropped another thirty feet during the
	last tremor. Juliana and Data are standing on the edge
	of a precipice, there's no way to climb down its sheer
	face, and the pattern enhancers are strewn on the floor
	below.

					JULIANA
			Can we transport without the
			pattern enhancers?

					DATA
			No, we are too far below the
			surface.

					JULIANA
				(concerned)
			How are we going to get down
			there?

	Data looks around.

					DATA
			There are no hand-holds in the
			rock face.

           STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT FOUR           40.

44   CONTINUED:

	Suddenly another VIOLENT TREMOR hits -- the ceiling
	starts to give around them. Data has to shout to be
	heard over the din.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			We will have to jump.

	Juliana can't believe what she's hearing.

					JULIANA
			It's too far... I won't make it...

	Large ROCKS crash down near them -- close, getting
	closer...

					DATA
			You will --

	Data takes her firmly by the left arm and leaps off the
	edge of the cliff --

45   ANOTHER ANGLE

	as they land on the floor below. Data is able to
	absorb the shock, but Juliana hits the ground hard and
	is thrown to the floor.

	Data moves to her and discovers that she's been knocked
	unconscious. To our astonishment, her arm has been
	torn off to reveal a mass of WIRES and BLINKING
	CIRCUITRY -- Juliana Soong is an android.

	Data stares down at her arm (a small amount of blood is
	visible where the skin is torn) -- strangely, he does
	not seem unduly surprised by what he sees.

	Off this moment we...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

           STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT FIVE           41.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

46   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly and Geordi are examining the still-unconscious
	Juliana, who is laid-out on the center bio-bed in a
	hospital gown. Riker and Data stand nearby.

	Juliana's arm has been repaired, and a PANEL on her
	head is open to reveal a mass of BLINKING CIRCUITRY.
	As Geordi reports to Riker, we get a sense that he's
	awed by the complexity of her design.

					GEORDI
			Basically, she's a Soong-type
			android -- except everything about
			her is designed to fool you into
			thinking she's human.

					BEVERLY
			She's got tear ducts, sweat glands --
			even veins and capillaries
			underneath her skin.

	Riker indicates the Medical Diagnostic panel.

					RIKER
			Why does the scanner read her as
			a human?

					BEVERLY
			There's a feedback processor
			that's designed to send out a
			false bio-signal.

					GEORDI
			It's tied in with her aging
			program -- she not only ages in
			appearance, like Data, her vital
			signs change too.

					BEVERLY
			What I can't figure out is why she
			lost consciousness. As far as I
			can see, everything's fine -- she
			should be awake.

					DATA
			Check her positronic matrix --
			there may be a cascade anomaly.

         STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/29/93 - ACT FIVE        42.

46   CONTINUED:

	Geordi and Beverly acknowledge and set to work. Riker
	turns to Data.

					RIKER
			Data -- you said you knew she was
			an android... how?

					DATA
			The first indication occurred when
			we were drilling. I saw her
			perform several complex
			calculations without the
			assistance of the computer.

					RIKER
			That could just have meant she was
			good at math --

					DATA
			That is true. But it was enough
			to draw my attention. Later, I
			noticed something odd about the
			way she blinked her eyes.

	Riker has no idea what could be coming next.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			The intervals between blinks were
			governed by a Fourier Series --
			the same mathematical formula my
			father used to give my blinking
			pattern the appearance of
			randomness.

					RIKER
			I can't imagine anyone but you
			noticing something like that.

					DATA
			Then there was our concert in Ten
			Forward.

					RIKER
			What about it?

         STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/29/93 - ACT FIVE        43.

46   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(continuing)
			We had practiced the piece, and I
			noticed that she played it the
			same way during the performance --
			every pitch, every intonation, was
			exactly the same. Only an
			artificial life-form could have
			done that.

	Riker acknowledges that he understands.

					RIKER
			Does her husband have any idea?

					DATA
			I do not believe so. He is on the
			surface, to monitor the plasma
			infusion.

					RIKER
			That's probably just as well...

	Geordi and Beverly find something.

					GEORDI
			Data, take a look at this.

	Data crosses over and Geordi uses the point of a TOOL
	to show him something inside her head panel.

47   INSERT - A SMALL CHIP

	amidst the blinking circuitry.

					DATA (O.S.)
			It appears to be an information
			module...

48   RESUME SCENE

					DATA
				(continuing)
			With a holographic interface.

	Data and Geordi exchange a glance -- what could this
	chip be for?

                                             CUT TO:

         STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/27/93 - ACT FIVE        44.

49   OMITTED

50   INT. HOLODECK

	Data is standing in the ARCH. No program is running so
	the GRID LINES are visible. He has a PANEL OPEN, and
	holds an OPTICAL CHIP in his hand.

51   INSERT - THE OPTICAL CHIP

	we can see that the chip from Juliana's head has been
	mounted on it.

52   RESUME SCENE (OPTICAL)

	as Data slides the optical chip into a slot. The
	machine HUMS to life, and after a beat, a hologram of
	DOCTOR NOONIAN SOONG APPEARS on the grid. He's about
	sixty, and conducts himself with curmudgeonly self-assurance.

					SOONG
			Whoever you are, if you're
			watching this, you must have found
			out about Juliana.

					DATA
			That is correct.

         STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/29/93 - ACT FIVE        45.

52   CONTINUED:

					SOONG
			I programmed this hologram to
			answer any questions you might
			have -- I'm Noonian Soong; I
			created her.

					DATA
			I am Data.

	Soong reacts, breaks into a broad smile.

					SOONG
			Data -- I hoped somehow it might
			be you... I even created a
			response program to answer your
			questions. How are you, boy?

					DATA
			I am fine.

					SOONG
			I'm glad you got the chance to
			meet your mother.

					DATA
			You refer to Doctor Tainer as my
			mother -- yet the complexity of
			her design indicates she was
			created after I was.

					SOONG
			You're right, but there was a real
			Juliana O'Donnell. She was my
			wife; she helped me create you.

					DATA
			What happened to her?

	Soong's demeanor quiets as he recounts the story.

					SOONG
			She was injured when the
			Crystalline Entity attacked... we
			made it to Terlina Three, but then
			she lapsed into a comatose
			state...

	It's obvious that Soong felt deeply when he recorded
	this.

         STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/29/93 - ACT FIVE        46.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

					SOONG
				(continuing)
			When I realized nothing could be
			done for her, I built an android
			and started trying to perfect my
			synaptic scanning technique -- so
			I could transfer her memories into
			a positronic matrix. I didn't
			know if it would work, but I had
			to try. I couldn't stand the
			thought of losing the only woman
			I ever loved.

	A pause as he remembers.

					SOONG
				(continuing)
			A few days after Juliana died...
			I activated the android. She
			looked up at me... and she smiled.

	He smiles as he remembers the moment.

					SOONG
				(continuing)
			She recognized me. It had worked!
			Here was a life not two minutes
			old, and as far as she knew I was
			her husband and she'd just
			recovered from a terrible injury.
			It was incredible.

					DATA
			And you never told her the truth?

					SOONG
			Why? There was no reason for her
			to know. I wanted her to be
			happy. I wanted us to be happy.
				(beat)
			And we were... for a while,
			anyway...

	His face falters.

					DATA
			What happened?

					SOONG
				(nods)
			I made a terrible mistake... I
			never really let her know how much
			I loved her...

         STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/29/93 - ACT FIVE        47.

52   CONTINUED: (3)

	His voice is full of regret.

					SOONG
				(continuing)
			She left me... The real Juliana
			probably would've, too, if she'd
			lived.

	He seems lost in thought for a moment.

					DATA
			If she recovers and learns that
			she is an android --

					SOONG
				(interrupting)
			She doesn't have to know. I
			designed her to shut down in the
			event the truth was discovered.
			When you re-insert the chip,
			she'll wake up and remember
			nothing. All you have to do is
			make up some excuse about what
			happened to her.

					DATA
			Then... you do not believe she
			should know the truth.

					SOONG
			The truth is that in every way
			that matters, she is Juliana
			Soong.

	Soong is certain of everything he's saying, and clearly
	wants to convince Data.

					SOONG
				(continuing)
			I've programmed her to terminate
			after a long life. Let her live
			out the rest of her days, and die
			believing she was human. Don't
			rob her of that, son. Please.

	Data takes this in. Off his troubled expression...

         STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/28/93 - ACT FIVE        48.

53   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Troi, Beverly and Data are discussing the
	situation.

					DATA
			It seems that I must make a
			decision: to tell Doctor Tainer
			that she is an android -- or
			withhold that knowledge from her.
			And I do not know what to do.

					BEVERLY
			Why was Doctor Soong so adamant
			that she not be told?

					DATA
			He seemed certain that if she
			knew, it would preclude the
			possibility of her being happy.

					PICARD
			And -- what do you think?

					DATA
			I am not certain.
				(beat)
			I can understand why my father
			felt as he did -- but his wishes
			are not necessarily paramount. I
			am concerned with what would be
			best for -- my mother.

					BEVERLY
			Wouldn't she be better off knowing
			the truth? Dealing with the
			reality of her existence?

					TROI
			I don't think so. She's believed
			she's human all her life. The
			truth might be devastating to her.

         STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/28/93 - ACT FIVE        49.

53   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I have noticed that her present
			husband seems uncomfortable with
			the fact that I am an artificial
			life-form. If he finds out about
			his wife, it may adversely affect
			their relationship.

					BEVERLY
			He doesn't have to know -- if you
			tell her, it would be up to her
			whether or not to tell him.

					PICARD
			Data, there might come a time in
			the future when she would find out
			anyway -- another accident, for
			example. Perhaps it would be
			easier for her to learn the truth
			from you.

					BEVERLY
			I can tell you that if I were in
			her place... I'd rather have my
			son tell me than some stranger...

	Data wrestles with this weighty decision. His friends
	have tried to help him, but there is no clear road.

					DATA
			I find that I am having difficulty
			separating what would be best for
			her... from what would be best for
			me.

					TROI
			What do you mean?

					DATA
			If she knew she were an android,
			she and I would have something to
			share. I would no longer be alone
			in the universe.

	The others take this in, touched by Data's plight.

					TROI
			I know how much that would mean to
			you... but at the same time,
			telling her would rob her of the
			one thing you've wanted all your
			life -- to be human.

	This cuts to the core of Data's dilemma.

         STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/28/93 - ACT FIVE       49A.

53   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			It's a difficult choice.
				(beat)
			You must do what you think best,
			Data. We will support any
			decision you make.

	Off Data's face as he ponders his dilemma...

           STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - 09/27/93 - ACT FIVE           50.

54   INT. SICKBAY

	CLOSE on Juliana's open head panel -- a hand is reinserting
	the chip.

55   WIDEN

	to reveal Data standing over her at the bio-bed. No
	one else is in Sickbay. He finishes and closes the
	panel. A few moments later, Juliana's eyes flutter
	open.

					JULIANA
				(a bit groggy)
			Data... what happened? The last
			thing I remember is jumping off
			that cliff...

	Data looks down at her for a long moment -- what will
	he tell her?

					DATA
			You were knocked unconscious by
			the fall... you broke a bone in
			your arm, but Doctor Crusher
			repaired it.

	He takes her hand.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Everything is fine, Mother.

	She looks up at him and smiles... Data has decided not
	to tell. Off this moment...

         STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/28/93 - ACT FIVE        51.

56   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it orbits Atrea.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, supplemental. The
			infusion of plasma into the core
			of Atrea Four has been
			accomplished. Pran Tainer's
			projections indicate that the core
			will remain molten for several
			hundred years.

57   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Data is saying goodbye to his mother. An N.D. stands
	at the Transporter controls.

					JULIANA
			When will I see you again?

					DATA
			Perhaps I can visit Atrea on my
			next leave.

					JULIANA
			I'd like that very much.

	She smiles, looks at him for what may be the last time
	in a long while.

					JULIANA
				(continuing)
			Well... I'd better be going...

					DATA
			Mother... I remembered something
			that I thought you should know.

	She waits for him to continue.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Before he died, my father told me
			that he had only one great love in
			his life... and that he regretted
			never letting her know how much he
			cared for her.
				(beat)
			I am certain he was referring to
			you.

	Juliana is touched by this knowledge.

         STAR TREK: "Inheritance" - REV. 09/28/93 - ACT FIVE        52.

57   CONTINUED:

					JULIANA
			That's nice to know...

	She smiles inwardly, as if something's just occurred to
	her.

					JULIANA
				(continuing)
			On Atrea they have a saying...
			that a child born from parents who
			love each other will have nothing
			but goodness in his heart...
				(beat)
			I guess that explains you...

	Data is struck by her words. She leans forward and
	kisses his cheek.

					JULIANA
				(continuing)
			Take care of yourself, son.

	She moves to the Transporter Pad, turns back -- and
	their eyes meet for a last time.

					DATA
			Good-bye, Mother.

	The N.D. works the controls and Juliana DEMATERIALIZES.
	Off Data's face as he watches...

58   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves away we:

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Parallels" 
                          #40277-263 
                              
                          Written by 
                         Brannon Braga 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Robert Wiemer 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1993 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT
 
                       OCTOBER 7, 1993
 

           STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Parallels" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD                 WESLEY
                RIKER                  NURSE OGAWA
                DATA                   GUL NADOR
                BEVERLY                N.D. COM VOICE
                TROI               
                WORF               
                GEORDI             
                COMPUTER VOICE 
    
                Non-Speaking           Non-Speaking
                  N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES   N.D. CARDASSIAN

           STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Parallels" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              CORRIDOR                 SHUTTLECRAFT
              WORF'S QUARTERS
              ENGINEERING              CARDASSIAN SHIP
              TEN FORWARD
              READY ROOM               TWO ENTERPRISES
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              SHUTTLEBAY
              SICKBAY
              SHUTTLECRAFT

    STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/08/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Parallels" 
                             
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                  FORCAS          FOUR-cuss
                  HarOs           hair-OSE
                  Soh-chIm        saw-CHEEM
                  IADARA          ee-ah-DAR-ah
                  GALOR           guh-LORE
                  VERTAZINE       VER-tah-zine
                  CURIE           KYOOR-ee
                  T'gha           tee-GAH
                  SHANNARA        shaw-NAR-ah

       PRONUNCIATION GUIDE FOR KLINGON BIRTHDAY SONG:
     Sung to the tune of "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow"

             "Cha Worf Toh'gah-nah lo Pre-tOk"
              chaw worf toe-GAW-nah low pree-TALK
                 (REPEAT)
             "Tu Mak Dagh Cha doh Borak" *
              too mock daw chaw dough bore-AWK

     * "Dagh" is articulated with a very coarse, strong rasp --
        just like the ch sound in the name of the German composer
        Bach or in the Yiddish toast l'chaim.

         STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "Parallels"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	At impulse.

2    INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	WORF is alone in the shuttle, shining his BAT'LETH
	SWORD with a cloth. He eyes the sword with
	satisfaction, then sets it down and moves to the helm.
	He taps a control. (NOTE: He faces the console, as
	though looking into a "camera".)

					WORF
				(to computer)
			Personal log, Stardate 47391.2.
			I am returning from the Bat'leth
			competition on Forcas Three. The
			conditions were difficult...
			several contenders were maimed.
			But I was triumphant...

	Worf picks up a large KLINGON TROPHY -- an impressive-looking
	award with distinctive Klingon markings on it.
	He eyes it proudly.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			I won "Champion Standing."

	His expression turns serious.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			I look forward to resuming my
			duties aboard the Enterprise.
			However, I am anticipating a...
			troubling situation.

	OFF his concerned face...

                                             CUT TO:

         STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - TEASER         2.

3    INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR

	Later. Worf and RIKER are walking along, midconversation.
	Worf is carrying his Bat'leth sword and
	trophy. He keeps looking around, nervous -- he seems
	preoccupied by something.

					RIKER
			It looks like we're going to have
			to head out to the Argus Array.
			This is the third time in the last
			year it's stopped relaying data.
			Starfleet's beginning to think it
			may be more than a simple
			malfunction.

	As they turn a corner, Worf hesitates, as though
	expecting an attack.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I want you to start a long range
			scan as soon as we enter the --

	Riker takes note of Worf's jumpiness.

					RIKER
			Are you listening to me,
			Lieutenant?

					WORF
			Oh... yes, sir.

					RIKER
			You seem pretty tense for a man
			who just came back from vacation.

	They stop at Worf's quarters. Worf very cautiously
	touches a control by the door...

					WORF
			Today... is my birthday.

	Suddenly, Worf opens the door and bursts into the room --

4    INT. WORF'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	Worf rushes in, looks around, ready for anything. No
	one's there. He seems relieved. Riker looks at him a
	bit oddly.

					RIKER
			What's the matter with you?

         STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - TEASER         3.

4    CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Because it is my birthday... I
			assumed that you or one of the
			others would try to mount an
			unexpected... social gathering.

					RIKER
			You mean a surprise party? Worf,
			I hate surprise parties. I would
			never do that to you.

					WORF
			I am... sorry, Commander.

					RIKER
			Why don't you settle in and I'll
			meet you on the Bridge.

					WORF
			Aye sir.

	Riker EXITS. Worf takes a breath, relaxing... he sets
	down his Bat'leth and sets his trophy proudly on a
	table. He heads for the bedroom, starts to take off
	his sash, gets about half-way there when suddenly --

					VOICES
			SURPRISE!!

	Worf LEAPS back, as if scalded --

5    REVEAL (OPTICAL)

	TROI, BEVERLY, GEORDI, DATA and SEVERAL N.D.S as they
	rush out of the bedroom. Many hold birthday GIFTS --
	others have party favors, noise-makers. It's the most
	human and obnoxious party you can imagine. They come
	up shaking his hand, offering birthday wishes, patting
	him on the back. Troi and Beverly kiss him on the
	cheek. Riker ENTERS during the middle of all this,
	comes up behind Worf with huge smile on his face.

					RIKER
			Actually, Worf, I love surprise
			parties.

	Riker then puts a big, ridiculous PARTY HAT on Worf's
	head.

         STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - TEASER         4.

5    CONTINUED:

	OFF Worf's reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT ONE         5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

6    INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	A few minutes later. Beverly is holding a large
	CHOCOLATE CAKE, which has many burning CANDLES on it.
	Everyone is singing the "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow",
	but with Klingon lyrics. Worf stands there awkwardly --
	this is like torture for him.

					ALL
				(sung to the tune of
				 "For He's A Jolly Good
				 Fellow")
			"Cha Worf Toh'gah-nah lo
			Pre'tOk... Cha Worf Toh'gah-nah
			lo Pre'tOk... Cha Worf Toh'gah-nah
			lo Pre'tO-O-O-O-Ok... Tu Mak
			Dagh Cha doh Borak!"

	As they finish the song, Beverly holds out the cake to
	Worf, who quickly blows out the candles. Everyone
	applauds. Worf can barely conceal his disgust.

					WORF
			That was not a Klingon song.

					TROI
			It wasn't easy to translate.
			There doesn't seem to be a Klingon
			word for "jolly".

	Beverly hands Worf a knife.

					BEVERLY
			It's traditional for the birthday
			boy to cut the cake.

	Worf takes the knife and eyes it a moment -- other uses
	for it cross his mind. Then he cuts the cake with two
	quicks WHACKS and serves a piece to a Crewmember.
	(NOTE: The cake is chocolate inside, as well.)

         STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT ONE         6.

6    CONTINUED:

	The party proceeds merrily, with Beverly moving off to
	cut the rest of the cake, people getting drinks, etc.
	Riker claps a friendly hand on Worf's shoulder.

					RIKER
			Captain Picard sends his birthday
			wishes. He was needed on the
			Bridge.

	Riker moves off to get some cake. Data walks over
	holding a large GIFT. He hands it to Worf.

					DATA
			Happy birthday, Worf.

	Worf takes the gift.

					WORF
			Thank you....

	Worf tears the wrapping paper off the gift, revealing
	a large PAINTING -- a great deal of conflicting colors
	and shapes. It is difficult to tell which side is up.
	Worf eyes it...

					WORF
			Ah... a painting.

					DATA
			Yes. I have entered my Abstract
			Expressionistic phase. This is my
			interpretation of the Battle of
			HarOS.

	Worf examines the painting, hunting for any
	recognizable image.

					WORF
			The Battle of HarOS... ?

	Troi takes the painting.

         STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT ONE         7.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			I think it's wonderful. And I
			know just where to hang it...

	She moves to a spot on the wall.

					WORF
			What are you doing?

					TROI
			I always thought this room could
			use a little more color.

	Troi hangs the painting and steps back. Geordi comes
	over to admire the painting, carrying two pieces of
	cake.

					GEORDI
				(re: painting)
			Battle of HarOS, right?

	Worf looks at him in amazement. Geordi hands a piece
	of cake to Worf. The interior of the cake is now
	YELLOW, not chocolate as seen before. (NOTE: Minor
	continuity changes of this sort will be indicated
	throughout the script.)

	As Worf takes the cake, he reacts to a mild wave of
	dizziness.

					GEORDI
			You alright?

					WORF
			I believe Commander Data's
			painting is making me dizzy...

	Laughter all around. Worf takes a bite of his cake,
	looks down at it.

					WORF
				(casual)
			I thought this cake was
			chocolate...

					TROI
			Don't I wish.

	Troi hands Worf a small GIFT. (NOTE: Troi is dressed
	in one of her casual outfits, and her hair is in a
	looser, more casual style.)

         STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT ONE         8.

6    CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
				(re: gift)
			This is from Alexander. He gave
			it to me before he left to visit
			your parents.

	Worf sets down the cake and takes the gift... carefully
	unwraps it. We see that it is a round piece of CLAY,
	with the imprint of Alexander's forehead ridges on it
	(the Klingon equivalent of a child's hand-print). Worf
	smiles at the sight.

					GEORDI
			What is it?

					WORF
			Alexander's forehead.
				(proudly)
			The ridges of a warrior.

					TROI
			He really wished he could've been
			here when you got back from shore
			leave. You should have seen him,
			Worf... he stayed up all night
			talking about how proud he was of
			his father.

					WORF
			Thank you for watching him while
			I was away.

					TROI
			It was my pleasure.

	Worf looks at her, and he gets a thoughtful look on is
	face... clearly concerned about something...

	Suddenly, we hear PICARD'S voice from offcamera --

					PICARD
			So... how old are you, Mister
			Worf?

	Worf turns in surprise.

7    REVEAL PICARD

	standing behind Worf. Worf didn't see the Captain come
	in -- and neither did we.

         STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT ONE         9.

7    CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Captain -- I was told you couldn't
			attend.

					PICARD
			I wouldn't miss this for the
			world. How old are you?

	Worf hesitates, awkward about his age.

					WORF
			I am... old enough.

	Everyone laughs. Worf bristles. As the party
	continues...

                                             CUT TO:

8    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Holding position next to the ARGUS ARRAY -- a huge
	subspace radio telescope (as seen in "The Nth Degree").

9    INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, N.D.s at their stations.

					PICARD
			Report.

					DATA
				(off console)
			The Array appears to be
			functioning normally, sir.

        STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT ONE        10.

9    CONTINUED:

	Reactions -- this isn't what they expected.

					RIKER
			That can't be right. We were told
			it stopped relaying data six days
			ago.

					DATA
			The Array is still transmitting
			data. However, it is no longer
			sending that information to the
			Federation.
				(off console)
			It appears that someone has
			redirected its imaging systems.

					PICARD
			Where is the information being
			sent now?

					DATA
				(works)
			Sector One-nine-six-five-eight.
			I am unable to access the Array's
			main computer, so it is impossible
			to determine the exact location.

					RIKER
			What's in that sector?

	Worf works.

					WORF
			It is uninhabited. But there
			could easily be a ship, or a
			subspace relay station receiving
			the data.

	Riker turns to Picard.

					RIKER
			Captain. I suggest we beam a
			repair crew aboard the Array. We
			can download the imaging logs --
			find out what the Array's been
			observing for the past six days.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

        STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT ONE        11.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker nods to Data and they both head for the door.
	OFF Picard's concern...

                                             CUT TO:

10   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Troi is sitting alone at a table, working on a PADD
	(she's in her uniform and her hair is in a less
	elaborate, more formal style). Worf walks up to the
	table, eyes Troi a moment, thoughtful... then
	approaches the table.

					WORF
			Excuse me, Counselor. Do you have
			a moment?

					TROI
			Of course.

	Worf sits at the table.

					WORF
			I have been meaning to speak with
			you... about Alexander.

					TROI
			Oh?

	Worf hesitates, tries to find the best way to put this.

					WORF
			It has never been easy for me...
			having Alexander on board. I have
			always tried to be a good
			father... to give him guidance...
			but he seems to have his own mind
			about some things.

	Troi smiles.

					TROI
			Most children do.

					WORF
			I could not have gotten this far
			without your help. Alexander
			looks up to you. At times, I have
			felt that you are like a mother to
			him.

	Troi is touched by his words.

        STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT ONE        12.

10   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Worf... that's one of the nicest
			things anyone's ever said to me.

	Worf takes a moment.

					WORF
			Once, when I thought I was going
			to die... I asked you to watch
			over Alexander. I was
			wondering... if you might consider
			formalizing that arrangement.
				(beat)
			I want you to be Alexander's SohchIm.

					TROI
			His "Soh-chIm"?

					WORF
			You would become his surrogate
			mother. In case anything ever
			happened to me, you would be
			responsible for him.

	Troi is surprised by the request... and flattered.

					TROI
			Worf, I don't know what to say.
			It's a great honor.
				(beat)
			So this would make me your...

					WORF
			The closest analogy would be...
			step-sister.

					TROI
			That would make my mother your
			step-mother.

					WORF
			I had not considered that...
				(with humor)
			It is a risk I am willing to take.

	Troi smiles.

					TROI
			I accept.

	Worf smiles in return. A warm moment between them.

        STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT ONE        13.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Lieutenant Worf, please report to
			Engineering.

					WORF
				(taps combadge)
			On my way.

	Worf stands, gives Troi a little smile, then heads for
	the door...

                                             CUT TO:

11   INT. ENGINEERING

	Data and Geordi are working at a console. Picard and
	Worf look on. Mid-conversation.

					DATA
				(to Worf)
			We have analyzed the imaging logs.
			It appears that the Array was
			reprogrammed to observe several
			Federation sites.

	Data works the console...

12   INCLUDE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	The freeze-frame images of several FEDERATION OUTPOSTS
	and STARBASES comes up.

	The graphics are grainy and blurred, as though taken
	from a very long range.

					GEORDI
				(indicates screen)
			This is Deep Space Five...
			Starbase Forty-seven... the Iadara
			Colony... and this is the Utopia
			Planitia Shipyard.

        STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT ONE        14.

12   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			The Utopia Planitia shipyard...
			they're responsible for new
			starship development...

					WORF
				(realizing)
			Someone is using the Array for
			covert surveillance of the
			Federation.

					DATA
			That is our theory. We believe
			that unauthorized access was made
			six days ago. The imaging logs
			from that day show a ship
			approaching the Array...

	Data works the console and the monitor displays the
	grainy but unmistakable image of a CARDASSIAN WARSHIP.
	Reactions.

					WORF
			That's a Cardassian ship. Galor
			Class.

					GEORDI
			We're only three light years from
			Cardassian space. They would've
			had easy access to the Array.

	Picard considers.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, start a long range
			scan of the region... see if there
			are any Cardassian ships nearby.

					WORF
			Aye sir.

	Geordi hands Worf a PADD.

        STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT ONE        15.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
				(re: PADD)
			Here's a propulsion analysis of
			the Cardassian ship. You might
			try scanning for its energy
			configuration.

13   CLOSE ON WORF

	as he takes the PADD. Suddenly, he is struck by a wave
	of dizziness. He touches his head and shuts his eyes
	for a moment...

					DATA (O.S.)
			Are you alright, Lieutenant?

	Worf opens his eyes --

14   NEW ANGLE ON ROOM

	Data and Geordi are now both standing on the opposite
	side of the room, working at a console. Picard is
	nowhere to be seen. It's an odd moment -- as though in
	the blink of an eye, everyone changed positions. Worf
	reacts, confused.

					WORF
			I feel... dizzy...

					GEORDI
			Worf, you don't look so good.
			Maybe you should go to Sickbay...

	Worf nods, recovering slightly.

					WORF
			Yes... perhaps I will.

	Worf EXITS. As Data and Geordi exchange a concerned
	look...

                                             CUT TO:

15   INT. SICKBAY

	Worf is sitting on a bio-bed. Beverly is scanning
	around his head with a medical tricorder.

        STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT ONE        16.

15   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Any nausea... or blurred vision?

					WORF
			No. However, I did experience
			dizziness earlier today... at my
			birthday celebration.

	Beverly nods and shuts the tricorder. She picks up a
	nearby hypospray and prepares it.

					BEVERLY
				(casually)
			It sounds like you're having a few
			side-effects from the concussion.
			I'll give you vertazine for the
			dizziness... but I want you to get
			some rest.

	Beverly moves to inject worf with the hypospray, but he
	stops her.

					WORF
			Doctor... perhaps you are thinking
			of another patient. I have no
			concussion.

	There's an awkward beat.

					BEVERLY
			Worf... you came in here this
			morning complaining about a
			ringing in your ears. I scanned
			you... you had a concussion.

	Worf just stares at her -- he can't believe what he's
	hearing.

        STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT ONE        17.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Are you telling me you don't
			remember any of this?

					WORF
			No...

	Beverly eyes him, realizing. She picks up a small
	PENLIGHT and starts looking at his eyes.

					BEVERLY
			Temporary memory loss is common
			with this kind of injury...
				(prompting)
			Do you remember telling me about
			the Bat'leth tournament? You said
			one of the competitors hit you in
			the head... that's why you lost
			the match...

	Worf reacts to this, disturbed -- he steps off the
	table.

					WORF
			I won that tournament. I can
			prove it to you.

	Worf heads for the door. Concerned, Beverly follows
	him...

                                             CUT TO:

16   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	Worf and Beverly ENTER. Worf immediately walks to the
	table where he set down Bat'leth trophy earlier. He
	picks it up, and reacts to what he sees --

17   CLOSE ON TROPHY

	It is clearly a different trophy -- it's much smaller
	and less elaborate.

					BEVERLY
			What's wrong?

					WORF
			It says... "Ninth Place."

        STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT ONE        18.

17   CONTINUED:

	OFF his stunned reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Parallels" - REV. 10/07/93 - ACT TWO      19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

18   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	Worf holding the trophy, shocked. Beverly looking on.

					WORF
			This is not the same trophy...
				(beat)
			Someone is playing a trick on me.

					BEVERLY
			Worf, try to calm down. Memory
			loss can be very disorienting...

	He suddenly remembers something.

					WORF
			The log... I recorded a personal
			log on my way back to the
			Enterprise.

	Worf sits down at his desk, taps a command into a
	desktop monitor. Beverly watches with concern.

					WORF
				(to computer)
			Computer -- access personal logs
			on Shuttlecraft Curie. Show my
			log entry for Stardate 47391.2.

19   INCLUDE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	It shows an image of WORF looking into the camera,
	sitting in the shuttlecraft, as seen in the Teaser.
	Everything is exactly as it was before -- the way he's
	sitting, what he's wearing, etc.

					WORF ON MONITOR
			Personal log, Stardate 47391.2.
			I am returning from the Bat'leth
			competition on Forcas Three. The
			conditions were difficult...
			several contenders were maimed.

	The Worf on the monitor looks irritated.

      STAR TREK: "Parallels" - REV. 10/08/93 - ACT TWO      20.

19   CONTINUED:

					WORF ON MONITOR
				(continuing)
			One of the contenders used an
			illegal T'gha maneuver against me.
			The judges chose to ignore it...
			and I was robbed of my rightful
			standing.

	The Worf on the monitor reaches offscreen and picks up
	a Klingon trophy -- it is the smaller, less impressive
	one that we see now in Worf's quarters.

					WORF ON MONITOR
			I was awarded "Ninth Place".
				(beat)
			I look forward to resuming my
			duties aboard the Enterprise.
			However, I am --

	Worf taps a control, ENDING the log. He looks very
	disturbed.

					WORF
			I do not understand...

	Beverly tries to comfort him.

					BEVERLY
			I'm sure this must be very
			disturbing for you... but don't
			worry. Your memories will
			eventually return to normal.

	Worf just stares at the screen...

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			The best thing you can do right
			now is settle back into your
			normal routine... but slowly.

	A long beat. Worf finally nods, resigned.

					WORF
			Thank you, Doctor.

					BEVERLY
			If you have any more problems with
			dizziness, let me know.

        STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT TWO        21.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

	Beverly gives him a gentle smile, then EXITS. OFF
	Worf's face...

                                             CUT TO:

20   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As before, holding position by the Argus Array.

21   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, N.D.s at their stations. Data at the
	aft science station. Worf ENTERS and moves to
	Tactical, relieves an N.D. working there. Data turns
	to Worf.

					DATA
			Lieutenant, have you completed the
			metallurgical scan of the Array?

	Worf looks at him, confused.

					WORF
			Sir?

					DATA
			The metallurgical scan. Is it
			complete?

					WORF
			I do not remember you asking me to --

	Suddenly, an ALARM goes off on Worf's console. He
	checks it.

					WORF
			Captain. There is a Cardassian
			ship approaching. Galor Class.

	Reactions. Data quickly moves to Ops. Picard and
	Riker get to their feet.

					PICARD
			Open a channel.

					WORF
			On screen.

        STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT TWO        22.

22   INCLUDE MAIN VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	A CARDASSIAN CAPTAIN (GUL NADOR) APPEARS. Picard tries
	to be diplomatic, but there is a definite tension in
	the air.

					PICARD
			This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard of
			the Starship Enterprise. You are
			in Federation territory. Please
			explain your presence here.

					GUL NADOR
			We were wondering the same thing
			about you, Captain. Why would
			Starfleet's flagship want to
			venture so close to the Cardassian
			border?

					PICARD
			We are repairing one of our
			subspace telescopes.

					GUL NADOR
				(wry)
			I see. May we offer our
			assistance?

					PICARD
			No, thank you. We have everything
			under control.

	Gul Nador eyes Picard.

					GUL NADOR
			If you don't mind my asking...
			what exactly is this telescope of
			yours designed to do?

					PICARD
			It's a long range subspace
			Array... it gathers data on
			astronomical phenomena.

					GUL NADOR
			I'm certain it would never be used
			to... "observe" a neighboring
			species.

					PICARD
			Certainly not.

					GUL NADOR
			Well, then... best of luck with
			your repairs.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT TWO        23.

22   CONTINUED:

					GUL NADOR (Cont'd)
			Just try to make certain that your
			studies are limited to...
			"astronomical phenomena".

	The transmission ENDS.

					RIKER
			Charming fellow.

					WORF
			Captain -- that ship was
			responsible for reprogramming the
			Array.

	Picard and Riker turn to him.

					PICARD
			What do you mean?

					WORF
				(off console)
			It is the same Class and energy
			configuration as the ship we saw
			in the imaging logs.

	Picard is confused.

					PICARD
			Imaging logs... Are you saying you
			have evidence that the Cardassians
			tampered with the Array?

					WORF
			They have been using the Array as
			a surveillance device.
				(beat)
			You saw the logs yourself.

	Picard turns to Riker.

					PICARD
			I haven't heard anything about
			this.

					RIKER
			Neither have I.

	Worf looks to Data.

					WORF
			Commander Data -- show them the
			imaging logs you downloaded from
			the Array.

        STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT TWO        24.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

	Data hesitates, unsure what to say.

					DATA
			I know of no such logs,
			Lieutenant.

	A long, uncomfortable moment as all eyes fall on Worf.

					PICARD
			Worf... are you feeling alright?

					WORF
			Yes.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, perhaps you should re-examine
			the Array... see if you
			can find anything to support
			Worf's claims.
				(to Worf)
			In the meantime, Lieutenant... I
			think you should go to your
			quarters.

	OFF Worf's frustration -- what the hell's going on?

                                             CUT TO:

23   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	A while later. Worf is pacing around the room,
	frustrated. Troi is there to help him through this --
	her hair and clothing are in the casual style. She's
	sitting near Data's Impressionistic painting, which is
	still hanging on the wall as seen in Act One.

					WORF
			Doctor Crusher says I am
			experiencing further memory
			loss... but my instincts tell me
			it is more than that...
				(beat)
			I remember those imaging logs...
			I could tell you every detail...
			every word...

	Troi considers him.

					TROI
			Worf, let's assume you're right
			for a second -- that things did
			happen as you remember them.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Parallels" - REV. 10/07/93 - ACT TWO      25.

23   CONTINUED:

					TROI (Cont'd)
			Are you saying that everyone's
			memory on this ship has been
			altered but yours?
				(beat)
			The only one of us who's had a
			recent head injury or mental
			stress is you. Isn't it more
			logical that your concussion is
			causing some memory problems?

	Worf frowns -- her words make sense, but still... he
	unconsciously rubs his head. The door CHIMES.

					WORF
			Enter.

	Geordi ENTERS.

					GEORDI
			Hi, Worf. I wanted you to know
			that we re-examined the imaging
			logs. They don't show a
			Cardassian ship... or any
			evidence that the Array was
			reprogrammed.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT TWO        26.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			From what we can tell, the Array
			suffered a simple mechanical
			failure.

	Worf reacts.

					WORF
			That is not right. I am certain
			that --

	Suddenly, Worf has a slight dizzy feeling. He stops...
	and sees something on the wall behind Troi...

24   ANGLE ON TROI

	The painting next to Troi is now gone.

					TROI
			What's wrong?

					WORF
			The painting Commander Data gave
			me...

	Worf looks around the room. We see that the painting
	is now hanging on a different wall. It was definitely
	not there a few seconds ago.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			It has moved.

	Troi and Geordi glance at the painting, then exchange
	a worried look.

					TROI
			Worf, I hung that painting
			there... at your birthday party.
			Remember?

					WORF
			No...

	Worf eyes the painting...

25   NEW ANGLE - THE PAINTING

	It is now a completely DIFFERENT PAINTING -- the
	painting is now of a KLINGON BATTLECRUISER.

        STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT TWO        27.

25   CONTINUED:

	It's a startling sight.

26   WORF

	reacts in disbelief.

					WORF
			The painting has changed... don't
			you see it?

	Troi and Geordi look at the painting -- clearly, they
	do not see a difference. Troi stands and moves to
	Worf. We see that she's now wearing her UNIFORM, and
	her hair is in the formal style. Worf eyes her.

					WORF
			Your hair... and your clothing...
			they have changed, as well...

	Geordi moves toward him.

					GEORDI
			Worf, maybe you should --

	Worf reacts to another wave of dizziness. And in the
	blink of an eye, EVERYTHING CHANGES:

27   INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Worf is now standing at Tactical -- he reacts, shocked
	by the change in setting. The ship is at RED ALERT.
	Picard, Riker, Data, N.D.s at stations. There's a
	CARDASSIAN WARSHIP on the VIEWSCREEN. (NOTE: The
	HORSESHOE CONSOLE should look different. And the Red
	Alert SOUND is also different.) Picard turns to Worf.

					PICARD
				(urgent)
			Now, Mister Worf!
				(beat)
			Now!

	But Worf doesn't know what to do. OFF his reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

       STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT THREE       28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

28   INT. BRIDGE

	Continuous action. Riker turns to Worf.

					RIKER
				(urgent)
			Worf, what are you waiting for?
			Raise shields.

	Worf moves to Tactical, quickly works the console --
	and stops... eyes the console in confusion.

					WORF
			This panel configuration has been
			altered, sir. I do not know how
			to --

	Too late. The Enterprise is ROCKED HARD.

					DATA
				(off console)
			Direct hit -- Engineering Section,
			Deck Forty-two. Shield generators
			are overloading.

	The ship is ROCKED again. Picard looks at Worf, who is
	still trying to make sense of his console.

					PICARD
				(to Riker, re: Worf)
			Number One.

	Riker rushes to Tactical. Worf steps back, shell-shocked
	-- what's going on?

					RIKER
				(working)
			Firing photon torpedoes, full
			spread.

29   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Holding position near the Argus Array. It FIRES a
	series of PHOTON TORPEDOES...

30   NEW ANGLE - CARDASSIAN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	As it is HIT by the TORPEDOES.

       STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT THREE       29.

31   INT. BRIDGE

	As before.

					RIKER
				(off console)
			Direct hit on their main
			reactor... they're returning
			fire!

	Everyone braces for impact. Another JOLT, this one
	more violent. The lights on the Bridge FLICKER ON AND
	OFF.

					DATA
				(off console)
			Captain, we have sustained heavy
			damage to our deflector systems.
			Hull breaches on Decks Seventeen
			and Thirty-six.

					PICARD
				(to Conn)
			Ensign, take us out of here,
			maximum warp.

	The Ensign at the helm works. A tense moment goes by.

					PICARD
			Are they pursuing?

					RIKER
			No, sir.
				(off console)
			But they're firing on the Argus
			Array...
				(beat)
			They've destroyed it, sir.

	A grim moment.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Bridge to Engineering. Status,
			Mister La Forge?

					N.D. COM VOICE
			This is Ensign Hayes, sir.
			Commander La Forge has been taken
			to Sickbay with plasma burns...
				(beat)
			There's serious damage to the
			secondary plasma conduit... but I
			think we've got it under control.

       STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT THREE       30.

31   CONTINUED:

					RICARD
				(to com)
			Acknowledged.
				(to conn)
			Ensign, lay in a course for
			Starbase One-two-nine.

	Picard turns to Worf, grim-faced.

					PICARD
			What happened back there,
			Lieutenant?

	Worf hesitates... glances around the Bridge... everyone
	looking at him, waiting for a response.

					WORF
			I believe I had another... memory
			loss.

	They stare at him.

					RIKER
			"Memory loss"... What are you
			talking about?

	Worf realizes -- they have no idea what he's talking
	about. Worf takes a beat... then makes the decision
	not to say anything further.

					WORF
			I do not feel well, Captain.
			Request to be temporarily relieved
			of duty.

					PICARD
			Granted.

	Worf nods and turns to go. As Picard and Riker
	exchange a concerned look...

                                             CUT TO:

32   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	Worf ENTERS -- he's agitated, determined to find out
	what's happening to him. He stops by the wall where
	the painting of the Klingon Battlecruiser is still
	hanging. He stares at for a long moment... then
	glances around the room... sees something and crosses
	to the table where the trophy was sitting earlier. It
	is gone -- and there is now a vase of FLOWERS on the
	table, along with several exotic-looking pieces of ART.

     STAR TREK: "Parallels" - REV. 10/07/93 - ACT THREE     31.

32   CONTINUED:

	Worf quickly sits down at his desktop terminal and taps
	a control.

					WORF
				(to computer)
			Computer -- access personal logs
			on Shuttlecraft Curie. Play log
			entry for Stardate 47391.2.

	The computer works.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			There is no log entry for that
			Stardate.

	Worf reacts.

					WORF
				(to computer)
			Computer, display any log entries
			regarding the Bat'leth Tournament
			on Forcas Three.

33   INCLUDE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	The image of WORF comes up. He's in his quarters, in
	uniform.

					WORF ON MONITOR
			Personal log, Stardate 47391.2.
			There has been a malfunction in
			the ship's main deflector. It
			will require two more days of
			repairs.

	The Worf on the monitor looks irritable.

					WORF ON MONITOR
				(continuing)
			As a result, I will not be able to
			compete in the Bat'leth tournament
			on Forcas Three. I have asked my
			brother to take my place. He does
			not have my prowess with the
			blade, but --

	Worf taps a control and the log ENDS. This is getting
	stranger by the minute. The door CHIMES. Worf jumps
	up at the sound, startled. He stands and walks to the
	door, taps a control. The doors slide open to reveal
	Troi. She ENTERS. (Troi is back into her casual
	clothing and hair.)

       STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT THREE       32.

33   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(matter of fact)
			Why'd you lock the door?

					WORF
				(sharp)
			Why shouldn't I?

	Troi looks at Worf with concern.

					TROI
			I heard about what happened on the
			Bridge. Are you all right?

					WORF
			I am not sure...

					TROI
			Do you want to talk about it?

					WORF
			I would rather not, Counselor.

					TROI
				(a little wry)
			Very well, Lieutenant.

	Troi brushes past him and moves to a replicator slot.

					TROI
				(to replicator)
			Hot chocolate.

	We HEAR the cup materialize. Worf looks at her, a
	little confused. She seems to be making herself quite
	at home.

					WORF
			Is there something I can do for
			you?

	Troi turns to him, taking a sip.

					TROI
			Actually, there is...

	Troi moves to the bedroom. At this point we should see
	that the bedroom is slightly different than normal.
	Besides Worf's usual Klingon paraphernalia, there are
	some items that can usually be seen in Troi's quarters
	(TBD).

       STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT THREE       33.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

	Troi sits down on the bed and pats a spot next to her.

					TROI
			I want you to sit down. Relax for
			a minute.

	Worf sits. Troi very calmly and very naturally reaches
	over and turns Worf away from her slightly... and she
	removes the band that keeps Worf's hair in a pony-tail.
	She starts stroking his hair gently. Worf stiffens,
	uncomfortable with the intimate gesture.

					TROI
			You're really tense.

	She begins to massage his shoulders, soothing him,
	comforting. Worf is growing increasingly uneasy with
	the closeness.

					TROI
			Worf... I know you don't want to
			talk about what happened on the
			Bridge... but there are times when
			it's best to open up...
				(beat)
			Come on... if you can't talk to
			me, who can you talk to?

	She reaches around and bites Worf playfully on the ear.
	Worf leaps to his feet, alarmed.

     STAR TREK: "Parallels" - REV. 10/07/93 - ACT THREE     34.

33   CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF
			I do not believe this is
			appropriate behavior!

	Troi eyes him, a little confused.

					TROI
			Not even for your wife?

					WORF
			Wife!

	Worf is stunned beyond belief. He takes a couple of
	steps backward. Troi sees and senses that Worf is
	genuinely confused and troubled. Something is wrong.
	She stands.

					TROI
			Worf, what's wrong?

					WORF
			I do not know... things are...
			changing...

					TROI
			What's changed?

					WORF
			I do not remember us... you and
			I... being mates...
				(beat)
			It is as if events...
			circumstances... continue to
			change from moment to moment...
			but I am the only one who seems to
			be aware of it...

	Troi tries to make sense of this...

					TROI
			So... are you saying you don't
			remember the last three years?
			You don't remember us falling in
			love... and getting married?

					WORF
			I do remember the last three
			years... but they are different.
			We did not have this relationship.
			We were friends. The Enterprise
			did not have a battle with the
			Cardassians...

       STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT THREE       35.

33   CONTINUED: (4)

	Worf sits down heavily, very disturbed.

					WORF
			No one believes me.

	Troi considers him for a moment. As bizarre as his
	behavior is, the Troi in this reality loves him deeply.

					TROI
			Worf... whatever's wrong...
			whatever's happened... I want you
			to know that I believe you...
				(beat)
			And that I love you. We'll find
			out what's happening...

	Worf looks at her, touched by the depth of feeling.
	And he nods, gratified to have someone on his side...

                                             CUT TO:

34   INT. ENGINEERING

	Later. Data and Worf are working at a console as Troi
	looks on. (NOTE: Data's EYES are not gold -- they are
	blue and human-looking. Also, the warp core looks
	slightly different, as it did in "Phantasms".)

					DATA
				(working)
			I am initiating a subspace scan to
			search for temporal anomalies on
			or off the ship.

	A beat.

					OGAWA'S COM VOICE
			Counselor Troi, please report to
			Sickbay.

					TROI
				(taps combadge)
			On my way.
				(to Data, Worf)
			Let me know if you find anything.

	Troi lays a comforting hand on Worf's shoulder, then
	turns and EXITS. Worf watches her go, thoughtful...
	then he turns to Data.

     STAR TREK: "Parallels" - REV. 10/07/93 - ACT THREE     36.

34   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Commander... how long have I been
			married to Counselor Troi?

					DATA
			Two years, one month and twelve
			days.

					WORF
			And when did this... relationship
			begin?

	Data keeps working.

					DATA
			It is my understanding that your
			romantic affiliation began soon
			after you recovered from your
			spinal injury on Stardate 45587.

					WORF
			I remember that... A cargo
			container fell on me.

					DATA
			That is correct. After that, I
			observed that you and the
			Counselor began to spend more time
			together.

					WORF
			When did it become... romantic?

					DATA
			It was approximately six months
			later that you asked Commander
			Riker for his formal permission to
			court Counselor Troi.
				(beat)
			You felt that to do otherwise
			would be dishonorable.

	Worf is amazed by all this.

					WORF
			And then we mated.

					DATA
			I am not privy to the exact
			details of when, where and how the
			first coupling took place. I
			could investigate it if you --

     STAR TREK: "Parallels" - REV. 10/07/93 - ACT THREE     37.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			No... that is alright.

	The console BEEPS. Data checks it.

					DATA
			I am detecting no temporal
			anomalies in this system.

	Worf looks disappointed. Data considers.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Perhaps we should try to pinpoint
			the exact moment when events
			became discontinuous. Do you
			remember the first change?

	Worf thinks.

					WORF
			I went to Sickbay. Doctor Crusher
			told me I had a concussion... but
			I do not remember that happening.

					DATA
			Think back. Are you sure that was
			the very first change? Perhaps
			there was one before you entered
			Sickbay?

					WORF
			Before...

	Worf suddenly remembers --

					WORF
			Yes... yes. In Engineering. I
			felt a wave of dizziness... and
			when I looked up, you and
			Commander La Forge were on the
			opposite side of the room.
			Captain Picard was gone.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT THREE       38.

34   CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF (Cont'd)
			I thought I had blacked out for a
			moment, and had not observed your
			movements.

	He stands, onto to something here... he thinks...
	remembering...

					WORF
				(continuing)
			And at my birthday party... the
			cake was chocolate, then it was
			yellow. And Commander Riker told
			me the Captain was not going to
			attend... then suddenly the
			Captain was there.

					DATA
			We should try to find any
			commonalties in these events.
			Where were you each time?

					WORF
				(thinks)
			I was at the party... then I was
			in Engineering... then in my
			quarters...

       STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT THREE       39.

34   CONTINUED: (4)

					DATA
			What about the people you were
			with? Was there anyone who was
			present at all three events?

	Worf paces a moment... concentrates...

					WORF
			Everyone was at my birthday
			party... then I was with
			Counselor Troi... then Commander
			La Forge entered...
				(realizes)
			Geordi was in all three locations.
			And he was near me in each case,
			just before I noticed the
			differences.
				(beat)
			Do you think there is a
			connection?

					DATA
			It is possible. We should speak
			with Commander La Forge.

	Worf looks hopeful. As they head for the door...

                                             CUT TO:

35   INT. SICKBAY

	Worf and Data ENTER at the door directly in front of
	Beverly's office. DOCTOR OGAWA (she's wearing
	Beverly's lab coat) and Troi are Standing in Sickbay.

					DATA
			Doctor, is Geordi well enough to
			answer some questions?

	Ogawa and Troi exchange a grim look.

					OGAWA
			I'm afraid not, Data. Geordi's
			dead.

       STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT THREE       40.

35   CONTINUED:

	OFF their reactions...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT FOUR     41-42         

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

36   OMITTED

37   INT. SICKBAY

	A few minutes later. Geordi's body is lying on the
	surgical bed -- he's naked, covered by a blanket --
	BURN MARKS are visible on his face. He's not wearing
	his VISOR. Worf and Troi stand back as Data picks up
	a medical tricorder and begins to scan Geordi's body.

					DATA
				(off tricorder)
			There do not appear to be any
			unusual readings. Energy
			residuals from the plasma burns...
			the beginnings of cellular
			decomposition...

	Worf and Troi grimace slightly at this clinical account
	of their dead friend's body. Data snaps the tricorder
	shut.

					DATA
				(to Worf)
			I see nothing that connects these
			bio-readings to your recent sense
			of discontinuity.

					OGAWA
			What about his VISOR?

	Ogawa picks up the VISOR off a nearby surgical tray and
	holds it out to Data. Data scans it.

					DATA
				(off tricorder)
			I still see nothing unusual.

	Data gets an idea.

					DATA
			Perhaps we should activate it.

	Ogawa nods and hands the VISOR to Data.

					OGAWA
			Hook it up to the diagnostic array
			and I'll check it out.

        STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT FOUR        43.

37   CONTINUED:

	Data crosses the room and connects the VISOR to a
	DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENT. He hits a control.

					DATA
			The VISOR is active.

38   ANGLE ON WORF

	As he has a mild wave of dizziness, as before. We see
	that he is now dressed in a RED COMMANDER'S UNIFORM --
	and he has three pips. (NOTE: Everyone's
	COMMUNICATORS are different, as seen in "Future
	Imperfect.")

					BEVERLY'S VOICE
			Worf... are you alright?

	Worf looks up --

39   INCLUDE BEVERLY

	standing in the same area as Ogawa, who is now gone.
	She's wearing the lab coat. Worf reacts to the sight.

					DATA
			Have you noticed another
			discontinuity, Commander?

					WORF
			A moment ago, Doctor Crusher was
			not here. It was... Doctor Ogawa.

					BEVERLY
			Doctor Ogawa?

	Worf glances at his uniform.

					WORF
			And my uniform is different...
			what is my rank and position?

					TROI
			You're a Commander... and First
			Officer.

        STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT FOUR        44.

39   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(to Troi)
			Are we still married?

					TROI
			Yes...

	Data suddenly reacts to his tricorder.

					DATA
				(off tricorder, to Worf)
			I am detecting a quantum flux in
			your cellular RNA...

					WORF
			What does it mean?

					DATA
			I do not know. I will have to
			analyze these readings...

	OFF Worf's face...

                                             CUT TO:

40   INT. READY ROOM

	Riker is sitting behind the desk -- he has four pips.
	He is the Captain. Data and Worf are reporting to him.
	There are minor changes in the setting: Picard's fish
	is gone and replaced with a plant... the book of
	Shakespeare is replaced with Riker's trombone.

					DATA
			I have found that the quantum flux
			in Worf's cellular RNA extends to
			the subatomic level. It is
			asynchronous with normal matter.
				(beat)
			In essence, Captain -- Mister Worf
			does not belong in our universe.

					RIKER
				(reacts)
			What?

        STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT FOUR        45.

40   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			All matter in the universe
			resonates on a quantum level with
			a unique signature. This
			signature is a constant. It
			cannot be changed by any known
			process. It is the basic
			foundation of existence.

					RIKER
			And you believe that Worf's
			quantum signature is different
			from ours...

					DATA
			Yes, sir. I cannot explain it.
			It is as if he originates from a
			different quantum universe.

	Riker looks at Worf.

					RIKER
			But he's standing right here in
			front of us. He's been on the
			ship for seven years.

					DATA
			I cannot explain that either.
			According to my understanding of
			physics, Worf should not exist.

	A long beat as Riker considers this strange theory. He
	looks to Worf.

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			You say these discontinuities
			started to occur after you
			returned from a Bat'leth
			tournament on Forcas Three.

					WORF
			Yes sir.

					RIKER
			Now, I know for a fact that you
			didn't attend that tournament...
			and that no shuttlecraft has left
			the Enterprise for over a month.

        STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT FOUR        46.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			I understand. But I also clearly
			remember attending the tournament,
			and returning to the ship in a
			shuttlecraft.

					RIKER
			Do you remember the course you
			took to return to the ship?

					WORF
			I think so.

					RIKER
			Let's backtrack that course... see
			if there are any unusual readings
			or anomalies.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Data EXITS. Worf goes to the door but stops... then
	turns to Riker.

					WORF
			If I may inquire, sir... how long
			have you been Captain?

					RIKER
			Four years. Ever since Captain
			Picard was killed during an
			incident with the Borg.
				(beat)
			You don't remember any of this, do
			you?

					WORF
			I do remember. I just remember it
			differently.

	OFF Worf's uneasy expression...

                                             CUT TO:

41   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

     STAR TREK: "Parallels" - REV. 10/07/93 - ACT FOUR     47.

42   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker, Data and N.D.s at stations. Worf is at command.
	WESLEY CRUSHER is working Tactical, wearing a gold
	uniform. There is a CARDASSIAN N.D. working Conn.
	Various SET DETAILS are different: side panels,
	lighting, etc.

					WESLEY
				(off console)
			Captain -- I'm picking up a minor
			subspace disturbance off the port
			bow.

					RIKER
			Full stop.
				(to Data)
			Analysis, Data.

	Data works.

					DATA
			It appears to be a guantum fissure
			in the space-time continuum.

					RIKER
			On screen.

					DATA
			The anomaly cannot be seen.
			However, I believe I can enhance
			it with a warp field to make it
			visible.

	Data works...

43   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	It shows a QUANTUM FISSURE in the middle of the screen --
	a very small GLOWING SPECK that is DISTORTING the area
	of space just around it.

					RIKER
			Is it dangerous?

					DATA
			Not at this distance, sir.
				(works)
			I am also detecting an ion trail
			intersecting the phenomenon. I
			believe it was left by a Starfleet
			type-six shuttlecraft.

	Reactions.

					WORF
			So I was here...

        STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT FOUR        48.

43   CONTINUED:

	Data reads his console, then turns to Riker.

					DATA
			I have an explanation, sir.

                                             CUT TO:

44   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	A short time later. Riker, Worf, Troi, Beverly,
	Wesley. Data is reporting to the group.

					DATA
			I believe the quantum fissure we
			discovered is a fixed point across
			the space-time continuum -- a
			"keyhole" that intersects many
			different quantum realities.

					TROI
			What do you mean by "quantum
			realities"?

					DATA
			For any event, there is an
			infinite number of possible
			outcomes. Our choices determine
			which outcome will follow. But
			there is a theory in quantum
			physics that all possibilities
			that could happen do happen in
			alternate quantum realities.

	Data indicates Riker, who is sitting at the head of the
	table.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			For instance, in a different
			quantum reality, Captain Riker may
			have chosen to sit at the other
			end of the table. While in
			another reality, the Captain may
			be standing.

					BEVERLY
				(onto idea)
			So at this moment, there are an
			infinite number of Enterprises...
			and an infinite number of Doctor
			Crushers having this discussion.

     STAR TREK: "Parallels" - REV. 10/07/93 - ACT FOUR     49.

44   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Yes. Although on some of those
			Enterprises, there may not be a
			Doctor Crusher...

					WORF
			And somehow I have been shifting
			from one reality to another...

					DATA
			That is correct.

	Worf reacts -- finally, he's been vindicated.

					TROI
			How did this happen?

	Data moves to the wall monitor and taps a control. The
	MONITOR DISPLAYS a GRAPHIC that shows a SINGLE POINT at
	the center of the screen, representing the quantum
	fissure. A SINGLE LINE representing Worf's
	shuttlecraft begins moving toward the fissure.

					DATA
				(off graphic)
			When Worf's shuttlecraft made
			contact with the quantum fissure,
			I believe its warp engines caused
			a small break in the barriers
			between quantum realties.
				(beat)
			Worf was thrown into a state of
			quantum flux.

            STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT FOUR            50.

44   CONTINUED: (2)

	As the single line makes CONTACT with the fissure, the
	line suddenly BRANCHES OUT into DOZENS of different
	LINES, like a complex tree-branch.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			He immediately began to shift to
			other realities.

					BEVERLY
				(onto idea)
			And Geordi's VISOR somehow
			triggered that...

					DATA
			Exactly. The VISOR uses a
			subspace field pulse. I think
			that whenever Geordi came near
			Worf, the field pulse intensified
			the quantum flux and pushed Worf
			into another reality.

	They consider this bizarre concept.

					WORF
			How can we find my original
			quantum state... and return me to
			it?

	A tense beat. Wesley gets an idea.

					WESLEY
			Data... what if we scanned the
			quantum fissure using a subspace
			differential pulse? Maybe we
			could locate the quantum state
			that shares Worf's signature...
			and find a way to get him back.

					DATA
			An excellent idea, Lieutenant.

	Riker considers, then --

					RIKER
			Proceed.

	As everyone stands and heads for the door...

            STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT FOUR            51.

45   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	The room is decorated the way it was in Act Three,
	except for one minor detail -- the painting is hanging
	back on the wall where it was in Act One, and it is the
	Impressionistic painting again. Worf and Troi ENTER
	together. Worf is agitated.

					TROI
			Worf...

	Troi tries to find the best way to put this -- it's
	difficult. She is feeling vulnerable in a way we've
	never seen before. She's at a loss of what to do...
	and she needs her husband to help her through this...

					TROI
			From what I understand, there's a
			good chance that my Worf won't
			return...
				(beat)
			And I guess it's just hard for me
			to accept that there's a reality
			out there where you never loved
			me...

	Worf is moved by her words. He cares about this
	woman... and he has a great deal of affection for her.

					WORF
			Deanna... I have always considered
			you a close friend.

            STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT FOUR            52.

45   CONTINUED:

					WORF (Cont'd)
			And although I have never
			seriously considered a romantic
			relationship... I am not opposed
			to the possibility...

	Troi looks at him.

					TROI
			And what about our children?

					WORF
				(reacts)
			Children...

					TROI
			You didn't know?

	Worf looks disturbed.

					WORF
			When the last shift occurred in
			Sickbay, we did not have
			children...

	He sits down heavily -- he wasn't prepared for this.

					TROI
			We have a little girl... Shannara.
			She's two years-old. And we have
			a three year-old boy. Eric-Christopher.

	Worf takes this in, then realizes...

					WORF
			What about Alexander?

	She looks at him blankly.

					TROI
			Alexander?

	And it's clear -- in this reality, Alexander does not
	exist.

					WORF
			He was my son... in another
			reality.

	A beat as they absorb this strange and disturbing
	situation. And finally, there are no words to describe
	what they're feeling. Slowly, impulsively, Troi moves
	into Worf's arms.

            STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT FOUR            53.

45   CONTINUED: (2)

	He places his arms around her and they embrace. As
	they hold one another...

                                             CUT TO:

46   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Holding position near the QUANTUM FISSURE. The
	Enterprise is sending out a thin ENERGY BEAM into the
	fissure.

47   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker, Troi, Data, Cardassian N.D. at their stations.
	Worf looks on as Wesley works the tactical console.

					WESLEY
				(to Worf)
			I've used a differential pulse to
			analyze over ten million quantum
			states within the fissure... but
			I still haven't found the one with
			your signature.
				(beat)
			This may take some time, sir.

	Data reacts to something on his console.

					DATA
			Captain -- there is a Bajoran ship
			approaching.

	Reactions.

					RIKER
			Red Alert.

	The ship goes to RED ALERT. (NOTE: Red Alert SOUND is
	different from before.) Worf moves to command.

					WORF
			Sir... the Bajorans?

	Riker looks at him, realizes that Worf is unaware of
	what's been happening in this reality.

					RIKER
			Ever since the Bajorans overthrew
			the Cardassian Empire, they've
			been getting more and more
			aggressive.
					(MORE)

            STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT FOUR            54.

47   CONTINUED:

					RIKER (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			Yesterday they destroyed one of
			our subspace telescopes... they
			thought we were using it to spy on
			them.

	Worf considers this.

					WESLEY
			They're charging their weapons,
			sir...

					WORF
			Shields!

	Suddenly, the ship is ROCKED HARD.

					RIKER
			Return fire!

	Wesley works, reacts to his console.

					WESLEY
			Captain, they've damaged our power
			systems -- it's caused an energy
			surge within the subspace
			pulse....
				(off console)
			The quantum fissure is beginning
			to destabilize.

					RIKER
			Can you disengage the pulse?

	WHAM! The ship is JOLTED.

					WESLEY
				(off console)
			Too late, sir.

48   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As the quantum fissure RIPPLES slightly, and EMITS A
	COLORFUL FLASH OF LIGHT. Suddenly, ANOTHER ENTERPRISE
	APPEARS... and a second later, A THIRD ENTERPRISE
	APPEARS.

49   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The Viewscreen shows the other two Enterprises.

            STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT FOUR            55.

49   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			What the hell's happening?

					DATA
				(off console)
			The barriers between quantum
			realties are breaking down. Other
			realties are emerging into our
			own.

	On the viewscreen, we see yet another ENTERPRISE APPEAR --
	and ANOTHER. OFF our shocked reactions...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

            STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT FIVE            56.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

50   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISES (OPTICAL)

	An amazing sight: HUNDREDS of ENTERPRISES can be seen
	stretching off into the distance, some of them close,
	others distant points of light.

51   INT. BRIDGE

	As before. Everyone staring at the Viewscreen in
	disbelief.

					WESLEY
				(off console)
			The Bajoran ship is disengaging.

	Data studies his console.

					DATA
			The rate of quantum incursions is
			increasing exponentially.
				(beat)
			At this rate, the sector will be
			completely filled with Enterprises
			within three days.

	Reactions to this bizarre predicament.

					WESLEY
				(off console)
			Sir -- we are receiving two
			hundred eighty-five thousand hails
			from other ships.

            STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT FIVE            57.

51   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I wish I knew what to tell them...
				(beat)
			Data -- can we stop these
			incursions?

	Data quickly thinks -- then looks at Worf.

					DATA
			Perhaps -- if we find the ship
			which matches Commander Worf's
			quantum signature.

					RIKER
			How would that help?

					DATA
			It was Worf's shuttlecraft which
			traversed the fissure and weakened
			the barriers between quantum
			realities. If he re-enters the
			fissure in his original shuttle,
			and emits a broad-spectrum warp
			field -- it may be enough to seal
			the fissure and stop additional
			realities from emerging into our
			own.

					RIKER
			Then what? How do we get the
			Enterprises that are already here
			back to where they belong?

					DATA
			In theory, the act of sealing the
			fissure should also restore the
			barriers between quantum states.
				(beat)
			The ships would return to their
			own realities.

	Riker considers, then --

					RIKER
			Lieutenant Crusher, send out a
			general hail to all ships.
				(to com)
			This is Captain Riker of the
			Enterprise... that is, the
			Enterprise which is indigenous to
			this universe. We have all
			encountered a quantum anomaly. We
			think we have a way to return all
			of us to our proper realities. We
			need to find the ship which
			exhibits a particular quantum
			signature. Our Mister Data will
			transmit the signature to you now.

         STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT FIVE 58-58A           

51   CONTINUED: (2)

	Riker nods to Data, who quickly works. A long beat
	goes by.

					RIKER
			Anything?

					WESLEY
				(off console)
			There's too much com traffic,
			sir... it's tough to isolate
			who's talking to who...
				(beat)
			Wait. Here it is... one ship is
			responding...

					RIKER
			Onscreen.

52   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	As PICARD APPEARS. He's standing on the Bridge of
	another Enterprise. In the background, we see Riker
	and Worf (gold uniform) at their usual positions.
	Riker reacts to the sight of his old Captain.

					PICARD
			Captain... we appear to have the
			quantum signature you're looking
			for.

					RIKER
			Data believes that by sending Worf
			through the fissure again, it
			would send all of us to our own
			realities.

	Picard nods.

					PICARD
			Our Data has said the same thing.

					RIKER
			We need you to send us your
			shuttlecraft Borges.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			We'll prepare to launch it now.

	Riker eyes Picard.

					RIKER
			It's... good to see you again,
			Captain. It's been a long time.

	Picard glances over his shoulder at his Riker, a little
	confused. OFF the strange moment...

          STAR TREK: "Parallels" - REV. 10/08/93 - ACT FIVE         59.

53   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISES (OPTICAL)

	As before -- hundreds of Enterprises, as far as the eye
	can see.

54   INT. SHUTTLEBAY

	Later. Riker, Worf and Troi ENTER and walk up to Data,
	who is closing a panel on a SHUTTLECRAFT.

					RIKER
				(re: shuttle)
			Did they send the right shuttle?

					DATA
			Yes. Its quantum signature
			matches Commander Worf's
			precisely.
				(to Worf)
			I have re-modulated the shuttle's
			engines to emit an inverse warp
			field. You will need to activate
			the field at the precise moment
			you enter the fissure.

					WORF
			Assuming it works... what will
			happen? Will I find myself near
			my own ship?

					DATA
			That is one possibility. However,
			the uncertainty principle dictates
			that time is a variable in this
			equation. You may end up several
			days before this event -- or
			several days after it. There is
			no way to tell.

	Worf nods.

					WORF
			I understand.

					RIKER
			Good luck.

	Worf nods and turns to Troi. He gently touches her
	cheek.

					WORF
				(quiet)
			Goodbye, Deanna.

	Troi leans over and kisses him on the cheek. A moment
	between them... then Worf turns and enters the shuttle.
	As the door starts to close...

          STAR TREK: "Parallels" - REV. 10/07/93 - ACT FIVE         60.

55   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As the Shuttlecraft LEAVES the ship...

56   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Worf at the controls.

					WORF
				(to com)
			Setting course for the fissure...

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged.

	Suddenly, the shuttle is JOLTED.

57   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Data, Wesley, Troi at positions. Red Alert.

					WESLEY
			Captain -- the shuttle is under
			attack!

					RIKER
			The Bajorans again?

					WESLEY
			No sir -- it's one of the
			Enterprises.
				(beat)
			They're hailing us.

					RIKER
			On screen.

	On the Viewscreen, we see another CAPTAIN RIKER
	standing on the Bridge of another Enterprise. He looks
	haggard, terrified about something. Worf can be seen
	behind him -- he also looks urgent. The ship is DARK,
	smokey, lit only by emergency lighting. A panel
	explodes in the b.g.

          STAR TREK: "Parallels" - REV. 10/08/93 - ACT FIVE         61.

57   CONTINUED:

					RIKER ON VIEWSCREEN
				(urgent)
			We won't go back! You don't know
			what it's like in our universe.
			The Federation is gone -- the Borg
			are everywhere! We're one of the
			last ships left! Please, you've
			got to help us!

	A difficult moment.

					RIKER
			I'm sorry. There's no choice. If
			this works, everything will return
			to --

					RIKER ON VIEWSCREEN
			No! We won't go!

	The transmission ENDS.

					WESLEY
			They're firing on the shuttle!

					RIKER
			Open fire! Try to disable them!

	Wesley works...

58   EXT. SPACE - THE TWO ENTERPRISES (OPTICAL)

	One of the ships FIRES TORPEDOES on the other.

59   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As before.

					WESLEY
				(off console)
			Direct hit... their shields have
			collapsed... their engine core's
			overloading --

	On the Viewscreen, the other Enterprise EXPLODES in a
	blast of fiery debris -- completely destroyed.

					RIKER
			What happened?

            STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT FIVE            62.

59   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(off console)
			It looks like their ship had
			already taken heavy damage --
			their warp containment field must
			have been weak.

					RIKER
			Probably from fighting the Borg...

					DATA
				(to com)
			Captain -- Worf is entering the
			fissure.

60   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	As before. But now we can see the QUANTUM FISSURE
	through the windows as the shuttle gets closer...

					WORF
				(to com)
			Charging primary systems...
			initiating inverse warp field...

	Worf taps a control. The shuttle starts to TREMBLE...

61   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As DOZENS of WORFS APPEAR, all identical but moving
	slightly out of synch with one another -- like an
	"infinity mirror" of Worfs moving together...

	The SCREEN WASHES OUT IN A FLASH OF COLOR --

62   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Worf is lying on the floor, unconscious. His eyes
	flicker open... and he sits up and glances around. He
	rushes to helm, looks out the windows... sees nothing
	but stars...

            STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT FIVE            63.

63   EXT. SPACE - THE SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprises are gone -- the shuttle sits alone in
	space.

64   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Worf taps a control.

					WORF
				(to com)
			Worf to Enterprise.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Enterprise here.

					WORF
			Captain -- is everything alright?

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Yes, Lieutenant. Is there a
			problem?

					WORF
			I do not believe so. But I will
			explain when I arrive.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			How was the Bat'leth tournament?

	Worf glances around the shuttle, sees the large Klingon
	trophy from the Teaser sitting nearby. He grabs it and
	eyes it with relief.

					WORF
			I won... "Champion Standing."

65   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

66   INT. CORRIDOR

	Worf and Riker are walking along, mid-conversation.
	Worf is carrying his Bat'leth sword and trophy, as seen
	in the Teaser.

            STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT FIVE            64.

66   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			So you don't think this... quantum
			fissure is anything we have to
			worry about?

					WORF
			No. I believe the inverse warp
			field resealed it.

					RIKER
			I look forward to reading your
			report.

	They stop at Worf's quarters. Worf eyes the door
	warily -- he knows what's coming.

					RIKER
			Something wrong?

					WORF
			I know what you are planning.
				(off his look)
			I will not be surprised.

					RIKER
			Surprised? I don't know what
			you're talking about.

					WORF
				(wry)
			Of course you don't.

	Riker looks at him, puzzled. Worf touches a control
	and the doors open...

67   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	Worf ENTERS and glances around. No one's there. He
	sets down his trophy and sword and heads to the
	bedroom... pauses by the door expectantly, then bursts
	into the room --

            STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT FIVE            65.

68   NEW ANGLE - BEDROOM

	The room is empty except for Troi, who is standing by
	a small terrarium. She looks up, a little startled.

					TROI
			Worf... welcome home.

	She smiles. Worf eyes her with concern -- and for a
	terrible moment it looks like they might still be
	married. Troi indicates the terrarium.

					TROI
			I hope you don't mind I let myself
			in. I promised Alexander I'd feed
			his Dalvin hissing beetle while
			you were both away.

					WORF
			So... you do not live here?

	She looks at him in surprise.

					TROI
			What is that supposed to mean?

					WORF
			It is a... long story.

	She hands him a small GIFT.

					TROI
			Happy birthday.
				(beat)
			Wil wanted to give you a surprise
			party, but I knew you'd hate it...
			so I talked him out of it.

					WORF
			Thank you.

	There's an awkward beat.

					TROI
			Well... I know Klingons like to be
			alone on their birthdays.
				(with humor)
			I'm sure you have to meditate, or
			hit yourself with a pain stick or
			something.

            STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - ACT FIVE            66.

68   CONTINUED:

	She turns to go...

					WORF
			Deanna... you do not have to
			leave.

					TROI
			Oh?

					WORF
			I have not had dinner. Would you
			care to... join me?

	Troi is touched, and a little surprised.

					TROI
			I'd love to.

	Worf smiles at her and indicates a chair. Troi sits
	down. As Worf moves to the replicator and the two
	friends prepare for dinner...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             















                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "The Pegasus" 
                          #40277-264 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         LeVar Burton 


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WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                       OCTOBER 18, 1993


          STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" - 10/18/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "The Pegasus" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD                 BLACKWELL
                RIKER                  PRESSMAN
                DATA                   SIROL
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                WORF               
                GEORDI  
           
                Non-Speaking           Non-Speaking
                  N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES   DEAD BODIES
                  TRANSPORTER CHIEF  

          STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" - 10/18/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "The Pegasus" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE       PEGASUS
              CORRIDOR
              TRANSPORTER ROOM         CRAZY HORSE
              TEN FORWARD
              ENGINEERING              WARBIRD
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              SICKBAY                  ASTEROID
              READY ROOM
              BRIG
          
              THE PEGASUS
                ENGINEERING

   STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" - 10/18/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "The Pegasus" 
                      
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                  ALGERON         AL-jer-on
                  DEVOLIN         DEH-vo-lan
                  MEKORIA         meh-KOR-ree-ah
                  MENEGAY         MEN-neh-gay
                  SHANTI          SHAHN-tee
                  SIRON           SER-on
                  TERAKINE        ter-ah-KEEN
                  TERIX           TER-rix
                  VERTERON        VER-teh-ron

         STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: The Next Generation                  
                        "The Pegasus"                              
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	CLOSE ON a banner which is strung across one of the
	walls. It reads "Captain Picard Day" in big bold
	letters. PICARD, TROI, and RIKER are standing in front
	of the table, which is covered by a variety of gradeschool
	level ARTS and CRAFTS. They all have something
	to do with Picard (paper-mache busts, crayon drawings,
	hand-written essays, dolls, embroidery, etc.) Picard
	regards the table with some embarrassment while Riker
	looks on with amusement.

					PICARD
			I don't know why they have to do
			this every year. In fact, I
			thought last year the teachers
			agreed not to do this anymore.

					TROI
			Captain Picard Day is one of the
			children's favorite school
			activities. They look forward to
			it all year.

					PICARD
			Why does it have to be me?

					TROI
			You're the Captain... children
			look up to you... you're a role
			model for them.

	Picard picks up a crude drawing of himself -- it's
	wildly exaggerated, with huge muscles in a superhero
	pose standing on a planet.

         STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - TEASER         2.

1    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Their perception of me is a
			little... exaggerated.

	Riker picks up a small doll with a Starfleet uniform.

					RIKER
				(using doll and
				 imitating voice)
			"I don't know... I think this
			bears a certain resemblance.
			Wouldn't you agree, Number One?"

	Picard is not amused.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Don't you have something else to
			do?

					RIKER
				(smiles)
			I'll be on the Bridge.

	Riker EXITS. Troi indicates the table.

					TROI
			The finalists will be here in half
			an hour. You have to pick first,
			second and third place and four
			honorable mentions.

	Picard stares at the table for a long moment... he's
	not looking forward to this.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Worf to Captain. Incoming
			transmission from Admiral
			Blackwell. It is coded priority
			one.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Put it through.
				(to Troi)
			Excuse me, Counselor.

	Troi EXITS and Picard moves to the wall monitor.
	ADMIRAL BLACKWELL appears on the monitor.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Admiral.

         STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - TEASER         3.

1    CONTINUED: (2)

					BLACKWELL
			Captain. What is your status?

					PICARD
			We're conducting an energy output
			study of the Mekoria Quasar. All
			systems normal, the ship is fully
			operational.

					BLACKWELL
			Good. I'm postponing the quasar
			study for the moment. The
			Enterprise is to rendezvous with
			the starship Crazy Horse in sector
			one-six-zero-seven immediately.
			You're authorized to exceed warp
			speed limitations for the duration
			of this assignment.

					PICARD
			I understand. What is our
			assignment?

					BLACKWELL
			I'd prefer not to discuss it over
			subspace channels. The Crazy
			Horse will be carrying someone
			from Starfleet Intelligence...
			he'll brief you when he arrives.

					PICARD
			Very well.

	Blackwell is about to end the transmission, then sees
	something behind Picard. Blackwell's eyebrows raise
	slightly in amusement.

					BLACKWELL
			"Captain Picard Day?"

	Picard glances around and sees the banner which is
	right behind him.

					PICARD
			Oh... yes. It's for the
			children... I'm a... role model.

         STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - TEASER         4.

1    CONTINUED: (3)

					BLACKWELL
			I'm sure you are. Starfleet out.

	The transmission ENDS. Picard heads for the Bridge in
	some embarrassment.

                                             CUT TO:

2    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & CRAZY HORSE (OPTICAL)

	The two ships hang in space.

3    INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard and Riker walking toward the Transporter Room.

					RIKER
			So who won the contest?

					PICARD
			Paul Menegay -- seven years old.
			He did an interesting clay
			sculpture of my head.

					RIKER
			Is that the lumpy one with the
			orange skin?

					PICARD
			Yes.
				(beat)
			Oh, you'll be interested to know
			that I've arranged for a Commander
			Riker day next month. I'm even
			considering making an entry
			myself.

					RIKER
				(wry)
			Great.

	They EXIT to...

4    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Riker ENTER. Picard nods to the Transporter
	Chief.

					PICARD
			Energize.

       STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/20/93 - TEASER       5.

4    CONTINUED:

	The Chief works and after a beat, ADMIRAL PRESSMAN
	MATERIALIZES. Pressman is a confident, energetic man
	in his mid-fifties. He reacts with pleasure at the
	sight of Riker, moves directly to him and clasps a
	paternal hand on his shoulder.

					PRESSMAN
			Wil. Bet you never thought you'd
			see me again.

	But instead of pleasure, Riker's reaction is one of
	complete and total shock. Riker tries to recover.

					RIKER
			It's... good to see you, sir.

					PRESSMAN
				(wry)
			Sure it is. You look like you're
			about to faint.

					RIKER
			No... it's just been so long
			and...

	Riker trails off as he suddenly realizes that Picard
	has not been introduced.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I'm sorry. Captain Jean-Luc
			Picard, Admiral Erik Pressman.

	Picard smiles and recognizes the name.

					PICARD
			Pressman? Oh, of course. You
			were Wil's first commanding
			officer... on the Pegasus.

					PRESSMAN
			That's right. As a matter of
			fact, it's the Pegasus which has
			brought me here.

					RIKER
			Sir?

	Pressman turns to Riker and makes some kind of personal
	connection with him.

      STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/20/93 - TEASER      5A.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					PRESSMAN
			The Pegasus is still out there,
			Wil. The Romulans found her.

	OFF Riker's shocked expression.

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/20/93 - ACT ONE     6-7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

5    OMITTED

6    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker and GEORDI are seated at the table as
	Pressman moves around the room.

					PRESSMAN
			As some of you may know, the
			starship Pegasus was lost in this
			sector twelve years ago along with
			most of its crew. I was the
			captain and Commander Riker here
			was my helmsman.

					PICARD
			I remember reading about it. The
			ship was destroyed by a... warp
			core breach as I recall.

					RIKER
			That's right. The Captain and I,
			along with seven others managed to
			get to an escape pod before the
			breach became critical.

					PRESSMAN
			From space, we saw what appeared
			to be a matter/anti-matter
			explosion which vaporized the
			ship.

					RIKER
			No wreckage was ever found, so
			Starfleet officially listed the
			ship as destroyed.

					PRESSMAN
			However, all that changed three
			days ago. Starfleet Intelligence
			has an operative in the Romulan
			High Command. He sent us a
			message that a Romulan warbird had
			located a piece of debris in the
			Devolin system which was
			positively identified as being
			from the Pegasus. The Warbird was
			then ordered to locate the rest of
			the ship, if possible, and retrieve
			it.

      STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/20/93 - ACT ONE      8.

6    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Why would the Romulans try to
			salvage pieces of a twelve year-old
			starship?

					PRESSMAN
			The Pegasus was a prototype...
			experimental engine... new weapon
			systems... some of our designs
			were even used in constructing the
			Enterprise. There're a lot of
			things on board the Romulans would
			love to get their hands on.

	Riker glances uncomfortably at Pressman, but the
	Admiral doesn't react to him.

					PICARD
			What are our orders?

					PRESSMAN
			We have to find the ship before
			the Romulans do... salvage it if
			possible... destroy it if
			necessary. You'll command the
			Enterprise while I remain in
			overall command of the mission.

					GEORDI
			We'll need metallurgical and
			chromographic specs on the Pegasus
			in order to set up the proper
			search parameters.

					PRESSMAN
			I'll make the appropriate
			information available to you.

					PICARD
			Very well.
				(to Riker)
			Set course for the Devolin system.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

	They all stand and head for the doors.

                                             CUT TO:

      STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/20/93 - ACT ONE      9.

7    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship nears the Devolin system -- a solar system
	that never coalesced into discrete planetary bodies.
	It's a swirling disc of rock and other matter.

8    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, DATA, Geordi, and WORF at their stations,
	Pressman standing near aft science with Riker.

					DATA
			We are approaching the Devolin
			system, Captain.

					PICARD
			Any sign of the Romulans?

					DATA
				(works)
			No, sir.

					PRESSMAN
			Oh, they're out there... they're
			just waiting to see what you're
			going to do.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge?

					GEORDI
			There's an awful lot of ionizing
			radiation in this system, Captain.
			That, combined with the sheer
			amount of rock is going to slow
			down our search.

					PICARD
			How slow?

					GEORDI
			Well, I'd say at least--

					WORF
				(urgent)
			Sir. Romulan Warbird decloaking
			directly ahead.

9    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & WARBIRD (OPTICAL)

	A WARBIRD DECLOAKS directly in front of the Enterprise.

        STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT ONE        10.

10   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As before.

					WORF
			They're powering weapons.

					RIKER
			Red alert. Raise shields. Standby
			phasers.

	Everyone tenses on the Bridge as the ship's condition
	goes to RED. A long moment passes as they look at the
	image of the Warbird on the Viewscreen... but nothing
	happens. Finally, Worf sees something on his console.

					WORF
			Sir... they are hailing us.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	COMMANDER SIROL, a Romulan man appears on the
	Viewscreen. He gives them a warm and friendly smile.

					SIROL
				(pleasantly)
			I am Commander Sirol of the
			Romulan vessel Terix. To whom do
			I have the honor of speaking?

					PICARD
			I am Captain Jean-Luc Picard of
			the Federation starship
			Enterprise.

					SIROL
			Captain Picard... I've heard so
			much about you. It's a pleasure
			to make your acquaintance.
				(innocent)
			I hope our sudden appearance
			didn't startle you.

	Picard decides to return his cool and friendly
	demeanor.

					PICARD
			Not at all. But an... unannounced
			appearance like this could have
			unfortunate consequences. It
			would be a shame if your ship were
			damaged during such a...
			misunderstanding.

	Sirol's expression hardens just a bit.

      STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/20/93 - ACT ONE      11.

10   CONTINUED:

					SIROL
			I am touched by your concern for
			my ship. But I doubt we were ever
			in any danger.
				(beat)
			May I ask what you are doing in
			this system?

					PICARD
			I could ask you the same question.

					SIROL
				(smooth)
			We are conducting a survey of
			gaseous anomalies.

					PICARD
			How interesting. So are we.
			Perhaps we could combine our
			efforts and share our findings.

					SIROL
				(smiles)
			I doubt our objectives are...
			compatible.

					PICARD
			You are probably right.

	The two rivals look at each other with polite smiles
	masking the real tension here.

					SIROL
			This has been a most pleasant
			conversation... but we must
			return to our research.

					PICARD
			Then I won't keep you.

	The transmission ENDS.

					WORF
			They are moving off... resuming
			their tachyon scans of the system.

					PICARD
			Stand down from Red Alert, but
			continue to track their movements,
			Lieutenant.

      STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/20/93 - ACT ONE      12.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	The Red Alert signal goes OFF.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			Commander, how long will it take
			to search the system?

					GEORDI
			At least seven days, sir.

					WORF
			And the Romulans have a two day
			head start.

	Picard takes a deep breath, this is going to be a long
	process.

					PICARD
			Then we better get to it. Mister
			Data?

					DATA
				(working)
			Initiating sensor sweep of grid
			zero one.

	As Data begins to work...

                                             CUT TO:

11   OMITTED

12   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Riker and Pressman are sitting at one of the tables
	near the windows with a couple of drinks in front of
	them. There is a familiarity and warmth between the
	two men... almost like father and son.

					PRESSMAN
			How long have you had the beard?

					RIKER
			About four years. I think I just
			got tired of hearing how "young"
			I looked.

        STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT ONE        13.

12   CONTINUED:

					PRESSMAN
			What was it that Lieutenant Boylen
			used to call you?

					RIKER
				(grimaces)
			Ensign Babyface.

	Pressman smiles at the memory.

					PRESSMAN
			You never did have much sense of
			humor.

					RIKER
			I like to think I've loosened up
			in my old age.

					PRESSMAN
			Really?

					RIKER
			I've been known to tell a joke or
			two.

					PRESSMAN
			It's about time. You were always
			so serious on the Pegasus.

					RIKER
				(a little melancholy)
			We went through some... serious
			times.

	A quiet beat.

					RIKER
				(continuing, quiet)
			Do you really think we'll find the
			Pegasus?

					PRESSMAN
			I wouldn't have come all the way
			out here if I didn't.

	Riker glances around the room... they're in a public
	place, but he can't help asking certain questions that
	would be better served in private.

					RIKER
			And what about our... experiment?
			Do you think we'll find that too?

        STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT ONE        14.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

	Pressman doesn't answer right away... he's not
	comfortable talking about this here either.

					PRESSMAN
			Maybe.

	Riker takes a beat and looks out the windows for a
	moment.

					RIKER
			You know... I still think about
			what happened... about that last
			day.

					PRESSMAN
			So do I. It's not the kind of
			thing you just forget about.

					RIKER
			Do you ever... wonder whether we
			did the right thing?

					PRESSMAN
			Never. It was a tragedy, yes.
			But it wasn't your fault and it
			wasn't mine. What we were doing
			was for the good of the
			Federation. We can't blame
			ourselves because the others
			couldn't see that.

					RIKER
			I know... but maybe we went about
			it the wrong way.

	There's an uncomfortable beat as Riker looks away and
	Pressman studies him.

					PRESSMAN
			Well, this time we may have a
			chance to do it the right way. If
			this mission is successful... if
			we do find the Pegasus and our
			"experiment"... we can finish
			what we started twelve years ago.

      STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/20/93 - ACT ONE      15.

12   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
				(shocked)
			You want to try again?

					PRESSMAN
			It's not just me.
				(glances around, then
				 sotto)
			The Chief of Starfleet Security
			has personally assured me of her
			complete support.

					RIKER
			Admiral Raner... ? How many other
			people know about this?

					PRESSMAN
			Not many. And it's up to us to
			make sure it stays that way.
				(beat)
			Raner gave me written orders for
			you... you'll find them coded in
			the Enterprise computer. You've
			been instructed not to reveal the
			true nature of our mission to
			anyone, not even Captain Picard.

	Riker is clearly uncomfortable with this, but Pressman
	smiles and tries to reassure him.

					PRESSMAN
			Don't worry... it won't be like it
			was twelve years ago. This time,
			no one's going to stop us.

	Pressman smiles confidently at him. But Riker isn't
	sure this is a good idea... off his troubled
	expression...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

         STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT TWO 16-18.            

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

13   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in the Devolin debris field.

14   OMITTED

15   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Picard is pouring drinks for himself and Pressman. The
	mood is relaxed and casual... two senior officers
	taking an opportunity to kick back and talk. Midconversation.

					PICARD
			... as a matter of fact, I never
			met Wil before he reported aboard
			at Farpoint Station.

					PRESSMAN
				(surprised)
			You chose your first officer
			without ever meeting him?

					PICARD
			I was looking through the records
			of about fifty candidates... Wil's
			was much like all the others...
			filled with the usual dry
			statistics and glowing letters of
			recommendation that tell you
			nothing. I was about to put it
			aside and go on to the next file,
			when something caught my eye.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT TWO        19.

15   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			There had been an incident on
			Altair Three when Wil was First
			Officer of the Hood. He refused
			to let Captain DeSoto beam down
			during a crisis. He disobeyed a
			direct order and risked a general
			court martial because he thought
			he was right. When I read that...
			I knew I'd found my Number One.

					PRESSMAN
			You wanted someone with a history
			of disobedience?

					PICARD
			I wanted someone who would stand
			up to me... someone who was more
			concerned with the safety of the
			ship and accomplishing the mission
			than with how something looked on
			his record. To me, that's one of
			the marks of a good officer.

        STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT TWO        20.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

	For some reason, it's clear that this has pushed some
	kind of button with Pressman. An edge creeps into his
	voice.

					PRESSMAN
			Frankly, I've always felt it was
			more important for an officer to
			trust his captain's judgment. In
			a crisis, there's no time for
			explanations... orders have to be
			obeyed without question or lives
			may be lost.

	Picard is a little surprised at Pressman's change in
	tone, and his reply carries a hint of reproach.

					PICARD
				(gently)
			I am aware of that, Admiral.

					PRESSMAN
				(backing off)
			Of course you are.
				(beat)
			I guess this mission has brought
			up some... old ghosts for me. You
			know what it's like to lose a
			ship... you're always wondering
			if there was something else you
			should have done... something you
			missed.

	A silent moment as they both lapse into private
	thought. Picard finally decides to probe for a little
	more information.

					PICARD
			Admiral... the records regarding
			the loss of the Pegasus are a
			bit... vague about what happened
			just before you abandoned ship.
			Can you add anything to the...
			official account?

	Pressman considers Picard for a moment, then gets up
	and moves to the windows. Pressman would like nothing
	more than to tell Picard exactly what happened -- he's
	quite proud of it actually -- but he can't.

        STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT TWO        21.

15   CONTINUED: (3)

					PRESSMAN
			I'm afraid not.
				(beat)
			But I can tell you this: Twelve
			years ago, I needed an officer I
			could count on in a crisis...
			someone who would support and obey
			my decisions without question...
			someone willing to trust my
			judgment... that someone was Wil
			Riker... and without his loyalty,
			none of us would have survived.

	OFF Picard's thoughtful expression as he considers
	Pressman's words...

                                             CUT TO:

16   INT. SICKBAY

	Riker ENTERS, wearing a karate gi. He's holding his
	side in pain. BEVERLY moves to him.

					BEVERLY
			What's wrong?

					RIKER
			I think I busted a rib.

	A Nurse guides him to the table as Beverly grabs her
	tricorder.

					BEVERLY
			What were you doing?

					RIKER
			I was practicing Bat'leth moves
			with Worf. I jabbed when I
			should've blocked. He caught me
			right in the side. I'm glad we
			were using sticks instead of real
			blades.

					BEVERLY
				(off tricorder)
			It's broken all right.
				(to Nurse)
			Give him ten cc's of terakine for
			the pain.

	The Nurse gets a hypospray and injects him with it.
	Beverly grabs a large medical DEVICE and fits it to his
	side. She works the device during the following.

        STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT TWO        22.

16   CONTINUED:

	Riker is very frustrated, much more upset about this
	incident than he should be.

					RIKER
			I can't believe how stupid I was.

					BEVERLY
			You both got a little carried
			away, that's all...

					RIKER
			No. It was my fault. I lost
			focus... I let myself get
			distracted at a crucial moment.

					BEVERLY
			It happens to everyone.

	But Riker isn't really listening to her... he's wrapped
	up in some personal angst... his words carry some
	private subtext only he is aware of.

					RIKER
			I knew what I was supposed to
			do... but I didn't do it. If
			we'd had real Bat'leths I might be
			dead right now.

	She finishes using the device on his side.

					BEVERLY
			Wil... it's all right. You made
			a mistake... no harm done. You'll
			do better next time.

					RIKER
				(downbeat)
			Yeah... maybe.

	Riker gets up and EXITS. Beverly looks after him with
	a puzzled look.

                                             CUT TO:

17   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is navigating through a large field of rocks
	and debris. Some of the rocks are moon or planetsized,
	others are simply boulders and dust.

        STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT TWO        23.

18   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Worf, Geordi and Data at their positions.

					DATA
				(off console)
			Scan of grid one five seven is
			complete. Moving to grid one five
			eight.

					WORF
			The Romulan ship is still
			searching grid two seven zero.

					RIKER
			They're sure taking their time
			over there. I wonder if they--

	Geordi suddenly reacts to something on his console.

					GEORDI
				(excited)
			Whoa... I think we might have just
			struck paydirt.

	Riker moves to the aft station, where Geordi is looking
	at a graphic display of a large ASTEROID.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			There's a subspace resonance
			signature coming from this
			asteroid.
				(beat)
			And from the frequency variances,
			it looks like the pattern from a
			Federation warp core.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Captain Picard to the Bridge,
			please.

	Riker turns to the Con Officer as Picard and Pressman
	ENTER from the Ready Room.

        STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT TWO        24.

18   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(continuing, to Con)
			Bring us to within ten kilometers
			of asteroid gamma six zero one.
				(to Picard)
			Geordi's found something.

	Picard and Pressman move to where Geordi is continuing
	to work.

					GEORDI
				(to Picard)
			There's a subspace resonance
			signature coming from that
			asteroid, sir. It could be the
			warp core of the Pegasus.

	Pressman looks over the readings.

					PRESSMAN
			I think he's right... I recognize
			some of the variance patterns.

					PICARD
			Put the asteroid on the main
			viewer.

	Geordi works and now the ASTEROID can be seen on the
	main Viewscreen. This asteroid is pitted with craters,
	fissures, and canyons all over its surface... a barren,
	ugly hunk of rock.

					DATA
			I have confirmed Geordi's
			readings, sir. The resonance
			signature is originating from
			somewhere beneath the asteroid's
			surface.

					PRESSMAN
			Beneath the surface? How's that
			possible?

					DATA
			This asteroid contains several
			deep chasms large enough for a
			starship to enter. It is possible
			the Pegasus drifted into the
			asteroid's gravitational field and
			was pulled down into one of the
			fissures.

        STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT TWO        25.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Sir, the Romulan warbird has
			altered course again... they are
			heading toward our position.

					RIKER
			They probably want to see what
			we're so interested in over here.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, how long will it take
			to determine the exact location of
			the Pegasus?

					DATA
			At least another six hours,
			Captain.

					PRESSMAN
			That's too long. If the Romulans
			start searching the asteroid, they
			could find the ship before we do.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			I recommend we destroy the
			asteroid. It would take almost
			all our photon torpedoes, but it
			would preclude any possibility of
			the Pegasus falling into Romulan
			hands.

	Pressman gives him a sharp look... we're not sure why,
	but he definitely doesn't like that advice coming from
	Riker.

					PRESSMAN
				(with an edge)
			Our top priority is to salvage the
			ship, Commander. I'll consider
			destroying it only as a last
			resort.

					RIKER
			Yes, sir.

      STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/20/93 - ACT TWO      26.

18   CONTINUED: (3)

					PRESSMAN
				(to Picard)
			Can you give me a third
			alternative?

	Picard thinks for a moment... then gets an idea.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, is it possible to
			saturate the asteroid with
			verteron particles? That could
			mask the resonance signature from
			the Romulans... prevent them from
			detecting it.

					DATA
				(thinks)
			In order for the deception to
			succeed, it would have to appear
			to be a natural phenomenon.
			Verteron particles are artificial
			in nature.

					GEORDI
			Wait a minute... we could blanket
			the asteroid with high levels of
			ionizing radiation. There's so
			much of it in this system already,
			the Romulans won't know the
			difference.

					PICARD
			Data?

					DATA
				(beat)
			Theoretically, it should work..

					RIKER
				(off console)
			If we're going to do it, we have
			to do it fast... the Romulans will
			be in sensor range in about a
			minute.

	Picard and Pressman exchange a look. Pressman nods.

					PICARD
			Make it so, Mister Data.

					DATA
				(works)
			Aye, sir. Initiating an
			ionization field pulse.

        STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT TWO        27.

18   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			After he's finished, we'll have to
			move off... make it look like we
			scanned the asteroid, but didn't
			find anything.

					RIKER
				(to Con)
			Lay in a course to the next search
			grid and stand-by to engage.

					PICARD
				(to Pressman)
			If this works, the Romulans won't
			find anything and we can return
			later. But if it doesn't...

					PRESSMAN
				(grim)
			If it doesn't... we'll have handed
			them the Pegasus.

					DATA
			Ionization pulse complete.

					PICARD
			Helm, one quarter impulse.
			Engage.

	OFF their expressions as they look at the Viewscreen...

19   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & ASTEROID (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise moves away from the Asteroid just as the
	Romulan Warbird arrives.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

       STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT THREE       28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

20   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Pressman, Riker, Worf, Data, and Geordi as seen
	at the end of Act Two. Everyone is watching the main
	viewer, where the Romulan Warbird can be seen near the
	Asteroid seen earlier.

					DATA
				(off console)
			The Romulans are initiating a
			tachyon scan of the asteroid...
				(beat)
			They have switched to their
			lateral sensor array... beginning
			another scan.

					RIKER
			They're certainly being thorough.

					DATA
			The Warbird has completed its
			sensor sweep.

					PRESSMAN
			If they found the resonance
			signature, they should be sending
			away teams any second now...

	Everyone watches the screen for a tense beat... then
	the Warbird begins to move away from the asteroid.

					DATA
			They are moving off.

	A feeling of relief washes across the Bridge.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Mister Data, we have to convince
			the Romulans that we're still
			looking for the Pegasus. I want
			you to continue scanning this
			system.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

     STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/20/93 - ACT THREE     29.

20   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			I want to be back at this asteroid
			at zero eight hundred hours
			tomorrow. Plot our search pattern
			accordingly.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Pressman)
			Admiral, if you'd care to join me
			for a late dinner... ?

					PRESSMAN
			Thank you, no. I think I'm going
			to turn in early.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Very well.
				(to Riker)
			Number One, you have the Bridge.
			Oh, and will you bring the scan
			analysis to my quarters when you
			go off watch?

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

	Picard EXITS to the Turbolift.

					RIKER
				(continuing, to Con)
			Initiate search of grid one six
			three.

					DATA
			Beginning sensor sweeps...

	Pressman gives Riker an icy look.

					PRESSMAN
				(to Riker)
			Commander, I want to see you in
			the Captain's Ready Room.

					RIKER
			Mister Data, you have the Bridge.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

       STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT THREE       30.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

	Pressman and Riker EXIT to the Ready Room.

21   INT. READY ROOM - CONTINUOUS

	Pressman and Riker ENTER from the Bridge. As soon as
	the doors CLOSE behind them, Pressman turns on Riker
	with anger.

					PRESSMAN
			What the hell's the matter with
			you? Destroy the Pegasus? Before
			we've even taken a look at it?

					RIKER
			I thought it was more important to
			keep the Romulans from--

					PRESSMAN
				(harsh)
			Well, you were wrong. We have a
			chance here to change the balance
			of power in this quadrant. But we
			can't do that if we destroy the
			Pegasus, now can we?

					RIKER
				(tight)
			No, sir.

	Pressman takes a couple of steps around the room and
	lets his anger pass... he considers Riker with a little
	more sympathy... like a father who's just finished
	chewing out his son.

					PRESSMAN
			It hasn't been easy I'm sure...
			keeping your Captain and friends
			in the dark like this...

					RIKER
			I haven't enjoyed it if that's
			what you mean.

					PRESSMAN
			I hope you understand that it's
			necessary.

					RIKER
			I understand that you think it's
			necessary.

     STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/20/93 - ACT THREE     31.

21   CONTINUED:

					PRESSMAN
				(studies him, then more
				 personal)
			You have changed.

					RIKER
			Changed... ?

					PRESSMAN
				(shrugs it off)
			Just something the Captain and I
			were talking about...

	Pressman looks at Riker... thinks for a moment...
	decides on a different tack.

					PRESSMAN
				(continuing)
			To be honest... I'm glad to see
			this kind of change in you, Wil.
			Strong... forceful... unafraid to
			state your opinions and stand by
			them... a far cry from the young
			man who used to sit at my helm and
			worry about pressing the wrong
			button.

	This mention of the past softens Riker a little... he
	looks vaguely embarrassed.

					RIKER
			A lot of things can change in
			twelve years, Admiral.

					PRESSMAN
			Yes, they can.
				(beat)
			But it's important that a man
			changes the right things in his
			life... not his sense of duty...
			his sense of loyalty...

					RIKER
			I'd like to think that I...
			haven't changed those things, sir.

					PRESSMAN
			I'd like to think so too. Because
			those things say more about a man
			than the rank on his collar or the
			uniform he wears... they define
			him.

       STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT THREE       32.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

	Pressman moves to him... puts a fatherly hand on his
	shoulder... makes this a very personal moment.

					PRESSMAN
				(continuing)
			Twelve years ago, a lot of older
			and more seasoned officers turned
			away from their duty, but you
			stood up for what was right. I
			know what kind of man you are,
			Wil... and I know I can count on
			you again.

	Pressman smiles at him with confidence, and then EXITS.
	Riker is left alone and looking very troubled.

                                             CUT TO:

22   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Picard is intently studying a PADD on the table. The
	remains of a Japanese dinner are sitting on the table.
	The door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Riker ENTERS carrying a PADD.

					RIKER
				(re: PADD)
			The scan analysis you asked for.

	Picard takes the PADD and sets it down without even
	looking at it. He's polite, but there is a certain
	chilliness in his attitude toward Riker.

					PICARD
			Thank you. Can I interest you in
			some sashimi?

					RIKER
			No, thanks.

	An awkward beat as Picard simply looks at Riker as if
	waiting for him to say something.

					RIKER
			Is there anything else, sir?

					PICARD
			Yes, there is.

       STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT THREE       33.

22   CONTINUED:

	Picard looks at him for a moment... then picks up the
	PADD he was originally studying... takes a deep
	breath...

					PICARD
				(continuing, reading)
			"Judge Advocate General's Report.
			Stardate xxxxx. Subject: Inquiry
			into Mutiny Aboard USS Pegasus."

	Picard looks up at Riker, who stiffens at the words but
	says nothing. Picard presses a control on the PADD.

					PICARD
				(continuing, reading)
			"Based on testimony from Captain
			Pressman and other surviving
			officers, the Judge Advocate
			believes there is sufficient
			evidence to conclude that certain
			members of the crew did mutiny
			against the captain just prior to
			the destruction of the Pegasus."

	Picard fastens a laser-like gaze on Riker.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Mutiny... on a Federation
			starship. It's shocking -- no,
			it's unthinkable. And yet you've
			never mentioned it.

					RIKER
			No, sir.

					PICARD
			It wasn't easy getting this
			record. I had to call in a few
			favors at Starfleet just to get a
			look at it. It seems the file was
			sealed by Starfleet Intelligence.

	Picard sets the PADD down and moves about the room.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			So... not only was the Pegasus
			carrying "sensitive" equipment
			that can't be allowed to fall into
			Romulan hands...
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT THREE       34.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			... not only was there a mysterious
			explosion which appeared to
			destroy the ship, but didn't...
			but now it turns out there was a
			mutiny on board.
				(beat)
			I've read the official report of
			the mutiny. But I'd like to hear
			your version of what happened.

	Riker thinks about this for a long moment, then drags
	up something from his past that he's tried to put
	behind him.

					RIKER
			I was on the Bridge. The ship was
			at yellow alert... we were running
			some... tests on the engines.
			Something went wrong... there was
			an explosion in Engineering...
			heavy casualties. In the middle
			of the crisis, the First Officer,
			the Chief Engineer, almost the
			entire Bridge crew mutinied
			against Captain Pressman.

					PICARD
			Why?

					RIKER
			They... felt the Captain was
			jeopardizing the ship.

					PICARD
			And you?

					RIKER
			I was seven months out of the
			Academy... my head was still
			ringing with words like duty and
			honor.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT THREE       35.

22   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			When they moved against him, I
			thought they were a group of self-serving,
			disloyal officers.
				(beat, then quieter)
			So I grabbed a phaser and defended
			my captain. Two or three others
			joined in on our side, but it was
			clear the mutineers had most of
			the crew behind them... we felt we
			had to get off the ship. There
			was a... running firefight all
			the way to the escape pod.
				(beat)
			About five minutes after we left
			the ship... there was an
			explosion...

	Picard considers him for a moment. Then he begins to
	move about the room, reading other portions of material
	on his PADD.

					PICARD
				(reading)
			"The Judge Advocate also believes
			that the surviving officers are
			deliberately withholding vital
			information from this inquiry.
			Further investigation is
			recommended."
				(to Riker)
			But there was no further
			investigation... the file was
			classified and quietly buried.
				(beat)
			Why?

					RIKER
			Sir... maybe you should take this
			up with the Admiral.

	Picard's temper is starting to build, but he is trying
	to give Riker the benefit of the doubt here... looking
	for something from Riker to validate Picard's trust in
	him.

       STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT THREE       36.

22   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			I'm taking it up with you. The
			Judge Advocate thought you were
			participating in a conspiracy to
			cover-up the truth. That you were
			lying about what really happened
			on the Pegasus. Now, I want you
			to tell me that's not true.

	Riker says nothing. Picard looks at him in
	frustration... finally he throws the PADD down on the
	table in anger. He confronts Riker directly.

					PICARD
				(continuing, harsh)
			Wil, what the hell's going on
			here? Why did your crew mutiny?
			And why is Pressman so determined
			to find your ship twelve years
			later?

	This is a very difficult moment for Riker, but he
	steels himself and tries to meet Picard's steady gaze.

					RIKER
				(formal)
			I've told you all I can. I am
			under the direct orders of Admiral
			Pressman... not to discuss this.
			Sir.

       STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT THREE       37.

22   CONTINUED: (5)

	Picard considers him for a moment... nods... seems to
	think it over and sits down. His tone becomes quieter,
	more philosophical.

					PICARD
			Very well. He's an admiral, I'm
			a captain -- I can't force you to
			disobey him.
				(beat)
			I will tell you this... I need to
			place a great deal of trust in the
			person who serves as my first
			officer. You've had that trust...
			until now. But something is wrong
			here... and you're part of it.
				(beat)
			And when this mission is over...
			I may have to re-evaluate the
			command structure of this ship.

	A long, tense beat.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Dismissed.

	Riker EXITS. OFF Picard's expression...

                                             CUT TO:

23   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is moving through the Devolin system.

23A  INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard is talking to Admiral Blackwell on the terminal
	screen. Mid-conversation.

					BLACKWELL
			Captain, Starfleet places the
			highest priority on the success of
			this mission. Your request for a
			delay is denied.

	Picard's tone goes personal.

					PICARD
			Margaret... something's very wrong
			here. Do you know what's going
			on?

    STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/20/93 - ACT THREE    37A.

23A  CONTINUED:

	Blackwell seems to think this over for a moment...
	leans forward a little, but doesn't let her guard down
	completely.

					BLACKWELL
			I know that the Chief of Starfleet
			Intelligence herself is watching
			this one, Jean-Luc. So you would
			be well-advised to follow
			Pressman's orders and leave it at
			that. Starfleet out.

	The Transmission ENDS. Picard is dissatisfied with
	that answer, but has little recourse at the moment.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Worf to Captain Picard. We are
			approaching asteroid gamma six
			zero one, sir.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			On my way.

	Picard EXITS to...

24   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Riker and Pressman are standing over Data at one of the
	aft stations. Worf is at Tactical. Picard ENTERS from
	the Ready Room.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, where are the
			Romulans?

					WORF
			They are out of sensor range on
			the far side of the system.

     STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/20/93 - ACT THREE     38.

24   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Con)
			Bring us to within fifteen
			kilometers and hold position.

	On the monitor at Data's station, there is an Okudagram
	schematic of the asteroid. Data points to a bright
	POINT of light which is deep inside the asteroid.

					DATA
			For the past several hours, I have
			been scanning the area where we
			detected the resonance signature
			of the Pegasus. From the strength
			and polarity of the signature, it
			would appear that most of the warp
			core is still intact.

					PRESSMAN
			If we're lucky, the entire
			engineering section could be down
			there.

					RIKER
			So how do we get to it? I
			wouldn't want to try to transport
			through that much solid rock.

					PICARD
			Agreed. What about a shuttle? We
			could send it down through one of
			these fissures.

					DATA
			I would recommend against that,
			sir. There may be gravimetric or
			magnetic fluctuations inside the
			asteroid which would overpower the
			engines on a shuttlecraft.

	A long beat.

					PRESSMAN
			Sounds like the best solution is
			to take the Enterprise in.

	Picard and Riker look at him in surprise.

					RIKER
			You mean into the asteroid?

       STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT THREE       39.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					PRESSMAN
			That's right.
				(points to graphic, then
				 to Data)
			Put this fissure on the main
			viewer.

25   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The viewer now shows a LARGE CHASM on the surface of
	the asteroid.

					PRESSMAN
			This chasm is large enough for us
			to maneuver in. Besides, if
			there's any hope of salvaging the
			Pegasus, we'll need a starship to
			do it.

					PICARD
			Mister Data?

	Data thinks for a moment.

					DATA
			It is theoretically possible,
			Captain. But I am unaware of any
			prior situation where a starship
			was taken so deeply inside a
			planetary body. There may be
			unforeseen difficulties.

	Picard turns to Pressman.

					PICARD
			Admiral... I don't think we can
			risk--

	Pressman cuts him off without raising his voice.

					PRESSMAN
				(smooth)
			I've made my decision. Prepare to
			take the Enterprise in, Captain.
				(beat)
			That's an order.

	A long beat, then Picard speaks to Data without taking
	his eyes off Pressman.

       STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT THREE       40.

25   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Mister Data, please note in the
			ship's log that this action is
			being taken over my explicit
			objections.

					DATA
			It is so noted.

	A tense beat, then Picard and Riker move down to the
	command area. Data goes to Ops.

					PICARD
			Yellow Alert.

					RIKER
			Shields up, inertial dampers to
			maximum.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, plot a course into
			the chasm... maneuvering thrusters
			only.

					DATA
				(works)
			Course plotted.

	Beat.

					PICARD
			Take us in.

	Data works. On the Viewscreen, the image of the
	fissure suddenly starts to loom LARGER and LARGER as
	they approach it.

26   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & ASTEROID (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise moves down into the huge fissure (which
	is many times wider than the ship) on the asteroid's
	surface and the ship disappears from view.

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/22/93 - ACT FOUR     41.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

A26	EXT SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is moving through the tunnel inside the
	asteroid.

26A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	As before. Everyone is watching the main viewer, which
	shows a dark view of the interior of a vast and deep
	tunnel of rock which the ship is traveling through.
	There are small turns and adjustments that the ship
	keeps making to its course as it moves through the
	winding, twisting cavern. Picard is on his feet,
	moving from station to station, keeping a wary eye on
	what's happening.

					DATA
				(off console)
			We are now two kilometers beneath
			the surface.

	The ship SHAKES slightly.

					WORF
			We are encountering shifts in
			magnetic field density.

	The ship SHAKES again. Picard approaches Pressman
	quietly... his attitude is discreet, but firm.

					PICARD
				(sotto, to Pressman)
			Admiral, if the passage narrows to
			less than five hundred meters, I'm
			going to abort the mission.

	Pressman gives him a sharp look, but Picard is unfazed.

					PICARD
				(continuing, sotto)
			You can charge me with
			insubordination if you wish, but
			I won't risk the Enterprise for a
			salvage operation.

	Before Pressman can respond, Worf sees something on his
	console and breaks in.

     STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/22/93 - ACT FOUR     42.

26A  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Sir... I am reading a large
			resonance signature directly
			ahead.

					PICARD
			On screen.

27   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN - THE PEGASUS (OPTICAL)

	The screen now shows the starship Pegasus which has
	been FUSED into the rock of the asteroid. It is a
	bizarre sight -- the ship is half-in, half-out of the
	rock. There is some damage visible, but the ship did
	not crash -- it should look as if a transporter
	accident made it materialize partially in rock.
	Everyone reacts to the strange image on the Viewscreen.

					PRESSMAN
			Pegasus...

					RIKER
			What the hell happened?

					DATA
			Sensors show that the ship is
			still intact... but approximately
			sixty-five percent of it is
			contained within the asteroid.

	Riker looks at Data's console.

					RIKER
			As if half the ship had
			materialized inside solid rock.

					DATA
			Yes, sir. I do not know how this
			could have happened.

	Riker and Pressman exchange a look... evidently they do
	have some idea, but they're keeping it to themselves.

        STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" 10/18/93 - ACT FOUR        43.

27   CONTINUED:

					PRESSMAN
			Let's keep the speculation to a
			minimum. We have to begin the
			salvage operation. The equipment
			we need was in main engineering.
			Can you scan that section of the
			Pegasus?

					DATA
				(works)
			The starboard bulkhead of Main
			Engineering is contained within
			the rock face... but most of the
			compartment is still intact.

					WORF
				(off console)
			There is a hull breach in that
			section.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			If we begin a power transfer, can
			you restore life support to that
			compartment?

					DATA
			I believe so. The breach can be
			temporarily sealed by extending
			our shields.

					PRESSMAN
			See to it. Once you've restored
			life support, Commander Riker and
			I will beam directly into
			Engineering.

					PICARD
			Admiral, I'd like to send a
			complete Away Team to --

     STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/18/93 - ACT FOUR     44.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

					PRESSMAN
			There's some very sensitive
			equipment over there. I don't
			want anyone else near it.

	Picard is clearly getting tired of being overruled by
	this guy, but he has little choice.

					PICARD
			Yes, sir.

	Riker exchanges a last look with Picard, and then Riker
	and Pressman EXIT to the Turbolift.

                                             CUT TO:

28   EXT. SPACE - THE PEGASUS (OPTICAL)

	The ship is still fused into the rock.

29   INT. PEGASUS ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	The engine room of the ship looks just as strange as
	the exterior. The room contains the usual assortment
	of equipment and consoles, but one entire wall is
	composed of SOLID ROCK. The floor and other bulkhead
	meld seamlessly into the rock face as if they were
	designed that way.

	None of the equipment is working and the room is very
	DARK. But there are several DEAD N.D. BODIES in old-style
	Starfleet uniforms lying in different positions
	on the deck and over the consoles.

	Riker and Pressman MATERIALIZE. They are both carrying
	palm beacons and are wearing tricorders. Pressman is
	carrying a tool kit. They react to the room and the
	sight of the dead bodies around them for a moment
	before either of them speaks.

					PRESSMAN
			This room was open to space for
			twelve years...

					RIKER
				(nods)
			The vacuum preserved everything...

	Riker shines his light on one of the dead bodies...
	reacts to the face.

     STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/18/93 - ACT FOUR     45.

29   CONTINUED:

	Pressman moves to a panel and touches it. The
	emergency LIGHTS COME ON. They turn off their palm
	beacons. Riker examines the rock face with the aid of
	his tricorder.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I wonder how many of the crew are
			back there...

	Pressman decides to get back to business.

					PRESSMAN
			We're not here for a memorial
			service.

	Pressman moves to a wall console.

					PRESSMAN
				(continuing)
			It should be in here.

	Pressman reaches out and unfastens a couple of
	clamps... then removes the large Mees panel from the
	wall, revealing a large exotic-looking DEVICE -- large
	roughly cylindrical piece of equipment which is hooked
	up to various conduits against one bulkhead. Pressman
	reacts with relief -- this is what they've come here
	for.

					PRESSMAN
				(continuing)
			It's still intact.

	Pressman looks to Riker to share his excitement, but
	Riker's reaction is very different -- seeing the device
	seems to have brought his worst fears to fruition.

					PRESSMAN
				(continuing)
			What's wrong? Don't you
			understand? We found it.

     STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/18/93 - ACT FOUR     46.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

	Pressman begins to use some of the tools from the tool
	kit to disconnect the various conduits from the wall.
	But Riker makes no move to help Pressman, the sight of
	the device has now put Riker squarely on the spot -- he
	can't avoid taking action one way or the other, and so
	he confronts Pressman.

					RIKER
				(quiet)
			I know. I just kept hoping it
			wasn't going to be here... that it
			would've been destroyed or buried
			back there in the rock...

					PRESSMAN
			What the hell's that supposed to
			mean?

					RIKER
			It means I can't put this off any
			longer. Right up until this
			moment, I had the... luxury of
			time. Now I have to make a
			choice.
				(beat)
			And Admiral... I'm afraid the only
			choice I can make... is to put a
			stop to this. I can't let you
			start these experiments all over
			again. It was wrong twelve years
			ago, and it's still wrong today.

					PRESSMAN
			You'd better reconsider that
			position, Commander. We have a
			mission to accomplish and you're
			going to carry it out.

					RIKER
			That's all that matters to you,
			isn't it -- starting your
			experiment again. Look around...
			we're standing in a room filled
			with bodies... people who died
			because of that thing.

					PRESSMAN
			Keep your self-righteous comments
			to yourself. I knew most of these
			people a lot longer than you
			did... it was tragic. But it was
			their own fault.

     STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/18/93 - ACT FOUR     47.

29   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			You don't know that. Neither of
			us knows what happened after we
			left.

					PRESSMAN
			It's not hard to guess. They
			tried to shut down an experiment
			they didn't understand. Something
			went wrong. And it killed them.

					RIKER
			No... we killed them.

					PRESSMAN
			That doesn't sound like the young
			Conn Officer who grabbed a phaser
			and defended his captain twelve
			years ago.

					RIKER
			Yeah, well I've had twelve years
			to think about it. And if I had
			to do it over again... I'd point
			that phaser at you instead of
			them.

					PRESSMAN
			So on reflection... you'd rather
			be a traitor than a hero.

	Riker closes some of the distance between them... the
	tension between the two men is definitely heating up.

					RIKER
			I wasn't a hero and neither were
			you. What you were doing was
			wrong and I was wrong to support
			you... I was just too young and
			stupid to realize it at the time.
			You were the captain, I was the
			ensign... and I followed orders.

					PRESSMAN
			And if you hadn't, you'd be dead
			right now along with all the rest.
			Dead because you listened to a
			bunch of mutinous cowards who were
			too blinded by fear to see what I
			was trying to do.

     STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/18/93 - ACT FOUR     48.

29   CONTINUED: (4)

					RIKER
			They were brave enough to risk
			their lives to stop you from
			violating a treaty the Federation
			signed in good faith.

					PRESSMAN
			That treaty has bound our hands
			and given the Romulans a tactical
			advantage for sixty years. I was
			simply trying to level the playing
			field.

					RIKER
			And now you're going to try again.
			How many people will die this
			time? Fifty? A hundred? A
			thousand?

	Pressman has finished disconnecting the device from the
	bulkhead. Pressman and Riker look at each other for a
	long moment.

					PRESSMAN
			You don't want to help me... fine.
			But you're still under my direct
			orders not to talk about what you
			know... and I expect you to follow
			those orders to the letter.
				(beat)
			I made you... and I can break you
			just as easily.

	Suddenly, the ship SHAKES. Both men are staggered for
	a moment. The ship SHAKES again.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to Away Team. Prepare to
			return to the ship immediately.

      STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/20/93 - ACT FOUR 49-51.         

29   CONTINUED: (5)

					PRESSMAN
				(to com)
			Stand-by, Enterprise.

	Pressman pulls the device out of the bulkhead and sets
	it on the deck.

					PRESSMAN
				(continuing)
			Pressman to Enterprise. Two
			people, one piece of equipment to
			beam up.

	Riker, Pressman, and the device all DEMATERIALIZE.

                                             CUT TO:

30   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Worf, and Data at their stations as Pressman
	and Riker ENTER (the device is gone). The ship is at
	RED ALERT. Everyone is looking at the main viewer,
	which shows a solid wall of rock -- some of the rock is
	still a molten red color, but it's cooling rapidly.

					PRESSMAN
			Report.

					PICARD
			The Romulans fired on the entrance
			to the chasm with their
			disruptors... they've sealed us
			in.

	OFF their reactions as they look at the viewer...

31   OMITTED

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/18/93 - ACT FIVE         52.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

32   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Continuous from Act Four. Everyone is still looking at
	the sealed rock face on the Viewscreen. Worf reacts to
	something on his console.

					WORF
			Sir... there is an incoming
			message... it is from the
			Warbird.

	They exchange a few surprised looks.

					PICARD
			On screen.

33   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Sirol now appears on the screen. He seems very pleased
	with himself.

					SIROL
			Captain... you seem to be in a
			very... unfortunate circumstance.
			How can we help?

       STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/18/93 - ACT FIVE     53        

33   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Are you responsible for this?

					SIROL
			I'm not sure. We were conducting
			some... geological experiments on
			the surface of the asteroid. It's
			possible that we... accidently
			sealed you in.
				(beat)
			If only we had known you were
			beneath the surface... if you had
			shared your plans with us, this
			might have been avoided.

	Picard's not buying any of this.

					PICARD
			What is it you want, Sirol?

					SIROL
			I don't want anything, Captain.
			But I will offer to help you.

					RIKER
			How?

					SIROL
				(smiles)
			By transporting your crew aboard
			my ship. We'll take you back to
			Romulus... where after a short
			stay as our guests, you will be
			returned to the Federation.

					PICARD
			Thank you for your... generous
			offer. I will... take it under
			advisement.

					SIROL
			As you wish. We'll be continuing
			our... research in this system for
			a while longer. I await your
			decision.

	The transmission ENDS. Picard turns to the others.

          STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/20/93 - ACT FIVE         54.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

					PRESSMAN
			We can't do it. If we abandon the
			Enterprise they'll come back here
			and get their hands on both ships.

					PICARD
			Agreed. Options?

					WORF
			We could use the phasers to cut
			our way out.

					DATA
			The asteroid's internal structure
			is highly unstable. Any attempt
			to cut through the rock could
			cause the entire chasm to
			collapse.

	There is a long beat... then Riker makes a difficult
	decision.

					RIKER
			Captain... I have a suggestion.
			There's a piece of equipment under
			guard in Admiral Pressman's
			quarters which could get us out of
			here.
				(beat)
			It's a prototype for a Federation
			cloaking device.

	Pressman's eyes flare in anger. He moves close to
	Riker.

					PRESSMAN
				(quiet, hard)
			You just ended your career, Wil.

	Picard's reaction is one of shock and dismay. He turns
	to Pressman with a cold expression.

					PICARD
			That's what this is all about? A
			cloaking device? In the Treaty of
			Algeron the Federation
			specifically agreed not to develop
			cloaking technology.

					PRESSMAN
			And that treaty is the biggest
			mistake we ever made. It's kept
			us from exploiting a vital area of
			defense that--

          STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/20/93 - ACT FIVE        54A.

33   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(hard)
			That treaty has kept the peace for
			sixty years. And as a Starfleet
			officer, you are sworn to uphold
			it.

	Pressman steps back from Picard's anger, and tries to
	retake control of the situation.

					PRESSMAN
			That's enough. I'm taking command
			of this vessel. Mister Worf,
			escort the Captain to his
			quarters.

	Everyone looks at Worf, who then very slowly and
	deliberately folds his arms and does nothing.

					RIKER
				(to Pressman)
			I don't think anyone's going to
			come to your defense this time.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			How can we use the cloak to escape
			the asteroid?

					RIKER
			It's more than just a cloak. It
			changes the structure of matter...
			in theory, a ship using this
			device would be able to pass
			through normal matter.

					PICARD
				(to Pressman)
			That's why you were so eager to
			find it...

					PRESSMAN
			Can't you see the potential here?
			The phasing cloak could be the
			greatest breakthrough in weapons
			research in the last fifty years.

					PICARD
			Except it's illegal... it's a
			violation of an agreement the
			Federation signed in good faith.

          STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/20/93 - ACT FIVE        54B.

33   CONTINUED: (4)

	A long, quiet beat.

					RIKER
			Captain... we might be able to
			adapt the cloak for the Enterprise
			engines and use it to escape the
			asteroid.

	Picard doesn't want to do this... he's not comfortable
	with this notion, but there doesn't seem to be any
	other way at the moment.

					PICARD
			Mister Data?

					DATA
			It is theoretically possible, sir.
			But it will take several hours to
			study the device and determine how
			to link it to our systems.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

	Data heads toward the EXIT.

                                             CUT TO:

34   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is still trapped in the asteroid.

          STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/22/93 - ACT FOUR         55.

34   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log: Stardate 47457.1.
			We have been trapped inside the
			asteroid for over eight hours.
			Mister Data and Commander La Forge
			inform me that they are nearly
			ready to engage the cloak.

35   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			Commander, I've routed the impulse
			engines through the warp plasma
			conduits... but you'll have to
			watch the intercooler levels... if
			they go too high, we'll blow out
			the entire relay system.

                                             INTERCUT:

36   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker is at the aft Engineering station. Picard,
	Pressman, and Worf look on.

          STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/18/93 - ACT FIVE         56.

36   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Understood.
				(to Picard)
			I think that's what happened
			twelve years ago. The cloak blew
			out the plasma relays on the
			Pegasus after we left the ship...
			the plasma ignited in space, and
			it looked like the ship had been
			destroyed.

					PRESSMAN
				(realizing)
			So the ship drifted into this
			system... still in a phased
			state... and when it passed
			through this asteroid...

					RIKER
			The cloak failed. And half the
			ship materialized in solid rock.

	They all ponder this grim image for a moment.

	In Engineering, Geordi has finished working at his
	console.

      STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/20/93 - ACT FIVE 57-58.         

36   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			La Forge to Bridge. The cloak is
			on-line and ready to begin phase
			sequencing.

	Riker looks at Picard on the Bridge.

					PICARD
			Proceed, Number One.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.
				(he works)
			Activating power systems...

	Down in Engineering, Data and Geordi also work and now
	the cloak LIGHTS UP and a low HUM begins to fill the
	room.

                                             CUT TO:

          STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/22/93 - ACT FOUR         59.

37
thru	OMITTED
42

43   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is still inside the asteroid. Suddenly, it
	CLOAKS and disappears.

44   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Worf, and Pressman.

					PICARD
			Report.

					RIKER
			The cloak appears to be
			functioning normally. The ship's
			matter/energy phasing rate should
			be sufficient to pass through the
			asteroid.

					PICARD
				(to Conn)
			Take us out. Maneuvering
			thrusters only.

	The Conn Officer works and on the Viewscreen, one of
	the rock walls gets CLOSER.

					WORF
			We will reach the rock face in...
			five seconds.

	A long beat as they watch the Viewscreen. The rock
	face gets so close it looks like they're going to slam
	right into it... then the rock face appears to DISSOLVE
	in front of them... layers and layers of rock continue
	to appear and then disappear as the ship passes through
	the asteroid.

					WORF
			We have passed through two
			kilometers of the asteroid... now
			within one kilometer of the
			surface.

          STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/20/93 - ACT FIVE         60.

44   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			We're approaching the surface...

	On the screen, the final layer of rock now DISSOLVES
	and the normal starfield can be seen.

					WORF
			We have cleared the asteroid,
			Captain.
				(reacts to something on
				 console)
			The Warbird is off the port bow.

					RIKER
			They're still waiting for us to
			make up our minds.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Disengage the cloaking device,
			Commander.

					PRESSMAN
				(shocked)
			What? You can't do that. If the
			Romulans see us decloak, they'll
			know that we have --

					PICARD
			They'll know the truth, Admiral.
			Which is what everyone is going to
			know very shortly.
				(to Riker)
			Carry out my orders.

	Riker works the console for a moment.

                                             CUT TO:

45   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE & ASTEROID (OPTICAL)

	The asteroid is sitting in space. The Warbird is
	nearby. Suddenly the Enterprise DECLOAKS outside the
	asteroid in normal space.

          STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/18/93 - ACT FIVE         61.

46   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, send a message to the
			Warbird... inform them that their
			government will be contacted
			shortly regarding this incident.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Worf works as Picard turns to Pressman.

					PICARD
			Admiral, I hereby charge you with
			violation of the Treaty of
			Algeron. As Captain of the
			Enterprise, I'm placing you under
			arrest. Mister Worf?

	Worf comes down from Tactical and indicates the
	Turbolift to Pressman.

					WORF
			Admiral, if you will come with
			me...

					PRESSMAN
			I have a lot of friends at
			Starfleet Command, Captain.

					PICARD
			You're going to need them.

	Worf begins to escort Pressman off the Bridge. Riker
	suddenly stands up.

					RIKER
			Lieutenant. I'll have to be
			placed under arrest as well.

	Worf looks to Picard, who then grimly nods. Worf
	escorts Pressman and Riker off the Bridge.

                                             CUT TO:

47   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship moving at impulse power.

          STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/20/93 - ACT FIVE         62.

48   INT. BRIG (OPTICAL)

	Riker is pacing back and forth behind the invisible
	forcefield. Picard ENTERS the room and nods to the
	N.D. Guard. The Guard EXITS and Picard moves to the
	Brig entrance.

					PICARD
			I've spoken to Fleet Admiral
			Shanthi. There will be a full
			inquiry once we reach Starbase two-four-seven...
			and it will probably
			lead to a general court martial of
			Admiral Pressman and several
			others at Starfleet Intelligence.

	Riker nods... he was expecting this.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Your... involvement in this affair
			will be thoroughly investigated,
			Wil... there will be some hard
			questions for you to answer...

					RIKER
			I understand.

					PICARD
			You made a mistake twelve years
			ago... but your service since that
			time has earned you a great deal
			of respect... from me and from a
			great many others. This incident
			may cost you some of that
			respect...

					RIKER
			I can't help feeling that I should
			have come forward a long time
			ago...

					PICARD
			When the moment came to make the
			decision... you made the right
			one...
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "The Pegasus" REV. 10/20/93 - ACT FIVE         63.

48   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			No matter what that choice may
			have cost you... and no matter how
			much Pressman may have meant to
			you... you chose to tell the
			truth and face the consequences.

	Picard DEACTIVATES the forcefield.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			As long as you can do that...
			you'll still deserve to wear that
			uniform... and I'll still be
			proud to have you as my first
			officer.

	A close moment between the two men... then Picard leads
	them both out of the Brig and they EXIT to the
	Corridor.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             












                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Homeward" 
                          #40277-265 
                              
                           Story by 
                       Spike Steingasser 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                         Naren Shankar 
                              
                    Based upon material by 
                         William Stape 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Alex Singer 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                      OCTOBER 27, 1993

            STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Homeward" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             DOBARA
                RIKER              KATERAS
                DATA               NIKOLAI
                BEVERLY            VORIN
                TROI               TARRANA
                WORF               HELMSMAN'S VOICE
                GEORDI             
                COMPUTER VOICE
     
                Non-Speaking       Non-Speaking
                  N.D. CREWMEMBERS   N.D BORAALANS
                  N.D SECURITY       

            STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Homeward" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              SICKBAY                  PLANET SURFACE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              CORRIDOR
              TURBOLIFT
              READY ROOM
              STELLAR CARTOGRAPHY
              ENGINEERING
              TEN FORWARD
              VORIN'S QUARTERS
          
              BORAALAN CAVERNS
                THE PASSAGEWAY
                CAMP

    STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Homeward" 
                   
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                   BORAAL            bore-AL
                   BORAALAN          bore-AL-en
                   CABRAL            cuh-BRAL
                   DOBARA            doe-BAR-uh
                   DRAYGO            DRAY-go
                   KATERAS           kuh-TARE-us
                   ROZHENKO          row-ZHEN-ko
                   TARRANA           tuh-RON-uh
                   VACCA             VACK-uh
                   VORIN             VORE-in

          STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - TEASER          1.

                STAR TREK: The Next Generation                  
                          "Homeward"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around a planet. The atmosphere appears
	turbulent and dangerous.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 47423.9.
			We have arrived at Boraal Two in
			response to an emergency distress
			call from Lieutenant Worf's foster
			brother, Nikolai Rozhenko. He has
			been stationed on the planet as a
			cultural observer.

2    INT. BRIDGE

	PICARD and RIKER are at their stations; DATA is at Ops;
	WORF is at Tactical; assorted N.D.s man the other
	stations. The mood is serious.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, analysis.

					DATA
				(off console)
			It appears the planet's atmosphere
			is dissipating, sir. Intense
			plasmonic reactions are destroying
			it.

					PICARD
			How far has it progressed?

					DATA
			The stratosphere is already
			breaking down, and there are
			turbulent radiation storms across
			much of the surface.
				(beat)
			I estimate the planet will be
			uninhabitable in less than thirty-eight
			hours.

	Reactions to the grim news.

          STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - TEASER          2.

2    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			The distress call was only four
			days ago. Why would Doctor
			Rozhenko have waited so long
			before sending it?

					DATA
			Atmospheric dissipation is a rare
			and essentially unpredictable
			event. When it occurs, it
			proceeds rapidly. Doctor Rozhenko
			would not have had much warning.

	Suddenly, the SHIP SHAKES and the LIGHTS FLICKER
	momentarily.

					PICARD
			What was that?

					DATA
				(off console)
			The dissipation effect is
			generating plasmonic energy
			bursts...

					RIKER
			Are they any danger to the ship?

					DATA
			I do not believe so. However, we
			may experience intermittent system
			failures and power surges as a
			result.

					PICARD
			Keep an eye on it.

	Picard turns to Worf who's busy working his console.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Mister Worf. Any luck?

					WORF
			There is still no response to our
			hails, sir... I am attempting to
			scan the observation post...

	Worf works his console.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			He could be hurt... maybe he can't
			respond...

          STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - TEASER          3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Sensor interference is
			significant, but the post appears
			to be intact... its power grid is
			still functioning...

	Worf is struggling to hide his concern.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			However, I am reading no life
			forms within the structure.

	A beat.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			It's hard to believe he would have
			left the post...

					PICARD
			Especially under these
			circumstances...

	Meanwhile, Worf has been continuing to scan, and now he
	breaks in anxiously.

					WORF
				(off console)
			Sir, I am detecting faint power
			emissions from a system of caverns
			near the post. It could be a
			deflector shield.

	Reactions.

					RIKER
			It can't be native to the planet.
			The Boraalans don't have anything
			close to that level of technology.

					WORF
			Captain. Request permission to
			lead an Away Team.

					PICARD
			Very well. But regardless of this
			planet's immediate situation, we
			must still observe the Prime
			Directive.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - TEASER          4.

2    CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			I'd like to minimize the risk of
			contact with the inhabitants.
			You're to go alone, Mister Worf --
			and I want you surgically altered
			to pass as a Boraalan.

					WORF
			Yes, sir.

	Worf EXITS via the aft Turbolift and an N.D. moves to
	take his station. Off Picard and Riker's expressions.

3    INT. SICKBAY

	Worf is on the clamshell bed as BEVERLY scans his head
	with an OPTICAL SCANNER. A few additional MEDICAL
	INSTRUMENTS are nearby.

	Worf is impatient and distracted, and he's not doing a
	very good job of keeping his head still; Beverly stops
	scanning.

					BEVERLY
			Worf, you have to try to keep
			still. I need an accurate scan of
			your cranial anatomy...

					WORF
			I'm sorry, Doctor. Please
			continue.

	Worf composes himself, attempting to keep still;
	Beverly resets the scan and begins again.

					BEVERLY
			You're worried about Nikolai,
			aren't you?

					WORF
				(reluctantly)
			Yes.

					BEVERLY
			Are the two of you close?

	There is a hesitation before Worf answers.

					WORF
			We are... brothers.

       STAR TREK: "Homeward" - REV. 10/28/93 - TEASER       5.

3    CONTINUED:

	But Beverly has noticed the hesitation. She keeps
	taking measurements as she tries casually to draw him
	out.

					BEVERLY
			You've never talked much about
			him. What's he like?

					WORF
				(carefully)
			Nikolai is older than I... and we
			are not -- alike. We had many
			disagreements as we were growing
			up.

					BEVERLY
			That's not unusual.

	Again, Worf hesitates. He's trying gingerly to
	describe his brother without sounding disparaging.

					WORF
			Nikolai... has a mind of his own.
			He attended Starfleet Academy --
			but he was unable to follow the
			rules. He left after one year.
				(beat)
			However, he has many fine
			qualities. He is... brilliant.
			Persuasive. A natural leader...

					BEVERLY
			Sounds intriguing... I look
			forward to meeting him.

	Worf gives her a look, but does not reply. For now,
	Worf has said all he has to say on the matter.

4    INT. PASSAGEWAY (OPTICAL)

	A dark passageway in a cavernous underground region of
	the planet. We hear the familiar hum of the
	Transporter and then WORF MATERIALIZES.

	We see that Worf has been surgically altered to look
	like one of the Boraal (precise physical features TBD),
	and is dressed in simple, loose-fitting clothes.

	Worf takes out a TRICORDER and scans the area for a
	beat.

         STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - TEASER         5A.

4    CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(taps combadge)
			Worf to Enterprise...

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
				(fritzed)
			Go ahead...

          STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - TEASER          6.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			I am picking up faint life signs
			approximately two-hundred meters
			from my position. I am heading
			toward them.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
				(fritzed)
			Understood. The plasmonic
			interference is getting worse...
			start checking in every thirty
			minutes to make sure we have a fix
			on you.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Worf moves off.

5    ANOTHER SECTION OF PASSAGEWAY

	Worf is moving slowly and carefully, continuing to scan
	with his tricorder.

					VORIN (O.S.)
			What are you doing here... ?

	Worf reacts to the voice and quickly conceals his
	tricorder. He turns to see a figure moving towards
	him...

6    VORIN

	an adult, Boraalan male, emerges from a dark
	passageway, holding an ALIEN OIL LAMP. He is dressed
	in clothes similar to Worf's. A POUCH containing many
	ORNATE PAPER SCROLLS is slung over his shoulder.

7    RESUME SCENE

	as Vorin cautiously approaches Worf.

					VORIN
			You're not from our village. Who
			are you?

	As Vorin speaks, an elderly Boraalan male, KATERAS,
	emerges from the passage to join him.

          STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - TEASER          7.

7    CONTINUED:

					KATERAS
			Who is this... ?

	His voice trails off as he sees Worf. This is
	absolutely the last thing Worf needed, and he tries to
	cover for himself.

					WORF
			My name is Worf. I am a...
			traveller...

					VORIN
			How did you survive the storms?

	Worf has run out of answers when a deep, strong voice
	booms out of the darkness.

					NIKOLAI (O.S.)
			I'd recognize that voice anywhere.
			Is it really you, Worf?

8    NIKOLAI ROZHENKO

	approaches from another direction, leading another N.D.
	BORAALAN and an adult Boraalan female, DOBARA. Nikolai
	is a large, powerfully-built human, but as he comes
	closer, we see that his features are similar to Worf's --
	Nikolai also looks like a Boraalan.

9    RESUME SCENE

	Nikolai moves towards Worf.

					NIKOLAI
			It's good to see you...
				(smiles)
			You've changed a lot in four
			years...

	Worf isn't exactly sure how to react, and he has to
	stare for a moment before he recognizes who it is.

					WORF
			Nikolai... ?

	Nikolai grins broadly and engulfs Worf in a huge bear
	hug, genuinely glad to see him. Nikolai turns to the
	Boraal, introducing Worf with a theatrical gesture.

          STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - TEASER          8.

9    CONTINUED:

					NIKOLAI
			This is my brother, Worf...
				(beat)
			He's come to help us.

	OFF Worf's confused expression.

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT ONE         9.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

10   INT. CAVERN

	It's a larger, more open, section of the caves. Small
	collections of SUPPLIES, including a few ALIEN OIL
	LAMPS, are scattered throughout the area, suggesting
	that the Boraalans have been here for several days.
	There is a CAMPFIRE in the center, and off in a corner,
	an underground spring has formed a natural POOL.

	Several more N.D. BORAALANS are here, including a young
	woman, TARRANA. The Boraalans all wear simple, loose-fitting
	clothes. (NOTE: these people are not primitive
	tribesmen. They could be thought of as similar in
	development to Arabs of the late Middle Ages -- they'd
	be able to build and use a telescope or a sextant, but
	they might also believe in magic.)

	Nikolai ENTERS leading Worf and the other Boraalans
	from the passageway.

					VORIN
				(to Worf)
			If you were able to get here, the
			storms must have subsided... Do
			you think it's safe enough to
			return to the surface?

	Worf has no idea what's going on here. He needs to
	talk to Nikolai -- alone.

					WORF
			Please... I must speak with my
			brother for a moment...

	Worf quickly takes Nikolai aside so they can talk
	privately. Worf keeps his voice low and controlled,
	but he's clearly angry.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Nikolai, what have you done?

					NIKOLAI
			They were dying.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT ONE         10.

10   CONTINUED:

					NIKOLAI (Cont'd)
			I refused to sit there... safe in
			that observation post... and watch
			it happen.
				(beat)
			I set up a deflector shield to
			screen these caves from the
			radiation and then I brought them
			here.

					WORF
			What have you told them?

					NIKOLAI
			They think I'm a Boraalan. I told
			them I'm from another village far
			from here.

	Worf relaxes slightly.

					WORF
			At least you had that much
			sense...

	The two men look at each other.

					NIKOLAI
			I knew the Enterprise was in this
			sector when I sent my distress
			call... but I wasn't sure you'd be
			the one to come.

	He places his hand on Worf's shoulder. Nikolai is
	always very physical, never afraid to show his
	feelings.

					NIKOLAI
				(continuing)
			I'm truly glad you're here, Worf.

	Nikolai's words are heartfelt and Worf softens. He has
	conflicting emotions: he's relieved to see his brother
	alive, but he still feels Nikolai has really messed up.

					WORF
			There is nothing we can do for
			these people. You have only
			postponed their deaths.

	Nikolai responds with a look of determination.

					NIKOLAI
			I'd like to discuss that with your
			Captain.

         STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT ONE         11.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			I am certain he will want to speak
			with you.

	Worf and Nikolai hold each other's gaze for a beat.
	Then Nikolai turns away and moves back to the group of
	Boraalans.

					NIKOLAI
			Friends... Worf and I must return
			to the surface...

	The news sends a concerned murmur through the group.

					NIKOLAI
				(continuing)
			He has equipment and provisions
			and needs help to bring them here.
			We'll return shortly.

	Worf reacts -- surely Nikolai knows they can't come
	back. Dobara seems particularly worried.

					DOBARA
			It's too dangerous. The storms
			can occur without warning. If
			you're caught in one...

					NIKOLAI
			Don't worry...
				(beat)
			My brother is a seer. He
			understands the nature of the
			storms. He'll know when it's safe
			to travel.

	Nikolai turns to Worf, looking for confirmation... and
	Worf has no choice but to support him.

					WORF
				(reluctantly)
			That is correct.

	A murmur goes through the group -- they're very
	impressed.

					KATERAS
				(in awe)
			Our Seer died when the storms
			first came. We have been without
			his guidance for many weeks.

      STAR TREK: "Homeward" - REV. 10/29/93 - ACT ONE      12.

10   CONTINUED: (3)

	Worf reacts -- the attention is making him
	uncomfortable.

					VORIN
				(to Worf and Nikolai)
			Let me go with you. I know the
			terrain better than anyone, and I
			can help--

					NIKOLAI
			No, Vorin. Worf and I will be
			fine. We'll be back soon.

	OFF Nikolai and Worf's expressions.

11   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Boraal Two.

12   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, TROI, Beverly, Worf, and Nikolai. Worf
	and Nikolai are back to normal: since their return to
	the ship, their Boraalan get-up has been removed.

	Nikolai is on his feet, pacing -- he's vital and
	energetic, a man with a mission trying to persuade
	others.

      STAR TREK: "Homeward" - REV. 10/29/93 - ACT ONE      13.

12   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Doctor, you were fully aware that
			the atmospheric dissipation could
			not be stopped. What were you
			hoping to accomplish by assisting
			these people?

					NIKOLAI
			I was trying to give them a
			future.
				(beat)
			I propose we create an atmospheric
			shield on the planet. We can
			camouflage the equipment just like
			my observation post. No one will
			ever know it's there.

	Astonished reactions around the table.

					RIKER
			You can't be serious.

					NIKOLAI
			I realize it would only provide
			atmosphere for a limited area of
			the surface. But it would be
			enough to save one village.

					PICARD
			I have no intention of compounding
			what you've already done by
			committing another gross violation
			of the Prime Directive.

					NIKOLAI
			The Boraalans have a rich and
			beautiful culture... a deep
			spiritual life. They deserve the
			chance to survive.

	It's hard not to be moved by Nikolai's passion.

					NIKOLAI
			Isn't that what the Prime
			Directive was truly intended to
			do... allow cultures to survive
			and grow naturally?

					TROI
			Not entirely. The Prime Directive
			was designed to ensure non-interference.

      STAR TREK: "Homeward" - REV. 10/29/93 - ACT ONE      14.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

	Beverly is feeling a little conflicted -- she wishes
	they could do something.

					BEVERLY
			But aren't we intefering either
			way? If we take no action, it's
			a conscious decision to let the
			Boraalans die.

	Nikolai seizes on this.

					NIKOLAI
			Exactly.
				(beat)
			We have the power to save some of
			them... all we have to do is
			exercise it.

	But Picard is not persuaded.

					PICARD
			The Prime Directive is a principle
			we've all sworn to uphold. Until
			that is changed, we cannot follow
			any other course of action. Is
			that understood?

	There's a long beat as Nikolai struggles to control his
	emotions. Finally, he acquiesces.

					NIKOLAI
			There are several log recorders in
			my observation post... They
			contain most of my research.
			Since it appears that the only way
			I'll be able to preserve Boraalan
			culture is in a museum, I would
			like permission to return to the
			surface and retrieve them.

	Picard doesn't want to make this any harder on Nikolai
	that it already is, but Nikolai's ploy is transparent.

					PICARD
			I'm afraid that won't be possible.
			You may have full use of the
			ship's computers to set up a com
			link and upload your data from
			here.

	Nikolai nods silently. Picard looks around the somber
	table.

         STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT ONE         15.

12   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			If there's nothing further, you're
			dismissed.

	The meeting breaks up. Everyone files out except
	Nikolai who continues to sit, staring off into space.
	Worf approaches him, trying to help.

					WORF
				(gently)
			Nikolai... I am sorry. I wish
			there were another way.

	Nikolai doesn't respond; his expression is unreadable.

					WORF
				(continuing, presses on)
			I am quite familiar with our
			communications systems. If you
			wish, I will help you set up your
			com link.

					NIKOLAI
			No. I'll do it myself.

	Then Nikolai abruptly gets up and EXITS. OFF Worf's
	expression.

13   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, and Beverly at their stations; Data is
	at Ops and Worf is at Tactical; various N.D.s man the
	other stations.

					DATA
				(off console)
			Captain, the atmospheric
			dissipation has accelerated over
			the past several hours. I
			estimate the planet's atmosphere
			will be completely gone within
			four minutes.

	As Picard and Riker exchange a grim look, the aft
	Turbolift DOORS OPEN and Nikolai ENTERS. He moves to
	Picard; he seems uncharacteristically subdued.

					NIKOLAI
			I've completed my data uplink,
			Captain.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT ONE         16.

13   CONTINUED:

					NIKOLAI (Cont'd)
			With your permission, I'd like to
			integrate my research logs into
			the ship's library computer.

					PICARD
			Of course.

	Nikolai nods and moves to an aft science station; he
	doesn't even look at Worf as he passes by. Nikolai
	begins to works his console.

					DATA
				(off console)
			The mesosphere is gone. Ionic
			reactions are now beginning to
			break down the troposphere.

					PICARD
			Put it on-screen...

14   THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	displays the planet, as before.

15   RESUME SCENE (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Riker reacts to the grim sight. Suddenly,
	the VIEWSCREEN image FRITZES OUT, filling with STATIC.

					PICARD
			What's going on?

					DATA
			It appears that the plasmonic
			reactions are continuing to
			interfere with our sensors.

					RIKER
			I thought you'd already
			compensated for that.

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			I had, sir...
				(beat)
			I will attempt to engage
			additional filtering elements...

	Data works his console for a beat. A moment later, the
	VIEWSCREEN CLEARS and the original image returns.

         STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT ONE         17.

15   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Visual re-established.

	A beat, then Picard stands and addresses the entire
	Bridge crew as he looks the Viewscreen.

					PICARD
			This is one of the times when we
			must face the ramifications of the
			Prime Directive... and honor the
			lives we cannot save.

	Nikolai moves away from his console.

					NIKOLAI
			I find no honor in this
			whatsoever, Captain. You'll
			excuse me if I don't stay.

	Picard watches Nikolai as he EXITS via the aft
	Turbolift. Then the room becomes silent as everyone
	stares at the Viewscreen...

16   THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	shows the final moments of the planet as its last
	layers of atmosphere disappear. In a few moments, it's
	all over. The planet has gone from a verdant globe to
	a charred, barren rock.

17   RESUME SCENE

	It's an incredibly difficult moment. Beverly looks
	down... Riker is deeply affected... Data's expression
	is unreadable... and Picard watches the Viewscreen
	unflinchingly.

	A silent, emotional beat.

					PICARD
			Number One, I'll be in my Ready
			Room. You have the Bridge.

	Riker acknowledges and Picard EXITS to the Ready Room.
	The mood on the Bridge slowly returns to normal.

					RIKER
			Helm, take us out of orbit. Set
			course for Starbase eighty-seven,
			warp five.

         STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT ONE         18.

17   CONTINUED:

					HELMSMAN'S VOICE (O.S.)
			Aye, sir.

	Suddenly one of the Aft Science stations SPARKS and
	goes dead.

					RIKER
			What happened?

					DATA
			There appears to be an unusual
			power drain in the EPS
			distribution net...

					RIKER
			What's the source?

					DATA
			Unknown, sir... it is difficult to
			localize.

	Worf checks his own console.

					WORF
			The power drain has registered on
			my security grid as well, sir...
			it appears to be coming from deck
			ten.

					RIKER
				(considers)
			All right, Worf. Get a security
			team on it.

	Worf acknowledges. He moves to the Turbolift and
	EXITS.

18   INT. CORRIDOR - JUNCTION

	Worf is with TWO N.D. SECURITY OFFICERS; each person
	has a TRICORDER.

					WORF
				(checks tricorder)
			Concentrate your scans on the EPS
			transfer links...

	The N.D.s nod and the group splits up.

         STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT ONE         19.

19   ANOTHER SECTION OF CORRIDOR - NEAR HOLODECK

	as Worf moves down the hall, scanning. He stops in
	front of the entrance to a Holodeck and looks at his
	tricorder, puzzled. He taps the door control, but
	nothing happens.

					WORF
			Computer. Open Holodeck Five.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Unable to comply. Holodeck Five
			is in use.

					WORF
			Override. Authorization, Worf
			Theta-six-one-nine.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Unable to comply. Holodeck
			control systems have been
			bypassed.

	Worf reacts, surprised, but before he can do anything
	else, the Holodeck doors suddenly OPEN. Worf peers
	inside, but it's extremely dark -- he can't see a
	thing.

					NIKOLAI (O.S.)
			Worf... Come in...

	Worf cautiously steps in...

20   INT. HOLODECK/CAVERN (OPTICAL)

	as Worf ENTERS, the DOORS CLOSE behind him. It's still
	dark, but now he can see Nikolai standing there,
	holding a PADD.

					WORF
			What are you doing here?

					NIKOLAI
			I have to show you something.
			Follow me...

	Nikolai leads Worf down a short passage. As they walk,
	Worf realizes that they are in a cave. Nikolai stops
	in front of a section of the cave wall.

					NIKOLAI
				(continuing)
			Whatever you do, stay quiet.

         STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT ONE         20.

20   CONTINUED:

	Worf still has no idea what's going on, but he nods.
	Nikolai taps the PADD, and a small section of the cave
	wall DISAPPEARS, leaving a hole. Nikolai motions to
	the hole.

					NIKOLAI
			Look.

	Worf steps up. He peers through the hole and sees...

21   THE BORAALANS - IN THE CAVERN - WORF'S POV (OPTICAL)

	It is identical to the scene that Worf saw on the
	planet. Everyone of the Boraalans is there, most of
	them sleeping, and nothing seems out of the ordinary.

22   RESUME SCENE

	Worf pulls back from the hole and stares in shock at
	Nikolai. Worf doesn't even have to make the
	accusation.

					NIKOLAI
			I've done what you refused to do.
			I've saved them.

	OFF Worf's expression.
                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

         STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT TWO         21.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

23   INT. ENTERPRISE - CORRIDOR

	Worf and Nikolai on the move. Worf is barely listening--he's
	seething, so angry he can't speak. Nikolai, on
	the other hand, is energized, expansive -- taking
	relish in the ingeniousness of his plan.

					NIKOLAI
			I started thinking about this days
			ago... when it became clear the
			planet was doomed. I knew if I
			could get access to your ship's
			computer, I'd be able to generate
			a replica of the caves...

	He glances at Worf for a response, but Worf doesn't
	even look at him.

					NIKOLAI
			The hard part was transporting the
			Boraalans into the Holodeck
			without anyone on the Enterprise
			noticing. But I was able to blank
			out the sensors and make it look
			like interference from the
			plasmonic (TECHS).

	They come to a halt in front of a Turbolift.

					NIKOLAI
			And it worked. Perfectly. The
			Boraalans were transported while
			they were sleeping -- they didn't
			even know anything had happened.

	The Turbolift door OPENS and the two go in...

24   INT. TURBOLIFT - CONTINUOUS

					WORF
			Bridge.

					NIKOLAI
			It's a simple plan, really...
			that's the beauty of it.
				(beat, a glance at Worf)
			Trust me, Worf -- this is going to
			work.

         STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT TWO         22.

24   CONTINUED:

	That's all Worf can take.

					WORF
				(furious)
			Trust you? You never had any
			intention of obeying the Captain!

	Nikolai doesn't back down an inch.

					NIKOLAI
			I wasn't going to let those people
			die just because your Captain
			started quoting Federation dogma
			to me.

					WORF
			Your duty was to respect the
			Captain's orders and uphold the
			Prime Directive.

	Nikolai eyes him.

					NIKOLAI
			Duty. That's all that really
			matters to you, isn't it?
				(beat)
			Well, I refuse to be bound by an
			abstraction. The lives of the
			people of Boraal are far more
			important to me.

	Nikolai regards Worf for a moment, then smiles, claps
	him on the shoulder in an attempt to break the tension
	of the moment.

					NIKOLAI
			Worf... you worry too much. You
			always did. Everything will work
			out.

	But Worf isn't having any. He pulls away.

					WORF
			You have disgraced yourself... and
			you have disgraced me. I want
			nothing more to do with you.

	And he turns his back on Nikolai.

                                             CUT TO:

         STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT TWO         23.

25   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard and Nikolai. The scene is already in progress;
	Picard is furious.

					PICARD
			You realize your career is
			finished.

					NIKOLAI
			I know that, Captain. And I would
			do it all again.

					PICARD
			What do you expect us to do now?
			You've left us with a colony of
			Boraalans who think they're still
			on their planet.

					NIKOLAI
			I didn't beam them up here without
			a plan. I've given this a lot of
			thought.

	Nikolai begins to move around the room, excited,
	persuasive...

					NIKOLAI
			I believe we can find a new
			planet... an M-class world...
			which can become their new home.

	Picard is extremely skeptical.

					PICARD
			A home which would look very
			different from Boraal... you can't
			really believe they'd be fooled...

	Nikolai smiles, confident.

					NIKOLAI
			That's where the Holodeck comes
			in. I'll go back and tell the
			Boraalans we're going on a
			journey... to a different place,
			where they'll be safe from the
			storms. The Holodeck can change
			the terrain gradually as we
			travel... so that at the end, the
			Holodeck simulation will match the
			conditions on the new planet.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Homeward" - REV. 10/29/93 - ACT TWO      24.

25   CONTINUED:

					NIKOLAI (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			And then, we'll beam them down.

	It's a troubling, but intriguing notion. Picard
	doesn't have many options, and he considers this one
	carefully.

					PICARD
			What if it doesn't work? What if
			they become aware that something
			strange is going on?

					NIKOLAI
			I can't prepare for every
			contingency. But I assure you --
			I'm used to thinking on my feet.
			I'll deal with the situation as it
			evolves.

	Picard takes a breath, comes to a decision.

					PICARD
			I'm not enthusiastic about this
			plan... but I don't see another
			option. We'll give it a try.

	Nikolai is pleased, but Picard remains troubled.

                                             CUT TO:

26   INT. STELLAR CARTOGRAPHY

	Picard, Data and Beverly are standing around the
	central globe as GEORDI, Worf, and Nikolai work at of
	one the large monitors.

      STAR TREK: "Homeward" - REV. 10/29/93 - ACT TWO      25.

27   ANGLE ON PICARD, DATA, AND BEVERLY

					BEVERLY
			There are countless M-class
			planets in Federation space which
			could support the Boraalans.
			We'll have to narrow the
			parameters.

					DATA
			I estimate it will take
			approximately nine and one half
			hours to complete the analysis.

					PICARD
			And even then there's no guarantee
			we'll be able to find a suitable
			planet...

					DATA
			That is correct.

					GEORDI (O.S.)
			Excuse me, Captain... but I think
			you better take a look at this...

	Beverly and Data turn their attention back to their
	search as Picard moves to join Geordi and the others.

28   GEORDI, WORF, AND NIKOLAI

	are studying an OKUDAGRAM which shows an intricate
	schematic of the Holodeck systems. Worf is treating
	Nikolai as if he weren't there. Picard joins the
	group.

					PICARD
			What is it?

					GEORDI
			We've got a problem, sir. I don't
			think it's going to be possible to
			keep this Holodeck simulation
			stable.

					PICARD
				(concerned)
			Why not?

         STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT TWO         26.

28   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			The plasmonic energy surges from
			the planet have affected some of
			the ship's systems. We're having
			problems with the EPS subsystems
			and the power distribution matrix.

					NIKOLAI
			As a result, the Holodeck imaging
			processor has been severely
			destabilized.

					GEORDI
			It's not a question of whether the
			simulation is going to break
			down... it's a question of when.

	A beat.

					PICARD
			There's no way around it?

					GEORDI
			Not while it's running. To fix
			it, I'd have to shut down all of
			the Holodecks and re-initialize
			the entire system.

					PICARD
			That would take hours...

					NIKOLAI
			We'll just have to hope the
			simulation holds long enough.

					PICARD
			Very well. Let's try it.
				(to Geordi)
			Monitor the situation closely,
			Mister La Forge.
					(MORE)

184:[4,#b]
         STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT TWO         27.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			Keep an open com link with the
			Holodeck so you can be apprised of
			any problems.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

	Geordi moves off to join Data and Beverly, leaving
	Picard alone with Nikolai and Worf. Nikolai is eager
	to begin.

					NIKOLAI
			I'll go back to the Holodeck as
			soon as my surgical alterations
			are complete. I'll prepare the
			Boraalans for their "journey."

					PICARD
			Considering the situation you've
			put us in, I don't think it's wise
			to leave you alone with those
			people. Mister Worf will
			accompany you.

	Worf is caught off guard by this.

					WORF
			Sir. Perhaps someone else would
			be a better choice. Counselor
			Troi is familiar with --

					PICARD
			No, the Boraalans already know
			you. There's no need to introduce
			anyone new.

					WORF
				(reluctant)
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Keep a close eye on your brother.
			I don't want him making the
			situation any worse than it is.

	Picard moves off, and Worf shoots a baleful glare at
	Nikolai. This is the last thing he wants to do.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

        STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT THREE        28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

29   INT. HOLODECK/CAVERN

	as seen earlier.

30   WORF AND NIKOLAI

	ENTER from one of the passages. Each man has a large,
	heavy SACK slung over his back (NOTE: Worf and Nikolai
	are back in their Boraalan make-up and costume). The
	Boraalans, including Vorin, gather around, overjoyed to
	see them alive.

					NIKOLAI
			Here... we have food...

	Nikolai feels very comfortable with these people, and
	he's clearly happy to be back. But Worf is keeping to
	himself, still wary of his role here. Nikolai
	addresses the group.

					NIKOLAI
				(continuing)
			My friends, this is difficult to
			say... but you have the right to
			know.
				(beat)
			By the time Worf and I reached the
			surface, the village was gone.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Homeward" - REV. 10/29/93 - ACT THREE     29.

30   CONTINUED:

					NIKOLAI (Cont'd)
			The storms had destroyed
			everything. There is nothing for
			us to return to.

	The news is devastating to the Boraal.

					DOBARA
			We can't survive in here... our
			supplies won't last forever.

					NIKOLAI
			That is why we must leave. There
			is a place far from here where
			there are no storms. It will be
			a difficult journey, but in the
			end, we will have a new home...

					WORF
			I know a way through the caves.
			We can travel safely until we
			return to the surface.

	The words don't come easily to Worf -- he's very
	uncomfortable in this role -- but it seems to satisfy
	the group. However, Vorin still seems a bit
	unconvinced.

					VORIN
			Where is this new land?

	Worf, of course, doesn't know -- the new planet hasn't
	been found yet. He tries to keep it as vague as he
	can.

					WORF
			As we said, it is far from here.
			It will not be like the home you
			knew... even the stars may be
			different.

	It's hardly a satisfying answer, and Vorin continues to
	press him.

					VORIN
			Why would they be different? And
			how do you know we'll be safe
			there?

        STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT THREE        30.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

	Nikolai sees that Worf is floundering... and the last
	thing they need is dissension here -- Nikolai has to
	cover for him.

					NIKOLAI
				(with conviction)
			Vorin. Remember -- my brother is
			a Seer. If he says we'll be
			safe... you can trust that we
			will be.

	Vorin seems a little chastened, though still not
	satisfied. But before he can reply, he's interrupted
	by a SCREAM from across the cave.

31   ANOTHER ANGLE - INCLUDING THE POOL

	Tarrana is standing near the natural pool, obviously
	terrified. A BUCKET is on the ground at her feet.

	Everyone rushes over to see what's happening. Kateras
	goes to Tarrana and holds her.

					KATERAS
			What's wrong?

					TARRANA
			Look...

	She points a trembling hand at the pool. Worf,
	Nikolai, and Dobara peer cautiously into the pool...

32   INSIDE THE POOL (OPTICAL)

	the Holodeck grid lines appear below the surface of the
	water.

33   RESUME SCENE

	Dobara pulls back in fear and wonder. Nikolai and Worf
	exchange a look. Worf knows he has to come up with an
	explanation quickly -- as well as get rid of this
	Holodeck glitch. Since he's been forced into the role
	of Seer, he might as well play into it.

					WORF
			Do not worry... it is an omen...

					DOBARA
			What does it mean?

       STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT THREE       30A.

33   CONTINUED:

	Worf gets an idea. He speaks slowly and deliberately,
	emphasizing certain phrases -- he's trying to get a
	message across...

        STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT THREE        31.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			This is the sign of... La Forge.
			It is a message to travellers...

34   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi is keeping an eye on the Holodeck and monitoring
	Worf's communications. But right now, he's looking a
	little puzzled.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			It is said that when these lines
			appear and disappear in a pool of
			water...

	Geordi gets it. He quickly works the console as Worf's
	voice continues in the background.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			The road ahead will be filled with
			good fortune...

					GEORDI
				(to himself)
			Hang in there, Worf... just give
			me a second...
				(beat)
			There, that should do it...

35   INT. HOLODECK/CAVERN - THE POOL (OPTICAL)

	as the water returns to normal. Worf breathes a sigh
	of relief. The group -- including Vorin -- regards
	Worf with renewed respect.

					NIKOLAI
				(to group)
			You see? Our journey is already
			blessed. We have a long road
			ahead. Let's have a meal, and
			then we can make preparations to
			leave.

	As the Boraalans move away, Tarrana gives Worf a little
	smile -- she's clearly impressed with him.

        STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT THREE        32.

35   CONTINUED:

					NIKOLAI
				(continuing, quieter to
				 Worf)
			Good work...
				(beat)
			It seems we're not such a bad team
			after all.

					WORF
				(disgusted)
			We are not a "team." I am here
			because Captain Picard ordered me
			here.

					NIKOLAI
			Worf -- don't we share the same
			goal? Aren't we both trying to
			make this plan work?

					WORF
			Only because you forced us into
			it.

					NIKOLAI
			I'm not ashamed of what I did.
			I'm not sorry I saved their
			lives...

					WORF
			You have not changed. You still
			expect others to solve the
			problems you create.

	Nikolai stares at him, realizing that there is more
	here than resentment over the present situation.

					NIKOLAI
			I'm not here to work out the
			issues of our childhood. I'm
			trying to save a people I care
			about. And if that upsets you --
			so be it.

	He walks off, leaving Worf in frustrated turmoil.

                                             CUT TO:

36   INT. STELLAR CARTOGRAPHY

	Data and Beverly are standing front of the large
	monitor. Data works the console.

        STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT THREE        33.

36   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			These are the two planets which
			best match our search criteria...

37   THE MONITOR

	displays graphics of two similar-looking planets and
	associated information.

38   RESUME SCENE

					DATA
			Draygo Four features an unusually
			large temperate zone. However, it
			is within three light-years of
			Cardassian space.

	Beverly reacts, dismayed.

					BEVERLY
			There are constant border disputes
			in that sector...

					DATA
			The alternative is Vacca Six. It
			is located in the Cabral sector...

					BEVERLY
				(hopeful)
			That's pretty isolated...

					DATA
			It offers a less hospitable
			climate than the Boraalans are
			accustomed to. However, it would
			still appear to be the better
			choice.

	Beverly studies the monitor unhappily -- this is not an
	easy decision to make.

					DATA
			Do you disagree, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			No, Data... you're right. It's
			just that... the enormity of what
			we're doing is overwhelming.
			We're deciding the future of a
			species.

					DATA
			It is a formidable responsibility.

        STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT THREE        34.

38   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			There are so many questions we
			can't answer... what if the
			climate is so different that it
			affects them in some way we can't
			anticipate? Can we even be sure
			they'll survive? And if they do,
			how will their society evolve
			here... and what impact will it
			have on the Vaccan system?
				(beat)
			We have no idea what this decision
			will mean for their future.

					DATA
			I do not believe we can offer any
			guarantees, Doctor. We can simply
			make the best choice we have at
			the moment.

	She stares at the images.

					BEVERLY
			Right.
				(beat)
			Well, Vacca Six it is, then.

					DATA
				(taps combadge)
			Data to Bridge...

                                             INTERCUT:

39   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker at their stations.

					PICARD
			Picard here...

					DATA
			We have located a new home for the
			Boraalans, sir. It is Vacca Six
			in the Cabral sector.

	Riker checks his chair console.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			At maximum warp, we could be there
			in less than forty-two hours, sir.

       STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT THREE       34A.

39   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Very well.
				(to helm)
			Helm. Set course for Vacca Six.

                                             CUT TO:

        STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT THREE        35.

40   INT. HOLODECK/CAVERN

	Worf sits alone in a corner of the cave, fuming. As he
	eats some simple food, he sees Nikolai and Dobara
	preparing a meal together across the cave. They're
	sitting close to each other, laughing and touching --
	it all seems very intimate. The scene doesn't help
	Worf's attitude at all. He tries to concentrate on his
	food.

	Then Worf hears a light SCRATCHING SOUND. He turns to
	see Vorin, sitting nearby, looking at him. Vorin has
	a long SCROLL unrolled in front of him, and as he
	watches Worf, he draws on the scroll with an intricate-looking
	ALIEN STYLUS.

	Worf moves over to him, curious, and looks down at
	Vorin's scroll.

41   THE SCROLL

	is a beautifully-detailed drawing, filled with figures
	and symbols and delicate alien script, similar in feel
	to hieroglyphics. Vorin is working on a representation
	of TWO MALE FIGURES leading a small group of people.

42   RESUME SCENE

					WORF
			What is this?

					VORIN
				(simply)
			Our chronicle.

	He sees Worf's puzzled expression.

					VORIN
				(continuing)
			The history of our village.
			Doesn't your village keep a
			chronicle?

					WORF
				(covering)
			Not in this manner.

					VORIN
			Then how do you teach your
			children their history... who
			their ancestors were... and where
			they come from?

					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT THREE        36.

42   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			We tell each other stories... make
			up songs...

					VORIN
			Stories change with each person
			who tells them. This...
				(indicates scroll)
			... will always be the same.
				(proudly)
			Our chronicle has been maintained
			for seventeen generations. I was
			only able to save the last six.

	The regret on Vorin's face is clear -- these scrolls
	mean a great deal to him. He indicates the drawing of
	the two figures he was working on.

					VORIN
				(continuing)
			This shows the destruction of our
			village... and this is you and
			Nikolai leading us to safety.

	To Worf, the thought of being incorporated into the
	history of these people is a bit unsettling.

					WORF
				(loudly)
			We must leave. Gather your
			belongings.

	In the b.g., the group begins to stir, picking up their
	things. Meanwhile, Vorin is looking around frantically
	for something.

					VORIN
				(concerned)
			One of the scrolls is gone...
				(thinks)
			I must have dropped it in the
			passageway... I'll go look...

        STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT THREE        37.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

	Vorin begins to move towards a passageway. But
	considering the problems with the Holodeck, Worf is
	reluctant to let him leave the group.

					WORF
			We must stay together. You will
			have to leave it behind.

					VORIN
				(shocked by the
				 suggestion)
			Worf. The chronicle is the life
			of our village. Without that
			past, our future means nothing.
			I must find it.

	A beat.

					WORF
			Go... and return quickly.

	Vorin nods and moves off. As Worf watches him go...

					KATERAS (O.S.)
			Seer!

	Kateras comes up to Worf, a smile on his face.

					KATERAS
				(continuing)
			I'm an old man... would you help
			me with my gear?

	Kateras has definitely taken a shine to Worf. He leads
	Worf to another spot in the cave; Worf follows
	reluctantly.

	Worf begins to help him pack his gear, which consists
	of a small BEDROLL and some BLANKETS. As they work,
	Tarrana walks by, deliberately passing close to Worf.
	She gives him a sweet look and then picks up a blanket
	and moves away.

					KATERAS
				(continuing, proudly)
			That is Tarrana... my daughter.
			I am fortunate that she was old
			enough to survive the storms.

					WORF
			She is a... fine girl.

     STAR TREK: "Homeward" - REV. 10/29/93 - ACT THREE     38.

42   CONTINUED: (3)

					KATERAS
			She is a beautiful girl.

	Worf reacts -- he can see where this is going.

					KATERAS
				(continuing)
			She hasn't been promised to
			anyone. If I don't reach our new
			home -- I would like her to become
			your wife.

	At every turn, Worf is getting more and more involved
	with these people -- and that's the last thing he
	wanted to do.

					WORF
			You will reach your new home... I
			promise.

                                             CUT TO:

43   INT. HOLODECK/CAVERN (OPTICAL)

	Vorin is moving slowly through a passage holding a
	lamp, searching carefully. A look of relief comes over
	his face -- up ahead, he sees a SCROLL lying on the
	ground. But as he moves to pick it up, he pulls back
	in astonishment. On the wall in front of him he sees
	A PIECE OF THE HOLODECK ARCH sticking out of the cave
	wall.

	He tentatively reaches out and touches the Arch piece.
	As he does, a section of the CAVE WALL DEMATERIALIZES,
	revealing the ENTIRE HOLODECK ARCH/EXIT.

	Vorin stares at the Arch in astonishment. He sets down
	his lamp and takes a step toward the arch; the DOORS
	OPEN, revealing the Enterprise Corridor.

	OFF Vorin's stunned expression.

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT FOUR        39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

44   INT. CORRIDOR

	Vorin is moving down the corridor, confused and
	overwhelmed by everything around him. He passes a few
	N.D. CIVILIANS who give him puzzled looks. Vorin has
	never seen people like these and it terrifies him. He
	has to get away from them... He stumbles towards the
	Ten Forward doors which OPEN...

45   INT. TEN FORWARD (CONTINUOUS)

	The usual crowd. Riker and Troi are sitting together
	at one of the tables when the DOORS OPEN and Vorin
	ENTERS.

	Vorin looks around in horror -- this is even worse than
	the corridor. The room, the people, the windows
	looking out into empty space -- everything here
	terrifies him.

	People are beginning to notice him... an N.D. CIVILIAN
	approaches Vorin slowly, trying to calm him down...
	Vorin backs himself against the windows as people
	gather around, trying to help...

46   ANOTHER ANGLE

	By now, Riker and Troi have moved in to take charge of
	the situation. Riker motions to the crowd of N.D.s
	surrounding Vorin.

					RIKER
			All right, everybody... back
			off...

	As the group backs off, Troi moves closer to Vorin,
	slowly and carefully. Her voice is soothing,
	calming...

					TROI
			I know things must look very
			strange to you... but everything's
			going to be fine. No one is going
			to hurt you...

	There's no answer, just raw, inarticulate fear. Vorin
	appears close to tears.

        STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT FOUR        40.

46   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(continuing)
			We're friends of Nikolai and
			Worf... Don't be afraid...

	Vorin reacts to the name.

					VORIN
			Nikolai... ?

	Troi seizes on the fact that the name is something he
	recognizes...

					TROI
			Yes, he is my friend... and that
			means you are, too. I promise I
			won't hurt you...

	Troi's words are having an effect... Vorin makes a
	tentative move toward her...

					VORIN
			Please... help me...

	He begins shaking uncontrollably.

					VORIN
			Where am I?

	Troi puts her hand on Vorin's shoulder, trying to
	comfort him. She and Riker exchange a worried look.

                                             CUT TO:

47   INT. SICKBAY

	Vorin is sitting quietly on the main Sickbed. Troi is
	nearby, staying close to him; an N.D. Security Guard
	watches Vorin warily. Beverly and Picard are off to
	one side, conferring in low tones.

					BEVERLY
			I'm sorry, there's nothing I can
			do... his neural physiology is
			unusual. I can't wipe his memory.

					PICARD
			I see...
				(long beat)
			How is he?

        STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT FOUR        41.

47   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			As well as can be expected. I
			gave him a mild sedative, and
			Deanna's been talking to him the
			whole time. He's calmed down a
			lot.

					PICARD
			Does he understand the situation?

					BEVERLY
			I think so.

	A beat.

					PICARD
			All right. Get in touch with
			Mister Worf... make sure he knows
			what's happened.

	Beverly nods and EXITS. Picard moves to join Troi and
	Vorin.

					TROI
			This is Captain Picard.

					PICARD
			Vorin, isn't it?

	Vorin nods, eyeing Picard, unsure of his intentions.
	He's on edge, still frightened and confused, unsure of
	the people and surroundings in this strange place.

					VORIN
			Why did you bring us here?

					PICARD
			Your planet was dying... it could
			no longer support life. So we
			took you away from it.

	Vorin struggles with the concept, trying to understand.

					VORIN
			But... we never left the caves...

	It's not easy to explain.

      STAR TREK: "Homeward" - REV. 10/28/93 - ACT FOUR      42.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			We have the ability to create
			the... illusion of other places,
			like the caves on your planet.
			You have actually been on this
			starship for the last two days...
			not on Boraal.

	Each answer is another blow to Vorin's sense of
	reality. He tries to keep himself under control as he
	turns to Troi.

					VORIN
			Then our home... is gone?

					TROI
				(beat)
			Yes.

	Vorin is in anguish, lost -- he has no idea what to say
	or do. Picard tries to give him some hope.

					PICARD
			Vorin. Listen to me. We can
			travel to many worlds. We will
			take you to one where your people
			can build a new life...

	Vorin is extremely upset by this.

					VORIN
			A new life... ?

      STAR TREK: "Homeward" - REV. 10/28/93 - ACT FOUR      43.

47   CONTINUED: (3)

	Picard tries to explain.

					PICARD
			A chance... for your people...
			your culture... to survive and
			grow.

	Vorin sinks back onto the Sickbed in despair.

					VORIN
			How can we grow when everything
			that made us who we are... is
			gone?

	Picard doesn't how to respond -- Vorin's words echo his
	own feelings about the Prime Directive and this entire
	situation. OFF Picard's disturbed expression.

                                             CUT TO:

48   EXT. HOLODECK/SURFACE - RUGGED TERRAIN - DAY

	The Boraalans have emerged from the caves onto barren,
	rocky terrain. Everyone is loaded with gear in simple
	PACKS on their backs; a couple of people are also
	hauling TRAVOIS (a pair of wooden poles joined by a
	strip of canvas) loaded with supplies. Nikolai is in
	the lead with Dobara and several of the others.
	Meanwhile, Worf is helping Kateras over a rough patch
	of ground.

	Kateras huffs with the strain of the march. Worf takes
	Kateras' pack from him.

					WORF
			I will carry this. Go join the
			others...

					KATERAS
			Thank you, Seer...

      STAR TREK: "Homeward" - REV. 10/29/93 - ACT FOUR      44.

48   CONTINUED:

	As Kateras moves off, he passes Nikolai coming back to
	join Worf. Nikolai watches as Kateras slowly makes his
	way to the others.

					NIKOLAI
			It'll be dark in a few hours...
			Can you tell Mister La Forge to
			create a suitable campsite for us
			a few kilometers from here?

	Nikolai trails off as he notices Worf's angry mood.

					NIKOLAI
				(continuing)
			What's the matter?

					WORF
			Vorin has left the Holodeck.

					NIKOLAI
				(shocked)
			How did he get out?

					WORF
			I don't know. But Doctor Crusher
			cannot erase his memory.

					NIKOLAI
			What will they do with him?

					WORF
			They have explained the situation
			to him... he must make his own
			decision.

	Nikolai looks at Worf with disbelief.

					NIKOLAI
			Are you saying that if Vorin wants
			to come back in here... they'll
			let him?

					WORF
			That is his right. He's not a
			prisoner.

					NIKOLAI
			If he comes back and tells the
			others what he's seen on the
			Enterprise, everything we've done
			will be for nothing...

      STAR TREK: "Homeward" - REV. 10/29/93 - ACT FOUR      45.

48   CONTINUED: (2)

	Worf can't take any more of this -- he explodes.

					WORF
			You should've considered that
			before you beamed them aboard!

	Worf glares at Nikolai, the pent-up frustrations of the
	past pouring out of him.

					WORF
			But you never think about the
			consequences of your acts.

					NIKOLAI
			If you mean I'm willing to do
			something -- while others hesitate --
			that's true.

					WORF
			Wherever you go, you create chaos.
			How many times did our parents lie
			awake at night, wondering what
			kind of trouble you were in?

	Stung, Nikolai lashes out.

					NIKOLAI
			If only I could have been more
			like you -- Worf, the perfect son.

					WORF
			I was not perfect -- but I was not
			wild and disobedient.

					NIKOLAI
			Of course not. You were too busy
			doing your duty.

					WORF
			I would rather be accused of that --
			than of making our mother weep.

	The two men glare at each other for a beat.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			But it is clear you have no
			intention of changing. I see no
			reason to discuss it further.

	Worf walks away in disgust, and moves to join the rest
	of the group. Dobara, who is nearby, looks from one to
	the other, concerned. As the group continues on its
	march...

             STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT FOUR           45A.

49   A ROCK OUTCROPPING (OPTICAL)

	begins to SHIMMER and DISSOLVE into the Holodeck
	gridlines (note: none of our characters sees this
	happening). The effect only lasts a few seconds, and
	the rock quickly returns to normal -- but it's clear
	that the Holodeck is breaking down.

                                             CUT TO:

50   EXT. HOLODECK/SURFACE - CAMP - NIGHT

	The Boraalans have made camp for the night. There is
	a CAMPFIRE and a few simple TENTS have been pitched.
	The tents are lit from within by the oil lamps, and the
	shadows of the Boraalans can be seen against the tent
	walls. The strains of an alien instrument can be heard
	in the b.g. It's a beautiful, peaceful sight.

51   ANOTHER ANGLE - WORF

	is off by himself in a secluded spot, talking on the
	com with Geordi. Worf is concerned and frustrated.

             STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT FOUR            46.

51   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Commander, the Holodeck
			malfunctions are increasing...

                                             INTERCUT:

52   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi at a console.

					GEORDI
			I'm running every stabilization
			routine I know...

					WORF
			How much longer until we reach the
			new planet?

					GEORDI
			We'll be there in less than eight
			hours... You just have to hold
			things together a little while
			longer...

	Suddenly, Worf hears the sound of SOMEONE
	APPROACHING...

					WORF
				(to com)
			Someone is coming...

                                             END INTERCUT:

	A short beat later, Worf sees Dobara moving toward him.

					DOBARA
			May I speak with you?

					WORF
			Of course.

	They sit down on a couple of nearby rocks.

					DOBARA
			I don't know what Nikolai said to
			you, but please... forgive him.

					WORF
			It is an... old argument.

             STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT FOUR            47.

52   CONTINUED:

					DOBARA
			I've never seen him like this.
			He's usually so confident, so sure
			of himself... But now he seems...
			different. Do you know why?

	After a beat.

					WORF
			No. I do not.

	Dobara scrutinizes him carefully, as though to search
	for a deeper meaning behind his words. She proceeds
	carefully.

					DOBARA
			Ever since Vorin was lost, people
			have been afraid... worried that
			we won't reach our new home.
				(beat)
			We need Nikolai's strength now...
			more than ever.

	As she continues, Worf can see how intensely personal
	her feelings are for Nikolai.

					DOBARA
				(continuing)
			When the storms first came to our
			village, many of us were ready to
			die... but Nikolai refused to let
			us. He gathered us together and
			led us into the caves. He saved
			us.
				(beat)
			He's a brave and compassionate
			man... and I love him. Please go
			to him... make things right
			between you. I want us to be a
			family.

	Worf reacts.

					WORF
			Us?

             STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT FOUR            48.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

					DOBARA
			Yes. I want you to consider
			yourself my brother.

	Dobara places her hand gently on her stomach.

					DOBARA
				(continuing)
			After all -- you're going to be
			the uncle of my child.

	OFF Worf's expression.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

             STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT FIVE            49.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

53   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (STOCK OPTICAL)

	as it enters orbit around Vacca Six.

54   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, and Data at their stations.

					DATA
			We are in synchronous orbit above
			the beam-down site, sir.

					PICARD
			Good.
				(to com)
			Mister La Forge. How much longer
			before we can transport the
			Boraalans?

                                             INTERCUT:

55   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi is working some consoles.

					GEORDI
				(worried)
			A few more hours, sir... but we've
			got some problems here.

	Picard and Riker exchange concerned looks.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I don't think the Holodeck's going
			to last that long. We've had
			materialization errors and
			resolution failures all over the
			place -- and it's getting worse.
			The simulation could fall apart
			any minute.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			We'll have the Transporter room
			standing by...
					(MORE)

             STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT FIVE            50.

55   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			We may need to transport the
			Boraalans whether you're ready or
			not. Keep Mister Worf apprised of
			the situation.

                                             END INTERCUT.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

	Picard rises and moves to the Turbolift.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Commander, you have the Bridge...
			We still have one more problem to
			worry about...

	Picard EXITS.

                                             CUT TO:

56   INT. VORIN'S QUARTERS

	Vorin is sitting in the middle of the room, clutching
	his scroll, lost in his thoughts, a man out of place in
	a strange world. The door CHIMES. For a second, he
	doesn't know what it is, but then he remembers...

					VORIN
			Yes...

	The DOORS OPEN and Picard ENTERS.

					PICARD
			Vorin. We've arrived at the
			planet I told you about...
				(beat)
			Have you made a decision?

	Vorin tries to speak with conviction, but it's clear
	he's extremely uncertain.

					VORIN
			I believe I would like to go back
			to my people.

	Picard reacts -- he was afraid of this, but he knows he
	can't prevent it.

          STAR TREK: "Homeward" - REV. 10/28/93 - ACT FIVE          51.

56   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I see.
				(beat)
			And what do you intend to tell
			them?

					VORIN
			I don't know...

					PICARD
			If you tell them the truth -- what
			will happen? Will they believe
			you?

					VORIN
			I'm not sure. It is a fantastic
			story.

					PICARD
			It's possible they'll think you
			had an hallucination... or even
			that you're insane...

	Vorin considers this possibility.

					VORIN
			I don't think I'd like to live my
			life knowing what I know -- and
			being thought of as a madman...

					PICARD
			On the other hand, they may
			believe your fantastic story.
			They would learn about alien
			worlds and starships...

					VORIN
			That would be disastrous. It
			would destroy everything they
			believed in...

	Vorin comes to a sobering conclusion.

					VORIN
			I can't tell them the truth... but
			I don't think I can live with a
			secret.

					PICARD
			You can stay here. Make a future
			for yourself... with us.

             STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT FIVE           51A.

56   CONTINUED: (2)

	There's a long, silent beat as Vorin wrestles with
	this.

					VORIN
			I need some time... please...

             STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT FIVE            52.

56   CONTINUED: (3)

	Picard nods and EXITS. OFF Vorin's lost expression.

57   EXT. HOLODECK/SURFACE - CAMP - NIGHT

	Worf and Nikolai are outside the tents, arguing.

					WORF
			How could you have mated with a
			Boraalan? What were you thinking?

	Nikolai turns and faces Worf squarely. The two men are
	head-on, bristling, ready for a fight.

					NIKOLAI
			I don't owe you an explanation.
			It's a matter between Dobara and
			me.

					WORF
			As usual, you are thinking only of
			yourself.

	Nikolai reaches out and gives Worf a little shove in
	the chest.

					NIKOLAI
			And as usual, you're here to point
			out the error of my ways.

	Worf gives Nikolai a shove right back.

					WORF
			You have treated Dobara with
			dishonor.

	Nikolai shoves Worf -- harder.

					NIKOLAI
			No -- I love her and I intend to
			raise our child together.

          STAR TREK: "Homeward" - REV. 10/29/93 - ACT FIVE          53.

57   CONTINUED:

	Worf is aghast at this.

					WORF
			That is impossible -- I cannot
			allow you to stay here.

					NIKOLAI
			You will have to kill me first --

	Suddenly, there is a huge CRACKLING SOUND from the sky.
	Worf and Nikolai look up...

58   THE SKY (OPTICAL)

	is beginning to shimmer, dissolving into gridlines and
	then reforming... it's a spectacular and terrifying
	sight (NOTE: the Holodeck simulation is completely
	falling apart here and the precise optical effects
	should reflect that).

59   RESUME SCENE

	Nikolai and Worf exchange a look -- what are they going
	to do? At that moment, Dobara, Kateras, and several of
	the other N.D. Boraalans rush up and look fearfully
	into the sky.

					DOBARA
				(to Worf and Nikolai)
			What does it mean... ?

	Nikolai makes a quick decision.

					NIKOLAI
				(grimly)
			The storms have returned.

	Worf reacts -- what is Nikolai up to? But the words
	have the desired effect on the Boraalans -- they think
	they're doomed.

					KATERAS
			We will be killed...

					NIKOLAI
			No! Worf has the power to end the
			storms once and for all...

	Worf stares at him... then realizes what he's saying.

          STAR TREK: "Homeward" - REV. 10/28/93 - ACT FIVE          54.

59   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Yes. But everyone must take
			shelter in the tents.

					KATERAS
			The tents won't protect us...

					NIKOLAI
			Worf will protect you. You must
			trust him.

	Nikolai tries to herd the Boraalans people toward their
	tents, but they are frightened and unruly. Worf moves
	away, talks quietly to Geordi.

					WORF
			Commander... it might help if you
			could produce a storm...

60   INT. ENGINEERING

	Geordi is working a console.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			... wind, lightning and thunder.

					GEORDI
			I'll see what I can do...

61   EXT. HOLODECK/SURFACE - CAMP

	The wind has started to blow... the camp is illuminated
	by flashes of lightning... thunderous booms can be
	heard... Everyone has to shout above the noise.

					NIKOLAI
			The storm is getting worse! You
			must go to your tents -- now!

	As the storm worsens, the Boraalans scramble madly into
	their tents... In a few moments, everyone is inside,
	leaving Worf and Nikolai alone in the middle of the
	camp...

62   ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	It's a bizarre scene as the wind howls and lightning
	crackles. Worf and Nikolai check one last time, making
	certain that everyone is inside, and then...

             STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT FIVE            55.

62   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(to com)
			Commander... Energize...

	Worf, Nikolai and the tents DEMATERIALIZE...

63   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as everything MATERIALIZES in the same position and in
	what appears to be the same place -- except now it is
	a calm and peaceful night. (NOTE: this is now supposed
	to be the actual surface of the planet; it may be
	appropriate to make minor changes to the set such as
	placing various rocks in different places, etc.)

	A few moments pass and then the Boraalans slowly emerge
	from their tents. They stare all around in wonder.

					WORF
			The storms will not return.

					NIKOLAI
			What did I tell you? My brother
			has saved us.

	They look at Worf with awe and gratitude. Worf and
	Nikolai exchange a meaningful look -- they pulled
	together and it worked.

64   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around Vacca Six.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 47427.2.
			The Boraalans have safely reached
			the site of what will eventually
			become their new village. None of
			them suspects they ever left their
			planet. However, our success has
			come at a high price...

65   INT. VORIN'S QUARTERS

	Vorin lies dead on his bed. Picard watches grimly as
	Beverly pulls the sheet up over his face.

					BEVERLY
			I think it was some form of ritual
			suicide...

          STAR TREK: "Homeward" - REV. 11/01/93 - ACT FIVE          56.

65   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			He said he had nowhere to go...

	It's a solemn moment.

					BEVERLY
			He'd have died even if we hadn't
			interfered...

					PICARD
			But he wouldn't have died alone...
			and afraid...

					BEVERLY
			Are you saying you're sorry we
			saved the Boraalans?

					PICARD
			No, of course not. Our plan
			worked out well for them...

	He glances down at the still form.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			But I wish Vorin could have
			bridged the gap between our
			cultures. I would have liked the
			chance to know him better.

	Beverly has no comment. Off their expressions...

                                             CUT TO:

66   OMITTED

67   EXT. SURFACE - DAY

	Nikolai stands near their tent with Dobara as Worf
	approaches. Dobara looks at Worf a bit fearfully,
	uncertain if the two are going to fight again.

					NIKOLAI
			Dobara... go inside.

					DOBARA
			Nikolai -- don't...

          STAR TREK: "Homeward" - REV. 11/01/93 - ACT FIVE         56A.

67   CONTINUED:

					NIKOLAI
			Please.

	She gives Worf a last look and then enters the tent.

					NIKOLAI
			I told you -- you'll have to kill
			me to get me away from here.

	Worf regards his brother for a long beat.

             STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT FIVE            57.

67   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			I don't want to fight you,
			Nikolai.

	These are two men trying to reach each other, trying to
	find the way out of conflict and into resolution.
	Nikolai takes a breath, tries to cut through.

					NIKOLAI
			Nothing was ever easy between us,
			was it?

					WORF
			No.

	Nikolai is trying to set things right between them --
	even if it means making difficult admissions.

					NIKOLAI
			It's my fault. If I'd been more
			like you, we wouldn't have had so
			many problems.

	Worf is touched by the gesture.

					WORF
			If you'd been more like me --
			those people would not be here
			now. You gave them a chance at a
			new life.

	Nikolai regards him... takes the next step.

          STAR TREK: "Homeward" - REV. 11/01/93 - ACT FIVE          58.

67   CONTINUED: (3)

					NIKOLAI
			Worf... I intend to share that
			life with them. The village will
			need someone to begin a new
			chronicle... and my child will
			need a father. My place is here.
				(beat: a small smile)
			Don't you see? I'm finally taking
			responsibility.

	Worf hesitates, then smiles as well.

					WORF
			You were never good at drawing...
			how will you keep a chronicle?

	Nikolai smiles -- they've reached a resolution.

					NIKOLAI
			I learn quickly.

					WORF
			Then perhaps there is hope...

	Worf moves closer to Nikolai and picks up Vorin's pouch
	of scrolls which lies nearby. He searches through the
	pouch for a beat and then finds the one he was looking
	for. Worf unrolls it -- it's the drawing Vorin made of
	Worf and Nikolai.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			May I take this with me?

					NIKOLAI
			It's yours.

	A long beat as the two brothers share the personal
	moment.

					WORF
			I will attempt to explain all this
			to mother and father.

					NIKOLAI
			They won't understand.

					WORF
			They may. I will tell them... you
			are happy.

	OFF their expressions.

             STAR TREK: "Homeward" - 10/27/93 - ACT FIVE            59.

68   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it leaves the planet behind.

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             









                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Sub Rosa" 
                       (fka "Passions") 
                          #40277-266 
                              
                           Story by 
                          Jeri Taylor 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                         Brannon Braga 
                              
                    Based Upon Material by 
                        Jeanna F. Gallo 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Jonathan Frakes 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1993 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT
 
                      NOVEMBER 5, 1993

            STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 10/18/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Sub Rosa" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD                 FELISA
                RIKER                  RONIN
                DATA                   QUINT
                BEVERLY                MATURIN
                TROI               
                WORF               
                GEORDI 
            
                Non-Speaking           Non-Speaking
                  N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES    N.D. COLONISTS
                  TRANSPORTER CHIEF  

            STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Sub Rosa" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              BEVERLY'S QUARTERS       CEMETERY
              CORRIDOR
              ENGINEERING
              READY ROOM
              TEN FORWARD
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              TURBOLIFT
          
            PLANET SURFACE
              HOWARD HOME
              WEATHER CONTROL STATION

    STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Sub Rosa" 
                         
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 ANAPHASIC         an-uh-FAZE-ick
                 CALDOS            CALL-dose
                 CUMULONIMBUS      kyoom-you-low-NIM-bus
                 FELISA            fell-EE-sah
                 GLAMIS            GLOMS
                 JESSEL            JESS-ul
                 KILMARNOCK        KILL-mar-nock
                 MATURIN           ma-TOUR-in
                 MOK'BARA          moke-ba-RAH
                 RONIN             ROW-nin
                 SELAR             sell-AR

          STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - TEASER          1.

                STAR TREK: The Next Generation                  
                          "Sub Rosa"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. PLANET SURFACE - CEMETERY - DAY

	A traditional FUNERAL is in progress. A large group of
	MOURNERS, dressed in black, are gathered around a
	COFFIN. The setting is a SUNNY clearing surrounded by
	a large HEDGE. Stone-carved TOMBSTONES and other
	traditional graveyard details can be seen. PICARD and
	TROI are there, as well -- wearing their dress
	uniforms.

	BEVERLY is standing at the head of the coffin, speaking
	to the group. It's a eulogy, and Beverly speaks with
	great fondness.

					BEVERLY
				(to all)
			Most people on this colony will
			remember my grandmother as a
			"healer"... but her abilities
			went beyond that. She didn't just
			relieve pain, or fight illness...
			because she knew that well-being
			is more than a healthy body. Her
			remedies included words of advice
			as often as they did medicinal
			teas...
				(smiles)
			And sometimes they were just as
			bitter-tasting.

	As she speaks, the crowd listens intently... the mood
	is somber.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			But Nana's favorite thing was
			cooking. My most vivid memories
			growing up were of Nana in the
			kitchen... the sounds of bubbling
			pots and wooden spoons... the
			exotic tastes and smells...
				(beat)
			In fact, she was in the middle of
			writing a cook book when she died.
			I'd like to share with you one of
			her recipes... it was my favorite.

          STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - TEASER          2.

1    CONTINUED:

	Beverly picks up a PADD and begins to read from it.

					BEVERLY
				(reads)
			"Nana's Gingerbread. Mix one gram
			currants... six hundred
			milliliters of flour... two
			hundred milliliters buttermilk...
			and a dollop of molasses... "
				(beat)
			"Two pinches of ginger and
			cinnamon... and two hundred
			milliliters of sugar."

	As she reads, we see that the people in the crowd --
	Picard, Troi, and the others -- are all smiling. The
	recipe is soothing... a moment of peace and grounding
	in this tragic time.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing, reads)
			"Heat the oven until it's happy...
			then pour the batter into the arms
			of a welcoming pan... "
				(an aside)
			I never knew when an oven was
			happy, and I never saw arms on a
			pan... but it sure tasted great.

	Beverly sets down the PADD.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			I'll miss Felisa Howard very
			much... her healing... her
			advice... and most of all, her
			gingerbread.

	A quiet moment, then Beverly steps to the side of the
	grave. GOVERNOR MATURIN -- an ALIEN man in his late
	fifties -- steps forward. As he speaks, FOUR
	PALLBEARERS start to lower the coffin into the ground.

          STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - TEASER          3.

1    CONTINUED: (2)

					MATURIN
				(to all)
			"And so now we commit her body to
			the ground; earth to earth, ashes
			to ashes, dust to dust... in sure
			and certain hope that her memory
			will be kept alive within us all."

	The mourners begin a ritual procession by the coffin.
	As they walk past, each one of them takes a hand-full
	of DIRT and tosses it onto the coffin. Beverly stares
	down at the grave...

2    ANGLE ON COFFIN

	As a hand-full of dirt hits the coffin... then
	another...

3    BEVERLY

	Watches the coffin silently...

4    ANGLE ON COFFIN

	As another pile of dirt hits... and another... and
	suddenly a single FLOWER is thrown onto the coffin --
	a CAMELLIA, bright against the dark wood.

5    BEVERLY

	reacts, looks up to see --

6    A MAN

	is staring directly at her. His eyes are intense, face
	utterly expressionless -- he's striking and attractive
	but somehow strange. His skin is very pale, delicate,
	eyes a striking GREEN in contrast...

          STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - TEASER          4.

7    BEVERLY

	reacts to the man, startled -- who is he? Before she
	can say anything, the man walks past her... and the
	procession of mourners continues. She glances back at
	the man, trying to shake the odd feeling. OFF her
	curious expression...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

8    EXT. PLANET SURFACE - CEMETERY - DAY

	A short time later. The funeral is over and many of
	the mourners are slowly starting to leave, while others
	have broken off into small groups, talking quietly.
	Picard and Governor Maturin are standing off to one
	side, mid-conversation.

					MATURIN
			How long are you planning to stay?

					PICARD
			Just a few more hours. Why?

					MATURIN
			Well, as I'm sure you know, Caldos
			was one of the first terraforming
			projects of the Federation. Some
			of our weather controls and fusion
			systems are nearly a century old.
			I wouldn't mind having a starship
			Engineer take a look at them...
			perhaps give us a few upgrades.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         6.

8    CONTINUED:

					MATURIN (Cont'd)
				(smiles)
			Maybe in exchange for a tour of
			the colony... and a home-cooked
			meal?

	Picard looks over at Beverly, who can be seen standing
	by the graveside, receiving condolences from a couple
	of mourners. He grows thoughtful...

					PICARD
			We're due at Starbase six-two-one
			tomorrow morning... but we can
			delay that for a few days. Yes...
			I'm sure we can find some time.

					MATURIN
			Excellent.

	A beat. Picard looks around at the peaceful setting.

					PICARD
			I look forward to that tour. The
			Caldos Colony is really an
			impressive accomplishment. I
			actually feel like I'm in the
			Scottish Highlands.

					MATURIN
			That was the intent. The
			cornerstone of every building in
			town was brought from Edinburgh..
			Glasgow... Aberdeen... The
			founders wanted everyone to have
			a piece of the real thing here.
			They didn't just want to imitate
			Scotland -- they wanted to
			recreate it.

	Picard looks at him.

					PICARD
			I'm curious, Governor... you're
			obviously not from Scotland. What
			drew you here?

					MATURIN
			There's something about the
			culture... the heritage. When I
			was a boy, my family visited
			Glamis Castle in Scotland. As I
			looked out across the highlands,
			I felt as if I'd come home.

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         7.

9    NEW ANGLE

	Beverly is standing by the graveside, where TWO N.D.
	COLONISTS are using old-fashioned shovels to fill in
	the grave with dirt. A mourner hugs Beverly, then
	walks off. A moment later Troi walks up and puts her
	arm in Beverly's.

					TROI
			I thought it was a beautiful
			eulogy, Beverly.

					BEVERLY
			Thank you.

	Beverly looks around at the departing mourners.

					BEVERLY
			You know, I never realized how
			many friends Nana had...

					TROI
			Did you come home often?

					BEVERLY
			Not really. After I married Jack
			and moved to Earth... I never
			seemed to get back here...

	Beverly looks intrigued by something.

					BEVERLY
			Deanna... did you notice a
			peculiar man at the service? He
			looked like he was in his midthirties...
			dark hair?

					TROI
			No...

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         8.

9    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			He threw a flower on Nana's
			grave... a camellia... it was her
			favorite flower. She used to keep
			them all over the house.

					TROI
			Maybe he was a friend... or one of
			her patients.

					BEVERLY
			Maybe. It was just such a
			personal gesture... and he gave me
			the oddest look...

	A beat, then Beverly shakes the feeling.

					BEVERLY
			Well... I suppose I should go back
			to the house. There are some
			things there I'd like to take care
			of.
				(beat)
			It's only a few minutes away.
			Would you mind coming along?

					TROI
			I'd love to.

	As Beverly and Troi walk off...

                                             CUT TO:

10   INT. HOWARD HOME - DAY

	A large, open living area. The LIVING ROOM is adjacent
	to a SITTING ROOM... and there are doors to suggest
	other rooms. There is a stairway leading up to an
	offscreen second story. The decor should suggest an
	earlier time and way of life -- a warm Scottish country
	home from the early 19th century. Herbs and other
	exotic-looking medicinal ARTIFACTS can be seen
	throughout the house. And there are a few 24th century
	devices in evidence -- a replicator, computer terminal,
	etc.

	Troi is standing at a table, looking at an old-style
	PHOTOGRAPH of Beverly standing next to an elderly
	woman. Beverly is standing nearby, looking through
	some belongings.

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         8A.

10   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(re: photograph)
			Your grandmother had remarkable
			green eyes...

          STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE 9-10.             

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Every woman in the Howard family
			has had green eyes... except for
			my mother and me.

					TROI
			How well do you remember your
			mother?

	Beverly stops, remembering.

					BEVERLY
			Not very well... I was so young
			when she died. I just have the
			image of her face... and I can
			hear the sound of her voice, but
			I can't tell you anything specific
			she ever said...
				(beat)
			Mostly, I remember Nana.

	Beverly sees something in a corner and moves to it...
	stops at an exotic-looking CANDLE -- it has an
	elaborate metal base with engravings on it. The candle
	FLAME is burning brightly. (NOTE: It is not a waxburning
	candle -- it looks more like the kerosene
	variety.)

					TROI
				(re: candle)
			That's beautiful... what is it?

					BEVERLY
			A family heirloom... it's been in
			the Howard clan for at least
			twenty generations. It's supposed
			to symbolize the "enduring spirit
			of the Howards, wherever they may
			go -- a shining light to guide
			their fortune."
				(smiles)
			Nana always kept it lit. I can
			remember sitting in here listening
			to ghost stories with only this
			candle burning...

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         11.

10   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			You should take it with you...

					BEVERLY
			I think I will.

	A quiet beat as they stare at the flame.

					TROI
			Well... I'm going to head back to
			the ship.

					BEVERLY
			You don't have to go.

					TROI
			Something tells me you'd like some
			time alone.
				(smiles)
			I'll see you later.

					BEVERLY
			Thanks.

	Troi EXITS. Beverly looks around for a long moment...
	taking in the house... then she sits on a chair by the
	fireplace and picks up a large leather-bound JOURNAL
	sitting on a side-table with several other books. She
	eyes it with curiosity, runs her fingers over the
	cover, and opens it...

10A  INSERT - THE JOURNAL

	as she opens it to the first page, where the name
	"FELISA HOWARD" is hand-written in ink. She turns to
	a few more pages -- every page has a hand-written date
	and journal entry on it...

10B  RESUME SCENE

	Beverly begins to flip through the pages... intrigued
	by what she reads. She stands, still turning the
	pages, and walks up the staircase, disappearing out of
	view...

10C  NEW ANGLE - THE ROOM

	After a silent beat, a NOISE is heard at the door --
	the rattling of the lock. The door creaks open... and
	a man steps into the house. It's NED QUINT -- a dour
	man in his mid-fifties with a heavy Scottish accent.

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE        11A.

10C  CONTINUED:

	He walks directly to the table where the exotic candle
	is burning. He eyes it with an angry and unhappy
	look... then blows out the flame and is about to throw
	the candle to the floor--

					BEVERLY'S VOICE
			Who's there?

	Quint turns, surprised at the voice --

11   INCLUDE BEVERLY

	as she comes down the staircase.

					BEVERLY
			What the hell are you doing?

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         12.

11   CONTINUED:

	She rushes over to him, grabs the candle out of his
	hands, angry.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Get out of my house.

					QUINT
			I wouldn't get so high and mighty
			with me, Beverly Howard Crusher.
			I've spent more time here in the
			past five years than you have in
			the past twenty.

	She looks at him in surprise, taken aback.

					BEVERLY
			How do you know who I am?

					QUINT
			I'm Ned Quint. I took care of
			your grandmother's house and her
			affairs.

					BEVERLY
			Nana never mentioned you...

					QUINT
			There's a lot of things she didn't
			tell you.

	Beat. Beverly examines the candle, calming down a
	little. Quint eyes the candle with intent.

					QUINT
			Now -- let me get rid of that
			candle.

	Quint reaches out to take the candle from her, but she
	pulls it away.

					BEVERLY
			What do you mean?

					QUINT
			That candle has brought nothing
			but misery and bad luck to your
			grandmother.

	Beverly's eyes flash and she stiffens slightly.

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         13.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Now listen, Mister Quint -- I
			don't know what your relationship
			was with my grandmother. But this
			is my house now and these are my
			things --

					QUINT
			I'm telling ya -- that candle has
			been a curse on your family for
			generations. And if you had a
			lick of sense, you'd listen to me
			right now and do away with it.
			Now give it to me.

					BEVERLY
				(hard)
			This is a family heirloom and I
			intend to keep it. I would like
			you to leave my house. Now.

	He looks at her for a second, then turns to go.

					QUINT
				(mutters)
			Howard women... always the same
			stubborn fools...
				(then loud)
			I wash my hands of it now. You
			stay in this house and keep that
			damned candle and I won't be
			responsible for what happens.

	Finally, he EXITS, slamming the door behind him. OFF
	Beverly's puzzled reaction...

                                             CUT TO:

12   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around the planet CALDOS FOUR.

13   INT. ENGINEERING

	DATA is working at a console while Governor Maturin
	looks on. The wall monitor displays an Okudagram of
	the CALDOS COLONY. GEORDI and various N.D.s can be
	seen working in the b.g.

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         14.

13   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The colony's (TECH) systems are
			functioning normally... as are the
			(TECH) systems.

					MATURIN
			Can you check the seismic
			stabilizers? We've been having a
			few tremors over the past couple
			of months.

					DATA
			Certainly.

					MATURIN
			You can't imagine what it's like
			trying to enjoy afternoon tea
			while the earth is shaking.

	Geordi reacts to the console he's working on.

					GEORDI
			Governor... did you know you had
			a power fluctuation in your
			weather control system?

	Data and Maturin move to Geordi.

					MATURIN
			No... our weather control's been
			working perfectly for over twenty-two
			years.

	Geordi works the console.

					GEORDI
			I can't isolate the exact source,
			but the fluctuation seems to be
			originating from one of the
			substations that regulates
			atmospheric humidity for the
			colony.

					MATURIN
			Is this going to be a problem?

					GEORDI
			Not yet... but power distribution
			patterns are already off by five
			percent.

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         15.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I suggest we analyze the planet's
			weather patterns to see if they
			have been affected.

	Geordi nods and they work a moment. Maturin watches
	with concern.

					DATA
				(continuing, off
				 console)
			I am reading unusually high
			humidity across the entire
			Southern desert region... and
			there is increasing cloud activity
			over the Northern coastal area...
			possibly the formation of a storm
			system.

					MATURIN
				(reacts)
			Storm? It's the middle of Summer --
			we don't have rain at this time of
			year...

					GEORDI
				(to Data)
			Data, let's see if we can correct
			this. I'll check out the colony's
			climatic flow array.

					DATA
			And I will run a diagnostic on the
			thermal regulators.

	Geordi gives Maturin a reassuring smile.

					GEORDI
			Don't worry, Governor. We'll keep
			you dry.

					MATURIN
			I certainly hope so. There's a
			caber toss scheduled for tomorrow
			afternoon... and I'd hate to see
			it spoiled by an unexpected
			downpour.

	OFF Maturin's concern...

                                             CUT TO:

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         16.

14   INT. CORRIDOR

	Turbolift doors open and Picard and Beverly walk out,
	mid-conversation. Beverly has a hard case slung over
	her shoulder, and she's holding the leather-bound books
	seen earlier. As they walk down the corridor...

					BEVERLY
				(re: book)
			You wouldn't believe what I've
			been reading about in my
			grandmother's journals...

	She stops, lowers her voice a little.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			You know she had a lover? Can you
			believe it? Nana was a hundred
			years old.

					PICARD
			It would seem the Howard women
			have exceptionally... vigorous
			libidos.

	She gives him a look and they continue walking.

					BEVERLY
			I certainly hope so. I'd like to
			think that I could find a young,
			handsome man in his thirties when
			I pass the century mark.

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			Thirties?

					BEVERLY
			Yes. According to her journal,
			his name is Ronin... and he's
			thirty-four years-old. She met
			him just after my great-grandmother
			died. And I think I
			saw him at the funeral. He threw
			a camellia onto her grave.
				(beat)
			The strange thing is, Nana never
			mentioned him to me in her
			letters... never once. And they
			apparently spent almost all of
			their time together...
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         17.

14   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			It's like she led a whole life I
			never knew about.

	They stop at Beverly's quarters.

					PICARD
			Well... it looks like we're going
			to be at Caldos for a few more
			days. This might give you a
			chance to get your grandmother's
			affairs in order.

	She smiles at him.

					BEVERLY
			Thank you. I will.

	She opens a page in one of the journals and EXITS to
	her quarters, reading. OFF Picard's face as he watches
	her go...

                                             CUT TO:

15   INT. BEVERLY'S QUARTERS

	Later. Beverly is lying in bed, under the blankets and
	dressed in her nightclothes. It's late. She's paging
	through her grandmother's journal, utterly absorbed by
	what she's reading. On the night table next to the bed
	is the exotic candle, as seen before.

	Gradually, Beverly starts to drift off... her eyes
	flutter shut and the book slowly drops into her lap...
	her breathing deepens and soon she is asleep. A quiet
	beat goes by...

16   NEW ANGLE

	on the night table. The candle FLAME begins to sputter
	to life on its own, as if the flame is trying to come
	alive. It sparks and sputters but does not catch
	fire... and finally goes out completely...

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         18.

17   BEVERLY

	asleep, does not notice. Very gradually, the blanket
	starts to MOVE of its own accord... slowly pulling away
	from Beverly's shoulders as if by an unseen hand.
	Beverly draws in a sharp breath and tenses her body,
	reacting to something touching her face... then her
	neck...

	Her nightgown SLIDES down off her shoulder, exposing
	her skin... Gradually, a smile forms on Beverly's face
	and it's clear that she is experiencing some sort of
	pleasure... she responds to a rush of sensations and
	emotion...

	A MAN'S VOICE is heard from somewhere in the room --
	low and seductive...

					MAN'S VOICE
			Beverly...

	Beverly bolts awake. She's breathless... rattled by
	the dream... She glances around the room in momentary
	confusion... but there's no one there. OFF her shaken
	expression...
                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT TWO         19.

                            ACT TWO                             

18   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Beverly and Troi are sitting at a table, midconversation.
	A couple of PADDS sit in front of them.

					TROI
			You dreamt you were in bed with
			someone?

	Beverly tries to describe her "dream", but it isn't
	easy. Clearly, it has affected her on some deeper
	level -- she seems absorbed by the memory of it.

					BEVERLY
			Not exactly. I was in bed... but
			there wasn't another person in the
			dream... it was more like a
			presence...

					TROI
			You said you felt a touch...

					BEVERLY
				(nods)
			A pair of hands. They were moving
			across my skin...

					TROI
			Like a caress?

					BEVERLY
			Yes. And I heard a voice... a
			man... he whispered my name...
				(beat)
			It was almost like I knew him...
			or more like he knew me. He knew
			exactly how I liked to be
			touched...
				(beat)
			It was the most... physical dream
			I've ever had. The sensations
			were so real...

	Beverly looks at her, a little embarrassed.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			And extremely... arousing.

	Troi smiles.

       STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/08/93 - ACT TWO       20.

18   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Frankly, I'm envious.

	They both laugh -- two friends sharing an intimate
	experience.

					BEVERLY
				(lightly)
			I did fall asleep reading a
			particularly erotic chapter in my
			grandmother's journal. She wrote
			very detailed descriptions about
			her experiences with Ronin.

					TROI
			That's bound to cause a dream or
			two.

	Beverly grows thoughtful. A beat goes by, then Troi
	picks up a PADD.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			So... should we start going over
			the personnel reports?

	Beverly seems not to have heard her -- she's still
	absorbed with the dream.

					BEVERLY
			You know, I think I even felt a
			ring on one of the hands... when
			it touched my shoulder... and my
			neck.
				(beat)
			I wonder if I'll have another
			dream tonight...

       STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/08/93 - ACT TWO       21.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
				(lightly)
			I'd read two chapters.

	Beverly smiles and they start working the PADDs. After
	a beat, Beverly stares off into middle-distance, lost
	in thought. She is still engrossed by the dream. OFF
	her expression...

                                             CUT TO:

19   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - CEMETERY - DAY

	It is CLOUDY and OVERCAST -- a contrast to the sunny
	day seen in the Teaser and Act One. Beverly ENTERS the
	cemetery (wearing casual clothing) and walks toward her
	grandmother's grave. She stops at what she sees. Ned
	Quint is kneeling at the graveside. Beverly walks
	toward him...

	Quint is carefully tending the grave, smoothing and
	tamping down the dirt. A TOMBSTONE is engraved with
	the words "FELISA HOWARD - BORN 2270, DIED 2370".
	Beverly walks over and watches Quint for a moment.
	Finally, Quint senses her and he stands. He is
	vulnerable here -- not nearly so confrontational, as
	before. But he covers it with a slight gruffness in
	his voice.

					QUINT
				(to Beverly)
			You probably want to be alone.
			I'll leave.

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT TWO         22.

19   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			No... it's okay.
				(beat)
			Look, I'm sorry we got off to such
			a bad start yesterday. I've been
			reading my grandmother's
			journals... and I know how much
			you meant to her.

	Quint eyes her.

					QUINT
			She was a grand lady. You won't
			see many more like her...
				(beat)
			You have your grandmother's fire,
			that's for sure.

	Beverly smiles, speaks gently.

					BEVERLY
			Ned... you're welcome to stay on
			at the house after I'm gone. I'll
			need someone to take care of it.

	Quint's expression darkens.

					QUINT
			That's kind of you, Lass. But
			I'll never set foot in that house
			again. And I recommend that you
			don't either.

					BEVERLY
			Why?

					QUINT
			Like I tried to tell your
			grandmother... that house is
			haunted.

					BEVERLY
			Haunted?

					QUINT
				(quickly)
			And don't you smile at me. She
			smiled at me, too. I know you fly
			around the galaxy in a starship
			and all... think you're so much
			smarter than the rest of us...

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT TWO         23.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Ned, I never said that...

					QUINT
			Oh, but you were thinking it.
			Just an old man with tales of
			ghosts and goblins... But I was
			born in Kilmarnock -- the real
			Kilmarnock on Earth. I've seen
			things there on the moors at night
			that canna be explained by a
			tricorder, or a fancy ship.

	We hear a distant rumble of THUNDER. A storm is
	approaching in the distance...

					BEVERLY
			I grew up in that house. I loved
			that house.

					QUINT
			Sure... Felisa did too. And now
			she's dead.

					BEVERLY
			Are you suggesting my grandmother
			didn't die of natural causes?

	There's another rumble of THUNDER. Quint looks up the
	sky, worried.

					QUINT
				(continuing)
			Believe what ya want... just
			don't light that candle.

					BEVERLY
			Why not?

					QUINT
			It'll bring the ghost... it's his
			home.

	Quint glances around, worried.

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT TWO         24.

19   CONTINUED: (3)

					QUINT
				(continuing)
			Right now he's out... wanderin'
			across the land... angry 'cause
			he's been driven out...
				(beat)
			That's why he's bringing the
			storms.

					BEVERLY
			Ned -- the weather control system
			is malfunctioning. The Enterprise
			is trying to fix it...

					QUINT
			Oh, sure... and who do you think
			is causing the malfunction?

					BEVERLY
			I think your imagination is --

					QUINT
				(firm)
			Think what ya want, see what ya
			want. But just do what I say.
			Don't light the candle. Don't go
			in that house. Or before you know
			it... I'll be burying another
			Howard in this cemetery.

	Quint turns and walks off. The thunder continues to
	RUMBLE, getting closer. Beverly watches him go...
	pulls her coat up around her neck, chilled by the air.
	Then she looks down at the grave...

20   OMITTED

21   INCLUDE THE GRAVE

	CAMELLIAS have been strewn all over the grave and
	tombstone -- dozens of them, everywhere. They were not
	there before.

22   BEVERLY

	reacts. Suddenly, there's a FLASH of nearby LIGHTNING
	and a LOUD CRASH of THUNDER. Beverly reacts, startled.
	A WIND whips up -- the storm is right on top of her
	now. More LIGHTNING and THUNDER. Beverly turns and
	makes a run for it...

                                             CUT TO:

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT TWO         25.

23   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, RIKER, WORF, N.D.s at stations. Worf reacts to
	his console.

					WORF
			Captain -- I am detecting
			atmospheric turbulence over the
			colony... and large pockets of
			electrical activity.

					PICARD
			On screen.

24   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	An orbital view of a large, rapidly forming STORM
	SYSTEM over part of the planet's surface -- roiling
	gray clouds and crackling lightning. Reactions to the
	sight.

					RIKER
			That's one hell of a thunderstorm.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Bridge to Engineering. Mister
			Data, we're reading an extremely
			large storm system over the Caldos
			Colony. It was my understanding
			that the weather control
			malfunction was not severe.

                                             INTERCUT:

25   INT. ENGINEERING

	Data and Geordi are working a console.

					DATA
				(to com)
			It began as a minor power
			fluctuation, sir -- but the effect
			has spread throughout the control
			grid.
				(off console)
			It has caused unusual
			concentrations of cumulonimbus
			activity above the colony.

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT TWO         26.

25   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			Captain, I suggest we set up a
			power transfer between the
			Enterprise and the weather
			substations -- try to give them
			enough power to stabilize the
			storm.

					PICARD
			Make it so.
				(to Riker)
			In the meantime, Number One --
			contact Governor Maturin. Tell
			him to expect some... rough
			weather.

	Riker nods. OFF the Viewscreen image of the violent
	storm...

                                             CUT TO:

26   INT. HOWARD HOME - NIGHT

	The room is dark. Beverly ENTERS, her hair and
	clothing damp from the rain. THUNDER booms outside --
	and LIGHTNING continues to flash in through the
	windows. The storm is getting worse. She leaves the
	door open and immediately searches for a lamp... finds
	one and turns it on...

27   ANGLE ON ROOM

	The house is FILLED with CAMELLIAS -- dozens of them
	everywhere, arranged to fill every corner and surface
	of the house.

	OFF Beverly's stunned reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        27.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

28   INT. HOWARD HOME - NIGHT

	Continuous action. Beverly standing in the house full
	of flowers. Suddenly, the door SHUTS behind her of its
	own accord. She jumps, startled... then steadies
	herself.

					BEVERLY
				(calls out)
			Who's there?

	A beat -- all we hear is distant thunder. She takes a
	step into the house.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing, calls out)
			Ned, is that you? Hello... ?

	A floorboard CREAKS from somewhere in the house.
	Beverly turns at the sound... then heads toward the
	drawing room...

29   NEW ANGLE - DRAWING ROOM

	as Beverly ENTERS the room... looks around, but there's
	no one there. The room is DIMLY-LIT... blowing trees
	just outside the window cast spidery SHADOWS inside the
	room.

					BEVERLY
				(calls out)
			I know somebody's here... now I
			suggest you --

	Suddenly, a MIRROR on the far wall begins to RATTLE
	slightly from an unseen source. Beverly looks over and
	it immediately stops rattling. She moves to the
	mirror, examines it closely... and then lifts the
	mirror off the nail and looks behind it. Nothing
	there. She replaces the mirror on the wall -- and as
	she sets it into place, we suddenly see the image of
	the YOUNG MAN from the funeral standing right behind
	Beverly!

	Beverly drops the mirror in shock and whirls around.
	There's a shattering CRASH as the mirror hits the
	ground. But there's nobody there. Beverly is shaken,
	angry.

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        28.

29   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(continuing, calls out)
			Alright... that's it. Whoever you
			are, show yourself right now or
			I'm going to call the Enterprise
			and have ten security guards down
			here in the next thirty seconds.

	A beat... then a flash of LIGHTNING lights up the room.
	A quick beat later comes a roll of THUNDER -- and over
	the thunder we hear a MAN'S VOICE -- low and
	seductive... as heard in Beverly's dream in Act One.

					MAN'S VOICE
			Beverly...

	She reacts -- was it the thunder, or was there really
	a voice? She's not certain. She waits. Then the
	voice comes again, this time without the thunder. (We
	will later learn that the voice belongs to someone
	named RONIN.)

					RONIN/MAN'S VOICE
			Beverly... I've come back for
			you...

	She looks around the room.

					BEVERLY
			Who are you?

					RONIN'S VOICE
			Don't you remember? I came to you
			last night... while you were
			asleep...

					BEVERLY
				(firm)
			No... that was a dream...
				(beat)
			I'm calling the Enterprise.

	She pulls a combadge out of her pocket, but before she
	can activate it her coat FALLS from her shoulders, as
	if it were taken off. She takes in a breath, feeling
	a rush of sensation and emotion. Her eyes lose focus
	momentarily, as though she's just been given some kind
	of narcotic.

					RONIN'S VOICE
			Now do you remember me?

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        29.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

	Her eyes flutter and she breathes heavily again, drawn
	deep into the narcotic state. The combadge falls from
	her hand onto the floor. Like someone coming out of a
	deep sleep, she tries to force her eyes open...

					BEVERLY
			Yes, but... what's happening to
			me... I feel... strange...

					RONIN'S VOICE
			I love you, Beverly... just as I
			loved Felisa before you.

					BEVERLY
			Are you... Ronin?

					RONIN'S VOICE
			That's right... you saw me at the
			funeral.

	She reacts to an unseen caress. Her expression turns
	to a smile and she bites her lower lip, tensing. The
	feeling should be very erotic and mesmerizing. Beverly
	is now adrift... caught in the throes of the narcotic
	effect. She starts to move around the house, searching
	for the source of the voice... trying to keep her eyes
	focused...

					BEVERLY
			Who... are you?

					RONIN'S VOICE
			I'm a spirit...

					BEVERLY
				(weak)
			But I don't believe in...

					RONIN'S VOICE
			Ghosts? I don't blame you... I
			didn't either at first. But I was
			born in sixteen-forty-seven... in
			Glasgow on Earth.

	Beverly is intrigued by this story, pulled in by it,
	but also trying to maintain some semblance of her
	Starfleet objectivity.

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        30.

29   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			So you're telling me that you're
			an eight hundred year-old ghost...

	As the voice speaks, Beverly continues her search of
	the house -- looking in every corner... behind every
	door... but there's no one there...

					RONIN'S VOICE
			That's right. I found a home with
			Jessel Howard... she was a pretty
			lass with a mane of red hair, and
			eyes like diamonds... and I loved
			her very much. And when she died,
			I stayed with her daughter... and
			her daughter... and on down
			through the years, generation
			after generation...

	Beverly is mesmerized by the voice... it's getting
	harder and harder to maintain her composure. As Ronin
	tells his story, she slowly begins to back away from an
	unseen source, as though being gently forced
	backward... and she collapses onto a couch, losing her
	balance...

					BEVERLY
			And now you're here... on
			Caldos... two hundred light years
			away?

					RONIN'S VOICE
			Yes... When your family moved out
			into the galaxy, I moved with
			them.

					BEVERLY
			I don't believe you...

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        31.

29   CONTINUED: (4)

	Now her protest is so weak, they're just words.

					RONIN'S VOICE
			I believe you are the most
			beautiful women I have ever
			known...

	Beverly's eyes close and her head rolls back, oblivious
	to the world around her. She reacts again to an
	invisible touch moving across her body... but before it
	can go on she manages to sit up and fight against the
	sensation.

					BEVERLY
			Wait -- what's happening...

					RONIN'S VOICE
			We're becoming one, Beverly...
			we're going to be together...

					BEVERLY
			I don't understand... stop...

	She sits up and the moment is broken. Silence.
	Beverly rubs her eyes as if waking up from a long
	night's sleep. She touches her face, as if remembering
	a lover's caress. Her expression is thoughtful but not
	frightened. OFF her intrigued look...

                                             CUT TO:

30   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As before, in orbit of the planet -- but now the ship
	is sending out a thin BEAM OF ENERGY through the
	atmosphere below.

31   INT. BEVERLY'S QUARTERS

	Beverly is sitting in front of a dresser, wearing a
	loose-fitting robe. She's relaxing, arranging a
	cluster of camellia flowers in front of a mirror. She
	eyes the flowers a moment...

	The door CHIMES.

					BEVERLY
			Come in.

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        32.

31   CONTINUED:

	Troi ENTERS, wearing her martial arts outfit.

					TROI
			Hi, Bev. I just wanted to see if
			you were going to mok'bara class
			this morning.

					BEVERLY
			No... I think I'm going to skip it
			today. I'm exhausted.

	Beverly moves to her bed and takes a glass of water off
	the night table, takes a sip.

					TROI
			Did you have another dream last
			night?

					BEVERLY
			Not exactly...

	Troi senses that Beverly is holding something back.

					TROI
			Is anything wrong?

					BEVERLY
			Not at all. I'm just a little
			tired.

	Troi looks at her, sensing more -- and she reacts,
	surprised by something.

					TROI
			Beverly... if I didn't know any
			better, I'd say you're seeing
			someone.

					BEVERLY
			Deanna...

					TROI
			Oh, now I know you're seeing
			someone.

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        33.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

	Beverly hesitates -- she doesn't want to talk about
	this.

					BEVERLY
			I'm not... "seeing" anybody. I
			met someone, that's all...

					TROI
			Well, you obviously have romantic
			feelings for him...
				(lightly)
			Beverly, you should realize by now
			you can't fool me. Who is it?

	Beverly pauses... then finally she smiles slightly --
	she's been caught. She sits down on the bed and Troi
	sits across from her.

					BEVERLY
			Alright... the truth is, I met
			Ronin.

					TROI
				(surprised)
			Ronin? Your grandmother's lover?

					BEVERLY
			I know, I know... it sounds crazy.
			But he's unlike anyone I've ever
			met before.
				(beat)
			I've never known anyone who's
			so... passionate. It's like he
			brings every part of me alive.
			He's very...

					TROI
			Sensual?

					BEVERLY
			Yes. Exactly. I can see why Nana
			fell in love with him...

	Beverly looks at Troi and laughs a little in
	embarrassment.

					BEVERLY
			You must think this is pretty
			strange...

					TROI
			I will admit, it's unusual... but
			I'm very happy for you.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        34.

31   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			But I do want you to consider
			something. You and Ronin have
			both experienced a tremendous
			loss. Very often a shared
			traumatic experience can create
			the illusion of closeness... and
			romance.

	Beverly considers this, but she's unconcerned.

					BEVERLY
			I appreciate the concern, but I
			think I know what I'm doing.
			Besides, I didn't say I was in
			love with him. I'm just...
			intrigued.

	Troi, for the moment, is satisfied with this. OFF
	Beverly's enigmatic expression...

                                             CUT TO:

32   INT. TURBOLIFT

	Picard and Governor Maturin, mid-conversation. Maturin
	is wearing a RAIN PARKA, and he's wet from the recent
	storm.

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        35.

32   CONTINUED:

					MATURIN
			You know, Captain... I moved to
			this colony because it was a
			recreation of Scotland. But I
			must admit, it's becoming a little
			too realistic.

	Maturin sneezes. The Turbolift doors open and they
	EXIT to the Bridge...

33   INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Picard and Maturin stop at what they see. There is a
	dense, low-hanging FOG everywhere on the Bridge. Worf
	is frantically working his console. Data is on his
	feet, scanning the fog with a tricorder. Picard and
	Maturin walk to command.

					PICARD
				(shocked)
			What the hell is going on?

					DATA
				(scanning)
			It appears to be a concentrated
			suspension of water vapor,
			approximately one degree Celsius.

					PICARD
			Fog?

					RIKER
			It just sort of... rolled in on
			us, sir.

	Worf works his console.

					WORF
				(to Picard)
			There has been a malfunction in
			the ship's environmental controls.

					RIKER
			We've traced the problem to the
			power transfer beam -- we're
			getting some sort of feedback from
			one of the colony's weather
			substations.

					MATURIN
			Another power fluctuation?

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        36.

33   CONTINUED:

	Worf reacts to his console.

					WORF
			Captain -- the temperature in Ten
			Forward has dropped below
			freezing... and Deck Nineteen has
			just lost gravity.

	Reactions.

					PICARD
			Mister Data -- disengage the power
			transfer.

	Data sits at Ops and works.

					DATA
			I am unable to terminate the
			connection, sir. A feedback loop
			has formed in the transfer beam.
				(beat)
			I will have to go to the
			substation and attempt to correct
			the problem from there.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

	Data heads for the door. Picard shivers slightly,
	reacting to a chill in the air.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			In the meantime, I think I'll get
			my jacket.

	As Picard heads for the Ready Room...

                                             CUT TO:

34   INT. WEATHER CONTROL STATION

	A small room lined with consoles and monitors that
	display various weather-tracking information. Many of
	the monitors are FLICKERING ON AND OFF.

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        37.

34   CONTINUED:

	Data and Geordi ENTER the room and they both move to a
	console, start checking the equipment.

					DATA
			It appears that the station is
			experiencing a system-wide power
			failure.

					GEORDI
			How's that possible? The back-up
			systems should have --

	Suddenly, there's a fritzing NOISE from behind one of
	the consoles. Data keeps working as Geordi walks over
	to the console and looks behind it. Reveal --

35   NED QUINT (OPTICAL)

	kneeling behind the console, frantically tearing
	components out of an opened panel. He looks intent on
	destroying the console.

					GEORDI
			Data -- I think I just found the
			problem...

	Quint ignores him, tears out another handful of
	circuits. Data walks over and sees Quint.

					DATA
				(to Quint)
			You are dismantling the primary
			power conduit. I must ask you to
			stop.

					QUINT
			No...

	Quint keeps tearing at the panel. Data moves to him
	and tries to gently pull him away. Quint pushes him
	away, intent and angry.

					QUINT
				(continuing)
			Get away from me!

	Quint stands -- backs up against the console.

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        38.

35   CONTINUED:

					QUINT
				(continuing, urgent)
			He'll kill us all! You don't
			understand --

	Without warning, a bright FLASH OF GREEN PLASMA ENERGY
	LEAPS OUT from the dangling circuits and JOLTS Quint
	violently to the floor.

	Data rushes to Quint, quickly scans him with a
	tricorder.

					DATA
				(off tricorder)
			He is dead.

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FOUR        39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

36   INT. WEATHER CONTROL STATION

	Later. Data and Geordi are working at the panel where
	Quint was ripping out components. Maturin is looking
	on. Beverly is in the b.g., kneeling next to Quint's
	body, scanning it with a tricorder (she's in uniform,
	wearing her lab coat). A MEDICAL N.D. is assisting
	her.

					GEORDI
			From what I can tell, he was
			trying to shut down the entire
			weather control system...
				(beat)
			He was pulling out the primary
			plasma conduit... that's probably
			what caused the plasma discharge
			that killed him.

	Maturin shakes his head, baffled by all this.

					MATURIN
			I knew Ned Quint. He was an
			honest man... he mostly kept to
			himself. I can't imagine why he
			would do something like this...

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FOUR        40.

36   CONTINUED:

	A grim beat.

					GEORDI
			It'll take some time to get the
			system back on-line... I'd say we
			need another day, at least.

					DATA
			In the meantime, Governor, you
			should expect the weather problems
			to continue.

	Maturin nods, then --

					BEVERLY'S VOICE
			Commander Data -- you'd better
			take a look at this.

	Geordi, Maturin and Data move to Beverly...

37   NEW ANGLE

	on Beverly and the N.D. working over Quint's body.
	Geordi, Data and Maturin join her. Beverly stands and
	indicates the body.

					BEVERLY
				(to Data)
			Data, you said you saw a plasma
			discharge coming from the console
			when Quint was killed...

					DATA
			That is correct.

					BEVERLY
			Well, that's not what killed him.
				(off tricorder)
			I'm detecting an anomalous energy
			residual throughout his body...
			all the way down to the cellular
			level.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FOUR        41.

37   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY (Cont'd)
			Whatever it is, it's definitely
			not the result of a plasma
			discharge.

	Data opens his tricorder and scans Quint's body... then
	looks up in puzzlement.

					GEORDI
			Anything?

					DATA
			I cannot identify the energy
			residual. However, it appears to
			have the same anaphasic signature
			as the power fluctuations we
			observed in the weather control
			system.

	Reactions.

					GEORDI
			Then it's possible that whatever
			caused the weather malfunctions
			also killed Quint...

					DATA
			It is possible.

	A beat.

					GEORDI
				(to Data)
			We should scan the colony for any
			energy readings that match this
			anaphasic signature.

	Data nods and he moves off with Geordi. Beverly is
	staring down at Quint's body, preoccupied by something.

					BEVERLY
				(to Maturin)
			Governor, with your permission,
			I'd like to take the body back to
			the ship to run a few more tests.

					MATURIN
			Of course, Doctor.

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FOUR        42.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
				(to N.D.)
			Ensign, have Doctor Selar run a
			bio-spectral analysis.

	The N.D. nods. Beverly prepares to go, intent about
	something.

					MATURIN
				(to Beverly)
			You're not going to run the tests
			yourself?

	Beverly seems distracted about something.

					BEVERLY
			No. There are some things I have
			to attend to...

	Maturin gives her an odd look. As Beverly heads for
	the door...

                                             CUT TO:

38   INT. HOWARD HOME - DAY

	Beverly ENTERS (NOTE: It should still be dark and
	cloudy outside, the storm still in evidence). The
	camellia flowers are everywhere, as seen before.

       STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/08/93 - ACT FOUR       43.

38   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(calls out)
			Ronin... I have to talk to you...
			are you here?

	There's a beat, then Beverly moves her head as if
	someone is touching her cheek. She smiles, clearly
	responding to the touch.

					RONIN'S VOICE
			I'm here, Beverly... did you miss
			me?

					BEVERLY
				(smiles)
			Yes....
				(beat)
			But... I must talk to you.
			There's been an accident...

					RONIN'S VOICE
			I know. Quint is dead.

					BEVERLY
			Do you know what happened? What
			was he trying to do?

					RONIN'S VOICE
			Beverly... there's something more
			important we have to talk about...

	Beverly closes her eyes, struggles to concentrate on
	the problem at hand...

					BEVERLY
			Ronin... I've got to know.
			Quint's dead...

	Suddenly, a HAND reaches into frame and cups her cheek.
	Beverly reacts in surprise, turns --

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FOUR        44.

39   REVEAL (OPTICAL)

	RONIN. It's the man from the funeral. He staring at
	Beverly with an intense look.

					BEVERLY
			Ronin?

					RONIN
			Yes...

	Ronin reaches out for her. She puts her hands into
	his. He draws her close. The sight of him is almost
	hypnotic to Beverly -- she seems drawn to him by
	feelings and forces that she cannot understand or
	resist.

					RONIN
			I need you to help me...

	He steers her to a couch and they both sit down. Ronin
	shudders for a moment, reacting to a sudden pain
	throughout his body.

					BEVERLY
			Help you?

					RONIN
			It's not easy for me to take
			corporeal form... I can't do it
			for long. I want you to light the
			candle...

					BEVERLY
			Quint said it was your home... is
			that true?

					RONIN
			Yes... if I'm away from it for too
			long, I begin to weaken. That's
			why the women in your family have
			always kept the candle lit.

	Ronin shivers briefly, in pain. Beverly stands,
	worried.

					BEVERLY
			The candle is on my ship... I'll
			go get it...

					RONIN
				(quickly)
			No... there's no time... I'll go
			with you...

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FOUR        44A.

39   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			How... ?

					RONIN
			The power transfer beam... I can
			travel along it.

	Beverly nods, eager to help him.

					BEVERLY
			After I light the candle, then
			what?

					RONIN
			Then we'll be together... always.

	He takes her in his arms... and he kisses her. But
	before it can turn passionate, he stands and backs
	away... and he VANISHES, leaving her unsatisfied.

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FOUR        45.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

	In her eyes, we can see that she has completely
	forgotten about Quint and is only concerned with what
	Ronin has told her. As she stands and heads for the
	door...

                                             CUT TO:

40   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As before, in orbit of the green planet. The energy
	beam is still cutting through the atmosphere.

41   INT. BEVERLY'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Beverly ENTERS.

					BEVERLY
			Computer, secure door.

	She immediately goes to a desk and quickly sorts
	through a medical kit with an obsessive, almost
	maniacal drive. She finds a laser DEVICE... then she
	quickly moves to the candle on her night table and
	LIGHTS it. She sits down on the bed and looks around
	the room expectantly. She is obviously on edge --
	nervous, doesn't know what to do with her hands. After
	a beat, she gets up, walks around the room, keeps
	glancing at the candle. Beverly is like a drug addict
	in search of her next "fix".

					BEVERLY
				(continuing, calls out)
			I lit the candle... where are you?

	She sits on the edge of the bed, puts her head in her
	trembling hands and tries to get a hold of herself.
	Suddenly, from behind her, a PAIR OF HANDS reaches over
	her shoulders and caresses her hands. Beverly grabs
	the man's hands and holds onto them tightly, hanging on
	for dear life. Ronin moves into view, comforting...

					RONIN
			It's all right... we're
			together... we're going to be
			one... I'll become part of you,
			Beverly. Would you like that?

					BEVERLY
			Yes... more than anything.

	Ronin looks pleased. His breathing is still labored...

       STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/08/93 - ACT FOUR       46.

41   CONTINUED:

					RONIN
			As it was with your grandmother...
			and your great-grandmother... and
			all of the Howard women before
			them... I'll take care of you.
				(beat)
			And you'll feel love as you've
			never felt it before...

	He smiles at her. We can see that in this moment there
	is nothing Beverly wouldn't do for this man. He walks
	toward her with intent and VANISHES. Beverly's arms
	close around nothing... she is feeling an unseen
	presence. She runs her hands her across her face...
	neck... caressing herself... runs her fingers across
	her lips... as if still feeling his lips upon hers...

	She falls backward onto the bed. As she is swept away
	in a moment of ecstasy...

                                             CUT TO:

42   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As before.

43   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Beverly is stepping onto the transporter platform,
	where several suitcases can be seen... she is holding
	the lit candle. A TRANSPORTER CHIEF is at the
	controls. Picard RUSHES INTO the room, carrying a
	PADD.

					PICARD
				(re: PADD)
			Beverly... what the hell is this?

					BEVERLY
			I thought it was pretty self-explanatory.
			I'm leaving
			Starfleet.
				(to Chief)
			Energize.

					PICARD
			Belay that order.
				(to Beverly)
			Beverly, you can't just... resign.

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FOUR            47.

43   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I can -- and I have. I've decided
			to stay on Caldos and become a
			healer, like my grandmother. It's
			a proud Howard tradition, and I've
			decided to uphold it.
				(to Chief)
			Energize.

	The transporter chief looks to Picard, who doesn't know
	what to do.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			I've resigned my commission. Now
			unless you plan on kidnapping
			me...

	Finally, Picard nods to the Transporter Chief. Beverly
	DEMATERIALIZES. OFF Picard's disturbed expression...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE            48.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

44   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard and Troi, mid-conversation. Picard is on his
	feet, tense. They're trying to make sense of the
	situation.

					TROI
			Beverly was attracted to Ronin in
			a very... intense and intimate
			way. I warned her that they had
			both experienced a recent loss...
			but she seemed very defensive
			about it... so I left her alone.
				(beat)
			I could sense she was holding
			something back... she wasn't
			telling me the whole truth...

					PICARD
			Do you think this Ronin may be
			exerting some sort of influence on
			her... that she may be staying
			because of him?

					TROI
			It's possible. She may really
			believe she's in love...

	Picard considers -- something still doesn't seem right
	about all this.

					PICARD
			It's a rash decision... ill-considered...
			not like Beverly at
			all.

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE            49.

44   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I agree. But she does have the
			right to make that choice, even if
			we feel it's a bad one.

	The door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Data ENTERS.

					DATA
			Captain, Geordi and I have
			detected an energy residual with
			the same anaphasic signature as
			the one we found in Ned Quint's
			body.

					PICARD
			Where?

					DATA
			Approximately seventeen kilometers
			from the center of the colony.
				(beat)
			It is coming from the cemetery,
			sir.

	Picard reacts to the strange news.

					PICARD
			I want you to go down to the
			cemetery... see if you can
			pinpoint the source.

					DATA
			Aye sir.

	Data EXITS.

					PICARD
				(to Troi)
			In the meantime, I would very much
			like to meet this... Ronin.

	OFF Picard's concern...

                                             CUT TO:

45   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - CEMETERY - NIGHT

	It's dark and there are distant rumbles of thunder.
	Data and Geordi ENTER the cemetery, carrying Palm
	Beacons and scanning with their tricorders...

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE            50.

45   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(off tricorder)
			The energy readings are coming
			from this area, but I can't get an
			exact location. I'll try to
			narrow the scan field...

	Geordi adjusts his tricorder, then walks into the
	cemetery with no hesitation. Data follows. They walk
	among the tombstones moment, scanning. Data reacts to
	his tricorder... aims it toward the ground.

					DATA
			The energy readings appear to be
			originating approximately eight
			meters below the surface.

	Data follows the readings... and comes to a stop at a
	single grave.

					DATA
				(re: grave)
			I believe they are concentrated
			within this burial site.

46   INCLUDE

	Felisa Howard's grave. As Data and Geordi exchange a
	look...

                                             CUT TO:

47   INT. HOWARD HOME - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	The room is dimly-lit... the exotic candle is burning
	brightly... the mood is romantic. Beverly is lying on
	the floor in front of the FIREPLACE wearing a loose-fitting
	robe. She looks peaceful, content. Ronin
	enters and sits down next to her. She cuddles against
	him and smiles.

					BEVERLY
			I'm so glad you're here... right
			now I can't imagine what life was
			like before I met you.

           STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE           51.

47   CONTINUED:

					RONIN
			And it will only get better.

	He strokes her cheek, then stands and takes a step
	away. His body TRANSFORMS into an irridescent GREEN
	MIST. Beverly stares in anticipation as the vaporous
	shape moves toward her... her body tense but open to
	receive it. The vapor CLINGS to the contours of her
	face and body... and then it COALESCES into her,
	LIGHTING UP her features with a momentary GLOW...

	Beverly's eyes close... her head rolls about on her
	shoulders... she's in the throes of some dark and
	mysterious passion...

48   CLOSE ON BEVERLY'S FACE (OPTICAL)

	her eyes still closed...

					BEVERLY
			Ronin... I had no idea I could
			feel this way...

					RONIN'S VOICE
			We're nearly merged now... as two
			candles join to form a single
			light... so we will flourish as
			one...

	Beverly opens her eyes -- and then her EYES CHANGE IN
	COLOR FROM BLUE TO A STARTLING EMERALD GREEN.

					RONIN'S VOICE
			I love you, Beverly.

	Suddenly, there's a KNOCK at the door. Beverly ignores
	it.

					BEVERLY
				(to Ronin)
			I love you...

	There's a more insistent knock at the door. Beverly
	still ignores it. We hear the door open...

49   INCLUDE PICARD (OPTICAL)

	as he ENTERS the house. He sees Beverly sitting on the
	floor, seemingly in a daze.

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE           51A.

49   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Beverly...

	Beverly sits up at the voice, and there is a sense that
	she has awakened from a deep sleep. She sees Picard
	and pulls the robe tightly around her and gets to her
	feet. She's surprised to see him -- and a little
	embarrassed.

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc...

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE            52.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I'm sorry for startling you. I
			knocked, but there was no answer.

	Beverly is agitated, tense.

					BEVERLY
				(on edge)
			What do you want?

					PICARD
			I hoped to meet your new friend...
			Ronin.

					BEVERLY
			He's... not here.

					PICARD
			Oh. Well, if you don't mind I'll
			wait. I'm anxious to meet this
			remarkable young man who swept
			away not only one, but two of the
			Howard women.

					BEVERLY
				(an edge)
			Jealousy doesn't become you, Jean-Luc.

	Picard ignores the barb... and notices something.

					PICARD
			Beverly... did you change the
			color of your eyes?

	Beverly takes a couple steps away from him,
	thoughtful... glances into a nearby mirror. She reacts
	in surprise... tries to keep her voice matter of fact.

					BEVERLY
			Yes... I just got tired of the old
			color. Don't you think this suits
			me?

					PICARD
			I think I liked your eyes the way
			they were before...
					(MORE)

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE            53.

49   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			I think I liked you the way you
			were before, Beverly.

	She turns on him with anger.

					BEVERLY
			Well, this is the way I am now.
			This is my life. I've made my
			decision and I'm not going to
			change my mind, so please leave me
			alone.

					PICARD
			No... there's something's wrong
			here. This is about more than
			just an obsessive love affair
			that's gotten out of hand...
				(beat)
			Why is it that no one has seen
			this Ronin except you?

					RONIN VOICE
			Alright, Captain. Here I am.

	They both turn in surprise, and there standing on the
	other side of the room is Ronin. Beverly moves to him,
	as if everything were normal. She takes his arm.

					RONIN
				(to Picard)
			And I believe Beverly asked you to
			leave.

	Picard side-steps the issue of leaving and tries to get
	to the bottom of this.

					PICARD
			So, you're Ronin... it's a
			pleasure to meet you. Where are
			you from?

					RONIN
			Earth. Scotland.

           STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE           54.

49   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			How long have you been here on
			Caldos?

					RONIN
			All that matters is that I'm here
			now. And that Beverly and I plan
			to be together for the rest our
			lives.

					PICARD
			That's a very... romantic notion.
			Especially for two people who have
			just met. Don't you think perhaps
			you're rushing into things a bit?

	Ronin's expression hardens.

					RONIN
			I think you're a jealous man who
			can't bear the thought of losing
			a beautiful woman like Beverly.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Data to Picard.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Go ahead.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Captain, we have located the
			source of the energy residual. It
			appears to be concentrated within
			Felisa Howard's coffin.

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE            55.

49   CONTINUED: (5)

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Captain, we'd like permission to
			exhume the body.

					RONIN
				(quickly)
			You can't do that. Leave her
			alone...

					PICARD
			Why? What are you afraid of?

					RONIN
			I'm not afraid of anything. But
			I won't let you desecrate her
			grave.

	Picard takes a beat.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Mister Data, contact Governor
			Maturin and ask for permission to
			exhume the body. Picard out.

	Ronin takes an angry step toward him.

					RONIN
			I won't stand for this... I'll go
			to the governor myself.

					PICARD
			Go ahead. But I'll be surprised
			if the governor knows who you are.
			He'll probably have the same
			questions I do. How did you come
			to Caldos? What ship did you
			arrive on?

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc, leave him alone --

           STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE           56.

49   CONTINUED: (6)

					PICARD
				(hard)
			Answer the question, Ronin. What
			ship? I'd like to look at the
			passenger list.
				(pressing on)
			Where have you been living here on
			Caldos? What's your position
			here? Who are your neighbors?

	Ronin's eyes flash in anger and he VANISHES. Picard
	reacts.

					PICARD
				(continuing, quickly)
			Come on, Beverly -- we have to get
			out of here.

	He reaches for her hand to pull her away -- but a BURST
	OF THE GREEN PLASMA ENERGY snakes around his body out
	of thin-air. He falls to his knees, then slumps to the
	floor. Beverly reacts -- the shock of seeing Picard
	hurt seems to propel her into action. She rushes to
	his side, instinctively helping her friend.

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc...

	She feels for a pulse, then grabs a medical kit from a
	nearby table, brings it over and starts to administer
	aid to him.

					RONIN'S VOICE
			Beverly, we must stop the others.
			They cannot exhume the body.

					BEVERLY
			We can't leave him... he'll die.

					RONIN'S VOICE
				(re: Picard)
			You must come. I am your love.
			I'm the one who will take care of
			you.

	Beverly hesitates for a moment, the medical tricorder
	in her hand... she closes her eyes tight, as if trying
	to get rid of a nightmare...

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE            57.

49   CONTINUED: (7)

					BEVERLY
			No... no, I can't just let him
			die...

	We HEAR Ronin appear offscreen. He places a hand on
	Beverly's shoulder...

					RONIN
			Beverly... come with me.

	She looks up into his face... her expression
	stricken... she's like an addict taking the first step
	away from a powerful drug. It's one of the most
	difficult things she's ever had to do.

					BEVERLY
			No... no!

	She pushes him away and goes to work on Picard. Ronin
	eyes her -- worried, fearful, angry. Then a look of
	resolve crosses his face.

					RONIN
			I'm going to stop them.

	Ronin steps away and we HEAR him vanish offscreen.

	As soon as he's gone, Beverly suddenly sags, as if
	exhausted. She puts a hand to her forehead, closes her
	eyes, fights off a wave of nausea... she struggles to
	open her eyes and focus on the tricorder -- and when
	she does, we see that her EYES have turned BLUE again --
	her normal color. She concentrates on Picard... scans
	him with the tricorder...

	After a moment, Picard regains consciousness... he
	looks up at her...

					PICARD
			I'm alright...
				(beat)
			Beverly... you must go after
			him... go to the cemetery...

	Beverly nods. OFF her concern...

                                             CUT TO:

50   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - CEMETERY - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	As before. Data and Geordi standing next to Felisa
	Howard's grave.

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE            58.

50   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(taps combadge)
			La Forge to Enterprise -- we're
			ready down here.

	A beat, then we see a COFFIN MATERIALIZE on top of the
	grave. (Same coffin seen in Teaser.) Data and Geordi
	walk to the coffin and pull out their tricorders.

	Data releases two LATCHES on the coffin and LIFTS OPEN
	the coffin lid. We see the DEAD BODY of FELISA HOWARD,
	lying peacefully in the coffin. Geordi and Data begin
	to scan her body.

					DATA
				(off tricorder)
			I am reading definite signs of
			anaphasic energy in her body -- it
			appears to extend to the cellular
			level.

	Geordi reacts, keeps scanning.

					GEORDI
			How's that possible? She wasn't
			anywhere near the weather station
			when Quint was killed... she died
			of natural causes...

					DATA
			I suggest we run a deep tissue
			scan to look for --

	Suddenly, Felisa's eyes OPEN -- she's staring directly
	at Data. Data reacts with surprise. Felisa SITS UP,
	reaches out and GRABS Data and Geordi by the arms.
	They are suddenly enveloped in a field of CRACKLING
	GREEN PLASMA ENERGY -- as seen before. Data slumps
	over at the waist, deactivated. Geordi falls to his
	knees and slumps to the ground.

           STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE           59.

50   CONTINUED: (3)

	Geordi moans, dazed... lying on the ground... he tries
	to sit up. Felisa starts to get out of the coffin,
	eyeing Geordi with intent -- a bizarre and terrifying
	sight...

					BEVERLY'S VOICE
			Stop -- NO!

51   INCLUDE BEVERLY (OPTICAL)

	who stares at the shocking sight of her dead
	grandmother getting out of her coffin.

					BEVERLY
			Ronin -- stop this... please...

	Felisa looks at Beverly.

					FELISA
			Beverly, it's all right... have
			trust in me..

	Beverly steels herself against the image of her
	grandmother... she has broken the narcotic hold and is
	struggling to be herself. She looks haggard,
	exhausted.

					BEVERLY
				(angry)
			You're not Nana... Nana's dead.
			Leave her alone.

	Suddenly, Felisa's body goes limp in the coffin. Ronin
	APPEARS standing next to the grave.

					RONIN
			Beverly, these men were trying to
			stop us from being together. Once
			they're gone, everything will be
			all right.

					BEVERLY
			No... I won't let you hurt my
			friends.

	Beverly reveals that she is holding the exotic candle,
	which is still lit.


           STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE           60.

51   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			No, it won't. I scanned myself
			with the tricorder. You've been
			infusing me with the same
			anaphasic energy that killed
			Quint...

	Ronin hesitates at this, troubled -- then he continues
	to move toward her, his eyes boring into hers.

					RONIN
			He was trying to destroy me... I
			had to defend myself...
				(beat)
			But I would never hurt you,
			Beverly. I'm here to protect
			you...

	Beverly struggles to stay focused... confronting him.

					BEVERLY
			No, you're not. There's no such
			thing as a ghost... you're some
			sort of... anaphasic lifeform...
				(beat)
			Anaphasic energy is extremely
			unstable... without an organic
			host to maintain your molecular
			cohesion, you'd die... isn't that
			right?

					RONIN
			Beverly...

	Beverly indicates the candle.

           STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE          60A.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
				(pressing on)
			I scanned the candle, too... the
			flame is plasma-based... you were
			using it as a temporary receptacle
			for yourself... until you could
			get to me... so you could "merge"
			with me...

	Ronin keeps coming, a threat. Beverly uses her words
	to keep him at bay...

					BEVERLY
			You've been using me... Nana... my
			whole family... for centuries...

	Ronin's face darkens -- he knows he's been caught.

					RONIN
			And I loved all of them... and
			they loved me.
				(firm)
			Give me the candle, Beverly.

	He approaches her, reaching out for the candle.

					BEVERLY
			No...

	She steps backward. Ronin glances at Geordi, who is
	still lying on the ground, dazed. Suddenly we see a
	BURST of CRACKLING PLASMA ENERGY flash around Geordi,
	who yells out in pain.

					RONIN
				(re: Geordi)
			Put it down -- or I'll kill him.

	Beverly watches in horror for a moment... then slowly
	walks toward Ronin and Geordi...

					RONIN
				(continuing)
			Very good... now set it down...
			then walk way.

	Beverly sets the candle down near Ronin's feet... and
	begins to stand up... but in a lightning move she GRABS
	Geordi's phaser off his belt -- and she shoots it at
	the candle, VAPORIZING it.

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE           60B.

51   CONTINUED: (3)

					RONIN
				(urgent)
			NO!

	Beverly taps Geordi's communicator.

					BEVERLY
				(quickly, to com)
			Crusher to Riker. Wil -- I want
			you to shut down all plasma
			conduits in the weather control
			system. I'll explain later.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Understood.

					BEVERLY
				(to Ronin)
			You've got nowhere left to go...

	Ronin smiles slightly, menacing.

					RONIN
			Yes, I do...

	He moves toward Beverly with intent. Beverly aims the
	phaser at him.

					BEVERLY
			Keep away from me...

	Ronin keeps coming, a threat. Beverly has no choice --
	she FIRES at Ronin. He stumbles backward, quickly
	recovers -- and he makes a sudden lunge toward her.
	Beverly FIRES a sustained burst. Ronin's body begins
	to FRITZ OUT, and he VANISHES in a final FLASH of
	ENERGY. Gone.

           STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/09/93 - ACT FIVE           61.

51   CONTINUED: (4)

	Beverly quickly moves to Geordi, who nods that he's all
	right. Beverly quickly moves to Data, reaches behind
	his back and RE-ACTIVATES him. Data stands up -- he's
	all right. Off Beverly's relief...

                                             CUT TO:

52   OMITTED

53   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

54   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Later. Beverly and Troi are sitting at a remote table,
	enjoying a drink.

					BEVERLY
			Somehow he realized that one of my
			ancestors had a biochemistry that
			was compatible with his energy
			matrix...
				(beat)
			I imagine he took human form and
			seduced her the same way he did
			me. He had some sort of
			hypnotic... almost telepathic
			control.

	A somber beat as Beverly takes a sip of her drink.

					BEVERLY
			It's strange... I was about to be
			initiated into a very unusual
			relationship... I guess you could
			call it a family tradition. And
			there's a part of me that's a
			little sad...

					TROI
			How so?

					BEVERLY
			I re-read the entries in my
			grandmother's journals. Whatever
			else he might have done... he made
			her very happy.

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE            62.

54   CONTINUED:

	As Beverly looks out the window, reflecting on her
	experience...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             

















                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "Lower Decks" 
                          #40277-267 
                              
                           Story by 
            Ronald Wilkerson & Jean Louise Matthias 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Rene Echevarria 
                              
                          Directed by 
                      Gabrielle Beaumont 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT


          STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" - 11/17/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Lower Decks" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD                 OGAWA
                RIKER                  BEN
                DATA                   JORET
                BEVERLY                LAVELLE
                TROI                   SITO
                WORF                   TAURIK
                GEORDI             
                Non-Speaking           Non-Speaking
                  N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES   N.D. PATIENT

          STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" - 11/17/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Lower Decks" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              TEN FORWARD              SHUTTLECRAFT
              ENGINEERING
              SICKBAY
              BEVERLY'S OFFICE
              CORRIDOR
              TURBOLIFT
              READY ROOM
              SHUTTLEBAY
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
              SHIP'S GYMNASIUM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              SHUTTLECRAFT
              LAVELLE/TAURIK'S QUARTERS

   STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" - 11/17/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Lower Decks" 
                        
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                   ARGAYA          ar-GUY-yah
                   CARSTAIRS       CAR-stares
                   JANALAN         jah-NAH-len
                   JORET DAL       jo-RET DAHL
                   LAVELLE         lah-VELL
                   TAURIK          TOR-ick
                   TRAKIAN         TRAY-kee-un
                   VEDEKS          VEH-decks

         STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - TEASER         1.

               "Star Trek: The Next Generation"                 
                        "Lower Decks"                              
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. TEN FORWARD

	TROI and RIKER are sitting at a table looking over a
	PADD. The usual complement of N.D's fill the room.

	A waiter stands at a nearby table, wiping it clean.
	His name is BEN, and though Riker and Troi don't
	notice, he's eavesdropping on their conversation.

					RIKER
			Fletcher has more experience with
			propulsion systems --

					TROI
			But Carstairs is better with
			people. Considering this is a
			supervisory position, I'd go with
			her.

					RIKER
				(considers)
			You're probably right...

	Riker works the PADD, leans back and rubs his eyes as
	if they're tired.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Didn't we just finish a Crew
			Evaluation Report?

					TROI
				(smiles)
			That was three months ago.

					RIKER
			Feels like three weeks. Maybe we
			should just give everyone a
			promotion and call it a night.
				(smiles)
			What do you say... Commander?

					TROI
				(smiles)
			Fine with me... Captain.

         STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - TEASER         2.

2    NEW ANGLE

	revealing a table in the corner from which four junior
	officers are watching Riker and Troi -- who can be seen
	in the background laughing over something one of them
	has said.

	Two of them are recognizable: ALYSSA OGAWA, Beverly's
	Nurse, and Ensign SITO JAXA, the young Bajoran woman
	from "First Duty." As we'll see, the Nova Squadron
	incident has left Sito a little unsure of herself;
	determined to get her career back on track but
	desperate to avoid making another mistake, she's become
	very cautious, very by-the-book.

	The group is rounded out by a Vulcan male named TAURIK
	and a human male named LAVELLE. Like Sito, they are
	both in their early to mid-twenties. Lavelle is
	bright, handsome and personable -- think of Riker
	twelve years ago. Taurik is extremely intelligent and
	knows it -- he has enormous confidence in his own
	abilities.

					LAVELLE
			Why do they keep laughing? What's
			so funny about Crew Evaluations?

					OGAWA
			Don't worry about it, Sam.

					SITO
			Let's just try and have a good
			time.

					LAVELLE
			How can I have a good time when my
			career's being decided across the
			room?

	Lavelle crosses his fingers, closes his eyes...

					LAVELLE
				(continuing, quiet)
			Think promotion... promotion...
			promotion...

	Taurik regards him disapprovingly.

					TAURIK
			You can't really believe this will
			influence the outcome of your
			evaluation?

	Lavelle ignores him, continues his quiet chant. The
	others see Taurik's annoyance and can't resist teasing
	him.

         STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - TEASER         3.

2    CONTINUED:

					OGAWA
			It's a time-honored strategy,
			Taurik.

					SITO
			The Vedeks of the Janalan order
			maintain a round-the-clock chant
			for the well-being of the Bajoran
			people.

					TAURIK
			Considering the history of your
			planet, that doesn't exactly
			validate what he's doing.

	Sito shrugs to concede him the point, but Lavelle is
	finally exasperated by the relentlessness of Taurik's
	logic. The efficacy of what Sam is doing is
	questionable.

					LAVELLE
			Promote me, please -- so I can
			make Lieutenant and have my own
			room.

					TAURIK
			If you aren't happy sharing
			quarters with me, then you should
			put in for a new room assignment.
				(beat)
			Just in case you're not promoted.

	Sito and Ogawa smile at Taurik's remark.

3    ON RIKER AND TROI

	Ben is approaching them with TWO COFFEES.

					RIKER
			I've been thinking about who to
			promote to Ops --

					TROI
			The new night duty officer?

         STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - TEASER         4.

3    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(acknowledges)
			Lavelle's an obvious candidate,
			but I'm considering Ensign Sito as
			well.

	Ben sets the coffees down.

					BEN
				(to Troi)
			You sure about dessert?

					TROI
			Yes. Don't tempt me.

         STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - TEASER         5.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

	Ben smiles and moves off; we FOLLOW HIM as he
	approaches the junior officer's table.

	Ben is about the same age as the others; has an easy
	smile and wit. He signed aboard a Starship for fun and
	adventure, and as a civilian, isn't subject to the
	pressures of Starfleet. He likes nothing more than to
	kid his friends about how seriously they take
	everything.

					LAVELLE
			Are they working on the crew
			evaluations?

					BEN
			Yep.

					SITO
			Who were they talking about?

					BEN
			It's not my place to say...

					SITO
			Come on, Ben.

					LAVELLE
			Please.

					BEN
			All right, but I'm not sure you're
			going to like it...

	They react --

					BEN
				(continuing)
			Apparently... you're both up for
			the same job...

	Everyone reacts. Sito and Lavelle look at each
	other... wondering how this will affect their
	friendship... Off this moment we...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT ONE         6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

4    INT. BRIDGE

	At Red Alert, Sito is at Tactical, Lavelle at the Conn,
	DATA at Ops -- Riker is giving a series of rapid-fire
	orders from the Command Area. Various N.D's as needed.

					RIKER
			Lock phasers on target --

					SITO
				(works)
			Phasers locked --

					DATA
				(off console)
			The enemy vessel is firing.

					RIKER
			Helm, hard to starboard!

					LAVELLE
				(works)
			Hard starboard --

					RIKER
			Fire phasers!

	Sito works the console but it takes her a moment to
	comply -- Worf turns from the aft station to watch as
	she recovers and fires.

					SITO
			Firing --

	We hear the SOUND of phasers firing.

					DATA
			Target is destroyed.

					RIKER
			End simulation sequence and secure
			from drill.

	Red Alert ends and Riker studies a read-out.

      STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/23/93 - ACT ONE      6A.

4    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(continuing, to all)
			Alpha shift, your response time
			was seven percent slower than
			gamma shift --

	Everyone on the Bridge reacts to this disappointing
	news.

4A   INT. ENGINEERING

	where Taurik, Geordi, and a few N.D's are listening.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			I'd like all departments to submit
			drill evaluation reports by oh
			nine hundred hours --

					GEORDI
			Ensign, you'll write that report.

					TAURIK
			Yes, sir.

4B   INT. BRIDGE

	Continuous.

					RIKER
			Let's see if we can find a way to
			close that gap.

	Riker turns to Sito.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			What happened back there, Ensign?

         STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT ONE         7.

4B   CONTINUED:

	Sito explains, a little nervously.

					SITO
			I'm sorry, sir. When we changed
			course I had to re-lock the
			phasers before I could fire.

					RIKER
			Next time try letting the locking
			relay float until the actual order
			to fire is given.

	Sito acknowledges.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			They may not teach that trick at
			the Academy, but it works.

					SITO
			Thank you, sir.

	Riker turns to Lavelle.

					RIKER
			Lavelle...

					LAVELLE
			Sir?

	There is a moment of anticipation on Lavelle's face, as
	if he's hoping to be complimented.

					RIKER
			Resume previous course and speed.

	A flicker of disappointment crosses Lavelle's features.

					LAVELLE
				(all business)
			Aye, aye sir.

					RIKER
			One "aye" is sufficient
			acknowledgment, Ensign.

	Lavelle's face flushes with embarrassment. PICARD
	ENTERS from the Ready Room and approaches Riker.

         STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT ONE         8.

4B   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Helm, change course for the Argaya
			system -- maximum warp.

					LAVELLE
			Aye, sir.

					RIKER
			What about our rendezvous with the
			Clement?

					PICARD
			I've just received new orders from
			Starfleet. We'll discuss it in
			the Observation Lounge.

	Data stands to join Picard and Worf as they cross
	toward the Observation Lounge. Lavelle looks over at
	Data's vacant chair -- someone is going to have to man
	Ops and he hopes he is chosen. Riker glances at him,
	then back toward Sito.

					RIKER
			Ensign Sito, you'll fill in at
			Ops.

	Lavelle tries not to show his disappointment.

					SITO
			Yes, sir.

	She crosses toward the chair as the senior officers
	EXIT into the Observation Lounge.

	She takes a seat and orients herself, pushes a few
	controls. It's an awkward moment; the two friends are
	still grappling with the fact that they're competitors,
	and now they have to sit side by side. She senses
	Lavelle's disappointment that he wasn't chosen and
	tries to steer the conversation elsewhere.

					SITO
				(continuing, quiet)
			The Argaya system is close to the
			Cardassian border; I wonder why
			we're going there.

	He shrugs, doesn't join in her speculation.

         STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT ONE         9.

4B   CONTINUED: (3)

					SITO
				(continuing)
			How would you like to be a spider
			under that table?

					LAVELLE
				(turns to her)
			What?

					SITO
				(gesturing back toward
				 the Observation lounge)
			A spider under the table --

					LAVELLE
			Is that like a fly on the wall?

					SITO
				(smiles)
			I guess so.

	He smiles -- the awkwardness between them evaporates.
	(NOTE: as they talk, they should occasionally work
	their controls.)

					SITO
				(continuing)
			You did really well during the
			drill.

					LAVELLE
			Apparently Commander Riker didn't
			think so. I swear he's got it in
			for me.

					SITO
			You're imagining things.

					LAVELLE
			Oh, yeah? Then how come you're
			sitting in that chair instead of
			me?

	Sito tries to make light of it.

					SITO
			Maybe he figured I need more
			practice than you do.

	He smiles and they turn their attentions to their
	consoles... Off this moment...

5    OMITTED

      STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/23/93 - ACT ONE      10.

6    INT. ENGINEERING

	Taurik is working at the pool table; GEORDI ENTERS and
	starts to cross past.

					TAURIK
			Excuse me, sir... do you have a
			minute?

					GEORDI
			Sure. What is it?

					TAURIK
			I'd like you to take a look at
			something.

	Geordi smiles slightly. Apparently this isn't unusual
	for Taurik.

					GEORDI
			Have you been improvising again,
			Ensign?

					TAURIK
			In a manner of speaking. I'm
			running a computer simulation to
			test a new warp-field
			configuration.

	Geordi studies the console indicated by Taurik.

					GEORDI
			You've got a problem right here...
			the plasma flow in the nacelles is
			out of sync.

					TAURIK
			Actually, sir, that was done
			deliberately.

	Geordi reacts; clearly this isn't how it's ordinarily
	done.

					TAURIK
				(continuing)
			As you can see, this configuration
			has increased overall warp-field
			integrity by seven percent.

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			You're right...

     STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/23/93 - ACT ONE     10A.

6    CONTINUED:

					TAURIK
			Doctor Nils Diaz has been
			experimenting with this technique
			at the Tanaline Propulsion
			Laboratory.

	Geordi is studying the read-outs.

					GEORDI
			I know his work, but I never heard
			anything about this...

					TAURIK
			His findings have not been
			released yet. I was able to
			review a preliminary report when
			I was at the Academy.

					GEORDI
			I'll look forward to reading about
			it...

					TAURIK
			I predict that when these findings
			are made public, they will become
			a new model for warp field
			operation.

					GEORDI
			Sounds interesting.

					TAURIK
			With your permission, I would like
			to begin tests to see if the
			technique can be adapted to our
			warp drive.

	Geordi studies the monitor as he considers...

        STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT ONE        11.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			I don't know... There could be
			variables you didn't account for.

	Taurik considers the possibility.

					TAURIK
			I was quite thorough.

					GEORDI
			I'm sure you were... but I'd like
			to look over your simulation
			before I authorize any tests.

					TAURIK
			As you wish.

					GEORDI
			If you have any other ideas for
			improving efficiency, feel free to
			run them by me.

					TAURIK
			As a matter of fact, sir, I do --
			when would be a good time to
			discuss them?

	The only reason Geordi restrains himself is because he
	asked for it.

					GEORDI
			I'll get back to you on that...

	Geordi moves off; Taurik watches him go for a beat
	before setting to work...

7    INT. SICKBAY

	Ogawa ministers to an N.D. PATIENT on a bio-bed, then
	moves toward Beverly's Office. She stops at the door
	and waits for BEVERLY to look up from her desk.

      STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/23/93 - ACT ONE      12.

8    INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE

	Beverly sees her and smiles.

					BEVERLY
			If you're wondering about your
			evaluation, it couldn't be better.

					OGAWA
				(smiles)
			Actually, I just wanted to tell
			you that Ensign Reilly's condition
			is showing improvement... but
			thank you.

					BEVERLY
			In fact, I'm recommending you for
			a promotion. How does Lieutenant
			Alyssa Ogawa sound to you?

					OGAWA
			It sounds wonderful.

					BEVERLY
			I'll talk to Commander Riker... I
			expect it'll be official as soon
			as the current crew evaluation is
			over.

	Ogawa smiles and turns to exit...

					BEVERLY
			Alyssa... I've been meaning to ask
			you -- how are things going with
			you and Lieutenant Powell?

	There is a brief hesitation.

					OGAWA
			Fine... I think.

					BEVERLY
			You think?

	Ogawa takes a breath... she's trying to be casual about
	this, but there's an undercurrent of concern.

					OGAWA
			I'm sure it's nothing... but he
			seems... preoccupied lately. Last
			night he had to cancel our date.

					BEVERLY
			I see...

     STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/29/93 - ACT ONE     12A.

8    CONTINUED:

					OGAWA
			I know he's been putting together
			a research proposal... he's been
			really busy with it...

					BEVERLY
			I can understand that. Sometimes
			I get so absorbed in my research
			I forget to eat.

	Ogawa still seems concerned.

					OGAWA
			I just wonder...

	She trails off, but Beverly knows she wants to talk.

					BEVERLY
			What?

					OGAWA
			I've never met anyone like Andrew.
			It's as though we've known each
			other forever...

					BEVERLY
			You do seem well-suited.

					OGAWA
			But... I know that in the
			beginning of a romance... it's
			possible to be... a little blind.

					BEVERLY
				(carefully)
			I'm not sure exactly what you
			mean...

					OGAWA
			Well... cancelling a date like
			that... the way he's been so
			distant lately...
				(beat)
			Doctor... do you think those could
			be warning signs? That he's
			losing interest?

					BEVERLY
			Alyssa... I think you may be
			overreacting.

					OGAWA
			Maybe so...

     STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/29/93 - ACT ONE     12B.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			If I felt as strongly about
			someone as you do about Andrew --
			he'd have to do a lot more than
			cancel one date before I became
			suspicious.

	Ogawa can't help but smile.

					OGAWA
			You're right...

					BEVERLY
			As soon as this research project
			is over... I'm sure things will be
			just like they were.

	Cheered, Ogawa puts a final bright spin on things.

					OGAWA
			Except, of course, that he'll have
			to deal with Lieutenant Ogawa.

	And she EXITS, smiling.

      STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/29/93 - ACT ONE      13.

8A   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it drops out of warp.

9    INT. TEN FORWARD

	Sito is standing at the bar talking with Worf. A
	smaller than usual number of N.D's are in the room.

					SITO
			I only filled in at Ops for half
			an hour, but I had to degauss the
			main deflector dish, recalibrate
			the navigation grid, and use the
			internal sensors to find a lost
			puppy.

					WORF
			Ops is a very different challenge
			from Tactical.

					SITO
			I can't figure out why I'm even
			being considered for the
			assignment... I'm a security
			officer.

	Worf regards her for a beat.

					WORF
			I recommended you.

	Sito is surprised and gratified to hear this.

					SITO
			I'll try not to let you down, sir.

        STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT ONE        14.

10   ON LAVELLE, TAURIK AND BEN

	who are at the same table we saw them at before,
	watching Sito and Worf. Ben stands with an empty tray --
	there aren't many people in Ten Forward so he has time
	to talk.

					LAVELLE
			What could they be talking about?

	Taurik's had enough of Lavelle's trying to eavesdrop.

					TAURIK
			Have you ever considered learning
			to lip read?

	Ben smiles at Taurik's comment, but Lavelle ignores his
	remark.

					LAVELLE
			Do you think Worf's chewing her
			out?

					BEN
			No, he always looks like that.

	There's a trace of envy in Lavelle's voice:

					LAVELLE
				(continuing)
			Maybe he's giving her pointers on
			how to land the Ops position.

	The door OPENS and Riker ENTERS; he glances their way
	when he crosses past their table.

					BEN
			Hi, Wil.

					RIKER
				(a greeting)
			Ben...

	When Riker crosses away Lavelle looks at Ben in
	disbelief.

					LAVELLE
			You call him Wil?

					BEN
			Why not?

     STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/18/93 - ACT ONE     14A.

10   CONTINUED:

					LAVELLE
			He's second in command of this
			ship, that's why not.

					BEN
			I'm not Starfleet; I'm a civilian.
			And when he's in here, he wants to
			be treated like a civilian.

					LAVELLE
			Riker? I bet he sleeps in his
			uniform.

        STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT ONE        15.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEN
			You only think that because he's
			your C.O. If you got to know him --

					LAVELLE
				(dismissing this)
			Right.

	Ben isn't sure why Lavelle's reacting like this.

					TAURIK
				(to Ben)
			He's convinced that Commander
			Riker doesn't "like" him.

					BEN
			Why? Did you crash the ship into
			something?

					LAVELLE
			No. He just doesn't like me.

					TAURIK
			He doesn't even know you.

					BEN
			That's right. You should go talk
			to him.

					LAVELLE
			About what?

					TAURIK
			Perhaps something you have in
			common?

					BEN
			He likes Jazz... poker... he's
			Canadian --

					LAVELLE
			Yeah? My grandfather was from
			Canada.

					BEN
			There you go.

	Sito approaches the table; in the background, we see
	that Worf is EXITING Ten Forward.

					SITO
			Hi --

	She sees that there's no chair for her.

        STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT ONE        15A.

10   CONTINUED: (3)

					LAVELLE
			Here...

	He stands and frees his chair for her.

					LAVELLE
				(continuing)
			I've got to go talk to somebody.

        STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT ONE        16.

10   CONTINUED: (4)

	We follow Lavelle as he moves off, drink in hand. He
	steels himself, then moves to the bar next to Riker.
	Riker is working on a PADD and doesn't notice him.

					LAVELLE
			Good evening, sir...

	Riker turns toward him.

					RIKER
			Lavelle...

	Lavelle smiles awkwardly, unsure what to say. Riker
	regards him for a beat, wondering if he wants
	something.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Can I do something for you?

					LAVELLE
			No, sir. I... just came to get
			myself another drink.

	Riker glances down at the drink Lavelle's already
	holding in his hand -- it's nearly full.

					RIKER
			Something wrong with that one?

					LAVELLE
			Actually, I...

	The Bartender approaches.

					LAVELLE
				(continuing, to Riker)
			What are you having?

					RIKER
			Trakian Ale.

					LAVELLE
			Good choice.
				(to bartender)
			I'll have one, too.

	Riker returns to his PADD. After a beat.

        STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT ONE        17.

10   CONTINUED: (5)

					LAVELLE
			My Grandfather was Canadian, you
			know.

					RIKER
			Really...

					LAVELLE
			Aren't you one, too?

					RIKER
			A grandfather?

	Lavelle laughs, maybe a little too much.

					LAVELLE
			Canadian, sir. Canadian.

					RIKER
			No. I grew up in Alaska.

	Lavelle's smile fades as he realizes his plan is
	collapsing.

					LAVELLE
			Oh. Well... they both... get a
			lot of snow.

	Riker isn't sure what to say to this; he returns to his
	PADD. An awkward beat as Lavelle decides to get out
	before he gets himself in any deeper.

					LAVELLE
				(continuing)
			Good talking to you, sir.

	Lavelle moves off, mortified by the whole encounter --
	a beat later the bartender arrives with his ale. He
	looks at Riker, who glances after Lavelle and shakes
	his head.

11   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	hanging in space.

12   INT. BRIDGE

	as Picard ENTERS from the Ready Room. Riker is in the
	command area, Worf is at Tactical, Lavelle at the Conn,
	Data at Ops.

					RIKER
			We're holding position in the
			Argaya System.

        STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT ONE        18.

12   CONTINUED:

	Picard acknowledges, turns to Worf.

					PICARD
			Anything?

					WORF
				(off console)
			No, sir. I detect no vessels in
			the vicinity.

	Picard and Riker exchange a concerned look.

					PICARD
			How close are we to the Cardassian
			border?

					DATA
				(off console)
			Less than five thousand
			kilometers.

	To Lavelle this all sounds very mysterious.

					WORF
				(off console)
			Sir... I am detecting an object...
			five meters in length.
				(beat)
			It appears to be an escape pod.

					RIKER
			They must have been forced to
			abandon ship.

					PICARD
			How far inside Cardassian space is
			it?

					WORF
			Over fifty thousand kilometers.

	Picard and Riker share a grim look.

					PICARD
			How the hell are we going to get
			it out of there... ?

	Off Lavelle's face -- he doesn't know what this
	mysterious escape pod contains, but clearly it's
	important to us...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

        STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT TWO        19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

13   INT. BRIDGE

	Moments later.

					DATA
				(off console)
			Sir, the pod's life-support system
			is failing.

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			Notify Doctor Crusher --

					PICARD
			Can we get within Transporter
			range without crossing into
			Cardassian territory?

					DATA
				(works)
			We would need to boost the gain on
			the confinement beam by at least
			seven percent.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Mister La Forge?

14   INT. ENGINEERING

	where Taurik and Geordi are working.

					GEORDI
			I'm on it, sir.

	Geordi works a console.

					GEORDI
				(continuing, to Taurik)
			Try it now...

      STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/18/93 - ACT TWO      20.

14   CONTINUED:

					TAURIK
				(works)
			The pod is still too far away...

					GEORDI
			I'm going to try augmenting the
			frequency spread...

	Geordi sets to work. Taurik studies his console for a
	moment.

					TAURIK
			Bio-readings indicate that the
			passenger is humanoid...
				(works console)
			Attempting life-form
			identification --

					GEORDI
				(sharp)
			No one asked you to do that,
			Ensign. Let's just get him aboard
			safely.

	Taurik reacts -- Geordi keeps working.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			There, that should do it...

					TAURIK
				(off console)
			Confinement beam is at one hundred
			nine percent of normal.

					GEORDI
				(hits combadge)
			Transporter room -- you should be
			able to get a lock now.

15   INT. BRIDGE

	where they are monitoring the conversation.

					VOICE
			Aye, sir --

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Doctor, are you ready?

16   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	where Ogawa is helping Beverly prepare a bio-bed.

        STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT TWO        21.

16   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(hits combadge)
			Stand by.

					BEVERLY
			Alyssa, I'm afraid I'm going to
			have to ask you to leave.

					OGAWA
			All right, Doctor.

	With a last glance around to make sure everything's
	ready, she EXITS.

					BEVERLY
				(to com)
			Transporter room. go ahead.

	A figure begins to MATERIALIZE on the bio-bed. We cut
	out before we can recognize whether it is human or
	alien.

17   INT. CORRIDOR

	as Ogawa EXITS to find Sito posted at the door.

					OGAWA
			What are you doing here?

					SITO
			I'm not supposed to let anyone but
			the senior officers inside
			Sickbay.

					OGAWA
			Do you have any idea what's going
			on?

					SITO
			No. Do you?

	Ogawa shrugs. In the background we see Picard round a
	corner and head their way.

					OGAWA
				(sotto)
			I better go.

	She EXITS down the corridor. Picard approaches and
	nods to Sito as he passes.

        STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT TWO        22.

17   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Ensign...

	She acknowledges and the door OPENS to admit him. But
	he stops before going in, turns back to look at Sito.
	He regards her for a beat without saying anything, then
	turns and EXITS to Sickbay. Sito is left wondering
	what the look might have meant...

18   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker is near an aft station, Data at Ops, Worf at
	tactical and Lavelle at the Conn. A group of N.D's
	ENTER from the Turbolift and stand ready to take their
	posts. Riker glances to see if everyone's present,
	then announces:

					RIKER
			Twelve hundred hours -- alpha
			shift is relieved...

	The other N.D's move from their posts and EXIT to the
	Turbolifts, but Lavelle approaches Riker.

					LAVELLE
			Excuse me, sir.

	Riker turns to him.

					LAVELLE
				(continuing)
			If it's all right with you, I'd
			like to stay on for another shift.
			I could use the training.

					RIKER
			Now's not the best time.

					LAVELLE
			Yes, sir.

	Lavelle moves to the Turbolift... it OPENS and he goes
	inside. As the door closes, we catch a glimpse of his
	frustrated expression...

        STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT TWO        23.

19   INT. CORRIDOR

	where Sito is posted. She stands silently for a beat
	until the door to Sickbay OPENS and Picard steps out --
	without breaking stride:

					PICARD
			Ensign, you're with me.

	Surprised by his request, it takes her a beat to follow
	in step. They move down the corridor in silence, and
	stop when they reach the Turbolift door. After a
	moment it OPENS and Lavelle and another N.D EXIT.

	Lavelle's surprised to see her with Picard, and he and
	Sito exchange a look as the pass each other.

20   INT. TURBOLIFT

	as the door closes behind them.

					PICARD
			Bridge.

	Picard is clearly preoccupied with whatever their
	mysterious mission is and says nothing else. For Sito,
	the next few moments are among the longest of her life.
	Finally:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			You're a certified pilot, aren't
			you?

					SITO
			Yes, sir.

	Picard nods vaguely and returns to his inscrutable
	thoughts. Sito can only wonder what the question might
	portend.

21   INT. READY ROOM

	as Picard and Sito ENTER. He moves directly to his
	desk without offering her a seat. He seats himself and
	turns to regard her for a beat.

					PICARD
			How long have you served on the
			Enterprise?

					SITO
			Seven months, sir.

        STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT TWO        24.

21   CONTINUED:

	Despite her nervousness, Picard does nothing to make
	her feel more at ease.

					PICARD
			I see... I understand you've been
			recommended for the Ops position.
			Do you think you're up to it?

					SITO
			I do, sir.

	Sito is wondering if she's about to be promoted.

					PICARD
			I'm not so sure. Your record
			concerns me.

					SITO
			Sir?

					PICARD
			The incident you were involved in
			at the Academy.

	Sito blanches; this is her greatest fear come to life --
	that people will never forget the mistake she made.

					SITO
			With all due respect... that was
			three years ago. My record since
			then --

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			I'm not certain it matters how
			long it's been. What I need to
			know is whether you would ever do
			something like that again.

					SITO
			I can assure you, sir, I would
			never, never jeopardize lives by
			participating in --

					PICARD
				(cutting her off)
			A dare-devil stunt? I should hope
			not. What concerns me more is
			that you participated in a coverup
			that impeded an official
			investigation into the death of a
			cadet.

      STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/18/93 - ACT TWO      25.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

	From Sito's point of view she's being dressed-down; but
	Picard's tone, the fact that he so uncharacteristically
	interrupted her, is indicative that there is more going
	on here. He's testing her mettle, much like he did
	Hugh's in "I, Borg." Why he's doing it remains a
	mystery.

	She stammers as she tries to explain.

					SITO
			Sir, I know I should have told the
			truth right from the start --

					PICARD
			But you didn't. You went along
			with the others and pretended that
			what happened was nothing more
			than an accident. What do you
			suppose that tells me about your
			character?

	She's completely flustered now.

					SITO
			Sir, if you had any idea what it
			was like after that incident -- I
			didn't have any friends, anyone to
			talk to. I had to take my flighttest
			with the instructor because
			no one else would be my partner.
			In a lot of ways it would have
			been easier to just walk away.
			But I didn't. I stuck with it.
			Doesn't that say something about
			my character, too... ?

	Picard's tone is dismissively sarcastic.

					PICARD
			I'm very sorry you didn't enjoy
			your time at the Academy, Ensign.
			But as far as I'm concerned, you
			should have been expelled for what
			you did. Quite frankly, I don't
			know how you made it onto my ship.

        STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT TWO        26.

21   CONTINUED: (3)

	He leans back, waits for her to defend herself. But
	she's so rattled by what he's said, she can't. Picard
	regards her for a long moment... then, almost as if
	he's disappointed by her inability to reply:

					PICARD
			You're dismissed...

	She turns and EXITS. Off Picard's expression as he
	watches her go...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/29/93 - ACT THREE     27.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

22   INT. SHUTTLEBAY (OPTICAL)

	Taurik is taking aim with a PHASER RIFLE. He FIRES and
	we reveal that he is shooting at a SHUTTLECRAFT sitting
	in the bay. Geordi stands nearby with a TRICORDER and
	watches as the BEAM hits the shuttle's aft section.

					GEORDI
			Two more seconds...
				(beat)
			That's enough.

	A SCORCH MARK now mars the shuttle's stern. Geordi
	scans it with the tricorder. Other scorch marks are
	visible on the hull.

					TAURIK
			Sir, I'm a little puzzled. Why
			are we intentionally damaging this
			shuttlecraft?

	A brief hesitation.

					GEORDI
			We're evaluating hull resiliency.
			Starfleet requires periodic
			testing.

					TAURIK
			I see.
				(beat)
			I don't believe I'm familiar with
			that requirement.

					GEORDI
				(somewhat pointedly)
			Probably because you're not a
			senior officer.

	Taurik acknowledges this. But --

					TAURIK
			If you wish, I can reconfigure the
			phaser to fire a low-intensity
			burst that would not harm the
			shuttle's hull. The test
			procedure would not be affected.

	Oddly, Geordi dismisses what seems a good idea.

    STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/29/93 - ACT THREE    27A.

22   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			It's fine the way it is. Just
			give me a four second burst right
			about here.

	He indicates a point on the nacelle. Taurik moves to
	take up position.

					TAURIK
			Should I fire from this position?

					GEORDI
			Actually...
				(he gestures)
			Make it over there.

	Geordi indicates that Taurik take up position a few
	yards in another direction.

					TAURIK
			That would be consistent...

	Geordi turns and looks at Taurik.

       STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT THREE       28.

22   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Consistent with what?

	Taurik considers a beat before replying.

					TAURIK
			With making it appear that this
			shuttle fled an attack.

	Geordi can't help but frown when he realizes Taurik
	knows exactly what they're really up to.

					GEORDI
			What makes you think that's what
			we're doing?

					TAURIK
			The pattern of fire you have asked
			for is similar to what might
			result if the shuttle were fleeing
			an attacker while engaging in
			evasive maneuvers.

	Geordi regards him with a poker-face.

					GEORDI
			That's quite a coincidence...

	Taurik understands that Geordi is asking him to stop
	asking questions and go along with the official story.

					TAURIK
			Yes, sir. It is indeed. Shall we
			proceed with the testing?

	Geordi's face shows that he's glad that Taurik
	understands.

					GEORDI
			Yes, Ensign. Thank you.

	As Taurik takes up position for the next phaser shot...

23   INT. SICKBAY

	as Ogawa ENTERS. Beverly approaches her with a certain
	amount of urgency.

					BEVERLY
			Alyssa... thanks for coming so
			quickly.

	They start toward the main room.

     STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/18/93 - ACT THREE     29.

23   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			We need to prepare for surgery.
			We have a comatose patient with a
			subdeural hematoma.

					OGAWA
			Yes, sir.

	Beverly stops, turns to her.

					BEVERLY
			I want to make it clear that you
			are not to discuss what you see
			here with anyone.

					OGAWA
			I understand.

	When they cross into the main room Ogawa reacts to what
	she sees on the center bio-bed -- an unconscious
	Cardassian male of about forty.

					BEVERLY
			We'll need to synthesize at least
			a liter of Cardassian blood...

	It takes Ogawa a beat to recover, then she and Beverly
	set to work...

24   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it hangs in space.

25   INT. LAVELLE/TAURIK'S QUARTERS

	where Sito, Ogawa, Lavelle, Taurik and Ben are playing
	five-card stud at a table in the middle of the room.

	This is a re-dress of our windowless quarters, and we
	should get the feeling that they're smaller than Worf's
	or Geordi's. The two men have pretty much divided the
	room in two, with their beds against opposite walls.

	Taurik's half is neat and orderly, with Vulcan
	artifacts displayed. Lavelle's half is a bit of a mess --
	a soccer ball, an Anbo-jitsu stick, and other trappings
	of a single man are carelessly strewn about.

     STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/23/93 - ACT THREE     30.

25   CONTINUED:

	Ben expertly shuffles the deck and deals one card down,
	then one up -- starting with Lavelle, then to Ogawa,
	Taurik and finally Sito. While he deals they each
	assess their hand and the following conversation plays:

					BEN
			What I can't figure out is why
			we're just sitting here so close
			to the Cardassian border.

					LAVELLE
			It must have something to do with
			that escape pod we picked up.
				(to Sito)
			Don't you think?

	Sito shrugs that she doesn't know.

					SITO
			Maybe...

	She's still reeling from her encounter with Picard; her
	friends have noticed that her mind is elsewhere, but
	they don't know why.

					LAVELLE
			I wonder who was in it... ?

					BEN
			You know what I heard... ?

	The others turn to Ben. After a dramatic pause:

					BEN
				(continuing)
			It was Ambassador Spock.

	None of the others believe this for a second.

					TAURIK
			That is unlikely.

					BEN
			That's what I was told...

					TAURIK
			By whom?

					BEN
			I can't say.

	Lavelle shrugs Ben off and continues trying to
	speculate.

    STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/23/93 - ACT THREE    30A.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					LAVELLE
			They beamed whoever was in it
			right to Sickbay.
				(to Ogawa)
			Did you see anything when you went
			down there?

	For possibly the first time, Ogawa is having to keep
	something from her friends.

					OGAWA
			No... Doctor Crusher just wanted
			me to help her with the lab
			schedule.

					TAURIK
				(to Ogawa)
			I thought Lieutenant Powell was
			going to join us tonight?

					OGAWA
			He had to do a double shift.

					LAVELLE
			That's too bad...
				(smiles)
			He's the worst poker player I've
			ever met...

	Ogawa smiles and shrugs.

     STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/18/93 - ACT THREE     31.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

	Ben turns to Lavelle, who is showing the highest card.

					BEN
			It's your bet, Sam.

                                             CUT TO:

26   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	where Riker, Beverly, Troi, Worf and Geordi are also
	playing poker.

					WORF
				(bets)
			Twenty.

	The others match his bet, and Geordi deals another card
	face up to each player (they too show one down and one
	up).

					BEVERLY
			-- the thing is, I saw Powell in
			Ten Forward with another woman...
			the way they were talking made me
			wonder...

					TROI
			He should tell Alyssa if he's
			seeing someone else. Even if it
			hurts her, it'll be better in the
			long run.

     STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/18/93 - ACT THREE     32.

26   CONTINUED:

	Riker turns to Worf.

					RIKER
			I've been meaning to tell you
			something, Worf... I don't think
			Ensign Sito is ready for the Ops
			position.

	Worf reacts --

					WORF
			I must say that I disagree, sir.

	Geordi nudges Troi because she shows the highest hand.

					RIKER
			I'm listening...

	Troi tosses in a chip --

                                             CUT TO:

27   INT. LAVELLE/TAURIK'S QUARTERS

	as a chip lands in the pile at the center of the table.

					BEN
			The bet is fifty --

	Everyone matches the bet --

					TAURIK
				(to Sito)
			It would be illogical for the
			Captain to deny you a promotion
			because of something you did as a
			cadet.

	These are difficult things for Sito to talk about.

					SITO
			He said it shows I don't have
			character.

     STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/18/93 - ACT THREE     33.

27   CONTINUED:

					OGAWA
			What did you say?

					SITO
			What could I say?
				(quiet)
			Maybe he's right...

	Lavelle reacts strongly to this.

					LAVELLE
			You're a damn fine officer and you
			deserve that post as much as
			anyone.

	This is the kind of thing she needs to hear and it
	helps her shake her gloom a little.

					LAVELLE
				(continuing)
			One thing's for sure -- I won't be
			getting it. Not if it's up to
			Riker.

                                             CUT TO:

28   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

					WORF
				(to Riker)
			It is your decision, sir -- but if
			you give her a chance to prove
			herself, I feel certain that
			Ensign Sito will not disappoint
			you.

     STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/18/93 - ACT THREE     34.

28   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			All right, Worf. I'll keep her
			under consideration.
				(beat)
			Besides, I have my doubts about
			Lavelle.

					TROI
				(surprised)
			Really? Why?

					RIKER
			He's too... eager to please. He
			keeps trying to ingratiate himself
			to me.

					TROI
			Why assume he's doing it just to
			get the job?

	Riker smiles; he's sure he's right about Lavelle.

					RIKER
				(to Geordi)
			I'll see your fifty and raise you
			a hundred.

					TROI
			I don't know... It seems to me
			that you and Lavelle have a lot in
			common.

					RIKER
			What? We're not at all alike.

					GEORDI
				(to Riker)
			You're bluffing.

                                             CUT TO:

       STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT THREE       35.

29   INT. LAVELLE/TAURIK'S QUARTERS

					LAVELLE
				(to Ben)
			Think so?

	Ben regards him for a beat, then bets.

					BEN
			Yes, and I'm not gonna let you get
			away with it.

					OGAWA
				(to Lavelle)
			You know, Sam, maybe you shouldn't
			try so hard with Riker. It
			doesn't matter whether he likes
			you... as long as he respects you.

					SITO
			And he must... otherwise he
			wouldn't be considering you for
			the Ops position.

	Sam considers their words for a moment.

					LAVELLE
			You're probably right... maybe I'm
			just telling myself he hates me so
			if I don't get promoted I'll have
			an excuse.

					BEN
				(to Taurik)
			Well? You in or not?

	Taurik is studying his cards intently.

					TAURIK
			At this juncture, the odds of my
			winning this hand are less than
			thirty-nine to one. I fold.

	He sets his cards down.

                                             CUT TO:

       STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT THREE       36.

30   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

					RIKER
				(to Geordi)
			Looks like it's just you and me,
			buddy. You in for another fifty?

					GEORDI
			Give me a minute. I'm thinking.

	Geordi studies Riker's face to see if he's bluffing.

					TROI
				(to Riker)
			Didn't you tell me you took up
			poker so you could get into the
			officer's game on the Potemkin?

					RIKER
			I happen to like poker.

					TROI
			But your senior officers might
			have thought you were trying to
			ingratiate yourself -- I guess
			they realized you were just young
			and inexperienced and decided not
			to hold it against you.

	Riker is struck by her words; he regards Troi for a
	moment, then nods that he sees her point.

					RIKER
			Maybe I am being too hard on
			Lavelle...

					WORF
				(to Geordi)
			I do not believe he is bluffing.

					GEORDI
			I do.
				(bets)
			What've you got?

	Geordi shows a respectable hand. Riker plays the
	moment for all it's worth, then shows his cards -- he
	wasn't bluffing.

					GEORDI
			I can't believe this.

       STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT THREE       37.

30   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(as he takes in the
				 chips)
			I'm your worst nightmare...

                                             CUT TO:

31   INT. LAVELLE/TAURIK'S QUARTERS

					BEN
			I knew it!

	Ben starts raking in the chips.

					LAVELLE
			How could you tell I was bluffing?

					BEN
			You don't really expect me to
			answer that, do you... ?

					SITO
			Well... it's getting pretty late.
			Maybe we should all get some
			sleep.

	Ogawa indicates her agreement and they start to get up.

					BEN
			One more hand --

                                             CUT TO:

32   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	where Geordi is now standing.

					RIKER
			Come on, Geordi. You're not going
			to quit just because I'm
			unbeatable?

					GEORDI
			There's something I need to do
			down in Engineering.

	He moves toward the door.

					GEORDI
				(to Riker)
			I'll get you next time.

					RIKER
				(smiles)
			I'll be waiting...

       STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT THREE       38.

32   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Good night, everybody.

                                             CUT TO:

33   INT. LAVELLE/TAURIK'S QUARTERS

					LAVELLE
			Good night.

	Sito and Ogawa EXIT.

					TAURIK
				(to Ben)
			What I find curious is that when
			Commander La Forge saw that the
			technique I was proposing was more
			efficient, he seemed... annoyed.

					BEN
			Of course he was.

					LAVELLE
			He didn't like the fact that you
			knew something he didn't.

	Taurik becomes concerned.

     STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/23/93 - ACT THREE     39.

33   CONTINUED:

					TAURIK
			Do you think I have irreparably
			damaged my relationship with him?

					LAVELLE
			It depends on what kind of guy he
			is.

					BEN
			Ante up, gentlemen.

	Taurik doesn't know what to make of all this. Suddenly
	the door CHIMES.

					LAVELLE
			Come in.

	The door OPENS to reveal Geordi -- much to everyone's
	surprise.

					LAVELLE
			Commander --

	Taurik and Lavelle start to stand, but Geordi gestures
	it's okay.

					GEORDI
			Don't get up. I just dropped by
			to see Taurik.

	Taurik stands and approaches him.

					TAURIK
			What can I do for you, sir?

					GEORDI
			I'm headed for Engineering to run
			those tests on the nacelles.
			Since you've already put in some
			work on the technique... I thought
			you might like to give me a hand.

	Taurik looks as pleased as a Vulcan can.

					TAURIK
			I would be pleased to, sir.

       STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT THREE       40.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			Great. Let's go.

	Geordi waves goodnight to the others, then he and
	Taurik turn and EXIT.

	Ben and Lavelle look at each other a little sheepishly
	as they realize they misjudged Taurik's situation with
	Geordi.

					BEN
			How about some blackjack?

					LAVELLE
			I've got to get some sleep so I
			can be sharp tomorrow.

	Lavelle starts to clean up.

					BEN
			Why? So you can get promoted,
			have more responsibility, and have
			to get to sleep even earlier?

					LAVELLE
			Good night...

	Ben shakes his head and EXITS.

34
thru	OMITTED
35

36   INT. CORRIDOR

	as Ben ENTERS from Lavelle's quarters and moves off.

37   OMITTED

38   INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	as the door CHIMES.

					RIKER
			Come in.

	Ben ENTERS.

            STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT THREE           41.

38   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Ben --

					BEN
			I just cleaned out some junior
			officers and I thought I'd do the
			same here.

					RIKER
			You're welcome to give it a try.

					TROI
			Pull up a chair.

					BEN
			Thanks --

	Off this moment we...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

          STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/19/93 - ACT FOUR         42.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

39   INT. SHIP'S GYMNASIUM

	Sito and a few N.D's (possibly Lavelle or Taurik) are
	filing out the door after a martial arts class led by
	Worf -- all are in gis.

					WORF
			Ensign Sito --

	She stops, turns.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			I also teach an advanced class --
			I believe you may be ready to
			participate.

	Sito allows herself only a brief smile before she looks
	down, embarrassed by his compliment.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Before you can join the group,
			however, you must pass the...
			gik'tal.

	Sito reacts --

					SITO
			Gik'tal?

					WORF
			It is a very ancient Klingon
			ritual. It tests your knowledge
			of the forms of the mok'bara.

					SITO
			I should practice first...

					WORF
			No. No practice. That is part of
			the ritual -- the test must be...
			unannounced.

	Sito is a little nervous about the suddenness of it,
	but she manages a nod.

          STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/19/93 - ACT FOUR        42A.

39   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Come.

	They move to the center of the room. To her surprise,
	Worf takes a SCARF and wraps it around her head,
	effectively covering her eyes.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Can you see?

					SITO
			No...

	Sito is a little taken aback by this, but doesn't
	protest.

            STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT FOUR            44.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

					SITO
			Ow!

					WORF
			You did not anticipate.

	In a flash of temper she leaps to her feet and rips the
	scarf off her head.

					SITO
			How am I supposed to defend myself
			when I can't see a thing?

					WORF
			Stop making excuses! Replace the
			blindfold.

					SITO
			No, this isn't a fair test.

	Worf holds her gaze for a moment, then a smile traces
	itself on his features.

					WORF
			Very good, Ensign. You have
			passed the challenge.

	It takes her a moment to realize what he's saying.

					SITO
			What? By taking off the
			blindfold?

					WORF
			It takes courage to say the test
			is not fair.

	Sito is gratified to have succeeded, but puzzled by
	something.

					SITO
			There's one thing I don't
			understand. Doesn't gik'tal mean
			"to the death"?

					WORF
			You... speak Klingon?

	Worf's alarmed reaction makes her wonder...

					SITO
			Sir... is there really such a
			thing as the gik'tal challenge?

            STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT FOUR            45.

39   CONTINUED: (3)

	Worf doesn't like having to admit it.

					WORF
			No... there is not.

	She looks at him, trying to understand why he did it.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			But perhaps the next time you are
			judged unfairly, you will not have
			to suffer so many bruises before
			you protest.

	Sito smiles, grateful for what he's trying to do for
	her... Off this moment between them...

40   INT. READY ROOM

	where Sito, now in uniform, is standing before Picard.

					SITO
			-- all I've ever wanted is to make
			a career for myself in Starfleet.
			I can't change what happened at
			the Academy. No one can. All I
			can do is work hard and try to
			earn the respect of the people I
			serve with.

	She takes a breath, steadies herself.

					SITO
				(continuing)
			If you're not going to give me
			that chance, then I respectfully
			request that you transfer me to
			another ship.

					PICARD
			If you're looking for a more
			lenient commander, I don't think
			you'll find one.

					SITO
			Permission to speak freely, sir?

					PICARD
			Please do.

					SITO
			If you didn't want me on your ship
			you should have said so when I was
			assigned to it.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/18/93 - ACT FOUR         46.

40   CONTINUED:

					SITO (Cont'd)
			It's not your place to punish me
			for what I did at the Academy.

	Picard studies her carefully as she addresses him.

					SITO
				(continuing)
			I've worked hard here. My record
			is exemplary. If you're going to
			judge me, judge me for what I am
			now.

	Picard stands, moves around his desk.

					PICARD
			All right, Ensign. I will...

	Sito prepares herself for the worst.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			It took a lot of courage to come
			here and face me after what I said
			to you the other day.

	He sees the look of confusion on her face.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			You see... I didn't call you in
			here then to assess your
			qualifications for the Ops
			position.

					SITO
			I... don't understand.

					PICARD
			I was harsh with you because I was
			assessing you for a very important
			mission. A mission that could
			involve a situation far more...
			unnerving than being dressed down
			by your commanding officer.

					SITO
			May I ask what this mission --

	He holds up a hand to stop her.

          STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/23/93 - ACT FOUR         47.

40   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Join the senior staff in the
			Observation Lounge at oh-nine
			hundred hours. We'll discuss it
			then.

					SITO
			Yes, sir.

	She turns to go.

					PICARD
			And Ensign... I do know how you
			ended up on the Enterprise. I
			asked for you.

	This clearly surprises her.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I wanted to make sure you got a
			fair chance to redeem yourself.

	She acknowledges, grateful -- then EXITS. Off Picard's
	face...

41   INT. SICKBAY

	where Beverly is working. Ogawa approaches her.

					OGAWA
			You wanted to see me, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			Yes...

	Beverly smiles at Ogawa, feeling uncomfortable about
	this but sure she must proceed.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Alyssa, I think you know how much
			I've come to depend on you. I've
			recommended your promotion because
			your performance here has been
			exemplary.

					OGAWA
			Thank you, Doctor... I appreciate
			that.

	She looks at Beverly, wondering what's going on.
	Clearly this is about more than her performance.

          STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/29/93 - ACT FOUR        47A.

41   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			But more than that, I've come to
			think of you as a friend. Someone
			I care about...

					OGAWA
			That's nice of you to say. I feel
			the same way.

					BEVERLY
			So... I was wondering about you
			and Andrew Powell...

	Ogawa's face lights up.

					OGAWA
			Someone told you!

	Now it's Beverly's turn to look puzzled.

					BEVERLY
			Told me... ?

					OGAWA
			We were going to keep it a secret
			until the promotions are
			announced.

					BEVERLY
			Secret... ?

					OGAWA
			He asked me to marry him.

	Beverly is completely taken aback.

					BEVERLY
			Alyssa -- that's wonderful!

          STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/23/93 - ACT FOUR         48.

41   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			I'm so relieved...

	Ogawa gives her a slight look --

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			I mean -- happy.

	They hug... OFF this moment...

42   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it hangs in space.

43   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	as Sito ENTERS. Riker and Worf look up and gesture
	that she should take a seat. Someone else is seated in
	the chair facing away from her, but she can't see them.

					RIKER
			Have a seat, Ensign.

	Worf gives her a reassuring look. She moves inside,
	takes a chair. She glances over and sees that the
	unseen person in the chair is a Cardassian -- the same
	one Ogawa saw in Sickbay. As a Bajoran she can't help
	but react -- though she quickly recovers.

	The DOOR OPENS -- Picard ENTERS and takes a seat.
	Picard gestures to the Cardassian.

					PICARD
			This is Joret Dal... he was in the
			escape pod we retrieved.

	Joret nods a greeting to Sito.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Joret is a member of the
			Cardassian military... he is also
			a Federation operative.

	Picard lets this sink in for a beat.

          STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/18/93 - ACT FOUR         49.

43   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			He risked his life to come here
			and give us invaluable information
			about Cardassia's strategic
			intentions -- information that
			could very well enhance the
			security of Bajor, as well as
			other planets in this sector. It
			is imperative that we get him
			safely back to Cardassian space.

					JORET
			It will not be easy. The border
			is heavily guarded.

					RIKER
			Since his ship was destroyed he's
			going to have to take one of our
			shuttlecraft.

					JORET
			If a patrol stops me, I will claim
			to have stolen it.

					WORF
			We have distressed the shuttle so
			that it appears to have been fired
			on.

					RIKER
			Joret's going to have to try and
			talk his way past the patrol.

					JORET
			If I were alone, the chances of my
			succeeding would be slim. But if
			I had a prisoner with me... a
			Bajoran terrorist...

	Worf glances at Sito as she realizes what the plan
	entails -- she is listening without betraying any
	emotion.

          STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/18/93 - ACT FOUR        49A.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

					JORET
			I would appear to be a bounty
			hunter. Border crossings of that
			nature are not uncommon... for a
			price, the patrol can be convinced
			to look the other way.

            STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT FOUR            50.

43   CONTINUED: (3)

	Picard turns to Sito.

					PICARD
			Once the shuttle is safely past
			the patrol, Joret will put you in
			an escape pod and send you back
			across the border.

					RIKER
			Since the pod is so small, it
			shouldn't be detectable.

					PICARD
			We'll be waiting here to pick you
			up.

					SITO
			I understand, sir.

					PICARD
			This is obviously a very dangerous
			mission. I'm not ordering you to
			take part in it.

	She looks up at him.

					SITO
			Then I'll volunteer, sir.

					WORF
			Be certain you understand the risk
			you are taking. If you are
			captured --

					SITO
			I'm Bajoran. No one knows better
			than I do what the Cardassians do
			to their prisoners.

	She turns to Picard.

					SITO
				(continuing)
			I've made my decision.

	Picard studies her for a beat.

					PICARD
			Very well, Ensign. Report to
			Sickbay.
				(off her reaction)
			Doctor Crusher will explain.

	She stands.

          STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/18/93 - ACT FOUR         51.

43   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I'd also ask you not to discuss
			this mission with anyone...

					SITO
			Yes, sir.

	She EXITS. There is a silent moment as everyone
	contemplates the dangers of what she's being asked to
	do. Joret turns to Picard, gives voice to what they're
	all thinking.

					JORET
				(continuing, quiet)
			I didn't realize she would be
			so... young...

	Off this moment...

44   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it hangs in space.

45   INT. SHUTTLEBAY

	where Geordi is doing a last minute check on the
	shuttle. Joret is at the controls; Worf stands near
	the aft section. Sito ENTERS from the corridor,
	dressed in BAJORAN CIVILIAN CLOTHES. When she
	approaches Worf we see that her face is badly BRUISED.

					SITO
			The Captain asked Doctor Crusher
			to make it look like Joret had
			mistreated me...

	Geordi steps out of the back of the shuttle.

					GEORDI
			We're all set...

	Worf acknowledges and Geordi moves off.

            STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT FOUR            52.

45   CONTINUED:

					SITO
			Sir... I want you to know that I
			really appreciate the fact that
			you've always had confidence in
			me.

	Worf acknowledges -- he's proud of her, but at the same
	time concerned for her well-being.

					WORF
			Good luck...

					SITO
			I'll see you soon...

	She steps up into the shuttle and the door begins to
	CLOSE. The ALARM SOUNDS that indicates the HANGAR DOOR
	is OPENING. Worf moves away from the shuttle.

46   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the shuttle pulls out of the shuttlebay.

47   INT. SHUTTLEBAY (OPTICAL)

	Worf stands looking out the shuttlebay door at the
	stars... Off this moment we...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/29/93 - ACT FIVE         53.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

0A   EXT. SPACE - SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

48   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Joret and Sito are in the cockpit, both somewhat
	apprehensive.

					JORET
			We are approaching the border...
			it won't be long before we're
			detected by the patrol ships.

					SITO
			When they stop us... do you want
			me to say anything?

					JORET
			No. It should seem that I've
			broken your will. If you're asked
			any questions, look at me... as
			though you're afraid to answer.

	She nods grimly. After a moment, she turns to him.

					SITO
			Can I ask you something... ? Why
			are you doing this -- risking your
			life to help Starfleet?

					JORET
			I don't consider myself a traitor,
			if that's what you're asking.

	It is clear from his tone that Joret has thought about
	this a great deal.

					JORET
				(continuing)
			I've served in the military all my
			life... once it was an institution
			dedicated to the security of
			Cardassia, now it's little more
			than... a platform for ambitious
			Guls hoping to make their
			reputations in battle.

	Sito hears the conviction in his voice.


          STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/29/93 - ACT FIVE        53A.

48   CONTINUED:

					JORET
				(continuing)
			If the information I provide helps
			Starfleet deter even one pointless
			border skirmish, I'll have served
			my purpose. I'm sick of war. My
			people need peace.

	Sito is struck by what he's told her... after a
	moment...

					SITO
			I never thought I'd hear a
			Cardassian say something like
			that...

	He turns and regards her for a beat.

					JORET
			And I never thought a Bajoran
			would risk her life to help a
			Cardassian get home...

	This moment between them is interrupted by a warning
	BEEP from the cockpit console.

					SITO
				(off console)
			A patrol ship is closing in on our
			position...

         STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT FIVE 54-55.           

48   CONTINUED: (2)

					JORET
			We don't have much time...

	He stands and picks up a SHACKLE (as seen in "Chain of
	Command"), and she holds up her wrists for him to
	shackle her. Off this moment...

49
thru	OMITTED
51

            STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT FIVE            56.

52   INT. TEN FORWARD

	where Taurik, Lavelle and Ogawa are in midconversation.
	Ben stands nearby.

					LAVELLE
			She must have left on that
			shuttle, there's no other
			explanation.

					BEN
			Do you have any idea where it
			went?

					LAVELLE
			Toward Cardassian space -- that's
			what I'm worried about.

	In the face of Lavelle's concern, Ogawa and Taurik are
	finding it very difficult to keep silent about what
	they know -- but they both feel they have to.

					LAVELLE
				(continuing)
			There's another thing, I noticed
			the shuttle was damaged --

					OGAWA
			Sam, can we talk about something
			else?

					LAVELLE
			Don't you care what's happened to
			her?

					OGAWA
			Of course --

					TAURIK
			But we have to accept the fact
			that we're not always told about
			everything that happens aboard
			ship.

					LAVELLE
			We can at least tell each other
			what we know.

	Lavelle sees a slight reaction in both Ogawa and
	Taurik.

					LAVELLE
				(continuing)
			Do you two know something?

					OGAWA
			Sam, please...

            STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT FIVE           56A.

52   CONTINUED:

					LAVELLE
			I can't believe this. We're
			friends.

          STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/18/93 - ACT FIVE         57.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

					TAURIK
			We're also Starfleet Officers.

					OGAWA
			I'm not allowed to talk about
			it...

	Lavelle stops short when he realizes it's a security
	matter. He looks from Ogawa to Taurik -- then
	acknowledges their situation.

					LAVELLE
			Okay... I understand.

	Still, he's immensely frustrated... An awkward silence
	settles over the group...

					LAVELLE
				(continuing)
			I better get going... I'm on duty
			in half an hour...

	He stands and EXITS, leaving the others sitting
	quitely...

53   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it hangs in space.

54   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker is in the Command Area, Worf at Tactical, Data at
	Ops, Lavelle at the Conn. The mood is grim.

	Riker crosses down to a point between Ops and Conn.

          STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/18/93 - ACT FIVE         58.

54   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Report.

					LAVELLE
			We've completed a long-range scan
			of the area, sir. The escape pod
			doesn't seem to be out there.

	Riker lets out a frustrated breath.

					DATA
			It is possible that at this
			distance we are simply unable to
			distinguish the pod from the
			inorganic matter normally present
			in space.

					RIKER
			Try narrowing the scan field --
			see if you can pick up any biosigns.

	Data sets to work and Riker starts to turn away, but
	Lavelle stops him with a question.

					LAVELLE
			Sir... it would help if I knew
			what kind of life-signs to look
			for.

	Riker considers for a moment.

					RIKER
			You're scanning for Bajoran lifesigns,
			Ensign.

	Lavelle reacts -- this is the first confirmation he's
	had that he's looking for his friend.

					LAVELLE
			Yes, sir.

	Riker realizes what he's probably going through, and he
	puts a hand to Lavelle's shoulder before crossing back
	to the Command Area.

	Picard ENTERS from the Ready Room and approaches Riker
	for a report.

					RIKER
			Nothing yet, sir. The pod's
			thirty-two hours overdue.

	Worf looks up from his console.

            STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT FIVE            59.

54   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Sir, I recommend we launch a probe
			to increase the range of our
			sensor sweeps.

	Picard considers for a beat. Riker doesn't like to
	have to be the one to say it:

					RIKER
				(quiet)
			Sending a probe into Cardassian
			space would be a treaty violation.

	Picard acknowledges, but he's still considering it.

					PICARD
			Prepare a probe and launch when
			ready.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Worf sets to work, grasping this last thread of hope.
	After a beat we hear the SOUND of a probe being
	launched.

55   ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Stock shot of a probe being fired away.

56   RESUME SCENE

	as they watch the probe disappear.

					WORF
			It will be several minutes before
			we begin to receive the probe's
			telemetry.

	Picard settles into his seat to wait.

                                             CUT TO:

          STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/19/93 - ACT FIVE         60.

56A  INT. BRIDGE

	Picard is pacing anxiously.

					DATA
				(off console)
			Sir... I am detecting signs of
			debris two hundred thousand
			kilometers inside Cardassian
			space...

	Lavelle turns to Data, his face full of dread.

					DATA
				(continuing, off
				 console)
			Its mass and composition indicate
			that it could be the remains of a
			Federation escape pod...

	Reactions. Lavelle looks down at his console... Worf
	focuses on the Viewscreen... off this moment...

56B  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

					PICARD'S (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, supplemental. We
			have intercepted a Cardassian
			report stating that a Bajoran
			prisoner escaped her captor... and
			was killed in an evacuation pod as
			she tried to leave Cardassian
			space...

57   INT. READY ROOM

					PICARD
			To all personnel with security
			clearance J-one and higher... this
			is the Captain. It is my sad duty
			to inform you --

58   INT. ENGINEERING

	where Taurik is working as Picard's voice comes over
	the com.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			-- that a member of the crew...
			Ensign Sito Jaxa...

	He reacts to hearing his friend's name...

            STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" 11/17/93 - ACT FIVE           60A.

59   INT. SICKBAY

	where Ogawa and Beverly are listening.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Has been lost in the line of
			duty...

	Ogawa covers her face with her hand; Beverly puts a
	comforting hand to her shoulder.

60   INT. BRIDGE

	where Lavelle and the others are listening.

          STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/19/93 - ACT FIVE         61.

60   CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			She was the finest example of a
			Starfleet officer... a young woman
			of remarkable courage... and
			strength of character.

60A  INT. READY ROOM

					PICARD
			Her absense will be deeply felt by
			all who knew her...

	Picard's face shows the toll of having to make this
	announcement.

61   OMITTED

62   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves at impulse.

63   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Worf sits alone at a table near the windows. Ben
	approaches him with a drink. Sensing that he's lost in
	thought, he sets it down as unobtrusively as possible
	and moves off...

	We FOLLOW him as he approaches Ogawa and Taurik, who
	are sitting in silence at their usual table (there are
	two empty chairs). Their mood is somber. Ben puts a
	comforting hand to Ogawa's shoulder.

					BEN
			You okay... ?

	She manages a small nod... They see Lavelle ENTER and
	approach their table.

					LAVELLE
			Hi...

	Lavelle sits; he seems troubled.

					LAVELLE
				(continuing)
			I just got promoted...

          STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/18/93 - ACT FIVE         62.

63   CONTINUED:

	Lavelle shows them the COLLAR PIP he's been given to
	designate his new rank. It is clear that he has
	conflicting feelings about this. Ogawa tries to put
	the best face on it:

					OGAWA
			Congratulations...

					LAVELLE
				(without enthusiasm)
			Thanks...

	They all know what he must be going through.

					LAVELLE
			I just don't feel right about
			it... for all I know, she was
			going to get the promotion instead
			of me.

					BEN
			You shouldn't feel that way, Sam.

					OGAWA
			She would have been happy for you.

					TAURIK
			The best way to remember her...
			would be to excel in your new
			position.

	Ogawa takes the pip from Lavelle's hand; as she pins it
	to his collar.

					OGAWA
			We're proud of you, Sam.

	Lavelle looks at his friend's faces, grateful for their
	support.

	Ben moves off, and we FOLLOW him as he crosses to
	Worf's table.

					BEN
			Excuse me, sir... but I need to
			move this table.

					WORF
			What?

          STAR TREK: "Lower Decks" REV. 11/18/93 - ACT FIVE         63.

63   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEN
			There's an empty seat over there.

	Ben indicates the table where Sito's friends are
	sitting. Worf realizes what he's up to.

					WORF
			I appreciate what you are trying
			to do, but it is not...
			appropriate. You were her
			friends. I was only her
			commanding officer...

					BEN
			Sir... I happen to know that she
			considered you a friend.

	Worf looks up at him. He considers, then stands. He
	and Ben cross over to the table. The others look up at
	him, their faces welcoming... and then Worf takes his
	seat among Sito's friends... Off this moment...

64   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves away...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             












                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                       "Thine Own Self" 
                        (fka "Jayden") 
                          #40277-268 
                              
                           Story by 
                      Christopher Hatton 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rick Kolbe 


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FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1993 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT


         STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" - 11/30/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Thine Own Self" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD                  GARVIN
                RIKER                   GIA
                DATA                    SKORAN
                BEVERLY                 RAINER
                TROI                    TALUR
                WORF                    APPRENTICE
                GEORDI             
                COMPUTER VOICE  
   
                Non-Speaking            Non-Speaking
                  N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES    N.D. VILLAGE PEOPLE
                  N.D. ENGINEERS     

         STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" - 11/30/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                       "Thine Own Self" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              SICKBAY                  SHUTTLECRAFT
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
              TROI'S QUARTERS          TOWN SQUARE
              HOLODECK/MAIN ENGINEERING
          
              HOME (ON PLANET)

  STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" - 11/30/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Thine Own Self"
                            
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                   DORAKS          door-RAKS
                   TALUR           tah-LUR
                   TARANKO         tah-RAN-ko
                   VELLORIAN       vuh-LUR-ree-an

        STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - TEASER        1.

                STAR TREK: The Next Generation                  
                       "Thine Own Self"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	The shuttle is heading toward the Enterprise.

					TROI (V.O.)
			Deanna Troi Personal Log: Stardate
			47611.2. I have spent the last
			three days attending a reunion of
			my graduating class at the Carvin
			Institute for Psychological
			Studies. It was a very... thought-provoking
			experience.

2    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The lighting is DIM -- the night shift is on duty.
	BEVERLY in Command, ENSIGN RAINER at Tactical, other
	N.D. Crewmembers at their stations.

					BEVERLY
				(to Rainer)
			Send a message to Commander Data
			and inform him of our delay.

					RAINER
			Aye, sir.

	TROI ENTERS from the Turbolift.

					BEVERLY
			Deanna... welcome back.

					TROI
			Thank you. I just wanted to
			report in. I didn't expect to
			find anyone up except Data.

					BEVERLY
			Data's away on assignment. A
			Federation deep space probe went
			off course and crashed on Barkon
			Four. Some of the material in the
			casing is radioactive, so Data was
			sent to recover it before it
			contaminates the biosphere.

        STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - TEASER        2.

2    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Isn't Barkon Four inhabited?

					BEVERLY
				(nods)
			There's a pre-industrial society,
			but the probe crashed over a
			hundred kilometers from the
			nearest settlement. Data won't
			have to make contact with any of
			the Barkonians.

	Troi nods and Beverly sits in the Captain's chair and
	works the arm panel for a beat.

					BEVERLY
			How was the reunion?

					TROI
			Fine. It was good to see some old
			friends... I'd fallen out of touch
			with most of them.
				(beat)
			It was interesting to see the
			different paths some of their
			lives have taken...

	Troi sits in her usual chair. There's clearly
	something on Troi's mind here... something she wants to
	explore...

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Beverly... you don't usually stand
			a watch on the Bridge even when
			Data's not here... why this time?

					BEVERLY
			I volunteered tonight. I like to
			get in a little Bridge time now
			and then... stay on top of
			operations... tactical
			procedures...
				(beat, then smiles)
			And the truth is... I like it.
			Not every doctor gets to command
			a starship... even if it is only
			the night shift.

					TROI
			May I ask you a personal
			question... what made you decide
			to become a commander?
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - TEASER        3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI (Cont'd)
			I mean, you didn't need the rank
			in order to be Chief Medical
			Officer... so why put yourself
			through all the extra work?

					BEVERLY
			I don't know... I never gave much
			thought to my rank for a long
			time... it seemed pretty trivial
			compared to being a doctor.
				(beat)
			But then, about eight years ago,
			I began to feel like I wanted
			to... stretch myself a little.

	Rainer interrupts from Tactical.

					RAINER
			Commander... there's been no
			response from Commander Data to
			our signal.

					BEVERLY
			Continue sending him updates on
			our schedule.

					RAINER
			Aye, sir.

					TROI
			Is something wrong?

					BEVERLY
			No. I wanted to let Data know
			that we'll have to delay picking
			him up for a couple of days. We
			have orders to rendezvous with the
			Lexington and take medical
			supplies to the Taranko Colony.

        STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - TEASER        4.

2    CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			But he's not responding.

					BEVERLY
			Geordi said the radiation from the
			probe would probably interfere
			with communications... I just
			thought I'd try anyway. I'm sure
			he's fine... it's a very routine
			mission.

                                             CUT TO:

3    EXT. TOWN SQUARE - EARLY MORNING

	A small village on Barkon Four. The level of
	technology on this planet is roughly equivalent to that
	of the Renaissance on Earth and the architecture,
	tools, and clothing should reflect this. The village
	has several storefronts and buildings, one of which is
	the Barkonian version of a small BLACKSMITH'S SHOP with
	the necessary equipment and tools out in front of it.
	The other storefronts should have practical doors and
	a few display tables (which are now covered by drop
	cloths). There is also a WELL visible in the center of
	the square.

	A man named GARVIN and his young daughter GIA are
	walking through the town square. The time of day is
	early morning and there's no one else up at this hour.
	Gia is carrying a black slate. Garvin is holding his
	daughter's hand and walking her to school.

					GARVIN
				(to Gia)
			... so when you return from school
			tonight, I'll be meeting with the
			Village Elders.

					GIA
				(disappointed)
			Again?

					GARVIN
				(chiding)
			Gia...

					GIA
				(downbeat)
			I know. I know you're the
			magistrate and you have a lot of
			work to do.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - TEASER        5.

3    CONTINUED:

					GIA (Cont'd)
			But it seems like you're always in
			some meeting or --

	Garvin suddenly stops short in astonishment by
	something he sees o.c. Gia stops too and follows his
	gaze... her expression also changes to one of shock as
	she sees...

4    DATA

	Standing near the entrance to the square. His hair is
	disheveled... his uniform ripped and in tatters... his
	combadge gone... he's carrying a large Starfleet
	CONTAINER (about the size of a briefcase) in one
	hand... he looks like hell. Data opens his mouth and
	tries to speak, but instead of speech, a horrible
	ELECTRONIC NOISE comes out of his mouth. OFF this
	strange and frightening image...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT ONE       6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

5    EXT. TOWN SQUARE - EARLY MORNING

	Continuous from the Teaser. Garvin quickly pulls Gia
	away to protect her from Data. Garvin takes a couple
	of steps backward.

					GARVIN
				(to Gia, urgent)
			Gia, go home. Now.

	He pushes her away and Gia runs a few steps away, but
	she takes cover behind the well instead of actually
	leaving. Gia peeks out from behind the well to see
	what happens.

					GARVIN
				(continuing,
				 challenging, to Data)
			Who are you? What do you want?

	Data thinks for a long beat... then tries to work his
	mouth again... the electronic noise slowly changes from
	a garbled mess to recognizable sounds.

					DATA
				(electronic)
			Wayuman... whaaaa... yuuuu...
			waaaant... what d'yuuuu... what
			you want... what do you want?

	Data seems genuinely confused... his tone of voice is
	almost a plea for help... he's also not making any
	threatening moves. Garvin's attitude loses a little of
	its confrontational aspect as it becomes more clear
	that Data is not going to attack him.

					GARVIN
			What's wrong with you?

					DATA
				(electronic)
			Runnnn... rung... wrong wrong
			wrong... what is...
				(beat, then less
				 electronic)
			What is wrong with you?

       STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT ONE       7.

5    CONTINUED:

					GARVIN
			There's nothing wrong with me.

	Data looks confused again... Garvin tries another tack.

					GARVIN
				(continuing)
			Who are you? What is your name?
				(beat)
			Your name? Can you understand me?
				(points at himself)
			My name is Garvin.

	Data thinks for a moment... then points to himself.
	His voice is normal by now. His expression is
	hopeful... he seems eager to learn and be understood.

					DATA
			My name is Garvin?

	From behind the well, Gia giggles a little. Garvin
	turns around with a frown.

					GARVIN
				(continuing)
			I thought I told you to go home.

					GIA
				(downcast)
			I know...

	Data has been thinking during this conversation and now
	he seems to have figured out something.

					DATA
			I do not know my name.

	Garvin turns around to face him again.

					GARVIN
			What?

					DATA
			You asked... if I knew my name.
			I do not.

       STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT ONE       8.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

					GARVIN
			Well... at least you seem to be
			understanding a little more.

					DATA
			Yes. It is becoming... easier.

					GIA
			Ask him where he's from, Father.

					GARVIN
			Gia, go on to school. I'll deal
			with the stranger.

					GIA
				(downcast)
			Yes, Father.

	She comes out from behind the well and begins to head
	off in the original direction she and Garvin were
	heading. She pauses for a moment and looks at Data.

					GIA
				(continuing)
			Good-bye.

					DATA
			Good-bye.

	Gia EXITS. Garvin moves a little closer to Data...
	looks over his strange clothes and appearance.

					GARVIN
			Your eyes and skin look so...
			strange. And your clothes... you
			look like you've been in some kind
			of accident.

					DATA
			I do not remember being in an
			accident.
				(beat)
			But then, I do not remember very
			much at all.

					GARVIN
			What do you remember?

					DATA
			I walked here... from the
			mountains.

       STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT ONE       9.

5    CONTINUED: (3)

					GARVIN
				(amazed)
			The mountains? The mountains are
			over two hundred seltons from
			here.

					DATA
			I do have a clear memory of my
			journey. It began on a steep path
			in the mountains... near a large
			waterfall with two jagged
			promontories.

					GARVIN
			There are several large waterfalls
			up in those mountains...
				(beat)
			What do you remember before that?

					DATA
			I have no prior memories.

	Garvin looks at him for another moment... then the
	container in Data's hand catches his attention.

					GARVIN
				(re: container)
			Do you know what that is?

	Data looks down in surprise as if noticing it for the
	first time.

					DATA
			No.

					GARVIN
				(reaching out for it)
			May I?

	Data looks at him for a moment.

					GARVIN
				(continuing)
			May I have it?

					DATA
				(understanding)
			Yes.

	Data hands it to him and Garvin sets it on a nearby
	table.

       STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT ONE       10.

5    CONTINUED: (4)

					GARVIN
			There might be something in here
			that can tell us who you are.

	Garvin bends down and examines the container for a
	moment.

6    CLOSE ON CONTAINER

	On the lid of the container, there is a Starfleet logo
	and 24th century radiation symbol. It is also clearly
	marked "RADIOACTIVE."

7    RESUME SCENE

					GARVIN
			I wonder what these markings
			mean...

					DATA
				(reading)
			"Radioactive."

					GARVIN
			What?

					DATA
			That is what is written on the
			container.

					GARVIN
			You can read this language?

					DATA
			Evidently.

					GARVIN
			Radioactive... what does that
			mean?

					DATA
			I do not know. Perhaps it is my
			name.

					GARVIN
			I've never heard of a name like
			that... you must come from a very
			distant place.

       STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT ONE       11.

7    CONTINUED:

	Garvin fumbles with the latches for a moment... then
	the container OPENS, revealing a pile of METAL
	FRAGMENTS inside. The fragments are twisted and burned
	beyond recognition. Garvin reaches in and picks up a
	chunk of metal. As he unwittingly examines this deadly
	fragment...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

       STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT TWO       12.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

8    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship hangs in space.

9    INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS

	RIKER is practicing a difficult piece of music on his
	trombone, when the door to his quarters OPENS and Troi
	ENTERS. She quietly moves to a chair so as not to
	interrupt him. He finishes the piece and then looks
	over at her expectantly. He plays a couple of notes on
	the trombone which sort of emulate a "voice" -- the
	notes and the expression on his face communicate the
	words "how's that?" She smiles.

					TROI
			Is that supposed to be a question?

	He plays a note that sounds like "yeah."

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Well, if you're asking me if I
			liked what you were playing, then
			the answer is yes.

	Riker plays "thank you."

					TROI
				(continuing)
			And I think this is a much better
			way of communicating for you.
			It's much less... confusing than
			when you try to speak normally.

	Riker plays a loud sour note and then sets the trombone
	aside.

					RIKER
			I can always count on the ship's
			Counselor to boost my self-image.

					TROI
			Glad to be of service.

					RIKER
			Did you come here for something in
			particular, or just for some
			general Riker-bashing?

       STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT TWO       13.

9    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I'd actually like your opinion on
			something.
				(beat)
			I've been thinking about taking
			the Bridge Officer's test and
			becoming a full commander.

	Riker's a little surprised and it shows. He sits down
	across from her.

					RIKER
			What brought this up?

					TROI
			A lot of things... working on last
			month's personnel review...
			talking with Beverly about her
			experiences... going to my class
			reunion...

					RIKER
			Ah, the class reunion... saw a few
			old friends who'd taken the
			test... ?

					TROI
			All right, I'll admit that was a
			catalyst. But I can honestly say
			it's something I have thought
			about off and on over the past two
			years.

					RIKER
			Why the past two years?

					TROI
			Do you remember when the
			Enterprise hit that quantum
			filament... and I was left in
			command on the Bridge?

					RIKER
				(nods)
			I remember...

					TROI
			When it happened, I felt
			overwhelmed... but when it was
			over...
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT TWO       14.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI (Cont'd)
			I realized that a part of me
			missed it... not the actual
			disaster, but the experience of
			being in command. When I was on
			the Bridge, I felt like I was
			exploring a new side of myself.
			I don't want to give up counseling
			by any means... but I would like
			to... stretch myself a little.

	Riker gets up and moves around... his expression is
	very thoughtful.

					RIKER
			Deanna, if you want to take the
			Bridge Officer's test, you have my
			complete support. But as first
			officer, I'll be judging your
			performance.
				(beat)
			And I want you to know... I'm a
			pretty hard judge.

	She smiles at him.

					TROI
			I'm a pretty good student.

					RIKER
			We'll start tomorrow -- oh eight
			hundred hours.

	Troi heads for the door.

                                             CUT TO:

10   INT. HOME - DAY

	A small home with a living room, a staircase, and a
	dining room. Again, the furniture and decor should be
	very pre-industrial, along the lines of a 15th century
	Italian villa. There should be a couch large enough
	for a person to recline on.

	Data is sitting on a chair in the middle of the main
	room. TALUR, a woman in her mid-forties, is examining
	Data. She's the town healer and probably the most
	educated person in the village... she's also very
	aware of this fact and Talur can be quite pompous and
	self-important. Garvin looks on as Talur peers into
	Data's open mouth with a tongue depressor.

       STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT TWO       15.

10   CONTINUED:

					TALUR
			Hmmmm. Remarkable set of teeth...
			no sign of decay...
				(sniffs)
			Breath smells like...
				(puzzled)
			Well, it doesn't have any smell,
			actually.

	She leans back and considers him for a moment.

					TALUR
				(continuing)
			You can close your mouth.

	Data closes his mouth and Talur puts on an alien
	stethoscope and uses it to listen to Data's chest.

					TALUR
				(continuing)
			Heartbeat sounds a little odd...
			but seems regular.

	She pulls back and feels his face.

					TALUR
				(continuing)
			Skin is... clammy. But you say
			you feel fine?

					DATA
			That is correct.

					TALUR
			No headaches... palpitations...
			sluggishness... indigestion...

					DATA
			No. However, I cannot have
			indigestion since I have not
			eaten.

					TALUR
			When was your last meal?

					DATA
			I do not know.

					TALUR
			Ah. Malnutrition. You should try
			to eat something that will build
			strength and return your
			vitality... lots of meat...
			butter... cheese... that should
			be a start.

       STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT TWO       16.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					GARVIN
			What about his eyes and his skin?
			They're so... odd.

					TALUR
				(self-important)
			Oh, quite so, quite so. I'm sure
			my grandmother would have called
			our friend here a... demon or
			spirit or some kind of monster.
			But current scientific methodology
			allows us to dismiss such
			ridiculous superstition and
			concentrate on scientific reality.

					DATA
			Then what do you believe I am?

					TALUR
				(measured)
			You are an ice-man.

					DATA
			Ice-man?

					TALUR
				(matter of fact)
			Yes. You probably come from a
			race of people who live in the
			snow and ice of the Vellorian
			mountains. Your skin and eye
			coloration are most likely a
			result of prolonged exposure to
			the harsh winter conditions.

					DATA
			Then I am not ill?

					TALUR
			Other than your memory loss, you
			don't have symptoms of any illness
			that I'm familiar with. No, I'd
			say you're an ice-man.

	Talur stands up and gets ready to leave.

       STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT TWO       17.

10   CONTINUED: (3)

					TALUR
				(continuing)
			Get something to eat and have a
			good night's sleep. I'll come
			back tomorrow to see if your
			memory has begun to return.

					DATA
			Thank you.

	Talur bows her head to him slightly and then OPENS the
	door. Gia ENTERS just as Talur EXITS.

					TALUR
			Hello, Gia.

					GIA
			Hello.

	Gia goes to her father with an eager expression.

					GIA
				(continuing)
			What did Talur say about him? Is
			he sick?

					GARVIN
			Not exactly. She said he's lost
			his memory, but seems to be fine
			otherwise. Talur thinks he is
			from a race that lives in the
			mountains.

					DATA
			I am an ice-man.

					GARVIN
			We'll have to call you something
			besides Ice-man until your memory
			returns. What was the word on the
			container?

					DATA
			Radioactive.

					GARVIN
			Mister Radioactive... ?

					GIA
			I don't like that name.
				(beat)
			Let's call him Jayden.

       STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT TWO       18.

10   CONTINUED: (4)

					GARVIN
			What do you think of that?

					DATA
			It is acceptable. What is the
			origin of that name?

					GIA
				(eager)
			It's from a story. Jayden was a
			boy who looked different from
			everyone else. The other children
			were mean to him and made fun of
			him, but Jayden never got angry.
			It turned out that he was really
			a handsome nobleman who had been
			put under the spell of a demon and--

					GARVIN
			That can wait until later, Gia.
			Right now, we should clean him up
			and get him something decent to
			wear. Run upstairs and get some
			of my old clothes for him.

					GIA
			Yes, Father.

	Gia goes up the stairs as Garvin moves to the open
	container of metal and looks at the fragments for a
	moment.

					GARVIN
				(thoughtful)
			I wonder if Skoran could tell us
			something about this metal of
			yours...

                                             CUT TO:

11   EXT. TOWN SQUARE - DAY

	The Town is now alive with activity. PEOPLE are moving
	through the square... shopkeepers are selling their
	wares outside the storefronts... someone is using the
	well to fill a bucket with water, etc. In front of the
	Blacksmith's shop, Garvin is showing the metal to
	SKORAN, the village blacksmith. Skoran is a large,
	burly man with powerful arms and what seems like a
	permanent scowl on his face. Data is standing nearby
	and he continues to draw curious looks from passersby
	in the b.g. during the conversation. He is now dressed
	in native clothes and his hair has been combed and
	parted in a new way.

    STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/07/93 - ACT TWO    19.

11   CONTINUED:

	The container of metal fragments is sitting on a table
	in front of Skoran, who keeps throwing suspicious looks
	at Data. Behind them an APPRENTICE is pounding metal
	on an ANVIL of alien design which is supported by a
	wooden base. Skoran is examining one of the pieces.

					SKORAN
				(to Data)
			You. Ice-man, where did you find
			this?

					DATA
			I do not know.

					GARVIN
			I told you, he's lost his
			memory... and we're calling him
			Jayden for now.

					SKORAN
			Jayden, huh?

	Skoran obviously is uncomfortable around Data, but he
	tries to concentrate on the metal.

					SKORAN
				(continuing)
			The metal is slightly warm...

					GARVIN
			All the fragments are like that.

					SKORAN
				(noncommittal)
			Hmmmm.

	He takes the fragment and moves to the anvil. Skoran
	takes a pair of tongs and a hammer from his Apprentice
	and POUNDS the fragment for a moment. The fragment
	flattens out on the anvil. Skoran scowls at it for a
	long moment.

	They move away from the anvil and the Apprentice goes
	back to work.

					SKORAN
			It's obviously been tempered and
			milled... but the lusterous
			quality of the metal is so pure...
			this wasn't made in any forge I've
			ever seen.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/07/93 - ACT TWO    20.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					SKORAN (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			Will you sell them?

					GARVIN
			You want them?

					SKORAN
				(shrugs)
			The metal's malleable enough to
			make some jewelry.

					GARVIN
			They belong to Jayden.
				(to Data)
			Do you want to sell them? You are
			going to need money.

	Garvin looks to Data who thinks about this for a
	moment.

					DATA
			You may be right. But I do not
			wish to sell all the fragments.
			They could provide a clue to my
			identity.

					SKORAN
			I'll give you twenty doraks for
			half the lot.

					GARVIN
			Agreed.

	Skoran dumps most of the fragments out of the container
	onto the table.

12   CLOSE ON ANVIL BASE

	Suddenly, the wooden base beneath the anvil cracks and
	then COLLAPSES.

       STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT TWO       21.

13   RESUME SCENE

	The anvil comes crashing down on the leg of the
	Apprentice, who SCREAMS in pain. Garvin and Skoran
	rush to him.

					APPRENTICE
			My leg! Get it off! Get it off!

	Skoran and Garvin struggle, but they can't lift the
	heavy object.

					SKORAN
			We need a lever.

	They both let go of the anvil. Skoran moves to get a
	long pole, while Garvin tries to comfort the
	Apprentice.

					GARVIN
			It will be all right. Don't
			struggle it will only...

	Garvin breaks off as the anvil is LIFTED by Data. Both
	Garvin and the Apprentice look up at him in shock as he
	lifts the heavy object without difficulty. Skoran
	drops the pole he was carrying and his eyes go wide.
	Data suddenly becomes aware of the silence around him
	and he turns to see that EVERYONE in the town square
	has stopped what they were doing and are now staring at
	him silently. Garvin finally recovers and stands up.

					GARVIN
				(continuing, quiet)
			Jayden... put it down.

	Data puts down the anvil. After a beat, some of the
	townspeople rush in and carry away the injured
	Apprentice.

					DATA
				(to Skoran)
			I believe the support structure of
			the anvil collapsed because some
			of the wood had rotted.

	Skoran nods silently, still amazed at what he's seen.
	Data looks around and notices he is getting odd looks
	from everyone.

					DATA
			Did I do something wrong, Garvin?

					GARVIN
			No... just unexpected.

	OFF Data's innocent expression...

                                             CUT TO:

    STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/01/93 - ACT TWO    22.

14   INT. HOME - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	Later that evening. Data, Garvin, Gia, and Talur are
	sitting around the table, in the midst of dinner.
	Talur is holding forth again, very confident of her
	ability to explain everything. Mid-conversation.

					TALUR
				(to Data)
			It's perfectly understandable.
			Your people probably all have
			great strength... it would allow
			them to fight off the ferocious
			creatures that live in the
			Vellorian Mountains.

					DATA
			You have told me no one from the
			village has ever been to the
			Vellorian Mountains. How do you
			know there are... ferocious
			creatures there?

	Talur is caught a little off-guard.

					TALUR
			It is... a well-known fact.

					DATA
			But no one has actually seen one?

					TALUR
			Not to my knowledge...

					DATA
			In the absence of empirical data
			on these creatures, how can you
			support your theory about the
			nature of my strength?

	Talur manages a weak smile.

					TALUR
			You certainly have a lot of
			questions, Jayden. I'm sure that
			once your memory returns, a great
			many things will become clear to
			you.

	Garvin puts a hand to his head and closes his eyes
	briefly.

       STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT TWO       23.

14   CONTINUED:

					GIA
				(concerned)
			Father... are you all right?

					GARVIN
			I've been... tired since this
			afternoon. I'm sure it's nothing.

	Talur feels his forehead and peers into his eyes.

					TALUR
			You feel slightly warm... some
			fresh air and a brisk walk will do
			you good.

	Talur stands up and Garvin slowly stands as well.

					GARVIN
			That sounds like a good idea.
				(kisses Gia)
			I'll be back soon.

	Garvin and Talur EXIT. Gia picks up her plate and Data
	helps her to clear the table. They take the dishes to
	a nearby sideboard and put them in a basin of water.
	Gia sees how much food is still left on Data's plate.

					GIA
				(re: food)
			You didn't like it?

					DATA
			I neither liked nor disliked the
			food. I simply had no appetite.

					GIA
			Father's cooking isn't as good as
			mother's. He tries, though.

					DATA
			Where is your mother?

	Gia tries to be casual, but this is a painful subject.
	As Gia talks, Data's gaze is caught by the view out the
	window. He looks out at the stars.

       STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT TWO       24.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

					GIA
			She died about a year ago.
				(beat)
			Father says that she went to a...
			beautiful place where everything
			is peaceful... where everyone
			loves each other... and no one
			ever gets sick.
				(beat)
			Do you think there's really a
			place like that?

	Data stares out the window at the stars for a long
	beat... drawn to them by something that he can't name.

					DATA
			Yes. I do.

	OFF his expression as he looks at the night sky...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT THREE      25.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

15   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship hangs in space.

16   INT. HOLODECK/MAIN ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	The room is alive with activity and the ship is at RED
	ALERT. Troi is working at the pool table while
	ENGINEERS rush back and forth, trying to fix a problem.
	Geordi comes out of his office with a worried look on
	his face. Worf is frantically working a console in the
	b.g.

					GEORDI
			We've just lost contact with
			everything above deck twenty-one...
			including the Bridge.

					WORF
				(off console)
			There is something wrong with one
			of the anti-matter containment
			units. The magnetic field is
			starting to fluctuate.

					TROI
			Switch to auxiliary control.

					WORF
				(works)
			Auxiliary control is not on-line.
			We are starting to lose
			containment on anti-matter storage
			unit three.

	Troi thinks for a minute.

					TROI
			All right... then switch the EM
			power inverter to the lateral...
			no, wait use the neodyne relay.

					GEORDI
				(urgent, off console)
			Commander, the neodyne relay isn't
			holding. Ten seconds to
			containment failure.

   STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/01/93 - ACT THREE   26.

16   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Computer: Emergency procedure.
			Eject anti-matter storage unit
			three. Authorization: Troi omega
			omega three one.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Unable to comply. All power to
			ejection systems has been
			terminated.

					GEORDI
			Commander, the unit's beginning to--

	Suddenly there is a BLINDING EXPLOSION which seems to
	destroy everything in the room except for Troi, who
	shields her eyes against the glare. When the light
	subsides, Engineering is GONE and Troi finds herself
	standing alone on the HOLODECK GRID. She looks
	frustrated.

					RIKER'S VOICE
				(o.c.)
			Congratulations. You just
			destroyed the Enterprise.

17   NEW ANGLE

	Revealing Riker standing in the Arch with a PADD in his
	hand. He moves to Troi.

					TROI
				(sarcastic)
			Thanks for the encouragement.

					RIKER
			Don't feel bad. You passed
			everything else -- diplomatic law,
			first contact procedures, Bridge
			operations... but, the
			Engineering Qualification is one
			of the toughest parts of the test.

					TROI
			So what did I do wrong?

					RIKER
			I'm afraid I can't tell you that.

					TROI
			Why not? What kind of test is
			this?

      STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT THREE      27.

17   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			It's the kind of test you'll have
			to take again if you want to be a
			Bridge Officer. And next time,
			the problem won't be so easy, so
			you better study up on emergency
			procedures.

					TROI
			How am I supposed to study if you
			won't tell me what I did wrong?

					RIKER
			I don't know. You'll have to
			figure that out too.

	Riker EXITS, leaving a very frustrated and annoyed Troi
	alone.

                                             CUT TO:

18   EXT. TOWN SQUARE - DAY

	Talur is teaching a group of CHILDREN in the center of
	town. The children are seated around her and busily
	scribbling on their slates as Talur lectures. Data and
	Gia are also in the class. Gia is wearing a necklace
	with a PENDANT made from the same type of metal seen
	earlier.

	Talur is holding a small piece of WOOD. Sitting nearby
	is a lit CANDLE. As Talur expounds on the nature of
	fire and matter, Data becomes more and more concerned --
	this doesn't sound right to him.

					TALUR
			Fire, rock, sky, and water are the
			basic elements of the universe.
			They can be found in every object,
			every person, every animal --
			everything.

	Talur holds up the wood.

					TALUR
				(continuing)
			The rock in this wood can be felt
			by its weight and by its hardness.
			If we expose the wood to flame...

	She uses the candle to LIGHT the end of the wood.

   STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/07/93 - ACT THREE   28.

18   CONTINUED:

					TALUR
				(continuing)
			We can encourage the fire in the
			wood to show itself.
				(waves hand through
				 smoke from wood)
			We also see smoke, which is a part
			of the sky. But, the water in
			wood is very difficult to see.
			Sometimes the basic elements can
			be hidden deep within objects, but
			all four elements are always
			there.

	Data finally raises his hand.

					TALUR
			Yes, Jayden?

					DATA
			I do not believe that is correct.

	Everyone looks at him in surprise. Talur is more
	bemused than threatened by his assertion.

					TALUR
			Oh?

					DATA
			I believe you are reasoning by
			analogy -- classifying objects and
			phenomena according to superficial
			observation rather than by
			empirical evidence.
				(beat)
			For example, wood does not contain
			fire simply because it is
			combustible. Nor does it contain
			rock simply because it is heavy.
			Wood, like any complex organic
			form, is composed of thousands of
			different chemical compounds, none
			of which is fire.

	Talur's bemusement starts to become irritation.

   STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/07/93 - ACT THREE   29.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					TALUR
				(firm)
			Jayden, that will be enough.
				(to all)
			As I told you earlier, our friend
			Jayden has lost much of his
			memory. So don't put too much
			faith in his... ideas.

	The children all nod in agreement. Data frowns in
	thought as he tries to reconcile this with what he
	knows to be true.

					TALUR
			I think that will be all for
			today, class. I'll see you
			tomorrow. Be sure to practice
			your arithmetic and spelling
			tonight.

	The class breaks up and Gia moves to Data.

					GIA
			Are you all right?

					DATA
			Yes. But I do not agree with
			Talur's assessment. Although I do
			have... gaps in my memory, I know
			that fire is not an element.

	Suddenly their attention is drawn to a loud argument at
	the Blacksmith's shop.

					GARVIN'S VOICE
			That is not what you promised me!

19   NEW ANGLE

	Including the Blacksmith's shop. Data and Gia approach
	as Garvin is arguing loudly with Skoran.

   STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/07/93 - ACT THREE   30.

19   CONTINUED:

	The metal fragments seen earlier are on display on the
	table, but some of them have been pounded into various
	pieces of jewelry. Garvin is wearing one of the metal
	fragments as a pin on his shirt. Garvin's skin is
	getting blotchy and red... even small blisters in some
	areas.

					SKORAN
			You're getting old, Garvin. I
			offered fifteen for the metal and
			I've given it to you. No more.

					GARVIN
			We agreed on twenty.

	Skoran shakes his head when Data intervenes.

					DATA
			Garvin is correct. You did agree
			on twenty.

					SKORAN
				(annoyed)
			Stay out of this, Ice-man. Your
			memory's not very reliable.

   STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/07/93 - ACT THREE   31.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

	Suddenly Garvin puts a hand to his head and nearly
	falls over. Skoran catches him before he can fall.

					GIA
			Father! Father, what's wrong?

					GARVIN
				(weak)
			I don't know... I feel... very
			weak suddenly.

					GIA
			You've got a fever.
				(to Data)
			We should get him home.

	Data and Gia help Garvin make his way across the town
	square. Skoran looks after them with a scowl of hatred
	on his face.

                                             CUT TO:

20   INT. HOME - DAY

	Garvin is lying on the couch as Talur finishes looking
	him over. There is a small bag with her medical herbs
	and primitive instruments sitting on the floor. Gia
	and Data look on with concern. Garvin's skin is
	beginning to show signs of radiation poisoning --
	blisters, red spots, discoloration. Talur peers into
	Garvin's eyes... feels his forehead... then notices a
	tuft of HAIR on the pillow beside Garvin. She runs her
	fingers through his hair experimentally, and is
	surprised when a large amount of hair comes away in her
	hand.

					GIA
			What's wrong with him?

					TALUR
			I suspect that he --

	She hesitates, forced to admit that, for once, she
	doesn't have an answer.

      STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT THREE      32.

20   CONTINUED:

					TALUR
				(continuing)
			I don't know. I've never
			encountered anything like this
			before.

	Talur reaches into her bag and brings out a primitive
	MICROSCOPE. This scope is designed to examine objects
	the size of a hand, not slides, and so it should have
	a large magnifying lens and is hand-held. Talur uses
	it to examine Garvin's skin.

					TALUR
				(continuing)
			These lesions look like burn
			marks.

	Talur puts down the microscope and thinks for a moment.
	Data picks it up and looks at the device with
	curiosity.

					TALUR
			The fluids in his body have been
			overheated... that would explain
			the fever and the burning skin.
				(to Gia)
			Keep him cool, let plenty of fresh
			air into the house...
				(takes something out of
				 bag)
			... and give him these herbs. That
			should bring his fluidic
			temperature down and allow this to
			pass.

					GIA
			I understand.

	Talur begins to put away her things.

					DATA
				(re: microscope)
			With an increased focal length and
			an achromatic objective lens this
			instrument will have a higher
			effective magnification.

	Talur holds out her hand and clears her throat in
	irritation. Data realizes what she wants and then
	hands her the microscope.

      STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT THREE      33.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

					TALUR
				(to Garvin)
			I'll be back tomorrow to check on
			you.

					GARVIN
				(weak)
			Thank you.

	Talur EXITS. Data looks at Garvin for a moment.

					DATA
			Garvin, with your permission, I
			would like to begin my own...
			investigation regarding the cause
			of your illness.

	Garvin manages a tolerant smile.

					GARVIN
			Go ahead.

					DATA
			Gia, I would like you to accompany
			me to the village. I will need
			some supplies.

	They both head for the door.

                                             CUT TO:

21   EXT. TOWN SQUARE - DAY

	Data and Gia are leaving one shopkeeper's store with
	boxes containing writing paper, pens, glassware, tubes,
	thread and other material.

					GIA
			What are you going to do with all
			this?

					DATA
			I will use these materials to make
			the laboratory equipment I need to
			research your father's illness.

					GIA
			Do you think you can help him?

					DATA
			I do not know. First, I must
			isolate the cause of the --

      STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT THREE      34.

21   CONTINUED:

					SKORAN'S VOICE
			There he is!

	They turn to see Skoran, his apprentice and several
	townspeople. The apprentice looks sick -- he shows the
	same blistering and skin blotches as Garvin.

					SKORAN
				(re: Data)
			It's his fault! None of us were
			sick before he came to the
			village!

					DATA
			Am I to understand that Garvin's
			illness has spread?

					SKORAN
			That's right -- and you're the
			cause.

					GIA
			That's not true!

	Data eyes the crowd -- the mood is starting to turn
	ugly.

					DATA
			I think we should leave, Gia.

	Data and Gia start to walk away. Skoran starts to move
	after them.

					SKORAN
			That's it, leave! Get out of
			here! Go back where you came
			from!

	OFF Skoran's angry expression...

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/0193 - ACT FOUR    35.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

A22	INT. HOME - DAY
	(FORMERLY SCENE 24)

	Data has turned the dining room of the house into a
	laboratory crammed with home-made equipment. Reams of
	paper filled with complex calculations and diagrams are
	littered across the floor... test tubes and beakers
	are sitting on every flat surface... (Garvin is no
	longer on the couch.)

	Data is hunched over a new and more sophisticated
	MICROSCOPE. Talur ENTERS the room and looks around in
	astonishment.

					TALUR
			Jayden... what are you doing?

					DATA
			I am studying tissue samples from
			Garvin and Gia in an attempt to
			isolate the cause of the illness.

					TALUR
				(surprised)
			Gia?

					DATA
			Yes. She is also beginning to
			show signs of the illness.

	Talur takes in that bad news for a moment, then her
	curiosity is piqued by the sight of the microscope.

					TALUR
			What is that?

					DATA
			It is a magnifying device based on
			your hand-held instrument. I have
			refined the design to increase the
			magnification level.

					TALUR
				(re: microscope)
			May I?

					DATA
			Of course.

	Data moves aside and lets her peer through the
	eyepiece. She pulls back in astonishment.

   STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/03/93 - ACT FOUR   35A.

0A   CONTINUED:

					TALUR
			How strong is the magnification?

					DATA
			Objects appear approximately five
			hundred times their normal size.

	Talur looks back through the microscope.

					DATA
			As you can see, the cellular
			damage is quite extensive.
			However, based on the interstitial
			transparency and membrane
			integrity, I do not believe this
			is an infection or any form of
			communicable disease.

	Most of what Data is saying might as well be Greek to
	Talur, but it is in her nature to appear to know more
	than she does.

					TALUR
			I see...

					DATA
			At the moment, I am looking for a
			common experience or event that
			Garvin, Skoran, and Gia might have
			shared that could have a causal
			relationship to their illness.

					TALUR
			Well... they've all been here in
			the village for many years. I'm
			sure there have been many common
			experiences.

					DATA
			Yes, but since this illness struck
			all three of them in a relatively
			short period of time, it is
			reasonable to assume that the
			experience would be recent and
			unusual.

	Talur thinks for a moment.

					TALUR
			Actually Jayden... encountering
			you has been the most unusual
			experience that they've all shared
			recently.

   STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/02/93 - ACT FOUR   35B.

A22	CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I am aware of that. And I am open
			to the possibility that I am in
			some way the causal factor. But
			since you have had a great deal of
			contact with me and have shown no
			sign of the sickness, I tend to
			discount myself as a likely
			candidate.

	Talur nods, that makes sense.

					TALUR
			Still... it does seem to be more
			than a coincidence that shortly
			after you arrived, people started
			to become ill.

					DATA
			I agree.

	Gia now ENTERS by coming down the stairs. She does
	indeed show signs of the illness -- blotches on her
	skin, movements are painful, difficulty focusing her
	eyes.

					GIA
				(weak)
			Jayden... I tried to give Father
			the broth... but he won't eat...

	Talur moves to the child, concerned.

					TALUR
				(feels skin)
			You have the fever. You should be
			in bed.

					GIA
			I'm all right. Father needs me.

					DATA
			I believe Talur is correct. You
			should rest. I will attend to
			your father.

	Gia nods and turns to go back up the stairs. But as
	she goes, suddenly the METAL PENDANT on her clothes
	catches Data's attention.

   STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/01/93 - ACT FOUR   35C.

0A   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			Gia.
				(she turns)
			When did you begin wearing that
			pendant?

					GIA
			Two days ago. Father bought it
			from Skoran. Why?

					DATA
			May I see it?

	Gia hands him the pendant and Data looks closely at the
	metal for a moment... his mind beginning to race...

					DATA
			This was made from one of the
			metal fragments I sold to
			Skoran...

                                             CUT TO:

22   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	Troi is deep in the middle of studying for her
	Engineering test. There are PADDS strewn about her
	desk, and a large Plexiglass board is in the middle of
	the room with a complex engineering diagram on it.
	Troi looks tired, but determined as she traces a
	conduit line on the board with her finger and checks it
	against a PADD in her hand.

					TROI
				(to herself)
			... the aft secondary plasma vent
			has a... triple redundant by-pass...
			that means the primary
			access junction would be routed...

	The door CHIMES.

					TROI
				(without looking up)
			Come in.
				(right back into it)
			... would be routed through the
			port transducer matrix...

	Riker ENTERS and Troi glances up at him.

   STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/01/93 - ACT FOUR   35D.

22   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(sarcastic)
			Here to give me more...
			encouragement?

					RIKER
			No... actually I'm here to tell
			you that I've decided to cancel
			the rest of your test.

	Troi looks up at him in shock.

					TROI
			What?

					RIKER
			I'm cancelling the test.

			For a moment Troi is too stunned to say anything...
			then she puts down the PADD and gives him an icy look.

    STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/01/93 - ACT FOUR    36.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			May I ask why?

					RIKER
			You've taken the Engineering
			Qualification three times now...
			and you're no closer to passing.

	Troi's eyes flash in anger.

					TROI
			Then I'll take it four times or
			fourteen times or however many
			times are necessary for me to get
			it right.

					RIKER
			Deanna... this is nothing
			personal... but not everyone is
			cut out to be a Bridge Officer.
			I don't think this is for you.

					TROI
			Why? Because I'm not the most
			technically-minded person on the
			ship? I may have trouble telling
			the difference between a plasma
			conduit and a phase inducer, but
			there's more to being a bridge
			officer than just memorizing
			technical manuals.

					RIKER
			That's right, there is. But even
			if you spend the next month
			memorizing every technical manual
			in the computer, I still don't
			think you'll pass the test.

	Troi reins in her temper and takes a couple of steps
	around the room.

					TROI
			Tell me one thing... is there
			really a solution? Or is this
			simply a test of my ability to
			handle a no-win situation?

					RIKER
			There is a solution.

    STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/01/93 - ACT FOUR    37.

22   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			Then give me time to find it.

					RIKER
			I can't.
				(beat)
			As much as I care about you, my
			first duty is to the ship. I
			can't let anyone serve as a Bridge
			Officer who isn't qualified. I'm
			sorry.

	Troi turns away from him and Riker EXITS. Troi takes
	a beat to herself and then picks up one of the PADDS as
	she tries to sort out her feelings. She begins to
	stack the PADDS and put them away... when suddenly she
	stops as something Riker said strikes home with her.

					TROI
			"My first duty is to the ship... "

	Her mind is racing, and after a moment she heads for
	the door with a determined look on her face...

                                             CUT TO:

23   INT. HOLODECK/MAIN ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Troi ENTERS.
					TROI
			Computer, load Bridge Officer's
			Test, program Engineering
			Qualification Section One.

	Main Engineering APPEARS around her, along with Geordi,
	Worf, and some Engineering N.D.s APPEAR.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Ready.

					TROI
			Run program.

	Everything springs to life. The ship is at RED ALERT
	and in the middle of a crisis.

    STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/0193 - ACT FOUR    38.

23   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			The control system for the primary
			containment field is not
			functioning.

					GEORDI
			Something's severed the ODN
			conduit between here and the antimatter
			storage deck.

	Troi gives Geordi a long, grim look before going on.

					TROI
				(measured)
			Geordi... could you repair the ODN
			conduit if you went into that
			crawlway?

					WORF
				(shocked)
			Sir. That crawlway is in a warp
			plasma shaft. He would never
			survive the radiation.

	Troi steels herself.

					TROI
			I know that. Geordi, could you
			repair the conduit?

					GEORDI
			I... think so.

	This is one of the hardest things Troi has ever done...
	and she struggles with it for a moment before facing
	Geordi directly and making the decision.

					TROI
			Then do it.
				(beat)
			That's an order.

	Geordi glances at Worf, then accepts his fate.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

	Geordi EXITS to the Jefferies Tube and the doors close
	behind him. Troi looks after him for a long beat.

					RIKER'S VOICE
			End program.

    STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/01/93 - ACT FOUR     39-42     

23   CONTINUED: (2)

	Worf and the other Engineers now VANISH from the room,
	leaving Troi alone. Riker ENTERS the scene and
	approaches her.

					RIKER
			Something told me you wouldn't let
			this go.
				(beat)
			Congratulations. You passed.

					TROI
				(quiet)
			That's what this was all about,
			wasn't it? To see if I could
			order someone to their death.

					RIKER
			That's right.

	Troi is somber... quiet.

					TROI
			I always knew that was part of
			being in command... I thought I
			was prepared for it... but when
			the moment came, I hesitated. It
			took me four times to realize that
			was the answer.
				(beat)
			Maybe you were right. Maybe I'm
			not cut out for this.

					RIKER
			You did exactly what you needed to
			do. You tried every
			alternative... looked at all the
			options, and in the end you made
			the hard choice.
				(beat, then smiles)
			Come on, let's get out of here...
			Commander.

	She looks up at him and then seems to accept his words.
	They EXIT together...

                                             CUT TO:

    STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/01/93 - ACT FOUR    43.

24   OMITTED

25   INT. HOME - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

			Data is hard at work in his "lab" in the dining room.
			Talur is standing nearby, looking on in fascination as
			Data sets up an experiment. Data is holding a cloth
			SCREEN about one foot square.

					DATA
			I have coated this piece of cloth
			with the liquid which is used in
			lamps.

	Data places the screen in a small HOLDER sitting on the
	table and then picks up a lamp and brings it near the
	screen.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			You can see that the cloth becomes
			luminescent when exposed to an
			energy source.

	The cloth does indeed look slightly luminous. Data now
	picks up the metal pendant from Gia and sets it near
	the screen.

    STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/02/93 - ACT FOUR    44.

26   ON SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	There is a VISIBLE pattern of LIGHT on the screen. It
	should look something like the pattern from a shotgun
	burst.

27   RESUME SCENE (OPTICAL)

	Talur looks at the screen with curiosity.

					TALUR
			Where is this pattern of light
			coming from?

					DATA
			I believe a stream of particles is
			emanating from the metallic
			pendant and hitting the cloth.

					TALUR
				(skeptical)
			I don't see any... particles
			coming from the pendant.

	Data thinks for a moment... then picks up the Starfleet
	container seen earlier and puts it between the metal
	and the screen.

28   ON SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The pattern of light DISAPPEARS.

29   RESUME SCENE

					DATA
			It would appear that the container
			is constructed from a material
			which can block or absorb the
			particles coming from the metal.

	Talur is still skeptical, but not so sure of herself
	any longer.

					TALUR
			It's... a trick...

					DATA
			No. It is empirical data. I
			believe that the fragments were
			originally placed in this
			container to protect people from
			accidental exposure.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/01/93 - ACT FOUR    45.

29   CONTINUED:

					DATA (Cont'd)
			The word "radioactive" may be a
			warning about the dangerous nature
			of the metal.

					TALUR
			All right... let's say for the
			moment that you're right and there
			are... invisible particles coming
			from this metal. What should we
			do?

					DATA
			I will continue with my
			experiments. I would like you to
			gather all the pieces of metal in
			the village. Put them back in
			this container.

	Talur thinks about this for a moment... then decides to
	go along with him. She picks up the container.

					TALUR
			All right.
				(beat)
			But when I return, I'll want a
			more thorough explanation of all
			this. I want to examine your data
			in detail.

					DATA
			Of course.

	Talur EXITS the house. Data goes back to the work area
	and resumes his work. After a few beats, there is a
	POUNDING on the door. Data goes to it and OPEN the
	door, revealing Skoran, and ONE burly-looking MAN.
	Skoran doesn't look at all well, the blotches are
	starting to show up on his skin. Both of them are
	carrying some kind of crude weapon -- an axe handle, a
	metal rod, a pickaxe. One of the men is carrying a
	lantern. They push their way into the room... they all
	glower at Data in obvious hatred.

					SKORAN
				(threatening)
			There you are...

	The three men all form a circle around Data.

    STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 11/30/93 - ACT FOUR    46.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					SKORAN
				(continuing)
			You're the cause of all this, Iceman.

					DATA
			If you are referring to the
			illness, you are partially
			correct, but it is more complex
			than that. You see, the metal
			fragments that --

	Skoran swings an axe handle at Data, who deftly blocks
	it, but then one of the men swings a metal rod at
	Data's face... the rod glances off Data, but it also
	RIPS AWAY a portion of his SKIN, revealing a METAL
	structure underneath. All three men stagger back in
	shock and fear.

					SKORAN
				(continuing, horrified)
			What... what are you?

	Data reaches up with one hand and touches the bare
	metal of his face -- he's a little surprised as well.

					DATA
			I do not know.

	The three men run out of the room in terror. Data
	turns and looks at himself in the mirror... he's
	shocked by the image of his android self laid bare.
	OFF his reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

    STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/01/93 - ACT FIVE    47.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

30   INT. HOME - NIGHT

	Talur is putting the last of the metallic jewelry into
	the container. She closes the container and then moves
	to where Skoran and several other people are gathered
	around the very sick Garvin, who is propped up on a
	small couch. Gia is tending to his fever -- though
	she, too, is clearly ill. Skoran and the rest of the
	townspeople are armed with crude weapons.

					SKORAN
			I saw it with my own eyes. He is
			not a person, he is some kind
			of... creature.

					GIA
				(to Garvin)
			It's not true, Father.

					SKORAN
			We have to find him and stop him
			before he kills us all.

					GARVIN
				(weak)
			I don't... not Jayden... he
			wouldn't try to hurt... us...

	But finally, Garvin's eyes flutter and he falls asleep.

					SKORAN
				(to others)
			Come on.

	Skoran and the townspeople EXIT.

					TALUR
				(to Gia, re: Garvin)
			Let him rest for now.
				(looks at her)
			You should rest as well. Exerting
			yourself will only make you
			sicker.

	Gia nods in understanding.

					TALUR
				(continuing)
			I'll be back.

        STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/01/93 - ACT FIVE        48.

30   CONTINUED:

	She gives the girl a kiss on the head and then EXITS.
	Gia looks at her sleeping father for a moment... then
	moves into the living room and stares at the strange
	lab equipment strewn about.

					DATA'S VOICE
				(o.c.)
			Gia?

	Gia whirls around and sees Data standing near the back
	door. His face is partially covered by a scarf which
	hides the wound. Gia is at once relieved and scared to
	see him. Her words come tumbling out in a torrent.

					GIA
				(desperate)
			Jayden. Everyone's looking for
			you. Skoran said that you're some
			kind of creature.

	She stares at him, her breath coming in ragged heaves
	as the anxiety and radiation sickness begin to catch up
	with her.

					DATA
			I do not know what I am. But I am
			not like you.

	Gia takes a step back from him.

					GIA
			I know... you're an Ice-man. We
			talked about that...

					DATA
			No. I am not...

					GIA
			Jayden... why are you wearing that
			scarf?

					DATA
			I do not wish to scare you.

					GIA
			I won't be afraid. Take it off.

	Data hesitates for a moment.

        STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/06/93 - ACT FIVE        49.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					GIA
				(continuing)
			Please. I have to see.

	Data finally relents and pulls away the scarf revealing
	the metallic workings of his head. Gia recoils from
	the sight, but doesn't run.

	Gia tries to steady herself... she wants desperately to
	believe in Data, but his hideous visage is difficult to
	overcome. Data looks over at the mirror on the wall...
	gazes into his own reflection for a moment.

					DATA
			I understand your reaction. I
			must admit, I do not know what I
			am.

	A beat, then he turns to Gia.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			But I do not wish to harm you.
			You or Garvin or anyone else. I
			only wish to help... to find a
			cure for the illness. I was
			getting very close. I need to
			continue my work, but it will take
			time. How long will it be until
			Skoran and the others return?

					GIA
			I don't know... they're out
			looking for you.

					DATA
			Then I must hurry.

	Data moves to the lab table...

                                             TIME CUT:

31   INT. HOME - NIGHT

	It is now several hours later and Data comes down the
	stairs. Gia is asleep in a chair nearby. There are
	many more stacks of paper and slides and beakers are
	scattered across the room to indicate the passage of
	time.

        STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/06/93 - ACT FIVE        50.

31   CONTINUED:

	After a beat, data seems satisfied with what he sees
	through the microscope, makes a final notation on a
	piece of paper, then moves to Gia and gently wakes her
	up.

					DATA
			Gia... I believe I have found the
			answer.

	Gia is groggy and clearly getting a little worse.

					GIA
			You... you found a cure?

					DATA
			I believe so.

	On the table can be seen a mortar and pestle filled
	with METALLIC DUST, a large BUCKET filled with a
	silvery solution, and several other petrie dishes with
	odd-looking chemicals in them. As Data pours a small
	amount of silvery liquid onto a spoon:

					DATA
			I tested this medicine on skin
			samples from your father. They
			showed improvement, so I gave him
			a spoonful. He is now recovering.

					GIA
			What kind of medicine is it?

					DATA
			A compound I made which will
			neutralize the particles that are
			making you ill.

           STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" 11/30/93 - ACT FIVE          51.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Swallow this.

	Data helps her to swallow the liquid. She makes a face
	at the taste.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I am sorry that I did not have
			time to create a more palatable
			flavor.

					GIA
				(weak)
			That's all right... it's no worse.
			than... grandmother's soup.

	Data moves to the bucket and puts a lid on it. He
	frowns in thought.

					DATA
			I must administer this to everyone
			in the village, but I do not think
			they will trust me after what
			happened with Skoran.

					GIA
			I could... tell them...

					DATA
			I am afraid they will not believe
			you either.
				(thinks)
			Gia, is the well in the town
			square the only source of water
			for this village?

					GIA
				(groggy)
			Well... ?

					DATA
			This is very important. Are there
			any other sources of fresh water
			near the village?

					GIA
			No... the nearest river is... two
			days away...

        STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/01/93 - ACT FIVE        52.

31   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			Then I will put the compound into
			the well water. It will be
			diluted, but it should still have
			enough potency to work.

					GIA
			The compound... the well...

	Her eyes flutter and she falls asleep. Data arranges
	her comfortably on the couch and then pulls a blanket
	over her. He looks down at her peaceful face for a
	moment, then grabs the bucket and heads for the door...

                                             CUT TO:

32   EXT. TOWN SQUARE - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	The square is deserted. Data cautiously moves into the
	square... looks around to make sure no one is watching
	and then heads for the well. The well has a large
	wooden cover over it, with a few metal latches to
	secure it. Data sets down the bucket and is starting
	to unhook the latches when suddenly we hear Skoran's
	voice from o.c.

					SKORAN'S VOICE
			There he is!

	Data turns and now we can see Skoran and a large group
	of Townspeople ENTER the square from an alleyway. Most
	of them have crude weapons and some are carrying
	LANTERNS. They're in an ugly mood as they close in on
	Data.

					SKORAN
				(points to Data's face)
			You see? It's just as I said...

	This is met with nods of assent and muttered threats
	from the mob.

					DATA
			I only wish to help you...

	Skoran coughs painfully, doubling over in agony... he's
	feverish, almost delirious with the sickness.

					SKORAN
				(coughing)
			This is how you've helped us... by
			bringing this plague...
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/01/93 - ACT FIVE        53.

32   CONTINUED:

					SKORAN (Cont'd)
			... tried to kill us all... but you
			won't succeed... I won't let you!

	With that, Skoran rushes toward Data.. the townspeople
	go with him...

	-- Data flings back the cover on the well and picks up
	the bucket. He quickly begins pouring the liquid into
	the well.

	-- Finally, Skoran rushes up and DRIVES a spear through
	Data's back, IMPALING him on the metal rod.

	-- Data begins to jerk and there is a small SPRAY OF
	SPARKS from where he was stabbed.

	-- The last of the liquid is poured into the well and
	the bucket slips from Data's hand onto the ground.
	Data turns and looks at the now quiet crowd, jerks once
	or twice... then falls to the ground, dead.

	Talur pushes her way through the crowd and then kneels
	down by Data. She feels for a pulse, but finds none.
	Talur picks up the bucket and looks at it with
	curiosity and then looks back down at Data. Hold for
	a long beat on this quiet and tragic scene.

                                             TIME CUT:

33   EXT. TOWN SQUARE - DAY

	A normal busy day in the square with people moving
	about and merchants hawking their wares. Riker and
	Beverly ENTER the village, disguised as natives. They
	look around for a few beats, then Beverly's eye is
	caught by a group of children walking through the
	square. One of the children is Gia. She looks
	completely recovered from her sickness. As the
	children pass by the well, Gia slows down and then
	stops, looking down at something on the ground.
	Beverly & Riker walk over to her.

					BEVERLY
			Excuse me. We're looking for a
			friend of ours. He may have
			wandered into your village a few
			days ago.

					RIKER
			You'd remember him... his
			appearance would have been very...
			strange. Pale skin, gold eyes...

        STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/01/93 - ACT FIVE        54.

33   CONTINUED:

	Gia reacts in sadness.

					GIA
			He was your friend?

					BEVERLY
			Yes. You know him?

	Gia nods.

					RIKER
			Where is he?

	Gia points down and now we can see that there is a
	crude stone marker next to the well with an alien
	inscription on it.

					BEVERLY
				(puzzled)
			I don't understand.

					GIA
			We didn't know his real name, so
			we called him Jayden.

					RIKER
			Are you saying... he's dead?

					GIA
				(nods)
			They killed him because they were
			afraid of him.. But he saved all
			of us from the sickness.

					BEVERLY
			The sickness?

					GIA
			There were these pieces of
			metal... they made everyone sick.
			But Jayden put something in the
			water... and now everyone's
			better.

	Riker and Beverly exchange a look -- they realize she
	must be referring to the radioactive debris.

					RIKER
			What happened to these... pieces
			of metal?

					GIA
			We buried them out in the forest.

        STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 12/01/93 - ACT FIVE        55.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

	She looks down at the grave for a moment.

					GIA
				(continuing)
			What was his real name?

					RIKER
			Data.

					GIA
			Data.
				(beat)
			He was my friend too.

	Gia gets up and walks away. Beverly and Riker exchange
	a look, then Beverly surreptitious pulls out a
	tricorder and quickly scans the ground.

					BEVERLY
				(off tricorder)
			It's Data all right... he's buried
			about two meters down. He's been
			deactivated... I can't tell how
			bad the damage is.

					RIKER
			We can beam him and the probe
			fragments up to the ship and no
			one will know.

	Beverly nods and they begin to head out of town.

                                             CUT TO:

34   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit.

35   INT. SICKBAY

	Data is lying on the table, still dressed as we saw him
	in the town square. There is a jagged hole in his
	uniform with some circuitry hanging out where the metal
	rod punctured him. Beverly is using a DEVICE on his
	head and checking the readings on a tricorder. Troi,
	PICARD and Riker look on.

					BEVERLY
			Positronic net is on-line... sub-processor
			relays in place... neuro-electrical
			systems enabled.

        STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 11/30/93 - ACT FIVE        56.

35   CONTINUED:

	She reaches underneath Data's back and activates him by
	using his "on" switch. Data suddenly sits up, fully
	conscious.

					BEVERLY
			Data... are you all right?

					DATA
			I do not know. I am... surprised
			to find myself here. I thought I
			was on Barkon Four.

					PICARD
			What's the last thing you
			remember?

					DATA
			I had located the crashed
			Federation probe and collected the
			radioactive fragments. I was
			attempting to download the sensor
			logs from the probe's on board
			computer when there was a... power
			surge. I believe the surge
			overloaded my positronic matrix.
				(beat)
			After that... I have no memory
			until this moment.

	He looks down at his clothes and at the jagged hole in
	his chest.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			But it would appear that I had...
			an interesting time.

					RIKER
			We don't know much about what
			happened either... except you
			apparently saved an entire village
			from radiation poisoning...

					BEVERLY
			And you were a very special friend
			to a little girl.

	Data ponders these statements, but they make no sense
	to him at all.

        STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" REV. 11/30/93 - ACT FIVE        57.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			If you'll excuse me, I have the
			Bridge for this watch.

	Data reacts and now notices that Troi is wearing
	Commander's pips.

					DATA
				(to Troi)
			Counselor, have you been promoted
			during my absence?

					TROI
			That's right.
				(joking)
			Which means you can call me "sir"
			from now on.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	Riker and Beverly exchange smiles as Troi EXITS. OFF
	Data's puzzled look...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             





STXT











                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                            "Masks" 
                          #40277-269 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Joe Menosky 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Robert Wiemer 


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FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1993 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                       DECEMBER 9, 1993

             STAR TREK: "Masks" - 12/09/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                            "Masks" 

                             CAST 

                BEVERLY            ERIC

                DATA/IHAT/MASAKA/BOY/ELDER/VICTIM

                GEORDI             
                PICARD             
                RIKER              
                TROI               
                WORF 
              
                Non-Speaking       
                  N.D. SECURITY      
                  N.D. STARFLEET OFFICER

             STAR TREK: "Masks" - 12/09/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                            "Masks" 

                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              CLASSROOM
              BRIDGE
              TROI'S OFFICE
              TEN FORWARD
              ENGINEERING
              READY ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              CORRIDOR
          
            TEMPLE

9:[5,#b],15:[2,#b]
      STAR TREK: "Masks" - 12/09/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                            "Masks" 
                            
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                   D'ARSAY         dar-SAY
                   FORTANIUM       for-TANE-ee-um
                   IHAT            EE-hot
                   MASAKA          mu-SAH-kuh
                   KORGANO         kor-GAH-no
                   NARSU           NAHR-sue

            STAR TREK: "Masks" 12/09/93 - TEASER            1.

                STAR TREK: The Next Generation                  
                            "Masks"                                 
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. CLASSROOM

	TROI and an N.D. TEACHER are supervising an art class.
	SEVERAL N.D. STUDENTS, roughly junior high-school age,
	are making CLAY SCULPTURES. Troi is here as a kind of
	"guest-lecturer", and DATA is here as well, working on
	a sculpture of his own.

	Troi is standing with a twelve year old student, ERIC,
	who's working his clay into a shape vaguely
	recognizable as some kind of animal. Troi inspects his
	work, not exactly sure what it's supposed to be.

					TROI
				(encouraging)
			That's very nice.

	Eric stops working and looks unhappily at his
	sculpture.

					ERIC
				(frustrated)
			No, it isn't. I just can't get it
			right. Do you think the wings are
			too big?

	She now realizes what he's trying to make.

					TROI
			Not at all... birds have wings of
			all sizes, Eric. But you
			shouldn't worry about making it
			look perfect.

	Eric indicates the N.D. Teacher who's working with one
	of the other students in the background.

					ERIC
			But Mrs. Narsu said we should try
			to make our sculptures as
			realistic as possible.

					TROI
			She's right... it is important for
			you to be able to give the clay
			the shape you want it to have.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - TEASER          2.

1    CONTINUED:

					TROI (Cont'd)
			But today you're not supposed to
			concentrate on technique. I'm
			here to help you focus more on the
			feelings you want to convey with
			your sculpture.

	Eric still looks confused. Troi tries to coax it out
	of him.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			For instance... What do you think
			about when you see a bird?

					ERIC
				(hesitant)
			Flying?

					TROI
			Fine. Then try to make your
			sculpture make me think of flying,
			too.

	Eric brightens, understanding, and begins eagerly
	reshaping his clay. Troi smile and moves away...

2    FOLLOW TROI

	as she leaves Eric and walks through the classroom.
	She approaches Data.

					TROI
			How's it going, Data?

					DATA
			I have finished.

	Troi reacts as Data shows her his sculpture: it's a
	flawless CLAY REPLICA OF A PADD. Troi looks at it,
	unsure how to react.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			The dimensions are accurate to
			within one-point-three percent.

          STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - TEASER          3.

2    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I'm sure they are...
				(beat)
			You obviously have no trouble with
			realism, Data, but you're here to
			work on using your imagination.
			Maybe you should try something a
			little more... abstract.

	Troi picks up the clay PADD and puts it aside. She
	continues talking as she gets another raw LUMP OF CLAY
	and sets it down in front of Data.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			I want you to start a new piece...
			I'd like you to sculpt... music.

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			Music?

	Troi nods.

					DATA
			Counselor. Music is a collection
			of acoustic vibrations. How can
			I reproduce a sound with clay?

					TROI
			Think of the effects that sounds
			have on people... the images that
			music brings to your mind... then
			give them a form.

	Data thinks for a beat then pounds the clay flat. In
	a few seconds, he has molded the clay into the form of
	a large MUSICAL NOTE. He shows it expectantly to Troi.

					TROI
				(continuing, looks at
				 the shape)
			It's a start.

	Troi moves away. Data looks curiously at his clay, not
	sure what to do next.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Data... please report to
			the Bridge.

          STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/14/93 - TEASER          4.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(taps combadge)
			Acknowledged. I am on my way.

	Data EXITS.

									CUT TO:

3    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	is following a mysterious-looking COMET, a smoky chunk
	of icy material with a small GLOWING TAIL of gas coming
	off one side. On the opposite side of the tail, in the
	far background behind the comet, is a star -- a small
	disk at this distance.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 47615.2.
			We have encountered a rogue comet
			in sector one-one-five-six. It is
			not native to this region of
			space, and there is no previous
			record of this object on any
			Federation charts.

4    INT. BRIDGE

	PICARD, RIKER, and Data are at their stations; N.D.
	STARFLEET officers man the other positions. Everyone
	is studying the Viewscreen.

					DATA
				(off console)
			Based on its present trajectory,
			the comet appears to have
			originated in the D'Arsay system.

					RIKER
			That's over two sectors from
			here...

					DATA
			That is correct, sir. This object
			has been en route for eighty-seven
			million years.

					RIKER
			That's a long time alone in the
			dark.

          STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/10/93 - TEASER          5.

4    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Begin a full sensor analysis,
			Mister Data. Log the results for
			the Federation Astrophysical
			Survey.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Data begins to work his console.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			The comet's outer shell is
			composed primarily of gaseous
			hydrogen and helium surrounding an
			icy mantle. The inner core
			consists of heavier elements--

	Suddenly, the bridge LIGHTS FLARE, becoming
	significantly brighter for a brief moment. Data cocks
	his head sharply (it's not enough of a movement to be
	suspicious, but in retrospect, we will realize that
	something happened to him at this moment). As the
	lights quickly return to normal, Data recovers and
	returns his attention back to his console.

					PICARD
			What was that?

					DATA
				(off console)
			There is distortion within the
			comet's inner core. I believed we
			experienced an intense sensor
			echo.

					RIKER
			Can you correct for it?

					DATA
			I am attempting to do so now,
			sir...

	A beat as Data works his console...

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I've compensated for the effect.
			Sensors are reconfigured for a low
			intensity sweep.
					(MORE)

          STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - TEASER          6.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA (Cont'd)
			We are still picking up some
			interference, but the distortion
			is manageable...
				(beat)
			At these settings, the scan will
			be complete in thirty-nine hours.

	Picard nods. OFF his expression.

									CUT TO:

5    INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	as Troi and BEVERLY ENTER, in mid-conversation.
	Beverly is carrying the 24th century equivalent of a
	GYM BAG.

					BEVERLY
			... Worf said he's going to be
			teaching us some Mok'bara throwing
			techniques today.

	Troi moves directly to her dresser and takes out her
	martial arts gi. She continues speaking as she puts
	the gi into a bag similar to Beverly's.

					TROI
			More like falling techniques...
			the last time we did that I was
			sore for a week...

					BEVERLY (O.S.)
			What's this?

	Beverly is looking at a strange, solid-looking ARTIFACT
	sitting on the table. It is a rectangular column, on
	the top of which sits an oval that is reminiscent of a
	head.

	Troi moves over to join her and stares at the artifact
	for a puzzled beat.

					TROI
			I have no idea.

					BEVERLY
			Maybe Wil left it here... a little
			present?

	Troi picks it up and examines it more closely.

            STAR TREK: "Masks" 12/09/93 - TEASER            7.

5    CONTINUED:

					TROI
			It's not quite his style...

					BEVERLY
			Then maybe you've got a secret
			admirer.

					TROI
				(smiles)
			That's an interesting thought...

	Beverly takes the artifact out of Troi's hands and puts
	it back on the table.

					BEVERLY
			Well, you can figure it out later.
			We're going to be late.

	Troi nods, and with a last look at the artifact, the
	two women EXIT.

6    CLOSE ON THE ARTIFACT (OPTICAL)

	A short beat after they leave, a strange
	MATERIALIZATION EFFECT occurs: four pairs of lines
	suddenly appear on the "head" -- if there were a face,
	the lines would be running up the forehead, down the
	nose, and across both eyes in a four cardinal direction
	COMPASS DESIGN. OFF the mystery...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - ACT ONE         8.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

7    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse, following the comet.

8    INT. TEN FORWARD

	Riker, WORF and GEORDI are at a table. Geordi has a
	TRICORDER in front of him, a PADD is next to it. Riker
	idly reaches for a small BOWL of bar-type snacks.

					GEORDI
			We've been getting some pretty
			strange readings from that
			comet... now it looks like
			there's some kind of energy
			generation coming from the core.

					WORF
			Is that unusual?

					GEORDI
			The core is normally just a chunk
			of rock... it should be completely
			inert.

					RIKER
				(shrugs)
			Maybe we've discovered a new kind
			of comet...

	Riker takes a bite of a nut-like object from the bowl --
	reacts with a scowl as he chokes it down.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			They must be changing the snacks
			around here.

	Geordi takes one of what Riker just had from the bowl,
	inspecting it carefully.

					GEORDI
			I don't recognize it.

	The waiter arrives with THREE DIFFERENT DRINKS, setting
	them on the table.

            STAR TREK: "Masks" 12/09/93 - ACT ONE            9.

8    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(re: snack)
			Well, whatever you do, don't put
			it in your mouth.

	They each pick up their drinks and with a "cheers" tip
	of the glass, take a sip. Again, Riker scowls.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			This is terrible.

	He sets it down -- it is bluish and viscous. Worf
	picks up Riker's drink and takes a sip.

					WORF
			I like it.

					RIKER
			Then you can have it.. but it's
			not what I ordered.

	Geordi playfully aims his tricorder at the glass.

					GEORDI
				(lightly)
			Let's see what they're trying to
			poison you with...

	His face changes when he sees the readout.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Wait a minute... this stuff is bio-organic...
			there are oxygenated
			cells... serum electrolytes...
			This looks like some kind of...
			blood.

	Riker reacts.

					RIKER
			You're joking.

					GEORDI
			I'm serious.

					RIKER
			I'm gonna have a little talk with
			the bartender.

	Riker stands.

         STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - ACT ONE         10.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			It might not be his fault. We
			should check out the replicator.

	With a final grimace at the glass, Worf, Riker and
	Geordi leave the table, heading for the bar.

9    INT. CLASSROOM

	The clay-modelling class continues as before --
	including Data working next to Eric. But some of the
	students have moved on to other projects. Eric is
	working in front of a computer which displays a GRAPHIC
	clearly visible as text.

	Troi is walking slowly along, checking the clay-work.

					TROI
			Nice... Very good... I like
			that...

	When she gets to Data she reacts with surprise.

10   INCLUDE DATA'S SCULPTURE

	A MASK -- a kind of cross between Venetian and Mayan.
	The lower face is open to leave the mouth exposed --
	the upper section covers the nose and has holes for
	eyes. The cheekbones sweep down and outward -- like
	wings. The mask is a striking combination of the
	simple and the sophisticated.

					TROI
			Data... This is amazing. How did
			you come up with this?

					DATA
			I followed your advice, Counselor.
			I used my imagination.

	Troi examines the unusual design of the mask.

					TROI
			That's an understatement...

					DATA
			For some reason, as I shaped the
			clay, the image of the mask was
			exceptionally clear in my mind...
			the design seemed to flow quite...
			naturally.

         STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - ACT ONE         11.

10   CONTINUED:

	Data picks up a SMALL TOOL and begins to scribe another
	design into the clay. It's the distinctive COMPASS
	DESIGN: a small pair of lines running vertically up the
	forehead, another pair down the nose, two others
	horizontally across the eyes -- like cardinal points of
	direction. Exactly like the COMPASS DESIGN on the
	artifact in Troi's quarters.

					TROI
				(recognizing it)
			Data, have you been in my
			quarters?

					DATA
			No, Counselor.

					TROI
			Somebody left an object in my
			room... it was some kind of
			artifact... and it looked similar
			to this.
				(beat)
			You don't know anything about
			that?

					DATA
			I do not.

	Eric is suddenly frustrated at his computer. He moves
	to Troi.

					ERIC
				(re: screen)
			Excuse me, Counselor, could you
			help me with my terminal? It's
			not working right.

11   INCLUDE THE COMPUTER SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	which displays a few dozen, individually distinct,
	alien-looking ideographic symbols -- ICONS -- which
	themselves are arranged in the same paired line,
	COMPASS DESIGN on the mask and artifact.

	Data and Troi react.

					DATA
			Perhaps we should investigate this
			matter further.

	OFF their expressions.

         STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - ACT ONE         12.

12   INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and Data are working intently at the consoles.
	Riker is watching over their shoulders. A screen
	displays rows of normal alphanumeric characters -- and
	interspersed are several pockets of the alien ICONS,
	always grouped together in the same COMPASS DESIGN
	arrangement. (NOTE: As Riker and Geordi talk, Data's
	attention will become progressively more focused on the
	screen displaying the alien symbols.)

					RIKER
				(to Geordi)
			These symbols don't match anything
			in Federation linguistic banks.

					GEORDI
			Some kind of alien information has
			been downloaded into our main
			computer. I'm not exactly sure
			how it's working, but it's
			reconfiguring our systems.

					RIKER
			How did it get in?

					GEORDI
			I was able to trace its path from
			the replicators to our sensor
			array.

					RIKER
			The sensors?
				(thinks)
			They've been scanning that comet
			for the last eighteen hours...

	A beat as the implication sinks in.

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			Those energy readings from the
			comet's core... the sensor echo...
				(beat)
			We still don't know what's inside
			that thing.

         STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - ACT ONE         13.

12   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Maybe it's time we found out.
				(beat)
			Could we use the phasers to melt
			away the outer shell of the comet?

					GEORDI
				(considers)
			A dispersed wide-field beam might
			do the trick... it wouldn't take
			long to come up with the firing
			parameters...
				(to Data)
			What do you think, Data?

	But strangely, Data does not respond immediately --
	he's intently studying the alien symbols on the screen.
	Geordi and Riker exchange a look, and then Geordi moves
	closer to Data.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			What's the matter?

	Data slowly turns to his friend.

					DATA
			I believe I recognize these
			symbols.

					RIKER
			How?

					DATA
			I do not know.

					GEORDI
			Do you think your systems may have
			been affected?

					DATA
			It is a possibility. I do not
			believe my systems are currently
			impaired, but I will run a full
			self-diagnostic to make certain.

					RIKER
				(beat; re: screen)
			What do these symbols mean?

           STAR TREK: "Masks" 12/09/93 - ACT ONE           14.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

	Data taps a control and one of the compass design
	arrangements is isolated and expanded to fill the
	screen. He points to one of the icons.

					DATA
				(continuing, as if
				 reading)
			"Boundary."

	He continues to point at what he recognizes.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			"Border." "Road." "Companion."
			"Message." "Messenger."

	Data taps the console again, and the compass design is
	replaced by that of a stylized sun image. Data studies
	it.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			"Death."

	OFF their exchanged looks -- what is going on... ?

13   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Data and Worf at their posts. Geordi is
	at the aft science station. Worf works his console,
	glances up.

					WORF
			Captain, phasers are set for wide
			dispersal, ten percent maximum
			power. The beam will terminate
			automatically when the comet's
			core is reached.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			Very well, Mister Worf. Fire...

	Worf works his console, firing the phasers...

14   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship fires a wide phaser beam that hits the comet,
	which starts to vaporize slowly and spectacularly away.
	Hold for several dramatic beats.

           STAR TREK: "Masks" 12/09/93 - ACT ONE           15.

15   INT. BRIDGE

	The sound of the phasers stops.

					WORF
				(off console)
			Phasers have terminated... the
			outer shell is gone...

16   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as Picard and the others watch the steaming mass on the
	screen finally clear away. In place of the comet is an
	incredible, huge, Mayan-esque, geometric piece of
	technology, vestiges of the frozen gasses of the comet
	still clinging to its alien surface. It is decorated
	with the same type of ICONS that have appeared
	mysteriously on the Enterprise.

	OFF the reactions...
									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

         STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - ACT TWO         16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

17   INT. BRIDGE - INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Continuous. Everyone stares at the awe-inspiring
	object on the screen.

					PICARD
			Mister Data... What are we looking
			at? Is it a ship?

	Data is working his console, reading the results.

					DATA
			I do not believe so. The object
			is nearly solid, composed
			primarily of fortanium and several
			unknown materials... It is more
			than eighty-seven million years
			old.

					RIKER
			That's older than the comet
			itself. Could someone in the
			D'Arsay system have built it?

					PICARD
				(considers)
			There are no technologically
			advanced cultures in that system
			now... but perhaps there were
			eighty-seven million years ago.

					RIKER
			But why would anyone hide
			something like that inside a
			comet?

					PICARD
			It's possible the frozen gasses
			simply accumulated over time as it
			travelled through space...

	Geordi breaks in from his position at Aft Science.

					GEORDI
			In any case, it's definitely
			responsible for the system
			anomalies we've been experiencing.
			It's been using our sensor beam as
			a carrier wave to get information
			into our computers and
			replicators.

           STAR TREK: "Masks" 12/09/93 - ACT TWO           17.

17   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			But the question remains: why?
			What is its purpose?

	A beat as they all ponder the question. Data turns
	away from his console before he speaks.

					DATA
			Captain, I believe this object is
			an informational archive.

					PICARD
			What makes you say that?

	Data seems a little puzzled by his statement himself.

					DATA
			I... do not know, sir. However,
			I seem to have an intuitive
			understanding of its function.

	Everyone reacts -- it's a strange thing for Data to
	say. Geordi moves over to Data's console and looks
	over his shoulder, studying the readouts.

					GEORDI
				(to Picard)
			The internal structure of that
			thing is pretty complex... and
			it's got a repetitive node
			configuration which might suggest
			a database of some kind... but it
			could be practically anything.
				(to Data)
			I don't see how you could know for
			sure what it is.

	Picard looks at Data, concerned.

					PICARD
			Data... do you believe you're in
			communication with that object?

					DATA
			It is a possibility, sir. I
			recommend that we perform a level
			one diagnostic of my positronic
			net immediately to determine if
			that is the case.

					PICARD
			Very well... Mister LaForge, give
			him a hand.

         STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/10/93 - ACT TWO         18.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

	Geordi and Data acknowledge and move away, EXITING the
	Bridge. An N.D. Starfleet Officer takes over Data's
	position at Ops. Picard and Riker continue to study
	the alien object.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			Do you think it's just trying to
			make contact with us?

					PICARD
				(thoughtful)
			Perhaps. And if this really is an
			archive from some ancient
			civilization, we should allow it
			to do so. But we must be
			careful...
				(beat)
			Mister Worf, keep an eye on the
			sensors. If the Archive poses any
			danger to the ship, I want you to
			sever the connection immediately.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	OFF Picard's fascinated expression.

18   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship following the ancient object.

19   INT. READY ROOM

	The room is now dotted with ARTIFACTS -- on the
	shelves, on the desk, on the floor -- collected from
	all over the ship. They all share the same vaguely
	Mayan look we've seen before.

	Picard is standing in the middle of the room, examining
	the artifact from Troi's room. The cylinder has the
	now-familiar COMPASS DESIGN carved on its surface.
	Picard studies it carefully, jotting an occasional note
	on a PADD -- if not for the surroundings, he might be
	an archaeologist on a dig.

	The door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Riker ENTERS -- and stops short, reacting to the sight.

           STAR TREK: "Masks" 12/09/93 - ACT TWO           19.

19   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Captain...

	Picard motions Riker in but doesn't stop working.

					PICARD
			Come in, Number One...

	Riker moves closer.

					RIKER
			We've confined the system
			corruption. It's not spreading
			any further, but we've still got
			alien symbols floating around
			inside our computer...

	Picard merely nods and jots another note onto his PADD
	and moves to study another object.

					RIKER
			This is quite a collection you've
			assembled...

	Riker picks up an object and looks it over...

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I've seen these things all over
			the ship. They all look the
			same... primitive and non-functional.

					PICARD
				(correcting him)
			Ceremonial... and deceptively
			primitive. Only an advanced
			technological culture could have
			built that object out there.
			These artifacts must have played
			a ritualistic role in their
			society.

					RIKER
			Do you think Data's right? Have
			we stumbled across some kind of
			alien library?

         STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - ACT TWO         20.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard clearly likes the notion.

					PICARD
			It's possible... and if so, this
			could be a find of enormous
			significance. This "library"
			seems designed to do far more than
			simply store information. Who
			knows how much we could learn from
			it?

	Riker smiles at Picard's obvious excitement. He
	glances at the COMPASS DESIGN carved on the stone
	cylinder seen earlier.

					RIKER
			I keep seeing this design...

					PICARD
				(nods)
			It seems to be a symbol of some
			significance.

					RIKER
			What do you think it means?

					PICARD
				(offers)
			The concept of the four cardinal
			compass directions is common to
			many different cultures...

					RIKER
			The words Data recognized on the
			computer -- "boundary," "border,"
			"road" -- they were also arranged
			in that design.

					PICARD
			Perhaps everything with the
			compass design is part of the same
			theme -- movement. Finding a
			direction, travelling a path,
			crossing a boundary--

					RIKER
			And "death." One of the symbols
			was "death."

         STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - ACT TWO         21.

19   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			The ultimate boundary.

	Picard turns and picks up a small STONE NECKLACE with
	a stylized SUN-DESIGN PENDANT (similar to the symbol
	seen in Act 1.) He turns it over.

20   INSERT - THE PENDANT

	On the back is a small symbol -- off to one side, as if
	not wanting to be the center of attention. It is the
	symbol of what we will come to know as the moon.

					PICARD'S VOICE
			I keep seeing this symbol, too....
			but it's never prominently
			displayed...

21   BACK TO SCENE

					PICARD
			Always in the background...
			smaller than the others...

					RIKER
			Do you know what it represents?

					PICARD
			I have no idea.

	OFF their expressions as they share the mystery.

									CUT TO:

22   INT. ENGINEERING

	Data is sitting calmly; a section of his head is open.

					GEORDI
			Lower synaptic functions are
			completely normal... Autonomous
			systems all check out...

					DATA
			I suggest we examine the memory
			sub-systems next.

					GEORDI
			All right...

         STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - ACT TWO         22.

22   CONTINUED:

	As Geordi begins to work a panel, Data suddenly makes
	an abrupt head tilt. He looks puzzled.

					GEORDI
				(noticing)
			Data... what's the matter?

					DATA
			I am... not certain. I am
			experiencing a curious
			sensation...

					GEORDI
			What is it?

					DATA
			An... impulse.

	Geordi reacts.

					GEORDI
			Impulse? What kind of impulse?

					DATA
			I do not know.

					GEORDI
			I'm checking your higher
			functions.

	A beat. Data's voice is a little uneven.

					DATA
			Geordi... What does it feel like
			when a person... loses his mind?

					GEORDI
			Data, you're scaring me. What's
			the matter?

					DATA
			I... do not... know...

					GEORDI
			You're gonna be all right. You're
			with me, okay?

	Data glances up at his friend.

					DATA
			Okay.

	Geordi turns back to the console -- sees a violent
	change in the reading.

         STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/10/93 - ACT TWO         23.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			What's going on... ?

	He quickly rushes to Data, and sees that inside Data's
	head is a web of alien circuitry, similar to the
	artifacts we've already seen, as if the positronic
	brain itself has been transformed.

					GEORDI
				(stunned)
			Data...

	Data suddenly turns toward Geordi -- the compass design
	he scribed on the mask is now on his own face, in
	raised, tiny scars. A ceremonial NECKPLATE with a
	distinctive design has also appeared around Data's
	neck.

	Data looks at Geordi and smiles, his voice animated and
	playful.

					DATA/IHAT
			Masaka is waking.

	Geordi reacts with a horrified look. OFF Data's
	smile...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

        STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/10/93 - ACT THREE        24.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

23   INT. ENGINEERING

	Data, his head plate now back in place, is moving
	around the room in an energetic, very non-Data fashion,
	curiously inspecting his surroundings as though he's
	never seen this place before. Geordi watches him,
	concerned.

	Picard ENTERS with TWO N.D. STARFLEET Security Guards.
	As the guards fan out cautiously, watching Data, Geordi
	turns to Picard.

					GEORDI
			Captain, he just--

					DATA/IHAT
				(interrupting)
			I waited for you, Captain. You
			should feel honored... I don't
			usually wait for anybody.

	Picard reacts to Data's loose manner.

					PICARD
				(cautiously)
			What is it you want?

					DATA/IHAT
			Masaka is waking.

					PICARD
			Are you Masaka?

	Data/Ihat rolls his eyes and turns to Geordi.

					DATA/IHAT
			What were my exact words?

					GEORDI
			You said, "Masaka is waking."

					DATA/IHAT
			And isn't that what I've been
			saying since we first met?

	Geordi nods. Satisfied, Data/Ihat turns back to
	Picard.

        STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - ACT THREE        25.

23   CONTINUED:

					DATA/IHAT
			I'm not "Masaka", Captain...
				(proudly)
			I am Ihat.

					PICARD
			What have you done to Commander
			Data?

					DATA/IHAT
			Commander Data... ?

	Data/Ihat seems to be momentarily at a loss, apparently
	not understanding what Picard is referring to; but
	then, he brightens, and indicates his own body.

					DATA/IHAT
				(continuing)
			You mean the one who was here?

	Picard reacts to the phrasing.

					PICARD
			Yes.

					DATA/IHAT
			He's gone. And who can say where?

	Picard has seen enough to know that he's going to need
	some help here. He discreetly taps his combadge.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Counselor Troi, report to
			Engineering immediately.

	Ihat is again moving around the room, taking in his
	surroundings. While he waits for Troi, Picard is
	trying to get as much information out of him as he can.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Ihat. The place you came from...
			Is it a cultural archive of your
			species?

	Data/Ihat doesn't seem to understand the question.

					DATA/IHAT
				(simply)
			I come from Masaka's city.

	Picard reacts.

        STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - ACT THREE        26.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Are there others like you there?

					DATA/IHAT
				(laughs)
			There are no others like me.

					PICARD
			Who is Masaka?

	There is a trace of wariness and fear when he responds.

					DATA/IHAT
			You will find out...

	Picard and Geordi react. Data/Ihat indicates the room.

					DATA/IHAT
				(continuing)
			I don't think Masaka will like
			this place... at least not the way
			it is now...

					PICARD
				(pressing)
			I would like to know more about
			this Masaka... perhaps we can
			speak --

	Data/Ihat whirls on Picard, intense.

					DATA/IHAT
			Do you understand pain? Death?
			That is all you need to know about
			Masaka... that is what she is.

	Data/Ihat looks around furtively, as if someone were
	after him.

					DATA/IHAT
			You must go... leave this place
			before she finds you. It can be
			done... I did it...

	At that moment, Troi ENTERS.

					TROI
			What's going on, sir?

	Data/Ihat whirls at the sound of her voice, surprised.
	When he sees Troi, all trace of swagger vanishes,
	replaced instantly and completely with fear.

        STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/15/93 - ACT THREE        27.

23   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA/IHAT
			Masaka... ?

	He barely manages to gasp out the one, terror-filled
	word before he jerks violently and falls to his knees
	with a strangled cry.

					GEORDI
			Data!

	Geordi rushes over to help his friend to his feet, but
	when Data looks up, he has changed again: he's wearing
	a NEW NECKPLATE with a different distinctive design
	than before.

	Data stares at Troi with wild eyes and a blissful,
	toothy grin. He speaks with a fanatical, zealous
	fervor.

					DATA/VICTIM
			Masaka! I am yours! Every part
			of me is yours!

					PICARD
				(gravely, to N.D.
				 Security)
			Get him to Sickbay.

	As Geordi and the N.D. Security Guards move to take
	Data away, Picard and Troi exchange a concerned look...

									CUT TO:

24   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as before, travelling with the ancient archive.

25   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Riker, Beverly, Troi, and Geordi.

					BEVERLY
			Every time he saw Deanna, he'd
			fall to his knees screaming "Take
			me, Masaka -- take me."

					TROI
			Data was acting as if he were a
			sacrificial victim of some kind...

        STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - ACT THREE        28.

25   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			And apparently one all too willing
			to go to his death.

					BEVERLY
			I put him in isolation in his
			quarters. He's under guard... he
			seems to have calmed down a
			little.

					RIKER
			Couldn't we just shut him down and
			purge his memory systems?

	Geordi shakes his head grimly.

					GEORDI
			I don't think it's going to be
			that simple...

	Geordi gets up, moves to the monitor, where there is a
	GRAPHIC of a complex web of interconnections, but the
	connections have been radically reorganized into
	several centers -- nodal points with complex webs
	radiating from each. The structure suggests the
	vaguely Mayan alien designs we've seen before.

					GEORDI
			This is a micrograph of what's
			happened to Data's positronic net.
			As near as I can tell, these are
			behavioral nodes... I've found
			fourteen of them so far.
				(beat)
			I think the Archive is using Data
			to create different "people" from
			its culture... in the same way it
			used our replicators to create
			artifacts.

        STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/14/93 - ACT THREE        29.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			As a result, his real personality
			has been completely buried. In a
			sense, Data has the android
			equivalent of multiple
			personalities.

					GEORDI
			And the Archive hasn't stopped
			yet... Data's positronic net is
			still being transformed. There's
			no way to tell how many more
			personalities might emerge...

	There's a stunned beat as everyone takes in the
	information.

					RIKER
			Our sensors are still in contact
			with the Archive. Would there be
			a risk to Data if we severed that
			connection?

					GEORDI
			I don't know... but I wouldn't
			want to take the chance. Right
			now, our only link to the Archive
			is that sensor beam. If there's
			a way to reverse what's happened
			to Data, I think we're going to
			need that link to do it.

	Picard takes a beat to consider his limited options.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, continue to scan
			the Archive. Try to find some way
			to access it. In the meantime,
			I'll see what I can learn from
			these "people" inside Data.

	OFF Picard's grim expression.

26   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	The DOOR OPENS and Picard ENTERS. Two Security Guards
	can be seen standing outside. Data is on the floor,
	curled up tightly in a corner of the room (he is still
	in his "Victim" personality). As Picard approaches
	him, he recoils.

       STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/14/93 - ACT THREE       29A.

26   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(gently)
			It's all right... I'm not going to
			hurt you...

					DATA/VICTIM
			Only Masaka can hurt me... I am
			for her alone...

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I need to speak to Ihat. Do you
			understand me? Ihat...

        STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - ACT THREE        30.

26   CONTINUED:

	For a moment, Data/Victim returns nothing but a fearful
	stare, uncomprehending and empty. But then, Data jerks
	suddenly -- when he turns back to Picard, he has
	changed into his Ihat personality.

					DATA/IHAT
			Captain...

	Picard is almost glad to see him. Data/Ihat goes into
	his customary high-energy mode and starts pacing around
	the room.

					DATA/IHAT
				(continuing)
			That was a cruel joke to play on
			me. For a moment -- a brief
			moment -- I actually thought that
			woman was Masaka.

					PICARD
			Whoever took your place wasn't
			afraid of Masaka -- he almost
			seemed eager for his fate.

					DATA/IHAT
			Pitiful, isn't it?
				(mock Victim voice)
			"Take me! Take me!" Ha. You
			wouldn't catch me humiliating
			myself for a woman -- even if she
			were a queen.

					PICARD
			Then Masaka is your queen... ?

					DATA/IHAT
			She's a lazy creature... she
			spends most of her time
			sleeping...
				(beat)
			The problem is what she does when
			she's awake.

	Picard has no choice but to play along.

					PICARD
			Then should we try to keep her
			asleep?

					DATA/IHAT
				(laughs)
			Try to keep the sun from climbing
			the sky? Only Korgano can do
			that. And he's not here.

        STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - ACT THREE        31.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Where is he?

	Suddenly, Data/Ihat collapses onto the floor, pulling
	himself inward, knees huddled together, head down, arms
	tight.

					DATA/BOY
			Help me... please...

	Picard steps over and Data looks up. The Ihat
	neckplate is gone. In its place is ANOTHER NECKPLATE
	with yet another distinctive design -- Data has now
	assumed the personality of a frightened Boy.

					PICARD
			What's wrong?

					DATA/BOY
			I'm afraid.

					PICARD
			Of what?

					DATA/BOY
			Of her.

					PICARD
			Masaka?

					DATA/BOY
			Her.

	Suddenly, the SHIP TREMBLES. Lights go out; emergency
	lighting comes on.

					PICARD
				(taps combadge)
			Picard to Bridge! Report!

27   INT. BRIDGE

	Lots of activity. Riker is on his feet, Geordi is at
	Aft Science. Worf is heading quickly toward the
	Turbolift.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			The Archive just activated some
			kind of tractor beam, sir. We
			can't disengage it.

        STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/10/93 - ACT THREE        32.

27   CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Has there been any damage to the
			ship?

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Nothing major, sir, but Ten
			Forward reported an emergency.
			Worf's on his way.

	Geordi glances up from his console.

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			Captain, there's some kind of
			energy pulse coming through the
			tractor beam...

28   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			It's overriding our control
			systems...

					PICARD
				(to com)
			I'll be right there...

	Picard starts to move away but stops short -- Data/Boy
	has a vice-like grip on Picard's wrist.

					DATA/BOY
			Don't leave me.

	Data's hand slowly grips tighter with his android
	strength. Picard stifles a cry of pain.

					PICARD
			I... I... won't... leave you...
				(beat)
			Please... let go...

					DATA/BOY
			Does it hurt?

					PICARD
				(barely)
			Yes...

					DATA/BOY
			She's going to hurt us all...

          STAR TREK: "Masks" 12/09/93 - ACT THREE          33.

28   CONTINUED:

	Data stares at him for a moment longer and then
	abruptly releases his grip. As Picard grabs his wrist
	in pain, Data jerks and stares up at Picard -- he has
	changed again and is now back in his Ihat personality.
	He smiles ruefully at Picard.

					DATA/IHAT
			Now you've done it. Masaka is
			awake.

	OFF Picard's reaction...

29   INT. CORRIDOR

	Worf and Two Security Guards are hurrying up a
	corridor. They arrive at Ten-Forward and step quickly
	through the entrance.

30   INT. TEN-FORWARD - CONTINUOUS

	Worf and his officers are shocked at what they find.
	The room has been transformed. Tropical foliage is
	everywhere, green vines and huge, red, fern-like
	fronds. Half the tables are gone -- stone slabs take
	their place. The patrons are standing around in
	stunned silence.

	The bar has been partially transformed into rough
	stone; a stone column stands near it, and inscribed
	prominently on it is a LARGE FEMALE FACE IN THE RADIANT
	SHAPE OF A SUN.

	OFF their stunned expressions...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

           STAR TREK: "Masks" 12/09/93 - ACT FOUR           34.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

31   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	A powerful beam is being continuously projected from
	the Archive into the saucer section of the Enterprise.

32   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Like the rest of the ship, the room is dark and lit
	only by emergency lights. All non-essential personnel
	have been cleared, and Geordi and Worf are using
	tricorders to scan the vegetation and stone slabs.

	Picard circles around the sun image, studying it,
	trying to fit things together as Troi watches nearby.

					TROI
				(re: sun image)
			Who is this?

					PICARD
			I'd say it's Masaka. Ihat
			referred to her as a queen... it's
			not unusual in ceremonial cultures
			for royalty to be symbolized by a
			sun.

					TROI
			You said the personalities inside
			Data were in awe of her... even
			terrified.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			According to Data, the sun image
			is also the symbol for death.

	They move to the back of the column, where Picard
	notices something.

					PICARD
			There it is again... this U-shaped
			symbol... small and
			insignificant... almost like an
			afterthought...

	But before Troi can respond, Geordi and Worf approach.

          STAR TREK: "Masks" 12/09/93 - ACT FOUR          34A.

32   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Captain, this is incredible...
			These artifacts weren't beamed
			over here from the archive... the
			matter in Ten Forward was
			transformed.

					PICARD
			Into living plants? How is that
			possible?

        STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - ACT FOUR        35.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			I'm not sure. But bit by bit, the
			ship's being transformed.

					WORF
			We have received reports from the
			rest of the ship. Part of deck
			twelve is now an aqueduct.

					TROI
			What are we being transformed
			into?

					GEORDI
			I'm not sure I want to find out.

	Picard takes in the information. It's a difficult
	decision for him to make, but there's no alternative.

					PICARD
			I don't think we have a choice...
			we'll have to destroy the Archive.
			Mister Worf?

					WORF
			Sir, our weapon control systems
			are inoperative. However, we
			could configure a photon torpedo
			for manual launch...

					PICARD
			Make it so.

	Geordi and Worf turn and EXIT. Picard and Troi look
	around the strangely transformed room.

					PICARD
			There's so much here we could have
			learned... I regret losing that
			opportunity.

	Troi acknowledges his ambivalence.

									CUT TO:

        STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/10/93 - ACT FOUR        36.

33   INT. ENGINEERING

	Emergency lighting only. A PHOTON TORPEDO lies on a
	cradle between the pool table and the warp core. A
	control panel on the torpedo casing flickers with
	several lights. Geordi works at the pool table console
	as Worf scans the torpedo.

					GEORDI
			Okay... I've locked in the
			targeting parameters... what's the
			phase alignment now?

					WORF
			Less than point seven percent.

					GEORDI
			That'll do it. I'm setting the
			yield at maximum...

	But at Geordi works, the control panel lights on the
	torpedo go dead.

					WORF
				(puzzled)
			Sir... the onboard power systems
			are not functioning...

	Geordi crosses to the torpedo, tries to activate it
	manually, but it doesn't work.

					GEORDI
			What's going on here... ?

	Geordi opens up the casing and both men look inside...

34   INSIDE THE TORPEDO

	It is full of writhing snakes.

35   RESUME SCENE (OPTICAL)

	Worf and Geordi react and jump back -- then they turn
	around and see the awesome IMAGE OF MASAKA which now
	fills the entire back panel of Engineering. A few
	vines are hanging on the walls.

					GEORDI
			Something tells me we'd better get
			out of here...

           STAR TREK: "Masks" 12/09/93 - ACT FOUR           37.

35   CONTINUED:

	They quickly move toward the exit -- only to be driven
	back by a roaring WALL OF FLAMES that shoots up in
	front of the them... The room around them has become a
	nightmarish, hell-like place.

					WORF
				(taps combadge)
			Engineering to Bridge -- emergency
			transport! Two to beam out...

	Geordi and Worf DEMATERIALIZE.

									CUT TO:

36   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship still held by the beams from the Archive.

37   INT. BRIDGE

	The Bridge is dark, lit only by the emergency lights.
	The walls are hung with strange, ominous vines.

	Picard and Troi are near the Aft Science station,
	heading for the Observation Lounge when those DOORS
	OPEN and Riker comes out onto the Bridge. He's a
	little shaken from seeing something in that room.

					RIKER
			Maybe we'd better talk in here.
			The Observation Lounge seems to
			have become a swamp.

	Nobody argues with him. They gather around the command
	area, where Worf, Beverly, and Geordi join them.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			What's our status?

					GEORDI
			So far the Archive's transformed
			over twenty percent of the ship...
			and we've lost main propulsion and
			weapons systems in the process.

					RIKER
			What about communications?
			Sensors? Life support?

        STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/14/93 - ACT FOUR        38.

37   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			We have communications, and
			limited sensor control. Life
			support seems unaffected.

					BEVERLY
			I've been analyzing samples of
			these alien plant forms. They've
			been formed from biological matter
			we have on the ship...

					GEORDI
			The stone, the artifacts...
			they're made the same way --
			extrapolated from the ship's own
			alloys.

					BEVERLY
			Apparently the Archive can reorder
			and transform molecular structures --
			including DNA -- to make whatever
			it wants.

					PICARD
			So it's using our ship -- our
			alloys, our DNA, -- to create
			elements of its own culture...

           STAR TREK: "Masks" 12/09/93 - ACT FOUR           39.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			But why is all this happening?
			What is the Archive trying to
			accomplish?

					WORF
			It could be a weapon.

	They all look at him.

					WORF
			It is powerful and insidious. It
			has completely disarmed us.

					RIKER
			Maybe it's more benign than that.
			If a civilization were dying...
			they might have created this
			technology to preserve their
			culture, and re-create it at some
			later point...

	Picard paces, trying to fit the pieces together.

					PICARD
			It could even be a sophisticated
			terraforming device.

	The others look at him quizzically.

        STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - ACT FOUR        40.

37   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			The Archive creates an
			environment... all the elements
			which enable a culture to exist...

	They realize there are many possibilities -- and that
	they may never know the real reason behind this
	technology.

					PICARD
			But whatever the intent behind the
			process, I don't want this ship
			transformed into an alien city.
			Mister La Forge, do you have any
			ideas?

					GEORDI
			We still haven't been able to cut
			off that beam... but I've managed
			to access the Archive by sending
			an energy pulse back along their
			signal path. If I can locate the
			transformation program, I might be
			able to get control of it.

					PICARD
			Good, keep at it...

	Picard turns to gaze at the Viewscreen.

38   ON THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as Masaka's mask looms over them.

					PICARD'S VOICE
			But somehow... I believe the
			answer lies there...

39   RESUME SCENE

					PICARD
			... with Masaka. We need to find
			her... access her... talk to her.

	The others acknowledge -- this must be done.

        STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/10/93 - ACT FOUR        41.

40   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Even darker than the Bridge. The door opens and Picard
	steps inside. A small fire is burning on the other
	side of the cabin -- on the now dirt-covered floor.
	Data is crouched down besides it, warming his hands.

	As Picard approaches, he sees that Data is wearing a
	NEW NECKPLATE, one he hasn't seen before.

					PICARD
				(cautious)
			Hello...

	Data's voice is old and tired, and he moves slowly and
	with difficulty like an old man.

					DATA/ELDER
			It's difficult... to stay warm...

	Picard sits down next to him.

					PICARD
			The fire feels good...

	Data/Elder looks at him quizzically.

					DATA/ELDER
			But it's not warm enough. Not for
			an old man.

					PICARD
			Tell me... about Masaka.

					DATA/ELDER
			My daughter?

	Picard reacts, amazed.

					PICARD
			Yes... how can I talk to her?

	Data/Elder laughs -- a dry, cackling rasp.

					DATA/ELDER
			Talk -- to Masaka?

					PICARD
			Yes. It's important. Can you
			tell her I must speak with her?

					DATA/ELDER
			Children grow... forget their
			parents... no, only Korgano can
			talk to Masaka.

        STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/14/93 - ACT FOUR        42.

40   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Korgano... who is that?

	Data/Elder seems to lose interest... stares back into
	the fire.

					DATA/ELDER
			So cold... can't stay warm...

	Suddenly, Data/Elder seems to crumple into a limp
	heap... and then he jumps up, vital and hyper (NOTE: he
	is now wearing his Ihat neckplate).

					DATA/IHAT
			Well, you're a persistent one,
			aren't you?

					PICARD
			Ihat?

					DATA/IHAT
			Is anyone else so charming?

					PICARD
			Masaka is taking over my ship.

					DATA/IHAT
			I told you she would.

					PICARD
			I want to talk with her... but I'm
			told only Korgano can do that.

	Data/Ihat is wary, alert.

					DATA/IHAT
			Who told you that?

					PICARD
			An old man... Masaka's father...

					DATA/IHAT
			Ah, yes... legends say she chopped
			him up and used his bones to make
			the world.
				(beat)
			Any wonder he doesn't like to talk
			about her?

					PICARD
			How can I find Korgano?

        STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - ACT FOUR        43.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA/IHAT
			I don't know. He's not chasing
			her anymore.

					PICARD
			Where has he gone?

	Data/Ihat paces, agitated, uncomfortable with all this.

					DATA/IHAT
			Stop asking these questions. I
			was fast enough to avoid her
			once... I don't want her to find
			me again. I'll end up on her
			sacrificial slab.

					PICARD
			If Masaka is looking for a
			sacrifice... she can take me
			instead.
				(beat)
			Perhaps then she'd stop looking
			for you.

					DATA/IHAT
				(a chuckle)
			Well, there's an idea. Better you
			than me.

					PICARD
			All right. Tell me what to do...

	There is a hesitation, as though Ihat is coming to a
	decision. Then --

					DATA/IHAT
			You must build Masaka's temple...
			the Queen's temple. That will get
			her attention.

					PICARD
			Very well. How do I do that?

					DATA/IHAT
			You need the sign.
				(beat, coy)
			I could give it to you... so could
			the Old Man. But just try getting
			it out of him.

					PICARD
			Give me the sign.

        STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - ACT FOUR        44.

40   CONTINUED: (3)

	Data/Ihat in an agony of indecision.

					DATA/IHAT
			If she finds out...
				(beat)
			You can't imagine her rage... she
			lets people die of thirst... a
			terrible death. Sometimes she
			burns them alive...
				(beat, in awe)
			She is glorious.

	But Picard is impatient with all this.

					PICARD
			Ihat... the sign. What is it?

	Data/Ihat looks around him, as though ascertaining that
	no one else is around.

					DATA/IHAT
			If she comes... you'll take my
			place?

					PICARD
			Yes.

					DATA/IHAT
			All right. Quickly. Give me your
			hand.

	Picard holds out his hand. Data/Ihat takes it, turns
	it face up, and starts "drawing" a line with one finger
	across Picard's palm.

					DATA/IHAT
				(continuing)
			A line, as the unending horizon...
				(beat)
			A curve as --

	Suddenly Data freezes. A look of terror crosses his
	face.

					DATA/IHAT
				(continuing)
			She has found me.

	Picard looks for another change in Data.

					PICARD
			Masaka, show yourself. I'll go
			with you...

        STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/09/93 - ACT FOUR        45.

40   CONTINUED: (4)

	But Data/Ihat sinks to his knees.

					DATA/IHAT
				(continuing)
			It seems... I was not fast
			enough...

	His head droops. Picard crouches down beside him.
	Then Data looks up -- he's wearing the Elder's
	neckplate. Data crumples into a seated position near
	the fire, stretches his hands toward it.

					DATA/ELDER
			So hard to stay warm...

	Picard needs to find a way to reach this man. He moves
	closer to him and helps him build up the fire.

					PICARD
			Let me help you...

	Data/Elder glances at him.

					DATA/ELDER
			Are you one of my children?
				(turns to fire)
			I don't remember anymore.

					PICARD
			I need your help. I need the sign
			for the temple.
				(beat)
			Masaka's temple.

					DATA/ELDER
			It won't help you. Korgano no
			longer pursues her. No one else
			can stop her.

	Picard cautiously reaches out and takes Data's hand,
	guiding it to the floor, using Data's fingers to draw
	a line in the dirt, repeating Ihat's words from memory.

					PICARD
			A line... as the unending
			horizon...
				(beat)
			A curve...

	Picard doesn't know any more. The old man doesn't
	resist, but isn't responding either. Picard tries
	again, tracing the pattern and repeating the words.

           STAR TREK: "Masks" 12/09/93 - ACT FOUR           46.

40   CONTINUED: (5)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			A line... as the unending horizon.

            PICARD                 DATA/ELDER
          A curve...         A curve...

					DATA/ELDER
			... as a rolling hillside.

	Data finishes the curve and makes a dot above it.

					DATA/ELDER
				(continuing)
			A point... as a distant bird.

	And another line drawn vertical to the horizon.

					DATA/ELDER
				(continuing)
			A ray... as the rising sun.

	He stops, finished. The symbol is complete.

					PICARD
			Thank you.

					DATA/ELDER
			Now sit with me... tend the
			fire...

	Data suddenly slumps over. He is completely still for
	a beat, then he looks up, wearing the neckplate of the
	Frightened Boy.

					DATA/BOY
			I'm alone... there's no one left
			to help me... she's coming.

	Picard pulls him upright.

					PICARD
			Are the others dead? Did Masaka
			kill them?

					DATA/BOY
			No. She sent them away. It will
			take them days to die.

	Data suddenly freezes. His mouth opens in a circle and
	holds perfectly still. And out of the open mouth comes
	an eerie wail -- a child's scream plunging into a
	bottomless nightmare.

               STAR TREK: "Masks" 12/09/93 - ACT FOUR               47.

40   CONTINUED: (6)

	The voice finally disappears. Data slumps over.
	Picard pulls back his head: the neckplate is gone and
	there are NO SCARS on his forehead. Data stares into
	space, his eyes wide, as if there were nothing behind
	them.

	OFF Picard's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

             STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/10/93 - ACT FIVE            48.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

41   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship still being held by the Archive's beam.

42   INT. BRIDGE

	As before, only the emergency lights are functioning
	and ominous vines hang across several consoles; but
	now, the normal command seats have been transformed
	into simple STONE PEDESTALS.

43   ANGLE ON AFT SCIENCE

	Picard, Riker, and Troi are gathered around Geordi.
	The screen displays a GRAPHIC of the TEMPLE SYMBOL
	drawn by the Elder.

					GEORDI
			I think I've found the Archive's
			transformation program.

					PICARD
			Will it accept the symbol for
			Masaka's temple?

					GEORDI
			I think so. I've isolated the
			program's input pathways. They're
			keyed to accept symbols...

	He gestures toward the display.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			If I input this one, it should
			initiate the transformation
			process...

					RIKER
			And create the temple?

             STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/10/93 - ACT FIVE            49.

43   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I hope so... if this is the wrong
			symbol, it might turn the
			Enterprise into a big chunk of
			rock. There's no way to be sure.

	It's a tough choice.

					TROI
			The question is... can we trust a
			personality from an alien Archive
			that seems bent on taking us over?

					PICARD
				(considers)
			Ihat risked his life to show me
			that symbol... and Masaka killed
			him for doing it.
				(beat)
			I think we have to risk it.

	OFF their expressions.

									CUT TO:

44   INT. CORRIDOR

	as Worf rounds a corner, where he meets Picard and
	Troi. Worf has a PHASER, Picard and Troi have
	TRICORDERS.

					WORF
			Captain. The entire deck has been
			cleared of personnel. We can
			proceed.

	Picard nods and taps his combadge.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Commander Riker, we're ready...

45   INT. BRIDGE - AFT SCIENCE

	Riker and Geordi. Geordi is tapping commands on his
	console.

					RIKER
			Understood.
				(to Geordi)
			Initiate the transformation.

             STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/10/93 - ACT FIVE            50.

45   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir. I'm inputting the
			symbol...

	Geordi looks at the temple icon on his display and
	takes a deep breath.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Now...

	He taps a final button on his console...

46   INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)

	For a moment, nothing seems to happen. Picard, Troi,
	and Worf exchange puzzled looks, and then suddenly, the
	walls dissolve into...

47   INT. TEMPLE - CONTINUOUS

	It's a huge, cavernous room that seems to have been
	carved out of a rockface. Stone slabs and columns are
	placed here and there, some adorned with engraved
	figures and symbols. Sitting on a raised platform is
	a GOLDEN THRONE in the shape of a solar disc. The
	group turns around, looking at the trappings, taking
	everything in.

					PICARD
				(re: throne)
			This would seem to be Masaka's
			temple...

	Worf looks warily around the room.

					WORF
			There's no one else here.

					PICARD
			Ihat said creating the temple
			would get her attention... it may
			take time before she shows
			herself.

					WORF
			And how will she do that?

					PICARD
			I don't know.

	Troi has been off to one side, looking at the columns.

             STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/10/93 - ACT FIVE            51.

47   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Captain... look at this.

	They join her and she gestures to --

48   A STONE COLUMN

	In the face of the column is carved two different
	images: Masaka's sun symbol is shown large and
	prominent in the foreground; but smaller, and to one
	side, as if receding into the distance, the small
	"horns" symbol Picard has seen before is also evident.

49   RESUME SCENE

	as Picard looks closely at the symbols.

					PICARD
			This is the first time I've seen
			these two symbols paired... That
			could be significant...

	He glances around, sees other instances of the two
	symbols together.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			There it is again... and again.
			Clearly this is an important
			pairing...

	He stops, remembering something.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			"He's not chasing her anymore... "

	They look at him quizzically.

					TROI
			Sir?

					PICARD
			Ihat said that someone named
			Korgano was not chasing Masaka
			anymore. And the old man said,
			"he pursues her no longer... "

	He gestures to the horn symbol.

               STAR TREK: "Masks" 12/09/93 - ACT FIVE               52.

49   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			In a sense, this smaller symbol is
			chasing Masaka. Perhaps it
			represents Korgano.

					WORF
			The symbol suggests antlers of
			some kind... horns. Maybe it's
			meant to represent an animal...

					TROI
			Animal gods are worshipped in many
			cultures...

					PICARD
			Both Ihat and the old man said
			that Korgano was the only one who
			could control Masaka...
				(beat, thinking)
			Many ritualistic cultures
			incorporate the idea of "balance"
			into their belief systems. Masaka
			is a queen, a powerful, god-like
			figure... it's not unreasonable to
			assume that she might have a
			counterpart... or a consort...

	Picard begins to look around the room.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Spread out... see if you can find
			that horn-like symbol anywhere
			else.

	And they begin to move around the room.

									CUT TO:

50   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Data is sitting on the floor, eyes closed, in the same
	catatonic-like state he was in when last seen.

51   CLOSE ON DATA'S FACE

	as his eyes abruptly snap open.

             STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/10/93 - ACT FIVE            53.

52   ON DATA - WIDER

	As he stands. He moves toward a table which contains
	a richly colored version of the MASK he first molded in
	clay -- MASAKA'S MASK. He lifts it to his face.

53   INT. CORRIDOR

	as the DOORS OPEN and Data, wearing the mask, steps out
	into the hall. Before the two N.D. Security Guards
	even have a chance to react, Data disables them both,
	knocking them to the ground unconscious. Without
	another look back, he walks on down the hall...

									CUT TO:

54   INT. TEMPLE

	Picard, Troi, and Worf are clustered in front of
	another STONE COLUMN, studying another glyph showing
	Masaka's sun image and the horn symbol. However, this
	time, the horn symbol is large and prominent while
	Masaka's sun is small and receding.

					TROI
			This is the most prominent
			instance of the horn symbol we've
			seen yet...

					WORF
			But now it appears as though
			Masaka's sun is chasing it.

	Troi is thinking aloud, trying to piece it together.

					TROI
			An animal chasing the sun... ?

					PICARD
			Maybe it's simpler than that.
				(beat)
			Maybe the relationship between
			them is more like the sun and the
			moon.

					WORF
			I see... Masaka and Korgano
			changing positions... the sun
			setting and the moon rising.

             STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/14/93 - ACT FIVE            54.

54   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Exactly. Two powerful rulers,
			changing places in a continuous
			cycle...

	A beat as they consider the notion.

					TROI
			And like the sun and the moon,
			only one of them can be in
			ascendance at any given time...

					PICARD
			If we could find Korgano within
			the Archive and bring him out...
			perhaps he could force Masaka to
			leave.

					WORF
			But would we be any better off
			with him?

					PICARD
				(considers)
			Ihat and the others didn't seem to
			be afraid of Korgano...

	Suddenly, the SHIP TREMBLES. The group whirls to see
	Data/Masaka as she ENTERS the temple and moves
	majestically toward the throne.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Masaka...

	Data/Masaka sits down upon the throne and silently
	looks out at her temple. Picard, Troi, and Worf
	cautiously approach the throne.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Masaka, I am Jean-Luc Picard of
			the Federation--

					DATA/MASAKA
				(cutting him off)
			Go away.

	Data/Masaka doesn't even look at them when she speaks.

					PICARD
				(presses on)
			Please listen to us. Your Archive
			is destroying our ship--

             STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/15/93 - ACT FIVE            55.

54   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA/MASAKA
			I do not hear you.

	Worf slowly draws his phaser, but Picard stays his
	hand. He motions to the other two to back down, and
	they all move slowly away from the throne.

					WORF
			She won't even listen to us.

					PICARD
			Then we'll have to find someone
			she will listen to.

	OFF their expressions.

									CUT TO:

55   INT. BRIDGE - AFT SCIENCE (OPTICAL)

	Geordi is working his console as Picard watches
	anxiously; Troi and Riker are standing nearby. Worf is
	in the b.g. at Tactical. The mood is tense and
	serious.

					GEORDI
			I've found it, sir...

	Geordi indicates his monitor which displays a single
	GRAPHIC: it's Korgano's moon symbol.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			This is the only place in the
			Archive where Korgano's moon
			symbol is by itself and not paired
			with Masaka's.

	Picard stares at the image for a moment, pondering.

					PICARD
			Mister La Forge, access the
			transformation program.

	Geordi begins working controls.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			When you're ready, input the
			symbol.

             STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/15/93 - ACT FIVE            56.

55   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Isn't that a little risky?

					TROI
			We have no way of knowing what the
			result would be. The symbol might
			generate anything from Korgano's
			temple... to Korgano himself.

					PICARD
			In some sense, Korgano is Masaka's
			nemesis. Whatever this symbol
			represents -- it might give us a
			way to control her.
				(beat)
			If you have a better idea, I'd be
			glad to entertain it.

	A brief silence.

					GEORDI
			I've accessed the program, sir.

	Picard looks to the others, takes a breath...

					PICARD
			Initiate the transformation.

	Geordi hits a command on his console. There's a tense
	moment; no one's sure what's going to happen and
	they're ready for anything. Then a simple, SILVER MASK
	APPEARS -- on its forehead is Korgano's moon symbol.

					RIKER
			Another mask...

	Picard picks up the mask and looks at it thoughtfully.

					PICARD
			Perhaps we've been approaching
			this incorrectly. We're dealing
			with a highly ritualistic
			culture... a society based on
			symbol and myth. Maybe we need to
			confront them on those terms
			instead...
				(beat)
			If I can incorporate myself into
			their rituals, perhaps Masaka will
			listen to me.

             STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/15/93 - ACT FIVE           56A.

55   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(catching on)
			You're going to pose as Korgano.

	Picard nods and holds the mask up to his face, testing
	the fit.

					TROI
			Captain, we know so little about
			this culture... and even less
			about Korgano himself. How will
			you convince Masaka that you're
			him?

					PICARD
			I'm not entirely sure. But there
			are similarities between this
			culture and others I've studied.
				(beat)
			I suppose I'll just have to
			improvise.

	There's a grim beat -- but they all know that there's
	really no other choice.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, what's our status?

					WORF
				(off console)
			I estimate we have less than two
			hours before there's nothing left
			of the ship... at least nothing
			that we recognize.

	Picard nods grimly and heads for the Turbolift. He
	holds the mask in his hands as he EXITS.

									CUT TO:

56   INT. TEMPLE (OPTICAL)

	Data/Masaka is sitting on the throne.

					PICARD (O.S.)
			Masaka!

             STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/13/93 - ACT FIVE            57.

56   CONTINUED:

	Data/Masaka reacts as Picard approaches -- he is
	wearing the Korgano mask. For the first time, we see
	a real reaction from Data/Masaka -- she's shocked at
	the sight.

					DATA/MASAKA
			Korgano... ?

	Picard takes a step closer -- he's playing it by ear,
	choosing his words carefully, taking it one step at a
	time...

					PICARD
			Are you surprised to see me?

	Data/Masaka rises from the throne, begins walking down
	the stairs. She's regained her bearings now, and is
	trying to maintain control of the situation.

					DATA/MASAKA
			I thought I had escaped you.

	Picard smiles.

					PICARD
			You should know that's impossible.

					DATA/MASAKA
			You are a fine hunter... but I am
			a powerful prey. You will never
			catch me.

					PICARD
			Do you really want to be the
			prey... forever?

	Data/Masaka seems to consider this.

					DATA/MASAKA
			I thought I was alone here. I
			thought I wouldn't have to share
			the sky with you...

	Picard moves toward Data, carefully, not threatening,
	a reasonable man.

					PICARD
			But without me... you aren't
			complete. I know you, Masaka...
			you live for the chase just as
			much as I do.
					(MORE)

             STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/10/93 - ACT FIVE            58.

56   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			Won't you miss being the hunter...
			pursuing me... forcing me from the
			sky so that you can rise again?

	A hesitation.

					DATA/MASAKA
			You know me well, Korgano...

	Picard now senses he has the upper hand.

					PICARD
			I think you may be getting
			tired... it's difficult to
			brighten the sky forever...

	Data/Masaka smiles wanly... does seem a little weary.

					DATA/MASAKA
			I am getting sleepy... you always
			do that to me...

					PICARD
			Only so you can wake at dawn...
			and begin the hunt again...

	Another smile. Data/Masaka slowly sits on the throne,
	head still erect and queenly, but eyes heavy.

					DATA/MASAKA
			Begin the hunt again...
				(beat)
			I am eager for that.

					PICARD
			As am I.

	Data's eyes close. The ship TREMBLES. The room
	DISSOLVES to --

57   INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	The temple is gone. Everyone is back in the corridor,
	reacting to the transformation. And to Data -- who
	stands before them, not wearing a mask (neither is
	Picard), blinking a bit in confusion.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Picard... I don't know
			what you did, sir... but it looks
			like everything's back to normal.

             STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/15/93 - ACT FIVE            59.

57   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Acknowledged.
				(to Data)
			Mister Data -- are you all right?

					DATA
			I believe so, sir. But I am not
			entirely certain what has
			happened. Have I been dreaming
			again?

	Picard puts his hand on Data's shoulder.

					PICARD
			I'm afraid it will take some time
			to explain.

	He smiles reassuringly and Data accepts this, his old
	equanimity having returned. Off their relieved
	expressions --

58   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 47612.4.
			Commander La Forge has managed to
			disable the alien transformation
			program. Starfleet will send an
			archaeological team to study the
			Archive further.

59   INT. READY ROOM

	Data with Picard; Picard holds the mask Data wore as
	Masaka, turning it in his hands.

					PICARD
			I don't understand... I thought
			all the alien artifacts had
			disappeared from the Enterprise.

					DATA
			This was not created by the
			Archive... this is the clay mask
			I originally made. I have since
			glazed it.

	Picard is intrigued.

             STAR TREK: "Masks" REV. 12/13/93 - ACT FIVE            60.

59   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Yes. Although I am relieved to be
			rid of those alien
			personalities... there is a sense
			in which I am now... empty.

					PICARD
			I can imagine. Doctor Crusher
			said there might have been dozens
			of personalities inside you.

					DATA
			I suspect the number was much
			greater.

	Data pauses, reflecting on the unusual experience.

					DATA
			My impression is that there were
			thousands... of all ages and walks
			of life.
				(beat)
			It was a remarkable experience.

					PICARD
			Well, Data, you may never become
			fully human... but you've had an
			experience that transcends the
			human condition.
				(beat)
			You have been an entire
			civilization.

	Data briefly ponders the significance of this... then
	Picard hands him back the mask.

					PICARD
				(wry)
			Nonetheless... it's time to stand
			watch on the night shift.

					DATA
			Yes, sir. Good night.

	He turns and EXITS.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             












                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                     "Eye of the Beholder" 
                          #40277-270 
                              
                           Story by 
                         Brannon Braga 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Rene Echevarria 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT


      STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" - 12/21/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Eye of the Beholder" 

                             CAST 

                BEVERLY            CALLOWAY
                DATA               KWAN
                GEORDI             NARA
                PICARD             PIERCE
                RIKER              WOMAN
                TROI               
                WORF   
            
                Non-Speaking       
                  N.D. CREWMEMBERS   

      STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" - 12/20/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                            "Masks" 

                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              ENGINEERING
              JEFFERIES TUBE
              NACELLE CONTROL
              READY ROOM
              CORRIDOR
              KWAN'S QUARTERS
              BEVERLY'S OFFICE
              SICKBAY
              TROI'S QUARTERS
              TEN FORWARD
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TURBOLIFT
              CALLOWAY'S QUARTERS

  STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" - 12/09/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Eye of the Beholder" 

                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                KWAN            Kwon
                NAPEAN          NAY-pee-un
                PSILOSYNINE     sill-oh-SIGH-uh-neen
                SALVATORE       Sal-va-TOR-ee
                YRIDIAN         yir-ID-ee-un        
                TIL'AMIN        TIL-a-min

     STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" 12/20/93 - TEASER     1.

                STAR TREK: The Next Generation                  
                            "Eyes"                                 
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. BRIDGE

	Red Alert! PICARD, DATA and a few N.D's are dealing
	with what is clearly an urgent situation.

					DATA
				(off console)
			We are losing containment in the
			starboard nacelle tube --

					PICARD
			Try to get more power to the field
			coils.

					DATA
				(works)
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Geordi, report.

2    INT. ENGINEERING

	where GEORDI and a few N.D's are trying to contain the
	situation. The WARP CORE is pulsing at an accelerated
	rate, giving off an enormous SOUND.

					GEORDI
			I can't shut down the plasma
			injectors -- someone's locked out
			the controls.

3    INT. BRIDGE

					DATA
				(off console)
			The plasma venting system has
			engaged.

4    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	where we can see DRIVE PLASMA escaping from the
	starboard nacelle into space.

     STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" 12/20/93 - TEASER     1A.

5    INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	as RIKER and WORF scramble up the ladder.


     STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" 12/20/93 - TEASER     2.

5    CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Two more decks --

					RIKER
				(hits combadge)
			Riker to Bridge -- we've almost
			reached the nacelle tube.

6    INT. BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Acknowledged.
				(to Data)
			Release the exterior hull plate.
			We may have to jettison the core.

	Data acknowledges and works his console.

7    INT. NACELLE CONTROL (OPTICAL)

	as Riker and Worf ENTER from a Jefferies tube junction
	and stop in their tracks at what they see -- their
	faces are lit by INTERACTIVE LIGHT as they take in the
	strange scene before them.

	This control room is situated at the forward end of the
	starboard nacelle. In addition to wall panels, there
	is a free standing console with work stations on both
	sides. There is an access DOOR in the back wall that
	leads into the injector room.

	A ladder leads to a catwalk above -- there is an
	OBSERVATION WINDOW in the wall through which it is
	possible to see into the injector room, and beyond
	that, the nacelle tube itself. When the plasma stream
	is on, as it is now, its fiery glow obscures these
	structures.

	A TRANSLUCENT MAINTENANCE DOOR can drop down to cover
	the window -- but even then the intense light of the
	plasma bleeds through.

	Riker and Worf are startled upon entering the room
	because a man is standing on the catwalk, poised to
	jump through the forecefield and into the plasma.

   STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - TEASER   3.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

	He is LIEUTENANT KWAN, a humanoid in his mid-thirties --
	part Asian, part Napean. He is clearly agitated and
	distraught.

	Riker turns to LIEUTENANT NARA, who along with an N.D,
	is standing motionless, unsure what to do. She is
	humanoid, in her mid-thirties.

					RIKER
				(quiet)
			What happened?

					NARA
				(quiet)
			He locked out the controls...
			before we knew what was happening,
			he stepped up onto the walkway.

	Riker gestures for Worf to go to a console.

					RIKER
			See if you can shut down the
			plasma flow.

	Worf acknowledges and moves away.

					NARA
			I'm afraid if we try to get any
			closer, he'll jump through the
			forecefield.

	Riker acknowledges, turns to Kwan.

					RIKER
			Dan...

8    ON KWAN

	facing the plasma stream, his face lit by its glow --
	Riker can be seen behind him. Riker takes a cautious
	step toward him.

					RIKER
			It's me... Wil Riker.

	Kwan doesn't seem to react to the name...

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I was here yesterday, remember?

   STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - TEASER   4.

8    CONTINUED:

	Something registers on Kwan's face -- he looks down at
	his hands, seems horrified by what he sees there.
	Although we see nothing, he wipes his hands on his
	uniform, as if to clean them. When he speaks, it is in
	the tones of a man confessing a wretched crime.

					KWAN
			I didn't... want to do it...
			but... I saw them... and... they
			laughed at me... they laughed...

	Kwan is clearly in agony about this... though Riker has
	no idea what he's talking about, he knows he needs to
	try and calm him down.

					RIKER
			Whatever happened, we can talk
			about it. I want to help.

	Riker starts to climb the ladder to the catwalk.

					KWAN
			Stay away!

	Riker stops --

					RIKER
			I want you to be able to see me,
			that's all... so we can talk.

					KWAN
			I... know... what I have to do...

	He takes a half-step toward the plasma stream.

					RIKER
			Dan, wait --

9    ON WORF AND NARA

	at the console, working to free the controls.

					WORF
			I have unlocked the controls --

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Shut down procedure initiated.

					NARA
			There's still plasma in the
			injector -- it'll take time to
			vent off...

   STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - TEASER   5.

10   RESUME SCENE (OPTICAL)

	Riker has taken note of the fact that the plasma stream
	will soon dissipate -- he knows he needs to keep Kwan
	from jumping until it does.

					RIKER
			Tell me what happened. Maybe I
			can help.

	But Kwan is staring intently into the stream, seems
	strangely calmed by it.

					KWAN
			I know what I have to do...

	Riker senses what he's about to do and makes a sudden
	move toward him... but it's too late... Kwan has
	already started to move... Riker misses him by half a
	step and Kwan jumps through the FORCEFIELD and into the
	stream -- he is instantly VAPORIZED.

	Riker stops in mid-stride -- so close. Off Riker's
	expression as he realizes how close they came to saving
	Kwan's life...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

  STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT ONE  6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

11   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it hangs in space.

12   INT. READY ROOM

	Riker and Worf are reporting what happened to Picard
	and TROI.

					RIKER
			A few more seconds and we could've
			saved his life...

	Riker clearly feels that he should have been able to
	talk Kwan down.

					WORF
			Commander... you did everything
			you could. It was not your fault.

	Riker acknowledges, but can't quite shake the feeling.

					RIKER
			I had the strangest feeling
			that... he didn't even recognize
			me -- and I was with him just the
			other day when I supervised the
			tube refit.

					PICARD
			How did he seem then?

					RIKER
			Fine. In fact I complimented him
			for getting the refit done faster
			than expected. He was pleased
			that I noticed.

					TROI
			I met with him during crew
			evaluations about six weeks ago.
			He was very positive; he was
			looking forward to being posted to
			the nacelle tube.

  STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/21/93 - ACT ONE  7.

12   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			He was a fine officer, with a good
			career ahead of him. I just don't
			understand why he would want to...

	Riker trails off, shakes his head.

					PICARD
			In my years as a Starship Captain,
			I've had to notify many families
			that they'd lost a loved one. But
			never to suicide. I'd like to be
			able to offer Lieutenant Kwan's
			family some explanation for what
			happened -- to help them make
			sense of it.

					WORF
			He may have left a message of some
			kind, explaining why he did it.

	Picard acknowledges this possibility.

					PICARD
				(to Troi and Worf)
			I want the two of you to try and
			piece together a picture of his
			last few days.

	Troi and Worf acknowledge.

					TROI
			If he made any personal logs, it
			might be helpful to go through
			them.

					PICARD
			You're authorized to do so.

	A Com signal SOUNDS.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge to Captain.

					PICARD
			Go ahead.

13   INT. ENGINEERING

	where Geordi is working at a console.

  STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT ONE  8.

13   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I've completed a damage
			assessment. We should be able to
			get underway within the hour.

14   INT. READY ROOM

					PICARD
			Geordi, the medical situation on
			Barson Two has worsened --
			Starfleet has given us permission
			to exceed warp speed limitations
			so we can get back on schedule.

15   INT. ENGINEERING

					GEORDI
			We'll be able to give you warp
			eight if you need it.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged.

	Geordi returns to work. After a moment, Data
	approaches him.

					DATA
			Geordi, would you agree that the
			instinct for self-preservation is
			shared by most life forms?

					GEORDI
			I'd say it's probably the most
			basic instinct.

					DATA
			That being the case, I am having
			difficulty understanding why
			someone would deliberately
			terminate their own existence.


  STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT ONE  9.

15   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I don't know, Data. All I can
			think is that maybe Lieutenant
			Kwan felt like there was
			something... wrong in his life,
			something he felt powerless to
			fix.

	Data takes this in.

					DATA
			I believe I understand. I have
			been in a similar situation.

	Geordi's a little surprised to hear this.

					GEORDI
			Really?

					DATA
			The first months following my
			activation were a difficult period
			for me... there were many
			problems associated with my
			becoming sentient.

					GEORDI
			Because your neural net was still
			forming.

					DATA
			As I acquired new skills, neural
			pathways would form and take the
			place of other, less complex
			pathways. It was very...
			disorienting.

					GEORDI
			Sure sounds like it.

					DATA
			As my systems grew in complexity,
			it became increasingly difficult
			to integrate new pathways into my
			existing neural net. The
			probability of cascade failure
			grew with each added pathway. I
			came to the conclusion that it
			would be easier and safer to shut
			myself down and start again.

					GEORDI
			But if you did that, you wouldn't
			have remembered any of the things
			that had happened to you.

    STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" 12/20/93 - ACT ONE    10.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			In a way, it would have been
			like... committing suicide.

	Geordi acknowledges Data's point.

					GEORDI
			So what did you do?

					DATA
			I decided against the procedure.
			I chose instead to treat the
			problems I was having with my
			systems as... challenges to be
			overcome, instead of obstacles to
			be avoided.

	Geordi studies his friend's face for a beat; once
	again, Data has shown facets of himself no one knew he
	had.

					GEORDI
			That's a great way of looking at
			it. It's too bad Lieutenant Kwan
			wasn't able to look at his
			problems the same way.

	Data acknowledges his sentiment, and after a beat, they
	return to work...

16   INT. CORRIDOR

	as Worf and Troi make their way down it.

					TROI
			I've gone over Kwan's personnel
			records -- he had an exceptionally
			stable psychological profile.

					WORF
			When we were in the control room,
			it seemed as if he were trying
			to... explain something he'd
			done... something terrible.

					TROI
			He'd been on the Enterprise over
			two years. No one has ever
			reported an altercation with him.

	Worf acknowledges and gestures to a DOOR along the
	corridor.

  STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT ONE  11.

16   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(continuing)
			These were his quarters.

	He works a KEYPAD on the wall and the door OPENS.

17   INT. KWAN'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	These are the smaller, windowless quarters. There are
	CHINESE and ALIEN ARTIFACTS in evidence, reflecting
	Kwan's mixed heritage. Everything is neat and orderly.

	Troi and Worf step inside... they stand silently for a
	moment, almost out of respect for the dead. After a
	beat, Worf moves to a nearby table and picks up an
	ALIEN looking ARTIFACT.

					WORF
			This is a Napean design...

					TROI
			His mother is Napean; his father's
			human.

	He studies the artifact for a beat, then sets it down.
	Troi looks around the room.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Everything looks so... normal.
			For some reason I was half
			expecting to find the place a
			mess.

					WORF
			Yes... it is strange to think that
			someone could be considering
			ending his life and yet not give
			any outward sign of it.

	They continue moving around the room, looking for
	something that might provide a clue.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Right before he jumped, he seemed
			almost... calm.

 STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT ONE 11A.

17   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			He must have been in a lot of pain
			to do what he did. It could be
			that the prospect of ending that
			pain felt like a great relief.

  STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT ONE  12.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

	Worf moves to look at something on the wall. Troi
	finds a PHOTOGRAPH of a young woman, a pretty human of
	about thirty. She turns to show it to Worf just as he
	turns away from the wall, so that they almost bump into
	one another -- there's a moment where they're standing
	very close, then Troi shows Worf the photograph.

					TROI
			This is Ensign... Calloway, isn't
			it?

	Worf looks at the photo, acknowledges.

					WORF
			She is a medical technician in
			Sickbay.

	Troi's face registers sympathy for Calloway.

					TROI
			It's always hard to lose someone
			you care about... but to lose them
			like this...

	They study the picture for a beat, then she sets it
	down.

					WORF
			We should start going over his
			logs...

	They move to a DESKTOP COMPUTER TERMINAL -- Troi sits
	and activates it, Worf leans in to look.

					TROI
			This is his last entry; he made it
			before going on duty this morning.

	Kwan's face appears on the MONITOR.

					KWAN
			Personal log, Stardate 47622.1.
			We finally finished the nacelle
			tube refit last night. After
			pulling two double shifts in a
			row, I'm really looking forward to
			spending some time with Maddy.

					TROI
			Ensign Calloway...

	Worf and Troi are struck by how upbeat Kwan seems, and
	puzzled that he seemed to be making plans.

  STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT ONE  13.

17   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
				(continuing)
			That doesn't sound like a man
			planning on ending his life.

					WORF
			No... it does not...

	Off the mystery of the moment...

18   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it travels at warp.

19   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE

	as Troi and CALLOWAY ENTER from Sickbay so they can
	talk in private. The young woman is clearly destroyed
	by what's happened.

					CALLOWAY
			I can't believe he's really
			gone... I keep thinking he's
			going to show up and tell me
			there's been some terrible
			misunderstanding...

	Troi's tone is gentle, caring -- she's both
	investigating Kwan's death and counseling a bereaved
	crewmember.

					TROI
			I thought you might like to know
			that in his personal logs, Dan
			talked about you a great deal. He
			loved you very much.

					CALLOWAY
			If that's true... then how could
			he... leave me like this?

	Troi puts a comforting hand to her shoulder.

					TROI
			That's what I'm trying to find
			out. I know it's hard to talk
			about right now... but it would be
			very helpful if you could tell me
			a few things about him.

	Calloway acknowledges, pulls herself together.

    STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" 12/20/93 - ACT ONE    14.

19   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(continuing)
			When was the last time you saw
			him?

					CALLOWAY
			Two nights ago... we were planning
			our next shore leave together.

					TROI
			Did he mention anything that
			happened recently... anything that
			might have upset him?

					CALLOWAY
			No, not really... he did say
			something about work, about
			Lieutenant Nara, but it wasn't
			anything serious.

					TROI
			Nara... she's his superior officer
			in the nacelle tube.

					CALLOWAY
			Yes. Dan sensed that she... well,
			that she felt threatened by him --
			that she thought he was after her
			position.

	Troi take this in.

					TROI
			Was he prone to mood swings, or
			depression?

					CALLOWAY
			No... but he was very sensitive to
			other people's moods.

					TROI
			What do you mean?

					CALLOWAY
			Sometimes he would just... look at
			me, and know what I was feeling --
			I always loved that about him.

					TROI
			Napeans are partially empathic --
			he may have inherited some of his
			mother's abilities.

    STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" 12/20/93 - ACT ONE    15.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					CALLOWAY
				(smiles)
			He used to tease me that when I
			met her, I wouldn't be able to get
			away with anything.

	Calloway is thoughtful for a moment.

					CALLOWAY
				(continuing)
			Dan and I knew each other for over
			two years, but we didn't really
			get together until a few months
			ago. We took it slow...

	Her face falters a little....

					CALLOWAY
				(continuing)
			We thought we had all the time in
			the world...

	Troi is struck by the depth of feeling in her words.
	Calloway turns to her, suddenly determined.

					CALLOWAY
				(continuing)
			Something must've happened to him,
			Counselor. Something terrible
			Because it's not like Dan to take
			his own life. Please... find out
			what it was.

	Troi takes Calloway's plea to heart. Off her face,
	more determined than ever...

20   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	as Troi climbs the ladder toward the nacelle tube.

21   INT. NACELLE CONTROL

	as she ENTERS from a Jefferies tube junction. No one
	is there, and the room is bathed by an eerie GLOW that
	emanates from the maintenance DOOR (which is DOWN, in
	position).

  STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT ONE  16.

21   CONTINUED:

	Troi takes a look around the room, starts her way down
	its length. It is clear from her face that she finds
	the whole setting a little spooky -- the strange light,
	the dissonant HUM of the plasma stream, the fact that
	a man died here...

	She continues her slow walk down the length of the
	room... as she passes a FREE-STANDING CONSOLE, a FIGURE
	suddenly emerges from behind it. Troi is startled,
	steps back...

					NARA
			I'm sorry --

	Troi recovers --

					TROI
			I didn't see you there...

	They share a smile over this little incident.
	Lieutenant Nara is holding a TOOL she was working on
	the console with.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			You're Lieutenant Nara, aren't
			you?

	Nara acknowledges.

					NARA
			Can I do something for you,
			Counselor?

					TROI
			I'm investigating Lieutenant
			Kwan's death. I just wanted to
			take a look around.

					NARA
			It's such a shame. He was a good
			man.

	Troi senses Nara is sincere about this.

					TROI
			Did you notice any change in his
			behavior recently?

					NARA
			No... I've been going over the
			last few days in my mind, trying
			to see if I missed any... warning
			signs. It's as if something in
			him just... snapped.

  STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT ONE  17.

21   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			How was his job performance?

					NARA
			Excellent. He knew this ship
			better than most people --
			probably because he helped build
			it back at Utopia Planitia.

					TROI
			Did he get along with his coworkers?

	Nara considers for a beat.

					NARA
			He was... ambitious. He came in
			here with all sorts of new ideas
			about how to do things -- some of
			them very good ideas.

					TROI
			But not all?

					NARA
				(smiles)
			No. But once he settled in, we
			got along fine.

	An N.D. ENTERS and Nara gestures that she'll be right
	there.

					NARA
				(continuing)
			Excuse me for a minute. Feel free
			to look around.

					TROI
			Where was Lieutenant Kwan's
			station?

					NARA
			Right down there.

	Nara indicates a console at the far end of the room.
	Troi acknowledges and Nara crosses away, EXITS with the
	N.D. Troi starts her way down toward Kwan's station.

	With each step she takes, we get a sense that she's
	starting to feel more and more spooked about being
	alone in the room again. We see her try to shake the
	feeling, cross her arms in front of her, and continue.

	She moves to Kwan's station, not really expecting to
	find anything, just trying to get a feel for what
	Kwan's work was like. She turns away, starts to climb
	the ladder to the catwalk.

  STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT ONE  18.

22   ON TROI

	as she moves toward the maintenance door, her face
	growing increasingly brighter.

	Suddenly we see an expression of fear cross her
	features. Troi is overwhelmed by a sense of panic and
	dread, so visceral and immediate that it almost makes
	her gasp.

	She backs away, but the feeling persists, and she
	stumbles back, disoriented by whatever strange
	sensation has overwhelmed her.

	Her hand flies to her mouth to stifle a cry of fear
	that seems to reach from her very core...

	Suddenly Nara ENTERS --

					NARA
			Are you all right?

	Seeing Troi's condition, Nara rushes toward her.

					TROI
				(shaken)
			I... don't know...

	Off Troi's troubled expression...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

  STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT TWO  19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

23   INT. SICKBAY

	Troi is sitting on the center bio-bed, still shaken.
	BEVERLY is doing a TRICORDER scan. Riker and Worf
	stand nearby.

					TROI
			I don't know how to describe it...
			I was suddenly overwhelmed by a
			flood of emotions -- fear, rage,
			panic.

					RIKER
			Whose emotions? I thought you
			said you were alone.

					TROI
			I was. The sensations didn't seem
			to be coming from any one person --
			they were just there, in the room.

	But how can that be?

					WORF
			I scanned the area -- I picked up
			no anomalous readings.

					RIKER
				(to Troi)
			How could you be getting an
			empathic impression from an empty
			room?

					TROI
			I don't know...

	Everyone considers this inexplicable phenomenon for a
	beat.

					BEVERLY
			Could the fact that Kwan was
			partially empathic have something
			to do with it?

					RIKER
			What do you mean?

					BEVERLY
			I'm not sure... but the feelings
			Troi described certainly seem
			consistent with suicide.

  STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT TWO  20.

23   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(to Troi)
			Could his death have left some
			sort of... empathic echo?

					TROI
			I suppose it's a possibility...
			but I don't see how.

	There just isn't enough information for them to go on.

					TROI
				(continued)
			If I went back to the nacelle
			tube, I might be able to get a
			better sense of what I
			experienced.

					BEVERLY
			I'm not sure that's a good idea --
			you're showing elevated levels of
			psilosynine.

					WORF
			Psilosynine?

					BEVERLY
			A neuro-transmitter involved in
			telepathy.
				(to Troi)
			The experience overwhelmed you the
			first time. I don't think you
			should go back until the levels
			return to normal.

	Troi indicates her agreement.

					RIKER
			How long?

					BEVERLY
			Three, maybe four hours.

					RIKER
			Next time I want someone with you.

					WORF
			I will accompany you, Counselor.

	Troi acknowledges. Off this moment...

    STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" 12/20/93 - ACT TWO    21.

24   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it drops out of warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 47623.2.
			We've arrived at Starbase Three-twenty-eight
			on schedule. After
			taking aboard medical supplies, we
			will depart for Barson Two.

25   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	Troi is working at her DESKTOP COMPUTER TERMINAL, going
	over Kwan's personal logs.

					KWAN'S VOICE
			-- I ran into Maddy yesterday. We
			stood in the corridor and talked
			for almost an hour... The more I
			get to know her, the more I
			realize what a remarkable woman
			she is...

	Troi smiles a little wistfully at this... the door
	CHIMES.

					TROI
			Come in.

	The door OPENS to reveal Worf standing in the doorway.

					TROI
				(continued)
			Hello, Worf.

					WORF
			Counselor...

	Worf ENTERS and crosses toward her.

					WORF
			Have you found anything in
			Lieutenant Kwan's logs?

					TROI
			Everything I've seen indicates he
			was well-adjusted and optimistic.
				(beat)
			Were you able to talk with Ensign
			Trake?

					WORF
			Yes... I interviewed all of Kwan's
			co-workers.

 STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT TWO 21A.

25   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			From what I've read, Trake was his
			best friend.

					WORF
			He observed nothing that indicated
			Kwan was contemplating ending his
			life. Nor did any of the others.

					TROI
			It just doesn't make any sense...

  STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT TWO  22.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

	Troi stands, crosses toward the replicator.

					TROI
			Can I get you anything?

					WORF
			No, thank you.

					TROI
			Yridian tea...

	We hear the SOUND of the Replicator and Troi removes a
	cup from the slot. They settle into a couch and a
	nearby chair.

					TROI
				(continued)
			I've been thinking about what
			happened to me in the nacelle
			tube... whether it was an empathic
			echo left by Kwan's death...

					WORF
			In the past, have your empathic
			experiences always involved the
			physical presence of another
			person?

					TROI
			All the ones I'm sure of, yes.

					WORF
			What do you mean, sure of?

	Troi considers a beat before replying...

					TROI
			Well... when I was a young girl,
			my Grandfather used to tell me
			stories by the fire... I would
			close my eyes and listen to his
			mind for hours on end...

					WORF
			He told you these stories
			telepathically... ?

					TROI
			My grandfather rarely spoke out
			loud... He said that was for off-worlders
			who didn't know any
			better.

	She smiles to herself.

    STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" 12/20/93 - ACT TWO    23.

25   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			The only time I can remember his
			stories is when I go home... and
			sit by the fireplace. Sometimes
			when I'm there, alone... it's
			almost as if I can hear his voice
			in my head.

	Worf reacts without skepticism.

					WORF
			Yes... I have sought visions in
			fire.

					TROI
			I can't explain it, but it felt
			very real to me. Just like what
			happened in the nacelle tube.

					WORF
			There are things we do not
			understand, yet they exist
			nonetheless.

	Troi sips her tea, is thoughtful for a moment.

					TROI
			I keep thinking about Ensign
			Calloway... she needs to know
			what happened to Kwan -- it's the
			only way she'll ever be able to
			put his death behind her.

					WORF
			This must be a very difficult time
			for her.

					TROI
			Do you know what she regrets most?
			That she and Kwan didn't take full
			advantage of the time they had
			together... they knew each other
			for a long time, but they didn't
			get together until recently.

					WORF
			She wishes they had acted on their
			feelings sooner... ?

	Troi acknowledges -- their eyes meet for a moment, then
	Worf looks away.

 STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT TWO 23A.

25   CONTINUED: (4)

					WORF
				(continued)
			Perhaps I should let you rest.

					TROI
			It's all right --

	But he's already standing.

					WORF
			If you will excuse me, Counselor.

  STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT TWO  24.

25   CONTINUED: (5)

	She acknowledges and he takes his leave. Off Troi's
	thoughtful expression...

26   INT. TEN FORWARD

	where Worf is standing alone at the bar, pensive.
	Behind him, we see Riker at a table with an attractive
	young WOMAN. After a moment he stands and approaches
	the bar to get a couple beverages.

					RIKER
				(a greeting)
			Worf...

					WORF
			Commander...

	The BARTENDER approaches and Riker orders.

					RIKER
			Two Til'amin froths, please.

	After a beat...

					WORF
			Lieutenant Corell seems to be
			enjoying your company.

					RIKER
				(smiles)
			I'd like to think so.

					WORF
			Are you... involved with her?

					RIKER
			I'm not sure yet.

	Riker glances at Worf -- it's not like him to ask these
	sorts of questions.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Why do you ask? Are you
			interested in her?

					WORF
			No...

	Then Worf hastens to point out --

  STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT TWO  25.

26   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(continuing)
			But if I were, I would of course
			discuss the situation with you
			before proceeding further.

	Riker understands that this is Worf's way, but --

					RIKER
			I appreciate the thought, but you
			really wouldn't have to do that.

					WORF
			I would never want to come between
			you and anyone you were involved
			with... or had ever been involved
			with.

	Riker senses there's more going on than Worf's saying.
	The bartender arrives and sets down the drinks.

					RIKER
			Is there... someone in particular
			you're talking about?

	Worf can't quite bring himself to say.

					WORF
			No. Is there... someone in
			particular you would prefer I not
			become involved with?

	Riker has to stifle a smile over Worf's awkwardness.

					RIKER
			Worf... you sound like a man
			asking a friend if he can start
			dating his sister.

	Worf dissembles --

					WORF
			No, I am merely... never mind.
			Excuse me, sir.

	And with that he turns and EXITS Ten Forward. Riker is
	left to wonder what had him so twisted up...

27   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it hangs in space.

  STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT TWO  26.

28   INT. NACELLE CONTROL (OPTICAL)

	as Worf and Troi ENTER from the Jefferies tube. The
	room is bathed by the eerie light that comes through
	the window in the maintenance door.

	Worf glances at Troi to see if she's all right; she
	takes a breath to steel herself, then starts to look
	around the room.

	She climbs the ladder to the catwalk and approaches the
	maintenance door -- her face is lit by the glow from
	the plasma stream.

					TROI
			Could you open this door for me?

					WORF
			Yes, but only for a short time.
			After ninety seconds the plasma
			venting system will engage to
			prevent degradation of the
			forcefield.

					TROI
			I just want to take a quick
			look...

					WORF
			May I ask what you are looking
			for?

					TROI
			I'm... not sure...

	Worf acknowledges, moves back toward the entrance and
	starts to work a console...

	A motor HUMS to life and the heavy door starts to OPEN --
	revealing the PLASMA STREAM.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning -- plasma venting system
			will engage in ninety seconds.

	Worf stands at the console, ready to close it again
	when Troi requests it.

29   ON TROI

	as she looks into the plasma stream, her face lit by
	its glow. Suddenly we hear a jarring, percussive
	SOUND. Troi reacts and we --

									CUT TO:

    STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" 12/20/93 - ACT TWO    27.

30   TROI'S POV - HANDHELD

	a WOMAN is standing a few yards away from her, looking
	directly at Troi, terrified. She's wearing an
	Engineering jumpsuit, and appears to be in her
	thirties.

	Though we don't see Troi, the POV would indicate that
	she's standing in another part of the control room --
	not the catwalk where we just saw her. Stranger still,
	the room around her appears to be unfinished, as if it
	were still under construction. The plasma stream is
	not on.

	The woman backs away from Troi, shaking her head in
	terror --

					WOMAN
			No... please... don't...

	Before Troi can ask who she is we hear the jarring
	SOUND again and --

									CUT TO:

31   TROI

	as her head snaps back. She looks around the room,
	which is back to normal -- she's disoriented by the
	bizarre image that suddenly appeared in her mind.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Plasma venting system will engage
			in... eighty seconds.

	We hear the SOUND again and Troi's head snaps back --

									CUT TO:

32   TROI'S POV (OPTICAL)

	a MAN is staring at her -- intent, menacing. His face
	is a little hazy, as if we're looking at him through a
	tinted glass. He too is in his thirties, and wears an
	Engineering jumpsuit. From what little Troi can see,
	he also appears to be in the unfinished control room.

	The SOUND again --

									CUT TO:

  STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/21/93 - ACT TWO  28.

33   TROI

	reeling back from the jarring image. She looks around,
	disoriented, and is stunned to see that the room around
	her has changed.

	She's in the partially constructed control room she
	caught glimpses of before -- consoles are open, their
	circuitry exposed. The free-standing console is gone,
	and tubes jut from the floor in its place. The
	maintenance door is up, but the plasma stream is not
	on. A TOOLBOX sits on the floor, with a label in large
	lettering that reads UTOPIA PLANITIA.

33A  NEW ANGLE

	As Troi looks down toward the injector and sees that a
	panel in the injector room wall is off, exposing a
	power conduit underneath.

	Confused, she turns and looks toward where Worf was
	standing -- he's gone.

					TROI
			Worf... ?

	No answer. She's alone... Off this moment we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" 12/20/93 - ACT THREE   29.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

34   INT. NACELLE CONTROL - CONTINUOUS

					TROI
			Worf, where are you?

	Still no answer. Troi looks around the room, tries not
	to panic.

	She hears the SOUND of two hushed voices whispering --
	a man and a woman's. Troi moves toward the sound...
	it's coming from the Jefferies tube junction.

	She descends the ladder, moves toward the junction.

35   TROI'S POV - HANDHELD

	as the junction comes into her view -- she sees a man
	and woman locked in a passionate and furtive embrace.

	They're startled by her appearance, and look at her as
	if caught. Troi recognizes the woman -- the same
	terrified face she saw before.

	They regard Troi for a beat, then suddenly the man
	stifles a laugh. The woman buries her face in his
	chest to stifle her own laugh -- it is the kind of
	laughter that can overcome you at an inappropriate
	place, like church, or a funeral. It's bizarre,
	disturbing -- they're laughing at Troi.

36   RESUME SCENE

	Troi backs away, and is startled when she bumps into a
	large figure. She turns, not knowing what to expect --

									CUT TO:

37   WORF

	holding Troi by the shoulders, trying to shake her
	awake. The control room around them is back to normal.

					WORF
			Counselor... are you all right --

     STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" 12/20/93 - THREE     30.

37   CONTINUED:

	It takes Troi a moment to realize her hallucinatory
	experience is over. She's disoriented, shaken...

					TROI
			Get me out of here...

	Off her troubled expression...

38   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	where Picard, Beverly and Data are conferring with Troi
	and Worf about what happened.

					PICARD
			Do you remember anything else?

	Troi thinks for a beat.

					TROI
			I saw a tool crate on the floor...
			it was labeled Utopia Planitia.

					DATA
			The shipyard where the Enterprise
			was built.

	Everyone takes this in.

					PICARD
			Clearly this was much more than an
			empathic echo. It seems that you
			were actually seeing something
			that happened in the control room
			eight years ago.

	Troi struggles to make sense of her experience.

					TROI
			Everyone was looking directly at
			me. It's almost as if... I were
			seeing through someone else's
			eyes.

	Everyone considers this bizarre notion.

					DATA
			Lieutenant Kwan was partially
			empathic...

 STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/21/93 - ACT THREE 31.

38   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Maybe you were seeing through his
			eyes?

					TROI
			It's a possibility... but I don't
			understand how it could have
			happened.

	No one has an explanation for this mystery.

					PICARD
			Let's put that question aside for
			a moment and assume that by some
			unexplained phenomenon, you
			witnessed an event that may have
			involved Lieutenant Kwan.
				(to Troi)
			The faces you saw -- did you
			recognize them?

					TROI
			I don't think I've ever seen the
			woman before, or the man who was
			with her. But there was someone
			else there. A man... he was
			staring at me in the most peculiar
			way. I think he had... reddish
			hair. He seemed familiar to me...
			but it's all so hazy, like trying
			to remember a dream.

					PICARD
			The woman seemed terrified of
			something... then you saw her
			again, laughing -- presumably at
			Lieutenant Kwan.

					BEVERLY
			What could it all mean?

					TROI
			I don't know. But something
			terrible happened in that room.
			I felt it.

	Troi acknowledges the possibility.

					PICARD
			Counselor... I want you to look
			over the personnel files from
			Utopia Planitia and see if you can
			identify the faces you saw.

   STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" 12/20/93 - ACT THREE   32.

38   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			If only there were some way I
			could go back to the control room
			and not be overwhelmed by the
			experience -- it might help me
			remember some detail that could be
			relevant.

	Beverly considers for a beat.

					BEVERLY
			I could give you an inhibitor that
			would slow your brain's production
			of psilosynine. That would
			probably suppress your empathic
			abilities enough to make the
			experience manageable.

					TROI
			I'd like to try.

	Picard considers for a beat.

					PICARD
			Very well, Counselor.

					BEVERLY
			It'll take about sixteen hours to
			synthesize the inhibitor.

	Picard stands and the meeting breaks up.

39   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Troi is working at an aft science station, looking
	through pictures of Starfleet personnel. She's clearly
	been at it for some time now. Data has the bridge, and
	N.D.s man the various stations.

	Worf ENTERS from the Turbolift and she glances up at
	him when he approaches.

					WORF
			I apologize for being late. The
			viral medicines we are
			transporting to Barson Two require
			special security measures to
			insure they are properly
			contained.

	Troi acknowledges.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Have you found anything?

   STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" 12/20/93 - ACT THREE   33.

39   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			No... there were literally
			thousands of people involved in
			building the Enterprise.

					WORF
			Perhaps if you found a way to
			narrow the search parameters.

					TROI
			I think I have. The man who
			seemed familiar to me may have
			been on board the Enterprise
			during the last seven years. I've
			asked the computer to limit its
			search to personnel who've served
			at Utopia Planitia and on the
			ship.

	Worf acknowledges and they turn their attention to the
	console. Troi works the panel and responds to the FACE
	that she sees on it.

					TROI
			Ensign Salvatore... he transferred
			off the Enterprise last year.

	She works the control again and sees another face.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Lieutenant Ziff... she's in
			quantum mechanics.

	She works the controls and reacts to the next face that
	APPEARS on the monitor -- it's the man she saw staring
	at her, LIEUTENANT WALTER PIERCE.

					TROI
			That's him.

					WORF
				(off monitor)
			Lieutenant Walter Pierce...

 STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/21/93 - ACT THREE 34.

39   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I remember now... he came aboard
			about six months ago. I think
			he's in Engineering.

	They glance at each other, and start for the Turbolift.

40
thru	OMITTED
41

42   INT. ENGINEERING

	where Troi and Worf are talking with PIERCE. He's
	human, in his mid-thirties, with reddish hair and
	piercing eyes. He wears a gold Engineering uniform.

					WORF
			You were Lieutenant Kwan's
			supervisor at Utopia Planitia.

					PIERCE
			That's right. I was sorry to hear
			what happened...

	Pierce seems sincere about this.

					TROI
			Did you spend time in the nacelle
			control room while it was under
			construction?

					PIERCE
			I worked all over the ship. In
			fact, I remember running a power
			conduit right behind that wall
			there.

	He gestures to a wall and smiles.

					TROI
			Were you ever in the nacelle room
			at the same time as Lieutenant
			Kwan?

	This strikes Pierce as a slightly odd question; he
	considers a beat before answering.

					PIERCE
			It was a long time ago... people
			were working all over the place.

					WORF
			So you do not remember?

					PIERCE
			I'm sorry, I don't.

 STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/22/93 - ACT THREE 35.

42   CONTINUED:

	Troi studies his face for a beat, as if gauging whether
	or not he's telling the truth.

					TROI
			Do you recall if anything...
			unusual happened there?

					PIERCE
			How do you mean?

					TROI
			An altercation, perhaps. Possibly
			involving Lieutenant Kwan.

	Troi watches his face carefully as he replies.

					PIERCE
			No... nothing like that. The way
			I remember it, things went pretty
			smoothly.

	Worf and Troi take this in.

					PIERCE
				(continuing)
			What's this all about? If you
			don't mind my asking.

					TROI
			Not at all. You see, when I went
			into the nacelle room, I had an...
			empathic experience.

					WORF
			We believe she may have been
			seeing some event that occurred
			there eight years ago.

	Pierce can't quite hide the fact that this all sounds
	a little improbable to him.

					TROI
			And -- I saw you there.

	Troi watches his face for a reaction -- but he doesn't
	give anything away.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Do you have any idea why that
			might be?

					PIERCE
			I'm afraid I don't.

 STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/22/93 - ACT THREE 36.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			Lieutenant... you're probably
			aware that I can sense whether
			someone's telling the truth.

	What she's implying is clear to Pierce.

					PIERCE
			I've heard that.

					TROI
			I'm sure, then, that if you were
			to... remember anything that might
			be relevant to our investigation,
			you'd contact me.

					PIERCE
			Of course.

					TROI
			Thank you, Lieutenant.

					PIERCE
			Counselor...

	Troi and Worf EXIT...

42A  INT. CORRIDOR

	as they move down it.

					TROI
			The strange thing is I couldn't
			read him at all.

	Worf is surprised to hear this.

					WORF
			But you implied that you could...

	Troi shoots him a look that makes him realize she was
	bluffing.

 STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/21/93 - ACT THREE 37.

42A  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			We have played poker together many
			times. I have never known you to
			bluff.

					TROI
			Well... it wouldn't be much of a
			bluff if you knew, would it?

	Worf reacts as he considers the possibility that she's
	fooled him in the past. Troi doesn't really notice --
	her mind is working to sort everything out...

					TROI
				(continuing)
			The fact that I couldn't read him
			suggests that he has at least some
			telepathic ability...

					WORF
			But Pierce is human.

					TROI
			That's what I don't understand...

	She tries to make sense of it.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Even though I couldn't read his
			emotions, it did seem to me that
			he was... holding something back.

					WORF
			Yes. I thought so as well.

	They come to Troi's quarters and the door OPENS.

					TROI
			Maybe we should try to access the
			Engineering Logs from Utopia
			Planitia. We might find out more
			about him.

 STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/21/93 - ACT THREE 38.

42A  CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			There might be something in them
			about Lieutenant Kwan, as well.

	They EXIT to her quarters.

43   OMITTED

44   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	as they cross to her desktop COMPUTER. Troi sits and
	starts working the controls. Worf stands looking over
	her shoulder. After a moment.

					TROI
			It looks like it'll take about
			half an hour for the transmission
			to be completed.

	Worf acknowledges. He's not sure if she wants to him
	to leave, or stay and wait.

					WORF
			Perhaps we should continue in the
			morning... ?

					TROI
			It is late.

					WORF
			Yes, you must be tired.

					TROI
			A little...

	They glance at each other, neither of them is sure what
	the other wants to do. A hesitation...

					WORF
			Well. I will say good night.

	She looks as though she's going to say something, then
	holds back.

					TROI
			Good night.

	They head toward the door, stopping before it opens.

					WORF
			We should get an early start
			tomorrow.

					TROI
			Yes. We should.

   STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" 12/20/93 - ACT THREE   39.

44   CONTINUED:

	They look at each other.

					TROI
			See you in the morning...

					WORF
			Yes...

	Another look... They hold the gaze for a long moment,
	then Worf steps closer to her. Her hand reaches to
	take his... and guide it in a gentle caress across her
	cheek. He leans in to put his face in the nape of her
	neck -- the smell of her...

	Their arms encircle each other as they press their
	bodies close... he lifts her up so that her eyes are
	level with his... their faces draw close, closer --
	until their lips finally touch... as their kiss becomes
	increasingly passionate we...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

 STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT FOUR 40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

45   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - THE NEXT MORNING

	where we find Troi asleep in her bed. After a moment,
	Worf ENTERS the bedroom area, dressed in his uniform.
	He sits on the side of the bed and gently wakes her.

					WORF
			Deanna...

	Her eyes open and she smiles.

					TROI
			Hello...

					WORF
			Breakfast is ready...

					TROI
			Mmm... that sounds good...

	He starts to stand but she grabs hold of him, pulls him
	back.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			But it can wait...

	They nestle into each other's arms... both are clearly
	feeling very comfortable with each other and with what
	happened... She studies his face for a beat, smiles --

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Why didn't we do this a long time
			ago... ?

	Suddenly the COM SOUNDS.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			Crusher to Counselor Troi.

	Troi reaches and activates the COMPANEL next to her
	bed.

 STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT FOUR 41.

45   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Yes, Doctor.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			I've synthesized the inhibitor;
			you can come to Sickbay whenever
			you're ready.

					TROI
			Acknowledged.

	They nestle into each other's arms again. Suddenly
	Worf's combadge SOUNDS.

					BEVERLY
			Crusher to Lieutenant Worf.

	Worf and Troi exchange a look -- she couldn't possibly
	know they're together. He activates his combadge.

					WORF
			Worf, here.

					BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
			The medical supplies are ready to
			be taken to the cargo bay for
			transport.

					WORF
			I will be there shortly.

	Troi and Worf look at each other -- time to get to
	work. Off this moment...

46   INT. SICKBAY

	where Beverly is giving Troi a HYPO-SPRAY. A few N.D.s
	are working in the corner, assembling the MEDKITS for
	Barson Two.

					BEVERLY
			There... you should start feeling
			the effect immediately.

					TROI
			How completely will it suppress my
			empathic abilities?

					BEVERLY
			It's hard to say for sure... I can
			raise the dosage if you find it's
			not enough.

 STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT FOUR 42.

46   CONTINUED:

	Troi acknowledges, hops off the bio-bed. Worf and
	Calloway ENTER in mid-conversation from another part of
	Sickbay -- both are carrying PADDS.

					WORF
			-- the cargo bay will be off-limits
			to all but medical
			personnel.

					CALLOWAY
			Thanks for your help, sir.

	She smiles, crosses toward the N.D.s working on the
	Medkits. Worf approaches Beverly and Troi. She smiles
	as if greeting him for the first time that day.

					TROI
			Good morning.

					WORF
			Counselor...

	An N.D. pulls Beverly away to look something over.

					TROI
			Data and Geordi are already in the
			nacelle room. Are you ready?

	Worf is about to answer when Calloway turns to him.

					CALLOWAY
			Excuse me, sir. About the
			quarantine field in the cargo
			bay...

					WORF
			Yes.

					CALLOWAY
			It looks like we're going to need
			a second field generator.

	Worf acknowledges.

					WORF
				(to Troi)
			I am needed here. I will join you
			as soon as I can.

	Troi would like to have him with her, but understands.

 STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT FOUR 43.

46   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			All right...

	They part ways and she crosses toward the door. She
	glances back before leaving and sees Worf approaching
	Calloway... the young Ensign smiles and hands him a
	PADD to look over... Off Troi's face as she EXITS...

47   INT. NACELLE CONTROL

	as Troi ENTERS. The plasma stream is disengaged and
	the maintenance door is open. Data is on the main
	level, scanning with a TRICORDER. Geordi is up on the
	catwalk, scanning a bulkhead with a SPECIAL DEVICE.
	NARA is manning a console.

	Troi stops when she comes in, takes a moment to gauge
	her feelings. Geordi glances toward her.

					GEORDI
			Counselor, you okay?

					TROI
			I'm fine. The inhibitor seems to
			be working.
				(beat)
			Have you found anything?

					GEORDI
			Nothing unusual.

	Troi starts looking around, to see if anything jogs her
	memory. She stops at a certain console.

					TROI
			I don't remember seeing this
			console during my empathic
			experience. Has it been here
			since the ship was built?

	Geordi and Data exchange a look --

					GEORDI
			No, we installed it about two
			years ago.

	The fact that she's right about this boosts her
	confidence. She climbs the ladder to the catwalk,
	joins Geordi near the OPENING that looks out into the
	nacelle tube.

 STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT FOUR 44.

48   GEORDI AND TROI (OPTICAL)

	we can see the injector room behind them, with the
	plasma injector jutting up from the floor, and beyond
	it, the nacelle tube itself -- running tunnel-like into
	the distance.

	Troi looks down toward the injector, remembers
	something.

					TROI
			I remember seeing some sort of
			power conduit...

48A  NEW ANGLE

	looking down into the injector room. She gestures to
	a point on the wall.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Right there.

	Geordi reacts --

					GEORDI
			The main ODN line runs right
			behind that panel... it lifts out
			so you can get to it.

	Nara realizes something...

					NARA
			Kwan was working on that conduit
			the day before he died.

	Troi reacts --

					TROI
			Can you open it?

	Geordi isn't sure why she wants to do this, but
	immediately agrees.

					GEORDI
			Sure... it'll just take a minute.

	Geordi climbs down the ladder and joins Data -- they
	EXIT through an access door on the main level that
	leads into the nacelle tube.

      STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT FOUR    44A.

50   NEW ANGLE

	Troi watches from above as the they enter the injector
	room and cross past the injector, heading for the point
	on the wall she indicated.

      STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/21/93 - ACT FOUR     45.

51   TROI

	as she climbs down the ladder and moves toward
	Lieutenant Nara.

					TROI
			Lieutenant... the work Lieutenant
			Kwan was doing, was it unusual in
			any way?

					NARA
			He was refitting a field coil.
			But it was probably the first time
			that particular panel's been
			opened since the ship was built.

	Troi takes this in. She heads for the access door...

52   INT. INJECTOR ROOM (OPTICAL)

	as Troi ENTERS. She looks over to see Data and Geordi
	lifting off the wall panel.

					GEORDI
			Let's set it down right here...

53   TROI

	as we hear the same distinctive JARRING SOUND and her
	head snaps back slightly --

									CUT TO:

54   TROI'S POV -- HANDHELD

	the face of the terrified woman flashes before her eyes --
	again, Troi's POV indicates that she is standing in the
	control room while it is under construction.

									CUT TO:

55   TROI

	as she snaps out of it -- disoriented...

					GEORDI'S VOICE
				(off camera)
			Counselor?

	The SOUND again and we --

									CUT TO:

      STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT FOUR     46.

56   TROI'S POV - HANDHELD (OPTICAL)

	Lieutenant Pierce's face -- staring at her, menacing --

									CUT TO:

57   SCENE (OPTICAL)

	as Troi snaps out of her hallucination; Geordi is
	rushing toward her --

					GEORDI
			Are you all right?

					TROI
			Something happened... when you
			took off the panel...

	She steadies herself, moves toward the exposed conduit.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			There must be something there...

	They cross toward Data, who takes out his tricorder and
	begins to scan.

					DATA
			I am picking up readings that
			indicate there is organic material
			imbedded in the wall...

					GEORDI
			Organic material?

	Geordi scans with the special device.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			You're right... let me reconfigure
			the emitter beam. We might be
			able to see what it is...

	Geordi works for a beat.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			There...

	He raises the device toward the wall. A BEAM emanates
	from the machine, bathing a section of the wall --

      STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT FOUR     47.

58   INSERT -- THE WALL (OPTICAL)

	where in an almost X-RAY LIKE EFFECT, we can see that
	there are bone fragments embedded in the wall behind
	the conduit. They are parts of a human skeleton -- a
	forearm and hand... part of a skull... a few ribs,
	connected to the sternum.

	Off their shocked reactions...

59   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	where Beverly is giving Troi another suppression HYPO.
	Worf stands nearby.

					BEVERLY
			This dosage should prevent any
			further empathic flashes.

	Ensign Calloway ENTERS carrying a shallow CONTAINER in
	which the bone fragments have been placed.

					CALLOWAY
			The bone fragments are definitely
			human... I sequenced a DNA sample;
			I'll see if I can match it to
			Starfleet records.

	She and Worf move away to work at a nearby console.
	Beverly scans the fragments with a TRICORDER.

					BEVERLY
				(off tricorder)
			I'd say these fragments had been
			in the wall about seven or eight
			years.

	Troi acknowledges, but seems to be paying more
	attention to Worf and Calloway -- they're sitting side
	by side at a console, their shoulders nearly touching
	as they work the controls.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			You said something happened when
			the panel was opened...

					TROI
			Yes...

	Troi is only half-listening -- she's watching Worf and
	Calloway.

      STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT FOUR     48.

59   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I wonder if the fragments
			themselves could've somehow
			triggered your experience. I'll
			run a resonance scan, see if
			anything turns up.

					CALLOWAY
			Sir, I think we've found a
			match...

	Troi and Beverly cross to the console where they're
	working. There's a wall-panel above it, in which it's
	possible to see someone's vague outline reflected.

					WORF
			Apparently the remains are those
			of an Ensign Marla Finn --

					CALLOWAY
			I'm trying to find a picture of
			her in the records...

	She works the controls -- after a beat, some text
	APPEARS on the MONITOR, and next to it, Finn's FACE --
	it is the same terrified woman Troi saw in her empathic
	flashback, the woman she also saw in the Jefferies
	tube, with the man...

	Troi recognizes her immediately --

					TROI
			That's her. That's the woman I
			saw.

	Reactions. Beverly leans in to study the biographical
	information displayed on the screen.

					BEVERLY
			She was reported missing from
			Utopia Planitia on Stardate
			40987.2. Eight years ago...

	Reactions.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			How could her body have ended up
			embedded inside a bulkhead... ?

					CALLOWAY
			Maybe there was some kind of...
			accident.

      STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT FOUR     49.

59   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Or she was killed. And the
			murderer hid her remains.

	Troi's mind is working, trying to put it all together.

					TROI
			Something's not right... pull up
			Lieutenant Kwan's service record.

	Worf works the controls and Troi leans in to look.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			I thought so... he didn't arrive
			at the shipyard until six months
			after Finn's death.
				(beat)
			I couldn't have been seeing
			through his eyes...

					BEVERLY
			Then whose... ?

					TROI
			It had to have been someone who
			was at least partially telepathic.

					WORF
			Pierce... ?

					BEVERLY
			But you saw him there.

					TROI
			Yes, but not as clearly as I saw
			everything else... his face
			looked...

	Troi realizes --

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Like that.

	She points to her reflection in the wall panel.
	Reactions.

					BEVERLY
			A reflection...

					TROI
				(realizing)
			I was seeing through his eyes.

      STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT FOUR    49A.

59   CONTINUED: (3)

	Everyone reacts to this --

					TROI
				(continuing)
			And Finn was trying to get away
			from him; she was afraid of him...

	That's enough for Worf.

					WORF
			I think it is time we had
			another... conversation with
			Lieutenant Pierce.

	Troi acknowledges and they start toward the door. When
	they reach it Worf stops and turns back.

      STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT FOUR     50.

59   CONTINUED: (4)

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Ensign Calloway...

	She turns at the sound of his voice.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Thank you for your help.

	She smiles an acknowledgment and Worf and Troi EXIT.

60   INT. CORRIDOR

	as they ENTER from Sickbay and start down it. Troi
	glances at Worf as they approach the Turbolift --
	something's on her mind.

	The lift OPENS and several N.D.s get off.

61   INT. TURBOLIFT

					WORF
			Deck ten.

	as they ENTER the empty lift. After a silent moment.

					TROI
			Worf... I want to ask you
			something...

	He turns to her.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Do you regret what happened last
			night?

	This hits Worf from out of nowhere.

					WORF
			No... of course not.

					TROI
			Are you sure? Because I don't
			want anything to jeopardize our
			friendship.

	He takes her by the shoulders, comforts her --

					WORF
			Deanna... I do not regret being
			with you.

      STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/22/93 - ACT FOUR     51.

61   CONTINUED:

	She looks up at him, relieved by the sincerity of his
	reply.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Is something wrong?

	Her tone becomes softer, as if she's needs reassurance.

					TROI
			I just... don't feel myself.
			Maybe it's the inhibitor -- I'm so
			used to sensing what people are
			feeling... now I can't.

	He holds her for a moment.

					WORF
			Perhaps I should talk to
			Lieutenant Pierce alone.

					TROI
			That might be a good idea...

					WORF
			I will meet you in your quarters.

	She looks up at him, smiles.

					TROI
			I'll be waiting for you...

	The lift stops and the doors OPEN. Worf gives her a
	final reassuring look, then EXITS. When the door shuts
	her face falters a bit, as if she's suddenly feeling
	unsure again...

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Deck eight.

	The lift starts to move again. Off her troubled
	expression...

62   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	where Troi, no longer in uniform, is getting a CUP of
	tea from the Replicator. The door CHIMES. She smiles,
	expecting Worf.

      STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT FOUR     52.

62   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Come in.

	She moves around to where she can see the door and is
	startled to see Lieutenant Pierce standing just inside
	the closed door.

	Off this unsettling moment we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

      STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT FIVE     53.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

63   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	Troi and Lieutenant Pierce stand facing each other.
	Troi activates her combadge.

					TROI
			Security to Counselor Troi's
			quarters.

					COM VOICE
			Acknowledged.

					PIERCE
			I don't understand... Lieutenant
			Worf said you wanted to talk to me
			about something.

	Troi's guard is up -- this makes no sense to her.

					TROI
			Where is he?

	Pierce gives a small shrug.

					PIERCE
			He said he had to go somewhere.

					TROI
				(hits combadge)
			Troi to Worf.

	No reply.

					TROI
			Computer...

	The Computer BEEPS.

					TROI
			Where is Lieutenant Worf?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Lieutenant Worf is in Ensign
			Calloway's quarters.

	Troi reacts -- suddenly TWO Security Guards arrive.

					TROI
			Take Lieutenant Pierce to his
			quarters and hold him there.

      STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT FIVE    53A.

63   CONTINUED:

	The Guards acknowledge and Troi EXITS.

64   INT. CORRIDOR

	as Troi approaches the door to Ensign Calloway's
	quarters. She reaches up and is about to ring when she
	thinks better of it.


        STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" 12/20/93 - ACT FIVE        54.

64   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Security override, authorization
			Troi Delta-two-nine.

	The Computer BEEPS and the door OPENS.

65   INT. ENSIGN CALLOWAY'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	On Troi as she ENTERS to find Worf and Calloway in a
	passionate embrace. They turn toward her, caught --
	Worf looks at her, not knowing what to say. Troi can't
	believe it, she's devastated, betrayed...

					TROI
			Worf...

	Calloway turns her face away to stifle a laugh, buries
	her face in Worf's chest. A smile forms on Worf's
	face, and it builds into a laugh... they're laughing at
	her -- it's eerily reminiscent of the couple Troi saw
	in the nacelle tube, and just as unsettling.

	Troi can't stand it, they're mocking her, laughing at
	her --

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Stop it --

	But they don't hear and don't care. She sees Worf's
	PHASER on a nearby chair (on which his metal chest sash
	is draped), and grabs it --

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Stop it --

	As she raises the weapon to fire, Worf reacts, moves to
	stand in front of Ensign Calloway -- the BEAM hits him
	full in the chest, sending him careening back onto the
	floor.

	When Troi sees what she's done she drops the phaser in
	horror... Calloway rushes to Worf, who is slumped
	against the wall with a nasty burn mark on his chest.

					CALLOWAY
				(aghast)
			He's dead... you killed him...

	Troi backs away, shakes her head as if she can't
	believe what she's done...

      STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT FIVE     55.

65   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			No... no...

	The door OPENS as Troi backs toward it... she turns
	away from the horrible sight, wracked with emotion she
	rushes from the room.

66   INT. CORRIDOR

	as Troi ENTERS from Calloway's quarters. She runs down
	it -- she wants to get away, she has to get away from
	here --

	She rounds a corner and almost runs into Pierce and the
	two Guards. She steps back, looks at him --

					PIERCE
			You know what you have to do...

	His voice is gentle, sympathetic -- but Troi turns away
	from him, moves off --

67   INT. ANOTHER CORRIDOR

	as Troi pushes her way past several startled N.D's and
	comes to a door... it OPENS and admits her to --

68   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	a room similar to the one right off main Engineering --
	she starts up the ladder.

69   INT. NACELLE CONTROL (OPTICAL)

	as Troi ENTERS. The room is deserted, dark -- lit only
	by the glow of the plasma stream through the
	maintenance door.

	She looks up at it, as if drawn to its eerie glow. She
	climbs the ladder to the catwalk... approaches the
	window in the maintenance door...

	Suddenly a motor HUMS to life and the maintenance door
	starts to OPEN, seemingly of its own accord, exposing
	the PLASMA STREAM in the tube.

      STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/20/93 - ACT FIVE     56.

70   TROI (OPTICAL)

	as she stares at the coursing stream... she seems
	calmed by it...

					TROI
				(quiet)
			I know... what I have to do...

	She steps toward it... stares into the plasma for a
	moment, preparing to jump.

	Suddenly a HAND reaches into frame and grabs her by the
	shoulder --

71   NEW ANGLE -- THE ROOM

	is suddenly bright again. It's Worf, alive -- in a
	single fluid move he pulls her away from the fiery
	opening. Troi is startled to find herself in his grip.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Plasma venting system will engage
			in... seventy seconds.

					WORF
			What were you doing?

	Instead of answering, she reaches forward and touches
	his chest, where his sash is now in place -- a wave of
	relief washes over her when she realizes there's no
	phaser burn there.

	Troi is back in the uniform she was wearing in act two,
	when she and Worf came to the nacelle tube together.
	We have returned to the same point in time. Everything
	that has happened since Worf opened the maintenance
	door has been in Troi's mind.

	All that's happened from Worf's point of view is that
	he opened the door as Troi asked, then turned to find
	her standing too close to the opening.

	Troi looks up at Worf... she doesn't know how or why,
	but all that matters to her now is that he's alive...

	She crushes herself to him...

					TROI
			You're alive... you're all
			right...

	Worf doesn't know what to make of this... he holds her,
	safe in his arms... Off this moment...

        STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" 12/20/93 - ACT FIVE        57.

72   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves at impulse.

73   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Troi, Worf and Data are discussing what
	happened.

					WORF
			-- I opened the maintenance door
			at Counselor Troi's request, then
			turned and saw that she had moved
			too close to the force-field.

					TROI
			It all seemed so real to me. It's
			hard to imagine that everything I
			experienced happened in just those
			few seconds...

	Data indicates the wall MONITOR, on which are displayed
	pictures of Pierce (in an Engineering jumpsuit), the
	murdered woman, and the man Troi saw her with.

					DATA
			It appears that you were correct,
			Counselor. Lieutenant Pierce was
			partially telepathic -- his
			maternal grandmother was from
			Betazed.

					PICARD
			What else have you found?

					DATA
			According to Starfleet records,
			Pierce and the other two persons
			Counselor Troi identified were
			killed in an accidental plasma
			discharge eight years ago. Their
			bodies were never found.

					TROI
			I don't believe it was an
			accident. I think that Pierce
			found out that the other two were
			having an affair. He lost
			control... and killed them both.

	Picard and the others react.

        STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" 12/20/93 - ACT FIVE       57A.

73   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Afterwards, he probably activated
			the plasma stream, then threw
			himself into it.

					WORF
			The plasma discharge would have
			obliterated any evidence that it
			was murder.

	Geordi ENTERS carrying a PADD. Picard looks up at him
	for a report.

      STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" REV. 12/22/93 - ACT FIVE     58.

73   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			I scanned behind the panel
			Counselor Troi asked me to look
			at. I didn't find any bone
			fragments... but I did find traces
			of cellular residue. It's showing
			some kind of... empathic
			signature.

	Everyone reacts to this information. Troi considers
	for a moment.

					TROI
			It may be that when Lieutenant
			Pierce was struck by the plasma
			stream, the subspace energy
			present there imprinted his
			empathic pattern into the residue.

					GEORDI
			Kind of like a... psychic
			photograph.

        STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" 12/20/93 - ACT FIVE        59.

73   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			That's what triggered my
			hallucination... My mind must
			have taken elements from my own
			life and created a situation that
			in many ways paralleled what
			happened to Pierce.

	Troi turns to Worf.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			If you hadn't been there, I would
			have jumped... just like he did...

	Everyone considers how close they came to losing her...

									CUT TO:

73A  INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, Data and Worf cross to their posts. Troi heads
	for the Turbolift.

					WORF
			Counselor...

	She turns back.

					TROI
			Yes?

	Worf turns toward her.

					WORF
			When I pulled you away from the
			plasma stream, you seemed...
			surprised that I was alive.

	Troi would rather not get into the specifics of what
	happened.

					TROI
			Well... actually, in my
			hallucination... you were killed.

	Worf takes this in.

        STAR TREK: "Eye of the Beholder" 12/20/93 - ACT FIVE        60.

73A  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			May I ask by whom?

	Troi holds his look for a beat before replying.

					TROI
			You know what they say, Worf...
				(smiles)
			Hell hath no fury like a woman
			scorned...

	And with that she turns EXITS to the Turbolift, leaving
	Worf to wonder what she meant... Off his face we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             



















                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                           "Genesis" 
                          #40277-271 
                              
                          Written by 
                         Brannon Braga 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Gates McFadden 


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                         FINAL DRAFT

                       JANUARY 7, 1994

            STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Genesis" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             BARCLAY
                RIKER              OGAWA
                DATA               DERN
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                WORF               
                GEORDI             
                COMPUTER VOICE 
    
                Non-Speaking       
                  N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES

            STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Genesis" 

                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              SICKBAY                  SHUTTLECRAFT
              TEN FORWARD
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              WORF'S QUARTERS
              ENGINEERING
              JEFFERIES TUBE
              TROI'S QUARTERS/BATHROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              SHUTTLEBAY
              CORRIDOR
              READY ROOM
              TURBOLIFT
              SHUTTLECRAFT

     STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Genesis" 
                          
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                CYPIRION           sigh-PEER-ee-on
                SYMBALENE          SIM-buh-leen
                URODELAN           your-oh-DEE-lun
                ONGILIN            on-ZHIL-in
                SELAR              sell-AR
                HACOPIAN           ha-COPE-ee-un
                INTRON             IN-tron
                AUSTRALOPITHACINE  ahs-trah-low-PITH-uh-seen
                PISAURIDAE         piss-AR-ih-day
                T-CELL             TEE-sell
                PROTO-MORPHOSIS    pro-tow MORF-us-suss

          STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - TEASER          1.

                    STAR TREK: The Next Generation                     
                               "Genesis"                                
                                TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. SICKBAY

	The room is bustling with activity -- it's one of those
	days in Sickbay. RIKER is lying face-down on a biobed,
	and OGAWA is very carefully removing some long,
	nasty-looking THISTLES that are sticking out of his
	back.

					OGAWA
			So why were you rolling around in
			Cypirion cactus?

					RIKER
			Do you know Rebecca White?

					OGAWA
			The new Tactical officer...

					RIKER
				(nods)
			We went for a walk in the
			Arboretum... we sat down... got
			comfortable... things got a
			little romantic...

	Riker winces as Ogawa removes another thistle.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Then I rolled over.

2    MOVE TO BEVERLY

	who is scanning BARCLAY with a medical tricorder.
	Barclay is sitting on a bio-bed with a worried
	expression. Mid-conversation.

					BARCLAY
			Blurred vision... dizziness...
			palpitations... a stinging
			sensation in the lower spine...
			it's Terrelian Death Syndrome,
			isn't it?

	Beverly glances at him -- she's used to Barclay's
	hypochondria.

          STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - TEASER          2.

2    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I thought we agreed you'd come to
			me before checking the Starfleet
			Medical Database.

					BARCLAY
			Yeah, well.. this time I'm glad I
			did... maybe we've caught the
			cellular decay before it's too
			late.

					BEVERLY
			Reg. You don't have Terrelian
			Death Syndrome.

					BARCLAY
			You... you're sure?

					BEVERLY
			I'm sure.

	A beat as Barclay thinks about this.

					BARCLAY
			Then I guess it must be...
			Symbalene blood burn.

					BEVERLY
			No, no... I don't see anything
			wrong with you at all...

	Barclay seems a little disappointed by the news.
	Beverly reacts to her tricorder.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing, off
				 tricorder)
			Wait a minute... there is a slight
			imbalance in your K-three cell
			count.

	Barclay pales.

					BARCLAY
			My K-threes... oh, no...

					BEVERLY
			Barclay... I'm sure it's nothing.
			Let me run a micro-cellular
			scan...

	Beverly activates a MEDICAL DEVICE sitting a table next
	to the bio-bed, which LIGHTS UP and begins to run a
	test.

          STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - TEASER          3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			This will take a couple of
			minutes.

	She moves off. Barclay leans over and stares intensely
	at the blinking lights...

3    FOLLOW BEVERLY

	as she passes by a Medical N.D. who is working on
	another patient. She checks progress on the patient...
	nods her approval... then moves over to Riker and
	Ogawa. Riker is still on his stomach, Ogawa removing
	the last remaining thistles.

					BEVERLY
				(with humor, re:
				 thistles)
			You should leave a couple of those
			in... just to teach him a lesson.

					RIKER
				(wry)
			Charming bedside manner...

	DATA ENTERS carrying a cat bed with SPOT in it (NOTE:
	Spot should appear to be very PREGNANT). Data sets the
	basket down on a bio-bed. Beverly moves to him.

					BEVERLY
				(re: Spot)
			How's my smallest patient doing?

					DATA
			I believe she is doing well. Her
			appetite has increased by seven
			percent, and she is starting to
			engage in pre-natal behavior.

	Beverly gently feels Spots belly.

					BEVERLY
			She's getting close. You'll have
			a fresh litter of hungry kittens
			before the week is over. Let me
			run an amniotic scan, just to make
			sure everything's fine... and then --

					BARCLAY (O.S.)
			Doctor -- my capillaries are
			shrinking!

	Beverly sighs, turns to Ogawa.

          STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - TEASER          4.

3    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Alissa, could you take care of
			Spot for a minute? Start a
			preliminary amniotic scan...

					OGAWA
			Yes, Doctor.

	FOLLOW Beverly as she moves to Barclay, who is
	anxiously staring at the blinking medical device.

					BARCLAY
			My intravascular pressure -- it's
			... it's gone right through the
			roof.

					BEVERLY
			You're right... it's elevated.
			You've also got heightened
			electrophoretic activity.

	Barclay reacts.

					BARCLAY
				(doomed)
			Electrophoretic activity... is it
			serious?

					BEVERLY
			Well... based on this, I'd say
			you've got...
				(beat)
			Seventy... maybe eighty years.

					BARCLAY
			Eighty years!
				(realizes)
			Eighty years?

					BEVERLY
			Yes, Reg. What you have is a mild
			case of Urodelan Flu. It's
			nothing serious. Most humans have
			a natural immunity to it... but it
			looks like the T-cell in your DNA
			that would normally fight off this
			infection is dormant.

					BARCLAY
			So I have... bad genes?

          STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - TEASER          5.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			You have one dormant gene out of
			a hundred thousand, and I can
			activate that gene with a
			synthetic T-cell -- let your body
			attack the infection naturally.

	Beverly picks up a hypospray and adjusts it.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			You should be fine in a couple of
			days.

	She injects him with the hypospray. Barclay looks
	greatly relieved -- a new man.

					BARCLAY
			Thank you, Doctor. I... I feel
			much better now.

	In the b.g., Riker gets off the bio-bed, fully dressed.

					BEVERLY
			Good. Now stay away from that
			Medical Database...
				(calls to Riker)
			And you stay out of the Arboretum.

	Riker smiles. Barclay and Riker both EXIT. Beverly
	moves back to Data and Ogawa, who are examining Spot.
	Ogawa is scanning the cat with a tricorder.

					OGAWA
			Everything looks fine, Data. You
			want to know the sex of the
			kittens?

	Data thinks for a moment.

					DATA
			I have noticed that many humans
			prefer not to know in order to
			experience the surprise during
			birth. I believe I will preserve
			the mystery until then.

					OGAWA
				(casual)
			I know what you mean... I don't
			want to know either.

	Beverly and Data give her a look. Ogawa's smile
	broadens.

          STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - TEASER          6.

3    CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			Alissa... ?

					OGAWA
			Spot's not the only one who's
			going to be a mother.

					BEVERLY
			Alissa, that's wonderful!

	Beverly hugs Ogawa, genuinely pleased.

					BEVERLY
			How did Andrew take the news?

					OGAWA
			He was a little shocked... but
			he's getting over it.

					DATA
				(to Ogawa, re: Spot)
			I have spent the past nine weeks
			as an expectant parent. I would
			be happy to share my insights with
			your husband.
				(beat)
			If my experience is any indication --
			he will need all the help he can
			get.

	As Beverly and Ogawa exchange a smile...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

          STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT ONE          7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

4    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	holding position just outside an ASTEROID FIELD (as
	seen in "Booby Trap").

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 47653.2.
			We are performing field tests of
			our new tactical systems and
			weapon upgrades. Mister Worf is
			supervising the exercises.

5    INT. BRIDGE

	PICARD, RIKER, Data, WORF and ENSIGN DERN at their
	stations. Worf is enjoying himself immensely -- he's
	in his element. Picard, on the other hand, seems a
	little bored.

					WORF
			Our next test will involve the new
			photon torpedoes. The explosive
			yield has been increased by eleven
			percent... and I have enhanced the
			targeting systems for increased
			accuracy.

					PICARD
			Sounds fascinating, Mister Worf.
			Please proceed.

	Worf smiles slightly and works the console.

					WORF
				(with relish)
			Setting targeting coordinates to
			zero-zero-five mark three-one-seven...
			spread pattern delta
			nine-four...
				(beat)
			Torpedoes armed and loaded.

					PICARD
			Fire when ready.

	Worf takes a moment, then hits a control with
	enthusiasm and watches the viewscreen...

          STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT ONE          8.

6    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it FIRES THREE TORPEDOES at the asteroid field. Two
	of the torpedoes find their targets -- two asteroids
	are VAPORIZED in a spectacular BLAST of fiery debris.
	But the third torpedo VEERS AWAY and flies off into
	space, disappearing in a crazy trail off into the
	distance...

7    INT. BRIDGE

	As before. Reactions to the sight.

					RIKER
			Worf?

					WORF
				(working)
			One of the torpedoes has veered
			off course. It appears to be a
			malfunction in the guidance
			system.

					PICARD
			Abort and destroy.

					WORF
				(works)
			Torpedo is not responding... the
			subspace detonator will not
			engage.

					RIKER
			Lock phasers...

					WORF
			The torpedo is out of range.

					RIKER
			Even with your new, improved
			phasers?

	Worf shoots him a look.

					PICARD
			Maintain a sensor lock on the
			torpedo -- we'll have to go after
			it.

					DATA
			That would be inadvisable, sir.
			The asteroid field is unusually
			dense -- the Enterprise is too
			large to navigate through it
			safely.

          STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT ONE          9.

7    CONTINUED:

	Picard thinks, gets a better idea -- he's looking for
	an excuse to leave.

					PICARD
			Then I'll take a shuttlecraft to
			retrieve it.
				(to Data)
			Mister Data, you're with me.

	Picard heads for the door.

					RIKER
			Captain -- the shuttle pilot on
			duty is Lieutenant Hayes...

	Picard turns to him.

					PICARD
			I happen to be a reasonably
			qualified pilot, Number One.
				(beat)
			Besides, these... tests hardly
			require the Captain's personal
			attention.

					RIKER
			Understood. Enjoy yourself, sir.

					PICARD
				(on the move)
			In the meantime, Mister Worf --
			you should consider analyzing your
			new guidance system.

	Worf looks frustrated. Picard and Data head for the
	door...

					DATA
				(to Picard, on the move)
			Captain, I will need a few minutes
			to take care of some personal
			affairs.

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT ONE         10.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard nods and they EXIT...

									CUT TO:

8    INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Data and Barclay are staring down at the bed, where
	Spot is lying down. Barclay looks surprised.

					BARCLAY
			Me?

					DATA
				(nods)
			It is possible that it will take
			several days for Captain Picard
			and me to complete our mission.
			I would prefer to have a human
			present to supervise the birthing
			process.

	Barclay sits on the bed and begins to pet Spot,
	affectionate -- he's very comfortable with the animal.

					BARCLAY
			Well... I'd be honored...

					DATA
			I have noticed that you are the
			only other member of the crew whom
			Spot seems to like.

					BARCLAY
			Really? I find that hard to
			believe. She's such a sweet
			little kitty...

					DATA
			She is to you. However there have
			been several... injuries when
			other crewmembers have attempted
			to care for her.

	Barclay glances around the room.

					BARCLAY
			So... has she picked the place?

					DATA
			The... "place"?

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT ONE         11.

8    CONTINUED:

					BARCLAY
			Cats usually like to pick out a
			specific location to give birth...

	Barclay gets up and starts to looks around the room.

					BARCLAY
				(continuing)
			It's usually someplace dark... and
			secluded...

	He stops at a chair and peers around it.

					BARCLAY
				(continuing)
			I'll bet this is it.

	Data joins him and looks behind the chair. Lying on
	the floor are a couple of CAT TOYS and a ball of
	string. Data looks intrigued.

					BARCLAY
				(continuing)
			I'm curious, Data. Who's the
			father?

					DATA
			I am not certain. Spot has
			escaped from my quarters on
			several occasions. And there are
			twelve male felines on board.
				(beat)
			I intend to run a full DNA
			analysis on the kittens once they
			are --

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to Data. Report to
			Shuttlebay Two.

					DATA
				(to com)
			On my way, Captain.

	Data bends down and gives Spot a little kiss.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Goodbye, Spot. I believe you are
			in... good hands.

	Barclay smiles. Data heads for the door...

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT ONE         12.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					BARCLAY
			Don't worry about a thing, sir!

	Data EXITS. As Barclay snuggles Spot...

									CUT TO:

9    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (STOCK - OPTICAL)

	as a SHUTTLECRAFT leaves the ship...

10   INT. BRIDGE

	Later. Riker, Ensign Dern and N.D.s at their
	positions. Worf is working at the aft science station,
	looking agitated. He taps a few controls, then slams
	his fist down on the console in aggravation. Riker
	walks up behind him, leans in close.

					RIKER
			Problem?

					WORF
				(an edge)
			I have performed thirteen
			diagnostics of the weapons array,
			and I can find nothing wrong with
			the guidance system.

					RIKER
			I'll have Geordi run a diagnostic
			of the torpedo bay itself... maybe
			he can find something.

	Worf glances at him, irritated.

					WORF
				(snaps)
			Must you to stand so close to me?

	Riker reacts, a little taken aback.

					RIKER
			Lieutenant... are you alright?

	Worf is on edge, and it shows.

					WORF
			I am... fine, sir.


         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT ONE         13.

10   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			No, you're not. You've been
			working for the past six hours.
			You're tired. Take a break.

					WORF
			But sir --

					RIKER
			That's an order, Worf.

	A beat, then Worf stands and heads for the door. OFF
	Riker's concern...

									CUT TO:

11   INT. TEN FORWARD

	CLOSE ON Worf, who is sitting alone at a table, eating
	from several plates FILLED with exotic-looking MEATS
	and other strange-looking FOOD. He eats hungrily,
	quickly, tearing into the meat with Klingon vigor.
	There is an almost feral quality to his behavior -- a
	subtle but growing change in his personality...

					TROI (O.S.)
			Thanks for waiting.

	Worf jumps slightly, startled. He turns to see TROI
	standing behind him. She is dressed in casual
	clothing, and is carrying a glass of water.

					WORF
			Do not approach me unannounced --
			especially while I am eating.

	He turns back to his food. Troi raises an eyebrow --
	what's wrong with him?

					TROI
			Worf... we were supposed to have
			lunch together, remember?

					WORF
			I was hungry.

	Troi sits down and eyes his food.

					TROI
			Well, I'm hungry too...

	Troi gets the attention of a passing WAITER.

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT ONE         14.

11   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(continuing, to waiter)
			Bring me an order of... Ongilin
			caviar. Make that a double order.

	The waiter nods and moves off.

					WORF
			Caviar... for lunch?

					TROI
			I'm in the mood for something
			salty. Besides, it's no stranger
			than what you're eating.

	Worf grunts a little and keeps eating. Troi takes a
	long drink from the glass of water... then rubs her
	arms, uncomfortable.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Have you noticed how dry the air
			is on the ship? I wonder if the
			environmental controls are set
			properly....

	Worf lets out a BELCH.

					TROI
				(continuing, reacts)
			You're excused.

	He ignores her. The waiter brings over two plates of
	CAVIAR -- sets them on the table and moves off. Worf
	glances up at Troi, licking some of the food off his
	fingers... and he looks her up and down with a
	predatory gleam in his eye. Troi is about to eat when
	she senses something and looks up at him. She reacts
	to what is clearly a sexually suggestive look on his
	face.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Is something wrong?

	Worf looks back down at his food, a little embarrassed.
	He changes the subject.

					WORF
			It has been a difficult day. The
			torpedo guidance system failed...
			it was my fault.

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT ONE         15.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			You always say that, Worf...

					WORF
				(a little too loud)
			It was my fault. I designed the
			guidance system.

					TROI
			Worf... calm down.

	Worf takes a breath... tries to relax.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			I think you're under more stress
			than you'd like to admit. Maybe
			you should get some rest...

	Worf nods, knows she's right.

					WORF
			Yes... perhaps you are right.
			Excuse me.

	Worf stands and walks off. Troi looks after him,
	surprised.

					TROI
			I didn't mean right now...

	But Worf is already at the door. OFF Troi's
	puzzlement...

									CUT TO:

12   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	Later. The room is DARK. Worf is lying in bed,
	dressed in his nightclothes, trying to sleep. He
	tosses and turns for a moment, restless... then his
	eyes shoot open. He sits up and glances around with
	the room... jumps off the bed and begins to move around
	the room in search of something... his movements quick
	and predatory, strange. Worf is changing... some sort
	of primordial instincts taking over...

	He zeroes in on a particular spot on the floor, seems
	to find what he's looking for. He bends down and
	sniffs around that area, taking in the scent, making
	sure it's the right place. Satisfied, he rushes back
	to the bed and tosses off the blankets and pillows. He
	then begins to violently TEAR THE MATTRESS APART.

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT ONE         16.

12   CONTINUED:

	He rips out large amounts of stuffing... grabs an
	armful and takes over to his "spot" on the floor. He
	throws the stuffing down and arranges it to form a
	"nest" of sorts...

	Satisfied, Worf lays down in the spot. He curls up in
	a fetal ball and closes his eyes. Within seconds he is
	asleep.

	OFF the bizarre moment...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT TWO         17.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

13   INT. ENGINEERING

	GEORDI and Barclay are reporting to Riker. Barclay is
	very animated throughout the scene, bristling with
	nervous energy and mannerisms -- even more so than
	usual. It is a very subtle behavioral change, the
	foreshadowing of a more radical transformation. Riker,
	on the other hand, seems a little slow -- one step
	behind the others. This is the subtle beginnings of
	Riker losing his intellectual capabilities.

					BARCLAY
				(very quick)
			We removed the torpedo bay's
			primary guidance module and found
			a power fluctuation in the forward
			sensor cluster and we think there
			may be a radial imbalance in the
			phase discriminator. Now what we
			want to do next is run a level
			four diagnostic, but that's going
			to mean shutting down auxiliary
			power to nineteen decks and --

					RIKER
				(cutting in)
			Wait... slow down... I lost you
			back there...
				(beat)
			Which sensor cluster?

	Barclay scratches the side of his face, a nervous
	twitch that continues throughout the scene.

					BARCLAY
				(quick)
			The forward. It's... it's a power
			fluctuation in the converter
			nodes. Minor adjustment -- minor.

	Riker gives him a blank look. Geordi steps in, trying
	to help, hands Riker a PADD.

					GEORDI
				(re: PADD)
			It's all right in here in this
			diagram, sir.

	Riker stares at the PADD for a long moment, trying to
	make sense of the diagram. There's an awkward beat.

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT TWO         18.

13   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I'll... take a look at this later.
			In the meantime, go ahead and run
			your diagnostic. I'll notify all
			departments about the power shutdown.

	Suddenly, a small ALARM goes off on a console across
	the room. Barclay whirls around.

					BARCLAY
			I'll check that!

	Barclay rushes across the room to the console. Riker
	eyes him.

					RIKER
				(re: Barclay)
			He's full of energy today.

					GEORDI
				(nods)
			I can't get him to slow down.
			He's been working since late last
			night...

					BARCLAY
				(off console)
			Looks like a plasma conduit just
			cut out in Junction Seventeen.
			I'll go take a look...

	Barclay grabs an equipment case and heads for the
	Jefferies Tube.

					GEORDI
			Hold on, Reg -- I'll go with you!
				(to Riker, on the move)
			We'll keep you posted, sir.

	Riker nods. As Geordi EXITS into the Jefferies Tube...

									CUT TO:

14   INT. BRIDGE

	Troi is standing watch, dressed in her uniform. Worf
	is working at Tactical. He looks sullen and somewhat
	disheveled -- his hair is slightly mussed and his
	uniform is wrinkled. Ensign Dern and N.D.s at
	stations. Troi shivers a little, cold.

53:[1,#b]
         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT TWO         19.

14   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(to computer)
			Computer, increase ambient air
			temperature by two degrees
			Centigrade... and increase
			relative humidity another ten
			percent.

	Worf shoots her an irritated look.

					WORF
				(to computer)
			Computer, reset environmental
			controls to standard.

	Troi turns to him.

					TROI
			Worf, it's freezing in here.

					WORF
			You have already raised the
			temperature three times. It is
			too hot.

	Troi is uncharacteristically edgy.

					TROI
				(firm)
			Live with it.
				(to computer)
			Computer, execute my original
			command.

	Worf bristles. Troi shifts in her chair, uncomfortable --
	it's a strange moment... she's edgy, cold... finally
	she stands and heads for the door.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			I need a bath...
				(to Worf)
			You have the Bridge.

	Troi EXITS. Worf seems to be unconcerned with her
	strange behavior and hasty exit. OFF his gloomy
	face...

									CUT TO:

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT TWO         19A.

15   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE (OPTICAL)

	Barclay and Geordi crawling along, Barclay carrying the
	equipment case. Barclay is crawling quickly and with
	great skill -- Geordi can barely keep up. They come to
	a stop at a CORRODED PANEL that looks like it's been
	eaten away by acid.

					BARCLAY
			Here we are.
				(eyes panel)
			It looks like the conduit
			ruptured. No problem, I'll just
			bypass it...

	Barclay opens a SECOND PANEL along the wall, and sets
	the PANEL COVER on the floor. He reaches into the acideaten
	panel and grabs hold of a CABLE, which FRITZES
	with an ELECTRICAL FLASH for a moment. He begins to
	insert the cable in the second wall panel, re-routing
	it...

	As Barclay works, Geordi scans the acid-eaten panel
	with his tricorder.

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT TWO         20.

15   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(off tricorder)
			Reg... wait a second... look at
			the corroded edges... and the
			blast pattern. This conduit
			didn't just rupture on its own...
			it looks like something dissolved
			the bulkhead and ate through the
			conduit...

	Barclay stops, looks at the panel and runs a hand
	across his face -- that nervous twitch again.

					BARCLAY
			And that... that caused the
			rupture?

					GEORDI
			I think so. Whatever dissolved
			the bulkhead was highly
			corrosive... but it's not like
			any solvent I've ever seen...

	Barclay continues re-routing the cable. Geordi moves
	in closer to the panel, scanning.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			There's a high level of cholic
			acid here... enzymatic agents...
			If I didn't know any better, I'd
			say this solvent was organic.

	Barclay completes his work, scratches at his face in
	confusion.

					BARCLAY
				(quick)
			Maybe we should run a bio-spectral
			analysis of the solvent... take a
			closer look.

	Geordi nods... and yawns, tired.

					GEORDI
			Good idea. But let's take a break
			first, give ourselves a chance to --

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT TWO         21.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					BARCLAY
			You go ahead, sir. I'll take care
			of it.

	Barclay starts crawling off down the Tube. Geordi
	sighs, then moves after him.

					GEORDI
				(quiet)
			I don't know what's gotten into
			you, Reg...

	OFF the image of the re-routed cable -- which is left
	stretching across the Tube between the two panels, and
	the panel cover is left lying on the floor.

									CUT TO:

16   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	Troi is in uniform, drinking a large glass of water.
	She drinks the entire glass, then immediately fills the
	glass from a nearby pitcher of water.

					TROI
				(to computer)
			Computer, adjust temperature to
			twenty-nine degrees Celsius...
			relative humidity to ninety
			percent.

	The computer works. Troi takes another sip of water
	and EXITS into another part of the room...

17   INT. TROI'S BATHROOM - CONTINUOUS

	A small but comfortable room with a large, luxurious
	BATHTUB. Troi paces for a moment, edgy -- she shivers --
	the tub isn't filling fast enough and she needs to get
	warm! In a bizarre moment, she crawls into the tub IN
	UNIFORM and sits under the faucet, splashing water onto
	her face and body. As she struggles to keep wet and
	warm...

									CUT TO:

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT TWO         22.

18   INT. BRIDGE

	Worf, Dern, N.D.s at stations. Riker ENTERS, moves to
	Command. He reacts to the temperature in the room.

					RIKER
			It's awfully hot in here.

					WORF
			Counselor Troi would not let us
			turn down the temperature.

	Riker glances around.

					RIKER
			Where is she? This is supposed to
			be her watch.

					WORF
			She said she needed... a bath.

					RIKER
			A bath?

					WORF
			Yes sir.

	Worf looks at Riker, more agitated than ever.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Permission to be excused. I am
			not... feeling well.

	Riker nods and Worf EXITS. Riker moves to the command
	area. Ensign Dern turns to him.

					DERN
			Commander, we received a
			communication from Starfleet.
			They wanted to know when they
			could expect your performance
			analysis of the new weapon
			systems.

	Riker looks at him blankly.

					RIKER
			The weapon systems... ?

					DERN
			Yes, sir.
				(beat)
			The ones we've been testing for
			the past few days... ?

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT TWO         23.

18   CONTINUED:

	Riker suddenly remembers.

					RIKER
			Oh, that's right...

	A long beat. Riker seems to drift for a moment.

					DERN
				(awkward)
			What should I tell them, sir?

					RIKER
			Tell them... we're not finished
			yet...

	Dern turns and works his console. OFF Riker's face as
	he stares off into middle distance. It's a subtle but
	strange moment... something is affecting his ability
	to concentrate...

									CUT TO:

19   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - BATHROOM

	The room is now filled is STEAM. Troi is still lying
	in the tub in her uniform, luxuriating in the hot water
	(the tub is now filled). She closes her eyes and
	exhales in a long, sensuous breath. She rolls her head
	around for a moment and opens her eyes...

20   TROI'S POV

	Worf is standing over her -- a strange and eerie figure
	in the swirling mist.

21   RESUME TROI

	who is startled to see Worf in her bathroom.

					TROI
			Worf... what are you doing in
			here?

	Worf is focused on Troi -- seems intent on seducing her
	and is unaware of her concern. His primal drives have
	completely taken over now, and there is a terrifying
	predatory quality to his behavior. When he speaks,
	there is a growl-like edge to his voice.

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT TWO         24.

21   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			I had to be with you...

					TROI
			Well, as you can see, I'm a little
			busy right now. Please come back
			later.

	She shivers, cold.

					TROI
				(to computer)
			Computer, increase water
			temperature by five degrees.

	Troi sinks deeper into the water as it gets deliciously
	warmer. She seems obsessed with keeping warm and her
	level of comfort. Worf is nearly intoxicated with his
	feelings of desire and closeness to Troi. He kneels
	down by the tub, drinks in the smell of her skin.

					WORF
			Get out of the water. Now.

	Troi looks at him, disturbed by his tone and intent.

					TROI
			Worf... what do you think you're --

	Worf suddenly reaches out and GRABS one of her hands,
	holds it tightly. He lets out a low and sensual growl.
	Troi pulls her hand away -- she's had about enough of
	this.

					TROI
			Leave me alone, or I'm going to
			call security.

	She sinks back deeper into the tub in retreat. Worf
	looks confused for a moment -- why is she resisting
	him? His expression hardens... dangerous.

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT TWO         25.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

	Without warning, Worf BITES her on the cheek, hard.
	Troi cries out in pain and hits Worf back with her hand
	in defense. Worf pulls back, jolted out of his state
	of desire. Troi looks at him in shock, puts her hand
	to her cheek, which is bleeding. They both look at
	each other in stunned amazement...

									CUT TO:

22   INT. SICKBAY

	A short time later. Troi is lying on a bio-bed,
	wrapped in a blanket. She is shivering, cold. Ogawa
	is treating the nasty-looking bite-wound on her cheek.
	Beverly is scanning her with a tricorder.

					TROI
			It's just so cold in here...
				(quickly, to passing
				 N.D.)
			May I have a glass of water... ?

	The N.D. nods and moves off.

					BEVERLY
				(to Troi)
			Your temperature has dropped eight
			degrees. I want to run a
			hypothalamic series right away.

					OGAWA
			Doctor, we've had three other
			crewmembers complaining about the
			temperature levels. Some feel
			like they have fevers... others
			are freezing, like Counselor Troi.

	Beverly considers.

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT TWO         26.

22   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Call Doctor Selar and Doctor
			Hacopian. We may have some kind
			of viral infection going around.
				(beat)
			I'm going to check on Worf...

	Beverly moves to another part of the room...

23   NEW ANGLE - ON WORF

	who is sitting on a bio-bed, staring into middle
	distance. His mouth is open and he is breathing
	heavily. He ignores Beverly as she comes over and
	scans him with a tricorder.

					BEVERLY
			Worf, have you had any unusual
			symptoms lately? Headaches...
			nausea... dizziness?

	No response.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Worf? Worf... can you hear me?

	Worf won't even look at her -- he's in his own world.
	She reaches over and lifts one of his eyelids, looks at
	his eyes closely.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			I think we'd better run a full bio-scan.
			I want you to lie down.

	He ignores her. She tries to gently press him back
	onto the bed.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Worf, lie down...

	He stiffens and won't move.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Okay... we'll do this sitting up.

	She starts to move away, but stops when she sees
	something on Worf's neck. She leans in close for a
	better look...

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT TWO         27.

24   CLOSE ON WORF'S NECK

	There is a small, veiny POUCH on Worf's neck just below
	the jaw line, back towards his ear.

25   RESUME

	Beverly reacts to the strange sight.

					BEVERLY
			What's this... ?

	She gingerly touches the pouch...

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Worf, how long have you had this
			on your neck?

	No answer. Beverly begins to scan him with her
	tricorder... is amazed at what she finds...

					BEVERLY
				(continuing, off
				 tricorder)
			It's full of some sort of bioacidic
			compound... almost like a
			venom sack...
				(beat)
			Open your mouth.

	Worf doesn't respond. Beverly reaches out to open his
	mouth. As she touches his face, Worf's eyes flash like
	an animal caught unaware and he looks at her. He opens
	his mouth and SPRAYS her from some hidden ducts inside
	his mouth -- like a spitting cobra. A BLAST of VENOM
	catches Beverly full in the face. She screams, falls
	back to the floor, her hands reaching toward her face.
	Worf leaps out the bed and runs out the door.

	As Ogawa rushes to Beverly's aid...

									CUT TO:

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT TWO         28.

26   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as before.

27   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Riker, Ogawa and Barclay. Throughout the scene, Riker
	seems a little slow -- one step behind the others. His
	ability to think is getting worse. Mid-conversation.

					OGAWA
			I managed to get her into stasis
			before the venom paralyzed her.
			She's going to need reconstructive
			surgery... but I
			think she'll be alright.

	Barclay chimes in. He's more energetic than ever --
	fidgeting, can't sit still. He may even get up out of
	his chair and sit down a few times as the scene
	progresses.

					BARCLAY
				(quickly)
			Sir, we analyzed the venom and
			compared it to the acidic compound
			we found in Junction Seventeen...
			and on Decks Ten and Twelve. They
			all have the same enzymatic
			composition...

	Riker tries to make sense of this.

					RIKER
			Are you saying that Mister Worf
			has been... spraying this...
			this...

					BARCLAY
			Venom.

					RIKER
			Venom... all over the ship?

					BARCLAY
			I'd say so.

	Riker nods... tries to make sense of the situation.

					OGAWA
			Commander, sixty crewmen have
			begun to exhibit strange
			behavioral changes.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT TWO         29.

27   CONTINUED:

					OGAWA (Cont'd)
			Memory loss... fatigue...
			headaches...
				(beat)
			Doctor Selar and I are trying to
			coordinate everything... but we're
			having a tough time understanding
			what we're dealing with.
				(beat)
			I think one thing is clear...
			there's some sort of disease
			aboard the Enterprise... and it's
			spreading.

	Riker nods, tries to organize his thoughts.

					RIKER
			I'm having trouble concentrating
			myself... it's like my mind
			keeps... wandering... I can't...

	He drifts off. There's an uncomfortable moment.
	Geordi ENTERS, looking concerned.

					GEORDI
				(to Riker)
			Commander -- I have seven security
			teams hunting for Worf, but for
			some reason sensors are having
			trouble locking onto him. I've
			called a Level Two Security Alert --
			do you think we should go to a
			Level One?

	Riker hesitates.

					RIKER
			I... don't know. What do you
			think?

					GEORDI
			I think we should...

					RIKER
			Okay... sounds good... then you'll
			take care of that... security
			thing, won't you?

					GEORDI
			Yes sir.

	Riker takes a moment.

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT TWO         30.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			I'll... contact Starfleet... let
			them know what's happening. You
			have your orders. Dismissed.

	Everyone stands and EXITS. Riker taps a control on the
	table.

					RIKER
				(to computer)
			Computer, send a subspace message
			to Starfleet command... security
			channel, authorization...

	He hesitates... a long beat.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Alpha-four seven authorization
			required to activate security
			channel.

	Riker struggles to stay focused... but his attention is
	drifting and he begins to stare out the window at the
	stars, as if seeing them for the first time.

					RIKER
			Computer...

	Beat.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Awaiting authorization.

	But Riker no longer hears the computer. He stares
	vacantly out the window... gone.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

        STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT THREE        31.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

28   EXT. SPACE - THE SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	seen earlier, at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, supplemental.
			Commander Data and I have
			recovered the stray torpedo after
			a three day search. We are
			enroute back to the Enterprise.

29   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Data at the helm. Picard in back examining a PHOTON
	TORPEDO. Data reacts to the console, puzzled.

					DATA
			Captain, the ship is not at the
			pre-arranged coordinates.

	Picard joins him.

					PICARD
			Have they been delayed?

					DATA
			I do not know. I am unable to
			raise them on any communication
			channel.

	Picard considers.

					PICARD
			Scan the vicinity... see if you
			can find them...

	As Data works...

									CUT TO:

30   EXT. SPACE - THE SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)

	as it flies into view of the ENTERPRISE, which is
	floating ADRIFT in empty space. The great ship is
	slowly ROLLING, tumbling through space in an aimless
	barrel roll...

        STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT THREE        32.

31   INT. SHUTTLECRAFT

	Picard and Data looking out the windows at the
	offscreen ship.

					DATA
				(off console)
			The Enterprise appears to be
			adrift. I am reading power
			fluctuations on all decks...

	Picard stares out the window.

					PICARD
			Life signs?

	Data works.

					DATA
			There are life signs, but the
			sensor readings are highly
			distorted. I am unable to
			identify specific lifeforms.

	Picard considers.

					PICARD
			Adjust our axial stabilizers to
			match the attitude and rotation
			rate of the Enterprise...
				(beat)
			I'm going to dock the shuttle
			manually...

	As Picard works the pilot controls...

32   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The shuttlecraft flies toward the ship, slowly ROTATING
	at the same angle and rate as the Enterprise...

									CUT TO:

        STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT THREE        33.

33   INT. SHUTTLEBAY

	The room is DARK, lit by emergency lights only. Cargo
	containers are strewn about -- the room is in a state
	of disarray. Picard and Data's shuttlecraft is now
	parked in the bay, its door OPEN. Picard and Data step
	out of the shuttle, phasers drawn, holding palm
	beacons. They look around the empty room... then Data
	moves to a wall panel, taps it.

					DATA
				(off panel)
			Main power is off-line. All
			systems are in Emergency or Standby
			mode... and there is no
			response from any manned station.

					PICARD
			Any sign of the crew?

					DATA
				(works)
			I cannot access the internal
			sensors from here. We will have
			to go to the Bridge.

	Picard nods and they make their way across the room.
	Picard wrinkles his face.

					PICARD
			What's that smell?

	Data sniffs the air.

					DATA
			It is a mixture of methane, uric
			acid and ammonia. There is also
			an abundance of pheromones in the
			air.

	Picard reacts to this as they reach the door, phasers
	at-the-ready...

34   INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	Picard and Data ENTER the DARK corridor and start
	walking, aware and ready for anything. Somewhere in
	the distance we can hear strange ANIMALISTIC SOUNDS --
	howls... screeches... clicks... distant CRIES of
	pain... strange and eerie.

        STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT THREE        34.

34   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			That sounds like... animals.

					DATA
			Yes, sir. I am able to discern
			over three hundred different
			vocalizations.

	They continue walking... the strange sounds echoing
	through the ship. Picard sees something lying on the
	floor and moves to it.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Look at this...

	They stop at a long, dried SKIN HUSK, like the shedding
	of a snake-skin -- but it has a vaguely humanoid shape.
	Data scans it.

					DATA
				(off tricorder)
			It is composed of reptilian DNA...
			I believe it is an epidermal layer
			that has been cast off during
			molting.

					PICARD
			But it seems to be humanoid...

					DATA
			Yes, sir. I cannot explain it.
			There are no species aboard the
			Enterprise that shed their skin in
			this fashion.

	Picard considers, then indicates that they should move
	on. They stand and continue walking. Data sees
	something on a nearby door and moves to it. The door
	is covered with CONDENSATION. They react to the
	strange sight.

					PICARD
			This is Commander Troi's
			quarters... can you tell if she's
			inside?

        STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT THREE        35.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			No, sir.

					PICARD
			I want to take a look inside.
			Stand ready.

	They both point their phasers at the door. Picard taps
	a control and the doors OPEN. STEAM comes drifting
	into the corridor from within. They walk into the
	room...

35   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	Picard and Data ENTER. The room is filled with a light
	MIST -- it's like the inside of a greenhouse, damp and
	hot. Picard moves to a desk console, checks it.

					PICARD
			The environmental settings in this
			room have been altered...

	Data looks around the room, then heads in the direction
	of the bathroom. Picard follows...

36   INT. TROI'S BATHROOM - CONTINUOUS

	Picard and Data ENTER the steamy room. Picard sees the
	bathtub, which is completely filled with water. He
	moves to it and stares down into the water --

37   TROI

	is visible beneath the water's surface. She's in
	uniform, lying face-down, hair drifting in the water.
	She looks dead.

					PICARD
			Deanna!

	Picard immediately thrusts both arms into the water and
	grabs hold of Troi's upper-body, pulls her head up and
	out into the air --

	Troi starts to GASP, her mouth gulping horribly for
	air. We now see that there are two GILL SLITS on
	either side of her neck, and that her skin is covered
	with a OILY SHEEN -- like the skin of an eel.

        STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT THREE        36.

37   CONTINUED:

	Her EYES shoot open, revealing that they are an inhuman
	GOLD COLOR with a RED SLIT running vertically down the
	middle. It's a bizarre amalgam of human and amphibian
	features.

					PICARD
				(horrified)
			What's happened to her... ?

	Troi looks around with quick, darting movements --
	alien, strange. She doesn't seem to recognize Picard
	or Data... seems unaware of her surroundings. She has
	been utterly transformed.

					DATA
				(off tricorder)
			Her DNA is in a state of ribocyatic
			flux... her genetic codes
			are being re-sequenced... and her
			cells are mutating as a result.
				(beat)
			At a fundamental level, she is no
			longer human.

					PICARD
			What... is she?

					DATA
				(scanning)
			Her respiratory tissue has become
			capable of metabolizing water as
			well as air... and her eyes have
			developed nictitating membranes...
				(beat)
			I believe she has become...
			amphibian, sir.

	Picard eyes the bite mark on her cheek (seen earlier).

					PICARD
			She's been injured...

	Data scans the wound.

					DATA
			There is Klingon DNA in the wound.
			It is saliva.

					PICARD
			You mean, she's been bitten?

					DATA
			It would appear so.

        STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT THREE        37.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

	Troi suddenly wriggles around in Picard's grasp and
	twists her body, deftly dropping back into the water
	with a little splash. Picard looks after her a moment,
	then stands.

					DATA
				(re: Troi)
			I will need to run a full biospectral
			analysis.

					PICARD
				(nods)
			First we've got to get the ship
			under control... let's go to the
			Bridge.

	As they EXIT...

									CUT TO:

38   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard and Data ENTER the DARKENED Bridge. There are
	SCRATCH MARKS on the walls, and one of the aft consoles
	has been SHATTERED. There is a dead crewmember on the
	floor -- it's Ensign Dern. They quickly move to Dern,
	who has nasty-looking scratch marks on his face,
	uniform in tatters. Data scans him.

					DATA
			His upper spinal column has been
			broken in three places.

					PICARD
			It looks like he's been attacked
			by some sort of animal...
				(beat)
			Has his DNA changed, as well?

					DATA
			Yes. However, the mutation was in
			its initial stages when he died.

	A beat, then Picard moves to the Conn position and
	starts working. Data moves to Ops.

        STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT THREE        38.

38   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(working)
			I've restored attitude control to
			the ship. But I can't get main
			power back on-line... it looks
			like the entire power transfer
			grid has been destroyed...

	Data reacts to his console.

					DATA
				(off console)
			Captain, I am picking up one
			thousand eleven individual life
			readings within the ship. All
			exhibit a genetic flux similar to
			the one we observed in Counselor
			Troi.

					PICARD
			Then the entire ship has been
			affected...

					DATA
				(off console)
			Most of the lifeforms are
			scattered throughout ship's
			quarters... but there are several
			large concentrations in the
			arboretum, and the aquatics lab.

	There is a sudden THUMPING noise from the Ready Room.
	Data and Picard exchange a look, then draw their
	phasers and head for the door...

39   INT. READY ROOM - CONTINUOUS

	Picard and Data ENTER and see --

40   RIKER (OPTICAL)

	who is banging and clawing at the fishbowl, trying to
	get at the fish inside.

					PICARD
			Commander Riker... ?

        STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT THREE        39.

40   CONTINUED:

	Riker whirls around, a startled look on his face. He
	has transformed into a PROTO-HUMAN. He has a
	pronounced forehead, large orbital ridge and nose...
	and his TEETH have changed -- protruding upper-palate
	and long canines. Dark HAIR covers his hands and face.
	He resembles a cross between a modern human and an
	early primate.

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			Wil... ?

	Riker eyes Picard and Data with a suspicious look.
	Data begins to scan him.

					DATA
				(off tricorder)
			His cranial plates have thickened
			by twenty percent -- his brain is
			much smaller, sir. I doubt he can
			comprehend our language.

	Riker tilts his head at their words, as if some part of
	him might understand. He makes a low, throaty sound in
	response, keeps his eyes trained on them.

					PICARD
			I think he's trying to
			communicate...

	Picard takes a careful step forward.

					PICARD
				(gently)
			Wil, can you --

	Riker suddenly grabs the desktop terminal and THROWS it
	at Picard, who manages to get out of the way. Riker
	LUNGES for Picard -- GRABS hold of him, growling low
	and vicious. Data quickly PULLS Riker off of Picard
	and FIRES his phaser. Riker is jolted backward a
	step... but quickly recovers and heads for Data with a
	rabid expression. Data FIRES again, and this time
	Riker FALLS to the floor, unconscious. They both move
	to him.

					PICARD
			He looks almost... proto-human.

        STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT THREE        40.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Yes, sir. His DNA would seem to
			confirm that observation.

	A beat as Data realizes...

					DATA
			Captain... I believe the crew is
			de-evolving.

	OFF Picard's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FOUR         41.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

41   INT. SICKBAY

	A short time later. The room is DARK. Picard and Data
	are standing next to the operating table, where the
	proto-humanoid Riker is lying unconscious. Data is
	working the controls on the table. Picard is injecting
	Riker with a hypospray.

					PICARD
			This tranquilizer should keep him
			unconscious for another seven
			hours.
				(beat)
			What have you found out?

					DATA
			I have analyzed Commander Riker's
			DNA structure. A synthetic T-cell
			has invaded his genetic code.
			This T-cell has begun to activate
			his latent introns.

					PICARD
			Introns?

					DATA
			They are genetic codes which are
			normally dormant. They are
			evolutionary holdovers --
			sequences of DNA that provided key
			physical and behavioral
			characteristics millions of years
			ago, but are no longer necessary.
				(beat)
			For instance, Counselor Troi's
			gill slits and other amphibious
			characteristics were derived from
			introns which still contain
			amphibious codes.

					PICARD
			So these... introns are causing
			her DNA to re-combine in an
			earlier configuration?

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FOUR         42.

41   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			That is correct. In her case, the
			DNA is creating an amphibious
			lifeform which became extinct over
			fifty million years ago.

	Picard considers this bizarre notion, stares down at
	Riker for a beat.

					PICARD
			Commander Riker's introns are
			changing him into one of the
			earlier hominids...

					DATA
			Yes, sir. I would say...
			Australopithacine.
				(beat)
			Each of these stages is another
			link in the evolutionary chain,
			stretching back to the origins of
			all lifeforms on Earth.
				(beat)
			Because introns can include
			genetic material from many
			different species over millions of
			years of evolution, it is possible
			that a wide variety of
			transformations is occurring among
			the crew.

					PICARD
			What about crewmembers who are not
			from Earth?

					DATA
			All humanoid life has a similar
			genetic pattern. The virus should
			affect non-human crewmembers in
			the same way. They are each deevolving
			to earlier forms of life
			on their homeworlds.

	Data looks at him, tries to find the best way to put
	this...

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I feel I must point out, sir, that
			you have become infected with the
			intron virus, as well.

        STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FOUR        42A.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard reacts, disturbed.

					PICARD
			How long before I start to change?


         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FOUR         43.

41   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			According to my calculations,
			within the next twelve hours, you
			will begin to exhibit the first
			signs of your eventual
			transformation.

					PICARD
			Which will be what... ?

					DATA
			I believe you will also de-evolve
			into some form of early primate.
			Possibly similar to a lemur, or
			pygmy marmoset.

	A long, terrible beat. Picard tries to make light of
	it.

					PICARD
			Well... before I begin scurrying
			about, searching for food, we need
			to find some answers.
				(beat)
			How do we reverse the process?

					DATA
			I am uncertain. We will need to
			run several micro-cellular scans.
			However, the ship's main computer
			has been damaged. Possibly by
			crewmembers who did not know what
			they were doing.
				(thinks)
			The computer in my quarters has an
			independent processing and memory
			storage unit, and should not be
			affected. I suggest we work from
			there.

					PICARD
			Agreed.

	They both pull out their phasers and head for the
	door...

									CUT TO:

42   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS

	Picard and Data ENTER and move to Data's desk. Almost
	immediately, we hear the sounds of MEWING KITTENS.

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FOUR         44.

42   CONTINUED:

	Data reacts.

					DATA
			I believe Spot has had her
			kittens.

	They move to an area near the bed, where we see a small
	LITTER OF KITTENS huddled together. Data bends down
	and gently examines them.

					PICARD
			They sound hungry.

					DATA
			Yes. I am curious as to why Spot
			is not taking care of them.

	Data stands and glances around, then moves to a nearby
	chair. He looks behind it and reacts to what he sees --

43   ANGLE BEHIND CHAIR

	where sitting in the middle of Spot's toys is a large,
	cat-sized IGUANA -- it is wearing Spot's collar.

					DATA
			Spot... ?

	Picard comes over and sees the reptile.

					PICARD
			It would seem the intron virus
			isn't limited to humanoid
			lifeforms.

					DATA
			No, sir.

	Data thinks for a moment, then gets an idea. He scans
	the iguana with his tricorder, then walks over to the
	kittens and scans them, as well.

					PICARD
			What is it?

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FOUR         45.

43   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			These kittens were born within the
			last twenty-four hours. It
			appears that Spot's transformation
			took place at approximately the
			same time.

					PICARD
			So... Spot gave birth to the
			kittens while she was... changing
			into a reptilian form?

					DATA
			I believe so. For some reason,
			the intron virus was not passed on
			to the kittens. I do not know
			why.

	They think about this.

					PICARD
			As I remember my biology, there
			are several natural immune systems
			that come into play in the womb of
			the mother... to protect the
			unborn from viral infections...

					DATA
			That is true. The placental
			barrier, maternal antibodies and
			amniotic fluid all serve as a
			filtration system.

	Picard thinks -- he's onto something...

					PICARD
			Maybe we could... inhibit this
			intron virus by using some of the
			natural antibodies in Spot's
			amniotic fluid...

	Data considers.

					DATA
			It would take further research,
			but I believe that to be effective
			on humanoid crewmembers, humanoid
			antibodies would be necessary.

         STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FOUR         46.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Then perhaps we should locate a
			humanoid who's pregnant...

	Data nods, remembers something.

					DATA
			Nurse Ogawa recently became
			pregnant...

					PICARD
			Then we need to locate Nurse
			Ogawa.

	Data moves to his desk and works the console.

					DATA
			I have traced her combadge signal
			to Deck Seventeen, Section Twentyone
			Alpha.

					PICARD
			The Arboretum...

	Before they can head out the door, the ship suddenly
	SHAKES. Data checks his desk console.

					DATA
				(off console)
			One of the warp plasma vents has
			failed. Main Engineering has been
			abandoned -- there is no one there
			to fix the problem.

	Picard nods -- they'd better fix it. As they head for
	the door...

									CUT TO:

             STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FOUR             47.

44   INT. ENGINEERING

	Picard and Data ENTER the room with caution, their
	phasers drawn, ready for anything. The room is DARK
	and various consoles are FLICKERING on and off. Data
	moves to the pool table, starts to work.

					DATA
			I can repair the damaged plasma
			vent from here.

					PICARD
			I'd better check the status of the
			warp core...

	Picard heads toward Geordi's office...

45   NEW ANGLE

	in Geordi's office. Picard moves to a console and
	stops. The console is covered in gossamer strands of
	FIBROUS MATERIAL -- web-like, strange. He looks around --
	the fibers are everywhere, some of the fibers are even
	hanging from the ceiling...

	A strange CHITTERING NOISE is heard -- rapid little
	clicks, insect-like. Picard turns at the sound... he
	seems on edge, nervous... moves to the glass partition
	and looks out at the darkened warp core chamber...

	Without warning, something SLAMS into the glass.
	Picard leaps back, very startled, and is shocked to see --

46   BARCLAY

	who has transformed into a horrible cross between human
	and SPIDER. His EYES are black and bulbous -- and he
	has three smaller EYES growing out of his forehead.
	His skin is mottled with distinctive colorations and
	hairy CILIA. His hands are completely unrecognizable --
	hooked and terrible. Barclay is BANGING against the
	glass, trying to get at Picard.

	Picard levels his phaser at Barclay, breathless and on
	the verge of panic.

					PICARD
				(calls out)
			Data!

	Data rushes in, As he enters, Barclay quickly scitters
	away, out of view. Picard and Data cautiously enter
	the warp core chamber, look around. Barclay is nowhere
	in sight.

             STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FOUR             48.

46   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(shaken)
			What was that?

					DATA
			I believe it was Lieutenant
			Barclay. He appeared to be
			partially transformed into an
			arachnid.

					PICARD
			A spider?

					DATA
				(nods)
			I recognized the chitin
			colorations. He is becoming a
			member of the Pisauridae family.

	Picard takes a breath, holds out his hand, which is
	trembling. He is uncharacteristically anxious and
	rattled. He looks about from side to side, as though
	reacting to a looming threat.

					DATA
			Captain. Are you all right?

					PICARD
			I have the most intense feeling
			of... fear... panic... as if I
			were being watched...
				(beat)
			I can't explain it.

					DATA
			You may be experiencing the
			initial stages of your
			transformation. Early primates
			were often prey for larger
			carnivores -- as a result, their
			instincts probably included a
			heightened sense of awareness.

	Picard looks around, worried.

					PICARD
			If that's the case, then my
			instincts tell me... we'd better
			hurry.

	Data nods and they head for the door...

									CUT TO:

          STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FOUR 49-50.            

49   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	hanging in empty space.

47
thru	OMITTED
48

             STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FOUR             51.

50   INT. SICKBAY

	CLOSE ON Nurse Ogawa who is transforming into a PROTOHUMAN.
	Her brow, forehead and jaw region are more
	pronounced... her face and shoulders are covered with
	HAIR. She is lying unconscious on the operation table
	underneath the CLAMSHELL. Data is working the
	controls. The Troi/Amphibian can be seen lying on a
	bio-bed nearby, covered with a blanket, unconscious.
	Riker is also there, unconscious. Picard is in the
	b.g., phaser drawn and pacing around the room, his
	primal instincts growing by the minute...

					DATA
			Captain.

	Picard quickly moves to him.

					DATA
				(re: Ogawa)
			I have analyzed Nurse Ogawa's
			embryo. It has been unaffected by
			the virus. I believe I can use
			her amniotic fluid as a template
			for a retro-virus. It would
			neutralize the synthetic T-cell,
			and re-establish the original
			genetic patterns of each host.

	Picard looks relieved.

					PICARD
			How soon can you have it ready?

					DATA
			It will not take long to isolate
			the appropriate genetic material.
			However, I will need to get the
			Sickbay computer back on --

	Suddenly, something SLAMS against the Sickbay door.
	They jump at the sound, startled. Another SLAM.
	Something is trying to get into the room.

					PICARD
				(anxious)
			What -- what's that?

	There is a low, terrifying HOWL from the corridor. And
	then a SNIFFING sound begins around the door frame --
	the unseen creature is looking for a way in. Data
	grabs a tricorder and points it at the door.

             STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FOUR             52.

50   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(off tricorder)
			It is large, approximately two
			hundred kilograms... and it is
			heavily armored with an exoskeleton
			of some sort...
				(reacts)
			The lifesigns appear to be...
			Klingon.

					PICARD
			Worf...

	The sniffing sound stops, and there is a pause. Then
	with tremendous force a FIST SLAMS into the door -- and
	this time we see the METAL BUCKLE INWARD from the force
	of the blow. OFF their reactions -- what now?

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

             STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FIVE             53.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

51   INT. SICKBAY

	Continuous action. Picard and Data, tense. Worf
	SMASHING loudly against the door outside. Picard
	adjusts his phaser.

					PICARD
			Set your phaser to heavy stun.

					DATA
			We have no way of knowing if the
			stun setting will have any effect
			on him, sir. And a higher setting
			may kill him.

	The pounding stops... and we hear a long, drawn-out
	Klingon HOWL -- the same distinctive cry as before.
	Something about the howl strikes a chord in Picard, who
	is struggling to stay calm and rational...

					PICARD
				(re: howl)
			Listen to that... he sounds
			angry... aggressive...
				(thinks)
			What does Worf want... is he
			responding to some sort of
			predatory instinct? Does he see
			us as prey?

					DATA
			There are crewmembers in the
			corridors and other sections of
			the ship. It would be much easier
			for him to capture and consume one
			of them, rather than attempt to
			break through a door.

	Another HIT against the door, and the sound of creaking
	metal. Picard flinches at the noise, heart racing, his
	instincts telling him to run. Another ROAR from
	outside. Picard grips the table and tries to steel
	himself... it's difficult...

					PICARD
			Then... what does he want?
					(MORE)

             STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FIVE             54.

51   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(thinking)
			Predators use vocalizations to
			frighten off other predators... to
			mark territory... and to initiate
			the mating process...
				(that's it)
			The mating process...

	Picard realizes something... turns and moves to the
	unconscious Troi on a nearby bio-bed.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Counselor Troi has been bitten by
			a Klingon... but it's not in a
			life-threatening location...
			nowhere near a major artery or
			organ...

	The POUNDING begins again. Picard flinches, his hands
	trembling. He holds them tight and tries to think out
	loud...

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			And look at the wound itself...
			the penetration of the bite is
			very shallow, as if he didn't
			intend to seriously injure her...

					DATA
			What are you suggesting, Captain?

					PICARD
			Is it possible that Worf thinks of
			Troi as his mate?

	Data considers.

					DATA
			If that is true, then he must now
			by trying to reach her.

					PICARD
			We... we can't just leave. We've
			got to stay here and protect
			her... and keep working on the
			retro-virus...
				(thinks)
			If we can't stun him, then we'll
			have to distract him somehow...
			lure him away from Deanna...

             STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FIVE            54A.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			The mating instinct is quite
			strong in Klingon biology. I am
			not certain what would serve as an
			effective lure.

             STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FIVE             55.

51   CONTINUED: (3)

	Picard thinks.

					PICARD
			Klingons have a highly developed
			sense of smell... if we could
			duplicate Deanna's pheromones, we
			might be able to convince him she
			has left Sickbay... and is
			somewhere else on the ship...

	Data gets an idea, moves to a nearby tray and picks up
	a medical SAMPLER DEVICE. He applies it to Troi's
	neck.

					DATA
				(working)
			I am extracting a blood sample
			from one of her sebaceous glands,
			where pheromones are produced.

	Data then connects the sampler device to a desktop
	hypospray-loader (as seen in "The Naked Now") and hits
	a button.

					DATA
				(continuing, working)
			I believe I can activate the
			pheromones with a bio-activant
			solution.

					PICARD
			Can you amplify the pheromones?
			They'll have to be far more
			powerful than Deanna's actual
			scent.

	Data adjusts the loader... then removes the hypospray.

					DATA
			I believe this will produce the
			desired effect.
				(beat)
			I will use it to draw Worf to a
			different part of the ship.

	Data turns to go, but Picard stops him. Picard is
	struggling to fight his inner-panic, his instincts
	battling one another... but he knows what he must do...

					PICARD
			No... you... you must stay here...
			continue working on the retro-virus...

             STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FIVE             56.

51   CONTINUED: (4)

	Picard glances at the door with a mixture of
	determination and dread.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I'll go...

					DATA
			Captain, that would be extremely
			unwise. Worf may be much faster
			than --

					PICARD
				(urgent)
			No time... no time to argue.

	Picard glances at the door, panic welling up within
	him... but he fights it back and finally grabs the
	hypospray. He heads for the door by Beverly's office.
	As Data returns to the operating table and begins to
	work on Ogawa...

52   INT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE SICKBAY

	Picard ENTERS, the hypospray in one hand, phaser in the
	other. He immediately moves to the opposite wall,
	presses his back close against it. He steels himself,
	then slowly peers around the corner...

53   PICARD'S POV

	of Worf, who can be seen pounding on the door to
	Sickbay. He is barely visible in the darkness, a
	hulking form. We should get the merest glimpse that he
	has gone through a remarkable transformation into
	something larger and more powerful. (See description
	below.)

54   PICARD

	quickly pulls back... he reaches around the corner with
	the hypospray... then sprays the pheromones into the
	air with a HISSING sound. A long beat goes by... and
	the pounding noise stops. Picard listens carefully...
	silence... then pounding FOOTSTEPS are heard coming his
	way. It's working! Worf lets out a mating HOWL, as
	heard before.

	Picard takes off running down the corridor -- the chase
	is on...

             STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FIVE             57.

55   INT. SICKBAY

	Data is working at the large WALL MONITOR, trying to
	get the computer on-line.

					DATA
				(to computer)
			Computer -- activate medical
			database.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Main computer systems are inactive --
			unable to comply.

	Data adjusts a control.

					DATA
			Computer, bypass database system --
			activate local subprocessors only.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Acknowledged.

	The wall monitor COMES ALIVE. Satisfied, Data moves
	across the room to Ogawa...

56   INT. CORRIDOR

	Quick action. Picard running down the corridor,
	spraying pheromones into the air as he goes. We can
	hear Worf's FOOTSTEPS not far behind. Picard comes to
	an intersection, ducks into another corridor and sprays
	the pheromones down that hall... sprays some more all
	around the intersection itself in an attempt to confuse
	Worf. He runs down a third corridor...

57   INT. ANOTHER CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

	(Near the Transporter Room set.) Picard ENTERS and
	runs down the long hall... and stops. He's at a deadend.
	He turns to go back, but the FOOTSTEPS are
	rapidly approaching. No time. He quickly moves to the
	Turbolift and taps the control pad. Nothing happens.
	Picard works at the control pad, desperately trying to
	get the door open... suspense building as the footsteps
	are getting closer and closer...

	The Turbolift doors finally SLIDE OPEN. Picard is
	about to enter when he hears a ROAR right behind him.
	He whirls around to see --

             STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FIVE             58.

58   WORF

	standing at the far end of the hall, looking directly
	at him. This is the first time we get a real look at
	the de-evolved Klingon. His HEAD has been utterly
	transformed -- his RIDGES are huge and curved,
	bristling with sharp edges and pointed angles. The
	ridges extend downward, encasing his entire face. His
	jaw and mouth region are protected by the same hard,
	black chitin-like material, and a LARGE MANDIBLE is
	snapping open and shut. Worf is hunched over, his body
	bulkier, more powerful, uniform torn in places. This
	is a Klingon from millions of years ago -- prehistoric
	and terrifying.

	There is a heart-stopping moment as the two men stare
	at one another. Picard frozen with fear; Worf staring
	with a look of realization -- he's been fooled. Worf
	tilts back his head and lets out a ROAR of rage. He
	starts moving toward Picard...

59   PICARD

	turns and enters the Turbolift...

60   WORF'S POV

	rushing toward Picard...

61   INT. TURBOLIFT - CONTINUOUS

	The doors close just as Worf reaches them. The Lift is
	JOLTED as he hits the doors from the outside.

					PICARD
				(to Lift)
			Deck Seventeen.

	No response. Picard works a control pad. The doors
	start to OPEN... slowly... Worf prying them apart with
	both hands. Picard can't get the Lift moving -- the
	controls won't respond. He shrinks back in fear,
	instincts rattling his nerves. He glances around,
	desperate -- trapped.

	The doors are opening -- we can now see Worf's face
	through the crack of the doors... he's looking in...

	Picard struggles to stay in control. He looks up at
	the ceiling with intent -- stretches upward and grabs
	hold of the HATCH on the ceiling and begins to remove
	it... (NOTE: We do not see him actually remove
	anything.)

             STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FIVE             59.

62   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	Data at the operating table. He INJECTS Ogawa with a
	hypospray, then looks at the wall monitor.

					DATA
				(to computer)
			Computer, display progress of
			genetic re-sequencing.

	The wall monitor displays a GRAPHIC of a MUTATED DNA
	STRAND that is rapidly RE-ORDERING itself. Data
	watches the graphic closely as the strand shifts and
	twists and breaks apart in a frenzy of re-sequencing...

63   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	Picard is crawling vertically through the narrow
	passageway. He stops at a hatch... moves to one side,
	cautious -- holds his phaser ready and hits a control
	by the door...

64   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE INTERSECTION

	Picard ENTERS from another Jefferies Tube and stands
	upright. He moves to another set of doors, but stops
	when a sudden NOISE echoes somewhere nearby. He stops
	and cocks his head, listening closely much like an
	animal would. He eyes the doors with concern...
	levels his phaser at the doors and hits a control --

	The doors open -- no one is there. Picard bends over
	to enter the horizontal tube when a BLAST of VENOM
	sprays down from above. Picard cries out, drops the
	phaser, which falls away, lost. Picard falls to the
	floor... looks up...

65   PICARD'S POV - THE GRATING ABOVE

	Worf is staring down at him from beyond the grating, in
	the Jefferies Tube above. He ROARS ferociously.

66   PICARD

	grabs his arm, which is covered with ACID BURNS from
	the venom. He struggles to his feet, heads into the
	horizontal Tube...

             STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FIVE             60.

67   INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)

	The wall monitor shows that the DNA strand has now
	FROZEN and looks more normal than before.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Genetic re-sequencing in progress --
			DNA to seventy percent normal.

	Data looks down at Ogawa. We can see a subtle change
	in Ogawa's appearance now -- her pronounced brow is
	gone, and she is pale, perspiring from the rigor of the
	transformation. Data injects her again with the
	hypospray, looks at the monitor.

					DATA
			Computer, increase nucleotide
			substitution by thirty-two
			percent.

	The graphic shows the DNA re-ordering itself even
	further...

68   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	Picard struggling to make his way down the horizontal
	passage. An access hatch opens behind him -- it's
	Worf. The Klingon starts after him. It's a tense
	chase down the crawlway until --

69   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as Picard reaches an opened panel -- it's the same acideaten
	panel seen in Act Two. The power cable which
	Barclay re-routed earlier is still visible stretching
	across the Tube. Picard grabs hold of it, RIPS the
	cable from the panel with a fritzing sound. The end of
	the cable is CRACKLING with PLASMA ENERGY. He aims it
	at Worf.

	Worf keeps coming, a threat. Picard grabs the panel
	cover which is lying nearby and places it in front of
	him -- then he steps onto the cover, crouches down with
	both feet on top of it making sure that no part of his
	body is touching the Tube.

	Worf is almost on top of him when Picard jams the end
	of the cable into the metal grating of the Jefferies
	Tube --

             STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FIVE             61.

70   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as the ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE JEFFERIES TUBE LIGHTS UP
	WITH AN ELECTRICAL FLASH. The panel cover that Picard
	is crouching on is unaffected, and this protects Picard
	from the plasma charge. Worf is JOLTED violently, then
	he collapses. Picard removes the cable from the metal
	grating... stares at the figure of Worf, who is still
	breathing heavily... unconscious.

71   INT. SICKBAY

	Data working on Ogawa, who has completely returned to
	normal. She looks pale, sweaty -- her body has been
	wracked.

					DATA
				(taps combadge)
			Data to Captain Picard.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Go ahead.

					DATA
			The retro-virus is working. I can
			release it into the ship's
			atmosphere in a gaseous state, but
			it will take some time to take
			effect.

72   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	As before.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Acknowledged.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Are you all right, sir?

	Picard takes a breath, relieved.

					PICARD
			I'm fine, Mister Data. Proceed...

	Picard looks at Worf.

					PICARD
				(continuing, quiet)
			Well, Mister Worf... let's hope
			you wake up feeling like a new
			man.

             STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FIVE            61A.

72   CONTINUED:

	OFF the moment...

									CUT TO:

             STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FIVE             62.

73   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE

	at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental.
			Commander Data has succeeded in
			returning the crew to normal.
			Doctor Crusher has determined that
			the synthetic T-cell she used to
			cure Mister Barclay's Urodelan flu
			initiated the intron virus which
			swept through the ship.

74   INT. SICKBAY

	Barclay is sitting on a bio-bed, in uniform. Beverly
	is scanning him with a tricorder. Troi is sitting on
	the bed next to them (she's normal now), being treated
	by a Medical N.D. In the b.g., other crewmembers are
	visible lying on the beds, being treated by Medical
	N.D.s. Mid-conversation.

					BARCLAY
			So... this was my fault...

					BEVERLY
			No... in a way, it was mine. I
			didn't realize it at the time, but
			there's an anomaly in your genetic
			chemistry that caused the
			synthetic T-cell to mutate...
				(beat)
			Instead of just activating one
			dormant gene, it started to
			activate all of them -- including
			your introns.

					BARCLAY
			And that... that caused me to devolve...

					BEVERLY
				(nods)
			Along with every other member of
			the crew. The T-cell became
			airborne and started to spread
			like a virus...

	Beverly stops her scan and nods to Barclay, indicating
	that he's free to go. As Barclay stands...

             STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FIVE            62A.

74   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			You know, Reg... this is a
			completely new disease. And it's
			traditional to classify a new
			disease with the name of the first
			diagnosed patient...

             STAR TREK: "Genesis" - 01/07/94 - ACT FIVE             63.

74   CONTINUED: (2)

	Barclay reacts.

					BARCLAY
			You mean... you want to name the
			disease... after me?

					BEVERLY
			That's right. How about...
			"Barclay's Proto-morphosis
			Syndrome"?

	Barclay considers -- isn't sure whether to be happy or
	horrified by the notion.

					BARCLAY
			"Barclay's Proto-morphosis"...
			it... it has a nice ring to it...
				(unsure)
			Thank you, Doctor...

	Barclay heads toward the door, absorbed by the concept.
	Troi walks up to Beverly and they watch him go...

					TROI
				(re: Barclay)
			He transformed into a spider...
			and now he's had a disease named
			after him...
				(with humor)
			I think I'd better clear my
			calender for the next few weeks.

	OFF the moment...

									FADE OUT.

75   OMITTED

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             













                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "Journey's End" 
                          #40277-272 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Ronald D. Moore 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Corey Allen 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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                         FINAL DRAFT

                       JANUARY 20, 1994

         STAR TREK: "Journey's End" - 01/20/94 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Journey's End" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD                  WESLEY
                RIKER                   NECHEYEV
                DATA                    LAKANTA
                BEVERLY                 ANTHWARA
                TROI                    WAKASA
                WORF                    GUL EVEK
                GEORDI                  JACK CRUSHER
                                        TRAVELLER
                                        CARDASSIAN COM VOICE
                Non-Speaking            Non-Speaking
                  N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES    N.D. INDIANS
                  N.D. SECURITY           N.D. CARDASSIANS

         STAR TREK: "Journey's End" - 01/20/94 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Journey's End" 

                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              ENGINEERING              INDIAN VILLAGE
              TEN FORWARD
              READY ROOM
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              WESLEY'S QUARTERS
          
              HABAK
              MEETING ROOM

  STAR TREK: "Journey's End" - 01/20/94 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Journey's End" 
                          
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 ANTHWARA          an-THWAH-rah
                 BULARIAN          boo-LAIR-ree-an
                 CETI              SET-tee
                 DORVAN            DOOR-van
                 EVEK              ee-VEK
                 HABAK             HA-bak
                 LAKANTA           la-KON-tuh
                 MANSARA           mahn-SAR-uh
                 NECHEYEV          neh-CHAY-ev
                 TELAK             tel-AK
                 VASSBINDER        VAS-bine-der
                 VETAR             VEE-tar
                 WAKASA            wuh-KA-suh

        STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - TEASER        1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                        "Journey's End"                             
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit around a planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log: Stardate 47751.2.
			The Enterprise has arrived at
			Starbase Three One Zero for a
			meeting with Fleet Admiral
			Necheyev. This visit will also
			give us the opportunity to pick up
			a... member of the family.

2    INT. WESLEY'S QUARTERS

	BEVERLY and WESLEY ENTER from the Corridor. Wesley is
	wearing his cadet uniform and is carrying a suitcase.

					BEVERLY
			Here you go... your very own
			quarters.
				(with humor)
			And they're as far away from mine
			as possible, so you won't even
			have to see me if you don't want
			to.

	Wes rolls his eyes slightly as he starts to unpack.

					WESLEY
			Mom... you know that's not why I
			asked for my own quarters this --

					BEVERLY
				(teasing)
			No, no. You don't have to
			explain. There comes a time in a
			young man's life when he doesn't
			want to stay with his poor old
			mother... I understand.

        STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - TEASER        2.

2    CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(wry)
			I'll come visit you in the old
			Doctor's Home every Sunday.

	Beverly smiles... she's very happy, very up and Wes
	seems glad to be home... but throughout the scene, we
	should get the first subtle indications that all is not
	well with Wesley... he may be smiling and saying all
	the right things, but his smile is just a little
	forced... his good cheer a little hollow. The door
	CHIMES.

					WESLEY
			Come in.

	GEORDI and DATA ENTER.

					GEORDI
			Is there a runaway cadet in here?

					DATA
			If so, we may have to call
			security.

					GEORDI
			Welcome back, Wes.

					WESLEY
			Thanks.

	Wesley's response is perfunctory at best and he gives
	them a polite smile.

					DATA
			I was, of course, not serious
			about calling security. It was a
			joke.

					WESLEY
			I got it, Data.

	Geordi picks up on the distance Wesley is keeping them
	at and he struggles for meaningless small talk.

					GEORDI
			So... how's life at the Academy?

					WESLEY
			Great... just great.
				(beat)
			But it's... good to have a break.

      STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/24/94 - TEASER      3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI
			So do you plan on just lounging
			around while we have work to do?

					WESLEY
			I'm... sure I can find some time
			to help, sir.

	Geordi laughs a little at the serious look on Wesley's
	face and then puts a friendly hand on his shoulder.

					GEORDI
			Enjoy your time off, you've earned
			it.

					WESLEY
			Thanks.

					BEVERLY
			Well... I think we better let him
			settle in.

					GEORDI
			Good idea. Don't sleep your whole
			vacation away, Wes.

      STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/24/94 - TEASER      4.

2    CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
			Good-bye.

					WESLEY
			See you later.

	Data and Geordi EXIT. Beverly gives her son a long hug
	for a moment.

					BEVERLY
			It's really good to have you home,
			Wesley. Really.

					WESLEY
			Thanks, Mom.

	Beverly EXITS. Wes moves back to his suitcase and
	takes out a shirt... then pauses and sits down on the
	bed. He looks around the room for a moment... there is
	no joy in his face, no sense of warm nostalgia or
	relief at being home... just the look of young man
	who's profoundly unhappy... and doesn't even know why.
	OFF his expression...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

        STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT ONE        5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

3    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	PICARD is setting a teapot on the table where a small
	tea service has been laid out. There is also a plate
	of small sandwiches, and a tray of odd-looking
	crackers. Riker ENTERS.

					RIKER
			Admiral Necheyev's just beamed
			aboard. Worf's escorting her up
			here now.

					PICARD
			Good.

	Picard makes a few adjustments to the tea service as
	Riker looks on.

					RIKER
			Earl Grey Tea... watercress
			sandwiches... Bularian canapes...
			Are you up for a promotion?

					PICARD
			I'm trying to establish a new
			relationship with the Admiral.
			There's been a certain amount
			of... tension between us in the
			past.

					RIKER
			Tension's not the word I would
			use...

					PICARD
			I'd like to get things started on
			a better note this time. I want
			to make her feel at ease... that
			she's welcome aboard the
			Enterprise...

					RIKER
				(innocent)
			I don't know why she wouldn't feel
			welcome here.

	Picard gives him a dry look.

        STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT ONE        6.

3    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			We don't have to like her Wil, we
			simply have to follow her orders.
			However, maintaining an atmosphere
			of confrontation serves no
			purpose.

	The doors now OPEN and WORF and ADMIRAL NECHEYEV ENTER.
	Necheyev is carrying a PADD.

					WORF
			Admiral Necheyev, sir.

	Picard smiles warmly and moves to shake her hand.

					PICARD
				(warm)
			Admiral, welcome aboard the
			Enterprise.

	But Necheyev is as brusque as ever.

					NECHEYEV
			Thank you.
				(to Worf & Riker)
			You two may leave.

	Worf bristles slightly, but Riker simply smiles at her.

					RIKER
			Thank you, Admiral.

	Riker gives Picard a big smile... "you've got your work
	cut out for you."

					RIKER
			Captain...

	Riker and Worf EXIT. Picard tries gamely to play the
	gracious host.

					PICARD
			Admiral, may I offer you some --

	But Necheyev is all business... she moves past Picard
	and heads for the table without even hearing him.

					NECHEYEV
				(brusque)
			I'll come right to the point,
			Captain. A situation has
			developed on the Cardassian border
			that...

        STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT ONE        7.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

	She trails off as she catches sight of the food and
	drink on the table.

					NECHEYEV
			Are those... Bularian canapes?

					PICARD
			Yes, as a matter of fact. I took
			the liberty of speaking to your
			aide, Commander Wrightwell... he
			said you were quite fond of them.

	Necheyev suddenly realizes the effort that Picard has
	gone to here... she reins in her instinctive "cut to
	the chase" attitude with Picard... tries to match his
	gesture with a certain amount of graciousness. But it
	isn't easy -- for either of them, and there is still a
	trace of tension between these two officers as they try
	to remain civil to each other throughout the scene.

					NECHEYEV
			That was very... thoughtful,
			Captain. Thank you.

	She sits down and takes one of the canapes. Picard
	pours them both some tea.

					PICARD
			You were saying something about
			the Cardassians I believe...

					NECHEYEV
			Yes. The Federation has just
			completed a very long and
			difficult series of negotiations
			regarding the final status of our
			border with the Cardassians.

	Necheyev hands Picard the PADD she brought in.

					NECHEYEV
				(continuing)
			These will be the official
			boundaries... you'll notice that
			a demilitarized zone has also been
			created along the border. Neither
			side will be permitted to place
			military outposts, conduct fleet
			exercises, or station warships
			anywhere in the demilitarized
			area.

        STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT ONE        8.

3    CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(off PADD)
			This border will put several
			Federation colonies in Cardassian
			territory... and some Cardassian
			colonies in ours.

	Necheyev sips some tea... she's not completely happy
	with this agreement.

					NECHEYEV
			The agreement is by no means
			perfect... neither side got
			everything they wanted... but
			everyone got something. And as
			someone once said, diplomacy is
			the art of the possible.
				(beat)
			Those colonies finding themselves
			on the wrong side of the border
			will have to be moved.

	Picard doesn't like the sound of that.

					PICARD
			The colonists are not going to be
			very happy about that... some of
			them have been there for decades.

					NECHEYEV
			It won't be easy... but it is a
			reasonable price to pay for peace.
				(beat)
			Your mission is to evacuate the
			colony on Dorvan Five.

					PICARD
			Dorvan Five... that's where the
			group of North American Indians
			has settled, isn't it?

					NECHEYEV
			Yes. They've been there for about
			twenty years... they've
			established a village in a small
			valley on the southern continent.

        STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/93 - ACT ONE        9.

3    CONTINUED: (4)

	Picard sits back in his chair... very disturbed by
	this. Necheyev is vaguely irritated -- she doesn't
	respond well to resistance from her subordinates, but
	she holds her tongue and gives him a polite smile.

					NECHEYEV
			Is there something wrong?

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Admiral... centuries ago, the
			North American Indians were
			forcibly displaced from their
			ancestral lands. This group on
			Dorvan Five originally left Earth
			two hundred years ago because they
			wanted to preserve their cultural
			identities.

					NECHEYEV
				(dry)
			I am aware of that Captain...

					PICARD
			There are certain... disturbing
			historical parallels here. Once
			again, these people are being
			asked to leave their homes because
			of political decisions made by a
			distant government.

	Necheyev nearly gives him a tart reply, but instead,
	she takes a sip of her tea... trying to maintain the
	civil atmosphere.

					NECHEYEV
			An Indian representative was
			included in the deliberations of
			the Federation Council. His
			objections were noted,
			discussed... but ultimately
			rejected.

	Necheyev leans forward, trying to make Picard see the
	validity of her position... trying to make him
	understand.

       STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/93 - ACT ONE       9A.

3    CONTINUED: (5)

					NECHEYEV
				(continuing)
			Captain, the Indians colonized
			Dorvan only twenty years ago...
			and at that time they were warned
			the planet was hotly disputed by
			the Cardassians. The bottom line
			is... they never should have
			settled there in the first place.

					PICARD
			Then perhaps we should not have
			allowed them to settle the planet
			originally. But to go to them
			twenty years later and ask them to
			leave what is now their home...

	Necheyev sits back in her chair and regards him for a
	moment... her expression is weary... tired.

					NECHEYEV
			I made the same argument to the
			Federation Council. But it took
			three years to negotiate this
			treaty... some concessions had to
			be made... and this is one of
			them.

	Picard takes a moment... realizes the futility of
	further argument.

					PICARD
			What if the Indians should...
			refuse to evacuate?

	Necheyev sets down her tea... gives him a direct look.

					NECHEYEV
				(quiet)
			Then your orders are to remove
			them... by any means necessary.

	That grim order hangs in the air for a moment.

       STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT ONE       9B.

3    CONTINUED: (6)

					NECHEYEV
				(continuing)
			I understand your... moral
			objections, Captain. If you
			wish... I can find someone else to
			command the Enterprise for this
			mission.

					PICARD
			No. That won't be necessary.

	Necheyev nods and then she stands. Picard stands as
	well.

					NECHEYEV
			I don't envy you this task... but
			I do believe it is for the greater
			good.

					PICARD
			I understand.

	Necheyev turns to go, then pauses at the door.

					NECHEYEV
			And... thank you for...
				(beat, looks down at the
				 food & tea)
			... making me feel welcome.

					PICARD
			You are always welcome on this
			ship, Admiral.

	A look between two former adversaries possibly on the
	road to a new relationship... and then Necheyev EXITS.

									CUT TO:

4    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship goes into warp.

       STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT ONE       10.

5    INT. WESLEY'S QUARTERS

	Wesley is sound asleep in bed. His things are
	scattered across the floor -- not the neat and tidy
	room one would expect from a Starfleet Cadet. The door
	CHIMES. Wes groans and rolls over, trying to ignore
	it. The door CHIMES again. Wesley finally sits up in
	irritation.

					WESLEY
				(annoyed)
			Come in.

	The doors OPEN and Picard ENTERS. He's surprised to
	see Wesley still in bed.

					PICARD
			Oh. I'm sorry to disturb you,
			Mister Crusher. I assumed you
			would be up at this hour. I could
			come back later.

	Wesley drags himself out of bed and puts on a robe. He
	makes a feeble effort to perk up for the Captain.

					WESLEY
			No... no, sir. I... must have
			overslept. Come in.

	Picard comes in as Wesley goes to the replicator.

					WESLEY
				(continuing, to
				 replicator)
			Coffee, black.

	We HEAR the sound of the replicator. Wesley seems to
	remember something.

					WESLEY
				(continuing, to Picard)
			Oh. Uh, can I get something for
			you, sir?

					PICARD
			No, that's quite all right. This
			was my first chance to welcome you
			back.

	Wesley takes a sip from the steaming mug.

					WESLEY
			Thank you. I appreciate that.

	There is an awkward beat. The usual warm and familiar
	dynamic between them is noticeably absent.

     STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/24/94 - ACT ONE     11.

5    CONTINUED:

	Wesley never quite meets Picard's gaze... he's
	withdrawn and evasive. He really doesn't want to be
	here and he doesn't particularly want to talk to the
	Captain -- he just wants to be left alone. Picard
	feels progressively more uncomfortable.

					PICARD
			So... how's Boothby?

	Wesley shrugs.

					WESLEY
			Fine, I guess.

					PICARD
			You guess?

					WESLEY
			I haven't seen him in a while.
				(beat)
			To be honest, sir... Boothby was
			starting to get on my nerves a
			little bit.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT ONE       12.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY (Cont'd)
			He always seemed to have an
			opinion about everything.
				(then tries to
				 backtrack)
			I mean, I know he's a very...
			insightful... intelligent man...

	Picard's had about enough of this... he can see that
	something's going on with Wesley and that continued
	conversation will only make it worse.

					PICARD
			But you'd had enough of his
			insights.

					WESLEY
			That's not quite what I meant,
			sir.

	Picard decides not to pursue this any longer.

					PICARD
			Well, as I said, welcome back,
			Mister Crusher. I hope you enjoy
			your vacation. That's really all
			I came here to say.

	Picard turns and EXITS. Wesley feels instantly bad...
	he didn't mean to rude... and now it's too late. He
	sits down in frustration.

									CUT TO:

6    INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi is working at the pool table as Wesley ENTERS
	wearing civilian clothes.

					GEORDI
			Wes -- there you are. You've got
			to take a look at this.

	Geordi moves over to the warp core chamber. He opens
	a panel on the bulkhead.

       STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT ONE       13.

6    CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Remember how we always talked
			about improving the quantum
			efficiency by creating a new
			plasma-dyne relay? Well, feast
			your eyes on this.

	Wesley looks inside the panel -- there's a pulsing
	conduit inside. Wesley looks unimpressed -- his
	attitude is condescending, almost arrogant. The
	subtext here is that Wesley is angry and frustrated
	about something and he's taking those feelings out on
	Geordi.

					WESLEY
				(dismissive)
			You've only got one micro-fusion
			inter-relay in here... the
			converter interface will never
			hold up.

					GEORDI
			Hey, I ran the diagnostics myself.
			This little baby will withstand
			over five hundred Cochranes of
			warp field stress.

					WESLEY
			I don't think so. You better put
			a secondary phase inverter in
			there.
				(beat, pokes around in
				 panel)
			In fact, this entire subprocessor
			matrix needs an overhaul.

	Geordi shuts the panel... he's definitely getting
	irritated at this point.

					GEORDI
			Well, I guess we can't have all
			the fancy new equipment they give
			you kids at the Academy. We have
			to make do with what we've got.

	Wesley reacts with irritation, as if talking to a slow
	pupil who just doesn't get it.

     STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/24/94 - ACT ONE     14.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			Read the latest paper by Doctor
			Vassbinder... he has some
			brilliant new theories on warp
			propulsion inter-relays.
				(indicates console)
			A lot of this stuff is almost
			obsolete.

	Wesley's tone and attitude are so obviously out of
	character that Geordi gives him a surprised look.

					GEORDI
			What's wrong with you?

					WESLEY
				(hard)
			Do you want my help or not?

					GEORDI
				(bristling)
			I was doing this for you... I
			thought you'd be interested in
			this.

					WESLEY
			Well, I'm not.

	Wesley EXITS. OFF Geordi's angry expression...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/24/94 - ACT TWO     15.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

7    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship is in orbit around a planet.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log: Supplemental. The
			Enterprise has arrived at Dorvan
			Five and I have spoken to the
			Leader of the Tribal Council. He
			has agreed to meet with us this
			afternoon to discuss the
			situation.

									CUT TO:

8    OMITTED

      STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/24/94 - ACT TWO 16-17.        

9    INT. MEETING ROOM

	A large room, which in contrast to the rest of the
	village is almost completely 24th century in design and
	in building materials. There is a large, broad table
	with chairs, but no other furniture. Seated on one
	side of the table are five leaders of the Indian Tribal
	Council -- each of them wearing distinctive
	accoutrements which indicate their respective tribes,
	but all in essentially modern dress. On the other side
	of the table are seated Picard and Troi. The
	atmosphere is cordial, but a little stiff. There are
	several PADDS on the table.

	Picard is speaking to ANTHWARA -- the Leader of the
	Tribal Council.

					PICARD
			Anthwara... I am afraid there is
			very little I can do. The
			decision regarding this planet was
			made at the highest levels of the
			Federation.

     STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/24/94 - ACT TWO     18.

9    CONTINUED:

					WAKASA
			A decision that was made over our
			explicit objections.

					PICARD
			I must point out that when you
			first came to this world, you were
			warned that it was the subject of
			a dispute between the Federation
			and the Cardassians. You were
			asked not to settle here.

					WAKASA
				(with an edge)
			Do you know how long we have
			searched for a home? Almost two
			hundred years. Then we found this
			world... Can you blame us for not
			wanting to give it up?

					PICARD
			I understand and respect the long
			journey of your people. But I
			believe we can help you find a new
			home.

	Troi picks up the PADD in front of her and Picard.

					TROI
			As you can see, there are three
			other planets in this sector that
			have environmental conditions
			similar to those here on Dorvan
			Five. They are all uninhabited...
			and could be colonized
			immediately.

					PICARD
			And if those worlds don't meet
			with your approval, then we'll
			find you other choices.

       STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT TWO       19.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

	The Tribal leaders look over their PADDS for a moment,
	then put them aside. Anthwara gets up... moves about
	for a moment... this is not an easy conversation for
	him either.

					ANTHARWA
			You don't understand... the choice
			of this world was not limited
			to... "environmental conditions."
			There were other... more
			intangible concerns as well.
				(beat)
			My people have always had an...
			intimate bond with nature. We
			think of ourselves as being a part
			of it... and it being a part of
			us. One of the reasons our
			ancestors left Earth two hundred
			years ago was because that bond
			had been severed.

					WAKASA
				(with contempt)
			They began to control the weather.

					ANTHWARA
			We believe -- very strongly --
			that nature should not be "fixed"
			or controlled. Droughts and
			floods... tornadoes and
			hurricanes... these are natural
			events. By putting man above
			nature... an imbalance was
			created. We could no longer live
			in harmony with our environment.

					PICARD
			I can assure you that we will not
			impose a weather control system or
			anything else on your people.
			Whatever world you choose to
			colonize will be completely yours
			to do with as you please.

         STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/24/94 - ACT TWO         19A

9    CONTINUED: (3)

					ANTHWARA
			Captain, once the bond between us
			and Earth had been broken, we had
			to find a planet where we could
			establish a new bond... a planet
			that would welcome us. When I
			came here twenty years ago, I was
			welcomed by the mountains... the
			rivers... the sky.

					WAKASA
				(to Anthwara, re:
				 Picard)
			He's laughing at you, Anthwara.
			He thinks you're talking about old
			superstition and nonsense.

					PICARD
			That's not true. I have a great
			deal of respect for your beliefs
			and the meaning they hold for your
			people.

					ANTHWARA
			Then you should respect the fact
			that this planet holds a deeply
			spiritual significance for us. It
			took us two centuries to find a
			place where the mountains gave us
			permission to use their stone for
			our houses... where the rivers let
			us drink from their waters... and
			where the wind sang to us at
			night.
				(beat)
			We don't want to spend another two
			hundred years searching for what
			we already have.

	Picard sits back for a moment... this is going nowhere
	fast. Troi senses that further discussion will not
	help.

					TROI
			Captain, may I suggest that we
			adjourn for now... allow us all
			time to think about what's been
			said.

	Picard looks to Anthwara, who nods after a beat.

    STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/24/94 - ACT TWO     19B-20      

9    CONTINUED: (4)

					ANTHWARA
			Agreed. We will reconvene
			tomorrow.

					PICARD
			In the meantime, I would like to
			invite you all to the Enterprise
			this evening as our guests.

					ANTHWARA
				(smiles)
			Thank you, Captain. We look
			forward to it.

	The meeting breaks up.

									CUT TO:

10   OMITTED

        STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT TWO 21-22.           

11   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit.

12   INT. WESLEY'S QUARTERS

	Wesley is sitting in a chair with a bored,
	disinterested look on his face. Beverly is walking
	around the room in obvious concern and frustration.

					BEVERLY
			Ever since you came aboard you've
			been moody, sullen and rude. I
			want to know what's going on.

       STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT TWO       23.

12   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Nothing's going on, Mom. I just
			want to be left alone.

					BEVERLY
			No, that's not good enough. Your
			behavior in Engineering was
			inexcusable.

	Wesley's voice rises a notch.

					WESLEY
			Well, then that's my business
			isn't it? I don't need you
			telling me how to behave.

					BEVERLY
			I shouldn't have to -- you're a
			fourth year Starfleet cadet.
			You're expected to have a certain
			level of maturity.

	Wesley gets up, his eyes flash in anger.

					WESLEY
			Maybe I'm sick of living up to
			other people's expectations...
			maybe I'm sick of following rules
			and regulations... did you ever
			think about that?

	He storms out of the room, leaving Beverly unsure what
	to do.

									CUT TO:

13   OMITTED

14   INT. TEN FORWARD

	A reception for the Indians is in progress. There is
	a banquet of food and drink set out and there are
	numerous N.D. Crewmembers mingling with N.D. Indians.
	All six tribal leaders are here as well as Picard,
	Riker, Troi, Data, Beverly.

       STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT TWO       24.

15   PICARD AND ANTHWARA

	Are carrying drinks over to the window. Picard is
	using this social gathering as an opportunity to
	explore other solutions with Anthwara. Midconversation.

					PICARD
			... so I've been trying to
			familiarize myself with the
			history and traditions of your
			people. I was quite interested to
			learn that it was your grandfather --
			Katowa -- who led the group of
			Indians who initially left Earth
			two centuries ago.

					ANTHWARA
				(with affection)
			He was a... great man. When I was
			a little boy, I was so proud to
			know that he was my grandfather.
			In fact, I think I was a little
			too proud of it... I remember the
			other children getting tired of
			hearing me talk about him.

					PICARD
			It must have been a very difficult
			decision for your grandfather to
			make... uprooting your people...
			leading them into the unknown for
			an undetermined amount of time...
			not even knowing if you ever would
			find a new home.

					ANTHWARA
			There was great deal of
			opposition. Even my own father
			was against it... but when Katowa
			made his decision -- that was it.
			My father never said another word.

	Picard pauses for a moment, and they both sip their
	drinks for a second.

       STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT TWO       25.

15   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(quiet)
			It's never easy to leave one's
			home... to give up the safe and
			familiar. But there are times
			when the greater good demands that
			sacrifices be made... I'm sure
			your grandfather knew that.

	Anthwara looks out at the stars for a moment.

					ANTHWARA
				(quiet)
			His grandson does too. But there
			are also times when a people have
			sacrificed too much... when they
			must hold on to what they have...
			even if it means standing up
			against overwhelming opposition.

	A quiet beat and then Anthwara turns to Picard and
	moves the conversation onto a new subject.

					ANTHWARA
			What do you know about your
			family, Captain?

					PICARD
			A great deal actually. My father
			was a strong believer in passing
			along the family history and
			traditions.

					ANTHWARA
			Tell me about your family. We
			have very strong ties to our
			ancestors... we believe their
			actions guide us even now.
			Knowing more about your family
			might help me to better understand
			you.
				(smiles)
			Besides, it's always a good idea
			to understand your opponent in any
			negotiation.

    STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/21/94 - ACT TWO    25A.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(smiles)
			I hope that by the end of this
			matter, you won't look at me as
			your opponent.
				(beat)
			My family. Well... our roots in
			Western Europe go back to the time
			of Charlemagne.

16   OMITTED

17   ANGLE ON WESLEY

	As he ENTERS the room. He's wearing his cadet uniform
	again, but he doesn't look especially happy to be here.
	Beverly catches his eye as she passes him on her way to
	the bar.

					WESLEY
				(to Beverly, quiet)
			Sorry I'm late.

					BEVERLY
			We'll talk about that later.

	Beverly continues on her way and joins Troi and Lakanta
	in a conversation at the bar. Wesley grabs a drink
	from a waiter's tray and tries to find an out of the
	way place by one of the windows. He manages to find a
	quiet seat by himself and is about to sink into private
	thoughts when an Indian named LAKANTA quietly
	approaches him.

     STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/21/94 - ACT TWO     26.

17   CONTINUED:

					LAKANTA
			Wesley Crusher?

	Wes turns and looks up in surprise.

					WESLEY
			Yes?

					LAKANTA
			I am Lakanta.

	Wesley waits... but Lakanta doesn't offer more
	explanation.

					WESLEY
			I'm... glad to meet you... can I
			get you a drink or --

					LAKANTA
			I have been waiting for you.

					WESLEY
			For... me?

					LAKANTA
			I have known you would come to us
			for the past two years.

     STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/21/94 - ACT TWO     27.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

	Wesley is surprised... doesn't know what to say for a
	moment.

					WESLEY
			I'm... not sure what you mean.

	Lakanta sits down next to Wesley.

					LAKANTA
			Two years ago, I went into the
			Habak and began a vision quest.
			While I was there, I saw many
			things... talked to many animals
			and spirits... and I saw you.

	Wesley isn't sure what he's dealing with here and he
	tries to make sense of it all.

					LAKANTA
				(continuing)
			There're many things you don't
			understand yet... but you will.

					WESLEY
			I don't mean to be rude, but I
			wish you'd stop talking about me
			in the future tense.

	But Lakanta is not fazed in the least by Wesley's
	prickliness.

					LAKANTA
			I know your spirit's troubled,
			Wesley. That's why you've come to
			us. We can help you find the
			answers you seek.

       STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT TWO       28.

17   CONTINUED: (3)

	Lakanta gets up and leaves. Wesley looks after him
	with puzzlement. He tries to shake off the odd
	encounter, but then he can't... Lakanta's words have
	struck some chord within him... Wesley looks up and
	watches as Lakanta EXITS the room. OFF Wesley's
	thoughtful look...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT THREE      29.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

18   OMITTED

19   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Beverly is on her feet, moving about the room,
	obviously very upset and concerned. Picard listens
	patiently, trying to help.

					BEVERLY
			I just don't know what to do, Jean-Luc.
			It's as if someone took my
			son away and left this stranger in
			his place.

					PICARD
			In a sense, that's exactly what's
			happened. Wesley left here three
			years ago as a boy... but now he's
			a young man. That can't be an
			easy transition for a mother... or
			a son.

					BEVERLY
			Well, it's gone beyond just the
			two of us...

					PICARD
			I heard about the incident with
			Geordi.

					BEVERLY
			Have you heard about the Academy?
				(off his look)
			I called Admiral Brand this
			afternoon. She said his grades
			are falling... he's becoming
			remote, defensive... if he's not
			careful, he'll wash out next term.

	Beverly sits down with a sense of helplessness and
	defeat. Picard moves to sit next to her.

					PICARD
			I don't mean to make light of that
			by any means... but I must say
			that I went through the same
			thing.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT THREE      30.

19   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (CONT'D)
				(off her look)
			Oh, yes. I nearly washed out my
			sophomore year... there were a lot
			of different factors... my
			father's death... a teenage love
			affair with the wrong girl... the
			point is, I realized what was
			happening to me and I pulled
			myself out of it. I'm sure Wesley
			will do the same.

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc... will you have a talk
			with him? Maybe this is the kind
			of thing a boy -- a young man has
			to discuss with another man.

	Picard considers this for a moment.

					PICARD
				(gently)
			I don't think he wants either of
			us to talk to him right now.

					BEVERLY
			But he needs help.

					PICARD
			Perhaps. But he has to want that
			help. If he doesn't, then any
			effort on our part might only push
			him further away.

	Beverly looks like she wants to object, but Picard
	presses on.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Let him work this out on his own,
			Beverly.

	Finally, Beverly realizes that Picard is right... she
	nods in reluctant acceptance and leans against him for
	support. He smiles and puts a comforting arm around
	her.

									CUT TO:

   STAR TREK: "Journey's End" - REV. 01/25/94 - ACT THREE   31.

20   EXT. INDIAN VILLAGE - DAY

	Wesley is walking through the village in his uniform.
	He looks a little uncomfortable here... unsure what he
	should be doing or not doing among these people. He
	looks around for Lakanta, but doesn't see him among the
	Indians, who basically ignore him.

	Wesley shakes his head after a beat... he must be crazy
	to have come here... he turns around to leave and then
	sees Lakanta standing calmly nearby, watching him.

					WESLEY
			How long have you been watching
			me?

					LAKANTA
			Since you beamed down.

					WESLEY
			Well, I'm here. What am I
			supposed to do now?

					LAKANTA
			I don't know.

	Wesley's intrigue is starting to turn to annoyance.

					WESLEY
			I thought you were going to...
			help me "find some answers".

					LAKANTA
			Yes. But the answers will be to
			your questions.

					WESLEY
				(frustrated)
			What questions? I don't even know
			why I came here.

	Wesley turns to go, but Lakanta's voice stops him.

					LAKANTA
			I told you before your spirit was
			troubled. Was I wrong?

	Wesley takes a long beat before he turns around.

   STAR TREK: "Journey's End" - REV. 01/25/94 - ACT THREE   32.

20   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(quiet)
			I don't know about my... spirit,
			but I guess you could say I'm a
			little... troubled.

					LAKANTA
			Then perhaps you do have questions
			to be answered. Maybe your
			answers are here... maybe they're
			not. Will it hurt to look?

	Wesley thinks about this for a moment... he takes a
	deep breath... decides to put aside his frustrations
	for the moment and see where this leads.

					WESLEY
			Tell me about this... Habak. You
			said you had some kind of a vision
			there?

	Lakanta and Wesley begin to walk through the Village as
	they talk.

					LAKANTA
			The Habak is a holy place... we
			hold many of our rituals and
			ceremonies there. It's sacred to
			us.

	Wesley nods and they walk for a moment.

					LAKANTA
				(continuing)
			What's sacred to you, Wesley?

	That definitely catches Wes off-guard.

   STAR TREK: "Journey's End" - REV. 01/25/94 - ACT THREE   33.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			To me? Uh... well, I consider a
			lot of things... important... I
			respect a lot of things... but I
			don't know if I consider anything
			sacred.

					LAKANTA
			Stop.

	They stop.

					LAKANTA
				(continuing)
			Look around us. What do you think
			would be sacred to us here?

	Wesley looks around for a moment... he hesitates.

					WESLEY
			Well... maybe some of the designs
			on the walls... the necklace
			you're wearing... ?

					LAKANTA
			Everything is sacred to us. The
			buildings... the food... the
			sky... the dirt under your
			feet... and you. Whether you
			believe in your own spirit or
			not... we believe in it. So you
			are a sacred person here, Wesley.

	Wesley smiles after a beat... a little embarrassed, but
	intrigued just the same.

					WESLEY
			I think that's the first time
			anyone's used that particular word
			to describe me.

					LAKANTA
			So if you're sacred... then you
			have to treat yourself with
			respect... to do otherwise is to
			desecrate something holy.

    STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/24/94 - ACT THREE    34.

20   CONTINUED: (3)

	Wesley looks at him for a long moment... Lakanta is
	touching on some very personal and intimate things
	here... and Wesley is becoming more and more interested
	in what this man has to say to him.

					WESLEY
			Is that... what you think I'm
			doing?

					LAKANTA
			Only you can decide that.

	Wesley looks away... thinks about what he's just
	said... there's more than a grain of truth in what
	Lakanta is saying.

					WESLEY
				(quiet)
			Maybe I don't have... a lot of
			respect for myself right now.

					LAKANTA
			Then perhaps it's time for your
			own vision quest to begin.

	Wesley turns and looks at him... and we can see that
	Wesley is starting to take this a little more
	seriously...

									CUT TO:

21   INT. MEETING ROOM

	Picard and Troi are meeting with the Tribal leaders
	again. The mood is tense -- they've gotten nowhere.

      STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT THREE      35.

21   CONTINUED:

	Picard and Troi exchange an uncomfortable look. Picard
	is very uncomfortable with the position that this puts
	him in.

					PICARD
			Anthwara... I deeply regret that
			we have not been able to reach an
			agreement.
				(beat)
			But, to put it bluntly, I cannot
			take no for an answer.
				(beat)
			This planet will be handed over to
			the Cardassian government as per
			the terms of the border agreement.
			I am very sorry... but you will
			have to leave.

	A tense beat.

					WAKASA
			And if we do not?

	Picard looks slowly from face to face, trying to
	communicate the fact that he means exactly what he
	says.

					PICARD
			Then I will be forced... to remove
			you... by any means necessary.

	The tension in the room rises another notch. Wakasa
	looks at him with contempt.

					WAKASA
			A familiar threat... from a white
			man.

					PICARD
				(firm)
			This is not a racial issue... it
			has nothing to do with ancient
			hatreds... or with the fact that
			we have different colored skin.
			I might just as easily have been
			a Vulcan or Andorian captain. The
			orders from Starfleet would have
			been the same.

      STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT THREE      36.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard waits to see what impact this will have on the
	Tribal leaders, but they remain impassive and unmoved
	by this. After a long pause, Anthwara stands and moves
	around to Picard's side of the table. He seems relaxed
	and utterly confident.

					ANTHWARA
			We know you won't take us from our
			land, Captain.

					PICARD
			Anthwara... I may regret doing it,
			but --

					ANTHWARA
			When you first came to us, we
			didn't know why you were the one
			sent here by the Federation... but
			we knew there had to be a reason.
			To us, nothing is truly random.
			So we searched for the true reason
			you were sent. We didn't find it
			until last night.

	Anthwara holds Picard's gaze for a long moment, as if
	waiting for Picard to state the reason himself.
	Finally, Anthwara breaks the moment.

					ANTHWARA
				(continuing)
			Are you familiar with the Pueblo
			Revolt of sixteen eighty?

	Picard is surprised by this odd reference... he tries
	to think for a moment, but it means nothing to him.
	Troi speaks up.

					TROI
			I am. Several Indian tribes rose
			up against their Spanish overlords
			and drove them out of what is now
			called New Mexico.

					ANTHWARA
				(nods)
			Ten years later, the Spanish
			returned to reconquer the area.
			They were... brutal... I would
			use the word savage. They killed
			our people by the hundreds...
			maimed thousands more.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/24/94 - ACT THREE     37       

21   CONTINUED: (3)

					ANTHWARA (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			One of these killers was named
			Javier Maribona-Picard. Your
			ancestor.

	Picard is clearly shocked... he takes a moment to let
	this information sink in.

					PICARD
			I was... unaware of that
			incident... or of the man you
			named.
				(beat)
			But that was seven hundred years
			ago and I don't see how it has any
			bearing on --

					ANTHWARA
			That is why you have come to us:
			to erase a stain of blood that
			your family has worn for twenty-three
			generations.

	Anthwara now heads for the doors and the rest of the
	clan leaders EXIT with him. Picard sits at the table
	for a long moment... stunned by this revelation and
	unsure exactly how to deal with it at the moment.

					TROI
			Captain... are you all right?

					PICARD
				(quiet)
			We should return to the
			Enterprise.

	They both get up and head for the door.

									CUT TO:

22   EXT. INDIAN VILLAGE - DAY

	Picard and Troi come down an alley way and then Picard
	stops short as he runs into Worf, who is standing in
	the plaza with Two N.D. Security Guards.

      STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT THREE      38.

22   CONTINUED:

	The security detail is facing away from Picard, toward
	something o.c.

					PICARD
				(surprised)
			Mister Worf... what's going on?

					WORF
			We have... unwelcome visitors.

	Picard follows his look and is surprised to see a group
	of TWO CARDASSIAN TROOPS and ONE CARDASSIAN GUL
	standing in the plaza facing the Enterprise group. OFF
	Picard's concerned expression...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

       STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT FOUR       39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

23   EXT. INDIAN VILLAGE - DAY

	Continuous from Act Three. Picard steps forward to
	confront the Cardassians. A large group of Indians
	watch the following.

					PICARD
			I'm Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the
			Enterprise.

	The Gul steps forward. His attitude is blunt and
	hardnosed, but he is not arrogant or obnoxious -- he's
	simply a Cardassian officer sent here to do a job and
	he means to do it.

					GUL EVEK
			I am Gul Evek.
				(re: Indians)
			What are these people still doing
			here? The evacuation should be
			well underway by now.

	Picard glances around at the Indians -- he doesn't want
	to have this particular discussion out here in public.

					PICARD
			May I have a word with you...
			alone?

					GUL EVEK
				(annoyed)
			As you wish.
				(to his men)
			Wait here.

	Picard and Gul Evek move off to one side for a private
	conversation as the two sets of security people eye
	each other suspiciously. Picard is eager to avoid a
	confrontation with this man, but he wants to prevent
	events from spiraling out of control.

					PICARD
				(quiet)
			It was my understanding that there
			would be no Cardassian presence on
			this world for another six weeks.
			Your arrival here may upset some
			very... delicate negotiations.

       STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT FOUR       40.

23   CONTINUED:

					GUL EVEK
			Negotiations? The status of this
			planet has been settled... what
			are you negotiating?

					PICARD
			I would be happy to explain it to
			you... but for now, I must ask
			that you and your men leave...
			immediately.

					GUL EVEK
			We were sent here to make a
			preliminary survey of the
			buildings and equipment being left
			behind. I have no intention of
			leaving until our mission is
			complete.

	Picard can see that Evek is unmovable on this point...
	it's frustrating, but he has very little choice.

					PICARD
			Very well... complete your
			mission...
				(his voice hardens)
			But, this is still Federation
			territory, Gul Evek... until that
			changes, this world is under my
			jurisdiction... and I will
			protect it.

					GUL EVEK
			Is that a threat?

					PICARD
			It is a fact... and I suggest you
			keep it in mind as you conduct
			your... survey.

	Picard heads back toward Worf and Gul Evek is left with
	something to think about.

									CUT TO:

24   INT. HABAK - DAY

	The Habak is a ceremonial chamber of great importance
	to the Indians. The Habak is located in a high tower
	and the only way in is through a ladder leading from a
	hole in the floor. The room itself is rectangular.

       STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT FOUR       41.

24   CONTINUED:

	Another ladder leads to a hole in the ceiling and
	sunlight pours in from this hole.

	There is a firepit in the center of the room and there
	is a ledge to sit on running along one wall.

	The walls have been decorated with colorful sacred wall
	hangings -- again, the images should reflect the
	mixture of old and new. These Indians readily
	incorporate elements of their 24th century lives
	alongside their reverence for the past. For instance,
	there are traditional drawings of Earth animals that
	fit comfortably alongside drawings of starships and
	other planets.

	Lakanta has just climbed up the ladder and Wesley is
	following him. Wesley reaches the top and looks around
	for a moment.

					LAKANTA
			This is the Habak... the focal
			point of our lives.

	Wesley is quiet... respectful... even a touch awed at
	being here.

					LAKANTA
				(continuing)
			Strangers are not welcome here...

					WESLEY
				(surprised)
			Wait a minute. When I asked to
			come here, you said it would be --

					LAKANTA
			You are not a stranger. I told
			you, I've seen you here before.

	Wesley moves around the Habak for a moment... curious
	about the place and the symbology he sees.

       STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT FOUR       42.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

	Wesley notices a ledge with several DOLLS sitting on
	it.

					WESLEY
			What are those?

					LAKANTA
			They are Mansara... dolls
			representing different spirits who
			come to this place.

	Wesley looks at them in curiosity... he is surprised to
	see a doll which looks very familiar.

					WESLEY
			This one looks like... a Klingon.

					LAKANTA
			Yes. Our culture is rooted in the
			past, but it is not limited to the
			past. The spirits of Klingons,
			Vulcans, Ferengi come to us just
			as the bear, the coyote, the
			parrot. There is no difference.

	Lakanta now moves to a spot on the floor. He picks up
	a basket of CORNMEAL and begins to pour it on the
	ground in an intricate pattern. Wesley stands there
	for a moment, unsure what to do.

					WESLEY
			What... should I do?

					LAKANTA
			Start the fire... then sit... and
			wait.

					WESLEY
			What am I waiting for?

					LAKANTA
			This is your journey, Wesley. I
			can open the door for you, but
			only you can go through it.

       STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/93 - ACT FOUR       43.

24   CONTINUED: (3)

	Lakanta concentrates on the cornmeal again. Wesley
	takes a deep breath, then moves to the firepit and
	begins placing wood and coals in it.

									CUT TO:

25   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard is talking to Necheyev on the monitor. Riker
	sits nearby. Mid-conversation.

					NECHEYEV
			Is there any indication that the
			Tribal Council will change their
			position in the near future?

					PICARD
			No, sir.

	Necheyev sits back in her chair... reluctant, but
	knowing what she must do.

					NECHEYEV
			Then I see no other choice...

					PICARD
			Admiral, I have every reason to
			believe that these people will
			resist any attempt to remove them.
			I strongly urge you to request an
			emergency session of the
			Federation Council. The issue of
			Dorvan Five must be reopened.

					NECHEYEV
				(quiet)
			Captain... I made that request two
			days ago. The answer was no.

	Riker and Picard exchange a glance... that was their
	last hope.

					NECHEYEV
				(continuing)
			I'm sorry... but you have your
			orders. Starfleet out.

	The transmission ENDS.

					RIKER
			So much for a reprieve from
			Starfleet.

	Picard gets to his feet and looks out the window for a
	moment. A long quiet beat passes as Picard watches the
	stars.

    STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/26/94 - ACT FOUR    44.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Anthwara believes that I am
			responsible for the crimes of one
			of my ancestors against his
			people...

					RIKER
			Do you believe that?

					PICARD
			No, of course not. I respect
			their beliefs... but that can't
			have any bearing on our mission.
				(beat)
			But at the same time... I wonder
			if a dark chapter in my family
			history is about to repeat itself.
				(off Riker's look)
			If these people take up arms
			against us... there's no way to
			foresee the consequences.

       STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT FOUR       45.

25   CONTINUED: (3)

	A long quiet beat... then Picard seems to steel himself
	and he hits his combadge.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Picard to Worf. Will you come in
			here for a moment?

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

	Picard moves back to sit behind his desk... a mask of
	duty and obligation covering his feelings. Worf
	ENTERS.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf... begin preparations
			to remove the inhabitants from
			Dorvan Five.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Riker stands... and then EXITS with Worf.

									CUT TO:

26   INT. HABAK - DAY

	Several hours later. The firepit is glowing with
	embers which cast strange shadows on the walls and
	ceiling... smoke is filling the room and there is a
	moody feel to this place. Wesley is still sitting on
	the floor across from Lakanta.

27   WESLEY

	Is showing some signs of strain and fatigue... his
	eyelids keep threatening to close... a layer of sweat
	is covering his entire body... he's on the verge of
	falling over from exhaustion. His eyes close for a
	moment... he opens then with difficulty -- and then
	they widen in surprise at something he sees.

28   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Revealing that Lakanta is gone. Suddenly Wesley HEARS
	a man's voice calling to him as if from a great
	distance...

      STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT FOUR      45A.

28   CONTINUED:

					JACK'S VOICE
			Wesley... Wesley...

	Wesley turns to look through the dense smoke...

         STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/26/94 - ACT FOUR        46.

29   EXT. INDIAN VILLAGE - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS

	The smoke in the Habak suddenly dissipates and Wesley
	finds himself standing in the Village... all trace of
	sweat on his face now gone... his fatigue has vanished.
	The Village now appears to be a strange, surreal
	place... there are several Indians scattered throughout
	the plaza... some on different levels... and all
	wearing Mansara masks and costumes... no human faces to
	be seen... a BONFIRE is burning brightly in the center
	of the plaza and it throws weird shadows and light over
	the scene.

	Wesley walks through this bizarre scene as if in a
	dream...

					JACK'S VOICE
			Wesley...

	Wesley looks around to see where the voice is coming
	from... he finally can see that there is a MAN standing
	on the opposite side of the roaring fire, but we can't
	make out his face. Wesley begins to walk around the
	fire, and the man moves toward him as well. As they
	both come around the blaze, we can now see that the man
	is JACK CRUSHER -- Wesley's father. Wes stops in
	shock.

					WESLEY
			Dad...

	Jack looks at him with a calm and kind expression... as
	if it were perfectly natural for him to appear in this
	setting and talk to his son.

					JACK
			You've reached the end, Wesley.

					WESLEY
			The end... the end of what?

					JACK
			This journey. The one you started
			a long time ago... when I left you
			and your mother.

					WESLEY
			You mean... when you died.

					JACK
			You set out on a journey that
			wasn't your own. Now it's time to
			find the path that is truly yours.
			Don't follow me any further.

					WESLEY
			I... don't understand.

           STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT FOUR          46A.

29   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			I... don't understand.

           STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT FOUR           47.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

					JACK
				(smiles)
			Yes, you do. It's just hard for
			you to accept.
				(beat)
			Good-bye, Wesley. Good luck.

	Jack turns as if to leave...

30   ON WESLEY

					WESLEY
			Dad -- wait!

31   NEW ANGLE

	But it's too late -- Jack steps into the shadows and
	he's gone. Wesley takes a step to follow him and
	then...

32   INT. HABAK - DAY - CONTINUOUS

	Wesley is sitting on the floor of the Habak again, his
	eyes closed as he experiences his vision. He opens
	them slowly to see Lakanta is gone and the fire is out.
	How much time has passed? Wesley blinks a few times,
	trying to readjust to the here and now. He pauses for
	a moment... then gets up and moves to the ladder.

									CUT TO:

33   EXT. INDIAN VILLAGE - DAY

	Wesley walks through the village... his mind swirling
	with images... sounds... the message from his dead
	father.

	He is in a very passionate... a very vulnerable state
	when he nearly bumps into Worf, who is directing two
	N.D. Security Guards and carrying a tricorder.

					WORF
				(concerned)
			Mister Crusher... Are you all
			right?

         STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/21/94 - ACT FOUR        48.

33   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Yeah... I'm fine, Worf...

	Worf turns to one of the N.D.S.

					WORF
				(quiet, to N.D.)
			Lay out a confinement beam trace
			along the Southwestern edge of the
			village. Be discreet -- we do not
			wish to alarm the population.

	The N.D. nods and moves off. Wesley frowns for a
	moment.

					WESLEY
			What are you doing?

	Worf glances around and then lowers his voice.

					WORF
			We are laying out Transporter
			coordinates for a security
			perimeter. It may become
			necessary to remove these people
			by force.

	Wesley reacts with shock... this was the last thing on
	his mind and it brings up a swirl of emotions. Wesley
	suddenly sees something o.c.

33A  WESLEY'S POV

	A man is standing on one of the upper levels, wearing
	a Mansara mask and costume as seen in Wesley's vision.
	No one else notices him and the man stands stock still,
	looking down at Wesley.

33B  RESUME WESLEY

	Who reacts.

33C  WESLEY'S POV

	The man is gone.

33D  RESUME WESLEY

	Who is starting to think about what Worf is doing and
	the implications for these people.

         STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/24/94 - ACT FOUR       48A.

33E
thru	OMITTED
33G

33H  RESUME WESLEY

	Wesley is coming to a decision as Worf works his
	tricorder in the b.g. He's beginning to realize that
	these people now mean a great deal to him... he has to
	do something.

					WESLEY
			Worf... we can't do this. These
			people deserve better than to be
			taken from their homes...

33I  WESLEY'S POV (FORMERLY SCENE 33E)

	Lakanta is standing in the crowd, staring at him.

33J  RESUME WESLEY (FORMERLY SCENE 33F)

	Wesley looks at the apparition of Lakanta.

33K  WESLEY'S POV (FORMERLY SCENE 33G)

	Lakanta is gone.

33L  RESUME WORF AND WESLEY

	Worf looks up. They've caught the attention of a
	couple of passing Indians.

					WORF
			I understand. But this is not the
			time or the place to --

	But Wesley isn't listening. He's made his choice. He
	turns to the villagers and calls out in a loud and
	outraged voice.

					WESLEY
				(to villagers)
			Do you know what they're doing?
			They're preparing to beam you away --
			to take you to their ship! You're
			not going to just let them do
			that, are you?

        STAR TREK: "Journey's End" - REV. 01/25/94 - ACT FOUR       49.

33L  CONTINUED: (2)

	This causes a stir among the villagers. More Indians
	begin to move in their direction, glaring at Worf and
	the other Starfleet officers. Wakasa is among then,
	and he pushes to the front of the crowd.

					WAKASA
			No, we won't.
				(to Worf)
			Leave. Now.

	Worf and the other N.D.S. are confronted with a large,
	hostile crowd. Wesley is standing with the Indians,
	against his former shipmates. OFF Worf's tense
	reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/93 - ACT FIVE     50          

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

34   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	A fuming Picard is pacing back and forth in front of
	Wesley who is seated at the table.

					PICARD
				(furious)
			Inexcusable. You defied the
			orders of the ranking officer on
			the scene... put the entire Away
			Team in jeopardy... and made an
			already tense situation worse.
			Your actions reflect poorly on
			this ship and on that uniform. I
			want an explanation Mister
			Crusher, and I want it now.

	But this time, there is no repentance from Wesley... no
	sign of the boy feeling the wrath of his father figure.
	He keeps his voice level and steady, he's not being a
	petulant adolescent or a rebellious teenager. This is
	a different Wesley Crusher -- he's confident of his
	position and unafraid of the consequences.

					WESLEY
				(steady)
			What you're doing down there is
			wrong.

	Picard is so surprised at both the statement and
	Wesley's rock steady attitude, that for a moment he is
	caught off-stride and speechless.

					WESLEY
			Captain, these people aren't just
			some random group of colonists...
			they're a unique culture... one
			that predates the Federation and
			Starfleet...

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			That does not change the fact that
			my orders are to --

           STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT FIVE          50A.

34   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			I know Admiral Necheyev gave you
			an order and that she was given an
			order from the Federation
			Council... but it's still wrong.

					PICARD
				(hard)
			That is not your decision to make,
			Cadet.
				(beat)
			Now, I don't know what's gotten
			into you lately, and right now I
			don't care.
					(MORE)

           STAR TREK: "Journey's End" 01/20/94 - ACT FIVE           51.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			But I will tell you this -- while
			you wear that uniform, you will
			obey every order you're given and
			you will conform to Starfleet
			regulations and rules of conduct.
			Is that clear?

	Wesley stands up... looks at Picard calmly for a long
	beat.

					WESLEY
			Yes, it is.
				(beat)
			But I'm not going to wear this
			uniform anymore. I'm resigning
			from the Academy.

	Wes takes off his combadge and puts it on the table.
	He holds Picard's surprised gaze for another moment,
	and then EXITS. Picard looks after him for a moment...
	then picks up the combadge and examines it for a beat.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Captain.

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Number One.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Gul Evek wants to meet with you to
			discuss the... situation on the
			surface.

	Picard reacts... more and more good news.

					PICARD
			Let him come aboard. I'll meet
			with him in here.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

									CUT TO:

35   INT. WESLEY'S QUARTERS

	Beverly is here and she's just as mad as Picard, but
	it's layered with the personal pain and anguish that
	only a parent can feel.

	Wes is now in civilian clothes and he's packing his
	bags... his back to Beverly.

         STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/21/94 - ACT FIVE        52.

35   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Why are you doing this?

					WESLEY
			I told you, Starfleet's not for
			me.

					BEVERLY
			Dammit, Wesley.

	She moves to the bed and slams down the lid on his
	suitcase. Her eyes flash in anger -- this is probably
	the angriest she's ever been with her son.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			I may not be able to stop you from
			throwing your entire life away,
			but you are going to stand here
			and explain it to me first. You
			owe me that much.

	Mother and son glare at each other for a long moment...
	Wesley takes a couple of steps away before answering.
	He tries to take some of the confrontation out of his
	voice, but it's not easy.

					WESLEY
				(quiet)
			I saw Dad today. He told me not
			to follow him.

	Beverly looks at him blankly for a moment, not even
	sure how to respond to that.

					BEVERLY
			You... what?

					WESLEY
			I... was participating in an
			Indian ritual... I had a vision.
			And in it... Dad came to me. He
			told me not to follow him... that
			I had to find my own path.

					BEVERLY
				(incredulous)
			Is that what this is all about?
			Some mystical vision told you to
			leave the Academy and now you're
			packing your bags?

        STAR TREK: "Journey's End" - REV. 01/25/94 - ACT FIVE       53.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			It's more than that... I think
			I've known this was the right
			thing to do for a long time... I
			just couldn't admit it to myself.

	Beverly thinks about this for a moment... she's trying
	desperately to understand, but it's not easy. She sits
	down on the bed.

					BEVERLY
			But you always said being at the
			Academy was... the best thing that
			ever happened to you.

	These are difficult things for Wesley to admit... but
	if there's anyone he can share them with, it's Beverly.

					WESLEY
			I know. And for a while it was.
			But as time went on... and
			graduation got closer... I started
			feeling... depressed. I thought
			it would go away... but it only
			got worse.

					BEVERLY
			Why didn't you ever say anything?

					WESLEY
			I guess I didn't want to
			disappoint you... or Captain
			Picard... or my friends. You were
			all so... proud of me.

					BEVERLY
			I'd be proud of you regardless of
			what you were doing, Wes. I love
			you no matter what.

	The bond between the two of them is still there and for
	the moment, the conflict drops away and they both
	search for answers. Wesley moves to sit next to her.

        STAR TREK: "Journey's End" - REV. 01/25/94 - ACT FIVE       54.

35   CONTINUED: (3)

					WESLEY
			I know that, Mom. Maybe the truth
			is that I was afraid of
			disappointing myself.
				(beat)
			I just never questioned the fact
			that someday I'd be in Starfleet.
				(beat)
			But when Dad said not to follow
			him, I just knew he was right. It
			seems... so clear now.

	Beverly takes moment to let this sink in.

					BEVERLY
			Maybe it's partly my fault... I
			never realized the kind of
			pressure we all must've put on
			you... to be exactly what we
			expected you to be...

					WESLEY
			I don't blame you, Mom. It was my
			decision -- it always has been.

	There is a moment between them as they look at each
	other that re-establishes the bond they've always
	had... and now maybe it's even a little stronger.

					BEVERLY
			You remember the alien from Tau
			Ceti who could control warp fields
			with his mind... ?

					WESLEY
				(nods)
			The Traveller.

					BEVERLY
			He told Captain Picard a long time
			ago that you were... special --
			like Mozart. That you were
			destined for something...
			different from the rest of us...
			Maybe... this is the first step...

         STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/24/94 - ACT FIVE        55.

35   CONTINUED: (4)

	She looks at the suitcase on the bed.

					BEVERLY
			What are you planning to do now?

					WESLEY
			Well, for the time being... I'm
			going to stay with these Indians.

					BEVERLY
			Wes... you realize they won't be
			down there much longer. The
			Captain's orders are pretty
			explicit on that point.

					WESLEY
			I know. But I have to go back...
			even if it's just for a while.

	Beverly nods her head... there is a beat and then they
	hug... Beverly still unsure about the future, but very
	sure about one thing...

					BEVERLY
			I love you, Wes.

					WESLEY
			I love you, too.

	Hold the scene for a moment.

									CUT TO:

36   EXT. INDIAN VILLAGE - DAY

	Wesley walks into view, carrying his suitcase. He sees
	Wakasa, whose attention is focused on something o.c.

					WAKASA
			You shouldn't be here, Wesley.

         STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/24/94 - ACT FIVE        56.

36   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Why?

	But Wasaka's attention is elsewhere and he silently
	pulls a phaser out of his belt and walks away.

	Revealing that there is a tense situation building in
	the plaza: One of the Cardassian Troopers seen earlier
	is being pulled from an alleyway by Two Indians. The
	Indians have taken his disruptor from him.

37   ANGLE ON BUILDING

	Wesley watches with concern as the other Cardassian
	Trooper is brought out of a building under the guard of
	Two other Indians. His weapon has also been taken.
	Wakasa directs the Indians to bring the Cardassians
	over to the front of one of the buildings.

					WAKASA
				(to Indians)
			Bring them over here.

	Now Worf and his Security Guards ENTER the plaza and
	react to the sight of the Indians and the Cardassians.
	The Indians have surrounded the Cardassians and they
	are clearly in an ugly mood. Worf and his Guards move
	to intercede. Wesley follows the Starfleet officers,
	but hangs back a little... trying to size up the
	situation and unsure what he can really do about it.

					WORF
				(to Wakasa)
			Why have you taken these men
			prisoner?

					WAKASA
			They were invading our homes...
			violating our privacy... this is
			not their world. They have no
			right to be here.

					WORF
			The terms of the treaty do give
			them the right to... survey this
			planet.

         STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/24/94 - ACT FIVE        57.

37   CONTINUED:

					WAKASA
			We don't recognize that treaty.
			We're not going to let the
			Cardassians have Dorvan Five. No
			matter what the cost.

	The crowd mutters support for Wakasa's position and
	they start to direct their anger back toward the
	Federation officers.

					INDIANS
			That's right. We're not leaving.
			Get out of here! Go back to the
			Federation and leave us alone.
			This is our home. You're not
			wanted here. etc.

	Worf can see that this situation is rapidly getting out
	of hand. He takes a couple of steps away and hits his
	combadge.

					WORF
				(sotto, to com)
			Worf to Picard. An armed group of
			Indians has taken two Cardassian
			prisoners. The situation is
			extremely volatile. Request
			instructions.

38   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Where Picard and Gul Evek are listening to Worf's
	report.

					PICARD
			Stand-by, Mister Worf.
				(urgent, to Evek)
			Have your ship lock-on to your
			people and beam them out of there
			now, before something happens.

					GUL EVEK
				(outraged)
			My people? What about these
			Indians of yours -- they've taken
			hostages. This planet is ours,
			Captain, and we will not be chased
			away by some unruly crowd.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/24/94 - ACT FIVE        58.

38   CONTINUED:

					GUL EVEK (Cont'd)
				(hits combadge)
			Gul Evek to the Vetar.

					CARDASSIAN COM VOICE
			This is Glin Telak aboard the
			Vetar. Go Ahead.

					GUL EVEK
			Two of our men on the surface have
			been taken prisoner. Prepare to
			send an armed squad to rescue them
			and to occupy the village.

	Picard moves closer to him... events are quickly
	escalating out of anyone's control.

					PICARD
			Gul Evek, those people down there
			are Federation citizens and I am
			sworn to protect them. If your
			troops attack the village, my
			security forces will respond...

					GUL EVEK
			I hope you realize the
			consequences of Federation
			officers firing on Cardassian
			troops...

					PICARD
			I do. That's why we need to stop
			this now, before it's too late.

39   EXT. INDIAN VILLAGE - DAY (OPTICAL)

	As before. Worf is trying to reason with Wakasa, but
	the tension level is steadily rising.

					WORF
			I cannot allow you to hold these
			men as prisoners.

					WAKASA
			You have no authority here.

	Suddenly, in the flash of an eye, one of the Cardassian
	troopers takes advantage of the distraction of Worf and
	Wakasa and GRABS a PHASER from one of the Indians. He
	whips it up and FIRES at an Indian.

         STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/24/94 - ACT FIVE        59.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			I don't understand...

					LAKANTA
			You've found a new beginning for
			yourself... the first steps on a
			journey that few humans will ever
			take.

					WESLEY
			Who are you?

	Lakanta smiles and then suddenly TRANSFORMS into
	another person -- the TRAVELLER.

					WESLEY
				(continuing, shocked)
			The Traveller...

					TRAVELLER
			I've been waiting a long time for
			this moment, Wesley.

					WESLEY
			So my experience in the Habak...
			my vision of my father... the
			things he said to me... those were
			all your doing?

					TRAVELLER
			I merely opened the door for
			you... what you experienced came
			from your own mind... your own
			spirit if you wish.
				(beat)
			I hoped that you would open your
			mind to new possibilities...
				(indicates scene around
				 them)
			And you did. You pulled yourself
			out of time... don't you see?
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/21/94 - ACT FIVE        60.

39   CONTINUED: (3)

					TRAVELLER (Cont'd)
			You've evolved to a new level...
			you're ready to explore places
			where thought and energy combine
			in ways you cannot even imagine.
			I will be your guide... if you'd
			like.

	Wesley is tempted... then looks back at the strange
	setting of the two groups caught in the moment of
	conflict.

					WESLEY
			What about them? I can't just
			leave them like this.

					TRAVELLER
			They must find their own
			destinies, Wesley. It is not our
			place to interfere.

					WESLEY
				(anguished)
			But...

					TRAVELLER
			Have faith in their abilities to
			solve their problems on their own.

	Wesley is reluctant... but finally he nods. The
	Traveller smiles and then they both walk away -- and as
	they leave our view, TIME RESUMES. The crowd scatters
	as phaser shots rip through the air.

40   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Gul Evek have now moved to the Bridge and
	are standing near the Tactical station. Riker is at
	Tactical with an N.D. Officer, monitoring the situation
	on the planet. The ship is at RED ALERT and there is
	a sense of urgency in the air.

					RIKER
			The Cardassian ship is powering
			its weapons and Transporters.

					CARDASSIAN COM VOICE
			This is the Vetar to Gul Evek.
			Our troops are under attack. They
			are requesting immediate
			assistance. What are your orders?

	Picard steps in to make a final appeal.

         STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/24/94 - ACT FIVE        61.

40   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Evek, the last war caused massive
			destruction... took millions of
			lives. Don't send our two peoples
			back down that path... not like
			this. History is in your hands --
			right now. Give us one last
			chance for peace.

	Evek looks at him... Picard holds his gaze and Evek
	tries to fight the instinct building within him to
	fight back.

					CARDASSIAN COM VOICE
			Gul Evek! What are your orders?
			Can we open fire?

	Evek finally hits the combadge.

					GUL EVEK
			Evek to the Vetar... lock on to
			our troops on the surface... and
			beam them aboard.

					CARDASSIAN COM VOICE
			But sir, they have been fired upon
			and --

					GUL EVEK
				(harsh)
			Those are my orders. Carry them
			out.

					CARDASSIAN COM VOICE
			Yes, sir.

					GUL EVEK
			I had three sons, Captain. I lost
			two of them in the war. I don't
			want to lose the last one.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Beam up our Away Team immediately,
			Number One.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

	OFF Picard's look of relief...

									CUT TO:

         STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/21/94 - ACT FIVE        62.

41   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit.

42   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Gul Evek, and Anthwara are seated at the table.

					PICARD
			Anthwara... I want to make
			absolutely sure you understand the
			implications of this agreement.
			By giving up your status as
			Federation citizens... any future
			request you or your people make
			for assistance from Starfleet will
			go unanswered. You will be on
			your own... and under Cardassian
			jurisdiction.

					ANTHWARA
			I understand, Captain. And we are
			prepared to take that risk.
				(to Gul Evek)
			Will the Cardassian government
			honor the agreement you've made
			here?

					GUL EVEK
			I believe that I can convince them
			this is an... equitable solution.
			I cannot speak for every
			Cardassian you will encounter...
			but if you leave us alone... I
			suspect that we will do the same.
				(to Picard)
			Will this be acceptable to
			Starfleet Command?

					PICARD
			It will take some doing... but
			with Admiral Necheyev's support,
			I think they'll go along with it
			in the end.

					GUL EVEK
				(stands)
			Then if there is nothing else, I
			will return to my ship. I have a
			rather... long report to write.
			Captain... Anthwara...

	Gul Evek EXITS. Anthwara stands to follow him, then
	turns to Picard.

         STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/21/94 - ACT FIVE        63.

42   CONTINUED:

					ANTHWARA
			I was right, Captain... you didn't
			take us from our land... and you
			have wiped clean a very old stain
			of blood.

	Anthwara then EXITS. OFF Picard's reaction...

									CUT TO:

43   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log: Stardate 47755.3.
			The Enterprise is preparing to
			leave Dorvan Five. But former
			cadet Wesley Crusher will be
			staying behind. It seems that
			during the crisis, he met... an
			old friend.

44   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Wesley is saying good-bye to Beverly and Picard. There
	is an N.D. Transporter Chief at the console.

					PICARD
			Where will you go?

					WESLEY
			The Traveller said that my...
			studies will begin with these
			people. He said they're... aware
			of many things... and that I
			could learn a lot from them.
				(with humor)
			Just what I needed... more
			studying.

					BEVERLY
			Somehow I think you'll manage.

					WESLEY
			Me too.

	Picard shakes his hand.

         STAR TREK: "Journey's End" REV. 01/21/94 - ACT FIVE        64.

44   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Well... good luck, Mister...
				(with affection)
			... good luck Wesley.

					WESLEY
			Thank you, sir. For a lot of
			things.

	Picard smiles and then Wesley turns to his mother and
	gives her a big, heartfelt hug. Beverly's eyes are
	teary... and she gropes for something to say.

					BEVERLY
				(laughing and crying)
			Remember to... dress warmly in
			those... other planes of
			existence.

					WESLEY
				(laughing)
			I will.
				(beat)
			Good-bye, Mom.

	Wesley steps away and he stands on the platform.

					PICARD
				(to N.D.)
			Energize.

	Wesley DEMATERIALIZES. A quiet beat between Picard and
	Beverly. She smiles at him... grateful for him just
	being here. He puts his arm in hers and they head for
	the doors. As they EXIT...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             














                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Firstborn" 
                          #40277-273 
                              
                           Story by 
                         Mark Kalbfeld 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Rene Echevarria 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         Jonathan West 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                       JANUARY 28, 1994

           STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - 01/28/94 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Firstborn" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD                  ALEXANDER
                RIKER                   B'ETOR
                DATA                    LURSA
                BEVERLY                 K'MTAR
                TROI                    MOLOR
                WORF                    YRIDIAN
                GEORDI                  QUARK
                                        GORTA
                COMPUTER VOICE          SINGER
                                        ERIC

                Non-Speaking            Non-Speaking
                  N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES    N.D. KLINGONS

           STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - 01/28/94 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Firstborn" 

                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              WORF'S QUARTERS/BEDROOM  KLINGON OUTPOST
              CORRIDOR
              TEN FORWARD
              TROI'S QUARTERS
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
          
              ROCKY PIT
              THE MINES

    STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - 01/28/94 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Firstborn" 
                          
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                   KAHLESS         KAY-less
                   MOLOR           mo-LORE
                   ANJORAN         an-JORE-un
                   MARANGA         mah-RANG-guh
                   FULLERENES      full-er-EENS
                   K'MTAR          KIM-tar
                   KEARSARGE       KEER-sarj
                   VODREY          VOH-dree
                   MORATH          MO-rath
                   DURAS           DUR-rahs
                   BILITRIUM       bill-IT-tree-um
                   HITORA          hi-TORE-uh
                   GOWRON          GOW-ron
                   PAKLEDS         PACK-leds
                   KALLA           KALL-uh
                   UFANDI          oo-FAHN-dee
                   YRIDIAN         yir-ID-ee-un

         STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - 01/28/94 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: The Next Generation                  
                          "Firstborn"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	where CANDLES and other Klingon ARTIFACTS are arranged
	around the DIMLY LIT room. WORF, dressed in Klingon
	CEREMONIAL ROBES, paces back and forth, talking to
	himself -- he's practicing a speech.

					WORF
			-- as time passes, a boy
			inevitably becomes a man. What is
			not inevitable, is that a man
			become a warrior. A warrior must
			be forged like a sword, tempered
			by...
				(searches for word)
			-- by experience. The path of the
			warrior begins --

	He's interrupted when the DOOR OPENS and ALEXANDER
	rushes in with an excited look on his face. He hurries
	past Worf and toward his room.

					WORF
			Alexander --

	Before Worf can continue, the door CHIMES.

					WORF
			Come in.

	Alexander stops, turns --

					ALEXANDER
			No, wait --

	But it's too late -- the door OPENS and a multi-faceted
	high-tech WATER BALLOON sails through it and hits Worf
	smack in the chest, drenching him.

	We reveal a ERIC BURTON, a HUMAN about Alexander's age
	standing in the doorway; his hand flies to his mouth as
	he realizes what he's done.

					ERIC
			Sorry. I didn't mean to hit you.

         STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - 01/28/94 - TEASER         2.

1    CONTINUED:

	Worf looks down at his chest, then up at the boy, who
	decides not to wait around to see how this big Klingon
	is going to react to his mistake -- he turns and
	scampers off down the hall.

	Worf turns toward Alexander, who's frozen in place,
	waiting to see how his dad is going to take what
	happened.

					WORF
			What is the meaning of this?

					ALEXANDER
			I'm sorry. We made Fullerenes in
			chemistry class and filled them
			with water --

	Worf interrupts; he has more important things on his
	mind.

					WORF
			I asked you to meet me here after
			school. I have been waiting for
			you.

	Alexander realizes --

					ALEXANDER
			I forgot.

					WORF
			You forgot because you allowed
			yourself to be distracted by
			foolishness.

					ALEXANDER
			I'm sorry.

					WORF
			There is something important I
			want to discuss with you.

	He gestures that Alexander take a seat. Alexander
	looks around; his father is obviously up to something
	that has to do with Klington culture and the boy is a
	little wary.

	Worf launches into his speech -- even though he
	practiced it, there's an edge of nervousness in his
	voice.

       STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - TEASER       3.

1    CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(continuing)
			As time passes, a boy inevitably
			becomes a man. What is not
			inevitable, is that a man become
			a sword --

					ALEXANDER
			What?

	Worf realizes his mistake, corrects himself.

					WORF
			I meant warrior...

	Worf lets out a frustrated breath, tries to get back on
	track.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			The path of the warrior begins
			with the First Rite of Ascension.

					ALEXANDER
			Is that where they hit you with
			pain sticks?

					WORF
			No, that is the Second Rite.

					ALEXANDER
			Oh...

					WORF
			You are approaching the age of
			ascension... it is time for you to
			prepare for the ceremony.

					ALEXANDER
				(unsure)
			What do I have to do?

					WORF
			Your fighting skills will be
			tested... and your knowledge of
			the teachings of Kahless. It is
			very challenging, but I will help
			you prepare.

	Worf takes a thick CANDLE and hands it to Alexander,
	then takes a second candle for himself.

       STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - TEASER       4.

1    CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF
				(continuing)
			This is a kor'tova candle... it
			represents the fire that burns in
			a warrior's heart.

	Worf lights his from a large burning candle on the
	table.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			When you light yours, you will be
			declaring your intention to become
			a warrior.

	Alexander holds his candle, uncertain.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Go ahead.

					ALEXANDER
			What if... I don't want to?

					WORF
			If you do not participate in the
			rite before you are thirteen years
			of age, you will never be able to
			become a true Klingon warrior.

					ALEXANDER
			I don't care about that...

					WORF
			You may not care now, but someday
			you might.

					ALEXANDER
			Mother always said that I didn't
			have to do any of this Klingon
			stuff if I didn't want to.

					WORF
			It is your decision... but --

					ALEXANDER
			Good, then I'm not going to do it.

	Alexander puts the candle down and starts to stand.

					WORF
			Alexander --

       STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - TEASER       5.

1    CONTINUED: (4)

					ALEXANDER
			You just said it was up to me.
			And I don't want to be a warrior.

	And with that he turns and EXITS to his room... the
	door shuts behind him. Worf is disappointed,
	frustrated... Off his troubled expression we...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT ONE      6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

2    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	where PICARD, RIKER, DATA and Worf are concluding a
	mission briefing. Worf seems distracted, his mind
	elsewhere.

					PICARD
			As a result, the Kearsarge won't
			be able to rendezvous with us for
			another four days.

					RIKER
			Will we be holding position here
			until it arrives?

					PICARD
			Yes. And, as it looks as though
			we'll have a few days of relative
			quiet, I'm going to take advantage
			of the time by visiting the
			Hatarian System. There are
			ancient ruins there just being
			excavated.

					DATA
			The delay will also make it
			possible for Stellar Dynamics to
			complete their study of the Vodrey
			Nebula.

					RIKER
			I'll let them know they can have
			more access to the lateral sensor
			grid.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			This might be a good time to
			recalibrate the weapon targeting
			array.

	Worf doesn't seem to have heard him.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Mister Worf?

	Worf snaps out of it, focuses.

      STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT ONE      6A.

2    CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Yes, sir. I will begin the
			procedure immediately.

      STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/02/94 - ACT ONE      7.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Very good.
				(to all)
			Dismissed.

	Everyone stands.

					PICARD
				(continuing, to Worf)
			Lieutenant... could I have a word
			with you?

	Picard waits for Data and Riker to EXIT.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Several times during the briefing
			you seemed a bit... distracted.

	Worf frowns; he hoped to be able to conceal it.

					WORF
			I apologize. In the future, I
			will make sure my personal affairs
			do not interfere with my duties.

					PICARD
			Is everything all right?

	Worf considers before deciding to confide in Picard.

					WORF
			I... am having problems with
			Alexander. He has made it clear
			that he does not wish to
			participate in the First Rite of
			Ascension.

	Picard knows enough about Klingon culture to understand
	why this is important.

					PICARD
			I see...

					WORF
			I have tried to tell him that it
			is an important part of a young
			Klington's life, but he does not
			understand...

	Picard senses Worf blames himself, tries to point out
	the larger context.

      STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT ONE      8.

2    CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			He's had so little opportunity to
			spend time among Klingons... I
			doubt if he fully appreciates what
			a rich cultural heritage he comes
			from.

					WORF
			The festival of Kot'baval begins
			tomorrow. If he could take part
			in it, he would see that there is
			much more to Klingon life than
			what I have been able to show
			him... if only we were nearer the
			homeworld.

	Picard considers for a beat.

					PICARD
			What about the Klingon outpost on
			Maranga Four... I'm sure they'll
			celebrate the festival there.

					WORF
			Yes... but the outpost is on the
			far side of the Vodrey Nebula, it
			is three days away by shuttle...

					PICARD
			The Enterprise could be there in
			a fraction of that time, and still
			be back here for our rendezvous.

	Worf is grateful, but doesn't feel right about
	detouring the entire ship.

					WORF
			Sir, I could not ask you to --

					PICARD
			I'm willing to bet Stellar
			Dynamics would like nothing better
			than to make a trip around the
			Nebula; it'll give them the chance
			to study it that much more
			thoroughly.

	Worf looks at Picard, grateful... Off this moment...

3    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it approaches Maranga Four.

      STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT ONE      9.

4    EXT. KLINGON OUTPOST - DAY

	where the festival of Kot'baval is in progress.
	Although there are signs of modernity, the town square
	has an ancient, almost medieval feel to it -- it has
	heavy stone walls, and little storefronts where
	colorful Klingon wares are sold.

	A Klingon street opera is being performed in the town
	square. TWO KLINGONS are singing and engaging in mockcombat,
	accompanied by LIVE MUSICIANS who are making a
	din only a Klingon could love. The two performers are
	elaborately clad in colorful ROBES, and their BAT'LETH
	SWORDS have little BELLS all around their frames that
	jangle as they fight -- whenever one of them executes
	a particularly good move he'll raise the sword above
	his head and shake it vigorously, bellowing some
	unintelligible Klingon lyric at the same time.

	Enterprise crewmembers, including GEORDI and BEVERLY,
	fill out the crowd of N.D. KLINGONS who crane their
	heads to watch what is going on. Alexander stands next
	to Worf, watching the spectacle with wide eyes.

	A vendor passes nearby and Worf calls out to her.

					WORF
			Bok'ta ku'mo. (over here)

	She approaches and Worf hands her a coin -- she gives
	him a bag of live worms. Worf takes a sumptuous
	handful, then hands the bag to Alexander, who's so busy
	watching the opera that he takes a mouthful without
	really looking at what it is. To Worf's surprise, he
	likes it, and keeps chewing without comment...

	Behind them, at the rear of the crowd, we REVEAL that a
	KLINGON of about fifty is intently watching Worf and
	Alexander. He's wearing battle gear, and his forehead
	ridges are somewhat less pronounced than what we're
	used to seeing.

	As father and son watch, the larger of the two
	performers fells the smaller one and sings out
	triumphantly, rattling his BAT'LETH in victory.

					GEORDI
			Who's that?

					WORF
			That is the tyrant Molor. He was
			so strong that no one could stand
			against him.

      STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/01/94 - ACT ONE      10.

4    CONTINUED:

	The fallen singer cries out plaintively from the floor.

					SINGER
			Nok'tar be'got, hosh'ar te'not... ?

	The musicians bang and whistle their instruments to
	punctuate his words.

					BEVERLY
			What's he saying?

					WORF
			He is asking if anyone else will
			have the courage to stand up to
			Molor...

	Worf and Alexander look around at the crowd, but no one
	steps forward.

					SINGER
			Nok'tar be'got... ?

	Suddenly Worf steps forward and grabs the fallen
	singer's BAT'LETH. He sings out at a challenge to
	"Molor" at the top of his lungs --

					WORF
			Ki'rok Molor, ki'rok!

	"Molor" cries out when he sees Worf and springs toward
	him to attack.

					MOLOR
				(a battle cry)
			Ni'tokor bak'to!

	And the two men start to fight -- the movements are not
	choreographed, but they are controlled in that they are
	based on the forms of the mok'bara. As they fight they
	sing out and the crowd cheers them on.

					MOLOR
				(continuing)
			Ba'jak tu'mo!

	And their bat'leths clang together --

					WORF
				(defiant)
			O'tak tu'ro!

	Alexander watches rapt... behind him, we see the
	strange Klingon, staring intently at Alexander...

      STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/01/94 - ACT ONE      11.

4    CONTINUED: (2)

	After a few more thrusts and parries, Worf plays his
	part and pretends to be felled -- he sings out the same
	plea as before, wondering who will save them from
	Molor.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Nok'tar be'got?

	Molor sings out triumphantly, turns to the crowd, who
	boo and hiss the anti-hero. Worf gives Alexander an
	encouraging look.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Hosh'ar te'not?

	Alexander considers, then dashes forward and grabs the
	BAT'LETH from the floor. He raises it defiantly toward
	Molor.

					ALEXANDER
			Ki'rok Molor, ki'rok!

	Molor turns, and a smile lights up his face when he
	sees his young challenger.

					MOLOR
			What's this... ?

	He steps toward Alexander, weapon raised, and is
	careful to scale down his combat so as not to hurt the
	boy. Worf watches, thrilled as can be.

	Alexander, however, is pumped full of adrenaline -- he
	takes a few wild swings that Molor has to dodge by
	moving fast.

	Then he allows Alexander to make contact with one of
	the blows, and he falls back, feigning injury.

					MOLOR
			Jik'ta! You have wounded me!

	Alexander looks pleased with himself. Worf beams with
	pride.

					WORF
			You fought well.

      STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/01/94 - ACT ONE      12.

4    CONTINUED: (3)

	Alexander smiles, turns back to the opera.

					ALEXANDER
			What happens now?

					WORF
			Only one man can stand against
			Molor.

	The crowd cheers because the first singer steps back
	into the square, now wearing a different head-dress
	that indicates he is playing Kahless.

					ALEXANDER
			It's Kahless!

	"Kahless" rears himself up and sings out defiantly --

					SINGER
			Nok'til Kahless. Molor gik'tal!

        STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - 01/28/94 - ACT ONE        12A.

	CONTINUED: (4)

	The crowd roars their approval.

					WORF
			Kahless would rather die than live
			under Molor's tyranny...

	The two singers start to fight and sing, and the crowd
	watches in rapt attention.

      STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT ONE      13.

4    CONTINUED: (5)

					ALEXANDER
			Ni'lot Kahless!

	Worf looks down at his son's wide-eyed face... things
	couldn't be going better...

									TIME CUT:

5    EXT. KLINGON OUTPOST - NIGHT

	The square is now deserted and dark. We pan across a
	sleeping FIGURE stretched out on a bench, then find
	Worf sitting nearby, waiting impatiently for Alexander.

	After a moment, the boy comes running across the
	square.

					ALEXANDER
			Father --

					WORF
			Where have you been?

					ALEXANDER
			We were watching the fire dancers.

					WORF
			We?

					ALEXANDER
			K'Nor and Bar'el -- they live here
			on the outpost. I need some
			money.

					WORF
			What for?

					ALEXANDER
			There's a man over there who's got
			Molor's head in a box -- the real
			Molor.

					WORF
			That is impossible. Molor died
			centuries ago.

					ALEXANDER
			I know -- it's mummified. He said
			he'd show it to us for fifty
			darseks.

        STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - 01/28/94 - ACT ONE        14.

5    CONTINUED:

	Alexander clearly thinks this is something that should
	not be missed.

					WORF
			He is trying to take your money.

					ALEXANDER
			Please, Father. He's waiting.

					WORF
			No. It is late. We should go
			home.

					ALEXANDER
			But --

					WORF
			Alexander.

	Alex hears the finality in Worf's voice and backs off.

6    ANOTHER ANGLE

	revealing the Klingon who was staring at them before...
	he's standing in a shadowed doorway, watching them...

7    RESUME SCENE

	as Worf stands and starts to cross away.

					WORF
			Come, it is time to go.

	Behind them, we see TWO KLINGONS in civilian clothes
	emerge into the square and start to follow them.

					ALEXANDER
			I have to say goodbye.

					WORF
			You can see your friends again
			tomorrow.

					ALEXANDER
			We're coming back?

					WORF
			If you want to.

        STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - 01/28/94 - ACT ONE        15.

7    CONTINUED:

	The two Klingons are moving in behind them in a
	menacing way, and a THIRD KLINGON emerges into the
	square in front of them.

	Worf senses something is going on -- he looks at the
	Klingon ahead, then turns to see the other two behind
	them, who have fanned out so as to corral their
	intended victims from three sides.

	When they see Worf has noticed them, the Klingons pull
	elaborately carved DAGGERS from their belts...
	Alexander realizes they're in danger and moves to his
	father's side -- they're surrounded. Off this moment
	we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/01/94 - ACT TWO      16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

8    EXT. KLINGON OUTPOST - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Worf and Alexander surrounded by the three armed
	assailants...

	Suddenly the Klingon who was watching from the shadows,
	K'MTAR, steps into the square and raises a DISRUPTOR.
	He FIRES at one of the attackers, but the shot goes
	wide and hits the far wall. The attackers are
	momentarily taken off-guard, and Worf seizes the moment --

					WORF
			Alexander, run --

	He points Alexander on the safest route and the boy
	scurries past the attackers and away...

	A second attacker lunges toward Worf, who dodges his
	weapon and delivers a kick to his mid-section... the
	third attacker strikes Worf a vicious blow that sends
	him to the floor.

	K'mtar can't risk taking another shot -- everything's
	happening too fast and he might hit Worf, so he rushes
	forward intending to join in the fight.

					K'MTAR
				(a battle cry)
			Ni'tokor bak'to!

	The sound of K'mtar's cry distracts the third attacker
	for the crucial second it takes Worf to recover... he
	gets a leg up and flips him over his prone body -- the
	attacker hits the floor hard and loses his grip on the
	dagger, which goes skittering across the floor.

	Because one of them has lost his weapon, and because an
	armed stranger is coming to the rescue, the three
	attackers beat a retreat.

      STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/01/94 - ACT TWO      17.

8    CONTINUED:

					K'MTAR
			K'pla, Worf. They were no match
			for us.

	Worf turns to this stranger who knows his name... they
	look at each other, breathing hard...

					WORF
			I've seen you somewhere before.
			Who are you?

					K'MTAR
			A friend...

	K'mtar raises his hand to show a SIGNET RING on his
	finger -- Worf reacts as if he recognizes it.

					WORF
			Are you... K'mtar?

	K'mtar acknowledges.

					K'MTAR
			Your brother sent me here to
			protect you...

	Off this moment we...

									CUT TO:

9    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	where Riker, Worf and K'mtar have met to discuss what
	happened. The dagger dropped in the attack is on the
	table, wrapped in a soft cloth. K'mtar seems a little
	impatient, as if he wants Riker to leave him and Worf
	alone.

					WORF
				(gesturing to K'mtar)
			He is gin'tak to the house of
			Mogh...

					RIKER
			Gin'tak?

        STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - 01/28/94 - ACT TWO        17A.

9    CONTINUED:

					WORF
			An advisor so trusted that he is
			made part of a family.

	Riker takes this in.

      STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/02/94 - ACT TWO      18.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Do you have any idea who was
			behind the attack?

	K'mtar's attitude toward Riker is blunt to the point of
	being contentious.

					K'MTAR
			It is a Klingon matter. Not your
			concern.

	Riker is surprised at the sharpness of his tone, tries
	to be diplomatic but firm.

					RIKER
			One of my officers was almost
			killed. That makes it my concern.

	K'mtar eyes Riker briefly, then backs off.

					K'MTAR
			Recently rumors began to circulate
			on the homeworld that an
			assassination attempt was going to
			be made against the family of
			Mogh. Kurn sent me to make sure
			nothing happened to Worf.

					RIKER
			Why didn't you warn him before the
			attack was made?

					K'MTAR
			I tried to contact him by
			subspace, but was told Worf wasn't
			aboard. I decided to beam
			directly to the surface.

      STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT TWO      19.

9    CONTINUED: (3)

	Worf unwraps the cloth and reveals the dagger.

					WORF
			One of the attackers dropped this
			dagger.
				(gestures)
			The design... represents the house
			of Duras.

					K'MTAR
			We have other evidence that
			indicates the Duras sisters, Lursa
			and B'Etor, were behind the
			attack.

					RIKER
			What do you think they're after?

					K'MTAR
			Kurn's seat on the council, of
			course.

					WORF
			We can not allow their attack on
			our house to go unanswered.

					K'MTAR
			First we have to find them... and
			they've been elusive.

	Riker considers for a moment.

					RIKER
			At one point they were at Deep
			Space Nine, trying to sell
			bilitrium explosives.

					K'MTAR
			That was months ago. No one knows
			where they went from there.

	Again, K'mtar's tone is sharp, unnecessarily harsh.
	Riker keeps his cool, responds evenly.

      STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT TWO      20.

9    CONTINUED: (4)

					RIKER
			Maybe we can find out.
				(beat)
			We've arranged quarters for you,
			if you'd like to stay aboard.

					K'MTAR
			I would. Worf and I have much to
			discuss.

	Riker stands and the meeting breaks up.

10   OMITTED

11   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	where Worf and K'mtar are talking. Worf is annoyed
	with how K'mtar treated Riker, but K'mtar is oblivious.

					K'MTAR
			I'll send Kurn a message telling
			him what happened, but it will be
			days before he receives it -- he's
			gone to the Hitora colony as
			Gowron's representative.

					WORF
			K'mtar, why did you treat
			Commander Riker so
			disrespectfully?

	K'mtar looks utterly baffled by Worf's statement.

					WORF
			You were... rude.

					K'MTAR
			I may have been rude by human
			standards, but I meant no
			disrespect.
					(MORE)

      STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT TWO      21.

11   CONTINUED:

					K'MTAR (Cont'd)
			What's the matter Worf, have you
			been living among humans so long
			that you've forgotten how Klingons
			behave?

	Though he says this with a smile, Worf senses something
	more underneath it.

					WORF
			I have not forgotten... I am
			merely pointing out that their
			ways our different from ours.

					K'MTAR
			I trust you've made your son aware
			of that fact, as well?

	Worf reacts, unsure what K'mtar is implying.

					WORF
			Of course I have.

					K'MTAR
			Good. Because someday Alexander
			may be called upon to lead the
			house of Mogh. Kurn has no male
			heir, and he wants to be sure that
			Alexander is preparing himself.

	Worf's reaction is a bit defensive.

					WORF
			Does my brother doubt my ability
			to raise my son as a Klingon?

					K'MTAR
			No. But you are alone among
			humans. It cannot be easy to keep
			our ways.

	This strikes a nerve.

					WORF
			No... it has not been easy.

					K'MTAR
			How are his fighting skills? Can
			he handle a Bat'leth?

        STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - 01/28/94 - ACT TWO        21A.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			He is learning... he could be
			better.

					K'MTAR
			He must be. He's not far from the
			age of ascension.

	Worf is reluctant to admit it, but he feels he must.

					WORF
			Actually... Alexander has not
			committed himself to undergoing
			the rite.

					K'MTAR
			What?

      STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT TWO      22.

11   CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF
			I have tried to make him see how
			important it is, but he will not
			listen to me.

					K'MTAR
			Perhaps together, you and I can
			find a way to spark the boy's
			interest in his heritage.

					WORF
			I would be grateful for any help
			you could give.

					K'MTAR
			Tomorrow, then.

	K'mtar stands to go, then casts a glance toward the
	bedroom.

					K'MTAR
				(continuing)
			May I say goodnight to him?

					WORF
			Of course.

	Worf and K'mtar cross toward the other room.

12   INT. BEDROOM

	as K'mtar goes to sit next to Alexander, who's tucked
	in under a blanket. Worf hangs back by the door.
	K'mtar picks up a picture of K'Ehlyer next to the bed.
	His attitude to Alexander is considerably less gruff.

					K'MTAR
			Is this your mother?

					ALEXANDER
			She died when I was little.

      STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT TWO      23.

12   CONTINUED:

					K'MTAR
			You miss her a great deal, don't
			you... ?

	Alexander only nods, but it's clear that he does.
	K'mtar puts the picture back.

					K'MTAR
			It must be hard for you... being
			the only Klingon your age on board
			this ship.

					ALEXANDER
			Sometimes...

	Worf is surprised to hear the gentleness in this
	otherwise cantankerous man.

					K'MTAR
			Have you ever been to the
			homeworld?

					ALEXANDER
			No...

					K'MTAR
			I think you'd like it there. At
			your uncle's house there is a lake
			where you can swim. The water is
			so clear you can see to the
			bottom.

					ALEXANDER
			Really?

					K'MTAR
			And you have cousins there. They
			want to meet you.

	Alexander looks away, troubled by something.

					ALEXANDER
			I don't know...

	K'mtar seems to know just what it is -- as though he
	has a line directly into Alexander's heart.

        STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - 01/28/94 - ACT TWO        23A.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

					K'MTAR
			I understand. You're afraid...
			you don't know if the Home World
			is safe.

	Alexander looks at him, amazed that this gentle man
	seems to know just what he's feeling.

					ALEXANDER
			Yes...

	K'mtar smiles and puts a hand on Alexander's shoulder,
	comforting.

					K'MTAR
			What happened today... on the
			planet... was frightening.
			You're still troubled...

      STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT TWO      24.

12   CONTINUED: (3)

					ALEXANDER
			I thought they were going to kill
			my father.

	K'mtar nods sympathetically...

					K'MTAR
			You must have wanted to help us
			fight them off.

					ALEXANDER
			I didn't know what to do...

					K'MTAR
			Someday, if you work hard, you'll
			be a warrior... a Klingon warrior,
			and you'll always feel safe
			because you'll know how to defend
			yourself. And do you know what
			else? If anyone ever tries to
			hurt your father again, you'll be
			able to fight at his side and make
			sure nothing happens to him. What
			do you think of that?

	Alexander smiles -- he's struck by this image of
	himself as older and stronger, and comforted by how
	empowered it makes him feel.

					K'MTAR
			Good night, Alexander. Dream
			well.

					ALEXANDER
			Good night, K'mtar.

	Alexander turns his face into his pillow and closes his
	eyes, comforted and able to sleep now. K'mtar
	exchanges a look with Worf, who has watched this tender
	scene with amazement.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT THREE     25.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

13   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker has the Bridge, Worf is at tactical, and various
	N.D.s man the other consoles. Riker approaches Data
	and K'mtar, who are working at an aft science station.

					RIKER
			Any luck?

					DATA
			Starfleet records contain no
			mention of the Duras sisters after
			their departure from Deep Space
			Nine.

					K'MTAR
			Didn't I tell you as much?

	Riker ignores his tone, turns to Worf.

					RIKER
			Have you been able to make contact
			with Deep Space Nine?

					WORF
			I am being patched through now,
			sir...

	Worf works his console, then nods that he's ready.

					RIKER
			On screen.

	The starfield on the VIEWSCREEN is replaced by the
	image of QUARK, standing in front of a Cardassian-looking
	backdrop. A DS9 Security Guard is behind him.

					RIKER
				(a greeting)
			Quark...

	When Quark sees Riker's smiling face a look of alarm
	crosses his features.

					RIKER
			I see you remember me.

     STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/02/94 - ACT THREE     26.

13   CONTINUED:

					QUARK
				(with a forced smile)
			How could I forget the only man
			ever to win triple down dabo at
			one of my tables... ?

					RIKER
			And how could I forget that you
			didn't have enough latinum to
			cover my winnings?

	Quark tries to gloss over this with a smile.

					QUARK
			I thought I explained that my
			brother had misplaced the key to
			the safe. Besides, those vouchers
			I gave you are every bit as good
			as latinum.

					RIKER
			Not exactly. You can spend
			latinum just about anywhere.
			Those vouchers are only good at
			your bar.

					QUARK
			I look forward to seeing you upon
			your return...
				(beat)
			Is that what this is about...
			you're on your way and you're
			calling to reserve a Holosuite
			program... ?

					RIKER
			Actually, I was hoping you could
			help me with something else.

	K'mtar is listening closely, wondering what Riker is up
	to.

					QUARK
			What would that be... ?

					RIKER
			I'm looking for some Klingon
			friends of mine... the Duras
			sisters -- Lursa and B'Etor?

					QUARK
			Oh, yes... Lursa and B'Etor...
				(gestures)
			Big talk... small tips.

					RIKER
			I thought you might know where
			they went.

    STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT THREE    26A.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

	There's a beat as Quark realizes he's got the
	advantage.

					QUARK
			Me? What makes you think I'd
			know... ?

					RIKER
			Commander Sisko said if anyone
			would know, you would...

					QUARK
			He flatters me.
				(beat)
			Well... I did hear a rumor,
			actually...

					RIKER
			What kind of rumor?

					QUARK
			I don't know... I'm sure it was
			told to me in confidence...

					RIKER
			And how much is your "confidence"
			worth?

					QUARK
			How many vouchers do you have,
			again?

					RIKER
			Enough for twelve bars of latinum.

	There is a heavy silence.

					RIKER
			I'll be glad to return them.

					QUARK
			Ah. I believe the rumor was...
			that the sisters were trying to
			buy some second-hand mining
			equipment.

					RIKER
			What for?

      STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/02/94 - ACT THREE 26B-C.        

13   CONTINUED: (4)

					QUARK
			They learned of a magnesite
			deposit in the Kalla system... it
			belongs to the Pakleds, but those
			fools don't even know it's there.
			Your friends were trying to get at
			it.

	Riker takes this in.

					RIKER
			All right.
				(beat)
			I'll send you those vouchers...

					QUARK
			Don't bother... I voided them
			while we've been talking.

					RIKER
			So long, Quark...

	And the VIEWSCREEN returns to a starfield.

					RIKER
			How long would it take us to reach
			the Kalla system?

					WORF
				(off console)
			Approximately sixteen hours.

	When he hears Riker's intent K'mtar steps forward and
	questions Quark's assertion.

					K'MTAR
				(to Riker)
			Couldn't he have been lying?

					RIKER
			Why would he? I'd just end up
			knocking on his door again in a
			few days -- and I wouldn't be in
			as good a mood.

					K'MTAR
				(nodding)
			I congratulate you, Commander. I
			didn't think it would be possible
			to find the sisters.

	Riker turns to the con officer.

					RIKER
			Take us out of orbit.

	Off K'mtar's face... he seems to be eager for the hunt.

     STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT THREE     27.

14   INT. CORRIDOR

	as Worf, K'mtar and Alexander make their way down it.
	Father and son are in work-out clothes, K'mtar in
	battle gear -- he has a knife in his belt.

					WORF
				(to Alexander)
			Today we will work on the
			Koh'manara block... it is a
			combination of the koh'bala pivot
			and the pak'ara thrust -- the
			forms I taught you last week.

					ALEXANDER
			Yes, Father...

	Worf sees that the boy is holding his bat'leth somewhat
	carelessly, so that its point is dragging behind him.

					WORF
			Alexander, have I not taught you
			to treat your sword with respect?

	Alexander frowns and takes a new hold of the bat'leth.
	K'mtar studies Alexander's face for a beat as they
	continue on.

					K'MTAR
			You're not looking forward to
			training, are you?

					ALEXANDER
			Not really...

					K'MTAR
			It can be boring repeating the
			same moves over and over again.

	Alexander's reaction indicates that he agrees
	wholeheartedly.

					WORF
			You must master the forms before
			you can apply them.

					K'MTAR
			That's true, but I was thinking we
			might try something different
			today.

	Worf looks at him -- what's he up to?

       STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - 01/28/94 - ACT THREE       27A.

14   CONTINUED:

					K'MTAR
			I took the liberty of creating a
			Holodeck program.

					WORF
			What kind of program?

					K'MTAR
			I'll show you...

     STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT THREE     28.

15   ANOTHER CORRIDOR

	as they approach a Holodeck door.

					K'MTAR
			Computer... run program K'mtar
			alpha-one.

	After a moment.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Program initiated. Enter when
			ready.

	They move to the door, which OPENS onto --

16   EXT. KLINGON OUTPOST - DAY (OPTICAL)

	which is now deserted. They ENTER, and cross into the
	center of the square.

					ALEXANDER
			Why did you want to recreate this?

					K'MTAR
			You said you wished you'd been
			able to help your father fight,
			but you didn't know how...

	Alexander acknowledges --

					K'MTAR
				(continuing)
			You've probably thought about the
			attack over and over again.

	Alexander looks up at him, wondering how he knows this --

					ALEXANDER
			Yes...

					K'MTAR
			Then let's see what happens this
			time.

	He hands Worf his knife.

     STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/01/94 - ACT THREE     29.

16   CONTINUED:

					K'MTAR
			Computer, give us two Klingon
			warriors.

	Suddenly TWO KLINGON WARRIORS MATERIALIZE near Worf and
	Alexander, wearing full battle-gear and carrying
	bat'leths (and/or knives).

	Alexander stares at the two burly Klingons.

					ALEXANDER
			How can I fight somebody that big?

					K'MTAR
			It is not size that matters.
			Cunning... skill... and
			observation are the most important
			weapons.

	He turns toward the warriors.

					K'MTAR
				(continuing, a battle
				 cry)
			Ni'tokor bak'to!

	Father and son engage their adversaries as K'mtar
	watches. Worf dispatches his, and after Alexander
	fights for a few more beats --

					K'MTAR
				(continuing)
			Freeze program.

	Alexander's adversary FREEZES in mid-battle. K'mtar
	indicates the figure Alexander was fighting.

					K'MTAR
				(continuing)
			Look what this ko'tal is doing.
			See his legs, they give a clue to
			what his next move will be.

	Alexander studies the figure for a beat.

					ALEXANDER
			His weight is all on his right
			foot.

					WORF
			Yes, he's going to have to shift
			it to regain his balance.

    STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT THREE    29A.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

					K'MTAR
			Stand ready.
				(to com)
			Computer, resume program.

     STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT THREE     30.

16   CONTINUED: (3)

	The figure REANIMATES, and pivots just as predicted --
	Alexander is ready for him, and is able to knock him to
	the ground.

					K'MTAR
				(continuing)
			Po'tajg! (well done)

	Alexander smiles proudly. He's standing over his
	adversary, who's laid flat on his back, defenseless.

					K'MTAR
				(continuing)
			Finish him.

	Alexander's features change when he hears this -- he
	looks down at the defenseless man, who's looking up at
	him, his eyes wide with dread.

	Alexander can't bring himself to do it... he looks up
	at K'mtar, then Worf -- much to their dismay, he throws
	his bat'leth aside.

	With a guttural cry the Holodeck figure suddenly leaps
	to his feet and grabs the knife from his belt -- he's
	going for Alexander...

					K'MTAR
			Freeze program.

	The figure FREEZES, his knife caught in mid-slash
	toward Alexander.

					WORF
			You should have killed him when
			you had the chance.

					K'MTAR
			Why didn't you?

	Alexander is clearly distraught over what's happened --

					ALEXANDER
			I... I don't know...

	The boy's response angers K'mtar -- he indicates the
	holofigure.

					K'MTAR
			Look at him! He didn't care that
			you showed him mercy. He was
			going to kill you.

    STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT THREE    30A.

16   CONTINUED: (4)

	Alexander looks to his father; K'mtar's anger is
	scaring him. Worf can't help but intercede on his
	son's behalf.

					WORF
			K'mtar... enough.

					K'MTAR
			If this were real he'd be dead
			now.

	Alexander's had enough -- he turns and runs toward the
	door.

					WORF
			Alexander --

	But he ignores him and EXITS. Worf and K'mtar turn to
	each other... their shared hope of turning Alexander
	into a warrior seems more remote than ever...

17   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

     STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT THREE     31.

18   INT. BRIDGE

	Data has the Bridge, Worf is at tactical, various N.D.s
	as needed. Riker ENTERS from the Ready Room.

					DATA
			We are approaching Kalla Three.

	Data takes the Ops position.

					RIKER
			Assume a standard orbit.
				(to Worf)
			Any evidence of a mining
			operation?

					WORF
				(off console)
			A shaft has been cut through the
			outer crust... there is evidence
			of machinery, but it does not
			appear to be in use.

					RIKER
			Life signs?

					DATA
			It is difficult to say. The
			magnesite is interfering with bioreadings.

					RIKER
				(to Data)
			Assemble an Away Team.

	Data gestures to Worf, and they head for the Turbolift.

19   INT. THE MINES

	where Geordi, Data, Worf and an N.D. SECURITY OFFICER
	are moving through an underground TUNNEL. They carry
	PALM BEACONS and PHASERS.

	They see that there is a larger area up ahead, and that
	it's ILLUMINATED by some light source. There are
	SOUNDS of activity; a person moving around.

     STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT THREE     32.

19   CONTINUED:

	They take a moment to prepare, then step out into this
	open area, their weapons raised.

20   OMITTED

21   INT. A ROCKY PIT

	as they react to what they see -- a lone DOPTERIAN --
	GORTA, sitting on a crate, morosely eating out of a
	can. He turns at the sound of their entrance, a look
	of surprise on his face.

					GEORDI
			Who are you?

	It takes the Ferengi a moment to recover from his
	shock.

					GORTA
			Gorta... I'm Gorta...

					WORF
			What are you doing on this planet?

					GORTA
				(evasive)
			I... crashed here.

	Riker fixes him with a look.

     STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT THREE     33.

21   CONTINUED:

	Geordi and Worf exchange a skeptical look. Data gives
	no indication that he doesn't believe him.

					DATA
			Then you are denying involvement
			in illegal mining activities.

					GORTA
				(as if he's realizing
				 only now)
			Mining? So that's what all this
			equipment is for...

					DATA
			I suspect that you are feigning
			ignorance.

					GORTA
			What a thing to say.

					WORF
			We are looking for two Klingon
			women, sisters --

					GORTA
			Lursa! B'Etor? Do you know where
			they are?

					GEORDI
			Actually we were hoping you did.

	Gorta pulls back, sensing he might be able to cut a
	deal.

					GORTA
			Maybe I do...

					DATA
			Would you be willing to share your
			information with us?

					GORTA
			My personal code of conduct
			prohibits sharing. But I'd
			consider a trade...

					GEORDI
			Does your personal code of conduct
			tell you that when you're stranded
			on a planet with no way off, you
			shouldn't try to cut deals?

    STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/02/94 - ACT THREE    33A.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

					GORTA
			You have a point.

					DATA
			We could certainly provide you
			with passage off this planet in
			exchange for information.

					GORTA
			Could you perhaps... fail to tell
			the Pakleds that we were mining
			their ore?

					GEORDI
			Don't push your luck.
				(beat)
			But if you can get us to the Duras
			sisters, I'll see what I can do.

					GORTA
			The Duras sisters... they are
			magnificent, aren't they?

					WORF
			Where are they now?

					GORTA
			Selling the ore, I imagine. They
			took everything, the ore, the
			ship...
				(with admiration)
			Such treachery... I can't help but
			adore them.

					DATA
			What kind of ship do they have?

     STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT THREE     34.

21   CONTINUED: (3)

					GORTA
			A Bird of Prey. With a working
			cloaking device. Who knows how
			they got hold of that...

					WORF
			And where have they gone?

					GORTA
			We were going to sell the ore to
			a Yridian trader. We were
			supposed to meet him in the Ufandi
			system.

					DATA
			Gather your belongings. It is
			time to leave.

	The Ferengi tosses the can over his shoulder and
	indicates he's ready.

					GORTA
			Like I said... they took
			everything.

	Off this moment...

     STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT THREE     35.

22   INT. TEN FORWARD

	where Worf is sitting at the bar, alone. The usual
	compliment of N.D.s. After a moment, K'mtar approaches
	him -- he's had time to think about what happened.

					K'MTAR
			Worf...

	Worf acknowledges with a small nod.

					K'MTAR
				(continuing)
			I'm sorry about what happened. I
			shouldn't have gotten so angry.
			It's just that... I'm worried
			about Alexander.

					WORF
			As am I.

					K'MTAR
			Kurn told me that his mother
			actively discouraged him from
			exploring his Klingon heritage...

					WORF
			When he came to live with me, he
			knew nothing of our ways.
				(beat)
			He often reminds me of things his
			mother said to him... I try not to
			disregard her wishes, I want him
			to honor her memory...

    STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT THREE    35A.

22   CONTINUED:

	There is a beat as K'mtar regards Worf, seems to
	struggle to find the right way to say something.

					K'MTAR
			Someday... I'm sure he'll
			appreciate you. And be grateful
			for all you've given him.

	Worf appreciates the statement. K'mtar takes a breath,
	must raise a difficult issue.

					K'MTAR
				(continuing)
			Still, compared to other boys his
			age, Alexander's fighting skills
			are years behind.

	Worf knows it's true.

					WORF
			I know. He has not put in the
			time he needs to learn the skills.

     STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT THREE     36.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					K'MTAR
				(continuing)
			I think you should consider
			sending him to the training
			Academy on Ogat. Your brother is
			an influential man; he could see
			to it that Alexander was admitted.

					WORF
			Send him... to Ogat?

					K'MTAR
				(continuing)
			I'm only thinking of what's best
			for him. At the Academy he'd
			learn our ways, he'd live like a
			Klingon.

					WORF
			I want him to learn our ways,
			but... this is his home.

	K'mtar keeps at it.

					K'MTAR
			How can you expect him to lead our
			house someday when all he's known
			is life aboard a Federation
			starship?

					WORF
			He is my son; he belongs with me.

	K'mtar loses his temper --

					K'MTAR
			The boy is more human than
			Klingon. If he stays here, he'll
			never be a warrior. He'll never
			be able to defend our family
			against its enemies.

					WORF
			Enough... the decision is mine.

					K'MTAR
			Not necessarily. It would be
			within my rights to invoke ya'nora
			kor.

	Worf reacts --

         STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT THREE         37.

22   CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF
			You would challenge my fitness to
			raise my own son?

					K'MTAR
			For the good of our house, yes.

	There is a brief second as the men hold eyes...
	K'mtar's plea to Worf seems an urgency that's born of
	pain -- an anguish that comes from deep within.

					K'MTAR
			Worf... I beg you... stop thinking
			of yourself. It's Alexander we
			must consider.
				(beat)
			Look into your heart... and do
			what's best for him.

	And with that K'mtar turns and EXITS Ten Forward,
	leaving Worf angry and troubled...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT FOUR         38.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

23   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS

	where Worf has just told Troi everything.

					TROI
			-- if K'mtar invoked ya'nora kor,
			your vote would cancel his, and it
			would be up to your brother to
			decide who would get custody of
			Alexander.

					WORF
			I am confident my brother would
			not vote against me.

	But his voice betrays some doubt.

					TROI
			You don't sound confident...

	Worf's face tells her she's right... he considers for
	a beat.

					WORF
			Perhaps I should let Alexander
			know what is at stake... it might
			induce him to spend more time
			training.

					TROI
			I'm not sure that's a good idea...
			it might scare him.

	Worf feels frustrated, that it's too late to change his
	son.

					WORF
			I should have tried harder... I
			should have taken him to visit the
			homeworld...

					TROI
			Worf... Alexander is part human,
			and that part of him is every bit
			as important as his Klingon side.
			I think you've done a wonderful
			job of exposing him to both sides
			of his heritage.

	Worf appreciates what she's saying, but is still
	troubled.

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/02/94 - ACT FOUR         39.

23   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			But by doing that, I may have made
			it impossible for him to be
			accepted as a true Klingon.

					TROI
			There are those who'd say you're
			not a true Klingon, just because
			you wear that uniform.

	Worf bristles... but he knows it's true.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			The truth is you've found a
			balance within yourself, a balance
			that feels right to you. You have
			to trust that Alexander will be
			able to find his own balance.
			Just as you did.

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT FOUR         40.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

	Worf takes this in...

					WORF
			Part of me wants to give him that
			freedom... but what if he turns
			away from his Klingon heritage?
			What will happen to my father's
			house? Who will lead it?

	Troi has no answer for him... off Worf's dilemma...

24   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	where Alexander is listening to K'mtar recount an
	ancient Klingon story.

					K'MTAR
			-- Kahless was determined to teach
			his brother a lesson for having
			told a lie, but Morath refused to
			fight his brother, and instead ran
			away. Kahless pursued him across
			valleys and over mountains, all
			the way to the edge of the sea.
			And there on the shore, they
			fought for --

					ALEXANDER
			Twelve days and twelve nights. I
			know, I've heard this story
			before.

	Alexander isn't being dismissive, it's just that he
	wants to ask a question about the story before K'mtar
	moves on.

					K'MTAR
			Alexander, it is important to tell
			these stories, even if we already
			know them.

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT FOUR         41.

24   CONTINUED:

					ALEXANDER
			Why was Kahless so mad about the
			lie his brother told?

					K'MTAR
			Because it made him look like a
			coward.

					ALEXANDER
			If Kahless had just let him
			explain what happened, maybe they
			wouldn't have had to fight about
			it.

					K'MTAR
			You are missing the point --

					ALEXANDER
			And I don't see what's so wrong
			with running away -- maybe Morath
			didn't want to fight his brother
			because he didn't want to have to
			kill him.

					K'MTAR
			He ran because he was a coward --

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT FOUR         42.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					ALEXANDER
			How do you know that's why?

					K'MTAR
				(firm)
			No more questions! These are our
			stories. A warrior must learn how
			to interpret them properly.

	Alexander bristles at being shut down like this.

					ALEXANDER
			I'm trying to --

					K'MTAR
			No, your head is full of foolish
			human notions about the way things
			are. You are Klingon. You must
			begin to act like one.

	Alexander stands up for himself.

					ALEXANDER
			I'm part human, too.

					K'MTAR
			Listen to me, Alexander... when a
			human looks at you, he doesn't see
			himself, he sees a Klingon.

					ALEXANDER
			It doesn't matter what I look
			like.

					K'MTAR
			It does. You're different from
			everyone aboard this ship. And no
			matter how much people pretend
			otherwise, they'll always see you
			as different.

	K'mtar is playing on that most basic of childhood fears --
	the fear of being different from others, of sticking
	out.

					ALEXANDER
			That's not true...

	Alexander doesn't want to believe him, but it's clear
	that K'mtar's words are making him feel unsure about
	himself...

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT FOUR        42A.

24   CONTINUED: (3)

					K'MTAR
			It is. The only way you'll ever
			feel like you really belong, is if
			you leave here and go live with
			your own kind.

	K'mtar sees that he's getting to him --

					K'MTAR
				(continuing)
			I know a Klingon school you could
			go to; you'd be welcome there.
			They'd teach you how to be a
			warrior -- prepare you for the
			Rite of Ascension.

					ALEXANDER
			I don't know if I want to do
			that...

	There's an edge of desperation in K'mtar's voice; he
	feels like he's hooked Alexander, and now has to reel
	him in.

					K'MTAR
			After you've been there a while...
			you'll find you won't want to do
			anything else.

	But Alexander manages to shake off his doubts --

					ALEXANDER
			But I don't want to leave the
			Enterprise --

					K'MTAR
			You must! Everything depends on
			it.

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT FOUR         43.

24   CONTINUED: (4)

					ALEXANDER
			I thought you were different. I
			thought you understood me. But
			you don't. You're just like my
			Father. All you care about is me
			becoming a warrior. Why don't you
			just leave me alone!

	And with that he turns and runs out the door... the
	anger and frustration drains from K'mtar's face, and
	something else bleeds in -- a look of profound loss...
	He buries his face in his hands...

25   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First Officer's Log, stardate
			47779.4. We've entered the Ufandi
			system, where we believe the Duras
			sisters might have come to sell
			the ore they mined on Kalla Three.

26   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker and Troi in the command area. Data is at Ops,
	Worf at tactical.

					DATA
				(off console)
			I am detecting a vessel holding
			position near the third planet...
				(works)
			It is a Yridian freighter.

					RIKER
			Put it on screen.

	A Yridian freighter APPEARS on the VIEWSCREEN.

					RIKER
			Scan for magnesite in its hold.

	Data works his console.

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT FOUR         44.

26   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The resonance signature indicates
			that there is magnesite ore
			present...

					RIKER
			Then we're too late. The sisters
			have already been here.

					TROI
			Somehow I doubt the Yridians are
			going to be very forthcoming about
			where they might have gone...

					DATA
				(off console)
			Sir, readings indicate that there
			are only five hundred kilograms of
			ore in the Yridian's hold...

					WORF
			There should be over ten thousand
			kilograms...

					RIKER
			That's odd...
				(to Worf)
			Hail them.

	Worf works his console and a YRIDIAN -- YOG -- appears
	on the VIEWSCREEN.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I'm Commander Riker of the
			Federation Starship Enterprise.

					YRIDIAN
			I am Yog... why are we speaking?

	Yog's syntax can be a little odd.

					RIKER
			Our sensors indicate you're
			carrying magnesite ore...

					YRIDIAN
			Magnesite, yes.

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT FOUR         45.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Where did you get it?

					YRIDIAN
			From a Corvallen. For a good
			price.

	Riker glances at Troi, who gives a small shake of her
	head to indicate she doesn't believe him.

					RIKER
			Where's this... Corvallen now? I
			have orders to acquire some
			magnesite.

					YRIDIAN
			He is gone...
				(gestures)
			Where? I don't know.

					RIKER
			Wouldn't you be interested in
			selling me the ore you're
			carrying?

	Worf and Troi exchange a look -- what is Riker up to?

					YRIDIAN
			No, I have a buyer.

					RIKER
			You haven't heard my offer.

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/02/94 - ACT FOUR         46.

26   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			Half a gram of Anjoran bio-mimetic
			gel.

	The Yridians eyes widen -- this is clearly an
	outrageous offer.

					YRIDIAN
			Done.

					RIKER
			Once we've verified the ore's
			purity, we'll beam over the gel.

	Riker starts to cross back toward his chair. The
	Yridian's face DISAPPEARS from the VIEWSCREEN, replaced
	by a shot of the freighter.

					TROI
			You're up to something...

	But Riker doesn't answer. He starts inputting
	something into his chair's control panel.

					RIKER
			Have the Transporter Room beam the
			ore to these coordinates.

					DATA
				(off console)
			Sir, that would place the ore
			directly off the ship's starboard
			bow.

					RIKER
			I know.

					WORF
				(off console)
			Transport complete.

	On the VIEWSCREEN, a CRATE hangs in space.

					RIKER
			Lock phasers on the ore and fire.

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT FOUR         47.

26   CONTINUED: (4)

	Worf works his console.

					WORF
			Firing.

27   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as a BEAM lances out from the phaser banks.

28   INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	where a shimmering EXPLOSION appears on the VIEWSCREEN;
	particles of shiny dust are spewn everywhere, and for
	a moment, the outline of a KLINGON BIRD OF PREY is
	visible against the shimmer.

					WORF
			A Bird of Prey...

	When the explosion dissipates seconds later, the ship
	disappears because it is cloaked.

					RIKER
			Put a tractor beam on it.

	Worf complies. Data and Troi exchange a look --

					TROI
			How did you know?

					RIKER
			The Yridians had only part of the
			shipment in their hold -- I
			realized we must've arrived before
			they had the chance to transfer
			the rest.

					WORF
			Sir, the Klingon ship is hailing
			us.

					RIKER
			On screen.

	The indignant faces of LURSA and B'ETOR APPEAR on the
	VIEWSCREEN.

					LURSA
			Release our vessel at once!

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT FOUR         48.

28   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			I don't think so.

					B'ETOR
			We've done nothing wrong. We were
			engaging in a simple business
			transaction.

					RIKER
			We know you're dealing in stolen
			ore.

	The sisters exchange a look.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			But what I really want to talk
			about is the assassination attempt
			on Lieutenant Worf.

					B'ETOR
			What assassination attempt? This
			is the first I've heard of it.

					LURSA
				(hopeful)
			Did it succeed?

	Lursa barks a laugh, and B'Etor joins in with her own
	grating squawk.

					RIKER
			We have evidence that you were
			behind it.

					LURSA
			That is outrageous.

					B'ETOR
			What is this evidence?

					RIKER
			Beam over and we'll show you.

	The sisters exchange a glance.

					B'ETOR
			We will be there shortly.

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT FOUR         49.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

	The VIEWSCREEN goes to a space shot.

									CUT TO:

29   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	where Riker, Troi, Lursa, B'Etor, Worf and K'mtar have
	met. An N.D. Security Guard is posted at the door.
	The sisters refuse to sit, preferring to pace around
	and slam their hands on the table for emphasis. Worf
	places the wrapped dagger on the table in front of
	them.

					WORF
			This was dropped by one of the
			assassins...

	He unwraps the cloth to reveal the dagger.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			It bears the crest of your house.

	The sisters' eyes widen when they see it's true.

					B'ETOR
			Ge'ko... kaf'la. (It's true. How
			can this be?)

      STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/02/94 - ACT FOUR 50-50A         

29   CONTINUED:

					LURSA
			Someone must have given it to the
			assassins -- to implicate us.

	Skeptical looks from Worf and K'mtar. But Riker sees
	that Troi is looking at Lursa intently -- it's as if
	she half believes her.

					TROI
			Why would someone do that?

	B'Etor draws herself up in indignation.

					B'ETOR
			In order to tarnish our good name.

					WORF
				(under his breath)
			You can't tarnish a rusted
			blade...

	Lursa flies into a fury, she's fairly spitting it out --

					LURSA
			Ji'ko to'val!

					WORF
			Gir'nak tovo'sor!

	Riker stops Worf --

					RIKER
			Mister Worf --

	Worf backs off. Riker turns to K'mtar, who's been
	uncharacteristically quiet -- he seems almost
	distracted.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			You said you had other evidence
			they were involved.

					K'MTAR
			Yes... on the homeworld.

					RIKER
			Then we'll set a course there. I
			want this cleared up.

					K'MTAR
			I will send a message to Kurn...
			he may wish to return to the
			homeworld as well.

	K'mtar EXITS.

            STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - 01/28/94 - ACT FOUR            51.

29   CONTINUED: (3)

	B'Etor is staring down at the dagger, her attention has
	been caught by something.

					B'ETOR
			Bet'ala nog'tor. (look at this)

	She nudges her sister and indicates some markings on
	the dagger -- Lursa reacts as if she sees something
	totally unexpected, then her hand moves almost
	involuntarily to her stomach, as if to cradle it.

					LURSA
			Impossible...

					TROI
			What is it?

	B'Etor picks up the dagger -- Worf starts to intervene
	but Riker stops him.

					B'ETOR
			These markings represent the
			members of our house...
				(indicates)
			This symbol represents our
			father...
				(indicates)
			Myself, my sister... and this...
			represents her son.

					WORF
			I was not aware you had a son.

					LURSA
			I do not... But I am with child...

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT FOUR         52.

29   CONTINUED: (4)

					B'ETOR
			She found out only a few days
			ago... and she's told no one but
			me.

	Reactions. B'Etor holds the dagger up to Riker.

					B'ETOR
				(continuing)
			How can this marking be here?
				(re: dagger)
			Where did this come from... ?

	Our people have no answer to this mystery.

					WORF
			I will talk to K'mtar.

	And he EXITS...

30   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS

	where Alexander is sleeping peacefully; the light that
	comes in through the doorway from the main room casts
	a shaft across his quietly breathing form.

	Suddenly a shadow is thrown across his body by a figure
	that's stepped into the doorway.

31   NEW ANGLE

	revealing that it is K'mtar, standing there looking
	down at Alexander. His features are drawn, his eyes
	filled with dread.

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT FOUR         53.

31   CONTINUED:

	He raises a hand and we reveal that he is carrying a
	disruptor -- he's come to kill Alexander. It's clear
	from the look on his face that this isn't something he
	wants to do, but something he feels he has to do. He
	steps toward him...

	Suddenly the door OPENS and Worf ENTERS from the
	corridor. He sees that K'mtar has a weapon and,
	without hesitation, rushes forward and grabs hold of
	him, pulling him out of the doorway and into the main
	room.

	(NOTE: the door to Alexander's room should shut when
	he's pulled away.)

	Worf struggles with K'mtar, trying to get the disruptor
	away from him. But K'mtar, adrenalin-filled, resists.
	Finally Worf slams his fist against K'mtar's weapon arm
	and the disruptor goes skittering across the floor.

	Worf's momentum takes him away from the direction of
	the disruptor; K'mtar runs for it, grabs it, and whirls
	to face Worf, charging hard at him. He points the
	disruptor right at Worf.

					K'MTAR
			No further.

	Worf stops, sees the determination in K'mtar's face.

					WORF
			K'mtar... why are you doing this?

	K'mtar gestures with the disruptor for Worf to step out
	from in front of Alexander's door.

					K'MTAR
			Step away from the door.

	But Worf isn't moving.

					WORF
			You will have to kill me.

	K'mtar stares at him, anguish on his face.

					K'MTAR
			I won't do that. But I can stun
			you -- then kill the boy.

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/01/94 - ACT FOUR        53A.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			What?

					K'MTAR
			I... am Alexander.

	Off this shocking revelation...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/01/94 - ACT FIVE         54.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

32   INT. WORF'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

	Worf stares at him in disbelief...

					WORF
			What... are you saying?

	K'mtar is weak... holding his damaged throat... gasping
	for air...

					K'MTAR
			I... am your son... Alexander...
			I have come to this time from
			forty years in the future.

	Worf stares at him, then seizes him once more by the
	shoulders, shaking him.

					WORF
			P'tak! Tell me the truth or I
			will kill you.

					K'MTAR
			Look at me!

	Still holding him by the shoulders, Worf stares at the
	man, deep into his eyes.

					K'MTAR
			You said when you first met me
			that I looked familiar.

					WORF
			I could have seen you on the
			Homeworld...

					K'MTAR
			No. Look closely. I am your son.

	Worf stares at him, still doubtful... yet, seeing
	something in the man's eyes. And, after all, Worf
	knows that time travel is possible.

					WORF
			If you are Alexander... you will
			remember the final words your
			mother said as she died.

	K'mtar fixes him with a steely look.

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/01/94 - ACT FIVE        54A.

32   CONTINUED:

					K'MTAR
			I was three years old. She was
			dying when we found her. She
			barely managed to whisper my
			name... and she took my hand...
			and placed it in yours.
				(beat)
			Then she died. You howled with
			rage... and then you told me to
			look at her... to look at death...
			and always to remember.
				(beat)
			And I always have.

	These are details Worf has never shared with anyone.
	This must be Alexander.

					WORF
			How... have you done this? Come
			to this time?

					K'MTAR
			Forty years from now the ways are
			well known. But few are willing
			to risk the dangers.
				(beat)
			I decided I must take the risk.

					WORF
			And you did it... in order to end
			your own life?

	K'mtar is so overwhelmed with emotion that it's hard
	for him to speak...

					K'MTAR
			I was hoping I wouldn't have to...
			that I could change things, change
			myself. But I couldn't.
			Everything's going to turn out the
			way it did before. And I can't
			let that happen.

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/02/94 - ACT FIVE        54B.

32   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Why? What is going to happen that
			is so terrible?

	K'mtar looks at his father, roiled by emotion.

					K'MTAR
			You will be killed. Because I was
			naive... too weak... to be able to
			protect you.

					WORF
			I don't believe that...

					K'MTAR
			I was there! I saw you
			murdered... and I was to blame.

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/02/94 - ACT FIVE         55.

32   CONTINUED: (3)

	Worf can't help but have a visceral reaction to the
	news of his own death, but he pushes it aside -- what's
	happened to Alexander is more important to him.

					WORF
			You mustn't blame yourself.

					K'MTAR
			You don't understand -- I never
			became a warrior! I became a
			diplomat... a "peacemaker."

	His voice is full of disdain.

					K'MTAR
				(continuing)
			When the time came for me to lead
			our family -- I thought I could
			single-handedly put an end to the
			fighting between the great
			houses... I declared publicly
			that the house of Mogh would take
			the first step to end the feuding.
			There would be no more
			retribution, no more revenge.

	He looks at his father, pain in his eyes.

					K'MTAR
				(continuing)
			You tried to warn me... you tried
			to tell me that I mustn't show
			weakness... but I thought you
			were a foolish old man. I told
			you that you were a relic of an
			earlier time, and that a new era
			of peace was at hand.

	He looks down, ashamed.

					K'MTAR
				(continuing)
			But you were right. My enemies
			saw my weakness... and they moved
			against me.

	He looks up at his father, tears in his eyes.

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/02/94 - ACT FIVE         56.

32   CONTINUED: (4)

					K'MTAR
				(continuing)
			Unless I stop it all now...
				(gestures to door)
			-- that boy will see his father
			killed on the floor of the Council
			Chamber.

	Worf tries to make sense of it all.

					WORF
			That's why you wanted to take
			Alexander away. To turn him into
			a warrior, not a peacemaker.

					K'MTAR
			I staged the assassination attempt
			to frighten him... make him
			realize he must learn the ways of
			a warrior.

	Worf turns away, hearing the familiarity of those
	words.

					K'MTAR
				(continuing)
			If I had listened to you... if I
			had become the warrior you
			wanted... you would not have died
			in my arms.

	Worf reaches out, touches the shoulder of his son...
	his son who is older than he is, now. He is struggling
	to come to some resolution of his own ideals, hoping to
	communicate to Alexander a truth that will soothe him.

					K'MTAR
				(continuing)
			Who is to say what the future will
			be now, after you have disrupted
			time? I may die tomorrow... or I
			may outlive you.

	He hesitates, looking for the words to reach his son.

					WORF
			But when I die... I would like an
			honorable death. And the only way
			that is possible -- is for you
			accept yourself, as you are, and
			stay true to what you believe.

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/02/94 - ACT FIVE        56A.

32   CONTINUED: (5)

	K'mtar listens carefully.

					WORF
			The cause of peace is a worthy
			one... go back, and continue to
			work for it. Your struggle must
			continue.

					K'MTAR
			But it is a futile struggle...

					WORF
			No... you've already changed
			things more than you realize.

					K'MTAR
			The boy I was has not changed...

      STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/01/94 - ACT FIVE 57-57A         

32   CONTINUED: (6)

					WORF
			I'm talking about myself.

	K'mtar studies his father's face.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			You have given me a glimpse into
			my son's future. I see now that
			he has his own destiny... and I
			believe it will be a great one...

	They look at each other for a long moment... then move
	into each other's arms and embrace...

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT FIVE         58.

32   CONTINUED: (7)

					K'MTAR
			I love you, Father...

					WORF
			And I you, Alexander...

	Off this moment...

33   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

34   EXT. HOLODECK/KLINGON OUTPOST - DAY

	as Worf ENTERS from the corridor to find Alexander in
	the town square, practicing moves with his BAT'LETH.
	He turns when he sees his father.

					ALEXANDER
			I've been waiting -- where's
			K'mtar?

	Worf approaches his son...

					WORF
			He had to leave... he was called
			away...

	Alexander is visibly disappointed.

					ALEXANDER
			He never said goodbye.

					WORF
			He asked me to say goodbye for
			him.

          STAR TREK: "Firstborn" - REV. 02/02/94 - ACT FIVE         59.

34   CONTINUED:

	Worf squats down so that his eyes are level with
	Alexander's.

					WORF
			He wanted me to tell you that no
			matter what happens, no matter
			what you decide to do with your
			life, he'll always care about you
			a great deal.

	Alexander takes this in...

					ALEXANDER
			When will I see him again?

					WORF
			It may be a long time...

	Alexander is disappointed to hear this, but tries to
	take it well...

					ALEXANDER
			We should start practice...

	He moves to pick up his BAT'LETH...

					WORF
			Alexander... there will be plenty
			of time for training. Why don't
			we... just spend some time
			together?

	Alexander is a little surprised to hear his father say
	this, but pleased... as they start to cross away, Worf
	puts an arm around his son's shoulder. Off this moment
	we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             


















                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "Bloodlines" 
                          #40277-274 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Nick Sagan 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                       FEBRUARY 9, 1994

           STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - 02/10/94 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Bloodlines"                              
                              
                             CAST                               

                PICARD                  BOK
                RIKER                   JASON
                DATA                    BIRTA
                BEVERLY                 TOL
                TROI                    RHODES
                WORF                    COM VOICE
                GEORDI             
                Non-Speaking            Non-Speaking
                  N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES     N.D FERENGI

           STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - 02/09/94 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Bloodlines" 

                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              READY ROOM
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              SICKBAY
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              BEVERLY'S OFFICE
              ENGINEERING
              TEN FORWARD
              CORRIDOR
              HOLODECK/CAVES
              DANIEL'S QUARTERS
          
              FERENGI SHIP

   STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - 02/09/94 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                         "Bloodlines" 
                            
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                    VIGO           VEE-go
                    DAIMON         DAY-mon
                    CAMOR          KAY-more
                    GORLAN         GORE-lun
                    DICHROMIC      die-KRO-mik
                    BIRTA          BERR-tuh
                    DORIAS         doe-RYE-us
                    XENDI KABU     zen-dee KA-boo
                    B'ZAL          buh-ZALL

         STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - 02/09/94 - TEASER         1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "Bloodlines"                              
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

A1	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE

	at impulse.

1    INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	RIKER, DATA and WORF are at their usual stations, along
	with assorted SUPERNUMERARIES. There's a feeling of
	urgency in the air. PICARD ENTERS from his Ready Room.

					PICARD
			Report.

					RIKER
			There's an object of some kind
			closing in on our position.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	The VIEWSCREEN magnifies to display a metallic PROBE.

					DATA
				(off console)
			It appears to be an unmanned probe --
			approximately half a meter in
			diameter. It has no identifiable
			armaments.

					WORF
			We are being hailed...

	Worf looks down at his console, makes a correction.

					WORF
				(to Picard)
			You are being hailed, sir -- by
			name.

	Picard and Riker exchange a glance -- what could this
	be all about?

					PICARD
			Open a channel.

        STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - 02/09/94 - TEASER        1A.

1    CONTINUED:

	Worf works his panel.

					PICARD
			This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard of
			the --

      STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - TEASER      2.

1    CONTINUED: (2)

	Worf interrupts with urgency --

					WORF
			I am reading a power surge --

					RIKER
			Shields up.

	On the VIEWSCREEN we see a BEAM shoot out from the
	probe toward us -- everyone tenses for impact... but
	nothing happens. Data studies his console with
	interest.

					DATA
			The beam appears to contain
			holographic imaging information...

					RIKER
			It's trying to project
			something...

					PICARD
			Isolate the bandwidth and let the
			signal through the shields.

	Data works his console; after a moment a TRANSLUCENT
	HOLOGRAM shimmers into being near the door to Picard's
	Ready Room -- it is the Ferengi, DAIMON BOK, who once
	swore vengeance on Picard...

					PICARD
			Bok...

					BOK
			I trust you remember me, Picard,
			because I haven't forgotten you...
			or how you murdered my son...

	Bok's eyes are full of hate... since this is prerecorded,
	he should not appear to be interacting with
	our people.

					BOK
			For fifteen years I've thought
			about how to avenge his death...
			but nothing I could do to you
			could equal what you did to me...
			until now.

	Bok smiles, but there's no mirth in it.

					BOK
			You thought you could hide him
			from me, didn't you? But I found
			out about him... Jason Vigo is as
			good as dead.

         STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - 02/09/94 - TEASER         3.

1    CONTINUED: (3)

	Bok's eyes go cold with hatred.

					BOK
			I'm going to kill your son,
			Picard, just like you killed
			mine...

	Picard looks utterly baffled -- his son? With a
	taunting smile the hologram DISAPPEARS. Off Picard's
	reaction we...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT ONE      4.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

2    INT. BRIDGE -- CONTINUOUS

	All eyes are on Picard. He's said nothing to indicate
	what he thinks of Bok's claim... and no one's about to
	ask.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Put a tractor beam on that probe
			and determine if it's safe to beam
			it aboard. I want to know where
			it came from.

	He turns to Data.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, see if there's any
			mention of a Jason Vigo in
			Federation records.
				(beat)
			You might start with Miranda Vigo --
			she was born on New Gaul about
			forty years ago...

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	Data heads for aft science. Picard turns to Riker.

					PICARD
			Contact the Ferengi Government and
			find out what you can about Bok.
			He was wearing a Daimon's uniform --
			if he's regained his rank, I want
			to know why.

	And with that, Picard EXITS to his Ready Room, leaving
	everyone to wonder what's going through his mind.

3    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it hangs in space.

4    INT. READY ROOM

	where Picard is staring out his window, lost in
	thought. The door CHIMES.

      STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT ONE      5.

4    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Come.

	Riker ENTERS carrying a PADD.

					RIKER
			The Ferengi Government is debating
			an amendment to the Rules of
			Acquisition...
				(wry)
			-- it might be a while before they
			get back to us...

	Picard nods vaguely. Riker indicates the PADD he's
	holding.

					RIKER
			Data found out that the woman you
			mentioned does have a son named
			Jason.

	Picard takes this in, but gives away nothing.

					RIKER
			This is the most recent picture we
			could find.

	He sets the PADD on Picard's desk, and the Captain
	turns from the window and studies it for a beat.

5    INSERT - THE PADD

	showing the picture of a ten year old boy.

6    RESUME SCENE

	Picard asks a question that could confirm or disprove
	Bok's assertion.

					PICARD
			How old is the boy now?

					RIKER
			Twenty three.

	Picard's mental calculation is internal; he gives away
	nothing.

        STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - 02/09/94 - ACT ONE        6.

6    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			He and his mother left Earth about
			six years ago and settled on Camor
			Five. That's all we know, the
			planet's records are practically
			non-existent.

	Picard speaks to the com system.

					PICARD
			Picard to Bridge. Set course for
			the Camor system, warp five.

					COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

	Thinking that Picard isn't going to say anything more,
	Riker turns to leave.

					PICARD
			Wil... I appreciate your not
			asking, but you have the right to
			know...

	He turns to face Riker.

					PICARD
			There is a possibility that the
			boy is my son... I was involved
			with his mother for a short time
			about twenty four years ago. I
			met her through a friend during
			shore-leave on Earth. It was all
			very romantic...
				(smiles)
			-- probably because we both knew
			I'd be leaving in two weeks... we
			kept in touch for a short while,
			but we never managed to get
			together again...

					RIKER
			And she never said anything about
			being pregnant... ?

					PICARD
			No... either Bok's got it wrong
			and I'm not the father, or Miranda
			decided she wanted to raise the
			child on her own. Quite frankly
			it wouldn't surprise me. She was
			very independent... very strong-willed...

      STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT ONE      7.

6    CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			You'd have to be to get by on
			Camor Five.

					PICARD
			Whether he's really my son or not,
			the fact is he's in danger. Bok
			tried to kill me six years ago...
			I have no doubt he intends to make
			good on his threat against the
			boy...

	Riker acknowledges this grim fact...

7    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	entering orbit of Camor Five...

8    INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker now in the command area, Data at Aft
	Science, Worf at Tactical.

					RIKER
			Anything?

					WORF
			There are no Ferengi vessels
			within range of our scanners...

	Data turns from aft science.

					DATA
			Captain, I have been unable to
			find any information about Jason
			Vigo's current whereabouts...

					PICARD
			What about his mother's?

					DATA
			No, sir.

	Picard considers for a beat.

					PICARD
			Miranda was trained as a
			botanist... she used to talk
			about running a farm some day. We
			might start with the agricultural
			areas.

        STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - 02/09/94 - ACT ONE        8.

8    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			That would significantly narrow
			our search; the only cultivated
			land is on the southern continent,
			and there are relatively few
			people engaged in agricultural
			activities.

					PICARD
			There can't be too many non-Camorites
			among them. Try
			scanning for human life-signs.

	Data works his console, and uncovers the following
	little by little.

					DATA
			I am detecting seven humans...
			three are female... however they
			are all too young to be Miranda
			Vigo.

					PICARD
			What about males?

	Data works his console for a beat.

					DATA
			One is an infant... another is
			elderly... and two are middleaged.

					PICARD
			That's seven, you said there were
			eight humans.

					DATA
				(works)
			I am having difficulty getting a
			clear reading on the eighth...
				(works console)
			-- the individual appears to be
			located approximately two
			kilometers beneath the planet's
			surface.

	Picard and Riker exchange a glance over this odd
	information.

					PICARD
			Male or female?

     STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/11/94 - ACT ONE     8A.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(off console)
			Male... adult... between twenty
			and thirty years old.

	Picard reacts -- it could be Jason.

					RIKER
			No one in their right mind would
			go that far underground alone.

					PICARD
			Unless he was forced to.

					WORF
				(off console)
			Sir, I am reading seismic
			instability in the area. He is in
			danger.

      STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/11/94 - ACT ONE      9.

8    CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Relay his coordinates to the
			Transporter Room and have them
			beam him aboard.

	Picard starts for the Turbolift.

9    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard steps into the room, where JASON VIGO is in the
	process of MATERIALIZING. He is a handsome youth of
	about twenty-three, wearing high-tech rock climbing
	gear that's covered in dust. He's in the position of
	someone who was just scaling a rock face.

	When he fully materializes he whirls around --

					JASON
			What the... ?

	He stops, confused by the sudden change in locale. He
	locks eyes with Picard and frowns, realizing that he's
	been beamed aboard a Federation Starship.

					JASON
			This is a Federation ship...

					PICARD
			That's right. I'm Captain
			Picard... Jean-Luc Picard.

	Jason doesn't seem to recognize the name...

					JASON
				(with irony)
			I realize I wasn't supposed to be
			spelunking that cave, but don't
			you have something better to do?

	He says this with an easy and disarming smile.

					PICARD
			We thought you were in danger.

     STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT ONE     10.

9    CONTINUED:

					JASON
			Oh... well... I wasn't. Maybe you
			should just beam me back where I
			was?

					PICARD
			Are you Jason Vigo?

	Jason is clearly taken by surprise; why are these
	people looking for him? He decides to dissemble.

					JASON
			I... know him. Is he in trouble?

	Picard isn't entirely sure whether he believes him or
	not.

					PICARD
			In a manner of speaking...
			someone's made a threat against
			his life.

	Jason's face blanches -- Picard's instincts tell him
	why...

					PICARD
			Jason... I'm an old friend of your
			Mother's. I came here because
			you're in danger.

	Jason isn't about to keep pretending... he's too
	worried for that.

					JASON
			Why would anyone want to kill me?

	Picard takes a breath and comes out with it.

					PICARD
			The person who made the threat is
			under the impression that... that
			you are my son...

	Jason reacts to this bombshell... after a moment of
	stunned silence...

					JASON
			Am I... ?

					PICARD
			I don't know...

     STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT ONE     11.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					JASON
			My mother never told me who my
			father was... just that he was in
			Starfleet.

					PICARD
			Perhaps we should contact her... ?

	Jason reacts, looks away...

					JASON
			She... died a few years ago...

	Picard take in this sad piece of news.

					PICARD
			I'm sorry...

	Jason nods, but says nothing.

					PICARD
			Jason... I think it's important
			that we find out one way or
			another. Would you be willing to
			permit a genetic test?

	Jason acknowledges with a nod.

					JASON
			If I'm not your son... is this
			person still going to want to kill
			me?

					PICARD
			Once he's made aware of the fact,
			I expect he won't...

					JASON
				(wry)
			In that case you won't mind my
			saying that I hope you're not my
			father...

	Jason and Picard share a smile and start toward the
	door...

	INT. SICKBAY

	BEVERLY draws blood from Jason's neck with a DEVICE
	that looks like a hypospray. She takes the blood
	sample over to the Sickbay computers, and while she
	executes the genetic test, Picard and Jason continue to
	talk.

      STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT ONE 12-13.         

10   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			What were you doing down in that
			cave? Are you a seismologist?

					JASON
				(shaking his head)
			No, I just enjoy climbing.

					PICARD
			Without an antigrav harness... ?

					JASON
			They get in the way...

	Picard keeps his reaction to himself.

					PICARD
			So... what do you do?

					JASON
			I'm... between jobs right now.

					PICARD
			I see...

	Picard's at a loss as to what to talk about, and an
	awkward silence settles between them. Mercifully,
	Beverly calls them over to the MONITOR she's studying,
	which shows a DNA DOUBLE-HELIX STRAND rotating in
	place.

					BEVERLY
			Excuse me, gentlemen, but I have
			the results if you want to hear
			them.

	They approach her, and she indicates the DNA on the
	monitor.

					BEVERLY
				(to Jason)
			Your genetic code is a cross
			between the DNA of your mother,
			Miranda Vigo, and your father --
			Jean-Luc Picard.

	OFF their reactions...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT TWO     14.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

11   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	where Picard has brought Jason to talk privately.
	Jason is walking around looking at Picard's things. He
	stops when he sees Picard's archaeological collection.

					JASON
			What is all this... ?

					PICARD
			Archaeological fragments I've
			collected over the years...

	Picard crosses over and shows him a small stone with
	hieroglyphics on it.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			This is a Silvan glyph stone...

	He shows him a TBD artifact.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			And this is a Gorlan prayer
			stick... it's extremely rare...

					JASON
			Is it valuable... ?

					PICARD
			Not really. Only to students of
			archaeology like myself. Still,
			I had to give up a very old bottle
			of Saurian brandy for it.

					JASON
			I'd say you got taken.

					PICARD
			Perhaps... but I value it
			nonetheless...

     STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT TWO     15.

11   CONTINUED:

					JASON
			On Camor, something has value if
			you can eat it or sell it...
			everything else is a luxury.

	Picard sets down the artifact, uncomfortable, not
	knowing how to reach out to this defensive young man.
	After a beat...

					PICARD
			Would you like some tea?

					JASON
			No. Thanks.

					PICARD
			Something else?

	Jason shakes his head, unforthcoming. Picard goes to
	the replicator.

					PICARD
			Tea, Earl Grey, hot.

	Neither man talks until we hear the SOUND of the
	replicator and Picard gets his tea. He turns back to
	Jason, gamely tries to proceed.

					PICARD
			Well. I'm sure this whole thing
			is as much a surprise to you as it
			is to me...

	Jason gives a small shrug.

					PICARD
			I'll be honest with you, Jason.
			I was with your mother for only a
			short time. I would like to have
			known her better... but it didn't
			work out that way.

	This seems to have touched a chord. Jason looks down,
	gives a small nod.

     STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT TWO     16.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			You look a lot like her -- it's
			your eyes, I think...

	Again, Jason doesn't reply, though we get the feeling
	there are a lot of feelings churning inside him.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I want to be clear about one thing --
			your mother didn't tell me about
			you. If she had... I would have
			been part of your life.

	Jason turns and looks Picard in the eye for maybe the
	first time in the scene.

					JASON
			I guess that's not what she
			wanted.

	There's a moment of awkward silence, then Jason stands.

					JASON
			I think I'd like to go back to the
			surface.

					PICARD
			It would be best if you stayed
			aboard the Enterprise... until we
			can resolve the situation with
			Bok.

					JASON
			What is the situation with Bok,
			anyway? Why does he want me dead?

					PICARD
			Years ago, I was forced to destroy
			a starship that was under his
			son's command. Apparently Bok
			feels it would be fitting
			vengeance to kill my son.

	Jason absorbs this.

     STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT TWO     17.

11   CONTINUED: (3)

					JASON
			I can't hide forever.

					PICARD
			Of course not. We're trying to
			locate Bok... I intend to confront
			him, settle this matter.

					JASON
			How long will that take?

	There's no real answer to the question.

					PICARD
			I assure you -- no one's more
			eager to get this behind us than
			I am.

	Jason stares at him for a beat, then shrugs.

					JASON
			Where do I stay?

					PICARD
			We'll give you quarters.

	Jason grabs his backpack, heads for the door.

					JASON
			Okay. Let's go.

					PICARD
			Jason... your being here... I hope
			it will give us the chance to get
			to know each other.

	Jason looks away, doesn't respond to the offer of
	friendship Picard has made. He EXITS, and Picard is
	left with nothing to do but follow.

12   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker in the command area, Worf at Tactical. Picard is
	with Data and GEORDI at aft science.

					GEORDI
			We managed to shut down the
			probe's power systems so we could
			beam it aboard, but it's not going
			to be easy to figure out where it
			came from.

       STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - 02/09/94 - ACT TWO       17A.

12   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Bok took the precaution of
			encrypting the probe's
			navigational systems so that we
			would be unable to decipher its
			flight path.

					GEORDI
			We ran an analysis of the probe's
			hull -- from the energy signatures
			and particle deposits we found, it
			looks like it travelled through a
			Dichromic Nebula, was exposed to
			an intensive gravimetric
			distortion, and passed within a
			light year of a class four pulsar.

					DATA
			Those phenomena are relatively
			common -- we would need to
			identify at least one of them
			specifically in order to postulate
			a flight path.

	Picard gives a frustrated nod.

					PICARD
			Understood.

					WORF
				(off console)
			Sir, incoming message from Daimon
			Birta.

					PICARD
			On screen.

        STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - 02/09/94 - ACT TWO        18.

12   CONTINUED: (2)

	Worf works his controls and a grand looking Ferengi
	APPEARS on the VIEWSCREEN -- DAIMON BIRTA. He's
	speaking from a Ferengi ship's Bridge, and behind him
	we see a BANNER that bears his personal crest.

					PICARD
			Thank you for taking the time to
			talk to us, Daimon.

					BIRTA
			I understand you have a problem.

					PICARD
			Yes, it concerns Daimon Bok.

					BIRTA
			Bok is no Daimon. He was relieved
			of command six years ago -- he was
			unstable, dangerous. We had to
			confine him to Rog Prison.

					PICARD
			But he's no longer there?

					BIRTA
				(matter of fact)
			He was able to buy himself out
			about two years ago.

					PICARD
			Buy himself out?

					BIRTA
			He paid his debt to society.

	Picard decides not to get into this.

					PICARD
			Considering that he is dangerous
			and unstable, I trust you've kept
			track of him?

					BIRTA
			He's a private citizen. We take
			no responsibility for him.

	Picard feels himself growing frustrated.

					PICARD
			I see. Do you have any idea of
			his present whereabouts?

        STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - 02/09/94 - ACT TWO        19.

12   CONTINUED: (3)

					BIRTA
			I understand he was seen in the
			Dorias cluster not too long ago...

	Picard can't help but frown at the vagueness of this
	information (behind him, however, Data and Geordi take
	this information and set to work).

					PICARD
			That cluster consists of over
			twenty star systems...

	Birta smiles as if it were nothing.

					BIRTA
			You don't have to thank me,
			Captain.

	And with that the VIEWSCREEN returns to a starfield.
	Geordi turns from the console where he and Data are
	working.

					GEORDI
			Believe it or not, sir -- that
			might've given us the fix we
			needed. There's a nebula in the
			Dorias cluster that matches the
			particle signature we found on the
			probe.

					DATA
				(working)
			There is a class four pulsar three
			light years from the nebula -- my
			calculations indicate that the
			probe was launched in the Xendi
			Kabu system.

					PICARD
				(to helm)
			Plot a course and take us out of
			orbit.

	Off Picard's steely determination...

     STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/11/94 - ACT TWO     20.

13   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

13A  INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE

	where Beverly is working. After a moment, Picard
	appears at the door. Beverly smiles and waves him in.

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc... come in.

	As he takes a seat --

					PICARD
			I think I need to talk to a
			parent.

	Beverly understand immediately, smiles.

					BEVERLY
			What's he like?

	Picard takes a moment, tries to assess the question.

					PICARD
			I'm not sure I can tell you. He's
			put up so many barriers... I don't
			really know what's underneath.

					BEVERLY
			It would certainly be
			understandable if he couldn't
			accept you right away...

					PICARD
			I can't imagine that he'll ever
			accept me. He won't even talk to
			me.

	Beverly ponders this, wants to offer help.

					BEVERLY
			Keep in mind... he's had twenty
			years to be angry that his father
			wasn't there... it'll take time to
			get over those feelings -- but I
			think it's possible.

     STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/11/94 - ACT TWO     20A.

13A  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Perhaps. But surely it would be
			wrong of me to force the issue.

	Beverly senses a kind of relief in Picard as he says
	this.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			He's made it clear he doesn't want
			to pursue a relationship... I
			believe I should respect his
			feelings.

	Beverly takes a beat... speaks carefully...

					BEVERLY
			Of course you want to take your
			cues from him... move slowly...
			but you might want to keep trying
			to get through those barriers.

	But Picard clings to his choice.

					PICARD
			What I sense about this young
			man... is that he's very
			independent.
				(beat)
			I think it's best if I leave him
			alone. Let him come to me if he
			wants.

	Beverly regards him, smiles, shrugs, knowing him well
	enough not to engage in an argument.

					BEVERLY
			Maybe you're right.
				(beat)
			I just think you should consider
			one thing.

	He gives her a questioning look.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Are you really thinking about
			what's best for Jason... or
			easiest for you?

	And for that insightful question, Picard has no answer.

     STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT TWO     20B.

14   INT. JASON'S QUARTERS

	where Jason is now in CIVILIAN CLOTHES. He's working
	on his climbing gear, wrapping and knotting ropes, etc.
	The door CHIMES.

					JASON
			Yeah...

	The door opens, revealing TROI in the doorway. Jason
	can't help but notice what an attractive woman she is.

					TROI
			Hello, Jason. I'm Deanna Troi...
			the ship's Counselor.

					JASON
			Come in...

	He steps aside so she can ENTER, giving her a subtle,
	appreciative glance as she passes. He gestures for her
	to take a seat.

					JASON
			Did Captain Picard ask you to come
			talk to me?

					TROI
			No... I just came to see how you
			were doing. A lot's happened in
			the last few hours... I thought
			you might want to talk about it.

					JASON
			I'll be all right...
				(smiles)
			People have wanted to kill me
			before...

	We're seeing another side of Jason -- while he was
	taciturn with Picard, he's charming and roguish with
	Troi.

					TROI
			But you've never met your father
			before.

					JASON
			I have to admit I never thought I
			would.

     STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/11/94 - ACT TWO     21.

14   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			It must be somewhat
			overwhelming...

	Jason looks at her... he's playing her, gauging her
	responses to him, adopting a vulnerability.

					JASON
			I am a little shaky.

					TROI
			Of course. That's only natural.

	He gives her an endearing smile.

					JASON
			But you know what? Just talking
			to you... I feel better already.

	Troi's instincts are flagged... this doesn't have the
	sound of sincerity.

					TROI
			How did you feel about the Captain --
			about your father?

					JASON
				(shrugs)
			He's okay. A little stiff.
				(beat)
			Where are you from?

					TROI
			I was born on Betazed...

					JASON
			Do all the women there have eyes
			like yours?

     STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT TWO     22.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

	Troi realizes she has to deal with the situation.

					TROI
			Jason... I came here to talk to
			you because I'm the ship's
			counselor... if you don't want to
			talk to me in that way, I think I
			should go.

	He backs off immediately, tries to make it seem as if
	she's over-reacting.

					JASON
			Fine...

	She stands and crosses toward the door.

					TROI
			You're welcome to make an
			appointment to come by my office.

	He flashes her another smile.

					JASON
			Maybe I'll do just that.

	She EXITS and the door closes... he smiles to himself,
	enjoying the game.

15   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it drops out of warp.

16   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	where he's asleep in bed. After a moment, we hear the
	sound of a man's voice... soft, taunting...

					BOK
				(off screen)
			Picard... can you hear me?

	Picard wakes... and finds himself staring into Daimon
	Bok's eyes. The Ferengi stands at the foot of the bed,
	ominous, menacing...

					BOK
				(continuing)
			I will kill him, Picard. And
			there's nothing you can do about
			it.

       STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - 02/09/94 - ACT TWO       22A.

16   CONTINUED:

	Picard quickly reaches over to activate the COMPAD by
	his bed.

					PICARD
			Security to Captain's quarters.

	When he turns back the Ferengi is gone. Picard only
	took his eyes off him for a second and there was no
	sound to indicate transport -- it's as if Bok vanished
	into thin air.

	Off Picard's expression we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT THREE    23.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

17   INT. ENGINEERING

	Twenty minutes later. Picard and Worf watch Geordi as
	he works a console.

					WORF
			Our shields were up; how could he
			have beamed through them?

					GEORDI
			I don't think he did. Sensor logs
			don't show any sign of an
			intruder.

					PICARD
			Could it have been another
			hologram?

					GEORDI
			I don't think so... something has
			to generate a hologram -- we would
			have detected it.

	Picard considers for a moment.

					PICARD
			Bok once used a mind control
			device to make me hallucinate.

					GEORDI
			That device gave off a very
			specific energy signature... I'm
			not reading anything like it.

					WORF
			Could he have modified the device
			so he could use it without being
			detected?

					GEORDI
			It's possible... I'll recalibrate
			the sensors to scan for low
			intensity transmissions. And just
			to be sure, I'll sweep your
			quarters with a resonance scanner.

					PICARD
			Good. Keep me posted.

	Geordi moves off, and Picard turns to Worf.

    STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT THREE    24.

17   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I want you to assign a security
			detail to Jason.

					WORF
			What about yourself?

					PICARD
			I'm not the target of Bok's
			threats. Jason is.

	Picard heads for the door. But before he gets there,
	Data intercepts him.

					DATA
			Captain, I have compiled all
			available records pertaining to
			Jason Vigo's criminal record, and --

					PICARD
				(cutting him off)
			His criminal record?

					DATA
			Yes, sir. He has been charged
			three times for petty theft, twice
			for disorderly conduct, and
			several dozen times for
			trespassing.

					PICARD
			Trespassing?

					DATA
			I believe the charges were related
			to his climbing activities in the
			caves underneath the planet's
			surface.

	Picard looks dismayed. Data misinterprets the
	Captain's reaction.

    STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT THREE    25.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(continuing)
			This is the information you
			requested, is it not?

					PICARD
			Yes, thank you.

	Preoccupied by what he's just learned, Picard turns and
	EXITS. Off Data's face as he watches him go...

18   INT. TEN FORWARD

	It is morning. Jason is getting a GLASS of ORANGE
	JUICE from the BARTENDER. When he crosses away, TWO
	SECURITY OFFICERS follow him -- a male N.D. named
	GARVEY, and female, LIEUTENANT RHODES.

	He crosses up to look out the windows for a moment, but
	finds that it's hard to relax with the guards so close.

					JASON
			What was your name again?

					RHODES
			Lieutenant Rhodes.

					JASON
			Actually, I meant your first name.

	Jason asks this with a smile, and Rhodes momentarily
	lets down her business-like demeanor.

					RHODES
			Sandra...

					JASON
			Well, Sandra... do you think you
			could give me some room?

					RHODES
			We're supposed to be keeping an
			eye on you.

					JASON
			Don't you think you can keep an
			eye on me from over there?

	Reluctantly, Rhodes and Garvey withdraw... Jason turns
	back to the starscape, taking it in. He goes to take
	a sip of his juice but strangely, his hand starts to
	shake -- he tries to make it stop, but it only gets
	worse.

    STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT THREE    26.

18   CONTINUED:

	Not wanting anyone to see, he hurriedly sets the glass
	down on a nearby table.

	Suddenly --

					PICARD
				(off-screen)
			Good morning...

	Jason turns to see that Picard has come up behind him.

					JASON
			I thought you said your ship was
			the safest place I could be.
				(off reaction)
			Why the guards?

	Picard isn't happy about having to divulge the reason.

					PICARD
			Because... Bok appeared in my
			quarters last night.

	Jason gives him a wary, surprised look.

					PICARD
			It may not have been Bok -- just
			an image of him. We're
			investigating.

					JASON
			Look, maybe you should just drop
			me off somewhere and let me watch
			out for myself.

					PICARD
			I don't think that's wise...

					JASON
			I've been doing it since I was
			fifteen.

					PICARD
			I know you have. But Bok is
			extremely dangerous. He has a
			starship, technology --

    STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT THREE    27.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					JASON
			All right, all right. I'll stay
			here.

	There is an uncomfortable moment as Jason stares out
	the window, simmering. At his point, the easiest thing
	for Picard would be to leave. But Beverly's question
	nags him, and he tries to hang in there, keep drawing
	Jason out.

					PICARD
			You seem to enjoy rock climbing.
			Our Holodeck can create some very
			challenging climbs.

	Jason turns and looks at him.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Why don't I take you down there
			and show you how to use the
			programs?

					JASON
			Thanks. But I can figure it out
			myself.

					PICARD
			Perhaps we could do a climb
			together...
				(off Jason's look)
			I'm probably not as skilled as
			you, but I'm not inexperienced.

					JASON
			I kind of prefer to climb alone.

					PICARD
			Of course.
				(beat)
			There are other sports programs...
			fending, for example. Have you
			ever fenced?

					JASON
			Hardly.

					PICARD
			I think it might appeal to you.
			It's very physical... demanding --

    STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT THREE    28.

18   CONTINUED: (3)

	Jason understands what Picard is trying to do... and
	finds the whole situation unbearably awkward.

					JASON
			Look... I'm sorry...
				(beat)
			I appreciate what you're trying to
			do. But Captain --
				(shakes his head)
			Captain, father, Jean-Luc -- I
			don't even know what I'm supposed
			to call you... after this thing
			with Bok is over, I'm leaving. So
			when you think about it, there's
			really not much point in our
			getting acquainted.

	Picard is silent. The barriers are still erect.

					JASON
				(continuing)
			Let me know when you catch him,
			all right?

	Jason turns and crosses away to EXIT Ten Forward,
	followed by the guards. Off Picard's face as he
	watches him go.

19   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it travels at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 47829.1.
			We've been in the Xendi Kabu
			system for over three hours, and
			still no sign of Bok.

20   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker in the command area, Data at Ops, Worf
	at tactical. Data complete an operation on his console
	and turns to Riker.

					DATA
			I have completed a subspace
			scan... there is an energy
			residual that suggests that a
			Ferengi vessel, possibly several,
			was in this area within the last
			eighteen hours.

    STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT THREE    28A.

20   CONTINUED:

	Picard takes this in. Geordi's com voice sounds.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge to Bridge.

					PICARD
			Go ahead.

    STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT THREE    29.

21   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Geordi stands at the foot of Picard's bed, holding a
	SCANNER like the one used in "Eye of the Beholder."

					GEORDI
			I've scanned your quarters, sir...
			I haven't been able to find
			anything that would explain Bok's
			appearance.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Understood.

22   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard lets out an exasperated breath, hating to feel
	this powerless. At the same time, Worf spots something
	on his console.

					WORF
				(with surprise)
			Captain, I am detecting an object
			five thousand kilometers off our
			starboard bow -- it is another
			probe.

					PICARD
			Why didn't we detect it before?

					WORF
			It must have been cloaked, sir --
			it appeared out of nowhere.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	On the VIEWSCREEN we see a PROBE identical to the first
	one Bok sent. Picard and Riker get to their feet and
	gaze out at the rapidly approaching craft.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Another holographic device?

					DATA
			I do not believe so, sir.

	Worf reacts to his console.

					WORF
				(urgent)
			Captain, the probe's systems are
			overloading.

    STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT THREE    29A.

22   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Red alert. Shields up!

	On the VIEWSCREEN the probe EXPLODES in a BURST OF
	BLINDING LIGHT...

    STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/09/94 - ACT THREE    30.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

	After the initial burst, the light spasmodically
	continues, FLASHING ON AND OFF RAPID FIRE in a
	complicated pattern, like an erratic pulsar.

	In a few seconds, it's over -- all we see on the
	Viewscreen is an empty starfield.

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			Damage report.

					WORF
			No damage, sir.

					DATA
			Captain, I do not believe it was
			meant as an attack, but rather as
			a message.

	Data studies his console as he speaks.

					PICARD
			A message?

					DATA
			In B'Zal, a Ferengi code which
			uses an alternating pattern of
			light and darkness.

					PICARD
			Can you translate it?

					DATA
			I am attempting to do so...
				(works)
			The message appears to read: "My
			revenge is at hand."

	Picard's frustration is etched in his face.

					PICARD
			He's proved he can get to us
			whenever he wants. What's he
			waiting for?

	Off Riker's face as he watches Picard EXIT to his Ready
	Room.

23   INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	where Picard is sitting at his desk, studying his
	computer screen. After a moment, he stands and crosses
	to the Replicator.

					PICARD
			Tea, earl grey -- hot.

    STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/09/94 - ACT THREE    31.

23   CONTINUED:

	He takes the CUP from the slot and when he turns back
	to his desk he sees that Bok is sitting in his chair.
	It's as if he appeared out of thin air. He smiles at
	Picard, mirthless.

					BOK
			If you want me to stay and talk
			you'd better not call for security
			this time...

	Picard decides not to call Security and see if he can
	get any information out of him.

					BOK
			How do you like your boy, Captain?
			Is he everything you'd always
			hoped for?

					PICARD
			It's a risky game you're playing,
			coming here. Next time we'll be
			ready for you. Why don't we
			settle this now?

					BOK
			How do you propose to do that,
			Picard? You murdered my son.

					PICARD
			It was self-defense. He fired on
			my ship.

					BOK
			You were in Ferengi space!

    STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT THREE    32.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I didn't know that. If he'd told
			me I would have withdrawn.
				(beat)
			I'm sorry, but there's nothing I
			can do to bring him back.

					BOK
			How touching. But your apology is
			worthless to me. And I demand
			that you repay me for my loss.

					PICARD
				(firm)
			You can't put a price on a life.

					BOK
			Oh, but you can, Picard. You can
			pay me with your son's life.

					PICARD
			No...

	That mirthless grin spreads back over Bok's face.

					BOK
			I'm afraid you don't have any
			choice. I insist on being paid...

	Bok spins the chair around a full revolution... when it
	stops and he's facing Picard again he begins to
	DEMATERIALIZE in a strange, new TRANSPORTER EFFECT --
	it's silent, and a little faster than what we're used
	to seeing.

	He's gone... Off Picard's grim expression...

24   INT. SICKBAY

	Beverly is studying a readout on the main console -- a
	PATIENT is laid out on the center bio-bed. After a
	beat Beverly turns to a nearby N.D. NURSE.

					BEVERLY
			That should do it, but let's run
			a level-three bio-scan just to be
			sure.

	The Nurse acknowledges and starts to cross away.
	Suddenly a COM VOICE interrupts.

    STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT THREE    33.

24   CONTINUED:

					LT. RHODES'S COM VOICE
			Rhodes to Sickbay! Medical
			emergency -- deck nine, section
			four!

	Beverly grabs a MEDKIT and heads for the door, the
	nurse right behind her.

25   INT. JASON'S QUARTERS

	The two security officers step out of the way as
	Beverly and the nurse rush into the room. There, on
	the floor, Jason is twisting and thrashing in some kind
	of violent, convulsive fit.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/11/94 - ACT FOUR     34.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

26   INT. SICKBAY

	Jason is sitting up now, recovered but still shaken by
	what happened. Beverly is scanning him with a
	TRICORDER; Picard stands nearby, the guards at a
	distance.

					BEVERLY
			Have you ever had a seizure like
			this before?

	As Jason talks, Beverly starts to prepare a HYPOSPRAY.

					JASON
			Not really... sometimes my hands
			shake... but it's never been that
			bad.

	Jason is shaken, concerned as to what it all might
	mean.

					BEVERLY
			When did it first start to happen?

					JASON
			A few months ago... do you have
			any idea what's wrong with me?

	What's happened has made Jason more vulnerable than
	we've ever seen him. Beverly is gentle but candid.

					BEVERLY
			You have a condition called
			Forrester-Trent syndrome. It's a
			degenerative neurological disorder --
			very rare.

	Jason's face blanches when he hears this --

					PICARD
			What do you mean degenerative?

					BEVERLY
			If it goes untreated, it can lead
			to paralysis... even death. I'm
			starting you on a neuro-stabilization
			regimen. If we're
			lucky, we should be able to halt
			the degeneration, maybe even
			reverse it.

     STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT FOUR     35.

26   CONTINUED:

	Jason is silent as Beverly administers the hypo; he's
	trying to get his mind around everything that's
	happened.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			The disease is hereditary.
				(glances at Picard)
			I know your father doesn't have
			it... was your mother prone to
			seizures?

					JASON
			Not that I know of.

	Beverly considers what this might mean.

					BEVERLY
			There have been a few reported
			cases where the disease was
			instigated by random mutation...
				(to Picard)
			I'll run a micro-cellular scan to
			see if that's what happened.

	Picard acknowledges with a nod.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing, to Jason)
			In the meantime, I want you to
			take it easy, get some rest.

	Jason nods and soberly EXITS the room... Beverly turns
	to Picard, who's face shows his deep concern.

					PICARD
			Is he going to be all right... ?

					BEVERLY
			I wish I could say for certain.
			There's no way to know how he'll
			respond to the treatment.

					PICARD
			Is there any... facility we can
			take him to -- where they might
			have special expertise?

					BEVERLY
			I'm afraid there isn't. But I'll
			do everything I can.

     STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/11/94 - ACT FOUR     36.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I know you will... I'm sorry.
			It's just hard for me to accept
			that there's nothing I can do...

	Beverly smiles gently.

					BEVERLY
			I understand...

					PICARD
			I've been thinking about what you
			said the other day. You were
			right, you know. I convinced
			myself Jason didn't want me to
			reach out to him...
				(beat)
			Because I don't have the faintest
			idea how to do it.

	Beverly regards him tenderly. Rarely does one see Jean-Luc
	Picard at a loss.

					BEVERLY
			I don't think anyone is born
			knowing how to be a parent. You
			kind of figure it out as you go.

					PICARD
			But nothing I try seems to work.

					BEVERLY
				(a small smile)
			I think anyone who's had a child
			can relate to that.
				(beat)
			If there's one quality parenthood
			tends to require -- it's patience.

					PICARD
			I'm just not sure that's going to
			be enough in his case.
				(beat)
			I found out he has a criminal
			record. Nothing terribly serious --
			petty theft, that sort of thing --
			but... he's a grown man. Is it
			too late for him to turn around?

					BEVERLY
			That's really up to him.

    STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT FOUR    36A.

26   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			Maybe. But you can't blame
			yourself for not having been
			there. All you can do is be there
			for him now.

	He smiles back at her. Just talking to the voice of
	experience is soothing.

					PICARD
			And be patient.

					BEVERLY
			And be patient.

27   INT. READY ROOM

	Geordi and Data are scanning the room -- Data has a
	TRICORDER, Geordi has the SCANNER that he used in
	Picard's quarters. Picard ENTERS from the Bridge.

					GEORDI
			I think we've found something...

	Data indicates the chair.

					DATA
			Bok was in direct contact with
			this chair for an extended
			period... it is showing a
			distinctive subspace signature as
			a result.

					GEORDI
			We think he's using some sort
			of... subspace transporter to
			beam aboard the Enterprise.

	Picard reacts with surprise.

					PICARD
			My understanding is that such
			devices were impractical.

					DATA
			The Federation abandoned its
			research in the field because the
			technology was found to be
			unreliable... as well as extremely
			energy intensive.

     STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/09/94 - ACT FOUR     37.

27   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			In order to transport matter
			through subspace, you have to put
			it into a state of quantum flux --
			it's very unstable.

					DATA
			The quantum effect would explain
			why our sensors did not detect
			Bok's presence.

					GEORDI
			It would also explain why he was
			able to penetrate our shields.

					PICARD
			What range would this kind of
			transporter have?

					DATA
			In theory it could operate over
			several light years.

					GEORDI
			That means the probe that exploded
			could have been beamed into
			position from some point outside
			sensor range.

					DATA
			If Bok uses his transporter again,
			we may be able to trace the
			subspace signature and locate his
			ship.

	Picard acknowledges, considers everything he's heard.

					PICARD
			Is there any way to keep him from
			beaming aboard the Enterprise
			again?

					GEORDI
			I don't think there is...

					PICARD
			If he has the ability to beam
			aboard, he might be able to beam
			someone away.

					DATA
			It is a possibility.

     STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/09/94 - ACT FOUR     38.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I'm concerned that he's going to
			try to take Daniel -- is there any
			way we can protect him?

	Data and Geordi consider for a beat.

					GEORDI
			We could keep a signal lock on him
			at all times... if Bok tried to
			beam him away, we might be able to
			keep him from getting a pattern
			lock.

					DATA
			In order to do so, we would have
			to tie the ship's subspace field
			coils into the transporter system.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

	They acknowledge, and Picard turns and EXITS.

28   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard approaches the entrance to the Holodeck.

					PICARD
			Open.

	The doors open and Picard steps inside.

     STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/11/94 - ACT FOUR     39.

29   INT. HOLODECK/CAVES

	Picard finds himself standing at the base of a
	rockface, which Jason is scaling free-hand -- that is,
	without ropes or other gear.

	Picard approaches Rhodes and Garvey.

					PICARD
			Would you mind waiting outside?

	Rhodes and Garvey EXIT. We HEAR the sound of the door
	opening and closing behind them. Picard sees that
	Jason has reached a LEDGE of sorts and pulled himself
	on to it in order to rest.

	He walks over to the foot of the rock-face and starts
	to climb -- Jason watches as Picard expertly scales the
	rockface. He can't help but be impressed by his
	skill...

30   THE LEDGE

	as Picard pulls himself on to it and catches his
	breath.

					JASON
			Not bad...

	There are small crushed pebbles on the ledge that
	Jason, being a little uncomfortable in Picard's
	presence, might occasionally toss into the distance.

					PICARD
			I like climbing. There's
			something about... literally
			having your fate in your own
			hands.

	A small laugh from Jason.

					JASON
			I know.

					PICARD
			I came to tell you that we may
			have found a way to locate Bok's
			ship... this might be over soon.

     STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT FOUR     40.

30   CONTINUED:

	Jason gives him a surprised look.

					JASON
			You came all the way up here just
			to tell me that?

					PICARD
			I thought it might make you feel
			better.

					JASON
			Thanks.
				(beat)
			That was nice of you.

	There is a slight receptivity in Jason that hasn't been
	present before. Picard decides to take advantage of
	the thaw. Jason has steadfastly refused to talk about
	himself... but maybe there's another way in.

					PICARD
			Jason... after your mother and I
			parted... I lost track of her
			completely.
				(beat)
			I'd like to know more about what
			happened to her... if you don't
			mind telling me.

	The barriers reset themselves slightly.

					JASON
			Like what?

					PICARD
			Well... why did you go to Camor?
			It seems an unlikely place for a
			woman and a child...

	There is a brief silence... as though Picard has
	touched a nerve. After a beat --

					JASON
			You know what she was like...

	There is a tone in Jason's voice that is new --
	vulnerable.

         STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT FOUR         41.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					JASON
			See a stray cat -- take it in.
			See someone cold -- give them your
			coat.

					PICARD
				(smiling)
			That was Miranda, all right.

	Jason takes a breath, hesitates for a moment, as though
	he's not going on. But it's as though talking about
	his mother provides an access to his feelings that
	comes in no other way. --

					JASON
			She heard about the children on
			Camor who'd been orphaned during
			the Cardassian war.

					PICARD
				(understanding)
			I see...

					JASON
				(beat)
			I was only ten when we went there.
			I remember her telling me about
			all the boys and girls who didn't
			have anybody to take care of
			them...

	This is as much talk as Picard has heard from Jason.
	Picard is silent, listening carefully.

					JASON
			So she found this big house...
			practically falling apart... and
			started rounding up children.
				(beat)
			Eventually, there were over forty
			of them...
				(beat)
			She called it a school. She got
			up before dawn and she went to bed
			after midnight and in between she
			never stopped working. She taught
			everyone to read... she grew
			vegetables in hardpan to feed
			us... and she made sure we knew
			how to sing.
				(wry laugh)
			That was important in a place like
			Camor...

         STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT FOUR        41A.

30   CONTINUED: (3)

	He trails off. Picard waits.

					JASON
			Then one day... two men attacked
			her... on the street in broad
			daylight... for the food she was
			carrying...
				(beat)
			If she'd just given it to them,
			they probably wouldn't have hurt
			her. But she knew we needed the
			food...
				(beat)
			So they killed her.

	Simple words that carry a big wallop.

					PICARD
			I'm sorry...

					JASON
			Don't be sorry for me. My mother
			made sure we were all tough enough
			to make it.

	Picard realizes that sheer determination covers a
	wellspring of pain.

					PICARD
			Jason... isn't there some way I
			can be a father to you?

	No answer.

					PICARD
			My father and I were estranged...
			he thought I should stay home and
			tend the vineyards and I wanted to
			join Starfleet. He died before we
			could come to terms about it...
			and I've regretted that all my
			life.
				(beat)
			I don't want the same thing to
			happen to us.

	Jason is touched by the gesture... but can't shake the
	demons inside him. Anguished --

					JASON
			Don't you understand? I'm not
			anyone you'd want for a son.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT FOUR        41B.

30   CONTINUED: (4)

					JASON (Cont'd)
			Trust me -- if you knew anything
			about me, you wouldn't be trying
			so hard.

					PICARD
			That's not so...

	Jason can't withhold it any longer -- if Picard's going
	to be so blind, so naive, he'll lay it out.

					JASON
			No? Well let me spell it out for
			you. I've been in trouble since
			I was a teenager... I steal, I
			lie, I use people. I'm a
			criminal. That's what your son
			is.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			I know.

	Surprised, Jason turns to him.

					PICARD
			I'm aware of your trouble with the
			Camor authorities.

					JASON
			You are?

					PICARD
			It doesn't change anything.
			You're still my son. And, like it
			or not, I'm your father. I don't
			know what that means, but I know
			it means something. That we're...
			connected...

	Picard senses that Jason is listening -- and that his
	words have had an impact.

					JASON
				(very quietly)
			Yes...

	A brief silence. Where do they go from here?

					PICARD
			At the very least...
				(smiles)
			-- I know you'll never look at
			your hairline the same way again.

         STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/11/94 - ACT FOUR         42.

30   CONTINUED: (5)

	Jason can't help but smile at this. They look at each
	other for a moment... there's a connection between
	them, nothing earth-shaking, but it's a first step...

					PICARD
			Come on -- let's get to the top of
			this thing...

	As they start to stand and turn to look at the rockface
	above them...

31   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves at impulse.

32   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE

	Beverly is working at her desk. After a beat, Picard
	ENTERS -- he's in a great mood, full of energy...

					PICARD
			You wanted to see me?

					BEVERLY
			It's about Jason...

	He sees the look on Beverly's face -- it's clear she
	has major news for him. He sinks into a chair,
	prepares himself for the worst.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			I finished the micro-cellular scan
			I was running... there's something
			you need to know...

	Off this moment...

         STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT FOUR         43.

33   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker has command, Data at Ops, Worf at tactical.
	N.D.s as needed. Riker is handing a PADD back to an
	N.D. after having checked something over... suddenly --

					DATA
				(off console)
			Sir... sensors detect a subspace
			carrier wave heading toward the
			ship...
				(works)
			-- its signature is consistent
			with Bok's transporter.

					RIKER
			Can you tell what part of the ship
			it's headed toward?

					DATA
				(works)
			Not yet, Commander.

					RIKER
				(to Worf)
			See if you can track the signature
			and locate Bok's ship.
				(to Com)
			Geordi, are you ready down there?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			I've got a signal lock on Jason.

					RIKER
			Riker to Captain --

34   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE

	where Picard and Beverly are still talking.

					PICARD
			Picard, here.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Bok is trying to use his
			transporter.

	Picard stands and heads for the door --

         STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT FOUR        43A.

35   INT. BRIDGE

					DATA
				(off console)
			The transporter beam is focusing
			on deck nine, section four.

					RIKER
			Jason's quarters...

35A  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	where Geordi is working the console.

					GEORDI
			I'm on it, Commander.

         STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT FOUR         44.

36   INT. CORRIDOR

	as Rhodes and Garvey EXIT to --

37   INT. JASON'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	as Rhodes and Garvey burst into the room. Jason turns
	away from the replicator where he was standing --

					JASON
			What's wrong?

	Suddenly Jason starts to DEMATERIALIZE via the same
	TRANSPORTER EFFECT that Bok used earlier.

					RHODES
				(hits combadge)
			Security to Bridge -- Bok is
			beaming Jason off the ship!

	Jason stares in horror at his hands as they fade...

38   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	where Geordi is urgently working the transporter
	console.

					GEORDI
			Initiating transport, now --

	On the platform, we see Jason's body PARTIALLY
	MATERIALIZE (this should be the familiar Starfleet
	effect).

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I'm losing his signal...

	Jason's body starts to DEMATERIALIZE (this should be
	Bok's transporter effect). Picard ENTERS the room and
	sees what's happening --

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Bok's re-establishing his lock...

	Without hesitation, Picard moves toward the transporter
	pad -- if necessary, he intends to throw himself into
	the beam and be transported away as well.

         STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT FOUR         45.

38   CONTINUED:

	But it's too late -- Jason's body completely VANISHES
	before he can get there. Off Picard's face as he
	realizes Jason is in Bok's clutches...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

         STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT FIVE         46.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

39   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker in the command area, Data at Ops, Worf at
	Tactical. N.D's as needed. Picard ENTERS from the
	Turbolift; his step is urgent.

					PICARD
			Have you been able to locate Bok's
			ship?

					DATA
				(as he works)
			No, sir. The subspace signature
			left by his transporter is
			decaying more rapidly than
			predicted -- it may not be
			possible to trace it.

	Picard takes in this grim news. Worf reacts to
	something on his console --

					WORF
				(urgent)
			Sir, another probe has
			materialized five hundred
			kilometers to starboard...
				(off console)
			-- it is sending a transmission.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	The VIEWSCREEN fills with Bok's face, ugly with hate
	and triumph. This is a pre-recorded message, not a
	conversation.

					BOK
			This is a very special day,
			Picard. Fifteen years ago you
			took my son away from me... today,
			I will take yours away from you.
			It will be... our anniversary.

	Bok steps aside and behind him we can see Jason in
	shackles. Bok steps towards him and pulls out the
	curved knife...

         STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT FIVE         47.

39   CONTINUED:

					BOK
			I wanted you to see him one last
			time... so you could cherish his
			memory forever...

	And with that, the transmission ends and the VIEWSCREEN
	reverts to a starfield. Bok's message is ominous, but
	there's an opportunity in it.

					DATA
			I have traced the transporter beam
			Bok used to send the probe -- His
			ship is holding position
			approximately three hundred
			billion kilometers from here...

	Picard reacts -- this is a long way away.

					PICARD
			Plot a course -- maximum warp.

	When he gives this order it's with the knowledge that
	it may be futile.

					RIKER
				(quiet)
			Even at warp nine we won't get
			there for almost twenty minutes...

	Picard acknowledges with a grim nod...

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			The modifications you made to our
			Transporter... is there any way
			you could try a subspace transport
			from here and get me aboard Bok's
			ship?

					DATA
			It may be possible, but it would
			not be advisable.

	That's good enough for Picard.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			You're with me.

	And with that, Picard turns and heads for the Turbolift --
	Data and Riker exchange a glance, then Data stands and
	follows the Captain. Off this moment...

         STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT FIVE         48.

40   INT. FERENGI BRIDGE

	TWO N.D. FERENGI operate the ship while Bok speaks
	with his captive.

	Jason is using his street skills, trying to figure a
	way to survive.

					JASON
			You know... if you're trying to
			make Captain Picard suffer,
			killing me won't do it.

	Bok looks at him questioningly.

					JASON
			We didn't exactly hit it off. I
			think I'm something of an
			embarrassment to him.

	But Bok is no dummy.

					BOK
			You're lying. Picard would never
			reject his own son.

					JASON
			I mean it -- he cares more about
			his crew than he does about me.

					BOK
			You are a clever young man. But
			I do not believe that Picard will
			be unaffected by your death.

	Hearing this, one of the Ferengi -- TOL -- steps
	forward.

					TOL
			Daimon... if you kill him, the
			human will not pay the ransom.

	Bok twirls around to angrily face his crewman.

					BOK
			He will... Picard won't know the
			boy is dead until it's too late...

	Although he's not convinced of this, the Ferengi is
	cowed by Bok's anger --

					TOL
			Yes, Daimon...

	The Ferengi exchange uncertain glances... Bok turns
	back to Jason...

         STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT FIVE         49.

41   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it hurtles by at warp.

42   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Geordi is at the wall panel, Data at the main console --
	both are working urgently. Picard is on the pad with
	a PHASER in hand.

					GEORDI
			There... I've aligned the field
			coils...

					DATA
			The phase dampers are in synch...
			standing by to modulate the
			transport pattern...

					GEORDI
			Sir, we might be able to get you
			over there, but I don't see how
			we're going to get you back.

					PICARD
			We'll deal with that when the time
			comes.

         STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT FIVE         50.

42   CONTINUED:

	Data and Geordi hear the resolve in his voice and don't
	argue.

					GEORDI
			The transport is going to take
			longer than normal... we're going
			to have to shunt your pattern
			through the subspace field
			coils...

					PICARD
			Understood...

					DATA
			Initiating transport sequence...
			now...

	As Data and Geordi work...

43   INT. FERENGI BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	where Bok is standing near Jason with the knife.

					JASON
			Look... maybe we could make a
			deal.

					BOK
			What kind of deal?

					JASON
			Tell my father you killed me...
			Put a phaser burn on my shirt and
			send it to him. He'll think I'm
			dead. That's what's important,
			isn't it?
				(beat)
			I have friends on Camor Five
			who'll make it worth your while.

					BOK
			I understand your desire to live.
			But I want Picard to see your body --
			so there will be no doubt.

         STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT FIVE         51.

43   CONTINUED:

	Suddenly Picard MATERIALIZES on the Ferengi Bridge in
	an effect that is a cross between Bok's transporter and
	ours.

	It takes a moment for Picard to get his bearings... the
	N.D Ferengi scramble for their weapons, and Bok raises
	the knife and puts it to Jason's throat. Picard takes
	aim at Bok just as the N.D Ferengi take aim at him...

					PICARD
			Lower your weapons or Bok is
			dead...

	It's a stand off -- the Ferengi look at Bok for
	instructions...

					BOK
			Lower yours... or your son dies.

	Picard fixes Bok with an even stare --

					PICARD
			You know as well as I do, Bok...
			he's not my son.

	Bok is stunned by Picard's words... as is Jason...

					PICARD
			I know what you did... Miranda
			Vigo is Jason's mother... but, I
			am not his father... it only
			appeared as if I were because you
			resequenced his DNA...

	The Ferengi are as surprised to hear this as Jason is.

					PICARD
			But your technique was flawed...
			Jason began to suffer from a
			neurological disorder... when my
			ship's Doctor investigated its
			cause, she discovered what you'd
			done...

	Bok can't believe his plan is unraveling before his
	eyes...

					TOL
				(despondent)
			Now he'll never pay the ransom...

	Picard realizes what Bok has been doing; he addresses
	Bok's crew --

         STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT FIVE         52.

43   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			There was never going to be any
			ransom. All Bok has ever cared
			about was vengeance.

					TOL
			Is this true, Daimon?

					PICARD
			He is no longer a Daimon -- he was
			stripped of command.

	Bok's anger flares.

					BOK
			They had no right to do that to
			me.

	Picard ignores him, keeps working on the others.

					PICARD
			He lied to you so you'd help him
			carry out his plan.

	The Ferengi are looking at each other, uncertain.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			The Enterprise is closing in on
			your position... if you let us
			both go now, you won't be
			attacked.

					BOK
			Your crew won't attack -- not
			while you're on board.

					PICARD
			They'll cripple your vessel and
			keep you here until the Ferengi
			authorities arrive.

	Picard turns to the crew.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			You'll have a great deal of
			explaining to do... your only hope
			is to turn Bok over to them and
			tell them that he deceived you.

	Tol makes his decision -- he steps toward Bok and takes
	the knife from him at gunpoint. Bok looks at him, he
	can't believe they're turning on him...

         STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT FIVE        52A.

43   CONTINUED: (3)

	Tol explains himself --

					TOL
				(it's nothing personal)
			There is no profit in this for
			us...

	It's over. Picard and Jason exchange a look of
	profound relief...

44   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it orbits Camor Five.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 47831.8.
			At Jason's request, the Enterprise
			has returned to Camor Five.

         STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT FIVE         53.

45   INT. CORRIDOR

	as Picard and Jason make their way toward the
	Transporter room. Jason carries a SHOULDER PACK with
	all his belongings in it.

					JASON
			Doctor Crusher said I'm responding
			well to the treatment... she
			thinks the damage is going to be
			completely reversed...

					PICARD
			I'm glad to hear it...

	Picard is quiet for a beat -- Jason is leaving and he
	wishes he weren't.

					PICARD
			Are you sure you wouldn't like to
			stay aboard the Enterprise for a
			few more days?

					JASON
			I can't... I have a life on
			Camor...
				(smiles)
			-- it's a bit of a mess, but I
			want to go back and try to
			straighten things out...

					PICARD
			I understand...

	Although Picard is sincere, even pleased to hear that
	Jason is planning to turn over a new leaf, Jason hears
	disappointment in his voice as well...

	They reach a door and EXIT to --

46   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard nods a greeting to the N.D manning the console
	as he and Jason ENTER. Jason glances toward the
	platform, then turns to Picard.

					JASON
			Well...

	Picard manages a small nod... Jason is leaving and
	everything feels unresolved to him...

         STAR TREK: "Bloodlines" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT FIVE         54.

46   CONTINUED:

					JASON
			Maybe... next time you come back
			this way, you can look me up...

					PICARD
			I will...

	Picard indicates Jason's shoulder pack.

					PICARD
			I slipped a little something into
			your bag while you were packing...

	Jason is a little taken off guard by this... he opens
	the bag and is surprised to find the Gorlan Prayer
	stick.

					PICARD
				(continuing, smiles)
			I know you'd prefer a bottle of
			Saurian brandy... but this is all
			I could come up with.

	Jason smiles at Picard's remark, but he knows how much
	this artifact means to Picard.

					JASON
			I... I can't accept this...

					PICARD
			I want you to have it...

	Jason nods, extends his hand to shake Picard's. Picard
	takes it... They separate, take a last look at each
	other, then Jason steps onto the platform. When he's
	in position:

					PICARD
			Energize...

	Picard watches as Jason DEMATERIALIZES... he stands
	there for a long moment... off Picard's still features
	we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             











                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                         "Bloodlines" 
                          #40277-274 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Nick Sagan 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1994 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                       FEBRUARY 9, 1994







                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Emergence" 
                          #40277-275 
                              
                           Story by 
                         Brannon Braga 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                          Joe Menosky 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                       FEBRUARY 17, 1994

           STAR TREK: "Emergence" - 02/17/94 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Emergence" 

                             CAST                               
                              
            PICARD                  CONDUCTOR
            RIKER                   ENGINEER
            DATA                    HAYSEED
            BEVERLY                 HITMAN
            TROI               
            WORF               
            GEORDI  
           
            Non-Speaking            Non-Speaking
             N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES    FLAPPERS
                                     MAN IN GREY FLANNEL SUIT
                                     GUNSLINGER

           STAR TREK: "Emergence" - 02/17/94 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Emergence" 

                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              CORRIDOR                 NEW YORK STREET/SUBWAY
              SICKBAY                  NY STREET/CONSTRUCTION
              ENGINEERING               SITE
              JEFFERIES TUBE           NY STREET/INTERSECTION
              HOLODECK
                TRAIN/SALON CAR        PROBE
                TRAIN/ENGINE ROOM
          
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              CARGO BAY
              READY ROOM

    STAR TREK: "Emergence" - 02/18/94 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Emergence" 
                            
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                   CORDANNAS      kore-DAN-us
                   GIORDANO       jee-or-DON-oh
                   MEKORDA        meh-CORE-da

       STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/24/94 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "Emergence"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. REHEARSAL HALL

	(Note: this is a re-dress of the Klingon outpost set
	from "Firstborn".) The room is dark, the walls obscured
	by a light fog. DATA is standing in the dim light of
	a single burning TORCH. He is wearing loose-fitting,
	ritual ROBES, and he holds a carved wooden STAFF in one
	hand and a large, ancient-looking BOOK in the other.
	The SOUND of the nearby ocean can be heard. Data's
	voice is solemn, incantatory.

					DATA
			"I have bedimm'd the noontide sun,
			call'd forth the mutinous winds,
			and 'twixt the green sea and the
			azur'd vault set roaring war: to
			the dread rattling thunder have I
			given fire, and rifted Jove's
			stout oak with his own bolt; the
			strong-bas'd promontory have I
			made shake and by the spurs
			pluck'd up the pine and cedar;
			graves at my command have wak'd
			their sleepers, op'd, and let 'em
			forth by my so potent art."

	Data dramatically holds up the book.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			"But this rough magic I here
			abjure; and, when I have requir'd
			some Heavenly music -- which even
			now I do -- to work mine end upon
			their senses, that this airy charm
			is for, I'll break my staff, bury
			it certain fadoms in the earth,
			and deeper than did ever plummet
			sound -- I'll drown my book."

	He stops suddenly, his face now completely "Data."

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Captain, your attention is...
			wandering.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/24/94 - TEASER      1A.

2    INCLUDE PICARD (OPTICAL)

	standing nearby in the half-light.

					PICARD
			I can barely see.

       STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - TEASER       2.

2    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Sir, I am supposed to be
			attempting a Neo-Platonic magical
			rite -- the darkness is
			appropriate to such a ritual.

									(CONTINUED)
					PICARD
			This is a play, Data. The
			audience has to see you.

	Data considers for a beat.

					DATA
			Perhaps I have been too... literal
			with respect to my set design.
				(to computer)
			Computer. Modify Holodeck program
			Data seven-three, Shakespeare's
			The Tempest, Act Five, scene one.
			Increase torchlight by twenty-percent.

	The torch flares up.

					PICARD
			Much better.
				(beat)
			Would you like to try it again?

					DATA
			Yes, sir... but I am not certain
			I fully understand the character
			of Prospero. I would appreciate
			any insights you may have which
			would improve my performance.

	Picard nods, considering for a beat.

					PICARD
			Well... Shakespeare witnessed the
			end of the Renaissance and the
			birth of the modern era. Prospero
			found himself in a world which no
			longer had any use for his
			powers...

	Picard indicates the scene.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Here he is about to perform one
			final creative act before giving
			up his art forever.

       STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - TEASER       3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			There is certainly a tragic aspect
			to the character.

	Picard nods. In the far distance, we just begin to
	hear an approaching SOUND.

					PICARD
			Yes, but he had a certain...
			expectancy as well. A hopefulness
			about the future...

	The sound is now distinct enough so that both Picard
	and Data begin to notice.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Shakespeare enjoyed mixing
			opposites...

	Data is now staring into the distance in the direction
	the sound appears to be coming from, puzzled. Picard
	does the same, his voice trailing off...

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Past and future... Despair and
			hope...

	Now a growing POINT OF LIGHT can be seen, getting
	closer as the sound starts to resemble a distant,
	increasing roar.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Data, is this part of your
			program?

					DATA
			No, Sir.

	The light and sound are much louder.

					PICARD
			Then what is it?

					DATA
			It appears to be a steam
			locomotive.

					PICARD
			A train?


       STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - TEASER       4.

1    CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(nods)
			If I am not mistaken.

					PICARD
			Computer, end program.

	The glaring beam hits them like a horizontal spotlight.
	The roar grows. Picard reacts.

					PICARD
				(continuing, louder)
			Computer, end program...

	Nothing. This is all too real. Picard and Data
	simultaneously DIVE CLEAR of the tracks.

3    PICARD AND DATA (OPTICAL)

	on the ground. They look up at the train as it
	thunders by, catching glimpses of the car windows, the
	cranking, screeching wheels. The roar and clatter
	overwhelm any other sounds... And then suddenly it's
	past them... and it's gone. The room is back to way it
	was.

	Picard has a slight SCRAPE on his forehead from the
	fall. OFF their puzzled expressions...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT ONE      5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

4    INT. CORRIDOR

	The Holodeck DOORS OPEN and Picard and Data step out
	(NOTE: Data is still wearing the Prospero costume).
	Data notices the cut on Picard's forehead.

					DATA
				(concerned)
			Captain, you are injured...

					PICARD
			It's just a scrape... I'll have it
			seen to...

	Data begins to work the Holodeck panel.

					DATA
			The train we encountered is from
			one of Doctor Crusher's Holodeck
			programs. It is a re-creation of
			the Orient Express, a train which
			ran from Paris to Istanbul from
			the late nineteenth century until --

					PICARD
			Yes, yes, I know about the Orient
			Express... but what was it doing
			on Prospero's Island?

					DATA
			There appears to have been a
			malfunction in the Holodeck's
			database retrieval system. The
			two programs were somehow
			temporarily linked together.

					PICARD
			Could this malfunction affect the
			other Holodecks as well?

					DATA
			It is a possibility. I would have
			to run a diagnostic to be certain.

					PICARD
			All right, get to it. And shut
			down all of the Holodecks until
			you're finished, just to be on the
			safe side.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT ONE      6.

4    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Picard heads down the corridor, leaving Data as he
	continues to work the panel.

5    INT. SICKBAY

	Picard is sitting on a biobed as BEVERLY treats his
	forehead with a MEDICAL INSTRUMENT, healing the scrape
	as they speak.

					PICARD
			I never realized you were
			interested in trains. Did you
			know that at its peak, the Orient
			Express carried over ten thousand
			passengers a year?

					BEVERLY
			It's not really the train itself
			I'm interested in...

					PICARD
			Then what?

					BEVERLY
			The experience.
				(beat)
			The Orient Express was... mystery
			and romance. It was an elegant
			way to see exotic places and meet
			fascinating people...
				(beat)
			Did you know that on one trip,
			both Sigmund Freud and Gertrude
			Stein just happened to be on the
			same car? They ended up having
			dinner together every night.

	Picard's intrigued by the notion.

					PICARD
			I wonder what they talked
			about... ?

	Beverly smiles.

					BEVERLY
			Why don't you take a trip
			yourself... and find out?

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT ONE      7.

5    CONTINUED:

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Picard.

					PICARD
				(taps combadge)
			Picard here.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			All sections are ready to begin
			the survey, sir.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Very good. I'm on my way.

	Picard jumps down from the biobed and heads for the
	door.

					BEVERLY
			Think about that trip, Jean-Luc...
			You never know who you'll meet on
			the Orient Express...

	Picard EXITS.

									CUT TO:

6    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 47869.2.
			After weathering an unexpected
			magnascopic storm in the Mekorda
			Sector, we are continuing our
			search for new Federation colony
			sites.

7    INT. BRIDGE

	Picard and RIKER are at their command chairs, Data at
	Ops. N.D.s are at various stations. Riker hands
	Picard a PADD.

					RIKER
			I don't see any possibility of
			developing sites in this region.
			Most of the stars are mainsequence
			binaries with no M-class
			planets.

         STAR TREK: "Emergence" - 02/17/94 - ACT ONE         8.

7    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(reads PADD)
			All right then, let's move on to
			the next survey region... Have
			stellar cartography begin a--

	Suddenly, the SHIP LURCHES FORWARD.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, report.

					DATA
				(off console)
			The ship has gone into warp, sir.

					RIKER
			Who gave the command?

					DATA
				(off console)
			Apparently no one. Helm and
			navigation controls are not
			functioning.
				(beat)
			Our speed is now warp seven-point-three
			and holding.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Picard to Engineering. Mister La
			Forge, what's going on down there?

									INTERCUT:

8    INT. ENGINEERING

	GEORDI is frantically moving between consoles.

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			I don't understand it, sir. The
			impulse systems suddenly cut out
			and the warp drive kicked in.

					RIKER
			Geordi, can you take the engines
			off-line?

					GEORDI
			I'm working on it...

	Geordi moves off to work another console.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT ONE      9.

8    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Data, what's our heading?

					DATA
				(off console)
			Bearing one-eight-seven mark four.
			I am unable to determine our
			destination -- but we are heading
			away from the Mekorda sector.

	Picard and Riker exchange a puzzled look.

					GEORDI
				(breaking in)
			Captain, the computer's locked-out
			all the propulsion controls... I
			can't access any of the
			overrides...
				(beat)
			If you want us to stop, we'll have
			to do an emergency core shutdown...

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			That'll leave us without warp
			power for more than a week...

	But Picard does not like having the ship out of his
	control.

					PICARD
			Begin the procedure, Mister La
			Forge...

	A tense beat... and then there is a VIOLENT JOLT as the
	ship suddenly drops out of warp.

					DATA
				(off console)
			We are no longer at warp...
			Impulse power has resumed... all
			systems show normal.

					RIKER
			Where are we?

					DATA
				(off console)
			We are approximately thirty-billion
			kilometers from our
			original position.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT ONE      10.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Good work, Geordi.

	Geordi is checking the readout of a console, shaking
	his head.

					GEORDI
			It wasn't me that took us out of
			warp, sir. I didn't have time to
			complete the shut-down
			procedure...

	A puzzling beat. Picard doesn't like this one bit.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Well, I want an explanation.
			Picard out.

	OFF Picard and Riker's expressions.

									CUT TO:

9    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving at impulse.

10   INT. BRIDGE - AFT SCIENCE

	Picard walks up to the station where Data and Geordi
	are carefully studying an OKUDAGRAM on the monitor.
	The graphic shows the ship surrounded by a "sea" of
	small, intense regions of energy.

					PICARD
			Have you found anything, yet?

					GEORDI
			Only that we've got more than one
			mystery here, sir...

	Picard reacts.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT ONE      11.

10   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			We still don't know why the ship
			jumped into warp... but it looks
			like we're lucky it did.

	Picard gives him a questioning look.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			There was a theta flux distortion
			building up around the ship.

	Geordi indicates the monitor graphic which Picard
	studies briefly.

					PICARD
				(concerned)
			Why didn't the sensors alert us?

					GEORDI
			Our sensors were never designed to
			detect theta flux distortions.
			And yet -- there is a record of
			the distortion in the sensor log.
			That's the other mystery.

					DATA
			One fact is clear, however. The
			distortion was gaining in
			strength. If we had remained at
			our original position one-point
			seven seconds longer, the
			distortion would have ruptured our
			warp core.

					GEORDI
			If the Enterprise hadn't jumped
			into warp when it did... we
			would've been blown to pieces.

	OFF Picard's reaction.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT TWO      12.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

11   OMITTED

12   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	Data and Geordi are crawling along a horizontal section
	of the tube.

					GEORDI
			I just don't get it, Data. What
			could have caused the engines to
			jump into warp drive on their own?

					DATA
			Perhaps the engines were activated
			by a random power fluctuation.

					GEORDI
				(skeptical)
			Which occurred just in time to
			save the ship?

					DATA
			It is improbable... but it is
			possible.

					GEORDI
			Well, I don't think I'm ready to
			start believing in luck.

	They have arrived near a MEESPANEL in the side of the
	tube, and Geordi begins to remove it.

					DATA
			There is another possibility. The
			sensors apparently detected a
			dangerous anomaly that threatened
			the Enterprise. It is possible
			that they triggered a safety
			response which caused the ship to
			avoid destruction.

					GEORDI
			But there's no direct link between
			the sensors and the warp
			engines...

	As he peers into the junction, he pulls back in
	surprise.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT TWO      13.

12   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			What is this... ?

	Inside the panel he sees...

13   A COMPLEX NODE OF INTERCONNECTIONS

	completely different in color and appearance from the
	circuitry around it.

14   RESUME SCENE (OPTICAL)

	as Geordi and Data begin scanning the mysterious node.

					GEORDI
				(off tricorder)
			It's some kind of new circuit
			node... and it's connected to at
			least half a dozen points in the
			sensor array...

					DATA
				(off tricorder)
			It appears to be connected to
			several other systems as well...
			including the warp control
			circuits.

					GEORDI
			I guess there is a link between
			the sensors and the engines after
			all..

	Geordi takes out his tech instrument and attempts to
	probe the strange node... suddenly, a FORCE FIELD
	flashes briefly, forcing him back.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT TWO      14.

14   CONTINUED:

	He pulls back, startled.

					GEORDI
			A force field... where did that
			come from?

	Data scans.

					DATA
			I am not certain -- possibly from
			the node itself.

	Geordi reaches toward the node once more, and again,
	the force field FRITZES.

					GEORDI
			Well... wherever it came from...
			it sure doesn't want us messing
			with that node.

	Data regards the strange node, puzzling over the odd
	events, his positronic matrix working to solve the
	mystery.

					DATA
			It appears to be protecting
			itself.

	OFF Geordi's look...

									CUT TO:

15   INT. ENGINEERING

	Data and Geordi are briefing Riker at the pool table.
	A monitor displays a GRAPHIC of the Enterprise,
	highlighting the locations of several connection nodes
	scattered throughout the ship. The connection nodes
	are all linked together, and the image suggests the
	crude beginnings of spider's web.

					GEORDI
				(re: graphic)
			We found these "nodes" in several
			systems around the ship. At some
			level, they were all connected to
			each other.

					DATA
			There were nodes linking the
			sensors to our warp control and
			defensive systems. We believe
			this is why the ship jumped to
			warp.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT TWO      15.

15   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			When the sensors detected danger,
			the defensive systems reacted to
			the threat -- and activated the
			warp engines to protect us.

					RIKER
			Where did these nodes come from?

					DATA
			It is possible that the
			magnascopic storm we recently
			experienced had an unexpected
			effect on the ship's systems.

					GEORDI
			Wherever they came from, they seem
			to be multiplying.

					DATA
			As they increase, it will become
			progressively more difficult to
			control the ship.

					RIKER
			What do you propose we do?

					GEORDI
			Well, it's not going to be easy to
			get rid of them.
				(beat)
			When we attempted to examine the
			circuitry of one of the nodes, it
			generated a force-field to keep us
			out.

					RIKER
			Whatever's going on here -- our
			first priority is to get back
			control of the ship.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT TWO      16.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Agreed...

	Data indicates a point on the graphic.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			All of the nodes intersect in
			Holodeck three. It appears to be
			a... focal point of some kind.

					GEORDI
			We might be able to find a way to
			use the Holodeck circuits to
			disable the nodes...

	Riker considers for a beat.

					RIKER
			All right. Let's do it.

	OFF their expression as they stare thoughtfully at the
	graphic.

									CUT TO:

16   INT. CORRIDOR

	Riker, Data, and WORF are standing outside the
	Holodeck; both Data and Worf have TRICORDERS. Data is
	tapping commands into the control panel.

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			Commander, the Holodeck appears to
			be in operation.

					RIKER
			I thought you shut down the entire
			system.

					DATA
			I did. However, it has reactivated
			itself... and it will
			not disengage.

					WORF
			Which program is running?

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT TWO      17.

16   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(off panel)
			Several different programs appear
			to be running simultaneously.

					RIKER
			Well... this should be
			interesting...

	The three exchange a look and then step through the
	door into...

17   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR

	It's a classic Victorian salon car, decorated in the
	opulent, grand style of the time. There's a door at
	each end and the WINDOWS are covered by closed DRAPES;
	a SIGNAL CABLE runs along one of the walls, used by
	passengers to signal the engineer. The HUMMING of the
	rails and the CLACKETY-CLACK of the tracks can be heard
	as the train speeds along.

	Data immediately begins scanning the area as Riker and
	Worf try to get their bearings, carefully observing the
	bizarre scene:

	Two 1920's Zelda Fitzgerald-style FLAPPERS sit at an
	elegant table with a briefcase-wielding MAN IN A GREY
	FLANNEL SUIT. They are engrossed in piecing together
	a large JIGSAW PUZZLE of a strange, multi-colored THREE-DIMENSIONAL
	MOLECULE...

	A Medieval KNIGHT in shining armor is in another corner
	of the car. He is carefully cutting a folded newspaper
	with a large pair of SCISSORS. Beside him is a HAYSEED
	wearing a floppy straw hat and overalls, a corncob pipe
	stuck in his mouth -- a real hick. The Hayseed
	watches, fascinated, as the Knight continues to cut...

	A dangerous-looking GUNSLINGER straight out of the old
	West stalks silently up and down the aisle. He moves
	with what might be murderous intent to the Flapper and
	the Flannel Man... he reaches for his belt... and pulls
	out a PUZZLE PIECE. He places it just where it belongs
	into the puzzle, then takes a seat to help them
	continue...

					RIKER
				(a bit overwhelmed)
			You weren't kidding, Data...

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT TWO      18.

17   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(off tricorder)
			No, sir. I estimate that this...
			scene consists of portions of at
			least seven distinct Holodeck
			programs...

					RIKER
			See if you can access the circuits
			that have been affected by the
			nodes.

	Data and Worf acknowledge and move off, scanning the
	cabin.

	At that moment, the front door OPENS, and the CONDUCTOR
	ENTERS the car. He is dressed like a typical American
	trainman circa 1920 and has the typical cheery-but-take-no-guff
	attitude of his kind.

					CONDUCTOR
			Tickets please... please have your
			tickets ready...

	The Hayseed fishes through his pockets for a TICKET and
	hands it to the Conductor.

					HAYSEED
				(excited)
			You know, I've never even been
			away from home... and now I'm
			goin' all the way to Vertiform
			City!

	As the Conductor punches the tickets, the Knight stops
	cutting his newspaper and opens it out -- he has
	fashioned it into a STRING OF PAPER DOLLS.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT TWO      19.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

	He shows it expectantly to the Conductor.

					CONDUCTOR
			Very nice, sir. Enjoy your trip.

	The Conductor hands the tickets back to the Hayseed and
	continues down the aisle, moving past Riker, Data, and
	Worf as if they didn't exist.

					CONDUCTOR
				(continuing)
			Tickets please... please have your
			tickets ready...

					DATA (O.S.)
			Commander...

	Riker turns to see Data and Worf standing near a
	section of the car's wall. They are scanning it
	carefully with their tricorders. Riker joins them.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			We have located a large
			concentration of nodes behind this
			wall... They appear to be
			connected directly to the
			Holodeck's main power coupling.

					RIKER
			All right... go ahead and
			depolarize the entire power grid.

	As Data moves toward the train wall --

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT TWO      20.

17   CONTINUED: (3)

					CONDUCTOR (O.S.)
			Get away from there...

	The Conductor is standing right behind them. His voice
	is cold and suspicious, and all traces of his earlier,
	cheerful manner are gone. Everyone in the car is now
	staring at the group, seeing them for the first time.
	It's a spooky, unsettling moment.

					CONDUCTOR
				(continuing)
			Would you gentlemen care to show
			me your tickets?

	He moves a little closer, menacingly... This is getting
	really creepy. Riker tries to fake his way out.

					RIKER
			We... left them in our
			compartments.
				(to Worf)
			I told you to bring the tickets.

					WORF
			I... forgot.

					CONDUCTOR
			I don't think you folks belong on
			this train...

	He starts to move in... and suddenly, the front door of
	the car BURSTS OPEN, and the ENGINEER rushes in. He is
	an excitable, bespectacled man in a traditional train
	engineer's uniform. He moves straight for the
	Conductor.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT TWO      21.

17   CONTINUED: (4)

					ENGINEER
				(to Conductor)
			You leave these people alone!
			They're only trying to help!

					CONDUCTOR
			Get back to the engine. This
			doesn't concern you.

	The Engineer puts himself between the Conductor and
	Riker, Data, and Worf. He gestures to the Conductor
	and the other passengers.

					ENGINEER
			They're trying to hijack the
			train...

	The Hayseed stands up and moves forward.

					HAYSEED
			Hey, if you're the Engineer, then
			who's doing the drivin'?

	But before the Engineer can answer...

	BLAM! A SINGLE, LOUD PISTOL SHOT suddenly rings out.
	The Engineer pitches forward into Riker's arms -- dead.

18
thru	OMITTED
19

20   REVEAL THE HITMAN

	standing in the doorway, a smoking Colt Army .45
	AUTOMATIC PISTOL cradled comfortably in his hand.

					HITMAN
			I am.

21   INT. ENGINEERING

	Suddenly, a console EXPLODES in a shower of sparks near
	Geordi, sending him reeling backwards.

	An N.D. STARFLEET ENSIGN rushes to his aid -- Geordi
	is already struggling to his feet. He's all right,
	just a little dazed.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT TWO      22.

21   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I'm all right...

	Geordi looks at the ruined console.

					GEORDI
				(continuing, disbelief)
			It looks like the navigational
			relays overloaded...

22   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR

	As Riker lowers the Engineer's body to the floor, The
	Conductor tugs the cable several times, causing several
	CHIMES to sound. Suddenly, the wheels SCREECH and the
	train LURCHES, tossing everybody to one side. With a
	LOUD BLAST from the train's WHISTLE, the train
	straightens itself again and continues forward even
	faster than before...

					DATA
			I believe we have changed
			direction...

	The Conductor rushes to the window and takes a quick
	look outside. He steps back delighted.

					CONDUCTOR
			Now we're on the right track!
				(to everyone)
			Ladies and Gentlemen... we are on
			our way!

	The passengers begin to cheer wildly...

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT TWO      23.

23   INT. ENGINEERING

	Suddenly, the warp core -- which until now had been
	idle with the ship at impulse -- comes to life and
	begins to PULSE... the SHIP LURCHES FORWARD.

	Geordi quickly moves to the pool table and studies the
	readouts.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to La Forge. What's going
			on? We just went into warp...

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			We've lost engine and helm control
			again, sir... but this time,
			they're completely burned out.
				(beat, grim)
			I don't know if we can stop the
			ship.

24   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR

	The Conductor reaches into the Engineer's bib and
	withdraws a BRICK OF GOLD. He looks at it, pleased.

					HITMAN
				(to Conductor)
			I was right -- he was tryin' to
			make off with my brick.

	He tucks it into his pocket.

					CONDUCTOR
			You take good care of that -- we
			can't afford to lose it.

	The Hitman pats his pocket confidently, then he and the
	Conductor turn to face our people, the Hitman
	brandishing his weapon.

					CONDUCTOR
			Are you people going to leave...
			or are we going to have to throw
			you off this train?

	They look like they're ready to do it... Riker and Worf
	are ready for a fight when Data pulls them back.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT TWO      24.

24   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(quietly)
			According to my tricorder, the
			Holodeck safeties have been
			disengaged. His weapon could be
			lethal.

	A tense beat.

					RIKER
			All right... let's get out of
			here.

	Riker, Data, and Worf move slowly to the exit as the
	Conductor watches them leave...

									CUT TO:

25   INT. ENGINEERING

	Riker, Data and Geordi are gathered around the pool
	table. A monitor GRAPHIC displays the connection nodes
	throughout the ship; compared to the previous graphic,
	the number of nodes has increased dramatically, and the
	"spider's web" of connections has become far more
	complex.

	Data is studying it with keen interest.

					DATA
			The number of systems now affected
			by the nodes has grown
			considerably.
				(beat)
			Sensors, engines, replicators,
			propulsion... they are all working
			together now, almost independently
			of the main computer. And the
			nodes link all of them through the
			Holodeck.

					RIKER
			But why the Holodeck? That
			doesn't make any sense.

					DATA
			Commander, I think what happens on
			the Holodeck has a direct effect
			on the ship. When we attempted to
			destroy the nodes -- the
			characters on the train responded
			immediately to stop us.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT TWO      25.

25   CONTINUED:

	Riker considers the chain of events.

					RIKER
			And when the Engineer tried to
			protect us -- one of the
			characters shot him.

					DATA
			The Conductor then signalled for
			the train to change directions...
			and at approximately the same time --

					GEORDI
			-- the Enterprise took off in a
			new direction, too.

	The group considers this reasoning carefully.

					RIKER
			Are you saying... that the ship is
			being controlled by the Holodeck?

					DATA
			Not precisely.

	Data gestures again to the graphic.

					DATA
			Geordi, does the configuration of
			the connection nodes look familiar
			to you?

	Geordi peers at the graphic, studying it carefully.

					GEORDI
				(realizing)
			Yeah... it's... a little like the
			structure of your positronic
			brain.

					DATA
			That is correct. It appears that
			the nodes are in the process of
			creating a rudimentary neural net.

	Riker and Geordi eye him in astonishment.

					RIKER
			Data -- what are you suggesting?

					DATA
			Unlikely as it may sound... I
			believe that the Enterprise may be
			forming an intelligence.

	OFF their stunned reactions...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT THREE     26.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

26   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

27   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Data is standing at the wall monitor, briefing Picard,
	Riker, Beverly, TROI, Geordi, and Worf. The monitor
	displays a GRAPHIC of THREE SEPARATE IMAGES.

	Data indicates the first image.

					DATA
			This is a synaptic map of the
			human neo-cortex...
				(indicates second image)
			This is a cross-section of my
			positronic net...
				(indicates third image)
			And this is a schematic of the
			connection nodes linking the
			ship's systems...

	The three images bear a striking similarity.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I believe some sort of neural
			matrix is forming on the ship. It
			is still relatively primitive, but
			it is an intelligence nonetheless.

					TROI
			How could this happen?

					DATA
			I believe it is an emergent
			property.

					PICARD
			Explain.

					DATA
			Complex systems can sometimes
			behave in ways that are entirely
			unpredictable. The human brain,
			for example, might be described in
			terms of cellular functions and
			neuro-chemical interactions.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT THREE     27.

27   CONTINUED:

	A beat as he looks around at the group.

					DATA
			But that description does not
			explain human consciousness -- a
			capacity that far exceeds simple
			neural functions.
				(beat)
			Consciousness is an emergent
			property.

					GEORDI
			In other words, something that's
			more than the sum of its parts...

					DATA
			Exactly.

					BEVERLY
			How does that explain what's
			happening to the Enterprise?

					DATA
			The Enterprise contains a vast
			database of information which is
			managed by a sophisticated
			computer. This complex system
			gives the ship many of the
			characteristics of a biological
			organism.

					RIKER
			That's true... it "sees" with its
			sensors... "talks" with its
			communications systems...

					BEVERLY
			In a sense, it even "reproduces"
			with the replicators...

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			And you think the ship has somehow
			gone beyond those functions... has
			developed a new capacity...

					DATA
			Yes, sir. I believe a self-determining
			intelligence is
			emerging.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT THREE     28.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

	There's a beat as they consider the implications --
	it's a difficult concept to accept.

					WORF
			If that is so... what does the
			ship want? Where is it taking us?

					DATA
			I believe the key to understanding
			the ship's behavior lies in the
			Holodeck.
				(beat)
			All of the connection nodes
			intersect at that location. It is
			clearly some kind of processing
			center.

					PICARD
			Processing center... ?

					DATA
			Yes, sir. A focal point... where
			all the ideas and instincts of
			this emerging intelligence are
			first expressed in some form.

					TROI
			Almost like an "imagination... "

	A beat as Troi considers this.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Sir, I'd like to go to the
			Holodeck. I could interact with
			the characters... maybe find some
			clues that would help us
			understand what's happening.

					PICARD
			Very well. Mister Data, Mister
			Worf, you'll go along. See if
			there's any way to re-establish
			control of the ship without
			destroying the nodes.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT THREE     29.

27   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			If this ship truly is an emerging
			intelligence, then it's our
			responsibility to treat it with
			the same respect we would give any
			other being.

	Data nods and the meeting breaks up.

									CUT TO:

28   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR

	Troi, Data, and Worf ENTER from the rear door. Data is
	carrying a small SCANNING DEVICE. They hear a loud
	CLANG... CLANG... CLANG... and turn toward it...

29   THE SCENE

	One of the Flappers is attempting to give the Knight a
	drink from a beautiful CHALICE... but she keeps banging
	it against his visor. CLANG... CLANG... CLANG.

	Elsewhere, the Man in the Grey Flannel Suit sits in a
	chair, calmly reading a newspaper. Beside him, the
	Gunslinger is bound head-to-toe in a heavy rope, a gag
	stuffed in his mouth.

	The Hayseed and one of the Flappers are sitting at the
	elegant table, still working on the jigsaw puzzle.

	The Conductor is nowhere to be seen.

	Troi reacts to the bizarre scene.

					WORF
			Welcome aboard, Counselor...

	Data activates his device.

					DATA
			If you will distract these people,
			I will attempt to depolarize the
			power grid.

	Data moves down the aisle.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT THREE     30.

30   TROI AND WORF

	move to the elegant table where The Hayseed looks up at
	them.

					WORF
			Have you finished the puzzle yet?

					HAYSEED
			Not yet... but we're gettin'
			close.

	Worf and Troi look curiously at the puzzle.

31   INCLUDE THE PUZZLE

	The nearly complete puzzle is a picture of a strange,
	multi-colored THREE-DIMENSIONAL molecule -- it suggests
	a cross between a strand of DNA and an electronic
	circuit.

					WORF
			Do you recognize it?

					TROI
			No...

					WORF
				(to the puzzlers)
			I'd like to help.

	Worf takes a seat... Troi moves off. Worf takes a
	puzzle piece and after a brief search, places it
	correctly in the puzzle.

					WORF
			Tell me... exactly what are you
			making?

					HAYSEED
			What do you think we're makin'? A
			puzzle!

	Worf tries again.

					WORF
			No, I mean the picture. What is
			it?

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT THREE     31.

31   CONTINUED:

					HAYSEED
				(puzzled)
			I don't know.

32   OMITTED

33   THE HITMAN

	is playing gin rummy with the Gunslinger. The brick of
	gold sits on the table near the Hitman.

					TROI
			Can you deal me in?

					HITMAN
			Sorry. It's a two-man game.

	Troi sees the gold brick, and reaches for it. The
	Hitman grabs her wrist and pushes her hand back.

					HITMAN
			Hey, hey, hey -- keep your hands
			off that.

					TROI
			Is that why you killed the
			Engineer -- to get this brick?

					HITMAN
			I had to get it back. You know
			how much it's worth, lady?
			Plenty.
				(taps it)
			And I gotta get it to Keystone
			City.

					TROI
			Why? What's at Keystone City?

	The Hitman looks at her, amazed.

					HITMAN
			That's where everything begins...

	He lays his cards on the table.

					HITMAN
			Gin.

	Troi reacts -- the Hitman has laid down five identical
	cards, each one with a picture of the strange, THREE-DIMENSIONAL
	molecule on it.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT THREE     32.

34   OMITTED

35   ANOTHER ANGLE - DATA AND WORF

	Worf has joined Data, who is kneeling on the floor with
	his device.

					WORF
			Are you succeeding, Commander?

					DATA
			I am ready to access the main
			power grid.

					CONDUCTOR (O.S.)
			Keystone City, next stop.

	Data and Worf turn to see the Conductor walking down
	the aisle, calling out to the passengers, who are
	reacting to the news with obvious excitement.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT THREE     33.

35   CONTINUED:

	The Cnductor stops in front of Data and Worf. He looks
	at them closely and raises an eyebrow -- he's annoyed,
	but not violent like the last time.

					CONDUCTOR
				(continuing)
			Well, look who's back.

					WORF
			We do not want any trouble, sir.
			We are simply... passengers.

					CONDUCTOR
			Then I'm sure you wouldn't mind
			showing me your tickets?

	Worf grits his teeth -- not again...

					CONDUCTOR
				(continuing)
			Right. Sorry, boys... You're
			getting off right here...

	With his words, the train HISSES to a stop. The
	Conductor begins to force Data and Worf toward the
	door...

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT THREE     34.

36   TROI AND THE HITMAN

	He suddenly stands up, grabs the brick.

					HITMAN
			This is my stop.

					TROI
			Wait -- tell me what happens at
			Keystone City. Why are you taking
			the brick there... ?

	But he doesn't answer, moves quickly for the EXIT.
	Troi follows.

37   INCLUDE DATA AND WORF

	who are still being pushed out by the Conductor. The
	Hitman brushes past them and out the rear door. Troi
	approaches.

					TROI
			I think we should follow that man.
			That brick may be an important
			clue...

	All three EXIT through the rear door...

38   EXT. HOLODECK/NEW YORK STREET - BROOKLYN SUBWAY - DAY

	Troi, Data, and Worf emerge from the subway, walking up
	the stairs into the middle of the street. The place is
	completely deserted.

	Troi looks around in vain for the Hitman.

					TROI
				(frustrated)
			Where did he go... ?

	Data immediately begins scanning the area with his
	device. He moves out into the intersection...

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT THREE     35.

39   FOLLOW DATA

	as he carefully scans the street. He stops at a
	MANHOLE COVER in the middle of the intersection.

					DATA
			I can access the power grid here.

	Data makes an adjustment to his device. Troi keeps
	looking around, searching for the Hitman.

40   THE MANHOLE COVER DISAPPEARS (OPTICAL)

	revealing a HIGH-TECH INTERFACE underneath. The border
	shows the yellow lines of the Holodeck grid.

41   RESUME SCENE

	as Data bends down and begins to hook his device into
	the interface.

					DATA
			I will attempt to depolarize the
			grid by using a low-frequency
			inversion field. That may
			disengage the nodes without
			destroying them.

	Troi, still looking, suddenly spots --

42   THE HITMAN

	as he moves furtively out of sight around a corner.

43   RESUME SCENE

					TROI
			There he is. I'm going after him.

					WORF
			I am coming with you.

	Troi and Worf move away off-screen. Data continues to
	work.

	Suddenly, out of nowhere, a 1940's era CHECKER TAXICAB
	screeches around a corner, heading straight for Data...

       STAR TREK: "Emergence" - 02/17/94 - ACT THREE       36.

43   CONTINUED:

	Data moves quickly out of the way as the TAXI races
	past, barely missing him. It drives out of sight,
	disappearing around a corner.

	OFF Data's expression...

44   EXT. HOLODECK/NY STREET - CONSTRUCTION SITE - DAY

	It's the front of an apartment building. The MAIN DOOR
	is surrounded by SCAFFOLDING -- it's been almost
	entirely bricked-in, and there's a PILE OF BRICKS on
	the ground in front of it. It's a strangely
	incongruous site on this nice, finished residential
	block.

	The Hitman appears from around a corner, moving quickly
	towards the construction site. Troi and Worf arrive a
	beat later.

					TROI
			What are you doing here?

	They cautiously move toward him as he locates a
	particular spot on the bricked-in door. There's a HOLE
	in the middle -- one brick is missing, purposefully
	left out.

	The Hitman smiles and turns to them.

					HITMAN
			Laying the foundation...

	The Hitman reaches into his coat and pulls out the gold
	brick. He puts into the hole -- it fits perfectly.

45   THE BRICK (OPTICAL)

	For a moment, the brick GLOWS brightly with a strange,
	unearthly light... when the glow fades, the gold brick
	is no longer visible -- the face of the brick wall is
	one continuous whole... it's complete.

46   RESUME SCENE

					HITMAN
			Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got
			a train to catch.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT THREE     37.

46   CONTINUED:

	He takes off. Troi and Worf move forward and examine
	the brick wall curiously...

									CUT TO:

47   INT. BRIDGE - AFT SCIENCE

	The ship is at RED ALERT. Geordi is working the
	console as Picard watches with concern.

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			I don't understand it, sir...
			Cargo Bay Five suddenly started to
			depressurize...

					PICARD
			Did everyone get out in time?

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir, and I've re-established
			the containment field... But I'm
			reading massive power surges in
			the Cargo Bay, and all sorts of
			transporter activity...
				(beat)
			There's something weird happening,
			sir.

					PICARD
			Get a team down there immediately.
			I want to know what's going on.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

	Geordi moves away to the Turbolift. OFF Picard's
	expression.

									CUT TO:

48   INT. CARGO BAY

	Geordi ENTERS with TWO N.D. STARFLEET OFFICERS -- and
	they immediately see an incredible sight.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT THREE     38.

49   THE OBJECT (OPTICAL)

	on the floor, GLOWING. It is solid and semitransparent,
	a tiny shape, not unlike one of the
	sections of the molecular image we've been seeing.

					GEORDI
				(taps combadge)
			La Forge to Bridge...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard here... what's going on?

					GEORDI
			I wish I could tell you...

	OFF Geordi's astonished expression.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FOUR     39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

50   EXT. HOLODECK/NY STREET - CONSTRUCTION SITE - DAY

	Troi and Worf are still examining the brick wall,
	trying to understand what just happened.

					TROI
			That man said he was "laying a
			foundation"...

					WORF
			But a foundation for what... ?

	The question hangs in the air... neither one has an
	answer.

					TROI
				(taps combadge)
			Troi to Data...

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Data here.

					TROI
				(to com)
			How are you coming?

51   EXT. HOLODECK/NY STREET - INTERSECTION - DAY -
CLOSE ON DATA

					DATA
				(to com)
			I encountered a minor difficulty,
			Counselor...

52   WIDEN TO REVEAL

	Data is working with only one of his hands in the
	manhole -- his other hand is holding the front bumper
	of the taxi, which is spinning its wheels in a futile
	attempt to run him over.

					DATA
				(continuing, to com)
			But it has been dealt with. I am
			ready to depolarize the power
			grid.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FOUR     40.

52   CONTINUED:

	Data taps a command on his device which begins to HUM.

	A moment later, the ground begins to TREMBLE...

53   INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and his team are scanning the mysterious object
	on the ground, which is still in the process of
	MATERIALIZING.

					GEORDI
				(to N.D., off tricorder)
			It looks like the ship's
			replicator and transporter systems
			have been merged somehow...
			they're working together to create
			this... the question is, what is
			it?

	They stare at the strange "molecular" shape for a
	moment.

					GEORDI
				(continuing, to N.D.)
			Ensign, I want to run a full
			spectral analysis on --

	Suddenly, the ship begins to SHAKE and lights FLICKER.
	Geordi reads his tricorder.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I'm picking up a massive power
			fluctuation... the ship's losing
			structural integrity...

54   EXT. HOLODECK/NY STREET - CONSTRUCTION SITE

	The tremble has grown into a violent SHAKING. Troi and
	Worf glance around in concern.

					TROI
			What's happening?

					WORF
			An earthquake... ?

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FOUR     41.

54   CONTINUED:

	A sudden JOLT causes a flurry of BRICKS to fall off the
	scaffolding around the door frame. Troi is nearest to
	the bricked-in wall as it starts to collapse. She
	dives for safety, but gets HIT by the falling debris.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Deanna!

	Troi falls to the ground. Worf rushes to her, drags
	her out of the falling debris to safety. She sits up,
	alive but badly bruised and shaken.

55   EXT. HOLODECK/NY STREET - INTERSECTION - DAY

	Data is still at the manhole with his device.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge to Data -- stop what
			you're doing!

					DATA
			Acknowledged...

	Data quickly works his device. The HUM of the device
	subsides... and the shaking quickly DIES DOWN. The
	taxi's engine stops running; Data lets go of it.

56   INT. CARGO BAY

					GEORDI
			Data... I think we should get
			together and compare notes.

	He heads for the door.

									CUT TO:

57   INT. SICKBAY

	Troi on the biobed, Beverly treating her, Geordi and
	Picard nearby.

					TROI
			The ship was protecting itself
			again -- stopping us from
			interfering. Whatever it's doing --
			it intends to continue.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FOUR     42.

57   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I'm betting it all has something
			to do with the object that's
			forming in the Cargo Bay.

					TROI
			I think he's right, Captain. Look
			at the common themes that are
			playing out on the Holodeck. A
			puzzle being put together... a
			foundation being laid... a paper
			doll being fashioned. All images
			of something being constructed.

					GEORDI
			And an object in the Cargo Bay
			that's being constructed -- atom
			by atom.

					PICARD
			What is this object?

					GEORDI
			I have no idea. It's composed of
			silica polymers, duranium, and a
			few other compounds we can't
			identify.
				(beat)
			But creating it has put quite a
			strain on our systems. Warp power
			has dropped forty-seven percent...

	Picard considers the situation.

					PICARD
			Counselor, were you able to draw
			any other conclusions from your
			experience on the Holodeck?
			Anything that might help us handle
			this situation?

					TROI
			I think the Holodeck is what might
			be called the ship's
			"imagination." It's full of
			fanciful, metaphoric imagery -- as
			though it's having some kind of...
			daydream. It may not make literal
			sense... but symbolically there's
			probably some kind of logic to it.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FOUR     43.

57   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			The characters you spoke to... do
			they have any particular
			significance?

					TROI
			I think they represent various
			aspects of the ship. The
			Engineer, for instance... may have
			represented the navigational
			system. The Gunslinger could be
			the weapon system...

					PICARD
			Is there any possibility that we
			might be able to persuade them to
			give back control of the ship?

					TROI
			I'm not sure it's possible to
			reason with them. Many of them
			seem genuinely unaware of what's
			going on... and of their role in
			it.

	She hesitates, trying to find the right words.

					TROI
			It's as though this emergent
			intelligence is still an infant...
			acting on instinct, trying to
			figure itself out as it goes. The
			only source of experience it can
			draw on is ours -- through our
			Holodeck programs.

	Picard ponders the situation.

					PICARD
			Is there a way to... relate to
			them on their own level...
			influence their behavior in some
			way... ?

					TROI
				(considers)
			Maybe there is.
				(beat)
			I'd like to go back and try.

	Beverly doesn't like this idea.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FOUR     44.

57   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			Deanna, the injuries you got on
			the Holodeck could have killed
			you...

					GEORDI
			And so far, we haven't been able
			to re-establish the safeties.

					TROI
			I'm aware of that.

	She turns to Picard, waiting for an answer.

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Counselor. But keep
			this in mind... so far, we've
			tried to thwart the ship in all
			its efforts. And that's gotten us
			nowhere.
				(beat)
			Maybe it's time to try
			cooperating.

	OFF their reactions.

									CUT TO:

58   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR

	Troi, Data, and Worf ENTER. The Conductor marches up
	the aisle, angry.

					CONDUCTOR
			You don't belong on this train!

	Worf hands the Conductor THREE TICKETS.

					WORF
			Three for Vertiform City.

	The Conductor takes the tickets, surprised. With a
	friendly look, the Conductor punches the tickets and
	hands them back to Worf.

					CONDUCTOR
			Guess I was wrong about you folks.
			Welcome aboard.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FOUR     45.

58   CONTINUED:

	Suddenly, the car lights DIM, and FLICKER slightly.
	The group reacts, looking around the car.

					WORF
			What was that?

	The Conductor seems a little concerned himself.

					CONDUCTOR
			We've been having some problems...
			the engine's running out of
			steam... I hope we make it to
			Vertiform City on time.

					TROI
			Is there anything we could do to
			help?

	The Conductor considers.

					CONDUCTOR
			Well, I could use a pair of strong
			arms up in the Engine Room...
			maybe we could get back on
			schedule.

	He looks pointedly at Worf.

					TROI
			Why don't you go with him, Worf...
			We'll do what we can here.

	Worf nods and moves off with the Conductor. Troi and
	Data confer.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FOUR     46.

58   CONTINUED: (2)

					HAYSEED
				(concerned)
			'Scuse me... are we goin' to get
			there okay?

	Troi approaches and sits with him. In her most
	comforting manner --

					TROI
			Of course we are. Don't worry
			about a thing.
				(beat)
			Now... I want you to tell me
			everything you know about
			Vertiform City.

					HAYSEED
			Well... they got a restaurant
			there... where you can eat all
			you want, any time... it's the
			best food around...

									CUT TO:

59   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - ENGINE ROOM

	There is a coal-fired BOILER and a CONTROL BOX with
	several gears and levers. The Conductor hands Worf a
	shovel and opens the boiler door. He gestures off-camera.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT FOUR     47.

59   CONTINUED:

					CONDUCTOR
			Well, there's the coal and there's
			the boiler.
				(beat)
			Sure obliged for your help.

	Worf takes the shovel from him, dips into the off-camera
	pile of coal, and begins shoveling it into the
	boiler.

					CONDUCTOR
				(continuing)
			Well done, sir. I think this will
			make a difference, all right...

	Worf keeps shoveling.

60   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker. Riker is studying his chair console.

					RIKER
				(off console)
			I don't know how or why, sir...
			but power's almost back to normal
			levels... life support systems
			coming on line on all decks.

					PICARD
			What's our heading?

					RIKER
			It looks like we're on course
			for... Tambor Beta-six. It's a
			white dwarf star...

	They exchange a puzzled look...

									CUT TO:

61   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - ENGINE ROOM - THE FURNACE

	The train is ROARING along faster than ever. Worf is
	shoveling coal into the boiler; the Conductor acts as
	cheerleader.

					CONDUCTOR
			That's the way... keep it
			steady... put your back into it!

	Worf begins to shovel faster...

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT FOUR         48.

62   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it nears a WHITE STAR, a BEAM shoots forth from the
	ship into the star.

63   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker reacts to his console.

					RIKER
			The ship is using a modified
			tractor beam to collect vertion
			particles from the star.

					PICARD
				(to Picard)
			Vertion particles... "Vertiform"
			City. This is what the ship was
			looking for...

	The ship suddenly SHAKES.

					RIKER
				(off console)
			Sir, the particles are being
			routed through the transporter
			system -- and into Cargo Bay Five.

	Riker and Picard exchange a look.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Geordi... what's going on?

									INTERCUT:

64   INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and his team are standing near the object,
	scanning it with their tricorders. The object is
	beginning to GLOW BRIGHTLY FROM WITHIN. It is now much
	larger than before and clearly resembles the strange
	molecule we've seen before...

					GEORDI
				(off tricorder, to com)
			The object's absorbing vertion
			particles, sir... and it's growing
			even faster than before.
				(beat; amazed)
			Sir... I'm picking up internal
			energy emissions from this
			thing...

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FOUR         49.

64   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			What do you mean?

					GEORDI
			It's beginning to generate its own
			energy...

	Riker and Picard react.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Can you be more specific?

					GEORDI
			I'm picking up coherent
			emissions... matter conversion...
			it's incredible...

	Suddenly, the glow DIMS, begins to FADE... Geordi
	looks at his tricorder in alarm.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Wait, something's wrong... we've
			got power fluctuations... the
			vertion absorption rate is
			dropping...
				(beat)
			What's happening to the particle
			beam?

	Riker checks his console.

					RIKER
			The beam's exhausted the supply of
			particles in the star... there's
			nothing left to take out.

					GEORDI
			Captain -- the object's energy
			output is decreasing...

65   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - ENGINE ROOM

	The Conductor's checking the boiler, panicking...

					CONDUCTOR
			Something's wrong...

					WORF
			What is it... ?

	The Conductor stares frantically out the windows...

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FOUR        49A.

65   CONTINUED:

					CONDUCTOR
				(distraught)
			This was supposed to be
			"Vertiform" City...

66   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The particle beam BREAKS UP completely and
	DISAPPEARS...

            STAR TREK: "Emergence" - 02/17/94 - ACT FOUR            50.

67   INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	The GLOW from the object FADES and DARKENS. The nearly
	finished "molecule" now appears inert...

68   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN -ENGINE ROOM

	The Conductor moves to the controls, grabs a lever.

					CONDUCTOR
			We've been on the wrong track all
			along!

	He pulls the lever back hard.

69   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR

	With an awful SCREECH OF THE TRACKS, the train lurches
	from side to side -- Troi, Data and the other
	passengers are thrown about in the terrible grinding,
	CRASH. The train has DERAILED. Everything goes
	black...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FIVE         51.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

70   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (STOCK OPTICAL)

	hanging in space at an extreme angle -- as if
	"derailed" itself.

71   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR

	It's a smoking wreck inside, and the train has come to
	a complete stop. Data and Troi struggle to their feet --
	Troi is battered and bruised but okay. As they try to
	get their bearings, Worf ENTERS from the forward door.

					WORF
			Are you all right?

					TROI
			Yes... what happened?

					WORF
			The Conductor accidently derailed
			the train.

					DATA
				(taps combadge)
			Data to Captain Picard...

72   INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Riker have joined Geordi in the Cargo Bay.
	Geordi is running his tricorder over the now DIMLY-FLICKERING
	Object.

					PICARD
				(to Com)
			Picard here.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			We have had an accident in the
			Holodeck. Has anything happened
			to the Enterprise?

					PICARD
			Yes -- a ship-wide shutdown.
			We've lost attitude control and
			most systems are off-line.

					GEORDI (O.S.)
			Captain, I think you better take
			a look at this...

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FIVE         52.

72   CONTINUED:

	Picard turns to Geordi.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			When the particle beam cut off,
			the object was beginning to form
			a coherent energy matrix...

	Picard and Riker react.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			... and if these readings are
			accurate, I'd say the emission
			patterns were almost... organic.

					PICARD
			Are you suggesting that the
			Enterprise has been attempting to
			create... a lifeform?

					GEORDI
			I think so...

	A stunned beat. Picard stares at the object with a
	curious wonder.

					PICARD
			Will it... survive?

					GEORDI
				(off tricorder)
			Its energy levels are dropping
			rapidly... Unless it gets an
			infusion of vertion particles
			pretty soon... I don't think so.

	A grim beat.

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FIVE         53.

72   CONTINUED: (2)

	Suddenly, the ship LURCHES forward. Geordi checks a
	nearby console.

					GEORDI
			Captain, our systems are back on
			line... we're moving again -- at
			warp nine.

	Reactions. Picard heads for the door.

					PICARD
			Let's get back to the Bridge.

73
thru	OMITTED
75

76   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR

	Troi, Data, and Worf look around in amazement: the room
	has returned to normal. All of the passengers are
	there (except the Conductor, the Hitman, and the
	Engineer), and everyone seems happy as the train speeds
	along.

	Troi moves to the Hayseed.

					HAYSEED
			Whew... that was a close one,
			wasn't it?

					TROI
			Where are we going now?

					HAYSEED
			"New Vertiform City," of course.

	Troi and Data exchange a look.

					DATA
				(taps combadge)
			Data to Captain...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard here.

					DATA
				(to com)
			The train has returned to normal,
			sir...

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FIVE         54.

77   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker are in their command positions; Geordi
	is studying the Aft Science console in the background.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			... and our destination is "New
			Vertiform City."

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			What's our course?

					RIKER
				(checks his console)
			We're heading for the Cordannas
			system.

					PICARD
			Another white dwarf star?

					RIKER
			Yes. It's the closest one to our
			last position...

	A beat. Geordi steps away from his console.

					GEORDI
			Captain, we've got a problem...

	Picard and Riker turn to face him.

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT FIVE         55.

77   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Even at warp nine, the Cordannas
			system is over twelve hours from
			here...

					PICARD
			Will the object in the cargo bay
			survive that long?

					GEORDI
			I think it will, sir, but that's
			not the problem...
				(beat)
			The ship's diverted all of our
			systems to maximize propulsion --
			including life support.
				(beat)
			We've got less than two hours of
			reserve oxygen.

	Picard takes in the news. His mind is racing, trying
	to find a way out of this dilemma.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Mister Data, we have to stop the
			Enterprise. That means you have
			to get control of that train.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Understood, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			The ship is looking for vertion
			particles... and it believes that
			the Cordannas system is the
			closest source...
				(beat)
			Is there another source --
			something closer?

					GEORDI
			White dwarf stars are the only
			natural source, sir.

					PICARD
			Then what about artificial
			sources? Is there any way to
			create them?

	OFF Geordi's intrigued expression...

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FIVE         56.

78   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR

	The three confer.

					DATA
			How did the Conductor stop the
			train?

					WORF
			There is a braking lever in the
			engine room.

					TROI
			Let's go...

	They turn to head to the front of the car... and stop
	dead in their tracks.

79   THE FRONT DOOR

	is blocked by all the characters we've seen on the
	train (except the Conductor, the Engineer, and the
	Hitman): the Knight, the Gunslinger, the Flappers, the
	Man in the Grey Flannel Suit, and the Hayseed. They
	have the look of a surly mob...

					HAYSEED
			Sorry, folks. But you ain't goin'
			nowhere.

80   INT. BRIDGE - AFT SCIENCE

	The monitor is displaying a STAR MAP as Geordi works
	the console. Picard and Riker stand nearby, watching.

					GEORDI
			I've narrowed the search to the
			MacPherson Nebula, which is a
			supernova remnant... or Dikonalpha,
			a class-nine pulsar...

	Geordi indicates the star map.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			They're both fairly close to our
			current flight path... and either
			one might produce vertion
			particles if we detonated a
			modified photon torpedo inside it.

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT FIVE        56A.

80   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Vertions usually occur in
			miniscule amounts. Do you think
			either of these phenomena can
			produce enough of them?

					GEORDI
			That's hard to say. I can't even
			guarantee that we can create them
			at all.

					PICARD
			Well, we have to give it a try.
			The nebula or the pulsar? It's
			your choice, Mister La Forge.

	A beat -- Geordi knows how much is riding on this.

					GEORDI
			I think we should go for the
			nebula.

					PICARD
			Very well. Begin the torpedo
			modifications.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			Now let's hope we can get the ship
			to go where we want it to.

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FIVE         57.

81   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR

	Troi, Data, and Worf with the group on the train. Troi
	is trying to communicate with the Hayseed.

					TROI
			Please listen to me. We
			understand what's happening. We
			know you must get to New Vertiform
			City.
				(beat)
			And we want to help you get there.

	The Hayseed listens, but seems helplessly confused.

					HAYSEED
			I dunno...

					TROI
			Please. We're your friends.

	The Hayseed looks around at the others. They all seem
	uncertain, not knowing what to do.

					HAYSEED
			Well... you're really gonna help
			get us to New Vertiform City?

					TROI
			Yes. I promise.

	The Hayseed hesitates, struggling with this decision.
	Finally --

					HAYSEED
			Okay. But just one of you. The
			rest stay here.

	That's enough for Data. He's out the door.

82   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - ENGINE ROOM

	Data ENTERS to see the Conductor and the Hitman
	standing in front of the brake lever and control box.
	The Hitman has drawn his gun. The boiler is burning
	brightly behind them.

					CONDUCTOR
			All right, that's far enough.

	Data stops.

					HITMAN
			Sorry to spoil your party, pal...
			it's nothing personal.

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FIVE         58.

82   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I can get us there more quickly.
			I know a shorter route.

					HITMAN
			Don't listen to him -- he's up to
			somethin'.

					CONDUCTOR
			A shorter route... ?

					DATA
			Yes. If you will let me handle
			the controls.

					HITMAN
			Don't do it!

					CONDUCTOR
			We're behind schedule now... if he
			could get us there on time...

	The Conductor stares at Data, a moment of decision.
	Then he gestures toward the controls.

					CONDUCTOR
			Go on. But no funny stuff.

	Data taps his combadge.

					DATA
				(to com)
			Data to Captain Picard...

									INTERCUT:

83   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker at command; Geordi at Aft Science.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I have taken control of the engine
			room.

					PICARD
			Stand by.
				(to Geordi)
			Are we within sensor range of the
			nebula?

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir.

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FIVE        58A.

83   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Mister Data, try to slow us to
			impulse speed.

					DATA
			I will attempt to do so.

	As Data puts a hand on the controls the Conductor takes
	a step forward.

					CONDUCTOR
			I sure hope you know what you're
			doing...

	Data slowly pulls back the brake lever...

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT FIVE         59.

84   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	drops out of warp. A NEBULA is visible in the
	distance.

85   INT. BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Are the torpedo modifications
			complete?

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Launch torpedo.

	Geordi works the controls, and we hear the SOUND of the
	torpedo launch.

86   EXT. SPACE - THE TORPEDO (STOCK OPTICAL)

	blasts into the Nebula... a short beat later, the
	Nebula explodes into a dazzling, shimmering GLOW.

87   INT. BRIDGE

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			It's working, sir... the
			reaction's producing vertion
			particles...

	Reactions.

88   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - ENGINE ROOM

	Both the Conductor and the Hitman are looking curiously
	out the window as Data watches them carefully.

					CONDUCTOR
				(scratches his head)
			Well, what do you know... we're
			here...

					HITMAN
			New Vertiform City...

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FIVE         60.

88   CONTINUED:

	The Conductor shrugs. He smiles and steps up to the
	control box and sounds the STEAM WHISTLE.

									CUT TO:

89   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	A particle BEAM from the ship is tapping into the
	glowing NEBULA.

90   INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Beverly, and Geordi are watching the Object --
	it's almost fully formed now, and is GLOWING with a
	strong, powerful radiance. As they look at the forming
	Object in wonder, Riker ENTERS and moves to Picard.

					RIKER
			The nodes are deactivating all
			over the ship. Our systems are
			beginning to function normally
			again.

					PICARD
			Then the purpose of the ship's
			intelligence... was simply to
			bring that life form into being...

					BEVERLY
			There are entire species whose
			sole purpose in life is to
			reproduce. And when they finally
			procreate... they die.

	As they share the moment...

					GEORDI
			Captain, look...

	The Object is now complete. It RISES off the floor and
	begins to SPARKLE with a transporter-like effect.

	Our people get one final, glimpse of the fully-formed
	structure... weird, alien, beautiful... before the
	Object DEMATERIALIZES...

91   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	and REMATERIALIZES outside the ship. Then the Object
	moves gently away and disappears into space.

									CUT TO:

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FIVE         61.

92   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR (OPTICAL)

	All the characters we've seen are in the car, champagne
	glasses in hand, raised for a toast. Troi, Data and
	Worf have joined them.

					CONDUCTOR
			Cheers.

	As glasses touch -- the scene disappears.

93   INT. HOLODECK

	Worf, Troi and Data are standing in an empty Holodeck.
	OFF their expressions...

94   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at impulse across a field of stars.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, supplemental. The
			Enterprise is back under our
			control. All traces of the
			emergent intelligence are gone...
			and the object it created has
			disappeared into space...

95   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is working at his computer when the door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	The DOOR OPENS and Data ENTERS.

					DATA
			Captain, I am staging a scene from
			The Tempest this evening for a
			small audience. I would like you
			to attend.

	Picard stands from the desk.

					PICARD
			I'd be honored. Which scene?

					DATA
			Miranda's first encounter with
			other human beings.

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT FIVE         62.

95   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(smiles)
			"Oh brave new world that has such
			people in it."

					DATA
			It seemed appropriate.

	Data pauses a beat.

					DATA
			Captain. You took a significant
			risk in allowing the Enterprise to
			complete its... task.

					PICARD
			Why do you say that?

					DATA
			Because the end product was
			unknown. The object could have
			been dangerous. It may in fact,
			be dangerous...

					PICARD
			And I've allowed it to go off on
			its merry way.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	Picard considers for a moment.

					PICARD
			The intelligence that formed on
			the Enterprise... it didn't just
			come out of the ship's systems --
			it came out of us. Our mission
			records, our personal logs, even
			our Holodeck programs -- our
			fantasies.

	Picard steps over to the window and stares out.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			If our experiences with the
			Enterprise have been honorable...

	He turns back to Data.

61:[4,#b]
          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT FIVE         63.

95   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Then can't we trust the sum of
			those experiences to be the same?

	Data reflects for a moment, then nods, turns and leaves
	the Ready Room. Picard glances again out the window,
	sits back down at his computer and gets back to work...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             











                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                      "Preemptive Strike" 
                    (fka "The Good Fight") 
                          #40277-276 
                              
                           Story by 
                         Naren Shankar 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Rene Echevarria 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Patrick Stewart 


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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                        MARCH 1, 1994

       STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - 03/01/94 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Preemptive Strike" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD                  ENSIGN RO
                RIKER                   KALITA
                DATA                    MACIAS
                BEVERLY                 NECHAYEV
                TROI                    GUL EVEK
                WORF                    SANTOS
                GEORDI             
                COMPUTER VOICE     
                Non-Speaking            Non-Speaking
                  N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES     N.D SETTLERS

       STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - 03/01/94 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Preemptive Strike" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              TEN FORWARD              MAQUIS SETTLEMENT
              SICKBAY
              READY ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              RO'S QUARTERS
          
              ALIEN BAR
          
              MAQUIS SETTLEMENT
                MEETING ROOM
          
              RO'S MAQUIS SHIP
              SANTOS' MAQUIS SHIP

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike... " - 03/01/94 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                      "Preemptive Strike"
                           
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 FORAIGA           four-AYE-guh
                 JUHRYAN           juh-RYE-uhn
                 BULARIAN          bull-AIR-ee-un
                 RONARA            ruh-NAH-ruh
                 JAROS             JAW-rohs
                 HASPERAT          HAS-per-uht
                 TOPIN             TOE-pin
                 HUGORA            hugh-GO-ruh
                 BELAKLAVION       bell-uh-KLAV-ee-on
                 KLAVION           KLAV-ee-on

   STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - TEASER   1.

                STAR TREK: The Next Generation                  
                     "Preemptive Strike"                           
                            TEASER                              

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it travels at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 47941.7.
			The Enterprise is en route to a
			briefing on the situation in the
			Demilitarized Zone along the
			Cardassian border. Meanwhile, we
			are celebrating the return of an
			old friend.

2    INT. TEN FORWARD

	where a reception is in progress for RO LAREN --
	there's a buffet table, drinks, and some quiet music in
	the background.

	Everyone's excited about seeing Ro, and when she
	ENTERS, she is approached by TROI, BEVERLY and GEORDI.
	She's not entirely comfortable about the fuss that's
	being made over her.

					BEVERLY
			Welcome home.

					RO
			Thanks. It's good to be back.

	Troi gestures to Ro's new collar pip.

					TROI
			Congratulations on your promotion --
			Lieutenant.

	And Ro returns the gesture --

					RO
			Same to you -- Commander.

					TROI
			Thank you.

					GEORDI
				(teasing)
			I hear Advanced Tactical Training
			is a real picnic...

   STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - TEASER   2.

2    CONTINUED:

	Geordi is obviously teasing her in order to give her
	the chance to tell them something about what she's been
	up to, but Ro just smiles wryly at his comment.

					RO
			Right...

	There's a slight lull in the conversation.

					BEVERLY
			Did you see the buffet?

					TROI
			Yes, that's real Bajoran foraiga.

					GEORDI
			It wasn't easy to find.

					RO
			You shouldn't have gone to all
			this trouble...

	The others wave her comment off.

3    ON PICARD

	Ro sees him walking out of Ten Forward -- the one
	person she might have wanted to spend time with.

4    RESUME SCENE

	Where the conversation is at a bit of a standstill.

					TROI
			Where are your new quarters?

					RO
			Deck eight, section four.

	Again, Ro doesn't take the conversational opportunity --
	she's just not good at these sorts of gatherings.

					BEVERLY
			What do you plan to --

	Suddenly Picard's COM VOICE interrupts.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to Lieutenant Ro.

   STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - TEASER   3.

4    CONTINUED:

					RO
				(hits combadge)
			Go ahead, sir.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Please report to the Bridge.

					RO
			Yes, sir.
				(to the others)
			Excuse me.

	We follow Ro as she crosses to the door, and EXITS to --

5    INT. CORRIDOR

	where she's surprised to find Picard standing there
	waiting for her with a faint smile on his face.

					RO
			Captain...

					PICARD
			You seemed a bit overwhelmed by
			all the attention... I thought you
			could use a break.

	She smiles when he realizes that he pulled her away as
	a favor.

					RO
			To tell you the truth, I could...
			I want to see everyone, but I
			think I'd rather do it one at a
			time.

	Picard acknowledges that he understands. It's obvious
	that they're both very happy to see each other.

					PICARD
			You're looking fit, Lieutenant.
			Tactical Training must have agreed
			with you.

					RO
			You know me -- I enjoy a
			challenge.

					PICARD
			That school is more than a
			challenge. Half the class washes
			out every year.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - TEASER   4.

5    CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			Somehow I knew you wouldn't be one
			of those.

					RO
			I want you to know I appreciate
			your recommending me.
				(beat)
			If it weren't for you, sir -- my
			life would be a much different one
			right now.

	Picard smiles at her. He has an almost paternal
	feeling about this young renegade.

	Suddenly RIKER'S COM VOICE interrupts.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
				(urgent)
			Bridge to Captain --

					PICARD
				(hits combadge)
			Go ahead.

6    INT. BRIDGE

	where Riker has the Bridge. N.D.s as needed.

					RIKER
			We're receiving a distress signal
			from a Cardassian ship near the
			Demilitarized Zone.

7    INT. CORRIDOR

					PICARD
			Change course to intercept -- I'm
			on my way.
				(to Ro)
			I'd like you at the Conn,
			Lieutenant.

	They head off down the corridor.

8    INT. BRIDGE

	as Picard and Ro ENTER from the Turbolift and take
	their positions. We're at red alert. WORF is at
	Tactical, DATA at Ops.

   STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - TEASER   5.

8    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Report.

					RIKER
			The Cardassian ship relayed a
			distress signal but it was cut off
			before they could tell us what was
			wrong.

					RO
			I've got the ship on long-range
			sensors.
				(beat)
			It appears to be under attack --
			by several small ships.

					PICARD
			Can you identify them?

					RO
			No, sir. They aren't transmitting
			identification codes.

					DATA
			I will scan their warp signatures.

	A beat as Data works...

					DATA
			Sir, sensors indicate that the
			attacking vessels are Federation
			ships.

	Off this moment --

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT ONE  6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

9    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it hurtles by at impulse.

10   INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

					RO
			We're coming into visual range.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	On the VIEWSCREEN we see a Cardassian ship being
	strafed by several smaller MAQUIS SHIPS -- Picard and
	Riker react to their appearance.

					RIKER
			Those are Federation ships.

					PICARD
			Isolate one and magnify.

	On the Viewscreen we see one of the Maquis ships closer
	up -- it does not have Starfleet markings, or markings
	of any kind. Picard recognizes it anyway.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			The Maquis...
				(beat, grim)
			Open a channel.

	Worf works his console, indicates a channel is open.

					PICARD
			To all Maquis ships -- call off
			your attack or we will be forced
			to engage you.

	After a moment --

					WORF
			No response.

	Picard is not happy about this.

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT ONE  6A.

10   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You are Federation citizens. Your
			actions are in violation of our
			treaty with the Cardassians. Call
			off your attack.

	Again, no response. Picard is left with no other
	choice.

					PICARD
			Are we in firing range?

					WORF
			Not yet, sir.

					PICARD
			Arm phasers and photon torpedoes
			and stand by.

					RIKER
			I never thought we'd be firing on
			our own people to protect a
			Cardassian ship...

					DATA
			The Maquis ships are regrouping...
			they are closing in on the
			Cardassian vessel.

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT ONE  7.

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(off console)
			The Cardassian's shields are down
			to thirty percent.

					RIKER
			They may not be able to withstand
			another hit.

					WORF
			Sir, we are within weapons range.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, can you detonate a
			torpedo spread between the Maquis
			ships and the Cardassians?

					WORF
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Do it.

	Worf works his console and hears the SOUND of the
	torpedoes firing --

11   EXT. SPACE - STOCK SHOT (OPTICAL)

	as the torpedoes shoot out from the ship's hull.

12   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	Two Maquis ships are in frame, flying in formation.
	Suddenly a photon burst dead ahead causes them to veer
	sharply away and scatter.

13   INT. BRIDGE

					WORF
			The Maquis are breaking formation --
			they are withdrawing.

	Picard and Riker share a look of relief.

					PICARD
			Signal the Cardassians that we're
			standing by to assist them if they
			have any wounded.

	OFF this moment...

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT ONE  8.

14   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	near the Cardassian ship.

15   INT. SICKBAY

	where Beverly is treating GUL EVEK, last seen in
	"Journey's End."

	Several other N.D. CARDASSIANS are being treated by
	N.D. Starfleet Personnel in the background, and Evek
	keeps looking around to make sure they're all right,
	making Beverly's task that much tougher.

					GUL EVEK
			Do your people have experience
			treating Cardassians?

					BEVERLY
			Yes. Now please, sit still.

	Evek lets out a frustrated breath. Picard ENTERS and
	approaches. Beverly moves off to treat someone else.

					PICARD
			Gul Evek. I'm sorry we weren't
			able to come to your aid sooner.

	Gul Evek's response is far from grateful --

					GUL EVEK
			I suppose we're lucky you came at
			all... lately Starfleet seems to
			look the other way when the Maquis
			attack.

					PICARD
			I assure you that's not the case.
			We're doing everything we can to
			control them.

					GUL EVEK
				(with cold irony)
			The fact that they attacked my
			ship suggests your efforts have
			met with limited success.

	He fixes Picard with a look.

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT ONE  9.

15   CONTINUED:

					GUL EVEK
			The Maquis came at us with photon
			torpedoes and type eight phasers --
			tell me, Captain, how do you
			suppose a group of civilians
			acquired that kind of weaponry?

					PICARD
			It was certainly not through
			official channels.

					GUL EVEK
			You don't think the fact that some
			of the Maquis are former Starfleet
			officers has anything to do with
			it?

	Picard's had just about enough of Gul Evek's
	accusations.

					PICARD
			Starfleet does not condone the
			Maquis' actions in the
			Demilitarized Zone.
				(beat)
			Any more than your government
			condones paramilitary actions by
			Cardassian civilians.

					GUL EVEK
			We have taken measures to deal
			with our colonists who have armed
			themselves.

	Picard throws Evek's words back at him --

					PICARD
			Considering that they destroyed a
			Juhryan freighter less than a week
			ago, I'd say your efforts have met
			with limited success.

	Evek leans in to Picard --

					GUL EVEK
			Give our military the right to
			operate in the Zone for one week,
			and we'll put a stop to
			paramilitary activity once and for
			all.

					PICARD
			What you're proposing would only
			perpetuate the cycle of violence.

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT ONE  10.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					GUL EVEK
			Captain, if the Maquis aren't
			stopped, this situation is going
			to escalate to the point where the
			Cardassian military will have no
			choice but to take matters into
			its own hands.

	Off Picard's face as Gul Evek's threat sinks in...

16   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	cruising near Admiral Nechayev's ship.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, supplemental. Gul
			Evek and his crew have left the
			Enterprise, and we have proceeded
			to our rendezvous with Admiral
			Nechayev.

17   INT. READY ROOM

	as Picard and NECHAYEV ENTER. Nechayev looks around,
	as though searching for something.

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT ONE  11.

17   CONTINUED:

					NECHAYEV
			No Bularian canapes this time,
			Captain?

	Picard smiles.

					PICARD
			Twice seemed to be pushing it a
			little...

					NECHAYEV
			It's just as well.
				(conspiratorial)
			They're extremely fattening.

	Picard gestures her to a seat.

					PICARD
			You missed Gul Evek by a matter of
			hours. I asked him to stay -- I
			thought perhaps an admiral's
			assurances would convince him that
			we are trying to deal with the
			Maquis situation.

					NECHAYEV
				(annoyed)
			Evek manages to make the
			Cardassians sound like helpless
			sheep being preyed on by
			Federation wolves. The truth is,
			we caught the Cardassian
			government supplying its colonies
			in the Demilitarized Zone with
			weapons.

					PICARD
				(for what it's worth)
			Gul Evek assures me that practice
			has stopped.

					NECHAYEV
			Ah. How comforting.

	Nechayev seems a little more stressed than usual.
	Picard stares closely at her.

					PICARD
			Admiral... this Maquis situation
			has you worried...

	Nechayev gives him a look. The general thawing between
	them allows her to be more vulnerable with him.

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT ONE  12.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					NECHAYEV
			It's a mess... and it just keeps
			getting worse. I never imagined
			I'd have to worry about Federation
			citizens doing violence to others.

					PICARD
			Frankly, I can understand why our
			colonists have taken up arms --
			Starfleet isn't there to protect
			them anymore.

					NECHAYEV
			Believe me, Captain, if I were
			living that close to the
			Cardassians I'd keep a phaser
			under my pillow, too.

	This is a rare moment of candor from her -- another
	sign of improvement in their relationship.

					NECHAYEV
				(continuing)
			But in the last few weeks we've
			seen signs that the Maquis are
			moving beyond self-defense. Their
			ranks are growing... they've
			acquired ships, weapons... they
			seem to be preparing for a more
			aggressive military posture.

	Nechayev takes a breath... shakes her head at the sorry
	situation.

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT ONE  13.

17   CONTINUED: (3)

					NECHAYEV
				(continuing)
			We have to put a stop to them...
			before the entire Demilitarized
			Zone ignites.
				(beat)
			But before we can stop them -- we
			have to find them. They seem to
			be scattered in small cells around
			the Zone. And we don't have
			reliable intelligence about any of
			them.

					PICARD
			Perhaps you need an undercover
			operative.

					NECHAYEV
			Our thinking exactly. We intend
			to infiltrate their organization.
				(beat)
			And the person we want to do it is
			aboard your ship right now.

	Off Picard's questioning look...

									CUT TO:

18   INT. RO'S QUARTERS

	where Picard has just told her Nechayev's plan.

					RO
			Starfleet wants me to infiltrate
			the Maquis?

					PICARD
			Because of your recent training...
			because you're Bajoran... and
			because of your past troubles with
			Starfleet -- you'll have a certain
			credibility.

	Ironically, Picard interrupted Ro while she was
	unpacking her belongings. These are the smaller,
	windowless quarters.

					RO
			Well, that's certainly true.

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT ONE  14.

18   CONTINUED:

	She continues unpacking, perturbed, not thrilled by
	this idea. Picard watches her carefully, understanding
	her conflicting emotions.

					RO
				(continuing)
			And just when would this mission
			begin?

					PICARD
			Immediately.

	Ro shoots him a glance.

					RO
			I see.

	She pulls things out of her bag, smoothing and
	refolding, using the activity to quiet her mind.

					RO
				(continuing)
			I've spent the better part of my
			life fighting the Cardassians...
			I never thought I'd be helping
			them out.

					PICARD
			This is a rare case where our
			interests coincide with theirs --
			we both want peace in the
			Demilitarized Zone.

	Ro stares down at the articles of clothing in her hand.
	Solemnly --

					RO
			I've heard a lot about the Maquis.
				(beat)
			One of my instructors in Tactical
			Training... a Lieutenant Commander
			in Starfleet -- a man I admired
			and respectded... was sympathetic
			to them. He resigned and left to
			join them.

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT ONE  15.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			We're all sympathetic, Lieutenant.
			Our civilian population in the
			Demilitarized Zone is in a
			difficult situation.
				(beat)
			But sympathy ends at a certain
			point. The peace treaty isn't
			just a piece of paper. If the
			Maquis force us into a war with
			Cardassia, it could mean hundreds
			of thousands of lives.

	Ro nods an acknowledgement; she understands what's at
	stake.

					PICARD
			Laren, two years ago, Starfleet
			would never have tapped you for
			this mission. They must have a
			lot of confidence in you now.

	She turns to him, the man who's done so much for her,
	always believed in her.

					RO
			The way I see it... there's at
			least one good reason to take this
			mission, sir.
				(beat)
			That's to validate your faith in
			me.

	Picard and she share a smile as they think of
	everything they've been through together... Off this
	moment we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT TWO  16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

19   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	a shot of a planet from space.

20   INT. ALIEN BAR (OPTICAL)

	A seedy joint on some planet in the Demilitarized Zone.
	Its patrons are a motley mix -- humans, Bajorans, and
	a few Aliens.

	The door OPENS and Ro ENTERS -- she's dressed in wornlooking
	civilian clothes. She casts a nervous look
	around, then moves toward the back of the bar -- we
	immediately get the feeling she's in trouble, trying to
	hide from someone.

	Several patrons take note of Ro's entrance -- including
	a HUMAN MALE at the bar, SANTOS. This is the kind of
	place where no one asks questions, so Ro is left alone.
	She sits on a bench against the back wall of the bar,
	near a HUMANOID who casts a baleful glance at her and
	then returns to his drink. Nearby, a male alien is
	being entertained by an alien prostitute -- they're
	kissing and laughing quietly to themselves.

	Suddenly the door bursts OPEN and Worf and Data ENTER
	with an urgent step -- they're looking for someone.

	Ro immediately slides over to the HUMANOID and sits on
	his lap, her back to Worf and Data -- his eyes go wide
	but before he can say anything she starts kissing him,
	pretending to be a prostitute. He doesn't resist.

	All eyes are on Worf and Data, who quickly reconnoiter
	the area -- nothing here, just some alien schlubs and
	a couple of hookers in the back corner.

					WORF
			We are looking for a Bajoran
			woman, dark hair.

	They are met with blank stares -- no one wants to get
	involved.

					DATA
			She is responsible for the death
			of a Cardassian soldier.

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT TWO  17.

20   CONTINUED:

	Again, no one volunteers anything. The human at the
	bar, Santos, glances back at Ro -- he's definitely
	putting it together. Worf glares at the bartender.

					WORF
			If we learn that she has been
			here, this establishment will be
			closed down.

	Santos steps forward.

					SANTOS
			You say she had dark hair?

					WORF
			Yes.

	There's beat in which we think he's going to give her
	up.

					SANTOS
			She was here... you just missed
			her.

					DATA
			Do you know where she went?

					SANTOS
			No.

	Worf and Data exchange a glance, and then move toward
	the door. Worf casts a last scowl at the patrons, then
	they EXIT. Ro immediately extricates herself from the
	humanoid --

					RO
			Nice meeting you --

	He's disappointed to lose her, but Ro is already up and
	away before he can protest. She turns to Santos.

					RO
				(continuing)
			Thanks.

	With that, she crosses to the bar and orders. Santos
	watches her for a beat, then follows.

					SANTOS
			Did you kill that Cardassian?

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT TWO  18.

20   CONTINUED: (2)

	Ro studies his face before replying. She knows he took
	a risk lying for her, but she can't be sure why he did
	it.

					RO
			Starfleet thinks I did. That's
			reason enough to hide.
				(beat)
			Why did you tell them I'd left?

	Now it's his turn to study her face. The bartender
	slides a drink in front of Ro.

					SANTOS
			There are worse things a person
			could do than kill a Cardassian
			soldier.

	They hold each other's gaze for a long moment.

					RO
			You don't often meet someone
			willing to say that out loud.

					SANTOS
			In the Zone, there are a lot of us
			who feel that way.

	She raises her glass slightly.

					RO
			I'd like to meet people like that.

	Santos studies her face for a long beat. Ro takes a
	sip of her drink, when she turns to look at him again
	she sees that he's carrying a small PHASER. She
	reacts, but it's too late -- he FIRES, stunning her and
	causing her to crumple in her seat. Off this moment...

21   INT. MEETING ROOM

	where Ro is unconscious, laid out on a bench.

	Santos is with two others, a woman named KALITA, and an
	older human male named MACIAS. Macias has a scar on
	his face; his eyes shine with intelligence and
	kindness. Kalita has a phaser.

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT TWO  19.

21   CONTINUED:

	All three of them are Maquis. Ro has been brought to
	a town in the DMZ where many of the settlers are Maquis
	or sympathizers. The room has a rough-hewn quality;
	this settlement is on the "frontier."

	Ro's eyes flutter open.

					MACIAS
			Don't be afraid. You're not in
			danger here.

	Ro sits up, touches her head to steady herself.

					SANTOS
			What's your name?

	Ro doesn't answer, partly because she doesn't know who
	these people are, partly because she's a little groggy.

					KALITA
			Did you kill that Cardassian
			soldier?

					RO
			Who are you?

					SANTOS
			The people who saved you from
			Starfleet.

	Ro looks around at them. She suspects these people are
	Maquis, but she must move cautiously.

					RO
			Thanks.
				(beat)
			But I'll be leaving now.

					KALITA
			Do you even know what planet
			you're on?

					RO
			Ronara Prime.

					SANTOS
			Not anymore.

	Ro reacts --

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT TWO  20.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

					RO
			Where am I then?

					KALITA
			We're not going to tell you that
			until we know more about you.

	Kalita's tone is colder than the others; she's more
	suspicious of Ro.

					RO
			Like what?

					SANTOS
			Did you kill that Cardassian?

					RO
			Yes.

					KALITA
			That's a risky thing to do in the
			Demilitarized Zone. You can end
			up being hunted by Starfleet and
			the Cardassians.

					RO
				(re: Santos)
			Then... why did he risk bringing
			me here?

	Kalita makes one thing clear.

					KALITA
			We're asking the questions. Who
			are you?

					RO
			My name is Ro Laren. I grew up in
			the Bajoran camps...

	Macias smiles his quiet smile.

					MACIAS
			That would explain why you have no
			love for Cardassians.

					RO
			I know what they're capable of.
			They tortured my father to
			death... and forced me to watch.

	Macias shakes his head in sympathy, but Santos and
	Kalita press on.

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT TWO  21.

21   CONTINUED: (3)

					SANTOS
			Where do you live now?

					RO
			Nowhere...
				(beat)
			I was a Starfleet officer. But I
			was court martialed and spent time
			in the stockade on Jaros Two. I'm
			not exactly what you'd call
			Starfleet material.

					SANTOS
			When were you on Jaros?

	Ro acts like she's losing patience.

					RO
			What difference does it make?

	Kalita snaps her back hard.

					KALITA
			We want to check your story. When
			were you there?

					RO
			Starfleet let me out about three
			years ago because I agreed to do
			some work for them... mostly
			having to do with Bajor. But I
			got tired of watching them placate
			the Cardassians and left.

					KALITA
			You resigned?

					RO
			Not officially.
				(wry)
			That's part of the reason they're
			looking for me.

					SANTOS
			What were you doing on Ronara?

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT TWO  22.

21   CONTINUED: (4)

					RO
			Look, I've answered enough of your
			questions -- I'd like to know who
			you people are.

	Macias decides to give her an answer.

					MACIAS
			Let's just say... we sympathize
			with those who oppose Cardassia.

	Ro stares at the group for a long moment. Then --

					RO
			Are you Maquis?

	A small silence. No one gives away a thing.

					MACIAS
			What if we were... ?

	Ro faces him squarely.

					RO
			If you were... then I would ask if
			I could join you and help you
			fight.

	Macias glances over at Santos with a questioning look,
	and Santos nods a yes. Macias turns back to Ro.

					MACIAS
			We will check your story.

	Kalita hesitates, but Macias fixes a firm gaze on her.

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT TWO  23.

21   CONTINUED: (5)

					MACIAS
			Go ahead. I'll keep an eye on
			her.

	Kalita hands Macias her phaser, and she and Santos
	EXIT... After a moment, he sets the phaser down as if
	unconcerned about Ro, and starts to rub his legs.

					MACIAS
				(continuing)
			My circulation isn't what it used
			to be...

	He looks at her for a beat.

					MACIAS
				(continuing)
			Come... let's stretch our legs.

	He heads for the door, and Ro follows...

22   EXT. MAQUIS SETTLEMENT - NIGHT

	as Ro and Macias walk through the central square.
	Again, this is a "frontier town" -- it has a rough-hewn
	quality, although there is evidence of Federation
	technology.

	Various N.D. SETTLERS go about their business as Ro
	and Macias walk and talk.

					RO
			Aren't you taking a chance by
			letting me see all this? What if
			my story doesn't check out -- what
			if I'm not who I say I am?

					MACIAS
			Then we'll have a problem, won't
			we?

	It is a definite threat, but Macias' manner makes the
	statement less ominous.

					RO
			You are Maquis, aren't you?

					MACIAS
			Many people here are.

					RO
			Starfleet considers you outlaws.
			They're afraid you'll destroy the
			peace treaty.

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT TWO  24.

22   CONTINUED:

					MACIAS
			They don't understand the
			situation here in the Zone.

	Ro hears the anger in his voice.

					MACIAS
				(continuing)
			I lived on Juhraya... the colony
			suddenly found itself in
			Cardassian territory when the
			treaty was signed. Some of us
			chose to stay and take our
			chances.
				(beat)
			One night I was dragged from my
			bed and beaten. The authorities
			clucked their tongues and agreed
			it was an unfortunate incident...
			and did nothing.

	Ro shakes her head, disturbed.

					RO
			I'm not surprised. The
			Cardassians intend to make life so
			unpleasant for Federation citizens
			that they'll leave.

	Macias looks at her, gratified that she understands the
	situation so well.

					MACIAS
			Exactly. And no one seems to see
			that except the Maquis.

	There is a silence as they walk. Then--

					MACIAS
				(continuing)
			How old were you when your father
			was killed?

	Ro goes into a shutdown mode. This is something she
	still doesn't talk about easily.

					RO
			I'd rather not talk about it.

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT TWO  25.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

	Macias gives her a look, recognizes the denial, backs
	off. They have drawn near an outdoor cafe (or food
	vendor of some kind). Macias gestures.

					MACIAS
			Are you hungry? Would you like
			something?

					RO
			No. Thank you.

					MACIAS
				(to vendor)
			Hasperat.

	As the vendor prepares the burrito-like dish --

					RO
				(surprised)
			You like hasperat?

					MACIAS
			An old Bajoran friend of mine used
			to make it. Although his was much
			stronger.

	He takes a bite of the sandwich.

					MACIAS
			He died years ago... fighting the
			Cardassian occupation of Bajor...
			I miss his company... and his
			hasperat...

   STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT TWO 26-27.      

22   CONTINUED: (3)

					RO
			My father made the strongest
			hasperat you've ever tasted.
			Everything else seems mild by
			comparison.

					MACIAS
			Did he teach you how to make it?

					RO
			Yes. But I haven't tried it in
			years.

					MACIAS
				(beat)
			If you would make the brine for
			truly strong hasperat -- and I
			mean eye-watering, tongue-searing
			strong -- you would make an old
			man very happy.

	Ro smiles at him.

					RO
			I'd enjoy making it again.

	Behind them, Santos and Kalita ENTER the square from a
	building and start to approach them.

					SANTOS (O.S.)
			Macias...

	Macias and Ro turn around. Santos and Kalita move
	nearer.

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT TWO  28.

22   CONTINUED: (4)

					SANTOS
			I checked with my sources at
			Starfleet...
				(re: Ro)
			Her story's true.

	Macias turns to Ro and smiles.

					MACIAS
			I was sure it was.

	Ro is strangely touched by the trust this man has
	demonstrated in her, though she continues to guard
	those feelings well.

					MACIAS
				(continuing)
			Kalita -- she'll stay with you
			until we can find her a room.

	Kalita doesn't respond, but acquiesces. She turns and
	Ro follows her... but allows herself one quick glance
	back at Macias.

23
thru	OMITTED
24

25   EXT. MAQUIS SETTLEMENT - DAY

	Camera MOVES through the square as the citizens go
	about their business on a typical day. It's warm and
	sunny, and people seem to be in a good mood. Camera
	FINDS Ro sitting in the sun, a half-eaten hasperat roll
	at her side. Santos approaches her.

					SANTOS
			Why aren't you with the others?

	Ro looks up at him, surprised.

					RO
			Kalita told me to stay here -- she
			had things to do.

	Santos smiles knowingly. He realizes Kalita is trying
	to keep Ro away from the group.

					SANTOS
			You've been here a week and she
			still doesn't trust you.

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT TWO  29.

25   CONTINUED:

	Ro looks at him, puzzled.

					SANTOS
				(continuing)
			We're meeting to discuss
			strategy...

	Ro realizes Kalita was deliberately excluding her.

					RO
			So that's what she meant by
			"things to do." Kalita reminds
			me of someone I knew during the
			occupation... being a part of the
			resistance was the only thing he
			cared about. It was his identity.

	Santos smiles...

					SANTOS
			That does sound like Kalita...

					RO
			Don't get me wrong, I was glad to
			have him on my side... but he was
			hard to be around.
				(beat)
			Sometimes people would stay up
			late... telling stories -- you
			know, trying to forget about our
			troubles for a while. Kanore
			would come out of his tent in a
			huff and tell everyone to be quiet --
			that we should get some rest so
			we'd have "strength for our
			struggle."

					SANTOS
			What would people do?

					RO
				(smiles)
			We'd ignore him.

					SANTOS
			That sounds like the only way to
			handle a person like that...

	He shoots her a meaningful look.

					SANTOS
			I have to go... the meeting's
			about to start.

 STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT TWO 29A.

25   CONTINUED: (2)

	He starts to cross away. Ro considers what he said for
	a beat, then decides to follow. Santos sees her and
	waits, a small smile on his face... Off this moment...

26   INT. MEETING ROOM

	Macias, Kalita and several others are there, including
	a Native American. Santos and Ro ENTER.

					MACIAS
			Ah... there you are.

	As Ro and Santos take seats...

					KALITA
				(continuing)
			We've just heard a disturbing
			rumor.

					RO
			Another rumor?

	Kalita hears the skepticism in her tone.

					KALITA
			One that I think we should take
			seriously. A trader coming from
			Pendi Two said he could verify
			that the Cardassians are going to
			start supplying their colonists
			with bio-genic weapons.

	This gets Macias' attention.

					RO
			I thought every shipment coming
			into the Zone was searched...

					KALITA
				(scoffing at her
				 naivete)
			The Cardassians always seem to
			find a way to get around problems
			like that.

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT TWO  30.

26   CONTINUED:

					SANTOS
			We have to make a preemptive
			strike. Send a message to
			Cardassia that we won't sit still
			and let them kill us with toxins.

					MACIAS
			Agreed. But we can't mount a
			strike without medical supplies --
			and our stockpile is dangerously
			low.

					KALITA
				(concerned)
			If we put in a request for more,
			it'll draw suspicion.

	A moment as they ponder this grim situation. Ro
	hesitates, then --

					RO
			I can get medical supplies.

	They all turn to stare at her.

					RO
				(continuing)
			I served on the Enterprise. They
			keep extra med-kits on hand for
			relief missions.

	Santos almost finds this amusing.

					SANTOS
			You're wanted by Starfleet.
			They're not going to give you medkits
			just because you ask.

					RO
			I have no intention of asking. I
			intend to take them.

					KALITA
			How? The Enterprise is a
			fortress.

 STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 03/16/94 - ACT TWO 30A.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					RO
			I know how its security systems
			work. Give me a ship... I can do
			it.

					SANTOS
			It's madness...

					KALITA
			We can't trust her with something
			like this. We don't know anything
			about her.

	Macias holds Ro's eyes for a moment.

					MACIAS
			I know... that she can make very
			strong hasperat.

	Ro smiles at him.

					KALITA
			What?

					MACIAS
			We need medical supplies. I think
			we should let her try.

	A brief hesitation --

					KALITA
			All right. But I'm going with
			her.

	Macias glances at Ro.

					RO
			I could use an extra hand at the
			controls. And a witness.

	Macias nods, and Ro and Kalita hold a look, both
	defiant and unyielding.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

 STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT THREE 31.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

27   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	a Maquis ship traveling at impulse.

27A  INT. RO'S MAQUIS SHIP

	where we find Kalita sitting in the cockpit -- the ship
	is on auto-pilot. Ro is working on a PANEL in the rear
	of the ship. There's a heavy silence between them --
	Kalita is not only suspicious of Ro, she's skeptical
	that she can do what she promised. After a moment, Ro
	finishes working... as she crosses forward toward the
	cockpit --

					RO
			I set the transporter confinement
			parameters to maximum -- we should
			be able to fill our hold with
			medical supplies in just a single
			beam out.

					KALITA
				(with irony)
			I had no idea it was going to be
			so easy...

	Ro bristles at Kalita's tone, but thinks better of
	replying in kind... she keeps herself in check. She
	sits in the cockpit and starts working the console.

					RO
			We're approaching the Federation
			border...

					KALITA
			How do you plan to get out of the
			Demilitarized Zone without being
			searched at one of the checkpoints?

					RO
			We're going to cross the border
			here.

	Kalita reacts to what seems an improbable claim.

 STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT THREE 32.

27A  CONTINUED:

					KALITA
			There are sensor buoys all along
			the border. If we cross anywhere
			other than a checkpoint, Starfleet
			will send a ship to investigate.

					RO
			With the right security codes, we
			can disable the proximity
			detectors on the buoys.

					KALITA
			Starfleet changes those codes all
			the time.

	Ro's hands fly across the controls.

					RO
			I know the encryption algorithims.
			If I can access the bouy's
			protocol subsystem I should be
			able to figure out the codes.

					KALITA
			Should be able to?

	As she works:

					RO
			Do you want this mission to
			succeed?

					KALITA
			Of course I do -- we need those
			medical supplies.

					RO
			In that case, let me do my job.

	Kalita is about to reply when there is a beeping SOUND
	from the control panel.

					RO
				(continuing)
			I'm in...

	Suddenly the console BEEPS a warning. Ro reacts --

 STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT THREE 33.

27A  CONTINUED: (2)

					KALITA
			What's wrong?

	Ro works the controls with great urgency.

					RO
			If I don't input the right code in
			the next twenty seconds, we'll
			trigger the proximity alarm.

	Kalita reaches for the helm control.

					KALITA
			I'm getting us out of sensor
			range.

					RO
			Don't. If we break the com-link,
			we won't be able to try again.

	Kalita withdraws her hand. Ro works with urgency --
	finally, a beep-beep. Ro slumps back into her chair in
	relief.

					RO
			It worked... until they change the
			access codes again, we can cross
			the border here.

	Though Kalita doesn't let on, she's impressed with what
	Ro's done. Off this moment...

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30

31   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it hangs in space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 47943.2.
			It has been over a week since
			Lieutenant Ro left the
			Enterprise... we have yet to
			receive any communication from
			her.

 STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT THREE 34.

31A  INT. BRIDGE

	Riker has the Bridge, Data at Ops, Worf at Tactical,
	N.D's as needed. Picard ENTERS from the Ready Room.

					RIKER
			We picked up a request for
			emergency assistance from a
			Federation science ship in the
			Topin system.

	Picard considers for a beat -- this couldn't have come
	at a worse time.

					PICARD
			Are there any other ships in the
			vicinity?

					RIKER
			We're the closest.

	Picard turns to the con officer.

					PICARD
			Helm, set course for the Topin
			system.
				(to Data)
			Signal the science ship that we're
			on our way.

					DATA
			It is unlikely that they would
			receive our communication. The
			Topin system contains an unstable
			binary-star. It generates
			significant subspace interference.

					PICARD
			Will we be able to use our sensors
			to find them?

					DATA
			Most of our sensor systems will be
			ineffective, although our
			directional array may be able to
			cut through the interference.

 STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT THREE 35.

31A  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			But that array has such a narrow
			scan field...
				(with grim irony)
			-- we might as well break out the
			palm-beacons and try to find them
			that way...

	It seems a daunting prospect... Off this moment...

31B  EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	where the Maquis ship hangs motionless. In the b.g.
	we can see the distinctive STAR of the Topin system.

32   INT. RO'S MAQUIS SHIP

	where Ro and Kalita are waiting. Again, a silence
	hangs between them.

					KALITA
			This is insane... we're sitting
			here with no sensors, blind to the
			outside -- waiting for a galaxy
			class Starship to come swooping
			down on us...

					RO
			Don't worry... it'll be hard for
			them to locate us with just their
			directional sensors. Besides,
			they're looking for a damaged
			science ship that wants to be
			found...

	Suddenly a console beeps. They react --

					RO
			They're here... Standby to engage
			thrusters.

32A  INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Data and Worf as before.

					RIKER
			Anything?

 STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT THREE 36.

32A  CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(off console)
			No, sir. It will take
			approximately six hours to scan
			this system.

	Riker and Picard glance at the VIEWSCREEN, which is
	obscured by static because of all the interference.
	Suddenly --

					WORF
				(urgent)
			Sir -- the distress call is being
			repeated.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Can you locate the signal?

					DATA
				(working)
			I am attempting to do so.

32B  INT. RO'S MAQUIS SHIP

	Ro and Kalita as before.

					RO
			All stop.

					KALITA
				(off console)
			They're scanning our last
			position.

					RO
			All right, I've locked onto their
			sensor beam. I'm going to use it
			to maneuver into transporter
			range.

	Kalita is looking at Ro -- she can't quite believe
	they've come this far.

					KALITA
			How are we going to beam through
			their shields?

					RO
			We can't -- if we're going to get
			those medical supplies, we're
			going to have to take this ship
			through their shields.

	Off Kalita's astonished reaction at Ro's audacious
	plan...

 STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT THREE 37.

32C  INT. BRIDGE

	as before.

					DATA
			Sir, I am scanning the area from
			which the distress signal was
			sent... but I am unable to detect
			a vessel.

					WORF
			Captain -- the computer has
			detected a piggyback communication
			on the last distress signal...

					PICARD
			Can you decode it?

					WORF
			It will take a few moments.

					PICARD
			Do it.

32D  INT. RO'S MAQUIS SHIP

	where Ro is explaining what she's doing to Kalita.

					RO
			The Enterprise shields have a weak
			point... When the ship is at
			impulse, the thrust destabilizes
			the shield configuration right at
			this point.

	On the MONITOR, Ro indicates a graphic of the
	Enterprise, and a point directly behind the main
	impulse engines, between the nacelles.

					RO
				(continuing)
			I'm going to try to punch through
			there.

					KALITA
			Won't they detect us?

 STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT THREE 38.

32D  CONTINUED:

					RO
			They'll know something's
			penetrated the shields, but with
			all the interference it'll take
			them a few seconds to find us.
			We'll have to beam the medical
			supplies aboard and get out fast.

	Kalita tries to assimilate all that's happened... She
	can't quite believe it, but she's beginning to think Ro
	can pull just about anything off...

32E  INT. BRIDGE

	as before.

					WORF
			The message is difficult to
			decode... the interference has
			garbled much of the transmission.
			But it seems to be from Lieutenant
			Ro.

					PICARD
			Ro... is on that ship... ?

	Reactions. Suddenly --

					DATA
				(off console)
			Sir, a vessel of some kind is
			attempting to penetrate our aft
			shields.

	Picard considers for half a beat --

					PICARD
			Let it through.

	Off this moment...

32F  INT. RO'S MAQUIS SHIP

	as Ro works her controls. We see her react to
	something she sees -- a small smile... Picard must have
	gotten her message. For Kalita's sake, she plays it
	through.

 STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT THREE 39.

32F  CONTINUED:

					RO
			We're going to make it...

32G  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as the Maquis ship slips through the shield bubble and
	moves into a point between the nacelles. The great
	cylinders loom large next to the tiny ship.

32H  INT. RO'S MAQUIS SHIP

					RO
			All right, we're in...

	Kalita works her console.

					KALITA
			Energizing.

	We hear the SOUND of transport and they both turn to
	the back of the shuttle.

32I  NEW ANGLE

	revealing a large stack of medical kits in the aft
	section.

32J  RESUME SCENE

	as Kalita smiles in disbelief.

					RO
			Let's get out of here...

	Off this moment...

32K  INT. BRIDGE

					WORF
				(off console)
			Captain, a quantity of medical
			supplies was beamed out of Cargo
			Bay Seven.

 STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT THREE 40.

32K  CONTINUED:

	Picard is unconcerned.

					DATA
				(off console)
			The vessel that penetrated our
			shields is of the same design as
			the ships used by the Maquis.
				(beat)
			It is moving off...

					PICARD
			Let it go.
				(beat)
			There must be someone with her...
			We should make it look like we're
			trying to stop them.
				(to Worf)
			Lock phasers on their previous
			position and fire.

	We hear the SOUND of phasers firing. Riker turns to
	Picard.

					RIKER
				(wry)
			Now we know what they mean by
			Advanced Tactical Training...

	Off their shared smile...

33   EXT. SPACE - THE MAQUIS SHIP (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

34   EXT. MAQUIS SETTLEMENT - DAY

	where Ro and Kalita are being greeted by a jubilant
	group of Maquis including Macias and Santos. Kalita is
	animatedly telling the story of how they did it.
	Santos can't believe what he's hearing --

					SANTOS
			You took your ship through their
			shields?

					KALITA
			Ro parked us between their warp
			nacelles. I thought she was
			crazy, but it worked. She knew
			exactly what she was doing.

	Macias puts a hand to Ro's shoulder.

 STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT THREE 40A.

34   CONTINUED:

					MACIAS
			Well, done.

					SANTOS
			We should inventory the
			supplies... find out what we
			have.

	The others acknowledge and move off. Before crossing
	away, Kalita turns to Ro --

					KALITA
			I'll see you later...

	She treats Ro with the easy manner of a friend. Ro
	smiles, and Kalita moves off.

					MACIAS
			Well... it seems that Kalita's
			decided you're not a Federation
			spy after all...

	Ro manages a smile.

					MACIAS
				(continuing)
			She's suspicious of everyone at
			first. And rightly so -- we've
			learned to be cautious with
			strangers.

					RO
			I understand...

					MACIAS
			But I've known since I first met
			you -- in your heart, you're one
			of us...

	Ro is struck by the irony of the moment... but somehow,
	the certainty in Macias' voice strikes a chord in
	her... Off her expression we...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FOUR  41.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

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42

43   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	hanging in space.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, supplemental.
			Having earned the Maquis' trust
			with her raid on the Enterprise,
			Lieutenant Ro has been given
			access to a ship and allowed to
			leave the settlement by herself.

44   OMITTED

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FOUR  42.

45   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	where Picard and Ro are meeting. They're both glad to
	see each other...

					RO
			There are rumors that the
			Cardassians are supplying their
			colonists with bio-genic weapons.

	Picard can see that she's genuinely concerned about
	this.

					PICARD
			Frankly, I find it hard to
			believe. Every ship going into
			the Demilitarized Zone is being
			searched.

					RO
			The Maquis are convinced that the
			Cardassians have found a way
			around the searches.

	Picard considers for a beat.

					PICARD
			We might be able to use that...

					RO
			Sir... ?

					PICARD
			We've come up with a plan that has
			the potential to seriously curtail
			the Maquis.

	This gets Ro's attention.

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FOUR  43.

45   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			We want to give them a target so
			threatening -- that they'd be
			willing to commit as many people
			and ships as possible to destroy
			it.

					RO
			What do you mean, give them a
			target?

					PICARD
			Bio-genic weapons, for example.
			You could provide the Maquis with
			intelligence that the Cardassians
			are in fact supplying their
			colonists with them.

					RO
			That'll get their attention, all
			right...

					PICARD
			You could tell them that in order
			to get past the check-points, the
			Cardassians are shipping the
			components for these weapons
			through third parties. We'll put
			together a convoy and send it
			toward the Demilitarized Zone.

	Ro sees where he's going --

					RO
			And when the Maquis attack it,
			Starfleet will be waiting for
			them.

					PICARD
			We'll station our ships in the
			Hugora Nebula to avoid detection.

	Ro is silent for a beat, assimilating Picard's plan...
	and her role in it.

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FOUR  44.

45   CONTINUED: (3)

					RO
			Basically, I'd be leading them
			into a trap...

					PICARD
			That's correct.

	He studies her face for a beat. Picard senses she's
	feeling conflicting emotions about this.

					RO
				(carefully)
			If your plan works, what will
			Starfleet do when the Maquis
			attack the convoy?

					PICARD
			Our intention is to outnumber them
			so heavily that they'll have no
			choice but to surrender.

					RO
			These people are used to fighting
			impossible odds -- I don't think
			they're going to surrender.

	Picard takes this in.

  STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FOUR  45.

45   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			I hope you're wrong. Because if
			they don't, we'll have to try to
			disable their vessels...
				(beat)
			-- you know as well as I do that's
			not always possible.

	Picard sees Ro swallow back, hard.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			If you have a problem with any of
			this, I need to know now.

	She doesn't want to let him down --

					RO
			If I did, it wouldn't stop me from
			carrying out my duty, sir.

	Picard is gratified to hear this.

					PICARD
			I knew I could count on you...

	Ro manages a small smile... Off this moment...

46   INT. MEETING ROOM
(FORMERLY SCENE 41)

	where Ro is in the process of implementing Picard's
	plan -- planting misinformation. Macias, Kalita and
	Santos are present.

					RO
			-- it took a while, but I managed
			to patch into Starfleet's comsystem.
			I intercepted a
			communication from one of the
			check-points on the border.
			They're concerned because a Pakled
			transport came through carrying
			retro-viral vaccines.

	No one sees a problem with this --

					SANTOS
			Why is that a concern?

      STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FOUR      46.

46   CONTINUED:

					RO
			Last week, a Ferengi transport
			came through carrying bio-mimetic
			gels. By themselves, neither of
			these is dangerous. But Starfleet
			is concerned because with a few
			more components the Cardassians
			could put together a bio-genic
			device.

	Reactions. This is their worst fear come to life.

					KALITA
			What is Starfleet going to do
			about it?

					RO
			They can't do anything. These
			items are all perfectly legal.

	Frustrated reactions.

					MACIAS
			How close are the Cardassians to
			having the components they need?

					RO
			Very close. Two days ago, a
			Yridian convoy left Deep Space
			Nine for the Demilitarized Zone.
			It's carrying isomiotic hypos,
			plasma flares and quarantine pods.

					KALITA
			We can't let that convoy reach its
			destination.

      STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FOUR      47.

46   CONTINUED: (2)

					SANTOS
			But it's too big for us to go
			after alone.

					MACIAS
			I'll discuss the situation with
			the other cell leaders --
			considering what's at stake,
			they'll want to help.

	With that, the meeting starts to break up. Ro takes a
	moment to collect herself -- it worked, but she doesn't
	know how she feels about it.

47   EXT. SETTLEMENT - NIGHT

	Ro sits watching the busy square full of citizens.
	THREE HOODED MONKS are seen in the b.g. Macias
	approaches.

					MACIAS
			I've sent a communication to the
			others...

	She nods glumly, and Macias sees that something is on
	her mind.

					MACIAS
				(continuing)
			When this is over, we'll
			celebrate.

					RO
			When it's over?

					MACIAS
			When Cardassia realizes they can't
			intimidate us into leaving our
			colonies.

	Ro smiles grimly.

					RO
			Something tells me it might be a
			long time before we'll be
			celebrating.

	He eyes her, hearing her somberness.

      STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FOUR      48.

47   CONTINUED:

					MACIAS
			Don't be discouraged, Ro. It will
			take time... but the important
			thing is that we not give up.

	She eyes him sharply.

					RO
			I spent ten years in the camps.
			I don't give up.

	He puts a hand on her shoulder, affectionate.

					MACIAS
			I've been thinking about what our
			celebration will be like for a
			long time. We'll have a huge
			dinner... you'll make hasperat
			and I'll make blueberry pie...
			we'll drink wine and we'll dance.

	He smiles and leans toward her.

					MACIAS
				(continuing)
			I'll even play the belaklavion.
			That will give everyone a laugh.

	She looks up at him, curious.

					RO
			You... play the klavion?

					MACIAS
				(laughing, dismissive)
			Yes, badly. It's a difficult
			instrument... but I enjoy the
			challenge.

	There is a small pause.

					RO
			My father... played the klavion.

	Macias glances sidelong at her. This is the first
	spontaneous offering Ro has made about her father. He
	is silent. There is another pause, and then Ro
	continues.

      STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FOUR      49.

47   CONTINUED: (2)

					RO
			When I was very young... and
			afraid of monsters under my bed...
			my father would play for me. He
			said the sound of the klavion had
			special powers. Monsters were
			afraid of it... and they'd
			disappear whenever they heard it.
				(beat)
			When I listened to the music he
			played for me... I was never
			afraid to go to sleep.

	She hesitates, then, very quietly...

					RO
			When he died... I realized... even
			he couldn't make all the monsters
			go away.

	Macias reaches out and covers Ro's hand with his own,
	a comforting gesture.

					MACIAS
			Why wait... ? Let's go to the
			market. Let's get the food for a
			feast. For a celebration...

					RO
			A celebration of what?

					MACIAS
			Of absolutely nothing. Just to
			celebrate.

	She smiles and stands.

      STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FOUR      50.

47   CONTINUED: (3)

					Ro
			I'd like that.

	They start across the square. Suddenly there's a
	commotion -- the three monks throw back their hoods and
	we see that they're really Cardassians. They pull
	weapons from their robes and start FIRING.

	People are scattering and trying to take cover. The
	Cardassians had the advantage of surprise, and have
	taken up strategic positions that provide them shelter
	and allow them to dominate the fight.

	Some of the Maquis are shooting back, but most weren't
	armed when the attack broke out. We see several Maquis
	rush from a door carrying weapons -- they toss them to
	their comrades, including Ro.

47A  ON SANTOS (OPTICAL)

	behind a structure -- a weapons blast hits it and he
	steps out to take a SHOT.

47B  A CARDASSIAN (OPTICAL)

	as Santos' shot takes him down -- two Cardassians are
	left.

47C  RESUME SCENE (OPTICAL)

	Several Maquis have taken hits and are down.

   STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FOUR 51-52.     

47C  CONTINUED:

	Macias takes a second Cardassian down, but the last
	Cardassian gets off a lucky shot -- and Macias takes a
	blast in the chest. He falls... and the Cardassian is
	felled by Ro.

	Ro and Kalita run to Macias' side.

					RO
			Macias...

	He's badly wounded and in pain.

					MACIAS
			They must have found out... there
			was a Maquis cell here...

	Ro is inspecting the wound and sees that it's severe.

					RO
			Kalita -- get one of the med kits.
			Hurry.

	Kalita runs off. Macias is fading fast.

					RO
				(continuing)
			You have to hang on...

	He dismisses this with a faint shake of his head. When
	he speaks, his voice is little more than a whisper.

					MACIAS
			When an old fighter like me
			dies... someone always steps
			forward to take his place...

	He takes her hand, looks into her eyes for a last time,
	and smiles his gentle smile...

48   OMITTED

49   ON RO

	as she watches Macias' life slip away from him... Off
	this moment we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

      STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FIVE      53.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

A50	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
(FORMERLY SCENE 43)

	as it hangs in space.

B50	INT. BRIDGE
(FORMERLY SCENE 44)

	Riker has the Bridge. Data is at Aft Science, N.D.s as
	needed. Picard ENTERS from his Ready Room.

					PICARD
			What is it?

					RIKER
			We just got a communication from
			Lieutenant Ro. Data's decoding it
			now.

	Riker and Picard approach Data, who turns away from his
	console, finished.

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			She is requesting that you meet
			with her.

	Picard is disturbed by this message.

					RIKER
			Was that part of your plan?

					PICARD
			No. Something must have gone
			wrong.

									CUT TO:

C50	INT. ALIEN BAR
(FORMERLY SCENE 45)

	as Picard ENTERS, dressed in slightly ragged-looking
	civilian clothes. Many of the same motley characters
	are here tonight as well.

	Picard doesn't see Ro, and so makes his way to the bar.
	The BARTENDER approaches him to see if he wants
	anything.

      STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FIVE      54.

C50	CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Ale.

	Picard pays for his beverage with coins he brought for
	this purpose. The door OPENS and Ro ENTERS. The
	Humanoid she kissed before is sitting near the entrance
	and his eyes light up when he sees her. He stands to
	approach his old flame but Ro fixes him with a look.

					RO
			Not tonight.

	She moves past the disappointed fellow and goes to sit
	next to Picard at the bar. She gives him a come-hither
	smile, as though soliciting him.

					RO
				(continuing)
			Hello... are you alone?

	Picard turns and gives her an appraising look.

					PICARD
			I hope not.

	She smiles again, caressing his cheek.

					RO
			Why don't we get acquainted... ?
			There's a table in the back that's
			more... private.

					PICARD
			I'd like that.

	They make their way to the back table and sit, Ro being
	very physical with him, caressing, holding his hand.
	Picard plays the very eager john. The scene is played
	out as they talk serious business while outwardly
	appearing to be engaging in casual romanticizing.

					RO
			We have to cancel the mission.

					PICARD
			Why?

					RO
			The Maquis didn't go for the bait.
			They think a convoy is too big a
			target.

      STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FIVE     54A.

C50	CONTINUED: (2)

	This makes no sense to Picard. He considers for a beat
	as Ro traces her fingers on his palm.

					PICARD
			But there are only six ships. We
			could even cut down the number.

					RO
			It's... it's the commitment of
			resources... of grouping so many
			of the Maquis together at once...
				(beat)
			They feel it would make them too
			vulnerable.

	Picard frowns, trying to reconcile what she's saying.

					PICARD
			Every intelligence report I get
			from Starfleet suggests that the
			Maquis are eager to expand their
			strikes... are looking to escalate
			their activity... but you're
			telling me that's not true... ?

	Ro takes a moment, trying to cover.

					RO
			It's... probably different in
			every cell. The people I've met
			tend to be more -- conservative.
			I'm sure others have a more
			militant attitude...

	He stares at her. None of this rings true.

					PICARD
				(softly)
			Laren... what's going on?

	She takes his look for a moment, then glances around
	them.

					RO
			Do you have the money I asked you
			to bring?

					PICARD
			Yes.

					RO
			Put some on the table.

      STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FIVE     54B.

C50	CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			What?

					RO
			By this time, we should be
			negotiating my price.

	Picard digs into his pocket, takes out a few coins. Ro
	picks one up, inspects it.

					RO
				(continuing)
			When you sent me on this mission,
			I thought I could do it. Even
			though it meant helping
			Cardassians. Even though it meant
			betraying people who were fighting
			them.
				(beat)
			But now... I'm not sure about
			where I stand.

	Picard takes this in.

					PICARD
			Laren, are you telling me you want
			to back out of this mission?

					RO
			Sir, I don't want to let you down,
			I swear I don't --

					PICARD
			This has nothing to do with me --
			it's about you. If you back out
			now, you'll be throwing away
			everything you've worked for.

					RO
				(desperately reaching)
			Wouldn't it be better to postpone
			this operation... let me stay with
			them longer, meet other Maquis
			leaders... learn where their cells
			are... it seems to me I could be
			more valuable if I had more
			time...

      STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FIVE     54C.

C50	CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			And just prolong the inevitable?
			No.
				(beat)
			We're committed to this mission.
			My only question to you is -- can
			you carry out your orders?

	Wretched, Ro looks at him, not answering.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Lieutenant... I could put you
			before a board of inquiry for
			having lied to me about this
			operation. I could certainly have
			you court martialed if you
			sabotage it.
				(beat)
			But I don't want to have to
			threaten you to do this... I want
			you to make the decision.

	This is the man who gave her a chance. This is the man
	who has stood by her. And all he wants is what's right
	for her.

					RO
			I'll carry out my orders, sir.

	Picard takes a breath, considers his options.

					PICARD
			I feel it necessary to have
			Commander Riker return with you.
			He can pose as a relative.

	Her look asks the question: is that necessary?

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			To make sure nothing happens that
			might obstruct this mission.

	Ro looks down, acknowledging the fact that she's
	ruptured their relationship. He can no longer trust
	her.


      STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FIVE     54D.

C50	CONTINUED: (5)

	He stands, gathers his coins.

					PICARD
				(loudly)
			Sorry -- I don't have that kind of
			money.

	He turns and EXITS the bar. Off Ro's face as she
	watches him go...

      STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FIVE      55.

D50
thru	OMITTED
50

51   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	hanging inside a Nebula (STOCK SHOT).

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, supplemental. We
			have received word from Commander
			Riker and Lieutenant Ro that the
			Maquis will be attacking the
			convoy as planned... our ships
			have taken up position in the
			Hugora Nebula to wait for them.

52   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Worf are at an aft station with Data,
	looking at a sensor readout on a MONITOR. The readout
	shows a section of space on a grid -- on the left edge
	we see the nebula, and in the center, the convoy,
	depicted as a series of blips. Along the right side a
	line demarcates the border of the DMZ.

					DATA
			I have established a relay-link
			with the sensor probe we left on
			the perimeter of the Nebula.
				(gestures)
			This is the convoy. We are
			expecting the Maquis attack force
			to cross the border from the
			Demilitarized Zone here.

	He indicates the right edge of the screen.

					PICARD
			As soon as they cross the border,
			we'll intercept them...

					WORF
			In order to insure that the ship
			Commander Riker and Lieutenant Ro
			are piloting does not come under
			fire, I have relayed its warp
			signature to the rest of our
			attack force.

	Data reacts to something on the monitor, calls the
	Captain's attention to the screen, where a few blips
	have entered from the right edge.

					DATA
			Sir, the Maquis squadron is coming
			into sensor range.

      STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FIVE      56.

52   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Go to red alert.

	Off Picard's face as he realizes it's begun...

53   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	a squadron of Maquis ships flying in formation at
	impulse.

54   INT. RO'S MAQUIS SHIP

	Riker and Ro are silent as they pilot the ship for a
	beat. She's about to betray a group of people she's
	come to care about and she feels awful about it.

					SANTOS' COM VOICE
			Squad leader to all ships.

					RO
			Go ahead, squad leader.

									INTERCUT:

55   INT. SANTOS' MAQUIS SHIP

	where Santos and the Native American Maquis are in the
	cockpit.

					SANTOS
			We'll be crossing the border in
			less than one minute. Arm your
			weapons.

					RO'S COM VOICE
			Acknowledged.

      STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FIVE      57.

56
thru	OMITTED
59

60   INT. RO'S MAQUIS SHIP (OPTICAL)

	as they work their controls.

					RIKER
			Starfleet can't make its move
			until we're out of the
			Demilitarized Zone. We're to
			break formation and take cover in
			the Nebula as soon as they appear.

	Ro takes this in without comment.

					RO
				(off console)
			The ships in the convoy are
			raising their shields... they've
			spotted us.

	Riker checks his console.

					RIKER
			We cross the border in thirty
			seconds...

	As the moment approaches, the turmoil within Ro
	intensifies. We see a look cross her features, as if
	she's come to a decision within herself.

	She reaches forward and calmly works a control. After
	a beat, we hear the SOUND of a power surge.

					RIKER
			What the --

	When Riker turns toward her he sees that she has a HAND
	PHASER aimed at him.

					RO
			I'm sorry... but I can't let this
			happen.

	Off his stunned reaction...

   STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FIVE 58-59.     

61
thru	OMITTED
63

64   INT. BRIDGE

	where Picard is standing with Data looking at the aft
	station monitor.

					DATA
				(off console)
			Sir, the vessel being piloted by
			Lieutenant Ro is firing a low-intensity
			particle beam into the
			Nebula...

					PICARD
			What the hell is she doing?

					DATA
			The polarizing effect created by
			the beam may make it possible for
			us to be detected.

	Picard's face hardens --

					PICARD
			Can you counter the effect?

	Data works his console.

					DATA
			I will attempt to do so.

      STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FIVE      60.

65   INT. RO'S MAQUIS SHIP

	where a frustrated Riker glares at a determined Ro.

					SANTOS'S COM VOICE
			Ro, why are you firing?

					RO
			Scan the Nebula -- there's a
			Starfleet attack force hiding
			inside it.

66   INT. SANTOS' MAQUIS SHIP

	as he reacts to his console.

					SANTOS
			I see them --
				(to com)
			Squad leader to all ships -- abort
			the mission. Repeat, abort the
			mission.

67   INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					DATA
			Sir, the Maquis ships are breaking
			formation.

	On the MONITOR, the Maquis blips are scattering.

					PICARD
			Have they crossed the border?

					DATA
			No, sir. They are withdrawing...

	Picard slams the console in frustration.

      STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FIVE      61.

67   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(off console)
			Sir, Lieutenant Ro's ship is not
			retreating with the others...
				(beat)
			It is heading toward us...

	Picard takes this in.

					PICARD
			When she comes aboard... take her
			into custody...

	Picard's tone says it all -- he feels personally
	betrayed by her. Off this moment...

68   INT. RO'S MAQUIS SHIP (OPTICAL)

	Ro works the controls for a few beats, careful to keep
	the phaser trained on Riker. Finally she finishes and
	stands, avoiding Riker's gaze.

					RO
			Alpha Seven to Alpha Nine.

					KALITA'S COM VOICE
			Go ahead.

					RO
			Stand by to beam me aboard.

					KALITA'S COM VOICE
			Standing by.

	Ro and Riker look at each other for a beat.

					RO
			You can take this ship back to the
			Enterprise.

					RIKER
			You're going with them?

	There's more concern in his voice than anger.

					RO
			Yes... it's been a long time since
			I felt like I really belonged
			somewhere.

	Riker acknowledges.

      STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FIVE      62.

68   CONTINUED:

					RO
			Could you tell Captain Picard
			something for me?

	Riker nods that he will.

					RO
				(continuing)
			Tell him... that I'm sorry.

	She moves to the center of the cockpit, ready for beam
	out.

					RIKER
			So long, Ro. Take care of
			yourself.

					RO
			Good-bye.
				(to com)
			Energize.

	Off Riker's face as he watches her DEMATERIALIZE...

69   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves at impulse through a starfield.

70   INT. READY ROOM

	where Riker has just told Picard everything.

					RIKER
			She seemed... very sure that she
			was making the right choice.

	Picard takes this in.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I think her only real regret...
			was that she let you down.

      STAR TREK: "Preemptive Strike" - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FIVE      63.

70   CONTINUED:

	But Picard isn't buying it.

					PICARD
			She let us all down...

	Riker hands Picard a PADD he's carrying.

					RIKER
			Here's my report...

	Picard nods, and Piker turns and EXITS.

	Picard looks down at the PADD... we see a distant look
	in his eyes -- he's not reading it, his mind is
	elsewhere. After a moment, he sets it down on the
	desk, and moves toward the window.

	He looks out at the stars... thinking about the events
	of the last few days, wondering, perhaps, if he'll ever
	see Ro again... Off this moment...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             


                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  

                      "All Good Things... "                          

                          #40277-747   
                            
                          Written by
               Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga


                          Directed by
                          Rick KolbeTHE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1994 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT

                        MARCH 10, 1994



      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/14/94 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "All Good Things... " 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD                  TASHA
                RIKER                   O'BRIEN
                DATA                    Q
                BEVERLY                 OGAWA
                TROI                    NAKAMURA
                WORF                    JESSEL
                GEORDI                  CHILTON
                                        TOMALAK
                COMPUTER VOICE          ANDRONA
                                        GAINES
                                        ENSIGN
                                        COM VOICE

                Non-Speaking            Non-Speaking
                  N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES    N.D. HUMANS
                  CROWDMEMBERS            WORKMAN
                  OGAWA'S N.D.            HUSBAND


      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "All Good Things... " 

                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE (PRESENT)   USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              CORRIDOR                 VINEYARD (FUTURE)
              TROI'S QUARTERS          CAMBRIDGE (FUTURE)
              SICKBAY                  MEDICAL SHIP (FUTURE)
              BEVERLY'S OFFICE         TWO KLINGONS CRUISERS/
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE       (FUTURE)
              READY ROOM
              ENGINEERING              PRIMORDIAL EARTH
              RIKER'S QUARTERS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE (PAST)
              BRIDGE
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              ENGINEERING
          
            USS ENTERPRISE (FUTURE)
              BRIDGE
              TEN FORWARD
              CORRIDOR
              GUEST QUARTERS
          
            MEDICAL SHIP (FUTURE)
              BEVERLY'S READY ROOM
              BRIDGE
              TURBOLIFT
          
            SHUTTLECRAFT (PAST)
          
            SHUTTLEBAY (PAST)
          
            DATA'S LIBRARY (FUTURE)
          
            COURTROOM

  STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/14/94 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "All Good Things... " 
                        
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 ACETYLCHOLINE     uh-seetl-KO-leen
                 CATARIA           kuh-TAR-ee-uh
                 DEVRON            DEV-ron
                 H'ATORIA          ha-TORE-ee-uh
                 IRUMODIC          ear-uh-MAHD-ik
                 LUCASIAN          loo-KAY-zhun
                 PERIDAXON         pair-uh-DAX-on
                 MEMP'HA           MEM-pah
                 RIGEL             RYE-jell
                 TERRELLIAN        ter-ELL-ee-'n
                 TERIX             TAIR-ix
                 TOMOGRAPHIC       toe-moe-GRAF-ik
                 TRIPAMINE         TRIP-uh-meen


    STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - TEASER    1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                      "All Good Things"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. CORRIDOR - PRESENT

	WORF and TROI ENTER from the Holodeck doors. They are
	dressed in casual clothing -- it's late, and the mood
	is light and intimate. Troi is smiling, and even Worf
	is happy -- it's clear they had a great time, wherever
	they were.

					TROI
			That was an incredible program.

					WORF
			I am glad you approve. I have
			always found the Black Sea at
			night to be a most... stimulating
			experience.

	Troi rolls her eyes at him as they begin to walk down
	the corridor.

					TROI
			Worf, we were strolling barefoot
			along the beach while balalaika
			music played in the air... ocean
			breeze washing over us... stars in
			the sky... a full moon rising...
			and the most you can say is
			"stimulating"?

					WORF
				(groping)
			It was... very stimulating.

	Troi smiles as they turn a corner...

									CUT TO:

2    ANOTHER CORRIDOR - PRESENT

	Worf and Troi walking towards her quarters.

					TROI
			The truth is, I don't spend nearly
			enough time on the Holodeck.
					(MORE)


    STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - TEASER    2.

2    CONTINUED:

					TROI (Cont'd)
			I should take my own advice and
			use it to relax.
				(beat)
			Next time, I'll choose the
			program. If you like the Black
			Sea, you're going to love Lake
			Cataria on Betazed.

	Worf frowns a little. They stop outside Troi's
	quarters. An awkward moment.

					WORF
			Deanna... perhaps before there is
			a "next time" we should discuss...
			Commander Riker.

					TROI
				(playful)
			Why, is he coming along?

					WORF
				(awkward)
			No... but I do not wish to... I
			mean, it would be unfortunate if
			he... if you and I are going to
			continue... I do not want to hurt
			his feelings...

					TROI
			Worf... I think it's all right to
			concentrate on our feelings...
			yours... and mine.

	She smiles affectionately at him, and Worf returns the
	smile. We can see that there is a genuine attraction
	between the two of them.

    STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - TEASER    3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

	There is a beat as they look into each other's eyes...
	the sexual tension rises a notch... will they or won't
	they? Finally, Worf takes the plunge -- leans over to
	kiss her... she lifts her lips to his, but just before
	they can kiss, the nearby Turbolift doors OPEN and
	PICARD bursts out, wearing only his bathrobe --

					PICARD
			Counselor!

	Worf and Troi look at him, startled. Picard rushes to
	them. He's wild-eyed, clearly something is wrong.

					PICARD
				(urgent)
			What's today's date? The date?

					WORF
			Stardate 47988.

	Picard thinks about this for a moment -- trying to sort
	through something in his mind.

					PICARD
				(to himself)
			47988...

					TROI
			Captain, what's wrong?

	Picard looks at her.

					PICARD
			I'm not sure... I don't know
			how... or why, but...
				(beat)
			I'm moving back and forth through
			time.

	OFF their reactions...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

    STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT ONE    4.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

	INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - PRESENT

	A short time later. Troi is handing Picard a cup of
	tea. Picard is pacing, trying to make sense of what's
	happening to him. Mid-conversation.

					PICARD
			It was as though I had physically
			left the ship and gone to another
			time and place... I was in the
			past...

					TROI
			Can you describe where you were...
			what it looked like?

					PICARD
			It's all slipping away so fast...
			like waking up from a nightmare...

	Picard concentrates.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			It was years ago... before I took
			command of the Enterprise. I was
			talking with someone... I don't
			remember who...
				(beat, remembering)
			But then -- everything changed.
			I wasn't in the past any longer...
			I was an old man, in the future...
			I was doing something outside...
			what was it?

	He holds out a hand, rubs his fingers together as
	though remembering doing something with his hands...
	but what?

					PICARD
			I'm sorry. It's gone. I can't
			remember...

					TROI
			It's all right. Have you
			considered the possibility that
			this was just a dream?

203:[8,#b]
    STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT ONE    5.

3    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			It was more than a dream... the
			smells and the sounds... the way
			things felt to the touch... it was
			all so real...

	Troi considers.

					TROI
			How long did you stay in each of
			these time periods? Did it seem
			like minutes... hours?

					PICARD
			I'm not sure.
				(struggling to recall)
			At first... there was a moment of
			confusion, of disorientation. I
			wasn't sure where I was. But that
			passed... and then I felt
			perfectly natural... as though I
			belonged in that time. But I
			can't remember how long I stayed
			there.
				(frustrated)
			I know this doesn't make much
			sense... it's a feeling more than
			a distinct memory.

	He looks down at his tea cup -- it's empty. Troi
	notices and picks up the tea pot to pour him another
	cup.

					TROI
			Maybe we can identify specific
			symbols. Can you remember
			anything you saw, an object, a
			building perhaps --

	As Troi talks, Picard extends his arm with his teacup,
	offering it to her. As he extends his arm, the SCENE
	SUDDENLY CHANGES TO:

3A   ANGLE - CLOSE ON A VINE

4    EXT. VINEYARD - FUTURE - DAY

	We are now twenty-five years in the future. Picard is
	an OLD MAN, wearing civilian clothes and a hat to
	protect himself from the sun. He has a beard and
	longer hair. (But he should not look as old as he did
	at the end of "The Inner Light".) He is kneeling in a
	row of grape vines at his home in France (as seen in
	"Family").

    STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT ONE    6.

4    CONTINUED:

	He is reaching out for a vine with the same hand and in
	the same manner that we just saw him hold out his cup
	in Troi's quarters. As his hand closes around the
	vine, he hesitates. He seems disoriented, confused for
	a moment, just as he described to Troi. He looks
	around the vineyard in puzzlement. But the moment
	passes, and he accepts this time as the present.

	He concentrates on examining the vine in his hand. He
	takes a pruning shear and snips off a few stray
	branches. There are gardening tools nearby. He works
	quietly for a moment... then we hear a voice shout
	across the vineyard.

					GEORDI'S VOICE
				(calls out)
			Captain Picard to the Bridge!

	Picard reacts, a little surprised. He looks toward the
	sound of the voice, shielding his eyes from the sun...

5    NEW ANGLE

	revealing GEORDI walking toward Picard. He is wearing
	civilian clothes and he has also aged twenty-five
	years. His VISOR is gone and has been replaced by
	ARTIFICIAL EYES, which have a distinctive electronic
	look to them. Geordi is smiling broadly.

					GEORDI
				(with humor)
			Sir, I think we have a problem
			with the warp core, or the phase
			inducers, or some other damn
			thing.

	Picard stands up with some difficulty. He's old, and
	his voice and attitude should suggest advanced age and
	an eccentric, sometimes cantankerous demeanor.

					PICARD
			Geordi...

	The two men approach each other and shake hands --
	these are two old friends who haven't seen each other
	in a very long time.

					GEORDI
			Hello, Captain... or should I make
			that Ambassador?

    STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT ONE    7.

5    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(snorts)
			Hasn't been Ambassador for a while
			either.

					GEORDI
			How about Mister Picard?

					PICARD
			How about... Jean-Luc?

					GEORDI
				(smiles)
			I don't know if I can get used to
			that.

	They look at each other for a moment, taking in the
	sight.

					PICARD
			Good Lord, Geordi. How long has
			it been?

					GEORDI
			Oh... about nine years.

					PICARD
			No, no... I mean, since you last
			called me Captain? When was the
			last time we were all together...
			on the Enterprise?

					GEORDI
			Close to twenty-five years.

					PICARD
			Twenty-five years...
				(looks him over)
			Time's been good to you.

	Geordi playfully pats his stomach.

					GEORDI
			It's been a little too good to me
			in some places.

	He glances around.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Can I give you a hand?

					PICARD
			Oh... I'm just tying some vines.

    STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT ONE    8.

5    CONTINUED: (2)

	Geordi kneels down and examines a vine.

					GEORDI
			Looks like you've got leaf miners.
			Might want to use a bacillus
			spray.
				(off his look)
			My wife is quite a gardener. I've
			picked up a little bit of it.

	Geordi takes a tie and begins carefully tying the
	vines. Picard bends down with a little difficulty...
	and the two of them start to work on the vines.

					PICARD
			How is Leah?

					GEORDI
			Busy as ever. She's just been
			made director of the Daystrom
			Institute.

					PICARD
			And the little ones... Bret and
			Alandra? And...

					GEORDI
			And Sidney. Not so little any
			more. Bret's applying to
			Starfleet Academy next year.

	Picard shakes his head at the rapid passage of time.

					PICARD
			So what brings you here?

					GEORDI
			Oh... I just thought I'd drop by.
			I'd been thinking about the old
			days on the Enterprise... and I
			was in the neighborhood...

	Picard gives him a sharp look. The Picard of the
	future is a bit disgruntled, a cranky old man.

					PICARD
			Don't give me that. You don't
			make the trip from Rigel Three to
			Earth just to... drop by.

	Geordi knows he can't fool this man. The mood becomes
	a little more somber.

					GEORDI
			No.

  STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT ONE  9.

5    CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			So. You've heard.

					GEORDI
			Well... Leah has a few friends at
			Starfleet medical... and word gets
			around.

	Picard snorts and turns his attention to the vines.
	Grumpily --
					PICARD
			I'm not an invalid, you know.
			Irumodic Syndrome can take years
			to run its course.

					GEORDI
			I know. But when I heard I
			just... wanted to come by all the
			same.

	Picard looks at him for a moment, and then some of the
	crusty exterior falls away... and we can tell that
	despite his protestations to the contrary, Picard is
	warmed by the moment. Picard finally breaks the
	moment.

					PICARD
				(softer)
			Well... as long as you're here,
			you can help me carry in some of
			these tools.

	Picard awkwardly and painfully gets to his feet.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			My cooking may not be up to Leah's
			standards, but I can still make a
			decent cup of tea.

	Picard and Geordi both grab an armful of equipment and
	they start walking.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			By the way, I read your last
			novel. Not bad. I thought the
			protagonist was written a bit
			flamboyantly, but that's just my --

	Picard's eyes trail off as he sees something
	offcamera...


   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT ONE   10.

6    PICARD'S POV

	Standing in the vineyards are THREE scraggly-looking
	HUMANS. They point at Picard, shouting and jeering.

7    RESUME PICARD

	He reacts to this strange sight in the vineyard.

8    NEW ANGLE - INCLUDING GEORDI

	Geordi follows Picard's look, but sees nothing. Picard
	is mystified -- what's going on? We MOVE IN on Picard.

					GEORDI
			Captain, are you all right?
			Captain?

					TASHA'S VOICE
			Captain?

	Picard turns at the sound of Tasha's voice, and as he
	does, the SCENE CHANGES TO:

9    INT. SHUTTLECRAFT - PAST

	Picard is sitting in the co-pilot's seat, wearing his
	OLD-STYLE UNIFORM as seen in the first season. TASHA
	YAR is sitting next to him. She looks exactly as she
	did in the series pilot.

					TASHA'S VOICE
			Are you all right, sir?

	He looks disoriented and confused again. He is still
	not fully aware of what's happening to him. Then the
	moment passes.

					TASHA
			Sir... ?

   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT ONE   11.

9    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			I'm sorry, Lieutenant. My mind
			seems to have wandered for a
			moment...
				(beat)
			What were you saying?

	Tasha has that no-nonsense, military prickliness.
	These are two people who have just met a short time
	ago.

					TASHA
			I was asking if you'd ever been
			aboard a Galaxy Class starship
			before, sir.

	Picard tries to focus his mind on the here and now,
	putting aside his strange feeling of disorientation for
	a moment.

					PICARD
			No. I'm, of course, very familiar
			with the blueprints and
			specifications... but this will
			be my first time aboard.

					TASHA
			Well then, sir, if I may be so
			bold -- you're in for a treat.
			The Enterprise is quite a ship.

					PICARD
			I'm sure she is.

	Picard gives her that strange stare again. For some
	reason, something about her troubles him slightly.

					TASHA
			Have I done something wrong, sir?

					PICARD
			No. You just seem very...
			familiar.

	She nods, uncertain exactly what he's talking about.
	The console BEEPS. Tasha hits a control and we hear a
	com voice --

					COM VOICE
			Enterprise to Shuttlecraft
			Galileo. You are cleared for
			arrival in Shuttlebay Two.

   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT ONE   12.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					TASHA
			Acknowledged, Enterprise.

	Tasha works the controls a moment, then looks out the
	window.

					TASHA
				(continuing)
			There she is...

	Picard looks out the window...

10   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Through the windows of the shuttle we can see the
	ENTERPRISE sitting in its dock above Earth.

11   CLOSE ON PICARD'S FACE

	As soon as Picard sees the ship, his feeling of
	disorientation is forgotten, and he can't help but
	smile at the beautiful sight. PULL BACK TO REVEAL WE
	ARE NOW IN:

12   INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - PRESENT

	Picard still smiling, staring, holding a cup of tea
	half-way to his mouth. (NOTE: We will no longer be
	using the convention of Picard returning to the exact
	moment he left.) Troi looks at him oddly.

					TROI
			Captain?

	Picard glances around, momentarily disoriented.

					PICARD
			Tasha... I was just with Tasha, in
			the shuttle...

	Picard slumps back into a chair. He puts his hands to
	his head, clearly distraught. Troi can see that
	there's something very wrong with the Captain. She
	hits a panel.

   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT ONE   13.

12   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Troi to Doctor Crusher.
			Something's wrong with the
			Captain. We're on our way to
			Sickbay.

	As Troi moves to the Captain with concern on her
	face...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TWO   14.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

13   INT. SICKBAY - PRESENT

	Later. Picard is sitting on a bio-bed, still wearing
	his bathrobe. BEVERLY is finishing a scan.

	Troi is standing with Picard as Beverly approaches with
	the results of a scan.

					BEVERLY
			I've finished the neurographic
			scan. I don't see anything that
			might cause hallucinations or a
			psychogenic reaction.

					TROI
			Is there any indication of
			temporal displacement?

					BEVERLY
			No. Usually a temporal shift
			would leave some kind of trypamine
			residue in the cerebral cortex.
			But the scan didn't find any.
				(lightly)
			Personally, I think you just enjoy
			waking everyone up in the middle
			of the night.

	Picard smiles a little -- grateful for Beverly's effort
	to lighten the mood.

					PICARD
			Actually, I just like running
			around the ship in my bare feet.

	Beverly smiles at him. OGAWA walks over, holding a
	PADD. She is visibly pregnant -- around six months.

					OGAWA
			The bio-spectral test results,
			Doctor.

	Beverly looks over the PADD.

					BEVERLY
				(to Picard)
			Your blood gas analysis is
			consistent with someone who's been
			breathing the ship's air for
			weeks.
					(MORE)


 STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT TWO 15.

13   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY (Cont'd)
			If you'd been somewhere else,
			there would be some indication of
			a change in your oxygen isotope
			ratios.
				(to Ogawa)
			Thanks, Alissa.

	Ogawa smiles and withdraws. Beverly turns to Troi.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Deanna... would you excuse us?

					TROI
			Of course.

	Troi moves away and EXITS Sickbay. Beverly turns back
	to Picard. She is solemn, troubled.

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc... I scanned for any
			evidence of Irumodic Syndrome, as
			you suggested. There wasn't any.
			But I did detect a small
			structural defect in your parietal
			lobe.

					PICARD
			A defect... that you've never
			noticed before?

					BEVERLY
			It's the kind of thing that would
			only show up on a level four
			neurographic scan.
				(beat)
			It could leave you susceptible to
			several neurological disorders...
			including Irumodic Syndrome.

	Picard absorbs this news.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Now, it's possible you could have
			that defect for the rest of your
			life without developing a
			problem...
				(beat)
			... but even if you do... many
			people lead perfectly normal lives
			for a long time after the onset of
			Irumodic Syndrome.

 STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/15/94 - ACT TWO 15A.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(smiles wryly)
			Then why do you look like you've
			just signed my death sentence?

	He's trying to lighten the moment, and she realizes
	he's picked up on her underlying feelings.

					BEVERLY
			Sorry.
				(beat)
			I guess... this has caught me off
			guard.

	He takes a breath, squares himself -- he's not going to
	waste concern over something he can't control.

					PICARD
			Well, let's not worry about it.
				(beat)
			Something tells me you're going to
			have to put up with me for a very
			long time.

					BEVERLY
				(trying to be light)
			It won't be easy, but I'll manage.

	They smile at each other in a friendly, intimate way.
	RIKER ENTERS.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Did Worf find anything?

					RIKER
			No, sir. His security scans came
			up negative.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TWO   16.

13   CONTINUED: (4)

					RIKER (Cont'd)
			They're checking the sensor
			logs... but there's still no
			indication that you left the ship.

	Picard gets up off the bed, thinks for a moment. He
	seems more sure of himself than he did earlier -- the
	memories are still vague but he's sure that something
	happened.

					PICARD
			It wasn't a dream... something did
			happen.

	Worf's COM VOICE interrupts --

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			Worf to Captain.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Go ahead, Lieutenant.

					WORF
			Sir -- there is an incoming
			transmission from Admiral
			Nakamura. It is a priority one
			message.

	Reactions.

					PICARD
			Beverly?

	Beverly nods.

					PICARD
				(continuing, to com)
			Mister Worf, route it through to
			Doctor Crusher's office.

	Picard moves toward the office...

14   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE - PRESENT - CONTINUOUS
(OPTICAL)

	Picard ENTERS, sits down at the desk and activates the
	desktop monitor. After a beat, ADMIRAL NAKAMURA
	appears on the screen.

					NAKAMURA
			Captain.

   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TWO   17.

14   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Admiral.

					NAKAMURA
			I'm initiating a fleetwide Yellow
			Alert. Starfleet intelligence has
			picked up some disturbing reports
			from the Romulan Empire. It
			appears that at least thirty
			Warbirds have been pulled from
			other assignments and are heading
			for the Neutral Zone.

					PICARD
			Is there any indication why they
			would make such a blatantly
			aggressive move?

	Nakamura looks disturbed.

					NAKAMURA
			Our operatives on Romulus have
			indicated that there appears to be
			something happening in the Neutral
			Zone -- specifically, in the
			Devron System. Our own long range
			scans have picked up some kind of
			spatial anomaly in the area, but
			we can't tell what it is.

					PICARD
			What are our orders?

					NAKAMURA
			This is a delicate situation. I'm
			deploying fifteen starships along
			our side of the Neutral Zone. I
			want you to go there as well --
			see if you can find out what's
			going on in the Devron System.

					PICARD
			Am I authorized to enter the Zone?

					NAKAMURA
			Not yet. Wait and see what the
			Romulans do. You can conduct long-range
			scans, send probes if
			necessary... but don't cross the
			border unless they do.

					PICARD
			Understood.

 STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT TWO 18.

14   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard turns off the monitor and stands. As he does,
	the SCENE CHANGES TO:

15   EXT. VINEYARD - FUTURE - DAY

	In the same motion, the older Picard rises to his feet --
	and in doing so, stumbles and nearly falls. Geordi
	grabs him by the arm, tries to help him up.

					GEORDI
			Captain... what's wrong?

	Picard gets to his feet, looks around in confusion.
	Geordi is very concerned.

					PICARD
			This isn't my time. I belong
			somewhere else...

					GEORDI
			What?

	Picard stares at him, realizing he may not be making
	sense.

					PICARD
			I mean... I... I wasn't here a
			moment ago...

					GEORDI
			What do you mean? You've been
			right here with me...

	Picard gropes for an answer, tries to concentrate...
	but his mental faculties in this time period have
	deteriorated. He's much less cogent than the Picard
	we're used to -- it's hard for him to describe the
	experience.

					PICARD
			No, no... I was somewhere else...
			a long time ago...
				(beat)
			I was talking to someone...
			Beverly... Beverly was there...

	Geordi's beginning to worry that the old man is
	starting to lose it.

					GEORDI
			It's okay, Captain... everything's
			going to be all right.

 STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT TWO 18A.

15   CONTINUED:

	Picard pulls away from Geordi's grasp.

					PICARD
				(emphatic)
			I'm not senile. It did happen.
			I was here, with you... and then
			I was in another place...
				(beat)
			It was... it was back on the
			Enterprise!
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TWO   19.

15   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(suddenly unsure)
			At least, I think it was... it
			seemed like Sickbay... but maybe
			it was a hospital... or...

	Picard trails off, frustrated. Geordi looks at him.

					GEORDI
			Captain, I think we should go back
			to the house... call a doctor...

					PICARD
				(louder)
			No. I know what you're thinking.
			It's the Irumodic Syndrome -- it's
			beginning to -- to affect the old
			man's mind. Well, it's not that.
			And I wasn't daydreaming, either.

					GEORDI
			All right... all right... what do
			you want do about it?

	Picard thinks frantically for a beat, his mind trying
	to fasten onto a course of action. Finally, he seizes
	on something.

					PICARD
			I want to see Data.

					GEORDI
			Data... Why?

					PICARD
			I think he can help...

					GEORDI
			Help -- how?

					PICARD
				(angry)
			I don't know! I don't know, but
			I want to see him!

	Geordi takes a moment, not sure how to handle this
	situation, but finally agrees.

					GEORDI
			Okay... we'll go see Data. Is he
			still at Cambridge?

					PICARD
			Yes... yes... I think he's...

   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TWO   20.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard trails off as he sees something offcamera...

16   NEW ANGLE

	revealing SIX scraggly HUMANS standing nearby around
	Picard and Geordi. They are jeering and pointing at
	Picard, as seen earlier. Picard looks at them in
	shock.

					PICARD
				(urgent, to Geordi)
			Do you see them?

16A  GEORDI'S POV

	No one is there.

16B  PICARD AND GEORDI

					GEORDI
			See... who?

					PICARD
			They're everywhere... laughing at
			me... why are they laughing?

	Geordi doesn't know what to do -- it looks like Picard
	has gone completely crazy.

					GEORDI
			Come on, Captain... let's go see
			Data.

17   ON PICARD

	who looks at Geordi, then looks back out at the
	vineyard. When he looks out, the humans are gone.

					PICARD
			Yes... Data... yes...

	As they walk off...

									CUT TO:

	EXT. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY - FUTURE - DAY (MATTE)

	The old school looks much as it always has over the
	centuries, with a few 24th century touches.

 STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/25/94 - ACT TWO 21.

19   INT. DATA'S LIBRARY - FUTURE - DAY

	A spacious and very comfortable room. The walls are
	lined with books. There is a FIRE roaring in the
	hearth. And there are about ten CATS wandering about
	or sleeping. (The mood and feel should remind us of
	the Sherlock Homes Drawing Room set.)

	Picard and Geordi are seated on a couch. DATA is
	standing nearby. He has not aged over the years, but
	there is a prominent streak of gray on one side of his
	head -- it looks unnatural, as if someone has taken a
	paint brush to his head. He is wearing the 24th
	century version of a smoking jacket. Data's struggle
	to become more human has progressed in the future. And
	although we will never spell out exactly how far he's
	come, we will see that he seems far more at ease with
	himself and others. He uses contractions, has a
	relatively sophisticated understanding of humanity, and
	seems to genuinely enjoy life.

					PICARD
			I know how it sounds... but it
			happened. It was real. I was
			back on the Enterprise.

	Data and Geordi exchange a look.

 STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/25/94 - ACT TWO 22.

19   CONTINUED:

	Before they can comment, JESSEL, Data's English
	housekeeper, ENTERS with a tea service. She's a dour
	woman in her fifties with a heavy British accent.

					JESSEL
				(to Picard)
			How do you like your tea?

					PICARD
			Tea? Earl Grey. Hot.

					JESSEL
			Of course it's hot. What do ya
			want in it?

					PICARD
			Nothing...

	Picard shifts to another topic unexpectedly -- another
	sign that his mind tends to wander occasionally. This
	will continue to happen throughout the script.

					PICARD
			This is quite a place you have
			here, Data. I see they treat
			Professors pretty well at
			Cambridge...

	Picard laughs a little too loudly.

 STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT TWO 23.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Holding the Lucasian Chair does
			have its perquisites. This house
			originally belonged to Sir Isaac
			Newton when he held the position.
			It has become the traditional
			residence.

	Jessel brings tea to Data and Geordi.

					JESSEL
				(to Geordi, re: Data)
			If you're really his friend,
			you'll get him to take that grey
			out of his hair. He looks like a
			bloody skunk.

	Jessel moves back to the service, shoos a few cats off
	the furniture. Data gives Geordi a look.

					DATA
				(re: Jessel)
			She can be trying at times.
				(beat, smiles)
			But she does make me laugh.

					GEORDI
				(smiles)
			What is it with your hair, anyway?

					DATA
			I have found that a touch of gray
			adds an air of... distinction.

					PICARD
			Is this Earl Grey? I'd swear it
			was breakfast tea.

	Data moves back to Picard.

					DATA
			Captain, when was the last time
			you saw a physician about your
			Irumodic Syndrome?

					PICARD
			A week ago. I was prescribed
			peridaxon.
					(MORE)

 STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT TWO 24.

19   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(quickly)
			And yes, I know it's not a cure...
			nothing can stop the deterioration
			of my... my synaptic pathways...
				(beat)
			You think I'm senile... that this
			is all some... delusion.

					GEORDI
			No one said anything like that.

	Data holds Picard's gaze steadily, not shying away from
	giving him the unvarnished truth.

					DATA
			In all honesty, Captain, it's a
			thought that has occurred to me.
				(beat)
			However, there is nothing to
			disprove what you are saying,
			either. So it's possible
			something is happening to you.

	Picard looks hopeful. Data starts pacing, a human
	gesture that Data has obviously acquired.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			The first thing we should do is
			give you a complete series of
			neurographic scans. We can use
			the equipment at the bio-metrics
			lab here on campus.
				(to Jessel)
			Jessel, ask Professor Rippert to
			take over my lecture for tomorrow
			and possibly for the rest of the
			week.

	Picard is enthused.

					PICARD
			That's the Data I remember! I
			knew I could count on you!

	In his excitement, Picard spills some of his hot tea
	onto his lap. He yells out and JUMPS to his feet, and
	as he does, the SCENE CHANGES TO:

   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TWO   25.

20   INT. SHUTTLEBAY - PAST

	Picard is JUMPING out of the shuttlecraft, which is now
	sitting in the middle of the bay. Picard hesitates for
	a moment, disoriented at first. A large group of
	CREWMEMBERS are lined up in several ranks next to the
	shuttle standing at ease. Visible at the front of the
	group are Troi, O'BRIEN and Worf -- all are wearing the
	uniforms and "look" of "Encounter at Farpoint". Tasha
	steps out behind Picard and calls out in a loud voice:

					TASHA
				(to all)
			Commanding officer...
			Enterprise... arriving.

	At this command, an Ensign smartly brings an old-fashioned
	Bosun's whistle to his lips and BLOWS it. At
	the sound of the whistle, everyone in the bay snaps to
	attention. Picard stares at the scene for a moment,
	silently orienting himself to where and when he is. He
	takes a beat, then moves to a nearby podium, sets the
	PADD on it and looks up at the crowd. There's a
	distracted look on his face -- he's moving forward with
	the ceremony, but at the same time his mind is trying
	to assimilate all that's happened to him so far.

					PICARD
				(to all)
			To Captain Jean-Luc Picard,
			Stardate 41148...

	Picard glances up from the PADD...

21   PICARD'S POV

	We can now see three of the scraggly HUMANS standing on
	the catwalk. They are laughing at Picard.

22   RESUME PICARD

	He reacts in surprise...

23   PICARD'S POV

	The figures are gone.

24   PICARD

	Picard hesitates, jarred by the strange apparition...
	then recovers and continues reading from the PADD...

   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TWO   26.

24   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(reading)
			... You are hereby requested and
			required to take command...

	Picard glances up again...

25   PICARD'S POV

	There are now six scraggly humans standing on the
	catwalk, laughing and jeering.

26   PICARD

	looks away from the crowd, tries to concentrate on what
	he's doing. There's an awkward silence. Tasha gives
	him a slightly puzzled look -- what's wrong with him?
	Picard clears his throat and then continues...

					PICARD
			... to take command of the USS
			Enterprise as of this date.
			Signed Rear Admiral Norah Satie,
			Starfleet Command.

	He turns off the PADD, steps out from behind the podium
	and looks at his crew. They stare back at him
	silently, waiting for his first words for them -- the
	first words from the Captain of the Enterprise.

	PICARD'S POV - THE CATWALK

	There are now ten of the humans standing there -- all
	shouting at Picard with menacing looks.

28   PICARD

	reacts.

29   PICARD'S POV

	The humans are gone.

30   PICARD

	takes a beat, then makes a decision --

   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TWO   27.

30   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(yells)
			Red Alert! All hands to Battle
			Stations!

	There is a shocked and silent moment from the crowd.
	This is the last thing they expected. Tasha gives him
	a startled look, but recovers quickly -- she barks at
	the crowd.

					TASHA
			You heard him -- move!

	The ship goes to RED ALERT. People rush out the
	shuttlebay doors to their duty stations. OFF the mad
	scramble to action...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

  STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT THREE  28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

31   OMITTED

32   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - PAST

	Picard is staring out the windows as the crew of the
	past is filing in -- Tasha, Worf, Troi. The room
	appears as it did in the FIRST SEASON, complete with
	gold ship models on the wall. Camera should FAVOR
	Tasha, to orient us that we're in the past.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Personal Log: Stardate 41153.7.
			Recorded under security lockout
			Omega three-two-seven. I have
			decided not to inform this crew of
			my experiences. If it's true that
			I've travelled to the past, I
			cannot risk giving them
			foreknowledge of what's to come.

	Picard sits as the others do. They eye him warily --
	these people don't know Picard and are not comfortable
	around him or each other.

					PICARD
			Report.

					TASHA
			We've completed a full subspace
			scan of the ship and surrounding
			space. We detected no unusual
			readings or anomalies.

					WORF
			With all due respect, sir... it
			would help if we knew what we were
			looking for.

					PICARD
			Noted.
				(to Troi)
			Counselor, do you sense anything
			unusual aboard the Enterprise...
			an alien presence that doesn't
			belong here... perhaps operating
			on a level of intelligence far
			superior to our own?

	Troi pauses, thinks.

  STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT THREE  29.

32   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			No, sir. I'm only aware of the
			crew... and the families aboard
			the ship.

	Picard nods, takes a few steps around the table. They
	watch him carefully.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf, I want you to
			initiate a Level Two Security
			Alert on all decks until further
			notice.

	Worf looks surprised, and gives an awkward glance to
	Tasha. Tasha takes a step forward. She keeps her
	voice level, but it's clear that Picard's order has
	rankled her for some reason.

					TASHA
			Sir, with all due respect... I'm
			the Security Chief on this ship.
			Unless you're planning to make a
			change...

	Picard is taken aback... reorients himself, then
	presses on.

					PICARD
			No... no, of course not. Security
			Alert Two, Lieutenant.

					TASHA
			Aye, sir.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			Captain Picard to the Bridge,
			Please.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			On my way, Chief.

	Everyone EXITS to...

33   INT. BRIDGE - PAST - CONTINUOUS

	Picard, Worf, Tasha and Troi ENTER. Chief O'Brien is
	standing down in the command area. He hands a PADD to
	Picard. There are N.D. crewmembers milling about on
	the Bridge, working at opened panels... moving portable
	equipment around, etc. The ship is a mess -- clearly,
	not ready for space travel yet.

  STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT THREE  30.

33   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			Sir, Starfleet has just issued an
			alert. It appears that a number
			of vessels are moving toward the
			Neutral Zone between Romulan and
			Federation space.

					TASHA
			What kind of vessels?

					O'BRIEN
			Freighters, transports... all
			civilian. None of them Federation
			ships.

	Picard reads the PADD, and as he does, his frown
	deepens -- what he reads rings a bell.

					PICARD
				(off PADD)
			It says a large spatial anomaly
			has appeared in the Neutral
			Zone...
				(beat)
			In the Devron System.

	Worf reacts strongly -- this is a younger, more
	outwardly aggressive Worf than the one we're used to
	seeing in the seventh season.

					WORF
			Perhaps it is a Romulan trick --
			to lure ships into the Neutral
			Zone as an excuse for a military
			strike.

					O'BRIEN
				(to Tasha, Worf)
			Starfleet's cancelling our mission
			to Farpoint Station and ordering
			us to the Neutral Zone as soon as
			we can leave spacedock.

	Picard considers -- his mind is racing, trying to
	figure out what to do next. He finally makes a
	decision.

					PICARD
			No... no, we'll proceed to
			Farpoint.

  STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT THREE  30A.

33   CONTINUED: (2)

	Shocked reactions.

					TASHA
			Sir?

					PICARD
			You heard me.

  STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT THREE  31.

33   CONTINUED: (3)

					WORF
			But Captain -- the security of the
			Federation may be at stake!

	Picard calmly looks at him.

					PICARD
			Man your station, Mister Worf.

	Worf returns to the aft science station, bristling.

					TROI
			Captain, perhaps if we understood
			your thinking, if you could
			explain --

					PICARD
			I don't intend to explain
			anything...
				(to all)
			... to anyone. We will proceed to
			Farpoint Station, as originally
			planned.

	A quiet, tense moment on the Bridge... no one moves.

					PICARD
				(continuing, to O'Brien)
			Now, if I'm not mistaken, Chief,
			we're having some problems with
			the warp plasma inducers.

					O'BRIEN
				(surprised)
			That's right, sir.

					PICARD
			I think I know a way to get them
			back on-line. You're with me.
				(to Tasha)
			We'll be in Main Engineering.

	Picard and O'Brien EXIT. Once they leave, people go
	reluctantly back to work. Worf moves closer to Tasha.

					WORF
				(quiet, to Tasha)
			I do not understand. The Romulans
			may be planning an attack, and he
			does not seem to care.
				(beat)
			Are you certain this is the same
			man who commanded the Stargazer?

STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT THREE32.

33   CONTINUED: (4)

					TASHA
			As far as I know.

					WORF
			What are you going to do?

					TASHA
			I'm going to do what I'm told....
			prepare to go to Farpoint.

	Worf looks frustrated by her response. As Tasha walks
	across the Bridge, she moves past a WORKMAN, who is
	carrying a plaque toward the bulkhead next to the
	emergency Turbolift. He stops, lifts the ship's
	DEDICATION PLAQUE and begins to hang it on its familiar
	place on the wall...

									CUT TO:

34   INT. ENGINEERING - PAST

	Picard is in Geordi's office, sitting at a console,
	O'Brien standing next to him watching as the Captain
	rapidly works the console. Several N.D.s are working
	at various opened consoles and panels -- they're
	getting the ship ready to go.

	O'Brien is somewhat uncomfortable in the presence of
	the new Captain. Picard finishes working and hands
	O'Brien a PADD.

					PICARD
			Mister O'Brien, use these
			specifications to bypass the
			secondary plasma inducer.

	O'Brien takes the PADD, concern showing on his face.

					O'BRIEN
			You have to realize, sir... this
			isn't exactly my area of
			expertise. The Chief Engineer
			should be making these
			modifications.

					PICARD
			But the Chief Engineer isn't on
			board yet.
				(beat)
			Mister O'Brien... trust me. I
			know you can do this.

  STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT THREE  33.

34   CONTINUED:

	He smiles at O'Brien, whom he knows well and fondly.

					PICARD
			All those years you spent as a
			child... building model starship
			engines... were well worth it.

					O'BRIEN
				(surprised)
			How'd you know that, sir?

					PICARD
			From... your Starfleet records.

	O'Brien is amazed that this Captain spent time
	scrutinizing the records so thoroughly... but it makes
	him feel more comfortable with this aristocratic man.

					O'BRIEN
			Yes, sir. I'll get right to the
			modifications.

	O'Brien takes the PADD and heads across the room.
	Picard continues to work in Geordi's office. Stay on
	Picard as O'Brien moves offcamera and begins giving
	orders to an offscreen Ensign.

					O'BRIEN'S VOICE
			Fletcher -- tell Munoz and Lee to
			get up here right away. We have
			to realign the entire power grid.
			We're all going to be burning the
			midnight oil on this one.

					DATA'S VOICE
			That would be inadvisable.

	At the sound of Data's voice, Picard turns and looks --
	and we now reveal Data, who has just entered the room.
	Through the following conversation, Picard watches with
	a smile as he sees O'Brien encounter Data for the first
	time.

	Data looks and acts as he did in the pilot. This is a
	less sophisticated, more naive Data than the one we're
	used to -- he's the Data we knew seven years ago: more
	innocent and less comfortable with everyday human
	interactions.

					O'BRIEN
			Excuse me?

  STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT THREE  33A.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			If you attempt to ignite a
			petroleum product on this ship at
			zero-hundred hours -- it will
			activate the fire suppression
			system, which will seal off this
			entire compartment.

	O'Brien looks at him blankly.

					O'BRIEN
			Sir... that was just an
			expression.

	Data reacts.

					DATA
			An expression of what?

  STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT THREE  34.

34   CONTINUED: (3)

					O'BRIEN
				(groping)
			A figure of speech... I was trying
			to tell him that... we were going
			to be working late...

					DATA
			Ah. Then "to burn the midnight
			oil" implies late work?

					O'BRIEN
			That's right.

					DATA
			I am curious. What is the
			etymology of that idiom? How did
			it come to be used in contemporary
			language?

	O'Brien isn't sure to what to make of this man.

					O'BRIEN
			I... don't know, sir...

	Picard finally comes to O'Brien's rescue.

					PICARD
			Commander Data, welcome aboard --
			it's good to see you.

	Data turns and sees Picard for the first time. They
	shake hands. Picard smiles at him warmly, genuinely
	glad to see him and have someone he can completely rely
	on. Data isn't sure why this man he has just met is
	smiling so warmly at him.

					DATA
			It is... good to see you, too,
			sir.

					PICARD
			I could use your help with the
			infusor array.

					DATA
			Certainly.

	They move to a wall panel near the warp core and open
	it. Picard points to a conduit.

					PICARD
			As you can see, we're having
			difficulty with the plasma
			conduits...

  STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT THREE  35.

34   CONTINUED: (4)

	Data eyes the panel.

					DATA
				(re: panel)
			This will require a completely new
			field induction subprocessor.
				(beat)
			It appears that we will be
			required to... ignite the midnight
			petroleum, sir.

	Picard glances at him, smiles slightly. Suddenly, we
	hear Beverly's voice --

					BEVERLY'S VOICE
			Jean-Luc... what's going on?

	Picard turns, and as he does the SCENE CHANGES TO:

35   INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE - PRESENT

	Picard standing in his bathrobe near the desk. Beverly
	and Riker are standing in the doorway, looking at him,
	puzzled. Picard is momentarily disoriented -- tries to
	orient himself to the here and now.

					PICARD
			It happened again.

	Beverly reacts.

					BEVERLY
			A time shift?

					PICARD
			Yes...

	Beverly immediately grabs a tricorder and scans
	Picard's head.

					RIKER
			What happened?

					PICARD
			It's still a little vague, but I
			can remember more this time. I
			think the more I shift between
			time periods, the more memory I
			retain...
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT THREE  36.

35   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(thinks)
			First, I was in what appeared to
			be the future... years from now.
			Then I was in the past again...
			right before our first mission...

	Beverly reacts to the tricorder readings.

					RIKER
				(to Beverly)
			What is it?

					BEVERLY
				(off tricorder)
			I just scanned his temporal lobe
			and compared it to the scan I
			performed just a few minutes ago.
			There's a thirteen percent
			increase of acetylcholine in his
			hippocampus.
				(to Picard)
			Within a matter of minutes, you
			accumulated over two days worth of
			memories.

	They all react... there's now real confirmation of what
	Picard's been saying. OFF Picard's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR   37.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

36   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - PRESENT

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Data, Troi, Geordi, Beverly. Midconversation.

					PICARD
				(to Troi)
			Counselor, do you remember the
			first day I came aboard the
			Enterprise?

					TROI
			Yes.

					PICARD
			What happened after the welcoming
			ceremony?

					TROI
			There was a reception in Ten
			Forward... I introduced you to
			Worf and the other senior
			officers...

					PICARD
			Do you have any memory of me
			calling for a Red Alert in
			spacedock? Do you remember
			Starfleet diverting us from
			Farpoint to the Neutral Zone to
			investigate a spatial anomaly?

					TROI
			No...

	They consider this.

					DATA
			It would appear that there is a
			discontinuity between the time
			periods you have described.
			Events in one time period would
			seem to have no effect on the
			other two.

	They try to make sense of this.

					RIKER
			And yet in both the past and the
			present -- there's a report of the
			same anomaly in the Devron System.
			It's hard to believe that's a
			coincidence.

   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR   38.

36   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			For all I know, there may be one
			in the future, too.

					GEORDI
			Maybe the anomaly is some kind
			of... temporal disruption.

					BEVERLY
				(to Picard)
			But how is all this related to
			your time shifting?

					PICARD
			These are good questions. And I
			suspect I might find some answers
			when I return to the past... but
			for now we're facing a potentially
			dangerous threat from the
			Romulans.
				(beat)
			All departments should submit
			combat readiness reports by oh
			eight hundred hours tomorrow.
			Dismissed.

	Everyone rises to go and heads for the door. Riker
	catches Troi's attention.

					RIKER
				(to Troi)
			Looks like it's going to be a late
			night... want to get some dinner
			first?

	Troi hesitates, glances at Worf. There's an awkward
	moment. Riker looks a little puzzled, not sure what's
	going on.

					TROI
			Actually, I...
				(re: Worf)
			I mean... we have plans.

	And in that moment, Riker suddenly realizes that Troi
	and Worf's relationship has progressed further than he
	ever realized. He's caught off-guard here, but tries
	to respond casually and naturally.

   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR   39.

36   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Oh... I see. Well then... see you
			tomorrow morning.

					WORF
			Goodnight, sir.

					RIKER
			Worf...

	Worf and Troi EXIT to the corridor. Riker looks after
	them once they've gone. Clearly, the scene has
	disturbed him -- he's not sure how he feels about this.
	Finally, he turns and EXITS to the Bridge...

37   INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT - CONTINUOUS

	Riker ENTERS. Beverly is standing near the aft
	console, watching Picard as he gives Data orders. The
	ship is at Yellow Alert.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			... and I want continuous subspace
			sweeps. We might detect a
			temporal disturbance.

					DATA
			Aye sir.

	Riker and Picard move toward the Command area.

					PICARD
			Wil... this time shifting... when
			it happens, I experience a moment
			of disorientation. If this should
			happen during a crisis, I want you
			to be ready to take command
			immediately.

	Riker is still distracted by what just happened with
	Worf and Troi. He doesn't respond right away.

					PICARD
			Number One?

					RIKER
			Sorry, Captain. Be prepared to
			take command. Aye sir.

	Picard looks at him, notes his distraction.

   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR   40.

37   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Speaking of disorientation... are
			you all right?

	Riker tries to shrug it off.

					RIKER
			Just a little distracted. I'm
			fine.

	Picard doesn't quite believe this, but decides not to
	pursue the matter.

					PICARD
			You have the Bridge. I'll be in
			my Ready Room.

	Riker moves to sit down as Picard heads for the Ready
	Room.

38   ANGLE ON BEVERLY

	She watches Picard exit, a look of concern on her face.
	OFF her expression...

									CUT TO:

39   INT. READY ROOM - PRESENT

	Picard sitting at his desk. The door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Beverly ENTERS, walks directly to the replicator.

					BEVERLY
				(to replicator)
			Milk, warm -- dash of nutmeg.

	We HEAR the replicator work. Beverly takes a way a
	glass of milk and hands it to Picard.

					PICARD
			What's this?

					BEVERLY
			A prescription. A glass of warm
			milk and eight hours uninterrupted
			sleep.

					PICARD
			Beverly...


   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR   41.

39   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Doctor's orders. You're
			exhausted. I don't know if you've
			slept in the past or the future...
			but I know you haven't slept in
			the present.
				(lightly)
			Get some rest, or I'll have you
			relieved and sedated.

					PICARD
				(lightly)
			Yes, sir.

	They exchange a smile. Beverly puts her hand on his in
	a friendly gesture, but then leaves it there a beat
	longer then necessary, and gives it a little squeeze.
	She looks concerned. He looks up at her with a little
	bit of surprise.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			What's wrong?

	Beverly thinks, and for a moment, it seems as if she
	might say something... but she decides against it...
	she turns and heads for the door. Picard stands up.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Beverly.

	She stops, takes a moment, then finally turns around
	and looks at him.

					BEVERLY
			As a physician, it's often my job
			to give people unpleasant news...
			to tell them that they need
			surgery or that they can't have
			children...
				(beat)
			Or that they might be facing a
			difficult illness...

	She breaks off, looks away from him. Picard moves to
	her, touched by her concern.

					PICARD
			You said yourself it's only a
			possibility.

   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR   42.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			But you've been to the future...
			you know it's going to happen.

	Picard takes a beat, then looks up at her again.

					PICARD
			I prefer to think of the future as
			something that is not written in
			stone. A lot of things can happen
			in twenty-five years.

	She looks at him for a moment, smiles... then leans
	over and kisses him on the lips. They pull apart after
	a beat. She looks into his eyes.

					BEVERLY
				(quiet)
			A lot of things can happen.

	Beverly turns and EXITS. Picard watches her go, a
	thoughtful look on his face... then he picks up the
	glass of milk and takes a sip... moves to the couch and
	stretches out. He's exhausted. He closes his eyes...
	his breathing deepens... he begins to drift off...

					GEORDI'S VOICE
			Sir? Wake up... sir?

	The SCENE CHANGES TO:

40   INT. DATA'S LIBRARY - FUTURE - LATE AFTERNOON

	Geordi is gently waking Picard, who is sleeping on
	Data's sofa. Picard blinks open his eyes.

					PICARD
			Yes... yes, what is it? Have we
			reached the Neutral Zone?

					GEORDI
			The Neutral Zone?

	Picard looks around, realizing what time period he's
	in...

					PICARD
			Sorry... I was... in the past
			again...
				(beat)
			What's going on?

   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR   43.

40   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Data's arranged for us to run some
			tests on you in the bio-metrics
			lab. We're ready to go if you
			are.

					PICARD
			No... no, we don't have time for
			that. We have to get to the
			Neutral Zone.

					GEORDI
			Why?

					PICARD
			In the other two time periods...
			Starfleet reported a... uh... some
			kind of... spatial anomaly in
			the... in the...
				(beat)
			... in the Devron System! The
			Devron System in the Neutral Zone!

	Geordi sighs -- the old man's ravings are starting to
	get a little out of hand.

					GEORDI
			Sir...

					PICARD
				(thinking)
			If the anomaly was in the past...
			it might be here, too. We have to
			go find out...

					GEORDI
			Just because you've seen it in two
			other time frames, doesn't mean
			it's going to be here.

					PICARD
			But if it is -- that means
			something! Damnit, Geordi -- I
			know what we have to do!

	Geordi puts aside his own frustration.

					GEORDI
			Okay... but first of all, there is
			no Neutral Zone, remember?

	Picard thinks.

   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR   44.

40   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(struggling)
			Right... right. Klingons... in
			this time period, the Klingons
			have taken over the Romulan
			Empire...

					GEORDI
			And the relations between us and
			the Klingons aren't real cozy
			right now.

	Picard struggles to his feet, irritated.

					PICARD
			I know that. I haven't completely
			lost my mind, you know.

	Picard pulls up short at his own tone, tries to take
	the edge out of his voice.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Sorry, Geordi... it's hard for me
			to concentrate... and remember
			things... I don't mean to take
			out that frustration on you...

					GEORDI
			It's okay...
				(beat)
			Well, if we're going to the Devron
			System, we're going to need a
			ship.

					PICARD
			I think it's time to call in some
			old favors...
				(beat)
			Contact Admiral Riker at Starbase
			Two-four-seven.

									CUT TO:

41   EXT. CAMBRIDGE - FUTURE - LATE AFTERNOON (MATTE)

	As seen earlier.

        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR       45.

42   INT. DATA'S LIBRARY - FUTURE - LATE AFTERNOON
(OPTICAL)

	A short time later. Where the hearth and fire were
	seen earlier there is now a large VIEWSCREEN and a
	computer console. Picard is talking to Admiral Riker
	on the viewer.

	Riker is twenty-five years older, his hair almost
	completely gray. His attitude is now that of a
	seasoned and experienced Starfleet Admiral... but
	there's something more. He's more brittle, less easygoing
	than the Riker we used to know... something's
	changed in him.

	He regards Picard fondly but with a hint of tolerance.
	The power relationships have changed here -- while
	Riker respects Picard he is no longer beholden to him.
	Mid-conversation. Data and Geordi are standing nearby.

					RIKER
			Jean-Luc, you know I'd like to
			help... but frankly, what you're
			asking for is impossible. The
			Klingons have closed their borders
			to all Federation starships.

					PICARD
			Wil... if this... spatial anomaly
			really is in the Devron System...

					RIKER
			I saw a report from Starfleet
			Intelligence on that sector this
			morning. There's no activity...
			there's nothing unusual happening
			in the Devron System.

					PICARD
			I don't believe that! Maybe their
			long-range scanners are flawed...
			we have to go there, see for
			ourselves!

	Riker is reluctant to turn him down flat... he looks
	for a way to ease out of it.

					RIKER
			Data, what do you make of all
			this?

	Data considers. He no longer makes decisions based
	purely on logic, but compassionately takes feelings
	into account, too.

        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR      45A.

42   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I am not certain. I cannot
			disprove what the Captain is
			saying.
				(beat)
			And he is convinced he is
			travelling back and forth through
			time.

	Riker eyes him. Clearly Data is siding with the
	Captain. Riker feels he has to do something.

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT FOUR     46.

42   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Right.
				(beat)
			Look, I've got the Yorktown out
			near the border... I'll have them
			run some long range scans of the
			Devron System... if they find
			anything, I'll let you know.

					PICARD
			That's not good enough.

					RIKER
				(firm)
			It's going to have to be. I'm
			sorry. That's all I can do.
			Riker out.

	The transmission ENDS. Picard steps back from the
	Viewscreen, frustrated and angry. Data turns to the
	computer console.

					DATA
				(to computer)
			Computer -- restore holographic
			image.

	The Viewscreen and computer console VANISH and are
	REPLACED by the fireplace and roaring fire.

					PICARD
				(angry)
			Damn him anyway... after all we've
			been through together... he's been
			sitting behind that desk too long.

					GEORDI
			Well... I guess all we can do is
			wait to see if the Yorktown finds
			anything.

					DATA
			There is another option.

	Picard looks hopeful, but Geordi is exasperated -- he
	was hoping that Riker had put an end to all this.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			We could arrange passage aboard a
			medical ship.

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT FOUR     47.

42   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Medical ship?

					DATA
			Yes. There was an outbreak of
			Terrellian Plague on Romulus. The
			Klingons have been allowing
			Federation medical ships to cross
			the border.

					PICARD
				(excited)
			Yes... yes...

	Geordi is a little chagrinned, but opts not to fight
	about it.

					GEORDI
				(resigned)
			So now all we need is a medical
			ship.

					PICARD
			I think I can arrange that.
				(to Data)
			Find the USS Pasteur. I have some
			pull with the Captain.
				(beat, then concerned)
			At least, I used to...

									CUT TO:

43   EXT. SPACE - MEDICAL SHIP - FUTURE (OPTICAL)

	A small and sleek VESSEL with the 24th century
	equivalent of "Red Cross" markings. The ship is
	orbiting Earth.

44   INT. MEDICAL SHIP - BRIDGE - FUTURE

	The Bridge of a futuristic medical ship. Picard,
	Geordi and Data (who's now dressed in travel clothes)
	ENTER from a Turbolift. ENSIGN CHILTON is at the Conn.
	Someone is sitting in the Captain's chair and is turned
	away from them. The chair swivels to face them and we
	REVEAL --

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT FOUR     48.

44   CONTINUED:

	Captain Beverly Picard. She smiles and rises.

					BEVERLY
			Well... this is a page out of the
			past. I never thought I'd see any
			one of you on a starship again.
				(shaking hands)
			Data, Geordi...

	There is an awkward beat as Beverly and Picard look at
	each other -- there is a tension in the air. At the
	exact same moment, Beverly moves to hug him, but Picard
	holds out his hand to shake hers. Then they both see
	what the other is doing, and they switch -- Beverly
	starts to shake his hand and Picard moves to hug her.
	They both finally drop their hands and smile at each
	other, embarrassed and amused at their own awkwardness.

					PICARD
			Let's just... choose one.

	They move toward each other and gently hug for a
	moment. There is a tenderness between them... then
	they separate and there's the awkwardness again.

					PICARD
			Well. Did you get my message?

					BEVERLY
			Yes. Jean-Luc... going into
			Klingon territory -- it's insane.
				(shakes her head)
			But I never could say no to you.

					PICARD
			Ah. So that's why you married me.

	She smiles at him. These are two people who still
	retain a fondness for each other in spite of not having
	been able to make marriage work.

					BEVERLY
			Now... the first order of business
			is to get clearance to cross the
			Klingon border.

					GEORDI
			What about Worf? Isn't he still
			on the Klingon High Council?

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT FOUR    48A.

44   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I'm not sure. Information on the
			Klingon political structure is
			hard to come by these days.
			However, at last report Worf was
			governor of H'atoria, a small
			Klingon colony near the border.

  STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT FOUR 49-49A     

44   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Worf... yes, that's it... that's
			the answer. Worf. He'll help us.
			Let's make it so.

	As Beverly considers this --

					CHILTON
			Captain Picard?

					PICARD
				(overlapping)
			Yes?

					BEVERLY
				(overlapping)
			Yes?

	They give each other a look. Chilton addresses
	Beverly.

					CHILTON
				(beat)
			Captain, McKinley Station is
			signalling. They want to know
			when we'll be docking.

					BEVERLY
			Tell McKinley that we've been
			called away on a priority mission.
			We won't be docking.

					CHILTON
			Aye, sir.

	Picard smiles at Beverly.

					PICARD
			Kept the name, eh?

					BEVERLY
				(smiling)
			I've prepared quarters for you on
			Deck Five if you'd like some rest.

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FOUR     50.

44   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			I'm fine. I don't need any rest.

					BEVERLY
				(to Chilton)
			Nell, please escort the Ambassador
			to his quarters--

					PICARD
			I can find my way around a
			starship!

	Picard addresses the group, building a head of steam.

					PICARD
			You're all treating me like an
			invalid, but I assure you I've got
			a few years left. I don't need to
			be led around and I don't want to
			be patronized.

					BEVERLY
			You're right. I'm sorry.

	Disarmed, he starts for the Turbolift.

					PICARD
			I'll go have a rest.

	The doors close behind him. Once he's gone, Beverly
	turns to Geordi and Data with a slightly sad
	expression.

					BEVERLY
			How long since he's had a
			neurological scan?

					GEORDI
			I'm not sure, but don't waste your
			time suggesting it. He says he's
			not taking "any more damn tests."

					BEVERLY
			Do you believe he's moving through
			time?

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT FOUR    50A.

44   CONTINUED: (5)

	Geordi looks down -- it's clear he doesn't believe the
	Captain.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			I don't know if I do, either...
			but -- he's Jean-Luc Picard. And
			if he wants to go on one more
			mission, that's what we're going
			to do.

  STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT FOUR 51-51A     

44   CONTINUED: (6)

	Beverly moves to the Captain's chair.

					BEVERLY
				(to Chilton)
			Ensign Chilton, set course for
			H'atoria.

									CUT TO:

44A  OMITTED

45   INT. MEDICAL SHIP - TURBOLIFT - FUTURE

	Picard standing in the moving Lift.

					PICARD
			We'll find the anomaly... I know
			we will...

	The Lift stops. The doors open and Picard steps out.
	And as he does, the SCENE CHANGES TO:

46   INT. BRIDGE - PAST

	Picard walking out of a Turbolift onto the Bridge. He
	hesitates only for a moment, quickly orienting himself.
	He moves to the Command Area. Tasha, Worf, O'Brien,
	Data and Troi at their stations.

					PICARD
			Report.

					O'BRIEN
			We're nearing the coordinates you
			gave me, sir.

        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR       52.

46   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Is there anything unusual in the
			vicinity?

					DATA
			How would you define unusual, sir?
			Every region of space has unique
			properties that cannot be found
			anywhere else.

	Picard thinks, remembers what happened originally.

					PICARD
			There should be a... "barrier" of
			some sort nearby. A large plasma
			field... highly disruptive.

	Tasha works.

					TASHA
			Nothing, sir.

	Frustrated, Picard looks down at O'Brien's console
	again.

					PICARD
			It's the right time... right
			place... he should be here...

					O'BRIEN
			Who, sir?

	Picard straightens up and looks around the Bridge.

					PICARD
				(calls out)
			Q! We're here! This has gone on
			long enough! What sort of game
			are you playing?

	There is no answer. The Bridge crew exchange looks
	among themselves -- they're definitely starting to
	wonder about this guy.

					PICARD
				(continuing, to Troi)
			Counselor, do you sense an alien
			presence?

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR     53.

46   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
			No, sir.

46A
thru	OMITTED
46B

47   ANGLE - WORF AND TASHA

					WORF
				(sotto, to Tasha)
			What is a... "Q"?

					TASHA
				(sotto)
			It's a letter of the alphabet, as
			far as I know.

48   PICARD

	is getting more and more frustrated.

					PICARD
				(quiet)
			This is not the way it's supposed
			to happen...
				(to all)
			Maintain position here. I'll be
			in my Ready Room.

	Picard EXITS to the Ready Room...

49   INT. READY ROOM - PAST - CONTINUOUS

	As Picard steps through the doors, the SCENE CHANGES
	TO:

50   INT. COURTROOM (OPTICAL)

	Picard is suddenly in front of the screaming crowd, as
	seen in "Farpoint". The crowd is looking down the
	hallway that leads into the courtroom. Out of the
	darkness, riding on his FLOATING CHAIR -- Q appears,
	dressed in his judge's robes. The crowd ROARS in
	approval at the sight of him. Q holds up a hand and
	they fall silent. He looks toward Picard.

					Q
			Mon Capitan... I thought you'd
			never get here.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT FIVE     54.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

51   INT. COURTROOM

	Picard facing Q, as before.

					PICARD
			Q... I thought so. What's going
			on?

					Q
			It's Judge Q to you. And isn't it
			obvious what's going on?

	Picard looks around at the courtroom, the unruly crowd.

					PICARD
			The last time I stood in this
			courtroom was seven years ago...

					Q
				(mocking)
			"Seven years ago... " How little
			you mortals understand time. Must
			you be so linear, Jean-Luc?

					PICARD
				(doggedly)
			You accused me of being the
			representative of a barbarous
			species...

					Q
			I believe my exact words were "a
			dangerous, savage, child-race."

					PICARD
			But we demonstrated that mankind
			has become peaceful and
			benevolent. You agreed, and let
			us go on our way.
				(looking around)
			Why do I find myself back in this
			courtroom?

					Q
			You'd like me to connect the dots
			for you. Lead you from A... to
			B... to C... so your puny mind
			can comprehend.

	Q shakes his head wearily, vexed by man's limitations.

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/25/94 - ACT FIVE     55.

51   CONTINUED:

					Q
			How boring. They would be so much
			more entertained if you tried to
			figure this out...

	Q thinks for a moment.

					Q
				(continuing)
			I'll answer any ten questions that
			call for a "yes" or a "no."
				(beat)
			Well?

	Picard takes a breath, looks around the courtroom
	again. This is the only way he can get information.

					PICARD
			Are you putting mankind on trial
			again?

					Q
			No.

					PICARD
			Is there any connection at all
			between the trial seven years
			ago... and whatever's going on
			now?

					Q
			Hmmmmm... I would have to say...
			yes.

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/25/94 - ACT FIVE     56.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			The spatial anomaly in the Neutral
			Zone -- is it related to what's
			happening?

					Q
			Oh, most definitely yes.

					PICARD
			Is it part of a Romulan plot? A
			ploy to start a war?

					Q
			No... and no. Five down.

					PICARD
			That's only four --

					Q
				(ticking on his fingers)
			"Is it a Romulan plot?" "Is it a
			ploy to start a war?" Those are
			separate questions.

					PICARD
			Did you create the anomaly?

					Q
				(laughs merrily)
			No, no, no. You're going to be so
			surprised when you realize where
			it came from -- if you ever figure
			it out.

					PICARD
				(trying another tack)
			Are you responsible for my
			shifting through time?

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/28/94 - ACT FIVE    56A.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

					Q
			I'll answer that if you promise
			you won't tell anyone.
				(whispering)
			Yes.

					PICARD
			Why?

					Q
			Oh, I'm sorry. That's not a "yes
			or no" question. You forfeit the
			rest of your questions.

	He regards Picard with scorn.

					Q
				(continuing)
			I expected as much. You're such
			a limited creature... a perfect
			example of why we've made our
			decision.

	Picard gives him a questioning look.

					Q
			The trial never ended, Captain.
			We never reached a verdict. But,
			now we have: you're guilty.

					PICARD
			Guilty of what?

					Q
			Of being inferior.

	Q looks at Picard with unconcealed contempt.

					Q
			Seven years ago I said we'd be
			watching you. And we have been.
			Hoping your ape-like race would
			demonstrate some growth... give
			some indication that your minds
			have room for expansion.

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/29/94 - ACT FIVE    56B.

51   CONTINUED: (3)

	Q's tone now is serious, threatening.

					Q
			And what have we seen instead?
			You spending time worrying about
			Commander Riker's career...
			listening to Counselor Troi's
			pedantic psychobabble...
			indulging Data in his witless
			exploration of humanity...

					PICARD
			We have journeyed to countless new
			worlds... made contact with new
			species... expanded man's
			understanding of the universe...

					Q
			In your own paltry, limited way.
			You have no idea how far you still
			have to go.

					PICARD
			We are what we are, Q -- and we're
			doing the best we can. It's not
			for you to set the standard by
			which we're judged.

					Q
			Oh, but it is. And we have. Time
			may be eternal -- but our patience
			is not.

					PICARD
				(tight)
			Having rendered a verdict... have
			you decided upon a sentence?

					Q
			Indeed. It's time to put an end
			to your trek through the stars...
			to make room for other, more
			worthy species.

					PICARD
			We're to be denied travel through
			space?

        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FIVE      56C.

51   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			Q... even you could not be capable
			of such an act --

					Q
			I? There you go again, blaming me
			for everything. Well, this time
			I'm not your enemy. I am not the
			one who causes the annihilation of
			mankind.
				(beat)
			You are.

					PICARD
			Me...

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 03/21/94 - ACT FIVE     57.

51   CONTINUED: (5)

					Q
			That's right. You're doing it
			right now... you've already done
			it... and you will do it yet
			again.

					PICARD
			What sort of meaningless doubletalk
			is that?

	Q sighs.

					Q
			He doesn't understand. I have
			only myself to blame, I suppose.
			I believed in you... I thought you
			had potential... but apparently I
			was wrong.
				(beat)
			May whatever God you believe in
			have mercy on your soul. This
			court stands adjourned.

	Q raises a hand and there is the crash of a GONG. The
	SCENE CHANGES TO::

52   INT. READY ROOM - PRESENT

	Picard sits up on the couch suddenly, the SOUND of the
	gong slowly fading away. He realizes what's happened.

	He heads for the door of the Ready Room and EXITS to
	the Bridge.

52A  INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT

	Picard steps onto the Bridge and addresses Riker.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Commander, assemble the Senior
			Staff and go to Red Alert.
				(beat)
			We have a bigger problem than we
			thought.

	OFF his face...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SIX        58.

                            ACT SIX                             

	FADE IN:

53   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

54   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, Geordi, Beverly, Troi. Midconversation.

					GEORDI
			I don't believe him. This has to
			be another one of Q's games. He's
			probably listening to us right
			now, getting a big laugh out of
			watching us jump through his
			hoops.

					PICARD
			I think that this time, we have no
			choice but to take him at his
			word... which means that in some
			fashion, I will cause the
			destruction of humanity.

					BEVERLY
			But didn't Q say you already had
			caused it?

					TROI
			And that you were causing it
			now...

					DATA
			Given the fact that there is an
			apparent discontinuity between the
			three time periods the Captain is
			visiting, Q's statement may be
			accurate, if confusing.

        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SIX        59.

54   CONTINUED:

	A beat. Picard looks frustrated.

					PICARD
			So what should I do -- just lock
			myself in a room in all three time
			periods?

					RIKER
			No. Maybe not acting is what
			causes the destruction of mankind.
			What if you were needed on the
			Bridge at a key moment, and
			weren't there?

					TROI
			We can't start second-guessing
			ourselves. I think we have to
			proceed normally... deal with each
			situation as it occurs...

					PICARD
			Agreed.
				(beat)
			I've been thinking about my
			conversation with Q. He admitted
			that he was responsible for my
			shifting through time...

	The others listen carefully, wondering where the
	Captain is going with this.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			It occurred to me... that perhaps
			Q is giving me a chance to save
			mankind somehow.

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT SIX      60.

54   CONTINUED: (2)

	Astonished looks all around.

					RIKER
			What makes you say that?

					PICARD
			Q has always shown a certain...
			fascination with humanity... and
			specifically with me. I think he
			has more than a casual interest in
			what happens to me.

					DATA
			That is true. Q's interest in you
			is very similar to that of a
			master and a beloved pet.

	Picard shoots him a dirty look.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			That was only an analogy, Captain.

					PICARD
			If I weren't traveling through
			time... I would never have
			realized that the anomaly in the
			Neutral Zone appeared there in the
			past as well.
				(beat)
			Assuming that's an important piece
			of a larger puzzle, my ability to
			shift through time may be the key
			to understanding what's going on.

					COM VOICE
			Bridge to Captain Picard.

        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SIX        61.

54   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Go ahead.

					COM VOICE
			We're approaching the Neutral
			Zone, Captain.

	Looks all around.

					PICARD
			On our way.

	Everyone heads for the door...

55   INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT - CONTINUOUS

	Picard, Riker, Data and Worf ENTER and move to their
	positions. Beverly, Geordi and Troi EXIT to the
	Turbolift. The ship is still at Red Alert.

					PICARD
			All stop. Initiate a long range
			scan.

					DATA
				(working)
			There are four Warbirds holding
			position on the Romulan side of
			the Neutral Zone, Captain.

					WORF
			The Federation Starships Concord
			and Bozeman are holding position
			on our side.

					RIKER
			Face-off. The question is, who's
			going to move first?

					PICARD
			We are. Mister Worf, hail the
			Romulan flagship.

	Worf works.

					WORF
			The Warbird Terix is responding.

					PICARD
			On screen.

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 03/10/94 - ACT SIX     62.

56   ANGLE ON MEDICAL SHIP VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The image of an aged Worf appears on the viewer.

					WORF
			Captain Picard.

	CUT TO REVEAL THAT WE ARE --

57   INT. MEDICAL SHIP - BRIDGE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)

	The older Picard is standing next to the Captain's
	chair. Beverly and Chilton are at their stations.
	Data and Geordi look on. Picard blinks for a moment,
	steadies himself against Beverly's chair as he adjusts
	to the abrupt time shift.

					BEVERLY
				(to Worf)
			Hello, Worf. It's been a long
			time.

					WORF
			Doctor... it is good to see you
			again.

					BEVERLY
			Did you have a chance to read our
			request?

					WORF
			Yes. But you must realize... I am
			no longer a member of the High
			Council.

					BEVERLY
			You are the Governor of the
			H'atoria Colony.

					WORF
				(with contempt)
			It is merely a ceremonial position
			given me when the house of Mogh
			was forced from power.

					PICARD
			Worf, surely you still have some
			influence. We must get into the
			Neutral Zone.

	Worf hesitates.

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT SIX      63.

57   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Can't you at least grant us
			permission to cross the border?

					WORF
			I must refuse. It is for your own
			safety -- the Neutral Zone is
			extremely volatile.
				(beat)
			If Admiral Riker had given you a
			starship with a cloak, you would
			have been safe. I cannot believe
			he refused to help you.

					PICARD
			I don't care what kind of ship
			we're in -- the important thing is
			to get to the Devron System --

					WORF
			I am sorry, but my first duty is
			to the Empire. I must adhere to
			regulations.

					PICARD
			Maybe I'm just an old man who
			doesn't understand... but the Worf
			I knew cared more about things
			like loyalty and honor than he did
			rules and regulations.
				(beat)
			But then, that was a long time
			ago. Maybe you're not the Worf I
			knew.

	Worf suddenly explodes in a fit of rage. He throws
	everything off his desk with a powerful sweep of his
	arm.

					WORF
				(a curse)
			Dor-sHo GHA!

	His eyes flash and he points an accusatory finger
	toward Picard.

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT SIX     63A.

57   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(continuing)
			You have always used your
			knowledge of Klingon honor and
			tradition to get what you want
			from me.

					PICARD
				(right back at him)
			That's because it always works.
			Your problem, Worf, is that you
			really do have a sense of honor...
			you really do care about things
			like loyalty and trust. Don't
			blame me because I know you too
			well.

	Worf glares at him... then --

					WORF
			Very well. You may cross the
			border. But only if I come with
			you. I am familiar with the
			Neutral Zone.

	Picard smiles at him.

					PICARD
			Terms accepted.

	The transmission ENDS.

					BEVERLY
				(to Chilton)
			Inform Transporter Room Two to
			beam the Governor aboard.

	Beverly turns to Picard with a serious look on her
	face.

					BEVERLY
			I just want to make one thing
			clear, Jean-Luc. If we run into
			any serious opposition, I'm taking
			us back to Federation territory.
			We aren't well armed and we
			wouldn't last long in a fight.

        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SIX        64.

57   CONTINUED: (3)

					CHILTON
			Governor Worf is aboard, Captain.

					BEVERLY
			All right. Ensign, set course for
			the Devron System. Warp thirteen.

	She raises her hand to give the order to engage, then
	pauses for a moment... looks to Picard and smiles.

					BEVERLY
			Once more, for old time's sake?

	Picard smiles, knowing exactly what she means. He
	raises his hand in the old familiar way, and then the
	SCENE CHANGES TO:

58   INT. BRIDGE - PAST

	Picard sitting in the Captain's chair, hand raised.

					PICARD
			Engage.

	O'Brien turns around in his chair, a little confused.

					O'BRIEN
			Engage to where, sir?

	Picard glances around, quickly orients himself.

					PICARD
			Set course for the Devron System,
			and engage at warp nine.

					TASHA
			The Devron System is inside the
			Neutral Zone, sir.

					PICARD
			I'm aware of that, Lieutenant.
			Carry out my orders, Chief.

					O'BRIEN
			Aye, sir.

	Tasha, Worf and Troi exchange concerned looks.

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 03/10/94 - ACT SIX     65.

58   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(quiet, to Picard)
			Captain... may I have a word with
			you in private?

					PICARD
			Of course.
				(to Tasha)
			Lieutenant, contact Farpoint
			Station. I want to talk to
			Commander Riker.

					TASHA
			Aye, sir.

	They stand and head for the Ready Room...

59   INT. READY ROOM - PAST - CONTINUOUS

	Picard and Troi ENTER.

					TROI
			Captain, I just want to voice my
			concerns about the way the crew is
			responding to your... unexpected
			orders.

					PICARD
			They don't trust me... they think
			I'm behaving erratically.

					TROI
			Some do... others are confused...
			it takes some time for a new crew
			to get to know their Captain, and
			for him to know them.

					PICARD
			I understand that. But I know
			what this crew is capable of, even
			if they don't.

					TROI
			I'm happy to hear you say that.
			It may do them good to hear it, as
			well...
				(beat)
			It would also help if they knew
			what was going on.

        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SIX        66.

59   CONTINUED:

	Picard takes a moment.

					PICARD
			I know it's difficult operating in
			the dark, Counselor. But for now,
			I think it's the only choice.

	Troi looks a little unconvinced.

					TROI
			Perhaps if you could at least
			indicate why --

					TASHA'S COM VOICE
			Yar to Captain Picard. I have
			Commander Riker for you, sir.

					PICARD
			Put him through in here.

	Troi reacts to Riker's name -- and we see that this is
	a Troi who has not resolved her feelings about Riker.
	Picard sits down at the desk and activates the desktop
	monitor.

60   ANGLE ON MONITOR (OPTICAL) (STOCK)

	The image of YOUNG WIL RIKER appears.

61   ANGLE ON PICARD

	In the b.g., we can see that Troi reacts to the sight
	of Riker on the monitor.

					PICARD
			Commander. I just wanted to let
			you know we'll be delayed in
			picking you up at Farpoint
			Station.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			I see. May I ask how long?

					PICARD
			I'm not sure. I'll keep you
			updated. Please inform Doctor
			Crusher and Lieutenant La Forge of
			our delay.

  STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/25/94 - ACT SIX     67-67   

62   ANGLE ON MONITOR (OPTICAL) (STOCK)

					YOUNG RIKER
			Understood.

	The transmission ends.

62A  OMITTED

63   RESUME

	Picard turns to Troi.

					PICARD
			Is there anything else, Counselor?

	Troi doesn't answer right away -- something is clearly
	troubling her.

					TROI
			Actually... there is, sir. I've
			been debating whether or not to
			mention it... but perhaps...
				(becomes more resolute)
			It's about Commander Riker.

	Picard, of course, knows all about their
	relationship... he even knows how it will run its
	course in the future. But he plays it out as if this
	is the first he's heard of it.

					PICARD
			What about him?

					TROI
			Well... I think you should know
			that we... have had a prior
			relationship.

					PICARD
			I see. Do you anticipate this
			interfering with your duties?

					TROI
			No, sir. It was several years
			ago. And it's well behind us
			both. But I thought you should
			know...

	Picard takes a beat.

					PICARD
			I appreciate your telling me...
			but I'm sure the two of you will
			find a way to... deal with the
			situation.

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT SIX      68.

63   CONTINUED:

	Picard says this with confidence... but Troi isn't so
	sure. Picard moves to the replicator.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			That beverage has not been
			programmed into the replication
			system.

	Picard reacts. He turns to Troi with a smile, as if to
	make a remark... and as he does, the SCENE CHANGES TO:

64   INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)

	Picard standing in front of the Viewscreen. TOMALAK,
	the Romulan Commander, is on the viewer.

					TOMOLAK
			So Captain... how long shall we
			stare at each other across the
			Neutral Zone?

					PICARD
			There is another alternative,
			Tomolak. We're both here for the
			same reason. We could each send
			one ship into the Neutral Zone to
			investigate the anomaly in the
			Devron System.

	Tomolak considers this.

					TOMOLAK
			Has Starfleet Command approved
			this arrangement?

					PICARD
			No.

					TOMOLAK
				(smiles)
			I like it already.
				(beat)
			Agreed. One ship from each
			side... but I warn you -- if
			another Federation starship tries
			to enter the Zone...

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/17/94 - ACT SIX      69.

64   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You needn't make threats. I think
			we're all aware of the
			consequences.

					TOMOLAK
			Very well. I'll see you in the
			Devron system.

	The transmission ENDS.

					PICARD
				(to Conn Officer)
			Set course for the Devron system.
			Warp five. Engage.

									CUT TO:

65   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at warp.

66   INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)

	A short time later.

					DATA
			Sensors are picking up a large
			subspace anomaly directly ahead.

					PICARD
			All stop. On screen.

	The Viewscreen now shows the SPATIAL ANOMALY -- a large
	mass of color and light. There is an ethereal quality
	to the Anomaly... it's beautiful and frightening all
	at once. They all react to the sight.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Full scan, Mister Data.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Data begins to work his console.

        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SIX        70.

67   ANGLE ON OPS CONSOLE

	As Data's HANDS work the console. MOVE TO REVEAL WE'RE
	IN:

68   INT. BRIDGE - PAST (OPTICAL)

	Data is working his console, O'Brien is at Conn.

					DATA
			We are approaching the Devron
			system, Captain. Sensors are
			picking up a large subspace
			anomaly directly ahead.

	Include Picard in the command area. Tasha, Troi and
	Worf at their stations. Picard adjusts to the time
	shift.

					PICARD
			All stop. Put it onscreen.

	The Viewscreen now shows the distinctive SPATIAL
	ANOMALY as seen before. But this time, it's much
	BIGGER on the screen. Picard reacts to this.

					PICARD
				(continuing, to himself)
			It's bigger in the past...

					TROI
			Sir?

					PICARD
			Nothing. Full scan, Mister Data.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Picard stands and moves to the Viewscreen, peering at
	the Anomaly.

69   OMITTED

70   INT. MEDICAL SHIP - BRIDGE - FUTURE

	Another angle. Picard glances around, orienting
	himself. Beverly in Command, Chilton at Conn, Data and
	Geordi are working at an aft console. Worf is looking
	on.

        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SIX        71.

70   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			On screen! On screen! Let's see
			it!

	The others react as though he's saying something very
	strange.

70A  ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Nothing but the starfield.

70B  INT. MEDICAL SHIP - BRIDGE - FUTURE

					DATA
			As you can see, sir -- there's
			nothing there.

	Beverly and the others exchange a look... they expected
	this all along. OFF Picard's frustrated and perplexed
	expression...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT SIX                          

       STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SEVEN       72.

                           ACT SEVEN                            

	FADE IN:

71   INT. MEDICAL SHIP - BRIDGE - FUTURE

	A few minutes later. Beverly looking over Data's
	shoulder at the aft science station. Picard nearby.
	Chilton at Con. Worf is working at nearby console.
	Geordi looking on.

					DATA
			Still nothing, Captain. I've
			conducted a full sensor sweep out
			to one light year from the
			Pasteur. No temporal anomalies,
			no particle fluctuations...
			nothing.

					PICARD
			Have you scanned the entire
			subspace bandwidth?

					GEORDI
			Yes. The subspace barrier is a
			little thin in this region of
			space, but that's not unusual.

					PICARD
			I don't understand. I've already
			seen it in the other two -- the
			other two time periods. Why isn't
			it here?

	Worf suddenly looks up from his console with concern.

					WORF
				(to Beverly)
			Captain. I have been monitoring
			Klingon communication channels...
			several warships have been
			dispatched to this sector to
			search for a... renegade
			Federation vessel.

	Reactions. Picard looks at Beverly.

					PICARD
			You're not thinking about leaving?

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc, there's nothing here...

					PICARD
			There should be -- there has to
			be!
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SEVEN       73.

71   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(to Data)
			Data, there must be some other way
			to scan for temporal
			disturbances... something that's
			not covered in a normal sensor
			sweep.

					DATA
			There are several methods of
			detecting temporal disturbances,
			but we're limited by the equipment
			on the Pasteur. This ship is
			designed primarily for medical
			emergencies.

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc, we've done all we can...
			we should head back to Federation
			territory.

					DATA
				(still thinking)
			However, it may be possible to
			modify the main deflector to emit
			an inverse tachyon pulse, which
			could scan beyond the subspace
			barrier.

					PICARD
			Very good! Make it so!

					BEVERLY
			Wait a minute... Data, how long
			would this take?

					DATA
			To make the modifications and
			search the entire Devron System
			will take approximately fourteen
			hours.

	Beverly thinks for a moment.

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT SEVEN     74.

71   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			All right. Data, begin modifying
			the tachyon pulse. Ensign
			Chilton, lay in a course back to
			the Federation. If we haven't
			found anything in six hours, we're
			heading back at maximum warp.

					CHILTON
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Six hours may not be enough. We
			have to stay here until we find it --
			no matter how long it takes!

					BEVERLY
				(to Chilton)
			Carry out my orders.
				(to Picard)
			May I see you for a moment?

	Beverly heads for her Ready Room. Picard follows...

72   INT. MEDICAL SHIP - READY ROOM - FUTURE
CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Beverly and Picard ENTER.

					PICARD
			Beverly, I can't believe you're
			not willing to stay here until --

	Beverly turns to him, her eyes flashing with anger.

					BEVERLY
			Don't you ever question my orders
			on the Bridge of my ship again!

	Picard is taken aback for a moment, but blusters a
	response.

					PICARD
			I'm just trying to... there are
			larger concerns here... don't you
			understand that --

       STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SEVEN       75.

72   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I understand that you would never
			have tolerated that kind of
			behavior back on the Enterprise --
			and I won't here. I don't care if
			you're my ex-Captain or my ex-husband.

	Picard looks flustered and angry for a beat... but
	finally has to back down and concede the point.

					PICARD
			You're right... I was out of
			line... it won't happen again...
				(beat)
			But, you have to understand... the
			stakes here are enormous. Q has
			said all of humanity will be
			destroyed...

					BEVERLY
			I know. And that's why I'm
			willing to stay here a while
			longer and keep looking.
				(beat)
			But I also want you to consider
			the possibility that none of what
			you're saying is real.

					PICARD
			What... ?

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc, I care for you too much
			not to tell you the truth. You
			have advanced Irumodic Syndrome.
			I have to consider the possibility
			that all of this is in your mind.
				(beat)
			I'll stay here six hours... and
			then we're heading home.

	She moves to him, softens her tone.

					BEVERLY
			And I want you to remember, if it
			were anyone but you... we wouldn't
			be here at all.

	Beverly turns and EXITS. Picard thinks for a moment...
	realizes that he's pushed his friends about as far as
	he can. After a beat, Q APPEARS.

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT SEVEN     76.

72   CONTINUED: (2)

	He's a parody of an OLD MAN -- bags under the eyes,
	scraggly gray hair, baggy ill-fitting clothes. He's
	leaning on a cane and holding a hearing trumpet to one
	ear.

					Q
				(aged voice)
			Eh? What was that she said,
			sonny? I couldn't quite hear
			her...

	Picard turns and reacts to the sight in irritation.

					PICARD
			Q... what's going on here?
			Where's the anomaly?

					Q
				("mishearing")
			Where's your mommy? I don't
			know...

					PICARD
			Stop this foolishness and answer
			me!

					Q
			There is an answer, Jean-Luc. But
			I can't hand it to you. Although
			you do have help...

	Picard realizes Q may be telling him something
	important.

					PICARD
			What help?

					Q
			You aren't alone, you know... what
			you were... and what you will
			become... are always with you.

					PICARD
			My time shifting... the answer
			does lie there...
				(beat)
			Just tell me one thing... this
			anomaly we're looking for... is
			that what destroys humanity?

					Q
			You're forgetting, Jean-Luc. You
			destroy humanity.

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT SEVEN     77.

72   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			By doing what? When? How are you --

	Suddenly, the SCENE CHANGES TO:

73   INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT

	Picard standing near the Ops station, leaning on the
	same cane we just saw in Q's hand. Riker and Worf at
	stations. Picard glances at the cane and tosses it
	aside.

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Report, Mister Data.

					DATA
				(off console)
			The anomaly is two hundred million
			kilometers in diameter. It is a
			highly focused temporal energy
			source which is emitting
			approximately the same energy
			output as ten G-type stars.

					PICARD
			What is the source of that energy?

					DATA
			I am uncertain. Sensors have been
			unable to penetrate the anomaly.

	Picard thinks, remembers something from the future time
	period.

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT SEVEN     78.

73   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			What if we modified the main
			deflector to emit an... inverse
			tachyon pulse. That might scan
			beyond the subspace barrier...
			give us an idea what the interior
			of this thing looks like.

	Data thinks for a moment, a little surprised.

					DATA
			That is a most intriguing idea,
			Captain. I do not believe a
			tachyon beam was ever put to such
			use. I had no idea you were so
			versed in the intricacies of
			temporal theory.

					PICARD
			I have some friends who are quite
			well versed in the matter. Make
			it so.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Data stands.

					DATA
			I believe we can make the
			necessary modifications in Main
			Engineering.

	Picard nods. As Data heads for the door...

									CUT TO:

74   INT. ENGINEERING - PRESENT

	Later. Data and Geordi working at consoles.

					GEORDI
			We can get more power if we reroute
			the primary EPS taps to the
			deflector array...

					DATA
			Agreed.

	Data works.

       STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SEVEN       79.

74   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Initiating tachyon pulse...

75   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)

	A thin, oscillating BEAM emits from the deflector dish
	and begins SCANNING the anomaly.

76   INT. ENGINEERING - PRESENT

	As before. Data and Geordi watch the monitors.

					GEORDI
			Okay... the pulse is holding
			steady... we're starting to
			receive data from the scan...

					DATA
			It will take the computer some
			time to give us a complete picture
			of the anomaly's interior. I
			suggest we --

	Geordi reacts to a sudden stab of pain in his VISOR.

					GEORDI
				(in pain)
			Whoa...

					DATA
			What is wrong?

					GEORDI
			I'm not sure... oh... it's like
			somebody put an ice pick through
			my temples...
				(beat)
			My VISOR's picking up all kinds of
			electromagnetic distortions.

	Geordi staggers a little.

					DATA
				(to com)
			Data to Sickbay. Medical
			emergency in Main Engineering.

									CUT TO:

       STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SEVEN       80.

77   INT. SICKBAY - PRESENT (OPTICAL)

	A while later. Geordi sitting on a bio-bed with his
	VISOR off.

	Beverly and Picard are looking at Geordi's eyes.
	They're not as they usually appear; the iris shows
	faintly. Data is working on a monitor in the b.g.

					BEVERLY
			Look at his eyes... you can see
			the difference yourself.

					PICARD
				(peering)
			Yes... I can see the iris...

	Beverly picks up a scanning DEVICE and scans his eyes.

					BEVERLY
				(off scanner)
			This is amazing. The DNA in his
			optic nerves is being
			regenerated...

	She lowers the device and looks at Picard.

					BEVERLY
			It's as if he were growing new
			eyes.

					GEORDI
			I guess that's why I started to
			feel pain... my optical cortex was
			falling out of alignment with my
			VISOR.

					PICARD
			How is this possible?

					BEVERLY
			It shouldn't be possible at all.
			There's no medical explanation for
			the spontaneous regeneration of an
			organ.

	Ogawa, still pregnant, approaches holding a PADD.

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT SEVEN    80A.

77   CONTINUED:

					OGAWA
			Doctor... we've just gotten
			reports from two crewmembers who
			say they have injuries... which
			are healing themselves.

	Picard reacts to this bizarre news. Data looks up from
	his monitor.

					DATA
			I believe I may have a partial
			explanation, Captain.

	They move to where he is working. The monitor shows a
	complex Okudagram of the ANOMALY with various pieces of
	sensor information.

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT SEVEN     81.

77   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I have completed my analysis of
			the anomaly. It appears to be a
			multi-phasic temporal convergence
			in the space-time continuum.

					BEVERLY
			In English please.

					DATA
			It is, in essence, an eruption
			of... anti-time.

					PICARD
			Anti-time?

					DATA
			A relatively new concept in
			temporal mechanics. The
			relationship of anti-time to
			normal time is analogous to the
			relationship of anti-matter to
			normal matter.

					PICARD
				(catching on)
			So if time and anti-time were to
			collide...

					DATA
			They would annihilate each
			other... creating a rupture in
			space. I believe this is what has
			happened in the Devron System.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/15/94 - ACT SEVEN     82.

77   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
				(continuing)
			The rupture may be sending out
			waves of temporal energy which are
			disrupting the normal flow of
			time.

					BEVERLY
			Then it's possible the DNA
			molecules in Geordi's optic nerves
			aren't regenerating themselves...
			They might be reverting to their
			original state.

					PICARD
			You mean his eyes are getting...
			younger?

					DATA
			For all intents and purposes, yes.

	Picard considers this for a moment.

					PICARD
			So the temporal anomaly has
			certain... rejuvenating effects.
			It certainly doesn't sound like
			the destruction of humanity.
				(beat)
			Data, what could have caused this
			collision between time and anti-time?

78   ANGLE ON DATA

	Who is sitting in his chair at Ops, looking confused.

					DATA
			Anti-time, sir?

	MOVE TO REVEAL WE'RE IN:

79   INT. BRIDGE - PAST

	Picard is standing on the Bridge, talking to Data.
	Picard quickly moves to Data's console and begins
	entering information rapidly. Tasha, Worf, O'Brien and
	Troi at their stations.

       STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SEVEN      82A.

79   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			I believe that if we modify the
			deflector to send out an inverse
			tachyon pulse, you'll find that
			the anomaly is a rupture between
			time and anti-time.

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT SEVEN     83.

79   CONTINUED: (2)

	Data watches Picard work the console for a moment.

					DATA
			That is a fascinating
			hypothesis... how did you
			formulate --

					PICARD
			It would take too long to explain.
			Begin the modifications and send
			out the pulse. Once you've done
			that, start working on a theory as
			to what could have caused this
			rupture.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Data begins working. Picard thinks for a moment.

					PICARD
			Mister O'Brien... how big is the
			anomaly?

					O'BRIEN
				(works)
			Approximately four hundred million
			kilometers in diameter, sir.

					PICARD
			I still don't understand why it's
			larger here...

	O'Brien gives him a puzzled look -- he doesn't know
	what the hell Picard is talking about, but decides not
	to pursue it. Worf suddenly reacts to something on the
	aft console.

					WORF
			Captain... there are five
			Terrellian transport ships holding
			position in the Devron system.

					TASHA
			We're being hailed by the lead
			ship.

					PICARD
			On screen.

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT SEVEN     84.

80   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Which now shows a Terrellian pilot named ANDRONA.

					ANDRONA
			Enterprise, you are a welcome
			sight. We've been receiving
			threats from the Romulan Empire
			ever since we entered the Neutral
			Zone. I'm glad to see you're here
			to protect us.

					PICARD
			Why have you come here?

	Androna's expression brightens a little.

					ANDRONA
			We heard about the Light... from
			a merchant ship who told us about
			the power it has to heal
			illness... to rejuvenate the
			elderly... and we had to come
			here.

	The others on the Bridge look a little confused...
	they've never heard about any of this.

					PICARD
			We can't really be certain that
			the... Light... has this power.
			And there may be dangers, side
			effects we're not aware of...

       STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SEVEN       85.

80   CONTINUED:

					ANDRONA
			I have five ships full of sick and
			dying people, Captain. If there's
			even a chance it's true, I can't
			turn back now.

					PICARD
			It would be safer for all
			concerned if you left the Neutral
			Zone... and let us investigate the
			phenomenon more fully.

					ANDRONA
			No. I've come too far.

	Picard is frustrated, but has no authority to order
	them away.

					PICARD
			I warn you that if the Romulans
			should decide to intervene, I may
			not be able to protect you.

					ANDRONA
			I understand. We'll take that
			risk.
				(beat, then smiles)
			Good luck, Captain.

	The Transmission ENDS. Picard thinks for a moment,
	then heads for the Ready Room.

					PICARD
				(to Tasha)
			You have the Bridge, Lieutenant.
			I'll be in my Ready Room.

					TASHA
			Aye, sir.

	Picard EXITS briskly to the Ready Room.

81   INT. MEDICAL SHIP - READY ROOM - FUTURE

	Picard is moving briskly toward the door. The ship
	suddenly SHAKES and Picard is nearly knocked off his
	feet. The ship goes to RED ALERT and Picard heads for
	the Bridge.

       STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SEVEN      85A.

82   INT. MEDICAL SHIP - BRIDGE - FUTURE - CONTINUOUS

	Beverly in command, Chilton at Conn. Worf, Data, and
	Geordi working aft consoles. Picard ENTERS from the
	Ready Room.

					PICARD
			What's going on?

					BEVERLY
			We're under attack.

	The ship is ROCKED again.

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT SEVEN     86.

82   CONTINUED:

					CHILTON
				(off console)
			Shield strength down to fifty-two
			percent. Minor damage to the port
			nacelle.

					WORF
			Two Klingon attack cruisers have
			decloaked to port and starboard.

	They all react to this grim news.

83   EXT. SPACE - MEDICAL SHIP & KLINGONS - FUTURE
(OPTICAL)

	The Pasteur is surrounded by TWO KLINGON ATTACK
	CRUISERS.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT SEVEN                         

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT EIGHT     87.

                           ACT EIGHT                            

	FADE IN:

84   INT. MEDICAL SHIP - BRIDGE - FUTURE

	As before, ship at Red Alert. The ship is ROCKED
	again.

					BEVERLY
				(to Chilton)
			Warp speed -- get us out of here!

	Chilton works.

					CHILTON
			Warp power is off-line, sir.

	Another JOLT.

					BEVERLY
				(to Chilton)
			Heading one-four-eight, mark two-one-five.
			Full impulse.

85   EXT. SPACE - MEDICAL SHIP - FUTURE (OPTICAL)

	The Pasteur is trying to get away from the two Klingon
	attack cruisers, which continue to fire on the medical
	ship.

86   INT. MEDICAL SHIP - BRIDGE - FUTURE

	The ship is ROCKED more violently.

					CHILTON
				(off console)
			Impulse power is fluctuating...
			shields down to thirty percent.

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Weapons status?

					WORF
			These phasers are no match for
			their shields.

    STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT EIGHT 88-88A      

86   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Geordi, we need warp power -- now.

	Geordi works a console.

					GEORDI
			Sorry, Captain, they're just too
			much for us. I can't keep the
			phase inducers on-line --

	Another JOLT.

					CHILTON
				(off console)
			Shields down to nine percent. One
			more hit and they'll collapse.

					BEVERLY
			Open a channel.
				(beat)
			This is Captain Beverly Picard.
			We're a medical ship on a mission
			of mercy! Break off your --

	The ship is ROCKED again. A grim moment.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Worf, signal our surrender.

	Worf works a console for a moment.

					WORF
				(to com)
			Tos Vah'cha Worf, do'lo jegh!
			(This is Governor Worf, we
			surrender!)

	The ship is ROCKED violently. Chilton's console
	EXPLODES, throwing her BACKWARD to the ground. Picard
	rushes to her, but it's too late -- she's dead. Picard
	reacts.

					WORF
				(off his console)
			Our shields have collapsed. We're
			defenseless.

	Beverly and Picard exchange a look. Beverly sits back
	in her seat, steels herself. They all wait for what
	seems to be certain death.

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/10/94 - ACT EIGHT     89.

86   CONTINUED: (3)

					DATA
				(off console)
			Captain, there's another ship de-cloaking
			-- bearing two-one-five
			mark three-one-oh...
				(beat)
			It's the Enterprise!

87   EXT. SPACE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)

	Suddenly, the ENTERPRISE-D DE-CLOAKS -- the ship is
	travelling vertically. FOLLOW it as it swoops up
	towards the medical ship and the two Klingon attack
	cruisers.

87A  INT. MEDICAL SHIP - BRIDGE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)

					DATA
			They're hailing us.

	The group looks up at the Viewscreen to see Riker.

					RIKER
			I had a feeling you weren't going
			to listen to me. Stand by while
			I try to get the Klingons'
			attention...

87B  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND KLINGON SHIPS - FUTURE
(OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise FIRES on the attack cruisers with a
	furious volley of PHASERS and TORPEDOES. One of the
	Klingon ships EXPLODES.

88   INT. MEDICAL SHIP - BRIDGE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)

	As before. The shaking has STOPPED.

					WORF
			The Enterprise is drawing their
			fire.

					BEVERLY
			Damage report.

					GEORDI
			Our warp core's badly damaged...
			there's a breach in progress.

	Picard reacts to this with a look of sudden dread.

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT EIGHT    89A.

88   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Warp core breach... that may be
			it. We have to stop it!

	Picard moves to look at Geordi's console.

					DATA
			The Klingon ship is disengaging.
				(beat)
			Admiral Riker is hailing us.

	They look at the Viewscreen.

       STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT EIGHT       90.

88   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Our sensors indicate your ship has
			a warp core breach in progress.
			Prepare for emergency beam-out.

	Suddenly, the entire Bridge crew DEMATERIALIZES.

									CUT TO:

89   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)

	Riker in command, Gaines at Tactical. The Enterprise
	has seen a few technological updates over the years.
	The Captain's chair is now slightly higher than it used
	to be, and there are other changes in evidence.
	Picard, Beverly, Worf, Data, Geordi and other N.D.s
	from the Pasteur MATERIALIZE on Bridge.

					GAINES
				(to Riker, off console)
			All the Pasteur crew is safely
			aboard, Admiral.

					RIKER
			Raise shields. Where are the
			Klingons?

					GAINES
			They're still moving off, sir --
			half a light year away.

					RIKER
			They'll be back...

	Riker turns to the others, a look of irritation on his
	face.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			As I said -- I figured you weren't
			going to take no for answer.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/25/94 - ACT EIGHT     91.

89   CONTINUED:

					RIKER (Cont'd)
				(then to Worf)
			But I thought you would have more
			sense. I can't believe you let a
			defenseless ship cross into
			hostile territory without an
			escort.

	Worf won't take this from Riker. Angrily --

					WORF
			If you had not turned down the
			Captain when he came to you for
			help, none of this would have
			happened. Unlike you, I still
			have a sense of loyalty and
			honor...

	Picard steps in before this can escalate any further.

					PICARD
			We don't have time for this. The
			Pasteur's core is going to breach.

					RIKER
				(to Conn Officer)
			Move us away. Full impulse.

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/25/94 - ACT EIGHT     92.

89A  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & PASTEUR - FUTURE
(OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise backs away from the Pasteur. After a
	beat, the medical ship EXPLODES.

89B  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - FUTURE

	Everyone reacts.

					RIKER
			All right. Let's get out of here.

					PICARD
			No... we can't... we have to save
			humanity...

					RIKER
				(to Gaines)
			Engage cloak.

					GAINES
				(off console)
			Our cloak isn't functioning. We
			took a direct hit to the starboard
			plasma coil. Engineering reports
			seven hours until we can cloak
			again.

       STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT EIGHT       93.

89B  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			We'll have to do this the old-fashioned
			way. Lay in a course
			back to the Federation. Warp
			thirteen.

	Picard reacts strongly to this. As he argues with
	Riker, we see Beverly move to a COMPARTMENT in the b.g.
	and take out a medical kit... prepare a hypospray...

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			Wil, don't leave! We have to stay
			here -- find the cause of the
			temporal anomaly...

					RIKER
			Captain, we can't stay...

	Picard is frantic to convince Riker to stay -- but his
	mental condition is getting worse and his desperation
	sounds almost like hysteria.

					PICARD
			We have to! Everything depends on
			this! We can't leave now --
			please listen to me!

	Beverly moves up behind him and applies the hypospray.
	And as Picard collapses into Riker's arms, the SCENE
	CHANGES TO:

90   INT. CORRIDOR - PRESENT

	Picard nearly bumps into a crewman as he turns a
	corner. He hesitates for a moment, then continues
	walking towards Sickbay...

91   INT. SICKBAY - PRESENT

	Picard ENTERS. Beverly is tending to Ogawa, who is
	lying on a bio-bed. Ogawa is wearing a patient's gown
	and no longer appears to be pregnant. She looks
	distraught -- she's been crying. Ogawa's N.D. HUSBAND
	is standing by her, holding her hand, trying to comfort
	her. Geordi is in the b.g., lying on another bio-bed.


       STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT EIGHT       94.

91   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc.
				(to Ogawa)
			I'll be right back, Alissa.

	Ogawa nods as Beverly takes Picard aside and speaks to
	him quietly.

					BEVERLY
				(sotto)
			Alissa lost the baby.

	Picard reacts.

					BEVERLY
			I think it's the same thing that
			happened to Geordi. Somehow, the
			temporal energy from the anomaly
			caused the fetal tissue to revert
			to an earlier stage of
			development. It was as if the
			unborn child began to... grow
			younger... until finally the DNA
			itself began to break down.

	Picard looks over at Ogawa.

					PICARD
			How is she?

					BEVERLY
			Physically, she's fine. For now.
			But if this temporal reversion
			continues, I don't think any of us
			are going to be fine for much
			longer.

					PICARD
			So this is affecting the entire
			crew...

					BEVERLY
				(nods)
			Our cellular structures appear to
			be coalescing... reverting to
			earlier structures.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT EIGHT     95.

91   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY (Cont'd)
			In some cases, this has caused old
			injuries to be healed... but
			that's only a temporary effect.
			Eventually, this could kill us
			all.

	OFF Picard's reaction...

									CUT TO:

92   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)

	The ship holding position near the ANOMALY. We can
	still see the ENERGY BEAM scanning the anomaly.

93   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - PRESENT

	Picard, Data, Riker, and Troi at the table. This is
	the end of a staff meeting.

					PICARD
			We also have to find out how
			widespread this effect is.
				(to Troi)
			Send an inquiry to Starbase Twenty-three
			-- they're the nearest
			outpost -- have them begin
			checking their personnel for any
			signs of temporal reversion.

					TROI
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, how long until we've
			completed the tachyon scan?

					DATA
			Approximately one hour, forty-five
			minutes.

					PICARD
			Good. Once it's completed, I want
			you to find a way to dissipate the
			anomaly without making things
			worse. Give me a risk analysis on
			whatever solution you come up
			with.

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT EIGHT     96.

93   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Dismissed.

	Everyone except Picard EXITS. Picard moves to the
	table and picks up a PADD from the many scattered on
	the table. He walks to the window, taking a few steps
	as he reads the PADD. From offcamera, we hear Q's
	voice --

					Q'S VOICE
			That's a pretty big decision, Jean-Luc...

	Picard turns to see that Q is standing in the room. He
	is dressed in his Starfleet uniform.

					Q
			Tinkering with an anomaly you know
			nothing about... trying to
			collapse it... isn't that risky?

					PICARD
			Why? Will that cause the
			destruction of mankind?

					Q
				(pondering)
			Maybe...
				(beat)
			On the other hand, maybe leaving
			it alone would be the wrong thing
			to do...

	He approaches Picard, intense, intimidating.

					Q
			It's a big decision, all right...
			Perhaps it would help to get a
			different perspective...

	Abruptly, the scene CHANGES to:

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/17/94 - ACT EIGHT     97.

94   EXT. PRIMORDIAL EARTH - DISTANT PAST (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Q are standing on a craggy ledge overlooking
	a vast expanse of LAVA, VOLCANIC GASES and CHURNING
	SEAS. Picard reacts, looks around for a moment.
	(NOTE: Picard still in present-day uniform; Q in his
	Starfleet uniform).

					Q
			Welcome home.

					PICARD
			Home?

					Q
			Don't you recognize your old
			stomping grounds? This is Earth --
			France. About... oh... three and
			a half billion years ago. Give or
			take an eon or two.
				(sniffs the air)
			Smells awful, doesn't it... all
			that sulfur and volcanic ash... I
			really must speak to the maid.

					PICARD
			Is there a point to all this?

	Q smiles and points to the sky.

					Q
			Look --

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/29/94 - ACT EIGHT     98.

94   CONTINUED:

	Picard looks up --

95   NEW ANGLE - THE SKY (OPTICAL)

	Instead of a starfield, the sky is FILLED with the
	SPATIAL ANOMALY seen throughout the show. But here it
	is HUGE -- filling the entire sky from horizon to
	horizon.

96   RESUME

	Picard reacts.

					PICARD
			The anomaly is here, at Earth... ?

					Q
			At this point in history, the
			anomaly has filled this entire
			quadrant of your galaxy.

	Picard considers this, thinking aloud.

					PICARD
			The further back in time... the
			larger the anomaly.

					Q
				(suddenly sees
				 something)
			oh, oh -- come here, there's
			something I want to show you!

	Q kneels down and Picard comes over to see what he's
	looking at. Q is peering down into a small muddy POND.
	The water is murky, but there should be no suggestion
	of algae, fungus, or anything living.

					Q
				(re: pond)
			See this? This is you.

	Picard looks annoyed, thinks Q is toying with him.

					Q
				(continuing)
			I'm serious. Right here, life is
			about to form on this planet for
			the very first time. A group of
			amino acids is about to combine
			and form the first protein.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/21/94 - ACT EIGHT 99-101    

96   CONTINUED:

					Q (Cont'd)
			The building blocks of what you
			call "life".

	Despite himself, Picard is a little intrigued. He
	can't help but peer closer into the pond.

					Q
				(continuing)
			Strange, isn't it, Jean-Luc?
			Everything you know... your entire
			civilization... it all begins
			right here in this little pond of
			goo. It's appropriate somehow,
			isn't it?
				(beat)
			Too bad you didn't bring a
			microscope -- this is quite
			fascinating.

	They look into the water.

					Q
				(continuing)
			Here they go... the amino acids
			are moving closer... closer...
			closer...
				(reacts)
			Ohhhh! Nothing happened!
				(to Picard)
			You see what you've done?

	Picard thinks for a moment, then looks up at the sky.

					PICARD
			You mean I caused the anomaly...
			and the anomaly... in some way...
			disrupted the beginning of life on
			Earth.

	Q's eyes bore into Picard.

					Q
			Congratulations.

	The SCENE CHANGES TO:

97   INT. BRIDGE - PAST

	Picard in command. Off his reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT EIGHT                         

STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT NINE     102-104  

                           ACT NINE                             

	FADE IN:

98   INT. BRIDGE - PAST

	Picard, Tasha, Worf, Data and O'Brien at their
	stations. Troi ENTERS, looking very concerned.

					TROI
			Captain, I've just spoken to
			Doctor Selar... she said that
			twenty-three children on board
			have contracted some kind of
			illness. Their tissues appear to
			be... reverting to an earlier
			stage of development.
				(beat)
			She thinks it has something to do
			with the anomaly.

	Picard turns to Tasha.

					PICARD
			Inform Starfleet Command that we
			believe the anomaly has toxic
			effects. Tell them I'm ordering
			the Terrellian ships back to
			Federation territory, but that
			we're staying here.

					TASHA
			We are?

					PICARD
			Yes. We have to find a way to
			collapse this anomaly.
				(to Troi)
			Counselor, prepare to evacuate all
			civilians and non-essential
			personnel to the Terrellians
			ships.

					TROI
			Aye, sir.

        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT NINE      105.

98   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Data, O'Brien, you're with me.

	Picard, O'Brien, and Data head for a Turbolift.

									CUT TO:

99   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - PAST (OPTICAL)

	The ship near the LARGE ANOMALY. The tachyon pulse is
	scanning the anomaly.

100  INT. ENGINEERING - PAST

	Picard, O'Brien and Data working at the pool table.

					PICARD
			Let's concentrate on how this
			anomaly was initially formed.
			Speculation?

					DATA
			Temporal ruptures in the spacetime
			continuum are rarely a naturally
			occurring phenomenon. It is
			therefore most likely that this
			anomaly was caused by an outside
			catalyst.

					O'BRIEN
			Like a warp core explosion...

					PICARD
			I think I can rule out a warp core
			explosion.

					DATA
			Our tachyon pulse has been unable
			to penetrate the anomaly
			completely. If we had information
			about the center of the
			phenomenon, we might have a basis
			for speculation.

					PICARD
			Can you find a way to scan the
			interior?

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT NINE    106.

100  CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			I've tried everything I know of...
			there's just too much
			interference. There's nothing on
			board that'll do the job.

					PICARD
			Do you know what could?

	Data thinks.

					DATA
			In theory, a tomographic imaging
			scanner capable of multiphasic
			resolution would be able to
			penetrate this much interference.
				(beat)
			The Daystrom Institute has been
			working on such a device, but it
			is still only theoretical.

	Picard looks down at a screen on the pool table...

101A ANGLE ON OKUDAGRAM - PRESENT (OPTICAL)

	A graphic showing various sensor information. CUT TO
	REVEAL WE'RE IN:

101B INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT

	Picard is looking at a graphic at one of the aft
	stations. Data is sitting nearby.

					PICARD
			Data... do we have a tomographic
			imaging scanner on board?

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Can you use it to scan the
			interior of the anomaly?

					DATA
			Possibly.

	Data works for a moment.

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT NINE    107.

101B CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(continuing, off
				 console)
			There is a great deal of
			interference... but I am getting
			some readings.
				(beat)
			This is very unusual...

					PICARD
			What is it?

					DATA
			It appears that our tachyon pulse
			is converging with two other
			tachyon pulses at the center of
			the anomaly. The other two pulses
			have the exact same amplitude
			modulation as our own pulse. It
			is as if all three originated from
			the Enterprise.

	Picard suddenly has a revelation.

					PICARD
			Three pulses... from three time
			periods... all converging at one
			point in space.

					DATA
			Captain, what are you suggesting?

	Before Picard can answer, THE SCENE CHANGES TO:

102
thru	OMITTED
103

104  INT. GUEST QUARTERS - FUTURE

	Old Picard suddenly sits up in bed. He's wearing
	nightclothes. He looks around the room for a moment,
	orienting himself. He gets out of bed, taps a control
	on a nearby table.

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT NINE 107A.       

104  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Computer, where's Admiral Riker?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Admiral Riker is in Ten Forward.

	Picard heads for the door, a determined and driven look
	on his face.

104A INT. CORRIDOR - FUTURE - CONTINUOUS

	Picard steps out into the Corridor in his nightclothes.
	He takes a step down the Corridor... then stops, looks
	back the other way... is he heading in the right
	direction? He turns around and goes the other way down
	the Corridor.

									CUT TO:

105  INT. TEN FORWARD - FUTURE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Beverly, Geordi and Data are at a table. Worf
	is sitting alone at a separate table on the other side
	of the room. Mid-conversation.

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/17/94 - ACT NINE    108.

105  CONTINUED:

	Geordi looks around the room.

					GEORDI
			The ship has held up pretty well
			over the years.

					RIKER
			They were going to decommission
			her about five years ago... but
			one nice thing about being an
			Admiral is getting to choose your
			own ship.

	Beverly glances over at Worf.

					BEVERLY
				(to Riker)
			Wil... how long is this thing
			between you and Worf going to go
			on?

					RIKER
			It's been going on for twenty
			years now... doesn't look like
			it's going to end any time soon.

					DATA
			I suspect the last thing Counselor
			Troi would have wanted is for the
			two of you to be alienated.

					BEVERLY
			I agree. It's time to put this
			behind you.

					RIKER
			I tried -- at Deanna's funeral.
			He wouldn't talk to me.

					GEORDI
			Might have been tough for him
			then... he took her death pretty
			hard.

					RIKER
			Yeah, well... he wasn't the only
			one.

					BEVERLY
			I know. But in his mind... you
			were the reason he and Deanna
			never got together.

   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/17/94 - ACT NINE 108A.     

105  CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			I didn't do anything to stand in
			his way --

					BEVERLY
				(beat)
			Didn't you, Wil?

	Riker looks at her, regretful.

					RIKER
			Did I?

	She doesn't answer. He looks down, acknowledging.
	Okay, maybe he did.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I just... never could admit it was
			over. I kept thinking one day
			we'd get together again... and
			then... she was gone.
				(beat)
			You think you've got all the time
			in the world, until...

	Riker stares down at his drink. Deanna's death is
	still with him, too.

					RIKER
			Yeah.

	But he doesn't trust himself to say more.

									CUT TO:

106  INT. CORRIDOR - FUTURE

	Picard is walking through the ship with a slightly
	confused expression. He pauses at an intersection...
	isn't sure which way to go... he's drawing curious
	looks from passing crewmembers... Picard finally
	chooses a direction and goes down the Corridor. He
	stops outside a set of doors and then OPENS them. We
	can see the Transporter Room inside. Picard stops...
	turns and looks panicked and despairing... he's lost on
	his own ship.

        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT NINE      109.

106  CONTINUED:

	Follow Picard as he tries to find his way... but it's
	no use... he's completely lost. Finally he stops a
	passing ENSIGN.

					PICARD
			Ensign. How... do I get to Ten
			Forward?

					ENSIGN
			Two decks up, sir. Section zero
			zero five.

					PICARD
			Thank you.

	Deeply embarrassed, Picard heads for a Turbolift.

									CUT TO:

107  INT. TEN FORWARD - FUTURE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Beverly, Data, and Geordi at their table as
	before. Beverly suddenly reacts to something
	offcamera.

					BEVERLY
			Oh, my god.

	She stands and we MOVE TO REVEAL that Picard has just
	ENTERED the room in his nightclothes. He moves
	directly to Riker's table.

					PICARD
			Wil! I know what's happening...
			I know what causes the anomaly...
			we have to go back!

	Riker reacts in surprise.

					RIKER
			Jean-Luc... the only place you're
			going back to is bed.

        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT NINE      110.

107  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Damnit Wil, I know what's
			happening. We're causing the
			anomaly... with a... with the
			tachyon pulse... it happened in
			all three time periods. We do it
			in all three time periods!

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc, you better come with me.

	Beverly tries to take his arm, but Picard jerks away
	from her.

					PICARD
			Leave me alone! I'm not crazy.
			The tachyon pulses... they -- they
			were used in the same spot -- in
			all three time periods... don't
			you see? When the tachyon pulse
			used the -- I mean, when the
			Pasteur used the tachyon pulse, we
			set the -- you know -- we...
			started everything... we set it
			in motion.

	Words fail Picard... his mental faculties preventing
	him from giving them a clear picture.

					PICARD
			It's like... the chicken and the
			egg! You think it started back
			then... but it didn't... it
			started here in the future...
			that's why it gets larger in the
			past...

					DATA
			I think I understand what the
			Captain is saying. If I'm not
			mistaken, he is describing a
			paradox.

					PICARD
			Yes! Yes, exactly!

	Data takes a beat, thinking of the possibilities.

					DATA
			Intriguing... it is possible we
			could've created the very anomaly
			we have been looking for.

	Data begins to pace... he's the very image of a
	professor at work.

        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT NINE      111.

107  CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Let us assume for the moment, that
			the Captain has indeed been
			travelling through time. Let us
			also assume he has initiated an
			inverse tachyon pulse at the same
			coordinates in space in all three
			time periods.
				(beat)
			In that case, it is possible that
			the convergence of three tachyon
			pulses could've ruptured the
			subspace barrier and caused an
			anti-time reaction.

	Geordi is beginning to catch on.

					GEORDI
			I see where you're going. And
			because anti-time operates in the
			opposite way normal time does, the
			effects would run backwards
			through the spacetime continuum.

					PICARD
			Yes! That's why the anomaly was
			larger in the past. It was
			growing as it travelled backward
			through time.

	A beat as they absorb this.

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT NINE    112.

107  CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			All right... let's say for the
			moment, you're right. What do we
			do about it?

					PICARD
			Go back. Go back to the Devron
			System.

					DATA
			He may be right. If we return to
			the Devron System now, we might
			see the initial formation of the
			anomaly.

	Everyone looks at Riker... waiting to see what he'll
	do. After a long beat, Riker hits his combadge.

					RIKER
			Riker to Bridge. Set course for
			the Devron System. Maximum warp.

					GAINES' COM VOICE
			Aye, sir.

	Riker stands. Everyone except Worf heads for the
	doors. Riker stops and looks back.

					RIKER
			Worf... we could use a hand.

	Worf takes a beat... considers... then decides to help
	out, but it's not clear if there has been a
	reconciliation. They EXIT.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT NINE                         

        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN       113.

                            ACT TEN                             

	FADE IN:

108  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)

	coming out of warp.

109  INT. BRIDGE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Picard, Beverly, Data, Worf, Geordi, Gaines.
	Gaines at tactical, N.D.s man the other stations. Data
	and Geordi at aft stations. Picard is back in his
	travel clothes.

					GAINES
			Entering the Devron System, sir.

					RIKER
			All stop.

					DATA
				(off console)
			Sensors are picking up a small
			temporal anomaly off the port bow.

	Reactions.

					RIKER
			On screen.

	The VIEWSCREEN now shows a very small version of the
	ANOMALY seen throughout the show. Picard looks vastly
	relieved.

					PICARD
			I was right...

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			It's an anti-time eruption. It
			seems to have formed in the last
			six hours.

					PICARD
			We've got to stop it here... so it
			won't be able to travel back
			through time...

        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN       114.

109  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			All right, Data -- we need a
			solution and we need it fast.

					DATA
				(off console)
			The anomaly is being sustained by
			the continuing tachyon pulses from
			the other two time periods. I
			suggest they be shut down.

					PICARD
				(serious)
			The next time I'm there, that's
			the first thing I'll do.

					RIKER
			Isn't there more we can do here...
			seal the rupture somehow?

					DATA
				(still working)
			I am investigating the options.

	As Picard MOVES toward Data, the SCENE CHANGES TO:

110  INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT

	Picard MOVING toward Geordi and Data at the aft
	consoles, as in Act Nine. (Note: Picard is at
	different locations in all three time periods, allowing
	for straight-cut transitions during the fast pace of
	Act Ten.)

					PICARD
				(quickly)
			Data, disengage the tachyon pulse.

					DATA
			Sir?

        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN       115.

110  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Just do it. The convergence of
			tachyon pulses from the three time
			periods is what causes the
			anomaly.

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Data works.

111  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)

	The ship holding position at the anomaly. We see the
	tachyon beam TURN OFF.

112  INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT

	As before.

					PICARD
			Report. Is there any change in
			the anomaly?

113  ANGLE ON DATA - PAST

	sitting at Ops.

					DATA
			No, sir.

	MOVE TO REVEAL:

114  INT. BRIDGE - PAST

	Picard in command. Data, Tasha, Worf, Troi, O'Brien at
	their stations.

					PICARD
			Disengage the tachyon pulse.

	The others exchange a look.

					O'BRIEN
			We haven't finished the scan, sir.

					PICARD
			I know that. But it's imperative
			that you disengage it immediately.

     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN 115A.        

114  CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(works)
			Aye, sir. Disengaging.

	Picard stares at the Viewscreen (not seen).

					PICARD
			Why isn't the anomaly affected?

					O'BRIEN
				(puzzled)
			Why would it be, sir?

	THE SCENE CHANGES TO:

        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN       116.

115  INT. BRIDGE - FUTURE

	Picard sitting in the command chair. Everyone else as
	seen before.

					PICARD
				(to all)
			I've shut off the tachyon pulses
			in the other time periods -- but
			the anomaly didn't change.

	This draws a few curious looks from the others -- but
	everyone now accepts that Picard is indeed travelling
	through time.

					DATA
				(off console)
			It remains unaffected here as
			well.

					BEVERLY
			What do we do?

					GEORDI
			The only way to stop this thing is
			to repair the rupture at the focal
			point where time and anti-time are
			converging.

					RIKER
			How do we do that?

					DATA
			It would require taking the ship
			into the anomaly itself. Once
			inside, we may be able to use our
			engines to create a static warp
			shell.

					GEORDI
				(onto the idea)
			Yeah, yeah... and the shell would
			act like an artificial subspace
			barrier -- separating time and
			anti-time...

					DATA
			Collapsing the anomaly and
			restoring the normal flow of time.
				(turns to Picard)
			But this would have to be done in
			the other two time periods, as
			well.

	Picard considers.

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/17/94 - ACT TEN     117.

115  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			That could be a problem... the
			anomaly's so much larger in the
			other time periods...

	THE SCENE CHANGES TO:

116  INT. BRIDGE - PAST

	Picard finishing his sentence --

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			... It could be dangerous to take
			the ship in.

	Everyone looks at him.

					O'BRIEN
			Take the ship in where, sir?

	Picard takes a beat, then makes a decision.

					PICARD
			Into the anomaly, Chief. Lay in
			a course to the exact center.
			Transfer all available power to
			the shields.

	Shocked reactions around the Bridge.

					TASHA
			Sir... can you give us some
			explanation?

					PICARD
			No. I cannot.

					TASHA
			Captain, so far we've obeyed every
			order -- no matter how far-fetched
			it might have seemed. But if
			we're to risk the safety of the
			ship and crew... I think we have
			to ask you for an explanation.

	Picard looks around at the crew, which is staring
	intently at him, waiting to see how he'll handle this.

      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT TEN     118.

116  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I know all of you have doubts
			about me... about each other...
			about the ship. All I can say is
			that even though we've only been
			together for a short time... I
			know that you are the finest crew
			in the fleet... and I would trust
			each of you with my life.
				(beat)
			I'm asking you to make a leap of
			faith -- and trust me.

	A quiet beat on the Bridge... then suddenly everyone
	starts working. The team has come together at last.

					TASHA
			Shields up, maximum strength.

					WORF
			Boosting field integrity on the
			warp nacelles. We may encounter
			shearing forces once we enter the
			anomaly.

					DATA
			I am preparing to initiate a
			static warp shell.

					O'BRIEN
			Course laid in, sir.

					TROI
				(off armchair console)
			All decks report ready, Captain.

	Picard looks at his crew -- he's proud of them and it
	shows.

					PICARD
			Chief... take us in.

	The SCENE CHANGES TO:

117  INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT

	Picard at aft console command -- everything as before.
	Data turns to him from the aft console.


        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN       119.

117  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Captain, I have an idea. If we
			take the ship to the center of the
			anomaly and create a static warp
			shell...

					PICARD
				(overlapping)
			... a static warp shell, it could
			repair the barrier and collapse
			the anomaly.

					DATA
				(surprised)
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, you're a clever man --
			in any time period.

	Picard moves down to the command area with Data and
	Geordi.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Lay in a course to the center of
			the anomaly. Prepare to initiate
			a static warp shell.

	As Picard moves, the SCENE CHANGES TO:

118  INT. BRIDGE - FUTURE

	As before.

					PICARD
			The other two Enterprises...
			they're on their way.

					RIKER
			Very well.
				(to con)
			Ensign... take us in.

119  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)

	The ship begins moving towards the anomaly... closer...
	closer...


        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN       120.

120  INT. BRIDGE - PAST (OPTICAL)

	As before. Tense. The crew is watching the ANOMALY on
	the Viewscreen -- it's getting closer.

					O'BRIEN
			We're entering the anomaly, sir.

					PICARD
			All hands brace for impact!

	The ship ROCKS violently. The lights FLICKER.

					TASHA
			The temporal energy's interfering
			with main power. Switching to...

	Another JOLT carries us to:

121  INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)

	The ship is ROCKING. The anomaly has almost FILLED the
	Viewscreen. Lights flickering on and off here, as
	well. People hanging on.

					GEORDI
			... auxiliary power. I'm having
			trouble keeping the impulse
			engines on-line! I've got power
			fluctuations all across the board!

					PICARD
			Maintain course and speed!
				(to Data)
			Mister Data, how long until we
			reach the center?

					DATA
			Another thirty seconds at least,
			Captain.

	The SCENE CHANGES TO:


        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN       121.

122  OMITTED

123  INT. BRIDGE - FUTURE

	The ship is SHAKING.

					GAINES
			We've entered the anomaly.

	The SCENE CHANGES TO:

124  INT. BRIDGE - PAST

	As before -- the ship SHAKING.

					DATA
			We have reached the center, sir.

					PICARD
			Initiate warp shell!

	Data works. SCENE CHANGES:

125  INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT

	As before -- the ship SHAKING.

					DATA
				(working)
			Initiating static warp shell --
			now.

	SCENE CHANGES:

126  INT. BRIDGE - FUTURE

	As before -- ship SHAKING.

					RIKER
			Is it having any effect?

	SCENE CHANGES:

127  INT. BRIDGE - PAST

	As before -- shaking.


     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN 121A.        

127  CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(off console)
			Something is happening... A new
			subspace barrier appears to be
			forming --


      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT TEN     122.

127  CONTINUED: (2)

					TASHA
				(urgent)
			Captain! Sensors are picking
			up... two other ships...

	Everyone looks at the Viewscreen --

128  VIEWSCREEN - PAST (OPTICAL)

	which is filled with the roiling anomaly. But faintly
	through the energy, we can see the GHOSTLY IMAGES of
	TWO ENTERPRISES. The ships are drifting in the anomaly
	very close to each other -- in fact, they appear to be
	moving through each other. It's a startling sight.

129  INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)

	The crew watching the exact same image on their
	Viewscreen -- two Enterprises.

130  INT. BRIDGE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)

	This crew watching the same image on their Viewscreen,
	It's an awesome moment.

131  INT. BRIDGE - PAST (OPTICAL)

	As before.

					DATA
			Captain, It appears to be working.
			The anomaly is beginning to
			collapse. I think that --

					TASHA
				(suddenly)
			Sir -- the temporal energy is
			rupturing our warp containment
			system!

					WORF
			We must eject the core!

					PICARD
			No. We have to maintain the
			static warp shell for as long as
			possible!

	The ship SHAKES harder.


        STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN       123.

131  CONTINUED:

					TASHA
			We're losing containment! I can't
			stop it, it's going to --

	Suddenly, the bridge is ENGULFED IS A BLAST OF FLAMES
	AND DEBRIS --

132  INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)

	On the Viewscreen, one of the ghostly Enterprises
	EXPLODES -- destroyed. Reactions.

					PICARD
				(quickly, to Geordi)
			Transfer emergency power to the
			anti-matter containment system!

	The ship starts SHAKING more violently than ever.

					GEORDI
				(working frantically)
			I'm trying, sir... but there's a
			lot of interference...

					DATA
				(off console)
			The warp shell is definitely
			having an effect, sir. The
			anomaly is collapsing --

					GEORDI
			The containment system's going --
			I can't hold it --

					PICARD
			Maintain position! Mister La
			Forge --

	Scene CHANGES TO:

133  INT. BRIDGE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)

	As before -- shaking out of control. On the
	Viewscreen, we see the second Enterprise EXPLODE.
	Reactions to the sight.

					DATA
			Both of the other ships have been
			destroyed.

	At this moment, Q APPEARS standing next to Picard.
	He's wearing a GRIM REAPER's outfit, complete with
	scythe and hourglass.


     STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN 123A.        

133  CONTINUED:

					Q
				(to Picard)
			Two down... one to go.


      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/28/94 - ACT TEN     124.

133  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			Data, report!

					DATA
			The anomaly is nearly collapsed...

					GEORDI
			We're losing containment...

	The ship ROCKING, ROLLING!

					Q
				(calm)
			Goodbye, Jean-Luc. I'll miss you.
			You did have so much potential.
			But I guess... all good things
			must come to an end.

					GEORDI
			Containment field at critical!
			I'm losing it --

134  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)

	The anomaly COLLAPSES INWARD on top of the Enterprise --
	the SCREEN WHITES OUT --

									CUT TO:

135  INT. COURTROOM (OPTICAL)

	Silence. Picard standing alone in a now empty
	courtroom. He's dressed normally, present-day age.
	Picard is a little disoriented by the sudden silence.
	After a moment, Q's floating chair drops down into
	frame. Q is dressed in his Judge's robes again. He
	studies Picard.

					Q
			The Continuum didn't think you had
			it in you, Jean-Luc... but I knew
			you could.

	Picard looks at him.


      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/28/94 - ACT TEN     125.

135  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Are you saying it worked? We
			collapsed the anomaly?

					Q
			Is that all this meant to you?
			Just another spatial anomaly...
			just another day at the office?

					PICARD
			Q, did it work?

					Q
			You're here, aren't you? You're
			talking to me, aren't you?

					PICARD
			What about my crew?

					Q
				(mocking)
			"The anomaly... my crew... my
			ship." I suppose you're worried
			about your fish too. Well, if it
			puts your mind at ease, you've
			saved humanity once again.

	Picard regards Q briefly.

					PICARD
			Thank you.

					Q
			For what?

					PICARD
			You had a hand in helping me get
			out of this.

					Q
			I was the one who got you into it,
			Jean-Luc. That was the directive
			from the Continuum.
				(beat)
			The part about the helping hand...
			was my idea.


      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/28/94 - ACT TEN     126.

135  CONTINUED: (2)

	Picard looks around the courtroom.

					PICARD
			I sincerely hope this is the last
			time I'll find myself here.

	Q shakes his head.

					Q
			You just don't get it, do you,
			Jean-Luc?
				(leans in to him)
			The trial never ends.

	He smiles patronizingly.

					Q
				(continuing)
			We wanted to see if you had the
			ability to expand your mind and
			your horizons... and for one brief
			moment, you did.

					PICARD
			When I realized the paradox...

					Q
			Exactly. For that one fraction of
			a second, you were open to options
			you'd never considered. That's
			the exploration that awaits you...
			not mapping stars and studying
			nebulae... but charting the
			unknowable possibilities of
			existence.


   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/17/94 - ACT TEN 126A.      

135  CONTINUED: (3)

	The Chair begins to MOVE AWAY from Picard.

					PICARD
			What are you trying to tell me, Q?

	Q touches his hat in a half-salute. His chair is
	almost fully withdrawn.


      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/22/94 - ACT TEN     127.

135  CONTINUED: (4)

					Q
			You'll find out.
				(beat)
			In any case, I'll be watching...
			and if you're lucky, I'll drop by
			to say hello from time to time.
				(beat)
			See you out there.

	And he's gone. The SCENE CHANGES TO:

136  INT. CORRIDOR - PRESENT

	Picard stepping out of the Turbolift, dressed in his
	bathrobe. Troi and Worf are standing there, looking at
	him in surprise. We are back at the exact same moment
	we saw in the Teaser. Picard stares at them, then
	looks down at himself, sees his bathrobe...

					TROI
			Captain, are you all right?


      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT TEN     128.

136  CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Worf... what's the date?

					WORF
			Stardate 47988.

	Picard smiles... overwhelmed with relief... he laughs.
	Troi and Worf exchange a puzzled look.

					TROI
			Is something wrong, sir?

					PICARD
			No, no... in fact, I think I'll go
			back to bed. I could use some
			sleep.

	Picard steps back in the Lift. Troi and Worf exchange
	a look...

									CUT TO:

137  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, supplemental.
			Starfleet Command reports no
			unusual activity along the Neutral
			Zone, and there is no sign of a
			temporal anomaly. It would appear
			that I am the only member of the
			crew to retain any knowledge of
			the events I experienced.

138  INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - PRESENT

	Riker, Data, Beverly, Troi and Geordi sitting at the
	table, playing POKER. Troi is raking in her winnings
	with a big smile. Beverly pushes back her chair and
	gets up.

					BEVERLY
			That's it for me.

					TROI
			There's always next time.

	Beverly smiles moves to an empty chair off to one side
	of the table.


      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/17/94 - ACT TEN     129.

138  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			That's four hands in a row. How
			does he do it?

					RIKER
			I cheat.

	Data's head snaps up in shock.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			I'm kidding.

	Data collects the cards and begins shuffling at normal
	speed. Beverly looks thoughtful.

					BEVERLY
			I've been thinking... about all
			the things the Captain told us
			about the future. The way we
			changed and drifted apart... why
			would he tell us what's to come?

					GEORDI
			It sure goes against everything
			we've heard about not polluting
			the time line...

					DATA
			I believe, however, that this
			situation is unique.

	They all look at him.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Since the temporal anomaly did not
			occur, there have already been
			changes in the way this time line
			is unfolding. The future we
			experience will undoubtedly be
			different from the one the Captain
			encountered.

					RIKER
			Maybe that's why he told us.
			Knowing what that future could
			bring... gives us a chance to
			change things now.

	He gives Worf a meaningful look.

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			So that some things never happen.

	Worf nods in understanding.


   STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/31/94 - ACT TEN 129A.      

138  CONTINUED: (2)

	The door CHIMES.

					RIKER
			Come in.

	Troi ENTERS.

					TROI
			Am I too late?

					RIKER
			Not at all. Have a seat.

	Troi sits, and Riker begins giving her chips.

					TROI
			What's the game?

					DATA
			Five card draw, deuces wild.

	The door CHIMES.

					RIKER
			Come.

	The doors open and Picard ENTERS. Everyone reacts in
	surprise, sits up at attention.


  STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT TEN 130-130A    

138  CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(continuing)
			Captain. Is there a problem?

					PICARD
			No. I just thought I might...
			join you this evening. If there's
			room...

	Surprised but pleased looks go around the table.

					RIKER
			Of course.

	Picard takes a seat at the table. Data gives him the
	deck of cards.

					DATA
			Would you care to deal?


      STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/31/94 - ACT TEN     131.

138  CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			Oh... thank you.

	Picard starts to shuffle the cards.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			I should have done this a long
			time ago. I was quite a card
			player in my youth, you know.

					TROI
			You were always welcome.

	Picard nods. His experience has left him with a new
	appreciation of his feelings for these people... his
	crew... his family...

					PICARD
			So. Five card stud, nothing wild.
			The sky's the limit.

	As Picard continues dealing, we PULL BACK for one final
	look at this family of characters...

									CUT TO:

139  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)

	The great ship moving off into the distance...

									FADE OUT.

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